MCS/204/2020-22RNINO.MAHENG2002/21899 eye THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE In the Light of Ye sterday MUMBAI,LATECITY Once there wasaKabulthat AUGUST29,2021 wasacityofdreamersand 16PAGES,`5.00 poets, kite flyersand childrentrudging to school DAILYFROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM PAGES 12, 13, 14 FaBKU ISSUESrmeCALLrpTOroFARMteERSstsfTO GATHERlare ` 87 per kilo upagain,manyinjured ` 115 per kilo ` 141 per kilo inHaryanacrackdown ` 56 per Dozen Lathicharge on ED summons protestagainsta to Abhishek, BJP meetchaired wife; Mamata by CM;Khattar says if violence, says agencies ‘police have to act’ ‘let loose’ EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Afghans queue up forone of Italy’s last military aircraftout of Kabul, Friday. Italysaidithad evacuated 4,890people in all. Reuters CHANDIGARH,AUGUST28 THE AGITATION againstfarm Police break up the protestatBastara toll plaza, Karnal. Express laws enacted lastyear returned First outreachsignal: UNSC drops to thespotlight Saturdaywhen Haryana Police crackeddownon farmers in Karnal, leaving sev- If someone breaches eral injured in alathicharge at Abhishek,Rujiraare facing a Taliban reference in line on terror the Bastara toll plaza on the na- cordon,make sure has a moneylaundering case tional highway. The farmers were protesting India chair,itmentioned Taliban on Aug16; only talksofAfghan groups Aug27 againstaBJP meeting on the broken head: IAS officer EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE forthcoming panchayat polls— NEWDELHI,KOLKATA, ity as the chair forthis month. country, andthat neither the Council reiterated the impor- it wasbeing chaired by Chief AUGUST28 SHUBHAJITROY Essentially, this is the firstsig- Taliban nor anyotherAfghan tance of combating terrorism in MinisterManohar Lal Khattar. VARINDERBHATIA NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 nal by the international commu- group or individual should sup- Afghanistantoensurethe terri- Police detainedseveral peo- CHANDIGARH,AUGUST28 THE ENFORCEMENT Directorate nity that the Taliban mayno portterrorists operatingonthe tory of Afghanistanshould not ple afterusing forceinthe after- (ED) has summonedsenior LESS THAN twoweekssince the longer be aglobal outcaste. territoryofany other country.” be usedtothreaten or attackany noon to disperse acrowd that KARNAL SUB-DIVISIONAL TrinamoolCongress leader and Taliban captured powerin On August16, aday after On August27, aday afterthe country, andthat no Afghan had blockedthe highway in MagistrateAyush Sinha,a2018- Chief MinisterMamata Afghanistan, the United Nations Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, the Kabulairport bombings that group or individual should sup- Karnal. batchIAS officer of the Haryana Banerjee’s nephewAbhishek Security Councilhas droppeda Permanent Representative of killedmorethan 100people in- portterrorists operating on the Condemning the police ac- cadre, wascaught on camera Banerjee and his wifeRujirafor 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 questioning in connection with a in itsstatement that calledon sued astatement on behalf of the —again as President of UNSC, CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 urgedfarmers across Haryana to to beat up protesters and notto case of moneylaundering asso- Afghan groups nottosupport UNSC, whichincludedthis para: and on behalf of the Council —is- protestonthe roads. letanyone breach the security ciatedwith alleged pilferageof terrorists “operating on the terri- “Themembers of the Security suedastatement that con- By evening, severalstretches cordon without a“broken head”. coal from Eastern Coalfield 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 Limited mines. India, whichisthe President tance of combating terrorism in However, the August16para IS ‘PLANNERS’ KILLED across the statewereblockedby rounds of social media around Abhishek,anMPfrom of the UNSC forthe month of Afghanistantoensurethe terri- wasreproducedinthis state- IN ADRONE HIT farmers, resultingintraffic the time police crackeddownon Diamond Harbour,has been August, signedoff on the state- tory of Afghanistanshouldnot ment with one telling change: PAGE 11 snarls. farmers, Sinha is heardinstruct- asked to appear before the ment and issueditinits capac- be usedtothreaten or attackany “The members of the Security Trafficwas being diverted to ing agroup of policemen: “Utha Investigating Officer on alternative routes as farmers utha ke maarna peeche sabko (hit MahindraSingh of Barauta September 6while Rujirahas threatenedtocreatemoreblock- them hard)... We shall notallow village,among those injured been told to come on September COURTS SERVE AS TRUTH COMMISSIONS: SC JUDGE ades on highways and toll plazas, this cordon to be breached. We 1. Rujirahad been questionedby SUNDAY notonlyinHaryana but in the have enough forceavailable. We the CBI earlier in the case, filed To speak truth to power is neighbouring states as well. haven’t sleptfor the pasttwo tain lawand order near Hotel last year.The ED case is basedon STORY As partoftheir ongoing days.But youhavecome hereaf- Prem Plaza, wherestate BJP lead- the CBI FIR. protestagainstfarmlawsen- tertaking some sleep... Merepaas ers, including Chief Minister Addressing TMC workers PAGE 9 acted lastyear,farmers have oc- ek bhi banda nikal ke nahi aana Manohar Lal Khattar and state CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 duty of all: Chandrachud cupiedalmostall toll plazas on chahiye. Agar aaye tohsar foota party president Om Prakash national and statehighways hua hona chahiyeuska. Clear hai Dhankar,weremeeting to dis- across Haryana. Theyhavebeen aapko (Noone should breakthe cuss the party’s strategy forthe EXPRESS NETWORK Says can’t rely on states... experts can manufactureconsent allowingtraffic without 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 TheSundayExpress: “There 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 protest siteand the determinedbythe State, maynot Fatehabad, Yamunanagar,Jind, sion. place wherethe meeting was SPEAKINGTRUTH to poweris always be free of falsehood, he Hisar,Rohtakand others were Officials of the stategovern- taking place. Iwas postedatthe RUPANI: FIRMON notonlyaright but also the duty said: “One cannotonlyrelyonthe TEA, TALK, blocked. ment did notwish to comment thirdand final checkpostbefore of everycitizenand the wayto Statetodeterminethe ‘truth’.” The BJP washolding ameet- on Sinha’s remarks,and some the meeting spot. It means, if any ANTI-CONVERSION 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 LAW,HINDU GIRLS public institutionssuchasensur- MCChaglaMemorial Online TEMPLE egy forthe coming panchayat cer did notsay anythingwrong would have already breached BEING TARGETED ing the freedom of the press and Lecture, Justice Chandrachud polls. SeveralHaryana BJP lead- and wasjustdoing his duty at two nakas before it. Thethird 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- 16 TMCMEN KILLED, knowledging and celebrating poweroftruth to survive”. He waters, there are president OPDhankar,general Sinha, postedasSDM in ing venue. Therewas ahigh pos- 5OFBJP;NHRC the plurality of opinions and by We do notcareabout truth then went on to elaborateonthe undercurrents. But will secretaryRavindraRaju, Karnal, wasdeployedasduty sibility that anybreachofthe BIASED:MAMATA committing oneself to the search as muchasabout being natureoftruth, especially its it matter in 2022? One CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 magistrateatthe spottomain- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 PAGE 5 fortruth as akey aspiration of so- right:JusticeChandrachud strong contestations today. can’tsay with Banaras ciety,Supreme Courtjudge CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 AAP now plans Tiranga Yatra in ED Bidtosteal Gurus inspired the new laws to aid people like ‘Hindutva’ PLAIN E ● thunder Ayodhya, may halt at Ram temple EX Afghan refugees: PM at Jallianwala Bagh event Coming afterits introduction Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and AS THE BJP accuses the his virtualaddress, he also re- lies of Punjab.” SOURAVROYBARMAN of a“Deshbhakti” course in Uttarakhand, whereithas Opposition of minority DIVYAA ferred to the Centre’s recent Touchingupon the ongoing NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 schools, “embedded” in fieldedformer Indian Army appeasement, AAP NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 move to observeAugust14as Afghanistan crisis, the PM said: Constitutionalvalues,AAP lead- Colonel AjayKothiyal as itsChief says it’s reframing Partition Horrors Remembrance “Today, if Indians areintrouble THE AAM Aadmi Party,led by ers said, the messagebehind the Ministerial face with apromise nationalism very DEDICATINGthe renovated Day, and said, “India witnessed anywhereinthe world, India Delhi Deputy Chief Minister yatraistodistinguish the party’s to turn the hill stateintothe differently—linking Jallianwala Bagh Smarak another horrorlikethe standsuptohelp them with all Manish Sisodia and RajyaSabha framing of Hinduidentity,reli-