eye THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE The world is not Enough NEWDELHI,LATECITY MARCH2,2025 In this sci-fi edition, we look at the inner lives we reveal only in the most outlandish situations. 18+4PAGES,`7.00 (`8 BIHAR & RAIPUR, ` 15 SRINAGAR) DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA 8 KEY TAKEAWAYS: FROM NEW WASHINGTON TO NEW DELHI Meltdown at Oval Office deepens US-Ukraine chill, signals to leaders challenges in dealing with Trump BadbloodfrompasttriggeredTrump andVance,Zelenskyymiscalculations backfired;Europeanshavetowork hardertogetpeaceprocessbackonrail SHUBHAJIT ROY NEW DELHI, MARCH 1 VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY’S extraordinary Oval Office showdown with US President Donald Trump and Vice President J D Vance was every world leader’s worst nightmare come true in their dealings with the new Trump administration. The Ukraine President’s attempt to improve ties with US ended in a spectacular failure — broadcast live in full public glare —withTrumpcuttingshorttheir meeting and telling him to return “when he is ready for peace.” Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with US President Donald Trump and Vice President J D Vance during a meeting at the White House on Friday. NYT RELATEDREPORTS,P12 In search for 4 missing in Ensure people move Uttarakhand avalanche, 3 freely on Manipur roads metal containers are key from March 8: Shah DEHRADUN, MARCH 1 46 days on ventilator, eight months in hospital, now mother of a boy Roshni and her husband, Abhishek, at the Indian Armed Forces’ Command Hospital in Udhampur ANURADHA MASCARENHAS PUNE, MARCH 1 LAST MAY, 25-year-old Roshni Kumar’s world turned upside down when a minor accident left her in a critical condition. Married just six months before and four months pregnant then, the accident led to bleeding in her brain, necessitating an urgent three-hour surgery and an eight-month-long hospital stay. Nowbackhomeandcradling her five-month-old baby boy, Roshni Kumar is still labouring from the after-effects of her accident — partial paralysis on the left side of her body that has forced her to use a wheelchair and caused her speech to slur. Yet, Roshni is grateful to the doctors at the Indian Armed Forces’ Command Hospital (Northern Command), Udhampur, where she was treated, for her miraculousturnaround.Andtoherhusband Abhishek Kumar for being the rock in their relationship as they went through the ordeal. On a video call from Jammu, whereshelives,shesays,“When CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 EXPRESS NETWORK TELANGANA: WHY LAST STRETCH OF TUNNEL HAS TAKEN THE MOST TIME Recoveryof weapons,fencingentrypoints BENGAL MINISTER HECKLED DURING fromMyanmardiscussedatreviewmeet JU PROTESTS P 7, 8 AISWARYA RAJ AS THE Army races against time to trace four workers still missing after Friday’s avalanche at Uttarakhand’s Chamoli, finding three containers where the men were staying is the most crucial step, rescuers say. Five containers have been traced, but three areyettobefoundduetothesixfeet-deep snow. Almost 60 men working on a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) project were trapped in the avalanche. As of Saturday evening, 51 had been rescued, Trump called the shouting match“greattelevision,”butthat lightness did little to cover the heavy chill that descended after theburstofconfrontationthatbegan at the 40th minute of a 50minute exchange, when Vance stepped in. Hereareeight keytakeawaysfromthemostunprecedented spectacle in the White House. First,Trumpwillnotconform with any of the global norms associated with a world leader DEEPTIMAN TIWARY NEW DELHI, MARCH 1 Those injured in the incident in Chamoli being evacuated to Joshimath, Saturday. PTI four had succumbed, and four were missing. To locate the three containers, Army sniffer dogs have been CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 DIRECTING SECURITY forces to ensurefreemovementof people on all roads in Manipur from March 8, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Saturday that “strict action should be taken against anyone attempting to create obstructions”. Reviewingthesecuritysituation in Manipur a fortnight after CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Governor Ajay Bhalla after a meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah at North Block. Praveen Khanna WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM FOUR-PAGE PULLOUT SINHA TO ADDRESS ASSEMBLY TOMORROW On J&K Budget Session eve, L-G says: No file stuck, no interference Can’t speak about timeline, but statehood will happen, says L-G Manoj Sinha NAVEED IQBAL SRINAGAR, MARCH 1 No difficulty working with the elected govt: L-G Sinha WITH THE BUDGET session of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly set to commence Monday, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha in an interview to The Indian Express saidhe had no difficulty working with the elected government, and that not even a single file is stuck in Raj Bhawan. “I met the Chief Minister (Omar Abdullah) just today. We discussedvarious issues relating to the forthcoming Budget sessionof theLegislativeAssembly,” L-G Sinha said. The session will start with the L-G’s address on Monday, and the CM, who also holds the finance portfolio, is scheduled to present the Budget for the next financial year 202526 on March 7. Sinha, who took oath as the L-G of J&K in August 2020, exactly a year after the abrogation of Article 370, said the J&K Reorganisation Act clearly defined the roles of the elected government and theL-G administration. “I deal with law and order, while they have governance. Mujhe sarkar ke saath kaam karne mein koi asuvidha ya pareshani nahi hai (I do not have any difficulty in working with the government… There is no clash,” he said. RespondingtoChief Minister Omar Abdullah’s observation in The Indian Express’s Idea Exchange platform that Union Territories with Assemblies are “flawed models” since they “tie the hands of the government by empowering the Lieutenant Governor”, L-G Sinha said he did CONTINUED ON PAGE 2