c m y k c m y k THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA CHENNAI I SUNDAY 12 I JANUARY 2020 www.deccanchronicle.com WEATHER PAGE | 17 Max: 30OC Min: 22OC SUNDAY Rainfall: 2mml VIJAY’S `100 CRORE ASTROGUIDE CHRONICLE DEMAND Vikari: Margazhi 27 AJAY DEVGN TALKS tabloid Tithi: Thuvithiyai ABOUT BEING A JACK PANDYA FAILS FITNESS TEST >> PG 14 Star: Pusam OF ALL FILMY TRADES Rahukalam: Vol. 15 No. 287 Established 1938 | 32 PAGES PLUS A FREE COPY OF 16-PAGE SUNDAY CHRONICLE | `4.00 4.30 pm to 6 pm Yamagandam: 12 noon to 1.30 pm PRAYERS Forces owe allegiance to Fajar: 5.18 am Unintentionally shot down Ukraine plane: Iran Zohar: 12.20 pm Tehran, Jan. 11: Iran on horrific crash of the that the plane had been Asar: 3.31 pm Saturday said it uninten- Ukrainian plane & death shot down, as interna- tional pressure mounted Maghrib: 5.57 pm tionally shot down the of 176 innocent people,” Constitution: Army chief Ukrainian airliner that he added. on Tehran to conduct a Isha: 7.12 pm crashed this week killing “Investigations contin- credible investigation ● As far as Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is SUNSET TODAY 6.00 PM 176 people, calling it an ue to identify & prosecute after several Western PAWAN BALI | DC “unforgivable mistake”. this great tragedy & governments blamed a NEW DELHI, JAN. 11 concerned, many years ago SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.35 AM The Ukraine Intern- unforgivable mistake.” missile strike. there was a parliamentary MOONRISE TODAY 7.41 PM ational Airlines plane Earlier, Iran’s official The disaster came as Bringing back the focus to resolution on it that entire J MOONSET TOMORROW 8.45 AM came down on IRNA news agency had tensions soared in the the apolitical nature of the and K is part of India. If Wednesday shortly after published a statement region after the Indian Army, the new DRDO probing sat Iran launched missiles at Hassan Rouhani from the military saying Soleimani killing, and Army Chief, Gen. Manoj Parliament wants that area bases hosting American disastrous mistake,” the Boeing 737 was mis- fears grew of an all-out Mukund Naravane, said should also belong to us and phone signals traced forces in Iraq in response Iranian President Hassan taken for a “hostile war between the United on Saturday that the if we get orders to that from TN village to the killing of Qasem Rouhani tweeted. plane” at a time when States and Iran. Army and the armed effect, then definitely we Soleimani, one of Iran's “Armed Forces' internal enemy threats were at the Washington has said the forces owe their alle- will take action on it Coimbatore: The Defence top generals, in a US investigation has con- highest level. Soleimani strike was car- giance to the Constitution Research and Development drone strike. cluded that regrettably The admission came a ried out to prevent ‘immi- of India and its core val- — GEN.M.M NARAVANE, Organisation (DRDO) is “The Islamic Republic missiles fired due to day after Iran's civil avia- nent’, large-scale attacks ues of “justice, liberty, Chief of Army Staff investigating the reported of Iran deeply regrets this human error caused the tion chief denied claims on US embassies. — AFP equality and fraternity,” satellite phone signals traced as enshrined in the the “ABC” of the Indian torial integrity, it is to from a village near Preamble, should guide Army was “allegiance, secure for our people Kangeyam in nearby Tirupur the forces in all their belief and consolidation,” these core values,” said district. The signals were actions at all times. adding, “We swear alle- the Army Chief. picked up from a village near Indirect polls: “As the Army, we swear giance to the Constitution This is what, the new Kunnathur by INS Parundu, allegiance to the Const- of India. Be it officers or Army Chief who took an Indian Naval air station itution of India... Justice, jawans, we have taken oath charge on December 31 located near Uchipuli in AIADMK, allies liberty, equality and frater- to protect the Constitution said, needs to be kept in Ramanathapuram district, nity enshrined in the con- and that is what should mind at all the times. and officials alerted DRDO, secure big win stitution should guide us,” guide us in all time and all Gen. Naravane’s comments police said. A team from he said in his opening our actions”. come in the backdrop of DRDO is at Kunnathur to remarks at his first press “What it translates into allegations by Opposition trace those using the satellite J. V. SIVA PRASANNA conference as Army Chief. is also the core values parties that the armed phone, police said, adding KUMAR | DC Gen. Naravane’s unequivo- which are enshrined in forces are being politi- use of such phones is CHENNAI, JAN. 11 cal message on the Army the Preamble to the cised.His predecessor and banned in India. being apolitical follows his Constitution — that is, current Chief of Defence The ruling AIADMK which predecessor General Bipin justice, liberty, equality Staff (CDS) Bipin Rawat took a huge lead over its Rawat’s criticism of those and fraternity and that is was criticised for comment- Nirbhaya case: rival DMK in the indirect leading the protests against what we are fighting for ing on political issues, elections to the posts of the citizenship law some (when) we are deployed in including students’ protests SC to hear curative presidents and vice presi- weeks ago. the border safeguarding against the Citizenship dents of district panchayat Gen. Naravane said that the sovereignty and terri- Amendment Act (CAA). plea on Jan. 14 councils and chairpersons and vice chairpersons of GONE IN SECONDS New Delhi: A five-judge panchayat union councils, bench of the Supreme Court surged ahead registering No NOC? Close private drinking JNU: Cops identify will hear on January 14 cura- an impressive win in a A view of Holy Faith H20, a water-front complex, being demolished using controlled tive petitions of two of the majority of seats. implosion at Maradu in Kochi, on Saturday. ■Report on P7 — DC 37 more accused four death-row convicts in The presence of large water suppliers, says Madras HC the Nirbhaya case. number of independents in J. STALIN | DC A bench of Justices N V the councils tilted the scale CHENNAI, JAN. 11 from WhatsApp Ramana, Arun Mishra, R F in AIADMK’s favour, it is New Delhi, Jan. 11 A day Nariman, R Banumathi and said. Of the 27 district The Madras high court after the the Delhi Police Ashok Bhushan will hear the panchayat councils, the Mamata joins dharna after has directed the authori- identified nine suspects curative petitions filed by AIADMK emerged victori- ties of the public works responsible for Jawaharlal Vinay Sharma (26) and ous from 13 while its ally department to ensure Nehru University violence Mukesh Kumar (32) at 1.45 PMK won a district pan- complete closure of the on January 5, the sources pm on Tuesday. Curative chayat chairman post. The units manufacturing puri- or Chennai Metro Water in Delhi Police on petitions are decided in- DMK won in 12 places and asking PM to repeal CAA fied water, who do not Supply and Sewerage Saturday said that the SIT chambers by the judges. its major ally the Congress hold valid no objection Board (CMWSSB) for such has also identified 37 more could not secure any seat RAJIB CHOWDHURI | DC certificate (NOC) or per- extraction of ground suspects from a Six dead in blast at due to the raw deal it had KOLKATA, JAN. 11 mission from the depart- water and submit a com- “WhatsApp group” that received from the DMK ment concerned either pliance report on was created during the vio- gas manufacturing during seat sharing negoti- Prime Minister Narendra Public Works Department February 6, 2020. ■ P3 lence at the campus. — DC ations. Modi met with West unit near Vadodara In the indirect elections Bengal chief minister to the Panchayat union Vadodara: Six workers Mamata Banerjee on chairperson posts, the were killed and several Saturday evening amid AIADMK secured 140, out others injured in an explo- massive protests against of 287 councils for which sion at an industrial and the Citizenship election was held, while its medical gas manufacturing (Amendment) Act, allies the BJP and PMK factory in Gujarat's National Register of won 3 and 7 places respec- Vadodara district on Citizens (NRC) and tively. ■ P4 Saturday morning, the National Population police said. Register (NPR) across The explosion took place Kolkata. At their meeting around 11 am at Aims DSP Venkatesan in Raj Bhavan, Ms Banerjee raised her fierce Industries near Gavasad People stage a protest against Citizenship Amendment village in Padra tehsil. The opposition to the CAA and attacked NRC and demanded that Act and JNU violence at Valluvar Kottam in Chennai on plant is located off Padra- Saturday. — DC Jambusar highway, a Chennai, Jan. 11: they be withdrawn. senior police official said. Saturday poll was also Just after the meeting, marred by violence in ,Mamata went straight to which the Virudhun- TMC students wing sit-in CAA discriminatory Bangladesh foreign agar Deputy Superint- demonstration in the city COUNTER POINT endent of Police Venk- against CAA, where she and divisive, it must minister cancels atesan was attacked reiterated her stand that with a sickle by an the new Citizenship law armed gang in Narikudi would never be imple- be withdrawn: CWC Delhi visit panchayat union office mented in Bengal. SREEPARNA SRIDHAR when he attempted to Due to several large CHAKRABARTY | DC KUMARASWAMI | DC stop the gang.