vijayawada l sunday l november 17, 2024 l `12.00 l PAGES 24 l late city EDITION india’s hockey hub, Odisha, finally wins National title After investing in infrastructure, promotion, including sponsoring both men & women’s national teams, the state has emerged on top dominating five-goal fest for winners most players from sundargarh nursery In the final on Saturday, Odisha defeated Haryana 5-1 to win the title at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai. For Odisha, Rajat Akash Tirkey scored the first goal in the first quarter before Pratap Lakra doubled the lead in the 39th minute. In the fourth quarter, Shilanand Lakra scored three goals to seal the title ■ ■ ■ At least 12 players were from the cradle of Indian hockey in the team. Coach Bijay Lakra said some of them grew up playing together. This was Haryana’s 3rd consecutive final appearance (2022 winners) Earlier in the day, Lalit Upadhyay and Rajkumar Pal helped Uttar Pradesh beat Manipur to finish third in the competition I P11 1st This is the first-ever senior national title for Odisha 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 Imphal valley on boil, mob storms houses of ministers Constrained by Takht, Badal calls it quits H a r p r e e t B a j w a @ Chandigarh Speculation rife on some BJP MLAs submitting resignation today LIft AFSPA from six areas, says govt P r a s a n ta M a z u m d a r @ Guwahati 10,269 visit bangkok from vizag on free visa As many as 10,269 passengers from Vizag availed the free visa service between April & October. A total of 1,320 people travelling to Bangkok in Oct availed the benefit| P3 Massive protests broke out in Manipur’s Imphal valley on Saturday after the bodies of six persons, believed to be of those reported missing from Jiribam district on Monday were recov, ered from a river close to the border of Assam’s Cachar and Manipur’s Jiribam districts. Miscreants also vandalised and burned down five churches and six houses in Jiribam on Saturday evening, the Indigenous Tribal Advocacy Committee claimed. In the wake of widespread protests, the state government temporarily suspended internet and mobile data services in the affected districts. The protesters attacked the houses of several MLAs and damaged properties at some places. They also stormed the houses of two BJP ministers. Vehicles were also set on fire. One of the MLAs, whose house was targeted, was R K Imo, who is the son-in-law of Chief Minister N Biren Singh. As the protesters are going for the jugular of the elected members for failing to control Massive protests were held on Saturday in Imphal after six bodies were found The Manipur government has written to the Centre requesting it to review its Nov 14 notification imposing the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in six jurisdictions in the Imphal valley. The state cabinet discussed it at a meeting late Friday night and decided to request the Centre to review and withdraw the said declaration No reason was cited the escalating violence, speculations are rife that some of the BJP’s legislators could resign on Sunday . The influential Meitei organisation ‘Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity’ announced a civil disobedience movement from Saturday . The bodies of all six persons were taken to the nearby Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH) in Assam’s Cachar district for post-mortem. Three of the bodies were recovered on Friday and the others on Saturday The state govern. ment in a statement issued earlier in the day confirmed that three of the bodies were of the missing persons. Three women and three children went missing from Jiribam following Monday’s gunfight in which CRPF and police personnel had gunned down 10 “militants”. Kuki-Zo organisations claimed they were “village volunteers”. Tension had been building across the Imphal valley since Friday night following reports about the recovery of three bodies. The protests intensified later in the day on Saturday when reports emerged about the recovery of three more bodies. Nayan, Dhanush spar over Netflix documentary E x p r e ss N e w s S e r v i c e @ Chennai Actor Nayanthara took to Instagram on Saturday to address a legal dispute involving actordirector Dhanush, accusing him of obstructing the making of her Netflix documentary Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairytale. She alleged that Dhanush Friday speech to be vetted: Waqf Board EJAZ KAI S ER @ Raipur In what is decidedly the first such directive anywhere in the country the Chhattisgarh , State Waqf Board in the BJPruled state issued a circular to the Mutawallis (caretakers) of all mosques asking them to get the sermons they deliver Friday afternoon before the prayer vetted by it. “There should not be any political colour in the speeches given ahead of the Jumma namaz every Friday At times, . fatwas are issued from the mosques or support is extended to some political party. Mosques should confine themselves to religious preaching or practices and not become a siyasi adda (political nest). So, I have instructed all Mutawallis to app r i s e t h e Wa q f B o a rd regarding the contents of their sermons and get our consent,” Chhattisgarh Waqf Board chief Salim Raj told TNIE on Saturday . He contended that he has not overstepped his brief, as mosques and dargahs fall within the ambit of the Waqf Board. Raj said imams havebeen asked to create awareness regarding the government’s welfare schemes WITH THIS ISSUE Feeling at Home PLUS 12 P AGES demanded `10 crore as compensation for using three seconds of behind-the-scenes (BTS) footage from their 2015 film Naanum Rowdy Dhaan in the documentary . The documentary explores Nayanthara’s relationship with her husband Vignesh Shivan, a filmmaker, tracing it all the way back to the filming of Naanum Rowdy Dhaan, which was produced by Dhanush, under his Wunderbar Films banner. In an open letter, Nayanthara expressed frustration over the legal notice sent by Dhanush demanding `10-crore compensation for the use of three seconds of BTS footage. ‘Cinema is fight for survival’ “Cinema is a fight for survival for people like me, who are self-made,” Nayanthara said, accusing Dhanush of harbouring a grudge against her Naidu consoling his nephews Nara Rohith and Gireesh | EXPRESS CM’s brother Ramamurthy Naidu passes away Ramamurthy Naidu, and other family members. Chief Minister N ChanRamamurthy was 72 years drababu Naidu on Friday old and had been unwell for cancelled his two-day tour to a long time. He had served as Maharashtra, where Chandragiri MLA he was scheduled to from 1994 to 1999. campaign for NDA Following a cardicandidates, and ac arrest, the former rushed to Hyderalegislator was admitRamamurthy bad on receiving ted to a private hosNaidu was a news of the demise leader in public pital in Hyderabad of his younger broth- life who served on November 14. e r, N a r a R a m a - the people. May After lear ning m u r t h y N a i d u . his soul rest in about the serious peace Chandrababu Naidu health condition of was in New Delhi his uncle, Minister Chief Minister when he received the for HRD, IT, Elecnews. tronics and CommuOn landing in Hyderabad, nications Nara Lokesh canhe rushed to the hospital celled all his programmes, and paid final tributes to his skipped the Assembly sesbrother. He consoled Nara sion and rushed to HyderaP4 Rohith and Gireesh, sons of bad in the morning.  S V i s w a n at h @ Vijayawada Embattled Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday submitted his resignation, drawing the curtain over two decades of dynastic rule in the second oldest political party in the country . His position in the party had become untenable after the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs, declared him a tankhayia (guilty of religious misconduct) two-and-a-half months ago but did not announce his sentence and barred him from any political activity . Ever since his father Parkash Singh Badal became party president in 1995, it became a Badal family pocket borough, with the baton of presidentship being passed to Sukhbir in 2008. On August 29, Sukhbir had appointed senior party leader Balwinder Singh Bhundar as the SAD working president. SAD leader Dr Daljit Singh Cheema said Bhunder has convened an emergency meeting of the SAD Working Committee on Monday at the party’s headquarters here to consider Sukhbir’s resignation and chart out the next course of action.