DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2024, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 20 PAGES SINCE 1932 `7.00 (`8 BIHAR & RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SECTION 6A OF CITIZENSHIP ACT VALID: MAJORITY RULING SAINI TAKES OATH AS HARYANA CHIEF MINISTER AGAIN P 6 ONEDIRECTION’S LIAMPAYNEDIES AFTER‘FALL’ PAGE 16 4-1, SC upholds citizenship provision for migrants to Assam from East Pak Bench calls for strict implementation of laws against illegal migration ANANTHAKRISHNAN G NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 17 Person listed in US indictment no longer with Govt, say MEA and State Dept Plot against SFJ’s Pannun EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 17 IN THE first official confirmation, both India and the United States onThursdaysaidapersonidentified as “CC1” in the US Department of Justice (DOJ) indictment — linked to an alleged plot to kill US-based Khalistan separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun—was“nolongeranemployeeoftheIndiangovernment”. The Ministry of External Affairs' spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal also confirmed the visit of the high-level Indian enquiry committee — established to review the evidence shared by the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 UPHOLDING THE Constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, which essentially sets March 24, 1971 as the cut-off date for entry into Assamforgrantofcitizenship,the Supreme Court Thursday called for stricter implementation of laws against illegal immigration andjudicialmonitoringoftheimplementationofimmigrationand citizenship legislations. In a 4-1 ruling by a Constitution Bench, the majority verdict by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and Justices Surya Kant, M M Sundresh and Manoj BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY SC upholds Parliament primacy, but also flags fraternity as key factor APURVA VISHWANATH NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 17 E CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 BY FRAMING the fraught citizenship question in ● Constitutional definitions of fraternity and pluralEXPLAINED INSIDE FULL COVERAGE PAGES 6, 17 ity and firmly establishing the cut-off date for citizenship of those in Assam as March 24, 1971,theSupremeCourt’sruling Thursdaypushesforaninclusive view on who is a citizen. “Our reading of the Constitution and precedents is CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Nawaz: Jaishankar visit a good opening, India and Pak need to move forward SHUBHAJIT ROY LAHORE, OCTOBER 17 UNDERLINING THAT India and Pakistan should “bury the past” and “think of the future”, former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Thursday said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s visit to Islamabad for the SCO meetingwasa“goodbeginning” and a “good opening” and the twocountries“shouldmoveforward from here”. Sharif, brother of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and chief of the PML(N) which leads the ruling coalition, told a group of visiting Indian journalists: PM Modi should visit Pak: Nawaz Sharif “Baat jo hai aise hi badhti hai… baat khatam nahi honi chahiye… achcha hota agar Modi saab khud tashreef laate (This is how talks move forward, talks should not stop, it would have been better if Mr (Narendra) Modi had come himself)” for the SCO meeting. Sharif met the journalists at the office of the Chief Minister of PakistanPunjabwhere Maryam CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 JNU plans Shivaji centre: Shraddha Kapoor to unveil Screen; Hamas leader Sinwar, Lessons from his era on will be face of its first digital cover architect of October 7 Akhand Bharat concept attack, killed in Gaza VIDHEESHA KUNTAMALLA NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 17 THE JAWAHARLAL Nehru University (JNU) is planning to start a 'Centre of Excellence' named after Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj,whichwilldrawlessons from his era to understand the “concept of Akhand Bharat” and his“struggleforHindaviSwaraj”, The Indian Express has learnt. The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Centre for Security & Strategic Studies in the School of InternationalStudies,whichwill besupportedbytheMaharashtra government,willfocusonteach- ing Indian strategic thought, Marathamilitaryhistory,Shivaji’s naval strategy and guerilla warfare among other subjects, accordingtotheproposalreviewed by The Indian Express. The centre is expected to offer diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate courses starting July 2025. When contacted, Professor AmitabhMattoo,Deanof School of International Studies at JNU, toldTheIndianExpress:“Theidea to start the centre originated from the Vice-Chancellor and some faculty members… The Maharashtra government too CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ASSOCIATED PRESS DEIR AL-BALAH (GAZA STRIP), OCTOBER 17 Shraddha Kapoor EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE MUMBAI, OCTOBER 17 BOLLYWOOD ACTOR Shraddha Kapoor will unveil The Indian Express's iconic film magazine Screen on Friday. The unveiling of Screen, which returns to the group after 11 years, will kick off CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ISRAELI FORCES in Gaza killed Hamas’ top leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel that sparked the war, the military said Thursday. Troops appeared to have run acrosshiminabattle,onlytodiscover afterwards that a body in the rubble was the man Israel has hunted for more than a year. Sinwar has topped Israel’s mostwantedlistsincethebeginningof theIsrael-Hamaswarjust over a year ago, and his killing Yahya Sinwar was Israel’s most wanted strikes a powerful blow to the militantgroup.Therewasnoimmediate confirmation from Hamas of his death. The military confirmed Sinwar’s death after conducting CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 DETAILED REPORT PAGE 16
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