hyderabad l Monday l December 16, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 l late city EDITION Subsidiaries of Indian pharma giants recall products in U.S. Aurobindo Pharma, Glenmark and Zydus are recalling products due to manufacturing issues, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said U.S. Regulator flags purity concerns Aurobindo Pharma USA Inc is recalling over 1 lakh bottles of Cinacalcet tablets over “presence of N-nitroso Cinacalcet impurity” above prescribed limit, FDA said. Similarly, the US subsidiary of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals is recalling 90,000 bottles of Diltiazem Hydrochloride capsules over “presence of N-nitroso-Desmethyl-Diltiazem impurity” above the US regulator’s limit ■ 20% Class ii nationwide recall initiated ■ Zydus (USA) Inc is recalling 4,404 packs of Esomeprazole Magnesium for Delayed-Release Oral Suspension due to errors in labelling The companies have initiated Class II nationwide recall. According to the US regulator, such an action is taken when products can cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences India’s share in the global supply of generic medicines 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 Fadnavis expands Maharashtra cabinet with 39 new ministers B RS b l a m e d f o r d e b t s Ready for debate on state finances: Bhatti Focus on young, new faces; 19 berths go to BJP, Shiv Sena gets 11, and NCP 9 ministers B S a t y a n a r a y a n a Re d d y S U D H IR S U RYAWA N S H I @ Mumbai Slamming the previous BRS government for allegedly pushing Telangana into a debt trap during its decade-long rule by raising loans in the name of various projects, Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramakra on Sunday said that the government was ready for a debate on the issue in the winter session of the state Legislative Assembly, which resumes on Monday . Speaking to reporters at the district Congress party office here, Vikramarka reiterated: “While BRS looted the state in the name of loans, the Congress’ people’s government has been forced to borrow `54,118 crore this year under the FRBM norms to repay the loans raised by the previous regime and interest totalling `66,782 crore.” “BRS leaders T Harish Rao and KT Rama Rao, who pushed the state into deep debts and burdened people, are now strangely crying hoarse about poor finances,” he remarked. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday effected the first expansion of his ministry with 33 Cabinet ministers and six ministers of state. Gover nor C P Radhakrishnan administered the oath to all 39 ministers, many of them fresh faces, at the Raj Bhavan in Nagpur on the eve of Maharashtra state assembly’s winter session. Portfolios will be allocated in the next two to three days, Fadnavis said. Among the newly sworn-in ministers, 19 are from the BJP (16 cabinet berths and 3 MoS); 11 from the Shiv Sena (9 cabinet and 2 MoS); and 9 from NCP (8 cabinet ministers and 1 MoS). With this, the BJP has 20 ministers including CM Devendra Fadnavis, Shiv Sena has 12 including deputy CM Eknath Shinde, and NCP 11 including deputy CM Ajit Pawar. Notably, 12 ministers from the Shinde-led government were dropped to give representation to young leaders. Those dropped include BJP leaders Sudhir Mungantiwar, Vijay Kumar Gavit, and Ravindra Cha- @ Khammam Ceremony held at Nagpur’s Raj Bhavan The ceremony at the Raj Bhavan in Nagpur was the first to be held in the state’s second capital in 33 years. The last such event was Sudhakarrao Naik cabinet’s expansion in 1991 Maharashtra Governor C P Radhakrishnan, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy CMs Ajit Pawar and Eknath Shinde during the swearing-in of cabinet ministers | PTI van; NCP leaders Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Walse Patil, Anil Patil, and Dharmaraobaba Atram; and Shiv Sena leaders Tanaji Sawant and Deepak Kesarkar. While focusing on fresh faces, Fadnavis also included some experienced hands in his team. Among the young BJP ministers are Jaykumar Rawal, Pankaja Munde, Ashok Uike, Ashish Shelar, Shivendrasinh Bhosale, Jaykumar Gore, Sanjay Savkare, Nitesh Rane, Akash Fundkar, Madhuri Misal, Pankaj Bhoyar, and Meghna Bordikar Sakore. Meanwhile, Ajit Pawar denied berths to veterans Chhagan Bhujbal and Dilip Walse Patil to accommodate Dhananjay Munde, Dattatray Bharane, Aditi Tatkare, Manikrao Kokate, Narhari Zirwal, Makarand Patil, Babasaheb Patil, and Indranil Naik. As for Eknath Shinde, he had a tough task to keep each one happy with a limited number of berths. Shiv Sena MLA Narendra Bhondekar resigned from all party posts after he was denied a berth in the new cabinet. Shiv Sena ministers include Sanjay Rathod, Uday Samant, Sanjay Shirsat, Pratap Sarnaik, Bharat Gogawale, Prakash Abitkar, Ashish Jaiswal, and Yogesh Kadam. A senior BJP leader said the party has tried to keep the delicate balance of caste and regional representation in the new cabinet. “Each section of the society voted for us. Therefore, we wanted to give representatives to each section even if the faces from these societies were new. This is a new team under new leadership and we are hopeful that they will perform better,” he said. rajesh kumar thakur @ New Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti VIkramarka addresses the media in Khammam on Sunday The deputy CM stated that soon after the Congress came to power, it released a white paper detailing the financial status and loans incur red by the BRS government. In 2014, Telangana had incurred direct debts to the tune of `72,658 crore and by 2024 they mounted to `3.89 lakh crore, he asserted and pointed out that loans raised in the name of corporations under its guarantee grew from `5,893 crore in 2014 to `95,462 crore in 2024. Additionally, corporation loans without government guarantees, which were nonexistent in 2014, stood at `59,414 crore under the BRS regime.  Continued on P4 Techie suicide: Wife and Works for Old City family members arrested Metro expedited Haryana. Her mother Nisha and brother Anurag were A week after 34-year-old soft- nabbed from a hotel in Prayaware engineer Atul Subhash graj in Uttar Pradesh. All three ended his life at his resarrests were made on idence in Bengaluru’s Saturday morning, and Marathahalli, his esthe trio has been tranged wife Nikita brought to Bengaluru. Singhania, mother-inShivakumar also said law Nisha Singhania, that Atul’s son is curand brother-in-law Anrently staying with Niurag Singhania have kita’s relative and addNikita been arrested on charged that more es of abetment of information cannot be suicide. shared as he is a minor The trio, during ques(aged 4). tioning, is said to have Stating that Sushil is claimed innocence and absconding, the DCP have been remanded in said efforts are on to judicial custody . trace him. “The investiNisha Nikita’s uncle, Sushil gating teams are also Singhania, who has collecting other evialso been named as an dence,” he added. accused by the MarA senior police officathahalli police, is yet er told this newspaper to be arrested. that the trio, during inSpeaking to the mequiry, defended themdia on Sunday, Deputy selves and claimed that Anurag Commissioner of Police the allegations made by (Whitefield division) Atul in the death note Shivakumar Gunare said that and the video are false. based on a tip-off and other The accused were produced technical clues, Nikita was ar- before a magistrate on Saturday rested from a paying-guest ac- and were shifted to Bengaluru commodation in Gurugram in Central Prison. R a k s h i t h G o w d a @ Bengaluru The land acquisition process for the construction of the Metro in the Old City has been expedited following the orders of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, covering nearly seven-and-a-half-kilometers between MGBS and Chandrayangutta, announced Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited (HAML) Managing Director NVS Reddy on Sunday As many as 1,100 properties are likely to be . affected. He revealed that requisitions for 900 properties have already been submitted to the district collector under the Land Acquisition Act. Preliminary notifications have also been issued for 800 properties in phases, while 400 properties have received preliminary declaration. Compensation awards for 200 affected properties are expected to be finalised by the end of December, after which payments will be disbursed, and demolition work will commence, NVS Reddy said, adding that these steps would streamline the Metro rail construction process in the Old City . Simultaneously, negotiations are being conducted with property owners. He promised that all religious and historical structures would be preserved using engineering solutions. He highlighted that the Metro’s arrival would transform the Old City into an attractive destination, boosting employment opportunities and driving sustainable, pollution-free development. The chief minister is being updated on the project’s progress, the HAML MD added. Dharavi to WPL riches: Simran bags `1.9 cr Simran Shaikh was bought for her base price of `10 lakh by UP Warriorz at the inaugural Women’s Premier League auction. A resident of Mumbai’s Dharavi, Asia’s biggest slums, Simran’s poor returns in the 2023 season meant she was released by the franchise. The right-hand batter didn’t find a team for the second edition held early this year. Her father, Jahid Ali, an electrician, was in disbelief when Simran was bought by UP in February last year. Almost a year and 10 months later, Jahid is over the moon as her daughter has become the costliest buy at the WPL mini auction held in Bengaluru on Sunday. She was bought by Gujarat Giants for `1.90 crore. “She comes from Dharavi. If you look at it from the financial point of view, it is great for her that she is getting the opportunity once again. She has worked extremely hard for this and the results are there for everyone to see. It is important in terms of financial stability Shaikh’s coach ,” and former India international Sunetra Paranjape told this daily . Along with Paranjape, the Giants’ head coach, Michael Klinger praised the journey of his player. “If we can change Rajya Sabha is expected to witness fiery debates between the government and the opposition on Monday as it begins a two-day debate on the Constitution to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding document’s adoption. It comes as the Lok Sabha, after two days of spirited discussions, wrapped up its debate on the Constitution on Saturday . Rajya Sabha is also likely to see high-octane sessions, especially in the backdrop of a noconfidence motion moved against Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar by the opposition alleging bias. Sources told this newspaper that BJP president JP Nadda will critique the Congress’s historical record in adhering to the Constitution during its tenure in power. Key BJP members scheduled to participate include: Nirmala Sitharaman, Hardeep Puri and Kiren Rijiju. On the opposition side, the Trinamool Congress has tasked 10–11 MPs to speak on the Constitution. MPs from the Congress, RJD and SP will also participate. National Highway 44 enveloped in fog in Adilabad on Sunday A j ay T o m a r @ Hyderabad wpl mini auction k a lya n i m a n g a l e @ Bengaluru Rajya Sabha to hold debate on Constitution from today her life, not just for her, but for her family, it’s fantastic. Mind you, this is not a charity given to her, she has earned this. She has put on some great performances in recent times. It is great to hear that this can change her life,” he told this daily in an exclusive interview. West Indies superstar Deandra Dottin was among the highest-paid overseas players at `1.70 cr and joined Mumbai girl Shaikh at Giants. Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru persisted with a bid for Uttarakhand’s Prema Rawat as she eventually joined them for `1.20 crore. TN girl bags `1.6cr Tamil Nadu’s G Kamilini had one of the best days a player could ask for. Earlier in the day, playing for India for the first time in the U19 Asia Cup, the 16-year-old hit 29-ball 44 to bag player of the match trophy. A few hours later she was bought by Mumbai Indians for `1.60 crore. TG gets chillier, Adilabad temp at 4.7°c E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Adilabad/Hyderabad The temperature levels continue to drop across the state, with Agriculture Research Station, in Adilabad, recording 4.7°C on Sunday. This marks the season’s lowest temperature so far. The cold conditions have disrupted daily life, with markets opening around 11 am and evenings appearing deserted in several areas. In Hyderabad, Patancheru recorded the lowest temperature at 8.6°C, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). IMD has extended the cold wave warning to Monday for Adilabad and Kumurambheem Asifabad districts. Additionally, light to moder-  In Hyd, Patancheru records 8.6°C  IMD extends cold wave warning to Monday for Adilabad and Kumurambheem Asifabad districts  Light to moderate rains expected at isolated places from December 19 ate rains or thundershowers are expected at isolated places from December 19. Minimum temperatures are likely to remain below 15°C in most places across the state until December 19. For the next 48 hours, Hyderabad is likely to experience a partly cloudy sky with misty or hazy conditions during the morning. Maxi- mum and minimum temperatures are expected to hover around 30°C and 15°C, respectively. Surface winds will likely be north-easterly at speeds of 6–8 km/h. Doctors have advised elderly people to take necessary precautions against the cold to avoid health complications. Agriculture Research Station scientist Sridhar Chauhan stated that the declining temperatures are typical for this time of year, usually starting in late November and lasting through December. He noted that the recent cyclone caused a brief fluctuation in temperatures, but the cold trend has since resumed. Farmers cultivating Bengal gram and jowar have been urged to take precautionary measures as severe cold conditions are causing discoloration of leaves. express read Zakir Hussain TTD set to introduce AI darshan system Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain, who has been undergoing treatment at a US hospital for heart-related problem for the past two weeks, is critical, reports said Tirupati: The TTD Trust Board is set to introduce a facial recognition-based AI darshan system to reduce wait time for devotees. In an exclusive interview with TNIE, TTD Chairman BR Naidu said the AI-powered system, inspired by DigiYatra used at airports, will be implemented within six months and that once it is established, devotees can complete darshan in an hour | P5 in icu; condition critical