India to Begin 75Th I-Day Fete on Friday
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c m y k c m y k THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA HYDERABAD I TUESDAY I 9 MARCH 2021 deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle Vol. 84 No. 67 Established 1938 | 20 PAGES | `6.00 WEATHER OPPN DEMANDS Max: 35.6OC Min: 20.5OC TRS banks on 2L grad India to begin 75th ROLLBACK OF RH: 56% Rainfall: Nil members for MLC polls FUEL PRICE HIKE Forecast: Partly cloudy DC CORRESPONDENT sky. Maximum/ L. VENKAT fered setbacks in a major- also devised a plan to I-Day fete on Friday NEW DELHI, MARCH 8 Minimum temp. 37/21ºC RAM REDDY | DC ity of the MLC polls over take these voters to HYDERABAD, MARCH 8 the past six years though booths and ensure they The second part of the it has swept all other voted for TRS. Budget Session of Parlia- ASTROGUIDE The TRS is heavily bank- elections. In the 2015 MLC polls, PM asks people to rekindle freedom spirit ment started on a stormy ing on two lakh graduate Following the direc- the number of graduate New Delhi, March 8: note on Monday with Sarvari; Uttarayana voters enrolled by party tions of the party top voters for Hyderabad- Prime Minister Narendra fiery scenes being seen Tithi: Magha Shuddha leaders themselves in brass, the ministers, Ranga Reddy-Mahbub- Modi on Monday said when in the Rajya Sabha. The Chaturdasi till 3.57 pm KCR wants state to each of the two con- MLAs, MLCs and all nagar seat was 2.96 lakh, India commemorates its 75 Opposition parties, led Star: Pushyami till 10 pm stituencies to win the other public representa- which has now risen to years of Independence, the by the Congress, deman- Varjyam: 7.17 am to 8.46 am upcoming Legislative tives till the level of gram over 5.31 lakh. For the country will take “bold ded a discussion on the Durmuhurtam: 6.49 am to Council polls. sarpanches undertook a Warangal-Khammam- steps” to achieve targets celebrate in big way rising fuel prices. 8.20 am TRS president and huge enrolment drive Nalgonda seat, the num- that seemed impossible at Addressing the Rajya Rahukalam: 9 am to 10.30 am Chief Minister K. Chand- among graduate voters in ber of voters increased some point, and empha- DC CORRESPONDENT tioned for the celebrations. Sabha, Leader of the HIJRI CALENDAR rashekar Rao and work- all six districts going to from 2.80 lakh in 2015 to sised that celebrations HYDERABAD, MARCH 8 Rao said that the inaugur- Opposition Mallikarjun Rajab 24,1441 AH ing president K.T. Rama the polls. 5.05 lakh. should be based on public al event will be held in Kharge, said: “Petrol and PRAYERS Rao are stressing on Graduate voters and This implies that there participation. Chief Minister K. Chandra- March 12 at Public Gardens diesel prices are nearly Fajar: 5.29 am these two lakh voters in their family members is an increase of over two Speaking at the first meet- shekar Rao on Monday in Hyderabad and Police `100 per litre and `80 per all the ‘poll strategy were identified from the lakh voters in each of the ing of the 259-member high- instructed officials to cele- Ground in Warangal. litre respectively. LPG Zohar: 12.37 pm meetings’ they held with 60-lakh strong primary two seats. Finance minis- level national committee brate ‘Azadi Ki Amrut The Chief Minister would prices have also gone up Asar: 4.44 pm incharge ministers, party members of the TRS and ter T. Harish Rao said if headed by him to commem- Mahotstav’ in a big way all be the chief guest for the — and `21 lakh crores Maghrib: 6.30 pm MPs, MLAs and MLCs in they were enrolled. Due the party could get two orate 75 years of India’s over the state to mark the Hyder-abad event, and have been collected by Isha: 7.37 pm the past three weeks. to this, the number of lakh members to vote, independence, Modi also 75th year of the country’s Governor Dr Tamilisai Sou- putting excise duty/cess, SUNSET TODAY 6.24 PM This time, the ruling graduate voters has dou- the party will win. said that the celebrations independence. ndarajan for the Warangal and because of that peo- SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.28 AM party took special care at bled as compared to the must reflect the spirit of the After participating in a programme. The CM said ple in the entire country ■ MOONRISE TODAY 2.34 AM the stage of voter enrol- 2015 MLC polls. Page 2: Two lakh grads country’s freedom move- video conference held by the National Flag would be are suffering.” ment itself, as it had suf- The TRS leadership has are kin of TRS members ment and showcase its Prime Minister Narendra hoisted followed by a police The Upper House had MOONSET TODAY 1.52 PM achievements to the world Modi on the event which march past. to be adjourned twice since 1947. starts on March 12 and ends before being adjourned The Prime Minister will on August 15 the CM said ■ Page 2: Events to highlight for the day as the Oppos- COUNTER POINT launch the celebrations — `25 crore had been sanc- TS’ role in freedom fight ition persisted with its coined as ‘Azadi Ka Amrut demand for a discussion TS policy fuels boom in Mahotsav’ — on March 12, on the rising fuel prices. the day Mahatma Gandhi ideas at 75, achievements at which the spirit of the free- Earlier on Monday, the launched the Dandi March 75, actions at 75 and resolve dom struggle can be experi- Trinamul Congress from Gujarat’s Sabarmati at 75”, he said at the virtual enced. “In this, there is also sought the adjournment sale of electric vehicles Ashram in 1930. meeting. a tribute to martyrs of the of the session in view of The “celebrations can be He said that this festival country and the resolve to the Assembly elections DC CORRESPONDENT vehicles between 2020 tery-operated, 5,000 divided into in five sub- of 75 years of independence make India of their that are only a few weeks HYDERABAD, MARCH 8 and 2030. Under the poli- hybrid diesel-electric, heads- freedom struggle, should be a festival in dreams,” Modi said. — PTI away. cy, there will be 100 per and 2,000 hybrid petrol- The state government’s cent exemption on road electric vehicles. 605 of newly-launched electric tax and registration fee the vehicles have been vehicle (EV) policy seems for the first two lakh elec- sold and registered in to be yielding results. tric two-wheelers pur- February alone. Data obtained from the chased and registered Prior to unveiling of the Road Transport Author- within the state. EV own- policy, there were only 25 ity(RTA) shows there has ers have already availed battery-operated vehicles been an increase in sale incentives worth `39 in GHMC limits until and registration of EVs lakh under the policy. 2017. The number has within the GHMC limits. RTA data shows there now increased to 5,000. INSIDE The state government are nearly 12,000 electric Though vehicle sales in ■ launched the TS Electric vehicles in GHMC limits 2020 got affected due to CITY.. PG3 Vehicle and Energy at present. Majority of Coronavirus pandemic, School dropout rate Storage Policy in October these are two-wheelers. 1,360 electric vehicles declines in TS 2020 to promote electric Of them, 5,000 are bat- were still sold. AMIT SHAH SEEKS INFO ON BHAINSA CLASH DC CORRESPONDENT HYDERABAD, MARCH 8 Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday inquired about the com- munal clashes and vio- lence in Bhainsa town of Nirmal district on Sunday night. He direct- ed his deputy, union min- ister of state for home G. Kishan Reddy to submit a report on the incident. Several people have been injured and few vehicles set ablaze after members of two groups clashed in Bhainsa. While tension has gripped the town, police have taken 50 people into custody. The situation in the town was said to be normal. ■ Page 2: Argument led to clash between two groups TS STUDENT TOPS WOMEN STREAM IN JEE MAINS HARLEEN MINOCHA I DC HYDERABAD, MARCH 8 Komma Sharanya from Telangana state topped the women’s segment of the JEE Mains, the results were announced by the National Testing Agency on Monday. She scored 99.9990421. Another student from Telangana state with the same score, Challa Vish- wanath, became the state topper. Anumula Venk- ata Jaya Chaitanya from Andhra Pradesh topped the examination from the economically weaker sec- tion (EWS) category. ■ Full report on Page 2 CITY DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | 9 MARCH 2021 pg 2 Creative best EVENTS TO HIGHLIGHT ROLE OF STATE IN FREEDOM FIGHT From Page 1 Rao said Azadi Ka Amruth Mahotstav should be held in a big way like a festival amidst peace and har- mony. Tributes will be paid for the freedom fighters and martyrs. Like at Sanjeevaiah Park, the National Flag would be unfurled at 75 important locations in the state. The Chief Minister also wanted essay writ- ing competitions, debates, elocutions, drawing competitions, poets gatherings and other such programmes should be conducted all Women constables participate in rangoli competition to mark the International Women’s Day at City Armed over the state on the Reserve headquarters in Hyderabad on Monday. — P. SURENDRA occasion. The Chief Minister said these programmes would be held following the Covid guidelines. After the video confer- ence with the PM, the Chief Minister held a ACB sleuths on their high-level review meet- ing and instructed the officials on how to go about organising the fes- tivities.