8 Killed, Scores Wounded During Srinagar LS By-Poll
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millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 3, ISSUE 96 | Monday, 10 April 2017 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS ‘RS 5,400cr WORTH TAX DEPT SLAPS 82% VOTES SWARA HOPES OF UNDISCLOSED FRESH DEMAND NOTE CAST IN KANTHI TO KEEP DOING OUT OF INCOME OF `10,247 CR ON UK DAKSHIN PG3 THE BOX ROLES PG16 DETECTED’ PG5 CAIRN PG12 Mamata to meet party VOTING PERCENTAGE AT ABYSMAL 6.5 CONDEMNS VIOLENCE BY COW VIGILANTES MPs in Delhi today Bhagwat demands national 8 killed, scores wounded law against cow slaughter MPOST BUREAU NEW DELHI: RSS chief during Srinagar LS by-poll Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday advocated a nation-wide law MPOST BUREAU the mob, which did not relent. Six against cow slaughter, calling it persons were injured in the fir- a “vice” that must be removed, SRINAGAR: Eight people were ing, of whom two, 20- year-old but condemned violence by OUR CORRESPONDENT killed in firing by security forces Mohammad Abbas and 15-year- cow protection groups as it as unprecedented election-day vio- old Faizaan Ahmad Rather, suc- “defames” the cause. NEW DELHI: Bengal Chief Minister lence marred the by-poll for Sri- cumbed to bullet wounds. He also pitched for step- Mamata Banerjee on Sunday attended the nagar Lok Sabha seat today which In another incident, secu- ping-up of cow protection “Our wish is that there high profile dinner hosted by President saw the voter turnout plunge to an rity forces opened fire to quell efforts by bringing more peo- should be a law against cow Pranab Mukherjee in honour of visiting Ban- all-time low of 7.14 per cent. a stone-pelting mob in Ratxuna ple in the drive while “com- slaughter across India,” he gladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. A Rampaging mobs took to Beerwah area, leaving one Nissar pletely obeying the law and the said. host of dignitaries including Prime Minis- streets in scores of places across the Ahmed dead. At the Daulatpura Constitution”. In several northeastern ter Narendra Modi attended the dinner. Top Lok Sabha constituency straddling in Chadoora assembly segment of His remarks at an event to states, including somewhere luminaries broke bread in a congenial atmo- Srinagar, Budgam and Ganderbal Budgam district, one person, iden- observe the birth anniversary BJP is in power, cow slaugh- sphere and exchanged pleasantries. districts, perpetrating wanton vio- tified as Shabir Ahmed, was killed of Lord Mahavir came against ter is not banned while beef is The Bengal Chief Minister attended a lence and arson, even setting ablaze Youths throw stones at Security forces during clashes in Srinagar on Sunday PTI in firing by security personnel. the backdrop of the lynching consumed widely in states like slew of official engagements with PM Modi a polling station and attempting to A youth, Adil Farooq, suc- of a Muslim man by cow vigi- Kerala and West Bengal where and Sheikh Hasina on Saturday. Banerjee had set on fire two others, amid a boy- stituency, mostly in Budgam dis- gam district, two more deaths were cumbed to multiple pellet injuries lantes in Alwar in BJP-ruled the party is working to emerge a novel answer to the Teesta water question. cott called by the separatists. trict, which included stone-pelting, reported from Chadoora area of in the Magam town, about 20 km Rajasthan that sparked pro- as a strong political force. She suggested that both nations should stop “The tentative voter turnout for petrol bomb attacks, setting ablaze the same district and another in from here. One Aqib Wani was tests from opposition parties The RSS chief suggested harping on the Teesta and instead carry out the Srinagar Lok Sabha constitu- of a polling station, some vehicles Magam town, which is known as shot dead as police opened fire on and put the saffron party on that enactment of such a law a study on how to utilise the waters of some ency is 6.5 per cent,” Jammu and and attempt to burn two other poll- the gateway to Gulmarg. Another a crowd of protestors in the Beer- the defensive. everywhere will take time due other rivers like the Torsa. Kashmir s Chief Electoral Officer ing stations,” Shantmanu said. person was killed in Barsoo in wah area in the afternoon. “Nothing should be done to the complexities of politics. The Bengal chief minister is expected Shantmanu told reporters at the “It was not a good day as you Ganderbal district. National Conference working while protecting cows that If there is a law, it will be to hold a meeting with all TMC MPs on conclusion of polling. However, know. Six lives were lost in these Almost 70 per cent of the poll- president Omar Abdullah said in hurts the belief of some peo- for promoting non-violence Monday to discuss some pressing matters. the revised figure issued later in incidents of violence... 17 civilians ing booths in Budgam district were his 20-year political career he had ple. Nothing should be done not violence, he said, not- Banerjee is expected meet some top political the evening put the voter turnout were injured, while over 100 para- abandoned by the polling staff due never seen such a bad environment that is violent. It only defames ing, “There cannot be a law leaders including BJP veteran LK Advani. She at 7.14 per cent of the 12.61 lakh military and police personnel also to the spate of violent protests in for elections. the efforts of cow protectors... that says you do violence. It is will also take up some Bengal projects stuck electorate. sustained injuries,” he said. several areas, officials said. Chief Minister Mehbooba The work of cow conservation impossible.” in limbo with the Centre. The seat had recorded 26 per Shortly after the press confer- The Army was called out to Mufti expressed distress over the should be carried out while “I am confident that wher- cent polling in the 2014 general ence, two people were reported help security forces quell a ram- civilian killings, saying she was completely obeying the law ever RSS workers are in power, elections. killed in Chadoora area of Budgam paging mob which threw stones pained that most of them were and the Constitution,” Bhag- they will deal with local com- Soon, 2-child norm In the 1989 election, National district and Barsoo in Ganderbal and hurled petrol bombs to set a teenagers who were yet to under- wat said. plexities and work in that direc- Conference’ s Mohammad Shafi district in firing by security forces, polling booth ablaze in the Gan- stand the intricacies of the issues. He said many states where tion,” he said. Bhat had won the seat uncontested. taking the death toll to eight. derbal district of the constituency. Meanwhile, separatists have called RSS functionaries, a reference Cow protection should be for Assam govt jobs The previous lowest turnout in The CEO said a decision on Hundreds of protestors stormed for a two-day shutdown against the to BJP leaders with RSS back- promoted in such a way that the prestigious seat was 11.93 per repoll in violence-hit areas will be a polling station at Pakherpora in killing of civilians in firing by secu- ground, have been in power it wins over more and more GUWAHATI: The Assam government on Sun- cent in 1999 when Omar Abdullah taken after examining the diaries of Chrar-e-Sharief area of Budgam rity forces, saying it was the only have enacted such a law and people to the cause and brings day announced a draft population policy which had defeated Mehbooba Mufti in a presiding officers. district and ransacked a building way for them to express solidarity expressed confidence that praise for those doing it, Bhag- suggested denial of government jobs to people straight contest. While two people each were housing a polling booth, officials with the families of those killed and other governments will fol- wat said. Non-violent efforts with more than two children and making edu- “There were more than 200 killed Pakherpora in Chrar-e- said, adding the security forces fired the cause for which they laid down low suit by dealing with local will only help change the law cation up to university level free for all girls in incidents of violence in the con- Sharief and Beerwah areas of Bud- several warning rounds to disperse their lives. More reports on PG5 “complexities”. accordingly, he said. the state. “This is a draft population policy. We have suggested that people having more than 3RD ANNIVERSARY OF MODI GOVERNMENT two children will not be eligible for any govern- 45 dead, 119 injured in ISIS blasts ment jobs,” Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said at a press conference here. Any person getting a job after meeting this condition at Egypt's Coptic churches MINISTERS ASKED TO LIST FIVE will have to maintain it till end of his service, he added. “For employment generation schemes CAIRO: At least 45 people were killed and nearly like giving tractors, offering homes and others 120 others injured in powerful blasts triggered by government benefits, this two-children norm ISIS in two churches packed with worshippers cel- MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS will be applicable. Besides, all elections such as ebrating Palm Sunday in Egypt’s Tanta and Alex- panchayats, municipal bodies and autonomous andria cities, the deadliest attacks on the minority MPOST BUREAU “favour of the BJP and PM Modi”, councils held under the state election commis- Coptic Christians in recent years. Naidu said, “We all take pride in sion will also have this norm for candidates,” The first blast took place in the Coptic church NEW DELHI: The Modi gov- being a member of Team Modi, Sarma said.