eye THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE Notes From Miraj LUCKNOW,LATECITY JUNE22,2025 A town that handcrafted string instruments hopes to redefine its legacy FOUR-PAGE PULLOUT 14+4PAGES,`6.00 DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PATNA, PUNE, VADODARA WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM GOVT & POLITICS WAR ENTERS 2ND WEEK, TEL AVIV PREPARES FOR ‘PROLONGED CAMPAIGN’ RAHUL HITS OUT AT EC FOR CUTTING STORAGE TIME OF POLL FOOTAGE JALNA CROP RELIEF ‘SCAM’: 21 OFFICIALS SUSPENDED Iran launches new wave of drones and missiles at Israel, hits building in north Man beaten to death aboard train over seat dispute in Baghpat, 5 held NEETIKA JHA NOIDA, JUNE 21 A 39-year-old man was beaten todeathbyfivepersonsaboarda train allegedly over a seat dispute in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district late Friday night, railway police officials said. All the five accused have been arrested, it is learnt. The victim, Deepak Yadav, was travelling on the DelhiSaharanpur passenger train while going to his native Patti Ahiran village in Baghpat, Government Railway Police Superintendent of Police (Moradabad) Ashutosh Shukla told The Indian Express. Yadav was a weekly commuter on the train, he added. ShuklasaidDeepak,whowas travellingalongwithhisbrotherin-law, was attacked near the Fakharpur railway station. Those arrested have been identified as Sanjeev, Rahul, Vishal,Priyanshu andSiddharth, all residents of Khekra in Baghpat. “The victim fainted in the train after being hit on the head. On receiving information, a police team rushed him to the Khekra community health centre where he was declared dead,” the SP said. Following Yadav's death, an FIR was registered under Sections 103 (murder) and 191(2) (rioting) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), officials said. “Aninvestigationisunderway after arresting the five men,” said the SP. According to Yadav’s family,hehadbeenworkingatachandeliershowroominNewDelhifor the past 15 years and travelled to Khekra every weekend. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 EXPRESS NETWORK RAJNATH IN J&K: SHOWED PAK ITS ‘1,000 CUTS’ POLICY WILL NOT SUCCEED HARASSMENT CASE: CHARGES FRAMED AGAINST IPS OFFICER PAGES 4, 7 DAVID RISING & SAM MEDNICK TEL AVIV, JUNE 21 ISRAEL’SMILITARYsaidSaturday it was preparing for the possibility of a lengthy war, and announced it struck an Iranian nuclear research facility overnight and killed three senior Iranian commandersintargetedattacks. The prospect of a wider war threatened, too. Iranian-backed HouthirebelsinYemensaidthey wouldresumeattacksonUSvessels and warships in the Red Sea if the Trump administration joins Israel’s military campaign againstIran.TheHouthispaused such attacks in May under a deal with the US. THE WORLD Fordow AVIATION SAFETY watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation(DGCA)hasissuedastern warning to Tata group airline Air India over repeated and serious lapsesinflightcrewrostering,and has asked the carrier to remove three of its officials from crew schedulingandrosteringrolesand initiate internal disciplinary proceedingsagainstthem,TheIndian Express has learnt. The regulator has also cautioned the airline that any future Tehran Natanz Isfahan IRAQ KUWAIT I R A N The US ambassador to Israel announced the US has begun “assisted departure flights,” the firstsuchflightsfromIsraelsince the Hamas-led attack on October7,2023,thatsparkedthe ongoing war in Gaza. Inside Iran, smoke rose from an area near a mountain in Isfahan, where the province’s CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Indian nationals evacuated by the government from Iran under Operation Sindhu arrive at the Delhi airport on Saturday. Abhinav Saha REPORT,PAGE5 Neighbourhood policy at work: India to fly home Nepal, Lanka citizens too NEW DELHI, JUNE 21 PAGE 9 NEW DELHI, JUNE 21 KEY NUCLEAR SITE SHUBHAJIT ROY B-2 BOMBERS MOVING TO GUAM, U.S. OFFICIALS SAY TALKS BETWEEN EUROPEANS, IRAN TO SPEED UP: MACRON SUKALP SHARMA IN A major diplomatic outreach to its neighbours, India said Saturday it will evacuate nationals of Nepal and Sri Lanka who are stranded in Iran and want to leave the country. Officials in Delhi framed it as an example of India’s “neigh- bourhood first policy” — of helpingitsneighboursintimesof crisis,beitconflict,naturalcalamity or pandemic. Thisannouncementcameon the day two more flights, operated by the Iranian Mahan Air, landed in Delhi. The Indian embassy in Tehran, in a post on X, said, “On request of the Governments of Nepal and Sri Lanka, the Indian Embassy’s evacuation efforts in Iran will also cover citizens of Nepal and Sri Lanka.” “The citizens of Nepal and Sri Lanka may urgently reach out to the Embassy, either on the Telegram channel or over the emergency contact numbers: +989010144557;+98912810911 5; +989128109109,” it stated. Nepal’s Foreign Minister CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 E E X P L A I NE D PAGES 5, 7 Israel strikes Iranian nuclear facility in Isfahan, kills three Guard commanders DGCA warns A-I over lapses in crew rostering, orders removal of 3 officials ● As it did in Ukraine THIS IS not the first time that Delhi has stepped in to evacuate citizens of its neighbours. In the early days of the Ukraine war, India evacuated nationals of neighbouring countries along with its own. Further violation will lead to action including licence suspension, warns DGCA violation of crew scheduling norms, licensing, or flight duty time limitations detected in audits or inspections will lead to CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Advance tax collection growth slows to 3.9%, income tax mop-up lower than FY25 level AANCHAL MAGAZINE NEW DELHI, JUNE 21 ADVANCEDIRECTtaxcollections from the first installment in the current financial year 2025-26 grew by 3.87 per cent to Rs 1.56 lakhcroreasonJune19thisyear, slower than the growth of 27.34 per cent seen in the same period a year ago, data released Saturday by the Income Tax Department showed. While advance tax collections during April 1-June 19 for corporate tax grew 5.86 per cent toRs1.22lakhcrore,personalincome tax or non-corporate tax collections recorded a slowdown, with advance collections falling by 2.68 per cent to Rs 33,928.32 crore. The advance tax collections for personal income at Rs33,928.32crorearelowerthan the first installment collections CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 PM LEADS YOGA DAY CELEBRATIONS Prime Minister Narendra Modi leads a yoga session on the 11th International Day of Yoga, in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, on Saturday. ANI REPORT,PAGE4 ISRO readies SpaDeX-2 mission to dock satellites in elliptical orbit ANONNA DUTT NEW DELHI, JUNE 21 AFTER SUCCESSFULLY bringing together two satellites in space, scientists at the Indian Space ResearchOrganisation(ISRO)are drawing up plans for a second SpaDeX mission — this time to dock two satellites in an elliptical orbit. The ability to join two satellites in space, known as docking, is critical for India’s upcoming Chandrayaan-4 mission and the proposed Bharatiya Antariksh Station, the country’s planned space station. In the first SpaDeX mission, two 220-kg satellites were launched into a 470-km circular orbit.Withasmallrelativevelocity introduced between them, the satellites were allowed to drift apart before being progressivelybroughtcloser.OnJanuary 16,theysuccessfullydocked.The experiment also demonstrated power sharing between the satellites and their ability to receive commands as a single CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 On board AI 171: Proud parents headed to the UK to attend convocations PAGE 1 ANCHOR RITU SHARMA AHMEDABAD, JUNE 21 THRILLED THAT they would be part of her convocation ceremony on June 23, Dhwani Patel couldn’t wait to see her parents — and the graduation dress they had picked out for her — in London. Rajni Patel (51) and his wife, Rajni Patel, Divyaben (right) and Hemangi Patel (second from left) were among those killed in the June 12 crash. Express Divyaben (47), from Gujarat’s Vasad town, had also packed local snacks, new shoes and a watch to surprise the 21-yearold. Travelling with them was Dhwani’s aunt, Hemangi Patel (57). “They had scheduled a flight for June 20 but advanced it to June 16, and finally to June 12, as theywantedtospendmoretime with me since I was to sit for placements after my convocation. This was the first time someone from our family was CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Lucknow