hyderabad l Monday l September 15, 2025 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 l late city EDITION those involved in arson will be brought to book, says nepal pm Nepal PM Sushila Karki on Sunday said those involved in violence during the anti-government protests last week will be brought to justice martyr status for those dead in protests vows to end all forms of corruption Karki, 73, who assumed office at the newly built Home Ministry building at Singhdurbar Secretariat in Kathmandu at around 11 am, also announced that those killed during the ‘Gen Z’ protest will be declared ‘martyrs’ and provided one million Nepalese rupees. She said arson during the protests was ‘pre-planned’ and that the Gen-Z protesters weren’t involved to “end corruption” as she began work as interim PM, days after ‘Gen Z’ youth demonstrations ousted her predecessor K P Sharma Oli ■ The 73-year-old former chief justice has been tasked with restoring order and addressing protesters’ call for a corruption-free Nepal | P9 ■ Nepal’s new leader vowed on Sunday to follow protesters’ demands 72 is the revised death toll in the agitation that began last week 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 ‘Demography Mission’ to thwart infiltrators RJD threatens Government will pre-empt any conspiracy to alter the demography in border regions through incursions, says Modi p r a s an ta ma z u m d a r @ Guwahati PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Union government is in the process of launching a ‘Demography Mission’ to “thwart a conspiracy aimed at altering the demography of India’s border areas through infiltration.” “A conspiracy is at work to change the demography of border areas (near Bangladesh) with the help of infiltrators. This poses a grave threat to national security That’s why a na. tionwide Demography Mission is being launched,” Modi said at a rally at Mangaldoi in Assam’s Darrang district. He said the BJP gover nment’s goal is to save the people of the country from infiltrators and get rid of them. The PM asserted that India was emerging as one of the world’s fastestgrowing economies, and said that Assam’s growth rate was PM to visit Bihar’s Purnea today Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and others during inauguration of development works in Darrang, Assam, on Sunday | PTI 13 per cent. “This was achieved due to the efforts of the doubleengine government. The Centre and the state government are developing Assam as a health hub. The Northeast has a big role to play in achieving the ‘Viksit Bharat’ dream,” the PM said. Accusing the Congress of shielding and protecting infiltrators, PM Modi said, “Write it down. I will see how much strength you use to protect infiltrators and how we put our lives on the line to remove them. Let there be a contest. Those protecting the infiltrators will suffer.” Commending Assam Chief Patna: Months ahead of assembly elections in Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Purnea district on Monday to address a rally and launch development projects worth `36,000 crore. He will inaugurate a newly developed airport terminal in Purnea too. PM Modi landed in Kolkata on Sunday night Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for driving back infiltrators, Modi said, “Under Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, lakhs of bighas of land, grabbed by infiltrators, have been taken back. In Darrang, land in Gorukhuti was under the grip of infiltrators. The encroachment has been cleared.” The PM accused Congress of siding with terrorists groomed by Pakistan instead of supporting the Indian Army. “During ‘Operation Sindoor’, the Congress, instead of supporting our armed forces, which destroyed the terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan, was engaged in protecting infiltrators and anti-national forces,” PM Modi alleged. During his two-day visit to Assam, PM Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for projects worth over `18,000 crore, comprising health and infra projects worth `6,300 crore in Mangaldai, and an ethanol plant and Petro Fluidised Catalytic Cracker Unit with a combined cost of `12,230 crore in Numaligarh. He also launched Darrang Medical College & Nursing College, Guwahati Ring Road and NarengiKur uwa bridg e over Brahmaputra. Govt to decide on fee reimbursement dues today Group-I aspirants feel M eghna N at h @ Hyderabad betrayed by the system When Telangana was formed in 2014, the youngsters sought representation in public services. Over 10 years have passed, but they have only faced paper leaks and other controversies | P3 Express read Ensure Cong wins J-Hills seat: CM to party leaders Hyderabad: As the Jubilee Hills byelection nears, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday held a key preparatory meeting and directed party incharges at all levels to ensure Congress secures the seat. He is learnt to have stressed the need for booth-wise campaign plans and urged leaders to highlight the government’s welfare schemes and development works at the grassroots. He reportedly told participants that voters must be assured local issues would be resolved by the government | p4 the high cost of techie dreams | p4 With around 780 private professional colleges in Telangana threatening an indefinite strike from Monday over `8,000 crore in fee reimbursement dues, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and others met stakeholders on Sunday and assured them that the state government would take a decision on Monday . The meeting, which lasted nearly four hours, was also attended by IT Minister D Sridhar Babu, Chief Secretary K Ramakrishna Rao and others. “The talks went on positively . We understood the issues of private colleges. Since today is Sunday to, morrow (Monday) the government will take a decision. Until then, we requested the col- asia Cup: SKy and co overpower pakistan sPINNERS kULDEEP yADAV AND aXAR pATEL SHINE BEFORE SURYAKUMAR YADAV guides iNDIA HOME WITH SEVEN WICKETS IN HAND. A LOOK... Spinner Kuldeep Yadav celebrates a wicket with his teammates during the Asia Cup clash against Pakistan. He took three wickets, restricting Pakistan to 127/9 in 20 overs. In reply, skipper Suryakumar Yadav’s unbeaten 47 from 37 balls set up the seven-wicket win for the Men in Blue | AFP lege managements to call off the strike,” Vikramarka said. However, the Federation of Associations of Telangana Higher Education Institutions (FATHI) chairman N Ramesh Babu told TNIE that since the meeting ended late at night, it would not be possible to inform students that colleges would remain open on Monday A deci. Dedicate victory to Pahalgam victims: Surya India captain Suryakumar Yadav dedicated the win to Pahalgam terror attack victims and Indian armed forces. “We stand by the victims of the families of the Pahalgam terror attack. We express our solidarity. Want to dedicate the win to all our armed forces who showed a lot of bravery,” he said at the post-match presentation. Earlier, Indian captain and the players did not shake hands with Pakistan team both at the toss and after the match in Dubai on Sunday. This left Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson miffed as Salman Agha skipped the presentation | P11 sion on postponing the strike, he said, would be taken by the afternoon. Members of FATHI urged the government to release at least `1,200 crore by September 21. They pointed out that despite repeated representations and a meeting with TGCHE officials, no clarity was provided on the release of dues, which have been pending for four years.  continued on p5 Ch i t hal u r i r e v an t h @ Hyderabad A day after EAGLE sleuths busted a drug manufacturing racket at Medha School in Old Bowenpally, police said the prime accused, school director Malela Jaya Prakash Goud, had started producing alprazolam on the premises about eight months ago, after learning the process two years earlier by paying `2 lakh. A source from EAGLE told TNIE that Prakash ran a toddy compound in his native Thunikinipur village, Mahbubnagar district, between 2021 and 2022, where he also sold adulterated toddy During that time, he met . one Guruva Reddy from whom , he bought the procedure for manufacturing alprazolam for `2 lakh. He later procured the required apparatus and chemicals from different shops and set up a lab on the second floor of the school. For the past seven months, he had allegedly been producing alprazolam and supplying it to Raju Goud, Kumar Goud, Krishna Goud, Narender Goud, Praveen Kumar, Moka Bharath and others from Vikarabad and Mahbubnagar districts. Police have registered cases against them as well. Some raw material was also found stored in the cellar of the school premises. Meeting with parents today Authorities also cancelled the school’s registration on Sunday . Medchal-Malkajgiri DEO Vijaya Kumari told TNIE that the school, set up in 2014, was registered for the 2025–26 academic year and offered Classes 1 to 7, with 42 students enrolled. Officials have scheduled a meeting with parents on Monday to decide on transferring students to other schools. r ama s hanka r @ Patna AMID the ongoing seat-sharing talks within the Opposition INDIA bloc for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav sparked controversy by declaring that his party would contest all 243 seats. Addressing a public gathering in Muzaffarpur late on Saturday evening, Tejashwi said, “We will return. Understand this, You all have to stay united, and this time, Tejashwi will contest elections on 243 seats. Whether it is Kanti, Muzaffarpur, or Gaighat, Tejashwi will contest elections from every place.” “This government, which has been in power for 20 years, which works to spread communal violence, has to be ousted,” he said. Tejashwi’s remarks are being seen in political circles as a pressure tactic at a time when seat sharing talks within INDIA bloc are stuck. However, RJD spokesperson Mritunjay Tiwari downplayed Tejashwi’s remarks, and said he meant to say that elections would be contested under his (Tejashwi’s) leadership. “So, he will contest all seats.” Tejashwi’s remarks would not impact the alliance as IN- 3 persons feared washed away in Hyderabad rains E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Hyderabad Three persons were reportedly washed away in separate incidents after falling into open nalas following heavy rains in Hyderabad on Sunday night. Police said two youths, Arjun and Rama, both under 25, were swept away after falling into the overflowing Afzalsagar nala between 7.30 pm and 8 pm. In another incident, a man fell into a nala in Musheerabad and went missing. Rescue teams from the Fire Safety department and Disaster Response Force (DRF) have launched search operations for the missing persons. Waterlogging reported in city School director paid `2L to learn drug making: Cops to contest all 243 seats in Bihar Meanwhile, drizzles through Sunday afternoon turned into heavy rains across Telangana by evening. Hyderabad bore the brunt, with waterlogging and traffic diversions reported in Amid rains, a man walks through a waterlogged road at Somajiguda in Hyderabad late on Sunday | Sri Loganathan Velmurugan several parts of the city, disrupting weekend plans for many residents. Water stagnation was reported from Jubilee Hills, Tolichowki, Shaikpet nala, Biodiversity Junction, Raidurgam, Malakpet and Azamabad. Hyderabad Traffic Police diverted vehicles from Rethibowli towards the Shaikpet nala and from Nanalnagar towards Langar Houz to ease congestion. Personnel from the three commissionerates — Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Rachakonda — were deployed at key junctions, while HYDRAA teams worked to clear waterlogged stretches. Due to waterlogging in several areas, aggregator services such as Ola, Uber and Rapido were hit, with many drivers cancelling rides fearing vehicle breakdowns. Fares also doubled, and rides were accepted only when passengers agreed to pay extra. continued on P2 DIA bloc candidates would be fielded on all 243 seats and election would be fought under Tejashwi’s leadership. “It should not be read beyond that,” Tiwari said, adding that INDIA bloc was intact. Seat sharing negotiations in INDIA bloc have got trickier with the possible entry of Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren’s Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and former union minister Pashupati Paras’s Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP). Launching a blistering attack on the state’s NDA gover nment, Tejashwi at the workers’ event said that businessmen were being kidnapped and killed daily in the state, and corruption had reached its peak, with the poor being exploited from local police stations to the state headquarters. Earlier this week, AICC incharge of Bihar Krishna Allavaru suggested that RJD should show more flexibility in seat-sharing deal. Sources said Congress wants to contest 70 seats that it fought in the 2020 elections, while RJD is ready to offer it 52 seats. Among NDA allies, Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) has said it will contest 100 seats if it is not offered 15-20 seats in the upcoming election. Jungle warfare school in Red corridor soon M AYA N K SI N G H @ New Delhi the government has decided to set up a ‘jungle warfare school’ at Karreguta Hills in Chattisgarh’s Bijapur district — once a stronghold of Maoists — to give specialised training to the CRPF , Chhattisgarh Police, District Reserve Guard, Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA), and other security forces.“Instructions have been passed and the preparations have already started,” multiple sources told TNIE. The Union government will construct the training school, while the state government will build the approach road and provide other basic facilities, a Chhattisgarh government official said. Officials said the location of the school is significant as Karregutta Hills was “once considered the secure stronghold of Naxals”. Karregutta was freed from the control of Naxals through a special operation early this year. The operation lasted for 21 days and led to the killing of 31 Naxals. The lessons drawn during the operation will serve to update the operational tactics, sources said. “The personnel of the CRPF, Special Task Force, and the DRG carried out ‘cave intervention’ extensively So, it . will be part of the training at the school,” they added.