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, OCTOBER 21, 2020, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00, WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM BILLS GET SUPPORT FROM ALL PARTIES, BJP ABSENT Covid not gone, can’t be PunjabAssemblyrejectsCentre’sfarm careless, cautions PM laws,clearsownwithMSPbenchmark as festival season begins If Governor does ED Whatthe Chhattisgarh planhitsRaj Underlines use of masks, distancing, Multiple IDs notgiveassent, will Billsreally do gazkidoori in address to nation PLAIN E Bhavan wall,Rajasthan will be used ● mean seek legal recourse, EX says Amarinder looks at special session too LIZMATHEW to give Covid APARTFROMthe NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20 Governor, the Punjab tioning the state government’s vaccine: govt MANAMANSINGHCHHINA government's newfarm MANOJCG,GARGIVERMA proposaltoconvene aspecial CAUTIONINGTHE nation that CHANDIGARH,OCTOBER20 Punjab CM Amarinder Singh Bills needthe assent of &HAMZAKHAN House session in October-end. while the lockdownisover, the in theAssembly,Tuesday. PTI the President since they NEWDELHI,RAIPUR,JAIPUR, AthirdCongress-ruledstate, coronavirus is still there, Prime KAUNAINSHERIFFM STRIKINGDOWNkey provisions seek to amendlaws OCTOBER20 Rajasthan, is also planning to Minister Narendra Modiasked NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20 of the Centre's newfarmlaws, passedbythe central convene an Assemblysessionto the people nottobecareless and and barring the sale and pur- cluding three amendment Bills, government. If not, they AS THE Punjab Assembly passed pass alegislation to nullifythe lowertheir guardduring the fes- Prime MinisterNarendra SEVERAL IDs apartfromthe chase of wheat or paddy below to counter the central laws can at best serveasa Billsto counterthecentralgovern- farm laws.“We will convene the tivalseason. Modi during his address to uniquedigitalhealth ID under the MSP,almostall political par- cleared lastmonth. symbolic political state- ment’sfarmlaws,Congress-ruled Assemblysoon,” Rajasthan Chief The battle againstCovid-19 the nation on Tuesday. ANI the National Digital Health ties in the Punjab Assemblycut Exceptfor the twoBJP MLAs ment againstthe Centre's Chhattisgarh's plan to followsuit MinisterAshok Gehlottold The would notbeoverand successful Mission (NDHM) would be pre- across party lines Tuesdayto —Arun Sood from Fazilka and farm laws. ranintorough weather with Indian Express.Later,the until avaccine wasfound, the scribed forthe Covid-19vaccina- pass four newstate farm Bills, in- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Governor AnusuiyaUikey ques- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Prime Ministersaid. ings by expertsthat with nearly tion drive expectednextyear,the “In this festiveseason,the all activities having returnedto government said on Tuesday. markets arebright again but we normal, the festival seasonmay Dr Balram Bhargava,director should notforgetthat the lock- resultinasurge of infections. general of the Indian Council of down might have endedbut This wasModi'sseventh ad- Medical Research (ICMR), said Covid-19 still persists,” Modisaid dress to the nation since the out- that experimental convalescent BUSINESSASUSUAL in a12-minuteaddress to the na- break of the pandemic. Since plasma therapywas likely to be tion on Tuesdayevening. June, India has graduallylifted removedfromthe national clin- BY UNNY “With the effortsofevery the curbs that were imposed icalmanagement protocolfor the Indian over the last7-8 months, with the lockdown in March. disease, basedonevidence that India is in astable situation, and EveryIndian has struggled has emergedfromthe world’s we mustnot letitdeteriorate. during the pandemic, the Prime largest clinical trial,whichwas We should improveitfurther,” Ministersaid, but the economic conducted in India. he said. situation has nowbegun to Askedwhether the NDHM The Prime Ministerspokein slowlyimprove. digital ID would be mandatory the backdrop of repeated warn- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ELGAR PARISHAD CASE Rlys allows Teltumbde brought women Twist in TRP case: Maoist literature, to board videos from abroad: local trains UP Policefileown from today FIR; case with CBI NIA chargesheet RJDleader Tejashwi PrasadYadav at arallyinAurangabad on Tuesday. ANI NEERAJTIWARI Central agency enters pictureas SADAFMODAK MUMBAI,OCTOBER20 MUMBAI,OCTOBER20 Republictells HC to take case away Tejashwi works campaign crowd IN Amuchneededrelief to THE NATIONAL Investigation Anand women commuters of Mumbai, from ‘biased’ Mumbai Police Agency (NIA) has allegedinits Teltumbde the RailwaysonTuesdayfinally with promise of jobs and change chargesheet filedinthe Elgar relented in allowing them to whichhas administrative con- Parishad case that former IIT travel in suburban local trains DEEPTIMANTIWARY trol over CBI, said that afterreg- JD(U) counters with Nitishcrowd images professor Anand Teltumbde at- tend internationalconferences from Wednesday. &OMKARGOKHALE istration of the FIR by UP Police DECISION tendedinternational confer- under the guise of his academic The decision comes four days NEWDELHI,MUMBAI,OCT20 on October17, the stategovern- Mahagathbandhan's chief min- ences “under the guise of... visitsabroad viz Philippines, Peru, afterthe Maharashtragovern- ment sent arequesttothe Centre DIPANKARGHOSE isterial candidate, at his rallies 2020 academic visitsabroad” and Turkey,and other countries and ment,onOctober 16,issued acir- EVENASthe BombayHighCourt forthe case to be handedoverto PATNA,OCTOBER20 arebecoming atalking point. brought backMaoistliterature usedtobring Maoistliterature cular stating that women would is hearingapetition by Republic CBI. “Thenotification has been While the RJD is reading this as and videos on “ideology,tactics, and videos (in pen drive/mem- be allowedtotravelinlocal TV against Mumbai Police for issuedtodaybythe Ministryfor ACROSS RALLIES, the images are asignthatpeople in the stateare BIHAR weapons” to showmembers of orycards)relatedtotheir ideol- trains from Saturday—between lodging an FIR againstthe chan- takeover of the case,” aMinistry muchthe same. Crowds packed ready forchange,the ruling the banned CommunistParty of ogy,tactics, weapons usedby 11 am and 3pmand again from nel forallegedly fudging TRPs, official said. in,with very fewmasksand no JD(U) is at pains to explain that India (Maoist). them,period of attacks,planning 7pmtill the end of services. police in Uttar Pradesh have reg- ACBI official said, “The FIR social distancing. But right from the turnout at rallies areno Teltumbde, who taught at of sudden attacks in spiteofrou- TheRailways had, however, isteredasimilar FIR against“un- has been registered. It is against when RJD leader Tejashwi measureofvotetransferability. IIT-Kharagpur and later at the tine TacticalCounter Offensive stalledthe move stating that it known” channels and persons. unknown people and is arepro- Yadav’s helicopterbegins to de- What seems to be enthusing Goa InstituteofManagement Campaign during Naxal weeks, would requireclearance from On Tuesday, the Centretrans- duction of the FIR registeredby scend, theybegin cheering wildly, the crowdmostisYadav’s prom- before his arrest on April 14,is extension of zones and increas- the Railway Board. It had also ferred the UP case to the Central UP Police.” and then followhim in awaveas ise —one that he makes in each IN YADAV SEAT NEAR also allegedtohave“inspired” ing members of recruitment for suggestedajoint meeting of rail BureauofInvestigation (CBI), UP Police registered theFIR he walkstothe stage, and speaks. of his speeches —of10lakh gov- PATNA, LJP SCARE his younger brother,Milind CPI(Maoist) organisation,” the and government officials to whichpromptlyregisteredanFIR. at Lucknow's Hazratganj police With the firstphase of ernment jobs in his firstact as MAKES NDA TASK Teltumbde, who has been NIA chargesheetalleges. work out the modalities. Sources in the Departmentof station basedonacomplaint polling forthe Bihar Assembly chief minister. In his lastrally of HARDER PAGE 10 namedinthe chargesheetasan “The said foreign literature “I am happytoannounce that Personnel and Training (DoPT), CONTINUEDONPAGE2 elections aweek away,the the dayinPaliganj on Tuesday, absconding accusedand topop- and videos were shown to mem- Railways will allowwomento FULL COVERAGE, VISIT crowds that areturning up Yadavtold the crowdtoloud WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM erative of CPI(Maoist). bers of CPI (Maoist) in training travel on suburban trains from to hear Tejashwi, the CONTINUEDONPAGE2 “Anand Teltumbde usedtoat- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 October 21 between 11 am to 3 pm and after7pm,” Railways Rahul pulls up Nathfor MinisterPiyush Goyaltweeted WORLD on Tuesday. comment on minister,she NGT red-flags Kaleshwaram project: Green The decision comes after muchwrangling betweenthe UddhavThackeray government saysinsulted all women clearance was in violation of law, halt work and the Railways, whichhave squared offoverstarting local benchinNew Delhi alsodirected train services amid the Covid-19 IRAMSIDDIQUE SREENIVASJANYALA the stategovernment to obtain pandemic. Both had differed &MANOJCG HYDERABAD,OCTOBER20 forest clearance before moving over starting special trains to fa- BHOPAL,NEWDELHI,OCT20 ahead with the project. The cilitatemovement of people to DECLARINGTHE environmental Kaleshwaram Multipurpose Lift districtsinKonkan forGanesh SENIOR CONGRESS leader Rahul clearance (EC) granted to the Irrigation Project, the world’s Chaturthi in August. In May, a GandhionTuesdaydisapproved U.S. JUSTICE DEPT Kaleshwaram liftirrigationsys-