DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2024, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 24 PAGES BY UNNY Calling him Govt voice, Opp for no-trust against V-P; Chair is disrespected: BJP Opp optics, key question: Will motion be accepted? Move is symbolic as Opp doesn’t have numbers; YSRCP, BJD, BRS keep distance MANOJ C G Maharashtra: No mismatch in VVPAT & EVM data, says EC `7.00 (`8 BIHAR & RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM DHANKHAR BIASED AS CHAIRMAN, SAYS OPP, IT’S FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 10 ACCUSING RAJYA Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar of being “explicitly partisan” in conducting the proceedings of the House and acting as an “impassioned spokesperson” of the government's policies at public fora, the Opposition INDIA bloc on Tuesday submitted a notice for bringing a resolution for removal of the Vice-President from office, making it the first suchactioninIndia’sparliamentary history. The Opposition move is seen as a symbolic exercise to make a political point since they don’t CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 APURVA VISHWANATH NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 10 Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar in RS Tuesday. ANI IN PARLIAMENT PAGE 7 E THE NOTICE given byOppositionINDIA blocMPsTuesdayto ● move a no-confidence motion against VicePresident Jagdeep Dhankhar EXPLAINED BUSINESS AS USUAL SINCE 1932 seems more to make a symbolic statementthansetinmotionany parliamentary process. Unlikely to yield any result given that the Opposition does nothavethenumbers,if the motionistakenupintheHouse,and the Opposition’s grievances are debated, it will be hard for PROPOSED DEFENCE ENCLAVE Two new buildings in Central Vista won’t have Patel’s design stamp TendersinvitedforCentralSectt6,7;Govt preferscontractortobuild,dodesigndetail CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE MUMBAI, DECEMBER 10 WITH THE Opposition Maha VikasAghadi(MVA)allegingdiscrepancies in the recent Maharashtra Assembly elections, the Election Commission on Tuesday said no mismatch was found between the votes polled on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and the corresponding tally of Voter Verified PaperAuditTrail(VVPAT)slipsin random counting. The State Election Commission said that as per the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Uproar over Judge speech targeting minorities, SC seeks details from HC EXPRESS NETWORK EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 10 TAKING NOTE of reports on a speech by Allahabad HC judge Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav at CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 IIT researchers take rare look inside foetal brain — one slice at a time ANONNA DUTT Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav FORMER KARNATAKA CM, UNION MINISTER S M KRISHNA DIES PAGE 9 NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 10 ON DECEMBER 10, researchers at IIT Madras unveiled a cuttingedge tool — a detailed 3D map of five developing foetal brains from the second trimester of pregnancy. This map — the most detailedhigh-resolution 3D representation of the foetal brain so far — provides cellular-level information between weeks 14 and 24, when the human brain CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 The two buildings are to be built at the site of the old Vice-President’s residence. File DAMINI NATH NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 10 IN A first for the Central Vista Redevelopment Project, the Union Government has opened bidding for two Common Central Secretariat (CCS) buildings that will not be designed by Bimal Patel's firm, Ahmedabadbased HCP Design — the architectbehindtheproject'smasterplan and several key buildings, including the new Parliament. OnNovember28,theCentral Public Works Department (CPWD)invitedtendersforthese twoCCSbuildings(6and7)tobe CONTINUED ON PAGE 2