The Editorial Page: Our parched cities need to make every drop count, recycle water 10 MoNDAY, JUNE 15, 2026 Journalism of Courage New DeLHI, LATe CITy, 18 PAGes ₹7.00 (₹8 rAIPur, ₹15 srINAGAr) l www.indianexpress.com CBC 44101/13/0003/2627 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 Happening TMC rebel MPs meet today Birla, say have merged lNoida iNterNatioNal Air- port (code DXN) begins its commercial flight operations. The first arrival will be an IndiGo flight from Lucknow. Track This and more on www.indianexpress.com KireN rijiju uNIoN MINIsTer of PArLIAMeNTAry AffAIrs AND MINorITy AffAIrs page 16 with a regional party Manoj C G & asad rehman New Delhi, June 14 ClAiMinG THE support of 20 of the Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) 28 lok Sabha members, theparty’srebelMPsonSunday announced their merger with an outfit called the nationalist Citizens Party of india (nCPi) andmetlokSabhaSpeakerom Birla seeking a separate seating arrangement in the House. »CoNtiNued oN PaGe 2 relatedreports,page6 business as usual By EP UNNY Bihar: Residents say expressway plan altered to spare Dy CM aide’s land He denies influence; CM, NHAI officials say will look into issue Santosh Singh A row is simmering in the Sarairanjan block of Bihar’s Samastipurdistrictovertheroute alignment of the central government’s ambitious PatnaPurneaGreenfieldExpressway, with local residents writing to the Union Minister for road Transport and Highways »CoNtiNued oN PaGe 2 In NCERT Art textbook, ‘Dancing Girl’ covered up ritika Chopra Mumbai, June 14 An iMAGE of one of the most recognisable artefacts of the indus Valley Civilisation, the iconic “dancing Girl” of Mohenjo-daro, appears in a new avatarinannCErTtextbook— with the bare torso covered. This is despite the fact that at an earlier discussion related to the famous bronze figurine, one of the Government’s own experts had pushed back, and prevailed, over objections raised by some members of »CoNtiNued oN PaGe 2 samastipur Patna, June 14 revisedalignment ofproposedroad Land belonging to Deputy CM’s aide samastipur Patna BIHAr sarairanjan satan Pur sarangpur east proposed patnapurnea expressway Israel hits Beirut, Trump says deal close, ‘all sides should stand down’ Parisa Hafezi & Phil Stewart Dubai, Washington, June 14 The photo with masked torso in the new arts education textbook for class 9; (right) the photo in the new class 6 social science textbook PrESidEnT donAld Trump criticisedanisraelistrikeonlebanonthatcouldcomplicateattempts to finalise a framework deal between the United States and iran on Sunday on ending theirwar,butsaidanagreement was nonetheless close. iranian negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said israel’s »CoNtiNued oN PaGe 2 uPi at NiCe, PariS airPortS: MiSri Trade to AI: India, France set new targets Modi-Macron meeting: Plan to double trade in 5 yrs, adopt ‘Innovation Roadmap 2030’ Shubhajit roy New Delhi, June 14 A MECHAniSM to double annual bilateral trade from the existing$16billioninfiveyears; an india-France innovation roadmap2030;ajointworking group focussed on Ai (artificial intelligence) governance; an economicsecuritydialogue;increased cooperation on defence and space — these were among the key outcomes ofthe New Delhi »CoNtiNued oN PaGe 2 Pm narendra modi with French President emmanuel macron in nice, France, sunday. X/@eLysee politics page 6 pM: IndIa tech provIder, offers global solutIons