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First AI varsity launched in No interviews for APPSC ‘Houses for poor by Ugadi' Abu Dhabi PNS n AMARAVATI DUBAI: The UAE has set up Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan an artificial intelligence univer- recruitment, says CM Reddy at a review meeting on sity, claimed to be the first in Thursday instructed officials to the world, in Abu Dhabi. The PNS n VIJAYAWADA l allot land pattas and construct Mohamed bin Zayed The Chief Minister houses for the poor by Ugadi in University of Artificial In a historic decision, Chief said plans are afoot urban regions. Intelligence (MBZUAI) was Minister YS Jaganmohan to rope in the services The Chief Minister ordered inaugurated and it offers cours- Reddy has announced that MLA accused officials to allot lands and con- es for undergraduate students. there will be no interviews in of IITs and IIMs in struct houses for the poor It is also accepting applica- recruitment of various posts recruitment through in scribe's instead of giving them flats. tions for its first masters and through the Andhra Pradesh APPSC "The present flats where the PhD programmes this month. Public Service Commission murder case poor are living are not proper- All admitted students will be (APPSC). He said the l He asked officials ly maintained and leading to given full scholarship plus appointments will be done to formulate PNS n TUNI unhygienic surroundings," the benefits such as a monthly based on merit in the written Chief Minister said. houses and give to people stay- Sabhas. According to details allowance and accommoda- examinations. The new pol- guidelines in this YSRCP Tuni MLA Dadisetty He asked officials to find a ing at the riverside and canal- given by officials, so far tion. "AI is already changing icy will be implemented from regard Raja figured as one of the solution to renovate and tack- side as the house conditions 20,47,325 beneficiaries have the world, but we can achieve January, 2020. accused, along with five oth- le the current problems in the prone threat to their lives. been identified and the count so much more if we allow the The Chief Minister said ers, in the sensation vernac- flats. Moreover, he instructed Earlier, there was no registra- may increase. About 19,389 limitless imagination of the plans are afoot to rope in the He asked officials to release By November-end, pro- ular daily journalist them to prepare norms for tion made even after the land acres of land in rural areas and human mind to fully explore services of IITs and IIMs in the calendar of APPSC posals would be prepared for Satyanarayana's murder the regularisation of illegal was given. "Now, we are ready estimated that more 8,000 acres it. The university will bring the recruitments through recruitment on January 1 filling of these posts and case. Police here registered structures. to do registration,' said Chief would be required. In urban discipline of AI into the fore- APPSC. He asked officials to every year. As per the budget allotments for them. cases against six at the He further ordered officials Minister "Chandrababu had areas, about 2,559 acres have front, molding and empower- formulate guidelines in this instructions of the Chief He said priority should be behest of the deceased's fam- to take only a nominal fee for forcibly taken back the lands been identified and estimated ing creative pioneers," said regard. Minister, a meeting chaired given to departments offering ily members. Meanwhile, such identified areas up to two that are already given." He that more 11,000 acres would Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE When officials drew the by the Chief Secretary would emergency services. the Tuni police stepped up cents. If exceed beyond two instructed officials to utilise the be required. Officials estimat- Minister of State, who has Chief Minister's attention to be convened in the third The Chief Minister said investigation in the murder cents, regularisation fee should government lands for the con- ed that approximately Rs 10,000 been appointed chair of the court cases on APPSC week of November. The list of officials should ensure the of jSatyanarayana of a ver- be collected. The Chief Minister struction of houses. to 12,000 crore will be required MBZUAI Board of Trustees recruitments, he said such vacant posts in various best practices would be put in nacular daily. The MLA fig- has mandated officials to pre- Officials explained the Chief for this project. and is spearheading the uni- instances would not recur in departments would be pre- place to ensure transparency ured as the A-6. pare proposals for the same. He Minister about the identifica- versity's establishment. the future. pared during the meeting. in the recruitment process. Continued on Page 3 instructed officials to construct tion of beneficiaries by Grama Continued on Page 3 CM Jagan launches ‘YSR Navodayam' Saxena is RINL director ‘Nitish to lead PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM NDA in 2020 PNS n AMARAVATI Saxena worked in Ajit Kumar Saxena took charge various assignments Chief Minister YS as the new Director (opera- in SAIL starting with Bihar polls’ Jaganmohan Reddy launched tions) of RINL-Visakhapatnam Bhilai Steel Plant and PNS n PATNA 'Dr YSR Navodayam' scheme, Steel Plant, here on Thursday. in various positions which provides Rs 3,500 crore Prior to this assignment, Speculations about the BJP- to about 85,000 MSMEs Saxena has worked as the Chief during his long tenure JD(U) alliance in Bihar suf- under One Time General Manager, Mills, IISCO, of 33 years in SAIL fering yet another split were Restructuring (OTR), on Burnpur, Steel Authority of put to rest on Thursday with Thursday. India Limited. SAIL. He holds B Tech degree Union Home Minister Amit "The scheme will benefit Saxena started his career as from Institute of Technology, Shah stating that the NDA Need to rewrite Micro, Small and Medium a management trainee (techni- Banaras Hindu University in will contest the assembly Enterprises (MSME) sectors cal) in 1986. He worked in var- Metallurgy and also acquired polls next year under the history from in a big way," Finance ious assignments in SAIL start- an MBA. He has received leadership of Chief Minister Minister Buggana ing with Bhilai Steel Plant and 'Young Metallurgist of the year Nitish Kumar. India's point of Rajendranath Reddy told the in various positions during his Award' in 2000 from the Leaders of the JD(U), media after the launch. long tenure of 33 years in Ministry of Steel. headed by Kumar, erupted in To execute the scheme joy as snippets of an inter- view:Shah effectively, the government view given to a news channel VARANASI: The First War has ordered to conduct meet- Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy launching the YSR Navodayam scheme in Amaravati on Thursday by Shah were beamed, cap- of Independence in 1857 ing every month in the dis- ping weeks of bad blood would have been regarded as tricts. The Minister said that of MSMEs. The government government has taken it up, l between the two parties. a revolt had it not been for these meetings will be con- will support and monitor the he said. "MSMEs in the coun- The scheme will "The gathbandhan (coali- Veer Savarkar, said Home ducted under the chairman- implementation of Reserve try contribute eight per cent benefit Micro, Small tion) is atal (unshakeable). Minister Amit Shah said here ship of the District Collector Bank of India's (RBI) One of the country's GDP. In and Medium The NDA will contest on Thursday amid a row and includes District Time Restructuring (OTR) Andhra Pradesh, we have assembly polls under the over the BJP suggesting that Coordination Committee, of MSME loans so that all the 1,00,629 MSMEs with an Enterprises (MSME) leadership of Nitish Kumar the Hindutva icon be given District Industries Promotion eligible MSME units are cov- investment of Rs 30,528 crore sectors in a big way," in Bihar. Nationally, it is the Bharat Ratna. Committee members, and ered for OTR of accounts up and employing 11 lakh. About Prime Minister Narendra Stressing the need to bankers and their coordina- to March 31, 2020. 85,070 MSME units are eligi- Finance Minister Modi, who will continue to rewrite history from India's tion. According to the Though RBI notification ble for the OTR that is worth Buggana Rajendranath lead the coalition," Shah was point of view, Shah credited Minister, the agenda of these has come in January, the pre- Rs 3493 crore." Reddy told the media shown as having said in the Savarkar for calling the 1857 monthly meetings is to indi- vious government did not PK Rath, CMD, RINL, congratulating Ajit Kumar Saxena (right) at the interview, to be telecast later rebellion as India's first inde- vidually identify the problems make use of the OTR and this Continued on Page 3 after the launch administrative building of RINL in Visakhapatnam on Thursday in the day. pendence struggle. Shah said had it not been for him, the rebellion of 1857 would have become history Growth of wealth of ultra rich slows down in 2018 and India would have seen it Graft in stamps and registration dept rampant from the British point of PNS n NEW DELHI As much as Rs 262 lakh view. His remarks came two crore of the wealth possessed by SUMIT ONKA A senior officer with "Surprise raids at the sub- days after the Maharashtra High networth individuals have the high networth individuals n VISAKHAPATNAM registrar officer, Madhurawada BJP unit said in its election seen their wealth growth slow- are in the form of financial the ACB said that in Vizag city, on Wednesday manifesto that the party ing down in 2018 to 9.62 per assets, while the rest are parked Despite the intensification of more than 10 sub- has exposed that the staff of would ask the Centre to con- cent from 13.45 per cent a year in physical assets, it said, adding raids and traps, the Anti- registrars were the office has appointed one fer the Bharat Ratna, India's ago, while their number has de- the ratio has remained broadly Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested for private person for collecting highest civilian award, on grown, says a report. the same at 60:40. Among finan- failed to curb corruption in the accepting bribes and the bribe amount from people Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, High networth individuals cial assets, direct equity exposure stamps and registration and also document writers popularly known as Veer are those with an investible sur- is the largest at Rs 52 lakh crore, department. amassing illegal for registration of properties. Savarkar. "Had it not been plus of over $1 million, and their crore in 2018, up from Rs 392 but growth in this segment The bribery amount for the assets in north There is a significant rise in the Veer Savarkar, the 1857 'kran- number has crimped to 2.56 lakh crore in 2017. The report plunged to 6.39 percent from a registration of properties has Andhra region number of corruption cases ti' (revolt) would not have lakh in 2018 from 2.63 lakh in comes even as more eye brows high 30.32 percent in 2017. In increased to one per cent of the registered against the registra- become history and we 2017, according to the data col- are being raised repeatedly over line with broader trends, growth value of registration and in tion department," disclosed a would have been seeing it lated by Karvy Wealth the rising inequality in the in fixed deposits and bonds rose some cases, the amount goes A senior officer with the amassing illegal assets in north senior official with ACB in from the British point of Management. According to the country, where the rich are get- 8.85 percent to Rs 45 lakh crore to 1.5 to 2 per cent of the value ACB said that more than 10 Andhra region, comprising Vizag. view," the home minister Karvy report, these 2.63 lakh ting richer and the poor, becom- in 2018 from 4.86 percent of registration, according to sub-registrars were arrested Vizag, Vizianagaram and said. ultra rich are worth Rs 430 lakh ing poorer and at a faster clip. growth in the previous year. sources. for accepting bribes and Srikakulam districts. Continued on Page 3 TODAY ALMANAC What's the trigger for govt's order on media reports? Araku MP ties knot Month & Paksham: Ashwini& krishna Paksha SEELAM AROZIE the cause of society at large." n According to Panchangam VIJAYAWADA What is the trigger for such a government sources, move? It could be the reaction with childhood friend Tithi : Chaturthi: 07:28 am The Cabinet's decision to the decision was of a certain section of the media PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM Nakshatram: Rohini: 05:00 pm empower Secretaries of various taken as Secretaries to some initiatives taken by the Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start departments to take recourse to are better placed in government recently. In the Araku MP Goddeti Madhavi any important work) legal remedy if the media comes words of Information Minister and country's poorest Lok out with 'false' news reports has monitoring the news, Perni Nani, "Despite a few Sabha member married her Rahukalam: 10:34 am – 12:01 pm identifying Yamagandam: 02:55 pm – 04:22 pm generated much debate among media channels and newspapers childhood friend Kusireddy journalists as well as the gener- distortions, giving making a mockery of reverse Sivaprasad at a simple ceremo- Varjyam: 08:37 am- 10:18 am al public. In 2007, the erstwhile rejoinders and taking tendering in the Polavaram pro- ny held at remote Koyyuru in 10:45 pm - 12:24 am Congress government led by the it to the logical ject, the initiative has yielded the agency area of Gulika: 07:40 am - 19:07 am late YS Rajasekhara Reddy had conclusion good results by saving Rs 750 Visakhapatnam on Thursday Good Time: (to start any important work) issued an order (GO No 938) crore to the exchequer. Same is evening. Siva Prasad runs a Amritakalam: 01:39 pm - 03:19 pm authorising the Commissioner the case with reports that school in the agency. Araku MP G Madhavi with childhood Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:37 am - 12:24 pm of Information and Public an extension of the existing They point out that the phi- to oblige the official. If this oblig- appeared in a section of the press Both were classmates from friend and hubby Siva Prasad Relations to take legal action practice and has only expanded losophy behind the Cabinet's ation is not met, the Secretary over purchase of electric buses Class VI, while they were VIJAYAWADA against the media. The present the scope by roping in the approval for empowering the can take it to logical conclusion by APSRTC. The Chief Minister studying in a school in year-old MP said. She said Siva State government has included Secretaries of the departments Secretaries of various depart- by taking recourse to legal is taking transparency in gover- Narsipatnam in Prasad was behind all her WEATHER social media in its ambit. concerned instead of the ments to take legal action against remedy. nance very seriously. In a fresh Visakhapatnam district. They successes and eventually Forecast: Thunderstorm According to government Commissioner of Information the media is to instill a sense of When contacted, a top official and historic decision on became friends from SSC in played a significant role in Temp: 31/24 sources, the decision was taken and Public Relations. responsibility. As per the new said, "The order envisages trans- Thursday, he has announced 2007. "Till date, we are friends, making her win in the recent Humidity: 88% as Secretaries are better placed The Information and Public order, the Secretary can issue a parency. The public have the that there will be no interviews and shared a lot of issues con- elections. He has been his Sunrise: 06.09 in monitoring the news, identi- Relations officials aver that the rejoinder if he or she finds a right to know right information. in recruitment of posts through cerning public and families driver, mentor, coordinator Sunset: 05.52 fying distortions, giving rejoin- government is committed to free published or televised report is This is not intended to harass APPSC. Is this not a move to even after I joined the job. He and a lot more to describe her Current Weather Conditions ders and taking it to the logical flow of information with accu- false. The channel or newspaper the media, but only to encour- promote transparency?" he used to help me in preparation friendship and him. Updated October 17, 2019 5:00 PM conclusion. The decision is just racy and objectivity. in question is under obligation age it to stick to objectivity for sought to know. for competitive exams," the 28- Continued on Page 3 VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | OCTOBER 18, 2019 vijayawada 02 Consumption of egg yet to pick up across State PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM with 5.1 crore eggs per day and Telangana has secured the Consumption of eggs in the third position with 3.6 crore State is yet to pick-up as eggs per day. Expert team expected in spite of several pro- The undivided Andhra grammes being organised for Pradesh (Coastal Andhra TTD Executive Officer Anil Kumar Singhal addressing a meeting in Tirumala on the promotion of eggs con- Pradesh, Rayalaseema and Thursday sumption. While the Indian Telangana regions) was top in brings out ill-fated Council of Medical Research the list of the production of (ICMR) has recommended eggs in the country with over Focus on TTD lands consumption of 180 eggs per eight crore per day. After the boat's railing capita, it is actually only 85-95 division of the State, Andhra in cities in the State, while it is Pradesh slipped to the second PNS n RAJEMAHENDRAVARAM a low at 50 to 60 in the rural position, said P Seshagiri Rao docmentation, says EO pockets of the State. of NECC. The Dharmadi Satyam team Members of the National PNS n TIRUMALA n TTD Executive Officer Anil engaged in salvaging of the Egg Coordination Committee n "The AP government has promoted eggs by supplying eggs on Kumar Singhal said the Royal Vasishta, the ill-fated (NECC) are of the opinion that every alternative day in the mid-day-meal to the students of TTD Executive Officer Anil Property Management boat with scores of passengers though egg is cheaper and various schools and Aganvandi Centres. We are hoping that the Kumar Singhal directed officials Application devised by the IT overboard that capsized in contains many nutrients, a government would supply eggs on a regular basis to students in concerned that the documenta- Department should be the River Godavari last month majority of the people, includ- the coming days," NECC members opined tion of lands pertaining to TTD effectively utilised and the old near Kachchuluru, is exuding ing children, are skipping egg located at different parts of the On Thursday, salvage n documents pertaining to TTD confidence of bringing out in their daily menu citing silly Members of the National "We are exporting over 20 country need to be document- lands need to be digitalised the boat in two or three days. operations were halted reasons. n Speaking to The Pioneer, Egg Coordination Committee per cent of total egg production ed and the process should be The second round of the Speaking to The Pioneer, the to Odisha, 15 per cent to completed on a priority basis. n the Chairman of NECC, Vizag are of the opinion that though "Area-wise documentation boat salvaging operations, that for a while and Chairman of NECC, Vizag Assam and around 10 per cent During the IT meeting held Zone, T Uday Bhaskar, said egg is cheaper and contains need to be done and ensure commenced three days ago, resumed after arrival Zone, T Uday Bhaskar, said many nutrients, a majority of to West Bengal and Bihar. We at chambers of TTD EO here on the protection of documents," were underway. On Thursday, that ICMR has recommended that ICMR has recommended are appealing the parents of the Thursday, the EO said the the people, including children, he directed officials salvage operations were halt- of expert team from consumption of 180 eggs per consumption of 180 eggs per school-going children and oth- Property Management ed for a while and resumed the Kakinada port capita, it is actually only 75 in capita, it is actually only 75 in are skipping egg in their daily ers to make egg (either boiled Application devised by the IT after arrival of expert team Andhra Pradesh. Egg is the Andhra Pradesh menu citing silly reasons or omelete) compulsory in Department should be effective- teers for Srivari Seva," he opined. from the Kakinada port. cheaper and each egg is being n their children's meal regularly ly utilised and the old docu- The Accommodation When the team dropped an the boat. During the earlier sold at Rs 5 in retail market Egg is cheaper and each egg is being sold at Rs 5 in retail for good health," said Bhaskar. ments pertaining to TTD lands Management System, which anchor into the river on attempts also, a heavy object compared to any other food, market compared to any other food and it contains many The AP government has need to be digitalised. "Area- was introduced in Sri Wednesday, a heavy object struck to the anchor. The and it contains many nutrients. nutrients. But, many consider egg is similar to meat and avoid promoted eggs by supplying wise documentation need to be Padmavathi Nilayam(PAN) struck to it. The team felt it to team tried to pull it out, but in But, many consider egg is sim- consuming eggs on a daily basis eggs on every alternative day in done and ensure the protection building at Tiruchanoor, should be the boat. As the object was vain. ilar to meat and avoid consum- the mid-day-meal to the stu- of documents," he directed offi- be applied even in Srinivasam found to be very heavy to pull It made hectic efforts for ing eggs on a daily basis, he cities, the consumption of eggs NECC members said that dents of various schools and cials. and Vishnunivasam Rest Houses out, JCBs were pressed into four or five days before sus- added. is around 80 to 100 eggs per Andhra Pradesh has slipped to Aganvandi Centres. We are He instructed IT experts to in Tirupati. service. But, the heavy object pending operations as the As per estimates, on an aver- capita whereas in semi-urban second place in production of hoping that the government complete the Srivari Seva Additional EO AV Dharma turned out to be the boat's rail- flood level in the river age, around 2.8 crore eggs are and rural pockets in the State, eggs in the country with a pro- would supply eggs on a regu- NextGen application on a fast Reddy, JEO P Basant Kumar, CE ing. This has led to the team increased. Many more bodies being consumed every day in the consumption of eggs is duction of over 4.6 crore eggs lar basis to students in the pace. "The application should be Ramachandra Reddy, FACAO to make a guess that it would are believed to be trapped the State. In cities like Vizag, around 40 to 60 per capita, a day. Tamil Nadu is in the top coming days, the NECC mem- more user-friendly and enable Balaji, IT Chief Sesha Reddy and take two more days to salvage under the boat. Vijayawada and a few other Bhaskar added. slot in the production of eggs bers opined. smooth registration of volun- other officers were also present.

CAPSULE UP cop seeks 240 kgs of Hindi month celebrations end in VPT ganja seized 2 WORKERS, 13 permission PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM CATTLE KILLED IN PNS n VIJAYAWADA to end life Hindi month celebrations in ROAD MISHAP IANS n NEW DELHI Visakhapatnam Port Trust con- Ganja weighing 240 kgs was Visakhapatnam: Two persons cluded here. Speaking on the recovered from a vehicle, which and 15 cattle were killed and A police constable posted occasion on Thursday, PL was proceeding towards another 13 cattle were injured in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi Haranadh, Deputy Chairman Hyderabad from Visakha pat- when a container truck, which district and suffering from of Port Trust, stated that cent nam, at Pottipadu Tollgate in was carrying the men and cardiac ailments has per cent Hindi is being imple- Gannavaram by the Task Force animals overturned near Sileru in sought permission from mented in the Visakhapatnam police on Thursday. Ten per- Vizag Agency on Thursday the National Human Port Trust even though Andhra sons travelling in the vehicle morning. They were transporting Rights Commission Pradesh State is non-Hindi were taken into custody. the cattle illegally. The police said (NHRC) to end his life speaking State. Harnadh com- Another gang was busted for that the driver and assistant because his department mended all the heads of carrying 40 kgs of ganja in an driver of the truck fled from the Major General RK Singh, GOC, TASA, giving a bouquet to Governor has turned down his plea departments and the staff for RTC bus. On a tip-off, the Task spot after the accident. The police Biswa Bushan Harichandan at Raj Bhavan in Vijayawada on Thursday for transfer to a place putting in efforts in implemen- Force police while inspecting said that the two persons, who near his home. tation of Hindi language and vehicles on the National were travelling, along with the The constable, Mahavir also appreciated the Hindi Harnadh commended and officer for official lan- Highway found a mini-bus and cattle inside the container of the Singh, is a native of Etawah Officer for organising depart- guage, AK Mehera, Chief inspected it and found 240 kgs truck died in the incident. The GOC TASA calls district, and has been suf- ment and section wise essay all the heads of Engineer, and RN Harikrishna, of ganja being carried by 10 per- police are suspecting that cattle fering from cardiac prob- writing, elocution, quiz compe- departments and the Chief Mechanical Engineer sons. Police seized the ganja were being taken in the truck to lems for the past three titions in Hindi among the staff also spoke on the occasion. stock and took all of them into Telangana from Odisha region. on Governor years. He has even had a and employees. The deputy staff for putting in The Deputy Chairman later their custody. Accidentally, dur- The Saluru police are also mild heart attack. chairman further informed efforts in distributed prizes to those ing the inspections, another investigating the case to establish PNS n VIJAYAWADA RK Singh and the "I have written to senior that Rinkesh Roy, Chairman, excelled in the competitions. three persons were caught while the identity of the deceased, said police officers, including has extolled the VPT in imple- implementation of The occasion has been graced carrying 40 kgs of ganja in an Sub-Inspector of Sileru A Major General RK Singh, Governor discussed the Inspector General of mentation of Hindi better than Hindi language by all heads of departments, RTC bus at the same place. The Neelakanta Rao. General Officer Commanding ex-servicemen's Police (Establishment), Paradip Port Trust. senior officers, staff and Task Force police said that they (GOC), Telangana and requesting transfer to any C Harichandran, Secretary employees. will interrogate the accused. Andhra Sub-Area (TASA), welfare and civil of the districts near my called on Governor military liaison. The home so that I can get Biswa Bushan Harichandan proper care and medical here on Thursday. The GOC had an treatment," he said. General Officer also called interaction with However, his plea has failed Women in this UP village never fast on Karva Chauth on the Chief Secretary, to get any response from ASTOTTARA Government of Andhra Additional Director the police department. IANS n MATHURA Since 200 years, this According to the popular observe fast on Karva Pradesh, LV Subrahmanyam, General, Intelligence, Amethi Superintendent belief, a newly married Chauth, but offer prayers at SATAKUNDATMAKA as a courtesy visit after having of Police Khyati Garg said On a day when almost all village has been under Brahmin and his wife were the Sati temple here. Even the HOMAM PERFORMED recently taken over as GOC, Andhra Pradesh, that when she was married Hindu women are a curse and anyone passing through Vijau village men offer prayers at the Sati Tirupati: The religious ritual of TASA at Secunderabad. Kumar Vishwajeet apprised of the matter, fasting on the occasion of on Karva Chauth day. Some temple before getting mar- Astottara Satakundatmaka They discussed several she assured Singh of all 'Karva Chauth', women in who observes a fast local people accused the man ried," said Chaturvedi. Srinivasa Maha Yagam was issues related to ex-service- possible help as per the Vijau village in Mathura on Karva Chauth, of stealing their bulls and The woman in this village performed on a ceremonious men's welfare and civil mili- Welfare Board and he was department and State gov- resist observing the fast lest beat him to death in the do not even buy 'sindoor' manner at Sri Kalyana tary liaison. The GOC had an briefed on various welfare ernment's rules and they endanger the lives of loses her husband presence of his bride. from the village and use 'sin- Venkateswara Swamy temple in interaction with Additional activities being conducted for norms. Garg also said that their husbands. The bride cursed the door' brought from their par- Srinivasa Mangapuram on Director General, Intelligence, ex-servicemen. The GOC she has asked the officers "Since 200 years, this vil- women and said that Karva ents' home. At times, when Thursday. Pradhana Kankana Andhra Pradesh, Kumar visited the State Emergency concerned to ensure that lage has been under a curse whose husband was beaten to Chauth would now bring some women have defied Bhattar Sitaramacahryulu Vishwajeet, IPS and had dis- Operations Centre, there he he was assigned jobs and anyone who observes a death by villagers here on death for their husbands. tradition and fasted on Karva performed the day rituals which cussions on security scenario was briefed on the modalities requiring less labour and fast on Karva Chauth, loses Karva Chauth," said Kishori She later committed Sati on Chauth, their husbands have included Snapana Tirumanjanam in the State. Later, the GOC of monitoring and conduct of stress. her husband. The curse was Lal Chaturvedi, a local resi- her husband's pyre. died under mysterious cir- and Yagashala activities. met Director Rajya Sainik disaster management. given by a Brahmin woman, dent. "Since then, women do not cumstances.

VIJAYAWADA BULLION RATES Zomato announces multi-city food carnival Insane man jumps into GOLD n ` 38,590 (10 gm) IANS n NEW DELHI After its 2018-19 debut in received tonnes of requests ` 20 Delhi, Pune and Bengaluru, the from our users to bring the Restaurant aggregator and platform has scaled up the carnival to their cities and are lion's enclosure at Delhi zoo SILVER food delivery platform food festival, and will also host glad to expand to seven more IANS n NEW DELHI ` 45,100(1kg) Zomato on Thursday it in Mumbai and Hyderabad cities with this edition," ` 200 announced the second season this year for the first time, in Gaurav Gupta, the founder A 21-year-old man entered a of Zomaland, its multi-city addition to the three first- and COO of Zomato said in lion's enclosure at Delhi zoo, food and entertainment car- edition cities a statement. but was rescued by the author- CHICKEN nival, that begins in The platform has also part- ities, police said. `/KG RATES November with Jaipur. n The platform has also nered with Toyota, Tik Tok Joint Police Commissioner Dressed/With Skin `128 After its 2018-19 debut in partnered with Toyota, Tik Tok and Singapore Tourism Board Devesh Chandra Srivastava Without Skin `145 Delhi, Pune and Bengaluru, and Singapore Tourism Board for this year's editions. told IANS: "Rehan Khan is a the platform has scaled up the The schedule for Zomaland resident of Bihar and came to Broiler at Farm `88 for this year's editions food festival, and will also n "Combining the best of food and entertainment, curation of is: Jaipur (November 2-3), Delhi to visit the city." On host it in Mumbai and the most unique food zones by cuisines and introducing a Pune (November 15-17) , Thursday, Khan entered the In 2014, a white tiger named Hyderabad this year for the 'Zomaland Picnic'. The small- Chandigarh (November 31 enclosure of a lion at the Vijay had attacked and killed carnival-themed play zone, larger than life installations with fun- EGG first time, in addition to the er versions will be seen in and December 1), New Delhi Delhi zoo, but was rescued by a man who jumped over a bar- RATES `/100 three first-edition cities. Jaipur, Chandigarh, Kolkata, filled activities, was a great hit and left folks raving. We received (December 13-15), Kolkata- the zoo authorities unhurt, he ricade into an enclosure at the HYDERABAD 370 While the larger festival Chennai and Ahmedabad. tonnes of requests from our users to bring the carnival to their (December 28-29), Chennai said. Delhi zoo. The deceased was cities and are glad to expand to seven more cities with this VIJAYAWADA 405 format will be seen in Delhi, "Combining the best of (January 18-19), Bengaluru The incident had led to identified as Maqsood, a fac- Mumbai, Bengaluru, food and entertainment, edition," Gaurav Gupta, the founder and COO of Zomato said (January 31-February 2), pandemonium in the zoo. tory worker and resident of VISAKHAPATNAM 420 Hyderabad and Pune, some curation of the most unique Hyderabad (February 14-16), According to another senior central Delhi's Anand Parbat. RETAIL PRICE `4.05 cities will also see two-day food zones by cuisines and themed play zone, larger than filled activities, was a great hit Ahmedabad (March 7-8) and police officer, the man is 'men- His parents had said that the (IN VIJAYAWADA) mini-carnivals named introducing a carnival- life installations with fun- and left folks raving. We Mumbai (March 21- 22). tally disturbed'. 19-year-old was mentally ill.

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CAPSULE Housing projects in city to be expedited LIGHTNING STRIKES G RAVI KIRAN going project at Jakkampudi, al was put before them stating FISHING BOAT n VIJAYAWADA would be completed at a brisk that they can have a high-rise pace. building in which all can be IN MID-SEA The gap between haves and Already, work is under provided housing. But, those Visakhapatnam: One fisherman have nots is still existing even progress at Jakkampudi where living at the bottom of the hill, went missing another sustained after 73 years of independence. 11,000 houses are under con- are hesitating to accept the pro- serious injuries when lightning It's ironic that the downtrod- struction. He explained posal assuming that they might struck a fibre fishing boat in den still toil day and night to "Under slum redevelopment lose their own plots." mid-sea off Visakhapatnam on have a square meal a day, for- project, housing projects was Commissioner V Prasanna Thursday morning. The missing get about shelter. proposed at Dal Mill area, Venkatesh said "As per our fisherman was identified as In this backdrop, one can Vinchipeta and Bhavanipuram. assessment, 500 acres of land is Arisilli Polaraju and the injured Woman among recall the famous slogan coined We prepared a plan of G+5 required for housing beneficia- was Pilla Satish. Both belong to by the then Prime Minister structures, where 700 families ries. We requested the Peda Jalaripeta in the city. Indira Gandhi- 'Roti, kapada can be accommodated and Collector to locate the land. Residents of Peda Jalaripeta said aur makan'- unfortunately it listed out 300 beneficiaries in Even, we had an interaction three Maoists who six members, including Satish has still relevance as the poor n these areas. As per PMAY with Minister Vellampalli and Polaraju, ventured into the The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) is gearing up have been deprived of basic to complete housing projects in the city. Already, they norms, built up area will be 300 Srinivas. In the meantime, we sea at 5 am and when they amenities. sft. But, beneficiaries are ask- a discussion with beneficiaries, confirmed 56,590 beneficiaries out of 96,153 applicants. reached midsea, about 50 km Chief Minister YS ing for 330 sft. Hence, the State then a concrete decision would surrender in Vizag from the shore, a lightning Jaganmohan Reddy might have Housing projects, which were under construction with the government will announce its be taken." struck them. Satish and Polaraju observed sufferings of the funds of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) housing housing policy, correlating with Now, the State government PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM jumped into the sea fearing the underprivileged during his scheme of the State government and Slum Redevelopment that, we will proceed on the has decided to go for reverse Police said that boat will catch fire. While Satish marathon padayatra. Hence, he Project, would be completed soon project." tendering in Urban Housing Three Maoists, including a Ramu was carrying suffered injuries and boarded the has decided to accord priority If the State government pro- projects also. Minister for woman, carrying cash reward boat, Polaraju was not seen in to housing for the poor. Soon jects in the city. Already, they ment and Slum Redevelopment vides free housing, then these Municipal Administration on their heads and belonging a reward of Rs 4 the waters. Satish was after assuming charge, he start- confirmed 56,590 beneficiaries project, would be completed beneficiaries can avail flats Botsa Satyanarayana signed to the Galikonda Area lakh, while immediately admitted to a ed directing officials concerned out of 96,153 applicants. soon. without any payment. the orders in this regard. The Committee of the banned CPI corporate hospital for treatment. to expedite housing projects. Housing projects, which were Commissioner V Prasanna Regarding people living in hill APTIDCO may call for fresh (Maoist) surrendered before Lakshman and Devi Assistant director of AP In this scenario, the under construction with the Venkatesh explained that area, there is another propos- tenders for the works, which superintendent of police were carrying a Fisheries K Vijayalakhmi rushed Vijayawada Municipal funds of Pradhan Mantri Awas modalities are being worked al for them. But, it was not were not started until now, or Visakhapatnam (rural) Attada reward of Rs 1 lakh to the hospital and consoled Corporation (VMC) is gearing Yojana (PMAY), housing out and soon new housing taken a shape till date. which have been completed Babujee here on Thursday. Satish. She told reporters that up to complete housing pro- scheme of the State govern- projects, along with the under- According to locals, a propos- 25% of the works." They were identified as 29- each on their heads the department got information year-old Area Committee in the afternoon and immediately Member Rank Vanthala Ramu the exchange of fire with search teams were put into alias Birusu alias Bangaraju of police and arson of coffee action to trace Polaraju. She also Dabhalapadu area of Odisha, pulping unit at GK Veedhi visited Peda Jalaripeta and CRDA demolishes illegal Pangi Lakshman of Vizag Mandal in Vizag Agency. consoled the family members of Agency and Gollori Devi alias Jyothi was carrying .303 both the victims. Jyothi of Odisha. rifle, while in the outfit, par- Visakhapatnam East MLA and The police said that Ramu ticipated in the killing of TDP leader Velagapudi structures on Krishna river bank was carrying a reward of Rs 4 Vanthala Salu near GK Veedhi Ramakrishnababu also visited PNS n VIJAYAWADA lakh, while Lakshman and in 2018. She was involved in Peda Jalaripeta and hospital and spoke to the family members. Devi were carrying a reward of a few other offences such as Coordinator of Visakhapatnam The CRDA has demolished a Rs 1 lakh each on their heads. exchange of fires with securi- East of YSRCP Akkaramani few illegal constructions on the Attada Babujee said that ty forces and arson of road Vijayanirmala also called the Krishna river bank in Ramu joined the outfit as laying machinery in GK victims and their family Tallayapalem village of Tullur Militia Member in 2009 and Veedhi in 2018. members. She said she will talk Mandal on Thursday. CRDA rose to ACM rank rebel. Both Lakshman and Jyothi to the government officials and assistant director Carrying a Self-Loaded Rifle were attracted to revolution- the concerned minister and get Madhusudhan Rao and his (SLR) weapon while in the ary songs and were also influ- the compensation sanctioned team monitored the demoli- outfit, Ramu had involved in enced by some Maoists lead- immediately. tion drive. many offences, including five ers to join the outfit. Buses of Diwakar A toilet block and a shed murder cases, two land mine Babujee said that the trio were constructed adjacent to blasts, and three exchange of surrendered before the police the Pushkar Ghat in the river fire with police, famine raids citing that increased combing Villagers fear conservative zone. CRDA offi- taine by Siva Swamy. They said: "We served a show-cause and few others. operations, death of their Travels seized cials have given a show-cause reportedly constructed these notice and also final notice on Lakshman had joined in leaders in the recent encoun- hyena attack, notice and final notice to the structures for the convenience those who indulged in illegal Maoist group in 2013 and he ters and also to lead a peace- PNS n VIJAYAWADA Raids were conducted people, who have constructed of their visitors. construction. But, nobody has worked as hard-core militia ful life. The trio will get ben- it. Actually, one Siva Swamy CRDA assistant director C responded. Even Siva Swamy members in between 2013 efits under the surrender pol- 13 goats killed The Transport Department as per directive of per was held responsible for these Madhusudhan Rao and his has not claimed ownership of and 2018 and later emerged as icy and we have been appeal- Srikakulam: The people of sized 1o private buses for vio- the directive of the constructions, according to team entered the scene and them. After waiting for the Dalammember of the outfit in ing the rebels to shun vio- Turakasasanam village under lating the rules. Permits of locals. There is a Siva demolished the structures. response, as per the procedures 2019. Lakshman had involved lence and surrender said Sompeta mandal of those buses were cancelled by Department Skhetram and it is being main- Speaking on the occasion, he we have taken the action." in three offences, including Babujee. Srikakulam district are sus- the transport authorities in pecting that hyena was killed Anantapur on Thursday. Commissioner, says their goats. On Wednesday Among the seized buses eight DTC of Anantapur night 13 goats killed. The for- belongs to Diwakar Travels No plans to quit MLA figured est officials rushed to the spot and two are of another private after they were informed operator. tinue for some more days. TDP: Dokka as accused in about the incident. There Permits of those were can- Sivaram Prasad said "We was no evidence left for the celled for overloading of pas- inspected many buses. And PNS n GUNTUR forest officials. As described sengers, not possessing fitness these buses violated the scribe's by the eyewitnesses, the offi- certificates and other offences. norms. Overloading of passen- TDP MLC Dokka Manikya cials are expecting that the Later, cases were registered gers, not following proper Vara Prasad has denied join- murder case attack was made by a hyena. against the violators. schedules and few buses are ing the YSRCP and called the Continued from Page 1 All the goats killed are calves. DTC of Anantapur Sivaram not having fitness also. We news about his impending According to Peddapuram Kasibugga Forest Range Prasad explained that as per have seized them and after get- cross over to the ruling party DSP, the investigation is going Officer P Ammannaidu said the directive of the ting all the details, we have is totally false. on. It may be recalled that on hyena usually attacks all the Department Commissioner, canceled the permits of those Addressing the media at Oct 15, Satyanarayana was animals in the area, as it fears these raids were conducted buses. We will continue our the TDP office here on lynched at S Annavaram, that those may attack them. and checking drive will con- inspections". Thursday, He lambasted the Minister for Agriculture Kanna Babu speaking at a donation camp in Vijaywada on Thursday while he was on his way to S State government for issuing Annavaram from T the GO against the media in Venkatapuram. He is work- its Cabinet meeting. ing as the correspondent for Seminar on online registration ‘Houses for Terming the news about a vernacular daily from n Police saddled with heavy PNS KAKINADA his quitting the TDP to join Tondangi mandal. Inspector General of poor by Ugadi' the YSRCP is ridiculous, he The stamps and registration AP V Ravi Kumar clarified that at the moment department of Andhra Continued from Page 1 he is not entertaining any responsibility: Kanna Babu Pradesh organised a seminar said that the stamps To deliver transparency in the thoughts of quitting the TDP Araku MP ties on online registration on governance, the Chief and reiterated that he will PNS n VIJAYAWADA Ch Dwaraka Tirumala Rao has Thursday at Vidhan Gautami and registration Minister has ordered to dis- very much continue in the Films on police themes said that ever since Indian knot with Hall in district collectorate. play the list at Village and party. Pledging his whole- Minister for Agriculture Kanna have been screened Army soldiers died fighting Speaking on the occasion, department as part of Ward Secretariats. At the hearted support to former Babu and Minister for against Chinese during the childhood friend joint inspector general of revenue department same time, details should be Chief Minister N Endowments Vempalli Srinivas as part of the Open war on October 21, 1959, the AP, V Ravi Kumar said that mentioned about the reason Chandrababu Naidu, he lauded crucial role being played House. Essay-writing police department is celebrat- Continued from Page 1 the stamps and registration has been adopting behind the rejected applica- declared, "I will fight for the by police in maintaining the ing the commemoration week The election campaigning department as part of rev- tions. people's issues while contin- law and order. competitions also to pay tributes to the police and has built a strong bonding enue department has been new processes in the "The previous government uing in the opposition." Marking inauguration of a defence personnel who had laid between the two. This adopting new processes in had denied the land patta and Tracing the source of false blood-donation camp by conducted down their lives for the sake of marriage has surprised all the registration of docu- registration of house construction for those news, he said that a person , releasing pigeons here on the country. of their classmates, who ments. who have voted for YSRCP," who approached him for a Thursday in connection with society, he said recalling their Essay-writing competitions, never expected or imag- The JIG said that as part of documents said Finance Minister selfie, has created the false the Police Commemoration contribution to society. an Open House were held on ined this to happen. this new process they will be Buggana Rajendranath. propaganda. Placing curbs on Week, Kanna Babu lauded the For the people to celebrate the occasion. Films on police Initially, their parents taking up the programme Ravi Kumar answered the The Chief Minister the media is not justified, he programmes being organised festivals like Diwali, the police themes have been screened as did not approve their rela- 'prepare your documents by quarries of replicators, instructed officials to 'keep 10 said declaring it is impossible by the Vijayawada police as a should provide security, part of the Open House. tionship. Madhavi is the yourself 'from November 1 traders, advocates and others per cent additional lands as a for the government to exer- part of the week. Compared to Srinivas said complimenting Joint Police Commissioner daughter of Goddeti through which on line regis- on this occasion on online buffer. So, there will be no cise control over the media. other departments, the respon- the police for recently provid- D. Nagendra Kumar, DCPs S. Demudu, who was a senior tration for purchases and registration. DIG registra- problem even if applicants are Expecting the media to sibility bestowed on the police ing security to people so that Hari Krishna, V. CPI leader and won twice sale of properties , lands , tion, P Saroja, district regis- more than the estimation. always come up with positive is more. Many police person- they celebrated Dasara happi- Harshavardhan Raju, Ms. in Assembly elections from house sites and allied regis- trar Ch Nagalingeswara Rao Plan accordingly to receive news about the government nel sacrificed their lives in line ly. Udaya Rani and inspectors erstwhile Chintapalle con- trations will be taken up. and others participated. applications till January. is not a good, he added. of their duty for the sake of City Commissioner of Police took part in the celebrations. stituency. Siva Prasad's father Kusireddy Narayana Murthy and Demudu were CM launches friends. Murthy helped TDP politburo slams govt Graft in stamps and registration Demudu in his two elec- PNS n VIJAYAWADA ‘YSR Navodayam' tions. The couple told reporters before the mar- The TDP politburo has expressed Continued from Page 1 riage date was fixed that its concern over the future of the The Minister said that the MSME dept rampant some leaders from the State under the tenure of Chief sector is the second-largest Continued from Page 1 people are ready to pay the bribe opposition party launched Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy. employment provider after agricul- amount for the registration process, a negative propaganda The meeting has opined that there ture in our country which is the ACB officials said that as per the he added. before the elections to is no administration in the State reason why the Chief Minister norms document writers should "There are many departments spoil her chances of win- and decisions taken by the govern- has given it importance as it pro- not enter inside the registration where corruption is prevalent, but ning. ment has badly impacted the econ- vides employment to youth. office. But, in most of the offices, the people say that the corruption But she has won the omy. 'The previous government in document writers have been play- in registration and sub-treasury election with a record Former ministers Somireddy 2014-15 released Rs 2000 crore on ing as the middlemen between the departments is more. People are majority, among the top 10 Chandramohan Reddy, Kalva a selective basis while we are giv- sub-registrars and the general pub- also ready to shell out the amount in the country. Siva Prasad Srinivasulu and TDP Telangana ing priority to those who are under lic for registration of properties. In to get the services from those said Madhavi won the elec- leader Ravula Chandrasekhar TDP cheif N Chandrababu Naidu speaking at the party Politburo meeting in Guntur on Thursday OTR," he said. The government most of the cases, the document departments," said CPM leader B tions due to the image of Reddy disclosed about the deci- will reimburse 50 per cent up to a writers are collecting the bribe Ganga Rao. her father and the wave of sions taken by the Politburo at the ment has stalled all the develop- Reddy for the government order to maximum of Rs 2 lakh of the audi- amount from the people for regis- Gajuwaka sub-registrar D YSRCP. press meet in Guntur on Thursday. ment works in the State. control the media. He informed tor's fee. "MSMEs have to pay a tration and delivering the docu- Venkaiah Naidu was arrested in the Deputy Chief Minister In the last five months, the From Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy that Politburo has discussed the huge amount of fee to auditors for ments and later they give the bribe past for amassing illegal assets Pamula Pushpa Srivani, administration in the State has to Kiran Kumar Reddy, including cases being registered against party the preparation of Techno- amount to the registration staff, worth Rs 100 crore. The arrest of Ministers Muthamsetti come to a standstill and no investor K Rosaiah, nobody had stalled the leaders for questioning the govern- Economic Viability (TEV) report. officials added. Naidu has exposed the corruption Srinivasa Rao, Botsa is coming forward to invest in the development works during their ment. TDP leaders suggested to the Under Dr YSR Navodayam If the property buyers won't give level in the department. The bribe Satyanarayana, VMRDA State due to wrong economic poli- regimes, he reminded. They had YSRCP not to take hasty decisions scheme, the government will reim- the bribe, the employees of the reg- amount varies from 0.5 per cent to Chairman Dronamraju cies, Somireddy alleged. continued the works and took on PPAs, Polavaram and burse 50 per cent (not exceeding Rs istration department deliberately 1.5 per cent depending on the Srinivasa Rao and several He pointed out that in the name decisions to improve them further. Amaravati, as they will damage the 2 lakh) of the fee amount," the delay the registration of the prop- nature of the property and others leaders from north Andhra of reverse tendering, the govern- He lashed out at YS Jaganmohan interests of the State. Minister said. erties citing various reasons. Hence, for registration of the property. attended the marriage. VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | OCTOBER 18, 2019 vijayawada 04

‘My phone is being tapped’: NO END IN SIGHT TO Mee Sevas collecting excess PNS n HYDERABAD user fees: Kishan Reddy Convener of JAC of RTC work- ers Aswathama Reddy has IMPASSE OVER STRIKE PNS n HYDERABAD alleged that his phone is being tapped. Speaking to media at Union Minister of State for the TMU office here on With no invitation from either TSRTC management or the Home Affairs G Kishan Thursday, he felt that intelli- Reddy expressed ire on Mee gentsia keeping mum on RTC govt for talks, over 48,000 employees continue strike Seva centres in the state for strike does not augur well for allegedly collecting excess society. He, therefore, urged PNS n HYDERABAD has caused a loss of Rs 150 crore and illegal charges from con- Ministers Etela Rajender, T to TSRTC, adding to its finan- sumers. Harish Rao and Jagadish Reddy The indefinite strike by cial woes. Pointing out that his Taking serious note of the to break their silence. employees of Telangana State government provided Rs 3,300 widespread discrepancies and Reiterating the Road Transport Corporation crore to the transport utility in illegalities at Mee Seva cen- JAC's willing- (TSRTC) entered 13th day on last five years, KCR said there tres, Kishan Reddy ordered ness to par- Thursday as no end appears in was 67 per cent jump in the Telangana Mee Seva ticipate in sight to the impasse despite salaries of the employees. Commissioner to crack down negotia- High Court directions to both KCR asked officials to go on the erring Mee Seva agents tions with the government and employees ahead with recruitment of and submit an action taken the govern- to find a negotiated settle- temporary drivers and also report to Union Home ment, he ment. With no invitation from hire more private buses. Ministry. Seva takes appropriate action and the other either TSRTC management or Meanwhile, striking employees Though Mee Seva Centres Kishan Reddy on the agents collecting user JAC leaders would the government for the talks, in Karimnagar tried to lay were brought in by the charges illegally and presents explain the government the fea- over 48,000 employees were siege to the residence of state Telangana government to ordered TS Mee an action taken report," sibility of merger of the RTC continuing the strike. Security has been further tightened minister Gangula Kamalakar ensure transparency and Seva chief stressed a letter sent to with the government, provid- The striking employees to protest what they called his speed in delivering various to crack down Telangana Mee Seva ed the government invites the staged protest in front of bus at the depots and bus stations as provocative statements on the government services online, Commissioner from Union JAC leaders for talks. depots to prevent the buses TSRTC officials have stepped strike. Police arrested the pro- these citizen services delivery on the erring Home Ministry on Thursday. In an indirect reference to from coming out but they testers. centres have been making Mee Seva Union Home Ministry Chief Minister K were arrested by the police. up efforts to restore normal Joint Action Committee news for several wrong rea- directed Mee Seva Chandrasekhar Rao, he said Security has been further tight- operations with the help of (JAC) of striking employees sons of late. Large number of agents and Commissioner to put in place that dictatorial tendencies ened at the depots and bus sta- has called for 'dhoom dhaam' complaints are being made by submit an stringent guidelines and would not do in Telangana tions as TSRTC has stepped up temporary employees or protests with the display of people, about the excessive checks on Mee Seva centres state, which is the result of sac- efforts to restore normal oper- folk arts across the state on delay in delivery of services action taken all over the state, to ensure rifices by many. He claimed that ations with the help of tempo- meeting of officials late on While unlike after the previous Thursday. Student bodies will and also collection of user report to Union that gullible people are not MLAs of TRS and other parties rary employees. Wednesday that there will be meetings, no statement was also take out rallies in support charges illegally. Home Ministry cheated by unscrupulous Mee were in touch with him on the TSRTC officials said they no talks with the striking issued from the Chief of the employees. A rally is "It has been brought to the Seva agents. There are around strike issue. Further, he said that were operating 75 per cent of employees. Minister's Office (CMO), offi- planned from Osmania notice of Union Home 4,500 Mee Seva centres in the JAC would expose the gov- bus services and would soon be He also ruled out taking cial sources said the chief min- University later in the day. Ministry that for Pattadar Telangana and they are sup- ernment stand on the strike restoring full operations to back the employees who failed ister ruled out any talks or The JAC is also going ahead Passbook authentication, Mee cost. Mee Seva Centres are posed to offer more than 500 issue in the court. Alleging that ensure that there is no incon- to report to durty before the compromise with the striking with its plans for Telangana Seva Centres are charging collecting Rs 100 but giving citizen-centric government attempts were on to loot RTC's venience to people. Making it expiry of the deadline. The employees. shutdown on Saturday. between Rs 50 to 100 for each receipt to people for zero services to people online. But properties, he exhorted the clear that there is no change in meeting with Transport KCR, as the Chief Minister Opposition parties and sever- passbook, though Telangana amount. Union Minister G due to lack of proper coordi- people to remain united on the his stand, Chief Minister K. Minister P. Ajay and senior is popularly known, noted that al trade unions have declared government has decided to Kishan Reddy desires that nation Mee Seva Centres have RTC stir issue. Chandrashekhar Rao told a officials lasted for five hours. the strike during festival time support to the shutdown. deliver this service free of the Commissioner of Mee been limited to few services. TS assisting Maharashtra Man, paramour commit suicide in Nalgonda PNS n NALGONDA (41) and Yakala Bhavani (30), of Nakrekal PND Prasad, the over to their relatives subse- skirts of the village. The vil- both residents of Thatikal two were into an illicit rela- quently. Heated arguments lagers found their bodies on in conduct of polls: Joshi A man along with his para- village. Saidulu was married tionship for the last three broke out between the rela- Thursday morning and PNS n HYDERABAD mour committed suicide by and has two children, while years. When they went miss- tives of Saidulu and Bhavani informed the police. The consuming pesticide at Bhavani's husband died a ing a year ago, police booked on the issue of their extra bodies were shifted to gov- Telangana has taken several Thalikal village of Narekal few years ago. She was living a missing case following a martial affair. Following this, ernment hospital at Nakrekal steps in coordination with the mandal in Nalgonda district alone as she didn't have any complaint lodged by their the two committed suicide by for postmortem. Nakrekal Maharashtra government to on Thursday. The duo was children. family members. They were consuming pesticide mixed police filed a case and have assist that State in the smooth identified as Karingu Saidulu According to Circle Inspector tracked down and handed with soft drink on the out- launched an investigation. conduct of the Maharashtra Assembly elections on October 21, Chief Secretary SK Joshi has said. MAJOR BOOST During a video conference Left parties’ leaders with officials from the Election Commission of India in New Delhi, Joshi said particular attention was being paid to the on fast over RTC stir four bordering districts of Gadchiroli, Nanded, PNS n HYDERABAD Chandrapur and Yavatmal and Chief Secretary SK Joshi at a video conference with the officials of the Election CPI-state Secretary the 14 check-posts on roads Commission of India, in Hyderabad on Thursday Leaders of the Left parties and Chada Venkat Reddy, connecting Telangana and people's organisations Maharashtra. installed CCTV cameras at observed a day-long fast here CPI-M state Secretary Joshi informed the ECI offi- Telangana will ensure the checkposts on roads con- on Thursday in support of the T Veerabhadram and cials that a coordination meet- implementation of dry necting with Maharashtra to strike by employees of the ing was already held with monitor vehicle and people Telangana State Road other leaders paid Maharashtra officials. day 48 hours before movement. Transport Corporation tributes to two Telangana will ensure imple- The meeting was attended (TSRTC), which entered its mentation of dry day 48 hours the polling begins on among others by Chief 13th day. Several leaders and employees, who before the polling begins on October 21, said Chief Electoral Officer Rajat Kumar, activists of Communist Party committed suicide October 21 and also on the day Special Chief Secretary of India (CPI), Communist of counting of votes. Secretary SK Joshi (Revenue) Somesh Kumar, Party of India-Marxist (CPI- earlier this week to Director General of Police Principal Secretary (Home) M), other Left parties and peo- protest the govt's M Mahender Reddy informed Maharashtra police and has Rajiv Trivedi and Additional ple's organisations participat- the ECI officials that Telangana already deployed 1,800 home Director General of Police MA & UD Principal Secretary Arvind Kumarand others during their visit to the Warangal Fort on Thursday. According to him, ed in the mass hunger strike to decision to sack police was working along with guards. Telangana has also Jitender. plans are on to develop the fort as a major tourist attraction. show solidarity with the strik- 48,000 employees ing employees. CPI-state Secretary Chada Venkat Reddy, CPI-M state Professor Nageshwar said Firm on uplift of TS to tap big data crop colonies Secretary Tammineni the strike by employees was Veerabhadram and other lead- not for their salaries but for SCs: Minister ers paid tributes to two protection of the TSRTC. He PNS n SANGAREDDY employees, who committed alleged that the government is PNS n HYDERABAD suicide earlier this week to carrying out a false propagan- Telangana would utilise Big protest the government's deci- da to blame employees for the Minister for Welfare Koppula Data in agriculture to create sion to sack 48,000 striking TSRTC's losses. Meanwhile, Eshwar has urged the officials crop colonies across the State, employees. Professor police arrested scores of stu- of the Welfare Department to Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Nageshwar, eminent acade- dents at Osmania University compile data on how many Secretary, Industries, mician Chukka Ramaiah, when they were trying to take students benefited to what Commerce and Information TSRTC Joint Action out a rally to Pragathi Bhavan, extent under state govern- and Technology, said. Stating Committee leader the official residence of the ment's scheme for overseas that the concept of crop Ashwathama Reddy also Chief Minister, in support of education. colonies was a process that was addressed the participants. the TSRTC employees. Raising Reviewing the implemen- under progress in the youngest The speakers blamed the slogans against the govern- tation of minority develop- State in India, Jayesh Ranjan government for the TSRTC ment, the students tried to ment and SC welfare depart- said the government will work running into huge losses. march from Arts College. ments' activities at his office closely with International Crop Ashwathama Reddy pointed However, police locked both here on Thursday, he said that Cops launch unique Research Centre for Semi-arid out that the government is col- the gates of the campus and the government wants stu- Tropics (Icrisat) and other lecting Rs 300 crore as tax on prevented students from com- dents to achieve empower- stakeholders to utilise Big Data diesel every year. He demand- ing out. ment through education. He awareness drive in agriculture to bring preci- ed that the state government There was heated argument asked officials to take steps to sion in agriculture activities in Govt will develop agriculture, he said he will not waive the tax on diesel as done between policemen and lead- improve employment oppor- PNS n MAHABUBBAGAR atmosphere from the clutches Telangana. hesitate to say that Hyderabad in Tamil Nadu. They said that ers of student groups like the tunities of the unemployed by of the anti-social and naxalite Addressing delegates from algorithms based on had the largest footprint of while private buses are allowed SFI, the AISF and the PDSU. imparting training to them in As part of the martyr's memo- elements in the state," she across the world at the inau- the data available to agri-tech in India. to operate on profit-making There was mild tension as the various skills. rial week, the Mahabubnagar said. gural function of a three-day Emphasising the importance routes, the TSRTC buses are students tried to break the The Minister said that police officials have launched She detailed that how the convention on Big data in make agriculture of utilising Big Data in agricul- run on loss-making routes. police cordon. funds would be allotted to the a unique awareness pro- police laid down their lives for Agriculture-2019 at the Icrisat ture, Jayesh Ranjan said that state government's overseas gramme here on Thursday. On the sake of society and how campus, he said the State gov- remunerative, says Big Data was going to be 21st education scheme so that it the occasion, Yasani they were targeted by the ernment believes that Big Data Jayesh Ranjan century's oil, which brought would benefit many more Venkateshwarlu, a magician, extremists. The SP called tools will certainly enhance the prosperity and progress in oil students. The Welfare performed blindfold driving. upon the people and police yield and incomes of farmers. Telangana government has been producing countries in 20th Department gave guarantee Addressing this pro- forces to pay rich tributes to "The government will develop effectively utilising Big Data in century. He also underlined the to banks so that many drivers gramme, Superintendent of the martyrs. algorithms based on the data designing and implementing importance of maintaining could obtain loans to pur- Police Rema Rajeshwari said Stating that the society is available to make agriculture various schemes. Stating that data integrity by developing chase cars under the govern- the police were taking up a being lent a supportive role by cultivation remunerative," Big Data tools were helping the error-free and transparent data. ment's subsidy scheme, he unique service task of provid- each and every individual, Jayesh Ranjan said, adding governments to take quick deci- He further said that Big Data said asking officials to pre- ing security to the society as the SP said the police forces that farmers were quite often sions, he said the State Police could be useful for not only pare a plan to extend similar part of protecting the country's too were offering the service pushed into distress because was also utilising big data effec- governments and farmers, but loans to people of rural areas. pride. The SP said the police in the same fashion for pro- they were overgrowing a par- tively to make policing easy. He it can also help seed, fertilizer, The officials were told to were holding several service- tecting the interest of the ticular crop after seeing con- further observed that Big Data financial institutions and other complete installation of bio- oriented programmes as part society. siderable profits during the was helpful for the govern- market intermediaries. metric system of recording of seven-day martyr's memo- The Magician Yasani previous years. He further ment in introducing and mon- Stating that agriculture is at attendance in social welfare rial week and on Thursday, the Venkateshwarlu' s fete was lamented that farmers were itoring a number of schemes in a realtime crossroad now residential schools and hos- traffic police have organised commended by the police taking intuitive decisions since healthcare. because of the shrinking area tels. The Minister said that his blindfold driving by a magi- official on the occasion. they were still deprived of Jayesh Ranjan said the under cultivation due to rapid ministry would be arranging cian. Police public relations access to expert advice even administration could control urbanisation and increased a meeting with various indus- "The police are successful- officer Rangineni Manmohan today. frauds and misuse of schemes demand, Ranjan said that trial organisations to help ly holding awareness pro- detailed the importance of the Underlining the importance with Big Data analytics. Big Data will help find a solu- SCs set up small-scale and grammes in guiding the peo- martyrs' memorial week on of Big Data in governance, the Explaining the State govern- tion by increasing the farm medium-scale industries. ple about achieving a peaceful the occasion. Principal Secretary said that ment's support to start-ups in output. VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | OCTOBER 18, 2019 nation 05 SHORT READS Anand pens inspirational INX Media: Delhi court ‘Why talk about bringing reserves order on ED plea for PC custody book for navigating life NEW DELHI: A Delhi court PNS n NEW DELHI Thursday reserved order on the "I have memories of plea of Enforcement Directorate back Article 370 now?’ Chess legend Viswanathan the major events in my seeking 14-day custodial PNS n NASHIK Anand has authored an inspi- career and life, but interrogation of former finance Referring to the comment, Pawar said, when you put them minister P Chidambaram in the rational book where he looks INX Media money laundering NCP president Sharad Pawar "Parliament abrogated Article 370. Modi back on his experience to down on paper, you on Thursday questioned Prime share lessons on how to navi- case. Special judge Ajay Kumar sahib took the initiative. We do not suddenly have to Kuhar is scheduled to Minister Narendra Modi's gate life. organise your thoughts pronounce the order shortly. "doob maro" jibe directed at oppose that. Some people kept forth In "Mind Master: Winning and are forced to think The probe agency has sought the Opposition in connection their views on the issue, but they were Lessons from a Champion's through them in detail. 14-day custodial interrogation with scrapping of Article 370 Life" (as told to journalist in Jammu and Kashmir. labelled by some as anti-national. They Susan Ninan), Anand revisits It allowed me to of the 74-year old senior Viswanathan Anand rediscover many Congress leader. The court had Addressing a poll rally in become anti-nationals?" his greatest games and worst Niphad here in North losses, his unique experiences has been an interesting jour- interesting stories and on Wednesday issued incidents," he said. production warrant against him Maharashtra, Pawar asked of playing against the best ney. in the INX Media money Modi why he was daring "How can they (Opposition) as anti-national. They become minds, and the methods he "I have memories of the laundering case lodged by Opposition leaders to bring say that Jammu and Kashmir anti-nationals?" employs to prepare for wins, major events in my career and accomplishments failure was Enforcement Directorate. back Article 370 of the Sharad Pawar has nothing to do with "The prime minister yester- cope with disappointments life, but when you put them never far away, and in the low- Constitution after it was nul- Maharashtra? They should be day said doob maro. He dares and, simply, stay in the game. down on paper, you suddenly est moments there were always lified by Parliament in August. Manmohan Singh-led cabinet. ashamed of such thoughts. us to bring Article 370 back. It The book, published by have to organise your thoughts things that lifted me up. Rather BJP disqualifies eight Pawar also hit out at Union Modi had on Wednesday Don't they have any shame? was decided to scrap Article Hachette India, is releasing and are forced to think than just making this about my leaders for 'anti-party Finance Minister Nirmala slammed Opposition leaders, Doob maro," the PM had said, 370, Parliament scrapped it and on December 11. through them in detail. It story, I've tried to distil in this Sitharaman for saying that seeking a link between the using the two-word phrase in now why are you now talking Currently playing in the Isle allowed me to rediscover many book some of the lessons I activities' in J-K public sector banks had the scrapping of Article 370 and Hindi. about bringing it back?" he of Man International Chess interesting stories and inci- learnt, the strategies that JAMMU: The BJP's Jammu "worst phase" under the com- the Maharashtra Assembly Referring to the comment, questioned. Tournament, India's first dents," he said. helped me perform better and and Kashmir unit on Thursday bination of former Prime polls, and told them to go Pawar said, "Parliament abro- The former Union minister grandmaster and five-time "Above all, it made me tackle life as it happened," he disqualified eight party leaders Minister Manmohan Singh drown (doob maro) for criti- gated Article 370. Modi sahib further said that there were world champion said this book realise that during my greatest added. for filing their nominations as and RBI Governor Raghuram cising the nullification of the took the initiative. We do not several issues concerning the Independents against the Rajan. controversial provision that oppose that. Some people kept people, yet BJP leaders were official candidates for the Block The Maratha strongman was gave special status to Jammu forth their views on the issue, consistently talking about Development Council (BDC) a senior member of the and Kashmir. but they were labelled by some defanging of Article 370. Non-councillors elections, scheduled to be held ‘PM's constituency on October 24, a party can be chiefs of spokesperson said. Meanwhile, the state Bharatiya Janata Yuva ‘Amarinder must be cleanest’ Morcha (BJYM) also Cong backed scrapping of A 370, ULBs in Raj now discharged its senior leader playing PNS n VARANASI (UP) PNS n JAIPUR Aqib Mir from his present party post of state secretary due to but not BJP's high-handed way religious card’ Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Any person who is not a "breach of party discipline", he Yogi Adityanath has asked the councillor can now become said. "Taking strong note of the PNS n MUMBAI hues", Singh said. PNS n PHAGWARA officials concerned to initiate a the chairperson of the urban filing of nominations as "Our hope is these powers campaign to ensure that Prime local bodies in Rajasthan. Independents by party leaders The Congress does not need a will be used not to settle polit- Punjab BJP president Shwait Minister Narendra Modi's par- A gazetted notification against the official candidates certificate of patriotism from ical scores," he said, expressing Malik on Thursday accused liamentary constituency in the regard was issued by of the BJP for the BDC anyone, former prime minis- confidence that the govern- Chief Minister Amarinder Varanasi is the cleanest in the the state government on elections, the state BJP has ter Manmohan Singh said on ment will do justice to Praful Singh of playing religious country. Wednesday. disqualified them for indulging Thursday, pointing out that it Patel. and divisive cards to vitiate Modi had won the seat in the Yogi Adityanath The notification amend- in anti-party activities," the voted in favour of the abroga- Asked about the BJP's poll the atmosphere in the state Lok Sabha elections held earli- The chief minister ing the Rajasthan spokesperson said. tion of Article 370, but promise to seek Bharat Ratna and divert people's attention er this year by a huge margin of Municipalities Rules, 2019, opposed the high-handed way for V D Savarkar, who was an from burning issues. 4.79 lakh votes. He had not only held a review meeting was issued after the state JK admin orders in which it was done. accused in the Mahatma The Congress government retained the seat, but also saw of the development cabinet in its meeting on The economist-turned- Gandhi assassination case but in the state has failed on every his victory margin increase by work and law and Monday decided to hold abolition of legislative politician also said that agen- was acquitted, Singh said the front and Singh has not ful- nearly 1 lakh votes as compared order situation in the indirect elections, reversing council cies such as the Enforcement Manmohan Singh Congress only opposes filled even a single promise, to the 2014 general elections. state here on its earlier decision of hold- Directorate (ED) should not be Savarkar's Hindutva ideology. Malik claimed as he predict- The chief minister held a ing direct elections to the Jammu, Oct 17 (PTI) Ahead of used to settle "political scores". introduced in Parliament. Referring to the Hindu ed a landslide victory for the review meeting of the devel- Wednesday night and post. the bifurcation of Jammu and Singh's comments came at a Earning goodwill of the Mahasabha leader with a rev- BJP-SAD combine in the opment work and law and instructed the officials The elections to the urban Kashmir into two union time when prime minister people of Jammu & Kashmir erential "Savarkar-ji", Singh bypolls to all the four order situation in the state here to make "Kashi local bodies in the state are territories later this month, the Narendra Modi and the BJP was necessary before such a said former Congress prime Assembly seats, that will on Wednesday night and due later this year. 62-year-old state legislative number 1 in the have been attacking Congress move, the former prime min- minister, late Indira Gandhi "prove to be a Waterloo for instructed the officials to make country" in terms of As per the new rule, a council came to an end with on Article 370 during the ister said. had issued a postal stamp in Amarinder Singh". "Kashi number 1 in the coun- person shall be eligible for the state administration issuing campaign for the Maharashtra "Congress voted in favour of Savarkar's memory. The Rajya Sabha MP also try" in terms of cleanliness. cleanliness being chosen as the chair- orders for its abolition and Assembly polls, while NCP the move (the abrogation) in "(But) we are not in favour alleged that Singh's "weak According to an official person if he is qualified asking its 116-member staff to leaders including Sharad Pawar Parliament, not against it. of the Hindutva ideology that policy" led to resurgence of spokesperson, he also asked the from Diwali till Dev Diwali, under the provisions of the report to the general and Praful Patel are being Congress feels that Article 370 Savarkar-ji patronised and militancy in Punjab. officials to launch special clean- Adityanath said as he directed Act for election as a mem- department. The order was investigated by the ED in var- is a temporary measure, but if stood for," Singh said. Addressing a press confer- liness drives in villages as well the PWD to make the roads ber of a municipality. The issued on Wednesday night, ious cases. a change is to be brought, it has Singh also hit out against the ence here, Malik said, "The as urban areas before the festi- free of potholes by October 30. name of the candidate for less than a fortnight before the Addressing a press confer- to be with the goodwill of the NDA government's fact is that militancy is grow- val of Diwali. The government is commit- the post of the mayor/chair- state is spilt into two union ence here, Singh said the people of J&K," he said. Citizenship Amendment Bill, ing in the state. The chief Roads, parks and vacant ted towards the makeover of person can be proposed by territories -- Ladakh and Congress opposes the "high- The ED, under the NDA calling it a divisive move that minister wants to create fear plots of land should be includ- Kashi. Prime Minister Modi a political party and they Jammu and Kashmir -- on the handedness" with which regime, has got more powers discriminates against the psychosis among the people ed in the campaign. In view of had laid the foundation stone of can be elected by council- midnight of October 31. Article 370 of the Constitution than ever, and should not be Muslims by facilitating Indian of the state in order to grind Chhath Puja, start a special many projects in February 2019 lors. Jammu and Kashmir will be a -- which gave a special status used for political vendetta citizenship for persons of all his political axe and derive campaign to clean the ghats of out which 13 have been com- The first direct election to union territory with a state to Jammu and Kashmir -- was against leaders of "different faiths except Muslims. political mileage." the Ganga, the chief minister pleted and the remaining 25 the post was held in 2009 assembly. said. Do something special so will be completed in this finan- when the Congress was in that Kashi remains illuminated cial year,he said. power. 27 yrs on, cops solve ‘Those with ‘evil designs’ on nation will get befitting reply’ murder case only to find accused dead PNS n SATARA "In the land of 'rashtra rakshaks' Battle for Devi Lal's legacy in Haryana THANE: Thane police in Prime Minister Narendra (protectors of nation), there is no place Maharashtra have cracked a Modi on Thursday asserted for those who speak against the PNS n NEW DELHI Chautala family, INLD suf- 27-year-old case of killing of a that his government has fered a vertical split with for- sub-inspector, only to find that adhered to warrior king national interest. Your excitement, In the battle for Devi Lal's lega- mer Hisar MP Dushyant the accused died seven years Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's energy is making the opposition lose its cy, the young Dushyant Chautala floating his own ago, an official said on principles of nationalism and sense," he told the gathering Chautala seems to have party Jananayak Janata Party Thursday. On July 23, 1992, national security, and possess- trumped his uncle in Haryana. (JJP). sub-inspector Mahendra Singh es the strength to give a befit- The Dushyant Chautala-led The name, incidentally Patil, then attached to Mahatma ting reply to those having "evil Those having evil designs sends maximum number of JJP has managed to replace draws from the popular image Fule Chowk police station in designs" against India. against the country will be soldiers in the Indian Army. INLD, which is headed by his of Devi Lal, great grandfather Kalyan town, was stabbed to Addressing an election rally given a befitting reply," he "In the land of 'rashtra rak- uncle Abhay Chautala, as the of Dushyant, as Jananayak. death by the accused, Iqbal in Maharashtra's Satara district, said. shaks' (protectors of nation), third force in the Haryana Presenting him as Devi Lal's alias Nanhe Khan, during a Modi said just like Chhatrapati "We took decisions for there is no place for those who assembly elections with his true inheritor, Dushyant in confrontation, crime branch's Shivaji, his government worked national integration which the speak against the national Narendra Modi party putting up a decent fight his speeches talks about him senior inspector Nitin Thakre to strengthen the defence earlier governments did not interest. Your excitement, ener- paganda against Rafale (fight- in many seats, reducing the and his model of politics but said. After the killing, the forces. have guts to take," he said. gy is making the opposition er jet deal with France) and Indian National Lok Dal Devi Lal refrains from mentioning accused, who was also wanted "In the last five years, the Hitting out at the Congress lose its sense," he told the their stand on abrogation of (INLD) to the fringes of state about his grandfather Om in connection with several Centre and the state govern- and NCP, Modi said they gathering. Article 370 has hurt the peo- politics which it once domi- Devi Lal, enjoyed influence, JJP Prakash Chautala, who backed robberies in the area, ment have adhered to the val- opposed decisions taken for Modi said the Congress and ple of Satara. They leave no nated. has emerged as the inheritor of his uncle Abhay in battle of absconded and eluded the ues of Shivaji Maharaj. national security and integra- NCP questioned the bravery of chance to malign (Hindutva In almost every seat where his legacy and has core support legacies. But at the same time police for nearly three decades, Nationalism and national tion, which caused a "deep soldiers. ideologue) Veer Savarkar," he INLD, which was founded by among voters. doesn't attack them also in his he said. security is our top priority. hurt" to Satara district, which "They even spread mispro- said. former deputy prime minister Following a rift within the rallies. HARYANA ASSEMBLY POLLS Patna cuts sorry figure before Netherlands king and queen Randeep eyeing PNS n NEW DELHI/PATNA visiting king and queen. "Patna is one of the historic cities Recently, his book 'India: Land The centuries-old Patna globally, and the collectorate along with van de Toekomst' was launched Collectorate, endowed with in Amsterdam, according to an hat-trick from Kaithal high ceilings, huge doors and Patna College's main administrative official at the Dutch Embassy. PNS n NEW DELHI hanging skylights, is one of the building, parts of the Government Press In his 2016 letter to Kumar, last surviving signatures of he had said, "I came across The All India Congress Dutch architecture in the Bihar at Gulzarbagh and a few other buildings, reports about the possibility of Committee (AICC) commu- capital whose fate currently should have been long back tied into a this shared built heritage of nication in-charge, Randeep hangs in the balance. Dutch tourism circuit, but we allowed India and the Netherlands Singh Surjewala, is eyeing a Patna, a historic city with being demolished anytime." hat-trick from his stronghold over 2,500 years of uninter- them to either decay ingloriously or slip "I sincerely believe that this of Kaithal in the October 21 rupted civilisation, has a deep into obscurity," Lall said. built heritage depicting the Haryana assembly election. connection with the Indo-Dutch history can be A total of 18 candidates are Randeep Singh Surjewala Netherlands going as far back restored and alternate uses can in the fray from Kaithal, but it as the 17th century, and the harm to the collectorate build- Kolkata-based photograph- be planned. I am writing this would be a direct contest Kaithal has 208 polling ongoing visit of the royal Dutch ing until further orders", bring- er Rajiv Soni, who grew up in letter to appeal to you to list the between the Congress and booths, out of which 13 couple to India has made many Bombay yesterday and parts of which are Dutch-era, ing some relief among the her- Patna said, the visit of the complex of buildings as per the BJP nominees. polling booths have been iden- local residents rue the "poor Gateway of India was lit up including the iconic Record itage lovers. Dutch royals should make us norms of the state archaeolog- The BJP has pitted former tified as vulnerable. upkeep" of the "shared archi- with a Dutch theme to cele- Room which has a colonnad- "Patna is one of the historic revisit the "forgotten Dutch ical department," Stoelinga MLA Lila Ram Gujjar against Surjewala, who is the chief tectural heritage" of the two brate the ties between the two ed facade with Tuscan cities globally, and the collec- history of our city" and Patna said. Surjewala. spokesperson of the Congress, countries. countries. And next they visit columns. The building also torate along with Patna should also recall and thank the Aditya Jalan, a heritage Lila Ram won as an INLD has a personal following as he Octogenarian J K Lall, a Kerala which has a significant featured in 1982 Oscar-win- College's main administrative then Ambassador of the enthusiast and a core member candidate in the 2000 election. nursed the constituency while veteran architect, and conven- Dutch heritage. Patna could ning film 'Gandhi'. building, parts of the Netherlands, Alphonsus of a civil society-led movement Madan (BSP), Anil Kumar being a cabinet minister in the er of INTACH Patna Chapter have been on their itinerary, if After hearing two PILs filed Government Press at Stoelinga, who had written a 'Save Historic Patna (INLD), Ramphal Malik (JJP), Congress government from said Netherlands King Willem- only we had preserved our her- by the Indian National Trust Gulzarbagh and a few other letter to Chief Minister Nitish Collectorate' started in April Shyam Lal (LSP), Jasvir 2004 to 2014. Alexander and Queen Maxima itage, instead they are either for Art and Culture (INTACH), buildings, should have been Kumar three years ago, appeal- 2016, said Patna being a his- (Sarvhit Party) are the other BJP candidate Lila Ram are on their first state visit to facing the axe or kept poorly," the Patna High Court recent- long back tied into a Dutch ing to him to spare the demo- torical city had been on the notable candidates. Gujjar is highlighting India, but how many even he rued. ly stayed the proposed demo- tourism circuit, but we allowed lition and preserve it as a itinerary of so many royals and Kaithal has 2.03 lakh voters achievements of the the BJP know about Patna's Dutch The Bihar government in lition of the government com- them to either decay inglori- "shared heritage". VVIPs who have toured India, -- 1.08 lakh males and 95,000 governments at the Centre connection. early 2016 proposed to demol- plex while restraining the state ously or slip into obscurity," Stoelinga is part of the Dutch from British Raj era to post- females. and in the state. "The king and queen visited ish the Patna Collectorate, authorities from "causing any Lall said. delegation accompanying the independence period. VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | OCTOBER 18, 2019 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Ayodhya closure The issue can hardly churn up emotions the way it did in Who is an Indian? the 1990s. Now that it has been flogged enough, what next? context effect is an aspect of cognitive Ghulam Dastagir, who saved hundreds of lives during the Bhopal gas tragedy, and psychology that describes the influence Aof environmental factors on one’s per- Nobel Prize winner Abhijit Banerjee are true Indians who continue to inspire us ception of a stimulus. That’s exactly what has happened in the Ram-Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid tussle at Ayodhya. At one time, it embodied the beginning of identity politics, the accommodative Hindu versus the appeased Muslim swiftly turning into a disparate equa- tion based on denial for a new narrative. Therefore, the “rightist” Hindu wanted a his- torical revision of being the original claimants of civilisational land, in this case the birthplace of one who defined the ultimate AJOY KUMAR ethics of being human and behavioural propriety, Maryada Purushottam, or Lord ne of my favourite ways to Ram. One that had been ordained by faith than historical evidence and the mys- travel around the country is ticism of which, many felt, should override every human construct and depre- to board a train. dation, in this case a mosque built in the Mughal era of Babar. That thought process, Unfortunately, due to press- ing engagements and the claimed by the BJP, posited itself against the liberal-secular matrix of the time as Ourgency of modern life, I have not been a bequeathed colonial legacy. It codified nationalism or Bharatiyata for a gener- able to take as much advantage as I would ation that was far removed from the freedom struggle and was fast finding its want of this uniquely Indian way of trav- elling. There’s something quintessential- feet in a globalised world. What it also did was separate Hinduism, the philoso- ly Indian about taking the train, getting phy, from Hindutva, the practice of it. That has come full circle and now that the to know the fellow passengers and chat- BJP has got a mammoth verdict, it has legitimised the majoritarian discourse. ting with them over a cup of tea as they head to their respective destinations. To that extent, there is a general acceptance of the reality of the temple. Even While writing these lines, there is a vivid residents of Ayodhya are tired of being circumscribed by a political context that image in my mind of one such journey I doesn’t help their aspirations and are accepting of any solution, so long as there made and I’m certain, a similar image must have appeared in the minds of the is closure. With jobs and education on their mind, an entire generation, be it Hindu readers, too. or Muslim, born under the shadow of the dispute is ready to cast away a beast An interesting aspect of train travel of burden. This changed perspective then has dulled much of the appeal of Ayodhya. is the diversity on display during the jour- ney. One gets to hear of so many lan- Of course, the Supreme Court must be appreciated for stripping down the guages, accents, smell a variety of food complexity of religiosity to the titular nature of land ownership and attempting a and absorb different perspectives. Once, mediation. The three main parties — the Nirmohi Akhara, Ram Lalla Virajman it got me thinking about what it means and the Sunni Waqf Board — have presented their points of view. Nirmohi Akhara to be an Indian. Unlike other nations like Pakistan, lays its claim by virtue of being servitors of Lord Ram for generations while the India is not defined by a particular reli- Sunni Waqf Board has based its case on the fact that the Babri Masjid stood till gion. Some may argue that being a Hindu- 1992. Yet some of its members have reportedly softened up to settle for an alter- majority country, an Indian’s identity is pri- marily driven by this majoritarian outlook. native mosque, a counter assurance that no other mosque will be touched and Such an argument does not hold ground that ASI would restore other mosques in the area. Ram Lalla, who became a because not only does India contain a mul- With none forthcoming, ensured that hundreds of ry reasons for our intellectu- legal party in the title suit only in 1989 when former Allahabad High Court judge tiplicity of religions but significantly also Dastagir took matters into fathers didn’t suffer the same al prowess is the manner in a multiplicity of castes. Therefore, a his own hands and informed fate as he did. which our culture respects Deoki Nandan Agrawal moved the High Court, claimed the entire birthplace as Brahmin Hindu (approximately five per his superiors to suspend all Dastagir was a true knowledge and the pursuit of divinity reincarnate. So, now the court has to sift through issues like memory, cent of the Hindu community) can hard- trains that were headed to Indian. In such moments, we the same. continuity, belief systems, tradition and historical evidence, howsoever little of ly claim to represent all Hindus. It’s the Bhopal. He then summoned forget about which religion a The most recent example same with languages as well. his staff. While he was barely person belongs to, which caste is that of Indian-origin econ- the last. But weighing abstractions and perceptions may be an extremely deli- The recent debate about Hindi able to stand or breathe and WE ARE TOLD TO he was born into or which lan- omist Abhijit Banerjee, one of cate matter. The Ram Mandir was an emotionally galvanising force that had got becoming a “national” language does not against all protocol, he direct- FOCUS ON OUR guage he speaks. All that we the winners of the Noble Prize the Sangh Parivar close to claiming political power through the BJP. And though hold water because of the variety of lan- ed his staff to clear the care about and all that we for economics. His win adds guages spoken in our country. If you do Gorakhpur train for departure DIFFERENCES remember is the great sacrifice to a very rich list of Indian the Atal Bihari Vajpayee era, by virtue of its coalition pressures, demanded prag- not believe me, just ask a Maharashtrian even though 25 minutes were RATHER THAN of an Indian brother. In real- luminaries. matism in governance, the current Narendra Modi regime has no such reason or a Tamilian about how they feel about left for it to roll out. He ity, this is what it means to be Sadly, however, some of to compromise. There are also expectations of it to translate ideological rever- “Hindi” being a national language. The assured his staff that he would STRENGTHS AND an Indian. It means recognis- our leaders attempt to replace truth really is that “Indian identity is take full responsibility for any OUR LEADERS ing that at the time of inde- these values with those that ence into action, considering it has to justify the core of its being, the commit- forged in diversity and everyone of us is blowback that may follow. pendence, we promised our- are antithetical to Indian core ted Sangh Parivar cadres. The party brass is hoping it will at least be seen as a minority”, as Congress leader Shashi In doing so, Dastagir REPEATEDLY selves and our future genera- values. We are told now to attempting a closure within legal perimeters, even if not entirely successful. Perhaps, Tharoor put it eloquently. saved hundreds of lives. He SHOW DISDAIN tions that we would set aside focus on our differences rather Modi is in a rush to foreground Hindutva concerns like abrogation of Article 370, But this still doesn’t explain what it did not, however, stop here. As all that divides, to forge a bet- than strengths and our lead- means to be an Indian. The story of terror spread across Bhopal, FOR KNOWLEDGE ter India. The poignant story ers repeatedly show disdain Ram temple, immigrants and uniform civil code so that they do not remain irri- Ghulam Dastagir, however, does. Dastagir large crowds of the affected of Dastagir reminds us of this for knowledge with an affin- tants to his definition of the Hindu Rashtra and by implication development. That was the deputy station superintendent on population descended on to WITH AN AFFINITY core value. ity for dogma. This is not the itself is fraught with grave challenges as without sales pitches and illusionary duty at the Bhopal Railway station on the station in an attempt to FOR DOGMA. THIS Another value that forms idea of India we cherish and December 2, 1984 — the day when the escape the gas chamber. the core of being an Indian is it is not what it means to be an diversions, he will have to now walk the talk on real issues. Modi’s bigger con- Bhopal gas tragedy took place. By mid- Dastagir went from platform IS NOT THE IDEA the respect and admiration for Indian. cern is the electorate which feels betrayed on livelihood and comprises the poor, night, the railway station, which was to platform, attending to and OF INDIA WE knowledge. This is evident I imagine most of us swell both rural and urban, and the middle classes. That job is tougher if indeed the extremely close to the Union Carbide consoling victims and sent an from the fact that whenever a with pride when we recount plant, was filled with poisonous gases that SOS to all nearby railway sta- CHERISH AND IT book falls down to the ground, the story of Dastagir or when BJP pursues the idea of Ram Rajya. For Lord Ram willingly sacrificed Ayodhya’s killed everything in its path. tions to send ambulances and IS NOT WHAT we almost unknowingly touch we talk about the contributions throne for harmony in the kingdom, avoided any criticism and stood firm on his On that fateful night, the brave doctors. it to our forehead as a sign of made by Banerjee to the field principles. He also gave back Lankans their land after the war with Ravana. Yet deputy station master stepped on the plat- He himself suffered terri- IT MEANS TO BE respect. It is this core value of economics. We must ensure form with itchy feeling in the throat and bly due to the gas leaks. He AN INDIAN that has enabled India to be that we retain our core values the Ayodhya dispute has only entrenched divisiveness in the country. Perceived a burning sensation in his eyes. died in 2003 and a large part blessed with brilliant minds. and try to inspire similar pride justice over historical injustice may not be walking in his path. Immediately, he knew something was of his life was spent in the hos- We have had leaders in the in others. After all, that’s what wrong. Unaware that 23 of his colleagues pital due to exposure to toxic field of mathematics, litera- it means to be an Indian. had already succumbed to the gas leak, fumes. He also lost his son in ture, technology and philoso- (The writer is a former IPS he tried to get clarity on what was hap- the tragedy. However, through phy among others and I officer, an MP and currently a Still too hungry pening and sought further instructions. his bravery and courage, he believe that one of the prima- member of the AAP) India has slipped from the 95th to the 102nd rank behind neighbours on a global index of nutrition S O U N D BITE igest this! According to estimates by the Both, me and Kantilal Bhuria I am proud that whether it’s We've got a great new deal Parliament of India will not United Nations Development have reached an age where Farhan’s first film Dil Chahta that takes back control. Now, allow malicious efforts to Hai Programme, nearly 40 per cent of the we should retire. The time or Zoya’s first, they don’t Parliament should get Brexit succeed. We expect better D has come for youngsters to have any reflection of my poet- done so that we can move from parliamentarians then food produced in India is wasted or lost and come forward. ry. They are their own voices. on to other priorities. vituperative mudslinging. this costs the country one lakh crore rupees Senior Congress leader Screenwriter UK Prime Minister Congress leader every year. And, yet, according to the Global —Digvijaya Singh —Javed Akhtar —Boris Johnson —Shashi Tharoor Hunger Index (GHI), that measures the level of hunger and under-nutrition worldwide, India has slipped from the 95th rank in 2010 to the 102nd in 2019, behind its neighbours Nepal, L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR Bangladesh and Pakistan. The four indicators Bridge the gap sector can go up, too, by retriev- for the index are undernourishment, child stunt- Ganguly has an onerous task at hand ing unaccounted money through ing, child wasting and child mortality. Alarmingly over one in every five children the Voluntary Disclosure in India is “wasted” (low weight for height), the highest for any country. This Sir — This refers to the editorial, his refers to the editorial, “Bangla pride” (October Scheme, whereby those declaring damning report is full of irony as from being an importer of food in the 1960s, “Bangla pride” (October 15). The 15). Sourav Ganguly is described as a good crick- may be asked to invest 50 per Nobel Prize for Economics award- Tet tactician. His experience on the cricket field — cent of the amount in other long- when India had to rely on shipments from the US, today the country has become ed to Indian-American Abhijit as a batsman who played the game fearlessly and as a term infrastructural bonds with the largest exporter of rice in the world. We are the second-largest producer of Banerjee, his French-American captain who groomed many a talent — has made him nominal interest to be issued by wife Esther Dufflo and Michael a legend. His aura can be gauged from the love and public sector undertakings like both rice and wheat. Between 2012 and 2015, three years, India exported 63 Kremer for “their experimental respect he commanded both on and off the field. Given the IRCTC. million tonnes of grains. Besides, now we have a smart buffering capacity to approach to alleviating global his talent to spot and groom cricketers, his elevation as Madhu Agrawal deal with shortages and crisis. Why then are we slipping on hunger targets? poverty” underlines the renewed the head of the Board of Control for Cricket in India Delhi First, we need to adopt better strategies for storage and avoid rotting. Latest concern over global poverty and (BCCI) bodes well for Indian cricket. Though his tenure ways to alleviate it. The husband is short, he can work wonders even in the 10 months Poll rhetoric data shows 4,135.224 metric tonnes of foodgrains were wasted. We could learn and wife have spent considerable he has at hand. from advance food strategies of China, which has invested in state-of-the-art time studying various poverty Ganguly’s election has come at a crucial time when storage facilities. We need to curb food wastage at every level, right from har- alleviation programmes. Welcome the BCCI’s functioning needs to be streamlined. The crick- Sir — Prime Minister Narendra as much this is, we will perenni- et body has been hit by scandals, infighting and short- parency” and “accountability” into the daily functioning Modi’s statement at an election vesting, transporting, processing, packaging to consuming that is caused due ally regret the decision of the wise sightedness. Consolidation of affairs is what is required. of the BCCI must be Ganguly’s priority. One hopes only rally that India will not allow its to the loopholes in the transport and infrastructure system. Plus, we have the men to deny a Nobel prize to the The issue of “conflict of interest” has become a stick to professionals occupy the BCCI top post. Most impor- water to flow to Pakistan and archaic public distribution system to blame for the inadequate and patchy sup- Mahatma despite the fact that he ridicule and browbeat some famed cricketers. Imagine tantly, Dada, as he is fondly referred to, has an onerous instead put it to use here is yet was nominated thrice. a man like Rahul Dravid being asked to quit his job at task of taking all stakeholders — players, coaches, State- another example of empty “poll plies. Many times, even those who are the right candidates for the food subsidy We revel in the general feel- India Cements to retain the junior head coach post. What level bodies and administrators — together. promise.” The Indus Water are excluded on the basis of differential BPL (Below Poverty Line) status as the ing of happiness among Indians and what not constitutes a job for profit must be defined Ganapathi Bhat Treaty signed between India and criteria for identifying a household is arbitrary and varies from State to State. that one of them, albeit with an clearly. However, bringing in the much-required “trans- Akola Pakistan makes it clear that the American passport, is a Nobel former is bound to release water Undoubtedly, several nutrition schemes are in operation but aren’t properly imple- laureate yet again. Indians are to the latter. It is strange that the mented. For instance, in Bihar and Odisha, where the poverty ratio is very high, competent to excel in any field but IRCTS’s market debut for packaged water, confec- with the help of long-term bonds Prime Minister raised an emotive poor implementation of the Mid Day Meal Scheme has a major impact on food for that, a conducive environment tionery items and other food will provide huge employment in issue just for votes, to the extent is required, which unfortunately products to replace cooked meal the public sector, apart from giv- of showing no respect to exist- security. After 2024 we will have the largest population on this planet. The aver- is not available in our universities. Sir — The great success of in trains and schools, where ing sizeable profits to the public ing bilateral agreements. age household spends 40 to 45 per cent of its budget on food. So, for the next It is a sad fact that needs serious IRCTC, where its shares doubled complaints of sub-standard food exchequer. Products can be sold Swadha 30 years, the demand for food will spiral. If nothing is done at the policy level in introspection by our politicians, overnight, calls for the issuance in unhygienic conditions are in the open market so as to Via email academicians and policy makers. of long-term bonds by it to set quite common. ensure that private players bring terms of coordination and rationalisation, we will continue to hang our heads in JS Acharya up large-scale production units The setting up of such big down their prices. Send your feedback to: shame and never be able to shed the tag of a nation with starving millions. Hyderabad in every district of the country units in large numbers by IRCTC Employment in the public [email protected] VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | OCTOBER 18, 2019

www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN Time for some POINTCOUNTERPOINT PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS DID NOT HAVE A WORST THE GOVERNMENT IS OBSESSED WITH TRYING TO ‘Freakonomics’ PHASE THAN WHEN THE COMBINATION OF SINGH AND BLAME ITS OPPONENTS, THUS IT IS UNABLE TO RAJAN, AS PM AND RBI GOVERNOR, HAD. FIND A SOLUTION FOR REVIVAL OF THE ECONOMY. Would tweaking a few procedures actually help —FINANCE MINISTER —FORMER PRIME MINISTER the country’s economy recover? Maybe the NIRMALA SITHARAMAN MANMOHAN SINGH answer lies in field trials A stirred and shaken India KUMARDEEP BANERJEE By pursuing an ultra-nationalist agenda, Modi has validated the two-nation theory that he International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have formed the rationale of dividing British India to create Pakistan as a Muslim homeland cut down India’s growth forecasts to six per cent for the fis- Tcal year 2019-20, from nearly seven per cent, riding on a weak- ening domestic demand. Industrial growth shrank 1.1 per cent in August, after a gap of 26 months, reinforcing fears of a slowing economy and deteriorating consumer sentiment. Industrial produc- tion, as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), had grown 4.8 per cent in August last year. Data released by the sta- tistics office showed the April-August factory output growth at 2.4 per cent, well below the 5.3 per cent for the same period in the last fiscal. These numbers paint a rather grim picture of a long winter ahead for the economy of the country. So, is it time to use Randomised Controlled Trials (RCT) to test and/or tweak policies BZ KHASRU in select pockets to bring out better results? For the uninitiated, RCTs are most commonly used in the field olonial India’s Muslim leaders shivered at of medicine to check the impact of a particular chemical concoc- the thought of being perpetually controlled tion on a randomly chosen group of patients with a condition. Two Cby Hindus in a united India once the or three sets are “administered” or “not administered” different vari- British left the country, unless there were safe- ations of the drug to see the beneficiary impact on health. guards enshrined in the Constitution. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has proven them right. Coming from the creative soil of Kolkata, Nobel laureate Abhijit By pursuing a populist ultra-nationalist agenda, Banerjee chose to apply a similar model for solving big picture issues he has unwittingly validated the much-maligned at the ground level. The economist and his co-awardees, through “two-nation” theory that formed the rationale their trials, studies and experiments, argue that it is possible to arrive behind dividing British India to create Pakistan at optimal policy solutions based on empirical evidence, having test- as a Muslim homeland. ed their variables in controlled trials on a small target. This means His policy pits Hindus against Muslims, an breaking down macro problems such as poverty, malnutrition or unfortunate schism that all of his predecessors an economic slowdown into smaller packets. Then pockets of focus fought against. Seven decades after the blood- target groups are subjected to policy trials, allowing faster results soaked Partition, hyper-nationalist Modi won a and direct solutions. It seems to be opening a host of possibilities landslide re-election victory in May, donning the saffron-coloured garb of Hindu gurus and for lawmakers and policy formulators, not to forget those who have allowing divisiveness based on Islamophobia. to implement them. His crown is made of two emotion-filled Coming back to the deepening economic slowdown issues — explosive elements: Kashmir and migration, both FOLLOWING HIS if we consider this to be the real challenge for India in the short term having a common thread of bias and suspicion RE-ELECTION, THE — it would, with the will of the policy-makers, be possible to allow against Muslims. They have roots in the centu- NATIONAL some controlled trials on select groups for a short period. This would ry-old vision of Hindutva, or Hinduness, outlined REGISTER OF be a test case for boosting demand in the particular micro-pocket in the 1920s by VD Savarkar, a violent revolu- CITIZENS, WHICH of the economy. For example, if the Government wants to increase tionary-turned-ultra-nationalist. Savarkar, a VERIFIES rural offtake for houses and two-wheelers or even four-wheelers, British-trained lawyer and avowed atheist, CITIZENSHIP, it can (at least in theory) offer a cashback /interest-free limited equat- espoused several ideas to deal with India’s AFTER SEVERAL minorities, mimicking Adolf Hitler’s racist solu- ed monthly installment (EMI) or an insurance free, with every loan FLAWED COUNTS, tion to Germany’s Jewish question. HAS CLASSIFIED sanctioned at the much talked about Loan Mela. Since his re-election, Modi’s administration A particular pocket can be subjected to this or a variation (either has aggressively moved on both Kashmir and the NEARLY TWO policy is its anti-minority agenda. It is lar laws for other minorities intact. party has vowed to fight it. State BJP all of the options or some) loan mela bonanza during the festival alleged illegal migration from Bangladesh, which MILLION this very posture of the professedly sec- What’s behind Hindutva poli- chief Dilip Ghosh, who is seeking to season, while the other can have plain vanilla bank offers meant is India’s most friendly neighbour. In early LONG-TERM ular Indian National Congress party tics? To boost his re-election bid, deport the alleged migrants, remains for this region and sub-group of customers. The results emerging August, keeping local leaders in detention and RESIDENTS AS and its paramount leaders — Jawaharlal Modi fired up his anti-Muslim rhetoric adamant because rhetoric is the magic from this limited trial can throw some long-term solutions to tack- deploying nearly a million security personnel in NON-CITIZENS OR Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel — and took the crusade to India’s north- wand for his party to win votes. ling ghosting small-time borrowers and impacting or predicting con- Kashmir, it abolished a decades-old law that STATELESS. MOST that propelled British India’s Muslims eastern State of Assam, plagued by a Muslims foresee the BJP’s game: sumption behaviour. Who knows, some far-reaching insights on the granted Kashmiris special rights — their own flag, OF THEM ARE AT to demand a separate homeland as they half-century-long hate-based politics. Ironically, while Ghosh wishes to expel impact of demonetisation and the digital economy can also be found own laws and land rights. Meanwhile, India’s THE BOTTOM OF feared that the Hindus would perpet- The politics that originated with a them to an unnamed country — pre- Home Minister Amit Shah, who heads Modi’s THE ECONOMIC ually control the Muslims once the demand to drive out non-Assamese sumably Bangladesh — Modi is urging in the side alleys? Yes, it needs an economic scientist to honey- nationalist BJP and is widely expected to succeed British left. quickly turned into an anti-Bangladeshi Hindus to flock to Muslim-majority comb tons of data on consumer behaviour, have a clarity of thought LADDER. THEY him as Prime Minister, is pressing ahead with his WILL BE The Congress balked at granting outcry at the BJP’s instigation. Modi has Kashmir, which barred non-Kashmiris and principle to arrive at effective solutions, before being put across agenda to deport fictitious 40 million illegal special rights and Britain created vowed to rid the State of all the alleged from owning land until New Delhi the bureaucrat’s desk to be formulated into a meaningful macro pol- Bangladeshi migrants. DETAINED IN Pakistan in 1947. But problems surfaced Bangladeshi migrants. scrapped its autonomy in August. icy document. Clash over Muslim migrants: This idea has CAMPS WITH soon afterward with semi-autonomous Following his re-election, the The BJP prescription to push more Herein lies the critique of the now Nobel-awarded proof of break- provoked a sharp backlash from Bangladesh. LIMITED RIGHTS princely States, including Kashmir. National Register of Citizens, which Hindus into Kashmir is intended to ing big problems into smaller, manageable questions and solving Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has dis- The picturesque Himalayan region verifies citizenship, after several flawed change the demographic balance in the parts, for the “whole matrix”, in short, RCT. missed the BJP’s assertion, noting that encompasses roughly 135,000 square counts, has classified nearly two million restive territory of 12 million people. The first being that such experiments reduce the scope of eco- Bangladesh’s economy is at par with India’s, so miles, almost Germany’s size, with long-term residents as non-citizens or Modi’s arbitrary action is the mother of nomic uncertainties by eliminating the possibility of manual selec- no one from his country’s stays illegally in India. about 18 million people. India controls stateless. Most of them are at the bot- several repugnant ideas. This is exact- Still the matter turned acrimonious enough dur- 85,000 square miles, Pakistan 33,000 tom of the economic ladder. They will ly the kind of capriciousness on the part tion. The second and perhaps more apt (if we were to look at the ing Shah-Khan talks in Delhi in August to pre- and China 17,000. Both Pakistan be detained in camps with limited of the overwhelming Hindu majority problem of the economic slowdown) is that small interventions and vent them from issuing a customary joint state- and India claim the entire area as their rights, considering that the government that British India’s Muslim leaders policy tweaks or a bit of additional benefits with a loan may increase ment. own. has promised not to send anybody back feared most. offtake in the short-term and also perk up consumption. But it has- India, nevertheless, seems determined to In 1948, after a Indo-Pakistan to Bangladesh, which fears a reverse One of those leaders, Liaquat Ali n’t been proven to be of benefit for the larger economy. Perhaps push ahead its agenda. It has started a campaign fight, India raised Kashmir in the influx. Khan, the right-hand man of Pakistan’s the impact of a large population could be disastrous, which may to round up Muslims unless they can prove they United Nations Security Council, which Unfortunately for the Hindutva founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, artic- delay consumption, for want of a better sop or cashback (if you have lived in India way before 1971 when called for a referendum on the territo- brigade, the citizenship count has ulated this concern while talking with will). Also the question of whether this will ultimately lead to over- Bangladesh was created. They will be put in con- ry’s status. It asked Pakistan to withdraw become a boomerang. Of the two mil- George Merrell, then America’s high- all prosperity and not really impact the macro monetary decisions centration camps, which ironically the migrants troops and India to cut military pres- lion designated non-citizens, 1.2 mil- est-ranking diplomat in India, on of the Government will need hard thinking. themselves are building now. ence to a minimum. A ceasefire came lion unexpectedly turned out to be December 27, 1946. Liaquat believed Of India’s 1.3 billion people, 14 per cent are into force but Pakistan refused to pull Hindu. Modi’s followers are now cry- that the Congress was “determined to Now, with all this “Freakonomics” possibilities, we jump back Muslim. Modi’s party does not target migrant out. Kashmir has remained partitioned ing foul, demanding a recount. The BJP seize power without regard for Muslim to the consumption economy which is fast becoming a Doomsday Bangladeshi Hindus, classifying them as refugees ever since. had expected to find four million rights.” Now, 73 years later, Modi’s prediction coming true. The Government is seen taking widespread and minorities from neighbouring countries. But Until Hindutva swept Modi to migrants in Assam, most of them Hindutva agenda, which calls for a reforms (not randomised) agenda, giving tax sops and announc- it seeks to deport Muslims. In fact, India has power, India assuaged minorities by Muslim. Muslim-free India, has proven Liaquat ing sectoral booster packages but the consumer is reluctant. Is it already deported Rohingya Muslim refugees to pursuing a policy that emphasised on Assam’s neighbour West Bengal, right. By scrapping Kashmir’s status, the time for senior policy makers to actually start doing the rounds of Myanmar and detained hundreds of them. national unity. In contrast, Modi began which shares a common language and Prime Minister has taken a highly risky the country to see the impact of the fiscal reforms on the ground? Modi faced global criticism for the Godhra mas- his tenure by killing a centuries-old a rich culture with Bangladesh, is gear- gamble in challenging the secular Would tweaking a few procedures actually help the economy recov- sacre in 2002 in his home State of Gujarat. He Muslim marriage law. Even the ing up to play political hotball against matrix and embedding a majoritarian er? Maybe the answer lies in field trials. ruled Gujarat for 13 years before becoming Prime Mughals and the British left Indian per- the BJP. The hardliners want to repli- consciousness. (The writer is a policy analyst) Minister in 2014. sonal law untouched. The government cate the citizenship drill in West Bengal (The writer is an established author What is most disturbing in this government’s voided the Muslim law but kept simi- but Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s on Bangladesh-related issues.) Can Delhi GRAPple with pollution? FOREIGN EYE In the absence of a cohesive collaboration strategy with neighbouring States, the Graded Response Action Plan might end up being just another knee-jerk reaction to the pollution onslaught in winters

ues unabated in spite of the activity Even though experts have hailed 1, 2018 to January 6 this year, being deemed illegal. According to GRAP for the gradual reduction in showed that the Government’s a report by the Centre-run System of pollution levels over the years and for emergency plans to tackle the city’s Air Quality and Weather Forecasting fixing accountability — as it clearly annual crisis had failed, according to BREXIT DEAL NOT and Research (SAFAR), this biomass marks the agency responsible for a report of the United Residents’ Joint burning is likely to add nine per cent each action to be taken — the effi- Action (URJA), a collective of the A GAME OF CHESS to Delhi’s PM 2.5 concentration. cacy of the plan is yet to be proven. city’s resident welfare associations. Brexit involves choices that KOTA SRIRAJ In spite of all this, enforcement This is because many of the pol- The report summarised the find- will shape the strategic of the law pertaining to crop burn- lution-triggering factors are beyond ings of 45 Right to Information he fast-approaching winter ing in Punjab has been lax, to say the the purview of the Arvind Kejriwal (RTI) applications filed at 14 direction of Britain for months have now become syn- least. This toxic mix of smoke and administration and the Delhi Government departments. generations and affect Tonymous with a worsening vehicular pollution has resulted in Government needs active coopera- Responses were sought from Central, millions of livelihoods. Any air quality in the Delhi-National Delhi-NCR’s Air Quality Index tion and collaboration of the State State and municipal bodies to assess deal Prime Minister Boris Capital Region (NCR). The pollution (AQI) plummeting to alarming lev- Governments of UP, Haryana and the effectiveness of GRAP. The Johnson can strike now is reaches unmanageable levels, large- els. However, all is not lost as a bevy the sales of diesel vehicles have air pollution in Delhi-NCR, by Punjab. In the absence of a cohesive analysis of data collected by URJA for ly due to the smoke emanating from of efforts undertaken by the helped salvage the situation in Delhi proactively rolling out measures like collaboration strategy, the GRAP 68 days showed that except for one just the vehicle for crop residue burning in the neigh- Government and authorities con- and the situation now is much bet- discouraging private vehicles on the might just end up being a knee-jerk day in Central Delhi’s ITO, the withdrawal; what matters bouring States of Punjab, Haryana cerned has had a positive impact on ter than what it was five years ago. city’s roads, stopping trucks from reaction to the pollution onslaught. national Capital’s air quality was con- most is the eventual and Uttar Pradesh (UP), blowing an otherwise grim scenario. But clearly much more needs to outside, using diesel generators, clos- The gaps in the fight against pol- tinually above permissible limits. destination. The rhetoric he over to Delhi-NCR. First, awareness regarding the be done. Probably, keeping this in ing brick kilns and stone crushing lution are becoming visible with gen- The GRAP initiative for this year has relied upon, the Incidents of stubble burning quality of the air we breathe in mind, the Delhi Government has units. It seemed a timely step as on erators being used in Gurugram with cannot be allowed to be a rerun of have already begun increasing in through regular publicity of the AQI introduced the Graded Response October 13, the AQI was “very impunity due to the exceptional last year. The Government must fanatics he flatters and the Punjab and Haryana and are likely has made people conscious. Second, Action Plan (GRAP) early this year poor” with the level going beyond the power cuts the city faces. Similarly, undertake necessary steps to over- political trajectory of his to peak in the next 10-12 days as the the introduction of the much-clean- to handle pollution in an incremen- 300-mark. On October 14, the AQI many questions were raised on the come possibilities of failure and career all indicate a plan to harvest season picks up in Sangrur, er BS-VI fuel ahead of schedule has tal manner, depending on the level improved by around 50 points but GRAP’s efficacy in January 2019. achieve the objective of curbing take Britain in the wrong Patiala, Ludhiana and Fatehabad also instilled confidence among the of severity, especially in the winters. the situation has continued to oscil- This is because toxic levels of air pollution levels effectively. districts. Here, the tradition of open citizens. Furthermore, the closure of GRAP came into force from late between “poor” and “very poor” pollution monitored over Delhi (The writer is an environmental direction. field burning is rampant and contin- coal-based power plants and fall in October 14 with the objective to curb over the last few days. almost every week, from November journalist) (The Guardian editorial) VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | OCTOBER 18, 2019 money 08

Sensex NSE Nifty Yes Bank was the SENSEX CLOSES ABOVE 39,000-MARK biggest gainer in PNS n MUMBAI be formally approved by the finance, energy, FMCG, 39,052.06 11,586.35 On the other hand, HCL Tech, Vedanta, bloc and ratified by the European metal, healthcare and the Extending its gains for the fifth and UK parliaments. power index rose up to + 453.07 + 122.35 Sensex consecutive session, equity PowerGrid, Kotak Bank, Infosys, "Government's intention to 2.93 per cent. Broader pack benchmark BSE Sensex rallied ONGC, Tech Mahindra, L&T and HDFC provide further fiscal stimulus in BSE midcap and smallcap indices 453 points on Thursday as glob- the future as per the needs of the gained up to 1.77 per cent. al investors cheered a Brexit Bank fell up to 1.04 % economy lifted the market sen- Elsewhere in Asia, bourses in 15.19 deal reached between Britain and timent today. Easing trade ten- Shanghai, Hong Kong, Seoul the EU. Domestic traders were sion and positive development and Tokyo ended on a mixed percent also enthused after Finance The broader NSE Nifty too PowerGrid, Kotak Bank, Infosys, on Brexit provided further boost note. Further, the Chinese gov- Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spiked 122.35 points, or 1.07 per ONGC, Tech Mahindra, L&T to the market. ernment's appeal to Washington hinted at more stimulus mea- cent, to settle at 11,586.35. and HDFC Bank fell up to 1.04 "Risk taking ability is improv- to negotiate a quick end to their sures as she urged international Yes Bank was the biggest gain- per cent. According to traders, ing in the market with optimism tariff war also buoyed market investors to pump funds into er in the Sensex pack, soaring domestic market followed over recovery in the economy led sentiment. Meanwhile, the India. 15.19 per cent, followed by Tata European equities that rallied by stimulus, festive demand, Indian rupee appreciated 24 After opening on a subdued Motors, IndusInd Bank, SBI, after Britain and the European good monsoon and lower inter- paise to 71.19 against the US note, the 30-share Sensex surged Bajaj Auto, Asian Paints, Axis Union said they have struck an est rate," said Vinod Nair, Head dollar intra-day. Brent crude in afternoon trade to close at Bank, Tata Steel and Maruti, ris- outline Brexit deal after pro- of Research, Geojit Financial futures, the global oil bench- 39,052.06, up 453.07 points, or ing up to 9.82 per cent. On the longed negotiations. Services. mark, fell 0.24 per cent to USD 1.17 per cent. other hand, HCL Tech, Vedanta, The deal, however, must still Sectorally, BSE auto, bankex, 59.28 per barrel.

CAPSULE ‘Gems, jewellery Housing sales down 25% exports may decline across nine cities: Prop Tiger 5-10% this year’ PNS n MUMBAI PNS n NEW DELHI Earlier this month, Anarock and JLL Gold falls Rs 105 on The overall gems and jewellery Housing sales declined 25 per India also reported 18 per cent and exports is expected to decline stronger rupee, cent in nine major cities to of 5-10 per cent in this finan- 65,799 units during July- one per cent, respectively, decline in cial year on the back of US- weak cues September quarter, while new housing sales during July-September China trade war, protests in NEW DELHI: ) Gold prices on launches fell 45 per cent as con- period across seven major cities Hong Kong and the imple- Thursday declined Rs 105 to sumers sentiments and mentation of VAT in the Rs 38,985 per 10 gram in the demand remained subdued, Middle East, Gems and national capital on a stronger according to property broker- festival season," he added. 2,827 units compared to 6,528 Jewellery Export Promotion rupee and weak global cues, age firm PropTiger. According to the data, hous- units during the period under Council (GJEPC) said. according to HDFC Securities. Earlier this month, Anarock ing sales in Mumbai region fell review. "We saw a decline of 5.70 However, silver surged by Rs and JLL India also reported 18 to 21,985 units during July- PropTiger said that unsold per cent dip in exports at Rs 509 to Rs 46,809 per kg here per cent and one per cent, September 2019 from 28,563 inventory declined 13 per cent 1,32,170.32 crore from April- this financial year compared to from its previous close of Rs respectively, decline in housing units in the year-ago period. In year-on-year, primarily because September 2019, against Rs 2018-19. 46,300 per kg. On Wednesday, sales during July-September Pune, sales fell to 13,644 units new launches fell at a faster clip 1,40,158.83 crore during the In September, the overall gold closed at Rs 39,090 per period across seven major cities. from 16,946 units. than sales did. same period of FY19. The gems and jewellery exports 10 gram. "International gold In its report 'Real Insight', In Bengaluru, demand As of September, builders in exports have been impacted dipped by 7.43 per cent to Rs prices traded weak on Brexit News Corp-backed PropTiger declined to 7,772 units from India's nine top markets have due to weak demand from the 23,788.01 crore during hopes and the US-China trade said that housing sales declined 10,929 units. Housing sales in an unsold stock consisting of US market, the continuing September 2019, compared deal optimism," HDFC to 65,799 units during July- "New launches continued to stack real estate technology Hyderabad went down to 6,141 7,78,627 units. Notably, more trade war between the US to Rs 25,698.6 crore in the cor- Securities Senior Analyst - September 2019 from 88,078 show a downward trend in the platform that owns units from 6,783 units. than half of this unsold inven- and China," GJEPC vice chair- responding month of 2018, Commodities Tapan Patel said. units in the same period last year. September quarter even as the PropTiger.com, Housing.com Housing sales in tory is affordable stock. man Colin Shah told reporters according to the government Gold was trading lower at USD New launches fell to 33,883 government continues to move and Makaan.com. Ahmedabad fell to Barring Hyderabad where here. data. 1,488 an ounce in the units from 61,679 units during towards a solution to the ongo- "While new 3,951 units from property prices have seen a The on-going protests in The cut and polished dia- international market, while the period under review. ing NFBC issue, a problem that launch numbers 5,413 units, while jump of 15 per cent y-o-y, Hong Kong and the slow- monds during September silver quoted higher at USD These cities are -- Mumbai has dried up a key source of might continue to demand dipped in prices have undergone only down in the Middle East after declined by 18.87 per cent to 17.45 per ounce. Metropolitan Region (includ- finance for real estate devel- fall in the coming Chennai to 3,656 slight changes in other markets. the implementation of value- Rs 13,874 crore from Rs ing Navi Mumbai & Thane), opers in India. As buyers post- quarters due to the units from 4,898 However, only two markets added tax (VAT) from January 17,101.45 crore in September Pune, Noida (including Greater poned their purchase deci- liquidity crunch, we units. Kolkata saw markets have seen a downward 2018 has also affected gems 2018. Noida & Yamuna Expressway), sions to time it with the festive expect home sales sales of 3,081 units movement in pricing in the and jewellery exports, Shah Further, Shah said, the fes- Gurugram (including Bhiwadi, season, sales numbers also fell numbers to as against 4,030 past one year, Gurugram ( 4 said. tive demand also seems sub- Dharuhera & Sohna), during the quarter," said Dhruv improve in the sub- units. per cent) and Chennai ( 1 per He said, looking at these dued on the back of a slow- Bengaluru, Chennai, Agarwala, Group CEO, Elara sequent quarter, factoring in the Gurugram witnessed sales of cent). Other markets saw prices trends the overall gems and down in the economic sce- Hyderabad, Kolkata and Technologies. higher purchase activity that 2,742 units as against 3,988 appreciation by 2 to 4 per cent jewellery exports are expected nario and lack of consumer Ahmedabad. Singaopre-based Elara is full normally takes place during the units, while Noida saw sales of y-o-y. to decline by 5-10 per cent in demand. Air India Assets Holding raises Vodafone ldea another Rs 7,985 cr SECL aims at 262 MT ARM Holdings ties up NEW DELHI: Raising funds for extends pact with the third time in little over a TCS for 5 yrs month, Air India Assets with Maker Village Holding Ltd (AIAHL) on coal production by 2025-26 PNS n NEW DELHI Thursday raised Rs 7,985 PNS n KOCHI crore through bond sale, PNS n KOLKATA Vodafone Idea Ltd has extend- which was oversubscribed. A ed its partnership with Tata Semiconductor and software TVS Motor Q2 special purpose vehicle of Air South Eastern Coalfields Consultancy Services (TCS) design multinational giant India, AIAHL has mopped up a Limited (SECL) is expected to for an additional five years, the ARM Holdings has tied up net up 15 pc at total of Rs 21,985 crore by produce 262 million tonnes country's largest IT services with Keralas Maker Village, way of bond issues since (MT) by 2025 -26, contribut- firm said on Thursday. enabling India's largest elec- September 16 and the ing 26 per cent to the one bil- "TCS and Vodafone Idea tronic hardware incubator to Rs 256.88 cr proceeds would be utilised to lion tonne coal production Ltd (VIL) have extended their reinforce its presence at the PNS n NEW DELHI repay debt of the national target of Coal India, officials decade-long strategic part- global level. The sessions were carrier. The civil aviation said on Thursday. nership for a further five Kochi-based Maker Village, TVS Motor Co on Thursday ministry on Wednesday said The subsidiary of the coal years. VIL is adopting the lat- which functions under the led by experts reported a 15 per cent the third bond issue of AIAHL behemoth aims at playing a est technologies for customer Union government with comprising ARM India increase in consolidated net was fully subscribed. The lead role to meet the produc- experience enhancement, as Kerala Startup Mission as the Vice-President Kuttappa profit at Rs 256.88 crore for issue of 10-year tenure bonds tion goal with its new rail cor- it undertakes the world's supporting partner, will thus Bittiananda the second quarter ended worth Rs 1,000 crore with a ridor being built at a cost of Rs largest network integration in hold special training and guid- —KUMAAR GUHAAN September 30. green shoe option of Rs 7,064 3,055 crore, the officials said. of new railway line in down a 136 km rail line from India," TCS said in a regula- ance programmes under the Principal Engineer The Chennai-based com- crore received bids to the tune "The 136 km East Rail Corridor Chhattisgarh between Kharsia Kharsia-Korichapar- tory filing. UK-headquartered ARM, pany had posted a consoli- of Rs 15,100 crore. These from Kharsia-Korichapar - and Korichapar has been made Dharamjaygarh-Korba. TCS has been VIL's tech- designer for 90 per cent of dated net profit of Rs 223.19 bonds have been subscribed Dharamjaygarh-Korba will play a operational from October 12. While SECL holds a stake of nology partner in this jour- electronics semiconductor and Bittiananda," Principal crore in the corresponding at a rate of 7.39 per cent. "The key role to meet the production "Already, two rakes a day are 64 per cent in this tri- partite SPV, ney, managing all of its mobile gadgets in the market, Engineer Kumaar Guhaan and period last fiscal, TVS Motor company received bids worth goal, Coal India officials said. being loaded but this will be Chhattisgarh government and customer-facing applica- according to a release here on software engineer Sanjit Co said in a regulatory filing. Rs 15,100 cr. The miner had also decided increased, and coal is now IRCON have 10 per cent and 26 tions, it added.However, Thursday. Panigrahi. Revenue from operations to procure rakes of its own to supplied to power stations of per cent holding respectively. the statement did not dis- As the first step towards the ARM University Regional stood at Rs 4,960.27 crore in expedite supplies of the fuel Maharashtra and Gujarat," an The next phase of the 30 km close any financial details. collaboration, Maker Village Manager (Program) Apurva the second quarter as com- through the mode of railways. official said. railway line between TCS' earlier partnership this week hosted a workshop Varma was the coordinator. pared to Rs 5,466.94 crore in In 2018-19, SECL had pro- East Rail Corridor is developed Korichapar and was with Vodafone India. on 'Secure Device The next move in the col- the year-ago period, down duced 153 million tonne of by the Chhattisgarh East Railway Dharamjaygarh is likely to Management at Scale' at the laboration will be facilitation 9.27 per cent. coal and the new railway tracks Limited (CERL), a Special come up by middle of 2020 facilitys premises in of networking between the TVS Motor said its overall will help coal evacuation from Purpose Vehicle (SPV) between and from Dharamjaygarh to Kalamassery near here. incubating firms at an inter- two-wheeler sales, including greenfield and existing mines, SECL, Chhattisgarh government Korba, a stretch of 62 kms, is "The sessions were led by national range, according to exports, were at 8.42 lakh the miner said. and IRCON International at a expected to be linked by end experts comprising ARM Maker Village CEO Prasad units during the quarter Volvo selects HCL In the first phase, the 44-km cost of Rs 3,055 crore for laying by 2022. India Vice-President Kuttappa Balakrishnan Nair. ended September 2019 as for IT services against 10.49 lakh units in the same quarter last fiscal, a NEW DELHI: ) IT major HCL decline of 19.73 per cent. Technologies on Thursday Motorcycle sales for the said it has been selected by Office space leasing up 23%, may reach record 60 mn sq ft quarter under review were at Volvo Cars as one of the 3.42 lakh units as against 4.20 suppliers for IT services and PNS n NEW DELHI business environment," lakh units in the year-ago its digital transformation Magazine said. period, down 18.57 per cent. programme. "The engagement Office space leasing rose 23 per India's commercial real estate According to the report, Scooter sales for the sec- is an expansion of a cent to 15.4 million sq ft in the segment has been performing well tech corporates, accounting ond quarter were at 3.33 lakh collaboration that began in July-September quarter across even as overall property market, for about a third of the leasing units as against 3.88 lakh 2016 and will see HCL support nine major cities, and may activity, drove office space leas- units in the same period last the global premium car touch an all-time high this year especially housing, is facing a multi- ing in the country during July- fiscal, a decline of 14.18 per company in its ongoing digital year demand slowdown transformation initiatives," a at over 60 million sq ft as tech September 2019, followed by cent, the company said. statement said. This large- corporates and co-working research, consulting & analyt- Total exports grew 6 per scale transformation players continue to expand ics companies (19 per cent) and cent to 2.11 lakh units in sec- programme includes their operations, according to ft from 1.7 million sq ft, while date their operations," said flexible space operators (15 ond quarter from 1.99 lakh organisation-wide technology property consultant CBRE. Bengaluru saw leasing activities Anshuman Magazine, per cent). units in the same period last shifts that will help Volvo Cars The cumulative absorption declining to 4 million sq ft from Chairman & CEO, India, South The rise in share of flexible fiscal, the company added. to capitalise on new or leasing of office space has 4.4 million sq ft. In Kochi, East Asia, Middle East and space (co-working) operators In the first half (April- opportunities to improve increased by over 30 per cent demand fell to 0.01 million sq Africa, CBRE. (10 per cent in Q2 2019) was September) of the fiscal, con- internal business processes to cross 47 million sq ft in the ft from 0.1 million sq ft. Favourable government ini- primarily a result of their con- solidated net profit was at Rs and customer experiences, it first nine months of 2019 cal- Office space leasing tiatives, transparency in real tinued expansion across almost 408.12 crore as compared to added.The collaboration endar year, the consultant said remained flat in NCR, Kolkata estate sector and right reforms all cities. These operators took Rs 383.24 crore in the year- between the two organisations in its India Office MarketView and Ahmedabad at 2.3 million will improve investor senti- up both primary and sec- ago period, the company is expanding to include several Q3 2019 report. According to the data, office than two-time increase in leas- sq ft, 0.2 million sq ft and 0.1 ments greatly in the coming ondary spaces in mostly core said. aspects of digital India's commercial real space leasing jumped over- ing at 1.8 million sq ft from 0.7 million sq ft, respectively. quarters, he added. locations across cities. Revenue from operations transformation including estate segment has been per- two fold in Hyderabad to 4.1 million sq ft, while Pune saw a "...we expect further "Similar to last year, we Other sectors such as engi- in the first half of the ongo- product orientation, DevOps forming well even as overall million sq ft during July- marginal increase to 1.4 million strengthening of occupier sen- expect that occupiers would neering & manufacturing (7 ing fiscal stood at Rs 9,978.61 and application integration the property market, especially September from 1.7 million sq sq ft from 1.3 million sq ft. timent in the medium to long put in greater efforts to incor- per cent) and BFSI (7 per cent) crore as against Rs 10,082.73 statement said. housing, is facing a multi-year ft in the year-ago period. The demand for office space term, backed by corporates porate flexibility in their port- also contributed to the increase crore in the same period last demand slowdown. Chennai also witnessed more in Mumbai fell to 1.5 million sq looking to expand or consoli- folios due to changes in the in leasing activity. fiscal. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

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Stand-up comedy as an art form took a while to pick up in ctor-comedian Vir Das audience. We understand that this opposed to politics, religion, or thinks that Indian audi- is one of the last forms of raw something you cannot hold back.” India. While many people aspire to become stand-up ences are louder than expression out there and we are “There are enough comics now their western counter- supporting it.” in India that the novelty of being a comics, there are very few who actually make it big. Vir A parts. The Indian come- Opening up about his upcoming comedian has gone and people dian who has been busy Love Tour in Hyderabad for the expect you to be good at it. So only Das is among those select few. He has been in the comedy touring the world on his present Funnnybuzzness comedy gig series, those who are innovative can sur- series, Love Tour, speaks about how he said, “The idea behind the tour vive,” he adds. When asked how he scene in India right from its nascent stage. Ahead of his the Indian audience is different. He is that it’s a comedian asking him- ended up doing comedy, he said, “I says, “The difference between the self if is he’s good at love? That is didn’t choose this career, it chose show in Hyderabad, he tells ARUN DANIEL Indian and the western audience is something we all grapple with in me. After years of rejection from not really that different at all. different stages of our life. But it’s women and vodka, this career ch- YELLAMATY about the We are all watching Netflix not just romantic love, it is love for ose me. This is what I wanted to do and Amazon. We are all your parents, all my life and I am happy doing it.” the same, but the your For Vir, Hyderabad has always comedy scene in the Indian audience coun- been very special. take time to open try, He said, “The comedy scene in country, the changes it up, and when they your Hyderabad is amazing. I love com- do they are way dog, ing down to Shiplakala Vedika. I has undergone, his love louder than the your have been coming to Hyderabad western audiences. I fellow for a decade and it’s always been for Hyderabad, think we are much country- good to me. I am as much a fan of better here when it men, for the biryani as for the comedy.” upcoming projects comes to stand-up freedom Advising future comedians he comedy and of said, “Don’t take tips from older and more as an expres- comics. Just do your own thing.” Sharing about his upcoming pro- ject, he said, “There is a lot going on. I have a Netflix special, an Amazon show, a World tour, then a series on a platform and then two GET movies. Those are my major plans sion to right now. I plan to take a vacation tell jokes, with my wife and dog and sleep 8 for travel hours, because that sounds really and much nice.” more. There is a When asked about how he han- huge variety here.” dles it when people get offended, READYTO Vir, who is popular for he said, “I speak whatever is on my doing intelligent and witty heart and mind at that particular shows, said that this is a differ- moment. Sometimes that’s an issue ent kind of show. for people, sometimes it isn’t. I am “This is the most interna- not actively going out there to tionally relatable material I speak about issues. They generally have ever written. It’s worked backfire when the joke is not funny. just as well as in Hong Kong as But a comedian should be able to it did in the US. It’s deeply talk about whatever they want to personal but mainly about the talk about.” emotions that you experience. Catch Vir Das on the October 20, with It’s some of the edgiest materi- Sunday at HICC, Novotel. Tickets ROFL al I have ever written as available on Bookmyshow. This is the most internationally relatable material I have ever written. It’s worked just as well as in Hong Kong as it did in the US. It’s deeply personal but mainly about the emotions that you experience. It’s some of the edgiest material I have ever written as opposed to politics, religion, or something you cannot hold back VIR DAS VIR DAS, ACTOR-COMEDIAN

Ever wondered how it would be like to eat like a king or a queen? Get ready as dishes from the history books have now come alive DINE LIKE ROYALTY n this day and The royal family con- Pakashastra is a treasure just some of the dishes age to under- sists of the Maharaja of for all and is kept at the that will transport the stand how the Thanjavur, Babaji Rajah Saraswathi Mahal city folk back in time. erstwhile royal Bhonsle Chattrapathy, his Library in Thanjavur. When asked about his I families in brother, Abaji Rajah The book gives an favourite dish, the India lived all Bhonsle and his wife, A. insight into the working Maharaja said “I like our we have are monuments Dhanashree. Rajah of the royal kitchens,” traditional sambar and and artifacts. But, what if Bhonsle, along with chef said S. Abaji Rajah idly. Not many know that you can taste the rich Praveen have curated a Bhonsle. that was sambar was and delicious food from special royal menu, to get For the next few days, originated in the kitchen the royal kitchens just the Thanjavur food to the Dakshin at ITC of Thanjavur Maratha.” like how it was served to Hyderabad. This cuisine Kakatiya will offer an Digging into history we the kings and queens will give a great mix of array of exclusive heir- get to know that during back in the day when food of Maratha and loom recipes from the the reign of Shahuji, the their rule used to be the Tamil Nadu dishes. royal kitchen. Some of royal kitchens were busy norm of the land? The “This is one of those the dishes that come creating a dish called royal heirs of some of rare times when we bring highly recommended Amti using toor dal those kingdoms pre- out the food, made by a from the Maharaja him- instead of moong dal and served those hundred- chef who works in the self are: the ‘Mashyache tamarind extract for year-old recipes and con- royal kitchens, directly to Kebab’, Murrel fish fillets kokum. Later this dish tinued their legacy by a restaurant on a com- made in green chili and was named ‘sambhar treating the present gen- mercial scale. We have pan-fried in ghee; the after’ Sambhaji who was erations to lavish din- not changed any of the ‘Komdiche Kebab’, chick- the second emperor of ners. original ingredients. In en kebab made with the Maratha Empire. One such event has fact, we got with us a few coriander, pepper, and However,this origin story been put together by the ingredients from the ginger; ‘Kesari Maas’, remains a topic of con- ITC Kakatiya who will be palace. We have been mutton mince soaked in tention among the food offering a 10-day royal traveling with our own saffron and a few select historians. Whether it treat from the traditional chefs who cook for us to spices and the ‘Komda originated in Tamil Nadu royal kitchens of ensure the same royal Pulao’, a popular Tanjore or Maharashtra, all we Thanjavur. taste is served to every- special chicken pulao know today is that sam- Thanjavur is popularly one,” the Maharaja told and a must-try from the bar has become a staple known for the great The Pioneer. menu. item in many house- thousand-year-old The heirloom recipes There are enough holds. Brihadeeswarar temple, are preserved in choices for people who The restaurant has also which is also a UNESCO Sarabendra Pakashastra, prefer vegetarian food gone the extra mile of World Heritage site. Few an ancient text which with dishes such as the creating the royal ambi- know that the Maratha was written in Modi ‘Khendatta’, a vegetable ence for the visitors. The king Shivaji’s legacy lives script (script used to curry with four kinds of royal food will be served on in Thanjavur. write Marathi), and con- pulses; ‘Porathi till October 20 at the However, the only visible tains details of the foods Kozhambu’, curry made Dakshin, ITC Kakatiya Maratha influence today cooked in the palace. It of brinjal with coconut at Begumpet. So hurry is seen there in the City was Rajah Serfoji II who and chilies; ‘Shakar up and book your table Palace, where the royal began documenting the Biranji’, sweetened pulao before the royal food family continues to be in recipes in the book in with almonds, coconut heads back to the palace. residence. 1812. “Sarabendra and sultanas. These are — ADY 10 tollywood Vijayawada Friday October 18, 2019

Festival movie releases are always tricky to navigate CLASH OF THE as everyone wants to have their movie reach the TITANS AVERTED jointly produced Venky Mama audience first. along with People Media Factory, decided to release the Here is how the film during Sankranti keeping in mind the holidays. The film makers of Venky is made on a budget of Rs 50-55 crore. Realizing Babu’s plans, Mama dealt with the makers of Sarileru Neekevvaru and Ala Vaikunthapuramlo rushed to this dilemma, occupy the January 12th slot. But in a latest development, The reports Pioneer has learnt that Suresh is now looking to release his film NAGARAJ early, whose shoot is over except for two days of work in GOUD December. So what has led the leading instead of December." n eventuality producer to change his mind? A “Likewise, Disco Raja, the that could have source close to Venky Mama’s distribution rights of which are led to the clash production team confirmed to with Asian Cinemas and Suresh of titans was us that, “Producers Dil Raju, Productions, has been deferred A averted when Anil Sunkara and S. Radha to the second half of January. So better sense pre- Krishna met Suresh Babu December is relatively less vailed. The makers of recently and asked him if he occupied now compared to Venky Mama, starring can reschedule his release. The what it was a couple of weeks Victory Venkatesh and chief of Suresh Productions told ago. Venky Mama will now Naga Chaitanya, have them he believes in a win-win arrive in December. Suresh decided to stay away from situation and if he gets a solo Babu will decide the exact date the Sankranti release window, he is happy to change on Monday. Now, it remains to date, leaving the festive the release date of Venky Mama. be seen whether both Mahesh season for other biggies like Radha Krishna and Raju have Babu’s and Allu Arjun’s films Sarileru Neekevvaru and Ala also moved their productions, will fight it out for January 12 Vaikunthapuramlo. Last week, Bheeshma and the ’96 Telugu or will one of them come a cou- producer Suresh Babu, who has remake, to early next year ple of days early,” they added. RAJASEKHAR in Krishna Vamsi to cast two minds over Prakash Raj, Ramya Pradeep’s thriller drama? Krishna uzz about he story is really good. And the Krishna screenplay has shaped up really B Vamsi T well. The narration will be directing thrilling and entertaining, the Telugu Dr Rajasekhar had said last month remake of about his next with Tamil filmmak- Marathi er Pradeep Krishnamoorthy. An super hit emotional thriller, it was to be Natsamrat has been will be a joint production ven- (1998), starring Nagarjuna, produced by G. Dhananjayan on rounds for the ture between Abhishek Jawkar was a remake of a Malayalam under his Creative Entertainers past two years. But and Madhu Kalipu. While not hit of the same name directed & Distributors. The makers the filmmaker has many details in the open, it is by Priyadarshan. Natsamrat even prepared a schedule and never commented said that Uttej, Vamsi’s fre- told the story of a veteran the idea was to wrap it up in a on it. However, on quent collaborator, has been Shakespearean actor (played start-to-finish schedule in Wednesday tasked to adapt the script to by Nana Patekar) who retires Hyderabad and Chennai. evening, an official Telugu ‘sensibilities’. “By from the stage into the painful However, according to the word about the film retaining the soul of the origi- tragedy of old age, facing his grapevine, the actor has devel- went public: nal, Vamsi is keen on giving a ungrateful family alone. The oped cold feet about featuring Krishna Vamsi will complete new spin to the nar- film was the screen adaptation in the project. Unhappy with helm the project and rative,” a source close to the of noted Marathi playwright this, the makers seem have Prakash Raj and unit said. Kusumagraj’s iconic Marathi knocked on actor Sumanth’s Ramya Krishna will This would be the second play Natsamrat which was door. The project is said spearhead the project. time that Vamsi, in his illustri- first staged in 1970. Prakash to be the official remake Titled Ranga ous career, would be handling Raj will be stepping into the of Kannada hit Marthaanda, the film a remake. His Chandralekha shoes of Patekar. Kavuladaari, a crime thriller, though the makers have gone on record. The Pioneer has reached out to the executive producer of Pradeep’s film, Siva Prasad, to check its status. He said, “We wanted to do one script initially KEERTHY goes with Rajasekhar sir but the team decided to do another one now. Dr Rajasekhar and the THE MAKERS HAVE ALREADY PREPARED A SCHEDULE film’s team will decide IN HYDERABAD AND CHENNAI. HOWEVER, IT IS SAID make up free for upon it shortly.” — NG THAT THE ACTOR HAS DEVELOPED COLD FEET ABOUT FEATURING IN THE PROJECT Kukunoor's film eerthy Suresh’s first look of days. We are looking at January 31 from her film, a light- for the film’s release but we will con- hearted sports drama laced firm it mostly after the shoot ends. We with romance, with will scale up promotions MANCHU MANOJ K acclaimed director Nagesh beginning Diwali post Kukunoor was unveiled which we will unveil by the makers on Thursday in tune the first looks of confirms divorce with her 27th birthday celebrations. Jagapathi Babu, For the first time in a film of hers, Aadi Pinisetty the actress has gone with make up and Rahul with Pranathi and hairdo. “She has also shot for Ramakrishna. the film completely without make The film will be peculations about Manchu up and hairdo. It’s just Keerthy in dubbed into Manoj and his wife her truest form. I’m proud that I Tamil as well,” she S Pranathi heading for a partly brought that side of her for the said. — NG divorce did rounds for audience. She just looks breathtaking. more than a year. Last June, the With this film, just like Mahanati, her actor even denied the news. fame will transcend boundaries,” However, on Thursday, Manoj film’s co-producer Shravya Varma confirmed that he and his wife told The Pioneer. have divorced. In a lengthy post on The next schedule of the film Twitter, he said, “With a heavy will commence from November heart I would like to inform that 11. “We have songs and climax my divorce has come through and that will be shot in this leg of we have officially ended what was filming and by December 1. The a beautiful and well-cherished entire shoot will be completed soon relationship. We had our differ- after leaving us with a good two- ences and we went through a lot of month period for post-production. pain. After much introspection, The shoot will take place in Pune, we’ve decided to have our separate Hyderabad, Vikarabad and possi- lives going forward. We always bly in Bengaluru for a couple were and are two individuals who have all the respect and care towards each other. (sic)” “Since my heart was not in the right place I couldn’t act or con- centrate on work. I wouldn’t have survived this storm without the help of my family, friends and especially my fans who stood by me in my absence,” he said and added from here on he would ded- icate his life to acting. Manoj had married Pranathi in May 2015. 11 celeb talks Vijayawada Friday October 18, 2019 KGF ACTRESS TO NICOLE, ALEXANDER MAKE TAMIL DEBUT TO REUNITE FOR WITH VIKRAM ROBERT EGGERS' GF actress Srinidhi and director Ajay Gnanamuthu, THE NORTHMAN Shetty, who made her who is best known for helming acting debut via Demonte Colony and last year's ith his latest film The Lighthouse set to bow this week- K Kannada film KGF, is Imaikka Nodigal starring end, Robert Eggers’ next film has cast two leads, Big all set to foray into Nayanthara. W Little Lies alums Nicole Kidman and Alexander Tamil filmdom with Talking about the project, Ajay Skarsgård. The pic, titled The Northman, is described as Vikram’s next yet-untitled project. said, “The only thing I can a Viking revenge saga set in Iceland at the turn of the 10th century. An official announcement from divulge right now is that Vikram’s In talks to join Kidman and Skarsgård are The Witch’s Anya Taylor- the makers is yet awaited. role will be a challenging one. Of Joy, It’s Bill Skarsgård and Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe. It is learnt from reliable sources course, he has always taken up Eggers will direct the film from a script he co-wrote with that Srinidhi is most likely to be challenging roles, but I think this Icelandic poet and novelist Sjón. Midsummer producer Lars pared with Vikram in the project, one will be better than all of Knudsen will produce, with New Regency financing. current dubbed Chiyaan Vikram those.” Skarsgård can next be seen in tentpole Kong vs Godzilla, and 58. Priya Bhavani Shankar is The first look poster, which recently booked the plum part of Randall Flagg in CBS All Access’ believed to be playing one of the was released in June, features adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand. He is repped by CAA. leads as well. what appears to be Vikram in Kidman recently starred in the second season of Big Little Lies — To be produced by 7 Screen multiple avatars he will be seen in her work in the first season earned her a Primetime Emmy for best Studio in association with Viacom the film. There are rumours that actress — and will star as Gretchen Carlson opposite Charlize 18 Studios, the project went on Vikram might be seen playing a Theron and Margot Robbie in awards season contender Bombshell, the floors recently and the makers photographer in the film which which opens this December. Taylor-Joy recently wrapped a starring plan to release it in April 2020. will be an out-and-out action- turn in Last Night in Soho for Edgar Wright and next stars in “This film will be a pan-Indian thriller. Working Title’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma. The Lighthouse project catering to the Tamil, The industry grapevine is that opens on October 18 and stars Dafoe alongside Robert Pattinson. Hindi and Telugu audience. It will Vikram will be seen sporting 25 be produced on a massive scale in different looks in the film. association with Viacom 18 The makers have approached a hy exactly Hill is passing the Motion Pictures. The cast and US-based to design Vikram’s dif- role is currently unknown. technicians will have big names of ferent looks in the film. The first Insiders told variety.com that JONAH HILL REFUSES all industries collaborating for look poster, which was released in W when the news was initially this film,” reads a statement from June, features what appears to be reported, it was very early in TO DO THE PART IN the makers. Vikram in multiple the negotiations and that a The project marks avatars he will be deal was far from closing. The news the maiden collabo- seen in the film. comes after Zoe Kravitz was recently ‘THE BATMAN' ration of Vikram tapped to play Selina Kyle, also known as Catwoman, in the Matt Reeves- directed movie that also stars Robert Pattinson as the Caped Crusader. One of the points brought up in negotiations was whether Hill would play the Penguin or Riddler, and now Reeves and Warner Bros. will have to go back to the drawing board to see which actors will take on those roles. Hill starred opposite Emma Stone in Netflix’s sci-fi series Maniac and made his directorial debut last fall with MID90S, which he also wrote. He most recently appeared alongside Matthew McConaughey in Beach Bum, which hit theatres in March. Pre-produc- tion on the Warner Bros.-DC Comics movie is expected to start this sum- mer. An official start date has not yet been set, although a source said that filming could start in late 2019 or early 2020.The Batman is scheduled to hit theatres on June 25, 2021.

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LINDA SHEDS WEIGHT FOR ROLE IN TERMINATOR ooks like actor Linda The Separate Lives star’s co- Hamilton took her actor, Mackenzie Davis, also training sessions for the agreed with her about how L role in the upcoming intense it is to work in Terminator: Dark Fate Terminator: Dark Fate. way too seriously. In order to “It was so hard mak- reprise her role as Sarah Connor ing this god damn in the flick, the actor has lost movie,” she said. huge amount of weight, reported While comparing Fox News. the male and the “There were no carbs in my female cast, life for a year. I got so lean, when Hamilton jok- I arrived they had to build me a ingly said that butt,” Hamilton admitted while the women are appearing on ITV’s Lorraine tougher than Wednesday (local time). The 63- Arnold year-old actor added, “They Schwarzenegger, added to the bottom, something who also you don’t ever see coming — returned to play who wants more bottom? — but the futuristic half apparently... I shouldn’t give my human-half robot. secrets away!” “We get to do Hamilton, who is returning to some really good the silver screen with her iconic work together this role also talked about the type time rather than just of training she has been receiv- running from him,” she ing. “Time off was military said of reuniting with the training, Spanish lessons, action hero. The film which scuba, we had to do it all. also stars Natalia Reyes, There was never a moment Diego Boneta, and Gabriel Luna we weren’t learning some- is set to hit big screens on thing or acting,” she said. November 1, 2019 VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | OCTOBER 18, 2019 sport 12

India sans Kohli sweat it out at Eye opener optional practice Proteas opener PTI n RANCHI kipper Virat Kohli and opener Rohit Elgar says India SSharma skipped the optional practice session but spinner Kuldeep Yadav looked tour is a good to hone his batting skills ahead of India’s third and final Test against South Africa learning curve here on Thursday. Kuldeep, who sat out of the first two for him Tests, made full use of the net session dis- PTI n RANCHI playing some elegant cover drives in their afternoon practice which was also attend- outh Africa opener Dean Elgar ed by Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, says he got “stretched” as a Mayank Agarwal and Ishant Sharma Scricketer and learned a lot among others. more about himself during what has Earlier chief coach Ravi Shastri and been a humbling India tour, part of bowling coach Bharat Arun had a close look which included visiting “smaller at the pitch which wore a dry look, indi- places and staying in hotels” not that cating that it would have something for the good. spinners. After managing a 1-1 draw in Spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and the T20 series, South Africa suffered Ravindra Jadeja have been the key bowlers big defeats in the first Two Tests of for India, bagging 14 and 10 wickets each the three-match rubber against a and Kuldeep’s inclusion will only be at the dominant outfit led by Virat Kohli. cost of a pacer. “It’s a challenging tour. You get The pacers too have made crucial con- stretched as a person, you get tributions with Mohammed Shami claim- stretched as a cricketer, I think you ing eight wickets at a strike rate of 41 and get to know yourself quite a lot as a Umesh snapping six wickets at an even bet- person when you come to the ter strike rate of 21 and it remains to be seen smaller places where the hotels are if Kohli tinkers with his winning combina- maybe not as good, and you get chal- tion. lenged on the field,” Elgar said. The Proteas trained in the morning ses- “It’s always a good learning sion with focus on their batsmen. curve coming to India.” South Africa’s training was attended by The introduction of the World skipper Du Plessis, Temba Bavuma, Test Championship means South Theunis de Bruyn, Quniton de Kock, Africa still have “quite a lot to play Senuran Muthuswamy as they faced the net for” in the third Test despite conced- South Africa's Dean Elgar bats during fourth day of second Test between India and South Africa in Pune AP bowlers. ing the series, Elgar said. Vernon Philander was seen among the “Back in the day it was always lowing our process against India in hundred in India after nine years of a challenge for all of us. We haven’t which is an immensely proud morale in the camp is still very good. bowlers but the new-ball bowler was a bit of a dead rubber game but now the last Test. That’s something we during the opening Test, said the played our greatest cricket, consis- moment for every player. “We still have one game and we mostly seen honing his batting skills. with the World Test Championships can’t neglect going into this game. Proteas batsmen will have to go back tent cricket. But we are trying to be “We still motivate everyone can actually change quite a lot. We around, we still have points to play There is still a lot to play for,” he to the basics to tackle the Indian positive. The senior players are try- within our squad. It has been a chal- are still pretty hopeful and pretty for,” Elgar said. added. Elgar, who became the first bowlers in the final game. ing to keep the guys motivated. We lenging few weeks but it’s still not too positive going into the last Test,” he “We can still get 40 points by fol- South African batsman to score a “It’s no secret that it’s been a bit are still representing our country gloomy for us. We are upbeat, the asserted.

PTI n RANCHI Score heavy in 1st innings: Faf tells SA batsmen “frustrated” South African Self-destruction RANCHI: Having already lost the the hosts scored 502 runs while they Abatsman Aiden Markram three-match series, South Africa put on 601 runs in Pune. was on Thursday ruled out of ‘Frustrated’ Markram punches object, injures wrist skipper Faf du Plessis has called on And, du Plessis wants his batsmen the third and final Test against to be ruled out of 3rd Test his players to come out with an to learn from the Indian batters and India, having sustained a wrist improved performance, especially make most of their first innings in the injury after punching a solid his injury.” Thursday morning. The team with the bat when they face India in final Test. object. Markram has had a mixed management hasn’t called up the final Test beginning Saturday in “We need to put big runs on the As per Cricket South tour of India. While he scored any replacement. Ranchi. board in the first innings,” said du Africa’s media release, “The two hundreds in the practice A disappointed Markram The Proteas have not been able Plessis while addressing a press confer- injury took place following the games, he couldn’t carry forward admitted he has let his team to make use of their first innings — ence on Thursday. opener’s dismissal in the second his form into the Test series. down and said, “It’s sad to be barring the Vizag Test where they “When you get runs in the first innings of the match. In a After scoring 5 and 39 in the going home on this note and I managed to score 431 in reply to innings anything from there is possi- moment of frustration with his first Test, he was dismissed for completely understand what India’s 502. India, on the other hand, ble. For us first innings runs will be vital own performance, he lashed a pair in the second. I’ve done wrong and take full have dominated by getting big runs and then anything could happen in the out at a solid object, resulting in He left for South Africa on accountability for it.” in their first innings. In the first Test, second innings,” he added. IANS Al-Amin back in B’desh T20 team Marsh set to miss Pak Test PTI n DHAKA into the squad as some of our other fast bowlers are AFP n SYDNEY eft-arm spinner Arafat injured,” said chief selector SL names T20 LSunny and pacer Al- Minhajul Abedin. ll-rounder Mitchell squad for Aus tour Amin Hossain were recalled The selectors also AMarsh is set to miss as Bangladesh on Thursday decided to drop Sabbir the opening Test against AFP n COLOMBO announced a 15-member Rahman, Nazmul Hossain Pakistan after fracturing squad for next month’s Shanto, Rubel Hossain and his right hand punching ri Lanka's T20 skipper three-game T20I series Taijul Islam from the team a wall, with Australian SLasith Malinga along against India. of the last T20 Bangladesh coach Justin Langer with Kusal Perera and Opener Tamim Iqbal played during the tri-nation branding him “an idiot”. Niroshan Dikwella, who also made a comeback after series at home. The Western skipped the recent a break during which he The T20I series will Australia captain took his Pakistan tour citing missed the tri-series at begin with the first match frustrations out in the security fears, were on home involving Afghanistan on November 3 at Arun changing rooms after he Thursday included in a and Zimbabwe. Jaitely stadium in New was dismissed for 53 in a 16-man squad to play Both Sunny and Delhi. The next two games Sheffield Shield match against Australia. Hossain have been out of are at Rajkot and Nagpur on against Tasmania on The opening match will contention for a long time November 7 and 10 respec- Sunday. be at the Adelaide Oval Indian pace attack reminds having played their last T20I tively. Scans revealed a frac- the bone,” Marsh, who me. Hopefully it’s a good on Oct 27 with the in 2016. Al-Amin Hossain in a file picture Squad: Shakib Al Hasan ture, and an apologetic was sporting a cast on his lesson for other people as second at Gabba on Oct Lara of old Windies The 33-year-old Sunny, (C), Tamim Iqbal, Liton Marsh said he faced up to arm, told reporters. well,” added Marsh, 30 and the final game at who has taken 12 wickets in The 29-year-old Das, Soumya Sarkar, Naim six weeks on the sidelines. Marsh had only been whose blunder could the MCG on November 1. PTI n MUMBAI 10 T20Is, was suspended Hossain also last featured in Sheikh, Mushfiqur Rahhim, That would almost recalled to the Test side open the door for Marcus The squad: Malinga, K during the 2016 ICC World the 2016 ICC World Mahmudullah Riyad, Afif certainly rule him out of for the final game of the Stoinis in Brisbane. Perera, K Mendis, D est Indian batting great Brian Lara on Thursday praised Twenty20 for an illegal Twenty20. Hossain, Musaddek the opening Test against Ashes against England “At the end of the day, Gunathilaka, A Fernando, Wthe current Indian pace attack, which reminded him of bowling action. He had also “We have recalled Hossain, Aminul Islam Pakistan in Brisbane start- last month after a long it’s a game of cricket. Dickwella, D Shanaka, S the deadly West Indian attacks of yore. spent two months in jail Sunny because we need Biplob, Arafat Sunny, ing on November 21. period out of favour and Sometimes you get beat- Jayasuriya, B Rajapaksa, The Indian pace trio of Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma and after being arrested in 2017 someone experienced for Mohammad Saifuddin, Al- “It’s my middle finger, there are no guarantees he en, sometimes you get O Fernando, W Mohammed Shami, in 2018, picked the record 142 wickets for his involvement in a India, which is a tough Amin Hossain, Mustafizur just below the wrist — a will win a spot back. out, and you can’t be Hasaranga, L Sandakan, among them in Test matches. family dispute. country. Al-Amin comes Rahman, Shafiul Islam. fracture straight through “It’s a good lesson for punching walls.” N Pradeep, L Kumara, I Asked what makes Indian team special, Lara said: “It’s the Udana & Kasun Rajitha. Indian pace attack. Unbelievable. I saw them in the West Indies. When you look at the quality —(Jasprit) Bumrah, (Mohammed) Shami, (Umesh) Yadav — all these guys, and the guys on the Reputed coach can help Wawrinka reach Antwerp quarters sidelines, like Bhuvi (Bhuvneshwar Kumar) are unbelievable.” India’s campaign “It reminds me a little bit of the (pace bowling) strength The 34-year-old that the West Indies had in the 80s and 90s. The reserve strength Indian sprinters: Carmelita Wawrinka, seeking his first is very important in assessing a team’s ability. It means that your end in Denmark ATP trophy since he lifted the attack has quality,” Lara added. PTI n NEW DELHI PTI n ODENSE title in Geneva two years ago, Lara, who had scored 11,953 Test runs, was also lavish in served 17 aces — one less his praise for Virat Kohli, whom he termed the ‘Ultimate hree-time Olympic medallist ndia’s campaign at the $ 775,000 Denmark Open than Lopez — and converted Captain’. TCarmelita Jeter is impressed with Icame to a disappointing end with the trioka of PV one out of four break-point “He’s (Kohli) the ultimate captain. In terms of his perfor- India’s Dutee Chand and said a reput- Sindhu, B Sai Praneeth and Sameer Verma — all-exit- opportunities to edge the tight mances, he leads by example. And I mean that in all facets of ed coach can guide the country’s talent- ing after suffering straight-game losses, here on match. the game, and off the field too. He is came off very well in the ed sprinters reach the highest level in Thursday. Up next for the world background of MS Dhoni, who laid the foundation, and did future. World Champion Sindhu, seeded fifth, yet again number 18 is unseeded Gilles things in a different way. “I have seen Dutee Chand compete struggled to buck the trend of recent early exits as Simon, who powered past his “So, I think Indian cricket, as we all know, is headed in the at the Olympic Games. She has done she was knocked out after she lost 14-21, 17-21 to French compatriot Jo-Wilfried right direction. It’s influenced by some of the best people, and some remarkable things. I hope more Korea,s An Se Young in a 40-minute second-round Tsonga 6-4, 7-5. is reaping the benefits of it,” Lara told reporters here. young ladies will step up and represent women,s singles clash at the BWF World Tour Super Wawrinka has beaten Lara also seemed happy that a player of Rohit Sharma’s cal- the country,” said Jeter, who is the inter- 750 event. Simon four times in seven ibre is set to play regularly across formats. national event ambassador at the 15th It turned out to be a dismal day for Indian shut- meetings but the Frenchman “I think that Rohit is an awesome player in all formats of edition of the Airtel Delhi Half tlers in general as B Sai Praneeth, Sameer Verma, and prevailed in straight sets the the game. Obviously, in the limited overs game, he’s been very Marathon. in the 100 meters. men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and last time they played each successful. I don’t see any reason why he should not be in Test “I feel that all sprinters need good Carmelita Jeter was a part of the his- Chirag Shetty also went down in straight games in other on the hardcourts of cricket. It seems that he has the passion to play and wants to coaches. If a big name coaches Indian toric 4x100m USA team which set the their second rounds. Shanghai in 2016. prove himself on that stage (Test cricket) as well. athletes, then you will certainly see a rise world record at the 2012 Olympics. The While Praneeth was outclassed by two-time Argentina,s Guido Pella “To exclude a player like that (from the Test team) will be of Indian sprinters in the future,” said American said that sharing a medal World Champion Kento Momota of Japan 6-21, 14- joined the duo in the last eight very difficult, with the talent that I see. So, hopefully, he will Jeter. with three other women was even more 21 in yet another dominating show, Sameer lost 12- Stan Wawrinka celebrates after win after beating South Korea,s be successful. He is a gifted batsman,” said Lara. The fastest woman alive, Jeter is special than an individual medal. 21, 10-21 to Olympic champion Chen Long of China. Kwon Soon-woo 7-5, 7-5 to set Lara, who holds the record for highest individual run scor- delighted to see over 40,000 participants “It was a moment for the USA Thailand Open champions Satwik and Chirag AGENCIES n ANTWERP up a clash with Ugo Humbert er in Tests, also welcomed the ICC move of Test Championship, ready to give it their all at the Half team. It was a special team out there. also suffered a 16-21 15-21 defeat against sixth seed or second seed David Goffin. saying it has provided contest to the game. Marathon, which is an IAAF Gold Label People think that four of the fastest run- Chinese combination of Han Cheng Kai and Zhou tan Wawrinka was made to In first-round action, Pablo “I think (World Test Championship should have started Road Race, on Sunday. ners form a good 4x100m group, but no, Hao Dong in men's doubles. Swork hard at the European Cuevas beat Hugo Dellien 6-4, earlier). In terms of Test Championship, where there is an end, A world record holder, Jeter had a team has to have four people who trust Later in the day, Pranaav Chopra and N Sikki Open on Wednesday as the 6-3 and will take on Briton it culminates into a team becoming Championship, that is some- finished with a winning time of 10.64 each other and have chemistry. It was Reddy put up a gallant fight before going down 24- Swiss veteran outlasted Andy Murray next. American thing that should have happened a long time ago and happy seconds at the Shanghai Golden Grand great to share a Gold medal with a team. 26 21-13 11-21 to fourth seeded Malaysian pair of Feliciano Lopez 6-7(4) 6-4 7- Frances Tiafoe overcame to see it now. Even if you play against the Prix in 2009, giving her a spot in his- Winning a medal with three other Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying in the mixed dou- 6(4) to reach the quarter-finals Germany's Yannick Maden 7- minnows—Afghanistan, Bangladesh — it means something. tory as the second-fastest woman ever women was even more special,” she said. bles competition. in Antwerp. 6(7), 6-3.