c m y k c m y k THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA HYDERABAD I MONDAY I 17 FEBRUARY 2020 WEATHER NATION 8 SPORTS 16 TABLOID Max: 32.7OC | | Min: 16.5OC The man who RH: 35% Kejriwal 3.0 seeks Humpy closes in on Rainfall: Nil PM’s blessings Cairns chess title bossed around... Forecast: Cloudy sky. Misty morning. Max/Min deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle, google.com/+deccanchronicle Vol. 83 No. 47 Established 1938 | 32 PAGES | `6.00 temp. 32/17ºC ASTROGUIDE TS urges Centre Vikari; Uttarayana Tithi: Magha Bahula Navami till PM rules out CAA rethink 2.39 pm Star: Jyestha till 5.13 am (Tuesday) to abrogate CAA Asserts government will not change tough decisions despite pressure Varjyam: 10.34 am to 12.11 S.A. ISHAQUI | DC ■ THE CABINET noon HYDERABAD, FEB. 16 Varanasi (UP), Feb. 16: Durmuhurtam: 12.52 noon to approved the Lokayukta ordinance and decided to Ruling out any rethink on 1.38 pm and then from 3.10 pm The Telangana state decisions on CAA and to 3.56 pm Cabinet on Sunday introduce the Bill in the Article 370, Prime Shah tells Delhi cops to be firm Rahukalam: 7.30 am to 9 am appealed to the Union gov- Budget Session of TS Minister Narendra Modi HIJRI CALENDAR ernment “not to discrimi- on Sunday asserted that DC CORRESPONDENT Jumada al-Sani 22,1441 AH nate on basis of religion February 18 and hold a his government remains NEW DELHI, FEB. 16 PRAYERS while according Indian state-level municipal con- and will remain firm on Fajar: 5.41 am citizenship”. ference at Pragati Bha- the steps despite pressure Even as the Union home The Cabinet urged the van. The Cabinet also from all sides. minister suggested to the Zohar: 12.40 pm Central government to decided to take all partici- “Be it the scrapping of Delhi police that it should Asar: 4.42 pm take measures to abrogate pants, including mayors, Article 370 from Jammu be ready to deal with mis- Maghrib: 6.24 pm the Citizenship (Amend- municipal chairpersons, and Kashmir or the creants with “firm hands” Isha: 7.32 pm ment) Act (CAA), 2019, commissioners, MLAs, Citizenship Amendment and at the same time SUNSET TODAY 6.17 PM which “discriminated on collectors, additional col- Act (CAA), the country remain calm despite SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.42 AM basis of religion while lectors who attend the waited for decisions on “provocation,” the much- MOONSET TOMORROW 12.29 AM granting citizenship, and municipal conference these for years,” he told a speculated possible meet- MOONRISE TODAY 12.09 PM thereby jeopardising sec- should be taken on a visit public meeting here dur- ing between Amit Shah ularism as envisaged in to Gajwel mandal in ing a day-long visit to his and the representatives of the constitution.” Siddipet in the afternoon Lok Sabha constituency. the Shaheen Bagh protest- It reminded the Centre to visit various facilities, “These decisions were ers did not materialise till IPL spread over that all religions must be including vegetable and necessary in the interest of Sunday evening. treated as equal before meat markets and crema- the nation. Duniya bhar ke Shaheen Bagh protest- March to May law. The State Cabinet tion grounds. The Cabinet saarey dabao ke bawjood, ers, however, said they further decided to pass a approved the Lokayukta inn faislon par hum qayam would march to the resi- New Delhi: In a repeat of resolution to this effect in ordinance and decided to hain aur qayam rahengey dence of the Union home last edition’s final, IPL the Assembly akin to reso- introduce the Bill in the (Despite pressure from all minister for a dialogue defending champions lutions passed by the leg- Budget Session of TS. sides, we remain firm on over the new Citizenship Mumbai Indians and run- islative houses of Kerala, In the Cabinet meeting, these decisions and will Amendment Act (CAA) A video grab of Delhi Police threatening students sitting in the reading hall of Jamia ners-up CSK will open the Punjab, Rajasthan and Chief Minister Rao also continue to remain firm,” after getting due permis- Milia with batons and damaging property. 13th IPL at the Wankhede West Bengal. asked officials not to trou- Mr Modi said. sion from authorities. Stadium on March 29. The The Cabinet meeting, ble street vendors till an Provisions of Article 370 A large posse of security franchise-based event will chaired by Chief Minister alternative land was of the Constitution, which personnel was deployed at release the knockouts K. Chandrasekhar Rao, shown to them. accorded special powers to Shaheen Bagh where hun- schedule later, but the final also decided to finalise the erstwhile state of dreds of women protesters Video of cops beating Jamia is scheduled for May 24. guidelines for the pro- ■ Page 5: Pattana Pragathi Jammu and Kashmir, gathered to march tow- posed programme on to begin on February 24 were abrogated by the gov- ards the residence of Mr ■ More on Page 15 ernment in August last Shah for a dialogue over year. CAA. Barricades were students in library stirs row The Prime Minister's placed at the site and the Telcos may pay tough talk assumed signif- protesters were stopped BHASKAR HARI paramilitary and police Millia Islamia is in circu- Kishan promises icance in view of protests after a little distance. SHARMA | DC personnel entering the Old lation. This is to clarify part of AGR dues against the CAA in vari- The protesters chose an NEW DELHI, FEB. 16 Reading Hall and beating that the video has not been ous parts of the country. eight-member delegation, up students with batons. released by the universi- New Delhi: Telecom Citing certain key deci- including the elderly Two months after the The paramilitary and ty,” its public relations operators Bharti Airtel, sions of his government, women called the dadis of alleged police brutality at police are also seen cover- officer Ahmad Azeem Vodafone Idea and Tata probe on Bhainsa Modi referred to the trust Shaheen Bagh, to Jamia Millia Islamia, a ing their faces with hand- said. Teleservices may pay set up for the construction approach the police “to new video has emerged kerchiefs. The public relations offi- adjusted gross revenue PILLALAMARRI to media after visiting of the Ram temple in allow them” to meet Mr purportedly showing para- Jamia Millia Islamia has cer said the Jamia (AGR) dues on Monday SRINIVAS | DC affected houses and inter- Ayodhya and asserted that Shah and asserted that military and police per- clarified that it had not Coordination Committee to avoid stringent puni- BHAINSA (NIRMAL), FEB. 16 acting with victims of it would work “rapidly”. they will carry out the sonnel beating up students released the new video, (JCC) is spearheading the tive action from the both communities in “A trust has been formed march peacefully. in the library on Dec- which is circulating on the protests against the Telecom Department, Union minister of state Korbagalli. He reviewed for the construction of a Unable to get the requi- ember 15, drawing sharp social media showing Citizenship (Amendment) according to an official for home G. Kishan Reddy the situation with Mush- grand Ram temple in site permission, the anti- reactions from several some men in paramilitary Act, National Population source. The three firms on Sunday said that araff Ali Farooqui, dis- Ayodhya,” he said. CAA protesters returned political leaders, includ- and police uniforms beat- Register and National are jointly liable to pay Bhainsa town would not trict collector, and Shash- He said that after setting to the venue where they ing AICC general secre- ing up students at the uni- Register of Citizens on dues of over `1 lakh have witnessed huge dam- idhar Raju, superinten- up of the trust, the work on have been holding agita- tary Priyanka Gandhi versity’s library. Maulana Mohammed Ali crore, but have informed age to property had police dent of police, Nirmal. the construction of ‘Ram tion against the new law. Vadra. “It has come to our Jauhar Road outside the Department of reacted promptly and He said that police dham’ will start fast and Senior police officials The 48-second video, notice that some video Jamia’s Gate No. 7. Telecom (DoT) of mak- expressed regret that vic- should have taken preven- added that his government held talks with a group of which appears to be CCTV with regard to police bru- ing a partial payment, as tims of the communal vio- tive steps as Bhainsa was has also decided to trans- protesters and assured footage, purportedly sho- tality in the Dr Zakir ■ Page 9: Jamia students per their representatives. lence had not received a communally sensitive fer 67 acres to the trust. that their application has ws some seven to eight Husain Library of Jamia seen with stones any help from the govern- town and polls were slated The government had been forwarded to the ment so far. to be held when violence recently set up the Shri authorities concerned for COUNTER POINT Promising that efforts occurred. As a result of Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth further action. police, Mr Shah called it ernment on important always welcome, it must were being made to inaction from the police, Kshetra on the SC’s direc- Three days ago, Mr Shah one of the leading metro- occasions like celebra- also be kept in mind that restore peace, the Union innocent poor and middle- tive to the Centre to form a had said anyone who politan police forces in the tions of Independence Day more than 35,000 minister said, if needed, class people belonging to trust that can look into the wanted to discuss issues country and the world and Republic Day, festi- police personnel laid down the Central government both communities lost construction and manage- related to CAA with him which has foiled the vals, and visits by foreign their lives in the line of would order an inquiry their properties.