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DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD,CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA,LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA ● REG.NO. MCS/067/2018-20RNI REGN. NO. 1543/57 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2020, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00, WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM TheIndian Expresswishes its readers Merry Christmas ` 83 per kilo ` 111 per kilo Growthtobreak ` 136 per kilo CHRISTMAS IN THE VALLEY into positive At St Mary’s Church in Gulmarg, Jammuand Kashmir,onChristmas EveonThursday. Shuaib Masoodi territory in Q3, Delhi Police search MINISTRYSENDS LETTER TO FARMER UNIONS says RBI study office of Pracha, lawyer Telluswhenyouwanttotalk, In firsthalf of in several riot cases 2021-22,GDP growth likely to ANANYATIWARI readyfor‘logical’solution:Govt be 14.2% What worked &APURVAVISHWANATH NEWDELHI,DECEMBER24 for growth Mahmood Three farm laws have no relation to ENSECONOMICBUREAU THE SPECIAL Cell of Delhi Police Pracha 11 Opp parties issuejoint MUMBAI,DECEMBER24 ABENDINGofthe Covid- searched theNizamuddin East MSP-based procurement:Ministry 19 curve afterthe initial office of lawyer Mahmood statement against govt: WITH THE INDIAN economy surge,and a'method' to Pracha Thursday. Crime BranchorSpecial Cell”. An pulling out of Covid pandemic’s the stimulus impartedto Pracha’sfirm Legal Axis is de- FIR wasfiledinthe matter. HARIKISHANSHARMA BUSINESSASUSUAL “deep abyss”, the real GDP is ex- the economybythe gov- fending severalpersons accused According to Pracha’s associ- NEWDELHI,DECEMBER24 who is spreading untruths? pectedtobreak out intopositive ernment seems to be in different cases related to the ate, advocateDigvijaySingh, the BY UNNY territorywith aslendergrowth making adifference. A Delhi riots in Februarythis year – lawfirm is handling nearly 150 ADAY afterfarmer unions, DMK and the Congress, to issue of 0.1per cent in October- string of liquidity meas- these cases include those in riot-related cases, including one protesting at Delhi’s borders MANOJCG ajointstatement againstthe BJP December2020 (Q3) ,and rise ures plus cash/ kind sup- whichsections of the stringent filedagainststudent activist againstthe newfarm laws,said NEWDELHI,DECEMBER24 government on the farm laws. marginallyto0.7 per cent in porttothe mostvulnera- Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Gulfisha Fatima, who is in judi- theyare open to talksifamore The joint statement came on January-March 2021(Q4), ac- ble in the initial months Act(UAPA)havebeen invoked. cial custody in aUAPAcase. concreteproposal is made, the EVEN AS West BengalChief aday the Congress high com- cording to an RBI study on the wasfollowedbycali- In August, police told aDelhi Additional PRO(Delhi Police) government responded MinisterMamataBanerjee has mand gave itsBengalunit the go- ‘State of the Economy’. brated movestosupport courtthat Pracha had forged Anil Mittal said, "During the Thursdaysaying it is ready for been coordinating with aheadfor enteringintoaseat- An updateofthe economic investment and con- documentsand instigated aman course of abail matter pertain- “logical resolution” of all issues Opposition leaders to hold ajoint sharing deal with the Leftparties activity index(EAI) in RBI’s now- sumption demand, to deposefalselyinacaserelated ing to an accusedinthe raisedbythe farmers. rallyofanti-BJP leaders in forthe forthcoming Assembly casting assessmentexercise fur- whichthe RBI study says, to the riots.Additional Sessions NortheastDelhi riots,use of a In aletterto40representa- Kolkata, the CPM on Thursday elections in Bengal. ther shows that in the firsthalf of is slowlyshowing results. JudgeVinod Yadav, in an order, forged notary stampand cre- tivesoffarmer unions, Vivek worked behind the scenes to get So far, Banerjee has reached 2021-22, the economywill clock had said “it would be appropri- ation of allegedly false/manipu- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 11 parties, includingthe NCP, CONTINUEDONPAGE2 agrowth rate of 14.2 per cent on ateifthe matter is investigated lated evidence at the hands of topofthe0.4 per cent growthrate narroweddownto7.5 per centin by an independent agency like CONTINUEDONPAGE2 in the second half of 2012-20. the September quarter. “Over the month gone by, TheNationalStatisticalOffice’s Farm protests: BJP sees aplot, other parties moreevidencehas been turned (NSO)end-Novemberreleasede- in to show that the Indianecon- liveredapleasantsurprise –the DanielPearl killing: Pak omyisbreakingout amidst win- pandemic-imposedretrench- lend their weight but are socially distanced ter’s lengthening shadows to- mentof Q1of 2020-21turnedout court orders release of wardsaplace in the sunlight,” the to be muchshallowerinQ2and The agitation is rippling out- wheat), talk to the farmer,ask study said. The economy dipped the economy is reflatingatapace VANDITAMISHRA FROM THE side the farm sector —joining, for him whyheremains pooreven by arecord23.9 per cent in the thatbeatsmostpredictions,itsaid. Omar Sheikh, 3others CHANDIGARH,AMRITSAR, instance, the theatregroup in though he workssohard. June quarterbut thecontraction CONTINUEDONPAGE2 DECEMBER24 PUNJAB Amritsar,tothe trader in the “During performances now, au- FIELDS city’s famedwholesale cloth diences sing along with the cho- PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA FORNOW,the farmers’ protests market. Aplaywritteninthe rus, ‘saadekhet, saadekhet(our WORLD KARACHI,DECEMBER24 in Punjab againstthe Centre’s early 1950s is seeing arevival to- fields, ours!)’”, says Dhaliwal. Pearlwas three farm laws arebringing to- day, says KewalDhaliwal, who And in the city’s Tahli Sahib IN Asurprisemove, aPakistani killed in gether,despitetheirdifferentand runs ManchRangmanchin Bazaar,cloth merchant AjayKu- BREAKTHROUGH: courtonThursdayordered the 2002 oftenconflictinginterests,sections Amritsar whichhas been per- mar Arorasays:“Ibelong to afa- UK, EU AGREE ON release of British-born al-Qaeda of big and small farmers, landless forming at the protestsites. milyofbusinessmen but about BREXIT TRADE DEAL leader AhmedOmar Saeed agricultural labourersand com- In Joginder Baharla’s “Harian 70 per cent of my customers are Sheikh and his three aides, who by JusticeKKAgha, directed se- mission agents. It’s amoment of Saunnian”, Punjab’s twomain from the villages. If theyget TRUMP GIVES were convicted and sentencedin curity agencies nottokeep unity, too,forPunjab’snotoriously ANEXPRESSSERIESPARTTHREE crops, “Harian"and “Saunnian" good moneyfor the crop, they CLEMENCY TO MORE the abduction and murder case Sheikh and other accusedunder fragmented farm unions. (personificationofrice and CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ALLIES, INCLUDING of US journalistDaniel Pearl. "anysortofdetention"and de- MANAFORT PAGE 12 Atwo-judgebenchofthe clared all notifications of the SindhHigh Court, presidedover CONTINUEDONPAGE2 THE EDITORIAL PAGE Walking homewithfriend, Muslim Amshipora killings of labourers: MERRY CHRISTMAS THEFALLACYOFTHE youth booked under lovejihad law Major found culpable, to face action ARED initiativeappears CENTRALMODEL in today’s edition of Iwent of my ownfreewill, says girl; her "I have told this to the magis- this year,The Indian Express has dencethat“powers vestedunder TheIndian Express.This BY MILIND SOHONI trate, and Iwill saythis again. 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This page THENEWLEAGUE under sections of the SC/STAct, will," she told The Indian Express. in the killing of three Rajouri Shopian district, in the early that followedwas completed should be read as an OFNATIONS DAYS AFTER herfriend, with and the Protection of Children Around 10.30 pm on labourers, who security forces hours of July18. lastweek,and it found thatthe advertisement. BY SHYAM SARAN whomshe waswalking home af- from Sexual Offences (POCSO) December 14,the girl,aDalit, initiallyclaimedwereterrorists, In September,aCourtof Major should be triedunder PAGE 11 terabirthdayparty in Bijnor in Act, the 16-year-old stands firm. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 in Shopian district of J&K in July Inquiryfound prima facie evi- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 PAGE 1 ANCHOR OutrageasIIM-Atorazeiconic dorms designed by Louis Kahn over the years, including in the forthe libraryrestoration work. the livesofthe residents". Kahn, who firstcame to India RITUSHARMA 2001 earthquake. 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