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PUBLISHED FROM VISAKHAPATNAM. 24TH AUGUST, 2016. VOLUME-1, ISSUE NO.157 6 PAGES Rs.2/- Irom Sharmila’s struggle continues, After TRS calls PV Sindhu ‘daughter of our this time to prove herself an Indian soil’, AP CM calls her ‘our daughter’ Sharmila has Vijayawada: Olympic medallist PV Sindhu no documents was accorded a civic to prove her reception on Wednesday citizenship - by the Andhra Pradesh government even as she PAN card, voter grew nostalgic about identity card or the first steps she took as a badminton player a bank account. in the city. Delhi: Despite Chief Minister N becoming a modern liv- Chandrababu Naidu ing legend across the felicitated Sindhu and world, Irom Sharmila is her coach Pullela struggling to prove her- Gopichand. He self an Indian as she announced a 15-acre has no legal identifica- begun the paper work there is no change in site for Gopichand in tion document. to get her all the her decision to take a the proposed Sports The 44-year-old required documents plunge into politics, City in the state's capi- rights activist broke her that can prove her an notwithstanding the tal Amaravati for set- 16-year-long peaceful Indian citizen and sub- opposition to it and ting up a badminton hunger strike against sequently let her con- hoped to make a "new academy. Armed Forces (Special test polls. beginning" in her cam- As the Telangana Powers) Act earlier this nurturing Sindhu to "Thanks to your Indian sports, necessary infrastructure “Her campaign, if at paign for the repeal of government sought to month and stated that become what she is blessings and prayers, I Chandrababu promised in Amaravati for host- all she ends up in poli- the contentious AFSPA "own" the Olympics sil- she would contest elec- today," Chandrababu have come this far. My to nurture her further to ing the Olympics. It is tics, needs to be crowd- in the state. ver medallist as "daugh- tions to continue her said, repeatedly refer- parents and coach make her the pride of not difficult," he said. funded. And for that The activist, who ter of our soil", fight against the con- ring to her as "mana encouraged me very India. "You (Gopichand) set she needs a bank suddenly found herself Chandrababu and his troversial law. ammai" (our daughter). well. As a kid I used to He also expressed his up a world class acade- account and a PAN friendless and faces a government took pains watch Gopi sir play and However, Sharmila card while it is unimag- hostile response from On her part, while desire to host the my in Amaravati. We to proclaim that the thanking the AP gov- got inspired," she Olympics in Amaravati will get funds from has no documents to inable for anyone with- her supporters, also champion indeed added. prove her citizenship. out a voter ID to be a acknowledged that peo- ernment for the honour, in the future. "Olympic donors, if not, the gov- belonged to Andhra Sindhu recalled her vis- Chandrababu played games should come to ernment will release She doesn’t have a people’s representa- ple were generally Pradesh. PAN card, voter identi- its to the city as a child. badminton with Sindhu India and that will necessary grants," the tive,” one of Sharmila’s unhappy with her deci- "Her father is from ty card or a bank "I used to come to on the dais at the start inspire our sportsper- Chief Minister said. friends was quoted as sion to break the fast Eluru and mother from account required for saying in a report. and enter politics. Vijayawada to my of the event. sons. We are inferior to The Andhra Vijayawada. Both were grandfather's house and none. We have a lot of her to contest polls. Days after she ended The decision did not Calling Sindhu "a University also volleyball players and play shuttle at the diamond" who has talent better than China announced to award a According to a her epic fast, Manipur's go down well with the the credit goes to them indoor stadium here," or Russia. The AP gov- rewritten the history of (Contd.. Pg..2) report, her friends have 'Iron Lady' had said (Contd.. Pg..2) for encouraging and she said. ernment would build Charged with sedition, actor Ramya says After Oppn. meets Modi, Rajnath ‘won’t apologise’ for Pak comment to visit Kashmir, hold talks The 33-year-old actor was slapped with a sedition Singh had said the central gov- case after she said ‘Pakistan is not hell’. ernment will Bengaluru: Charged People there are just disagree with the talk to whoso- with sedition over her like us. They treated us Defence Minister’s ever needed comments ‘supporting’ very well." comments, and I was Pakistan, Kannada An advocate from treated well there. I once peace and actress and former Kodagu in southern only said what I felt. I normalcy is Congress MP Ramya on Karnataka, Katnamane am not afraid to speak restored in the Tuesday, asserted that Vittal Gowda, filed the my mind.” she has the right to lawsuit against that She added, “I will not state. speak her mind and actress on Monday, apologise as I have Delhi: Union Home would not apologise. claiming that he was done nothing wrong. I Minister Rajnath Singh Ramya found herself ‘appalled that she am entitled to my views will undertake a two- in the midst of contro- praised Pakistanis'. and that is what democ- day visit to the day after Prime which has been wit- versy after she reacted racy is about. At any Kashmir Valley from Minister Narendra nessing unrest since Responding to the Modi expressed "deep July 8 when Hizbul to Defence Minister sedition lawsuit, the given situation I would Wednesday during Manohar Parrikar's apologise, but if I do which he will review concern and pain" over Mujahideen terrorist actress said, “I was at the situation there. Burhan Wani was comments that 'visiting an event in Mandya and now, that would be let- the situation and may Pakistan was like going ting down the larger hold talks with cross This is the second killed in an encounter the media asked me with security forces. to hell'. Ramya said, about my experience in cause.” section of people, a visit of Singh in a “Pakistan is not hell. Islamabad. I said that I (Contd.. Pg.2..) move which comes a month to the Valley (Contd.. Pg.2..) Free Wi-Fi draws youth to Non-submission of UCs halts funds flow to Andhra Pradesh Vizag railway station AP spends only Rs 14.63 crore of Rs 700 cr. internet on phones. Hyderabad: Here is a According to sources, major goof-up by the many come to down- AP government. As a load songs, videos or result, getting the Rs upgrade software ver- 350 crore announced sions. by the Central govern- ment under ‘develop- Speaking to Deccan ment of backward dis- Chronicle, a Railway tricts’ provision, has Protection Force (RPF) become difficult for the personnel said after the state. launch of Wi-Fi facility, many youths started Over the past two years, the Centre has thronging the railway released Rs 700 crore station. “We observed can not take action station during interro- to seven backward dis- Visakhapatnam: Of sters, are thronging the they are not coming to against them based on gation. We also don’t tricts at the rate of Rs The Central govern- NITI Aayog had sent late, many people visit- railway station just to catch any trains but ing the railway station enjoy the high-speed using Internet facility.” know how to check 100 crore each. Of this, ment has made it clear several reminders to only to surf the that unless the state the state government to have nothing to do free Wi-Fi facility. “Now, all are coming this,” he added. the state government Internet. We caught spent only Rs 14.63 government submits send the UCs for the either with the trains or Some youngsters car- with platform tickets The facility was some of them entering crore till August 2016. utilisation certificates Rs 700 crore released. the passengers. Some rying platform tickets and citing different rea- launched at the city sta- the station without a The blame is now put (UC), further funds But the state did not do people, mostly young- sons for waiting at the tion (Contd.. Pg.2..) are seen busy surfing platform ticket as we on the collectors. will not be released. this. (Contd.. Pg.2..) 2 Visakhapatnam Wednesday 24th august, 2016 Continued from 1st page Dawood Ibrahim's 3 of 9 addresses in Pak, After TRS calls PV Sindhu ‘daughter of cited by India, found incorrect: UN our soil’, AP CM calls her ‘our daughter’ honorary doctorate on the young Olympian's coach. The Andhra Pradesh India submitted No.07, Islamabad num- freeze, travel ban and Chief Minister also announced a reward of Rs 25 lakh to shuttler Kidambi ber 29 in Karachi. This arms embargo, it said. Srikanth of Guntur, who made an early exit from the Rio Olympics. Srikanth 9 addresses to address was later found Dawood's other has also been offered a Group-2 job in the state government. UN in a dossier to be similar to that of addresses mentioned in Another Olympian from the state Rajini will also get Rs 25 lakh and a prepared last a residence belonging the listing "Karachi, Group-2 job in the government. The Chief Minister also felicitated chess to Lodhi." Pakistan (White House, grandmaster Koneru Humpy and Gopichand's wife and former badminton August to prove Near Saudi Mosque, player Srilakshmi on the occasion.