DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2025, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 22 PAGES `7.00 (`8 BIHAR & RAIPUR, `15 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 6-POINT RESOLUTION PASSED AT ALL-PARTY MEETING CALLED BY STALIN 75 TN parties oppose delimitation: Freeze 1971 Census as basis for 30 more yrs AN EXPRESS SERIES YEARS ON RESHAPING THE REPUBLIC 1952 STATEOFWESTBENGAL VANWARALISARKAR PAGE 8 SPORT NEW ZEALAND BEAT SOUTH AFRICA BY 50 RUNS, TO MEET INDIA IN FINAL PAGE 22 ARUN JANARDHANAN & NIKHILA HENRY CHENNAI, HYDERABAD, MARCH 5 IN A rare display of unity, most political parties across Tamil Nadu came together for an allparty meeting called by Chief Minister M K Stalin at the State SecretariatonWednesdaytooppose the delimitation of Parliamentary constituencies, SCHEME FOR WOMEN AGED BELOW 60 `2,500 pm payout for Delhi women: Annual income cap set at `3 lakh GAYATHRI MANI NEW DELHI, MARCH 5 WOMEN WHOSE household income is less than Rs 3 lakh per year, and those who do not pay taxwillbeeligiblefortheRs2,500 grantfromtheDelhigovernment, The Indian Express has learnt. Only those aged between 18 and 60, who do not hold government jobs and are not receiving any other government financial assistance, will get the grant undertheBJPgovernment’sMahila SamriddhiScheme,officialssaid. Polls ahead, Stalin takes lead as anti-BJP voice Call for Joint Action Committee with members from other southern states The scheme was one of the top poll promises made by the BJP in the run-up to the Delhi Assembly elections. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised that it will be implemented by March 8, International Women’s Day. According to sources, the government has estimated that around 15-20 lakh women will meet the criteria. “Several rounds of meetings have taken place to finalise the modalities of the scheme. The Cabinet note will be ready by CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 which is due in 2026. In a six-point resolution, the partiesaskedtheCentretoextend the 1971 Census-based delimitation framework for another 30 years beyond 2026, to ensure fair representationforstatesthathave effectivelycontrolledtheirpopulation. It is unjust to reduce Tamil Nadu’s parliamentary representation only because it has effectively implemented population control measures in the national CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY ARUN JANARDHANAN CHENNAI, MARCH 5 CM M K Stalin arrives for the all-party meet in Chennai. PTI on the Centre over its all-India projects such as NEET for admission to medical colleges and the National Education Policy (NEP),managedtogetparties across the divisive political spectrum in Tamil ● Nadutojoinhiminopposinganydelimitationbased on new population data. A delimitation leading to a change in the number of E IN his determined campaign to emerge as the voice of the South, and as the face of the Opposition tothelargelyNorth-centric BJP, DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin will count Wednesday as a success. Stalin, who has been taking EXPLAINED CASE BY LANDMARK CASE CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Trump: High tariffs by India and others unfair, reciprocal tariffs from April 2 RAVI DUTTA MISHRA NEW DELHI, MARCH 5 CRITICISING THE high tariffs imposed by India and other countries as “not fair”, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced reciprocal tariffs from April 2. Trump's remarks, in an address to the Joint Session of the US Congress, signalled that negotiations for a trade deal may not yield concessions for New Delhi on sweeping duties. He singled out the auto sector, where,hesaid,Indiachargestariffs of over 100 per cent. “Other countries have used THE WORLD U.S. SUPREMECOURT PUSHES BACK ON USAID FUNDING PAGE 14 tariffs against us for decades and now it's our turn to start using them against those other countries. On average, the European Union, China, Brazil, India, Mexico and Canada — have you CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 EXPLAINED PAGE 15 12 DAYS ON, EIGHT STILL TRAPPED IN TELANGANA TUNNEL 5 yrs before tunnel collapse, report red-flagged ‘fault zone’, weak rocks NIKHILA HENRY HYDERABAD, MARCH 5 THE CITY SHOULD WE RETAIN KEJRIWAL’S EXISTING SECURITY COVER: POLICETOASK MHA P3 FIVE YEARS before a part of the SLBC Tunnel in Telangana collapsed, trapping eight men on February 22 this year, a report commissioned by Jaiprakash Associates Ltd warned of a possible “fault zone” in the tunnel — stretches where the possibility of collapse is high. Jaiprakash Associates Ltd is the Noida-based company that wasawardedthetunnellingcontract in 2005. The report, Tunnel Seismic Prediction (TSP) - 303 Plus, was prepared in January 2020 by Rescue operation underway to trace the workers trapped inside the tunnel in Nagarkurnool, Wednesday. PTI AmbergTechAG,acompanythat surveys tunnelling. According to the report, the fault zone existed between 13.88 km (13,882 m) and 13.91 km (13,914 m) from CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 UKRAINE, TRADE ON TABLE External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy with their spouses Kyoko Jaishankar, Nicola Green in London. Jaishankar also met UK PM Keir Starmer. Besides bilateral ties, Ukraine was also discussed. PTI PAGE6