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IN THE PAST’ Rain likely in parts of city IF CHOSEN RIGHT, A BOOKS Max/Min temp. 29/20ºC PRESENT CAN SPREAD PAK COURT DEFERS SAEED VERDICT TILL TUESDAY >> PG 13 IMMENSE JOY Vol. 83 No. 39 Established 1938 | 48 PAGES PLUS A FREE COPY OF 16-PAGE SUNDAY CHRONICLE | `7.00 ASTROGUIDE Vikari; Uttarayana ANXIETY IN THE AIR Tithi: Magha Suddha Pournami till 1 pm Star: Ashlesha till 7.40 pm Varjyam: 9.33 am to 11 am and then from 6.22 am to 7.47 am GHMC survey (next day early hours) Durmuhurtam: 4.40 pm to 5.26 pm Rahukalam: 4.30 pm to 6 pm HIJRI CALENDAR triggers fear Jumada al-Sani 14,1441 AH PRAYERS Fajar: 5.44 am Residents mistake it for CAA, Zohar: 12.40 pm Asar: 4.39 pm NRC exercise by the Centre Maghrib: 6.20 pm Isha: 7.29 pm MADDY DEEKSHITH | DC HYDERABAD, FEB. 8 iNSIDE SUNSET TODAY 6.15 PM ■ Page 3: GHMC votes SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.45 AM An ongoing Geographic against CAA MOONRISE TODAY 6.21 PM Information Systems MOONSET TODAY 6.44 AM (GIS) survey by the Gr- eater Hyderabad Muni- the survey has nothing to cipal Corporation (GH- do with the CAA or NRC. COUNTER POINT MC) to bring all unas- Civic body officials have sessed property into the been authorised to seek tax net led to a piquant sit- police escort for the sur- uation with residents in vey, if necessary. some localities protesting To keep a tab on the the survey. number of structures in They feared it was a dis- the city, the corporation guised Citizenship Ame- has divided the Greater ndment Act (CAA) and Hyderabad area into 340 National Register of Cit- sections and prepared izens (NRC) survey. dockets for each for the This happened in the staff to carry. The GHMC, GHMC’s Chandrayan- in a preliminary survey, gutta and Falaknuma cir- identified as many as cles this past week. 8,952 properties not under Uncertainty over CAA- the property tax net. NRC made locals prevent Valuation officers from GHMC officials from pho- GHMC’s revenue wing People wait in queues to cast their votes at Shaheen Public School polling station in the Shaheen Bagh area, which has been witnessing a peaceful tographing their build- were asked to photograph protest against the Citizenship Act for several weeks, during the Delhi Assembly elections in New Delhi on Saturday. — PTI ings. The civic body has structures and attach now decided to explain to them to the docket for all residents, particularly transparency and Woman cop shot in the Old City, about the accountability. GIS survey’s purpose. The dead by aide GHMC has also instructed ■ Exit polls see Kejriwal return Page 6: Residents see New Delhi: Sub-inspec- officials to explain that secret operation by Centre tor, Preeti Ahlawat, 26, 61% turnout in Delhi polls; BJP struggles to repeat LS show, Cong draws blank was shot dead by anoth- er cop on Friday night. SANJAY KAW and WHAT THE EXIT POLLS SAY BJP, it said, is set to Police said that the SHASHI BHUSHAN | DC THIS ELECTION is receive 35 per cent vote woman was walking 9 nCov suspects in NEW DELHI, FEB. 8 AAP BJP Cong a proof of how share and the Congress is home on Friday from the likely to lag behind at 5 per Metro station in Rohini After two weeks of aggres- India Today-Axis 59-68 2-10 0 selfless and strong our cent. Contrary to what when she was shot thrice sive campaigning, Delhi relationship is. We are most exit polls were pre- by her police academy Gandhi Hospital on Saturday saw 61.5 per TV9 Bharatvarsh-Cicero 52-64 6-16 1 winning by a huge dicting, BJP MP Parvesh batch mate. Police said cent of the total 1.47 crore Republic-Jan ki Baat 48-61 9-21 0 margin. Hearty Sahib Singh had a com- that the accused SI, DC CORRESPONDENT and keeping a close watch voters turning up to exer- congratulations to all pletely different predic- Dipanshu Rathi, also HYDERABAD, FEB. 8 on their health,” the offi- cise their franchise for the Times Now-Ipsos 47 23 0 the activists. tion, claiming 50 seats for committed suicide by cial said. Assembly elections. The the BJP and 16 seats for shooting himself at Nine persons were admit- As part of state-wide pre- city had witnessed the ABP News -C voter 49-63 5-19 0-4 MANISH SISODIA, the AAP. Parvesh, the son Haryana Sonipat area. ted to Gandhi General paredness to tackle possi- highest-ever voter turnout Neta-NewsX 53-57 11-17 0 Delhi Deputy CM of former chief minister Hospital for novel ble coronavirus cases, dis- of 67 per cent in the 2015 Sahib Singh Varma, had Coronavirus tests on trict-level officials have Assembly polls in which called Mr Kejriwal a “ter- Saturday even as Health begun preparations to set Aam Aadmi Party had CVoter put the Delhi’s rul- polls. The Times Now- dicted 52-64 seats for the rorist” during campaign- Passport-free Department authorities up a minimum of a five- scripted history by win- ing party’s tally at any- Ipsos exit poll predicted AAP and 6-16 for the BJP. ing. Later in the evening, said that a total of 70 peo- bed quarantine facility at ning 67 of the 70 seats. where between 49 and 63, that Mr Kejriwal will An exit poll put out by both the AAP and the BJP Kartarpur entry ple who were tested for each of the state's teach- After the polling, the exit and that of its main rival retain power with the AAP Neta-NewsX said the AAP called internal meetings. Islamabad: Pakistan is the infection till Friday ing hospitals. As part of polls predicted a major vic- between five to 19. winning 47 seats against 23 may win 53-57 seats and While the AAP discussed considering a proposal tested negative. these efforts, a five-bed tory for chief minister Almost all exit polls pre- for the BJP. the BJP 11-17. the security of the for allowing Indian pil- So far, there is no posi- facility was readied in Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP. dicted little change in the The Republic-Jan ki Baat According to the India Electronic Voting grims to enter the tive case in the state of the Nizamabad district on The India Today-Axis poll fortunes of the Congress, survey gave the AAP 48-61 Today-Axis poll, the AAP Machines, the BJP leader- Kartarpur corridor with- novel Coronavirus, an Saturday. Any questions predicted 59-68 seats for which ruled the city seats and the BJP 9-21 is likely to get 56 per cent ship deliberated upon the out passport in order to official said. “We are fol- related to the disease can the AAP and 2-11 for the between 1998 and 2013 but seats. The TV9 vote share in the Delhi possible outcome of the attract more visitors to lowing up with all those be made to the 24-hour BJP, while the ABP- drew a blank in the 2015 Bharatvarsh-Cicero pre- Assembly polls, while the polls. the revered Gurdwara under home quarantine helpline, 040-24651119. Darbar Sahib, interior minister Ijaz Shah informed the country’s Parliament. In November Killer fishing trawlers Women can shake phone last year, Pakistan and Stray cats killed India separately inaugu- rated the historic corri- dor on their sides. with Disha app, alert cops in gated colony Pre-litigation law VADREVU SRINIVAS | DC the AP police created the patch it to the location.” T.S.S. SIDDHARTH | DC and videos of cats being KAKINADA, FEB. 8 app that informs the Disha Besides the location of HYDERABAD, FEB. 8 chased through the com- needed, says CJI Centre personnel. They in the caller, an audio and plex, caught, sedated and New Delhi: Chief Justice The Andhra Pradesh gov- turn will inform cops video of 10 seconds during A gated community in killed,” HSI managing of India S.A. Bobde on ernment has developed an equipped with GPS vehi- the call will be sent to the Toli Chowki, according to director Alokparna Seng- Saturday said the time is app to implement the cles to rush to the spot and Control Room, he said. a complaint with the upta told Deccan Chro- ripe to devise a compre- Disha Act and help women assist the person in troub- The Disha Act is the first police, has caught, sedat- nicle. “The pictures were hensive legislation which and girls should they land le or anticipating trouble. of its kind in India, which ed and killed stray cats from a society in Toli contains “compulsory in a dangerous situation. “Videography will have calls for an entire investi- that made their home on Chowki. The society’s sec- pre-litigation mediation” The app provides two evidentiary value during gation to finish within a the premises. retary said they had hired that would ensure effi- ways of calling for help: the trial,” said DIG Paul week and a trial within a It prompted an animal a team to catch the cats, as ciency and reduce the either by pressing a but- Raj of the police’s fortnight after that (where rights’ organisation, Hu- they were defecating in time of pendency for par- ton on the phone, or if that Technical Services.