DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2025, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES SINCE 1932 PAK CALL AFTER SEVERE DAMAGE TO ITS AIR BASES: JAISWAL Mediation,Kashmir&trade:Delhi rebutsTrumpclaimspointbypoint MEA details chronology to show ‘who called whom’ to negotiate terms of ceasefire SHUBHAJIT ROY NEW DELHI, MAY 13 WITH US President Donald Trump claiming credit for “mediation” in stopping a “nuclear” conflict, offering to work for a “solution on Kashmir”, and saying America will do a “lot of trade” with both India and Pakistan if they end hostilities — India on Tuesday gave a sharply worded rebuttal on each and every point. New Delhi ruled out mediation saying the only outstanding matteristhevacationof territory illegally occupied by Pakistan. It saidthattradenevercameupfor discussions with the US, underlined that India won’t give in to “nuclear blackmail”, and gave a chronologicalaccountof conversationstoreinforcethepointthat it was Pakistan which reached outtowardspausingmilitaryaction after an extremely effective attack by Indian forces on key Pakistani Air Force bases. This is the strongest counter by Delhi since Saturday’s claims by Trump on the range of issues and makes clear its discomfiture with Trump wading into IndiaPakistan politics and hostilities. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 14/05/2025 105 133 165 72 BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY THE WORLD ZELENSKYY FOR DIRECT TALKS WITH PUTIN IN ISTANBUL TRUMP BEGINS GULF TRIP WITH SAUDI P 14 PM Narendra Modi with IAF personnel at the Adampur air base in Punjab, Tuesday. An S-400 system, which Pakistan claimed to have destroyed at the air base, is visible, intact. PTI More details of Pak losses: 20% of PAF infra, warjets, officer among 50 killed EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, MAY 13 INDIA’SPRECISIONstrikesatover a dozen military bases across Pakistanledtothedestructionof nearly20percentof PakistanAir Force infrastructure and several PAF fighter aircraft, official sources disclosed Tuesday. Sourcessaidthestrikes,inretaliation for Pakistani attempts to hit Indian military installations and civilian areas with armed drones and missiles, tar- GOVT & POLITICS DE-ESCALATION PLANS LIKELY TO BE SWAPPED TODAY BETWEEN DGMOs PAGE 11 getedmajorammunitiondepots and air bases such as Sargodha and Bholari where PAF’s F-16 and J-17 aircraft were stationed. Over50individuals,including CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Pak Army knows there is no place for terror to hide: PM in Adampur MAN AMAN SINGH CHHINA CHANDIGARH, MAY 13 HAILING THE Indian Armed ForcesforOperationSindoorand the manner in which they responded to Pakistani attacks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday they had sent the Pakistan Army a clear message that“thereisnoplaceinPakistan where terrorists can hide” anymoreand“if thereisanotherterror attack, India will respond, CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Maharashtra SSC results out: 94.10% students pass, 211 score perfect 100 Konkan Division records the highest pass percentage at 98.82%, while Nagpur Division records the lowest at 90.78% SOHAM SHAH & PALLAVI SMART PUNE, MUMBAI, MAY 13 A TOTAL of 94.10 per cent of Class 10 students who wrote the Maharashtra Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination passed, while 211 candidates scored 100 per cent marks – a sharpincreasefromlastyear’s87 perfect scorers. This year’s overall pass percentage in the SSC results declared on Tuesday showed a marginal decline from last year’s 95.81 per cent. Of the 15,46,579 students Studentscelebratetheresults ataPuneschoolonTuesday. ArulHorizon MOREREPORTS,P4 who appeared for the SSC examination held in February-March, 14,55,433 have passed, accord- ing to the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education. Konkan Division saw the highest pass percentage at 98.82 per cent, while Nagpur Division recorded the lowest at 90.78 per cent. The Konkan Division was followed by Kolhapur at 96.87 per cent, Mumbai at 95.84 per cent, Pune at 94.81 per cent, Nashik at 93.04 per cent, Amravati at 92.95 per cent, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar at 92.82 per cent, Latur at 92.77 per cent, and Nagpur at 90.78 per cent. Forthethirdconsecutiveyear, CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Delhi Police to enhance security for Jaishankar on request from MEA MAHENDER SINGH MANRAL NEW DELHI, MAY 13 THE DELHI Police has started the process of increasing security coverforExternalAffairsMinister S Jaishankar following a specific request from the Ministry of ExternalAffairsovertheweekend — after military hostilities between India and Pakistan along theborderhadpeakedfollowing the Pahalgam terror attack, The Indian Express has learnt. The police are also reviewing their security cover for Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, and at least 25 leaders from the BJP, including Union Ministers, MPs and Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta. This decision was taken duringameetingheldSundayby Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora with senior officers CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Public trust in judiciary is earned, not commanded: CJI Khanna at farewell PAGE 1 ANCHOR EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, MAY 13 PUBLIC TRUST in the judiciary “hastobeearned”and“cannotbe commanded”, outgoing Chief JusticeofIndiaSanjivKhannasaid while addressing lawyers who gathered in his courtroom to bid himfarewellasheretiredTuesday. After the ceremonial bench sitting,whichiscustomarilyheld whenever a judge retires, the CJI visited the media lounge where, in reply to a query, he said, “I will not accept any post-retirement post, but perhaps will do something with law.” CJI Sanjiv Khanna (right) with his successor Justice B R Gavai at the farewell on Tuesday. PTI Responding to another media query, about what went through his mind while handlingtherecentcontroversysurrounding allegations of cash being found at the residence of Justice Yashwant Varma, CJI Khanna said that unlike lawyers, judges are focused only on decidingamatterandleaveittothe future to assess it. “We see plus and minus and decide the issue then rationally. When we do that, we take deci- sions. Then the future tells you whether what you did was correct or not,” he said. The CJI is learnt to have recommended to the President to initiate the processtoremoveJusticeVarma. Later in the evening, while addressing a farewell event organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), CJI Khanna said he was bothered by “the truth deficit in our profession” and referred to the “mistaken belief” that “some padding” is needed in the evidence for a case to succeed. “AsIstepdownfromthebench, Iwouldliketospeakofsomething thatbothersme—thetruthdeficit in our profession,” he said. “A judge, above all, is the seekerof truth.MahatmaGandhi CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ● REG.NO. MCS/067/2018 - 20 RNI REGN. NO. 1543/57 `5.00 ● WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM