Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 RNI No. APENG/2018/764698 Published From *Late City Vol. 1 Issue 341 NATION 5 MONEY 6 SPORT 12 VIJAYAWADA DELHI LUCKNOW *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable AMAZON, FLIPKART SEE RECORD SUPER ROHIT BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH UDDHAV PROMISES BHUBANESWAR JUSTICE TO CASTE GROUPS GROWTH IN FESTIVE SALES SHOW RANCHI DEHRADUN TWO MONTHS HYDERABAD IN JAIL FOR TELANGANA VIJAYAWADA, SUNDAY OCTOBER 6, 2019; PAGES 12 `3 7 www.dailypioneer.com Thai judge INX MEDIA CASE shoots himself CM Jagan, PM Modi have in court 71 ex-babus write to PM BANGKOK: A Thai judge cordial meet in New Delhi shot himself in the chest in PNS n NEW DELHI front of a packed court after acquitting several murder Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister suspects and decrying the on prosecution of officials YS Jaganmohan Reddy on kingdom's judicial system in Saturday invited Prime an impassioned speech Minister Narendra Modi to the broadcast on Facebook Live. Says action demotivates diligent and honest officers from taking important decisions inauguration of the YSR Rytu Critics say Thailand's Bharosa scheme to be launched courts often work in favour of PNS n NEW DELHI at Nellore on October 15 ben- the rich and powerful, while efiting over 53 lakh farmers, delivering swift and harsh Seventy-one retired bureau- including tenant farmers, on sentences on ordinary people crats on Friday wrote to Prime the very day of launching the for minor offences. Minister Narendra Modi, scheme. But it is virtually unheard expressing concern over the In a meeting that lasted over of for judges to criticise the prosecution of four former one and half hours, the CM system. Kanakorn officials of the Finance was stated to have discussed the Pianchana, a judge at Yala Ministry in the INX Media main problems of the state. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy interacting with court in the heart of the case and asserted that such The CM appealed to the PM Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Saturday insurgency-battered Thai action will demotivate dili- for release of grants-in-aid to south, was delivering the gent and honest officers from the state. The TDP regime in its verdict for five Muslim sus- taking important decisions. vote-on-account budget quot- On Polavaram project, he urged the Center pects in a gun murder case They demanded that there ed that AP would require at to give approval to the revised estimates. on Friday afternoon. He should be a reasonable period Sindhushree Kullar Anup K Pujari Prabodh Saxena least Rs 61,071.51 crore by acquitted the group, deliv- of time after which files should way of grants-in-aid. Against The state government spent Rs 5103 crore under ered a courtroom plea for a not be reopened. the estimates recorded in the Polavaram project, he said urging the Center cleaner justice system, before The letter has been signed by said. Besides Ms Khullar, the inal proceedings that "originate ter added. "It will not be sur- the Vote-on-Account budget, pulling out a handgun and retired civil servants like for- government also sanctioned from settling of political prising if civil servants pro- the Center released only Rs to reimburse the funds immediately shooting himself in the chest. mer cabinet secretary K M the prosecution of former sec- scores". crastinate before processing 6739 crore. He told the PM "You need clear and cred- Chandrasekhar, former for- retary of the Ministry of Micro, The former officials said and examining every propos- that the previous TDP regime ible evidence to punish some- eign secretary and national Small and Medium this will only seem to confirm al of importance, as they have did not make payments to the same issue on Aug 23 this spent Rs 5103 crore under one. So if you're not sure, security advisor Shivshankar Enterprises, Anup K Pujari, the the worst apprehensions of no guarantee that they would various bills up to Rs 50,000 year. The state's officials Polavaram project, he said urg- don't punish them," the judge Menon, former foreign secre- then director in the Finance civil servants that they will get not be implicated in criminal crore. He appealed to the PM impressed on the PMO officials ing the Center to reimburse the said addressing the court and tary Sujatha Singh and former Ministry Prabodh Saxena, and no protection for bona fide acts proceedings many years later," for release of the grants-in-aid the need to revise the revenue funds immediately. To speed broadcasting his words on his DGP of Punjab Julio Riberio. former under secretary in the in the performance of their the letter said. on time for the comprehensive deficit figures. The PMO offi- up the execution of Polavaram, phone on Facebook live. The ex-bureaucrats also Department of Economic official duties. They said all The retired bureaucrats said development of the state. Jagan cials were understood to have he urged the government to expressed concern over "selec- Affairs Rabindra Prasad in the regimes, irrespective of their rules must be framed to make was reported to have sought an responded favourably to the release an additional Rs 16,000 tive targeting" of retired and case involving INX Media, political affiliations, at both the legal principle of estoppel additional Rs 40,000 crore idea. Accordingly, the state crore because the government serving officers, apparently for they said. central and state levels, have apply on reopening decisions under the grants-in-aid. government should be allotted has to acquire land and reha- "gaining narrow political The government had already been "guilty of transgression". based on information provid- The CAG estimated the rev- more funds in addition to the bilitate the project affected advantages". sanctioned the prosecution of "Serving officials will natu- ed at the time the decision was enue deficit of the state during outstanding revenue deficit persons. Last month, the govern- former finance minister P rally be demotivated if diligent taken. If files are allowed to be 2014-15 at Rs 22,948.76 crore, funds. Jagan is reported to He sought approval for the ment issued a sanction to the Chidambaram in February this and honest officers are selec- "exhumed and dissected on the but the Center released only Rs have urged the MP to take steps revised estimates of the CBI to prosecute former NITI year, following which he was tively targeted for punishment basis of hindsight and that too 3979.50 crore and yet to release to release the funds. polavaram project - Rs 55,548 Aayog CEO Sindhushree arrested by the CBI. for no fault of theirs other than with no bar on the time that Rs 18,969.26 crore. On Polavaram project, he crore, which includes Rs 30,000 Kullar and others in connec- The officers also hit out at that they were implementing has elapsed", no decisions will The senior officials of the AP urged the Center to give crore meant for land acquisi- tion with the FIPB clearance the government for making the policy decisions of the be made at all in government, government had a meeting approval to the revised esti- tion and rehabilitation. granted to INX Media, officials officers bear the brunt of crim- government of the day," the let- they added. with officials of the PMO on mates. The state government Continued on Page 2 TSRTC unions Students Royal Vasistha Prime Minister non-committal Aarey: Jolt for demand begin indefinite greens as HC rollback of fee toll rises to 38 strike in T'gana on Telugu states’ demands refuses stay PNS n HYDERABAD PNS n HYDERABAD hike in IITs l Two more bodies identified PNS n MUMBAI NEW DELHI: Demanding a Buses of the state-owned With BJP striving to make rollback of the fee hike, IIT PNS n KACHCHALURU Telangana State Road inroads into Telugu states and Green activists suffered a sec- aspirants on Friday held a In fact, four bodies Transport Corporation stayed Centre being critical of both TRS ond jolt in two consecutive protest at Jantar Mantar here to Two more bodies of tourists, were washed away off the roads across the state and YSRCP governments, nei- days when the Bombay High protest against the 900 per cent who travelled on the ill-fated and found near the as unions went on an indef- ther Telangana CM K Court on Saturday refused to hike in fees for M.Tech cours- boat Royal Vasishta, were traced barrage, but only two inite strike demanding ful- Chandrashekar Rao nor Andhra stay ongoing felling of trees at es announced by the council of near the Dowleiswaram fillment of their demands, Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Mumbai's prominent green IITs last week. Barrage on Friday and were bodies could be putting commuters to hard- Reddy got any assurance from lung, Aarey Colony, to make The protest organised under identified to be that of Bhavani identified. Officials ship. This comes after talks PM Narendra Modi regarding way for a proposed metro car the aegis of All India and Pavan Kumar of have been making between the three-member fulfillment of their demands shed. A few green activists Engineering Student Council Hyderabad. The total bodies arrangements to committee of the state gov- during Delhi visit. moved a fresh application on has demanded revocation of recovered so far from the river hand them over to ernment and the RTC unions While Telangana CM KCR Saturday seeking stay for a the M. Tech fee hike. The agi- is put at 38. In fact, four bod- failed.