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You may follow The Indian Express’s news and analysis through the day on indianexpress.com DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2020, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 PATNA &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM JUSTICES MBSHAH AND ARIJIT PASAYAT SHARP DIVIDE OVER FARMBILLS MEA, Army Key agenciesalerted on revelations, Bidtoassure:MSPup in marathon LAC talks meeting soon:black money SIT head forsixcrops,BJPtells with China BANK OF NEWYORKMELLON KRISHNKAUSHIK In alert on shellfirms, NY bank flags MPstospreadtheword NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER21 ELEVEN DAYS aftertheir transfers to Adanifrom Seychelles In LS,Minister Foreign Ministers reachedan agreement in Moscowto“con- Some under Adani spokesperson says transactions of about $14.46 mn legitimate Tomar says govt tinue dialogue”and “quickly disengage” troops to “ease ten- scanner, will companies. committed to sions” along the Line of Actual RITUSARIN Onelists “suspicious” trans- MSP,‘clearing lie’ ControlinLadakh, Indian and probe fresh NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER21 actions to and from “shell-like” Chinese militarycommanders entities in Seychelles between spread by Oppn returnedtothe talkstable leads: ED chief ADANI GOBAL PTE, the 2005 and 2014 withtotal remit- Mondaytotry and resolve the Singapore-basedglobal arm of tances at $6.24billion. The next situation. the Adani Group,crops up in a year,another SARfiledbyBNYM LIZMATHEW Until lateinthe night, the RITUSARIN clutchofSuspicious Activity reported1,241 fresh transactions NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER21 meeting whichbegan in the NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER21 Reports (SARs) filedtoFinCEN, worth$105million carriedout morning —the sixthround of thetop US financial watchdog, in Januaryalone. IN THE face of intensifying discussions at the Corps THE HEAD of the Supreme thatred-flag the subject of shell Along with severalother protestsagainst itscontentious Commander-levelsincethe start Court-appointedSpecial Investi- companies and their use in transactions forcompanies lo- farmBillsaheadof the Biharelec- O’Brien, other MPs protesting at ParliamentonMondaynight of the standoffearly May—was gation Team (SIT) on black moneylaunderingactivities in cated in Switzerland, Hong Kong tions,the Government andthe still on at Moldo, the border moneysaid Mondaythatthe dis- the taxhaven of Seychelles. andRussia, the SARs have details BJP have kickstarted acampaign meeting point on the Chinese closures on “suspicious” banking ANEXPRESS These SARs, investigated by of transactions between to counter Opposition claims that 8Oppn MPssuspended for side near Chushul. transactions revealed in the The Indian Express,form partof Thionville Financier Ltd,anin- the laws are“anti-farmer”. The Indian team, ledbyXIV FinCEN Files, the ongoing inves- INVESTIGATION Bank of NewYorkMellon’s vestment companywithad- In the Lok Sabha Monday, Corps Commander Lt General tigation by TheIndian Express in PARTTWO (BNYM) tracking of suspect dresses in Mahe and Victoria in Union AgricultureMinister ‘unrulybehaviour’inRS Harinder Singh, includedLt collaboration withthe transactions related to several CONTINUEDONPAGE2 NarendraSingh Tomar an- General PGK Menon from Army International Consortium of nouncedanincrease in ing to ruckusand multiple ad- headquarters. He is tippedto Investigative Journalists and Minimum SupportPrice (MSP) MANOJCG& journments. take charge of the Leh-based BuzzFeed News,havebeen JP MORGAN CHASE forsix rabi crops. He said the de- KRISHNKAUSHIK AfterRajya Sabhawas ad- Corps in October. brought to the attentionofthe cisionprovesthe Governmentis NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER21 journedfor the day, the sus- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 US indictmentmemo:bribes for Andhra committed to retaining the MSP pendedMPs sat on adharna in mechanism and “clearing the THE FACE-OFF between the gov- front of the Gandhi statue at mining permit—and link to ex-Cong MP lie” spread by the Opposition. ernment and the Opposition over Parliament, wheretheycontin- ED Whythis BUSINESSASUSUAL The decision wasread out on the passageoftwo keyfarm Bills uedtoprotest through the night. The memorandum on the floor of the House and fol- in RajyaSabha escalated on Opposition MPs, from both round BY UNNY KHUSHBOONARAYAN DmytroFirtash andpeople al- lowedbyapress conference by MondaywithChairman M Lok Sabha and RajyaSabha, PLAIN E ● iskey MUMBAI,SEPTEMBER21 legedly linked to him, including three Union Ministers, Ravi VenkaiahNaidu suspending droppedinatthe protestsiteina EX former Kievmayor Leonid Shankar Prasad,Piyush Goyal eight MPs “for the remaining part showofsupportand solidarity. AFORMER Member of Dmytro Chernovetskyi and his son and Pralhad Joshi. The MSP of of the currentsession” on amo- Some likeLeader of Opposition ALOT is riding on this Parliament,abank in Cyprus, aUS Firtash Stepan Chernovetskyi, was wheat has been increasedbyRs tion brought in by thegovern- in RajyaSabha GhulamNabi round of talks, the first Department of Justice indictment basedon40suspiciousactivity 50 per quintal, barleybyRs75, ment citing “unrulybehaviour”. Azad, DMK’s Tiruchi Siva and since the Moscowagree- andanautostart-upinGurugram ECONOMY reports (SARs) submitted by gram (chana) by Rs 225, lentil The suspendedMPs — RJD’sManoj Kumar Jha dropped ment between the Indian figureinaninvestigative memo- banksthat includedJPMorgan (masur)byRs300,rapeseed & Congress’s RajeevSatav, Syed in at night. While Siva brought and Chineseforeignmin- randumon aUkrainianbusiness- ONRADAR:INDIA Chase Bank,StandardChartered, mustard by Rs 225, and saf- Naseer Hussain and RipunBora; idlis,sambar and chutneyfor the isters. The presence of an man, preparedin August2017by Deutsche Bank TrustCompany flowerbyRs112. Trinamool Congress’s Derek CONTINUEDONPAGE2 MEA official in the Indian the Financial Crimes TRANSACTIONSWITH Americas and Citibank in the US, “I want to tell farmersthat O’Brien and Dola Sen; AAP’s team points to acoordi- Enforcement Network(FinCEN), DUBAIGOLDMAJOR records investigated by The when the Bills foragrarian re- SanjaySingh; and CPI(M)’sKK nated approachtotry the US regulatoryagency foren- PAGE 15 Indian Express show. forms came, Congressmen Ragesh and Elamaram Kareem – MORE REPORTS and dial down tensions. forcing moneylaundering laws. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 refusedtoleave the House, lead- PAGE 6 INSIDE IITs, IIMs, Central KAPIL MISHRA DURING QUESTIONING: ‘DIDN’T GIVE SPEECH, TOLD univs, Navodaya POLICE ABOUT PLAN FOR DHARNA’ schools dip into PAGE 3 pay for PM Cares RIOTS CONSPIRACY CHARGESHEET SHYAMLALYADAV YOUR RIGHT ‘Violence on mind NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER21 TO KNOW AFTERPUBLICsectorcompanies, AN EXPRESS RTI after2019results... asweeping rangeofeducational APPLICATION institutions, from Navodaya schools forrural studentstoIITs, objective was to IIMs and central universities, have together contributed Rs 21.81 THEBIGPUSH croretothe Prime Minister’s 20 IITs`5.47 cr Citizen Assistance and Relief in uproot elected govt’ 10 IIMs `66.06lakh Emergency Situations (PM CARES) fund —mainlyfromstaff 7IISERs `45.79 lakh ple under the stringent UAPA in salaries, RTIrecords accessedby 11 Central`3.39cr JIGNASASINHA acase of alleged conspiracy re- TheIndianExpress show. Universities &SOMYALAKHANI lated to theFebruaryriots in The Prime Minister’s Office, 2IIITs`8.15 lakh NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER21 NortheastDelhi. whichmanages thefund,has de- The chargesheetincludes the clinedtofurnish detailsofcon- NCERT`35.22 lakh “FROM THE daythatthe results namesofformer AAPcouncillor tributions received, saying that 9NITs`1.01 cr of the 2019 Parliamentaryelec- Tahir Hussain, PinjraTod’s PM CARES is “notapublic au- AICTE`13.80 lakh tions were declared,the tone Devangana Kalitaand Natasha thority under the ambit of...the and tenor of the public utter- Narwal, former DU student RTIAct”. UGC `7.41lakh ances of the keyconspirators of Gulfisha, Jamia Millia Islamia The fund wasset up follow- JIPMER, `65.88 lakh the present case has shown a PhD student Meeran Haider and ing the Covid outbreak,and had Puduchery clear streak of affinity towards Jamia Coordination Committee acorpusofRs3,076.62 croreon IISc, `25.64lakh violence whichhad startedplay- media coordinator Safoora, March 31,2020, justfourdays Bengaluru ing out in their minds.” amongothers. within launch, of which This is howthe Delhi Police The final report, signedby Rs 3,075.85 crorewerelistedas (Note:Datafrom Special Cell concludes its2,695- DCP (Special Cell) PSKushwah “voluntarycontributions”, ac- institutions/regulators that page“final report” in the and ACP(Special Cell)Alok cordingtoits official website. responded to RTIrequests) chargesheet filedagainst15peo- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ‘Highdebt, fiscal deficit... India can’t print its wayout of the mess’ To aquestion on the demand ing stimulusofXper cent and ENSECONOMICBUREAU by manyexperts andeconomists the UK doing astimulus of Y, so NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER21 to spend more, Sharmasaid: “I’m whycan’t we do asimilarstim- muchmoresympathetic to the ulus? And my point is