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DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, MAY 4, 2020, KOLKATA, LATECITY, 10 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00/EX-KOLKATA `6.00(`12INNORTH EAST STATES &ANDAMAN)WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM PAKISTANI AMONG TWO MILITANTSKILLED Salons to storesto Colonel,Majoramongfivesecuritypersonnel cafes: small services stare at end of road killedineight-hourgunbattleinNorthKashmir Wait forsafetynet as Covid threatens operations built on savings, struggle Securityforces ‘He promised he would come soon. He were trying to PRABHARAGHAVAN, MSME is coming, but wrapped in Tricolour’ SUNNYVERMA,PRANAV save hostages MUKUL&AASHISHARYAN SOS in Handwara With their daughter NEWELHI,MAY3 AN EXPRESSSERIES HAMZAKHAN, Tamanna, 12,sitting besideher PALLAVISINGHAL&MAN at theirJaipur home,Pallavi said, FROM ASouth Mumbai cafethat PART 2 ADILAKHZER AMANSINGHCHHINA “I couldn’t contact him. Icalled wound up after10years in oper- HANDWARA,MAY3 JAIPUR,PANCHKULA, the unit and got to knowhewas ations to astandalone salon in depleting working capital on CHANDIGARH,MAY3 stucksomewhere. When so the heart of the capitalthatisun- payoutssuchasrent, electricity ADECORATED Commanding Familymembers of J&K Police Sub-Inspector Sageer Ahmad muchtime passes with some- surewhether it can ever start and salaries, and acomplete lack Officer of the Army’s counter-in- Pathan arrive totakehis body in Handwara. Shuaib Masoodi THE CALL came on Sundaymorn- one being stuck, youknow again to an eatery in Meerut’s of certainty on when demand surgency RashtriyaRifles, a ing, but PallaviSharma says she MajAnuj Sood (left) and Col something is wrong.” shopping hub launchedbya will be back-ifatall. Major and aJ&K Policeofficer already feared the worstasshe Ashutosh Sharma of 21 RR. The Armycalledthe familyto first-time entrepreneurwith his Take 43-year old Vishal Batra, were among the five security The security forces had lost HandwarainNorth Kashmir,to hadn’t been able to getthrough to inform them that Colonel personal savings -eachdistress whoventuredoutof family busi- personnel killedinagunfight contact with themen towards flush out militants. The dead in- husband Colonel Ashutosh ‘HAVEN’T TOLD OUR Sharma,44, haddiedalong with storyinthe Micro, Small and ness to starthis owninJanuary that stretchedonfor over eight Saturdayevening, afterthey cludedthe twomilitants, one of Sharma,the CommandingOfficer another officer,Major Anuj Sood, Medium Enterprises sector is 2020.HiseateryinMeerut’smain hours in NorthKashmir’s went inside ahouse in themidentifiedasaPakistani. of 21 RashtriyaRifles, all of PARENTS, CAN’T 30, and three other security unique but all of them have the market area heldearly promise, HandwaraonSaturday. Chanjimullahvillageof CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Saturdaynight. EVEN CRY’ PAGE 4 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 same refrain. launchedwith an investment of Operations built on the back Rs 10 lakh hepooledfromhissav- of personal savings,sweat and ings and some familyassistance. struggle, nowface the end of the Then the lockdown hit. road. For, it is notjustthe prob- Revenues arezero, but Batra West Bengal As new phase of lockdown lem of howtosurvive the cur- has to payshop rent and staff rent phase, but questions more salaries, in addition to paying basic:how difficult will it be to food expensesfor sevenemploy- committee begins, Centre tells states: pickupthe pieces when things eeswho arestrandedinMeerut. inchbacktonormal? Will there “It takestime foranew busi- to decide on 72% of deaths in 20 districts be ademand fortheir services to ness to pickupand we hadjust ensureviability? begancoveringour expenses, but chaired by the CabinetSecretary These beneficiaries of India’s in March, the lockdown started. easing curbs DIPANKARGHOSE on Sunday. consumptionboom, helpedin In the firstweek of April, we NEWDELHI,MAY3 These districtscover major recentyearsbyonline apps and startedsellingthrough Zomato, urban centres suchasMumbai, delivery options, nowstare at a but barely10dayslater,the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE AS Anew phase of the lockdown Ahmedabad, Delhi, Chennai and bleakfutureasbeauty parlours, pizza-delivery case(case of a KOLKATA,MAY3 with relaxations begins on Pune among others. Significant spas, restaurants, retail stores, pizza deliveryboy testingposi- Monday, 20 districtsac- overlaps arelikelybe- guesthouses,and severalother tive forcoronavirusinDelhi,lead- EVENASseveral states have is- count for68per cent of tween the twosetsof segmentsofthe services trade ing to 72 families to whom he de- suedguidelines on restrictions the active COVID-19 districts. face up to whatlies on the other liveredand 17 other deliveryboys and exemptions in their respec- cases in the country, the The unionMinistry side of the pandemic. being quarantined) happened tive redand green zones, de- Centrehas communi- of Health and Family Till then,the dice is loaded: and our orders fell sharply,”Batra pending on coronavirus risk,the cated to states. As many Welfarehas deployed thereisnocredit to tide over the said. He had to down the shutters West Bengal government will as 72 percent of deaths central public health lockdown phase, newcredit cy- forthe time being. take acall on it Monday. from the disease have occurred teams to assist“state cle rules entail vendors demand- Chef Pooja Dhingrain Atask forceled by stateChief Workersatthe Mazdoor Line in the jutemill hub of Titagarh in Bengal’s North24-Parganas in just 20 districts, statechiefsec- health departments” in ingready cash even as buyers are Mumbai is farawayfromBatra SecretaryRajivaSinhawilldecide district. The mills have been shut sinceMarch 22. Partha Paul retaries were told in ameeting CONTINUEDONPAGE2 unwilling to payondelivery,the CONTINUEDONPAGE9 whichshops and industries will be allowedtoopen in green and orangezones. According to Allow hydel sourcesinthestatesecretariat,the Sacks they make are key to country’s Migrants pay to return home, states panel will take acallafter going project in NE, through the Centre’s guidelines, crops, Bengal jute mill hub despairs ask Centre to foot the train fare bill some of whichhavebeen modi- but give Rs 4cr fied andmay be changed further. TEST 140families, mostwith similar bear the expenditure on hu- Seniorofficials,however, made RAVIKBHATTACHARYA complaintsoflittle or no money AVISHEKGDASTIDAR manitariangrounds since the to study tigers, it clearthat complete lockdown &ATRIMITRA REP RTS in hand, hoping foran“advance”. &IRAMSIDDIQUE workers were already facing would continue in red-zone dis- BARRACKPORE,MAY3 FROM THE The gloom is pervasive,en- NEWDELHI,MUMBAI,MAY3 economic hardships. says Institute tricts.Adistrictiscategorisedasa veloping worker settlements When contacted,Railway redzone if thereare substantial IN MAZDOOR Line, aclusterof FIELD across North 24 Parganas—in MANY MIGRANT workers BoardChairman VK Yadavsaid numbersofactive cases.Theother two-roomtenementsnear the TRACKINGTHEVIRUS, Titagarh,Barrackpore, Kanch- boarding the Shramik Special it wasaconscious call nottorun JAYMAZOOMDAAR criteria arethe rate at which con- BarrackporeTrunk Road in the rapara, Naihati and Halisahar. trains to return to theirhome these trains free of costsothat NEWDELHI,MAY3 firmedcasesaredoubling,andsur- jute millhub of Titagarh in North LOCKDOWN This is one district from where states arepaying fortheir tick- onlythose who intend to travel veillance feedback. Only grocery 24-Parganas, 28-year-old Mith- Indiasources itsjutebags, always ets. While31such trains have were transported. “Problem is ASUB-COMMITTEE of the shops, markets, sweetshops, and un Prajapatipointstohis wife He says thePDS ration is not in great demand forgrains to be run so farand moreare ex- once youmakeservices free, Environment ministry’sForest pharmacieswill be allowedtore- and twochildren: “Kya khayega enough and he is countingona packedduring harvesting. pected over the next 15 days, everyone is eligible to travel. AdvisoryCommittee has recom- main open in suchdistricts, and yehlog (what will theyeat)?” “little advance” from the mill On April 14,Union Textiles MaharashtraChief Minister Then who is coming to thesta- mendedclearance of the 3,097- the usual restrictions will apply. Ajutemill worker,Prajapati owner because he has run out of MinisterSmriti Irani wroteto UddhavThackeray and tions; who all aretravelling MW Etalin hydroelectric project has been without work since money. Chief MinisterMamataBanerjee, Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister would become aproblem to Train tickets issuedto near atiger habitat in Arunachal FULL REPORT, PAGE 3 March 22 and the lockdown ex- He is notthe onlyone. The urging her to operationalise 18 Sachin PilotSundaydemanded track.This serviceisfor stranded migrantsinNashik Friday. Pradesh’s Dibang Valleydistrict, tension has addedtohis worries. Mazdoor Line is home to over CONTINUEDONPAGE2 the Centreand the Railways CONTINUEDONPAGE2 accepting “in toto”the reportof afield study by theWildlife InstituteofIndia under the same Covid strategist, AIIMS Mumbai doc booked for Punjab records biggest ministry. BUSINESSASUSUAL Fundedbythe developer,the WII study concludedthat the chief Dr Randeep Guleria ‘sexual assault’ of Covid BY UNNY spike, 55% of cases in state project would notaffect tigers since none wascamera-trapped in the project area during the is guest at e-Adda today patient, confined to home now have aNanded link four-month fieldwork. said it has sackedthe accused. Yetthe reportsought Rs 4 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE SAGARRAJPUT “The doctor wasonhis firstday ANJUAGNIHOTRICHABA CORONACOUNT