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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 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2020, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 BIHAR &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 238-214:TRUMP DOES BETTER PHOTO-FINISH CONTESTS BIDEN CALLSFOR PATIENCE, Amerithan what pollspredicted caacross countCountry deepenuncertainty sOTrumpthreatensn...legal action It’s avery sad moment... Republic TVEditor-in-Chief Arnab Goswamiafter his arrest, at AlibauginRaigad on Wednesday. NarendraVaskar We will win this, and as far as Iamconcerned we already have... We'll be going to the US Supreme Court...” Police barge into —DONALD TRUMP US PRESIDENT Goswami’s home, “Outrageous... naked arrest him in case effort to take away democratic rights of American citizens... closed last year we have legal teams standing by... they will prevail Sent to judicial custody in abetment —JOE BIDEN to suicide case;bail hearing today DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE Anote left behind on thepodium by US President Donald Trumpreads “Won Texas”after he reacted to early results,inthe East SAGARRAJPUT& THE EDITORIAL PAGE Room of the WhiteHouseinWashington on Wednesday. Reuters MOHAMEDTHAVER MUMBAI,NOVEMBER4 REPUBLICOFPOLICE StormingofTVanchor’s THE RAIGAD POLICE housebypolicethreatensall WednesdayarrestedRepublic media,sanervoicesinstate Bideninches aheadbut Trumpdigs BUSINESSASUSUAL Inside aPennsylvania TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab governmentmuststandup Goswami (47) and twoothers in PAGE 8 heelsinonnarrowerpathto2nd term BY UNNY connectionwith an abetment to bar, watching the suicide case registeredagainst them in May2018. EXPRESS NETWORK states that couldpropelhim to An Alibaug courtsent all ED battle —and waiting MARKLANDLER& the critical threshold of 270elec- three to 14 days judicial custody BJP’S UNION MICHAELCOOPER Thelarger toralvotes. lateWednesdayevening after NEWYORK,NOVEMBER4 PLAIN E Trump’spath to winning a ident-hopeful had spentthe first hearing them and the Raigad MINISTERS, CMs ● message EX second term appeared narrower, half of the daywavingatfans and Policefor over six hours. Besides SLAM ARREST AS VOTE-COUNTINGcontinued and dependedonhis ability to speaking to his hometown con- abailplea in the Alibaug court, in an election with record-break- THE VOTES arestilltobe carry moreofthe undecided RACE FOR nections —roughly 15 Scranton Goswami has alsomoved the SENA,NCP, CONG ing turnout where mostballots counted andthe juryis states, including severalbattle- THE WHITE locals sawthe evening turn to BombayHighCourtseeking to CRITICISE ‘SELECTIVE were castbeforeElectionDay still out on the presi- groundGreat Lakes states that HOUSE night at Morganz Pub &Eatery quash the FIR and criminal pro- OUTRAGE’ BY BJP but manycould notbecounted dency.But thereare two he wonin2016whereBiden was as theysat in front of four televi- ceedings againsthim in the abet- PAGE 7 until afterward, the US presi- clear messages —the re- showing signs of strength. EXPRESS sion screens that gave them lit- ment to suicide case. dency continuedtohanginthe jection of Trumpthat With millions of votes yetto tle information about who their The HC is likelytotakeupthe balancelateWednesdaymorn- many expected hasn't be counted across sevenkey EXPLAINED INTHEU.S. next president would be. plea on Thursday. Goswami, FerozShaikh (42) ing, with the hopes of former happened;and, the states —thereisareason that With lawyers on both sides On Wednesdaymorning, a and Niteish Sarda (25) areown- Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. United States remains a news organizations and other EXPERT EXPLAINS of the political aisle on standby, team from Raigad crime branch ers of companies that had al- and President Donald Trump nation deeplydivided, usuallyimpatient actors were LOOKINGBACKAND KARISHMAMEHROTRA on Tuesday, millions of accompaniedbyAPI Sachin Vaze legedly notcleareddues of resting in ahandful of keystates. mostnot moving from CONTINUEDONPAGE2 SCRANTON(PENNSYLVANIA), Americans voted in schools, po- from Mumbai police —which is Rs 5.38 crorefor work carriedout By lateWednesdaymorning, positions when Trump AHEAD:POLLS, NOVEMBER4 lice stations and churches. Here separatelyinvestigatinganalleged by Concorde Designs, an interior Biden’s prospects had bright- entered theWhite House COURTS,TRANSITION in Pennsylvania, election officials TRP scam with Goswami as one design firm. In his suicide note, enedabit amid signs that he in 2016. FULL COVERAGE PAGE 11 AROUND THE corner from Joe begantoopenupthe 2.5 million of the accused—stormedinto AnvayNaik, Managing Director, held narrowleads in several PAGE 12 Biden’s home —wherethe pres- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Goswami’s Worliresidenceto Concorde Designs, held the three take himto theAlibaugpolicesta- responsible forhis death and tionwheretheFIRwasregistered. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 J&K: Polls for AN EXPRESS INVESTIGATION PART FIVE Chanda Kochhar case: newly created dist councils Scholarship scam spreads to Bihar, ‘5 trunks’ of documents from Nov 28 ropes in school from Punjab too in ED chargesheet BIKERSSHOOTAT ARUNSHARMA did nothaveahostel. WOMANINCAR, JAMMU,NOVEMBER4 THE “Thereare 150studentsin KHUSHBOONARAYAN SCHOLARSHIP the school but onlyseven from GURGAONPOLICE &SADAFMODAK THE FIRST-EVER elections to the minority communities. Ihave SAYBIDTOLOOT MUMBAI,NOVEMBER4 newlyconceived District SCAM neververified anyscholarship Development Councils (DDCs) in application. Someone had called THREE MEN on a THE ENFORCEMENT Directorate the Union TerritoryofJammu lastyear,asking me to fill the motorcycle allegedly shot (ED) filedachargesheet, along and Kashmir will be held over ABHISHEKANGAD forms forastudent scholarship. at a26-year-oldwoman with “fivetrunks” of supporting TANGLE OF eight phases beginning GAYA,SAHARSA(BIHAR), Idid notagree. We have been while she waswith a documents,before aspecial court TRANSACTIONS November 28. The setting-up of NOVEMBER4 cheated," Kumar said. friend in his car (above) in Mumbai on Tuesdayinthe case ICICIBank-Videocon-DeepakKochhar 14 territorial constituencies or About 20 km away,atBinda in Gurgaon’s Sector 65 on of alleged moneylaundering DDCs in eachdistrict wasfacili- THE SCHOLARSHIP scam, in villageinBarachatti Block, The Tuesdaynight. againstthe former managing di- tatedbyanamendment to the whichmoneymeantfor poor Indian Express trackeddowntwo Police suspect the men rector and chief executive officer Electronics Ltd (VIEL), Videocon Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati minority studentsissiphoned of these beneficiaries, listedin intendedtolootthe duo of ICICI Bank,Chanda Kochhar, Industries Ltd and Supreme RajAct, 1989, by the Central gov- off, is notlimited to Jharkhand, recordsasClass 7students who andattackedthem her husbandDeepak Kochhar, Energy Pvt Ltd, have been named ernment on October 17. but has crossedstate borders. receivedRs5,700 eachfor 2019- when theyrefused to roll and Videocon Group chief inthechargesheetor“prosecution Themembersof theDDCswill Investigatingentries, district Manu Indian Public School in Gaya's BankeBazaarhas 128 20. One of them is Mohammad down theirwindows. Venugopal Dhoot, among others. complaint”. beelecteddirectlybyvotersinthe by district, on the National hostel beneficiaries. But it does nothaveahostel. Abhishek Angad Arshad Ansari, 20, an apprentice Theysaid the woman is “It is informedthat the The ED's case againstthe UnionTerritory. AlongwithDDCs, Scholarship Portal (NSP) and barber at alocal salon. The other critical. Theysaid the chargesheetispending for Kochhar family pertains to the al- bypolls forthe vacant seatsinex- matchingthem with beneficiary is his neighbour Shaiyma “preliminaryprobe scrutiny of five trunksoforiginal legedillegal sanctioning of loans istingurbanandlocalbodieshave bank accountsinthe Public the scam in Jharkhand, records But TheIndian Express visited Parveen,16, who is aClass10 stu- suggests it is acase of documents. The intimation (of it of Rs 1,875crore by ICICI Bank, alsobeenscheduled.Electionsfor Finance Management System showthatManu Indian Public the school to find apartially dent in alocal government school. loot, but it could be being filed) is takenonrecord," during the tenureofChanda DDCs and urbanlocal bodies will (PFMS), The Indian Express has School in Gaya's BankeBazaar painted two-storey structureina “I neverstudied in Manu enmity as well”. the courtsaid. The casehas been Kochhar,toVideocon Group. be held on party basis. found severalcases of the pre- Blockhas as many as 134benefi- deserted field—itwas locked. Indian PublicSchool, and Idon't adjourned to November 11. According to theED, it found In the firstset of elections to Matric scholarship being illegally ciaries, including 128who stay About 2kmaway, school owner knowwho this scholarship is for. SourcestoldTheIndianExpress that loans were refinancedand be held in J&K since the erst- diverted by middlemen in Bihar in ahosteltherebybeing eligible RajivKumar scrolledthrough the Icleared Class 10 from agovern-