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MAN SEEKS RS 1.5 CR FROM TOUCHING A COW DRIVES AWAY 185 MOBILES PHONES STOLEN INDIAN-ORIGIN LAWYER SUES UK'S MOTHER FOR ABANDONING HIM NEGATIVITY: MAHA MINISTER FROM KOLHAPUR POLICE STATION SUPERMARKET OVER CHOCO BAR 40-year-old man has moved the Bombay High Court against his ays after she faced flak for stating that ministers in the Maharashtra s many as 185 mobile phone handsets kept in a store room at nIndian-origin lawyer has filed a lawsuit against the UK's biggest Abiological mother and sought a compensation of Rs 1.5 crore from her Dgovernment had just been sworn in and had not started making Aa police station in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district were stolen Asupermarket chain Tesco over his alleged mistreatment which, he for abandoning him in Mumbai when he was two-year-old and later money, minister Yashomati Thakur courted controversy again by on Thursday night, police said on Sunday. The incident occurred claimed, has dislodged his kidney stones. Lalu has claimed refusing to accept him as her son. The claiming that touching a cow drives away negativity. at the Jaysingpur Police Station, around 38 km from Kolhapur in 70,000 pounds in damages after being falsely accused of "theft for petitioner, Srikant Sabnis, has said he Thakur, MLA from Teosa and Women and Child western Maharashtra. The mobile walking away with an unpaid bar of chocolate". He was on his way to a underwent mental trauma after being Development Minister in the Uddhav Thackeray phone handsets were part of the concert when he bought the 1.05 pounds bar of vegan chocolate and intentionally abandoned in an unknown city, government, was speaking at a function in Amravati, "muddemal" seized by the police paid for it at the self-service till. Hanuman for which his mother Aarti Mhaskar and her over 690 km from here, on Saturday. "Our culture in various cases of theft and kept threw the receipt in the bin and made his second husband Uday Mhaskar (Sabnis's says if you touch a cow, all negativity will go in the special room, a police way out of the Tesco Express store in the step-father) need to compensate. away," she told the gathering. official said. Russell Square area of central London. NO GOING BACK ON CAA Jagan to meet KCR today ‘Muslims staying in country PNS n HYDERABAD Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy will meet his counterpart K Chandraskhar with ‘majbooti', no majboori’ Rao at Pragathi Bhavan on Monday. The meeting is PNS n HYDERABAD The Acts passed by Parliament have to be expected to take place at 2 pm. The meeting assumed signif- Amid ongoing protests over implemented by all States. There cannot be icance in the backdrop of ongo- Most cases in the Citizenship Amendment any ifs or buts. All parts of the country, ing political tussle in Andhra Lok Pal not under Act (CAA), Union Minister for including Jammu and Kashmir, have to Pradesh over Jagan's moves to Minority Affairs Mukhtar shift executive capital from its purview, says Abbas Naqvi on Sunday said implement them, the Union Minister for to Vizag and set up there was no going back on the Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said three Capitals for Andhra chairman amended law and the govern- Pradesh. Jagan is expected to ment was firm on it. discuss Capital issue with KCR "We are not going to make cannot be any ifs or buts. All the safest country for minori- and seek his suggestions/ views very rarely. Even when he vis- n AP Capital, pending bifurcation any changes in the present parts of the country, including ties. on his Capital city plans. Jagan ited his house on quite a few issues on agenda 4 CAA, which has been passed Jammu and Kashmir, have to Naqvi further stated Indian arrived in Hyderabad on occasions, he stayed only for a n by Parliament. Those who are implement them, he said. Muslims are living in the coun- Saturday and staying at his few hours and left for 'Joint strategy' on CAA, NRC, NRP Union Minister for Minority Affairs to be discussed opposing it through a 'horror Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi "I also want to assure the try with commitment and not Lotus Pond residence in Vijayawada. But this time, show' need to understand it Indian Muslims that their by compulsion. "Indian Banjara Hills. After becoming Jagan is spending three days at n Godavari- linkage, very clearly that there is no event here. socio, economic, religious, con- Muslims are staying in the Chief Minister of Andhra Lotus Pond residence after a distribution of power employees rethinking on this," the The Acts passed by stitutional, rights and of every country with 'majbooti' Pradesh in May 2019, Jagan vis- long time. Minority Affairs Minister told Parliament have to be imple- Indian are absolutely safe and (strength) and not 'majboori' ited his Lotus Pond residence Continued on Page 3 to be resolved reporters at the sidelines of an mented by all States. There secure, he said adding is (helplessness)," he said. CAA bares Pak’s YSRCP, Jana Prudhvi Raj resigns from torture of Sena workers SVBC chairman’s post minorities: PM clash in PNS n KOLKATA Kakinada Furore as PM PNS n HYDERABAD renames Mounting a strong defence of PNS n KAKINADA Tollywood actor and SVBC the new citizenship law, Kolkata Port channel chairman Prudhvi Raj Prime Minister Narendra Tension prevailed near the Trust after on Sunday resigned from the Modi on Sunday said the dis- residence of MLA post acting on the directive of pute that has arisen over it Women agitators speak to NCW members during their vist to Guntur on Sunday Dwarampudi Syama Prasad TTD chairman YV Subba has made the world take on the ‘highhandedness’ of police personnel during ongoing protests Chandrasekhar Reddy as Reddy. The Jaganmohan notice of the persecution of the Jana Sena activists tried Reddy government axed minorities in Pakistan, which STIR OVER 3 CAPITALS PROPOSAL INTENSIFIES to lay siege to the MLA's res- Prithvi for his controversial now has to answer for its "acts idence here on Sunday. 5 remarks in an audio tape while of oppression". Earlier, the Jana Sena conversing with a woman Modi deplored that a sec- activists took out a rally to employee. tion of the youth is being NCW team presented the MLA's house from the The YSRCP government "misguided" over the Bhanugudi centre. took a serious view of Citizenship (Amendment) The Jana unsavoury incidents taking SVBC channel chairman Prudhvi Raj addresses a press conference at Press Club Act, which is aimed at giving ‘evidence’ on police Sena place in a holy place. Hence, the in Hyderabad on Sunday and not taking away any- activists government has asked him to body's citizenship. targeted step down. The TTD took a the vigilance wing to probe into employees on the conduct of "Had we not amended the the MLA serious view of the indecent the incident. The audio tapes Prithvi. However, Prithvi con- citizenship law, this vivaad ‘brutality’ on women for making audio remarks attributed to have been sent to forensic tended that his statements were (dispute) would not have unsavoury Prithvi while talking to a examination. Police went to the misinterpreted. arisen. PNS n VIJAYAWADA The commission has remarks woman employee and ordered SVBC channel and enquired Continued on Page 3 Continued on Page 3 against Video and photographic 'evi- taken suo moto (on Pawan dence' of alleged police brutal- its own) cognisance Kalyan, ity on women in the Amaravati of the "police former YSRCP-TDP AT LOGGERHEADS region during the ongoing agi- Chief tation against the move to atrocities" on women Minister N relocate the Capital was pre- during the capital Chandrababu ‘India aiming Naidu questions ‘biased’ approach of cops sented to the visiting team of protests and sent its Naidu and his son Lokesh. National Commission for Tension prevailed when at $ 250 bn PNS n VIJAYAWADA had a heated argument with Women in Guntur on Sunday. team on a fact- YSRCP MLAs tried to stop maritime police. He found fault with A delegation, including finding mission the Jana Sena activists in Police foiled Opposition leader police for adopting what he Guntur MP Galla Jayadev of proceeding towards the economy by N Chandrababu Naidu's con- called discriminatory TDP and farmers, met the are being imposed to deter Dwrampudi's house leading voy when he set out on his approach. "Why are the police NCW members and com- people from taking part in the to clash between the two 2024’ journey to Narasaropet from allowing the Ministers and plained about the police abus- protests, Jayadev told the groups. TDP office in Mangalagiri on MLAs to take out rallies?" he es against women, who were NCW team. They pelted stones at Sunday to mobilise support for asked. The Opposition leader holding 'peaceful' protests on Talking to reporters later, each other resulting in the farmers' agitation against said the TDP was organising the Capital issue for the past the MP said he also told the injuries to one of the Jana 8 the State government in protest peaceful protests but police 26 days. Women are being panel that cases were being Sena activists. against the three-Capitals con- were creating hurdles for them abused. Police are creating a 'foisted' on women and farm- Following the incident cept. by not allowing his supporters fear psychosis in the villages ers and they were being 'tor- police force was deployed. TODAY Enraged at this, Naidu to come, along with him. TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu consoles the injured woman farmer at a hospital (in Amaravati region). tured'. The situation in the city is stepped out of his vehicle and Continued on Page 3 in Vijayawada on Sunday Aggressive sections (of law) Continued on Page 3 calm but tense. ALMANAC Month & Paksham: Paush & Krishna Paksha US says foreign envoys’ visit Panchangam Indira had shut JNU, will Modi do an Indira? Tithi : Tritiya: 05:31 pm to J&K ‘important step’ PNS n NEW DELHI compulsion. In 1980, not only Nakshatram: Ashelsha: 09:55 am Has the time for a repeat of 1980 come the then JNUSU president was Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start Expresses concern over detentions If protest is synonymous with detained by cops, but the crack- any important work) the Jawaharlal Nehru again? Subramanian down was at a larger scale. PNS n WASHINGTON Rahukalam: 08:15 am- 09:38 am eign diplomats post August 5, University (JNU), violence too Swamy agrees. Last Has the time for a repeat of envoys of 15 countries, includ- has had an intrinsic relation 1980 come again? BJP MP Yamagandam: 11:01 am – 12:24 pm The State Department has ing the US Ambassador to with the varsity. While many Nov, he demanded Subramanian Swamy agrees. Varjyam: 08:55 pm - 10:23 pm described the recent visit of India, Kenneth Juster, last think its a sudden spurt of that JNU should be Last November, he demanded Gulika: 01:47 pm - 03:10 pm envoys of 15 countries, includ- week visited Jammu and emotions that deviated to shut for two years and that JNU should be shut for ing that of the US, to Jammu Kashmir where they interact- hooliganism, provoked by two years and renamed after Good Time: (to start any important work) and Kashmir as an "important ed with select political repre- unrelenting government stand renamed after Bose Subhas Chandra Bose. He still Amritakalam: 08:27 am - 9:55 am step" but expressed concern sentatives, civil society mem- on the CAA; JNU''s tryst with stands by his demand. Abhijit Muhurtham: 12:02 pm - 12:46 pm over the continued detention bers as well as top military violence has been more bloody dangerous" than 2020. When Swamy isn’'t alone in this of political leaders and restric- brass with the Indian govern- in the past, forcing the then asked to elaborate, Selim said: demand. In 2016, TMC leader VIJAYAWADA tions on internet in the region. ment rejecting criticism that it Prime Minister Indira Gandhi accounts. Twelve years after it Minhaz Merchant says: "JNU "No one beat up Sitaram Chandan Mitra, when he was WEATHER The restrictions were was a "guided tour". to summarily it shut down for was established, Gandhi had to has a long history of Left-insti- Yechury the way Aishe Ghosh still in the BJP, had demanded imposed on August 5 last Principal Deputy Assistant 46 days. shut it down between gated violence... It was even has been beaten up. Delhi that the government should Forecast: Clear with periodic clouds when India abrogated the Secretary of State for South Two rival Left organisations November 16, 1980 and closed down from November police wasn''t used by Indira close down JNU. Temp: 31/18 Article 370 that gave special and Central Asian Affairs came face to face, reducing the January 3, 1981. Then JNU 1980 to January 1981 due to Gandhi then, as it is being used "I am not saying that the Humidity: 72% powers to Jammu and Alice Wells, who will be trav- campus into a virtual war- Students Union (JNUSU) pres- student violence." today by the current dispensa- government is going to repeat Sunrise: 06.49 Kashmir, and bifurcated the elling to South Asia this week, zone. If 2019's violence inside ident Rajan G James had to be But looking at those bloody tion." 1980 but what looks like is that Sunset: 06.00 state into two Union on Saturday expressed hope the Periyar Hostel was shock- detained to bring the situation days, the CPM’'s politburo However, the Left’'s por- they are directed that way," said Current Weather Conditions Updated January 12, 2020 5:00 PM Territories. that the region will return to ing, 1980’'s clash was never under control. leader Md Selim seems to find trayal appears to be influenced Selim. In the first such trip by for- normalcy. seen before, say historical Rajiv Gandhi''s biographer the 46-days shutdown "less by its present day political Continued on Page 3 VIJAYAWADA | MONDAY | JANUARY 13, 2020 vijayawada 02

CAPSULE Indian Coast Guard Ships commissioned Bhogi fete at PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM 'Satyagraha' and 'Quit India Govindaraja Swamy Movement'. She served the Two Indian Coast Guard Independent India as its first temple on Jan 14 Ships-Annie Besant and Amrit Health Minister. She worked VIJAYAWADA: The TTD is Kaur-were commissioned on towards uplift of Harijans, organising grand Bhogi Sunday at Kolkata by Union progress of women and was Ratham event with utsava defence secretary Dr Ajay the founder member of All idols of Sri Andal Ammavaru Kumar. India Women's Conference and Sri Krishna Swamy on the Director General K and founder President of occasion of Bhogi on January Natarajan, Director General of Indian Council for Child 14. On January 15, special Indian Coast Guard, Welfare. The ship is being Sobha Yatra to mark rituals will be organised at the Additional Director General based at Haldia under the temple to mark Makara VS Pathania, Coast Guard operational and administrative Sankranti with Tirumanjanam Commander (Eastern control of Commander, Coast and Chakra Snanam for Sri Seaboard), and other distin- Guard Region (North East). 's Sudarshana Chakrathalwar and guished guests from the Both the ships are 48.9 later in Alwar near Central and State agencies metres long, 7.5 metres wide Theertham. In the were also present during the with a displacement of 308 birth anniversary fete evening, along with His impressive ceremony. tonnes. The ships are capable PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM consorts, Sri Indian Coast Guard Ship of achieving maximum speed l "After his popular Chicago Govindarajaswamy will be (ICGS) Annie Besant has been of 34 kts, powered with MTU named in honour of Annie 4000 series engines and pro- Vice-Admiral Satish speech when Swami taken out in a procession and Vivekananda came to India, 'Asthanam' will be conducted. Besant, an esteemed socialist, pelled by three 71S type III n n Ghormade, Chief of Staff, On January 16, Goda to acknowledge her achieve- Kamewa water jet of Rolls Indian Coast Guard Ship Indian Coast Guard Ship Eastern Naval Command, journalists asked him about Parinayotsavam and Sri ments towards the nation. Royce. Annie Besant has been Amrit Kaur derives her flagged off the Vivek Sobha the difference between Koorathalwar Sattumora will Annie Besant was philan- The ships are also capable of named in honour of name from Rajkumari Amrit Yarta at the Central Park here Americans and Indians. Swami be performed. On January 17, thropist, theosophist, a prolif- undertaking multi-faceted Annie Besant, an Kaur, who belonged to the on Sunday. Vivekananda replied Paruveta Utsavam also will be ic author and supporter of tasks such as surveillance, enhancing the fighting effi- esteemed socialist, to ruling family of Kapurthala, Around 900 to 1,000 youth Americans are collectively conducted at Sri Govindaraja Indian freedom. The ship will interdiction, search, rescue ciency of the ship. The ships acknowledge her Punjab. She took an active from various colleges and good and Indians are Swamy temple. be based in Chennai under the and medical evacuation. The carry one RIB (Rigid Inflatable achievements towards part in Salt 'Satyagraha' and schools participated in the operational and administrative ships are fitted with state-of- Boat) and one Gemini boat procession conducted as part individually good. Nehru the nation 'Quit India Movement' control of Commander, Coast the-art technology, naviga- each for swift boarding and of the birth anniversary cele- mentioned that Swami Giri Pradakshina Guard Region (East). tion and communication search and rescue operations. brations of Swami Vivekananda is the tonic for Utsavam on Jan 17 Indian Coast Guard Ship equipment, sensor and ICGS Annie Besant is com- n The ships are also capable of undertaking multi-faceted Vivekananda. It is also cele- Indians in 1958," said Prof A Amrit Kaur derives her name machinery. manded by Commandant (JG) tasks such as surveillance, interdiction, search, rescue and brated as the National Youth Prasanna Kumar, Former VIJAYAWADA: The TTD is from Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, The ships are also equipped Sunny Deo, while ICGS Amrit medical evacuation. The ships are fitted with state-of-the- Day. Rector , Andhra University and organising the unique festival who belonged to the ruling with Bofors 40/60 gun and Kaur is commanded by All the youth sloganeered of Kondachuttu Tirunalu also art technology, navigation and communication equipment, President- Centre for Policy family of Kapurthala, Punjab. 12.7 mm SRCG (Stabilised Commandant (JG) Himanshu sensor and machinery some popular words of Swami Studies, Andhra University known as Giri Pradakshina She took an active part in Salt Remote Controlled Gun) for Mishra. such as 'Arise Awake and not Utsavam at Sri Kalyana stop till the goal is reached, l Among the budding talent of Venkateswara Swamy temple in Strength is life -Weakness is the city, Priyam Tated, Indian Narayanavanam on January 17. death', You are creator of your As a part of the event, utsav skater, Pradhan Mantri own destiny.' Rastriya Bal Puraskar awardee, idols of Sri Agasteeshwara 17-year-old NASA intern exponent Yagna At Mission Swamy and Sri Parasareswara , a public meeting who took part in the Yatra Swamy will be taken out in Giri said: "Aim for victory always. Pradakshina on the banks of was conducted. Swami finds planet in habitable zone Atmavidananda, Secretary When I went to play the Aruna river and a few villages Narayana Sarma passes away international sports, I always near Nagari town. The local Ramakrishna Mission IANS n WASHINGTON of these villages also Ashrama, welcomed the guests aimed to win for India," he said PNS n AMARAVATI join the main procession at dance-dramas. He had gained and participants. He rendered Kondacuttu Mandapam or Just three days into his intern- wide respect both as a per- a song on Swami Vivekananda. special pujas and other rituals. ship, little did 17-year-old Wolf Kuchipudi exponent former and teacher. He had cre- Prof A Prasanna Kumar, hero. India is the youngest Later, utsava idols will return to Cukier realise that he is going Bhagavatula Yagna Narayana ated several new dance-dramas Former Rector , Andhra nation in the world as per our Narayanavanam temple. to make history- in helping Sarma passed away at his resi- and staged them in dance fes- University and President- demography and the average NASA discover its first Earth- dence at Maruthi Nagar here on tivals within and outside the Centre for Policy Studies, age of our population is around size planet resting in its star's Sunday. He was 90. Sarma gave country. Sarma was featured in Andhra University, was the 29 years. But, the need of the TTD calendars for sale habitable-zone - the way our many performances, along with several documentary films on chief guest. "After his popular hour is they have to emulate VIJAYAWADA: TTD Earth rests in its Goldilocks stars circle around each other Vempati Pedda Satyam and Kuchipudi . He also Chicago speech when Swami Swami Vivekananda to make publications, including 2020 zone. and from our view eclipse each Vempati Chinna Satyam. acted in the film 'Rahasyam' Vivekananda came to India, India stronger. He advised the diaries and 12- sheet In 2019, when Cukier fin- other every orbit," Cukier said. He trained thousands in the directed by his guru Vedantam journalists asked him about youth to follow Swami calendars and others, along ished his junior year at "About three days into my Kuchipudi dance form. Yagna Raghavaiah. the difference between Vivekananda's teachings in with Telugu Panchangam are Scarsdale High School in New internship, I saw a signal from Narayana Sarma's son Bhagavatula Yagna Narayana Sarma For his service to Kuchipudi Americans and Indians. order to achieve their goals available for sale. They are York, he joined NASA's a system called TOI 1338. At Bhagavatula Venkata dance, Yagna Narayana Sarma Swami Vivekananda replied CV Narasimham , National available TTD publications Goddard Space Flight Centre in first I thought it was a stellar Sarma is one of the prominent , he had soon was bestowed with several hon- Americans are collectively Teacher Awardee, Principal outlets viz. in front of Srivari Greenbelt, Maryland, as a sum- eclipse, but the timing was Kuchipudi gurus based in received acclaim for his role as ours, including the Andhra good and Indians are individ- Ramnath Secondary School, temple, Lepakshi Circle, mer intern. His job was to wrong. It turned out to be a Vijayawada. Lohitasya in 'Harishchandra', Pradesh Department of Culture ually good. Nehru mentioned NSTL, Visakhapatnam, Annadanam Complex at examine variations in star planet," he said in a NASA state- Born in September 1931 at Lavudu in 'Lava Kusa', Prahlada Award (2006), the Award of the that Swami Vivekananda is the addressed the gathering. , Dhyana Mandir near brightness captured by NASA's ment. Kuchipudi, Yagna Narayana in the play of the same name, Potti Sriramulu Telugu tonic for Indians in 1958," said Among the budding talent Sri Govindaraja Swamy Transiting Exoplanet Survey NASA last week announced Sarma had received his initial and Narada in University (2009), and a cash Prasana Kumar recollecting of the city, Priyam Tated, temple, Railway Satellite (TESS) and uploaded that its Transiting Exoplanet training in the dance under 'Gayopakhyanam'. award of the the speeches of Swami and Indian skater, Pradhan Mantri Dtation, Srinivasam, to the Planet Hunters TESS cit- Survey Satellite (TESS) found a Vedantham Raghavaiah, and In 1952, he established his State Cultural Council (2011). how it motivated people. Rastriya Bal Puraskar awardee, Nivasam, Kapilathirtham Road izen science project. planet in a habitable zone, the later became a disciple of own institution of Kuchipudi Bhagavathula Yagna P L. Harinadh, IRTS, spoke on the occasion. and bookstalls near Sri "I was looking through the range of distances where con- Chinta Krishnamurthy and dance, Shri Nritya Art Narayana Sarma received the Deputy Chairman, "Aim for victory always. at data for everything the volun- ditions may be just right to Vempati Chinna Satyam. Academy, in Vijayawada, and Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Visakhapatnam Port Trust, in When I went to play the inter- Tiruchanoor. teers had flagged as an eclips- allow the presence of liquid Beginning his career as a per- there he trained numerous stu- Award for his contribution to his address said: "Swami national sports, I always aimed ing binary, a system where two water on the surface. former in traditional dents in Kuchipudi dance and Kuchipudi dance. Vivekananda is our national to win for India," he said. Uncertainty grips markets Constitution does not give freedom of goondaism PNS n HYDERABAD HC UPADHYAY immediately and effectively The Union government, which is duty distorting the work which n HYDERABAD before the voters who reposed harms his goodwill and repu- In the aftermath of the assassina- their trust and confidence by bound to keep the secular fabric of the tation. tion of the Iranian second-in- Anti-national and Islamic mil- giving the ruling NDA a mas- country intact, should not treat the Justice V. Shircy, dealing command General Qassem itant elements masquerading as sive mandate lose patience. ongoing violent protests as just a matter with the appeal filed by the Suleimani by America, geo-polit- students of the universities The Constitution guaran- of law and order, but comprehend the author Sanjeev Pillai against the ical situation became extremely such as Jamia Millia Islamia, tees some fundamental rights, situation objectively. Indeed, it is high film producer Venu Kunnapalli volatile, bringing the world to the Jawaharlal Nehru University, including the right of free time to look at the term 'secular' in a and another; explained the brink of World War III. Though Aligarh Muslim University, expression of dissent to the selective mode scope of Section 57 of the after Iran's retaliation through Moulana Abdul Kalam Azad government's policies, demon- Copyright Act and held as missile attacks, the Trump University, Viswa Bharati strations, satyagraha, dharna above. administration has not respond- University etc., under the pre- etc., to all people. However, the A bench of Justices Arun Company fined Rs 50 L by The petitioner claimed that, ed with any military action, text of opposing CAA, NRC, same Article 19 also puts a Mishra and U U Lalit upheld Bombay HC after a lot of research, he has observers are of the view that this NPR, are openly challenging rider on the freedom of expres- the constitutional validity of Nagarjuna Agro written the story of the big pause is only temporary and the the sovereignty and integrity of sion, saying the State may the West Bengal Madrasas Chemicals Private budget film, entitled world may be engulfed into the the country. impose reasonable restrictions Service Commission Act, 2008, Limited, a company Mamankam. It was a most disastrous war any time. Precious metals, including gold and These elements are not only on this right. under which selection and having its regis- grand festival held Consequently, precious met- silver, recorded an all-time high price taking law in their hands, but In other words, the State appointment of teachers in tered office in every 12 years als, including gold and silver, also abusing and brow-beating would be well within its pow- madrasas is to be decided by a Hyderabad, has on the banks of recorded an all-time high price levels during the week ended the vast Hindu majority. Taking ers, nay it is rather duty bound, commission. been fined Rs.50 river levels during the week ended Saturday. Similarly, prices of crude, shelter under the word 'secular', to ensure that this very pre- The National Commission lakh by the Nila/Thirunavaya dur- Saturday. Similarly, prices of incorporated surreptitiously cious right is not abused or for Minorities, reacting to the Nagpur bench of ing the 14th to 19th cen- crude, petrol and petroleum petrol too flared up during the Emergency regime of misused by anybody. judgment, has welcomed it the Bombay High tury. It relates to the story products too flared up. Though Indira Gandhi, these criminal Therefore, stringent actions to and termed it as a step in the Court for filing friv- LEGAL of Perumal, the ruler and the prices of these commodities traded at Rs. 184.51, 18.93 and Rs.37,900-38,000 (per 10 gms). gangs are provoking and insult- curtail arsoning, destroying or right direction. olous and vexatious ROUNDUP Chaverpada/suicide squad have now rested at the higher lev- 234.05 respectively. Swiss Franc As the war clouds over the ing the majority community. damaging the public properties complaint and wast- of warriors. els and the upswing has been was traded at Rs. 72.89. world are yet to disperse, uncer- With the oblique move to lend and ensuring safety and secu- Black warrants for Nirbhaya ing the precious The petitioner contend- curtailed, still a lot of uncertain- The domestic share market tainty has gripped the markets. overt and covert support to the rity of the people with the use rapists time of the Court. ed that he had assigned the ty prevails over the future. was hit due to the prevailing In fact, it seems like lull before Muslims who illegally entered of force, are perfectly justified. Justices R K Deshpande and copyright of his work to the Pure gold in the New volatility. Sensex and Nifty the storm. the country from Bangladesh Hope, the anti-national and A court in Patiyala House Milind Jadhav, while rejecting respondents and was associat- York market settled at US 50 closed at 41,614.38 and Myanmar, these anti- jihadi elements will read these Courts, New Delhi has issued the petitioner's plea for inquir- ed with the script writing of the dollars 1,552 (per oz), and 12,258.10 points. COMMODITIES national elements nurture the writings on the wall clearly and death warrants for the ing into manufacturing and film also. Later, following dif- while silver closed at 18 MCX Crude closed at The sentiment in wholesale dream of converting India into loudly and mend their ways Nirbhaya gang rape and mur- marketing of soil testing tech- ferences between him and the dollars. Platinum and Rs.4,218 (per bar- commodity markets at Begum an Islamic country. because merely holding the der accused. Accordingly, all nology developed by the producer, he was replaced by palladium also fol- rel), while MCX Bazar, Maharajgunj, Kishangunj, Therefore, the Union national flag in the hands and four accused, Mukesh, Pavan, respondents, ICAR and IARI, another person and his origi- lowed suit and gold and MCX Mukhtyargunj, Risala Abdullah, Government, which is duty falsely swearing by the Akshay and Vinay are ordered both government-sponsored nal work was charged, modi- closed at the high- silver closed at Osmangunj, Mir Alam Mandi, bound to keep the secular fab- Constitution does not make to be hanged on January 22 at institutions , the court observed fied and distorted which er levels of Rs. 39,673 Dilsukhnagar, Kukatpally, ric of the country intact, should them patriotic and law-abiding 7 am. The verdict that came that the real intention of the adversely affected his goodwill dollars 971 and Rs.46,515 General Bazar, Monda Market, not treat the ongoing violent citizens. after seven years is likely to still petitioner is to eliminate com- and reputation. As his plea for and 2,118 WEEKLY MARKET REVIEW respectively. Sainikpuri, Bowenpally and protests as just a matter of law elude as two of the condemned petition and create monopoly damages and stay on the film (per oz) Copper Alwal remained moderate. New and order, but comprehend the Govt can appoint teachers in convicts have approached the for itself. The court also dis- was nixed by a lower court, he respectively. closed at Rs.448.75 (per kg). arrivals of freshly cultivated situation objectively. Indeed, it minority institutions apex court with curative peti- missed a PIL petition filed by had approached the High The war clouds also impacted In Hyderabad, the demand agri-produce have eased the is high time to look at the term tions. a farmer, whom it treated as the Court. the foreign exchange market. US was largely eclipsed by two price front. 'secular' in a selective mode. In a major jolt to minority The much-discussed and intervenor. The High Court, while Dollar and British Pound closed eclipses viz. Solar exclipse and Among perishables, while Religions which are in direct institutions (MIs), the Supreme debated case in media and recognising the petitioner's at Rs.71.04 and Rs. 92.74, while Lunar eclipse coupled with onions continued to shed contrast to the cherished val- Court has held that the govern- social platforms has rightly Kerala HC on copyrights copyrights even after assign- the Canadian Dollar and inauspicious period up to the excess price due to flooding of ues of Indianisation cannot be ment has a right to appoint raised concerns about speedy The High Court of Kerala at ment of the same, directed the Singapore Dollar were traded at Sankranti festival. The standard the imported onions, toma- given freedom to flourish in teaching staff in minority insti- investigation and speedy trial Ernakulam, in a recent judg- respondents not to give credit Rs.54.34 and Rs. 52.64 respective- gold (24 carats) declined by toes too, ruled at the rock bot- India. tutions. This stripping off the so as to effectively and con- ment, has ruled that under the as the script writer of the film ly. UAE Dirham and Australian Rs.40 and closed at Rs.39,850 tom levels, thanks to abun- If the supremacy of the religious and minority institu- vincing do justice. Hope, the Copyright Act the author of the to anybody. However, the court Dollar were quoted at Rs.19.34 (per 10 gms), while silver (0.999) dant supplies from the grow- Constitution of India and the tions to recruit teachers of their proposed changes in the original work has a right to did not grant stay, saying that and Rs. 48.85. Other Gulf curren- after shedding Rs.600 closed at ing areas. Leafy vegetables rule of law are to be upheld, the choice would go a long way in criminal laws to be made by seek legal remedies even after it would upset the planning of cies such as, Omani Riyal, Saudi Rs.46,900 (per kg). Ornamental and spices too, came within fast deteriorating law and order improving the quality of educa- Parliament would address assignment of copyrights, the film production and would Riyal and Kuwaiti Dinar were gold was quoted in the range of the affordable range. situation has to be tackled tion in minority institutions. these issues. against changing, modifying or result into huge financial loss.

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ulli leaders are getting undue bastions. The parties, CPI and publicity in media these days CPM, which used to easily capture Gon a scale comparable to that municipalities in Khammam and of state leaders, thanks to the Gulli leaders and their ‘jumping' skills Nalgonda districts, are now mak- upcoming municipal elections. ing serious efforts to secure votes Many less known and some Ch Malla Reddy and MP Revanth TRS from romping home in the states. However, beggars rejected withdrawal being Monday, a total in some of the wards. The party unknown faces are attracting atten- Reddy's political skills. elections to urban local bodies, par- REPORTERS’ his 'largesse'. Ironically, years later, of four wards have been captured leadership has taken the polls seri- tion with their publicly rebellious ticularly in the Palamuru belt. he has hit the streets seeking 'alms' unopposed by TRS. The strategy ously; yet, the general feeling is that activities and antics of jumping from Small elections; yet, big efforts for the cause of Amaravati. Does chosen in this municipality is quite the Communists are concentrating one party to another for opportuni- Although elections to the urban Yet another U-turn? D ARY this high-profile mendicant, who interesting. The ruling party has mainly in winning the ward mem- ties or just promises. TRS local local bodies are deemed to be a Begging is a big menace across once abhorred beggary, see a virtue ensured B forms even to the ber posts and corporator posts in leader of Peerjadiguda Darga cakewalk for the ruling Telangana the country and more so in Andhra in it? If he does, it's yet another U- opponents to its own choices in small and big municipalities. Senior Dayakar Reddy got such passing Rashtra Samiti party in almost all Pradesh because at one point the turn by him. four different wards of this munic- leaders apart, trade union activists fame while joining the Congress in the districts of Mahabubnagar, the administration offered beggars Rs ipality and once the B forms are in Nalgonda and Khammam dis- the presence of Malkajgiri MP A party is leaving no stone unturned. 1,500 just to keep them off their results. Telangana rounds them Strategic politics submitted and the nomination tricts say the onslaught of the rul- Revanth Reddy for not getting tick- It is making all-out efforts in the compulsive behavior for 12 hours. up and sends them to prisons The ruling Telangana Rashtra time is over, the candidates are pre- ing party, particularly the pitch of et from TRS party. He also got pub- crucial municipalities spread across These days beggars from even where they are made to work and Samiti seems to be playing strate- vailed upon to withdraw from the its welfare programmes, has cer- licity on the very next day by Wanaparthi and Gadwal districts. other states like Rajasthan invade earn money. gic politics to sweep the elections fray. The local leadership of the tainly distanced the Communists rejoining TRS party. To make up for The party leadership has taken the public space, particularly at traffic When TDP president N to urban local bodies. The party's party says three more B form pos- from the people. In the hustings the loss of face, he alleged that the election as if it were an annual signals and busy commercial areas. Chandrababu Naidu was the chief local legislators in certain con- sessors of the Congress party would now, it is a major challenge for the Congress leaders had forcefully examination that requires the can- Beggars virtually haunt you until minister, at the time of Gadavari stituencies have formulated their leave the fray on Monday and the Communists to remain relevant made him to join the grand old didates to sail through not just with you shell out something to them. Pushkarams, he came forward to own strategies. Parakal Parakal municipality would be even in areas that were once their party. Some journalists stated that pass marks, but distinction in view Governments view begging as a offer them Rs 1,500 per day during Municipality is one such place captured much before the polling strongholds Darga Dayakar Reddy, who didn't of the stakes involved. Almost all form of insult as it brings down the the 12-day event to prevent them where the ruling party legislator day by the ruling party. (Contributed by know anyone until a few days back, the municipalities are witnessing prestige of the States. In the past, from creating nuisance. He want- Challa Reddy is making Bakka Tennyson, became a known face after his dou- this kind of preparedness of the some states even tried sending ed to project the image of Andhra all-out efforts to secure the party Communists keen on wards Avinash Deepak Puli, ble switch. It is a different matter that party. In the present circum- beggars to their native states. But, Pradesh as a beggar-free State in the more seats unanimously much The Communists are in a pathet- Seelam Arozie, PV Kondal Rao, it was a test also for Labour Minister stances, nothing is likely to stop the plan did not yield the desired eyes of pilgrims coming from other before the polling day. With the ic condition in what were once their Kolishetty Venkateshwarlu)

PROTESTERS RESORT TO ‘GANDHIHGIRI' CAPSULE Fresh mapping helps city cops Brahmotsavams at Sri Prasanna Police carry out flag Venkateswara to detect crime-prone localities Swamy temple n VIJAYAWADA: The annual PNS VISAKHAPATNAM n Property offences saw a Brahmotsavams at TTD sub march in Mandadam 32.4 per cent decline in The analytical deduction temple of Sri Prasanna 2019 when compared to Venkateswara Swamy at with the help of crime map- 2018. A total of 849 Kosuvaripalli in Tamballapalli ping is enabling the city cops mandal of will be to understand the crime property offences were commenced from January 26 trends and crime-prone reported in 2019 while the and conclude on February 3. localities. number was 1,256 in 2018. MVP Colony, HB Colony, However, over 35 per cent Seethammadhara, Lawson's Suprabhatha Bay Colony, Panduranga- of the total property resumes at Tirumala puram, East Point Colony offences in Vizag city were and a few other localities reported in a few areas VIJAYAWADA: As holy Dhanur under East and Dwaraka sub such MVP Colony, masam comes to a ceremonious zones of Vizag Police Seethammadhara, Lawson's conclusion on Tuesday evening, Commissionerate have Bay Colony and a few other the Suprabath Seva will re- emerged prone to the house commence in Srivari temple from break-in incidents and posh localities January 15 onwards. It may be Police conducting a flag march in Mandadam in Amaravati on Sunday snatchings in the city. n Property offenders have recalled that the TTD had Property offences saw a replaced Suprabatha Seva with n stolen a total of Rs 6.06 PNS AMARAVATI n Police, who took out a n The protesters gave flowers 32.4 per cent decline in 2019 Andal Tiruppavai Pasura when compared to 2018. A crore property (cash, gold Parayanam from December 17 Capital villages continued to be flag march in to the passengers travelling in total of 849 property offences observed that the over 35 per divisions witnessed more and silver ornaments) in onwards till January 14. The TTD tense as their agitation reached Mandadam, warned buses and sought their were reported in 2019 while cent of burglaries (day and property offences. 2010 and the city police will conduct Goda the 26th day on Sunday. people not to come cooperation to their agitation. the number was 1,256 in night), snatchings and a few Property offenders have managed to recover Rs 2.77 Parinayotsavam at Srivari temple Section 144 and Section 30 are out of their homes. The rally meandered through 2018. However, over 35 per other property offences were stolen a total of Rs 6.06 crore on January 16. crore with 50 per cent still in force in the region and They foiled the Vidya Nagar and Kandula cent of the total property reported at the posh colonies property (cash, gold and sil- detection rate in property the police beefed up security in attempt of farmers to Road before culminating at offences in Vizag city were in the city. We are chalking ver ornaments) in 2010 and offences Tullur and Mandadam to pre- pitch a tent at Tullur Vivekananda statue reported in a few areas such out plans to mitigate proper- the city police managed to Indira had shut vent any untoward incident. MVP Colony, ty offences at those areas in recover Rs 2.77 crore with 50 n Expressing that crime Police, who took out a flag Seethammadhara, Lawson's the coming days," said ADCP per cent detection rate in mapping is one of the march in Mandadam, warned Mandadam to exert pressure Kandula Road before culmi- Bay Colony and a few other (Crime) V Suresh Babu. property offences. JNU, will Modi people not to come out of their on the government to shelve its nating at Vivekananda statue. posh localities. Vizag Police Expressing that crime major tools for the police to homes. They foiled the attempt plan to have three Capitals in Elsewhere in the Capital "We adopted new strate- Commissionerate has two mapping is one of the major notice the latest crime do an Indira? of farmers to pitch a tent at the State. The protesters gave Region, farmers staged dhar- gies to nab the habitual prop- divisions (North and South) tools for the police to notice trends, crime-prone zones Continued from Page1 Tullur. Responding to the call flowers to the passengers trav- nas in which scores of people erty offenders, some inter- and six sub-divisions- East, the latest crime trends, areas, modus of operandi of the Non-Political JAC, a elling in buses and sought took part. Police set up pick- state gangs and a few others. West, South, North, Harbour crime-prone zones areas, and pattern to the As JNU was rocked with a large number of farmers, their cooperation to their agi- ets at various places and foiled It has produced good results and Dwaraka sub-divisions. modus of operandi and pat- reduction of crimes and spate of violence after intermit- women, walkers and youth tation. The rally meandered the attempts of the protesters to prevent property offences Among the six sub-divisions, tern to the reduction of tently witnessing WiFi shut- took part in a rally took out in through Vidya Nagar and to erect tents. by over 30 per cent. We Vizag East and Dwarka sub- crimes and nab offenders. nab offenders down allegedly by Left students, even former Higher Education Secretary R. Subrahmanyam, a JNU alumni himself, con- Prudhvi Raj demned the violence calling it NCW team presented ‘evidence’ on APPOA demands Naidu's apology to DGP "completely unacceptable and resigns... PNS n AMARAVATI They alleged that Naidu was They said everyone in the shameful". making unnecessary charges police department had benefit- Violence swept the universi- police ‘brutality’ on women Continued from Page1 The Andhra Pradesh Police against the DGP as he had lost ed from Sawang's welfare ty on January 5, as several Officers' Association (APPOA) power. "He claims that he has 40 schemes. "His heart always masked individuals, both male Continued from Page1 women were lathi-charged. the protesters attacked and He said that he never has demanded an apology from years of experience but fails to craves for police welfare. We are and female, thrashed students, Women agitators met the com- caused injuries to women secu- expected that a day would Opposition leader N see the honesty and integrity of proud of having such good including girls, and teachers Women constables were not mission members and explained rity personnel during the agita- come when he would have to Chandrababu Naidu for what an IPS officer, who has been DGP," they said. inside the varsity campus with present in many cases and where to them in detail how the police tion. The Andhra Pradesh Police hang his head in shame in called a misinformation cam- serving the government with Stating that Naidu's attitude wooden and metal rods. they were present, their behav- acted with them and showed Officers Association members front of people. Prudhvi Raj paign against Director General sincerity and dedication for the towards the DGP was like try- Two JNUSU office-bearers, iour was worse than the male them the videos taken on met the NCW team and sent a video to media houses of Police (DGP) Gautam past 34 years," they said. ing to spit on the Sun, the including President Aishe constables, he charged. Women mobiles. explained in detail how the agi- clarifying on the audio that Sawang. The APPOA leaders said APPOA leaders warned him Ghosh - who was reportedly hit protesters are being badly beat- Bharatiya Janata Mahila tation was being carried out. went viral on Internet and In a press release here on Sawang had been serving peo- that it would boomerang on over the eye with an iron rod, en up, resulting in injuries. Police Morcha (BJMM) national secre- "Even we want security. Please claimed that his voice in the Sunday, APPOA president J ple selflessly assuming that the him. received severe injuries. is trying to suppress people's tary Malathi Rani and other lead- understand our anguish," the audio was morphed. He Srinivas Rao and honorary Police department was his fam- Stating that Naidu had used They accused RSS'' student voices, Jayadev said. The NCW ers of the party met the fact-find- seven women security personnel denied having ever called the president N Chandrasekhara ily, but the former Chief the police as slaves, they said wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi team comprised Kanchan ing committee and explained the pleaded with the NCW team. farmers in the Capital Region Reddy said Sawang, who Minister was attributing ulteri- he had no right to talk about Parishad (ABVP) for the ram- Khattar, senior coordinator, and situation. Seven police women The commission has taken as paid artistes. He claimed to worked for both Telangana and or motives to him. "We shall not them. They recalled that pant violence in the campus. Praveen Singh, counsellor. met the NCW team and alleged suo moto (on its own) cogni- be the victim of social media AP, had brought name to those accept this and if Naidu repeats Sawang had won the appreci- The ABVP had counter alleged The NCW team also interact- that there was no security for sance of the "police atrocities" on trolling on the issue. He ten- State with his sincerity. Even his baseless charges against the ation of President Ram Nath by releasing photos of Ghosh ed with Tullur tahsildar and DSP them in the Amaravati region women during the capital dered apology to the farmers Naidu has praised him when he DGP, we won't give him even Kovind as the best police which later made Delhi Police and secured details from them. since the agitation was started protests and sent its team on a of the Capital Region if his was the Police Commissioner of the minimum respect," they officer and that he had no treat her as an accused. They inspected the place where nearly a month ago. They said fact-finding mission. remarks hurt their sentiments. Vijayawada, they recalled. warned. right to criticise him. Naidu questions Jagan to meet KCR today ‘CAA bares Pak's ‘biased' approach TDP using women Continued from Page1 torture of minorities’ of cops to mislead NCW: After the meeting with KCR, Jagan is expected to go to Continued from Page1 leaving our homes to answer Continued from Page1 Vijayawada on Tuesday and to eternal call. We do not Vasireddy Padma celebrate Sankranti on Had this dispute not arisen, respond to ephemeral call," He alleged that DGP Wednesday. the world would not have Ramakrishna Math and Gautam Sawang was taking Besides bifurcation issues, known the kind of atrocities Mission general secretary illegal steps to suppress the both Jagan and KCR are likely that were perpetrated on the Swami Suvirananda, told people's movement. to discuss on the contentious (religious) minorities in reporters. He said the YSRCP rallies Citizenship Amendment Act, Pakistan. "We are above politics. To were being taken out right National Population Register, "....how human rights have us Narendra Modi is the under the nose of police. National Register of Citizens been violated. How the lives leader of India and Mamata "Do Sections 144 and 30 no planned by the BJP-led NDA of our sisters and daughters Banerjee is the leader of West apply for them?" he asked. government at the Centre. September 24, 2019, the two ernment was keen on diverting were ruined. Its the result of Bengal," he said, adding "we The Amaravati The CMs are expected to take leaders had a lengthy discussion Godavari water from Polavaram our initiative that Pakistan are inclusive as an organisa- Parirakshana Samithi was a stand on whether to support on the diversion of the Godavari to Banakacherla Head Regulator will have to answer for its acts tion which has monks from constituted as per the State Women's Commission (SWC) Chairperson Vasireddy Padma addresses the or oppose CAA, NPR, NRC and waters to the and in Kurnool and then to of oppression against the Hindu, Islam, Christian Constitution but the govern- media in Vijayawada on Sunday discuss on 'joint political strat- decided to go ahead with the Rayalaseema. Similarly, the minorities there," he told a (faiths). We live like more ment was not allowing it egy' to deal with the NDA gov- inter-linking process with less Telangana government was gathering at Belur Math, the than brothers of same par- stage its protest programmes, ernment on these issues. land acquisition. Later, both planning to draw water from headquarters of Ramakrishna ents". Naidu said. PNS n AMARAVATI Padma said the TDP was They are also expected to dis- the governments had reported- Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Mission. Soon after Modi As Modi addressed the He alleged that police stooping so low to use women cuss river water sharing, espe- ly put the joint irrigation pro- Scheme and divert it to had left the premises, the gathering, activists of the had acted in a highhanded State Women's Commission in telling lies to SCW mem- cially diversion of Godavari ject on the back-burner due to Nagarjunasagar project via Mid monastic order distanced Congress and the Left contin- manner against women (SWC) Chairperson Vasireddy bers. The Opposition party water to Krishna Basin and huge expenditure involved in it. Manair reservoir and Musi itself from his speech, saying ued their protest on the sec- when they were going to Padma found fault with the was also uploading pictures of other contentious issues Officials and engineers from river. However, the two State it is an apolitical organisation ond day of his Kolkata visit, Vijayawada from Amaravati TDP for allegedly using events that happened at differ- between the Telugu States. both the States had already governments are yet to discuss where people of all religious notwithstanding his repeated to offer Naivedyam to women as pawns in its politi- ent locations to explain the Both the leaders are expect- submitted a few proposals, their plans to come up with a faiths live like "brothers of clarification that the new cit- Goddess . "Does it cal game. Addressing a press incidents happening in ed to discuss the issues pertain- which are likely to be discussed final solution. same parents". izenship law will not adverse- not amount to denying conference here on Sunday, Amaravati. ing to the AP Reorganisation at the meeting. Issues pertain- Besides river water sharing, "Ramakrishna Mission will ly impact any Indian citizen. women their rights? Does it she said the TDP was mislead- "The TDP president has the Act. This will be the third ing to enhancement of drawing issues pertaining to division of not comment on PMs speech. The protesters sat overnight not amount to misuse of ing the National Women's history of using the horses to meeting between them in the capacity at Pothireddypadu assets and liabilities, including We are strictly an apolitical at Esplanade in the heart of laws if the police kick Commission (NCW). It creat- trample on Anganwadi work- last seven months. The agenda Head Regulator might also employees, between the sibling body. We cannot comment the city, carrying placards women with their boots ed hurdles for NCW members ers when they were staging of the meeting is not known. come up for discussion. States are likely to be resolved on the PMs speech on CAA. that read Modi go back and and cane them?" he ques- at every stage of their visit, she dharnas in the past," she Last time, when they met on It is learnt that the AP gov- during the meeting. We have come here after Down with BJP. tioned. alleged. reminded. VIJAYAWADA | MONDAY | JANUARY 13, 2020 nation 04

SHORT READS Army hospital manages MAHADAYI DISPUTE Goa Congress ‘Factors behind success complicated pregnancy workers protest PNS n JAMMU at K'taka village PNS n PANAJI The 166 Military Hospital in of PDS decoded' Jammu has successfully man- Congress workers from Goa on PNS n NEW DELHI aged a complicated pregnancy in Sunday protested in Degaon, the While both a 50-year-old woman, ensuring site from where the Mahadayi Sikkim CM suggests The variations across states seen Chhattisgarh and the safety of both the mother river originates, in neighbour- one-way routes, in the implementation of India's Jharkand expanded and her twins — a boy and a girl, ing Karnataka's Belgaum dis- carpooling for officials Public Distribution System the PDS, the a senior army officer said on trict. Goa and Karnataka are (PDS) -- which supplies food Sunday. The mother and the mellitus and severe pregnancy embroiled in a dispute over the GANGTOK: Sikkim Chief and non-food items to the developments in babies are out of danger and induced hypertension due to her sharing of Mahadayi river water Minister Prem Singh Tamang country's poor at subsidised coverage post- under observation. This was an age," Brig Arora said. and the two states have also has suggested several measures rates -- may be attributed to fac- NFSA was greater extremely challenging case at He said she was evaluated at sparred over the latter going to address traffic woes in state tors like political leadership, this hospital with limited the hospital and was put under ahead with the Kalsa Banduri capital Gangtok, including one- electoral competition, and soci- in Chhattisgarh resources, said its commandant close monitoring with treat- drinking water project on the way routes, carpooling for etal pressures, according to a compared to that in Brigadier Devendra Arora. ment. On January 10 night, river. Sunday's protest was led by officials during the peak tourist new study. Jharkhand, the He said Kulwant Kaur (name Kaur reported to the hospital Congress' Bicholim taluka chief season and relocating some taxi The study, published in the researchers said changed), wife of an ex-service- with hypertensive emergency Meghashyam Raut. Raut had stands outside the town. He also journal World Development, man, conceived by In-Vitro and very high blood pressure also protested on the issue while proposed creating tourist entry assessed the implementation of Fertilization after 30 years of along with low platelet count, Union Environment, Forest and permit systems in the districts the PDS in two relatively newly gramme the largest in the world, its PDS a nationally lauded influential societal groups, and marriage and the couple report- leading to bleeding disorder in Climate Change Minister and the sub-divisions to check formed states in the country -- and provided highly subsidised model, but Jharkhand's reforms the third one was how the lead- ed to the hospital for antenatal eight months of pregnancy. Prakash Javadekar was deliver- influx in the town, thereby Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand -- food grain to roughly 70 per were patchier in comparison, ership enabled the uses of care as all medical-care facilities "She was at very high risk to ing a speech at the International decreasing the congestion on which have similar demograph- cent of its population. they explained in a statement. bureaucratic capacity. in Jammu refused to admit go into seizures with presence of Film Festival of India's inaugu- the roads. Chairing a meeting ic profiles, and development While both Chhattisgarh and The findings revealed that Through the study, the scien- them due to severe complica- anemia. The liver was also ration ceremony on November with his ministerial colleagues indicators, but different nutri- Jharkand expanded the PDS, the three sets of interrelated factors tists were also able to understand tions that could have arisen in severely damaged with increased 20 last year. Raut said the and senior officials here on tion outcomes. developments in coverage post- influenced the goals pursued by a key difference between the two the case. "The team of gynaecol- liver enzymes. The couple was Congress group had protested Saturday, Tamang suggested According to the researchers, NFSA was greater in the political leadership while states. While Jharkhand's ogists at 166 Military Hospital very anxious as their last chance at Degaon to make people constituting a committee to including those from the Chhattisgarh compared to that prioritising PDS. demand for statehood emerged took the challenge to manage of becoming parents was endan- aware of the issue, and claimed resolve the traffic congestion University of East Anglia in Jharkhand, the researchers One of the factors was the from a strong mobilization of its this rare case. Kaur had twin gered with severe health risk to BJP governments at the Centre crisis in Gangtok. The chief (UEA), the National Food said. nature of political-electoral com- tribal population, Chhattisgarh pregnancy with several associ- the mother and threatening loss and Karnataka were acting minister also asked officials to Security Act (NFSA) of 2013 Chhattisgarh undertook petition, the second was the lacked a comparable movement, ated illnesses like hypothy- of both of their babies," the offi- against the interests of Goa in carry out sensitisation drives made India's food security pro- comprehensive reforms to make kinds of pressures exerted by they said. roidism, gestational diabetes cer said. the water dispute. before implementing major changes regarding the vehicular movement in the state capital. Most cases in Lok Pal 109 children sexually abused Narcotics smuggler UP govt to withdraw 4 more cases related to not under its purview, every day in India in 2018 booked under PSA, two Muzaffarnagar riots MUZAFFARNAGAR (UP): The PNS n NEW DELHI Uttar Pradesh government has says chairman others arrested in J-K decided to appeal in court for As many as 109 children were withdrawing four more cases PNS n COIMBATORE sexually abused every day in PNS n JAMMU related to Muzaffarnagar riots India in 2018, according to the of 2013, taking the total Most of the cases filed in the Lok data by the National Crime An alleged hardcore nar- number of such cases that it Pal were disposed of as they were Record Bureau, which showed a cotics smuggler was booked intends to withdraw to 80, an not coming under its purview or 22 per cent jump in such cases under Public Safety Act official said on Sunday. The the jurisdiction, its chairman from the previous year. (PSA) in Udhampur district, final decision on the state Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose According to the recently while two other drug ped- government's requests to said on Sunday. released NCRB data, 32,608 dlers were arrested in sepa- withdraw the pending cases of Over 1,100 cases have been cases were reported in 2017 rate operations in Kathua 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots will received before the one-year while 39,827 cases were report- and Reasi districts of Jammu criminal activities was pre- be taken by the court, said the old Lok Pal and the members ed in 2018 under the Protection The highest number of child CRY – Child Rights and You and Kashmir, police said on pared and submitted before district's government counsel sat, discussed and found that the of Children from Sexual rapes were recorded in (CRY) said, that while on the one Sunday. Udhampur District Magistrate Dushyant Tyagi. According to most of the cases were not Stating that the Lok Pal would Offences Act (POCSO). POCSO Maharashtra at 2,832 followed by hand, the increasing numbers of Shabeek Ahmad alias Shiku, Piyush Singla who after careful the UP special law secretary coming under its jurisdiction or function from a new office Act, 2012 is a comprehensive law Uttar Pradesh at 2023 and Tamil crimes against children are a resident of Ladda-Kheri and consideration issued orders of Arun Rai, the state government act and disposed of, Ghose told from January-end or the first to provide for the protection of Nadu at 1457, the data showed. extremely alarming, it also sug- the main supplier of narcotics his detention under Public on Saturday directed the reporters here. week of February, Ghose said, children from offences of sexu- Overall crimes against chil- gests an increasing trend in to youth, was arrested and Safety Act," the spokesman Muzaffarnagar district However, the people who "We are in a position to start our al assault, sexual harassment dren has increased steeply over reporting which is a positive sign booked under PSA in said. authorities to file an appeal in had filed the cases were told to work." To a question whether and pornography. It requires six times in the decade over as it reflects people's faith in the Udhampur district on Saturday, Parshotam Lal, another nar- the court for withdrawing four process their cases in the partic- Lok Pal can take up suo moto special treatment of cases relat- 2008-2018, from 22,500 cases system. a police spokesman said. cotic smuggler, was arrested more cases related to the riots. ular committee or institutions to cases such as the one in which ing to child sexual abuse such as recorded in 2008 to 1,41,764 "It also provides a direction in He said Shiku was a habitu- along with 3815 intoxicant cap- Earlier, the state government get their allegations resolved for a Congress MLA from setting-up of special courts, spe- cases in 2018, according to the which government interventions al criminal and arrested num- sules and 1128 intoxicant tablets had decided to withdraw 76 their own benefit, he said. Puducherry charged his own cial prosecutors, and support NCRB data from 2008 and 2018. must be made and evidence ber of times in different cases from Bhagthali area of Kathua such cases. The state "Any other allegation and party-ruled government with persons for child victims. In 2017, 1,29,032 cases of needs to be created. While some of heinous nature including district on Saturday and was government is yet to decide on grievances, we will arrange to corruption, Ghose said the mat- As many as 21,605 child rapes crime against children were major efforts have been taken to narcotics smuggling, attempt to booked under the Narcotic withdrawing the cases against take up and there is no difficul- ter has not been formulated yet were recorded in 2018 which recorded. ensure child protection, a lot more murder, house breaking and Drugs and Psychotropic BJP MLA Sangeet Som, Union ty to carry on with full swing," and as and when the matter included 21,401 rapes of girls and Priti Mahara, Director of is needed to see expected results theft besides. Substances (NDPS) Act, the minister Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, he said. comes they would decide. 204 of boys, the data showed. Policy Research and Advocacy at on the ground," Mahara said. "A dossier with regard to his spokesman said. state cabinet minister Suresh Rana and other leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party. CENTRAL VISTA MAKEOVER Man held for raping woman, her niece Cabinet secy asks ministries to provide staff details by Jan 15 MUMBAI: A 26 year-old man was arrested on Sunday for n allegedly raping and making PNS NEW DELHI this regard, sources told PTI. That such details will help the Union housing and sanctioned and filled posts. ment project will be executed pregnant a 17-year-old girl by The Narendra Modi govern- He has asked secretaries of at an estimated cost of Rs threatening to make viral her Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba ment has readied a blue print urban affairs ministry, which is a nodal ministry for the ministries to submit such 12,879 crore. mega project, formulate accommodation plan aunt's sex video with him, has sought details of employ- for its ambitious plan to rede- details by January 15," a source The new Parliament building Mumbai Police said. The — RAJIV GAUBA, ees from all ministries by velop Central Vista — the Cabinet Secretary said. with seating capacity for 1,000 accused, Azmal Lashkar alias January 15 as the government nation's power corridor in Gauba said that such details to 1,200 people is targeted to be Ashish Dubey, had allegedly launched an exercise to formu- Delhi — for which several will help the Union housing constructed by August 2022 raped the 23-year-old woman late an accommodation action buildings such as Krishi vice-president and the prime offices of all ministries, the cab- and urban affairs ministry, when India will be celebrating under the pretext of marriage plan under its ambitious pro- Bhawan, Shastri Bhawan, minister close to the inet secretary said in the letter. which is a nodal ministry for its 75th Independence Day. and filmed the act without her ject to redevelop Central Vista Vigyan Bhawan, Vice- Rashtrapati Bhavan is also According to an estimate, the the mega project, formulate The common Central knowledge, a Bangur Police in Lutyens' Delhi. President's residence and under consideration. An offi- government is currently paying accommodation plan. Secretariat is likely to be built station official said. According In his letter to secretaries, Nirman Bhawan are likely to be cial said the 2022 Republic Day Rs 1,000 crore as rent annual- The Union housing and by 2024. to police, the accused got Gauba has asked them to razed. parade would take place at the ly for its offices spread across urban affairs ministry has In October this year, acquainted with the woman and appoint a nodal officer not The redevelopment plan of ministries and the revamping "modernised" Rajpath. the national capital. planned to float tenders for Gujarat-based architecture firm her niece at a party by posing below the rank of joint secre- Central Vista is likely to include of the 3-km-long Rajpath from As part of the Central Vista "The cabinet secretary has each project by next month. HCP Designs won the consul- himself as Ashish Dubey. The tary in their respective min- a triangular Parliament build- Rashtrapati Bhavan till India redevelopment project, the gov- sought a list of requirement of According to the Central tancy bid for architectural and official said Laskhar hails from istries to facilitate collection of ing next to the existing one, Gate. ernment will construct a cen- ministries, their attached and Public Works Department, the engineering planning of the Assam, but has been staying in all required information in common central secretariat for Shifting the residences of the tral secretariat to accommodate subordinate offices about the entire Central Vista redevelop- Centre''s ambitious project. Mumbai these days. Respect for all religions inherent in ‘Indian blood': VP Oppn attacks UP govt over have got every right to have that PNS n CHENNAI view. But they are not right," he said. Vice President M Venkaiah On the International Noida loot-murder case Naidu on Sunday said respect Day, he said Prime Minister PNS n LUCKNOW for all religions was inherent "in Narendra Modi had made BSP president the Indian blood" and asserted efforts to take it to the UN fol- The Opposition on Sunday tar- Mayawati asked secularism does not mean lowing which it was now being geted the Uttar Pradesh govern- 'insult' or appeasement of one practiced in many countries. ment over the murder of a pri- the particular faith. In a possible reference to vate firm employee in Noida last government to For a long time, India has critics of the Prime Minister, he week, with the Congress and the pay attention to sheltered persecuted persons said "yoga is for your body, not BSP accusing Chief Minister issues of crime and given refuge to many, Naidu because of Modi," and urged one Yogi Adityanath's dispensation said at an event here to mark the and all to do it for one's own of laxity and indifference. control and centenary of Sri Ramakrishna vival of mankind," Naidu said. "Now also we are ready to blood. People now talk about good. Earlier, Naidu played Gaurav Chandel, a resident of maintenance of Vijayam, a Tamil monthly of Sri "Swami Vivekananda stressed accept those who are persecut- secularism, constitution. Badminton with his old friends. Greater Noida's 5th Avenue law and order Ramakrishna Math. on the importance of spiritual- ed though some people are try- Constitution came later, but the "Had a refreshing start to start Gaur City, was returning from Speaking on the occasion ity. India, in a way is the spiri- ing to make it controversial and Indian blood- sarvadharma my day. Played a wonderful work in Gurgaon on the night coinciding with the birth tual guru for the entire world. all," he said in an apparent ref- samabhavana-- respect for all Badminton game with my old of January 7 when he was shot a place like Noida is so high, Chandel was found uncon- anniversary of Swami People look to India for solace, erence to the opposition to the religions (existed already)," friends in Chennai amid beau- dead after being robbed of his what will be the situation in the scious around 4 am on January Vivekananda, Naidu said people guidance and spiritualism," he NDA government's controversial Naidu said. tiful weather," the official twit- SUV, wallet, laptop and other whole of UP," she asked. 8 along a service road between should forever remember him added. Citizenship Amendment Act. From time immemorial, peo- ter account of Naidu said in a belongings, police had said. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Parthala Chowk and Hindon and propogate his teachings Quoting from Vivekananda, "That is our culture, our her- ple have come from outside and tweet and shared pictures of Vice Around 10.30 pm, he had president Mayawati asked the Vihar. He was rushed to a pri- and preachings "which are eter- he said the Swamiji was proud itage. This is what our forefa- have been given shelter, he said, President playing the game. called up his wife to inform her Yogi government to pay atten- vate hospital where doctors nal for the betterment of that he belonged to a religion thers have told us," the Vice adding different religions also He also visited Amir Mahal, that he was at Parthala Chowk tion to issues of crime control declared him dead, the police mankind." "that has taught the world both President added. came to India and were respect- the residence of Prince of Arcot, and would reach home in five and maintenance of law and had said. His family alleged that Hailing the guru as a "great tolerance and universal accep- The CAA envisages providing ed "because we believe every Nawab Mohammed Abdul Ali. minutes, they had said. order. they approached the local saint, teacher and social tance." Indian citizenship to persecut- religion is important and sar- "Visited Amir Mahal, the res- Congress general secretary "Public anger is continuously Cherry County police post but reformer," he said Swami "...the only religion which ed minorities from Pakistan, vadharma samabhavana is the idence of Prince of Arcot, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said rising across the entire region they got no help. Vivekananda played a major role says all religions are true. That Bangladesh and Afghanistan. essence of our civilisation." Nawab Mohammed Abdul Ali Chandel's family should get due to the government's cover up Later, they reached Bisrakh in introducing to the is the greatness, that is the Today there was more than Without naming anyone, he and interacted with his family justice at the earliest. and indifference in the Gaurav police station where they West. beauty of this religion ever a need to bring down the said some people had some kind members in Chennai today," he "Gaurav Chandel, who Chandel murder case in Noida. requested that Chandel's phone "He was a social reformer and (Hinduism)," he said. walls that create differences of an "allergy" towards the word said in another tweet. worked as a manager, was mur- It will be better if the UP govern- be put on surveillance but the was against religious dogmas Swami Vivekananda also said among the people and "we fol- Hindu. Naidu was received by dered by criminals in Noida. ment gives up this kind of laxi- officials there kept dilly-dallying and believed in the uplift of he belonged to a nation which low sarvadharma samabha- "There are some people in this Governor Banwarilal Purohit The government action in this ty in matters of crime control and the matter, saying the case did humanity irrespective of caste or has sheltered the persecuted vana," or respect for all religions, country who have some allergy and Chief Minister K loot-and-murder case has been law and order and gives proper not fall in their jurisdiction, and creed and emphasised that spir- and the refugees of all nations of he said. towards this word called Hindu. Palaniswami on his arrival here lax so far," she tweeted in Hindi. attention to public welfare," two crucial hours were wasted, itualism is important for the sur- the earth, Naidu said. "It is there in our Indian We can't help them and they on Sunday. "If the morale of criminals in Mayawati tweeted in Hindi. they said. VIJAYAWADA | MONDAY | JANUARY 13, 2020 nation 05 SHORT READS CAA stir: Inter-faith prayer to Each oppressed Pak Furore as PM renames Kolkata refugee will get Indian citizenship: Shah uphold values of Constitution Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh): Port Trust after Syama Prasad PNS n NEW DELHI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the People of different faiths came government "will not rest" until PNS n KOLKATA event. "When there is no syndi- together on Sunday to partic- each oppressed Pakistani cate or cut money involved, why ipate in a 'sarva dharma samb- refugee is given Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would someone implement cen- hava' ceremony at Delhi's citizenship. He was speaking at on Sunday rechristened Kolkata tral government schemes? I Shaheen Bagh, where anti- a public meeting organised Port Trust after Jan Sangh don't know whether they (state citizenship law protestors have here to drum up support for founder Syama Prasad government) would give been demonstrating for almost the Citizenship (Amendment) Mookerjee, drawing criticism approval for central schemes a month now. The inter-faith Act (CAA). "Congress people, from the opposition camp, such as Ayushman Bharat ceremony, where there was a listen...Oppose (CAA) to the which said he was more of a Yojana, PM Kisan Samman traditional Hindu-style extent you can. But we wont sit "name-changer" than a "game- Nidhi, but if they do, people of 'hawan' and chants of Sikh 'kir- quiet till each oppressed changer". Bengal will be able to enjoy their tan', saw participants also refugee from Pakistan gets Modi, while addressing the benefits," he said. reading out the Preamble of Indian citizenship," he said. "We 150th anniversary programme The prime minister also the Constitution and taking will rest only after giving of Kolkata Port Trust, invoked claimed that he was pained to oath to preserve its "socialist, The inter-faith ceremony, faith harmony. Hundreds of citizenship to all these people. Mookerjee and BR Ambedkar see that the poor in the state was secular" values. where there was a protestors, including women Nobody can stop us from doing and said their contributions not getting the benefits of the "Scriptures from the Geeta, traditional Hindu-style and children, stayed put at the so," he added. "The Hindu, Sikh, had led to the development of Centre's welfare schemes. the Bible, the Quran were Sarita Vihar-Kalindi Kunj road Buddhist and Christian the country post Independence, "Eight crore farmers across read and Gurbani held. Then ‘hawan' and chants of at Shaheen Bagh on Sunday, as refugees from Pakistan have but suggestions made by them the country are getting benefit- the Preamble of the Sikh '', saw their movement for withdraw- the same rights in India as we were not implemented after Constitution," Modi said, while this state would not have to miss ed (due to the central schemes). Constitution was also read participants also reading al of the contentious have," he said. The BJP they resigned from the govern- addressing the ceremony at out on the benefits for long. But there will always be pain in out by people from varying out the Preamble of the Citizenship Amendment Act president also said that Ram ment. "I announce that the Netaji Indoor Stadium here. West Bengal Chief Minister my heart (about the schemes not faiths who are supporting this Constitution and taking (CAA) and a proposed pan- temple will be built in Ayodhya Kolkata Port Trust will now be Hinting at a change of guard Mamata Banerjee, who was being implemented in Bengal). movement,” said Syed Taseer oath to preserve its India National Register of in four months. known as Dr. Syama Prasad in 2021 Assembly polls, he said scheduled to attend the port I will always pray to god for the Ahmed, one of the initial Citizens (NRC) was set to Mookerjee Port. He was the the West Bengal government trust programme, was conspic- welfare of farmers and poor organisers of the protest. ‘socialist, secular’ values complete a month on Monday. Veteran PTI father of industrialisation in was not implementing central uous by her absence. None of patients. May god give them The crowd swelled from Zainul Abidin, 44, of India, a man who made sacri- schemes as it did not help "syn- the Trinamool Congress minis- (Bengal government) good hundreds to over a thousand Ghaffar Manzil had started a journalist Babul fices for one nation and one dicates" (cartels), but people in ters were also present at the sense... by afternoon. Being a Sunday religions or peaceful co-exis- hunger strike on December 16 Baruah dies and the weather relatively tance of all religions) was to press the demand for GUWAHATI: Veteran PTI warmer, more people, could popularised by Mahatma repealing the CAA and after journalist Babul Baruah, who join the protest, he added. Gandhi during India's free- a fortnight was joined by Haryana The concept of 'sarv dharm dom struggle against the Mehrunissa, 40, of Sarita was associated with the ‘No progress on world's second premier news agency for nearly sambhav' (equal respect for all British rule to promote inter- Vihar. 40 years, has died following supplying prolonged illness. He was 80. Baruah joined PTI in 1966 at tallest Buddha statue project in Guj' contaminated its Guwahati bureau before he J-K Police n was transferred to Itanagar to PNS AHMEDABAD water to Delhi establish the Arunachal During excavation, n DySP caught Pradesh office. He served at No progress has been made on remains of a PNS NEW DELHI PTI's eastern region the Gujarat government's plan Buddhist monastery with two headquarters in Kolkata during to build the world's second dated 3rd-4th Delhi Jal Board Vice the '80s and was subsequently tallest statue of Gautam century AD were Chairman Dinesh posted in Aizwal, covering Buddha in Sabarkantha district Mohaniya on Sunday militants Mizoram when the state was and to develop the place into found. A casket was alleged that the BJP-ruled PNS n SRINAGAR reeling under insurgency. an international Buddhism found, which as per Haryana is supplying con- Baruah also served at PTI's destination, a member of a its inscription, taminated water to the city A deputy superintendent of Silchar office, and then at Buddhist organisation claimed contained relics of as part of a "political con- Jammu and Kashmir Police Shillong from where he retired here on Sunday. Gautam Budhha spiracy" ahead of assembly and two militants, who were in 2002. Suffering from kidney The government had pro- polls. detained from a car in south failure and cardiac problems posed to develop Dev Ni Mori No immediate reaction Kashmir, have been arrested, for the last few years, Baruah in Sabarkantha district into an excavation at Dev Ni Mori near was available from the BJP. officials said on Sunday. died on Saturday in Pune "international Buddhist desti- Shamlaji, an important Hindu Mohaniya, speaking at Demolition drive against 4 Davinder Singh, who is where he was living with nation" with "the second tallest pilgrimage destination, during the Aam Aadmi Party presently posted as the his son. statue of Buddha (108 metre) 1960-1963. During excava- office, said the water sup- deputy superintendent of in the world after the Spring tion, remains of a Buddhist plied by Haryana has a Kochi illegal flats completed police at the airport, was Temple statue in China (153 monastery dated 3rd-4th cen- high amount of ammonia PNS n KOCHI Sakhare said the demolition detained along with mili- 3 militants killed in metre). The prposed statue will tury AD were found. A casket and hence the DJB produc- drive was successful and said tants Naveed Babu and Altaf Pulwama encounter be more in height than the was found, which as per its tion has decreased by Sending a strong message to everything went as planned. on Saturday, they said. Thailand-based Sitting inscription, contained relics 100 MGD (million gallons violators of environmental Explosives, weighing near- The officials said the police with security forces Buddha statue (92 metre). of Gautam Budhha. per day). norms, the Supreme Court ly 750 kg, were used in a con- officer was alleged to have SRINAGAR: Three militants The estimated cost of the The 1700-year-old casket is "The water supplied in ordered demolition drive trolled manner to bring down been ferrying the militants were killed in an encounter project is around Rs 1200 Solidarity, which was inaugu- currently kept at the MS Delhi comes from other against four illegal waterfront the lakeside structures in from the Shopian area, pos- security forces in Tral in crore. "The state government rated on Sunday, being organ- University of Baroda in states, in which Haryana is apartment complexes here was Maradu, eight months after sibly out of the valley. Jammu and Kashmir's has proposed a very big project ised at the Gujarat University Vadodara. Gautam said the largest source. After completed on Sunday with the apex court ordered their Deputy Inspector General Pulwama district on Sunday, at 'Dev Ni Mori', but has not here. 129 Buddhist monks Sanghakaya Foundation had the announcement of polls, the last two high rises pulled demolition for violation of of South Kashmir Atul Goyal police said. Security forces yet sanctioned any fund, which from different parts of the also proposed to construct a the amount of ammonia in down using controlled implo- the Coastal Regulation Zone was supervising the operation launched a cordon-and-search has stalled the project. We are country and abroad, apart 80-120 metre tall statue of the water coming from sion method. norms. and caught the car at a police operation in the Gulshanpora also struggling for it and try- from common people, are par- Lord Buddha for which land Haryana has increased a In perhaps the first of its The Kerala government barricade at Mir Bazar in area of Tral in the south ing to make it possible as early ticipating in the three-day was identified at Aluva village lot," he told reporters. "This kind drive in the country stuck to its time line of 138 Kulgam of south Kashmir. Kashmir district Sunday as possible," said Bhante conference. in Gandhinagar district. has affected the water sup- against illegal residential high days given to the Supreme The DIG, according to the morning after receiving specific Prasheel Ratna Gautam, pres- "We don't think the govern- "The collector of ply in many parts of Delhi. rises, the four concrete colos- Court in September last year eyewitness, lost his cool at the intelligence about the presence ident of Sanghakaya ment has any issue regarding Gandhinagar district had iden- As Haryana is ruled by BJP, suses housing nearly 350 flats as the meticulously planned DySP. of militants there, a police Foundation, a non-profit funds. The government has not tified the land at Aluva village these developments ahead were reduced to piles of rub- operation was successfully Two AK rifles were seized official said. He said as the Buddhist organisation. said no to the project, but it is in Gandhinagar on the banks of the election seem to be ble in seconds one after anoth- carried out in a precise man- from the car. A search was forces were conducting He was speaking on the not taking it forward either," of the Sabarmati river. We a political conspiracy," said er over the last two days. ner amid tight security and conducted at his residence searches, the militants fired sidelines of the 4th Gautam said. propose to build a 80-120 Mohaniya, adding the BJP Ernakulam District after people in the neighbour- and the police allegedly at them, triggering an International Buddhist The state archaeological metre tall statue of Gautam is conspiring to defame the Collector S Suhas and Kochi hood were evacuated as a pre- seized two pistols and one AK encounter. Conference on Peace and department had carried out Buddha there," he said. Delhi government. Police Commissioner Vijay cautionary measure. rifle, the officials said. MoS, Defence meets LG in Delhi polls: AAP’s, Cong's first list of candidates Jammu, discusses security PNS n JAMMU vide more benefit to people, the likely before Jan 14, BJP's by Jan 18 spokesperson said. PNS n NEW DELHI Raghav Chadha, might be Union Minister of State for He added that Naik and given tickets in the upcoming Defence Shripad Yesso Naik Murmu also talked about the The Delhi Assembly election is polls. "The AAP will use a met Jammu and Kashmir developmental aspirations of just a few weeks away and the 3C yardstick of (no)corruption, Lieutenant Governor Girish the people of Jammu and main contenders -- the AAP, (no)criminal record and Chandra Murmu here on Kashmir and various other BJP and Congress -- are busy (good)character as bench- Sunday and discussed a wide issues relating to public welfare. vetting their prospective can- marks for choosing candidates range of issues related to the pre- Earlier, soon after his arrival didates and expected to start for the upcoming polls," senior vailing security situation in the in Jammu on Saturday, the min- Govt decides to naming their nominees later party leader Sanjay Singh said. Union territory, a Raj Bhavan ister attended the one-day this week. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind spokesperson said. Naik, who national seminar organised by The ruling party is likely to Kejriwal is likely to fight from also holds the portfolio of RARIUD on and withdraw NSG from come up with its first list of the New Delhi Assembly seat AYUSH, discussed with Murmu integrative medicines and its candidates before January 14 The incumbent Aam Aadmi candidates who contested last again, sources said while refut- about various reforms and ini- contemporary relevance as well and the saffron party by Party (AAP), which tasted stu- time. Sources, however, said ing reports that the AAP tiatives of the government for as a brain-storming session on VIP security duties January 18. The Congress' first pendous success winning 67 of some of AAP's 2019 Lok Sabha national convenor would con- promotion of medicinal plants AYUSH and the scope and list of nominees too is expect- the 70 Assembly seats in 2015, candidates, including party test from two seats in the and development of education challenges of integrative medi- PNS n NEW DELHI The force provides ed before January 14. is likely to repeat most of the spokespersons Atishi and upcoming polls. and research in AYUSH to pro- cines. proximate and mobile After effecting a major VIP security cover — security cut and withdrawal of SPG cover from the Gandhis, commandos armed with the Union government has sophisticated assault JNU VC ‘mastermind’ behind Jan 5 attack, criminal now decided to completely weapons — under the remove NSG commandos top 'Z+' category to 13 from this task, official sources 'high-risk' VIPs that said. This will be after over two entails about two dozen proceedings must be started: Cong fact-finding panel decades that the 'black cat' personnel for each one commandos of the elite of them PNS n NEW DELHI The Congress had ernance and autocracy. He Commissioner of Delhi Police counter-terror force will be appointed the four- deliberately imposed his deci- and other police officials taken out from VIP protection A fact-finding committee of the sion on the university students because of police failure to act duties, a task not originally The other NSG protectees Congress on the JNU violence member fact-finding and teachers without due on the emergency calls by the charted for it when the force include ex-CMs Mayawati, on Sunday alleged that Vice committee to carry out process and then refused to students and faculty members was conceptualised and raised Mulayam Singh, Chandrababu Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar a detailed inquiry into engage with the duly elected and in light of the overwhelm- in 1984. Naidu, Parkash Singh Badal was the "mastermind" behind the violence at the student and teacher represen- ing prima facie evidence that The force provides proxi- and Farooq Abdullah, Assam it and sought his immediate tatives which led to the dead- they facilitated the criminal ele- mate and mobile security cover Chief Minister Sarbananda dismissal and criminal investi- Jawaharlal Nehru lock, she added. ments on campus," the com- — commandos armed with Sonowal, BJP leader and for- gation against him. University "It is clear that the attack on mittee said. sophisticated assault weapons mer Deputy Prime Minister L Calling the January 5 vio- JNU campus was state-spon- She also demanded a com- — under the top 'Z+' catego- K Advani. lence by masked men "state- sored. There is absolutely no plete rollback of the JNU hos- ry to 13 'high-risk' VIPs that Official sources said the sponsored", panel member trated" the university with peo- doubt about it. The important tel fee hike. entails about two dozen per- Union Home Ministry "is of Sushmita Dev said it recom- ple in the faculty who did not question is what did the "Immediate rollback of the sonnel for each one of them. the view" that the National mended that Kumar be dis- merit their positions and pro- administration and Delhi fee hike as implemented by the Officials in the security Security Guard (NSG) should missed immediately and all moted only those who would police do to stop the attack," university authorities and establishment told PTI that the concentrate on its original appointments in faculty should University (JNU). "A criminal tel and other places. The secu- be compliant to him and had Dev said. recognition of Jawaharlal protection duties of NSG, charter of handling specific be probed and an independent investigation must be initiated rity company's contract must their inclination to right-wing The other recommendations Nehru University Students' which include giving security tasks of counter-terrorist and inquiry should take place. against the VC, the company be immediately terminated," ideology. of the committee included an Union (JNUSU) as an elected to Defence Minister Rajnath anti-hijack operations and that The Congress had appoint- that provides security service the Mahila Congress chief said. He operates through these independent judicial inquiry body so that proper consulta- Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief the task of securing high-risk ed the four-member fact-find- and members of the faculty Calling Kumar the "master- members of faculty to orches- into the events of January 5 that tion can take place between the Minister Yogi Adityanath, will VIPs was proving to be a "bur- ing committee to carry out a who conspired with the attack- mind" behind the incident, trate chaos on campus. led to violence on the campus administration and the stu- soon be transferred to paramil- den" on its limited and special detailed inquiry into the vio- ers to unleash the violence at Dev said since his appointment The crisis on the campus is of Jawaharlal Nehru University. dents on the fee and other itary forces. capabilities. lence at the Jawaharlal Nehru Sabarmati hostel, Periyar hos- in 2016, he meticulously "infil- a culmination of his mis-gov- "?Fix accountability of the issues," she added. VIJAYAWADA | MONDAY | JANUARY 13, 2020 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION God of carnage Initial probe reports on JNU violence raise more questions Decade of the SUV than answers. There can’t be selective interpretation of facts n the end, the Delhi Police was left to do the job as a purveyor of the official narra- No matter what the brand, the Sports Utility Vehicle has become the shape of Itive, a tough one when the nation’s eyes are on the violence at the Jawaharlal Nehru choice for consumers and will continue to be so. How did that come about? University (JNU) and its perpetrators. A tougher job when its no-show during the may- road users, both vehicular and hem has raised questions on its institutional pedestrian. integrity and loyalty to its role ordained by the Of course, until recently, the body-on-frame construction Constitution. That, too, at a time when there model was the preferred way to have been far too many eyewitnesses, live go if one wanted an SUV to go accounts and videos of an unruly mob beat- off the road, really off the road simply because of the structur- ing up students in the campus that do not leave al rigidity of the construction much of a doubt as to how events unfolded. It is, therefore, left with the oner- technique. But even that is being ous task of exonerating itself and the establishment of any maleficent design of KUSHAN MITRA challenged by the monocoque today. The Jeep Compass crushing dissenting students. Hence its probe report reduces the enormity of ecently, a fellow motoring journal- Trailhawk may not have set the the brutalisation of the campus as a feisty war of ideologies between the Left ist took to the social media and sales charts alight but as a and Right student groups, their mutual provocation, which spun out of control asked me and his peers about our monocoque, what it can do off- and descended into chaos. In its books, both were to blame and both had smug- thoughts on the Indian “car of the road is nothing short of extra- decade.” Making choices on the ordinary. This is something one gled in outsiders. And to please its political masters, it has focussed on the ori- R“Indian car of the year” is in itself a tough may not have considered possi- gin of the problem, in this case Left-inspired protests over fee hike, naming stu- task. So, asking anyone, let alone someone bly a decade ago because the tor- dent union leaders more frequently than Rightist student leaders and groups, who must have driven at least a few hundred sional (that is twisting) forces different types of vehicles in the previous 10 that a vehicle has to endure who have masqueraded themselves as marauders. This follows the familiar trope years, his opinion as to which car he thinks when it goes off the road would of making everybody look like a victim of circumstance, and, therefore, absolv- stood out is even tougher. In any contest — have in effect broken any such ing everybody of responsibility. So a general picture has emerged of the Left- from fashion pageants and movie awards to car just a few years ago. car choices — a bias towards more recent If not literally broken, tak- dominated students’ union protesting against fee hike and stopping the regis- contenders cannot be ruled out. This is why ing a monocoque in severe off- tration process to drive home their point through a confrontationist style of scuf- a rash of Hollywood movies, starring top road trail conditions would fles, gheraoing the server office and stalling operations. In the process, they came actors and directed by top directors, are have flexed the metal so much released towards the end of the year so that that it would have suffered to blows with Right-wing students of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidya Parishad (ABVP), they can be eligible for the “awards season.” from fatigue issues, similar to who have been tasked with the regime’s agenda of cleansing the Left ideology But unlike movies or even fashion those that aircraft have to deal from the country’s campuses and ensuring a new cultural revolution. A day later, pageants, choosing a car that defines the year with after tens of thousands of is not easy because factors like affordabili- flights. But guess what, the the other side allegedly went about teaching its own kind of lesson, a fact now ty and market acceptance, too, come into upcoming new Land Rover corroborated by a TV expose and proud claims by fringe groups. Nobody con- play. The best of cars driven by this writer Defender, the last word in off- dones any kind of violence, no matter what the colour, but selectively using evi- in 2019 were stupendous vehicles but cost roading according to some, the same as that of a small house. Ergo, the including the British Armed dence to colour a probe is just fogging out the truth. Assigning causality and vehicle that won the “Indian Car of The Year” Forces, is a monocoque. not condemnation of the consequence is wrong. For guilt will remain in the realm award was the Hyundai Venue, a compact So the SUV, no matter which of suspicion, not facts. It is a comment on our police system, which has now Sports Utility Vehicle that the judges, includ- particular vehicle you consider, ing myself, chose. It has made technologies itarian role in the 1980s and Alto became a sales success like is a way of manufacturing the was the “car of the decade” in begun to mimic that of totalitarian regimes in history, where policing had an explic- such as dual-clutch gearboxes and tur- 1990s. The flatbed part of those no other and Hyundai’s Santro vehicle where the body is its India. But is that a good thing? it political dimension and was directed against those perceived as threats. bocharged small petrol engines affordable for cars became more and more and i10 both stole the show. own structural component, an Sure, we can argue about the road The probe, which the Delhi Police says will be staggered as it still doesn’t large parts of the car market. irrelevant. Covering that space What changed in the 2010s exoskeleton as such. This made conditions in our country, which have evidence, has raised more questions than answers. And, if indeed inves- Of course, contenders are many if one made more sense in order to fit were engineering and increased SUVs much, much lighter and, despite a penchant for speed- were to look at the “car of the 2010s” rather in more seats and covered lug- computerisation, not just during thus, cheaper. It also opened the breakers is far better than ever. At tigation is a long process, then the entire findings should have been revealed than the the “car that defined” the 2010s in gage space. Technically, SUVs the design process but also on doors to cheap and cheerful the same time, the revolution in together rather than naming suspects for one episode while conveniently leav- India. But what is surprising, rather what have been on the road for over board. Changes started to small utility vehicles, which SUVs has led to many more ing out the other. Or be discriminatory against the students’ union because it is is not surprising, is that almost all vehicles a quarter of a century now. become visible in luxury SUVs given that they shared platforms diesel cars being sold. As we now that one can consider in the list are SUVs Some might remember the Tata first. The first generation of with sedans, ensured that they know, diesel isn’t as clean as it was easier playing up stereotypes than exposing the new face of campus aggres- with possibly one or two exceptions. Think Sierra of yore, India’s first SUV, Porsche Cayenne and BMW were better at handling. hyped to be 10 years ago. While sors. There should also have been an explanation why the majority of those grave- about it. The car that defined the decade, which came onto the road in the X3/X5 were not lumbering To an extent, more com- it emits lesser amount of carbon ly injured belonged to the Left-backed unions, or why they would self-inflict woes according to this writer, was Hyundai Creta. mid-1990s. It wasn’t a sales beasts and not anywhere close to puters and Traction Control per kilometre, emissions of This, because in my opinion, the white success but it spawned the Tata handling like other cars from systems onboard cars nowa- nitrous and sulphur oxide as well upon themselves when they could have fought their issues full-bodied and healthy? Creta is now ubiquitous across every major Safari, which enjoyed a degree those companies. Today, when days eliminated the perfor- as particulate matter is far high- Till we get these answers, every evidence swirling around gets dumped in a bas- Indian city. But others on the social media of success for about two you take a modern Porsche mance degradation that usual- er than of petrol. Also, consider- ket of conspiracy theories. And theory being theory cannot battle the heft of the rightly pointed that Renault Duster, Ford decades. Then there was Macan or a BMW X4 around a ly comes with an SUV. One will ing cars on the same platform EcoSport and Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza, Mahindra Scorpio, which made race track to evaluate them, be able to understand this with the same engine and trans- official narrative, especially one that is propagandist and force-fed. But they cer- too, are equal contenders. its foray in 2001. People still you will be flabbergasted at the through simple physics as mission — look at the Honda tainly can keep the issue alive, a fact that suits all parties concerned, to be used All of them are SUVs and in the past doubt if Mahindra redefined the way they perform. Sure, the SUVs sit higher and, thus, CR-V and Honda Civic— a and abused at will. Except in JNU, the night of the broken glass was seen by 10 years, each one of them has made sig- Indian utility vehicle market, Porsche Panamera sedan or the have a higher centre of gravity sedan is always more economi- nificant impact on the Indian automotive particularly with Scorpio, both BMW 5-series are both better and are still slightly heavier. cal to operate and cheaper to buy many people who need no convincing. Students and teachers were made to market. Surely, I would also like to consid- from the design and engineer- around a track but that yawning Crucially, sharing the same than an SUV. live in a house of horrors and beaten up, not because it is a battleground of com- er Maruti Suzuki’s second generation Swift ing aspect. gap between the performance of construction technique and, It is particularly ironic, peting ideologies just like any other campus but simply because it is a crucible Dzire on the list of top cars of the decade. But in the 2000s, SUVs a sedan and an SUV is barely a thus, platforms as that of hatch- therefore, that the first electric By powering the fleet of app-based taxi were an exception, not the rule. whisper now. backs and sedans, made SUVs cars with a reasonable amount of national conscience and has been fostering a culture of mindfulness, learn- aggregators, it has become a symbol of They were still expensive and And it is a direct result of a a lot cheaper and allowed the of range to be launched in India ing and dialogue. Simply because it nurtures thinking citizens who can ques- changing mobility dynamics in the coun- heavy cars with lumbering fundamental change. SUVs shape to be fitted onto smaller are the Hyundai Kona and MG tion gullible ones and have the spine to stand up to what the State should not try. But as far as personal mobility goes, the engines. No matter how good became lighter because of the platforms. The EcoSport, Brezza eZS, both, surprise surprise, past decade was all about SUVs. an example of engineering way changes were incorporated. and Venue are all SUVs that slot SUVs. So while new construc- become. Simply because it seems disruptive in a faux stability of a deeply divid- What is not surprising, however, is that Scorpio and Safari were, one Earlier, utility vehicles of any sort inside the four-metre length tion methods made the SUV ed society, arising from domination by intimidation. Had this not been the case, this is a global trend. Across the world, con- could never describe them as were built with the car body on criterion for a lower duty rate in cheaper and better and, thus, the the “I told you so” narrative of demonising the students’ union would not have sumers have taken a shine to SUVs. So much “good cars” performance wise. the frame of the car. The frame India. Because they have become vehicle of choice in the 2010s, so that even car-makers like Rolls-Royce, The early-build models suffered being the suspension, engine lighter, they can use the same the impact of these cars on our been peddled with such fury and rapidity. Whether this crackdown will indeed Bentley, Lamborghini and wait for it, even from handling issues, consider- and transmission is what took engines as other small cars. In psyche — maybe we like sitting end up scaring a generation, tire them out or strengthen their resolve to contin- Italian super car-maker Ferrari, are now ing the way the engine per- the structural load. While this addition, this change made at a height off the road, lording ue peacefully despite the odds remains to be seen. Because it is only students manufacturing SUVs. This because the mar- formed and even workmanship made the SUVs very rugged, it SUVs cheaper to maintain, albeit over the others — has meant that who can be uncompromising. ket has spoken — a trend that began with to a certain degree. The 2000s also made them difficult to less capable in the eyes of some. the SUV will most likely domi- large American pick-up trucks such as the was the time for small cars in manoeuver and killed handling. Similarly, this construction tech- nate the 2020s as well. Ford F150, which gradually became more India. The silver WagonR stood Modern SUVs from the nique also makes vehicles safer (The writer is Managing Murder in the skies luxurious moving away from its purely util- out even in cities like Delhi, the 2010s are monocoques, which in accidents, at least to other Editor, The Pioneer) Iran’s confession that the Ukrainian plane was hit by mistake S O U N D BITE

has de-escalated tension but it had to pay a heavy price The Opposition does not Distortion of history and free- Prince Harry and his wife I have never seen innocents he irony of Iran shooting down a civilian have any other issue, so it dom fighters getting appro- Meghan's decision to quit like the Indian people, who is spreading misinforma- priated by the Right wing has their roles in the British believe the claims made by airliner is not lost on anyone with a sense tion and falsehood on CAA. worried me. Looking at the royal family is sad. I respect the Government on the Tof history. Iran’s admission that it shot This has resulted in anar- country's past through a the Queen. I don't think this implementation of its down an Ukrainian Boeing 737 in the middle chy in the country. religious lens is dangerous. should be happening. programmes. of an escalating conflict with the US after the Union Home Minister Filmmaker US President Congress leader targetted assassination of Iranian Major —Amit Shah — Khan —Donald Trump —P Chidambaram General Qasem Soleimani was foretold, thanks to the proliferation of footage and pic- tures on social media. Iran Air flight 655 was L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR shot down mistakenly by the US missile cruis- er USS Vincennes back in July 3, 1988, a time JNU V-C must resign Momentary relief but threat remains Talk to the hand when US-Iranian tensions were escalating. While Iran seems to be more contrite than the US was when it shot down the Sir — After remaining absent for his refers to the article, “Caught in the crossfire” Sir — Like always, there is a aircraft, it seems almost impossible that after the Iran Air incident and the acci- long, when a set of his students (January 11) by Bhopinder Singh. The news of the weird and a wacky technology were attacked by masked hooli- Tkilling of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani is dis- toy at the 2020 Consumer dental downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 by Russian separatists in eastern gans with allegiance to Right- turbing. It escalated hostilities between the US and Iran Electronics Show that is going Ukraine on July 17, 2014, precautions were not taken. Iran had already started wing elements, it is uncharitable in the already volatile Persian Gulf region. US President on in Las Vegas — an invisible its ballistic missile attack on US bases in Iraq, a few days after Soleimani’s death. that Jawaharlal Nehru University Donald Trump defended his decision to order the strike keyboard. Actually, it is really (JNU) Vice Chancellor M by claiming that Soleimani was plotting attacks on non-existent. Samsung has final- Logically, if indeed it was expecting a retaliation from America, it should have Jagadesh Kumar advised the Americans, implying that the strike was an action of deter- ly found a positive use for the shut down its airspace while the attack was going on. It is very easy in the “fog affected students to bury the rence rather than aggression. Tension was already brew- selfie camera. It detects what of war” for mistakes to happen and situational awareness to get lost, particu- past. Looking at the manner in ing in the region over the past few weeks. In December your fingers are doing while typ- which the events took place — last year, the US had conducted air strikes on a hard-line ing on a table and converts that larly by aggressive trigger-happy commanders or highly nervous operators of goons were allowed free entry Hashed faction in Iraq. Following this, Iraqi supporters to keystrokes. advanced air defence systems. The former clearly happened with the Iran Air into the campus; the security of the group had attacked the US embassy in Baghdad. the terror attacks in Delhi as well. The truth behind this Presumably, you train it to and Malaysia Airlines flights, whereas the latter may have been the cause of the guards and the police acted as The killing of Soleimani came only days after Trump’s warn- claim must be investigated. Fears of an imminent war recognise where your fingers are mute spectators to the gruesome ing to Iran over allegedly “orchestrating” those attacks. may have subsided for the moment but if indeed a war and what key they would be typ- Indian Air Force shooting down its own helicopter in the aftermath of the Balakot attacks; and electricity was cut off Although Soleimani was looked upon as a terror- breaks out between the US and Iran, its impact will not ing. It would be fine for a strikes in February 2019. A mistake should not have happened. This was a reg- for some time — we can deduce ist in the West, many in Iran considered him to be a hero. remain confined within the Gulf region. Any turmoil in trained typist and it should be ularly scheduled civilian flight and technology available today allows for easy track- that the administration must He had significantly influenced the Syrian civil war and that area can lead to an international oil crisis, affect- able to keep up with the average have had some knowledge of tightened Iran’s grip on Iraq. It was an open secret that ing India as well. two finger typists. But how are ing of such flights. Possibly the pilots were nervous and made a turn a few sec- what was in store. Kumar should Soleimani had close contacts within different militant TK Nandanan they going to know where all the onds too soon that triggered the shootdown. But that’s no excuse for the Iranians. submit his resignation immedi- groups. In fact, Trump has alleged that he was behind Kochi keys are when they often take Iran must undertake a thorough investigation as to why this incident hap- ately, in deference to the wishes ages to find them on a physical of the students and teachers. keyboard? pened. At the same time, with rising conflicts across the world, the International Tharcius S Fernando lines a deeper crisis in the health- reminds us that we must not take public healthcare services as they Perhaps Samsung could also Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) needs to come up with clear rules with regard Chennai care sector. India needs to upgrade such tragedies lightly. The cannot afford private hospitals add a projector to display a key- to airspace closure if there is even a slight possibility of conflict. Civilian aircraft its primary and secondary health- Government should get to the owing to exorbitant charges. board on the table. It looks like Ailing system care sectors at the earliest. These bottom of the problem by assess- I hope that the Government it is solving a problem that should not be operating in conflict zones. The Ukrainian plane should never have are the first points of treatment for ing infrastructural gaps and tak- will rise to the occasion and the doesn’t exist at all. been given permission to take off but Iran never closed its airspace as the coun- patients. Equipping them better ing measures to prevent a repeat Opposition will act responsibly by Dennis Fitzgerald try makes cold, hard cash from flying rights. However, for better or worse, this Sir — Infant deaths in Kota have would thus ensure that the first- of such tragedies. If Government pressurising the Government into Melbourne tragic incident has forced both Iran and the US to de-escalate the situation. But struck a note of alarm about the level diagnosis of critical cases is hospitals are managed and utilised improving the healthcare system. present state of healthcare in done properly. properly, they can support the Ramesh G Jethwani Send your feedback to: 176 innocent lives were too high a price to pay to prevent a conflict. public hospitals. This also under- The Kota incident also poor and the needy who rely on Bengaluru [email protected] VIJAYAWADA | MONDAY | JANUARY 13, 2020

www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN Wake up before POINTCOUNTERPOINT DIDI’S SKIPPING THE TALKS IN DELHI AND MEETING I MET HIM (PM) BECAUSE MY STATE HAS PENDING it is too late MODI IN KOLKATA ARE RELATED. PEOPLE ARE DUES OF `28,000 CRORE FROM THE CENTRE. I QUESTIONING HER MEETINGS WITH MODI AND SHAH. TOLD HIM THAT WE WANT THIS MONEY. All political parties must unite to aid the —CPI(M) POLITBURO MEMBER —WEST BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER Government’s initiatives to foster efficient water management in the country MOHAMMED SALIM MAMATA BANERJEE Judiciary must stand firm VK BAHUGUNA The Supreme Court and High Courts were set up inter alia to act as guardians of ater is the most important resource for sustaining life on Earth. The happiness and development index of any civilised society the Constitution and protectors of the fundamental rights of the people Wdepends upon access to safe drinking water. India lies in the tropical region with plenty of rainfall, though it is more in the North and the North-East and comparatively less in the West and South. The Himalayan glaciers complement the precipitation and provide year-long supply of water to our rivers, rivulets and recharge aquifers. Forest catch- ments also play an important role in maintaining the flow in rain-fed rivers, recharging aquifers and subsurface drinking water. India receives around 4,000 billion cubic metres (bcm) of rainfall annually from June to September, which is equivalent to four per cent of the world’s water resources. The renewable water resource in India is 1,897 sq km per annum. The World Health Organisation (WHO) prescribes 25 litres of water for one person a day to meet all basic hygiene and food needs. MARKANDEY KATJU If rain and river water is managed thoughtfully, there should be suffi- cient water for agriculture, drinking, industrial and energy use. We have hou art weighed in the balance and found 12 major rivers catering to 253 million ha of catchment with another wanting.” These words from the Holy Bible 47 rivers catering for other catchments. The Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna Twere used by Sir Winston Churchill in 1938 to criticise Neville Chamberlain, the then British river system is the largest in India with 43 per cent of the catchment Prime Minister, for signing the Munich Pact with area of all the major river systems. Hitler. They can be used for the judiciary, too, According to the Central Water Commission, India needs a maxi- for failing to protect the fundamental rights of mum of 3,000 bcm of water a year while it receives 4,000 bcm of rain. Indians, its sacred and solemn duty under the However, due to poor planning, natural causes like climate change and Constitution. the negligent attitude of the people, India is in the grip of severe water The Indian Constitution, promulgated in scarcity. As per the Niti Aayog’s composite water management index, 1950, had a part containing certain fundamen- 75 per cent of households do not have drinking water on the premises tal rights of the people. These fundamental rights and 84 per cent rural households do not have piped water access. The incorporated the theory of the English political Indian Council of Agricultural Research says the per capita annual water philosopher John Locke in his Second Treatise on Civil Government that every citizen had cer- availability declined to 1,508 cubic metres in 2014 from 5,177 cubic tain “natural” rights, which even the king could metres in 1951. It is estimated to fall further to 1,465 by 2025 and 1,235 not violate. This theory was the basis of the Bill cubic metres by 2050. We will become a water stressed nation if it goes of Rights in the US Constitution, as well as the down to 1,000-1,100 cubic metres. Already cities like Delhi, Gurugram, Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789 by the THE MOST Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad are badly affected and facing severe French National Assembly during the French IMPORTANT water famine during the summers. Revolution. Under the Indian Constitution, CASE IN The biggest reasons for water stress are overexploitation of ground- these fundamental rights were rights which even INDIA TODAY water and over 89 per cent of it is used for agriculture. It is estimated the legislature or the executive could not legal- IS NOT lation of fundamental rights, the court Subramaniam — an outstanding Senior ment by the SC, the CBI Director Alok that around 50 per cent of urban water requirement and 85 per cent of ly violate. THE AYODHYA cannot choose the path of silence. Advocate of the SC who had also been Verma was removed by a panel head- rural domestic water needs are fulfilled by groundwater. India captures But who was to ensure that they were not vio- As observed by the SC in C a lawyer in the famous Sohrabuddin ed by the Prime Minister. The court lated? This was the job of the judiciary, which APPEAL BUT THE Ravichandran Iyer vs Justice AM case, and a former Solicitor-General of should have reinstated him but did not only eight per cent of its annual rainfall and the local catchment areas was meant to be independent of the legislature TRIAL OF Bhattacharjee, “Under the Constitution, India — as a judge of the SC. But the do so. like ponds and lakes have been lost due to demands for land. We there- or the executive. The Supreme Court (SC) and THE SC ITSELF. it is the judiciary which is entrusted Government objected and instead of Since 2014, there have been contin- fore, need serious introspection and prevent wastage of water and learn High Courts (HCs) were set up inter alia to act WE ARE with the task of keeping every organ of reiterating his name, the Collegium uous attacks on Muslims, lynchings and from Israel which recycles and manages its water efficiently. as guardians of the Constitution and protectors AFRAID THE the state within the limits of the law. went with the decision. hate speeches. A former Union Minister Thankfully, the Government integrated the Ministry of Water of the fundamental rights of the people. Their PEOPLE’S The judiciary must protect the citizen In the case of the Bhima Koregaon even garlanded some alleged lynchers. Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation and Ministry judges take an oath to uphold the Constitution. FAITH IS against violation of his constitutional or accused and professor Saibaba, the SC Instead of taking strong action against of Drinking Water and Sanitation and created the Jal Ministry, which Thus, in the State of Maharashtra vs Bhaurao LIKELY legal rights and it must stand between should have quashed the prosecution the killers, often the family members of has already taken several actions like the cleaning of Ganga in Kanpur, Punjabrao Gawande, the SC observed that TO GO AGAINST the citizen and the state as a bulwark using the Brandenburg test (relied the victim are harassed, for instance Varanasi and Haridwar. Under the Jal Jeevan Mission the Prime Minister while the first objective of the founding fathers THE COURT against executive excesses and misuse upon in Arup Bhuyan vs State of Ikhlaque’s family. Surely it is the duty on December 25, 2019 launched the Atal Jal Yojana to help improve was to give to the people a Constitution where- or abuse of power by the executive.” Assam, and Sri Das vs State of of the judiciary to grant protection but by a government was established, their second UNLESS IT In the Shakti Vahini case, the court Assam cases) but it did not even con- it rarely does anything except utter the groundwater level in 8,300 villages in 78 districts of Maharashtra, object, equally important, was to protect the peo- QUICKLY observed, “Once a fundamental right is sider the same. homilies. Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and ple against the government. RECOVERS AND inherent in a person, intolerant groups Abhijit Iyer Mitra should have There is frequent and arbitrary use Karnataka. The farmers of these States and elsewhere, will have to rethink The court observed: “The imperative neces- RESUMES ITS cannot scuttle the right by leaning on clearly been granted bail in view of the of sedition and preventive detention the use of water-intensive crops and irrigation methods. The National sity to protect the people’s rights is a lesson taught ROLE OF any kind of philosophy, or self-pro- decision of the celebrated Justice laws against those who criticise the Rainfed Area Authority had recommended to the Cabinet Secretary to by all history and all human experience. Our GUARDIAN claimed elevation.” Krishna Iyer in the State of Rajasthan Government. For instance, cartoonist transfer rice cultivation in eastern States and converge water conser- Constitution-makers had lived through bitter OF THE This being the settled vs Balchand. Bail not jail, is the normal Aseem Trivedi in Maharashtra, vation, forests and rural development schemes in other States. years of the freedom struggle and had seen an LIBERTIES Constitutional position, we may now rule, unless the accused is likely to Ambikesh Mahapatra of Jadavpur To provide safe drinking water to rural areas the Union Cabinet had alien government trample upon human rights AND RIGHTS ask whether the SC of late has been abscond or tamper with the evidence, University in West Bengal, folk singer also approved the Jal Jeevan Mission to provide Functional Household which the country had fought hard to preserve. OF THE doing its solemn duty of protecting the or was accused of a heinous crime. Kovan in Tamil Nadu, and Kashmiri Tap Connection to every rural household by 2024. It is going to be one They believed, like Jefferson, that ‘an elective rights of the people? The impression Abhijit had only made a satirical tweet, politicians like Farooq Abdullah and despotism was not the government we fought for’. PEOPLE which has been created by its recent for which, too, he had promptly apol- others under detention, which make the of the best Government decisions if implemented successfully, as out And therefore while arming the government with verdicts, orders and actions/inactions ogised. Yet his bail application was right to liberty in Article 21, illusory. of the 17.87 crore rural households about 14.6 crore (which accounts large powers to prevent anarchy from within and is that it has, with some exceptions, rejected, with a flippant and cruel Unfortunately, the apex court nowadays for 81.67 per cent) are yet to get water tap connections. The scheme conquest from without, they took care to ensure largely surrendered before the political remark by former CJI Gogoi that the rarely interferes in this gross violation aims at providing assured 55 litre of potable water per capita per day. that these powers were not abused to mutilate executive, instead of behaving like an best place for him was in jail. of this most precious of all rights, It envisages that each village will prepare an action plan comprising com- the liberties of the people.” independent organ of the state which Recently, masked hooligans beat up although in one of its very first deci- ponents of water source and its maintenance, water supply and man- In one of its early decisions, State of it was expected to be. students and teachers in Jawaharlal sions — in the Romesh Thapar vs State agement of water used for washing dishes, clothes and bathing. The Madras vs VG Row, the SC held, “As regards the Consider the following instances: Nehru University, with the police of Madras case that the court delivered total project cost is estimated to be `3.60 lakh crore. The Government fundamental rights the court has been assigned The SC Collegium recommended apparently complicit, and about 30 peo- in 1950 — only a few months after the had finalised the guidelines of the scheme and kept the provision of a the role of a sentinel in the qui vive.” This expres- Justice Kureshi of the Bombay HC to ple were admitted to AIIMS, Delhi with Constitution came into force, it had third-party inspection before making payment, which is an innovation sion (‘sentinel on the qui vive’) has been reiter- be appointed as Chief Justice (CJ) of the serious injuries. The SC should have suo held that in a democracy people had the ated in several decisions of the court. For Madhya Pradesh HC. Instead of mak- motu issued notice to the authorities right to criticise the Government. in Government functioning, as it will involve organisations and institu- instance in the IR Coelho vs State of Tamil Nadu; ing the appointment, the Government concerned and taken the guilty to task, The most important case in India tions outside the bureaucracy for efficacy. Yet another innovative think- Navtej Singh Johar vs Union of India; Shakti sent the recommendation back to the but it did not. today is not the Ayodhya appeal but the ing is changes in drinking water supply services that will have a utility- Vahini vs Union of India; C Ravichandran Iyer Collegium. Thereafter, the Collegium The UP Police beat up the anti- trial of the SC itself. We are afraid the based approach and concept of service delivery. This will enable them vs Justice AM Bhattacharjee; Padma vs Hiralal should have reiterated its recommen- Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) people’s faith is likely to go against the to function as utilities focussing on services and recover water use fee. Motilal Desarda; Bachan Singh vs State of dation and then in view of the verdict protesters and even entered some court unless it quickly recovers and This initiative will be successful, provided people are made stakehold- Punjab; Indra Sawhney vs Union of India and so in the judges case, the Government houses and beat up the inhabitants, resumes its role of guardian of the lib- ers, there is proper monitoring and experts are involved. It will help in on. would have had to make the appoint- including old people. They allegedly erties and rights of the people. initiating efficient water management and all political parties must unite As held in the Navtej Singh Johar case, once ment. But instead, the Collegium rec- destroyed and looted property. Again, (The writer is a former judge of the for its success, as Earth is the only known planet that has water for violation of the fundamental rights of a citizen ommended his transfer as the CJ of the the SC took no notice, though this was Supreme Court of India. The article has sustaining life. or a group of citizens is brought to the notice of much-smaller Tripura HC. widely reported in the media and been co-authored by Advocate Janhvi the court, it cannot remain a mute spectator. As The SC Collegium had recom- videos went viral. Prakash. The views expressed are person- (The author is a former civil servant) held in the Shakti Vahini case, when there is vio- mended the appointment of Gopal Within 72 hours of his reinstate- al) Why do some South Asians eulogise Nazis? It’s odd to hear praise for Hitler coming from folk who, too, would have been sent to the gas chambers in Auschwitz tions in India and Pakistan could also Muslim political, social and media Nazi Germany also sent agents managed to get a foothold in news- this circle would carry anti-Muslim, isations which did this. And, as be due to the residual impact of a outlets. The campaign in this regard to India disguised as technicians, papers funded and run by the Hindu anti-Jew and anti-British articles; D’Souza demonstrates, almost each clever propaganda campaign that the began from Bengal, where “commu- tourists, salesmen, musicians and nationalist organisation, the Hindu whereas the Muslim-owned Urdu one of them was shaped, influenced Nazis unleashed upon certain seg- nal” and “revolutionary” anti-British photographers. According to Mahasabha, they constantly papers, that received advertisements and at times, funded by Nazi propa- ments of India’s Hindu and Muslim sentiment was the strongest. To D’Souza, German businesses would informed the Mahasabha that Hitler and funds from German companies, ganda in India between 1933-1940. polities in the 1930s. This fact has Nazi Germany, the British were ene- frequently give advertisements to considered the of India as the would produce anti-Hindu, anti- D’Souza laments that the origin been largely forgotten by main- mies, even before the start of World Indian newspapers that were willing real custodians of the Indian nation, Jew and anti-British material. of Nazi propaganda still echoes in stream history. However, even a War II. to facilitate Nazi propaganda. while the Muslims and other non- According to the Home India, especially in the politics and brief recap of this can aid in better Nazi agents preyed on the fears Even though the main intention Hindu communities in the region Department’s files dated October 18, rhetoric of Hindu nationalists. In NADEEM PARACHA understanding the ironic spectacle of of Bengal’s landed and business elite, of Nazi Germany was to ferment were “aliens” just like the Jews were 1939, the German wife of a Muslim Pakistan, these rudiments largely a “brown” Muslim or a Hindu fawn- telling them that their lands and busi- unrest in India against the British in Germany. professor at the famous Aligarh emerge during discourses involving ften one comes across a state- ing over a mass murderer, who nesses were under threat due to the colonialists, its plans in this context It is thus not surprising to note University received funds from her talk of Israel and the idea of nation- ment made by a Pakistani or would have thrown them in one of “socialist” bent of the Indian National never looked to unite the anti- similar sentiments in the works of the home country to publish a daily alism held by certain radical Right- Oan Indian politician, praising his many death camps at the drop of Congress (INC). Hitler’s notorious British Hindu and Muslim seg- period’s celebrated Hindu national- called Spirit of the Times through wing elements. the former German Nazi leader, a hat. biography, Mein Kampf, was then ments. Maybe the Germans had ists such as VD Savarkar and MS which she tried to prove that “Nazi The fascinating thing is, in Adolf Hitler, whose regime was In his essay for the May/June translated into various languages of noted the volatility of such a move. Golwalker. Both weren’t very secre- ideals approximate to the tenets of both cases, the language is almost the responsible for the systematic state- 2000 issue of the academic journal, India — including Hindi, Urdu and Hindus and Muslims had collaborat- tive about their admiration of Nazi Islam.” same as it was in the 1930s. The nar- sanctioned murder of millions of Social Scientist, Eugene D’Souza Bengali. These translations were ed with each other against the British Germany either. However, during In his detailed study of India’s rative, its tone and language are quite people considered to be of the “infe- writes that Nazi German propagan- distributed free of cost, especially during the Khilafat and Non-coop- their interactions with radical pre-Partition Muslim and Hindu similar. rior race.” So it is odd to hear praise da made its way into India when among the editors and staff of vari- eration movements; but both the Muslim groups, the Nazi agents middle-class milieu, German histo- According to Marcus, despite for him coming from folk who, too, mainstream Hindu and Muslim ous Hindi and Urdu newspapers. movements had eventually mutated completely flipped their message. rian Marcus Daechsel, in his book their enthusiasm for Nazi Germany would have been sent to the gas leadership in the region had become D’Souza writes that Nazi agents into becoming communal, giving the The agents glorified the “martial ten- The Politics of Self-Expression, writes and Hitler, most radical Hindu and chambers in Auschwitz along with disoriented after the gradual collapse then began to infiltrate various British the space to crush them. dencies” of the Muslims and claimed that middle-class political culture in Muslim ideologues never fully com- men, women and children of the so- of two major anti-British move- Muslim and Hindu social and cultur- Instead, and as noted in the files to be major supporters of their reli- inter-war India was haunted by prehended the Nazi ideology. That’s called “non-Aryan races.” The phe- ments in the 1920s: The Khilafat al organisations. The September 8, kept by the British colonial govern- gious and territorial interests, espe- fascistic resonances. Activists from why they largely sound contradicto- nomenon of some South Asians Movement and the Non-cooperation 1939 issue of the English daily The ment’s Home Department (file No. cially in the Middle East. various political camps believed in ry. And since the narrative, imagery romanticising Hitler could be the Movement. Times of India quoted Jewish and 8301, 1939), Nazi agents in India According to the Home Social-Darwinism, worshipped vio- and language in this context has not result of the region’s recent shift to the D’Souza writes this is when socialist refugees from Germany in applied a two-pronged strategy in Department’s files, Nazi Germany lence and war and focussed their changed much since the 1930s, the populist Right, along with various German business interests in the India as saying that Indian employ- which they approached radical funded various established and small political action on public spectacles same is the case today when a other regions of the world. But there region were first activated by Nazi ees working in German companies Hindu and Muslim leaderships with newspapers as long they continued and paramilitary organisations. Hindu or Muslim politician glorifies are many other possibilities. The ide- Germany to contact the more radi- were being used to spy on the entirely separate sets of rhetoric. to publish pro-Germany articles and Marcus identifies various Muslim Hitler. The results are always ironic. alisation of Hitler among some sec- cal elements within the Hindu and refugees. For example, when the agents propaganda. Hindi newspapers in and Hindu personalities and organ- (Courtesy: Dawn) VIJAYAWADA | MONDAY | JANUARY 13, 2020 money 08 CAPSULE ‘INDIA AIMING AT $ 250 BN MARITIME ECONOMY BY 2024’

PNS n KOLKATA that maritime zones of India remain safe and secure not only India is looking at a USD 250 to ensure economic progress billion maritime economy by but also to counter dynamic 2024, which the Indian Coast security challenges emanating Guard (ICG) has the respon- from the sea. sibility to safeguard, Defence "Incidents like 26/11 ‘Modi govt's $ 5-tn Secretary Ajay Kumar said Mumbai terror attack have GDP target by 2024 here on Sunday. made it incumbent upon all Second capital infusion India's exclusive economic agencies, be it ICG, Navy, looks unimaginably zone in the seas along its marine police and all other ambitious' 7,500-kilometre coastline com- stakeholders to synergise for non-life insurers NEW DELHI: India would need prises over 2 million square resources and also to make to grow at 9 per cent to kilometres, he said. greater use of technology in the achieve the target of USD 5 "With a target of becoming interest of the country," he in Budget likely trillion economy by 2024, a USD 5 trillion economy said. which currently looks by2024, we are looking at over The Defence secretary laud- PNS n NEW DELHI Infusion will not "unimaginably ambitious", USD 250 billion coming from ed the ICG for organising only improve their eminent economist R Nagaraj the maritime zone. awareness and community wel- Finance Minister Nirmala financial health but said on Sunday. Soon after "It is this USD 250 billion fare programmes along the Sitharaman may announce assuming office for the second economy that the ICG has the coastline for fishermen and second-round capital infusion facilitate merger term in May 2019, the responsibility to protect and other local residents, making for public sector general insur- announced in the Narendra Modi-led safeguard," Kumar said after the general population equal ance companies in the upcom- Budget 2018-19 government set a target of commissioning coast guard Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar, Director General of Indian Coast Guard Krishnaswami Natarajan and Garden Reach Shipbuilders stakeholders in security issues. ing Budget to improve their taking the economy to USD 5 ships 'ICGS Amrit Kaur' and & Engineers (GRSE) Chairman and Managing Director Rear Admiral V K Saxena(Retd.) pose during a commissioning ICG Director General K financial health. trillion over the next five years. 'ICGS Annie Besant' which ceremony of ICGS (Indian Coast Guard Ship) ‘Annie Besant' and ‘Amrit Kaur', at Khidderpore Dock at Kolkata n Sunday Natarajan said that coastal sur- The government infused But there have been several will be deployed along the veillance has substantially Rs 2,500 crore in the three improve their financial health clouds over the economy eastern coast. and manufactured by the increased since 26/11. insurers -- National Insurance, but facilitate merger since then, leading many to The maritime economy con- Garden Reach Shipbuilders Incidents like 26/11 Mumbai terror attack have made "We now have 145 ships, Oriental Insurance and United announced in the Budget question the maintainability of stitutes nearly five per cent of and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) it incumbent upon all agencies, be it ICG, Navy, which will go up to 200 vessels India Insurance -- through 2018-19. the target. India's GDP is the world economy, he said. here, Kumar said India is marine police and all other stakeholders to synergise by 2025, while 16 new first supplementary demands In the Budget 2018-19 currently estimated at around With the depletion of land increasingly becoming self- resources and also to make greater use of technology in the advanced light helicopters will for grants for 2019-20 last speech, then Finance Minister USD 2.8 trillion. "The target resources, economic activities reliant in the science of ship- be added (to the arsenal) apart month. Arun Jaitley had announced appears exceptionally are increasingly getting building. interest of the country from the 62 surveillance air- However, these companies that the three companies daunting, if not impossible, focussed on the oceans, Kumar "Most of our ships today are — AJAY KUMAR, Defence Secretary craft that are already in ser- would require additional Rs would be merged into a single going by the record of the said. over 70 per cent indigenous vice," Natarajan said. 10,000-12,000 crore capital insurance entity. current decade. Last July, as Describing the coast guard and some of the latest plat- in preventing the plunder of its ICG have been further He said that out of the pre- dose to meet the prescribed However, the process of per my estimate, India needed as the sentinels of the coun- forms are over 90 per cent wealth in the oceans. strengthened by providing legal sent inventory, 30 to 40 ships solvency margin, sources said. merger could not be complet- to grow on average at 9 per try's seas, the Defence secre- indigenous," he said. The challenges and com- powers for visiting, boarding, and 10 to 12 aircraft are The sources further said ed due to various reasons, cent per year in real terms tary said it is reassuring to Kumar said that being the plexities of maritime securit- searching and seizing vessels in deployed every day. that announcement to this including poor financial health from the fiscal year 2020 to witness the force's growing fourth largest coast guard in yare no less than those of land the country's high seas. The DG said that the ICG effect can be made in the of these companies. According 2024 to achieve the target of 5 strength. the world, ICG has performed territories and air space, he He said the ICG, along with has responded to 362 distress Budget 2020-21 that is sched- to the sources, after the merg- trillion dollar economy. Commissioning the two credibly in protecting the coun- said. the Indian Navy, has the oner- calls and saved over 1,000 lives uled on February 1. er, the combined entity will be ICG fast patrol vessels designed try's maritime zones and also Kumar said that the hands of ous responsibility of ensuring in 2019. Infusion will not only listed on the bourses. Syfy developing Solar power association Goyal wants to put Indian Railways Peter Pan limited writes to Gadkari against series ‘The GoAir waives on fast track with pvt sector help League of Pan' charges for Oman NTPC's tender conditions PNS n INDORE The film is remembered for noise elsewhere. In fact, peo- faced the burden, he said, PTI n LOS ANGELES flights till Jan 14 the rap-like "railgaadi' song ple are welcoming that the rail- adding that the demand of PNS n NEW DELHI MSMEs as well as exempting Railway Minister Piyush Goyal performed by legendary actor way is entering a new era." ticket-seekers in some trains A limited series extension of NEW DELHI: Budget carrier them from payment of earnest on Sunday referred to the late Ashok Kumar. He said the railways wants to was more than 150 per cent. classic tale of "Peter Pan" is in GoAir on Sunday announced State-owned NTPC Ltd's money deposit. famous 'railgaadi' song of actor "We want to end the era of attract an investment of Rs 50 Allaying fears of privatisation the works at television net- waiving of cancellation and refusal to exempt small and It said NTPC is not exempt- Ashok Kumar while stressing slow moving trains by making lakh crore in next 12 years of the railway network, Goyal work Syfy. Titled "The League rescheduling charges for its medium enterprises from ing MSMEs from payment of the need for support of the pri- way for the fast speed-driven to expand the facilities in said, "The Indian of Pan", the series is described flights to and from Oman till earnest money deposits for its earnest money for bidding vate sector to accelerate devel- MEMU and electric trains, like passenger and goods Railways is a treasure of as "a thrilling and mysterious January 14, citing some traffic solar power tenders has riled for its engineering, procure- opment of the railways. the trains being run in suburban trains through mod- the country and its continuation of the beloved "disruption" in the wake of an association of solar energy ment and construction (EPC) He dismissed speculations of Mumbai (with the help of private ernisation. people. This will con- story of Peter Pan", demise of the Sultan of Oman. industry which has tender for 923 MW solar privatisation of the railway net- sector)," he said while advocat- "This big invest- tinue and reins of the According to The Wrap, "As the Sultanate of Oman now petitioned the projects, costing an esti- work, but highlighted the need ing for reforms in the railways. ment is impossible railways will remain Brian McCauley Johnson will mourns the demise of its government seek- mated Rs 5,000 crore. for a public-private partnership Asked about the opposition through the railway with the government." serve as writer and producer honourable leader Sultan ing its interven- In the letter, the funding model for the sector. to private invest- and government bud- Goyal also on the project. Qaboos bin Said Al Said, there tion. association said the "Some trains are still chug- ments, Goyal gets. So, the way out is to announced that a special "The stories of Peter Pan, The might be some traffic The National Narendra Modi gov- ging (moving slowly) like said, "The com- work on a public-private part- train will soon operate from Lost Boys and the Darlings disruption in Muscat, the Solar Energy ernment had in June actor Ashok Kumar's 'rail- mon public is nership (PPP) model," he said. Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh to have provided us with epic tales capital city, for the next three Federation of 2016 brought Micro, gaadi' song not opposing Due to inadequate invest- Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi, of gallantries and escapism for days," GoAir said in a India -- an umbrel- Small and Medium (due to lack it. You might ments in railways in the past, which is famous for the Kashi generations. Now, SYFY is devel- statement. "GoAir is offering la organisation repre- Enterprises Development of infrastruc- be noticing the the government machinery Vishwanath temple. oping an original take on the full waiver on cancellation and senting solar energy compa- Act with an aim to facilitate ture)," Goyal classic, setting the limited series rescheduling charges for nies -- on January 7 wrote to the promotion, development told reporters in uncharted lands, making for flights to and from Oman," the Nitin Gadkari, minister for and enhancing the competi- here, referring We want to end the era of slow moving trains by new adventures and showcasing airline said. The waiver in micro, small and medium tiveness of MSMEs. to the song making way for the fast speed-driven MEMU and these characters like you've never these charges will remain enterprises, seeking his inter- The present provisions pro- from see them before," said Bill applicable until January 14, it electric trains, like the trains being run in suburban vention in issuing a direction vide for providing MSMEs "ten- Hrishikesh Mumbai (with the help of private sector) McGoldrick, president, original said. Sultan Qaboos bin Said to NTPC to abide with the ders sets free of cost" as well as Mukherjee's content, NBCUniversal Al Said passed away on PIYUSH GOYAL Railway Minister January 10 at the age of 79. government policy of not exempting them "from pay- 1968 film Entertainment Networks and seeking tender fee from ment of earnest money", it said. "Aashirwad". Direct-to-Consumer. Aramco's ‘greenshoe option' Non-life insurers ‘India is in talks with Mongolia and log 12% rise in Vistara starts phasing Russia for importing coking coal’ pushes IPO to record $ 29.4B premium out nine Boeing 737 AP n DUBAI The oil and gas company, PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n KOLKATA here on Saturday evening. which is majority owned by PNS n NEW DELHI In 2016, a delegation com- Saudi Arabian oil giant the state, began publicly trad- Non-life insurance companies Union Minister Dharmendra prising senior officials of the Aramco announced Sunday ing on the local Saudi Tadawul reported a rise of 11.5 % in pre- Tata-SIA joint venture airline Pradhan has said India is in talks Steel Ministry and state-run that its initial public offering exchange on December 11. mium collections at Rs Vistara has started phasing out with Mongolia and Russia for Steel Authority of India (SAIL) raised a record USD It hit upwards of 15,980.81 crore in December nine Boeing 737 planes, which importing coking coal to reduce went to Mongolias capital 29.4 billion, a figure USD 10 a share on the 2019, showed Irdai data. As it had leased after the ground- dependence on few countries for Ulaanbaatar for securing a deal higher than previous- second day of trading. many as thirty-four non-life ing of Jet Airways, from this supplies of the commodity. with the east Asian country for ly announced, after This gave Aramco a insurance companies had col- month amid induction of the The minister said the Centre importing of coking coal. the company used a market capitaliza- lected a total premium of Rs latest batch of A320 neos in A slot is a is looking to import coking The initial plan was to bring so-called "greenshoe tion of USD 2 tril- 14,334.98 cr in the same month the fleet. specific date coal, a raw material for mak- good, but high-quality coking the fuel through Chinese ports option" to sell mil- lion, making it com- a year ago. Of all the insurers, 25 The airline is returning two and time at ing steel, at a reasonable price coal is also available in but it could not be materialised, lions more shares to fortably the world's general insurance firms report- of these nine leased B737 as the country has set a target Mongolia. We are looking to sources said, adding that the meet investor demand. most valuable company. ed a rise of 4 % in their combined from January and the rest which an airline to produce 300 million tonne bring that coal at a reasonable Centre is trying to bring coal The company said that the Aramco's additional sales premium during December at seven will be exited the fleet can arrive or of the metal by 2030-31. price. We are in talks with the through Russias Vostochny sale of an additional 450 million mean the company has pub- Rs 14,037.51 cr, as against Rs between 2022-23 as they are depart at an "India has been importing Mongolian government," Port which is known for han- shares took place during the ini- licly floated 1.7 per cent of its 13,502.48 cr in the year ago peri- on long term lease, a Vistara coal from Australia, which is Pradhan said at a programme dling the commodity. tial public offering process. shares. od, according to the IRDAI data. spokesperson told PTI. airport The government has tem- porarily reallocated as many as rider that temporary allocation many as 488 Jet Airways' slots of ex-Jet Airways slots was to Air India, IndiGo, SpiceJet, subject to aircraft induction, Vistara, GoAir and AirAsia Vistara leased nine Boeing Firms in China wary despite US trade deal India to fill the capacity gap in 737-800 planes to reportedly AFP n BEIJING unlikely to give it new deals if the wake of the airline ceasing secure as many as 110 addi- Rather than focusing on the it did not adopt a "China plus operations mid-April last year. tional slots of the 488 slots. Washington and Beijing may one" strategy of diversifying A slot is a specific date and Vistara, which is 51 per be ready to sign a preliminary agreement, they are planning for the operations outside the country. time at which an airline can cent owned by the Tata Group trade agreement, but compa- worst -- seeking new markets abroad, He added that orders for arrive or depart at an airport. and rest by Singapore Airlines, nies in China are not taking products had fallen last year, "Two of our Boeing 737- had placed orders for 50 air- any chances, forging ahead increasing their presence at home or much of it due to uncertainty 800NG aircraft are exiting craft, comprising both A320 with contingency plans in case moving production overseas over potential escalations in fleet this month as their lease Neos and A321 Neos for the tariff war resumes. tariffs. tenure ends. The remaining domestic as well as short and As Chinese Vice Premier "Even if President Donald seven have longer lease dura- medium-haul international Liu He travels to Washington lation in tariffs, firms contin- of D&S Products Manufactory, Trump were not in office, the tion and most of them will exit operations with deliveries from Monday to Wednesday to ue bearing the brunt of exist- which is headquartered in US could still take action fleet between 2022 and 2023," between 2019-2023. seal the deal, manufacturers ing levies as well as suffering a Hong Kong and has a factory against China," said Wong. a Vistara spokesperson said in The airline has already and suppliers told AFP that lower volume of orders amid in the southern trade hub of "Things are unlikely to return response to a PTI query. taken deliveries of some of the they fear the agreement could simmering trade tensions. Shenzhen. to the way they were before the The spokesperson also said A320 Neos from this order, be upended even after it is Washington maintains 25 Wong's company, which trade war." Jason Lee, CEO of that by the time Vistara phas- starting last November. signed. per cent tariffs on about USD makes child safety products and metal parts manufacturer es out all these leased Boeing Besides, the carrier has also Rather than focusing on the 250 billion worth of Chinese greeting cards, has moved almost Shanghai EverSkill M&E, said planes, it would induct more bought six Boeing 787-9 agreement, they are planning imports. a third of its production to Sri the US market made up about than 50 narrow-body and Dreamliners for long-haul for the worst -- seeking new The "Phase One" deal sig- economies against each other "Even if they signed the Lanka since last September, even 60 per cent of his company's wide-body aircraft in its fleet international operations. markets abroad, increasing nalled a de-escalation in a for nearly two years. Phase One deal, we don't know though it has not been hit hard sales before the trade war, but from Airbus and Boeing addi- Vistara will start inducting their presence at home or mov- trade conflict pitting the But even as the US held off if things will change at a later by existing tariffs. this has dropped to around 40 tionally. these wide-body planes in the ing production overseas. world's two most powerful last month from a further esca- stage," said Alfred Wong, CEO Wong said that clients were per cent. After the government put a fleet from next month. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

Monday January 13, 2020 WOMEN PROVE SAREE NO BARRIER

Unlike the usual lazy Sunday mornings, this weekend witnessed women donning sarees and joining Milind Soman in ‘The Saree Run 2019’ whose aim was to bridge the itness is a choice aspire to have a fitter lifestyle. ASD Shanti who has marathon experience in a loved the experience. I did that doesn’t With the theme of #don- worked for the SHE Teams saree, Aishwarya, a city- not feel uncomfortable run- gap between depend on your tholdback, the run began and is currently with the based Math teacher said, “I ning in it at all. I saw many their social F selection of cloth- with an energetic warm-up Hyderabad city police, too have been running for two young girls wearing a saree ing! Zumba session where over ran in the event in a saree. years. My daughter also start- today which otherwise they The word 300 participants from girls as Speaking to The Pioneer she ed running when she turned won’t. This event makes us obligations and marathon only invokes young as 4-years-old to 75- said, “Nowadays women wear two. My mother-in-law, who feel that wearing a saree is images of shorts or track- year-old women took part in sarees only for special events is 70-years-old, runs till date. not taboo and that we can do the need for pants. But Taneira and the event. or festivals. Wearing a saree We all run together. Running anything in it.” Pinkathon have come togeth- Speaking at the event, is our tradition. We have had in a saree is filled with energy Jaswanth Thomas, fitness and er for the third time to host Milind Soman said, “Saree queens fighting wars wearing and is empowering. This is a National Retail Head of the Saree Run in Hyderabad. Run is all about encouraging sarees. Reviving our culture first-of-its-kind experience Taneira said, “We at Taneira self- Unlike the usual lazy women to stay fit while wear- through such events is very and I’m looking forward celebrate women and inspire Sunday mornings, this week- ing whatever they are most satisfying. I saw many young towards more such opportu- them to breakthrough soci- empowerment, end witnessed women don- comfortable in. The love and kids also donning a saree. nities. This event gave me a etal stereotypes. The inspira- ning sarees and running with admiration for saree is unde- This instills empowerment lot of courage, especially the tion behind the saree run are reports Milind Soman, who flagged niable for every Indian and inspiration among way we ran in a saree. This is women who have the stre- off the event. The event saw woman. Pinkathon strives to women.” something we can never be ngth and confidence to per- K RAMYA women of all ages and from build a growing community “Some people get judge- forget.” form multi-faceted roles and different walks of life partici- of empowered women across mental about a woman’s Another first timer in a yet don’t hold back from pating with enthusiasm. They India, who share a belief that attire. Wearing a saree is not saree is Hetal Budhbatti, a being the best version of SREE took part in a 3-km run a healthy family, a healthy just a mark of tradition but homemaker, who said, “I’m a themselves. We are over- thereby proving that nothing nation and a healthy world also provides the freedom to person who wears a saree but whelmed to see the response can come in their way, not begins with empowered do anything in it,” she added. only on . But I took from the women of even the attire, when they women.” Sharing her first time this as a challenge and I Hyderabad.” ALA VAIKUNTHAPURRAMULO: SARILERU NEEKEVVARU: Trivikram, Allu Arjun keep it familiar Fun-filled and patriotism-inspiring KEDAR the movie is him trying to movie forward, especially reconnect with his biologi- when the plot is thread- K RAMYA SREE his sister’s marriage. He lets the audi- s is the case cal family by getting them bare. The best among the also gets to know that ence down, with most out of trouble that usually lot was Murli Sharma who, he mood is pal- their lives are in danger as it is the Trivikram plague families with despite playing a negative pable, the timer Prakash Raj, who plays presence movies, Ala immense wealth and no character, manages to keep ticks in the MLA Nagendra, is after of a few A Vaikuntha- family bonding. the atmosphere light with T background, them. unnecessary purramulo Trivikram banks on the his tug-of-war with Allu but Mahesh The superstar bumps sequences. too begins with a rainy same family drama that Arjun. The rest of funny Babu diffuses into the leading lady while Anil night outside a hospital has always helped him bones include Navdeep, the tension (read the on his way to Kurnool in a could’ve where two male infants are draw his audience to the- Rahul Ramakrishna, bomb) without breaking a train and Rashmika feels tightened the born to different people, atres. But he manages to Vennela Kishore, Tanikella sweat. This is the opening he is so cute, he is so hot, script a little. one from a rich family keep the story fresh Bharani, Harsha Vardhan scene of Anil Ravipudi’s he is so handsome. The But that won’t and the other through his signature and Sunil who delight the Sarileru Neekevvaru, one Kurnool Burja Reddy stop people from a middle- punch dialogues and visu- audience with their one- of the most anticipated scene will definitely bring from thronging class family. al gags. His comedic tim- liners and side gaffes. films of 2020, which gen- back memories of cinema halls. The father of ing and sound effects cou- Amulya (Pooja Hegde) erated a lot of buzz much Okkadu. The first half of Like every other the second pled with the creative use comes on-screen once in a before its release, on Satu- the film is a roller coaster film of the child, of everyday objects like a while to remind the audi- rday. The theatre was fil- infused with comedy and Superstar these water hose, lifts, stetho- ence of her presence as the led with cheers and whis- induces non-stop laughs days, even this (Murli scope, cardboard files and leading lady. , who tles and papers flying all from the audience as film has a social Sharma), more make the movie makes a comeback into over, which gives an exhil- Rashmika, Sangeeta and message about swaps relatable. The huge multi- Telugu films after a long arating feeling that one Rao Ramesh go on a laugh scams by politi- the million bungalows time, has more say in the gets when watching amo- riot. cians and the infants, equipped with fleets of film than Pooja. ng Mahesh Babu's fans. The second half, respect one thereby Rolls Royce and chande- The funniest cherry of But this movie is not although has a pinch of should have for setting up a chain liers — though focus too them all goes to Bunny just for MB fans and is comedy, is filled with par- our soldiers. of events that will much on the extravagant himself who earns the sure to make everyone triotism and responsibili- One cannot determine the display of wealth — Ala... maximum amount of cheer for the star. Vijaya ties. Speaking of perfor- leave the the- course of the movie. is still a story about a fam- screen time that he gets in Shanti, who plays mances, Anil Ravipudi has atre without The swap puts ily trying to connect by the movie by getting into Bharathi, makes a come- made the right choice by saying ‘Jai Bantu (Allu Arjun) overcoming differences. every kind of shenanigan back with this film and casting Vijaya Shanti. Hind!’ in Valmiki’s house Also evident is that give their audience makes you feel she is tai- For the rest of the The score by and Raj (Sushanth) Trivikram’s knack to effi- their money’s worth. lormade for the role. actors, there is just one Sri Prasad in Ramachandra’s ciently utilise every char- Though he doesn’t do any- Bharathi’s son is mar- word to describe their and watching (Jayaram) house. acter to the fullest. Be it a thing different he manages tyred in combat and MB performance — PER- Mahesh dance Allu Arjun is now thief, who happens to to keep the audience want- takes the responsibility of FECT! Mahesh Babu, in a lungi is forced to face a interact with the hero in a ing more with his upbeat going to Kurnool to Rashmika Mandanna, mind-blowing. disappointed father blink-and-miss role or the nature and classy style. inform her about her son’s Sangeeta, Rao Ramesh Devi gets whose respect he personal assistant to a cor- The music and songs death. He decides to stay and Rajendra Prasad have brownie never manages to rupt businessman, all (Thaman) are another back when he gets to proved their mettle yet points for his gain. manage to elicit laughter. highlight which keep the know that Bharathi’s son again. composi- It isn’t up until No effort was spared in feet tapping and provide died without getting to see If there is one thing that tions. the interval that getting together a host of relief in between the Allu Arjun comes comedians to make sure drama and the comedy, to know about this that comedy stays on top not to mention the drawn secret. The rest of of every scene, pushing the out action sequences. VERDICT: This film is a true enter- tainer in every sense. It has all ele- VERDICT: Trivikram has reached heights of his CAST: Allu Arjun, Murli Sharma, ments (nava rasalu) that will make success from doing what he is good at and Sushanth, Tabu, Pooja you laugh out loud, cry and stand he knows this. So, he doesn't deviate from Hegde, Navdeep, Rahul up and take a pledge for the coun- the age-old Trivikram punch dialogues and Rating: Ramakrishna, Tanikella try. The message they wish to con- quick cuts so as to safeguard his legacy. Bharani Harsha Vardhan vey through the film is something Allu Arjun does the same. But that's what that will leave everyone ponder- 3.75/5 the audience expects and the duo doesn't ing. This film is just ‘entertain- disappoint. Go for the funnies and the ment, entertainment and more drama and come back satisfied. Rating: 3/5 entertainment’. 10

Vijayawada Monday January 13, 2020 what’s brewing? TINA FEY, AMY POEHLER to host 2021 Golden Globes SHAHID

ctresses-comedi- 15. The NBC Entertainment will host the 2021 awards ans Tina Fey and Chairman Paul Teledgy ceremony, reports KAPOOR: I am Amy Poehler will announced on Saturday dur- eonline.com. A be returning to the ing the Television Critics “NBC has long been home Golden Globes Association (TCA) Tour in to two of the funniest people stage as co-hosts. Pasadena, California that Fey on the planet — Tina Fey recovering fast The two hosted the Golden and Poehler and Amy Poehler — and Globes from 2013- we didn’t want to wait any longer to share the great news that they’ll be hosting the Globes once from injury again,” said Teledgy. The date of next year’s ctor Shahid Kapoor, who was injured while playing Golden Globes is yet to while shooting a sequence for Jersey, says the be announced. film has taken ‘a little bit of my blood’ but he is Fey has won two recovering fast. Golden Globes and six A “Thank you for all the concern. Yes, I have got a Emmys for writing and few stitches but am recovering fast. #jersey has taken acting in the Emmy a little bit of my blood but a script this good deserves that in Award-winning come- the least. Have a good one you all. Keep it real. Make it count. dy Saturday Night Live. Spread the love. Humanity above all (sic),” Shahid tweeted on Poehler is also a Sunday. Golden Globe and Jersey is a Hindi remake of the Telugu hit film of the same Emmy winner and is name. The Hindi version will be helmed by Gowtam currently an executive Tinnanuri, who had also directed the original movie. producer of the The film will narrate the story of a talented but failed crick- Emmy-nominated eter named Arjun, who decides to make a comeback in his late Netflix series Russian thirties and play for India, in order to fulfil his son’s wish. Doll. The Hindi version also features Mrunal Thakur, is being pre- According to sented by Allu Aravind, and produced by Aman Gill and Dil reports, the Wine Raju. Country actress Shahid Kapoor was last seen on the big screen in the 2019 made the announce- film Kabir Singh — the Hindi remake of Telugu blockbuster ment herself during Arjun Reddy. the TCA event.

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Vijayawada Monday January 13, 2020 tollywood NAVEEN CHANDRA joins Virata Parvam

Virata Parvam t’s a double delight for Venu is extremely happy that Naveen Chandra this Naveen is onboard. The actor 1992 might just Sankranti. His much- will be shooting in I anticipated Tamil Athirappilly forests in Kerala film, Pattas, where he for another nine days. He is be ground locks horns with required for the next leg of Dhanush, will storm into cinema filming as well in Hyderabad. breaking not halls across Tamil Nadu on Most of his portions will be with Wednesday. Apart from that, the Rana who is also in Kerala for just for its less actor, The Pioneer has exclusively the shoot,” said a well-placed learnt, is the latest inclusion to source close to the development. explored theme Venu Udugula’s Virata Parvam Set in 1990s backdrop, Virata 1992 that is fronted by Rana Parvam is a love story that that deals with Daggubati and . He sheds light on the Maoist will be playing a naxalite in the movement, specifically the Leftwing action-drama and has already moral dilemma that pre- joined the sets in Kerala. vailed back then. A joint extremism in “Naveen was floored by Venu’s production venture narration. His role apart, he between Suresh Babu the 1990s but loved the story and what Venu and Sudhakar was trying to achieve with the Cherukuri, the film film. He immediately decided to already sees an impres- also, as allocate dates for the sive roster of prominent project. His characteri- supporting actors such NAGARAJ sation has a as Nandita Das, mix of both Priyamani, Sai GOUD reports, good and Chand, Easwari Rao bad traits and and Zarina Wahab. for the stellar one can only help but empathise Mahesh's mass national-level with the role. cast of the action-drama power to the fore that is currently uperstar Mahesh mate overseas figures and December releases with Babu-starrer from other territories across Sarileru Neekevvaru. It's touring the Sarileru the country, the film’s first unlikely that the other big S Neekevvaru has day share stood at around hero release Ala forests of taken the box- Rs 45 to 46 crore. Vaikunthapuramlo will dent office by storm. “People have lapped up into Mahesh’s film revenue Released on Saturday, the the film and Mahesh’s mass as both the films have their Kerala action-comedy, directed by outing. It’s a perfect own audience,” said a trade Anil Ravipudi, has collected Sankranti fare and the col- analyst. a distributor share of Rs lections would only be rock The film, produced by 32.77 crore from the Telugu steady in the course of the Anil Sunkara, tells the story states, establishing day-one week given the extremely of how an army Major Ajay records in places like positive word-of-mouth. Krishna (Mahesh) comes to Krishna district, while in Day two has reported the rescue of a Kurnool- Guntur it has created a packed houses, with some based professor (Bharathi) Dutt slams megastar ‘non-Baahubali’ record, said multiplexes replacing Hindi who lands in huge trouble sources. films, while some single because of a corrupt minis- n a statement that has speaking to a Telugu news chan- Combining the approxi- screens have replaced ter (Prakash Raj). raised many eyebrows, nel. producer C. Aswini Dutt’s statement has become a Dutt slammed megas- hot topic in the film circles as he I tar Chiranjeevi for is known to share a good bond endorsing the AP gov- with Chiru, having produced ernment’s concept of three capi- films like Jagadeka Veerudu COMEDY COMES tals. The film icon last month had Atiloka Sundari, Indra and Jai said that the AP government’s Chiranjeeva with the actor in the move of separate capital cities for past. NATURALLY TO different administrative functions would help reducing socio-eco- nomic disparities. He further added that the development was ME: MEHREEN possible only with the decentrali- sation of administration and ehreen said she had role in Entha Manchi power. goosebumps when Vaadavuraa will satiate Lending his supporting to pro- director Satish the actor in me. In fact, testors in Amaravati, Dutt, who M Vegesna narrated the when he was dubbing gave up his land for Gannavaram story of Entha Manchi for the film, he left me a airport sometime back, came Vaadavuraa (EMV), text, saying I was down heavily on Chiranjeevi, which opens later this week. It is superb in the film. saying that the actor should take for the first time in her 4-year The film’s title is apt a cue from his younger brother career that the for him in real Pawan Kalyan who has been first question she asked the direc- life,” she gushes, “fighting for the rights of tor, upon hearing the story, is adding that Amaravati farmers for the past why he chose her. She was curi- although the six years by camping there”. ous about the film’s heroine role, film is a remake “Chiranjeevi garu said that Nandini, that was offered to her, of Gujarati film he liked the three-capital idea which is in complete contrast to Oxygen, and I want to know from him Honey, her breakthrough role in Vegesna has just what did he like about it? last year’s monster hit F2- Fun taken the core What had he (Jagan) has done and Frustration. “Praising my gig point from the that can be liked in the first in F2, he told me, ‘Actors who are original and place? It’s meaningless,” Dutt, good at comedy are equally good gave it a com- who is a TDP supporter, said, at playing emotional roles’. I was plete new on board the next minute. I hope spin. I lived up to his expectations,” she says, adding that off-screen she is a funny person who likes to entertain people. “Which is Nithiin's Bheeshma promises fun why, comedy comes natural to me,” she said. he makers of Bheeshma his punch dialogues and antics, to have given his own twist to what She points out that she plays unveiled the film’s teaser which might be a side to the young looks like a regular run-off-the- a performance-oriented role which promise fun and hero that we haven’t seen before. mill story. laced with little humour in frolic for the audience. The film is slated for released on Mahati Swara Sagar’s music EMV. “I play the producer T Going by the teaser, Februray 21 and is produced by resounds well with the visuals of short films who hates Nithiin seems to be in- Sithara Entertainments. while Rashmika Mandanna and actors not being punctual charge of the entertainment with Director Venky Kudumula seems Nithiin seem like a good fit. while Kalyanram will be seen as the hero. In the first half, the role is more of bubbly, while in the second half, it takes an emotional turn. The sequences between her and Kalyanram garu form the fun segment of the film. I’ve even reeled a three-page dialogue in a single take in the latter half without using glycerin. It’s between me and Tanikella Bharani garu’s role. People will see a different type of Mehreen once the film releases,” she assures. This is for the first time she shared screen space with Kalyanram. She said that he has been extremely supportive of her. “When I met him on the sets of day one shoot, the first thing he told me was that I’ve done a good job in Krishnagadi Veeraprema Gadha. He also told me that I didn’t get good roles and that the VIJAYAWADA | MONDAY | JANUARY 13, 2020 sport 12

Good dilemma to have: Rathour Harman leads in World T20 on opening combination Rookie batswoman Richa only new face in Kaur-led squad PTI n MUMBAI n Rohit Sharma, K L Rahul and PTI n MUMBAI team. IShikhar Dhawan, India are spoilt for “Before the World Cup, this Never thought choice at the top of the order, and bat- engal’s rookie batswoman series is going to be a big one for us ting coach Vikram Rathour on Sunday Richa Ghosh was the only and we will look for our best com- things will happen called it a “good dilemma” to have. Bnew face in a 15-member bination and with that we will give Rohit had a phenomenal 2019, hav- Harmanpreet Kaur-led India squad chances to newcomer also. so fast: Richa ing struck five centuries in the World for the ICC Women’s T20 World “As (Hemlata) ma’am men- Cup. Cup in Australia, starting February tioned, we have Richa, who did well KOLKATA: Richa Ghosh is still Dhawan, who made a comeback in 21. in the Challenger Trophy and soaking it all in. When most the T20 side in the just-concluded three- The team, announced on domestic cricket, so we will stick to girls of her age will be prepar- match series against Sri Lanka, was also Sunday, has no other surprises. our best XI. Before the World Cup, ing for their board exams in among the runs, while Rahul, too, is The 15-year-old Haryana we will be able to decide our best February, the 16-year-old having a great time with the bat. schoolgirl Shafali Verma will be XI,” Harmanpreet said. Siliguri girl will be bracing for “It’s a good dilemma to have. Rohit playing her first global meet follow- The skipper has had the expe- her maiden international crick- is an obvious choice of course. Both of ing some good performances at the rience of playing in the Women’s Big et tour with the Indian women’s them (Shikhar and Rahul) are playing international level in her first sea- Bash League and that will help her side and that too the marquee well. Shikhar has done well in one- day- son. plan better. ICC World T20. ers and Rahul is in great form. So we’ll Richa, 16, has been rewarded “I think that experience will The teenager picked up the deal with it when we have to,” Rathour for her exploits in the recent definitely help and we know how willow seeing her father said. women’s Challenger Trophy, scor- the are over there and that Manabendra Ghosh, now a part- “There are still a couple of days to ing 36 off 26 balls in one of the definitely give us extra boost (over) time Bengal umpire, at a tender go. The management will sit down and KL Rahul bats at nets session on Sunday PTI games with four boundaries and a there,” said the skipper, who has age of four and a half years and make the choice,” he told reporters six. played for Sydney Thunders in after a good show in the ahead of the first ODI against Australia. “It’s (middle-order) not a weakness. “See, in the past one year, we WBBL. Challenger Trophy has made her Asked about the relevance of the Few innings back we scored 383. We’ve have taken five to six debutants. She also agreed that spinners way into the national team. series in a T20 World Cup year, Rathour been scoring runs, our batters have done Earlier, the same team used to play have been India’s strength in bowl- “I never thought that this said, “It’s a different format and crick- well. Shreyas (Iyer) is really well. but after the 2017 ODI World ing and it wouldn’t change much on will happen so fast. It’s hard to et is a game of confidence. So as a bat- (Rishabh) Pant has played a couple of Cup, a lot of new prospects have the bouncy Australian tracks. believe and the feeling hasn’t ter and bowler, especially when you are useful innings. So I don’t see an issue. emerged. We feel we have nurtured “We are looking for more spin- sunk in yet,” Richa said. playing against a team like Australia, “Top three are scoring heavily, so five or six new players, who are ners in our side and we have got “My first role model has who are one of the better teams in the that’s a good problem to have, but we playing now,” chairman of women’s that. Now the only thing is how we always been my dad from whom world, performances do make a differ- have enough options and don’t see any selection committee Hemlatha Kala are going to use their strengths. I learnt cricket. Then it was ence. It gives you a lot of confidence.” issues with that,” he added. told reporters at the press confer- They are very good and always give Sachin Tendulkar, who will “We’ll take it as any other series and Australia possess some of the best ence us breakthroughs. always remain my idol.” playing against one of the better sides pacers in the world, and have come with “Richa Ghosh is a new player “Our strength is spin and we But when it’s about her six- in the world, we are looking to do well a four-pronged attack, comprising and here the role of selectors have to stick to that and whenever hitting skill, it’s none other than as a team, looking to perform and win Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Josh increases.” Indian women cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur, addresses a press conference to we need them they will perform for MS Dhoni. if possible,” added the batting coach. Hazlewood and Kane Richardon. Source close to the women’s announce the Indian team for Women Twenty20 World Cup in Mumbai on Sunday PTI us,” Harmanpreet exuded confi- “I love the way he hits sixes Rahul can also keep wickets and the So what is the game plan against the team said that Richa has been dence. and try the same. Whoever coach was asked whether there was a pacers? picked since she can lend solidity “While shafali is the X factor at a 16-member squad for a tri-series World T20 Squad: Harmanpreet maybe the bowler, when you thought process to use Rahul as a Rathour replied, “All of our batters to India’s middle order. the top, Richa will provide the much in Australia prior to the T20 World Kaur (captain), Mandhana, have the bat, you can do any- stumper. have played against them quite a lot. “Richa was the most impressive needed firepower in the middle Cup, with Nuzhat Parveen being Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodriguez, thing.” “We haven’t really started thinking They know these bowlers, their player during Challenger trophy. order. We had to give her the added as the 16th member. That Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Veda Known for her six-hitting on those lines yet. Rahul can keep, that’s strengths, the areas where they bowl — People questioned us when we chance now. Anyway in women’s tournament starts on January 31 Krishnamurthy, Richa Ghosh, Tania exploits, the 16-year-old from the skill that he has. So that will depend so the game plan will be according to picked 15 year old Shafali and she cricket there are not many players and also features England. Bhatia, Poonam Yadav, Siliguri is a complete package — if the team management feels at any that. repaid the faith and I am pretty cer- to choose from in comparison to Skipper Harmanpreet feels that Yadav, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Shikha someone who loves to open the stage we require that.” “It’s a good surface we are playing tain Richa will be on the same path,” the vast talent in men’s cricket.” playing the tri-series before the big Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati batting, bowls quick and also Rathour also asserted that he does on and nothing different basically. Just the source said. The selectors also announced event will be advantageous for the Reddy. keeps wickets. PTI not see any issue with the middle-order. take it as any other team.” Madan Lal, Gambhir to be Bumrah headlines We are underdogs in ODI series: Richardson appointed as CAC members BCCI Annual Awards PTI n MUMBAI The 28-year-old pacer, don’t know how it’s going to who has played 22 ODIs, also pan out in terms of selection. PTI n NEW DELHI sought on the development. ustralian speedster Kane said playing in India, where I’m comfortable being that Asked about the Conflict PTI n MUMBAI ARichardson says coach the grounds are smaller, is the next guy in. he BCCI is all set to appoint of Interest clause since he has Andrew McDonald “camped biggest challenge. “I have always spoken TWorld Cup winning former a contract with a TV channel ndia spearhead Jasprit Bumrah on Sunday out” at the Wankhede “It’s the biggest challenge about if injuries or form India players Madan Lal and as cricket expert, the former Iheadlined the BCCI Annual Awards func- Stadium on Saturday night to in white-ball cricket, coming happen being the next guy in. Gautam Gambhir as members India all-rounder said, “Let tion, grabbing the prestigious Polly Umrigar check on dew as his players over here and playing against So if I could take the field of the Cricket Advisory me first get my appointment award apart from annexing the Dilip Sardesai prepared to practice with India on the surfaces over with those guys it gives you Committee (CAC) which will letter and obviously there will honour for his exploits in international crick- wet balls. here. It’s a lot different than a lot of confidence that hope- pick selection committees for be terms of reference and et in the 2018-19 season. “Andrew McDonald Australia. The ground sizes fully when I come onto bowl the next four-year cycle start- guidelines.” Polly Umrigar award is presented to the camped out here last night to are a lot smaller than there are two or three down ing 2020. A source close to the crick- best male International cricketer and it carries try and see what time the Australia, (and) mis-hits can early,” he added. The third member of the eter confirmed that he was a citation, trophy and cheque for ` 15 lakh. dew came in. Who knows, often go for six. On a personal note, panel is likely to be Mumbai- approached by the BCCI for Dilip Sardesai award is conferred on both everyone is guessing. I think “It’s something we have Richardson, who was in and based woman international the role and he has accepted the the highest -taker and highest run-get- everyone is prepared,” spoken a lot about. I think out of the playing XI during Sulakshana Naik, who has offer. ter in Test cricket. Bumrah took 34 wickets in Richardson said. everyone in the team has the last World Cup, says that played two Tests and 46 ODIs “Yes, they did ask Madan six matches with three five-wicket hauls. “We’re going to train played here before, so it’s he made his way back into for the country. for his consent and he had told Prolific Saurashtra batsman Chetshwar today with some wet balls so nothing new. Starting today the team by performing well. “Madan Lal and Gautam them it will be an honour to be Pujara was picked for the honour for scoring we can practice that. We’ll we will figure out a plan to “I think it was just Gambhir are all set to be the on CAC. It doesn’t matter if it’s 677 runs in 8 matches at an average of 52.07 just wait and see on game stop some of those guys. It through performance on CAC members,” a senior BCCI one meeting or half a meeting,” with three centuries and two half centuries. day. It’s nothing new, we will be a high-scoring contest field. You can improve away official said. said the source. While Bumrah netted the biggest prize in have dew back home as well.” I’m sure,” added the right- from the game all you want Hero of 1983 World Cup In all likelihood, the com- the men’s category, Poonam Yadav claimed the He said the Virat Kohli- arm medium pacer. but I think it was just about winning India team, Lal, by mittee will meet just once as top prize in women’s section and was award- led Indians were the Australia are touring performing. The Big Bash last virtue of being the senior- only two changes are required ed the best international cricketer. favourites at home, calling his India with a four-pronged year after doing well got me most member will head the in the senior selection panel. The award will be another feather in the team the underdogs for the pace attack comprising Josh back in the fold and then committee while 2011 World The committee has to find leg-spinner’s cap who recently won Arjuna three-match ODI series, Kane Richardson attends training session ahead of 1st ODI AP Hazlewood, Pat Cummins injuries happened. Cup hero Gambhir will assist replacements of outgoing chair- Award. beginning here tomorrow. to be so hard,” he said. favourite. We are the under- and Starc, apart from "And then try and be the him along with the third mem- man MSK Prasad (South) and Former India captains Krishnamachari “I think the home team “India in India is always dogs,” he said ahead of a Richardson. And the fast- next guy in. Always try and ber. Gagan Khoda (Central). Srikkanth and Anjum Chopra were present- is always favourite. I think on the biggest challenge and practice session. bowler says he is comfortable stay on top of my game and “I don’t know if it’s fair on Sarandeep Singh (North), ed the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement the back of last year, I think after what happened last year Last year, Australia had to be the “next guy in”. improve but I’m back in this my part to make a formal Devang Gandhi (East) and Award and the BCCI Lifetime Achievement Finchy (Aaron Finch) has they will be ready for it. made a spectacular come- “It would be nice to take team because I performed at comment or not as BCCI has Jatin Paranjpe (West) still have Award for women respectively. said no team has ever won Confidence is up but the back to record a 3-2 win in the field with all three of the level below,” the pacer not announced,” said Madan a year left in their respective A member of the 1983 World Cup-winning here back to back. It’s going home team is always ODI series in India. them or a couple of them. I added. Lal when his comments were four-year terms. team, Srikkanth took on the fearsome West Indies fast bowlers and scored an attacking 38, the top indi- vidual score in the low-scor- ing final at the Lord’s. Malinga ready to quit Tare’s 154 help Mumbai post 488 Anjum is one of the finest batswomen and the first AFP n COLOMBO Indian to play 100 PTI n CHENNAI 2017 to go past Vijay Merchant. Overnight 141 for five, ODIs. In a career asith Malinga said on Sunday With his 248 on Sunday, Odisha lost their remaining spanning 17 years, Lhe was ready to stand down kipper Aditya Tare struck 154 to Pujara also became only the third five wickets with the addition Anjum represent- as Sri Lanka’s Twenty20 skipper Slead a fine lower-order rally and player to record seven double of just 19 runs inside nine ed India in four after the team’s humiliating 2-0 put Mumbai in command by post- centuries in . He is overs at the Chaudhary 50-over World loss to India in their latest for- ing 488 in their first innings on the at joint second with Ajay Sharma Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium in Cups and two eign tour. second day of their Group B match two behind Paras Dogra, who Lahli. T20 World Cup Returning from the series, against Tamil Nadu. played most cricket for Himachal Haryana batted sensibly (played in one). the 36-year-old told reporters Tare, who resumed the days on Pradesh. in their second innings with Mayank that Sri Lanka was just not his individual score of 69, was Pujara also completed 6000 openers Shubham Rohilla (48) Agarwal, who emerged as good enough to make an impact involved in a 123-run stand for the runs in Ranji Trophy during the and Ankit Kumar (46) putting up an impact batsman start- in the 20 over game. eight wicket with Shashank Attarde course of his marathon knock. a 101-run stand. Himanshu Rana ing with his debut series in He said Sri Lankan bowlers (58). He and senior batsman also contributed at number five Australia in 2018-19, weren’t able to restrict oppo- Tare hit 19 fours and 2 sixes Sheldon Jackson (161) rescued before Pramod Chandila and received the best interna- nents while the batsmen were during his 253-ball knock as Saurashtra with a massive 394- Patel saw through the day. tional debut in men’s cat- incapable of putting up the 170 Mumbai added 204 runs from 59 run stand for the third wicket At the Barsapara Stadium in egory while talented 15- runs needed for a fighting overs on Sunday from overnight after they lost their two openers Guwahati, Assam replied strong- year-old Shafali Verma chance in a match. 284 for 6. for only 33 runs. ly with 209 for three after grabbed the same in the “We don’t have that,” In reply, Tamil Nadu were 66 Pujara resumed the second Chhattisgarh posted 318 in their women’s category. Malinga said, adding that it was for no loss with experienced open- day on 162 and raised his double first innings, trailing the visitors Mumbai all-rounder unfair to expect a winning per- er Abhinav Mukund batting on 52. ton on Sunday before being even- by 109 runs with seven wickets Shivam Dube, who impressed formance from the team given The Tamil Nadu bowlers toiled tually dismissed for 248 off 390 intact. in the recently concluded T20 they were ranked just ninth in for five sessions before wrapping up deliveries with help of 24 fours series against Sri Lanka, was the world when returned to the the Mumbai innings with ace off- and a six. NAGALAND ON TOP presented the Lala Amarnath captaincy just over a year ago. spinner Ravichandran Ashwin In reply, Karnataka were 13 SOVIMA: Wicketkeeper-batsman Award for the best all-rounder But he added that he was (3/121) and left-arm spinner R Sai for 1 in eight overs. Yogesh Takawale slammed an in the Ranji Trophy while Delhi’s “ready to accept” his responsi- Kishore (4/125) sending down 47 unbeaten 117 as Nagaland bats- Nitish Rana received the same for bility for the team’s perfor- and 46 overs respectively. HARYANA BOUNCE BACK men made merry against the doing well in the limited overs mance. The Mumbai lower-order con- Mumbai skipper Aditya Tare raises his bat ROHTAK: Left-arm spinner Tinu Arunachal Pradesh to pile up a competition. “I am ready any time. I am Lasith Malinga in action during third T20I tinued to make things difficult for after completing 150 runs PTI Kundu grabbed five wickets as mammoth 543 for seven declared India’s middle-order batsm- ready to quit,” he said. against India in Pune PTI the home side bowlers with Tushar century to help Saurashtra post a Haryana staged a remarkable in Plate group fixture. woman Deepti Sharma received Malinga led Sri Lanka to the Frictions were evident in the Deshpande (39) smashing Ashwin massive 581 for 7 declared in comeback to take an upper hand Takawale’s knock from 162 the Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy for T20 World Cup title in 2014 and Sri Lankan team under Malinga’s for three huge sixes while No 11 Group B match against in Elite Group C match against balls, laced with 14 fours, came best woman cricketer in senior remained in charge until early leadership, the Sunday Island Royston Dias too joined the fun, Karnataka. Odisha. after No 3 Shrikant Mundhe top- domestic circuit while Shafali was 2016. newspaper reported. hoisting B Aparajith for a big one Pujara, who on Saturday Haryana, who were bundled scored for the team with 166 on picked for honour in the junior cat- His return to the top job in “There seems to be deep over long-on. joined a select group of cricket- out for a paltry 90 after electing the opening day at the Nagaland egory. December 2018 was a surprise divisions in the side. As captain, ing greats by smashing his 50th to bat, bowled out Odisha for 160 Cricket Stadium. Virender Sharma was adjudged the best as he had lost his spot in the he has also sidelined his prede- DOUBLE TON FOR PUJARA first-class century, is already the and then replied strongly in their Mundhe also claimed three umpire in domestic cricket while Vidarbha team after recurring injuries cessors” including Thisara RAJKOT: Prolific India Test bats- Indian player with most first second essay by posting 218 for for 32 to leave Arunachal Pradesh Cricket Association were presented the best forced him to sit out several Perera and Angelo Mathews, the man Cheteshwar Pujara slammed class double centuries when he five, taking an overall lead of 148 reeling at 141 for four in 37 overs, performance award in domestic cricket for tournaments. paper said. 248, his 13th first-class double scored his 12th double ton in going into the penultimate day. trailing by 393 runs. wining the Ranji Trophy.