c m y k c m y k THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA CHENNAI I FRIDAY 21 I FEBRUARY 2020 WEATHER Max: 33OC Min: 24OC Rainfall: Nil WORLD | 11 SPORT | 14 TABLOID Forecast: Kamal offers `1 cr to Hazy sunshine; air Greta creates foundation India women to take on quality will be unhealthy Oz in world cup opener mishap victims’ kin for sensitive groups with award money ASTROGUIDE www.facebook.com/deccannews, www.twitter.com/deccanchronicle, www.deccanchronicle.com Vol. 15 No. 325 Established 1938 | 32 PAGES | ` 3.00 Vikari: Masi 9 Tithi: Trayodashi Star: Uthiradam DEADLY COLLISION Rahukalam: 10.30 am to 12 noon Yamagandam: Bill makes Cauvery Police inspect 3.00 pm to 4.30 pm the mangled PRAYERS remains of Fajar: 5.20 am ill-fated Zohar: 12.28 pm Ernakulam- delta protected zone 3.44 pm bound Kerala Asar: Road DC CORRESPONDENT Maghrib: 6.15 pm Transport CHENNAI, FEB. 20 “Being a farmer Isha: 7.27 pm Corporation bus at Thirumuru- (myself), I feel SUNSET TODAY 6.16 PM The Tamil Nadu Assembly ganpoondi in SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.29 AM passed a bill to prevent the proud to Tirupur district setting up of hydrocarbon MOONRISE TODAY 4.47 AM on Thursday. or similar projects in the introduce this MOONSET TOMORROW 4.28 PM — PTI Cauvery delta region. The historic bill in the Tamil Nadu Protected Agricultural Zone Assembly” COUNTER POINT Development Act, 2020, piloted by Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami Parangipettai and Kumara- on Thursday seeks to pro- tchi blocks of Cuddalore tect agriculture lands in district besides Edappadi K. Palaniswami Cauvery delta region and Aranthangi, Avudaiyar- “prohibits certain activi- projects in operation in the koil, Manamelkudi, Thiru- 19 killed in road mishap ties” in the region. protected agricultural zone varangulam and Kara- The Act, which comes before the date of coming mbakudi blocks in Pudu- LAKSHMI L. LUND & ganpoondi in Tirupur dis- PAGE 3 suffered serious injuries into force “at once,” also into force of this kottai district. S. KATHTHASAMI | DC trict on the Avinashi- are undergoing treatment seeks to establish a high- Act. Zinc smelter, iron ore COIMBATORE, FEB.20 Salem bypass around 3: 25 ● 7 Nepal pilgrims at the GH and private hos- powered authority to Nothing contained in the process plant, integrated am, according to police. pitals in Avinashi, Tirupur advise the government on sub-section 1 shall affect steel plant and sponge iron As many as 19 passengers Among the dead are the killed, 19 hurt in and Coimbatore. various measures to pro- infrastructure develop- plant, copper smelter, bone on board an Ernakulam-bo- KSRTC bus driver V. Grees deadly road mishap Police said the bus num- tect and improve farming ments in the protected meal, processing of animal und Kerala Road Transport (43) of Ernakulam and con- ber KL 15 A 282 Bengaluru- activities to increase farm agricultural zone such as horn, hoofs and other body Corporation bus died on ductor R. Baiju of the five female and 13 Ernakulam KSRTC bus left production and productivi- harbour, pipelines, road, parts, tannery, explo- the spot and another 25 Veligandi in Kerala and fi- males were handed over to Bengaluru at 8.15 pm with ty to serve the interests of telecommunications, ration, drilling and extrac- were injured when the bus ve women. A. Hemaraj (38), the families in the evening. 48 passengers on board. the farmers. power, water supply and tion of oil and natural gas TN fisherman collided head-on with a from Ottapalam in Kerala, Of the dead, Kirankumar The reservation chart of The Act prohibits the other utilities.” including coal-bed injured in Lankan speeding overloaded con- the lorry driver who fled (30) from Tumkur is from the bus shows that a majo- establishment of new pro- As per the Act, schedule methane, shale gas and tainer lorry which was the accident scene, was Karnataka, while others rity of 25 passengers were ject or new activity speci- 1, the protected agricultur- other similar hydrocar- Navy firing coming in the wrong lane detained by Tirupur police. are from Kerala. Of the 25 travelling to Ernakulam fied in the second schedule al zone covers the districts bons and ship breaking in the opposite direction in The post-mortem of the 19 injured passengers, those while 19 had booked tickets in the protected agricultur- of Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, industry, are among the Rameswaram: A 52-year-old the early hours of deceased was carried out at who suffered minor inju- for Thrissur and another al zone. “Nothing con- Nagapattinam districts, projects prohibited as per Tamil Nadu fisherman was Thursday. The accident the Government Hospital ries were treated as outpa- four had booked tickets for tained in the sub-section 1 Kattumannarkoil, Melbhu- second schedule of the injured when the Sri Lankan ■ ■ Navy allegedly opened fire happened at Thirumuru- in Avinashi and bodies of tients while the ones who Palakkad. P3 shall affect the activities or vanagiri, Keerapalayam, Act. P4 at his boat while he was fishing with others off Katchatheevu in the island PROTESTER nation's waters. Sesu of CAA Thangachimadam sustained Trump visit: India, injury after shards from the window hit by a rubber bul- let pierced his eye. At least 9 killed in US to ink 5 pacts SRIDHAR Germany shisha KUMARASWAMI | DC bar shootings NEW DELHI, FEB. 20 Hanau: At least nine people India on Thursday made were killed in shootings tar- it clear that the coming geting shisha bars in Ger- address by US President many that sparked a huge Donald Trump and Prime manhunt overnight before Girl screams Minister Narendra Modi US including in the fields the suspected gunman was before a large crowd at of Intellectual Property found dead in his home Pakistan Ahmedabad’s massive Rights (IPR), trade facili- early Thursday. The attacks Motera Cricket Stadium tation and homeland sec- occurred at two bars in Zindabad, held on February 24 is not urity. On the two nations Hanau, about 20 kilometres Bengaluru: In a dra- designed to influence the not signing a trade deal (12 miles) from Frankfurt, matic development, American presidential anytime soon, New Delhi where armed police quickly Bengaluru city cops elections or domestic pol- said that India “does not fanned out and police heli- have arrested Amulya itics there, adding that want to rush into a trade copters roamed the sky L, an anti-CAA and the “Namaste Trump” ev- deal” and it also “does looking for those responsi- NRC protestor who ent was being organised not want to create artifi- ble for the bloodshed. shouted 'Pakistan by a private body called cial deadlines” because Zindabad' while the “Donald Trump Nagr- the “issues involved are China changes addressing a gather- ik Abhinandan Samiti” complicated, with many ing at Freedom Park (Citizens Felicitation Co- decisions potentially hav- counting method in here on Thursday. mmittee). ing real impact on peo- virus infected again ■ New Delhi is expected to ple's lives and long-term PAGE 6 ink five MoUs with the economic consequences”. Beijing: China said Thursday it has again changed the method of counting patie- nts with the novel coronavi- rus and will now include on- ly those diagnosed by sop- China’s objection to Amit Shah’s visit to histicated laboratory test- ing. It is the second time in just eight days that the co- Arunachal Pradesh has no merit: India untry has revised its criteria New Delhi, Feb. 20: “integral and inalienable” rial sovereignty” over it. — a move that could mud- India on Thursday strong- part of India and “Our position on dle statistics and complica- ly rejected China's objec- Indian leaders Arunachal Pradesh is te efforts to track the spre- tion to Home Minister routinely trav- clear and consistent. ad of the illness. Chinese Amit Shah's visit to el to the state Arunachal Pradesh is health officials last week sa- Arunachal Pradesh, say- as they do to an integral and inalien- id patients from Hubei pro- ing any criticism of visits any other able part of India,” vince and its capital Wuhan by Indian leaders to a state. Kumar said at a media — the epicentre of the out- state of the country does China, which briefing. “Objecting to break — who had been dia- gnosed via clinical methods not stand to reason. claims Arunachal the visit of Indian leaders including lung imaging wo- External Affairs Pradesh as part of south to a state of India does not uld be added to the count Ministry Spokesperson Tibet, objected to Shah's stand to reason and under- in addition to those con- Raveesh Kumar said visit to the state, saying it standing of the Indian peo- firmed by lab studies. Arunachal Pradesh is an violated Beijing's “territo- ple,” he added. No T-shirts, leggings at Kapali temple J. V. SIVA PRASANNA ■ board put up at the temple The official claimed that KUMAR Dress code at Mylapore has left devotees surprised. temple's executive officer, CHENNAI, FEB. 20 temple: Women "Appealing to devotees to thakkar or fit person are devotees requested to visit the temple in their tra- entitled to make an appeal Devotees visiting the wear duppatas ditional Indian dress is to devotees. ancient Kapaleeswarar pant and pyjama-shirt. The nothing wrong. The temple In January 2016, follow- temple at Mylapore here temple has asked male administration has not ing a court order, temples will have to follow a dress devotees not to enter the said devotees will not be across Tamil Nadu code to enter the sanctum temple wearing lungis, allowed if they come in enforced a dress code for of the temple.