Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 Established 1864 Published From HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN VIJAYAWADA ` *LATE CITY VOL. 2 ISSUE 83 HYDERABAD, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 1, 2020; PAGES 12 3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable www.dailypioneer.com UTTAR PRADESH BJP MLA BOOKED MAHANTS SLAM PRIYANKA ‘NO GOVT PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE BANK FRAUD: ED ATTACHES FOR BEATING COP WITH SHOES GANDHI'S SAFFRON STATEMENT LIQUOR AT CHEAP RATES’ RS 127-CR ASSETS OF MEDIA GROUP LA, Kishan Lal Rajpoot, from Uttar Pradesh's Barkhera constituency, ongress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's statement on ith his purported comments on plans to provide poor consumers ssets worth over Rs 127 crore belonging to a media group have Malong with his 15 identified and more than 35 unidentified Csaffron has reportedly irked the saints and seers in Ayodhya. Wquality liquor at cheap rates drawing flak, Karnataka Excise Minister Abeen attached in connection with a money laundering investigation supporters, have been booked for allegedly beating a Mahant Raju Das of the Hanuman Garhi temple H Nagesh on Tuesday clarified there was no such proposal before the linked to an alleged bank fraud case, the ED said on Tuesday. The case police constable with shoes at a police post and said: "Targeting saffron is not right. Why should government. "It is true that there is a demand for supply of good quality pertains to Pixion Group of companies comprising robbing him of a gold chain and wallet. This comes the chief minister not wear saffron? The liquor at low price. There was also a Pixion Media Pvt Ltd, Pearl Media Pvt Ltd, Mahuaa after a court ordered that the FIR be registered. Congress has been trying to wipe out saffron proposal in this regard since 2013, Media Pvt Ltd, Pixion Vision Pvt Ltd, Pearl Studio According to reports, the constable, Mohit Gurjar, had from the country, but has not succeeded and but after becoming Excise Minister, Pvt Ltd, Pearl Vision Pvt Ltd, Century conflict over the refund of a bike that he had bought never will. Priyanka is now trying to turn no such proposal has been submitted Communication Ltd, and its directors P K for Rs 50,000, but the seller, Rahul, allegedly Muslims into anti-nationals. This will bring bad before the government," he said in a Tewari, Anand Tewari, Abhishiek Tewari and did not have valid registration documents. news for the Congress." statement. others, the ED said in a statement. CBI books Rayapati, others in Rs 3,822 cr scam KCR's ‘Man Friday’ n PNS HYDERABAD n Transstroy diverted massive irrigation project is also loans obtained for Polavaram Centre-funded. Central Bureau of Investigation Searches were conducted in (CBI) authorities have booked n Consortium of banks led by UBI Hyderabad, Vishakapatnam HAPPY 2020 a case of cheating and criminal files complaint, triggering raids and several other places in The Pioneer wishes its Somesh is new CS misappropriation against Telugu states and in New n readers, advertisers, Transstroy promoter- TDP ex-MP donated diamond- Delhi. suppliers and agents a studded gold saree worth Rs 5 L VENKAT RAM REDDY Chairman and TDP ex-MP The accused had obtained HAPPY NEW YEAR . As n HYDERABAD Rayapati Sambasiva Rao and crore to Goddess Padmavathi loans from Canara Bank, our offices will remain others for diverting and Devi of Tiruchanoor with loan Union Bank of India and sev- closed today As predicted in these columns siphoning off around Rs 3,822 Rayapati Sambasiva Rao amount, finds CBI eral other banks, officials said. (01-01-2020), there will be recently, senior IAS officer crore out of loans obtained Transstroy India Limited and Following defaults in repay- no issue of the paper and special Chief Secretary from various banks for execut- at the residences of Rayapati ment in Andhra Pradesh had ments and audits by lending tomorrow (02-01-2020) Somesh Kumar was on ing a portion of the Polavaram Sambasiva Rao, MD of initially given the Polavaram banks, a consortium of banks, Tuesday appointed as the new project. The cases were Transstroy Sridhar Cherukuri project contract to Transstroy. led by Union Bank, has filed Resident Editor Chief Secretary of Telangana booked following searches con- and several other accused. Later, a part of the project was the complaint with CBI. State. ducted at the offices of The previous TDP govern- given to Navayuga. Polavaram Continued on Page 3 Chief Minister K Railway fare Chandrasekhar Rao issued orders to this effect, following hike froM today the retirement of Chief Uttam to step down as TPCC chief Sabka Vishwas Secretary SK Joshi on Tuesday. NEW DELHI: On the New KCR appointed SK Joshi as PNS n HYDERABAD Uttam Kumar Reddy said scheme extended Year's eve, the railways Advisor to state government that he chose to step down as announced fare hike across its on irrigation matters consider- Telangana Pradesh Congress he had not been in a position till Jan 15 network, excluding suburban ing his vast experience as sec- Committee (TPCC) chief N to devote time to his home trains, effective from January retary of irrigation depart- Uttam Kumar Reddy has said constituency Huzurnagar in NEW DELHI: The govern- 1, 2020, according to an order ment, the department over that he would be stepping view of his responsibilities as ment has extended the Sabka issued on Tuesday. While sub- which he presided even after Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao greets new Chief Secretary down as TPCC chief within a TPCC chief. Vishwas Scheme, which urban fares remain becoming CS in 2015. Somesh Kumar in Hyderabad on Tuesday. few days. He made the He made it clear that he received huge response with unchanged, ordinary non-AC, Although there were sever- coterminous with the end of service left until December announcement on Tuesday would be available to people of 73 per cent of the eligible tax- non-suburban fares were al IAS officers senior to the present term of the TRS 2023; while some of his seniors while addressing party activists Huzurnagar as well as Kodad payers availing the amnesty increased by 1 paise per km of Somesh, the CM chose government in December are due to retire in a few during a meeting held at constituency people after free- scheme and committing to journey. The railways also Somesh, as the senior IAS 2023. months. Huzurnagar on the upcoming ing himself from responsibil- pay Rs 30,627 crore, by 15 announced a two paise/km officer's retirement would be Somesh has four years of Continued on Page 5 municipal elections. ities as TPCC chief. days to January 15, 2020. hike in fares of mail/express non-AC trains and four paise/km hike in the fares of AC classes. KCR's New Year KERALA ASSEMBLY PASSES RESOLUTION TO SCRAP CAA SMALL SAVINGS SCHEMES Centre mulls online process Govt keeps 2020 mantra: Each interest rates one, teach one for CAA to bypass states PNS n THIRUVANANTHAPURAM unchanged PNS n HYDERABAD cated person to adopt the "Each one, teach one" slogan The Kerala Assembly on NEW DELHI: The govern- Chief Minister K and educate the uneducated Tuesday passed a resolution ment on Tuesday kept the Chandrashekhar Rao on and raise literacy levels. demanding scrapping of the interest rates on small savings Tuesday conveyed his greet- "The State, which was Citizenship Amendment Act schemes, including NSC and ings to people in the State on formed six years ago, had (CAA), making the Left-ruled The scene of the mishap, in which a boy was killed and seven others were hurt, PPF, unchanged for the fourth the onset of New Year. KCR made rapid strides in all the state the first to oppose leg- at Uppal on Tuesday quarter of 2019-20 despite said within six years of the for- sectors, marching towards islatively the controversial moderating bank deposit rates. mation of the State, Telangana progress and development and law that has triggered nation- Public Provident Fund (PPF) had attained first position in registered many a victories. wide protests. and National Savings the country on several On several matters, the State The Centre, meanwhile, is Boy killed, seven hurt Certificate (NSC) will contin- fronts. It was a mat- became a role model for likely to make the entire ue to carry an annual interest ter of pride for other states in the coun- process of granting citizen- rate of 7.9 per cent, while everyone in the try and won apprecia- ship under the CAA online to as lorry rams auto Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) will State. tion from many peo- bypass the opposition by PNS n HYDERABAD was identified as Avnath give a yield of 7.6 per cent and The Chief ple. The state won sev- some states, officials said in Kumar. The lorry, which was mature in 113 months. Interest Minister hoped that eral international and Delhi. Maharashtra wanted the a joint offensive against the A Class VII student was killed reportedly speeding, rammed rates for small savings schemes with several such national awards. It is a The Ministry of Home respective state assemblies to Centre on the CAA. on the spot, with his head the auto-rickshaw from the are notified on a quarterly victories in its kitty, moment of pride for all us Affairs(MHA) is mulling the follow the Kerala example in While all the members of reduced to a pulp and spread rear, overturning and crushing basis. "The rates of interest on and by drawing inspiration that in a short span of time, the option of doing away with the demanding scrapping of the two fronts unanimously sup- across a stretch of the busy the vehicle.