DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA Totalseats 26* Candidates 239 *15 in Kashmir & 11 in Jammu Electors in Phase 2 25.7 lakh Assembly Polls (2014) Results Others: 1 10 32 8 Note: Results and turnout in 2014 based on broadly analogous postdelimitation seats. Source: EC TAKING COGNIZANCE of incidentsinvolvingfoodadulteration, includingspittingormixingurine in eatables, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday issued a series of directions, including mandatory displayofnameandaddressofoperators, proprietors and managers at eateries across the state. This came two months after the Supreme Court stayed enforcement of similar directives issued bypoliceinUttarPradesh and Uttarakhand to eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display names of the owners. J&K PHASE 2 VOTE: FOREIGN DIPLOMATS TO OBSERVE POLLS TWO LEOPARDS CAPTURED IN UDAIPUR PAGE 3 LUCKNOW, SEPTEMBER 24 E ● What SC hadsaid STAYING SIMILAR name display orders of police in Uttarakhand and UP for the Kanwar route, the SC had on July 22 said the “competent authority” may issue such orders under the food safety Act, and the power cannot be “usurped” by police. “The names and addresses of theoperator,proprietor,manager, and other relevant personnel CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Restore repealed farm laws, says Kangana; BJP says not party line SAURABH PARASHAR & RAAKHI JAGGA SHIMLA, LUDHIANA, SEPT 24 BJP MP from Mandi Kangana Ranaut has said that the three farm laws which were repealed in 2021 following protests by farmergroupsshouldberestored bythegovernmentastheyarefor the welfare of the farmers. Mandi MP Kangana Ranaut As the Congress and AAP, the ruling party in Punjab which witnessed largescale protests over the legislation, condemned the actor-turned-politician’s remarks, the BJP distanced itself from her comments. The BJP’s media department said,“KanganaRanaut'sstatement isnottheauthorisedpartyline,and the party distances itself from it. The party has nothing to do with it,andthereisnoplantodoso.” Known for targeting those who participated in the farmers’ CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Outgoing Delhi High Court Judge on past transfer: ‘Did not give consent’ SOHINI GHOSH NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 24 IN A rare instance of a sitting Judge speaking out against the Collegium’sdecisiononhistransfer and the manner in which it was undertaken, Justice Rajiv Shakdher, the outgoing second most-senior judge of the Delhi High Court, said on Tuesday that HC upholds Governor nod to investigate Siddaramaiah All eateries in UP must display names of their proprietors, orders Adityanath MANISH SAHU EXPRESS NETWORK LAND ALLOTMENT CASE DIRECTIONS TO CHECK FOOD ADULTERATION NC PDP BJP INC Turnout in 2014: 61.28% Phase 3 voting: Oct 1 `6.00 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 EXPLAINED 2024 J&K polls: Phase 2 today POSTAL REGN. NO. JAIPUR CITY/001/2024-26 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2024, JAIPUR, LATE CITY, 20 PAGES DECISION ● Justice Rajiv Shakdher hewastransferredtotheMadras High Court in 2016 although he “did not give (his) consent”. He admittedthathewas“deeplyun- happy” at the time. Justice Shakdher, who has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh HC, was speaking at a farewell event organised at the Delhi HC. “The events of April 2016... much to my disappointment, sadness… I was shifted to anothercourt.Todayisadayof confessions and I want to make one. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Conspiracy, misuse of Raj Bhavan: CM THEIR THIRD MEETING Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the UN’s Summit of the Future in New York on Monday. PTI REPORT, PAGE3 Working with states, NIA to prevent train sabotage bids, says Vaishnaw MAHARASHTRA CABINET HALTS PROPOSAL No land allotment to state BJP chief’s trust as finance dept objects ALOK DESHPANDE MUMBAI, SEPTEMBER 24 Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inspects work at Gandhinagar Railway Station in Jaipur. Rohit Jain Paras PARUL KULSHRESTHA JAIPUR, SEPTEMBER 24 RAILWAY MINISTER Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday said the Centre would work with state police forces and the NIA to take strict action against those responsibleforallegedattemptsat sabotaging trains. He interacted with reporters in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur afterinspectingatrainfittedwith the Kavach system, an automated system to avoid train collisionsandensurerailwaysafety. Regarding reportedsabotage attempts,Vaishnawsaid,“Iwant THEMAHARASHTRACabineton Monday turned down the revenue department's proposal for “directallotment”of5hectaresof land (12.35 acres) in Nagpur for educational purposes to a public trust headed by State BJP chief ChandrashekharBawankule,following strong objections by the finance department headed by Deputy Chief Minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar. While objecting to the revenue department's proposal — Deputy CM Ajit Pawar heads finance dept; State BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule based on the demand of the Shri MahalaxmiJagdambaSansthan, Koradi—thefinancedepartment said the “trust does not seem to CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY Malayalam actor-MLA Mukesh held in rape case, granted bail Malayalam actor and CPI(M) MLA M Mukesh SHAJU PHILIP THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPTEMBER 24 MALAYALAMACTORandCPI(M) MLA M Mukesh was on Tuesday formally arrested on rape charges and released on bail. The development came hoursaftertheKeralaHighCourt deniedanticipatorybailtofellow actor and former Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) general secretary Siddique, who has also been booked on charges of rape. The complaints against the two actors and other prominent members of the Malayalam film industry came in the aftermath CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Jaipur Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah addresses a press conference in Bengaluru on Tuesday. PTI EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE BENGALURU, SEPTEMBER 24 IN A setback to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the Karnataka HighCourtonTuesdaydismissed his petition challenging the approval granted by Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot to three private complainants to file corruption cases against him. On August 16, Gehlot had allowed the complainants to file cases in court seeking a probe againstSiddaramaiahoveralleged irregularities in allotment of 14 housingsitesbytheMysoreUrban Development Authority(MUDA) to his wife in 2021 (when the BJP wasinpower)inexchangefor3.16 acresoflandacquiredfromherby Mysuru authorities. While Siddaramaiah had challenged this in the HC, the single-Judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna upheld Gehlot's decision on Tuesday. “The facts narrated in the petition would undoubtedly require investigation. In the teeth of the fact that the beneficiary of all these acts is not anybody outside, but the family of the petitioner. The petition stands dismissed,” the HC said. Speaking to reporters after the HC’s decision, Siddaramaiah accusedtheBJP-ledgovernment at the Centre of indulging in “vendetta politics” against CONTINUED ON PAGE 2