PHOTO: AP HYDERABAD  MONDAY  OCTOBER 07, 2024  `9.00  PAGES 12  LATE CITY EDITION T20 WORLD CUP: INDIA WOMEN GET THE JOB DONE AGAINST PAK After an upset loss against New Zealand, Harmanpreet & Co. enjoy relatively smooth sailing against neighbours on the back of a clinical bowling performance.... Arundhati, Shreyanka excel on bowling day Pakistan opted to bat first in Dubai but Renuka Singh and Deepti Sharma were on the money in the powerplay. The pacespin combo of Arundhati Reddy and Shreyanka Patil kept up the pressure, restricting Pakistan to 105/8. India got across the line but lie in fourth place thanks to a vastly inferior NRR. Up against Sri Lanka and Australia next It’s likely that India need to win both their remaining games to guarantee their progression to semis. They face Sri Lanka, who beat India in Asia Cup final, on Wednesday and Australia on Sunday. The No. 3 spot remains a musical chair for India. Harmanpreet was one drop in the first match. On Sunday, it was Jemimah Rodrigues’ turn | P11 -1.217 INDIA’S NET RUN-RATE AFTER THE PAKISTAN MATCH 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 Beirut sees its ‘worst day’ as Israeli strikes intensify Iran grounds flights amid threat of attack; 50 dead in Gaza, Lebanon AGENCIES IRAN on Sunday cancelled all flights till Monday amid concerns of Israel’s immediately retaliatory strike on Tehran’s October 1 missile attack on Tel Aviv. While Iranian media quoting officials said the flights have been cancelled due to operational restrictions, Tehran had earlier implemented restrictions on flights when it fired nearly 200 missiles at Israel. Meanwhile, Israel on Sunday intensified its bombardment of southern Beirut and northern Gaza, killing at least 50 people. The day also saw IDF unleash its heaviest bombardment on the Lebanon capital since it escalated its campaign against Iran-backed group Hezbollah last month. With October 7 marking the first anniversary of Iranbacked Hamas’s gruesome attack, West Asia watchers believe Israel is likely to step up its attacks to target the outfit’s sponsor Iran. Israeli officials have given ample indications in recent days that they are planning a Flames and smoke rise from an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut on Sunday | AP “significant strike” on Iran, possibly targeting its oil installations or nuclear sites, apart from military infrastructure. Israel has been pounding Lebanon and Gaza since Saturday night. Powerful explosions rocked Beirut’s southern suburbs after midnight on Saturday, killing at least 25 people, authorities in Lebanon saiud. A BBC correspondent in the city described the night as “Beirut’s worst” since Israel started bombing the country two weeks ago. In Gaza, an Israeli strike on a mosque early on Sunday killed at least 21 people, Palestinian officials said. Displaced people were sheltering at the mosque that was struck near the main hospital in the central town of Deir al-Balah. Another group of four persons were killed in a strike on a school sheltering displaced people near the town, AP reported. “We are in a new phase of the war,” the Israeli military said in leaflets it dropped over areas in northern Gaza. “These areas are considered dangerous combat zones,” it said. P9 `5K cr for integrated residential schools: Bhatti EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE All under one roof @ Hyderabad DEPUTY Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Sunday said that the government would invest `5,000 crore to construct Young India Integrated Residential Schools (YIIRS) in all Assembly constituencies. The foundation stones will be laid on October 11 for the schools to be established on a pilot basis in a few constituencies, he disclosed while unveiling the concept of YIIRS along with R&B Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy and Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar. The schools would have students belonging to SC, ST, BC and other sections of society, he said and added: “Our government believes that education is the great equaliser. By integrating SC, ST, BC and minority students under one roof, we will be erasing the lines that divide our society .” Addressing the media on the occasion, Vikramarka described the move as a milestone in the education sector. “In order to enable Telangana children to compete at the global level, the government is giving priority to the education sector. Education of international standards will be imparted to students up to Class 12 with English as a medium of instruction,” he explained. “District collectors have been The construction of campuses will be taken up on a pilot basis in these constituencies Kodangal, Madhira, Husnabad, Nalgonda, Huzurnagar, Manthani, Mulugu, Palair, Khammam, Warangal, Kollapur, Andole, Chandrayangutta, Mancherial, Bhupalpally, Achampet, Station Ghanpur, Tirumalagiri and Thungathurthi Salient features of YIIRS Roads & Buildings Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy felicitates Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka during unveiling of the concept of Young India Integrated Residential Schools in Hyderabad on Sunday instructed to acquire 25 acres in each constituency. So far, land has been acquired in 20–22 constituencies,” he said, adding that YIIRS will be sanctioned in a phased manner in all Assembly segments. The construction of each YIIRS would cost `25 crore, he said. He further elaborated that the construction of these schools would be taken up in such a way as to utilise green energy and also enable students of all sections of society to study together as a family. “Sports and recreational facilities will also be provided in these schools so that the students can study in a stress-free academic environment. The NCB, Gujarat ATS bust Revanth counters Modi’s remark, says Bhopal drug factory crop loan waiver is golden guarantee ANURAAG SINGH & DILIP SINGH K S H AT R I YA @ Bhopal/Ahmedabad EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE IN a joint operation, the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Delhi have busted a drug factory in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh and seized mephedrone (MD) and raw materials worth `1,814 crore, authorities said on Sunday . According to sources, the joint team raided a factory in the Bagroda Industrial Area on the outskirts of Bhopal on Saturday and seized 907.09 kg of the banned drug following specific inputs from a person who was recently detained in Surat. A process was underway to manufacture a large amount of the contraband when the raid was carried out, sources added. Two persons identified as Amit Chaturvedi (57) from Bhopal and Sanyal Prakash Bane (40) of Nashik, Maharashtra were taken into custody . Bane was earlier arrested in STRONGLY responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s allegation that the Telangana government failed to keep its crop loan waiver promise, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday described the Congress’ guarantee as a ‘golden guarantee’. It may be recalled that during a public meeting in Maharashtra on Saturday the prime min, ister said: “The Congress government in Telangana has promised a crop loan waiver, but even after coming to power, they are keeping farmers waiting for its implementation. These parties are used to making false promises before elections.” The chief minister, in a letter to Modi, said that he was “pained and astonished” by the statement. Revanth elaborated on the loan amounts disbursed in the state and sought the prime minister’s “cooperation and guidance” to “promote far mers’ welfare in Telangana”. “The Congress government in Telangana has striven to fulfil its promise and has successfully implemented the crop loan waiver of up to `2 lakh for 22,22,067 farmers, and a total DELHI RANKED TOP AMONG 100 MOST EARNING RAIL STATIONS IN INDIA In his letter, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has outlined the disbursal schedule @ Hyderabad 2017 in a MD drug seizure case in Maharashtra and served five years in jail. After his release, he conspired with Chaturvedi to manufacture and sell MD to make quick money The factory . was subsequently taken on rent and nefarious operations started a few months ago. The joint raid by the Gujarat ATS and NCB also led to the seizure of around 5,000 kg of raw materials, including chemicals used for manufacturing MD. A preliminary probe suggested that the illegal unit had the capacity to manufacture 25 kg of MD per day officials said. , The Madhya Pradesh police was not officially informed about the raid, said a senior police official. West Bengal’s Howrah and Chennai’s MGR central railway stations emerged as No 2 and No3, respectively, in terms of footfalls and revenue in 2023-24 | P7 Date of disbursal July 18 Lobbying starts in Cong even before results P R E E T H A N A I R @ New Delhi WITH less than 24 hours left for the Haryana assembly election results to be announced, the Congress party hopes to celebrate an early Diwali, going by the exit polls. However, it has an uphill task at hand —to nail down a chief minister’s name from among multiple contenders and to contain the party’s problem of infighting. The exit polls on Saturday forecast a smooth win for the Congress with most pollsters predicting 55 of Haryana’s 90 ‘MLAs, high command will decide’ On whether Selja would become the next CM, Bhupinder Singh Hooda said, “This is democracy. Everybody should aspire. You can also aspire. But the MLAs will decide, the high command will decide” seats - comfortably ahead of the halfway mark of 46. Even as the exit polls were out, hectic parleys began in the Congress camp to decide the next Chief Minister. Among the CM hopefuls are Rajya Sabha MP and ex-Union minister Kumari Selja, for mer CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, his son and Lok Sabha MP Deepender Singh Hooda, Rajya Sabha MP and AICC general secretary Randee p Singh Surjewala, and state Congress chief Udai Bhan, a Hooda loyalist. Bhupinder Singh Hooda left for Delhi on Sunday evening where he will hold a meeting with the party leadership. On Monday, the veteran leader is likely to meet the senior leadership before he returns to his Rohtak residence. His arch-rival Selja, a prominent Dalit face of the party , has not shied away from projecting herself as the CM candidate. Asked who would be the CM if the Congress comes to power, Hooda on Saturday reiterated that there is a laid down procedure in the party according to which , “the opinion of the MLAs will be sought and the high command will decide”. `6,034.97 cr 6,40,823 `6,190.01 cr August 15 4,46,832 NEXT HARYANA CM 11,34,412 July 30 amount of `17,869.22 crore has been disbursed. This was achieved in just 27 days. This initiative, which reflects our government’s strong commitment to the agrarian community aims to alleviate the finan, cial burden on farmers and ensure that they are empowered to continue contributing to the state’s agricultural productivity without the pressure of debt. We believe this will not only strengthen our state’s economy but also boost the morale of the farming community across Telangana.” Further, the CM pointed out that there are farmers whose outstanding loan amount exceeds `2 lakh. Revanth Reddy reiterated that once they repay the amount of the loan exceeding `2 lakh, the government will disburse `2 lakh to them. “We are committed to fulfilling this promise of making our hardworking No. of loan accounts Amount transferred `5,644.24 cr farmers debt free in a timebound manner. The government has already planned for a budget of `26,000 crore for this scheme this year and is prepared to invest up to `31,000 crore to ensure that the crop loan waiver of every eligible farmer in the state is addressed comprehensively,” he said. The chief minister wrote: “Let us strive together to bolster the confidence of the farming community, instead of undermining their self-confidence. We seek your continued support for the farmers of Telangana and the state as a whole in our efforts to alleviate the financial burden on our agrarian community Your guidance and . assistance will be invaluable in ensuring that the welfare of our farmers remains a priority and that our state continues on its path of agricultural growth and prosperity .” government will also build theatres to screen films through satellite channels to ensure the students are not deprived of entertainment.” Expressing concern over the present condition of residential schools in the state, Vikramarka observed: “Many residential schools are being run in rented buildings and function halls. The students in many of these schools are suffering due to lack of basic facilities like toilets. Our government is committed to providing quality education to the poor.” He said that out of the total 1,023 residential schools in the state, 662 do not have own buildCONTINUED ON P5 ings. Integrating SC, ST, BC and Minority residential school students 2,560 120 Total number of students in each school 5,000 books to be stocked in each school Total teaching staff strength Classrooms to have digital boards it 9e0t0g capaocm y s a in in d in in g ro EXPRESS READ Chaos at air show: Five dead, scores hospitalised Chennai: The visual spectacle put up by the IAF at the air show on Marina Beach on Sunday was overshadowed by the gross mismanagement of authorities that left thousands of people struggling to leave the venue and resulted in five deaths. Amid the heat of the day and suffocation caused by crowd density thousands of people were stranded at the venue as traffic came to a standstill after the 15 lakh people estimated to have attended the show. |P5 BANGLADESH Hindu group to hold Durga Puja indoors amid security threats Y E S H I S E L I @ New Delhi WITH anti-minority sentiments running high in Bangladesh, a prominent Hindu organisation has decided to hold Durga Puja celebrations inside an auditorium. “Considering the volatility of the present situation, Durga Puja in Ramakrishna Mission will be held inside the auditorium as hardliners have issued war nings against making sound,” a senior activist for minorities in Dhaka told this newspaper. The activist said the Hindus are living in a state of fear in Bangladesh after recent incidents of targeted attacks on them and other minority groups. Though the present government has assured pro- INSIDE tection for puja pandals, none of those accused of attacking the homes and properties of the Hindus have been arrested, the activist said. “We feel the present regime doesn’t want any minorities to exist in Bangladesh. Hindus are being falsely implicated in criminal cases. But can we expect justice to prevail?” Professor Najmul Ahsan Kallimullah, a political commentator based in Dhaka, told this newspaper that, “The minority communities in Bangladesh are a troubled lot today. The present regime considers them as sympathisers of the Awami League.” In some areas, Puja committees have been reportedly asked to pay 5 lakh taka (INR 3.5 lakh) to set up puja pandals. TOMATO PRICEES SHOOT RIGHT TO PRIVACYTOMATO PRICEES SHOOT ATTACKS | P6 HIT BY POLITICAL UP `100 DUEEGE TO S | P2 UP `100 DUEEGE TO S | P2 Crisis-hit Sircilla Textile Park ceases ops N A V E E N K U M A R TA L L A M @ Rajanna-Sircilla THE Sircilla Textile Park wore a deserted look on Sunday as 70 units ceased their operations. Sources said that the owners of units in Baddenapally were unable to pay power dues and bemoaned the lack of marketing facilities and government support. Around 1,000 workers from Telangana and other states lost their jobs, they added. Annaldas Anil Kumar, president of the Sircilla Textile Park Cloth Manufacturers Association (STPCMA), said that shutting down the textile manufacturing units was the only viable option to avoid further crises. Textile unit owners have stopped manufacturing operations in their respective units, he said. Meanwhile, the workers who lost their jobs have appealed to the government to provide support to resume manufacturing activities in the textile park. After the announcement by textile unit owners on October 1 that they would cease operations from Sunday, a team from the regional office of the Ministry of Textiles visited the Sircilla Textile Park to assess the ground situation. At the manufacturing units, cloth worth `80 crore has piled up like hillocks due to the lack of marketing facilities. STPCMA director Gajula Sarath Kumar expressed concern over the inability to sell the cloth. According to STPCMA members, the Telangana government’s electricity charges of `8 per unit are a “burden on them”. In comparison, the Maharashtra government supports the textile industry in Bhiwandi by charging `2 per unit for textile manufacturing units, they claimed.