4 Trinamul Men Killed in CISF Firing During Clash
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Rain likely at night. deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle Vol. 84 No. 100 Established 1938 | 24 PAGES | `7.00 Max/Min temp. 37/25ºC ASTROGUIDE BJP vows ‘sea airport’ in Sarvari; Uttarayana 4 Trinamul men killed in Tithi: Phalguna Bahula Amavasya full day Star: Uttarabhadra till 8.57 am Nagarjunasagar reservoir Varjyam: 10.13 pm to 12 am Durmuhurtam: 4.48 pm to DC CORRESPONDENT ● THE PARTY promised the TRS, because voting CISF firing during clash 5.38 pm HYDERABAD, APRIL 10 to set up food courts, for the Congress would be Rahukalam: 4.30 pm to 6 pm hotels and other recre- nothing short of voting HIJRI CALENDAR The BJP on Saturday rel- ational facilities in for the TRS. CISF claims self-defence, TMC men kill first-time voter Sha’ban 28,1441 AH eased its manifesto for the He demanded that April 17 Nagarjunasagar Nagarjunasagar which it Congress candidate K. RAJIB CHOWDHURI | DC and beat up the other PRAYERS Assembly bypoll, promis- said will have the poten- Jana Reddy explain how KOLKATA, APRIL 10 polling staff on duty. Few Fajar: 5.02 am ing to set up a ‘sea air- tial to create jobs many Congress leaders, Didi points to Shah, miscreants tried to snatch Zohar: 12.27 pm port’ in the Nagar-juna- who were elected MLAs The fourth phase of the weapons of CISF per- Asar: 4.37 pm sagar reservoir to operate tribal students, the party by the people, were con- Assembly elections in West sonnel deployed there. As a Maghrib: 6.37 pm seaplanes so as to develop promised to set up Ekal- tinuing with the party Bengal witnessed unprece- result, CISF personnel Isha: 7.46 pm it as a world-class tourist avya residential schools. after the 2018 elections. dented bloodbath on Modi blames TMC fired two rounds in the air SUNSET TODAY 6.02 PM destination, thereby pro- The party said it would The Congress was becom- Saturday when the Central but the mob did not pay viding huge job opportu- set up food processing ing non-existent in state paramilitary forces gunned DC CORRESPONDENT Cooch Behar. Central any heed to the warning. In SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.31 AM nities for the locals and clusters for farmers to politics and termed Jana down four Trinamul KOLKATA, APRIL 10 forces are not my enemy. the meantime, a quick MOONRISE TODAY 5.40 AM unemployed youth. make agriculture prof- Reddy as an outdated Congress workers during But the way it killed four response team of the CISF MOONSET TODAY 6.01 PM The party promised to itable. The manifesto also political leader. an attack on a polling booth Enraged by the killing of voters standing in queue and police also reached the set up food courts, hotels promised to upgrade ro- Stating that the “dynas- while ruling party workers four TMC workers by only proved the Union spot. The mob started and other recreational ads from the village to the ties” of Chief Minister K. allegedly shot dead a first- Central paramilitary forces home minister’s conspira- advancing aggressively facilities in Nagarj- mandal level with the ass- Chandrashekhar Rao and time voter outside a booth in Cooch Behar during the cy that has been on.” towards CISF personnel. COUNTER POINT unasagar which it said istance of Central funds. MIM president during a clash. Both inci- fourth phase of Assembly She alleged, “After killing Sensing imminent danger will have the potential to Meanwhile, Union min- Asaduddin Owaisi were dents took place in Cooch election in West Bengal on people, the BJP now claims to their life, they fired create jobs for 50,000 peo- ister of state for home G. prevailing in the state, Behar of North Bengal, the Saturday, Chief Minister the firing was in self- seven more rounds ple. For students, the Kishan Reddy held road- Kishan Reddy said only BJP’s stronghold. Mamata Banerjee accused defence. They must towards the advancing mob manifesto promised a shows in the constituency the CM and his family The Election Commission Union home minister Amit hang themselves in of miscreants. While the Kendriya Vidyalaya and to campaign for the party members had benefited said that the CISF had to Shah of being a “conspira- shame!” above incident was going gurukul schools in the candidate Dr P. Ravi from the formation of fire in order to save lives of tor” of the shooting and Puncturing the Trinamul on, more cops arrived at constituency to be set up Kumar. He termed the Telangana state, but not voters who came to vote, demanded his resignation. Congress supremo’s claim, the booth. It is reported using Central funds. For Congress as the B-team of the common people. put in place certain restric- Erupting in fury, Ms Prime Minister Narendra that in self-defence they tions, including extending Banerjee told a TMC rally Modi, referred to Ms have also fired a few the “silence period” from in North 24 Parganas, “A Banerjee’s alleged provoca- rounds,” the CISF said. 48 hours to 72 hours for the dangerous incident has left tion to attack the Central Polling was stopped Weekend lockdown in Maharashtra fifth phase of polling West me in pain. The Central forces and warned her and immediately by the EC. Bengal. It also barred the forces gunned down four her party cadre against The CISF’s justification of entry of politicians in persons at Sitalkuchi in hooliganism. “self-defence” was support- Cooch Behar district for ed by the district police and the next 72 hours to pre- administration in its pre- vent any possible law and Facing their attack, CISF the mob of around 150 first liminary report to the EC order flare-up. troopers, who were guard- manhandled the polling which, issuing the CISF a The shocking incident ing the booth, fired on the staff at the booth. Sources clean chit later, said, took place at around 10.30 mob and shot dead four said they were not “Recourse to open fire by am when a group of TMC persons — Hamidul Haque, “armed”, but some were CISF personnel became SHORT TAKES workers stormed a polling Monirul Haque, Samiul carrying bamboo sticks. absolutely necessary in booth (No. 126) at Amtali Mian and Amjad Hossain “The CISF booth com- order to save lives of voters Madhyamik Shiksha — while injuring three oth- mander tried to pacify the lined up at the polling RSS chief tests Kendra in Shitalkuchi ers. miscreants but the mob booth, those of other Covid positive Assembly constituency. According to the CISF, entered the polling booth polling personnel.” Nagpur: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has tested Coronavirus positive and has been admitted to a private hospital in Nagpur, the RSS said. Bhagwat, 70, has been showing com- mons symptoms of coro- The Datar TT highway in Mumbai is deserted on Saturday, the first day of the week- navirus infection, the RSS end lockdown imposed by the Maharashtra government, after Covid-19 positive said on Saturday. cases in the state crossed the 59,000-mark. Several other states are imposing limited lockdowns to control the spread of the disease. ■ Reports on Pg 5 — RAJESH JADHAV Vaccination fest starts from today Pentagon defends MET WARNS OF New Delhi: A ‘Tika Utsav’ or vaccine festival will be RAINS, STORMS marked in the country from April 11-14 at the Indian waters foray OVER 4 DAYS behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with an Washington, April 10: by the guided-missile DC CORRESPONDENT aim to inoculate maxi- The Pentagon has defend- destroyer USS John Paul HYDERABAD, APRIL 10 mum number of eligible ed its Navy asserting its Jones “upheld the rights, people against Covid-19 navigational rights with- freedoms, and lawful The Indian Meteorolo- amid a surge in cases. in India’s exclusive eco- uses” of the sea recog- gical Department (IMD) Several states are gear- nomic zone without tak- nised in international law on Saturday cautioned ing up for ‘Tika Utsav’. ing New Delhi’s permis- by challenging India’s about rain, accompanied ■ Reports on Page 5 sion, calling the move “excessive maritime by lightning, hailstorms “consistent with interna- claims”. and 40 kmph winds for tional law”. The MEA in its state- the next four days in India, China to In an unusual move, the ment said: “India’s stated Hyderabad and several US Navy announced that position on the UN districts of the state. on Wednesday it conduct- Convention on the Law of As per the IMD, thun- maintain stability ed a freedom of naviga- the Sea (UNCLOS) is that derstorms are very like- New Delhi: India and tion operation in Indian the Convention does not ly to occur at isolated China agreed at their 11th waters without prior con- authorise other states to places in Hyderabad and round of military talks to sent to challenge India’s carry out in the Exclusive nearby districts like jointly maintain stability “excessive maritime Economic Zone (EEZ) and Ranga Reddy, Medak, on the ground, and avoid claims”, triggering a reac- on the continental shelf, Medchal-Malkajgiri, any new incidents in tion from New Delhi, military exercises or Vikarabad, Mahbubn- eastern Ladakh. A day which on Friday said it manoeuvres, in particular agar and Sangareddy.