DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2024, AHMEDABAD, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES `5.00 ● WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 ONE CRPF MAN INJURED OFFICIALS MAY MEET AT G20 NEXT WEEK Manipur Police: Ten militants killed, targeted CRPF camp Delhi, Beijing bid to move ties to pre-2020 normal: China officials ‘Post-Trump, India and China should work to address common challenges’ 3AK-47s,4SLRs,RPGseized,saypolice; prohibitoryordersimposedinJiribam SHUBHAJIT ROY BEIJING, NOVEMBER 11 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Officials in Beijing said Xi, Modi had an 'ice-breaking meeting' in Kazan, Russia, last month. File E E X P L A I NE D UNDERLINING THAT Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have a “chemistry”evidentduringtheir meeting in Kazan last month, seniorChineseofficialshavesaid that the two sides are discussing a slew of measures to bring ties back to “normal” — as it was before the face-off started in AprilMay 2020 along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Beijing expects that the “wish-list” will materialise soon and it includes “direct flights” between the two countries, easing of visa curbs on Chinese nationals including diplomats and scholars, lifting of the ban on mobile apps, letting Chinese journalists come to India and report, allowing more Indian movies in Chinese theatres, among others. This was the message from Direct flights, ● easier visa DIRECT FLIGHTS, easing visa curbs on Chinese nationals; lifting ban on mobile apps, allowing more Indian movies in Chinese theatres — these are among the confidence-building measures being proposed THE WORLD ‘PURE FICTION’: KREMLIN DENIES REPORTS OF PUTIN, TRUMP CALL ON UKRAINE PAGE 14 Few tune in to BJP’s ‘love, land jihad’ pitch in tribal belt voting tomorrow LIZ MATHEW, ABHISHEK ANGAD & LALMANI VERMA SERAIKELA, JAMSHEDPUR, RANCHI, LOHARDAGA, GUMLA, NOVEMBER 11 “CHAMPAI SOREN is a six-time MLA, he wasinthe JMM government.Whydidhenotseethesocalled infiltration? Jab Dilli se chashma banakediya,uskoghuspaithiya nazar aa gaya (Once he put on glasses given by Delhi, he suddenly spotted infiltration).” Dakhin Hembram, a social activist who works with tribals, speaks for many in the Kolhan region of Jharkhand, as he questionstheBJP’selectioncampaign centred around the issue of “illegal immigrants from Bangladesh”. ComprisingEastSinghbhum, Seraikela Kharsawan and West Singhbhum districts, the Kolhan region, where campaigning came to a close on Monday ahead of November 13 voting, sends 14 MLAs to the 81-member Assembly. The BJP has never had much success here, and in 2019, won none of its 14 seats. Of the 43 seats that vote in the first of the two election phases in Jharkhand (the second is on November 20), 20 are STreserved seats, in Kolhan and North and South Chotanagpur, and Palamu division regions. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 51ST CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA SANJIV KHANNA President Droupadi Murmu administers the oath of office to Justice Sanjiv Khanna as the 51st Chief Justice of India at a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday. PTI PAGE10 Trump shadow over meet, US negotiator says not end of fight EXPRESSATCOP29 AMITABH SINHA BAKU, NOVEMBER 11 SEEKING TO reassure the world on its commitment to climate change following the election of Donald Trump as its next President, the United States on Monday said the four years of Trump presidency beginning COP28 president Sultan al-Jaber (left) hands over the gavel to COP29 president Mukhtar Babayev in Baku. AP MORE REPORTS PAGE 9 next year may slow down global climate action but would not be able to reverse the momentum thathasbeenbuiltinthecountry and elsewhere. “Are we facing new headwinds? Absolutely. But will we revert back to the energy system of the 1950s? No way… This is not the end of our fight for a cleaner, safer planet… The fight is bigger than one election, one political cycle in one country,” John Podesta, senior advisor to the US President on international climate policy, said on the opening day of the COP29 climate meeting in Baku. The two-week annual CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY Arms and ammunition recovered during a search operation after the gunfight in Manipur’s Jiribam district, Monday. PTI JIMMY LEIVON & SUKRITA BARUAH IMPHAL, GUWAHATI, NOV 11 GUJARAT 23-YEAR-OLDMICA STUDENT KILLEDIN ROADRAGE INCIDENT PAGE 4 TEN SUSPECTED militants were shot dead by security forces in Manipur’s Jiribam district on Monday, police said. A CRPF jawan was injured in the firing. This marked the highest number of casualties in a single day this year in the ongoing conflict in the state. Theincidentoccurredaround 3 pm Monday at Jakuradhor Karong, under the jurisdiction of Borobekrapolicestation.Thearea is close to the hills of neighbour- MANIPUR Jiribam Jakuradhor Karong ing Pherzawl district, where the Hmar community is in majority. The Hmars are among the tribes that come under the Kuki-Zo CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 IN VADODARA One employee dead, 2 hurt as massive fire breaks out at Indian Oil refinery EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE VADODARA/AHMEDABAD, NOVEMBER 11 ONE EMPLOYEE was killed and two were injured as a huge fire broke out at the Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) refinery in Vadodara district’s Nandesari town on Monday afternoon following a blast in a benzene storage tank, said police. The fire intensified after another blasttook place later in the evening as fire tenders were rushed from Surat, Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar to control the blaze. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Bystanders watch as plumes of smoke billow out from the refinery situated in Vadodara’s Nandesari town. Express Revanth Reddy, Telangana’s first Cong CM, is guest at Express Adda today EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 11 IN THE 11 months since he took over as the first Congress Chief Minister of Telangana, Anumula Revanth Reddy has emerged as one of the most combative faces of the Opposition at the national levelandastarcampaignerof the party in its key electoral battles. In2023,asheledtheCongress tovictorywith64of the119seats intheTelanganaAssembly,Reddy became the first choice of the high command for the top job. It Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy is a remarkable trajectory for someone who is a relatively late entrantintotheparty—hejoined CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Lawrence Bishnoi, ‘Jeev Jantu Rakshak’: At blackbuck killing site, a legend grows PAGE 1 ANCHOR HAMZA KHAN KANKANI (JODHPUR), NOV 11 THE LEGEND of Lawrence Bishnoi, playing out now from Mumbai to Brampton, started in awayhere,avillageof about450 homesinJodhpur.Hisrighthand restingonastatueof ablackbuck atop a single square room, Rakesh Bishnoi, 30, says: “You Hamza Khan The blackbuck ‘memorial’ in Jodhpur’s Kankani village IMPHAL must have heard about governments running Jeev Jantu Raksha Boards (Animal Welfare/Protection Boards). But we Bishnois have a Jeev Jantu Raksha Board too, and Lawrence Bishnoi is our president.” The statue is meant to represent the blackbuck allegedly poached by actor Salman Khan at this very spot in Jodhpur in 1998. That 26 years later, Lawrence, his men, and those who claim to be his men, are still issuingdeaththreatstotheactor CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Ahmedabad