eye THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE In the Light of Ye sterday KOLKATA,LATECITY Once there wasaKabul that AUGUST29,2021 wasacityofdreamersand 18PAGES,`5.00 poets, kite flyersand (EX-KOLKATA`7,`12INNORTHEASTSTATES&ANDAMAN) children trudging to school DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM PAGES 13, 14, 15 ED summons BKU ISSUES CALL TO FARMERS TO GATHER to Abhishek, wife; Mamata Farmerprotestsflare says agencies upagain,manyinjured ‘let loose’ inHaryanacrackdown Lathicharge on protestagainsta Abhishek,Rujiraare facing a BJP meetchaired moneylaundering case by CM; Khattar says if violence, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NEWDELHI,KOLKATA, ‘police have to act’ AUGUST28 THE ENFORCEMENT Directorate EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE (ED) has summonedsenior Afghans queue up forone of Italy’s lastmilitaryaircraftout of Kabul, Friday. Italysaid it had evacuated 4,890 people in all. Reuters CHANDIGARH,AUGUST28 Trinamool Congress leader and Chief MinisterMamata THE AGITATION againstfarm Police break up the protestatBastara toll plaza, Karnal. Express Banerjee’s nephewAbhishek laws enacted lastyear returned Banerjee and his wifeRujirafor First outreach signal: UNSC drops to the spotlight Saturdaywhen questioning in connection with a Haryana Police crackeddownon case of moneylaundering asso- farmers in Karnal, leaving sev- If someone breaches ciated with alleged pilferageof eral injured in alathicharge at coal from Eastern Coalfield Taliban reference in line on terror the Bastara toll plaza on the na- cordon, make sure has a Limited mines. tional highway. Abhishek,anMPfrom The farmers were protesting Diamond Harbour,has been India chair,itmentionedTaliban on Aug16; onlytalksofAfghan groups Aug27 againstaBJP meeting on the broken head: IAS officer asked to appear before the forthcoming panchayatpolls — Investigating Officer on ity as the chair forthis month. country, and that neither the Council reiterated the impor- it wasbeing chaired by Chief September 6while Rujirahas SHUBHAJITROY Essentially, this is the firstsig- Taliban nor anyother Afghan tance of combating terrorism in MinisterManohar Lal Khattar. VARINDERBHATIA been told to come on September NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 nal by the international commu- group or individual should sup- Afghanistantoensurethe terri- Police detainedseveral peo- CHANDIGARH,AUGUST28 1. Rujirahad been questionedby nity that the Taliban mayno portterrorists operating on the tory of Afghanistanshould not ple afterusing forceinthe after- the CBI earlier in the case, filed LESS THAN twoweekssince the longer be aglobal outcaste. territoryofany other country.” be usedtothreaten or attackany noon to disperse acrowd that KARNAL SUB-DIVISIONAL lastyear.The ED case is basedon Taliban captured powerin On August16, aday after On August27, aday afterthe country, and that no Afghan had blockedthe highway in MagistrateAyush Sinha, a2018- the CBI FIR. Afghanistan, the United Nations Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, the Kabul airportbombings that group or individual should sup- Karnal. batchIAS officer of the Haryana Addressing TMC Security Council has droppeda Permanent Representative of killedmorethan 100people in- portterrorists operating on the Condemning the police ac- cadre, wascaught on camera workersduring the foundation reference to it from aparagraph India at the UN,TSTirumurti, is- cluding 12 US troops, Tirumurti territoryofany country.” tion, leaders of farm unions Saturdayinstructing policemen dayofits youth wing, Mamata in itsstatement that calledon suedastatement on behalf of the —again as President of UNSC, CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 urgedfarmers across Haryana to to beat up protesters and notto Banerjee accusedthe BJP-led Afghan groups nottosupport UNSC, whichincludedthis para: and on behalf of the Council —is- protestonthe roads. letanyone breachthe security government at the Centreoflet- terrorists “operating on the terri- “The members of the Security suedastatement that con- By evening, severalstretches cordon without a“broken head”. ting loose Central agencies on tory of anyother country”. Council reaffirmedthe impor- demnedthe “deplorable attacks”. BLASTS: US CLAIMS 2 on the highway and toll plazas In avideo clip that did the Abhishek,while claiming that India, whichisthe President tance of combating terrorism in However, the August16para IS ‘PLANNERS’ KILLED across the statewereblockedby rounds of social media around some BJP ministers were hand in of the UNSC forthe month of Afghanistantoensurethe terri- wasreproducedinthis state- IN ADRONE HIT farmers, resulting in traffic the time police crackeddownon glovewith the coal mafia. "The August, signedoff on the state- tory of Afghanistanshould not ment with one telling change: PAGE 12 snarls. farmers, Sinha is heardinstruct- BJPand theUnion government ment and issued it in itscapac- be usedtothreaten or attackany “The members of the Security Trafficwas being diverted to ing agroup of policemen: “Utha can't fight us politically. The alternative routes as farmers utha ke maarnapeeche sabko (hit MahindraSingh of Barauta party wasdefeated in the threatenedtocreatemoreblock- them hard)... We shall notallow village, among those injured Assemblypolls and nowtheyare COURTS SERVE AS TRUTH COMMISSIONS: SC JUDGE ades on highways and toll plazas, this cordon to be breached. We using Central agencies against SUNDAY notonlyinHaryana but in the have enough forceavailable. We our leaders likeAbhishek To speak truth to power is neighbouring states as well. haven’t sleptfor the pasttwo tain lawand order near Hotel Banerjee and others... Coal is un- STORY As partoftheir ongoing days.But youhavecome hereaf- Prem Plaza, wherestate BJP lead- der the CISF,the ministryiswith protestagainstfarm laws en- tertaking some sleep... Merepaas ers, including Chief Minister the Centre, notthe state. What PAGE 9 acted lastyear,farmers have oc- ek bhi banda nikal ke nahi aana Manohar Lal Khattar and state were theydoing? Iknowthat duty of all: Chandrachud cupiedalmostall toll plazas on chahiye. Agar aaye tohsar foota party president Om Prakash dozens of Central ministers have national and statehighways hua hona chahiyeuska. Clear hai Dhankar,weremeeting to dis- robbed Asansol. When they across Haryana. Theyhavebeen aapko (Noone should break the cuss the party’s strategy forthe CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Says can’t rely on states...experts can manufactureconsent allowing trafficwithout pay- cordon and reachme. If someone coming panchayatpolls. ment of toll. does, makesurehehas abroken Reachedfor comment, Sinha Justice DYChandrachud said But afterthe incident head. Hope this is clear).” told The SundayExpress: “There INSIDE ANANTHAKRISHNANG Saturday. SaturdayatBastara,toll plazas in The Samyukt Kisan Morcha were mainlythree checkpoints NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 Cautioning that the truth,as Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panchkula, later demandedSinha’s suspen- between the protestsiteand the determinedbythe State, maynot Fatehabad, Yamunanagar,Jind, sion. place wherethe meeting was SPEAKINGTRUTH to poweris always be free of falsehood, he Hisar,Rohtak and others were Officials of the stategovern- taking place. Iwas postedatthe notonlyaright but also the duty said: “One cannotonlyrelyonthe TEA, TALK, blocked. ment didnot wish to comment thirdand final checkpostbefore of everycitizen and the wayto Statetodetermine the ‘truth’.” The BJP washolding ameet- on Sinha’s remarks,and some the meeting spot. It means, if any achieve this is by strengthening Delivering the Sixth Chief Justice TALLYAND ing to formulatethe party’s strat- triedtojustify it saying “the offi- element wastoreachthere, he public institutions suchasensur- MCChagla Memorial Online TEMPLE egy forthe coming panchayat cer did notsay anything wrong would have already breached ing the freedom of the press and Lecture, Justice Chandrachud polls. SeveralHaryana BJP lead- and wasjustdoing his duty at two nakas before it. The third RUPANI: FIRM ON the integrity of elections, ac- said that “democracy needs the Belowthe Ganga ers including Khattar,state party the time of suchpressure”. naka wasveryclose to the meet- ANTI-CONVERSION knowledging and celebrating poweroftruth to survive”. He waters, there are president OPDhankar,general Sinha, postedasSDM in ingvenue. Therewas ahigh pos- LAW, HINDU GIRLS the plurality of opinions and by We do notcareabout truth then went on to elaborateonthe undercurrents. But will secretaryRavindraRaju, Karnal, wasdeployedasduty sibility that anybreachofthe BEING TARGETED committing oneself to the search as muchasabout being natureoftruth, especiallyits it matter in 2022? One CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 magistrateatthe spottomain- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 PAGE 8 fortruth as akey aspiration of so- right:Justice Chandrachud strong contestations today. can’tsay with Banaras ciety,Supreme Courtjudge CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 AAP now plans Tiranga Yatra in Bidtosteal Gurus inspired the new laws to aid people like E ‘Hindutva’ ● thunder Ayodhya, may halt at Ram temple EXPLAINED Afghan refugees: PM at Jallianwala Bagh event Coming afterits introduction Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and AS THE BJP accuses the his virtual address, he also re- lies of Punjab.” SOURAVROYBARMAN of a“Deshbhakti” course in Uttarakhand, whereithas Opposition of minority DIVYAA ferred to the Centre’s recent Touching upon the ongoing NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 schools, “embedded” in fieldedformer Indian Army appeasement, AAP NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 move to observeAugust14as Afghanistancrisis, the PM said: Constitutional values, AAP lead- Colonel AjayKothiyal as itsChief