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ASTROGUIDE
Vishwavasu; Dakshinayana
Tithi: Bhadrapada Bahula Tadiya
Parliament vandalised; top leaders, houses attacked

Nepal PM Oli resigns, against fiat

on quota
Radhakrishnan is
elected next V-P
till 3.37 pm
Star: Revathi till 4.02 pm
SONU

seen leaving in copter

Varjyam: Sesha Varjyam till SHRIVASTAVA I DC
6.31 am
MUMBAI, SEPT. 9
Durmuhurtham: 11.49 am to
12.37 pm
Rahukalam: 12 noon to
Maharashtra Cabinet
minister Chhagan Bhu-
NDA candidate wins more votes than estimate
1.30 pm
DC CORRESPONDENT jbal on Tuesday submit- AMRESH
HIJRI CALENDAR with agency inputs ted an eight-page letter to SRIVASTAVA I DC NUMBER GAME
Rabi ul Awwal 17,1447 H NEW DELHI, KATHMANDU, Chief Minister Devendra With agency inputs
PRAYERS SEPT. 9 Fadnavis, demanding the NEW DELHI, SEPT. 9 Election for the 15th
Fajar: 4.42 am withdrawal of a govern- Vice President of India
Zohar: 12.11 pm The Nepal government ment resolution (GR) dat- NDA candidate and saw the NDA candidate
Asar: 3.25 pm collapsed on Tuesday as ed September 2, 2025, rel- Maharashtra Governor get more votes than
Maghrib: 6.16 pm Prime Minister K.P. Shar- ating to the Hyderabad C.P. Radhakrishnan was estimated.
Isha: 8.00 pm ma Oli resigned following Gazette. The resolution elected as the 15th Vice-
SUNRISE TOMORROW 05.55 AM
massive anti-government is seen as a step toward President of India on NDA Nominee:
protests, including the granting Kunbi caste cer- Tuesday after defeating C.P. Radhakrishnan
SUNSET TODAY 18.13 PM Parliament building being tificates to Maratha com- the Opposition’s candi-
MOONRISE 08.06 AM
MOONSET 09.09 PM
vandalised and ‘Gen Z’
protesters besieging his
office, after they had start-
munity, sparking con-
cern among leaders from
the (OBC). Bhujbal, who
date Justice B. Sudershan
Reddy (retd) by 152 votes.
Radhakrishnan bagged
452
I.N.D.I.A. Nominee:
ed over a ban on social has been vocal about his 452 of the total 767 votes,
COUNTER POINT media platforms, corrup- opposition to the move, against Justice Reddy's Justice Sudershan Reddy,

300
tion among ministers and Protesters celebrate standing atop Singha Durbar, the attended the Cabinet me- 300, winning the contest
other issues. Monday’s seat of Nepal government’s various ministries after it eting chaired by Fadn- with a bigger than expect- Prime Minister Narendra
protests had left 19 people was set on fire in Kathmandu on Tuesday. — PTI avis at Mantralaya. His ed margin, indicating Modi congratulates
dead and over 200 injured letter criticises the GR, cross-voting from the rival Maharashtra Governor and
in police firing. While the Balkot, and attacked the alleging it was issued “in camp. Total strength: 788
social media ban was
revoked late on Monday
properties of President
Ramchandra Paudel, for-
AI, Indigo haste” under pressure
from “one powerful com-
Announcing the result of
the election, Rajya Sabha
Vice-President-elect C.P.
Radhakrishnan during a
meeting at Union minister
● RS: 6 vacant

● LS 1 vacant
night, it was too late.
The resignation came as
violent protests against
mer PM Pushpa Kamal
Dahal “Prachanda”, com-
munications minister
cancel some munity” without due
Cabinet approval.
Secretary-General
returning officer P.C.
Mody said 767 MPs had
and Pralhad Joshi’s residence, in
New Delhi on Tuesday. — PTI
TOTAL VOTERS 781
rampant corruption roc-
ked the Himalayan nation
on Tuesday as well, with
Prithvi Subba Gurung,
former home minister
Ramesh Lekhak and for-
Nepal flights ■ Page 5: Bhujbal
demands withdrawal
cast their votes out of the
total valid electors of 781, a
turnout of 98.2 per cent. He
EXPECTED
NDA 425
VOTES CAST
Halfway mark 391
767

mobs targeting the private mer PM Sher Bahadur New Delhi, Kathmandu, said 752 ballots were valid
residences of top minis-
ters, attacked political pa-
Deuba. The demonstrators
held anti-government ma-
Sept. 9: Air India and
IndiGo are among the air-
State local and 15 were invalid, bring-
ing down the required
I.N.D.I.A.
Oth. 32
324 Invalid 15
1 MP declined to cast vote
rty offices and vandalised
Parliament, trying to burn
down the building.
rches. In New Delhi, the
Indian government said it
was “closely monitoring
lines that cancelled their
flights connecting Kathm-
andu on Tuesday as the
body polls majority of first-prefer-
ence votes to 377.
"I declare Mr Radha- ruling alliance's numeri- Supreme Court judge, was
Soon after he resigned,
video images started circ-
the developments in Ne-
pal” after several deaths
airport in Nepal's capital
has been temporarily clo-
in Jan. 2026 krishnan elected to the
post of Vice-President of
cal edge, the extent of his
victory margin is a set-
300, decidedly less than
expected by the Oppo-
IN BRIEF ulating showing Oli being were reported in police fir- sed amid anti-government DC CORRESPONDENT India and the results will back to the Opposition. sition camp, as some MPs
evacuated from the PM’s ing on Monday. India on protests in the neighbour- VIJAYAWADA, SEPT. 9 be communicated to the Hours before the result, unaligned to the two blocs
Avalanche claims residence in a helicopter,
reportedly with the Arm-
Tuesday said it was
“deeply saddened by the
ing nation. Nepal Airlines
also cancelled its flight State election commis-
Election
Mody said.
Commission," senior Congress leader
and Rajya Sabha MP
had also announced their
support for him.
three soldiers y’s help.
Hours before Oli’s resig-
loss of many young lives”. from Delhi to Kathmandu
on Tuesday. —PTI
sioner Nilam Sawhney
has announced here on
Though the victory of
Radhakrishnan, 67, a sea-
Jairam Ramesh
claimed that the Oppo-
had The BJP leaders were
quick to claim that at least
Srinagar: A devastating nation, the protesters set ■ Page 5: Flights halted Tuesday that local body soned leader with an RSS sition had stood united. 15 Opposition MPs voted
avalanche reportedly hit the on fire his private house at between India and Nepal ■ More reports on Page 5 polls would be held in background and decades- "All of its 315 MPs have in favour of Radha-
12,000-feet high Siachen four phases in January -- long stint first in the Jana turned up for voting," he krishnan.
Glacier base camp in east-
ern Ladakh, claiming the
PAGE 6 | GEN Z WANTS RAPPER, MAYOR BALEN AS NEPAL PM three months earlier
than the expected time.
Sangh and then the BJP in
Tamil Nadu, was a fore-
said.
The final tally in favour ■ Page 5: Flights halted
lives of three Indian Army The commissioner said gone conclusion due to the of Justice Reddy, a retired between India and Nepal
soldiers. The victims were that a decision on usage
identified as Sepoy M.
Kumar, Agniveer D. Rakesh,
and Agniveer Neeraj Kumar AP posts 10.5% growth in of EVMs in the polls
would be taken in consul-
tation with the govern-
AP inks deal with IMD predicts
Choudhary. The reports said ment. The election com-
heavy rain for
that the incident occurred
on Sunday with confirma-
tion reported on Tuesday. Q1, beats national average mission seems to be get-
ting ready to conduct the
polls three months in
advance and is learnt to Vietnam to boost next 4 days
Gold prices MD ILYAS | DC
NEXT LEAP have written letters to DC CORRESPONDENT
10.70%
Buddhist tourism
VIJAYAWADA, SEPT. 9 SERVICES: the commissioners of VISAKHAPATNAM, SEPT 9
cross C1.12 L Chief Minister N.
INDUSTRIES:
TOURISM
panchayat raj and mu-
nicipal administration to Heavy rainfall at isolated
Chennai: The gold price Chandrababu Naidu has 11.91% 17.08%
make suitable arrange- places across coastal AP
crossed C1.12 lakh per 10 gm said Andhra Pradesh’s
● MINING & QUARRYING:
ments after ascertaining LAXMI PRANATHI | DC ● THE MOU is part of and thunderstorms acc-
in the Delhi spot market as economy registered a dou- the rules and relaxation VISAKHAPATNAM, SEPT. 9 AP’s strategic initiative ompanied by lightning in
43.54% (C10,686 cr) ● TOURISTS increased to
the international price hit a ble-digit growth in the to conduct polls three to tap Buddhist parts of the coastal AP
● MANUFACTURING: 8.07 crore from 6.89
new record of $3,658 per first quarter of the 2025-26 months before comple- The government of tourism market in and Rayalaseema have
9.93% (C40,515 cr) crore earlier
ounce on Tuesday, spurred fiscal, surpassing the nati- tion of the civic bodies’ Andhra Pradesh has been predicted for the
onal average, but must ● AIR PASSENGERS also five-year term. signed a memorandum of Southeast Asia, which next four days, until
by weak US economic data. ● CONSTRUCTION:
Gold is expected to move aim for better growth. 9.57% (C31,550 cr) increased to 15.85 lakh The tenure of corpora- understanding (MoU) includes approximately September 13.
up to C1.15 lakh by Diwali. With this end in view, from 13.09 lakh tors and councillors of with the Vietnam Travel 240 million Buddhist An IMD Amaravati
In the Delhi spot market Naidu urged officials to AGRICULTURE: ● REAL ESTATE & municipal corporations, Association, to promote followers across report on Tuesday said
gold was sold at C1,12,800 unlock untapped potential municipalities and nagar development of tourism ASEAN countries. an upper air circulation
per 10 gm while it was in the underperforming 9.60% professional
services: 11.70% panchayats are to be as well as attracting over south Odisha and
recorded at C1,09,500 in the sectors. ● Fisheries & aquaculture: (34,324 cr) over by March, and the Buddhist tourists from Special chief secretary north coastal AP persist-
Multi Commodity Exchange. The Chief Minsiter said 14.52% (C32,110 cr) tenure of sarpanches are ASEAN countries to the Ajay Jain emphasised the ed while a trough runs
AP’s growth rate (GSDP) ● OVERALL SERVICES: also to be over by April. state’s renowned Budd- strong bilateral relation- from south interior Karn-
● MEAT PRODUCTION:
Amravati, Indore, witnessed an upward
trend, registering 10.50 per
8% (3.41 lakh MT)
17.92% (25,702 cr) As per schedule, revi-
sion of wards and reser-
hist and tribal circuits.
The agreement was for-
ship between Vietnam
and India. He noted that
ataka to Gulf of Mannar
across Tamil Nadu.
Dewas top NCAP cent in the first quarter of
2025-26 fiscal; higher than
● EGG PRODUCTION: 67,450
lakh (from 62,157 lakh)
vations are to be com-
pleted by October 15, the
malised at the Collector-
ate in Visakhapatnam,
tourism minister Durg-
esh had recently visited
These are driving the
intense weather system,
New Delhi: Indore, Amravati the national average of 8.8 ● LIVESTOCK: 6.65% preparation and publish- with Vietnam Travel As- Vietnam, and specifically affecting the state.
and Dewas on Tuesday per cent. Expressing hap- ing of ward-wise elec- sociation chairman Cao requested Vietnamese pa- The AP disaster man-
emerged as top performers piness over the double- National Andhra toral rolls would be from Tri Dung representing rtners to consider extend- agement authority sound-
in curbing air pollution Q1 2025–26
digit growth, Naidu said
GSDP average Pradesh October 16 to November the Vietnamese delega- ing Buddhist pilgrimage ed an yellow alert for
under the National Clean efforts should be made to 15, appointment of elec- tion. The signing ceremo- trips from Bodh Gaya to nine districts. They are
Air Programme (NCAP).
Indore ranked first among
achieve a 17.1 per cent GROWTH 8.8% 10.50% tion officers from Nove- ny was attended by senior include AP’s Buddhist Vizianagaram, Visakhap-
growth rate this financial mber 1 to 15, setting up government officials, circuit destinations. atnam, ASR, Anakapalli,
cities with more than 10
lakh population. In the 3-10 year. polling centres and arra- including Ajay Jain, spe- Vietnam Travel Asso- Kakinada, East Godavari,
lakh population category, The Chief Minister in per cent growth rate. Offi- Minister that the indus- nging EVMs from Nov- cial chief secretary for ciation chairman Cao Tri Konaseema, Krishna and
Amravati (Maharashtra) the review meeting held cials should focus on gro- tries sector registered the ember 16 to 30, finalisa- tourism and culture, gov- Dung requested govern- Guntur. During the 24
stood first. Among smaller on Tuesday opined that wth in sectors like trans- highest growth rate of tion of reservations by ernment of Andhra Prad- ment support in organis- hours ending at 8.30 am
cities with less than 3 lakh, with a long coastline and port, insurance and real 11.91 per cent, the Service December 15 and conduct esh, Harendhira Prasad, ing familiarization tours on Tuesday, Pathapat-
Dewas (Madhya Pradesh) abundant natural resourc- estate. sector 10.70 per cent and of meetings with politi- district collector of Visak- (FAMs) to help nam in Srikakulam dis-
bagged the top rank. es, there existed a vast Planning officials the agricultural sector 9.60 cal parties in the last hapatnam and A. Sriniv- Vietnamese travel agents trict recorded the highest
scope for achieving a 25 informed the Chief per cent. week of December. as, deputy CEO of APTA. in understanding and rainfall of 7 cm.

Dealers told to put new NATURE’S | FURY PM surveys of flood-affected areas; kin of dead, injured to get C2L, C50K each

MRP on unsold stock

DC CORRESPONDENT
with agency inputs
and that the old MRP must
remain visible.
Modi okays C1.5K-cr to HP, C1.6K-cr to Punjab
DC CORRESPONDENT Prime Minister met fami- in the morning, Modi left affected areas. The finan- announced financial assis-
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 9 The government has also NEW DELHI, SEPT. 9 lies who were affected by
● The Prime Minister’s for Himachal Pradesh. He cial assistance of `1,500 tance of `1,600 crore for
mandated that manufactur- the calamity and expressed Office detailed measures first conducted an aerial crore will be the advance Punjab in addition to the
The government on Tuesday ers, packers or importers Prime Minister Narendra his condolences and to the under which additional survey of flood-affected release of the second instal- `12,000 crores already in
directed manufacturers and make at least two advertise- Modi on Tuesday anno- family members of those assistance will be provid- areas of the hill state and ment of SDRF and PM the state’s kitty. There will
importers to declare revised ments in one or more news- unced financial assistance who have lost their lives. ed to Punjab and reviewed the relief and Kisan Samman Nidhi. be an advance release of
maximum retail price (MRP) papers regarding the price of `1,500 crore for flood- He stated that the Centre Himachal Pradesh. rehabilitation measures The Prime Minister visit- the second instalment of
on unsold stock to reflect revision. “This measure ens- affected Himachal Pradesh would work closely with undertaken, as well as ed Punjab and conducted SDRF and PM Kisan
● He first conducted an
changes in GST rates, with ures transparency and pro- and `1,600 crore for Punjab the two state governments assessed the damage from an aerial survey of the Samman Nidhi.
the deadline set for Dece- tects consumer interests,” as immediate relief after and extend all possible aerial survey of flood- the flood and landslide sit- flood-affected areas and The Prime Minister
mber 31 or until stocks are Joshi added. They must also reviewing the situation assistance. affected areas of the hill uation. held a review meeting in asked for a multi-dimen-
exhausted, whichever is ear- inform dealers and state and and damage caused by the The Prime Minister stat- state and reviewed the In the meeting with Chief Gurdaspur with officials sional view to be taken to
lier. Central officials about the rain in the two states. Modi ed that all assistance under relief measures. Minister Sukhvinder Sin- and elected representa- get the region and people
Union minister Pralhad change in prices of such also announced an ex-gra- disaster management rules gh Sukhu, Governor Shiv tives. back on their feet in the
Joshi on Tuesday said that packages. The government tia of `2 lakh to the next of was being made, including Pratap Shukla, BJP lead- He reviewed the relief two states.
the revised prices must has clarified that packaging kin of the deceased and advance disbursements to ers, affected families and and rehabilitation mea- The Prime Minister’s
reflect GST changes. In a material that could not be `50,000 to the seriously the states. He appreciated ed organisations for mak- people engaged in rescue sures undertaken as well Office later detailed mea-
post on his X handle, Joshi exhausted prior to the GST injured in the floods and the efforts of the personnel ing efforts in immediate services in Kangra, Modi as assessed the damage sures under which addi-
said that the new MRP revision be used for packing natural calamity in both of NDRF, SDRF, the Army, relief and response. assured them all help for that has occurred in tional assistance will be
should be shown with a until December 31 or until the states. the state administration After casting his vote in restoration and rebuilding Punjab. provided to Punjab and
sticker, stamp or online print such stock is exhausted. During his visit, the and other service-orientat- the Vice-President election of infrastructure in the The Prime Minister Himachal Pradesh.
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SHORT
SC ADJOURNS
VIVEKA MURDER
TAKES
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CASE TO SEPT. 16
DC CORRESPONDENT
ANANTAPUR, SEPT.9
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The Supreme Court Bench Oral cancer tops cases, with breast cancer next in prevalence
comprising Justice M.M.
Sundresh on Tuesday
adjourned the hearing in the
AVINASH P.
SUBRAMANYAM | DC MED CAMPS
murder case of former MP
Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy after
TIRUPATI, SEPT. 9 ON WHEELS
the CBI sought additional
time to file an affidavit.
Mobile cancer screening
camps conducted in
1,969 cancer cases
detected in Tirupati
In the previous hearing, the Tirupati district under the
apex court had directed the supervision of Sri district over 19
CBI to clarify whether further Venkateswara Institute of months through
investigation was required Medical Sciences (SVIMS) SVIMS-led mobile
into the conspiracy angle of have detected 1,969 cancer screening camps.
the case. While the agency cases over the past 19
maintained that the probe was months.
Oral: 984 cases
complete, Vivekananda Red- Oral cancer emerged as Cervical: 572 cases
dy’s daughter, Dr N. Sunitha, the most prevalent, fol- Woman staff conducts cancer screening for a resident during a mobile
pressed for a thorough investi- lowed by breast and cervi- Breast: 413 cases camp in Tirupati district. —BY ARRANGEMENT Education minister Nara Lokesh meets Jal Shakti minister C.R. Patil in New Delhi on
gation and cancellation of cal cancers. Tuesday and briefs him on the development and welfare programmes being imple-
SCREENING MOBILE UNITS mented in AP. He greeted the Union minister for his repeated electoral victories from
bail to the accused. The camps are part of
The case, listed for Tuesday, the Comprehensive
COVERAGE ● THE MOBILE screening initiative, part of Andhra the Navsari Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat. —BY ARRANGEMENT
was deferred after Additional Cancer Care Project 2 Pink Buses Pradesh Comprehensive Cancer Care Project, was
Solicitor General S.V. Raju, (APCCC) launched on deployed (cost: C3 flagged off on World Cancer Day, February 4, 2024, with
representing the CBI, request-
ed more time, stating that the
affidavit was still under pre-
paration. Granting the plea,
February 4 last year to
address the gap in early
detection of the disease.
This, after the national
crore each)
Staff strength: 13
members per bus
two specially equipped Pink
buses.
● STATE
Security cover scaled up for
the court adjourned the mat-
ter to September 16.

TG MLA PRAISES
family health survey
found that only one per
cent of India’s population
had undergone screening
(all women)
CAMPS HELD:
2 per day per bus
GOVERNMENT
to expand screening
programme across
Andhra Pradesh;
Super Six Super Hit meeting
for cancer. NAGABHUSHANAM
4.46 lakh people
NAIDU FOR RAPID For this project, Tirupati
acted as the pilot district, surveyed
International Centre
for Advanced
HOSKOTE | DC
ANANTAPUR, SEPT.9
PROGRESS IN AP with SVIMS as the nodal
centre.
28,393 tests
conducted in
Cancer Research
coming up at Elaborate arrangements
DC CORRESPONDENT As part of the initiative, SVIMS campus. have been made for the
TIRUPATI, SEPT. 9 two specially equipped
mobile camps first public outreach pro-
Pink Buses were deployed gramme of the TD-led
Former Telangana minister -- one donated jointly by CANCER TESTS usually cost C5,000–C10,000 in private hospitals, but here they alliance government,
and Medchal MLA Ch. Malla the Ambuja Group and are free and conducted at people’s doorsteps. Participants register with titled Super Six Super Hit
Reddy on Tuesday lauded An- Rotary Club, and the other Aadhaar, receive a Unique Health ID, and undergo basic checks. Suspected cases on the grounds of
dhra Pradesh Chief Minister by the Vemireddy are referred to SVIMS, with bus staff ensuring follow-up. Srinagar Colony here on
Nara Chandrababu Naidu for Prabhakar Reddy — SVIMS official said. Wednesday.
AP’s rapid development. Foundation. Each vehicle, Almost all MLAs, MPs, Officials inspect arrangements for TD-led alliance gov-
Speaking to media after vis- costing about `3 crore, is corporation chairpersons ernment meeting titled ‘Super Six Super Hit’ to be held
iting the Sri Venkateswara staffed by 13 personnel. months, 4.46 lakh people not to ignore persistent With the Tirupati pilot and directors from across at the grounds of Srinagar Colony on Wednesday.
Temple in Tirumala, Malla They include a medical were surveyed for symp- mouth ulcers, loose teeth project showing results, the state – linked to the
Reddy said the AP CM has put
Andhra Pradesh on the fast
officer, radiologist, mam-
mography technician,
toms, of whom 28,393
underwent diagnostic
or colour changes, stress-
ing that early detection
the state government
plans to expand the
TD, BJP and Jana Sena—
would take part in the pro- ATCHANNAIDU SLAMS YSRC FOR
NEGLECTING FARMERS, HNSS PROJ.
track of progress, with signif- nurses and support staff. tests. allows simpler treatment mobile cancer screening gramme.
icant funds allocated by Prime Screenings inside the The screenings con- and better outcomes. programme across Helipads were set up
Minister Narendra Modi for buses are conducted firmed 984 oral cancers, Oncologists note that Andhra Pradesh. To fur- about three km away from
development projects in AP. entirely by women staff. 413 breast cancers and 572 stigma, fear and poor eco- ther strengthen cancer the public meeting venue. DC CORRESPONDENT supporting farmers by pr-
He contrasted Andhra Prad- According to officials, cervical cancers. nomic conditions still pre- treatment and ensure that Most of the ministers and ANANTAPUR, SEPT. 9 oviding urea, seeds, insu-
esh and Telangana, noting each Pink Bus holds two Dr H Narendra, head of vent many from undergo- patients do not need to protocol leaders arrived rance and minimum sup-
that under K. Chandrasekhar camps daily. These are surgical oncology at ing screening. They urged travel outside the state, an here on Tuesday. Agriculture minister Atc- port prices in advance, so
Rao and Bharat Rashtra offering oral examina- SVIMS, attributed the people to make use of the International Centre for DGP Harish Gupta is hannaidu lashed out at that they don’t face hard-
Samithi, Telangana experi- tions, mammograms for high incidence of oral free camps, consult doc- Advanced Cancer overseeing the security YSRC for trying to mis- ships.
enced unprecedented growth women above 40, and Pap cancer to tobacco chew- tors if results are abnor- Research is being devel- arrangements. Additional lead farmers even after He said this year, crops
over the past decade. He main- smears for women above ing, alcohol use and smok- mal, and continue treat- oped by TTD on the forces including inspec- destroying the Annama- have been sown over an
tained that K.T. Rama Rao 35. Over the last 19 ing. He cautioned people ment. SVIMS campus. tors and sub inspectors yya dam and badly neg- additional 81,000 extra
brought multinational compa- from Krisha and Vizag lecting the Handri Neeva hectares. Farmers over-
nies to Hyderabad, boosting areas in addition to the Sujala Shravanthi project purchased fertilisers fear-
the city’s economy.
The MLA underlined that GOV., CM, DCM YSRC COLLECTED Rayalaseema region have
been deputed for the ban-
of Rayalaseema.
Addressing media on
ing shortage after the
union government requ-
currently, the real estate sec-
tor in Telangana is currently GREET VP-ELECT TAX, LEFT 85 L MT dobast. Deployment of hu-
ge forces drawn from acr-
Tuesday, the minister,
who is in Anantapur to
ested farmers to reduce
urea usage. Further, a

RADHAKRISHNAN WASTE: NARAYANA

facing challenges. “Earlier, oss the state is evident he- review the arrangements month-long dry spell and
people used to sell properties re, following the arrival of for the mega Super Six sudden heavy rains there-
in Andhra Pradesh and move several prominent party Super Hit programme, ac- after have raised the fer-
to Hyderabad. But now, the DC CORRESPONDENT DC CORRESPONDENT leaders and ministers. cused Jagan of cheating tiliser demand, creating a
trend has reversed. Telangana VIJAYAWADA, SEPT. 9 KURNOOL, SEPT. 9 Kalyandurg MLA farmers in the name of temporary supply stress,
residents are investing in Surendrababu led the dais free crop insurance. “He he explained.
properties and businesses in Governor Justice S. Minister P. Narayana arrangements at did not purchase a single The minister pointed
Andhra Pradesh,” he stated. Abdul Nazeer, Chief has targeted the previ- Indraprastha open lands kilo of horticultural pro- out that for Kharif, 6.22
Minister N. ous YSRC government, in Srinagar Colony closer duce despite announcing lakh MT of urea is
YSRC PROTESTS IN Chandrababu Naidu,
Deputy Chief Minister
saying it collected
garbage tax from people
to NH 44 road. He said the
venue would accommo-
support prices,” Atcha-
nnaidu maintained.
required, whereas 6.75
lakh MT has already been
GODAVARI DISTS Pawan Kalyan, YSR
Congress president Y.S. Vydic Committee members and priests bless Chief
but failed to clear the
mounting garbage
date more than 3 lakh peo-
ple, mainly women.
He accused Jagan of
destroying agriculture,
supplied. So far, 5.97 lakh
MT has been sold, with
FOR FERTILISERS Jagan Mohan Reddy and
others have extended th-
Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu while inviting him for
Dasara Festival celebrations at Sri Durga Malleswara
heaps.
He said that nearly 85
Chief minister Chandra-
babu Naidu, deputy CM
animal husbandry, and
fisheries’ sectors while
78,000 MT still available
in shops. Yet, Chief
VADREVU SRINIVAS | DC eir best wishes to Vice- Swamy Temple on Indrakeeladri in Vijayawada, at the lakh metric tonnes of Pawan Kalyan and BJP st- now spreading false prop- Minister N. Chandrababu
KAKINADA, SEPT. 9 President-elect C.P. Rad- camp office on Tuesday. The festivities are scheduled garbage was left unat- ate unit president Madhav aganda against the coali- Naidu has persuaded the
hakrishnan on Tuesday. from September 22 to October 2 at the hill shrine. tended across the state. are the star attractions for tion government. centre to allot an addi-
YSRC leaders and cadres held Governor Nazeer stat- the Super Six Super Hit He said the coalition go- tional 49,367 MT of urea
protests in front of revenue ed, “I extend my hearty meeting. vernment is continuously to the state.
divisional offices in the congratulations to CP They would explain to
Godavari districts
Kakinada, Eluru, Konaseema,
and East and West Godavari
districts on Tuesday.
of Radhakrishnan on his
election. I wish him a
fulfilling and distin-
guished tenure as the
Machilipatnam-Repalle the huge gathering the
implementation of the
alliance government’s
welfare schemes along
initiatives.Anantapur city
is full with flags of the TD,
BJP and Janasena, main-
ly along the main routes
at Srinagar Colony from
Sapthagiri Circle area and
also on the NH 44 Road
towards the service road
Under
Porubata,
the
the
Annadata
protesters
demanded that the state gov-
15th vice president.”
Chief Minister Naidu
said, “Congratulations railway line to take shape with its developmental and en route to the venue of Ramnagar flyover.

ernment supply the requisite

fertilisers to farmers during
to C.P. Radhakrishnan. I
extend my best wishes to MD ILYAS | DC Machilipatnam-Repalle to expedite the Detailed ALLIANCE GOVERNMENT COMMITTED SUBHASH: YSRC
TO EMPOWERING NRIs: SRINIVAS MISLEADING
the ongoing Kharif season. him for a successful, ful- VIJAYAWADA, SEPT. 9 line, explaining that it Project Report (DPR) and
At Rajamahendravaram, filling and distinguished would decongest Vijaya- grant approvals at the ear-
police did not allow former tenure devoted to serv- The long-pending Machil- wada Junction by provid- liest.
MLA Jakkampudi Raja out of
his house by putting up barri-
ing our great nation and
advancing its progress
ipatnam-Repalle railway
line, a long-cherished asp-
ing an alternate route
between Kolkata and
The MP also sought con-
struction of road over-
Vijayawada: The TD-led
alliance government’s pr-
Srinivas visited
Germany for two days BCs IN STATE
cades. On coming to know and prosperity. I am con- iration of the people of Chennai, cutting nearly 70 bridges and underbridges iority is to ensure that last week. He called on
about it, former minister Ch. fident that his vast kno- Krishna district, may so- km of travel distance. at Ramavarappadu, Guda- Non-Resident Andhraites officials at the Indian DC CORRESPONDENT
Srinivasa Venu Gopalakris- wledge and rich experi- on take shape. This, he said, would save valli, Tennneru, Pedana, become stronger and mo- consulate in Frankfurt VIJAYAWADA, SEPT. 9
hna, former MLA Sathi Sur- ence will further stren- Machilipatnam MP and time and reduce freight Bandar Port Road, and re empowered, said NRI and held talks with the
yanarayana Reddy and others gthen and uphold our Lok Sabha Committee on costs significantly. Once Gudivada Gate to ease tr- relations minister Kond- Consul General and his Labour minister
went to the house of Raja and democratic values.” Subordinate Legislation the Machilipatnam port affic congestion. Respo- apalli Srinivas has said. team. He enquired about Vasamsetti Subhash on
condemned the police act. Deputy Chief Minister Chairman Vallabhaneni becomes operational, the nding to public demand, “The government’s mis- the welfare of the Telugu Tuesday described oppo-
Rajamahendravaram YSRC Pawan Kalyan stated, Balashouri on Tuesday line would serve as a he called for a daily sion is to see NRIs, who diaspora in Germany and sition YSR Congress as a
parliamentary in-charge Gud- “Heartfelt congratula- met Railway Board major coastal corridor for Machilipatnam–Tirupati have crossed continents studied the employment “poisonous tree” for
uri Srinivas, Meda Gurudat tions to NDA nominee Chairman Satish Kumar low-cost cargo movement, train, citing hardships in pursuit of education, and livelihood prospects allegedly spreading mis-
Prasad, Sharmila Reddy and C.P. Radhakrishnan. His and senior officials in forming a vital link in the caused by the current jobs and business oppor- for them. The minister information and divisive
others were present. rich experience and exe- New Delhi to press for key proposed coastal railway coach attachment system tunities, “progress fur- assured the diaspora that propaganda across
In Kakinada, agitators, led mplary statesmanship projects concerning his corridor connecting Nars- at Gudivada. Satish ther on the path of devel- the APNRT department Andhra Pradesh.
by former MLA Dwarampudi shall bring greater dig- constituency. apur, Repalle, Nizamp- Kumar assured that the opment,” stated the min- would constantly support Speaking to reporters
Chandrasekhara Reddy, YSRC nity to the vice presi- Balashouri stressed the atnam, and Bapatla. He proposals would be exam- ister who’s currently on a their welfare and develop- at the Secretariat in Ve-
Kakinada district president dent’s office and foster importance of the urged the Railway Board ined positively. foreign tour. ment. lagapudi of Amaravati,
Kurasala Kannababu, former constructive, meaning- he termed misleading
MP Vanga Gita, jostled with ful debates in the Rajya YSRC Konaseema distr-
police to get into the RDO
office and present a memoran-
Sabha to further
strengthen our democra- DEGREES | AWARDED Nazeer calls on students to keep up with advances in healthcare ict president Chirla Ja-
ggi Reddy’s statements
dum. cy.” on inclusion of Setty

Gov. hails AP’s healthcare, medical edu

Y.S. Jagan Mohan Balija community in the
Reddy said, “Congr- list of Other Castes
GOVT WILL TACKLE atulations, C.P. Radha-
krishnan. Wishing you
(OCs).
Subhash said these
BERRY BORER all the success in your
service to the nation. DC CORRESPONDENT ● GOVERNOR S. Abdul Sitarama Raju district in
statements are contro-
versial and made with-
PEST: GUMMADI Your dedication and
experience will surely
VIJAYAWADA, SEPT. 9 Nazeer said a new med-
ical college had become
addition to 34 existing
medical colleges in the
out “factual knowledge”
by Jaggi Reddy, even
DC CORRESPONDENT guide our country.” Governor S. Abdul Nazeer functional in the remote state and said that efforts though the latter has
VISAKHAPATNAM, SEPT. 9 Minister Nara Lokesh said Andhra Pradesh has were underway to fill up served three terms as
stated, “Heartiest con- advised the students to tribal area of Paderu in vacancies in various cate- MLA. “Jaggi Reddy has
Tribal welfare minister Gu- gratulations to CP Radh- commit themselves for a Alluri Sitarama Raju dis- gories in the health no moral authority to
mmadi Sandhyarani held a akrishnan. His vast exp- lifelong journey of hard trict in addition to 34 department. speak about the Setty
review meeting with AP erience, statesmanship work to keep up with the existing medical colleges He congratulated Dr O.P. Balija community,” the
Girijan Cooperative Corpora- and commitment to pub- rapid advances in health- in the state. Yadav, chief executive offi- minister remarked.
tion (GCC) on Tuesday in Vis- lic service will greatly care services and provide cer and chief cardiac sur- He said the govern-
akhapatnam. enrich our nation. Wis- health and therapeutics education is a challenging geon, National Heart ment is committed to
She revealed that approxi- hing him great success services to all the needy field to enter. The Institute, New Delhi, on protecting BCs and there
mately 80 acres in the in serving the people persons. Governor congratulated being conferred the hon- are plans to bring in a
Chintapalli area have been with wisdom and Speaking at the 27th and the students who received orary doctorate by the uni- special law in this reg-
affected by the pest and imme- dignity.” 28th annual convocations their degrees, gold medals versity. Governor S. Abdul Nazeer and Dr O.P. Yadava, Chief ard. He announced that
diate action has been initiat- Several ministers and of Dr NTR University of and merit certificates. Vice chancellor Dr P. Executive officer & Chief Cardiac Surgeon at National a meeting of BC minis-
ed. She instructed officials to other dignitaries also Health Sciences at Thu- He said a new medical Chandra Sekhar present- Health Institute, New Delhi, present gold medal to ters and legislators will
respond promptly to com- extended their best mmalapall Kalakshetram college had become func- ed annual reports of Dr Kureshi at the NTR University of Health Sciences 27th be held in Vijayawada on
plaints. She outlined meas- wishes to on Tuesday, the Governor tional in the remote tribal NTR University of Health and 28th annual convocations in Vijayawada on September 12 to discuss
ures to curb the pest. Radhakrishnan. said that the healthcare area of Paderu in Alluri Sciences. Tuesday. — C. NARAYANA RAO BC welfare.
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NTR COLLECTOR
DC CORRESPONDENT
VIJAYAWADA, SEPT. 9
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City MLA Adireddy
Srinivas presents
certificates to 40 stu-
dents who complet-
NTR district collector Dr G.
Village reported 30 deaths from April 1, none from Sept. 3 ed the MLT medical
course at a pro-
NO CLUES YET TO
Lakshmisha underlined that SAMPAT
village ponds are critical for G. SAMRITAN | DC gramme held at the
rural growth, serving multiple VIJAYAWADA, SEPT. 9 Government Medical
purposes such as water stor-
age, groundwater recharge, Timely governmental 2020 MYSTERY College in
Rajamahendravaram
environment protection, and
enhanced agricultural produc-
tivity that uplifts farmers’
intervention in provid-
ing healthcare to those
suffering from fever
ILLNESS IN ELURU on Tuesday.
— A. MANIKANTA
KUMAR
incomes. helped control the deaths DC CORRESPONDENT
He stressed the importance from September 3 in VIJAYAWADA, SEPT. 9
of effectively utilising the Turakapalem village in
Repair, Renovation and Guntur district. The causes for an illness
Restoration (RRR) scheme of Following the death of that caused people to
the Central and state govern- 30 persons from April 1 Health minister Satya Kumar Yadav meets a woman suffer convulsions for a
ments to maximise these bene-
fits for the ponds.
Chairing the district-level
implementation and monitor-
due to fever and other
health issues plaguing
the area, Chief Minister
N. Chandrababu Naidu
patient at her house at Turakapalem village in Guntur dis-
trict on Tuesday and advises her to visit the government
hospital to get medical treatment. — BY ARRANGEMENT
brief period -- and
regaining normalcy
soon – in Eluru during
December 2020 still
TTD to streamline donation of
ing committee meeting at the
collectorate on Tuesday, Dr
Lakshmisha said the tanks
play a central role in meeting
deployed the health auth-
orities for urgent action.
They immediately set up
health camps in the villa- Health profiles of
remain a mystery.
As several villagers
started suffering convul-
sions in parts of Eluru,
vegetables for Annaprasadam
irrigation and drinking water ge. ANMs and ASHA wo- the state government AVINASH P. ADDRESSING VEGETABLE donors at
needs and must be protected
from encroachments while
improving their storage capac-
ity. He called for special works
rkers took up door-to-do-
or surveys, identifying
the people suffering from
various health issues,
2k villagers readied
DC CORRESPONDENT and joints to make their
roped in several central
agencies including
AIIMS, the National
Institute of Nutrition,
SUBRAMANYAM | DC
TIRUPATI, SEPT. 9

Tirumala Tirupati Devasth-

Annamaiah Bhavan in Tirumala on
Tuesday, TTD additional executive
officer (EO) Ch. Venkaiah Chowdary
to ensure groundwater and they were shifted to VIJAYAWADA, SEPT. 9 health profiles ready. the National Centre for anams (TTD) is planning to explained that dynamic mapping of
recharge and strengthen water the health camps for trea- Teams of health pers- Disease Control, CCMB, introduce a dynamic sys- vegetables will help manage dona-
conservation practices. tment. Some were admit- The state health depart- onnel reached out to eve- IICT, WHO and others to tem to manage daily dona- tions more efficiently, optimise
Sustainable water manage- ted to government hospi- ment is preparing the ry villager, collected blo- identify the causes. tions of 6–7 tonnes of veg- resources, identify supply gaps,
ment, he added, requires tals where a series of tes- health profiles of nearly od samples and sent th- Some reports suggest- etables for its Annaprasa- and enable better planning during
active community participa- ts were done and medical 2,000 people at Turaka- em for analysis. The test ed a deadly combo of dam service. The system high-demand periods.
tion along with support from treatment provided. So palem village in Guntur reports are getting ready. neurotoxins like lead will track available vegeta-
self-reliant village systems. Dr far, blood samples of 91 district, following advice Every villager will be and organochlorine bles, prevent repetition and
Lakshmisha said that as part
of the RRR scheme, proposals
worth C14.19 crore have been
drawn for development works
people suffering from fe-
ver were collected and
analysed. Of them, 64 sa-
mples were found to be
from chief
Chandrababu Naidu.
minister

The village has a total

population of 2,517 and of
getting a complete blood
picture to be mentioned
in his or health profile.
This would make clear
hydrocarbon pesticide
such as DDT with chlo-
rine content compli-
menting each other to
ensure a consistent variety
in meals served to pilgrims.
It will coordinate donations
according to their seasonal
TTD warns against
in eight tanks spread across
Mylavaram, Vijayawada Rural
and Reddigudem mandals.
negative to melioidosis
bacterial infection, while
16 were found to be posi-
them, nearly 500 are chil-
dren. The authorities ha-
ve carried out 42 tests in-
whether the villagers are
having any exposure to
contaminated soil, water,
become a poisonous sub-
stance in the human
body and affecting the
availability and local grow-
ing conditions.
Addressing vegetable don-
unofficial Srinavasa
tive to staphylo focus bac-
teria.
The state health author-
ities say the staphylo
cluding blood sugar, bl-
ood pressure, lipid profi-
le etc on those other than
children, to find out the
environmental pollution
etc that hurt their health
conditions. They would
be provided with requi-
nervous tissue, causing
the affected people to
suffer convulsions.
Though samples of
ors at Annamaiah Bhavan
in Tirumala on Tuesday,
TTD additional executive
officer (EO) Ch. Venkaiah
Kalyanam events
focus bacteria will spre- condition of their organs red medical treatment to blood, urine, water, Chowdary explained that DC CORRESPONDENT the Andhra Pradesh Non-
ad through wet soil thro- like liver, kidneys, heart restore their health. milk, crops etc have dynamic mapping of veg- TIRUPATI, SEPT. 9 Resident Telugu Society
ugh abrasions on the sk- been collected and test- etables will help manage given approval.
in of a person, or inges- Guntur medical college are involved in collecting ed, the reports have not donations more efficiently, Tirumala Tirupati Deva- Investigations revealed that
tion of contaminated wa- principal Dr Sundara Ch- water and soil samples in been released. It optimise resources, identify sthanams (TTD) has threat- despite describing the event
ter and inhalation of pol- ary said, “We have taken the village and sending remains a mystery as to supply gaps, and enable bet- ened legal action against as free, the QR code on the
luted air through lungs. up a door-to-door survey them for analysis to find what these reports indi- ter planning during high- the unauthorised use of its invitation redirected devo-
However, it will not spre- identifying the people su- out the root cause of the cated vis-à-vis reasons demand periods. “By matc- title and logo at a private tees to a payment link
ad from human to human ffering mainly fever and disease. for the health issue. hing vegetables with the ar- Sri Venkateswara Kalya- demanding £566 as service
or from animal to hum- shifted them to the heal- Meanwhile, a team of Eluru district health eas they are best grown in nam programme in the fees. Additional promises
an. The disease caused th camps or admitted th- experts from NCDC visit- officer P.J. Amrutham and coordinating with don- United Kingdom. had been made of distribut-
due to the staphylo focus em in hospitals. This he- ed the Guntur medical said, “We knew about ors, we can avoid duplica- Devasthanam authorities ing Kalyanotsavam laddu
CHANGE OF SURNAME bacteria is prevalent lped to control the college and the governm- the mystery illness that tion. Setting up WhatsApp reacted to an invitation prasadam, silver lockets,
I, SHAIK MUMTAJ BEGUM (Old Name), during the monsoon peri- deaths.” ent hospital on Tuesday affected some people in groups can also improve card on WhatsApp that sarees and framed photo-
W/o. SHAIK MEERA MOHIDDIN, Resident od and affects the people Scientists from the and inspected the ongo- Eluru but we don’t have communication with revealed that a body called graphs in the name of TTD.
of Door No:14-5-28/A, Vijayalakshmi in the village. Some 11 ICMR, ICAR and senior ing process of analysis of any reports now. We donors,” he underlined. Sri Advaita Seva Samiti had The devasthanam said the
Puram, Bapatla, Bapatla District - 522101,
Andhra Pradesh. I have changed my surname
blood samples were in doctors and experts from blood samples of patients have issued instructions The additional EO appre- organised Sri Sridevi misuse of its name
as MOHAMMAD MUMTAJ BEGUM the process of analysis AIIMS, the national cen- and checked the func- to the medical officers ciated the donors for their Bhudevi Sameta Srinivasa amounts to deceiving devo-
(New Name) W/o. SHAIK MEERA MOHIDDIN. and their results are tre for disease control tioning of the medical to be on alert elsewhere long-standing support since Kalyanamahotsavam at a tees and creating confusion.
Hereafter my surname is known expected on Wednesday. and from other agencies equipment. too.” 2004. He requested them to sports centre in Slough on The TTD Vigilance wing is
as MOHAMMAD MUMTAJ BEGUM increase their contributi- September 6. pursuing action against the
(New Name) W/o. SHAIK MEERA MOHIDDIN.

SHRINE OF VILLAGE
ons. “Annaprasadam serv- The card prominently dis- organisers in this regard.
ice has expanded signific- played the TTD logo, mis- The temple body declared
CHANGE OF SURNAME Fish grading antly over the past year and leading devotees into that no Kalyanam or related
I, MANJUSHA VATTYAM (Old Name),
W/o. VATTYAM PRAVEEN, Resident of GODDESS REDUCED a half. 96 per cent of the pil-
grims have expressed satis-
believing it had been an
official event.
ritual can be held under its
banner without prior

TO ASHES IN
Door No: 31-8-746, 8/2nd Line,
Arundelpet, Guntur - 522002, Guntur Fishermen faction with their meals,” In a statement on Tuesday, approval. It requested devo-
District, Andhra Pradesh. I have changed grade big- he stated. the TTD clarified that it had tees to report any such
my surname as INUGANTI MANJUSHA
(New Name) W/o. VATTYAM PRAVEEN.
Hereafter my surname is known as
MOGALTURU sized Marlin
Fish, which
Annaprasadam
EO Rajendra Kumar and
deputy

special officer (Catering)

not issued any orders per-
mitting the event, nor had
instances immediately to
its Vigilance department.
INUGANTI MANJUSHA (New Name)
VADREVU SRINIVAS | DC arrived in huge G.L.N. Shastri briefed the ed by 7 per cent in 2025. Cu- motsavams, the requirem-
W/o. VATTYAM PRAVEEN. numbers on
KAKINADA, SEPT. 9 donors about their contri- rrently, donors supply 25 ent will rise to 10 tonnes per
the mecha- butions over the past four varieties of vegetables dai- day. Donors have assured
DOCUMENTS ARE LOST The shrine of Goddess nised vessels years, which have increas- ly. For the upcoming Brah- they will meet the demand.
I, Immadi Venkataramayya, S/o Sri Nadiveedhi Muthyal- at the fishing
Narayanamurthy, D.No. 20/342-13-6D, Kobbari harbour in
amma in a thatched hut
INTER EXAM FEE
Thota, Machilipatnam. I happened to visit KDCC
bank at Machilipatnam, on 01.09.2025 to inquire
about loan details carrying the documents of
at Mogalturu village in
West Godavari district
Visakhapatna
m on Tuesday. Western Chalukya inscription
got reduced to ashes dur- — K. MURALI
PAYMENT FROM
my daughter Tummala Vinayadevi bearing
No 4995/2009. After some time I found my doc-
uments missing. If any one finds the same,
ing Monday night. The KRISHNA
found at Chinna Kothapalli
SEPT. 15 TO OCT. 10
kindly inform to the following number and auspicious Garagas,
receive a reward. Contact: 9848252851. pots and articles used
for pujas have been DC CORRESPONDENT
destroyed. DC CORRESPONDENT VIJAYAWADA, SEPT. 9
Villagers said they had
been worshipping the
Goddess in the hut for
State Eagle chief warns against VIJAYAWADA, SEPT. 9

The Board of Intermedi-

An inspection of Western
Chalukya, engraved on a

deepfake videos targeting CM

more than 100 years. ate Education (BIE) has stone, was found recently
West Godavari district announced the schedule outside Chinna Kothapalli
superintendent of police for payment of examina- village of Nandyal district
Adnan Nayeem Asmi tion fees for first and in Andhra Pradesh.
ordered a detailed probe DC CORRESPONDENT ters around fabricated Ravikrishna stated in a second-year regular and According to the
into the incident. He VIJAYAWADA, SEPT. 9 videos claiming media release. failed students appear- Archaeological Survey of
said a high-level team of Chandrababu Naidu The CID Police has reg- ing for the Intermediate India, the inscription is
police is inquiring Andhra Pradesh Eagle advised farmers to istered cases against the Public Examinations in written in Kannada lan-
LOSS OF DOCUMENT whether the incident is Chief, General A.K. reduce pesticide and fake video creators. The March 2026. guage with characters of
I, MUKTHA LAKSHMI PARVATHI, accidental or intention- Ravikrishna, issued a urea usage. The alliance videos have been circu- According to BIE sec- the 11th century.
W/o. Muktha Prasad, R/o. Door al. Forensic experts, dog stern warning against government termed this lating on Facebook, retary Kritika Shukla, The ASI deciphered the
No.9-3-40A, Railpet, 3rd Line, squad and fire depart- the circulation of deep- "completely contrary to Twitter and Instagram students can pay the inscription and found that it
Opp. Lekha Lodge, Guntur- ment officials have fake videos that are reality" and that the under titles like "CBN exam fee without a late recorded some gift of lands
inspected the place. falsely attributed to visuals were created warning to AP farmers." fee from September 15 to in the village, probably for
522001, AP. My Husband Those who visited the Chief Minister Nara using AI deepfake tech- Officials said forwarding October 10. The fee will providing the services to
Muktha Prasad got the property spot included additional Chandrababu Naidu. nology.” of such content also con- be accepted with a late God Vittesvara by Vittarasa
(138.6 Sq. Yds) through superintendent of police He said on Tuesday "Everyone should use stituted a criminal fee of `1,000 from Octo- along with his wife, when
Partition Deed which was regis- Bhima Rao, that legal action would social media responsibly. offense. ber 11 to 21. The BIE has he was administering at An inscription engraved on
tered on 24-12-1994 vide Narsapuram superin- be initiated against the Remember that creating Citizens are urged to instructed principals of Ammakunta. It further a stone found at Chinna
Doct.No.9995/1994 (Guntur - tendent of police G. Sri creators and distribu- and sharing fake videos report suspicious con- junior colleges not to mentioned the signatories Kothapalli village in
SRO) and it was lost by me Veda, circle inspector tors of manipulated con- is a cybercrime. Even a tent to the police or call seek any further exten- viz., Krishna, Sankappayya Nandyala district.
Srinivas and sub-inspec- tent. small mistake can lead the Cyber Crime sion for fee collection or and Somayya. — BY ARRANGEMENT
while I was walking from
tor G. Vasu. The controversy cen- to big punishment," Helpline at 1930. payment. It is written in the inscrip-
Railpet to Naz Center to take tion that, "Whoever may
Xerox Copies on 25-08-2025. If
anybody finds it, please inform ✔
CARGO | FACILITY Govt plans to commission Mulapeta port in June next year
damage this inscription,
they will kill a thousand
The AP state Archaeology
assistant director V. Rajitha
me through cont:7416670492. cows in Kurukshetra." helped find the inscription.

CLASSIFIEDS
CHANGE OF NAME
Mulapeta Port trial run in December
I, BUKYA Hari, S/o Papanna, H.No:C- K.M.P. PATNAIK | DC Port at an estimated cost ● THE PORT is located parameters within the Pradesh Maritime Board
49, Mansingh thanda, Bethole Village, VISAKHAPATNAM, SEPT. 9 of `4,300 crore. The port region. Sources said for making strategic
180 km from mega industries worth ?2 investment in the
Mahabubabad Mandal, Mahabubabad will have four berths in
District, 506105. My Original Name is The Greenfield Mulapeta the first phase, with an Visakhapatnam. Andhra lakh crore have lined up Greenfield Mulapeta
Banothu Hari but in some of my Deepwater Port in artificial harbour sur- Pradesh Maritime Board to establish their units in Port. It is strategically
Certificates, HR/ official records and Srikakulam district will rounded by breakwaters. is constructing the the Mulapeta Port prem- located to cater to bulk
other Documents My Name is Cargo will be handled Mulapeta Port at an ises over 7,000 acres. Top cargoes, such as coal, fer-
have its trial run with the
Recorded as Bukya Hari. That i want to
change my name as Banothu hari.
first ship arriving at the through container estimated cost of C4,300 among them are tilisers, minerals, LNG
(HYHA/2526/C03240) port in December. berths, coal berths and crore. ExxonMobil of US, which and LPG. It offers signifi-
Sources in the govern- multipurpose cargo produces high-perform- cant logistics advantages
● THE PORT will have
NOTICE ment said if all goes well, berths located within the ance polymers like poly- with its proximity to
the port will be commis- harbour. four berths in the first ethylene and polypropy- industrial corridors and
Readers are advised to make appropri- sioned in June next year, The draft of the port phase, with an artificial lene for packaging, auto- operability in all weather
ate enquiries while responding to enabling major develop- will be around 52 feet. It harbour surrounded by motive and consumer sec- conditions.
advertisements in these columns. The tors, Haldia Petrochemi- Central government has
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Holdings Ltd. shall not be held responsi- Andhra Pradesh protect the harbour— massive development Authority has also sub- Bhogapuram Airport in
ble/ liable for any consequences, in Maritime Board is con- south breakwater, which activities that will change mitted an expression of the Vizianagaram dis-
case such claims are found to be false. structing the Mulapeta is 2,855 metres’ long, and the economic and social interest (EoI) to Andhra trict.
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Subhani

10 SEPTEMBER 2025

3rd S. Asian domino falls

as Gen Z ousts Nepal PM
T
he Asian Spring has felled another “strongman” leader. The restlessness of
youth, acutely reflected in their openly violent demonstrations against
political leaders and symbols of authority, has dethroned Nepali Prime
Minister Khadga Prasad Oli, much as it did the Rajapaksas of Sri Lanka in
July 2022 and Sheikh Hasina Wajed of Bangladesh in August 2024.
The power of youth has never been so accentuated as in these three upheavals
that are reflective of the deep dissatisfaction in emerging generations about the
ways of those who govern encouraging rampant corruption whose living symbols
are visible in the prosperity that nepotism breeds freely. Many political leaders,
ruling and former, became the target of public wrath after agitating students were
fired upon.
A ban on social media was the trigger that set off the violent chain of events on
Monday that saw at least 19 young people killed by law-keeping forces, the torching
of homes of ministers and leaders, including the private residences of the Prime
Minister and President, and agitating students encircling ministers in the parlia-
ment building which was also set on fire.
The pattern of Asian leaders fleeing under pressure continued with Oli, the head
honcho of the Communist party that headed a tense coalition with the Nepali
Congress, and who like the Rajapaksas and Sheikh
LETTERS
Nepal in fix: Can it douse
Unemployment Hasina needed the help of the armed forces to be
runs at 17.2 per extricated as the protesters closed in, breaching
cent in Nepal from police barricades and overpowering the helpless laws
where thousands and order machinery.
There should be a lesson in this Nepali entangle-
BOOST TO SWADESHI
SWADESHI BOOST
migrate to India ment for democratic governments which think noth- Organising
Prime Minister melas to
Narendra

youth fury, calm region?

and elsewhere in ing of shutting down the internet or banning popular encourage indigenous
Modi’s call to NDA MPs to
search of jobs. Yet global social media platforms at the merest sign of products in India will
organise Swadeshi haveis
melas
jobs seem to be social strife. Such media may offer effective means of multiple benefits to
a propitious step towards the
communication and, perhaps, allow the sowing of
the least of the revolutionary thoughts, but they are just the medium public and government
priorities of those that can spread a message, and not the problem, or promoting homegrown
Gen Z protests tary or political interference;
who govern. solution, itself. it would be exploited by all (Modi roots
products and forstrengthen-
promotion
over a sweeping of
In free and open societies like the three Asian sides and would push ing the Atmanirbar9).
Swadeshi, Sept. Bharat
democracies which fell most recently, social media has become a window to the
world of the people. They cannot be denied their right to the information and opin-
Syed Ata Hasnain social media
registration
Nepalese politics into a
nationalist register that spi-
There
vision will
(PMbe scope
turns for
ordinary,
ion highways just because rulers of many nations do not have the thick skin to face crackdown have ral beyond control. We could more industries being
mingles with MPs at NDA set
criticism. Social media does not necessarily create dissent though it could be a con- thrust Kathmandu ensure consular readiness up to generate
workshop, Sept. 8). more job.
venient medium for the spread of such a social phenomenon. for citizens in Nepal, ramp
Gen-Z is how the Nepali youth described themselves as they rebelled against Oli’s into crisis — up contingency planning in The government
Cheering will also
local trade
rule and protested the social media ban volubly. By the time the government dialogue, not border states, keep secure have the advantage
through fairs and public of gen-
allowed the social media back online, a reckless police force had fired at students repression, is the lines of communication open
erating more taxes.
outreach on GST reforms

W
setting off even greater violence with the agitators even seizing arms and bran- e have seen probability of political only route back to with Nepal’s civilian and
dishing them while going on an absolute rampage on Tuesday. this before — unrest rises. Put bluntly, a security leaders, publicly can create awareness Dr Malkaiah
and
Creating jobs to give youth a key to a secure future and a life worth living in third most recently concentration of restless, stability. urge restraint in language make better economic Hyderabadself-
world economies is not the simplest job. And youth unemployment runs at 17.2 per in Bangla- digitally connected youth is that explicitly respects
cent in Nepal from where thousands migrate to India and elsewhere in search of
jobs. That jobs seem the least of the priorities of those who govern — on the basis
desh, a few
years earlier in Sri Lanka,
a gift to mobilisers and a
headache for brittle polity. broadened, met by a harsh
Nepal’s sovereignty, and qui-
etly coordinate humanitari- TET FOR TEACHERS
reliance.
Raju Kolluru
that they can capture a proportion of the public vote sufficient to capture power — and now in Nepal. Each To understand what’s hap- crackdown that produced an options with multilateral It is really painful for teachers
is the most noticeable failing of Asian nations and economies. episode has its own causes pening, you need to view this mass arrests, and a chaotic partners should they be above 50 years of age toKakinada
appear for
For Nepal, there may be little to gain in trying to guess whether this uprising
sprung from a former king of Nepal triggering a return to monarchy movement or
and local colour, but they
share an unnerving pattern.
from three angles. Nepal’s
history of fragile democratic
political transition with
regional reverberations.
requested. Information pre-
paredness — monitoring and CLEANER CITY
exams after putting in so many
years of service (SC makes TET
a foreign hand playing a role as was suspected in Bangladesh last year. What they A combustible mix of youth- experiments and violent That episode showed how countering disinformation, must
Chief for teachers,
Minister N. Sept. 9). The
Chandrababu
need most is stable control to restore order and find a way to put back a democrat- ful anger, sudden symbolic insurgency; the organising quickly a student movement and avoiding any partisan Supreme
Naidu must Court beshould look into the
congratulated for
ically elected government in place. But to ensure that these lessons of democratic triggers (an Internet shut- power of a mobile, media- can transform into a nation- amplification by the media. matter
his vision andthatexempt
wouldteachers
create a who city
insurrections are never forgotten is a different matter altogether. down, a quota decision, the savvy youth cohort; and a al crisis, and how heavy- Restraint will be the best are above
not only 50 years
cleaner and as they have
healthier that
collapse of basic services) theoretical playbook — craft- handed repression does not narrative at this time, and shown
would theirbe aability
precedentover the foryears.
other
and the slow-burn failures of ed by Gene Sharp, the restore order so much as that should test our resolve cities to modernise Idris Saberi
themselves
governance. If the “youth American political philoso- deepen grievance and spill of adopting good narrative Hyderabad
Let’s hope new V-P unbiased
(IFC signs pact to develop M’wada
bulge” can be a demographic pher — that maps how non- instability across borders. control. sewerage system, Sept. 9). This will
dividend, left untended —
unemployed, unskilled and
violent movements topple or
cripple regimes. I witnessed
Nepal’s current turbulence
must be read against that
There is a strategic lesson
in this for the future.
TRASH IN TELANGANA
help municipal corporations and
urban bodies to maintain good san-

T
he election of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate C.P. politically marginalised — it this in the Kashmir Valley in cautionary backdrop. Repression is a short-term The report
itation, health ‘Hyd generates
of citizens as well 10%as
Radhakrishnan as vice-president on Tuesday ends a series of events that can quickly become a politi- 2008 and then 2010 when the Nepal’s government faces fix and a long-term mistake. India’s
create trash’ 9) makes for
job(Sept. opportunities.
began with the abrupt and unexplained resignation of the incumbent Jagdeep cal accelerant. stone-throwing mobs went an urgent choice: de-escalate Banning the Internet or extremely
Visakhapatnam disturbing reading. Municipal The
Dhankhar on July 22 with two more years to go in the second highest constitution- Nepal this week leapt back berserk. Nepal was a monar- and allow mediation, or dou- turning to force may silence state can learn
Corporation has shownfrom how Chennai;
to get
al office in the country. The NDA enjoys a clear majority in the electoral college into the spotlight as thou- chy until 2008, and the coun- ble down and deepen the cri- protest for a day or two — where
privateincapital
90-acre to Perungudi dump
deliver essential
comprising the members of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha and hence sands poured into try’s politics have been punc- sis. The smarter path is but it also validates the Gene yard with
services to 1.7 million
citizens. Hopecu metres
other cor- of
Radhakrishnan’s election was a foregone conclusion. Kathmandu after a sudden tuated by chronic instability immediate damage control Sharp logic that a regime’s garbage
porations collected
and urban overbodies
decades has
follow
Radhakrishnan, hailing from Tamil Nadu, a state that has still remained out of social media ban, storming and a decade-long Maoist — rescind blunt measures. power rests on compliance, been
suit. cleared and has been recycled.
the grasp of the saffron front, has a reputation of maintaining warm relations zones and the nation’s insurgency (1996-2006) that Kathmandu had briefly and that when pillars of com- Waste was converted P. Sumanth intoKumar
furni-
across party lines and is expected to run the Rajya Sabha as its chairman with a Parliament. The govern- killed thousands and left blocked 26 platforms, includ- pliance crumble, they can ture, bottles, concrete blocksGuntur etc.
democratic spirit. His predecessor, Dhankhar, had earned a reputation for his ment says it acted as major scars on state-society rela- ing Facebook, WhatsApp come down fast. If nations Cmde K.V. Subramaniam YSM
abrasive style which steamrolled the Opposition, quite contrary to the practices of
the House of Elders. Indeed, he not only denied the Opposition its legitimate say in
platforms failed to comply
with a Supreme Court-
tions. That history shapes
how the Army and police
and X, a ban it rescinded the
following day after deadly
want order, they must invest
in the institutions that pro- MEDICAL COLLEGES (Retd)
Hyderabad
the running of the House but also went to the extent of insulting even senior and backed directive and a min- respond to disorder, and protests, with the govern- duce it; decent jobs, credible The decision of the Andhra
veteran leaders for reasons known only to him. It will be a great service to the
nation if Radhakrishnan effected a course-correction and brought the parliamen-
istry ultimatum to register,
appoint local grievance offi-
how political elites use
nationalist frames to push
ment promising inquiries
and several ministers
policing, independent jus-
tice, and avenues for peace-
TUGHLAQ RULE
Pradesh government to privatise
new government medical colleges
tary practices back on the rails. cers and obey Nepal’s social- back. Forces seldom learn announcing resignations. It ful grievance redressal. State
is notBJP president
a positive move N. (Will
Ramchan- com-
Election campaigns in India have of late plumbed a new depth with parties media rules. What began as from the past. must restore communica- Nepal today is at a pivot. If der
pleteRao has stated
medical that
college the BJP
works was
in PPP
engage in the worst form of mudslinging at one another. The stakes are very high online fury transformed into There is also a playbook. tion channels, allow impar- Kathmandu chooses dia- never
model:against BC reservation
Dola, Sept. 9). The previousin the
in the forthcoming Assembly and general elections, too, and it will call for a deter- mass demonstrations, vio- No political scientist has tial probes into deaths, and logue over draconian fixes, local bodies got
government elections
permissionas they sup-
to start
mined effort on the part of all the parties to end this trend. The vice-presidential lent clashes, curfew and unpacked the mechanics of offer mediated dialogue. and India backs it, there is a ported
multiplethe bill incolleges
medical the Assembly
in AP.
election in which the result can almost be foretold could have shown the way for- Army deployment, with at leaderless, rapid, non-vio- Prime Minister K.P. Sharma path to return to stability (Stop
Some of Tughlaq
the new medical rule, collegessays
ward but, unfortunately, it was not to be. The ruling party took the candidature of least 19 people dead and lent contention better than Oli was forced to resign that preserves Nepal’s sover- Ramchander
started last year. to Cong.,
The newSept. govern-9).
a former Supreme Court judge as an occasion to denigrate his judicial pronounce- many injured. Protesters Gene Sharp. In his seminal Tuesday as the protests eignty and the region’s calm. When
ment now theydecided
supported the bill the
to privatise in
ments. It will do every party and the nation good if they can reimagine their cam- forced their way into magnum opus From Dictat- intensified, with the homes If not, we will see another toto, why are theymedical
new government pointing it out
colleges.
paigns. It is still better late than never. restricted areas; the security orship to Democracy, Sharp of top political leaders set on chapter in a pattern that has now? Is itmake
This will due it to difficult
the reservation
for poor
forces used teargas, water lays out how decentralised fire. He said it was to help already reshaped Dhaka and being
studentsinclusive
to get of Muslims they
admission are
in these
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colleges. of their
Also when double
it is
even aerial firing in regime’s sources of authori- the Army for urban crowd which will be infinitely tongue.
difficult to get additional medical
KAUSHIK MITTER K. SUDHAKAR attempts to disperse crowds. ty through symbolic defi- control in a country scarred harder to contain. seats, the previous S. Satyanarayana
government got
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espite the lingering uncertainty over Prime August 22, 2008. It was extended on a yearly basis till for both communities, as part of the agreement. group accused the Press Information Bureau of
Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Imphal last year when then Manipur CM N. Biren Singh While the Centre gloats over the opening of NH-2 twisting the agreement by replacing “shall be fol-
on September 13, preparations are on in full refused to be part of it. He advised the Centre to and renewal of the SoO agreement, the Meiteis rep- lowed by a tripartite dialogue with KNO and UPF to
swing in Imphal and Churachandpur abrogate the SoO agreement, due to alleged viola- resented by the Coordinating Committee of Mani- pave the way for a negotiated political settlement
where he is due to meet local citizens and address tions. With his exit in February this year and sub- pur Integrity (COCOMI) has condemned the ext- under the Constitution of India in a time-bound
M.P. them. The PM’s much-awaited trip after the May 3,
2023 mayhem that had the state has sent a ray of
sequent imposition of President’s Rule, the doors
were open for the Centre to proceed.
ension of SoO, which it opposed alleging that Kuki-
Zo outfits had indulged in violence. They ignore the
manner” with “need for a negotiated solution to
bring peace and stability to the State of Manipur”.
Nathanael hope among citizens that the situation will alleviate In the September 4 New Delhi meeting, the SoO fact that Arambai Tenggol (AT) cadres and other This has irked the Kuki-Zo community, which as-
their miserable plight and the state will head was finally extended with modified terms, includ- splinter Meitei groups had looted 5,668 weapons pires for Union territory status with a legislature.
towards normalcy. ing relocation of seven camps out of 12. Two camps from police armouries along with a huge haul of am- Ironically, while hostility continues between the
That, however, remains a far cry given the hostil- have been closed. Unfortunately, the `60,000 al- munition in May 2023, and used them against Kuki- Kuki-Zo and Meiteis, the latter vehemently oppose a

Troubled Manipur
ity that still simmers among the two warring lowance to surrendered Kuki-Zo militants was dis- Zo tribals. Over 1,500 weapons are yet to recovered. separate administration for the former.
groups, Meiteis and Kuki-Zo. Over 265 people from continued after violence engulfed the state in May When two Arambai members were arrested for Meanwhile, a report of the Independent People’s
both communities have been killed and 60,000 dis- 2023, which led to their violating the ground rules. their role in the May 2023 violence by the CBI in Tribunal under the aegis of PUCL comprising
placed from their homes in the past two years. This will now be credited directly to their bank ac- June this year, the valley saw fresh violence with renowned judges and bureaucrats led by Justice

at the crossroads: The PM’s proposed visit has hastened talks

between the home ministry officials and the affect-
ed parties. The Kuki-Zo groups met MHA officials
counts. They also have to deposit their weapons
with the nearest armoury of CRPF or BSF, and will
be subject to strict checks by the Joint Monitoring
Meiteis demanding their release. Two AT cadres
were arrested on August 30 with sophisticated
weapons in Imphal.
Kurian Joseph, has said: “The violence which
erupted on May 3, 2023, was not spontaneous but
planned, ethnically targeted and facilitated by state

Citizens see Modi’s on September 4 and inked a tripartite agreement,

with the Manipur government being a signatory.
The first meeting between MHA officials with Kuki-
Committee headed by the chief secretary.
The opening of the Dimapur-Imphal NH-2, anoth-
er major issue, also seems to have been sorted out,
With no signs of hostility abating between the
Meiteis and the Kuki-Zo, the Centre has a crucial
role to play in the return of normalcy to the state.
failures.” The tribunal heard over 150 victims of vio-
lence and went through thousands of written state-
ments and documents to arrive at this conclusion.

visit as ray of hope Zo groups in April this year ended in a stalemate as

they had insisted on a “separate administration”.
The talks that resumed in June went in a positive
direction with the Kuki-Zo groups consenting to
with the Kuki-Zo outfits calling off the blockade that
had led to enormous misery for the Meiteis living in
the valley. Vehicles with essential goods, fuel and
medicines had to be escorted by the CRPF, but the
While the Kuki-Zo group that signed the pact on
September 4 is an outfit of the armed surrendered
insurgents, civil society has accused the group of
not being a representative of the Kuki-Zo at large.
The COCOMI has rejected this report as being
“biased and politically engineered”.
The assertion that the ethnic violence has been
engineered by vested interests needs to be probed.
changes in the terms and conditions for the movement of Meiteis was banned. While the Kuki- The Village Volunteers Coordinating Committee, The CBI has to delve deeper into the origin of the
Suspension of Operations (SoO). Zo claim the road was kept open, the stretch passing representing the civil society, has rejected the clashes and book the culprits. The SIT that was
The Kuki-Zo group comprises 17 outfits of the through Kangpokpi, which is dominated by Kukis, agreement to open NH-2, claiming that the decision instituted in 2023 is yet to submit its report.
Kuki National Organisation and seven of the United was avoided by Meiteis. They say the security was taken without consulting most of their clans. In
People’s Front, who signed the SoO agreement on forces’ buffer zones will remain a prohibited area a press statement on September 7, the Kuki-Zo The writer is a retired CRPF IGP
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3DFKDL7DPL]KDQEULQJV India deeply saddened by the state of affairs
BHUJBAL WANTS
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WITHDRAW GR
FROM PAGE 1

“The GR dated September 2

was issued in haste, under the
Rooted in RSS, soft-spoken C.P. Radhakrishnan elected VP in Nepal to stay alert
tremendous pressure of one
powerful community and
New Delhi, Sept. 9: Stro-
ngly rooted in the RSS and IDEOLOGICAL DC CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 9
INDIA OPENS HELPLINES
without it being put before the
Cabinet…without considering
the BJP, Chandrapuram
Ponnusamy Radhakrish- FIGHT CONTINUES, Stating that it is “closely
OPENS EMERGENCY
TELEPHONE LINES:
SSB STEPS up
security across all
SAYS REDDY
the protests and objections of nan, who was on Tuesday monitoring the develop-
the OBC members across the elected as the 15th Vice ments in Nepal” after sev- +977 980 860 2881 & its border posts and
state. We therefore have no President of India, brings eral deaths were reported +977 981 032 6134 vulnerable points.
choice but to write to you seek- along a rich political and New Delhi, Sept. 9: in police firing on young
ing withdrawal of the said GR, administrative experience Opposition’s vice presi- demonstrators on Mon- HIGH ALERT HAS BEEN SOUNDED
or an appropriate clarification which will prove handy in dential candidate B day, India on Tuesday said IN UTTAR PRADESH'S SEVEN
and/or modification of the his role as the ex-officio Sudershan Reddy Tuesd- it is “”deeply saddened by DISTRICTS BORDERING NEPAL.
same,” Bhujbal wrote. Chairperson of the Rajya ay said he humbly accepts the loss of many young
The NCP leader, who also Sabha. the defeat in the vice pres- lives” and hoped “all con-
heads the Akhil Bhartiya Seen as a soft-spoken and idential polls and asserted cerned will exercise TO ASSIST INDIAN citizens stranded in Nepal,
Mahatma Phule Samata non-confrontational lea- that democracy is stren- restraint and address any
Parishad, argued that the reso- der, the 67-year-old Radha- gthened not by victory issues through peaceful
a 24x7 special control room has been established at
lution risked undermining the krishnan succeeds Jagde- alone, but by the spirit of means and dialogue”. the police headquarters in Lucknow.
rights of over 350 OBC castes ep Dhankhar, who dialogue, dissent, and par- New Delhi also advised
in Maharashtra. “In our view, resigned as vice president ticipation. Indian nationals in Nepal
the GR needs to be withdrawn
or suitably modified so that it
does not affect the reservation
provided to the OBC category,”
on July 21, taking every-
one by surprise. He is the
third leader from Tamil
Nadu to occupy the covet-
In a statement issued
soon after NDA nominee
C.P. Radhakrishnan was
declared elected to the
“to exercise caution and
adhere to the steps and
guidelines issued by the
Nepalese authorities”.
Mamata wants peace
the letter stated.
Citing judicial precedent,
Bhujbal said the GR deviated
ed post.
Dhankhar was known
for his frequent run-ins
post of vice president,
Reddy said though the res-
ult was not in his favour,
“All Indian nationals in
Nepal are hereby request-
ed to note the following
at Indo-Nepal border
from established procedures with the Opposition, and the larger cause “we have telephone numbers from RAJIB CHOWDHURI | DC is our neighbouring coun-
for caste verification, particu- had even faced an collectively sought to the Embassy of India, KOLKATA, SEPT. 9 try. We love Nepal, Sri
larly by creating a separate impeachment notice from advance, remains undi- Kathmandu, for contact, Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhut-
process for the Maratha com- them. minished”. in case they are facing any West Bengal Chief Minis- an and all the bordering
munity. “Having two different Described as a 'Pachai “The ideological battle emergency situation or ter Mamata Banerjee on nations. If the Govern-
procedures for the same class, Tamizhan' (true-blue Newly-elected Vice President of India C.P. Radhakrishnan continues with ever require assistance: 1. +977 Tuesday called for mainta- ment of India tells us any-
i.e., OBCs, amounts to arbi- Tamil) by well-wishers, greater vigour,” Reddy 980 860 2881 2. +977 981 032 ining peace at the India- thing in the present situa-
trary action and invidious dis- Radhakrishnan was serv-

Cong. calls election

said. 6134,” the Embassy of Nepal border in the state tion, only then we can say
crimination which has no ing as the Governor of “I humbly accept this India in Nepal said in a following a dramatic tur- something. Otherwise it is
nexus to a common object — Maharashtra when he was outcome with an abiding post on X. bulent political situation for the Government of
verification and grant of caste named as the vice presi- faith in the democratic The Sashastra Seema in the neighbouring coun- India to take care of the
certificate,” he noted, refer- dential nominee of the processes of our great Bal (SSB) that guards the try. matter.” She added, “My
encing various Supreme Court
and High Court rulings.
Responding to the criticism,
senior BJP leader and chair-
BJP-led NDA.
A two-term member of
the Lok Sabha from
Coimbatore during the
battle of ideologies republic. This journey
has been a profound hon-
our, offering me the
opportunity to stand for
1751-km-long unfenced int-
ernational front with Nep-
al has stepped up security
across all its border posts
“Nepal is not my coun-
try. It is a foreign country.
So I can't comment on it.
The Government of India
request to our districts
near the border is to kind-
ly maintain peace and
ensure that no one gets
person of the Cabinet’s sub- tenure of prime minister New Delhi, Sept. 9: Soon the values that have guid- and vulnerable points in will comment on it. Nepal into any trouble.”
committee on Maratha reser- Atal Bihari Vajpayee, after NDA candidate C P ed my life -- constitutional the wake of unrest in
vation Radhakrishna Vikhe Radhakrishnan came Radhakrishnan won the morality, justice, and the Nepal, officials said on
Patil said the GR was issued close to becoming a Union vice presidential polls, the dignity of every individ- Tuesday. special control room has part of West Bengal leav-
after careful deliberation. minister, but had to lose Congress on Tuesday said ual.” A high alert has been been established at the ing many trucks stranded
“The Cabinet sub-committee out to fellow Tamilan Pon the Opposition stood unit- He extended heartfelt sounded in Uttar Prade- police headquarters in on the Indian side.
has taken decisions in connec- Radhakrishnan in 1998 ed for the election with a gratitude to the leaders of sh's seven districts bor- Lucknow,” Additional Flight services at
tion with GRs after careful after some confusion over “most respectable” per- the opposition parties dering Nepal — Mahara- Director General (Law and Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan
consideration and their imple- his name by the then floor formance and claimed who made him their joint jganj, Siddharthnagar, Order) Amitabh Yash said. International Airport
mentation has already begun. managers of the BJP. that the BJP's arithmeti- candidate. Balrampur, Shravasti, The unrest in Nepal has were partially suspended
Therefore, a question does not Radhakrishnan joined cal victory is both “moral Bahraich, Lakhimpur led to a near-complete halt in view of the protests.
arise of rolling back these
GRs,” he said.
the
Swayamsevak
Rashtriya
Sangh
and political defeat”.
Congress president OPPN MPS ALSO Kheri and Pilibhit.
“To assist Indian citizens
in movement across the
international border at
Both Air India and Indigo
halted flights between

SC: GOVERNORS
(RSS) as a teenager and
rose through the ranks in
Mallikarjun Kharge
extended best wishes to VOTED FOR NEW stranded in Nepal, a 24x7 Panitanki in the northern India and Nepal.

VP, SAYS BJP

the organisation and later Radhakrishnan on secur-

SHOULD ACT
in the BJP, gaining accept-
ability in the party and
ing victory in the election,
while also expressing sin- Tribute to martyrs MALEGAON
BLAST VICTIMS’
the state. cere gratitude to B New Delhi, Sept. 9: The
WITHIN TIME A member of the socially
dominant and economical-
Sudershan Reddy for
being the “united Leader of Opposition in the
BJP on Tuesday hailed
NDA candidate C.P.
DC CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, SEP 9
ly prosperous Kongu
Vellalar Gounder commu-
Opposition's joint candi-
date” and for his spirited
Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun
Kharge casts his vote dur-
Radhakrishnan’s election
as the 15th Vice President KIN MOVE HC
nity, he became the secre- and principled fight. ing the vice presidential of India and said the poll
The Supreme Court on Tue- tary of the BJP's Tamil “This was more than an election. — PTI outcome is an indication Mumbai, Sept 9: Six
sday said governors were ex-- Nadu unit in 1996 and election; it was a battle of of his wider acceptance as family members of peo-
pected to act within “reason- served as the party's state ideology, reaffirming that second highest constitu- several MPs from the ple who died in the 2008
able time” even if the term “as unit president between governments with tional office in the order Opposition camp also Malegaon bomb blast
soon as possible” were not th- 2003 and 2006. authoritarian tendencies of precedence, must be voted for him after “listen- have moved the Bombay
ere in Article 200 that provides An avid sportsperson, must be checked to pro- revitalised to reflect inde- ing to their conscience”. High Court, challenging
for the authority to assent to Radhakrishnan was a col- tect our Constitution and pendence, fairness, and Union home minister a special court judgment
Bills passed by the State legis- lege champion in table democracy,” Kharge said strength in safeguarding Amit Shah congratulated acquitting the seven ac-
lature. A five-judge bench tennis and a long-distance on X. democratic values, Radhakrishnan on being cused in the case, includ-
headed by Chief Justice B.R runner. He also enjoys “We hope the new Vice Kharge said. elected as the country's Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah ing former BJP MP
Gavai, hearing arguments on cricket and volleyball. President-elect will “We must also remem- 15th vice president, and attends a wreath laying ceremony to pay tribute to the Pragya Singh Thakur
the eighth day on the Radhakrishnan is con- uphold the highest ethos ber why this election was said his sagacity as a fallen brave hearts who lost their lives in Kulgam after and Lt Col Prasad
Presidential reference, whet- sidered an untainted of Parliamentary tradi- necessitated. Shri leader and his profound an terrorist attack on Monday. — PTI Purohit.
her the court could impose leader with rich political tions, ensuring equal Jagdeep Dhankhar administrative knowledge The appeal, filed on
timelines for governors and and administrative experi- space and dignity for the resigned suddenly on the will help in bringing out Monday by Nisar Ahm-
President to deal with Bills ence for the vice presi- Opposition, and not suc- very day he chaired the the best in India's parlia- ed Sayyed Bilal and five
passed by Assemblies, reiterat-
ed it would only interpret the
Constitution and not examine
dent's office and this
would also prove useful as
the chairman of the Rajya
cumb to pressures of the
ruling dispensation,” the
Congress chief said.
opening of the Monsoon
Sessionan exit still unex-
plained and unceremoni-
mentary democracy to
serve the marginalised.
Expressing gratitude
India holds key talks others through their
advocate Mateen Shai-
kh, sought the HC to
facts of individual cases.
Article 200 governs powers of
Sabha. — PTI The vice president, the ous,” he said. — PTI towards all those who
voted for Radhakrishnan,
with Iran, Armenia quash the special court
judgment.

Experience in public life

Governor regarding bills pas- BJP chief whip in the Lok An explosive device
sed by the state, allowing them Sabha, Sanjay Jaiswal, strapped to a motorcycle
to either assent to the bill, said the NDA nominee DC CORRESPONDENT ● INDIA HAS reportedly went off near a mosque
withhold assent, return the won the vice presidential NEW DELHI, SEPT. 9 become a strong defence in Malegaon town, locat-
bill for reconsideration or election by bagging 452 ed about 200 km from

will add to growth: Prez

partner of Armenia
reserve the bill for the consid- votes because he received India has held bilateral especially in the past few Mumbai in Mahara-
eration of the President. The support from some opposi- consultations on connec- shtra’s Nashik district,
first proviso of Article 200 tion MPs also. tivity and other issues years. Ties between on September 29, 2008,
says Governor may, as soon as “About 40 MPs” belong- with Iran in its Capital Azerbaijan and Iran have killing six persons and
possible, after the presentation FROM PAGE 1 science in the polls to sup- society and empowering ing to the opposition camp Tehran and has also held also been frosty while injuring 101 others.
to him of the bill for assent, port Justice Reddy, and the poor and margin- supported the NDA's vice trilateral consultations ties between Armenia and The petitioners claim-
return the bill, if it is not a There were hints from the the senior BJP leader's alised," and added, "I am presidential candidate with Iran and Caucasus Iran remain strong. ed the order passed by
money bill, to the house for ruling alliance that some comments were seen as a confident that he will be Radhakrishnan, “listen- nation Armenia that ref- the special NIA court on
reconsideration and shall not Opposition MPs deliber- retort to them. Some NDA an outstanding VP, who ing to their conscience”, lects a counter to the trio Azerbaijan and Iran have July 31 acquitting the
withhold the consent after the ately cast invalid votes. leaders hinted that some will strengthen our Const- he said. of Pakistan, Turkey and also been frosty while ties seven accused was
assembly reconsiders and Saffron party MP Sanjay Opposition MPs from itutional values and “We express gratitude Azerbaijan in that region. between Armenia and wrong and bad in law
sends it back to him. The Jaiswal claimed that Maharashtra voted in sup- enhance Parliamentary towards them also,” he Armenia and its Cau- Iran remain strong. and hence deserves to be
bench stated the framers of "nearly 40 Opposition port of Radhakrishnan. discourse." said in the Parliament casus neighbour Azerba- Both Azerbaijan and quashed. — PTI
the Constitution put "as soon MPs" listened to the voice Congratulating Radhak- BJP president J.P. Nadda House Complex. ijan have in the past five Turkey had also backed
as possible" in Article 200 and of their conscience and rishnan, President Drou- and several Union minis- The BJP MP also hailed years fought two rounds Pakistan when India lau-
there was no fetters for the
court in setting the timeline of
voted in "some manner" in
support of the NDA candi-
padi Murmu said his rich
experience in public life
ters, including Amit Shah
and Kiren Rijiju visited to
the prime minister's lead-
ership for the NDA's deci-
of a conflict over the dis-
puted region of Nagorno
nched Operation Sindoor
in May. In recent months, NOD FOR CAMP
three months for grant of
assent to bills.
date, showing a wider
acceptance for him. His
would contribute signifi-
cantly to the nation's
congratulate the newly
elected V-P.
sion to nominate
Radhakrishnan for the
Karabakh resulting earli-
er in the victory of Az-
the two Caucasus neigh-
bours —Azerbaijan and AGAINST MAOIST
PRESENCE IN MP
assertion of support from progress. In a first public state- vice presidential polls. erbaijan which was stro- Armenia—have attempt-
40 Opposition MPs Congratulating the Vice- ment since demitting “Whatever decision is ngly backed by Turkey. ed to mend fences. The
PRO-PAKISTAN appeared to include sever-
al invalid votes.
President-elect, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
office on July 21, former
vice-president Jagdeep
taken under the leader-
ship of the prime minister
India has reportedly
become a strong defence
Iranian port of Chabahar
has meanwhile provided DC CORRESPONDENT
SLOGANS: POLICE Some Opposition leaders
had appealed to MPs' con-
said: " His life has always
been devoted to serving
Dhankhar extended greet-
ings to his successor.
is correct. That's why our
(NDA) candidate (won),”
partner of Armenia espe-
cially in the past few
India with sea-land con-
nectivity to Afghanistan
BHOPAL, SEPT. 9

REGISTER CASE he said. — PTI years. Ties between and Central Asia. The Centre has allowed
the Madhya Pradesh pol-
DC CORRESPONDENT ice to open a security ca-
BENGALURU, SEPT. 9
MEGA | PROJECT New line to cut travel time between Aizawl, Guwahti by 4 hours by road mp in the core area of
Kanha Tiger Reserve
A 12-second video clip of a pro- (KTR) in the state to deal

PM to open Bairabi-Sairang rly line on Sept. 13

cession, taken out by people in with the Maoist menace,
Bhadravathi town in Shiva- a senior forest officer
mogga, went viral on Tuesday, said on Tuesday.
wherein some unidentified The National Board for
men purportedly shouted pro- Wildlife that comes und-
Pakistan slogans. Aizawl, Sept. 9: Prime Frontier (NF) Railway, Silchar town and then the public meeting at Aizawl's er the Union forest, envi-
Police are checking the verac- Minister Narendra Modi which executed the 51.38 rest of the country, bring- Lammual and lay the foun- ronment and climate
ity of the said video clip. is scheduled to inaugurate km Bairabi-Sairang rail- ing Mizoram within the dation stone for six devel- change ministry, has
Besides, police have registered Bairabi-Sairang railway way line project, said the fold of India's railway net- opment projects besides cleared the proposal by
a suo-motu case at the Old line and flag off three construction of the project work for the first time. inaugurating two educa- the MP police to install
Town police station in train services — Aizawl- began in 2015 and was Apart from improving tional institutions, they 4G mobile towers and
Bhadravathi. Shivamogga SP Delhi, Aizawl-Kolkata and built at the cost of connectivity, the new rail- said. establish a security
Mithun Kumar told reporters Aizawl-Guwahati during `8,213.72 crore. way line will enhance pas- After inaugurating the camp in the core zone of
that police are trying to his visit to Mizoram on It has 48 tunnels, 55 senger and freight move- Bairabi-Sairang railway the KTR to improve the
authenticate the video clip and September 13. major bridges and 87 ment, boost socio-econom- line, the PM is also likely telecommunication
forensic experts are working Preparations are in full minor bridges, they said. ic and tourism growth, to visit Manipur, his first facilities in Mandla dis-
on it. “We have the videogra- swing in the state ahead of The total length of tun- general new employment visit since the ethnic vio- trict in the state to help
phy of the procession in the Prime Minister’s visit. nels is over 12.8 km, which and fulfil a long-standing lence broke out in May security forces conduct
Bhadravathi. Voice-enabled Chief Minister Lalduho- is 25 per cent of the rail- aspiration of the people of 2023, on the same day, anti-Naxal operations in
surveillance cameras will help ma on Tuesday convened a way line. Mizoram, according to NF according to officials. the Naxal-affected area,
in detecting those involved in meeting of senior officials Once operational, the A file picture of Bairabi-Sairang railway line. — DC Railway officials. Elaborate security meas- the forest officer said,
shouting pro-Pakistan slo- to review preparedness for new line will cut travel This would be Modi’s sec- ures and traffic manage- unwilling to be quoted.
gans,” the SP said. “The proces- the PM's visit, an official time between Aizawl and and between Aizawl and hours, they said. The new ond trip to Mizoram since ment are in place in the An area of 0.95
sion was monitored using sur- statement said. Guwahti from 16 hours by Silchar from nearly seven railway line will first link he became the PM. He is state, particularly in hectares has been ear-
veillance cameras,” he added. Officials of Northeast road to 12 hours by train hours by road to just three Aizawl with Assam's also scheduled to address a Aizawl. — PTI marked for it. — PTI
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LABOUR PARTY OF
NORWAY CLAIMS
TAKES
Come for talks, says Nepal Army chief
Former Nepal PM’s wife dies of burns after protesters set their house on fire; FM chased, kicked, thrashed
WIN IN ELECTION Kathmandu, Sept. 9: The
Oslo, Sept. 9: Norway’s Labo-
ur Party of PM Jonas Gahr St-
ore has claimed victory in
Monday’s general election with
Nepal Army on Tuesday
urged protesters to rema-
in calm and maintain na-
tional unity as it vowed to
China silent on
most votes now counted and
with a narrow but clear win by
the centre-left block over the
right-wing parties.
protect the country's inde-
pendence, sovereignty and
territorial integrity.
Nepal Army chief Ashok
resignation of Oli
Rapturous cheering erupted Raj Sigdel on Tuesday Beijing, Sept. 9: China ful exit of Oli, regarded
in Oslo on Monday night as appealed to the protesters has yet to officially react as a pro-Beijing leader for B.P. Koirala
Labour supporters gathered to to come forward for dia- to the fall of Nepalese PM his efforts to reshape Nep-
celebrate a closely fought cam-
paign in which the future of a
logue in the face of violent
protests that continued for
K.P. Sharma Oli, regarded
as its steadfast ally, and
al’s traditionally India-fr-
iendly foreign policy tow- MANISHA TRIBUTE
wealth tax that dates to the late
19th century has been a central
a second day even after
Prime Minister K.P.
the prevailing student
movement against the
ards China, was reminisc-
ent of Rajapaksa family’s TO GRANDFATHER
B.P. KOIRALA
issue. Addressing the crowd, Sharma Oli’s put in his political class of Nepal. fall in Sri Lanka. Gotab-
Prime Minister Gahr Store papers. China’s state-run Xinh- aya Rajapaksa, the broth-
thanked his supporters. In a televised address to Protesters celebrate at the Singha Durbar, the seat of Smoke rises from a fire at ua news agency carried a er of Mahinda Rajapaksa,
the nation, Gen Sigdel Nepal government’s various ministries and offices, after the residence of K.P. brief report of Oli’s resig- resigned as president in New Delhi, Sept. 9:
said, “We appeal to the it was set on fire during a protest against a social media nation and news of prote- 2022 after protests over Bollywood star Manisha
Sharma Oli, in
ICC OPENING CASE protesting group to halt
protest programmes and
ban and corruption in Kathmandu, on Tuesday. — AP Kathmandu. — AFP
sts breaking out in Nepal
on Monday in Kathma-
his misrule and corrup-
tion accumulated over the
Koirala on Tuesday paid
tribute to her grandfather,
AGAINST UGANDA come forward for dialogue ndu and other parts of years by their family lead- former Nepal prime min-

REBEL LEADER
for a peaceful way out for
the nation.” NEPAL ARMY TO TAKE the country.
Oli is the second leader
ing to the bankruptcy of
the country.
ister Bishweshwar Prasad
Koirala, and remembered

CHARGE OF SECURITY
“We need to normalise of a South Asian country The entire Rajapaksa him as a man who “gave
The Hague, Sept. 9: Internati- the present difficult situa- after former Bangladesh family bore the brunt of voice to love, conflict, and
onal Criminal Court prosecut- tion and protect our his- prime minister Sheikh the riots that followed. resilience”. Koirala’s post
ors will begin presenting evid- torical and national her- Kathmandu, Sept. 9: The Nep- Hasina to quit amid a Like Oli, Rajapaksa too on Instagram came amid
ence on Tuesday to support th- itage and public as well as al Army on Tuesday said that it riotous situation after drastically tilted Lanka’s the violent anti-govern-
eir charges against fugitive Ug- private property, and to will take charge of security op- their visits to China. foreign policy towards ment protests.
andan rebel leader Joseph ensure safety to the gener- erations from 10 pm, hours after For China, the disgrace- China. — PTI The “Heeramandi” actor
Kony at the global court’s first- al public and diplomatic Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli shared an old photograph
ever in absentia hearing. missions,” the chief of resigned following 27 hours of of her grandfather on Ins-
Kony, the founder and leader
of the Lord’s Resistance Army,
or LRA, faces accusations of
Army staff said.
The appeal came as pro-
testers set fire to the Parli-
violent protests in Kathmandu
and other parts of the country.
The Army said that some
Ex-deputy PM, 1,500 tagram. “Remembering B
P BA on his birthday —
Nepal’s first elected PM

freed in prison break

war crimes and crimes against ament, Singha Durbar groups are taking undue advan- and a writer who gave voi-
humanity. premises, Supreme Court, tage of the difficult situation ce to love, conflict, and re-
The court’s so-called confir- political party offices, and and causing severe damage to silience. As students rise
mation of charges hearing co- homes of senior leaders. ordinary citizens and public today against corruption
mes two decades after it issued Former Nepal PM property. Kathmandu, Sept. 9: Ne- It is speculated that his and for freedom, his wo-
an arrest warrant for Kony Jhalanath Khanal’s wife, It warned that all security pal’s former deputy pri- release was intended to rds feel timeless. — PTI
over his alleged leadership of Rabi Laxmi Chitrakar, mechanisms, including the me minister and Rastriya safeguard other prisoners
the brutal rebel group. died after sustaining criti- Nepal Army, will be mobilised A protester carries a firearm as demonstrators Swatantra Party (RSP) amid the unrest.
cal injuries when their to contain the violence if such gather outside the Singha Durbar palace complex chairperson, Rabi Lamic- Lamichhane, lodged in
home in Dallu was set on activities continue. — PTI in Kathmandu, on Tuesday. — AFP hhane, was freed from the connection with a cooper-
60 PEOPLE KILLED fire amid ongoing unrest.
According to Nepali out-
jail by the Gen Z proteste-
rs, who took to the streets
ative savings case, addre-
ssed the crowd in a video
IN REBEL ATTACK let Khabar Hub, the fami-
ly members said that
administrative complex in
Kathmandu, and Sheetal
also torched.
Finance minister Bishnu
jumps and kicks the min-
ister down, who is thrown
of Kathmandu and other
regions to protest against
shared on social media by
RSP central member
IN EAST CONGO Chitrakar was taken to the
Kirtipur Burn Hospital in
Niwas, the presidential
residence.
Prasad Paudel was chased
through Kathmandu stre-
off balance and crashes
into a red wall, shows the
the government’s deci-
sion to ban social media
Krantishikha Dhital. His
wife, Nikita Paudel, per-
Goma, Sept. 9: At least 60 peo- critical condition but cou- Residence of President ets, show videos. video. platforms. sonally went to Nakkhu
ple have been killed in an ld not survive her injuries. Ram Chandra Paudel, Paudel, 65, is seen run- The Nepal minister, According to news out- Prison to receive him.
overnight attack by Islamic- Major government and Prime Minister KP ning through the streets of shows the video, wastes no let Khabarhub, Lamich- Thousands of support-
State-affiliated rebel group in political landmarks across Sharma Oli, and former Kathmandu, with scores time and is back on his hane was freed by protest- ers had gathered out-
eastern Congo, an official said. Nepal have come under premiers Pushpa Kamal of people behind him. feet, and runs again. ers during a demonstra- side the prison to catch
The attack was reportedly attack as mobs set fire to Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and A young protester, from The video cuts off at this tion at Nakkhu Prison on a glimpse of Lamic-
carried by the Allied Democr- Singh Durbar, the central Sher Bahadur Deuba were the opposite direction, point. — Agencies Tuesday afternoon. hhane. — Agencies
atic Force in Ntoyo, North

Gen Z wants rapper, mayor Balen as PM

Kivu, after residents gathered
at a burial. “The ADF attack
caused around 60 deaths, but
the final toll will be given later
this evening because the terri-
tory has just deployed services Kathmandu, Sept. 9: Af- X. The unrest turned dead- defined Gen Z as under 28, attend, his “full support” A comment read, “We master's degree in struc-
to the area to count the number ter demonstrations forced ly on Monday when police he believed it was neces- lay with the youth. can’t stop here, 19 lives, tural engineering from Vi-
of beheaded people,” Col Alain Nepal Prime Minister K.P. crackdowns killed at least sary to hear their voices. Late on Monday, after the including students in their svesvaraya Technological
Kiwewa, local administrator of Sharma Oli to resign from 19 people and injured hun- “The rally is clearly a government rolled back college dress, are too University in India.
the Lubero territory where office, all eyes are now on dreds nationwide. In Kath- spontaneous movement of the social media ban, out- heavy a price to pay. This — Agencies
Ntoyo is located. Kathmandu mayor Balen- mandu alone, 18 protesters Gen-Z, for whom even I rage spread to online plat- movement needs a leader
dra Shah, popularly kno- were killed, many of them may seem old,” Shah wro- forms and Balen Shah like Balen to take it for-
wn as Balen, with online students in school and col- te. “I want to understand became a trending figure. ward until we reach the
MEXICO TRAIN, campaigns encouraging
him to take the lead as the
lege uniforms.
Amid the upheaval, rap-
their aspirations, objectiv-
es and thinking. Political
Another wrote, “The diff-
erence between Banglade-
outcome. Nepal’s future
cannot be silenced.”
BUS COLLISION next prime minister.
The week-long protests,
per-turned-politician Shah
voiced solidarity with de-
parties, leaders, activists,
lawmakers and campaign-
sh, Sri Lanka and Nepal is
that we have a potential
Balendra Shah, known
as Balen, is the mayor of
LEAVES 10 DEAD with Gen Z at the forefro-
nt, intensified after the go-
monstrators. In a Facebook
post, the Kathmandu ma-
ers should not be overs-
mart to use this rally for
prime minister among us
who will work only for the
Kathmandu Metropolitan
City. Born in 1990 in
Atlacomulco (Mexico), Sept. vernment banned 26 platf- yor said that while he cou- their own interests.” good of the country with- Kathmandu, he studied
9: The freight train’s horn rang orms, including Facebook, ld not attend due to the age He added that although out personal interest. Bal- civil engineering in Nepal
out shortly before it cleaved in Instagram, YouTube, and cap set by organisers, who he would not physically en for PM lessgoo.” and later completed a K.P Sharma Oli
two a double-decker bus carry-
ing domestic and construction
workers to Mexico’s capital on
THAI TOP COURT
Monday morning, leaving at
least 10 dead, more than 50
injured and sending families to
hospitals to search for answers. ORDERS EX-PM Israel: Totally evacuate Gaza City Russian glide bomb
Medical workers called out
names through a megaphone JAILED FOR 1 YR
Tel Aviv, Madrid, Tunis,
Sept. 9: The Israeli mili- 1.2K CELEBRITIES attack kills at least 21
TO SHUN ISRAELI
as hospital staff rushed injur- tary urged a full evacua-
ed people on stretchers into Bangkok, Sept. 9: Thai- tion of Gaza City on Tue- Kyiv, Sept. 9: A Russian

FILM INSTITUTIONS
ambulances to be transferred land’s Supreme Court sday morning, ahead of glide bomb struck a villa-
to other hospitals throughout ordered on Tuesday the its planned expanded mili- ge in eastern Ukraine as
the State of Mexico. country’s most powerful tary operation in the city older people were lined
Women cried at the entrance and polarising politician in northern Gaza. This is Los Angeles, Sept. 9: up to receive their pensi-
of the medical facility, while Thaksin Shinawatra to the first warning for a full More than 1,200 celebriti- ons on Tuesday, killing at
others set up a tent in prepara- be jailed for one year, evacuation of the city in es from Hollywood, inclu- least 21 and wounding
tion for a long night of waiting ruling that he improper- the current round of fight- ding notable Oscar, BAF- nearly two dozen others,
to hear news of their loved ly served a 2023 prison ing. Also on Tuesday, de- TA, Emmy and Palme Ukrainian President Vol-
ones. term in hospital. fence minister Israel Katz d’Or winners like Olivia odymyr Zelenskyy and a
Authorities were investigat- Shinawatra’s political said Israel had demolish- Colman, Emma Stone and regional official said.
ing the accident. clan has for two decades ed 30 high-rise buildings Mark Ruffalo have signed The bomb hit the village This video grab taken
been the key foe of Tha- in Gaza, which it accused Displaced Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza carry their a pledge refusing to work of Yarova in the Donetsk from an AFPTV video
iland’s pro-military, pro- Hamas of using for mili- belongings along the coastal road toward southern with Israeli institutions region, Zelenskyy said in shows bodies strewn
PIG HEADS FOUND royalty elite who view
their populist brand as a
tary infrastructure.
Spain and Israel’s relati-
Gaza, on Tuesday. — AP and companies implicated
in genocide and apartheid
a post on Telegram.
Frankly brutal, he said
across the site on a town
in Donetsk region. — AFP
OUTSIDE SEVERAL threat to traditional soc-
ial order. The dynasty’s
ons plunged to new depths
on Tuesday as Madrid ba- HEZBOLLAH TO BE DISARMED NEAR against Palestinians.
The list of celebrities
of the attack, urging the
international community needed so that Russia
PARIS MOSQUES momentum is flagging
after legal and political
rred national security mi-
nister Itamar Ben Gvir BORDER IN 3 MONTHS: LEBANON MIN.
which have signed the pl-
edge include prominent
to make Russia pay eco-
nomically for its full-scale
stops bringing death.”
Russian President Vlad-
Paris, Sept. 9: Pig heads app- setbacks, culminating in and finance minister names such as filmmakers invasion through additio- imir Putin is ready to
eared outside several mosques his daughter Paetongta- Bezalel Smotrich. Beirut, Sept. 9: Lebano- military to draw up plans Yorgos Lanthimos, Ava nal sanctions. invade other countries fo-
around Paris on Tuesday, auth- rn Shinawatra being ou- A global activist group n’s Army is set to fully dis- to disarm the once-domi- DuVernay, Adam McKay, “The world should not llowing his decision to st-
orities said, decrying the insult sted last month from the seeking to deliver aid to arm Hezbollah near the nant militant group by the Boots Riley, Emma Selig- remain silent,” Zelenskyy art the conflict in Ukrai-
to Muslims. PM’s office. — AFP Gaza on a flotilla says one border with Israel within end of the year. man, Joshua Oppenheim- wrote. “The world should ne, Polish President Karol
France has Europe’s largest of its boats was hit by three months, foreign The Cabinet said last er and Mike Leigh, and ac- not remain inactive. The Nawrocki warned on Tue-
population of Muslims, over 6 what it believes was a dro- minister Youssef Raggi week that the Army would tors like Ayo Edebiri, Lily United States needs a sday. “We do not trust Vla-
million, for whom pigs are con-
sidered impure. SL COURT NOD TO ne while docked in Tunis-
ia but Tunisian authori-
told AFP on Tuesday.
In August, the Lebanese
begin implementing the
plan, without disclosing
Gladstone, Hannah Einbi-
nder, Peter Sarsgaard,
reaction. Europe needs a
reaction. The G20 needs a
dimir Putin’s good inten-
tions,” Nawrocki told
“An inquiry has been immedi-
ately opened,” Paris police STRIP FORMER ties denied it. — Agencies government ordered the details. — AFP Aimee Lou Wood. — PTI reaction. Strong action is reporters. — Agencies

LEADERS’ PERKS
chief Laurent Nunez said on X.
“Everything is being done to
find the perpetrators of these NON-FICTIONAL | WORKS Celebrates research in the fields of humanities and social sciences
despicable acts.” Colombo, Sept. 9: Sri

Amrith’s book in British Academy shortlist

The Paris prosecutor’s office Lanka’s Supreme Court
said pig heads had been found cleared the final legal
in front of at least two mosques hurdle on Tuesday to
in Paris and one just outside evict former presidents
the city limits. A pig head was from their stately man-
also found in a suitcase outside sions and strip them of London, Sept. 9: Bestsell- humanities and social sci- human history with his tion and dazzling in sort of book one might call
a mosque in the north of the their luxury cars, body- ing author William Dalry- ences. book. range”. ‘urgent’ in its attention to
city, it said. guards and pensions. mple’s ‘The Golden Road: Dalrymple, a historian- “In a brilliant display of “It offers us a new way of the deep historical roots of
The word “Macron” was scra- President Anura Kum- How Ancient India Transf- author who divides his imaginative synthesis, Wi- thinking of global histo- today’s climate emergen-
wled in blue at one of the sites, ara Dissanayake’s leftist ormed the World’ and Sun- time between India and lliam Dalrymple brings to- ry,” the judges noted. cy,” the judges said. The
it added, an apparent reference government has tabled a il Amrith’s ‘The Burning the United Kingdom, has gether areas of scholarsh- Amrith’s work, which dr- other books on the short-
to French President Emmanuel bill that would repeal a Earth: An Environmental been recognised for his lat- ip that seldom engage with aws on two decades of list picked from 230 entries
Macron, who is engulfed in a 1986 law granting lavish History of the Last 500 est work which charts the each other... to build his research, shows how include: ‘The Baton and
political and fiscal crisis. state housing and other Years’ are among six non- influence of Indian sci- powerful case: The influe- human relationship with The Cross: Russia’s Chur-
A Paris police unit is investi- entitlements to ex-presi- fiction works shortlisted ence, architecture, art and nce of Indian science, arc- the natural world cannot ch from Pagans to Putin’
gating the incident for suspect- dents and their widows. for the British Academy religious thought over mil- hitecture, art and religio- be separated from the his- by Lucy Ash, ‘Africonom-
ed incitement to hatred, aggra- It is part of effort to Book Prize 2025 in London lennia. us thought created a mill- tory of political power, ics: A History of Western
vated by discrimination. impose austerity after on Tuesday. United States-based ennium-long and contine- inequality and justice. Ignorance’ by Bronwen
Interior Minister Bruno the worst-ever economic The prize, now in its 13th Amrith, who was born in nt-spanning ‘Indosphere’, “Amrith’s skilful combi- Everill, ‘Sick of It: The
Retailleau condemned the acts. crisis. Speaker Jagath year and worth £25,000, Kenya to South Indian par- whose influence is with us nation of deep scholarship Global Fight for Women’s
“I want our Muslim compatri- Wickramaratne said rewards and celebrates the ents and grew up in today,” the judges said of and clear writing, with a Health’ by Sophie Harman
ots to be able to practice their that the court had reject- best works of non-fiction Singapore, has been cho- Dalrymple’s book, which focus on individual stories and ‘Sound Tracks: A Mu-
faith in peace,” he said. “I und- ed all six petitions chal- based on exceptional rese- sen for placing the envi- they said was “vivid in and vivid examples, makes sical Detective Story’ by
erstand that they feel hurt.” lenging the bill. — AFP arch in the fields of the ronment at the centre of detail, lively in descrip- ‘The Burning Earth’ the Graeme Lawson. — PTI
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pg 

quick *67UDWHRYHUKDXOQRW Gold hits C1.12 L for 10 gram,

Diwali may see it touch C1.15 L
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Nirmala Sitharaman hints at states not getting any compensation
SANGEETHA G.
CHENNAI, SEPT. 9

Gold prices crossed `1.12

NEW HIGHS
Gold expected HAVING appre-
GOLD SEEMS
to continue
its run-up towards
to move up to
INDICATORS % lakh per 10 gm in domestic ciated 50% its record high lev-
Sensex 81,101.32 0.39
FC CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 9 RATE RATIONALISATION CBIC
CHAIRMAN
spot market as the inter-
national prices continued C1.15 L
by Diwali, but
in year, gold
demand already
els again. Next tar-
get is $3,700,
Nifty 50 24,868.60 0.39 making new highs on dented by 25% which will take
S&P 500* 6,499.52 0.07 Union finance minister SITHARAMAN THE COMPENSA- SAID lower weak US economic data. looks risky, as in volume
Nirmala Sitharaman on SAID TION cess being tax incidence on In the Delhi spot market per experts. gold in MCX to
terms. `1,10,000 and
Dollar (C 88.13 -0.15 Tuesday said the reduc- that there collected right now essentials will gold made a high of
Pound Sterling (C) 119.69 0.38 tion and rationalisation of has been no will go into repaying reduce household `1,12,800 per 10 gm and Gold $3,800 to
GST slabs were 18 months GOVT SAID `1,09,500 on Multi Comm-
MOVEMENT C1,13,000.
Euro (C 103.67 0.50 compensation loans availed during compensation expenses, while for triggered jewellery
in the making. odity Exchange (MCX). — RENISHA
“When major announce- since 2022. Covid. cess (ranging manufacturers will The movement was trig- by global demand this
Gold (10gm)* (C) 1,12,800▲772 0.71 festival season CHAINANI,
ments on incom-e tax hap- from 1% to boost production, gered by the international gold prices,
Brent crude ($/bbl)* 66.91 1.35 AUTO COMPANIES employment and likely to remain head - Research,
pened during the Budget, 22%) on gold prices, which have which Augmont.
IN 10-Yr bond yield 6.495 0.50 the Prime Minister seek adjustment of automobiles exports. been continuously moving made a new subdued.
US 10-Yr T-bill yield* 4.072 0.026 Narendra Modi reminded over C2,500 cr accu- will cease to up for the past several high of $3,658
me about GST reforms,” mulated compensa- exist effective days and made a new high per ounce on
* As of 8:30 PM IST she said at an event. tion cess against tax of $3,658 per ounce on Tuesday.
The GST framework Sept. 22. Tuesday.
liabilities.
overhaul took time to Gold prices have been
work out a ‘worthy pack’ surging on the weak gold experts are also cau- saw gold demand coming
Jio Financial sets (of proposals) “There is
no connection between
ALL STATE FINANCE ministers August jobs data from the
US, increasing expecta-
tious as the asset class has
already moved up 50 per
down by 25 per cent, said
Saiyam Mehra, vice presi-
were on board with rate rational-
up joint venture the GST overhaul and the
US tariff,” she said at an isation. Differences came when
states started speaking about their
tions of two rate cuts this
year by US Federal Rese-
cent this year and is antic-
ipated to be down by 15-20
dent, GJC.
“Going ahead, festive

with Allianz event. “All state finance

ministers were on board
with rate rationalisation.
revenues.
— NIRMALA SITHARAMAN,
rve and concerns over US
Fed’s independence and a
leadership shakeup.
per cent during Diwali..
“There could be profit-
booking at such high lev-
purchases can bring in
some cheer, but in volume
terms gold purchases this
Jio Financial Services Ltd Differences came when Union finance “Gold seems to continue els. Further, any negative Dhanteras could be down
(JFSL) on Tuesday said the states started speaking minister its run-up towards its news can dent the gains to 18 tonnes against 20-22
company and Allianz of about their revenues,” she record high levels again. made in the past few tonnes purchases usually
Germany have incorporated a said. Next target is $3700, which weeks,” said Ajay Kedia, on a single day,” he said.
joint venture company named On states complaining will take gold in the MCX managing director, Kedia According to Prithviraj
Allianz Jio Reinsurance Ltd on missing out on com- to `1,10,000 and $3,800 to Commodities. Such a Kothari, managing direc-
(AJRL) to carry on the busine-
ss of reinsurance in India. The
company AJRL will invest an
pensation, Sitharaman
said that there has been
no compensation since
JLR, VOLVO, HONDA MERCEDES-BENZ TO `1,13,000,” said Renisha
Chainani, head - Research
at Augmont.
weakness in the market
can drag prices to `1 lakh
level in the medium term.
tor of RiddiSiddhi
Bullions, gold jewellery
demand this festival sea-
amount of C2.50 lakh towards
initial subscription of C25,000
2022.
“The compensation cess
TO CUT CAR PRICES INVEST IN INDIA This could see spot mar-
ket prices rallying to
The surging prices have
already dented the dema-
son is likely to remain
subdued despite strong
equity shares of face value 10
each for 50 per cent stake, the
company said.
being collected right now
will go into repaying the
loans availed during
J M
aguar Land Rover (JLR) on Tuesday
said it will cut vehicle prices ranging
between `4.5 lakh and `30.4 lakh across
ercedes-Benz will continue invest-
ing in the ‘priority market’ India,
without putting on hold any of its plans,
`1,15,000 levels. However, nd and August-September cultural sentiment.

Covid. Better collection

efficiency improves rev-
enues. It is not as if the
Centre is sitting with a
its portfolio of Range Rover, Defender
and Discovery brands, it said.
“The GST rationalisation on luxury
vehicles will provide impetus,”
including to bolster local production, in
the wake of impending EU-India free
trade agreement.
“We haven’t put any plans on hold
RBI adding gold to hedge HOUSEHOLD AVERAGE
QUARTERLY EXPENSES
huge suitcase to pay,” she
said.
Meanwhile, Central
Board of Indirect Taxes
and Customs (CBIC)
said JLR India MD Rajan Amba.
Separately, Volvo Car India
said it will cut vehicle prices by
up to `6.9 lakh on its ICE portfo-
lio, effective Sept.22.
compared to what we have original-
ly,” said member of the board of
management AG Mathias Geisen.
The company has envisioned mul-
tiple scenarios keeping in mind the
against dollar uncertainty
Mumbai, Sept. 9: The
RISE 33% TO C56,000
New Delhi, Sept. 9:
chairman Sanjay Kumar Honda Cars India said it will cut possible outcome of the trade Reserve Bank of India Indian household average
Agarwal said lower tax vehicle prices by up to `95,500 to pass agreemen, he said replying to query (RBI) steadily reduced quarterly expenses have
incidence on essentials on the GST rate cut benefit to customers. whether the German luxury carmaker purchases of US treasur- steadily gone up by over
will reduce household The company said it will reduce prices looks to put certain plans like investing ies and increased gold 33 per cent in the last
expenses, while affordable of compact sedan Amaze by up to more on CKD facilities for certain mod- buying even before US three years to `56,000 in
inputs for farmers, arti- `95,500, City by `57,500 and Elevate by els on hold in India until clarity emerges President Donald Trump 2025, according to a report
lnjeti appointed sans, and manufacturers
will boost production,
`58,400 from Sept. 22. on the framework of the EU-India FTA. slapped the country with
punishing tariffs, as the
from Worldpanel
Numerator on consump-
by

as NSE governing employment and exports.

He urged industry to cess till December 31. and low-risk businesses ing from 1 to 22 percent is
country diversifies away
from what was once seen
tion behaviour across
urban and rural India.
navigate the transition “As these reforms take from November 1. levied as per the vehicle as a safe haven asset. risks to the US dollar as
board chairperson smoothly soon after the
implementation of new
effect, the need of the
hour is to handhold the
Meanwhile, the govern-
ment on Tuesday said that
variant.
About `2,500 cr compen-
Latest data from the US
treasury department
global growth becomes
more uncertain.
Household expenses,
particularly in urban are-
as, recorded a notable rise
Srinivas lnjeti, public interest GST rates. trade and industry in nav- the compensation cess on sation cess is accumulated show India’s investment Gaurav Kapur, chief each year. However, there
director, has been appointed as The new rates would be igating the transition,” automobiles will cease to on the books of auto com- in treasuries slipped to economist at IndusInd is also an increase in
the chairperson on the govern- effective Sept. 22, barring CBIC chief said. exist effective Sept.22. panies. They demanded it $227.4 billion in June from Bank, said geopolitical expenses in rural areas.
ing board of National Stock tobacco and related prod- In the last GST Council Currently, automobiles be adjusted against tax lia- $235.3 billion in May and tensions are also playing a “Household spending
Exchange of India (NSE). Injeti ucts, which would contin- meeting, it also decided to are subject to GST at 28 bility. If not adjusted, it about $242 billion a year role in central bank deci- has been climbing steadi-
earlier served as union secre- ue to be taxed at 28 per start a simplified GST reg- per cent. On top of it, a will have to be reversed, earlier. Separate figures sions, especially after the ly, with average quarterly
tary in the ministry of corpo- cent plus a compensation istration scheme for small compensation cess rang- they said. show the RBI has also US froze Russia’s reserves expenses rising from
rate affairs from 2017 to 2020. increased gold holdings. in 2022 following the inva- about `42,000 in 2022 to
He established India’s first India’s finance minister sion of Ukraine. over `56,000 in 2025. Urb-

IT shares rise after Infosys

international financial regulator said last week the RBI was “There is a sense that if an families continue to
and promoted initiatives in
global banking, fintech, sus-
PHARMA MARKET taking a very considered
decision to diversify
the US can shut Russia off
from its assets, that can be
spend the most, but rural
households have also seen
tainable finance, bullion excha-
nge, aircraft leasing, and GCCs. TO GROW 7-8% reserves — which current-
ly stands at about $694 bil-
repeated with any coun-
try,” he said.
a sharp rebound,” said
the report.

announces share buyback IN FY26: REPORT

SANGEETHA G.
lion dollars, the fourth-
biggest in the world.
The shift comes even as
foreign holdings of treas-
RBI figures showed the
central bank boosted gold
holdings to 880 metric
tons as of July from 841.5
The average quarterly
expenses in urban mar-
kets, which were `52,711
in June 2022, scaled to
Azure deposits RAVI RANJAN PRASAD
MUMBAI, SEPT. 9 RUPEE HITS 88.1
CHENNAI, SEPT. 9 uries climbed to a record
in June, fueled by specula-
tons a year earlier. The
central bank is also repa-
`64,583 in March 2024 and
`73,579 in March 2025.
$23 million in IT stocks across the board
gained on Tuesday after VERSUS DOLLAR
Pharmaceutical market
registered 8.7 per cent
growth in August, highest
tion of Federal Reserve
rate cuts and potential
capital gains. At the same
triating more of its gold
reserves, with latest data
showing it held 512 tons of
Similarly, the rural hou-
sehold average quarterly
expenses have increased
escrow account Infosys announced
share buyback meeting
a
ON 16 PAISE RISE since January, as respira-
tory and anti-infective
time, central banks have
been boosting gold pur-
bullion domestically, up
from 292 tons in Septemb-
to `46,623 in March 2025
from `36,104 in June 2022,
Solar energy producer Azure scheduled on September therapies saw seasonal chases to reduce their er 2020. — Bloomberg the report said. — PTI
Power has paid $23 million to 11. BSE IT index gained FALAKNAAZ SYED traction. The market is
2.76 per cent. shares of the company at MUMBAI, SEPT. 9 expected to grow by 7-8

OPD add-on covers gain traction

settle a case in a US district
court over alleged bribery and Infosys shares closed its meeting to be held on per cent in FY26.
other irregularities, the compa- 5.03 per cent up at 1504.75 September 11,” said The Indian rupee strengt- The pharma market has
ny said on Tuesday. An indict- on BSE while other gain- Infosys. hened 31 paise in early been growing at sub-8 per
ment a New York district court ers included TCS (1.00 per “Sectorally, IT led the trade, briefly touching cent levels since January. FALAKNAAZ SYED per cent in FY23 to 22 per or pharmacies and using
had charged the company and cent), Wipro (2.70 per rally with a sharp 2.8 per `87.95 against the US dol- Apart from higher volum- MUMBAI, SEPT. 9 cent this year. Interesting- insurance directly.
its former executives Ranjit cent), Tech Mahindra (2.54 cent jump as heavyweig- lar supported by softer US es, price growth and new ly, preventive care results The top usage of OPD
Gupta, Murali Subramanian, per cent), HCL Technol- hts Infosys, Wipro, and jobs data that raised product introductions, An increasing number of in 5–10 per cent fewer hos- add-on covers are consul-
and Pawan Kumar Agrawal of ogies (1.78 per cent). Tech Mahindra surged, expectations of a Fed cut seasonal demand for ther- health insurance buyers pitalisation among OPD tations (35–40 per cent),
misrepresenting data about the The Sensex closed 0.39 supported by renewed but gave up gains on con- apies like anti-infective are opting for outpatient users. But unlike hospital- diagnostics (25–30 per
company and allegedly paying per cent or 314 points up at optimism around US rate cerns over potential US and respiratory medicin- department cover (OPD) isation claims that may cent), pharmacy (20–25
bribes to win new projects. 81,101.32 while Nifty-50 cut prospects and strong tariffs on Indian exports. es helped growth in Aug- add-on covers and be used only once in per cent). Physical
closed at 24,868.60 up 0.39 demand commentary,” Rupee closed at 88.10 up 16 ust, said India Rat-ings bundling them with the several years, OPD visits still edge ahe-
per cent or 95.45 points. said Gaurav Garg, analy- paise from previous close and Research (Ind-Ra). main policy. policies see far ad with 50–55 per
Foreign portfolio invest- st, Lemonn Markets Desk. of 88.26 against the dollar. “The domestic pharma According to a study of more engageme- cent share but tele-
ors turned net buyers by GST beneficiary auto ““RBI interventions and market might grow 7-8 per 64,000 policies by Policyb- nt. Customers typ- consults are nearly
Waaree secures `2,050.46 crore while dom-
estic institutions were net
stocks saw profit taking
after three days rally with
geo-political events will
severely impact the cur-
cent during financial year
2025-26, with the sus-
azaar, one in five health
insurance policies now
ically make three
to four claims annu-
at parity (45–50 per
cent reflecting India’s
order worth buyers by `83.08 crore.
“The board of directors
BSE auto index closing
0.13 lower while FMCG
rency pair in the form of
more outflows,” said Anil
tained growth momentum
in chronic therapies”,
include hospital OPD.
The study found an expo-
ally, the report said.
A whopping 90 per cent
post-pandemic shift to
digital health.

C1,252.4 crore of Infosys will consider a

proposal for buyback of
fully paid-up equity
and healthcare stocks
gained 0.54 per cent and
0.67 per cent respectively.
Kumar Bhansali, execu-
tive director,
Treasury Advisors.
Finrex
said Nishith Sanghvi,
director,
Ratings, Ind-Ra.
Corporate
nential uptake in OPD
adoption and usage with
the covers rising from 5
of the OPD claims are
cashless with customers
often walking into clinics
Mumbai, Hyderabad and
Chennai are with high
adoption of OPD covers.
Waaree Renewable Technolog-
ies said it has secured an order
worth C1,252.43 crore for a
solar project from Waaree
Forever Energies Pvt Ltd
SEBI eases IPO rules to allow NEW | MODELS Heart-rate monitor to help firm sell subscriptions to Fitness+ programme
start-up founders retain ESOPs Apple unveils iPhone 17, Airpods Pro 3
(WFEPL). The project is sched-
uled to be completed in FY27,
a regulatory filing said. As per
the order, Waaree Renewable RAVI RANJAN PRASAD and other share based
will execute engineering, pro- MUMBAI, SEPT. 9 benefits, granted to pro-
curement and construction moters and promoter Cupertino, Sept. 9: iPhone 17 launch event on capabilities were
(EPC) works of 870 MWac/1218 Securities and Exchange group members prior to Apple introduced its first Tuesday. improved with the
MWp grid connected ground Board of India (Sebi) their categorisation as new AirPods Pro model in Apple is seeking to turn AirPods Pro 2 in 2022. The
mount solar power project. amendment to its Share promoters and promoter three years, adding new its high-end AirPods into noise cancellation on the
Based Employee group in the course of health-tracking features, more of a health product, latest version is four times
Benefits and Sweat listing of a company improved noise cancella- a process that started last better than the first
Equity Regulations, in the draft offer tion and a better fit. year with new hearing-aid AirPods Pro, Apple said.
2021 allowing pro- document. The new device — priced and testing capabilities. Apple first launched its
moter and promot- Start-up foun- at $249 — will feature a The heart-rate monitor wireless earbuds in 2016,
er group to hold ders often receive heart-rate monitor, allow- also may help the compa- when the company remo-
employee stock ESOPs in early ing the earbuds to work ny sell subscriptions to its ved the headphone jack
ownership plan stages, but under with an iPhone to track a Fitness+ program — and from the iPhone.
(ESOPs) granted at least existing regulations, wearer’s pulse and meas- serve as a gateway prod- Since then, it has explod-
one year prior to filing of promoters were not per- ure calories burned dur- uct to pricier devices like Apple is touting the date more people, the com- ed and now generates bil-
draft offer document for mitted to receive ESOPs. ing exercise. And battery Apple Watches. The com- improved fit of the pany said. lions of dollars per year
an initial public offering Meanwhile, Sebi has life will improve from six pany added the same AirPods Pro 3, addressing Apple rolled out the orig- for company. Apple has
(IPO) has come into force approved the draft offer hours to eight hours when heart-rate feature to its user complaints about inal AirPods Pro in 2019, also expanded into higher-
from September 8. documents of Neilsoft and playing music, according Beats-branded earbuds prior models. The hard- adding features like noise end audio products, inclu-
The amendment clarifi- Prozeal Green Energy ini- to the company, which earlier this year. ware comes with new ear cancellation and impro- ding over-ear headphones,
es the position of ESOPs tial public offerings. unveiled the product at its tips that will accommo- ved sound quality. Those speakers. — Bloomberg
 GAMES
DECCAN CHRONICLE | VIJAYAWADA | WEDNESDAY | 10 SEPTEMBER 2025
pg 8

DREAM OPENER
HONG KONG | BADMINTON
SHORT TAKES
Recurve women
in bronze fray Satwik-Chirag,
Gwangju, South Korea: The
women’s recurve team of
Deepika Kumari, teenager
Gatha Khadake and Ankita
Bhakat entered the bronze
Favourites India set to open campaign against UAE in Asia Cup
Dubai, Sept. 9: The
Kiran advance
Hong Kong, Sept. 9: mark net domination and
medal playoffs at the World tried and tested template India’s top men’s doubles powerful smashes.
Archery Championships here on of all-rounders adding pair Satwiksairaj In men’s singles, Kiran
Tuesday but the men made a adequate balance will Rankireddy and Chirag earned his main draw
shocking first-round exit and once again be India’s Shetty began their Hong berth with back-to-back
the compound archers failed to mantra even as they Kong Open Super 500 wins in the qualifiers.
add more to their tally of two remain undecided on campaign on a winning He first dispatched
medals. The third-seeded whether to go with a note on Tuesday, while Malaysia’s Cheam June
Indian trio secured back to third spinner or a spe- Kiran George fought his Wei 21-14, 21-13 and then
back wins before losing to cialist pacer in their way through qualifying to beat compatriot S. Sankar
Japan 2-6 in the semifinals. opening Asia Cup game make the main draw of Muthusamy Subram-
India will now face South Korea against hosts United men’s singles competition anian 21-18, 21-14.
for the bronze, aiming for their Arab Emirates here on here. World No. 38 Kiran will
first women’s team medal at Wednesday. Since he Satwik and Chirag, who face Singapore’s Jia Heng
the World Championships since took over, head coach recently bagged their sec- Jason Teh next.
2015. Gautam Gambhir has ond bronze medal at the Tharun Mannepalli pro-
So far, India have won two stressed on multi-skilled World Championships in duced the biggest shock of
medals, both in the compound players across formats, Paris, overcame Taiwan’s the day, sending former
section — a first ever men’s especially those who can Chiu Hsiang Chieh and world No.1 Kidambi
team gold and a mixed team add batting depth to Wang Chi-Lin 21-13, 18-21, Srikanth packing 28-26,
silver for Rishabh Yadav and make sure that the line- 21-10 in their opening 21-13 in the first round of
Jyothi Surekha Vennam. up can add runs till as round. qualifying.
Four-time Olympian and former deep as No.8. The former world No.1 The 20-year-old, howev-
world No. 1 Deepika led the The match against combination looked er, could not sustain the
women’s charge in the recurve UAE will be a dress sharp in the opener, momentum and went
competition, finishing sixth in rehearsal for the big allowed their rivals to down 21-23, 13-21, 18-21 to
qualification with 677 points. game against Pakistan force a decider, but Malaysia’s fourth seed
Gatha, seeded 14th with 666, on September 14. The reasserted control in the Justin Hoh in his next
and Ankita, seeded 30th with perceived minnows will third with their trade- match. — PTI
656, ensured India took third give the Indian team
place in the team qualification management an idea
to earn a direct entry into the
second round. — PTI
about the combination
that can be consistently
fielded going deeper into
the tournament.
Delhi register big
Dismal show by
Indian shooters
For UAE, it will be the
biggest match for a lot of
win over Bengal
Ningbo, China: India’s campaign
in the ISSF World Cup was off
Live on TV Visakhapatnam, Se-pt.
9: Dabang Delhi regis-
missed Surjeet Singh on
two separate occasions.
to a disappointing start with India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav (left) and his Afghanistan counterpart Rashid Khan interact with the champi- tered a comfortable 45-34 A Super Raid from
ASIA CUP
the 10m air pistol and rifle onship mascot during the unveiling of the Asia Cup trophy in Dubai on Tuesday. — PTI win over Bengal Warriorz Ajinkya removed Parteek,
Group Game: India vs
mixed teams failing to reach United Arab Emirates on
to surge to the top of the Ashish Malik and
the finals here on Tuesday. Pro Kabaddi League table Vishwas S, but Devank

SKY says India will not hold

Sony Ten 1, 3, 4, 5
The two Indian pairs in 10m air here on Tuesday. once again shone with
pistol mixed team event fin- It was a complete per- two successful raids. As a
ished 11th and 13th respectively formance from Ashu result, what started as a
in the qualification, while in players. Facing a Jasprit Malik and his men, with tight contest saw the
10m air rifle rifle mixed team
section, the country’s combina-
tions finished 14th and 34th.
The pair of Surbhi Rao and
Bumrah or bowling to a
Shubman Gill isn’t a
common occurrence in
the life of an Associate
back aggression against Pak the star raider scoring 16
points. He was ably sup-
ported by Ajinkya Pawar's
all-round performance, in
scores at 10-9 going into
the Time-Out.
The scores were levelled
when another successful
young Amit Sharma, competing nation cricketer and Dubai, Sept. 9: India this sport. And I’m sure, to say anything to any what was their fourth raid from Devank got the
in his third World Cup, ended Asia Cup does bring skipper Suryakumar I’m very excited to take player. Because everyone straight win. better of Saurabh Nandal.
up 11th with an aggregate quali- them closer to elite envi- Yadav on Tuesday said his the field on the front foot,” is individually very differ- In a surprise twist, it But Ajinkya turned from
fication round score of 594. ronments. side will not hold back on Suryakumar replied when ent. If someone wants to was Neeraj Narwal who raider to defender, trap-
Surbhi shot 284 while Sharma In the Indian set-up, aggression in the high- asked whether players be aggressive on the field, started on the front foot ping the Warriorz skipper
scored 290 as the pair missed the Sanju Samson vs voltage Asia Cup clash will be told to dial down they are more than wel- for Dabang Delhi ahead of for a Super Tackle.
the four-par final by a huge Jitesh Sharma puzzle against Pakistan on the intensity in the much- come to do that. When it their star Ashu. Just as the Warriorz
margin. seems to have been September 14 as it is an awaited Sunday clash of comes to fast bowlers, A multi-point raid from were beginning to creep
China, with a combined score solved for the time being important aspect of play- the T20 event. they are always aggres- him sent Parteek and back into the game, a
of 585, topped the qualification with the Vidarbha keep- ing international sport. The Asia Cup match is sive,” he said. Mayur Kadam off the Super Tackle on Devank
and went on to win the gold by er’s skills as a finisher His Pakistani counterpart being held in the back- The captains’ press con- mat, with Ashu joining followed by a Super Raid
defeating Czech Republic 17-5 being rated higher than Salman Ali Agha had drop of border tensions ference and the trophy the act after Parteek was from Neeraj stretched
in the gold-medal match. Kerala swashbuckler’s identical views — no between India and unveiling ceremony was successfully dismissed. Delhi’s lead to 11 points.
The other Indian pair of pyrotechnics at the top. instructions but no shying Pakistan after 26 tourists followed by a question and Delhi’s strong start was The match was sealed by a
Olympian Rhythm Sangwan and The re-entry of away from it either. Before were killed by terrorists answer session. The cancelled out by Dhaakad high-flying move from
Nishant Rawat finished 13th in
the 21-team field, aggregating
571. — PTI
Shubman Gill at the top
of the order has certain-
the Pakistan game, India
will open their campaign
in Pahalgam earlier this
year leading to military
emcee requested the
media to ask only apoliti- RASHID LASHES Devank Dalal, who dis- Ashu in a Do-or-Die raid.

OUT AT ‘NOT SO
ly forced a realignment against the UAE on action by India. cal questions.
in strategy as Samson, Wednesday. Salman held a similar In fact, Suryakumar and
despite being a free-flow- “Temper Sir, aggression view on aggression but Salman weren’t even seat-
Ankur, Diya top ing stroke-maker, looks
set to sit out because of
is always there on the field
when we take the field.
added that he wouldn’t be
issuing any specific
ed together as Afgha-
nistan skipper Rashid IDEAL’ ASIA CUP
seeds at Nationals
SCHEDULING
the need to get the com- And without aggression, I instructions to his play- Khan took the place
bination right. don’t think you can play ers. “Well, you don’t need between them. — PTI
New Delhi: Ankur Bhattacharjee Samson is not an
has been given the top billing option beyond top three
in men’s singles following the and with Gill and Dubai, Sept. 9:
withdrawal of national champi- Abhishek Sharma open- Afghanistan skipper
on Manush Shah in the ongoing ing the batting, the only Rashid Khan on
National Ranking Table Tennis slot available was Tuesday didn’t mince
Championships at the Thyagaraj Number Three. words while criticising
Stadium. Despite bowing out in But Tilak Varma has the “not so ideal” sched-
the quarterfinals at the previous been exceptional in that uling and logistical
event, Ankur now finds himself position, rising up to arrangements of the
seeded No. 1 in the men’s sin- No.2 in ICC T20I batters’ Asia Cup where his team
gles, nudging seasoned cam- rankings while skipper would be based in Dubai
paigner G. Sathiyan to the sec- Suryakumar Yadav is a and travel nearly two
ond spot. natural at either No.3 or hours to Abu Dhabi on Action from the Pro Kabaddi League match between
With a draw of 256 players, the 4. its match days. Dabang Delhi and Bengal Warriorz in Visakhapatnam
men’s event has handed out as Following them are the “Well, I don’t think it’s on Tuesday. Delhi won the match 45-34.
many as 92 byes, offering the multi-skilled cricketers. ideal — that’s what we
top 16 seeds a well-timed At number five, there is were discussing (with
Hardik Pandya, who on the other captains)
breather before they launch
their campaigns in Round Two. his day is as good a fast All captains (from left) — Oman’s Jatinder Singh, Hong Kong’s Yasim Murtaza, before as well,” Rashid BOXING | WORLDS
In the 128-player women’s bowler as any front-line Pakistan’s Salman Ali Agha, Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan, India’s Suryakumar Yadav, said during the manda-

Nikhat battles
knockout, Diya Chitale contin- pacer apart from being a Sri Lanka’s Charith Asalanka, Bangladesh’s Litton Das and UAE’s Muhammad tory captains’ press
ues to hold the top spot in brilliant batter. Waseem pose during the unveiling of the Asia Cup 2025 trophy in Dubai on Tuesday. meet here.
seeding. — PTI — PTI — PTI “To play in Abu Dhabi
and stay here in Dubai
for all three games...it’s
Tonali saves Italy
from WC disaster Afghans have it easy vs Hong Kong different. But as profes-
sional cricketers, we
have to accept these
things,” said the highest
into semifinals
Paris: Sandro Tonali’s last-gasp Abu Dhabi, Sept. 9: wicket-taker in T20I his- Liverpool, Sept. 9: Two- in the final three minutes,
winner edged Italy to a 5-4 vic- Afghanistan defeated BRIEF SCORES tory. time champion Nikhat with the referee penalis-
tory over Israel in 2026 World Hong Kong by 94 runs in After Wednesday, Zareen survived a gritty ing Nishinaka again for
Cup qualifying on Monday, the Asia Cup tournament Afghanistan 188/6 in 20 Afghanistan’s other two test to edge past Japan’s persistent clinching.
while Kosovo beat Sweden opener at the Sheikh overs (Sediqullah Atal Group ‘B’ games are Yuna Nishinaka and Nikhat did just enough to
despite Alexander Isak making Zayed Stadium here on 73, Azmatullah Omarzai scheduled on September progress to the quarterfi- hold her advantage, grind-
his first appearance of the sea- Tuesday. Opting to bat, 53, Kinchit Shah 2/24) bt 16 and 18 against nals of the World Boxing ing out the victory to stay
son. After collapsing from lead- opener Sediqullah Atal Hong Kong 94/9 in 20 Bangladesh and Sri Championships here on on course for a third
ing 4-2 in the final two minutes and Azmatullah Omarzai overs (Babar Hayat 39, Lanka respectively. Tuesday. World championships
to drawing 4-4, Tonali’s 91st- hit fine fifties as Gulbadin Naib 2/8, But Rashid, who has Unseeded in the draw, medal.
minute strike in the Hungarian Afghanistan posted 188/6. Fazalhaq Farooqi 2/16). 170 T20I wickets, also Nikhat overcame a scrap- Nikhat now faces her
city of Debrecen sent Italy Atal (73 not out off 52 said that as a profession- py women’s 51kg round of toughest challenge yet in
above Israel and into the play- balls) and Mohammad al, he has to forget the 16 contest to secure a the quarterfinals against
off spot in Group I. Nabi (33) shared a 51-run off-spinner Kinchit Shah scheduling and focus on unanimous decision, two-time Olympic silver
New coach Gennaro Gattuso’s stand for the third wicket over mid-wicket for a six. the game. though the scoreline did medallist and 2022 world
side trail leaders Norway by before Omarzai provided Shah deserved a special “Once you enter the not reflect the stiff resist- light flyweight champion
three points and still have a the late charge with a blaz- mention for tying up the ground, you tend to for- ance from her 21-year-old Turkey’s Buse Naz
chance of taking first place and ing 21-ball 53. usually hard-hitting get everything else. In opponent. Cakiroglu.
the group’s sole direct qualify- In reply, Hong Kong Afghan batters with a other countries, we often Nishinaka troubled the
TRIPLE BLOW
ing spot as they seek to avoid could manage only 94/9 in series of under-cutters, fly two-three hours and Indian with constant
missing out on a third-consecu- 20 overs with Babar Hayat that they failed either to go straight to the game. I clinching and was docked India, however, endured a
tive World Cup finals appear- top-scoring with a 43-ball read or work around for remember flying from two points for excessive setback late on Monday
ance. “We’ll take the win which 39. singles. Bangladesh to the US holding. with Sumit Kundu (75kg),
was crucial for us, but we’re Fazalhaq Farooqi (2/16), Mohammad Nabi (33 off once and playing Both boxers started Sachin Siwach (60kg) and
completely nuts, nuts because Gulbadin Naib (2/8), 26 balls) took a few balls to straightaway.” aggressively, surging for- Asian Games bronze
we conceded some absurd Azmatullah Omarzai (1/4) find his range, but once he Sri Lankan skipper ward with intent. Nikhat medallist Narender
goals. We need to work on that and Noor Ahmed (1/16) slipped into the rhythm Charith Asalanka was landed a couple of early Berwal (90+kg) bowing
because we’re too fragile, we were among wickets. the veteran allrounder also critical of the hooks, but the round was out in the pre-quarterfi-
concede goals too easily,” For Hong Kong, Kinchit hammered pacer Aizaz scheduling which has fragmented by repeated nals.
Gattuso said. — AFP Shah (2/24) and Ayush Khan for a four and six in left very little time for tangles, and the Japanese Sumit was comprehen-
Shukla (2/54) snapped two successive balls. his team to relax and fighter edged it 3-2 on the sively beaten 5-0 by
Regd. No. Afghanistan’s Sediqullah Atal (left) and Azmatullah
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(1/7) and Ehsan Khan Omarzai bump their fists during their Asia Cup against dawn as Nabi fell to Shah elling away series In the second, Nikhat the reigning European
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their chances to free the opted to bat first, but soon one big shot — a pull off — PTI turnaround time. — PTI The pattern continued — PTI