HYDERABAD  SATURDAY  DECEMBER 03, 2022  `9.00  PAGES 16  LATE CITY EDITION The KnockOut punch Japan and Morocco played beyond expectations. Germany and Belgium exit. After an exciting group stages, the knock-outs begin from Saturday. A look at who plays whom in the Round of 16 and potential clashes TOP HALF DECEMBER 3 8.30 PM Netherlands vs USA 12.30 AM (Sun) Argentina vs Australia DECEMBER 5 8.30 PM Japan vs Croatia 12.30 AM (Tue) To Be Decided ( Brazil) vs South Korea BOTTOM HALF DECEMBER 4 8.30 PM France vs Poland 12.30 AM (Mon) England vs Senegal DECEMBER 6 8.30pm Morocco vs Spain 12.30 AM (Wed) Portugal vs To Be Decided ( Swizterland) THREE AS IT STANDS  Brazil Swizerland Group G matches don’t finish before late night South Korea’s Hwang Hee-chan celebrates after scoring the winning goal against Portugal on Friday. South Korea move into R-16 with 2-1 victory | AP | P11 THREE ASIAN TEAMS — SOUTH KOREA, JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA — HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE ROUND OF 16 STAGE THIS TIME CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOGGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI CBI issues notice to Kavitha in Delhi liquor scam Amara Raja to invest `9,500 crore in battery making unit at Mahbubnagar EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Hyderabad Interrogation will happen at the Hyderabad residence of the MLC at 11 am on Dec 6 been issued a CBI notice under Section 160 of CrPC, seeking my clarification. I have inTRS MLC and Chief Minister K formed the authorities, that I Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter can meet them at my residence Kalvakuntla Kavitha has been in Hyderabad on Dec 6 as per issued a notice under Section their request,” she said. 160 of CrPC by the Alok Shahi’s noCentral Bureau of tice states that the Investigation to ap“subject cited case pear before it as a has been registered” witness in the inveson the basis of a writtigation pertaining ten complaint by to the Delhi excise Praveen Kumar, Dipolicy scam. rector, MHA, GovKavitha has been er nment of India asked to present herv i d e O M self for examination No.14035/06/2022by the CBI at 11 am Delhi-1 dated on December 6 at ei22/07/2022 u/s 12-B ther Hyderabad or r/w Section 7 of the Delhi as per her con- I’ve been issued a CBI PC Act and Section venience. “During notice under Section 477-A of the IPC 160 of CrPC, seeking the course of investiagainst Manish Sisomy clarification. I gation of the subject dia and 14 others rehave informed the cited case (the Delhi garding the allegaauthorities, that I can excise policy scam), tions pertaining to meet them at my certain facts have the Delhi gover nresidence in emerged with which ment’s excise policy . Hyderabad you may be acquaintA couple of days ago, on Dec 6 ed with, hence your Kavitha was named Kalvakuntla Kavitha, examination on such by the Enforcement TRS MLC facts is required in Directorate in a rethe interest of invesmand report filed tigation,” the notice issued by with regard to businessman Alok Kumar Shahi, Deputy Su- Amit Arora in the scam. perintendent of Police, CBI, This was the first time ACB, New Delhi states. Kavitha’s name was mentioned Reacting to the CBI notice, on record by the ED. Arora is a Kavitha sent a message to me- close aide of Delhi Deputy diapersons on Friday night ac- C h i e f M i n i s t e r M a n i s h CONTINUED ON P5 knowledging the same. “I’ve Sisodia. EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Hyderabad Telangana Industries Principal Secretary Jayesh Ranjan and a representative of Amara Raja Batteries sign an MoU in Hyderabad on Friday while IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao and company chairman Jayadev Galla look on `9500 cr total investment in the proposed giga factory 4,500 16 GW h a te u lt i m i ty apac c potential jobs 5 GWH BATTERY PACK ASSEMBLY EXPRESS READ Chemistry may not be must for BTech admission Hyderabad: Are you a student who’s finding it difficult to study Chemistry in order to get BTech admission? Are you spending sleepless nights over Mathematics because you want to pursue a degree in Agriculture? These worries may soon be a thing of the past as an official committee constituted by the TSCHE is going to submit a report to the State government on how to implement the revised rules of the AICTE | P2 Chhattisgarh House OKs bill to raise tribal quota to 32% E J A Z K A I S E R @ Raipur A special session of the Chhattisgarh Assembly on Friday unanimously passed an reservation amendment bill that took the total quota in the state to a whopping 76% with the tribal component at 32%. Called the Chhattisgarh Public Service (Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes Reservation) Amendment bill, it was passed after extensive deliberations. The amendment bill raised the ST quota to 32% and ST to 13% and that for OBCs to 27%. The new element was the 4% reservation to the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in educational institutions and the state government jobs. “The bill will be soon sent to the Governor Anusuiya Uike for assent. In districts where the strength of the EWS is higher, the proposed quota for them may proportionally rise up to 10% but at the state level it will be 4%,” informed Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. Leader of the Opposition Narayan Chandel questioned why the report of the Quantifiable Data Aayog was not tabled in the Assembly “The state gov. ernment should have presented the data that formed the basis of the reservation,” he said. The opposition also demanded to raise the SC quota to 16%. In 2012, the BJP regime had raised the total quota to 58% but in September this year, the Chhattisg arh High Cour t struck it down, which brought down the tribal quota to 20%. HAND IN HAND Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Chief Justice of India Justice D Y Chandrachud at the 8th Dr LM Singhvi Memorial Lecture on ‘Universal Adult Franchise: Translating India’s Political Transformation Into A Social Transformation’, in New Delhi on Friday | PARVEEN NEGI UP court orders arrest of ex-minister Chinmayanand added that the MP/MLA court does not have the power to exTHE MP/MLA court of Shahja- tend a deadline fixed by the hanpur has directed the Uttar apex court. Pradesh police to arrest former The case dates back to 2011 Union minister Swami Chin- when one of the disciples of mayanand and produce him be- Chinmayanand lodged a rape fore the court in concase against him. Chinnection with an mayanand was the Un11-year-old rape case ion minister of state lodged against him by for home in the Vajpayone of his disciples. ee cabinet. Special judge Asma After the BJP came Sultana rejected the reto power in Uttar quest made by ChinPradesh, it started the mayanand’s lawyer to process for closing the allow his client time to case in 2018. However, Swami appear before court con- Chinmayanand the victim opposed the sidering his old age and closure proceedings. ill health, citing a Supreme As a result, the court rejected Court order that directed him the application for closure and to appear in the Shahjahanpur issued a bailable warrant court by November 30. Howev- against the accused. er, he did not surrender before Earlier, Chinmayanand had the court by the deadline. moved the Allahabad High The judge posted the matter Court and also the Supreme on December 9 and directed the Court for withdrawal of the police to produce the accused case. However, both the courts in court on that day The judge rejected his plea. . N A M I TA BA J PA I @ Lucknow ‘YET ANOTHER HISTORIC WIN FOR TELANGANA’ Amara Raja to set up India’s largest Lithium Ion Cell Manufacturing facility till date with an investment of `9,500 cr, further reinforcing Telangana’s position as an ideal destination for EV and Advanced Cell Chemistry (ACC) Manufacturing. AMARA Raja Batteries Limited, on Friday signed an MoU , with the Telangana government to set up a state-of-the-art research and manufacturing facility for lithium-ion battery at Divitipally of Mahbubnagar district. The unit is expected to generate employment opportunities for 4,500 persons. Over the next 10 years, the company intends to invest `9,500 crore in the facility The . proposed lithium cell giga factory will have an ultimate capacity of 16 GWh and a battery pack assembly of 5 GWh. IT & Industries Minister KT Rama Rao tweeted that this was yet another “historic win” for Telangana. “Amara Raja will set up India’s largest-ever lithium-ion cell manufacturing facility till date at an investment of `9,500 crore, further reinforcing Telangana’s position as an ideal destination for EV and Advanced Cell Chemistry (ACC) manufacturing,” he said. With this, Telangana is now amongst the select few regions in the world hosting a lithiumion giga factory, Rama Rao said adding that the TRS government aims to make Telangana the most electrified State in India. Having a giga factory in Telangana further strengthens State’s aspiration to become an EV manufacturing hub and spearhead the EV revolution in India. As the latest in its pivot to becoming an ‘Energy & Mobility’ enter prise, Amara Raja Batteries has chosen Telangana to house its giga corridor. The initial facilities would include a firstof-its-kind advanced energy research and innovation centre in Hyderabad, dubbed Amara Raja E-hub. This facility will be equipped with advanced laboratories and testing infrastructure for material research, prototyping, product life cycle analysis and proof of concept demon- SC CROSS AT SNIPING BY EX-COLLEGIUM MEMBERS S H R U T I K A K K A R @ New Delhi A Supreme Court bench on Friday took a swipe at a few former collegium members who have been vocal in their criticism of the system, observing it has now become a fashion for them to do so after retirement. Justice M R Shah, who is currently part of the collegium headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said, “We don’t want to comment upon anything made by former members (of the collegium). Now it has become fashion to comment upon decisions made by earlier members.” The remarks were made by the bench while considering a plea by RTI activist Anjali Bharadwaj, who sought the agenda, minutes and resolution of a Supreme Court collegium meeting on December 12, 2018, under the RTI Act. The SC came under the RTI Act in late 2019. According to the autobiography of former CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice for the Judge, the collegium had agreed in its December 2018 meeting to recommend the names of Justice Pra- deep Nandrajog, who was then the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court, and Justice Rajendra Menon, the then Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, for elevation to the Supreme Court but the decision was kept in abeyance since the news of their elevation had leaked. Apart from CJI Gogoi, the other members of the then collegium were justices Madan B Lokur, A K Sikri, S A Bobde and N V Ramana. The resolution of the next collegium meeting on January 10, 2019, recorded that the decisions taken on December 12, 2018, were revisited and overturned “in the light of additional materials”. Terming Bharadwaj’s plea as a “fishing inquiry by a busy body”, Justice Shah said, “Let the system which is functioning not be derailed. Let the collegium perform its duty .” On advocate Prashant Bhushan’s submission that the SC was itself backfiring after declaring the Right to Information as a fundamental right, the bench rebutted it saying, “We’re the most transparent institution. We’re not backfiring.” In February 2019, Bharadwaj had filed an RTI request seeking a copy of the minutes of the resolution of the SC collegium’s December, 2018 meeting. While the Central Public Information Officer had dismissed the plea, the first appellate authority observed that the January 10, 2019 collegium resolution had made it clear that no resolution was formally passed in the December meeting since consultations could not be completed. She similarly hit a wall at the Central Information Commission and the Delhi high court before she brought it to the SC. The bench reserved its orders on the plea. JUSTICE LOKUR EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT After retirement, Justice Lokur had in a media interview expressed his disappointment at the SC not uploading its December 2018 collegium resolution. But the Delhi High Court refused to consider it ZIG ZAG COURSE P R I YA R AT H N A M @ Hyderabad THE city’s poshest area of Jubilee Hills is now a maze. At every corner, you are in for a surprise. The new regulations brought in by the traffic police are testing the patience of road users. The city may be on the fast track in the growth lane, but not for the motorists. Most often than not, even in the air conditioned interior of the car, sweat breaks on the forehead as one makes his/her way through the labyrinth and finally reaches home. The traffic diversions which came into force towards Durgam Cheruvu and Cable Bridge in Jubilee Hills have caught them by surprise. Cursing the police, the vehicle users approached them about the rationale for creating such confusion. They asked the police what had forced them to enforce diversions and whether they had made any study in the first place. The police stuck to their guns, though with little conviction. But the road users insist- Driving through the Jubilee Hills maze tests one & all The U-turn sign at Jubilee Hills seems to have taken a scooterist by surprise ed on knowing why they were being punished by asking them t o d i s e m b a rk at Ro a d No. 45. All the important junctions on Road No 1 Jubilee Hills are closed for a distance of 2.7 km as the roads are narrow at KBR Park where there is no scope of widening the roads. The commuters are fretting that they have to travel for 25 minutes to cover a distance of CONTINUED ON P2 2.7 km. stration. This will cater to the development needs of Amara Raja and also provide a range of facilities to other players in the energ y and mobility ecosystem. Amara Raja envisions that the E-hub will serve as a muchneeded catalyst for multistakeholder collaboration and fostering entrepreneurship in these emerging sectors, in line with Atmanirbhar Bharat. Jaya d ev G a l l a , Chairman & Managing Director of Amara Raja Batteries said, “This strategic partnership with the government of Telangana is a giant leap for Amara Raja and will bring in the impetus for innovations in sustainable technologies for the whole region, in addition to generating employment opportunities. We have had a long association with the State and are excited to finally have the opportunity to establish an industrial base here.” WHODUNIT? 15 police teams hunt for jewellery shop robbers EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Hyderabad THE Rachakonada Commissionerate has formed 15 teams to hunt down the gang who shot at a jewellery shop owner and a worker at Nagole in the city be, fore fleeing with three kg gold on Thursday Some of the teams . have launched vehicle-checking on highways towards Pune and Karnataka. The fingerprints of the offenders are being matched with those of old criminals to see whether the robbery was the work of locals or of outsiders. The two robbers shot at Kalyan Chowdary the owner of Ma, hadev Jewellers and Sukram, who supplies gold ornaments from a godown in Secunderabad to several retailers in the city The injured duo are under. going treatment at Supraja Hospital. Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat who called on the injured at the hospital, said that teams were formed to nab the robbers. Sources told TNIE that it was yet to be established whether the robbery was an insider job. The police are looking at possible involvement of those known to Kalyan Chowdary and Sukram. Some police personnel say it is puzzling as to why the robbers actually fired their guns instead of waving their weapons as a threat at Kalyan and Sukram. A police officer said: “In any robbery, offenders first threaten their target. If it doesn’t work, they open fire. But in this case, the miscreants right away resorted to shooting at the jewellery shop owner and the worker. This is a bit baffling and we have to look deeper into the case. Teams are working on other possible angles and the CCTV footage in the area is being checked to identify the robbers.” Another source said that there were four robbers and two of them were wearing masks. The victims could not recognise the desperadoes while the latter barged into the shop, closed the shutters and started shooting. It is suspected that the accused had followed Sukram on their separate bikes from Secunderabad to Snehapuri Colony in Nagole.