follow us: wednesday, september 16, 2020 Vijayawada City Edition thehindu.com 14 pages ț ₹7.00 facebook.com/thehindu twitter.com/the_hindu Sasikala likely to be SC restrains Sudarshan Jaya Bachchan says film NEP for an education released from Karnataka TV from telecasting industry is being flogged system rooted in Indian prison in January episodes of Bindas Bol to divert attention ethos: Ramesh Pokhriyal page 8 page 10 page 9 page 9 Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY India has surplus U.S. welcomes China has massively deployed India’s role in medical oxygen: govt. Afghan talks troops along LAC, says Rajnath COVID-19 cases cross 50 lakh mark Suhasini Haidar NEW DELHI India has made appropriate counter deployments, Defence Minister tells Lok Sabha Special Correspondent Three days after India took Several tanks NEw Delhi the plunge on engaging develop breaches Special Correspondent India on Tuesday raced past with the Taliban at the first KURNOOL NEW DELHI Govt. refuses the 50 lakh mark, register­ Intra­Afghan Negotiations, Several minor tanks in China has mobilised a large ing 85,716 new COVID­19 U.S. Special Envoy on Af­ Kurnool district have number of troops and arma­ discussion on cases. The overall tally ghanistan Zalmay Khalil­ developed breaches due to ments along the Line of Ac­ stood at 50,12,736 at the zad met with External Af­ incessant rains which led to LAC face­off inundation of thousands of tual Control (LAC) as well as time of going to print. With fairs Minister S. Jaishankar, acres of standing crop and at in the “depth areas”, De­ 1,340 fresh fatalities, the National Security Adviser least 25 villages in the fence Minister Rajnath Singh Special Correspondent death toll rose to 82,169. Ajit Doval and Foreign Se­ NEW DELHI Nandyal Revenue Division on informed the Lok Sabha on The development comes cretary Harsh Shringla dur­ Tuesday. Tuesday. The government on Tues­ on a day the Union Health ing a brief four­hour visit to He pointed out that there Ministry said there was no Delhi. ANDHRA PRADESH Ī PAGE 4 day refused the Opposi­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD were several friction areas in tion’s demand for a discus­ shortage of supply of medi­ “Mr. Khalilzad appre­ eastern Ladakh, including sion on the India­China cal oxygen, and the country ciated India’s participation Another key accused in Gogra, Kongka La and the face­off in eastern Ladakh, had surplus production. tary, Union Health Ministry, in the Intra­Afghan Nego­ espionage case held north and south banks of citing sensitivities related The Ministry, however, said a little over 6% of pa­ tiations (IAN) held in Doha VISAKHAPATNAM Pangong Tso (lake). to “national security”. cautioned that hospitals tients were currently on ox­ on September 12. He The National Investigation Replenishing stock: Personnel unloading supplies from an IAF “In response, our armed * PTI should have robust invento­ ygen support. Of them, briefed about the U.S. as­ Agency (NIA) on Monday transport aircraft at a Ladakh base on Tuesday. At a meeting of the Busi­ forces have made appro­ ry management and encour­ 3.69% were on oxygen sup­ sessment of the IAN and arrested another key accused ness Advisory Committee in the Visakhapatnam naval priate counter deployments number of friction points”. April, a build­up of troops (BAC) of the Lok Sabha, aged rationalised use of oxy­ port, 2.17% on ICU beds with shared the U.S. perspective espionage case, in Godhra, in these areas to ensure that Mr. Singh said the amass­ and armaments by the Chi­ where floor leaders of all gen to ensure that no oxygen support and 0.36% on the Afghan peace pro­ Gujarat. Some digital devices India’s security interests are ing of troops by China went nese side adjacent to eastern political parties meet, the artificial scarcity was on ventilator support. cess,” official sources said. and incriminating documents fully protected. We made it against the 1993 and 1996 Ladakh was noticed. In early Congress raised the de­ created. have also been seized in the clear to the Chinese side, agreements. Respecting and May, the Chinese side took mand. Rajesh Bhushan, Secre­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 search conducted at the both through diplomatic and strictly observing the LAC action to hinder the normal, house. military channels, that China was the basis of peace and traditional patrolling pattern ‘Not the right time’ ANDHRA PRADESH Ī PAGE 4 was, by such actions, at­ tranquillity in the border of Indian troops in the Gal­ Union Parliamentary Af­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD tempting to unilaterally alter areas and that was explicitly wan Valley area, causing a fairs Minister Pralhad High Court restricts publication the status quo. It was cate­ recognised in the agree­ face­off, he said. Joshi, who represented the TTD extends VIP gorically conveyed that this ments, he noted. On the September 4 meet­ darshan facility government at the meet­ of details on former A­G’s case TIRUMALA was unacceptable,” Mr. ing in Moscow with his Chi­ ing, said the issue was sen­ The Tirumala Tirupati Singh said. Build-up since April nese counterpart, Gen. Wei sitive and was related to na­ On the violent clash at Gal­ The Chinese actions on June Fenghe, Mr. Singh said he tional security, and thus Staff Reporter enquiry and investigation. blished. Devasthanams has decided to Vijayawada extend the VIP darshan wan on June 15, he claimed 15 at Galwan and the at­ made it clear that “even as could not be discussed at a The order stated that no The case is listed for furth­ facility to the that Indian troops had in­ tempts to alter the status quo we wanted to peacefully re­ public platform. The Andhra Pradesh High electronic or print news be er hearing after four weeks. Udayasthamana Sarva Seva flicted heavy casualties on of the south bank of the lake solve the issue and would Government sources Court on Tuesday restricted published in respect of FIR A copy of the order is Endowment Scheme (USSES) the Chinese side. Twenty In­ on August 29 and 30 “reflect like the Chinese side to work said that as troops were publication of any news re­ no. 8/RCO­ACB­GNT/2020 of communicated to Secretary, and Vimsati Varshini Darshini dian soldiers were killed in a disregard of our various bi­ with us, there should also be currently deployed at the lated to the details of FIR ACB, Guntur, dated Septem­ Home, Govt., of A.P.; DGP, (VVD) ticket holders who the incident. lateral agreements,” he said. no doubt about our determi­ border amid a tense face­ and further proceeds in ber 15, 2020, and connected State Information and Public could not attend to their The Minister said the na­ “While our armed forces nation to protect India’s so­ off, the time was not right which a former Advocate­ events until further orders of Relations Department, and sevas at the temple this year. ture of the current stand­off abide scrupulously by it, this vereignty and territorial to have a public discussion General is involved. the High Court. Ministry of Information and ANDHRA PRADESH Ī PAGE 5 with China was different has not been reciprocated by integrity”. on the state of play. Following a writ petition The court has also issued Broadcasting, Govt. of India, DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD “both in terms of scale of the Chinese side.” filed by the former AG, the directions that social media and connected stakehol­ OPPORTUNITIES Ī PAGE 5 troops involved and the Mr. Singh said that since CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 High Court stayed further posts shall also not be pu­ ders. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Swirling Krishna TS, APSRTC talks hit a fresh roadblock Special Correspondent The discussions hit a fresh its vehicles only on 28 routes ing the parity in routes issue, VIJAYAWADA roadblock with the Telagana in A.P. the discussions hit a new Talks between the top offi­ officials broaching the issue “Route­wise parity does roadblock. cials of the Road Transport of “route parity along with not exist in any State agree­ According to the A.P. Re­ Corporations (RTCs) of And­ parity in kilometres.” ments. There is no clarity. organisation Act, 2014, both hra Pradesh and Telangana “Except route­wise and ki­ We need to see what Telan­ the States can operate buses remained inconclusive on lometre parity, there is no gan expects from us, wheth­ without any permit for five Tuesday. other issue. Our Executive er it will offer to run its buses years. But the operations Andhra Pradesh State Directors have done a de­ on 71 routes in A.P. or ask us had to be stopped due to the Road Transport Corporation tailed study, which has been to operate only on 28 routes lockdown. Vice­Chairman and Manag­ conveyed to the APSRTC,” in that State,” said Mr. Krish­ From covering a distance ing Director M.T. Krishna Ba­ said Mr. Sunil Sharma, na Babu, adding that the of 3.73 lakh km in Telangana bu met his Telangana coun­ emerging from the talks. APSRTC EDs would study in the past, the APSRTC re­ terpart Sunil Sharma in the technical issues involved duced its operations there to Hyderabad in an attempt to ‘No clarity’ before meeting for the next 2.64 lakh km, while TSRTC break the ice and resume in­ Mr. Krishna Babu, speaking round of talks. increased its operations ter­State operations, which to the media, said that The Andhra Pradesh go­ from 95,000 km to 1.52 lakh were stopped after declara­ APSRTC buses operate on 71 vernment had agreed in km in A.P.