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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, 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. that Dawood When asked about the Clifton)", "House Nu Earlier, Sindhu and Gopichand were flown down to Vijayawada in a char- amendment, a top 37 - 30th Street - tered aircraft from Hyderabad. A host of Andhra ministers, MPs and legisla- was holed up in Indian official said that defence, Housing tors received them at the airport at Gannavaram and brought them to the city Pakistan. one address of Dawood Authority, Karachi, Pakistan" and "Palatial in a huge procession. ndhra Pradesh has announced a slew of rewards, New Delhi: Three of in the listing entry was bungalow in the hilly including a cash award of Rs 3 crore and 1,000 sq yds of house site in the the nine places cited by incorrect. The address area of Noorabad in state's new capital Amaravati for the shuttler. India as addresses of was "of Ambassador Karachi" have not been The Telangana government had earlier announced Rs 5 crore cash reward, underworld don Maleeha Lodhi, and not amended. a 1,000 square yard housing site near the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Dawood Ibrahim in Dawood Ibrahim", the Academy in Gachibowli and suitable government job to the 21-year-old,, if Pakistan have been sources said. The addresses were moves under the pro- Sahab" as his "low she is willing, and a cash prize of Rs one crore for Gopichand. found incorrect by a "The amendment also included in a dossier tection of Pakistani quality" aliases. prepared by India in agencies," the dossier A two-time bronze medalist at World Championship, Sindhu lost in the UN committee, which strikes through other August last year that had said. finals of Rio Olympics to Spain's Carolina Marin to settle for a silver, has removed these from addresses "8th Floor of The listing includes had listed nine resi- becoming the first Indian shuttler to achieve such a feat. its list. Mehran Square, near Another amendment information about his dences of the under- One of the addresses Pardesi House-3, enacted by the various passports, world don in Pakistan which have been Talwar Area, Clifton, Committee concerns including those issued as evidence to show Irom Sharmila’s struggle continues, dropped by the UN Karachi, Pakistan" and details of his family. in Pakistan. that he is holed up in Security Council's al- "6/A Kjauabam The information Pakistan. The listing says this time to prove herself an Indian Qaeda Sanctions Tanzeem, Phase-5, "Father's name is Dawood had a Passport civil society groups as well as the general public who have kind of aban- Committee was found Defence Housing Islamabad has consis- Sheikh Ibrahim Ali number A717288 issued doned her. similar to that of a resi- Araea, Karachi, tently denied that Kaskar, mother's name on 18 August 1985 in From her family to close friends and even neighbours, Sharmila faced dence of Islamabad's Pakistan." Dawood is living in the is Amina Bi, wife's and a Pakistani protests by locals and also reported threats by some militant groups and iron- envoy to the UN In evidence to show country. name is Mehjabeen number G866537 ically has returned to the same hospital which had been her home for 16 Maleeha Lodhi. that Dawood Ibrahim is The information Shaikh" has been issued on 12 August years. However, the six holed up in Pakistan, a about the residences in underlined in the list- 1991 in Rawalpindi but ing. Assembly polls in Manipur are due in 2017. other addresses provid- dossier prepared by Pakistan, including one adds the term "misuse" India had listed nine bought near the house Dawood was listed on for this two passports. She has been campaigning doggedly for scrapping the Armed Forces ed by India have not been amended. India, in residences of the under- of Bilawal Bhutto November 3, 2003 and He also has Passport (Special Powers) Act clamped in the northeastern state after 10 civilians world don in that coun- Zardari, son of late for- the entry has been were killed by security forces in 2000. a dossier, had cited number C-267185 these nine addresses as try and stated that he is mer Prime Minister amended in March and issued in Karachi in those frequented by known to frequently Benazir Bhutto, in July 2006, July 2007 July1996, Passport Dawood. change his locations Karachi two years ago and March 2010. number H-123259 Charged with sedition, actor Ramya says and addresses there. is contained in the The Security Being a UN designat- issued in Rawalpindi in dossier that had been Council's ISIL and Al- "On 22 August 2016, ed terrorist, he is sub- July 2001 and Passport prepared to be handed ‘won’t apologise’ for Pak comment Qaida Sanctions the Security Council ject to assets freeze, number G-869537 over to Pakistan's Committee amended its Committee pursuant to travel ban and arms issued in Rawalpindi. National Security this time to prove herself an IndianEmphasising on political maturity, she entry yesterday con- resolutions 1267 embargo. Advisor Sartaj Aziz Dawood is wanted in said, “Considering the bizarre things their (BJP) members make, we can also cerning Dawood, the (1999), 1989 (2011) during talks with his The amendment fur- India for the 1993 seri- file sedition cases against them. But we let it by and focus on more important mastermind behind the and 2253 (2015) enact- Indian counterpart Ajit ther struck out al bomb blasts in things. It's funny that people get away with murder charges and polarisation 1993 Mumbai serial ed the amendments Doval, which were later "Bombai" as his place Mumbai in which 257 in this country." blasts, with "underline specified with underline of birth, noting instead people were killed and and strikethrough in the cancelled. Ramya had recently attended the SAARC summit of young parliamentari- and strikethrough". that it is "Kher, nearly a thousand entry" concerning "Dawood is known to ans held in Islamabad. In the amendment, Ratnagiri in injured. He is also Dawood on its ISIL (Da frequently change his the Committee has Maharashtra". accused of mastermind- esh) and Al-Qaida locations and addresses stricken through the ing other terror attacks Sanctions List of indi- in Pakistan. He has It has added "Sheikh Free Wi-Fi draws youth to address "Main Property and of money launder- viduals and entities amassed immense prop- Farooqi, Bada Seth, at Margalla Raod F- 6/2 ing and extortion. subject to the assets erty in Pakistan and Bada Bhai, Iqbal Bhai, Vizag railway station Street no.22, House Mucchad and Haji

on May 20 by Railtel, in collaboration with Google, to provide Internet facility to passengers travelling and waiting at the railway station, as part of Senior jour- Digital India initiative. The facility has become a boon for passengers but History lesson from Javadekar, 'Nehru, one of the disadvantages is it is drawing non-travelling people. nalist Railtel deputy manager (Vizag) Chaitanya said on an average, 700 people are logging in everyday for the Wi-Fi facility at the city station. Patel, Bose were hanged by Brits' stabbed to The free Wi-Fi is limited only for 30 minutes. Smart phone users just need to log in with a phone number which receives a onetime password to be used HRD Minister Javadekar made the faux pas while speaking at death for the service. Hence, people are using different phone numbers and enjoy- Ahmedabad: A senior ing the service. BJP's Tiranga Yatra rally in Chindwara in Madhya Pradesh. journalist was found mur- When asked about misuse of the facility, Mr Chaitanya said they can check dered on Monday night, free time limitation or people logging in with numerous number only after New Delhi: In a later clarified his stabbed repeatedly in the consultation with Google representatives and other stakeholders. major gaffe, Human remarks, stating that he chest while at work in his Resource Development had used a 'full stop' office in Junagadh in (HRD) Minister after mentioning lead- Saurashtra region of Non-submission of UCs halts Prakash Javadekar said ers like Gandhi, Nehru Gujarat. on Monday that and Subhas Chandra Kishore Dave, bureau funds flow to Andhra Pradesh Jawaharlal Nehru, Bose, implying that he As was assured in the AP Reorganisation Act, the Central government has chief of Gujarati newspa- Sardar Vallabhbhai did not lump them per Jai Hind, was stabbed released Rs 350 crore in 2014-15 financial year for the development of four Patel and Netaji Subhas together with those who Rayalaseema and three North Coastal backward districts at the rate of Rs 50 at 9 pm when he was writ- Chandra Bose were were hanged by the ing a story, say reports. crore each. Although the state did not send UCs for the Rs 350 crore, the hanged by the British. British. Central government released another Rs 350 crore in 2015-16 for seven Dave was alone in the backward districts. The state government has released these funds to the dis- According to reports, "I am amused with office when attacked. His trict collectors of the seven backward districts at the rate of Rs 100 crore speaking at a Tiranga the news. I paid my body was discovered by each. But the collectors have failed to utilise these funds, it is stated. Yatra rally in respect to all the free- an office assistant later. Chindwara in Madhya dom fighters since The Kadapa district collector has spent only Rs 1 lakh out of the Rs 100 There are no CCTV cam- Pradesh, Javadekar 1857. I mentioned lead- crore in the last two years. In Chief Minister, N Chandrababu Naidu’s home eras at the office and said, "The fight for ers like Gandhi Nehru, district, Chittoor, the collector spent only Rs 1.88 crore in the last two years. hence footage of the inci- A senior officer commented that the district collectors are treating these independence that Subhash Bose. It was a the HRD Minister days after Finance dent could not be cap- funds as “pocket money”. began in 1857 ended 90 full stop," Javadekar added. Minister Arun Jaitley tured. years later when we tweeted. tweeted a tribute to A month back, NITI Aayog sent a letter to AP government asking it to send Javadekar on Monday A police case has been threw the British out. Bose on his supposed an action plan for utilisation of these funds and the expenditure incurred so "In the next sentence drove a scooter through registered but it does not We salute freedom the streets of death anniversary, lead- far. In reply, the state government said no action plan could be prepared at I recounted those who mention any suspects, say fighters…. Netaji Chindwara, carrying the ing to a backlash from the state level for utilisation of these funds. The funds were released to dis- were hanged, jailed and reports. Subhas Chandra Bose, suffered at the hands of Indian flag, as part of West Bengal CM trict collectors and they were told to prepare action plan according to the However, relatives of Sardar Patel, Pandit the British. There was the BJP’s Tiranga Yatra Mamata Banerjee and needs of their respective districts, it was stated. But, NITI Aayog is not satis- celebrating 70 years of 53-year-old Dave have Nehru, Bhagat Singh no confusion in the Netaji's grand-nephew fied and has insisted that a detailed report be sent along with UCs. n a recent India’s Independence, alleged that the son of a and Rajguru who were minds of those who lis- Chandra Bose, who communication on sanctioning of Rs 1,976.50 crore, the Central government said reports. local politician is respon- hanged." tened. I hope this demanded an apology said, “as informed earlier the utilisation certificates submitted by the state His statement comes sible for the murder. government for Rs 350 crore released for the backward districts during 2015- However, Javadekar removes all confusion," from Jaitley. 16 was not in format as per general financial rule 2005. Further, the AP gov- ernment has so far not provided utilization certificates for Rs 350 crore released during 2014-15”.The Central government has asked the state gov- ernment to send district-wise details for the list of projec-ts sanctioned and Telagana to have 17 new districts utilisati-on certificates including physical and financial pro-gress, against the funds rel-eased so far to the state government under ‘developme-nt of back- ward districts’he-ad. To get Rs 350 crore in the current financial year, the Hyderabad: Telangana will dals' were also proposed to be views of various parties on state government has to sp-end the entire funds of Rs 700 crore in the next have 17 more districts as the created. draft notification before issu- six mon-ths, which is impossible. government on Monday took Ali, who holds revenue port- ing the final notification. the first step for reorganisation folio, said this will take the The chief minister has of districts. total number of revenue divi- announced that new districts After Oppn. meets Modi, Rajnath to visit The state, which came into sions to 60 and of 'mandals' to will formally come into exis- being in 2014, currently has 505. tence from Dussehra. Kashmir, hold talks 10 districts, including state The government has sought The proposed new districts As many as 65 people, including two policemen, have been killed and several capital Hyderabad. people's views on the draft are Acharya Jayashankar, thousand were injured so far in different violence. The Home Minister had said The government issued a notification. A special website Hanamkonda, Jagtial, the Centre wants an emotional relationship with the state and not just need- draft notification for formation has been launched to enable Kamareddy, Komaram Bheem, based. Singh had said the central government will talk to whosoever needed once of new districts. people to give their sugges- Kothagudem, Mahabubabad, peace and normalcy is restored in the state. As far as Government of India is tions over next one month. Malkajgiri, Nagarkurnool, concerned, I want to make it clear that we don't just want need-based ties, but to Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal, Peddapally, build an emotional relationship with Kashmir," he said, reaching out to the peo- Mohammed Mahmood Ali told Ali said Chief Minister K. Sangareddy, Shamshabad, ple in the Valley while making a fervent appeal to them to help restore peace and the media that 15 new revenue Chandrasekhar Rao will call Siddipet, Suryapet, normalcy in the state. divisions and 46 new 'man- an all-party meeting to elicit Wanaparthy and Yadadri. Wednesday 24th august, 2016 Visakhapatnam 3 Apple buys health startup Expected a good return from founded by Indian-origin duo Windies series: R Ashwin New York: Taking its where consumers can interest in the digital manage and share their Port of Spain: thing that you always health sector to the next medical records and Ravichandran Ashwin expect and I hope I can level, tech giant Apple info. rounded off the four- live up to the expecta- has quietly acquired per- According to Sethi's Test series with two tions and keep winning sonal health data startup LinkedIn page, Gliimpse centuries and 17 wick- games for the country," Gliimpse founded by -- like many startups -- ets and the India spin- he added. two Indian-origin entre- was born of a personal ner said he had expect- Ashwin led the charts preneurs. need. ed a handsome return with his 235 runs, According to media In recent months, from the tour of West including two centuries, Indies, which India reports, the acquisition Apple has acquired been making a push into and 17 wickets, com- wrapped up with a 2-0 reportedly happened ear- HealthKit, CareKit and artificial intelligence prising two five-wicket win after the fourth lier but was not publicly ResearchKit startups that through Siri personal hauls, that earned him match was abandoned. announced yet. allow patients, doctors assistant and related the man-of-the-match An Apple spokesper- and researchers to access technologies. The fourth Test ended award. in a frustrating draw on son has now responded, important health and It acquired the It was the sixth time Monday with rain and saying: "Apple buys wellness data via a range machine learning plat- he has earned this in a wet outfield allowing smaller technology com- of mobile devices. form Turi for $200 mil- Test series, the most by no play on four consec- panies from time to Apple has also lion earlier this month. an Indian cricketer, time, and we generally utive days at the moving ahead of released its HealthKit Apple also bought do not discuss our pur- Queen's Park Oval. Virender Sehwag. app which helps users machine learning and AI pose or plans." "Personally I would monitor personal health startups like VocalIQ "I need to give West say that I expected this Founded in 2013 by and fitness data on and Perceptio and facial Indies a bit of credit. kind of series," said Anil Sethi and Karthik iPhone 6. recognition startup They get the top order Ashwin. Hariharan, Gliimpse pro- The Cupertino-based Emotient, among others. quickly and allow me haul is the one I got in ber of matches. order, Ashwin said, vides a secure platform "Not necessarily one the time and opportuni- company has recently Kolkata, and probably "To be honest I wasn't "There was clear com- where I expected two ty. Most of the other the one in St.Lucia. It is close to it, just on the munication that they hundreds but I knew teams give hundreds to about the context of the cusp of it. So I cannot wanted to play seven batting contributions the top order. It's a psy- game rather about get- really say how I would batsmen in terms of try- would be very impor- chological thing I reck- Nice to get recognition for ting runs or taking have felt about it. But ing to see how the com- tant. I had no idea that I on," he said, with a wickets," he added. now that's gone and is bination would go. would be batting at smile. However, the 29-year- under the carpet," "Unfortunately we number six before I got "In this Test I was old from Chennai did Ashwin said. couldn't get a game. If work: S Pradeep Kumar here. But I put in the trying to get a good miss out on the 200- "Even if I didn't we had got a game we hard work without any bowl in this match wickets mark in Test achieve it, I tried and would have known how Bengaluru: When S champion in the house is expectations back home because personally I cricket, and also missed went in the pursuit of we would have worked Pradeep Kumar was something different and for a month and half. enjoy my five-wicket on becoming the joint excellence. So maybe it out. But the combina- named in the list for the these days there are a lot And it really paid off. hauls more than my quickest to get there, not 200, let me go for tion doesn't really mat- Dronacharya awardees of options in life after "Expectations are hundreds. I am not just along with Australia's the quickest 300," he ter. As I said the con- on Monday, it marked the sport also. something that help you saying for the sake of the ultimate recognition Clarence Grimmette quipped. text of the game and “Look at someone like reach greater heights. it. I really do mean it. who got there in 36 how much impact I can for a man who has dedi- When asked about the P.V Sindhu, the popular- Going forward I think "The one hundred I Tests. make on the game is cated his life to the sport changes in the playing ity and money that they being Indian cricketers, would really relish and what I keep looking of swimming. Ashwin now has 193 eleven for this match, get after such a perform- expectations are some- put it past a five-wicket for." Having spent close to ance is huge,” remarked wickets in similar num- and the changed batting three decades at the the experienced trainer. Basavanagudi Aquatic The coach even has a Centre where he mould- rising to Olympians road map for corporate ed and inspired young- under his watch, Pradeep involvement. “My sug- Sindhu reaches Vijayawada to a rousing reception sters into Olympians, feels the way the for- gestion is one company Hyderabad/Vijayawad ly decorated open-top before reaching Indira Andhra Pradesh, many The state government Pradeep was over the ward is to get parents should take one Olympic a: Olympic silver bus along with her Gandhi Municipal of her relatives were has made elaborate moon when bestowed and corporate companies sport and run it like their medalist P.V. Sindhu on coach Pullela Stadium, where she will among those who arrangements for a with the award for involved in the sport. company and we (coach- Tuesday reached Gopichand, parents and be felicitated. accorded her a warm rousing reception in excellence in coaching. “Government can’t do es) will make champi- Vijayawada to a grand some ministers of Earlier, Deputy Chief welcome. honour of the star shut- “I’m very happy and much, what we need is ons. These corporate welcome by the people. Andhra Pradesh, Minister N. After the civic recep- tler, who became the satisfied. It’s always commitment from the companies have such Large number of stu- Sindhu waved at the Chinnarajappa and tion, Chief Minister N. first Indian to win a sil- nice to get recognition corporates and involve- huge turnovers that they dents and fans were huge crowd. She kept other ministers wel- Chandrababu Naidu ver medal at Olympics. for your work,” he said ment from the parents,” should be able to spend lined up on either side displaying her Olympic comed Sindhu and will present her a Rs 3 Sindhu and to this newspaper. With he stated. “Parents for the sport to give of the road to welcome medal proudly. Gopichand on their crore cheque. Naidu has Gopichand will also the likes of Nisha Millet, should realise that it’s a back to the society. Sindhu as she emerged Amid the drum beats, arrival in a special air- also announced a 1,000 take a holy dip in Rehan Poncha, AP great thing to produce a What we need is initial from Gannavaram the victory rally began craft from Hyderabad. square feet residential Krishna river on the Gagan and Sajan champion. We can have investment and support Airport. around 10.30 a.m. It plot in Amaravati for last day of 12-day long Prakash, who participat- lots of engineers and and we can go forward As Sindhu's parents will pass through dif- Sindhu. river festival "Krishna ed in the Rio Games, all doctors but to have a from there,” he opined. Standing in a special- have their roots in ferent parts of the city Pushkaralu". Dance, music and sex: How technology killed Pak's historic red light district Balconies where beautiful women once stood are now empty, while rust eats away at the locked doors of vacant rooms

Mandi was a centre for "People used to ices with online book- years of teaching and mujra, traditional respect the prostitutes of ings claim to serve thou- live musicians. Now singing and dancing per- Heera Mandi, we were sands of clients in girls learn easy but formed for the elites. called artists," she says - Karachi, Lahore and provocative dance A sex worker from - but all has changed Islamabad -- some even moves via YouTube. Heera Mandi practicing over the last decade. in Dubai and Singapore. "They take a USB or her dance steps before "Now we don't have any In a deeply conserva- sometimes they don't going out for an event in honour." tive Muslim country even need that, they Lahore. (Photo: AFP) She blames the loss on where sex work is have songs in their cell- A sex worker from a rush of girls without banned and sex outside phones, they plug a Heera Mandi practicing her family background marriage is criminalised, cable and play the her dance steps before taking up the profession one website says it music," laments Soan who have not been caters to roughly 50,000 Ali, one of the music going out for an event in future is bright. Twitter," she says. Lahore, Pakistan: Men now can book a Lahore. (Photo: AFP) taught "how to treat customers. shop owners. Pakistan's oldest red rendezvous online people" the way she has. Mehak, who declined "Heera Mandi is no The wealthy even sent With the old traditions The historic Heera light district was for through escort websites to give her full name, is more... even if a girl is their sons to the salons Diamonds in the falling by the wayside, Mandi district is under centuries a hub of tradi- or even directly with a cosmetic surgeon by from Heera Mandi she of tawaifs, high-class rough girls also no longer need threat. (Photo: AFP) tional erotic dancers, women over social profession, a feminist by would never reveal it courtesans that have Such girls, she says, an entourage of musi- The historic Heera musicians and sex work- media, instead of ideology, and by night because the client would been likened to Japanese need nothing to market cians and teachers, say Mandi district is under ers-- Pigalle with a searching out street-side one of Pakistan's most never risk sexually geishas, to study eti- themselves but a mobile the owners of the music threat. (Photo: AFP) Mughal twist, deep in solicitation. shops that are the final elite madams. transmitted diseases and quette. phone, with which they Like Reema, Ali's the heart of vibrant With location ren- remnants of old Heera Seven sleek Persian the bad image associat- Later, when the can advertise on family has also been in Lahore. dered meaningless, sex Mandi. cats prowl among the ed," she added. British came, distinc- Facebook or Locanto, Heera Mandi for genera- But as an e-commerce workers like Reema expensive wooden furni- Outside of the tions between courtesan some offering services The intricate mujra tions, and he proudly boom revolutionises Kanwal -- who says the ture of her home, which Diamond Market, she or mujra dancer and sex over Skype for as little dancing that was such a recalled his father's how Pakistanis conduct business "runs in my doubles as a brothel for says, business is good. worker were blurred. as 300 Pakistani rupees. foundation of the red "hospitality" as he the world's oldest pro- blood" -- have aban- upper-class Pakistanis in Dozens of escort serv- light district required attempted to lure clients "Medical students and fession, locals say the doned Heera Mandi. Dance and sex became a wealthy residential MBAs have the highest intertwined, and Heera for his mother. historic Heera Mandi The district, whose neighbourhood of rates, they get a hundred Mandi began its long He takes a deep district is under threat. name translates as Lahore. thousand (Pakistani slide into sordidness -- breath. "We are having a Balconies where beau- "Diamond Market", is Mehak, who is in her rupees, or $1,000) for but even so, Reema lot of difficulties," he tiful women once stood close to the echoing, mid-50s, says she one night," she says. remembers "glorious" admits. "Whoever is in are now empty, while centuries-old Badshahi recruits most of her girls days. this field is going Now she plans to rust eats away at the Mosque. through elite parties -- expand and offer male Reema's mother and through hard days." locked doors of vacant During the Mughal but adds "this online sex workers. "Girls from grandmother were also 'Heera Mandi is no rooms. The only stub- era, the great Islamic thing has really changed the elite class come to sex workers, making her more' born hold-outs are shops empire that ruled most the business". me and beg for boys," part of Heera Mandi's selling instruments that of the Indian subconti- For those who have "A girl no longer she says. "They say they generations of women once facilitated the aper- nent in the 15th and migrated beyond Heera needs a pimp to market are ready to pay, but who danced and pleased itifs of music and dance. 16th centuries, Heera Mandi, however, the her, she has Facebook, they need strong boys." men in the market. 4 Visakhapatnam Wednesday 24th august, 2016 HPCL, GAIL to divest up Security council for city to 50% stake in petrochem plant in AP to be set up

Visakhapatnam: On similar lines, Vizag security council Visakhapatnam com- will be set up to estab- prising heterogonous lish a single point of industries would be contact between indus- brought under the pro- tries, other organisa- posed council to create tions and law enforce- security awareness and ment agencies and act get intelligence for a pro-actively in case of safe and secure city, need, Police Mr. Yoganand said. Commissioner T. Describing fire and Yoganand has said. security as extremely The setting up of the relevant to the Navy, council was a conse- Vice Admiral H.C.S. quence of implement- Bisht, Flag Officer ing AP Public Safety Commanding-in-Chief (Measures) of the Eastern Naval Enforcement Act 2013 Command, said any that was enacted after a compromise could have series of bomb blasts in catastrophic conse- Hyderabad, he said at quences with vessels the inaugural of India carrying several tonnes holds good for tall dent Pankaj Dharkar Madusudan Rao in his Fire and Security Yatra- of high speed diesel, buildings too. In the said efforts were on to key note speech elabo- 2016 organised by Fire aviation fuel and arm armed forces, resolu- achieve international rated on causes of fire, and Security and ammunition in a tion with minimum standards and an MoU evacuation measures Association of India. limited space. Security cost, correct scaling of was signed to adopt and extinguishing was also overarching equipment and training Standard 13 of National actions. CEO of Apollo Any organisation concern in the light of of human resources for Fire Protection Agency Hospitals C. Sandeep Visakhapatnam: has for the timebeing Vizag refinery will where more than 100 9/11, 26/11 and the fire-fighting were of to measure up to the detailed the hospital’s shelved plans to build a also be expanded to 15 persons work or place State-owned refiner recent attacks in several immense importance, US projects in smart training of the staff on new refinery and is million tonnes by 2020 they gather would be Hindustan Petroleum countries, Vice Admiral he said. city development. FSAI fire safety and equip- Corp Ltd (HPCL) and only pursuing petro- at a cost of Rs 20,928 brought under video Bisht said. Highlighting the had 14 chapters and ping GPS ambulances gas utility GAIL India chemical project. crore. surveillance with access The recent fire at a importance of IT, Vice soon more would be with life safety equip- Ltd will divest up to 50 HPCL and GAIL It has also setting up control and periodic bio-fuel plant had many Admiral Bisht said net- opened including a sub- ment offering free serv- per cent stake in the Rs decided to do the a 9 million tonnes inspections with a scru- relevant lessons to be working intelligent chapter for Amaravati. ice (phone number 30,000 crore petro- petrochem plan togeth- refinery at Barmer in tinising committee learnt including formu- sensing in the design To create fire aware- 1066). chemical plant which is er after their plans to Rajasthan at the cost of monitoring it, he said. lating a regulatory stage, remote monitor- ness 1.06 lakh children FSAI Visakhapanam being set up in Andhra team up with France’s Rs 37,320 crore. But The Society for framework and safety ing and automatic alert were covered last year chapter chairman B. Pradesh. Total, Lakshmi N the project hinges on Cyberabad Security had and security policy and and response could and the target for the Madhu, secretary D. Mittal Group and Oil the state government worked well. It was a HPCL and GAIL are fire prevention and con- improve effectiveness next two months was Rajgopal Reddy and India Ltd (OIL) for a giving fiscal incentives, homogenous industry looking at setting up a trol measures right greatly. 10 lakhs. past president K. Leela 15 million tonnes a he said. (IT) with confined geo- 1 million tonnes from the design stage, Director of Divis Prasad participated. year refinery-cum- graphic area, he said. FSAI national presi- Ethylene Derivatives HPCL had in 2007- the ENC chief said. It Laboratory D. plant, which will pro- petrochemical plant at 08 planned an only— duce a wide range of Visakhapatnam in for—exports refinery to petrochemical raw Andhra Pradesh fell target demand in South materials for the manu- through. East Asia and the facture of detergents, That project did not Middle East. Strive to become change agents, paints and coatings, take off as partners The five-way alliance cosmetics, textiles and pulled out one after the of HPCL, explorer adhesives. other due to weak glob- OIL, gas utility GAIL “Currently, it is a al demand,” another India, Mittal SC youth told 50:50 project but we official said. “Now, Investment Sarl and HPCL and GAIL are are open to inducting a Total had in October Visakhapatnam: It is ‘Yuva Spoorthi strategic partner,” looking at setting up a 2007 signed a memo- petrochemical plant at high time to put an end Sammelanam’ pro- HPCL Chairman and randum of understand- to the relentless strug- gramme organised by Managing Director the Petroleum, ing to look at the feasi- Chemical and gle faced by the the District SC Service Mukesh K Surana has bility of setting up the oppressed sections of Cooperative Society on said. Petrochemicals Vizag project. Investment Region society and empower Saturday. The project at In 2009, the Rs (PCPIR) sites identified them with abundant Infusing confidence Kakinada in Andhra 50,000 crore project by the state govern- knowledge. One does among scores of partic- Pradesh, will cost Rs was put on hold as ment at Kakinada.” not have to reinvent the ipants, who came from 30,000 crore. “We are petrochemical demand wheel for this to hap- Surana said currently various mandals in the willing to give up to 50 then was seen as too pen but a little bit of district, he said: “There per cent stake in the detailed feasibility weak to justify the effort to reach out to report (DFR) is being is a need to consider project to the strategic investment. the downtrodden would education as the most partner,” he said. prepared and details go a long way in mak- will work out following powerful weapon to Some global ing society a better ed by relentless adver- to youths. Very soon, Satyanarayana, AGM that. Total did pre-feasibil- eradicate poverty and petrochem companies ity for the refinery place to live. lead a life of dignity. sities, popularising the we will be launching of NABARD Prasad HPCL owns a 7.5 have shown interest in project and demand These were some of Education is the only three commandments: an online portal where Rao and Lead Bank million tonnes refinery the project but talks are studies, while GAIL the points highlighted source that helps the ‘educate, organise and one can avail govern- manager Sharat Babu at Mumbai and a 8.3 at preliminary stage was in charge of the by the Andhra Pradesh backward classes to agitate’. “Identify the ment schemes by regis- were part of the pro- million tonnes unit at currently, he said with- study of the petrochem- State Scheduled Castes break the shackles of core area of interest, tering it online,” he gramme that included Vizag. While the Vizag out disclosing details. ical unit. Cooperative Finance social oppression and develop your skills and said. impressive dance per- plant is being expanded The planned project Corporation Vice- inequality.” become change agents. Executive Director of formances staged by to 15 million tonnes, But the project was By tying up with the students of Andhra is a truncated version Chairman and Mr. Vijay Kumar District SC Service HPCL is expanding the in 2010 put on back National Skill Pradesh Social Welfare of the earlier proposed Managing Director urged the youth to Cooperative Society Mumbai refinery to 9.5 burner before equity Development Mission, Residential Educational refinery-cum-petro- G.S.K.R. Vijay Kumar draw inspiration from Ch. Mahalakshmi, Joint million tonnes at a cost structure could be SC Corporation has Institutions Society. chemicals complex in at Andhra University Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Director of Agriculture of Rs 4,000 crore by decided. been providing a range Andhra Pradesh. HPCL Convocation Hall at who remained unaffect- Department 2019, he said. of training programmes Endowments dept. failed to take up developmental activities Srikakulam: The staff and priests seems gestion caused by ven- temple is surrounded master plan for devel- to have held up imple- dors or hawkers at the by houses and commer- oping the Sri mentation of the master temple’s entrance and cial Suryanarayana Swamy plan. Also, the temple traffic movement in its establishments.Chief Temple, dedicated to has been without a reg- vicinity makes even priest of the temple the Sun god at ular executive officer walking difficult for Ippili Sankara Sarma Arasavalli near here, for the last four years. pilgrims, especially on said creation of more remains on paper. If the temple is Sundays. Utter chaos amenities for pilgrims About 2,000 devotees developed in line with prevails on festival should not be a prob- have darshan of the the master plan, it will days. lem. “The temple has deity on Sundays, and get facilities on a par Vehicles are parked lands in its vicinity on Ratha Saptami , the with major ones such in front of the temple where parking lots can number touches 3 lakh. as the Simhachalam in the absence of park- be set up. Relocation of The temple nets an temple near ing area. The district shops will not be a big annual income of Rs.4 Vishakapatnam, the administration has pro- task since traders are crore and has more Kanaka Durga temple posed removal of the ready to shift to new than Rs.18 crore worth in Vijayawada and the shops on either side of accommodation once it fixed deposits, but the Annavaram temple in the road leading up to is created. We urge the Endowments East Godavari district. the temple and widen- government to imple- ment the master plan as Department has failed The plan, however, ing it up to 60 feet. early as possible,” he to take up developmen- requires all commercial Rejuvenation of said. tal activities. establishments in and Indra Pushkarani is Lack of coordination around the temple to be long overdue. There is between the temple demolished. The con- no ‘mada veedhi’ as the Wednesday 24th august, 2016 Visakhapatnam 5 Congress MLAs suspended Clinton e-mail scandal: FBI discovers from Gujarat assembly Gandhinagar: Gujarat Assembly Speaker Ramanlal Vora today suspended all Congress 15,000 more e-mails MLAs, barring leader of opposition Shankersinh Vaghela and Balwantsinh Rajput, after they created Washington: The FBI has promised to publish Clinton always used a although it said that a ruckus over atrocities committed on Dalits in has discovered almost the documents and on personal -- and not an many of them were not Una on July 11. 15,000 unrevealed doc- Monday assured federal official -- account for considered classified at Today was the last of the two-day monsoon uments linked to the e- Judge James E. her communications, the time they were sent, session of the State Assembly. mail scandal surround- Boasberg, who is hear- including a private but had been designated Congress MLAs were demanding an inquiry ing Democratic presi- ing the case, that the server, Efe news added. as such during the by a sitting high court judge in the incident in dential nominee Hillary department is "giving review. Clinton acknowl- which four Dalits were beaten by self-styled cow Clinton, US media priority" to reviewing edged at the time that it The scandal also vigilantes in Mota Samadhiyala village of Una reports said on Monday. the new e-mail mes- would have been brought accusations taluka in Gir-Somnath distric on July 11. The documents were sages. "smarter" to use an from Republican law- They brandished banners in the house and found during the FBI However, it is still official account and makers about Clinton's wore them outside and shouted slogans later. They investigation into not known if the e- handed over for publi- handling of the 2012 rushed to the well of the House and threw bangles Clinton's use of a private mails will be published cation 55,000 pages of attack on the US at the treasury benches, where Chief Minister e-mail server while she before the Nov 8 elec- e-mails from her tenure Consulate in Benghazi, Vijay Rupani and his colleagues were seated. was Secretary of State tion, in which the for- at the State Department, Libya, in which then- between 2009 and 2013, mer first lady is con- but the case raised Ambassador Chris All of them barring Vaghela and Rajput were suspended for the day and some of them were Efe news reported. testing against questions about Stevens and three other final report on the inci- Justice that no charges evicted from the House forcefully by the marshals. Some 30,000 docu- Republican presidential whether classified gov- US government offi- dent was made public, a be filed against the ments linked to the nominee Donald ernment information cials died. report that concluded Democratic candidate The Congress members marched out of the scandal were already Trump. was improperly handled Several months ago, that no evidence after the e-mail investi- Assembly building shouting slogans and wearing turned over by Clinton's The e-mail controver- on her personal Clinton appeared before incriminating her had gation, and Attorney banners to join what they called a 'Jan Akrosh' attorneys to the sy erupted in early account. Congress for more than been found. General Loretta Lynch rally organised by the party at Satyagrah Chhavani on GH Road in Sector 6 of state capital. Scores of Department of State in 2015, when US media The State Department 11 hours to explain Thus, later in July the followed that advice people joined the "public anger" rally ahead of a 2014. revealed that during her identified around 2,100 what occurred during FBI recommended to and closed the case. gherao of the State Assembly building planned by The State Department four years heading the e-mails from Clinton's that attack, and in early the Department of State Department, server as confidential, July the lawmakers' the party. Yesterday, the House was adjourned after unanimous election of new Speaker Ramanlal Vora, the BJP's Dalit face, and election of Deputy Chennai police to get bullet- LF govt under fire for Speaker by voice vote. proof vests, helmets Rupee up 7 paise dishonouring Dipa against USD Chennai: In measures to increase operational efficiency of the police, Agartala: The Left whelmed with the per- Mumbai: Snapping three day downward streak, the Chief Minister J. Front government in formance of Dipa, the the rupee moved up today by seven paise to 67.12 Jayalalithaa announced Tripura is facing seri- Manik Sarkar govern- against the Dollar in early trade on fresh selling of the providing of bullet- ous criticism for not ment appeared to be US Dollars by bankers and exporters, dealers at proof jackets, mine announcing any finan- indifferent, which is a Forex Market said. sweepers and bullet cial assistance or com- sheer dishonour to the Weak dollars against other currencies pushed the proof helmets to cops. mitment to Indian gym- talent," alleged senior local unit up, however, negative equity market The CM said the risk nast Dipa Karmakar, Trinamool Congress capped from further rise, they added. allowance to police had who represented the leader and MLA Sudip An oscillation was seen during an intra day as been doubled. The ges- country in Rio Roy Barman. 67.05 and 66.15 respectively. ture would entail an Olympics, and her He demanded additional expenditure coach B S Nandi in immediate announce- of Rs 60.73 crore, she their home state. ment of cash reward of Centre cuts down 50 p.c. World said while winding up The government Rs 50 lakh and good the debate on the elevated both of them accommodation in narrow politics and Bank loan proposed by AP demand for grants to to next higher posts in Agartala, Kolkata and mean minded attitude, Hyderabad: The Centre has cut down by 50 per police and fire & res- Sports and Youth Delhi. is not able to retain cent, the World Bank loan proposed by the AP cue services depart- Affairs department but Apart from that, them in the state. Capital Region Development Authority for creat- ments in the Assembly did not make any com- the state government In fact, they were ing infrastructure in the capital city Amaravati on Monday. Police taking measures mitment to support her has to take responsibil- forced to leave their area. She made a total of to curb crimes, says DMK members for the preparation of ity for all her future home state. The CRDA had sent a proposal through the state Olympic 2020 in 81 announcements and CM: coaching and training, Flaying the Left government to the Centre seeking to avail Rs several new initiatives suspension : Tokyo. The Chief Minister including other privi- Front government, the 7,000 crore loan from the World Bank. But the worth `209.19 crore. Cong, IUML There was public leges. Congress pres- BJP Tripura state com- Centre in a communication to the state government Procuring vehicle- further said that mur- ders for gain which demand before the gov- ident Birajit Sinha crit- mittee said without said that it will allow only for Rs 3,500 crore loan mounted baggage scan- MLAs walk out ernment for announcing icised Mr Sarkar and stood at 74 in 2005, doing anything in the from World Bank. ner, explosive vapour cash reward, offering charged him with disre- 153 in 2010, has also public gathering, the The CRDA had pooled about 33,000 acres of detectors, mini jam- from Assembly best accommodation in specting the sentiment come down to 107 in Chief Minister and his land from farmers and others for the construction mers, multi-zone door- Chennai: Members Delhi and other facili- of the people of 2015. Many among the cabinet colleagues of the capital city Amaravati. frame metal detectors, of the Opposition ties to promote her for Tripura. "She deserves 1,641 murders in 2015 blamed the Central night vision binoculars Congress, an ally of next ride. cash reward and other From this, the CRDA has to return about 7,000 were because of family government whereas and modern communi- the DMK, today staged privileges in her home acres to the land owners as residential and com- feuds, love affairs, Several state gov- the Modi-led govern- cation equipment apart, a walk out from the state but the state gov- mercial plots after developing it. The CRDA wants monetary dealings, land ernments like ment has honoured Ms Ms Jayalalithaa Tamil Nadu Assembly ernment did not do to create infrastructure facilities in about 19,000 deals, personal enmity Telangana, Dipa with Khel Ratna announced modernising after Speaker P anything rather this has acres of capital city area. and due to verbal Chhattisgarh, West award and her coach B the police control room Dhanapal rejected their been discouraging her The CRDA has estimated that for the creation of duels. “Only a few Bengal and a few oth- S Nandi with in Chennai with the demand to reconsider ers and top business to leave the state like Dronacharya award. infrastructure facilities like roads, water, power setting up of murders have taken the suspension of 79 thousands of brilliant brand owners offered "This government etc., it will cost Rs 1 crore per acre. Command, Control, place due to revenge, DMK MLAs and boy- doctors, engineers and her cash reward and does not have any right Communication and rowdyism and for cotted the day's pro- professors," he said. kept other options open to remain in power, the Intelligence (3ci) gain,” Ms Jayalalithaa ceedings. Raising the AIMIM to ally with smaller for Ms Dipa. Mr Sinha further way they are perform- Operation Centre at an said. The police were issue during Zero "Dipa represented alleged that Tripura has ing and continuously estimated Rs 12.22 unable to prevent mur- Hour, Congress parties in UP polls Tripura well in produced thousands of dishonouring the tal- crore. ders as the disputes Legislature Party Lucknow: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Olympic for the first talents in different ents and public senti- were not brought to Leader K R Ramasamy Muslimeen India (AIMIM) will contest the assem- For fire personnel, fields and they per- ments because of auto- their notice by the peo- urged the Chair to time and she is the first among the other things, formed excellently well cratic political vision," bly elections in Uttar Pradesh in alliance with the ple concerned. “Still, reconsider his August female gymnast of she announced procur- in their respective alleged BJP spokesper- small political parties. they are taking continu- 17 decision suspending India in Olympics but ing 1,000 personal pro- field. son Prasenjit The Hyderabad-based Muslim dominated politi- ous steps to prevent the DMK members for narrowly missed the tective equipment at a Chakraborty. cal outfit is in talks with several parties, including incidents of crimes,” creating medal. When the entire The Left Front cost of Rs 5.50 crore. she added. country became over- government, due to its Mukhtar Ansari's Quami Ekta Dal. "AIMIM is open for an alliance for contesting the 2017 state assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and talks are underway with several parties in the state. We are confident to fare much better then Protesters attack Pakistan TV station Bihar in UP elections as the Muslims, the core voters of the Samajwadi party, are disillusioned with the ruling party and are in search of a viable Karachi: Activists of them, attacked the ARY the hospital) dead, who alternative'', said Hyderabad MP Asaduddin a key Pakistani political station after his address was shot with a gun," Owaisi while talking to UNI on phone yesterday. party clashed with from self-imposed exile doctor Seemi Jamali, "Party's UP president Shaukat Ali is in touch police and ransacked a in London. the director at a state- with some organisations, some leaders and some private television sta- MQM workers also run hospital, said. parties. It would be too early to really comment on tion in the southern port clashed with police on Three of the injured it. Definitely we are open for alliance but not with city of Karachi on the streets, sparking belonged to media parties like Samajwadi, Congress or BJP," Mr Monday, leaving at volleys of gunshots and organisations, she said. Owaisi said. least one man dead and tear gas in several Television footage seven others injured. "I have met leaders of several parties in UP but I places across the city, showed dozens of men am not involved in those matters. Our state presi- The violence erupted police and witnesses and women barging dent is there. We will have to wait for some time," soon after the powerful said. into ARY's office, he said. exiled leader of the "We have carried out smashing doors, win- Muttahida Qaumi Mr Owaisi, who had visited UP on August teargas shelling to dis- dows and equipment 13 and had addressed a convention of the party Movement (MQM), perse the mob, who with rods and batons Altaf Hussain, gave a cadre in Lucknow, said his party is getting "very were trying to attack a and setting fire to sev- good response" from people which was "very telephone address to his television office," sen- eral vehicles. supporters in which he heartening" and gave his party a "lot of confi- ior police officer Saqib Paramilitary Rangers castigated the media for dence" "There is definitely lot of anger against the Ismail said. arrested the MQM's top Samajwadi Party-led state government because not giving due coverage in connection with the power -- has long been resorted to hundreds of One unidentified man leader in Pakistan, they have not fulfilled the promises made in elec- of his workers. unrest. blamed for ethnic vio- extra-judicial killings was killed and seven Farooq Sattar, as he tion manifesto. Governance has taken a beating. lence in Karachi. during a "clean-up" Hussain's activists, others injured, two with arrived to address a The MQM, run by They have failed to control law and order and now operation that began in who had just ended a gunshot wounds, press conference at Hussain from London -- It has clashed repeat- within their own party, they have serious internal 2013 in a city already week-long hunger strike according to hospital Karachi Press Club late and accused of using edly with authorities differences," he said. Key plank of his party's plagued by violence. over a government officials. Monday. Officials said extortion and murder to who, according to campaigning in Uttar Pradesh would be "failure" crackdown against "One was brought (to Sattar had been arrested cement its grip on rights groups, have of the SP government.'' 6 Visakhapatnam Wednesday 24rd august, 2016 Return by Sept 25 or fend for yourself: Sushma tells Indian workers in Saudi

New Delhi: External "My advice to all second appeal to Indian ers sought Indian gov- in Saudi economy, trig- they settle the accounts Affairs Minister such Indian workers is workers. Earlier on ernment's intervention gered by low oil prices with the companies Sushma Swaraj on that they should file Sunday, she had said in taking up their diffi- and cut in spending by concerned. Tuesday appealed to the their claims and return when Saudi government culties with the Saudi the government. The As per rules, no for- Indian workers, who home by 25th settles with the compa- authorities. three worst affected eign employee can have lost their jobs in September 2016. We nies which have closed He had also gone to companies are Saud leave the country with- Saudi Arabia, to return will bring them back down, the dues of the Saudi Arabia last week Oger, Saudi Bin Laden out NoC by the employ- to India by September free of charge.” workers will also be to resolve the matter. and Saad group. ers. 25 failing which they paid, asserting that set- "Those who do not The Saudi govern- The Indian govern- The Saudi govern- have to make their own tlement of claims will return by 25th ment, then, had agreed ment had requested the ment also agreed to arrangements for board- take time and that there September will have to to swiftly resolve plight Saudi authorities to allow transfer of Indian ing, lodging and return was no point in waiting make their own of the laid-off Indian give the unemployed employees, who have journey. in Saudi Arabia indefi- arrangements for board- workers including pro- Indian workers exit lost their jobs, to any nitely. "Gen_VKSingh visit- ing, lodging and return viding them free pas- visas without NoC (No- other company within ed Saudi Arabia twice journey," Swaraj said in Earlier this month, sage to return to India Objection Certificate) Saudi Arabia. As per to resolve the problems a series of tweets. Minister of State for and clearing their from employers and rules, foreign employ- of Indian workers ren- Sushma Swaraj External Affairs VK unpaid dues. also urged it to clear ees cannot change jobs dered unemployed due Singh had rushed to the dues of workers tweets on Indian work- Thousands of Indian with permission of the to closure of companies Saudi Arabia after large who have not been paid ers in Saudi workers have lost their company where they there.” number of Indian work- for months, whenever This is the minister's jobs due to slowdown were employed. 'What if I spit on Sindhu': '' release director's FB post sparks outrage postponed to October

The director later clarified and claimed the post was an attempt at black humour which everyone failed to comprehend. Sasidharan has helmed acclaimed Malayalam movies like 'Ozhivudivasathe Kali' and 'Oraalppokkam'. Sasidharan has helmed acclaimed Malayalam movies like 'Ozhivudivasathe Kali' and 'Oraalppokkam'. Mumbai: he would spit on -star- Swasaga Sagipo'," a "They want to unveil "Everyone is celebrat- remark. Elaborating vinced, though, and rer Telugu romantic source from the film's it on the occasion of Malayalam film direc- Olympic silver medal- ing Sindhu's achieve- on the unsavoury are in no mood to let tor Sanal Kumar list PV Sindhu. While drama "Premam", the unit told IANS. Chaitanya's father ment now. What if I remark in a subse- go of their umbrage. eponymous remake of Nagarjuna's birthday on Sasidharan's the entire nation has spit on this? What is quent Facebook clari- Directed by Chandoo Sasidharan has Malayalam blockbuster, Mondeti, the film August 29. The film's ‘humourous’ take on been celebrating there to celebrate fication, Sasidharan helmed acclaimed India’s first female Sindhu's historic which was earlier tracks three different audio launch will hap- much about it?" called it 'black Malayalam movies scheduled to release on pen in the third week silver medallist, PV achievement, the film- humour' that people stages of romance in His post pulled in a like 'Ozhivudivasathe September 9, has been the life of its protago- of September to coin- Sindhu, has received maker wrote on lot of criticism as failed to comprehend. Kali' and widespread flak. Facebook in deferred by a month. nist. cide with the birth social media lambast- Patronisers of the 'Oraalppokkam'. anniversary of late leg- Malayalam, "The film will hit the Last week, the mak- Sanal had said that ed his distasteful sport aren’t con- endary actor screens during ers released the first Nageswara Rao," he Dussehra festival in song "Evare" from the said. October. The original album and it has been Janatha Garage plan was to release in very well received. The film also stars 'Pellichoopulu' success has September; however, it Now, they're planning , has been postponed to to unveil 1-minute Madonna Sebastian and release preponed? make way for the video of the song on a Anupama made Vijay's next film big release of Chaitanya's special occasion. Parameswaran. The release date of NTR-Koratala Siva's much other film 'Sahasam awaited Janatha Garage would be advanced by a day if latest reports are anything to go by. As there's Bharath Bandh on Sep 2nd, producers are contemplating to release the film on Sep 1st Silly to have advertised my Chevalier which would be music to the ears of NTR's fans. Though Mythri Movie Makers also have option to defer the film to Sep 9, makers are so confident award: Kamal Haasan on the film and keen on advancing the release. Also since Sep 5 happens to be auspicious Actor-filmmaker my family are around gious honour bestowed Ganesh Chaturdhi, NTR and the makers of Kamal Haasan, who to enjoy it." on Haasan. Janatha Garage don't want to miss the festival has been conferred the Meanwhile, the South In a statement, the week which would be of great advantage. coveted Chevalier de Indian Artistes Sangam confirmed that The film's shoot has been wrapped up and the L'Ordre Arts et Letters Association also known an event is going to be post-production work is going on at blitzkrieg (The Knight of the as Nadigar Sangam is organized to felicitate speed. The film's censor would mostly be done on Order of Arts and planning a grand event the National award- Aug 27 so that film would have a smooth & wide Letters) by the French to celebrate the presti- winning actor. release on Sep 1st. government, says it was "silly" of him to For the first-time, NTR is sharing screen space have advertised the with Malayalam superstar Mohanlal and the film award. has ensemble cast including Samantha, Nithya The success of "Arjun Reddy", told schedule in Hyderabad, Menen. "Indian scholars have Telugu indie romantic- IANS. and we have to shoot received two comedy Talking about the on the roads. A few Chevaliers and don't "Pellichoopulu", which success of months ago, nobody advertise it. Between has been raved by crit- "Pellichoopulu" and the bothered if we shot humility and fame, ics and audiences alike, pressure it has brought outdoor. However, post silly me chose latter. has raised the stakes on on him, he shared: 'Pellichoopulu', Vijay Thank you friends and its lead actor Vijay "When I met Vijay's has become the darling fans," Haasan wrote on Deverakonda's next father recently, he told of the masses and peo- his Twitter page on release -- "Arjun me how much expecta- ple will mob us if we're Tuesday. Reddy". tions people will have going to shoot with Upon being chosen "The success of from the film. From the him on the streets," he for the award, Haasan 'Pellichoopulu' has trade's perspective, the said. said he'd like to dedi- made our film big. release of my film is Also starring Jia cate it to his admirers We've already been crucial because post the Sharma, Sanjay and audiences. approached by a few success of Swaroop and Gopinath Thanking his teachers distributors who have 'Pellichoopulu', Vijay Bhat, the film is pro- and admirers, he said: expressed interest to market value has duced by Vanga's "With motherly care, buy and release the increased." brother. they have applauded film. However, I Having recently com- In the film, which my every little step for- haven't accepted any pleted the Italy sched- will also feature dia- ward. The melancholy offers yet as I'm keen ule, Vanga is worried logues in Tulu, Vijay of my parents not being on completing the proj- about shooting on the plays a medical sur- alive to see this day is ect first," Sandeep streets of Hyderabad. geon. allied by the fact the Vanga, director of "We have two-day elders and the young in

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