eye THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE Passage from India LUCKNOW,LATECITY JANUARY26,2025 The passport is a chronicler of how far we have travelled, evolution of our identities 20+4PAGES,`6.00 A Supreme Court ruling that continues to guardrail free speech in India The Indian Express tracks down the women and men who reshaped the Republic 75 YEARS ON 1950 ROMESHTHAPARV STATEOFMADRAS RESHAPING THE REPUBLIC CASE BY LANDMARK CASE AN EXPRESS SERIES APURVA VISHWANATH NEW DELHI, JANUARY 25 IN THE summer of 1950, across Madras, copies of the weekly CrossRoads were quietly pulled off shelves — an article on police violence that killed 22 Communists in a Salem prison was deemed too subversive by the State. The Madras govern- CASE: Hismagazine banned,Romeshsaid hisrighttofreespeech hadbeenviolated ment had invoked the Madras Maintenance of Public Order Act to ban the sale and distribution of the magazine in the state. 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WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM ADDRESS TO NATION ON EVE OF REPUBLIC DAY Joint polls promises to redefine good governance: President Praises new criminal laws, says such reforms ‘require an audacity of vision’ NEW DELHI, JANUARY 25 CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 NEW DELHI, JANUARY 25 INDIA AND Indonesia signed pactsonmaritimesecurity,health, traditional medicine, culture and digital cooperation as Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the MAHENDER SINGH MANRAL & DIVYA A NEW DELHI, JANUARY 25 CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 IndonesiaPresident PrabowoSubianto,thechief guestattheRepublicDaycelebrationsSunday, withPresidentDroupadi Murmuand PM Narendra ModiatRashtrapatiBhavan. Renuka Puri Maritime to digital: India Osamu Suzuki, economist Debroy, ex-CJI Khehar and Indonesia lean on on list of Padma awardees history to forge future SHUBHAJIT ROY US court rejects plea, India prepares to get 26/11 plotter Rana back PAVING THE way for his extradition, the US Supreme Court has rejected a review petition filed by Tahawwur Rana, who is wantedinIndiaforhisroleinthe 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Following the court's decision, the Indian government has started making preparations to bringRanatoIndia to face trial in the 2008 terror attacks in which 166peoplewerekilled.Heiscurrently lodged in adetention centre in Los Angeles. “The names of the officers from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) who will go to the US to take his custody are being discussed. Also, a discussion is DIVYA A ADDRESSING THE nation on the eve of Republic Day, President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday weighed in on the ‘One Nation, One Election’ Bills brought in Parliament last month, saying the move “promises to redefine the terms of good governance”. The plan to hold simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and Assemblies “can promote consistency in governance, preventpolicyparalysis,mitigateresource diversion, and reduce the financial burden, apart from offering many other benefits,” she said in her televised address. The President also praised the decision to replace the old criminal laws — the new laws FOUR-PAGE PULLOUT visiting President of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto Saturday. He is the Chief Guest at the Republic Day celebrations on Sunday. After the bilateral talks in Hyderabad House, Prime Minister Modi addressed him as CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 MAHENDER SINGH MANRAL NEW DELHI, JANUARY 25 THE LATE Suzuki Motor Corporation chairman Osamu Suzuki, who revolutionised India's automotive industry, and former Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar, who led the Supreme Court bench that outlawed triple talaq in 2017, are CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 FULL COVERAGE PAGE 12 E EXPLAINED DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA ● Tahawwur Rana is currently held in Los Angeles Focus on extradition WITHRANAexhaustingall legaloptionstostallhisextradition,thefocusnowis ontheprocesstobringhim toIndia.AnNIAteamwill beformedandtheinformationwillbesharedwith theUS.Theteamof officers willbesenttocomplete theproceduresbeforetakingRana’scustody. WFI chief says office at new address, facts show otherwise NIHAL KOSHIE NEW DELHI, JANUARY 25 ON FRIDAY, when The Indian Express messaged Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Sanjay Singh to ask him why the WFI office was back to functioning at the 21, Ashoka Road residence of five-time BJP MP and sexual harassment accused Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, he was not available for comment. Today, responding to The Indian Express report, he told CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 On Saturday, the Hari Nagar office was occupied by a property consultant. Express The pursuit of innovation is in all of us We are developing and manufacturing a diverse range of products in India that propel the aerospace industry forward and bring the country closer to becoming Aatmanirbhar in aerospace and defence. Learn more at boeing.co.in Lucknow