DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2024, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES SINCE 1932 TWO GUNBATTLES IN KISHTWAR, SRINAGAR SpecialForcespersonnel killed,threeinjuredinJ&K 11/11/2024 104 132 163 80 BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY ARUN SHARMA & BASHAARAT MASOOD JAMMU, SRINAGAR, NOV 10 AJUNIORCommissionedOfficer (JCO) of the Army's Special Forces was killed and three soldiers injured — two of them critically—inafiercegunbattlewith militantsonSundayinthedense forestsof Keshwanonthehigher reachesof JammuandKashmir’s hilly Kishtwar district. Naib Subedar Rakesh Kumar of 2 Para The same militants had abductedandkilledtwovillagedefence guards (VDGs) on Thursday, the Nagrota-based WhiteKnightCorpssaidinapost on X while confirming the death MAHARASHTRA POLLS Women, farmers in focus as BJP, MVA unveil manifestos Return of Trump hangs heavy on climate summit EXPRESSATCOP29 AMITABH SINHA BAKU (AZERBAIJAN), NOV 10 IF COP29, beginning Monday in theAzerbaijancapital,indeeddelivers what it is supposed to — a strong finance agreement to enable enhanced flows of money for climate action—it couldturn out to be the most important CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 SHUBHANGI KHAPRE & ALOK DESHPANDE MUMBAI, NOVEMBER 10 FOCUSING ON women, farmers and jobs, the ruling BJP and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) Sunday announced their respective manifestos for the November 20 Assembly polls in Maharashtra. While the BJP promised a stringent anti-conversion law and a hike in the monthly allowance under Ladki BahinYojana,theMVApromised a caste census, two-day menstrual leave a month for women employees and a power bill waiver of up to 100 units for households. Releasing the BJP’s 25-point 'Sankalp Patra' in Mumbai, UnionHomeMinisterAmitShah saidthatif thepartyisvotedback CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 FULL COVERAGE, PAGE 4 BABA SIDDIQUE CASE Key accused held from UP MOHAMED THAVER MUMBAI, NOVEMBER 10 Around a month after NCP leader Baba Siddique was shot deadinBandra,policeonSunday arrested themainaccusedinthe case arrested from Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh. AccusedShivKumarGautam alias Shiva was among the three shooters who allegedly fired three rounds at the former Maharshtra minister on October 12. The other two suspected shooters, Gurmail Singh from Haryana and Dharmaraj Kashyap from Uttar Pradesh, have already been arrested. Shiva was planning to flee to CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 of the JCO, identified as Naib SubedarRakeshKumarof 2Para. Separately, another team of security forces exchanged fire with militants in Srinagar Sunday morning. The security forces were conducting search operations in the Zabarwan forest near Srinagar city on the basis of inputs regarding the presence of militants when they came under fire. No injury was reported from this gunbattle. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 A lot of countries are nervous about US, we are not one of them, says Jaishankar PALLAVI SMART MUMBAI, NOVEMBER 10 “I KNOW today a lot of countries arenervousabouttheUS,let’sbe honestaboutthat.Wearenotone of them,” External Affairs MinisterSJaishankarsaidSunday. He also said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “among the first three calls” that Donald TrumptookafterwinningtheUS presidential election. Jaishankar was speaking at the Silver Jubilee celebrations of the Aditya Birla Scholarships Programme in Mumbai. Also presentwereHarvardUniversity professor and political philosopher Michael J. Sandel and Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla. Asked if the outcome of the US presidential election is CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ● REG.NO. MCS/067/2018 - 20 RNI REGN. NO. 1543/57 `5.00 ● WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM