c m y k c m y k TABLOID Zoe Kravtiz 32 to represent HE SIAN GE Catwoman’s T NEWA DELHI SUNDAY 19 JANUARY 2020 A ‘very feminine powers’ NATION | Politics NEWSMAKERS | People Kerala did a ‘disastrous MeToo: 5 women, 7 men thing’ by electing Rahul, to serve on Harvey says Ramchandra Guha 2 Weinstein rape trial jury 12 www.asianage.com RNI No. 57290/94, Regd No: DL-SW-05/4189/15-17 Vol. 26 No. 333 | 48 PAGES | `5.00 WINDOWS ■ SMS, voice calls restored in 2 Valley, 10 Jammu districts Stalin, Alagiri meet, DMK J&K: After 24 weeks, buzz & Cong bury the hatchet DMK had skipped Cong-led Opp. meeting on Jan. 13 G. BABU JAYAKUMAR of prepaid phones returns CHENNAI, JAN. 18 Let’s put a full Congress will- stop and move support and YUSUF JAMEEL the “white list” prepared Differences between the ahead. Cunning stand by the SRINAGAR, JAN. 18 by the government. DMK and the Congress in and hungry foxes DMK’s firm posi- 2G mobile data services Tamil Nadu that threat- are waiting for an tion against communal After a record 24-week- on the post-paid mobiles ened to break the alliance opportunity to disband and fascist forces as long ban, the Jammu and for accessing “white-list- blew over on Saturday Kashmir government on ed” sites have been with the state Congress the alliance. I urge well as their hand- Saturday ordered the restored in all the 10 dis- chief K.S. Alagiri calling both the parties to maidens. The party restoration of prepaid tricts of Jammu division. on DMK president M.K. refrain from leadership has mobile phone services in On January 15, the gov- Stalin at Anna discussing given me free- Kashmir Valley as well as ernment had announced Arivalayam, and both the mutual issues dom (to work 2G mobile data services the restoration of 2G leaders issuing state- in public. with DMK). Tennis star Sania Mirza and on post-paid mobiles for mobile connectivity on ments that said the rela- —M.K. Stalin, —K.S. Alagiri, her partner Nadiia Kichenok of accessing “white-listed” post-paid mobiles in tionship between the two DMK TN Cong Ukraine after winning the WTA sites in two districts of Jammu region’s five dis- parties was strong, and Hobart International trophy in Kashmir region, and all 10 tricts — Jammu, Samba, that they stand united in Hobart, Australia, on Saturday. districts of Jammu Kathua, Udhampur and their fight against com- functionaries of both the Both the sides should not — PTI ■ Report on Page 16 region. Reasi — only for accessing munal forces. parties to refrain from have discussed these While 2G mobile Internet “white listed” websites. While Mr Alagiri joking- expressing their views on things in the public. Let’s is being restored in two Mr Kansal reiterated ly told journalists after the alliance in public. put a full stop and move Shirdi to shut from revenue districts of on Saturday that the the meeting that the two By continuing to air ahead. Cunning and hun- Kupwara and Bandipore, restriction on social leaders had met to discuss their misgivings over gry foxes are waiting for today after Uddhav the service remains sus- media will continue in Darbar, the latest minor incidents, both the an opportunity to disband jibe on birthplace pended in the remaining Journalists use their prepaid mobile phones at the Jammu’s 10 districts and Rajinikant-starrer, he parties will only provide the alliance. I urge func- eight districts of the Valley Government Media Facilitation Centre in Srinagar on the Valley’s frontier dis- later said, “We are aware grist to the “packs of jack- tionaries of both the par- tricts of Kupwara and als” out to find a hole in ties to refrain from dis- Shirdi: The administrative — Srinagar, Budgam, Saturday. — PTI of the threat to the nation body of Sai Baba’s Samadhi Ganderbal, Baramulla, Bandipore. from fascist forces and the DMK-led alliance and cussing these issues in called for the indefinite clo- Anantnag, Kulgam, Yahoo), e-banking (most restored today “The 2G mobile Internet their pliant rulers in the some media outlets to the public,” he said. sure of Shirdi temple after Shopian and Pulwama. prominent banks), educa- (Saturday),” the govern- shall be restored also in state. The Congress is chew the cud, Mr Stalin Mr Alagiri made it very Maharashtra chief minister The government’s move tion, employment, enter- ment spokesman Rohit the revenue districts of steadfast in its resolve to said, adding that he did clear that the two leaders Uddhav Thackeray report- to partially lift the restric- tainment, services, travel, Kansal said at a press con- Kupwara and Bandipore be with the DMK in not want that to happen. have decided that no one edly said that Pathri tions imposed on mobile utilities, weather, web ference in the winter capi- of Kashmir. The service defeating them. The “There have been a few other than the DMK pres- in Parbhani is Sai Baba’s and Internet services services and automobiles. tal, Jammu. will, however, remain sus- alliance will continue for unwanted happenings in ident and the TNCC chief birthplace. “We have decid- comes eight days after the The ban on social media He said that companies pended in eight remaining the 2021 Assembly elec- the alliance after the will express their views ed to close Shirdi against Supreme Court said that access on mobile phones engaged in software ser- districts of the Valley — tions.” rural civic polls, though on the alliance when he rumours from January 19,” access to Internet is a fun- continues in Jammu’s 10 vices are being provided Srinagar, Budgam, A post-meeting state- our alliance has received was asked if he had said B. Wakchaure damental right under districts and the Valley’s fixed line Internet connec- Ganderbal, Baramulla, ment by Mr Stalin urged the people’s mandate. ■ Turn to Page 4 of Saibaba Sansthan Article 19 of the frontier districts of tivity by the service Anantnag, Kulgam, Trust. Constitution of India. Kupwara and Bandipore. providers, but they must Shopian and Pulwama,” Full report on Page 2 The websites that have “Voice and SMS facility exercise caution that he said. been included the “white on all local pre-paid SIM these don’t get used to The government had Chidambaram Raut’s Savarkar list” fall under 10 cate- cards across the Union access social media and earlier allowed broadband Nirbhaya’s father gories: mail (Gmail, Territory of J&K shall be other sites not falling in ■ Turn to Page 4 slams Jaising woos Mamata remark his own New Delhi: Nirbhaya’s father on Saturday said that senior via CAA plank opinion: Sena lawyer Indira Jaising should be ashamed of herself for RAJIB CHOWDHURI AGE CORRESPONDENT suggesting pardon for the KOLKATA, JAN. 18 MUMBAI, JAN. 18 four death row convicts in his daughter’s gangrape Congress veteran P. Chidambaram on Shiv Sena spokesperson and Rajya Sabha case and added that his Saturday tried to reach out to Trinamul member Sanjay Raut on Saturday said family isn’t as large-hearted Congress chief Mamata Banerjee by that those who oppose Bharat Ratna — as Congress president Sonia announcing in Kolkata that all political the highest civilian honour in India — Gandhi. parties against communalism are united for Veer Savarkar should be sent for two Full report on Page 13 Shabana Azmi in the fight against the CAA, NRC and the days to Andaman’s cellular jail, where National People’s Register (NPR). Savarkar was lodged, to realise the The Trinamul Congress and some other Hindutva ideologue’s sacrifice and con- COUNTERPOINT Opposition parties had skipped the tribution. Azmi hurt January 13 meet called by Congress chief “Savarkar’s opponents should spend A WEEK OF Sonia Gandhi to thrash out a strategy to two days in the (erstwhile) Andaman CELEBRATION oppose the CAA. “It does not imply that Cellular Jail to understand the hardships but stable some parties, which did not attend the he was put through by the British,” Mr meet, support the CAA. They are also Raut said. fighting against the CAA and NRC like us. The comments, however, did not go after road I want all Opposition parties to realise the down well with the Congress, an alliance gravity of the issue at stake and come partner of the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra. together on one platform. We are all fight- And the Shiv Sena immediately went accident ing the same, sometimes together and into damage control mode, with Cabinet sometimes differently. minister Aaditya Thackeray saying that SUV rams into truck BJP leader and former Union minister Yashwant Sinha (centre) with former Gujarat “The important thing is that we all are Mr Raut’s remarks are his personal opin- CM Suresh Mehta (left) and others leaders at a sit-in protest against the Citizenship fighting,” he said. ion and not the party’s stand. on Pune Expressway Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens (NRC) during his ‘Gandhi Shanti ■ More on Page 2 ■ More on Page 3 AGE CORRESPONDENT Yatra’ in Ahmedabad on Saturday. — PTI MUMBAI, JAN. 18 Actor Shabana Azmi met ‘Portrayal of with an accident on the VHP to reach out Mumbai-Pune 38th day: Anti-CAA protests Pak minorities Expressway in Maharashtra’s Raigad district on Saturday continue, grip Indian cities mischievous’ to kar sevaks to Subhani began when the SUV she was in New Delhi: Pakistan has CounterPoint on December rammed into a truck. Ms AGE CORRESPONDENT women who have been sit- women continued their rejected India's allega- 11, 1992, and it has Azmi was rushed to with agency inputs ting in protest refused to sit-in demonstration for tions of atrocities on begin temple work MGM Hospital in Navi NEW DELHI, JAN.