DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2020, KOLKATA, LATE CITY, 12 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00/EX-KOLKATA `6.00(`12INNORTH EAST STATES&ANDAMAN)WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM MODI, SHAH HOLD SECURITY MEET Jharkhand changes DayafterJammufiring, process, physical PMsaysplottoderail checksmust for all grassrootsdemocracy schools, applicants DespitePak bid, Pakistan fingerprints THE DDC polls as per SCHOLARSHIP schedule: official all over: Phones, SCAM DEEPTIMANTIWARY medicines, weapons ABHISHEKANGAD COVID CURFEW BACK,AHMEDABAD NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 Amid rising Covid-19cases, the Gujarat government has imposedaweekend curfew in ADAY afterfour terrorists were DEEPTIMANTIWARY DAYS AFTER it registeredFIRs to Letter refers to The Indian Ahmedabad, andnight curfew in Surat, Vadodaraand Rajkot. Nirmal Harindran killedand acache of arms and ex- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 probethe illegal diversion of the Express reports plosivesrecovered in Jammu, Centre's pre-Matric scholarship Prime MinisterNarendra Modi “Kaha Phnche KiaSorateHal Hai forpoor minority students, Fridaypointed to cross-border KoiMushkil To Nahi,2Baje, Phir based on thefindings of an in- disbursedtofakebeneficiaries in terror from Pakistanwhile thank- BtaDan Gy (Wherehaveyou vestigation by The IndianExpress, "previous years". UP govt on Kappan: Had India’s ing the security forces forhaving reached? What’s the situation? the Jharkhand government has The letter referred to The “defeatedanefarious plot”totar- Is thereany problem?, 2O’clock, ordered itsofficers to “physically Indian Express investigation, getgrassroots democracy in J&K. Will letyou know)." verify” all schools and applicants whichfound that the scholar- daughter pamphlet, riot plan With the District Theseweresomeofthe text seeking to avail scholarships un- shipwas being siphonedoff by DevelopmentCouncil(DDC)elec- messages receivedbythe four der the Union Ministryof anexus of middlemen, school through suchkind of websites tions scheduledtotakeplace in Jaish-e-Mohammedterrorists, Minority Affairs for2020-21. staffand district officials that ei- KAUNAINSHERIFFM viz. propaganda relating to inci- the Union Territoryfrom who were gunned down by se- In aletterdated November ther setupfakebeneficiaries or NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 dentsofmob lynching, migra- November 28, Modipostedon curity forces in an encounter in Atextmessagereceived by 19,and sent to allDeputy dupedstudentsintoletting them tion of labours in recent times” Twitter:“Oursecurityforceshave Nagrota, in Jammu, Thursday, on the JeM terrorists Commissioners, Welfare apply on theirbehalf and pocket ■ The “pamphletssorecovered These submissions of the onceagaindisplayedutmostbrav- aDigital Mobile Radio manufac- SecretaryAmitabh Kaushal also ashareofthe money. i.e. AM INOT INDIA’S DAUGH- Uttar Pradesh Police in official eryand professionalism. Thanks tured by Pakistani company directed that necessarysteps be Itsaidthatphysicalverification TER... etchaveaneffect of ampli- records —the FIR, remand appli- to theiralertness,theyhavede- MicroElectronics. made in Pakistan. takentorecoverthe scholarship CONTINUEDONPAGE2 fying social hostility and public cations seeking custody—regard- feated anefarious plottotarget The terrorists hadbeen in J&K Police investigations revolt”. ing the case registered against grassroots leveldemocratic exer- touchwith their handlers in have revealedthatthe Jaish ter- ■ Accused have revealedthey SiddiqueKappanwas Delhi-basedjournalistSiddique cises in Jammu and Kashmir.” Pakistanoversmartphones rorists hadbeen sent with the “gathered funds” to “instigate ri- arrested on Oct 5. PTI file Kappan and three others, arepart The Prime Ministerwrote: manufactured by QMobile, a specific task of carrying out a Electoralbondsof oting on basis of caste”incon- of the stategovernment’saffidavit “Neutralising of 4terrorists be- Pakistani company. They were large attackahead of the District nectionwith the Hathras case, before the Supreme Courtinre- longingto Pakistan-basedterrorist carrying medicines manufac- Development Council (DDC) “as theyhavedone on the basis ing webplatform ‘Carrd’; “Many sponse to apetition seeking re- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 tured in Karachi, and wore shoes CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Rs 282 cr sold ahead of religion in protestofCAA”. kinds of anti-national propa- lease of Kappan from custody. of Bihar elections ■ Accused createdawebsiteus- ganda arebeing spread in India CONTINUEDONPAGE2 WEST BENGAL UP to bring ordinance, FPI inflows highest ever, over OnlyRs80lakh from Patna; funding to SUPRIYOINDICATES parties via bonds in 3yrs is Rs 6,493 cr PRESIDENT’SRULE non-BJP state govts Rs 1.4 lakh cr in eight months ANOPTION,TMC HITSBACK slam ‘love jihad’ law nancial year.In2012-13, netFPIs YOUR RIGHT ED GEORGEMATHEW PAGE 3 SANDEEPSINGH stood at Rs 1,40,033crore (the FPIssee MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 TO KNOW NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 second highestnow). valuein EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Foreign portfolio investors PLAIN E ● recovery THE STATEBank of India (SBI) AN EXPRESS RTI LUCKNOW,NEWDELHI, FOREIGN PORTFOLIO investors include both foreign individuals EX sold Electoral Bonds worth APPLICATION NOVEMBER20 Gehlot: Word have staged aremarkablecome- and foreign institutional in- Rs 282 croretofundpolitical par- BUSINESSASUSUAL manufactured backafter pulling out arecord vestors (FIIs). AFTER A23.9 per cent con- ties in October ahead of the NEARLY Ayear afterthe amend- by BJP Rs 61,973 crorefromIndian eq- In the first20days of traction in GDP growth Assemblyelections in Bihar. According to thedata, the BY UNNY ment in the citizenship Actand uities in March 2020 dragging November,net inflowsaddedup rate in April-June 2020, the With this, total donations to bank’smain branchMumbai is- talk of an all-India National down the benchmarkindices to Rs 44,378 crore, whichhas led reopening of the economy political parties through suedbondsworth Rs 130crore in RegisterofCitizens provoked Haryana as an encroachment on Sensexand Nifty by 23 percent. to a4,267point or 10.8 per cent in the following months Electoral Bonds have touched the 14th tranche while the New severalChief Ministers to declare personal liberty,and an attempt In justeight monthsofthe surge in Sensex. has ledtoasharper than Rs 6,493 crorefromthe time the DelhibranchissuedRs11.99crore theywould notimplement the to create acommunal divide in current financialyear,net foreign Inflows startedpicking up in expected recovery.This scheme wasintroducedin2018. bonds.TheSBIbranchinPatnasold CAAand NRCintheirstates, the country. portfolioinvestment (FPI)into Augustwith moreliberal unlock has attracted FPIs to see The bank sold 279bonds onlyRs80lakhworthofbonds.Its movesbythree BJP-ruledstates Lateinthe evening, the Uttar equities jumpedbyRs1,40,295 guidelines, and afasterand value and re-enter. worthRs1crore each, 32 bonds Bengalurubranchdid notsell any to bring alaw to checkwhat they Pradesh government announced crore, the highest-everinany fi- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 worthRs10lakh eachtodonors bonds. Encashment of bonds sayis“love jihad”, has once again it had initiated theprocess to in the 14th tranche, whichwas worthRs237 croreweredone in split the nation down the middle. bring an Ordinance to checkun- open from October 19 to 28, the threecities—Bhubaneswar(Rs67 At leastfiveOpposition-ruled lawful conversions in the state. Since 2001 SBI said in itsreplytoaRight to crore), Chennai (Rs 80 crore) and states on Fridaycondemnedthe The UP StateLaw Information application filedby Hyderabad (Rs 90 crore). announcementsbyMadhya Commissionhad submitted a The Indian Express. 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