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Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY Gotabaya wins in Allow Farooq Muslim law board to file review to attend presidential poll House: Oppn. plea against Ayodhya verdict Ruling party candidate in Sri Lanka Special Correspondent New Delhi J&K detainees slam loses despite leading in northeast police action Declines five acres allotted to Muslims, says it will ‘not heal the wounds caused’ The Opposition parties in SRINAGAR unison questioned the Na­ At least 32 high­profile special correspondent Board was related to the use rendra Modi government LUCKNOW political detainees staged a of Article 142 by the court. on the detention of Lok protest on Sunday against The All India Muslim Perso­ Mr. Ilyas said that while us­ Sabha member and former the police’s alleged bid to nal Law Board (AIMPLB) on ing Article 142, the judges Jammu & Kashmir Chief “strip and humiliate” Peoples Sunday declined the five did not consider that the ex­ Minister Farooq Abdullah, Conference chief Sajjad Lone acres of land allotted to Mus­ change or transfer of masjid but once again got no defi­ while they were being shifted lims in Ayodhya and decided land was barred under Sec­ nite response from the to a new detention centre in to file a review petition tions 104­A and 51(1) of the government. Srinagar. The incident took against the Supreme Court Waqf Act. Speaking to the media­ place around 2 p.m. when the verdict in the Babri Masjid­ How could another piece persons after the all­party authorities began shifting the Ram Janmabhoomi case. of land be given in exchange meeting convened by the detainees in batches from the The “restitution by grant­ for the masjid land, going government ahead of the Centaur Hotel to the MLA ing five acres of land, where against the statute and legal winter session of Parlia­ Hostel in Srinagar. fundamental values have To go on appeal: AIMPLB secretary Zafaryab Jilani, right, and restrictions, he asked. The victor: President­elect Gotabaya Rajapaksa waving ment, Leader of the Oppo­ NEWS Ī PAGE 12 * PTI * AP DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD been damaged to the extent member Qasim Rasool Ilyas in Lucknow on Sunday. The AIMPLB’s decision to supporters in Colombo on Sunday. sition in the Rajya Sabha of causing national shame, stands in contrast to the Ghulam Nabi Azad said, Fake international call will not in any manner heal permissible as per Islamic dict of the Supreme Court, stance of the Sunni Central Meera Srinivasan sa. However, this did not “How can a parliamentar­ centre busted; 32 held the wounds caused,” the Law.” on several points it was also Waqf Board, whose chair­ COLOMBO make up for the ground he ian be detained illegally? NEW DELHI Board said here, after a “We, on behalf of the beyond comprehension, and man Zufar Faruqui, on the Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Oppo­ lost to Mr. Rajapaksa in He should be allowed to at­ A fake international call meeting of its working com­ community at large, make it prima facie appears to be in­ day of the verdict, stated that sition candidate in Sri Lan­ much of the Sinhala­majori­ tend Parliament.” centre being operated from mittee, chaired by president clear that the five­acre land, appropriate.” it would not go in for any re­ ka’s presidential election, ty areas. “I am the President While Prime Minister Kirti Nagar was busted and 32 Maulana Sayyad Mohammad as directed in the present view of the Supreme Court on Sunday emerged winner, of not only those who voted Narendra Modi and others people were arrested for Rabe Hassani Nadwi. judgment, will neither ba­ ‘Installed by force’ ruling or file any curative pe­ securing 52.25 % of the man­ for me but also those who heard the Opposition’s de­ being allegedly involved in The two decisions were lance equity nor repair the Mr. Ilyas also asked if the tition. Whether the Sunni date and marking the return voted against me and irres­ mand, they did not res­ duping foreign nationals by taken through a “unanimous damage caused in the coun­ placing of idols of Lord Ram Waqf Board would accept of the Rajapaksa family to pective of which race or reli­ pond, Mr. Azad said. “We posing as Canadian police resolution,” Board secretary try,” the AIMPLB said in a under the dome of the Babri the five­acre land to be allot­ power. gion they belong to,” Mr. Ra­ officers, the police said on anyway do not get any re­ Sunday. The police seized 55 Zafaryab Jilani told the me­ separate statement. Stating Masjid “by force” on the in­ ted to it by the Central go­ Mr. Rajapaksa beat the japaksa said, following his plies from the government computers, 35 mobile dia. that there was “no dearth” of tervening night of December vernment on the directions government’s candidate Sa­ victory. on any issues,” he added. phones, and illegal softwares Jamiat Ulema­e­Hindu mosques in Ayodhya, 27 of 22­23, 1949, was “illegal”, of the court would be decid­ jith Premadasa — who got Meanwhile, Prime Minis­ The question was raised along with other equipment president Arshad Madni also them functional, Mr. Jilani how were such illegally ed at a meeting on Novem­ nearly 42% of the vote ter Ranil Wickremesinghe by other lawmakers, in­ from the call centre. issued a statement in favour said the matter was not placed idols considered a ber 26. share. Mr. Rajapaksa will be has said he will discuss the cluding T.R. Baalu of filing a review petition and about a mosque but “rights deity? Even under “Hindu Asked to explain the sworn in as Sri Lanka’s se­ possibility of a parliamen­ of the DMK CITY Ī PAGE 2 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD argued that there was no to a land” and justice. dharma shastra,” they could AIMPLB’s locus standi, as venth executive president tary election with the Speak­ and Sudip question of taking up any al­ The AIMPLB argued that it not be a deity, he argued. the court directed that the on Monday in the historic ci­ er and party leaders soon. Bandho­ ternative land for a mosque. decided in favour of filing a Further, the AIMPLB land be given to the Sunni ty of Anuradhapura, his Sri On Sunday, three Cabinet padhyay of review petition, claiming asked if “it was proven that Waqf Board, Mr. Jilani said Lanka Podujana Peramuna members, including Fi­ the Trina­ ‘Not permissible’ there were “apparent errors Muslims had possession of the AIMPLB “represents the (SLPP or People’s Party) nance Minister Mangala mool Con­ The Board argued that mos­ in the verdict.” the Babri Masjid from 1857 to Muslims” and the case was said. Samaraweera, resigned. gress. ques “are essential for the re­ Board member Qasim Ra­ 1949 and also offered namaz filed on behalf of the com­ The Tamil and Muslim ligious practice of Muslims” sool Ilyas said, “It was felt at there,” on what basis was the munity and not the Sunni minorities in the northern DELHI’S HELP Ī PAGE 13 CONTINUED and that “building the same the meeting that not only land of the mosque given to Waqf Board alone. and eastern districts, averse A STRONGMAN Ī PAGE 14 ON Ī PAGE 12 mosque at some other site in were there several self­con­ Ram Lalla? to a Rajapaksa return, voted BACK TO THE RAJAPAKSAS EDUCATIONPLUS Ī PAGE 16 & 17 situations like this is also not tradictory points in the ver­ A third point raised by the CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 decisively for Mr. Premada­ Ī EDITORIAL After Sena’s exit, NDA allies Marriage not ‘good enough’ Delhi water is 100% safe, says DJB Staff reporter Delhi Jal Board said on Sun­ where the samples have to quash rape FIR: Delhi HC new delhi day. The study had noted been taken. We assure Delhi­ seek coordination panel The study by the Bureau of that water samples from Del­ ites that DJB water is abso­ Verdict will have implications on rape cases Indian Standards, which hi failed in 19 of 28 parame­ lutely potable and 100% safe stated that Delhi’s water was ters. DJB CEO Nikhil Kumar as per BIS and international PM chairs coalition meet, responds positively to demand Soibam Rocky Singh friends, online friends, live­ the most unsafe among 21 said, “We have not received standards.” New Delhi in partners or separated State capitals, is not reflec­ the [BIS] report and we do Special Correspondent from the Northeast ex­ Is marriage a “good enough” husbands. tive of the ground reality, the not know when and from DETAILS ON Ī PAGE 2 NEW DELHI pressed concern about the reason to quash an FIR for The High Court verdict The National Democratic Al­ National Register of Citizen­ rape if both the offender delivered last week by Jus­ liance, diminished after the ship (NRC) that Union home and the victim decide to set­ tice Brijesh Sethi came on a exit of one of its oldest con­ minister Amit Shah has said tle the case? The Delhi High petition by a man seeking to stituents, the Shiv Sena, met would be conducted across Court says no.