BJP Loses Fifth State in a Year
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All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: TUESDAY they have their exits and their DECEMBER 24, 2019 entrances; and one man in his time CHANDIGARH plays many parts, his acts being VOL. XXIV, NO. 312 seven ages. PAGES 12 Rs. 2 William Shakespeare YUGMARGYOUR REGION, YOUR PAPER Richa Chadda unveils Many personalities conferred with Bumrah, Dhawan back for Sri another poster of 'Panga' Global Glory Awards Lanka T20Is, Australia ODIs ...PAGE 10 .... PAGE 3 ....PAGE 12 JMM+Cong = 47 BJP - 25 Others - 9 Six-month-old among 9 killed in Delhi fire AGENCY of the building collapsed, an official NEW DELHI, DEC 23 said. The cause of the fire is being in- A massive fire ripped through a vestigated. It is suspected that the School timings three-storey residential-cum-com- fire started due to short-circuit which changed in Pb due mercial building in outer Delhi’s Ki- led to the cylinder blast and the sub- rari area, killing at least to cold weather nine people, including CHANDIGARH: The Education three children, the Del- Department, Punjab, has hi Fire Services (DFS) changed timings of the Govern- said on Monday. ment, Aided and Private schools Eight fire tenders in the State owing to the in- were rushed to the spot clement weather and foggy con- after a call of a fire at a ditions. The changed timings house was received at would take effect from 24th De- 12.30 am. The ground cember, 2019 and would be in floor of the building force till 15th January, 2020. housed a godown for clothes while Disclosing this here today, an offi- Govt announces Rs 10 cial spokesman said that the tim- the other three floors were residential ings of the Primary schools would in nature, according to the fire serv- lakh compensation be from 10 AM-3 PM while those Congress-JMM alliance set ices. NEW DELHI: The Delhi government of the Middle/High/Senior Sec- The blaze was brought under on Monday announced Rs 10 lakh ondary schools would be from 10 control by 3.50 am, a DFS official compensation to the next of kin of AM-4 PM. The timings of the said. those who died in a Kirari fire tragedy. schools having double shifts Earlier this month, 43 people Health Minister Satyendra Jain said would remain the same. were killed in a fire in a four-storey the government will also bear the building housing illegal manufactur- medical expenses of the injured and to form govt in Jharkhand ing units in north Delhi’s congested will give them Rs one lakh. Most wanted Anaj Mandi area. "Inspected Kirari fire in which 9 peo- criminal held In the Kirari fire, three people ple died and 3 got injured. Ordered were rescued. Pooja (24) and her magisterial enquiry to fix responsibili- from Bhiwani daughters Saumya (10) and three- ty. Delhi Govt will provide Rs 10 lakh CHANDIGARH: In a major suc- year-old Aaradhya jumped to an ad- compensation to deceased's kin and BJP loses fifth state in a year jacent building to escape the blaze, a Rs 1 lakh for those who sustained in- cess, Haryana Police has arrest- ed a most-wanted criminal carry- police official said. Those killed juries. Their medical expenses will be ing a reward of Rs 50,000 on his AGENCY were identified as Ram Chandra Jha looked after by the government," Jain head from Bhiwani district. RANCHI, DECEMBER 23 Hemant Soren thanks BJP respects verdict, (65), the building’s owner, Sudariya tweeted. Giving this information here to- Devi (58), Sanju Jha (36), Guddan, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal day, a spokesperson of the voters for mandate on Monday expressed grief over the The Mahagatbandhan in Jharkhand, which says Amit Shah Uday Chaudhary (33), his wife death of nine people including three Haryana Police said that arrested has JMM (Jharkhand Mukti Morcha), Con- RANCHI: With the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha NEW DELHI: BJP presi- Muskan (26), and their children An- person was identified as Prem children, who lost their lives in Kirari gress and RJD as alliance partners, got a land- (JMM), Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal dent Amit Shah said on jali (10), Adarsh (7) and six-month- fire tragedy. Kumar, a resident of Gopalwas, slide in the Assembly polls after it won 47 (RJD) alliance looking all set to form government Monday his party re- old Tulsi, the fire services official district Charkhi Dadri. seats out of 81 constituencies in the State here in Jharkhand, JMM leader Hemant Soren on spects the mandate of said. No fire safety equipment was Prem was allegedly involved in on Monday. It is worth mention here that Monday thanked the voters for the mandate giv- Jharkhand voters, as it found in the building. Due to a cylin- sequent collapse of a wall of the over a dozen of criminal cases Jharkhand is fifth state after MP, Rajasthan, en to the alliance and said that this win marks a lost to the rival JMM- der blast on the second floor, a part building. and had been absconding for a Chhatisgarh, Maharastra which skipped from milestone in the state's history. Congress alliance in the long time. He was an active BJP’s kitty in last one year. "The trends of the election results suggest that assembly elections. member of Vinod Mithathal the voters of Jharkhand have given a clear man- In a tweet, Shah also ex- Gang. Bhiwani Police had al- This was the second occasion in the histo- ry of Jharkhand where an alliance has got a date for which I am very thankful to the voters," pressed his gratitude to Saudi sentences 5 to death over ready nabbed Gang leader Vinod said Soren at a press conference here. the people of Jharkhand for giving the BJP a Mithatahl on May 20, 2019. Since clear mandate to rule the State. The JMM won 30 seats while the Congress and RJD romped "I am thankful to the people of Jharkhand for the chance to govern the state for five years and as- then, Police was making efforts mandate. Today's victory is full of happiness for serted that his party remains committed to its de- journalist Khashoggi's murder to nab the most-wanted criminal. home on 16 and one seat respectively. JMM many but for me, it is also the day to take a vow velopment. He would be taken in police cus- working president Hemant Soren, who led the to fulfil the expectations of the public," added He also lauded BJP workers for their "untiring" RIYADH, DECEMBER 23 tody for further investigation. alliance, will be the next Jharkhand CM. Soren. efforts in the assembly polls. The ruling BJP, which, in 2019, contested Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor said on Monday five people had been the Assembly polls on its own after severing turned rebel after being denied BJP ticket sentenced to death and three more to jail terms totaling 24 years over Gang-rape survivor, ties with its erstwhile ally AJSU (All Jhark- from Jamshedpur (West). Soren had lost from Dumka, although he was the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in October hand Students Union), conceded its defeat as Rai, an upright BJP man and whose cred- then the Chief Minister of Jharkhand. He, last year. her parents consume it could win only 25 seats, 12 less than what it ibility is impeccable, raised a bogey of revolt however, had won from Barheit, thereby be- Khashoggi was a US resident and critic of Saudi Crown Prince Mo- poison outside SSP won in 2014. The AJSU won two seats, while against Das on poll-eve and contested against coming the Leader of the Opposition. hammed bin Salman, the kingdom's de facto ruler. He was last seen at Babulal Marandi’s Jharkhand Vikas Morcha the Chief Minister as an Independent. Rai, The decisive mandate today saw Das and the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018, where he was to re- office in Varanasi (JVM) could scrape through in three con- who was a BJP MLA from Jamshedpur (West) his five other ministerial colleagues bite the ceive papers ahead of his wedding. His body was reportedly dismem- VARANASI: A gang-rape sur- stituencies. but made corruption a major plank while serv- dust. However, other notables who could bered and removed from the building, and his remains have not been vivor, along with her parents, “I accept the electorate mandate. More ing as a Cabinet Minister in Das Government, romp home were Babulal Marandi, former found. The killing caused a global uproar, tarnishing the crown prince's consumed poison over the apa- than the BJP, it’s my defeat,” said the outgo- was denied ticket by the BJP. Chief Minister and president of the Jharkhand image. The CIA and some Western governments have said they believe thetic attitude of the authorities ing Chief Minister Raghubar Das, who him- The rebel, who has friends across political Vikas Morcha (JVM), who emerged as winner Prince Mohammed ordered the killing, but Saudi officials say he had no outside the SSP office here on self lost the election from Jamshedpur (East). spectrum, turned the tables and blocked Das’ from Dhanwar in Giridih. Notorious for role. Eleven Saudi suspects were put on trial over his death in secretive Monday. All the three were Das, who had been winning from this con- road to success. handing out a split mandate, Jharkhand first proceedings in Riyadh. Saudi Public Prosecutor Shalaan al-Shalaan, rushed to the Deen Dayal Hospi- stituency since 1995 and has emerged tri- Another notable victory was that of He- gave a decisive mandate in 2014 when the reading out the preliminary verdict in the trial, also said Saud al-Qah- tal after people saw them vomit- umphant for five consecutive times, however, mant Soren, who won from both Dumka and BJP-led alliance won 42 seats (BJP: 37, tani, a former high-profile Saudi royal adviser, had been investigated ing outside the SSP office.