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www.dailypioneer.com Mega electors verification BJP’s Raja Singh demands programme Recession fear grips NRC in Telangana from Sept 1 l Issue of Rohingyas and illegal immigrants in NEW DELHI: The Election Commission's new mega Hyd real estate sector Hyderabad comes to the fore Electors Verification Programme (EVP), which DEEPTHI NANDAN REDDY Association. PNS n HYDERABAD seeks to update electoral rolls n HYDERABAD According to a recent report Raja Singh (@TigerRajaSingh) through crowd sourcing, is of Knight Frank, Hyderabad's The long-forgotten, con- Assam toh jhanki hai hyderabad toh abhi baaki hai set be to launched on With the talk of recession real estate sector has seen 47 tentious issue of Rohingyas #NRC19 September 1 across the coun- becoming pervasive, the real percent rise in the residential and Bangladeshis staying ille- try, officials said on Saturday. estate sector in Hyderabad is segment in the first quarter of gally in Hyderabad has come ------Under the programme, a adopting a cautious approach, 2019, with 5,430 units being to the fore again with firebrand When Ivanka Trump visited India during her last visit she was voter from each family will hoping that the negative sen- launched, as demand is BJP legislator Raja Singh stopped by US Secret Service for staying at Taj Falaknuma get a username and password, timents surrounding the econ- increasing. On the other side, demanding that the National Hotel as over 2000 Rohingyas stay around, it comes under allowing a person to upload omy would not cause a slump. unsold inventory has dropped Register of Citizens (NRC) be Chandragutta assembly Constituency which is part of all documents related to elec- After a prolonged slump by 67 percent at 4,265 units, updated with regard to toral registration and tag between 2008 and 2014, creating a positive sentiment. Telangana so as to help spot Hyderabad Parliament. similar details about his or Hyderabad's real estate sector But builders and construction illegal immigrants in the State. her family members, Delhi has picked up in the past four companies fear that a recession In a direct attack on his bete Modi and Union Home Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) years. Other things being at this juncture, when city real noire Asaduddin Owaisi, Minister Amit Shah in his tweet. Ranbir Singh said at a press equal, it is poised to grow to the ed. many MNCs and investors estate is set to take off, will spoil Hyderabad MP, Raja Singh "When Ivanka Trump visit- conference here. next level, with both sales and "Owing to the stable gov- preferring Hyderabad over the party. tweeted on Saturday, "I request ed India during her last visit, "These details will then be new launches rising gradually. ernment and robust infra- other cities. As a result, not just "During 2008 downturn, @HMOIndia again, #NRC she was stopped by US Secret verified by block level officers However, the talk of recession structure, Hyderabad's real sales have risen, but even new there were instances when should be implemented in Service for staying at Taj (BLOs) and therefore, it will talk at this crucial moment has estate sector has grown at a launches have picked up. But many salaried homebuyers Telangana as well. Hyderabad Falaknuma Hotel as over 2,000 save a lot of time. The idea is triggered fears among builders promising pace in the past four sign of recession at this could not pay EMIs as they lost Parliamentarian has given shel- Rohingyas stay around, it also to empower voters to and construction companies. years. Especially in the past two moment is definitely bad omen jobs, eventually creating prob- ter to many Bangladeshi & comes under Chandrayangutta assess electoral roll details, Hyderabad's real estate sec- years, we are seeing extremely for the real estate sector. lems for banks. Later unrest in Rohingyas for his vote bank. It Assembly Constituency, which self-authenticate and then tor faced bitter experiences positive sentiment. Besides Therefore, we need to adopt a Hyderabad, during separate should be implemented from is part of Hyderabad get mistakes rectified, if any," starting 2008, particularly dur- advantages associated with cautious approach in case of state movement, had made September 17th, Hyderabad Parliament," said Raja Singh in he said. ing the Telangana movement; Hyderabad, shortcomings in new launches," said K Sreedhar things worse for builders and Liberation day @AmitShah a follow-up tweet, highlighting so, realtors are hoping that the Bengaluru, Mumbai and Reddy, treasurer of Telangana construction companies. @narendramodi," appealing to the issue. downturn does not get repeat- Chennai markets has led to Real Estate Developers Continued on Page 4 both Prime Minister Narendra Continued on Page 4 IMD issues heavy rainfall Divide between original owner(s) Withdraw PPA Tainted MRO Lavanya's Google signs forecast for TS cancellation: ‘Build for Digital HYDERABAD: The Indian and lateral entrants in TRS? hubby in ACB net India' pact Meteorological Department APTEL orders PNS n NEW DELHI (IMD) has issued a heavy l NAVEEN KUMAR rainfall warning for the state Erabelli intervenes after Etela goes ballistic says KCR Andhra govt n HYDERABAD Tech giant Google on of Telangana for the next PNS n VIJAYAWADA Saturday said it has signed a three days - September 1 to is only owner of the pink flag Tahsildar Lavanya's husband, statement of intent with the September 3. The IMD stat- The Appellate Tribunal for stationed as the Ministry of Electronics and ed that isolated areas in PNS n HYDERABAD Electricity (APTEL) has Superintendent at the Office of IT (MeitY) for rolling out Adilabad, Asifabad, Nirmal, ordered the State govern- Regional Director of 'Build for Digital India' pro- Mancherial, Nizamabad, Is there a divide between the ment to take back the deci- Municipal Administration, gramme. Karimnagar, Jagtial, Rajanna- original owner(s) and lateral sion to cancel the Power Sangareddy, was arrested by The programme will offer Sircilla, Pedapalle, Mulugu, entrants in the Telangana Purchase Agreements (PPAs). Anti Corruption Bureau a platform to engineering Khammam, Warangal, Rashtra Samiti (TRS), which The Tribunal gave the order (ACB) officials on Friday for students to develop market- Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, has admitted all and sundry from on Saturday after hearing demanding and accepting a ready, technology-based solu- Suryapet and other districts various parties as part of its the arguments on the petition bribe amount of Rs 2.50 lakh. tions that address key social will witness heavy rainfall. 'Operation Akarsh', with an filed by Ayana Kadapa The officials later seized problems, a release said. The IMD stated that since undercurrent of disenchantment Renewable Power, Sprng another one lakh rupees of appoint him in the Office of As part of the program, the south-west monsoon is among those who have stood by Soura Kiran Vidyut, Sprng bribe money from his posses- RDMA, Hyderabad, as an out- engineering students across active in Telangana, most the party through thick and Agnitra, SB Energy Seven sion, sources said. sourced employee. Further, the country will be invited to parts of the state received thin from the beginning vis-à-vis and SB Energy Solar against The accused, Nunavath Naik demanded another present their ideas and solu- rainfall on Friday. According those who had switched loyalties the State government. Venkateshwara Naik, is the amount of Rs 40,000 of bribe tions in areas like healthcare, to IMD, many districts in the and made lateral entry into the The Tribunal has ordered husband of Lavanya, the MRO from him to continue his job agriculture, education, smart state received 'legend' (a term party when the going was good? Telangana Health Minister fault with Etela. Minister of the cancellation of public who was arrested by ACB with regular pay with ESI and cities and infrastructure, used when more than heavy This question assumes sig- Etela Rajender, who is mired in Panchayati Raj Erabelli Dayakar hearing as well. It has instruct- earlier this month and from EPF facilities by influencing women safety, smart mobil- rainfall is recorded) rainfall, nificance with some leaders of controversies, touched a raw Rao on Saturday affirmed, "KCR ed APSPDCL (Discom) and whose house Rs 93.5 lakh in superior officers," ACB offi- ity and transportation, envi- while Asifabad and the pink party now openly nerve when he claimed that he is the only boss for the pink flag". AP Regulatory Commission cash and over 420 grams of cials said. Both Naik and ronment, accessibility and Bhuvanagiri recorded deficit declaring their contribution to was one of the owners of the After meeting TRS working not to go for any cancellation gold was seized. Prakash were produced before disability and digital literacy. rainfall on Friday. Adilabad, the formation of Telangana. party flag. He made the state- president K T Rama Rao, in a of PPAs with 21 companies On Friday, Venkateshwara court for SPE and ACB Cases, Applicants will take part in Kamareddy, Malkajgiri and Some of the recent statements of ment, considered preposterous chat with media persons, Erabelli mentioned in the list of notice Naik and Kandukuri Prakash, Hyderabad. online and offline learning Siddipet recorded 'normal' the pink party's leaders suggest in party circles, after asserting said: "The pink flag was designed of the APSPDCL. a middleman, were arrested by In case of demand of bribe opportunities on key tech- rainfall. a growing gap between those that his ministership was not by KCR himself and alone". He It may be recalled that in the ACB officials. by any employee of the nologies such as Machine who lay claims to the party flag anybody's bhiksha (charity), but further said, "Even I extended my July, the government had "Naik demanded and Municipal Administration Learning (ML), Cloud and and those who cannot brook any a position he deserved by virtue support to the Telangana agita- decided to cancel the PPAs of accepted bribe amount of Departmentor any private per- Android that will be offered reference to its 'ownership' by of this contribution to the party tion by ensuring that the party 21 wind and solar power Rs.2.50 lakh through Prakash son, the public are requested through Google's Developer Final NRC out in anyone other than party supre- from day one. gave letter in favour of the for- companies and gave notices from the complainant Vangala to contact the Toll Free Student Club network and mo and Chief Minister K Majority of those professing mation of state". to them through APSPDCL. Randhcer, a resident of Number of ACB i.e., 1064 for other Google Developer net- Assam, nearly Chandrasekhar Rao. loyalty to KCR are now finding ContinuedonPage4 Continued on Page 4 Hanmakonda, in order to taking action as per law. works, it said. 2mn stare at uncertain future GUWAHATI: The updat- Twitter CEO account hacked Finance Dept is likely to work from ed final NRC, which val- PNS n SAN FRANCISCO ty of the hacker group. idates bonafide Indian The messages contained citizens of Assam, was Twitter said Friday the account racial epithets, and included a existing Secretariat till budget out on Saturday, with over of chief executive Jack Dorsey retweet of a message supporting 19 lakh applicants who had been "compromised" after Nazi Germany. PNS n HYDERABAD proposals from all the depart- continue to operate from the failed to make it to the list a series of erratic and offensive "We're aware that @jack was ments, following the direc- existing Secretariat. staring at an uncertain messages were posted. compromised and investi- The Finance and Planning tions of the government. The future. The tweets containing gating what happened," a Department will continue to Finance Department wants to 'Power cut' for other depart- racial slurs and sugges- Twitter spokesperson function from the existing work from the existing ments Full report in Page 5 tions about a bomb said. A barrage of com- Secretariat till the end of the Secretariat till the budget ses- However, the State govern- showed up around 2000 ments fired off on the budget session of the sion is completed as there are ment has decided to stop power US preps for an GMT on the @jack account platform questioned why Assembly, it is learnt. The no internet and other facilities supply to the other departments of the founder of the short mes- the Twitter co-founder didn't department is busy shaping a in BRKR Bhavan. The State from September 2nd onwards TODAY saging service before being secure his account with two-fac- full-fledged budget for the government is likely to con- in the existing Secretariat, it is deleted. Some of the tweets con- tor authentication, and how year 2019-20. It is engaged in vene the budget session in learnt. The government has ‘absolute monster’: ALMANAC tained the hashtag disturbing a sign it was that the preparing the draft budget to September to introduce the already directed officials to Month & Paksham: #ChucklingSquad which was service wasn't to keep its own be placed before the Cabinet. budget for the year 2019-20. close the Andhra Gate. Shravana & Krishna Paksha believed to indicate the identi- chief safe on the platform. The department is gathering So, the department's Peshi will Continued on Page 4 Hurricane Dorian Panchangam PNS n MIAMI Tithi : Navami: 08:10 am Monday somewhere between the Florida Keys and southern Nakshatram: Mrigashirisha 03:19 am Unsure where Hurricane Georgia — a 500-mile (805- (Next Day) 400 injured during traditional ‘stone-pelting' festival Dorian is going to land over kilometer) stretch that reflect- Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start Labor Day weekend, many ed the high degree of uncer- any important work) PNS n CHHINDWARA (MP) Florida residents faced a sense tainty this far out. Rahukalam: 04:58 pm – 06:31 pm of helplessness as they pre- "If it makes landfall as a Over 400 people were injured, The tradition is said to have started around 300 pared for what President Category 3 or 4 hurricane, Yamagandam: 12:18 am – 01:51 pm 12 of them seriously, during the years ago when a boy from Pandhurna eloped with Donald Trump said could be that's a big deal," said Varjyam: 09:48 pm - 11:23 am annual `Gotmaar' (stone-pelt- an "absolute monster" of a University of Miami hurricane Gulika: 03:24 pm - 04:58 pm ing) festival in Chhindwara dis- a girl from Sawargaon and faced a volley of stones storm. "All indications are it's researcher Brian McNoldy. Good Time: (to start any important work) trict of Madhya Pradesh on when he was crossing the river with her going to hit very hard and it's "A lot of people are going Amritakalam: 07:17 pm - 08:52 pm Saturday, police said. going to be very big," Trump to be affected. A lot of insur- Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:53 am - 12:43 pm The seriously injured ones said in a video he tweeted ance claims." With the storm's were admitted to the govern- Thursday evening, comparing track still unclear, no imme- HYDERABAD ment hospital at Pandhurna, tree fixed in the middle of the Sawargaon and faced a volley Dorian to Hurricane Andrew, diate mass evacuations were District Superintendent of river while throwing stones at of stones when he was crossing which devastated South ordered. Along Florida's east WEATHER Police Manoj Rai said. the other side. the river with her. Florida in 1992. coast, local governments Forecast: Isolated Thunderstorms Two persons received eye Pandhurna residents Villagers from Pandhurna The National Hurricane began distributing sandbags, Temp: 31/23 injuries, he added. The admin- grabbed the flag this time and came to their help, and the cou- Center said the Category 2 shoppers rushed to stock up Humidity: 80% istration had deployed about were declared winners. ple crossed over safely. storm is expected to strength- on food, plywood and other Sunrise: 06.00 800 police personnel and a The tradition is said to have In the past there have been en into a potentially cata- emergency supplies at super- Sunset: 06.35 team of doctors at the spot During the festival, resi- ed by the Jaam river, gather on started around 300 years ago instances of people dying due strophic Category 4 with markets and hardware stores, Current Weather Conditions alongwith drone cameras, he dents of Sawargaon and opposite banks and race to when a boy from Pandhurna to the injuries suffered during winds of 130 mph (209 kph) and motorists topped off their Updated August 24, 2019 5:00 PM said. Pandhurna, two villages divid- snatch a flag hoisted on a dead eloped with a girl from Gotmaar. and slam into the US on tanks and filled gasoline cans. HYDERABAD | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 1, 2019 hyderabad 02 TRS and BJP both corrupt, SIRCILLA DEFEATS SUICIDES n No suicide of weavers due to lack of work reported this year ‘Speed up Group says Revanth NAVEENA GHANATE n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD Workshed Scheme' Since 1997, Sircilla witnessed Congress MP from Malkajgiri weavers' suicides regularly and PNS n HYDERABAD KTR asked Revenue A Revanth Reddy on Saturday was on the verge of becoming alleged that the Telangana BJP a ghost town, but 2019 is the Land acquisition issues maul authorities to has been divided into two first year with no suicide group workers shed initiative identify about 300 groups - one is pro-Chief reported due to lack of work. for the Sircilla weavers. While acres for setting up Minister K Chandrashekhar Weavers who migrated from the government is targeting for Rao and another is anti-KCR. Sircilla are not just returning 1,500 to 2,000 worker sheds, group sheds There is no place in Telangana home, but are bringing along the land acquisition has been BJP for the anti-KCR leaders; migrants from other states to done for merely 200 work- looking at inaugurating the he said opining that both TRS the district. According to infor- sheds. Official said that the Textile park on September 9 and BJP are two pieces of same mal estimates, there are around identified land is not a huge while the apparel park would cloth. He made it clear that he 300 power loom workers, who bank, but chunks and those take another 6-8 months for will not speak on power issues migrated from other states they are negotiating with land completion. if Telangana State BJP presi- Central Railway (SCR) to including Bhiwandi and Surat. owners in a phased manner. According to the official, dent Dr K Laxman reveals the Telangana Discoms by finding There are roughly 10,000 The 50-acre land bank is companies have expressed dates of CBI enquiry into fault with the latter when the workers and for a town that adjoining ancillary weaving interest to setup their parks Power Purchasing Agreements latter offered that it will pro- witnessed mass migration, park. Earlier this month, however no concrete agree- (PPAs). vide power at Rs 7.10 paisa even 2-3 per cent of immigra- Sircilla MLA KT Rama Rao ment has been made so far. He alleged that the state per unit was not correct? tion is a big number. This asked Revenue authorities Currently 114 units in the governments, in general, Why the power generation of endorses the fact that the gov- to identify about 300 acres Textile park at Sircilla 80 are appoints senior IAS officials as public sector fell down from ernment can create employ- for setting up group sheds. working. About 42 units from CMDs to the Transco and 80 per cent to 69 per cent? he ment and keep them invested Workers of Sircilla requested these parks are engaged in Genco but the Chief Minister asked. in work than give up on their in a situation the government to expedite saree productions. The textile appointed retired officials by Revanth Reddy demanded life. Of the 26,307 power looms in Sircilla, where there is a this project as it will be help- park has units manufacturing removing senior IAS officials, Prabhakar Rao to make these Of the 26,307 power looms Bathukamma sarees orders are shortage of ful for them. Meanwhile, suiting, shirting, bed sheets, who refused to sign on indis- facts public if he is sincere. He in Sircilla, Bathukamma sarees placed to 23,436 power looms. The labour and the government is door curtains and nylon net. criminate power purchasing accused of the Chief Minister orders are placed to 23,436 the town is agreements. As part of it, the saying that the latter had used power looms. About 10,000 state government is also mulling witnessing Chief Minister appointed D 'power sentiment' for curren- power loom workers and 5,000 at making Sircilla sarees a brand an influx of are twisted polyester, but in Sircilla while 5 per cent is Prabhakar Rao, Raghuma cy bundles. The Chief allied workers depending on in itself and transform weavers migrants. Sircilla sarees are from Warangal and Rao, Gopala Rao, the three Minister is resorting to loot- the power loom industry are By hook or Filament polyester. We Karimnagar. She said, "In the were extended their support ings by making the power getting continuous employ- into entrepreneurs crook want to ensure the first year, we didn't have to the lootings of KCR, as companies bankruptcy. TPCC ment because of Bathukamma MLA KT weavers are transformed enough time and people did- CMDs of power companies in working president has said sarees. Be it transforming returned to Sircilla in 2018, six of them. Almost 20 meters Rama Rao into owners using our n't like Surat sarees. In the sec- the state, he said alleging that that the efficient IAS officials women beedi workers to learning about the opportuni- we weave each day taking and we 'worker to entrepre- ond year, we told designs these officials were extended left the power companies by power loom workers, or ties put up by the government turns". Most of the loom work- decided that neur programme'. We were not good and nobody their cooperation for KCR's making the government to reverse migration from city in form of weaving ers in Rajanna Sircilla district they should are targeting 4,600 wanted to wear it like uni- lootings in the name of PPAs. transfer them from there as laborer to owner of a machine, Bathukamma sarees. Anusha are earning a minimum of Rs be invested in loom workers and in the forms. Revanth Reddy alleged that they were not interested to the magic ingredient is the who resides in Rajiv Nagar 15,000 and a maximum of Rs work than give first phase transform 1,200 So we took time to figure the power companies had work under ineligible Bathukamma sarees. Life was said, "We left to Hyderabad in 30,000 per month. Before the up on their life". workers to owners by pro- out 10 colors and 10 designs brought Rs 74,000 crore debts Prabhakar Rao. He alleged getting hard for Rukum Bai, a 2011 to work in a factory as we initiative of Bathukamma The govern- viding up-gradation of the and there is no compromise from 2014 to till date. But that the government kept beedi worker in Sircilla. When were miserable and in a sarees, Sircilla weavers pri- ment is looking at machines. Even the ancillary and on appearance. In the first Prabhakar Rao is speaking Electricity JAC leader Raghu the TRS government came out deplorable financial situation marily depended upon lining making Sircilla industry also has improved. year, we used to pay each true lies saying that they aside as the latter was expos- with the Bathukamma saree in Sircilla. We returned home and lungi material. But with sarees a brand in We are taking up loom wise labourer Rs 3.30 but increased brought only Rs 35,000 crore, ing the mistakes of the gov- distribution scheme, Rukum last year knowing the good the initiatives of local MLA KT itself and transform modernization and phase- it to Rs 4.20 over the past two he slammed. "Whether ernment. But the power Bai immediately learned the opportunity here. We used to Rama Rao and District these workers into wise up-gradation". years. Even the ancillary Prabhakar Rao is a sincere employees, those who were skill of weaving power loom earn weekly Rs 1,000 before Collector D Krishna Bhaskar, entrepreneurs. She clarified that to be industry also improved". one? Is it correct to his syco- coming on to the roads in sarees and for three years, it is migration, now because of the skill set has been impro- Director of the able to produce 1 crore Apart from Bathukamma phants to support Prabhakar favor of Prabhakar Rao, never almost a festive time for her. Bathukamma sarees, we earn vised to weaving sarees. State Handloom handloom sarees, it would sarees, school uniforms, hos- Rao? Prabhkar had brought staged dharnas in favor of Likewise, a couple, Anusha like Rs 5,000 a week. This is Krishna said, "A district that and Textile take four years for mass pital materials, KCR Kit sarees power by purchasing it at low Raghu, he pointed out. He and Lakshman migrated to way more than what we earned witnessed suicides since 1997, department production so opted for are being made in Sircilla price if he is really efficient. said that Prabhakar Rao has Hyderabad in 2011 in the in Hyderabad. We rented 10 2019 is the first year with no Shailaja Ramayyar power loom. About 95 per giving them eight months of Writing letter by South no eligibility for CMD post. quest for better livelihood, machines and weave sarees in single suicide. We have are now said, "Surat sarees cent of sarees is being made work. CPI’s Narayana Enhance minorities' quota ‘Mining in Nallamala will protests in front Cong decries neglect of have disastrous impact’ of White House government hospitals in 2BHK scheme: Congress PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD Protests erupted at the White House against the abrogation Congress Legislature Party The Congress party on Congress senior leader V of Article 370. On Saturday, (CLP) leader Mallu Bhatti Saturday raised serious doubts Hanumantha Rao alleged that CPI national secretary Dr K Vikramarka has stated that the over the completion of 2BHK Telangana Chief Minister K Narayana too participated in Health Minister Etela Rajender houses under Weaker Section Chandrashekhar Rao and the protest staged at the has forgotten the Health Housing scheme of TRS gov- Andhra Pradesh Chief White House. The protesters Department with personal polit- ernment. However, it demand- Minister YS Jaganmohan raised slogans chanting 'stop ical tensions. He alleged that ed that the state government Reddy are doing injustice to massacre in Kashmir' and Etela is not concerned about increase the quota for minori- the people of their respective 'war is not a solution for other issues as he is more into Chief Minister K ties in proportion to their states as they were not Kashmir issue'. They also his political tensions. population in each district. responding on the Uranium raised slogans chanting "We don't have any issue over Chandrashekhar Led by Telangana Pradesh mining in Nallamala forests. V Hanumantha Rao human rights are not belongs the the differences between Rao is only Congress Committee (TPCC) VH ridiculed KCR saying to American President TRS leadership and Etela. The concentrating on his family Minorities Department that the Telangana people are his own party to extend sup- Donald Trump. They Health Minister got upset when welfare leaving the people's Chairman Shaik Abdullah asking for urea but KCR is port to the people of demanded American some TRS leaders questioned welfare to the wind Sohail, a delegation of senior sanctioned 2,80,616 2BHKs funds. chanting 'Uranium… Uranium'. Mahabubnagar and Nalgonda, President to do justice to the him about the alleged corrup- MALLU BHATTI VIKRAMARKA Congress leaders including in 31 districts. Of them, only Abdullah Sohail informed He said that the uranium min- where mining would be held, people of Kashmir. Speaking tion in the department. I would TPCC official Spokesperson 16,370 unit have been report- that the state government had ing impact would fall even on by conducting meetings in on the occasion, Narayana like to demand the state gov- CLP leader Syed Nizamuddin, Hyderabad edly completed. He said that issued G.O. MS. No. 10 on Hyderabad. Krishna water will two districts. He asked said that in America, people ernment to conduct a compre- City Minorities Dept chairman the Congress leaders wanted to October 15, 2015 reserving 7 be polluted leading to crop loss Telangana Congress leadership have a chance to stage hensive inquiry into the alleged Sameer Waliullah and others, meet the Chief Secretary, per cent of 2BHK for minori- and life losses, he bemoaned. to wage movements leading all protests up to 100 km away corruption in the Health ical uncertainty, Bhatti alleged. went to the office of Housing Housing Corporation ties in rural areas while the Speaking at Gandhi Bhavan parties against mining. from White House. Department", he said. On Saturday, Bhatti visited Corporation Managing Chairman or Principal percentage was 12 per cent in on Saturday, VH questioned In a separate statement, The same is not possible Bhatti also questioned Health Karimnagar district main hos- Director Chitra Ramchandran Secretary to get the actual sta- Urban areas. He said these the state government to tell TPCC vice- president Mallu in Andhra Pradesh and Minister Etela Rajender to tell pital and Peddapalli hospital to submit a representation. tus of 2BHK construction in guidelines interim as the data whether the government will Ravi demanded state and Telangana States. People whether the latter will conduct along with party leaders- However, on being denied the State. However, he said by pertaining to kill wild animals in the name central governments to stop have no chance to stage a review meeting on the con- Manthani MLA D Sridhar Babu, appointment, they submitted denying an appointment, the SC/ST/Minorities population of uranium mining. Nallamala mining proposals immedi- dharnas 10 km away from ditions prevailing in the MLC T Jeevan Reddy, former the representation copy in her officials have given a clear in each Assembly constituen- forest will disappear with ura- ately to protect Nallamala Secretariat. He said that Karimnagar hospital. The con- MP Ponnam Prabhakar, office. message that there was noth- cy was not provided. Further, nium mining, he warned. He forests. He suggested state both Telangana and Andhra ditions in Karimnagar hospital Karimnagar DCC president Speaking to media persons ing for them to explain as the he said these guidelines were stressed the need of public and central governments not Pradesh governments are indicate that the Minister is not Katakam Mruthyunjayam and later, Abdullah Sohail said that construction of 2BHK units prepared when Telangana had movement opposing mining play games with the lives of violating the rights of peo- examining his own depart- other leaders. Later, speaking to the state government has so far have been stopped for want of only 10 districts. in Nallamala forests. He asked Chenchus. ple. ment, he alleged. He demand- the media, Bhatti alleged that the ed the Minister to recruit ade- state government weakened quate staff to the hospitals government hospitals in the HYDERABAD immediately. last six years. He alleged that the Chief The government is neglect- BULLION RATES UNSC needs to be democratised: Venkaiah Minister K Chandrashekhar ing poor and middle class peo- GOLD Rao is only concentrating on his ple, who come to the govern- PNS n HYDERABAD Speaking on the occasion, V family welfare leaving the peo- ment hospitals. The govern- ` 38,100 (10 gm) If anybody interferes in our internal affairs, Muraleedharan, Union ple's welfare to the wind. He ment failed to construct a sin- ` 280 Vice-President Venkaiah Minister of State for External alleged that the government gle new building additionally SILVER Naidu on Saturday said that we will give them Affairs, said, "Economic hospitals are in pathetic condi- to the existing government fitting reply which they will not ` 44, 500 (1kg) India is not a member of the diplomacy is growing strong tions across the state. There hospitals. Bhatti alleged that ` 800 United Nations Security be able to forget in the rest of with a new federal factor in were no beds and bed sheets in there are only four Civil Council despite one-sixth of their life or history Indian foreign policy. Looking 500-bed hospitals like Surgeons instead 28 Civil the world population living in —VENKAIAH NAIDU at states in India as an integral Karimnagar district hospital, he Surgeons in the Karimnagar our country. "That's why we Vice President of India part of our foreign policy strat- lamented. The Health Minister hospital. There are only 61 CHICKEN have been saying there is need egy and using their energies has not yet reviewed the con- nurses instead of 109. There are RATES `/KG to democratise the United and contribution to strength- ditions of the hospitals across only two lab technicians Dressed/With Skin `146 Nations Security Council," he "There may be ups and downs, en the punch of our foreign the state as he was facing polit- instead of 13, he alleged. Without Skin `166 added, addressing the gather- temporary setbacks. There policy in its economic dimen- ing at the Deccan Dialogues - could be some temporary pain, sion is clearly an innovation Broiler at Farm `101 - a conference on economic but I am sure we are all in for that the current government is diplomacy in the Age of long-term gain. And this is trying to achieve." S Niranjan Disruptions -- at ISB. something (happening) every- Reddy, Telangana's Minister for EGG The Vice-President said the affairs, we will give them fitting world community. Even the one across the globe. India is Agriculture and Civil Supplies, RATES `/100 world body must come to an reply which they will not be neighbour has to behave poised to become the third and Mekapati Goutham early conclusion on the defin- able to forget in the rest of their appropriately. We don't want to largest economy in the world. Reddy, Andhra Pradesh's HYDERABAD 341 ition of terrorism, adding that life or history. This has to be interfere in internal affairs of India moves with the same Minister for Industries, VIJAYAWADA 332 a fitting reply would be given understood by one and all, any country and don't want velocity and speed." He noted Commerce and Information to external interference in the including the neighbour who anyone to interfere in our that the job market is different Technology, and P Harish, VISAKHAPATNAM 350 country's affairs. Referring to is hiding, committing, funding, affairs". from what it was two decades Additional Secretary in Union RETAIL PRICE `3.15 Pakistan, he said "if anybody training terrorism which is Talking on the situation on ago, which only means we are Minister of External Affairs (IN HYDERABAD) interferes in our internal bad for them and bad for the the economic front, he said, embracing globalisation. were among those present.

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SPEED-BREAKER OR SAVIOR? CAPSULE Love triangle suspectyed Stolen phones handed back to BAD ROADS IN CITY COME IN behind techie's murder owners Woman employee, who was once close to deceased HYDERABAD: As many as 30 mobile phones, including those Sathish, allegedly also had relations with accused reported stolen and lost, were WAY OF NEW TRAFFIC LAW traced and handed over to DAVE BENNETT SILVERY called Satish home on Tuesday owners by Chandrayangutta Implementation delayed; stiff penalties envisaged in new traffic Act n HYDERABAD night and murdered him by police on Saturday. Police used a first strangulating him with a tracking application to trace the MAYANK TIWARI Driving on roads in Investigations into the murder towel and then slashing his devices. Police handed over the n HYDERABAD STOP-AND-GO OVER RULES Hyderabad can be a health haz- of a techie at KPHB unraveled throat and cutting his body," phones to the owners after ard and even fatal, partly an alleged love-triangle that said the police source, adding verifying details of persons who Hyderabad may not be able to n because traffic rule violation cost him his life. His decom- that Priyanka was also in the had earlier lodged complaints The violations have reduced in the implement the stringent traf- past few days in the anxiety of the and mostly because of bad road posing body was found later at room when Satish was killed. with the Chandrayangutta police, fic rules expected to come in engineering. the residence of his friend After killing Satish, Falaknuma additional DCP MA new laws. Compliance is been force from September 1. "The Road design: The violation and colleague, Hemanth, who Deceased Satish Babu Hemanth was with their mutu- Rasheed said. violations have reduced in the working out, said Additional of road regulations such as was placed under arrest on al friends for a brief while. past few days in the anxiety of Police Commissioner for crossing lane markings rumble Saturday. an employee at their company, Later, he went with Satish's City gets modern the new laws. Compliance is Traffic Anil Kumar strips and stop lines can cost, Sources said police are prob- police sources said. wife Prashanti to the police sta- animal welfare centre been working out, but the GO n according to the new amend- ing the involvement of a girl, Satish had hired Priyanka tion to file a missing person's by the road transport and But the ments, a violator up to Rs 500 Priyanka, a suspect in the case from Vijayawada to work in complaint on Wednesday to Hyderabad: Labour Welfare highways department is not yet GO by the to Rs 1,000. However, in who has been detained by the company. The two grew avoid suspicion. He abscond- Minister Ch Malla Reddy on passed and so the rules are not road transport Hyderabad a majority of main KPHB police. close and allegedly developed ed to his native place in Saturday launched the GHMC's being implemented for now," and highways roads and innumerable inter- Hemanth was friends with a relationship. Hemanth got Bhimavaram after filing the new animal care centre at said Additional Police department is not yet nal roads do not have these Satish Babu, the deceased, introduced to Priyanka later, complaint. Fathullaguda in Nagole division. Commissioner for Traffic Anil passed and so the rules markings. who later became his business and the duo also developed a The KPHB police had The new centre is set up at a cost Kumar on Saturday. are not being implemented for Construction: GHMC start- partner. Satish was married to close relationship at work. formed three teams to trace of Rs 5.50 crore. It will provide This, thanks to the ill-main- now, he said ed filling potholes after a few Prashanti and the couple has a Hemanth eventually started and nab Hemanth following shelter to 400 street dogs, 200 tained roads in the city - spells of rain and laying new daughter. Initially, it was sus- living in a rented flat with his disappearance. He was monkeys and more than 50 - made worse by the roads without following the pected that a financial dispute Priyanka, which Satish object- arrested from his relatives buffaloes. battering they took proper procedures. Speed- could have been the reason for ed to very much. place in Bhimavaram in As part of the Haritha Haram in the monsoon. breakers on roads can be as tall Satish's murder, but further "Hemanth was irked by Andhra Pradesh on Saturday. programme, the Minister planted The hefty penalties as 20 and 50 cm, while the rule probe brought to fore a love- Satish's relation with Priyanka Police also detained Priyanka a few saplings at the centre to be imposed on says they shouldn't be higher triangle allegedly between and reportedly hatched a plan for questioning. Further inves- premises. Later, he launched offenders -- under the new than 10 cm above the road sur- Satish, Hemanth and Priyanka, to kill him. Accordingly, he tigations are underway. sewerage trunk line laying works Motor Vehicles Amendment face. at Nagole division. Act-2019 passed in Parliament Newly-laid roads also have recently - were intended to a problem of ruts - the grooves Youth who stole bike enforce discipline among driving upon which the vehi- traced to R'than, held motorists and make roads safer cle skids. A little sway of the for users. vehicle on a road which is rut- HYDERABAD: The However, a balance needs to ted can prove fatal, and there Shahinayathgunj police arrested be struck between penalising are many as such in locations two youths who stole a bike errant drivers and providing to blame for all road accidents. Corporation Ltd (HRDCL) for such as Mehdipatnam, Banjara worth Rs 2 lakh from them better quality of roads as The 63 clauses of the new failure to comply with the Hills, Jubilee Hills, Yousufguda, Goshamahal a month ago and an enabling factor. "Road engi- Motor Vehicle Act, which standards for road design, con- et al. tried to sell it in their native state neering was primarily respon- includes higher penalties for struction and maintenance. Maintenance: City roads of Rajasthan. The arrested sible for road accidents in the traffic violations, also has a The new provision has been remain bad because their persons, identified as Ramavatar country," said Nitin Gadkari, provision with a fine up to Rs made to reduce accidents due bitumen-based maintenance Lambrod (20) and Manish Union Minister of Road 1 lakh on the 'Construction to faulty road designs. Such fails. Water-logging caused by Kawasara (19) had stolen a Royal Transport and Highways Firms' such as Greater fault lines in Hyderabad are rain and improper drainage Enfield bike from Arya Samaj recently, virtually conceding Hyderabad Municipal many, starting from rocky ter- also contribute and need to be centre in Goshamahal June 28, that the condition of roads is Corporation (GHMC) and rain, unscientific road design fixed by the municipal corpo- police said. One of the accused, central and human error is not Hyderabad Road Development and their shoddy upkeep. ration. Manish, is doing a degree course in BSc. Police registered a case after the owner lodged a complaint. During the course of Papaya prices GENOME TECH TikTok love the investigation, police collected CCTV footage which helped them rise, thanks ends in identify the duo. New centre for opens Asia's largest stent to viral fevers suicide facility in Sangareddy PNS n HYDERABAD ‘personalised medicine' PNS n HYDERABAD HYDERABAD: Foundation stone Prices of papaya, recom- MAYANK TIWARI In yet another case of social for Asia's largest stent mended for its health bene- n HYDERABAD media love resulting in death, manufacturing unit will be laid at fits, have been rising in the a youngster who had taken Medical Devices Park at twin cities thanks to the spurt DNA sequencing, till recently a his girlfriend's gold chain Sultanpur in Sangareddy district in dengue and other viral very expensive affair, has committed suicide after her on Sunday. This factory, owned fever cases recently. reduced considerably in recent family lodged a complaint by Sahajanand Medical Papaya that sold for Rs 25- years thanks to advancement in about the missing jewellery. Technologies (SMT), will be a Rs 30 a kg in August last year is technology. This has also Likewise, treatment and pre- The couple reportedly met on 250-crore unit spread over 20 now selling briskly at between brought about an improve- scription also need to be dif- TikTok, police said. acres and expected to generate Rs 70-80. One of the major ment in its implementation ferent," said Dr Hima Jyothi The deceased was identi- 2,200 direct and 500 indirect symptoms of dengue is the and use. A new DNA sequenc- Challa, a genomics graduate fied as Sai, a Zomato delivery employment opportunities in the drop in platelet count among ing clinic developed on the basis from Harvard University. boy from Erragadda area of state of Telangana. The unit will patients. Medical experts say of medical genomics technolo- "Most of the times patients SR Nagar. Police said he met have a manufacturing capacity of that the papaya leaf extract gy was inaugurated in suffering from diabetes initial- the girl, a resident of Kurnool, more than 1.25 million stents per helps in increasing platelet Hyderabad recently which ly do not respond to prescribed on TikTok app a couple of annum. count. Taking advantage of offers personalised medicines medicines because it is very dif- months ago, following which this, fruit traders have been and treatment protocols devoid ficult to target a particular they fell in love and started Vistara flight to city taking advantage of the situ- of side-effects. group of conditions within the dating. Due to financial prob- ation and selling it at exorbi- Medical genomics analyses patient with precision. In such lems, he asked the girl for her develops snag tant rates. With viral fevers human genes to look at the root cases, doctors increase patients' gold chain to pawn which she HYDERABAD: Tollywood on the rise in the district, cause for the pathogenesis of drug doze or change the course obliged. megastar Chiranjeevi, who was papaya is commanding a any disease. The bigger benefit of medicine, which can have However, the trouble among the passengers on a high price. Gandhi Hospital is, however, the ability it brings adverse effects on health," said arrived when the girl's fami- Vistara flight bound for alone has treated at least 250 to provide 'personalised med- Hima Jyothi. ly started asking her about the Hyderabad, returned back to dengue cases since January icine' that is a step up from the The 'K and H Personalised ornament. When the girl told Mumbai airport 30 minutes after this year. Many dengue 'one drug for all' approach to Medicine Clinic' will also store the truth to them about Sai, taking off when the pilot detected patients are also treated in treatment that has been the electronic health record (EHR) the family members demand- a technical glitch on late Friday other hospitals. norm hitherto with a patients that will hold the genome ed him to give it back. night. "Our Hyderabad-bound The market at with any particular condition. sequence of an individual so They then approached the flight UK869 returned to Mumbai Gaddiannaram receives 40- "We are all unique and our that the doctors can better local police in Kurnool to due to a technical snag detected 45 tonnes of papaya daily, health is determined by our investigate irregularities in the book a complaint, following after take-off," Vistara according to market secretary genetic differences along with patient's health and arrive at a which the investigating offi- spokesperson said. Venkatesam. our lifestyle and environment. precise prognosis. cers called him to interrogate.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES’ ACCELERATING PACE 100 EV charging hubs across city soon n PNS HYDERABAD „ 50 areas selected in 1st phase; GHMC ties up with EESL The public sector power utili- ty EESL has struck a deal with trative and other costs are Nagar (2 hubs), Sundaraiah the GHMC to set up at least n Number of electric n Mobile app will soon be included, charging a vehicle Park auditorium, 100 charging hubs across the vehicles plying on introduced to inform people on completely would cost con- Himayatnagar, Ranigunj Bus city in the first phase, equip- the city roads is the location of charging hubs sumers Rs 160. Once the bat- Stop, Bata in Secunderabad, Taj ping each hub with six charg- put at 1,500, a tery is charged fully, a car can Tristar on SD Road, Sunshine ers, including two fast chargers, number that is travel up to 100-130 km. Hospital, Kamat Hotel, Old to cater to the increasing num- A mobile application will Passport Office, Mettuguda, bers electric vehicles on roads. projected to soon be introduced to inform Rail Nilayam, Maredpalli West, The first phase will cover at increase by 25% by people on the location of Hayat Nagar bus stand, least 50 regions where five 2022 charging hubs. It will also indi- Mahavir Harina VAnasthali charging hubs will be set up in cate the approximate waiting Park, NGOs' Colony Red Tank a month. The GHMC will pro- time at hubs. and Uppal Metro station. vide the land at the sites. The Places where charging hubs GHMC executive engineer EESL will pay 70 paise per unit will be located in the first Venu Madhav said that eco- from the revenue it earns from phase include NTR Gardens, friendly electric vehicles will customers to the GHMC. The Silparamam, Tank Bund (at help reduce pollution in the charging hubs will have unin- Kandukuri Veeresalingam stat- city considerably. The move terrupted power supply, among down that all public transport up near main roads and on ue), Telephone Nagar on Urdu will generate additional rev- other things. vehicles should switch to elec- routes where the vehicular University road in Gachchi enue for GHMC in the form of The number of electric vehi- tric by 2030. The state wants density is high. It is targeted to Bowli, Botanical Garden, advertisements etc. cles plying on the city roads is people to buy only electric establish one charging hub for HICC Road (Convention However, electric vehicles put at 1,500, a number that is vehicles in future. every three km, which will Centre gate), Indira Park, KBR are currently very expensive projected to increase by 25% by To facilitate electric vehicles come up in phases. Park, Marrichettu Bus stop in and in a rudimentary stage. 2022 and 50% by 2030. on roads, there have to be an Normally it takes six hours Manikonda, GHMC sports More people may buy these The state government has an adequate number of charging to charge a vehicle fully. Fast complex in Nanakramguda, when more efficient ones hit ambitious plan of having only points in the city, and the chargers, which can charge Municipal Parking Complex in the market at lower prices. electric vehicles ply on city responsibility for this is vested vehicles in one-and-a-half Abids, Gun Foundry, Public Discom too might want to roads by 2030, in keeping with with the GHMC. The civic hours will also provided at Garden, Government School reduce the cost per unit of the National Mission on body therefore entered into an these hubs. A full charge on an on Raj Bhavan Road, near power cost when electric vehi- Electrical Mobility project of agreement with the public sec- electric vehicle currently con- Park Hotel on Necklace Road, cles become the order of the the Union government. tor unit EESL (Energy sumes 16 units of power. The Basheerbagh, Hitex Kaman, day. Madhav said the unit cost The Draft Telangana Efficiency Services Limited). discoms charge about Rs 6 for Malakpet, Musarambagh, of one unit is quite low in Electrical Vehicle Policy lays The charging hubs will come one unit of power. If adminis- Amberpet police lines, Vidya Delhi, at Rs 4.50. HYDERABAD | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 1, 2019 hyderabad 04 Oppn upbeat amid flux within TRS PV KONDAL RAO In the districts like n WARANGAL The BJP in particular is trying to woo even the Adivasis Warangal, however, the TRS is in the tribal terrain connecting Khammam-Adilabad and sitting pretty as no leader of In what can be called as a first- that party have sent any feelers ever rebellion in the TRS since Karimnagar belt. It is assuring the implementation of to join the saffron party. its inception in 2001, state Similarly, the Congress leaders Health Minister and party land transfer regulation Act pertaining to the Adivasis too from this part are not senior leader Etela Rajender with a firm approach showing any inclination to said that he is one of the join the BJP excepting the founding members of the Pink joining of the former MLA party and not someone who Kondeti Sridhar to the nation- grew in politics in the name of al ruling party. his caste tag. These issues in General Though the Minister took have created some political back the comments on the heat in the silent regions of The changing face of TRS leadership, he said was rural Telangana districts and pained by the propaganda the observers feel that if an unleashed by certain vested election schedule is interests in the party and a sec- announced for the urban Postal Department tion of media. Following the local bodies the political move, the opposition is cash- momentum would pick up PNS n HYDERABAD parcels, speed post, registered money and transfer money to ing in on every opportunity further. The BJP in particu- mails and so on. another account and facili- ahead of the municipal elec- lar is trying to woo even the Technological developments Majority of the deliveries tates payment of bills, internet tions, which will be held soon. scathing attacks on the leader- for their interest and the lead- for the municipalities in the Adivasis in the tribal terrain have encroached upon ser- include passports, driving banking and digital payment. The opposition leaders are ship of the ruling party at ers of that party started speak- ensuing elections have charged connecting the Khammam - vices of the Postal Department licences, ATM ards, bank The department set up par- taking the Huzurabad episode their will. The Congress party, ing about the TRS leadership their fuel subsequent to the Adilabad and Karimnagar leading it to diversify into cheque books, students' study cel hubs at Autonagar on the to instill confidence among in particular, is trying to use and its unilateral approaches. Huzuarabad episode. belt and it is assuring the commercial activities. Post materials and so on. To clear outskirts of twin cities, their own cadre. this chance to prove its mettle The BJP leaders went on to The joinings in BJP from the implementation of Land cards have almost been phased the post-boxes on time, the Padmaraonagar in A public meeting held in the in certain urban pockets where give a clarion call to the cadre Congress and TRS have already transfer regulation act per- out. The Internet and cell Postal Department has been Musheerabad. Goods can be wake of Huzurabad episode that party enjoyed considerable of TRS to come out of the provided the scope in the rural taining to the adivasis with a phone revolution, especially scanning them using smart booked at the nearby post has come as a morale booster clout hitherto. On the other clutches of what they term the Telangana to increase the polit- firm approach. This promise SMSs, encroached upon the phones. offices. It introduced parcel for the opposition as the lead- hand, the BJP, which is trying dictatorial approaches of the ical heat and the fresh episode is likely to strengthen that postal mail, digital banking The department augmented services too. If the goods are ers like Revanth Reddy, Chada to sit on the fence to grab the TRS high command. The CPI has come as shot in the arm for party in the pockets con- services. The technological its network and upgraded tech- entrusted to the postal depart- Venkat Reddy, and BJP MP chances has taken the oppor- and Congress, though not con- the opposition to increase their necting the Tribal terrain of revolution has posed a threat nology and entered into agree- ment, it parcels them and Bandi Sanjay, who are making tunity of Huzurabad episode sidered the strong contenders strengths in the rural parts. north Telangana districts. to postal services forcing the ments with logistics companies hands them over to the department to look for alter- to deliver e-commerce prod- addressee. However, it charges nate ways of earning money. ucts to customers, which money for packaging goods. It Hitherto, the Postal became the main sources of also facilitates vegetable trans- Department brought mail and profit for the posts. E-com- port service too. Depending on Use clay Ganesh idols: Minister Water released money orders to the doorstep merce companies like 'Naaptol' the weight of the parcel, it of the people. Now, it shifted were dependent on the postal charges a fixed sum for every PNS n MAHABUBNAGAR its focus to transport of goods, department for implementing kilometer. Goods pick-up ser- e-commerce deliveries, couri- the services like cash-on-deliv- vice from logistic companies Excise Minister Srinivas Goud from Mid Manair er service, insurance, pension, ery. The Snap Deal struck an also picked up speed. on Saturday distributed clay passport services, booking of agreement with the depart- While small units in the Ganesh idols in Bhutpoor PNS n KARIMNAGAR Chief Minister K TTD tickets, parcel service ment to sell stamps. It also manufacturing sector on the mandal centre of the Chandrashekhar Rao has for books and medicines. struck deal with Amazon to outskirts of the city are depen- Mahabubnagar district. Engineers of the directed the officials con- Having served the people of deliver goods across the nation. dent on postal department to Speaking on the occasion, the Kaleshwaram Lift irrigation cerned to release the water to the country for over 160 years, The postal department has 60 send their parcels overseas, Minister said the clay idols scheme (KLIS) on Saturday Lower Manair and 25 crest the telegram services were sus- per cent of the share in deliv- while big players send their would protect the environ- lifted the crest gates of the gates were lifted permitting pended five years ago. Besides ering e-commerce goods. goods by sea. To scan the ment and help in preserving Mid Manair and released an outflow of 38,000 cusecs. transporting goods and e-com- The Postal Department has goods to be sent overseas, the the water reserves. The the water to the Lower The Gayatri pumpset is merce deliveries, the Postal started the India Post postal department, in associ- Minister urged the Manair. The Manair also releasing 10,000 cusecs to Department has embarked on Payments Bank offering three ation with central Excise Mahabubnagar youth organi- received the inflows from Rajarajeshwara Dam and the banking services. To continue kinds of zero-balance deposit Department, set up a foreign sations and Ganesh festival Rajarajeshwara Barrage at outflow was recorded at to get closer to the people of the services. One of the savings post office at Humayungar to committees to promote the use Boyinapalli and since the 38,000 cusecs. country, it is taking care of bank accounts entertain scan the parcels exported and of clay idols on a large scale. Gayathri Pumpset was run- The water from Lower passport application and unlimited withdrawals, door- imported. Similarly, the first He advised the youths to ning uninterruptedly, the Manair would be released to Aadhaar registration services. step banking facility and facil- Speed Post Hub of the postal encourage the use of clay idols barrage received 15 TMC Mallanna sagar after LMD Postcards, inland letters grad- ity to deposit funds. It offers 4 department has been set up at in their respective areas so as Minister distributed clay Devarakadra MLA Ala water as against the capaci- receives adequate supplies ually gave way to commercial per cent interest on savings Begumpet in the city, which is the Environment is taken care Ganesh idols to people. MP Venkateshwar Reddy were ty of 25 TMC. and inflows, the officials services of the postal depart- bank accounts. It also offers e- the first-of-its-kind in the of. On the occasion , the Manne Srinivas Reddy and present on the occasion. Subsequent to this, the said. ment like business mails, account services to deposit whole country. Panchayats to co-opt three members Divide between original owner(s) Vizag district to plant one PNS n JANAGOAN presence of the new governing there are no govern- the governing body. body. But, because of series of ing bodies. Their services are and lateral entrants in TRS? cr saplings On the lines of Zilla Parishads elections, the state govern- In Zilla likely to be and municipalities, each gram ment witnessed since Parishads, the utilised to take Continued from Page 1 eyebrows. This has been the tweeted on Saturday, "Etala PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM panchayats will elect three co- December last year, the co- co-option the govern- case even with other leaders of Rajender, one of the few good option members to help solve option members could not be members ment schemes Errabelli, who defected from the pink party in the past, espe- ministers in T cabinet, who As part of the State the piling up problems in vil- appointed. would be to the public. TDP to TRS in 2016, said that cially those who have been fought for Telangana and Government's initiative to pro- lages. The district panchayat Three members from retired drafted from The gov- the issue over Etela's outbursts with TRS since its inception, in understands the people of tect the environment and officers' meeting held on employees, senior citizens, minorities sec- erning body had subsided and there was the context of the lift given to Telangana. It is unfortunate that increase the green cover, the August 27 decided to appoint members of SHGs, members of tions, while will also take now uncertainty over his post. the turncoats. Last year, former being sidelined in the ruling 70th Vana Mahotsavam was them within 15 days. The new the charitable public, people their gram pan- the opinion of Ironically, this statement home minister Nayini party to the extent that he has conducted at YVS Murthy Panchayat Act provides for with service attitude would be chayat counter the co-opted comes from a turncoat against Narasimha Reddy said that sev- to defend himself in public". auditorium at Andhra appointing the co-option appointed to the posts. parts are drafted from members prior to a leader who has been with TRS eral people who opposed Earlier, BJP spokesperson University here on Saturday. members. Selection of the co-option all sections of society. They implementing any develop- since its inception. Erabelli Telangana and abused KCR in Krishna Sagar Rao empathized State Tourism Minister In fact, the co-option mem- members would not take place will act as a bridge between the ment programme. They have never actively participated in the filthy language had become with Etela and said he could be Muttamshetti Srinivasa Rao bers should be appointed in the in those panchayats where government, people and to no right to vote. agitation and never had any spe- MLAs and MPs of the TRS and removed from the cabinet. He stated that as Chief Minister cial role to play. These state- even ministers. said, "These statements also YS Jaganmohan Reddy had ments come from him, mainly Even as TRS leaders are grap- should be considered seriously instructed to carry out the because he feels that Etela had pling with this apparent divide in the backdrop of certainly of sapling plantation programme Recession fear insinuated against him when he and claims to party ownership, his removal from the cabinet in across the State, "Our district Retired police officer takes commented the other day "I am the Bharatiya Janata Party and a possible expansion and reshuf- administration should take a grips Hyd real the owner of the party and not Congress leaders are out to fle due in few days. The dis- pledge in planting 20 lakh like other some other leaders in fish in troubled waters. They are senting voices in TRS are now saplings every year from now estate sector TRS, who joined from other expressing solidarity with Etela. loud. BJP considers these state- and take it to one crore on Law Enforcement parties in the middle". Going a step further, Congress ments by a senior leader and a saplings in the next five years." Continued from Page 1 Hence, Erabelli's apparently leaders have endorsed Etela's senior minister of the Telangana Rao said that the plantation of PNS n KARIMNAGAR any blemish. "The officials of public money for their inter- unprovoked statement against work as good. government as the beginning of each sapling will help in curb- Many large-scale projects then have shifted me from ests. the senior TRS leader has raised Konda Vishweshwar Reddy, a strong revolt in the TRS party." ing pollution. launched during that time Dasari Bhumaiah, a retired Jammikunta for supporting The inspector questioned ran into problems. Though police officer in Karimnagar the Telangana statehood the police department about it is still premature, a reces- district made scathing struggle but it was taken back the whereabouts of missing sion now would definitely remarks on the Law by the Telangana government AK47 and .9mm Carbine in Finance Dept is impact Hyderabad realty Enforcement Department and wherein the Chief Minister the Husnabad police station. Withdraw PPA cancellation: sector badly, as both office spoke tete-a-tete with the KCR has accorded me the He asked why the top brass in likely to work and residential realty mar- media in Karimnagar on posting in Husnabad," the department is calm in this ket in the city are heavily Saturday. Bhumaiah said. episode and questioned how from existing APTEL orders Andhra govt dependent on the IT sector, The inspector cadre official The retiring inspector who he was dragged into an ACB which is highly sensitive to of law enforcement agency remained controversial during case. The retiring police offi- Secretariat... Continued from Page 1 den to the State. Kiran Vidyut, Sprng Agnitra, the recession. has relinquished his services the last four years of service cial suggested the government Continued from Page 1 But the Chief Minister's SB Energy Seven and SB Therefore, both Central on Saturday and on this occa- alleged that the Superintendent not to provide security to the Jaganmohan Reddy's election decision spread shockwaves Energy Solar approached the government and state gov- sion, he spoke openly with the of Police Shivakumar has retired police officials in the The government directed campaign itself had touched on over business circles across Appellate Tribunal on elec- ernments should take steps media pointing out certain harassed him for questioning name of Naxalite targets in the officials on August 30 that the the topic of the TDP govern- the globe. Even Japan, which tricity to resolve the situation to avoid such situation," lapses in the department. He certain rules. Bhumaiah erstwhile movement zones. Secretariat employees need to ment making money out of the had agreements of power sup- and requested to order the opined C Shekar Reddy, alleged that he was dragged alleged that the families of the "Even I don't need security work from BRKR Bhavan PPAs by giving them a high ply, wrote a letter to the Government of Andhra past national president of into a corruption case by the IPS officials were misusing since the Naxalites never starting September 3rd. The price. He made the same state- Government of India to pre- Pradesh to take back the deci- CREDAI, speaking to The police officials though he dis- the government vehicles and indulged in the killing retired government directed officials ment on his first day after tak- vent the State government's sion of cancelling PPAs. The Pioneer. charged his duties without indulging in misappropriation police officials," he said. to vacate the existing ing oath as the Chief Minister. action and Minister for Power Tribunal has given the orders Secretariat completely before Confining to his opinion, he Raj Kumar Singh also object- accordingly now. Already, the September 3rd and to shift to took a decision for cancellation ed to the decision. proceedings of a petition filed the temporary Secretariat at of the PPAs showing the Rs Wind and solar power com- by 40 companies is in the BRKR Bhavan. So, officials 21,000 crore debts on distrib- panies Ayana Kadapa High Court and the judgement Lokesh takes pot shots at Jagan had reconciled to shifting by ution companies as a big bur- Renewable Power, Sprng Soura may be expected next week. September 2nd, though it is a PNS n AMARAVATI that the Jaganmohan Reddy holiday on account of government has been asking Vinayaka Chavithi. Andhra Pradesh government the government employees to The government wants the employees will receive their celebrate the festival by bor- shifting to be completed latest BJP’s Raja Singh demands wages on September 3 instead rowing money from others. In by September 2nd as the road of September 1 and have to cel- spite of knowing well that the before the existing Secretariat ebrate the Ganesh festival with Ganesh festival falls on will become busy with Ganesh no salary in their bank September 2, the state govern- festival, starting Monday. NRC in Telangana accounts. ment is going to credit salary As for the CMO, the gov- For the past several days, the only after September 3. The ernment is yet to take a call on Continued from Page 1 the LS elections, the saffron bank and posing threat to the same rumours are doing the condition of the pensioners is its shifting. The government is party's state unit has officially nation's security. We will request rounds. Recently, former also the same. considering a proposal to shift Incidentally Asad's younger expressed its readiness to vouch Union Home Ministry to imple- Minister Nara Lokesh Naidu in Taking potshot at CMO to Hyderabad Metro brother, Akbaruddin Owaisi, for NRC in the state, which is ment NRC even in Telangana a tweet questioned the gov- Nara Lokesh in a tweet questioned the Jaganmohan Reddy, he Rail Limited (HMRL) office represents the Chandrayangutta 'communally sensitive'. soon," said BJP's chief ernment about this and sought observed that the Chief premises located at Begumpet. constituency. "Illegal immigrants into India spokesperson Krishna Sagar to know how can employees government about the delay in crediting salaries Minister, who according to According to sources, the The lone BJP MLA in the are being brought to Telangana Rao, in a press statement. Even celebrate the festival happily Lokesh is slush with lakhs of Chief Minister wants to shift State has been demanding NRC for vote bank politics. While Union Minister of State for with the government delaying of govt employees ahead of Ganesh festival crores of funds, is not bothered CMO to Pragati Bhavan. for quite some time now and police say just 5,000 Rohingyas Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy, their wages. whether his salary is credited Having three important stirred the hornet's nest now by are in Hyderabad, there are soon after assuming office, had He recalled how the former of the government employees celebration of Dasara on or not, but the government offices-CMO, CS and CM -- at intensifying the demand. With lakhs who are residing in expressed the need to imple- Chief Minister N Chandrababu were credited on September 27 September 28-30. employees are dependent on three different places is not OK the BJP making inroads into Hyderabad. Both AIMIM and ment NRC in Telangana to spot Naidu ensured that the salaries two years ago one day prior to He continued in his tweet their salary for everything. as per CM's thoughts. Telangana following victories in TRS are seeing them as vote and deport illegal immigrants. HYDERABAD | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 1, 2019 nation 05

SHORT READS NRC leaves out names Final NRC out in Assam, nearly of many pre-1971 refugees: Sarma 2mn stare at uncertain future PNS n GUWAHATI Narendra Modi PNS n GUWAHATI Assam Finance Minister Modi govt keen to The ruling BJP and opposition Himanta Biswa Sarma further strengthen The updated final NRC, which Congress, besides the All Assam Saturday said the final version India-Singapore ties validates bonafide Indian citi- Students Union said they were of the National Register of zens of Assam, was out on Citizens (NRC) did not con- NEW DELHI: The Narendra Saturday, with over 19 lakh dissatisfied with the final citizenship roll tain names of many person Modi-led government is always applicants who failed to make coming to India from keen to further strengthen the it to the list staring at an and deportation" of illegal districts bordering Bangladesh Bangladesh before 1971, the Himanta Biswa Sarma India-Singapore relations, uncertain future. Bangladeshi migrants. and 10 per cent in the rest of cut off period for updation. Union Home Minister Amit A total of 3,30,27,661 people "We are not happy at all. It Assam. In a series of Tweets, the Sarma, the Convenor Shah Saturday told his had applied to be included in seems there were some defi- "Names of many Indian cit- senior leader of the ruling BJP of the NDA's North Singapore counterpart K the NRC. Of them, 3,11,21,004 ciencies in the updatation izens who migrated from also alleged that the legacy East wing NEDA, Shanmugam SC during a have been included in the doc- process. We believe that it is an Bangladesh as refugees prior to data were manipulated for further said that the meeting here. Shanmugam is ument and 19,06,657 excluded, incomplete NRC. We will 1971 have not been included in including names of doubtful Supreme Court should currently on an official visit to a statement from the NRC appeal to the Supreme Court to the NRC because authorities persons as alleged by many. India. "Had a very fruitful allow at least 20 per State Coordinator's office said remove all the faults and refused to accept refugee cer- "Names of many Indian cit- cent re-verification of meeting with Mr here. descrepancies in this NRC," tificates. Many names got izens who migrated from @kshanmugam, Home Minister Those who have been AASU General Secretary included because of manipu- Bangladesh as refugees prior the names in border of Singapore and discussed excluded from the National Hundreds of people began have been left out. The exercise Lurinjyoti Gogoi said. lation of legacy data as alleged to 1971 have not been includ- districts and 10 per several issues of mutual Register of Citizens have 120 thronging these offices soon was conducted under the Addressing a press confer- by many," he tweeted. ed in the NRC because author- cent in the rest of interest," Shah tweeted. "India days to appeal against it at after the list was released, with supervision of the Supreme ence, Gogoi said the final fig- The Assam Public Works ities refused to accept refugee Assam as requested under the leadership of Prime Foreigners Tribunals. some returning home happy Court but the document is not ure of exclusion did not even (APW), the original petition- certificates," Sarma said in by the State and Minister Shri Narendra Modi The Assam government has and some disappointed. up to the mark," he said. come close to the figures offi- er in the Supreme Court which the micro blogging site. Central government always looks forward to further already ruled out detention of The ruling BJP and opposi- Abdul Khaleque, the cially announced by authorities led to the NRC updation, called "Many names got included strengthening India-Singapore people who do not figure in the tion Congress, besides the All Congress lawmaker from on various occasions. the final NRC a "flawed docu- because of manipulation of friendship," he said. list "in any circumstances" till Assam Students Union said Barpeta, said he was "not fully Assam minister Himanta ment". It said the citizenship legacy data as alleged by ernments at least 20% reveri- the time Foreigners Tribunals they were dissatisfied with the satisfied". Biswa Sarma, who is also the roll could not become error- many," he added. fication (bordering districts) Dead bird on Mumbai declare them foreigners. final citizenship roll. "A lot of genuine names convener of the North-East free because the apex court had Sarma, the Convenor of the and 10% re- The final list was published Ramen Deka, a former BJP have been excluded," he said. Democratic Alliance (NEDA), turned down its demand for NDA's North East wing verification(remaining dis- airport runway delays at 10 am and the hard copies of MP from Mangaldoi, said a The All Assam Students the NDA's version in the reverification. NEDA, further said that the tricts) should be allowed by two incoming flights the Supplementary List of large number of illegal Muslim Union (AASU), which spear- northeast, deplored that many "The Final NRC has made it Supreme Court should allow Honble Apex court for a cor- MUMBAI: A dead bird on the Inclusions are available for migrants from Bangladesh had headed the 6-year movement people who came to India as obvious that the problem of at least 20 per cent re-verifi- rect and fair NRC," he tweet- runway of the city's Chhatrapati public viewing at the NRC Seva made the cut, while many that culminated in the signing refugees before 1971 were not illegal immigration will never cation of the names in border ed. Both the governments had Shivaji Maharaj international Kendras (NSK), offices of the indigenous people were left of the Assam Accord of 1985, included in the final citizenship be resolved in Assam. If this districts and 10 per cent in the appealed the top court twice airporton Saturday forced an deputy commissioner and out. also said it was not happy with roll. NRC had been completed flaw- rest of Assam as requested by for sample re-verification to AirAsia India flight to do a go- offices of the Circle Officer "We are not at all happy. A the final NRC and will appeal He demanded that the lessly, it would have gone down the State and Central govern- find out wrongful inclusions, around and an IndiGo aircraft during office hours, a state- large number of Bangladeshi against it in the Supreme Supreme Court allow reverifi- as a golden chapter in Assam's ments earlier. especially in districts border- to discontinue the approach, an ment by the NRC authority Muslims have been enlisted, Court. One of the clauses of the cation of at least 20 per cent of history," APW president "I reiterate that as request- ing Bangladesh, and exclu- MIAL spokesperson said. The said. while genuine Indian citizens accord was "detection, deletion people included in the list in Aabhijeet Sharma said. ed by Central and State gov- sions in the NRC. presence of the dead bird on the runway was reported to the ATC bythe pilot of a GoAir flight landing from Delhi, the Mumbai Teen forcibly International Airport Ltd (MIAL) Original petitioner unhappy Vivek Kumar Johri takes said. "The pilot of G8-338 married, kept informed ATC of a dead bird on the runway. During the removal captive charge as BSF DG of the foreign objective debris with ‘flawed’ NRC (FOD), I5-304 was asked to go- PNS n BHADOHI (UP) PNS n NEW DELHI around and 6E224 was asked PNS n GUWAHATI He was appointed to discontinue approach," the A 15-year-old girl was IPS officer Vivek Kumar Johri as an Officer on spokesperson said in a forcibly married three The Assam Public Works took charge as the Director Special Duty statement. Both flights have months ago and kept captive (APW), the original petition- General (DG) of the country's since landed after operations allegedly by her cousins in er in the Supreme Court which largest border guarding force, (OSD) in the on the runway resumed, she Uttar Pradesh's Bhadohi dis- led to the updation of the BSF, here on Saturday. Union home added. trict, police said on Saturday. National Register of Citizens Johri, a 1984-batch officer of ministry on July The incident appear to be six years ago, said the final Madhya Pradesh cadre, took a fallout of a property dispute NRC turned out to be a "flawed charge from his batch-mate 29 so that he can Ex-Maha ministers between the girl's father, who document" because its prayer Rajni Kant Mishra at the BSF take over as the works in Mumbai, and cousin for reverification of the draft headquarters in CGO Jain, Deokar convicted Vivek Kumar Johri BSF DG Ramesh Dubey, a resident of list was rejected by the apex Complex at Lodhi Road. in housing scam Suriyawa town. court. Mishra, an Indian Police MUMBAI: A sessions court in The dispute is pending in The NGO also wondered Service officer from the Uttar Special Secretary in the exter- from serving in his cadre state. Maharashtra's Dhule district on a court, police said. In May, whether the software used in memoranda in the Supreme as mentioned by the then dis- Pradesh cadre, retired after nal intelligence agency The BSF, with a present Saturday convicted former the girl had come to the dis- the updation exercise was Court requesting re-verifica- trict dommissioner?" the APW occupying the top post of the Research and Analysis Wing strength of over 2.6 lakh per- state ministers Suresh Jain and trict to visit the family when capable to handle so much data tion of the draft NRC but they president asked. BSF for less than a year. (RAW), under the Cabinet sonnel, is the country's largest Gulabrao Deokar, along with 46 Dubey took her to a temple and if it was examined by any were rejected, he said. In 2009, the APW filed a Mishra took over as the Secretariat, till now. border guarding force and is others, in the multi-crore in Gopiganj area and forcibly third party Information "The 27 per cent re-verifi- petition in the Supreme Court BSF DG in October last year. He was appointed as an tasked with securing two of 'Gharkul' housing scam. married her off to Deepak Technology expert, APW pres- cation done by him (NRC praying that names of 41 lakh The new DG, Johri, will Officer on Special Duty (OSD) India's most important borders Special Judge Srushti Upadhaya (25), the brother- ident Aabhijeet Sharma said. State Coordinator Prateek foreigners be deleted from the retire in September next year in the Union home ministry with Pakistan and Bangladesh, Neelkanth directed police that in-law of her son, Suriyawan "The Final NRC has made it Hajela) is a mystery. No one electoral rolls of Assam and the and is the 25th chief of the on July 29 so that he can take apart from rendering a variety all the 48 accused, who are police station incharge Vijay obvious that the problem of knows whether or not it was NRC updated. force that was raised in 1965. over as the BSF DG. of duties in the internal secu- currently out on bail and Pratap Singh said. illegal immigration will never 100 per cent flawless," Sharma In response to the petition, The new chief was accord- An engineering graduate rity domain of the country. present in the court, be taken The teenager was kept cap- be resolved in Assam. Had it said. the Centre told the apex court ed a guard of honour before he from Maulana Azad National The two other border guard- into custody immediately. The tive in a house since May 27, been completed flawlessly, it He also expressed "strong that the 1951 NRC was being took the baton from Mishra, a Institute of Technology ing force under the home min- court will pronounce their from where she managed to would have been a golden doubt" on the software used as updated. BSF spokesperson said. (MANIT), Bhopal, Johri has istry are ITBP (China) and SSB sentence later in the day. Shiv escape on Friday. She reached chapter in Assam's history," names of many doubtful vot- The Supreme Court in 2013 Johri has been serving as the earlier served in the CBI apart (Nepal and Bhutan). Sena leader Jain was arrested her grandfather's house and Sharma told reporters after the ers had entered the draft NRC. took up the APW petition in March 2012 for his alleged narrated her ordeal, Singh final NRC was released, "Was it due to the flaws of and directed both the Central involvement in the Rs 29-crore said. A case of forcible mar- excluding names of over 19 the software that members of and state governments to begin housing project scam when he riage, rape and kidnapping lakh applicants. 39 families of 'D' (doubtful) the process for updating the Kerala's oldest BANK FRAUD was the state minister of home has been registered against The APW, as the primary voters of Morigaon district NRC and the actual work in the 1990s. NCP leader four people. petitioner, had submitted five are included in the draft NRC began two years later. jewish woman Deokar was arrested in May ED attaches 2012. He spent three years in jail before securing bail. dies at 96 PNS n KOCHI Rs 1.08-cr assets of UP: Man held for Curbs on movement of people lifted in Kashmir Sarah Jacob Cohen, the old- ‘objectionable' remarks PNS n SRINAGAR reported from anywhere in the est member of Kerala's tiny against Lord Ram valley. However, normal life jewish community, passed Shimla-based firm Restrictions were lifted from remained affected across the away at her residence at PNS n NEW DELHI BALLIA (UP): A man was most parts of Kashmir on valley for the 27th consecutive Mattancherry jew town here. arrested here on Saturday for Saturday, a day after strict curbs day on Saturday. She died on Friday. Cohen The ED on Saturday said it has allegedly posting objectionable on the movement of people The markets continued to was 96, her caretaker said. attached assets worth over Rs comments against Lord Ram were imposed in view of Friday remain shut, while public trans- She would be laid to rest on 1.08 crore of a Shimla-based on a social networking site, congregational prayers, offi- port was off the roads, the offi- Sunday at the cemetery company and its promoters in police said. Mohd. Shaheed Ansari, a resident of Tika Devri cials said. cials said, adding schools also attached to ancient syna- connection with a bank fraud village, on Friday posted some Restrictions have been lifted remained closed. gogue in Mattancherry. and money-laundering case. objectionable comments from most areas of the valley on The officials said landline She had been staying alone It said a provisional order against the Hindu deity on Saturday morning, the officials telephone services have been at her home on the famous for attachment of assets has Investigation said. They said barricades have ground to maintain law and congregational prayers. restored in most places across jew street since the demise of been issued against Zoya instant messaging app found that a loan WhatsApp, ASP Sanjay Yadav been removed from the roads in order, the officials said. Only ambulances and people the valley in view of the improv- her husband Jacob Cohen Resorts and Hotel under the said. Following a complaint by most areas of the city and else- Strict restrictions on the in emergency situations were ing situation, though the ser- years ago. They had no chil- Prevention of Money of Rs 1.5 crore a local, a named FIR was filed where in the valley to allow the movement of people were allowed to move. vices continued to remain dren. Her relatives had gone Laundering Act (PMLA). was sanctioned by against Ansari and he was movement of people. imposed across the valley on The officials said the situation snapped in the commercial back to Israel. The total value of the the Central Bank arrested, the ASP added. However, deployment of Friday in view of apprehensions remained peaceful on Friday hub of Lal Chowk and Press She, however, preferred to attached properties is over Rs security forces continued on the of law and order problems after and no untoward incident was Enclave here. stay back in Kochi. 1.08 crore, the agency said in of India, Shimla, to a statement. the firm, out of Amit Shah speaks to "Attached assets consists of which Rs 1.25 Maharashtra CM on two plots of Zoya Resorts and Hotel including construction crore was explosions 13 killed, 58 hurt in Maha factory explosions over them at Mohal Sadhora disbursed to the NEW DELHI: Union Home village, Shimla in Himachal current account of Minister Amit Shah Saturday PNS n MUMBAI trict. Guardian Minister, boiler of the company has Pradesh, and a flat of Lal spoke to Maharashtra Chief Collector, SP on spot. SDRF exploded, but have found it to Chand Shyam situated at the company in Minister Devendra Fadnavis At least 13 workers were killed team reached too and now fire be intact. Royal Oaks Apartment, Mauja "gross violation" and took stock of the situation and 58 others injured in chain is under control. CM Devendra The injured have been Kaithu, Shimla," the of the terms and arising out of the explosion at a explosions of nitrogen gas Fadnavis also announced 5 admitted at the Dhule civil hos- Enforcement Directorate said. chemical factory in Dhule in cylinders at a chemical facto- lakh to the kin of deceased," the pital and Shirpur Cottage Investigation found that a conditions laid which at least 10 people were ry in Dhule district of Chief Minister's Office (CMO) Hospital. loan of Rs 1.5 crore was sanc- down in the killed on Saturday. During the Maharashtra on Saturday tweeted. All deceased have been iden- tioned by the Central Bank of telephonic conversation, the morning, police said. The concerned factory tified. A contingent of Riot India, Shimla, to the firm, out chief minister conveyed to the Prima facie, a leaking chem- Rumit Chemsynth Pvt Ltd. Control Police has been of which Rs 1.25 crore was dis- home minister that the state ical from a barrel triggered fire manufactures a chemical used deployed at the spot along bursed to the current account forged "a criminal conspiracy" government has been doing its which led to serial explosions for making medicines. with local police personnel. of the company in "gross vio- at the stage of loan application best to help those who are in in the factory in Waghadi vil- The officer said the rescue es. The officer said that pres- Meanwhile, Union Home lation" of the terms and con- and defrauded the bank, it distress. "Anguished to learn lage in Shirpur taluka around operation at the spot is still Maharashtra Chief Minister ence of a number of nitrogen Minister Amit Shah spoke to ditions laid down in the loan charged. about the loss of lives due to 9:45 am, a senior police officer going on while the blaze has Devendra Fadnavis has gas cylinders and barrels con- Fadnavis and took stock of the agreement, the agency alleged. The accused, it alleged, explosion at a chemical factory told PTI. been brought under control. expressed grief over the loss of taining chemicals in the facto- situation arising out of the Partners of the firm, Rajesh routed these funds through in Dhule, Maharashtra. Have "13 workers have been killed Teams of fire brigade, police, lives in the explosion and ry increased the severity of the explosion at the chemical fac- Mukhyan and Neenu Shyam other accounts and used them spoken to CM @Dev_Fadnavis, while 58 others were injured in State Disaster Response Force announced Rs 5 lakh com- blasts. tory. and Lal Chand Shyam (guar- for non-sanctioned purposes. state govt is doing everything the explosion of nitrogen gas (SDRF) are conducting the pensation to the kin of the "Prima facie, a fire was trig- During the telephonic con- antor of loan availed by Zoya "The loan account finally possible to assist the people in cylinders at the chemical fac- relief and rescue operations. deceased. gered due to leak of chemical versation, the chief minister Resorts and Hotel) in "con- turned into a non performing need. My condolences with the tory," he said. The deafening sound of "CM Devendra Fadnavis from a barrel which spread to conveyed to the home minis- nivance" with the then chief asset with outstanding amount bereaved families. May injured At least 100 workers were explosions caused panic in the expressed grief over loss of lives cylinders causing blasts," the ter that the state government manager of the bank, P K of Rs 1.53 crore," the ED said. recover soon," Shah tweeted. present in the factory at the vicinity prompting many peo- in explosion at chemical fac- officer said. has been doing its best to help Srivastava, and former senior Investigation in the case is time of the incident, he added. ple to rush out of their hous- tory near Shirpur in Dhule dis- Police initially suspected the those who are in distress. manager Indira Kashyap ongoing, it said. HYDERABAD | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 1, 2019 nation 06

K'taka Cong leader Shivakumar SHORT READS Centre for timely completion nd CHINMAYANAND CASE appears before ED for 2 day Delhi cops in UP to bring PNS n NEW DELHI law student's parents to of Kartarpur corridor: Shah While making his national capital Senior Karnataka Congress first appearance on SHAHJAHANPUR (UP): PNS n NEW DELHI faith founder Guru Nanak Dev. leader D K Shivakumar Following Supreme Court Pakistan and India are still appeared before the Friday, after he directions, a Delhi Police team Union Home Minister Amit discussing the modalities Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrived by air from arrived here on Saturday to Shah on Saturday said the regarding opening of the cor- on Saturday for the second take the parents of a law Modi government is commit- ridor at Narowal, some 125-km straight day in a money laun- Bengaluru, the student who was allegedly ted to completing the from Lahore, on the occasion dering case, officials said. Kanakapura MLA sexually harassed by a BJP Kartarpur Sahib corridor with- of 550th birth anniversary of He appeared at the ED leader to meet her in the in the stipulated time. Guru Nanak in November. headquarters here, they said. had said he will national capital. The woman, a The assurance of the home Over the past few months The investigating officer of student of a college here run by minister came a day after India many rounds of meetings have the case had grilled him for cooperate with the BJP leader Swami and Pakistan held a meeting of been held on the Kartarpur over 4 hours on Friday and I am ready to face them (ED)," ED probe Chinmayanand's ashram, had the technical committee at the corridor during which the recorded his statement under he had told reporters outside been missing for six days after Zero Point in Gurdaspur in experts from the two sides have the Prevention of Money the ED office. uploading a video on social Punjab on the opening of the discussed its alignment, coor- Laundering Act (PMLA), the Shivakumar had to appear against Shivakumar, media, alleging that "a senior Kartarpur corridor, amid fresh dinates and other engineering officials said. before the agency after the Haumanthaiah, an employee at leader of the sant community" tensions between the two Extending greetings, to "especially my aspects of the proposed cross- Shivakumar is expected to Karnataka High Court on Karnataka Bhavan in New was harassing her. She did not countries after Jammu and sisters and brothers of Sikh community" ing points. be put through documents Thursday dismissed his peti- Delhi, and others. name Chinmayanand, a former Kashmir's special status was on the auspicious occasion of 'Parkash In July, delegations of the and queries through the day tion challenging the summons The ED case has been filed Union minister. But in a police scrapped. Purab of Guru Granth Sahib ji', Shah two countries had held a meet- with a lunch break in between. issued to him by the ED. based on a charge sheet (pros- complaint, her father accused Extending greetings, to ing on the Pakistani side of the While making his first Earlier on Friday in ecution complaint) filed by the Chinmayanand of sexually "especially my sisters and hoped that the light of holy Guru Granth Attari-Wagah border to discuss appearance on Friday, after he Bengaluru, Shivakumar indi- Income-Tax Department harassing his daughter and brothers of Sikh community" Sahib would continue to guide everyone the modalities of the Kartarpur arrived by air from Bengaluru, cated that his "instrumental against him last year before a alleged that he was the reason on the auspicious occasion of and provide the strength to serve the corridor. the Kanakapura MLA had said role" in ensuring safe stay of special court in Bengaluru on behind her disappearance. The 'Parkash Purab of Guru Granth nation better The corridor will also be the he will cooperate with the ED Gujarat Congress MLAs in a charges of alleged tax evasion Supreme Court took Sahib ji', Shah hoped that the first visa-free corridor between probe. Karnataka resort during the and hawala transactions worth cognisance of the matter on light of holy Guru Granth the two neighbours since their "It is my duty (to appear)... Rajya Sabha polls in 2017, crores. Thursday after a group of Sahib would continue to guide frame," he tweeted. Kartarpur with Dera Baba independence in 1947. I have to respect the law. We amid allegations that the BJP The I-T department has lawyers wrote to Chief Justice everyone and provide the The home minister said the Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur dis- Pakistan is building the are lawmakers and law abiding was trying to poach them, accused Shivakumar and his Ranjan Gogoi about it. "The strength to serve the nation teachings of the Guru Granth trict and facilitate visa-free corridor from the Indian citizens. They (ED) have sum- was the reason for the I-T associate S K Sharma of trans- Delhi Police team which arrived better. Sahib enshrine the message of movement of Indian Sikh pil- border to the Gurdwara moned me... I don't know why searches and subsequent ED porting huge amount of unac- here gave us a copy of the "I also reiterate the commit- universal brotherhood, peace grims, who will have to just Darbar Sahib, while the other they have called me under action against him. counted cash on a regular Supreme Court order before ment of Modi govt to complete and righteous way of life. obtain a permit to visit part from Dera Baba Nanak Prevention of Money The central agency had in basis through 'hawala' channels taking us with them to Delhi to the work on Kartarpur Sahib The corridor will connect Kartarpur Sahib, which was up to the border will be con- Laundering Act (PMLA)." September last year registered with help of three other meet our daughter," the father Corridor within the time Darbar Sahib in Pakistan's established in 1522 by Sikh structed by India. "But, let me see, hear them. a money laundering case accused. of the law student told PTI on phone. PARIKSHA OUR AGNIPARIKSHA Delhi BJP galvanising cadre through ‘Parivartan Yatra' Man held with 150 kg Newly-wed woman cannabis in Gr Noida PNS n NEW DELHI party leaders and workers in the NOIDA (UP): A man was The party is aiming to districts, the schedule of the arrested in Greater Noida for leaves hubby ‘occupied' The ongoing 'Delhi Bachao mobilise all workers in a yatra has not been announced transporting around 150 kg of Parivartan Yatra' will help the beforehand. cannabis, police said on BJP galvanise its cadre and particular area so that it "Thus, its easy to check how Saturday. The recovery was assess the organisational pre- can be verified if they quickly and in what numbers made late on Friday night at with competitive exams! paredness for the Assembly party leaders and workers can Sirsa, under Site 5 Police election due early next year, a have renewed their assemble in an area after the Station limits, a senior officer party leader said on Saturday. yatra reaches there. This is a cru- said. "The cannabis was being Delhi BJP president Manoj membership in the cial element of the campaign to transported in a Tata Ace and Tiwari launched the outreach latest drive, said Delhi ascertain preparedness and effi- was stuffed inside gunny campaign on Thursday. The ciency of the organisation to be sacks," Superintendent of stated goal of the campaign is to BJP media relationship mobilised for big events like Police, Greater Noida, Ranvijay "expose" the alleged failures of head Neelkant Bakshi Assembly polls," Bakshi said. Singh told reporters. "The the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Launching the campaign vehicle was intercepted during government led by Arvind from outer Delhi's Bhalaswa routine check. There were three Kejriwal and seek public support the "poor show" of the AAP gov- ified if they have renewed their party-fold. The Delhi BJP pres- Dairy area, the Delhi BJP pres- men... on seeing the police, two to install a BJP dispensation in ernment in past five years, the membership in the latest drive, ident and other senior leaders ident had attacked the Kejriwal of them jumped out and fled," the national capital. However, campaign would pay attention said Delhi BJP media relation- are scheduled to visit all the 14 government over a host of issues, he said. However, the driver, BJP leaders said that through the to BJP workers and their pre- ship head Neelkant Bakshi. districts and 70 Assembly con- including regularisation of unau- Sunil was nabbed and revealed about the illegal trade, the SP PNS n BHOPAL thorised colonies and non- while preparing for competi- campaign, the party is focussing paredness for the Assembly In its membership drive that stituencies during the drive that said. "Sunil told investigators tive examinations. She said he on strengthening ties with work- election. The party is aiming to concluded earlier this month, will conclude by September-end. implementation of Ayushman that he and his partners, It is said marriages are made remained indifferent towards ers in every corner of the city. mobilise all workers in a par- the Delhi unit claimed to have Bakshi said that in order to Bharat health scheme of the Sandeep and Kullan Singh, in heaven but they need com- her during their cohabita- Tiwari said besides "exposing" ticular area so that it can be ver- added over 17 lakh people to the ensure quick galvanisation of Modi government. were involved in drug mitment to make them work tion," said Noorannisa Khan, trafficking. He said the duo on earth. the counsellor with the Jila would procure cannabis from However, in Madhya Vidhik Sewa Pradhikaran Andhra Pradesh and sell it Pradesh, a coaching class (District Legal Service here," Singh said. Searches are owner's 'obsession' with com- Authority). Khan said the IRCTC to restore service charge on e-tickets Kingpin of Rs 485 cr bitcoin n underway to arrest the petitive examinations seems man is a Ph.D-holder. "He is PNS NEW DELHI Catering and Tourism absconding duo, he said, to have not only nipped his the only son in his family. He Corporation (IRCTC) to restore scam murdered by aides adding a case has been relationship with his newly- had married the woman in E-tickets bought through IRCTC the mechanism of charging ser- registered under the Narcotic n wed wife in bud but has also hurry as one of his parents was will get costlier as the Indian vice charge from passengers PNS DEHRADUN Drugs and Psychotropic become the cause for a terminally ill," Khan said. Railways has decided to restore booking online tickets. Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. divorce petition! The man has now filed a service charges from September In a letter dated August 30, the The kingpin of a bitcoin scam According to a counseller petition for divorce claiming 1, according to an order. Board had said the IRCTC, rail- worth Rs 485 crore that had its with the District Legal Service there was no contact between The IRCTC will levy a service ways ticketing and tourism arm, roots in Kerala has been beat- BJP leader booked for Authority (DLSA), the him and his wife after she charge of Rs 15 per ticket for had made a "detailed case" for the en to death by five of his asso- sexual harassment of woman walked out claiming went back to her parents, non-AC classes and Rs 30 for AC restoration of service charge on ciates here, a senior police offi- she was feeling "ignored" by and that she was not ready to classes, including first class, project of the Narendra Modi- booking of e-ticket and the mat- cial said on Saturday. daughter-in-law her husband who "confines" return to him. according to the August 30 led BJP government. ter has been examined by the The attackers tortured ple who had invested in bit- MUZAFFARNAGAR (UP): A himself to the preparations for "Claiming that efforts for order issued by IRCTC. IRCTC used to levy a service "competent authority". Abdul Shakoor till he fell coins through his associates BJP leader has been booked for the UPSC and other state- mediation by relatives and Goods and Services Tax charge of Rs 20 on every non-AC It further said the Finance unconscious and left the body began chasing them for their sexually harassing his level competitive examina- others have failed, the man (GST) will be applicable sepa- e-ticket and Rs 40 for every AC Ministry has contended that at the emergency ward of a money, he said. daughter-in-law at Jansath tions. has filed for divorce in fami- rately. ticket before it was withdrawn. the scheme of waiving of service private hospital here on When his associates asked town of the district, police said. "The woman said during ly court from where the case The service charges were Earlier this month, the charges was a temporary one and Thursday night before fleeing. him about the money, Shakoor The BJP's divisional general counselling that her husband was referred for counselling," withdrawn three years ago to Railway Board had given its that the railway ministry could They were arrested on Friday, allegedly told them that his bit- secretary Mahesh Chand remained confined to himself informed Khan. promote digital payments, a pet approval to the Indian Railway begin charging e-tickets. the officer said. coin account had been hacked. Sharma denied the charge and The scam has its roots in Not convinced, his associates said he had been falsely Kerala and the kingpin, hatched a plan to retrieve the implicated in the case due to a Shakoor, as well as his associ- password of his account. property dispute between his CRPF gets award for women health care facilities Yechury slams police action ates hail from the southern They arrived in Dehradun, son and daughter-in-law. state, Dehradun SSP Arun where Shakoor had been liv- According to the police, a case PNS n NEW DELHI combatants and female family Mohan Joshi said, adding that ing in a rented house, and was registered against Sharma members of the troops by way of against CPI(M) leaders a search was underway to nab pressured him for the pass- under IPC Section 354 (assault The CRPF has been awarded conducting awareness and med- for five more close aides of word. As Shakoor refused to or criminal force to woman for ensuring healthcare facili- ical infrastructure, a force PNS n NEW DELHI Subsequently, while Amra Shakoor — Ashique, Arshad, give in, they began torturing with intent to outrage her ties to its women personnel spokesperson said. Ram was released, Pema Ram Yasin, Rehaab and Muneef. him as they believed Shakoor modesty) on Friday on a and the female family mem- "The DG and his wife have CPI(M) general secretary was taken into custody and had Giving details, the SSP said still had hundreds of crores in complaint filed by his daughter- bers of its male troops. been chosen for this prestigious Sitaram Yechury has written to to apply for bail which was Shakoor ran a bitcoin business his account and was deceiving in-law. The woman has been The over 3 lakh personnel award for their remarkable con- Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok granted to him the following day and had allegedly collected them, the SSP added. The sent for medical examination, strong force was awarded the tribution in the field of women Gehlot regarding the action in court, he alleged. around Rs 485 crore for invest- torture continued, ultimately they added. In a separate case, 'We for Stree' award instituted Bhatnagar and his wife Manu health, ranging from adoles- taken by Sikar Police against "The police dared to enter the ing in crypto-currency from leading to Shakoor's death, he five people sexually harassed a by the Federation of Obstetric Bhatnagar, the head of the wives cence to menopausal wellness." some party leaders. CPI(M) office without any war- residents of Pandikkad, said, adding that the body had woman and beat up her family and Gynaecological Society of welfare association of the force, "Manu Bhatnagar, a doctor Yechury alleged that "hordes" rant in a display of aggressive Manjeri and Malappuram in multiple injury marks. members at a village in the India (FOGSI), the largest on August 29. The association by profession, has been suc- of uniformed policemen illegally lawlessness. This is totally unac- Kerala. His killers took him to two Jansath police station area of medical body in the field of conducts multi-disciplinary cessfully guiding the wives entered the CPI(M) office, ceptable. I request you to take Shakoor's animosity with hospitals in the city as he fell this western Uttar Pradesh women's heath in the country. activities for the family members welfare association to deliver arrested former MLAs and urgent action against those his team members started unconscious but when doctors district. A case has been The award was given by Union of the force personnel and the socio-economic medical ser- CPI(M) leaders Amra Ram and responsible," he alleged demand- when he allegedly suffered at both facilities declared him registered against the five Health Minister Harsh Vardhan award is a recognition of its ser- vices to the families of the Pema Ram while scores of oth- ing immediate action against losses in the business and dead, they fled leaving his people who are on the run, the to CRPF Director General R R vices rendered for the women force," the spokesperson said. ers were dragged out. those responsible. escaped to Dehradun as peo- body behind, Joshi said. police said. 5 foreigners held for bid to smuggle out half-million USD Himachal facing debt burden PNS n NEW DELHI cy by the DRI and Customs field An examination of their checked-in baggage at formations, the officials said. of over Rs 49,000 crore: CM The DRI has arrested five In the current financial year PNS n SHIMLA Hong Kong-bound foreign Delhi airport resulted in the recovery of USD 2019-20 (from April till June nationals at the Delhi airport 4,49,600 equivalent to Rs 3,25,51,040 which 2019), 61 foreign nationals Himachal Pradesh is facing a for allegedly trying to smuggle were arrested in smuggling of debt burden of Rs 49,096 out of India nearly half-a-mil- they were attempting to smuggle out of India gold and 18 foreign nationals crore, Chief Minister Jai Ram lion USD, officials said on were arrested in smuggling of Thakur informed the state Saturday. foreign currency, they said. Assembly on Saturday. The Directorate of Revenue and smuggling out of sale pro- last three years there has been In the financial year 2018-19, Replying to questions by 2007 and 2012 respectively, he Intelligence (DRI), the enforce- ceeds (foreign currency) out of a significant increase in the a quantum of 4,058 kgs of Jagat Singh Negi, Rajinder added. ment arm of the Central Board India, they said. number of persons belonging smuggled gold and foreign Rana and Ramesh Chand Thakur said the previous of Indirect Tax and Customs The recovered foreign cur- to organised smuggling gangs currency (mostly USD, Pound Dhawala, the CM stated that Congress government had taken (CBIC), on Wednesday inter- rency was seized and the five engaged in smuggling of gold and Euro) equivalent to Rs 164 the state's debt burden was Rs a net loan of Rs 18,787 crore cepted the five passengers, all were arrested under the provi- into India and foreign curren- crore was seized by the DRI 46, 385 crore in 2017. from 2013 to 2017 during its five from Taiwan, at the Terminal sions of the Customs Act. cy out of India. and other Customs field for- The present government years tenure. Of the total Rs 3 of IGI Airport, they said. The accused were on During the financial year mations, the officials said, took a net loan of Rs 2,711 crore 2,711 crore net loan taken by the The five were about to equivalent to Rs 3,25,51,040 at New Delhi from Hong Kong Thursday produced by the DRI 2018-19, 210 foreign nationals adding that in the current till July 31, this year, he said. So, current BJP government till depart for Hong Kong. which they were attempting to on August 25, confessed to be before a court which sent them were arrested for smuggling of financial year 2019-20 (till the debt burden has now July 31, this year, net loan of Rs An examination of their smuggle out of India, the offi- a part of a larger syndicate to judicial custody for 14 days, gold into India and 35 foreign June 2019), about 1,198 kgs of increased to Rs 49,096 crore. 1,754 crore and Rs 957 crore was checked-in baggage resulted in cials said. involved in smuggling of for- the officials said. nationals were arrested for smuggled gold has been seized The burden on the state was taken in 2018-19 and till now in the recovery of USD 4,49,600 The foreigners, who arrived eign origin gold into India According to the DRI, in the smuggling out foreign curren- by the Customs. 19,977 and Rs 27,598 crores in 2019-20 respectively. HYDERABAD | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 1, 2019 world 07

GLOBE TROTTING Fire, tear gas as Hong Kong engulfed by chaos 24 KILLED IN PAK AFTER BUS FALLS INTO DITCH Peshawar: At least 24 people, Thousands rally as police fire water cannon and rounds of tear gas against petrol-bomb throwing demonstrators defying a police ban including women and children, were drowned when a bridge AFP n HONG KONG residence of Hong Kong’s collapsed and a bus they were embattled Beijing-backed travelling in plunged into a ditch haos engulfed Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam, who is the in Pakistan’s northwest, police Cfinancial heart Saturday focal point of anger after try- said. The incident occurred on night as police fired tear gas ing to pass a bill which would Friday when the bus, carrying and water cannon at protesters have allowed extradition to 35 passengers, was going to who set large fires and threw China. Kandia from Bagru of the petrol bombs, defying a ban on Opposition to the extradi- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. rallying — and mounting tion bill — now suspended but threats from China — to take not permanently withdrawn RUSSIAN OPP HOLDS to the streets for a 13th straight — has brought much of Hong NEW PROTEST MARCH weekend. Kong to the streets, with mil- Moscow: Russia’s Opposition Police had banned the lions marching peacefully but held a new protest march demonstration on security also groups of radical protest- in central Moscow on Saturday, grounds and on Friday arrest- ers clashing with police. despite a ban by authorities, a ed several key activists and leg- The protests have expand- week before controversial islators in a dragnet on pro- ed into a wider pro-democra- regional elections in the Capital. democracy figures. cy push and a rejection of But on Saturday afternoon, attempts by Beijing to curtail A protester hurls back an exploded tear gas shell at police officers in Hong Kong, SYRIA ATTACK KILLS AT tens of thousands of protesters the freedoms of the semi- Saturday AP LEAST 40 JEHADIS — many in their signature Protesters stand near burning items during a pro-democracy protest in causeway bay, Hong Kong on Saturday AP autonomous territory. Beirut: A missile attack on a black T-shirts and under a Protesters were in defiant name as Wong. Two of the Umbrella gathering of jehadis in Syria’s colourful canopy of umbrellas barricade on a major thor- ment. “I think they (the hardcore mood throughout Saturday, “I’m a mother-of-two. They Movement’s leaders, Joshua Idlib province on Saturday killed — defied the order to march on oughfare, moments from Hong The crowd briefly broke protesters) have to vent their which marked the fifth didn’t come today but their Wong and Agnes Chow were at least 40 terrorists, a war Hong Kong island chanting Kong police headquarters. The through the barrier outside anger to achieve something.” As anniversary of Beijing’s rejec- grandmother did. We’re among those arrested, charged monitor said, hours after a “reclaim Hong Kong, revolu- fire was extinguished after the building, but were repelled protesters streamed away, graf- tion of a call for universal suf- defending the right of assem- and bailed for “inciting others Russian-backed ceasefire took tion of our times”. burning for around half an by tear gas and jets of blue- fiti on a pillar inside a nearby frage for Hong Kong that bly for the next generation in to take part in unauthorised hold. As evening fell, violence hour. coloured liquid fired from the metro station read: “We shall sparked the 79-day “Umbrella Hong Kong.” assembly”. ricocheted through the city’s Earlier, police fired a water water cannon. never surrender.” “Radical pro- Movement” in 2014. At least five high-profile Police confirmed the 200 CHINESE FELL PREY commercial centre, with a cannon and rounds of tear gas Local media reported that testers” threw “corrosives and Many demonstrators are activists and three lawmakers arrests of the lawmakers but OF DENGUE IN PAKISTAN minority of hardcore protesters to disperse protesters massed in the blue spray aimed to make petrol bombs” at officers, Hong determined not to let the new were arrested on Friday in a denied the sweep was timed Karachi: Around 200 Chinese unleashing a barrage of petrol front of the city’s parliament, it easier to identify suspects. Kong police said in a statement, movement fizzle out like the sweep aimed at defanging specifically to weaken the nationals working at an atomic bombs and rocks at riot police. known as the Legislative “Peaceful protest doesn’t posing a “serious threat” to Umbrella protests did. Saturday’s rally. weekend’s protests. energy plant in Pakistan have Thick, black smoke swirled Council (LegCo), which was work,” 22-year-old demonstra- everyone at the scene. “It’s ‘now or never’ for Rights groups say the tac- More than 900 people have been tested positive for from a large fire started by stormed in July during the tor Stone told AFP, giving one Earlier on Saturday, pro- Hong Kong,” said a 33-year-old tics are cribbed directly from been arrested since June in con- dengue, a media report said on masked demonstrators at a early days of the protest move- name. testers marched by the official accountant who gave her sur- Beijing’s protest playbook. nection to protests. Saturday. AS NEW TARIFFS ALL SET TO KICK IN Brazil’s Bolsonaro fuels spat North Korea berates Pompeo, with Europe, fires soar 13% companies will AFP n ARIQUEMES Amazon in years have been says hopes for talks fading made, but the issue has pro- resident Jair Bolsonaro said voked accusations in Brazil AP n SEOUL logue with the U.S. Are grad- PFriday that Europe has that foreign countries — par- ually disappearing and we are leave China: Trump “nothing to teach” Brazil about ticularly in Europe — were try- senior North Korean diplo- being pushed to reexamine all preserving the environment, as ing to meddle in its affairs. Amat on Saturday berated the measures we have taken so PTI n WASHINGTON the country aligns itself with Brazil has found an ally in US Secretary of State Mike far,” Choe said. the United States over fires rag- the United States where Pompeo over his comments “We are very curious about s a fresh set of US tariffs on ing in the Amazon rainforest. President Donald describing North Korean the background of the AChinese goods kicks in on The far-right leader’s com- Trump praised Bolsonaro’s behaviour as “rogue” and said American top diplomat’s September 1, President Donald ments come as the latest official handling of the crisis and Pyongyang’s hopes for talks thoughtless remarks and we Trump on Friday said 13 per data show thousands of new offered US assistance. with Washington are fading. will watch what calculations cent of companies are going to fires were ignited across Brazil After meeting Trump at the In a statement carried by ple’s animosity toward he has. leave China “in the fairly near on Thursday — the first day of White House on Friday, state media, North Korean Americans and made it hard- The US had better not put future”. a ban on burning — with most Brazilian Foreign Minister First Vice Foreign Minister er for working-level nuclear any longer our patience to the After coming to power, of them in the Amazon basin. Ernesto Araujo said the two Choe Son Hui said Pompeo’s negotiations between the coun- test with such remarks irritat- Trump has imposed hefty tar- Offers of international help countries had similar views “thoughtless” comments tries to resume. ing us if it doesn’t want to have iffs on import of Chinese prod- to combat the worst fires in the on the fires. increased North Korean peo- “Our expectations of dia- bitter regrets afterward.” ucts, resulting in a trade war between the two biggest economies of the world. Twitter CEO account “It’s a bad situation they (Chinese) have put themselves President Donald Trump talks to media before boarding Maine One at the White Fierce Category 4 hacked, offensive in. And I just saw — it came House in Washington on Friday AP over the wires — that 13 per tweets posted cent of certain companies are they’ve done with tariffs is very “They want me to win the Dorian strengthens going to be leaving China in the interesting. They’ve devalued fight. And we’re going to win AFP n SAN FRANCISCO not-too-distant future. That’s a their currency so much, which the fight,” he said, adding that big thing,” Trump told hurts them ultimately. It costs the administration is continu- en route to Bahamas witter said on Friday the reporters at the White House. them much more to buy things ing to have conversations with Taccount of chief executive “Thirteen per cent of the outside of China,” he said. China. AP n MIAMI which had top sustained winds Jack Dorsey had been “com- companies will be leaving He said, despite the “Meetings are scheduled. of 145 mph (230 kph) Saturday promised” after a series of China in the fairly near future. Chinese tariffs, the US is not Calls are being made. I guess urricane Dorian has morning, will hover along erratic and offensive messages And I’m not surprised to hear paying more and instead, it has the meeting in September con- Hgained fearsome new mus- Florida’s east coast Tuesday were posted. that. I think it’s going to be taken in tens of billions of dol- tinues to be on. It hasn’t been cle as an “extremely dangerous” and Wednesday. The tweets containing much higher. Because they lars. cancelled. And we’ll see what Category 4 storm, bearing But the National Hurricane racial slurs and suggestions cannot compete with the tariffs. “I gave farmers USD 16 bil- happens,” the president said. down on the northwestern Center in Miami cautioned about a bomb showed up They can’t compete,” he said in lion, which makes them total- At the same time, China Bahamas early Saturday en that its meteorologists remain around 2000 GMT on the response to a question. ly whole on China. That’s what has lost a lot of companies, he route to the US Southeast uncertain whether Dorian @jack account of A fresh set of tariffs are set China spends in a good year. I said. coast. would make a devastating the founder of the short mes- to be imposed on Chinese gave the farmers -- because “A lot of companies have Millions of people in direct strike on the state’s east saging service before being products on September 1. they were targeted. The farm- left China and a lot more are Florida, along with the state’s coast or inflict a glancing blow. deleted. “They’re on. We’ve taken in bil- ers were targeted by China,” he leaving. And they are not doing Walt Disney World and Some of the more reliable Some of the tweets con- lions and billions of dollars said. well. They are having the worst President Donald Trump’s Mar- computer models predicted a tained the hashtag from those tariffs. As it’s start- Trump asserted that the year they’ve had, I understand, a-Lago resort, are in the poten- late turn northward that would #ChucklingSquad which was ing to come out, if you look at farmers are happy and they in 61 years. That’s a lot of years,” tial crosshairs of the hurricane. have Dorian skirt the Florida believed to indicate the identi- the Chinese government what want him to continue the fight. Trump said. Forecasters say Dorian, coast. ty of the hacker group. War not option to deal with Taliban launch Sudan court Crowds gather Kashmir issue: Pak Minister massive attack charges Bashir in UK cities to on Afghan city with illegal use protest Boris’s PTI n ISLAMABAD His remarks came at a time when Pakistan Prime of Kunduz Brexit plans akistan Foreign Minister Minister Imran Khan has been of foreign funds PShah Mahmood Qureshi said repeatedly threatening the pos- AP n KABUL AFP n KHARTOUM AP n LONDON that war is not an option to deal sibility of a nuclear war with with the Kashmir issue amidst India over Kashmir after his he Taliban launched a new Sudanese court on rowds are gathering in fresh Indo-Pak tensions over efforts to internationalise the Tlarge-scale attack on one of ASaturday charged ousted CLondon and other major New Delhi revoking Jammu & matter failed to gain any trac- Afghanistan’s main cities, president Omar al-Bashir, on British cities to protest Prime Kashmir’s special status. tion. Kunduz, killing at least three trial for corruption, with illegal Minister Boris Johnson’s sus- civilians, government officials acquisition and use of foreign pension of Parliament for part said Saturday, even as the insur- funds, offences which could put of the period before gent group continued negotia- him behind bars for a decade. the Brexit deadline in two tions with the United States on Judge Al-Sadiq months. ending America’s longest war. Abdelrahman said at the third Several thousand protesters The militants, who have session of Bashir’s trial that for- gathered near Johnson’s resi- demanded that all foreign eign funds of multiple curren- dence at 10 Downing Street in forces leave Afghanistan, now cies were found at his home. central London, while others control or hold sway over Authorities had “seized 6.9 protested in in Belfast, York and roughly half of the country and million euros, $351,770 and 5.7 others cities to show determi- are at their strongest since million Sudanese pounds at nation to block a “no deal” their 2001 defeat by a US-led home which he acquired and Brexit. invasion. used illegally,” the judge said. The crowds were galva- Such attacks are seen as Bashir, wearing a tradition- nized by Johnson’s decision to strengthening their negotiating al white gown and headdress and shutter Parliament for several position. seated in a metal cage, admitted weeks when a debate about Afghan officials confirmed to receiving the equivalent of $25 Brexit plans had been casualties among security million from Saudi royals. expected. forces but did not say how “My office manager... In London, they chanted: many, and said at least 26 Received a call from the office “Boris Johnson, shame on you.” Taliban members were killed in of Saudi Crown Prince Some carried signs saying: an airstrike. Mohamed bin Salman saying “Stop the Coup” in reference to They said security forces he has a ‘message’ that will be what they say is a move that were repelling the attack in sent on a private jet,” Bashir threatens democracy. Kunduz, a strategic crossroads said during the trial. The protests have been with easy access to much of “We were told that the organized by the anti-Brexit northern Afghanistan as well as crown prince did not want his group Another Europe Is the capital, Kabul, about 200 name to appear (linked to the Possible and by Momentum, miles (335 kilometers) away. transaction)... And if the funds which is allied with the oppo- Presidential spokesman were deposited with Sudan’s sition Labour Party. The group Sediq Seddiqi told reporters the bank or the finance ministry, is urging its membership to assault was “completely against the source would have to be “occupy bridges and blockade the peace talks.” identified,” he said. roads.” HYDERABAD | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 1, 2019 special 08

The team of the seven girls along with Ajeet Bajaj (right) and the two faculty members react at Mt Kilimanjaro MAGNIFICENT SEVEN There is an adage, ‘Where there is a will, there is a way’. It stands true for seven girls who decided to take the road less travelled. MUSBA HASHMI catches up with the youngest trekkers to scale Mt Kilimanjaro to bring you their success story

n August 7, 2019 while it was me you will never know what is going to The ones who are willing to go for such youngest. So was the case with Aggarwal. “These girls made the country proud. a normal day for everyone, happen until you are off to the journey. So expeditions have to keep in mind that there “In between I fell ill. I had mild symp- The great resilience that they showed on seven young girls decided to just go. Then there was no stopping,” she is a particular diet they have to follow. No toms of acute mountain sickness. I thought the mountains was appreciable. A thing to set off on a journey that will tells you and adds she has keen interest in junk or fried food, lots of carbohydrates, it’s time for me to go back home. Because learn from them is their spirit and the be remembered by all for sports. The reason being her school. protein and collosal amount of water is a I didn’t want anyone to feel like one per- never give in attitude. This is a message for Oyears to come. These girls are the talk of “Sports is a compulsory subject for must. son didn’t anything and all the other did all that given an opportunity there is noth- the town and for all the right reasons. They everyone. Each one of us have to enroll in Bhagirath tells you that the moment neither I wanted any one to stay back with ing that our girls can’t achieve. They just have scripted history by becoming the a sport of our choice. That was the reason they reached the top, all of them felt an me. But, all my seniors in the group and the need the push and support to get youngest trekkers. I was always interested in sports. My broth- adrenaline rush. It was a proud moment. my faculty motivated me and took care of going,” he says. The girls aged between 15 and 18 years er is a big sport fanatic as well,” the 17-year- “It felt like all our efforts paid off. After a me. They were very generous with me. One thing that Bajaj abides by is that are fearless, focused and had only one thing old says whose favourite sport is hockey. 11-day journey we were there where we Fortunately, I recovered fast and accom- on the mountains one has to proceed with in mind — to make their country, parents One can only imagine how is it like to wanted to be. It gave us immense pleasure panied them on the expedition. Their sup- a lot of respect for Mother Nature. He has and school proud. They embarked on this look up the mountain with a vision of scal- and all the other things seems very small port and love helped me get back to nor- to be very slow and steady. Going with the expedition along with two faculty mem- ing it. When you are on the top and every- then. It was 11 am when we reached the mal. Since, I am the youngest they all treat mindset of conquering mountains is a big bers — Priya Dhillon and Major Priya thing else seems so tiny, one can’t do any- Summit and we couldn’t help but smile all me with special care. It gave me the con- ‘no-no’. Humans can never do that. Jhingan. The expedition was led by Ajeet thing but admire the Mother Nature. through our return,” she recalls with yet fidence to not surrender,” she says. Not only Bajaj but both the faculty Bajaj, director, Snow Leopard Adventure Bhagirath’s experience of the expedi- another smile on her face. Aggarwal recalls that on the summit members, Dhillon and Major Jhingan were a Padmashree Awardee who scaled Mt tion, she says, was full of people. I want to There are still many parents who are night when they started from Kibo to the as supportive as him. They also highlight Everest along with his daughter, Deeya “There were so many people who had scrutinise life not willing to send their daughters or even Gilman’s point which is the highest one, the need of sports education in India and Bajaj, last year. the similar thing in mind — to scale it. We sons on such adventures. Bhagirath has a it was the toughest part of the expedition. opines that sports should be given equal The expedition was conducted by The all were strangers but up on the mountain from a height say on that. “To everybody out there, there “The slope was very steep with an incli- importance as academics. It is important Lawrence School, Sanawar and no surprise they all felt so familiar. The Africans are where I stand is so much to the world than just few nation of 75° and the temperature was for the overall development of the students. that it is a success. Mt Kilimanjaro is very hospitable, they are very sweet. fearless, boundaries that we live in. There is a lot about -20° Celsius. As we were walking MK Gulia, Head of Sports and Africa’s highest peak with the summit When you are up there everybody wants contented, fresh to explore. It is not like students have to there were boulders all through our way. Outdoor Pursuit, The Lawrence School located at 5,895 meters above sea level. It to connect. There are people all around earn a well-paid job to spend a good life. Every time we thought that we have who selected the team of the girls and fac- is also the world’s highest free standing you. Even the most introverts turn into and renewed They should do what they love. If we can made it to the top, we found out that it was ulties says that they didn’t select the girls mountain. The expedition was sponsored extroverts on the mountains because at the — Kashish Pathania do this in such a small time, then they can the boulders and so much more is still left. on the basis of physical strength but their by Hero Cycles, who later felicitated the end, people is all what you have up there,” (who scaled Mt Kilimanjaro) definitely do much more,” she says. Everyone was asking us to take heart, that will power. girls after their return. she says and adds that imagine you are on Unlike Bhagirath, who is a sports lover, Gilman’s point is not too far. It became dark “We can work upon the physical The adventure bug bit these girls early. the mountain for seven days with no a 15-year-old Avanti Aggarwal the and all we could see was the team that was strength and fitness. It can be build with And scaling Mt Kilimanjaro is just the Internet, no family, just the mountain and youngest among the seven girls was never ahead of us because of their flashing head training. The key is the will power, men- beginning. They have miles to go. the cold air. into sports. lights. The guide told us that that was the tal strength and a passion to go for Seventeen-year-old Class XII student, “It is very peaceful. There are no ten- “I am in Class XI student. I was always Gilman’s point but they were also moving trekking. This is how we selected these Megan Bhagirath, recalls the journey as sions. No stress of what is happening in more inclined towards academics. I did- ahead and so were we. Every time we seven girls out of the others 15-20 girls who one of her best things that has happened school or what will happen later on. It is n’t do well in sports and it didn’t interest thought we have reached, we were disap- gave their names for this,” he tells you and in her life. like purification of the soul. It is beauti- me. One day, when our faculty informed pointed. It took us seven hours to reach adds that he felt disappointed when a num- “It is very unlikely for parents to send ful. One can definitely take a sigh of relief us about the expedition, I was very appre- there from Kibo,” she tells you. ber of girls withdrew their names because their children on such adventures when it on the mountains,” she tells you and says hensive about it. I had to prepare for my Though it did disappoint the team a their family didn’t allow them to go on the is about Class XII Boards. But, I am very that their training started in February Boards. I decided not to give my name for bit but no one ever felt like quitting. They expedition. fortunate to have got such supportive par- from Rishikesh where the girls had to walk it. Then, my parents encouraged me to give all knew that they had to reach the top. He tells you that it’s high time when ents who motivated me to go on this expe- for eight hours straight with not more than it a try. So I did. And it turned out to be “It was very cold. Everyone was help- we stop asking the Government to focus dition. Not even for a moment did they a 10 minutes break after every two hours. the best experience of my life,” Aggarwal ing each other. Everyone was motivated on sports. The Government is doing its think that this would affect my studies in “Rishikesh training taught us tells you. and motivating others too. We all were part. It is the responsibility of the society, any way. My father just walked up to me endurance. It gave us that belief that you But, sometimes only motivation is not energetic despite the long walk. All we had the schools and the parents to identify the and asked if I would manage both. I say I will get there (to the top) just keep going. I like to approach what helps you in the long run. It is about on our minds was to reach the top. That importance of sports and let their child free would and he replied then go. I can say that Then we trained in Ladakh. It got us the opportunities training too. And Aggarwal had to face a thought kept us going,” she adds. to do what he wants. this expedition was one of the best things feeling of training on a high altitude with which vibe lot of difficulties because she missed the Any journey is incomplete without a “These seven girls are an example for that happened in my life,” she says. limited oxygen and low resources. It Rishikesh training and all the others had mentor. Everyone needs a guru who can others who believe that sports will not take But not all was smooth and easy. taught us to manage time and our men- uncertainity and an edge over her. “I missed the Rishikesh show the path to success. So was the case them anywhere. The parents should Bhagirath had her moments when she tal abilities,” she tells you. jeopardy that's training because I enrolled into the activ- here. The guru or the leader of the expe- understand this and should encourage thought of dropping the plan. She was anx- Though, their initial training started the real essence ity very late. I joined the group in Ladakh. dition was — Ajeet Bajaj. He says that it their children for participating in sports. ious if she would live up to the expecta- from school. It is compulsory for students So everyone was apprehensive whether I was a wonderful experience to go on the When the young generation scale such tions of her parents and teachers. It affect- to go running for an hour-and-a-half in the of life would be able to continue or not. One day, expedition with the seven girls whom he highs, it is not only a proud moment for ed her — what if not everything turn out morning and then in the evening. They — Ananya Panchaar we all went for a high-altitude check and now call his daughters — the daughters their parents and the school but for the to be good. That was when, her father also need to go for hiking daily. But, it was (who scaled Mt Kilimanjaro) I did face a lot of difficulties in it. It made that listen to him. (laughs) whole country. Many people took inspi- became her strength. not easy. Time management was a prob- me lose confidence but then the entire Bajaj says that it was the highlight of ration from them,” he says and adds that “My father told me that I will have this lem because of academics. They overcame team supported me and I pushed myself his career. The thing to look out for is that the school will definitely plan more such fear until I will set off on the journey. But, this in Rishikesh and Ladakh, where their to do that,” she tells you. this expedition was the first one for the expeditions and will encourage the youth I should stood strong. I can’t quit. He told sole focus was on training. There are always perks of being the girls, who scripted history at one go. to scale new highs. Follow us on Sunday @TheDailyPioneer September 1, 2019 facebook.com/ dailypioneer

Andhra Pradesh’s topper hen I was 25, I took a two-year break to consolidate myself, rather than stay disheartened after failing to w clear the interview twice. In the meanwhile, to sup- port myself, I appeared for Group B test, cleared it and joined in Bangalore Customs. That is when I got married. After marriage and the new job, I became fairly settled. However, I never gave up on my IAS dreams. Subsequently, I changed both my optionals. It gave me a new perspective and I topped. There was a negative feature in me, mind you. Being malnourished all through my growing up years, I weighed around 40kgs. Anyone with such a physical structure has to reckon with a problem that could make or break one's dreams. Interviewers tend not to take you seriously and gave me average marks in the interview, only on that count. Now that I am in a position to talk to UPSC members, and those seeking make IAS a career, I point out that the interview process never takes you on what you are inside but looks at your physical appearance. Nevertheless, I secured All India 15th rank and was the top- per in Andhra Pradesh. Thus, I joined the AP Cadre and now serve Telangana State.

Selfie of Success… Every book written on success has showcased it as a fascinat- e ing, noble and virtuous trait in the world. I wondered if everything is as presented by such books, and concluded that it was not the case. So I thought of presenting a different perspective on success with its various facets, nature and phases. My maiden book 'Selfie of Success' tops the Amazon online sales charts. I have In a free-wheeling interview, Tourism Secretary Burra Venkatesham decided that all the proceeds from its sales will go to senior citizens and dif- ferently-abled sections. I would like to talks to NAVEENA GHANATE about battling abject poverty, writing a state that books that I write in the future will also be endeavoured at helping dis- traught people. book, family and spiritualism Rising from the school of hard knocks rom being a child labourer to more intelligent than him in the entire vil- when I was studying in sixth standard, not do much to showcase its identity. In emerging as a top grade well- lage'. Alas, he never took a photograph and were so overwhelming that it was around terms of discrimination (prior to 2014), respected bureaucrat, the IAS so whatever I remember of him comes that time that I resolved to make IAS my although not pronounced, as such, it was officer has seen it all - the pangs from the fading memory that I have. It is career option. Since I was the topper, I was lurking in the shadows. Once they know f of agony to professional adula- my father's wish, the guidance of my teach- eligible to appear for the exam aimed at who you are, they will either put up with tion. The best of part of the ers, who shaped my latent talent that took identifying rural talent for admission in you or get you transferred. suing English Literature. She played a cru- unassuming officer is that he has stood his me to the top in academics. government residential schools, which are cial role in helping me with 'Selfie of ground be it while living in distressed con- forerunners to Navodaya Vidyalayas. In Family is the first forum… Success' from the conceptualizing stage to ditions in Jangaon or as a globe-trotter eighth standard I changed my school and An incident that could be a My mother Gowramma is a simple per- its publishing. My entire family is the first endowed with remarkable administrative Headmaster said completed my tenth in 1983. good movie subject… son. Though, she was hard-pressed to forum where I express my thoughts and acumen that is all endearing. If one were you could top… make ends meet with her paltry earnings, ideas; elicit their opinions and go about fol- to put his chequered life and describe his When I was District Collector of Medak, she never forced me to do anything lowing them later. survival instincts that weathered many a My headmaster, MK Moinuddin Sir, Ticket collector to there was a family in Zaheerabad that had against my will. We are three children; storm, it has to be-adaptability. who died about a month back, was instru- District Collector… six blind persons. One can understand the besides me an elder sister and older A Telugu medium student until gradu- mental in helping me learn tragic plight they were living in. Ideally, brother. My Venkatesham as a ation and now author of a best seller on English, though we As the financial condition of the fami- they should be the first beneficia- child… Amazon, the man who takes pride in were studying in ly could not support my academic pursuits ries of any prevailing govern- swearing by his roots is a polyglot. Apart Telugu medium. after the 10th standard, I moved to ment schemes. But, for some Due to the pitiable conditions I from constructing a temple in an SC My headmaster Hyderabad, hoping to land up some odd reasons, this family was not. was brought up in, although I was colony, serving the poor, and being would always job that could help me continue my high- They received their first benefit a 20-year-old, my mental age was obsessed with bringing in societal changes, insist that the er education aspirations. I took up from the government, when I PM, CM, DM RUN almost 60 as my maturity levels Venkatesham recalls how he did not want one exam, tuitions wherein I was teaching 10th was there. It is a reflection of the were quite high for one of that age. to be a ticket collector till retirement but which could be standard students, which was also fine- society we live in that benefits I guess, experiences will have last- a District Collector, the passion for which cleared despite tuning my own subject knowledge. I feel evade the rightful and fully-eligi- THE COUNTRY… ing impressions on one's thought- was kindled by his alma mater's principal. the hurdles, that any exam is fun for me. A gold ble beneficiaries. This incident The most defining role for any IAS offi- process. The thing is I was disci- was IAS. He medalist, I got selected in the railway that dramatically changed my cer is being posted as a District Collector as plined from a young age and bolstered me by exam, which I cleared in flying colours. I mindset could make for a very it gives you flexibility, overall coordination understood balancing the month- Being a Child labourer… t and commanding powers. It is often con- stating that I joined as a ticket collector and for two emotional movie. How an eligible ly budget without being extrava- I am a native of Obulkeshavapuram vil- could top it. His months was posted in Renigunta. It was person is lost in the quagmire will tended that the PM (Prime Minister), CM gant. The trait has so evolved that lage, which is about 10km from Jangaon. pearls of wis- then that I firmed up my desire to become juxtapose the ground-reality vis-à- (Chief Minister), and DM (District Magistrate) run I am comfortable being with A semi-arid and rain-shadow region, the dom, a real administrative collector and not vis the stated objective. We are a the country. You see, as a Collector, only limited elders and kids but not while land is not fertile enough to usher in agri- remain ticket collector. So I resigned. In very insensitive society when it resources are at your disposal, which implies that hanging out with peer groups as culture prosperity. As a consequence, 1989, I appeared for Civils for the first comes to helping people, especial- long-lasting solutions are not possible. Many high- they tend to have fun. the locals live in accursed econom- time and cleared the prelims even ly the physically challenged. In my er ups may not share your point of view. I am of the ic conditions. Most are small farm- before I graduated. present role, I am trying to address firm conviction that belonging to a civilized society ers. For instance, my father, driven the issue on humanitarian grounds. it is shame for all when someone digs food from the Spiritualism… by pangs of agony had to sell Going further, the tourism plaza has leftovers in the dustbin. First and foremost, hunger whatever bit of agriculture land Discrimination is two hotels - Talking Hands is run by should be mitigated and starvation should be avoid- I strongly believe in egalitar- he possessed in order to provide never directly the hearing impaired and Dialogue ed. It is rather painful that we are turning a Nelson's ianism and inclusive growth. I for the family even before I was in the Dark, which is run by blind Eye to this overriding societal problem that keeps am more inclined to philosoph- born. Bigger tragedy befell visible…. people. manifesting itself. As District Collector of Medak, tak- ical and spiritual ideas. I coined when my father, whose toddy The number of bureaucrats ing forward the 'Pidikedu Biyyam' initiative, in col- Digital age Dharma - which is tapping was the sole bread- from Telangana is considerably laboration with self-help groups, we identified a concept that seeks to bring earning source, passed away less. I was always for a separate Polyglot by choice… 6,000 orphans and served two square meals every day common distilled wisdom of when I was merely seven state of Telangana as it was a I can read, write and converse in to each of them. Unfortunately, although this was each religion. People are focus- years old. I salute my moth- question of non-integration of four languages, quite effortlessly, taken up with all seriousness for as long as I was in ing on the 5-10 percent differ- er's never die spirit as she two cultures. Though we may including Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Medak, it was discontinued since my transfer. I feel ence in religion instead of coped with the circum- speak the same language, the English. I also have proficiency in such measures ought to become continuous policies appreciating the commonal- stances and earned a liveli- fact of the matter is that there Malayalam, Tamil and Urdu. Spanish as they give hope to the have-nots. ity. It tries to foster interna- hood doing all kinds of is a vast difference in the way and Indonesian are at intermediate level tional interface and believes menial agriculture labour the people live in the two while Portuguese and Japanese are at a that all faiths teach the same things in their jobs that she could. At regions. Instead of respecting beginner level. I love learning languages. brother was the first to grad- respective holy books. I have constructed times, even I had to go to each other's sentiments, there Language was never a barrier for me. Even uate. He teaches Hindi in an aided school. a temple near SC colony in my village, chip with an extra rupee or was some kind of discomfort though I Studied in Telugu Medium until My sister and mother had no education. where all people are allowed free access. Not two. I was so small and between the two as one was graduation, I picked up English quickly. I My wife Dr Geeta Lakshmi is a homeo- even one name is put up anywhere and it unskilled that the injury trying to bring in a predom- remain indebted to all those teachers, who pathic doctor. Our son Yogya Hari is serving as a feeding point for the hun- that I sustained on my little inant cultural influence. used to encourage my learning enthusiasm Prakash, a product of IIT-Madras, now gry. It is a pretext to do something big, finger while cutting paddy Telangana was never a will- by allowing me to write Social Studies and works in the United States while our because write-ups and thesis won't work. crop remains a permanent ing partner and it could Arithmetic exams in English. daughter Bhavya Sree is in Bengaluru pur- Temple is a way to tell what needs to be told. scar.

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CAPSULE Govt to infuse over Rs 55,000 cr for BPCL lines up strengthening banks, push lending Rs 1.1 lakh cr PTI n NEW DELHI capex by FY 24 Vodafone Idea The government on Friday Bank employees stage protest PTI n MUMBAI denies reports of said it will infuse about Rs 55,000 crore in public sector against Centre's decision to National refiner and oil mar- exiting 6 banks to enhance their capital keter Bharat Petroleum is telecom circles base so that they can acceler- merge PSU banks investing nearly Rs 1.10 lakh ate lending in a bid to bolster crore in the next five years to NEW DELHI: Telecom growth. PTI n CHENNAI the Centre had on Friday expand its capacity and enter operator Vodafone Idea on This was the second set of unveiled a mega plan to newer streams. Saturday categorically denied measures announced by Members of the All India merge 10 public sector banks For the current fiscal, the and dismissed the speculation Finance Minister Nirmala Bank Employees' Association into four, to create fewer and company will invest Rs 7,800 that the company may exit six Sitharaman to prop up the on Saturday staged a protest stronger global-sized bankers crore, it said on Friday after telecom circles where it has economy and at least one more here against the Centre's deci- as it looks to revive econom- the AGM here. For the current seen a dip in its revenue. A is expected next week. sion to merge 10 public sec- ic growth. The company is also recent Bank of America Merril The announcement formed tor banks into four entities. Finance Minister Nirmala focussing on enhancing the fiscal, the Lynch (BofA-ML) report said it part of the government's mega Employees of all public Sitharaman Friday said 10 petchem business mainly to company will believed Vodafone Idea Ltd plan to merge 10 public sector bank boards. per cent to enable focussed and private sector banks public sector banks -- Punjab offset the impact of decline in invest (VIL) would exit the six circles banks into four with a view to To make management attention to higher value loan wore black badges to work as National Bank, Canara bank, demand for petrol and diesel. in C-Circle where it has been creating fewer and stronger accountable, a board commit- proposals. a mark of protest to the gov- Union Bank of India, Indian "In the next five years, we Rs 7,800 crore continuously losing revenue global-sized lenders with tee of nationalised banks will Executive directors' strength ernment's decision. Bank, United Bank of India, plan to invest around Rs 1.10 market share with share below robust balance sheets. appraise performance of GM in larger banks has been raised The Association's General Allahabad Bank, lakh crore at the group level to investing another Rs 20,000 20 per cent. The report has All the anchor banks in the and above ranks, including to four for better functional Secretary, C H Venkatachalam Syndicate Bank, augment the refining and mar- crore and Rs 6000 crore for the identified Himachal Pradesh, consolidation process will get managing director, and also focus and thrust to technolo- said the government's move was Corporation Bank, Oriental keting infrastructure and to pipeline infrastructure along Bihar, Odisha, Jammu and capital support. As a result, recruit Chief Risk Officer at gy, she said. "ill timed" and needs a review. Bank of Commerce and enhance the petchem capaci- with a significant amount for Kashmir, North East and Punjab National Bank will get market-linked compensation The finance minister also A rally opposing it was also Andhra Bank would be ty, upstream forays and gas marketing facilities," he said Assam from where VIL may Rs 16,000 crore, Union Bank of to attract best talent, she said. said that the merger would not planned by the Association, merged. "Government may proliferation," chairman and explaining the capex breakup. exit. "There has been reportage in some media that Vodafone India Rs 11,700 crore, Canara To enable succession plan- result in any retrenchment but Venkatachalam told PTI. call it a merger.. six banks managing director D Rajkumar said the company Idea may exit six circles Bank Rs 6,500 crore and Indian ning, she said boards will rather improve the benefit of He alleged the merger of which have been built up Rajkumar told reporters. also aims to increase the share Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Bank Rs 2,500 crore. decide a system of individual the employees. public sector banks would over the years will disappear He said the company is not of petchems in term of volumes Odisha, Jammu and Kashmir, Besides, Bank of Baroda will development plans for all Asked about any plan for mean closure of six banks. from bankingscenario", going to expand only in refin- to 10-15 percent by 2024. North East and Assam. We get Rs 7,000 crore, Indian senior executive positions. giving relief to home buyers, The BJP government at Venkatachalam said. ery but is also focusing on "When we initially started, it categorically deny and dismiss Overseas Bank Rs 3,800 crore She also said flexibility has Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar petchems keeping in mind was just 1 percent as the focus this speculation as completely and Central Bank of India Rs been given to boards of large said the Ministry of Housing the decline in demand for was on transport fuels. That baseless and factually incorrect. 3,300 crore. public sector banks to enhance and Urban Affairs is looking at because these mergers will will add value and it will transport fuels. timewe were only talking about This are indicative figures sitting fees of non-official it and soon some measures will bring synergies in operation. become the fourth largest pub- "For refineries upgrade and transport fuel and did not look and the actual capital infusion directors (NODs). be announced. The amount of capital provid- lic-sector bank. expansion, we plan to invest Rs at petchem. With EVs coming may vary depending on banks' Boards have also been given Commenting on the merg- ed to the bank will provide an Union Bank of India MD 20,000 crore. The investments in,there could be some likely assessment, Sitharaman told the mandate to reduce or ratio- er decision, PNB Managing opportunity to grow faster. Rajkiran Rai said, "We don't are planned basically keeping impact on transportation fuels reporters here. nalise committees, she said, Director Sunil Mehta said this The decision will be deliberat- forsee any problem with regard petrochemicals in mind. For and so we are now taking up Giving details of governance adding that Management is a very welcome measure ed by the board," he said. to merger. Similar timeline petrochem we will be invest- expansion in petchem. Our reforms in the public sector Committee of Board (MCB) taken by the government. Canara Bank Managing would be there as was in the ing Rs 20,000 crore. plan is to move from 1 percent banks, she said these will bring loan sanction thresholds has "This is going to provide lot Director R A Shankara case of BoB. It could be even "For our equity share in to 10 percent or even 15 per- transparency and strengthen been enhanced by up to 100 of strength to the economy Narayanan said the merger faster." Mozambique, we will be cent by 2024," he added. Protest in Hong Kong not to impact trade Goa govt certifies HDFC sells Gruh with India: HKTDC YouTube settles FTC 17 startups under ‘Allowing single-brand NEW DELHI: The ongoing Finance shares large-scale protests in Hong state policy Kong would not impact its retailers to sell online worth nearly bilateral trade with India, complaint for at least $ 150M n PTI PANAJI which stood at around USD 31 Rs 1,665 cr billion in 2018-19, HKTDC said PTI n SAN FRANCISCO The FTC and Google declined to The Goa government has cer- will broaden Indian mkt’ PTI n NEW DELHI on Saturday. Hong Kong Trade comment. YouTube has a separate app tified 17 startups under its pol- Development Council (HKTDC) Google will pay $150 million to icy and approved "incentive PTI n NEW DELHI Mortgage lender HDFC on said: "With a lot of concerns $200 million to settle a com- for kids, and it launched a website disbursement" worth Rs 82 Friday offloaded 6.74 crore around the ongoing large- plaint with the Federal Trade version of YouTube Kids this week lakh for 13 certified companies. The government's announce- shares of Gruh Finance, worth scale protest/unrest in Hong Commission over how it treats This announcement was ment to allow single-brand nearly Rs 1,665 crore through Kong and its possible impact information from children on dren under 13. parental consent to start view- made by Chief Minister retailers to sell goods online open market transaction. on trade, we would like to its YouTube video site, accord- The FTC's investigation into ing and offers a simple math Pramod Sawant while chairing first before opening brick- "The sale was carried out assure that we have not seen ing to a published report Friday. YouTube reportedly looked problem as a way to gauge a meeting of the high-powered and-mortar stores is a win-win through stock exchanges at the any downtrend in business." The FTC has reportedly into how YouTube collects whether the person unlocking committee, formed under Goa for global players to tap the prevailing market price. The South Asia Consultant at been investigating YouTube data to serve personalized ads. the website is really an adult. Startup Policy 2017, at domestic market, consultancy average price was Rs 247.15 HKTDC Rajesh Bhagat said the for violating a law The company says YouTube says it doesn't tar- Secretariat here on Friday. firm Deloitte said on Saturday. per equity share," HDFC said city overall remains safe, and designed to protect the service is get ads to individuals' interests State Information The government recently in a regulatory filing. major functions are operating kids online. intended for peo- on its kids service. Technology Minister Jeniffer relaxed norms for single-brand sumers via online platform Bandhan Bank had agreed normally, such as the financial Politico said the ple ages 13 and The FTC's scrutiny of Monserratte was also present. retailers having foreign invest- and open up a physical store to takeover Gruh Finance, the market, flow of information and FTC voted 3-2 along older, but it also YouTube comes as Google and "A total of 17 Startups were ment to attract global players. later (within a period of two affordable housing finance other business activities. He party lines to approve has many popu- other big tech companies are certified and incentive dis- It has now permitted them to years). This is going to be a arm of HDFC, in a share also said that about 40 Indian the fine to settle the lar kids-focused under the microscope for the bursement worth Rs 82 lakh sell goods through online clear win-win for global retail- swap deal in January. companies would be case. The report said video channels. way they sell and store cus- was approved for 13 certified stores before opening brick- ers to tap the Indian market "...the Reserve Bank of participating in the three-day the matter now goes The FTC and tomers' personal information. companies. This is a major and-mortar stores within two sitting overseas," Anil Talreja, India had granted its approval Hong Kong Electronics Fair 2019, beginning from October to the Justice Google declined Facebook recently agreed boost to our homegrown star- years. Partner at Deloitte India, said. to the corporation to acquire 13."Over the last two years, we Department for to comment. to pay USD 5 billion to settle tups," he said. It has also relaxed certain He said the move would and hold only 9.9 per cent or have seen a rise of close to 10 review. YouTube has a separate app for privacy charges. The Startup Policy, approved provisions for complying with also give a boost to the pillars less of the paid-up share cap- per cent in the number of Indian Federal law typically kids, and it launched a website But the settlement against earlier this year, aims to make the mandatory 30 per cent of the Indian retail industry in ital of Bandhan as against its buyers participating in trade requires parental consent version of YouTube Kids this YouTube may not go far Goa an aspirational geo- local sourcing requirements. the form of transportation, entitlement of 14.96 per cent fairs in Hong Kong," he said. before online services can col- week. enough for many children's graphical and human resource "A retail company can now payments, customer care and of the paid-up share capital of lect information about chil- The site asks kids to get privacy advocates. base for startups. start selling to the Indian con- warehousing. Bandhan upon the scheme becoming effective," it said. HDFC sold the shares in compliance with the central India Ratings bank's directions. downgrades Earlier on May 24 and Pak flag carrier PIA Fraud-hit CG Power sacks CFO Venkatesh June 14, the mortgage lender Yes Bank, had sold 7.57 crore shares of PTI n NEW DELHI to enable proper investigation Gruh Finance, it said. lays off nearly 1,000 outlook negative The board-instituted into financial irregularities, As per the block deal data After removing founder investigation had continues in his role for now. available on the exchanges, PTI n NEW DELHI Gautam Thapar as chairman However, some investors HDFC sold 6.47 crore shares of the company, the board of also found some and lenders have questioned of Gruh Finance on NSE, surplus employees Private sector lender Yes Bank fraud-hit CG Power and liabilities and his continuance given that the while it sold 27 lakh shares on on Saturday said India Ratings Industrial Solutions has advances to related fraud involving some assets of BSE. PTI n ISLAMABAD and Research (Ind-Ra) has sacked the firm's CFO V R the firm being provided as The shares sold on BSE downgraded its long-term Venkatesh over alleged "mis- and unrelated collateral and the money from were bought by Societe Pakistan International Airlines issuer rating to 'IND A+'. conduct" and breach of trust. parties being the loans siphoned off by Generale, while those sold on has laid off nearly 1,000 "India Ratings and The board of the company understated "identified company person- NSE were bought by SBI "redundant staff" and has Research has downgraded at its meeting on Friday "ter- nel, both current and past, Blue Chip Fund, Goldman taken other measures to reduce Yes Bank Ltd's long-term minated the employment of V including certain non-execu- Sachs Singapore, The Master the operational cost and issuer rating to 'IND A+' R Venkatesh as the Chief due to the grave nature of the ers," it said. tive directors", happened Trust Bank Of Japan, and increase revenues of the cash- from 'IND AA-," the bank Financial Officer of the com- misconduct and breach of Venkatesh could not be under his watch. Nomura Funds Ireland, the strapped national carrier, a Malik said the said in a BSE filing. pany, for cause, with imme- trust on his part and having contacted for comments. The board-instituted inves- data showed. media report said on Saturday. PIA management "The outlook is negative. diate effect," CG Power said in knowingly undertaken Company CEO and tigation had also found some "Post completion of the The development was con- had been able to The agency has affirmed a regulatory filing. actions which were detri- Managing Director K N liabilities and advances to aforesaid sale of shares, the firmed by Pakistan the bank's short-term issuer "The termination of the mental to the interests of the Neelkant, who was sent on related and unrelated parties corporation would hold 38.22 International Airlines (PIA) lay off nearly rating at 'IND A1+'," it employment of Venkatesh is company and its stakehold- leave on May 10 by the board being understated. per cent of paid-up share cap- president and Chief Executive 1,000 "redundant added. ital of Gruh," it said. Air Marshal Arshad Malik during a meeting with Adviser staff" to save to the Prime Minister on costs Finance Abdul Hafeez Sheikh on Friday. ‘GDP slump reflects dip in investment, consumption’ Malik apprised Sheikh on Sheikh said the government various activities and initia- was fully behind the PIA man- PTI n NEW DELHI ness at the ground level espe- tives undertaken by the PIA to agement and expected it to Having lost the tag of the world's cially for the small and medi- reduce its operational cost turn the national flag carrier India's economic growth drop- um sized businesses along with and increase revenues through into an economically stable, ping to an over six-year low of fastest-growing economy earlier this desired reforms in labour laws better management and effec- viable and dependable airline 5 per cent in April-June 2019 year, India's GDP growth was behind such as fixed term employment tive utilisation of available for local and international is indicating a "significant for flexibility in hiring by financial and human travellers. deceleration" in both invest- China's 6.2 per cent in April-June, its industry across the states would resources, the Dawn newspa- Malik said the PIA man- ment and consumer demand, weakest pace in at least 27 years be crucial to strengthen the per reported. agement had been able to lay industry body Ficci said on manufacturing sector. Sheikh asked the PIA to pur- off nearly 1,000 "redundant Saturday. India's economic growth has sue independent, sustainable staff" to save costs. Expressing "deep" concerns measures and sector specific PHDCCI President Rajeev slumped for the fifth straight business plan and said the gov- On Tuesday, Prime Minister over sluggishness in the growth interventions, the Indian econ- Talwar said: "The big ticket quarter to an over six-year ernment wanted the national Imran Khan had chaired a momentum, Ficci President omy and the industry would economic reforms including low of 5 per cent in the three flag carrier to effectively utilise meeting of the Aviation Sandip Somany said "the latest come out of this weak patch recapitalisation of public sector months ended June as con- its assets, improve revenue Division in Islamabad to dis- GDP growth numbers are soon, he said. banks, rollback of enhanced sumer demand and private streams and ensure efficiency cuss PIA's business plan, below expectations and point The PHD Chamber of surcharge on foreign portfolio investment slowed amid dete- and financial discipline, it said. requirements and other issues. towards a significant decelera- Commerce and Industry said investors, payment of all pend- riorating global environment. Cash-strapped PIA has been Khan directed the PIA chief tion in both consumption and the recent economic reforms ing GST refunds to MSMEs...are Having lost the tag of the running into huge financial executive to improve the per- investment demand." undertaken by the govern- inspiring and would go a long world's fastest-growing econo- losses. For years, the airline formance of the airline and He, however, hoped that a improve economic situation guidelines and the stimulus ment and the RBI will create a way to foster strong, stable and my earlier this year, India's with 18,000 plus employee increase travel facilities. He series of measures being taken in the subsequent quarters, package are comprehensive strong and resilient economic inclusive growth environment GDP growth was behind and a fleet of 32 airplanes has also directed the finance min- by the government and the according to a Ficci statement. and address the key pain areas environment in the country in the country." China's 6.2 per cent in April- only been adding billions to its istry to cooperate with the PIA central bank to reverse this "The mega bank consolida- of the economy," he added. and rejuvenate GDP growth Going ahead, he said, further June, its weakest pace in at least loss sheets. in the purchase of new aircraft. slowing trajectory would help tion plan, liberalisation of FDI With a mix of both broader rate in the coming quarters. reforms in ease of doing busi- 27 years. sunday magazine Hyderabad, September 1, 2019

I’ve always considered myself a feminist. But, like a lot of women of my generation, I didn’t think we had to fight for it. I thought it was all done. I took so much for granted — Elisabeth Moss FROM THE INSIDE Importance of loving self Stay grounded for a good life For centuries, time was dedicated for One has to bear the consequences of prayer and meditation. The practice good or bad choices made. This binds holds relevance even today12 14 human beings to a cause-effect chain

Rajnath Singh was to contest the elections from Mirzapur in 1977 immediately after the Emergency but at the last moment, a seat swap between Jana Sangh and the Janata Dal saw him give it up. Singh could have fought the elections independently, as advised by a few people, as he was a very popular young leader. But, he not only chose to stick by the party’s decision, he also came out in the support of the candidate who replaced him in a way that was not imaginable, writes GAUTAM CHINTAMANI in his book, Rajneeti: A Biography of Rajnath Singh. An edited excerpt:

he day of 12 July 1975 mein kyon na katt jaye ... kabhi sar cousins told Gujarati Devi that MISA started like any other day mat jhukana.’ (Never beg for forgive- would be retracted in a year’s time and for Rajnath Singh and ness, my son, even if you have to so, if everything went off well, Singh after his morning exercise spend your entire life within the would probably be released on 25 June and bath, as he was about confines of a prison ... never bow 1976. Through the course of the first Tto step out, he was arrested by the down). Hearing his mother urging year of the Emergency, scores of moth- Mirzapur police under MISA. By the him to never give in filled Singh with ers like Gujarati Devi kept track of the time of his arrest, Singh had become pride as he fought back the tears that days and waited with bated breath for known as a formidable force who had welled up. Many policemen too someone to repeal the law or the gov- had galvanized the JP movement were moved by Gujarati’s comment. ernment to release those detained programmes, and the authorities That was the last time Singh ever under it. were instructed to not take him saw his mother. A year later, on the said date, 25 lightly. No one arrested under MISA During the first few weeks in June 1976, Gujarati Devi asked the was allowed any access to people Naini Central Jail, Rajnath Singh was same nephew about Singh’s release, outside, and Singh being one of the put in solitary confinement. Despite and unable to give her any good prominent detainees in the area, all the bleak scenario and the uncertain- news, he told her that the govern- contact was ruled out. ty, Singh never lost faith. This ment had extended MISA and no After he had spent a few days in enforced isolation gave him the time one had any idea how long it Mirzapur jail, Singh was transferred to reflect on the ideals and the prin- would take. It could well be to the Naini Central Jail near ciples instilled in him by his father another year. Gujarati Devi Allahabad. Hearing about the trans- and the values for which his mother was unable to take it any fer, Savitri and Gujarati Devi decided was willing to let go of the chance to more and suffered a stroke. She to meet Singh at Mirzapur railway see her youngest son ever again. was rushed to the hospital station where the train carrying him A while later, when the solitary and the doctors concurred was scheduled to make a brief stop. confinement ended, Singh saw some she had had a brain haem- Savitri had not seen her husband of his friends move applications for orrhage. Her condition since the day he was arrested, but it release on parole but he refused to do worsened over the next had been a few months since so. For Rajnath Singh, the time in jail few days and, preparing Gujarati Devi had seen her son. On made him reassess the ideals for for the worst, the doctor the day Singh was being ferried by which he was willing to put his life asked Savitri to inform train, both reached the station hours on the line. There were times when her husband. before the train was due. Every he caught himself thinking about Upon hearing the moment that passed filled them with how things had come to such a pass news, Singh refused to anxiety. No one knew how long he in the political history of the country. move an application for would be under detention and the Irrespective of the differences in ide- a furlough to visit his news of thousands more being ology or political affiliation, most mother in the hospital, hauled up across the country added politicians and people in public life, FOR RAJNATH SINGH, preferring to absorb the to their fears. he believed, had one goal: serve the THE TIME IN JAIL blow silently. Every The train arrived slightly later people and the country. Despite the MADE HIM REASSESS morning at sunrise, he than it was due and soon the plat- cynicism about politicians that was THE IDEALS FOR hoped against hope that form was full of police personnel. In beginning to set in among the public, WHICH HE WAS any news about his moth- a matter of seconds, Gujarati Devi the idea of making India a strong WILLING TO PUT HIS er would be delayed by and Savitri were separated from the nation, one that would attract the LIFE ON THE LINE. yet another day. The jail train by a sea of humanity dressed in envy of the world, was perhaps still THERE WERE TIMES and the treatment meted khaki. Handcuffed and held by the singular thought amongst people WHEN HE CAUGHT out to him had not suc- policemen at the elbows, Singh operating in the political sphere. In HIMSELF THINKING ceeded in breaking his emerged from the train hoping to this context, the total disregard for ABOUT HOW THINGS spirit. The jail authori- HAD COME TO SUCH meet his wife and mother. He spot- propriety and decorum, and the A PASS IN THE ties were following ted them at some distance but the high-handedness that the govern- POLITICAL HISTORY orders from a dispensa- sheer number of policemen between ment displayed towards those in the OF THE COUNTRY. tion powerful enough him and his family made it impossi- Opposition and anyone who ques- IRRESPECTIVE OF to brush away basic ble for him to meet them. At twenty tioned it, in the process pushing the THE DIFFERENCES IN rights of one of the four, Singh, who had been a physics country into an era of darkness IDEOLOGY OR world’s most populous countries by lecturer at a local college a few years where basic civil liberties were POLITICAL a mere stroke of the pen. They had ago, was just a young man taking his snatched away, did not make much AFFILIATION, MOST dented the self-esteem of many of first steps in politics but the security sense for young people such as POLITICIANS AND the inmates and ensured that the per- personnel treated him like a hard- Singh. For them, politics, at least up PEOPLE IN PUBLIC son eventually walking out was not the ened criminal. Some of the people until the Emergency was declared, LIFE, HE BELIEVED, same as the one who had gone in. whom Singh had worked with dur- was about a debate between two or HAD ONE GOAL: Singh remained determined to not letting ing the JP movement had also made more theories and ultimately it was SERVE THE PEOPLE anything undermine him mentally and more it to the railway station and they the voter who decided on which set AND THE COUNTRY so when the news about his mother’s condi- began sloganeering. It was impossi- of ideas suited them. tion became public knowledge. He reminded ble for Singh to hear his mother or The Emergency was a tool to himself of what his mother would have expect- Savitri in the middle of all the elicit a political price from those who ed from him and carried on. It was in jail that cacophony and sloganeering, asking challenged Indira Gandhi, but, for Singh got to learn about his mother’s passing away him to carry on with his struggle. As many, it extracted much more. and performed all the post-death rites including the policemen whisked Singh away, Gujarati Devi had kept abreast of the shaving his head within the confines of Naini he finally heard Gujarati Devi. Even unfolding situation and counted the Central Jail. To this day, Singh finds it difficult to in the face of uncertainty about what days to her son’s return. She often stop tears welling up in his eyes every time he lay ahead for her son, the only thing asked the same question every time remembers his mother. Gujarati Devi told him was not to she met any of her nephews: ‘Babua bow down. ‘Babua, maafi maange ki kabhin aayen?’ (When will my lad naheen! Chahe umar bhar kaalkothri return?) One of Rajnath Singh’s >> p12 sunday magazine LEARN FROM THE PAST, SET VIVID, DETAILED GOALS FOR THE FUTURE, AND LIVE IN THE ONLY MOMENT OF TIME OVER spirituality 12 WHICH YOU HAVE ANY CONTROL: NOW — DENIS WAITLEY Hyderabad, September 1, 2019

HIDDENSOULS IMPORTANCE OF LOVING SELF PRAMOD PATHAK Focusing on self is not uncommon to our culture, where for centuries time was dedicated for Poverty prayer, meditation and motivational tasks. The practice holds relevance even today, writes HINGORI

are, is not the reality but is the delu- concerns sion of the mind also known as: Maya. Your self-assessment is often based on expectations and achieve- ments. Getting the best job, dream house, good looking partner, highest grades and constant appreciation, work as triggers to boost the level of self-love. And if you fail to match up to your expected results, the image of the self comes crashing down. However, it is futile to succumb to such self-created environments and deprive yourself of the true love it deserves. The other factors outside the physical realm that affect self-image overty is an issue that fails to be addressed. As one and love are fate, guilt and thoughts philosophy puts it, there are only two castes in the and are beyond your control. Psociety — the rich and the poor. Biblical cannon “blessed are the meek...” offers no solace when half-filled HOW DO YOUR LEARN TO LOVE stomachs continue to struggle for the next meal. Statistical YOURSELF? data suggests that we have come a long way as far as pover- One of the critical steps to loving ty alleviation is concerned, but the fact remains that the yourself is learning to accept yourself. march ahead is longer. Is there a faster way to poverty erad- We need to accept ourselves on an ication? Or is this an unending journey. Well, it is not easy ‘as is where is’ basis. This is not only to figure. Given the fact that poverty as an issue has always for self-preservation, but also for our been at the top of the agenda of governments since inde- collective intent that aids the machin- pendence,we can only keep our fingers crossed. The prob- ery of the consciousness supreme. lem persists despite the force of the rhetoric and the grow- There are various impediments ing decibel volume. Not that there are reasons to doubt that obstruct self acceptance. For the intentions. But the methodology and systemic inter- instance, thoughts. It is not easy to ventions have not proved their authenticity. True, inter- deal with thousands of unnerving ventions from outside have their limitations and there are thoughts, as they take us to a level of leakages in the system, these will have to be addressed not judging ourselves poorly and keep us by external forces but by internal forces that work to change in a state of degradation. hearts. Institutional remedies depend on human commit- It is easy to worship water in the ments for their effectiveness. Moreover, societal transfor- ocean, but not in a glass of fresh lime mation is also needed. People with compassion and munif- soda — the core of both being the icence who care for the poor and work for the upliftment t is quite common for us to existence weaves around you. On the which all human beings belong. same; the lime and fizz are only adul- of the deprived. Governments are just one part of the larg- encounter life coaches, motiva- other hand, when you love your ‘Twam’ refers to the body, the spirit, terations and limitations. These lim- er society. Societal action thus would be more crucial. tional speakers and gurus speak- inner self, you set yourself free from the mind and the jivaatma or individ- itations are self-created and do not Wealth accumulation has become the benchmark of excel- ing about managing one’s health, all complexes, attached to the physi- ual soul. ‘Asi’ means you are a part of allow us the luxury of self-worship. lence in the society and people are running madly after mind and body and to help one- cal existence. the consciousness supreme, even if A major deterrent in shedding the it. Naturally, when this becomes the norm, selfish motives Iself before reaching out to others. It you do not know it, even if you do not perceptions we hold of ourselves is our drive the society and personal prosperity and amassing is a trend these days to gift oneself the WHY SHOULD YOU LOVE YOURSELF? WE NEED TO feel it, even if you do not want to lack of knowledge of destiny. Until we riches is the only end. In such a society, we can only breed well-deserved ‘Me time’ and engaging The point of discussion is not about ACCEPT believe it. understand this concept better, we inequality and push the vulnerable to misery. Wealth, as in therapies to relax and detox. loving yourself frivolously or in van- Right now the ‘you’ that is read- continue to blame ourselves for all our the vedic wisdom says, “has to be earned by two hands and Focusing on oneself is not uncommon ity, but learning to accept, respect and OURSELVES ON AN ing this article is just the physical one. actions and often even our thoughts. distributed by thousand hands”. We need to realise the sig- to our ethos and culture, where for revere yourself. This is certainly not ‘AS IS WHERE IS’ But realising the essence of the arti- There are many stories in history nificance of those golden words of wisdom: ‘when wealth centuries together, significant time an easy task. The art of loving your cle is done by the spirit self. wherein the predictions about the is lost nothing is lost, when health is lost something is lost, was dedicated for prayers, meditation ‘self’ has been understood and advo- BASIS. THIS IS NOT Most people believe they love the future have been accurate. If that is when character is lost everything is lost’. We need to build and other productive, self-motivated cated across spiritual forums and ONLY FOR SELF- concept of consciousness supreme but true, then the trends of our life are pre- societal character. Corruption poses one of the gravest activities. As a result the society ben- religious doctrines. forget to love themselves as a part of determined and the future has already threats to economic growth, democracy, and political sta- efited, ensuring human evolution. Adi Shankaracharya has been PRESERVATION, the Tat factor. A poignant quote by happened in a cross-section of time bility. Political corruption has taken on a new prominence This practice holds relevance even in one such proponent of the self and he BUT ALSO FOR Saint and poet Kabir explains the con- and space that lies ahead. in public discourse due to its devastating impact on pub- today’s fast paced life. says: “As the mind becomes gradual- cept beautifully: Understanding the factor of destiny lic confidence in political and economic institutions and First thing first. It is critical to ly established in the self, it proportion- OUR COLLECTIVE “Boond samani hai samunder will make self-acceptance and removal processes. But institutions may not be enough. There is a understand that often the image of the ately gives up the desire for external INTENT THAT AIDS mein, janat hai sab koi; of guilt much easier. need for a socio-cultural overhaul and change in individ- self we carry is actually a component objects. When all such desires have Samunder samana boond mein, Self-love has to go beyond atten- ual mind set. Vulgar consumerism coupled with egoistic of many entities — physical, astral and been eliminated, there is the unob- THE MACHINERY bujhe birla koi.” tion seeking. If you look around, your extravaganza has blurred the line between need and greed. causal. The physical body consists of structed realisation of the self.” OF THE (When a drop merges into the dog is asking for it, your kids are ask- Insecurity of the rich and callousness of the society needs a physical self, mind and intellect. The If we have to extrapolate this to ocean, everyone understands it ing for it, and many of your friends to be addressed. Perhaps, the Gandhi Talisman can throw spirit within, the suksham sharir (the our current environment, and the CONSCIOUSNESS But when the ocean merges into are asking for it as well. So do not join some hints. The same is quoted here: “I will give you a tal- body that exists before, during and many selves one has, it makes the the drop, seldom does one understand the attention-seeking club. Once you isman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self after a birth in this life) and the causal process more complex and research - SUPREME it.) see the spark of divinity within you, becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall body or the kaarna sharir which is worthy. This explains how one is not just you will not want attention from any- the face of the poorest and the weakest person whom you always attached to the spirit and In order to understand the con- a part of the consciousness supreme one else. You will look for vairagya may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contem- contains the hard disk of our samskars. cept of self-love we must deconstruct but in fact is the consciousness and that solitude will give you a high. plate is going to be of any use to that person”. It may be Hence, if the focus is loving the an old Sanskrit phrase, Tat Twam Asi supreme itself. recalled that Gandhi popularised the term ‘Daridranarayan’. physical body, you may get caught in — That You Are. In this, ‘Tat’ stands Perception has an influential role The writer is the author of Hingori Sutras series Pathak is a professor of management, writer, and an acclaimed a web of complexities that physical for the consciousness supreme, of to play in this study, who we think we of spiritual books public speaker. He can be reached at [email protected] FROM PAGE 11 Living in a material world Committed to his ideals Pain in present material world indicates that not everything was right the Jana Sangh in the past. The word on in our past lives. This is karmaphala, says AJIT KUMAR BISHNOI the ground suggested that the joint cadre was willing to go against the executive if famous film star suffered deep Rajnath Singh was not picked and some depression; her latest film had had even begun suggesting that he should Aflopped. And this was the film fight the elections as an independent. which she had hoped would make her Singh made his way to the district col- stand out in the film industry. She had lector’s office to withdraw his candida- co-produced this film after many suc- ture, accompanied by a swarm of support- cesses as an actress. She had worked ers. The sight was perhaps too intimidat- very hard and in her mind she had not ing for Ansari, the Lok Dal candidate, a left anything to chance. Therefore, soft-spoken Muslim gentleman who was once the film bombed at the box office, known to Singh as well. As he entered the her heart was broken. She went into office, Singh offered him his best wishes. heavy depression. But she was no fool; The district collector informed Singh that she was determined to get to the root the time to withdraw candidature was of her problem. She began calling her over and his name would remain on the friends when the numbness caused by ballot paper. As Singh pondered over how the setback somewhat lessened. None to avoid a situation that would be detri- could really help with their words of mental for both the Jana Sangh and the sympathy; she wanted to know the real replied, “I have heard that but what is which we are rewarded or punished for Janata alliance, the clamour urging him to cause of the failure. unusual about it? We all have mood our acts, but He can and does intervene fight as an independent candidate grew Out of desperation, she called a col- changes. Who can stay in one fixed for His devotees once something bad n 18 January 1977, Indira Gandhi principal Opposition parties-the Jana louder amongst the cadre. Singh took a lege friend, with whom she was not in mood? Once in a material body in this happens. How do you think that I try called for fresh Lok Sabha elections Sangh, the Bharatiya Lok Dal, the Socialist moment to think and decided to stand by touch. This friend had spiritual leanings. material world, we all are prone to mood to maintain equanimity? God helps. We, Othat would be held in the month of Party and the Congress (Organization)- the party. He told everyone that if the That was the reason that she was not swings.” The actress said, “I have never human beings, are intrinsically small March and although she also ordered the had come together as the Janata alliance party was right in thinking of him as wor- exactly her favourite. Desperate times felt so bad earlier.” The guru replied, and are given to react in extreme man- release of those her government had to fight the elections against Indira thy enough to contest, how could it be called for desperate measures; so she “You were lucky. By the way, what has ners. No one is exempt from bad hap- detained, the Emergency officially ended Gandhi. Singh began campaigning in full wrong if it changed its mind due to some sought her out. That friend was sur- caused this?” penings, because our very presence in on 21 March 1977. swing for the elections that were to be unavoidable circumstance? In a practical prised to hear from her now famous The actress explained about the fail- this painful material world indicates that The Opposition soon galvanized peo- held between 16 and 19 Match 1977. But display of walking the talk, doing the friend. They met and this friend ure of her latest film. The guru stated, not everything was right in our past ple and left no stone unturned to make it before voting day, an internal understand- right thing irrespective of the situation, requested the actress to accompany her “Success and failure are the results of lives; that is we carry the baggage from amply clear that this was their last chance ing between the Jana Sangh and the Lok which was also fast becoming a much to the ashram of her guru. After initial one’s fate, especially the big ones. One our past; all of us do. A sound connec- to pick between democracy and dictator- Dal relegated him to the sidelines. An talked about trait of Rajnath Singh, he hesitation, she agreed to do so because cannot ensure success by mere present tion with God ensures a degree of sta- ship. After his release, Singh found great eleventh-hour seat-sharing arrangement offered all his support to the Janata her friend was insistent that if anyone efforts.” He then stated, “Do you realise bility. The actress listened to the guru support within his community that was between the parties that constituted the alliance candidate. As he stepped out of could help her, it was this person. how many businessmen are trying in rapt attention. This was something aware of the hardships he had undergone Janata alliance saw the Jana Sangh giving the DC’s office, Singh addressed the Upon reaching the ashram, they hard but never reach the big league. You she had never heard before. during the Emergency. An entire genera- up Mirzapur in favour of Fakir Ali Ansari. crowd, underlining that it was his bad sought an audience with the guru. One were destined to be successful early on She asked for guidance to be able tion of India’s political class that had been As a result, the Jana Sangh could not pitch luck that the rules did not permit his of the residents recognised the actress in your career. Now a bad period has to do what the guru was telling; she was put through the strongest of fires was its candidate and the Lok Dal decided to name to be struck off the ballot paper. He and rushed to the guru in great excite- come.” The actress nodded her head and desperate. The guru explained many about to graduate and Singh was amongst field a locally recognized carpet manufac- told everyone present that if he got even ment. They were asked to wait. Once the asked, “What can I do now to get over processes and asked the actress to them. Unlike the decision to not give tick- turer as the contender from Mirzapur. one vote it would be tantamount to dis- call came, they went to meet the exalt- this extreme disappointment? The guru choose what suited her. After giving it ets to some rising stars such as the ABVP The news of the change sent shock- honouring his name. When the votes were ed personality. He asked them to be replied, “God can help. You pray to Him much thought, the actress smiled and students as the Jana Sangh felt they had waves across the city. Not just the Jana cast and the ballots counted, Rajnath seated and, then, asked about the pur- for solace and He will respond.” said, “I feel that I can do what you are been overly politicized during the Sangh party workers but also the RSS and Singh did not get a single vote. To this pose of their visit. The friend shared the The actress, not a believer, seemed suggesting. I needed a ray of hope and Emergency, which could lead them to ABVP cadre offered their support to date, he considers it to be a victory unlike actress’ predicament. The guru looked disappointed. The guru read her mind you have shown me the light. I thank look at things in a different light, there Singh. Much like the earlier elections, the any other in his entire life. unperturbed and asked, “What is new?” and said, “It is not as difficult as you are you sincerely.” And, they left. was no predicament when it came to RSS cadre was bound to play a significant Excerpted with permission from The actress was surprised. She thought imagining. God does not normally Singh. He became an automatic choice for role in mobilizing the electorate in favour Gautam Chintamani’s Rajneeti: A the guru was joking. She said emphat- interfere in the working of the Bishnoi is a spiritual writer and can be reached the Lok Sabha ticket from Mirzapur. The of the Janata alliance as it had done for Biography of Rajnath Singh; Pengiun, `599 ically, “I am very unhappy.” The guru karmaphala principle according to at [email protected] 13

Hyderabad Sunday September 1, 2019 food

K RAMYA SREE ty to everyone. But if there is one all know the recipe for the usual n HYDERABAD more thing associated with him, jaggery based Modak, Khandani it is the fact that he is a known Rajdhani, a restaurant in the t’s that time of the year foodie. And that means gorging city, has come up with seven dif- again to celebrate the on sweets for the next 10 days. ferent recipes of the Lord's birthday of the elephant- Lord Ganesha and Modaks go favourite food. From dry fruits headed God. Yes, it’s hand in hand and you literally for the health conscious to Ganesh Chaturthi! Lord find him holding it in his hands chocolate Modaks for the I Ganesha is supposed to in all pandals. foodies, they have it all covered. bring peace and prosperi- Speaking of Modaks, while we

UKDICHE MODAK INGREDIENTS continuously to prevent oil and knead the dough till Rice flour - 1 and half cups lumps from forming. Cover completely smooth and A pinch of salt the pan with a deep lid and pliable. The dough should Oil - 1 tsp for greasing pour some water into the not stick to your palms. For stuffing: lid. Cook on low heat for Rest the dough covered Fresh grated coconut - 1 three minutes. with a damp cloth. and half cups o Remove the lid, sprinkle o For the stuffing, combine Jaggery grated - 1 cup some cold water on the rice the coconut and jaggery in Press Poppy seeds flour and cover again with a non-stick pan and cook the edges of the bowls to (khuskhus/posto) roasted - the lid, bring to a boil, on medium heat for one or reduce the thickness. 1 tbsp reduce heat, and add the two minutes till light golden o Place a portion of the A pinch of green cardamom rice flour in a steady flow, brown. Make sure that you stuffing in the centre; pleat powder stirring continuously to do not overcook the the edges of the dough and A pinch of nutmeg powder prevent lumps from mixture. Add the roasted gather them together to forming water in it; cook for poppy seeds, cardamom form a bundle. Pinch to METHOD another three minutes. powder and nutmeg seal the edges at the top. o Heat one and one-fourth Repeat this process twice powder, an o Heat some water in a cups of water with salt and more. Take the pan off the o Divide the dough into steamer. Place the modak one teaspoon oil in a deep heat and keep it covered for twelve equal portions and on a perforated plate in the non-stick pan. two minutes. shape them into balls. steamer and steam for ten o Bring to a boil, reduce the o Transfer the mixture to a Grease the palms of your to twelve minutes. flame and add the rice flour large plate, grease the hands and spread each ball o Serve hot modak with pure in a steady flow, stirring palms of your hands with to form a three-inch bowl. ghee. KAJU MODAK

INGREDIENTS heavy bottom pan. o Check mava and make Mava - 2 cups o Turn the heat on sure there are no lumps. Cashew nut powder - 1 medium heat. o Take small ball of mava cup o Stir and mix well. and put into the mould. Powdered sugar - 1/2 o Add food colour. o By using your finger cup o As it heat up, it starts to pack it. Cardamom powder melt. Add cardamom o Press it and open the Yellow food colour powder to the mixture. mould carefully and o Roast it well till the remove it. METHOD moisture evaporates. o Modaks are ready to o Take mava, sugar and o Spread it on a plate and serve. MODAKS cashew nut powder in let it cool. COCONUT MODAK INGREDIENTS and add grated coconut. starts to form a ball Fresh grated coconut - 1 o Once the coconut is consistency and REINVENTED cup added, keep stirring until ghee starts to Mawa or milk there is no moisture in the separate. Remove powder - 200 grams coconut. from heat and Sugar - 1 cup o When the coconut do not transfer the mixture Cardamom - 4 pods have any moisture, add to a bowl and allow it Ghee - 2 tbsp khova and powdered to cool.. sugar keep stirring until o Make sure the CHOCOLATE MODAK METHOD the khova and sugar has mixture does not o INGREDIENTS medium flame. add cocoa powder, In a mixer jar add thoroughly combined with cool completely as we Ricotta Cheese - 2 cups o Add ricotta cheese it and chocolate chips, mix well. cardamom and sugar, the coconut. cannot form modak o Sweetened condensed cook for five to eight o Wait until mixture cools grind to form powdered Do not add any water or shapes. o milk - 1 cup minutes while mixing it in down completely. sugar. milk to melt the sugar or Once the peda o Semi-sweet chocolate between o Once the chocolate mixture Heat a wok on medium khova as the consistency mixture gets warm, o If you do not have a chips - 1/2 cup o Once the ricotta cheese is cool to touch, take the flame and add ghee. of peda with get watery. take a portion of the modak mould, spread the o Unsweetened cocoa starts to thicken up, add modal mould and stuff with Once the ghee melts and On low flame, keep mixture and fill in modak mixture on a plate and cut powder - 1 tbsp condensed milk to it and chocolate mixture to give a the wok starts to smoke,, stirring all the ingredients mould and form equal the peda using cookie cook for four to five modak shape to it. place wok on low flame until the peda mixture modaks. cutter. Serve right away. METHOD minutes. o Chocolate Modak is all o Heat heavy bottom pan on o Now, turn off the heat and ready!

DRY FRUIT MODAK RECIPE INGREDIENTS ¼ cup o Dry roast the chopped o Take lime-sized balls of KESAR MAWA MODAK 15 dates seeds removed Desiccated coconut - ¼ nuts together till lightly the mixture and form 10 dried Figs cup browned. Add them to the them into modak shapes. medium heat. Keep stirring NOTE: Raisins - ¼ cup 4 cardamom pods, seeds bowl with the coconut and o You can use a modak METHOD till the mixture becomes o Quick Method to make Almonds - ¼ cup crushed into powder keep aside. mould to do this, or shape o Mash mawa and thick. Do not wait to khoya/Mawa at home: Take Pistachios - ¼ cup Ghee - 1 tsp o Heat ghee in the same pan them by hand. keep it ready. completely dry the mix as it a pan and add 1 litre whole Shelled walnuts - and add chopped dates, o To shape them by hand, Remove seeds from will harden. milk and bring it to boiling METHOD figs and raisins and fry make a lime-sized ball first the cardamom pods o Turn off the flame, add point. Lower the flame and o Finely chop the continuously for about 5 and then, holding the ball and crush it nicely. cardamom powder and mix continue to boil. Keep dates, figs and raisins. minutes. in the palm of one hand, Grease a square well. Spread the mixture on stirring so that it does not o Also chop all the o Switch off the heat and let use the fingers of your plate with some ghee the greased plate. stick to the pan. Stir almonds, pistachios and it cool slightly. other hand to pull up the INGREDIENTS and keep it ready. o When it cools down, taken vigorously when milk starts walnuts into tiny bits. o Grind the cooled dates, top of the ball, thus Mawa/dried whole o Add few saffron strands to a portion in your hand and to thicken. Khoya is ready o In a saucepan, figs and raisin mixture till forming a fig shape. milk - 1 cup warm milk and keep it aside give it a modak shape using when the milk stops dry roast the desiccated it forms a coarse paste. o Store the modak in a air- Sugar - 1/2 cup for 20 minutes. mould. You can also cut it simmering and its coconut till lightly o Add this paste to the bowl tight container. Green cardamom - 2 o Add mawa, sugar, saffron into equal squares if you do completely dry. Transfer it browned. Transfer to a with the browned nuts. o These should last at room (powdered) milk in a non-stick pan and not have modak mould into a bowl and keep it large bowl and keep Mix well till a uniform temperature for about 4-5 Kesar/saffron - few strands mix well. available. aside to cool. aside. mass is formed. days. Milk - 2 tbsp o Heat the pan and cook on

MOTICHUR MODAK INGREDIENTS beater to make it fluffy. Add one bowl of water Gram flour - 1 bowl o Put pan on the gas and add and sugar and cook it for Sugar - 1 and a half bowl ghee. Heat it on medium 10-15 minutes on Water - 1 and a half bowl flame medium flame to make Vegetable oil - 1 tbsp o Hold Jhar (a big round one taar sugar syrup. To Cardamom powder - 1/2 spoon with multiple small check one taar, take one tsp holes in it) just above the drop of sugar syrup Chopped Pista - 1tbsp pan and put batter on it between thumb and index Saffron leaves - 10-15 with service spoon and tap finger and see single taar. Vegetable oil or ghee for at edge of the jhar so small o Add cardamom powder, deep fry droplets will fall in the oil. pista and saffron leaves in o Fry it for five to seven sugar syrup and put off METHOD minutes on medium flame gas o Take gram flour in a large and take it out in a plate o Add Boondi in sugar syrup size bowl and add half bowl with another jhar to drain and properly mix it and water slowly to make thin extra oil. If possible put keep for 15 minutes o If you do not have Modak batter without lumps and bloating paper on plate to o Now put Boondi mixture in mould then make it with add 1 tbsp oil. Beat it for absorb extra oil. Modak mould and press it. hand and give shape of five to seven minutes with o Put another pan on the gas. Now take it out. Modak MAHARAJ JODHARAM CHOUDHARY Chef- Khandani Rajdhani sunday magazine UNTIL THE EARLY 1900s ONLY THE MAJOR ARCANA AND COURT CARDS tarot 14 WERE ILLUSTRATED. THE NUMBERED CARDS JUST SHOWED THE NUMBER OF PIPS FOR EACH SUIT Hyderabad, September 1, 2019

YOUR WEEK AHEAD MADHU KOTIYA

ARIES March 21-April 19 LEO July 23-Aug 22 SAGITTARIUS Nov 22-Dec 21 Your health will be good. You might plan a foreign tour Health remains good. Since spiritual practices had This is a great time to boost your health and vitality. with the family. Networking with people from different occupied your mind space till now, you may feel the Read the signs your body is giving out to decide whether places is also likely. You have the skill and intelligence urgency to make time for things that feed your soul. You you need more exercise or rest. You can make things but need guidance to hone your skill further and have faith in yourself and the Almighty. Religious better with moderate changes. You are in a mood to prepare for a brighter future. Design your resume in practices done in a group with people from different party and celebrations will draw your attention. As the advance. You will participate in research related work walks of life will enhance your aura and personality. This week progresses, you will delve into solitude in search of and seminars. Your words may prove to be more is a transition period in your career. You want change. Be spiritual awakening. A baseless fear has taken over you important to others than your actions right now. You receptive. You will find yourself on the right track. Things and is making you restless. Worrying about your job is will have the ability to influence your near and dear are turning towards positivity. Old habits die hard, but you not going to help. Focus on what you can control, and try ones. If in love, be flexible in your approach, command could make it with your determination in a short time. You to overcome your anxiety. Your intention is right and you with purpose and not take undue advantage or hurt are likely to worry or lose sleep over delays in personal are caring towards your near and dear ones, but other others. If you are single, take a backseat this week as affairs. This is not the best time to begin a new people in your life are contributing towards your anger there appears little chance that you might meet relationship. Turn to your friend or relative who will help and aggression. Something that worked for you in a someone special! you control your emotions. relationship in the past may now start to go wrong.

Lucky number 27 Lucky number 3 Lucky number 6 Lucky colour Silver Lucky colour Purple Lucky colour Beige Lucky day Monday Lucky day Monday Lucky day Friday

TAURUS April 20-May 20 VIRGO Aug 23-Sep 22 CAPRICORN Dec 22-Jan 19 You may need to take action to improve your health You will feel restricted, indecisive and confused. You may There can be a push-pull type of energy which could take condition. Being paralysed from the neck down, you can have recently gone through a very difficult time. But now you on a very low phase and negative mind-set. This still do things actively to help yourself, think about what you have arrived at solutions and plans to improve your might not be unfamiliar to you as you are often faced these things might be, and then follow through. Every situation and that's a good thing. Just ensure that you with such mood swings. Get yourself examined, as the action makes a difference. Maintain a positive outlook. don't make the same mistakes again. Professional energy of the week is not very positive. Take medical You have to make a decision on your career front. matters need your attention. Those looking for a job advice. If something is wrong, don’t hesitate to take a Analyse all available information, and then make your should keep their resume ready. It is good to have sound second opinion and switch treatment before it is too late. best choice. It's possible that what you initially interpret knowledge of your area of interest, but it is equally Make sure your financial documents are up to date and as bad may work out in your favour. Committed important to be able to articulate this knowledge. Others that you have been keeping an account of your income relationship will become more strong and balanced. may feel envy for you. You would be sharp with your and expenditure. If you are in a job don't expect the Allow your beloved his/her own space and make sure mental abilities. Your will do well if appearing for an entire system to be changed just because you believe it that you are giving your fair share to the relationship. If interview. You are also in a mood to experiment with should be different. Expect the best to happen in a you are unattached but looking, you are likely to meet platonic love as intellectual friends or lovers attract your relationship. Those in a committed relationship can someone new who is positive, kind, and generous. attention. expect new heights of intimacy and joy.

Lucky number 8 Lucky number 8 Lucky number 22 Lucky colour Red Lucky colour Peach Lucky colour Mauve Lucky day Thursday Lucky day Saturday Lucky day Tuesday

GEMINI May 21-June 20 LIBRA Sep 23-Oct 22 AQUARIUS Jan 20-Feb 18 You are likely to feel lethargic, inactive and fail to go Travel and other nitty-gritties of life will keep you busy this You need to change your routine and try new things for ahead in certain circumstances. This is the time to week. Amidst all this, you may have to take some better health. Start with the basics. Find out if you are refresh and seek advice from the experts. You are important decisions. There will be a significant shift in getting enough sleep, exercise, and eating healthy carrying a fear which is baseless. Once you come out your schedule by the end of the week, as you will seek to foods. You don't have to undergo some an of this self-created dilemma, life would be exciting and engage in exercise, yoga practices and solitude for your uncomfortable, and difficult regime to feel better. goals attainable. Be positive and you will shine bright. well being. The sudden change in the scenario may Small, positive steps are the kind of change that you New opportunities in profession will make you creative surprise you. You might be offered a job, a posting or a can live with and see the results. Travel is on the cards. this week. It is possible that you have been feeling the dream project. You will feel positive and enthusiastic. You may like to shift your residence or office this week. drive to advance your career. Take advantage of this Those aspiring for education abroad may find that all the Whether single or married, you will feel the need for time to write out what you had aspired and like to necessary requirements, such as visa, passport and loan freedom as never before. You may feel misunderstood accomplish. This is a positive time for work practices, etc are progressing in a positive direction. You are in a by others. Possibilities of a good relationship are all its strategies and success in the market. Relationships mood to confront a near and dear one. Something is around you this week, whether you are looking for a may suffer, conflict is a near surety. Things may not bothering you and your anger and aggression may go out new love, a new friend, or a new relationship of any work out as you would hope with a love relationship. of limit. kind.

Lucky number 29 Lucky number 5 Lucky number 4 Lucky colour Black Lucky colour Emerald Green Lucky colour Yellow Lucky day Wednesday Lucky day Thursday Lucky day Sunday

CANCER June 21-July 22 SCORPIO Oct 23-Nov 21 PISCES Feb 19-March 20 This week you will feel good and pamper yourself. You You may feel restricted — mentally, physically and There could be a turning point in your health. Be would be attracted to pleasantries, food, and financially — at the beginning of the week. Confidence accountable to yourself and move on. Do whatever it entertainment activities. Spa and rejuvenation spaces will start building as the week progresses. Look at the takes to keep your stress level under control. Proper will draw your attention. You may plan a vacation to an positive side of everything. Take good care of your nutrition, good rest and exercise go a long way towards exotic destination over the weekend. Career-wise this health. In monetary terms, the week looks good. There is healthy living. If closing a deal, read the document will be a great week for you. You will be creative and a certain element of perfectionism associated with you. carefully before you put your signatures on it. Avoid focused. Promotion or appraisal is indicated. Self- You are meticulous in your approach and you make sure rigorous exercise, as it may cause injury. Career-wise, this confidence will keep your morale high. You will find that everything is planned and executed down to the is the time for more work and less play. You will realise yourself in a position of power and authority. You can finest detail to create overall success. You will not leave a now that you must do as much as you can to achieve all handle any situation with your intelligence. Your job half done. It is essential to you that you complete all your goals. A sudden turn of events could see you change dreams are big and so are your actions. You have the assigned tasks and projects to a certain standard and your views about a friend who you have taken for granted. ability to create a world of your own and make a mark. that you follow through on your promises. You will try to A friend may be harbouring a feeling of envy or Lust, passion and addictions are all negative forces bring balance to all your works. You are in tune with your jealousness against you. This could come as shocking that make life meaningless. body/mind/spirit and feel great about yourself. revelation.

Lucky number 1 Lucky number 30 Lucky number 19 Lucky colour Blue Lucky colour White Lucky colour Grey Lucky day Saturday Lucky day Wednesday Lucky day Monday Madhu Kotiya is a tarot card reader, spiritual healer, and Founder, MShezaim Institute of Tarot and Divination. Contact details: [email protected], www.indiatarot.com, M: 9873283331

ASTROTURF Be grounded for life’s smooth run BHARAT BHUSHAN PADMADEO during the ongoing life, as and when mental to her interest. It is only when she congenial ground becomes available. lands into crisis that she applies her girl having entered her forties and we look at the way the existential order is Here again, we have to exercise our mind. Moon also placed adverse to yet not married, would naturally made out, unlike other species and exis- choice and take the call — whether to let Saturn brings in a negative mind-set, Abe a concern for parents. One tences that are bound by a predefined it happen, defer it for later times, or even which makes her inhibitive by nature. such helpless father came asking the nature, human beings enjoy the privilege deny it. In this respect our habit tenden- Also, she would be habitually suspicious other day: “Sir, why has my daughter not of having the freedom to make choices. cies play a major role, often playing a and overcritical of others. That doesn’t let been able to get married by now? Is her But, if there is a choice, the probability of trickster. Let’s now look into astrological her take timely decisions, and so her ini- marriage denied? If not, suggest some its use and misuse remains equal. And pointers to her habit tendencies. tiatives often get delayed. She also fails to remedial measures that would facilitate there is nothing like a free lunch in life. She is born in Scorpio lagna, with its grab the opportunities coming her way her marriage. I am approaching 80 and One has to bear with the consequences lord Mars posited in the 12th house. within time. don’t know how long I will survive. I of good or bad choices made. This binds That makes out a stubborn person, who What further compounds her prob- wish to get her married before I leave human beings to a cause-effect chain, is vulnerable to becoming a victim of her lems is her swaggering ego, coming as it this world.” which operates in a self-automated own making. Mars conjunct Rahu makes may with the Sun placed adverse to Be assured your daughter’s marriage mode. In this scheme of things, there her erratic, who may often fritter away Jupiter. That narrows down her vision to is not denied. Going by her astrological remains a cause behind every effect, her energies towards unproductive ends. self-defined beliefs and perceptions, pointers, had she not wilfully evaded which in turn, sets the premise on which Mars also conjunct Uranus makes her often out of touch with ground realities. marriage, she would have been married future events take off. Evidently, the self-willed. Mars again, ill-disposed off to She would not be even open to explore at least 10 years back. Bear in mind; any cause-effect chain runs in succession, mischievous Neptune points to the possi- advisories and counsel offered by elders. delay in taking initiatives or grabbing which could stretch on to the next life. bility of suffering from inferiority com- What further acts as a multiplier effect to opportunities in hand, you run out of This is what sets the premise of the ‘Laws plex, who remains susceptible to her already inflated ego is her fixated time. Consequently, you will be left of Karma’. So, you become a beneficiary unmindfully get into self-undoing acts. one-track mind, as would Saturn placed behind in the run of life, which applies in or victim of your own Karma. There is Mind signifying Moon occupies the fiery adverse to Mercury imply. It is still not your daughter’s case. no scope for any extra-terrestrial body sign Aries, again owned by Mars, which late if she begins appreciating living reali- “In God’s plan, if she was to get mar- that would be adjudicating our Karma, makes her impulsive, aggressive, intoler- ties. ried ten years back, why did it not hap- and selectively granting boons in ant, impatient, and domineering. Moon The writer is an astrologer, vastu consultant pen? Can God’s will ever get compro- response to your prayers. opposed to Mars and Uranus brings in and spiritual counsellor. Write to him at mised?” The old man countered. The Karmic imprints carried over mercurial temperamental, and makes her G-1102, Bharat Nagar, New Friends Colony, Well, there is nothing like a God’s from the past set the ground on which moody, rash, argumentative, and eccen- New Delhi-1110 025 plan. It’s always your self-made plan as our new life takes off. These imprints tric. She may jump into action on Tel: 91-111-449848475/9818037273 settled by Karmic carryover from the available in our memory as thought- instinctive judgment without applying Email: [email protected] past, that you are not conscious about. If seeds, carry the potential to bloom out proper forethought, more often detri- Website: www.bharatastro.com

TEAM AGENDA DESK > NAVNEET MENDIRATTA, CONSULTING EDITOR | H LAYOUT AND DESIGN > SATISH CHANDRA JAKHMOLA, SENIOR EDITOR (CREATIVE) Now you can write to us at [email protected] HYDERABAD | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 1, 2019 backpack 15 ‘I don’t read my scripts’ nHow did you come on board for time. I didn’t know how it worked. The easy way out for me was to enrol instance say Satyajit Ray, then he will he said that I was good and I felt like Chanakya (1991)? Acting for shows or films is very dif- myself in short plays and then it got me make you visualise the whole film with recording his words but sadly we did- I was studying in National School ferent from what we do on stage. interested in acting. his narration. There will be no need to n’t have voice recorders in mobile of Drama (NSD). A couple of months Though, I had done all my prepara- nDid your family support your deci- read the script. Second, I see what my phones back then. before passing out, I got selected for tions, I had read the script thorough- sion to become an actor? character is about. I don’t go for big nYour recent film Turtle won a DD National’s historical drama ly before going to the sets, but noth- Yes. My whole family was very sup- banners like most people do. The com- National Award. — Chanakya. I was offered ing worked. The people on the sets portive all through. They still are. In mercial value of the film doesn’t mat- Yes. I am highly obliged that the the role of Nipunak. started questioning my acting skills. I fact, there was a time when I was not ter to me, the story does. film received a National Award. The When the team came to heard taunts like pata nahi kesey kesey willing to leave Delhi to shift to nYou did a lot of commercials too film is about the scarcity of water. It was our institute they were log NSD se actor ban kar nikal kar aatey Mumbai. Then my family thrashed me and Mirinda ad with Amitabh a small initiative to brought the issue in search of some hain, kuch aata jata hai nahin inhey, and sent me to Mumbai. (laughs) Bachchan was your first ad with a to light. It is everyone’s duty to do their Talktime fresh talent and they kyon aagayein hain. But, it didn’t n How did things turn out in celebrity. How did that feel? part and save nature. Few months back, selected a few peo- demotivate me. Instead, I feel fortunate Mumbai? I don’t have words to describe that I also did a film called Kadwi Hawa. SANJAY MISHRA ple from my batch. that I didn’t receive appreciation for act- I came to Mumbai with only one moment. I was always a fan of Mr It was on pollution. There is a need to Mishra known for his one liners rose to fame as This is how I got ing back then. Because if I would have thing in mind that I need to explore Bachchan and when I was offered to make more films on social causes to my first role. then I wouldn’t be here today. I would cinema. It wasn’t like that I had to stand with him in the ad, I was on create awareness. I am glad that my Babli in Golmaal. He then went on giving stellar nAnd you took 25 have become overconfident. From become an actor. It was only my love cloud nine. I remember the product work has been recognised but there is performances in films like Masaan, Dhamaal takes for a single that day I have stopped reading the for cinema that took me there. I want- was Mirinda and I was calling it much more that the Government and Welcome. He speaks with Musba shot. scripts, I have cut short the expenses ed to explore the industry. For this, I Meranda. Then, Mr Bachchan stopped should do to help tackle such issues. n Hashmi about his debut and best Yes. It was day related to preparing scripts. (laughs) was willing to do anything — from and asked me if I was from Delhi. I said What are your upcoming projects? one on the sets and nHow did acting happen to you? being an art director to a camera per- yes and he replied tabhi aap Mirinda I am shooting for 108 Maryadit. It moments of his journey my first shot. It took I am a born artist. I was confused son to an editor, I was open for every- ko Meranda Meranda keh rahe hain. is the most challenging project for me me 25 to 28 takes for a of what to choose — music or acting. thing. Also, I had to earn a living. The other funny moment was when I till now. However, when I take up a new scene. The scene was I was in search of the right path. It was nWhat things do you look out for reached the sets, the first thing that I project mujhe bukhaar chadhney lagta that I had to imagine a all of a sudden when I realised that I before signing a project? did was to touch his feet and said ek hai, ki yeh kya musibat apney sar le li finger as my mother and am an actor — a lazy one. I thought if First and foremost the director. As hi ichcha thi ki marney se pehle aap se maine. Then there are Bhot Hua had to read out the dia- I will go in the music industry then it I mentioned earlier, I don’t read the mil loon. To which he replied kiskey Samman, Color Black, Gwalior, Death logues. It took forever to shoot the will take me at least 15 years to make scripts. I go by what the director is say- marne se pehle. And we both burst into On A Sunday and #Gadhvi in scene. I was facing the camera first a place for myself and it was uncertain. ing. If there is a good director for laughter. I remember after the shoot, the pipeline. ‘Film’s success Staging new highs depends on Ovee, a Hindi horror play, is set to wow the Delhi audience with its brilliant script and a story & script’ must learn message, says SHALINI SAKSENA

fter staging some great facade. Things falling, a man Sanjeevani. Also there is a char- plays in the last couple of appearing from the wall or dis- acter in the TV show whose Ayears like Wrong Number, appearing into thin air. These name is the same in Ovee as well. Jab We Separated and were the challenges — to do it So sometimes, I end up getting Mahabharata, Felicity Theatre is on theatre. It is not like a movie the names wrong. I just hope it set to wow Delhiites with yet where one can do so much doesn’t happen during the actu- another stage show— Ovee — a more,” Bhuchar tells you whose al show, Roy says who has had Hindi horror play all set to be next project is going to be goof ups on the stage for an ear- staged from September 7-8, Ramayan and tells you that the lier play but not that the audi- 2019 at Kamani Auditorium. stage show will be better than ence ever came to know. The play is a story of a teenage Mahabharat. According to him, the USP girl who losses her parents at an Rohit Roy who plays three of the play is the script and the early age. She is sent to an characters in the play, that of way it has been mounted. “I have orphanage by her paternal uncle. the protagonist’s chacha from as not seen anything like this During her stay she starts expe- small town, a cop and a psy- before. The fact that the audi- riencing paranormal activities. chiatrist tells you that of the ence has a greater choice and This play is about her struggle play starts with the chacha. “He that has led to the revival of the- to survive and overcome her is one of those irritating and atre. Indian theatre has been dif- After producing a short film, Chalo fears. unclassy person who says what- ferent from Broadways. But Starring Rohit Roy, ever comes to his mind, he has now money has come in and it Jeete Hain, inspired from PM Sayantani Ghosh, Deeksha no filter. The psychiatrist comes is possible to launch such plays Agnihotiri and Ridhima Bedi Rohit Roy, who plays three characters in the second half of the play to now,” Roy says. Narendra Modi’s childhood, among others, Ovee brings for its treat the protagonist — Ovee Riddhima Bedi who plays audience a gripping theatrical who has suffered vector the the hostel warden where Ovee MAHAVEER JAIN produced Malaal experience which is full of sus- IT IS EASY TO GET GOOD chacha. The cop is completely is brought in tells you that what pense, will give you goose different from the first charac- attracted her to the play is that along with Sanjay Leela Bhansali. He bumps, send shivers down your WRITERS. THE TRICKY ter. I enjoy all the three roles but it is a thriller. “It has great spe- spine and keep you on the edge PART IS TO PUT OUT A to play chacha, I enjoyed the cial effects and it has horror ele- speaks with SHALINI SAKSENA all through the performance. HORROR-THRILLER most since it is a character that ment to it. Earlier, I have done about his upcoming projects among Aniket Patil, the director of OTHERWISE YOU CAN plays to the gallery. The chacha happy-go-lucky roles. This role Ovee tells you that after staging MAKE A FOOL OF is the only character who is so is different,”Bedi says for whom other things over a 100 shows in Marathi and unlike me — a Haryanvi, to get the role not not tough but com- then Gujarati, it has now been YOURSELF. ONE HAS TO the dialect was interesting to do plex. translated into Hindi. “Rahul BE VERY CAREFUL. THE as well,” Roy says and tells you “As an actor it is important nWhat is Chalo Jeete Hain about? Bhuchar, producer and MD of DIRECTION AND that one should not compare to do varied roles otherwise In simple words, it’s about nurturing a dream and working hard Felicity Theatre approached me. PERFORMANCES MAKE A what is happening in Ovee complacency sets in. You keep to fulfil it. A young Naru has become our PM now, but since the He had heard the success of the LOT OF DIFFERENCE with a film. exploring, keep shocking the last 50 years — he is still living his life for us, not for himself but play in Marathi and Gujarati. He A still from the play “One can’t compare a stage audience and keep shocking for others, for our country. That’s what inspired us to make this told me that a horror play with show to a film. In a play, for two yourself as well. Art is so wide. film. special effects is something new fascinates me. I experiment with cial effects team. I sat with atre. While it is a horror play, hours you have live special What appears to be exciting to nWhat are the steps needed to make the entertainment indus- for the audience. Also, the genre different genres for the stage. I them and we worked out how to there is a lesson to be learnt. It effects non-stop with the actors me maybe dull for another. The try more proactive in nation-building? has not been explored. So we wanted to write a horror play. bring these effects into play. It is a theatre with a cause. Since reacting to it. But the actors are audience will be as excited as The meeting between Bollywood fraternity and our Prime decided to come out with a That is how Ovee was born. I was tough. But our team is nobody had done something so good, leave me aside, I have excited I am on the stage,” Bedi Minister that we had initiated was just the beginning of our film Hindi version. I don’t know if a wanted to introduce special good. We were able to overcome like this before, I decided to go a pretty straight forward role but tells you. industry to get more proactive in the process of nation-building. horror play has ever been staged effects as well. The Marathi the roadblocks,” Patil tells you ahead with it,” Bhuchar says and the others are so good. They Working the team for Bedi The PM graciously told the delegation how much of a change and before. But yes, I can say with play was the first version. and adds that the best part of the tells you that as theatre actors, have been rehearsing for over was comfortable as well. “I feel progress they can bring to the nation. We wanted the Prime Minister confidence that Ovee is the first Gujarati came next because a play besides the script is the mes- they are looking for challenges. two months. They are spot on. so at home. The director is so to meet the younger generation of Bollywood stars. He wanted the theatre— with special effects — producer from Gujarat saw it sage that it gives out. “It is easy to get good writ- It will be a great experience for patient. He gives you the leeway entertainment industry to feel a part of the process of the nation’s light and sound. Things like and wanted to put out a Gujarati He also tells you that while ers. The tricky part is to put out the audience. And on a one to knowing that this particular growth and development. Our entertainment industry has a tremen- objects flying in the air, drawers version. Then Rahul saw it, so it is expensive to put out these a horror-thriller. You can make 10 scale, I would rate this an actor has not done this genre so dous amount to give to the nation. As the PM pointed out to them, opening on their own, a man now it is being staged in Hindi,” special effects, it was worth it a fool of yourself. There were eight,” Roy says who has himself needs to be given some space. these stars are role models. disappearing into thin air are Patil explains. since it has opened up doors for films like Purana Mandir, it was been rehearsing for over a The good is that the minute the nHow do movies like Chalo Jeete and Drug-Free India leave an only some of the things that the But there are challenges other directors to experiment Sholay of horror. Then there month because he had been curtain rises, everyone is on the impact if few watch it? audience will get to see here,” when one wants to put out a with the content. “This is good were films where people laughed shooting for Sanjeevani and same platform irrespective of the The overwhelming response to Chalo Jeete Hain inspired us Patil says who has also directed horror play with special effects for theatre,” Patil says. at the make up given to the Mumbai Saga. background,” Bedi says and tells to come up with yet another inspiring and noble initiative — Drug- and written the Marathi and that will send chills down the Rahul Bhuchar tells you ghost. So, one has to be very Roy who has been doing you that doing theatre is attrac- Free India — Na Karunga Na Karne Dunga (DFI) campaign, led Gujarati versions. audience’s spine. But Patil took that he was attracted to Ovee careful. The direction and per- films, TV and theatre at present tion stems from the fact that it by spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. We have tried to ensure The inspiration to put out a up the challenge. He tells you because as a theatre actor, he has formances make a lot of differ- tells you that it is tough to switch keeps one grounded. that the movie and campaign reach to people across the country horror play on the stage came to that he watched several videos not come across a horror play. ence. Then there is the set itself from TV to theatre but not so “One can always give a per- and later at the global level to create awareness. I would also like Patil because he loves to dabble on how magic tricks are done on “Felicity Theatre has always tar- which has come from the US. much from films to TV. I am fect shot after 10 rehearsals. The to thank Rai for presenting Chalo Jeete Hain, and the entire team in the genre. “Horror as a genre the internet. “We also have a spe- geted towards meaningful the- You will see a lot of visual spending maximum time with challenge is to deliver the perfect of it. nHow to convince others to make movies that are content-dri- ven? To be frank, it depends upon the script and the story which WEEKLYNATTER you are willing to tell. Everything depends upon the story that you want to tell. nWatching a film is about entertainment. What are the chal- BEST TIME FOR WRITERS: ROHAN SHANKAR ‘TIGER IS 100 PER CENT SINGLE’ AMITABH BACHCHAN WATERFALLS IN SIKKIM lenges in making people watch films like Dekh India Circus? A film lover will watch the film depending upon the subject, uka Chuppi writer Rohan Shankar ctor Tiger Shroff's sister egastar Amitabh Bachchan is amazed to find out that there is a if a subject interests the audience then they will go watch it, no mat- Lfeels, with content being king right AKrishna has shared an Mwaterfall which has been ter what. now, this is the best time for being a update on her brother's named after him in Sikkim. nWhat points do you keep in mind while selecting a project? writer in the film industry. relationship status, saying he Earlier this week, a fan had It’s very simple — a good script and a vision to tell the story “I got recognition after Luka Chuppi, is 100 per cent single. posted a photograph of himself in to the audience. my first Hindi movie as a writer, but the During an appearance on front of the waterfall, writing ‘Can’t nYou have worked with Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Aanand L Rai, problem (of writers being ignored) a chat show By Invite Only, come to Sikkim, and not go visit a and Bhushan Kumar. What attracted you to do these stories? persists in Bollywood. However, the Krishna got candid about her place named after The Man”, These filmmakers are great storytellers. Besides that, there’s situation has improved over the last two wish to be open about her tagging the actor. always a novelty factor and thought process associated with the pro- or three years, because now films are relationships on social media, Big B took note of it and jects they create. The stories that they create appeals to the mass- content-driven. Every actor, when and addressed the retweeted, saying: ‘That’s not true es and has got a subtle underlying message as well. approached for a film, first asks what the story is, and not who the director or relationship status of Tiger, is it... the Falls name.” nWhat are your upcoming projects? producer is. The transformation has started,” Rohan told IANS. who was reportedly dating actress Disha Patani. Many of his fans and The Sundial Entertainment is looking forward to several inter- He added: “Content-driven films like Badhaai Ho, S're, Bareilly Ki Barfi, Hindi “To each is their own, I’ve never understood why to hype that. followers came forward to share esting projects. We have recently announced a film on the life of Medium, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan and Luka Chuppi have been ruling the market I’m proud of the person I’m with, so why to hide that from their knowledge about the spot Narayana Murthy and his wife, Sudha Murthy, which we are doing over the past couple of years. I feel, it is the best time for writers in the industry. I anybody,” Krishna said. and experiences at the waterfall. with Ashwiny and Nitesh Tiwari, both of whom are very dear friends am very fortunate that I am writing films at a time when content is being given the Asked to address the same question for her brother, she said: The Amitabh Bachchan Falls and extremely talented people whom I admire, and it will be love- highest importance.” “You know that I don’t lie and how straight I’m about everything. is also known as the Bhim Nala ly working with them. Rai has also been very supportive and it is The journey was not easy for the boy from Kalyan, because a break in Tiger is 100 per cent single.” Falls or Bhema Falls. It is believed wonderful associating with such a beautiful person. There are four Bollywood does not come easily for outsiders. Questioned about approving of any of her brother’s girlfriends, that the fall got its name after the additional films in the pipeline. Each one is at different stages of “I always wanted to be a writer. I struggled for six to seven years but didn’t she said: “I am a really protective sister. Tiger is too nice to be true. Bollywood icon because it is very development and we will announce them in due course. The objec- get a good opportunity. During this time, I worked in multiple roles such as It’s easy to take advantage of that. When it comes to him, I’ve been tall. tive is to do significant and meaningful films and at Sundial, we assistant director and production manager. I did almost everything except serving very alert. There may have been a girlfriend of Tiger that I didn’t On the film front, Big B will soon be seen in Chehre, Brahmastra and are always on the lookout for such scripts. tea on the sets!” he said. IANS approve of.” IANS Gulabo Sitabo. IANS HYDERABAD | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 1, 2019 sport 16 Kandola’s best Djoker, Serena roll at Open is yet to come Top rank Serb cruise past Kudla to set Wawrinka showdown; Williams eliminates Muchova HARSHIT BISHT n NEW DELHI don’t score, defenders can’t alone win the matches for you.” AFP n NEW YORK e didn’t featured in the first Talking about playing under Hfour games for Haryana Rakesh Kumar, who made his op-ranked defending Steelers this season due to injury coaching debut this season, champion Novak but ever since he made his Vikash was full of praise for the TDjokovic rolled into the return into the mat after getting former Indian skipper and says US Open fourth round on fully recovered, Vikash Kandola that his experience of the game Friday while Serena Williams is on a roll and his superb raid- has been a blessing for all the cruised into the last 16 and Kei ing skills has turned out to be a players in the dugout. Nishikori was eliminated. blessing for the side as they have “It is a wonderful experience Djokovic, champion in won six of the last seven games working with Rakesh sir, he is four of the past five Slams and they played after that. such an experienced player and 16 overall, was less bothered by It is because of his charis- is a very cool minded person. left shoulder pain that nagged matic style of offensive play Apart from being a brilliant him in the second round in that Haryana’s shattered defense teacher he never let us take any defeating 111th-ranked has also fallen into place and is sort of pressure in the game.” American Denis Kudla 6-3, 6- contributing well to the team “Even if we get tackled in an 4, 6-2. success but despite that too the attempt to go for a difficult point, “That I managed to play star raider is not yet satisfied and he is always there to motivate almost pain-free, that’s a big Novak Djokovic reacts after winning his third round match against Denis Kudla AP feels there is a lot more he can saying ‘Koi Nahi, Agli baar improvement from last match improve in his game to be more ayega’ (It’s okay, it will come next obviously,” Djokovic said. “I Medvedev made an obscene effective in the coming match- time).” didn’t know how my body gesture during his 7-6 (7/1), 4- es. Like every other player par- would react. That was nice.” 6, 7-6 (9/7), 6-4 victory over Bopanna, Talking about his perfor- ticipating in the league, Djokovic, who needed Spain’s Feliciano Lopez. mance in the season so far Kandola’s dream also is to win treatment throughout his sec- The ATP Cincinnati win- Shapovalov Kandola said, “My preparations the Pro Kabaddi League trophy ond-round triumph, skipped ner was booed by the crowd are very good as I am fully fit but he is well aware that the practice on Thursday in favor repeatedly after holding an move to and ready to roar in the mat. But competition is still wide open of shoulder treatment. upraised middle finger aside I am still looking to improve fur- and to reach the goal, the side The 32-year-old Serbian, a his head for stadium cameras ther in the upcoming matches to can’t afford to lose the grip at any three-time US Open winner, but away from chair umpire 2nd round be more effective.” point. “Our initial plan is to top booked a Sunday showdown Damien Dumusois after On being asked about what the table and then play the final with three-time Slam winner receiving a code violation. PTI n NEW YORK all areas he needs to improve, the to win the trophy. Stan Wawrinka, the Swiss 23rd Reigning French Open star player said that he has And we are preparing seed who eliminated Italian champion Ashleigh Barty, the ndia experienced a mixed committed a lot of errors in the according to it but since the lucky loser Paolo Lorenzi 6-4, Aussie second seed, and Czech Iday at the US Open as raids which he is well aware of competition is wide open so it 7-6 (11/9), 7-6 (7/4). third seed Karolina Pliskova, Rohan Bopanna advanced to and his focus now is to make is too early to predict anything. “There’s something with chasing her first Slam the men’s doubles second sure that it doesn’t repeat further. But we will continue to keep him that when I get into my title, also advanced. round with Denis “I want to rectify the mis- raising our performance and try best game, I know that it’s going Pliskova, the 2016 Shapovalov but Leander take that I have committed in the to win as many games as possi- to have some big rallies and I’m US Open runner-up, Paes made a first-round exit previous games and that is my ble.” going to play good tennis,” outlasted Tunisia’s Ons with Guillermo Duran here. focus point. Also, I need to work Wawrinka said. Jabeur 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 Bopanna and his more on collecting bonus points Djokovic, no worse than a while Barty dispatched Canadian partner knocked because that is one area where US Open semi-finalist since a Greek 30th seed Maria Sakkari out formidable fourth-seed- I feel, I’m not doing good. I need third-round exit in 2006, leads 7-5, 6-3. ed French pair of Pierre- to be more consistent.” Wawrinka 19-5 in their all-time Pliskova next plays British Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Discussing the team’s per- rivalry, but they haven’t met 16th seed Johanna Konta while Mahut 6-3, 6-1 in just 55 formance, he said that after a dis- since Wawrinka beat Djokovic Barty, a possible Williams minutes on Friday night. appointing start the team has in the 2016 US Open final. quarter-final foe, meets Bopanna and finally found the mojo back and “We’ve had some great bat- Chinese 18th seed Wang Shapovalov lost their serve is now working towards main- tles over the years, but espe- Qiang. twice but broke their rivals taining consistency. cially here,” Djokovic said. “Let “It’s going to be an incred- six times out of seven “The team is performing the better player win.” ibly physical match,” Barty chances. well now especially after wob- said. Paes and Argentina’s bles in the first few match- DE MINAUR CAUSES Serena Williams reacts after defeating Karolina Muchova during round three of the US Open championship on Friday AP Barty and Pliskova are bat- Guillermo Duran lost 5-7, 2- es. The return of Prashant UPSET tling top-ranked defending 6 to Serbia’s Miomir Rai along with me has Williams continued her today, which is really good for won the US Open since 2014. 10 foe in 12 tries. champion Naomi Osaka to be Kecmanovic and Norway’s helped the side and quest for a 24th career Grand me,” said Williams, whose next Japanese seventh seed “This is where I feel like my world number one at the end Casper Ruud. the result of which is Slam title to equal Margaret opponent is Croatian 22nd Nishikori, the 2014 US Open game’s at. I want to be pushing of the Flushing Meadows fort- Divij Sharan and that now we are Court’s all-time record by seed Petra Martic. runner-up, lost to Australia’s second weeks of Grand Slams night. Monaco’s Hugo Nys had winning matches. crushing 44th-ranked Czech The 37-year-old American, Alex de Minaur 6-2, 6-4, 2-6, and putting myself out there,” One more Barty win also lost their first round to We are collecting Karolina Muchova 6-3, 6-2 in a six-time US Open champion, 6-3. The 20-year-old Aussie, on De Minaur said. “Hopefully I would ensure Japan’s Osaka is Robert Carballes Baena and more regular points in 74 minutes. last won a Slam at the 2017 his deepest Grand Slam run, can just keep it rolling.” dethroned but Pliskova could Federico Delbonis on the raids and that is helping “I had a lot of intensity Australian Open and hasn’t took his first victory over a top- Russian fifth seed Daniil still take the top spot by reach- Thursday. because until the time raiders Starc strikes as Aus thrash Derby Werner takes Leipzig on top AFP n BERLIN slip a shot between the AFP n DERBY caught behind by diving wick- legs of Gladbach goal- etkeeper Alex Carey. imo Werner scored a keeper Yann Sommer itchell Starc pressed his Mitchell Marsh, like Starc That-trick as RB Leipzig and give the visitors a Mcase for a Ashes berth pushing for his first Test of the won 3-1 at Borussia 38th-minute lead at with a four-wicket haul as series, then took two wickets in Moenchengladbach on Borussia Park. Australia completed their three balls to reduce Friday to move top of the Leipzig caught their preparations for next week’s Derbyshire to 99-7. fledgling Bundesliga table. hosts cold less than two fourth Test at Old Trafford He had left-hander Leus The German inter- minutes into the second with a comfortable innings and du Plooy, who made 86 in national striker was at his period, as Yussuf 54-run win over Derbyshire on Derbyshire’s first innings, lbw clinical best as Julian Poulsen sent Werner Saturday. for 37 and then bowled Alfie Nagelsmann's fine start racing in on goal again, Starc, yet to feature in the Gleadall for a second-ball to life as Leipzig coach and the 23-year-old Ashes, ended the match 15 duck. continued with a third made no mistake. minutes before lunch on the In order to accommodate straight win to kick off He made it five third day in Derby with two Smith and Marnus the league season. goals in just three wickets in two balls. He had Labuschagne in Manchester, Leipzig, who were league appearances in Hamidullah Qadri caught in Mitchell Starc celebrates with Australian teammates after taking wicket ICC Australia may leave out Harris drawn in Champions the final minute of Ishan Kishan in a file picture Mumbai Indians/Twitter the slips by Matthew Wade Derbyshire resumed the quickest of the series. and promote Usman Khawaja League Group G along- added time after Breel before clean bowling Dustin Saturday on 53-3, 113 runs But it was fellow paceman to open with Warner. side Zenit Saint- Embolo had briefly Melton. behind Australia’s first innings Michael Neser, uncapped at Both Harris (64) and Petersburg, Benfica and given the home fans Kishan’s 55 scripts With Derbyshire pace- 338. Test level, who struck first on stand-in skipper Khawaja (72) Lyon on Thursday, had some hope, slotting man Tony Palladino unable to After Steve Smith had Saturday when he bowled Alex made fifties in Australia’s beaten Union Berlin and calmly into the bottom bat because of an ankle injury, made 23 on Friday in his first Hughes for 11 to leave innings before they were Eintracht Frankfurt in corner after a poor India A triumph the match ended with competitive innings since Derbyshire 58-4. involved in a mix-up that saw their first two games. back-header by PTI n THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Derbyshire 112 all out. return, attention turned to After a brief rain break, Harris run out. They continued their Matthias Ginter. Left-arm fast bowler Starc Starc. He could be recalled for fast bowler Peter Siddle — Khawaja averages 96.8 in strong form as Werner A first defeat of the oung Ishan Kishan blasted a blistering finished with figures of 4-39 in the fourth Test, with the pitch looking to regain his Test place the seven Test innings in which latched onto Emil season leaves Gladbach Y24-ball 55 as India ‘A’ beat South Africa 10.4 overs. at Old Trafford expected to be — had Harvey Hosein (eight) he has opened. Forsberg's through ball to Timo Werner celebrates after scoring AP seventh on four points. ‘A’ by two wickets in the rain-hit second unofficial ODI to take a 2-0 lead in the five- match series here on Saturday. Chasing 163 to win in a rain-curtailed match, the hosts scampered home with an Angel comes to rescue PSG Zidane happy with Madrid squad over to spare, thanks to Kishan’s heroics and Krunal Pandya’s crucial 15-ball 23. AFP n METZ Kishan hit five boundaries and four sixes AFP n MADRID Real have also signed Eder Militao, in his innings, while Pandya’s knock com- epleted Paris Saint-Germain gave Luka Jovic, Rodrygo and Ferland prised one six and a four. Ddebuts to two teenagers but still won 2- inedine Zidane insists his rela- Mendy, with Zidane refusing to rule out Sent into bat, South Africa ‘A’ posted 162 0 at Metz on Friday in a another Ligue 1 Ztionship with Real Madrid presi- further additions before the window for 5 in 21 overs with George Linde top-scor- game interrupted by fan banners. dent Florentino Perez is strong and he shuts. ing with a power-packed 52 not out which Angel Di Maria and Eric Maxim is happy with his squad ahead of the Neymar’s future at Paris Saint- was studded with one four and five sixes. Choupo-Moting scored the goals the visi- transfer window closing on Monday. Germain remains uncertain while Kishan, who plays for Jharkhand in tors needed to win an undistinguished game Madrid have spent around 300 mil- Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen and domestic cricket, walked in with India ‘A’ in and move to the top of the table. lion euros this summer but Zidane has Ajax’s Donny van de Beek are also a spot of bother at 57 for 3. “We won, and that was important,” said not selected a single new signing in his believed to be targets. He went on the attack from the word go Di Maria. first starting line-ups for the first two “Until Monday at midnight, every- and hammered the spinners nonchalantly Neymar, who reportedly wants to return games of the season. thing can happen, one surprise, two and when the pacy Junior Dale bowled short, to Spain, was again left out of the squad as Zidane hoped the club would sign surprises, but the match is tomorrow,” he swivelled around and smacked him for negotiations over his potential transfer Paul Pogba, but Manchester United Zidane said. a big six. His stunning assault made his drag on. would not sell, and sell Gareth Bale, but “I am proud of the players I have, team’s task of chasing down what appeared Another player who has become the the Welshman remains determined to for me they are the best players. Even to be a stiff target easy. centre of speculation, goalkeeper Alphonse see out his contract, which expires in when you say you want to make some Earlier, Anmolpreet Singh (30, 19 balls, Areola, dropped to the bench. PSG players celebrate a goal in the first half AP 2022. changes, the important thing is when 2X4, 2X6) set the tone for the chase along Areola is reportedly set to go to Real PSG also gave a debut to midfielder Adil “The decisions that are up to me are the season starts, you are happy and I with Shubman Gill (21) after the quick dis- Madrid in a swap for veteran Costa Rican Aouchiche. At 17 years and six weeks, he on the pitch,” said Zidane in a press am happy. missal of opener Ruturaj Gaikwad (1). Keylor Navas. was their youngest ever Ligue 1 starter. conference on Saturday, ahead of “I cannot complain about the squad Batting first, Linde’s pyrotechnics helped PSG also started without the injured pair Di Maria smashed home an 11th- today’s league game away at Villarreal. that I have. If I complain, I can change South Africa ‘A’ reach 162 for 5 in 20 overs of Kylian Mbappe and Edinson Cavani. minute penalty to give PSG the lead. “My relationship with Florentino jobs.” after India A sent both the openers back by “It wasn’t easy because this week there After play resumed, Idrissa Gueye hit Perez has always been very good, he will Keylor Navas has fallen behind the end of the fourth over. were a lot of possibilities to be distracted,” the Metz bar with a close-range header. The always be the president that brought me Zinedine Zidane instructs during Madrid’s game AP Thibaut Courtois in the race to be Linde reached his half-century in 24 said PSG manager Thomas Tuchel. home team’s marking had not improved here and I will never forget that. great team.” Madrid's first-choice goalkeeper and is balls to power the visiting team's late surge. Marcin Bulka started instead of Areola, when Choupo-Moting barely had to jump “Sometimes it is better to clarify Madrid have brought in Eden expected to join PSG. Skipper Temba Bavuma (40, 33 balls, 6 making his senior professional debut. The to head the second goal in the 43rd minute. things and I say the relationship is good, Hazard from Chelsea but the Belgian “It could happen,” Zidane said. fours) and Heinrich Klaasen (31, 27 balls, 19-year-old Pole arrived in the summer after Metz gave PSG uncomfortable moments I don’t care what anyone says. The has a thigh injury and will not return “Keylor will be with us for the game 3 sixes) also provided the impetus to the SA spending three seasons in the Chelsea in both halves, but could not force Bulka to important thing is my day-to-day work until after the international break. against Villarreal and until the window ‘A’ innings. youth system. make a difficult save. and that I have the chance to coach this Hazard began training alone on Friday. closes, anything can happen.”