DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PATNA, PUNE, VADODARA ● REG.NO. MCS/067/2018 - 20 RNI REGN. NO. 1543/57 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2025, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 20 PAGES `5.00 ● WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 ‘OP SINDOOR KILLED TERRORISTS’ BOSSES, OP MAHADEV KILLED TERRORISTS’ DISCUSSION ON OP SINDOOR IN LOK SABHA world India Pahalgamterroristskilled,clearproof Nostop Opleader askedonly to (Sindoor)... ofPakistanhand,ShahtellsLokSabha 3 countries backed Pak: PM Says ballistic report, witnesses helped identify 3 dead as Pahalgam attackers THE THREE KILLED ASAD REHMAN NEW DELHI, JULY 29 SPEAKING FOR the government on the second day of the special debate on Operation Sindoor in the Lok Sabha Tuesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced in the House that those behind the Pahalgam terror attack had been killed. The three terrorists gunned down in the Dachigam forest area on the outskirts of Srinagar under ‘Operation Mahadev’ on Monday were the same as those involvedintheterroristattackon April 22, Shah said, adding that forensic proof as well as witness identification of the men had confirmed the same. Identifying SULEIMAN Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. PTI thethreeasSuleimanaliasFaisal Jatt, Afghan and Jibran, he said they had all come from Pakistan. The three were killed in ‘OperationMahadev’carriedout CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 WITH JUST two days left for the August 1 deadline set by the DonaldTrumpadministrationto wrap up agreements with its trading partners, the American Presidentsaidheisplanningtariffs at “somewhere in the 15-20 per cent range” for “the rest of the world”. That would mean a significantincreaseonthe10per cent“baseline”tariff thatapplies to most trading partners now. Given how talks have proceeded, an interim deal still seems distant. But three things are clear: One, the US is pushing hard for zero duty access to the Indian markets, like it did with Vietnam and Indonesia. Two, from its perspective, New Delhi is keen ensure the headline tar- 30/07/2025 98 E EXPLAINED NEW DELHI, JULY 29 ARUN SHARMA, AMRITA NAYAK DUTTA & DEEPTIMAN TIWARY JAMMU, NEW DELHI, JULY 29 Challenge in US trade deal: Tackling Trump, ensuring tariff edge ANIL SASI Inside the op: 2 signals 17 days apart, 3-month hunt, Mahadev peak Why US, China talks ● matter INDIAN NEGOTIATORS are keeping a close watch on the trade talks the US is currently engaged in with China. This will give New Delhi an idea about the comparative advantage it will have vis-à-vis Beijing. A delay in the deal does offer more visibility on what a favourable tariff range would be, in comparison to the tariff deals other countries have clinched. iff doesn’t exceed 15 per cent for its goods exports to the US. And three, the tariff for each country CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 JIBRAN AFGHAN IT WAS the detection of a signal emitted from a communication device used by the Pahalgam attackers on Saturday — the second time in the last 17 days — that led the Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police to them on Mulnar Peak near Lidwas Meadow of Mahadev Peak, a strategically important location in the Dachigam forests on the outskirts of Srinagar town. The device was among various items, including arms, ammunition and explosives, later seized from the three slain terrorists,whoHomeMinisterAmit Shah said are the same as the ones who killed 26 civilians on April 22. Identifying them as Suleiman, Afghan and Jibran, Shah said in Lok Sabha, “These three terrorists were those who killed our citizens in Baisaran (Pahalgam), and all three have been killed.” According to highly placed CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Manipur district election officers begin outreach on SIR, meet political parties SUKRITA BARUAH GUWAHATI, JULY 29 EVEN AS Manipur remains underPresident’sRule,districtelection officers have begun holding meetings with local representativesof politicalpartiestodiscuss the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. While these meetings have already beenheldinatleastfiveof the16 ECONOMY ECONOMIST, AUTHOR MEGHNAD DESAI DIES PAGE 17 EXPRESS NETWORK SC: WILL STEP IN IF MASS EXCLUSION IN BIHAR ELECTORAL ROLLS PAGE 13 districtsinthestate,noticesconveningsuchmeetingshavebeen issuedintheremainingdistricts. On Monday, representatives of the BJP, Congress and the Kuki People’s Alliance attended one such meeting in Kangpokpi district.Accordingtoanofficialthere, the meeting was held based on “informal”instructionsissuedby the State Election Commission. “Therewasnoformalnoticefrom either the Election Commission of IndiaorfromtheStateElection Commission to conduct such meetings. However, we were ‘Vance said Pak was planning big attack... I said will answer bullets with cannonballs’ VIKAS PATHAK NEW DELHI, JULY 29 WITH THE Opposition flagging USPresidentDonaldTrump’srepeated claims of mediating the May 10 ceasefire between India and Pakistan, Prime Minister NarendraModitoldLokSabhaon Tuesday that “no leader in the world asked India to stop its militaryoperation(Sindoor)”.Hesaid he had told US Vice-President J D Vance on May 9 that if Pakistan firedbullets,Indiawouldrespond with cannonballs. Replying to an over 16-hour discussion in Lok Sabha on the Pahalgam terror attack and CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi during the discussion on Tuesday. PTI ‘PM should have courage to tell Trump he is lying’: Rahul questions ceasefire MANOJ C G NEW DELHI, JULY 29 STEPPINGUPtheOpposition’sattack on the government over US PresidentDonaldTrump’sclaims thathebrokeredtheceasefirebetween India and Pakistan after OperationSindoor,RahulGandhi Tuesday asked Prime Minister NarendraModitoshow“courage” anddeclareTrumpaliarif hewas not speaking the truth. “Donald Trump has said 29 times that he brought about the ceasefire. If he is lying… let the Prime Minister say he is lying. If he has the courage of Indira Gandhi, let him say here that PAGE 11 Donald Trump is a liar. That you (Trump) did not make us cease fire and that we did not lose any planes… Even if he has 50% of the courage Indira Gandhi had, let him say it here,” Gandhi said. “Have the courage to tell him (Trump)… ‘To hell with you, you CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 INSIDE POTHOLED MUMBAI: IN 11 DAYS, OVER 3,300 COMPLAINTS ED RAIDS RESIDENCE OF FORMER CIVIC COMMISSIONER, DAY AFTER HIS TRANSFER PAGES 4, 6 SCAMS AND LADDERS Fell prey to unsound scams Followed sound practices ! Joining platforms that claim to be ‘tied up with FPI and provide institutional access.’ 126 155 65 Don’t create controversies and force me to take action, Fadnavis warns state ministers Installing apps that say ‘Earn ₹10,000 a day with trading.’ ! ! Chasing ‘hot tips’ from so-called advisers on social media. ! Applying for courses that promise ‘doubling your money’ overnight. ALOK DESHPANDE MUMBAI, JULY 29 MAHARASHTRA CHIEF Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday warned the council of ministers not to force him to take action against them by creating controversies, which were not only givingammunitiontotheOpposition butalsoovershadowingthegood works done by the government. After a cabinet meeting, Fadnavis asked officials to leave thecabinethallandheldaseperate meeting for 30 minutes with ministers. In the meeting, sources said that Fadnavis advised the ministers to avoid speaking to media and instead focus on developmental works. “He also asked ministers to issueclarificationsregardingany controversies without creating new ones,” said a minister in the state cabinet. A number of ministers, including Agriculture Minister Manikrao Kokate, Social Justice CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Always deal with SEBI registered intermediaries and authorised trading platforms. #SEBIvsSCAM An investor awareness initiative by SEBI and BSE. Scan to visit SEBI website