DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA Govt-Opp faceoff: Waqf panel set to be extended to start of Budget session Chairperson Jagdambika Pal to move resolution in House today, says A Raja LALMANI VERMA NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 27 THE CONTENTIOUS Waqf (Amendment) Bill is unlikely to be taken for consideration and passage in the ongoing Winter sessionasthejointcommitteeof Parliament — formed to scruti- nise it — is set to seek an extension to collect opinion from more stakeholders. Sources said the Bill is now likely to be passed by the House in the Budget session, in early February. Opposition member of the committeeARajasaidthatchairman Jagdambika Pal had agreed CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE `7.00 (`8 BIHAR & RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 SHINDE SAYS HE TALKED TO MODI, SHAH Iamnotahurdle,noobstaclefrom us:ShindeclearswayforBJPCM Uddhav faces party pressure to leave MVA Says he, Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar will meet Shah today to discuss next CM ZEESHAN SHAIKH VALLABH OZARKAR MUMBAI, NOVEMBER 27 AMID THE deadlock over who will become the next MaharashtraChief Ministerafter theMahayuti’slandslidevictory, caretaker Chief Minister Eknath MUMBAI, NOVEMBER 27 Eknath Shinde at his Thane residence Wednesday. Deepak Joshi RUMBLINGSHAVEbegunwithin theMahaVikasAghadi(MVA)after its humiliating defeat in the MaharashtraAssemblyelections, with the Uddhav Thackeray-led No criminal conspiracy: CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CBI in clean chit to NDTV ex-promoter Prannoy Roy Plea claims Shiva temple at PhD student from IIT-Delhi Ajmer dargah, seeks survey; dies as excavation pit caves EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 27 court notices to Centre, ASI in near Harappan site THERE WAS no collusion or criminal conspiracy, or abuse of official position by any public servant, the CBI has said in its closure report submitted in a Delhi court in the case against NDTV’s former directors and promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy registered in 2017 forallegedlycausing awilfulloss of over Rs 48 crore to ICICI Bank. “Regardinglossof Rs48crore to ICICI Bank and corresponding gain to promoters of NDTV, it is stated in the cancellation report of the CBI that there was no collusion or criminal conspiracy or abuse of official position by any public servant or officers of ICICI CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 HAMZA KHAN JAIPUR, NOVEMBER 27 EVEN AS Sambhal district in Uttar Pradesh remains on edge followingacourt-orderedsurvey of the Shahi Jama Masjid there, a Shinde announced Wednesday that the Shiv Sena would accept and support the decision taken local court in Rajasthan’s Ajmer on Wednesday issued notices to the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs,theArchaeologicalSurvey of India, and the Ajmer Dargah Committee over a petition seeking a survey of the renowned CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Be a by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister BRENDAN DABHI & RITU SHARMA AHMEDABAD, NOVEMBER 27 A 23-YEAR-OLD PhD scholar from IIT-Delhi died when an excavation pit from which she was collecting soil samples caved in, near the archaeological remains of the Harappan port town of LothalinGujaratonWednesday. 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