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MCS/204/2020-22RNINO.MAHENG2002/21899 eye THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE MUMBAI,LATECITY TOYSTORY DECEMBER13,2020 Play is serious business. Apeek into 16PAGES,`5.00 the world of toy start-ups in India DAILYFROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM PAGES 13, 14, 15 Invest‘POTENTIAL FORmoreAGRO-INDUSTRIES’infarm sector,notenough: PMtellsIndiaInc ‘Niti se aurniyat se, Govt fully committed to farmer welfare’ ENSECONOMICBUREAU NEWDELHI,DECEMBER12 CALLINGFOR greater private sector investment in agriculture to boostfarmer incomes and employment opportunities, FIRST SRINAGAR SNOW PrimeMinisterNarendraModi Farmers in tentsatthe Singhu border Saturday. Praveen Khanna said Saturdaythathis govern- Almostall parts of Kashmir Valleyreceivedsnowfall Saturday, leaving Srinagar cityunder two-three inches of snow, and severalroads blocked. Shuaib Masoodi ment is “fullycommitted to the welfareoffarmers, with itspoli- cies and intent”. Govt says must meet, Addressing industrycaptains at FICCI’s 93rdAnnual General Nadda row: MHA deputes 3officers part Meeting —amid government ef- farmers repeat: first fortstoresolve grievances of farmers who have been protest- of his security to Centre,Bengal says no ing at the gatesofDelhiagainst talk repeal, thenelse newly enacted farm laws —the Prime Ministersaid: “Today present themselvesinDelhi on when Iamamidstindustrylead- HARIKISHANSHARMA DEEPTIMANTIWARYAND Mondayfor ameeting on law Worker beaten ers, Iwant to saythis openly, that NEWDELHI,DECEMBER12 RAVIKBHATTACHARYA and order in West Bengal. the kind of investment that NEWDELHI,KOLKATA, Sources said that in acom- to death,BJP shouldhavebeen done by our AS UNION AgricultureMinister DECEMBER12 munication sent to the chief sec- private sector in the agriculture NarendraSingh Tomar held talks retary andDGP on Friday, the blames TMC sector,was unfortunatelynot on Saturdaywith ministerial col- ANEW flashpoint has emerged Federalprinciple Home Ministrydirected IG done. This sector wasnever re- leagues, Haryana Deputy Chief in the Centre’s tussle with West (South Bengal Range) Rajiv EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE allyexplored much by the pri- MinisterDushyant Chautala, and SUNDAY Bengal, with the Home Ministry atstake,court Mishra, DIG (Presidency Range) KOLKATA,DECEMBER12 vate sector.” agroup of farmer leaders who calling to NewDelhi three IPS of- maybeinplay Praveen Tripathi, and SP (North “Wehavehad cold storage supportthe newagricultural STORY ficers who were responsible for 24-Parganas) Bholanath Pandey, ABJP WORKER wasbeaten to problems…withoutprivate sec- laws,thereappeared to be no No question providing security to BJP na- TECHNICALLY, THE to reportfor deputation with the death during the party's Griha torsupport, the supplychain breakthrough in the standoff PAGE 10 tional president JPNadda —and Centrehas the right to Government of India. SamparkAbhiyan in Halishahar could operateonlytill alimited with farmers. of coercion thestate refusing. call an officer on depu- The letter,sources said, was of North24-Parganas district on point.Shortage of fertilisers, you Whiletheystuck to their de- Layoftheir Cars in Nadda’s motorcade tation, and in case of a written afterWestBengal Chief Saturdayevening, police said. have also seen.You also know mands, farmer leaders said they land were stonedbyalleged disagreement,its deci- SecretaryAlapan Bandopadhyay The BJP accusedthe howmuchfertiliser India has to were ready to hold talkswith the in control of Trinamool Congress workers on sionprevails.However, wrotetoUnion Home Secretary Trinamool of murder,while the import. The Central government government providedtheydis- From farmersatthe the outskirts of Kolkataon giventhe federal struc- AjayBhalla asking to be excused TMC said the death wasaresult has been working regularly(to cussedrepealing the three new barricades, to families population: Thursday. On Friday, thestate ture, the Centredoes fromtheproposedmeetingonlaw of afightbetween twogroups of resolve)manysuchproblems in farm laws before anything else. back home,ashared government had declinedto notusuallyinsist. This and order,since the state govern- BJP workers. the agriculturesector.But this re- Theyalso announcedintensifi- concern —over future complywith aHome Ministry matter couldwell end mentwasalready“addressingthe Saikat Bhawal, who was quires both your interestand in- cation of protests. Govt to SC summons to the chief secretary up in court. issuewith utmost seriousness”. beaten and attackedwith sharp vestment. Ibelieve that many Asked about the next round and director general of police to CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 of talksafter his meeting with hours therewill be another Tomar,Union MinisterofState round of talksand some conclu- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE forCommerceand Industry Som sive statementcan come." Asked NEWDELHI,DECEMBER12 INSIDE Prakash, one of the three minis- whether the Centrewould give In fray today, two Karnataka iPhone plant ters holding talkswith farmer statutoryrecognition to itswrit- IN RESPONSE to apetition seek- leaders, said, “Ultimatelywe tenassurance to farmers on con- ing implementation of atwo- suspends workafter pay CROWDSSWELL; have to hold ameeting. Thereis tinuing the MSP system, child norm to checkthe coun- candidates seeking to GOYALREPEATS no other way.” Chautala said, “Whatever they try’s population, the Centre has MAOISTREMARKS Following hismeeting with (the farmers) demand.” told the Supreme Courtthat row leads to violence PAGES 6 Tomar,Chautala said, “I am Addressingapress conference India’s population policy is “un- put PSA, jailbehind hopeful that in the next 28 to 40 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 equivocallyagainstcoercion in familyplanning”, whichhas EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE proved to be “counter-produc- BENGALURU,DECEMBER12 tive”, and that the country’s Total Ugrahan wearshis politics on his FertilityRate(TFR) is “witness- WORKERS WENT on aviolent ing aconstant decline”. rampageatafacility manufac- In an affidavit filedinthe top turing Apple iPhones and other sleeve: ‘Called us Pak, now Naxals’ courtonapetition by advocate productsabout 60 km from Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, the Bengaluru on Saturday morning, thoseinjail and demanded their Union Ministryfor Health and causing extensive damagetothe SOURAVROYBARMAN& release, drawing sharp reactions FamilyWelfaresaid, “... interna- premises. Severalcars on the premises ANJUAGNIHOTRICHABA from the ruling BJP and other tionalexperienceshows that any Work has been suspended at were damaged. Express BAHADURGARH,JALANDHAR, farmer leaders. coercion to have acertain num- WistronInfocomm DECEMBER12 Ask him about the allega- berofchildreniscounter-pro- Manufacturing India Pvt Ltd's tions and Ugrahan, who formed ductive and leads to demo- ShabirLone(centre) wasdetainedfor 7months. Shuaib Masoodi 43-acreplant in the Narasapura twocarsofthe companywere ALLEGINGTHATthe farmer his outfit in 2002 afterbreaking graphic distortions”. India’s TFR, area of Kolar district.Overahun- damaged,” Kolar deputy com- protests arebeing hijackedby away from the BKU (Ekta), re- the government has pointed out, dred people have been arrested, missioner CSatyabhama said. the hardLeftand “Maoist” ele- mains unchanged and unflinch- is already down “substantially” nounce the needtovote police said. The deputycommissioner ments, UnionMinisterPiyush ing. He makes no bones that he to 2.2 as per the 2018 Sample NAVEEDIQBAL for“unity,prosperityand Violence brokeout during a said the companyhad decided Goyal, addressing the FICCI AGM wears his protestpolitics on his Registration System,whichis ROHAMA(BARAMULLA), dignity”, with photo- changeofshifts at the plant over to suspend operations forafew Saturday, did notname anyone. sleeve —hejoinedthe Shaheen partofthe Census exercise, from DECEMBER12 graphs of thePeople’s the non-payment of promised days in lightofSaturday'svio- It wasanapparent reference to Bagh protests lastwinter. 3.2 in 2000,when the National Alliance forGupkar wages, local officials said. lence. “It seems the workers 75-year-old-year-old Joginder At Bahadurgarh, 7kmfrom “Firsttheycalledus Population Policy wasadopted. AT ONE of the entrances DECISION Declaration(PAGD)lead- “The workers vandalisedthe were unhappy over wagesnot Singh Ugrahanand his Bharatiya Tikri protestsite. Express Khalistani, then theycalledus “(The) FamilyWelfare marking the Rohama 2020 ership. Among the 13 in factoryoveradisputeinpay- being paid as promised. The is- Kisan Union (EktaUgrahan). Pakistani, nowweare called Programme... is voluntaryinna- constituency,thatvotesin J&K the fray areShabir ment of salaries.Itwas an un- sue wasnever brought to the no- At itstransit camp, a gaushala Naxals. The languagekeeps DISTRICT, ture, whichenables couples to the sixth phase of the LOCAL POLLS AhmadLoneandZahoor called-for action. The whole re- tice of the labour department or abutting atemple7km from the stackednear the entrance –on changing, but thereisnolet-up decide the size of their family DistrictDevelopment Ahmad Mir,bothof ception area wasdamaged. district authorities. Theyhave Tikri border,posters of jailedhu- December 10,the HumanRights in the attacks.And the same peo- and adoptthe familyplanning Council (DDC) electionsin whom were jailedunder the Phones made at the plant were brazenlyattackedthe plant. man rightsactivists arrested in Day, Ugrahan’s colleagues and pleharp on the importance of methods best suited to them, Kashmir on Sunday, posters an- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 takenaway. Acar wasburnt and CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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