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DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2020, KOLKATA, LATE CITY, 14 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00/EX-KOLKATA `6.00(`12INNORTH EAST STATES&ANDAMAN)WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM WORLD Amid divestment plans,PSUslag in marketrally, FPIs 34 KILLED IN SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN show little interest AFGHANISTAN, ARMY BASE ATARGET PAGE 10 SUNNYVERMA& SANDEEPSINGH NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 UP law sees AMID THE relentlessrally in the stockmarket, institutional in- Aworryfor vestors seem to have largely first case: Kin voted down government- theMinistry ownedcompanies. Their stock of 20-yr-old prices continue to languish, un- STOCKPRICES OF gov- Farmer leaders hold apress conference at Singhu Border on Sunday. GajendraYadav WHEREAPOSSIBLEBREAKTHROUGHMAYLIE,EXPLAINED,PAGE9 likethose of leading private sec- ernment-ownedcom- move against torcompanies. paniesand bankscon- The PSUs have shown signif- tinue to lag behind Muslim friend CREATE AWARENESS: PM ON MANN KI BAAT icantlag in performance despite private peers, andhave the broad recovery in the mar- been trading sharply be- kets since April 2020. lowtheir peak value of MANISHSAHU While the BSE Sensexhas recent years. Lowvalua- LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER29 Newlawshelpfarmers,sayPM,Shah; risenby50per cent between tions areanissue forthe March 31 and November 24,the government because it ADAY afterthe newanti-con- BSE PSU indexhas risen by only has aheavy disinvest- version lawcame intoforce in 18.7 per cent. In fact, the BSE mid ment agenda linedup. Uttar Pradesh, the police on cap and small capindices have The Finance Ministryis Sunday registeredits firstcase keyMinistersmeetonwayforward jumpedby60per cent and 75.6 said to be looking at under it. Owaisi Ahmed, 24,was per cent respectively in the same ways to improvethe booked by the Deorania police period. marketvalue of govern- in Bareilly forallegedly pressur- Reforms openeddoor to newpossibilities, With the governmentlook- ment companies. ing aHindu woman to convert, BUSINESSASUSUAL Farmers refuse to move, ing to raise funds through divest- and threateningher parents says Modi; Home Secy tells farmers to go ment of stakeinsome of these when theyobjected. to designated protest sitefor early talks BY UNNY say will intensify protest PSUs,the issue of lowvaluation value afterthe pandemic im- The family of the20-year-old has come up fordiscussion in the pacted marketsinMarch 2020, woman lodged the complaint. AgricultureMinisterNarendra Border —through whichthe Finance Ministry. Sources said HDFC Bank and KotakMahindra The police said theyhad not EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Singh Tomar metatBJP presi- AMILBHATNAGAR highway to Haryana, the government has been look- Bankhavehad freshrecord been able to find Ahmedyet. NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 dentJPNadda’s residence. &JIGNASASINHA Chandigarh, and onward to ing at ways to improvevaluations highs in recent days and several Preliminary investigation has In his Mann Ki Baat address, NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 Himachal Pradesh and Punjab in line with the book value and otherprivate sector bankshave indicated thetwo were in arela- AS FARMERS from Punjab and Modi said demands of farmers, passes —tochalk out their profitability of thecompanies. done well. tionship, and had elopedlast Haryana, seeking repeal of the promisedatone time or an- REJECTINGTHE Centre’s invita- course of action. In the evening, State-ownedbanks, which Even the Nifty CPSEindexis year,beforetheywerefound and newfarm laws,continuedto other by everypolitical party, tion forconditional talks, farm- theyannouncedatapress con- were expected to benefit in down almost46per cent from broughtback. WhileAhmedhad protestatthe gatesofDelhi, Prime had been metthrough these ers camping at the Delhi- ference that theywould block- terms of market value aftera itspeak of 2,795 recordedin been arrested then too, the MinisterNarendraModi and laws.Heasked theyouth, “es- Haryana border reiterated their ade five pointsofentryintoDelhi spateofamalgamations and 2018.Whilestate-ownedfirms woman had denied thecharges Home MinisterAmit Shah backed peciallythose studying agricul- demands on Sunday, and said —Sonipat, Rohtak,Jaipur, capital infusion, have seen a have lagged behind their private of kidnappinglodged against the laws Sunday, saying they ture” to go to villages, and cre- theywould notvacatethe arte- Ghaziabad-Hapur,and Mathura steady decline in value. The Nifty peers in terms of performancein him by herfather.The woman were forthe benefit of farmers. ateawareness among farmers rial GT Karnal highway. —inthe coming days. PSU Bank index, forinstance, is the pastaswell, the differential wasmarriedoff by the familyto Lateatnight, Shah, Defence about the newlaws. Farmers’ groupsheld discus- The farmers have been down 64 per cent from itspeak between their marketperform- someone elseinApril this year. MinisterRajnathSingh and CONTINUEDONPAGE2 sions at Delhi's northernSinghu CONTINUEDONPAGE2 of 4,327in2017. ance has been widening in re- IG, BareillyRange, Rajesh While manyprivate banks cent years. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 also sawasharp decline in share CONTINUEDONPAGE2 PSUs LAG IN PERFORMANCE Will go with people’s decision:Suvendu Mar31 Nov27 Change BSEPSU 4,498.12 5294.9 17.7 BSESensex 29,468.49 44149 49.8 on his home turf after quitting TMC govt BSEMidcap 10,569.93 16914.6 60.0 BSESmallcap 9,608.9216875.2 75.6 Adhikari invokedBhimrao can give you,” Adhikari said at ATRIMITRA Ambedkar and Maulana Abul the programme, whichwas or- MAHISHADAL(PURBA Kalam Azad and said that he will ganisedbyTamralipto MEDINIPUR),NOVEMBER29 uphold the Constitution and JanakalyanSamiti. serveBengalis and Bengal as On Friday, aftermonths of Atmanirbhar push in IN HIS firstpublicmeeting after their “sevak”. distancing himself from the quitting the Trinamool Congress “Bhimrao Ambedkar and party,Adhikariresignedfrom bullet train: Industry government in West Bengal, Maulana Azad, among others, the MamataBanerjee-led Suvendu Adhikari on Sundayre- framedour Constitution.Our Cabinetwherehewas Transport, The 90-ftecobridgeonKaladhungi-Nainital highway. Express frainedfrommaking anypoliti- country's democratic system is Irrigation and Waterways told to build substitute calannouncement and instead by the people, forthe people and Minister. said that “people will have the of the people. Therefore, the peo- His resignationwas accepted lastword” on his political career. ple will have the lastword. With by Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar. for made-in-China tech Uttarakhand’s unique Addressing an event in mem- theirsupportand the responsi- Suvendu Adhikari at He,however, did notquitthe oryoflatefreedom fighter Ranjit bility theyhavebestowedonme, Mahishadal event partyorresign as an MLA. bridge to help reptiles Kumar BayalatMahishadalin Iwill serveBengalis and Bengal on Sunday. Partha Paul Therewas speculation that AVISHEKGDASTIDAR Purba Medinipur district, as their sevak. This is apromise I CONTINUEDONPAGE2 NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 cross busy jungle road AS THE corporationbuilding the country’sfirstbullettrain project lizards, snakes including CoBRA officer was to come home for EXPERT pushesfor Indian firms shoulder- LALMANIVERMA pythons,rodent squirrels, and EXPLAINS ing three-fourth of the work, DEHRADUN,NOVEMBER29 monkeys,and the crushedre- celebrationofbirthday, alateDiwali Indian industry has been urged mains of reptiles arefrequently Dr KSrinath to come up withanalternativeto Reddy THE UTTARAKHAND Forest found on the highway. the high-techmachinesneeded Department has built afirst-of- The 5-foot-wide, 40-foot- While the 33-year-old diedof FromTheIndianExpresspanel to construct viaducts (elevated Work is on at the Sabarmati its-kind ecobridgeacross abusy high bridgecan take theweight GARGIVERMA injuries sustainedinthe IED ofspecialists,exclusiveinsight structures) at the desired pace, hub of the bullettrain. File highway in Ramnagar forest di- of three adult humans, andforest &SRINATHRAO blast,seven CoBRApersonnel whichare currentlymade onlyin vision of Nainital district so that officialssaidtheyhoped it would RAIPUR,MUMBAI, were injured and arenow out of China.Trade with Chinahas been reptiles trying to cross over are be usedbyevenleopards. NOVEMBER29 danger.The attackhappenedjust ROADTOMASS affected by the border tension in launching mechanism com- notcrushedundertraffic. The bridge, whichwill be put 6kmfromthe Burkapal base VACCINATION eastern Ladakh. monlyusedinIndia—while one- The 90-foot-long structureof in sight of four camera traps, will FAMILY, FRIENDS and colleagues campofCoBRA. The megacarrier and and-a-half girders areplacedina bamboo, jute, and grasses was be studiedasamodel by the described Assistant Comman- The CRPF said Bhalerao had EXPLAINED PAGE 9 launcher machines, also known week with this, the Chinese ma- built across the two-lane Forest Department, Ramnagar dant Nitin PBhalerao, killedina fought on forseven hoursde- as Transporter, Gantryand Full chines enable twogirders aday. Kaladhungi-Nainital highway by Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) MaoistattackinSukma, spitelosing alot of blood. THE EDITORIAL PAGE Spam Launcher machines, are Eachmachine costs around local contractors over aperiodof ChandraShekharJoshi said. Chhattisgarh, on Saturdaynight Nitin PBhalerao,33, diedin The Assistant Commandant’s ubiquitous in China’s large-scale Rs 70-80 crore. The bullettrain 10 days at acostofRs2lakh. The bridgehas been strung at as someone who strove to be the aMaoistattackinSukma cremation on Sundayevening at connectivity projects. Typically,