Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No. APENG/2018/764698 Established 1864 Published From ANALYSIS 7 MONEY 8 SPORTS 11 VIJAYAWADA DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL STEM THE SIX OF TOP-10 FIRMS LOSE SOUTHERN STARS RAIPUR CHANDIGARH BHUBANESWAR GENDER GAP SHINE SO BRIGHT RANCHI DEHRADUN RS 95,432 CR IN M-CAP HYDERABAD ` *Late City Vol. 2 Issue 128 VIJAYAWADA, MONDAY MARCH 9, 2020; PAGES 12 3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable UPPI RETURNS TO TOLLYWOOD { Page 12 } www.dailypioneer.com ‘SANITARY PAD DISPOSAL BAGS 5 OF FAMILY IN KERALA GET MAHARASHTRA POLICE TO RAISE VIRUS FORCES BAHRAIN TO HOLD MANDATORY FROM JAN 2021’ CORONAVIRUS, 39 CASES IN INDIA ALL-WOMEN BATTALION OF SRPF FORMULA 1 GP WITHOUT SPECTATORS nion Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said the Centre would ive of a family tested positive for coronavirus in Kerala, taking the he Maharashtra government has decided to raise an all-women ahrain's Formula 1 Grand Prix scheduled for March 20-22 will be held Umake it mandatory for sanitary napkin companies to provide bio- Ftotal number of affected people in the country to 39. The health Tbattalion of the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) in Nagpur Bwithout spectators, the organisers said Sunday in the latest sporting degradable disposal bags from January next year. He was minister said three of the affected persons returned from Italy and did district with an aim to promoting event to be hit by measures to contain the new coronavirus. One of the speaking at an International Women's Day event in not declare it at the airport, which is gender equality. This would help the other early races in the Formula One season, the Shanghai Grand Prix on Pune attended by waste collectors, who he referred to why they were not screened. The force to address issues pertaining to April 19, has been postponed although organisers say the season-opening as ‘swachhta sevaks’. "I have observed that despite Arunachal Pradesh government has violence against women and to race in Australia on March 15 will go ahead as planned. "In consultation repeated appeal to sanitary pad manufacturers, they are blocked entry of foreigners to provide better security to them, a with our international partners and the still not providing biodegradable disposal bags. contain the virus, which has infected senior SRPF official said on Sunday, kingdom's national health taskforce, From January, 2021, the Union government will 100,000 people across the world and on the occasion of the International Bahrain has made this make such bags mandatory," he said. killed more than 3,000 people. Women's Day. decision,” say officials. CLEARING THE AIR Telangana budget Sajjala dares TDP to give Vizag will soon become beats slowdown 34% tickets to BCs PNS n VIJAYAWADA Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan L VENKAT RAM REDDY Reddy. In spite of that, the Executive Capital: VSR n HYDERABAD TDP supremo and leader of YSRCP gave stiff competition the Opposition N to the combine, he pointed out. The State government on Chandrababu Naidu is causing Never did the YSRCP back- Vijayasai Reddy termed the decision of the govt Sunday presented a Rs 1.82 legal hurdles to YSRCP to tracked then as being done by lakh crore jumbo budget that deny it 34 per cent quota for Chandrababu, he said. to locate the Executive Capital in Vizag as historic is free of any fresh taxes and the BCs. However, Chief Curtailing influence of money largely oriented towards Minister YS Jaganmohan power and liquor power in PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM The YSRCP improving the lot of farmers. Reddy took a decision by seek- local body polls should be Finance Minister T. Harish ing to allocate 10 per cent of welcomed by any opposition, YSRCP Rajya Sabha Member has every Rao presented the Budget for the tickets to BCs making up he said. Vijayasai Reddy is emphatic right to seek 2020-21 for the first time in for the 34 per cent of quota for While Jaganmohan Reddy is when he said that the people's the Telangana State Legislative the BCs in local body polls. working towards holding local Executive Capital of the State mandate Assembly. The total outlay of Telangana Finance Minister T Harish In a series of twitter mes- reserve 34 per cent of seats to body elections minus induce- will surely come to the budget was pegged at Rs Rao presents the Budget during the sages he posted on social BCs since the YSRCP and ments, Chandrababu has been Visakhapatnam as decided by since it is 1,82,914.42 crore, which is session in Hyderabad on Sunday media account here on Sunday, TDP are the main political out- putting forward a bizarre argu- Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan committed to significantly higher than the he dared the TDP to allot 34 fits in the State. ment that the strategy is aimed Reddy. Rs 1.46 lakh crore budget pre- n Harish presents ‘jumbo budget' per cent of seats to BCs and In 2014, TDP joined hands at defeating the TDP. It is the Addressing party rank and developing sented by the state government of Rs 1.82 lakh crore, up from increase their representation at with Congress in the local characteristic of the behaviour file during his visit to city here north coastal last year. Rs 1.46 lakh crore last year the grassroots level. He body elections, held prior to pattern of those who have lost on Sunday, he laid emphasis on Andhra Of this, the establishment demanded that the TDP general elections, targeting people's support. YSRCP winning the Mayoral expenditure is estimated at Rs n Comes up with tax-free, post as the steel city is about to 78,301.80 crore and scheme farmer-centric budget become the Executive Capital in the backdrop of the Election Addressing the important expenditure at Rs 1,04,612.62 of the State. Commission releasing the party leaders and cadre, he said crore. The revenue surplus is fledged budget' of Rs 1.46 3 Infosys He minced no words when schedule for local body polls that the YSRCP has every estimated at Rs.4,482.12 crore, lakh crore, in place of the Rs Govt gunning for my he said that the city will defi- and called upon cadre to get right to seek people's mandate while the fiscal deficit stands 1.82 lakh crore 'Vote-on- staffers held for nitely become the Executive the YSRCP leader elected as since it is committed to devel- at Rs.33,191.25 crore. Account' sought by the gov- Capital of the State. the city Mayor since the city oping north coastal Andhra, KCR had slashed the Budget ernment in February 2019 taking bribes YSRCP leader Vijayasai would be becoming the along with Visakha city. by 20 per cent in September citing 'recession'. scalp, ABV cries foul Reddy on Sunday toured here Executive Capital. 3 2019 when he presented a 'full- 3 PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n BENGALURU Suspended Additional DGP Three Infosys employees, AB Venkateswara Rao said attached to the Income Tax ISIS-linked couple that the suspension letter department's Centralised Jolt to YSRCP in Gajuwaka as issued by the Ministry of Processing Centre here, were had plans of Home Affairs on March 7 arrested for allegedly taking was part of bureaucracy. bribes from tax-payers for suicide attack many of its activists join Jana Sena Addressing the media here speedy processing of their on Sunday, he recalled that on refund, police said on Sunday. PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n HYDERABAD February 24, 2020 a request By issuing the According to police, the was made to the Ministry of key accused among the three A couple from Kashmir, Ahead of local body elections, Home Affairs by him not to suspension was attached to the CPC's data accused of links with the ISIS severe blow has been dealt to confirm the suspension order confirmation letter division and had demanded unit from Afghanistan's the ruling YSRCP with many issued by the Andhra Pradesh by the Central and collected money through Khorasan Province, has been of its leaders of Gajuwaka Governor government letter issued on his friends from some major detained by the police from region crossing over to the Jana February 19. government it is not taxpayers with whom he had south Delhi, police sources Sena in the presence of party not to He said that any suspension deemed that the contact over phone for pro- said. Sources said they were president Pawan Kalyan, who order issued by the State gov- allegations levelled cessing their I-T refund claims planning a suicide attack in welcomed them into the party celebrate Holi ernment to an IPS officer has at the earliest. He would Delhi and inciting young fold by presenting them with to be approved by the Central against him by the allegedly charge them four Muslim men to conduct terror the party robes. PNS n VIJAYAWADA government. He said that in State government per cent of the refund money strikes. The ISIS, the sources Under the leadership of the the letter issued by the are correct as his commission, they added. said, has a big role in engineer- YSRCP leader Dalli Govind Governor Biswa Bushan Ministry of Home Affairs they Recently, one of the taxpay- ing the protests against the Reddy, several youth, joined Harichandan exhorted peo- did not mention about the ter by the Central govern- ers refused to pay the money contentious citizenship law the Jana Sena at the party ple here on Sunday not to request made by him on ment it is not deemed that the and shared the audio record- and the National Register of headquarters here on Sunday.