, . RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 +2%' +(345$ /0%*%/*1 2/)& 3%3(!%45# %'2 ( +& &0% *+ /0 %0? 0 8 8&+ *C % + 0 + +&0@ & %* C + *&D 0* 0%0 * 80 % 0 @ 0 D$@ * ,:35 ++/ /9A B +' 2 )6 * 6378! 39$3:; ! " # $%%"& '("% #$%&&'( !(()(''*+&, %*%( ! #$ %& ' R % ( ) * + housands of students, Tactivists and others poured out into streets as the protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) erupt- ed across the country on Thursday. Two protestors n were killed in the police firing in Mangaluru in Karnataka and one succumbed to bullet injury. Uttar Pradesh saw wide- spread violence, arson, and incidents of clashes between rotests against the police and protestors, but in PCitizenship Amendment other parts of the country the Act (CAA) have escalated protests were largely peaceful. across the country. Thursday In Mangaluru, police saw multiple protest rallies in clamped curfew until Friday the national Capital with night and aleged that the pro- senior Opposition leaders, a "" testors attempted to lay siege to large number of students and # $% & ' ! the Mangalore North police activists organising two mega station and tried to attack demonstrations. converged near the Jantar police personnel, following However, no reports of Mantar to voice their anger which force was used to dis- violence were reported in the against the contentious law perse them. national Capital on Thursday. after police forcefully evicted Two persons received bul- On Thursday morning, protesters from areas around let injuries in police firing and hundreds of protesters from Red Fort and Mandi House. they later succumbed at a hos- Jamia Millia Islamia, Jawaharlal “Police had requested the pital, police confirmed. The Nehru University (JNU) and protesters to apply for the des- deceased were identified as Delhi University, who have ignated place for the protest. In Jaleel Kudroli (49) and been holding protests since the non-designated places, Nausheen (23). Prominent cit- Sunday, began their march public face problems and many izens hit the streets in against the new law in the Red emergency services get affect- Bengaluru and Chennai along- Fort, defying CrPC Section 144 ed especially on Red Fort side students, activists and the imposed there by the Delhi route,” said Mandeep Singh general public to oppose the Police. Left parties also held a Randhawa, the Deputy contentious law. joint march at Mandi House in !#%$ '( Commissioner of Police (DCP) One person was shot dead ! central Delhi in the noon. " " and Public Relations Officer in Lucknow while two others Police, however, had denied ) (PRO), Delhi Police. were undergoing treatment in destruction of public assets Congress, SP and Left parties damaging public assets will be seizing their property,” he permission to all these groups % As the city witnessed mas- the trauma centre in the State during the protests by seizing have pushed the entire country seized and auctioned to com- added. even as they had applied for it. & ' ! sive protests over the Capital. It’s not yet clear from and auctioning off the proper- into fire,” he said. pensate for the losses,” he said. Yogi said prohibitory According to the police, the Citizenship Law, Delhi Chief where the firing took place. ty of those involved in the vio- “There was violence in He said those damaging orders under section 144 of the permission for the protest gave refreshments to the Minister Arvind Kejriwal UP Chief Minister Yogi lence. “There is no place for Lucknow and Sambhal and we property have been captured in CrPC have been in force in the march was denied detained protesters. appealed to the Union Adityanath said his violence in a democracy. In the will deal with it strictly. All video and CCTV footage. “We State since November 8 and no due to law and order, and traf- Opposition leaders includ- Government not to imple- Government will “revenge” the name of opposing the CAA, the property of those involved in will take revenge from them by demonstration can take place fic issues. ing D Raja, Sitaram Yechury, ment the new legislation. “I without permission. Around 1,200 protesters Nilotpal Basu, Brinda Karat, appeal to the Centre with fold- Protests in West Bengal, including students, activists Ajay Maken, Sandeep Dikshit ed hands not to bring this leg- ,) Assam and Meghalaya, which and Oppositions leaders were and activists Yogendra Yadav islation at this time. The need R * were at the centre of the stir detained temporarily from Red and Umar Khalid were among of the hour is to provide initially, were largely peaceful. Fort and Mandi House and those detained near the Red employment to the youth. We ) Protests were also held in they were kept at multiple Fort and Mandi House — the should all try to bring employ- Maharashtra, Gujarat, locations including Bawana’s sites of the two demonstra- ment opportunities for our !" Telangana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Rajiv Gandhi sports complex tions. children and this law is not Chandigarh, Jammu, Rajasthan and Surajmal Stadium and Meanwhile, on Thursday needed,” he said on the side- 19 IndiGo flights were can- airlines — Vistara, GoAir, Air and Madhya Pradesh, among they were released on afternoon, hundreds of flag- lines of an celled and 16 others were India and IndiGo — adjusted in subsequent flights other States. Thursday evening. Police also waving students and activists event. ollowing the protests over delayed as crew members announced that their passen- for no extra fees. Fnewly introduced were stuck in traffic jam gers, who are stuck in traffic “Till now, 16 flights have Citizenship Amendment Act on NH-8. due to anti-CAA protests in been delayed due to traffic jam (CAA) in the national Capital, According to officials, four various parts of Delhi, will be at NH-8. * % + " O- P " " # $% % handed appointment letters to In accordance with the vacant posts, he said. The state % farmer staged a walk out. grain procurement from the & '( ( ( some of the candidates for the intent of the Chief Minister government has also ensured Replying to a query from state would be reduced by 7 lakh * ( n a major relief to thousands post of Assistant Professors. Kamal Nath, we have decided that those candidates who have adhya Pradesh Assembly BJP MLA Devendra Verma, metric tonnes. “I had spoken to + O -../ Iof guest teachers protesting Protesting the move and to delete the prefix ‘Atithi’ obtained higher degrees in Mhere on Thursday wit- Revenue Minister Govind Singh New Delhi and learnt that the 01 +2 ( here for around a week, Higher alleging non-creation of the from the designation of these last 15 years are offered suitable nessed bedlam over payment of Rajput had replied that the farm- deduction was caused by bonus (( L 2M Education Minister Jitu Patwari fresh posts, the Guest Faculties’ faculties, announced the min- posts speedily in accordance wheat bonus to farmers as the ers were offered bonus under offered by your (BJP) govern- here on Thursday declared Association had hit the state ister. with their academic record. BJP MLAs accused that the Kisan Samriddhi Yojana. The ment and if we had mentioned 2' that from now on, the guest capital with a protest on Dec 10 Equating the dismal show After this process of fact Kamal Nath government was BJP Chief Whip Narottam about paying wheat bonus, they ' ( 5 faculties would be called and also continued at of Higher Education depart- finding is complete in next 15 not willing to pay the bonus. Mishra however pointed out could have slashed procurement ‘Vidwan’ and affirmed that not Shahjehani Park with the ment in last 15 years in recruit- days, the choice filling shall Amid heated arguments, that the general budget and sup- further.” !"# a single guest faculty would lose protest. ing regular faculties to Vyapam start from Jan 1, 2020 to ensure Chief Minister targeting oppo- plementary budget do not spec- Nath asked the BJP to take $ job in the State. “Shivraj government is scam like ignominy, Patwari that guest faculties are offered sition lawmakers claimed that ify anything about the said up this issue with the Centre and !% %'%(& ( He was talking to media responsible for the plight of claimed that this was the rea- posts in local colleges wherev- there is a difference between scheme. Leader of Opposition questioned how many BJP MPs persons in the State assembly thousands of guest faculties as son, MP now stands among er the vacancies are available, wagging your tongue and run- Gopal Bhargav and former Chief raised the demand of 8,000 cr ( (' premises on Thursday. Patwari nothing was done to regularise last four states in terms of fac- announced the minister. ning the government. This Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan relief package with the central * also announced that these fac- them in last 15 years,” Higher ulty recruitment in the coun- The Minister also prompted more commotion in too joined in asking whether the government. ( 6*7 ( ulties would be offered choice Education minister told. try in higher education. announced that the state gov- the House as Leader of Congress government was plan- Meanwhile, Finance minis- 0 * filling so that they could be The previous government The Minister said that his ernment is working on a pol- Opposition Gopal Bhargav ning to pay Rs 160 per quintal on ter Tarun Bhanot also 6*07# 8 2( accommodated in local college should have conducted PSC department had filled up some icy for regularisation of con- called this an assault on freedom wheat to farmers or not. announced that farmers would ( & '( of their native towns if there are exams every year but it wasn’t of the posts of faculties tractual employees including of expression of the legislators. As the commotion did not get what is promised to them by '(( vacancies.