www.INDIANeXPReSS.COm Kannauj in a bottle India’s perfume capital has been the carrier of unforgettable scents. The next generation of perfumers are adding to the bouquet, with aromas stirring up nostalgia, yet inspired by the moment Lucknow, ocTober 25, 2026 sCreeN LATe CITy 12+4 PAGeS ₹6.00 D A I L y A Voice Beyond the Faultlines F R O m : A H m e D A B A D , Happening today lPM NareNdra Modi will visit UP and Odisha. He will inaugurate a garment manufacturing facility in Varanasi, witness the Indian Air Force’s aerial display at Namo Ghat and inaugurate the RBI’s Data Centre and Cybersecurity Training Institute in Bhubaneswar. lBrazil heads to Polls in a high-stakes presidential runoff that could reshape that country's political future. Far-right senator Flavio Bolsonaro secured an edge over President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the first round. l UNioN MiNister G Kishan Reddy will be in Sydney to boost cooperation with Australia and other countries in mining, critical minerals and advanced technology. Track These and more on www.indianexpress.com C H A N D I G A R H , D e L H I , j A I P U R , K O L K A T A , L U C K N O w , N A G P U R , Govt respects judges with spine… Chandrachud was too deferential: Former SC judge Justice Kaul’s memoir reveals quiet rift with then CJI Recalls the then CJI wondering whether he should phone to check Govt’s view after Collegium resisted a name he proposed ritu sarin New Delhi, October 24 AS Chief Justice of india, Justice d Y Chandrachud was “too deferentialtotheGovernment” when it came to appointments. Atonetime,hesoughtits“nod” before the Collegium had met and,once,evenvoicedtheGovernment’s “bizarre” query regarding the caste of a minorityfaith judge candidate. this issue, of how to engage with a “political class” that will, Says he once walked out of a meeting after Chandrachud voiced Govt’s query on caste of a minority-faith judge candidate inevitably, ask for 2023 after serving 14 more was a “strain” in months as “J1,” the his relationship with most senior puisne the then CJi, reveals judgeaftertheCJi,reJusticeSanjayKishan peatedlypushedback Kaul in his memoir, andonce“walkedout ‘Without Fear of of the room”. Favour’, to be pubJustice Kaul’s lished by Juggernaut criticism comes with later this month. The book is being an important qualifiAccording to the published by cation at a time when pre-publication the role of the SuJuggernaut manuscript reviewed preme Court vis-a-vis by The Indian Express, Justice a third-term Government is Kaul, who retired in december under increased scrutiny. “i Don’t recall Kaul walking out… had reasoned dialogue, affable meetings in Collegium: Justice Chandrachud Justice (retd) sanjay kishan kaul; former cJI d Y chandrachud foundthattheGovernmenthas farmorerespectforjudgeswith a spine” and “the government After the stampede at pandal »CoNtiNUed oN PaGe 2 nation paGe 6 »CoNtiNUed oN PaGe 6 Lucknow, October 24 New Delhi, October 24 CeC Gyanesh Kumar and the Special intensive revision of the electoral rolls. respects judges who respect themselves,” writes Kaul as he express News service an idol from the chorbagan durga Puja pandal in kolkata being taken for immersion under police supervision, saturday. at least 19 people were killed in a stampede at the pandal on october 17. PARTHA PAUL Cyclone threat: Odisha on high alert, schools, colleges shut in 5 districts Bhubaneswar, October 24 SChOOlS,COlleGeSandAnganwadi centres in five southern Odisha districts bordering Andhra Pradesh will remain closedonOctober28and29asa brewingcycloneoverthebayof bengal prompted the state to step up preparedness. the ad- ministration is on high alert, withheavytoveryheavyrainfall forecast in several districts, while President of india droupadi murmu’s two-day visit to OdishaonOctober28and29has beenpushedbacktoNovember 4-5 in the wake of the cyclone. According to the india meteorologicaldepartment(imd), a low-pressure area over the east-central and adjoining southeast bay of bengal is expected to intensify into a depression on Saturday and a deep depression over the next 24 hours. it is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm by monday morning and move westnorthwest towards the Andhra Pradesh coast, with landfall »CoNtiNUed oN PaGe 2 After Pilibhit, the Chief electoral Officer (CeO) of Uttar Pradesh Saturday ordered the filingofachargesheettoinitiate departmental proceedings against the electoral registrationOfficer(erO)andtwoAssistant electoral registration Officers (AerOs) following a preliminary inquiry which corroboratedallegeddiscrepancies intheelectoralrollinAzamgarh. the CeO also ordered the removal of five booth level Officers (blOs) and a computer assistant, and the initiation of the procedure for termination of their services. Uttar Pradesh is scheduled to go to polls early next year. According to the office of theCeO,SamajwadiPartychief AkhileshYadavhadflaggeddiscrepancies in the electoral roll at a press conference on October 15, alleging that the name of a person, identified as Vikas Yadav, was registered 10 times in the voters’ list of Azamgarh Assembly constituency. »CoNtiNUed oN PaGe 2 Youngest Woman Grandmaster, 11-yr-old chess prodigy of Indian origin shatters another record Breaks 38-year-old record to become the youngest female International Master amit Kamath Mumbai, October 24 Farooq StIrS row, SayS ‘paKIStan KeepInG KaShMIr ISSUe alIve’ JD(U) expelS Mla anant SInGh, wIFe aFter he baCKS rIval CanDIDate leSS thAN a month after becoming the youngest Woman Grandmaster(WGm)inhistory, 11-year-old bodhana Sivanandan became the youngest female to earn the international master (im) title. At 11 years, seven months and 16 days, the indian-originbritishchessprodigy broke the record held by chess legend Judit Polgar since 1988. bodhana earned her final im norm, a pre-requisite »CoNtiNUed oN PaGe 2 V A D O D A R A West Asia on edge again, Qalibaf calls off Delhi trip shubhajit roy azamgarhpoll officialsface actionafter voterrollerrors sujit Bisoyi P U N e , Washington, Tehran issue alerts, warnings as fears mount express News service keralam cm V d satheesan was at the express adda in new delhi, Friday. ReNUKA PURI P A T N A , Was to atteNd a BriCs Meet express special Engage with GenZ, give them hope… they are worried, says Keralam CM KerAlAmChiefministerVd Satheesan has urged the Centralgovernmenttoengagewith Gen Z and give it hope, saying that the country’s youth are “depressed” and “worried” for several reasons, including the changing nature of jobs and a perceivedlackofopportunities. his remarks come at a time when the ruling bJP has claimed a “foreign hand” behind the protests over the last few months, including the recentonesagainsttheChiefelectionCommissionerdemanding bringing back all eligible voters into the electoral rolls. these protests come close on the heels of the youth-led agitation against the Neet paper leaks in June-July. Congress, Satheesan’s party, has taken the political lead in the Opposition’s campaign against m U m B A I , eNGLISH CHeSS FeDeRATION bodhana sivanandan’s parents moved to the uk from Tamil nadu in 2007. born in London, she started playing chess at the age of five New Delhi, October 24 Amid feArS of another flareup in West Asia, mohammadbaqer Qalibaf, one of the top leaders of iran and the country’s parliament speaker whoplayedaleadingroleinnegotiationswiththeUSinrecent months, has cancelled his visit to New delhi for the briCS Speakers’ forum gathering next week. the 12th briCS Parliamentary forum will meet on October 26-27. the venue is to be the Central hall of Parliament, and lok Sabha Speaker Om birla will be the host. Prime minister Narendra modi is expected to inaugurate the event on October 26 which will be attended by presiding officers, lawmakers and delegates from briCS member and partner countries including high-level representatives from russia and China. Confirming the cancellation of Qalibaf’s visit, the iranian embassy in New delhi, in a statement, said, “the em- Iranian Parliament speaker mohammad-baqer Qalibaf was to visit new delhi next week bassyoftheislamicrepublicof iran in New delhi wishes to inform that, due to certain unforeseen circumstances, dr mohammad-baqer Qalibaf, Speaker of the islamic Consultative Assembly of iran, will be unabletoattendthemeetingof Speakers of the Parliaments of briCS member Countries in New delhi.” “it is also emphasized that theparliamentarydelegationof theislamicrepublicofiranwill participate in the meeting. As one of the members of briCS, iran reaffirms its commitment toactiveandeffectiveparticipation at the highest levels in the summits and meetings of this grouping,” it said. “in this regard, the iranian delegationwillcontinueitsdialogue and consultations with delegations from briCS member countries, with a view to expanding and deepening »CoNtiNUed oN PaGe 2 Top Physics honour for Prof Ashoke Sen, working to unify the laws of universe amitabh sinha New Delhi, October 24 PrOfeSSOr AShOKe Sen is not a household name. but in the small community of theoretical physicists, particularly amongststringtheorists,hehas a formidable reputation. Asoneoftheworld’sleading theoretical physicists working in the area of string theory, the 70-year-old Sen has won several of the top prizes in Physics in the last three decades. the Oskar Klein medal that he has just been honoured with only reinforces his credentials as one of the most prominent scientists in his field. Now a professor at the bengaluru-based international Centre for theoretical Sciences, Sen is credited with some very important breakthroughsinstringtheory,astill- Prof ashoke sen, 70, is one of the world’s leading theoretical physicists working in the area of string theory developing field that is seeking to come up with a new unified theory of the universe that can bridge the inconsistencies between two of the existing grand theories of nature — the theory of gravitation that explains natureatthescaleofstarsandgalaxies,andquantumtheorythat »CoNtiNUed oN PaGe 2 l Fans who FILm acTors For LIkes and FoLLowers on socIaL medIa caPTured The ocTober 18 aTTack on TheIr Phones Phone, camera and action: Tiger Shroff shooting spotlights Bollywood vloggers heena Khandelwal Within hours, her videos, along with clips recorded by otherfansatthespot,werecircu“TIgEr BETa, mujhe kuchch lating widely on instagram. batanahai,” Salma Shaikh was theyshowedShroffstoppingfor callingouttotigerShroffwhen aselfiebeforegettingintohiscar, the shots rang out outside two men opening fire, the Juhu’s Pushpa Narsee Park on shooters escaping on a motorOctober 18. cycle and an injured fan being inavideosheshotthateven- carried into an autorickshaw. ing,Shaikh’svoicecanbeheard that fan was Umesh Chautrying to get the achan, a 35-year-old page 1 tor’s attention. then detergent seller who came the gunshots. had come to film “i initially Shroff for his own thought that somebody was followers. bursting crackers. it was only the shooting brought into after we saw his driver soaked focus a largely overlooked feain blood that we realised what ture of mumbai’s celebrity culhadhappened,”the55-year-old ture. Ordinary fans who follow homemaker from malad said. actors’ movements, wait outMumbai, October 24 anchor sidetheirhomesandhangouts, and film them for their own social media pages. their reward is the chance to get close to an idol, gather followers and, perhaps,turnahobbyintoasource of income. The vlogger who was shot for nearly 18 years, Chauhanhassolddetergentdoor-todoor to support his family. for thepastyear-and-a-half,hehas also been filming bollywood celebrities,theirhomesandthe fans who gather outside them. his facebook bio sums up the pitch: “aapko yahan famous place, bollywood celebrities, aur travel vlog dekhne ko mi- among the fans whose phones captured the october 18 attack in mumbai were salma shaikh, 55, and shahrukh shaikh, 29 lenge (here you will get to see famous places, bollywood celebrities and travel vlogs)”. On October 18, he and his friend Kisan rajbhar, also a vlogger, had filmed outside Amitabh bachchan’s home beforeheadingtothePushpaNar- see park on a tip-off that Shroff would be there. “i was standing very close to his car, near the seat where he sat, next to the driver. i was starstruck and excited to be able to shoot a video of him. he interacted with us briefly and asked how we were doing,” Chauhan told this newspaper. “Suddenly, we heard a loud noise. i thought the car’s tyre had burst, but then i felt an intense pain in my chest,” he recalled. At first, he thought he was having a heart attack. “i kept asking for help, but i did notrealisethatihadbeenshot,” he said. he learnt what had happened only from doctors at Cooper hospital. “istartedshouting,‘tigersir has been shot.’ in the middle of all this, Umesh was shot,” said rajbhar. Chauhan, since moved to Kem hospital, had a bullet lodged in his chest wall, which doctors plan to remove on Wednesday. Chauhan, who lives in mankhurdwithhissix-year-old son and his wife, who is eight months pregnant, is the family’s sole earner. “i don’t know how long it will take for me to get back on my feet and start earning again,” he said. A phone, a crowd and a chance to go viral Shaikh began vlogging a littleovertwoyearsago,or“two bakr-i-eids ago”, as she puts it. “i am not educated, beti,” she told this newspaper. her husband was a gambler and an alcoholic who spent every penny they had. “i raised four sons, but three of them got married and moved out. i now live in malad with my youngest, who is yet to marry… i was losing myself when my sister suggested that i start filming.” A few months ago, Shaikh, who had never worked earlier, bought a rs 45,000 phone on emi. inspired by vloggers who gather outside Jalsa on Sundays to film bachchan, she began going out by herself. “i would shamelessly ask »CoNtiNUed oN PaGe 2