eye THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE The Cult of the Clown NEWDELHI,LATECITY SEPTEMBER15,2024 How the figure of the jester has persisted around the world for centuries 22+4PAGES,`7.00 (`8 BIHAR &RAIPUR, ` 12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA NATIONAL ENGINEERS’ DAY A RED initiative appears in today’s edition of The Indian Express. This page is an initiative of the marketing solutions team of The Indian Express Group and contains content paid for by advertisers. This page should be read as an advertisement. INSIDE After signs of a thaw, talks again break down between CM & doctors PM: Terrorism is breathing its last in J&K KOLKATA, SEPTEMBER 14 ‘Stones once hurled at security forces and police are building a new J&K’ CM Mamata Banerjee speaks to junior doctors at her residence on Saturday. Express Investigation arrested Sandip CONTINUEDONPAGE4 YOGI: GYANVAPI NOT A MOSQUE, IT’S THE LORD HIMSELF P 13 IN ODISHA, SCHEME THAT HELPED BJP WIN TO BE LAUNCHED ON PM BIRTHDAY P 14 THE WORLD NIKHIL GHANEKAR ARUN SHARMA COMRADE’S LEGACY JAMMU, SEPTEMBER 14 Sitaram Yechury's family members sign papers to donate his body for research, at AIIMS Delhi. Hundreds on Saturday bade farewell to the CPI(M) leader. @cpimspeak REPORT,PAGE13 HEARING ON PLEA SEPTEMBER 20 NGT judge hears case with Across boards & states, more Class 12 son as amicus, advocate girls than ever are choosing science flags conflict of interest NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 14 TRUMP SAYS WILL DEPORT HAITIANS IN OHIO PAGE 18 ATTACKS NC, CONG, PDP AT DODA RALLY RAVIK BHATTACHARYA & ATRI MITRA TALKS BETWEEN the West Bengal government and doctors protesting the R G Kar rape and murder once again broke down on Saturday evening — hours after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’svisittotheprotestsite indicated a thaw in the impasse. The development came on a day the Central Bureau of APLEAbeforetheNationalGreen Tribunalbyanadvocatehasraised questionsofproprietyandpotential conflict of interest against JusticeSudhirAgarwal,oneofthe tribunal’s six judicial members. In his plea admitted on May 22, advocate Gaurav Bansal alleged that Justice Agarwal had heard a case in which his son, Gaurav Agarwal, was appointed CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 FOUR-PAGE PULLOUT ABHINAYA HARIGOVIND NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 14 GIRLS ARE closing the gap in science at the school level, with more of them opting for the stream than ever before, as is evident from an analysis of their Class 12 Board results. The Indian Express analysed data from 25 school boards between2010and2023,andfound that of the total students who passed their Class 12 Board exams in the science stream, 45.53% were girls — up from 38.22% in 2010. The proportion of boys in the science stream decreased from 62% to 54% during the same period. The trend is evident even among the total number of girls whoclearedClass12—theshare of those who studied science in this cohort went up from 31% in CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 DECLARING THAT “terrorism is breathing its last in Jammu and Kashmir”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday that the Assembly elections in theUnionTerritoryisabattlebetween three families of the NC, Congress and PDP on one side and “lakhs of young sons and daughtersofthesoilwithdreams in their eyes” on the other side. Addressing an election rally at the Sports Stadium in Doda, Modi promised a secure, peaceful and prosperous J&K, saying the stones that used to be once hurled at security forces and police were now building “a new CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 PM Narendra Modi in J&K’s Doda on Saturday. PTI DECISION 2024 PAHARI-GUJJAR DIVIDE IN BATTLE FOR JAMMU ST SEATS PM: BJP SET FOR HARYANA HAT-TRICK PAGE 12 FROM INDIA TO THE WORLD Women Breaking Barriers & Creating Global Impact SEPTEMBER 16TH 11 AM ONWARDS NEW DELHI Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar Usha Uthup Kirron Kher Bhumi Pednekar Bansuri Swaraj Shambhavi Choudhary Justice Indu Malhotra Lakshmi M Puri Ruchira Kamboj Avani Lekhara Radhikaraje Gaekwad Suman Nalwa Dr Justice D Y Chandrachud Sqn Ldr Shivangi Singh Captain Shilpi Singh Major Seeta Ashok Shelke Dr Annapurni Subramaniam Nigar Shaji Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay Shefali Shah Rasika Dugal Jaya Kishori Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati Nouf Marwaai Maithili Thakur Saheli Chakraborty Joita Sen Shaheen Mistri Radhika Yuvraj Iyengar Chaitali Das Rinzing Choden Bhutia Sankari Sudhar Pabiben Rabari Nitika Gupta Puja Pabari Pujara Priyanka Chaudhary Raina Atiqa Mir Namya Joshi Geet WATCH LIVE ON @cnnnews18 news18features.com/she-shakti-2024/