eye THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE There’s a story for everybody JAIPUR,LATECITY AUGUST18,2024 Anime, manga in India are here to stay, maybe forever. What’s behind their popularity? 12+4PAGES,`6.00 DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA NC leader and former J&K CM Omar Abdullah BASHAARAT MASOOD SRINAGAR, AUGUST 17 SINCE JAMMU and Kashmir’s special status was abolished in 2019 and it was made a Union Territory, National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullahhas consistentlystated that he will never contest Assemblyelections.However,he is having a rethink in the aftermath of his party’s subpar performance in the Lok Sabha polls and amid pressure from his father and party colleagues. In his first interview since the abrogationofArticle370,Omar,in July 2020, told The Indian Express thathewouldneverbeamember of the Assembly of the Union CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 LAND ALLOTTED TO CM’S WIFE INTERVIEW: SECY GENERAL GOLAM PARWAR Karnataka Gov sanctions CM prosecution Jamaat says won’t be threat to India; but it’s easier said than done EXPRESS INDHAKA SHUBHAJIT ROY DHAKA, AUGUST 17 CLAIMINGTHAThisorganisation will be a “friend of India and the people of India”, the Secretary Generalof thebannedoutfitand Parwar was freed from jail two days after Hasina fled country thepremierIslamistorganisation in Bangladesh, Jamaat-e-Islami, has said it will not be a threat to India, the India-Bangla borders CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Decision not backed by law: Cabinet; will challenge it, says Siddaramaiah Wrestler Vinesh Phogat is greeted by supporters at Delhi’s IGI Airport after she returned from Paris on Saturday. Gajendra Yadav Day after stabbing led to Vinesh back: ‘Love I got worth tension in Udaipur, home more than 1,000 Olympic Golds’ of 15-year-old demolished NAMIT KUMAR NEERAJ BACK TO PARUL KULSHRESTHA JAIPUR, AUGUST 17 A DAY after the alleged stabbing of a class 10 student by his classmate sparked communal tensions in Udaipur, the city municipal corporation Saturday demolished the house that the 15-year-old accused and his family were renting — on the ground that it “encroached” on forest land. Accordingtopolice,theforest department had issued the family a notice on Saturday morning. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 FOUR-PAGE PULLOUT NEW DELHI, AUGUST 17 NEVER HAS an athlete without a medal around her neck got the kind of grand homecoming that awaited Vinesh Phogat on Saturday. It took even the wrestler by surprise. Phogat's return to India was BUSINESS IN SWISS TOWN AFTER SILVER PAGE 12 delayed as she stayed back in Paristoawaittheoutcomeof her appealintheCourtof Arbitration for Sport (CAS), challenging her disqualification from the 50-kg gold-medalboutattheOlympics for being 100g overweight. Her appeal was dismissed on Wednesday. On Saturday, as she exited from Gate No. 18 of Delhi Airport's Terminal 3 at around 10.30 am, Phogat seemed to be in a state of daze — the Paris CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Jaipur JOHNSON TA & AKRAM M BENGALURU, AUGUST 17 KARNATAKAGOVERNORThawarchand Gehlot on Saturday accorded sanction for prosecution against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and allowed three private complainants to file cases in courtseekingaprobeagainsthim overallotmentof14housingsites in Mysuru to his wife in 2021 (when the BJP was in power) in exchange for 3.16 acre of land acquired from her by Mysuru authorities. “I hereby accord sanction against Chief Minister Sri SiddaramaiahunderSection17A of the Prevention of Corruption CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 E EXPLAINED Firm ‘no’ to ‘discussing it’: Omar rethinks stand against fighting polls WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM What the land deal ● isabout THE LAND was allotted under a special 50:50 scheme to the CM’s wife in a prime Vijaynagar area in Mysuru in 2021 in exchange for her land in Kesare village. The Kesare land, allegedly of Dalit families, was acquired by her brother and gifted to her. The scheme, introduced when BJP was in power, was discontinued in Oct 2023 after the urban development dept flagged it as contrary to compensation rules.