eye THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE The Summer Lookbook AHMEDABAD,LATECITY April6,2025 Designers are reinforcing ideas of versatility and fluidity this season 18+04(EYE)PAGES,`6.00 DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA Rahul, Vijayan slam RSS over Organiser article on Church land DEEPTIMAN TIWARY & SHAJU PHILIP NEW DELHI, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL 5 SEIZING ON a row over a nowdeleted article published by the RSS-linked magazine Organiser on its website, which claimed that the “Catholic Church is the largest non-governmental land owner” in the country, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday hit out at the Sangh Parivar, alleging that it has now shifted its focus to Christians after pushing the “anti-Muslim” Waqf Amendment Bill through Parliament. In response, BJP national spokesperson Tom Vadakkan claimed that “somebody CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 10% BASELINE TARIFFS KICK IN Advantage India over rival nations in manufacturing, says top govt official SHUBHAJIT ROY Govt view on tariffs: No instant reaction, patience key as we negotiate trade deal RAVI DUTTA MISHRA NEW DELHI, APRIL 5 AS THE 10 per cent ‘baseline’ US reciprocal tariffs took effect Saturday, a top government official said India holds a comparativeedgeoverothermanufacturingcompetitorsandalsobenefits from a first-mover advantage, having initiated trade negotia- THE WORLD IT WON’T BE EASY, HANG TOUGH, SAYS TRUMP AS MARKETS REEL FROM TARIFFS PAGE 16 tions with the US early on. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Won’tallowuseofSri LankasoiltotargetIndia, DissanayaketellsPM NEW DELHI, APRIL 5 AS COLOMBO and Delhi signed pacts on defence cooperation, power,health,digitaltechnology and a special assistance package for the island nation’s eastern provinces, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who held bilateral talks Saturday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said the Sri Lankan government CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 OF SABARMATI RIVERFRONT PM Narendra Modi is conferred with ‘Mithra Vibhushana’ award by Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. PTI Most hate speeches we see are against minorities, oppressed classes: SC judge NEW DELHI, APRIL 5 GET SET, HELMET, GO! PAGE 6 FOUR-PAGE PULLOUT NATION’S HIGHEST CIVILIAN AWARD FOR PM EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE HARDLOOK WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SUPREME COURT judge Justice A S Oka has said that in cases of hate speech that come to the top court most are against “religious minorities or castes which are in minority, oppressed classes like Scheduled Castes”. Speaking via virtual mode at aneventorganisedFridaybystudents of the Columbia Law School, Justice Oka said, “It’s 75 years of the existence of the Constitution, we celebrated that eventonJanuary26thisyear.But after 75 years also, there are manyinstancesof hatespeeches. Most of the hate speeches in India.. I may be wrong there becauseIhaveonlytheperspective of cases which come before the court… At the grassroots level, what really happens, activists likeColinGonsalves(referringto SeniorAdvocateColinGonsalves who also addressed the gathering) will be able to tell you more effectively. But in the court, we come across cases where mostly these hate speeches are against the religious minorities CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Singapore firm will develop last three phases RITU SHARMA AHMEDABAD, APRIL 5 THE GUJARAT government has hiredaSingaporeancompanyas a consultant to develop the last three phases of the Sabarmati Riverfront, which will be spread acrossstatecapitalGandhinagar Sabarmati Riverfront walkway in Ahmedabad. Bhupendra Rana CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Sahakar Se Samridhhi Shri Narendra Modi Hon’ble Prime Minister, India Shri Amit Shah Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda Hon’ble Union Minister of Home and Cooperation Hon’ble Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Chemicals & Fertilisers Shri Bhupendra Patel Hon’ble Chief Minister, Gujarat Celebrating the “Golden Jubilee” of IFFCO’s ‘Mother Unit’ and ‘First Urea Plant Complex’ at Kalol, Gujarat and Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of Seed Research Center, Kalol, Gujarat Chief Guest Shri Amit Shah Hon’ble Union Minister of Home and Cooperation Special Guest Shri Bhupendra Patel Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat 6th April, 2025 | Location: Kalol, Gujarat Esteemed Guests Shri Raghavji Bhai Patel Shri Jagdish Vishwakarma (Panchal) Shri Thakor Laxmanji Punjaji (Bakaji) Hon’ble Agriculture Minister, Govt. of Gujarat Hon’ble Minister of Cooperation, Govt. of Gujarat Shri Dileep Sanghani Dr. U. S. Awasthi Chairman, IFFCO Managing Director, IFFCO MLA Kalol Assembly Constituency, Gandhinagar After 50 years of successful operation of Kalol Unit, IFFCO is rededicating Kalol Urea Plant to the cooperatives and farmers of the country in the “International Year of Cooperatives-2025”. Organized by: Sandeep Ghosh Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) Sr. General Manager, Kalol Unit, IFFCO IFFCO Sadan C-1, District Centre, Saket Place, New Delhi-110017, India | www.iffco.in Ahmedabad
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