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INSIDE HC orders ASI survey of MP’s Bhojshala site INDORE: The MP High Court on Monday directed the ASI to carry out in six weeks a scientific survey of the Bhojshala complex, a medieval-era structure which both Hindus and Muslims claim as their own. INSIDE Another Chinese ship seen off Andhra coast NEW DELHI: A second Chinese research vessel in two months has been spotted off Andhra Pradesh coast, adding to New Delhi's anxiety over possible military intelligence-gathering in its backyard. BACK PAGE Days before the announcement of the Lok Sabha poll, the Centre on Monday notified the rules for implementing the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act-2019 (CAA) through a gazette notification. “In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 18 of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1955), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to further amend the Citizenship Rules, 2009. These rules may be called the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official gazette,” the notification said. The law makes it easier for Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Christian and Parsi refugees from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan to get Indian citizenship. The notification of rules came days after Home Minister Amit Shah said the law would be implemented before the Lok Sabha elections. It aims to give citizenship to non-Muslim migrants ■ The law makes it easier for Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Christian and Parsi refugees from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan to get Indian citizenship ■ The Home Ministry has readied a portal for the convenience of applicants as the entire process will be online ■ An empowered committee will review citizenship applications to ascertain the suitability of the applicants AMENDMENT BILL TABLED 8 YEARS AGO ■ 2016: Bill to amend 1955 Citi- zenship Act introduced in Parl ■ Dec 10, 2019: CAA passed by the Lok Sabha. The Rajya Sabha cleared it a day later ■ Dec 21, 2019: CAA Bill received presidential assent ■ March 11, 2024: Rules notified to implement the law ❝ PUNJAB AMONG STATES THAT OPPOSED LAW After the presidential assent to the CAA, several non-BJP states had passed resolutions against the law. Kerala, ruled by the LDF, was the first to pass such a resolution in December 2019 followed by Punjab in January 2020 under the then CM Amarinder Singh, who led a Congress govt DESIGNED TO POLARISE POLL After seeking nine extensions for the notification of the rules, the timing right before the elections is evidently designed to polarise the elections, especially in West Bengal and Assam. — Jairam Ramesh, CONG GEN SECY from the above-mentioned countries, who came to India before December 31, 2014. The implementation of the CAA was an integral part of the BJP’s 2019 Lok Sabha poll manifesto. Home Ministry sources said the CAA rules would remove legal barriers in providing rehabilitation and citizenship and ensure a dignified life to refugees who had continued on page 6 WestBengalatcore of BJP’s CAA push Aditi Tandon Tribune News Service New Delhi, March 11 A day after West Bengal’s ruling All India Trinamool Congress declared all 42 candidates for the coming Lok Sabha elections in the state, the BJP-led Centre notified rules to implement the longawaited Citizenship Amendment Act-2019, which was part of the saffron party’s poll promise in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and the 2021 Bengal poll. Campaign slogan, “Joh kaha woh kiya (we did what we said)”, thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for keeping his word hit BJP’s social media platforms soon as the government announced its decision to notify the rules for giving effect to the CAA that will grant citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim religious minorities who arrived in India by December 31, 2014, from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. “The CAA continued on page 6 Give poll bond info to EC by today, SBI told Satya Prakash Tribune News Service New Delhi, March 11 Dismissing the State Bank of India’s plea seeking time till June 30 to disclose details of electoral bonds, the Supreme Court on Monday ordered it to submit the details to the Election Commission by the close of the business hours tomorrow. A five-judge Constitution Bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud directed the EC to put the information received from the SBI on its website by 5 pm on March 15. SC junks plea seeking time till June 30, asks EC to upload details by March 15 WILFUL DISOBEDIENCE Though we are not exercising contempt jurisdiction, this court will proceed against the SBI for wilful disobedience if it doesn’t adhere to court directions. — Constitution Bench ❝ The Constitution Bench, which also included Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Justice BR Gavai, Justice JB Pardiwala UNVEILED IN 2017, SCHEME ANNULLED BY SC ■ 2017: Centre introduces poll bond scheme in Finance Bill ■ Sept 14: NGO ADR moves SC challenging the scheme ■ Jan 2, 2018: Central Govt notifies electoral bond scheme ■ Oct 16, 2023: Matter referred to 5-judge Constitution Bench and Justice Manoj Misra, had on February 15 declared unconstitutional the electoral bonds scheme. ■ Feb 15, 2024: In unanimous judgment, SC annuls scheme ■ Mar 4: SBI urges SC for time till June 30 to disclose details ■ Mar 7: Plea filed in SC seeking contempt action against SBI ■ Mar 11: Constitution Bench dismisses SBI’s petition “Submissions of the SBI in application indicate info sought is readily available. continued on page 6 PM OPENS DWARKA E-WAY ■ PM Modi on Monday inaugu- rated the Haryana section of Dwarka Expressway, a 19-km stretch expected to improve traffic flow between Delhi and Gurugram on NH-48 ■ It’s India’s first elevated 8-lane access control urban expressway ■ Length: 29 km (18.9 km in Haryana, 10.1 km in Delhi) ■ Cost: ~9,000 crore ■ The PM inaugurated and laid stone for 114 NH projects across the country worth about ~1 lakh crore << PM Modi, Union minister Nitin Gadkari & Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar at the expressway inauguration. PTI AAP launches poll drive, Mann to be frontman Ruchika M Khanna Tribune News Service Chandigarh, March 11 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal today made a pitch for all 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab as they launched the party campaign for the coming Lok Sabha poll. This is for the first time that Mann has been given precedence over Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal in the AAP poll Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal in Mohali on Monday. TRIBUNE PHOTO campaign. Posters, though carrying pictures of both Mann and Kejriwal, bear a slogan highlighting the leadership of Mann — “Sansad ch vi Bhagwant Mann, khushaal Punjab te vadhegi shaan”. Mann was elated at being given the opportunity to lead the party campaign. “We will ensure the party’s victory on all 13 seats,” he said. While the poll campaign was launched in Punjab today, the party has not yet announced its candidates. They are expected to be named anytime now. The candidates will be announced after the model code of conduct comes into continued on page 6 c m y b India tests Agni-V with MIRV tech, sixth to enter elite club Ajay Banerjee MISSION DIVYASTRA Tribune News Service New Delhi, March 11 India’s strategic prowess received a further boost today as it tested a new variant of its nuclear-tipped Agni-V missile that’s capable of firing warheads at multiple targets at a distance greater than 5,000 km. Called the Multiple Independently Targetable ReEntry Vehicle (MIRV) technology, it allows a single missile to carry multiple warheads and strike at different locations independently. Without the MIRV technology, a missile can hit only one target for which is programmed. The importance of today’s test was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi: “Proud of our DRDO scientists for Mission Divyastra, the first flight-test of indigenously developed Agni-V missile with MIRV technology.” Sources explained the improvement in technology, saying the warheads on the missile needed to be programmed separately with each of these capable of hitting targets that could be a few hundred km apart. “A missile carrying MIRV is used to deceive enemy radars that ■ India tests DRDO-developed Agni-V with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology ■ With new technology, multiple warheads can be fired to different targets from the same missile on Agni-V platform ■ Nuclear-capable Agni-V has a range of 5,000 km, making India contender for intercontinental ballistic missile long-range category ■ India is sixth nation after US, UK, China, France and Russia to have the technology HOW MIRV-PROPELLED MISSILE WORKS ■ After launch, an MIRV-equipped missile follows a normal ballistic trajectory into lower space, similar to any other missile ■ Each warhead on MIRV, howev- would read it as a single missile and fire a counter-missile accordingly. The MIRV would then deploy in the last stage, leaving very little reaction time,” said an official. With the test, India has joined the select group of nations — US, UK, Russia, China and France — that have er, can be assigned a different trajectory and target ■ The warheads re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere independently and proceed to their respective targets MIRV capability in terms of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Pakistan recently tested Ababeel, a medium-range MIRV-capable missile with its range below 3,000 km (lower than an ICBM). The nuclear forces of the country are under the continued on page 6