hyderabad l tuesday l february 06, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 18 l late city EDITION Bowlers set up clinical comeback victory for India Chasing a mammoth 399 for win, England were dismissed for 292, falling short by 106 runs as hosts level series in Vizag. A look... Bazball threat neutralised, for now When India lost the first Test in Hyderabad, a lot of questions were asked, including whether they can counter England’s aggressive approach on the field. Under the pump, youngsters Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill stepped up with the bat after which Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin did the rest as India levelled the series 1-1 ■ 97 Bumrah, Ashwin deliver when needed most ■ After going wicketless in the first innings, Ashwin was under pressure to deliver in the fourth innings of the Test. So much that India’s fortunes were dependent on how he went on Monday The ace spinner did just that, taking three crucial wickets (3/72) before Bumrah (3/46) took over the proceedings | P13 Test wickets for Ashwin against England is the most by an Indian 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 in cross-hairs SC lights into C’garh Mayor poll officer S u c h i t r a Ka lya n M o h a n t y @ New Delhi An angry Supreme Court on Monday lit into Anil Masih, the returning officer of the Chandigarh Mayor polls, saying he should be prosecuted as videos showed him defacing ballot papers to influence the verdict. “It is obvious that he has defaced the ballot papers. He needs to be prosecuted. Why is he looking at the camera? This is a mockery of democracy and murdering democracy We are . appalled. Is this behaviour of a returning officer? Wherever there is a cross at bottom, he does not touch it but when it is at the top, he alters it. Please tell the returning officer that the Supreme Court is watching,” a three-judge bench headed by CJI DY Chandrachud said. The court made these critical observations against Masih after hearing a plea filed by defeated AAP councillor Kuldeep Kumar, challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court order that refused to grant any interim relief to the party . The court slapped a notice on Masih and also directed that entire records of the municipal elections be sequestered. expose NDA will bag 400 LS seats: Modi SC hostel deathssay kin lapses; foul play, Predicts 370 seats for BJP; says his 3rd term will lay foundation for India’s next 1,000 years P r e e t h a Na i r @ New Delhi DELIVERING his last speech to the 17th Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched an all-out attack on the Congress, asserting that the NDA will secure 400plus seats and the BJP’s tally will go past 370 in the upcoming general elections. “I normally do not get into numbers. But I can see the mood of the country,” he said. The BJP had won 303 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha in 2019, while the NDA got 353. In his reply to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address in the Lower House, Modi exuded confidence that India will become the world’s third largest economy during his government’s ‘third’ tenure. PM Narendra Modi replies to the Motion of Thanks in the Lok Sabha | PTI “That is Modi’s guarantee,” said the PM in his two-hourlong speech, adding that the third term will witness big decisions. “It will lay a strong foundation of India of the next 1,000 years,” he said. Setting the tone for 2024 polls, Modi listed out his government’s achievements — Ayodhya Ram temple, abrogation of Article 370, and several welfare schemes such as Ayushman Bharat, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, and Digital India. “In every sphere, the country has experienced growth and prosperity. Compared to the past 10 years, the country has become empowered in the area of security Terrorism and Nax. alism are now restricted to a small circle. But India’s policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism is now compelling the entire world to walk towards this policy he said. ,” The PM made repeated attacks on India’s first PM Jawaharlal Nehru claiming that the Congress leader thought Indians were “lazy and of low intelligence”. Citing Nehru’s Independence Day speech, Modi said: “Nehru had said ‘we do not work as hard as the Europe- ans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians or the Americans’. Nehru was giving a certificate to the foreigners to belittle Indians.” Modi said Opposition parties have lost the appetite to fight elections and are resigned to the prospects of sitting in opposition benches for a very long time. “Several leaders were looking to change their seats or enter Parliament through the Rajya Sabha,” he said, amid shouting from the opposition benches on his silence on issues such as the Manipur violence and women wrestlers’ protest. In a veiled reference to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Modi said the ‘Congress shop is on the verge of closure’ as the “party is launching the same product again and again.” A Seshacharyulu @ Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri The alleged suicide of two SSC girl students at Bhuvanagiri Scheduled Caste girls hostel on Saturday has exposed the shortcomings in the administration of state-run SC hostels. It is alleged that an auto-rickshaw driver used to sneak into the hostel in the dead of the night. Shockingly, the CCTV cameras in the hostel are nonfunctional and the hostel has only one watchman. The parents of the deceased students alleged that the suicide notes, purportedly written by the girls, were forged. The parents also alleged that the signatures on the “suicide notes” do not tally with the signatures of the students. They This Moment is a Grammy moment S h r e yas Pa n d e (From L) Shankar Mahadevan, Ganesh Rajagopalan, Zakir Hussain and Selvaganesh with the Grammy | PTI Indian musicians Shankar Mahadevan, Ustad Zakir Hussain, percussionist Selvaganesh Vinayakram, violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan and English guitarist John McLaughlin of the fusion band, Shakti, bagged the prestigious Grammy award under the category, Global Music Album, on Monday. The award was given to their album This Moment in the ceremony in Los Angeles. This Moment is the third studio album by Shakti and is the band’s first release in 46 years after the 1977 album Natural Elements. The album consists of eight songs, including Shrini’s Dream, Bending the Rules, Karuna, Giriraj Sudha, Mohanam and Las Palmas. The album was released on June 30, 2023. In his acceptance speech, Shankar Mahadevan said, “Thank you, boys, and thank you, God, family friends, and In, dia. We are proud of you, India. I would like to dedicate this award to my wife, to whom every note of my music is dedicated.” Zakir Hussain bagged two more Grammys in different categories. He won the award for Best Global Music Performance for the song Pashto, alongside Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Rakesh Chaurasia. They won another award in the category, Contemporary Instrumental Album, for the album As We Speak. suicide PREVENTION helpline 040-66202000 & 66202001 (Call between 11 am and 9 pm) said that they suspected the role of the staff behind the death of the girls. The police registered cases under CrPc Section 174 against six persons, including hostel staff. Meanwhile, no counselling sessions could be conducted for the students in the hostel to instil confidence among them. There are around 110 students in the hostel studying Class VI to SSC. After the tragedy, all these students vacated the hostel on Sunday and left for their native places. continued on P5 INSIDE Champai Soren easily wins trust vote in Jharkhand Assembly, Hemant soren takes part in voting I P9 Revanth Meets Sonia in Delhi, invites her to contest from Telangana, launch `500 LPG cylinder and free 200 units of power schemes I P4
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