eye THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE WHERE I AHMEDABAD,LATECITY BELONG NOVEMBER8,2020 Thejourney back home for 18PAGES,`5.00 festivals has been fraught with uncertaintythis year DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM PAGE 14, 15, 16 TRUMP STILL KICKINGAND SCREAMING KAMALAHARRIS IS FIRSTBLACK WOMAN VICE PRESIDENT as Joe Biden elected 46th President of the UnFinally.ited States and firstofIndian descent, creates history Victoryinnative …Democracy beats deep in heart of America…It’stime to come together Modi sends congrats, Pennsylvania as anation. It’s time forAmericatounite. Andtoheal —Joe Biden takesBiden above relief in Delhi as known 270, Trumpfirst to lose re-election India ally is back in 25 years SHUBHAJITROY NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER7 BUSINESSASUSUAL BY UNNY SETTINGTHE stagefor anew RACE FOR chapterinIndo-US ties, Prime THE WHITE MinisterNarendraModi con- HOUSE gratulated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Saturdaynight, soon after EXPRESS the elections in US were calledin their favour. INTHEU.S. In aTwitter post, Modi con- gratulated Biden on his “spectac- ular victory” and said, “As the VP, your contribution to strengthen- KARISHMAMEHROTRA ing Indo-US relations wascriti- NEWYORKCITY,NOVEMBER7 cal and invaluable. Ilook forward Biden has been astrong ad- to working closelytogether once vocateofdeepening US ties with JOSEPH ROBINETTE Biden of the again to take India-US relations India, even before he became Democratic Partywas elected to greater heights.” Vice President in the Obama ad- the 46th President of the United In aseparatepostcongratu- ministration. States Saturdaysetting offa lating Harris, the Prime Minister He playedanimportant role, waveofrelief and cheer among said: “Your success is pathbreak- both as Chairman of the Senate his supporters in anation on ing, and amatter of immense Foreign Relations Committee edge and deeplydivided. pride notjustfor your chittis, but and later as Vice President, in Biden, 77,the oldestperson also forall Indian-Americans. I systematicallydeepening strate- elected President, had painted am confident that the vibrant gic engagement with India. his run againstincumbent Joe Biden and Kamala Harris afterBiden acceptedthe 2020 Democratic presidential nomination at the 2020 Democratic National Convention in August. On India-US ties will geteven In fact, in 2006,three years Donald Trumpasafight forthe Saturday, Harris postedavideo of herself telling Biden by phone: “Wedid it. We did it, Joe. Youare going to be the next President of the United States.” Reuters File stronger with your supportand before he became Vice President, very “soul of America” to heal a leadership.” CONTINUEDONPAGE2 fractured countrythat has lost 230,000of itsresidentstoCovid and is counting recordsurges eachday amid economic gloom. Kamala’s Uncle in Delhi makes plans: Will Trump can sulk but do little, Ending the tense election season and anail-biting four days,itwas Biden’s win in his na- fly down...won’t miss inaugural for anything except muddy the transition tive stateofPennsylvania that brought his electoral college Saturday. viouslywith the Institutefor over,” and the tion in the courts.Inany case, votes to 273,pastthe magic ASHNABUTANI Balachandran said he and the Defence Studies and Analyses, is THENYT&AGENCIES Republican none seemedlikelytogive number of 270, according to the NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER7 rest of Harris’s familyinIndia aresident of Delhi's Malviya NOVEMBER7 National Trumpthe edge he would need Associated Press. would be flying to the US to at- Nagar, and is the brother of Committee in votecountsinthe states to po- Running as amoderateand “I AM very proud of Kamala, I tend the swearing-in ceremony Harris's mother Shyamala PRESIDENT DONALD Trumphas announcedit tentiallyoverturn the outcome. EXPLAINED E● stitching acoalition of women, will call and congratulateher in Januarynextyear. Gopalan. Around 10 pm, Harris's nevercommitted that he would had activated On Friday, Supreme Court minorities, old and young voters, soon... My phone hasn't stopped “My daughter is already sistertweeted,“OMG it's hap- acceptthe result, and commen- “legal chal- Justice Samuel AAlitoJragreed fence-sitters, and Republicans ringing since the news came there, helping Kamala with her pening... our next Vice President tators in the United States have lengeteams” in Arizona, Georgia, to arequestfromPennsylvania giving up on their candidate, out,” said 80-year-old Gopalan campaign. All of us will fly of the United States...our first- said theydonot expect him to Michigan and Pennsylvania. Republicans to step in and re- Biden defeated Trumpmaking Balachandran, the maternal un- down... Iwouldn’t miss it forany- ever MADAM Vice concede defeat and makeway However, none of the dozen quireelection officials in the him the firstPresident to lose re- cle of Kamala Harris, who was Balachandran with Kamala, thing,” he told The Indian President...mysister forJoe Biden. or so lawsuitsthe campaign has statetosegregateballots that ar- election in morethan 25 years. announcedasthe Vice-President his daughter Sharada. Express Express. @KamalaHarris!” On Saturday, his campaign brought in battleground states rivedafter Election Day, and not CONTINUEDONPAGE2 elect of the United States on Balachandran, who waspre- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 declared that “This election is not appeared to be gaining anytrac- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 DECISION BY UNION MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS AHMEDABAD 57.9% TURNOUT IN LAST PHASE, 56.4% OVERALL CBI to probe how poor minority Cases filed against 8Covid Exit polls give Bihar to RJD-led students duped of scholarships patients for violating Opp alliance, show Nitish door home isolation protocols The Indian Express found victims in Jharkhand, Bihar; the day. With this, the state’s cu- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE BIHAR EXIT POLL PREDICTIONS fraudulent mention of schools in Punjab and Assam EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE mulative tallyneared 1.80 lakh NEWDELHI,PATNA, BJP-JD(U) RJD-Cong LJP Others AHMEDABAD,NOVEMBER7 cases and itstotal number of dis- NOVEMBER7 Alliance Alliance chargedpatientscrossed1.63 India TodayAxis Poll 69-91139-161 3-5 3-5 ESHAROY THE AHMEDABAD Municipal lakh. EXIT POLLStelecastSaturday &ABHISHEKANGAD Corporation Saturdayfiledcases During home isolation fol- evening by major television net- ABP News-C Voter104-128 108-131 1-3 4-8 NEWDELHI,RANCHI, againsteight Covid-19patients low-ups, the Ahmedabad civic worksafter the final phase of Times Now-CVoter 116120 16 NOVEMBER7 forviolating home isolation pro- officials on November 6and 7 voting forthe Assemblyelec- CNN-News18 Today’s Chanakya55180 8 tocols and admitted five of them found at leasteight patients, un- tions in Bihar, TV9 Bharatvarsh 110-120 115-125 3-5 10-15 THE ILLEGAL siphoning of the to hospitals. The patientswere dergoing home isolation, were which Republic Jan Ki Baat Poll 91-117 118-138 5-8 3-6 Centrallyfundedpre-Matric allegedly found moving outside absent from their residents. recordeda THE India Ahead-ETG106-122 111-129 3-5 3-5 scholarship meant forpoor mi- of their houses,wheretheywere While in some cases the patients provisional nority studentsbyanalleged SCHOLARSHIP isolated,for work and other pur- claimedtheyhad to go to work, voter turnout NewsX-DV Research 110-117 108-123 4-108-23 nexus of middlemen, bank cor- SCAM Part 1ofthe investigation poses, officials said. afew others went backtotheir of 56.41% over respondents, officials and waspublishedlastSunday; In an indication of atrend re- native place, officials said. DECISION three phases, school staffinvestigated by The severalreports followed versal afteroverfour weeks, Of the eight patients, three 2020 predicted that two-thirds majority,another Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party, Indian Express,willnow be crorelastyear nationally--has Gujarat on Saturdaydetected were from the eastzone, two BIHAR the ruling said it would cross the halfway whichcontestedalone and hoped probed by the Central Bureauof takenthis decision “seeing the moreCovid-19patientsascom- from the south and north zones JD(U)-BJP al- markcomfortably. to playakey in government for- Investigation, sources have con- scope of the scam,” officials said. schools across Ranchi, Dhanbad, pared to the number of dis- each, and one from the central liance ledby Mostexit polls gave the RJD- mation postelections, would end firmed. Beginning October 31, The Latehar,Ramgarh, Lohardagain charges. zone. Six of the patientswere Chief MinisterNitish Kumar was Congress-Leftalliance aclear up with single-digit seats. The Union Ministryof Indian Express’s investigative se- Jharkhand and Gaya,Darbhanga While 1,046people tested men and other women, all aged on itsway out. While one poll edge over the JD(U)-BJP coalition And in morebad news for Minority Affairs whichadminis- ries highlighted howthe scam si- and Saharsa in Bihar. positive forthe infection, 931pa- between 23 and 35 years. forecastthat the RJD-led in the 243-member Assembly. All Nitish Kumar,who waseyeing a ters this scholarship –Rs1400 phonedoff scholarshipsmeantfor CONTINUEDONPAGE2 tientsweredischargedduring CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Opposition alliance could geta polls predicted that Chirag CONTINUEDONPAGE2 SUNDAY Freedom from cage: ADelhi judge gives bail in verse STORY PAGE 8 PAGE 1 cageyou arein; /Till the trial is Police informedthe court When thesubmissions were clear,with claims tall; /It’s my ANCHOR over,the stateisreinedin; /The that Rahul wasuntraceable, as made that Rahul wasuntrace- time to take acall. /Babu has a Stateproclaims;tohavethe cake