eye THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE Now Playing KOLKATA,LATECITY MARCH3,2024 Will the Berlinale showing spell good tidings for India’s independent filmmakers? 14+4PAGES,`7.00 (`12 IN NORTH EAST STATES & ANDAMAN) DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA A RED initiative appears A RED initiative appears in today’s edition of in today’s edition of The Indian Express . This . This page is an initiative of the page is an initiative of the marketing solutions team marketing solutions team of The Indian Express of The Indian Express Group and contains Group and contains content paid for by content paid for by advertisers. This page advertisers. This page should be read as an should be read as an advertisement. advertisement. INSIDE KERALA GOVERNOR SUSPENDS V-C OVER STUDENT DEATH P 4 SHARAD, AJIT PAWAR SHARE STAGE P 6 ‘LOW-KEY, LOW-RISK’ OUTREACH With new envoy and National Day function, Pakistan reaches out SHUBHAJIT ROY NEW DELHI, MARCH 2 ASTHEnewciviliangovernment of Pakistan Muslim LeagueNawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), backed by the Pakistan Army, takes shape, moves are afoot in Islamabad to start a “low-key and low-risk'” engagement with New Delhi, The Indian Express has learnt. The two sides have not had CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 EXPLAINED PUNJAB'S EDUCATION E ● Wait & watch until May INDIA will wait until mid-May for the LS polls to end. This gives it space to assess the SharifZardari government, backed by the Army and facing questions of legitimacy. Pak’s commitment to tackling terror will also shape the next steps. ABHISHEK ANGAD RANCHI, MARCH 2 A 28-YEAR-OLD Spanish travel vloggerwasallegedlygangraped in Jharkhand’s Dumka on Friday night after she and her partner stopped in the area for the night while on a biking trip. Four suspects have been arrested in connection with the case. The woman, who has almost 2 lakh followers on Instagram where she posts snippets from her travels, said in a video message in Spanish: “We are in the hospital, and something hap- CHOUHAN TO CONTEST, PRAGYA NOT IN LIST BJP first list for LS polls names 195, PM Modi to fight from Varanasi again Mix of old, new; social justice is the big message RS MPs Bhupender Yadav, Mansukh Mandaviya, Rajeev Chandrasekhar to contest for LS VIKAS PATHAK NEW DELHI, MARCH 2 LIZ MATHEW Spanish vlogger gangraped in Jharkhand’s Dumka, 4 arrested pened to us that we wouldn’t wish on anyone. Seven men raped me, and they have beaten us and robbed us, although not many things (were taken) because what they wanted was to rape me. We are in the hospital with the police, it happened CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM NEW DELHI, MARCH 2 WITH NO CHANGES in constituencies of top leaders, the Bharatiya Janata Party Saturday announced it would field Prime Minister Narendra Modi once again from Varanasi, Home Minister Amit Shah from Gandhinagar, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh from Lucknow. Thefirstlistof 195candidates released by the party, however, made some drastic changes — in Delhi, it has fielded only one of PM Narendra Modi and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar in Aurangabad on Saturday. PTI REPORT,PAGE6 its sitting Lok Sabha MPs from the five announced, i.e., Manoj Tiwari,fromnortheastDelhi,and replaced Union Minister CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 MORE REPORTS P 6 CONTINUITY AS well as change, along with some social justice messaging.ThisiswhattheBJP’s first list of 195 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections signals, striking a balance between the old guard and new faces, while balancing social representation on caste and gender lines. If Union Minister Rajnath Singh, the party's only pre-2009 national leader who is still prominentonthenationalstage, CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 FOUR-PAGE PULLOUT ADDRESSES RALLY IN NADIA TMC synonymous with corruption, atrocities & dynastic politics: Modi SANTANU CHOWDHURY KRISHNANAGAR, MARCH 2 PRIMEMINISTERNarendraModi SaturdaysaidtherulingTMChas become synonymous with “corruption, atrocities and dynastic politics”andaccusedtheMamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government of turning “every central scheme into a scam”. Addressing a public meeting atKrishnanagarinNadiadistrict, PM Modi said, “The people of Bengal gave a huge mandate to the TMC again and again hoping forabettergovernment,butthey were deceived every time. Over the years, the TMC has become synonymous with corruption, betrayal, atrocities and dynastic politics. It wants people to remain poor so that its politics and khel (game) continues.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Centre signs pact with Tripura govt, Tipra Motha for tribal rights DEBRAJ DEB AGARTALA, MARCH 2 AHEAD OF the Lok Sabha elections, the Union government on Saturdaysignedatripartiteagreement with the Tripura government and The Indigenous ProgressiveRegionalAlliance,popularlyknownasTipraMotha,fora “time-bound” and “honourable” solutionto“allissues”relatedto CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 FULL COVERAGE PAGE 6 Kolkata