The Editorial Page: Party-state is marching into public universities. There is no one to say no 8 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2025 JOURNALISM of COURAGE jAIPuR, LATE CITy, 16 PAgES ₹6.00 l www.indianexpress.com dA I Ly F R O M : A h M E dA B A d , C h A N d I gA R h , d E L h I , j A I P u R , KO L K ATA , Lu C K N O w , M u M B A I , N Ag P u R , PAT N A , P u N E , VA d O dA R A PosTaL reGn. no. JaiPur ciTy/001/2024-26 Happening today ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation to release Consumer Price Index inflation data for November at 4 pm. Economists expect CPI inflation to have risen to around 0.7% from October’s record-low of 0.25%. This would be the 10th month in a row of inflation being lower than the RBI’s mediumterm target of 4%. G former telangana Special Intelligence Bureau chief T Prabhakar Rao has been asked by the SC to surrender by 11 am for further investigation in the phone-tapping case. G President drouPadi Murmu, who is on a visit to Manipur, will pay floral tributes at the Nupi Lal Memorial Complex. Nupi Lal (women's war) refers to two movements in 1904 and 1939 led by women, protesting British economic policies. G Kerala Cm Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate the sixth edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale art festival. “The 110-day international exhibition features works by 66 artists/ collectives from 25 countries," Kochi Biennale Foundation said. G if ustr satisfied with offer, should sign on dotted lines: goyal Amid trade talks, PM speaks to Trump, says will work together Discuss importance of sustaining momentum in bid to enhance trade ravi dutta mishra & shubhajit roy New Delhi, December 11 AS The two-day talks between the Indian and the uS trade team in New Delhi drew to a close Thursday, prime minister Narendra modi announced in the evening that he spoke with uS president Donald Trump and they reviewed the progress of the India-uS Comprehensive Global Strategic partnership, and discussed among other issues the importance of sustaining momentum in the efforts to enhance bilateral trade. “had a very warm and engaging conversation with president Trump. We reviewed the progress in our bilateral relations and discussed regional and international developments. India and the uS will continue to work together for global peace, stability and prosperity,” modi said on social very warm and engaging conversation with Trump: modi. FILE media platform X. The two leaders had spoken last on October 22 when Trump Business as usual By EP UNNY 36-year-old died in marCh 2021 PAGE 12 PAk court sEnds Ex-IsI chIEf to jAIl for 14 yEArs u.s. clEArs sAlE of tEch And suPPort for f-16 jEts to PAk reVision of eleCtoral rolls New Delhi, December 11 neetika Jha THE NATIONAL Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has ordered the Uttar Pradesh government to pay Rs 10 lakh as compensation within four weeks and submit proof of payment to the family of Ziauddin, a 36-year-old man who died in March 2021 after he was allegedly tortured in police custody in Ambedkar Nagar. The Commission also criticised the UP police for “deliberately concealing facts” and failing to provide a credible explanation for multiple injuries found on the deceased. In its order which was made public Wednesday, the NHRC noted there was no doubt about the issue that the man was brought by the police to the police station and as per the postmortem report, there were 8 injury marks on his body. “However, the report is silent as to how and when the deceased would have sustained the said injury marks, more particularly, no justification about the nature of injuries while he was in custody of the police,” it stated. The order came after the Commission dismissed the state government’s reply to a show-cause notice and upheld its earlier finding that Ziauddin had died in police custody. “In absence of any material before this commission, this commission cannot come to a conclusive conclusion that the death of the deceased did not occur while in the police custody and now to save the skin, the police have given such a report to cover the mischief done by it while endorsing the reply by Deputy Secretary, Home Department, Government of UP,” the order stated. According to the complaint filed by Ziauddin’s brother, Shahabuddin, his brother was picked up by a police SWAT Belagavi, December 11 KARNATAKA HOME Minister G Parameshwara on Thursday said the Congress government was taking “decisive action” in drug-related offences and was prepared to take strong steps, including bulldozing the homes of drug peddlers. Responding to a question by MLC K Abdul Jabbar during the Winter Session of the Karnataka legislature here, Parameshwara said, “A lot of foreign nationals, many of them from African countries, have been caught smuggling and peddling drugs. We don't know how they bring it in or supply it. We are monitoring their movements and have also identified the landlords who have rented houses to these people. We are prepared to go to the extent of FOR THE second time since October when it announced the schedule for the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, the Election Commission Thursday extended the deadline for electors in five states – Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh – and the Union Territory of Andaman and Euthanasia plea: SC wants board to examine man comatose for 13 years express news service bulldozing even the homes where the drug peddlers live on rent.” The minister said about 300 foreign nationals arrested for peddling drugs had been deported in the last two years. While for the past several years, the Opposition has criticised BJP-led governments in various states over “bulldozer justice”, this is one of the first »Continued on Page 2 »Continued on Page 2 »Continued on Page 2 l comPLainT To fide aLLeGes ‘vioLaTions of fair PLay PrinciPLes’; faTher, coach deny charGes 3-yr-old’s rise as youngest rated chess player under cloud, complaint filed amit Kamath Mumbai, December 11 A WeeK after a three-year-old boy from Sagar in madhya pradesh became the youngest rated chess player ever, questions are being raised over his achievement. A complaint filed with FIDe, the international chess body, has PAGE 1 alleged that there were “clear violations of FIDeʼs fair play principles by coaches", and that helped the boy enter the elite club of chess players. The complaint further claims that all the three oppo- Gaurav, saurabh Luthra in Thai police custody in Phuket. ANI Pavneet singh Chadha & nirbhay thakur cember 7 to flee the country, within 90 minutes of the blaze. The technical fire safety incident report of the Fire Department found that information regarding a fire outbreak at the premises was received by the fire control room at 11.45 pm on December 6. Police said the Luthra brothers were attending a wedding in Delhi on the night of the incident, when a club staff member informed them about the blaze. Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra will be brought to Goa from Thailand “as soon as possible”. “I want to thank Goa police and all Central agencies…CBI, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), that due to their prompt action and swift anchor complaint says boy’s opponents, who he defeated, were coaches at same academy where he trains nents who lost to the boy were coaches from the academy where he trains. "It appears that the rating was achieved through unfair means, involving clear violations of FIDE’s fair play principles by the coaches or individuals super- Nicobar Islands to submit enumeration forms in the ongoing exercise by three to 14 days. Thursday was scheduled to be the last day of enumeration of electors in the SIR for eight states and three UTs, while Kerala had earlier been given an extension until December 18. The draft electoral roll for all states and UTs, except for Kerala, was scheduled to be published on December 16. Kerala’s Electors have to trace themselves or any adult relative to last intensive revision roll in early 2000s. Those unable to provide the extract will get a notice after draft roll is out. They will have to submit documents. »Continued on Page 2 SAURABH LUTHRA and Gaurav Luthra, who ran the North Goa nightclub Birch by Romeo Lane where a fire killed 25 people on December 6, were detained in Thailand Thursday, based on a request from Indian law enforcement agencies. The process to deport the brothers to India has been initiated. Sources in Goa Police said the fugitive brothers were detained from a hotel in Patong in Phuket Thursday early morning by the Royal Thai Police. The Luthras had boarded a flight from Delhi to Phuket at 5.30 am on December 7, hours after the midnight incident. According to the Goa police investigation, the duo booked the tickets at 1.17 am on De- »Continued on Page 2 07 Ranks in Top 10 Students 35 Ranks in Top 50 Students 72 Ranks in Top 100 Students RAS- 2023 RESULT Star achievers who realised their dreams of civil services with us vising the games,” the complaint states. FIDE, sticking to its policy of secrecy over such matters, didn't confirm or deny the complaint. However, the boy’s father, Siddharth Singh Kushwaha, and his coach, Nitin Chaurasiya, said they were aware of the complaint. Dismissing the allegations, they claimed that the boy was being targeted due to factional politics in Madhya Pradesh’s chess federation, which is being run by an ad hoc committee for the last few years. “In Sagar, there are two factions in the local chess body. One faction is trying to target »Continued on Page 2 Ankita Parashar Parmeshwar Choudhary Ranjan Sharma Vikram Singh Khiriya Rashi Kumawat Kamal Choudhary Vikash Siyag Kuldeep Kumawat Richhpal RANK- 2 RANK- 3 RANK- 4 RANK- 5 RANK- 6 RANK- 9 RANK- 10 RANK- 11 RANK- 12 Mains Online Batch New Delhi, December 11 THE SUPREME Court has asked the director of AIIMS, New Delhi, to set up a secondary medical board to examine a 32-year-old man who has been in a vegetative state for the last 13 years so that the court can take a decision on the man’s father’s plea to allow passive euthanasia for his son. A Bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K V Viswanathan asked for the report to be submitted by December 17, and fixed the next hearing for December 18. “We will have to do something now. We can’t allow him to live like this. That’s for sure,” Justice Pardiwala said on Thursday. On November 26, the court had asked the Noida Sector 39 district hospital to constitute a primary medical board to examine the patient, Harish Rana, to decide on his father Now, Cong Govt in Karnataka warns of bulldozer action in drug cases Kiran Parashar »Continued on Page 2 Pay Rs 10 lakh to kin Poll panel extends deadline for of man who died in SIR in five states and one UT E. EXPLAINED police custody: What voter has to do NHRC to UP Govt Noida, December 11 WORLD had called modi to greet him on the festival of Diwali. he had then said the two spoke on Panaji, New Delhi, Dec 11 damini nath Track These and more on www.indianexPress.Com trade, even as negotiations had stalled for weeks following the imposition of 50 per cent tariffs on India by the uS. According to government sources, the two leaders on Thursday expressed satisfaction at the steady strengthening of bilateral cooperation across all domains. 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