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says loose tongue 2-day national executive meet to be launchpad for BJP offensive against TRS
Misgovernance in
BALU PULIPAKA | DC
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had caused chaos HYDERABAD, JULY 1

The stage is set for the big-

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PARMOD KUMAR | DC
with agency inputs
NEW DELHI, JULY 1
The Supreme Court on
Friday came down heavi-
ly on now suspended BJP
spokesperson Nupur
Sharma, saying that she
and “her loose tongue”
has set the entire country
on fire and is responsible
for the “unfortunate” inci-
dent and violence in
Udaipur.
Further, the apex court
bench said that Ms
Sharma should apologise
to the whole country.
Refusing to entertain
her plea for the clubbing
of all the FIRs filed across
the country in the wake of
Ms Sharma’s offensive
remarks about Prophet
Mohammed and the same
being investigated by
Delhi police, a vacation
bench comprising
Justices Surya Kant and
J.B. Pardiwala said, “The
way she has ignited emo-
tions across the country.
This lady is single-hand-
edly responsible for what
is happening in the coun-
try,” and the “unfortu-
nate” incident in Udaipur.
Dismissing the petition
by Ms Sharma as with-
drawing, the court said,
“The conscience of the
court is not satisfied. We
can’t mould the law
accordingly.”
■ Page 4: Court questions
‘red carpet’ for Nupur
gest political party event
of its kind in Telangana
with the BJP geared up for
its two-day national execu-
tive meeting from Satur-
day. It will not just be a
meeting that will focus on
national affairs, but also
one that is expected to
make a very strong state-
ment with respect to its
intentions about coming to
power in Telangana state.
This all-important meet-
ing for the BJP comes even
as the party has made it
abundantly clear that it
was going to go for the
TRS’ jugular in the weeks
and months to come, and
the BJP’s national
executive is expected
to pass resolutions
that will be Telangana-spe-
cific.
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, who will
state reigns: BJP
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, JULY 1
The BJP has said that all it
takes is a simple Google
search to figure out how
misgovernance has ruled
the roost in Telangana in
the past eight years.
Continuing its attack on
the Telangana Rashtra
Samiti (TRS) and the TRS-
led government in the
state, BJP general secre-
tary and Telangana party
affairs in-charge Tarun
BJP president J.P. Nadda takes part in a roadshow with Chugh Saturday dismissed
state president Bandi Sanjay and senior party leaders comments made by TRS
working president and
Dr K. Laxman and Vijayashanti at Shamshabad on
information technology
Friday ahead of the two-day BJP national executive
meeting from Saturday. — R. PAVAN minister K.T. Rama Rao
who had said that the BJP
introduced by the
Telangana government
and implement them in the
rest of the country.
Indicating that there was
nothing for the BJP “to
learn” from the TRS gover-
nance as claimed by Rama
Rao, Chugh said all it will
take is a Google search to
realise how law and order
in Telangana had deterio-
rated in the past eight
years.
“You will also learn that
Chief Minister K.
Chandrashekar Rao had
barely spent 30 hours at
the State Secretariat in
these past eight years. You
will see how the Dalit
Bandhu scheme has not

COUNTER POINT KCR pitches for be attending every session

of the national executive,
will address the meeting
and provide a direction to
vision for the country a
reality, Tarun Chugh, the
state BJP in-charge and
party national secretary,
at HICC, the venue for the
meeting.
■ Page 2: Meeting to start
leaders, arriving in the
city for the national execu-
tive meeting, should come
to the city, see, and learn
been implemented,” he
said.
■ Page 2: People vexed

Opposition unity the party for making his told reporters on Saturday after PM arrives from the programmes with TRS rule: Chugh

IN BRIEF
DRDO unmanned
fighter jet tested
Bengaluru: The Defence
Research and Devel-
opment Organisation
(DRDO) on Friday suc-
cessfully carried out the
maiden flight of the
indigenously developed
unmanned aircraft at
Chitradurga, Karnataka.
Operating in a fully
autonomous mode, the
aircraft exhibited a per-
fect flight and a smooth
touchdown, an official
press release said.
L. VENKAT RAM
REDDY | DC
HYDERABAD, JULY 1
TRS president and Chief
Minister K. Chandra-
shekar Rao will pitch for
unity among all non-BJP
parties in the country in
the Presidential election
to give a tough fight to the
BJP-led National Demo-
cratic Alliance (NDA).
The TRS has supported
Joint Opposition candi-
date Yashwant Sinha for
the Presidential elections.
Sinha will arrive in
Hyderabad on Saturday to
seek the support of non-
BJP parties in the
Presidential election and
the TRS has organised a
meeting in his support at
Jala Vihar on Saturday.
During the meeting,
sources in the TRS said
that the Chief Minister is
expected to make an
appeal to all non-BJP par-
ties to utilise the
Presidential election
K. Chandrashekar Rao
scheduled for July 18 to
showcase their unity in
checking the ‘divisive and
communal politics” of the
BJP. The Chief Minister’s
appeal to non-BJP parties
would come in the wake of
several regional parties
such as the YSR Congress,
Biju Janata Dal, Aam
Aadmi Party, Bahujan
Samaj Party, and the
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
among others either not
declaring their support
for Sinha or have decided
to support the NDA,
sources added.
■ Page 3: KCR may reveal
national plans
MODI, PUTIN
TALK TRADE,
UKRAINE CRISIS
SRIDHAR
KUMARASWAMI | DC
NEW DELHI, JULY 1
Prime Minister Nare-
ndra Modi spoke to
Russian President
Vladimir Putin and
reiterated the need for
dialogue and diploma-
cy to resolve the
Ukraine crisis.
New Delhi said both
leaders discussed
ways to enhance bilat-
eral trade in agricul-
tural products, fertilis-
ers and pharma. Both
also discussed the
global energy crisis.
Russia said “at the
request” of Modi,
Putin briefed him “on
the Russian special
military operation”.

2 arrested for Shinde claims support of

Udaipur killing
Udaipur: Two men were
arrested for conspiring
the murder of a tailor
here and produced in a
local court. The court of
the chief judicial magis-
trate granted one-day
transit remand of the
duo. They will now be
produced in an NIA court
in Jaipur on Saturday by
the ATS. The Udaipur
district court directed
the Rajasthan Police to
hand over the case diary
to NIA.
■ More reports on Page 7
170 MLAs, will face test
BHAGWAN PARAB
MUMBAI, JULY 1
The newly elected
Maharashtra chief minis-
ter Eknath Shinde will
face the floor test on July
4. Claiming the support of
170 MLAs, Shinde has
exuded confidence that
he will win the floor test
comfortable.
A special two-day
Vidhan Sabha session
will be held on July 3 and
4. While the all-important
Speaker’s election will be
SC TO HEAR PLEA
AGAINST REBELS
New Delhi: The SC agreed
to hear on July 11 the plea
of Shiv Sena’s Sunil Prabhu
for suspension of Eknath
Shinde and 15 rebel MLAs.
■ Report on Page 7
held on the first day of the
session, Shinde will table
a motion of confidence on
July 4.
“The rest of the MLAs
will come to Mumbai on
Saturday (July 2). We’ve
170 MLAs and are
increasing. We have a
comfortable majority in
the assembly,” said
Shinde on Friday.
Meanwhile, BJP MLA
Rahul Narwekar filed the
nomination for the post of
assembly speaker. The
position has been vacant
since Nana Patole of
Congress resigned from
the post in February last
year.

AGNIPATH | SCHEME Indian Army plans to recruit 40,000 soldiers

Army, Navy start online hiring

PAWAN BALI | DC
NEW DELHI, JULY 1
Indian Army and Navy on
Friday opened online regis-
tration for hiring of sol-
diers and sailors under the
new four year tenure
Agnipath scheme.
The Indian Army plans to
recruit 40,000 soldiers
under the Agnipath scheme
in the current financial
year in two batches. Some
25,000 Agniveers will join in
the first batch in December
for training and in second
batch around 15,000 will
join in February 2023.
Indian Army will start
recruitment rallies, for
those who have registered
themselves online, in the
second week of August. The
combined entry exams for
the first batch will be held
on October 16 and
November 13. The first
batch is expected to report
to units after completion of
training by July, 2023.
While the Indian Navy
has started the online regis-
tration process on Friday,
the application window will
be open from July 15-30.
The exams and physical
tests will be held in mid-
October. Navy plans to hire
3,000 Agniveers in the cur-
rent financial year.
Indian Air Force (IAF)
has already started recruit-
ment process under the
Agnipath scheme by open-
ing the registration window
on 24 June. Till now some
three lakh candidates have
registered themselves.
The online registration
for air force is open till July
5. The online exam for air
force will be held between
July 24-31. Provisional
select list is expected to be
out by December 1.
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DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | 2 JULY 2022
pg 2

Meeting to start after

Modi arrives at venue
340 delegates, top party leaders to attend the meet
From page 1

Around 340 delegates,

including Prime
Minister Narendra Modi,
BJP president J.P. Nadda,
Union home minister
Amit Shah, defence min-
ister Rajnath Singh, sev-
eral other members of
the Union Cabinet, BJP
chief ministers and
deputy chief ministers,
both current and former,
along with a slew of
other top party leaders
will be attending the
meeting that will lay
down the pathway for the
BJP for the next few
years to come.
A preparatory meeting
of the party’s general
secretaries was held on
Friday evening, and on
Saturday morning, a
meeting of all the nation-
al office bearers will be
held, Chugh said.
The actual national
executive meeting will
start after Modi’s arrival
at the venue, and the ses-
sions will continue on
July 3, he said.
The event will conclude
at 4 pm, on Sunday fol-
lowing which Modi will
address a public meeting
at the Parade Grounds.
Senior resident doctors stage protest, demanding payment
of pending salaries at Gandhi Hospital on Friday.
Senior resident docs
boycott services
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, JULY 1
Senior resident doctors in
nearly 700 hospitals across
the state continued their
strike over unpaid stipends
on Friday.
In addition to boycottingel-
ective services, they also bo-
ycotted emergency services.
On Friday morning, about
200 senior residents gath-
ered and protested at
Gandhi Hospital demanding
payment of pending salaries
from November 2021, remu-
neration for the month of
May 2021 during the second
BJP national president J.P. Nadda sharing a lighter moment with Dubbaka MLA wave, and clarity on termi-
M. Raghunandan Rao and others after the inaugural of exhibition at Hyderabad nation of their senior resi-
International Convention Centre in Hyderabad on Friday. — DEEPAK DESHPANDE dent terms.
On Thursday, health minis-
ter T. Harish Rao directed
the officials concerned to
— DEEPAK DESHPANDE
● ON MONDAY, nearly
700 senior resident doctors
from 21 hospitals in city
will assemble for protest.
protest. “We, TJUDA stand
in support with our fraterni-
ty, i.e., TSRDA (Telangana
Senior Resident Doctors’
Association) and we request
the government to pay heed
to their three demands and
look into solving the issues
in a peaceful manner,” it
said in a release issued here
on Friday.
TJUDA president Dr
Karthik Nagula said the
association had not yet
decided whether to actively
join the senior residents’
strike.
In most government med-
ical hospitals, senior resi-

People vexed with TRS: Chugh

From page 1
Chugh said that the peo-
ple of Telangana were
vexed with the
Telangana Rashtra
Samiti (TRS) rule, which
is dominated by the
“KCR family. It is run by
KCR’s daughter Kavitha,
son Rama Rao, and
nephew Harish Rao.
These members of the
KCR family were not
even in the country when
clear the doctors' pending
dues as soon as possible.
However, the doctors said
they would continue the
protests until the payments
dents make up roughly one
fourth of the doctors, so
their absence did not affect
patients to a large extent on
Friday. On Monday, nearly
the Telangana agitation were made and all three of 700 senior resident doctors
was on.” their demands were met. from 21 hospitals in
Chugh refused to Telangana Junior Doctors’ Hyderabad will assemble at
answer questions on the Association (TJUDA) one place and carry on the
SC’s observations on the extended support to the protest.
BJP’s ex-spokesperson
Nupur Sharma, who the
court on Saturday said
should apologise to coun-
try for her comments. He
said the focus was on the
party’s meet and not on Banjara women perform at the inauguration of exhibi-
other issues. tion at HICC near Kondapur in Hyderabad on Friday.

300 EV charging
stations to be set up
DC CORRESPONDENT be determined by the
HYDERABAD, JULY 1 survey findings and
places recommended
About 300 public elec- by the GHMC, i.e.
tric vehicle (EV) ch- areas with high vehic-
arging stations will be ular traffic.
installed under the The HMDA proposed
Greater Hyderabad 230 locations for pub-
Municipal Corporat- lic electric vehicle
ion (GHMC)and Hyde- charging stations,
rabad Metropolitan while the HMDA sub-
Development Autho- mitted 100 locations.
rity limits. Of these, Each station offers
14 public EV charging both low charging
stations would be with C (122-150 KW)
installed on a pilot capacity facilities and
basis in various muni- high speed charging-
cipal parks, metro sta- with DC -001 (15KW)
tions, and parking capability. The most
areas in the city. viable locations for
The Telangana State these charging sta-
Renewable Energy tions will be chosen,
D e v e l o p m e n t and the oil corpora-
Corporation Ltd. (TS tions will also con-
REDCO), the state’s struct charging sta-
nodal body, and the tions there.
GHMC entered into an The setting up of
agreement to set up public EV charging
electric vehicle charg- stations is part of the
ing stations through- Telangana govern-
out the city under a ment’s thrust to build
revenue-sharing a robust charging
model. The locations infrastructure for a
of the electric vehicle cleaner and greener
charging stations will city.

Delay in projects
irks Genco chief
NARENDER Yadadri TPS project a
PULLOOR | DC critical review.
HYDERABAD, JULY 1 Prabhakar Rao
advised BHEL to take
Telangana State up all the works simul-
Power Generation taneously in order to
Corporation Limited avoid any potential
chairman and manag- delays in commission-
ing director D.Prabh- ing the plants. In the
akar Rao expressed meeting, the director
his discontent with of BHEL’s power divi-
the progress of the sion promised that
Yadadri and Bhad- every effort would be
radri thermal power made to deal with the
station project works. delays, and also reas-
At a high-level meet- sured TSGenco that
ing of TSGenco and the 5x800MW YTPS’s
BHEL officials on Stage I and Stage II
Friday, he said the units would both be
completion of the co- operational by June
oling towers, coal han- 2023.
dling plant, and ash The high-level meet-
handling works would ing was attended by
be delayed given the BHEL executive direc-
current progress of tor Milind Koppikar
the Yadadri and Bhad- and director of power
radri thermal power and human resources
station project works. Upinder Singh Mat-
TS Genco CMD haru, TS Genco direc-
Prabhakar Rao gave tor (projects) Sachi-
both the 4X270 MW danandam, director
Bhadradri TPS work (civil) Ajay and other
and the 5x800 MW senior officials.
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DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | 2 JULY 2022
pg 3

SHORT TAKES
TS welfare schemes KCR MAY REVEAL
NATIONAL

are lessons, says KTR

PLANS
From page 1

The TRS has erected hoa-

Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari
addresses the 46th Higher Air
Command Course officers. — DC
rdings along all major
Asserts TS is prospering in irrigation, infrastructure roads and junctions in
city with pictures of KCR
DC CORRESPONDENT tion and inclusiveness is and Yashwant Sinha whi-

CHAUDHARI
HYDERABAD, JULY 1

TRS working president

TS model is one to giving an opportunity to
the BJP to realign its
political thoughts.
ch flash “Let’s Change
the Change” and “We su-
pport Yashwant Sinha Ji Cong. leaders to skip
be discussed: TRS
K.T. Rama Rao on Friday “I’m also reminding as a candidate for Pres-

ROOTS FOR IAF wrote an open letter to

TACTICAL THINKING
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, JULY 1
The Indian Air Force Chief of
the Air Staff, Air Chief Mar-
shal V.R. Chaudhari, while ad-
dressing the 46th Higher Air
Command Course officers (H-
ACC) at the College of Air Wa-
rfare (CAW) on Friday, called
for the need to develop strateg-
ic and operational level think-
ing.
While speaking to the future
commanders, the Chief of the
Air Staff, who was received by
CAW Commandant Air Vice
Marshal K.S.K. Suresh, said
that there is a need to under-
stand the nuances of future
war fighting. He covered a wi-
de spectrum of issues ranging
from hybrid warfare, multi-
domain capabilities and the
present geopolitical scenario
and also exhorted on the nece-
ssity of multi-skilling person-
nel, effective training and inv-
esting in future technologies.
The visit of the CAS was
extremely useful for all the
participants in gaining knowl-
edge and insight into the IAF’s
transformation in the years to
come, officials said.
Prime Minister
you that most of the poli-
cies and schemes intro-
ident of India.”
The Chief Minister will
Sinha’s meet in city
Narendra Modi asking duced by the Union gov- accord a grand welcome
him and BJP leaders to DC CORRESPONDENT here, MLAs Danam ernment have been to Sinha at the Begumpet
learn from novel welfare HYDERABAD, JULY 1 Nagender, J. Surender copied from Telangana,” airport along with his DC CORRESPONDENT backed Sinha in the presi-
schemes and develop- and Balka Suman said he said. Cabinet ministers. Later, HYDERABAD, JULY 1 dential elections. Interestin-
ment programmes being The Telangana Rashtra the BJP’s national meet- “Telangana has over 450 they will take part in the gly, the TRS has also dec-
implemented by the Samiti (TRS) MLAs on ing had provided an ideal welfare schemes being bike rally organised by Congress MPs and MLC will lared its support to Sinha
Telangana government Friday demanded a opportunity for Prime implemented here. the TRS which will pass not meet Opposition’s presi- and invited him to Hyd-
and try to implement debate on ‘Telangana Minister Narendra Modi, Please study them and through the Chief Minis- dential candidate erabad as part of the cam-
them in the rest of the development model’ in Union ministers, Chief try to implement them in ter’s camp office in Begu- Yashwanth Sinha during paign for the presidential
country. the BJP’s national execu- Ministers of BJP-ruled the BJP-governed mpet, Raj Bhavan Road, his visit to Hyderabad on elections.
Welcoming the Prime tive meeting being held states and other BJP states,” he said. Necklace Road to Jala July 2. TPCC president and Meanwhile, former Rajya
Minister and other BJP in Hyderabad. leaders in all the states to Rama Rao said the Vihar. MP A. Revanth Reddy made Sabha member and senior
leaders to Telangana, Ra- They also demanded see for themselves the Prime Minister should Chandrashekar Rao it clear that they will not Congress leader V.
ma Rao took a dig at the announcement of special rapid development study the Telangana may also disclose his share the dais with Sinha as Hanumantha Rao said that
BJP leadership and stat- projects and funds to achieved by Telangana model of development, future plans for national the latter is set to attend a he will welcome Sinha in
ed that there was no ele- Telangana. If not, the state within eight years its policies, and schemes politics during the meet- party meeting of the TRS. Hyderabad on July 2.
ment of surprise in the TRS would announce its of formation and also that could be implement- ing. Rao has been main- “We stick to our stand to “Sinha is the Opposition
BJP deciding to hold its future course of action know about novel wel- ed in the BJP-ruled states taining silence on nation- maintain distance with the parties proposed candidate
national executive meet- against the BJP, they fare schemes being which are being troubled al politics after his TRS”, he said. and supported by our leader
ing here in Hyderabad warned. implemented for all sec- by double engines. return from Bengaluru Opposition parties includ- Rahul Gandhi,”
which is a fast-progress- Speaking to the media tions of people. The minister ended his on May 27. ing the Congress have Hanumantha said.
ing city. message by saying,
“The backwardness of “Accept the hospitality of
the so-called “double eng- Telangana to reinvent gious harmony and take Hyderabad and don’t for-
ine states” has made the themselves and give a steps towards a new get to eat Hyderabadi
BJP opt for a progressive fresh start to their poli- beginning,” said the state Dum Biryani. Come up
place like Hyderabad for tics which works for minister. with some fresh political
their meetings,” Rama development,” he said. He also stated that thoughts and also a new
Rao added. “Think of building a Telangana, a state pros- beginning by having
“The BJP will not get a Vasudaika Kutumbam- pering in irrigation, Irani chai here in our
better place than like society with reli- infrastructure, innova- city Hyderabad.”
IMD ISSUES Bribe: 2 I-T dept
staff detained
YELLOW Hyderabad: The Anti-

CONG. WILL
WARNING Corruption Bureau
wing of the CBI offi-
cials today took into

NEVER PERISH, DC
CORRESPONDENT
custody two Income
Tax department

SAYS BHATTI HYDERABAD, JULY 1 officials for allegedly

DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, JULY 1
Congress Legislature Party
leader Mallu Bhatti Vikram-
arka said former MP Konda
Vishweshwer Reddy was join-
ing the BJP for selfish goals.
Vishweshwer Reddy had prov-
ed his feudalist mentality by
joining the BJP, he alleged. The
CLP leader strongly conde-
mned the comments of Vishw-
eshwar Reddy that the Cong-
ress was perishing in the coun-
try. The Congress would never
perish in the country and serve
people with secular and demo-
cratic values, he said. The
Congress was the only party
that could deliver social justice
and take up social reforms, he
added. Bhatti said the
Congress would come to power
in 2023 in Telangana and would
work for the community not for
individuals. The BJP govern-
ment targeted its political
rivals with the CBI and the ED
raids and overthrowing non-
BJP governments in several
states, he alleged.
Meanwhile, Bhatti wrote an
open letter to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi demanding
implementation of 2014 Andh-
ra Pradesh Bifurcation Act.
accepting bribes from
The Met Departme- a person in the city.
nt has issued a yel- A property owner
low warning of thu- was approached by two
nderstorms for a I-T department
few districts for Sat- officials — Vikas and
urday, but forecast Ravi Kumar — who are
only cloudy condi- working as assistant
tions for Hyderabad tax officers and
for both Saturday allegedly demanded
and Sunday. bribes.
The Indian Meteo-
rological Departm-
ent had earlier issu-
ed yellow warnings
for July 3 and 4, but
withdrew the warn-
ings on Friday. Inst-
ead, warnings have
been issued only for
Friday and Saturd-
ay. The forecast stat-
es heavy thunderst-
orms accompanied
with lightning are
very likely to occur
at isolated places in
a few districts.

UTTAM, DASOJU
CONDEMN TRS
HOLD ON POLICE
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, JULY 1

Nalgonda MP and former

Telangana Pradesh Congress
Committee (TPCC) president
N. Uttam Kumar Reddy alleged
that the Telangana police were
resorting to excesses against
Congress leaders, workers and
other social activists including
journalists to shield corrupt
Telangana Rashtra Samiti
(TRS) leaders while AICC spo-
kesperson Dr Dasoju Sravan
raised serious concern over the
undue political interference in
the police department.
Uttam Kumar Reddy was
speaking to reporters after ma-
king a representation in the
Huzurnagar police station in
the case of a local journalist
who was brutally attacked by
the TRS men for exposing cor-
ruption by local TRS MLA and
his henchmen. He also sought
action against the TRS act-
ivists who attacked a dissident
TRS leader who approached
the court seeking an enquiry
into allegations of corruption.
Meanwhile, AICC spokesper-
son Dr Dasoju Sravan raised
serious concern over the und-
ue political interference in pol-
ice department functioning,
which is leading to deteriorat-
ing law and order situation in
Telangana. Proving details ab-
out how TRS MLAs had been
pulling the strings in the police
department and intimidating
police officers, Dr Sravan came
down heavily on Khairatabad
MLA Danam Nagendar for
obstructing the duties of police
and transferring honest police
officers who were not su-
pporting his illegal activities.
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OBITUARY

Tight vigil to thwart ACB NABS JALPALLY “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.” Revelation 14:13
SHORT TAKES Capt.M.H.SUNDER REDDY
MUNICIPAL CHIEF Retd. Asst. Commissioner of

NEWLY-WED
Mumbai Customs
DOB: 06-06-1939

extremist movement
COUPLE FOUND FOR ILLEGAL ASSETS DOD: 01-07-2022
Called to Glory on Friday 1st July 2022
Funeral Service on Saturday

DEAD ON TRACKS DC CORRESPONDENT 2nd July 2022 at St. John’s Church,

NAVEEN KUMAR | DC
HYDERABAD, JULY 1
‘A newly-married couple was
found dead on the railway
tracks at Ghatkesar on the city
outskirts on Friday.
While the man was identified
as Nikhil Sai Kuncham, 28, a
former employee of an MNC
and a resident of Habsiguda,
his wife is yet to be identified,
said the officials from the
Government Railway Police,
Secunderabad, who took over
the case and shifted the bodies
to Gandhi hospital morgue for
post-mortem examination.
“We are trying to get in touch
with their families to inform
them and gather more details.
The motive for the alleged sui-
cide is also yet to be ascer-
tained,” said the police.
East Marredpally, Secunderabad
HYDERABAD, JULY 1 at: 11:00 AM
Followed by Burial at: 12:00 Noon
The Anti Corruption Bureau
Police track movements of suspects ahead of BJP meet (ACB) officials arrested
Jalpally municipal commis-
at St. John’s Cemetery,
Parade Grounds.
Inserted by:
MOULI MAREEDU | DC sioner Gade Praveen Kumar Mrs. Agnes Sunder Reddy (Wife),
HYDERABAD, JULY 1 for amassing illegal assets Samson Vijay Reddy (Son),
Lillian Deepa Reddy (Daughter),
worth `3.30 crore by misus- Grand Children & Family.
The Telangana police ing powers. Contact: 9618097067, 9182680893
held a review with all The ACB officials regis-
(S/2223/D00403)
wings of the state tered cases of disproportion-
police to take necessary ate assets known to his
measures to thwart the income.
possible movement of Hours after the cases were
extremist and anti- registered, the ACB officials
social elements across conducted raids on the resi-
the borders. The review dence of the accused officer
meeting comes in the at Venkatapur of Balapur
wake of Prime Mandal in Ranga Reddy dis-
Minister Narendra trict and found illegal assets
Modi’s visit and move- amassed by him.
ment of VVIPs in The ACB officials seized
Hyderabad. illegal properties worth `3.30
Sources said the crore during the raid. The
Counter Intelligence officials also seized empty
Cell officials, a spe- stamp papers from the pos-
cialised wing to combat session of the accused officer.

DRUG PEDDLER
terror and extremism, The officials arrested
have started tracking Police personnel, along with dog squad, inspect the venue ahead of Prime Praveen Kumar and pro-
OBITUARY
CAUGHT WITH
the movements of sus- Minister Narendra Modi’s public meeting, at the Parade Grounds in duced him before the court. SHRADHANJALI
pects after receiving Hyderabad on Friday. — K. DURGA RAO
Praveen Kumar was shifted
credible information to judicial remand.
106 KG GANJA about potential threats
from anti-social ele-
instructed
Superintendent
the
of
● AT THE review Maoist parties, the
state police have set up
DC CORRESPONDENT ments and extremist Police (SPs) to step up meeting, officials from special checkpoints at
HYDERABAD, JULY 1 groups. This includes
women who are listed
border
security
checkpoint
and take
the Counter
Intelligence Cell have
border locations to
counter the attempts of
DOCS TREAT RARE
The Bhuvanagiri rural police,
along with the Special
as suspects at various
locations throughout
action against suspects.
The SPs and police
instructed their staff
and police officials to
anti-social elements,”
sources said.
CASE IN BABY
Operations Teams of LB
Nagar zone, seized 106 kilos of
the city and state. At
the review meeting,
commissioners issued
orders in all districts to
keep tabs on the anti-
social elements living
In Hyderabad, the
police have stepped up SUCCESSFULLY
marijuana from a man on officials from the strictly enforce Section in districts and submit security in the south-
Friday, who was transporting Counter Intelligence 30 of the Police Act that ern zone and deployed TUSHAR KAUSHIK I DC With profound grief we inform the
the contraband from Orissa. Cell have instructed prohibits large gather- reports on a daily special squads in vul- HYDERABAD, JULY 1 sad demise of our Father
The accused, Makka their staff and police ings in public places. basis. nerable locations. Mr. S. MOHAN
We deeply mourn the sad demise of on 1st July 2022.
Krishna, 35, who runs a scrap officials to keep tabs on “Around 18 young- Senior police officers Doctors at the Osmania
business, is a resident of East the anti-social elements sters, who were rescued touch with their family have also been on high General Hospital (OGH) and
BHANURI RATAN KUMAR Vinod and Shoba: 9945378857
on 30th June 2022. 807, Sumeru, Saket, Sriram
Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, living in districts and after attempting to join members. With alert in crucial loca- Niloufer Hospital successful- Inserted by: Bhanuri Family Tower, Kapra, Hyderabad.
said the police. submit reports on a ISIS and other extrem- exchange operations tions like Bhainsa, ly treated an eight-month-old (S/2223/D00402) (S/2223/D00399)
“He confessed that his seller, daily basis. ist groups, are under taking place in neigh- Nizamabad, Adilabad, baby suffering from NISCH
Ramu, a resident of the Accordingly, the sen- surveillance. A team of bouring states between Khammam, and other syndrome. The instance was
Andhra Pradesh-Orissa bor- ior police officials have police officers are in police and banned places. only the 18th case in the
9th DAY CEREMONY
der area, has good contacts world of the rarest of the
with the ganja buyers in other rare condition. It was also
states and suggested him to only the fourth instance
transport drugs for `20,000-
30,000 as commission. As
usual, Krishna was given 106
kilos of ganja on Thursday
Traffic curbs for Yashwant rally when the patient underwent
liver transplantation.
The baby, a child of
Premalatha, an anganwadi
morning. While he was pro- DC CORRESPONDENT tion, said the officials. towards Sanjeevaiah Khairatabad Junction worker and Narayana, a
ceeding towards the city, the HYDERABAD, JULY 1 “Traffic from Green Park will not be allowed towards Necklace Road daily wage worker, was ini-
teams nabbed him,” said the Lands towards Raj and diverted towards Rotary, Necklace road tially admitted at Niloufer
police. The Hyderabad Traffic Bhavan Road will be Karbala Maidan at Rotary towards Hospital. After it suffered of
Police said that Krishna was Police issued an adviso- diverted at SonaBai Mosque and Jalavihar and Telugu progressive liver failure, it
kept in the dark about the ry for the rally on MonappaIsland /Rajiv traffic from Mint Talli towards Necklace was referred to OGH for a KOTHAPALLY NAGENDER
details of the collector from Saturday for the arrival Gandhi Statue towards Compound towards Rotary to avoid traffic liver transplantation, with a D.O.B: 12.03.1947 D.O.D: 24.06.2022
Hyderabad who he delivers the of Yashwant Sinha, Panjagutta. Traffic Necklace rotary will congestion. “Large diagnosis of NISCH WE MISS YOU
drugs to. “Only Ramu, who is contesting candidate from Khairatabad not be allowed towards numbers of political (Neonatal Ichthyosis May his soul rest in peace
currently absconding, has the for Presidential elec- towards Necklace Rota- Rotary and will be leaders are expected to Sclerosing Cholangitis) syn- Inserted by: Kylas Indraprakash Rao,
move from Begumpet Udayshanker, Mrs. Suman and Family.
details of the other party. He tions. Officials said that ry will not be allowed diverted towards drome.
asks Krishna to wait at a cer- traffic from Begumpet towards Necklace Khairatabad Bada Airport to HICC The syndrome is a genetic
tain place and asks the other Airport to Jalavihar rotary and diverted at Ganesh at Traffic Novotel Madhapur syndrome common in con-
party to collect the contra- will be stopped or Khairatabad junction Police Station of between 10 am to 6 pm sanguineous marriages
band. We are trying track and diverted from 11 am to 2 towards Shadan Saifabad,” said the through Panjagutta - (between people who have
nab Ramu to gather further pm. College. Traffic from police. KBR Park - Jubilee descended from the same
information about this rack- A large gathering is Minister Road towards The general public Hills Check Post - Road ancestor) and the baby’s par-
et,” said the police. expected from Sanjeevaiah Park will are advised to take No. 36 - Madhapur ents are close relatives.
Begumpet airport – not be allowed and alternative routes and which may lead to traf- Earlier too, they had a child
FOUR KG OPIUM Lifestyle – Somajiguda
– Khairatabad – IMAX
diverted towards
Buddha Bhavan, Tank
avoid the Begumpet
Airport towards
fic congestion. Public
are requested to avoid
with a similar syndrome, but
it had died immediately after
SEIZED, ONE Rotary – Necklace Road
–Jalavihar, which may
Bund at Nallagutta
Bridge. Meanwhile,
Panjagutta crossroads,
Somajiguda towards
these routes during the
aforementioned tim-
birth. Living donor liver
transplantation was done on

ARRESTED lead to traffic conges- traffic from Tank Bund Khairatabad Junction, ings,” added the police. June 17 at OGH with paedi-
atric support from Niloufer
Hospital. The procedure took
DC CORRESPONDENT 18 hours and was an extreme-
CAR CATCHES FIRE,
HYDERABAD, JULY 1

A 32-year-old man was caught

in possession of 4 kilos of
DRIVER ESCAPES
Opium from Radhika cross-
roads in a joint operation by
Kushaiguda police and Special
Operations Teams of LB
UNHURT
DC CORRESPONDENT
Nagar on Friday. HYDERABAD, JULY 1
Apart from the contraband,
officials also seized `2 lakh A moving car caught fire
cash from him. on the road at Hitec City
The accused, Om Prakash in Madhapur on Friday
Patel, who runs a Kirana shop, morning. The driver
is a native of Jodhpur, managed to escape
Rajasthan, who resides at PJR unhurt.
Colony of Chanda Nagar, said According to the
the Police Commissioner of police, the incident
Rachakonda, Mahesh occurred when the car
Bhagwat. was proceeding from
“Upon the receipt of infor- Jubilee Hills towards
mation of contraband move- Madhapur. A fire engine
ment in the city, the police rushed to the spot and
teams conducted a raid and doused the fire, which
apprehended Patel. On inter- gutted the car. “A short
rogation he confessed that he circuit is said to be the
suffered a loss in business dur- cause behind the sudden
ing the lockdown and that he fire mishap. However,
came in contact with one proper examination will
Giridhari from Rajasthan, be conducted to ascer-
who told him about the drug tain the same.
trade,” said the official. Fortunately, nobody sus-
tained any injuries in
the mishap,” police said.
Indigo directed to ly challenging surgery, Dr
CH Madhusudhan, professor
of surgical gastroenterology,
said.
refund passengers
DC CORRESPONDENT and Padma Kolluru, announcement while
HYDERABAD, JULY 1 52, residents of they were having food
Shyamlal Building, at a restaurant at the
The Hyderabad Begumpet - filed a peti- airport.
District Consumer tion jointly before the In the counter peti-
Disputes Redressal commission seeking tion, the opposite
Commission-I has refund of flight tickets party said the flight in
directed the amount and compen- question had to depart
InterGlobe Aviation sation from the after the boarding gate
Limited managing InterGlobe Aviation was closed. By that
director to refund Limited, who operates time, the com-
`19,766 for flight tick- Indigo flights. plainants did not
ets and pay `25,000 as The complainants report at the boarding
compensation to four alleged that they gate despite the stipu-
passengers for not booked tickets on lation that the board-
accommodating them Indigo flight No. 6E ing gate would be
on an Indigo flight 413 from Hyderabad to closed 25 minutes
though they had Kochi on May 11, 2016 prior to the departure
checked in and taken scheduled to depart at time.
boarding passes at the 7.10 a.m. Though they After examining the
Rajiv Gandhi reached the airport at case, the commission
International Airport. 5.55 am and booked directed the opposite
The passengers – check-in baggage and party to refund the
K.S.V.L. Narasimha obtained boarding ticket amount and pay
Murthy, 55, K. Gowri, passes, the flight took `25,000 as compensa-
47, K. Vaishnavi, 22 off without proper tion.

ADVERSE | REMARK Despite multiple FIRs she has not yet been touched by cops: SC

Court sees police ‘red carpet’ for Nupur

From Page 1
As senior lawyer
Maninder Singh appear-
ing for Ms Sharma
referred to a law laid down
by the top court in its 2020
judgment in the Arnab
Goswami case, where the
court had clubbed all the
FIRs lodged against him
across the country and
handed over the investiga-
tion to Mumbai police, the
court, making a distinc-
tion between a journalist
and a spokesperson of a
political party, said, “jour-
nalist stand on a different
pedestal” and pointed to
Sharma making “irre-
sponsible statements with-
out thinking of their
repercussions” adversely
affecting the fabric of the
country.
Reacting to Mr Singh’s
argument that Ms Sharma
was being investigated in
the said matter by the
Delhi police and probe in
other FIRs too be entrust-
ed to it, the court, in an
observation reflecting on
the way law-enforcing
agencies were presently
operating in the country,
said, “What has happened
in the investigation so far?
There must have been a
red carpet for you there.”
The court also noted that
on her complaint a person
has been arrested, but
despite multiple FIRs she
has not yet been touched
by the Delhi police.
When the court was
● WHEN MS Sharma’s
lawyer told the top court
that she is joining the
investigation and not run-
ning away, the bench
remarked, “Don’t make us
open our mouths.”
informed that Ms Sharma
is a lawyer with 10 years of
standing at the bar, the
bench wondering over her
temerity in approaching
the top court after making
irresponsible statements
disturbing peace in the
country said, “We saw the
debate on how she was
inciting. But the way she
said all this and later says
she was a lawyer with 10
years standing? It is
shameful. She should apol-
ogise to the whole coun-
try.” When Ms Sharma’s
lawyer told the top court
that she is joining the
investigation and not run-
ning away, the bench
remarked, “Don’t make us
open our mouths.”
“There must have been a
red carpet for you. A red
carpet,” Justice Kant
said.
Later in the day, a letter
petition was filed before
Chief Justice N.V. Ramana
seeking the withdrawal of
adverse remarks made by
a Supreme Court vacation
bench against Ms Sharma
while declining her plea
seeking clubbing of the
FIRs against her at vari-
ous places over alleged
controversial remarks
made on the Prophet.
The letter petition, filed
by Delhi-based Ajay
Gautam, who claims to be
a social activist, said,
“Issue appropriate orders
or directions... to with-
draw their observations in
the matter of Ms Sharma
so that Ms Sharma gets a
chance of fair trial.”
The letter petition said
that it be treated as a PIL
and the adverse remarks
made during the hearing
be declared as ‘uncalled
for’.
The FIRs were lodged in
the wake of her remarks
during a TV channel
debate about Prophet
Muhammad which led to
violent protests and riots
in many states.
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DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | 2 JULY 2022
SHORT
HC LAWYERS’
TAKES
BODY ELECTS
NEW COMMITTEE
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, JULY 1
Lawyer Raghunath Verose was
elected as president of
Telangana High Court
Advocates’ Association. In the
polls held on Thursday,
Raghunath secured 1,257
votes, out of total 2,668 votes
polled. T. Srikanth Reddy with
667 votes stood in the second
position. The results were
declared on early Friday
morning (2.30 am).
Pasham Krishna Reddy won
as vice-president with 837
votes. Jelli Narendar and
Gadipally Malla Reddy won as
secretaries.
Other lawyers elected as
office-bearers of the associa-
tion are S. Suman (joint secre-
tary), Nagaraju Mysa (treasur-
er) and Raju (sports and cul-
tural secretary).
Executive members are
Krishna Kishore, Kavitha
Yadav, Kanya Kumari Teegala,
Anirudh, Ravinder Reddy E.,
R.P. Raju and Radhika
Paspuleti. Kishore Pusukuri
was elected unanimously as
executive member in 30 years
standing quota.
Animal husbandry and fisheries minister Talasani Srinivas
Yadav reviews preparations for Bonalu celebrations in Old
City, at the Salarjung Museum in Hyderabad on Friday.
`70 cr allotted for
Bonalu in Old City
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, JULY 1
Animal husbandry and fish-
eries minister Talasani
Srinivas Yadav held a review
meeting at the Salarjung
Museum on Friday with offi-
cials of various departments
over Bonalu festivities to be
held in the Old City of
Hyderabad.
Srinivas Yadav said, “As we
are heading towards the
Bonalu festivities on the 24th
of this month, an amount of
`70 crore has been allotted
towards works such as pro-
viding Silk garments to pre-
siding deities of various
temples, water and electrici-
ty supply, road repairs, inst-
alling LED screens, pruning
TAFRC RELEASES DATES FOR PERSONAL
HEARINGS ON FIXING TUITION FEE
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, JULY 1
The Telangana Admission
and Fee Regulatory
Committee (TAFRC) has
announced dates on which
personal hearings would be
taken up with 145 private
institutions for fixing tuition
pg 5
Largest floating solar APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR CM OVERSEAS GRANT FOR MINORITIES
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD, JULY 1
Postgraduate’ Doctorate
courses in foreign universi-
gibility criteria and taken
admission during January
plant commissioned
ties in respect of Spring 1 to 31 July 2022 in
Online applications have
been invited from eligible
season 2022 admissions,
according to the office of
Postg raduate/Doctorate
courses in foreign universi-
minority students for grant
of Chief Minister Overseas
the District Minorities
Welfare Officer,
ties can apply online.
The website is open for
Scholarship/Financial Government of Telangana. Spring season 2022 from
Assistance for pursuing Students who fulfil all eli- July 1 to July 31 at 5 pm.
Project in Ramagundam equipped with cutting-edge tech
NARENDER largest project of its kind executive director of ns. Additionally, he ad-
PULLOOR | DC in the nation, is equipped NTPC (Southern region), ded, the presence of float-
HYDERABAD, JULY 1 with cutting-edge congratulated team Ram- ing solar panels lowers
technology and environ- agundam on reaching the the rate of water evapo-
The 100-MW floating sol- mentally friendly fea- milestone and reaffirmed ration from water bodies,
ar photovoltaic (PV) proj- tures. With the comple- NTPC’s commitment to aiding in water conserva-
ect, the country’s largest tion of the 100-MW solar renewable energy. tion.
floating solar plant, in PV project at According to him, the Earlier, NTPC anno-
Telangana has become Ramagundam, the most evident benefit unced the commercial
fully operational, NTPC Southern Region’s total from an environmental operation of two floating
announced on Friday. commercially operating standpoint is the mini- solar projects: 25 MW at
The 100 MW Floating floating solar capacity mal amount of land need- Simhadri in Andhra
Solar PV project in Ram- increased to 217 MW. ed, largely for accom- Pradesh and 92 MW at
agundam, which is the Naresh Anand, regional panying evacuation pla- Kayamkulam in Kerala.
TET results out; 32.68 % clear Paper-I
DC CORRESPONDENT partment released the re- while the lowest figure of trict, while Narayanpet
HYDERABAD, JULY 1 sults of the exam on 27.37 was in Ranga Reddy. fared the poorest with a
Friday. The results can be Hyderabad fared compar- figure of 44.13 per cent.
A total of 32.68 per cent of checked on the website atively well, recording a The percentage in Hyd-
candidates who had https://tstet.cgg.gov.in/. pass percentage of 37.45. erabad was 50.51 per cent.
appeared for Paper-I and A total of 3,18,444 appli- In Paper-II, out of Paper-II had two compo-
49.64 per cent of candida- cants appeared for Paper- 2,50,897 candidates who nents, Mathematics and
tes who had appeared for I, of which 1,04,078 candi- had appeared for exam, Science, and Social Scien-
Paper-II of the TS TET dates qualified. Among 1,24,535 qualified. The hi- ces. The pass percentage
(Teacher Eligibility Test) all districts, Jogulamba ghest pass percentage of in the former was 57.67
- 2022 cleared the exam. Gadwal had the highest 56.98 was recorded in Bh- per cent while it was 40.41
The school education de- pass percentage of 38.09, adradri Kothagudem dis- per cent in the latter.
— P. SURENDRA
of trees, placing bins for dis-
posal of garbage and sewage
management. Special med-
ical camps will also be orga-
nised under the auspices of
the medical and health depa-
rtment. Similarly, 3D maps
will be installed at Dama-
yanti Bhavan and Delhi
Darwaja for the smooth func-
tioning of the festival proces-
sion. Keeping in mind the
problems of devotees, the
police will take proper meas-
ures for traffic diversion.
Our target is to complete all
arrangements by July15.”
Earlier, two minutes of
silence was observed as a
mark of respect to Mahesh,
former chairman of Lal
Darwaja temple who passed
away on Friday.
fees for 2022 to 2025.
According to a circular
issued by TAFRC, the hear-
ings are scheduled July 7 to
20. A representative of the
institutions like
president/secretary/corre-
spondent or director of the
concerned society needs to
be present for the hearings.
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DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | 2 JULY 2022
SHORT TAKES
HORSE RACING
INDUSTRY’S PLEA
TO GoM ON GST
DC CORRESPONDENT
CHENNAI, JULY 1
The Turf Authorities of India
(TAI) has welcomed the GST
Council’s decision to allow the
Group of Ministers to re-exam-
ine the issues related to levy-
ing GST on horse racing.
“We are happy to note that
the GST council has deferred
its decision on imposing GST
on the value of bets placed
@28%. We look forward to the
GoM considering how horse
racing is different from other
gaming,” said Zavaray S.
Poonawalla, Chairman, GST
reform cell of TAI.
“This gives us a window of 15
days to present to the GoM that
unlike gaming for commercial
gain, which is undertaken by
other service providers, all
race clubs in India are set up
as not-for-profit clubs.”
He added, “The licensed race
clubs have been in existence
for over 200 years in India and
in the span of their operations
of over two centuries, the tax
imposed on betting has been
on the commission made by
the racecourses and not on the
value of bets. The proposed
GST would be against this cen-
turies-old norm, international
norms and even the state’s bet-
ting and entertainment tax,
which the GST regime sub-
sumed”. TAI has no doubt that
there should be no tax on prize
money which has been the
norm in India and is the norm
internationally.
Pak told to release
536 fishermen
DC CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, JULY 1
As is customary twice
every year on January 1
and July 1, India and
Pakistan on Friday
exchanged, through
diplomatic channels
simultaneously at New
Delhi and Islamabad, the
lists of civilian prisoners
and fishermen in their
custody.
Pakistan was asked to
expedite the release and
repatriation of 536 Indian
fishermen and 3 Indian
civilian prisoners to India
who have completed their
sentence and whose
nationality has been con-
firmed and conveyed to
Pakistan.
Pakistan was also asked
to provide immediate con-
sular access to the
remaining 105 fishermen
and 20 civilian prisoners
who are in Pakistan’s cus-
tody and are believed to
be Indian.
India also requested
Pakistan to ensure the
safety, security and wel-
fare of all Indian and
believed-to-be Indian
civilian prisoners and
fishermen.
India has also urged
Pakistan to expedite nec-
essary action at its end to
confirm the nationality
status of 57 Pakistani
prisoners, including fish-
ermen, whose repatria-
tion is pending for want
of nationality confirma-
tion by Pakistan.
● UNDER THE provisions
of the 2008 Agreement on
Consular Access, lists are
exchanged every year on
January 1 and July 1.
● INDIA HANDED over
lists of 309 Pakistani civil-
ian prisoners and 95 fish-
ermen in India’s custody
to Pakistan. Similarly,
Pakistan has shared lists
of 49 civilian prisoners.
In a statement, the min-
istry of external affairs
said, “Under the provi-
sions of the 2008
Agreement on Consular
Access, such lists are
exchanged every year on
January 1 and July 1.
India handed over lists of
309 Pakistani civilian
prisoners and 95 fisher-
men in India’s custody to
Pakistan. Similarly,
Pakistan has shared lists
of 49 civilian prisoners
and 633 fishermen in its
custody, who are Indians
or are believed to be
Indians.”
“The Government has
called for early release
and repatriation of civil-
ian prisoners, missing
Indian defence personnel,
and fishermen along with
their boats, from
Pakistan's custody. ...
India remains committed
to addressing, on priority,
all humanitarian matters,
including those pertain-
ing to prisoners and fish-
ermen in each other's
country,” the MEA added.
Independent MLA Ravi Rana and his wife MP Navneet Rana greet Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra
Fadnavis on the formation of the new government in Maharashtra state, in Mumbai, on Friday.
Sena chief whip wants
SC to restrain 16 MLAs
Sunil Prabhu says the MLAs are facing disqualification
PARMOD KUMAR | DC the disqualification pro-
NEW DELHI, JULY 1 ceedings and their fate as
legislators is yet to be
The chief whip of Shiv decided.
Sena legislature Party In a mentioning for an
Sunil Prabhu on Friday early listing, senior
urged the Supreme Court lawyer Kapil Sibal told a
to restrain 16 MLAs, who vacation bench compris-
had rebelled against for- ing Justice Surya Kant
mer Chief Minister and Justice J.B. Pardiwala
Uddhav Thackeray, from that Governor Bhagat
participating in the Singh Koshyari adminis-
Maharashtra Assembly tered the oath to Eknath
proceedings in pursuance Shinde as Chief Minister
to its (top court’s) June 27 without ascertaining the
order putting in abeyance entity of his party, or
pg 7
SANJAY RAUT
APPEARS
BEFORE ED
Mumbai, July 1: Shiv
Sena MP Sanjay Raut on
Friday appeared before
the Enforcement
Directorate (ED) here to
record his statement in
connection with a
money laundering
probe.
Raut reached the ED
office located at the
Ballard Estate in south
Mumbai around 11.30
am.
Heavy police force was
deployed outside the
— PTI central agency’s office
as large number of Shiv
Sena workers were pres-
ent at the spot.
Barricades were
placed on the roads lead-
ing to the office.
After his arrival, the
Sena MP, seen sporting a
saffron muffler around
his neck, waved at his
supporters before enter-
ing the office along with
his lawyer.
Speaking to reporters
before going inside, Raut
majority backing for him members of State legisla- said, “I will co-operate
or verifying the intent of ture and thus they should with the agency in the
the rebel MLAs. not be allowed to partici- investigation. It had
Referring to June 27 pate in the assembly pro- summoned me, they
order of the top court by ceedings. require some informa-
which disqualification The court said that the tion from me and it is
proceedings initiated by fresh petition by Prabhu my duty as a member of
Deputy Speaker Narhari will be taken up for hear- Parliament, responsible
Zirwal against 16 MLAs ing along with two other citizen and leader of a
were put in abeyance till petitions – one by MLAs political party to co-
July 11, Sunil Prabhu has who had revolted against operate with them.”
contended that so long the Uddhav and are now fac- He said he was “fear-
disqualification proceed- ing disqualification pro- less and undaunted” as
ings are not completed, ceedings and the other by he has “not done any-
there would be uncertain- Prabhu challenging the thing wrong in life”.
ty about their status as floor test. — PTI
A closed market during bandh called over the
Udaipur incident, in Bikaner, on Friday.
Udaipur killing:
32 policemen
transferred
VINEETA PANDEY | DC
NEW DELHI, JULY 1
Facing criticism for failure to prevent the
murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal Teli in
Udaipur and the growing discontent over law
and order situation in Rajasthan, Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot has transferred 32 top
police officials in the state. These top cops
include IPS officers like Inspector General
and Police Superintendent of Udaipur.
Meanwhile, two more suspects have been
arrested in the gruesome murder of
Kanhaiya Lal.
“Two more people have been arrested in
connection with the matter. They were
involved in the conspiracy and preparation
behind the entire crime,” said Prafulla
Kumar, IG, Udaipur Range. The two arrested
accused Mohsin and Asif have been sent to
14-day judicial custody.
Some interesting details have come to the
fore during investigation of this case that
has rocked the nation. It has been found that
one of the main accused Riyaz Akhtari had
paid extra money of `5,000 to get a number
plate for his motorcycle that read 2611 (RJ 27
AS 2611). The number is seen as an obvious
link to the date of Mumbai terror attack in
2008.
Incidentally, this is the same bike which
was used by both the accused – Akhtari and
Ghouse Mohammad — to flee the crime scene
after alleged hacking Kanhaiya Lal.
The duo were caught at a police barricade
in Rajsamand district, roughly 45 km from
Udaipur. Equally interesting is the fact that
the vehicle’s insurance had expired in March
2014 and never renewed after that.
According to police officials seeking num-
ber 2611 could provide important clues into
this criminal bent of mind towards such a
killing. Linking the bike number to the mur-
der, police feel the number plate provides an
idea of what was going on in Riyaz’s mind
since 2014.
Riyaz’s passport shows he had visited Nepal
in 2014 while his mobile data details show his
phone was used to make calls to Pakistan,
said police.
SECURITY FOR THREATENED
UDAIPUR RESIDENT SOUGHT
Udaipur, July 1: Members of the Jain com-
munity on Friday demanded more security
for a resident of an Udaipur locality men-
tioned in the video clip posted by the alleged
killers of tailor Kanhaiya Lal.
They met the district collector and handed
over a memorandum pressing for enhanced
security for tyre trader Nitin Jain and his
family, who live in Sector 11.
Riaz Akhtari, the accused who allegedly
murdered tailor Kanhaiya Lal on Tuesday
for extending support to Sharma, had men-
tioned in a video that some people living in
Sector 11 should also be beheaded.
After the video surfaced online following
Lal’s murder, Jain said a police complaint
had also been filed against him by a Muslim
man as he too had shared a social media post
in support of Sharma. — PTI
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SHORT TAKES
W.H.O. CALLS FOR
‘URGENT’ ACTION
OVER MONKEYPOX
Copenhagen, July 1: The
World Health Organisation
called on Friday for ‘urgent’
action to prevent the spread of
monkeypox in Europe, noting
that cases had tripled there
over the past two weeks.
“Today, I am intensifying my
call for governments and civil
society to scale up efforts in the
coming weeks and months to
prevent monkeypox from estab-
lishing itself across a growing
geographical area. Urgent and
coordinated action is impera-
tive if we are to turn a corner
in the race to reverse the ongo-
ing spread of this disease,”
WHO Regional Director for
Europe, Hans Henri Kluge said.
TALIBAN LEADER
REBUKES GLOBAL
‘INTERFERENCE’
Kabul, July 1: The Taliban’s
reclusive supreme leader
Hibatullah Akhundzada called
on Friday for the world to stop
telling them how to run
Afghanistan, insisting sharia
law was the only model for a
successful Islamic state.
Akhundzada, who has not
been filmed or photographed in
public since the Taliban retu-
rned to power in August, was
addressing a major gathering
of religious scholars in the
Afghan capital called to rubber-
stamp the hardline Islamist
group’s rule.
More than 3,000 clerics have
gathered in Kabul since Thur-
sday for the three-day men-only
meeting, and Akhundzada’s ap-
pearance had been rumoured
for days — although media
are barred from covering the
event.
VATICAN CLOSES
LONDON PROPERTY
SALE AT A LOSS
Rome, July 1: The Vatican
said on Friday it had finalised
the sale of a London property
that is the focus of a criminal
trial in the Vatican courts,
offloading the former Harrods
warehouse for 186 million
pounds (215 million euros,
US$223 million).
The Vatican secretariat of
state had poured some 350 mil-
lion euros into the building and
related fees and commissions
paid to brokers losses that
are at the heart of the accusa-
tions of fraud, embezzlement
and extortion against 10 people
on trial.
The Vatican said it sold the
warehouse on 60 Sloane Ave. in
Chelsea to Bain Capital.
France, Aus leaders
bid to repair relations
Paris, July 1: Australia and
France opened a new chapter in
their relations on Friday as the
new Australian prime minister
seeks to heal wounds from a secret
submarine contract that infuriat-
ed France.
President Emmanuel Macron
warmly shook hands with
Australian Prime Minister
Boris faces new boozy
scandal as whip quits
London, July 1: British Prime
Minister Boris Johnson faced a
fresh political headache on Friday
following the resignation of the
deputy chief whip of his ruling
Conservatives over allegations he
drunkenly groped two men.
In a letter to Johnson sent late
Thursday, Tory MP Chris Pincher
said he was quitting his post after
he drank “far too much” and
“embarrassed myself and other
people” the previous evening.
Numerous reports said he had
also been accused of groping two
men in front of others at the pri-
vate members Carlton Club in cen-
tral London, prompting complaints
to the Conservative party.
His departure from the whips
office and Johnson’s embattled
government is the latest in a string
of sexual impropriety scandals
involving Tory MPs in recent
months.
It also follows a catalogue of con-
troversies to hit Johnson himself,
including the so-called “Partygate”
affair that led his own lawmakers
to trigger a no-confidence vote in
him last month which he narrowly
survived.
The resignation leaves Johnson
with another post to fill in his sen-
ior ranks after the chairman of the
Conservatives quit last month
after the party lost two by-elec-
pg 8
Pak hikes fuel prices with IMF orders
Islamabad, July 1: The the International Mon- of all petroleum products
Pakistan government has etary Fund to revive the went up by about Rs 14-19
steeply hiked petroleum stalled $6 billion bailout per litre after the decision
prices to implement the
tough preconditions set by
package for the cash-
strapped country. Prices
came into effect from mid-
night on Thursday. — PTI
XI HAILS
CHINA RULE
OVER
SILENCED HK
Hong Kong, July
1: President Xi
Jinping hailed
China’s rule over
Hong Kong on
Friday as he led
25th anniversary
celebrations of the
city’s handover
from Britain, insist-
ing that democracy
was flourishing
despite a years-long
Ukrainian State Emergency Service firefighters clear debris at damaged residential building in the town of
Serhiivka, located about 50 kilometers southwest of Odessa, Ukraine, on Friday. — AFP
political crackdown
that has silenced
dissent.
Missile strikes kill 21
Xi’s speech was
the finale of a two-
day victory lap
aimed at celebrat-
ing the Chinese
Communist Party’s
in Ukraine’s Odessa
control over the
once outspoken
business hub after
authorities stamped
out huge democracy
protests.
Strikes launched by aircraft that flew in from the Black Sea Since Beijing
imposed a national
security law on
Sergiyvka, Ukraine, Hong Kong in 2020,
July 1: Missile strikes
slammed into a residential
building and a recreation
centre early Friday, killing
Kyiv hails win in ‘borshch opposition has been
quashed and most
leading pro-democ-
racy figures have
21 people and wounding
dozens in Ukraine's
Odessa region, in attacks
swiftly condemned by
war’ after Unesco ruling fled the country,
been disqualified
from office or jailed.
But Xi said Beijing
Germany. Paris, July 1: The UN’s countries and agency said. had always acted
Two children were cultural agency on Friday Poland. “People are unable not “for the good of
among the dead and six inscribed the culture sur- The Ukrainian culture of only to cook or grow local Hong Kong”. “After
others among the injured, roundingbeetroot soup borshch cooking “was vegetables for borsht, but reuniting with the
Ukrainian officials said,
one day after Russia aban-
known as borshch in
Ukraine on its list of enda-
today inscribed on
Unesco’s list of intangible
also to come together” to
eat it, “which undermines
motherland,Hong
Kong’s people
doned positions on a
strategic island in a major
ngered cultural heritage, a
recognition sought urge-
cultural heritage in need
of urgent safeguarding,”
the social and cultural
well-being of communi-
became the masters
of their own city,”
setback to the Kremlin's
invasion.
ntly by Kviv after its inva-
sion by neighbouring
by a Unesco committee, it
said.
ties,” it said, using one of
several alternative
he said. “Hong
Kong’s true democ-
The missiles struck the Russia. The decision was spellings for the racy started from
two buildings in the town Ukraine prizes borshch, approved after a fast-track soup. here.” — AFP
of Sergiyvka about 80 kilo- a nourishing soup with process prompted by Kyiv hailed the move as
metres (50 miles) south of beetroot as its base, as a Russia’s invasion of a much-needed victory on
the Black Sea port of national dish even though Ukraine and the “negative the cultural front after
Odessa, which has become it is also widely enjoyed in impact on this tradition” four months of Russian
a strategic flashpoint in Russia, other ex-Soviet caused by the war, the bombardments. — AFP
the now more than four-
month-old war.
“The death toll in Odessa The strikes were Russia made no immedi- and cynical,” said govern-
blast rose to 21,” Sergiy launched by aircraft that ate comment on the ment spokesman Steffen
Bratchuk, Odessa deputy flew in from the Black Sea, strikes. Hebestreit.
chief of district, told said Odessa military ad- Germany said it was The strikes follow global
Ukrainian television. A 12- ministration spokesman time the Russian popula- outrage earlier this week
year-old boy was among Sergiy Bratchuk. tion faced up to the truth of when a Russian strike
the dead, he added. “The worst-case scenario their government’s destroyed a shopping cen-
The country’s head of played out and two strate- “cruel” actions. tre in Kremenchuk, cen-
emergency services, gic aircraft came to the “The cruel manner in tral Ukraine, killing at
Sergiy Kruk, had earlier Odessa region,” he said in which the Russian aggres- least 18 civilians.
put the toll at 19. Thirty- a television interview, sor takes the deaths of President Vladimir Putin
eight people were wound- adding they had fired civilians in its stride and is has denied Moscow’s
ed, including six children, “very heavy and very pow- again speaking of collater- forces were responsible.
he added on Facebook. erful” missiles. al damages is inhuman — AFP
Anthony Albanese outside the
French presidential palace, show-
ing a thumbs-up before putting his
arm around the Australian
leader’s back as they headed inside
for talks.
“Trust, respect and honesty mat-
ters,” Albanese told reporters.
This is how I will approach my
relations with France. — AFP
Boris Johnson
tions.
A Downing Street source told
British media that Pincher would
face no further action from the
party and would remain a
Conservative MP.
But that prompted an immediate
backlash, with Johnson facing
calls to suspend him from the par-
liamentary party and launch a fur-
ther internal investigation into his
behaviour.
Pincher only took up his latest
role of deputy chief whip — which
involves enforcing party discipline
— in February.
However, it is the second time he
has quit the whips office, after he
resigned as a junior whip in
November 2017 following a com-
plaint that he made an unwanted
pass at a former Olympic rower
and potential Conservative elec-
tion candidate. — AFP
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pg 9

RAMPANT ATTACK Sindhu,

SHORT TAKES MALAYSIA | OPEN

Kattimani to stay
at Hyderabad FC
Hyderabad: The hero of the
2021-22 Indian Super League
final, Laxmikant Kattimani, has
signed a two-year contract
extension with Hyderabad
Footbal Club, the club
announced on Friday.
“I am very happy to sign a new
contract here and I am really
grateful to the club for their
trust in me. I’m sure together
we can achieve much more,”
said Kattimani after putting pen
to paper with the ISL champi-
ons in a deal till the end of the
2023-24 season.
The 33-year-old had a fairytale
ending to the recently conclud-
ed campaign, where he was also
the Hero of the Match in the
final. He saved four Kerala
Blasters’ penalties in the shoot-
out that won Hyderabad their
first-ever trophy.
Prannoy
crash out in QFs
Rishabh’s counterpunching ton helps India recover
Birmingham, July 1:
India rode on a magnifi- Kuala Lumpur, July 1: ● Sindhu, seeded
cent century from Rishabh Two-time Olympic medal-
Pant to end day one of the list P. V. Sindhu crashed seventh,
rescheduled fifth Test out in the women’s sin- squandered a
against England at 338 for gles quarterfinals of the game lead to lose
7 here on Friday. Malaysia Open bad- 13-21, 21-15, 21-
Pant (146 off 111 balls) minton tournament after
and Ravindra Jadeja (83 losing to her nemesis Tai 13 to the second
batting off 163 balls) added Tzu Ying of Chinese seed Tai Tzu, a
222 runs for the sixth wick- Taipei in a hard-fought silver medallist at
et as the duo frustrated the three-game contest here the Tokyo
England bowlers. on Friday.
Pant, in his innings, hit Sindhu, seeded seventh, Olympics.
20 fours and four sixes. squandered a game lead
Mohammed Shami (bat- to lose 13-21, 21-15, 21-13 to Sindhu was upto the task
ting 0) was giving compa- the second seed Tai Tzu, a to pocket the opening
ny to Jadeja at stumps. silver medallist at the game.
Virat Kohli endured yet Tokyo Olympics. Sindhu started the sec-
another failure as he was By virtue of the win, the ond game brightly but her
out for 11 in the second Chinese Taipei shuttler fancied rival dominated
session. Hanuma Vihari extended her domination the proceedings after the

Israel vs Jared
in big UFC bout
Las Vegas, USA: Action aplenty
awaits fight fans on Sunday
when the UFC returns to the T-
Mobile arena with No.276 that
will see two title fights, one of
which is rife with tension and
passion, a slew of important
contests in talent-rich divisions,
and a few top prospects thrown
in for good measure.
In the main event, Israel
Adesanya will face off against
hard-charging challenger Jared
Cannonier to defend the UFC
middleweight championship for
the fifth time. Meanwhile, for
the featherweight title,
Alexander Volkanovski defends
his title against American chal-
lenger Max Holloway.
FIGHT CARD
Middleweight Title Bout (Main
Event): Israel Adesanya
(Champion) vs No.2 Jared
Cannonier.
Featherweight Title Bout:
Alexander Volkanovski
(Champion) vs No.1 Max
Holloway.
Middleweight Bout: No.4 Sean
Strickland vs Alex Pereira.
Welterweight Bout: Robbie
Lawyer vs Bryan Barberena
Bantamweight Bout: Pedro
Munhoz vs Sean O’Malley.
made 20 as India were 174
for five at tea.
Shreyas Iyer (15) lived
dangerously before being
caught down the leg-side
off James Anderson’s
(3/52) bowling.
Rain delayed the start of
the second session by an
hour and England were all
over India soon after play
resumed, reducing the vis-
itors to 98 for five.
While James Anderson
did the damaged in the
morning, Matthew Potts
got the prized wicket of an
out of form Virat Kohli
(11) and a shaky Hanuma
Vihari (20) post lunch to
put England on top.
Vihari was the first to go
after Potts trapped him in
front of the stumps with a
full ball that darted back
sharply. In his following
over, Potts sent back Kohli,
who dragged one on to his
stumps in his half-hearted
attempt to leave the ball.
Shreyas Iyer (15 off 11),
playing his first Test out-
side India, started on an
aggressive note by collect-
ing three fours off Potts.
However, Anderson and
the support staff had done
their homework on Iyer,
who has had issues
against the short ball.
The 39-year-old pacer
angled one around the rib
over the Indian ace, lead-
ing 16-5 on head-to-head
record. Sindhu has now
lost six matches on the
trot against Tai Tzu.
Indian challenge ended
in the Super 750 event as
HS Prannoy also made a
quarterfinal exit, losing
to seventh seeded Jonatan
Christie of Indonesia 18-
21, 16-21 in 44-minute
men’s singles match.
Sindhu, playing against
drift, made a slow start
and trailed 2-5 in the
opening game. But she
soon got her act together
and pocketed 11 points on
the trot to go into the
break leading 11-7.
The Chinese Taipei
shuttler tried to make
comeback into the contest
by playing long rallies but
WORLD | ATHLETICS
Neeraj confident
Rishabh Pant plays a reverse-scoop on the first day of the fifth Test against England at Edgbaston. — AP
of breaching 90m
Stockholm, July 1:
Olympic champion
javelin thrower Neeraj
India (1st innings): Shubman Gill c
Crawley b Anderson 17, Cheteshwar
SCORECARD FoW: 1-27, 2-46, 3-64, 4-71, 5-98, 6-
320, 7-323. Chopra is confident of
early exchanges to lead
11-3 at the break.
Tai Tzu continued in the
same vein after the
change of ends and
extended her lead to 14-3
before Sindhu relied on
her powerful smashes to
reduce the deficit to 17-15.
Tai Tzu, however,
regrouped quickly and
pocketed the next four
points to draw level in the
contest.
It was a close contest in
the decider as both the
shuttlers fought tooth and
nail till 12 points before
Tai Tzu put Sindhu under
pressure with a mix of
drop shots and smashes
to clinch the third game
and keep her title defence
hopes alive.
— PTI

Logan signs new

cage area that induced a
faint edge on way to Sam
Billings, who took a bril-
WWE contract
liant one handed catch div-
ing full-stretched to his
Orlando, USA: Logan Paul is left. — PTI
officially back after signing a
WWE contract earlier this week.
The YouTube megastar took to
social media to break the news
and share photos of his visit to
WWE Headquarters. Paul didn’t
waste the opportunity to also
deliver a message to The Miz
Djokovic eases through to Last 16
following their run-in at London, July 1: Novak
WrestleMania. Paul teamed with Djokovic comfortably
The A-Lister at The Showcase of reached the Last 16 at
the Immortals only to have The Wimbledon on Friday
Miz drop him with a Skull- while Maria Sakkari
Crushing Finale following a win became the sixth top-10
over The Mysterios. women’s seed to crash out
After speculation they might in the first week.
once again team up, Paul made Three-time defending
it clear he’s out for payback at champion Djokovic demol-
SummerSlam. ished Serbian compatriot
Miomir Kecmanovic 6-0, 6-
3, 6-4 to stay on course to
Live on TV pull level with Pete
Sampras as a seven-time
TENNIS champion, one behind
Wimbledon: Third Round matches Roger Federer’s men’s
from 3.30 pm on Star Sports 1, record.
Select 1
Friday’s win was the
330th of Djokovic’s Grand
HOCKEY
Slam career.
Women’s World Cup: New Zealand “So far, so good,” said the
vs China from 5.30 pm; Germany vs 35-year-old top seed after
Chile from 8 pm; Argentina vs Korea
from 9.30 pm; Netherlands vs Ireland beating a player who
from 11 pm on Star Sports First described him as his
“idol”.
UFC “I expect high standards
Fight Night: Israel Adesanya vs Jared from myself. You always
Cannonier and other bouts from want to raise the level and
7.30 am (Sunday) on Sony Ten 2 things are shaping up
well,” he added.
Pujara c Crawley b Anderson 13, Bowling: James Anderson 19-4-52-3, breaching the elusive 90m
Hanuma Vihari lbw b Potts 20, Virat Jadeja batting 83, Shardul Thakur c Stuart Broad 15-2-53-0, Matthew barrier this year but he is
not thinking about the
Kohli b Potts 11, Rishabh Pant c Billings b Stokes 1, Mohammed Shami Potts 17-1-85-2, Jack Leach 9-0-71-0,
Crawley b Root 146, Shreyas Iyer c batting 0. Extras (b-4, lb-16, nb-12) 32. Ben Stokes 10-0-34-1, Joe Root 3-0- coveted mark going into
Billings b Anderson 15, Ravindra Total (for 7 wkts in 73 overs) 338. 23-1. the upcoming World
Championships as he
feels that would lead to
extra pressure.
The 24-year-old is within
his Grand Slam debut. off Ukraine’s Lesia
touching distance of the
the coveted 90m mark,
considered the gold stan-
dard in the world of
javelin throw.
In his three outings this
Neeraj Chopra
THE RESULTS WOMEN SEEDS
Tsurenko in three sets. season, Chopra has Anderson Peters, who
Also exiting Friday was improved his personal had a best throw of
Men’s singles second round: Jack Sock (USA) bt Maxime Cressy TUMBLE OUT 90.31m in his third
2018 champion Angelique best twice — he recorded
(USA) 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7/1); Jason Kubler (AUS) bt Dennis Greek fifth seed Sakkari Kerber, with the German a 89.30m throw last month attempt.
Novak (AUT) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4; Third round: Novak Djokovic (SRB
x1) bt Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB x25) 6-0, 6-3, 6-4; Tim van lost 6-3, 7-5 to German 15th seed beaten 6-4, 7-5 by at the Paavo Nurmi “When Anderson Peters
Rijthoven (NED) bt Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO x22) 6-4, 6-3, 6-4; world number 103 Tatjana Elise Mertens. Games before sending his crossed 90 metres, I too
David Goffin (BEL) bt Ugo Humbert (FRA) 4-6, 7-5, 6-2, 7-5; Maria, who only returned John Isner set a new spear to 89.94m, just 6cm felt that I had to do it. I
Frances Tiafoe (USA x23) bt Alexander Bublik (KAZ) 3-6, 7-6 to the tour last year after record for serving aces in shy of 90m, at the had that in mind that
(7/1), 7-6 (7/3), 6-4; Tommy Paul (USA x30) bt Jiri Vesely (CZE) maternity leave. his third-round clash Diamond League Meet everything should be per-
6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Maria, in the fourth against Jannik Sinner. here on Thursday. fect, the javelin should go
Women’s singles third round: Marie Bouzkova (CZE) bt Alison round of a Slam for the The 37-year-old American “Today, I feel good and in one line and the tech-
Riske-Amritraj (USA x28) 6-2, 6-3; Elise Mertens (BEL x24) bt first time, will face former started his match against after the first throw, I nique should be perfect.
Angelique Kerber (GER x15) 6-4, 7-5; Ons Jabeur (TUN x3) bt
Diane Parry (FRA) 6-2, 6-3; Tatjana Maria (GER) bt Maria
French Open champion
Jelena Ostapenko for a
the 10th seed four aces
behind Croatia’s Ivo
thought I could throw
even over 90m today. But
When everything is per-
fect then only you can
Sakkari (GRE x5) 6-3, 7-5; Jelena Ostapenko (LAT x12) bt Irina- place in the quarter-finals. Karlovic, who has served it is OK as I have more throw such long dis-
Camelia Begu (ROM) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1; Heather Watson (GBR) bt
Kaja Juvan (SLO) 7-6 (8/6), 6-2; Jule Niemeier (GER) bt Lesia
“It feels amazing, first 13,728. Isner broke the competitions coming this tance,” the Indian said.
time in the last 16, so that’s record in the third game year,” Chopra said after “There was competition
Tsurenko (UKR) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
amazing. To win against with his fifth ace. his second place finish. but I am happy that my all
Sakkari today, it’s pretty Isner, who stands six feet Chopra’s opening throw throws were quite good. I
Waiting in the fourth prowess on grass by win- awesome,” said mother-of- 10 inches (208 centimetres) of 89.94m bagged him his am happy with the per-
round is Dutch wild card ning the ‘s-Hertogenbosch two Maria. tall, is also in the record first podium finish at the formance. I am playing
Tim van Rijthoven. title last month, defeating Ostapenko took her win- books for taking part in Diamond League. after a long time and will
Playing in his debut world number one Daniil ners count to 102 over the longest match in histo- “I am close to 90m now look to give my best in the
Grand Slam main draw, Medvedev in the final. three rounds by defeating ry in 2010, against Nicolas and I can throw it this next competition.”
the world number 104 “Before the tournament Irina-Camelia Begu of Mahut. A plaque was year. Despite the fact that Chopra will next com-
defeated 22nd seed Nikoloz started, it was a dream for Romania 3-6, 6-1, 6-1. unveiled outside Court 18 I did not win tonight, I pete at the World
Basilashvili of Georgia, 6- me to play Djokovic,” said Germany’s Jule at Wimbledon to commem- feel very good because I Championships to be held
4, 6-3, 6-4. Van Rijthoven, only the Niemeier followed up her orate that contest, which did my best.” in Eugene, USA from July
The 25-year-old Van seventh man since 2000 to win over second seed lasted 11 hours and five Chopra finished second 15 to 24.
Rijthoven proved his reach the Round of 16 on Anette Kontaveit by seeing minutes. — AFP behind Grenada’s — PTI

HFI chief eyes handball high Expansion plans are on

Hyderabad, July 1: The
successful conduct of the
Asian Handball Men’s Club
League Championship
which concluded on
Thursday has put a spring
in the step of Handball
Federation of India (HFI)
president Arisanapally
Jagan Mohan Rao, who is
now looking to bring bigger
tournaments to Hyderabad.
An Asian Championship
involving countries is on
his mind. “We are buoyed
by the Asian club champi-
onship which was a huge
hit. Another continental
tourney, this time with
national teams, will be a big
boost to the game here,” he
said.
“I am confident that the
game will gain popularity,
courtesy the talented play-
ers that are coming up the
ranks. We have to produce
more. The first steps in this
direction will be taken
through the Premier
Handball League, which
will be conducted in two or
three months,” he said.
An academy for handball
that is being planned in
We are working on
establishing an international
level academy with the best
facilities like hostel, gym,
swimming pool, sports
science and rehabilitation
centres — it will make
Hyderabad a hub for
handball in the future.
— A. JAGAN MOHAN RAO
Handball Federation of
India president
Hyderabad, will provide the part one. Second is the cre-
impetus. “We are working ation of a skilled and well-
on establishing an interna- trained coaching system.
tional level handball acade- Next month, we will con-
my in Hyderabad with the duct online and offline
help of International training programs with
Handball Association, international handball
Asian Handball Association experts regarding the
and the State Government. same,” the HFI chief said.
Equipped with best facili- Hyderabad already has
ties like hostel, gym, swim- had a headstart. “After I
ming pool, sports science assumed responsibility as
centre, rehabilitation centre the president of HFI, we
et al, it will make organised two national and
Hyderabad a hub for hand- one international level tour-
ball in the future. In addi- naments in the city with the
tion to this, we will set up cooperation of Central and
some feeder centers in the State sports departments.
main cities of the country. This gave Hyderabad a
Setting up infrastructure is brand image,” he said.
the anvil though. “In future,
we will branch out to second
tier cities of Telangana like
Karimnagar, Warangal and
Siddipet. They will be devel-
oped as venues for national
level competitions,” Jagan
said.
Jagan said the Handball
Federation of India is deter-
mined to take the game to
greater heights and that
there is a dedicated team
working towards it. “I may
appear alone on the plat-
form as president of HFI,
but a huge system is work-
ing behind me. The results
are there for everyone to see
— our teams have achieved
excellent results at the
international level includ-
ing the recent Asian
Women’s Junior
Championship. We organ-
ised a special handball
camp in Himachal Pradesh
and provided the best train-
ing to the girls. At present
around 190 girls are being
trained there, by veteran
handball player Sachin,”
Jagan said as he hoped for a
bigger push for handball.
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Captain Rohit available from first T20 in England
Birmingham, July 1: Skipper Rohit
Sharma, who has been ruled out of the
rescheduled Test match against
England after testing positive for
Covid-19, will be available to lead the
side in the white-ball series as he was
named in squads for T20Is and ODIs by
the BCCI on Thursday. The three-
match T20 series will begin on July 7 in
Southampton. Five players, including
Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit
Bumrah and Shreyas Iyer will join the
team from the second game in
Edgbaston on July 9. — PTI
pg 10
India’s squad for 1st T20I: Rohit Sharma (cap-
tain), Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaekwad, Sanju
Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda,
Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper),
Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra
Chahal, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar
Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep
Singh, Umran Malik.