DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PATNA, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2025, LUCKNOW, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES MUNIR COMMENTS IN U.S. MAKESHELTERS,REPORTIN8WEEKS:COURT India hits back at Pak Army Chief: Nuclear sabre-rattling again Situation grim, move all stray dogs in NCR from streets to shelters: SC Warns of action against individuals, organisations who ‘come in the way’ ANANTHAKRISHNAN G NEW DELHI, AUGUST 11 CRACKING DOWN on the stray dog menace in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Supreme Court on Monday asked the Delhi government, civic bodies and authorities of Noida,GurugramandGhaziabad torelocatethemfromthestreets todedicatedshelters,notingthat thesituationwas“grim”and“immediate steps need to be taken”. The bench of Justices J B PardiwalaandRMahadevanunderlined that the canines should not be returned to the streets, andwarnedof actionagainstany individual or organisation who “come in the way”. The SC had taken suo motu cognizance of the issue on July 28, following a news report on the stray dog menace. “StateofNCTDelhi,Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) and appropriate authorities of Noida, GurugramandGhaziabadshallat the earliest start picking up stray dogsfromalllocalities,moreparticularlyvulnerablelocalitiesand cities as well as areas on the outskirts. How to do it is for the authorities to look into, and if they have to create a force, do it. However, this should be the first andforemostexercise,tomakeall localities free of stray dogs,” said the bench. “You will have to launch a drive with some force, you will have to round up all the stray dogs, whether sterilised, not CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 At UP school of 3 teachers, probe on as headmaster’s driver ‘teaches’ in classroom MANISH SAHU LUCKNOW, AUGUST 11 AFTER HIS driver was allegedly found teaching students in a classroom, the headmaster of a primary school in Uttar Pradesh’s Hamirpur has been suspendedandisfacingaformal inquiry. The incident came to light during an inspection of the school, following which imme- diate action was taken, said officials. The school has a total of 79studentsbutonlythreeteachers, including headmaster Veeru Singh. “It was found that the headmaster was absent from the school,whilehisdriverwaspresent and looking after the children,” said Hamirpur Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) Alok Singh. Responding to allegations CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 `6.00 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 OPP PROTESTS AGAINST EC Opposition MPs led by Rahul Gandhi were stopped from marching to the EC’s office to protest against the Bihar electoral rolls revision, in New Delhi on Monday. Tashi Tobgyal THE IDEAS PAGE EDGE OF DISENFRANCHISEMENT BY RAHUL SHASTRI & YOGENDRA YADAV PAGE 11 KARNATAKA Minister quits over ‘Cong didn’t monitor voter list’ remark, says ‘conspiracy’ AKRAM M BENGALURU, AUGUST 11 TWO DAYS after he said that alleged irregularities in the voter listinBengaluru’sMahadevapura Assemblyconstituencyoccurred under the Congress’s watch and OPP PARTIES PUT UP UNITED FRONT PAGE 8 BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY K N Rajanna made the remarks on August 9 thepartyshouldhavemonitored it, Karnataka Cooperation Pak military hand-in-glove with terror India committed groups... regrettable that remarks to make every made in friendly third country: MEA contribution to SHUBHAJIT ROY NEW DELHI, AUGUST 11 RESPONDING TO Pakistan Army Chief FieldMarshalAsimMunir’s latestdiatribeagainstIndia,New Delhi on Monday said India has already made it clear that it will not give in to nuclear blackmail and underlined that it would “take all steps necessary to safeguard our national security”. According to a PTI report, Munir reportedly made the nuclear threat during an address to thePakistanidiasporainFlorida’s Tampa on Saturday. “We are a nuclearnation.If wethinkweare going down, we’ll take half the world down with us,” media reportsquotedhimassaying.There Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir isnotextof thespeechoravideo to confirm these comments. “Our attention has been drawn to remarks reportedly made by the Pakistani Chief of Army Staff while on a visit to the UnitedStates.Nuclearsabre-rattling is Pakistan’s stock-in-trade. The international community can draw its own conclusions on the irresponsibility inherent in such remarks, which also reinforcethewell-helddoubtsabout CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 end conflict: PM to Zelenskyy SHUBHAJIT ROY NEW DELHI, AUGUST 11 THREE DAYS after he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and conveyed that India remains committed to makingeverypossiblecontribution in an early and peaceful resolution of the conflict. The telephone conversation between the two leaders came days ahead of the meeting CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Fresh tariff blow to diamond export hub Surat THE WORLD Industry seeks help of Govt, hopes US partners will bear part of burden TRUMP’S 50% TARIFF TENSION ON THE GROUND PART-3: DIAMONDS KAMAL SAIYED SURAT, AUGUST 11 DIAMOND COMPANIES in Surat were compelled to put on hold orders they had already started receiving for Christmas from American clients when US President Donald Trump announced the additional 25% tariff on India. It came as a jolt because Christmas is just five months away, and sales during this festive season account for nearly half the total sale during a yearintheinternationalmarkets. Experts anticipate that exportsofnon-industrialdiamonds — diamonds suitable for jewellery or investment — to the US wouldbehitbecauseof theextra tariffs.Indiaaccountedfor68%in volume and 42% in value ($5.79 billion) of the US’s total diamond importsin2024,asperdatafrom the Gems & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). The second highest value of diamond imports into the US, 28% in value, was from Israel, on CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ISRAEL TARGETS, KILLS AL JAZEERA’S GAZA CORRESPONDENT, FOUR OTHERS PAGE 14 Lucknow