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DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2021, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 14 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 BIHAR &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM EXPRESSNETWORK RESPONSE TO TALIBAN IN ASSAM, CONG SAYS WILL SNAP TIES Russia, China,Pak WITH AIUDF PAGE 5 in new regional structure,India OUTGOING ITBP CHIEF:CAN BE MORE calibratesstand HOSTILEONCHINA BORDERIFNEEDED Russian reminder, statementsonPutin PAGE 6 calls amplify urgency of newreality BENGALI WRITER BUDDHADEB GUHA RAKESHSINHA BUSINESSASUSUAL DIES AT 85 PAGE 6 NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 BY UNNY CALIBRATINGITS response to overtures SundaybyTaliban Delhi schools, leader Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, New Delhiiskeenly SHOPPING ONLINE colleges open awareofthe powerstructure emerging in the region. tomorrow: 50% Officials told The Indian Express that muchbeforethe Amidcriticism, Taliban takeover,India wasbe- class strength, ing remindedbyRussia of the staggered needtocome to terms with the shifting sands in Afghanistan. Govtrelookat China made itsstand public lunch breaks when Foreign MinisterWang Yi metaTaliban delegationled by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in THE EDITORIAL PAGE SUKRITABARUAH Tianjin on July28. “The Afghan draftrulesfor NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 Taliban,” Wang said, “is an im- TALIBANANDNEW portant political and military REALPOLITIK ONLY50per cent studentsper force… expected to playanim- BY CRAJA MOHAN class, staggered lunch breaks, portant role in the country’s e-commerce mandatorythermalscreening, peace, reconciliation and recon- PAGE 8 alternateseating, aquarantine struction process.” room —these aresome of the On August11, four days be- WORLD Unhappiness over definitions and guidelinesthat schools and col- fore the fall of Kabul, the leges in Delhi will have to follow ExtendedTroika on Afghanistan, SEVEN CHILDREN ‘overreach’ by consumeraffairsdept when theyreopen on comprising Russia, China, Wednesday. Pakistanand the US, metin AMONG 10 KILLED IN While schools forClassesIX- Qatar’s capital Doha. U.S. DRONESTRIKE, PRANAVMUKUL XII, colleges and coaching insti- That India would notfind a SAYS FAMILY NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 tutions will reopen, it will notbe place at this table wasmadeam- compulsoryfor studentstoat- plyclearbyZamir Kabulov, WHITE HOUSE: WE FACINGApushbackfromnot tend physical classes. Online Russian President Vladimir CAN EVACUATE ALL DAY BEFORE DEADLINE onlythe industry butalso some learning will continue forthose Putin’s special envoy on AMERICANS sections of the government,the Rulesinlast who optout. Those who choose Afghanistan. PAGE 10 The United States said itsmissiledefencesysteminterceptedrockets firedfromcars towards Department of Consumer Affairs offline classes will have to getthe CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Kabul’s internationalairportonMonday. Aamaj News Agencyvia Reuters is learnttoberevisitingsome stagesof permission of their parents/ provisions pertaining to defini- notification guardians. tions suchas‘related party’ and The Delhi Disaster ‘e-commerce entity’ proposedin Management Authority on the drafte-commercerulesit THE DRAFT e-commerce Mondayissuedthe standardop- publishedinJune, multiple rules were announcedon eratingprocedure(SOP) to be Anti-conversion law 13-year-old Dalit girl from Delhi sources involved in the exercise June 21,and invitedcom- followedbyinstitutes whichde- have told TheIndian Express. mentsfromstakeholders cide to open. The schedule has to raped, killed; landlord’skin held The mostsignificant criticism by July6.However, multi- be staggered to avoid crowding in process, deterrent from within thegovernment is ple contradictions flagged in classrooms and outside; class related to the perception of by theindustry had size has to be limited to 50 per Father says calledcops afteraccusedpushedtocremateher “overreach” by theConsumer promptedthe Consumer cent of the total strength.Apart needed, says Khattar Affairs Department —venturing Affairs Department to ex- from standardprecautions on had dieddue to illness and pres- home in Gurgaon. intoareas whereother depart- tend the datetoJuly21. sanitisation, masksand physical JIGNASASINHA suredhim to cremate the body, “The landlord’s wifetold me mentssuchasthe Department Stakeholder views have distancing, instituteshavealso NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 until neighbours intervenedand thather brother had ayounger forPromotion of Industryand been received, and the de- been directed to maintain a got him to call the police.The daughter and my daughter can Internal Trade (DPIIT) and the partmentisinthe final ‘quarantine room’ on campus in A13-YEAR-OLDDalit girlfrom post-mortemreport revealed playwithher and stay with the MinistryofElectronics & stages of notifying the case astudent or teacher dis- West Delhiwas allegedlyraped that the girl, who had suffered familyfor sometime. She took Information Technology (MeitY) rules governing the sector. plays symptoms. and killedbyarelativeofher severe injuriesonher face and her on July17,”the father stated arealready working. In case of adouble-shiftsys- landlord, according to thevic- private parts, had been raped. in the FIR. Severalcontradictions in the tem, the instituteswill have to tim's parentsand an FIR regis- Speaking to The Indian Speaking to this newspaper, draftrules that have triggered by the industry, the“broad defi- maintain agap of at leastone teredbypolice. The relative has Express,the victim's father, who he said thataround3pm on confusion among sectoral play- nition” of ‘relatedparty’ has been hourbetween the twobatches been arrested andpolice said is adaily wage labourer,saidthat August23, he receivedacall from ers have also been flagged,in- flagged —asone “thatcan poten- of students. Further,students, theyare investigating the alleged lastmonth, on the recommen- the landlord, saying his daughter cluding some provisions that run tiallyinclude all entities suchas teachers and employees living in involvement of the landlordand dation of the landlordwho “was had diedoffoodpoisoning. Four contrarytothe rules governing those involved in logistics, any containmentzones willnot be his wifeinthe case. likefamily”, he had allowedhis hours later,Praveen,the land- the sector issuedearlier by the joint ventures, etc.”, thereby permitted to the institutes. According to thegirl's father, daughter to go with the arrested lord’s wifeand twoothers DPIIT,officialssaid. vastly expanding the remit of the Meanwhile, severalprivate Manohar Lal Khattar in ChandigarhonMonday. Kamlesh Singh the accused claimedthat the girl accused Praveentoworkathis CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Among the concerns raised CONTINUEDONPAGE2 schools in the city said they would notre-open on Wednesday, andwould first EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE SPORT gauge parents' response, assess CHANDIGARH,AUGUST30 CMDIFFERSWITH Goa rammed through land ownership Bill howmanystudentswould opt DEPUTY,BACKS foroffline classes, and formulate HARYANA CHIEF Minister CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Manohar Lal Khattar said on KARNALOFFICER despite objectionsbyRevenue, Law,Finance Monday that alaw to target the ADAY afterDeputy CM increasing incidentsofforcedre- Dushyant Chautala YOUR RIGHT PushedbySawant, the Bill finance, also raisedred-flags, the CITY ligious conversion was“in promisedaction MAYURAJANWALKAR wasintroduced on July29. The RTIdocumentsrevealed. process”. againstIAS officer PANAJI,AUGUST30 TO KNOW day’s session spilledovertoJuly Among the eight points re- “Lawisenacted to createa Ayush Sinha for 30, and, according to documents quiring detailed examination, deterrent forpeople when a ordering police to IN THE crucial hours before the AN EXPRESS RTI obtained by The Indian Express Monserrate said, wasthe inter- wrong thing starts getting into “break the heads” of Goa Legislative Assemblypassed APPLICATION under RTI, at 2.12 am that day, estofowners who had rented their behaviour.Suchincidents farmer protesters, Chief the controversial Goa Bhumiputra Revenue SecretarySanjay out their houses that would not have startedtakingplace in afew MinisterManohar Lal Adhikarini Bill, 2021, the Revenue Kumar advised“caution as haste be protected if theBill was places in Haryana,” Khattar said Khattarsaid on Ministerwho introducedit, bhumiputra (son of the soil) to can lead us to some unseen passedinits present form. in response to questions at a Mondaythatwhile Jennifer Monserrate,raised eight persons living foratleast30 repercussions” in his file noting. “Government servantsstaying in MOST PVT SCHOOLS press conference he addressed Sinha mayhavechosen issues that required scrutinyand years in Goa. Chief Minister But then it waspassedinthe quarters will claim right to quar- at ChandigarhPress Club on his wordsbadly, asked forits introduction in the Pramod Sawant told the House Assemblyinthe evening of July ters while staying in the said PUT OFFREOPENING, completion of 2,500days of his “strictnesshad to be INDIAWINSGOLD IN next session. Revenue Secretary it would allowthe “mool Goenkar 30 amid awalkoutbythe quarters,” she wrote. CITE LOGISTICAL government. ensured;law and order JAVELIN, SHOOTING SanjayKumar advised against (original Goans)” the right to Opposition afterbeing intro- She raisedthe issue of regu- ISSUES,EXAMS “As long as therewereonly had to be maintained”. AT PARALYMPICS haste,evenwarnedof“unseen stakeclaimtoownershipoftheir ducedinthe early hours. larisationofproperties up to 250 PAGE 3 one-twoincidents,therewas no REPORT,PAGE5 PAGE 14 repercussions”. house on land measuring up to In the previous twodays,the sq m, “whether it will include