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Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY After a heated debate, RS clears Citizenship Bill AIADMK, Janata Dal (U) and BJD played a key role in helping push Bill through Vijaita Singh Army deployed in Assam, Damini Nath New Delhi Delhi’s air quality in The Rajya Sabha on Wednes­ Tripura as violence spreads ‘severe’ category again day passed the contentious NEW DELHI Citizenship (Amendment) The air quality of Delhi Bill (CAB), 2019, with 125 Rahul Karmakar breached the “severe” votes in favour and 99 GUWAHATI/ AGARTALA category again on against. The current The Army was deployed in Wednesday. It is, however, strength of the Upper House Guwahati, Tinsukia and Di­ likely to improve on Thursday is 240. brugarh in Assam and in and Friday, according to The Bill amends the Citi­ Kanchanpur and Manu areas government­run monitoring of Tripura on Wednesday as agency SAFAR. The average zenship Act, 1955, and for protests against the Citizen­ level of PM2.5 was 265.5 the first time, will grant citi­ ship (Amendment) Bill, ug/m3, more than four times zenship on the basis of reli­ the safe limit of 60 ug/m3 as gion to non­Muslim com­ 2019, continued for the se­ per Indian standards in Delhi munities from Afghanistan, cond day. and NCR at 9 p.m., according Bangladesh and Pakistan, Another column, requisi­ to CPCB. who entered India on or be­ tioned in western Assam’s CITY Ī PAGE 3 fore December 31, 2014. It Bongaigaon district, has DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD was passed by the Lok Sabha been put on standby and the on Monday. He said Muslims need not Shiv Sena participated in the “While the Home Minister paramilitary Assam Rifles The debate saw fiery ex­ worry. However, he added, debate but did not vote. has been counting crores have been deployed in the Raging protests: College students taking out a rally against changes, with Opposition “...If you expect that Mus­ Two MPs of the National­ and lakhs of people..so far Ananda Bazar area of Kan­ the Bill in Guwahati on Wednesday. * RITU RAJ KONWAR members accusing the go­ lims from all over the world ist Congress Party and the only 4,400 people have cited chanpur, where the situa­ vernment of violating the would be accommodated Bahujan Samaj Party were religious persecution as tion remained tense follow­ station in Tinsukia district Though no party or stu­ provisions of the Constitu­ here, then you are mistaken. absent. grounds to get citizenship,” ing Tuesday’s protests. was also torched, a North­ dent body had called a shut­ tion. The Opposition also ad­ This country will not func­ Mr. Azad said. Army PRO Lt. Col. P. east Frontier Railway spo­ down, protesters, a majority ded that the legislation could tion like this.” Claims on numbers The Congress’s Kapil Sibal Khongsai said two Army co­ kesperson said. The house of them students, fought be challenged on legal Mr. Shah said “lakhs and asked how the government lumns have been deployed of Union Minister Rameswar pitched battles with security grounds. Several members FULL COVERAGE: PAGE 6, 13 crores” of people would be­ would differentiate between in Guwahati city and are car­ Teli in Duliajan was attacked forces at several places, in­ CII award for also flagged the violent prot­ nefit from the Bill. However, illegal migrants and those rying out flag marches. by protesters and properties cluding near the secretariat. The Hindu ests against the Bill in Assam He said he was mindful of he did not explain how he persecuted on religious As the debate on the Bill damaged. Unlike Tuesday, when pe­ and Tripura. the concerns of people in the had arrived at the numbers. grounds. commenced in the Rajya ople responded to a shut­ Replying to the debate, Northeast, and all the (Hin­ Derek O’Brien of the Tri­ He said the government Sabha, a relatively quiet Curfew imposed down called by the North THG Publishing Pvt Ltd Union Home Minister Amit du Bengalis) refugees from namool Congress mentioned was forcing people to lie that morning was shattered by The State government im­ East Students’ Organisation, (The Hindu Group of Shah said, “The Bill has no the then East Pakistan (now that the Director of the Intel­ they had come from Bangla­ violent clashes across As­ posed curfew in Guwahati hundreds of people poured Publications), received the provision to snatch citizen­ Bangladesh) who came to ligence Bureau had said in a desh as they always claimed sam’s Brahmaputra Valley, from 6 p.m. “till further not­ onto the streets across the CII Award for Customer ship from anyone but to West Bengal will be given report that around 31,000 they are Indians. including capital Guwahati. ice”. Mobile Internet and da­ State, protesting against the Obsession 2019 for grant citizenship to the refu­ citizenship. people would be the imme­ To this, Mr. Shah said, “If ta services were suspended CAB. The protests soon went “Recognition for Active gees. There is no need for In­ The votes of the AIADMK, diate beneficiaries. you ask someone if they are Railway stations set afire for 24 hours in 10 districts of out of control as vehicles Customer Engagement” dian Muslims to live in fear. the Janata Dal (United) and Leader of the Opposition illegal, they will say ‘No’. But A railway station in Dibru­ the Valley, including Kam­ and public structures were and “Special Recognition: India has given respect to its the Biju Janata Dal were key Ghulam Nabi Azad said the we will tell them that you garh’s Chabua, the home­ rup (Metro), Dibrugarh, and vandalised or set on fire. Pol­ Leveraging Digital Muslim population. This Bill in helping the BJP­led go­ government did not have will be granted citizenship town of Chief Minister Sar­ Tinsukia. Internet services ice resorted to baton charges Technologies for Superior does not discriminate vernment push the Bill authentic records on the from the date you entered.” bananda Sonowal, was set were already suspended and firing of teargas. Customer Experience”, in against them. India will nev­ through in the Upper House. number of persecuted peo­ on fire by protesters late at across Tripura for 48 hours PAGE 12 New Delhi. Ī PAGE 9 er be Muslim mukt (free).” Members of former BJP ally ple from the three countries. CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 night. The Panitola railway from 2 p.m. on Tuesday. CONTINUED ON Ī Centre claims 2002 riots: Modi gets clean chit Put all courts on high alert in Ex­SC judge to issue resolved, probe killings JNUSU says from Nanavati­Mehta panel J&K, Ladakh, demand judges in Telangana not yet Report tabled in Gujarat Assembly five years after submission Chief Justice wants CRPF security for courts in wake of threats Legal Correspondent NEW DELHI Special Correspondent Mahesh Langa navati and former Gujarat Peerzada Ashiq of the Ministry of Home Af­ to the strike call and hin­ The Supreme Court on NEW DELHI AHMEDABAD High Court Judge Justice Srinagar fairs dated May 31, 2007, has drances created by Jammu­ Wednesday said it intend­ The Centre claimed to have The Nanavati­Mehta Com­ Akshay Mehta, observed in Jammu & Kashmir High not been paid any heed in based lawyers in the past one ed to appoint a retired brokered a deal between mission on Wednesday gave the report that police at Court Chief Justice Gita Mittal J&K. As per these guidelines, month over the issue of crea­ judge to enquire into the the administration and agi­ a clean chit to Prime Minister some places were “ineffec­ and Judge Rajesh Bindal on the High Courts had to be de­ tion of a new wing to register extra­judicial killing of four tating students of Jawahar­ Narendra Modi in the 2002 tive in controlling the mob Wednesday sought upgrada­ clared high­security zones.” revenue records. men accused of the rape lal Nehru University on Gujarat riots, in which more because of their inadequate tion of security on all court The judges issued fresh Referring to threatening and murder of a veterinar­ Wednesday night to end than 1,000 people were mas­ numbers or because they premises in the Union Terri­ notices to Commissioner Se­ posters by militants that ap­ ian in Hyderabad. the ongoing stand­off re­ sacred across the State after were not properly armed.” tories (UTs) of J&K and La­ cretary, Department of peared in the court complex “We know that the Te­ garding hostel fee hike. a train compartment was On the riots in Ahmeda­ dakh, including district Home in J&K, and Union in Srinagar after August 5, langana High Court is al­ The JNU Students’ Un­ torched by a mob, killing 59 bad city, where a former par­ courts, in the wake of threats Home Ministry “to declare the judges observed, “On ready seized of the case. ion, however, said there is pilgrims returning from liamentarian was among from militants and strike the High Court of Jammu & September 7, posters threa­ We have only entertained no agreement as yet.