DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2025, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 20 PAGES Gujarat Govt plans Op Sindoor memorial park near Pakistan border in Kutch OTHER MAJORS INTERESTED: KUMARASWAMY Minister: Tesla not keen to manufacture in India Govt issues EV scheme guidelines: Defined domestic value addition targets, Customs duty cuts for 5 years BHUJ, JUNE 2 THE GUJARAT government is working on a memorial park dedicated to Operation Sindoor — India's military response to terror emanating from Pakistan —asamarkof respectforthedefence forces as well as the unity the nation displayed, officials told The Indian Express. The memorial, which will be called ‘Sindoor Van’ (forest), will come up in Kutch district on the India-Pakistan border, which bore the brunt of the attacks in Gujarat from the other side. The memorialisexpectedtobecompleted in about a year and a half, officials said, adding that initial work has begun on the ground. BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY A videograb of Magnus Carlsen banging the table after his defeat; D Gukesh at the Norway Chess 2025 tournament, in Stavanger, Norway. PTI Fist bang, apologies and a pat: Carlsen goes down to Gukesh Forest department officials survey the area for the ‘Sindoor Van’ in Kutch. Express “In memory of the unity exhibited by society, Army, Air Force, BSF and other forces during Operation Sindoor, the Sindoor Van — a memorial park CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 EXPRESS INNORWAY AMIT KAMATH STAVANGER, JUNE 2 JUST A week ago, right after Magnus Carlsen had forced the youngest world champion in chesshistory,DGukesh,toresign in the opening round of Norway Chess, the Norwegian had posted a tweet using a reference from the HBO show The Wire: “You come at the king, you best not miss.” In the second time of asking, in the early hours of Monday at the same event in Stavanger, Gukesh did exactly that. The 19-year-old Indian notched up his first victory over theworldno.1inaclassicalchess contest after 62 moves. “Oh my God!” bellowed a livid Carlsen as he looked away from the chessboardand his opponent. Just seconds before that moment, Carlsen, one of the greatest chess players in history, had slammed a balled fist on the AGGAM WALIA & SOUMYARENDRA BARIK NEW DELHI, JUNE 2 ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) major Tesla is not interested in manufacturing in India but is looking at opening two stores, Union Heavy Industries Minister H D Kumaraswamy said on Monday. He, however, said that global EV makers like Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen-Škoda, Hyundai and Kia have shown interest in applying under the ministry’s flagship Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Electric Passenger Cars in India, notified in March last year. “Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen-Škoda, Hyundai NEW DELHI, JUNE 2 NEW DELHI, JUNE 2 DAY AFTER DRONE ATTACK, UKRAINE, RUSSIA HOLD TALKS PAGE 12 THE DELHI Police have approached the Union Home Ministry after they found that a foreign citizen working with an Embassyof a Western European country had allegedly put up posterscarryingaphotoof Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alongside the word “Wanted” in the national capital’s Chanakyapuri area, The Indian Express has learnt. A senior police officer at the Delhi Police headquarters said CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 FOUR DECADES after Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to travel to space, Shubhanshu Shukla, a 39-year-old Indian Air Force officer who is in the final leg of his pre-launch quarantine at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, will on June 8 pilot a Dragon spacecraft that will take CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 and Kia — all these companies have already shown interest. Tesla,weareactuallynotexpecting from them. They (Tesla) are going to start two showrooms, they are not interested in manufacturing in India,” Kumaraswamy said at a media briefing. In February, US President Donald Trump had criticised Tesla’s plan to expand in India, calling it “unfair” to the US. “Now, if (Tesla CEO Elon Musk) E Only showrooms ● in India THE TEXAS-BASED EV maker, with plants across the world, including in China and Germany, is set to launch retail operations in India soon, and has signed a leasing deal for a showroom in Mumbai, with plans for another showroom in New Delhi in the works. built the factory in India, that’s okay, but that’s unfair to us. It’s very unfair,” he had said. Trump CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Foreign Embassy staffer Countdown to space mission: Seat put up ‘Wanted’ posters for Shukla is big moment for India of Netanyahu: Delhi AMITABH SINHA Police report to MHA & ANJALI MARAR MAHENDER SINGH MANRAL Union Heavy Industries Minister H D Kumaraswamy E X P L A I NE D Will also have area dedicated to Pahalgam terror attack victims RITU SHARMA `7.00 (`8 BIHAR & RAIPUR, `15 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 US probing Adani Group link to Iran LPG trade, says report; firm calls it ‘baseless, mischievous’ GEORGE MATHEW & HITESH VYAS MUMBAI, JUNE 2 Axiom Space Shubhanshu Shukla, Slawosz Uznanski during training PROSECUTORS IN the US are investigatingwhetherIndianbusinessman Gautam Adani’s companiesimportedIranianliquefied petroleum gas (LPG) into India through the Adani Group's Mundra port, despite US sanctions on Iran, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. This comes at a time when the Trump administration is rolling back on the enforcement of certain white-collar crimes, includingcasesrelatedtoforeign CONTINUED ON PAGE 2