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AP ASSEMBLY APPROVES JAGAN’S AFTER 88 YEARS, MUMBAI POLICE KEJRI GETS STUCK IN ROADSHOW, 63 INDIAN BILLIONAIRES HAVE PUSH FOR THREE STATE CAPITALS TO PATROL CITY ON HORSEBACK MISSES DEADLINE TO FILE PAPERS MORE MONEY THAN UNION BUDGET he AP Assembly on Monday passed by umbai will get a mounted police unit for traffic and crowd control elhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday missed the deadline ndia's richest 1 per cent hold more than four-times the wealth held by TDecentralisation and Equal Development of All Regions Bill 2020, Mpost a gap of 88 years, and the horses will be deployed on duty Dfor filing his nomination because of his massive roadshow and will I953 million people who make up for the bottom 70 per cent of the putting into motion the government's decision to have three capitals for after taking part in the Republic Day parade at Shivaji Park this year, now file it on Tuesday. The filing of nominations was country's population, while the total wealth of all Indian billionaires is the state. The Bill was introduced by Finance Minister Buggana Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Sunday. Mr allowed between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., but the Aam more than the full-year budget, a new study said on Monday. Releasing Rajendranath Reddy on Monday, who said that the three Deshmukh said the mounted police Aadmi Party (AAP) chief was not able to reach the the study 'Time to Care' here ahead of the 50th Annual Meeting of the Capitals would be located at Amaravati, Visakhapatnam unit, which would patrol the streets of office of the sub-divisional magistrate as he was World Economic Forum (WEF), rights group and Kurnool for legislative, executive and judicial functions the bustling metropolis, was disbanded stuck in the roadshow. Kejriwal said he will now file Oxfam also said the world's 2,153 billionaires of the State. The village and (municipal) ward secretariats in 1932 due to growing vehicular the nomination for the New Delhi Assembly seat on have more wealth than the 4.6 billion people system will now get statutory backing as it has been traffic. "Today Mumbai police has Tuesday morning, which is the last day of who make up 60 per cent of the planet's made part of the new Bill. modern jeeps and motorcycles”. filing nominations. population.

TS to become ‘election-free ‘We are fighting against money and liquor’ state’ after Jan 25. till 2023 PNS n HYDERABAD Pradesh Congress L VENKAT RAM REDDY Committee president N n HYDERABAD n Municipal polls campaign ends, Uttam Kumar Reddy on opment in newspapers and polling on Jan 22 Monday claimed that his cheating people with false Campaigning for the munic- party was fighting against promises" Uttam alleged. TRULY ipal elections, the last sched- n Last chance for all parties in TS 'money power' of the ruling The TPCC chief asserted SPEAKING uled elections in Telangana to prove their mettle before 2023 party. that the existing infrastructure State before the 2023 Assembly polls In an interview with The in urban local bodies has all Assembly polls, ended on n Pioneer, Uttam said that been the work of previous Amit Shah Monday at 5 pm. TRS juggernaut faces test notwithstanding the tough Congress regimes. The municipal elections n ‘Do-or-die’ situation for blows his party had suffered On Congress party's man- will be the last chance for all in the recent electoral battle- ifesto for the civic polls, he has been BJP's Opposition political parties in Telangana fields, Congress will spring a said he has already directed real rock State to prove their mettle surprise by winning a major- the cadre to prepare a local before 2023 Assembly polls. Chandrasekhar Rao, after Subsequently, the govern- ity of the municipalities and manifesto, basing on local This is because Telangana retaining power for the sec- ment completed gram pan- corporations in the forth- issues. "As promised in Vision will become an "election-free ond consecutive term with a chayat elections in January/ coming elections. TPCC president N Uttam Kumar waves during campaign for the urban body 2020 document, Congress 2 state" once the results of landslide majority in February 2019, "We are not fighting against elections that ended on Thursday. would ensure better roads, municipal elections will be December 2018 Assembly polls in May 2019, zilla a political party, but against safe drinking water, cleanli- declared on January 25. polls, had taken a conscious parishad/ mandal parishad massive money power. TRS ness, proper sewerage sys- There will be no elections decision to complete all the elections in May/June 2019 has turned these elections as tem and other civic amenities in Telangana for the next polls in Telangana State with- and finally municipal elec- a show of its money power. Finding fault with the 'undemocratic' means if voted to power," he added. four years covering entire in a year so as to focus entire- tions in January 2020 making Fearing defeat, TRS leaders followed by TRS party to win the civic polls, TPCC Answering a question on state. ly on offering better admin- Telangana an 'election-free are organising camps and dis- Congress failure to field can- Only the elections for istration to people for the state' till December 2023 tributing liquor for days president N Uttam Kumar Reddy said that it didates in some places, the GHMC and municipal corpo- remaining term of four years Assembly polls. together. Money bags are looks as if the ruling party wants power at any TPCC president blamed the rations in Warangal and by introducing revolutionary With this, all the parties in being distributed to even ward cost and is stooping to new lows in every election 'erratic and illogical' poll Khammam are due in the initiatives in governance as Telangana are giving unprece- candidates," Uttam alleged. schedule for the scenario. next two years, and these the frequent elections in dented importance to munic- Answering a question on Uttam said that there was will be confined only to those between were hampering the ipal polls and fighting as if the preparedness of the minimal or no time-gap areas. administration due to they are facing Assembly Congress party, he said "The 'headline management'. party and minister for munic- between the date of notifica- The TRS government led enforcement of model code of polls. TRS made the democracy a "If you notice, KTR and his ipal affairs, has failed in pro- tion and that of filing of nom- by Chief Minister K conduct during elections. Continued on Page 2 mockery in Telangana. The father are known for their tall viding basic facilities in all inations. "As a result, the schedule was given without claims. What happened to municipalities. "He failed as opposition parties could not taking our concerns into con- 2BHK houses for the poor? minister as there is no urban finalise appropriate candi- Thakur, 18 oth- sideration. Opposition parties What happened to Mission development since the TRS dates. Since the TRS had were kept in the dark till the Bhagiratha, land to SCs, inte- came to power. KTR has only information about the ward ers convicted DS dares on KCR last minute," said TPCC chief. grated buildings in each dis- been making false claims of reservations well in advance, in Muzaffarpur He continued: "We made trict and mandal headquar- devel- it had an unfair advantage. Challenges TRS to take action against him some quick changes in our ters, KG-to-PG free educa- The Congress party moved shelter home strategy and geared up for the tion? Nothing happened. the High Court challenging PNS n NIZAMABAD civic polls. Our cadre also They are still trying to mislead the election schedule," he case understood the need to rise to the people with big state- explained. TRS member and the occasion." ments. Now people have seen Uttam found fault with former PCC president D Nadda Responding to a question their true colours and are 'undemocratic' means fol- Srinivas, popularly known as on Municipal Minister KT ready to teach them a lesson" lowed by TRS party to win the 5 DS, said that leaving Congress elected BJP Rama Rao's claims that TRS Uttam said. civic polls. "Looks like the party was a big mistake in his will sweep the polls, the TPCC He alleged that KTR, being TRS wants power at any cost political life. chief termed the statements as the working president of the and is stooping to new lows in He said that he left the president every election" he said. Congress party as he faced dis- PNS n NEW DELHI On new schemes to be respect. "I left the Congress Since the TRS had information about the ward offered by the TRS, Uttam with mental agony due to the Targeting KCR and his Jagat Prakash Nadda was reservations well in advance, it had an unfair said the ruling party has differences with the then family indirectly, DS elected unopposed as the advantage. The Congress party moved the High Court nothing to show and was AICC general secretary in- BJP's national president on challenging the election schedule now copying Congress charge of the state Digvijay alleged that father, Monday, taking over the reins — UTTAM KUMAR REDDY party's schemes. Singh. Digvijay Singh gave son and daughter from Amit Shah whose TPCC president Continued on Page 3 misinformation about me to became gold in the tenure of five-and-a-half Sonia Gandhi," DS said. years saw the party turning DS made it clear that the name of ‘Golden into a formidable election- Congress party accorded sep- Telangana’ winning machinery despite Three kids arate Telangana state and BJP occasional setbacks. Swine flu on the rise in TS, ‘Halwa extended support. media as he does not want to The 59-year-old leader drown in pond Targeting Chief Minister K be caught in any unsavoury from Himachal Pradesh is PNS n HYDERABAD Ceremony’ Chandrasekhar Rao and his war of words and also not to seen as an affable and low-key kickstarts family indirectly, DS alleged do selfish politics. politician who enjoys the 150 samples return positive Three children drowned in a that father, son and daughter He questioned district lead- trust of Prime Minister pond, at Kandakurthi vil- printing Budget became gold in the name of ers to come out in the open if Narendra Modi and the RSS PNS n HYDERABAD the Institute of Preventive Dr Narendran, Medical lage, when they tried to col- Golden Telangana. they had the guts to speak -- the BJP's ideological men- Medicine, Hyderabad said that Superintendent of Osmania lect some wild fruits. On docs process Reacting to the criticism against him. tor. He is largely expected to A total of 150 cases of swine flu around 370 people have been General Hospital has said that Sunday afternoon, three chil- made by the Roads and Alleging that Prashanth continue with the course it have been detected in screened in the state of whom a separate ward for swine flu dren Waghmare Deepak (9), Buildings Minister Vemula Reddy was making comments took under Shah with Modi Telangana so far. The State 150 samples have returned cases has been allocated and Waghmare Siddarth (8) and Prashanth Reddy on Monday "like a mad person", DS chal- laying out the broader agen- health officials have sent out positive. they have the necessary masks SK Huzoor (8) went to collect 8 against him at municipal elec- lenged the TRS to initiate da. medical officials to screen for He said that medical author- and protective gear and have fruits on Kandakurthi village tion campaign in Nizamabad action against the minister if the fever in the districts across ities had been sent to various also ensured that enough ven- outskirts, but they did not on Monday, DS said that he it had guts. Continued on Page 2 the state. districts to screen and curb the tilators are available. return home till the night. TODAY was keeping away from the Continued on Page 3 More reports in Page Dr K Shankar, director of spread of swine flu. Continued on Page 3 Continued on Page 3 ALMANAC Month & Paksham: Paush & Krishna Paksha People advised not to touch balloons Leopard on roof of a building in Panchangam Tithi : Dwadashi: 01:44 am (Next Day) TIFR-ECIL balloons to fly for scientific purpose from Jan 3rd week Shadnagar tranquilised, captured Nakshatram: Jyeshtha: 11:43 pm Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start PNS n HYDERABAD launched during night. The PNS n HYDERABAD any important work) balloons, which carry scientif- Rahukalam: 03:14 am- 04:37 pm Residents of several districts in ic instruments for research at A five-year-old male leopard Telangana have been advised high altitudes, are expected to spotted sitting on the roof of a Yamagandam: 09:40 am – 11:03 am not to disturb the balloons or reach heights between 30 km single storey building at Varjyam: 10:06 pm - 11:43 pm instruments attached to para- and 42 km depending on the Shadnagar town, about 55 km Gulika: 12:27 pm - 01:50 pm chutes launched for scientific experiments being undertaken. from here, was tranquilised on purposes if these land in their The instruments will be kept at Monday by the Forest Good Time: (to start any important work) fields or backyard. these heights for periods rang- Department officials and shift- Amritakalam: 02:50 pm - 04:27 pm The advice, by Tata Institute ing from a few to 10 hours and ed to a zoo. The feline after Abhijit Muhurtham: 12:05 pm - 12:49 pm of Fundamental Research, then they will be released from being shot with a tranquiliser Government of India, is to the balloon. dart entered the kitchen and sat HYDERABAD immediately call the number After release, the instruments down before the sedatives took WEATHER given on the instruments will come down to ground on effect. attached to it or call the police. large colourful parachutes. It was then shifted to a cage Forecast: Clear with periodic clouds According to B. Suneel During ascent and at peak, the and examined for any external Temp: 30/18 Kumar, Scientist-in-charge, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research scientists test one of the balloons ahead of balloons will drift in the prevail- injuries and none were found, Forest Department officials strap the leopard securely to a gurney after its launch around the third week of January. Humidity: 75% TIFR, 10 balloon flights will be ing winds and the instruments the officials said. The animal tranquilising it in Shadnagar town on Monday. Sunrise: 06.49 launched from Hyderabad for and ISRO. The balloons, filled TIFR-ECIL. The first balloon may, therefore, land at points as was later taken to the Nehru the roof of his house, sparking officials, who rushed to the spot Sunset: 06.04 scientific purpose till April 30 with hydrogen gas, carrying sci- flight is planned around the distant as about 200 to 350 km Zoological park, zoo officials panic among residents. along with a team of city- based Current Weather Conditions under the auspices of the entific instruments will be third week of January. from Hyderabad. said. The house owner first He rang up police and they Nehru Zoological Park. Updated January 20, 2020 5:00 PM Department of Atomic Energy launched from balloon facility The balloons are normally Continued on Page 3 spotted the leopard sitting on informed Forest Department Continued on Page 3 HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | JANUARY 21, 2020 hyderabad 02

rom the day Amit Shah south. It got rid of the Hindi became the national belt party tag because of Fpresident of the BJP, the strong foundations laid by party has been going Amit Shah. The party's through its most glorious Amit Shah has been BJP's real rock presence is felt from era, and has reached pinna- Kashmir to Kanyakumar and cle not only by grabbing of the BJP in UP. ers and In 1990, Amit Shah Kutch to Kohima. power at the Centre and in Success in UP elections The BJP has more members than appointed conducted extensive Close on the heels of many states but also ideolog- vaulted Amit Shah in the even the Communist Party of China; 5000 vis- TRULY membership drive implementing Sadasyata ically, politically and struc- BJP national president's seat, taraks. The SPEAKING under Narendra Maha Abhiyan, Amit Shah turally. saddled with responsibilities the 1921-founded Chinese Party abhiyan was Modi's leadership introduced Maha Sampark The period between July of leading the party success- described as enabling the BJP to Abhiyan to introduce party 9, 2014, when Amit Shah fully in elections and build- enjoys 9-crore membership as against another 'Dandi become the Opposition ideology to new members became BJP national presi- ing it into a strong organisa- the BJP's 16 crore. The BJP was march'. party first and ruling party thereby to strengthen the dent and January 20, 2020 tion. He deputed party mem- later. party at the booth level. when JP Nadda replaced The BJP emerged strong founded in 1951 with just 10 leaders bers to states and travelled After he became the The membership drive is him is undoubtedly the during the Jan Sangh era and but has emerged as the largest 39,682 km across the coun- national president of the not mechanical, but aimed at party's most glorious and gained firm roots in states try to supervise enroll- BJP, the BJP got 18 Lok meeting three objectives: to fruitful period. during LK Advani's term as political party. ment. Targets were fixed Sabha seats in increase party voters, prop- Amit Shah left his indeli- its president. However, dur- taking into consideration with a vote share of 40 per agate ideology and make ble mark on the BJP much ing Amit Shah's term it Y SATYA KUMAR the number of members of cent. The BJP succeeded in the party stronger. before the 2014 general elec- emerged as a formidable milestone because of Amit He exploited computers and BJP National Secretary the party in each state, the limiting the CPM's vote He insisted on party lead- tions. He was made in- force. Shah's leadership, Modi had mobiles to enrol new mem- number of votes polled and share to six percent and ers and activists have an charge for the UP elections The BJP has more mem- not even completed one year bers. response of the party sym- confined the century-old ideological clarity on any in July of 2013 giving him bers than even the in office as the PM. Rules of enrolling prima- 4,77,000 were enrolled. pathisers and people to Congress vote share to less issue right from J&K issue to less than a year to lead BJP Communist Party of China; When Amit Shah took ry and active members were His methods laid stronger party activities. than five per cent. The BJP CAA and advised them in the UP Assembly polls. the 1921-founded Chinese reins of the party, it had only changed. He identified those foundations and helped He made the dream of enjoys membership of 77 against taking part in any He was aware of the fact that Party enjoys 9-crore mem- 3,60,000 members. How who enrolled 100 members expand the party. Deendayal Upadhyay's come lakh in West Bengal because programme if they are not the BJP would have to win bership as against the BJP's did Amit Shah build the and remained active in party Undisputedly, the BJP true. The latter propounded of his strategy. able to clearly state the the highest number of seats 16 crore. The BJP was BJP as the largest party in activities as active members. became the largest political that the today's opponent The BJP replaced Left party's viewpoint. from UP for Narendra Modi founded in 1951 with just 10 the country in no time and Instead of issuing receipts, party in the country because should become tomorrow's party in Tripura and has 10 During his six-year tenure to become the PM. The BJP leaders but has emerged as propel it to power in many he digitized fee collection. of the Sadasyata Maha voter, today's voter should lakh members there. Amit as national president, he won 73 out of 80 seats, the largest political party. states? Using social media exten- Abhiyan, a mission launched become tomorrow's party Shah implemented the same gave ideological direction reflecting his prowess. When the BJP surpassed As soon as he took reins of sively, Amit Shah enrolled by him. member and the members strategy across the country. to the party. His term is Modi became the PM rid- China's record by March 31, the party, he relaxed and Narendra Modi as the first He constituted teams with should become active party The BJP has over one described as the red letter ing on the electoral success 2015, reaching an important reformed membership rules. member online. On that day, state and national-level lead- workers. crore new members in the day in the BJP's history. Nadda, a low-profile leader who rose up the ranks

agat Prakash Nadda, 59, who has his join his new team. He was made the party's ponds and the massive plantation of deo- roots in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak national general secretary. n Minister of Health and Family n Himachal Pradesh's Minister dars to boost the depleting green cover J Sangh (RSS) and its affiliates, was Born on December 2, 1960, Nadda did of the 'Queen of Hills', as Shimla was appointed the (BJP) his graduation from Patna and holds a Welfare (Assumed office 9 of Environment,Forest,Science & fondly called by the British. national president on Monday, replacing post-graduate degree in political science November 2014) Technology (1998-2003) A close confidant of Prime Minister his 'mentor' and Union Home Minister and Bachelor of Legislative Law (LLB) Narendra Modi, Nadda was among those Amit Shah. from Himachal Pradesh University in n Member of the Rajya Sabha n Member of the Himachal who were mentioned as likely aspirants to Former Environment, Health and Law Shimla. the BJP top post after Rajnath Singh was Minister from Himachal Pradesh, which Starting his political career as a student from Himachal Pradesh Pradesh Legislative Assembly for inducted into the Central government as has just four of the Lok Sabha's 543 seats, leader of the ABVP in 1978, Nadda had (Assumed office 3 April 2012) Bilaspur ( 2007-2012) the Home Minister in 2014. Nadda has tried to carve out his own space also worked both with Gadkari and Shah Later, Nadda was inducted into the in national politics with his low profile and even in the party's youth wing the Union Cabinet in its first expansion in astute organisational skills, believe his party Bharatiya Yuva Morcha from 1991 to from Bilaspur (Sadar) in Forest Minister in the 2014 as the Health Minister. leaders. 1994. Himachal in 1993. In Himachal Pradesh. Hailing Nadda's appointment, Chief He rose through the ranks from the In the previous BJP government (2007- 1998, he again won Nadda, as a Forest Minister Jai Ram Thakur said it is a proud Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad 12) in the state, Nadda was forced to resign from that seat and Minister, was the brain moment that a leader belonging to a small (ABVP), the student wing of the RSS, from as Forest Minister in 2010 owing to differ- became the state Health behind opening forest state in the national politics is today the where he has managed to build inroads ences between him and then chief minis- Minister. police stations to leader of the country's biggest national from university to the state politics. ter Prem Kumar Dhumal. He lost the Assembly check forest crimes, party. Nadda has been active on the national He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in elections in 2003, but launching communi- His father NL Nadda, who was a Vice- political scene since 2010 when he was 2012. again won in 2007 and ty-driven plantation, Chancellor of the Ranchi University, picked by then BJP chief Nitin Gadkari to Nadda won his first Assembly election was appointed the setting up forest resides in Bilaspur town. Nadda elected BJP will become stronger, Party will scale newer BJP president heights during Nadda's Continued fromPage 1 grow under Nadda: Shah The Delhi assembly election is the first presidency: Modi challenge for Nadda, who has been tour- PNS n NEW DELHI he said in a series of tweets. Nadda was appointed ing the capital extensively as the Bharatiya Under Nadda's leadership, the BJP's working pres- NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Janata Party works overtime to oust the Union Home Minister Amit all BJP workers will continue ident in June last. on Monday congratulated J P Nadda on his Aam Aadmi Party from power. Shah, who handed over the to walk on the organisation's "I am grateful for election as the BJP president and said he BJP leader Radha Mohan Singh, who presidentship of the BJP to JP path, he said. the affection and sup- was sure that the party will scale newer was the incharge of the organisational Nadda on Monday, said that port that I got from heights during his presidency. Modi, election process, made the announcement under his successor's leader- the organisation as who felicitated Nadda at the BJP of Nadda's election as the party's 11th ship the party will become I am grateful for the the BJP national pres- headquarter here, also praised president after he emerged as the only stronger and expand further. affection and ident. I thank Prime Amit Shah for his nominee in the fray. Nadda was elected unopp- support that I got Minister Modi, all contribution, describing Modi later arrived at the party head- osed as the BJP national pres- from the organisation as the senior leaders and him as an 'outstanding quarters to felicitate the newly-elected ident after he emerged as the colleagues for karyakarta (worker)'. "I president at a ceremony that was attend- only leader in the fray follow- BJP national president. I always keeping faith do not think words can ed by members of the BJP parliamentary ing the nomination process in thank Prime Minister Modi, in me," Shah added. do justice to the rich board, its highest body, and veterans like which his candidature was all senior leaders and "I consider myself contribution of Amit L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi. endorsed by top party brass. colleagues for always fortunate to have had Shah Ji as BJP Earlier, Shah was joined by senior party president. "Heartiest congratulations keeping faith in the privilege of wo- leaders, including Union ministers to JP Nadda Ji on being elect- rking as president for During his Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari, besides ed the national president of me five years in this great presidency, BJP several functionaries from state units in the Bharatiya Janata Party. I —AMITH organisation, nurtured got opportunities filing nominations in support of Nadda. firmly believe that under SHAH by many great per- to serve in several BJP chief ministers like Yogi Prime Minister Narendra Union sonalities and great parts of India," Modi Adityanath of Uttar Pradesh and Vijay Modi ji's guidance and your Home men," Shah said. said in a series of tweets. Rupani of Gujarat were also at leadership, the BJP will Minister He also Wishing Nadda very best for his the party headquarters to become stronger and expressed grati- tenure, the Prime Minister said, endorse his bid. expand even further," Shah tude to activists "Nadda Ji is a dedicated and Nadda's elevation was on said in a tweet. and well- disciplined Karyakarta who has expected lines since his "The party will benefit wishers for worked for years to strengthen appointment as the BJP from Nadda ji's organ- standing the party at the grassroots. His working president last June isational skills and with him affable nature is also known after Shah joined the Modi experience and will "like a to all." government as the home set new records," rock". minister.

HYDERABAD BULLION RATES TS to become Law varsities violating rules: Congress GOLD ` 40,230 (10 gm) ‘election-free state’... ` Dasoju Sravan demands implementation of BC quota in universities 210 Continued from page 1 will continue to roll or not. SILVER For Opposition, these elec- PNS n HYDERABAD mentation of OBC quota in all ` 46,800(1kg) Though the results of munic- tions are nothing short of a 'do- OBC quota must national law universities under ` 100 ipal polls will not dethrone the or-die' situation because the All India Congress Committee be implemented in RTI and based on the output, incumbent government or Opposition parties in Telangana (AICC) national spokesper- all 23 National Law a comprehensive complaint bring a new administration, are facing existential crisis due son Dr Dasoju Sravan on was lodged before the National CHICKEN even if TRS loses, the stakes are to successive defeats at the Monday demanded that OBC Universities, BC Commission. RATES `/KG high for all the parties just hands of TRS since 2014. quota must be strictly imple- including Hyd- Later, speaking to media because the results will give a A reasonable performance in mented in all 23 National Law based NALSAR, persons, Dr Sravan said that Dressed/With Skin `158 clarity on Telangana political municipal polls will save the Universities, including the law universities were vio- Without Skin `180 landscape and what future Opposition parties from extinc- Hyderabad-based NALSAR, in said Dasoju Sravan lating the law by not imple- Broiler at Farm `109 holds for each party in the com- tion before 2023 Assembly view of the interim order given menting the legally mandato- ing days in the run-up to the polls as large chunk of leaders by National Commission for Delhi on Monday. After hear- ry quota for students belong- 2023 Assembly polls. and cadre from Opposition Backward Classes withholding ing the matter, Commission ing to Backward Classes. He EGG Municipal polls will decide already migrated to TRS in keep admission process in NLUs Chairman Bhagwan Lal Sahni said that he had made a repre- who will be the prime opposi- their political career alive. for non-implementation of directed all the national law sentation to Telangana Chief RATES `/100 tion for TRS in Telangana, A sweep for the TRS will only OBC quota. AICC national spokesperson Dr Dasoju Sravan submits a representation to the universities to withhold the Minister K Chandrashekhar HYDERABAD 395 whether the Congress or BJP in crush the Opposition further as Following a complaint Chairman of National Commission for BCs Bhagwan Lal Sahni in New Delhi admission process for the year Rao against the NASLAR VIJAYAWADA 420 the run up to the 2023 the remaining leaders and cadre lodged by Dr Sravan on May 2019-20 until the OBC quota University which was not Assembly polls. in Opposition parties will have 28, 2019, the BC Commission in December 2019 to appear which admissions were con- issue gets resolved. implementing 85% quota for VISAKHAPATNAM 420 The municipal elections will no choice but to look at TRS to had directed the Vice before the commission to ducted. The hearing was con- Sravan informed that he had local students besides ignoring RETAIL PRICE `3.95 test whether TRS juggernaut safeguard their political future. Chancellors of all the 23 NLUs explain the ad hoc manner in ducted by the NCBC in New secured information on imple- the BC students. (IN HYDERABAD)

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RIME CORNER Warming winter across TS Cyberabad Police gear DAY AND NIGHT TEMPERATURES INCREASE IN BOTH TS, AP up for municipal polls PNS n HYDERABAD Adilabad PNS n HYDERABAD People in Hyderabad and other districts across the state district With the urban local body Wine shops to experiencing warmer winter experienced a elections 2020 being held on remain closed as the minimum and maxi- minimum Wednesday, the Cyberabad Two held for mum temperature remained Police geared up to prevent any for elections duping public above normal. Hyderabad temperature of untoward incident by deploy- recorded at 31.7 degrees dur- ing 4,500 civil police and PNS n HYDERABAD of Rs 10 crores ing the day and 19.7 degrees seven degrees Armed Reserve Force. HYDERABAD: The Central Crime at night which is four degrees Celsius this In the limits of Cyberabad In view of the upcoming urban Station (CCS), Hyderabad above the normal range, Police Commissionerate, elec- being identified by the Election local body elections, scheduled arrested two persons on Sunday according to India winter, after tions are being held for 12 Commission of India as one of to be held on January 22, the who had duped 100 persons of Meteorological Department which the municipalities and two corpo- the 'Expenditure Sensitive Rachakonda and Cyberabad more than Rs 10 crore. Police (IMD) officials. rations including Tellapur, States', 20 Model Code of police issued orders to close said that the duo were hiding in Other regions also experi- mercury levels Narsingi, Manikonda, Aman- Conduct Teams, 26 static aur- toddy shops, wines including Maharashtra, after collecting enced warmer nights due to rose due to gal, Shadnagar, Shamshabad, veillance teams and 26 flying bars attached to restaurants, money in the guise of providing the increase in temperature. Shankarpally, Bandlaguda squads have been formed. All bars attached to hotels and reg- profits in the stock market. The The change in the tempera- moderate rains Jagir, Nizampet, Thumkunta, the teams will function under istered clubs. The orders will accused were identified as Fiyaz ture is due to the formation in Andhra Kompally, Gundlapochampa- the charge of executive magis- be in force from 5 pm on Mehmood Ansari, 42 and Hamed of pressure across the south easterlies. "Though the wind directions lly, Medchal and Dundigal. trate along with police person- January 20 to 5 pm on January Ali, 43. The duo were hiding in Maldives, said the officials. He says, "The winter in are changing, temperature Pradesh and As many as 726 polling sta- nel to curb and prevent the 22 and again on counting day an apartment at Bhiwandi in According to IMD offi- both Andhra Pradesh and will not increase in the com- tions and 197 polling locations flow of illegal money, liquor i.e., January 25 between 5 am Thane of Maharashtra. The police cials, chilly nights will soon Telangana is ending soon ing weeks and winter will Telangana are in Cyberabad, of which, and other materials intended and 7 pm in order to maintain had received a complaint from end in Telangana and Andhra this year as we did not receive continue for some more 597 are normal and 129 are to influence the voters," added law and order. several persons who were duped Pradesh as the night temper- much of cold waves from the time," he added. critical polling stations. the official. by the duo. Ansari and Jahangir atures are expected to get North, which were disturbed Adilabad district of noticed in the Telugu-speak- "Elaborate security and traf- Check-posts have also been had lured people by claiming that warmer each day. by easterly winds coming Telangana experienced a ing states, but mercury levels fic arrangements have been established to prevent illegal said the police officials. they would get huge profits in IMD senior official from Bay of Bengal. This minimum temperature of did not decline. planned to ensure smooth and transportation of liquor, As on Monday, three non stock market if they invested into Rajanikanth Poonna said that week we can see increase in seven degrees Celsius this Rajanikanth says, "The peaceful conduct of elections. money, explosives and objec- bailable warrants have been their company 'Ansari Capital the maximum temperature in the night temperatures and winter, after which the mer- winds from sea are usually To meet the above bandobast tionable materials. To have executed, out of 542 private Solutions' and 'Ansari perfumes Visakhapatnam will reach 30 winter will gradually fade in cury levels rose due to mod- warmer than the winds from requirement, The Cyberabad effective and visible policing, arms, 380 weapons were dep- and cosmetics'. They collected degree Celsius this week. the two states." erate rains in Andhra and land and this winter as we Police deployed 4,500 civil vehicle checking and frisking osited, 162 arms were exemp- more than Rs 10 crores from Rajanikanth stated that it Mahesh Palawat of Skymet Telangana. had easterlies from Bay of police and Armed Reserve has been organised in ted for the security personnel nearly 100 depositors and was a warmer winter this Weather, a private weather After the rain clouds Bengal, we experienced a Force" said VC Sajjanar, Cyberabad limits. All the above working at banks and other absconded in the month of year as the northern winds forecaster said both the two moved to Uttar Pradesh a warmer winter. This doesn't Commissioner of Police, teams will ensure implementa- sport institutions and 208 September 2019. Based on from Himalayas were dis- states will experience winters temperature decrease of two mean that summers will also Cyberabad. tions of Model of Conduct as persons were bound over in credible information, officials of turbed by easterlies and till the middle of February. to three degree Celsius was be warmer than usual." "With the state of Telangana per the guidelines of the EC, 36 cases for good behavior. the CCS, Hyderabad arrested them on Sunday while they were hiding in Thane and were sent for judicial remand on Monday. Leopard on roof TSCHE NAMES TS Jharkhand High Court Judge GHMC chief told to appear CEO of company of a building in CET CONVENERS before HC on January 27 held for cheating Shadnagar PNS n HYDERABAD visits Hyd Commissionerate PNS n HYDERABAD employees tranquilised, The TSCHE on Tuesday announced con- PNS n HYDERABAD eras, 5S and vertical imple- The Telangana High Court on Monday directed he CEO of a private firm was venors for CETs to be held this year. mentation. the GHMC Commissioner to appear before it on Tarrested on Monday for not captured Prof A Govardhan, rector, JNTU has The Justice of Jharkhand High The duo then visited the January 27 and explain about the steps taken in paying his employees, their been appointed as Convenor for EAMCET. Court, Rajesh Kumar visited Command and Control respect of dumping of garbage by the civic body dues. The accused had fled the Continued from Page 1 Prof M Manzoor Hussain, JNTU has been the Hyderabad Commissione- Centre where the Jharkhand at Jawahar Nagar dump yard. country in 2016, after entrusted to conduct ECET. Similarly, Prof rate on Monday. High Court judge was briefed It also said that the Commissioner should committing a fraud of Rs 3.50 The animal was captured K Raji Reddy, Kakatiya University and Prof The Hyderabad Commissi- on IT initiatives, public safe- explain about the steps taken for the identifica- crore. The arrested person has after being tranquilised. "The V Satyanarayana of OU have been oner of Police, Anjani Kumar ty measures and their enforce- tion of three alternative locations to shift the exist- been identified as Pranav Tiwari, leopard came to the residen- appointed convenors of ICET and PECET. and Rajesh Kumar visited ment, CCTV projects, work ing dump yard. A division bench of the HC passed the CEO of Waterbucks tial area on Monday morning Three OU professors have been appo- Abids Police Station where the flow of CCC, video enhance- this order while dealing with a Public Interest Technologies Private Limited in from the nearby forest blocks inted as convenors for LawCET, PGLCET, commissioner explained about ment unit and facial recogni- Litigation (PIL) which was taken up by it based Panjagutta. According to the and was sitting on the terrace PGECET and EdCET respectively. the working of CCTV cam- tion. on a letter addressed to the High Court by Colonel police, Tiwari cheated the of the building. Our zoo Sitamraju, a resident of Saket from the city. employees by not paying their team safely caputred it after salaries, not depositing their tranquilising it," Ranga Reddy Provident Funds subscriptions District Forest Officer Swine flu on the rise in TS, 3 kids drown and Income Tax deductions to Bheema Naik said. People advised not to the concern departments and The animal now in stable 150 samples return positive in pond misappropriated funds of trust to condition and would be kept a tune of Rs 3.50 crores. After under the observation of vet- Continued from Page 1 touch balloon flights... Continued from Page 1 committing the fraud, Pranav erinary doctors for the next Continued from Page 1 They are also requested to Tiwari fled to Nairobi in Kenya in 48 hours, zoo officials said. It The disease is caused by the H1N1 virus, a contact the nearest police sta- Their parents searched the year 2016 and was seemed that the leopard was strain of the influenza virus. It is spread via The balloon drifts will be on tion and district authorities for them till Sunday night absconding since then. A habituated to killing calves droplets in the air and contracted from an the Visakhapatnam-Hyder- about the finding. Instruments and registered complaint complaint was lodged by one of and goats and might have infected individual. Some of the most common abad-Sholapur line. are kept inside wooden cages in Renjal police station. the employees, after which, a case was registered. On Monday, entered the area in search of symptoms of swine flu include high fever, per- The parachute with the or large aluminum framework On Monday, police Tiwari arrived in Hyderabad on food, forest officials said. On sistent cough, cold, sore throat, nausea, instruments suspended under- containers for safety. launched a search for his Kenya Passport from Dubai. January 14, a leopard which headache and vomiting. neath it on a long rope usual- People are advised not to them near a pond with Police arrested him on Monday. was found trapped in a snare Maintaining routine hygiene practices, ly comes down to ground open the instruments as there the help of fishermen. in Nalgonda district was res- including frequent hand washing, using masks quite slowly. The TIFR may be high voltage on some On Monday morning, cued safely by chemical and other general measures, are advised by requested persons who find of the instruments. On receipt fishermen found three Man gets 5 years immobilisation. It suffered doctors to prevent the transmission of the the parachute and instruments of information from finders, bodies in the pond. Police in jail for raping injuries and was brought to virus. While a vaccine is available against the not to remove them from its scientists carrying out these registered a case and shift- the veterinary hospital of the virus, it is largely recommended for health offi- place of landing and to call or experiments will collect the ed the bodies to the adopted daughter Zoo and is under medical cials and workers who are constantly in the send a telegram to the address instruments and pay the find- Bodhan government hos- local court at LB Nagar care, Zoo officials said. vicinity of the disease as a routine. given on packages. er a suitable reward. pital for postmortem. Aconvicted a man for sexually assaulting his minor daughter on Monday. Police said that the accused tried to kill his daughter when she resisted the rape. The We are fighting against DS dares on KCR accused identified as Ramesh, 48, is a resident of Ghatkesar. Continued from Page 1 stalled due to un-avoidable reasons. According to the police, Ramesh He said that they had taken up an and his wife were not having money and liquor... He asked the party to reveal why underground drainage project at a children and adopted the 13- it had not taken action against the cost of Rs 90 crore. DS announced year-old girl. In 2015, Ramesh Continued from Page 1 out of every government activ- he said. minister. that he is ready to give his residence sexually assaulted the girl at their ity. "You can see number of Uttam reminded that the He said that he was condemning for the sake of medical colleges. home when his wife had gone "The Rs 5-meal scheme was turncoats in TRS and their TRS had extended support to the criticism of Minister Prashanth He called upon the people of out. Ramesh threatened her to introduced by the previous graph in political career. It is Narendra Modi-led govern- Reddy against him. He asked the Nizamabad to cast their votes in kill the victim if she revealed the Congress government on not a party with principles but ment in electing the party leadership to suspend him favour of good candidates who per- same to anyone. On May 30, March 1, 2014, in the Greater a gang of robbers," the alleged. President, Vice-President of from the party if it had guts to prove form service for the city. 2015, Ramesh went to his house Hyderabad Municipal The TPCC chief asked peo- India and Deputy Chairman that he made a mistake. It may be recalled that TRS lead- in an inebriated condition and Corporation (GHMC). ple to study CAA and NRC of Rajya Sabha. He said that some TRS MLAs ers from Nizamabad district lodged tried to assault the victim again. Congress was in power at the patiently and vote for secular The ruling party in from Nizamabad district, though a complaint against DS before 2018 However, this time, the victim Centre, State and also in forces. He charged TRS with Telangana had also backed they were not interested to do so, Assembly elections. DS tried to give resisted and shouted. Angered GHMC when the scheme was double game by "managing the Central government on signed on the resolution paper seek- an explanation to KCR however the Ramesh then hit her and cut her launched. It is ridiculous how both BJP and AIMIM" at the demonetisation, GST and ing his suspension. CM didn't give him time. wrist. Basing on a complaint, a TRS leaders are claiming that same time. Triple Talaq Bill, the TPCC Finding fault with Prashanth Since then DS has been staying case was registered at Ghatkesar. their government started Rs 5- "KCR says big words about chief reminded, asking the Reddy for demanding to know what from party activities. However, he A charge sheet was filed in the meal scheme," he said. secularism but is not ready to minorities not to vote for TRS he had done for Nizamabad in the 40 attended the Parliamentary Party court and during the trail, Uttam described the TRS as pass a resolution against CAA in the municipal elections. years, DS demanded the minister to meeting held after Assembly elections Ramesh was convicted. The group of greedy, unscrupulous, and NRC in the Assembly. He "The TRS leadership would say what he and others have done. creating a debatable issue. In the LS court awarded him to undergo a disgruntled leaders from dif- plays to the tunes of Modi mend its ways only if it is He explained that he had spent the polls, his son Arvind was elected five year rigorous imprisonment ferent parties who are only while in Delhi and misleads defeated in these municipal MLA funds for construction of a from the BJP, defeating none other and imposed a fine of Rs 2,500. interested in making money people with the help of MIM," elections," Uttam said. Railway bridge which however was than KCR's daughter K Kavitha. TRS activist dies as Prakash Raj compares Modi with Hitler PNS n HYDERABAD ignored by this government." vehicle rams divider He further said that if the gov- Actor Prakash Raj took part in ernment wants to make a regis- PNS n HYDERABAD His father runs a party flag protests against Citizenship ter, why don't they go on to manufacturing unit at Amendment Act (CAA) organ- make a National Register of An active member of the Shamshabad. On Sunday, he ised by Young India in Hyderabad unemployment. "This is the gov- Telangana Rashtra Samithi went to his father's factory, on Tuesday. ernment that has implemented died in a road accident at loaded flags of different polit- With the protests against the NRC in Assam. If they want to Mankhal on the outskirts of ical parties into his DCM van CAA surging across the country, make a Register, let them make Hyderabad when his vehicle and was heading to city. film actors started to speak out. one that documents the number crashed into the road divider When the vehicle had reached Addressing the gathering, the of unemployed in the country. on Sunday. the limits of Mankhal village, actor said, "Protesting is our Let them develop this country The victim was identified as one of its rear tyres burst. Police right, but illiterates like the Prime first." Aleti Mahender Reddy. Police sources said Mahender lost con- Minister Narendra Modi won't The actor concluded the speech said that he was associated trol of the vehicle which crashed understand that. Modi says that by extending his solidarity with with the TRS state youth wing into the divider and toppled. he has a degree in political sci- the CAA protests in the country. and had actively participated Mahender, who was alone in the ence but says 'Kaagaz Nahi "I am with you. We won't allow during the agitation for state- van, sustained multiple injuries Dikhayenge". Actually, Modi and this government to change the hood for Telangana region. and died on the spot. Adolf Hitler are one, the actor constitution. Let this struggle According to the police, Alerted by passersby, the said He needs to be held accountable tours that he goes are from our continue, non-violently, and I am Mahender Reddy was residing police reached the spot and Prakash Raj said that Modi is for that. "The clothes that Modi money. We don't need big statues, with you all through the way," said at New Nagole in LB Nagar. shifted his body for postmortem. living with the money of citizens. wear are from our money. The we need basic facilities and that is the actor. HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | JANUARY 21, 2020 hyderabad 04

URBAN JANUARY POLL22 - 2020 Parties keep fingers crossed K VENKATESHWARLU n As the campaign for n HYDERABAD the municipal elections As the high voltage campaign came to a close on for municipal elections came to Monday evening, a close on Monday evening, the leaders of various the leaders of all political par- political parties are ties are making last ditch- making last ditch efforts to woo the voters. Some leaders are concentrating on efforts to woo to meeting the voters personally the voters to influence them in all aspects to make them vote in their on January 25. The State Minister Errabelli addresses a road show in Mahabubabad on Monday MLA Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy at Chandur municipality Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kishan Reddy at Choutuppal favour. While the ruling TRS Election Commission (SEC) is confident of continuing the had set up 6,325 polling cen- winning streak, the opposition tres for municipalities and Congress and BJP are hoping 1,586 poling centres for 9 cor- that the urban voters may give porations. Section 144 will a different verdict this time come into force at the polling CURTAINS DOWN ON POLL CAMPAIGN unlike rural local body elec- booths. A total of 53,36,505 tions. Especially, the BJP is pin- voters will utilise their fran- ning all its hopes on chise in these elec- n these elections tions in which male TRS CONFIDENT OF WINNING A LION'S SHARE OF THE URBAN LOCAL BODIES though it failed to voters account to field its candi- 26,71694, while PNS n HYDERABAD campaign in support of their elected unanimously after the led the charge and in con- dates in all the female candidates which at times expiry of time for withdrawal stituencies where there are no municipali- voters are The curtains came down on the degenerated into personal vil- of the nominations. MLAs, constituency in-charges ties. 26,64,557. high-octane campaigning by ification. As far as TRS is con- TRS working president KT are shouldering the responsibil- The contest Highest political parties for municipal cerned, it is quite confident of Rama Rao held a series of ity of steering the party to vic- will be mainly number of elections in the State at 5 pm on winning a lion's share of the meetings with party leaders at tory. The BJP, which wants to between the voters (6.40 Monday. Polling for 2,972 ULBs. Telangana Bhavan. For one prove that it is a force to reck- ruling TRS, lakh) are in wards in 129 Urban Local n Polling for 2,972 n "We are confident of win- such meeting, Chief Minister K on with, after its humiliating Congress and Rangareddy Bodies (ULBs) will be held on SEC issued election ning a majority. People will Chandrasekhar Rao too turned defeat in Huzurnagar Assembly BJP. The three district and lowest January 22 with candidates wards in 129 ULBs notification for vote for development," party up and explained to the MLAs by-election, has left nothing to political parties campaigned number of voters (39,729) elected unanimously in anoth- will be held on Jan 3,052 wards in working president KT Rama and ministers how important chance during its campaigning extensively by deploying all the voters are there in Janagoan er 80 wards. 22 with candidates 129 civic bodies, Rao has stated repeatedly. elections to the local bodies are tours. top leaders. However, the can- district. Already TRS was Counting will take place on Though KTR campaigned for the ruling party. Rama Rao BJP State unit president K didates' fate will depend on elected unanimously in 69 elected unanimously including 2,727 January 25. Telangana State in another 80 wards mainly in Sircilla, his home was so confident of winning a Laxman has taken it as a chal- their poll management skills. wards and AIMIM in three Election Commission issued wards in 120 constituency, he has con- majority of the ULBs that he lenge to make sure that his A poll analyst on condition of wards across the state. election notification for 3,052 n Counting will take municipalities and 325 stantly maintained a watch had no hesitation to say that the party would make a dent in the anonymity stated that the can- The SEC ordered to close wards in 129 civic bodies, place on January 25 on what is happening else- results would be a referen- TRS fortress that would be didates' last days skills will wine shops, bars and banned including 2,727 wards in 120 wards in 9 corporations where. dum on him as Municipal noticeable to all. He has been decide the winner. Particularly, sending of bulk messages municipalities and 325 wards Using the campaign vehicles Administration Minister. At touring all over Telangana tak- the three political parties- through phones and other from in nine municipal corpora- specially designed for TRS, the ground level, all ministers ing KCR and his party to task, TRS, Congress and BJP are Monday evening onwards. For tions, in the State. A total of Karimnagar Municipal January 22, and polling is candidates and ministers hit launched a publicity blitzkrieg sometimes whipping up pas- hoping that their candidates the first time the SEC is using 12,898 candidates from 129 Corporation after two days scheduled on January 24. the roads in the towns, seeking lambasting the BJP and sions on CAA and NRC, and will win these elections. Face Recognition APP to stop Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) are due to the High Court direc- The main contestants - TRS, the support of voters. The TRS Congress at every given oppor- sometimes telling people that The elections will be held fake voters. The government in the fray. tions. Accordingly, the cam- Congress, BJP and the AIMIM candidates in 77 wards and tunity. if any development took place for 120 municipalities and 9 already announced holiday on A separate notification was paigning will continue in the - tore into the Telangana hin- three AIMIM contestants in In constituencies where in towns, it was with the funds corporations on January 22 January 22 in the areas where issued for 60 wards in corporation till 5 pm on terland with a no-holds barred various ULBs were declared there are no Ministers, MLAs released by the Centre. and the counting will be held elections to be held. CAPSULE KCR ‘absconded' from Only TRS can develop TS: Niranjan Rs 5,100cr released PNS n WANAPARTHY Minister for Rythu Bandhu campaign: Congress Minister for Agriculture S Niranjan assured KOTHAGUDEM: State Agriculture and Niranjan Reddy said that those PNS n HYDERABAD Cooperation department has issued orders for KCR did not skip campaign voting for opposition parties in the people that release of Rs 5,100 crore for the Investment the ensuing municipal elec- Telangana Pradesh Congress by choice. But he had to tions would be wasting their he would take Support Scheme (Rythu Bandhu) for farmers in 'abscond' to avoid people's the state. After careful examination, the Telangana Committee (TPCC) Treasurer Gudur invaluable franchise, as devel- complete Narayana Reddy on Monday alleged wrath for his failures. He remained opment was possible only Government accorded administration sanction for responsibility of Rs 5,100 crore to the State agriculture that Chief Minister K confined to Pragathi Bhavan as he through the TRS. The Minister commission from the Budget estimates provision Chandrashekhar Rao did not cam- had no guts to face the people assured the people that he developing the paign for his party in municipal would take complete responsi- of 2019-20 towards meeting the expenditure for municipality in Investment Support Scheme, according to the GO elections as he had no guts to face the GUDUR NARAYANA REDDY bility of developing the munic- issued by the Agriculture Secretary C common people due to the long list TPCC Treasurer ipality in all possible ways. all possible of unfulfilled promises. During his election cam- Parthasarathy here on Monday. Out of the Rs ways 12,862 crore allocated by the government for "KCR did not skip the campaign by paign at Rajanagaram, Ryhtu Bandhu for 2019-20, it released Rs 6,862 choice. But he had to 'abscond' to again voted for TRS based on re- Nagavaram, Nagavaram crore during Kharif and credited into the bank avoid people's wrath for his failures," assurances given by KCR in Thanda and Hanuman Tekdi accounts of farmers. Meanwhile, Telanganga BJP Narayana Reddy said in a media state- December 2018. Instead of facing the localities of Wanaparthy neglected in the past 60 years by eases, he said there was a need Rajangaram, where the annual chief K Laxman asked the people to think whether ment on Monday. truth that there was no development municipality, he said that Chief the then governments. "In the to make a clean environment to jatara is held, was the first-of- releasing Rythu Bandhu funds a day before the He said elections for 120 munici- in the last six years and almost all Minister K Chandrashekhar past, sewage used to be let into future generations and that its-kind in southern India and municipal elections is correct or not. "Chief palities and 9 municipal corpo- major promises remained Rao's dream was to see people's Rajanagaram's Amma Cheruvu. would be done by beautification there was a need to conduct it Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao indulged in such rations was not an occasion unimplemented, TRS lead- money reaching the people We have filled this irrigation tank of Rajanagaram Cheruvu by in a grand way. Pointing out that bad practices even before too. KCR is known for to be taken lightly. ers went into denial mode. without the influence of mid- with Krishna waters and are constructing a mini-tank bund, road-widening works in speaking lies and cheating the people," Laxman However, he alleged that In fact, they started mak- dlemen and therefore he had going to install a sewage treat- on which the famous Nagavaram were being done, the alleged. KCR remained con- ing wrong claims that devised welfare schemes keep- ment plant soon," he said. Rajanagaram jatara stalls would Minister said the government fined to his palace their party created a ing in mind the needs of the Observing that the food be placed in the near future. He would construct 2BHK houses for Pragathi Bhavan as he record for 100% imple- people of Telangana. crops cultivated in sewage- said that the those who lose their homes as part had no guts to face the mentation of electoral He said that Wanaparthy was mixed water could cause dis- Ramakrishneshwara temple in of the works in a phased manner. people with whom he promises. had made several Narayana Reddy said promises and did not ful- that the absence of KCR fill them. He said KCR was from election campaign was TPCC lodges complaint against afraid of facing the jobless youth who an indirect confession by the Chief were not paid the promised Minister that TRS Government has PNS n HYDERABAD also asked the SEC to initiate Unemployment allowance of Rs 3,016 failed to deliver on promises. He action against not only Reddy since December 2018. Similarly, KCR reminded that KCR had announced TPCC official spokesperson but also the candidates who feared the homeless people who are in December 2014 that he would not Sama Rammohan Reddy has allegedly tried to purchase the still waiting for the promised double seek votes if his government fails to lodged a complaint with the tickets. He questioned KCR bed room houses. Since KCR had no provide drinking water to all house- Nampally Police alleging that and KTR , who were chanti- explanation for the long list of failures, holds through taps. Since the promise Labor Minister Ch Malla ng corruption-free governance he went into hiding mode while his remained unfulfilled, KCR personal- Reddy indulged in irregulari- in municipalities, to tell as to son and Minister KT Rama Rao ly did not seek votes although he ties by selling TRS tickets to the why they were not initiating gave an impression as if he was lead- deputed his son and party leaders to candidates in municipal elec- action against Malla Reddy. Jagga's remarks BJP will come to ing the campaign. beg for votes. People have understood tions. He demanded Chief He alleged that the TRS is The Congress leader said KCR that TRS leaders have gained exper- Minister K Chandrasekhar Later speaking to the media, trying to get benefited in every on Harish may power in 2023: should have some accountability. tise in cheating the people with fake Rao to dismiss Malla Reddy Rammohan Reddy urged the election with the weakness of People have trusted KCR and voted promises and this time they would from the Cabinet position SEC to take up the Malla the people by investing money, prove costly Kishan Reddy him for the first time in 2014. They teach them a fitting lesson. immediately. Reddy's issue as suo-moto. He liquor in the elections. for Congress HYDERABAD: Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy on Monday exuded confidence that T AMARENDER the public mandate in the municipal elections n MEDAK would lay the foundation for the BJP to come to Oppn unlikely to pose any challenge to TRS power in Telangana State in 2023 elections. He Comments of MLA Jagga further said that even if a lakh Owaisis try to stop Reddy on Finance Minister T it, they would not succeed in preventing a BJP PV KONDAL RAO Though the oppn corporations like Nizamabad in Harish Rao are likely to show candidate from becoming the next Chief Minister n WARANGAL the initial stages of the campaign an impact on the possibilities of the state. succeeded in process but the TRS took the elec- of the Congress in the munic- Further he blamed Chief Minister Chandrasekhar Urban local body elections are fielding candidates, tion as a major challenge and ipal elections in Sangareddy. Rao and Owaisi brothers for allegedly obstructing unlikely to witness any miracles in it could not pose any deployed additional poll manage- The TRS was waiting for an the Central welfare schemes implementation in the rural Telangana districts as the ment forces in that municipal cor- appropriate time to weaken the state. Reddy was campaigning for the local ruling TRS is sure to romp home challenge to ruling poration this time in order to Jagga Reddy and the MLA body elections in Chowtuppal-Thangadpally and the 90 per cent of the municipal- party nominees clinch the initiative. too has taken a stand of Nalgonda old city on Monday. Speaking on the ities and corporations spread The Communists in all these passing personal remarks on occasion, the Union Mininster said that TRS across the districts. The opposi- areas are unlikely to surpass a total the Minister at the crucial failed to spend a single rupee to a municipality or tion parties - Congress, BJP, of below twenty ward victories polls. Since many of his fol- a village in the last six years. He alleged Communists and others failed to Telangana almost all the seats and there was and in the event of mustering sup- lowers too are opposing the that the state government is diverting the funds put up any resistance whatsoever Municipal a feeling among the cadre that port, the Communists are likely to stand taken by Jagga Reddy, coming for MGNREGA funds in all the urban parts of the rural Polls even if their nominees emerge vic- get seats in the industrial areas and the comments of the MLA and rural development Telangana districts where the torious the winning candidates townships spread across the dis- are likely to prove a bane at funds released by the elections will be held. would not stay intact in the party. tricts. There is some challenge evi- the crucial hustings. The Centre to Haritha Haram. He Reports from several erstwhile The BJP of course matched the dent in the Kollapur municipali- MLA has sent some feelers an said that the people of rural Telangana districts indicate TRS in campaign process in cer- ty from the Forward block candi- year ago that he would not Telangana are wishing to free that though the opposition suc- The booth committees estab- imised in strengths as there was tain municipalities but their cadre dates and in Bhupalpalli too, the have any controversies with the state from MIM and ceeded in fielding the candidates lished by the ruling party success- not even a token challenge from strength is unlikely to give them FB is likely to give some resistance. the Chief MIninster and his Kalvakuntla families and in the urban local bodies, it could fully gave the TRS an upper hand them in so far as the campaign the much-needed break through The campaign process and the family members for the sake nobody will stop the not pose any challenge whatsoev- and in almost all the municipali- trail is concerned. The Congress to wrest any of the municipalities whirlwind tours of Ministers and of achieving development. It victory of the BJP er to the ruling party nominees as ties spread across the districts like is almost decimated in the elec- of corporations as it did in the MLAs in the districts have ulti- is said that as the trends in the in 2023. the TRS forged ahead of its rivals erstwhile Warangal, Khammam , tioneering as the beleaguered Parliament polls. There was some mately helped the TRS to repeat municipality favoured TRS, in campaign, polls tactics and Nizamabad and Nalgonda, the cadre of that party preferred to talk that the BJP would emerge its fete in the elections in the the MLA lost his temper and booth management techniques. opposition parties were min- stay aloof from the campaign in victorious in certain municipal urban local bodies too. passed personal remarks. HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | JANUARY 21, 2020 nation 05

SHORT READS Cops launch hunt for Thakur, 18 others convicted in Good marks are not everything, four Maoists after pamphlet distribution PM tells students facing exams KANNUR (KER): Four Muzaffarpur shelter home case n suspected Maoists, including a PNS NEW DELHI woman, raised slogans and PNS n NEW DELHI distributed pamphlets and The court had on Reaching out to students pasted posters at a village in A Delhi court Monday convict- March 30, 2019, across the country in exam Kannur district on Monday, ed Brajesh Thakur and 18 oth- season, Prime Minister prompting the police to launch ers for sexual and physical framed charges Narendra Modi on Monday combing operations to nab assault on several girls in a against the said good marks in exams are them. The police said they were Muzaffarpur shelter home. accused, including not everything and also sug- informed by the local people Additional Sessions Judge gested that homes should have about the presence of the ultras Saurabh Kulshreshtha convict- Thakur, for offen- a "technology free" room at Ambayathode in Kottiyoor. ed Thakur for aggravated sex- ces of criminal where those entering can't Police and 'Thunderbolt', an ual assault under POCSO Act conspiracy to carry any gadgets. elite commando force of the and gang rape. Addressing students during Kerala police, was combing the The shelter home was run by commit rape and a "Pariksha Pe Charcha" pro- forest area. A banner wanted Thakur, former MLA of Bihar penetrative sexual gramme, the prime minister people to cooperate with the People's Party (BPP). assault against sought to speak to them in The PM highlighted the prime minister said, recall- CPI (Maoist) "Bharat Bandh" The court acquitted one of officials were charged with the case in which former Bihar minors their own language and said ing the failed landing of the call on January 31 against the the accused, who included 12 criminal conspiracy, neglect of Social Welfare Minister and the his conversations with them the importance of Chandrayaan-2 mission's Centre's "Operation Samadhan"- men and eight women. duty and failure to report then JD(U) leader Manju will be "hashtag without filter". extra-curricular Vikram lander. -anti-Left Wing Extremism It fixed January 28 for argu- assault on the girls. Verma also faced flak as alle- the Supreme Court's direc- "Speak to me hashtag with- Good marks in exams are (LWE) strategy. ments on quantum of sentence. The charges also included gations surfaced that Thakur tions. out filter," he said at the inter- activities and said not everything, he told the stu- It had held trial for the offence of cruelty to child had links with her husband. The matter had come to action held at the Talkatora there is a growing dents. "We have to come out of ‘Live bomb’ found offences of rape, sexual assault, under their authority, punish- She had resigned from her light after the Tata Institute of Stadium here. tendency among the thinking that exams are sexual harassment, drugging of able under the Juvenile Justice post on August 8, 2018. Social Sciences (TISS) sub- In the event, telecast and parents to push everything," the prime minis- near ticket counters of minors, criminal intimidation Act. The case was transferred on mitted a report to the Bihar streamed live, Modi said every- ter said. among other charges. The court had reserved February 7, 2019 from a local government on May 26, 2018, one should keep abreast of the their children into "Parents should take time Mangaluru airport Thakur and employees of his order on September 30, 2019 court in Muzaffarpur in Bihar highlighting the alleged sexu- latest technology but stressed activities conside- out to find out what their chil- MANGALURU: A 'live' bomb shelter home, as well as Bihar after final arguments by the to a POCSO court at Saket dis- al abuse of minor girls in the that it should not be allowed to dren want to do instead of was found placed in an department of social welfare CBI counsel and 20 accused in trict court complex in Delhi on shelter home for the first time. govern lives. red "glamorous" pushing them into activities unattended bag near the ticket "We should have the that are considered glamorous counters at the airport here in strength to keep technology The prime minister also which they can discuss in their Karnataka on Monday, creating under our control and ensure urged students to spend their conversations with their panic. According to police, the Shah says it does not waste our time. One spare time with the elderly. friends," he said. bomb was found in the Joint secretaries appointed room in our homes should be He said students should not Modi also said children unclaimed laptop bag and has BJP will thrive technology free. Whoever be afraid of failure and take it should be "pursued not pres- been taken in a bomb disposal enters will not carry any gad- as a part of life. sured into studies" and recom- unit vehicle for controlled under Nadda gets," he told students. "I was told I shouldn't mended that students read his explosion at an open place here. for dept. of military affairs Assuring students of his attend Chandrayaan landing as book, "Exam Warriors", to get "According to the preliminary PNS n NEW DELHI complete focus, Modi said th- there was no guarantee of suc- over the stress of appearing for reports, a live bomb was found PNS n NEW DELHI ey could speak to him openly. cess but I needed to be there," exams. at the Mangaluru Airport today. Union Home Minister Amit Steps have been taken to Senior bureaucrats Rajeev Shah, who handed over the neutralise it and carry out Singh Thakur and Shantanu presidentship of the BJP to J further inquiry to identify people have been appointed as joint se- P Nadda on Monday, said Yechury behind it," said Karnataka Home cretaries in the newly-created that under his successor's Shiv Sena should Minister Basavaraj Bommai. department of military affairs, leadership the party will attacks govt Earlier, after the suspicious bag as part of major bureaucratic become stronger and expand was noticed, the Central reshuffle effected on Monday further. clarify over Chavan's Industrial Security Force (CISF), by the Union government. Nadda was elected unop- on slowdown which is maintaining security at Thakur, a 1995 batch IAS posed as the BJP national the airport, cordoned off the officer of Rajasthan cadre, will president after he emerged as in economy area and reported the matter to statement: Fadnavis have a tenure till December 3, the only leader in the fray fol- PNS n NEW DELHI the police. 2022. Shantanu, a 1997 batch lowing the nomination PNS n MUMBAI Tripura cadre IAS officer, has process in which his candida- CPI(M) general secretary Modi, Nepal Premier been appointed to the post till ture was endorsed by top Former Maharashtra Chief Sitaram Yechury on Monday March 27, 2024, an order iss- The Centre had S Suresh Kumar and Puneet party brass. Minister Devendra Fadnavis slammed the government to jointly inaugurate ued by the personnel ministry Agarwal have been appointed "Heartiest congratulations on Monday said Shiv Sena over the slowdown in econ- projects on Tuesday said. last month created as joint secretaries in depart- to J P Nadda Ji on being elect- should clarify over Congress omy and said that this was NEW DELHI: Prime Minister A total of 31 IAS officers the department of ment of commerce and depart- ed the national president of leader Prithviraj Chavan's not just "mismanagement" Narendra Modi and his have been appointed as joint military affairs ment of defence production the Bharatiya Janata Party. I statement that it had pro- but "destruction of lives". secretaries in central govern- respectively. firmly believe that under posed to form a coalition gov- Reacting to reports that the Nepalese counterpart K P headed by Chief of Devendra Fadnavis Sharma Oli will on Tuesday ment departments. Vineet Mathur, a 1994 batch Prime Minister Narendra ernment with Congress and government's tax collection is jointly inaugurate the second Odisha cadre IAS officer Defence Staff Bipin officer of Indian Postal Service, Modi ji's guidance and your NCP after the 2014 "The Shiv Sena should come likely to fall short of its esti- integrated check post at Vishal Gagan will be joint sec- Rawat will be JS, department of con- leadership, the BJP will Maharashtra Assembly elec- out with a clarification over mate by Rs 2.5 lakh crore or Jogbani-Biratnagar, built with retary, department of defence sumer affairs and Indian Forest become stronger and expand tion to stop the BJP from com- Chavan's remarks," Fadnavis 1.2 per cent of Indian assistance to facilitate for a tenure of five years, it said. Service (IFoS) officer Sanjukta even further," Shah said in a ing to power in the state. said. GDP in 2019- trade and people's movement Ashutosh Agnihotri has Cabinet Secretariat. Mudgal has been appointed as tweet. Fadnavis, now Leader of Chavan has said that after 20, Yechury between the two nations. Both been appointed joint secretary Vimalendra Anand Patwar- joint secretary in culture min- "The party will benefit Opposition in the Assembly, the 2014 Assembly polls, Shiv said that the the prime ministers will also in home ministry. dhan, an officer of Indian istry. IAS officer Tanmay from Nadda ji's organiza- said Chavan's remarks were Sena and NCP had Centre will witness the remarkable Jammu and Kashmir cadre Audit and Accounts Serv- Kumar has been appointed tional skills and experience very surprising and revealed approached him to form a be made progress in Indian-assisted IAS officer Ashok Kumar ice,has been named as joint joint secretary in the power and will set new records," he the "true face" of the Uddhav coalition government to stop accountable. post-earthquake housing Parmar will be advisor, inter secretary and financial advis- ministry. Madhya Pradesh said in a series of tweets. Thackeray-led party, which the BJP. But the Congress had "This is not reconstruction projects in state council secretariat under er in ministry of civil aviation, cadre IAS officer Hari Ranjan Under Nadda's leadership, in November formed the gov- rejected the demand immedi- mere mismanagement of the Nepal, the Prime Minister's the home ministry. and IAS officer Nagaraju Ma- Rao will be joint secretary, all BJP workers will continue ernment in the state along ately, Chavan told PTI in an economy. It is the destruction Office said in a tweet. Bharat H Khera has been d-dirala will be joint secretary department of telecommunica- to walk on the organization's with Congress and NCP. interview on Sunday. of lives and livelihoods of appointed joint secretary in in the coal ministry. tions for five years. path, he said. "What Chavan has said is Even after the Assembly millions of Indians, while very surprising. Coming from election in 2019, Congress Modi's rich cronies continue VIP movement, R-Day someone of his stature, it has chief Sonia Gandhi was not to benefit and fund the BJP. rehearsals throw Delhi to be taken seriously. The dis- ready for a coalition with the The people on the streets closure has revealed the real Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena have taken note, account- traffic out of gear J-K woos businesses with its first investors' meet face of Shiv Sena," Fadnavis but she relented after long ability will be fixed," he tweet- NEW DELH: Commuters in PNS n NEW DELHI told media in Delhi. deliberations, Chavan has said. ed. Delhi had a harrowing time on Minister of State, Monday as VIP movement, a The Jammu and Kashmir PMO Jitendra protest march and Republic administration on Monday Day rehearsals affected organised a first of its kind pre- Singh congratula- movement of traffic on several summit investors' meet here, ted the lieutenant Nirbhaya case: SC rejects death row key stretches. Delhi Chief inviting investments from governor for taking Minister Arvind Kejriwal took across the world by highlight- such an initiative out a roadshow from Valmiki ing the untapped potential of convict's plea claiming juvenility Mandir near Gole Market to the newly-formed union terri- "at the right time Patel Chowk metro station, tory. and right place" PNS n NEW DELHI ing for Pawan, said that as per causing huge traffic jams near The event, which was a cur- his school leaving certificate he Connaught Place and tain-raiser to the three-day The Supreme Court Monday was a minor at the time of the Panchkuian Road. Several Global Investors' Summit to be Murmu said. rejected the plea of a death row offence and none of the courts, students held a march from held in Srinagar and Jammu Jammu and Kashmir Chief convict in the Nirbhaya gang including trial court and high Mandi House to Jantar Mantar this year, showcased policy Secretary B V R rape and murder case challeng- court, ever considered his doc- to protest the Citizenship and regulatory environment, grow' -- is a platform that will adise for investors and I would Subrahmanyam said, "Jammu ing the Delhi High Court uments. Amendment Act and the investment opportunities in bring together senior entrepre- like to invite you all to take the & Kashmir is little known order which had dismissed Solicitor General Tushar National Register of Citizens. 14 focus sectors to boost man- neurs, leaders from corporate lead in setting up your enter- about the places except what his claim of being a juvenile at Mehta, appearing for Delhi Rajpath, from Vijay Chowk to ufacturing and employment sector across the country, prises in Jammu & Kashmir. we have seen in the films, it is the time of commission of verdict. The apex court said police, said that his claim of India Gate, was closed for generation in the region. senior policymakers, develop- "Today's Pre-Summit quite different what we know. offence. there was no ground to inter- juvenility was considered at traffic from 9 am to 12 noon On the occasion, Jammu ment agencies, investors from Investors' Interaction has been J&K is not a backward place A bench comprising Justices fere with the high court order each and every judicial forum for the Republic Day parade and Kashmir Lieutenant across the world and local organised to deliberate with but it has the brightest and R Banumathi, Ashok Bushan that rejected Pawan's plea and and it will be a travesty of jus- rehearsals. Traffic movement Governor Girish Chandra businessmen. you all on desired initiatives for skilled people. I have read in a and A S Bopanna dismissed his claim was rightly rejected tice if the convict is allowed to was also restricted on Rafi Murmu said that the Global "We intend to take a leap for- creating an investor-friendly book that people in J&K don't the plea of the death row con- by the trial court as also the raise the clam of juvenility Marg, Janpath and Mansingh Investors' Meet -- with the ward in making Jammu and ecosystem and make you inter- die from the disease but from vict, Pawan Kumar Gupta, and high court. repeatedly and at this point of Road during this time. theme of 'explore, invest and Kashmir an economic par- ested in Jammu and Kashmir," the old age." upheld the Delhi High Court Advocate A P Singh, appear- time. Shamsher Surjewala passes away ED arrests NRI in case against Robert Vadra PNS n NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH PNS n NEW DELHI alleged illegal hawala dealings It is understood and land purchase case in the Veteran Congress leader The ED has arrested NRI busi- that the arrest will country in 2017, in alleged con- Shamsher Singh Surjewala nessman C C Thampi in con- unravel the "missi- travention of the Foreign passed away in Delhi on nection with its money laun- Exchange Management Act Monday following prolonged dering probe against Robert ng links" in the (FEMA). illness. He was 87. Vadra, the son-in-law of case where the ED It had also issued a FEMA Surjewala, father of party Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, has charged Vadra show-cause notice to Thampi leader Randeep Surjewala, and absconding arms dealer for alleged violation of foreign breathed his last at the AIIMS Sanjay Bhandari in a case relat- of acquiring illegal exchange laws to the tune of hospital in New Delhi this ed to acquisition of alleged ille- assets abroad in over Rs 1,000 crore in the morning, family sources said. gal assets abroad, officials said coordination with purchase of vast tracts of land Shamsher Singh Surjewala Congress leader Rahul ister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday. in Kerala. was a five-time MLA and one- Gandhi visited AIIMS and also condoled his demise and Thampi is stated to be "con- Bhandari The firms that are being time Rajya Sabha MP from met Randeep Surjewala to said he was sad on hearing the trolling" a Dubai-based compa- investigated by the ED, as part Haryana. He was also the for- convey his condolences on news. ny Sky Light. In 2009, he was summoned in the case, of the two FEMA show-cause mer president of the Haryana Monday morning. "My tribute to the departed Bhandari's firm Santech FZE they said. notices issued against him, Congress and a former minis- "In the passing of Shri soul. May God give peace to purchased a London asset from The agency claims Thampi grilling session with the ED, It is understood that his include Holiday City Centre ter. Shamsher Singh Surjewala, we his soul and strength to the a private company, which was met Vadra through an aide of claimed that Vadra had stayed arrest and subsequent custodi- Private Limited, Holiday He was president of the have lost a popular & respect- family to bear this grief," he acquired by Sky Light. his mother-in-law and at the Bryanston Square prop- al grilling will unravel the Properties Private Limited and Haryana Krishak Samaj and ed Congressman who worked said.Haryana Congress chief Vadra is alleged to have Congress president Sonia erty in London. Vadra, in his "missing links" in the case Holiday Bekal Resorts Private fought for the rights of farm- tirelessly in the service of Kumari Selja said,"Deeply acquired this London-based Gandhi, while the latter report- statement made to the agency, where the ED has charged Limited. ers. India's farmers & the develop- pained at the demise of former asset, and few purported emails edly told the Enforcement denied Thampi's claim. Vadra of acquiring illegal assets Agency sources had said the His body was taken from ment of Haryana. My condo- Haryana Congress chief, for- between him and Bhandari, Directorate that he only met The agency arrested Thampi abroad in coordination with NRI businessman is also under AIIMS to Narwana in Haryana lences to his family & friends. mer Rajya Sabha MP and for- regarding renovation of this him on board an Emirates on Friday under the provision Bhandari. the scanner for his reported where his cremation will take Om Shanti," Gandhi tweeted. mer Haryana minister flat, are part of the evidence in flight some years ago. of the Prevention of Money Thampi has been charged by dealings with some politicians place later in the day. Former Haryana chief min- Shamsher Singh Surjewala. the case. Thampi, during his earlier Laundering Act (PMLA) after the agency in the past in an and bureaucrats. HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | JANUARY 21, 2020 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION BJP’s new chief J P Nadda is being considered a proxy for Shah but has organisational strengths of his own. Will he be allowed to rise? A new lurking danger hen LK Advani was the BJP president and clearly the more “seen” face of Wa resurgent Right, having steered the The three-day Ijtema organised by the Tablighi Jamaat last year points towards a larger trend Rathyatra and the temple campaign in Ayodhya, he stepped back and proposed the of home-grown radicalism within the country. Radicalisation of the vulnerable must end name of the moderate and avuncular Atal Bihari Vajpayee as the party’s prime ministerial can- didate. That was in 1995 and Advani’s wis- dom lay in understanding why governance needed a softer, inclusive and acceptable face and a broader alliance with other parties. He had the foresight to set the foundation upon which a winning formula could be built. In that sense, the BJP president’s post became important in carving out a legitimate space for the Right within the coali- SANDHYA JAIN tion template of the times and ensuring that it emerged as a sound electoral alter- native to the Left of Centre Congress-dominated narrative. That was a tough time ew would have missed the videos of building and managing the party, positing all that the Congress was fast-los- of children (under 10 years of ing — a credible organisational decorum, regular elections, fair processes and age) chanting azadi and abusing the Prime Minister and Home an inner-party democracy. To that extent, the party president’s post was origi- Minister for alleged animosity nally intended to be sacred. The arrival of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah clear- Fand evil intent towards one community. ly changed all that, the two building the BJP’s base not so much by processes Since one cannot expect children of such tender age to have knowledge or under- but the weight of their persona. While Modi concentrated on building a pan-India standing of the Citizenship Amendment image as a trusted leader, deputy Shah took up backroom mathematics and per- Act (CAA) and the National Population sonally weighed in on even the microscopic, unit-level decisions of the party. Register (NPR), it is safe to conclude that family elders tutored them to express such During his tenure of over five-and-a-half years, Shah’s focussed aggression visceral anger towards the Government. strengthened the BJP’s matrix and ensured its political conversion as the party’s A dangerous radicalisation of the best ever electoral performance. Barring a few setbacks in State polls, the party Muslim community is being fostered — with deliberate intent — the consequences has managed to become the single-largest in the Lok Sabha. That gave him more of which are yet to unravel. Barring per- than stature; the cadres held him in awe. And he revelled in the arrogance of haps Saudi Arabia, it is doubtful if even that absolutism, pushing most contentious issues in the BJP manifesto as Home Islamic countries make girls of such ten- der age wear full abaya (head and neck cov- Minister in the Government, a man in a hurry to prove his heft in the party than ering). Certainly, it has not been seen in in people’s minds. And now that he is the Home Minister, he is duty-bound to India before. This points to deep indoctri- honour the party’s “one person, one post” formula and has handed over its reins nation of every family within a targetted to Jagat Prakash Nadda, a loyalist and a low-key worker of the Rashtriya area and does not bode well for the future. Experts expect the Islamic the IS reach other demograph- signs of exploitation and to On the one hand, it will intensify the State (IS) to formally tie up with ics and regions. They help it help exploited victims. Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the BJP’s ideological anchor that, at this point of ghetto mentality within the community. the PFI to entrench itself in acquire resources and intelli- In September 2019, time, has complete hold of policies and deliverance, and cares not much about On the other, it will make other citizens India and reach Nepal, gence from areas its members Singapore arrested three realpolitik. In many ways, therefore, Nadda is being considered a proxy for Shah, wary of dealing with those who wish to Bangladesh and Myanmar. Sri normally don’t frequent. Indonesian women domestic leave or avoid the ghetto. This is a dou- Lanka has already been radi- MIGRANT Migrant workers are easy workers who promoted the IS who would like to be remembered as the usherer of Right wing legacies and a ble-edged sword that can only harm the calised by people who visited to manipulate as they are online in their spare time, neo-cultural revolution, one that seeks to overturn liberalism as an imposition Muslim community in the long and southern India before the Easter WORKERS ARE poorly educated, live in an donated money to militants and Hindu theocracy as the natural evolution of history — the Ram temple, the short run. blasts in 2019. Several youth EASY TO alien environment and are overseas and became so com- Doubtless, a powerful section of the from Kerala have travelled to lonely. Radicalisation usually mitted that at least one was abrogation of Article 370 and the review of citizenship based on ancestry. Shah community is behind the radicalisation agen- Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan to MANIPULATE AS begins after a traumatic event ready to die as a suicide bomber wouldn’t want to relinquish this helmsmanship of BJP’s transitional moment. da, for reasons unknown. The first indica- join the IS; others have been THEY ARE POORLY such as divorce, financial hard- in Syria. One Indonesian maid The ascension of Nadda, therefore, seems to be about ticking off the right boxes. tion of this phenomenon came during the caught doing online propagan- ship or culture shock. The revealed that she listened to three-day Ijtema (religious gathering) organ- da for it. Intelligence agencies EDUCATED, LIVE IN recruiter contacts the most Salafi podcasts while working Besides, it also allows Shah to escape the heat arising from the citizenship row ised by Tablighi Jamaat (November 30 to are aware that the IS is attract- vulnerable and offers a secure, and an Indonesian butcher she at the moment. Seen as the architect of the otherisation politics in the country December 2, 2018), when 15 lakh Muslims ing youth in India and in May AN ALIEN romantic, and loving relation- met online encouraged her to and linking the party’s agenda to Government policy, the delegation of party respon- gathered at Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, 2019, it announced a new ENVIRONMENT ship; soon the migrant is invit- go to Syria to join the IS. though permission was given for only two “Wilayah of Hind” (Hind ed for training via online chat However, the Singapore sibilities to Nadda is an attempt to seemingly dilute this autocracy. lakh people. Many guests came from abroad. Province) without specifying its AND ARE LONELY. rooms. Often migrants are authorities discovered her plans Nadda may be following Shah’s footsteps but in the end will have to be the The proceedings of this gathering are geographical limits. THE RECRUITER recruited by fellow workers at and deported her back to media face and explain the BJP’s most difficult phase — keeping the faith of not known. It attracted national attention The Counterterrorism a prayer group or social gath- Indonesia in 2017. when some cows were killed in a village Group (CTG) Analysis & CONTACTS THE ering on their day off. Some Zachary Abuza, expert on IS the Lok Sabha verdict and presiding over the social unrest over citizenship. The on the road to Bulandshahr. Police Intelligence Report (November MOST workers have been known to in South-east Asia at the extent of civil society protests proves that it is fast losing hope in the BJP as a inspector Subodh Kumar Singh died in 2019) states that after being dri- reach out to militants; they are National War College, “party with a difference.” If the States the BJP lost after the general election are the violence that followed but managed ven out of Syria and the Middle VULNERABLE AND quickly inducted into radical Washington, says the real stuff to contain the situation within the affect- East, the IS asked its leaders to OFFERS groups and groomed to happens in dedicated chat rooms any indication, then the people now want it to account for its non-performance ed village. The Ijtema concluded peace- move to South-east Asia as become militants. on encrypted apps — from on the economy and jobs crisis and subversion of social equilibrium through fully but analysts said such a large gath- almost every country in this A SECURE, In a survey of radicalised bomb designs to active coordi- religious polemics. Nadda, while continuing the existing party’s agenda, can do ering should not have been permitted in region has deep ties to the ROMANTIC, domestic workers, the Institute nation. The female recruits serve so subtly and use his newness to soothe anxieties through sensible outreach such a sensitive State and by such an Middle East. Its focus is on for Policy Analysis of Conflict as financiers, recruiters and orthodox body. Tablighi Jamaat exhorts female domestic workers in AND LOVING (IPAC) found that at least 50 coordinators; they collect funds programmes. There are parts to Nadda that the BJP can use smartly to change Muslims to strictly follow practices Hong Kong and Singapore, RELATIONSHIP; Indonesian women working from radicalised maids and perceptions before the next round of general elections. A student leader, who adhered to during the lifetime of the who are vulnerable on various overseas as maids, nannies and send them to domestic jihadist has plodded his way up the ranks, he has a grasp on grassroots, having been Prophet, especially in matters of dress counts; Malaysia, Indonesia SOON THE caretakers for the elderly were groups. India is sitting on a tin- and ritual. All traces of non-Islamic (syn- and the Philippines are next. radicalised by the IS and its affil- derbox. When elementary in-charge of the BJP’s Lok Sabha campaign in Uttar Pradesh and the Maharashtra cretic) behaviour are to be erased. Female migrant workers MIGRANT IS iates. A study between 2013 and school children chant obnoxious polls. He has to deliver Delhi and Bihar, the former quite a difficult challenge. But This converges with a larger trend of are chosen because of their low INVITED FOR 2018 found that around 800 slogans against the nation and its going by the speeches of the Modi-Shah duo at his anointment, it seemed the home-grown radicalism within the coun- (but stable) incomes, familiar- domestic workers from South- top leadership, the masterminds try. After the Students Islamic Movement ity with English and wide net- TRAINING VIA east Asia tried to enter Syria or behind the scenes should pon- election of the BJP president was another missile aimed at the Congress which of India (SIMI) and the Indian Mujahideen work of international connec- ONLINE CHAT Iraq to join the IS after being der what poison harvest they is yet to hold the most basic of organisational elections. Nadda may appear to (IM) were banned, the Kerala-based tions. Typically, they earn radicalised abroad. This shows will reap from these toxic seeds. be gifting BJP a “lit” moment but that will have little value if he is a cipher. Popular Front of India (PFI) emerged as the around $1.00 to $1.50 per ROOMS the efficacy of the IS’ recruit- Azadi cannot hide behind the successor militant body and spread to Tamil hour and are often in need of ment methods. IPAC has asked tiranga; India will never submit Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra, financial help, for which they Governments to create manda- to further loss of territory. Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya agree to join the Caliphate. tory training modules to edu- (The author is a senior Flying kites Pradesh and Bihar. English-speaking workers help cate migrant workers about the journalist) The Government may be testing waters with silly proposals. S O U N D BITE But this points to a lack of creativity in policy-making he bureaucrat, who thought about the pre- This is not mere mismanage- The world is respectful; We will not take retaliatory Our job is to explain to people ment of the economy. It is the there’s a lot to do and give. action against India over its that we are right and they are posterous suggestion to limit duty-free destruction of lives and liveli- And for the first time, I can boycott of palm oil purchas- wrong. Just because we have Talcohol purchases to a single bottle, will hoods of millions of Indians think about myself. Let me es amid a political row numbers today we can’t do one day head the entire department. And that while Modi's rich cronies con- be a little self-centered and between the two nations. We terror politics. Let’s go to peo- frankly is more worrying than the proposal itself tinue to benefit and fund BJP. enjoy what I have earned. are too small to take action. ple explaining benefits of CAA. because such ideas can come only from the CPI(M) general secretary Actor Malaysian Prime Minister WB BJP vice president heads of narrow-minded individuals with a puri- —Sitaram Yechury —Kangana Ranaut —Mahathir Mohamad —Chandra Kumar Bose tanical sense of morality. Of course, one is not encouraging alcoholism or smoking. It remains unlikely that the Government will ever go down L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR the route of prohibition, although given some Whose sentence? Economic Forum (WEF) meet. previous illogical decisions taken by it and the Nation at the cusp of political extremes For sure, Trump will renew his fact that the ruling BJP is an ally of arch-prohibitionist Nitish Kumar, nothing can running battle with the young cli- ever be ruled out. That said, drinkers and smokers are a rich source of funds Sir — One fails to understand he nation is passing through trying times with the mate campaigner when they join why so many chances are being Modi Government at its nadir of popularity. Its rep- the A-list movers and shakers for the Government and Bihar is still reeling from the after effects of Kumar’s given to depraved humans Tutation as the architect of “modern” India has taken attending the 50th anniversary of bizarre decision. In addition, the Commerce and Industry Ministry led by Piyush indulging in heinous acts. Why a sound beating. The nation-wide protests over the the Davos conclave this week. Goyal wants to restrict the volume of goods Indians can bring into the country do we need to empathise with an Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has doused all inten- Thunberg has already made her undeserving handful of the worst tions of the Modi-Shah duo to usher the country into a message clear: Put an end to the while coming back. The derision that these decisions have been met by is com- behaved citizens? It is time to “golden” period. Branded as “dictatorial”, the BJP’s rule fossil fuel “madness.” That her pletely justified. But what boggles one’s mind is that the Government is looking change this thinking. There is a has only created a wedge between communities. Every missive is aimed at Trump, among at such minor issues when it should be thinking about ways and means of reviv- worldwide debate on whether the decision of the Government that was flung at the peo- others, would be anybody’s guess. death penalty stands scrutiny. ple has been met with “distrust” and “apprehension.” Thunberg hogged the lime- ing the economy. If the thinking is that Indians will suddenly quit their Scotch There have been strong argu- A slew of laws that have been passed in recent times light when she began a grassroot whisky and start buying the shudh desi molasses-derived liquid that masquer- ments for and against. Suffice it have had a debilitating effect on the secular fabric of the Agreed, every Government is well within its right campaign at the age of 15 by skip- ades as “whisky”, then one can safely assure the powers that be that it won’t to say that our legal system cur- country. The ruling dispensation’s agenda, which is to to frame legislations. But shouldn’t they be implement- ping school every Friday to rently allows death penalty to be alienate the masses, is not difficult to understand. ed after proper deliberations? More importantly, after tak- demonstrate outside the Swedish happen. Such thinking will only take us back to the command and control econ- prescribed only for the rarest of Nevertheless, one would certainly not want to believe ing the people into confidence? What we see now is that Parliament. The protests had omy of Indira Gandhi when smuggling and bootlegging ruled. Ironic then that rare cases. in “hearsay” and rather expect the Government to come a “popular” Government installed at the Centre is hell- inspired millions of young peo- the BJP is trying to highlight Indira’s links with Mumbai’s most notorious smug- Rather than discussing this clean on its will and intention on issues that matter to bent to dislodge its predecessor but has earned the wrath ple to take action against climate aspect, I would like to draw atten- the country. By allowing “misinformation” and “rumours” of the countrymen for “authoritarianism” and “evasive- change. Her meteoric rise from an gler of that era, Karim Lala. tion to the “sentence” meted out to dwell in the minds of the people, the saffron party is ness” that has become its “virtue.” Will the citizenship ordinary school-going child to The simple fact is that to get the economy going again, the Government needs by criminals to innocent citizens doing a disservice to its own image. The highly-hyped imbroglio make the people of the country seek a change becoming a world-renowned cli- a whole new thinking, the concept of wealth transfer from the very rich being for no fault of theirs. The relatives “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas” slogan of guard at the Centre? In any case, oscillating between mate campaigner must be appre- impractical. The Modi Government, despite such schemes as Digital India and of the accused, sometimes abetted sounds all but hollow now. A massive public mandate the Congress and the BJP is the only answer right now. ciated. If Trump and other lead- by the local officials, put pressure does not give any Government the right to push through Pachu Menon ers cannot appreciate her efforts Start-up India, hasn’t been able to spur entrepreneurial growth. Job creation is on the victim to withdraw the with its agenda at the cost of public sentiments. Margao to fight climate change, then we at its lowest and India risks turning its demographic dividend into a time bomb. case. The victim and her family can only pity them. If they can’t The greatest advantage this country has is being squandered with a pliant thus live under fear and dread help her cause, they must at least constantly. Now activists have Constitution? Or the human right with a great show of fairness. Stop interfering not throw a spanner in her efforts Opposition, which has sought to focus on issues that do not have large-scale joined the bandwagon. Instead of against cruelty in the Universal Those adults, who commit these to fight climate change. appeal. But the Government is more keen on looking at silly minutiae than the focussing on the human rights of Declaration? heinous crimes, know it well that TK Nandanan bigger picture. At the end of the day, a masterpiece not only has fabulous details the criminals, why do we not It is ironical how those, who they are punishable with severe Sir — US President Donald Chennai vociferously argue about the right brutally violate the rights of anoth- sentences. Trump and Swedish climate but looks appealing overall. This Government is concentrating on trying hard to to life and liberty of the victim as er, clamour for their own rights to Padmini Raghavendra activist Greta Thunberg are both Send your feedback to: choose the colour for a dull, monochromatic image of modern India. guaranteed by Article 21 of our be protected and are listened to Secunderabad attending the ongoing World [email protected] HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | JANUARY 21, 2020

www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN Centre must not POINTCOUNTERPOINT ALMOST 50 LAKH MUSLIM INFILTRATORS WILL BE THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE ARE SAFE BECAUSE THEY lose the vision IDENTIFIED AND CHASED OUT OF THE HAVE MAMATA. WE ARE IN A POSITION TO FIGHT COUNTRY IF NEEDED. AGAINST NPR AND CAA TO RETAIN THEIR CITIZENSHIP Nobody would like solar and wind power —WEST BENGAL BJP CHIEF —WEST BENGAL EDUCATION MINISTER generators also to turn into NPAs with the key parameters being compromised DILIP GHOSH PARTHA CHATTERJEE Social experiment gone awry AMIT KUMAR Because of CAA, even the NRC exercise gets debunked. This gives a further jolt to he national vision of infrastructure services, which raises the qual- ity of life and ease of living in India to global standards, sets the ethnonationalist identities, who take CAA to be a bigger threat than illegal immigration Tcontext of the recently-unveiled National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) for the next five years. Projects in energy, roads, railways, urban, rural and social infrastructure constitute the NIP. Of the `102 lakh crore out- lay of the NIP, energy takes the lion’s share at 24 per cent of the total investment. Within the energy sector, the share of conventional power, renewable and nuclear energy is 48 per cent, 38 per cent and six per cent respectively. About 42 per cent of the projects are already under implementation whereas 19 per cent are under development and 31 per cent are in the conceptual stage. In both the latter categories, key projects are in the renewable energy sector. According to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the Central and State Governments would have an equal share of 39 per cent each in the NIP. The private sector, on PRASENJIT BISWAS the other hand, would have a 22 per cent share, which the Government expects to increase to 30 per cent by 2025. o those among the linguistic and religious Elaborating on the energy sector vision 2025, the NIP Task Force minorities of Assam, who have failed the test envisages an increase in the total installed capacity from the present Dof citizenship in the recently-concluded updation of the National Register of Citizens 356 GW to 619 GW. Furthermore, it expects the share of thermal power (NRC), become the soft target of the heightened cry to come down from 66 per cent to 50 per cent while the share of renew- for protection of indigenous identity in Assam and ables rises from 22 per cent to 39 per cent in 2025. Indeed, renew- North-east India? With the passage of the Citizenship able energy’s share in consumption is envisioned to reach 19 per cent Amendment Act (CAA), one section of those left from the present nine per cent. The continued thrust on energy transi- out of the NRC now gets an opportunity to be cit- tion is certainly encouraging. Interestingly, unlike the conventional power izens, solely on the basis of religion, while another sector where only six per cent of the NIP is implemented by the private section remains ignored. Does such a contrived out- sector, in the renewable energy sector, 100 per cent of implementation come make anyone happy in Assam? THE FEAR AND would be by the private sector. Assam’s Bengali-origin religious minorities, pop- ANXIETY Without going into the merits of the projected capacity of 619 GW ularly called Miyas or Bhatiyas in Brahmaputra SURROUNDING Valley and Bangals in Barak Valley face the biggest THE NEW ENTRIES in a decelerating economy at a time when the existing capacity is either threat of proving their credentials after being left out severely underutilised or stressed, the private sector’s appetite to reach RELATING TO of the NRC. Those excluded will now have to pre- FATHER’S 241 GW in five years has to be viewed critically. Reasons for slippages pare for a complicated legal battle to prove their cit- in the 12th Five Year Plan outlined in India’s National Electricity Plan, izenship through the Foreigners’ Tribunals. These BIRTHPLACE AND 2018 include problems in acquisition of land; issues in timely comple- tribunals are supposed to decide the fate of an esti- DATE OF BIRTH IN tion of power evacuation systems plus capacity of the transmission mated five lakh presumed illegals and how many THE NPR FORMAT system and issues in availability of adequate finances from banks and would succeed in such a trial is anyone’s guess. The AND DROPPING OF financial institutions. tribunals, governed by the Foreigners’ Act, 1946, ALL MUSLIM In fact, even now, the challenges pertaining to land availability, trans- place the “onus of proof” on the suspect and not on FESTIVALS FROM mission infrastructure/connectivity, inordinate payment delays, and dis- the prosecution, making it difficult for a “suspect” THE LIST OF to get natural justice. As citizenship is considered HOLIDAYS stated clearly why non-indigenous citizens, protest. The shift of focus in the protest pose of anti-CAA protests also remain dif- coms’ disinclination to sign Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for the most basic right to have or not to have all other being settlers cannot buy/own land. from illegal immigrants to strict measures ferent between North-east and the rest of renewable energy continue to act as roadblocks to the sector’s growth. SUGGESTED IN THE rights, the shifting of the “onus of proof” makes it NPR CREATE A CAA’s exclusion of the Sixth Schedule of protection in Assam and Tripura not India. The question of defending the On top of it is the tendency of some discoms to renegotiate the exist- extremely difficult for anyone to prove credentials. tribal States from its ambit created a sense only created an alternative political dis- Constitution, an essential part of the pan- ing PPAs because of an excessive obsession with low tariffs elsewhere, Worse is the case when the tribunals at random ex- BIGGER SENSE OF of heightened anxiety in Assam and course of pre-colonial identity assertion Indian discourse of resistance to CAA without understanding the dynamics of renewable energy technologies. parte declare too many people foreigners. Many of DISCRIMINATION. Tripura for being forced to accept those and securing of homelands, but it also finds very little speck in the North-east All these factors ultimately have put a dampener on the sentiments of those people have been put in inhumane detention THE SENSE OF non-indigenous settler immigrants who harmed those who are supposed to ben- where the it is more about protection from private players. The spate of tender cancellations or multiple rounds of camps in six places, numbering around a thousand, PROTECTION would be legalised by the CAA. The pos- efit from the CAA, notably the Hindu the non-indigenous and the illegals. The re-bidding is a testimony to this troubling trend. of which 23 have already died in custody. GENERATED OUT OF sible demographic impact and squeeze on Bengalis. This change into community convergences and the divergences are both This in turn has resulted in a perception of political peril among The protest against the CAA remains silent on FEAR OF BEING language and culture has reinvoked the affirmation rigidly redraws several bound- ingenuous as they promise to set up new the renewable energy industry, something that would have been unimag- this humanitarian crisis and the ignominy of effac- OUTNUMBERED IN fear of getting outnumbered. To rein in aries, creates a reverse discrimination equations and alliances between social ing these unfortunate excluded people from public THE NORTH-EAST such a majoritarian impact of the CAA, towards the beneficiaries of the CAA by identities. The beauty of such disjointed inable earlier. Couple it with the risk-averse approach of financial insti- discourse. With the coming of CAA, a section of there are rising demands for introduction uniting everyone else. resistance to the CAA is that it gives rise tutions on one hand and a general lack of appetite for new investments FEEDS THIS FEAR these excluded people now wait for some redemp- OF DISCRIMINATION of an Inner Line Permit (ILP) system to The announcement of the National to a new form of federal relations. How by the private sector on the other, and we have a scenario not exactly tion, while another section silently prepares for a long physically restrict the movement of other Population Register (NPR) at the nation- the Government manages it will decide the conducive to implementation of renewable energy projects. and uncertain legal battle that lies ahead. Both the AT THE NATIONAL citizens from outside the State. al level and much of the resistance to the future course of politics in India. While several Government initiatives such as reverse auctions and sections, however, face another cultural test of prov- LEVEL AND In a sense, the CAA meets its tough- idea that the NPR and National Register It is also worth nothing the debates ultra-mega solar parks successfully catapulted this sector to commend- ing their antecedents, which could be satisfied only VICE-VERSA. est resistance from such demands of pro- of Indian Citizens (NRIC) are the same centering around some of the States able heights, it is time for the Government to provide another push by by accepting the dominant language of the State. ALTHOUGH FEAR tective discrimination, as it would further arose from transmission of Northeastern opposing implementation of the CAA and working proactively to remove already well-recognised bottlenecks. A Any democratic movement, such as one cur- TRANSMITS EASILY, alienate the North-east and its people from reactions to the mainland due to greater their moves by filing cases against it in the consistent policy regime with long-term visibility is a prerequisite to encour- rently against the CAA, should have taken into YET THE CAUSE AND the mainstream while ensuring their spe- visibility of protests in the North-east. Supreme Court. Interestingly enough, age private sector investments, whether domestic or foreign. account the plight of these people. But they are PURPOSE OF cific rights. Certainly this would negative- After the first wave of protests in the Arunachal Pradesh, being a State with ILP looked upon as “foreigners” and “illegal immigrants” ANTI-CAA ly impact economic transaction between North-east, major Indian cities witnessed is exempted from CAA, yet it has decid- Unfortunately, even at the Central level, lack of clarity on various aspects whose very presence threatens indigenous language the North-east and the rest of India and a stir against the NPR and NRC exercise ed to file a petition in the apex court such as applicable GST and safeguard duty did actually disrupt the pace PROTESTS ALSO and culture. This is how, much of the protesters REMAIN as a corollary break the idea of seamless that are supposed to supplement CAA by opposing any procedure to grant citizen- that the industry had gathered. As electricity is a concurrent subject favour the NRC to weed them out while they reject economic connections with South and separating the infiltrators from persecut- ship to Chakma and Hajong refugees. It between the Centre and States it adds another layer of complexity. A the CAA. The CAA bears the signature of shelter- DIFFERENT South-east Asian countries, as mooted in ed religious minorities. This inherently dif- is also widely contended that the CAA conducive policy environment at the Centre alone is not sufficient unless ing “persecuted religious minorities from three BETWEEN the Act East Policy of the Centre. ferentiating tenor of CAA made a nation- might lead to exodus of tribal refugees it is backed by an equally supportive State-level policy framework. neighbouring countries” and thereby changes the THE NORTH-EAST The governance structure of States in wide resurgence of demands for a caste from CAA-exempted tribal States of the Discoms being the primary buyers of renewable electricity, whether from rules of the game with which the NRC was carried AND THE REST the North-east seemingly is not able to face census and rejection of any test of citizen- North-east to Tripura and Assam, where large plants or from distributed solar energy, their financial health and out. Because of CAA, even the NRC exercise gets OF INDIA the implosion of sentiments of ethnic and ship. The dystopic Assam experience they can apply for citizenship through willingness to purchase renewable electricity play a crucial role. automatically debunked. This gives a further jolt to indigenous groups against the CAA and occupied much of the national imagina- CAA. The case of Bengali Hindu refugees Curtailment from renewable energy generators, overdue payments and ethnonationalist identities, who take CAA to be a is also unable to contain the fight against tion in calling for a boycott of NPR cum in Bodoland Territorial Council of Assam bigger threat than illegal immigration. The layered the CAA from relapsing into a full fight NRIC, especially when CAA makes it is even more dismal, as they have to move reluctance in adopting solar energy are not only indicators of archaic and nuanced ideas of citizenship as indigenity stand against the State and the Government. In clearer for whom the bell will toll. out of areas falling under the council and mindsets but are roadblocks. This reinforces the urgent need for reforms in contrast to granting citizenship to a section of ille- an Assam-specific way, a slew of measures The fear and anxiety surrounding the resettle in a neighbouring district within in the power sector — much more fundamental and structural than gal immigrants on the basis of religion. In effect, old like amendment to Article 345, 347 and new entries relating to father’s birthplace Assam to become eligible to apply under the ones undertaken so far, backed by strong political will. It is equal- faultlines between indigenous ethnic identity and Article 371B to ensure protection of and date of birth in the NPR format and CAA. While these anomalies continue, the ly important to recognise the risks associated with unviable tariffs. No non-indigenous Indian citizens is reinvoked, turn- Ahomia as the State language, culture and dropping of all Muslim festivals from the lived reality of “illegal immigrants” con- one would like solar and wind power generators also to turn into NPAs ing both the CAA and NRC exercise as detrimen- identity of the people of Assam has been list of holidays, as suggested in the NPR, tinues to be difficult, as they try to sur- with the key parameters being compromised for the sake of artificial- tal to the language, land and culture of ethnic groups. announced by the State Government to create a bigger sense of discrimination. vive through double-edged laws granting ly created tariff caps. Against this background, it would be crucial for The question is no longer just saving the indigenous neutralise the anti-CAA protests, but social The sense of protection generated out of benefit and withholding them at the same the Centre to seize the initiative to take along the States, bringing them habitats of North-east from illegals but it is also a organisations are not convinced of some fear of being outnumbered in the North- time. on board for effective through the infrastructure pipeline. question of “protective discrimination” for the native measures. They argued that if protective east feeds this fear of discrimination at the (The writer is Associate Professor at and the indigenous from non-indigenous Indian cit- measures had preceded CAA, probably it national level and vice-versa. Although North Eastern Hill University, Shillong and (The writer is Senior Fellow and Senior Director, TERI) izens. The land policy of the Government of Assam would not have become such a big fear transmits easily, yet the cause and pur- a human rights activist) Let religion lead to peace, prosperity Religious leaders and theologians from across the country should come together to review the different faiths from the perspective of pluralism and social justice it of the founders of the different religions mony is essential for peace and stability in lisation as having a fundamentalist attitude increase her little flock. The Church’s Combat all forms of expression which was the same though rituals differ. All reli- the country. and an aggressive methodology to achieve expansion is also seen as a Western exten- incite sectarian hatred and take action gions proclaim similar principles. Article 51A of the Constitution affirms their respective goals. sion. The increase in the number of Church against dissemination of such material in the Mahatma Gandhi, who devoted a large that it is the fundamental duty of every cit- Proselytism is opposed on several movements engaged in aggressive evange- media. part of his life to the study of religion and izen to promote harmony among the peo- grounds; it attacks other religious beliefs and lisation (understood in the very narrow Adequate training and awareness pro- discussions with religious leaders of all faiths, ple of the nation transcending religious, lin- practices and asserts that its own religion is sense of the word) is certainly a cause for grammes about religion and religious har- affirmed that every scripture should be treat- guistic and regional or sectional diversities. the only way to moksha (salvation). It is often concern for our brothers and sisters of other mony for young leaders at all levels and ed equally, that there is no justification for Respect for religious diversity and interfaith supported by financial resources and mar- faiths. Perhaps, it might be good to be Government officials, particularly the police the claim of supremacy of any one religion dialogue are an essential and urgent need. keting techniques that make local religious reminded of the golden rule which nearly and other law enforcement agencies, judges, FALEIRO and that we are all children of the same God. Some years ago, I decided to study the activities seem shabby. all religions speak of: Do not do to others teachers and social workers must be held. EDUARDO He said, “What is needed is a living issues that affect inter-religious peace and The Federation of Asian Bishops what you do not want done to yourself.” Introduce inter-religious education in friendly contact among the followers of the harmony in the country. In this connection, Conferences (FABC) articulates its theolog- The traditional way of teaching religion schools as part of the curriculum so as to eligion has emerged as a major source religions of the world and not a clash among I visited several States and held meetings ical vision thus, “Asia is the womb of the puts emphasis on theology and rituals promote communal harmony. of conflict across the globe. Ideological them in the fruitless attempt on the part of with leaders and organisations of different great world religions. All great scriptural reli- ignoring the social dimension, namely the Assure all victims of religious intoler- Rstrife has now given place to the “clash each community to show the supremacy of religions. I spent the whole of September gions were born on Asian soil. The Church need for interaction and tolerance among ance adequate support and speedy admin- of civilisations” and it is felt that in the fore- its faith over the rest.” 2004 in the villages of Odisha, in the districts has to be in constant dialogue with the reli- the followers of different religions. Religious istrative and judicial remedies. seeable future, religion will be a major source Swami Vivekananda asserted that all of Kandhamal and Mayurbanj, where gions of Asia and to embark on this with leaders and theologians from across the Provide effective access to all citizens, of conflict within and among nations. The religions preach ethics, virtues and good Graham Staines and his two sons were killed great seriousness… There may be more country should come together to review the including religious minorities, to the deci- possibilities of conflict are greater in coun- character. Yet, all major religions, instead of some years earlier. truth about God and life than is made different religions from the perspective of sion-making process in society. tries such as India where different cultures uniting people often divide them due to the The purpose of my visit was to study known to us through the Church. As such, pluralism and social justice. Counter social exclusion and margin- and religions meet. However, such clashes lack of understanding of the purpose of reli- and understand the open confrontation that Christians who take Jesus Christ’s injunc- The following steps ought to be taken alisation in particular by providing adequate can be prevented if appropriate strategies are gion by their followers. has existed for long in that State between tion seriously must search for this truth in to ensure peace and harmony in India: access to all to education, health and formulated and implemented at an early India has the largest number of religions Christian and Hindu missionaries for con- the various religions of the world.” Organised drives for conversion and recon- employment. Pay specific attention to stage so as to ensure religious harmony. and religious people in the world. In our version and re-conversion (ghar vapsi) On the question of proselytism, the version should stop. They violate the development of vulnerable groups such as The United Nations (UN) designates the country, we have millions of Hindus, respectively. I informed Chief Minister FABC says, “A phenomenon which contin- Constitution. The Government should pro- tribals and other weaker sections and those first week of February every year as the Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Jains and Naveen Patnaik of what I had observed in ues to awaken the most resentment among mote an agreement among the religious who suffer discrimination on different World Interfaith Harmony Week. All reli- Buddhists. There are also Parsees and Jews. those areas and he promised to take neces- the peoples of Asia is that of proselytism and heads of all the major faiths in the country grounds. gions lead to the same God and differences We have eight religions in India, the max- sary action. Mainline Christian theologians conversion. In the minds of Asians, the to stop proselytism. Given the positive mind- With this we will ensure peace that fos- among them are not essential. Indeed, the imum number of religions and religious peo- see both the Sangh Parivar’s Hindutva ide- Church’s primary objective seems to be to set of theologians belonging to different reli- ters inclusive development. goal of every religion is the same. The spir- ple anywhere in the world. Communal har- ology and Christian campaigns for evange- convert as many people as she can so as to gions, this is possible. (The writer is a former Union Minister) HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | JANUARY 21, 2020 money 08 CAPSULE Sensex swings, ends 416 pts lower PNS n MUMBAI investors were also seen booking After hitting a record intra-day high of profits at record peaks. Retreating from its record peak, 42,273.87, the 30-share BSE Sensex gave up Bourses in Shanghai, Tokyo market benchmark Sensex closed and Seoul ended higher, while 416 points lower on Monday, all gains to settle 416.46 points, or 0.99 per Hong Kong closed in the red. tracking an intense sell-off in cent, lower at 41,528.91 European markets were trading index heavyweights Reliance on a negative note in their early Kotak Mahindra Industries, Kotak Bank, HDFC sessions. Bank Q3 profit rises Bank and TCS following their Brent crude oil futures quarterly results. intra-day high of 12,430.50 in cent after the companies reported rose 0.66 per cent to USD 24 pc to Rs 1,596 cr After hitting a record intra-day early session. their quarterly earnings over the 65.28 per barrel on supply NEW DELHI: Kotak Mahindra high of 42,273.87, the 30-share Kotak Mahindra Bank was the weekend. concerns after exports from Bank on Monday reported 24 BSE Sensex gave up all gains to set- biggest laggard in the Sensex pack, On the other hand, PowerGrid Libya were blocked after a per cent growth in standalone tle 416.46 points, or 0.99 per cent, dropping 4.70 per cent, after the was the top gainer, rising 3.75 per pipeline was shut down by net profit to Rs 1,596 crore for lower at 41,528.91. lender reported a rise in non-per- cent, followed by Bharti Airtel, armed forces and a strike at a key the third quarter ended Likewise, the broader NSE Nifty forming assets in Q3. ITC, Asian Paints, ICICI Bank and oil field in Iraq hit output. December 31, 2019. The sank 127.80 points, or 1.03 per Reliance Industries, HDFC L&T. According to traders, besides The rupee depreciated 5 paise to private sector lender had cent, to 12,224.55. It hit a record Bank and TCS fell up to 3.08 per stock-specific action, domestic 71.13 per US dollar (intra-day). posted a profit of Rs 1,291 crore in October-December period of the previous financial year. Total income rose to Rs Hindustan 8,077.03 crore during the quarter under review from Rs ‘Halwa Ceremony' kickstarts Coca-Cola 7,214.21 crore in the year-ago period, Kotak Mahindra Bank appoints Melvin said in a statement. "Net Interest Income for the third Tan as CFO quarter increased 17 per cent printing Budget docs process to Rs 3,430 crore from Rs PNS n MUMBAI 2,926 crore in the same period PNS n NEW DELHI a year ago. Net Interest Hindustan Coca-Cola Margin for Q3FY20 was at Finance Minister Nirmala Beverages on Monday 4.69 per cent, up from 4.31 Sitharaman, Minister of State appointed Melvin Tan as its per cent in Q3FY19," it said. for Finance Anurag Thakur new chief financial officer, On consolidated basis, the and senior officials of the who will also be part of its profit increased 27 per cent to finance ministry on Monday senior leadership team CCI approves Rs 2,349 crore as compared participated in the symbolic reporting to chief executive to Rs 1,844 crore in the same 'Halwa Ceremony' that marks Christina Ruggiero. period a year ago. the launch of formal printing Tan, a graduate from the Reliance's divestment of Budget 2020-21 documents. University of Sheffield in The second Budget of the England, with an honours Modi 2.0 government will be degree in accounting and presented on February 1. financial management, joined of Jio tower assets Finance Secretary Rajeev the Coca-Cola system in 2010 PNS n NEW DELHI Kumar, Revenue Secretary Ajay after spending a decade with Tower Bhushan Pandey, Economic KPMG and Honeywell. Fair trade regulator CCI has Infrastructure Trust, Affairs Secretary Atanu He was approved divestment of an InvIT, currently SIAM bullish about Chakraborty, DIPAM the finan- Reliance Jio's telecom tower holds 51 per cent of Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey, cial assets to Canada's Brookfield the outstanding revival of and Expenditure Secretary T V con- Infrastructure Partners LP and automobile industry Somanathan too attended the troller other investors. equity share capital customary pre-Budget event. Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman at the Halwa ceremony to mark the commencement of of The other investors include of RJIPL. Current NEW DELHI: Society of Indian "To maintain the secrecy of Budget printing process for Union Budget 2020-21, in New Delhi on Monday. The Minister of State for Finance and Coca- British Columbia Investment Automobile Manufacturers Corporate Affairs, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur and other dignitaries are also seen. Sponsor of the Budget, there is a 'lock-in' of Cola's Management Corporation, InvIT is Reliance (SIAM), the apex body the officials involved in mak- Budget making and printing bottling GIC Infra Holdings Pte Ltd's representing all major vehicle ing the Budget. Budget Press, As part of the ritual, ‘halwa' is process, are required to stay in investment subsidiaries Anahera Industrial and vehicular engine situated inside North Block, the ministry and remain cut off group in Investment Pte Ltd and Investments and manufacturers in the country, houses all officials in the peri- prepared in a big ‘kadhai' (large from their families till the pre- Singapore and Malaysia Valkyrie Investment Pte Ltd. is bullish on the revival of the Holdings Ltd od leading up to the presenta- frying pot) and served to the entire sentation of the Budget in the wherein he was instrumental In a tweet on Monday, the reg- (RIIHL). automobile industry in 2020, a tion of the Union Budget," the Lok Sabha. in the scaling up and growth ulator said it "approves sub- senior official said on Monday. finance ministry said in a staff in the ministry They are not even allowed to of greenfield operation in scription of the units of Tower Since the penetration of statement. contact their near and dear Malaysia, implementation of Infrastructure Trust by BIF IV units of the InvIT, subject to automobiles in the country is These officers and staff will took a round of the press and the entire staff in the ministry. ones through phone or any various strategic restructur- Jarvis India Pte., British Columbia receipt of necessary approvals low, many foreign players will come in contact with their near acquainted herself about the The significance of the event other form of communica- ing initiatives and establish- Investment Management and from SEBI, will discuss and look at this opportunity to enter India, he said here. and dear ones only after the Budget printing process. is that after the sweet dish is tion, like e-mail. ment of robust financial sup- GIC Investors." mutually agree with the Parties "This is the worst downturn of Budget is presented in As part of the ritual, 'halwa' served, a large number of offi- Only very senior officials in port and governance system The proposed transaction on suitable mechanism, in the automobile industry in the Parliament, it said. is prepared in a big 'kadhai' cials and support staff, who are the finance ministry are per- to support the growth agen- involves the acquisition of indi- accordance with the provisions last 20 years," SIAM deputy Later, the finance minister (large frying pot) and served to directly associated with the mitted to go home. da of the business. rect control of Reliance Jio of SEBI InvIT Regulations, for director Sugato Sen told Infratel Pvt Ltd (RJIPL) by Jarvis, change of the current invest- reporters here. "We hope that the Competition Commission of ment manager to an entity the year 2020 will be the year India (CCI) noted in a combi- nominated and controlled by of revival of the Indian nation notice filed with it. Jarvis," the notice said. Organic food industry HDFC Bank shares fall nearly 2 pc Tower Infrastructure Trust, The parties are Jarvis, British automobile industry. an InvIT, currently holds 51 per Columbia Investment, GIC PNS n NEW DELHI non-performing assets (NPAs) cent of the outstanding equity investors, InvIT, and RJIPL. needs incentives to rose to 1.42 per cent of the total share capital of RJIPL. Current From the proceeds of the Shares of HDFC Bank on advances, compared with 1.38 Sponsor of the InvIT is Reliance issuance of units, the InvIT Monday declined nearly 2 per per cent at the end of the third Industrial Investments and proposes to acquire the boost growth: Kesarwala cent after the company's non- quarter of 2018-19. Holdings Ltd (RIIHL). remaining 49 per cent of the performing assets (NPAs) rose Net NPAs of the bank too The deal, as per the notice, outstanding equity share cap- PNS n NEW DELHI in the third quarter ended increased to 0.48 per cent of is subject to receipt of requisite ital in RJIPL. December 31. cent growth in net profit to Rs the assets in October- approvals from markets regu- Additionally, GIC Investors Organic food start-up The scrip fell 1.80 per cent 7,416.5 crore for the third December 2019, against 0.42 lator Sebi. Jarvis would execute and British Columbia TCS shares fall over Kesarwala on Monday sought to close at Rs 1,254.90 on the quarter ended December 31 per cent a year ago. the "deed of accession" to the Investment propose to acquire 2 pc at close of trade incentives from the government BSE. The company's stock driven by interest and non- As a result, the bank's pro- trust deed and be designated as a minority interest in the in the forthcoming Budget for plunged 1.96 per cent to Rs interest income. visions (other than tax) and one of the sponsors to the InvIT by either directly sub- after Q3 earnings the fast growing sector to push 1,252.80 during the day. The bank had posted a net contingencies increased to Rs InvIT in addition to RIIHL. scribing to units of the InvIT, NEW DELHI: Shares of Tata the industry growth. On the NSE, it dipped 1.62 profit of Rs 5,585.9 crore in the 3,043.56 crore against Rs Besides, Jarvis would sub- or by indirectly acquiring an Consultancy Services (TCS) on "The industry needs ade- per cent to close at Rs 1,257.35. October-December quarter of 2,211,53 crore reported in the scribe to the majority of the interest in the InvIT through Monday fell over 2 per cent after quate infrastructure in terms Private lender HDFC Bank the last financial year. corresponding period of the units to be issued by the InvIT. acquisition of shares in BIF IV the company reported a muted of number of testing and cer- some kind of subsidies to on Saturday reported a 32.8 per During the quarter, gross previous financial year. "Jarvis, subscribing to the India Holdings. growth in consolidated net profit tifying labs in the country. those farmers, it will provide for the third quarter ended This will help in cutting the a big help to them," Khan said. December 2019. The scrip cost as currently these things He also said increasing declined 2.16 per cent to close are expensive," Founders of awareness about the benefits of Rs 1,600cr at Rs 2,170.25 on the BSE. Kesarwala Divaker Bhalla and consuming organic produce I-T searches premises of Lalit hotels promoter During the day, it fell 2.76 per Yousuf Khan said. too is important for the growth FPO by ITI Ltd cent to Rs 2,156.70. On the They said that starting from of the sector. PNS n NEW DELHI of her associates as well as being conducted by the ry facilities at present. NSE, it went lower by 2 per cent the farmers to the industry, the Bhalla said although people Jayant Nanda, promoter of department. Jyotsna Suri has been asso- opens Friday to close at Rs 2,174. In traded sector needs support from the are gradually shifting towards The Income Tax Department Cargo Motors, one of Transactions of these ciated with the Bharat Hotels volume terms, 2.14 lakh shares government. organic foods, more steps has launched searches at mul- the largest dealers of groups, under the group since 1989 and took PNS n NEW DELHI of the company were traded on "To replenish farm land for needs to be taken in this tiple locations of the Bharat Tata motors in the scanner of the over as the Chairperson and the BSE and over 58 lakh shares the purpose of growing organ- direction in all big and small Hotels group, its associates country, are being department, are Managing Director (CMD) in State-owned ITI Ltd will on the NSE during the day. The ic produce, which are com- cities. and a leading automobile searched in and related, official 2006, after the death of her come out with Rs 1,600 crore country's largest software pletely chemical free, a farmer "We can take cue from dealer firm in connection around the nation- sources said. husband and hotelier Lalit follow-on public offer (FPO) services major, after market has to wait for at least five countries such as the US and with a tax evasion probe, al capital. The Bharat Suri. on Friday. hours on Friday, reported a years as he or she can not use Europe to taker forward this officials said on Monday. The searches, they Hotels group owns The businesswoman has The FPO comprises fresh muted 0.2 per cent growth in that land before that for organ- sector," he added. They said about 8 premis- said, were launched the chain of Lalit also been the chairman of issue of up to 18 crore equi- consolidated net profit at Rs ic farming. Leaving the land Further, Khan said that skill es linked to Bharat Hotels late on Sunday and are hotels in the country. It industry body FICCI in the ty shares. Besides, an addi- 8,118 crore for the third quarter for five year is a long period. development is another area, CMD Jyotsna Suri and some related to a tax evasion probe runs over a dozen such luxu- past. tional issue constituting up to ended December 2019. If government can announce which needs to be focussed. 18 lakh shares will be reserved for employees. The issue will open on Friday, January 24 and close on Tuesday, January 28, the India ranks low at 76th place on global Social Mobility Index company said in a statement on Monday. PNS n DAVOS year," the WEF said. ing to the report's Global Social The price band for the Increasing social mobility, a key driver "The social and economic Mobility Index, are all FPO will be announced on India has been ranked very consequences of inequality are European. Wednesday. low at 76th place out of 82 coun- of income inequality, by 10 per cent profound and far-reaching: a The Nordic nations hold the Proceeds of the issue will tries on a new Social Mobility would benefit social cohesion and growing sense of unfairness, top five spots, led by Denmark be utilised towards working Index compiled by the World boost the world's economies by nearly precarity, perceived loss of iden- in the first place (scoring 85 capital requirements, repay- Economic Forum, while tity and dignity, weakening points), followed by Norway, ment of loan taken by the Denmark has topped the charts. 5 per cent by 2030, the WEF said. social fabric, eroding trust in Finland and Sweden (all above company and for general The report, released ahead of institutions, disenchantment 83 points) and Iceland (82 corporate purpose. the 50th Annual Meeting of the are the biggest drags on social The top five are all with political processes, and an points). Rounding out the top According to market WEF, also lists India among the mobility globally. Scandinavian, while the five erosion of the social contract. 10 are the Netherlands (6th), sources, the company's FPO five countries that stand to gain In the case of India, it ranks economies with the most to gain The response by business and Switzerland (7th), Austria (8th), is expected to fetch Rs 1,600 the most from a better social 76th out of 82 economies. It from boosting social mobility government Belgium (9th) and crore. The public issue is mobility score that seeks to ranks 41st in lifelong learning are China, the United States, must include a Luxembourg (10th). being managed by BOB measure parameters necessary and 53rd in working conditions. India, Japan and Germany. concerted effort Among the G7 Capital Markets Ltd, Karvy for creating societies where The Areas of improvement "Creating societies where to create new economies, Investor Services Ltd and every person has the same for India include social protec- every person has the same pathways to Germany is the most PNB Investment Services. opportunity to fulfil his poten- tion (76th) and fair wage dis- opportunity to fulfil their poten- socioeconomic socially mobile, The FPO will help the tial in life irrespective of socioe- tribution (79th). tial in life irrespective of socioe- mobility, ensur- ranking 11th with company meet Sebi's require- conomic background. But, few economies have the equity); technology; work The inaugural Social Mobility conomic background would ing everyone 78 points, followed ment of minimum 25 per Increasing social mobility, a right conditions to foster social (opportunities, wages, condi- Report showed that across the not only bring huge societal has fair opportunities for suc- by France in 12th position. cent public shareholding. key driver of income inequali- mobility. tions); and protections and Global Social Mobility Index, benefits in the form of reduced cess,” said Klaus Schwab, Canada comes next (14th), ITI is into manufacturing ty, by 10 per cent would bene- Measuring countries across institutions (social protection only a handful of nations across inequalities and healthier, more Founder and Executive followed by Japan (15th), the of a diverse range of fit social cohesion and boost the five key dimensions distrib- and inclusive institutions) – the 82 countries covered have fulfilled lives, it would also Chairman of the WEF. United Kingdom (21st), the Information and world's economies by nearly 5 uted over 10 pillars – health; shows that fair wages, social put in place the right conditions boost economic growth by hun- The most socially mobile United States (27th) and Italy Communication Technology per cent by 2030, the WEF said. education (access, quality and protection and lifelong learning to foster social mobility. dreds of billions of dollars a societies in the world, accord- (34th). (ICT) products and solutions. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

Tuesday January 21, 2020

Medak-based photographer Sunny Palle has won various awards in photography and made From his debut into movies recently. Speaking to V SATEESH REDDY PHOTOGRAPHYPHOTOGRAPHYPHOTOGRAPHY TOTOTO ACTINGACTING , Sunny speaks about ACTINGACTINGACTING his photography journey, acting picture is worth a contest. Sunny shares, “I thousand words. received the award in 2014 career, awards and more Medak-based pho- for a photograph that I cap- A tographer-turned- tured in a tribal hamlet. I actor Sunny Palle showcased the lifestyle of aka Srikanth is tribals in my photos. The making his mark in both pro- award inspired me to travel fessions. He bagged the award other beautiful places in for the best cameraman for India.” the 48-hour film festival Presently, Sunny is study- organised recently by the ing photography at the Sri Department of Language and Venkateshwara College of Culture, Government of Fine Arts in Hyderabad. He Telangana. For his efforts in won the best cameramen photography, Hong Kong award at a short film festival Nature Photographic Society that was held organised by invited him for the fellowship. Department of Language He also made his debut in and Culture, Government of films recently with the movie Telangana recently to encour- Dorasani. age youth in filmmaking. Speaking to The Pioneer, About the contest, Sunny Sunny says, “I was interested says, “Our topics for the con- in acting since my childhood test included love, childhood and used to act in various memories and so on. We street plays during my chose love. I worked as a waterfall in India. Every movies with Dorasani. He The art of schooling. Later, one of my cameramen for the short film monsoon season, when the shares, “I played Anand friends opened a photo studio The Love directed by my Indravati floods, the waterfall Deverakonda’s friend in the photography where I started learning friend Bandari Harikrishna. spreads for about 300 meters movie. After the movie excited me for about the camera. The art of Out of 200 entries, I was cho- wide and it is a visual delight released, I got more offers its ability to photography excited me for sen as the best cameramen.” for tourists.” and I will share the details its ability to capture beautiful Sunny recently visited Sunny said that places like soon. I want to focus on films capture beautiful moments. moments. To know more Bastar in Chhattisgarh along Kerala are more clean and with different roles. I don’t To know more about about photography, I attend- with his friends for a research green compared to us since have any dream role and I photography, I attended ed various photography work on the Kakatiya dynasty. people feel it is each one’s give my best to any role I get.” workshops in Hyderabad. During the research, Sunny responsibility to keep the On a concluding note, various photography That is how my journey into captured the beauty of place clean. He informed that Sunny said that hard work is workshops in Hyderabad. photography started.” Chitrakote Falls and his photos were also dis- the secret of success for bud- That is how my journey into In 2014, Sunny won the Teerathgarh Falls. He says, played in World Street ding photographers and it is national-level best photogra- “The waterfalls are located in Photography Club Gallery, always important to observe photography started pher award in the Sigma the Bastar district on the USA. nature while capturing — SUNNY PALLE National Level Photography Indravati river. It is the widest Recently, he debuted in images. PHOTOGRAPHER-TURNED-ACTOR A cultural revolution in EXPRESSION there has been a rise in the SIDDHESH youth practicing the hip A lot of artists came to Hyderabad from hop culture. Be it dance, different cities and countries to teach here SUMAN writes rap or street art, the influ- ence is visible. and that’s when the popularity of this culture about the Harsha Maheshwari aka caught speed and it hasn’t stopped since. Komet is a Hyderabad- Now Hyderabad is being recognised based dancer and the growing trend of director of Happy Hours nationally and internationally with city folks hip hop in the Dance Place. She is known representing Hyderabad on both national for the workshops she con- and international platforms ducts in which she invites city. He finds out artistes from across the HARSHA MAHESHWARI country to Hyderabad DANCER AND THE DIRECTOR OF HAPPY HOURS how hip hop has where they teach budding DANCE PLACE artistes through workshops integrated itself like ‘Camp Celebrate’ and also organises dance battles into the such as ‘Cypher Hours’. Talking to The Pioneer mainstream about this growing culture of hip hop, she said, cultural “Initially, it was the dance studios who started pro- expression moting the hip hop scene in the city where all young- sters, teachers came where artistes could share to put up their work,” she initially, thanks to rappers There are various loca- together and started mak- and learn from one anoth- said, stressing on the fact like Divine and Naezy. tions in the city where ip hop as a cul- ing hip hop crews. It start- er. And now Hyderabad is that people now know Anybody can take up aspiring artistes meet and ture has evolved ed with ‘Blame it on the being recognised national- about the Hyderabad scene rapping. You don’t need to discuss hip hop. and grown over Boogie’ organised by the ly and internationally with and that out of the five best have a background in Happy Hours dance H time, from the Proximity Crew.” “I have Hyderabad folks represent- Hip Hop jams in India, music. You just have to be place at Begumpet and HY streets of South been a part of this scene ing the city on both two of them belong to yourself and original,” he dance studio at Madhapur Bronx, New for almost seven years now national and international Hyderabad. said, adding, “Hip hop is a are among many such York City to the streets of and it is super hard to get platforms. That’s because Like any other dance culture that gives youth a places where artists meet, many third-world coun- people into hip hop in a we have a lot of people form even hip hop is asso- platform to speak up and discuss and jam together. tries. Today, hip hop is city where classical danc- coming from different ciated with music. Rapper make themselves heard. Some Hyderabad-based practiced around the world ing has been given the cities to judge, to teach and and DJ Aishan Vali This is a very inclusive artists — Swapnil Kumar, and it’s a culture which is highest platform. In the dren to learn western styles Hyderabad from different artists from our city are explains how rapping is culture anybody can be a Jerome Xavier, Smriti inclusive of anyone and South, the government and prefer the traditional cities and countries to going there to judge and associated with hip hop. part of it. It is very accessi- Agarwal, Anil Bhargav any group. Since the past encourages classical music classical dance forms,” she teach here and that’s when teach. This exchange is “The five major elements ble and easy to get into from Proximity Crew and decade hip hop has gained and dance performances added. the popularity of this cul- how the word spreads and of hip hop are dance, and that is why I think Varun Dhopeshwarkar aka a lot of popularity among by providing them with “But people started ture caught speed and it of course, social media is a DJing, rap, graffiti and rapping and hip hop is Dope V — are creating rip- the youth in India. funds. Here, parents too do attending workshops and a hasn’t stopped since. Dance very powerful platform beatboxing. The Mumbai going to only grow in the ples in the hip pop scene in Especially in Hyderabad, not encourage their chil- lot of artists came to battles were a platform pumping people over here scene of hip hop picked up future.” the country. 10

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Hyderabad Tuesday January 21, 2020 tollywood Ravi Teja My wish of an Tarak and hints at Trivikram's fun ride a sequel ith Aravinda which include songs, too big for a film of his to DISCO industry hit with dad Sametha Veera humour and comedy with Tarak and that mass Raghava, tracks shouldn’t cross my audience would love to RAJA W Trivikram mind as I began to write see a mainstream star proved that he Aravinda Sametha... and I indulge in a fight or two, ore than a year can pull off a succeeded. Overcoming he wants to conceive after his last serious drama without his my fear was my biggest action sequences realisti- release, Amar trademark humour in take away from that film,” cally. It’s been a long time M Akbar Anthony, hit has been realised: abundance. The film was Trivikram had told us since both he and Tarak the screens; Ravi his intentional attempt to early this month. individually have done a Teja is back with try something different Which is why, for his full-fledged comedy film Disco Raja, a scientific- after a disaster like next with Jr NTR, a joint and they want to enjoy thriller set in the 80s. It Agnyaathavaasi. While he production venture the process of making marks him teaming up with Allu Arjun came back to the family- between Haarika & this film. He has told the Vi Anand for the first time. drama genre and played it Hassine Creations and actor the story and his Speaking at the pre-release safe with his subsequent NTR Arts, he is trying an character graph. He will event, the actor said he had a was speaking at film Ala out-and-out comedy begin working on the great time shooting for the Vaikunthapuramlo, entertainer, something story extensively from film, which opens this Friday, the success Aravinda Sametha... gave that will be different to next month, with the film and hoped that audiences too him the confidence to tell his Sankranti blockbuster. set to go in front of the will have a great time watch- celebrations of stories without entertain- “The film will hardly cameras in summer. It ing it. BUNNYith his Sankranti release, Ala hit with him but Ala Vaikunthapuramlo ment thrown into the boast of any action. Even will most likely be a “I’ve grown up watching Ala Vaikunthapuramlo chugging changed that. I don’t think I would’ve mix. “I was sure that reg- if distributors pressure Sankranti release,” said a films of late ’70s and early on with immense steam at had the same fulfillment with other pro- ular commercial elements him as the stakes will be source. ’80s and I’ve got a character Vaikunthapuramlo W the box-office, leading man ducers. On behalf of entire Allu family, I on the lines of those old films Allu Arjun is chuffed to bits. extend my wholehearted thanks to in Disco Raja. Which is why, in Visakhapatnam The film has minted a share Trivikram,” a gleeful Bunny pointed out. I’ve enjoyed the part and of Rs 118 crore in the first week, sur- He was speaking at the success celebra- immersed myself more. If passing the figures of Sarileru tions of the film in Visakhapatnam over everything goes well, there over the Neekevvaru and establishing non- the weekend. will be a sequel or prequel to Baahubali records in many places. He added this is the first time that his the film,” he said. weekend, Admittedly, the actor is grateful for performance in a film was lauded by one Anand on his part said that director Trivikram, with whom he has and all. “Earlier, I used to receive indi- after Tiger released, Ravi Teja reports joined forces for the third vidual craft compliments like I’ve was the first person from the time. “My dad has pro- danced well, excelled in action and industry to have rung him NAGARAJ GOUD duced industry hits aced comedy but this is the first and sang praises about his with Chiranjeevi time that I’ve unanimously got direction. “He didn’t even garu, Rajinikanth calls in praise of my perfor- know who was I to begin garu, Charan garu. mance. Trivikram garu with, yet he had a word of Ghajini with deserves credit for it,” he encouragement for me. It Aamir Khan was noted. meant a lot to me. He had an industry hit Recalling his association good words to say after as well. I’ve with the city of destiny, he Ekkadiki Pothavu been carrying informed that his first three Chinnavada and Okka a feeling that films were shot at Vizag and Kshanam as well. Disco Raja I haven’t that the place and its people took shape because of him,” been a part have been a part of his success. Anand said. of an “Revenue-wise, the area has He added that every direc- industry become my fortress,” he noted. He tor should work with Ravi reiterated they had their own Teja at least once before they doubts whether audience will go on to make films with flock in big numbers to watch Ala other actors. “It’s been a great Vaikunthapuramlo, especially learning experience working with the advent of digi- with him. I’ve learnt life tal medium. “But lessons as well from him,” he Telugu audiences informed. across the world A science fiction action have proved film, Disco Raja also features once again Payal Rajput, Nabha Natesh, that they Tanya Hope, Vennela will always Kishore, Satya, and Ajay be ready while Bobby Simha will be to lap up playing the role of the main a good antagonist. S.S Thaman is film.” composing the music.

Ronit Roy, Ali join Puri's next with Vidhi Vilasam launched he Pioneer shoot- was the first ing for Deverakonda to inform the film. T you that Adith is a ijay Deverakonda’s production venture between Shivathmika friend of mine next with Puri Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Rajasekhar and I’m happy Jagannadh was Puri Jagannadh and Charmee has signed a film, to be acting with launched Kaur. While Fighter Vidhi Vilasam, opposite him,” she said. V in was in contention Adith Arun (on The director said to be the film’s December 18, 2019). Adith has been a Mumbai on title, a little To this end, the dear friend to him Monday, with birdie tells us latest is that the film, and that he is happy Charmme that Karan which marks the direc- to be directing him. Kaur sound- has advised torial debut of G. Durga “Shivathmika has ing the clap- Puri to come Naresh who assisted a performance-ori- board for the up with an Dasaradh earlier, was ented role. The title traditional alternate pow- officially launched in is drawing great muhurtam erful title. “If Hyderabad on Monday. response,” he said. shot, which was the director As Harish Shankar To go to floors next filmed on cracks one, its switched on the camera, month, the film, pro- Deverakonda. An good, else Fighter will director Praveen Sattaru duced by Shiva Dinesh emotional action- be retained,” said sounded the clapper- Rahul Ayyar under drama, the likes the source. board for the first shot. SKS Creations, features of Ramya Ananya Panday Dasaradh directed the Kota Sreenivas Rao, Krishnan, is the fron- honorary first shot. Indraja, Jayaprakash, Ronit Roy, trunner to Speaking later, Posani Krishna Murali, Ali, Vishu romance Shivathmika said that Ajay, Satya and Reddy and Deverakonda she hopped on board Thaguboth Ramesh in Getup Sreenu in the film after finding the story to supporting roles. Sekhar round off the although the be interesting. Chandra is the music film’s support- makers didn’t “I’m excited to begin director. ing cast. Being divulge her made in Telugu name in the and Hindi simulta- official press neously, it will be a joint release. Thaman's music for Mahesh's film ot off the phenom- composer has previously belt- enal success of Ala ed out hit albums like Vaikuntha-puram- Dookudu, Businessman and lo, SS Thaman is Aagadu for Mahesh. H the prime con- A major part of the untitled tender to compose film, which sees Mahesh in music for Superstar Mahesh the role of a gangster, will be Babu’s next with Vamshi shot in Visakhapatnam. Dil Paidipally. While everybody Raju is attached to produce it. expected Paidipally to repeat Devi Sri Prasad again for the film, pressure from Mahesh’s WHILE EVERYBODY fans forced him to approach EXPECTED PAIDIPALLY Thaman. It is said that the TO REPEAT DEVI SRI composer has evinced his interest straightaway. With the PRASAD, PRESSURE film set to start in summer, he FROM MAHESH’S FANS believes he can complete the FORCED HIM TO projects in hand and start afresh for Mahesh film. The APPROACH THAMAN HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | JANUARY 21, 2020 sport 12

Kohli, Rohit consolidate top positions Virat confident of good show in NZ PTI n DUBAI ing. K L Rahul, who opened in Citing recent result Indian skipper says his team will try to put Black Caps under pressure from start ndia captain and his place in the final ODI, has Ihis deputy Rohit Sharma con- gained 21 slots to reach 50th PTI n BENGALURU we bat first and in case we’re defend- solidated their top two positions position with an aggregate of 146 ing a low total, we should be able to in the batting chart, while pace runs. series win against a strong do that as well. We can't afford to ease ace Jasprit Bumrah continued to Bumrah, who returned Australia and the performance into the series after two games, because lead among bowlers in the ICC from injury in the Australia Ain New Zealand last year gives then it keeps getting tougher and ODI Rankings issued on series, is atop the bowlers chart India a lot of confidence ahead of a tougher, so we'll look to make a mark Monday. with 764 points, ahead of New fresh tour beginning on January 24, in the first game that we play,” he said. Following their stellar per- Zealand left-arm pacer Trent said skipper Virat Kohli whose team The skipper loves playing against formances against Australia in Boult and Afghanistan’s Mujeeb will be aiming to put the Black Caps Australia as it brings the best out of the just-concluded Ur Rahman. South Africa’s under pressure from the word go. him. He explained why he relishes the series, which India Kagiso Rabada and Australian India will be playing five T20s, Australian challenge. won 2-1, Kohli Pat Cummins complete the top three ODIs and two Tests in New “Last year (at home) after 2-0 up, (No.1) and Rohit five. Zealand. They had beaten the hosts 4- we thought we’re definitely going to (No.2) have India all-rounder Ravindra 1 in ODIs before losing the T20 series win one of the three at home, but they strengthened their Jadeja has moved up two slots 1-2. showed us that they understand these positions. to be 27th among bowlers “We are taking a lot of confidence conditions very well now (to win 3-2), With 183 after finishing with four wick- from our performance (in NZ) last having played here a lot in the IPL and runs under his ets in the series. year. We were very positive in how we so many tours over the years,” Kohli belt against He also scored 45 runs in played, very sure of what we wanted said. Australia, Kohli two innings and has gained to do. The thing about playing away “So, although they had a stronger was the player- four places in the all- is if you’re able to put the home team side (with Steve Smith and David of-the-series rounders' list to be under pressure, you can enjoy your Warner back) than last time, we while Rohit ranked 10th. cricket,” Kohli said. thought if we play good enough, we was a close Australian “You have to win at home, there’s can beat this team. The only thing we second, Steve Smith, who that sort of feeling (for hosts). So if you needed to be wary of was our body garnering topped the series bring out your A game, you can real- language and intent because that’s 171 runs in with an aggregate ly put them under pressure. That’s Australia’s strongest point. the rubber, of 229 runs what we did last year, squeezed them “All the teams in the world are including a including a knock in the middle overs, picked up wick- skilled but these guys play with the match-win- of 131 in the final ets, spinners were outstanding. intent of making things happen every ning 119 in the decid- ODI, has been Looking forward to take that same over you play against them. So you ing ODI in Bengaluru rewarded with a intensity into the series.” can’t take your foot off the pedal at all, on Sunday. four-place jump to Ahead of the New Zealand tour, that’s what we’ve done in the last two Kohli (886 23rd position. Kohli said it became even more impor- games. The partnerships that I men- points) and Rohit David Warner, a tant to win the home series against tioned today, even the singles were (868 points) have formerly top-ranked Australia here on Sunday. The team taken with intent,” said Kohli. gained two and three batsman in the for- leaves for New Zealand on Monday India raced to victory in the ratings points, respec- mat, has also moved night. series-deciding third ODI against tively to occupy the top up one place to sixth “We spoke of that at the huddle, Australia, courtesy fine knocks from two positions in the while captain Aaron Finch that this is the last game we’re playing Kohli himself and Rohit Sharma. batting rankings. has moved up one place into in the series and if we win, you go on They both could not stay till the end Left-handed 10th. Wicketkeeper Alex a tour on a happy note. If you lose, it but the finishing touches were provid- opener Shikhar Carey is in 31st position can go under the radar, you can ed by Shreays Iyer, who remained Dhawan has also after gaining two slots. brush it aside as ‘oh it’s just one loss’. unbeaten on 44. And the skipper gained seven slots Leg-spinner Adam “But when you win and win was all praise for Iyer. to reach 15th Zampa’s five under pressure, the last two games “I don’t think he’s (Iyer) going to position with 170 in the series saw him were tough wins, it boosts your con- have any issues anymore because he runs in two advance 20 places to fidence which we’re carrying for- really went after their best bowlers and innings, missing reach 37th position, ward,” he said. got the results. It took pressure off of a chance to bat while Kane On the limited overs leg of the me as well not having to take risks and in Bengaluru Richardson has New Zealand tour, Kohli picked out the other guy striking at 140-145. I after injuring moved from the areas of improvement. think it was really smart how we went his shoulder 77th to 65th. “Again, we want to bat well when irat Kohli bats during the third one-day international cricket match between India and Australia AP about it” Kohli added. while field- Kohli greatest ODI player Eng celebrate innings win over SA Tiripano strikes early Simmons blasts 10 MOST RUNS IN A SINGLE OVER IN TESTS sixes as WI rout Ireland Runs Batsman Bowler Venue Season of all-time: Finch to give Zimbabwe edge AFP n BASSETERRE (SAINT KITTS AND 28 Brian Lara (West India) Robin Peterson Johannesburg 2003-04 NEVIS) PTI n BENGALURU ly quality top-order,” said Finch. 28 George Bailey (Australia) James Anderson Perth 2013-14 Australia could not get the 28 Keshav Maharaj (S.Africa) Joe Root Port Elizabeth 2019-20 pening batsman Lendl Simmons ustralian captain Aaron final flourish they were looking Oblasted 10 sixes in an undefeated 91 AFinch has rated his Indian for, mustering only 63 runs in 27 Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) Harbhajan Singh Lahore 2005-06 as West Indies routed Ireland by nine counterpart Virat Kohli as the last 10 overs at the loss of five FAISEL FEATURES wickets in the third and final Twenty20 “probably” the greatest ODI wickets, far too many in Finch’s International at Warner Park here on player of all-time, while picking view. TRIUMPH Sunday. Rohit Sharma in the top-five. “In the last two games we Maharaj hit Root for Simmons, the nephew of West Indies Rohit (119) scored his 29th have had the bowlers batting for three fours and two sixes in coach Phil Simmons, also hit five bound- ODI hundred and Kohli made the majority of the last few an over which ended with aries in his 40-ball blitz. It was his high- 89 off 91 balls as they shared a overs. Which we saw in Rajkot four byes, costing 28 in est score in the format and came just five match-winning stand of 137 in the damage that KL (Rahul) total. days before his 35th birthday. the decisive third game against could do in the back end because Despite the late face- Chasing a modest 139 to win, Australia here on Sunday. he was a settled batter. I think saving flourish for the hosts, Simmons won the match in style with a For Finch, what stood out that’s an area we just missed a it was a result which was a six over midwicket off spinner Simi was that India overhauled the couple of tricks. “Just not triumph for England’s Singh whose three overs cost 41 runs. 287-run target with ease despite having an in batter being in and youth policy, while the way AFP n HARARE bowler Suranga Lakmal nipped Fellow opener Evin Lewis made 46 opener Shikhar Dhawan not having faced 20 or 30 balls to South Africa were out- one through his defence short- with four boundaries and three sixes as coming out to bat due to a get us deeper and get us to played was a devastating onald Tiripano struck early ly before lunch. West Indies raced to victory with 54 balls shoulder injury. the back end,” Finch said. blow for captain Faf du Dto remove Oshada Fernando It was the third to fall remaining. “They’ve got Virat who He also praised Plessis and new coach Mark and complete an excellent second during the morning as Lakmal The three-match series ended 1-1 is probably the greatest India’s death over bowl- England team celebrate taking the wicket of Rassie van der Dussen AP Boucher. day of the first Test for Zimbabwe also produced a full inswinger to after Ireland edged a first-game thriller by ODI player of all-time, and ing at the same time. Even before Monday’s against Sri Lanka in Harare. have Brendan Taylor leg before four runs in Grenada before Saturday’s Rohit who’d probably be in “But credit to India, AFP n PORT ELIZABETH between Maharaj and last rites there was specula- The 31-year-old seamer had for 21 and Zimbabwe captain match at Warner Park was abandoned due the top five batters of all- their death bowling in the Paterson was easily South tion about Du Plessis' earlier made a handy 44 Sean Williams edged left-arm to rain. Earlier, veteran all-rounders time. They’re excep- last few games was excep- ngland completed a Africa’s best of the match future. He has expressed his batting at number eight as spinner Embuldeniya to Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo shared tional, and the tional. (Mohammed) Ecomprehensive win by and showed up an other- desire to lead South Africa Zimbabwe advanced from their Niroshan Dickwella behind the six wickets as West Indies restricted thing with the Shami was nailing his an innings and 53 runs on wise poor batting perfor- in the T20 World Cup in overnight 189 for two to 358 all stumps. Ireland to 138 all out. Captain Pollard, Indian side at the yorkers, (Navdeep) Saini the fifth day of the third mance by the hosts. Australia in October and out. The left-armer spinner who produced the best bowling spell by moment is their in the last two games Test against South Africa at South Africa added 135 November, by which time Left-arm spinner Lasith removed Regis Chakabva short- a West Indian in T20 internationals (4- experienced play- and (Jasprit) Bumrah. In St George’s Park on runs in losing their last four he will be 36. Embuldeniya, playing in his ly after lunch but Sikandar Raza 25) in Saturday’s abandoned game, ers are getting the both games they were Monday, taking an unbeat- wickets, which seemed It seems possible that sixth Test, was the stand-out and Tiripano then both settled claimed 3-17. job done in the exceptional. You can able 2-1 lead in the four- unlikely when Vernon the fourth Test in bowler with five for 114. in. Bravo finished with 3-19 to become big games,” Finch look at where we match series. Philander chipped a catch Johannesburg from Friday When bad light stopped Raza fell for a flighty 41, the West Indies’leading all-time wicket- said. could have improved England were held up to midwicket off Stuart could be his last home play for the day, Sri Lanka had by Dickwella as he taker in the format with 57 victims in his “Rohit’s 100, but also you’ve got by a last wicket stand of 99 Broad three balls into the series in charge. reached 42 for the loss of charged at Embuldeniya, who 69th game. That beat the previous best of especially without to give some between Keshav Maharaj day. It was South Africa’s Fernando who had his off stump also bowled Jarvis. 54 by leg-spinner Samuel Badree. Shikhar there credit to India,” (71) and Dane Paterson Mark Wood and Dom seventh defeat in their last flattened by Tiripano's very first Ndlovu was brilliantly Put into bat, Ireland raced to 50-0 off tonight, for them to said Finch. (39 not out) and it needed Bess also took wickets but eight Tests, the only excep- delivery. snapped up at short-leg by Kusal just 3.3 overs with openers Kevin O'Brien shuffle and their a direct-hit run-out by Sam England captain Joe Root tion being their win in the The day began with Mendis off Lahiru Kumara. (top scoring with 36) and Paul Stirling two most domi- Curran from mid-on to could not add to his four first Test against England Zimbabwe Craig Ervine well Lakmal dismissed last man again getting their team off to a storm- nant players to still clinch the result shortly wickets taken on Sunday, when it seemed that radical set on 55 and looking for his Victor Nyauchi just after the ing start. However, Pollard dismissed get majority of the before lunch. South Africa conceding 56 runs in 10 changes in the team man- third Test century. delayed break to finish with O'Brien after the Irishman hit his runs off runs is a sign of a were bowled out for 237. overs on Monday to finish agement might have herald- The 34-year-old progressed three for 53, leaving Tiripano only 18 balls with Bravo then accounting really settled and real- The partnership with four for 87. ed a new dawn. comfortably to 85 until pace undefeated on 44. for Stirling (11). Ishant’s injury adds to Delhi woes as Vidarbha take complete control PTI n NEW DELHI with Simarjeet Singh (23) even as forged a 119-run eight-wicket stand knock lasted 10 hours and 30 min- Umesh Yadav (2/45) removed all- with Rajpoot, as Uttar Pradesh took utes. elhi’s miserable season just got rounder Lalit Yadav (7) and Kunar complete control. His final 50 came off just 37 balls Dworse as premier speedster On a helpful track, Bidhuri (19). Adding to Mumbai’s woes, Yadav as he got to the landmark in the Ishant Sharma twisted his ankle after and Dayal put up an unbroken 131- fourth ball of the final session of the another woeful outing with the bat former India U-19 YADAV'S DOUBLE TON run stand for the ninth wicket. second day, gliding part-timer Buddhi against defending champions seamer Aditya FLOORS MUMBAI Yadav, who registered the high- Rahul through covers boundary. Vidarbha in a Ranji Trophy group A Thakare”s career- Mumbai : Batsman-wicketkeeper est score by a number 7 batsman Bengal immediately declared their encounter on Monday. Upendra Yadav’s maiden double ton against Mumbai, smashed 27 fours first innings at 635 for seven. On a helpful track, former India best 7 for 55 propelled Uttar Pradesh to a mam- and one six in his 239 balls unbeat- Tiwary, who last played for India U-19 seamer Aditya Thakare”s career- restricted Delhi to moth 625/8 declared on the second en knock. in 2015, also became the only second best 7 for 55 restricted Delhi to 163 163 in reply to day of their Elite Group B Ranji batsman from Bengal to hit a triple in reply to visitors’ first innings score Trophy game against Mumbai on TIWARY TRIPLE TON TO PUT ton — after Devang Gandhi’s 323 ver- of 179. visitors’ first innings Monday. BENGAL ON TOP sus Assam at Guwahati in 1998-99 By the time, play was called off score of 179 Twenty three-year-old Yadav was Kalyani (WB) : Senior batsman season. His previous best was 267 as due to bad light, Vidarbha were 35 for the cynosure of all eyes at Wankhede Manoj Tiwary cracked his maiden Bengal skipper against Madhya no loss as the track got easier for bat- Stadium as he took a listless Mumbai first class triple century to put Bengal Pradesh in a drawn encounter in ting. attack to the cleaners first in the com- in the driver's seat against Hyderabad Kolkata in 2011-12 season. Vidarbha now have an overall bowling was exposed again. pany of Saurabh Kumar (44 off 47 in their Ranji Trophy Group A clash After Tiwary’s sensational lead of 51 but more importantly, the IPL specialist Nitish Rana balls; 8x4) and then with skipper here on Monday. innings, it was time for Bengal pace pitch has eased out. With a bowler became Thakare's fifth victim of the Ankit Rajpoot (32 off 63 balls; 5x4) The 34-year-old, who has played duo of Akash Deep (3/46) and short and the wily artist Wasim that Ishant’s 15th delivery saw him ankle while back pedalling and was innings giving a catch to skipper and Yash Dayal (41 not out). 12 ODIs and 3 T20 Internationals, Mukesh Kumar (2/29) to wreak Jaffer longing for an easy second sustain a freak injury while appeal- seen writhing in pain. Fazal. Yadav (203 not out off 239 balls) was at his sublime best, smashing 30 havoc as they reduced Hyderabad to innings pitch, Delhi at the moment ing for a leg-before against rival skip- The first two sessions belonged Only keeper Anuj Rawat (37 off conjured 72 runs for the seventh fours and five sixes, en route to his 83 for five in the final session. is looking down the barrel. per Fazal beaten by a fuller delivery. to Vidarbha as Delhi's youngsters 101 balls) showed some stomach for wicket with Saurabh to take the unbeaten 303 from 414 balls at a Hyderabad still trail Bengal by 552 And it didn’t help Delhi’s cause The senior speedster twisted his inept tchnique against incisive swing fight adding 36 for the ninth wicket game away from Mumbai, and then strike rate of 73.19. His marathon runs with two days left.