© 2006-2017 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -UPSC [email protected] -+91815015301 follow us: wednesday, december 13, 2017 Delhi City Edition thehindu.com 24 pages ț 10.00 facebook.com/thehindu twitter.com/the_hindu Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . lucknow NEARBY Campaign winds down for second and nal phase of elections in Gujarat Six get death sentence in Ensure BJP win in Massive current T.N. ‘honour killing’ case all booths: Modi against BJP: Rahul Gang murdered Dalit man in Udumalpet in March last year Govt to foot accident mahesh langa special correspondent R. Vimal Kumar victims’ treatment bill AHMEDABAD AHMEDABAD Tirupur NEW DELHI Prime Minister Narendra The Congress will win the A trial court here on Tues­ Victims of road accidents, Modi on Tuesday ended a Assembly polls in Gujarat as day awarded the death pe­ res and acid attacks would gruelling campaign for the there is a “massive under­ nalty to six persons, includ­ be given free treatment if Gujarat Assembly elections current” and the “mood has ing the father of a caste rushed to a private hospital, with a ride on a seaplane changed” in the State, said Hindu girl, for hatching a with the Delhi government while urging the people to Congress president­elect conspiracy and killing a Da­ picking up the tab. “not only give the BJP an Rahul Gandhi, exuding con­ lit youth who had married DELHI METRO Ī PAGE 1 overwhelming majority but dence on the last day of DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD her. also ensure that BJP wins in campaigning for the second On March 13 last year, an Sharad Yadav moves HC every polling booth across Denied permission to hold a phase of polling. Rahul Gandhi at a press armed gang hacked Shan­ against disqualication the State.” road show, Modi took a ride “There is massive under­ conference in Ahmedabad kar, the Dalit youth, and his NEW DELHI Voting for 93 seats will be on a seaplane. * VIJAY SONEJI current because the mood on Tuesday. * VIJAY SONEJI wife Kausalya, belonging to Former JD(U) president held on Thursday in central has changed here. I have the Thevar (OBC) communi­ Sharad Yadav approached the and north Gujarat regions. ry of BJP is a guarantee for a seen all communities like getting nancial support ty, outside a shopping com­ Delhi High Court on Tuesday, Denied permission for a bright future.” Patidars, tribals, Dalits and from the government and plex in Udumalpet in Tiru­ challenging his The accused in the Sankar murder case arriving at a trial road show here, Mr. Modi In a rst such ight by a OBCs are agitating against the banks. * disqualication from the pur district, with knives. court in Tirupur ahead of the sentencing on Tuesday. PTI nevertheless infused excite­ prime minister, Mr Modi the BJP government,” he “During our campaigning Rajya Sabha. He argued that While Shankar died, Ms. the authorities did not give ment into the last day of boarded the single­engine told journalists here as he in Gujarat, we met many pe­ Kausalya sustained serious prisonment term to another the government. him a chance to make out his campaigning by taking a sea­ seaplane from near the Sar­ wrapped up his campaign. ople from all sections of so­ injuries. accused. She acquitted An­ Among those awarded case before passing the plane from the Sabarmati dar Bridge connecting the At his press conference, ciety and prepared a blue­ The police arrested 11 per­ nalakshmi (accused 2), P. the capital punishment order. river in Ahmedabad to the old city with Ahmedabad Mr. Gandhi reiterated the is­ print for the State’s sons, including Ms. Kausa­ Pandidurai (A­3, Ms. Kausa­ were accused P. Jagadeesan, Dharoi dam in Mehsana to West from a sp ecially con­ sues he has raised on the balanced development that lya’s parents Chinnasamy, lya’s uncle) and the 10th ac­ 31, M. Manikandan, 25, P. NEWS Ī PAGE 10 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD visit the Ambaji temple in structed jetty amid crowds campaign trail, questioning our government will imple­ 40, and Annalakshmi, 35, cused, V. Prasanna Kumar, Selvakumar, 25, P. Kalaitha­ north Gujarat. of onlookers and supporters the BJP’s ‘Gujarat Model’ ment,” he said. and the assailants. Follow­ 19, stating that the prosecu­ mizhvanan, 24, and M. Ma­ Though he did not ad­ chanting “Modi, Modi.” and saying lopsided deve­ “The Congress wants to ing the trial, principal dis­ tion had failed to prove their dan alias Michael, 25, all as­ dress any rally on the last After landing at Dharoi lopment had not touched take along all sections of trict and sessions judge Ala­ involvement beyond reason­ sailants hailing from day, he took to Twitter to Dam, Mr. Modi drove to the the lives of the common pe­ Gujarat together as against melu Natarajan held eight of able doubt. Dindigul district in the State. thank the people. In a series temple town of Ambaji. ople. the BJP which has worked the 11 accused guilty and The court ordered that Stephen Dhanraj (23) was of tweets, he said, “... the af­ Crowds lined the road to the He asked the BJP to come for 10 to 15 industrialists,” awarded the death sentence compensation of 11,95,000 given life sentence without fection I have received from shrine and Mr. Modi greeted clean on the Rafale deal and Mr. Gandhi said. to six of them, including be collected from the eight provisions for remission and the people is unparalleled... them and waved as he drove debt waiver of top corpo­ Chinnasamy (prime ac­ convicts to be paid in die­ M. Manikandan (39 – the CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 No Gujarati will let go of a by. rates. cused), life sentence to one rent proportions to Ms. Kau­ A­11) ve­year rigorous STARTING OVER; UNEDIFYING OPPORTUNITIES Ī PAGE 2 golden opportunity of deve­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 He said small and medi­ accused and a ve­year im­ salya, Shankar’s father and imprisonment. #460490 Ī DELHI METRO Ī 6 PAGES lopment of our youth. Victo­ SPARKS A ROW Ī PAGE 11 um enterprises were not CAMPAIGN EDITORIAL CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Plea on ‘Vande Perarivalan case: SC Ination up, Mataram’ Icy walk open to review industrial dismissed growth slows Legal Correspondent Trigger was ex­CBI ocer’s adavit Special Correspondent NEW DELHI legal correspondent New Delhi NEW DELHI The Supreme Court has Retail ination accelerated dismissed a plea to provide The Supreme Court on to 4.88% in November on equal statutory protection Tuesday expressed its wil­ the back of food and oil to ‘Vande Mataram’ as the lingness to hear detailed ar­ price rises, according to of­ national anthem ‘Jana Ga­ guments to re­open the en­ cial data released by the na Mana’. tire case against A.G. government. A Bench of Chief Justice Perarivalan, who is serving A separate release of India Dipak Misra and a life sentence for purchas­ showed that industrial ac­ Justices A.M. Khanwilkar ing two batteries allegedly tivity growth slowed in Oc­ and D.Y. Chandrachud dis­ used in the bomb which tober to 2.24%. missed the plea represent­ killed former Prime Minister ed by senior advocate Pra­ Rajiv Gandhi in 1991. A.G. Perarivalan is serving Fuel segment vin H. Parekh, saying that a The immediate trigger for life sentence in the Rajiv Ination as measured by court of law cannot direct the court to hear Perariva­ Gandhi assassination case. the Consumer Price Index the legislature to make lan was an adavit led by was at 3.58% in October. It amends in the legislation. former CBI ocer V. Thiaga­ his innocence, were deliber­ quickened to 4.41% in the The special leave peti­ rajan, who had recorded the ately omitted to bolster the food and beverages catego­ tion had challenged a Delhi then 19­year­old Perariva­ assassination case. ry in November from High Court order dismis­ lan’s confession under the Mr. Thiagarajan stated 2.26% in October. sing a petition led by Gau­ TADA. that Perarivalan had “abso­ In the fuel and light seg­ tam Morarka that the song Mr. Thiagarajan, in Oc­ lutely no idea” about the ment, it accelerated to ‘Vande Mataram’ should tober this year, after 26 deadly purpose of the two 7.92% from 6.36% over the get the same statutory re­ years, came forward to tell nine­volt batteries he had same period. cognition, respect and dig­ the Supreme Court that cer­ bought and handed over to nity as the national A woman and her children cross a log bridge during snowfall in Srinagar on Tuesday. The Jammu­Srinagar National Highway tain portions of Perariva­ the assassins. VOLATILITY IS DUE TO FOOD, anthem. * NISSAR AHMAD (REPORT ON PAGE 10) and the Mughal road remained closed for the second day because of snow and rain. lan’s confession, showing CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 SAYS EXPERT Ī PAGE 10 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Jallikattu CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ‘Will prayer reach God if you issue for A college that has just one student statute Bench pray from illegal property’: HC The lone teacher is the principal and there are no takers for 5-year B.A. in Sanskrit Krishnadas Rajagopal Court’s displeasure at illegally erected Karol Bagh Hanuman idol NEW DELHI V. Chalapathi Rao the Ramanarayanam Veda VIZIANAGARAM The Supreme Court on Patasala, a project run by Soibam Rocky Singh particulars of the persons Tuesday said it will have a The Maharajah’s the NCS Group (a business New Delhi who funded it and are in Constitution Bench exa­ Government Sanskrit house with interests in the “Will prayer reach God if control of these mine whether the people College in Vizianagaram is sugar industry), in 2010.