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SC Tells Govt. to Review Orders Curbing Basic Rights in J&K follow us: saturday, january 11, 2020 Delhi City Edition thehindu.com 20 pages ț ₹10.00 facebook.com/thehindu twitter.com/the_hindu ED attaches assets Police name Aishe Infosys CEO Salil Parikh India seals series with of Kochhar couple Ghosh, ABVP cadre as absolved of financial a thumping win in final worth ₹78 crore suspects in JNU violence impropriety charge T20I against Sri Lanka page 9 page 13 page 15 page 19 Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY Steel mesh to replace IIP reverses SC tells govt. to review orders slump, grows fences on the borders by 1.8% in Nov. curbing basic rights in J&K Nod for pilot project in Assam’s Lathitila Press Trust of India New Delhi Vijaita Singh It asks for publication of all orders on restrictions and review of Net suspension New Delhi Having contracted for three months in a row, the Index AAP likely to announce Krishnadas Rajagopal mana, on Friday made it The ‘rickety’ barbed wires of Industrial Production candidates next week NEW DELHI mandatory for the govern­ along the Pakistan and Ban­ (IIP) recorded a growth of NEW DELHI The Supreme Court on Fri­ ment to publish each and ev­ gladesh borders are being re­ 1.8% in November, mainly The Aam Aadmi Party is likely day ordered the government ery one of its orders that placed with meshed fence on account of an improve­ to announce all its candidates to review “forthwith” any ex­ crippled the fundamental made of steel and coated with for the Delhi Assembly ment in the manufacturing isting orders that restrict freedoms of over seven mil­ anti­rust paint, an official said election in a single list next sector, official data showed It is not possible to climb week, said a senior leader. basic rights and free move­ lion Kashmiris, including the on Friday. on Friday. The IIP growth in or cut the new fence, Also, three Lok Sabha ment in Jammu and Kashmir. suspension of telecom and India shares a 4,096.7 km­ November 2018 was 0.2%. according to an official. candidates of AAP — Atishi, The court upheld the free­ Internet services in the Val­ long border with Bangladesh According to the Nation­ Dilip Pandey and Raghav doms of free speech, expres­ ley since August 5 following and 3,323 km with Pakistan. al Statistical Office (NSO) Chadha — will contest the sion and trade or business the abrogation of special sta­ The cost of around 1 km of tem. The unique quality of the data, the growth in the ma­ election from Kalkaji, on the Internet as funda­ tus of the erstwhile State un­ fence is approximately ₹1.99 new fence is that it cannot be nufacturing sector was 2.7% Timarpur and Rajinder Nagar mental rights to be constitu­ der Article 370. crore. The BSF, deployed snipped and nobody can as against a contraction of respectively, said sources. tionally protected. It, howev­ Publication of these or­ along the Pakistan and Ban­ climb it. There are many pock­ 0.7% in the same month last CITY Ī PAGE 2 er, refused to express any Life offline: Students waiting to use the Internet at the ders would now enable the gladesh borders, has been ets along the border where year. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD views on whether the very Divisional Commissioner’s office in Srinagar recently. * AFP affected persons to chal­ tasked with ensuring that the the old barbed wires are so Electricity generation access to the Internet is a lenge their legality in the fence is installed in a time­ fragile that they can be des­ shrank by 5%, as against a fundamental right or not. revoked at once, it ordered. ry, where it was otherwise Jammu and Kashmir High bound manner. Currently a pi­ troyed with a mild push,” the growth of 5.1% in November The top court directed the It further instructed the not thinking to do so Court or before any other lot project has been sanc­ official said. Union Home Mi­ 2018. The IIP growth during government to review orders government to consider res­ immediately. appropriate forum. tioned at a cost of ₹14.3 crore nister Amit Shah reviewed the April­November in the cur­ suspending Internet services toring government websites, Ripping into the veil of se­ at Lathitila in Assam’s Silchar functioning of the BSF on De­ rent fiscal came in at 0.6%, in the erstwhile State in­ localised/limited e­banking crecy shrouding the months­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 district. The clearance was cember 14, where various far slower than the 5% in stantly. Any order suspend­ facilities, hospital services long restrictions imposed ELOQUENTLY RETICENT first given in 2016. technological solutions to the same period of 2018­19. ing the Internet found to vio­ and other essential services across J&K, a three­judge Ī EDITORIAL “This will be a complete plug the porous stretches of late the law should be in areas in the Union Territo­ Bench, led by Justice N.V. Ra­ MORE REPORTS Ī PAGE 12 overhaul of the security sys­ the border were discussed. CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 SC stays NCLAT order Judge’s bail condition: attend CAA session Union Home Ministry reinstating Cyrus Mistry 12 violence accused told to visit Seemapuri police station on January 19 notifies CAA provisions Special Correspondent Sanjeev Kumar Malhotra of vestigating officer or the ed after they were identified legal correspondent Justices B.R. Gavai and Su­ NEW DELHI the Karkardooma Court SHO will “make endeavour through CCTV footage. Ho­ CAA rules are yet to be notified NEW DELHI rya Kant issued a formal All the 12 accused of “vio­ granted bail to the accused to remove the doubts of the wever, the footage did not Special Correspondent vides citizenship to six un­ The Supreme Court on Fri­ notice to respondents, in­ lence” during the recent an­ persons subject to certain applicants in respect of show them pelting stones or New Delhi day stayed a decision of the cluding Cyrus Investments ti­CAA protests in Seemapu­ conditions. Among the con­ CAA”. causing any damage to pu­ documented non­Muslim National Company Law Ap­ Pvt. Ltd. and others, on ap­ ri, who were granted bail by ditions are that the accused The Seemapuri police had blic property. The Ministry of Home Affairs communities from Pakistan, pellate Tribunal (NCLAT) to peals separately filed by Ta­ a city judge on Friday, have will join the probe as and registered the FIR on De­ Another accused, Hazi issued a notification on Fri­ Afghanistan and Bangladesh reinstate Cyrus Mistry as ta Sons Pvt. Ltd. and its been asked to appear at the when directed; they will not cember 20 after violence Mehraj, produced CCTV day that the provisions of the who entered India on or be­ chairman of the multi­bil­ chairman emeritus, Ratan local police station where do any act to disturb public during the anti­CAA protest footage in support of his Citizenship (Amendment) fore December 31, 2014. The lion salt­to­software con­ Tata, among others, police officers could “re­ peace; and that they will vi­ in the area. They submitted claim that he was at his resi­ Act, 2019, came into force Act got the President’s assent glomerate Tata Sons. against the December 18 move their doubts” about sit the Seemapuri police sta­ in court that two accused, dence till 4 p.m. on the day from January 10. on December 12. The CAA A three­judge Bench of decision. the contentious law. tion on January 19, between Mohammed Shoib and Mo­ of the incident. The CAA, passed by Par­ rules are yet to be notified. ASSAM’S APPEAL PAGE 13 CJI Sharad A. Bobde and CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 Additional Sessions Judge 2 and 4 p.m., where the in­ hammed Amir, were arrest­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 liament on December 11, pro­ Ī EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU 2 CITY SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE BJP announces AAP may announce all Cong. launches 15­member BJP’s education model ruining campaign to poll committee candidates next week get inputs Special Correspondent children’s future, says Sisodia Party to focus on roadshows for manifesto New Delhi The State unit of the BJP on He juxtaposes it with AAP govt.’s schemes such as Happiness Curriculum Staff Reporter working on the last three Special Correspondent Friday announced its 15­ New Delhi days before the poll and on NEW DELHI member election commit­ Staff Reporter ment’s education model, the mental illnesses through then leave it. We will run it. If The Aam Aadmi Party is the day of voting,” the lead­ The Delhi Congress on Fri­ tee for the upcoming As­ New Delhi Happiness Curriculum was primitive methods. Their there is any murderer in our likely to announce all its er said. day launched a campaign sembly polls, to be held The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) launched for students from education model is ponder­ party or your party, we will candidates for the Delhi Party volunteers from to seek suggestions from here on February 8. on Friday said its govern­ nursery­Class VIII of govern­ ing on questions like whether put him behind bars.” election in a single list next Punjab, Haryana and Uttar the people of Delhi to draft The panel comprises ment’s education model is ment schools. Such was the the Internet existed in the age week, said a senior leader. Pradesh will also start com­ its manifesto for the up­ party president Manoj Ti­ one of building the path for visible impact of the curricu­ of Mahabharata or if ducks Comments on Chhapaak “Now there is no time for ing to Delhi in the coming coming Assembly polls.
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