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WORLD

SPORT

Questioning the axioms

ISLAMICSTATE
CONFIRMS
JIHADIJOHNS
DEATHP16

INDIALOSE
DESPITETWO
CENTURIES
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By S N Balagangadhara

THE IDEAS PAGE: Its like killing a

child, By Claude Alvares, P15

HYDERABAD UNIVERSITY CRISIS

Dalit profs threaten to quit,

campus tries to lower heat

Univ may reduce term of suspension for Rohiths friends, announce a break

Univ to court:
ABVP leaders
attack claim
overboard, bid
for sympathy

APURVA &
RITIKA CHOPRA

HYDERABAD, NEW DELHI,

JANUARY 20

MILITANTS STORM PAK UNIVERSITY, 20 DEAD

Men surround the coffin of a student, who was killed in a militant attack at Bacha Khan University, outside a hospital in
Charsadda, Pakistan, Wednesday. Reuters REPORT, PAGE 16

UP govt
misled us on
appointment
of Lokayukta,
says SC
UTKARSH ANAND

NEW DELHI, JANUARY 20

THE
SUPREME
Court
Wednesday said it had been
misled into appointing Justice
(retd) Virendra Singh as the new
Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh and
thatitwillrecalltheorderpassed
morethanamonthagoif theappointment is held to be very inappropriate.
We accept that we have
beenmisled...wehavebeenmisled since it now transpires that
theChiefJustice(oftheAllahabad
High Court) had objected to this
name and according to the Chief
Justice, the Chief Minister had
agreednottoproposethisname.
We agree that there had been
misrepresentationthattheChief
Justice had not expressed any
view on this name, observed a
bench of Justice Ranjan Gogoi
and Justice P C Pant.
If Virendra Singhs name is
very inappropriate, we will recallourorderandappointsomeone else... leave it to us how to do
it and who should be appointed, the bench added.

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GOVT &
POLITICS

40% STUDENTS ARE

RAGGED, LESS THAN
9% SPEAK OUT:
UGC-FUNDED STUDY
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BUSINESS AS USUAL
BY UNNY

DELHI SECRETARIAT RAID

No divine powers, return

seized papers: Court to CBI
Shot in arm for AAP, Kejriwal says time for PM to explain
KAUNAIN SHERIFF M

NEW DELHI, JANUARY 20

STATING THAT the CBI cannot
beclothedwithdivinepowers,a
special court Wednesday directedtheprobeagencytoreturn
the original documents seized
fromtheDelhiSecretariatduring
a raid conducted at the office of
Rajendra Kumar, Principal
Secretary to the Chief Minister.
Special Judge Ajay Kumar
Jain said the CBI cannot retain
the documents in the garb of the
argument that investigation is
in progress without whispering...inwhatmannertheyarerelated to the present case.
The CBI has not been able to

RAJENDRA KUMAR
disclose any reason for seizing of
documents... except a bald plea
that investigation is going at the
desired pace, Jain said.
Later in the day, Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal
tweeted, After todays CBI court
order directing release of docs

seized from CMO, PMO owes an

explanation to the nation since
CBI reports to PM.
The court also said it seemed
like proceedings against Kumar
had been initiated in haste.
There appears (to be) a deviation in the present case as CBI,
withoutconductingpreliminary
inquiry, straightaway registered
theregularcaseonoralinformation, he said.
In (a) scenario when the
publicservant,whiledischarging
his official duty, misuses power
and when there is no direct allegation of pecuniary advantage,

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RELATED REPORT, PAGE 6

DEEPENING THE crisis in

Hyderabad University, teachers
belonging to the Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Wednesday unanimously resolved to resign from all administrative posts in solidarity with
students protesting the suspension of five students, one of
whom committed suicide last
Sunday.
The University of Hyderabad
SC/ST Teachers and Officers
Forumalsocondemnedremarks
made by HRD Minister Smriti
Irani at a press conference in
New Delhi and alleged she had
misrepresented facts and
misled the nation.
We express our solidarity
with students who are protesting against the death of Rohith
Vemula and demand the immediate revocation of suspension
and removal of police cases filed
against our students, the
Forum said in a statement. This

SREENIVAS JANYALA

HYDERABAD, JANUARY 20

Protests in Hyderabad, Wednesday. AP

is the first time a teachers body
of the university passed such a
resolution. In response to the
honourable ministers fabricated statements, we the Dalit
faculty and officers will lay
down our administrative positions, said one of the teachers
at the protest site.
S Sudhakar Babu, convenor
of the Forum, said they will begin tendering resignations if
their demands are not met. We

wantallstudentsreinstated,jobs
and compensation for Rohith
Vemulas family and a better
mechanism in the university to
deal with such student issues,
Babu told The Indian Express.
According to the Forum,
Irani Wednesday said a senior
Dalit professor was part

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A DEATH ON CAMPUS, P12

Malicious attempt to make it a

Dalit issue, ignite passions: Irani
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 20

BREAKING HER silence on the

suicide of a young research
scholar at Hyderabad University
lastSunday,HRDMinisterSmriti
Irani said Wednesday that the
incident was being misrepresented with malicious intent
as a caste battle.
I am compelled to come out
today because there has been a
maliciousattempttopresentthis
as a Dalit versus non-Dalit issue
to ignite passions. The student

Smriti Irani:
Suicide note
does not
mention
any MP
(ABVPleaderNandanamSusheel
Kumar) who was attacked was
himself anOBCstudent,shesaid
at a press conference, flanked by
Social Justice Empowerment
Minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot
and Minister of State for
CommerceNirmalaSitharaman.
Dismissing allegations of in-

fluencing university authorities

into suspending five research
scholars, including Rohith
Vemulawhocommittedsuicide,
Irani pointed that the executive
council of Hyderabad University
which took the decision was
madeupof nomineesof theprevious government.
I would also like to point out
that the suicide note of the student does not mention any political organisation or MP except
Ambedkar Student Association
of whichhe washimself amember, she said.

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IN A counter-affidavit filed by
the University of Hyderabad responding to a petition in the
High Court by Nandanam
Vinaya, mother of ABVP student
leader N Susheel Kumar, the
university said that the allegations made by Susheel Kumar
that he was attacked by a
group of students including
Rohith Vemula is a little
overboard and the petitioner is
only trying to generate sympathy of this Honble Court.
Filed by the Registrar (InCharge) B Pandu Reddy on
November 27, 2015, the
counter-affidavit was in response to a writ petition filed on
August 27 that sought to direct
the respondent authorities
State of Telangana, DGP,
Commissioner of Police, Station
House Officer (Gachibowli),
University of Hyderabad, Dean
of Students Welfare and Union
of India to provide security to
stop further threats and attacks
on her son Susheel Kumar. And
to punish the persons responsible for this attack.
In his counter-affidavit, the
university Registrar said he was
well-acquaintedwiththefactsof
thecase.Ihavegonethroughthe
affidavit filed in support of the
writpetitionandIdenyalltheallegations made therein except
thosethatarespecificallyadmitted hereunder. The allegations
made by the petitioner against
the University and its officers

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Every proposal for Cabinet approval should Amit Shah set to start his full
mention its job potential: Govt to Ministries term as BJP president Sunday
RAGHVENDRA RAO

NEW DELHI, JANUARY 20

MOVING TO prioritise employment generation, the government has decided that all ministries will now have to reflect
the employment generation
potentialof everyproposalthey
put up before the Cabinet or its
committees for approval.
In a communication to all
Secretaries, Special Secretary
(Cabinet) Jai P Prakash stated
that all Cabinet notes will now
have to separately and
clearly reflect the employ-

ment generation potential of

each proposal.
In view of the fact that employment generation in various
sectors is vital for countrys socio-economicdevelopment,this
aspecthastobeanimportantcriterionforanyproject/schemeappraisal, the Special Secretarys
letter states, adding henceforth
all the notes for Cabinet and its
committees should separately
and clearly reflect the employment generation potential of
each proposal.
All Cabinet notes will now
havetoindicatetheemployment

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SENSEX AT 20-MONTH LOW, RUPEE AT 28-MONTH

FALLING

CLEARED

The benchmark Sensex

fell 417.8 points to close at a
20-month low of 24,062
Rupee fell below 68
against the dollar before
recovering to close at
28-month low of 67.95

Amendments to Tariff
Policy for Electricity
cleared; new norms
tighten regulatory
discretion in tariff setting,
offer clean energy push
REPORTS, PAGE 19

ASSURANCE: At the WEF meet in Davos, RBI

Governor Raghuram Rajan said that tanking of
stock markets are actually markets
problem and not that of the economy

SHEELA BHATT

NEW DELHI, JANUARY 20

AMIT SHAH will start a full term
as BJP president on January 24
after completing the remaining
period of Rajnath Singhs term
who resigned as party president
in 2014 to join the Modi government as Union Home Minister.
BJP sources said Shahs appointmentsuggestscontinuance
of Modis political template of
development and Hindutva.
Shah starts his new innings
at a time when the party and he
are still recovering from the

Vikas and
Hindutva:
twin planks
drubbinginBihar,whentheeconomic outlook remains lacklustre,andthereisgrowingconcern
among minorities and Dalits on
the Parivar agenda.
A close associate of Modi,
Shah wants the party to be more
proactive in implementing the
central governments agenda,
especially in pushing missions

like Namami Gange, Swachh

Bharat Abhiyan and Beti Bachao,
Beti Padhao Yojana.
On the electoral front, he has
topreparethepartyforelections
in the states in the next two
years. Assam, Tamil Nadu, West
Bengal, Kerala and Puducherry
willgotoassemblypollsinAprilMay while Uttar Pradesh,
Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and
Manipur are due to vote in 2017.
Although Shahs name for a
full term as BJP chief had been
doing the rounds, it was not a
smooth affair. Many rounds of
negotiations and debates took

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A love story, a death, a man who thought he was a woman

MUZAMIL JALEEL

NEW DELHI, JANUARY 20

WHEN THE body of engineering
student Owais Bashir Malik, 21,
was found near a railway bridge
on the outskirts of Srinagar, police had little to go on. The victim had no known enemy and
there was no clear motive or
suspect.
Hisfamilyhadfiledamissing
persons report on January 13, a
day after he went missing, and a
day before his body was found.
They were worried about his
safety but hopeful he would re-

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turn home. The next day, we
found his body, said Senior
Superintendent of Police,
Budgam, Fayaz Ahmad Lone.
The murder sparked immediateprotests.Therewasalotof
pressuretocrackthecase.Owais
had no enemies. There were no
suspects,said Deputy Inspector
General of Police Ghulam
Hassan Mir. But we had one
clue. Owais had been in touch
with a girl for a year and had

gone to meet her. His sister said

her name was Umaira and that
she was from Wanabal neighbourhood. She, too, had spoken
to the girl several times on
phone, including once after
Owaiswentmissing.Butnobody
felt she had any role in the case.
Then came the revelation.
We checked Owaiss phone
records and found he had been
speaking to Umaira for hours
every day. There were nights
when they wouldnt sleep, said
Mir. We wanted to question
Umaira. Thats when we discovered that Umaira wasnt a girl,
but a boy.

People watch Owaiss funeral procession in Srinagar. AP

Umaira, Mir said, was an

identity assumed by Owaiss
childhood friend Ishaan Majeed,
21. The two used to be in the
same school till Class V. Then,
about a year ago, their paths
crossed again.
Ishaan hadnt been in touch
with Owais since class V. He created a Facebook page under the
name Umaira and put up actor
Shilpa Shettys photo as the profile picture. He got in touch with
Owais on Facebook. His family,
especiallytwoof hissisters,were
quite fond of Umaira. His sister
told us that whenever Owaiss
phone was switched off or if he

didntpickupthephone,Umaira
wouldcallherandpleadwithher
to pass the phone to Owais.
Owaiss cousin Tanveer had also
spoken to Umaira on phone.
Things were so intense that
Owais wouldnt even eat with
the family he would take his
food to his room as he was alwaysonthephonewithUmaira,
said Mir. Owaiss family was
aware of this relationship. They
didnt have a problem. His sister
told us they thought it was a seriousrelationship,andtherewas
no reason to disapprove of it.
The two, Mir said, had not

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