Follow us on: RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 ANALYSIS 9 TOLLYWOOD 13 SPORTS 16 Published From HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW INDIA’S DIPLOMATIC MEET MAHESH BABU AS NADAL STEPS CLOSER BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH CHALLENGE MAJOR AJAY KRISHNA TO HISTORY RANCHI BHUBANESWAR DEHRADUN VIJAYAWADA *LATE CITY VOL. 1 ISSUE 307 HYDERABAD, SATURDAY AUGUST 10, 2019; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable WON’T APOLOGISE FOR HONESTY: TAAPSEE { Page 14 } www.dailypioneer.com A NON-GANDHI WILL BE PARTY PRESIDENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO DECADES 66TH NATIONAL FILM AWARDS Decision on Cong chief today, Keerthy Suresh wins Best Actress award for ‘Mahanati’ Mukul Wasnik frontrunner "Mahanati" sweeps three awards Tollywood bags seven awards Sudha Rani Relangi PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n HYDERABAD ners from Tollywood include recordist of the Final Mixed In its 134-year history, Rahul Ravindran who won Track. Sudha Rani A new Congress president Keerthy Suresh bagged the the award for Best Original Meanwhile, Prashanth will be chosen when the India's oldest political Best Actress award at the Screenplay for Chia La Sow Varma's directorial venture Relangi is party's top decision-making party has mostly had a 66th National Film Awards while Ram Charan starrer Awe, produced by actor Nani body meets tomorrow, sources for her terrific performance Rangasthalam has received and starring Kajal Aggarwal, CBI's new said on Friday after a meeting member of the Nehru- in the Telugu film Mahanati. the Best Audiography award Nithya Menon, Regina at Sonia Gandhi's home. Gandhi family in The film, based on the life of in the category - the Re- Cassandra, Eesha director (pros) Mukul Wasnik has emerged as charge. But now all actress Savitri, garnered Rebba, the front runner for the post much appreciation and love n After a gap of 29 Priyadarshi NEW DELHI: Joint Secretary left vacant after Rahul Gandhi three Gandhis in for Keerthy Suresh, who Pullikonda, in the Ministry of Law and quit in May, owning respon- brought alive the iconic star years, an actress from Srinivas Justice Sudha Rani Relangi sibility for the party's nation- politics—Rahul Gandhi, with grace and exuberance. Telugu film industry Avasarala and has been appointed as new al election debacle. Sonia and Priyanka — In all, Mahanati bagged won National Best Murali director of prosecution in A non-Gandhi may be three awards in categories of Actress ward. Sharma, was the CBI, an official order said party president for the first have refused to be a Best Actress, Best Telugu selected for on Friday. time in two decades as the part of the selection Film and Best Costume n Last time, it was the Best The post of the prosecu- Congress Working Committee Designing. Vijaya Shanthi from Make-Up tion director in the Central meets tomorrow. 59-year-old Mukul Wasnik process The film also starred and Best Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Mukul Wasnik, a former min- Mollywood star Dulquer Tollywood who VFX was lying vacant since ister with much administrative said, indicating that the party could not agree on a replace- came out in its support. Salmaan, who essayed the won this award awards. December 24, 2018. experience, is expected to take had officially given up ment. Sonia Gandhi was also vis- role of late actor Gemini way back in 1990 Relangi is currently serving charge at least till the organi- attempts to persuade the 49- The extent of its organiza- ibly embarrassed when in the Ganesan. Mahanati follows for her role in as joint secretary and legisla- zational elections. year-old to withdraw his res- tional mess was apparent Lok Sabha, the Congress's Savitri's life from the 1940s to "Karthavyam". tive counsel, Legislative In its 134-year history, ignation. when the Congress fumbled leader of the house Adhir 1980s. Apart from Suresh Department in the Ministry India's oldest political party Top leaders including AK through its objections to the Ranjan Chowdhury, flubbed and Salmaan, Mahanati of Law and Justice. has mostly had a member of Antony, Ahmed Patel and KV government's move to end on India's Kashmir policy. starred Samantha Akkineni, Continued on Page 2 the Nehru-Gandhi family in Venugopal were at the meet- special status to Jammu and Mukul Wasnik, say sources, Vijay Deverakonda, Naga charge. But at a time all three ing at Sonia Gandhi's house. Kashmir under Article 370 is seen as a strong choice to Chaitanya, Shalini Pandey, Gandhis are in politics, Rahul Sources say the leaders decid- and split it into two union ter- repair the Congress's organi- Malavika Nair, Prakash Raj, Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and ed that there would be no ritories. zational weaknesses with his Rajendra Prasad and Mohan Arun Jaitley Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have more delay on picking the While leaders like Ghulam long administrative record. Babu in key roles. refused to be a part of the next Congress president. Nabi Azad and Kapil Sibal tore Mr Wasnik has worked in The Nag Ashwin director- admitted process. For over two months, the into the government's deci- the Congress governments of ial received critical acclaim The Congress Working Congress has been in a peri- sions in parliament, outside, PV Narasimha Rao and around the world, winning Committee will formally od of stasis. As its leaders tried Jyotiraditya Scindia, Milind Manmohan Singh. He has trophies across different in AIIMS thank Rahul Gandhi for his and failed to change Rahul Deora, Jaiveer Shergill, Karan also worked as general secre- categories. NEW DELHI: Former role as president, the sources Gandhi's mind, the party Singh and Janardhan Dwivedi tary for Sonia Gandhi. The other award win- Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was admitted to Delhi's AIIMS this morning after he complained of breathing problems. He is under obser- TS, AP spar over Vivek joins BJP to vation in the Cardio-Neuro ward of the hospital. Health Minister Harsh Vardhan is on his way to visit him at the Krishna water in fight against TRS hospital. "He is under observation. PNS n HYDERABAD A team of doctors including I have joined BJP, endocrinologists, cardiolo- KRMB meet Disgruntled former leader of impressed by PM gists and nephrologists is L VENKAT RAM REDDY n AP demands KRMB TRS G Vivek, perceived to Narendra Modi's n monitoring his condition," a HYDERABAD jurisdiction over all Krishna have been working against governance. Only source told news agency PTI. projects the pink party of late, joined Jaitley, 66, had stepped The meeting of the Krishna the Bharatiya Janata Party on BJP can put an end down as Finance Minister River Management Board n TS wants KWDT to first Friday. to TRS's autocratic over health troubles earlier (KRMB) here on Friday result- determine water allocations Vivek joined the saffron this year. He had also ed in some sparring between party in the presence of BJP and undemocratic declined to join the govern- Telangana and Andhra n TS opposes shifting of KRMB national president and Union rule in Telangana ment after the BJP won the Pradesh, notwithstanding the office to Amaravati Home Minister Amit Shah Lok Sabha elections. bonhomie between the Chief and party working president in Telangana. I will strive for Ministers of the two Telugu JP Nadda in New Delhi. the strengthening of BJP in states. share of water to States in the BJP national general secre- Telangana and bring down The meeting was held at Jala Krishna basin. tary Ram Madhav, Union KCR. We will teach a lesson to 2 NRIs donate Soudha here, with senior offi- At the meeting, TS Special Minister of State for Home KCR, who is betraying and cials of the Irrigation Chief Secretary (Irrigation) Affairs G Kishan Reddy, humiliating those who fought Rs.14 crore to Department from both states Somesh Kumar put forth strong AP Irrigation Minister Anil Kumar Yadav, TS Agriculture Minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy, TS Excise & Prohibition Telangana BJP president K for Telangana," (sic) said attending it. KRMB chairman arguments before KRMB Minister Srinivas Goud and MP Ramulu during the release of water from Srisailam project at Edamagattu on Friday Laxman and Nizamabad MP Vivek, after joining BJP. RK Gupta presided over the against any proposal to bring all Dharmapuri Arvind accom- Vivek had quit TRS, fol- Lord Balaji meeting. During the meeting, projects on river Krishna under panied Vivek on the occasion. lowing denial of the Pedappalli TIRUPATI: Two US-based the AP officials demanded KRMB at the present juncture. "I have joined BJP, Lok Sabha seat to him in the NRI entrepreneurs have KRMB chairman to bring all TS officials also opposed the Water released from Srisailam impressed by PM Narendra recent General Election. Since made a princely donation of projects on river Krishna under shifting of KRMB office from Modi's governance. Only BJP then he has working against Rs. 14 crores to the famous the control of KRMB. Hyderabad to Amaravati. AVINASH DEEPAK PULI Management gave the nod for received good inflows during can put an end to TRS's auto- the ruling party. hill shrine of Lord However, their Telangana However, KRMB chairman n MAHABUBNAGAR finalizing the irrigation sched- the day. It was maintaining a cratic and undemocratic rule Continued on Page 2 Venkateswara at nearby counterparts strongly objected RK Gupta later said that the ule for the Nagarjuna sagar discharge of over 70 thousand Tirumala today, a temple to the suggestion, arguing that talks were held "in a cordial Telangana Ministers S. project, after which the spill- cusecs for power generation, official said. unless the allocation of atmosphere" with both the Niranjan Reddy and Srinivas way gates were lifted.