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Those visa hyderabad l friday l september 26, 2025 clarified thatlthe H-1B 36 l LATE City EDITION holdalso do l `9.00 PAGES White House ■ CHENN AI ■ MADU RAI $100,000 fee for ■ HYDE RABA D currently outside the US clarifies visa fee ■ BENGA LURU ■ KOCH I one-time visas is a ■ COIMBATORE not need to pay the fee for only for newbies ■ VISAK HAPAT NAM ent applicable try paym M re-en india captain sURYA petitions ATTENDS hearingtering the coun PCB■CHIEF NAQVI’SA POST sparks OUTRAGE KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURA only to new AR ■ SHIVAMOGG ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESW to ■ On Wednesday, PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi posted a video of Cristiano and does not applyon Thursday told to refrain from Secretary e Press ■ TIRUC HY Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav was ■ TIRUPATI White Hous ■ MANGALURU holders, RonaldoELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI jet gesture during his goal celebration making a fighter Karoline Leav by ■ TIRUN making any comments thatcurrent visa construed as political in natureitt said those who could be providing a huge relief ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANN UR already hold H-1B visas and are ■ DHAR MAPU RI The BCCI had complained to the ICC against Haris the ICC match referee Richie Richardsonofduring an official hearing. Thet be charged ■ Naqvi, the current head of the Asian Cricket Council, is also the for thousands ■ KOLLA M outside US won’ ■ VILLU PURA M d concerneagainst Suryakumar’s post-matchthey can Is when ICC match referee will hold Rauf and Sahibzada Farhan for the gestures they Pakistan Cricket Board had complained country’sALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM and his gesture has generated outrage. His interior minister $100,000 to re-enter; ■ TADEP profe A als work between the two teams and re-enter the country post ■in question, however, has been withheld in India | P11 leave press conference after a Groupssionmatching hearing against Rauf & farhan made during their Super 4s match versus India THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI r | P7 the US, including in as earlie from India 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 Y EDITION 5  `9.00  PAGES 12  CIT Y  SEPTEMBER 22, 202 HYDERABAD  MONDA A U-TURN FRIDAY BCCI complains against Farhan, Rauf for provocative gestures es flig t er stowaway survivtake h State agrees to over Metro Afghan teenag He alertgers had disembarked. CISF took ed authorities. The and later the boy into custody, ort pohanded him over to airp is imboy lice. As a minor, the rges, a semune from legal cha ed. curity source confirm cribed An aviation expert des noting that the act as perilous, aircraft survival outside the impossiduring flight is nearly ssed on ble, while a doctor stre surviving the improbability of ons. such extreme conditi Phase-1, will pay `2,000 cr to L&T said the am. A security source pyjama, , boy clad in a kurta and PRESS L A L I T H A @ New Delhi S Iran but intended to sneak into CLUSIVE boarded the wrong flight. The ss act, a IN a daring and reckle hanitailgating teenager admitted to from Afg 13-year-old boy at Kabul airport to nt oc- passengers tinely stowed away The inc ide hiding stan clandes ess the flight, before Sunday told TN IE. ht RQ4401, oper- acc on a flight to India on wh eel we ll dur ing well curred on flig ing in the rear wheel ista n’s KA M in the by hid ate d by Afg han boarding. of an aircraft. to light the 94- Air. The incident came . The teenager survived r at T3 ing to flightradar24 A man walks by charred remains outside the BJP office building inrney and ‘landed’ Leh on Thursday | PTI AccordAirbus A340 departed e @ Hyderabadund handlewalking E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c when a gro minute jou , the the boy Indira Gandhi com nal taxiway spotted ition of the prop osed proje ct A digit al rend safely at Delhi’s Karzai Internatio ed apron area, aft in stable Hamid am IST in the restrict senInternational Airpor port in the at 8:46 ht rc- AirWithKabulobjective of expediting landed and pas al 3 at 10:20 ter the flig l condition, four sou min physica nt and landed at Ter Union government approval for iliar with the incide es fam This move is expected to pave way for approval of Hyd Metro Phase-2 Axe : Cen on FCRA licence si projectfalls tre nod of ADB loan or `4,100 crWangchuk’s NGO oreign goods, turn to Indian un f METRO IMPASSE Govt presents L&T with two proposals Hyderabad Metro Rail Phase-2, the state government has in principle agreed to take over the Phase-1 project by assuming its posed to DY @ Hyderabad M U K E S H RA N JgovernF aya z W a n i y ofor FCRA, norms, by SECMOL A N & ment has pro outstanding debt of about `13,000 MAN DA RAV IND ER RED HyS R I N I VAS R E D DY ewa con @ New Delhi / Srinagarstruct the Gat crore. In addition, the governand ad hwalgudaand the Himalayan Institute of cting to derabad at Kot IN the wake of L&T obje t, Alternatives Ladakh (HIAL), ment will pay around `2,000 crore Metro Sarovar at Bapu Gha inte grating Hyderabad g nete’s propos- Gandhi stat Ma ost for the A day after violentthe world’s in estalso linked to Wangchuk. stin to L&T towards its equity invest- cts, GST reforms will push growth ere protests tall Phase-2 with the exi and develop the wh mudu uvenate ue and a state government is Ladakh killedhatma persons Gandhian phifour Gandhi stat and While no FIR has been regis-rd support L&T Metro Rail (Hyderament in for made-in-India pro for invest- work, the resolve the issue. iver, the Union govern he-boa seu promoting ductive atmosphere king to ed a loan many m tered, Says across-t bad) Limited (L&TMRHL) as a be self- worof TNIE story published on Monday approvinjuredfrom , the Ministry of ed. For sources said CBI officials elop as Clipping d the government ment, he said India can k losophy will be dev ay tes and Sources sai GST 2.0 ian DevelopmentAffairs this, the stateThurs- ted 250 been campingHin U R reques have Home Ban one-time settlement. The terms of from tod se-1 equiA K Ladakh reliant only if the sta ont (MHA) on has has valued L&T’s Pha y RAJESH KUMAR T for the Musi Riverfr k together. Monday, prices of from the Ministrthe @ New Delhi offered Starting day cancelled the FCRAdlicence saifor past week, scrutinising the takeover will be finalised the Centre wor at `15,000 crore and . 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Sources addedthe US, h that , Subrahmanyan in Hyderabad on Thursday refoings the state ready to takebe r by 100 acr of Ladakh Monday Modi said the souring trade ties wit s biles in the first phase. founded by ac- d. ’s sav crore assumed by (SECMOL), the remaining lan the probe was r Narendra Modi and statutory requirements. ipment to automo ced equ isteinitiated afwill enhance people the highest private ntum to matching rces said a consortirces said, Prime Min r as redu sou ,000 cro ple to shu will get Highly pla state and payre and give further mome t, tivist Sonam Wangchuk ced sou cleaned. ter the day urged received an On Monday TNIE reported that cheape into effect. , on Sun agency peo bid, or transfer its `13 e d l be om pri sin g Me inh ard h. instea rbed wil GST rates com e, which would the Swadeshi pitc of foreign products andMHA en- loan to the stat who was S, “The rive hunger the state government had offered orsondFMCGthe scountry ing that everyday ess`2,000 crore settlement to L&T in terms and in firm man & Wakefield, RIO on Walking tracks, shopping malls, complaint from in-India) re. Auto maj Not remaining `2,000 cro mit swadeshi (madeand SO M wil l sub strike seekingamphitheatres, entertainment use ds to boost India’s growth. two options to L&T: either put e already announnetwork length in 2014, hasble under pay the the proposPhase-2t to special about alleged receipt Metro ced hav its tials are more afforda Drop in ranking al was sen After goo plans within of will be and detailed prices slipped to the revised tax structure, he reductio state was asked rights and statehood other utilities si. The A massive swadeshi push, along stake for Nare ndra Mod i open market, n innow in view of foreign funds in viosale in the ninth place. To fol- parks and hat the Centre, the proposal Mu weeks. The approval kick Prim e Mini ster GST rationalisation the growing ed the GST reforms bacHyd slippedan MoU with L&T for inay | PTI developed along the from term demand for for the ion lation GST reforms that meet Minister A Revanth U nernment will also develop with the of rules. l accelerate with g the nati on on Sund adding to sign addr essin the government ready to l), Chief n163 Sources work. km , utsav (savings festiva from Monday wil Territory re- govht-time economy. The catch- inCurfew remained in . match the highest private bid, or public transport inthat each and everyone (2014) ng the netn8 new lines Hyderabad 2nd tegrati to was reluctant, citing 9th y’s talks with ADB rep , he said. ers are inbig that India’s growth story said L&T Delhi. Acting nig our sons and daught hi’, and its surroundings, theefit. tives in NewWhile cancelling the l become a hap- force on Thursday inor un- transfer the `13,000 crore loan to adding that it is a stands to ben state in his ad- swades place ‘unreasonable issues’ and even, ipal ment area wil “To day, knowin gly the nAwaiting ues of volved,” Modi said manirbhar Bharat. took its in Metro s instructions, munic ons Recalling that Ind licence,ls alsMHA cited sev- ere stat violence hit-Lehny foreign things thess to the nation on the evewould thenshopgovernment has submitted pro-ia refonetwork length to exit operatinodt the o pening place, wh ana and na- knowingly, ma district of ly dre government, which of step for aat has to be decoratrms threatened Centre’s men nistration officia “Every our dai s towards GST govern prominent Telang first lines under have become a part of h Financ ducts. Say newstep witallegede discrepancies in will be in- while a complete shut- re payauspicious Navaratri. t demanding that the eral Ladakh posals the the remaining `2,000 crore. h swadeshi pro for eight hted tha discussions `20,000 es amid ed wit tional personalities in 2017, Modi highlig we are not even awa s, take over Phase-1 for The PM’s speech,com stry officials. accounts of SECMOL, CONTINUdown was observed eve nthe w the in- ED ON P4 liveit.and do not in kno On Thursday Chiefwith with pride that this is2A and 2B, totalling citizens and trad- Centre’s condition re inPhase Swadeshi, for decades, about its `7,000 cro stalled.” talks Minister A We of the project, a com- crore, citing of cluding a the inconclusive tradealong with senior pride, I buy Swadeshi, par t fund transfer from neighbouringr Kargil in our pocket Revanth Reddy r Washing- say with Swadeshi goods… ers were entangled in t now ves tme nt and `13 ,000 cro re , 163 km. The Union government Integration agreement between whethe the comb district l the US and a day afte “Bu tax also sell rejected . Sweden that was “against na- demanding statehood and We wil government officials, held aImeet- uld become the attitudeseveral reviews es. has been loans, a demand the CM(state) has conducted plex web of One of is foreign or Indian spe-We ton introduced an unprecedentPhase-1 (L&T) & Phase-2UED ON P5 Tax . sho this these also s. Nation CONTIN of India hav to get rid all shops, outright. tional interest”.Election Commission electorarights. eAlmost of that are made ing$100,000 fee for H-1B visa chairman Indian,” he said. but One through GST,” he added. required for approval cial l raised concerns ed with L&T Group ps of every the proposals, sho uld buy goods con- made asked state chief Modi said homes and Meanwhile, hascersCBI ready for special the to be has businessshoIndia, in which the hard and MD SN Subrahmanyan Urging states to create a is operated by a priestablishments, and and since Phase-1 mb ols of offi in L&T’s stand sho uld bec om e ‘sy revision of voter lists th, the sweat of senior executives of the company ied launched a GE probe into the alvate entity while Phase-2 is prowork of our you POLL BODY SETS STASIR intensiftember 30 | P7 government offices remained nRejected equity role in Phase-2 by Sep Foreign leged violations of the shut while traffic was off to discuss the way forward. posed to be executed by a governFOR NATIONWIDE nOffered to divest stake in Phase-1 Contribution (Regulation) Act, roads. Hyderabad, which ranked sec- ment agency  . Continued on P4 Sh prosperity: PM Modi for country’s Moving on `13K cr SEPT 30 Deal for 97 Tejas Mk1A firmed up with HAL breakfast scheme for govt schools to be launched in state M AYA N K SI N G H @ New Delhi It will be on the lines of the initiative being implemented in Tamil Nadu. Revanth said the govt would also launch nursery and KG in government schools | P4 KLIS probe: CBI begins scrutiny of documents Ch i t h a l u r i Re v a n t h @ Hyderabad Following a formal request from the state government, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has begun examining documents related to alleged irregularities in the construction of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme. Sources said offic i a l s are g oing through re ports submitted by the National Dam Safety Authority, Vigilance and Enforcement and the PC Ghose Commission of Inquiry along with other key , documents connected to the project. After completing the preliminary scrutiny, the CBI is expected to seek clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs to register an FIR. The agency has also sought several other documents from the state. On September 1, the state government had requested the Union government to order a CBI probe into the alleged irregularities. Earlier, the government tabled the 665-page PC Ghose Commission report in the Legislative Assembly Follow. ing a debate, the House adopted a resolution recommending a CBI probe. Meanwhile, former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and former irrigation minister T Harish Rao, implicated in the report, have approached the Telangana High Court seeking to quash the report. The Court directed that no action be taken on the Commission’s findings until the next hearing, which is scheduled for October 7. IN the face of fast depleting combat squadrons of the Indian Air Force, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has inked a deal with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for 97 LCA Mk1A aircraft (68 fighters & 29 Twin Seaters) with associated equipment for the Air Force (IAF) at `62,370 crore. It was only last month that the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) gave its nod for the production of Tejas Mk1A, the newer and improved version of India’s single-engine, 4.5 generation delta wing multirole combat aircraft designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency . Tejas Mk1A will play an important role in mitigating the decrease in the quantity of combat jets and the overall dip in the number of combat squadrons. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) had given its approval in November 2023. Tejas is a multirole platform designed to undertake air defence, maritime reconnaissance and strike roles. The LCA Mk-1A will have updated avionics, an updated electronic warfare suite and a beyond visual range missile capability The new variant will be capable of firing a . number of weapons from increased stand-off ranges. Telangana IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu receives a demo of the Full Motion Flight Simulator, developed by Axial Aero Private Limited, incubated at T-Works, Hyderabad. The firm is set to begin commercial production and expected to deliver five simulators in three years Pregnant tribal woman carried for 3 km on muddy road for delivery B S at ya n a r aya n a Re d d y @ Khammam Paddam Jogi being carried on a cot at Sundarayyanagar in Pinapaka mandal of Bhadradri Kothagudem district Repeated government assurances on tribal welfare ring hollow in places like Sundarayya Nagar in Pinapaka mandal, Bhadradri Kothagudem district, where a 22-year-old pregnant woman, Paddam Jogi, from the Gutti Koya tribe had to be carried for 3 km on a cot to the main road on Tuesday so that she could be taken to a hospital to give birth. From there, she was taken to a government hospital in Manuguru, where she delivered a boy . Superintendent of the Manuguru Area Hospital Dr K Sunil told TNIE that the woman and child were safe and under observation at the hospital. continued on p5 How long must tribals keep trusting the false words of officials and be deceived ? Residents of Sundarayya Nagar Not interested in asserting ourselves on Kashmir: US PTI @ New York Kashmir is a “direct issue” between India and Pakistan and the US has no interest in “asserting” itself between the South Asian neighbours on the matter, a senior State Department official said here on Wednesday The official . said it is a longstanding policy of the US that Kashmir is a direct issue between India and Pakistan, adding if the US is asked to offer its good offices on any issue, it would be ready to help. US President Donald Trump has “enough crises” on his hands and “we leave that (issue of Kashmir) up to India and Pakistan to solve,” the official said. “We have no interest in asserting ourselves between India and Pakistan,” echoing New Delhi’s position against third-party mediation on Kashmir.