follow us: monday, september 9, 2019 Delhi City Edition thehindu.com 24 pages ț ₹10.00 facebook.com/thehindu twitter.com/the_hindu Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY Trump calls off secret talks with Taliban Chandrayaan­2 orbiter U.S. President killed a U.S. soldier and 11 others in Kabul. “I imme­ criticises bomb diately cancelled the meet­ attack in Kabul ing and called off peace ne­ spots lander on moon gotiations,” he wrote. Michael Crowley “If they cannot agree to a ISRO chief Sivan confirms hard landing of module Lara Jakes ceasefire during these very Mujib Mashal important peace talks, and Press Trust of India Mob attacks policemen Washington in Muzaffarpur district would even kill 12 innocent BENGALURU PATNA President Donald Trump people, then they probably Chandrayaan­2’s lander Vik­ A video in which a group of said on Saturday that he had don’t have the power to ne­ ram has been located on the villagers are seen thrashing cancelled a secret meeting at gotiate a meaningful agree­ lunar surface and it must some policemen in Camp David with Taliban ment anyway,” Mr. Trump have been a hard­landing, Muzaffarpur district of Bihar leaders and the President of added. “How many more de­ ISRO Chairman K. Sivan said went viral on social media on Afghanistan and was calling A trigger: A U.S. soldier was one of the victims of the cades are they willing to on Sunday. Sunday. The villagers turned off months­long negotiations car bomb explosion in Kabul on Thursday. * AP fight?” “Yes, we have located the violent after the bodies of that had appeared to be A senior official said the lander on the lunar surface. two local youths who were nearing a peace agreement. dent Ashraf Ghani were But Mr. Trump said that “in meeting had been planned It must have been a hard­ missing for the last two days, “Unbeknownst to almost headed to the United States order to build false lever­ for Monday. NY TIMES landing,” Dr. Sivan told PTI. were found in a rivulet everyone,” Mr. Trump wrote on Saturday for a meeting at age,” the Taliban had admit­ The image of the rover outside the village. in a series of tweets, Taliban the President’s official Camp ted to a suicide car bomb at­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 Pragyan, housed in the lan­ The incident took place at AFGHANS CAUTIOUS Ī PAGE 14 Madhuban Desi village on leaders and Afghan Presi­ David retreat in Maryland. tack on Thursday that had der, was captured by the Friday. camera on the Chan­ drayaan­2 orbiter, which is NATION Ī PAGE 9 safe and functioning nor­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD 100 days on, BJP showcases We won’t dilute Art. 371, mally in the intended orbit around the moon. Minor domestic action on Jammu & Kashmir The orbiter camera is the help rescued Shah assures NE States highest resolution camera from the lunar surface dur­ ing damage in the hard land­ NEW DELHI (0.3m) in any lunar mission ing its final descent early on ing could not be ruled out. The Delhi Commission for Cong. points to mismanagement of economy so far. Saturday. “It may not have landed at Women on Sunday said it had He says the special provisions will stay rescued a minor girl who had Special correspondent cision by way of revoking Ar­ The pictures are among Considered the “most a desired level of velocity. It New Delhi ticle 370 and Article 35A was SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT the early images sent later complex” stage of the coun­ may not have landed on its been working as a domestic GUWAHATI help at a house in Ashok Cornered on the state of the to ensure that Jammu and on Saturday by the main try’s second expedition to four legs. Impact shock may Vihar. The DCW had received economy with the GDP at a Kashmir is no longer seques­ Union Home Minister Amit Chandrayaan­2 spacecraft, the moon, the lander was on have caused damage to the an anonymous call on its six­year­low of 5%, the Na­ tered from the rest of the Shah on Sunday assured the which continues to orbit the a powered decent for a soft lander,” an official at the women helpline number, 181. rendra Modi government, ce­ country. northeastern States that the moon from pole to pole landing when it lost contact. space agency said. lebrating the first 100 days of “Modi government 2.0 in Centre would never touch from a 100­km distance. The data on the last mo­ “When the system does CITY Ī PAGE 4 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD its second tenure, showcased its first 100 days has made Article 371 of the Constitu­ The lander was spotted ments of the lander is being not work well, it [the lander] the withdrawal of provisions historic and landmark deci­ tion that grants special pro­ Amit Shah at the plenary some distance away — possi­ analysed, ISRO had said will go and hit the moon. of Article 370 and Article 35A sions, with speed, be it Jam­ visions to the region. session of the North Eastern bly half a kilometre — from soon after the failure of the There is no ambiguity in as its biggest achievement. https://t.me/towardstomorrowmu and Kashmir or decisions Mr. Shah, also the Chair­ Council in Guwahati. * PTI its intended touchdown mission. that,” another veteran space But the Congress tried to regarding Unlawful Activities man of the North Eastern point. The originally chosen expert said. pin it down on the dire state Prevention Act or reflections Council (NEC), gave the as­ of the eight northeastern region was about 70° south Damage likely (With inputs from of the economy. on the state of the economy,” surance in his inaugural ad­ States. “There is a vast diffe­ of the lunar equator and Asked if the lander was Madhumati D.S.) Union Minister for Infor­ he said. dress at the 68th plenary rence between Article 370 about 600 km from the lu­ “damaged” during the “hard mation and Broadcasting session of the NEC here. and Article 371,” the Home nar South Pole. landing”, Dr. Sivan said, VIKRAM MAY NOT SPRING Prakash Javadekar, address­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 The meeting was attend­ Minister said. The lander module had “That we do not know.” BACK TO LIFE Ī PAGE 13 ing a press conference on the READY TO TACKLE ANY ed by the Governors, the lost communication with However, space experts SO CLOSE, YET SO FAR EDUCATIONPLUS Ī 4 PAGES occasion, said the biggest de­ CHALLENGE: MODI Ī PAGE 12 Chief Ministers and officials CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 ground stations, just 2.1 km have said the lander suffer­ Ī EDITORIAL Gangster gunned down in Narela Ram Jethmalani passes away at 95 Staff Reporter “More than 40 rounds were Krishnadas Rajagopal 95 on Sunday. deny that I speak and act new delhi fired at the car. It all hap­ New Delhi Mr. Jethmalani remains out of personal conviction. I A gangster was gunned down pened about 200 metres Ram Jethmalani, twice Law an enigma in modern times write also to stir debate and by a group of assailants in from the Narela police sta­ Minister, criminal lawyer, as he was a man who spoke have the humility to retract north Delhi’s Narela on Sun­ tion,” said an eyewitness. The jurist, teacher, litigant and and acted out of personal my views when bested in day in what appears to be a victim was involved in 13 hei­ parliamentarian who rel­ conviction. such debates,” he wrote in case of gang war. nous crimes, including mur­ ished the epithet “un­ “I do not claim to be infal­ Maverick Unchanged and They shot the victim over der and robbery. changed and unrepentant lible, but even my most Unrepentant. PAGE 3 20 times, the police said DETAILS ON Ī maverick”, passed away at trenchant critics would not DETAILS ON Ī PAGE 12 5 journalists in U.P. booked for circulating ‘fake news’ Targeted for factual reporting: mediapersons special correspondent When she said she was il­ Ghaziabad literate, one of them wrote The Uttar Pradesh police it on the wall with a wooden booked five journalists in stick and coal powder. Ho­ Bijnor on Friday for alleged­ wever, the news report ly circulating fake news re­ mentioned Premchand Val­ ports. In an FIR filed by the miki as the head of the Bijnor police, two journal­ family. ists, one working with a lo­ The journalists have been cal daily and another en­ booked under Sections 153 gaged with a TV news A (promoting enmity), 268 channel, have been named, (nuisance) and 503 (crimi­ along with three unidenti­ nal intimidation) of the IPC fied reporters. and Section 66A of the IT The FIR said Ashish To­ Act. mar and Shakil Ahmed tried to vitiate social amity by cir­ Protest police action culating fake news about a The journalists stand by Valmiki family from Titar­ their story and on Saturday wala Basi village by putting several local mediapersons up their house for sale after held a meeting against the not being allowed to collect police action, alleging that water from the village hand the scribes were being tar­ pump by an influential Dalit geted for factual reporting. family from the same When it was pointed out village. that the name that ap­ The police said the issue peared in the news report had been resolved by the and the one in the FIR did police and the village ‘prad­ not match, Bijnor SP San­ han.’ jeev Tyagi told The Hindu One journalist had put that the house on which the the “house for sale” mes­ “for sale” message was writ­ sage on the wall to present ten belonged to Lokesh De­ the local administration in a vi.