tirupati l monday l september 16, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 l anantapur EDITION Barest of Margins: Neeraj falls agonisingly short in Dl final Two-time Olympics medallist Neeraj Chopra came second in Brussels Diamond League with 87.86 m throw, 0.01 m behind Anderson Peters (87.87) Chopra ends season with 2nd place finish after groin, Hand injury add to woes In his last event of the season, the 26-year-old Indian came close to winning the Diamond League crown before missing it by just one centimetre to finish as runner-up for the second consecutive year in the season finale. Peters took the top prize while Germany’s Julian Weber finished third with a 85.97 m throw ■ ■ On Sunday, Chopra revealed that he took part in the Diamond League final with a fracture in his left hand which happened during an injury at practice earlier in the week Having already been struggling with a groin injury, the Paris Olympics silver medallist will use the off season to recuperate | P11 89.49 m was Chopra’s season best. he achieved it in Lausanne DL 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 Slew of projects in Modi 3.0 In infra sector, projects worth 3 lakh crore approved, most of them on roads, railways, ports and airways Approved Wadhavan Mega Port in Maharashtra at a cost of 76,200 crore Approval of construction/ upgradation of 62,500 km of roads and bridges to connect 25,000 villages 8 new railway line projects approved generating 4.42 crore man-days of employment M inimum support price for kharif crops increased A pproved Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh with an allocation of 12,100 crore Tax relief to the salaried class 1 3 crore houses approved under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana MUDRA loan limit increased from 10 lakh to 20 lakh 2 lakh crore PM package announced to promote employment and skill development among the youth Projects worth 15 lakh crore launched within the first 100 days of Modi’s 3rd innings as PM 0 1 crore youth will receive internships at top companies, along with allowances and one-time assistance DAYS Employees earning up to 1 lakh will benefit from the government’s contribution to EPFO E mployers to get reimbursement of 3,000 per month for 2 years for every new employee with an income up to 1 lakh F ree insurance of up to 5 lakh to all senior citizens aged 70 years and above Waqf (Amendment) Bill aimed at reducing conflicts | More on p7 B’desh, Rohingya infiltrations major threat to J’khand: Modi M u k es h R a n j a n @ Ranchi Ahead of the Assembly elections in Jharkhand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) of playing vote bank politics by supporting Bangladeshi and Rohingya infiltrators. Addressing the ‘Parivartan Maharally’ of the BJP in Jamshedpur, Modi charged that ‘the infiltrators’ have managed to gain influence over the JMM and are “usurping tribal land and forests”. “Bangladeshi and Rohingya infiltrators have become a major threat to Santhal Parganas and Kolhan regions. The demography of these regions is changing fast. The tribal population is on the decline. The infiltrators are establishing control of the panchayat system, grabbing land, and committing atrocities against the daughters of the state. Every Jharkhand resident feels unsafe,” Modi said. Training his guns on the Congress, Modi called it one of the state’s three enemies, the JMM and the Rashtriya Janata Dal being the other two. He said the JMM is possessed by the ghost of the Congress. “When the ghost of Congress enters any party appeasement , becomes the only agenda of that party Modi said. ,” Continuing his attacks on the Congress, he said the JMM leaders were taking lessons on corruption from the ‘Congress school of corruption’. He called the Congress family as the most dishonest in the country . “All the streams of corruption originate from there,” he said. The prime minister accused the JMM of not fulfilling the promises it made to the people ahead of the 2019 Assembly elections. “JMM had promised to pay unemployment allowance, but none of them got any allowance,” Modi said. Kejri plays resignation card Actress case: 3 IPS Will step down in a couple of days, name successor; wants snap polls in Nov Junior doctors take part in a protest march to Swasthya Bhavan in Kolkata on Sunday | PTI CBI gets custody of RG Kar’s former principal ghosh S u l a g n a S en g u p ta @ Kolkata A court on Sunday remanded former principal of Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital Sandip Ghosh and Station House Master (SHO) of Tala Police Station Abhijit Mondal in CBI custody till Tuesday in connection with the rape-murder case of a trainee doctor at the hospital. The two were arrested by the CBI on Saturday night. They have been charged with tampering evidence. Mondal is also accused of delaying the registration of FIR in the case. “We have got their custody for three days till September 17. Now, both will be questioned together. The duo played vital roles in the RG Kar case,” the CBI said. Both Ghosh and Mondal tried to “downplay the incident” as well as “shield” the heinous crime, the CBI told the Sealdah court. The arrests are the first by the CBI in connection with the rape-murder case. Ghosh had already been arrested by the CBI in connection with financial irregularities at the RG Kar Hospital and is currently in judicial custody . Meanwhile, junior doctors on Sunday took out a mega protest march in the Salt Lake area demanding justice for the victim. Early poll jumla? 1 Advancing polls to November may not be possible as the EC will have only two months for preparations 2 In any case, the EC will come into play only after the Delhi CM dissolves the assembly and formally requests it to advance polls 3 Only a new CM can call a meeting of the Cabinet to take a decision on dissolving the assembly officers suspended An u p Ve r m a @ New Delhi E x p r ess N e w s S e r v i c e Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday sought to take the high moral ground by saying he will not occupy the chief minister’s chair until he gets a fresh mandate of honesty from the voters in the national capital. Seeking to wash the taint of corruption as two Central law enforcement agencies alleged he was the prime beneficiary of the Delhi excise scam, Kejriwal said he will resign as CM in a couple of days and name a successor. He also demanded snap polls along with the Maharashtra assembly elections in November. But the election process can begin only after the chief minister dissolves the assembly and writes to the Election Commission of India. Expecting it to be held in November might be way too optimistic. In the normal course, Delhi will be due for polls in February . Just a couple of days ago, he had walked out of Tihar Jail after getting bail from a Supreme Court bench in connection with the excise policy scam. But stringent bail condi- The State government on Sunday suspended senior IPS officers P Sitharama Anjaneyulu, Kanthi Rana Tata and Vishal Gunni following allegations of ‘excesses’ against them in investigation of the case on Bollywood actress and model Kada m b a r i Je t h w a n i . C h i e f Secretary Neerabh Kumar Prasad issued separate orders suspending the three IPS officers. The orders read that the three IPS officers were placed under suspension under Rule 3 (1) of All India Services (Discipline & Appeal) Rules 1969. The government took the action against them based on the report from the Director General of Police that a detailed inquiry report was received from the Commissioner of Police, NTR Police Commissionerate, Vijayawada regarding allegations on investigation in Cr No. 90/2024 u/s 384, 385, 386, 388, 420, 457, 468, 471 r/w 12(B) IPC of Ibrahimpatnam police station against Jethwani. @ Vijayawada Arvind Kejriwal waves during a party meeting in New Delhi on Sunday | Parveen Negi I want to appeal to the public, if you think Kejriwal is honest, vote for me. If you think Kejriwal is guilty, do not vote for me. Every vote of yours will be a certificate of my honesty Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi chief minister tions set by a coordinate bench disallow him from visiting the Chief Minister’s Office and the Delhi Secretariat. His signing of files in his capacity as CM was also restricted. Kejriwal made the surprise announcement while addressing party workers. “I will go to every street, I will go to every house. Until the public gives its verdict that Kejriwal is honest, I will not sit on the CM’s chair,” he claimed. As for his successor, the AAP said a meeting of the legislative party in the next two-three days will take the call. However, Kejriwal ruled out his former deputy as his suc- cessor. “The same things were said about him as were said for me. Sisodia also says that he will take over the post of Deputy CM and education minister only when the people say he is honest. It’s up to the people to take the call about me and him,” the AAP chief said. The buzz is on Kejriwal’s wife Sunita getting the baton, as she has been active on ground since the Lok Sabha elections. She is also one of the star campaigners for the Haryana elections. Other names that are being tossed around as successors are ministers Gopal Rai, Atishi and Saurabh Bhardwaj. Simultaneous polls on govt agenda RAJ E S H KU M AR THAKUR @ New Delhi boat goes up in flames at sea, none injured A fishing boat caught fire off the coast of Visakhapatnam on Sunday when its engine malfunctioned. The five fishermen aboard the vessel were rescued by another mechanised boat With the Modi 3.0 completing its first 100 days, highly-placed sources said the government will implement the ‘one nation, one election’ initiative during its current tenure. The buzz in political circles of the national capital is that the BJP has struck an agreement with its coalition partners on this matter. “Definitely, it will be implemented in this tenure itself. It will be a reality a source said. ,” Modi mentioned the initiative during this year’s Independence Day address. “What more is there to say when the prime minister has already shown his commitment? Wait for it as it is becoming a reality remarked a ,” source within the government. Modi, in his August 15 address from Red Fort, called for national unity in support of the one nation, one election concept. He urged all parties to collaborate in this initiative. “The nation has to come forward for one nation, one election,” Modi had said. A high-level panel, chaired by former President Ram Nath Kovind, had recommended conducting simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, followed by synchronised local body elections within 100 days. The Kovind panel’s report is currently with the relevant government authorities, and groundwork is underway to present it in Parliament. The Law Commission, too, is reportedly working on recommendations for holding simultaneous elections for all three tiers of government — Lok Sabha, state assemblies, and local bodies — tentatively starting in 2029. The special loan recovery drive of the District Cooperative Central Bank is aimed at strengthening its financial position to expand its banking operations in Kadapa. The DCCB has already recovered `2,700 crore outstanding loans from ryots, achieving 75% of the set target in the first two quarters of the current financial year The Kadapa District Cooperative Central Bank (DCCB) has stopped sanction of new agricultural loans this fiscal, and laid emphasis on loan recovery to boost its financial health. The DCCB has launched a special drive to recover outstanding loans worth `3,157 crore, and set up eight official teams for the purpose. The DCCB’s emphasis on loan recovery has hit small and marginal farmers who rely on farm loans for agricultural operations. In the erstwhile undivided Kadapa district, there are 71 Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS). The DCCB has already recovered `2,700 crore outstanding loans, achieving 75% of the set target in the first two quarters. As the recovery drive has yielded good results in the first two quarters, it is striving to achieve 100% target. As the DCCB achieved success in its deposit mobilisation drive last year, it is planning to prioritise sanction of new loans next year after recovering all the outstanding The DGP reported that on January 31, 2024, Anjaneyulu (the then Intelligence DG) called Tata, the then Commissioner of Police, and Gunni, the then Deputy Commissioner of Police, Vijayawada, to the CMO and instructed them to arrest Jethwani though no case was registered against her as on that date. The record shows that the FIR was registered at 6.30 AM on February 2, 2024, whereas Anjaneyulu issued instructions to Tata and Gunni on January 31 itself. The act of Anjaneyulu amounts to grave misconduct, misuse of official position and dereliction of duty, the orders P4 read. E x p r ess N e w s S e r v i c e @ Guntur classical treat Young girls present a ballet at the South Indian Music and Dance Festival organised by Sri Venkateswara Music and Dance College in Tirupati on Sunday | Express No new agricultural loans, Kadapa DCCB focuses on recovery S N a g a r a j a R a o @ Kadapa Senior IPS officers P Sitharama Anjaneyulu, Kanthi Rana Tata and Vishal Gunni should stay in Vijayawada during the period of their suspension. They should not leave the headquarters without obtaining prior permission from the State government Ex-YSRC MP taken into 2-day police custody fiscal viability `2,700 cr outstanding loans recovered Trio should not leave V’wada sans permission loans this year to stay healthy and competitive in the banking business. The eight special loan recovery teams are headed by nodal officers and consist of 10 DCCB officials each, including branch managers and officials of PACS. Setting daily recovery targets, these teams have intensified the drive across 24 DCCB branches in the district. The recovery process includes con- tacting borrowers, issuing notices to defaulters and taking legal action if necessary . Explaining the major initiative, DCCB Chief Executive Officer P Rajamani said, “The bank has made significant progress in loan recovery, and aims to achieve the target fully by the end of current fiscal. The DCCB will prioritise sanction of new loans once the recovery process is complete.” Former YSRC MP Nandigam Suresh was taken into two-day police custody on Sunday for the investigation into the TDP office attack case. The police shifted Suresh from the district sub-jail to the GGH for medical tests, and later to the Mangalagiri Rural police station. It may be mentioned here that the High Court dismissed the petitions of YSRC leaders for anticipatory bail in the TDP office attack case on September 4. Later, the former MP was arrested and sent to judicial remand. Responding to the petition filed by the police, the Mangalagiri court granted two-day custody of Suresh to them, and directed him to cooperate with the case investigation. The former MP is likely to be shifted back to the sub-jail on September 17. On October 19, 2021, a large number of people, who were said to be YSRC supporters, stormed the TDP headquarters in Mangalagiri after the party spokesperson K Pattabhi Ram made some objectionable remarks against the then Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and vandalised it. ,
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