The editorial Page: a new moment in which mass mobilisation meets an immovable state 12 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2026 JournaLism of CouraGe luCKNOw, lAtE CIty, 22 pAGES ₹6.00 l www.indianexpress.com DA I ly F r O M : A H M E DA b A D , C H A N D I GA r H , D E l H I , J A I p u r , KO l K AtA , l u C K N O w , M u M b A I , N AG p u r , pAt N A , p u N E , VA D O DA r A happening today lCJI Surya Kant will inaugurate a two-day national consultation to assess the implementation of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 and identify priorities for strengthening child protection and juvenile justice. Delhi locks down to block Deeply offensive, do not advance shared protests seeking CEC exit ambitions: India TruMP aDMN MOVeS aGaINST IT FIrMS lThe 16Th Hockey India Senior 245 trains to and from Delhi cancelled; 45 Metro stations shut Track These and more on www.indianexpress.com Pragynesh, Mahender Singh Manral, alok Singh, Sakshi Chand, Dheeraj Mishra & Devansh Mittal Men National Championship kicks off with 29 teams. barricades on key roads, city entry points under watch centre alerts all states, detention centres across Delhi Do not view immigration, skilled talent mobility through same lens: Nasscom Shubhajit roy & Divya a New Delhi, October 9 Flights from nIa connect passengers to five destinations across country. ExprESS uPCabinet passesproposal torenameNoida airportafterModi Bhupendra Pandey Lucknow, October 9 The UTTar Pradesh government passed a proposal to rename Noida International airport as ‘Narendra Modi International airport in a Cabinet meeting on Friday morning.ChiefMinisterYogiadityanath said the decision was taken to mark completion of 25 years of Prime Minister NarendraModi’spubliclifeandexpress the state government’s gratitude for his “guidance and contribution” to the state’s development. “The Noida International airport is a major gift to Uttar Pradesh from the Prime Minister,” said adityanath. “In the coming years, this airport will takethestate’seconomy,industry,tourismandglobalconnectivity to new heights. With this verysentiment,theCabinethas passed the proposal.” The Cabinet passed a congratulatory resolution. On October 7, Modi completed 25 years as head of a government. The airport, which was inaugurated by Modi in March, is the second international airport in the National Capital region. Commercial operations kicked off in June. Flights from NIa currently connect passengers to five destinations across the country: amritsar, Bengaluru, hyderabad, Jammu and Navi Mumbai. By the end of this year, »CONTINueD ON PaGe 9 uttar pradesh FOrTY FIVe stations on the delhi Metro network were closed, at least 245 trains arriving at or leaving New delhi and hazrat Nizamuddin stations werecancelled,mobileInternet was shut down in a large part of Central delhi, and layers of barricades were put up across the streets of the Capital and at its borders as the government movedtofortifythecityagainst the protest called on saturday by the Cockroach Janta Party, the all India students’ association and others to demand the resignation of Chief election CommissionerGyaneshKumar. On Friday evening, at least 30,000 police and paramilitary forces had thrown an unprecedented multi-level security blanket over delhi. Union home secretary Govind Mohan wrote to all states and UnionTerritoriestosaythatthe government had prohibited »CONTINueD ON PaGe 2 more rePorts, Pages 6, 8 business as Usual By EP UNNY police place barricades at vijay chowk as part of security arrangements on Friday, a day before the protests at Jantar mantar. AbHINAV SAHA Trains ran on time even SC to Govt: Ensure Metro, during Emergency: CJP’s trains not halted fully, can’t Dipke slams clampdown express News Service use hammer to kill a fly ‘DON’T INCONVeNIeNCe CITIZeNS’ New Delhi, October 9 exPressING CONCerN over the closure of 57 Metro stations — later revised to 45 — in the Capital and cancellation of several delhi-bound trains as part of security measures ahead of saturday’s Cockroach Janta Party protest to press for the resignation of Chief election Commissioner Gyanesh presidentacceptedoppstatementon‘vote chori’,toldustobringproof,saysrahul Kumar, the supreme Court Friday reminded authorities about the “principle of proportionality” and said while they can take steps “it does not mean that you will use a hammer to kill a fly”. The bench of Chief Justice of India surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana directed the governmenttoensurethatthereis“no CaLLING The cancellation of trains to delhi a curb on citizen rights, Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder abhijeet dipke Friday said the situation was “worse than the emergency” when “at least trains were running on time”. speaking at Loksamvad, an event organised in Mumbai by The Indian express Group’s l securityblanketoncapital police from October 8-12. l LIquOr STOreS in Delhi shut Friday and Saturday. l hOTeLS, GueST hOuSeS aND OyO rOOMS in and around Central Delhi as well as in parts of South and North Delhi asked to shut or restrict fresh bookings. l 221 COMPaNIeS of CApF, including five all-women paramilitary companies, will assist Delhi l MOBILe INTerNeT connectivity was shut down in a large part of Central Delhi. explained Widening of crackdown The latest US action is a clear broadening of crackdown on foreign workers that has become a central policy under Trump. Technology and IT services companies are facing greater scrutiny over their reliance on foreign workers. US authorities have stepped up their probe into alleged misuse of H-1B and PERM programmes. gest IT outsourcing firms in the world from the Permanent Labour Certification Programme. »CONTINueD ON PaGe 2 the world 2026 nobel prIze peace NaVaNeTheM ‘NaVI’ PILLay PUtin voWs closer ties With Why the jurist’s work matters for a world former soviet facing ‘existential neighboUrs Page 14 challenges’ exPlained, P 16 BJP wins West Bengal bypolls: Record margin MP police remove protesters from in Nandigram, surprise trains to Delhi, detentions in Gujarat victory in Rejinagar »CONTINueD ON PaGe 2 »CONTINueD ON PaGe 2 Bhopal, Pune, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, October 9 IndIa bloc leaders after their meeting with the president at rashtrapati bhavan, Friday. AbHINAV SAHA reporT Page 8 The Us decision to suspend eightITfirms,includingMicrosoft,TataConsultancyservices, Infosys and Wipro, from a programme to apply for green cards for foreign workers drew a sharp response from India Friday which said the steps announced “do not advance the shared ambitions” of both countries. On Us Vice President J d Vance referring to foreign workers hired on h1-B visas as “foreign indentured servants”, the Ministry of external affairs said “resorting to terminology that carries painful historical and colonial legacy connotations is deeply offensive”. delhi’s response came hours after the Us administrationsuspendedsomeofthelar- Mumbai, New Delhi, Oct 9 express News Service l 245 trains arriving at or leaving New Delhi and Hazrat Nizamuddin stations were cancelled, U.P. eases aPProvals for bUilding maPs, Plots in indUstrial aUthorities Page 3 New Delhi, October 9 ananthakrishnan G l 45 MeTrO stations shut from 9 pm Friday until further notice. on Vance, US steps ahead OF the Cockroach Janta Party’s saturday protest intheCapital,policeinMadhya Pradesh intercepted and removed delhi-bound protesters at Bhopal, Itarsi and Gwalior railway stations, with a senior Madhya Pradesh police officer a videograb of protesters being forced to alight a train at Itarsi railway station cJp founder abhijeet dipke at loksamvad, an event in mumbai by loksatta. GANESH SHIrSEKAr saying at least 30 people had been detained and were counselled to return to their home states. “We have removed the protesters(fromthetrains),”theofficer said, adding that those intercepted included people travelling from Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra. On Friday, the detention of »CONTINueD ON PaGe 2 Admitting ‘instances of bulk Form 7 filing for voter deletion’, EC sets limit express News Service New Delhi, October 9 NOTING ThaT “instances” of filing of bulk Form 7s had led to “avoidable inconvenience” to voters, the election Commission of India (eCI) Friday tightenedlimitsonthenumber of applications that can be sub- mittedbyindividuals.Form7is the statutory form to seek deletion of an elector or file objection to the inclusion of a name in the electoral roll. In instructions issued to Chief electoral Officers of all states and Union Territories, the eCI has put a limit of 10 Form 7s per individual, in both online and offline mode, during the claims and objections period of the revision process, andfivepermonthduringcontinuous updation of electoral rolls in the normal course. While the eCI already caps the number of online Form 7s an individual can file to six at a »CONTINueD ON PaGe 2 bJp workers celebrate the party’s win in nandigram, Friday. ANI ravik Bhattacharya Kolkata, October 9 The BJP Friday retained Nandigram by a record margin and scored a surprise win in the minority-dominated rejinagar, underlining its expanding political footprint in West Bengal as a fragmented Opposition struggled to challenge the rulingpartyinitsfirstelectoraltest inside Page 9 bloW to aiUdf chief, bJP Wins nagaon seat since it came to power five months ago. The BJP won the Nandigram assembly bypoll by 1.22 lakh votes, consolidating its »CONTINueD ON PaGe 2 l Thousands deal wITh dIsplacemenT as rIsIng rIver submerges parTs oF norThern lucknow and spreads To oTher neIghbourhoods Lucknow goes under: 25,000 affected as Gomti floods homes and landmarks Mauslhree Seth this house. how can we leave it?),” she said. Foroveraweek,theswollen ON ThUrsdaY, soni Kashyap Gomti has submerged parts of walkedalongastreetfilledwith the state capital, affecting around 5,000 knee-deep water in families — nearly Lucknow’s Faizulpage 1 25,000 people — lahganj, hauling a mainly in Faizullahblanket, an LPG cylinder and ration. she was tak- ganj, dawood Nagar, Loharing them to a relative’s house, mau. Thefloodingistheworstthe where she and her family were sheltering after their home city has seen in nearly two decades, with the impact extendwent under water. “Khet bechkar ghar banaya ing beyond these neighbourOn Wednesday, hai.Kaisechhoddein?(Wesold hoods. our agricultural land to build waterlogging was reported Lucknow, October 9 anchor around Phoenix Palassio Mall andekanastadium,alongshaheedPathandinpartsofGomti Nagar extension. The rashtriya Prerna sthal was also inundated. Classes at the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Lucknow, were suspended for the third consecutive day on Friday after floodwater inundated the campus and entered its power substation, disrupting electricity supply. IIIT Lucknow officiating director Manindra agrawal said the campus has largely been vacated. How it started boats out after flooding in lucknow’s Faizullahganj. VISHAl SrIVAStAV Trouble began towards the lastweekofseptember,around 100 km upstream, after a spell of heavy rain in the Gomti’s upper catchment areas that travelled downstream to Lucknow over several days. anil Garg, Principal secretary, Irrigation department, said, “The river’s catchment areas are spread over Pilibhit, shahjahanpur, Lakhimpur Kheri and sitapur districts that witnessed exceptionally heavy rainfall between september 22 and 27. Normally, the rainfall over five days would be around 15 mm. This time it was around 150 mm, with some places receiving nearly 257 mm.” The administration made efforts to address the situation. around Palassio Mall and adjoining areas, the Lucknow development authority (Lda) deployed26pumpandplugged the leak with a temporary barrier of boulders and soil. The waterlogging had eased by 5 pm on Thursday, the authority said. Lda Vice-Chairman Prathamesh Kumar said while the temporary embankment helped check the backflow, waterwouldtaketimetorecede from low-lying areas. at IIIT Lucknow, too, pump sets were being deployed in coordinationwiththecityadministration. Lucknow district MagistrateVishakGtoldTheIndian express, “The water level rosesuddenlyontheeveningof October 7. Keeping the safety of students and staff in mind, we advised them to leave.” »CONTINueD ON PaGe 9 Lucknow