c m y k c m y k TABLOID Richa completes25 HE SIAN GE Madam T NEWA DELHI SATURDAY 14 DECEMBER 2019 A Chief Minister PEOPLE | Newsmakers WORLD | Climate Clint Eastwood gets Greta Thunberg hits back criticised over ‘sex at Donald Trump’s ‘anger for stories’ portrayal 12 management’ comment 5 www.asianage.com RNI No. 57290/94, Regd No: DL-SW-05/4189/15-17 Vol. 26 No. 298 | 32 PAGES | `5.00 WINDOWS ■ Violence continues in Upper Assam, but Guwahati calmer Abe-Modi summit off as Boris sweeps polls, vows Jan. 31 Brexit protests rock Northeast Labour’s worst show since 1935, loses strongholds SRIDHAR ADITI KHANNA KUMARASWAMI LONDON, DEC. 13 NEW DELHI, DEC. 13 DHARNA IN GUWAHATI Anti-CAB stir Election-weary British In a major casualty of the voters gave Prime violent protests rocking up in Bengal, Minister Boris Johnson Assam and some other a “powerful new man- parts of the Northeast due arson in train date” in the historic to the Citizenship December 12 general (Amendment) Bill contro- RAJIB CHOWDHURI election as his versy, India on Friday and PRANOMY Conservative Party on announced the cancella- BRAHMACHARI Friday won a command- tion of its annual summit KOLKATA/BERHAMPORE, ing majority in the Sienna Miller attends a spe- with Japan that was to DEC. 13 House of Commons to British PM Boris Johnson is greeted by the staff as cial screening of American have been held in allow him to finalise he returns to 10 Downing Street after meeting Queen Woman at Metrograph in New Guwahati from December The raging flames of vio- UK’s divorce deal with Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on Friday. — AP York on Thursday. — AP 15 to 17. With this, Assamese film actors take part in a hungerstrike organ- lent protests against the the European Union next Japanese Prime Minister ised by the All-Assam Students Union in protest against National Register of month. We did it, we Shinzo Abe’s visit to India the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Guwhati on Friday. Citizens and Citizenship Mr Johnson, 55, who Exports continue to for the summit was also The situation in Assam has started limping back to nor- (Amendment) Bill spread vigorously campaigned pulled it off, didn’t cancelled. “With refer- mal with AASU deciding to confine its agitation only to from Assam to West on a simple slogan “Get we? We broke the fall; FM vows more ence to the proposed visit daytime, besides dissociating from those indulging in Bengal on Friday as angry Brexit Done”, vowed that deadlock, we stimulus measures of Japanese PM Shinzo violence. ■ Report on Page 2 — PTI demonstrators attacked he will work “flat out” to ended the gridlock, Abe to India, both sides the crowded Coromandal repay the trust of voters we smashed the New Delhi: India’s exports have decided to defer the Express and began arson after the Conservatives’ plunged for the fourth visit to a mutually conve- Dhaka summons India HC as and looting at railway most emphatic majority roadblock month in a row in Nove- nient date in the near property in two districts. since the 1980s under — Boris future,” the external The day also saw an Margaret Thatcher. mber, dipping 0.34 per cent Bangla diplomat is attacked Johnson, to $25.98 billion, mainly due affairs ministry elderly man’s death in a A 365-seat haul gave the to poor shipments of petro- announced in a terse VINEETA PANDEY asking India to increase district at the India- Conservative Party a UK PM statement. The proposed NEW DELHI, DEC. 13 the security of its diplo- Bangladesh border and an solid 80-seat majority in leum, gems and jewellery Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn, and leather products. venue was never officially mats and missions in the attack on a senior the 650-strong House of him by voters, who announced but all prepa- Bangladesh foreign office Northeast. Bharatiya Janata Party Commons. The who led his party to its turned out for the first Imports too fell by 12.71 per worst defeat in decades, cent to $38.11 billion in rations had been made to had on Thursday sum- Anti-CAB protestors on leader. Conservatives won St winter election in hold the summit in moned Indian high com- December 11 night West Bengal Chief min- Ives — the final seat to leaves his home in north decades to register a 67 November, narrowing the London on Friday. He trade deficit to $12.12 bil- Guwahati. The MEA had, missioner in Dhaka, Riva attacked Bangladesh ister Mamata Banerjee, declare — by 80 votes. per cent turnout. however, officially Ganguly Das, to protest assistant high commis- who announced a Mr Johnson met Queen has said he will not lead Mr Johnson, who won lion, government data it in the next election. showed Friday. — PTI announced the dates against the attack on the sioner Tanvir Mansur’s Trinamul rally against Elizabeth II at the his own seat in London’s recently for the summit. convoy of its diplomat by convoy while he was on the NRC and CAB on Buckingham Palace to — AP Uxbridge and South The new dates and protesters in Guwahati way to his residence from Sunday, has appealed to formally seek her per- a “new dawn” which Ruislip, hailed the New expenditure, venue are expected to be and vandalisation of Guwahati airport. people to maintain peace. mission to form his new “unarguably” broke the Conservative Party’s tri- ■ Turn to Page 4 Chancery signposts while ■ More on Page 2 ■ More on Page 2 government. Earlier, Brexit deadlock and umph as a “powerful I&B secys named addressing a victory vowed not to let down the new mandate” to move New Delhi: Senior IAS offi- rally, Mr Johnson hailed “sacred trust” placed in ■ Turn to Page 4 cer T.V. Somanathan was on Friday appointed expen- diture secretary, the post States can’t block CAB: Centre lying vacant since late India happy, PM greets Boris October, as part of a top- level bureaucratic reshuffle Bengal, MP, Punjab, Kerala, C’garh CMs vowed not to implement it AGE CORRESPONDENT “Many congratula- Conservatives. Seizing effected by the Centre. AGE CORRESPONDENT sation, in addition to oth- are rule either run by the given Indian citizenship NEW DELHI, DEC. 13 tions to PM the opportunity, Boris Me Somanathan is at pre- NEW DELHI, DEC. 13 ers. A senior ministry Congress or other after residing in India for @BorisJohnson for his Johnson also went all sent serving in his official said states do not Opposition parties. five years, instead of 11 The victory of Britain’s return with a thumping out to secure the UK cadre state Tamil Nadu. The Union home ministry have the power to decline Under the revised years earlier. The Conservative Party led majority. I wish him the Indian vote by visiting says that state govern- to implement a Central Citizenship Act, members Citizenship (Amendment) by Boris Johnson in best and look forward to Hindu temples in ments do not have any law which is in the Union of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Bill was passed by the Thursday’s election working together for Britain and endearing Army mulls post to powers to stall implemen- List. Jain, Parsi and Christian Rajya Sabha on came as a major relief closer India-UK ties,” himself to the communi- tation of the Citizenship The ministry’s view was communities who have Wednesday, and by the for India, after sections Prime Minister ty. deal with strategies (Amendment) Act in their made public after the come from Pakistan, Lok Sabha on Monday. of Labour Party includ- Narendra Modi tweeted. In contrast, almost the New Delhi: The Doklam states since it was enacted refusal by the chief minis- Bangladesh and Earlier, both Kerala CM ing its chief Jeremy The Labour Party’s entire UK Pakistani standoff with China has led under the Union List of ters of West Bengal, Afghanistan till Pinarayi Vijayan and Corbyn were seen to position on Kashmir community as well as the Indian Army to propose the Seventh Schedule Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, December 31, 2014 in the West Bengal CM Mamata have taken a pro- infuriated large sections those hailing from the setting up of a new all of the Constitution. Kerala and Chhattisgarh, wake of religious persecu- Banerjee had launched a Pakistan line on the of the British-Indian Pakistan-occupied powerful deputy chief of There are 97 items which among others, who have tion will be granted scathing attack on the Kashmir issue. diaspora, who had Kashmir were reported- strategy. The Indian Army is are under the Union List, categorically declared Indian citizenship. new law. Punjab chief New Delhi was swift to threatened to vote ly voting in favour of awaiting clearance from the which include defence, that they will not imple- According to the provi- minister Amarinder congratulate British against Labour and in Labour. Cabinet to start implemen- external affairs, railways, ment the law in their sions of the law, these Singh had also said his PM. favour of the ■ More on Page 3 tation of the new setup. citizenship and naturali- states. Most of these states refugees will now be ■ Turn to Page 4 Full report on Page 3 COUNTERPOINT Buzz in Jharkhand on IMPEACHMENT Rahul, BJP spar over ‘rape in India’ US House hung House scenarios BJP demands his apology for campaign remark, Rahul hits out at Modi SREEPARNA on December 23, specu- approves CHAKRABARTY lation is rife on possible AGE CORRESPONDENT ◗ Leaders like him PM’s response on why he Kanimozhi defended Mr RANCHI, DEC.