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DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD,CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA,LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA ● REG.NO. MCS/067/2018-20RNI REGN. NO. 1543/57 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2021, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 14 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00, WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM UnioHELD BY MAHARnMASHTRAinisPOLICEterAFTERRanSENAehFIRseldover ` 95 per kilo ` 123 per kilo remarksonUddhav,grantedbail ` 152 per kilo ` 56 per Dozen Says would have “slapped”CM; BJP, Sena workers clash; BJP calls arrest againstconstitutionalnorms In hiding JAYPRAKASHSNAIDU &VISHWASWAGHMODE overseas, head MUMBAI,AUGUST24 of Afghanistan’s UNION MINISTER and BJP Rajya Sabha member NarayanRane poll panel rues: wasarrestedTuesdayby Maharashtra Police forthreaten- 20 years of ing to “slap” Chief Minister UddhavThackeray.Hewas re- progress lost leasedonbail in Mahadin Raigad, nearly nine hours after his arrest,but district officials RITIKACHOPRA said therewerefour other FIRs NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 againsthim in the state. The BJP ralliedbehindRane, WHENHAWAAlamNooristani claimingthat while it did not (56) leftKabul on August8toat- Kawsar Qazizada (left) with herelder sisterDewaat agree with his remarks,his ar- tend aconference in Beirut, she Minneapolis airport,US, Monday. Thefamilyapartfrom rest wasinviolation of constitu- had no inkling of what layahead. Kawsar had gone to Afghanistanamonthago,and got tional procedures. Aweek later,onAugust15, as stuckthere. AP Speakingtoreporters Nooristani and her colleagues MondayeveninginMahad in waited in transit at Dubai airport Raigad, Rane had said:“It is to boardthe Modi and Putin discuss shameful that the Chief Minister flight backto does notknowthe year of Kabul, her Independence. He leanedbackto familyin- Afghanistan; India flags terror enquireaboutthe count of years formedher of of independenceduringhis Police trytocontrolaclash between Sena, BJP supporters over the case againstRane, in Mumbai Tuesday. ANI the Taliban’s concern at BRICS, UNHRC speech. Had Ibeen there, Iwould rapid advance have given(him)atightslap.” on mentioning or criticisingthem Rane’s remarks ledtoaspate Afghanistan’s SHUBHAJITROY —toensureaninclusive gover- of protests across Maharashtra. INSIDE Nooristani capital. NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 nance structureinthe country. In Mumbai, the Yuva Sena, the Battle lines sharpen ahead of key Returning Aday afterhediscussed the Sena’s youth wing ledbyAaditya CLASHATRANE’S home wasno AWEEK intothe evacuation of situation in Afghanistanwith Thackeray,was at the forefront of longer safe, she wastold. morethan800 people from German ChancellorAngela protests.AmeyGhole, ShivSena BUNGALOW,MANY civic body polls early next year Fearing retribution fortheir Afghanistan—mostlyIndiansand Merkel, Prime Minister corporator and Yuva Senatreas- INJURED role in conductingelectionsin some Afghans —New Delhion NarendraModi spoketoRussia’s urer,put up banners in Dadar againstChief MinisterUddhav The arrest is another chapter the country, all eight Election Tuesdaystepped up diplomatic President Vladimir Putin on area with Rane’s photograph ti- BJPSTANDSBY VISHWASWAGHMODE Thackeray have galvanisedits in the continuingfeud between Commissioners changed their engagement with keycountries Tuesday. Thetwo leaders tled“Kombdi Chor” (a derogatory RANE,DISTANCES &SHUBHANGIKHAPRE cadres, and the BJP maintaining Rane and Thackeray.Rane, who travel plans and flewtoanother withstakesinthe region. “agreedtoform apermanent bi- reference to thepoultrybusiness FROM HISREMARK MUMBAI,AUGUST24 that Sena vandalism on the spent close to threedecades in countryinstead. Underliningconcerns about lateralchannel forconsultations” he ranyearsago)and therewas streetsisonlygoing to work to the ShivSena, leftthe partyin Amongthese officialsnow Pakistan-basedterroristgroups, on this issue,the Russian govern- stone-pelting outside Rane’s HCSAYSNOTO WHEN THE BJP asked Union itsadvantage. 2005 afterafallout with strandedabroad is Nooristani, India extended itshandtodeal ment said in astatement. house in theJuhu area. Shiv URGENTHEARING MinisterNarayan Rane While the street bat- Thackeray.Hehas since then the firstwoman to head theInd- with the humanitarian situation “Theyexpressed intention Sainiksalsoheld protests in PAGE 4 to tour Mumbai, its tles across the state been targeting Thackeray,both ependent ElectionCommission in Afghanistan, and also called to enhance cooperationon Dahisar,Malad (East) and other satellitecitiesand areas showedthat the Sena during hisstint in the Congress CONTINUEDONPAGE2 upon the Taliban —without CONTINUEDONPAGE2 places. of the Konkan region, it could still mobilise, it and in his newrole as aUnion At least five FIRs were filedby tional insult to provokebreachof wasthe startofamis- wasclearthat the party ministerinthe BJP government. EXPLAINED E● Shiv SainiksinMahad, Pune city, peace), 505 (public mischief) and sion to preparethe heading the Maha Vikas Rane joinedthe BJP duringthe FRESH TREMORS IN PUNJAB CONG Jalgaon, Thane city and Nashik 506(criminal intimidation). FIRs ground forcivic body Aghadi government was run-up to the Lok Sabha elec- city againstRane over his re- with similar sections were reg- electionsdue next Februaryand having itsway by getting Rane tions. marks. isteredatother police stationsas to takethe battletoShivSena arrested. From the startofthe Jan Ministers hold meeting, claim The FIR by Mahadcity’s Yuva well. strongholds, including the Sena- StateBJP leaders, including AshirwadYatralastweek,Rane Sena party leader Siddhesh Rane is presentlytouring controlledBrihanmumbai formerChief MinisterDevendra made his agendaclear.Asheset Patekar againstRane wasregis- parts of Konkan as part of the Municipal Corporation. Fadnavis who wasinstrumental offfromMumbai airporttowoo 34 MLAswantAmarinder out teredunder IPC sections153 BJP’s public outreachcampaign The Rane-Sena showdown in bringing Rane intothe party Sena constituencies in Mumbai, (wantonlygiving provocation launchedasthe JanAshirwad and his arrest Tuesdayhave fold in 2019,ralliedbehind him Palghar,Raigad, Ratnagiri and place Chief MinisterAmarinder with intent to cause riot), 159 Yatra. raisedthe stakes, with the Sena though theydistancedthem- Sindhudurginthe Konkan, he KANCHANVASDEV Singh,adding theyhad "lostcon- (commit an affray), 504(inten- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 claiming that Rane’s utterances selvesfromhis remarks. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CHANDIGARH,AUGUST24 fidence in him". Sidhu and the four working JUSTOVER amonth afterthe presidentsappointed withhim Congress high command made stayed away from the meeting, Bombay HC order in NavjotSingh Sidhuthe Punjab held at Cabinet ministerTript chief touting it as aformula to Rajinder Singh Bajwa’s official POCSO case outrageous, keep the peace in the stateunit, Afterthe meeting, the MLAs residence. However, later,some afresh revolt is in the works. calledonSidhu. Express of the MLAs present at the meet- Thirty-four Congress MLAs, of ing went and metSidhuatthe must reverse it: AG to SC the party’s 80, held ameeting Congress headquarters. along with other party leaders at leastfour ministers claimeda Another ministerpresent at The SupremeCourt had hereTuesday, following which demand had been raisedtore- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE stayed the HC orderonJanuary NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 27.The AG and the National Commission forWomen had ATTORNEY GENERAL KK filedseparate appeals. MF-like trusts key financingtool Venugopal on Tuesdayurgedthe “Iftomorrow, aperson wears Supreme Courttoreversethe apairofsurgical glovesand feels Bombay High Courtruling which the entire bodyofawoman, he in mega asset monetisation push held that if thereis“no direct won't be punishedfor sexual as- physical contact, i.e. skin to skin”, sault as per this judgment. This is setthe ball rolling. no offence of sexual assault un- an outrageous order.The accused SUNNYVERMA InvITsfor railwaysand power der the Protection of Children triedtobring down the salwar NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 sector assets arebeing planned from Sexual Offences (POCSO) and even then bail wasgranted... as well —evenasaPublic Private Act, 2012,can be said to be com- The Judgeclearly didn't see the INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT Partnership(PPP)-based tem- mitted. far-reaching consequences,” the Trusts (InvIT) will be akey fi- platehas also been preparedto The judgment“is outrageous AG said. nancing mechanism as the gov- monetise assets across sectors and would setadangerous He saidthat “touching of the ernment kick-starts itsambi- including ports,airports,ship- precedent”, Venugopal told a breastofaminor even without tious plan to monetise CROWNJEWELS ARE ping,telecom, warehousing, BenchofJustices UULalit and removing the topamounted to brownfield assets,with a BEING SOLD TO A mining, and gas&petroleum AjayRastogi, whichishearing ap- commissionofoffence of sexual Rs 5,000 croreNational productpipelines. peals againstthe January12rul- assault underthe Act”. HighwaysAuthority of India SELECT FEW:RAHUL “Thefirsttranche of NHAI ing of the Nagpur Benchofthe Referring to the factsofthe (NHAI) InvIT issue expected to PAGE 10 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Bombay HC. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 BUSINESSASUSUAL BY UNNY Planner,recruiter andmilitantfor 26 years, he wasamong the mostwanted PAGE 1 the Valley, who joinedtheir ranks were killed in an overnight gun- ANCHOR in 1996 and wasthe chief of The fight in north Kashmir’s Sopore. Resistance Front(TRF) since last Police believe the TRF to be a year,Sheikh had kept thesecu- shadowgroup of the Lashkar-e- rity forces on his toes due to his Toiba.With this, police said, 102 BASHAARATMASOOD abilitytomaintain