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RASHMIKA SHUTS TROLLER WITH A VIRTUAL SLAP { Page 11 } www.dailypioneer.com Centre asks Now bars Kin of construction workers states to be FULFILLED ANOTHER to be open alert ahead of till 10 pm get Rs 5 lakh ex gratia PNS n VIJAYAWADA SC verdict PNS n VIJAYAWADA NEW DELHI:x The Centre PROMISE, SAYS CM To gradually cut availability has asked all states to remain and consumption of liquor, The Andhra Pradesh govern- alert ahead of the Supreme CM distributes cheques to AgriGold scam victims the Chief Minister, YS ment has distributed ex-gratia Court verdict on Ram Jaganmohan Reddy has asked of Rs five lakh to each of the Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid PNS n VIJAYAWADA the concerned officials to families of five construction title dispute and ensure secu- bring down the number of workers who committed sui- rity in sensitive areas, officials Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan bars in the state. In a meet- cide in Guntur district, from said on Thursday. Reddy has said that the gov- ing at the camp office, the Building and Other The Ministry of Home ernment has launched many Chief Minister instructed the Construction Workers Welfare Affairs (MHA) has also dis- welfare schemes. Other states officials to implement the fund on Wednesday, patched around 4,000 para- are taking us as role model, he rule from January 1 next November 7. military personnel for secu- said. year. AP Labour Commissioner rity deployment in Uttar Speaking at a function He further said that bars G Rekha Rani said that the Pradesh, particularly in Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy called on CPM senior leader P Madhu organised in Guntur to dis- will be open from 11.00 am amount was given to the along with advisor S Ramkrishna Reddy on Thursday Ayodhya. tribute the cheques to to 10 pm. The Chief Minister deceased families from the A general advisory has AgriGold victims, the Chief instructed the officials to fund on the instructions of AP Minister has assured that sand on the sand for their liveli- been sent to all states and Minister said that though the consider all aspects while Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan shortage will be sorted in the hood. Added to that, the AP Union territories asking them case was a matter involving a granting permission to set up Reddy. next 10 days and sand avail- state government has planned to deploy adequate security private company and the issue a bar. The Andhra Pradesh The AP State government ability will be improved. to bring new legislation to personnel in all sensitive being in court, the govern- government had taken over has said that there is sand The AP state government is regulate and impose strict places and ensure that no ment has taken the permis- 3,500 liquor shops across the scarcity in the state and said taking all the necessary steps measures for violations in min- untoward incident takes place sion of the court to disburse state, which will be run by the that continued flood in major to tide over the crisis and for ing and transport of sand is in anywhere in the country, a an amount of Rs 264 crore to AP State Beverages rivers has hampered excava- avoiding any inconvenience the offing to check sand mafia home ministry official said. 3.7 lakh victims. Corporation. tion of sand. The Chief to the labourer who depends and to regulate the prices. If anyone is left out, they can Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy and Home Minister Sucharita at thye register their names with the AgriGold cheque distribution programme on Thursday District Legal Services Man who burnt Authority (DLSA) for one late the situation. At that time, 10,000 financial assistance to more month to get the bene- I was in the Opposition and auto and cab owner-cum-dri- Ind growth cannot be done on alive woman fit. "Presently, dues are being took up your cause and fought vers under YSR Vahana Mitra," paid to those who had invest- with the Government. Today, he further said. ed up to Rs 10,000 and in the I am before you to fulfill the The Chief Minister claimed MRO dies next phase, we will take per- assurance I have given then. that during the last five graves of human beings: NGT HYDERABAD: The man, mission from the court to pro- On May 30, we came to power. months, the government had PNS n NEW DELHI who had burnt alive a vide the benefit to those who In June, we discussed the mat- brought out a legislation fixing Telangana government offi- had deposited up to Rs 20,000," ter in the Cabinet and on July 75 per cent quota in jobs to Industrial development cannot cial in her office near Jaganmohan Reddy said. 12 we have allocated funds in youth in industries and be done on the graves of human Announcements Hyderabad on Monday, also "I have given a word to the the budget. We are just five- increased the old age pension beings and should not be at the succumbed to his injuries victims who approached me months-old but provided jobs amount. cost of "air and water quality", in southern on Thursday, taking the toll during my 3,648 km padaya- to over four lakh people of "The previous government the NGT said Thursday while to three in the ghastly inci- tra and told me as to how they which 1.30 jobs are of perma- had allotted Rs 500 crore while directing the Haryana govern- languages at dent. were cheated and the previous nent nature in the Village we have earmarked. ment to shorten the period of K. Suresh died at govern- government tried to manipu- Secretariats. We have given Rs Continued on Page 3 inspection of polluting factories. Varanasi station ment-run Osmania Hospital A bench headed by NGT around 3.30 p.m., doctors Chairperson Justice Adarsh PNS n VARANASI said. His condition started Kumar Goel said there is need deteriorating on Wednesday AP Cabinet to for reduction in period of The railway station in prime night and he was put on ven- inspections and increase in fre- minister Narendra Modi's tilator. meet on Nov 13 quency with regard to "highly Panel said vigilance is ing, to verify that "green" status parliamentary constituency Vijaya Reddy, 37, a tahsil- polluting" industries. also required on is being genuinely used. Varanasi will soon air dar (Mandal Revenue PNS n VIJAYAWADA "Needless to say that while It said that there is a need for announcements in Tamil, Officer) of Abdullapurmet industrial development in sus- ‘green category’, the Central Pollution Control Telugu, Malyalam and mandal, was burnt alive in The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet tainable manner is necessary, it which are less Board to ensure revision of Kannada languages. The her office by Suresh over meeting is scheduled to be cannot be at the cost of air and polluting, to verify policies in all the states having Railway is making special land row. held on November 13. In- water quality which are the regard to the data of air and arrangements for the growing charge Chief Secretary means of sustenance of life. The that ‘green’ status is water quality. number of non-Hindi speak- Neerab Kumar Prasad has industrial development cannot being genuinely used The policy should cover ing people visiting the holy sent a note in this regard to be on the graves of human inspections with reference to the city. PM to visit all the officials on Thursday. beings. time, such initiatives are to be Water (Prevention and Control "Non- Hindi speakers, "All the Special Chief "There can be no objection to balanced against deterioration of Pollution) Act, 1974 as well especially from South India Brazil on Nov Secretaries and Principal bureaucratic procedures and of air and water quality which as the Air (Prevention and are coming here in large Shiv Sena MLAs move Secretaries have to prepare hassles being relaxed, simplified must be protected," the bench Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, numbers. A majority of them the reports and proposals in and shortened and industrial said. it said, adding that further do not understand Hindi. 13-14 for detail. First they have to sub- growth and employment gener- The green panel said vigi- action taken report may be So, for their ease and conve- mit all the files in CMO for ation programmes being lance is also required on "green filed by the CPCB before the nience, we will be soon mak- BRICS summit to Mumbai hotel the consideration," he said. encouraged but at the same category", which are less pollut- next date by e-mail. ing the announcements in NEW DELHI: Prime regional languages. Initially, Minister Narendra Modi will it will be in four languages. visit Brazil from Nov 13-14 to amid uncertainty The system is being upgrad- attend an annual summit of ed for this," said Anand BRICS, a grouping of five PNS n MUMBAI "No one can dare to come ‘Adani, Reliance projects not going anywhere’ Mohan, Director, regional countries, the external affairs near Shiv Sena MLAs. Our Cantt station. ministry said on Thursday. With just a day to the deadline MLAs are firm in their PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM open the same in Hyderabad, the grounding of the project." "We are beginning with The BRICS comprises for government formation in resolve and committed to the IT Minister said "Adani Citing the reason behind Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada Brazil, Russia, India, China Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena the party. Those who are Putting all speculations to Group has not withdrawn its thoroughly going into the and Telugu. Later Odia, and South Africa. moved its MLAs to a hotel in spreading such rumours rest, IT Minister M Goutham plans to invest in a data park proposed projects, he said the Marathi and other languages Secretary (Economic Mumbai amid reports that a should worry about their Reddy claimed that Adani in Visakhapatnam. allocation of lands to indus- will also be added. This will Relations) in the Ministry of faction could break away to MLAs first," Sanjay Raut told and Reliance Groups are very We have asked the group to tries blindly without verifying be done by the end of this External Affairs T S support its ally BJP. Talk of reporters. much interested in setting up come up with a clear invest- their credentials had resulted month." Tirumurti told reporters that defections from the Sena But in the afternoon, Sena their proposed projects in ment plan so that according- in land crunch. "This is a new experiment the leaders at the summit will gained more ground as the BJP MLAs were seen entering Andhra Pradesh and the pro- ly land parcels could be allo- Consequently, the adverse and it will be started from the deliberate on boosting over- met with Governor Bhagar Rangsharda, a small hotel jects were not going to any cated in a phased manner. I affect is state government is prime minister's constituen- all cooperation among the Singh Koshyari. just a few minutes away from other place as the rumours had spoken to Adani Group left with not enough land cy," Mohan said. member nations.Brazil is the "Our MLAs are committed Matoshree, party chief doing rounds. The YSRCP representatives and they are bank to allocate to genuine Non-Hindi speaking visi- current chair of the grouping to the party and do not need Uddhav Thackeray's home. government is not issuing very much interested to set up players. "We are not here to tors face a lot of problems which represents over 3.6 sequestering to keep them from The MLAs may stay there for blind cheque to investors in IT Minister M Goutham Reddy their data centre in make MoUs and provide lands while trying to get informa- billion people, or half of the defecting. No party will break a couple of days, it was the form of lands without Visakhapatnam and are without checking the invest- tion about their train timings, world population and they in Maharashtra," Shiv Sena MP reportedly decided after a going through their invest- rumours that Adani group preparing an investment plan ment plan to hog the media etc. and many a times they have a combined nominal Sanjay Raut said earlier today, meeting at Matoshree. ment plan thoroughly. shelved its data centre project as suggested by us. We will limelight. have missed their trains in the GDP of USD 16.6 trillion. rubbishing the reports. Continued on Page 3 Commenting on the proposed in Visakhapatnam to soon announce the date for Continued on Page 3 process. TODAY ALMANAC English medium in govt schools raises heckles Indian Army tells Jawans Month & Paksham: PNS n VIJAYAWADA Kartik & Shukla Paksha Academics, teachers say English in all schools is against LANGUAGE WRANGLE not to get ‘honey trapped' Tithi : Navami: 07:21 am The Andhra Pradesh govern- Kasturi panel recommendations, and impractical n Nakshatram: Shatabhisha: Full Night ment's decision to introduce Govt plans to make English PNS n NEW DELHI medium of instruction from Class Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start English as the medium of The legislator from teachers' instruction in all government constituency said that con- I to VIII from 2020-21; Class IX In the wake of some 'honey trap' any important work) schools has triggered a contro- verting all government schools and X from 2021-22 incidents, the Indian Army has Rahukalam: 11:59 am – 01:24 pm versy, with a section of acade- into English medium schools issued an advisory, asking its n Yamagandam: 07:44 am – 09:09 am micians and teachers opposing was also a deviation from the Teachers say with just eight personnel to be cautious and months to go, ground work for Varjyam: 02:21 pm – 04:09 pm the move. The YS Jaganmohan proposed national education avoid being friendly with Reddy-led government has policy. The YSR Congress Party implementation is zero strangers posing as spiritual Gulika: 10:34 am - 11:59 am announced converting all gov- (YSRCP) government has leaders or women of foreign Good Time: (to start any ernment, Mandal Praja come under criticism for intro- n Move goes against origin. The Army has also important work) Parishad (MPP) and Zilla ducing English medium with- recommendation that teaching identified around 150 profiles should be done in mother tongue Amritakalam: 01:10 am – 02:58 am Parishad (ZP) schools into out doing the necessary ground used by Pakistan to honey trap English medium schools. work. Indian Army personnel. "Pakistan-based operatives, Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:37 am – 12:22 pm According to an order issued Teachers of government-run The advisory, issued in mid- through social media, gather by the School Education Telugu and Urdu medium Teachers' Federation (UTF) October, says that Pakistani contact numbers of senior army VIJAYAWADA Department, English will be schools opposed the move, condemned the government intelligence agencies are target- officials, and deployment pat- WEATHER the medium of instruction saying they lacked the neces- order and demanded that ing Indian security personnel, terns," said a senior Indian Forecast: Mostly Cloudy from Class I to VIII from aca- sary skills to teach in English. Telugu medium schools should especially Indian Army person- Army officer. Many Pakistan- Temp: 33/22 demic year 2020-21. For Class "As the new academic year be allowed to continue. UTF nel, who are deployed in sensi- based social media operatives Humidity: 70% IX and X, English will be the decision has evoked criticism move, saying that it went starts in June, and we have just state president Sheikh Saabji tive areas. take disguise as a Person of Sunrise: 06.17 medium of instruction from from a section of academics against the recommendation of eight months in hand which is said that scrapping Telugu as The Army has asked every- Indian Origin and identify Sunset: 05.42 2021-22. and teachers. Katti Narasimha the Kasturi Rangan Committee not sufficient to prepare our- the medium of instruction in one not to divulge sensitive themselves with pseudo names Current Weather Conditions However, Telugu or Urdu Reddy, a member of the that had said teaching should selves for the new task," said a all government schools is not information on social media like Vikram calling from army Updated November 07, 2019 5:00 PM will be a compulsory subject in Andhra Pradesh Legislative be done in mother tongue, at teacher in Vijayawada. a proper decision. and be cautious about honey headquarters or as insurances all schools. The government's Council, found fault with the least in primary classes. Meanwhile, the United Continued on Page 3 trap attempts. officers and take details. VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | NOVEMBER 8, 2019 vijayawada 02

Task Force KGH gets new operation theatre personnel raid AP to set up control rooms PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM brothel; five Collector V Vinay Chand on arrested Thursday inaugurated a new to prevent boat accidents operation theatre complex- Mathrusri Maternity Facility at Gynaecology Department in PNS n AMARAVATI n KGH. The control rooms Kamala Nagula and Dr Andhra Pradesh government will be under the Seetharamayya Nagula, the will soon inaugurate as many charge of MRO and alumni of Andhra Medical as eight control rooms to will include staff from College, Visakhapatnam ensure prevention of boat acci- Water Resources, (1966) donated funds for the PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM dents, tighten procedures to Tourism depts, Police operation theatre complex. Collector V Vinay Chand, principal of Andhra Medical College Dr PV Sudhakar and KGH superintendent Dr G Arjuna at the new operation theatre, which was issue licences for boats and n The construction of the The City Task Force person- impart training to operators At least 13 personnel building and equipment inaugurated on Thursday nel raided a brothel house among other measures. staff and three police amounts to Rs 1 crore, which in the city on Thursday Chief Minister YS constables will be in was donated by AMCANA inaugurated the facility. Dr PV and arrested five persons. Jaganmohan Reddy chaired a each control room (Andhra Medical College The construction of Sudhakar, Principal, Andhra They raided a brothel house review meeting to take neces- n Alumni of North America) the building and Medical College, at Shankar Nagar in sary precautions to prevent The CM is scheduled and Rs 1.5 lakh was spent from equipment has cost Visakhapatnam also thanked Madhavadhara and arrest- boat accidents and decided to to inaugurate the the Hospital Development and requested the AMCANA ed one organiser Buddiga set up eight control rooms for construction of eight Society funds of King George Rs 1 crore, which members to support the other Naga Mani, 39, and two prevention of boat accidents days. The Chief Minister said walkie-talkies and GPS will be control rooms on Hospital, sanctioned by the was donated by projects in AMC. customers, Chotelal 35 of and security, according to an that there should be continu- mandatory on boats. November 21 and Chairman: HDS and District AMCANA and Rs 1.5 Dr Seetharamayya Nagula Ganesh Plywood Glass official release. ous information with the con- "Permission should be they will be available Collector, Visakhapatnam. MD, who was an NRI, deliv- Centre, Santhipuram, The control rooms will be trol room on the movement of given to boats only after thor- within 90 days District Collector Vinay lakh was spent from ered a PPT (power point pre- Sankaramatham Road and under the Mandal Revenue boats, their routes, and infor- ough checking and make sure Chand thanked Dr sentation) on 'Helping the Luna Ram Kumar, 34, of Office and will include staff mation of floods. Alcohol con- that the Standard Operating Seetharamayya Nagula and the Hospital Helpless' in the radiology lec- Seethammapeta and res- from the Water Resources, sumption should be banned. Procedure (SOP) is installed ly checking licenses and boats. AMCANA members for pro- Development ture gallery. Through cued a woman, who is a Police and Tourism He also instructed the officials on the boats. Periodic infor- The Chief Minister instructed viding infrastructure facility Society funds of AMCANA (Andhra Medical native of Kolkata. Cash Department. The Chief to attach GPS connections, mation should be available on officials that the boat trainers for the KGH and also College Alumni of North worth Rs 5,330, five mobile Minister instructed officials ban the consumption of alco- the river flow," he said. The should also be trained and requested them to support King George America ), he promised ot fur- phones were recovered that at least 13 personnel staff hol by staff and conduct breath Chief Minister said that the boats should be allowed only the construction of the Hospital ther collect the fund to help from their possession. They and three police constables analyser tests on staff. control room staff should after inspection. Centenary Block in AMC for the development of the were handed over to the should be in each control "MRO will be in charge of take responsibility for the On September 15, the Royal with adequate funds. AMC/KGH in future. Dr T concerned SHO, Airport room. the control room. If the control trips in the river and the Vasishta boat capsized in river Dr G Arjuna, facility for women, mammog- Padmavathi, Prof and head of PS for further action. The Chief Minister is sched- room is seen without any haz- recruited staff in control Godavari. Of the 77 persons on Superintendent, KGH, also raphy facility for breast cancer the department of Obst and Meanwhile, two persons uled to inaugurate the con- ard, they will be given at least rooms should be trained for board, only 26 persons sur- thanked Dr Seetharamayya and NICU ward for children. Gynaecology and other senior were arrested for organising struction of eight control two months salary as incen- three months. vived. The boat was brought Nagula, AMCANA for provid- He also thanked district doctors were present along cockfights at Uppada of rooms on November 21 and tives based on the grading," the The officers told Chief out of the river and pulled to ing many projects in KGH like Collector for sanctioning the with members of AMCANA Bhimili. they will be available within 90 chief minister said adding that Minister that they are current- the shore on October 22. for cervical cancer detection fund under HDS and also and 1966 AMC batch Doctors. Govt foisting false Save your Yahoo Groups ‘Skills on Wheels' to cases, says data within 5 weeks! Why shift educate rural youth Diwakar Reddy PNS n NEW DELHI capital? TDP After nearly two decades of operations, Yahoo Groups is MLC asks govt PNS n ANANTAPUR shutting down and users who PNS n VIJAYAWADA still have data on the once pop- Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan ular groups have time till Minister Botsa Satyanarayana Reddy has been victimising December 14 to save them. The does not know the difference political rivals and this trend is Verizon-owned tech company between temporary struc- going to increase further in has disabled uploading of con- tures and permanent struc- future, alleged former TDP MP tent on the Yahoo Groups site. tures, TDP MLC Bendalam JC Diwakar Reddy. He alleged Beginning December 14, all Ashok has opined. Speaking that Jagan has been targeting Groups will be made private to the media on Thursday at some individuals and foisting and content uploaded previ- Guntur, he demanded the false cases against them. ously via the website will be government to explain why In mining sector too, the removed. "Privacy is critical Yahoo Groups' launch in 2001, The new version brings a the capital is being shifted PNS n VIJAYAWADA ered. Under this scheme, phenomenon is perceptible. To and we have taken this deci- millions have used the facility revamped interface, developed from Amaravati. three groups of the society save from police harassment, the transport sector. Referring to sion to better align with our to connect with others around keeping in mind today's taller He opined that the Andhra Pradesh State Skill will be provided education - targeted individuals have been RTA officials seizing Diwakar overall principles. If you would their common bonds and mobile screens, which allows Ministers are speaking a lot Development Corporation school children, unemployed urged to join the YSRCP. The Travels' buses, he wanted to like to keep any of the content interests. intuitive one-hand usage with more than the engineers. (APSSDC) launched 'Skills youth and Self Help Group government officials too have no know whether the Diwakar you've posted or stored in But a lot has changed about the new navigation bar at the "Why are they making fun of on Wheels' bus on Thursday members," said Madhusudan option except paying heed to Travels is the lone offender. He your Yahoo Group, please the Internet since 2001 and bottom of the screen. Yahoo, farmers' sacrifices?" he ques- from the corporation office Reddy, Chairman, APSSDC. what the government says. The wanted to know how many download it by December 14," taking into consideration the however, emphasised that new tioned. He said that the here to provide digital edu- He also said that communi- officials are dreading that the buses of other travel services the Yahoo Groups team said in changing habit of Internet groups could still be formed. Ministers do not know any- cation in rural areas of the ty programs will be held in same fate would fall as that of the have been seized. an email to users. users, Yahoo began the process The difference is that all the thing except demolishing the state. various parts of the state. "In Chief Secretary LV Even though the tribunal has "Photos and files can be of helping active Yahoo Groups content that you shared previ- structures. Because of their The bus will travel to six total, various groups will be Subrahmanyam if they did not been asking the RTA officials to saved right from the Yahoo migrate to its email platform. ously on the website, can now attitude, investments are districts of the state, which provided digital literacy for 11 pay heed to what the govern- release the seized buses, the RTA Groups site, or you can down- In September, Yahoo unveiled be shared via email. The cur- going back from the State. include Prakasam, Nellore, hours per day. Hewlett ment says, he pointed out. officials are not paying heed to load your data from the a new version of its Mail app tains on Yahoo Groups also "We are ready to show the Chittoor, Anantapur, and Packard (HP) is providing He claims to have experi- the tribunal directions, he Privacy Dashboard," the com- that aims to redefine the way reflects how the smartphone is Ministers, what was done in Kurnool. "In each district, at technical support for this pro- enced more than 74 years in lamented. pany said. In the 18 years, since people use their inboxes. changing the world around us. Amaravati," he said. least 5 villages will be cov- ject," he added. Honorary doctorates for Ratan Tata, GM Rao Less sleep may affect women's bone health PNS n NOIDA (UP) Comprehensive consultations have been made with over one Industrialists Ratan Tata and G lakh village committees. The PNS n NEW YORK study lead author Heather less per night had 22 per cent M Rao were conferred honorary new policy encompasses 'gyaan, Ochs-Balcom, from the and 63 per cent higher risks of doctorates on Thursday by a vigyaan, navachaar and san- Getting too little sleep is University at Buffalo in the experiencing low bone mass private university here. The skaar' (knowledge, science, linked with a higher risk of US. and osteoporosis of the hip, honorary doctorates were con- innovation and culture)," he told having low bone mineral den- In the study of 11,084 post- respectively. ferred on them by Amity reporters. "It's going to be India- sity (BMD) and developing menopausal women, those Similar results were seen University during its annual centric policy and empower osteoporosis, researchers have who reported sleeping five with the spine "I hope that it convocation ceremony attend- the country according to the warned. Osteoporosis is a dis- hours or less per night had can also serve as a reminder to ed by Human Resource Addressing students, prime minister's vision of 'new ease in which bone weakening lower BMD at all four sites strive for the recommended Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal said the central gov- India'," he said, adding that the increases the risk of a broken assessed -- whole body, total seven or more hours of sleep Pokhriyal 'Nishank'. ernment would soon be com- policy would be unveiled soon. bone. "Our study suggests hip, neck, and spine -- com- per night for our physical While Tata was honoured in ing up with a new education Founder-president of Amity that sleep may negatively pared with women who and mental health," Ochs- absentia, Rao, the chairman of policy after a gap of 33 years. Group Ashok K Chauhan said impact bone health, adding to reported sleeping seven hours Balcom said. The study was GMR group, said it was an hon- "Wide consultations have 6,900 graduates were awarded the list of the negative health per night. After adjustments, published in the Journal of our for him to be receiving the been made with experts, stu- with degrees and diplomas, impacts of poor sleep," said the women reporting five hours or Bone and Mineral Research. PhD alongside his "role model". dents, parents and guardians. besides 42 PhDs.

VIJAYAWADA BULLION RATES GOLD Pursue fundamental research, youth told ` 38, 470 (10 gm) n ` 360 PNS BENGALURU the 11th Infosys Prize by Infosys The conclusion is that our youth is capable of original thinkers that will go after solu- scored the need for increasing Science Foundation, ofwhich tions to the problems of our the overall per cent of spend- SILVER IT czar N R Narayana Murthy he is a trustee, Murthy said, our thinking if we create an environment that encourages country," he opined. ing on research. "Today India ` 45,600(1kg) on Thursday said he wants youth deserve toinvent some such adventures of mind Raising several queries like- spends 0.6 per cent to 0.7 per ` 300 India to be a place where dis- important stuff valuable to India — N R NARAYANA MURTHY, IT czar can our youngstersfind a vaccine cent ofGDP on research. Out of covery and invention happen and the world sothat they are to chikungunya or dengue? can this 0.6 per cent is spent by the every month. Noting that India recognised and respected. "Else, they find aninexpensive solution government, private sector that CHICKEN probably has more problems what is our contribution to this world of that period," he said, as facing itscitizens than any other to desalination of sea water? includes philanthropy spends RATES `/KG facing its citizens than any world as anation of 1.25 billion he listed the contributions of country in the world. among others, Murthy said, if 0.1 per cent on research. other country in the world, he people?" he asked. Aryabhatta, Brahmagupta, "Our huge population is a our youngsters can find solu- Developed countries like- US Dressed/With Skin `131 stressedon the need for coun- Pointing at India's own histo- Bhaskaracharya, and Madhava. big bottleneck for providing tions tothese problems then spends3 per cent, Korea 4 per Without Skin `149 try's youngsters to pursue fun- ry of advances in Science and "The conclusion is that our our children with basic edu- they would bring back pride to cent and China 4-5 per cent. Broiler at Farm `90 damental research. Mathematics, the Infosys co- youth is capable of original cation, healthcare, nutrition our people,and to our future We have toincrease the overall "What kind of research founder said, there were many thinking if we create an environ- and shelter," he said. generations. per cent of spending on should our youngsters do? Iwant Indian scientists and mathemati- ment that encourages such Murthy believed that we Murthy further said, we research," he said. EGG it to be 'an expression of an age cians who did "earth-shaking" adventures of mind," he added. could find appropriatesolu- higher educational and research have to overcome our "skep- Government has made a as well as an influence operating work during the "golden period" Observing that there were tions to our problems if we institutions. ticism" about the so-called commitment to increase their RATES `/100 upon both present and future,' of science and mathematics in even more important reasons educate the youth to "These youngsters come in as "useless knowledge" and start spending to 1 per cent, but the HYDERABAD 384 as Abraham Flexner once said. India from 100 AD to 1400 AD. whyour youngsters have to be thinkindependently to use intelligent, curious, enthusiastic helping our youngsters pursue private sector and philanthropy VIJAYAWADA 385 I want India to be a place where "The scientists and mathe- encouraged and equipped to research and its applications. and energetic young men and fundamental research enthu- have to significantly increase VISAKHAPATNAM 400 discovery andinvention happen maticians of the golden era of becomecontributors to solving He stressed the need to pro- young women, and they have to siastically. above what they are doing today, every month," Murthy said. Indian science and mathemat- huge problems that confront us vide full freedom of inquiry and be nurtured to leave as confi- Also speaking at the event, he said adding "the wealth is RETAIL PRICE `4.00 (IN VISAKHAPATNAM) Addressing an event organ- ics were some of the deepest and every day, Murthy said, India imagination to youngsters who dent, knowledgeable, daring, another Infosys co-founder there, weneed to spend that ised to announce the winners of most original thinkers of the probably has more problems enter the portals of the country's open-minded and independent Kris Gopalakrishnan under- money."

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VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | NOVEMBER 8, 2019 vijayawada 03 Guv orders probe Red sanders Mahila Commission chief smuggling racket Vasireddy hits out at Naidu n into job scam PNS GUNTUR The reason busted, 4 arrested State Mahila Commission chair- behind families PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n VIJAYAWADA team nabbed the prime accused, person Vasireddy Padma con- The outsourcing along with three others, while he demned opposition leader N belonging to SC, Andhra Pradesh Governor agency Sumati An inter-state red sanders- was moving in a car with a fake Chandrababu Naidu's remarks Biswabhusan Harichandan smuggling racket has been bust- number plate and carrying the against prohibition stating that ST, BC, OBC ordered state police to conduct Corporate Services ed and four people have been red sanders samples to show to deaths due to consumption of and EBC an investigation in the alleged arrested in this connection, prospective customers, police spurious liquor would occur if job scam which was allegedly Pvt. Ltd was police said here on Thursday. said. YSRCP government goes ahead remaining below done by an outsourcing agency engaged by Raj The red sanders weighing about Red sanders, also known as with its plan. on the pretext of offering jobs 2.5 tonne and a car totally worth red sandalwood, is a valuable She said that Article 47 of the poverty line was in Raj Bhavan. Bhavan to hire Rs 1 crore have been seized from wood which has a huge demand Constitution includes responsi- due to The outsourcing agency M/s them, the police said. overseas. The wood grows bilities of the state government Sumati Corporate Services Pvt. people as attenders, N Radha Krishna, who is the mainly in Seshachalam Hills and imposition of prohibition consumption of Ltd was engaged by the Raj receptionists, office kingpin of the racket, used to spread across Kadapa, Chittoor was one of them. Why a former liquor, she said Bhavan to hire people as atten- smuggle the wood from Kadapa and Kurnool in the Rayalaseema Chief Minister should ridicule ders, receptionists, office sub- sub-ordinates, etc district in Andhra Pradesh and region and parts of Nellore dis- such a good provision? she asked. ordinate, etc. But soon reports store it inPedda Shapur, a village, trict in Andhra Pradesh, though The main reason behind atroci- Jaganmohan Reddy and he encouraged by his statements emerged that the agency has near here, Hyderabad police majority of red sanders-smug- ties against women in the state immediately reacted and includ- and claiming that there will be collected large sums of money nate, etc," stated a press release. Commissioner of Vijaywada commissioner Anjani Kumar gling takes place from Chittoor was liquor. She said the addiction ed prohibition in the party man- deaths due to consumption of from the job seekers on a false "The committee headed by Dwaraka Tirumala Rao to take said. Acting on a tip-off, a police and Kadapa. to liquor among children in the ifesto and soon after taking spurious liquor due to imposi- promise for permanent jobs. the Secretary to Governor after immediate legal and criminal age group of below 14 years in the charge prohibition is being tion of prohibition was also "A complaint was received examining and taking a state- action against the agency and two Telugu states has grown over imposed in phases, she said. derogatory. by the Raj Bhavan authorities ment of attenders and other persons responsible for the the past 10 years. All the illegal liquor outlets She said Chadrababu Naidu that illegal demand for money outsourcing staff, came to the commission of this illegal act. Similarly, she said 6 per cent were closed in the state. Many branding prohibition as a useless was made and collected by opinion that money has been After the instructions by of the deaths caused in the women have claimed that this move should be condemned by supervisors of the outsourcing demanded and collected from the Governor, the secretari- country were due to liquor and move has brought about a one and all. She said such state- agency engaged by Raj Bhavan 9 outsourcing employees by at has initiated proceedings 40 per cent of accidents were also remarkable change in their hus- ments were against the livelihood M/s Sumati Corporate Services the supervisory staff in con- against the Agency involved due to liquor consumption. The bands who stopped drinking, she and honour of women. Instead Pvt. Ltd in connivance with nivance with some other peo- and the Commissioner of reason behind families belong- said. While NTR imposed pro- of speaking in favour of the some protocol staff and other ple promising them permanent Police, Vijayawada has initi- ing to SC, ST, BC, OBC and EBC hibition, it was lifted after imposition of prohibition by people for placing their ser- jobs in the Raj Bhavan vacan- ated an investigation to book remaining below poverty line Chandrababu Naidu came to the government, she said it was vices in the newly formed Raj cies," it added. the culprits responsible for was due to liquor. power. The Mahila Commission unfortunate that Naidu was Bhavan as Attenders, Governor Harichandan has this unlawful and reprehen- These facts were taken to the chairperson it seemed like Naidu making it a political issue and Receptionist, Office Sub-ordi- ordered the Police sible act. notice of Chief Minister YS wants liquor consumption to be speaking against it. Polavaram cofferdam: Naidu alleges police excesses on youth RAMAYAPATNAM PORT Govt to submit DPR by Nov-end Panel to assess damage PNS n CHITTOOR We are not going to wage a war. Moreover, we Former Chief Minister N are not going to launch an assault on the state Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday expressed indignation government. The police disrupted the two- at the police using force on the wheeler rally out of jealousy, says the former CM youth, who visited airport to wel- come him, causing severe injuries to Pakala Hemanth of recalled and said that Siva Prasad ment to spare the Praja Vedika, Chinabayalupalli. entered politics at his behest. He out of vendetta the government The incident occurred when lent respect to the realm of pol- pulled down the Vedika," he said Naidu was on his way to China itics. "He inspired us till now and predicting that the government, Itavolu, near Chandragiri, to we should forge ahead deriving which commenced its journey PNS n VIJAYAWADA didn't arrange rehabilitation address the party extended meet- inspiration from him," Naidu with pulling down structures, will PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM Information Technology, before the construction of ing. "We are not going to wage I am not afraid of anyone or any- appeals the party rank and file. collapse under its own weight. M Goutham Reddy said, "The The National Green Tribunal cofferdam. The Tibunal has a war. Moreover, we are not going thing. My struggle is not against Kodela Siva Prasada Rao, Everywhere, Pulivendula kind The Detailed Project Report DPR for the Ramayapatnam (NGT) has appointed a four- clarified that PPA should take to launch an assault on the state the police, but against the known as Palnadu Tiger, was of panchayats are being held. If (DPR) of the Ramayapatnam port has been readied. We are member committee to assess the responsibility. government. The police hit a YSRCP's anti-people actions," harassed by the government to the same trend were to contin- port would be submitted to the following it up and will be soon the damage due to cofferdam Member Secretary Pandey youth who visited here to wel- said an anguished Chandrababu. the point of death. Cases were ue, he cautioned the CM Jagan Union Shipping Ministry by the submitting the report to the of Polavaram. The Tribunal admitted that due to coffer- come him out of love and affec- Jaganmohan Reddy promised foisted against TDP workers that the people would confine end of November. Earlier, the Union Government by this has questioned the Polavaram dam, villages were affected by tion was lathi-charged brutally CS job to LV Subrahmanyam and leaders. Physical attacks and him to Pulivendula alone. Union Government had reject- month end." Project Authority (PPA) why floods. "But, we have shifted inflicting head injuries on him. and Gautam Sawang the DGP attacks on financial resources of Claiming to earn reputation of ed the Andhra Pradesh govern- He also mentioned about the they have not arranged reha- the people well in advance, The police disrupted the two- post and sought their support to rival TDP activists are being car- being a good CM in the first six ment's proposal to develop a prospects of Machilipatnam bilitation for people losing avoiding loss of human lives," wheeler rally out of jealousy," he his government. Within five ried out, he alleged. The police months, Jaganmohan Reddy port at Dugarajapatnam in view port. The district administration their houses due to the coffer- he added. The Tribunal has said drawing a parallel between months of coming to power, LV are filing non-bailable cases earned the dubious distinction of of security and environment has identified about 3,000 acres dam. On the petition of Social appointed a four-member the police during his regime as Subrahmanyam was bundled to against victims and bailable cases the worst ever CM in the first five concerns associated with the site of land at Ramayapatnam for the Activist Pentapati Pulla Rao, committee to assess the dam- the CM and the police in the YS an insignificant post, he said cau- against perpetrators, he observed. months of his rule, he said. in neighbouring Nellore district project. In Andhra Pradesh, NGT is enquiring the officials age due to cofferdam. It has Jaganmohan Reddy regime. tioning officials that the same fate He said that the police tied "CMs who were predecessor close to the Satish Dhawan VPT remains to be the only concerned. The next hearing asked them whether the back- "I have seen many CMs and would befall other officials too. ropes to gates of his house when to Jagan never entertained such Space Centre. major port backed by Central will be on February 14. water effect in Telangana and DGPs. If anyone crosses their He attributed it to the style of the TDP embarked on Chalo disastrous toughts. We have Complying with the sugges- Government despite having long NGT has conducted hear- Chhattisgarh has been limit, they would have to face thinking of Jaganmohan Reddy. Atmakur protest programme. hitherto seen only good CMs. tion of the union government, coastline. The state government ing on Thursday at Delhi. assessed. Pandey said that trouble. When 24 claymore Former MP N Siva Prasad, He said that he had warned the Now we are experiencing a CM AP government has identified had been delaying to find alter- Polavaram Member Secretary they had submitted a detailed mines were triggered to eliminate Chandrababu Naidu's school YSRCP government that the who is out to give trouble to peo- Ramayapatnam port as an alter- native place instead of the B P Pandey and SE Nagireddy report one month back and him, I was not frightened. Lord mate, fought for the special sta- ropes would be the last straw on ple. We have come across a CM native to Dugarajapatnam. Dugarajapatnam as the union attended. The Tribunal ques- will submit a copy to the Venkateswara Swamy saved me. tus to the state in Delhi without the YSRCP government. "As I who wants to obliterate rival Andhra Pradesh Minister for government did not find the tioned them why the PPA Tribunal. Even now, my spirit is such that compromising for anything, he requested the YSRCP govern- political outfits," he remarked. Industries, Commerce, and port feasible there.

AGRIGOLD CHEQUES English medium Fulfilled another in govt schools Over 52,000 people benefitted in Vizag: Minister raises heckles n PNS VISAKHAPATNAM Tourism and Culture Muttamsetti which would benefit 57,941 promise, says CM Continued from Page1 victims. Minister for Tourism and Culture Srinivasa Rao alleged that around 260 Govt stood by its Continued from Page1 states are emulating our mod- "How can the government Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao said ule. We have also brought in remove Telugu as the medi- that Chief Minister YS persons had committed suicide during assurance: Dy CM Rs 1,300 crore which is three reverse tendering and the um of instruction in a Jaganmohan Reddy fulfilled the the last 10 years after losing their Deputy CM P Subhash times that of the allocations process which has saved Rs Telugu speaking state and promise he made during savings to the private company Chandra Bose has said that the made by the previous govern- 830 crore, in Velugonda pro- replace it with English," 'Padayayatra' to help the victims YSRC government stood by its ment," he added. During these ject Rs 50 crore was saved and, asked UTF General of AgriGold scam. assurance made to the victims of five months, the State govern- in all, Rs 1,000 crore was Secretary Babu Reddy. At meeting held in the city on years after losing their savings to fulfilling his promise, he further AgriGold scam. Addressing the ment started the 'Kanti Velugu' saved to the exchequer in the The teachers' body feared Thursday, the Minister said, "the the private company. Though said. Paykaraopeta MLA Golla depositors at Spandana meeting programme in which 65 lakh past five months. "In the com- that introduction of English state government has sanctioned people were cheated when YS Babu Rao said he was present in hall at East Godavari Collectorate students had undergone eye ing days, we shall take up more as the medium of instruc- Rs 40 crore for Visakhapatnam, Jaganmohan was the opposition the padayatra when the AgriGold on Thursday, the Dy CM said tests and 4.5 lakh were iden- activities to provide good gov- tion will affect the which will benefit nearly 52,000 leader, he assured of solving victims met Jagan and he was Srikakulam and Vizianagaram that in the first phase, the state tified for eye surgery or were ernance," he added. education of students, espe- families. The State government their problems. Soon after com- witness to the promise made by too. In Vizianagaram, Minster government has taken special ini- provided with spectacles. Party leaders and State cially those coming from has earmarked Rs 1,150 crore in ing to power, Jaganmohan had him. for Municipal Administration tiative towards small investors of "To provide corruption-free Ministers Ummareddy weaker sections of the soci- the Budget." He said this was the assured to solve their problems Commissioner of GVMC and Urban Development Botsa Rs 10,000 and below. For this governance, we have brought Venkateswarlu, Pushpa ety, and increase the first phase of the promise and the though the case was pending in Dr G Srijana said government Satyanarayana announced the purpose, at state-level, 263.99 in a legislation for setting up Srivani, Sucharita, dropout rate. remaining amount would be the court, said Government did social justice by paying transfer of money to the crore has been sanctioned and its of the Judicial Preview Peddireddy Ramachandra paid in phases. He alleged that Whip Budi Mutyala Naidu. money to the victims cheated accounts of victims. He said an share at East Godavari has come Commission that will scruti- Reddy, Ranganatha Raju were around 260 persons had commit- People believed him and voted by a private company. The amount of Rs 37 crore was to Rs 11.46 crore for 19, 535 nise the tenders in a very among those who attended ted suicide during the last 10 for the party and now the CM is meetings were held in sanctioned for the district depositors, the Minister said. transparent manner. Other the function. Adani, Reliance projects not going anywhere Shiv Sena MLAs move to ‘Samudra Shakti' ends on a grand note Continued from Page1 PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM He also pointed out that Mumbai hotel amid uncertainty previous TDP Government The two-day joint exercise of had allocated 136 acres of Continued from Page1 has 105 MLAs. Together, the Congress Party (NCP)- India and Indonesia navies land near Tirupati to the two parties (161) won a clear Congress alliance didn't pro- 'Samudra Shakti' in Bay of Reliance group without ver- "It is necessary for all the majority in the 288-member duce results with Congress Bengal concluded here on ifying them properly as MLAs to be together in the Maharashtra assembly but the President Sonia Gandhi's Thursday. INS Kamorta, an most of the land parcels prevailing situation. Whatever alliance hit a rough patch over refusal to consider any truck Anti-Submarine Warfare were caught up in legal tan- decision Uddhav ji takes will the Sena's demand for a "50:50 with the long-term BJP ally. Corvette took part in the exer- gle. be binding on all of us," Sena partnership" that includes rota- With time running out cise with Indonesian Warship Hence, the state govern- MLA Sunil Prabhu said. tional chief ministership. The before the Maharashtra assem- KRI Usman Harun, a multi- ment had written to the Maharashtra will go into BJP's Devendra Fadnavis, eye- bly's term ends on Saturday, role Corvette. The joint exer- group that alternatively President's Rule if no govern- ing a second full term in the Sena MP said: "There is no cises include manoeuvres, sur- lands would be allocated ment is in place by tomorrow, power, has rejected it. deadlock from Shiv Sena. We face warfare exercises, air elsewhere for the project in before the state assembly's "We will get good news don't carry any locks or keys. defense exercises, weapon fir- the same area. The negoti- term ends. from Mungantiwar himself We only have one key and that ing drills, helicopter operations ations were still on and the Yesterday, a BJP leader close that Maharashtra will get Shiv is truth." and boarding operations. project had not been to Chief Minister Devendra Sena Chief Minister," Mr Raut Amid tense negotiations, KRI Usman Harun arrived shelved, "but still rumours Fadnavis, Sudhir Mungantiwar, said, repeating that his party Union Minister Nitin Gadkari at Visakhapatnam on Sidharto Reza Suryodipuro, Indonesia’s Ambassador to India, and others in Visakhapatnam on Thursday and mischievous reports had talked about "good news" would form the Maharashtra said the BJP would win the November 4 to participate in are beings spread to malign and said that the "Mahayuti" government with its own Chief Sena's support and form gov- the second edition Ex (SMEE), cross deck visits, sim- activities of the harbor phase at delegation headed by the present Government. (BJP-Shiv Sena alliance) would Minister. ernment. "Devendra Fadnavis 'Samudra Shakti'. The harbor ulator drills, planning confer- Visakhapatnam. The Commodore Yayan Sofiyan, Many of the issues we owe come to power, no matter what. Mr Raut claims the support is the choice and he should phase, which was conducted ences, sports fixtures and social Ambassador held discussions Commander of Security Task to the legacy of the previous This was followed by reports of over 170 MLAs but has not lead the government. The BJP on November 4 and November interactions. with Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Force of Indonesian Fleet Government. Only five that a section of the Sena's 56 specified how. The Sena's per- won 105 seats so the Chief 5, included professional inter- Sidharto Reza Suryodipuro, Jain, Flag Officer Command on issues of mutu- months ago we assumed MLAs was in talks to break ceived attempts to get the sup- Minister should be from the actions in the form of Subject Indonesian Ambassador to Commanding-in-Chief, ENC al maritime interest in the charge and we are sorting away and back the BJP, which port of the rival Nationalist BJP," Mr Gadkari said. Matter Expert Exchanges India witnessed some of the along with Indonesian Navy region. things out one by one." VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | NOVEMBER 8, 2019 region 04 Share of women in subordinate Naidu slams YSRC govt for spending courts highest in Telangana: Report PNS n NEW DELHI The share of women in the judiciary has over Rs 15 crore on Jagan’s house Telangana has the highest share come down and despite wide acceptance of women judges at 44 per cent PNS n VIJAYAWADA and Bihar the lowest at 11.5 per of value of gender diversity, the actual The former Chief Minister and TDP cent in subordinate courts, presence of women in state judiciaries is Telugu Desam Party president N national president alleged that while seven states did not have underwhelming, the Tata Trusts' India Chandrababu Naidu on a single woman judge in their Thursday attacked the YSR huge amount of money was spent high courts as of June 2018, Justice Report-2019 stated Congress government for according to a report. allegedly splurging Rs 15.65 by the government for Jagan's The share of women in the crore of public money on Chief residence when the State was judiciary has come down and subordinate courts," the report Minister Y S Jagan Mohan facing a financial crisis despite wide acceptance of value said. Reddy's "palatial home", draw- of gender diversity, the actual The ranking is an initiative of ing a sharp reaction from the presence of women in state Tata Trusts in collaboration ruling party. The former chief Chief Minister during 2014-19. their stay in the hotel, the min- judiciaries is underwhelming, with Centre for Social Justice, minister alleged that huge "If Rs 73 lakh expenditure, for ister claimed. the Tata Trusts' India Justice Common Cause, amount of money was spent by windows fixed for security pur- Like no other Chief Minister Report-2019 stated. Commonwealth Human Rights the government for Jagan's res- poses is super expensive, what in the country, Chandrababu It said that "among the large Initiative, DAKSH, TISS- Prayas idence when the State was fac- should the Rs 5 lakh spending Naidu maintained three offices and mid-sized states, at just and Vidhi Centre for Legal ing a financial crisis. on shifting a UPS from one floor and three camp offices (resi- above 44 per cent, Telangana Policy. Naidu also slammed Jagan to the other inside his (Naidu's) dences) in Hyderabad, had the largest share of women states was taken for the Tata "The presence of women over his "five months' misrule" house (be) called? Is it not Vijayawada and Amaravati, he in the subordinate courts, but at Trust report. judges portrays the institution and said the "Nero of Andhra criminal waste of people's said. "Crores of rupees from gov- the high court level, this drops The share of women judges that upholds law and dispens- Pradesh" is busy playing video- money," Venkataramaiah ques- ernment coffers were spent on to a meagre 10 per cent." at subordinate courts in es justice as an equal opportu- games at his residence. The Leader of Opposition time when Andhra Pradesh is tioned. readying and maintaining them "Similarly, Punjab with 39 per Meghalaya is 74 per cent and in nity space driven by fair, meri- "When Rome burned, Nero posted a snapshot of govern- grappling with the fiscal mess Another Rs 3 lakh was spent for five years. Is he really enti- cent at the subordinate level, Goa, 66 per cent the highest tocratic, and non-discrimina- fiddled. When AP is burning ment orders purportedly issued caused by mismanagement in on improving lawn lighting and tled to such opulent indul- (the share of women judges) among small states. tory practices and norms. under financial strain due to 5 for the expenditure. the last 5 months. Truly cringe- environmental lighting in the gences," the minister asked. drops down to 12 per cent in the "However, Goa's share at the "Arguably, women on the months misrule & construction On Wednesday, the TDP worthy!", he tweeted. then Chief Minister's leased "Certain expenditure is sure- high court," it said. high court level was just 12.68 bench also influence the qual- workers are ending lives, the chief had alleged that the state Attacking the TDP chief, residence, he alleged. ly involved at Jagan Mohan "This pattern is apparent per cent. Sikkim demonstrates ity of judicial decision-making, Nero of AP @ysjagan is busy government allotted "a whop- State Information and Public The TDP chief's family stayed Reddy's residence because of everywhere with only Tamil a high share of women at both because the inclusion of their life playing video-games at his pala- ping Rs 73 lakh to fix windows Relations Minister Perni in a plush multi-star hotel for security requirements befitting Nadu breaking the trend with a levels, with 64.71 per cent in the experiences must necessarily tial home on which a staggering for his (Jagan's) house." Venkataramaiah alleged that several months when their the Chief Minister. You can't high number of women at the high court and 33.33 per cent at allow a wider variety of human Rs 15.65 Cr (sic) was spent by "Now that's one super-expen- over Rs 99 crore was spent house in Hyderabad was being find fault with it," the high court level (19.6 per cent), the subordinate court level. experiences into the process of the Govt. sive view at the expense of State from the government coffers for rebuilt. Crores of rupees of gov- Information Minister main- and more women than its quota "In terms of absolute num- judging," the report said. Shocking!" he tweeted. exchequer! This comes at a Naidu's needs when he was ernment money was spent on tained. of 35 per cent at the subordinate bers, however, this would be one The country has about 18,200 courts," according to the report. female judge of three, at the high judges with about 23 per cent Data of 18 large and mid- court-level, and 11 female sanctioned posts vacant, as per sized states, and seven small judges out of 17 at the level of the findings of the report. Book KCR, babus for lying ‘Fill village tanks Cremation Bhatti demands to HC about RTC: Shabbir linked to SRSP of Re1 held PNS n HYDERABAD KCR is a habitual liar. It is common for him to speak back, poor Former minister and ex-leader lies in public meetings, assembly, council and press KCR's apology for of opposition in Legislative canal in 10 days’ conferences. He also turned senior bureaucrats into Council, Mohammed Ali PNS n SURYAPET jubilant after waters of bear brunt Shabbir, said that Chief liars by making them furnish false information. However, Godavari river touched their PV KONDAL RAO misleading HC Minister K Chandrashekhar those lies were caught when they tried to mislead the High Power Minister G Jagdish areas through SRSP canal. He n WARANGAL Rao's lies on the RTC issue has Court. They had to apologise for submitting false and Reddy instructed officials of pointed out that tens of vil- PNS n HYDERABAD 'self exposed' when senior IAS incorrect information Irrigation Department to fill lages, which have received The one rupee cremation officials apologised before the — MOHAMMED ALI SHABBIR, senior Congress leader up all the village tanks, which Godavari waters, had suffi- concept introduced by Congress Legislature party High Court for furnishing are linked to SRSP canal cient water. Karimnagar mayor Ravinder leader Mallu wrong statistics. He said a within 10 days. He has also instructed the Singh at the fag end of his Bhattivikramarka on case of cheating must be information. He said bureau- Jagdish Reddy held officials to prepare pro- tenure as the civic body chief Thursday demanded Chief booked against the chief min- crats, all across the country, a review meeting posals to clear hur- was suspended all of a sud- Minister K Chandrasekhar ister and the officials. enjoy a good reputation for at his office at dles, if any, in den. As the funding required Rao to send an apology note Shabbir Ali, in a media their efficiency and prompt- Suryapet and providing irri- for the cremation was con- to the Telangana High Court statement on Thursday, alleged ness. However, by falling into inquired gation facility tributed by the authorities at and to the State Legislative that it was the chief minister KCR's trap, some senior offi- about the to the farmers the beginning, authorities Assembly. who forced senior bureaucrats cials of the Telangana govern- water levels through SRSP helped conduct the cremation He alleged that the TRS to furnish wrong information ment lost their credibility. in the village canal. of about twenty people in the government duped not only before the High Court on the "When officials try to mislead tanks and Reminding city limits. The death of RTC the people of the state, but also RTC issue. "KCR is a habitual the High Court to suit the condition of that the state driver Srinivas revealed that the High Court and the State liar. It is common for him to needs of a chief minister, they the canals. government has the Rs 1 cremation process Assembly. strike, he alleged. Terming the speak lies in public meetings, can go to any extent outside the Reminding that already sanc- was abruptly suspended The leaders claimed that he style of functioning of the assembly, council and press court. This favouritism is not Godavari waters tioned Rs 640 crore because of the completion of earlier pointed out about the state government as the most conferences. He also turned only unconstitutional, but dan- have reached the dis- for modernisation of the tenure of the KMC body. KCR government misleading dangerous, he said, previous senior bureaucrats into liars by gerous for the very survival of trict through SRSP canal, he SRSP canal, he said that the The issue came to fore as the State Legislative Assembly regimes protected the RTC making them furnish false that a wrong decision taken by democracy," he said. has instructed the officials government was ready to local minister Gangula by furnishing false informa- properties, but the existing information. However, those the chief minister was turned Shabbir Ali said that the High that all the village tanks take up any additional work. Kamalakar announced that tion to it on the RTC issue. government is trying to dis- lies were caught when they down by the High Court. Court has rightly pointed out that should be filled up and water The officials told the he had contributed the cre- Instead of having talks with pose them off to private enti- tried to mislead the High However, he said it was appar- the state government does not should flow in all sub-canals Minister that there were 198 mation expenses of the RTC the RTC staff and concluding ties. He said that the Congress Court. They had to apologise ently the first time in history appear serious in resolving the to provide irrigation facility chain-village tanks in employee while the opposi- the issue, the state government would lend its full support to for submitting false and incor- of independent India, that a issues of RTC employees. "KCR to the farmers. It would also Thungathurthy, Suryapet and tion parties staged protests. is trying to give away RTC the proposed million march rect information," he said. group of senior IAS officers must take the remarks made by help officials to know the Kodad Assembly The matter certainly properties to private individ- by the RTC Joint action com- The Congress leader said were rebuked by the High the High Court seriously and condition of the canals. The Constituencies in the dis- caused concern among the uals taking advantage of the mittee on November 9. that this was not the first time Court for furnishing wrong change his attitude,” he said. farmers of the district were trict. poor as the concept promot- ed by the municipal corpo- ration was helping them dur- ing the hour of grief. That programme was helping the Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay KT Rama Rao hands over needy and attained promi- nence in almost all urban parts of the state. However, the process was suspended complains to LS speaker against cops factory units to 17 tribals soon after the completion of the tenure of the KMC body. Since it was suspended, the l Privilege notices served on TS police, Karimnagar Collector l Units worth Rs 7 crore given by govt to mayor could not initiate any measure on his own. PNS n NEW DELHI edly towards him. The privi- ment's style of functioning, the boost entrepreneurship among tribals leges committee included CS, BJP MP decided to shift body Karimnagar Lok Sabha MP Home secretary, DGP, of Nagunuri Babu to PNS n HYDERABAD sanctioned Rs 7 crore worth Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Karimnagar CP as respon- Karimnagar depot. He dared units among 17 tribal entre- Mock drill Thursday complained to Lok dents in the issue. Nagunuri the police to arrest him since Municipal administration preneurs under the CM's ST Sabha Speaker Om Birla that Babu, working as driver of the funeral procession would minister KT Rama Rao said Entrepreneurship Innovation held to test the police behaved with him Karimnagar-2 bus depot of be taken out via the that the Telangana govern- Scheme. in a high-handed manner RTC, who attended the Sakala Karimnagar depot. ment has launched several Tribal welfare minister during the recent funeral pro- Janula Samarabheri on Oct 30 But the police resisted the schemes to promote tiny Satyavati Rathode lauded accident cession of RTC driver at Saroor Nagar stadium on funeral procession from units and set up an industri- CM K Chandrasekhar Rao's Nagunuri Babu. the Hyderabad city outskirts reaching the depot leading to al health clinic to revive the contribution for develop- preparedness The MP called on Speaker died of heart attack. an altercation between the sick units, and that it gives ment of the tribal welfare in in Delhi and submitted evi- The bereaved family mem- police and the MP. The MP top priority to industrial the state through innovative PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM dence of the police high- bers put the condition that the alleged that during the alter- development with emphasis schemes. handed behavior towards him. government invites the JAC cation a police officer behaved on development of major Several beneficiaries Waltair Division of East Therefore, privilege notices asked to conduct the enquiry leaders for talks to cremate the in a high-handed manner and medium industries. expressed their vision of how Coast Railway organised a were served on the Telangana as early as possible and submit body. There was no response with him. He vowed to not to Inaugurating a three- they would fulfill their dream mock drill, a real-time relief police and Karimnagar col- him with the report. from the government even spare the police officer who month capacity building pro- here on Thursday, he said the of becoming entrepreneurs. and rescue operations on lector as the Speaker referred Speaker assured the MP after 48 hours. At the behest attacked him. Accordingly, he gramme being organised in government is working hard They thanked the tribal wel- Thursday at Simhachalam the matter to Privileges that suitable action would be of the JAC leaders, his funer- lodged a complaint with the association with Indian to set up industrial parks fare department and CM Railway Station. Under the Committee chairman initiated against the officials al was conducted on Nov 1. Human Rights Commission School of Business, for the across the state. KCR for devising schemes direction of the Divisional Susilkumar Singh. They were who had behaved high-hand- Condemning the govern- and the Speaker. prospective entrepreneurs As part of the scheme, he for them. Railway Manager - Chetan Kumar Shrivastava, the Safety Department lead by NR Sahu, Sr Divisional Safety Officer, besides other Seven countries come together for tech and economic cooperation Railway Departments - Operations, Commercial, PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan countries bring 1.67 billion Mechanical, Medical, and Nepal. The Union government has been people together to create com- Security, Signal & Telecom, Union Minister of State for On the occasion, he said that bine GDP growth of 3.71 tril- Civil Engineering, Traction Shipping, Mansukh Mandaviya there are around 204 minor preparing an action plan along with lion US dollars. Distribution, Electrical and stressed on developing inland ports in the country, but only the state governments for the Welcoming the delegates Personnel, National Disaster waterways in the country to 73 are operational. The Union from the BIMSTEC nations to Response Force (NDRF) and reduce the logistics cost. He government has been prepar- comprehensive development of all the conclave, K Ram Mohan Civil Administration instan- inaugurated the two-day 'BIM- ing an action plan along with the minor ports, said the Union Rao, Chairman of taneously rose to the situa- STEC Ports' Conclave being the state governments for the Minister of State for Shipping Visakhapatnam Port Trust, tion for rescuing the pas- conducted by the comprehensive development said, presence of luminaries sengers in the affected Visakhapatnam Port Trust here of all the minor ports. from these countries will have coaches, other relief opera- on Thursday. "India has the rich maritime Mandaviya, Union Minister of SabKa Vikas, Mr.Mandaviya greater effect on exploring the tions and ultimately restor- The Bay of Bengal Initiative culture with long coastlines. It State for Shipping during his said, it will harness trade and possibility of increasing eco- ing the normalcy of the track for Multi-Sector Technical and is this geographical position inaugural address at two day accelerated growth with mutu- nomic cooperation by further- for swift movement of traf- Economic Cooperation (BIM- that enables India East and BIMSTEC Port Conclave in al cooperation in different ing EXIM trade and coastal fic. STEC) is a regional organisa- India West to abut the Bay of Visakhapatnam here. areas of common interest with shipping. It also leads to invest- ADRM Akshay Saxena tion comprising of seven mem- Bengal and the Arabian Sea, Reiterating the importance BIMSTEC countries by utilis- ment opportunities and shar- and other branch officers ber states lying in the littoral respectively, forming two dis- of the BIMSTEC in line with ing the regional resources and ing of best practices adopted were present in the mock Union Minister of State for Shipping, Mansukh Mandaviya and others at a areas of Bay Bengal tinct coastal and maritime tra- Prime Minister Narendra geographical advantage. for productivity and safety at drill. programme in Visakhapatnam on Thursday (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, ditions" said, Mansukh L. Modi's slogan Sab ka Saath, He further said, BIMSTEC ports. VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | NOVEMBER 8, 2019 nation 05

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Heavy rush of pilgrims Sena authorises Uddhav to take Matters of health should not be in Ayodhya for Karthik Purnima next week final call on govt formation politicised: West Bengal guv AYODHYA: Ayodhya is expected PNS n KOLKATA to see a heavy rush of pilgrims PNS n MUMBAI Governor Dhankhar said people in the next week over Karthik Purnima Sena MLAs passed West Bengal Governor Jagdeep state were being deprived of benefits of as the local administration Shiv Sena MLAs on Thursday a resolution Dhankhar on Thursday said the Centre's flagship health scheme - gears up to ensure calm after passed a resolution, authoris- authorising people in this state were being the Supreme Court verdict in ing party chief Uddhav deprived of the benefits of the Ayushman Bharat Yojana He claimed the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Thackeray to take a "final deci- Uddhavji to take a Centre's flagship health that he wanted to reach out to those in Masjid land dispute case. The sion" on government forma- final decision scheme - Ayushman Bharat need but his funds were limited apex court is likely to deliver its tion in Maharashtra. regarding Yojana -- and stressed that verdict on the emotive Ayodhya After the meeting of the "such matters should not be issue before Chief Justice of Sena MLAs at Thackeray's government politicised". Ayushman Bharat Yojana, India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi retires residence 'Matoshree', all the formation, said The governor also claimed launched in 2018, provides an on November 17. "No, devotees legislators went to Rangsharda legislators that he had received around annual health cover of Rs 5 lakh will continue to come to Hotel, close to the party 3000 applications from all over for secondary and tertiary care Ayodhya to offer prayers at chief's home in suburban the state, seeking immediate hospitalisation through a net- temples," Faizabad District Bandra, where they have been islator said. medical assistance. work of Empanelled Health Magistrate Anuj Kumar Jha told shifted amid the ongoing "He told us to wait and "It has not been 100 days Care Providers. There is no cap PTI when asked whether uncertainty over government watch," the MLA added. since I have taken charge as the on family size and age. devotees would be gradually formation and fear of switch- The Shiv Sena has been governor. And l have received The state government pulled evacuated ahead of the verdict. ing sides. maintaining that in February around 3000 applications from out of the scheme in January Lakhs of devotees are expected "It is necessary for all the Uddhav Thackeray this year, before the Lok Sabha all over the state seeking med- this year, accusing the to gather in the city on MLAs to be together in the polls, it was decided that there ical assistance during this peri- Narendra Modi-led NDA gov- November 12 for Karthik prevailing situation. Whatever firm on its decision of sharing regarding government forma- will be equal sharing of posts od. I have examined these ernment of making "tall Purnima Snan. "Devotees who decision Uddhavji takes will be the chief minister's post for tion." and responsibilities between applications and found out Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar claims" under the programme. come to Ayodhya for Purnima binding on all of us," Sena two-and-a-half years each with Another MLA, on condition the party and the BJP. that they were all eligible for The governor, who has been Snan stay back for some days MLA Sunil Prabhu said. the BJP. of anonymity, said Thackeray While the Shiv Sena has Centre's Ayushman scheme," 60 crores. Of the Rs two crores at loggerheads with the in the temple town, so there Thackeray chaired the "The Sena MLAs passed a was "hurt" over the ongoing been insisting on sharing the Dhankhar said on the sidelines that have been allotted to me, Mamata Banerjee government must be heavy presence of meeting of all party MLAs for resolution authorising developments in the state. chief minister's post, the BJP of a programme here. I have about 18 items to deal over several issues, said not pilgrims in Ayodhya till over an hour during which Uddhavji to take a final deci- "He (Thackeray) feels has rejected it. "I have also come to know with," he maintained. everything should be politi- November 20," said Mahant discussions were held on the sion regarding government issues could have been Both the parties are locked that the applicants could have The swelling number of cized. "Health should be kept Jugal Kishore Sharan Shastri, political situation and the leg- formation," party legislator resolved by sitting across the in a tussle over the issue of the taken benefits of state-run applications reflected the state above politics. Access to priest of Saryu Kunj Sita Ram islators reiterated that the for- Shambhuraje Desai told table. This did not happen. chief minister's post, resulting schemes. Despite that if they are of healthcare situation in West healthcare facilities should not temple here. mula of "equal sharing of reporters after the meeting Instead, what was decided in a stalemate in government writing to the Raj Bhavan then Bengal, Dhankar said. be denied to people on account posts and responsibilities" ended. was denied. Uddhavji said he formation. there was something that need- "If I am getting 3000 appli- of their financial situation," he Four arrested for agreed upon before the Lok Sena MLA Abdul Sattar said, did not want to break the In the polls, the BJP won ed to be looked into," he stated. cations in three months, seek- maintained. The governor Sabha polls should be imple- "The next chief minister will be alliance with the BJP. He only 105 seats, Shiv Sena-56, NCP- Dhankhar claimed that he ing health assistance, it is def- insisted that those in power threatening locals mented. from the Shiv Sena. Uddhavji expects that what was decid- 54 and the Congress won 44 wanted to reach out to the ones initely reflective of the state of should work in harmony for in north Kashmir The party also appeared will take a final decision ed be implemented," the leg- seats. in need but his funds were lim- situation in the state," he the benefit of commoners. JAMMU: Four persons were ited. "The governor has a large asserted. "If a big benefit can be made arrested on Thursday for heart but a small fund of Rs "I somehow find it incon- available to a citizen, the 'aam "threatening and intimidating" two crores... while an MP gets gruous why a central scheme aadmi' of state, then people locals in Sopore town in north Man shot by Pollution: BJP about Rs 5 crore. In most that makes available such a (policy makers) should work in Kashmir and incriminating states, MLAs have Rs two to great facility, which has been harmony to ensure that he gets material was recovered from unidentified leaders protest four crores (as funds). Here (in recognised all over the world, is it. Every rupee that can help them, a senior police officer West Bengal), I have been told not being adopted here for the the people of West Bengal said. The arrested persons have duo in Satara outside that MLAs have a fund of Rs benefit of people," he stated. The matters.” been identified as Rameez n Ahmad Malla, Riyaz Khaliq PNS SATARA Sisodia's house Parray, Waseem Manzoor Ghazi n and Ikhlaq Imtiyaz Sheikh of A 30-year-old man was shot PNS NEW DELHI New book on Sopore, the officer said. They dead by unidentified assailants Starvation death: Minister were arrested at a mobile in Maharashtra's Satara district, In his protest against stubble Kashmir sheds vehicle check post at Chatloora- police said on Thursday. burning, BJP MP Vijay Goel Gundmalraj crossing in Vicky Raghunath Lakhe was on Thursday carried crop denies J’khand family claim light on Valley's Rafiabad, he added. waiting for someone on the residue on a bicycle to Delhi "...incriminating material was road at Agashiv Nagar in Deputy Chief Minister Manish PNS n RANCHI/GIRIDIH rich history recovered from their Karad at around 10 pm on Sisodia's residence and possession," he said. A case Wednesday, when a group of Don't link RSS accused AAP MLAs in Punjab A family in Jharkhand's Giridih PNS n NEW DELHI has been registered against motorcycle-borne men came of encouraging the practice. district has alleged that one of them at the Dangiwacha police to the spot and started shoot- Goel, along with Delhi BJP its members died of starvation, Not limiting Kashmir to a station and investigation is ing at him, an official said. leaders, staged a protest out- but state's Food and Civil "zone of conflict", a new book going on. Officials said that The unidentified accused chief to Maha govt side Sisdoia's residence on Supplies minister Saryu Roy throws light on the rich his- three persons were arrested on fled the scene leaving Lakhe in Mathura road here. Thursday said official reports tory of the valley, describing Wednesday for "threatening and the pool of blood, he added. "We are carrying paddy on the incident deny the claim. it as a "sacred space", "prince- intimidating" locals in At least 12 rounds were formation: Gadkari stubble for Sisodia in a protest The minister said a perfect- ly state", "nation", "secular Awantipora in south Kashmir fired at Lakhe, who was rushed against his government's fail- ly laid out protocol to prevent symbol" and more. using posters issued by to a nearby hospital, where he PNS n NAGPUR tussle between the BJP and the ure to do anything to curb air death due to starvation is in Titled "Kashmir", the book proscribed terror outfits Hizbul was declared dead on arrival, Sena. pollution in Delhi and the place in the state. written by Historian Mujahideen and Lashkar-e- the official said. Police are try- Union minister Nitin Gadkari He said people were worried role of AAP MLAs in Punjab Ramesh Turi of Chirudih in Chitralekha Zutshi, is part of Taiba. ing to ascertain the reason for on Thursday said RSS chief over the Sangh's "silence" on behind stubble burning," the Giridih district had told the Civil Supplies minister Saryu Roy the Oxford India's short intro- the attack. Mohan Bhagwat should not be the issue. senior BJP leader said. media that his 48-year-old wife Ramesh Turi of duction series. Rendered in HC to hear pre-arrest linked to the government for- Gadkari said the BJP and Delhi Chief Minister Savitri died of starvation on evocative and lucid prose, the mation moves in Maharashtra. Shiv Sena have got people's Arvind Kejriwal and AAP Tuesday last. Giridih district told book, according to the author, bail pleas of GJM He also said a decision will mandate to form the new leaders have been blaming Not buying the claim, the media that his talks about Kashmir as a "geo- leaders from Nov 19 7 UP cops soon be taken on government government and very soon a stubble burning in Punjab for minister said, "there is a perfect graphic entity as well as a formation in the state, and decision will be taken. the rising pollution levels in protocol to give ration under wife Savitri died of composite of multiple ideas". KOLKATA: The Calcutta High ‘retired’ for poor since the BJP won more num- "The BJP has won 105 seats, the national capital. the Annapurna Yojana to the starvation on "It brings to light the ever- Court will hold daily hearings ber of seats than the Sena, the obviously the chief minister "Kejriwal and his party needy even if they dont have Tuesday. Civil changing and yet intercon- on the anticipatory bail pleas of performance chief minister will be from his will be of the BJP. The party members are hypocrites. On ration cards, there are grain nected political and religious Gorkha Janmukti Morcha party. that has won more seats in one hand, they are blaming bank and Rs 10,000 is given to Supplies minister institutions and ideologies, lit- leaders Bimal Gurung and PNS n LUCKNOW Speaking to reporters here, Assembly polls will have the stubble burning being Mukhias who can be said official erary traditions, and social Roshan Giri from November the Lok Sabha member from chief minister's post," he said. responsible for air pollution approached for assistance. reports deny claim classes that shaped the history 19, in connection with over 150 The Uttar Pradesh govern- Nagpur also ruled out his However, Gadkari said he in Delhi and on the other "The officials deny the report of this region," reads the intro- cases filed against them during ment on Thursday gave com- return to his home state to was hopeful that the deadlock hand, the party's MLAs in of starvation death," Roy told duction of the book. the statehood agitation by the pulsory retirement to seven assume the top job. between the BJP and Shiv Punjab are instigating and PTI, citing "ambiguity" in the Giridih. Comprising of only seven outfit in 2017. A division bench, police officers for not effec- "Devendra Fadnavis will Sena will get resolved. encouraging stubble burn- media reports. District Supply Officer- chapters, according to the pub- comprising justices Joymalya tively performing their duties, head the new government," "Maharashtra will have the ing," Goel alleged. Earlier, He, however, said "if the Pawan Mandal- said the inves- lishers, the intention behind Bagchi and M Mandal, directed officials said. Gadkari said. BJP-Sena government under Sisodia had asked Goel to (starvation) report is true then tigating team found that four this short book is to untangle that it will hear the applications The officers are from the To another query, he said, the leadership of Devendra check data on role of stubble certainly responsibility will be kg of rice, one kg pulse and the "complex issue of Kashmir". daily from November 19, after Provincial Police Service "RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat or Fadnavis. The mandate is for burning in air pollution. fixed." potatoes were at their home. They noted that since 1947-48, the prosecution lawyer (PPS) and of 50 years of age the Sangh have no relation 'yuti' (grand alliance), so there Giridih Deputy "His eldest son is construct- when India and Pakistan mentioned the matter before it. or above, a statement said. with all this. It won't be appro- will be some solution to the Commissioner- Rahul Kumar ing a pucca house after taking fought their first war over Public prosecutor Saswata "Following orders of Chief priate to link the RSS chief to deadlock," he said. Sinha-dismissed that Savitri loan while two other sons are Kashmir, the region has been Mukherjee said the anticipatory Minister Yogi Adityanath, the goings on (over govern- "Fadnavis has been appoint- Devi died because of lack of healthy and a daughter is mar- reduced to an "endlessly dis- bail prayers were filed in the state government has ment formation)." ed leader of the BJP's legisla- food. ried and stays in the same local- puted territory". connection with 158 cases given compulsory retirement Amid the impasse over gov- ture wing. The government "After an investigation into ity," Mandal said. Zutshi's earlier books include against Gurung, Giri and some to seven police officials on ernment formation, farm should be formed under his the report of starvation death, Civil Surgeon- Dr Awadhesh "Kashmir: History, Politics, other GJM leaders. The cases recommendations of a activist Kishore Tiwari, who leadership," Gadkari said. it was found that all the mem- Kumar Sinha- said the family Representation" (2018); were filed against them by the screening committee set up joined the Shiv Sena ahead of He also said that talks with bers of the family are healthy, members did not allow for a "Kashmir's Contested Pasts: West Bengal police over for the purpose," Additional the Assembly polls, recently the Sena were on and there food materials are at their post-mortem after they Narratives, Sacred incidents of violence during the Chief Secretary, Home, said Bhagwat should depute will be a solution "for sure", he home and it is not a case of claimed that she died of star- Geographies, and the Historical statehood agitation by the GJM Awanish Awasthi said. Gadkari to resolve the power- said. BJP MP Vijay Goel starvation," Sinha told PTI in vation. Imagination" (2014). in Darjeeling hills in 2017.

Cong with UP Power Corp staffers; BJP Don’t celebrate or protest VHP stops stone carving work, cancels all accountable: Priyanka NEW DELHI: Congress general SC’s Ayodhya verdict, secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said Uttar says Santosh Hegde events ahead of Ayodhya verdict Pradesh Power Corporation PNS n AYODHYA employees' demand for PNS n BENGALURU All artisans have returned to their bringing all facts pertaining to In anticipation of the Supreme homes, said VHP spokesperson Sharad the EPF scam was justified and There should be neither cele- Court verdict in the Ayodhya Sharma. “We have stopped the carving the BJP government should bration nor protest over land dispute case, the Vishwa give an account of every penny. Supreme Court verdict on the Hindu Parishad has stopped of stones and the Ram Janmabhoomi A controversy has erupted over Ayodhya issue, former Solicitor stone carving work for the Nyas will decide when the carving will parking of EPF money of Uttar General of India N Santosh construction of a Ram Temple be restarted,” he said Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd Hegde said on Thursday. here for the first time since (UPPCL) staff to the tune of The retired Supreme Court 1990. over Rs 2,600 crore in scam-hit judge said the nation should All the artisans involved in sufficient for the first floor of should be taunted." DHFL, whose promoters were accept the judicial pronounce- the work have returned to the proposed temple is ready He noted that arguments of recently grilled by the ment and there should be no their homes, said VHP and that 1.75 lakh cubic foot lawyers in the case and obser- Enforcement Directorate for expression of adverse opinion N Santosh Hegde spokesperson Sharad Sharma. stone for the rest of the struc- vations of judges indicate that their links with a front company on that. He said the decision to stop retirement of Chief Justice of The carving of stones for the ture is still to be carved. "the verdict will be in the of Iqbal Mirchi, a former aide of "And on a matter of princi- India. And there should be the carving has been taken by India Ranjan Gogoi who heads construction of a Ram Temple Ahead of the judgement on favour of truth" and that soci- fugitive gangster Dawood ple, as a judicial pronounce- absolutely no adverse reac- top leaders of the VHP, a the five-judge bench that heard was started by the VHP at the the contentious issue, the VHP ety will rejoice over the judge- Ibrahim. "Employees of Uttar ment, we must accept it... both tion, not even celebration Hindu right-wing organiza- arguments in the case. Ram Mandir Nirmaan has also appealed to its cadres ment. Pradesh power department sides," he said. should be there", Hegde told tion that has been at the fore- "We have stopped the carv- Karyashala here in 1990 when to remain calm and restrain VHP spokesperson Sharma have called for bringing all facts The Supreme Court is like- PTI. front of the movement ing of stones and the Ram Mulayam Singh Yadav of the from creating an atmosphere of said, "Whether the verdict is in forward with regard to the PF ly to deliver its verdict on the "There should be no cele- demanding the construction of Janmabhoomi Nyas will decide Samajwadi Party was Uttar celebratory frenzy. favour of Hindus or Muslims, scam. This demand of theirs is emotive Ayodhya issue before bration, there should be no a 'grand temple' dedicated to when the carving will be Pradesh chief minister. In a letter to its workers, it is time that both communi- absolutely justified. During Chief Justice of India (CJI) protest either. It should be Lord Ram at the site of the restarted," Sharma said. The carving work by artisans VHP central vice-president ties present great examples of elections, employees of several Ranjan Gogoi retires on accepted as a pronouncement demolished Babri Masjid. "All our proposed pro- had been carried out uninter- Champat Rai said, "This (the harmony and brotherhood. UP departments had raised November 17. of law, it should be respected by The Supreme Court is grammes regarding different rupted since then. verdict) should not be a mat- We all have to take care that no concerns over the new pension "Winning side also should everybody," the former expected to announce its ver- activities of our outfits have According to the VHP, 1.25 ter of Hindus and Muslims. It incident which mixes venom in scheme. The Congress party is accept gracefully; side which Karnataka Lokayukta added. dict in the Ram Janmabhoomi- been cancelled keeping in view lakh cubic foot of stone has is about accepting the truth. So, the cordial relations of Hindus with them. loses also should accept as it is One should respect the Babri Masjid demolition case the upcoming Ayodhya ver- already been carved. The orga- do not create a celebratory and Muslims should take the verdict of highest court in supremacy of law, he said. by November 17, the day of dict," he said. nization claims that stone work frenzy in society and nobody place." VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | NOVEMBER 8, 2019 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Pak games in Kartarpur Provocative gestures and doublespeak on the pilgrim No piecemeal solutions corridor show the Pakistani Army’s new designs uru Nanak is not just a Sikh guru in the sub-continent but embodies a con- Good governance is not just about absence of corruption; it is also about effective Gsciousness. As scholars have chroni- cled his travels across Saudi Arabia, Tibet, Sri decision-taking. People are wanting to see such examples from their elected leaders Lanka, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, India and Pakistan, he spread what is called a “Nanakpanthi culture.” Its practitioners were syncretic groups of people in the Indus plains who followed Guru Nanak’s teachings, irre- spective of them being Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims. A community of believers, they broke down barriers of faith and cultures and were undiluted even by the Partition in 1947. So the Kartarpur corridor, connecting Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan, RAJEEV AHUJA where Guru Nanak spent his last days, and Dera Baba Nanak Sahib in India, in that sense, is a symbolic leap of faith in humanity. And probably the antidote magine this. It’s winter time once again. Post-Diwali, people in the northern that could have helped reconcile the wounds of Partition and set up a commu- Iplains of India are expecting air pollution nication channel in the Indo-Pakistan dynamic, given the current stress it is under. to worsen from stubble burning in Punjab, But Pakistan has been using Kartarpur’s iconic value to further its separatist agen- Haryana and western UP. But nothing of that sort happens. No stubble burning and so no da of indoctrinating and radicalising Sikhs in India and reviving the Khalistani move- spike in air pollution levels. Nobody knows ment all over again. And for all the sweet talk by its Prime Minister Imran Khan, why. Then a few months later, a scholar, it is just an elaborate trap by the Pakistan Army and Inter-Service Intelligence to researching on the issue, reveals it all in his TED talk on good governance. He reports refuel militancy in Punjab and give us another security bother. There’s a delib- how the Chief Ministers of Punjab, Haryana, erateness of mixed signals, be it in wooing the Sikh community worldwide through Delhi and UP had come together and took its grandstanding of allowing pilgrim access and provoking us at the same time. upon themselves to tackle this menace. They co-created a fund and entrusted it to an Hence the use of pictures of Khalistani separatist leaders Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, agency that would fast-track search for a solu- Maj Gen Shabeg Singh and Amrik Singh Khalsa in its promotional videos on tion. The entrusted agency hired the best and Kartarpur. The video, which prominently conveys the harmony between Sikhs the brightest brains in the country and got and Muslims, also features former Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu and Union them to focus on the issue. A few months later, a multi-disciplinary team came up with Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, in a crude attempt to project Khan as welcom- a few good uses of crop residue. They devel- ging image of its political party without necessarily dirtying their ing such measures. Their secret that NCR is a badly man- ing of religious minorities in the sub-continent. Pakistan is hell-bent on denying oped a few applications of crop residue, stud- at the national level. hands. Controlling air pollution emphasis is on seeking credit, aged region. Examples abound a sense of comfort to the Indian side, forcing last minute changes that are intend- ied their market potential and also developed Seeing the lack of serious- is a messy affair. It also entails scoring a point, even if they deal of glaring failures of the admin- a business model around it. In doing so, they ness of States, the Supreme taking some harsh measures. only with a part of the problem istration at all levels: farm ani- ed to portray us as the spoiler of expectations. Despite having assured visa- not only created a value proposition but also Court (SC) had to finally inter- Some of those measures may not instead of the whole. mals meandering freely on free passage, Pakistan now wants pilgrims to carry passports and permits which a potential for employment. A few entrepre- vene. It announced, among other go down well with the public and Governments are happy “educat- roads, obstructing flow of traf- defeats the purpose of a dedicated corridor. No Overseas Citizenship of India neurs were roped in to produce and sell those measures, a complete ban on may prove to be un-populist. ing” the people of what is with- fic; huge parking space crises co- products/applications. As a result, crop stubble burning. It noted that in Governments generally hate tak- in their control and what is not. existing with mis-managed park- (OCI)-card holder can make it through Kartarpur, the implication being that Pakistan residue now commands a price. Farmers have case of any violation of the ban, Their conduct is not entirely sur- ing spaces; new encroachments wants to address only a section of Sikhs in India. While India sought 5,000 pil- now started selling crop residue for money the entire administrative prising though. But State and illegal structures getting grims daily, Pakistan has limited that number to 500 per day. Pilgrims cannot instead of burning it. All this sounds amaz- machinery — from the top to the Governments need to realise the built every day but the authori- ing, isn’t it? bottom — would be held changing political landscape in ties refuse to take cognisance, let travel on foot, as is ritual, and instead of an annual flow, our neighbour intends What’s even more amazing is that the accountable. With the SC order India and the rising expectations alone taking action; manage- to restrict seekers to just “visiting and special occasion” days. State Governments did so quietly, away from coming in, people can heave a WHEN of people from their elected ment of city traffic lacks appli- Clearly, now that its level-playing field has been upturned in Jammu and public glare. Not seeking credit or scoring a sigh of relief. They can be rest representatives. Governments cation of even basic thinking of point over each other’s political parties. Come assured that some meaningful ADMINISTRATIONS are elected not only for “educat- traffic segregation and so forth. Kashmir, and with both the West and the Islamic world supporting India’s posi- elections and the incumbent political parties action would happen. But this AT DIFFERENT ing” the public but also for find- The reason for these, and a host tion on its changed status, Pakistan doesn’t want to isolate the Sikhs or lose the will have a chance to narrate this “success” relief is only temporary as the ing an effective solution, regard- of other problems, is a systemic trumpcard of Khalistan. Particularly, after its Prime Minister Imran Khan’s “cry story to its people and “win” their hearts (and problem of stubble burning itself LEVELS ARE less of what it takes. Good gov- failure of administrations to votes too!). This may all sound surreal but lasts for no more than a couple AFFILIATED TO ernance is not just about absence work in tandem with each other. wolf” threats of a nuclear war have dented the nation’s credibility at internation- this is the spirit needed in solving any devel- of weeks. While the air pollution of corruption; it is also about Actually, this is what SC needs al fora. So the Pakistan Army, without whom Khan would not have been in the opment problem. This is the spirit behind is most acute during the period VARIOUS PARTIES, effective decision-taking. People to address. How? chair, has decided to up the pro-Khalistan extremist agenda and foment trouble good governance. In reality, however, what of stubble burning, it remains a THEY START are wanting to see examples of If the SC can provide a in Punjab. In fact, this divisive agenda has been in the works over the last 15 we are seeing is not good governance but silent killer almost round the good governance from their framework guidance on how the dirty politics. Instead of finding a solution year and, therefore, needs WORKING AT elected leaders and the political administrative authorities at dif- years or so. And though the Pakistani leadership has been cool to the Manmohan to the problem at hand, State Governments addressing too. parties they represent. ferent levels are supposed to con- Singh government’s overtures on Kartarpur, fact is it had been using it as a neo- are using this problem to show each other It is a known fact that pol- CROSS-PURPOSES Despite these underlying duct and coordinate with each axis of Sikh separatism since 2003. The gurdwara had been abandoned till then in a bad light. Having failed to take any cor- lution levels in the National INSTEAD OF changes, it’s unlikely that the gov- other, it will have dealt with the rective action on time, they are now resort- Capital Region (NCR) remain ernments in the NCR region will root cause of most problems fac- and served as a cattle shed. Pakistan even allowed rampant encroachment but ing to symbolism: the Punjab CM has writ- unsafe for the most part of a year. COLLECTIVELY IN follow through all the measures ing the city dwellers. This is par- now the land owned by the gurdwara has also been quietly acquired by its gov- ten to the Centre asking for its intervention; It’s created by a host of other fac- SOLVING ANY necessary to control all the ticularly needed when different ernment. While announcing the Kartarpur project, Pakistan appointed several the Delhi CM has played a “victim card”, dis- tors, notably vehicular emis- sources of air pollution. As a levels of administration are ruled tributed masks and initiated the odd-even sion, dust from construction PROBLEM. matter of fact, when administra- by different political parties. Khalistani separatists on the committee, much to India’s discomfort. Its former scheme; the Haryana CM has announced and demolition of buildings, NOWHERE IS THIS tions at different levels are affil- Further, any guidance to Army chief Gen Mirza Aslam Beg openly advised the military and the govern- incentives for anybody reporting stubble burning of garbage and dry iated to different political parties, ringfence technical issues from ment to use the Kartarpur corridor for Khalistan terror and “create trouble for burning in the State and so forth. leaves, and emissions from SEEN AS CLEARLY they start working at cross-pur- political interference would be a Nothing stops State Governments from industrial activities. An effective AS IN THE NCR; AND poses instead of working collec- significant move forward. After India.” Recently, the Pakistan Army even got pro-Khalistani supporters to chal- joining hands in finding an effective solution strategy is needed to deal with tively in solving any problem. all, cities are complex systems lenge the reorganisation of Kashmir. No matter how hard India may try to make ahead of the problem that shows up every each of these sources of pollu- NO OTHER Nowhere is this seen as clearly that need to be operated effi- Kartarpur a matter of people-to-people concern, it will never be free of our neigh- year with striking regularity. It’s well within tion. In devising and implement- PROBLEM as in the NCR; and no other ciently, which requires some the capacity of any State Government to find ing such a strategy, State problem illuminates this so well degree of technical sophistica- bour’s insidiousness. India has to be alert that the base camp on the Pakistan a solution, even if nobody is cooperating. The Governments of Delhi, Haryana ILLUMINATES THIS as the problem of air pollution. tion. Cities cannot become side doesn’t become a hotbed for Khalistani propaganda in the name of allow- Punjab Government, for example, could have and Uttar Pradesh need to work SO WELL AS THE The SC needs to ensure that the “smart” unless the administra- ing faith congregations. When Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Bajwa stood easily taken the lead in cracking this prob- closely with the national govern- administrations in the NCR tions become “smart” – that is, lem in its jurisdiction, one that didn’t ment and municipalities in a PROBLEM OF AIR deal with the problem of air pol- unless they take decisions in a in Kartarpur, shaking hands with known Khalistani face Gopal Singh Chawla, it require huge resources. All it needed was a non-partisan manner. But this lution, comprehensively and professional manner. was clear he was starting a new front in the proxy war. little foresight and a commitment to finding isn’t happening. POLLUTION. effectively. (The author is a Delhi- a progressive solution. But it failed to seize What’s indeed happening is It is worth reminding that based development economist, the opportunity. In doing so, it also missed that those in power want to be air pollution is not the only prob- formerly with the Gates Jumpstarting housing a chance to contribute to uplifting the sag- seen doing something about it lem affecting the NCR. It’s no Foundation and World Bank) The housing sector collapse triggered the slide in the S O U N D BITE economy. Will the Government’s revival plan help? I am in Delhi. There is no The Crime Branch has done I have always believed I do not know how he (Steve he decision of the Government to pump question of my returning to a clean probe in the police kindness has many forms. I Smith) does it. If he was in `25,000 crore to help revive the stalled state politics. The political constable examination case. think of my sister Lisa playing in my time, I would real-estate market is interesting in more crisis (in Maharashtra) The Government feels there often when I think have tried to hurt him to stop T will be resolved soon. is no need for a CBI probe. of kindness. him from scoring. ways than one. For one, this is a massive sop to the middle classes, millions of whom have Union Transport Minister Kerala Chief Minister Hollywood actress Former cricketer found their investments in their dream homes — Nitin Gadkari —Pinarayi Vijayan —Julia Roberts —Shoaib Akhtar to be money poured down the drain with deliv- ery delays now exceeding seven-eight years. Second, by capping the value amount of the L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR homes that the project would help with, the Government is attempting to curb the intense Sad sight Not just farmers speculation and massive price-rise that Sir — This refers to the editorial Not enemies but on the same side Sir — This refers to the article accompanied the real-estate sector in the boom years. In doing so, there must “For the sake of law” (November his refers to the editorial “For the sake of law” “Act or will suspend you, SC tells be a hope that this move will bring a degree of rationality to prices and that devel- 7). Lawyers are protectors of the (November 7). The open confrontation between the Punjab Chief Secretary”, laws of the land while the police Tpolice and the lawyers in courts around the country, (November 7). At last the coun- opers desperate for a bailout would slash their tags. At the same time, the con- ensure implementation of those in police stations and on the streets of Delhi in particu- try’s strongest pillar of democra- ditions for getting a bailout are very strict and while a massive corpus has been very laws on the ground. Both lar, has caused consternation among the public. Both sides cy, the Supreme Court (SC), announced, meeting the conditions might be difficult for several developers as have a duty to uphold the sanc- should share the blame in some measure, despite a very intervened to improve the air tity of law. However, the ongoing one-sided picture presented by large sections of the media. quality of Delhi-NCR and the Government has made it clear at the very outset that it won’t fund projects battle between these two arms of It takes two to tango, as the saying goes. As two vital pro- ordered every State Government that have a negative net worth. So several stalled projects by prominent devel- the justice system, not just in the fessional arms of the bodypolitic, both the legal fraterni- to take measures to tackle stub- opers around the National Capital Region (NCR) will not get a breather unless national Capital but in other ty and the police force, should have behaved with greater ble burning and not pass the parts of the country like self-restraint and dignity. buck. “Why should there be crop the conditions are changed. Rajasthan and Haryana, is shock- There must have been a lot of simmering resentment burning?” the court asked. But Then there is another question. With the State Bank of India (SBI) and the ing and embarrassing to watch. and mutual mistrust, for what started as a parking alter- have not the farmers of Haryana Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) providing `15,000 crore of the funds Thousands of Delhi Police cation between an on-duty constable and an advocate, to ical is an uncivilised act. Slapping, thrashing or manhan- and Punjab and western Uttar personnel, along with their fam- snowball into violent clashes not just in Tis Hazari courts dling is wrong; all of these amount to a punishable offence, Pradesh been burning stubble for towards this revival, one wonders how these two organisations will make any ilies, went on an unprecedented but in other district courts in the national Capital and in no matter who the perpetrator and the victim. As two indis- years? money? There is yet to be any clarity on that issue. It is likely that the develop- protest on Tuesday at the Delhi Rajasthan and Haryana. The instinctive territoriality of the pensable pillars of the criminal justice system, the lawyers Hence, it is senseless to blame ers will have to pay interest on the funds that they acquire through this project, Police headquarters against the lawyers and the police largely explains the scuffles that and law enforcers should nurture their interdependent rela- them for the present pollution in assaults on them in various have broken out between them. Video clippings have tionship and complement each other in upholding the rule Delhi that starts peaking from whether it is through the pending payments of existing house owners or through courts. There is something very shown police vandalising the chambers of lawyers and of law and serving justice. It is not necessary to draw a Diwali night. Have the learned the sale of the unsold dwelling units. And it remains to be seen whether real- wrong somewhere if the protec- lawyers ransacking police stations. The unprecedented demarcation between them or portray them as villains and judges forgotten the geographical estate developers, who have often been adamant on not reducing prices, being tors of the people want protection protests by the lower rungs of the police force, joined by victims or vice-versa. They are entitled to dignity of labour. location of Delhi? It is a trough forced to do so, either to gain eligibility or just to stay competitive. This might themselves. Senior lawyers and their kin with placards reading “protectors need protec- As compatriots, they should now put “India First” and bury and there has been an explosive police officers should come tion” and “we need justice”, were in violation of service the hatchet. increase in the population and address some of the incomplete projects out there and will help those who have together and sort out this matter rules and in defiance of their superiors. This is not some- David Milton number of vehicles. So, fighting been waiting for delivery of homes for years, but it might not do enough to spur amicably as the reputation of thing that the country should witness again. Getting phys- Maruthancode pollution will have to be a collec- additional demand. For years, real-estate developers had taken buyers for a ride lawyers and the police force is at tive effort. Not just the responsi- stake here. bility of the farmers. and the particularly egregious ones — both sides of the Wadhawan clan for exam- However, at the end of the heard in court. It was appalling The apex court should take cog- policemen brawling on the roads Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee ple — were living life up at the expense of homebuyers. Those days are over day, it is the litigants who are the that lawyers locked litigants out nisance of this mater immediate- while the public looks on in hor- Faridabad and right now it is a buyer’s market. The Government’s intervention will make biggest sufferers in this unbecom- of all six district courts as they ly and take action against all ror, are not seen again. ing tussle, as they have to wait for continued their strike for the third erring parties so that such embar- Ramesh Jethwani Send your feedback to: it even more so. months for their cases to be consecutive day on Wednesday. rassing sights of lawyers and Bengaluru [email protected] VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | NOVEMBER 8, 2019 07 www.dailypioneer.com analysis FIRSTCOLUMN Big ticket reforms POINTCOUNTERPOINT WE DISCUSSED VARIOUS LEGAL OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO WHY DID THE BJP LEADERS WHO MET THE GOVERNOR need of the hour RESOLVE THE ISSUE. ALSO INFORMED KOSHYARI ABOUT TODAY NOT STAKE CLAIM? THEY WANT TO CREATE A THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE STATE. SITUATION FOR THE IMPOSITION OF PRESIDENT’S RULE. Sweeping changes in the judiciary are must in —MAHARASHTRA BJP PRESIDENT —SENA LEADER order to modernise it so that it can provide CHANDRAKANT PATIL SANJAY RAUT timely and affordable justice Mediflation & innovation VK BAHUGUNA As the Government prepares the draft of the Medical Devices Act, it is important to take a holistic hen it comes to assessing governance, it is usually the per- formance of the Executive and the bureaucracy that is scru- view and consider both incentivising innovation and keeping the rising drug prices in check Wtinised by the media and experts. But a sound, effective and independent judiciary is equally important in a country to pro- tect the constitutional rights of the people. The hallmark of an effi- cient judicial system is how fast it delivers justice. Today more than 3.5 crore cases are pending in Indian courts and the number is increasing every year almost at the rate of 9.7 per cent. In the Supreme Court (SC) alone the number of pending cases as on July 2019 was 58,669. The Chief Justice of India (CJI) took up the matter with the Prime Minister for increasing the retirement age of judges to deal with this backlog. Though this idea might have some merit, the real issue, however, is the absence of quick, affordable and acces- RAKSHIT TEWARI sible justice for a vast majority of our people. The causes of pen- dency are also the way our judicial system functions. The Government must seize this opportunity to discuss with an open mind the restruc- ndia’s recent policy interventions in the turing of our faltering judicial mechanism so that a futuristic, nat- healthcare sector have grabbed eyeballs ural justice regime is created which is quick, fair and affordable not Iaround the globe. Be it the world’s largest only at the district level but right up to the apex court. healthcare scheme, Ayushman Bharat, that was On many national issues of public interest, the judiciary has launched by the Narendra Modi Government in come to the rescue of citizens, right from enforcing fundamental order to ensure affordable medical care to the rights to ensuring conservation of the environment, protecting the underprivileged, or whether it is in the field of basic features of the Constitution, independence of institutions and building a holistic ecosystem that rewards inno- also firmly correcting aberrations in discharging duties as per the vation and provides the latest diagnostic solutions law by the executives and primarily the bureaucracy. However, the to patients, India has been in the news world- wide. moot question is why the judiciary is perceived to have failed on Hence, as the Central Government prepares the issue of providing quick access to justice to commoners. The the draft of the Medical Devices Act, it is impor- cost of getting justice is very high, cumbersome and time consum- tant to take a holistic view and consider both ing and powerful people get away with their misdeeds in many cases. incentivising innovation and keeping the rising Therefore, there is a need for sweeping changes in the judiciary in drug prices in check. order to modernise it so that it can provide timely and affordable Holding price fairness as its priority, the WHILE CIVIL justice by mirroring the needs of present day society. Government maintains that an alleged mecha- SOCIETY GROUPS On visiting a court, the first impression is that getting justice nism of profiteering, through both hospital bills INSIST ON A is a tedious process, especially in civil suits, due to constant delays or drug costs, is fleecing a patient up to 1800 per PRICE-FIXATION in court proceedings. The law and its interpretation is so cumber- cent and needs intervention. There is enough evidence of drug overpric- MECHANISM some that in frustration many people leave their fight midway and ing across the country. When the National AS A MEANS TO the rich and powerful who can afford costly advocates get their way. Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) led an AFFORDABLE ilar pressures that impact the final price. investors at bay? low value and less technical medical This is particularly true in case of property disputes among close investigation into billing by two hospitals in 2018 CARE, NUANCES Through this the Government plans to There exists in India’s TMR devices such as syringe, needles, family members. Here the law, instead of finding contours of nat- it revealed mark-ups, ranging from 350-1700 per OF THE MEDICAL make the Indian healthcare pricing approach a significant loophole, that catheters and high-volume base level ural justice, gets trapped in the nitty-gritty of interpretations. cent, adversely impacting the high and rising out- DEVICE INDUSTRY, architecture free from external forces can mar the inflow of optimum diag- implants like stents. Local subsidiaries During the early eighties, judicial reforms brought many tri- of-pocket-expenditure (OOPE) of patients. INCLUDING which support “mediflation.” nostic technologies into the country. get supplies from their principals at bunals into existence so that domain expertise is used in handling High trade margins — the difference between INNOVATIVE, Hailing TMR as pilot for proof of Take, for instance, the case of landed transfer-price and local costs are borne cases on specific subjects along with judicial scrutiny and in order the price at which the manufacturers sell the KNOWLEDGE concept, the Government implement- cost. An overly narrow approach does by local subsidiary, which is addition- to give quick delivery of justice and to reduce the work of High Courts. drugs to distributors and the final MRP (maxi- BASE, CLINICAL ed it and capped the trade margin of 42 not consider various expenses of an al costs like import duty, customs Many tribunals however, have become the biggest impediments for mum retail price) — were held responsible for cancer drugs at 30 per cent. Through investor. These expenses include train- charges, clearance, warehousing, cost of “mediflation” or rise in prices of medical care in AND TECHNICAL this proof of concept, the Government ing clinicians on technology, financing capital, and so on. justice in many cases. Take for instance the National Consumer cancer treatment. SUPPORT, made an attempt to better comprehend sales and collection costs, corporate The final price subsumes these Dispute Redressal Forum (NCDRF) and the Central Administrative At the centre of any healthcare ecosystem, the STORAGE, the impact of this rationalisation on the taxes, and other routine expenses for costs and margins are calculated there- Tribunal (CATs). These bodies constituted under two different Acts realities of accessibility, quality and affordabili- TRANSPORTATION end-user price of the identified cancer developing and serving the market in after. Standalone importers in effect buy of Parliament, have become another sinecure for retired judges and ty exist. Whereas critics of imported medical — ACCOUNTING drugs. The result? India. After witnessing a sharp decline and their requirement plus the seller’s a few bureaucrats. They are the antithesis of the purpose they were devices have raised concern about the high-cost FOR MASSIVE In his written reply in Rajya Sabha, in the entry and sustenance of medical margin are a part of the price. set up for, holding up cases for many years. There is a case being burden and suggested imposing stringent mea- INVESTMENTS — Minister of Chemical and Fertilisers innovation, so much so that the bulk Any high-end medical devices heard in the Bench of a retired bureaucrat in the NCDRF for the last sures such as irrational price caps, other health- CANNOT BE submitted that “MRPs have been drugs industry started vanishing, the which require sustainable training and four years against the Amrapali Group in Noida. The member is exten- care experts and policymakers have pointed at IGNORED reduced by up to 90 per cent and cal- Government decided to discontinue quality assurance need direct involve- potential quality lapses as a result of price caps. culated annual savings for patients are disregarding an investor’s cost. ment of subsidiaries of the parent ing dates after dates with a gap of 10-12 months and it seems like ` he is helping the builder more than the litigants. Interestingly, the One such example is that of the unsuccess- approximately around 984 crore, (National Pharmaceutical Pricing companies. This complicates the mat- ful case of capping prices of coronary stents. much more than a minimum saving of Policy 2012) ter and the one-size-fits-all base TMR same issue is being heard by the SC and the consumer forum should While the objective was to curb high treatment `200 crore per annum to cancer Looking at the larger picture, the rate of 30 per cent comes up for a seri- have closed the case as its decision had been overridden by the costs and increase accessibility, other issues have patients on account of this interven- legislative price controls advocated by ous debate. This also acts as a setback apex court in any case. The situation is no different in CATs. In the often been raised. It is not a hidden fact how tion.” The NPPA also advocated the the Government might be a quick-fix. to the idea of different patient, differ- Guwahati CAT, the simple case of one officer has not been decid- many of the global medical device companies same formula, for medical devices and However, in the long run India will lose ent needs. ed for the last seven years as the members are either on leave or began withdrawing their superior quality prod- consumables, of 50 per cent trade out on much-needed innovations and While civil society groups insist on keep postponing the matter on flimsy grounds. Needless to say, ucts from the market as price caps disincentivised margin, hoping the MRP would come specialised treatments necessary to a price-fixation mechanism as a means the officer is suffering. The Law Ministry should appoint a com- innovation. They began skimming on research down by around 73 per cent. manage the complex and costly disease to affordable care, nuances of the med- mittee to examine if the purpose of creating these bodies is achieved. and development (R&D) resources that aid inno- But the Government needs to take burden. This will also limit the access ical device industry including innova- There may be umpteen cases which can be cited to invoke the con- vation. Although there have been multiple dis- a holistic approach while handling of advanced technology products to tive, knowledge-base, clinical and tech- science of our SC and the Government to see if the country can cussions between industry players and the TMR, as price capping mechanisms Indian patients. nical support, storage, transportation — review its legal framework and at least simplify it in many cases. Government to figure out a pragmatic solution have been regularly hitting the pharma- Legislating non-remunerative pric- accounting for massive investments — to the ever-increasing treatment costs and sus- ceutical and medical devices industry. ing is limiting the usefulness to a sin- cannot be ignored. The judiciary must evolve a protocol so that judges decide the cases taining innovation, nothing fruitful has been A country that meets 80 per cent of its gle dimension price. This may be lim- A holistic TMR should take into within a time limit and develop a mechanism to quickly deal with achieved so far. demand for medical devices through iting the opportunity to gain from the consideration the concerns of multiple intricacies of cases. Another issue is of providing judicial assistance In 2013, while hearing a case against imports cannot suddenly disregard global enriching experience of the stakeholders so that all the key stake- and the exorbitant fee charged by lawyers. It should also be exam- Ranbaxy for selling drugs at a mark-up of 900 the innovative capabilities of the innovator for the entire healthcare holders can function in coherence ined if the profession of judges could be separated from lawyers. per cent, the Punjab and Haryana High Court imported technology over cost. Hence, value chain. with each other. Such a robust and bal- It will bring more professionalism and effectiveness into the sys- had maintained that there appears to be no legal when adopting TMR as the best bet for In such a scenario, differentiation anced TMR would address the hard- tem. For tribunals and other such bodies, only serving judges should provision in force to save the consumers from affordability, the Government should in pricing, with respect to the cost ships of end-users, address the com- be appointed so that they are accountable for what they do. However, fleecing by the petitioner or other drug manu- also look at improving the overall involved would be a way to encourage mercial and industrial concerns of the SC should constitute a panel of experts of domain knowledge facturers who over-price medicines to such an health infrastructure. The strategy innovation and with it catalyse better, hospitals and providers, be remunera- to assist the judges on subject matters if the need arises. Hope this extent. ahead should factor the cost calculation focussed solutions. tive to vendors and help the In a bid to end the burgeoning OOPE, the side. The Government should not fol- Medical devices have wide, demon- Government in its quest for universal piece can attract the attention of the CJI, the Prime Minister and Government then developed an indigenous low a narrow approach when calculat- strable differentiation that makes the healthcare for all at affordable prices. the Law Minister and spur some thinking on the issues raised here. model called Trade Margin Rationalisation ing margins. With a massive disease same group of devices seem very het- TMR is a veritable win-win solution. (The writer is a retired civil servant) (TMR) in 2018. This distinctive Indian interven- burden and disease profiles evolving by erogeneous. Both the local and stand- (The writer is a public healthcare tion aims to address the whole gamut of dissim- the day, can India afford to keep alone importers focus on high volume, consultant with various industry bodies) Will Urdu’s future be brighter than its glorious past? If Government and State funding went into the production of texts of important and popular Urdu authors in the Devanagari script, the reading of literature in this beautiful language would grow tremendously in the country

by the Government, Hindi chauvin- History of Urdu Literature as a other tongue. In UP, Urdu should guage. Warsi, in his paper titled, be Arabic. Urdu belongs to the com- undertaken, but still needs to be ists and sometimes the ineffective- visionary who “broke away from the have been chosen as one of the three History and Prospects of Urdu Print posite culture of India. Hindi and done on a larger scale. ness of Urdu literary education. past both in thought and style. He languages as it was the most wide- Media, made an observation that, Urdu are supplementary and com- The language has seen many In 1947, when the country stands at the threshold of the mod- ly used means of communication “in the early stages of the post- plementary. They are like sisters shifts in support throughout its long gained its independence from ern world.” Other famous literary there after Hindi. However, the Independence period the Urdu strengthening each other.” This history, as the times change the peo- British rule and Pakistan was figures were poet Muhammad Iqbal Government of UP and some other print media was mainly being viewpoint must also be adopted by ple, led by their Government, fall in formed, a great shift was made in (1878-1938) and short story writer Hindi-Urdu speaking States chose affected by the tragedy of Partition. the organisations created to preserve and out of favour of certain lan- MJ WARSI the maintenance of Urdu in India. SH Manto (1912-55). Sanskrit as the modern language, Consequently, the Urdu Press suf- it. They should focus their resources guages. Many Urdu experts may argue that Although, since the Partition, and so Urdu, which was taught in fered the most. However, the Urdu and attention to the accurate writ- The National Council for ntil the Partition of India, within India during the period the use of Urdu has become more schools before Independence, was media is still struggling for its sur- ing of Urdu classics and translation Promotion of Urdu has taken the Urdu enjoyed tremendous immediately following and more restricted to Pakistan and discontinued. vival in different Indian cities.” into Devanagari script. Narang feels initiative and is bringing out pub- Ucultural prestige among edu- Independence, keeping the lan- among Indian Muslims, it is still the However, from Indira Gandhi’s Many of the Urdu speakers in that the politicisation of the cause lications in and about Urdu lan- cated north Indian Muslims and guage alive was a difficult task in primary literary language of many time onwards, the Government India, who are not limited to the has harmed the language, which guage and literature. Hindus, as well as among the more many respects. Hindus and Sikhs in India. had its own political reasons for Muslim community, do not know should function as a bridge between Within India the use of the lan- conscientious British administra- Many organisations and indi- In the early years of supporting Urdu literature. During the its written script, thus giving the Hindu and Muslim subcul- guage is a cause which many peo- tors. viduals, with and without the sup- Independence, in the area which Indira’s time, a committee was set them access to literary works in tures within India. ple and organisations have been Urdu was also the first literary port of the Government, worked one might call the heartland of up in 1972 headed by IK Gujral to Roman Urdu and in the Devanagari If Government and State fund- working to uphold. However, these language for many of those who also hard over the decades to preserve Urdu, Uttar Pradesh (UP) and consider how the cause of the lan- script would further the cause of the ing went into the production of texts efforts are not without their flaws. wrote in Hindi. For instance, the language and educate the Bihar, the Governments of these guage could be advanced. Due to language. of important and popular Urdu It is the mix of these efforts along Upendranath Ashk and Munshi younger generations. States were working to discontinue vigorous opposition the report was Tariq Mansoor, Vice-Chancellor authors in Devanagari script, the with popular interest developed by Premchand were famous Urdu However, there were and still its use. The somewhat twisted inter- put on the back burner. Later, in of Aligarh Muslim University once reading of Urdu literature would films and ongoing research, which authors before they even began to remain, many roadblocks to pretation of the three-language for- 1990 when Ali Sardar Jafri investi- very rightly said that “knowledge of grow tremendously. will ensure that classical Urdu texts write in Hindi. progress in preserving and spread- mula devised by the Government gated the committee report, he many languages is the doorway to Although many works have will be preserved and promoted in In order to fully grasp the state ing the language in modern India. was the device by which the State found that 95 per cent of the recom- success.” been reproduced in the Devanagari the country so that the language of Urdu in the post-Independence Among the Urdu writers of the Governments attacked it. mendations made by the Gujral One of the great Urdu scholars script, major organisations have does not die and future generations period, an examination of the roots 19th century, the most renowned The Centre recommended that committee had not been adopted. Gopi Chand Narang, was quoted as not yet made it their duty to help are not the poorer because of this of the language is required. Urdu was Asadullah Khan Ghalib (1797- three tongues be taught in all However, in 1989, the State saying that “Urdu is not the lan- publish such works. The translation laxity on our part. within India has faced many turbu- 1869) who was described by schools, the language of the State, a Governments of Bihar and UP guage of Muslims. If at all there is of classical Urdu texts into English (The writer is a well-known lent times, pressure brought upon Muhammad Sadiq in his book A modern Indian language and one recognised Urdu as an official lan- any language of Muslims, it should is another venture, which has been linguist, author and columnist) VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | NOVEMBER 8, 2019 money 08 Sensex maintains record run on reforms push, trade optimism; Nifty reclaims 12k PNS n HYDERABAD while the Nifty closed above the hitting an intra-day record of is expected to jumpstart con- 3.27 per cent. "Reforms and Geojit Financial Services. key 12,000-mark after five 40,688.27, the BSE Sensex sumption and give a boost to After hitting an intra-day record of earnings are the market drivers, Sectorally, BSE energy, metal, The Sensex scaled months on Thursday as ended 183.96 points, or 0.45 real estate and allied sectors. the measures to support real- realty, consumer durables, tele- yet another investors cheered the govern- per cent up at its new all-time Strong corporate earnings 40,688.27, the BSE Sensex ended ty sector augers well for the sec- com and healthcare indices lifetime ment's latest reforms push and high of 40,653.74, tracking and sustained foreign fund 183.96 points or 0.45 per cent up at tor to outperform. The pro- rose up to 0.96 per cent. peak progress on US-China trade gains in metal, energy and inflows also kept domestic posed measure will help to start On the other hand, oil and negotiations. banking stocks. Similarly, the market sentiment upbeat, ana- its new all-time high of 40,653.74, the recovery of stalled projects gas, capital goods, utilities and After broader NSE Nifty ended with lysts said. tracking gains in metal, energy and and can see a ripple effect in auto fell up to 0.26 per cent. a gain of 46 points, or 0.38 per Further, global equities banking stocks NBFCs, banks and cement Broader BSE midcap and cent, at 12,012.05. The index turned positive after the sector. smallcap indices followed the last closed above the 12,000- Chinese commerce ministry "On global front, China benchmarks to end up to 0.69 level on June 4 this year. said China and the US have spurting 3.02 per cent, after the Vedanta, Asian Paints, HDFC agreed with US for phased per cent higher. Bourses in Trading sentiment was bull- agreed on a plan to remove company swung back to black and Infosys, advancing up to removal of tariffs that has Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo ish after the government late on import tariffs in stages, as in the September quarter with 2.88 per cent. On the other brightened hope for a trade and Seoul settled in the posi- Wednesday approved a Rs negotiators try to craft a trade a net profit of Rs 1,064.09 crore. hand, Yes Bank, HUL, ONGC, deal and bring some cheer for tive terrain following positive 25,000 crore fund for 1,600 deal. Sun Pharma was the top Other winners included Tata Motors, Axis Bank, L&T markets across the globe," said news on the US-China trade stalled housing projects, which gainer in the Sensex pack, IndusInd Bank, RIL, ITC, and NTPC retreated up to Vinod Nair, Head of Research, front. CAPSULE India may impose anti-subsidy Issue of DRI notices to exporters raised with FinMin duty on import of copper rods PNS n NEW DELHI The commerce ministry has PNS n NEW DELHI subsidised prices. "The domes- taken up the issue of Directorate tic industry has suffered mate- of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) India may impose anti-subsidy rial injury due to subsidisation notices being sent to 1,000 Whirlpool of India duty for a period of five years of the product. The injury has exporters for alleged violation of Q2 net up 63.82 pc on copper wire rods from been caused by the subsidised Goods and Services Tax with its Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand imports of the goods originat- finance counterpart, an official at Rs 128.7 cr and Vietnam after concluding ing in or exported from these said. The commerce ministry NEW DELHI: Consumer a probe that these imports countries," it added. has stated that the "overzealous electronics firm Whirlpool of have impacted domestic play- The directorate has recom- revenue collection" move by India on Thursday reported ers. mended duty in the range DRI (Directorate of Revenue 63.82 per cent increase in The commerce ministry's between 2.47 per cent and Intelligence) was against consolidated net profit at Rs investigating arm Directorate 10.27 per cent on the landed exporters. The commerce ministry's investigating 128.7 crore. The company General of Trade Remedies value of the product in India. The ministry has demanded arm Directorate General of Trade Remedies had posted a consolidated (DGTR) in September last The petitioners had alleged integrated goods and services (DGTR) in September last year started a net profit of Rs 78.56 crore year started a probe into an that the producers/exporters of tax (IGST) exemption for inputs in the year-ago quarter, alleged subsidisation of exports the goods in these countries used in exports between probe into an alleged subsidisation of Whirlpool of India said in a of 'continuous cast copper wire have benefitted from the October 2017 and January 2019, exports of 'continuous cast copper wire regulatory filing. rods' by these four countries. "actionable subsidies" provid- the official said. In a letter to the rods' by these four countries Revenue from operations Hindalco Industries and The commerce ministry's investigating ed at various levels by the Department of Revenue, the during the quarter under Vedanta Industries (Sterlite arm Directorate General of Trade Remedies governments of these coun- commerce ministry said that the review stood at Rs 1,393.46 Copper) had filed an applica- (DGTR) in September last year started a probe tries. The period of investiga- demand of giving retrospective where revenue does not accrue raised concerns regarding liti- crore as against Rs 1,181.5 tion on behalf of domestic tion was 2017-18 (12 months). IGST exemption to exporters in principle. You may consider gation and penal action by DRI crore in the corresponding industry before the DGTR into an alleged subsidisation of exports of It also covered the data of could be taken up by the GST placing these concerns before with regard to pre-import con- period last year, a growth of alleging subsidisation of the ‘continuous cast copper wire rods' by these 2014-17. Council, chaired by the finance the GST Council for early res- dition under the scheme. 17.94 per cent. Commenting products from these four four countries Countervailing or anti-sub- minister and comprising state olution," the ministry has said. DRI had sent notices to on the financial performance, nations, and requested the ini- sidy duty is a country-specific ministers. It has also stated that as on exporters for claiming post Whirlpool of India Chairman tiation of an anti-subsidy inves- duty which is imposed to safe- "This department is of the date, imports made under the import IGST exemption Arvind Uppal said, "This was tigation. anti-subsidy duty) for a period duties. In the probe, the DGTR guard domestic industry view that enthusiasm of advance authorisation scheme between October 2017 and another strong quarter where The directorate has recom- of five years," it said. has concluded that the prod- against unfair trade subsidies exporters should not be killed on both pre and post export January 2019. During the peri- we continued to perform mended "imposition of defin- The finance ministry takes ucts have been exported to provided by the local govern- by overzealous revenue collec- basis are exempted from pay- od, this exemption was allowed ahead of industry with strong itive countervailing duty (or the final call to impose these India from these countries at ments of the exporting nations. tion based on technicalities ment of IGST. Exporters have only for pre-import of inputs. execution across all levers." ICICI Bank UAE can play vital role in Modi's opens 44 vision of $ 5 tn economy: Official branches in PNS n DHARAMSHALA (HP)

Karnataka The United Arab Emirates PNS n BENGALURU (UAE) can play a vital role in City Union Ipca Labratories Q2 achieving Prime Minister net up 63.27 pc at ICICI Bank on Thursday Narendra Modi's vision of Bank net announced it has expanded its making India a USD 5 trillion Rs 193.54 cr retail network in Karnataka by economy by 2025, UAE profit rises to NEW DELHI: Ipca Labratories adding 44 new branches this Ambassador to India Ahmed on Thursday reported a 63.27 fiscal. Seven of them are in Albanna said. per cent rise in consolidated hitherto unbanked villages Participating in the inau- Rs 194 cr net profit at Rs 193.54 crore in including Kurki in Davanagere gural session of Himachal PNS n NEW DELHI ArcelorMittal district, Sanapura in Ballari Rising Global Investors' Meet the second quarter ended September 30. The company district and Malat in Richur at Dharamshala on Thursday, City Union Bank on Thursday had posted a consolidated net district. Other branches have Albanna said, "The UAE is the reported a 15.2 per cent rise in profit of Rs 118.54 crore in posts $ 539 mn been opened in locations like third largest business partner Modi's subsequent two visits to the UAE in its net profit to Rs 193.53 crore the same period last fiscal, Bengaluru, Chikkamagaluru of India after the USA and for the second quarter ended Ipca Laboratories said in a and Chitradurga, the bank China." The bilateral relations February 2018 and August 2019 and, visits of September 30. regulatory filing. Revenue said in a statement. between India and the UAE Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed It had posted a net profit of from operations during the loss in Jul-Sep The expansion has resulted have strengthened after the bin Zayed Al Nahyan to India in February 2016 Rs 167.99 crore in the corre- period under review stood at in the bank now having a net- first visit of Modi to the UAE sponding quarter of 2018-19. Rs 1,283.9 crore as against Rs PNS n LONDON/NEW DELHI high raw material costs." work of 333 branches and in August 2015, he noted. and January 2017 as the chief guest on the Total income during the 1,012 crore in the year-ago "In these markets, we extension counters along with Modi's subsequent two vis- Republic Day celebration had made the September 2019 quarter rose quarter, it added. During the The world's largest steel maker remain focused on our own 1,280 ATMs in Karnataka, it its to the UAE in February bilateral relations more cordial to Rs 1,231.80 crore from Rs second quarter, revenue of ArcelorMittal on Thursday initiatives to improve perfor- was stated. 2018 and August 2019 and, vis- 1,045.04 crore in the year-ago domestic formulations reported a net loss of USD 539 mance and our priority is to its of Crown Prince of Abu quarter, the bank said in a reg- business grew 16 per cent to million for the July-September reduce costs, adapt production Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin made the bilateral relations mere 185 million dollars in ulatory filing. Its interest Rs 543.21 crore as compared quarter of 2019 hit by lower and focus on ensuring the Zayed Al Nahyan to India in more cordial, he added. 1980, he added. income stood at Rs 1,036.82 to Rs 468.62 crore in the steel shipments and prices, business remains cash flow February 2016 and January The trade between the two Three millions Indians are crore, higher as compared corresponding period a year and high material costs. positive. We continue to expect 2017 as the chief guest on the countries has reached to 60 bil- living in the UAE, he men- with Rs 926.49 crore in the ago, the company said. The company had posted a a substantial working capital Republic Day celebration had lion dollars in 2018-19 from a tioned. year-ago period. Revenue from exports of net income (attributable to release in the fourth quarter branded formulations stood at equity holders of the parent) of which should enable us to Rs 100.2 crore, while that USD 899 million in the year- further reduce net debt year on from generic formulations was ago period. The steelmaker year," Mittal added. 63 MOONS DUES at Rs 179.17 crore. had posted a loss of around "Total steel shipments in China agrees with US USD 400 million in the second 3Q 2019 were 1.7 per cent quarter of 2019. lower as compared with HC curb on DHFL promoters’ travel Hero launches Sales of the company 20.5Mt for 3Q 2018. Excluding to remove tariffs if BS-VI compliant declined to USD 16,634 mil- the impact of the ArcelorMittal PNS n MUMBAI Justice S J Kathwalla said the the mortgage lender, and to lion in the July-September Italia acquisition net of the Wadhawans will have to seek ensure that promoters Splendor iSmart quarter from USD 18,522 mil- remedy asset sales, steel ship- The Bombay High Court on permission from the high Dheeraj Wadhawan and his trade deal progresses NEW DELHI: Two-wheeler lion in the year-ago period. ments were 1.6 per cent lower Thursday restrained Dewan court if they wish to leave the brother Kapil Wadhawan do market leader Hero MotoCorp Commenting on the result, as compared to 3Q 2018," the Housing Finance Corporation country. not leave the country. PNS n BEIJING on Thursday launched its first ArcelorMittal Chairman and statement said. On the outlook, Ltd (DHFL) promoters The bench was hearing a DHFL earlier told the court BS-VI compliant motorcycle, CEO Lakshmi N Mittal in a the company said that based Dheeraj Wadhawan and Kapil plea filed by Jignesh Shah-pro- that the Wadhawans may have China and the United States the new Splendor iSmart, statement said that "as antici- on year-to-date growth and the Wadhawan from leaving the moted 63 Moons to travel abroad to raise funds. have agreed a plan to remove priced at Rs 64,900. The pated, we continued to face current economic outlook country until further orders, in Technologies, seeking direc- 63 Moons, however, raised tariffs imposed on two-way motorcycle, which has 110cc tough market conditions in the ArcelorMittal expects global a plea filed by 63 Moons tions against DHFL and for the apprehensions that the goods in stages, the commerce fuel injection engine that third quarter, characterised by apparent steel consumption Technologies seeking recovery recovery of around Rs 200 Wadhawans, if allowed to leave ministry said Thursday, as delivers power of 9 BHP, also low steel prices coupled with to grow in 2019. of around Rs 200 crore dues. crore that it said was due from the country, may escape. negotiators try to hammer out provides added punch with a trade deal. The two sides have higher torque along with a been embroiled in a bruising The 2 sides have been higher fuel efficiency from the trade war for more than a year, embroiled in a bruising previous generation, Hero Mercedes-Benz rolls out V-Class Elite at Rs 1.10 cr and have slapped punitive tar- trade war for more than a MotoCorp said in a statement. iffs on hundreds-of-billions- n year, and have slapped "This is the first BS-VI PNS CHENNAI control, remote controlled exact figures. He said the V- of-dollars-worth of two-way punitive tariffs on compliant motorcycle door, 15 speaker surround Class Elite was aimed at large trade. But there has been grow- hundreds-of-billions-of- homologated in the country German luxury car maker sound system, the car also has families, sports enthusiasts, ing hope that they are close to dollars-worth of two-way with a new engine family, and Mercedes- Benz on Thursday agility control suspension sys- business owners. reaching a mini agreement as trade a new chassis design, rolled out its new multi-pur- tem, he said. The V-Class Elite "We are confident that V- part of a wider deal. completely designed and pose vehicle V- Class Elite, will be available in a six-seater Class Elite as a one of its kind "In the past two weeks, the developed at our Centre of expanding the product range in longer-wheel base variant and product in India will create negotiation leaders of the two Gao said if the two sides Innovation and Technology the premium automobile seg- complaint to BSVI norms, he new benchmarks for luxury sides have held serious and con- reached a phase-one agree- (CIT) in Jaipur," Hero ment offered by the company. said. "We are glad to continue travel in the country and structive discussions on prop- ment, tariffs should be rolled MotoCorp Head - Global The V-Class Elite, an our product offensive with the expand the segment", he said. erly resolving their core con- back "in the same proportion Product Planning Malo Le upgraded version of V-Class launch of yet another unique Mercedes-Benz India wit- cerns and agreed to roll back and simultaneously". Masson said. Expression and V-Class and versatile product for our nessed a fall of 16 per cent to the additional tariffs in stages, "This is an important condi- Exclusive would be built in discerning customers. The V- 9,915 units in the January- as progress is made towards a tion for reaching an agree- Spain and sold in domestic Class launched this year pio- September period, as against (final) agreement," ministry ment," he said. Chinese Vice market, Company Managing neered the luxury MPV seg- 11,789 units in the first nine spokesman Gao Feng said at a Premier Liu He spoke by tele- Director and CEO, Martin ment and has witnessed much months of 2018. The company, news conference. If confirmed phone with US Trade Schwenk said. success", he said. however, said it has already by the US, the comments could Representative Robert After unveiling the car, here, sold along with V-Class prod- Rs 81.90 lakh (ex-showroom To a query, he said the com- crossed 10,000 units in the first be the latest positive signal in Lighthizer and Treasury Schwenk said the luxury MPV uct range V-Class Expression at India). Equipped with a host of pany's V-Class sold in India week of October and expects efforts by negotiators to for- Secretary Steven Mnuchin last is priced at Rs 1.10 crore (ex- Rs 68.40 lakh (ex-showroom features including seats with was in "triple digits" in the sales to rise slightly in the full malise a partial trade deal — Friday, a call both sides showroom India) and would be India) and V-Class Exclusive at massaging function, climate country, but declined to reveal year. although details remain sparse. described as "constructive". Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

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Ruskin Bond who was in the city interacted BONDING WITH with students, academicians, instructors and others. During the session he opened up about his life, RUSKIN BOND work, urge to atna Sagar, an emi- audiences about how every a good reader in order to writers than readers now. Back nent publishing piece of prose that he’d write become a good writer. Also not then, in order to make sure I return to India, house in India, gave about nature was inspired by many realise that the interest to could try my hand at writing, R literature enthusi- the surroundings he was meet people from different I wrote for several different among others, asts in the city brought up in. Bond had trav- walks of life is one of the basic magazines. In fact, I had also something to elled a lot during his youth. necessities in writing, as their written for The Pioneer. But reports remember by hosting Ruskin Right from Shimla to Jam Nagar life itself will provide you new today, the dynamics have Bond. The event was titled or even the days spent in the story ideas. Stories are born changed. Today writers have “Memorable Moments with United Kingdom. through people, be it you, or access to several publishing ANUSHKA Ruskin Bond”. When asked why he returned them.” houses and there is an evident The hall was brimming with to India, he said, “While people In an exclusive conversation growth in the community. But PRADEEP enthusiasm as it was filled with around me often wish to trav- with The Pioneer, he was asked I would still advice that you academicians, students, instruc- el and stay in countries abroad, how he was so certain that writ- venture into self-publish- tors and many more. The event I just couldn’t stay there. I had ing is what he wanted to do. He ing eventually. opened with an introductory this calling within me to return said, “I took to writing because Nevertheless, one session by eager young fans of to India which I couldn’t get I was sure this is what I am needs a lot of the author who were called up over. I remember slogging off good at. I was discouraged by patience and has on stage to present pieces of my days working as hard as I my family too as they were wor- to be prepared poetry. These little kids were could in order to return to ried that I may not be able to to persevere a encouraged to present any form India. I even got an offer from With Atiya Zaidi — publisher from Ratna Sagar make a living in this field. lot before they of poetry and they recited their Hong Kong a few years later. My They had, in fact asked me to can actually own pieces and also took inspi- friends would also try to per- how he could become a writer, “Disappointment is a part of the join the army, which I’m glad I acquire any ration from Mr Bond. suade me to accept the offer. Ruskin replied, “Today, there journey and it might be some- didn’t go for.” fame in The session was initiated Nevertheless, I declined it. India are several people who are will- thing you’ll have to get used to In response to what he the and moderated by Atiya Zaidi is more than just my home. I ing to come forward and do before you make it big. thinks about the scope of liter- field.” — publisher from Ratna Sagar. couldn’t imagine myself living what it takes to be a writer. But Nevertheless, if you want to be ature in India today, he said, During the conversation, he anywhere else apart from India.” back then, there were almost a writer, there a just a few basic “India has come very far spoke about several incidents of During the question and none. My advice to you is sim- things you ought to remember. in terms of liter- his life including Mr Oliver — answer session, several teachers ple. If you love writing and if First, respect and master the ature who played a crucial part in who had come from across the you think you are good at it, just language you are writing. Find today. shaping his childhood — his two Telugu states came forward do it.” your own style and the context We experiments with ghost stories with their questions. When an He aimed to give the audi- of what you’re writing. It is have and a lot more. He told the aspiring writer audience asked ence straight facts. extremely important that you be more I took to writing because I was sure this is what I am good at. I was discouraged by my family too as they were worried that I may not be able to make a living in this field. They had, in fact asked me to join the army, which I’m glad I didn’t go for

DJ, singer and EDM WORLD CLASS BOWLER TO ‘Composing independent producer Ritviz Srivastava, who is in Hyderabad to perform TEACH CRICKET music very important’ at the SunBurn he Indian cricket team ndian DJ, singer and electronic dance YUV FEST this year. Speaking about the same, festival, shares his is gearing up for its music producer Ritviz Srivastava is all he says, “The future of India is in the hands upcoming tours with I set to enthrall the Hyderabad music of youth. YUV FEST is all about the essence views about EDM T Bangladesh and West lovers today at the SunBurn Festival. of Indian youth and promoting ideas and Indies, gluing cricket The 21-year-old from Pune is trained expressions. This fest is aimed to encourage the scene in India and fans from across the country to in Hindustani Classical Music. His music is youth of India. The first edition of the festival their television sets. But most bass-heavy and rich in eastern sounds owing held in Pune and it would be held all over the independent youngsters, have dedicated to his training as a Hindustani classical musi- country soon.” themselves to the sport to cian since the age of seven. Ritviz believes that independent music music, among become the next Tendulkar and Ahead of his live performance in Hyderabad, composing is important for an individual to Kohli. Keeping this in mind, speaking to The Pioneer, Ritviz says, “It is make a mark in the field. He elaborates, “It is others with Gaudium Sportopia joins the always a great experience to perform in front always important to have your own composi- high ranks of hi-end sports of the Hyderabad audience. People here have tions and music. Rather than doing music V SATEESH schools in the country recently a great music sense and it’s been a while since under any label name, independent music REDDY with the inauguration of its own I performed here.” gives more name and fame for a musi- cricket academy in collaboration Ritviz who grew up listening to Hindustani cian.” with Gen-Next Cricket Institute. classical music, feels it played a key role in his The DJ’s performance is an It aims to provide excellence in life. “I learned how to sing Khayal from my opening act for singers Katy education and sports with state- mother and my father used to play tabla. I was Perry and Dua Lipa who will of-the-art infrastructure and including the badminton acad- and Gaudium Sportopia. trained under pandit Uday Bhawalkar for be debuting in India this mentoring from top-notch emy. All of these have received Gaudium Sportopia is look- Dhrupad. I composed my first song when I was year. experts, which includes world’s a huge response after such ing at a total investment of at 10 years old,” he says adding the classical Giving a gist about his highest active wicket-taker and great champions have come on Rs180 crore to build more music and his upbringing has influenced him upcoming projects, he Arjuna awardee, Ravichandran board to guide the young sport- than 25 specialised sports acad- in choosing music as his profession. says, “I’m working on my Ashwin. ing minds. I am equally confi- emies by 2020. It was no turning back for the 21-year-old new album after the The children who attended dent that this latest collabora- “GenNext Institute and I are after he won the Bacardi House Party for his Dev one. I will release the event had a memorable tion with Ravichandran very delighted to be associated track Udd Gaye in 2017. The track is a lyrical many tracks through it time with Ashwin bowling in Ashwin and Gen-Next Cricket with Gaudium Sportopia. I fusion of Indian and electronic music. When and people could an exhibition cricket match Institute will create a new always believe that excellent asked about it he says, “I never expected to win understand about me that gave them an early taste roadmap for producing cham- infrastructure and innovative it despite submitting my application. I was with these tracks. The of playing against the pions for the future,” said Kirthi techniques from a young age skeptical and was dual minded. Things changed EDM scene is growing world's best. Reddy, Director & makes a lot of difference and for real after I won the title and people in large in India and many “We have already activat- Founder of The Gaudium Sportopia is one numbers started recognising my work and have people are now ed five academies so far Gaudium School such place who is truly out to been very supportive throughout.” focusing on their change the entire sporting Ritviz has started his maiden music festival sounds and music.” ecosystem of the country by I always believe that excellent exposing the kids to some of infrastructure and innovative techniques the finest facilities. I am look- I learned how to sing Khayal from my ing forward to seeing some of from a young age makes a lot of these promising young- mother and my father used to play difference and Gaudium Sportopia is one sters take India to tabla. I was trained under pandit Uday such place who is truly out to change even greater the entire sporting ecosystem of the heights in the Bhawalkar for Dhrupad. I composed my first future,” said country by exposing the kids to some Ravi- song when I was at 10 years old of the finest facilities chandran Ashwin. 10

Vijayawada Friday November 8, 2019 what’s brewing? ‘Had to shell out a lot of money to earn my Pataudi Palace'

ollywood actor Saif Ali Palace. Kareena had celebrated Khan has revealed that her birthday this year at the palace despite being called a in the company of the Khans and B ‘Nawab’ most of the sister Karisma Kapoor. times, the actor had to Saif is all set to be seen in his Kamal rings earn back his Pataudi first historical, Tanhaji: The Palace after it was rented to a hotel Unsung Warrior. Ajay Devgn chain post the death of his father released his character poster last Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi. month describing him as “Might Speaking about the money he paid that cut deeper than a in 65th b'day to earn back the Pataudi Palace, Saif sword...” Saif plays Uday told Mid-Day that, “People have a Bhan in the film direct- certain fixed notion. For that mat- ed by Om Raut. ter, even (with) Pataudi (palace), Saif has already when my father (Mansur Ali Khan wrapped up the with family Pataudi) died, it got rented to shooting of his Neemrana Hotels. Aman (Nath) next, Jawaani ctor-filmmaker and Francis (Wacziarg) used to run Jaaneman. It Kamal Haasan on (the hotel). Francis passed away. He’d also stars Thursday rang in The 65-year-old said that if I wanted (the palace) Tabu, Pooja A his 65th birthday back, I could let him know. I said, ‘I Bedi’s daugh- with members of will also be looking want it back’. They held a conference, ter Alaia his family in hometown forward to the and said, ‘okay, you have to give us Furniture- Paramakudi in Tamil Nadu. lots of money!’ Which I then conse- wala and The Tamil veteran, during celebrations that quently earned.” Kubbra Sait his stay in Paramakudi, will are planned to He added, “So, even the house and is scheduled unveil a statue of his late I’m supposed to have inherited has actor said, “I was born and even Saif and Kareena Kapoor, along to hit theatres by father, according to a state- commemorate 60 been earned back through money raised in Bombay. My father lived with their son Taimur, often join the end of this ment. years of his acting from films. You can’t live off the with my mother in her (Carmichael Sharmila Tagore at the Pataudi month. The 65-year-old will also past. At least we can’t in our fami- Road) flat... He had just finished play- be looking forward to the career ly, because there was nothing. There ing cricket. His last Test series was Even the house I’m supposed to have celebrations that are planned is history, culture, beautiful pho- when I was four/five. My mother to commemorate 60 years of ed budget of Rs. 40 crore in tographs; and, of course, some (actor Sharmila Tagore) says he was inherited has been earned back through his acting career. Members Bhopal. The team also land. It has been a privileged bunking his responsibilities. His money from films. You can’t live off the past. of the Tamil film fraternity briefly shot in Gwalior upbringing. But there’s been no mother was looking after things in At least we can’t in our family, because there will come together for the before wrapping up the sec- inheritance.” Bhopal and Pataudi. She’d got old. So event. ond schedule. Talking about his childhood, the we moved to Delhi to live with her.” was nothing On the career front, The next schedule will be Kamal Haasan is currently in Madhya Pradesh from the working on Shankar’s Indian third week of November. 2. The film, a sequel to Kamal Haasan also has Indian, marks his return as the Tamil political thriller nonagenarian vigilante, Thalaivan Irukkindran in Senapathy. the pipeline. The film is Indian 2, which will hit rumoured to be a sequel to the screens in 2021, also Thevar Magan. stars Siddharth, Kajal Meanwhile, fresh reports Aggarwal, Rakul Preet Singh emerged earlier this week and Priya Bhavani Shankar. that the actor has signed The team of Indian 2 Kaithi director Lokesh recently completed an action Kanagaraj for a new project sequence shot on a report- that will take off next year.

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Vijayawada Friday November 8, 2019 tollywood Narra Srinu going places rang me and asked if I could dub. I did and Srinu who will be seen in Prabhudheva’s it came out very well. I’m keen to dub for Radhe as well if the production house gives Radhe speaks to NAGARAJ GOUD about me an opportunity,” he informs. Srinu is happy that Telugu career is on the ascent. While he has wrapped up shooting career, dubbing in Hindi, Telugu, among others for Venky Mama sometime back, he is pre- sently awaiting the release of Rajendra Pra- opular Telugu actor Narra Srinu be meeting Salman on the sets itself,” the sad-starrer Tholu Bommalata, where he pla- has been roped in by director actor informs us. yed a significant supporting role. “I essayed Prabhudheva for his on-sets Srinu doesn’t see language as a barrier for the part of Rajendra Prasad garu’s son-in- film, Radhe: Your Most Wanted his Hindi gig. “I can speak Hindi. Hum Hyd- law. As long he is alive, I’m very affable and p Bhai, with Bollywood superstar erabad ka rehne waale, tho Hindi mein baat very respectful towards him but once he Salman Khan. The film, an karna padtha (I reside in Hyderabad, so I’m passes away, I squabble over property. What action-thriller, is believed to be a remake supposed to speak in Hindi),” he smiles, I liked most about the film is that the direc- of 2017 South Korean hit The Outlaws, and adding, “If I have issues, I’m sure Prabhu- tor has dealt problems that are a part and par- will see Salman as a gangster/undercover dheva, who knows Telugu well, will assist cel of most families,” he says, adding, in cop in Mumbai. Srinu, who had ticked the me.” He is also keen to dub for his part. “I’ve Nithiin-starrer Bheeshma, he will be seen as funny bone of audience with his turns in made my Tamil debut with Theeran villain’s brother. “It has a comic touch to it.” films like Gabbar Singh, Premam and Chal Adhigaaram Ondru (Khakee in Telugu) in He has also signed Ram-starrer Red that Mohan Ranga, is chuffed to bits with his 2017. Initially, I told director Vinoth I will was launched earlier this month. An inves- maiden Hindi assignment. “I consider it as dub for my role but after the film wrapped tigative thriller, it is a remake of Tamil hit a huge opportunity. Although I will be up, the makers went ahead with a voice Thadam. “I will be seen as a constable in it. shooting for the film for close to a week artist who dubbed for my part. Although Compared to the original, my role has been spread over four months, my part carries it’s a serious role, it was laced with a tinge extended and I credit director Kishore a lot of weight. I will be sharing screen space of humour, which the director felt was miss- Tirumala for it. I will start shooting for it with both Salman and Disha Patani. I will ing from the voice artiste’s work. He later from this month-end,” he signs off.

SAMUTHIRAKANI Amma Rajasekhar Rashmika shuts in much demand ctor-filmmaker P troller with a Samuthirakani is getting returns as a director A busier day by day in Telugu. he filming of choreogra- other songs. We are planning to Presently, a part of anticipat- pher-turned-director approach Devi Sri Prasad for one ed films like RRR, Ala Amma Rajasekhar’s Hi 5 song,” Rajasekhar said at a press virtual slap Vaikunthapuramlo and Akhil’s next t shooting is over. The meet of the film in Hyderabad with Bommarillu Bhasker, the noted film is a musical drama outskirts on Thursday. ne might envy a celebrity for the glamorous Tamil face has now hopped on board starring Mannara Chopra, who Mannara said she loves dance lifestyle they live, but with the fame and success Ravi Teja’s next with Gopichand was last seen in the damp squib and the film provided her with the also comes the risk of being trolled. Time and Malineni, according to a statement by Seetha. “The film’s screenplay opportunity to showcase her again, actress in general, have been victims to the film’s makers on Thursday. While will be as different as that of my dance skills. O online trolling. the nature of his role hasn’t been first directorial Ranam. It has 12 Jasmine, Chaya, Pranali, Recently, Kannada beauty Rashmika Mandanna divulged, he is the latest to have songs and 5 music directors are Triptho, Sameer, Sudheer, who was on the receiving end, decided to voice out her opin- joined the film after Shruti Haasan working on it. Songs will be Selvaraj, Dikshith will be seen in ion on one such misogynistic post. The actress shared a post and SS Thaman. extensions of casual dialogues. other roles in the film, which, of trollaaya_namah, which had Rashmika’s childhood pho- The untitled film is a crime gritty Thaman has recorded one song, according to producer Radha tos in a collage with a derogatory comment. Disturbed with crime drama, which will unfold like while composers from London, Rajasekhar, is being planned for the trolls, she questioned trollers as to why they target pub- a thriller. Ravi’s part will be involved Malaysia and US have recorded a January release. lic figures ruthlessly. “I don’t know what you guys get out in solving the crime rate in Ongole, of doing this to us actors. Is it because we are a soft target while simultaneously diffusing the to you? (Being a) public figure doesn’t mean you can target rivalry between two families that are us ruthlessly.” involved in gang rivalry for decades She also wrote that no one had the right to discuss an over a budding love story gone sour. actor’s personal life. “A lot of you keep saying — ignore the Tagore Madhu is bankrolling the bad comments or trolls and I generally do. Say anything venture, which will roll shortly. The you want about our work — you have the right. But, no film marks Ravi and Malineni reteam- Ghibran's music for one has any right to say anything about our families ing for the third time after successful or our personal lives. No actor deserves this crap ventures like Don Sreenu and Balupu. (sic).” The Dear Comrade star pointed out that people needed to respect each other first, and that every profession deserves to be respected. “Because let me tell you this, being an actor is not easy - each and every profession deserves utmost respect. Ashok Galla's film I think people first need to start respecting one his paper was the first to surrounding who will produce the another. Congratulations [to] whoever did report (May 27) that director project has also been cleared. this. You have managed to hurt me. Didn’t Sriram Adittya will be intro- Padmavathi Galla, Ashok's mother, think of you were capable of doing that, but t ducing Ashok Galla, will be producing the film, a love what’s to follow is on you,” she said. son of industrial- story, under Amar Raja ist and Guntur MP Jay Media & Entertainment Galla, as an actor banner. It will be with his fourth fea- launched at a starry ture film director- ceremony this ial. The latest Sunday at development Ramanaidu Studios, about the project with Krishna and is that Tamil Mahesh Babu likely music composer to grace it. Ashok Ghibran is on has gone for a com- board to render plete makeover from tunes, while Richard the film and its evident Prasad is the camera- Adittya has worked on his man. Naresh, Satya and leading man's look. Nidhhi Archana Soundarya, have been roped Agerwal, it is said, will be the film's in for supporting roles. The suspense leading lady. Software Sudheer surprises Sudheer at every end udigali Sudheer, my remuneration and made me who is a key partic- sign an agreement. It was all too ipant on the huge- fast but he assured, saying, ‘Don’t s ly popular comedy worry, these are the technicians show Jabardusth, is and we are doing the film’. We start- debuting as a lead ed the film on March 20 and it was actor with the film the most memorable day of my life, Software Sudheer. A as I’ve started shooting for another film, family entertainer, Three Monkeys in the night,” Sudheer the film, directed by P said. Rajashekar Reddy, sees He continued, “I don’t know whether I Dhanya Balakrishna alongside will work with technicians and actors of Sudheer, while the supporting this repute in the future but I’m thankful cast is stacked up with the likes of to Rajashekar Reddy for making this hap- Indraja, Posani Krishna Murali, pen. I was surprised to see Dhanya Sayaji Shinde and Siva Prasad. Balakrishnan land on the sets three days Speaking at a promotional event after we went to sets. She has become a of the film in Hyderabad on part of my family now. I’ve never Thursday, Sudheer traced the expected the working title Software film’s journey. “Rajashekar Sudheer finalised as the main title. It Reddy approached me with an was another surprise.” outline of the story, which I Speaking about the film, he said a liked. I was keen on doing a film screenplay-based movie. “There’s with good technical values and comedy as well as commercial ele- when I quizzed about the film’s ments. We’ve even shot for songs in technicians, he mentioned the Malaysia recently.” names of Ram Prasad (camera- Sudheer said it’s Chiranjeevi who man), Gautam Raju (editor), inspired him to pursue a career in act- Bheems (music composer) and ing, while he is a big admirer of Ram-Laxman (stunt choreogra- Rajinikanth and Pawan Kalyan’s off- phers). I thought he was kidding screen persona. “I’ve been made to imi- but in the second meeting, he tate both of them for the film by the came to me with a producer, gave director,” he chuckled. VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | NOVEMBER 8, 2019 sport 12 Bowlers restrict B’desh to 153-6 Rohit becomes first Indian man to feature in 100 T20 internationals

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tand-in skipper Rohit Sharma Son Thursday became the first Indian man and second in world cricket to complete 100 T20 Internationals. He reached the milestone when he led the team in the sec- ond match against Bangladesh at Never thought I'll lead the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium here. Shoaib Malik (111 games) from Pakistan is the only player to Tigers, says Mominul have played more than 100 T20 Internationals. PTI n DHAKA makes me feel good,” he said. Rohit is currently the top-scor- The first Test of the series er in this format with 2452 runs ominul Haque was “not will be played in Indore from with regular skipper Virat Kohli Mready at all” for Test cap- November 14 to 18, while the second in the list with an aggregate taincy but the thought of lead- second match will mark the of 2450 runs. Rohit has scored the ing Bangladesh against Virat inaugural day-night Test runs at a strike-rate of 136.67 with Kohli’s India makes him feel between the two sides, in four hundreds and 17 half-cen- good. Kolkata from November 22. turies. Mominul said he was Talking about playing his PTI n RAJKOT and off-spinner Washington Sundar eighth over, to break the opening “It's been a long journey since completely taken by surprise at maiden day-night Test, (1-25) did manage to stem the flow SEAMER DEEPAK stand. 2007, I made my debut in the T20 the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s Mominul said: “We have not ndian bowlers led by Yuzvendra of runs but Khaleel's poor show con- Das's wicket slowed the scoring World Cup. There has been a lot decision to hand him the Test played a Test under the flood- Chahal made an impressive tinued. CHAHAR (1-25) AND rate and that put Naim under pres- ups and down in the last 12 years captaincy in place of banned lights and with the pink ball. It Icomeback to restrict Bangladesh Chahal, on his introduction, sure, who then gave a dolly to in this format particularly. This has Shakib Al Hasan. is a very good chance to play to a sub-par 153 for 6 in their must- had almost removed a set Liton, but OFF-SPINNER Shreyas Iyer at deep-mid-wicket off taught me so many lessons going “I was not ready at all. It good cricket.” win second T20 game here on Rishabh Pant's urge to complete WASHINGTON Washington as Bangladesh slumped forward," Rohit had said in Delhi, was completely unexpected. I The left-handed batsman, Thursday. glovework quickly gave the batsman were 83 for 2 in the 11th over. when asked about the milestone. never thought even in my who has played 36 Tests and Put into bat, Bangladesh could lifeline. SUNDAR (1-25) DID And then Yuzvendra picked two "When you come into the dreams that I will be the cap- scored 2,613 runs, however, not capitalize on a good start as The TV replays showed that wickets in the 13th over —Mushfiqur team as a youngster, you are try- tain of Bangladesh or I will said the innovation would not Chahal's (2-28) double breakthrough while whipping the bails off, Pant MANAGE TO STEM Rahim (4 off 6 balls), who gave a sit- ing to learn things which hap- captain the Test side,” affect his game. in the 13th over pegged the visitors collected the ball in front of the THE FLOW OF RUNS ter to Krunal Pandya and then pened quite smoothly at start. Monimul told reporters. “I never considered cap- back. A quick-fire 30 off 21 balls by stumps and hence it was declared no- removed a set Soumya Sarkar (30 off Then with few ups and few downs, The 28-years old has never taincy as pressure or responsi- skipper Mahmudullah Riyad helped ball. As per the law, every part of BUT KHALEEL 20 balls; 2x4, 1x6) — as Bangladesh I have become a stronger player led a top domestic team but bility. If I keep thinking that as them cross the 150-mark. wicket-keeper's gloves has to be were struggling at 103/4. Sarkar and understood my game really has been entrusted with the a captain I have to take extra Openers Liton Das (29 off 21 behind the stumps. AHMED’S (1-44 was stumped by Pant. well." big responsibility to captain responsibility to carry the team balls, 4x4) and Mohammad Naim Das then hammered two succes- FROM 4 OVERS) Mahmudullah and Afif Hossain The Mumbaikar made his T20 the national side for a high- forward then I will be under (36 off 31 balls, 5x4) shared a 60 run sive fours to add insult to injury. (6) tried to steady the ship with a 25 debut against England in Durban profile assignment starting some pressure,” said Mominul, opening stand. He got another reprieve on 26 POOR SHOW run-stand but Khaleel broke the in 2007. next week. who is not part of T20 squad. Naim slammed profligate left- after skipper Rohit Sharma dropped stand dismissing Hossain to leave The captain of the national “I am very excited as I “But if I play my natural arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed (1-44 him at square-leg following a mix- CONTINUED IN THE Bangladesh teetering at 128 for 5 and women's T20 team, Harmanpreet think Virat Kohli is the best game, and think that I am a from 4 overs) for three successive up with Shivam Dube and Pant. But 2ND GAME AS WELL then they just managed to cross the Kaur is the only other Indian play- player in the world, the best batsman who needs to score boundaries to start on rousing note. Pant made up for his mistake and ran 150-run-mark as the bowlers bowled er to have played 100 matches in batsman in all formats com- for his team, then it will not Seamer Deepak Chahar (1-25) Das out, with a direct hit in the in right areas. the shortest format. bined. Thinking about that have any effect.” Vivaan, Esha Anand-Carlsen to ring Eden Bell Openers lead India to ODI series win PTI n NORTH SOUND PTI n KOLKATA win double Gold omeback-girl Smriti eigning and former world chess CMandhana and Jemimah Rchampions Magnus Carlsen and Rodrigues hit contrasting half- Viswanathan Anand in all likelihood centuries to lead the Indian would ring the customary Eden bell on women’s team to a 2-1 series vic- one of the days during the historic tory over the West Indies here day/night India-Bangladesh Test here with a comfortable six-wicket from November 22-26. win in the deciding third ODI. The Sourav Ganguly-led BCCI, which Mandhana, who missed the is organising the first ever day/night Test first two matches of the series due in India, is awaiting a confirmation from to a toe injury, smashed a 63-ball the Norwegian world champion, who 1 pm, the GCT Kolkata circuit will start 74 and raised a match-winning would be competing in the Tata Steel at 2 pm at the National Library,” he said. 141-run partnership with fellow Chess India — Rapid & Blitz 2019, the The day one’s proceedings of the first opener Rodrigues (69 off 92) on penultimate leg of the Grand Chess Test is slated to begin with Bangladesh Wednesday night. A solid foun- Tour. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ringing the dation in place, India cruised to “The BCCI has invited Carlsen to ring Eden Bell. the 195-run target in 42.1 overs Indian women’s team pose with winners trophy after beating Windies in 3rd ODI BCCI the Eden bell and if time permits, he A galaxy of Indian sports stars includ- after the Indian bowlers did a along with Anand will be seen at the sta- ing cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, commendable job of bowling out West Indies elected to bat. stomach for fight with a 45-ball dium in one of the five days,” Jeet Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra, ten- the hosts for a sub-par 194 in It was pacer Shikha Pandey 38. Banerjee, director of Gameplan Sports, the nis star Sania Mirza, world badminton exact 50 overs. and leg-spinner Rajeshwari It was Mandhana’s first ODI official sponsors and branding partner of champion PV Sindhu and six-time box- During the course of her Gaekwad, who removed the top- since the home series against the tour, said on Thursday. ing world champion MC Mary Kom innings, Mandhana became the order as five of the six Indian England in February and third According to Cricket Association of among others would be seen in the Test. fastest Indian woman to score bowlers in action, were among half-century in a row, having Bengal (CAB) sources, Anand has already The CAB will felicitate the team 2,000 runs in One-Day wickets. scored 63 and 66 against the accepted the invitation and they are now members of Bangladesh-India first ever Internationals. The 23-year-old Stafanie Taylor kept fighting British team in Mumbai. PTI n DOHA The pair also combined awaiting a nod from Carlsen, which Test in 2000, a game where Sourav reached the milestone in her 51st for the hosts with a combative 79- Rodrigues, who had scored 41 with Manavaditya Singh could make it a double delight. Ganguly, the BCCI president, made his innings. run knock but ran short of part- in India’s defeat in the opening hinki Yadav kept alive Rathore to secure the team Working out the logistics could be a debut as Test captain. Seasoned pacer Jhulan ners as other West Indies batters ODI, took 92 balls for her 69-run CIndia’s hopes of securing Gold in the event. concern as the timings of both the events The first day of the match could see Goswami (2/30) and leg-spinner struggled to negotiate India’s knock which had six boundaries. the second Olympic quota in Teenager Esha also won a too are almost clashing, one of the a helicopter revolving around the Eden Poonam Yadav (2/35) shared four attack. The two teams will now play women’s 25m Pistol, clinging double Gold on the day, cap- organisers said. Gardens from which a skydiver will come wickets between them, troubling Apart from Taylor only a five-match Twenty20 series, to fifth place in the first turing both the individual and “While the Test will get underway at flying into the ground with the trophy. the rival middle order after the Atacy-Ann King showed some beginning Sunday at Gros Islet. round qualification of the team titles in the 10m air pis- Asian Shooting tol women junior competi- Championship here on tion. Thursday. Esha topped the qualifi- Chinki shot an exception- cation with a 579 and then Satwik-Chirag enter China q/f Barty ‘extremely hungry' for Fed Cup win al 292 and will be looking to won the finals with a 242.2. make the final today and Teammate Priya Raghav was PTI n FUZHOU Thursday. PERTH: World number one Ashleigh take a shot at clinching one of third in qualification with Parupalli Kashyap and B Sai Barty has enjoyed a career-changing sea- the four available Tokyo 574 and finished in the same ndia’s men’s doubles pair of Praneeth were both ousted in the son and is “extremely hungry” to end it berths. Rahi Sarnobat has position in the final, closing ISatwiksairaj Rankireddy and second round of the men’s singles on a high by steering Australia to their already secured the other out with a 217.6. Chirag Shetty on Thursday stunned event. first Fed Cup in 45 years. quota place for India in the Esha, Priya and Yuvika sixth seed Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta World No 11 Praneeth fought The seven-time champions have not event in earlier competitions. Tomar claimed the team Gold Watanabe of Japan to enter the hard for one hour 24 minutes tasted success in the tournament since Apart from Chinki, Vivaan with a total of 1721, which quarterfinals of the China Open against fourth seed Anders the days of Evonne Goolagong in 1974, Kapoor and Esha Singh won eclipsed both the Asian and here. Antonsen of Denmark before going with two-time winners France standing two Gold each as India dom- world junior records in the Rankireddy and Shetty played down 20-22, 22-20, 21-16. in their way on the hardcourts at Perth inated the junior competi- category. their hearts out to get the better of Kashyap, ranked 25 in the Arena starting tomorrow. tions, where they have Bhakti Bhaskar Khamkar their Japanese opponents 21-18, 21- world, ran out of steam after a It will mark the last Fed Cup final accounted for 18 of the 23 won India’s fifth Gold of the 23, 21-11 in a pulsating second decent start against seventh seed played under the current format, with (126). They are banking on passionate medals won so far by the day, in 50m rifle 3 positions round contest that lasted an hour Victor Axelsen and went down 13- an overhaul next year seeing 12 nations home support to get them over the line. country. women junior, with a domi- and six minutes. 21, 19-21 in a match that lasted 43 compete in a six-day event in Budapest. “This was a week I circled at the The icing on the cake at nating 453.1 in the final. For Rankireddy and Shetty, minutes. Praneeth’s loss marked the While there will be a huge boost in beginning of the year that I wanted to the Lusail Shooting complex Bhakti, Ayushi Podder who had reached the French Open end of India’s campaign in the sin- prize money, it spells an end to home target, and to be able to finish the year was the 1-2 finish in the and Nishchal also won the final last month, the latest win is gles. ties, following a similar change to the playing as a team for your nation is pret- junior men’s trap competition team Silver in the event. So their second straight over Endo and It was also the end of the road men’s Davis Cup. ty special and I’ve been looking forward where Vivaan shot his way to did the trio of Niraj Kumar, Watanabe. The Indians had defeat- for the mixed doubles pair of Barty, fresh from being crowned to it for a long time,” said Barty. an individual Gold with com- Harshrajsinhji Gohil and ed the Japanese duo in straight Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa. WTA Finals champion in Shenzhen on “All of us are extremely hungry — patriot Bhowneesh Nitish Kumar in the 50m rifle games in Paris last month. The unseeded Indian duo lost 21- Sunday, leads a team that boasts world it’s taken us probably two or three years Mendiratta following him 3 positions men junior event. Rankireddy and Shetty will face Rankireddy and Shetty were the 23, 16-21 to fifth seeds Seo Seung number 51 Ajla Tomljanovic making her to get into this position and now it’s through the day to clinch Niraj also picked up the indi- Li Jun Hui and Liu Yu Chen of lone Indians left in the tournament Jae and Chae Yujung of South debut, veteran Samantha Stosur (96), about coming out and enjoying it this Silver. vidual Silver. China in the quarterfinals today. after the others bite the dust on Korea. Astra Sharma (108) and Priscilla Hon weekend.” AFP