Follow us on: RNI No. APENG/2018/764698 @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 Published From NATION 5 MONEY 8 SPORTS 12 VIJAYAWADA DELHI LUCKNOW MODI-ABE SUMMIT MOODY'S CUTS INDIA'S GDP ‘DUBE WILL GET BETTER BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH CANCELLED OVER PROTESTS GROWTH FORECAST TO 5.6% WITH CONFIDENCE’ BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN HYDERABAD *Late City Vol. 2 Issue 43 VIJAYAWADA, SATURDAY DECEMBER 14, 2019; PAGES 12 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable CATHERINE MAKES THE CUT { Page 11 } www.dailypioneer.com I-T DEPARTMENT TAX REFUNDS UP UN CLOSELY ANALYSING POSSIBLE PRESERVE BODIES OF ACCUSED IN 12 YEARS AFTER AYESHA MEERA'S AT RS 1.57 L-CR: REVENUE SECY CONSEQUENCES OF INDIA'S CAA DISHA CASE, ORDERS HIGH COURT MURDER, FRESH AUTOPSY TODAY he Income Tax Department has issued tax refunds of Rs 1.57 lakh he UN is closely analysing the possible consequences of India's he Telangana High Court on Friday directed the state government to e-post-mortem would be conducted on Saturday on the body of Tcrore till December 11, Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey said Tamended Citizenship Act, a spokesperson for UN chief Antonio Tpreserve the bodies of the four accused of sensational RAyesha Meera, the pharmacy student who was raped on Friday. At a press meet held to showcase the report card Guterres has said, insisting that the world body has its basic principles, Disha murder case till further orders. The HC has and murdered on December 27, 2007. According to of the government, Mr Pandey said tax refund cases have including those enshrined in the Universal Declaration of issued the orders following a directive by the sources, the police are making arrangements for the gone up by 17 per cent to 2.16 crore. He said the Human Rights, and expect those to be upheld. According Supreme Court of India to stay the ongoing fresh round of autopsy at the Chenchupet burial ground department issued tax refunds of Rs 1.57 lakh crore till to the amended Act, members of Hindu, Sikh, Jain, proceedings in the High Court till further orders. A in Tenali. The murder created a sensation across the December 11. He said "By December 15, the advanced tax Buddhist, Parsi and Christian communities who have come division bench of the High Court comprising Chief country. The 12-year-old case has taken many for Q3 will come and at that stage we will get an idea of from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan till Justices R.S. Chauhan and A. Abhishek Reddy said twists and turns. People's organisations and what is going to be the impact of corporate tax December 31, 2014 and facing religious persecution that the panel constituted by the Supreme Court student bodies had protested against the tardy reduction announced in September. there will not be treated as illegal immigrants. was likely to inspect the bodies soon. progress of the investigation into the case. CAPSULE NEW DAWN CAA stir: Protesters vandalise NO LOOS AT 3.62 LAKH ANGANWADI AP passes Bills to try rape, railway stations in West Bengal CENTRES: IRANI PNS n KOLKATA NEW DELHI:As many as 3.62 Protests over the amended ‘States can’t refuse lakh anganwadi centres across Citizenship Act reached the the country have no toilet facility harassment cases faster shores of West Bengal on while 1.59 lakh have no drinking Friday, with agitators resorting water supply, Union Women and Bills in Concurrent List, will attract attention, spur debate: Jagan to violence and arson at railway CAA implementation’ Child Development stations and thoroughfares Minister Smriti Irani PNS n VIJAYAWADA The Bill prescribes across the state, seeking imme- PNS n NEW DELHI said on Friday. diate revocation of the law. Responding to a The Andhra Pradesh death penalty for According to police sources, State governments have no query in the Lok Legislative Assembly on rape crimes where people in the minority- dom- powers to reject the imple- Sabha, Irani said there Friday passed both the "Disha there is conclusive inated districts of rural mentation of the Citizenship are a total of 13,77,595 Bills" that impose death penal- Howrah, Murshidabad, (Amendment) Act, 2019 as operational anganwadi centres in ty for rape besides taking evidence, and for this, Birbhum, parts of Burdwan the legislation was enacted the country. "A total number of stringent action for crimes Section 376 of IPC and North Bengal hit the under the Union List of the 3,62,940 AWCs do not have against women by setting up needs to be amended streets in the morning, raising 7th Schedule of the There are 97 items toilets facilities and 1,59,568 special courts to deal with slogans against the Narendra Constitution, a top official AWCs do not have drinking such offences. Modi-led government at the said on Friday. under the Union water facilities," she said. Out of The first Disha Bill — ered before drafting the Bills. Centre. The statement came after List of the 7th a total 1.87 anganwadi centres in Criminal Law (Andhra The new Bill prescribes Some of them even attacked chief ministers of West Schedule that Uttar Pradesh, nearly one-third Pradesh Amendment) Bill death penalty for rape crimes local BJP workers and leaders, Bengal, Punjab, Kerala, of them (53,089) have no toilet 2019 amending the Penal where there is conclusive evi- prompting the saffron camp to Madhya Pradesh and include Defence, facility, according to the data Code — says that all cases dence, and for this, Section allege that the attacks were Chhattisgarh announced that External Affairs, given by the minister. regarding offences against 376 of IPC needs to be masterminded by the ruling the law is “unconstitutional” Railways, women shall be investigated In his concluding remarks cases where there is conclusive amended. This apart, the Bill TMC. West Bengal Chief and has no place in their Citizenship and COLLECTOR TOLD TO and tried expeditiously with here on Friday, Chief Minister evidence. reduces the judgment period Minister Mamata Banerjee respective states. provisions of death penalty. YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said The Nirbhaya case is an to 21 working days with inves- appealed to people to maintain “The states have no pow- Naturalisation EXPLAIN YSCRP The second Bill — Andhra that as the Disha Bills are in example, where the culprits tigation being completed in peace and calm and urged the ers to deny implementation COLOURS ON OFFICE Pradesh Special Court for the concurrent list of State and have not been punished as on seven days and trial winding protesters to refrain from tak- of a central law which is in Minister Mamata Banerjee Specified Offences against Centre, it will go for date, he said, adding that up in 14 days. ing law into own hands. the Union List,” the top offi- said, “In your (BJP) mani- AMARAVATI: Taking a serious Women and Children Bill, Presidential assent which will family members of the victims The second Disha Bill pre- Similar pleas were also made cial from the Home Ministry festo, instead of develop- view of the government's move, 2019 — will enable the State attract national attention seek fast and fair trial. scribes life imprisonment for by Governor Jagdeep Dhakhar, said. ment issues, you have put in the AP High Court on Friday government to set up exclu- through debates and discus- The CM pointed to the other sexual offences against who requested people not to There are 97 items which promise to divide the coun- served a notice on Guntur sive special courts for speedy sions, and the two Bills will public response and acclaim children and includes Section violate law and order. are under the Union List of try. Why will citizenship be collector I Samuel Anand Kumar, trial of specified offences stand as an answer to the sys- the recent Disha case received 354 F and 354 G in IPC. In Murshidabad district, the 7th Schedule that include on the basis of religion? I will directing him to give an against women and children. tem which needs to expedite and said that this was consid- Continued on Page 3 bordering Bangladesh, pro- Defence, External Affairs, not accept this. We dare explanation on testers set fire to Beldanga Railways, Citizenship and you...". painting a panchayat railway station complex Naturalisation, among oth- "You can pass laws in Lok office in YSRCP and thrashed RPF per- ers. Sabha and Rajya Sabha force- colours. A petition House allows sonnel deputed there. On Thursday, Kerala fully because you have the was filed in the High Continued on Page 3 Chief Minister number. But we will not let Court opposing the painting Botsa says no shifting of Speaker to act Pinarayi Vijayan you divide the country," she of the panchayat office of had said that "an said. Pallapadu mandal in Vatticher- anti-constitu- Describing the act as a ukuru mandal in YSRCP colours. on ‘rude Naidu' tional law direct assault on India's sec- When the petition came up for n AP capital location PNS VIJAYAWADA will have no ular character, Punjab Chief hearing on Friday, the High Court PNS n VIJAYAWADA Botsa appears to have place" in his Minister Amarinder Singh took a serious view of the issue said his government will not and questioned the propriety of Noisy scenes were witnessed state. in the AP Assembly on Friday Putting to rest doubts over the given the much West let the legislation to be imple- the government in painting the needed clarity over state offices in pary colours. over Opposition leader N shifting of the Capital Bengal mented in his state.