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Follow us on: RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 Published From ANALYSIS 9 TOLLYWOOD 11 SPORTS 16 HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW XI’s AGENDA CHARAN TO ACT IN DAD'S INDIA EYE BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH DECODED NEXT WITH KORATALA SERIES WRAP BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN VIJAYAWADA *LATE CITY VOL. 2 ISSUE 1 HYDERABAD, THURSDAY OCTOBER 10, 2019; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable SHRUTI OPENS UP ON BRAVING ALCOHOL ADDICTION, BREAK UP WITH MICHAEL { Page 14 } www.dailypioneer.com Bihar cops close sedition Govt hikes DA to Dasara dhamaka charge against 17% for Central for students! celebs l Holidays for schools may be extended PATNA: The Bihar police have decided to close the sedi- govt staff PNS n HYDERABAD tion case against the 49 celebri- People who had ties who wrote an open letter PNS n NEW DELHI With no end in sight in gone to native to Prime Minister Narendra The increase is in respect of TSRTC strike, places for Dasara Modi in July, asking that mob Bringing cheer to 50 lakh Dasara holidays for schools killing of Muslims, Dalits and central government employees accordance with the across Telangana may be festival are other minorities be stopped and 65 lakh pensioners ahead accepted formula extended. RTC employees' expected to start immediately. A case will also of Diwali, the Cabinet on based on the indefinite strike entered the returning from be filed against the com- Wednesday approved a hike in recommendations of Leaders of various parties expressing their solidarity with striking RTC employees in Hyderabad on Wednesday fifth day on Wednesday. Yet, plainant - Sudhir Ojha, an their dearness allowance and neither the government- Thursday. Woes of advocate — for filing frivolous relief from 12 per cent to 17 the 7th Central Pay appointed panel nor JAC of commuting to complaints, the police said. per cent. The hike, to be effec- Commission TS RTC employees' unions workplaces are set The sedition case against the tive from July 1, 2019, would Political parties pledge have been able to find a mid- celebrities - including actor result in an additional outgo of dle ground. Although the gov- to rise post- and film-maker Aparna Sen, Rs 16,000 crore annually for government employees on the ernment claimed to have festival author Ramchandra Guha and the government. eve of Diwali. made alternative arrange- film-maker Shyam Benegal The Cabinet approved The Cabinet meeting was support to RTC employees ments by engaging hired and — was filed last week, leading releasing an additional instal- chaired by Prime Minister private buses to ensure RTC and once they start going to a huge controversy.On ment of Dearness Allowance Narendra Modi. PNS n HYDERABAD protests at many places across to step down as he tried to do operations, most passengers' back to schools, it would sure- Wednesday, Nitish Kumar's (DA) to central government Beginning January 2019, the State. The CPM party held the same. travails have only increased. ly be mayhem on the trans- deputy, Sushil Modi, said he employees and Dearness Relief the government had raised the Justifying the stir by about a protest rally in the city in the CPM Telangana secretary People who had gone to portation front, as the tem- was also a victim of Sudhir (DR) to pensioners — repre- DA/DR to 12 per cent from 9 48,000 employees of Telangana name of "Save RTC." Tammineni Veerabhadram, native places for Dasara festi- porary arrangements in place Ojha's habit of filing frivolous senting an increase of 5 per- per cent. The government said State Road Transport Finding fault with the KCR's Telangana Jana Samithi chief val are expected to start would be no match to the petitions against anyone and centage points over the exist- the combined impact on the Corporation, leaders of various firm stand against the agita- Kodandaram and retired High returning from Thursday. requirements. Therefore, everyone of eminence. ing rate of 12 per cent of the exchequer on account of both political parties and civil soci- tion, Telangana BJP MLC N Court Judge B Chandra Kumar Woes of commuting to work- transport department offi- basic pay/ pension — to com- DA and DR would be Rs ety organisations on Ramachander Rao said the were among the leaders who places are set to rise post-fes- cials are planning to keep pensate for price rise, an offi- 15,909.35 crore per annum Wednesday said Chief Minister government should not have participated in the Roundtable. tival. The impact of the RTC students at home, at least cial statement said. and Rs 10,606.20 crore in K Chandrasekhar Rao should profit motive but service-ori- With nearly 48,000 employ- strike on normal life of com- until they are confident of Cabinet nod The increase is in accor- financial year 2019-20 (for a focus on resolving issues raised ented. ees boycotting duties and state- mon people is expected to tackling the situation. dance with the accepted for- period of eight months from by the agitating staff. "Government is not for run buses staying off roads, worsen in the days ahead. Officials are worried also to MoUs in mula based on the recom- July 2019 to February 2020). The union leaders of TSRTC (doing) business. It is for pub- commuters specially Dasara Therefore, the government is about questions being raised mendations of the 7th Central This will benefit about 49.93 held a Roundtable with lead- lic service and public welfare. travellers faced problems, exploring the option of regarding safety, considering Pay Commission. lakh central government ers of various political parties This government should keep though the RTC said it has extending Dasara holidays to that the temporary drivers radio, TV "This is the highest ever 5 employees and 65.26 lakh and civil society groups at the that in mind and work," taken measures to ensure that schools, if only to avoid fur- engaged post-haste by officials NEW DELHI: The Union percentage points increase in pensioners. Hyderabad Press Club. Ramachander Rao said. passengers' needs have been ther inconvenience. By are already giving jitters to Cabinet here on Wednesday DA in one go by the central The additional financial The indefinite strike by Senior Telugu Desam Party fulfilled and they did not suf- extending the Dasara festival regular bus passengers. Some gave ex-post facto (with ret- government," Information and implication on account of this unions of RTC continued for leader Ravula Chandrasekhar fer with around 11,000 vehicles holidays, officials are aiming of those travelling these days rospective effect) approval for Broadcasting Minister Prakash increase in DA is estimated at the fifth day on Wednesday said privatisation of some of including buses being operat- to foreclose the compounding have raised serious concerns the memorandum of under- Javadekar said while briefing Rs 8,590.20 crore per year; and even as Chandrasekhar Rao the routes being operated by ed. The RTC said it was con- of commuting and travel woes over safety of hired buses in standings (MoUs) signed media on the decisions taken Rs 5,726.80 crore in the cur- termed the agitating staff as the RTC was a bad idea and stantly reviewing and moni- of sizeable sections of people. the hands of temporary staff. between Indian and foreign by the Cabinet, adding that it rent financial year (from July being "self-dismissed". earlier a Chief Minister of toring the situation. There are about 59 lakh broadcasters in radio and tele- would bring cheers to the 2019 to February 2020). The employees undertook erstwhile Andhra Pradesh had Continued on Page 4 school students in Telangana Continued on Page 2 vision. The MoUs will help the public broadcaster explore new visions and strategies to address the demands of new I am still young, Make police technologies and competition, Striking RTC staff plan Govt warns pvt bus media liberalisation and glob- will rest after force citizen- alisation. "Broadcasting of pro- grammes to be obtained packing off BJP- friendly: PM through mutual exchange, co- ‘Telangana Bandh' Sena: Pawar operators against PNS n NEW DELHI production will lead to equi- ty and inclusiveness among l PNS n MUMBAI Prime Minister Narendra viewers and listeners of DD Date to be determined today overcharging Modi on Wednesday asked and AIR. NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Indian Police Service proba- PNS n HYDERABAD the date for 'Telangana Bandh' for their selfish gains or who will turn 79 in PNS n HYDERABAD tioners to understand what would be determined on salaries, but to save TSRTC. December, said on the common man feels about Notwithstanding the uncom- Thursday. He urged all polit- We are not asking for any Wednesday that he is still Telangana Transport Minister P the police force and try to Karnataka promising stance adopted of ical parties, civil society organ- favour from KCR. We are just young, and will not rest until Ajay Kumar warned of strin- make it citizen-friendly and Chief Minister K isations, organizations cham- asking to disburse Rs 2400 he defeats the ruling BJP-Shiv gent action against private bus approachable. Speaker bans Chandrasekhar Rao with pioning social movements as crore due by government to Sena in Maharashtra. operators who overcharge pas- Interacting with 126 IPS regard to the five-day-old RTC well as intellectuals to support TSRTC, as it will help the cor- The veteran leader was sengers, an official release said probationers of 2018 batch, strike, the corporation's its bandh call. poration in a big way and save addressing a rally in Akola's on Wednesday. who called on him here, TV cameras employees' unions, as part of According to some JAC it from severe financial distress.