HAL receives first pvt sector-made rear fuselage for LCA MK1A hyderabad l Monday l march 10, 2025 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 l late city EDITION From Dubai with love Rohit and Co beat Black Caps to win their first 50-over ICC trophy in 12 years s w a r o o p s w a m i n at h a n @ Chennai THIS generational team finally has global gold to rubber-stamp their status as the greatest ODI side this country has known. Rohit Sharma, threeand-a-half-years after he was entrusted with the task of bringing about a cultural reset, has now two ICC titles, the only Indian captain apart from M S Dhoni, who won three, to do so. It’s significant because for all the cricketing commerce they had commanded, the trophy cabinet hadn’t kept pace. From 1984, about the time when the the country began to learn the spelling of the sport, till the beginning of 2024, this team had three ICC crowns (excluding the one shared with Sri Lanka). You can count all those near misses but finishing second best is no good when you are — or want to be — the apex predator (the walls of the Louvre are adorned with some of the greatest artists but there’s a halo around Da Vinci). India have gone big since last June. Tournaments across formats in three continents have now resulted in two of the biggest prizes this sport has to offer. It’s important to state here they Indian players and support staff celebrate after winning the ICC Champions Trophy | afp had an advantage over each of the other seven teams in the tournament. Even if coach Gautam Gambhir labelled them as ‘cribbers’, India are the only team who were afforded the luxury of picking a squad for one venue (pacer Mohammed Shami himself called it an ‘advantage’). But they have maximised the conditions on offer. After the spinners restricted the Black Caps to 251 on one of the better Dubai surfaces, their batters, predictably found gaps in the Matt Henryshaped hole that was the Kiwi bowling. What was so striking about India’s march to the final, and the win under the stadium’s imposing Ring of Fire, was the absurd lack of jeopardy The last two finals have be. come balms to address the permenant heartache of 2023. Some dopamine to address a battered mind, body and soul. Vijayashanti among Cong picks for MLC polls B K a r t h eek @ Hyderabad The Congress high command on Sunday nominated three candidates — one each from the SC, ST, and BC communities — for the MLC elections under MLAs quota, besides allotting one seat to its INDIA bloc partner CPI. The nominees are actorturned-politician Vijayashanti (BC), Addanki Dayakar (SC) and Kethavath Shankar Naik (ST). Vijayashanti’s candidature was finalised by the party high command two days after she met AICC presi- dent Mallikarjun Kharge. Meanwhile, the CPI on Sunday night announced Nalgonda district secretary Nellikanti Satyam (BC) as its candidate. Surprisingly, no Reddy candidate found favour with the Congress although several leaders from the community vied for a place in the Legislative Council. Speaking to TNIE, TPCC president B Mahesh Kumar Goud said, “It’s a complete commitment to social justice, and it’s possible only through the Congress. We have also honoured the commitment given to BRS chooses dasoju Hyderabad: The Opposition BRS on Sunday cleared the candidature of Dasoju Sravan for the MLAs quota MLC polls. In August 2023, the then BRS government recommended his name to the Council under Governor’s quota. But the then Governor rejected the nomination in September 2024 | P4 our alliance partner.” Interestingly, two of the Congress nominees — Dayakar and Shankar Naik — as well as the CPI candidate hail from erstwhile Nalgonda district.  continued on P4 Oppn sharpens knives as Parliament session begins today P r ee t h a N a i r @ New Delhi Maestro’s pride of place Legendary music director Ilaiyaraaja’s ‘Valiant’, the first ever Western classical symphony by an Indian composer, debuted at London’s Eventim Apollo Theatre on Sunday. The maestro was joined by Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. The music was conducted by Mikel Toms | X | P7 After 16 days, rescuers find one body in SLBC tunnel E x p r e s s Ne w s Se r v i c e @Hyderabad After 16 days of rescue operations at the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel, officials retrieved a body on Sunday and shifted it to the Nagarkurnool government hospital. The officials identified the body as that of Gurpreet Singh (40), an erector operator working for Robbins India Company. He was a native of Punjab. The rescue teams of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) retrieved the body. Speaking to local reporters, SCCL general manager Vaidya said that they found the body on Saturday and immediately started the excavation. Vaidya said that ground-penetrating radar (GPR) identified two spots in the tunnel where there could be human remains. The cadaver dogs brought from Kerala too confirmed the same on Friday. Following this, the rescuers dug at one of the spots. Vaidya said that they expected to retrieve the body on Saturday night itself. However, there were seven steel plates on the body As the body was . intact, they did not want to damage it. “We took two hours to remove the WITH the Opposition set to corner the Centre on the alleged manipulation of electoral rolls, Waqf Bill, delimitation and the Trump administration’s tariff claims, the Parliament session starting Monday is likely to be rocky . On Sunday the Dravida Munnetra , Kazhagam (DMK) MPs met and passed a resolution to raise the delimitation and alleged ‘Hindi imposition’ issues in Parliament. The session may also see a showdown over the Waqf Amendment Bill, which the government is looking to pass in this session. Last week, the Union cabinet approved 14 amendments proposed by a joint parliamentary committee. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said INDIA bloc leaders will hold consultation with other parties to oppose the Waqf bill. Another issue that may rock the session is the duplicate Electoral Photo Identity Card numbers. The TMC has taken the lead in flagging the issue, following which the Election Commission said it would take corrective measures within three months. The Opposition will also raise the issue of fresh violence in Manipur, as Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to move a statutory resolution seeking Parliament approval for President’s Rule in Manipur. The body of the TBM erector operator being shifted to the Nagarkurnool government hospital from the SLBC tunnel on Sunday steel plates and retrieve the body on Sunday evening,” the SCCL general manager explained. However, the operator’s body was not at his workplace. Due to water flow, it had been washed downstream. It may be recalled that eight workers were trapped inside the SLBC tunnel on February 22. The rescue operations continued on the 16th day on Sunday for the seven remaining workers. Meanwhile, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy announced an ex gratia of `25 lakh for the family of Gurpreet Singh. hYDERABAD dIALOGUES WITH cOmputer SCIENTIST and ai startup founder Ramarao Kanneganti page 5 The rear fuselage for Light Combat Aircraft Mk1A, produced by private firm Alpha Tocol Engineering, was handed over to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Bengaluru on Sunday PTI Singh termed the handing over as a milestone in India’s defence manufacturing Already manufactured 12 LCA MK1A rear fuselages, which are on the aircraft in the manufacturing line With this supply, a major structure module produced by an Indian private partner will be integrated into the LCA Mk1A aircraft, enabling HAL to meet additional delivery commitments for IAF from 2025-26 onwards 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 ■ ■