c m y k c m y k THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA HYDERABAD I MONDAY I 15 MARCH 2021 deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle Vol. 84 No. 73 Established 1938 | 20 PAGES | `6.00 WEATHER Max: 35.6OC YSRC scripts history with Min: 18.6OC TRS bullish over higher RH: 27% Rainfall: Nil clean sweep in civic polls Forecast: Partly cloudy sky. Maximum/ DC CORRESPONDENT polling in grad MLC poll Minimum temp. 37/19ºC VIJAYAWADA, MARCH 14 The YSR Congress creat- Warangal seat sees 64% turnout; Hyderabad witnesses 59% ed a record on Sunday by ASTROGUIDE grabbing 11 of 12 munici- L. VENKAT pentine queues of voters Sarvari; Uttarayana pal corporations and 73 RAM REDDY I DC even after the polling dead- Tithi: Magha Bahula Ekadasi municipalities out of a HYDERABAD, MARCH 14 line of 4 pm. till 3.04 pm total of 75 that went to the Officials allowed all the Star: Uttarashada till 8.43 pm polls on March 10. The A massive turnout of vot- voters who were in queues Varjyam: 12.46 pm to 2.24 pm YSRC tsunami was so ers was witnessed for the before 4 pm to cast their Durmuhurtam: 8.54 am to powerful that Opposition Legislative Council elec- votes till 7 pm. 9.41 am; 11.13 pm to 12.02 am parties could pick up only tions to two graduate con- The MLC polls covered 21 Rahukalam: 3 pm to 4.30 pm a handful of seats. stituencies of Hyderabad- districts out of the 33 dis- tricts in Telangana state. HIJRI CALENDAR The YSRC grabbed the Ranga Reddy-Mahbubagar crucial Visakhapatnam, and Warangal-Khammam- The Hyderabad-RR-Mahbu- Sha’ban 1,1442 AH Guntur and Kurnool mu- Women followers of the YSRC participate in a rally to Nalgonda on Sunday. bnagar constituency cov- PRAYERS nicipal corporations and celebrate the party’s victory in the urban local body Counting of votes will take ered nine districts with Fajar: 5.24 am was poised for a similar elections in Guntur on Sunday. — DC place on March 17. 5,31,268 registered voters Zohar: 12.35 pm showing in Vijayawada. The Election Commission and the Warangal- Asar: 4.45 pm Results of Eluru YSRC and independents authentic view of the peo- has put the tentative Khammam-Nalgonda con- Maghrib: 6.31 pm Municipal Corporation took the remaining two. ple’s choice. polling percentage for the stituency covered 12 dis- have been withheld by In Mydukuru, the TD Chief Minister Y.S. Warangal-Khammam- tricts with 5,05,565 regis- Isha: 7.39 pm the court. Elections were won 12 wards, the YSRC Jagan Mohan Reddy dedi- Nalgonda seat at 64 per tered voters. SUNSET TODAY 6.25 PM held for 71 municipalities 11 and an independent cated the historic victory cent and for Hyderabad- Soon after the polling SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.24 AM as the verdict was unani- won won. By taking the to the people. In a Tweet, Ranga Reddy-Mahbub- concluded, TRS president MOONRISE TODAY 7.05 AM mous in Piduguralla and chairman post in these he said the party “won nagar seat at 59 per cent till and Chief Minister K. MOONSET TODAY 7.18 PM Macherla in Guntur dis- two municipalities, the with the blessings of 4 pm. The final figures will Chandrashekar Rao and trict, Pulive-ndula in YSRC can complete an every family member of be released on Monday. party’s working president Kadapa and Pung-anur in unprecedented sweep of every household in the Polling was less than 40 per K.T. Rama Rao held a tele- COUNTER POINT Chittoor district. urban local bodies. state.” Maintaining that cent in 2015. conference with incharge The TD grabbed a Though the pro-YSRC the victory had increased The TRS is upbeat over Minister K.T. Rama Rao gets his finger marked with indeli- ministers, party MPs, majority of wards in two mood of the people his responsibilities, the the higher polling percent- ble ink before casting his vote in the MLC polls under the MLCs and MLAs and municipalities but the became evident in the CM said he would strive age, saying that its micro- obtained reports on polling graduate constituency at Banjara Hills on Sunday. — DC YSRC will get the chair- recently-held gram pan- hard for further better- level booth management to trends in their respective man posts with the help chayat polls, which were ment of the people. ensure more people turn districts. of ex officio votes. The TD not held on party basis, up vote proved a success polling percentage would Shivaratri on March 11 to won Tadipathri with 18 the civic polls, held on a ■ Page 2: It’s YSRC and worked in its favour. be hit due to the long week- Sunday on March 14), all ■ Page 2: TRS enrolment wards against 16 for the party basis provided an everywhere in AP Contrary to fears that the end (holidays from Maha the booths witnessed ser- drive boosted MLC voting SESSION BEGINS Shah hits out at TODAY, BUDGET Cong. over allies ON THURSDAY DC CORRESPONDENT MANOJ ANAND | DC HYDERABAD, MARCH 14 GUWAHATI, MARCH 14 KHUSHBOO TO The state Budget session Union home minister will commence on Shab-e-Baraat Amit Shah on Sunday CONTEST FROM Monday with Governor launched a frontal attack Tamilisai Soundararajan on March 28 on former Congress pres- addressing the joint sit- Hyderabad: The crescent ident Rahul Gandhi, 1,000 LIGHTS ting of the Assembly and of Sha’ban, the eighth accusing his party of DC CORRESPONDENT the Legislative Council. month of the Islamic cal- entering into alliances CHENNAI, MARCH 14 Finance minister T. endar, has been sighted with political parties Harish Rao will present and Shab-e-Baraat, the who are "out to divide The BJP announced 17 the Budget 2021-22 on second holy night for the country". candidates for the Tamil March 18. Muslims, will be celebrat- Addressing a rally in Nadu Assembly polls out The graduate MLC poll ed on March 28. The poll-bound Assam's of the 20 seats allocated results are likely to gen- Central Ruiyat-e-Hilal Margherita, Mr Shah to it by the AIADMK. erate political heat in the Committee, which met said: “In Kerala, the Actor-politician Khu- Assembly as the results here at the Hussaini Congress has aligned shboo will contest the will be out in the midst of Building at Moazzam Jahi with the (Indian Union) Thousand Lights seat. the session. The counting Market, announced that Muslim League that BJP women cell chief begins on March 17 and the month of Sha’ban had worked to divide the Vanathi Srinivasan has the results are expected commenced as the cres- country. In Assam, it has been fielded against the next day. cent was sighted on aligned with the AIUDF Kamal Haasan from Besides, the BJP will Sunday evening. — INN (All India United Democ- Coimbatore South seat. have a second member in ratic Front). Similarly, ■ Report on Page 7 the Assembly, M. Ragh- in West Bengal, it has unandan Rao who won Banks on strike forged an alliance with a from Dubbak in Decem- party floated recently by BJP FIELDS MPs, ber 2020. The BJP previ- today, tomorrow a cleric of Furfura Sharif ously had one legislator, Dargah. The Congress UNION MINISTER Raja Singh. New Delhi: Banking oper- can go to any length to After the Governor’s ations across the country win elections.” address, the Business Ad- could be impacted on The AIUDF, headed by IN BENGAL POLLS visory Committee (BAC) Monday and Tuesday as Lok Sabha member New Delhi: The BJP will meet to decide on the United Forum of Bank Maulana Badruddin announced the names of duration of the session. Unions (UFBU) has given Ajmal, is accused of 63 candidates for the Sources said the govern- a call for a nationwide being the “protector of West Bengal polls, ment wants to hold the strike to protest against illegal immigrants”. including that of Union session until March 27. the proposed privatisation Asserting that the saf- minister Babul Supriyo However, there is a possi- of two state-owned fron party does not prac- from Tollygunge, nomi- bility of the session being lenders. Services such as tise votebank politics, nated Rajya Sabha MP curtailed again in view of deposits and withdrawal the former BJP presi- Swapan Dasgupta from the increasing Corona- at branches, cheque clear- dent alleged that the Tarakeshwar, as well as virus cases. On March 16, ance and loan approvals Congress did nothing to sitting MPs Locket the House will take up would be affected due to solve the issue of illegal Chatterjee and Nishit condolence motions for the strike. immigration despite rul- Parmanik. deceased sitting and for- ing the state for 15 years. ■ Report on Page 7 mer members. DIGGING | DEEP Special court remands Vaze to 10-day NIA custody Cop arrested in Ambani case SHAHAB ANSARI and was just the beginning. gate his role in the planta- matter. When arguments SONU SHRIVASTAVA Shiv Sena spokesperson tion of explosives laden car for Vaze’s remand was MUMBAI, MARCH 14 Sanjay Raut alleged that the at Carmichael Road near going on. his lawyer Centre is trying to demor- Ambani’s residence Antilia demanded the copy of the A special court in Mumbai alise the state police. on February 25. remand application. The on Sunday remanded API Vaze has been arrested for The prosecution stated prosecution refused stating Sachin Vaze to the custody criminal conspiracy, negli- that Vaze’s custodial inter- it was confidential.