DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2025, LUCKNOW, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES `6.00 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 RESULTS TO BE DECLARED ON FEBRUARY 8 ‘Congress is only reason why Modi has not been defeated yet’ Delhi Decides BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY 60.44% total turnout, North East Delhi highest at 66.25% EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 5 Since 2001 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 LAW OMKAR GOKHALE & AJOY SINHA KARPURAM MUMBAI, NEW DELHI, FEB 5 WITH THEIR laptop allegedly stolen and decades of research datadestroyedduringanalleged eviction attempt by their house owner’s son in Nagpur in 2018, Dalit scholars Dr Kshipra Kamlesh Uke and Dr Shiv Shankar Das say the only option Dalit scholars Dr Kshipra Kamlesh Uke and Dr Shiv Shankar Das won the compensation case on January 24. Express CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 SWAPNIL RAJ VIVEKANAND CHAUDHARY Rank 62 VANI PRIYAMWADA ADARSH KUMAR SWATI PRIYA KARTIKEY SATYAM KISHORE MOHIT KUMAR Rank 74 PRATIYUSH KUMAR DIVA KANT RANJAN ANAND ABHISHEK AANCHAL F.C.* 75 74 PHALGUNI GARG Rank 85 Rank SAAKHI SINGH RAGHUVANSHI Rank 88 TANVI GARG 178 Rank DUSHYANT GURJAR *F.C. *TS & IGP *IGP *H.M. 182 ASHISH KUMAR PAREWA - ALOK BHARDWAJ F.C.* VIBHAV KRISHNA Rank F.C.* BARSHA DEVI 37 RITIKA DAGA Rank 106 ADITI FAGERIA Rank 184 DAULAT MEENA Rank 76 RUBAL Rank 128 PUSHPENDRA SINGH Rank 147 RAKESH CHOUDHARY Rank 196 PARUL MEENA Rank 199 SIMRAN SINGH VERMA MANISH KUMAR SHUBHAM Rank 40 LIVIE JAIN Rank 77 PRIYENDRA VIKRAM SINGH Rank 160 PUNJAB/ HARYANA HIGHER J.S. RESULT, 2024 F.C.* F.C.* F.C.* F.C.* F.C.* F.C.* 81 F.C.* Rank KM DRISTI MARWHA 71 RUKSANA 83 Rank 84 Rank TANVI GARG Rank VINEET KUMAR 88 BIPASHA KHATANA Rank 2 3 Rank GOMA DABAS GUPTA SHAGUN SHARMA Rank 54 VARSHA SAINI Rank 3 F.C.* UTTARAKHAND JUDICIAL SERVICES RESULTS, 2024 Rank PRAGYA TIWARI YOGEESH GUPTA 4 Rank 5 Rank PARMINDER KAUR 8 Rank ASMITA CHAUHAN 10 14 Rank MOHD WASIQ Rank AKASH KUMAR 15 PARITOSH JAMMU & KASHMIR JUDICIAL SERVICES RESULTS, 2024 Rank 81 SHIVAM SHARMA Rank 1 TASNEEM KAWOOS MINAKSHI YADAV Rank 56 HUNNEY MITTAL 70 Rank APURVA ARORA AJAY PAL SINGH MALHI Rank PARAMVIR 67 Rank SHANKER DOON 54 Rank MEHAK DELHI HIGHER JUDICIAL SERVICES RESULTS, 2024 RAKESH KUMAR PRITHVI PRAKASH LOHTIYA F.C.* ASHISH DEV F.C.* F.C.* 80 YATAN KWATRA Rank 168 PRIYANKA MEENA Rank NARESH KUMAR 1 Rank 38 SHEERAZ AKHTER MALIK CHHATISGARH J.S. RESULTS, 2024 Rank 4 F.C.* Rank Rank Rank HIMANI F.C.* F.C.* 32 F.C.* F.C.* Rank KUMARI SHAILESH NEHRA 75 Rank F.C.* 72 30 DEEPIKA KANDA 66 Rank SHAVIKA GUPTA 7 Rank SONALI SHARMA W. B. J.S. RESULTS, 2024 Rank 12 UTSAV SINGH TIWARI 12 AASTHA SHARMA F.C.* Rank Rank Rank 65 NEHA F.C.* 65 21 51 Rank NEERAJ CHAUHAN PALLAVI SOLANKI F.C.* Rank Rank ANANDITA BHARGAVA F.C.* 13 63 Rank UDITI MITTAL RAJASTHAN JUDICIAL SERVICES RESULTS, 2024 Rank Rank F.C.* F.C.* ANUPAM KUMAR 50 RADHIKA Rank Rank 9 HAARDIKAA RAJDEV Rank 32 ANGEL VAMICO TIGGA Rank 15 Rank 16 Rank KASTURI DUTTA H.P. J.S. RESULTS, 2023 27 VIREN MAGOTRA PRASHANT KUMAR Rank 28 20 NAHEED FIRDAUS Rank 39 AKASH ROUTH T.S. Rank 1 JYOTI BHAGCHANDANI Rank USMAN KHURSHID Rank PARAS AHUJA 2 32 AIMAN AMIN ASSAM J.S. RESULT, 2024 Rank 36 VIKAS BHARDWAJ Rank ANJILINA KALITA Rank 5 APURVA RAJ Rank HIMANI 6 Attended Full Foundation Course Attended Mains Answer Writing Skills & Feedback Special Sessions- P.T. & Mains Full Test Series & Interview Guidance Progamme. Attended Interview Guidance Programme Only- Special Lectures on Concepts & Interview related conduct+Mock Session by Retd. H.C. & Session Judges + Latest Case Laws. Hindi Medium Attended Full Foundation Course (Rahul Vidhi Sansthan) ADMISSIONS OPEN FOR UPCOMING BATCHES Morning Batch Timing : 9:40 / 10:00 AM TO 2:40 PM 16th February, 2025 | 16th March, 2025 Evening Batch Timing : 3:30 / 3:55 PM TO 8:25 PM 16th February, 2025 Of ce : A-4 (Pushp Aleela Building), Wazirpur Industrial Area, Ring Road, Near Shalimar Bagh Metro Station Gate No. 3, Delhi-110052 Of ce. : 011- 27374215, 27374216, 27374217 Mobile : 9811195920, 9811197581, 9811195024 5 F.C.* SANCHIT KUMAR Rank 43 MUNISH F.C.* JAYSHREE CHOUDHARY 49 SACHIN KUMAR Rank F.C.* SAURABH KUMAR DIVYA ANSHIKA AKHIL GARG 40 F.C.* NEHA KUMARI ANSHU RANI Rank 46 Rank Rank DEVANSH KUMAR SINGH F.C.* 44 MADHAV AGGARWAL 28 HIMANI F.C.* ASHUTOSH TIWARI 15 Rank 26 F.C.* Rank 61 ABHISHEK MISRA F.C.* Rank 37 ANKIT RANA F.C.* 60 Rank F.C.* Rank 35 VARTIKA MISRA Rank AKANKSHA NAVEEN KUMAR F.C.* 57 Rank PANKHURI SHUKLA F.C.* Rank SAURAV KUMAR CHOUDHARY 32 Rank SAHIL SHARMA F.C.* KUMAR ROHIT 30 Rank ANIYA KHIZRA ASHRAF 14 Rank SAMRIDDHI PRATAP SINGH 23 Rank AKHIL GUPTA F.C.* 50 Rank 29 RACHIT TAPARIA F.C.* 68 48 SANIYA AKHTAR Rank F.C.* Rank CHANDAN KUMAR Rank Rank RITWICK SANDILYA F.C.* 44 RISHAV RANJAN 20 JASMEET SINGH F.C.* F.C.* Rank Rank TAZEEN BINTE WAHEED F.C.* 25 SAUMYA SINHA F.C.* Rank 19 DILIP KUMAR 22 PARAS AHUJA F.C.* Rank Rank Rank F.C.* 15 20 Rank ANANDITA BHARGAVA F.C.* Rank NIMISHA PRIYADARSHI Rank 18 Rank F.C.* 12 10 MITALI GOYAL 11 12 Rank F.C.* Rank BRIJESH KUMAR KANU PRIYA F.C.* 3 H.M.* Rank SUPRIYA GUPTA 8 Rank 16 Rank F.C.* 1 2 JASMEEN KAUR F.C.* F.C.* Rank HARSHITA SINGH Rank ANKITA F.C.* 2 F.C.* F.C.* Rank AASHNA RUHANI F.C.* 12 TRAPTI RAGHAV F.C.* Rank F.C.* 10 DWIJ SINGH SENGAR F.C.* Rank F.C.* F.C.* F.C.* 4 F.C.* they had was to “fight it out”. It was a fight that would end up in the courts, which sat in judgment on a fundamental questionof law:does‘damageto property’ in the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act include intellectual property (IP)? On January 24, a Supreme Court bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and S C Sharma ruledintheirfavour,upholdinga Bombay High Court order of 2023 that expanded the definition of ‘damage to property’ in Rank PRIYADARSHAN GOSWAMI F.C.* PAGE 1 ANCHOR 20 BIHAR JUDICIAL SERVICES RESULTS, 2024 F.C.* How Dalit couple argued own case, won damages for intellectual property loss Rank NAGHMA TARANNUM HARYANA JUDICIAL SERVICES RESULTS, 2024 SIKKIM J.S. RESULT, 2024 F.C.* 2 H.M.* CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 F.C.* Rank AWANISH KUMAR F.C.* JUST ABOUT 8,000 candidates have taken up offers in the pilot project of the Prime Minister’s Internship Scheme till the middle of January, sources involved in the process said. The pilot CHHATISGARH JUDICIAL SERVICES RESULTS, 2024 BIHAR HIGHER JUDICIAL SERVICES RESULTS, 2024 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 cepted offers to join the internship as on January 29, 2025, according to a Lok Sabha reply by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs on February 3. Sources told The Indian Express that only about 8,000 candidates have joined the internship programme in the first phase. Rahul’s IAS Institute, Delhi. Our Results in the Last One Year : Full Foundation Course Selections - 97 & IGP Selections - 45, Total Selections - 142 F.C.* NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 5 phase was launched in October, while the scheme itself was announcedintheUnionBudgetfor 2024-25 last July. Of the 1.27 lakh internship opportunitieslistedby280companies in the first phase, partner companies made 82,077 internship offers to 60,866 candidates. Of these, 28,141 candidates ac- Rahul Sir Founder and Proprietor Rahul Sir teaching at his best with his team. F.C.* ATA timewhenthefirst batch of illegal Indian immigrants were deported from the US under the Trump 2.0 administration, the Indian government is “seriously considering”enactinganewlaw, tentatively titled ‘Overseas 8,000 candidates join PM internship scheme in 4 months since its launch AANCHAL MAGAZINE INDIA SHOULD BE AMONG LEADERS OF AI REVOLUTION, SAYS SAM ALTMAN PAGE 13 NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 5 24 of committed, consistent, meticulous and relentless service to Judicial Services Exams. F.C.* PAGE 8 SHUBHAJIT ROY Mobility (Facilitation and Welfare) Bill, 2024’, to establish an enabling framework which will promote “safe, orderly and regular migration for overseas employment”. This has emerged from a report presented in Lok Sabha by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs, YEARS Years of hard work and total devotion incredible unmatched unparalleled unprecedented F.C.* FULL COVERAGE Working on law for safe migration: MEA to panel (Online classes available.) F.C.* ECONOMY CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 English Medium (Offline & Online) Hindi Medium- Rahul Vidhi Sansthan F.C.* A UNITED States military C-17 aircraft carrying 104 deported Indian nationals from Haryana, Gujarat, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra landed at Amritsar airport Wednesday afternoon. The flight, which de- Honesty Sincerity and hard work is our motto F.C.* AMRITSAR, VADODARA, FEB 5 an institute of excellence H.M.* F.C.* KAMALDEEP SINGH BRAR & ADITI RAJA parted from San Antonio, Texas, Tuesday afternoon, also had 11 crew members and 45 US officials on board. Officials told The Indian Express that the highest number of deportees — 33 each — are CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Rahul's IAS Coaching Institute for Judicial Services Exams. US plane brings back 104 deported Indians, most from Gujarat, Punjab and Haryana 33 each from Gujarat and Haryana, 30 from Punjab; 25 women, 12 minors PAGE 8 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 F.C.* THE STUDY points to the long road ahead, including finding ways for the school curriculum, teaching and assessment to connect with real-life skills. ● AAP & BJP face off over claims of fake voting, distribution of money near booths F.C.* E for: Better roads, clean water, a remedy for pollution F.C.* CHILD VENDORS can mentally calculate complex market transactions in seconds but struggle with simpler abstract maths taught in schools, while their school-going peers excel at academic maths but fail at basic real-world calculations, reveals a new study by a team of researchers includingNobellaure- ates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee that exposes a stark disconnect in India’smathematics education. The team set out to investigatewhethermathematicsskills acquired by children in realworld settings transfer to the classroom and vice versa. For this, the researchers worked with1,436childvendorsinDelhi and Kolkata markets and 471 schoolchildren, and found that MOST EXIT polls on Wednesday predicted a sweep for the BJP in the Delhi Assembly elections, while three projected AAP’s return to power, and another two showed a close contest. Interestingly, many of the polls showed that the Congress may open its account, after drawing a blank in the 2020 elections. The exit polls are projections madebyelectionsurveyagencies based on interviews of voters. ● What Delhi voted F.C.* NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 5 Academics vsreal-life ● skills What makes the Opposition think that the toll of the Kumbh stampede is higher and that the UP government is concealing the actual figure? Nobody believes the government.Thepeoplewhowitnessed thestampedealsothinkitisalie. The government has not yet released any figures. Thousands of peoplehaveapproachedthelostand-found counter and some people connected to my family say around 15,000 people are runningfrompillartoposttofind their near and dear ones. NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 5 F.C.* ABHINAYA HARIGOVIND EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE F.C.* Wide gap between ‘street maths’ and ‘school maths’, shows study DELHI F.C.* RELATED REPORTS PAGE 12 NOBEL LAUREATES ESTHER DUFLO, ABHIJIT BANERJEE IN RESEARCH TEAM 2025 F.C.* CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 Most exit polls give BJP edge, AAP says never right DECISION F.C.* US PRESIDENT Donald Trump suggested that displaced Palestinians in Gaza be permanentlyresettledoutsidethewartorn territory and proposed the US take “ownership” in redeveloping the area into “the Riviera of the Middle East”. Trump’s brazen proposal Tuesday appears certain to roil the next stage of talks meant to extendthetenuousceasefirebetween Israel and Hamas and secure the release of the remaining hostages held in Gaza. The provocative comments came as talks are ramping up WEARING A saffron-coloured jacket, blue track pants and a ‘rudraksha’ chain around his neck, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a holy dip at the Triveni Sangam on Wednesday IN LOK Sabha on Tuesday, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav demanded “strict punitive action” against thoseresponsiblefortheJanuary 29 Maha Kumbh stampede. In an interview, the party’s Rajya Sabha MP Ram Gopal Yadav, Akhilesh’s uncle, tells The Indian Express why he thinks the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is concealing the deathtollfigures,andtalksabout the state of the INDIA bloc, among other issues. Excerpts: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal with his family at a polling booth in New Delhi constituency on Wednesday. Amit Mehra F.C.* WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 5 PRAYAGRAJ, FEBRUARY 5 Triveni Sangam — the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati — along with UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.Later,Modiventured into the water alone, took a dip at the Sangam and recited mantras, even as pilgrims continued bathing at the ghats and NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 5 F.C.* AAMER MADHANI, TIA GOLDENBERG & ZEKE MILLER MAULSHREE SETH and offered prayers to Goddess Ganga. PM Modi was among the nearly 55 lakh people who took a dip at the Maha Kumbh Mela at Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj by noon. AfterarrivingatthePrayagraj airport around 10 am, the PM reached Arail Ghat and from there he took a boat ride to E X P L A I NE D US President Donald Trump with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Tuesday. Reuters MANOJ C G F.C.* During2-hourvisit,devoteestookdipatotherghats:Officials SAMAJWADI PARTY’S RAJYA SABHA MP F.C.* PM takes dip at Triveni Sangam: ‘A moment of divine connection’ RAM GOPAL YADAV F.C.* MAHA KUMBH INTERVIEW F.C.* PrimeMinisterNarendra Modiatthe SangamduringMahaKumbh inPrayagrajWednesday. ANI THE EXPRESS F.C.* Trump says US should take over Gaza, allies say no THE70Assemblyconstituencies of Delhi, where the AAP is seeking a third consecutive term while the BJP is hoping for a comeback after 27 years, saw a total turnout of 60.44 per cent, according to Election Commission data available at midnight Wednesday. Polling startedat7amandcontinuedtill after 6 pm in some areas. The Capital had recorded a turnout of 62.59 per cent in the 2020 Assembly polls, and 58.69 per cent in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. On Wednesday, the highest turnout was recorded in North East district, which saw 66.25 per cent polling, while South East district recorded the lowest turnout at 56.31 per cent. AccordingtotheEC’sdistrictwise data at midnight, the turnout was 59.09 per cent in Central Delhi, 62.40 per cent in East, 57.13 per cent in New Delhi, 59.55 per cent in North, 60.70 percentinNorthWest,63.94per cent in Shahdara, 58.16 per cent in South, 61.09 per cent in South West,and60.76percentinWest. Amongconstituencies,North East Delhi’s Mustafabad had the highest turnout at 69 per cent while Mehrauli in South West Delhi recorded the lowest turnout at 53.04 per cent. WhiletheCapital’stotalelectorateaddsuptoabout1.56crore, there are over 2 lakh first-time voters. A total of 699 candidates contested the elections, the results of which will be declared Sunday Closed We have our sole office and classroom only at Delhi. We don't have any branches. Lucknow
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