DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PATNA, PUNE, VADODARA NEW DELHI, AUGUST 28 AS PART of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) have so far found discrepancies in documents of about 3 lakh electors, and begun issuing notices asking that they appearbeforethemwithinseven days,TheIndianExpresshaslearnt. This number is likely to increase as the EROs of Assembly constituencies are still scrutinising the documents, according to officials aware of the development. According to the Election Commission, 7.24 crore electors had made it to the draft electoral roll published on August 1. They have time until September 1 to JAIPUR, AUGUST 28 THE RAJASTHAN High Court cancelled the Sub-Inspector RecruitmentExamination,2021, Thursdayafterfindinglargescale irregularities in the process. This comes over a month after a six-member sub-committeeof theRajasthangovernment submitted a detailed report claiming that it would be “premature” to cancel the exam when investigations were still ongoing. A single-judge bench of 4 LookforwardtomeetingXi,Putin, saysPM,flagssharedchallenges WHAT WILL NOT COUNTINBIHAR submit eligibility documents from a list of 11 indicated by the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Justice Sameer Jain that delivered the ruling said that then members of the RPSC — including Babulal Katara and Ramu Ram Raika — were “directly involved” in leaking papers and answer keys before the exams. BothKataraandRaikahavebeen arrested — the former in 2023 and the latter in September 2024. According to the court, the scam was not confined to the written test and “even the interview stage was manipulated”. “Apart from this, external gangs such as the Bishnoi and Kaler CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Talks with US on, but removal of 25% penalty holds key: Officials Govt working on measures to address liquidity crunch faced by exporters GOVT & POLITICS Rajasthan HC cancels 2021 S-I recruitment exam over ‘paper leak’ PARUL KULSHRESTHA FROM JAPAN, MODI WILL HEAD TO CHINA FOR SCO SUMMIT AI, semiconductors on his Tokyo table EC SETS STAGE FOR REVISION OF ROLLS IN BENGAL PAGE 4 `6.00 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 PM Narendra Modi leaves for Tokyo on Thursday. PTI SHUBHAJIT ROY CANBERRA, AUGUST 28 SETTING OUT on a two-nation visit that is beingkeenly tracked, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday that he will be meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit which is beingheldinTianjinnearBeijing from August 31 to September 1. Modi, who left New Delhi for Tokyo Thursday night, will travel to China from Japan after a twodayvisit—thiswillbehisfirstvisit CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 RAVI DUTTA MISHRA NEW DELHI, AUGUST 28 THENEGOTIATIONSoveratrade deal with the US may resume only after the additional 25 per cent oil penalty is addressed, according to a senior Commerce and Industry Ministry official. WashingtonDCwastosenda team to New Delhi to continue discussions on August 25, but the talks were ‘halted’ by the US after President Donald Trump Modi’s war, says Trump advisor; House Dems slam ‘sabotaging’ of ties BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY RAVI DUTTA MISHRA & DIVYA A NEW DELHI, AUGUST 28 INDIA, CANADA NAME NEW ENVOYS PAGE 4 A DAY after the US raised tariffs on Indian products to 50 per cent, Peter Navarro, trade advisor to President Donald Trump, described the Russia-Ukraine war as “Modi’s war”, and said “the road to peace runs, at least White House trade advisor Peter Navarro partly,rightthroughNewDelhi”. “Everybody in America loses because of what India is doing. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 projected New Delhi’s purchase of oil from Russia as a big deal breaker. Trump had on August 6 announcedtheadditional25per cent tariffs over and above the reciprocal tariffs of 25 per cent. TheUS’s50percenttariffson exports from India became effective on Wednesday. The official said the government continues to engage with the US and that only the round of negotiations scheduled for August 25 has been deferred. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 E EXPLAINED DAMINI NATH POSTAL REGN. NO. JAIPUR CITY/001/2024-26 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2025, JAIPUR, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES 3 lakh Bihar electors being sent notices over paper ‘discrepancy’ ● Tightrope walk for ● New Delhi INDIA WAS one of the first countries to begin talks with the US. It was proceeding very well, but suddenly went off track with non-trade issues such as India’s oil purchases from Russia taking centrestage. It will be a tightrope walk for India as it stands up to Trump, while also keen to get the US on its side. RSS workers free to join agitations for Kashi and Mathura, says Bhagwat ‘Only a matter of three (sites)... other side should offer for brotherhood sake’ DEEPTIMAN TIWARY & VIKAS PATHAK NEW DELHI, AUGUST 28 ON THE third and final day of his three-day lecture series in Delhi, RSS Sarasanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat indicated that the Sangh supported the demand that the sites of the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi and the Eidgah at Mathura be given to Hindus. Sangh swayamsevaks were free to associate themselves with any movement for these sites, and the other side could respond by giving up their claims as it was a “matter of just three”, said Bhagwat. Thursday marked the end of the Sangh’s lecture series ‘100 Years of the Sangh’s Journey – RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in New Delhi Thursday. Express RELATED REPORT PAGE 4 New Horizons’, and Bhagwat tookup218questionsforwarded by those who had attended the event. 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