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You may follow The Indian Express’s news and analysis through the day on indianexpress.com eye THE SUNDAY EXPRESSMAGAZINE CHANGE BEGINS AT NEWDELHI,LATECITY THE DOOR JANUARY31,2021 As home spaces turn 20PAGES,`6.00 multifunctional, alook at the (`8BIHAR&RAIPUR,`12SRINAGAR) evolution of the drawing room DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH,DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM PAGES15, 16, 17 BUDGETPMatTO BEall-pTABLEDarTOMORROWtymeet:Offertopausefarmlaws stillontable,AgriMinisterjustphonecallaway Catch Red Fort culprits, if innocent framed, stir will grow: Azad An investigation team at the blastsitenear theIsraeli This assurance came afteral- lawwill take itsown course.” EmbassyinNew Delhi on Saturday. Praveen Khanna MANOJCG&LIZMATHEW mostthe entire Opposition, Condemning the RedFortin- NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 whichhad boycottedthe cident, Azad said the culprits President’s address yesterday, should be punished but “it DAYAFTER BLAST NEAR EMBASSY WITH THE Budget session of raisedthe farm protests issue. seems that the Government in- Parliament getting under way, Many,including theCongress, stead of catchingthe real cul- Bomb used military PrimeMinister NarendraModi demandedthe repeal of the laws prits, is trying to implicate the Saturdaychaired an all-party and adiscussion in Parliament. farmer leaders.” meeting wherehesaid the Leader of Opposition in Rajya “I don’t think that anysensi- BKU leader Rakesh Tikait’s Government’soffer to keep the Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad ble farmer leader wasparty to emotional appeal went viral grade explosive; implementation of the three flaggedFIRs being filedagainst that incident at the RedFort,”he on social media. ANI file farm laws on hold for18months farm union leaders in connec- reportedlysaid. “Therewere is still on the table. And that tion with the Republic Dayvio- some lumpen elementswho Israel envoy says AgricultureMinisterNarendra lence in Delhi.Leaders likeCPM’s had done it and those lumpen el- Tikaitvideo President RamNath Kovind, Prime MinisterNarendraModi, Singh Tomar is justaphone call Elamaram Kareem, too, raised ements should be caught and Defence MinisterRajnath Singh at Rajghat on Saturday. PTI away fortaking forwardtalks the FIR issue. To whichthe Prime punishedseverely. All of us, who effect: Govt probing with India with protesting farmer unions. Ministerreportedly said:“The CONTINUEDONPAGE2 snaps internet 5identified DEEPTIMANTIWARY& P5 at all three SHUBHAJITROY at Red Fort protestsites NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 ADAY afteralow intensity ex- have criminal plosiontook place near the SUKRITABARUAH& Israeli embassyinNew Delhi, THEEXPRESS records in DEEPTIMANTIWARY Israel’s ambassador RonMalka NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 said Indian and Israeli agencies INTERVIEW were working together “tofind Punjab: probe RON MALKA SHORTLYAFTER avideoofa out what happened, who is ISRAEL’S AMBASSADOR weeping Rakesh Tikait went vi- standing behind this”. The ralonsocialmedia galvanising SundayExpress haslearned that MAHENDERSINGH morefarmersfromHaryana investigators have found clues ED MANRAL and western UP to join the whichpoint to asophisticated NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 protests,the MinistryofHome attempt at launchingacoordi- 29years& Affairs Saturdayextendedthe nated international attackwith PLAIN E ● roadahead INITIALINVESTIGATION by the suspension of the internetin the aim of sending amessage. EX Delhi Police intothe vandalism the capital’s border areas to in- Sources in the security estab- at RedFort by asection of farm clude all protestsites:Singhu, lishmentsaid preliminaryforen- THE INCIDENT comesata protesters who veered offthe Ghazipur,Tikriand their adjoin- sic examination of the siteand time when India and Israel designated routeonRepublic ing localities. the bomb have revealed thatthe aremarking 29 years of Dayhas indicated that at least The ban, ostensiblyto"main- explosive usedwas PETN.Amil- formal ties,and arelook- five of those identifiedhavecrim- Protesting farmers and their supporters at the Ghazipur border on Saturday. Amit Mehra MOREREPORTS,PAGE4 tain public safetyand avertemer- itarygrade explosive,PETN is not ing to strengthenties fur- inal records in Punjab and were gency," will be until 11 pm on easilyavailable and has been ther.While the 2012 attack pickedupbystate police earlier, January 31.OnJanuary26, inter- usedinthe pastbygroups such on an Israeli diplomat in sources told TheSundayExpress. netservices herehad been sus- as Al Qaeda formaking bombs. New Delhi hadpointed to Raids areontoarrestthem, EXPRESS NETWORK pendedfrom12noontomidnight. Investigators have also found an Iranian hand, this probe sources said. Roadsblocked but Ghazipur numbers Telecom service providers remains of a“Hi-Watt” 9volt toowill look at everypos- An estimated 1,000 people, FACING INTERNET arebound by their licenceagree- battery“fortransistorradios” sibility.India’s ties with on 30-40 tractors and around 150 swell, many showupwith rations, water mentstocomplywithsuchgov- from the blastsite. Suchbatter- Iran arealso strategic given motorcycles and cars,had CURBS,KHAPS ernment orders. ies, sources said, have been used thatChabahar grants it ac- forciblyentered RedFortprem- TURN TO TEMPLE on tractors and trucksloaded when she sawTikait weeping on The January26ban had been earlier in bombs assembledby cesstoAfghanistanand ises, wheretheychasedand as- LOUDSPEAKERS IN JIGNASASINHA with rations and waterbottles. TV.Policecan't arrest him, he extendeduntil January27. the Indian Mujahideen and even CentralAsia. saulted policemen, looted their HARYANA NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 Subodh Kumar,afarmer didn't do anything wrong. Ihave Following this, the internet CONTINUEDONPAGE2 anti-riotgear, held some hostage from Khanjarpurwho came to some vegetables and rice with speedhad been significantlyre- inside apublic toiletand van- AFTER DECADES, ADAY aftertheyattendedthe the Delhi-UP border with three me… Iwill cook or donate it at ducedintheseareas. But after dalisedthe ticket counter,ac- Muzaffarnagar mahapanchayat friends, bought tarps and wires the langar.Wewillalso help the Ghazipur tension and the cording to an FIR basedonacom- TIKAITS OF WEST U.P. to rallybehindBKU leader alongthe wayand setupatent farmers withthe seva by clean- fact that farmers’ rankshaveonly POCSO verdict: SC plaint by SHO (Kotwali) Rituraj. TAKE CENTRESTAGE Rakesh Tikait, hundredsoffarm- near the flyoveratthe border. ing roads,” he said. swelledafter Tikait’s outburst, Sources said that afterscan- IN CAPITAL AGAIN ers from villages in Uttar Pradesh “Weare heretostay. My wife With the numbers swelling the nethas been suspended ning footagefromseveral CCTV PAGE 6 and Haryana showedupatthe and children aretaking care of at the border,BKU and Rashtriya again, sources said. collegium set to CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Ghazipur protestsiteSaturday — the farm now. She also wept CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 withhold promotion Chirag invited for NDA TURF WAR ESCALATES IN BENGAL of Bombay HC judge SUNDAY Day after quitting TMC, ex-minister STORY meet, skips citing ‘health’ Justice Ganediwala faces extended PAGE 7 after JD(U) protests flies to Delhiwithrebels to join BJP probation forher take on sexual assault weighing itsoptions to either EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE APURVAVISHWANATH& send the judgebacktothe district LIZMATHEW& KOLKATA,NEWDELHI, ANANTHAKRISHNANG judiciaryfromwhere she wasel- HARIKISHANSHARMA JANUARY30 NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 evated in February2019orex- NEWDELHI,JANUARY30 tend her probationbyacoupleof ‘Unwell, in INTENSIFYINGTHE turfwar be- THE SUPREME CourtCollegium years— and addedthat it is more PUTTINGTHE ruling BJPinaspot, self-isolation’ tween the ruling TMC and the is settowithdraw itsrecommen- likelytotakethe latter option. itsBihar ally Janata Dal (United) BJP ahead of the assemblyelec- dation to appoint additional In the past, the Supreme objectedto itsmovetoinviteLok tions in West Bengal, former judgeofthe BombayHigh Court Court’s unique in-house mech- Janshakti Party(LJP) to Saturday's On January20,Parliamentary state ministerRajib Banerjee, Justice Pushpa VGanediwala as anism of appointing judges has NDAmeetingchaired by Prime Affairs MinisterPralhad Joshi sent who quit the TMC Friday, apermanentjudgeofthe court made indirect interventions — MinisterNarendraModi. alettertoPaswan requestinghim reachedDelhi along withsome afteraclosescrutinyoftwo of from tacit requests forresigna- A to Z of Sources said that on Friday, to attend the NDAmeeting to dis- rebelMLAsand leaders on aspe- her recent verdictsfor theircon- tions to ensuring alternative what to the BJP had to requestLJP presi- cuss “important issues and busi- cial flight Saturday. Theymet Aftermeeting Amit Shah in NewDelhi, Saturday. Amit Mehra troversial interpretation of sex- quasi-judicial appointments— dent Chirag Paswan, son of the ness forthe ensuing Budget ses- Union Home MinisterAmitShah ual assault underthe Protection while handling concerns on the expect late RamVilas Paswan,not to at- sion of the Parliament.” and will be formallyinducted of Children from Sexual Offences conduct of non-permanenthigh