DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2024, AHMEDABAD, LATE CITY, 22 PAGES BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY ‘Positive signalling’, militaries to work out ground details: Army Chief on India-China Says pager attack plan by Israel a ‘masterstroke’ HABEAS CORPUS PLEA ON 2 SISTERS Police reach Sadhguru’s ashram after HC order ARUN JANARDHANAN CHENNAI, OCTOBER 1 A BATTALION of 150 police personnel, led by an Additional Superintendentof Policerankofficer from Coimbatore, entered the Isha Foundation’s ashram in Thondamuthur on Tuesday to conductinquiries,adayafterthe Madras High Court sought a report on all criminal cases registered against the foundation. The operation by the police also comprised three DSPs. A senior police officer said the focus is on verification of inmates and rooms at the foundation. In response to the development, the Isha Yoga Centre said, “As per the court order, the police, including the SP, have come to the Isha Yoga Center for a general inquiry. They are inquiring with residents and volunteers, understanding the lifestyle, understanding how they come in and stay, etc.” The court had ordered the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 `5.00 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 AMRITA NAYAK DUTTA NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 1 THERE has been “positive signalling” and “some kind of indication” from the diplomatic sides of both India and China on the ongoing standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, and the military leaders of both sides will now seehowthiscanbetranslatedon the ground, Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi said on Tuesday. On the existing ground situationattheLAC,hesaid:“Itisstable but it is not normal, and it is sensitive.” Saying that the military would remain “fully operationally prepared to face any kind of contingency” until the pre-April 2020 situation is restored, he added that trust has been the “biggest casualty”. TheArmyChief wasspeaking CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Carried on ‘cloth stretcher’, woman dies on way to ambulance after childbirth VADODARA, OCTOBER 1 AT 5 AM on Tuesday, when Kishan Bhil’s pregnant wife Kavita began having labour contractions, the entire neighbourhood of Baskariya Faliya in the remote, tribal village of Turkheda in Chhota Udepur district’s Kawant talukagathered to help to carry her on a cloth stretcher.Theyhadtocoveradistance of five kilometers to reach thepick-uppointwhere108ambulance could arrive and take Sebi tightens F&O rules to curb market speculation Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi THIRD SUCH DEATH IN REMOTE GUJ VILLAGE ADITI RAJA NEW RULES KICK IN NOV 20 her to a primary healthcare centre about 25 km away for delivery. But they had covered just a kilometre on the rocky terrain when Kavita went into labour, delivered a baby girl, and breathed her last. The body was broughtbacktoherhomeonthe cloth stretcher for final rites. As Kishan remained inconsolable, his relative Jamsinh Rathwa said, “For several years, we have been requesting the government to construct a road in the village so that it is CONTINUEDONPAGE2 A video grab of projectiles being intercepted over Jerusalem on Tuesday. AP As Iran rains missiles on Israel, Indian Embassy issues advisory SHUBHAJIT ROY NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 1 AS IRAN fired a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday in retaliation for Israel’s campaign against Tehran’sHezbollahallies in Lebanon, the Indian Embassy in Tel Aviv issued a security advisory to its nationals in Israel. (Reuters adds: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Iran had launched tens of missiles at Israel,andthatif Israelretaliated, Tehran’s response would be “more crushing and ruinous”. A senior Iranian official said the order to launch missiles at Israelwasmadeby thecountry's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.Khameneiremainsin 1968 IAF PLANE CRASH Closure for Kerala family as body found after 56 years SHAJU PHILIP CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 FULL COVERAGE PAGE 19 HITESH VYAS MUMBAI, OCTOBER 1 THE SECURITIES and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Tuesday tightened the norms for equity derivatives (F&Os or futures and options) trading by raising the entrybarrierandmakingitmore expensive for retail investors to tradeinF&Os.Thenewruleswill comeintoeffectfromNovember 20, 2024. The market regulator announced a set of six measures which include increasing the contract size for index futures and index options to Rs 15 lakh from the present contract size between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 10 lakh, and rationalisation of weekly index derivatives products by allowing each exchange to provide contract for only one of its benchmark index with weekly expiry. The move follows the government’s decision in Budget 2024-25 to raise the securities transaction tax on F&O trading (STT on futures from 0.0125 per cent to 0.02 per cent and that on CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 DECISION 2024 J&K PHASE 3 TURNOUT 69.6% Voters line up outside a polling booth in Bandipora district during the third and final phase of Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. Shuaib Masoodi THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCT 1 A KERALA family’s 56-year-long wait for closure, after their son went missing in a 1968 aircraft crashinthesnow-cladmountains of Rohtang in Himachal Pradesh, finally ended on Monday. a secure location, the senior official added. The Israeli Army said Israel’s airspacewasclosedfollowingthe Iranian attack. Alarms sounded across Israel and explosions Todissuade investors,regulatorhikes contractsize,seeksupfrontpayment Thomas Cherian REPORT, PAGE 17 Ahmedabad