hyderabad l Monday l February 12, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 l late city EDITION oz HAND ANOTHER HEARTBREAK TO iNDIA, WIN mEN’S u19 wORLD cUP Months after the senior men’s team beat India to win the ODI World Cup, Australia did the same to secure their fourth U19 WC title. A look... beardman blows away defending champs dream shattered, but promise remains While Australia batters posted a formidable 253/7 on board, it was bowlers who took away India’s dream. Pacer Mahli Beardman (3/15) ran through the top-order before off-spinner Raf MacMillan (3/43) finished the job for Australia as they won their fourth U19 Men’s WC title. The victory perhaps was sweeter, having lost to India in 2012 and 2018 finals ■ ■ Going into the final as one of the unbeaten teams, the other one was Australia, there were high hopes on the Uday Saharan-led side to defend the title and win their sixth U19 trophy | P11 However, despite the defeat, the likes of Musheer Khan, Sachin Dhas, Raj Limbani and Saharan have shown that there is no dearth of talent 2010 Australia’s previous U19 World Cup triumph was in 2010 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 Hectic parleys in Pak as no wriggle room in final tally Pact emerging between Nawaz Sharif and Bilawal’s parties; all eyes on independents Express news service MAJOR political parties in Pakistan on Sunday intensified hectic backroom negotiations after the election commission released the final results of the February 8 general elections, confirming that no party can have a shot at power without the support of others. Out of the 265 contested seats in the 266-member National Assembly, the results of 264 were declared after an inexplicable delay of 60 hours. The result of one constituency was withheld following complaints of fraud, while election to another seat was postponed after the death of a candidate. The final tally gave independent candidates 101 seats, making them the single largest g ro u p. Pa k i s t a n M u s l i m League-Nawaz (PML-N) is technically the single largest part at 75, followed by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) of Bilawal Zardari Bhutto at 54, and the Karachi-based Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) at 17. Of the 101 independents who emerged victorious, 93 are reportedly associated with jailed former PM Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). According to reports, PML-N and PPP, have in-principle agreed to come together to “save the country from political instability”. Senior leadership of PML-N and PPP reportedly met in Lahore’s Bilawal House and decided on political cooperation. MQM-P is already on board. But their tally at 146 is way short of the required number, which leaves the door open for smaller parties and independents. One PTI-backed candidate has already joined PML-N, agency reports from Pakistan said. To form government, a party must win 133 seats out of 265 contested seats in the National Assembly Overall, 169 seats are . needed to secure a simple majority out of total 336 seats, which include reserved slots for women and minorities. The drama is still unfolding in the coup-prone country as courts are flooded with complaints of poll rigging. P9 Delhi braces for farmers’ protest tomorrow, borders fortified Ujwal jalali & jitendra c h o ub e y @ New Delhi As farmers from neighbouring states are expected to enter the national capital on February 13 following their proposed ‘Delhi Chalo March’, the police have strengthened security arrangements across all border areas and imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in northeast Delhi. Several farmers associations, mostly from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab, have called for a protest on Tuesday to demand a law guaranteeing minimum support price (MSP), which they said was the condition to end their agitation in 2021. The security forces are on high alert over concerns that the protest could create chaos and may turn violent. They have erected multi-layered barricades, fixed iron nails on roads, and installed barbed wires and iron rods between cemented barriers at different sites along Punjab-Haryana, Delhi-Haryana, and Delhi-Uttar Pradesh borders. “Information has been received that some farmer organisations have given a call to their supporters to march to Delhi on February 13 for their demands for a law on MSP They are likely to sit at . the border of Delhi till their demands are met,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (northeast) Joy Tirkey said in an official order. He said that keeping in view the “kind of behaviour and adamant approach” farmers have shown during the protests in the past, there is a possibility of mobilisation, activities of farmers, supporters from their respective districts to Delhi along with tractor, trolleys, and even weapons. “In order to avoid any untoward incident and to maintain law and order, a precautionary Order of section 144 Criminal Procedure Code, is required to be issued to save the life and property in the area,” the order read. RAMASHA N K AR @ Patna SUMIT RUN NAGAL CLINCHES CHENNAI OPEN TITLE Sumit Nagal beat Luca Nardi 6-1, 6-4 to win the Chennai Open — he did so without dropping a set. With this result, he is set to enter the top-100 for the first time in his career Bihar legislators, who were corralled by their respective parties, have started returning to Patna to cast their votes on Monday’s trust vote being faced by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar — this time for the NDA. Congress MLAs have returned from Hyderabad and are believed to be taken to RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav’s house where he had gathered his legislators for the past two days. BJP MLAs, who were gathered in Bodh Gaya for a two-day training workshop, returned to the state capital. Nitish needs the support of at least 122 legislators to win the trust vote. On paper, he has the support of 128 MLAs of JD(U), BJP and Jitan Ram Manjhi and one independent in the 243-member assembly . BJP leader Haribhushan Thakur exuded confidence that they will win the floor test comfortably and said that the new government will complete its full term. The Opposition’s grand alliance has a total of 114 MLAs in its favour — eight short of the majority mark of 122. The grand alliance includes RJD, Congress and Left parties. TS will delay handover of Krishna projects until clarity on share: CM Express read 17-year-old girl hangs self in SC welfare hostel Suryapet: A second-year Intermediate student reportedly died by suicide in her hostel room of the social welfare school in Imampet village late on Saturday. This comes a week after two Class 10 students studying at the Government Girls High School in Bhuvanagiri were found hanging at the SC welfare girls’ hostel on February 3 | p2 TSPSC withdraws plea on Group-I exam in SC Hyderabad: The TSPSC has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking to withdraw its petition challenging the Telangana High Court order cancelling Group-I exam and directing it to hold the test afresh. Once the apex court accepts the plea, the TSPSC will conduct exam for 563 Group-I posts, including the 63 recently cleared by the Finance department. The TSPSC filed a petition in the apex court, challenging the HC’s order issued in September 2023 directing it to conduct re-exam for 500 Group-I posts using biometrics. The prelims was conducted first time in October 2022. But it was cancelled after paper was leaked. When the exam was conducted again in June, there were some discrepancies in the total number of candidates appeared and the answer sheets received. When this was challenged, the HC directed TSPSC to conduct the exam again using biometric authentication. B K a r t h e e k @ Hyderabad Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy is learnt to have told Congress MLAs and MLCs that the state government will withhold handing over irrigation projects on the Krishna river to the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) until Telangana’s water share is clearly delineated. Revanth, who is also the TPCC president, urged the legislators to effectively communicate the party’s stance to the public, especially in response to the “false narratives” propagated by the opposition BRS. The chief minister was speaking during a closed-door orientation programme on the Irrigation department, KRMB, Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) and related issues for Congress legislators at the Jyotirao Phule Praja Bhavan on Sunday . This orientation for the grand old party’s legislators on the subject of irrigation was conducted a day before the state government presents a white paper on the Irrigation department. It also coincides with the BRS’ plan of holding a massive public meeting in Nalgonda, which is scheduled for Tuesday, alleging that the newly formed Congress government has transferred common irrigation projects on the Krishna river to the KRMB. The previous BRS government agreed to a 299 tmcft of water share for Telangana, compared to 512 tmcft for neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. The Congress has been advocating reallocation of water resources among the states through which the Krishna river flows. Revanth also reportedly informed the party MLAs and MLCs that a couple of resolutions will be passed in the Assembly one of which , declares that the state government will withhold the handover of irrigation projects to the KRMB, and another demanding the Centre to withdraw central armed forces from the Nagarjuna Sagar project. Continued on page 4 Rat bites found on patient in ICU; 2 docs, nurse suspended E x p r e s s N e w s S e r v i c e @ Kamareddy A patient admitted to the ICU at the Government General Hospital (GGH) in Kamareddy was found bitten by rats. Taking cognisance of the incident, the state government issued orders suspending two on-duty doctors and a staff nurse on Sunday Meanwhile, the . district coordinator of hospital services (DCHS) has surrendered her services to the government, a release said. The incident came to light after the family members of the patient, Prime Minister Narendra Modi being presented a bow and arrow by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav during the Janjatiya Sammelan in Jhabua on Sunday | PTI MLAs return to Patna for trust vote Revanth meets Cong MLAs, MLCs PTI supporters block Peshawar to Islambad highway as they protest the alleged skewing in Pakistan’s national election results, in Peshawar on Sunday | afp BOW-ING TO WOO HEARTS SK Mujeebuddin, discovered rat bites on the fingers and toes on the right side of his body A resident . of Kamareddy, Mujeebuddin was admitted to the ICU at GGH for hypertension-related issues on January 31 after undergoing surgeries on the head and throat at the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad. Upon learning about the incident, doctors prescribed medication and checked for any infections caused by the rat bite. It is learnt that the hospital attendant was advised to be vigilant during the night. This incident has been circulated widely on social media platforms. As per the release, District Collector Jitesh V Patil was directed to probe the incident. He submitted the preliminary report to the Health Secretary on Sunday . Based on this report, Dr Triveni, director of medical education (DME), has suspended both the duty medical officer and the staff nurse. Dr Kavya, the ICU in- charge doctor, and Dr Vasanth Kumar, in-charge of general medicine, along with D Manuja, a staff nurse on duty in the ICU, were found to be grossly negligent in their duties, particularly in monitoring the health of patients admitted under their care, especially in the ICU, during their shifts, the release added. Meanwhile, the services of DCHS S Vijayalaxmi have been surrendered to the government by the district collector and she is currently awaiting further orders, it said. Continued on page 2 According to the Vidhan Sabha secretariat, the no-confidence motion against the Speaker will be taken up immediately after the governor’s address to members of the bicameral legislature on the inaugural day of the Budget session. Senior Bihar minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary said the House will first take up the noconfidence motion against the Speaker, who is from RJD. Dy Speaker Maheshwar Hazari belongs to the JD(U). As required, 38 MLAs will rise in their seats to endorse the motion after which the Speaker will have to make way for his deputy . cAPF exams in local languages New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs will conduct constable examination for recruitment in CRPF, BSF and CISF in 13 regional languages in addition to Hindi and English from now, according to an official statement. The examination is being held from February 10 to March 7 and 48 lakh candidates are appearing for the constable examination, according to the release full report: p7
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