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You may follow The Indian Express’s news and analysis through the day on indianexpress.com DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2020, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 BIHAR &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM VIJAYADASHAMI SPEECH IndiajoltedChina,must buildtiestogrowbigger thanBeijing:RSSchief Attacks‘tukde tukde gang’, foreign ‘agents’; backs newfarm legislation Bhagwat at Sangh’sDussehra PM paid tributes to Indira event in Nagpur Sunday. ANI Gandhi in Mann Ki Baat. ANI VIVEKDESHPANDE NAGPUR,OCTOBER25 event that wasshrunk by restric- THREE IS A CROWD INDIA’SRESPONSE to the“en- tions due to the Covid-19 pan- Light alamp croachments” in Ladakh had demicthisyear,Bhagwat threw The effigiesofRavana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna burn in adesertedfieldduring alow-key Dussehracelebration in Noida on Sunday. GajendraYadav “numbed andjolted”China, his weight behind the central for soldiers, RashtriyaSwayamsevakSangh government on the three con- (RSS)chiefMohanBhagwat said tentious farm laws and virtually on Sunday, andcalledfor a endorsedUttar Pradesh Chief go vocal for THE EDITORIAL PAGE strengthening of ties with other MinisterYogiAdityanath’s the- On Amazon’s plea, Singapore neighbours to present amore oryofan“international conspir- local: Modi powerful counter to the Chinese. acy” againstthe stategovern- THECHINAFACTOR In hisaddresstoasmall gath- ment —eventhough he did not BY TANVI MADAN tribunal stallsFuture-RILdeal eringofswayamsevaksatthe directlymention either the new EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE PAGE 8 RSS’s annual Vijayadashami CONTINUEDONPAGE2 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 Express that theorder,issuedby PRIME MINISTER Narendra AASHISHARYAN an emergency arbitrator of SIAC, ED Smallwin INSIDE Modi on Sundayasked his coun- BUSINESSASUSUAL NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 will be valid forthe next 90 days inlong trymen to light lamps forthe sol- PLAIN INDIA WANTS until an official arbitration panel E diers guarding the nation’s bor- ● battle BY UNNY ISSUINGANemergency order on is appointed. EX END TO LAC ders, and to go “vocal forlocal” aplea from global e-commerce Theysaid that although in their festival shopping. giant Amazon, the Singapore Indian laws do notrecognisethe IN THE shortterm,the TENSION, BUT “Wehavetoremember our International Arbitration Centre conceptofinternational arbitra- Singaporetribunal's or- ‘ManyHigh Courtstoo WON’T CEDE soldiers who areonthe borders (SIAC) SundayrestrainedFuture tion and emergency orders is- der could be asetbackin suggest we intervene... AN INCH: during these festivities, protect- Group and RelianceIndustries suedbysuchtribunals,the or- FutureGroup’s attempts We don’t censor.We ing Bharat Mata. We mustlighta Limited from proceeding with ders areusually“respected” by to cutits debt. For believeinself-regulation’ RAJNATH lampinthe honour of these sons PAGE 5 the Rs 24,713-croredeal signed business houses. Amazon, the ruling PRAKASH JAVADEKAR and daughters of Bharat Mata. I in Augustfor FutureRetail to sell However, Reliance Retail marks asmall victoryin Minister for Information & wantto tellourbravesoldiersthat itsretail, wholesale, logisticsand Ventures Ltd, aunitofRIL,said the longer corporatebat- Broadcasting, Environment, youmay beat theborders butthe warehousing unitstoReliance that it intends to "enforce its tle expected ahead. Forest and Climate Change whole nation is with you,” the Retail and Fashionstyle. rightsand complete the PAGE 12 No ideology, norms, culture: PrimeMinistersaid during his Legal sources told TheIndian CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ‘Mann ki Baat’ radio address. Tens of thousands of Indian Uddhav tears into BJP, says soldiers have been lockedina standoffwithChinese forces in Arriving in Delhi today, J&K is past stage of uneasy calm, amend or abandon the GST high-altitude terrain in Eastern Ladakh since May. Pompeo says share vision problems of the GSTregimeor Greeting the nation on says Army Corps Commander EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE revert to the earlier system. He Dussehra, Modi urgedpeople to MUMBAI,OCTOBER25 also accusedthe BJP of playing remain mindful of the ongoing for an open Indo-Pacific is responsible foroperations politics overthe Covid-19pan- coronavirus pandemic, and to KRISHNKAUSHIK Lt General along the LineofControland MAHARASHTRA CHIEF Minister demic; and said the ShivSena's buy Indian products. SRINAGAR,OCTOBER25 BSRajuisin againstmilitancy. UddhavThackeray launched a Hindutvawas about nationalism, “Whenyou go shoppingdur- SHUBHAJITROY charge of Raju wasspeaking to re- blistering attackonthe BJP and not“clanging bells and utensils”. ing these festivals please re- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 MORE THAN ayear afterthe operations porters aday before the Centre the central government on Thackeray comparedtheexit member we have to give prior- Central government removed along LoC amendedthe Jammu and Sunday,accusing themofhaving of the BJP's old ally, theShiromani ity to localproducts. ...Today WITH US SecretaryofState the special status giventoJammu Kashmir Panchayati RajAct to in- no ideology,norms, or culture. Akali Dal, from the NDA, and its when we aregoingvocalfor lo- Michael RPompeo andDefence and Kashmir under Article 370 clude athirdtier of governance, Thackeray demandedthat veteranMaharashtra leader cal, the worldisalso becoming a SecretaryMarkTEsper landing and split the state intotwo Union to Lieutenant General BSRaju, at the district level, to setthe the government either fixthe CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 in NewDelhiMonday forthe 2+2 Territories, the region is “pastthat Commander of the Army’s stagefor the Panchayatand ministerial meeting with their Secy of State(left);Def Secy stageofuneasycalm”,according Chinar Corps (XV Corps),which CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Indian counterparts, NewDelhi arecoming for2+2meeting and Washington areworking to enhancemilitaryinteraction and 2016 TRAINACCIDENT THAT KILLED 152 cooperation in defence and se- RajnathSingh on October 27, Chirag fires another salvo, warns curity —with an eyeonin- sources said twoIndian officials EXPERT creasedChinese belligerence in willbedesignated forcounter- Panel finds welding fault the region. terrorismcooperation withthe Nitish of jail over ‘corruption’ EXPLAINS Ahead of their summit with US. Pompeo and Esper will also butaddscaveat:wait for Amitabh Mattoo External Affairs MinisterS call on Prime MinisterNarendra Jaishankar and Defence Minister CONTINUEDONPAGE2 DECISION EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE FromTheIndianExpresspanel the NIA sabotage probe ofspecialists,exclusiveinsight 2020 PATNA,OCTOBER25 Hoshiarpur rape, murder: LJP PRESIDENT Chirag Paswan US PRESIDENTS BIHAR said Sunday that if his party was AVISHEKGDASTIDAR voted to power, all those in- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER25 ANDINDIA Girl familyknewaccused volvedin“corruption” in the Nitish Kumar government’s Saat THE PROBE intothe derailment The US relationship is the Nischayscheme,including the of 14 coaches of the Indore-Patna most importantofIndia’s almost since his birth Chief Ministerhimself, would be LJP president Chirag Paswan Express that killed152 passen- bilateral ties.Have Republican sent to jail. at the Buxar rallySunday. PTI gers on November 20, 2016 near Presidents been more The youth, Surpreet, and his Paswan wasaddressing a Kanpur washandedovertothe pro-India than Democrats? ANJUAGNIHOTRICHABA 80-year-old grandfather Surjit public meeting in Dumraon, National Investigation Agency 14 coaches were derailed. File EXPLAINED JALANDHAR,OCTOBER25 Singh, who arelandlords, were RAJPUT DOYEN’S Buxar.Saat NischayorSeven crowd, “Jin logonneSaat Nischay amid suspicions raisedbythe PAGE 7 arrested afterthe half-burnt DAUGHTER TRIES Resolutions is aflagship scheme mein bhrashtachaar kiyahai, government attributing the ac- THE YOUTH arrestedforthe rape body of thegirl, who wastoturn OUTANEWARENA of theJD(U)-BJP government to unka kyakarna chaahiye (What cident to terroristsabotage. Then Commissioner of Railway Safety and murder of a5-year-old Dalit 6onNovember 28,was found in build rural roads, drains and should we do with the people in- Railway MinisterSureshPrabhu is in. Anditidentifies asudden GOVT &POLITICS child in avillageinHoshiarpur abuilding used by his familyto JAGADANAND SINGH overall sanitation. volvedincorruption in Saar had said therewas “possible catastrophic mechanicalfailure district wastreated by her and keep farm implementsand cat- Paswan leftthe NDAinBihar Nischay)?” When asection of the criminal interference by out- as the “probable cause”. her five elder sisters as abrother. tle. The twohavebeen booked HASLALU’S EARS, just before theelections andhas crowdsaid suchpeople should siders” and at aUPelection rally, The reportsays that apartof ALL DATES DECIDED... The six, who had no brothers, had underPOCSO,aswell as charges TEJASHWI’SBACK been attacking theJD(U) since, be sent to jail, the LJP chief said, Prime MinisterNarendraModi, the welding on acoachgaveway BE IT RAM TEMPLE been tying rakhi on the 20-year- of murder,mitigating evidence PAGE 11 including over the Saat Nischay “To chaliyeChirag