Follow us on: RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 Published From ANALYSIS 9 CELEB TALKS 14 SPORTS 16 HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW GANDHIGIRI ‘MARDAANI 2’ WILL SEE WOMEN CAN’T TAKE PROTEAS BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH IN REAL LIFE STAND UP AGAINST EVIL: RANI LIGHTLY: RAHANE BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN VIJAYAWADA *LATE CITY VOL. 1 ISSUE 358 HYDERABAD, TUESDAY OCTOBER 1, 2019; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable FELT THE PRESSURE OF DOING A FEMALE- CENTRIC FILM { Page 13 } www.dailypioneer.com Banks to AP govt creates history, recruits remain closed Saudi prince MBS warns of for 11 days 1.26 lakh staff in one stroke in October ‘unimaginably high’ oil prices PNS n AMARAVATI HYDERABAD: Banks in The Andhra Pradesh govern- Telugu States will remain PNS n WASHINGTON If the world does not take ment on Monday appointed closed for 11 days in October over 1.26 lakh employees, - counting second and fourth Saudi Arabia's crown prince a strong and firm action to claimed to be the first of its Saturdays, Sundays and festi- warned in an interview broad- deter Iran, we will see further kind in the country in terms of vals including Dasara and cast on Sunday that oil prices escalations that will threaten numbers in a single recruit- Diwali, People of the two could spike to "unimaginably world interests ment drive, under a new gov- states have therefore been high numbers" if the world — MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN, ernance initiative of Village urged to plan their financial does not come together to Saudi Arabia's crown prince and Ward Secretariats, being transactions in advance. deter Iran, but said he would launched on October 2. Banks will remain closed on prefer a political solution to a This should be written in October 2 on account of military one. Iran would collapse the global golden letters in the countrys Gandhi Jayanti. Further, they Speaking to the CBS pro- economy. history. Never before were will not do business on October gram "60 Minutes," The United States, European these many permanent gov- 7, a Sunday, on October 7 Mohammed bin Salman, aka powers and Saudi Arabia have ernment jobs created in one go because of Sri Ramanavami fes- MBS, the kingdom's de facto blamed the attacks on Iran. anywhere in the country and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy hands over an tival, and October 8 on account ruler, also denied that he Tehran has denied any involve- employees recruited in a appointment letter to a woman in Amaravati on Monday of Dasara. ordered the killing of journal- ment. Instead, the Iran-aligned record time of just two months, ist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi especially after the Sept. 14 interview conducted on Yemeni Houthi rebel group Chief Minister Y S Jagan areas. The Chief Minister ini- raj and rural development, ContinuedonPage2 operatives nearly a year ago, but attacks on the heartland of the Tuesday in Saudi Arabia, said claimed responsibility. Mohan Reddy said. tiated the process of handing revenue, medical and health, said he ultimately bears "full Saudi oil industry. "If the world he agreed with U.S. Secretary of "The political and peaceful While over 21 lakh candi- over appointment letters to the animal husbandry, power, agri- responsibility" as the leader of does not take a strong and firm State Mike Pompeo that the solution is much better than the dates applied for various posts qualified candidates at a func- culture and social welfare in his country. action to deter Iran, we will see Sept. 14 attacks, which dam- military one," he said. in these Secretariats, that tion in Vijayawada on Monday. rural areas and municipal ser- SC dismisses While Khashoggi's death further escalations that will aged the world's biggest petro- U.S. Secretary of State Mike would deliver about 500 pub- The Village and Ward vices in urban areas. sparked a global uproar and threaten world interests," the leum-processing facility and Pompeo arrived in the UAE lic services, a total of 19.50 lakh Secretariats would become Besides, there would be a petition on tarnished the crown prince's crown prince said. "Oil supplies knocked out more than 5% of from Saudi Arabia on Thursday appeared for the written exam- fully functional across the state woman police and women reputation, the Trump admin- will be disrupted and oil prices global oil supply, were an act of for talks with Abu Dhabi's inations from September 1 to from December first week, he and child welfare assistant in istration's tense standoff with will jump to unimaginably war by Iran. crown prince, as tensions grew 8. Of the 1,98,164 candidates announced on the occasion. each Secretariat to take care of Inter students Iran, Saudi Arabia's arch-foe, high numbers that we haven't But he said he preferred a between America and its Gulf qualified in these examina- Each Secretariat would have women protection and coun- has more recently dominated seen in our lifetimes." peaceful resolution because a allies and Iran. tions, 1,26,728 have been given 10-12 employees related to selling. suicides U.S. policy toward Riyadh, The crown prince, in an war between Saudi Arabia and Continued on Page 3 jobs, including 31,640 in urban departments like panchayat Continued on Page 2 NEW DELHI: A Supreme Court Bench comprising Justice Naveen Sinha and Justice Gavai on Monday dis- posed of the petition filed by child rights group Balala Huzurnagar records 76 nominations Hakkula Sangham and refused to intervene in the high court 109 turn up to file papers on last day, but EC rejects orders on Intermediate stu- Woman, 85, files papers in protest dents' suicides due to irregu- larities in the results. 40 nominations filed by village Sarpanchs Octogenarian has been seeking pattadar passbook The Sangham had for her 100-acre land for several months now approached the SC for orders K VENKATESHWARLU Parepally Sekhar Rao of CPM protest against the government to prevent a recurrence of such n HYDERABAD and Theenmar Mallanna as an over 'encroachment' on her 100- PNS n SURYAPET incidents. The SC reminded Independent. acre land. the petitioner that the court Huzurnagar Assembly regis- Along with the mainstream The validity of nominations An 85-year-old woman, had already quashed a petition tered a total of 76 nominations political parties, several others papers will be known on protesting against officials not filed by Kondal Rao on the TS Govt to invoke ESMA for the bypoll by the time filing filed their nominations to lodge Tuesday after a scrutiny of the giving a pattadar passbook for issue. It made it clear that the of nominations closed on their protest against the han- nomination papers is done. her 100-acre land, on Monday court does not concur with the Monday. This in itself is an dling of affairs by the state gov- Sources said some of the filed nomination papers for the view of the petitioner that to deal with RTC strike impressive figure for a by-elec- ernment. Some student leaders Sarpanchs whose papers were by-poll in the Huzurnagar the Inter results triggered the tion, to give company to the from Osmania University and rejected left the Returning Assembly seat. Lakshmi suicides. KCR to hold emergency Cabinet meet today record set in Nizamabad during Kakatiya University Officer's premises in tears. Narsamma of Huzurnagar Lok Sabha polls when a record filed their They were allegedly town has been doing rounds of L VENKAT RAM REDDY Telangana when lakhs of peo- 185 nominations were filed in papers to made to wait in the the revenue department office Lakshmi Narsamma n HYDERABAD ple travel to their native places. the constituency. protest office till 6.30 for the past several months UNESCO, DD tie The strike during Dasara, To be sure, an astounding 109 the failure pm, after seeking issue of the passbook. Sabha elections, protesting the Taking a tough stand on the known to be peak passenger would-be candidates filed nom- of the gov- which officials Residents of Gurrampodu delay in setting up of turmer- up for TV show indefinite strike call given by rush season for RTC, came as inations on Monday alone, but ernment in fill- told them that tribal hamlet in Mattampalli ic board and seeking MSP for various employees unions of a jolt to the corporations as well 40 papers filed by village ing job vacan- their nominations mandal accompanied the old their produce. Earlier, fluoride- on Gandhi TSRTC from October 5, the as the state government. Sarpanchs were rejected by the cies. Some farmers would not be accepted, without woman while she filed the affected people of Nalgonda NEW DELHI: Rarely heard Telangana government is all set Chief Minister K EC outright. This reduced the too filed papers in protests relat- citing any reasons. nominations papers. They district set the trend by filing audio clips of Mahatma to invoke the Essential Services Chandrasekhar Rao, who took figure of nominations filed to 76 ed to Podu lands. The Election Commission accused revenue authorities of nominations en masse in Gandhi will be featured as part Maintenance Act (Esma) to serious view of strike called dur- at the close. Some other Sarpanchs and will scrutinise nominations on denying pattas due to them. 1990s. On the party front, of an hour-long television ensure there is no disruption in ing Dasara, convened an emer- Among the prominent ones labour union leaders also filed October 1, while the last date for It may be recalled that Congress nominee Padmavati programme jointly hosted by bus services. The strike call has gency Cabinet meeting on to file papers on the last day were nominations to protest the state withdrawal of nominations is turmeric and red sorghum filed another set of nomina- the UNESCO and been given bang in the middle Tuesday to discuss measures to S Saidi Reddy from the TRS, government's stance on 'cheque October 3. By-elections in farmers of Armoor mandal tions on Monday, TDP candi- Doordarshan to commemo- of the ongoing festive season of be taken to deal with the RTC Padmavathi Reddy from power' and other issues. Huzurnagar will be held on had en masse filed their nom- date Kiranmayee also filed rate the 150th birth anniver- Bathukamma and Dasara, con- strike. Congress, Kota Ramarao from Interestingly, an 85-year-old October 21 and the results will inations in the recent Lok her papers. sary of the Father of the sidered major festivals in Continued on Page 2 BJP, Chava Kiranmai of TDP, woman filed her papers to lodge be announced on October 24. Nation, officials said on Monday. The bilingual pro- gramme - 'Mahatma Lives'/'Bapu Zinda Hain' - will be telecast on October 1 at 10 HC issues notice to TS 21 die as bus overturns in Gujarat Bihar deputy CM, family pm and repeated on October PNS n GUJARAT 2 at 5 pm across the country on DD News, they said. Govt on land allotment At least 21 people died and 50 rescued from home "Rarely heard audio clips of others injured when a packed the Mahatma will remind us PNS n HYDERABAD district in Andhra Pradesh. private luxury bus overturned in PNS n PATNA tions to policemen and other vividly of his thoughts and phi- The land was allotted to Banaskantha district of North officials. losophy, focusing specifically The Telangana High the Peetham by state Gujarat on Monday evening, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister He and his wife were seen on education, culture and the Court on Monday government vide GO said officials. The accident took Sushil Modi and his family standing behind an ambu- sciences. The clips include his issued notices to no. 71 on June 22, place at Trishulia Ghat, a hilly were among hundreds of lance with bags next to them. speech from 1947 (November the state govern- 2019 at a nominal patch on the Ambaji-Danta people in Patna who were Private hospitals, medical 29) in which he addresses ment and others rate of Re 1 per acre. road near Ambaji town of stranded in their homes after stores and other shops in corporate leaders and exhorts concerned to The land is situated Banaskantha district, around the city was pounded by rain, Patna were submerged in them to give wealth for welfare respond to a PIL at Survey no. 240 of 160km from Ahmedabad. The the heaviest in two decades. waist-deep water. Visuals of the society," a UNESCO filed challenging its Kokapet area in private luxury bus, carrying area, said Banaskantha district Banaskantha. I am extremely Mr Modi was seen being showed flooding at Nalanda India official said. decision to allocate two Gandipet mandal of around 70 passengers, over- SP Ajit Rajian. Expressing grief pained by the loss of lives due taken in an orange, inflatable Medical College Hospital, acres of prime land to Rangareddy district. turned at Trishulia Ghat after over the accident, Prime to an accident. In this hour of rubber boat along with other the second largest health- Dharmadhikari of Sri Sarada the driver lost control of the Minister Narendra Modi, tweet- grief, my thoughts are with the people. Heavy rain killed 27 care facility in the city.A TODAY Peetham of Visakhapatnam Continued on Page 3 vehicle due to heavy rain in the ed, "Devastating news from bereaved families." people in Bihar as flood bird's eye view of Patna made waters swamped the capital the city appear like a huge ALMANAC city, home to around 2 mil- lake dotted with concrete Month & Paksham: lion, and several other dis- structures. Posh low-lying Ashwini& Sukla Paksha tricts over the last three days. areas like Rajendra Nagar IMD’s Doppler Radar conks off: Hyd forecasts become iffy The Deputy Chief Minister and Pataliputra Colony were Panchangam was in a pair of shorts, a grey flooded. Tithi : Dwitiya : 04:49 pm polo-neck t-shirt and Crocs "The rains have stopped Nakshatram: Chitra : 04:29 pm Trouble with radar antenna, engineers from Delhi trying to fix problem: IMD when he was moved out by but there is waterlogging in Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start the National and State many areas," Bihar's MAYANK TIWARI tromagnetic waves to detect tions of Telangana State Disaster Response Forces Additional Secretary in the any important work) n HYDERABAD IMD is relying on the intensity of surface rainfall Development and Planning personnel. After getting out Disaster Relief Department Rahukalam: 07:38 am – 09:07 pm satellite material and precipitation accumulation Society (TSDPS) can be used to of the boat, he gave instruc- Amod Kumar Sharan said. Yamagandam: 10:36 pm – 12:06 pm Telangana's only 'Doppler and other tools, amid other things, which help us track real-time weather. Radar', which helps track of in composing weather predic- However, foreseeing warnings is Varjyam: 09:35 pm - 11:03 pm cloud movement, makes weath- which are not very tions for up to 500 km radius technically impossible. Gulika: 01:35 am - 03:04 pm er forecasts and records rainfall accurate, to and effectively to up to 300 km," Meanwhile, without any Good Time: (to start any important work) for the India Meteorological forecast the said Sridhar. "The data we get warning, rain poured down its Amritakalam: 10:47 am - 12:13 pm Department (IMD) Hyderabad from our radar is priceless," he torrents in Hyderabad on observatory, has been dysfunc- weather in said, adding, "All other private Monday noon. Between 8.30 am Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:43 am - 12:29 pm tional for the third day in a row. Hyderabad weather forecast companies like and 6.30 pm, western parts of HYDERABAD "We are repairing the radar, 'Skymet Weather' and the the city recorded rainfall but cannot say how long it will 'Weather Channel' depend on between 6 and 7 cm. The sub- WEATHER take. Engineers from Delhi are been dependent on IMD obser- our data of now-casting, that is urbs also recorded rain of about Forecast: Isolated Thunderstorms trying to understand the issue vatories in Chennai, weather forecasting on a very 5 cm. In Hyderabad, after a spell Temp: 28/22 related to the antenna, which has accurate, to forecast the weath- Machilipatnam and short term mesoscale period of of even moderate 5 cm rain Humidity: 92% some difficulty for about a er in Hyderabad. "The problem Visakhapatnam. The up to 2 and 4 hours, which helps most of the suburbs got partially Sunrise: 06.06 month, said IMD meteorologist was intensified when it stopped Visakhapatnam observatory also us in declaring real-time warn- inundated, arterial roads were Sunset: 06.06 Sridhar. As a result, IMD is rely- on Saturday. After that we were reportedly stopped working due ings for the city that now we are blocked and a few were shut Current Weather Conditions ing on satellite material and not being able to foresee warn- to UPS problems," the Met offi- not being able to do." down by the traffic police to Updated September 29, 2019 5:00 PM other tools, which are not very ings, and therefore we have cial said. "Our radar uses elec- The automatic weather sta- avoid casualties. A man without faith is like a drop thrown out of the ocean bound to perish. Every drop in the ocean shares its majesty and has the honour of giving us the ozone of life. 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IN SYNC BJP sole hen I first saw Mahatma Gandhi alternative to Wat the Round Table Mahatma Gandhi: Conference in 1931, I asked TRS: Santosh how far he was saint and how far astute politician. PNS n WARANGAL Later I realised that the question was unanswerable: Union Minister for Labour the two aspects were inextri- SAINT or and Employment Santhosh cably blended in a singular Kumar Gangwar on complex character. In India, Monday assured that the saints can be politicians just ESI scamsters would be as they could in medieval booked and stringent action Europe. The ascetic of POLITICIAN will be initiated against sacred writings may win for them. He was responding to himself a place in a still He laughed."I most cer- a representation of the local largely religious communi- tainly do", he said, and the BJP leaders in Warangal in ty which no politician can conversation switched into this regard. hope to achieve in the skep- Gandhi never believed in a highly realistic and prac- Speaking on the occasion, tical and mechanized West. passivity, nor did he ever tical discussion of the the Minister said that the Gandhi differs from all believe in what is today called political issues in people of Telangana state the other unclothed holy Kashmir. have now concluded that the men whom you may meet "appeasement" This was very character- BJP would be the only alter- anywhere in India because —KINGSLEY MARTIN istic of the Mahatma. native to the ruling TRS. He his religious inspiration had Conversation with him exuded confidence that the survived a lawyer's training, about political matters did BJP will form the government a wide reading of Western not follow the normal in 2023. He called upon the books, a knowledge of the course because he insisted cadre and leaders of the BJP world and ruthless examina- any revision of his doctrine method of resistance. He on getting the principle to take the aspirations of the tion by his own powerful of ahimsa. He explained that more than once surprised straight and refusing to people of Telangana to the intellect. It is this constant his doctrine had never the world by saying that for compromise upon it. He notice of the national govern- testing and application of changed, but that he had dis- those who are not ready for would apparently stand pat Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan at Bathukamma celebrations in Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad on Monday ment. religious principle by the covered to his sorrow that ahimsa, violent resistance on a point of principle until process of reason that fasci- passive resistance, designed is better than cowardly sub- he was sure either of the nates me in Gandhi. to dislodge the British from mission to evil. goodwill of his The Mahatma never hid India, had been merely the Whether ahimsa is adversary?which happened SRSP to touch the process of his thought or weapon of the weak and extremely successful clearly when the Cabinet Mission the difficulties he found in not the genuine ahimsa depends on whether the finally persuaded him of its capacity level Fair price shops in reaching his conclusions. In which relies only on truth, opponent has a conscience. sincerity?or as in this case of private conversation he was love and sacrifice. He had How would the Kashmir, until agreement PNS n NIZAMABAD always ready to argue, and made this distinction, he Mahatma, for instance, use had been reached that the laughingly admitted incon- told me, as early as the days ahimsa in the immediate ideal solution must be, for The Sriram Sagar Project sistencies. I had my last talk of his first struggles in South issue of Kashmir? He the moment, left out of the (SRSP) may well touch its Full T-Wallet pool soon with Gandhi on the Monday Africa when he repudiated replied that he believed it question. He took, as it Reservoir Level (FRL) of before his assassination. He the idea that he supported possible for a government were, his bearings by laying 1,091 ft and total storage PNS n MAHABUBNAGAR l had completely recovered "passive resistance". to use ahimsa, and quoted down the principle. He capacity of 90 TMC in the The official The from his fast; his mind was He never believed in pas- Tolstoy's story of Ivan the could always return to it. If next few days if the rains fore- T-Wallet, the official digital digital wallet dealers as agile as when I first knew sivity, nor did he ever believe Fool. He added that Sheik that course was blocked he cast in Maharashtra and con- wallet of Telangana of the govt were given him. He was perhaps rather in what is today called Abdullah could use ahimsa would trim his sails, with sequent inflows into the pro- Government, which can now more authoritative, and less "appeasement". His advice to in Kashmir if he believed in the result that while still ject from the Godavari occur. be used to make payments for will benefit specialised legalistic, in argument. As mankind is that in any dis- it. "I would use it," he said, pretending to seek the ideal The project would be filled to commodities purchased in fair 506 ration training on the always, he was prepared pre- pute one must first "against the tribesman and he might find that he had capacity after a gap of three price shops under the Public dealers in use of the cisely to explain the establish the truth I believe successfully. But lost sight of his objective: he years. Distribution System, will ben- mobile nature of his doctrine. He and purify one's Sheik Abdullah does not preferred, if he could not According to official efit 506 ration dealers in the Mahabu- had publicly expressed own motives. believe in ahimsa." "Do you sail straight to the goal, to sources, the inflows into the district and helps them aug- bnagar district app his deep disappoint- Then one not," I asked, "sometimes accept the lower level of project on Monday evening ment their income. ment, and indeed his must stand give practical advice on practical politics and was 22,480 cusecs with the The T-Wallet services will misery of soul, at the by the truth, political matters where frankly give advice on the water level touching take digital services closer to l The FP l The T-Wallet revelation of the by ahimsa, the doctrine of ahimsa basis of expediency. Not 1,086.80 feet and storage at the people. With the help of the dealers services will Indian mind after the if one does not having lost his bear- 72.588 TMC. service, people can transact have been take digital withdrawal of British believes arise? ings by tacking, he The last time the SRSP business worth less than or imparted services closer control. I asked him in it and could always start saw water storage at full equal to Rs 2,000 by visiting whether his recent has again on the true capacity was in 2016. the fair-price shops. The ser- training to the people confession of fail- trained course. Though there were copious vice will transform the FP ure, as expressed in oneself for rains in the catchment areas shops into mini-e-Seva that the dealers were given spe- phones, cash transfer, pay- Harijan, involved that of Godavari in Maharashtra kendras. The FP dealers have cialised training on the use of ment of DTH and electricity this monsoon, the project been imparted necessary train- the mobile application on bills, making travel and bus did not record significant ing. On the whole, there are September 14 with the help of bookings, payment of Internet inflows on account of the 2,37,114 food security cards in the state-level project associa- monthly bills and so on. The neighbouring State the district. Civil Supplies tive Durga Prasad and Project state government gives com- impounding water in the Department district manager officer Bhanu Shyam. mission to the fair-price shop various dams it had built Chandrasekhar, elaborating The mobile application is dealers on the basis of the across the river. on the T-Wallet services, said useful in recharging mobile transactions carried out. AP BOAT MISHAP 50 double-bedroom AP govt creates history, recruits... Salvage ops under way Continued from Page 1 government services and that henceforth, recruitment houses inaugurated exhorted the newly-recruited examinations would be con- PNS n KAKINADA PNS n MEDAK "The state has sanctioned About 500 public services will staffers to treat this not mere- ducted every year from Heavy rains 600 English medium schools be delivered through these ly as a job but a service. January 1 to 31 to fill up A 25-member team, headed by Siddipet MLA and Finance and it has succeeded in Secretariats with the help of vil- He said a social audit would vacant government posts in Dharmadi Satyam of Balaji in East and Minister T Harish Rao inau- upgrading the Thandas into lage and ward volunteers. We be conducted periodically to different departments. Marines, that left for West Godavari gurated 50 new double bed- GPs as per its assurances," he have already appointed over 2.8 ensure transparency and In all, 11,158 Village Kachchaluru to salvage the districts are room houses in Bachepalli said. He said that Bachepalli lakh village and ward volunteers accountability and bring in Secretariats and 3,786 Ward ill-fated Royal Vasishta have village in Narayankhed. housing colony resembles for this purpose, Jagan said. credibility to the system. Secretariats (in urban areas) dropped five anchors at the delaying The Minister said that the gated community and He stressed on ensuring The Chief Minister are proposed to be opened accident spot. One of the salvage TRS government was firm on announced that the thanda in corruption-free delivery of announced on the occasion across the state. anchors reported to have operations in developing Narayankhed and the surrounding would be struck something heavy. Kachchaluru said that the government had renamed after Bhakthidama Heavy rains in East and established 8 residential thanda from Bachepalli than- West Godavari districts caused schools within 5 years. da as per the villagers request. Banks to TS Govt to invoke ESMA... hindrance to salvage opera- interruption to the work. 210 meters. A boat and a tions till now. Earlier, the team It may be recalled the East punter have been located at remain closed Continued from Page 1 l Decides not to budge armed with iron ropes, heavy Godavari government award- the accident spot. A crane and Continued from Page 1 on RTC staff's main ropes, reverse punts, proclain- ed the Rs 22.50-lakh contract a proclainer have been posi- The CM is learnt to have ers reached the Kachchaluru to Satyam to salvage the boat. tioned on the river bank at a Again on Oct 12 and 13, made up his mind on invoking demand of ‘merger' with and dropped five anchors into Officials barred people from distance of 700 meters from banks will remain closed Esma and a decision in this Govt the river leading to one of the gathering near the place and the accident spot. because of second Saturday regard would be taken in the l anchors hitting a heavy object. imposed Section 144 there. The plan is to salvage the and Sunday. Again on Oct 26, Cabinet meeting. Govt will hire private The team said that it would The team requisitioned 800 boat by dropping anchors 27, 28 and 29 they will remain Besides, the Cabinet will buses, temporary drivers not be able to say anything meter wire rope, two anchors, from boat and the punts with- closed. Oct 26 is fourth also take a decision on making and staff to run buses about the boat right now. three Leyland roes, 10 jockeys out getting the team's feet Saturday and 27 is Sunday and alternate arrangements to with police protection Intense boat salvaging opera- and other paraphernalia. In all, wet. While 26 persons of the also Diwali. On October 28 ensure uninterrupted bus ser- during Dasara tions are underway. The police 25 fishermen are taking part in 77 tourists survived the and 29, banks will remain shut vices during strike period, espe- have made elaborate security the operations. The boat tragedy, 36 bodies have been on account of Goverdhan cially Dasara. Hiring of private arrangements to rule out any remained trapped at a depth of identified. Puja and Bhai Dooj festivals. buses, temporary drivers and The Act reads, "Any person staff and run the bus services who instigates a strike which with police protection are is illegal under this Act shall HYDERABAD among the measures that are be punishable with imprison- BULLION RATES being seriously considered by ment for a term which may GOLD ‘Cong victory must to protect democracy' the government. extend to one year, or with The Cabinet will give a strict fine which may extend to one ` 38,050 (10 gm) PNS n HYDERABAD to give new patta pass books to warning to striking employees thousand rupees, or with ` 210 25 lakh farmers assuring that that they would be sacked if both." SILVER Congress candidate Uttam it will purify the revenue they go on strike or disrupt Esma was enacted by the Padmavathi Reddy has filed records. They urged the alternate bus services provided Centre in 1968 to maintain ` (1kg) 44,800 another set of nominations for Huzurnagar people to cast by the government. "certain essential services and ` 650 the Huzurnagar by-elections their vote to Congress candi- Esma says: "Any person normal life of the communi- on last day here on Monday. date to protect the democracy who commences a strike or ty".The Act includes a long list Later addressing the media, and to protect the state from otherwise takes part in any of "essential services" in its CHICKEN Padmavathi described the by- debt burden. such strike shall be punishable Charter, ranging from post RATES `/KG election as the election Party senior leaders-TPCC with imprisonment for a term and telegraph, through rail- Dressed/With Skin `146 between TRS' atrocities and Chief and Nalgonda MP N which may extend to six way, airport and port opera- the people. She alleged that the Uttam Kumar Reddy, CLP months, or with fine which tions and prohibits key Without Skin `167 Ministers and ruling party leader Mallu Bhatti may extend to two hundred employees in these services Broiler at Farm `101 MLAs are insulting her by not Vikramarka, AICC in-charge rupees, or with both." from striking. even considering her as a secretary Saleem Ahmed, for- woman. mer Union Minister Balaram EGG Senior Congress leaders Congress candidate Padmavati Reddy greets the crowd at a public meeting in Huzurnagar on Monday Naik, former Ministers K Jana Marri Shashidhar Reddy, M Reddy, R Damodar Reddy, RATES `/100 Kodanda Reddy, Sambani racy in the state. MLAs into his party to make Kakathiya and Mission Konda Surekha, Bhongir MP HYDERABAD 405 Chandrashekar, B Kamalakar They alleged that Chief the laws as he wished, they Bhagiratha projects. The gov- Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, VIJAYAWADA 416 Rao, G Niranjan and A Minister K Chandrasekhar said. ernment is not in a position to former MP Ponnam Shyam Mohan urged the Rao is destroying the democ- The senior leaders alleged deposit Rhythu Bandhu Prabhakar and Mulugu MLA VISAKHAPATNAM 415 Huzurnagar people to vote racy though the people have that KCR is looting the public scheme money in the accounts Seethakka participated in the RETAIL PRICE `4.05 for the victory of Padmavathi given thumping majority. money in the name of of the farmers. election campaign meeting (IN HYDERABAD) Reddy to protect the democ- KCR inducted the opposition Kaleshwaram project, Mission The government has failed held in the Huzurnagar.

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RIME PRIVATISATION OF ROADS Selfie mandatory with CORNER Property offenders held, booty 3-member panel report Prajavani complainant recovered PNS n HYDERABAD HYDERABAD: The East Zone In a bid to build trust with cit- Task Force team of izens, GHMC Commissioner Commissioner's Task Force on city roads soon D S Lokesh Kumar asked offi- arrested two property offenders cials to click a photo or selfie and seized 30 tolas gold and 1.5 with the Prajavaani com- kg silver articles from them. The 687 km roads likely to be given on 5-year maintenance contract plainant after the issue is arrested were identified as Mala resolved. The Commissioner Yogender, 39, and Vallaboju PNS n HYDERABAD spends Rs 600 crore on road heard about 15 complaints Srinivas Chary alias Sampath, Private agencies maintenance annually only on during Prajavaani at GHMC 32. Both Yogender and Chary A committee of three Chief have to take up potholes and patchwork on Headquarters on Monday. were habitual offenders with the Engineers is working on the periodic, unsche- 9,000 km of roads maintained While redirecting the issues to former being involved in 18 design of duty procedures for in its limits. the officials, Lokesh Kumar cases and the latter being handing over the major roads in duled and disaster Meanwhile, GHMC is gen- asked the official assigned the involved in 11 cases in the Tri the city to private agencies. maintenance, and erating about 56 tons of BT to activity to click a picture after Commissionerate. They met GHMC Commissioner DS attend to water- repair pot holes emerging solving the grievance with the Citizens file complaints at the Prajavaani centre in Hyderabad each other while serving jail Lokesh Kumar on Monday said everyday for the past one week citizen. This picture taken by time at Chanchalguda prison that committee has already con- logging, water in the wake of fresh showers in the official has to be sent Commissioner Lokesh will be addressed immediately and started to commit offences vened twice and will submit stagnation points Lokesh Kumar the city. The Commissioner through WhatsApp to the Kumar said that the issue of pub- by the authorities and take steps as a team, said the Additional proposals to the government said, "Due to recent incessant Commissioner who will be lic grievances in the GHMC to resolve them. He said that DCP of Commissioner's Task shortly. On Thursday, GHMC As part of road maintenance, rains in the city for the past keeping track of the griev- would be given utmost impor- prompt resolution of non-finan- Force, S Chaitanya Kumar. standing committee proposed ly to be given for 5-year main- the private agencies have to take three-four days, some of the ances raised. tance. He said that grievances cial complaints was a priority. "They were nabbed when they handover the annual mainte- tenance contract. The corpora- up periodic, unscheduled and roads were damaged, creating came to Hyderabad to dispose nance of 687.31 km of major tion is purportedly betting big disaster maintenance, and new pot holes. These would be the stolen property by the task roads within Greater Hyderabad on firms like L&T, MEIL and attend to water-logging, water repaired in couple of days once force teams and were handed to private agencies. NCC constructions among oth- stagnation points and black the rains recede. The re-carpet- 3 members of over to Osmania University These 687.31km roads are ers to participate in the tender spots. It may be mentioned ing of damaged roads will be CJ flags off HC-MGBS police for further investigation," high density roads and are like- process. here that GHMC reportedly taken up after a week." said the official. Pardhi gang Police warn against Metro shuttle services arrested spreading rumours Saudi prince PNS n HYDERABAD the Chief Justice requested PNS n HYDERABAD Metro keeps station gates the MD of HMRL NVS Reddy HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad warns of Telangana High Court Chief to introduce similar services to The Cyberabad police City Police have warned of Justice RS Chauhan flagged off all district courts located in the formed a team consisting of criminal action against persons unimaginably... a shuttle services between the Twin Cities from the nearest officials from Pet spreading rumours on social closed due to low footfalls HC and MGBS Metro station Metro station. Basheerabad, Alwal and CCS media to instigate trouble. In a Continued from Page 1 at the court premises on Justice Naveen Rao suggest- Balanagar and apprehended message to the citizens, City Move inconveniences commuters acutely, Monday. The services will be ed to the MD to introduce three members from the infa- Police Commissioner Anjani The crown prince also said operational from Monday to more Electric Vehicles to mous Pardhi gang who tried Kumar appealed to the public especially elderly and the differently-abled U.S. President Donald Trump Saturday from 9 am to 6 pm. encourage green mobility in the to run over a police Sub not to forward any unverified should meet with Iranian The 15-minutes interval ser- city. NVS Reddy said the new Inspector in a stolen van posts on social media PNS n HYDERABAD President Hassan Rouhani vice will cater to HC staff, lit- shuttle services will be free for earlier last week. platforms. The message was in to craft a new deal on igants and lawyers who come the first one week, after which The gang, from the background of a few Metro authority shuts down Tehran's nuclear program there in large numbers every the MGBS Metro station-High Maharashtra, was involved in quarters spreading pictures and gates at its stations if footfalls and influence across the day. Speaking on the occasion, Court trip will cost Rs 15. 11 offences including house fake news on the situation in there are low. For instance, the Middle East. burglaries, vehicle lighting Kashmir. "The purpose of these exit A and D at Bharatnagar Efforts to bring the two in Hyderabad and Cyberabad mischief makers is to create station has remained closed together last week at the Commissionerates. Officials law and order problem in the over two months. A banner United Nations General seized stolen property of Rs city of Hyderabad. They are reads 'Please use next entry'. Assembly failed. Tensions 17.40 lakh net cash from using pictures and videos of When netizen Jannu between Washington and them. incidents which have nothing to Praveen asked L&THRML on Tehran have escalated over The arrested were identi- do with our country . In the Twitter about the closure of the U.S. withdrawal from an fied as Tillipithaiah Ranjith name of Kashmir, they are exits, it said that these exits had Iranian nuclear deal and its Singh, 19, Raneeth Singh circulating old pictures of Iraq low footfalls. It further said reinstatement of sanctions alias Banda Singh, 43, and and Afghanistan," he said. He that the measure saves energy against Tehran. Narsingh Singh, 50, the police appealed to all citizens not to which the Hyderabad Metro is Days before the anniver- said. Three more, Karan get carried away by such committed about. This how- sary of the killing of Singh, Karthar Singh and motivated and pre planned ever did not go down well with Khashoggi in a Saudi con- Manohar Singh were report- conspiracies. "Criminal cases many netizens, who vented sulate in Turkey, the crown ed missing. will be booked if you forward protested Metro prioritising its prince said: "Absolutely not," "The members of the gang such images," he said. profits over commuters' ease of when asked if he ordered the came to Hyderabad by train use and ability to access ser- murder. High Court CJ Justice RS Chauhan launches the service on Monday from Jalna in Maharashtra One more held vices. A Mounish Ravi said, and took shelter at their rel- in ESI scam "How is Metro saving energy ative's house in slum areas in by closing an entry point and Hyderabad. After mid night, HYDERABAD: The Anti how can access to a station be When netizen Jannu Praveen asked the gang leaves from there on Corruption Bureau officials cut when the whole trans- L&THRML on Twitter about the closure Clinical trials done at foot and hotwires a car or any have arrested another person in portation system is supposed of exits, the ahency said that these vehicle to commit burglaries connection with ESI scam. M to be multimodal. When it and offences. The PD Act was Surendranath Babu, a senior rains you let out water on to exits had low footfalls. It said the imposed on one of the gang assistant in the director's office road and then talk about sav- measure saves energy, which the Niloufer were legal: Govt member, Raneeth Sing alias was arrested at RC Puram on ing energy and environment." Hyderabad Metro is committed about Banda Singh at Nizamabad Monday. Surendranath, who This lack of accessibility is PNS n HYDERABAD On Monday, Superintendent Dr Muralikrishna also signed on District in 2016," said PV has been working unofficially not just confined to closure of Dr Muralikrishna and the clinical trials. When DME Padmaja, DCP Shamshabad. for six years, was accused of exit points, but also usage of realised I had to swipe my cerns," she said. The three-member committee Pediatrics Department HoD Ramesh Reddy was the super- Post the attempt to mur- plundering crores of rupees toilets. A road user wanting to Metro card to use the wash- People have been asking of the Director of Medical Dr Ravi Kumar were in the intendent here, he too signed on der on the Sub Inspector of with no bills to run medical use the washroom at a Metro room. I had to get down on the L&THMRL to reconsider its Education (DME) Telangana board room to brief the panel it." Dundigal, the gang have campus. According to ACB station is made to shell out four opposite side and swipe again decision on closure of gates assembled at Niloufer Hospital with explanations on the issue. "This is being done only to become the most wanted officials, he has been accused times more money than even because there was no exit near and accessibility to washrooms. after allegations were made by The committee started inquir- defame me," added Dr Ravi. for the Cyberabad Police in of forging false medical bills, a conventional pay-and-use the washroom side. Thus, I Transport researcher GS R a senior doctor, against the ing into allegations of unlawful "According to the law, volunteers property offences. Upon threatening 12 pharmacists facility. paid Rs 20 for using the wash- Chaitanya said, "L&THMRL HoD of Pediatrics scientific trials at Niloufer were not made a part of a clin- reliable information and a who were working for A pregnant woman, P room. I wonder how pregnant never told us gates will be Department, which stated that Hospital. Denying the allega- ical trial until they gave their joint operation of the police Devikarani and Padma in the Renuka, had to use washroom women and differently-able closed. Keep all gates open or clinical trials were being per- tions, Dr Ravi Kumar repeated- approval and the process implied Pet-Basheerabad, Alwal director's office. The ACB had at the Assembly Metro station people will even cross the road give notice in advance explain- formed on underprivileged ly said he is among the investi- through an Ethics Committee," and CCS Balangar the earlier arrested the director of after she was dropped at the when exits and entries are ing reasons for doing so. MRT patients on behalf of pharma gators who conduct the clinical said DME, K Ramesh Reddy, accused were arrested at Insurance Medical Services exit. "I wasn't aware which side opened or closed for in Singapore does day-long companies and without prop- trials. He said, "The Ethics who also warned doctors against Kompally cross roads on (IMS), Hyderabad, Dr Devika the washroom was and so L&THMRL's convenience announcements if trains are er informed consent from the Committee approved the trails "defaming their institutions" by Monday" said an the offi- Rani. Apart from her, joint when I climbed the stairs, I while ignoring people's con- starting an hour late." parents. we conduct. Our Superintendent leveling false allegations. cial. director K Padma, assistant director Vasantha Indira, senior assistant Harshvardhan, pharmacist Radhika, managing HC issues director of Omni Medi, Srihari Dengue cases decline in city: GHMC and his employee Nagaraju ED cracks the whip notices to TS... PNS n HYDERABAD of seasonal diseases. Dengue Meanwhile, GHMC is clear- were also arrested. cases are decreasing day by day ing the baby ponds for Dasara Continued from Page 1 Dengue cases in the city are as the GHMC is taking effec- and Bathukamma festivals. on MLM companies declining due to the anti-larval tive measures like fogging, Commissioner said that the The petition was filed by operations taken up by the spraying at vulnerable places water from baby ponds are More buses PNS n HYDERABAD one Ch Veera Chari, a native civic body, said GHMC which are prone to larva breed- being diverted to the nearest of Lalapet area of Commissioner Lokesh Kumar. ing and taking various aware- STP instead of letting it into to ply on The officials of Enforcement Secunderabad. In his peti- According to the commis- ness campaigns at local Bastis, lakes as it further pollutes. Directorate (ED) are now clos- tion, he urged the HC to sioner, 1,043 dengue cases Schools and conduct of health Regarding financial position of ing in on the Multi-Level declare the action of the state were reported in the city so far camps in slums and at Basti the civic body, he said, "there Kokapet route Marketing (MLM) companies government in allocating the this year. For the past couple of Dawakhanas". is no dearth of funds in PNS n HYDERABAD and those who duped the land to the Peetham as arbi- days, there are about 40 dengue Speaking about reducing conducted and awareness will GHMC, as the collection prop- public in the name of Ponzi trary and illegal and set aside cases daily when compared to usage of plastic he said, "From be created among the citizens erty tax is Rs 200 crore more TSRTC has introduced two and Pyramid schemes, by the order. The case was 100 to 120 cases in the past. He October 2, GHMC will active- not to use of single use of plas- than last year and revenue new bus routes - Kokapet to attaching their properties. The adjourned for four weeks by said, "Around 1.25 lakh hous- ly participate in implementa- tic. GHMC is finding various from Town Planning is also Patancheru and Kokapet to Cyberabad police are contin- a division bench of the High es were covered with fogging tion of ban on single use of options how to recycle the increasing by way of issuing MMTS Hitech city. The uing their investigation into Court. and spraying to control spread plastic and special drive will be used plastic". building permission". Services were launched by the the racket parallelly. accounts belonging to the Commissioner of Police, Based on First Information company's directors and other Cyberabad VC Sajjanar on Reports (FIRs) by the associates were attached. Monday which was attended Cyberabad police, the ED took Assets such as residential by the DCP Traffic SM Vijay up investigation and attached plots, agricultural lands and Will restore past glory of HCA: Azhar Kumar and the General properties of eBiz.com Private houses worth over Rs 261 Secretary of SCSC Krishna Limited and Future Marker crore belonging to directors of PNS n HYDERABAD Hyderabad but all the 33 dis- Yedula. Life Care Private Limited Future Maker Life Care Private The aim is to bring tricts because it is important to Buses in Route Number worth Rs 277.97 crore and Rs Limited, along with their fam- Newly elected president of more integrity and develop cricket at the district 195HG with 24trips and 261 crore, respectively. ily members and other asso- Hyderabad Cricket Association to make the level. I know that several tal- 217W with 12 trips will cover Properties worth Rs 299 crore ciates were also attached. In (HCA) Mohd Azharuddin said ented cricketers are not getting the Kokapet SEZ from Hitec belonging to the Heera Group another case, the ED attached his main priority is to bring association a more enough exposure as they lack City and Patancheru respec- of Companies were also assets worth Rs 299.99 crore of back the past glory of professional unit. I proper facilities in the district. tively. attached for cheating people in Heera Group of Companies, Hyderabad cricket. "I want to will be open to all I want to change this at the ear- Society for Cyberabad the name of Ponzi schemes. The assets spread across mul- give it back to Hyderabad crick- kinds of views, the liest," he said. Security Council (SCSC) in its The properties were tiple States including et. This is my home. The asso- When asked whether he will continuous efforts to serve bet- attached under provisions of Telangana and Andhra ciation in the past has been very ex-cricketer said contest for BCCI president ter the public in Cyberabad IT PMLA. The PMLA stipulates Pradesh were attached in con- supportive to me. I want to HCA president Mohd Azharuddin with HCA officials in Hyderabad on Monday post in the future, Azhar Corridor in association of the ED Director or Deputy nection with the Ponzi scheme make use of my experience to onwards, it is going to be a clean remarked he is only interested Cyberabad Police have organ- Director and above rank case. The ED has also sought develop cricket in the State. We Hyderabad cricket. "The aim is it has to be done for the best system. I will show the exam- in leading the HCA. Earlier, ised series of meetings with authorised by him can issue details of another MLM com- want more players from to bring more integrity and to interest of the game," Azhar ple by being accountable," he Azhar inspected Uppal Stadium TSRTC. CP Cyberabad and orders for attaching a proper- pany, QNet. Hyderabad to excel at the make our association a much added. said. Azhar also expressed dis- along with other office bearers DCP Traffic along with SCSC ty allegedly acquired with the Cyberabad Police national level," the former more professional unit. As an Talking about corruption, appointment in the lack of and lauded the ground staff. have efforts to make this pos- proceeds of crime. In Commissioner VC Sajjanar, Indian captain told media after administrator, I will be open to Azhar said he is not interested cricket infrastructure in the city. "The curator and ground staff sible and RTC Executive eBIZ.com Company's case, who neutralised the operations taking charge at the Rajiv all kinds of views. We want to to comment on the allegations "Good grounds are a basic have been receiving much Director Venkateshwarlu has residential plots, apartments, of MLM companies, said they Gandhi International Cricket run the association as it should against former HCA office right of any aspiring cricketer. appreciation and awards from done his part in convincing his farms houses and commercial had only shared the case Stadium, Uppal on Monday. be done. There will be times bearers. "I don't want to com- We will look to improve the BCCI. Hopefully, the associa- higher ups and got this into buildings in Delhi and Noida details including FIRs with the The 56-year-old also out- when we will have to take ment on what has happened in facilities. I will soon inspect all tion will also win some awards reality. along with balances in bank ED.Z lined his vision to develop some hard decisions. However, the past. But from now the cricket grounds, not just in in the future," Azhar said. Death is no friend, he is the truest of friends. He delivers us from agony. He helps us against ourselves. He ever gives us new chances, new hopes. He is like sleep a sweet restorer. HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 1, 2019 — MAHATMA GANDHI hyderabad 04

PNS n YADADRI The total loss to the temple these have developed fun- ventilation and damp because of the discarding of gus because of prevailing atmosphere because of 2,500 Yadadri The officials of the Yadadri laddus was put at Rs poor ventilation and severe rains. One year ago, simi- Lakshmi Narasimha 50,000. rains. lar situation prevailed, but Swamy temple have dis- The laddus, made 10 Devasthanam officials the temple officials seem to carded over 2,500 laddus as days ago, were kept in attribute laddus getting have not learnt their laddus spoiled they developed fungus. prasaad counters, where spoiled because of poor lessons.

BJP state president K Laxman in a rally in Huzurnagar on Monday ‘TRS, Cong ignored BCs’ PNS n HYDERABAD As BCs form about 38 per- cent of population in BJP candidate K Rama Rao has Huzurnagar constituency, BJP filed nomination amid fanfare has fielded Rama Rao in Reddy for Huzurnagar constituency dominated area, surprising on Monday. In a show of everyone. "The huge size of strength, BJP senior leaders gathering witnessed in state president K Laxman, MLC Huzurnagar during Rama Rao's N Ramchander Rao, Garikapati nomination proves that people Rammohan Rao, and others are enthusiastic about BJP and accompanied Rama Rao. increases our confidence over "Only BJP fielded a BC can- victory. Both Congress and didate, while all other parties TRS have done nothing for neglected BCs. While Congress Huzurnagar. In fact TRS has is supporting dynastic politics by even humiliated Telangana fielding Uttam Kumar Reddy's martyr Srikanth Chary's moth- wife Padmavathi Reddy, TRS er Shankaramma badly. Both has given the ticket to an Uttam and KCR are good Andhra person Saidi Reddy. Its friends in reality but act as only BjP which has given the opponents to cheat people. This ticket to a common man like by-poll is the right opportuni- me. Therefore people will con- ty for Huzurnagar people to nect with me. Also, Neither teach a lesson to Congress and Congress nor TRS developed TRS and welcome positive Huzurnagar. Therefore people change in Telangana politics by are looking towards BJP. Also, voting for BJP," said K Laxman step-motherly treatment is speaking on the occasion. meted out to Huzurnagar as Huzurnagar by-poll has Power Minister Jagadish Reddy turned a litmus test for BJP to is diverting the Rs 300 crore rev- prove that the 4 MPs it won in enue received from industries in Loskabha polls was not a fluke Huzurnagar constituency in the happening influenced PM form of cess to Suryapet con- Modi's charisma. Therefore BJP stituency. Besides stopping this leadership has asked all the loot, I will develop Huzurnagar senior leaders to stay in on all fronts," said Rama Rao, Huzurnagar till the polling day after filing nomination. and work at ground level. Govt Chief Whip assumes office PNS n HYDERABAD

Warangal West MLA Dasyam Vinay Bhaskar assumed office as Government Chief Whip in his chambers at the State Legislative Assembly on Monday. Ministers Errabelli Dayakar Rao, Vemula Prashanth Reddy, Satyavathi Rathod, Warangal MP Pasunuri Dayakar, former Deputy Chief Minister and MLC Kadiam Srihari, Rajya Sabha member Banda Prakash and others were present. Speaking on the occasion, Vinay Bhaskar said he followed the directions of the then Telangana Statehood movement I will continue to work leader and now Chief Minister as per directions of K Chandrashekhar Rao to the Chief Minister for achieve Statehood for Telangana. He vowed to con- development of the State and tinue to work as per directions ensure that govt's initiatives of the Chief Minister for devel- for people's welfare are opment of the State and ensure highlighted in State Assembly that the State government's ini- VINAY BHASKAR tiatives for people's welfare are Government Chief Whip highlighted in the State Assembly. "We will definitely give a fitting reply to the Rao also entered his official Opposition's allegations. I will chambers and took charge as work hard to make the legisla- Government Whip in the tive session smooth by coordi- Assembly on Monday. He nating with all political parties," thanked Chandrashekhar Rao he said. He thanked the Chief for giving him an opportunity to Minister for giving him the serve the people and promised opportunity. to be the voice of the State gov- Pinapaka MLA Rega Kantha ernment in the Assembly.

Two held for robbery KOTHAGUDEM:

The police have cracked a robbery case that took place in the first week of September with the arrest of two per- sons, Kothagudem DSP S M Ali, said on Monday. The accused were identified as Md Aftab and Irkhar Ahmed of Uttar Pradesh. They robbed Rs 54 lakh cash from a passenger on Sep 5 on a bus at NK Nagar. The duo was nabbed at Regalla Cross Road under Laxmidevipally police station on Sunday. Have found that life persists in the midst of destruction and therefore there must be a higher law than that of destruction. Only under that law would a well-ordered society be intelligible and life worth living. HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 1, 2019 — MAHATMA GANDHI nation 05

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Explosion in paint Names of 111 hospitals put up on manufacturing unit in Amritsar AMRITSAR: An explosion took place at a paint manufacturing AB-PMJAY's site for ‘name & shame’ unit located on Tarn Taran road PNS n NEW DELHI here on Monday, police said. 111 hospitals have been de-empanelled There was no casualty in the incident but adjoining buildings The names of over 100 hospi- after they were found involved in some developed cracks due to the tals found involved in mal- kind of fraudulent activity or practices have been put up on blast, they said. There was an malpractices have been put up on the HC seeks response of explosion in a container filled Ayushman Bharat's official with chemicals, police said, website as part of the govern- official website of the AB-PMJAY as a adding that investigations were ment's "name and shame" ini- part of our ‘name and shame' initiative, underway to find out what tiative to create deterrence said Union Health Minister Delhi Speaker, EC on caused it. A forensic team was among healthcare establish- on the spot, they said. Fire ments, Union Health Minister fighters helped douse the Harsh Vardhan said on scheme because of which its existing health benefits pack- flames, officials said. Monday. citizens are not able to reap the ages and rationalising their disqualification plea Addressing the 'Arogya the scheme's benefits. costs to remove any aberra- Manthan' organised on the The health minister also tions, most of the demands of PNS n NEW DELHI Army defuses first anniversary of Ayushman congratulated the people who the private sector has been met, The bench posted mortar shell along Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan played major roles in con- he said. The Delhi High Court Monday for Nov 20. The Arogya Yojna (AB-PMJAY), Harsh Vardhan ceptualising and implement- Since the launch of PMJAY sought response from the Delhi Indo-Pak border Vardhan said the government fame' initiative to felicitate detected and strong action is ing the scheme according to on September 23, 2018, more Assembly Speaker's office and ex-AAP MLAs JAMMU: The Army defused a is also planning to implement those hospitals which are per- taken. Prime Minister's vision with than 47 lakh hospital treat- the Election Commission on have challenged mortar shell fired by Pakistani a "name and fame" initiative to forming well under the scheme Nearly 1,200 cases of fraud the use of technology and sci- ments worth over Rs 7,500 the pleas of ex-AAP MLAs, in the high court troops along the Indo-Pak felicitate hospitals performing so that their best practices can have been confirmed and ence to ensure that its bene- crore have been carried out. Anil Bajpai and Devender border in Pukhrani belt of well under the scheme. be emulated by others," action has been taken fits reach people living in the Of the total amount utilised, Sehrawat, who have challenged their Jammu region, officials said "As part of the government's Vardhan said. against 338 hospitals in the remote corners of the coun- 55 per cent has been on tertiary their disqualification. disqualification Monday. Pakistan troops had zero-tolerance towards cor- The 'Arogya Manthan' was AB-PMJAY, Vardhan had try. procedures. A bench of Justice Naveen fired a 120 mm mortar along ruption, names of 111 hospitals organised by the the National said, adding that FIRs have "These soldiers and innova- In addition, over 10 crore Chawla issued notices to the under the anti- the border, which landed in a which have been de-empan- Health Authority (NHA), the been lodged against six and tive minds will discuss the beneficiary cards have been office of Assembly Speaker defection law sheep farm in Pukhrani area on elled after they were found apex body implementing the penalties amounting to over achievements and the short- issued and the government Ram Niwas Goel, the EC and Saturday but did not explode, involved in some kind of scheme. Rs 1.5 crore have been comings of the scheme which has so far spent Rs 7,500 crore the complainant -- AAP MLA they said. Army troops later fraudulent activity or mal- The minister said a strong levied. was launched last year. They on treatment of patients under Saurabh Bhardwaj. 8 order, had said there was "no defused it. practices have been put up on fraud prevention, detection Vardhan said 32 states and will also deliberate on ways to the scheme. The bench posted the mat- infirmity" in the procedure the official website of the AB- and control system is proving Union territories have already make it state-of-the art pro- As many as 18,073 hospitals ter for November 20. adopted by the Speaker and PMJAY as a part of our 'name to be critical for PMJAY to implemented the scheme. He gramme and strong IT and healthcare providers have The ex-AAP MLAs have rejected the MLAs' allegation of INX Media case: HC and shame' initiative. ensure that frauds are pre- expressed sadness over the enabled," he said. been empanelled across the challenged in the high court bias as also the contention refuses to grant bail "We are now also planning vented and even if they are remaining four states which With NHA's governing country and of these, 53 per their disqualification under that he should have first decid- to Chidambaram to implement a 'name and attempted, they are quickly have not implemented the board recently overhauling the cent are private. the anti-defection law. The ed their application for recusal court had earlier dismissed before going ahead with dis- NEW DELHI: The Delhi High their pleas seeking recusal of qualification proceedings. Court Monday refused to grant the Legislative Assembly AAP MLA Saurabh bail to former finance minister Speaker from the disqualifica- Bharadwaj on June 10 moved P Chidambaram in the INX NCP poll candidate, VBA tion proceedings against them, a petition in the Delhi Media corruption case. Justice HC verdict on Rajeev saying it finds no reason to Assembly and sought disqual- Suresh Kait denied bail to the entertain the appeals. ification of its two rebel MLAs Congress leader, saying there is The MLAs had challenged -- Anil Bajpai from Gandhi no chance of tampering with leader, Cong MLA join BJP the single judge's order which Nagar and Devinder Sehrawat evidence but there is a bail case likely today PNS n MUMBAI dismissed their pleas for a from Bijwasan seat -- who had possibility that Chidambaram PNS n KOLKATA While inducting direction to Goel to recuse been openly critical of the can influence witnesses. In a setback for the Opposition from hearing the petition for party and had joined the BJP Chidambaram, who is in The Calcutta High Court is ahead of the Maharashtra Padalkar into BJP, their disqualification. on May 3 and May 6 respec- custody since his arrest by the likely to pronounce its judge- Assembly polls, NCP leader Fadnavis said, ‘He The single judge, in its July tively. CBI on August 21, did not ment on October 1 in the Namita Mundada, who was is like a tiger, who approach the trial court and anticipatory bail plea of former given party ticket to contest had directly filed the regular Kolkata police commissioner from Kaij, Vanchit Bahujan should challenge a bail plea in the high court. He Rajeev Kumar in the Aghadi (VBA) leader major leader. If he was arrested from his Jor Bagh Saradha chit fund scam case Gopichand Padalkar and 40 booked for raising residence here and is in Tihar following conclusion of hear- Congress MLA Kashiram is ready, I will try Jail under judicial custody till ing on Monday. Pawara joined the BJP on to field him from October 3. The CBI had CBI lawyer Y J Dastoor Monday. slogans against Yogi registered an FIR on May 15, Namita Mundada Baramati’ PNS n BHADOHI (UP) 2017, alleging irregularities in concluded his submissions Padalkar, who lost the Lok the FIPB clearance granted to opposing Kumar's pre-arrest Sabha polls earlier this year seat in Beed was earlier this the INX Media group for bail plea before a division Rajeev Kumar from Sangli on VBA's ticket, is month announced by NCP A case has been registered receiving overseas funds of Rs bench comprising justices S likely to take on senior NCP chief Sharad Pawar for the Pawar formed the outfit in against 40 people for alleged- 305 crore in 2007 during Munshi and S Dasgupta. case would be present during leader and former state deputy Assembly elections, scheduled 1999. His nephew Ajit Pawar ly raising derogatory slogans Chidambaram's tenure as the The bench, which heard the hearing. chief minister Ajit Pawar in to be held on October 21. has been representing the con- against UP Chief Minister finance minister. Thereafter, the the proceedings 'in-camera', A pre-arrest bail plea by Baramati Assembly con- During the 2014 state polls, stituency for over a decade. Yogi Adityanath and others ED lodged a money laundering adjourned the matter for the Kumar was earlier rejected by stituency. she lost to BJP's Sangeeta Kashiram Pawara, who won here, police said on Monday. case in this regard in 2017. day after the CBI lawyer con- the Alipore District and Padalkar and Pawara were Thombre from Kaij seat. from Shirpur seat on Congress' The accused, including a cluded his submissions. Sessions Court on September inducted into the BJP in Her mother-in-law Vimal ticket, is a close associate of candidate for the president's Kumar's lawyers had con- 21. Mumbai in the presence of Mundada was a former state party MLC and former minis- post in the students union cluded their arguments in The central probe agency Chief Minister Devendra minister from the NCP. ter Amrish Patel from Dhule election of a local college, Yogi Adityanath TMC leader favour of his pre-arrest bail has given multiple notices to Fadnavis, party's state presi- While inducting Padalkar district. Luvkush Yadav, had allegedly Sabyasachi Dutta plea on Thursday before the Kumar, who is currently the dent Chandrakant Patil and into the BJP, Fadnavis said, "He After inducting him into the raised derogatory slogans election to the students union division bench. Additional Director General in city unit head Ashish Shelar. is like a tiger, who should BJP, Chandrakant Patil said, against the chief minister and of Kashi Naresh Government to join BJP His counsels had prayed the West Bengal Crime Mundada joined the saf- challenge a major established "With Pawara, I am hopeful also used foul language with Post Graduate College due to KOLKATA: Senior TMC leader for 'in-camera' proceedings Investigation Department fron fold in Beed district in the leader. If he is ready, I will try that Patel will also join the BJP the staff at the district collec- heavy rains on Tuesday last. Sabyasachi Dutta, stripped of in the case which the court (CID), to appear before it for presence of BJP's Lok Sabha to field him from Baramati in coming days. We are plan- torate last week, police said. The video of the incident his powers for alleged anti- agreed to on September 25, questioning as a witness in the member Pritam Munde and Assembly seat." ning to hold one more such The accused were angry went viral on Sunday after party activities, has said he will directing that only those advo- multi-crore Saradha chit fund state minister Pankaja Munde. Baramati has been a strong- function here to welcome after District Magistrate which an FIR was lodged, join the BJP on Tuesday in the cates who are related to the scam. Her candidature from Kaij hold of the NCP after Sharad some more leaders." Rajendra Prasad cancelled the police added. presence of its national president Amit Shah. Shah is scheduled to address a seminar on National Register of Citizens and Citizenship (Amendment) Rajnath launches website Bill at Netaji Indoor Stadium Forces destroy Maoist camp in C'garh here. "I will join the BJP PNS n RAJNANDGAON a forest in Pugda, the rebels tomorrow at Amit Shah ji's fired at them from the hill, programme at Netaji Indoor Security forces destroyed a forcing the security men to of DefExpo 2020 Stadium. The TMC is no longer Maoist camp after a gun bat- retaliate, he said. PNS n NEW DELHI halls and venues for Business- a party of the masses, it has tle with ultras on Monday in After heavy firing from both to-Business (B2B) meetings, become a family enterprise," Chattisgarh's Rajnandgaon dis- the sides for a brief period, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh the Defence Ministry said in a Dutta told PTI over phone on trict, a senior official said. Maoists escaped into the dense on Monday launched the web- statement. Exhibitors can avail Monday. The TMC MLA from The encounter took place in forest, Kashyap said, adding site of the 11th edition of early bird discounts by booking Rajarhat-New Town, who was the morning on a forested hill that there was no casualty DefEXpo, which will be held in space on the website before seen hobnobbing with BJP near Pugda village when some among the security personnel. Lucknow in February next year, October 31, it said. leader Mukul Roy over the past joint teams of various securi- Later, the security forces officials said. The event will be Trade visitors will be able to few months, resigned from the ty forces were out on an anti- demolished the Maoist camp hosted from February 5-8. buy their tickets using the web- post of Bidhannagar Municipal Naxal operation, Rajnandgaon and recovered a claymore mine "The website, www.defex- Rajnath Singh site for visiting the show dur- Corporation mayor in July this Superintendent of Police (explosive), utensils, camping po.gov.in, provides online ser- ing business days which will be year. Kamlochan Kashyap said. material and a huge cache of vices to exhibitors, besides host- The website enables from February 5-7, the officials On getting a tip-off about daily use items from there, he ing informative content about exhibitors to register and book said. Entry for general public presence of a dozen Naxals at District Reserve Guard (DRG), launched the operation, he said. the product profile of DPSUs space online as per their will be free on February 8. Three of a family their camp on the hill between Indo-Tibetan Border Police said. Search operation was still (Defence Public Sector requirements on a first-come- However, general visitors are killed in wall collapse Pugda and Korcha villages, (ITBP), Chhattisgarh Armed When one of the patrolling underway in the area, he Undertakings) and ordnance first-serve basis, make online required to pre-register on the in Jharkhand various joint squads of the Force (CAF) and local police teams was advancing through added. factories," a senior official said. payments, book conference website. DUMKA (JHARKHAND): Three members of a family died in Amjhar village of Jharkhand's Dumka district after a wall PILs okay only for poor, illiterate collapsed on them following Delhi Metro's Dwarka-Najafgarh heavy rain in the region, officials said. All three of them were sleeping when one corridor to open on Oct 4 who can’t come to court: Delhi HC of the rain-soaked walls of their mud house collapsed on PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI petition. With these observa- Sunday night, killing them on tions, this writ petition is here- the spot, Dumka sub- The over 4.2 km-long Grey A PIL can be preferred for by dismissed," the bench said. divisional officer (SDO) Line of the Delhi Metro, which those who are unable to come The PIL was moved by NGO Rakesh Kumar said. The will connect urban village area to court, the Delhi High Court Social Jurist on Friday, seeking deceased have been identified of Najafgarh to the rapid tran- said while dismissing an directions to North and East as Lakhu Marandi, his wife sit network, will be opened for NGO's plea seeking disbursal Delhi municipal corporations Lukhi and mother Amdar services on October 4, officials of salaries to primary teachers to disburse the salaries of Murmu. Kumar said the said on Monday. of schools run by North and March and April to the pri- Dumka administration has The corridor consists of East Delhi municipal corpora- mary teachers and doctors given 50 kg rice and Rs three stations -- Dwarka (inter- tions. employed by them. 20,000 in cash to their family change with Blue Line), Nangli A bench comprising Chief It said while the teachers members and have assured and Najafgarh. slated to take place at Metro Greater Noida Aqua Line, Justice D N Patel and Justice C have not been paid for these more relief from the Disaster "The Dwarka–Najafgarh Bhawan at 12.15 pm and pas- "The Grey Line is a stan- Hari Shankar said the teachers them. They can always initiate For such types of petitioners two months, in February they Management Department. corridor of Delhi Metro will be senger services on the section dard-gauge section and out of can always approach the court action in accordance with law," or public, the writ petition at received meagre amounts like Three other houses in the formally flagged off on shall commence from 5 pm on the 4.295 km, 2.57 km is ele- if their salaries have not been the bench said. their behest is tenable in law, it Rs 4 and Rs 8 as salaries after area have also been damaged October 4 by MoS the same day, said Anuj Dayal, vated and 1.5 km under- paid to them. The high court said a PIL said. "Those persons who are tax deduction. by the incessant rain, he said. (Independent) for Housing & the executive director, corpo- ground. With the opening of "We see no reason to enter- can be preferred normally for otherwise well educated, who The petition had contended The dministration is providing Urban Affairs and Civil rate communication of the this section, the Dwarka metro tain this writ petition as a pub- persons who are unable to are teachers, and teaching oth- that non-payment of the teach- food grain, blankets, tarpaulin Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri DMRC. station is all set to emerge as an lic interest litigation (PIL) on come to court either due to ers, can always approach the ers' salaries would adversely and other relief materials to and Delhi Chief Minister With the opening of this sec- interchange facility that will behalf of those who are them- ignorance or because of pover- concerned court over non- affect the education of thou- those affected by the Arvind Kejriwal," a senior tion, the Delhi Metro network connect the sub-city with the selves educated. Teachers can ty viz. belonging to down- payment of their salaries or sands of students studying in downpour, the SDO added. DMRC official said. will expand to 377 km with 274 locality of Najafgarh," Dayal always approach this court if trodden class, illiterate persons, emoluments. Hence, we see no the schools run by the two cor- The flagging-off ceremony is stations, including the Noida- had said. their salaries are not paid to etc. reason to entertain this writ porations. Religions are different roads converging upon the same point. What does it matter that we take different roads so long as we reach the same goal? HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 1, 2019 — MAHATMA GANDHI nation 06

SHORT READS CCTV cameras to be President stresses need for installed at police stations, posts in J-K JAMMU: CCTV cameras will be installed at police stations and posts in Jammu and Kashmir use of modern tech by students as a security measure and to PNS n RANCHI ensure accountability, a senior official said on Monday. Jammu President Ram Nath Kovind on and Kashmir has over 350 Monday called upon students police stations and police posts to use modern technology and located in three regions. become job creators. "Tenders have been invited Addressing the 33rd convo- from manufacturers or their cation of the Ranchi University authorised dealers for the here, Kovind said, nowadays supply of supply, installation, youth have access to modern Maradu flats: SC commissioning and maintenance of the CCTV technology that leads to many surveillance system at police new opportunities. "Our previous generations stations and police posts of refuses to entertain J&K," Assistant Inspector did not have those facilities," he General (AIG) of Police said. Mubassir Latifi said. Police are Mentioning that the Centre and the state governments are stay plea of flat owners procuring 2 MP bullet camera giving fillip to employment with eight channels and alarm n trigger for video tempering, (opportunities), Kovind urged PNS NEW DELHI motion detection and illegal the students to fully utilise the President Ram Nath Kovind at the 33rd convocation of Ranchi University in Ranchi on Monday. Jharkhand Governor Draupadi Murmu, Chief Minister Raghubar Das and The SC bench login. It should detect intrusion, opportunities. other dignitaries are also seen The Supreme Court Monday dismissed plea of trip wise crossing detection, "Jharkhand has several refused to entertain a plea of flat owners, who with a switching capacity of 20 tourist places and quality edu- ‘Jharkhand has several tourist places the freedom movement. Bharat, was launched. flat owners seeking stay on its GBPs, according to officials. cational institutions. The state The President said that one Pension schemes for farmers order on demolition of four also challenged The WWSs must have trigger- has many specialities and on and quality educational institutions. The should learn from tribals how and traders were also launched apartment complexes in the legality of a based locking units with GPS the basis of the talent of peo- state has many specialities and on the to live in harmony with nature. from here, he said. Kochi's Maradu which were panel which had trackers so that they cannot be ple like you (students), new Presenting gold medals to 11 The President called upon built in violation of Coastal misused and can be speedily dimensions can be set for basis of the talent of people like you of the 56 gold medalists, the students to learn from the Regulation Zone norms. recommended traced, Latifi said. This is development," he said. (students), new dimensions can be set Kovind said in a lighter vein, "I life of Mahatma Gandhi and do A bench of justices Arun the demolition aimed to bring further Jharkhand possesses not for development,’ the President said told a girl that I envy her for social service on the 150th Mishra and S Ravindra Bhat transparency in the system at only 40 per cent of the coun- getting gold medal for LLM birth anniversary of the Father dismissed the plea of flat own- police stations and ensure try's minerals but also has (Masters in Law) while I am of the Nation. ers, who have also challenged tion and to assess total com- security, the officials said. substantial human resources, Khetriya Bhasa Vibhag' (Tribal of the greatest freedom fight- only LLB." The President said that insti- the legality of a panel which pensation payable to affected Kovind said. and regional languages depart- ers from this region, and a He also praised the academic tutions like Vikas Bharati in had recommended the demo- flat owners. "I can say to Chief Minister ment), for teaching five tribal source of inspiration not only performance of the girls as it Gumla are active in the region lition. Besides, it directed freezing Family's suicide pact: Raghubar Das that your state languages---Kuduk, Ho, for Jharkhand but for the entire was five times better than boys for all-round tribal develop- The apex court had on of assets of builders and pro- Woman's body found, is full of natural resources. It Mundari, Santhali and Khadia. nation," he said. with 47 of the 56 gold medal- ment. "I was to visit Gumla yes- Friday directed demolition of moters who were involved in also has one of the largest The President also recalled He also recalled the contri- lists being girls. terday but due to bad weather the flats within 138 days, a the construction of illegal pet dog saved human resource repositories," the role of Birsa Munda who butions of other tribal icons Praising the developmental I could not go," Kovind said. timeline given by the Kerala buildings in the coastal zone MANGALURU: The body of the Kovind said, congratulating spearheaded an uprising like Sidho-Kanho, Jatra Tana and social welfare programmes He urged students to take government, and had asked areas of Kochi. woman who jumped into the about 3,000 students who were against the British in the Chota Bhagat and Chand- of the central and the state gov- inspiration from institutions the state to pay Rs 25 lakh The court had clarified that Nethravati river with her awarded degrees at the convo- Nagpur region in the early Bhairov,and appreciated the ernments, the President said like Ramakrishna Mission interim compensation to its primary concern was that mother, brother and pet dog cation. 19th century. role of Tana Bhagats, who that it was from Jharkhand that which works for the develop- each flat owner within four no construction should have was recovered early Monday He appreciated the univer- "Birsa Munda, whom we followed the path of Mahatma the worlds biggest health insur- ment of the health and educa- weeks. been carried out at the eco- while the pooch has been sity for starting 'Jan Jati and refer to as 'Bhagwaan', was one Gandhis non-violence during ance scheme, Ayushman tion sectors. It had said the government fragile coastal zone and the saved even as search was on to may consider recovering the question was not regarding trace the brother's body, police interim compensation any individual. said. Unable to bear the death amount, which will be paid to The state government had of her husband Kishan (65) on SING PRAISES FOR GOVT, GET IMMUNISED FROM LAW flat owners, from the builders submitted a plan under which Saturday, Kavita Mandanna HC seeks ED response and the promoters. in 138 days the structure (55), her son Kaushik (30) and The court had ordered set- would be demolished -- daughter Kalpita (20) entered Cong slams EC reducing Sikkim ting up of one-member com- including 90 days for demoli- into a suicide pact, the police on Shivakumar's bail plea mittee of retired high court tion and 38 days for removing said. Even before Kishan's judge to oversee the demoli- of debris. funeral on Sunday, the family PNS n NEW DELHI overcome with grief left a note CM's disqualification term saying 'miss you' beside the The Delhi High Court sought PNS n NEW DELHI corpse, then went to the bridge the ED's response on Monday Congress spokesperson Abhishek across Nethravati at on the bail plea of Karnataka The Congress on Monday Singhvi said the actions in these cases Rs 1K cr Delhi-Meerut Panemangalore with the dog Congress leader D K alleged that the Election send a “clear message that you are and jumped into the river. Shivakumar in a money-laun- Commission's reducing of Eyewitnesses saw the three dering case. Sikkim Chief Minister Prem immunised from the law of the land if highway inaugurated taking the plunge along with Shivakumar, arrested in a Singh Tamang's disqualifica- you chant ‘Tusi great ho' (you are the pet, and tried to save them. case under the Prevention of tion period by almost five PNS n NEW DELHI Kavita was saved but she died Money Laundering Act years gives the "clear mes- great), day in and day out” on the way to hospital, while (PMLA) by the Enforcement sage" that one is immunised Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Kalpita's body was recovered Directorate (ED), approached from the law of the land if that in the 1990s. on Monday inaugurated the early Monday. Search for the high court challenging person sings praises for the Referring to Tamang's con- Delhi-Meerut Expressway Kaushik's was still on, they the trial court's order denying government. viction, Singhvi said he was phase-3, built at a cost of Rs said. The dog has been him bail. D K Shivakumar Congress spokesperson guilty of what could be called 1,058 crore. rescued and was being given The court issued notice to Abhishek Singhvi said recent a 'chaara ghotala' (fodder The 82-kilometre long treatment in a veterinary the agency, asked it to file a Shivakumar, examples of Tamang's case, the scam). Delhi-Meerut Expressway hospital. status report and listed the arrested in a case Home Ministry's decision to Singhvi also drew a parallel connects Delhi with Meerut matter for further hearing on money laundering commute the death sentence of with former Bihar chief min- in western Uttar Pradesh. 15 suffer burns at October 14. Balwant Singh Rajoana in the ister Lalu Prasad Yadav, saying A sum of Rs 8,346 crore is In the high court, case by assassination case of former if he wants relief, he also must likely to be spent on the pro- cement factory in Shivakumar has cited medical Enforcement Punjab chief minister Beant sing praises for the govern- ject. Chittorgarh reasons as one of the grounds Directorate, Singh, and the Chinmayanand ment. The third phase or package JAIPUR: Fifteen labourers for securing bail. approached HC case in Uttar Pradesh, have a "I wonder how many people from Dasna in Ghaziabad to In the petition, the Congress running thread of "complete in the country are fortunate Hapur is over 22-km long, Nitin Gadkari suffered burn injuries at the challenging the Birla cement factory in leader has said he is a seven- abuse of law". enough to get this benevo- with a civil cost of Rs 1,058 Rajasthan's Chittorgarh district, time MLA and not a flight trial court's order The actions in these cases Prem Singh Tamang lence, this largesse, this gen- crore. The 6-lane section an official said here on Monday. risk. He has contended that it denying him bail send a "clear message that you erosity of a generous Election This 6-lane section has 2+2 has 2+2 lane The incident took place on is a case based on documen- are immunised from the law of tion case. It was to end on Commission and of a super lane service roads on either Sunday evening when burning tary evidence and there is no the land if you chant 'Tusi great August 10, 2024. But the generous government of India. sides, and a 4.68-km long 6- service roads on coal fell on them at the factory ground to keep him in custody he had undergone angiogra- ho' (you are great), day in and Election Commission (EC) on "I would suggest all such lane elevated corridor at either sides, and a falling under the Chanderia as he has no criminal phy, his condition was stable day out, and you are subject- Sunday reduced it to one year people who want this gen- Pilkhuwa. 4.68-km long 6- police station. The injured antecedents. and he was advised medica- ed to harassment, vendetta, if and one month. erosity, (they) should start The project involves con- were were rushed to a Meanwhile, the court had tion. you do not chant this. It Tamang, whose Sikkim chanting a different mantra," struction of a major bridge lane elevated government hospital in reserved order on another The ED had, in September exhibits extreme irresponsi- Krantikari Morcha Party won he said. A case was registered across upper Ganga canal, corridor at Udaipur. Owing to critical plea moved by Shivakumar, last year, registered the money- bility about the law," Singhvi the state assembly elections in 2003 under the Prevention seven new minor bridges, a Pilkhuwa injuries, doctors referred 14 of seeking a copy of his state- laundering case against said at a press conference here. held in April, took over as chief of Corruption Act that was flyover at Hapur bypass, 11 the labourers to Ahmedabad for ments recorded by the ED in Shivakumar, Haumanthaiah, The EC on Sunday reduced minister on May 27. However, subsequently repealed. vehicular underpasses, two treatment, Additional District the money-laundering case. an employee at the Karnataka Tamang's disqualification peri- he could not contest the elec- Tamang has served the full pedestrian underpasses, two to reduction in travel time by Collector Mukesh Kalal said. He Denying him bail, the trial Bhavan here, and others. od by almost five years under tions due to his disqualifica- sentence. foot overbridges, six major more than an hour. said the matter was being court had said Shivakumar The case was based on a a provision of the electoral law, tion. He has to contest assem- The EC order said Tamang's junctions and 105 minor The 4.68-km long 6-lane investigated and a report would was an influential person and chargesheet (prosecution com- paving the way for him to con- bly polls within six months of disqualification stands reduced junctions. elevated corridor at Pilkhuwa be prepared after verifying the if released at a crucial stage of plaint) filed by the Income-Tax test the state assembly elec- becoming the chief minister to to one year and one month. The project will help in has been conferred gold security measures available at the investigation, might influ- department against them tions. His disqualification peri- hold the office. In July, Tamang had decongesting National Capital medal for innovation in con- the factory. Police said a case ence witnesses or tamper with before a special court in od of six years, during which Tamang was found guilty of requested the poll panel to Region and bring significant struction technology. had been registered against the documents. Bengaluru last year, alleging he was barred from contesting misappropriation of govern- waive his disqualification peri- reduction in pollution level, The Pilkhuwa Viaduct has factory management under The trial court had perused tax evasion and "hawala" polls, began on August 10, ment funds in a cow distribu- od under Section 11 of the the Ministry of Road also been awarded as out- Sections 287, 336, 337 and the Congress leader's medical transactions worth crores of 2018 -- the day he completed tion scheme while he was Representation of the People Transport and Highways said standing concrete structure of 308 of the IPC. report and noted that although rupees. a year's jail term in a corrup- minister of animal husbandry Act. in a statement. It will also lead western UP. Actor Viju Khote of ‘India has plan to replace coal with renewable energy’ PNS n NEW DELHI building and finance." Union Environment Secy CK Mishra said He also added that India will Sholay-fame dies at 77 Reduction of coal consumption coal-based plants will continue, but a be playing a key role in the PNS n NEW DELHI is not a one-day process and preparation of this report in India has a long-term plan to long-term plan was in place to reduce terms of intellect and finances. Veteran actor Viju Khote, best gradually replace coal with its consumption. “Reduction of coal is "We completely rely on the known for his roles in films renewable energy, a top envi- support of the government. such as Sholay and Andaz ronment ministry official said not a one-day process. We have a plan There are 200 authors, with 12 Apna Apna, died in Mumbai on Monday. in place,” he said from India. India is making a on Monday morning, report- Union Environment substantial contribution to this ed news agency PTI. Viju Secretary C K Mishra said report in terms intellect, assess- Khote was 77. Speaking to PTI, coal based plants will contin- the the process to replace coal authors, in which 12 are from ment and financial support. the actor's niece Bhavana ue using coal but a long term with alternative renewable India. "The reports of the We are thankful to India for Balsavar said: "He passed away plan was in place to reduce its energy. "The demand for elec- IPCC on land, ocean etc have making a major contribution," today at 6.55 am peacefully in consumption. tricity in India will continue to meant a lot and added a lot of Skea said, adding that the his sleep at the residence. He "Reduction of coal is not a rise. That does not mean we are value to policy making," report will be finalised by mid has been unwell since quite Viju Khote one-day process. We have a not quickening the process of Mishra said. 2021. som etime. He had multiple plan in place. A long-term replacement. Jim Skea, Co-Chair of India is hosting the Second organ failure." Ms Balsavar Sholay, who was second in plan where we will replace "We already have 80 gigawatt Working Group III also high- Lead Author Meeting of the also said that Viju Khote was command to Amjad Khan's coal with renewable energy Intergovernmental Panel on we cannot deny that coal will of renewable in last 2-3 years. lighted the role of the Sixth IPCC Working Group III Sixth brought back home from the Gabbar. His dialogue "Sardar slowly to achieve the goal Climate Change (IPCC) still continue to be required for Ultimate idea is reduction of Assessment Report. Assessment Report at New hospital as he wanted to be maine aapka namak khaya announced by the prime min- Working Group III Sixth some time in India". coal but we cannot deny that He said "Building on pre- Delhi from September 30 to with his family in his final days. hai" from Sholay continues to ister to reach 450 gigawatt. Assessment Report here. The secretary also acknowl- coal will still continue to be vious Working Group III October 4, 2019. Viju Khote is credited with be a famous reference till date. "But plants which are already On the issue of reducing coal edged that the demand for required for some time in assessments, this report will More than 200 experts and having starred in over 300 Viju Khote is also well remem- coal based, will continue to consumption and carbon emis- electricity in India will contin- India,” Mishra said. emphasize what can be done authors including 12 from films across Hindi and bered for his dialogue "Galti se consume coal," Mishra said. sions, he said, "We have already ue to rise due to which coal The IPCC Working Group in the near term to mitigate India and from around 65 Marathi cinema. Some of Viju mistake ho gaya" in Aamir He was addressing the media 80 gigawatts renewable energy cannot be totally banned. He III is working on the Sixth climate change and how mit- countries are expected to par- Khote's most remembered Khan and Salman Khan's on the first day of the five-day replace coal in last 5 years and said this does not mean that the Assessment Report to mitigate igation actions can be enabled ticipate in this week-long meet- roles include dacoit Kalia in Andaz Apna Apna. meeting of the we are moving towards it but government is not working on climate change with over 200 through policy, institution- ing at New Delhi. HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 1, 2019 world 07 Republicans split over impeachment pushback both Biden and Hillary Clinton. Jordan, R-Ohio, heatedly said Democrats “I am deeply frustrated with Trump was merely asking what he and the legal team is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Trump warns of treason, civil Aides claim Trump the true doing and repeating that Zelenskiy to root out corrup- plow ahead debunked theory to the presi- tion. That, Jordan said, includes ‘whistleblower’ in Ukraine scandal dent. It sticks in his mind when Hunter Biden’s membership on war; GOP congressman outraged AP n WASHINGTON he hears it over and over again,” the board of a Ukrainian gas Washington: Top aides to dal. That person will testify said Tom Bossert, Trump’s for- company at the same time his WASHINGTON: President should be investigated for oper- Donald Trump sought Sunday before Congress soon, law- he president’s lawyer insists mer homeland security adviser. father was leading the Obama Donald Trump is warning that ating under their constitution- to turn the tables on Democrats makers said. Tthe real story is a debunked “That conspiracy theory has got administration’s diplomatic the Democrat-driven impeach- al duties and within the law. pushing for his impeachment, “The president of the conspiracy theory. A senior to go, they have to stop with dealings with Kyiv. There has ment proceedings and any move Fact check: Treason is insisting the president was the United States is the whistle- White House adviser blames the that, it cannot continue to be been no evidence of wrongdo- to oust him from office amount extremely narrowly defined, true “whistleblower” in urging blower,” Trump advisor Stephen “deep state.” And a Republican repeated.” ing by either of the Bidens. to “treason” and would spark a both in the nation’s founding Ukraine to probe the son of Miller told “Fox News Sunday.” congressman is pointing at Joe Not only did Giuliani repeat Mixed messaging reflects civil war, prompting outrage document and in federal law. rival Joe Biden for corruption. “This individual is a saboteur Biden’s son. it Sunday, he brandished pieces the difficulty Republicans are from a Republican congressman. The Constitution states: Trump’s Republican allies trying to undermine a democ- As the Democrats drive an of paper he said were affidavits having defending the president Trump tweeted a conserva- “Treason against the United have closed ranks as he battles ratically elected government,” impeachment inquiry toward a supporting his story. against documents released by tive pastor’s comment that States, shall consist only in levy- the deepest crisis of his presi- he said. “Getting to the bottom potential vote by the end of the “Tom Bossert doesn’t know the White House that feature removing him would provoke a ing War against them, or in dency, flatly denying he abused of a corruption scandal in year, President Donald Trump’s what’s he’s talking about,” Trump’s own words and actions. “civil war-like fracture” in mering home the suggestion that adhering to their Enemies, giv- his power and seeking to dis- Ukraine is in the American allies are struggling over how he Guiliani said. He added that A partial transcript and a America. they should be arrested and ing them Aid and Comfort.” credit the anonymous whistle- national interest.” should manage the starkest Trump was framed by the whistleblower complaint form Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a charged with treason and could Note the word “only.” blower who exposed the scan- AFP threat to his presidency. The Democrats. the heart of the House impeach- former Air Force pilot who rep- launch a civil war — or a com- Treason occurs when a U.S. cit- jockeying broke into the open Senior White House policy ment inquiry and describe resents an Illinois district Trump bination of those. His top foes izen, or a non-citizen on U.S. ter- Sunday on the talk show circuit, adviser Stephen Miller, mean- Trump pressuring a foreign won in 2016, tweeted on Sunday, were the whistleblower whose ritory, wages war against the with a parade of Republicans while, noted that he’s worked in president to investigate Biden’s “I have visited nations ravaged complaint launched the House’s country or provides material Ukraine scandal: Trump wants erupting into a surge of second- the federal government “for family. by civil war. ... I have never imag- impeachment investigation and support, not just sympathy, to a guessing. nearly three years.” In a series of tweets Sunday ined such a quote to be repeat- the congressman leading it, declared enemy of the United At the top of the list: Rudy “I know the difference night, Trump said he deserved ed by a President. This is beyond Intelligence Committee States. to meet whistleblower Giuliani’s false charge that it was between whistleblower and a to meet “my accuser” as well as repugnant.” Chairman Adam Schiff. That came after Trump Washington: President transcript of a July phone Ukraine that meddled in the deep state operative,” Miller whoever provided the whistle- Trump on Monday was “Arrest for Treason?” Trump tweeted a comment from the Donald Trump said Sunday call in which Trump asked the 2016 elections. The former New said. “This is a deep state oper- blower with what the president thundering through a new tweeted of Schiff on Monday in Rev. Robert Jeffress, pastor of the he wants to meet the anony- president of Ukraine to inves- York mayor has been encour- ative, pure and simple.” called “largely incorrect” infor- round of counter-punches one of many presidential sug- Southern Baptist megachurch mous whistleblower at the tigate Joe Biden, a potential aging Ukraine to investigate Meanwhile, Rep. Jim mation. against his opponents by ham- gestions that his opponents First Baptist Dallas. AP center of the scandal threat- Democratic candidate in the ening his presidency. 2020 US election. Trump has been relative- He also enlisted his attor- GLOBE ly quiet this weekend but in a ney general and personal TROTTING series of evening tweets he lawyer to help in that effort. TROTTING UK’s Johnson denies also blasted Democratic law- The whistleblower filed a makers and the media as he complaint over the contents of FACTORY FIRE KILLS 19 IN railed against the impeach- the conversation back in EAST CHINA: OFFICIAL ment inquiry launched last August, saying Trump had Beijing: A factory fire has killed 19 wrongdoing as week. tried to get a foreign power to people in east China, local authorities That probe was triggered interfere in a US election for said Monday, in the latest deadly by the release of a rough his own gain. AFP incident to hit the country’s industrial allegations mount sector. The fire broke out on Sunday at a factory in Ninghai county, eastern Manchester: UK Prime coffers while Johnson was Yemen rebels free Zhejiang province, said the local Minister Boris Johnson faced mayor of the British capital. Government on its official Twitter-like political opposition and per- He also denies wrongdoing 290 detainees, Weibo account. sonal allegations on Monday as over Arcuri, who was given he tried to fulfil his pledge to grants and places on overseas reviving hopes FRENCH BID FAREWELL lead Britain out of the trade trips for her small tech AT COFFIN OF CHIRAC European Union in just over a start-up, saying everything was of talks Paris: Thousands of people on month. done “with full propriety”. Sunday queued in Paris to bid a As he tried to energise The case has been referred Sanaa (Yemen): Yemen’s reb els final farewell to France’s former Conservative members and to Britain’s police watchdog, on Monday released scores of president Jacques Chirac, fondly lawmakers at the party’s annu- which will decide whether to detainees they had rounded up remembered as a charismatic al conference, Johnson was investigate Johnson for mis- and held for years in rebel-con- giant of domestic and forced to deny a journalist’s conduct in a public office. trolled territory, a develop- international politics despite a claim that he had grabbed her Johnson has vowed that ment that raised hopes of reviv- mixed legacy. thigh at a private lunch two Britain will leave the European ing stalled peace talks between decades ago. Union on the scheduled date of the warring sides. STORM IN CENTRAL Sunday Times columnist October 31, with or without a The International EUROPE KILLS TWO Charlotte Edwardes says the divorce deal governing future Committee of the Red Cross Berlin: High winds swept across incident took place when she relations with the bloc. said the Iran-aligned rebels, parts of central Europe on worked at The Spectator, a His foes in Parliament are known as Houthis, freed 290 Monday, leaving two people conservative newsmagazine, determined to avoid a no-deal detainees. dead, disrupting transport and while Johnson was its editor. exit, which economists say Franz Rauchenstein, the causing power outages for Asked Monday if the alle- would plunge Britain into ICRC’s chief in Yemen, said the thousands of households. gation was true, Johnson said: recession. Red Cross facilitated the release “No.” The personal allegations following a request from the IRAN: READY FOR TALKS Edwardes stood by her overshadowed the Houthis. ON ‘REGIONAL COALITION’ story, tweeting: “If the prime Conservative Party’s four-day He expressed hope this Tehran: Iran on Monday minister doesn’t recollect the annual conference in would open the door to “fur- announced its readiness for talks incident then clearly I have a Manchester, northwest ther releases to bring comfort on a regional coalition for better memory than he does.” England, where Johnson is try- to families awaiting reunifica- establishment of peace, the Johnson also is under ing to rally the party — and tion with their loved ones.” media reported. scrutiny for claims that an prepare for an election that Most of the prisoners were American businesswoman, could come within weeks — taken in raids since 2014, when RISING AIR POLLUTION: Jennifer Arcuri, received under the slogan “Get Brexit the rebels overran the capital. THAI ISSUES WARNING money and perks from London Done.” AP AP Bangkok: Thai authorities on Monday issued an alert over an increase in air pollution in Senegal prez Bangkok and recommended the China’s Xi vows to uphold ‘one people to exercise precaution. pardons Khalifa Sall, ex-mayor country, two systems’ in HK Australian AG Beijing: Chinese President Xi Hong Kong and Macau who of Dakar Jinping vowed on Monday to love the motherland... (Hong vows to protect Dakar: Senegal’s President uphold the “one country, two Kong) will prosper and Macky Sall has pardoned for- systems” principle in Hong progress alongside the main- journos from mer Dakar mayor and political Kong, after months of pro- land,” Xi said. rival Khalifa Sall, who had democracy protests in the China is preparing for a prosecution been sentenced to prison for semi-autonomous city. highly-choreographed anniver- Sydney: Australia’s Attorney fraudulent use of public funds, Speaking at a reception in sary celebration on October 1, General Christian Porter on the presidency announced on Beijing the night before cele- including a huge military Monday announced measures Sunday. brations to mark the country’s parade and anniversary gala. to protect journalists who face Khalifa Sall, no relation of 70th anniversary, Xi said the Protesters in Hong Kong are charges over revealing sensitive the president, has been in jail country would “continue to hoping to upstage the event security or defence-related since March 2017 and was fully and faithfully implement with another demonstration information in their reporting. sentenced to five years in the principles of ‘one country, on Tuesday following a week- Porter, however, said media prison in August 2018. two systems’” and a “high end of intense clashes with persons could be prosecuted He was therefore barred degree of autonomy.” Hong police. only in the most extreme cases. from taking part in the presi- Kong has been plagued by Beijing has been position- The order comes at a time dential election in February. months of unrest over what ing the event as a triumphant when Australian authorities Khalifa Sall emerged from protesters say are eroding free- celebration of its economic are probing two journalists of prison a few hours after the doms in the financial hub, growth over the last seven state broadcaster ABC and pardon was announced to be which was handed back to decades, as well as emphasising another working for the News greeted by a crowd of sup- China by Britain in 1997. the importance of a unified ter- Corp media group over alle- porters. “We are confident that ritory and nationalism. gations that they released infor- Police fired tear gas to dis- with the full backing of the “Unity is iron and steel. mation that violated secrecy perse the crowd, witnesses. motherland and the concerted Unity is a source of strength,” laws. IANS AFP efforts of our fellow Chinese in Xi said in his speech. AFP HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 1, 2019 op nion 08 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Tame the flood fury Global warming means more extreme weather events and as Human rights graveyard Bihar shows, there is a need for greater river management f young climate activist Greta Thunberg is The Pakistan Army has enjoyed too much impunity for ostensibly serving Western strategic giving a conscience call on what we are Idumping on her generation, Mother Nature interests. But now, it is apparent that it cannot provide Washington with a safe Afghan exit knows best. For she makes us feel the dis- astrous reality of climate change all around us, radically altering our lives as we knew it. Aberrations, like the wettest September after 102 years, are likely to become the “new nor- mal.” The frequency of extreme weather events is likely to increase, be it as unexpect- ed high and low temperature differentials of summer and winter or the frequent floods and SANDHYA JAIN droughts. The calamity that ravaged most ulalai Ismail, activist for parts of the eastern State of Bihar is only the latest in a string of freak nature out- women’s empowerment and bursts that have destroyed lives, land and crops in Maharashtra, Kerala and Assam Pashtun human rights, this monsoon. Bihar, for example, had a rain deficit of 20 per cent in the four- escaped to the US in September after four months month monsoon period (between June and September), crucial for its food-grow- inG hiding after denouncing the Pakistan ing regions. Suddenly, the sputtering rain turned into a great deluge, dramatical- Army’s alleged involvement in sexual vio- ly reducing the rain deficit to almost nil over the past three days. Distressing images lence and disappearances. Expressing anxiety for her parents left behind, she of flooded streets, submerged railway tracks, boats ferrying people to safe places, said, “I do not see a prosperous Pakistan though not new, pinched us under our skin simply because these are not pho- until the military establishment decides tos you associate with an Indian autumn. Even pure statistics are indeed star- it needs to go back to its barracks.” Unfortunately, the Army sees itself as the tling: The number of floods in India rose to 90 in the 10-year period between guarantor of a security state and the 2006 and 2015, up from 67 in the 10 years between 1996 and 2005, accord- Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, like the ing to the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. In the same vein, the death toll Baloch activists, is now in its crosshairs. West Punjab-dominated Pakistan is continued to rise — from 13,660 between 1996 and 2005 to 15,860 between now in open conflict with activists from 2006 and 2015. Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, One of the key reasons for floods wreaking havoc in rural as well as urban even Gilgit Baltistan. All are highlighting areas is the fact that overflow, consequent to a rise in water levels in rivers, does the atrocities being perpetrated by the Pakistan Army. Islamabad’s machinations not find adequate diversionary channels. Clearly, the existing ones have either recently made Pakistan-born Baloch outlived their utility in unforeseen circumstances or been shoved under the debris activist, Baseer Naveed, stateless. Though of human material greed. Besides, fervid urbanisation has led to land reclama- a permanent resident of Hong Kong, the executive director of the International tion in the most unscientific manner. In Bihar itself, while levels in the Ganga and Human Rights Council, Hong Kong Kosi surged, stormwater channels were found to be clogged with plastics. Existing (IHRC-HK) is now in danger of arrest, wetlands and flood plains could have stemmed the angry surge but have been deportation or house arrest. After his son was killed in 2004, Naveed moved to Hong missing. On September 10, after three months, her fiancé spoke of the grim atrocities son of veteran Khair Bakhsh taken over by massive illegal construction on river banks and encroachments. Kong in 2006 and took cases of enforced 2019, activist Mir Ali is still missing. inflicted on the people by the Marri, told the UNHRC that The changing or constricted course of rivers and their tributaries have meant that disappearances in Pakistan to the UN Mohammad Chakrani Meanwhile, four unidenti- military, claiming that over Pakistan continues to commit vast tracts of rural countryside and its villagers live in unpredictable scenarios Working Group on Enforced and returned home in Washuk dis- fied bodies, discovered sepa- 300 people have disappeared “genocide and human rights Involuntary Disappearance (WGEID). trict after attending a wedding rately, were brought to Civil since February 2017. violations in Balochistan”, even as riverine refugees shift to temporary camps, lose standing crops, stare at a After an attempt to pick him up in when Armymen dragged him Hospital, Quetta, where they The Government-estab- as it petitions the internation- battered land, give up their traditional livelihood and economic activities for what- Thailand in 2016 failed, Naveed decided to out in front of his family and were declared unrecognisable lished Commission of Inquiry al community about human ever jobs are available. Some of them sink to deeper debts. The other alarming seek Chinese citizenship with Hong Kong sprayed him with bullets. Five and buried in Dasht on on Enforced Disappearances rights in Kashmir. Marri said passport, which was approved by the members of Chakrani’s family September 16, 2019, by Edhi has registered around 5,000 Pakistan poses as internation- report is that all reservoirs across the country are full and are fast reaching their Hong Kong Immigration in January 2018. had been abducted previously; Foundation volunteers. Many cases of enforced disappear- al policeman for safeguarding saturation limit. Gross mismanagement of dams is one area that needs to be As required, he surrendered his national while four were released against mutilated bodies are routinely ances since 2014, most of the rights of Muslims around addressed as a shared concern than a show of territorial rights. Many times, identity card and passport but the Pakistani a ransom of `6.5 million, the buried every year even though which are still unresolved. the world but cannot dare see Consulate-General retained his passport fifth is still missing. Pakistani courts have ordered Independent Pakistani and what is happening to the despite early warning systems, States fail to release water at the apt time and (now expired) at the behest of unseen mas- Newly wed Hammal that DNA analysis must be international human rights Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang involve themselves in a brawl. When water is released, coinciding with exces- ters, his Renunciation Certificate of Murad and seven others were conducted on all “beyond organisations claim that the province because Beijing is a sive rainfall, the flooding just worsens. Over the years, States have seriously taken Pakistan Citizenship was cancelled, mak- forcibly abducted from Tank recognition bodies.” numbers are much higher. “partner-in-crime” in ing him very vulnerable. Gazzi in Mashkay, Awaran, in At the UN Human Rights Nearly 20,000 have reportedly Balochistan. note of the issue and have also taken corrective steps but there has to be an An elected member of the UN Human August 2019. On September 9, Council (UNHRC) meeting in been abducted from At the UNHRC session, integrated mechanism for the riverine ones. For there is only this much we can Rights Commission, Pakistan, has breached the Army brought Murad’s Geneva (September 9-27, Balochistan alone; of these Pakistan failed to muster min- do in terms of disaster preparedness and management, which has improved great- Article 15 of the Universal Declaration dead body home to show his 2019), Baloch writer Qambar more than 2,500 have been imum support for a resolution Human Rights that states, “Everyone has parents but took it back to the Malik warned, “Islamic radi- found riddled with bullets and against India for reorganising ly, the rescue after cyclone Fani-hit Odisha being a good example. More than a the right to a nationality” and “no one shall Ooghaar military camp and calisation in Balochistan is bearing signs of extreme tor- its northern state of Jammu & million people were evacuated into 9,000 shelters in just 24 hours. But Bihar just be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor buried it in an adjacent grave- being used by the Pakistani ture. In fact, before he became Kashmir, while activists from showed us that while we may have excelled in one area, we are not complete- denied the right to change his nationality.” yard. One abductee was authorities as a tool to counter the Prime Minister, Imran Balochistan, Sindh, Pakistan- ly ready with preventive protocols. Reinforcing embankments is just a tradition- Meanwhile, disappearances continue. released the same day but the the Baloch national struggle Khan often stated in media held Kashmir and Khyber On March 23, 2019, medical doctor Zafar whereabouts of the other six are for the right to self-determina- interviews that Pakistan’s intel- Pakhtunkhwa clamoured for a al and temporary way of handling flood pressure. Nothing substantial has been Saleem was picked up by intelligence unknown. tion. These go together with ligence agencies were involved UN investigation into the done to address silt accumulation. Understanding sediment dynamics is impor- agencies from Turbat, Kech, and released On September 16, 2019, the enforced disappearances in enforced disappearances and Pakistani States’ crimes tant as a channel that is sediment-heavy may lead to overtopping of the banks. in a very critical condition in May 2019. Hani Gul, a student from and extra-judicial killing of extra-judicial killings of against humanity. Indeed, the In Karachi, doctors said his head injury, Gwadar, told the media that she Baloch nationalists by the activists in the country; he Pakistan Army has enjoyed Any solution to this problem must first lead to an understanding of the river pat- sustained as a result of torture, was fatal. and her fiancé, Mohammad security forces.” Malik said promised to resign if he failed too much impunity for osten- tern, which differs from State to State and from season to season. Besides, flood Despite four months in hospital, he died Naseem, were picked up by that the number of madrasas, to end this practice and bring sibly serving Western strategic management strategies must be attuned to the specific parameters of the rivers on September 2, 2019. intelligence agencies from which are a major source of those involved to account. interests. But now, it is appar- On September 4, 2019, Usman Karachi, where they were recruits for the Taliban and the Samad Baloch, Secretary- ent that it cannot provide and predictive models with the help of technology should be used to plan an Maqbool and his cousin Doda Rashid were studying, and kept in torture Islamic State, now exceeds the General of the Baloch Human Washington with a safe exit alternative survival matrix. India’s vast plains are at great risk. abducted from Pidrak, Kech, by Shahmeer cells for three months. At the number of schools in Rights Council, accused from Afghanistan. Aziz of Lashkar-e-Khurasan, an Islamic Voice for Baloch Missing Balochistan. Schools and uni- Pakistan of institutional viola- (The writer is Senior Fellow, State affiliate. They left Maqbool’s minor Persons’ protest camp in front versities are under constant tion of human rights in the Nehru Memorial Museum and son behind. Both men were handed over of Quetta Press Club, Hani Gul attack from Islamic militants. province, in Sindh, and Khyber Library; the views expressed Slowly but surely… to the Frontier Corps and have since been said that while she was released Activists from Sindh also Pakhtunkhwa. Mehran Marri, are personal) ...the world is heading to another huge conflagration in the Arabian peninsula and the subsequent increase in oil prices S O U N D BITE he attack on Saudi Arabia’s largest oil facil- The atmosphere of J&K is The first responsibility that Known as the Mahatma, his Some fights get personal ities last month saw only a temporary hike one of fear, and since it an actor has towards the spirit and deeds not only and there is nothing wrong in the price of crude oil across the world. But became a Union Territory, audience is to give them an inspired the people of India with that. Sometimes it is T honest portrayal. I think that but also left a precious nice to get personal with the Centre is threatening the the recent defeat of a Saudi Arabian military force, local administration. happens very rarely. spiritual legacy to the world. someone. commanded by former Pakistani Army General Raheel Sharif, by Houthi rebels inside its own ter- Congress leader Actor Chinese official BJP MP —Ghulam Nabi Azad —Shahid Kapoor —Geng Shuang —Gautam Gambhir ritory with over 2,000 Saudi “affiliated” soldiers — a polite word for mercenaries — is proof enough that there is serious escalation of tension. The Yemeni rebels, who are funded and armed by L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR Iranians, have been in a proxy war for two decades now. The Iranians blamed Saudi Arabia and its young Crown Prince, Mohammed Befitting reply Narendra Modi asked people to The Mahatma’s ideals should keep guiding us shun tobacco and said that e-cig- bin-Salman, for the collapse of the nuclear deal between them and the US. On arettes had been banned to prevent the other hand, the Saudis feel that Iran is encircling them by funding uprisings Sir — This refers to the editorial, s the nation celebrates the 150th birth anniversary the youth from falling into the new in Yemen and Iraq. This can also be seen as a continuation of the centuries-long “Takeaways from UN” (October of Mahatma Gandhi, it will be right to aver that he methods of intoxication. 1). It just took less than six min- Ais fast losing relevance as one of those freedom As modern technology strives Shia-Sunni schism in Islam where both nations are the biggest players. And if utes for Vidisha Maitra, First fighters who contributed the most towards ensuring that hard to make our living more this clash escalates from its current nature to a full-blown explosion, there are Secretary for India’s Permanent the nation achieves its free status. The country remem- comfortable and enjoyable, risks of hundreds of thousands dying. There is even the probability of nuclear Mission to the UN, to counter bers Gandhi as a political and spiritual leader who played advanced technology, too, finds Pakistan Prime Minister Imran a key role in the Indian independence movement. Now ways to entertain people at the escalation and, of course, the global economy is bound to be affected. As the Khan’s pack of lies at the United after seven decades of freedom, fingers are being point- expense of their health. The use Saudi Crown Prince warned, oil prices will shoot to “unimaginable” levels. Nations General Assembly. ed against him for his lack of foresightedness. He is of e-cigarettes, vapes, vape pens India will also find itself in a horrible quandary if the downhill slide to a war Pakistan stood thoroughly being criticised for his role in Partition. His detractors and e-hookahs has seen an exposed in the eyes of the global contend that despite him having shown us the path of increased use among the youth is not arrested. Our economy has benefitted from a historic period of lower oil community for its nuclear sabre- non-violence, when independence did finally come, it though the Electronic Nicotine prices, without which the current economic situation would have been even worse. rattling and its thinly-disguised did so awash with blood. Delivery System (ENDS) was We have extremely good ties and historically important relations with both Iran agenda to instigate communal That the Hindu-Muslim divide showed its ugly side banned long back. A myth doing tensions in the neighbouring soon after independence is an indication of the politi- inciting public outrage against decisions that should actu- the rounds among them is also and Saudi Arabia, although there has been a dramatic improvement in ties with country. Khan’s appeal to the larg- cal deviousness of the leaders of that era. Unfortunately, ally be seen as commitments towards prevailing that e-cigarettes pose no danger. the latter. India’s substantial Shia community, particularly in the erstwhile State er Islamist world that they should the situation is no different today. The current crop of demands, the new generation is taking an unethical view Unlike conventional ciga- of Avadh, have ties with Iran’s top leadership. Saudi Arabia has just promised come forward and help rescue the political leaders can only harp on religious nationalism of the events of the past. Till the very end, divide and rettes, vapes do not let out an Muslims in Kashmir shows his to keep communities at loggerheads. Although India con- rule was a deliberate strategy for the British and an odour as fragrant chemicals are an investment of $100 billion for us. India’s stand during a potential conflict will meanness. For Pakistan, the only tinues with its secular disposition, with the sort of pol- unwary nation of Hindus and Muslims fell victim to the added to it and these chemicals be interesting as it has a tough balancing act at hand. And after a relatively suc- matter worth talking about in itics being enacted today, it is becoming extremely dif- empire’s guile. Gandhiji, on the other hand, lived for are harmful to one’s health. Young cessful US tour, the current crisis will be a matter of immense concern for Foreign international fora is Kashmir. But ficult to place the pieces of the jigsaw together. The fury peace, harmony and reconciliation and laid down his pre- people are the asset of the nation India has been very firm in its of Partition is being resurrected and, therefore, the mod- cious life for the vindication of these ideals. The nation and if they are not physically and Minister S Jaishankar. But is there any need for a war in the first place? The fact stand that it is totally its internal ern generation sees leaders of that era as “architects” should always be grateful to him. mentally sound, they cannot lead. is that both Iran and Saudi Arabia are at the mercy of leaders who detest each matter. of that shameful act. Attempts should not be made to Pachu Menon It is the responsibility of those other, so the region has been a pressure cooker for decades. But Iran is feeling That said, despite the discor- re-write history by piecing together unverified facts. By Margao who are aware of the ill-effects of dant voices back home, Prime smoking to wean others off this the heat of sanctions and is of the view that there may not be much to lose. To Minister Modi has every right to health hazard. hit Saudi Arabia just as it plans to open up might be the best time to strike. The feel contented with his week-long though the over-polluted and five years but the Prime Minister’s Dangers of smoking TK Nandanan latter itself has seen bin-Salman purge the royalty of lackeys and hangers-on, stay in the US. He emerged as a filthy cities suggest we have a fair visit to the US was indeed an Chennai climate change champion by distance to travel beyond declara- image-booster. sometimes violently and has few, if any, ways to have back-channel contacts promising to front-load India’s tory pronouncements. India may KS Jayatheertha Sir — In his monthly radio address, Send your feedback to: with Iran. War should always be the last option but it seems horribly certain now. green energy commitments, not have become a better place in Bengaluru Mann ki Baat, Prime Minister [email protected] HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 1, 2019

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Safe blood starts ISI AND PAKISTAN ARMY TRAINED AL-QAEDA AND I THINK EVERYONE CAN SEE THROUGH THAT. OTHER GROUPS TO FIGHT IN AFGHANISTAN. THERE PAKISTAN IS JUST SAYING (SORRY) THIS TO GET with altruism WERE ALWAYS LINKS BECAUSE THEY TRAINED THEM. THE FUNDS FROM THE US IN THE BEGGING BOWL. Repeat voluntary contributions are the only way —PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER —BALOCH LEADER to reduce dependence on replacement donors IMRAN KHAN MEHRAN MARRI and meet shortage Gandhigiri in real life JOY MAMMEN The popular yet often misunderstood Mahatma needs an image makeover as India’s n spite of the technological and medical advances achieved over the last millennium, it is still not possible to substitute any man- failure to keep him alive as a living philosophy is responsible for the loss of interest in him Iufactured product for the transfusion of blood. The only source of blood as a therapeutic product is another human being and it’s not without its own risks. Although, the more commonly discussed ones are the transmission of infectious diseases like Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis B, C, malaria and syphilis, there are other immune and non-immune reactions that can occur. These can range from transient fever to life-threatening immunologically mediated reactions or life-long sensitisation. The potential risk of trans- mission of infections can be reduced if it can be assured that the donors who are the source of the blood do not carry infection. The first line procedure is a donor interview, which when per- formed meticulously, can ensure that donors who are at potential risk of being in the window period can be determined and exclud- KEWAL KAPOOR ed, most of the time. It is expected that the giver will be truthful and divulge confidentially, information that may disqualify them as a can- n his visit to London for the Round Table didate. Appropriate information and counselling have to be provid- Conference of 1931, Mahatma Gandhi was grossly under-clothed to face the British ed to the person who needs to be deferred. The blood collected from O winter. Dressed in his trademark homespun loin- screened donors then needs to be subjected to various mandatory cloth, a sartorial choice picked to identify with tests to ensure freedom from infections. The interview process is India’s poorest, Gandhi went all the way to the often trivialised in many centres and observed in the breach during Buckingham Palace to meet King George V. “The most blood donation camps, especially the “mega-camps” where King was wearing enough for both of us”, he quantity often takes precedence over quality and safety. remarked later with characteristic humour when The importance of a reliable contributor in the quest to ensure asked if his clothing felt appropriate for such a safe blood is often taken for granted, not just in our country, but in meeting. When then British Prime Minister the South-East Asia region, which collects 15 per cent of the glob- Winston Churchill disparagingly referred to him al blood to cater to 26 per cent of the world’s population. Barring a as the “half-naked fakir”, he took it as a compli- ment! few countries like Sri Lanka and Thailand, most countries still report Gandhi’s sense of humour was an insepara- a significant proportion of replacement donors. According to the World ble part of his personality, as were his views on Health Organisation (WHO), voluntary non-remunerated blood dona- non-violence, sustainable living, economical use tion (VNRBD) means that a person gives blood, plasma or cellular of resources, role of mass media in a nation’s devel- components and receives no payment for it, either in cash or kind. opment and humane treatment to animals. There Studies have shown that first-time voluntary contributors have were multiple dimensions to his personality, much a similar risk profile to replacement donors. It is only when the per- beyond the saintliness we usually associate with IF YOU ASK A YOUNG son has donated repeatedly over a period of at least two consecu- him. Unfortunately, in the process of revering him INDIAN ABOUT tive years, that it becomes possible to be confident about the reduc- as the Father of the Nation, we have unwittingly MAHATMA GANDHI, tion in risk. The frequency of contribution depends on the commu- buried a series of interesting facets of his thought ication towards fitness (who could have of things into account to ensure our told him to walk and avoid using the CHANCES ARE THAT nity from which the person is selected and the existing regulatory and philosophy, rendering him a uni-dimension- walked 284 km to Dandi at the age of prosperity and wellbeing. He advocat- bike. This in many ways formed the al monotonous figure. This failure to keep HE/SHE WILL FAIL TO 63?), his advocacy of eco-friendly prac- ed using natural resources judiciously essence of his thought. Gandhi was an norms and guidelines for selection. In India the recommended time Gandhi alive as a living philosophy is responsi- IDENTIFY HIM AS tices and his emphasis on humility and without disturbing the ecological balance advocate of walking and cycling. In ret- interval is 90 days between donation for males and 120 days for ble for the young generation’s loss of interest in ANYTHING BEYOND A non-violence need to be revived and of increasingly fragile ecosystems. He rospect, his ideals seem far ahead of his females. Developing a pool of repeat voluntary blood givers is no him. FREEDOM FIGHTER. adopted. also talked about a developmental times, but relevant nonetheless. mean task. It requires careful planning, targetted and sustained cam- Popular yet misunderstood: If you ask a WORRISOMELY, A Environment and sustainability: model where everyone could partake in Indiscriminate use of fossil fuels has led paigns in the community. young Indian about Mahatma Gandhi, chances Millions of young people took to the the progress. In his translation of John to global warming. Increasing use of NUMBER OF Currently, the process of creating awareness, motivating, recruit- are that he/she will fail to identify him as anything streets across the world last week Ruskin’s tract on political economy, ethanol and biodiesel from sugarcane YOUNGSTERS BRED ing and retaining of repeat VNRBD is the responsibility of the blood beyond a freedom fighter. Worrisomely, a num- demanding concrete action from the Gandhi used the term sarvodaya, (wel- and corn will result in food shortage and ON A CONSTANT DIET bank. For an entity that is already struggling under the existing reg- ber of youngsters bred on a constant diet of social countries to curb and reverse climate fare of all), which was to become the cen- increased water consumption. We con- OF SOCIAL MEDIA ulations for operations and compulsions to keep costs down (there media forwards even openly deride him, holding change. The explosion of the youth tral basis of his beliefs and actions later tinue to mindlessly consume unsustain- FORWARDS EVEN is a prescribed cap on how much can be charged for blood), the him responsible for a series of ills, including India’s movement ignited by Swedish activist in life. He was a strong proponent of a able resources. The solution lies in Partition, failure to seek clemency for Bhagat Singh OPENLY DERIDE HIM, Greta Thunberg reminded the world community-based approach towards tempering our wants and turning to sus- resources allocated to this task — in terms of human resources, and for preferring Jawaharlal Nehru over Sardar HOLDING HIM about how the human race has endan- environmental sustainability and tainable transport as much as possible. planning and implementation — are meagre. Sustained engagement Patel. The problem lies in the fact that the State RESPONSIBLE FOR A gered itself through its unsustainable believed that by keeping the welfare of Simple changes to our lifestyle, such as with contributors requires more than sporadic messages on elec- has failed to make Brand Gandhi relevant to the SERIES OF ILLS, exploitation of natural resources. As we all human beings at heart, we will be able walking and cycling, car pooling and the tronic media, posters or one-off TV advertisements. The State and people. The Father of our Nation was much more INCLUDING INDIA’S celebrate Gandhi’s150th birth anniver- to avoid exploitation of man and nature use of non-conventional energy sources national blood transfusion services also have not been able to invest than a saint or a leader of a non-violent freedom sary, it is pertinent to revisit his ideals and uphold human dignity. when adopted on a large scale, can make PARTITION, FAILURE consistently to systematically develop awareness and conduct a movement. As a human being, he deeply under- on environment and sustainability. Although he did not present a a positive impact. TO SEEK CLEMENCY nationwide campaign. Although educational organisations facilitate stood this country and laid out a philosophy that As an astute critic of greed-centric structured model for the conservation Water problems: When Kathiawar FOR BHAGAT SINGH blood donations, it is often to fulfil the letter of regulation (to con- covered all dimensions of our lives. Truth be told, modernity, Gandhi was very concerned of environment and sustainable devel- in Gujarat experienced drought during AND FOR duct one donation camp in an academic year) rather than to nur- never have Gandhi’s ideals been more relevant to about the social order that exploited nat- opment, we can form a picture of his the Independence struggle, Gandhi PREFERRING NEHRU ture a sense of altruism. Blood donation is not something that is the world and to our country than they are today. ural resources for short-term and short- vision by linking his thoughts together. urged the people to plant more trees, As we face unprecedented challenges of violence, OVER SARDAR PATEL sighted gains. He wrote extensively He was strongly for dencentralisation of knowing very well that afforestation on talked about in our society. Most of the conversation lasts a couple hate, environmental degradation, depletion of about our need to exercise collective power at all levels of society. He visu- a large scale can help curb water crisis. of days during the year — the International Blood Donor Day (June resources and increasing chasm between the rich restraint when it came to exploiting alised sarvodaya at the national level, He also pushed for the practice of water 14) or the National Voluntary Blood Donation Day (October 1). Most and the poor, we desperately need Gandhi’s phi- nature. What seemed like counter-fac- Gram Sabha at the local level and harvesting for irrigation to avoid food people only think about blood donation when their close relatives or losophy as a guiding light. tual thinking at the time has now Swaraj (economic freedom) at the indi- shortages and famines, a suggestion that friends are in need of a transfusion. Unless they are fortunate to be There is also an urgent need to rebrand become mainstream with climate change vidual level. He firmly believed that the was well ahead of its time. As we wit- in close proximity to a blood bank that has adequate supply, they Gandhi to make him more palatable to the young becoming the single-greatest threat to power to change the world resided in the ness a major impending water crisis and will go through a fairly traumatic experience of finding replacement Indians. This needs to be done by popularising the future of human beings as a species. individual and that by mutually interde- depletion of ground water resources, donors to ensure that the blood bank gets enough donors of any the unknown facets of his personality. Gandhi had astutely foreseen a pendent cooperation, we would be able invoking Gandhi’s ideals seems to be the group in exchange for the units given to their patient. This memory Rebranding the Mahatma: In 2006, a world running rampant with unre- to create a noble environment for all. natural recourse. Gandhi famously said usually fades after the immediate demand is addressed. The lack Bollywood comedy called Lage Raho Munna Bhai stricted materialism and industrialism, Every individual is the trustee of the that “If you want to change the world, did more to popularise Gandhi among the youth a world where the natural resources wealth generated by our collective start with yourself.” If we had paid heed of a dependable pool of repeat voluntary contributors and the absence than State-led programmes could do in 60 years. would not be enough to sustain the bur- efforts and we should always try to con- to his words earlier, we wouldn’t be in of commitment to donate regularly contributes to periodic shortage It did so by simplifying his teachings and exhibit- geoning population and its needs. It is vert that into wealth of all for a better a world where future generations are of blood in the hospitals.Unless we as a nation are willing to change ing how they can make a real difference in our time we understand the value of his world instead of selfishly pursuing indi- blaming us, and rightly so, for the world our mindset and be receptive to the idea of “giving without getting daily lives. However, we need more than a film vision to the discourse on climate vidual interests and personal gains. By we are leaving them with. Unless indi- in return” our blood banks and hospitals will continue to be caught to realise this goal, we need to contemporise change, environmental conversation, achieving inward change, we can affect viduals rethink their consumer lifestyle in a regular cycle of shortages and never wean off dependence on Gandhi for contemporary Indians and restore dig- and sustainability. a shift from a consumer society to a con- and governments rethink development replacement blood donors. It’s time we took the 2000 WHO slogan nity to his brand. Gandhian philosophy: The central server one. agenda to make them sustainable, there seriously: “Safe blood starts with me: blood saves lives.” Gandhi’s ideas on sagacious use of resources, tenet of Gandhi’s philosophy was that Energy crisis and sustainable trans- can be no lasting peace and happiness. (The writer is Professor. Department of Transfusion Medicine blunting hatred with love and forgiveness, and man should be at the centre of any devel- port: During the historic Dandi march, (The writer is Director and Creative and Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore) investing in nature are key to this age of excess- opmental roadmap. He believed that it a supporter on a bike offered oranges to Strategist at an advertising and consult- es. His unknown love for music, his absolute ded- was essential to take the long-term view Gandhi. He politely declined them and ing agency and Return of Million Smiles) Walking the sustainable development talk As the Swachh Bharat Mission completes five years tomorrow, it is vital to recall how sustainability and environmental consciousness have been at the heart of several policy interventions of the Government

ability, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s courage and steady focus to bring an related messages over the last five years.” which will further reduce the incidences of towards achieving the target of 175 GW by Modi’s participation at the United Nations “unpalatable” yet fundamental subject like While the targeted communication through lung-related disorders, eventually saving 2022. Climate Action Summit in New York. On toilet construction to the fore and make it IEC interventions is a tangible outcome, money for both the Government and the It is equally important to recognise October 2, the Swachh Bharat Mission a people-centric movement. Modi’s consistent mention of the theme in poor. There’s recognition of the linkages India’s push towards electric vehicles (EVs) (SBM) completes five years. Therefore, it is Some facts with regards to SBM might his Mann Ki Baat radio programme has also between the environment and its conse- to further reduce its carbon footprint. Be it important to recall how sustainability and be known to us — the increase of rural san- catalysed the necessary behavioural change. quences on health outcomes, be it access to through tax incentives for electric cars or the environmental consciousness have been at itation coverage from 38 per cent in 2014 Yet, Modi, does not choose to stop at this clean fuel or improved sanitation. The social push for electric buses, there’s a concentrat- the heart of several policy intervention. to 99 per cent in 2019, construction of 110 point and gave a clarion call to make India benefits of these programmes are not just ed effort by the Government to create a KARAN PRERITA It is also important to highlight that million toilets and 30 States and Union free of single-use plastic. limited to environment preservation, as they robust infrastructure that facilitates a BHASIN CHAUTHAIWALE themes like cleanliness, toilet construction, Territories becoming Open Defecation Free It’s well known that environmental will yield rich dividends in terms of smooth transition to a cleaner technology. sanitation, environmental impact of (ODF). Recent studies by UNICEF and the degradation has a disproportionate impact improved healthcare outcomes which will Though reducing our carbon foot- ay they’re smug and superior. Say their Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, have also on the poor and lack of access to resources only reduce the burden of disease. print will help address the problem of cli- approach to public policy makes you and solar energy have emerged at a global ascertained the effect of the SBM on the is responsible for depletion, which further India’s pollution woes are not just lim- mate change that affects the entire planet, Swant to tear your hair out. ……But stage consistently over the last five years, environment and in terms of money spent perpetuates poverty. The fact is that this ited to indoor air. Several of our major cities moving towards EVs and reducing India’s don’t call them worthless. At least, don’t do which is unprecedented. Therefore, it would on information, education and communi- renewed understanding has become an inte- suffer from poor air quality, while our rivers reliance on coal-based power plants are crit- it in front of me. The people that I have met be prudent to discuss three major reforms cation (IEC) activities. The studies conclud- gral aspect of India’s new development par- too, have witnessed a steady increase in pol- ical towards reducing air pollution in some have been extraordinarily qualified. Their of Swachhta, Ujjwala and Saur Urja (solar ed that achieving the goal of ODF villages adigm. lutants over the last couple of decades. The of our major cities. intent is good. Their commitment is true. energy) in this context. has positively affected the quality of ground- Let’s consider indoor air pollution, fact that these changes can be catastrophic There are long-term benefits from all They are righteous, and they are patriots. When we talk about SBM, it is impor- water by reducing contamination. The which is known to cause asthma or bron- is well known and perhaps that explains one such interventions and these benefits are not And I’m their lawyer,” says the Republican tant to note how the mission has evolved study found that non-ODF villages were chitis. Several estimates suggest that the cost of the world’s most ambitious renewable just limited to India and its citizens, but they Ainsley Hayes in the popular TV show The from a sanitation, open-defecation free “11.25 times more likely to have their of asthma treatment per year for 2015 was energy initiatives. are global. While we may have several envi- West Wing. Ainsley’s words could come as (ODF) behavioural mass movement and groundwater sources contaminated (12.7 `139.45 billion. Part of this cost is on the The International Solar Alliance, aimed ronmental activists, who find it convenient a wake-up call to many who dismiss the urban waste-segregation initiative to free- times more from contaminants traceable to Government, while the rest comes from out- at reducing India’s global carbon footprint, to consider development as a direct conflict Government and its leaders as “worthless” ing the country from single-use plastic. From humans alone).” of-pocket expenditure on healthcare. The was launched by New Delhi in 2015. It has with environmentalism, India has managed and often choose to undermine the work Microsoft founder Bill Gates to Sulabh The findings of the Gates Foundation Government launched the Ujjwala Yojana been joined by 121 countries, which shows to balance the two and carve out a practi- accomplished as they run after mirage-like International founder Bindeshwar Pathak, study are particularly interesting in the back- and has already distributed over eight crore the extent of the impact that India has had cal model of sustainable development. champions of causes. Therefore, it is impor- the far-reaching impact of the SBM has been drop of the criticism received on the expen- LPG cylinders to facilitate a switch from in shaping the global environmental conser- (Bhasin is a New Delhi-based public pol- tant to set the record straight. Over the last assessed through different parameters, both diture on IEC-related activities. It says, “An burning firewood in rural areas. Doing so vation discourse. India’s target for solar gen- icy researcher and Chauthaiwale is a digital few weeks, so much has been said about cli- tangible and intangible. Pathak has rightly average person living in rural India was has already started to show a considerable eration is an ambitious 450 gigawatt (GW) communication and policy professional) mate change, the environment and sustain- said that it took Prime Minister Narendra exposed to between 2,500-3,300 SBM- impact in reducing indoor air pollution, and the country is now making rapid strides HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 1, 2019 money 10 CAPSULE PMC Bank crisis ‘eye opener', Buyback rules eased for cos with housing finance wings RBI looking at lapses: Thakur PTI n NEW DELHI Capital markets regulator Sebi PNS n NEW DELHI banning the bank from extend- has eased its norms for buy- Kalpataru bags But the kind of media reports and articles have ing new loans. The lender has back of shares by listed com- Terming the Punjab and come, some of them are very shocking. I think it is around Rs 11,000 crore of panies, especially those having orders worth Maharashtra Cooperative very very important, an eye opener for the banking public deposits. subsidiaries in housing finance Rs 775 crore (PMC) Bank crisis as an "eye sector... such instances should not take place at the outset. With regard to resolution of and NBFC segments. opener", Minister of State for bad loans, the minister said the The notification comes after NEW DELHI: Kalpataru Power — ANURAG THAKUR, Minister of State for Finance Transmission Ltd (KPTL) on Finance Anurag Thakur on National Company Law the board of Securities and Monday said it has bagged Monday said the banking sec- Tribunal should be the last Exchange Board of India (Sebi) orders worth Rs 775 crore in tor regulator RBI is looking (RBI) is looking into this. At at the outset. It also raises ques- resort. approved norms in this regard transmission and distribution into various aspects, including this stage, I would not like to tion mark on role of various The bank should explore in August. segment. According to a lapses on part of auditors. say much to that. people whether it is regulator, other options for resolution The repurchase of shares by company statement, KPTL and The bank came under stress "But the kind of auditors, directors and other which is good for the bankers listed companies is governed its international subsidiary due to alleged financial irreg- media reports and officials," he said on the side- to recover more amount and by the Buyback Regulations of have secured the orders from ularities forcing the articles have lines of an event organised by also for the various stakehold- Sebi as well as the Companies the government and private Reserve Bank of India come, some of Punjab National Bank here. ers. Act. clients. "These new orders will (RBI) to impose restric- them are very Asked if the Ministry of He also said that the bank- Among the main condi- help us to strengthen our T&D tion on the Mumbai- shocking. I Corporate Affairs is also look- ing sector will play a crucial tions that the companies need The notification comes after the order book particularly in India based lender. think it is very ing into the matter, Thakur role in achieving aspiration of to follow, the buyback offer board of Securities and Exchange and Bangladesh. Our total "The role of regulators very important, said the government will look USD 5 trillion economy by cannot exceed 25 per cent of order inflows in FY19-20 has is very important but at an eye opener into all the areas where ever 2024-25. the aggregate paid-up capital Board of India (Sebi) approved norms crossed Rs 4,300 crore and the same time the role of for the banking required because eventually Praising Punjab National and free reserves of the com- in this regard in August additionally we have a L1 auditors, directors, bank sector... such it's going to impact common Bank (PNB) for standing tall pany, but shareholders' position of approximately Rs officials is equally impor- instances should man. during tough times, Thakur approval is required through a 2,000 crore," KPTL's MD and tant. And what they not take The central bank last month said, the credit should go to all special resolution in case the finance segments. However, if the debt to equi- CEO Manish Mohnot said. have been doing place put a slew of restrictions on the the stakeholders especially offi- size exceeds 10 per cent. Sebi's decision to amend its ty ratio on standalone basis KPTL is engaged in power for last so Mumbai-based lender, creating cials of the bank. Also, a buyback is permitted regulations also follows a noti- does not exceed 2:1, but transmission & distribution many years panic among thousands of He inaugurated the heritage only if the ratio of the aggregate fication by the Corporate exceeds this threshold on con- (T&D), oil & gas pipeline, and people depositors. museum showcasing the of secured and unsecured debts Affairs Ministry permitting solidated basis, buybacks railways, infrastructure responsi- Major restrictions include bank's journey of 125 years owed by the company after the government companies carry- would still be allowed if the development, civil contracting ble for it, I capping withdrawal at Rs from its humble beginning in buyback is not more than twice ing out non-banking finance consolidated ratio is up to 2:1 and warehousing & logistics think 10,000 per customer during Lahore to its new corporate the paid-up capital and free and housing finance activities after excluding the subsidiaries business with a strong regulator the six-month period, and office. reserves, unless a higher debt- to launch buybacks resulting in that are NBFCs and housing international presence in to-equity ratio is specified up to 6:1 debt to equity ratio finance companies regulated power T&D. The company is under the Companies Act. post the share repurchase. by RBI or National Housing executing several contracts in While Sebi takes into After taking into account the Bank, the regulator said in a India, Africa, the Middle East, Clix Capital account financial statements feedback to a public consulta- notification dated September CIS, SAARC and Far East. Maruti drives in mini SUV on standalone as well as con- tion process launched in May, 19, raises $40 mn solidated basis for evaluating Sebi has decided to continue But, the standalone debt to the buyback thresholds, several with the current approach of equity ratio of all such exclud- from existing issues have been raised in allowing buybacks ed subsidiaries should not S-PRESSO at Rs 3.69 lakh the recent past with resulting in post-buy- exceed 6:1, as per the approved investors regard to considering back debt-to-equity norms, it added. PTI n NEW DELHI consolidated financial ratio of up to 2:1, Earlier, Sebi had proposed to PTI n NEW DELHI statements for com- except for compa- keep this threshold at 5:1. The country's largest car maker panies with sub- nies for which a Under the new rules, the Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Clix Capital Services, a digital- sidiaries having high- higher ratio has financial statements would be Vistara to start direct Monday launched a mini SUV lending NBFC, on Monday er debt due to their been notified under considered on both stand- Delhi-Patna flight S-PRESSO priced between Rs said it has raised USD million presence in businesses the Companies Act, alone and consolidated basis to 3.69 lakh and Rs 4.91 lakh (ex- (about Rs 280 crore) from its like Non-Banking based on both stand- determine the maximum per- from November 3 showroom). existing investors, including Financial Company alone and consolidat- missible buyback size and NEW DELHI: Full-service The new model, which is AION Capital Partners, to (NBFC) and housing ed basis. other related requirements. carrier Vistara will start daily based on the company's fifth fund growth plan. direct flights between the generation HEARTECT plat- The company is targeting national capital and Patna form, comes with a BS-VI a loan book of Rs 5,500-6,000 from November 3. The airline compliant one-litre petrol crore by the end of the cur- would also have daily services engine with a claimed fuel effi- rent fiscal as compared to Rs Enough seeds, fertilisers between Varanasi and ciency of 21.7 km per litre. 5,000 crore currently, Clix Khajuraho from November 5, S-PRESSO comes equipped Capital Services said in a according to a release. with both manual and auto gear statement. to meet rabi demand: Min "Introductory, all-inclusive, shift (AGS) transmission options. Augmenting the compa- PTI n NEW DELHI sowing. We have about 169.67 one-way economy fares start "Today, compact is the nat- The new model, which is based on the ny's original capital base of lakh tonne of various seeds, from Rs 3,099 for Delhi-Patna ural choice of India's car cus- company's fifth generation HEARTECT USD 250 million (Rs 1,800 There is sufficient supply of more than the requirement of and Rs 3,686 for Varanasi- tomers. At the same time, crore), the latest round of seeds and fertilisers to meet 149 lakh tonne for the rabi sea- DGCA acts Khajuraho," the carrier said in today is the age of disruptions. platform, comes with a BS-VI compliant funding will be used to the demand of farmers for the son of this year," the official the release on Monday. The We realised that entry level one-litre petrol engine with a claimed expand the business across its rabi sowing season begin- told PTI. against two airline's Chief Strategy Officer compact segment needs a fresh fuel efficiency of 21.7 km per litre. varied segments especially ning mid-November, Wheat is the main rabi Vinod Kannan said Patna design language," MSI consumer finance and digital according to an crop. The country has SpiceJet pilots continues to record double- Managing Director and Chief platforms. agriculture min- about 140 lakh tonne digit growth in domestic Executive Officer Kenichi and passionate youth," Ayukawa said. Clix has a presence across istry official. of wheat seeds for PTI n NEW DELHI passenger traffic. "Vistara's Ayukawa told reporters here. Ayukawa said. The model will "While working with their 12 cities in India and envis- The ministry this year, against the expansion to these cities will The company's engineers define the next generation of counterparts in SMC, Japan, ages deeper penetration in has estimated requirement of Aviation regulator DGCA certainly help us to widen our and designers have created design for compact vehicles in engineers from Maruti Suzuki these markets, it said. the country's about 122 lakh has suspended the flying customer base that prefers a this new mini SUV which is the country, he added. worked on this car.They With the fresh equity infu- total seed tonne for the same licences of two SpiceJet pilots fine flying experience on their aggressive on the outside and The S-PRESSO has been worked on it here in India, at sion, Clix is planning to con- requirement at period. for four months for lapses leisure or business travels," he comes with bold and dynam- designed, developed and vali- our world-class R&D Center at tinue its steady credit quali- 149 lakh tonne and The second major that led to pressurisation fail- added. A joint venture ic interiors, he added. dated using Suzuki's global Rohtak," Ayukawa he added. ty-led growth, focussing on fertilisers at 319 lakh rabi crop is chickpea, avail- ure onboard a Hyderabad- between Tatas and Singapore "Nothing like this has ever development processes and The model brings contem- the retail-lending segment tonne for the rabi season of ability of which is 24 lakh Jaipur flight in June, accord- Airlines, Vistara now connects been attempted before, on a will be sold countrywide porary and relevant global to achieve about 70 per cent 2019-20 crop year (July-June). tonne against the requirement ing to a senior official. 30 destinations and operates vehicle in this segment. It con- through the company's technology to Indian cus- composition by March 2020, "We have enough supply of of 21.06 lakh tonne for this The lapses of the crew nearly 200 flights a day. nects with today's aspirational ARENA retail network, tomers, he added. it said. seeds for the forthcoming rabi year's rabi season. jeopardised the safety of air- craft and its occupants, as per the watchdog. A SpiceJet Boeing 737-800 plan made an Lupin’s erectile air turn back due to pres- ‘Current slowdown dysfunction tab surisation failure on June 14 Exports of e-cigarette banned this year. launched in US The official noted that the PTI n NEW DELHI Electronic Nicotine Delivery alternative smoking devices a crew forgot to put the "bleed an opportunity to PTI n NEW DELHI Systems, Heat Not Burn cognizable offence, attracting switch to 'ON' position dur- The commerce ministry on Products, e-Hookah and the jail term and fine. ing cockpit preparation, Pharma major Lupin on Monday said it has banned like devices by whatever name First time violators will departure briefiing and after grow our books’ Monday said it has launched exports of electronic ciga- called and whatever shape, face a jail term of up to one takeoff checklist which result- its Sildenafil tablets used for rettes, e-Hookah and other size or form it may have...is year and a fine of Rs 1 lakh. ed into pressurisation failure the treatment of erectile dys- similar devices. prohibited," the Directorate For subsequent offences, a jail during climb". PTI n MUMBAI function in the US market. The notification was issued General of Foreign Trade term of up to three years or a Generally, bleed air switch We will grow, our The company has launched to comply with the govern- (DGFT) said in a notification. fine of Rs 5 lakh, or both, is used to maintain cabin HDFC Bank on Monday assets will grow, our Sildenafil tablets USP in the ment's ordinance issued on However, it said the ban according to the ordinance. pressure. asserted there is no stress on liabilities will grow, our strengths of 25 mg, 50 mg and September 18 to ban produc- does not conclude any prod- The storage of e-cigarettes Captain Sunil Mehta, who its credit portfolio because of swipes will grow, our number 100 mg after receiving approval tion, import, distribution and uct licensed under the Drugs shall now be punishable with was commanding the plane, the slowdown and it sees the of customers will grow and from the United States Food sale of electronic cigarettes. and Cosmetics Act, 1940. rettes, making the production, imprisonment of up to six and Captain Vikram Singh current phase as an opportu- and Drug Administration "Export of electronic ciga- The ordinance issued on import, export, transport, sale months or a fine of up to Rs have been suspended for four nity to grow its book. we are very confident (USFDA) earlier, Lupin said in rettes including all forms of September 18 bans e-ciga- or advertisements of such 50,000 or both. months from the date of the Its managing director and ADITYA PURI a filing to the BSE. incident, the official added. chief executive Aditya Puri HDFC Managing Director also informed that a search panel of the board announced slowdown. earlier will be formed by He said that there have not January, to ensure the chosen been retrenchments in the Sacked HK’s Cathay staff decry ‘Cultural Revolution' purge successor to lead the industry which should bank can work with make a lender wary and AFP n HONG KONG placed on it in any jurisdictions him for 1-2 months. employment is growing The Hong Kong-based airline has had where it operates, "including The bank had overall, and added that Former Cathay Pacific staff a torrid few weeks after Chinese state those prescribed by the author- reported a 1.40 per auto majors may have who say they were fired for ities in mainland China". cent gross non- per- retrenched some tem- supporting Hong Kong's pro- media and authorities blasted the "We will ensure 100 per forming assets ratio porary workers. democracy protesters accused company because some of its 27,000 cent compliance with all our in June quarter. Growth slip- Listing out positives which bosses on Monday of carrying regulatory duties. Quite sim- ping to six-year low primari- will work in the economy's out a "Cultural revolution" employees had taken part in -- or were ply, this is our licence to ly on a slip in consumption has favour like the good monsoon, style political purge. sympathetic to -- anti-government operate; there is no ground raised concerns on the way expectations of more divest- The Hong Kong-based air- protesters for compromise," the airline forward for ments and the sentiment line has had a torrid few weeks added. banking. turning positive with the after Chinese state media and The protests have also hit "We will grow, our tax cuts, he said the bank authorities blasted the compa- ry firings, often after being termination letters without any Cathay's bottom line with assets will grow, our sees this as a "major ny because some of its 27,000 shown screengrabs of their accusations," she added. August passenger numbers liabilities will grow, opportunity" to grow. employees had taken part in - Facebook and other social One woman, who gave her down 11.3 per cent on last year, our swipes will grow, "We see this as a major - or were sympathetic to -- anti- media posts. name as Chris, tearfully inbound Hong Kong traffic our number of cus- opportunity as a bank and government protesters. "It's regrettable to see Cathay described human resources down 38 percent and out- tomers will grow we see no strain on our China's aviation regulator Pacific encouraging staff to asking her to explain three bound down 12 per cent year- and we are credit portfolio," he barred staff supporting protests to take part in the protests cur- mer employees held a press report and criticise (others) screenshots, one of which on-year, the biggest falls in a very con- said, adding it has from working on flights to the rently engulfing the financial conference alongside officials internally," one woman, who offered an opinion on the decade. fident," not compromised mainland or traveling through hub. from the Hong Kong Cabin gave her first name as Jackie, protests. Beijing's crackdown on Puri told on its credit its airspace, setting off chaos In recent weeks staff have Crew Confederation and flight told reporters. "The situation is She said she was initially sus- Cathay has heightened fears reporters standards and inside the company as it fran- described deleting their social attendant unions. just like in the Cultural pended and then fired. among many Hong Kongers here, is not lend- tically tried to win back media accounts, fearful that They said at least 26 people Revolution." "Some crew were "I wasn't given any explana- that the city's free speech laws replying ing to Beijing's favour. colleagues might inform on had been fired from Cathay in shown posts and updates on tion. I was just escorted out of are increasingly under threat to ques- over- Both the airline's CEO and them while Cathay announced protest-linked terminations. their private social media the office. I was very furious -- particularly within any com- tions lever- Chairman made surprise it had sacked multiple staff Hiding their identities accounts and required to pro- and devastated," she said. pany that does business with- around the aged departures as bosses issued linked to the protests. behind sunglasses and face vide an explanation with evi- In a statement, Cathay said in the authoritarian main- economic persons. repeated warnings to staff not On Monday, a group of for- masks they described summa- dence. Others were handed it had to abide by all regulations land. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

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After starting the Hyderabad-based Cherukuri Geetham foundation, I Ramtilak is helping witnessed that many students from slum areas underprivileged students to and orphans were in need continue higher studies by of money to STRIVING FOR A continue their adopting them besides studies. It is when I started helping them. Every conducting various activities year, we are taking care of more than 30 students’ for the betterment of society, education completely. finds V SATEESH REDDY VIBRANT SOCIETY RAMTILAK CHERUKURI hile education is a adopting them. started helping them. Every to get jobs and stay strong But, they lack support from Telangana state chairman fundamental Ramtilak is also the year, we are taking care of financially. To date, we per- their family members. We for National Human Rights right, it is, Telangana State Chairman more than 30 students’ edu- formed more than 10 mar- are identifying the talented and Anti Corruption Force. W however, not a for National Human Rights cation completely. Apart riages.” people in various profes- He is also felicitating the possibility for and Anti Corruption Force. from these students, we are Ramtilak’s efforts to erad- sions and giving them the honest officers of various many Hailing from Guntur, also distributing school kits icate child labour is lauded required support to achieve departments to inspire children in India. Ramtilak completed his for many underprivileged by people from across their goals.” others to be honest. Regardless of government degree in Guntur and later kids across Telugu states.” Telugu states. Whenever he He informed that many By recognising his schools and other facilities, he studied Diploma in This foundation also finds any child labour at people are dying due to no services in various fields, many underprivileged stu- Human Rights. performs marriages of mechanic sheds or water availability of blood in right Gandhi Peace Foundation dents find it difficult to stay Ramtilak says, “My physically handicapped plants, he meets their par- time. He says, “We are con- of Nepal recently appointed in school and continue their grandfather is a music people by providing finan- ents and explains to them ducting blood donation Ramtilak as peace ambas- education because of pover- teacher and he helped many cial support to them. the importance of educa- camps and health camps all sador for India and Nepal. ty or lack of resources. To learn music. He inspired us Ramtilak shares, “It is not tion. Later, he adopts those over the Telugu states. Red He shares, “We are plan- provide education for poor to do something for society. easy for physically handi- kids and takes care of their Cross society and some cin- ning to undertake various people, Hyderabad-based After starting the Geetham capped people to get mar- education. Through his ema artists are helping us to activities for the betterment Ramtilak Cherukuri started foundation, I witnessed that ried. We are helping them foundation, he is also help- spread our blood and health of society. Our programme Geetham Cultural and many students from slum to overcome this problem ing leprosy patients to get camps.” about traffic awareness Social Organisation in 2012 areas and orphans were in by performing their mar- proper treatment. He is striving against yielded good results and and helping poor kids to need of money to continue riages. Even after the mar- Ramtilak says, “Every workplace harassment and many appreciated for our pursue higher studies by their studies. It is when I riage, we are helping them kids has their own talent. bribing by working as work.” Have money, will handle it our way, say women Earning money is espect the money said this year’s focus would Whatever I earned as an that you earned be financial literacy for actress has been invested not easy for as it is not easy to women. Until now we smartly. Now that I haven’t earn. We struggle focused on their health and worked for over eight years, r a lot and sacrifice fitness. The mother sacri- I am reaping the benefits. anyone, be it a lot. So women fices her life and career for My parents taught me how must not only know how to the family, but does not get to handle finances and my Ambani’s or the manage their hard-earned the respect she deserves. husband also respects it,” she daily wage money, but also take charge That should be reversed. added while debating on the of it, says actress and model “While women lead in all subject at the panel discus- (From left): Babjee, MV Krishna Rao, poet Philip Joshua, Prof Kota V Subbaram and Aruna Bahaguna at the launch of Silences@61 in Secunderabad Genelia Deshmukh, while fronts, why should they lag sion. labourers from participating in a panel dis- in one area,” she asked. “We Financial literacy is equal- cussion on Financial have planned this panel dis- ly important both for a man small villages. It Literacy for Women organ- cussion as an effort to close and a woman observed S.K. ised by Million Moms at the financial literacy gap,” Joshi, chief secretary of the involves hard work, Poorna Konvention Centre, she added. govt of Telangana. Financial When injury turns poetic Madhapur. This is an initia- “Besides the husband, if literacy must be taught as a sweat and tive to keep mothers healthy, the wife is also financially subject in school, he said t has often been Bahaguna stated that the title fit and financially indepen- literate, it will be collective adding that government noticed that provi- was apt as ‘silence’ per se sacrifices. But dent. wisdom. Two minds are bet- schemes are always focused dence and a quirk denoted many things to Dr Mani Pavitra, ter than one. This helps the at women. “In my house, my of fate has seen the many people. She said Joshua many families Founder of Million Moms family invest wisely. finances are handled by my i emergence of had done an excellent job as wife. Though she sacrificed many a poet and Every person has a a poet with free usage of follow a system her career for my sake, she author. Most from this genre verse. takes care of the house and have made optimal use of poetic side to them. In fact, what stands out is wherein the men manages the finances well. their time when they fell sick that unlike a poet’s penchant My daughter is also finan- and the doctor advised bed- While some get to know to make use of superlatives, cially literate,” he said. rest for an extended period. Joshua has used simple but handle the finances, The event saw many lumi- Philip Joshua, a their inherent talent at a lucid style interspersed with naries from the film world Secunderabadi in letter and metaphors here and there. even if the woman like Kalathapasvi K. spirit belongs to this catego- This drew appreciation Vishwanath, Parchuri ry. Confined to bed after sus- young age, many turn from Prof Kota R Subbaram, contributes to the Gopalakrishna, Krishna taining an injury a year ago, who has a PhD from IIT Vamshi, Pragathi, Uttej, he decided to successfully poetic due to the Kanpur, and is a prominent monthly income Bharani and others in atten- translate a long cherished literary critic. dance. dream — come up with a circumstances. One Joshua stated that the book collection of original poems. comprised 61 poems to com- September 29 of this year such Hyderabadi wrote memorate his age and was marks a Red-Letter day in his inspired by life as he saw and life as his maiden book of a book of poems at the experienced. poems was released at a func- (Presently working as Head tion graced by luminaries. ripe age of 61. Why and of corporate communications The title Silences @61 ren- department in NCC Limited ders poetic justice as the poet how did he do it? writes Formerly Nagarjuna was 61 years of age when he Construction Company began working on it. SRIDHAR K PENNA Limited, his interests include Unveiling the first copy, for- photography, freelance writ- mer Hyderabad police com- ing, and social service). missioner MV Krishna Rao left the gathering in peals of laughter with his subtle and ney was an act of God. self, family, various sections THE TITLE SILENCES perfect use of words filled Like RK Laxman, whose of society,festivities, celebra- with wit and well-intended books and novels revolved tions and issues concerning @61 RENDERS POETIC humour. He touched upon around day-to-day life, humanity like yearnings for JUSTICE AS THE POET various pages from the book Joshua’s collection makes the harmony and peaceful co- and recalled his own anec- reader recall similar experi- existence. WAS 61 YEARS OF dotes. Krishna Rao contend- ences as they can relate to In her address, former top AGE WHEN HE BEGAN ed that Joshua’s accident that most topics that the poet has cop and the first woman IPS gave life to his literary jour- dealt with. They include one- office from AP cadre, Aruna WORKING ON IT 12

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A FESTIVE AFFAIR COMEDY THEATRE he Deepthi Mamidi Tattva Foundation FUNNY BUZZNESS PICHLE IKKIS SAAL organised an evening of Batukamma l lUdaan Performing Arts Presents its 43rd theatre Tcelebrations in the city recently. Several elite Funny Buzzness is a well known production 'Pichle Ikkis Saal', Originally written by personalities were spotted at the event. The comedy gig series Dharmakirti Sumant ( Pune ) Translation, Design & attendees had a gala time as they danced away by Buzz Kya Direction by Saurabh Gharipurikar. to well known Bathukamma folk songs. The Entertainment and October 2 at 8 pm event was organised at Banjara Function Hall. has been instrumental in bringing up artists like — Amit Tandon, Sorabh Pant, Sumukhi Suresh and Naveen Richards. October 20 at 6 pm HICC.

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Eesha Rebba ast seen in mys- adds, “I play Vidya, an emotion on camera. No one tery thriller orphan, who believes in would employ such tactics has recently Subrahmanya- helping others. She takes nowadays, right? That way puram, Eesha care of an orphanage where Redde sir belongs to old bagged an L Rebba is glad to she spends most of her time. school and a fairly good one have bagged an A series of incidents leave at it,” she remembers fondly opportunity to opportunity to headline her emotionally and mental- with a smile. director Sreenivass Redde’s ly shaken from her cocoon The film also helped her headline crime suspense thriller and how she faces it is what discover that she can work Ragala 24 Gantalalo. “Every the film’s gist all about.” multiple days on the straight actress desires films that Eesha, who believes in without a break. “After director completely revolve around prepping for the part before wrapping up this film, I them but rarely do we get landing on the sets, cher- realised that I can get on Sreenivass such stories. I’m lucky in ished working with Redde, with work for 12-15 hours that aspect that I got to do who has carved a niche for straight without a nap. I jug- Redde's crime Ragala 24 Gantalalo. The himself with his slow-bud- gled between the sets of this film required to be more get rib-ticklers like film in Hyderabad and my suspense responsible. Only after did I Bommana Brothers Tamil film with GV Prakash start shooting for it, did I Chandana Sisters, Yamagola in Chennai on a regular thriller realise how tough it is to Malli Modalaindi, Tata Birla basis, sleep deprived. I did- pull off a female-centric Madhyalo Laila and n’t feel the fatigue when I Ragala 24 film. I’m there in every Adirindayya Chandram. was on sets but once I hit scene of the film and the “My reactions to certain the bed, I would literally Gantalalo, character I play goes sequences needed to be die,” she concludes with a through a myriad of emo- noisy and such portions hearty laugh. finds tions, so there was pressure drain you out mentally. In physically and mentally,” she fact, I heard that during the NAGARAJ tells The Pioneer in an making of Arundhati, exclusive conversation. Anushka fainted after enact- It’s the twists and turns of ing a challenging sequence. GOUD the script that sealed the This is my first film where I deal for the Hyderabadi. “It’s had to scream and shriek I play Vidya, an orphan, a different kind of thriller. out loud. Screaming for real who believes in helping The viewers wouldn’t be and when you act, tend to others. She takes care of able to foretell what happens be naturally different. I did- next. I generally visualise n’t know whether I couldn’t an orphanage where she

OF DOING A the script when the director get that real scream or I spends most of her time. narrates it to me and despite couldn’t imagine myself in A series of incidents leave my best efforts I couldn’t get such a situation like Vidya, one twist right,” she chor- but Redde sir bailed me out her emotionally and tles, promising that it will be in such scenes with his mentally shaken from her an edge-of-the-seat enter- inputs and tactics. At places cocoon and how she faces tainer with thrills and chills as soon as ‘action’ was aplenty. uttered, he would scream his it is what the film’s gist all The actress is guarded lungs out. Seeing him do about about revealing anything that, I would scream back FELT THE PRESSURE FELT about the plot, feeling that it out of fear. Initially, I was — EESHA REBBA will be spoiler alert of sorts. shocked when he did that ON RAGALA 24 GANTALALO About her role though, she but he could capture my real FEMALE-CENTRIC FILM Gopi vows to return fans’ love with THOLI PREMA CHANAKYA actor-director set opichand, who is Visakhapatnam over the looking forward weekend. “The film has all to the release of the elements-fights, nice dia- G Chanakya, a spy logues-that you look forward thriller in which in a film of mine. Director he plays a RAW highlighted the hero just the for an encore? agent, hoped that he contin- way a hero needs to be.” he combination of never before. He was attached of Valmiki, will join the sets of ues to be showered love and Heaping praise on the Varun Tej and Venky to produce Tholi Prema to begin debutant Kiran Korrapati’s long- affection by his fans in the film’s antagonist Rajesh Atluri who’ve created with but backed out in the last in-the-development boxing future as well. “I got injured Khattar, who is making his T magic with Tholi minute, before handing it over drama up next. He is also in while performing an action Telugu debut with the film, Prema last year are set to fellow producer BVSN Prasad. talks with a couple of other sequence for Chanakya but Gopi added, “He is known to reteam again? Well, The film in question, said to directors to squeeze in another fans kept enquiring about my for his baritone and it was that’s what the word is in Film be a light-hearted romantic project before he allots dates to health status and even difficult to match to his Nagar circles. Bringing them drama, will go to floors in the Atluri, who on the other hand, is extended their speedy recov- voice during dubbing. I had together, according to the second half of next year. Varun, occupied with the pre-produc- ery wishes messages. I hereby to report to dubbing studio buzz, is none other than who is hot off the success tion of Rang De with Nithiin. declare that I will give back early in the morning to take leading producer Dil the love with Chanakya on advantage of that fresh Raju, who of late has October 5. It’s going to rock,” voice. He is a terrific actor ramped up his pro- THE FILM IN QUESTION, SAID TO BE A the actor thundered. He was as well and I hope to see duction and dis- speaking at a promotional him many more good films tribution LIGHT-HEARTED ROMANTIC DRAMA, WILL GO event of the film in in Telugu.” activities TO FLOORS IN THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT like YEAR. VARUN TEJ WILL JOIN THE SETS OF DEBUTANT KIRAN KORRAPATI’S LONG-IN-THE- DEVELOPMENT BOXING DRAMA UP NEXT

First look ere is the first look of Romantic, starring Akash Puri and Ketika Sharma. H Producers Puri Jagannadh and Charmme Kaur have unveiled the look on Monday, saying that ‘romance is always intense’ and hence the poster, which fea- tures the leading lady in a topless avatar as she embraces Akash tightly. As The Pioneer reported last week, the fresh schedule of the film commenced in Hyderabad on Monday and will go on for another 20 days. Prominent VFX technician Anil Paduri is turning direc- tor with a project, a love story penned by Puri himself.

PARICHAYAM LAD SIGNS HIS SECOND FILM fter his debut film Archie Films International. The get the first draft of the script by Parichayam, released director is presently awaiting the the second week of October. We last year, tanking at the release of Ashwamedham in are planning to go in front of the A box-office, actor Virat Telugu. He has also done a handful cameras in December.” Konduru has moved on of Marathi and Gujarati films in Virat admits that he is still to his next. The actor the past. “The film is a revenge proud of Parichayam. “I still love told us that he has signed director drama. However, it’s not in a com- that film. I will probably be doing G Nithin’s film, which will be plete commercial space,” Virat another film with director jointly produced by Santosh YK said. Lakshmikanth Chenna soon,” he and Nimesh Desai under their The actor added the script hasn’t informed. production houses The Monk and been fully developed yet. “We will — NG 14

Hyderabad Tuesday October 1, 2019 celeb talks ‘I DON'T hahid Kapoor said he approaches characters with fearless honesty, never MARDAANI 2 WILL SEE succumbing to the pressure of being WANT TO one of those actors who want to S manipulate the audience to be liked. Kabir Singh WOMEN STAND UP Shahid’s recent turn in MANIPULATE ignited a debate about romance and the toxicity AGAINST EVIL: RANI in a relationship. While the film went on to AUDIENCE become one of the biggest grossers of the year, it ctress Rani Mukerji, who Mahishasura or Lord Rama’s was also met with criticism for its hero-like por- is gearing up for the victory over Ravana, Navratri’s trayal of a flawed man. TO LIKE ME’ second installment of the significance is key to this asset “The first responsibility that an actor has Mardaani franchise, says launch. So, we decided to start towards the audience is to give them an honest A portrayal. I think that happens very rarely. the film will see a woman the journey of Mardaani 2 on stand up against evil, this auspicious occasion.” Because of these kind of pressures, people are so against crimes committed on women Rani is thrilled that the “first careful that ‘if I do this people will like me, if I do and take a bold and brave stand. key communication of this people won’t’. Rani is set to reprise the role of Mardaani 2 is happening “That’s manipulating the audience to like the fearless and committed during Durga Puja that you. I don’t want to be that kind of an actor,” Superintendent of Police, Shivani celebrates woman power in Shahid said. The actor said if sometimes audi- Shivaji Roy in Mardaani 2. its truest and bravest form.” ences react strongly towards his portrayal, it Director Gopi Puthran says, She added, “Maa Durga encourages him. “Rani as Shivani will be seen in a took on the forces of evil and “If that means that at certain points of time massive showdown with a 21-year- defeated it and Mardaani 2 will they don't like me, I take that as a big compli- old villain who is an embodiment of see a woman stand up against ment. That’s what acting is all about. pure evil. He is a dangerous crimi- evil, against crimes committed You’re meant to play characters and nal who targets women.” against women and take a bold represent life the way it is.” The film marks the directorial and brave stand.” Shahid said even in reality, there debut of Puthran, who was the The film was shot extensively is no one who has loved him at writer of the first Mardaani film. in Jaipur and Kota in Rajasthan. every point in his life. The film will show that Rani will Mardaani, released in 2014, “I must’ve gone through stand up against crimes on women. was directed by Pradeep Sarkar phases where even my parents Rani said, “The film will see a and produced by Aditya probably really disliked me. If woman cop fighting a pure evil of a Chopra. The film tells the story I’m playing a character why person to end crimes against of a policewoman whose should I be not showing all women. As we all know, Navratri interest in the case of a kid- those facets? Why should stands for the victory and battle of napped teenage girl leads her we create this bubblegum good over evil across India.” to uncover secrets of human reality which doesn’t exist. “Whether it is Goddess Durga’s trafficking by the Indian Today a film which is so real victory over the demon mafia. and raw is making Rs 280 crore.” “We need to wake up and realise that the audience wants to see a little bit of the truth. They eteran actor of Marathi and Hindi for the evergreen reply to Gabbar Singh’s don’t want to films Viju Khote, who was popular ‘Kitne Aadmi The?’ in Sholay. Do, Sarkar was watch single SHOLAY'S for his Kalia character from the 1975 the bumbling sidekick was Kalia’s response, dimensional cult classic Sholay is no more. He was which said it all — that they failed their gang films.” V 78. lord Gabbar Singh played by Amjad Khan. KALIA NO MORE Viju passed away early on Monday, He is also fondly remembered as the naive family sources said. He is survived by his actor Robert from the film Andaz Apna Apna and sister Shubha Khote, who was elder to him by was loved for his dialogue galti se mistake five years. Their father Nandu Khote was a hogaya. noted stage actor too, and he worked in movies On television he is most remembered for during the silent era. his role from the 1993 sitcom Zabaan Viju Khote made his big screen debut with Ya Sambhalke, the Indian version of the British Malak in 1964 and went on to do some of the sitcom Mind Your Language. most remembered characters in the Hindi Viju played the character of Vittal Bapurao film industry. Pote, a Maharashtrian who worked in a local In a career spanning almost six Nautanki. He often came to class in play cos- decades, Viju worked in over 300 films, tumes. including Phir Hera Pheri, Andaz Apna Apna His other work includes Golmaal 3, Ajab from the modern era besides some Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, Money Hai Toh Honey television shows and ads. Hai, Halla Bol, Garam Masala, Aamdani Renowned for comedy roles, Viju was famed Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya, among others.

FRIENDS ACTOR: I DON'T SEE A REASON TO REVISIT IT riends actor James Michael Tyler says he “And I have to agree with them on that. They tied doesn’t see a reason to revisit the popular up a really good series, which at this point has a show but if anything ever came up in the good beginning, middle and end, and myself... F future, he would definitely bleach his I don’t see a reason to revisit it, that’s just my hair again and reprise his character opinion,” Tyler added. Gunther. He played the coffee shop “That being said, if anything ever came owner Gunther on the 90s sitcom Friends, whose up in the future, I would definitely bleach my 10-year love for character Rachel Green (actress hair again and reprise Gunther, as I really did Jennifer Aniston) was unrequited. love that character.” “She’s (Aniston) such a consummate professional Gunther’s character was certainly not planned. and a lovely, lovely human being,'” Tyler told Daily “I never auditioned, I came on the first episode Mail Australia. of the first season pilot as an extra. I was a “She’s very tender, open and honest, down-to- background performer,” he said. earth and grounded. She embodied the character of “I did not have the name Rachel so perfectly.” “It was just a joy to work with Gunther until the 33rd her, as a fellow actor. She was very professional episode which was on the set, always on time, always knew her midway through the lines and was also very generous as an actor.” second season. The Despite the gushing comments, the writers gave me one Mississippi-born star admitted there’s no reason word to say, ‘Yeah’, and to film a reunion episode. it just kind of built up “I know that the creators of the show from there. have all said in the past, that It was never intended to they’d wrapped up the show be a character.” in the way that they want- ed,” he said. BATWOMAN STAR RUBY ROSE UNDERGOES EMERGENCY SURGERY AFTER STUNT INJURY

uby Rose recently took to Instagram and ously said that she was “thrilled and hon- shared a graphic video of an emergency oured”, and an “emotional wreck” over the surgery she had to undergo following a news. However, the Australian actor had R serious stunt injury. The actress wrote to unfortunately delete her Twitter that she had left her with two herniated account due to fan backlash. discs that were close to severing her spinal “Her being gay, it’s definitely part of chord, leaving her at risk of paralysis. She added that who she is, and it’s definitely part of the she was in “chronic pain” but could not feel her arms. story and establishing why she’s not in Referring to the video of the surgical procedure, the military anymore. But the show is Ruby joked, “To anyone asking why I let them video not about a gay superhero. It’s about a it.. Did you not watch that Grey’s Anatomy episode superhero,” Ruby had explained in an where they left a towel in a patient?? Also, I wanted interview, reports Daily Mail. The first to see what happens when we go under.” The look poster unveiled her black and red actress also thanked her doctor, “I am forever in superhero costume. your debt.” Caroline Dries and Greg Berlanti According to People.com, Ruby had under- have developed the show from gone surgery after suffering from years of Berlanti Productions alongside back pain. She had said that she had even Warner Bros Television. Batwoman quit smoking ahead of the procedure. will premiere in the US Ruby gained stardom when she was on October 6. cast in season three of Netflix’s Orange is the New Black. The actress has been cast as Batwoman for The CW. She will play the first openly LGBTQ superhero to headline a TV series. She had previ- HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 1, 2019 sport 15 Can’t take Proteas lightly: Rahane PTI n VISHAKHAPATNAM getting a hundred and it was not com- sus South Africa (three Tests) and ing. Bangladesh (two Tests). Because of the India look to build here is a definite “So, in the West Indies, my thought Test Championship, you cannot take spring in Ajinkya process was that I will not think of get- any team lightly. Even before the cham- TRahane’s steps after ting a hundred even once, whatever has pionship, we were not taking any team on early success in he ended a 17-Test to be happen will happen. If a hundred lightly and since the points system is run of not scoring a has to come, it will come,” said Rahane involved, every match is important. hundred, a number who could not hide the excitement of “There is a big difference between World Test C’ship which has proved becoming a father soon. winning and drawing a Test in terms of PTI n DUBAI to be lucky for Rahane insisted that he did not points. When you win home Tests and him. work too much on his technique to get then go away, there is an advantage that ndia go into the three-match home Rahane, back amongst the runs. you have points. Iseries against South Africa looking India’s Test “From outside it may look easy, “Also, the likes of Aiden Markram to build on their early success in the vice-cap- for me it was about believing in my and Temba Bavuma did well in the ICC World Test Championship, while tain, was ability. Not thinking about the tech- warm-up and Faf du Plessis is an expe- the visitors open their campaign in the under nical stuff, it was all about how I make rienced campaigner. You can’t take competition. pres- the mental adjustment like handling them lightly.” India’s 2-0 victory in the West sure to difficult situations,” said the 31-year- The pitch for the game looks like a Indies series helped them grab the full perform old. flat one with hardly any grass on it. India 120 points available for a series, the in the West South Africa may not have the are expected to play two spinners and as only team to do so in three series Indies and he delivered with services of star players like AB de many pacers. played so far. an 81 and 102 in the first Test Villiers and Dale Steyn anymore but “Depending on the conditions we Sri Lanka and New Zealand drew in Antigua. Rahane said India cannot afford to will decide the combination. Hanuma their two-match series 1-1 and are on “You get to learn from take the Proteas lightly. India ham- (who bats at 6) can also bowl some spin 60 points each in the points table while Maharaj wants to every match and every series mered them 0-3 at home four years and that makes a difference. In India, we England and Australia are on 56 each and I had to wait for two ago. hardly see three pacers playing,” he after their five-match Ashes series years, 17 Tests, for my Test “There are five Tests at home ver- added. ended 2-2. replicate Ashwin & debut and for this century Each match of the India-South (in West Indies) I had to Africa series, to be played in wait for 17 Tests. I think Visakhapatnam, Pune and Ranchi is there was some co-ordi- Rain threat looms over 1st Test worth 40 points since points in the Jadeja’s consistency nation,” said Rahane ahead PTI n VISAKHAPATNAM There is 50 and 40 percent chance WTC are evenly distributed over the of the first Test against of rain on day two and three and play number of matches in a series (two to PTI n VISASKHAPATNAM South Africa beginning eather could play spoilsport could also be affected on the final two five), ranging from 60 points for each here on Wednesday. Wduring the first Test between days. match of a two-Test series to 24 for outh Africa’s most experienced spinner Keshav “When I was playing India and South Africa starting here The warm-up game between each match of a five-Test series. SMaharaj wants to be as consistent as seasoned for Hampshire, I was on Wednesday with rains predicted on South Africa Board President’s XI in So, India can go up to 240 points Indian duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran thinking, when I made my all five days. Vizianagram, around 50 kms from by grabbing all the points at stake in Ashwin during the upcoming three-Test. debut, how my mindset was It has been raining here regular- here, too was affected by rain. No play the series starting Wednesday. On the The orthodox left-arm spinner with 94 wick- before that. In these 17 ly since the last one week and there was possible on day one of the three- other hand, South Africa can join ets from 25 Tests had a successful county perfor- Tests, I was not getting a is an 80 percent chance of showers on day game and start of day two was India at the top of the table with 120 mance and is hoping to make life “uncomfortable” hundred, I was going behind the opening day of the series opener. delayed due to a wet outfield. points. for the Indian top-order. “It is nice that people speak highly of you. Look at Jadeja and Ashwin. Ashwin has got a lot of vari- ations and Jadeja keeps it simple but the key is con- sistency and that make it uncomfortable for the Bumrah's absence a call for Ishant, Shami to take lead batsmen. I can (want to) emulate that going for- ward and do my job from one end,” said Maharaj, IANS n KOLKATA agement have said that the Tests, odds were that the sec- who is on his maiden Test tour of India. Bangladesh series is not in the ond-ranked bowler in red- Spin will hold key but reverse swing can also hen a South radar as skipper Kohli and ball cricket would definitely play a huge role in the series, he said. WAfrican team in coach Ravi Shastri want have had an impact in the “You got to expect the ball to turn in the sub- transition take on India Bumrah to recover complete- outcome of the series, which continent and that is why people carry an extra in the three-Test series ly and return to action as now will rest on his support spinner here. As far as bowling to Indian batsmen starting Wednesday, they India also have an eye on the cast led by veteran Ishant goes, you can only Test yourself against the best. will be more relieved in 2020 World T20 in Australia Sharma, who is perhaps bowl- The series will tell me how good I am and if I the knowledge that Jasprit next year. ing like he has never bowled belong here in international cricket,” Maharaj said. Bumrah will not pick up Many have spoken about in his career. “Besides spin, reverse swing will be key. Every the red cherry and come at the 25-year-old’s workload Besides Ishant, a leaner bowling unit everywhere in the world likes to utilise them than Virat Kohli pick- taking a toll on his body. But and meaner Mohammed if reverse swing is available. India have got strong ing up the bat and sending the overall picture which has Shami will also look to shoul- bowlers including Mohammad Shami, who is their bowlers on a leather come to the fore is how does der more responsibility and unplayable at times. If it starts to reverse, then we hunt. the bowling unit, spearhead- take the load of spinners have also got amazing bowlers, who can utilise the Arguably one of the ed by the ace fast bowler, per- Ravichandran Ashwin, conditions.” best in the business, form without his services. Kuldeep Yadav and Ravidra The South Africa pace attack comprises Bumrah has been ruled out A young South African Jadeja, based on whoever is Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi. of the series due to a minor team, thin on batting experi- playing. India will be without the the services of their stress fracture in his lower ence after the retirement of It is also an opportunity lethal weapon Jasprit Bumrah, who was ruled out back. Needless to say, it was a Hashim Amla, might not test for Bumrah’s replacement of the series due to a stress fracture in the lower body blow to the team man- a strong Indian bowling bat- Umesh Yadav to impress the back. Maharaj said India will miss him badly. agement as they lost a player tery but it surely will lack selectors and team manage- “It is a big loss for India. He has turned the who in 12 Test matches has teeth against the likes of Faf ment and get back in the whole Test side for India in terms of playing in var- picked up 62 wickets, all on du Plessis, Aiden Markram into play spin factor more delayed his debut as he is squad after falling down the ious conditions but lets face it India have enough foreign soil including a hat- and Temba Bavuma over than pace. unlikely to take part in the pecking order due to a series quality to replace him. Umesh Yadav is another trick in the West Indies. three five-day rubbers despite Bumrah is yet to play at Bangladesh series also. But of underwhelming perfor- world class bowler.” Sources in the team man- home conditions bringing home and the injury has now going by his exploits in 12 mances. South Africa got a decent hit in the middle

in the one-off practice game despite the rain with Aiden Babar lifts Markram (100), Temba Bavuma (87) and Philander SHELLY, FELIX SEAL RECORD GOLDS (47) getting some much need- Pak to 305-7 ed in the middle. Maharaj struck thrice in that game. AFP n KARACHI “It was important that our 4x400m mixed relay batters got some time in the tylish batsman Babar Azam middle. They have been work- Sthrashed a swashbuckling hun- ing on how to tackle Indian dred to steer Pakistan to 305-7 in conditions and it is nice to get the second day-night interna- team finishes 7th a hit.” tional against Sri Lanka on Monday as Karachi staged its first PTI n DOHA ODI in ten years. The 24-year-old proved he is he Indian 4x400m Time to prepare for currently one of the best batsmen Tmixed relay team fin- in limited overs cricket with a ished seventh in the final 105-ball-115 to lift Pakistan to a race of the World T20 WC: Cummins big total after the home team won AFP n DOHA record 12th World Championships with a sea- the toss and batted. Championship Gold medal. son best effort here. Azam, when on 54, became amaican sprint queen Felix only returned to the The team of the fifth batsman to complete JShelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce sport in July after a 13- Muhammed Anas, V K 1,000 ODI runs in 2019 — behind surged to an unprecedented month layoff which saw her Vismaya, Jisna Mathew India’s duo Virat Kohli and Rohit fourth 100m crown and US give birth to her daughter and Tom Nirmal Noah Sharma, and Australian couple legend Allyson Felix broke Camryn by emergency C- clocked 3 minute 15.77 Aaron Finch and Usman Usain Bolt’s Gold medal section last November. seconds to finish seventh in Khawaja. record tally as the returning The 33-year-old, who the field of eight countries He added an innings building new mothers lit up the World failed to qualify for the indi- on Sunday. 111 for the third wicket with Championships here Sunday. vidual 400m event in Doha, It was just a tad slow- Haris Sohail (40), as Sri Lankan Fraser-Pryce and Felix, took Gold in the 4x400m er than the 3:15.71 clocked bowlers toiled to break the stand. both racing in their first mixed relay as the United by the Indian team while It was only through an unfor- major championships since States motored to victory in winning Gold in the Asian tunate run out that Sohail fell, taking time off from the a world record time of 3min Games last year. leaving Azam to anchor the sport to have children, lit up 09.34sec. Anas began the race in innings. He square cut pacer a pulsating day three of com- Felix’s 12th gold medal lane number 8 and early in Lahiru Kumara for a boundary to petition even if the action broke Jamaican legend Bolt’s the second leg, Vismaya IANS n MELBOURNE feeling pretty good now,” he complete his 11th ODI hundred was played out inside a near- record tally of 11 World China’s 2016 Olympic cham- Silver in 1:33:10 while com- was running last. Third leg added. off 97 balls. empty Khalifa Stadium. Championship Gold medals. pion Liu Hong won Gold. patriot Yang Liujing won runner Jisna collided with fter helping Australia retain Talking about the T20 Azam was finally out at deep The 32-year-old Fraser- Overall, she now has an Liu, 32, who took a Bronze in 1:33:17. a second leg runner of Athe Ashes, pacer Pat World Cup, the 26-year-old mid-on off Kumara, cracking Pryce, who skipped the 2017 incredible 26 medals, a daz- maternity break from 2017- Elsewhere Sunday, triple another country after col- Cummins now wants to emu- said: “The last year has been a eight boundaries and four sixes. championships to give birth zling haul that also includes 2018, shrugged off steamy jump king Christian Taylor lecting the baton from late his good show in the short- real one-day focus leading into Iftikhar Ahmed batted to her first child, delivered a six Olympic Golds. There heat and humidity to lead a completed a superb hat-trick Vismaya, leading to the est format of the game with an the (50-over) World Cup. I aggressively for his 20-ball 32 not barnstorming run to take was another victory for a Chinese sweep of the medals of World Championship loss of crucial time though eye on the 2020 T20 World Cup think we'll see a shift,” said out — two sixes and as many the 100m in 10.71sec. returning mother in the final in 1hr 32min 53sec and titles after surviving near India was at the last spot by on home soil. Cummins. boundaries — as Pakistan made Britain’s Dina Asher- event of the day, the women’s secure her third world title. elimination in a nerve-jan- that time. The T20 World Cup is the “We’ve got 20-odd games 89 in the last ten overs. Smith took Silver with a 20km race walk, where Qieyang Shenjie took gling final. only major trophy that has before that T20 World Cup. Openers Fakhar Zaman (54) time of 10.83sec while Ivory eluded Australia’s male crick- Personally I want to be in that and Imam-ul-Haq gave Pakistan Coast’s Marie-Josee Ta Lou eters. World Cup squad, so I want to a solid start of 73 before Sri claimed Bronze in 10.90sec. Cummins, ranked No 1 in play as many of those games as Lanka’s best bowler, leg-spinner “To be standing here as Annu qualifies for javelin throw finals the world, took 29 wickets in possible. Wanindu Hasaranga, trapped world champion again after the five-test Ashes which ended “There’s a lot I want to work Imam for 31. having my baby, I am elated,” DOHA: Top Indian woman javelin throw- Indian to reach the finals of the women's 12, who will compete in the finals. in a 2-2 draw and bowled the on in T20 cricket, so it's good Hasaranga also had Fakhar said Fraser-Pryce. er Annu Rani qualified for the final round javelin throw in the World Annu opened with a 57.05m before most overs by an Australian fast there’s more opportunity now to for 65-ball 54 studded with six “The females keep show- of the World Athletics Championships by Championships. coming up with her career-best throw in bowler in a Test series since the concentrate on that with six boundaries and a six. Hasaranga ing up. We love to put on a smashing her own national record here Annu finished third in Group A and the second round. She had a 60.50m in turn of the century. games in a row (to start the finished with 2-63. performance and for me I am on Monday. qualified for the finals as the fifth best per- her third and final throw. “It was a really tense series, summer). I don’t feel like I’ve Skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed was just really happy to come The 27-year-old Annu sent the iron former of the qualification round. World leader and Asian Games so it felt like every day’s play was had that in a long time.” also run out for eight while Imad away with the win.” spear to a distance of 62.43m in her sec- Only two javelin throwers, Asian champion Liu Shiying (63.48m) of China quite exhausting,” Cummins Cummins has been Wasim made 12. The two-time Olympic ond round throw, bettering her earlier champion Lyu Huihui (67.27m) of China and Ratej Martina (62.87m) of Slovenia told cricket.com.au. “I felt like I extremely consistent despite While the first match was champion’s dominant dis- national record of 62.34m, which she and Christin Hussong (65.29m) of finished ahead of Annu in Group A, while needed a break. Those last two not missing a single match in rained off in Karachi on Friday, play was the highlight of a achieved in March, to book a place for Germany, could cross the automatic reigning Olympic champion Sara Kolak weeks I bowled close to 100 Australia’s World Cup cam- the third and final game will be day three which also saw US Tuesday's finals. qualification mark of 63.50m while of Croatia was sixth with a best throw of overs. That was pretty taxing. paign and then taking part in held in the city on Wednesday. track queen Felix win a In the process, she became the first another 10, including Annu, made up the 60.99m. PTI But I’ve had a good week off, so the gruelling Ashes. HYDERABAD | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 1, 2019 sport 16

Tottenham vs Bayern Live from 12:30am IST SINGLES SONY SIX NETWORK HEALY ENTERS ’CLUB 100’ IN T20I ‘ONE GOAL’ Sydney: One of Australian team's key players in Hazard says he is one strike away recent years, wicket-keeper Alyssa Healy on Monday became the ninth woman to appear in 100 Twenty20 from kick-starting Real career Internationals. The 29-year-old is only the second EYESEYES ONON Australian to achieve the feat after Ellyse Perry. Healy got there during the second T20 International against Sri Lanka at North Sydney Oval. MANDEEP TO LEAD IN JOHOR CUP New Delhi: Defender Mandeep Mor was on Monday named as captain of the 18-member junior men's team for the ninth Sultan of Johor Cup to be THETHE POSTPOST held from Oct 12 to 19. India will face off against Malaysia, New Zealand, Japan, Australia and Great Neuer out to settle keeper debate Britain in the round-robin league stage and will be hoping to improve its performance here after against Spurs as he faces stiff finishing a disappointing sixth at the Eight-Nation Tournament in Madrid in June.

competition from ter Stegen for Die NAGARKOTI BACK FOR EMERGING CUP New Delhi: Young pacer Kamlesh Nagarkoti on Mannschaft’s No 1 Monday returned to the Indian team for the upcoming Emerging Asia Cup after a 19-month injury layoff. The pacer, who excelled in India's triumphant U-19 World Cup campaign has been constantly monitored by experts at the NCA, where he underwent rehab following a stress fractures in his lower back, heel and ankle. The 19-year-old, last played a competitive game during the Vijay Hazare Trophy last year. The tournament is scheduled to be held in B’desh in November. Eden Hazard and Gareth Bale during Real Madrid’s training session RM/Twitter POREL TAKES 6 IN BENGAL’S WIN AFP n MADRID ahead of playing Club Brugge. Jaipur: India A speedster Ishan Porel bowled “That’s what I’m missing, brilliantly to grab six-wickets while Shreevats den Hazard said on Monday one good match, one goal, one Goswami made an unbeaten 86 to guide Bengal to a Ehe is ‘one goal’ away from pass, something to start my sea- comfortable eight-wicket win over Jammu and launching his Real Madrid career son. Kashmir in a Group C Vijay Hazare Trophy match on having failed to score since join- “When I say it’s down to con- Monday. Porel (6/34) came up with a devastating ing the Spanish club fidence, once I’m con- opening spell that sent Jammu and Kashmir reeling this summer. Real vs Club Brugge fident, I’ll give my best as they were skittled out for 169 in 48.2 overs. Live from 10:30pm IST Hazard, who cost SONY TEN 2 NETWORK on the field.” Chasing the modest score, left-handed Goswami German goalkeeper and captain Manuel Neuer trains during Bayern Munich’s practice session Bayern/Twitter Real 100 million Real host Brugge struck 10 boundaries and one six during his 80-ball euros in July, is yet to get off the after falling to a humiliating 3-0 knock and together with Abhimanyu Easwaran (51) AFP n LONDON That display came on the Argentina, Loew is under pressure lost to Liverpool. mark during the new season loss to Paris Saint-Germain in stitched 118 runs for the opening stand as Bengal same day Ter Stegen launched to drop his captain who has kept “I am so happy with the with his appearances restricted to their opening Champions League comfortably rode home, reaching 175 for two in 28 ayern Munich captain Barca to a 2-0 win at Getafe with nearly 300 clean sheets in just over squad and we’re in a position four matches due to a thigh game of the campaign. overs. Meanwhile in another Group C matches, Manuel Neuer heads into a sensational long-range pass for 600 Bundesliga games and was where everything is possible,” the injury. They sit top of the La Liga Madhya Pradesh defeated Bihar by seven wickets Btoday’s Champions League Luis Suarez’s opener after snuffing named in FIFA’s World XI four Spurs boss told his pre-match “Honestly I feel at 100 per table after seven matches with while Gujarat beat Tripura by a comfortable 101-run clash with Tottenham Hotspur at out an attack from the home years running up until 2016, press conference on Monday. cent, the injury is behind me. France international Karim margin. White Hart Lane aiming for a dis- side. when he was made German cap- “We need to be calm and be When I start scoring, being deci- Benzema their top goal-scorer on RIBERY’S FIORENTINA PUNISH MILAN play that settles the debate about Ter Stegen had sparked a war tain. strong in our mentality. The most sive, having good matches, it will five, followed by Wales forward whether he should remain of words between Germany’s top important thing is the belief and all come together,” Hazard said Gareth Bale on two. Milan: Franck Ribery sealed a 3-1 win for Fiorentina Germany’s first-choice goalkeep- goalkeepers when he said it was a HAPPY WITH SQUAD’ spirit.” against ten-man AC Milan that pushed the er ahead of Barcelona’s Marc- “tough blow” to remain on the Tottenham boss Mauricio northerners down to 16th in the Serie A table with a Andre ter Stegen. bench after watching Neuer beat- Pochettino said he is “so happy” third consecutive defeat. Former Bayern Munich The showdown in London en four times in a heavy home with his squad as they prepare to midfielder Ribery sealed back-to-back wins for will be key in deciding who will defeat by the Netherlands face Bundesliga leaders Fiorentina for the first time this season. Ribery win Group B, with Bayern cur- in this month’s Euro 2020 after a turbulent few scored the third goal after 77 minutes to add to rently top after beating Red Star qualifier. weeks. Juve need to ‘lighten up’ Gaetano Castrovilli's 66th-minute effort with Erick Belgrade 3-0 in their opener a The Barca keeper Spurs have strug- Pulgar slotting in a penalty on 14 minutes. Milan fortnight ago and Spurs needing had been promised more gled to find consistency AFP n TURIN Juventus vs Leverkusen so far this season. played most of the second half a man down after a home victory to get back on games in 2019 by nation- this season after an They are up against a Bayer Mateo Musacchio was sent off for a foul on Ribery track after throwing away a two- al coach Joachim Loew, unsettling summer uventus coach Maurizio Sarri Live from 12:30am IST Leverkusen, who finished on 55 minutes. Milan goalkeeper Gianlugi goal lead in a 2-2 draw at but he has so far only had transfer window before Jbelieves his side need to enjoy SONY TEN 2 NETWORK fourth in the Bundesliga last Donnarumma did well to deny Federico Chiesa's Olympiakos. a 45-minute cameo last week’s League Cup themselves more if they are season, and are sixth this term. penalty kick with Rafael Leao pulling a goal back for Neuer will want to use the against Serbia in March, and exit against fourth-tier Colchester going to have any chance of The Germans slumped to a the hosts ten minutes from time. high-profile clash to prove his Neuer telling the 27-year-old his was a low point and Pochettino ending their 24-year wait for surprise 2-1 defeat at home DOUBLES DEFEAT FOR DJOKOVIC form after a shaky display on comments were unhelfpful to blamed that setback on “different the Champions League tro- against Lokomotiv Moscow Tokyo: Saturday, in which he was twice team spirit only led to a terse reply agendas in the squad”. phy. in their opener. World number one Novak Djokovic, forced beaten — including once from of “Manu doesn’t need to com- But their 2-1 victory against The 60-year-old Sarri Leverkusen won 3-1 the out of the US Open with a shoulder injury, suffered long-range effort — at bottom ment on my feelings”. Southampton on Saturday lifted will oversee his first last time the two teams met a doubles defeat at the Japan Open on Monday, but club Paderborn. At 33, Neuer is entering the them to fifth in the Premier Champions League match in 2001-02, when the proved his recovery is on track. Bruno Soares of Neuer could do little about the latter stage of his career and only League table and helped calm at home in the Allianz Germans reached the final. Brazil and Mate Pavic of Croatia beat the 32-year-old first goal, but was at fault when a strong display at Spurs will nerves. Stadium today. Sarri said he would Serbian star and his countryman Filip Krajinovic 6-2, 4-6, 10-4 to progress to the quarter-finals. Top seed Paderborn defender Jamilu silence the raging debate back Spurs let slip a 2-0 lead in Juventus host Bayer make his team selection after Djokovic will make his Japan Open singles debut Collins scored from 30 metres out home as to whether his rival their Champions League opener Leverkusen in their training on Monday, later this week playing Alexei Popyrin at the Ariake to make it 3-2 and give Bayern a should be promoted and end against Olympiakos to draw 2-2 second Group D clash, deciding who would Coliseum. His main challengers in the Japan event nervy final 10 minutes before they Neuer’s nine-year reign as but Pochettino pointed out that having being held 2-2 play up front will be second seed Borna Coric and Belgian third eventually won and topped the Germany’s first-choice stopper. last season the club had just a sin- at Atletico Madrid in alongside seed David Goffin. Bundesliga for the first time this With a high-profile friendly gle point after three games and their opener. Cristiano season. international looming at home to still reached the final, where they “The Champions Ronaldo. SEVILLA EDGE OUT REAL SOCIEDAD League is really the “Playing Seville: Sevilla avoided a third consecutive defeat top for a player and Ronaldo, (Paulo) in La Liga and stopped high-flying Real Sociedad coach, but at the Dybala and from going top after coming from behind to beat same time we (Gonzalo) them 3-2 on Sunday. The Basque outfit could have Orsic out to surprise City should also have Higuain all claimed first place in Spain but came up short in a fun,” Sarri told a together from pulsating contest at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. It n AFP MANCHESTER Man City vs D Zagreb great European result last pre-match press the start is a fasci- looked good for the visitors when Mikel Oyarzabal Live from 12:30am IST season and this is only conference in nating suggestion, gave them a fourth-minute lead but Nolito equalised islav Orsic gave SONY TEN 1 NETWORK the continuation. We Turin. but we are not ready for Sevilla with a sumptuous half-volley before MDinamo Zagreb a have everything neces- “At t h e yet for the level of Lucas Ocampos and Franco Vazquez completed the dream start in the their last group stage sary to become a pres- moment it’s diffi- balance required,” comeback in the second half. Portu still set up a Champions League with appearance in 2016-17. ence in Europe,” he said. cult for Italian said Sarri. nervy finish when he added a second for Real a sensational opening Dinamo already have Orsic is an even teams to be among “For now we could Sociedad in the 87th minute but Sevilla held on for a round hat-trick against one goal more than in optimist ahead of the the favourites. only try this solution much-needed win. Atalanta, and now the their previous 12 tourna- encounter with City. English teams are for parts of the match.” journeyman striker has a ment matches. “We all know who favourites for obvious Leverkusen’s dan- Q ATAR TO TEST STADIUMS shot at downing all-con- Pundits in Croatia we are playing but that reasons but we should ger man could be 20- DURING CLUB WC quering Manchester City. say that Nenad Bjelica’s shouldn’t demotivate us,” be easier on ourselves. year-old German mid- Doha: Qatar will inaugurate the third of its eight The 26-year-old is side are ready to make an he said. “The idea is to really cheer fielder Kai Havertz, a World Cup stadiums when the Education City the competition’s leading important step forward “We badly wanted up a little bit. player Sarri tipped to ground hosts the Club World Cup semi-final tie on scorer heading into their Orsic’s treble over fancied and could even fight for the Champions League “Our goal is to go all the “become one of the Dec 18, FIFA said on Monday. The 40,000-seat daunting clash at the Atalanta, who are taking the second place in a and to compete with the way until the Champions most important play- venue seven kilometres outside central Doha will Etihad Stadium alongside part in their first-ever group that also includes best clubs and that's what League final but it’s a competi- ers in Europe”. also host the third-place play-off and the final of the RB Salzburg’s teenage European campaign. Shakhtar Donetsk, and we have, it’s all up to us. tion that can only be determined In the other game tournament which gets underway on December 11. sensation Erling Braut That is already a big Orsic shares that view “If we play to 110 in certain moments. in Group D, “With all three venues located a maximum of 12 Haaland. step up for a club that after seeing the team get percent of our abilities “I’m expecting a good Lokomotiv host kilometres from central Doha, the FIFA Club World Dinamo go into their failed to score a single to the Europa League and catch City by sur- result tomorrow.” Atletico Madrid in Cup 2019 will provide a glimpse of Qatar's compact trip to City top of Group goal on their way to los- last 16 last season. prise then anything is The eight-time reigning Moscow. nature ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2022,” FIFA said C thanks in large part to ing all six matches in “We already had a possible”. Italian champions are unbeaten in a statement. AGENCIES India need more games Halep turfed out of China Open Nagal wins title at for better future: Doru AFP n BEIJING anything, but I kind of forgot how it ATP Challenger officers gives us opportunity to cover a feels to lose, which I think is a good larger area and a larger number of peo- ianca Andreescu said that she has thing.” Sumit also achieves career-best ranking of 135 ple. This larger reach can only be capi- B“forgotten how it feels to lose” In round two the Canadian plays talised upon if more competitions are after the US Open champion reeled Elise Mertens, the world number 23 PTI n BUENOS AIRES held, giving the footballers across all lev- off her 14th victory in a row on from Belgium. els more opportunities to play the game Monday in Beijing. ndian tennis player Sumit and improve themselves,” said Doru. The 19-year-old Canadian beat HALEP HEADS HOME INagal notched up a straight- “We need more competitions. We Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 6- Reigning Wimbledon champion set win over home favourite need more games to build a better future. 2, 2-6, 6-1 in the China Open first Halep lost 6-2, 6-3 in 64 minutes to Facundo Bognis to claim the I read a lot about training techniques, and round despite a second-set wobble. bring her campaign to an early end. men’s singles title at the $ 54,160 this and that. But the harsh reality is that But Simona Halep became the She was far from her best as she ATP Challenger Tournament we need our footballers to play more first major casualty in the Chinese went down meekly to Russia’s 38th- here. games, to play more competitions. A larg- capital, beaten by Russia’s Ekaterina ranked Alexandrova in the second The 22-year-old from er reach will certainly help us attain that.” Alexandrova with the Romanian round. Haryana, seeded seventh, out- He stressed on the significance of struggling once more with a back “I didn’t recover well after my first classed 8th seed Bognis of NEW DELHI: The All India Football “capacity building” of the state associations injury. match so it was very tough for me to Argentina 6-4, 6-2 in an hour Federation technical director Isac Doru during a FIFA capacity-building work- Andreescu’s run of victories has play and she played really well,” and 37 minutes to win the title. ATP on Monday said players in all age-groups shop. brought her the US Open and her Halep said. It was Sumit’s second Sumit Nagal poses with trophy need to be exposed to more competitions Doru stated that the state associations home Canadian Open in recent Bianca Andreescu during practice session AP China Open title-holder Caroline Challenger title of his career, fol- Challenger Title. Sumit Nagal and big games for building a better are the “building blocks” of Indian foot- weeks, propelling her into the lime- Wozniacki swatted aside Lauren lowing the triumph in the will enter Top 135 in Rankings!,” future. ball. “The state associations are the bricks light. “I’m on a roll right now, hopeful- Davis of the United States, 6-1, 6-3, Bengaluru Challenger event in Sport minister Kiren Rijiju wrote The technical director believes that that build up the future of Indian football. “I wanted to just keep the ly I can just keep it up because I think to give her the perfect start. 2017. on his Twitter handle. the state units, along with their respective These bricks make up the foundation. It momentum going,” said the teenag- it gives me a lot of confidence,” added In the men’s draw, second seed “Brilliant performance The talented youngster development officers, will be crucial in is our job, as the federation, to work er, after her first match since stunning the world number six, who qualified Alexander Zverev of Germany was a @nagalsumit and I extend jumped of 26 spots to achieve a spreading the sport throughout India. together in harmony and help football Serena Williams in the final at for the season-ending WTA Finals. comfortable 6-3, 6-2 winner over the hearty Congratulations on career-best ranking of 135 on “The states covered by development grow,” said Doru. PTI Flushing Meadows. “I don’t want to sound cocky or American Frances Tiafoe. Winning ATP Buenos Aires Monday.