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PAGE 3 CAB clears acid test in RS too Dilip Kumar turns Protests escalate in NE , Curfew in Guwahati 97, says grateful for AGENCY love and prayers NEW DELHI, DEC 11 Shiv Sena 5000 paramilitary personnel MUMBAI: Legendary actor Dilip Kumar, who turned 97 on The landmark Citizenship (Amendment) abstains voting Wednesday, said all the love and Bill, 2019 on Wednesday got the nod of Par- NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena MPs in the Ra- deployed in Assam, others affection he has received from liament after the Rajya Sabha approved the jya Sabha on Wednesday were not pres- fans fills him with gratitude and Bill. ent in the House during the voting on the tears. Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019. On The actor uploaded a picture of As many as 125 members of the Upper House voted in favour of the Bill while 105 being asked if they have boycotted the himself on Twitter and wrote, voting, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said, "On this 97th birthday, calls and MPs voted against the Bill. The Shiv Sena "Yes, Shiv Sena has boycotted the vot- messages have been pouring in did not participate in the voting. ing." The party had on Monday voted in since last night-thank you! The Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on favour of the Bill in the Lok Sabha. Raut "Celebrations are not important- Monday night with a majority of 311 votes had earlier today said that his party will your boundless love, affection against 80 votes where 391 members were support the Bill in the Rajya Sabha only if and prayers have always present and voting. the Centre answers all the questions brought tears of gratitude in my After the hours-long debate followed by raised by his party chief Uddhav Thacker- eyes." Home Minister Amit Shah's reply, the House ay. "We have to clear our doubts on this Last year, the actor was diag- negated a motion to send the Bill to a select Bill. If we do not get satisfactory answers, nosed with mild pneumonia. Ac- committee of Parliament with 92 in favour then our stand could be different from cording to his wife Saira Banu, and 113 going against it. In his reply, Home what we took in the Lok Sabha," Raut the actor's health is much better Miniter Amit Shah said that Bill has been told reporters here. now. brought to rectify a historic blunder -- the partition -- and give a dignified life to non- Muslims of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Leopard skin Afghanistan who fled religious persecution and settled in India before December 31, Neither CAB nor abrogation of NEW DELHI, DEC 11 mir recently. worth Rs 10 lakh 2014. Responding to the debate, Home Min- The remaining have been rede- ister Shah said the spirit of Nehru-Liaquat Article 370 anti-Muslim: Amit Shah The Centre on Wednesday airlifted 50 ployed from other states. seized, two held Pact was not followed by the neighboring NEW DELHI: Neither Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, nor abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitu- companies of paramilitary forces to The troops are from the Central Re- THANE: Two persons were ar- country, which led to the need for bringing tion is anti-Muslim, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said replying to the debate on the Bill in the Northeastern states, including Assam, serve Police Force (CRPF), the Border rested in Mira Road locality in the the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019. Upper House of the Parliament. after violent protests continued to be re- Security Force (BSF) and the Sashastra district and a leopard skin worth "The spirit of Liaquat-Nehru pact was not "Neither Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is anti-Muslim, nor abrogation of Article 370 is anti-Muslim. ported for the second consecutive day Seema Bal (SSB). Rs 10 lakh was recovered from followed by the neighboring country. It is the Triple Talaq Bill is not anti-Muslim either. Triple Talaq is the Bill to give rights to crores of Muslim on Wednesday against the Citizenship A day after total shutdown in Assam them, police said on Wednesday. women in the country," he said. duty of every government to follow it in let- Talking about the abrogation of Article 370 which conferred special status to the erstwhile state of (Amendment) Bill. to protest against the Citizenship The arrest was made on Tuesday, ter and spirit," said Shah. According to The contentious bill has been intro- (Amendment) Bill, fresh protests erupt- they said. Jammu and Kashmir, Shah said: "Do only Muslims live in Jammu and Kashmir? No Hindus? No Nehru-Liyaqat pact, it was promised that re- Buddhists? Why is it viewed like that? It has been abrogated for everyone and not only for Mus- duced in the Rajya Sabha where a debate ed in the state on Wednesday. "Navghar Police in Mira Road got ligious minorities of each country would get is currently on. To tackle the situation, the police a tip-off that two persons from lims." equal opportunities in politics, services, and "How can the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, be anti-Muslim?" he asked. Off the 50 companies that have been had to fire rubber bullets and resort to Dadra and Nagar Haveli were permission to practice the faith. deployed, nearly 20 companies were lathi charge on the protestors in Dibru- coming to the township to sell a those which were withdrawn from Kash- garh district, police said. leopard skin," a release issued by the district police said. Accordingly, a trap was laid and when the duo reached the Golden Nest Circle, police caught them. INDIA @240 Modi gets clean chit in post-Godhra riots The leopard skin was recovered MUMBAI : Quick-fire half-centuries from them. from KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli helped India score 240/3 AGENCY sary for Modi, who was then gation was made by former IPS against the West Indies in the 3rd GANDHINAGAR, DEC 11 the Gujarat Chief Minister, to Shreekumar in which he claimed SC to hear review T20I at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadi- inform all the high officers of that there was a meeting held at um on Wednesday. Both India The Nanavati-Mehta Commission Report the state about his visit to Modi's residence on February 27, petitions in Ayodhya openers batted with only one intent on post-Godhra riots, which was tabled in Godhra. 2002 night. In the meeting, the case today and that reflected as they smashed Gujarat assembly on Wednesday, has giv- "The concerned officers then Chief Minister directed the the West Indies bowlers to all parts en clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra were informed about his visit police and the state administra- NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of the ground, scoring 72 runs in the Modi. and they had made necessary tion to refrain from resorting to will tomorrow hear the petitions first six overs. Rohit and Rahul Talking to media persons, Gujarat arrangements for that visit. It any strict action and to permit the seeking review of its verdict on showed no mercy on the West Indi- Home Minister Pradipsinh Jadeja said: was not a secret meeting," he majority community to express Ayodhya land title dispute case. an bowlers and brought up 100 runs A five-judge Constitution bench "Allegations were made on Narendra Modi added. Meanwhile, on allega- their anger and anguish against on the board in the eight over. They that he visited Godhra without informing tions of disturbance of evidence in the S-6 the minority community. On these alle- will hear the petitions at 1.40 pm both added 135 runs for the open- tomorrow. Justice Sanjiv Khanna, anyone. This allegation has stood false in coach of Sabarmati Express, the report gations, the commission reported: ing wicket. After Rohit departed on the report of the commission. It was not a said: "There is no material to show that the "Shreekumar has not claimed that he was who replaces the former Chief 71 runs, India's ploy to promote Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi in secret visit nor a visit to destroy the evi- Chief Minister, by entering the burnt coach present in the said meeting. While offi- Rishabh Pant back-fired as he got dence." S6, disturbed any evidence and that it was cers present in the meeting have not sup- the five-judge Constitution bench, out without troubling the scorers. will decide whether the hearing The minister said that it was not neces- done with some ulterior motive." An alle- ported this version." should be conducted in an open court or in-chamber. Earlier today, key Hindu litigant Nirmohi Akhara ED attaches properties of filed a review petition in the apex Former top court judge to inquire into Sanskriti model school court. Since the pronouncement of the verdict, a handful of review gangster Iqbal Mirchi petitions have been filed. Last MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday provi- Telangana encounter, proposes SC month, a five-judge bench had sionally attached immovable properties of gangster Iqbal Mirchi in in each block of connection with a money laundering case. unanimously ruled in favour of AGENCY 27. Her charred body was re- Supreme Court judge to in- Ram Lalla and said the entire dis- These properties, with a market value of Rs 600 crore, include the puted land spread over 2.7 acres third and fourth floors of Ceejay House, three flats in Sahil Bungalow NEW DELHI, DEC 11 covered a day later.