DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA ● REG.NO. MCS/067/2018 - 20 RNI REGN. NO. 1543/57 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 2024, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES `5.00 ● WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 WILL BRING LAW ON DEATH FOR RAPE: MAMATA 29/08/2024 90 118 145 65 IN SINDHUDURG Red flags over state tender for helipads where Shivaji statue was unveiled Enough is enough, says President as she raises Kolkata, women safety Counter mindset that sees women as lesser human beings: Murmu ‘Nation bound to be outraged and so am I’ VALLABH OZARKAR MUMBAI, AUGUST 28 THE MAHARASHTRA government’s Public Works Departmentgotthreetemporary helipads constructed for Rs 2.03 croreatMalvaninSindhudurgto facilitate the landing of Prime MinisterNarendraModichopper on December 4 last year. Documents available with The Indian Express show that the contract for construction of all three helipads was awarded to Sindhudurg-registered firm Accurate Infraproject for a total of Rs 2.03 crore. A source in the PWD, however, raised questions about work orders being issued even before a tender is floated, and tenders being floated just 23 days before the PM is scheduled to land on December 4. VIJAY JOSHI NEW DELHI, AUGUST 28 DECLARING THAT “enough is enough”, President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said it is time for India to wake up to the “perversion” of crimes against womenandcounterthemindset thatseeswomenas“lesspowerful, less capable, less intelligent”. “Thosewhosharesuchviews then go further and see the female as an object… We owe it to our daughters to remove the hurdles from their path of winning the freedom from fear,” Murmu said in an exclusive signed article for PTI. Referring to the August 9 rape and murder CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 BJP supporters hit the streets of Kolkata to enforce a bandh on Wednesday. Partha Paul MOREREPORTS,PAGE7 If fire starts in Bengal, will spread to Assam, Bihar, Odisha: Mamata RAVIK BHATTACHARYA & ATRI MITRA KOLKATA, AUGUST 28 WEST BENGAL Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s warning — that the fire BJP wants to start in her state will not spare Assam, Bihar, Manipur or Odisha — on Wednesday drew sharp reac- tions from her counterparts in several states. Her comments come at a time when West Bengal is gripped by protests-- by doctors as well as the Opposition BJP — against the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital. Addressing a foundation day CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY OVERRULES MINISTER, CHIEF SECRETARY Dhami posts ousted Corbett chief as head of Rajaji reserve JAY MAZOOMDAAR NEW DELHI, AUGUST 28 IGNORING A request from his Forest Minister and Chief Secretary to reconsider the appointment,UttarakhandChiefMinister PushkarSinghDhamihashanded charge of the Rajaji Tiger Reserve Delhi bike dealer to Kolhapur saree depot, small IPOs lift market mood, raise eyebrows MUMBAI, AUGUST 28 WHAT’S COMMON between a two-wheelerdealershipinDelhi, a saree depot based in Kolhapur and a 25-bed hospital in Bharuch? The companies behind each of these entities are part of a market boom that has seen small and medium enterprises making a beeline for the bourses — and retail investors lining up to lap up their shares. At a time when the mainboard IPO market is quite active, market experts view the listing CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 E E X P L A I NE D GEORGE MATHEW & HITESH VYAS #News18IndiaDSS Why it is raising ● red flags OF 108 SME IPOs that hit the market till date since April 1 and raised Rs 3,903 crore, 99 listed at a premium. Market regulator SEBI has raised red flags that post listing, some listed SMEs project an unrealistic picture, create a positive sentiment, and luring investors to buy their stocks in the process. Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami to an officer who was removed two years ago as head of the Corbett Tiger Reserve after the HighCourttooknoteofillegaltree felling and construction there. Records show that Dhami conveyedhisdecisiontoappoint Chief Conservatorof Forest(CCF) Rahul,anIndianForestServiceofficerwhousesonlyhisfirstname, as director of Rajaji Tiger Reserve PARTNER रा� �नमार्ण से रा� �नमार्ण �� प्रग�तशील महारा� पर सबसे बड़ी चचार् CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 PM: Jan Dhan scheme has led to over 53 cr bank accounts, women being empowered HARIKISHAN SHARMA NEW DELHI, AUGUST 28 DESCRIBINGTHEPradhanMantri Jan Dhan Yojana as “more than just a policy”, one that ensures “each and every citizen, irrespective of one’s economic background” has access to formal banking,PrimeMinisterNarendra Modi criticised the Congress Wednesday, saying its government in the past nationalised banksinthenameofthepoorbut they never got access to banking. InapostonsocialmediaplatformLinkedIn,Modisaid,“Today marks a decade since the PradhanMantriJanDhanYojana INSIDE CABINET CLEARS RLY PROJECTS, AUCTION OF FM CHANNELS GOVT TO SET UP 12 NEW INDUSTRIAL CITIES IN 10 STATES एकनाथ �श� दे देव�द्र फडणवीस उपमु�मंत्री, महारा� मु�मंत्री, महारा� PAGES 10 & 15 waslaunched.Forme,thisinitiative was more than just a policy — it was an endeavour to build an India where each and every citizen, irrespective of one’s economicbackground,hasaccessto CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 सुधीर मुनगंटीवार दीपक कसरकर े आ�शष शेलार प्रदेश अ��, महारा� भारतीय जनता पाट� वन एवं सं��त मंत्री ृ �ली �श�ा एवं ू मराठी भाषा मंत्री अ��, मुंबई भारतीय जनता पाट� प्रफ� पटे ल ु �म�ल� द देवरा �ववेक फणसलकर बृजेश �स� ह रा� सभा सांसद, NCP Our polity lacks reform capability to spur 9-11% growth: Ruchir Sharma चंद्रशेखर बावनकले ु रा� सभा सांसद, �शव सेना पु�लस क�म�र, मुंबई प्रधान स�चव, CMO, महारा� PAGE 1 ANCHOR ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU MUMBAI, AUGUST 28 INDIACANCLOCKaGDPgrowth rate of 6-7 per cent but its polity lacks the capability to carry out reforms that can spur growth in the range of 9-11 per cent, said Ruchir Sharma, global investor, fund manager and author of best-selling books. At the Express Adda, organised by The Indian Express in Mumbai on Tuesday, Sharma said, “I think that we can grow at CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 News18 इं �डया Diamond States Summit महारा� आज �दन भर SOURCE: BARC | Metric: AMA’s | TG: NCCS All 15+ | Period: Wk 33'24, 24 Hrs, All Days | Market:HSM Ruchir Sharma, Chairman of Rockefeller International, and Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Breakout Capital, at the Express Adda event in Mumbai on Tuesday. Narendra Vaskar