c m y k c m y k HE SIAN GE T NEWA DELHI MONDAY 3 FEBRUARY 2020 A www.asianage.com RNI No. 57290/94, Regd No: DL-SW-05/4189/15-17 Vol. 26 No. 348 | 32 PAGES | `5.00 ■ WINDOWS Both Houses likely to see fireworks Hindu outfit Lockdown in major leader shot Opp. set to take on dead in heart China city; toll 304 of Lucknow Lucknow, Feb. 2: A 1st coronavirus overseas death reported from Philippines govt over CAA-NRC leader of a right wing Hindu outfit was shot HELEN ROXBURGH SREEPARNA dead on Sunday while and BEIYI SEOW CHAKRABARTY he was out on a morn- BEIJING, FEB. 2 NEW DELHI, FEB. 2 ing walk, barely a Uddhav defends CAA, couple of kilometres China imposed a lock- With the Union Budget away from the high- down on Sunday on a over, the Opposition par- security Uttar major city far from the ties are now gearing up to says no NRC in Maha Pradesh legislature epicentre of the coron- corner the government in complex in the heart avirus epidemic, as its Parliament over the AGE CORRESPONDENT Aghadi allies of the state capital. death toll from the dis- protests against the MUMBAI, FEB. 2 NCP and Saffron-clad Ranjeet ease soared to 304 and Citizenship (Amendment) Congress have Bachchan, 40, who Juventus’ forward Cristiano the first fatality outside Act across the country. Maharashtra CM opposed — had founded the Ronaldo and Dutch defender the country was reported These parties, including Uddhav Thackeray said saying it won’t Vishwa Hindu Matthijs de Ligt celebrate a in the Philippines. the Congress and the Sunday the proposed take away Mahasabha, was shot goal during a match against The events added to Trinamul Congress, have National Register of anyone’s citizenship. in the head and his Fiorentina in Turin on Sunday. ■ deepening concern about given notices to move Citizens would not be In an interview to cousin Aditya Report on Page 15 — AFP the potential for the adjournment motions in implemented in Saamna, the Sena Srivastava injured in virus to spread, as gov- both Houses for a discus- Maharashtra, arguing it mouthpiece, the CM the attack by an Man shot dead after ernments around the Chinese military medical staff members stand sion on the issue. would make proving citi- said: “The NRC will not unidentified world closed their bor- arrive at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Not to be outdone, the zenship difficult for be allowed in assailant who also ders to people from China’s Hubei Province on Sunday. — AP ruling BJP is also ready Hindus and Muslims. Maharashtra. Proving snatched their mobile ‘terror-related’ China. for a confrontation and The CM, however, citizenship will be diffi- phones, according to Struggling to contain ing people to their 19 confirmed cases, doc- has fielded West Delhi MP defended the controver- cult for both Hindus and joint commissioner of stabbings in London the virus, authorities homes. tors on Sunday said an Parvesh Verma, who was sial Citizenship Muslims. I will not let police Naveen Arora. London: The British police took action in eastern Since emerging out of elderly Chinese patient recently barred from cam- (Amendment) Act — that happen.” The attacker had on Sunday said it had shot a city of Wenzhou on Wuhan late last year, the treated with a cocktail of paigning by the Election which his Maha Vikas ■ More on Page 3 covered himself in a man in south London after Sunday — some 800 km coronavirus has infected flu and HIV drugs had Commission for his com- shawl and was on at least two people were from Wuhan, the metrop- nearly 14,500 people shown a dramatic munally divisive foot, the police said stabbed in a suspected “ter- olis at the heart of the across China and improvement and tested remarks, to move the address from the Gaurav Gogoi will, mean- quoting eyewitness- rorist-related” incident. The health emergency — reached 24 countries. negative for the virus 48 motion of thanks to the Opposition, but if he does while, move adjournment es. police later said the man closing roads and confin- In Thailand, which has ■ Turn to Page 4 President’s address. not it would be the motions in the Lok Sabha Four police person- had died as a witness spoke Sources in the Congress Congress’ Lok Sabha to immediately discuss nel, including a sub- of seeing a man in said former party chief leader Adhir Ranjan the anti-CAA protests. inspector, were sus- Streatham “with a machete ■ Rahul Gandhi has been Chowdhary. Sources said that if pended for alleged and silver canisters on his 2nd batch of 323 Indians fly back from Wuhan requested to open the Congress chief whip K. Speaker Om Birla does laxity and a case has chest”. The circumstances debate on the President’s Suresh and Assam MP ■ Turn to Page 4 been registered at are being assessed; the inci- Hazratganj police sta- dent has been declared as tion here in connec- terrorist-related,” the police 2nd case in Kerala; India tion with the incident said on Twitter. — AFP which occurred near Full report on Page 10 the collectorate build- ‘Non-lapsable’ fund for ing, days after stops e-visas for Chinese Lucknow came under Sonia hospitalised the police commis- after stomach ache SRIDHAR ◗ By suspending from Wuhan along with sioner system with an KUMARASWAMI travel on e-visas seven Maldivian nation- military, forces mooted aim to improve law New Delhi: Congress chief NEW DELHI, FEB. 2 als on Sunday. and order. Sonia Gandhi was on Sun- from China, India The health ministry PAWAN BALI and a combined threat fund these and thus there Later, the police day admitted to Ganga Ram With a second person govt will now have said: “The second posi- NEW DELHI, FEB. 2 from Pakistan and China. is a need for alternate released CCTV Hospital possibly with viral having a “travel history the discretion tive case of a novel coro- The defence ministry sources of additional footage showing a sus- fever. Sources said Mrs from China” testing pos- of deciding whom navirus patient has been The defence ministry pro- has also asked the com- funding. pect and announced a Gandhi also complained of itive for the coronavirus reported in Kerala. The posed to the 15th Finance mission to look at the The 15th Finance cash reward of `50,000 stomach ache when she was in Kerala, India — in a to grant visas to patient has a travel his- Commission that it set up monetisation of surplus Commission has also for providing infor- taken to hospital. She did major step aimed at pre- tory from China. The a “non-lapsable fund” as land. been asked to examine mation, a senior offi- not attend the Union venting the spread of the clear that only those patient has tested posi- well as tax-free defence The defence ministry whether a separate mech- cial said. Budget presentation in deadly virus in the coun- with a “compelling rea- tive for novel coron- bonds, the disinvestment said though India is cur- anism for funding defence According to Akhil Parliament on Saturday. try from visiting son” to visit India may avirus and is in isolation of defence public sector rently not engaged in any and internal security is to Bharat Hindu Chinese or any other for- apply from the Indian in the hospital. The undertakings and levy of conflict, the nature of be set up, and if so, how Mahasabha president eign nationals from missions in Beijing, patient is stable and is cess as a means to gener- threats that it faces such a mechanism should Swami Chakrapani, 20 die in Tanzania China — on Sunday Shanghai or Guangzhou. being closely moni- ate additional funds to demands complete be operationalised. Bachchan was also “temporarily suspend- In other developments, tored.” meet the big defence defence preparedness. It “The commission, with the working presi- church stampede ed” travel on e-visas 323 Indians were evacu- It is understood that by acquisitions needed by said big defence acquisi- the objective of ensuring dent of the outfit’s UP Dar Es Salaam: Twenty peo- with immediate effect ated by Air India in the suspending travel on the armed forces as they tions require large capital predictability and stabili- unit. — PTI ple in Tanzania were tram- from China, making it second evacuation flight ■ Turn to Page 4 look to prepare them- outlays and current pro- ty in the flow of funds for ■ More on Page 3 pled to death and at least selves for modern warfare visions are inadequate to ■ Turn to Page 4 16 hurt at an open-air evan- gelical Christian church ser- vice in the north of the cou- ntry, officials said. — AFP Nirbhaya: HC Djokovic grabs 17th Grand Slam title DCP shifted Full report on Page 10 reserves order after Shaheen NIA raids across COUNTERPOINT on plea to lift Bagh firing Kashmir to trace New Delhi, Feb. 2: hangings’ stay The Election Commis- sion on Sunday shun- SANJAY KAW ted out Delhi’s south- cop-militant links NEW DELHI, FEB. 2 east DCP Chinmoy Biswal, citing the YUSUF JAMEEL Citing the 2019 gan- “ongoing situation” SRINAGAR, FEB. 2 2 jawans, 2 civilians grape-murder of a in the area that saw hurt in grenade blast Hyderabad vet in which incidents of firing at The National four accused were killed Shaheen Bagh and Investigation Agency Srinagar: Two CRPF by the police in an Jamia Nagar. The poll (NIA), as part of a probe jawans and an equal alleged encounter, the body directed addi- into tainted Jammu and number of pedestrians Centre told the Delhi tional DCP (South- Kashmir police officer were injured when sus- high court on Sunday east) Kumar Gyanesh Davinder Singh’s alleged pected militants tossed the four death row con- to take charge of the links with militants, on a hand grenade towards victs in the Nirbhaya area.