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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 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2020, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 14 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00, WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM MAHARASHTRA MODI, SHAH HOLD SECURITY MEET COVID SURGE: STATE CONSIDERS DayafterJammufiring, SUSPENDING MUMBAI-DELHIRAIL, AIR SERVICES GOVT LAUNCHES PMsaysplottoderail PROBE INTO HIKE IN ELECTRICITY ARREARS grassrootsdemocracy PAGE 4 DespitePak bid, Pakistan fingerprints DDC polls as per Jharkhand changes schedule: official all over: Phones, DEEPTIMANTIWARY medicines, weapons process, physical COVID CURFEW BACK,AHMEDABAD NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 Amid rising Covid-19cases, the Gujarat government has imposedaweekend curfew in ADAY afterfour terrorists were DEEPTIMANTIWARY Ahmedabad, and night curfew in Surat, Vadodaraand Rajkot. Nirmal Harindran REPORT,PAGE 6 killedand acache of arms and ex- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 checksmust for all plosivesrecovered in Jammu, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi “Kaha Phnche KiaSorateHal Hai Fridaypointed to cross-border KoiMushkil To Nahi,2Baje, Phir terror from Pakistanwhile thank- BtaDan Gy (Wherehaveyou schools, applicants UP govt on Kappan: Had India’s ing the security forces forhaving reached? What’s the situation? “defeatedanefarious plot” to tar- Is thereany problem?, 2O’clock, getgrassroots democracy in J&K. Will letyou know)." THE daughter pamphlet,riot plan With the District Theseweresomeofthe text DevelopmentCouncil(DDC)elec- messages receivedbythe four SCHOLARSHIP through suchkind of websites tions scheduledtotakeplace in Jaish-e-Mohammedterrorists, SCAM KAUNAINSHERIFFM viz. propaganda relating to inci- the Union Territoryfrom who were gunneddownbyse- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 dentsofmob lynching, migra- November 28, Modi postedon curityforces in an encounter in Atextmessagereceived by tion of labours in recent times” Twitter:“Oursecurityforceshave Nagrota, in Jammu, Thursday, on the JeM terrorists ABHISHEKANGAD ■ The “pamphletssorecovered These submissions of the onceagaindisplayedutmostbrav- aDigital Mobile Radio manufac- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 i.e. AM INOT INDIA’S DAUGH- Uttar Pradesh Police in official eryand professionalism. Thanks tured by Pakistani company TER... etchaveaneffectofampli- records —the FIR, remand appli- to theiralertness,theyhavede- MicroElectronics. made in Pakistan. DAYS AFTER it registeredFIRs to Letter refers to The Indian fying social hostility and public cations seeking custody—regard- feated anefarious plottotarget The terrorists hadbeen in J&K Police investigations probethe illegal diversion of the Express reports revolt”. ing the case registered against grassroots leveldemocratic exer- touchwith their handlers in have revealedthatthe Jaish ter- Centre's pre-Matric scholarship ■ Accused have revealedthey SiddiqueKappanwas Delhi-basedjournalistSiddique cises in Jammu and Kashmir.” Pakistanoversmartphones rorists hadbeen sent with the forpoor minority students, “gathered funds” to “instigateri- arrested on Oct 5. PTI file Kappan and three others, arepart The Prime Ministerwrote: manufactured by QMobile, a specific task of carrying out a based on thefindings of an in- disbursedtofakebeneficiariesin oting on basis of caste”incon- of the stategovernment’saffidavit “Neutralising of 4terrorists be- Pakistani company. They were large attackaheadofthe District vestigation by The IndianExpress, "previous years". nection with the Hathras case, before the Supreme Courtinre- longingto Pakistan-basedterrorist carrying medicines manufac- Development Council (DDC) the Jharkhand government has The letter referred to The “as theyhavedone on the basis ing webplatform ‘Carrd’; “Many sponse to apetition seeking re- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 tured in Karachi, and wore shoes CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ordered itsofficers to “physically Indian Express investigation, of religion in protestofCAA”. kinds of anti-national propa- lease of Kappan from custody. verify” all schools and applicants whichfound that the scholar- ■ Accused createdawebsiteus- ganda arebeing spread in India CONTINUEDONPAGE2 seeking to avail scholarships un- shipwas being siphonedoff by der the Union Ministryof anexus of middlemen, school Minority Affairs for2020-21. staffand district officials that ei- THE EDITORIAL PAGE In aletterdated November ther setupfakebeneficiaries or UP to bring ordinance, FPI inflows highest ever, over 19,and sent to allDeputy dupedstudentsintoletting them WAYTOGROW: Commissioners, Welfare apply on theirbehalfand pocket non-BJP state govts SecretaryAmitabh Kaushal also ashareofthe money. LEARNFROMPAST, Rs 1.4 lakh cr in eight months directed that necessarysteps be Itsaidthatphysicalverification NEIGHBOUR takentorecoverthe scholarship CONTINUEDONPAGE2 BY AMARTYA LAHIRI slam ‘love jihad’ law nancial year.In2012-13,net FPIs PAGE 8 SANDEEPSINGH stood at Rs 1,40,033crore (the ED FPIssee NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 second highestnow). valuein EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Foreign portfolio investors PLAIN E ● recovery Electoralbondsof LUCKNOW,NEWDELHI, FOREIGN PORTFOLIO investors include both foreign individuals EX NOVEMBER20 Gehlot: Word have staged aremarkablecome- and foreign institutional in- BUSINESSASUSUAL manufactured backafter pulling out arecord vestors (FIIs). AFTER A23.9 per cent con- Rs 282 cr sold ahead NEARLY Ayear afterthe amend- by BJP Rs 61,973 crorefromIndian eq- In the first20days of traction in GDP growth BY UNNY ment in the citizenship Actand uities in March 2020 dragging November,net inflowsadded up rate in April-June 2020, the talk of an all-India National down the benchmarkindices to Rs 44,378 crore, whichhas led reopening of the economy of Bihar elections RegisterofCitizens provoked Haryana as an encroachment on Sensexand Nifty by 23 per cent. to a4,267point or 10.8 per cent in the following months severalChief Ministers to declare personal liberty,and an attempt In justeight monthsofthe surge in Sensex. has ledtoasharper than theywould notimplement the to create acommunal divide in current financialyear,net foreign Inflows startedpicking up in expected recovery.This OnlyRs80lakh from Patna; funding to CAAand NRCintheirstates, the country. portfolioinvestment (FPI) into Augustwith moreliberal unlock has attracted FPIs to see movesbythree BJP-ruledstates Lateinthe evening, the Uttar equities jumpedbyRs1,40,295 guidelines, and afasterand value and re-enter. parties via bonds in 3yrs is Rs 6,493 cr to bring alaw to checkwhat they Pradesh government announced crore, the highest-everinany fi- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 sayis“love jihad”, has once again it had initiated theprocess to YOUR RIGHT split the nation down the middle. bring an Ordinance to checkun- GEORGEMATHEW At leastfiveOpposition-ruled lawful conversions in the state. Since 2001 MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 TO KNOW states on Fridaycondemnedthe The UP StateLaw announcementsbyMadhya Commissionhad submitted a THE STATEBank of India (SBI) AN EXPRESS RTI Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ONLINE sold Electoral Bonds worth APPLICATION Rs 282 croretofundpolitical par- OFFLINE ties in October ahead of the www.ambitionlawinstitute.com COURSE Assemblyelections in Bihar. According to thedata, the 3daysbefore reopening, BMC shuts With this, total donations to bank’smain branchMumbai is- Yo ur Key to Success Requires Ambition political parties through suedbondsworth Rs 130crore in allschoolsinMumbai till December 31 Electoral Bonds have touched the 14th tranche while the New Rs 6,493 crorefromthe time the DelhibranchissuedRs11.99crore dardoperatingprocedure(SOP) jurisdiction will notreopen till scheme wasintroducedin2018. bonds.TheSBIbranchinPatnasold EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE forfunctioning of schools and December 31.The order will be LAW IS NOTHING The bank sold 279bonds onlyRs80lakhworthofbonds.Its MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 other crucial things like Covid- applicablefor government, pri- worthRs1crore each, 32 bonds Bengaluru branchdid notsell any 19 testing of teachers and sani- vate andBMC-run schools. BUTB COMMON SENSE worthRs10lakh eachtodonors bonds. Encashment of bonds ANTICIPATINGAsecondwaveof tising the premises. The circular addedthat tak- in the 14th tranche, whichwas worthRs237 croreweredone in Covid-19infections in Mumbai, On November 6, the ing note of second waveof AND LOGIC open from October 19 to 28, the threecities—Bhubaneswar(Rs67 the Brihanmumbai Municipal Maharashtra government had Covid-19infection in other parts SBI said in itsreplytoaRight to crore), Chennai (Rs 80 crore) and Corporation (BMC) on Fridayan- announced that it wasplanning of the country, themunicipal –Alok Kr. Ranjan Information application filedby Hyderabad (Rs 90 crore). nouncedthat all schoolsinthe to reopen schools in thestate for commissioner has decidedto The Indian Express. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 city will remain shut till students from classes IX to XIIon shut all schools till the end of the December 31.Schoolswill be November 23. Severalschools in year as aprecautionarymeasure. JUDICIARY shut till the end of the year in the city, including private and “Thenextfour to six weeks Kind Attention : WORLD neighbouring Thane as well. thoserun by thegovernment, areverycrucial, as the festival FOUNDATION :25NOV Schools and junior colleges had startedpreparations to re- season continues. Now, we are WEEKEND :20DEC DOUGLASSTUART were earlier scheduledtoreopen sume classes from Monday. expecting an increase in the Law Book WINSBOOKERPRIZE forstudentsfromclasses IX to XII The BMC's education depart- number of infections.So, this 8800662140, 8800660301 FORSHUGGIEBAIN