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JOURNALISM OF COURAGE SINCE 1932 The lockdown to contain the coronavirus outbreak has disrupted supply chains. One crucial chain is delivery of information and insight — news and analysis that is fair and accurate and reliably reported from across a nation in quarantine. A voice you can trust amid the clanging of alarm bells. Vajiram & Ravi and The Indian Express are proud to deliver the electronic version of this morning’s edition of The Indian Express to your Inbox. You may follow The Indian Express’s news and analysis through the day on indianexpress.com eye THE SUNDAY EXPRESSMAGAZINE ServesAll,With a NEWDELHI,LATECITY Side of Chutney NOVEMBER1,2020 Idli is one of India’smost 18PAGES,`6.00 consumed breakfast. What (`8BIHAR&RAIPUR,`12SRINAGAR) accounts forits popularity? DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI,JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI,NAGPUR,PUNE, VADODARA WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM PAGES 14, 15, 16 THE WORLD EXPRESSINVESTIGATION PART ONE RASHTRIYAEKTA DIWAS ADDRESS Direct Benefit Transfer is direct PakadmitstoPulwama… siphoning of school scholarship timeworldunitestostamp SEAN CONNERY, THE In severaldistrictsofJharkhand,minority studentsare being dupedofa FIRSTJAMES BOND, outterror,itsbackers:PM DIES AT 90 Centrallyfundedscholarship by anexus of bank staff, middlemen, school PAGE 12 and govt employees, an investigation by The IndianExpress has found ‘Admission of attacktruth in PakistanHouse exposes real face of Oppositionhere, their distasteful statements’ Yogiwarning: Tribal boy is EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Endlove jihad, shown as VADODARA,OCTOBER31 Parsi, woman PRIME MINISTER Narendra or get ready Modi said SaturdaythatPakistan told money had admitted to the “truth” that for Ram naam it wasbehind the Pulwama ter- rorattackin2019. satya hai from Saudi He said this admissioninthe Pakistanparliament —“wahan ki sansad meisatyasweekaragaya EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ABHISHEKANGAD hai”—also exposed“the real LUCKNOW,OCTOBER31 RANCHI,DHANBAD,LATEHAR, face” of the Opposition parties at RAMGARH,LOHARDAGA, home. He said notonlydid they CITINGArecent ruling of the The LordKrishnaPublicSchool in Ghughri, Ranchi, hasjustfiverooms but records show324 SAHIBGANJ,OCTOBER31 raise questions over the attack, Allahabad High Courtwhich said students receivedscholarships for2019-20, including 213‘hostel’ students. AbhishekAngad but also made “distasteful” state- religious conversion forthe sake OVER THE lastmonth, The Indian mentsand “looked forpolitical of marriage is unacceptable,UP Express tracked15schools across gains and interests”whenthe Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath have allegedly colludedtodupe six districts in Jharkhandand entirenationwas in griefand Saturdaywarnedthose waging ABHISHEKANGAD THE poorstudentsand their families spoketoover30students, par- mourning. “love jihad”tomend their ways RANCHI,DHANBAD,LATEHAR, SCHOLARSHIP of apre-matric Centrallyfunded entsand school authorities to in- Speaking at the Rashtriya or be prepared RAMGARH,LOHARDAGA, scholarship,aninvestigation by vestigatethe listofbeneficiaries EktaDiwas parade in Kevadia to PM NarendraModi pays tributetoSardar Vallabhbhai Patel fortheir last SAHIBGANJ,OCTOBER31 SCAM TheIndianExpress has revealed. forpre-matric scholarshipsin markthe 145th birth anniversary on his birth anniversary, at the Statue of Unity in Kevadia. PTI journey—“Ram Thisnewspapertrackeddown 2019-20 sanctionedbythe of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Modi naam satyahai ■ A28-year-old homemaker in tel. But according to the official schools across Ranchi, Dhanbad, Union MinistryofMinority said he would urge “suchpolitical ki yatranikalne Giridih,aRanchi couple in their portal, scholarships have been Latehar,Ramgarh,Lohardagaand Affairs through the National parties” to desistfrom“selfish His remarks came twodays cess of the people under the waalihai”. 30s, the 47-year-old wifeofatai- disbursed to 323hostelstudents Sahibganj; interviewed several Scholarship Portal (NSP). politics” because by “playing into afterPakistanministerFawad leadership of Imran Khan. You Speaking in lor in Lohardagareceive, in their for2019-20. students, their families, school Whatitfoundwere severalin- the hands of anti-nationalforces, Chaudhrytoldhis country’s and Iare all part of thatsuccess.” Malhani bank accounts, funds of aCentral ■ In Lohardaga, RajiyaKhatun, staffandofficialsof theJharkhand stancesof outrightfraudandfudg- knowinglyorunknowingly, and National Assembly: “Humne In his address, the Prime Yogi (Jaunpur) government scholarship meant whose husband is atailor,was StateMinorities Finance and ingof records. Hereisthe firstset: becoming their pawns, theycan- Hindustan ko ghus ke maarahai Ministerdid notname Pakistan Adityanath whereabye- forpre-matric minority stu- asked to give her Aadhaar num- Development Corporation Studentsduped, notprotect theinterestofthe na- (Weentered India andhit them). —hecalledit“neighbouring election will be dents.All of them saytheyare ber, bank details and finger- (JSMFDC),the nodal agencyfor tion or theirown party”. Our success in Pulwama is asuc- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 held foran unaware of this. prints, and told that Rs 10,700 disbursing this scholarship. agentstakecut Assembly seatonNovember 3, ■Severalstudentsacross at least wascoming to her accountfrom The Indian Express also cross- ASSEMBLYOFGOD CHURCH the Chief Ministersaid the six districtsinJharkhand have Saudi Arabia —and she could checkeddataonthe National SCHOOL, HUTUP,RANCHI: Allahabad High Courthad ruled had their Aadhaarcards and fin- keep half. But records showed Scholarship Portal (NSP)with ZikrulAnsari,studying in Class Rajasthan 2nd Cong-ruled state to bring that religious conversion for gerprintstaken, and scholar- this wasayear’s scholarship beneficiarybank accounts 9, says he receivedRs2,700 in marriageisnot necessary. “It ships disbursedintheir names, meant forapoor minority stu- CONTINUEDONPAGE6 May, whichisless than half of own farm Bills to counter Central laws should notbedone, it should not but manyhavereceived onlya dent staying in ahostelinRanchi, the Rs 5,700hewas entitled to be acceptedorrecognised. The fractionofthe amount —ifatall about 100kmaway. per year.“WhenIasked forthe and Facilitation) (Rajasthan government tooisinthe process anything. This goes on and on —across TOMORROW: full amount,the authorities said HAMZAKHAN Amendment) Bill, 2020; The ED More of deciding tough measures to ■ In Dhanbad, the Indira Gandhi Jharkhand. Anexus of brokers, ONE SCAM, MANY theytoo had worked hardand JAIPUR,OCTOBER31 Farmers (Empowerment and strictthan end love jihad,” he said. Memorial High School has three bankcorrespondents,schoolstaff METHODS neededthe money,”hesaid. Protection) Agreement on Price PLAIN E ● Punjab “Chori chhupe, naam chhupa rooms, 80 studentsand no hos- andstate government employees CONTINUEDONPAGE6 RAJASTHAN BECAME the second Assurance and Farm Services EX kar ke jo log behen-betiyonki Congress-ruledstate afterPunjab (Rajasthan Amendment) Bill, CONTINUEDONPAGE2 to counterthe Centre’s newfarm 2020; and, The Essential THE BILLSare similar to laws when it tabled three Billsin Commodities (Special Provisions the Punjab legislation, the stateAssemblySaturday, say- and Rajasthan Amendment) Bill, but aremorestringent Instagram ing therewas “extraordinaryout- 2020, in the Assembly. when it comestopunish- With ex-BJP, Brahmin faces, RJD tries to rage”amongfarmers. Chief MinisterAshok Gehlot ing traders who harass StateParliamentaryAffairs andformer CM and BJP leader farmers. The jail term can shoots down ministerShanti Kumar Dhariwal VasundharaRajewereamong be 3-7yearsorminimum go beyond M-Y in bid to look ‘like AtoZ’ introducedThe Farmers’ Produce thosepresent in the House. fine of Rs 5lakh, or both. Olympian Trade and Commerce(Promotion CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Heena’s post VANDITAMISHRA THEEXPRESS DARBHANGA,OCTOBER31 INTERVIEW SHAHIDJUDGE AS DISCONTENTS with 15 years MUMBAI,OCTOBER31 of Nitish rajrise to the fore,and a desirefor bringing in the new LAST MONTH, former WorldNo. makes itself heardinBihar, 1pistolshooterand Olympian Tejashwi Yadav’s RJD faces adif- Heena Sidhu uploadeda‘paid ficult predicament in this elec- partnership’ tion: It is new—but it is also old. RJD candidates Amarnath Gami (Darbhanga); RK Choudhary promotional The RJD’s newchiefministe- (Bahadurpur);VinodMishra(Alinagar). VanditaMishra videofor an au- rial candidateishis father’sson. tomobile brand Lalu Prasad gave theRJD itspol- on her itics and itsideological corein and“socialjustice”cameto mean andistakingpainsto projectitself ‘People of Bihar Instagram ac- the turbulent 1990s —but he Yadavdomination.Electorallyand as the “A to Z” —not just“M-Y” — count. In the also gave it itsstraitjacket. politically, theRJD became party. nowfinally video, she talks He upendedanen- the “M-Y” (Muslim- The ticketdistribution is the feel heard’ Heena about the trenchedupper-caste Yadav) party. messagewith itsfar greaterem- Sidhu newly dominationbymobilis- In Election 2020, phasis on the numerical pres- Tejashwi Yadav, launchedvari- inganarray of backward Team Tejashwi is at- ence and preponderance of caste RJDleader ant of acom- castesinastateoffierce temptingto rallytheM-Y groups locally, andwinnability. pact SUV,beforedriving the car caste inequalities. Over base while breaking the This has meant that the RJD SUNDAY STORY to ashooting rangeand firing the years, however, DECISION M-Yconstraint.Ithascast has put up candidates from from her pistolatthe target. Lalu’s radical and large- 2020 theRJDnetwideramong upper and non-Yadavbackward PAGE 11 Afew days later,Sidhufound