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NO.: DL(S)-01/3420/2015-17 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 13, ISSUE 4 | Thursday, 4 January 2018 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS pNIFTY 10,443.20 (+1.00) qSENSEX 33,793.38 (-18.88) pDOW JONES 24,824.01 (+104.79) pNASDAQ 7,006.90 (+103.51) qRUPEE/DOLLAR 63.53 (-0.05) pRUPEE/EURO 76.36 (+0.28) nGOLD/10GM 30,450 (0.00) pSILVER/K 39,850 (+140.00) THREE CASES DON’T WORRY TRUMP MAY GO I’VE LIMITED TIME, REGISTERED BY CBI IF NAME NOT IN ‘GREAT LENGTHS’ TO CAN’T GIVE 5 YEARS AGAINST GODMAN 1ST NRC DRAFT: END ALL AID TO PAK: TO A FILM NOW: VIRENDRA DIXIT PG4 SONOWAL PG6 HALEY PG10 PRABHAS PG16 CCTV FOOTAGE OF THE VIOLENCE BEING MONITORED BY MAHA GOVT Caste violence in Maha Maharashtra bandh called off after rocks Parliament, RSS rejects Congress charge bringing Mumbai to grinding halt OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI/UJJAIN: The caste violence in Maharashtra MPOST BUREAU rocked Parliament on Wednes- Normal life badly hit day even as the RSS rubbished MUMBAI/DELHI: After a day of the Congress charge it was fuel- protests, road and rail traffic disrup- » Daily life in Mumbai was disrupted as protesters ling the clashes over which the gress accused the RSS and tion, and sporadic violence, the mas- attacked city buses, stopped suburban local services opposition party also flayed certain Hindutva outfits of sive shutdown across Maharashtra and blocked roads at various places in the city Prime Minister Narendra Modi triggering violence against called by Dalit groups and parties, for his “silence” on the matter. Dalits in Maharashtra and was called off. The shutdown gener- » The state government had taken immediate As a political war of words targeted Prime Minister Nar- ated tension in Mumbai and some measures, deploying nearly 21,000 security erupted over the simmering endra Modi’s “silence” over towns and cities across Maharash- personnel to keep the peace in Mumbai caste tensions in BJP-ruled the clashes. It also demanded tra, as the state marked its third day Maharashtra both inside and a probe by a Supreme Court of simmering tension between Dalits » Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said an inquiry outside Parliament, the ruling judge. and upper castes, mainly Marathas. In would be conducted in the incidents of violence that party also hit back and accused “The RSS and certain Mumbai, supporters, allegedly of Dalit took place across Maharashtra the Congress of trying to play hardcore Hindutva outfits are parties, tried to block trains, metro politics over the matter. behind the violence. They are and buses and forced shops in some » Domestic carriers, including the government- Rejecting the Congress trying to drive a wedge between areas to shut down. Two major roads owned Air India, have waived charges for ticket charge, the RSS sought to the Marathas and Dalits in in Mumbai’s Bandra were blocked. cancellations blame caste violence in Maha- Maharashtra,” Congress leader Coupled with route diversions by the rashtra on a “breaking India Mallikarjun Kharge alleged. police, it caused traffic jams in parts ever, descended on Mumbai and other ply buses in the morning as a precau- attempted a rail-blockade but were Nehru University or JNU, of inciting brigade” which, it said, had A visibly anguished Kharge of the city. There have been students’ parts to Maharashtra to enforce the tionary measure. foiled by security forces. caste tension. raised anti-national slogans at also tore some papers he was protests in Delhi too. bandh today. Protests were held in Nagpur, Pune The tension had started on Mon- After Tuesday’s protests, dur- the JNU in Delhi in 2016 and holding when BJP mem- The bandh was called off around In the evening, Chief Minister and Baramati and arson was reported day when lakhs of Dalits gathered in ing which roads and railway tracks was now trying to divide the bers vociferously protested 4.30 pm by Prakash Ambedkar — the Devendra Fadnavis said an inquiry from several areas. There was a total the village of Bhima-Koregaon, about were blocked in parts of Mumbai and Hindu society. his remarks and continued to grandson of Dalit icon BR Ambed- would be conducted in the incidents shutdown in Baramati, a town near 30 km from Pune, to celebrate the its adjoining areas, 100 people were “The ‘breaking India bri- shout. kar — who had given the strike call of violence that took place across Pune, and Sangli and Miraj, two towns 200th anniversary of a battle that saw detained, the police said. Most of them gade’ chanted slogans at the “Why is PM Narendra on Tuesday after massive protests in Maharashtra. “We are monitoring in south Maharashtra. In Nagpur, Dalit soldiers fighting with the Brit- were Dalit protesters. Jawaharlal Nehru University Modi silent on the issue? He Mumbai. He said the shutdown, which the CCTV footage of the violence,” most schools and markets remained ish, defeating the army of the upper Domestic carriers, including the in 2016 that India will be shat- always maintains silence on had the support of 250 Dalits groups, he added. shut, and bus services were disrupted caste Peshwas or rulers. A 28-year- government-owned Air India, have tered into pieces. It wants to issues relating to Dalits. He had been peaceful. In Mumbai, local trains were as protests were held in sensitive parts old Maratha was killed in the clashes. waived charges for ticket cancella- divide the country on reli- has become a ‘Mouni Baba’ on The state government had taken blocked at Ghatkopar, causing delays of the town. Sporadic violence was Some groups question why a Brit- tions and no-show due to the ongoing gious and caste lines. It wants Dalit issues,” he said. immediate measures, deploying nearly on the Central Harbour lines. Thirteen reported from Aurangabad too. ish victory against Marathas should unrest in parts of Maharashtra. to divide the Hindu society. Kharge’s comments trig- 21,000 security personnel to keep buses of the civic transport service Thane, a major suburb of Mum- be celebrated and accuse Jignesh Air India said it would not charge The Sangh castigates it,” RSS gered an angry response from the peace in Mumbai. Extra troops ‘BEST’ were also damaged. Offices, bai, saw the clamping of prohibitory Mewani, Dalit leader from Gujarat any fee for cancellation of tickets or spokesman Manmohan Vaidya BJP MPs, with Parliamentary were deployed other towns and cit- schools and colleges remained open, orders that banned large gather- who was just elected to public office, rescheduling of a journey to/from told reporters in Ujjain. Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar ies. Huge groups of protesters, how- though school bus operators did not ings. Slogan-shouting Dalit activists and Umar Khalid of Delhi’s Jawaharlal Mumbai on January 2 and 3. In the Lok Sabha, the Con- refuting the charges. ELECTIONS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 16 Fewer trains Oppn-BJP spar over 139 graft, criminal running in late than cases against IAS, AAP picks Sanjay Singh, Sushil flights in fogs triple talaq bill in RS IPS officers: Govt PIYUSH GOYAL SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE NEW DELHI: As many as Gupta, ND Gupta as RS nominees 139 corruption and criminal NEW DELHI: A united opposition cases have been registered SAYANTAN GHOSH in Rajya Sabha. Finally, votes Singh was nominated for his In today’s on Wednesday had a face-off with the against bureaucrats, diplomats were cast on eight of them,” said “grassroots” work as a leader government over the triple talaq bill and revenue officers since NEW DELHI: The Aam Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister in Uttar Pradesh, Narain Dass paper in the Rajya Sabha and stalled debate January 2014 till last Novem- Aadmi Party on Wednes- Manish Sisodia. He said eight Gupta for his contributions in on it insisting that it should be sent to ber, the government said on day nominated senior party of the nine PAC members who the field of economics and gov- ... a select panel, as the ruling BJP vigor- Wednesday. leader Sanjay Singh, chartered attended the meeting agreed ernment policies. CITY ously sought its expeditious passage CBI has registered these accountant and former presi- on all three names while one The AAP also considered to stop the unlawful practice. tion’s motion on the select panel. 139 cases against officers of dent of Institute of Chartered member agreed on two. He ten of its own leaders such as WARRANT AGAINST METRO CHIEF 3 Amid noisy scenes, Law Minister Terming it “a historic bill”, Prasad Indian Administrative Service Accountants of India (ICAI), added that the nominees were Ashutosh, Ashish Khetan, Ati- NATION Ravi Shankar Prasad introduced the said the Supreme Court on August 22 (IAS), Indian Police Service Narain Dass Gupta and Delhi- finalised considering the work shi Marlena, Raghav Chadha, Muslim Women (Protection of Rights “called triple talaq as unconstitutional (IPS), Indian Revenue Service based businessman, Sushil they have done in their respec- Pankaj Gupta, Prithvi Reddy, `6,809-CR ZOJILA TUNNEL PROJECT 5 on Marriage) Bill 2017 for discus- ... The judges appealed to Parliament (IRS) and Indian Foreign Ser- Gupta for the Rajya Sabha. tive fields. Ashish Talwar, Dilip Pan- sion and passage, but pandemonium to come out with the law. vice (IFS) during January 2014 The decision was “Sushil Gupta has made dey, Deepak Bajpai and San- EDIT broke out in the Upper House with However, the opposition remained and November 2017, Minister announced following the big contributions in the edu- jay Singh. Prominent names the opposition creating an uproar adamant on its demand for setting up of State for Personnel Jitendra AAP’s Political Affairs Com- cation and health sectors in such as former RBI gover- ACCELERATE INNOVATION 8 and the BJP countering it vociferously.