DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PATNA, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2025, AHMEDABAD, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES MUNIR COMMENTS IN U.S. SHUBHAJIT ROY NEW DELHI, AUGUST 11 RESPONDING TO Pakistan Army Chief FieldMarshalAsimMunir’s latestdiatribeagainstIndia,New Delhi on Monday said India has already made it clear that it will not give in to nuclear blackmail and underlined that it would “take all steps necessary to safeguard our national security”. According to a PTI report, Munir reportedly made the nuclear threat during an address to thePakistanidiasporainFlorida’s Tampa on Saturday. “We are a Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir nuclearnation.If wethinkweare going down, we’ll take half the world down with us,” media reportsquotedhimassaying.There isnotextof thespeechoravideo to confirm these comments. “Our attention has been drawn to remarks reportedly made by the Pakistani Chief of CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Ahmedabad: Two dead as ‘speeding’ car hits scooter; 20-year-old student held MAKE SHELTERS, REPORT IN 8 WEEKS: COURT Situation grim, move all stray dogs in NCR from streets to shelters: SC OPP PROTESTS AGAINST EC THE IDEAS PAGE EDGE OF DISENFRANCHISEMENT BY RAHUL SHASTRI & YOGENDRA YADAV PAGE 9 KARNATAKA Minister quits over ‘Cong didn’t monitor voter list’ remark, says ‘conspiracy’ AKRAM M BENGALURU, AUGUST 11 TWO DAYS after he said that alleged irregularities in the voter listinBengaluru’sMahadevapura Assemblyconstituencyoccurred under the Congress’s watch and PAGE 13 BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY K N Rajanna made the remarks on August 9 thepartyshouldhavemonitored it, Karnataka Cooperation CRACKING DOWN on the stray dog menace in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Supreme Court on Monday asked the Delhi government, civic bodies and authorities of Noida,GurugramandGhaziabad torelocatethemfromthestreets todedicatedshelters,notingthat thesituationwas“grim”and“immediate steps need to be taken”. The bench of Justices J B PardiwalaandRMahadevanunderlined that the canines should not be returned to the streets, andwarnedof actionagainstany individualsororganisationswho “come in the way”. The SC had taken suo motu cognizance of the issue on July 28, following a news report on the stray dog menace. “StateofNCTDelhi,Municipal UPHILL TASK 8 lakh* Stray dogs in Delhi 70-80%: Sterilisation rate required to control population ■ Govt agencies do not have shelters; infra will take a long time ■ Dogs are territorial animals; placing them in shelters may lead to conflict *MCD estimate REPORT, PAGE 10 CorporationofDelhi(MCD),New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC)andappropriateauthorities of Noida, Gurugram and Ghaziabad shall at the earliest start picking up stray dogs CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ‘8 lakh’ strays, no govt shelters, Delhi has to redraw its plan DRISHTI JAIN & GAYATHRI MANI NEW DELHI, AUGUST 11 WITH THE Supreme Court underlining that stray dogs should notbereturnedtothestreets,the Delhi government has been forced to rethink its strategy on controlling the canine population—estimatedat around 8 lakh in the Capital. According to a ● senior Delhi government official, the current practice, as per the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules, 2023, is to pickupthestraydogs,takethem to hospitals for sterilisation, and then release them back on the E CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 THE WORLD Industry seeks help of Govt, hopes US partners will bear part of burden Accused Rohan Soni CONTINUEDONPAGE2 OPP PARTIES PUT UP UNITED FRONT NEW DELHI, AUGUST 11 Fresh tariff blow to diamond export hub Surat AHMEDABAD, AUGUST 11 Jafar Ajmeri (35), both residents of Jamalpur,weretravellingfrom NehrunagartowardsShivrangini crossroads. They were allegedly ANANTHAKRISHNAN G Opposition MPs led by Rahul Gandhi were stopped from marching to the EC’s office to protest against the Bihar electoral rolls revision, in New Delhi on Monday. Tashi Tobgyal EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE TWOMENtravellingonascooter were killed after being hit by a speeding car near the Jhansi Ki Rani statue in Nehrunagar area of Ahmedabad on the interveningnightof SundayandMonday. The incident took place around 1.30am when Akram Altaf Qureshi (22) and Ashfaq Warns of action against individuals, organisations who ‘come in the way’ EXPLAINED India hits back at Pak Army Chief: ‘Nuclear sabre-rattling’ `5.00 ● WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 TRUMP’S 50% TARIFF TENSION ON THE GROUND PART-3: DIAMONDS KAMAL SAIYED SURAT, AUGUST 11 DIAMOND COMPANIES in Surat were compelled to put on hold orders they had already started receiving for Christmas from American clients when US President Donald Trump announced the additional 25% tariff on India. It came as a jolt because Christmas is just five months away, and sales during this festive season account for nearly half the total sale during a yearintheinternationalmarkets. Experts anticipate that exportsofnon-industrialdiamonds — diamonds suitable for jewellery or investment — to the US wouldbehitbecauseof theextra tariffs.Indiaaccountedfor68%in volume and 42% in value ($5.79 billion) of the US’s total diamond importsin2024,asperdatafrom the Gems & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). The second highest value of diamond imports into the US, 28% in value, was from Israel, on CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ISRAEL TARGETS, KILLS AL JAZEERA’S GAZA CORRESPONDENT, FOUR OTHERS PAGE 15 Ahmedabad