power outage shuts heathrow airport London’s Heathrow Airport shuttered on Friday after a fire broke out at a substation serving the aviation hub, leading to the cancellation of at least 1,350 flights. The impact is likely to last several days. London’s Metropolitan Police force said there was no indication of foul play. The airline industry trade association said the shutdown was a planning failure | AP | P9 hyderabad l Saturday l march 22, 2025 l `9.00 l PAGES 16 l late city EDITION 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 From Dec, all MHA missives in mother tongue of recipient Aims to stymie the ongoing language row rajesh kumar thakur @ New Delhi IN a fillip to linguistic diversity , Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said his office will begin official correspondence with Chief Ministers, Members of Parliament (MPs), and citizens in their respective state languages starting December this year. The move aims to promote inclusivity and quell allegations of language imposition. Shah made this statement in the Rajya Sabha during a discussion on the Ministry of Home Affairs’ functioning. He informed the House that a new department for Indian languages has been established under the Raajbhasha Vibhaag (Department of Official Language) in the home ministry . “I want to say this so that those who want to divide the country in the name of language do not get an agenda. The Modi government has established a department for Indian languages, which is working on promoting all Indian languages. Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi... every language has been included. There will be apps for translation too,” Shah said. Paper mix-up in Mancherial on day-1 of SSC exam S R a j a R e d d y @ Adilabad The first day of the SSC annual exam in Mancherial was marred by confusion and delays after students at the Mancherial Zilla Parishad Boys High School received Hindi question papers instead of Telugu test papers. The mix-up led to a two-hour delay, pushing the exam’s conclusion to 2.30 pm instead of the scheduled 12.30 pm. Upon learning about the mix-up, the invigilator immediately informed the higher officials, but the process of retrieving the correct question papers took time, delaying the start of the exam to 11.30 am. However, the officials maintained that the Hindi paper remained sealed and that the mistake occurred when the chief superintendent and the departmental officer of the school retrieved the papers from the PS storage. The Telugu paper was mistakenly sealed in a trunk box meant for Day-2 exams, they said. Following the incident, Chief Superintendent Mir Safdar Ali Khan and Department Officer NR Padmja were suspended for negligence. Mancherial Collector Kumar Deepak told TNIE: “The delay occurred due to an issue in the storeroom. However, necessary arrangements were made to ensure students could complete their exams without further inconvenience.” Continued on P2 Home minister Amit Shah said the need of the hour is development, and not to rake up the language row | PTI In a broadside on the Tamil N a d u g ove r n m e n t , S h a h claimed TN was diverting attention from issues of corruption by raising the language pitch. “We will expose you... To those who use language as a shield for their scams, let me make it clear now that every language is important. How can we be opposed to Southern languages when we ourselves belong to different states? Nirmala Sitharaman comes from Tamil Nadu and I come from Gujarat,” Shah said. His statement comes amid the raging dispute between the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government and the Centre over the implementation of the new National Education Policy and the three-language formula proposed under it. In-house inquiry against Delhi HC judge over ‘cash discovery’ S u c h i t r a K a lya n M o h a n t y @ New Delhi The Supreme Court Collegium is considering a proposa l t o t r a n s f e r Ju s t i c e Yashwant Varma of the Delhi High Court to the Allahabad High Court following allegations of discovery of cash from his official residence. According to reports, a huge pile of cash was spotted by fire and rescue personnel who were called to douse a fire at the judge’s house on March 14. The judge was not in the house then. In a statement issued late on Friday the Supreme Court , said upon receiving information, Delhi High Court chief justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya had initiated an in-house enquiry and the report would be submitted to the Chief Justice of India. It also sought to clarify that the proposal seeking transfer of the judge was separate from the in-house inquiry procedure. “The report will be examined and processed for further and necessary action,” it said. Meanwhile, Delhi Fire Service chief Atul Garg claimed on Friday night that his department had not found any cash at the judge’s residence. According to the fire department’s report, some stationery and domestic articles caught fire and there were no casualties. “The call regarding the blaze at 30, Tughlak Road, also the Judge’s residence was received at 11.35 pm on March 14 and two fire tenders were immediately rushed to the spot. The DFS team arrived at the spot at 11.43 pm,” said the report reviewed by this newspaper. The report added that the fire tenders left at 1.56 am on March 15 after dousing the flames. A Supreme Court official said the Collegium will take action “if and as required”, adding that judges are expected to be totally above board. Terming the matter very serious, former additional solicitor general Vikas Singh said the judge should be asked to resign. Collegium yet to recommend transfer: sc The Supreme Court said the Collegium has a proposal for transfer of Justice Varma from Delhi HC to Allahabad HC, but is yet to make a recommendation. A resolution will be passed after examining the responses of the two HC chief justices and Justice Verma, it said ipl turns 18 the 2025 edition of the biggest t20 league gets underway on saturday The ten-team franchise league has come a long way over the past 17 years. In the opening game of the 18th season, which will see 74 games played across 64 days, defending champs Kolkata Knight Riders take on Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Eden Gardens | P11 Bandi to be back as state BJP chief? Ireddy Srinivas Reddy @ Hyderabad The state BJP was abuzz on Friday over discussions that the party high command is likely to appoint Minister of State for Home Affairs, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, as the new state unit president. This decision is seen as part of a larger strategy to strengthen the party in Telangana and position it for victory in the next Assembly elections. Once he is appointed as party state chief, Sanjay is likely to be removed from his current MoS position during the upcoming Union Cabinet expansion. Meanwhile, the saffron party is also planning to appoint two MPs as ministers of state in the Union Cabinet expansion. Malkajgiri MP Eatala Rajender and Mahbubnagar MP DK Aruna are considered frontrunners for these positions. Reliable sources from the BJP confirm that Sanjay’s return as state president is almost certain, with an official announcement expected by the end of this month or in the first week of April. If appointed, it would mark his second term in the role.  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