HYDERABAD SATURDAY OCTOBER 05, 2024 `9.00 PAGES 18 LATE CITY EDITION APPLE SAYS IT WILL MANUFACTURE ENTIRE iPHONE 16 LINEUP IN INDIA Weeks after launching its iPhone 16 series, Apple said that it will manufacture its entire iPhone 16 lineup, including premium devices, in India PREMIUM DEVICES TO ROLL OUT THIS MONTH FOUR MORE APPLE STORES COMING UP This marks the first instance of Apple producing its premium devices outside China. The company said Indian-made iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max models will be rolled out this month. These will be available for local customers and will also be exported. “Apple is now manufacturing the entire iPhone 16 lineup, including iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, in India,” it said ■ ■ The iconic phone maker also said that it will open four more stores in India, to be located in Pune, Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR and Mumbai Apple’s manufacturing partners in India include Taiwanese giants Foxconn and Pegatron, as well as the Tata-owned Wistron. The Tata Group is Apple’s only Indian manufacturing partner | P12 2017 WHEN THE U.S.-BASED TECH GIANT BEGAN MANUFACTURING THE IPHONE IN 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 28 MAOISTS KILLED IN SOUTH BASTAR E J A Z K A I S E R @ Raipur AT least 28 Maoists were killed in a fierce gun battle with the security forces close to the forested Nendur-Thulthuli area along the inter-district border of Dantewada and Narayanpur in south Bastar on Friday . Bastar range inspector general of police Sunderraj P said the troopers have recovered 28 bodies so far. The count could go up further. “Based on specific intelligence inputs about the presence of Maoists in the region, a joint team comprising District Reserve Guards and Special Task Force launched parallel search operations. While the encounter began around 1 pm, intermittent exchange of firing continued till late in the evening. Search operations in the region are underway Pra,” bhat Kumar, Narayanpur district police chief told this newspaper. A large cache of assault weapons, including AK-47, selfloading rifles, explosives, besides other items of Maoists were recovered from the site, the police said. There was no report of any injury sustained by the forces. The recovered bodies will be identified after the safe return of the security forces engaged in the operation. Dantewada and Narayanpur are among the seven Maoist-affected districts in the Bastar zone. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai hailed the operation and said the ‘double engine’ government (BJP government in the state and at the Centre) is determined to eliminate the menace. As many as 185 Maoist fighters have been neutralised by security forces this year alone (see table). Besides, 663 others have been arrested and 556 surrendered since January in Bastar. Modi convenes urgent Cabinet meet to discuss West Asia crisis RAJESH KUMAR THAKUR @ New Delhi AMID rising global tensions over the prospects of an Israel-Iran war, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has convened a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to discuss the evolving situation and its potential impact on India. According to sources, a significant portion of the discussion focused on fuel and crude oil supplies, with Finance Minister Nir mala Sitharaman putting the status on trade with other countries. The committee deliberated on whether the rising international fuel prices, influenced by the situation involving Iran, could affect India’s oil sector. A source said the Ministry of Finance ruled out any immediate adverse implications for India. The CCS meeting, held late on Thursday evening, lasted over 20 minutes, during which various aspects of the unfolding situation were discussed. Apart from ministers, officials from Home Affairs, External Affairs, Finance, and Defence were also present. The ministers deliberated on the potential for trade relations with countries affected by the conflict, noting that India’s trade interests could be hit. Jaishankar-led team to attend SCO meet in Pak First Indian foreign minister in nine years to visit the neighbour amid frosty bilateral ties Y E S H I S E L I @ New Delhi received a high-level welcome in Pakistan. It is disappointing EXTERNAL Affairs Minister S and condemnable, but it is not Jaishankar will lead the Indian surprising,” said Jaiswal. delegation for the upcoming Bilateral ties became frosty SCO Summit in Islamabad, after Indian Air Force jets making him the first Indian bombed a Jaish-e-Mohammed foreign minister to visit Paki- training camp in Balakot deep stan in nine years. “Jaishankar inside Pakistan in February will lead the Indian delegation 2019 in response to a terror atfor the SCO Summit for Islama- tack on a CRPF bus in J&K’s bad on October 15-16,” said Pulwama. Months later, J&K’s Ministry of External Affairs special powers under Article spokesperson Randhir 370 were read down. Jaiswal on Friday . Pakistan retaliated by Foolproof The last time an Indowngrading diplosecurity dian external affairs matic ties with India. Pakistan minister went to PakiDuring his recent s t a n w a s S u s h m a minister Mohsin UN General Assembly Naqvi said Swaraj’s visit in 2015. address, Jaishankar personnel from said, while many counThere was no clarity the Army, on whether India will tries get left behind have any bilateral Rangers, FC and due to circumstances Punjab police talks with other Shangbeyond their control, hai Cooperation Or- will be deployed some make conscious to ensure ganisation (SCO) choices with disasfoolproof members as Jaiswal trous consequences, said Jaishankar is security for the pointing to Pakistan SCO guests, travelling to Pakistan as a prime example. “A reports Dawn only to attend the sumdysfunctional nation mit. During the SCO coveting the lands of foreign ministers’ meeting in others must be exposed and Goa in 2023, Pakistan’s foreign countered,” he said. minister Bilawal Bhutto had He was rebuffing the false travelled to India along with 11 equivalence Pakistan Prime journalists from his country . Minister Shehbaz Sharif Significantly Indian fugitive sought to draw between Kash, and radical Islamist Zakir Naik mir and Palestine in his UNGA is in Pakistan since the past address the previous day Later, . few days. He also met Pakistani defence minister Rajnath Singh Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said India could have extended on Thursday . much more aid to the neigh“We are not surprised that a bour than the IMF’s $7 billion fugitive from Indian justice has had it mended its ways. Cabinet expansion likely by Dasara I R E D DY S R I N I VAS R E D DY @ Hyderabad THE AICC is expected to give the green signal for the expansion of the Telangana Cabinet by Dasara. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka and other key ministers are likely to leave for Delhi in a couple of days to discuss the expansion of the Cabinet with AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi. Expansion of the Cabinet has been on hold for the last few months. The reason given was that both Kharge and Rahul were busy with the Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir Assembly elections. There were also other reasons such as Rahul leaving for the US and then becoming busy with the Lok Sabha session. The party is now planning to get around to the expansion of the state Cabinet, in which six slots are vacant. The party leadership wants to fill at least four spots now, keeping the remaining two vacant for future political exigencies. With the Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir Assembly elec- tions ending on Saturday, the AICC leaders will be free to pay attention to Cabinet expansion in Telangana. The party wants to wrap up Cabinet expansion before the Maharashtra Assembly election schedule is released, likely by the end of this month. Sources in the party said that aspirants are also exerting pressure on the high command and key leaders in the state for their inclusion, promised to them on the eve of the Assembly elections and also at the time of joining the Congress. CONTINUED ON P4 SC FORMS NEW SIT TO PROBE LADDU ROW S U C H I T R A K A LYA N M O H A N T Y @ New Delhi THE Supreme Court on Friday constituted an independent special investigation team (SIT) to probe the allegations that animal fat was used to prepare laddus at Sri Venkateswara temple in Tirupati, in Andhra Pradesh. The new SIT substitutes the Andhra Pradesh government’s probe panel constituted on Sep- ACTOR NAGARJUNA TO FILE DEFAMATION SUIT FOR `100 CRORE AGAINST KONDA SUREKHA | P5 tember 26 to look into the row. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan said the fresh probe team shall have two CBI officers, two Andhra Pradesh police officers, and a senior official of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). The two CBI officers would be nominated by the agency’s director while the two officers from the Andhra Pradesh Police would be named by the state government. The FSSAI chairperson would nominate a senior officer to be a part of the SIT, it said. The SIT shall work under the supervision of the CBI director, the bench added. The SC said it hasn’t gone into the merits of allegations and counter allegations on alleged adulteration of the laddus. “We won’t allow the Supreme Court to be used for political drama. Hyd will be divided into 4 corporations: Komatireddy E N S @ Hyderabad ROADS and Buildings Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy on Friday said that Hyderabad would be divided into four corporations and have four mayors. He hinted that the state government would go in for GHMC elections after creating four corporations. Speaking at a meeting of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) here, the minister said: “The population of the city has already crossed 1.5 crore. We will divide the city into four corporations. We are not thinking about what will happen in the next elections and not looking at the outcome of the elections.” Elections to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) are due in February 2026. The minister said that 40 percent of the state’s population was living within the Outer Ring Road and it is expected to cross 50 percent by 2028. The government is trying to provide basic amenities to the growing population within ORR, he said. CONTINUED ON P7
Express Network Private Limited publishes thirty three E-paper editions of The New Indian Express newspaper , thirty two E-paper editions of Dinamani, one E-paper edition of The Morning Standard, one E-paper edition of Malayalam Vaarika magazine and one E-paper edition of the Indulge - The Morning Standard, Kolkatta.