visakhapatnam l friday l july 04, 2025 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 l late city EDITION Centre says Oppn parties support motion to impeach Justice Varma Union minister Kiren Rijiju said opposition parties have given their in-principle approval to support the motion in the upcoming monsoon session Signatures to be collected soon: Rijiju Govt wants all oppn parties on board It is still not clear whether the motion would be brought in the Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha. For Lok Sabha, signatures of a minimum 100 MPs is required. For the Rajya Sabha, the support of at least 50 MPs is required. Rijiju said the process of collecting signatures could begin as soon as the government decides on the House where the motion will be brought ■ ■ Once a motion to remove a judge is admitted in a House, the Speaker or Chairman will constitute a three-member committee to investigate the grounds on which the removal has been sought Rijiju said since the matter involves corruption in the judiciary, the government wants all political parties to be on board | P7 July 21 Commencement date for Monsoon session. It will end on August 21 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 snub to China Established institution to decide Dalai heir: Rijiju RAJESH KUMAR THAKUR @ New Delhi IN a snub to China, Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said the decision on the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama would be taken by the established institution. “All those who follow the Dalai Lama feel that the Incarnation is to be decided by the established convention and as per the wish of the Dalai Lama himself. Nobody else has the right to decide it except him and the conventions in place,” said the minister, himself a practising Buddhist. The remarks came after China rejected the 14th Dalai Lama’s succession plan, claiming it’s for Beijing to decide. Rijiju and Union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh will repKiren Rijiju resent the Government of India on the 14th Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday event in Dharamshala on Sunday . On Wednesday, the Dalai Lama reaffirmed that only the Gaden Phodrang Trust—the non-profit organisation he set up to maintain the tradition and institution of the Dalai Lama—has the authority to recognise his future reincarnation. The Dalai Lama said: “Line will continue after me; no other authority can interfere.” Reacting sharply to this, the Chinese foreign ministry said any future succession plan must have the approval of the Chinese government. The Dalai Lama is the most important institution for Tibetans and the followers of the Nalanda tradition of Buddhism. express read Ganja chocolates seized in joint op, youth held Vijayawada: In a joint operation carried out by EAGLE, Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP), a 29-year-old youth was arrested and seized ganja chocolates and ganja from his possession on Thursday | P3 Tirumala laddu scam case accused get bail Vijayawada: The High Court has granted bail to Vaishnavi Dairy CEO Apoorva Vinay Kanth and Bolebaba Dairy directors Pomil Jain and Vipin Jain, the prime accused in the Tirumala laddu adulterated ghee supply case | P3 Def projects worth 1.05 lakh crore get panel’s green light 269 Gill now holds the seventh highest Test score by an Indian batter 18 Indigenous sourcing for 10 proposals: Ministry years since India passed 500 in a men’s Test in England AoNs were also accorded for procurement of moored mines, mine The Defence Acquisition Council counter measure vessels, super (DAC) on Thursday granted Accept- rapid gun mount and submersible ance of Necessity (AoN) for 10 capi- autonomous vessels. They are tal acquisition proposals worth aimed at mitigating potential risks about `1.05 lakh crore in all, to to naval and merchant vessels. strengthen the offensive and defenTo provide further impetus to insive abilities of the armed forces. digenous design and development, The council’s meeting, AoNs were accorded under chaired by Defence Ministhe Buy Indian-IDDM (Inditer Rajnath Singh, approved an-Indigenously Designed projects that will be sourced Govt must also Developed and Manufacindigenously. The DAC is focus on R&D tured) category . the highest decision-making The MoD defines Buy (Inon emerging body on defence policy and threats such as dian-IDDM) category as the capital procurement. Its the black swan “procurement of products event of AoN is the first step in the from an Indian vendor that Hamas attack have been indigenously deacquisition process. on 7 Oct 2023 AoNs were accorded for signed, developed and manprocurement of armoured Maj Gen Sudhakar ufactured with a minimum recovery vehicles, Electronic of 50% Indigenous Content Jee ( retd) Warfare System, Integrated (IC) on cost basis of the total Common Inventory Management contract value.” System for the Tri-Services and surThe Armoured Recovery Vehiface-to-Air missiles. These procure- cles help in recovery of armoured ments will provide higher mobility vehicles, including the main battle , effective air defence, improve supply tanks, in difficult terrain and chalchain management and augment lenging weather conditions. They the operational preparedness, the assist with recovery and repair defence ministry said. during combat conditions. M AYA N K SI N G H @ New Delhi record Play Shubman Gill registered the highest score by an Indian captain, surpassing Virat Kohli’s 254 n.o. He also became the 1st Indian since Rahul Dravid to score a double ton in England. Dravid’s 217 came in 2002 master & Commander India captain Shubman Gill celebrates his first double century on day two of the second Test against England at Edgbaston. Gill’s 269, along with Ravindra Jadeja’s 89, helped India post 587 in the first innings | ap | More on P11 CM: Banakacherla proj within legal framework on the Godavari river,” Naidu said, recalling his role in initiating the Devadula Project for Chief Minister N Chandraba- Telangana during the united bu Naidu on Thursday dis- Andhra Pradesh era. He also missed allegations surround- pointed to his contributions in ing Polavaram-Banakacherla bringing the Pushkara and Link Project, stating that it Tadipudi lift irrigation projects causes no harm to any to Andhra. region or state. Criticising the unfulResponding to critif i l l e d Ye l l a m p a l l i cism of the project, CM project initiated during Naidu, while addressthe YSR regime, Naidu ing the media in Kuphighlighted how over pam, Chittoor district, 2,000 TMC of Godavari clarified that the project water has been flowing CM Naidu is being executed withinto the sea annually in legal and technical for the past several frameworks. He emphasized years. “Even utilising 200 TMC that both Telangana and And- would be a game-changer for hra Pradesh can mutually ben- both states,” he asserted. efit from the optimal use of The CM stressed that waterGodavari river waters. sharing cooperation could up“I have never opposed, nor lift the entire Telugu commuwill I oppose, any irrigation nity and urged all stakeholders P4 project taken up by Telangana to act responsibly  . E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @Tirupati U.S. CONG Passes Trump’s spending bill CM hits back at critics of P4 Scheme Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu came down heavily on those criticising the State government’s P4 initiative, asserting that people who haven’t spent “even a single rupee for the poor” are now launching unwarranted attacks against a progressive welfare programme, CM Naidu said. The House on Thursday narrowly passed Donald Trump’s flagship tax and spending bill, which he calls the “big, beautiful bill”, 218 to 214, marking the first major legislative victory of his second presidential term | P9 Rahul cites TNIE, says farmers ignored P r eetha N a i r @ New Delhi Citing a report published in these columns on the number of farmer suicides in Maharashtra, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday hit out at the Centre for remaining indifferent to the plight of farmers. On Wednesday, this newspaper reported that as many as 767 farmers died by suicide in Maharashtra between January and March 2025. The disclosure was made by Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Makrand Patil in the assembly in a written reply to a question by the opposition Congress on the rising number of farm suicides, particularly in Vidarbha, and the rehabilitation measures. Rahul accused the government of ignoring farmers’ demands for a loan waiver and a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP) for crops. Sharing a screenshot of the TNIE report, he wrote, “Think about it... in just 3 months, 767 far mers committed suicide in Maharashtra. Is this just a statistic? No. These are 767 destroyed homes. 767 families that will never be able to recover. And the government? It is silent. It is watching indifferently Congress lead...” er Priyanka Gandhi joined Rahul in attacking the government over the report. Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi 9:51 AM: Jul 3, 2025 262.1K Written response by minister Makrand Patil to a question on Tuesday reveals 767 suicides in Maharashtra in the first three months of 2025. State agriculture minister Manikrao Kokate on Thursday claimed he had no idea where the data was sourced from Major terror bid foiled in Rayachoti, IEDs seized E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Kadapa In a major breakthrough against terror activities, police in Annamayya district conducted raids on the homes of two terror suspects arrested in Rayachoti town for their links with the banned terror outfit Al-Ummah, and seized a large cache of explosives and materials used for making IEDs. During the searches, the suspects’ wives-Saira Banu (wife of Abu Bakr) and Shaikh Shameem (wife of Mohammad Ali)-allegedly tried to obstruct the raids and even attacked the women poP4 lice personnel.  Mohd Ali Abu Bakr