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c m y k c m y k THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA HYDERABAD I SATURDAY I 14 DECEMBER 2019 WEATHER deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle, google.com/+deccanchronicle Vol. 82 No. 344 Established 1938 | 40 PAGES | `6.00 Max: 30.0OC Min: 18.7OC RH: 54% Rainfall: Nil CMs of 5 states say Forecast: Partly cloudy sky. Misty/haze likely. Max/Min temp. 30/19ºC no to Citizenship Act ASTROGUIDE States do not have powers to stall, says home ministry Vikari; Dakshinayana Tithi: Margasira Bahula Vidiya DC CORRESPONDENT till 8.45 am NEW DELHI, DEC. 13 ABE CALLS OFF Star: Punarvasu till 5.02 am (Saturday) The Union home ministry 2 MPs move SC GUWAHATI Varjyam: 5.26 pm to 6.58 pm says that state govern- ments do not have any Durmuhurtam: 6.41 am to 8.09 am powers to stall implemen- MEET WITH MODI Rahukalam: 9 pm to 10.30 pm tation of the Citizenship against new law HIJRI CALENDAR (Amendment) Act in their Rabi-ul-Aker 16,1441 AH states since it was enact- PARMOD KUMAR I DC There were petitions by SRIDHAR PRAYERS ed under the Union List of NEW DELHI, DEC. 13 former high KUMARASWAMI I DC Fajar: 5.33 am the Seventh Schedule of Commissioner Deb NEW DELHI, DEC. 13 the Constitution. The day the Centre noti- Mukherjee, UP-based Zohar: 12.21 pm There are 97 items fied the controversial Peace Party, Rihai In a major casualty of the Asar: 4.08 pm which are under the Citizenship Amendment Manch, Citizens against violent protests rocking Maghrib: 5.50 pm Union List, which include Act (CAB), 12 petitions Hate, Mr Ehtesham Assam and parts of the Isha: 7.05 pm defence, external affairs, were filed in Supreme Hashmi, Mr Pradyot Deb Northeast due to the SUNSET TODAY 5.43 PM railways, citizenship and Court on Friday challeng- Barman, Jan Adhikaar Citizenship (Amendment) SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.38 AM naturalisation, in addi- ing the constitutional Party, advocate M.L. Bill controversy, India on MOONRISE TOMORROW 6.51 PM tion to others. validity of the law that Sharma and students Friday announced the can- A senior ministry offi- grants citizenship based from Symbiosis Law cellation of its annual MOONSET TODAY 8.24 AM cial said states do not on religion. School. All Assam summit with Japan that have the power to decline Starting with Trinamul Students Union also was to have been held in to implement a Central Lok Sabha member moved the court contend- Guwahati from Dec. 15 to law which is in the Union Mahua Moitra approach- ing that Sections 2, 3, 5 17. With this, Japanese Nirbhaya’s List. The ministry’s view ing Chief Justice S.A. and 6 of the CAB are PM Shinzo Abe’s visit to was made public after the Bobde’s court seeking an unconstitutional. India was also cancelled. mom moves SC categorical refusal by the urgent hearing of her Petition by Assam “With reference to the pro- Chief Ministers of West petition, the day saw 11 Assembly Leader of posed visit of Abe to India, New Delhi: Bengal, Punjab, Madhya other petitioners includ- Opposition Debabrata both sides have decided to Nirbhaya’s mother moved Pradesh, Kerala and ing Congress MP Jairam Saikia says the amended defer the visit to a mutual- the Supreme Court on Chhattisgarh, among oth- Ramesh approaching the law violates the Assam ly convenient date in the Friday opposing the plea ers, to implement the law top court to challenge the Accord. near future,” external filed by one of the four in their states. law which is at the root of affairs ministry said. death-row convicts seeking Most of these states are turmoil in Assam and ■ Page 8: Brazen attack on review of its 2017 judge- ruled either by the other northeast states. human rights: Ramesh ■ Full report on Page 8 ment awarding him death Congress or other penalty. Opposition parties. The counsel appearing for Kerala Chief Minister the victim's mother men- Pinarayi Vijayan and not implement the legisla- Madhya Pradesh, Mr seeds of divisiveness?" tioned the matter before a West Bengal Chief tion. Another Congress Kamal Nath, who said: MP Chief Minister Kamal bench headed by Chief Minister Mamata Chief Minister, Mr “Whatever stand the Nath asserted in New Justice S A Bobde and said Banerjee had launched a Bhupesh Baghel from Congress has taken on Delhi that it was part of they are opposing convict scathing attack on the Chhattisgarh, said the the Citizenship the Centre's “politics of Akshay Kumar Singh's new law. Act was clearly unconsti- (Amendment) Act, we distractions” to deflect review plea, which is sched- Punjab Chief Minister tutional and the same will follow that. Do we people's attention from uled to be heard by a Amarinder Singh had view was expressed by want to be a part of a economic slowdown. three-judge bench on said his government will his counterpart in process that sows the December 17. — PTI Onion output P7 | AMIT SHAH CANCELS VISIT TO ARUNACHAL & MEGHALAYA to dip further Chennai: Onion output for the year 2019-20 is estimat- Watchman set ablaze ed to be 22 per cent down over last year. The combined Kharif and late Kharif output for 2019- by TRS goons dies 20 is estimated at 54.73 lakh metric tonnnes as against 69.91 lakh metric DC CORRESPONDENT ● WHAT: TRS local lead- We are all pained by the tonnes in 2018-19, the HYDERABAD, DEC. 13 ers T Madhav Reddy terrible state of affairs in department of agriculture and S Madhav Reddy Telangana. This incident figures show. The ill-fated 40-year-old yet again proves that During 2019-20, there was watchman, who was set set ablaze watchman police is working for the upto four week delay in ablaze reportedly by two Saranappa, sexually protection of TRS leaders, sowing and the sown area Bowenpally area local assualted his wife and neglects the safety of for onions in the Kharif sea- TRS leaders, who had also ● WHO CARES: No TRS the public, at large. This son too had declined due sexually attacked and dis- breakdown of law and to the late arrival of mon- robed his wife, over a land leader cared to visit order is heart-wrench- soon.— DC dispute, succumbed to the the watchman ing.” No TRS leader cared injuries on Friday at the to visit the watchman as Gandhi Hospital in the two accused and their he battled for life for six city. other henchmen would be days after being set ablaze COUNTER POINT He was victim of an arrested very soon. by their own party lead- attack by T. Madhav Other sources in the ers. No TRS leader either Reddy and S. Madhav police department dis- strongly condemned the Reddy, both TRS local closed that the two attack nor the police leaders and goons, accused had been taken delays, but for which, the breathed his last on into custody of the police attack could have been Friday night, after bat- and that they are verify- prevented and the man tling for life over 45 per ing evidences leading to saved, said Mr Bhatti. cent burn injuries for six the killing of the watch- Mr Ponguleti Sudhakar days. When contacted by man. After learning about Reddy, BJP leader, con- Deccan Chronicle, the death, Congress demned the incident and Bowenpally inspector C. Legislature Party leader said the police had to Anjaiah confirmed that Mallu Bhatti work for safety of people the watchman was no Vikramarka, who was the and not to protect TRS more. Asked about the first politician to visit the leaders guilty of ghastly investigation and watchman at the hospital crimes. prospects of apprehend- after the attack, strongly ing the accused, the condemned the incident, ■ Page 4: TRS men tried inspector said that the saying, “it is unfortunate. to protect the accused DISHA | CASE Police wanted rights activists to support killings Cops make failed attempts to ‘manufacture consent’ VIKRAM SHARMA | DC khaki to garner support ● TELEPHONE CALLS: Mahboob Ali making a HYDERABAD, DEC. 13 from rights activists to get Cops made telephone statement blaming Disha public support for their for not calling 100, and the Rare is an agreement on encounter, however, failed. calls to HR activists urg- manner in which they han- any issue between law Informed sources told ing them to “publicly dled the investigation. enforcement agencies and Deccan Chronicle that soon support the encounter People did not even spare human rights activists. after the early morning killing” Chief Minister K Even rarer if the topic is an encounter killing of the four ● Chandrasekhar Rao, who “encounter” killing. accused men on the out- PERSONAL MEETINGS: came under attack for not But in an unprecedented skirts of the city on Some police personnel paying a visit to the vic- exception, after the death in December 6, telephone calls even met HR activists tim’s family. an encounter of the four were made to at least eight personally But post the encounter, accused in the Disha gang human rights activists, urg- celebrations erupted rape and murder case, the ing them to “publicly sup- a majority of who seem to nation-wide, and in particu- Telangana police reportedly port the encounter killing”. have supported the “instant lar, in the city of Hyderabad initiated and undertook Some police officials, justice” delivered by the and across the state. The some “back channel” dis- reportedly at the behest of Telangana police. Telangana and Cyberabad cussions with certain rights senior officials, even met Initially, the state and city police, in particular, VC activists, requesting them some human right activists police had came in for sharp Sajjanar, Police to come out and publicly personally, and “urged criticism from all sections Commissioner, were hailed support the police action them” that they take a “dif- of society for the lapses on as heroes.