Vol. 67 No.

206 | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024 | 29 Pages | `5 & for Pune `6 only Quality at Value
www.freepressjournal.in

MEMBER: AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION

EDITIONS: MUMBAI*, Pune, Nashik, Konkan, Indore, Bhopal, E-paper
JANUARY TO DECEMBER 2023

EDIT
ANANT AMBANI, The pre-wedding
festivities will begin
NIFTY LIKELY TO HIT Nifty is expected
to reach 24,500
0
32 c. 29 c.
0

RADHIKA’S 2ND in Italy and conclude ISRAEL MUST CALL 26,500 IN NEXT 18 level by Dec Sunrise : 06:01 am

PRE-WEDDING BASH in France OFF THE WAR MONTHS: EMKAY 2024, it said Sunset : 07:11 pm

Dera head is
acquitted in Modi primes for Vivekananda moment
murder case N CHITHRA�/ CHENNAI niyakumari on December 24, 1892. A
worshipper of Shakti, he is
mense urge to go to the Rock and
spend time in contemplation. Young
RAJESH MOUDGIL Prime Minister Narendra Modi will supposed to have asked Goddess Vivekanda jumped into the sea,
CHANDIGARH have a spiritual sojourn at the Kaynakumari, tears rolling down swam to the Rock and fell into a deep
Vivekananda Rock Memorial in his eyes, “How can I serve you, Oh meditation, unaccompanied, all
The Punjab and Haryana Kanniyakumari from May 30 to Mother! Are you not able to see the alone, with the waves crashing all
high court on Tuesday ac- June 1, after the Lok Sabha election living condition of your children un- around him. It was a meditation, it is
quitted the Dera Sacha campaign winds up. der an unholy regime? Show me the said, for the salvation of the nation
Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram According to sources in the Tamil way that I can be an instrument in and its people. After three days and
Rahim Singh in the murder Nadu Police, PM Modi will meditate Thy hands, for giving them freedom nights, he regained his conscious-
case of a former Dera man- at the iconic rock memorial during from the foreign yoke. Let my coun- ness. Swami Vivekananda had seen
ager Ranjit Singh. the two-day retreat; this is the same try and my people regain their lost the power of Shakti.
The acquittal, by an uncan- place where Swami Vivekananda glory and manliness”. Sources suggest that PM Modi de-
ny coincidence, has come at a had meditated and attained enlight- Thereafter, he exited the temple, cided to choose this location as an in-
time when all the 13 seats of enment. (The rock is about 500 me- walked across the beach, saw the flection point that will largely deter-
Punjab go to polls on June 1. ters off the mainland, at the meeting confluence of the Sangam, Bay of mine the course of his life. Coming as
The�Dera�Sacha Sauda (head- point of the Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, Palk Straits and the Arabian it does on the eve of the Lok Sabha
quartered at Sirsa, Haryana), Bengal, and Arabian Sea.) Sea, learnt that there was a rock election results on June 4 the visit
had a huge following in the Folklore has it that Vivekananda bearing the foot print of Goddess has far greater import than is being
Malwa region of Punjab; this was barely 29 when he reached Kan- Parvati. Immediately he felt an im- acknowledged. CONTD. ON NATION
cluster of captive voters

Tunnel leaks fail to

would often wait for direc-
tions from the Dera chief be-
fore casting the ballot. 2nd section Sexual rap on ACCUSED BREAKS DOWN IN COURT
Though the Dera is inactive
and in a state of hibernation of Coastal J&J sales chief Salon ex-staffers get
burst ‘vikas’ bubble Road to be
since 2017 when Ram Rahim
was convicted and jailed, its
sway over the followers stays
intact. CONTD. ON NATION
opened�
PRASHANT NARVEKAR / MUMBAI

An FIR has been registered

against the general sales
life term for murder
CHARUL SHAH JOSHI / MUMBAI ecution has argued that Vyas
manager of Johnson & John- had been strangled by
2 STUDENTS RUN RUCHA KANOLKAR / MUMBAI problems. The new section
was expected to be opera-
son, Sushil Shukla, 50, by the
Vartak Nagar police in
Two former employees of
BBlunt Salon in Andheri,
Tamhankar in the moving
car.
OVER BY TRUCK Despite the leaks detected in
the southbound tunnel of a
tional from June 10, Chief
Minister Eknath Shinde an-
Thane, under IPC sections
(assault or criminal force to
Siddhesh Tamhankar, 33,
and Khushi Sahjwani, 48,
On Tuesday, when the two
were produced before the
AGENCIES / PUNE previously opened stretch nounced on Tuesday. woman with intent to out- were sentenced to life im- court, they pleaded inno-
of the Coastal Road at the The move has sparked dis- rage her modesty), 354-A prisonment by the sessions cence and sought leniency.
Two engineering students height of summer, the Ma- cussion on the overall quali- (sexual harassment) and 506 court on Tuesday, for the Sessions Judge M G
riding a motorbike were harashtra state government ty of the project and the gov- (criminal intimidation). murder of the finance man- Deshpande, while sentenc-
killed after a truck knocked has decided to proceed with ernment’s urgency to com- �According to the FIR, of ager of the salon franchisee, ing the duo, observed,
them down in Pune, the po- opening another section of plete it despite the unre- which the FPJ has a copy, the Kirti Vyas, 28, in March “I have given thoughtful
lice said on Tuesday. The the road. solved issues in the initial company had organised a 2018. consideration to the age
driver of the truck, after hit- Concerns are being raised phase. The south-bound sec- seminar at Fortune Hotel Vyas’s assistantTamhankar and family backgrounds of
ting the motorbike on Mon- about the integrity of the in- tion of Phase 1, spanning near Viviana Mall, Thane and Sahjwani, the head of the both accused and their fu-
day night, did not stop and frastructure, as water seep- 9.5km of the 10.58km-long IT IS JUST GROUND WATER, SAYS EXPERT east, where the accused re- salon academy, were held ture after the conviction. At
tried to run away but was age and other related issues Coastal Road Mumbai, was This is definitely not seawater; it is likely groundwater. This portedly asked the com- guilty of having killed Vyas the same time, the court
caught some distance away have begun bubbling up in inaugurated on March 11 issue will be resolved through proper routing and is not plainant to come to a room, on the morning of March 16, cannot ignore that a young,
and arrested. The incident the newly inaugurated por- and opened to the public on dangerous. While the flow of water cannot be completely promising her a ‘lot of fun’. 2018, after which, the two 28-year-old chartered ac-
took place at around 10.30 pm tion. The decision to open an March 12. Now, three stopped, its direction can be changed. Newly constructed tunnels He is also alleged to have headed off to work.� After- countant, Kirti Vyas, has
on Monday in Chandan additional stretch, which in- months later, another lane often encounter groundwater. Once sealed, the water will be threatened her with serious wards, they dumped her mysteri-ously disappeared
Nagar area on Pune-Ahmed- cludes three segments of of the coastal road is expect- redirected. After sealing, rainwater will not seep through. This is a consequences were she to not body in a drain in Wadala- from the company of both
nagar road when three Phase 2, comes amid ongoing ed to begin operations. normal occurrence for tunnels. – Tunneling expert to FPJ reach the room in 30 Mahul at night.�Vyas’s body accused.”
students, CONTD. ON NATION efforts to address the existing CONTD. ON NATION minutes. CONTD. ON NATION was never found but the pros- CONTD. ON NATION
 Vol. 67 No. 206 | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024 | 29 Pages | `5 & for Pune `6 only Quality at Value
www.freepressjournal.in

MEMBER: AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION

EDITIONS: MUMBAI*, Pune, Nashik, Konkan, Indore, Bhopal, E-paper
JANUARY TO DECEMBER 2023

KEJRIWAL ‘KINGPIN’ AND FLIERS USE SLIDE

‘KEY CONSPIRATOR’: ED
The federal agency alleged that kickbacks were demanded and the AAP
TO EVACUATE
chief was actively involved with the process of crime Court summons
GAURAV VIVEK BHATNAGAR
NEW DELHI
government,” the ED told the
court.
minister Atishi in
The Enforcement Directorate
“The group of ministers
(GOM) was set up by him (Ke-
defamation case
(ED) on Tuesday told a Delhi jriwal), he was part of the OUR BUREAU / NEW DELHI
court hearing the liquor poli- larger conspiracy to generate
cy case that Chief Minister the proceeds of crime and en- A Delhi court on Tuesday
and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sured that the GOM is a farce summoned Aam Aadmi Par-
national convener Arvind Ke- and there is no real meeting ty (AAP) spokesperson and
jriwal is the “kingpin and key and discussion,” Hussain Delhi minister Atishi in a
conspirator” of the scam. charged. defamation case filed by
“Kickbacks were demand- The ED, which had earlier Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
ed” and Kejriwal was “active- also highlighted how the leader Praveen Shankar
ly involved with the process Rs100 crore that was received Kapoor for claiming that sev-
of crime including using it in kickbacks by AAP from eral AAP leaders were ap-
for the AAP campaign”, the “South Group” of liquor proached by the saffron party
charged advocate Zoheb Hus- “Kejriwal had endorsed “He was living in a bunga- companies was utilised for to join it and were offered
sain, who was appearing for AAP’s former communica- low close to the Chief Minis- funding AAP’s Assembly poll crores for doing so.
the ED. tions in charge Vijay Nair ter’s residence. He was re- campaign in Goa and Punjab There was also an underly-
The federal agency had on and he held meetings with porting directly to Kejriwal. in 2022, also submitted that ing threat for refusing the of- FPJ NEWS SERVICE a crew member. Evacuation Delhi's Indira Gandhi Inter-
May 17 filed the seventh sup- people on behalf of Delhi gov- He was always found at Chief some of the liquor business- fer, Atishi had claimed, VARANASI slides deploy when the national Airport around 5
plementary chargesheet in ernment and sought favours Minister’s residence. He had men opted out because of the Kapoor alleged. Kapoor emergency exits are opened am but was stopped on the
the case and named Kejriwal in the nature of party funds,” no business meeting individ- demands made on them. claimed that he was aggrieved A hoax bomb message -- to facilitate a quick exit from runway minutes before de-
and the AAP as accused in it. the advocate further alleged. uals (on behalf of) the Delhi CONTD. ON NATION by the AAP’s claim that the "bomb blast @30 minutes’’ -- the aircraft. In large aircraft parture.
BJP was trying to poach its scribbled on a tissue paper the exit is usually fully func- The aircraft was immedi-
leaders. The BJP leader in an IndiGo aircraft’s wash- tional under a couple of ately taken to the isolation

AAP chief OUR BUREAU / NEW DELHI termed the allegations false
and unsubstantiated and con-
room forced authorities to
evacuate the Varanasi-
minutes, and the passengers
slide down to the tarmac,
bay for necessary action, an
official said, adding that

told to place A
vacation bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to pass any tended that AAP leaders had bound flight at the Delhi air- leaving their hand luggage a�quick response team was
orders on the plea filed by Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for ex- not provided any evidence in port on Tuesday, officials behind. In the video howev- deployed which found no
tension of his interim bail and directed him to place the matter before support of their claims. said. er, the crew member is seen suspicious items. Sniffer
the Chief Justice of India. On May 10, a Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Kapoor referred to a tweet by In a video that has gone porting his square tote case dogs and bomb squads
Dipankar Datta had granted interim bail to Kejriwal till June 1 so that he was Kejriwal on January 27 and viral on social media, the pi- as he scampers off the slide. scoured the aircraft. All pas-

bail plea able to campaign for the Lok Sabha elections. It had, however, directed him to
surrender before Tihar Jail authorities on June 2.
Appearing for Kejriwal, senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi had
accused the Chief Minister
of wrongfully claiming that
the BJP had contacted seven
lot is seen sliding out of the
aircraft using the evacua-
tion slides; in another video,
Some passengers are also
seen gettingout along with
their personal effects.
sengers were de-boarded
through the emergency door
and are safe, the official said.

before CJI
urged the vacation bench of Justice J.K. Maheshwari and Justice K.V. AAP MLAs and offered Rs25 an elderly passenger is seen The flight, 6E2211, with It is unclear how long it took
Viswanathan to grant him an additional week’s interim bail. crore to them to switch sides. coming out through an 176 passengers onboard, was for all the passengers to get
CONTD. ON NATION CONTD. ON NATION emergency exit, assisted by scheduled to take off from off the plane.

THE FP
BULLETIN Pak ‘violated’ pact May 31 deadline
for linking PAN Amritpal campaigns in Khadoor
THREE HELD IN
PRAJWAL CASE with India: Sharif with Aadhaar
FPJ NEWS SERVICE / NEW DELHI Sahib from Dibrugarh jail
T he Special Investigation
Team (SIT) on Tuesday
arrested three persons
FPJ NEWS SERVICE / NEW DELHI

Islamabad had “violated” an

The income tax department on
Tuesday asked taxpayers to
link Permanent Account Num-
RAJESH MOUDGIL
CHANDIGARH: HOT SEAT
His parents, Tarsem Singh
and Balwinder Kaur, hold
accused of distributing pen agreement with India signed ber (PAN) with Aadhaar by meetings in gurdwaras, and
drives loaded with porn clips by him and former Indian May 31 to avoid tax deduction at Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha now several gurdwaras’
and images of fugitive Prime Minister Atal Bihari a high rate. If a PAN is not constituency is probably the granthis raise their voice in
Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna’s Vajpayee in 1999, former Pak- linked with biometric Aadhaar, most keenly watched seats in support of Amritpal as do
victims. The SIT arrested the istan premier Nawaz Sharif TDS is required to be deducted Punjab as it is from here that many panchayat members
main accused, Naveen admitted on Tuesday, in an ap- at double the applicable rate, ac- the pro-Khalistan preacher across the constituency.
Gowda, as well as Chethan parent reference to the Kargil cording to per income tax rules. Amritpal Singh - who is cur- Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha
Gowda and Shyam Sundar, misadventure by Gen Pervez Last month, the income tax rently lodged in Dibrugarh constituency, traditionally a
when the three came to the Musharraf. department issued a circular jail, Assam, under the Nation- panthic seat (to do with mat-
Karnataka High Court seeking “On May 28, 1998, Pakistan stating that no action will be al Security Act (NSA) - is con- ters relating to the Sikh reli-
to move a petition for carried out five nuclear tests. taken for short deduction of testing in absentia, as an inde- gion), is the same seat (then
anticipatory bail. When the After that Vajpayee Saheb Sharif and Vajpayee TDS in case the assessee links pendent candidate. Tarn Taran constituency)
three accused came out of came here and made an agree- signed the Lahore his/her PAN with Aadhaar by Amritpal was arrested from where former IPS officer
the court hall, the SIT sleuths ment with us. But we violated May 31. “Please link your PAN after a manhunt that lasted a Simranjit Singh Mann had
took them into custody. that agreement...it was our Declaration on with Aadhaar before May 31, month. This was after he and Amritpal therefore cannot Campaigning for Amritpal, won in 1989 – during the peak
fault,” Sharif said at a February 21, 1999. But 2024, if you haven't already, in his aides stormed the Ajnala campaign in person. his supporters portray him as of the terrorism in Punjab, a
‘REMAL’ WREAKS meeting of the PML-N general
council that elected him presi-
a few months later order to avoid tax deduction at
a higher rate," the department
police station in Amritsar on
February 23 with weapons,
That part is being done by
his parents. His absence from
an ``anti-drug crusader’’ and
recall the campaigns he con-
campaign he fought in absen-
tia. However, later, the voters
HAVOC IN NE dent of the ruling party six Pakistani intrusion in posted on X. demanding release of one of the field has not prevented his ducted against the drugs. In chose Congress and Shiro-

C yclone Remal has caused

widespread destruction in
Assam, resulting in four
years after he was disqualified
by the Supreme Court.
Sharif and Vajpayee signed
Jammu and Kashmir
led to the Kargil War.
In a separate post, the I-T de-
partment asked reporting en-
tities, including banks and
his aides booked for assault
and abduction. Now he and
nine of his associates have
followers and supporters
from growing in both
strength and numbers. His
Punjab, the spectre of drugs
throws a long shadow.
A Jarnail Singh Bhindran-
mani Akali Dal (SAD) candi-
dates. The current constituen-
cy came into being in 2008.
fatalities and over 18 injuries, the Lahore Declaration on forex dealers, to file SFT by been booked under several campaign received even more wale acolyte, Amritpal’s sup- Importantly enough, this
while disrupting power February 21, 1999, after a his- Sharif also spoke about the May 31 to avoid penalties. criminal cases related to wind in its sails after the Shi- porters and sympathisers seat, which has the highest
supply and road toric summit here. The agree- role of former ISI chief Gen “The deadline to file SFT spreading disharmony romani Akali Dal (Amritsar) maintain radio silence on the number of Sikh voters (about
communication across 14 ment that talked about a Zahirul Islam in toppling his (Statement of Specified Finan- among classes, attempts to sitting MP from Sangrur seat, issue of Khalistan or distrust 75%) in the state, is the only
districts since May 27. vision of peace and stability government in 2017 to bring cial Transactions) is May 31, murder, attacks on police per- Simranjit Singh Mann, also, in the Constitution of India, one that spans the regions of
Cyclone Remal entered between the two countries sig- Khan into power and asked 2024. Avoid penalties by filing ac- sonnel and creating obstruc- pro-Khalistan leader, with- preferring instead to high- Malwa, Doaba and Majha,
Assam and the Northeast nalled a major breakthrough, Khan to deny that he was not curately and on time," the depart- tions in the lawful discharge drew his candidate in support light his mission against and is called ``mini-Punjab’’.
from the north of the Bay of but a few months later Pak- launched by the ISI. ment said. CONTD. ON NATION of duty by public servants. of Amritpal. drugs. CONTD. ON NATION
Bengal, bringing heavy rain istani intrusion in the Kargil “I ask Imran not to blame us

13 dead as quarry collapses in Mizoram

and strong winds, according district in Jammu and Kash- (of being patronised by the
to the India Meteorological mir led to the Kargil War. army) and tell whether Gen Is-
Department. These severe “President Bill Clinton of lam had talked about bringing
weather conditions have the US had offered Pakistan $5 the PTI into power,” he said.
significantly impacted normal billion to stop it from carrying The three-time premier
life in the state over the past out nuclear tests but I refused. talked about receiving a mes-
24 hours. Had (former prime minister) sage from Gen Islam to resign FPJ NEWS SERVICE / AIZWAL tween Melthum and Hlimen persons alive from the site,”
Imran Khan like a person been from the office of prime minis- on the southern outskirts of he said.
SHAHJAHAN on my seat he would have ac-
cepted Clinton's offer,” Sharif
ter (in 2014). “When I refused,
he threatened to make an ex-
At least 13 people, including
two minors, were killed and
Aizawl town.
“We have recovered 17 bod-
In Aizawl’s Salem Veng, a
landslide swept away a build-
CHARGED said on a day when Pakistan ample of me,” he said. six-seven were missing as a ies so far and the rescue opera- ing following which three per-

T he CBI has charged

suspended Trinamool
Congress (TMC) leader
marked the 26th anniversary
of its first nuclear tests.
Sharif, 74, talked about how
Sharif also praised his
younger brother Prime Minis-
ter Shehbaz Sharif for stand-
stone quarry collapsed in Mi-
zoram’s Aizawl district on
Tuesday morning amid inces-
tions are going on. We suspect
that 6-7 more people are still
trapped under the rubble,” Mi-
sons went missing. A search
is underway for them, an offi-
cial said.
Sahajahan Sheikh and others he was removed from the of- ing by his side through thick sant rain as an impact of cy- zoram Director General of Po- The state capital has been
with attempt to murder and fice of the prime minister in and thin. “Efforts were made clone Remal, officials said. lice Anil Shukla said. cut off from the rest of the
criminal conspiracy in 2017 on a false case by then to create differences between Several other people also Heavy rain was affecting country because of a
connection with the January chief justice of Pakistan us but Shehbaz remained went missing in landslides rescue operations at the disas- landslide on National High-
5 attack on an ED team at Saqib Nisar. All cases against loyal to me. elsewhere in the state capital, ter site, Shukla said. The rain Search operations will con- six-year-old girl are among the way 6 at Hunthar, officials
Sandeshkhali. The central him were false while the cases After assuming the office of which was cut off from the triggered landslides at several tinue till the entire site is victims of the stone quarry said. Several intra-state high-
agency said that Sheikh was against Pakistan Tehreek-e- the PML-N president he would rest of the country. other places in the state and at cleared, said Aizawl’s Deputy collapse, another police ways have also been disrupted
the key conspirator in the Insaf (PTI) founder leader Im- renew efforts to strengthen The stone quarry collapsed least two persons have been Commissioner Nazuk Kumar. officer said. by landslides, they said.
incident. ran Khan were true, he said. the party, Sharif said. around 6 am in an area be- “swept away”, he said. A four-year-old boy and a “We have also rescued two CONTD. ON NATION

DOUBLE TROUBLE TAILPIECE

Scorching heat and water crisis plague Rajasthan

MANISH GODHA / JAIPUR drinking water once in two to ter,” the minister said.
TOO HOT TO HANDLE
ONLINE REPORT / NEW DELHI
four days. There is a hue and The government is trying to
The twin woes of scorching cry for water in the state as for manage things but cannot do A consumer court in Delhi recently adjourned
heat and a water crisis are more than a fortnight the max- magic, Chaudhary said. “Main a case to November citing difficulty in hearing
plaguing several cities and imum temperature across Ra- koi Balaji nahi hun ki foonk the matter during the summer due to lack of
towns of Rajasthan. jasthan has been in the range maar dun aur paani aa jaaye,” air conditioner or cooler in the court room, re-
As many as 23 places in the of 43–49 degree Celsius. he said, adding that only 35 per ports the Bar and Bench.
state are facing acute water Water Supplies Minister Kan- cent of water is left in the dams While adjourning the matter, the court ob-
shortage, with 11 of these cities haiya Lal Chaudhary has ad- as there was a shortfall in rain served, "There is neither Air Conditioner nor
getting water supply once in 96 mitted that there is a water cri- last year. Cooler in the Court Room. Temperature is
hours and the other 12 once in sis across the state. “There is a Rajasthan is a water-scarce more than 40 Degree Celsius. There is too much
72 hours. water crisis in almost all the dis- state as there is no permanent heat in the Court room which led to sweating as
Only 117 of the 251 cities and tricts. We are trying to ensure source of surface water and the such it is difficult to hear arguments,"�the order adjourning the matter to November 21.
town that the supplied drinking that everyone gets uninterrupt- groundwater is also depleting dated May 21 said. It directed that a copy of the order be sent to
water by the Water Supply De- ed supply of drinking water. At every year. Out of the 302 Moreover, there is no water even to use the the Secretary-Cum-Commissioner for informa-
partment of Rajasthan are get- present, we will have to go with groundwater blocks of the washroom, the consumer forum went on to say. tion. Lack of infrastructure in courts, especial-
ting drinking every day. The the water available with us. We state, only 38 have safe and Under these conditions, it cannot hear the ar- ly lower courts and tribunals, has been a per-
rest are being supplied the urge the public to conserve wa- enough drinking water. guments of the parties, the forum said while petual problem in justice dispensation.
 POLL SHOW
MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024

THEAET
GR

Mamata ‘insulting’ With crucial Assembly polls nearing,

TMC has
taken away
the right of
LS wary TMC ‘treading cautiously’
judiciary, rues PM
real OBCs
and given it ROBIN ROY chief minister is openly
threatening ISKCON, RKM
to ‘vote jihad’
D
espite whatever Bihar and BSS monks. They have
CM Nitish Kumar did millions of devotees around
to hurt the INDIA Bloc the world and their only mis-
ARITRA SINGHA / Kolkata sentiments for the record sion is to serve people. The
Bihar will always remain the Bengal government has
Prime Minister Narendra cradle of the Bloc and West raised a finger at them,
Modi on Tuesday slammed Bengal Chief Minister Ma- threatening them by taking
Chief Minister Mamata mata Banerjee’s name would their names. Such audacity!”
Banerjee for ‘insulting’ the be mentioned as one of the Modi alleged that Banerjee’s
judiciary and court for can- main architects of the Bloc! words were meant only to
celling OBC certificates. With high-octane cam- please the TMC’s ‘vote bank’.
“Trinamool Congress paigning on for the last phase He sharpened the attack
(TMC) has cheated the which will be held on June 1, from his next rally at Bish-
OBCs. Calcutta High Court it is time to assess the how the Currently for the BJP, anti-corruption is a major nupur in Bankura district.
has revealed it. They said it Bloc constituents bonded poll plank in West Bengal that has helped it “The TMC has now started
is unconstitutional and with each other and the sub- abusing monks who have de-
against the Constitution. sequent hiccups that jolted corner the TMC for the better part of the three voted themselves to serving
TMC has taken away the the alliance and how the Lok years since Mamata Banerjee romped home in humanity. The world knows
right of real OBC and gave it Sabha results would have an about the work of ISKCON,
to ‘vote jihad’. Look at the at- impact on states. While Bihar style in the 2021 elections RKM and BSS. They brought
titude of the Chief Minister. Assembly elections are slated Bengal fame and pride. They
She is now questioning the for 2025, West Bengal’s crucial rested, the Mamata Banerjee- This order was passed as per stood by people in times of
judiciary. TMC targets those state polls will be held in 2026. led party has also been under the BJP’s instructions, amid happiness and sorrow. But
who bring forward the While the West Bengal CM the scanner in alleged coal elections.” the chief minister says these
truth,” said the Prime Min- triggered a political cyclone and cattle smuggling cases The BJP and other parties organisations are ruining the
ister. on Monday by making it clear and the alleged municipal have attempted to corner the country,” said PM Modi.
Taking further jibe, Modi that she would not be attend- jobs and ration dis- government and de- The development also
added, “In 2014, I said ‘Na
Khaunga, na Khane dunga’,
ing the Bloc meeting, we take
a look at how the party and
tribution scams.
A lot of time was
THE FPJ mand the CM’s resig-
nation. BJP’s Tamluk
boosted Bengal's saffron
camp. While all senior BJP
now I am saying I will take the government’s path has spent on the slugfest
PREVIEW candidate retired leaders have started targeting
away things from those who been following its between the TMC and the judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay, the TMC on this issue, its sis-
have looted the common peo- Prime Minister Narendra Modi with West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar and party leader superfluous win in the 2021 BJP-led Centre in a face-off had said, “The real culprits are ter organisation Vishwa Hin-
ple and will give it back to Assembly elections. over the alleged withholding sitting in top positions of the du Parishad (VHP) had called
those who are the victims. I Suvendu Adhikari during a roadshow for Lok Sabha elections, in Kolkata, on Tuesday. –PTI Even as the BJP had of Central funds. The BJP has state administration ... if they for a protest rally in Kolkata
am looking for legal ways to claimed 200 seats in the polls, alleged that this happened be- have the courage and any on May 24 under the banner
do that.” even those within TMC Prashant Kishor, the famed cause of alleged shame left in them, they should of Bangiya Sanyasi Samaj.
Speaking about the recent speak against violence, TMC psephologist who was em- irregularities in the imple- quit their positions of power However, all eyes are on
cyclone Remal, the Prime even targets them. I have Women will be stronger if In 2014, I said ‘Na Khaunga, ployed by the then TMC mentation of the schemes, and face investigations.” June 1 now Till then, vote
Minister mentioned that the seen such a video of Kesh- she becomes an MP. She is a na Khane dunga’, now I am regime, had predicted the Saf- something the TMC has de- Then came the trouble wisely. And currently all eyes
Centre has given all pur. The Chief Minister true devotee of Maa Durga. saying I will take away things fron party tally would be be- nied. with the monks. are on June 1 elections expe-
necessary assistance to the even attacked the monks,” TMC came to power with the from those who have looted low the magical three-figure Meanwhile, the court’s or- While addressing a rally cially because West Bengal is
state government. Talking added the Prime Minister. chant of ‘Ma, Mati and the common people and will and finally the BJP had to be der on the school job case PM Modi said, “The Bengal going to polls in 2026.
about Sandeshkhali’s BJP Mentioning two lines of Manush’, now fear is in the give it back to those who are satisfied with 77 seats. which came in the middle of
candidate Rekha Patra, Modi Nobel Laureate Ra- minds of ‘Ma the victims. However, currently for the the Lok Sabha elections, was
reiterated that Patra is fight- bindranath Tagore’s poem, –Narendra Modi –Narendra Modi BJP, anti-corruption is a ma- a massive setback for the The Bengal chief minister is openly
ing for ‘empowerment of ‘Banglar Mati, Banglar Jol’ jor poll plank in West Bengal TMC and the party had raised threatening ISKCON, RKM and BSS
women’. “Women will be (Land of Bengal and Water that has helped it corner the the decibel saying that not all monks. They have millions of devotees
stronger if she becomes an of Bengal), Modi added that of Ramakrishna didate Tapas Roy and Dum TMC for the better part of the should lose their jobs. The around the world and their only
MP. She is a true devotee of after the Congress and Left Paramhansa at Bagbazar in Dum candidate Shilbhadra three years since Mamata government has also said it mission is to serve people. The Bengal
Maa Durga. TMC came to Front even TMC is ‘looting’ North Kolkata and paid Dutta. Banerjee romped home in will move the Supreme Court. government has raised a finger at
power with the chant of ‘Ma, the heritage of the state. homage there and even med- On Completion of the style in the 2021 elections. CM Mamata had said, “It is them, threatening them by taking their
Mati and Manush’, now fear Later in the evening, the itated. Later, he participated road show Modi visited the Apart from the alleged not mandatory to accept all names
is in the minds of ‘Ma’, they Prime Minister visited the in a roadshow in Kolkata ancestral house of Swami school jobs scam, in which verdicts. We will challenge
—Narendra Modi
are disrespecting ‘Mati’ and house of Sarada Devi, wife (Uttar) constituency for can- Vivekananda. TMC leaders have been ar- the order in the higher court.

PM misleading people Rahul sarcasm ‘Patnaik to become

on Modi’s sent
in name of religion, by Meet the 6 who will challenge Modi
God remark ex-CM after June 4’
says Priyanka Gandhi NEW DELHI: Prime
PTI / Jajpur BATTLEGROUND
VARANASI
Ajay Rai (Congress)
THE CONTENDERS

Ather Jamal Lari (BSP): Dinesh Yadav (Ind)

PTI / Una (HP) Minister Narendra Modi’s Union Home Min-

Calling Prime
Minister Naren-
God had sent him to help
businessmen Gautam Adani
and Mukesh Ambani and not
ister Amit Shah on
Tuesday asserted
that Naveen Pat-
BISWAJEET BANERJEE/
VARANASI A jay Rai
previ-
ously lost to
A sea-
soned
politician,
A three-
time
corporator
dra Modi “anti- to serve farmers and labour- naik will become Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lari has been from
people”, senior ers, Congress leader Rahul former CM of Modi is seeking re-election both the 2014 involved in Sikraul,
Congress leader Gandhi said on Tuesday. Odisha after June from the Varanasi constituen- and 2019 socialist poli- Varanasi,
Priyanka Gandhi The piercing sarcasm by 4, exuding confi- cy for the third consecutive elections. tics since the Dinesh Ku-
on Tuesday said Gandhi came in response to a dence about the time in the upcoming seventh Rai’s political career began 1960s but has mar has been politically ac-
he is misleading remark by Modi in an inter- BJP forming the and final phase of the 2024 with RSS, and he later became never won an election. He made tive for 15 years and was
people in the name view in which the Prime Minis- next government Lok Sabha elections. the convener of the BJP stu- his electoral debut in 1984 from formerly with the BJP
of religion to re- ter said that God had him sent in the state by se- Varanasi, a key constituency, dent wing, ABVP. He was elect- the Varanasi on Janata Party until he decided to move
main in power. with “ability, strength, pure- curing more than will go to the polls on June 1. ed to the UP Assembly on a BJP ticket and lost. He supported the away from the party and
“Former prime heartedness and inspiration”. 75 seats in the 147- Total of seven candidates are ticket in 1996, 2002, and 2007 SP in 2022 Assembly polls but run as an independent can-
minister Indira “Everyone else is member assembly. vying for the seat, with 36 from the Kolasla. joined BSP afterward. didate.
Gandhi had given biological but Narendra Shah, addressing an election rally at Chandbali nomination papers being re-
her jewellery for
the country in time of need and Modi says that
Modi ji is not biological. He
has been sent by his ‘Parmat-
under the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency,
also claimed that the saffron party is set to win
jected during the scrutiny
process. According to the
Kolisetty Shiva Kumar Gagan Prakash Yadav Sanjay Kumar Tiwari
the Congress people will steal your mangalsu- ma’ to help the big and 17 of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha. Election Commission of In- (Yuga Thulasi Party) (Apna Dal, Kameravadi) (Independent)
tra," she said and added that such language
does not suit the country's prime minister.
Modi has started considering himself as God
mighty,” Gandhi said at a ral-
ly at Deoria in Uttar Pradesh.
Addressing a rally in
“Come June 4, and Naveen babu will no
longer remain the chief minister, he will
become the former CM... BJP is set to win 17 Lok
dia, 15 nomination papers
have been accepted for the
Varanasi parliamentary seat.
H ailing
from
Hyderabad,
Y
sents
adav
repre-
the
B ased in
New
Delhi, Ti-
and thinks he would get votes in the name of Varanasi, Gandhi said the Sabha seats and 75 assembly constituencies in Shiva Ku- Apna Dal wari is a so-
religion but people will not be misled, she said contest here was not between Odisha,” he said. Lok Sabha and Assembly elec- Historical Context mar is a for- (K), led by cial worker
while addressing a public rally in Gagret in a prime ministerial candidate tions are being held simultaneously in Odisha. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elec- mer board Pallavi Pa- involved in
Himachal's Una district. and Congress nominee Ajay Shah also said the BJP will ensure that the tions, Modi faced 41 candi- member of tel. His cam- movements
Seeking support for Congress candidate Rai because Modi will not re- next chief minister is fluent in Odiya, and un- dates in Varanasi. The num- the Tirumala Tirupati Dev- paign has been halted due to for the wel-
from Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat Satpal turn as PM. “I am telling you derstands the state's language, culture and ber of contenders dropped to asthanams. Kumar and the the tragic loss of his brother fare of workers and laborers.
Raizada and candidate for Gagret by-assembly with a guarantee that after tradition. 26 in the 2019. This year, with Yuga Thulasi Party have in an accident. His party split He follows Gandhian philoso-
poll Rakesh Kalia, Gandhi said that the June 4, Narendra Modi ji will Addressing another poll rally at Jajpur, only seven candidates in the clashed with Bharat Rashtra from the SP, citing inadequate phy and is contesting from
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is “anti-people not be the prime minister of Shah said Congress avoids talking about PoK fray, the contest in Varanasi Samithi, alleging their symbol representation for Dalits, Varanasi as a critic of PM
in general and anti-youth in particular”. this country," Gandhi said. because they are "scared" of Pakistan. remains highly anticipated. is too similar to the BRS’s. Backward and minorities. Modi.

CONSTITUENCY: PATNA SAHIB l POLL DATE: JUNE1

In Gorakhpur, ‘Gorakshpeeth’
Date set for a rookie vs veteran
es the capital city of Patna considered as one of the CANDIDATES’ PROFILE
supersedes caste dynamics
BISWAJEET BANERJEE / Gorakhpur Since 1984, Congress has
and rural areas along the safest seats of BJP due to a struggled to regain its posi-
Gangetic plains. huge population of upper Gorakhpur, the longstanding tion. From the late 1980s,
The parliamentary con- castes, particularly stronghold of Gorakshpeeth Gorakshpeeth reasserted its
stituency comprises six as- Kayasthas. for over three decades, is dominance with Mahant
sembly seats out of which With BJP emerging as ar- drawing national attention as Avedyanath winning three
four are represented by BJP guably the natural choice of the Lok Sabha elections ap- consecutive terms from 1989
and two others by RJD. the majority of people from proach. BJP MP Ravi Kis- to 1996, followed by
HOT SEAT upper castes, the saffron han, aiming for a second Adityanath’s five-term tenure
PAST PERFECT party has at least a psycholog- term, is relying heavily on the from 1998 to 2014.
DHEERAJ KUMAR Patna Sahib constituency ical advantage. influential legacy of Chief
has an illustrious past as Minister Yogi Adityanath, RAM MANDIR

P DECODING THE RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD ANSHUL AVIJIT

atna Sahib Lok Sabha even famous actors have who represented the con- in Gorakhpur transcends reli- MOVEMENT
constituency, one of tried their luck from the con- stituency for five terms. gious divides. “Most shops
FIGHT
the most high profile
seats of the state, is going to
see an interesting electoral
stituency.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elec-
tion, BJP candidate Ravi
Despite BJP candidate
Prasad seemingly ahead of
R avi Shankar Prasad is
son of Janki Prasad. He
did his LLB from Patna
A vijit has done his MPhil
and PhD degrees from
Cambridge University. He is
Kishan faces SP candidate
Kajal Nishad from the INDIA
bloc, with the opposition
selling memorabilia around
the Gorakshpeeth temple are
owned by Muslims. They ben-
T he Ram Mandir move-
ment saw Avedyanath re-
turn to politics in 1989 under
battle between a political vet- Shankar Prasad had defeated his Congress candidate due University. He led the son of the first woman banking on caste dynamics to efit from the temple’s patron- the Hindu Mahasabha, even-
eran and a greenhorn, who his Congress rival and popu- to various factors including student movement under speaker of Lok Sabha Meira garner votes. Despite this, it age and vote for the BJP out of tually aligning with the BJP.
is trying hard to put up a lar actor Shatrughan Sinha the popularity of Prime the leadership of Jay Kumar and maternal is widely acknowledged that respect for Maharaj ji," ex- This partnership continued
good show in the election. by around 4 lakh votes. Minister Narendra Modi and Prakash Narayan and grandson of veteran the temple’s influence re- plained Narendra Srivastava, with Adityanath solidifying
Patna seat will go to the Sinha while contesting as BJP`s Hindutva politics. suffered imprisonment. He politician and former mains paramount in the re- a retired government official. Gorakshpeeth’s grip on the
polls in the seventh and last a BJP candidate in the 2014 Congress candidate is likely also fought fodder scam Deputy Prime Minister gion. In Gorakhpur, the domi- constituency.
phase of the election sched- Lok Sabha election had de- to cut into Kushwaha votes cases against RJD chief Jagjivan Ram. His grand- nance of the temple super- AN OLD SCRIPT In recent elections, the BJP
uled on June 1. While BJP
has re-nominated its sitting
MP and former union minis-
feated Congress candidate
and a popular Bhojpuri actor
Kunal Singh. Sinha had won
substantially since he is from
the same caste.
Kushwahas are largely con-
Lalu Prasasd. He also
served as a union minister
both in the Narendra Modi
mother Sumitra Devi was
the first woman cabinet
minister of the state. Anshul
sedes caste considerations.
“This is Gorakhpur, where
Yogi’s name prevails. 'Maharaj
H istorically, Congress held
sway over the Gorakhpur
seat, winning six out of eight
swept all nine seats in the
Gorakhpur and Basti divi-
sions, underscoring the influ-
ter Ravi Shankar Prasad, the seat in the 2009 Lok sidered as NDA voters. In ad- government and the is also a Congress national ji' (as Yogi is known locally) ka elections until 1984. This ence of Nath Peeth. Since Yogi
Congress has pinned its Sabha election too by defeat- dition to it, he has the sup- Vajpayee government. spokesperson. naam hi kaafi hai. Whoever changed with Mahant Digvi- Adityanath became chief
hopes on Anshul Avijit, mak- ing Vijay Kumar of RJD. port of the vote bank of con- wins elections here does so be- jaynath’s 1967 victory and minister in 2017, Ravi Kishan
ing his debut in the parlia- stituents of INDIA bloc, com- DEMOGRAPHY cause of Yogi ji,” said Dinesh Janata Party’s Harikesh Ba- has been the MP, emphasising
mentary election. Patna THE USP prising RJD, Congress and TOTAL VOTERS: Around 22 lakh Pratap, a local resident. hadur’s win during the 1977 his allegiance to Goraksh-
Sahib constituency compris- Patna Sahib constituency is left parties. Yogi Adityanath’s influence anti-Emergency wave. peeth and Yogi’s leadership.
MUMBAI
Congress leaders to visit areas facing drought conditions
Mumbai: The Congress on Tuesday set up while opposition leader Vijay Waddetiwar will be in
committees that will tour areas reeling under charge of the Nagpur division. Former CM Prithviraj
drought-like conditions. The Marathwada committee Chavan will head the western Maharashtra team,
will be headed by state unit chief Nana Patole, the Naseem Khan the Konkan division and Amravati
MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024 North Maharashtra panel by Balasaheb Thorat, division by Yashomati Thakur, the party said.

Contractors
told to finish Rights panel takes up
Porsche, Dombivli cases
roadworks or
face action
SHEFALI PARAB-PANDIT / MUMBAI
PRANALI LOTLIKAR / MUMBAI
The BMC has warned contrac-
tors that if they fail to com- The State Human Rights
QUESTIONS FOR AUTHORITIES
plete roadworks by May 31, Commission on Tuesday took PUNE CASE DOMBIVLI CASE
their contracts will be termi- suo motu cognisance of the
n Why was the accused n Whether due process of law was
nated and awarded to Pune Porsche accident in
served pizza at the police followed for obtaining the
someone else. which two people were killed
station? sanctioned plan for establishing
In such a scenario, they will and the Dombivli chemical
and operating the factory
not only lose the contract, but factory blast, which claimed n Why was there late
also have to pay for the re- 12 lives. reporting about the n Whether permission and NOC
maining work as well as A division bench of Jus- incident? from the fire department were
penalties, the civic body said tices KK Tated and MA Say- produced by factory occupier
on Tuesday. eed asked the authorities to n Why were wrong
The BMC undertook con- file affidavits in the cases by sections added to the n Whether regular inspection was
cretisation of roads across the June 24. initial FIR? carried out to check the safety
city last year. In the first In the first case, the com- measures of the company
n Why there was delay in
phase, a work order was mission said it was shocking n Whether stakeholder
collecting blood samples?
issued for concretisation of to learn that the juvenile ac- departments took steps to ensure

SHINDE OFFERS PLUG FOR

397 kilometres of roads. How- cused of running over the two n Why was police the necessary support and
ever, only 25% of the road- IT professionals was given investigation perfunctory? assistance to the affected families
works has been completed till preferential treatment by law
now, while several roads in the enforcement agencies.
suburbs have been dug up. The commission asked the In its second suo motu no- duties and obligations on the
Additional Municipal Com- authorities to explain why, tice, the commission asked part of authorities whose re-

COASTAL ROAD LEAKAGES

missioner (Projects) Abhijit among other things, the ac- the authorities to file affi- sponsibility was to stop the
Bangar recently visited R cused was served pizza at the davits about the alleged lapses functioning of the factory
South (Kandivali) and R Cen- police station; why wrong sec- in monitoring of factories at dealing with such hazardous
tral (Borivali) areas to inspect tions were added to the initial Dombivli MIDC, which result- chemical, which was func-
the work. FIR; and why there was a de- ed in the blast. tioning without any permis-
lay in collecting blood sam- “The incident in question sion or following the proce-
Only 25% of the ples. raises serious concern on the dure...” the order read.

road work has been CM suggests polymer grouting on all 25 joints on each side of the
completed; several
roads in suburbs have
tunnel l Claims repair work will not impact vehicular movement
RUCHA KANOLKAR / MUMBAI mal due to the cement
Who is
Dr Taware
Cong wants CBI to
been dug up
“The roadworks in these
Chief Minister Eknath
Shinde visited the Mumbai
shrinking and will be ad-
dressed accordingly. This is-
sue gained attention after D r Ajay Taware served as
the superintendent of
probe Pune crash
two civic wards was found to Coastal Road on Tuesday to photos of the Haji Ali under- Sassoon General Hospital FPJ NEWS SERVICE / MUMBAI was a five-star hotel for
be behind schedule, so the con- address the issue of leakages pass and the cracks went vi- for eight years. In March criminals.
cerned contractor has been in the tunnel. ral on social media. 2022, a widow from The Congress on Tuesday de- While the state is reeling
warned to get the work done On Sunday, water was ob- A civic official from the Kolhapur alleged that she manded a CBI probe into the under severe drought, in-
before monsoon, Otherwise he served seeping through the Coastal Road Department told was promised Rs15 lakh in Porsche crash in Pune, in stances of drunken driving
would have to face a penalty,” walls and ceiling, particular- The Free Press Journal: “Dur- exchange for her kidney if which two people died, and and drugs are on the rise, he
a senior civic official said. ly at the southbound tunnel. ing high tide, seawater infil- she pretended to be the said Deputy Chief Minister said.
Bangar instructed civic offi- By Monday, Project Head and trates the underpass, requir- recipient’s wife. The organ Devendra Fadnavis should “Such incidents have been
cials to inspect the ongoing Additional Municipal Com- ing it to be closed. The under- transplant committee was step down. reported in Nagpur, Jalgaon
work and, if the progress is missioner Dr Amit Saini, pass level cannot be raised be- also temporarily suspended. Two IT professionals lost and Pune, but what is infuri-
not found to be satisfactory, along with a team of experts cause it must align with the The Directorate of Medical their lives when a Porsche al- ating is that efforts were
immediately issue notices to from L&T, inspected the site. Haji Ali pathway. However, Education and Research had legedly driven by a 17-year-old made through the govern-
the contractors. Repair work was conducted measures such as construct- directed Dr Taware, medical in an inebriated state ran over ment system to ensure that
“We don’t want citizens to overnight to address the visi- Top: The CM and other officials surrounded by journalists as a ing a hump at the entrance of superintendent, to step them in the Kalyani Nagar the privileged accused get im-
face inconvenience during the ble leakages. cameraman adjusts his gear in the foreground; above; Shinde the pedestrian underpass, in- down. area of Pune city on May 19. mediate bail,” the Congress
monsoon, so we are monitor- Talking to reporters after stalling a stormwater drain, Dr Taware was The incident sparked out- leader alleged.
ing the progress of roadworks. the inspection, the chief min- makes a point as others look on –PICS: VIJAY GOHIL and setting up a pumping sys- subsequently given charge rage after the Juvenile Justice The CBI must investigate
The contractors will have to ister said there were leakages tem will mitigate the issue to of the forensic department. Board granted bail to the the car crash case as there
complete their ongoing work in two to three expansion nel, but the resulting moss these dark patches to the floor, some extent.” In December 2023, Taware teenager and asked him to seems to be political interfer-
by May 31, so they can open joints of the coastal road, and has spread. All joints will be and the edges of the holes Zoru Bathena, a social ac- rejoined as superintendent write an essay on accidents, ence to save the rich accused,
the roads for traffic movement they will be plugged using inspected, and a foolproof, so- were visibly damp. Water had tivist, said, “They are spend- of Sassoon. but he was later sent to an ob- he said.
before June 7. Otherwise, they polymer grouting. Shinde lution will be devised in con- pooled on the coastal road ing crores on every project in servation home till June 5. He further alleged that the
will have to face the conse- said he has also suggested sultation with additional ex- near the Marine Drive end of the city, yet the corporation’s Patient’s death due to rat The police have since ar- juvenile involved in the car
quences,’ Bangar said. polymer grouting on all 25 perts to prevent this issue in the tunnel, approximately 100 focus is on appearances bite: On April 19, 2024, in rested the teenager’s father, crash was accompanied by an
He also warned civic offi- joints on each side of the tun- future,” Shinde said. metres from its exit. rather than on effective, qual- a separate case, a patient grandfather, and Dr Ajay MLA’s son.
cials to ensure that no nel to avoid water seepage Since Sunday morning, The BMC is still searching ity work. Spending $1.5 bil- at Sassoon died of a rat Taware, head of the Forensic Demanding the deputy
potholes are left unattended. even during monsoon. water has been seen dripping for a solution to the tidal wa- lion on a single road and still bite, as per an initial probe. Medicine department of the chief minister’s resignation,
“All the pothole-related com- The repair work will not from the tunnel roofs, with ter entering the coastal road’s ending up with such ineffi- However, the post-mortem Sassoon General Hospital and Patole claimed in Fadavis’
plaints should be attended to impact the vehicular move- several dark areas on the pedestrian underpass at Haji ciencies is a blatant misuse report showed severe its chief medical officer, Dr hometown Nagpur, two girls
immediately and potholes ment on the road, he said. walls where paint has Ali. Meanwhile, officials stat- of public funds. This is noth- spinal injuries as the cause Shrihari Halnor, for allegedly crushed two youngsters to
should be filled within a short “The leakage is confined to chipped off due to humidity. ed that the cracks on the road ing short of a disgraceful of death. An inquiry was manipulating the blood sam- death with their car and got
period,” said Bangar. only a few joints of the tun- Drip lines extended from near the tunnels appear nor- squandering of our money.” carried out which found ples of the juvenile. bail within 10 hours and said
Taware guilty, and he was Addressing a press confer- a similar incident was report-
once again removed from ence, state Congress chief ed in Jalgaon, where an at-

Civic body teams to manage disasters: CM

the post. Nana Patole alleged that the tempt was made to save the
Sassoon General Hospital accused.

KALPESH MHAMUNKAR / MUMBAI police as well as the National

Disaster Response Force and Shinde reviews monsoon preparations; says
government as well as those
from neighbouring Madhya
ON TOP OF THE WORLD
Civic bodies in the state State Disaster Response Force. Pradesh, Telangana and Kar-
should form their own “The Thane Municipal Cor- local teams can act as first responders in nataka has been formed, it
disaster management teams to poration has formed its own emergencies such as landslides or floods said.
operate as first responders in Thane Disaster Response Officials have been asked to
emergencies such as land- Force, which will be locally remove illegal hoardings
slides or floods, Chief stationed. It will be able to well as by the civic bodies. fice said in a statement. across the state, and norms
Minister Eknath Shinde has reach a disaster site in a short They can be given training on The CMO said 486 spots fixed by the BMC can be used
said. time, which could be helpful in how to respond to a critical sit- across the state have been while allowing new hoardings,
Shinde on Tuesday re- rescuing people and saving uation,” the chief minister identified as vulnerable to the CMO said.
viewed monsoon preparations lives,” Shinde told reporters said. The southwest monsoon landslides. The directive came in the
during a meeting with collec- after the meeting at his official is expected to reach Mumbai To deal with floods caused wake of the crash of a hoard-
tors, divisional commission- guest house, Sahyadri. by June 10 or 11, and cover the by interstate rivers during the ing in Ghatkopar earlier this
ers, representatives from the “Similar teams can be entire state in the next four monsoon, a coordination com- month, leading to the death of
defence forces, railways and formed in every district, as days, the Chief Minister’s Of- mittee of officials of the state at least 17 people.

Delay of 5,193 days in filing ‘MNS is going it alone

in MLC polls because
appeal: `50,000 cost imposed issues are state-related’
URVI MAHAJANI / MUMBAI was passed. Dwarka Vishwanath Doke, an assistant director at the Maharashtra Police Academy, Nashik, poses at
Terming it a colossal The court also dismissed FPJ NEWS SERVICE / PTI the summit of Mt Everest. The 49-year-old is the first female officer from the state police force to
The Bombay High Court has the arguments that Dalal was The MNS on Monday summit the world’s highest mountain –Full report: Nashik page e-paper
imposed a cost of Rs50,000 on
delay, court observed given “improper legal advice” The Maharashtra Navnir-
Maniben Chandrakant Dalal, that ‘no explanation, earlier and hence it took her man Sena (MNS) supported announced the
former owner of Chandra-
many building in Matunga
Central, for seeking condona-
much less a sufficient
or a satisfactory
over 17 years to file an appeal
after consulting a new lawyer.
“In my view, the applicant
the Mahayuti in the Lok Sab-
ha election but has decided
to go it alone for the legisla-
candidature of film
director Abhijit Panse
from the Konkan
Thane consumer forum chief is
explanation’ has
not qualified for post: Advocates
tion of delay of 5,193 days in (Dalal) has been quite auda- tive council polls for the
filing an appeal. Terming it a
colossal delay, Justice Abhay been offered
cious lacking bona fides in
taking a ground of consulta-
Konkan Graduates Con-
stituency as the issues are
Graduates’
Ahuja observed that “no ex- tion with a new advocate in state-related, a party leader Constituency
planation, much less a suffi- the small causes court 2018 to file review against a said on Tuesday. Say orders passed by Richa Sharma will be invalid from the
cient or a satisfactory expla- seeking eviction of respon- consent order of 2001, which The MNS on Monday an- Hence the party has decided
nation” has been offered and dents. Chhedas also filed a in my view cannot be permit- nounced the candidature of to go solo.” beginning – void ab initio – leading to ‘mockery of justice’
it can’t be condoned. Though suit in the HC seeking specific ted,” the court noted. film director Abhijit Panse Panse claimed that MLCs PRANALI LOTLIKAR / MUMBAI tion to the consumer protec- Advocate Anand Patward-
the order was passed on Janu- performance of the sale Refusing to condone the de- from the Konkan Graduates’ in the past 12 years had done tion rules, framed by the gov- han, the former president of
ary 12, the detailed judgment agreement. The HC re- lay, Justice Ahuja noted, “If a Constituency for the legisla- little for graduates in the con- Advocates practising before ernment. She is not qualified Consumer Court’s Advocates
copy was made available on strained Dalal from creating party has been thoroughly tive council election sched- stituency and attended to all the Thane district consumer as a district judge, as required Association, said there was a
Tuesday. third party rights. Chhedas negligent in implementing its uled on June 26. other issues. forum have expressed con- by the rules. We have learnt lot of discrepancy over the
The court was hearing a re- filed an application for trans- rights and remedies, it would The constituency is cur- The party has registered cern over the appointment of that she is not even a law grad- appointment of the judicial
view petition filed by Dalal ferring all the cases to HC to be equally unfair to deprive rently represented by the around 35,000 voters so far its president, saying she does uate,” the letter said. members of the forum.
challenging the 2001 order avoid multiplicity of proceed- the other party of a valuable BJP’s Niranjan Davkhare. and is confident of sailing not possess requisite qualifi- On Tuesdays, the board is “The presiding officers are
transferring suits filed by her ings, which came to be al- right that has accrued to it in Ahead of the Lok Sabha through in the election this cations as per the rules adjourned or is conducted af- not even law graduates, which
and respondents – Kishore lowed on December 11, 1995. law as a result of his acting polls, MNS chief Raj Thack- time, he said. formed by the government. ter noon as Sharma attends is reflected in their order
Chheda and Rita Kishore After the HC transferred vigilantly Laws come to the eray had declared uncondi- The biennial elections to The advocates claim that some hospital, it said. copy,” Advocate Patwardhan
Chheda, with whom an agree- the suit to itself, Dalal filed a assistance of the vigilant and tional support to the ruling four legislative council seats as the president is not quali- “From social media, it is said.
ment was signed in 1990 for plea in 2018, through not to that of the sleepy.” Mahayuti. The decision came – Mumbai Graduates, fied for the post, the orders gathered that she is When contacted, Justice SP
sale of the building – to itself Advocate Kaustubh Thipsay, The judge underlined that following a meeting between Konkan Graduates, Mumbai passed by her will be invalid associated with Neurogenic Tawade, president of the fo-
from the small causes court. seeking to review the order on the “conduct of the applicant Thackeray and Prime Minis- Teachers and Nashik Teach- from the beginning (void ab Brain and Spine Institute at rum, acknowledged receiving
According to Chhedas, they grounds of “improper legal is not only unreasonable but ter Narendra Modi in New ers – became necessary as the initio), leading to “mockery Sanpada and her LinkedIn the letter. “I have forwarded it
entered into an agreement of advice”. Dalal claimed that if also negligent and deliberate Delhi. terms of sitting members are of justice”. profile shows that she is also to the government authori-
sale with Dalal in 1990 to pur- the suits were transferred to and contumacious in at- Addressing a press confer- expiring in July. The advocates have ad- associated as chief operating ties, who will decide on the
chase the Chandramany the HC, she would lose the tempting to open up a closed ence, the MNS’ Palghar and The BJP has not yet an- dressed a letter to the presi- officer at Ensphere Health- matter,” he said.
building, previously known right to appeal. matter”. Thane unit chief Avinash nounced its candidates for dent of the State Consumer care Solutions,”the letter When The Free Press Jour-
as Vishwas Bhavan, and the Counsels for Chhedas – Agreeing with Apte’s argu- Jadhav said, “The support the MLC elections. Dispute Redressal Forum reads. nal contacted the presiding
plot of land on which it stood, Ram Apte, Shiraz Rustomji ment that exemplary costs be MNS gave to the Mahayuti in The Uddhav Thackeray-led complaining about the same. “Members of our associa- officer for her comment, she
for a consideration. Despite and Mohan Tekavde – op- imposed for abusing the the Lok Sabha polls was to Shiv Sena has named MLC According to the advocates, tion are having various griev- passed a message through
payment of the entire consid- posed the plea citing inordi- process of the court in dero- see Narendra Modi as the Anil Parab and party func- the presiding officer is a con- ances regarding her conduct one of the consumers com-
eration, no conveyance came nate delay. They also contend- gation of healthy practice, the prime minister again. This is tionary JM Abhyankar can- sultant neurosurgeon by pro- from the Bench. Also the mission’s employee that she
to be executed by Dalal, and ed that the original order of HC imposed cost of Rs50,000 the election for the state didates for the Mumbai Grad- fession. board is not uploaded on time. has received instructions that
kept giving false assurances. 1995 was not challenged, on Dalal which is to be paid in council, where the issues are uates’ and Mumbai Teachers’ “Richa Sharma [Bansod]’s Often times, the files are not she is not allowed to talk to
In 1994, Dalal filed suit in based on which the 2001 order six weeks. local and related to the state. constituencies. appointment is in contraven- traceable.” any one.
Woman’s body found at her residence; husband untraceable
Mumbai: A woman's body wrapped in plastic has been
found at her house in Goregaon East, while her husband,
is untraceable, making him the prime suspect. The
deceased was identified as Dibya Topo, 29, who was
strangled, while her legs were tied. Hailing from Odisha,
Topo and her spouse Jayram Lakda, 30, worked as
labourers. The body was discovered after the landlord
complained of a stench emanating from their house.
MUMBAI
MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024

SION HOSP STAFF, COPS IN THE DOCK

Staff complicity, dereliction on part of police mars probe; stark similarity to Porsche crash
Dombivli factory blast: Owner’s
wife, who was firm head, held
NK GUPTA / DOMBIVLI senior Inspector Ashok Koli will be produced in court to-
said, “We carried out a day.
SION HOSPITAL
HIT-AND-RUN TIMELINE In the Amudham Chemicals search operation at Malay's Meanwhile, the hand of an
factory blast that killed 10 house in Ghatkopar and dis- unidentified victim was
n CCTV footage shows
people and left more than 60 covered a property docu- found at the blast site on
Dr Dere sitting in his car and
S BALAKRISHNAN / MUMBAI injured in Dombivli, Thane ment. It revealed that there Tuesday, said Namdev
allegedly running over
crime branch on Tuesday ar- were two directors of the fac- Chaudhary, the chief of
Rubeda, 60, on Friday night
If the Pune Porsche accident rested Sneha Mehta, wife of tory, including Malay and his Kalyan fire station. The bod-
case revealed the shoddy in- n After the incident, he didn’t factory owner Malay, whose wife, while his mother, Malti, ies of several victims, who
vestigation and destruction step outside his car for a police custody expires today. is a shareholder.” According- worked in nearby factories,
of evidence, the probe into a couple of seconds Ulhasnagar Crime Branch ly, Sneha was arrested and are still missing.
similar incident at the BMC-
run Lokmanya Tilak Hospi- n He took the profusely

Board results are out! Institutes

tal, Sion, is also marred by the bleeding Rubeda to the
complicity of the hospital emergency ward
staff and dereliction on the n However, he hid the fact

now preparing for admissions

part of the police. that her injuries were due to
On May 24 around 7.45pm, the accident
Rubeda Shaikh, 60, was
knocked down in the hospital n She was admitted, saying
driveway by Dr Rajesh Dere, that she was found FPJ NEWS SERVICE / MUMBAI
head of the forensic depart- unconscious near the gate
ment. CCTV footage shows n Hospital staff delayed in n CCTV footage was n FIR was filed n Dr Dere was finally n He was later As the results of class 10 and
the woman, who had come for giving personal details about also not provided till almost 24 hours sent for medical released on a cash 12 exams of the state board as
treatment, being run over by Rubeda, said a cop Saturday afternoon after the mishap examination on Sunday bail of `20,000 well as the two national
the car. Several people, in- – AISHWARYA IYER boards have been declared,
cluding a police constable, junior colleges, polytechnics,
can be seen rushing to her. Dr at the hospital, too, did not Little wonder, Dr Dere was wards him and did not apply of the evidence being tam- vocational schools and de-
Dere admitted the woman to bother. In fact, a police consta- out on bail within a few IPC section 304 (culpable pered with. I have urged the gree colleges in the city will
the casualty ward, with the ble had rushed to rescue hours. homicide not amounting to BMC to come down heavily soon start admitting the
assistance of bystanders. Ac- Rubeda, but it was not until Not to mention, his blood murder), which was applied on him. It is absurd not to fresh batch of students.
cording to the FIR filed by the her death several hours later, sample was taken after more in the Porsche case. take action against him.” While the admissions to
victim's son Shahnawaz the police were called in. than 24 hours hence there is What is equally shocking is Shocked by the suspicious the first year junior college
Sheikh, 31, Dr Dere informed They failed the second time slim chance of alcohol being that the hospital administra- conduct of the hospital staff, and the degree colleges affili-
the ward staff that Rubeda when they arrested Dr Dere found in his blood. It is not tion has not taken any action the victim's son demanded ated to the University of
had fainted and then escaped
in his car.
more than 24 hours after the
accident. The first failure was
clear if the hospital staff tam-
pered with that also as it hap-
against Dr Dere. Former
leader of the opposition in the
that the post mortem should
be conducted at JJ Hospital
Mumbai (MU) is already un-
derway, the centralised ad-
The engineering
aspirants can partici-
KEY MU started the ad-
mission process for
The failure of the hospital when the Sion police in the pened in the Porsche case. Dr BMC, Ravi Raja, who lives in and not at Sion. When con- mission process (CAP) for pate in the online ad- NUMBERS undergraduate
staff started here. They did FIR registered only bailable Dere is an expert in forensic Sion, told the Free Press Jour- tacted by FPJ, Dr Mohan diploma engineering pro- missions for poly- programmes at its
not inform the police even offences like Indian Penal medicine and was familiar nal on Tuesday that “by now Joshi, dean of Sion Hospital, grammes at polytechnics and technic by logging in 1,022 900-odd affiliated col-
though it is mandatory to do Code (IPC) sections 279 (rash with the procedure followed Dr Dere ought to have been at said, “Some action is being craftsman training scheme the directorate of Junior colleges leges last week.
so in such cases. Police per- driving), 338 (causing griev- by the police in criminal mat- least suspended pending in- planned. I am not authorised at Industrial Training Insti- technical education in MMR While the students
sonnel are posted at every ous hurt), 304A (causing ters. Apparently because of vestigation”. Raja asserted, to speak on this issue.” BMC tutes (ITI) will kickstart from website. There are have to individually
public hospital near the casu- death by negligence) and 177 this familiarity, the Sion po- “If he is allowed to continue chief Bhushan Gagrani was today (May 29) and Saturday around 1.05 lakh 1.07 lakh apply at the colleges
alty ward. However, the cops (giving false information). lice were rather lenient to- in office there is every chance unavailable for comment. (June 1), respectively. seats available at 390 Candidates of their choice, they
The centralised admis- institutes across the registered so far are required to do a
sions to 1,022 junior colleges state. In the past few pre-admission regis-

TCS, IIT-B to build

India Makes Guinness World Record of Sentence in the Mumbai Metropolitan years, demand for 3.9 lakh tration on the varsity
Region (MMR) began on Fri- diploma engineering Class 11 seats portal. As all the var-
day. So far, around 1.07 lakh has surged in Maha- available last sity colleges will

tool for improved

candidates have already rashtra. The enroll- academic year start implementing
signed up on the admission ment to polytechnics in MMR the national educa-
portal 'mumbai.11thadmis- has increased from tion policy from this
2.68 lakh
semiconductors
sion.org.in'. The filling of op- 62,122 in 2020-21 to year, the students
tion form, the second step of 86,465 in 2023-24. The Seats filled will be able to apply
CAP, is yet to begin. In the number of institutes for both the existing
2023-24 cycle, just 2.68 lakh also rose from 376 to 242 three-year UG cours-
AGENCIES / NEW DELHI IIT-Bombay to develop the (69%) out of 3.9 lakh class 11 388 in this period, Colleges es as well as the new-
quantum imaging platform seats were filled in the MMR. while their occupan- without single ly introduced four-
IT major Tata Consultancy in the PQuest Lab. While 306 junior colleges that cy jumped from 60% candidate last year honours pro-
Services (TCS) and Indian In- The Quantum Diamond participated in the CAP had to 87%. year grammes.
stitute of Technology Bom- Microchip Imager can image all their seats taken, 242 oth- Those looking for The admission to
bay have joined hands to magnetic fields that will en- ers didn't get a single candi- skill-based education can ap- the Bachelor of Management
build India' first advanced able a non-invasive and non- date. As many as 443 insti- ply for vocational courses at Studies will be done through
sensing tool for
semiconductor Advanced destructive
of
mapping
semiconductor
tutes couldn't fill even half of
their seats, with 320 register-
992 government-run and pri-
vate ITIs in the state, offering
a state-level entrance test as
the course has now been cat-
chips, which is ex- sensing tool chips. The imager ing fewer than 20% admis- 1,48,568 seats, including egorised as a professional
pected to reduce
chances of chip fail-
will reduce uses the defects in a
diamond's structure,
sions. 20,136 in Mumbai region. The programme.

ures and improve chances of known as Nitrogen-

the efficiency of
electronic devices,
chip Vacancy (NV) cen-
tres, together with
In one of the proudest moments, India set a Guinness World Record of sentence, which was created the company said on failures, the other hardware
with the largest number of postcards. With the achievement, we have beaten the previous record hold- Tuesday. hence and software for de-
“TCS has entered tecting anomalies in
er, China. The new record was established at CSMT where the sentence – ‘Sabme Ram...Shashvat
into a partnership improving semiconductor chips.
Ram’ – was created with 5,100 postcards. The endeavour, part of a three-day cultural fest, took nine with the IIT-B to de- efficiency “PQuest group at
hours and 30 minutes, involving 52 dedicated volunteers. velop India's first IIT-B is excited to col-
Quantum Diamond Mi- laborate with TCS on devel-
crochip Imager. This ad- oping a quantum imaging

Bizman loses `54,000 disappear vanced sensing tool will hold

the potential to unlock new
platform for the non-destruc-
tive examination of chips,

`48 lakh in stock without sharing

levels of precision in the ex- leveraging our extensive ex-
amination of semiconductor pertise in quantum sensing
chips and reduce chip fail- to drive innovation. By work-
trading fraud details: RBI official ures,” it said.
Over the next two years,
ing together, we aim to trans-
form various sectors, includ-
experts from TCS will work ing electronics and health-
SOMENDRA SHARMA / MUMBAI MEGHA KUCHIK / MUMBAI with Kasturi Saha, Associate care, and propel India for-
Professor in the department ward through groundbreak-
A 51-year-old businessman lost Rs48.25 lakh to Cyber crimes are becoming a harsh reality of of electrical engineering of ing technologies,” Saha said.
scammers who duped him on the pretext of lu- today's time. They become more alarming
crative returns on stock trading investment. when the target isn't a commoner, but a profes-
Interestingly, the fraudsters also used to take sional working with the central bank. In the
online classes and workshops, which were at- latest case, a 34-year-old manager with the Re-
tended by him. serve Bank of India (RBI) claimed to have lost
In his police complaint, the Andheri said Rs54,255 in an online fraud. What's more con-
that the fraud began last year on October 08 cerning is his assertion that the money simply
when an unknown woman reached him on vanished from his account and he didn't share
WhatsApp. Claiming to be an official of a Ben- his privy details with anyone.
galuru-based company, she trapped the com- In his complaint lodged at the Khar police
plainant with the lure of good returns on stock station on May 25, the Pali Hill resident said
trading. Enticed by the offer, the man accepted that he uses a Citibank credit card for daily ex-
the proposal, after which he was added to a penditures, which is linked with Google Pay
WhatsApp group. Some of the group members and other digital wallets. On May 25 around
also shared screenshots of their 'investment 7.07pm, he received a message that $653.24
and returns' with him in order to gain his (Rs54,255) had been debited from his account.
trust. The confused banker immediately blocked his
When the scammers sensed that it was an card via the banking app. He claimed he did
apt time to take the cheating plan forward, not share any information about his account
they shared a link with the complainant, with anyone.
which directed him to a website where his However, cyber expert Mayur Kulkarni
trading account was created. He said that he said, “It is impossible to siphon money (in this
used to 'invest' through that platform and could manner) from anybody's account. It is highly
even see his 'rising profits' on the website. Ini- possible that the complainant shared some
tially, he was also able to withdraw his privy details.” Talking about other possibili-
earnings from the website's account, which ties, Kulkarni said that the data could also
further made him believe that the trading plat- have been stolen from the banker's phone.
form was genuine, police said. From January Maybe a cloning app was discreetly installed
14 till February 9, he transferred Rs48.25 lakh on his phone. Pandora is one such famous app,
in around 23 transactions. The complainant fi- while Pegasus, too, is well-known for cloning.
nally realised the scam when he was unable to However, the latter is very expensive and not
withdraw his earnings later. typically used for such crimes, she added.
MUMBAI MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024
Clash at religious procession, 25 people booked
Thane: A case has been registered against 25
persons after two groups clashed over a petty issue
during a religious procession in Thane, the police
said on Tuesday. No arrests have been made in
connection with the incident that occurred in
Saravali village in Bhiwandi on Monday night. The
groups clashed over the issue of throwing gulal
during a religious procession around 9.30pm.

Praja’s whitepaper turns Srivalli nurses new cubs,

Bank honcho files
case against hubby
Mumbai: Shipra Pande,

spotlight on BMC’s ‘apathy’ activists want safer safari

chief manager of Exim
Bank, has filed an FIR
against her husband Pravin
Pande and five of his
relatives at Malabar Hill po-
lice station. The complaint DHAIRYA GAJARA / MUMBAI
has been filed under Indian
Penal Code section 498 A Currently, one community toilet seat serves 86 men and 81 women on Even as the city is celebrat-
(cruelty in matrimony) and
other sections. Pande has
average; SBM norm: One seat per 35 male users and 25 female users ing tigress Srivalli giving
birth to three cubs at the
complained about physical Sanjay Gandhi National
and mental abuse, demand CITY’S CIVIC n 1 in 4 public toilet Park on May 17, environ-
for money from her and her CHALLENGES seats for women as of mentalists have raised con-
father. Since 2017 the couple 2023 cerns about cleanliness and
has been living separately. RUCHA KANOLKAR / MUMBAI n 1 public toilet seat safety of the ‘safari’ here, al-
While Pande lives in Exim serves 752 male users leging that harmful objects
Building, Malabar Hill, her The BMC, responsible for pro- and 1820 female users and the size of the enclosure
husband and his relatives re- viding essential public servic- is an imminent threat to an-
side in Kharghar. es, operates with the largest n Swachh Bharat Mission imals. Srivalli, in fact, gave
municipal budget among Indi- prescribes one toilet seat birth to four cubs but one
an cities. However, a recent for 100-400 men and was crushed under her
Filmmaker duped whitepaper by the non-gov- 100-200 women weight.
in Goa land deals ernmental organisation Praja
Foundation highlights con-
n Out of the total
In March last year,
Srivalli (also known as T24-
community toilet blocks
Mumbai: Film director Sid- cerns regarding Mumbai’s C2) had given birth to four playing with a metal box.
(6,800), 69% lack water
dharth Jena, 50, was duped of civic facilities. cubs but three of them died. n May 17: Tigress Srivalli There should not be any
connections and 60% do
around Rs1.50 crore by 10 per- Milind Mhaske, CEO of The tigress was also in news gave birth to four cubs at man made object in the en-
not have electricity
sons promising profitable re- Praja Foundation, in 2022 for being rescued in Sanjay Gandhi National closure. The park authori-
connections
turns from investing in land emphasised the poor perform- Tadoba in Chandrapur be- Park; one cub crushed ties charge heavy fees from
and flats in Goa. A case has ance in the Swachh Survek- fore being brought to the under her weight tourists, but are still unsuc-
been filed at Bangur Nagar shan Survey 2023, where the Borivali park, which last cessful in providing a clean
police station for alleged city ranked 189th out of 446 local level. The absence of sanitation infrastructure, par- Pollution levels in coastal witnessed the birth of tiger n Srivalli previously gave and safe environment to its
cheating. Jena and his wife cities with populations over councillors for the past two ticularly for women. On aver- waters and air are also alarm- cubs in 2000. The current birth to four cubs in March habitants.” The NGO has
Ritu, residents of Goregaon one lakh. years, caused by delayed civic age, there is only one public ing. Despite having waste- streak of tigers in the park last year; three died also demanded that the ti-
West, were introduced to “re- “Of the 7,646 public and elections, has hampered the toilet seat for women for every water treatment plants, pollu- now stands at 10. n Tigress was rescued from gress and her cubs should be
liable real estate agent” community toilet blocks, only BMC’s efforts to address four seats for men, with areas tion levels in the city’s rivers, Activists told the FPJ that Tadoba in Chandrapur in placed in a bigger enclosure.
Vikramdev Malhotra in No- 33 were inspected, with a mere urban issues.” like C-Ward (Marine Lines, sea, and creeks remain high, a cub was crushed at the 2022 and brought to the Vikram Chogle, another
vember 2020 and were shown 0.4% coverage. This is an ex- The Swachh Bharat Mis- Chira Bazar, Girgaon) show- with biological oxygen de- park under the weight of Borivali park environmentalist and a
properties on a website. Jena tremely small number, and the sion (SBM) sets guidelines for ing the most alarming imbal- mand and fecal coliform mother tigress on May 18 as member of MumbaiMarch,
selected a plot in North Goa inspection coverage of the toi- public and community toilet ance. levels up to five times higher the habitat is too small. Ani- n The park’s current tiger said, “These tigers are our
for Rs84 lakh and made an lets needs to be widened to re- construction, and the annual Approximately 42% of pop- than acceptable norms. Air mal lovers and activists as- population is 10 national heritage. If they
initial payment of Rs25,000. flect the grassroots reality,” Swachhata Survekshan as- ulation resides in slums, where quality has deteriorated, with sociated with Mum- are being restricted physi-
He later issued cheques of Mhaske stated. sesses sanitation and hygiene. the availability of community a 305% increase in public baiMarch, an NGO working not cleaned regularly, result- cally, we should ensure that
Rs10 lakh. In March 2021, Eknath Pawar, a member of Despite being recognised as toilets is critical. Currently, one complaints from 2019 to 2023, for a better Mumbai, have ing in the presence of metal there is enough space for
Malhotra persuaded Jena to Praja Foundation, stated, ODF+ with a 90% score in community toilet seat serves 86 and not a single month in 2023 also raised concerns regard- objects that can cause tiger them. When Srivalli was
buy more plots, assuring him “The BMC should share real- clean public toilet facilities, men and 81 women on average, recorded good air quality. ing cleanliness in the enclo- cubs harm. alone, the enclosure was suf-
that the land’s value would time data with citizens on a Mumbai’s overall ranking is far exceeding SBM norms of While overall air quality de- sure that reopened after five Gopal Jhaveri, an envi- ficient, but now she has cubs
triple. Jena paid Rs48.50 lakh single accessible portal at least troubling. Among Maharash- one seat per 35 male users and clined by 22% during the years. ronmentalist and member and the family needs a big-
through bank transfers and every quarter. Currently, citi- tra cities, Mumbai ranked 25 female users. H/W-Ward same period. Complaints re- Referring to photographs of MumbaiMarch, said, “A ger area.” Chogle also said
cash, and Rs91 lakh to Malho- zens are unsure where to file 37th and 189th nationally. (Bandra West and Khar) faces lated to pollution rose by 183% and videos of a tiger playing few tourists, who visited the that the park should have
tra’s bank account. For two complaints due to the lack of These rankings raise seri- a severe shortage, with only between 2019 and 2023, and by with a metal box, activists national park recently, high- CCTV cameras to monitor
years, Malhotra delayed public representatives at the ous questions about the city’s one toilet seat per 443 residents. 463% from 2014 to 2023. alleged that the habitat is lighted the issue of a tiger the safety of the animals.
transferring the land to

CSMIA to manage
Jena’s name and didn’t re-
turn the money. When a
cheque from Malhotra EXTENDING SUPPORT TO MEN IN BLUE 1,000 dabbawallahs in Mum-
bai on Tuesday expressed
Commissioning
of Metro 3 only
65,000 Haj pilgrims;
bounced in July 2023, Jena their support for Team India
filed a complaint. The other ahead of the ICC T20 World
accused allegedly pretended Cup starting from June 1 on-
by July: MMRCL
157% surge this year
to be landowners and wards in West Indies and
assisted Malhotra in the USA, by wearing the team jer- BHALCHANDRA CHORGHADE/
fraud. seys. The group shouted 'In- MUMBAI
Megha Kuchik dia! India!' as the team pre-
pares for its first clash against Even though Mumbai Metro
Ireland on June 5. Ashok, one Rail Corporation Ltd (MMR-
Services affected of the dabbawallahs said, “I CL) is conducting trials on
as train derails feel proud while wearing
this jersey. The World Cup is
Metro 3 or Aqua Line, it will
not be before July, when the
Mumbai: Six wagons of a coming. We dabbawallahs commissioning of phase 1 of
goods train derailed at Pal- are wearing this jersey to ex- the metro between Aarey
ghar yard on Tuesday press their support. Our Colony and BKC will be pos-
evening, resulting in disrup- team is strong, Rohit (Shar- sible. Metro 3 is a 33.5-km-
tion of traffic for Mumbai- ma) and Virat (Kohli) will long underground corridor
bound trains coming from showcase their magic and running along Colaba-Ban-
Gujarat as well as the local India will bring the cup dra-SEEPZ. The length of the
rail network, Western Rail- home. There are 1,000 dab- corridor is marked with 27
way said. In a post on X, West- bawallahs in Mumbai work- key stations out of which 26
ern Railway informed that 11 ing and they are all wearing will be underground and one
local services between Da- the jerseys today.” India will at grade.
hanu and Virar were can- start their T20 World Cup “Currently, testing and tri-
celled while one local was ter- campaign on June 5. als for Phase 1 are underway.
minated at Virar. The short- There are multiple layers of
terminated trains were Val- clearance such as research
sad-Bandra Terminus
Special at Umbergaon Road,
Kanpur-Mumbai Central Ex-
press at Sachin, Udhna-Ban-
BMC wants list of rly hoardings Man held for
duping mobile
design and standards organi-
sation (RDSO), independent
safety assessor (ISA), and
commissioner of metro rail
33,000
Pilgrims will depart
Airlines: IndiGo, Air
India, Vistara, and Saudia
Airlines operate 11 flights
daily, with Saudia handling the
dra Terminus Express at Bhi-
lad, Surat-Bandra Terminus
SHEFALI PARAB-PANDIT
MUMBAI
civic staff.
“We have asked the GRP to
sions to prevent future
mishaps. We requested both
dealer of `1.60L safety (CMRS) in sequence.
RDSO is expected to visit and
from Mumbai to
Saudi Arabia official Haj movement
Express at Vapi, Nandurbar- update us on all permitted railway authorities and GRP SURESH GOLANI inspect the metro route from
Facilities: Enhanced
Borivali Express at Valsad,
Surat-Virar Express at Bil-
The BMC has requested the
Government Railway Police
hoardings and ensure they
meet the requisite permis-
to either remove the hoard-
ings or resize them to permis-
MIRA-BHAYANDAR June 3. As we go ahead there
will be more clarity,” Manag- 65,000 services for pilgrims at
Terminal 2
imora, and Surat-Virar Ex- (GRP) to provide a list of all sible dimensions. However, The Valiv police have arrest- ing Director of MMRCL, Passengers will be
press at Udhna. hoardings permitted on GRP we received a letter from the ed a 28-year-old imposter who Ashwini Bhide said. handled between
land in Mumbai. This follows Statement of sr Railways stating that their duped traders by showing “We expect CMRS to in- May and July Parking: Vehicles at
MLCP P9, with 2 lifts to
Teen strangled,
the removal of 16 oversized
hoardings on GRP land after
rly cop recorded hoardings are permitted ac-
cording to railway policy,”
screenshots of fake bank
transfers after making pur-
spect the route in July. Com-
missioning of the route P10 East side
stabbed to death a billboard collapse in
Ghatkopar on May 13, which M umbai police’s Crime
Branch, which formed
said a senior civic official.
Ashwini Joshi, additional
chases.
The accused Faisal Abul
would be possible only after
their certification,” Bhide
157% Entry: Exit
a Special Investigation Rise in pilgrims
Thane: A case has been regis- killed 17 people and injured municipal commissioner, Hassan Shaikh had recently added. When asked whether MLCP P10 East, proceed
tered against unidentified 75. While the GRP has cooper- Team (SIT) to probe into confirmed the development duped a mobile dealer in Va- construction of Aarey depot compared to 2023
to gate 2, enter from
persons for allegedly stran- ated and asked the BMC to re- the Ghatkopar hoarding and said, “We will seek legal sai to the tune of Rs1.60 lakh is complete, she replied in the (12,815) departure entry gate 3
gling and stabbing a 17-year- move their oversised hoard- collapse, recorded the opinion and respond to the by purchasing a high-end mo- affirmative and said, “Every-
old girl whose body was
found in a chawl in Thane
ings, the Railways informed
the civic body that their
statement of Government
Railway Police (GRP)
Railways soon.”
Sources from the Railways
bile phone. The mobile dealer
stated that an unidentified
thing needed for the commis-
sioning of phase 1 is almost 101 Check-in: Island C
reserved for Haj
four days ago. The body of Te- hoardings comply with rail- Assistant Commissioner of said that the issue is under man walked into his shop ready.” Additional ferry
Police Shahaji Nikam on operations
jaswini Razak was found in a way policy, according to a sen- discussion. In 2017, the West- and intended to purchase a The Aarey depot spans 30 flights scheduled for
room of a chawl in Taricha ior civic official. Tuesday. Nikam was ern Railways and other Samsung Galaxy Z-fold mo- hectares with 5 hectares pre- both departures and Boarding: Gates 46,
Pada in the Kolshet area on The incident review re- questioned till late night. hoarding companies argued bile phone. The accused served in their natural state.
He recorded his statement arrivals 47, and 48 for all Haj
the night of May 24. The po- vealed that 306 hoardings had in the Bombay High Court asked for bank account de- The remaining 25 hectares
lice on Monday registered a been permitted by the Rail- while also submitting that railway authorities tails and showed him the accommodate a station departures
case under section 302 (mur- ways and GRP on their prop- some documents related to should not need the BMC per- screenshot of the message alongside the depot, which
der) of the Indian Penal Code erty. The BMC identified 45 the tender process, mission for hoardings on claiming to have sent the includes facilities for mainte-
Flight schedule Arrangement: Separate
against unidentified persons. oversised hoardings exceed- contract and land their land. The HC ruled that money. However, when the nance, operations, adminis- Departures between seating, prayer rooms,
The case was registered after ing its 40 by 40 ft limit. Last ownership of the land the Railways do not need the dealer later cheked his bal- tration, and training. May 25 & June 12 and Wazu areas
a post-mortem revealed that week, eight hoardings in where the hoarding was BMC’s permission. The BMC ance, the transaction turned
there were ligature marks Dadar TT and seven in installed. has since taken the issue to out to be fake and police sub-
and stab wounds on the girl’s
neck, a police official said.
According to the police, the
Ghatkopar were removed by
Trimming halted as locals allege the supreme court. sequently took the action.

Unwed mom wants surrendered kid non-compliance; meet Kesarkar

victim, who lived alone, was
strangled and stabbed to
death. The Kapurbawdi po-
lice are probing the case, he
said. URVI MAHAJANI / MUMBAI ed that she was sexually and surrendering her child” and dinate with the social worker. DHAIRYA GAJARA / MUMBAI guidelines.
The minister was very
physically abused by her boss she has time of 60 days to re- Stating that the respon- Kesarkar encouraged Mal-
cooperative and called
The Bombay high court has in the UAE. It was only six voke/reconsider the same. dents Asha Sadan and CWC The tree trimming drive in the abar Hill residents to inform
One dead after directed the Child Welfare months that she realised that Her plea contends that she have failed to comply with city will be halted for two days
up officials to address our
concerns. However, our
other citizen groups about the
boat capsizes Committee (CWC) to decide she was pregnant. Since she
on an application by an comes from a conserva-
never wanted to surrender
her child but the social work-
provisions of the JJ Act, her
plea states, “without her
following a meeting between
residents of Malabar Hill and
primary concern is that
meeting and involve them in
policymaking for their areas.
despite provisions to save the
Palghar: A 30-year-old man unwed mother to re- tive family, she hid it er, in charge of her case at child, the petitioner is dying guardian minister Deepak Ke- Over the next week, these
trees, citizens still have to
drowned after a fishing boat voke/cancel a sur- Woman from them, her Asha Sadan, said “this was several deaths every single sarkar. Residents alleged non-
plead with authorities. We
groups will work with an
carrying construction mate- render deed and claims she was plea said. the only way to get her child day that goes by without her adherence to trimming guide- expert and the contractor to
hope to work towards better
rials capsized mid-sea in grant her cus- Her old con- back.” child in her arms”. lines. The minister suggested complete trimming before the
Palghar district. While the tody of her 2- sexually abused by tacts from The woman went to Asha Advocate for Asha Sadan forming an association to en-
change.
monsoons, ensuring minimal
her boss in UAE; Khorshed Bharucha
incident occurred on month-old baby. working as a Sadan on April 26 with her informed the bench that the sure contractor accountability damage to the trees. This
Local resident
Sunday evening, the body of A vacation realised she was social worker advocate and made an appli- woman is free to come and and proactively address the is- process will be formalised next
the man was fished out on bench of Jus- pregnant later; hid in Kalyan, cation under the Juvenile stay with the baby. “After do- sue. year for proactive manage-
Tuesday morning. A boat tices Nitin asked her to go Justice (Care and Protection ing so much, such Residents near the Hanging ping. ment. Khorshed Bharucha, a
carrying 12 persons with Borkar and So-
it from family to Asha Sadan of Children Act) regarding allegations hurt,” the advo- Garden have complained about The minister contacted the resident who attended the
construction materials from masekhar Sundare- Balgruh in Byculla, reconsideration of her wish cate said. improper tree trimming by municipal commissioner of meeting, told The Free Press
Arnala jetty capsized mid- san on Monday heard a where she delivered a to surrender her child and On a court query, he said contractors, including removal Mumbai, sharing the residents’ Journal, “The minister was
sea around 7.30pm on Sun- petition by the woman, 23, daughter on March 29. Subse- for revocation/cancellation that the child is not declared of branches without proper concerns and requesting the very cooperative and called up
day, Vasai tehsildar Avinash seeking to declare the surren- quently, her family supported of the surrender deed. How- free for adoption. A represen- equipment, indiscriminate BMC commissioner to halt the officials to address our con-
Koshti said. Local fisher- der deed as null and void and her. ever, the social worker did tative from CWC said that it hacking, and lack of competent tree trimming drive for two cerns. However, our primary
men, police and personnel to restrain CWC and Asha On April 5, when she asked not accept her application. would decide on the woman’s supervision. Previously, the days. The drive will restart only concern is that despite provi-
from the ports department Sadan Balgruh, an adoption to take her baby home, she She then went to CWC in application in a day or two. residents met Milind Deora, a after a second meeting with res- sions to save the trees, citizens
managed to rescue 11 per- group, from giving the child was made to sign a deed of Matunga on April 30. On May The HC has asked to inform former union minister of state idents, BMC garden depart- still have to plead with authori-
sons, but one person was in adoption. surrender and told it had the 2, she was given a hearing by them about the decision on for communications and infor- ment officials, and forest offi- ties. We hope to work towards
missing, he said. The woman’s plea contend- “effect and consequence of CWC and asked them to coor- May 29. mation technology and ship- cials to discuss trimming better change.”
Four booked for ruckus and property damage in lock-up
Mumbai: The Bandra police have booked four persons for
allegedly creating a ruckus under the influence of alcohol and
damaging property in the police lock-up. After being held drunk
from an auto-rickshaw (including the driver) on Carter Road on
May 26 past midnight, the accused were brought to the police
station, where they shouted, verbally abused and threatened
the police. They later broke the tube light and wiring in the
lock-up, damaging the lock-up door and other items.
MUMBAI
MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024

KIRTI VYAS MURDER CASE

6 injured in fire at Dharavi
Burden of explaining events rests industrial compound units
on accused, not prosecution: Court
On handing out life sentence to two employees of Bblunt, court says the victim’s missing
body is not detrimental to the case; evidence conclusively establishes she was with accused
CHARUL SHAH JOSHI / MUMBAI
The burden of explaining the
The ‘last seen’ theory was the circumstances of transactions that took
basis of conviction and sen- place inside the running car rests with both
tencing in the case of murder accused, not the prosecution.
of Kirti Vyas, 28, the finance
manager at Bblunt salon. The The investigating agency was not bound
court handed out life sen- to discover the dead body when the facts
tences to two salon employees
– Siddhesh Tamhankar, 33,
relating to it were completely in the special
and Khushi Sahjwani, 48 – knowledge of both accused.
based on the fact that Vyas
was last seen in their car on Prosecution All evidence
Kirti Vyas Tamhankar and Sahjwani

VIJAY GOHIL
March 16, 2018. Vyas was to cannot be conclusively
terminate Tamhankar’s serv-
n ex-staffers G er : Hair blamed for not establishes that on the
Two salo of murder
ices that day.
urd
Vyas m , blood
Tamhankar and Sahjwani having corpus delicti specified day, at the

convicted
M (dead body) nor the mentioned time, both
strands killers
waited outside Vyas’s house at his FPJ NEWS SERVICE / MUMBAI The injured persons – aged stock, furniture and machin-
around 8.50am when she left s in the
car, with
evidence led by accused committed 22 to 28 years – were rushed to ery. Five fire engines and oth-
to
gled Vya ief.

drops led
M B A I
SHI / MU ch h-
to board the 9.11am local train CHARUL
SHAH JO handker s Judge M G Des e
Ses sion nou
s of the pande, while pro , observed
ncin g th
F
r said th
at when
them to that regard murder inside the car Six persons suffered burn in- Sion Hospital. Two of them er fire fighting vehicles, in-
from Grant Road for Andheri. er em ploy ee
ere
Two form lon, Andheri, w s verdict on M ce is proved
a n
onday
en
In
b CHARUL
SHAH JOSHI / M
UMBAI
It furthe dn't reach home
the victim di
ening, he
r mothe
be-
r can extend any by strangling Vyas, juries after a fire broke out at received 30-50% burns, and cluding water tankers, were
Bblunt S by the sessio “the off f you”. The in the ev office and was
They offered to drop her and d
convicte onday, for the m
M
ur-
ce
th
a g
at
a
o
inst both sked police to %)
a
r
rand and
a few
A hair st Kirti Vyas –
bloo d
lled her she di
the ca led to know that After a
d-
benefit to both using means known an industrial compound in two others suffered 8-10% rushed to the spot.
this was the last time Vyas court on e salon’s finan rt later dy the woman, ho fudd the day.
Dharavi on Tuesday. The burns, a police official said. The blaze, which was
der of
th
, Kirti V
yas, 28,
in co
ar- tak
u o
e in cust was out on bail. 3
drops of lon employee w s n't came for , the kin lodged
Bblunt sa by her colleague e frantic sear
ch
report at
person’s station.
accused. only to them.
was seen alive. Her body was manager ourt will hear
h
who
The cou
rt later 4
d
was kille d the police to
l
th
a missing olice blaze erupted in two struc- Another youth suffered a mi- doused after more than four
untraceable despite hectic tures of three and four nor injury on his hand and hours, probably triggered
search operations at Wadala mained till he and Sahjwani the office but she asked to be they revealed that they did not switched on. storeys at the Ashok Mill was discharged after treat- from a garment unit engaged
nullah and Mahul creek. were at work. Tamhankar, dropped at the railway station disclose this to hide their own Tamhankar was asked Compound at Kala Qila at ment. The fire was confined in making frocks and other
The sessions judge MG who was Vyas’s assistant, sent as she had another meeting. affair. about their visit to Mahul, around 3.45am. to wooden material, garment types of clothes.
Deshpande said that “the bur- messages to her number Thakur directed Tamhankar The two claimed to have which he claimed was for pri-
den of explaining the circum- about wanting to leave early to inform the police along dropped Vyas near a mall, but vacy and physical intimacy.
stances of transactions that
took place inside the running
car rests with both accused,
on the pretext of not feeling
well. Tamhankar left the
office at 4pm and so did
with Sahjwani.
This was the crucial cir-
cumstantial evidence against
when the police took them to
the spot they showed a differ-
ent one. The police later re-
However, the police noted that
even at that time there were
four calls between both of
Monsoon prep: 4,000 dangerous,
dilapidated bldgs found in Thane
not the prosecution”. The Sahjwani with the ruse of at- Tamhankar and Sahjwani. viewed CCTV footage of the them. Tamhankar’s explana-
court said that the missing tending an event. The court “He likely feared that if the route through which the car tion was that he got down
body is not detrimental to the noted that the two were later CCTV footage was thoroughly had passed and also the spot from the car to attend nature’s
case. seen together, with Sahjwani examined, it would reveal where they possibly dropped call and later to buy some
The court said that the “in- driving the car at Wadala their presence, prompting Vyas. When checked, the po- chips and food, but couldn’t FPJ NEWS SERVICE / THANE of 4,297 dangerous buildings ing they are unsafe and in-
vestigating agency was not Mahul toll plaza; she was him to disclose this fact pre- lice noted that the car had not show the shop where he spread across different wards habitable structures that
bound to discover the dead speeding and didn’t pay the emptively to avoid further stopped at all but was in a bought them from. As part of its monsoon pre- in the city, an official said. need to be vacated and demol-
body when the facts relating toll. scrutiny. Therefore, his initial high speed lane. The court held that “all evi- paredness, the Thane Munic- The Mumbra ward has the ished, and 21 were already va-
to it were completely in the Later, when Vyas’s family disclosure was motivated by a The court also noted that dence conclusively ipal Corporation (TMC) on maximum number of 1,340 cated, he said.
special knowledge of both ac- started searching for her, desire to prevent further in- “the last call received by Vyas establishes that on the speci- Tuesday said it has identified dangerous buildings, Chief Minister Eknath
cused”. The court added that Tamhankar accompanied vestigation rather than a gen- on March 16, 2018 was at 8.51, fied day, at the mentioned more than 4,000 buildings in followed by Wagle Estate with Shinde, in recent reviews, di-
“prosecution cannot be them, but feared being ex- uine desire to reveal the lasting only for a second, after time, both accused committed the city that are in a danger- 1,101, Diva with 654 and Ko- rected municipal authorities
blamed for not having corpus posed when footage from the truth,” the court noted. which her phone was murder inside the car by ous and dilapidated condi- pri-Naupada with 433, TMC to expedite the evacuation
delicti (dead body) nor the ev- housing society was obtained The court noted that every- switched off, showing a tower strangling Vyas, using means tion, and residents of some of spokesperson Ravindra Man- and relocation of occupants
idence led by them to that re- and given to the police station. one who was involved in the location at Jijamata Nagar, known only to them. The pres- these structures have been jrekar said. from dangerous structures
gard can extend any benefit to It was only then that he re- effort to locate Vyas was Worli. The tower locations of ence of blood stains (from the asked to vacate their homes. At least 86 buildings fall ahead of the monsoon sea-
both accused”. vealed having met Vyas on the shocked as Tamhankar was both accused were also in the mat of the car – mat below the The TMC has released a list under the C-1 category, mean- son.
In the judgement running day she went missing. actively involved in the search same vicinity. This fact is fur- seat next to drive and mat in
into 114 pages, the court noted He first informed Satyajeet and did not mention the cru- ther corroborated by CCTV the dicky) and the DNA analy-
that Tamhankar, after the Thakur, the director of cial fact of giving her a lift. At footage of the car. Notably, af- sis report confirm that Vyas 4,297 1,340 1,101 654 433 86 21
murder, moved Vyas’s body in Bblunt, that he and Sahjwani the police station, when the ter 9.30am on March 16, 2018, was not alive but had been Dangerous Mumbra Wagle Estate Diva Kopri-Naupada C-1 (critically dangerous) Vacated
the boot of the car, where it re- met Vyas and gave her lift to accused were questioned, Vyas’s phone was never killed.”
Shared rickshaw service now available at PCMC metro stations
PUNE: A new shared rickshaw service has
been launched from metro stations in Pimpri-
Chinchwad, providing convenient and
affordable last-mile connectivity for citizens.
This service allows residents to easily reach
various parts of the city at a fixed fare. Bhosari
MLA Mahesh Landge shared the details of this
initiative on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday.
PUNE
PUNE | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024

DHANGEKAR, ANDHARE TAIT-qualified candidates

Minor's dad,
grandpa
remanded to
protest delay in appointments
police custody
till May 31
ANI

Pune District Court on Tues-

CONFRONT VC GOSAVI
ANKIT SHUKLA
MARIJUANA DISCOVERY AT SPPU
about the marijuana case to-
day itself."
INDU BHAGAT

Teachers Aptitude and Intelli-

gence Test (TAIT) qualified
candidates have been recom-
day sent the father and The discovery of 750 gm of Meanwhile, speaking to mended to Pune Municipal
grandfather of the minor ac- marijuana in the boys' hostel The Free Press Journal, Corporation (PMC) through
cused involved in the at Savitribai Phule Pune Uni- Andhare explained that mul- the Pavitra Portal. The re-
Porsche crash case to police versity (SPPU) has sparked tiple issues were discussed cruitment was done for
custody till May 31. intense reactions from local with the university adminis- schools of different mediums.
Earlier, the Pune Police leaders, including Kasba tration. "At the time of the Document verification of
Crime Branch unit on May MLA Ravindra Dhangekar G20 summit, �2 crore were these candidates has also been
25 morning arrested the and Shiv Sena (UBT) Deputy granted to the university for done on March 5, 6, 7, and 11
grandfather of the minor ac- Leader Sushma Andhare. On campus lighting. Apart from this year. However, the civic
cused of killing two motor- Tuesday, Dhangekar and this, an appropriate fund body has not yet made a list of
cycle-borne persons in Andhare visited the univer- was also granted for the ren- 441 candidates, notifying them
Kalyani Nagar earlier this sity and met Vice Chancellor ovation of the roads, but all if they are qualified or un-
week after ramming into Suresh Gosavi. work was not done with stan- qualified to take the position nancial situation and take an
them the luxury car he was Regarding the issue, And- dard quality," she claimed, as a teacher in PMC-run WHAT ARE THEIR immediate decision. "We im-
allegedly driving. hare questioned why the adding that the issue of the schools. The candidates plore immediate action to re-
The commissioner of case had been suppressed for quality of food at the univer- staged a protest at the PMC DEMANDS? solve this issue and request
Pune city police, Amitesh 14 days and why an FIR had sity canteen was also raised. commissioner’s office on n Publication of the list of your intervention in ensuring
Kumar, said that the grand- not yet been filed. Andhare "NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Monday demanding a sched- eligible candidates. that all selected teachers re-
father of the accused was ar- said that Gosavi stated their Pawar visited the university uled date for joining. ceive their appointment or-
rested. A separate FIR has "process is underway." "The recently when he learned They wrote a letter, men- n Provision of necessary ders promptly," he said.
been registered against him university has accepted that
The university has accepted that a case will be registered. The that student representatives tioning, “We bring to your no- resources for candidates to PMC Additional Commis-
under IPC sections 365 and a case will be registered," she
employees who tried to cover up the matter should be of the National Students' tice the concerning issue of fulfil their duties. sioner Ravindra Binwade
368. said, demanding, "The em-
suspended, and a separate inquiry should be conducted Union of India (NSUI) and 441 teaching positions that re- said, “The official notification
n Conducting counselling
The Pune City Police last ployees who tried to cover up - Sushma Andhare, Shiv Sena (UBT) Deputy Leader Students' Federation of main undeclared for over two sessions for timely regarding the counselling of
week questioned the 17-year- the matter should be sus- India (SFI) were beaten up by months. Despite assurances, appointments. the newly appointed teachers
old's grandfather in connec- pended, and a separate in- university. The discovery of ficials and police to take ac- the Akhil Bharatiya Vid- no official notification has will be given after the code of
tion with the incident that quiry should be conducted." marijuana in the hostel is tion on the matter." yarthi Parishad (ABVP). Al- been released regarding their n Ensuring settlement time conduct for the Lok Sabha
took place early on Sunday Addressing the media, not a small issue. It has not However, Senior Police In- though cases were filed status, causing distress among for non-salaried teaching staff elections is uplifted. The state
morning in Pune's Kayani Dhangekar stated, "We con- been investigated yet. A case spector Ajay Kulkarni of against those who were beat- the candidates and their fami- in Pune. government's education de-
Nagar. sistently stand against the should be registered soon. I Chaturshringi Police Station en, no improvement has oc- lies. Moreover, over 100 Certi- n Providing instructions for partment had sent a proposal
Along with the grandfa- controversial issues in the have requested the SPPU of- said, "We came to know curred," added Andhare. fying Officers are yet to police verification and to the Election Commission of
ther of the accused, Suren- receive instructions promised medical examination before India seeking special permis-
dra Kumar Agarwal, his son PORSCHE CRASH CASE prior to the implementation joining post-summer sion for recruitment. The
Vishal Agarwal has also of the code of conduct for elec- vacation. Election Commission has giv-
been booked in the same FIR
under IPC Sections of
342,365, 368, 506 and 34 on the
complaint of the family driv-
Tingre’s involvement comes under scanner tions. The upcoming Pune
Lok Sabha Elections sched-
uled for May 13, 2024, have fur-
ther exacerbated the
sort to indefinite hunger
strikes. They were told that
en a positive reply and has
asked to proceed with the re-
cruitment process after the
elections.”
er, Gangadhar, Pune Police STAFF REPORTER "On Sunday around 3am, lice personally met with the situation, with no communi- the list of selected candidates The delay in issuing ap-
CP said. my workers called to inform residents of Kalyani Nagar cation from the PMC.” will be shared once the voting pointment orders by the PMC
The driver, Gangadhar, Nationalist Congress Party me that there was a major ac- and brought this to their no- Despite excelling in TAIT is done. The voting process for has inflicted hardship upon
had lodged a complaint with (NCP) MLA from Pune's cident in my constituency. tice. Moreover, I will always be 2022, the 441 candidates aspir- the Pune Lok Sabha Elections numerous candidates, partic-
police alleging that he was Vadgaon Sheri, Sunil Tingre, Also, my acquaintance Vishal against these illegal business- ing to serve in PMC schools was on May 13 which now has ularly those from economical-
taken to Surendra Agarwal's is facing scrutiny from all Agarwal called and told me es. But it is wrong and defam- are left in limbo due to the in- been completed. Therefore, ly disadvantaged back-
home against his will on the corners allegedly for using that his son had met with an atory to attach my name with- action. The candidates de- candidates demand action grounds. Many deserving
night of May 19, when Gan- his influence to alter the in- accident. Accordingly, as a re- out any relation to this acci- manded that a counselling from PMC. But the municipal candidates, including those
gadhar was leaving the Yer- vestigation into the deaths of sponsible public representa- dent. I believe that intelligent programme should be con- corporation has not done any- from the business community,
awada Police Station. two IT professionals who tive, I went to the spot first citizens will not fall prey to ducted, and appointment or- thing. are experiencing financial
Surendra and his son were mowed down by a speed- thing in the morning and then this propaganda," the MLA ders be issued to the selected Candidate Hanumant strain due to the delay in
Vishal allegedly threatened ing Porsche driven by the 17- to Yerwada Police Station. On further added. candidates by May 31, failing Randhive demanded that the salary disbursement post-se-
Gangadhar, snatched his year-old son of a prominent inquiry at the police station, it When Deputy Chief Minis- which all candidates will re- PMC should consider their fi- lection.
phone and forcibly kept him builder in the city on May 19. was said that the police con- ter Ajit Pawar was asked
confined in their bungalow After the accident took stable had taken the young about his MLA, he said, "Tin- SASSOON PROBE COMMITTEE
No water
I have full faith in the judicial
in an attempt to force him to place in Kalyani Nagar, Tin- couple involved in the gre himself has clarified his

Dr Pallavi Saple’s
system and this matter will be
take responsibility for the gre visited the Yerwada accident to the hospital. When stand. He later met me in
supply on
clarified after the investigation
crime instead of his minor Police Station and is alleged I called them, they said they Pune and presented his ver-
grandson. to have exerted pressure on would come in 15 minutes, and Sunil Tingre, NCP MLA sion. I have asked top police
May 30
appointment criticised
The accused has been de- the police. However, he imme- accordingly, they came. After officials to take strict action
tained at an observation diately shot down the reports coming to the police station, 'nightlife' from the beginning against cops or doctors who
home on the order of the Ju- and said he had gone there as the PI explained the entire se- and have raised my voice tried to dilute the probe."
venile Justice Board. He was a "responsible public repre- quence of events of the acci- about it from time to time. I Meanwhile, Tingre's name INDU BHAGAT
earlier granted bail in the sentative." dent and informed that two have already given a letter to has again surfaced in this STAFF REPORTER tion" and that she must be re-
case but was later sent to the Taking to X (formerly Twit- people had died and a case had the Commissioner of Police to case. Recently, Pune Police ar- moved. "She is facing many The Pune Municipal Corpo-
observation home for 14 days ter), Tingre wrote, "Even to be registered. Then I told take action against pubs, bars, rested Dr Ajay Taware, head The Maharashtra govern- corruption charges. The alle- ration (PMC) has issued a
till June 5. though I have nothing to do them to take appropriate ac- and terrace hotels operating of the state-run Sassoon Gen- ment has set up a three-mem- gations were levelled by Shiv notice informing the resi-
The Pune Police commis- with this unfortunate acci- tion and left the police station. illegally till late at night in up- eral Hospital's Forensic Med- ber committee following the Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) dents about the water
sioner earlier said that efforts dent, wrong and defamatory I did not put any pressure on scale areas of Viman Nagar, icine department, Dr arrest of two doctors and an MLA Yamini Jadhav. The supply disruption on Thurs-
were on to try the minor ac- information about me is be- the police and the police will Kalyani Nagar, Kharadi, and Shrihari Halnor, the chief employee of state-run Sas- government must answer day (May 30) in several areas
cused as an adult. He con- ing spread on social media. I also admit that," Tingre said. illegal businesses like liquor medical officer, and the soon General Hospital in con- what action has been taken in Pune.
firmed that an effort was ignored it at the beginning "Meanwhile, wrong infor- sales, matka, hookah parlours, staffer Atul Ghatkamble who nection with the alleged ma- against her," demanded And- The temporary water in-
made to frame the person em- but later realised that the op- mation is being spread by drug sales, and massage par- works under Dr Taware. They nipulation of the blood sam- hare. terruption is due to critical
ployed for driving the Porsche position was trying to take ad- some elements on social lours. And I have raised my were remanded in police cus- ple of the juvenile involved in Leader of Opposition maintenance and repair
car after the accident, and vantage of it. It is necessary media that I have pressured voice in this regard in the Leg- tody till May 30. the Pune Porsche crash case. (Council) Ambadas Danve work at the Vadgaon treat-
added that police are investi- to clarify my detailed position the police in this accident. Ac- islative Assembly as well. Read the full story on Medical Education Com- said that the probe panel is ment plant's Rajiv Gandhi
gating his statement. regarding the incident." tually, I have been against Also, the Commissioner of Po- www.freepressjournal.com missioner Rajiv Nivatkar on not acceptable and reiterated pumping station. Addition-
Monday issued the order ap- the demand for a judicial ally, a culvert project at Shiv-
pointing the dean of Grant probe into the Porsche crash. shankar Chowk, Dhankawa-
VISITORS FLOCK TO
SAVARKAR'S HOSTEL ROOM Vishwanath Karad to receive Medical College and JJ group
of hospitals, Dr Pallavi Saple,
as the chairperson of the
"The government must first
answer what happened to the
allegations against Dr Saple.
di, necessitated the reloca-
tion of a 796 mm diameter
pipeline, further impacting

‘Vishwashanti Ratna Award’

committee. The other mem- Appointing such officials the water distribution sys-
bers are Dr Gajanan Chavan, proves that the government is tem.
professor of the forensic med- still not serious about the On Friday (May 31), water
icine department of Grant Pune issue. If such officials supply is expected to resume
STAFF REPORTER guished guests include Dr Medical College, and Dr Sud- are appointed, one can tell but may be delayed and
Bhushan Patwardhan, MP hir Chowdhary, Special Duty right now what will come out could have reduced pres-
Founder President of MIT- Srinivas Patil, and Vice-Chan- Officer at Chhatrapati Samb- at the end of the investiga- sure. Punekars are advised
World Peace University, Prof cellor of COEP Technology hajinagar Government Med- tion. There is no need for the to plan accordingly and con-
Dr Vishwanath Karad, will be University Dr Sunil Birud. ical College and Super Spe- drama of an investigation," serve water.
honoured with the 'Vish- Prof Dr Vishwanath ciality Hospital. he wrote on X (formerly Twit- PMC has urged to take
washanti Ratna Award' by Karad's outstanding contribu- Meanwhile, Opposition ter). note of these disruptions
various social organisations tions in the field of education, leaders are up in arms over When asked about the and cooperate during the
in Pune city and its residents. as well as his efforts towards the appointment of Dr Saple, charges against her, Dr Saple maintenance period to en-
The felicitation ceremony is interreligious dialogue, are who is facing corruption declined to comment, saying sure a smooth and efficient
scheduled for May 30 at 4:45pm widely recognised. His re- charges. that she had been appointed repair process. Therefore,
at the COEP auditorium in markable work has not only Shiv Sena (UBT) Deputy by the government. Regard- since the pumping system
Shivajinagar. This announce- Foundation. The programme elevated Pune and India's Leader Sushma Andhare ing the Porsche case, she said of the above place has to be
ment was made by Rajendra will be presided over by scien- stature globally but also slammed the state govern- that the panel would inquire closed, the full day's water
Shende, former director of the tist Dr Raghunath Mashelkar, earned him recognition on be- ment's probe panel, saying into all aspects and submit its supply under the jurisdic-
United Nations Environment with renowned computer sci- half of all Punekars and vari- that the chairperson Dr report to the government, tion of the above pumping
Programme and founder of entist Dr Vijay Bhatkar as the ous social organisations in the Pallavi Saple is herself though she did not indicate a station will be closed on the
the Green TERRE chief guest. Other distin- city. "buried in a cloud of corrup- time frame. said day.
On the occasion of VD Savarkar's Jayanti on Tuesday, his hostel

Sassoon General Hospital is no stranger to controversies

room at Fergusson College was opened to the public. The room,
where Savarkar stayed from 1902 to 1905 as a student, features a
bust of the leader which was garlanded for the event Pic: Anand Chaini

INDU BHAGAT dent, in which the involvement of three hours, and not only this but

Man held for knocking down Sassoon General Hospital (SGH), a

two doctors from Sassoon Hospital
came out for allegedly manipulating
they did not give a clear brief about
when he would be available. This in-

lover's ex-boyfriend with car

state-run tertiary care facility affili- the blood samples, has tarnished the cident clearly shows that the dean
ated with BJ Medical College image of the hospital. In the past, doesn’t want to speak on the ongoing
(BJMC), has been treating patients many unsettling instances, such as controversy.
in Pune district and the peripheral the escape of drug kingpin Lalit The situation at the hospital can
STAFF REPORTER Kale, while the victim is areas for 160 years. However, due to Patil on October 2, 2023, and a rat- be understood by the constant
Nilesh Shinde. Shinde was administrative upheaval and inter- bite incident involving a patient ad- change of officials. In the last two
Even as the country was com- reportedly talking to his ex- nal politics, the hospital is facing a mitted to the ICU, have brought dis- years, the medical superintendent
ing to terms with the horrific girlfriend, who is currently reputation downfall. In the recent repute to the hospital. of SGH has been changed eight
Porsche crash case, where Kale's girlfriend, late at Porsche crash case, where a minor A source from the hospital re- times. It all started with Dr Taware's
two IT professionals were night on the road. Shinde boy allegedly knocked down two vealed that SGH has become a place departure. Dr Vijay Jadhav assumed
mowed down allegedly by a had allegedly been harass- young techies while driving a luxury for all illegal activities. "Usually, it the position initially and was re-
drunk teenager in Pune's ing the girl repeatedly, and car under the influence of alcohol takes six hours to give the blood placed by Dr Bharati Daswani in
Kalyani Nagar, another Kale was aware of this. The on May 19, the blood samples of the sample report if it is a Medico-Legal July 2022. However, Dr Vijay Jadhav
shocking incident on the girl informed Kale that she minor boy were allegedly changed Case (MLC). At most, it may take a was again given the charge in March
roads of the city has now sur- was with Shinde then, by two senior doctors and a peon of In the last two years, the medical superintendent of SGH day, but not more than that if every- 2023 but was soon replaced by Dr Yel-
faced. prompting Kale to drive the hospital. The Pune Police on thing, including machinery and re- lappa Jadhav. Dr Sunil Bhamre took
Police have detained a man over and knock down Monday arrested the three for ma- has been changed eight times sources, is there. It also shows that over in August 2023, but his tenure
for allegedly attempting to Shinde with his car. nipulating the blood samples. the institute requires the appoint- was fleeting as Dr Kiran Kumar Jad-
kill another person by hitting After the accident, hordes “During the investigation, the po- said. screen an offender from punish- ment of good administration to op- hav swiftly took over the charge. Lat-
him with his car in the early of people gathered at the spot lice found that the doctors at The Police Commissioner con- ment), 214 (offering a gift or restora- erate the facility effectively," the er, Dr Sanjeev Thakur assumed the
hours of Tuesday in Pimpri- and admitted Shinde to a Sassoon Hospital allegedly changed firmed that Dr Ajay Taware, head of tion of property to screen an offend- source added. position. He was removed following
Chinchwad. local hospital. They also in- the minor accused’s blood sample the hospital’s forensic medicine de- er) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The Free Press Journal tried to the sensational escape of drug cartel
The incident occurred formed the police, who imme- while sending it for a forensic test to partment, and Dr Shrihari Harnol, The police also arrested the peon, meet the dean of the hospital to ask kingpin Lalit Patil from the hospital.
around 1am on Telco Road in diately came to the scene and verify the alcohol presence in it. casualty medical officer, have been Atul Ghatkamble, for acting as a questions about the current arrest Besides this, the BJMC and SGH
Yashwant Nagar after the ac- detained Kale. However, the Pune city police, as a arrested for manipulating the blood middleman and allegedly collecting of three people and their involve- have a shortage of 644 personnel,
cused discovered the victim While Shinde is reportedly preventive measure, had taken an- samples. The doctors have been �3 lakh from the teen's family, meant ment, but the efforts went in vain as with only 78 of the 172 sanctioned
talking to his girlfriend. out of danger, Kale has been other sample of the boy in the charged under Sections 120B (crimi- for the doctors to manipulate the the dean, who was present in his of- Class I and Class II positions filled.
According to available in- detained and booked under evening on the same day (May 19), nal conspiracy), 467 (forgery), 201 blood samples. fice, refused to meet. The hospital In addition, 104 nursing positions
formation, the accused has Indian Penal Code Section 307 for DNA sampling,” Pune Police (destruction of evidence), 213 SGH has seen a turbulent phase in staff, as well as the dean, made and 381 Class IV staff positions are
been identified as Sushil (attempt to murder). Commissioner Amitesh Kumar (taking a gift or something else to the last few years. This recent inci- media personnel wait for more than vacant.
 MARATHWADA
3 met watery grave in Kinwat
T hree persons including two sisters met a watery grave in the
Painganga River at Morgaon in Kinwat taluka in Nanded district on
Monday afternoon. The deceased had gone for a picnic with their family
members. The deceased have been identified as Mamta Shaikh Javed
(21), Payal Devidas Kamble (16) and Swati Devidas Kamble (13). CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024

Counting day preparations in full swing

BEED

Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar appeal

for peace amidst tensions
STAFF REPORTER in 27 rounds. In each round, The employees wearing red,
48,112 votes will be counted. It yellow, pink, grey, purple and
The countdown for the votes will take around 20 minutes orange coloured T-shirts will
counting of the Lok Sabha to count the votes during each handle the EVMs for carrying
election has begun and the round. It will take around 9 it from the strong room to the
administration is prepared hours to count all the counting tables. no 'Maharaj' (religious
for the counting in the dis- rounds," he added. Presently, the EVMs have preacher) from the Maratha
trict, informed the Chhatrap- "It will take time to bring been kept in the strong room community should be invited
ati Sambhajinagar district the EVM from the strong in the MIT College. Central to the village.
collector and district return- room and the buzzer process Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Villagers also asked others
ing officer Dilip Swami. for counting the votes for 37 State Reserve Police Force not to consume liquor from a
Briefing the press, Swami candidates and NOTA. The (SRPF), State police force offi- shop, while a man threatened
said, it will take around 12 counting will be held in a cers and jawans are looking that those violating this
hours for the counting of the building at MIT College on after the security of the diktat would be penalised.
votes casted in six assembly Beed By-pass road on June 4," strong room and the counting "A meeting was conducted
constituencies of the Au- he said. centre. in Mundewadi village after
rangabad Lok Sab- There will be assembly the video clip went viral. Af-
ha constituency. Assembly constituency wise 14 ter speaking with villagers, it
"The winner constituency (Rounds) – Voters counting tables, 10 tables for was found that there was no
will be declared af- assembly wise postal ballot casteism among them," the
ter the complete Kannad (26) – 2,17,089 The officers and the em- counting of 6,81,120 votes in 13 counting. In all, 1,000 employ- superintendent of police said.
counting of all the Aurangabad central (23) – 2,11,500 ployees have been directed to rounds will be done and the ees have been deployed for the Explaining the demogra-
assembly con- Aurangabad West (27) – 2,35,784 be present at the counting cen- picture that the voters counting process and 700 po- phy, he said members of a
stituencies. It will tre at 6am sharp. The oath for favoured which candidate will lice officers and jawans for se- particular community domi-
be clear that
Aurangabad East (22) – 2,07,633 counting will be administered be clear to some extent. curity. The counting will be nate the population in the vil-
12,99,040 voters Gangapur (25) – 2,27,152 at 7am and the postal ballot A media centre has been es- done under the vigilance of PTI lage, while others from an-
have chosen which Vaijapur (25) – 2,00,882 counting will start at 8am. Lat- tablished at the counting cen- 150 CCTV cameras while the other caste group are in mi-
candidate after the er, the EVM counting will tre, but the reporters can car- votes in 2,040 EVMs will be A video purportedly contain- A meeting was conducted in nority. "The sarpanch of this
Total – 12,99,040 Mundewadi village after the
counting of votes start at 8.30am. The 50 percent ry mobile phones with them. counted. ing remarks against a partic- village is from the communi-
ular community in the back- video clip went viral. After ty which is in the minority,"
drop of tension between two speaking with villagers, it was he said.
Seven dead in
Jayakwadi water level at Nanded: 1 dead, 2 caste groups in a village in found that there was no When asked about the con-
Beed district has gone viral, casteism among them," tents of the video, the SP said
rain-related injured in accident prompting leaders of various – Nand Kumar Thakur, villagers took a decision (on

5.19 pc of total capacity

political parties to appeal for Beed superintendent of police not purchasing liquor from a
incidents in STAFF REPORTER peace.
Maharashtra Deputy
particular shop) in view of
some problems in Nandur
Marathwada PTI of this project as of Monday stood at
A minor boy died while two others were in-
jured as a tractor and its trolley turned tur-
Chief Ministers Devendra
Fadnavis (BJP) and Ajit
held a meeting with villagers.
The video clip went viral
phata area.
"There is no casteism in
PTI 112.71 MCM which is 5.19 per cent of its tle in the Rajwadi River from the overbridge Pawar (NCP) have appealed on Sunday against the back- this video. A person said
The water stock in Jayakwadi dam in total storage capacity. The project lost near Pardi Vaijapur in Mudkhed taluka in for maintaining peace and drop of tensions between something in excitement but
Seven persons have died in Marathwada region stood at mere 5.19 1.15 MCM of water in the past 24 hours Nanded district on Monday morning. The avoiding such commentary. members of the Maratha and villagers didn't support such
rain-related incidents as un- per cent of its capacity on Monday after amid heat," the report stated. deceased has been identified as Tejas Ashok Beed Superintendent of Vanjari communities. a stand. The villagers are not
seasonal showers lashed recording the evaporation loss of 1.15 1 MCM is equivalent to 35,314,666.7 Shinde (15) and the injured as Rameshwar Police, Nand Kumar Thakur, Some villagers in the video following any such appeal.
parts of Marathwada in the MCM (Million Cubic Metre) in a single cubic feet. Maroti Sable (17) and Balaji Maroti Shinde on Monday, rushed to Munde- clip, which went viral on Sun- This video is 15-20 days old,"
last two days, an official said day due to heat, as per the Maharashtra It stated there is no water discharge (18). The condition of both the injured is se- wadi village in Kej tehsil and day, can be heard saying that Thakur added.
on Monday. irrigation department. so far for the right and left canals that rious and are being treated in the govern-
As per a report shared by Notably, the water storage in the go into other interior districts of the ment hospital at Vishnupuri in Nanded.

Nanded hosts Buddha Pahat

the divisional commissioner- dam, which provides water to Chhatra- Marathwada region. The water supply According to the details, some people
ate, unseasonal rains were pati Sambhajinagar city, Jalna and in- for the hydro power project is also shut from the Pardi Vaijapur were going to Mud-
witnessed in Beed, dustrial zones located in these two dis- as of now, the department said. khed in a tractor attached with a trolley on
Dharashiv, and Latur dis- tricts, stood at 39.42 per cent on May 27, Marathwada region is witnessing se- Monday at around 9am. However, the
tricts in 48 hours. 2023. vere heat and drought-like conditions, trolley and the tractor fell into the river STAFF REPORTER gramme was held with great enthusiasm at
Crops on 24.3 hectares of "The designated live storage of the forcing several villages to be dependent from the bridge. On receiving the informa- Dr Shankarao Chavan Auditorium. Singers
land were destroyed, and 53 project is 2170.93 MCM. The live storage upon water tankers. tion, the nearby residents informed the po- On the occasion of Buddha Purnima, the Bud- Vandana Gavai, Srirang Chintewar, and Shiv-
animals have died in these lice and launched the rescue operation. The dha Pahat programme took place in Nanded, ani Kadam received appreciation from the au-
districts due to rains, the re- injured were taken out of the river with the where Bharat Wankhede, founder president dience for their performances.
port stated. help of a JCB machine. of the Mantralaya Officers' Association, ex- The event was chaired by Bharat
Three deaths were report- This bridge is proving a death trap for the pressed their intention to expand such initia- Wankhede, with the presence of dignitaries
ed in Latur, while Beed and passengers travelling on it. A few days back, tives across the state and implement strategic including Deputy Secretary of Ministry Mum-
Dharashiv saw two casualties a Jeep fell into the river from the same programs for society. bai General Administration Department Ra-
each, it said. bridge due to which people lost their lives. Jointly organised by the Dr Babasaheb jendra Savane, Senior Personal Assistant to
More than 700 houses were The residents claimed that the frequent ac- Ambedkar Social and Cultural Movement Upper Chief Secretary of Finance
damaged in the rains over the cidents occurred due to a sharp turn to the Nanded and the Mantralaya Officers' Associa- Department Subhash Gavai, Senior Literary
weekend, the report stated. bridge. tion, Mumbai, the Buddha Pahat musical pro- Dr Karuna Jamdade, and others.

NASHIK
Khadse meets SP in accident case
N CP leader Eknath Khadse, in the Jalgaon hit-and-run case,
urged the Superintendent of Police to investigate call
detail records (CDR) of the accused. He accused the police of
being inactive, alleging political pressure. Four people were
killed in Jalgaon district in an accident on May 7.

Record response to NMC’s Fire audit reminder letters Three suicides

reported in
sent to hospitals by NMC city

property discount scheme

PRASHANT NIKALE sioner has increased the
STAFF REPORTER

After the tragic fire at a

game zone in Rajkot, Gu-
STAFF REPORTER

In a tragic sequence of events,

three individuals from different
parts of Nashik city ended life
target to �225 crores. The jarat, the Nashik Municipal by suicide on Sunday. The vic-
The tax relief scheme of the municipality implements a Corporation's (NMC) tims include two women, one of
Nashik Municipal Corpora- special discount scheme for Health Department has is- whom is a 50-year-old unidenti-
tion (NMC) has received a regular taxpayers in the sued reminder letters to fied woman. The reasons be-
record-breaking response three months from April to hospitals in the city that hind these suicides remain un-
from Nashik taxpayers, with June in the new financial have not conducted a fire clear. Death records have been
property tax collection fig- year. If the bill is paid in audit. If the report is not registered in the Adgaon and
ures surpassing �80 crores April, taxpayers receive an submitted, the health de- Ambad police stations.
between last April and the 8% discount on the total partment has warned that Lakshmi Ambadas Kahan-
current May. amount. the licenses of the non-com- dal (30), a married woman from
This recovery is �20 crores A ten percent discount is pliant hospitals will be re- Nashik, hanged herself in her
more than last year's collec- given if the amount is paid voked. Despite the responsi- bedroom on Sunday afternoon.
tion during the same period. online. In May, a 6% discount bility of the fire Her husband, Ambadas Kahan-
Meanwhile, the tax collection is available, and in June, a 3% department to issue audit dal, immediately rushed her to
department aims to reach the discount is available. In orders and take action, they the district hospital where med-
mark of 100 crores by the end April, nearly fifty crores of have so far only issued no- medical department con- ical authorities declared her
of May. recovery were accumulated tices without taking con- firming that their fire pre- dead. The reason behind her
Vivek Bhadane, Deputy in the municipal coffers. In crete measures. After the Rajkot Game Zone vention systems are in good suicide is unknown.
Commissioner, Tax Collec- the current month of May, Out of 622 hospitals in fire tragedy, the health condition. The deadline for In the second incident, a 50-
tion Department, Municipal the figure has reached more the city, 247 have not sub- department has sent submitting the report was year-old unidentified woman
Corporation, said, "The tax than 80 crores. Last year, the mitted their fire audit re- reminder letters to hospitals February 18. To date, 375 was found hanging from a tree
relief scheme has received a recovery figure was �59 ports, and the fire depart- that reneged on fire audits. hospitals have submitted in the bushes near Pink City
great response and property crores by this date. ment has yet to cut off wa- However, in case of non- their fire audit reports, Hotel on the Ozar to Nashik
The tax collection depart- ter and electricity connec- cooperation, the licenses of while 247 hospitals have road. Her identity is yet to be
DIVISION-WISE ment expects that the recov- tions to any of these hospi- said hospitals will be not. confirmed. Harshal Patil re-
RECOVERY tax collection has exceeded the municipality." ery figure will cross �100 tals. revoked The fire department is- ported the incident. The
Satpur ₹9. 66 Crores �80 crores between April and Property tax is the largest crores by the end of May. The Dr Tanaji Chavan, Chief sued a fifteen-day notice to Adgaon police station has regis-
Nashik West ₹16. 98 Crores the current May. It is source of income for NMC. In maximum recovery has been Medical Health Officer, – Dr Tanaji Chavan, the hospitals that failed to tered a death record, and fur-
Nashik East ₹12 .59 Crores expected to cross the �100- the previous financial year, in Nashik West Division, fol- NMC, said, "After the Chief Medical Health Officer, submit their reports, but ther investigation is being con-
Panchavati ₹14 .32 Crores crore mark by the end of this the tax collection department lowed by New Nashik Divi- Rajkot Game Zone fire NMC many hospitals have not ducted by Havaldar Rajule and
New Nashik ₹15.90 Crores month. Citizens should take collected nearly �200 crores sion. Citizens can avail of the tragedy, the health depart- complied. Consequently, the Havaldar Magar.
Nashik Road ₹10. 88 Crores advantage of the discount of property tax. discount scheme until the ment has sent reminder let- fire department was expect- The third incident occurred
scheme and cooperate with This year, the commis- end of June. ters to hospitals that re- nancial and life losses. As a ed to cut off water and elec- in the Patil Nagar area of CID-
neged on fire audits. Howev- result, fire audits have been tricity connections to these CO, where Komal Ashok Patil

Female cop conquers Mount Everest

er, in case of non-coopera- made mandatory for private hospitals but has only is- (23) hanged herself at her resi-
tion, the licenses of said hospitals. Every January, sued further notices. How- dence on Sunday evening. She
hospitals will be revoked." the Municipal Corporation ever, the health department was found dead at the scene.
In recent years, incidents issues a fire audit notice. has now taken the initiative A report has been filed at the
of fires in hospitals have This year, 622 hospitals in and sent reminder letters to Ambad Police Station, and fur-
been increasing across the the city were instructed to the hospitals that have not ther investigation is underway
STAFF REPORTER vated to pay tribute to her late parents, and the flag of the Maharashtra Police state, causing significant fi- obtain a certificate from the conducted a fire audit. by Havaldar Mahajan.
she embarked on a journey of rigorous Force, sang the national anthem, and

Wife defrauds husband of �1 crore

Climbing Everest is the dream of every preparation. paid tribute to her late parents by carry-
mountain climbing enthusiast, but very In her first attempt in 2022, Doke faced ing their photograph.
few could achieve this dream. A dedicat- physical challenges that prevented her After a successful ascent, Doke began
ed police officer from Nashik Dwarka from completing the expedition. Unde- her descent, reaching Everest Base
Vishwanath Doke, an inspector and as- terred, she resumed intense endurance Camp on May 23, 2024, at 5pm. She re-
sistant director at the Maharashtra Po- training at the Maharashtra Police Acad- turned to her hometown of Srirampur,
lice Academy, Nashik, has achieved an emy in 2023, preparing for another at- Maharashtra, on May 27, 2024, at 7am, STAFF REPORTER frequent work trips, including to accounts to Bidkar during these eight
extraordinary feat by becoming the first tempt in 2024. After, Doke began her ex- where she was welcomed with a grand Dubai, Bidkar entrusted his wife with years. Realising he had been defrauded
female officer from the Maharashtra Po- pedition by reaching Kathmandu on procession by her relatives and towns- In a shocking incident, a wife, with the the business operations. During this after an investigation, Bidkar filed a case
lice Force to summit Mount Everest, the March 24, 2024. She teamed up with people. Doke expressed immense satis- help of her family, allegedly defrauded time, his in-laws also got involved in of fraud against the four at Satpur Police
world's highest peak at 8,849 meters at Nepal's renowned summit climbing com- faction in fulfilling her dream and hon- her husband of ₹1 crore by selling com- the company. Station.
age of 49. pany, under the guidance of Lakpa Sher- ouring her parents. She has an elder sis- pany materials and a car. This incident Between May 23, 2014, and June 8, 2022, Further investigation is being con-
Inspector Doke joined the Maharash- pa, with Pasang Sherpa accompanying ter who is also a police inspector in occurred in the Satpur MIDC area. Ashwini Sachin Bidkar, Rekha Suresh ducted by Police Sub-Inspector Gan-
tra Police Force in 2006 as a Direct Serv- her throughout the climb. Mumbai, and a brother who runs a bak- According to the police, Sachin Bid- Munjwalkar, Vivek Suresh Munjwalkar, gurde. It has been revealed that Ashwini
ice Police Sub-Inspector and has since Starting from Everest Base Camp on ery shop in Srirampur. kar (48, resident of Kalyan, District and Roshan Suresh Munjwalkar (all res- Bidkar and Vivek Munjwalkar had pre-
been an exemplary officer. Her interest May 17, 2024, Doke reached the summit The Maharashtra Police Force's offi- Thane) established a company in Sat- idents of Bodhle Nagar, Nashik) alleged- viously been booked for fraud at Ganga-
in climbing Everest was sparked in 2022 on May 22, 2024, at 4:10am. She spent ap- cers and enforcers have congratulated pur MIDC in 2014. It was agreed that 80 ly sold the company materials and a car pur Police Station. All four accused are
after reading about the mountain and proximately 7-8 minutes at the peak, Dwarka Doke on her remarkable percent of the profit would go to him, without giving the profit to the company. currently absconding, and the police are
hearing about various expeditions. Moti- where she held the national flag of India achievement. and 20 percent to his wife. Due to his They also failed to provide any financial actively searching for them.
 MONEY
MARKET WATCH Indian fertilizer industry on track to reach `1.38 lakh crore by 2032
SENSEX 75,170.45 ▼ 220.05 The Indian fertilizer industry is on a robust growth trajectory, sector's vital role in supporting India's agricultural productivity
NIFTY 22,888.15 ▼ 44.30 expected to reach a market size of Rs 1.38 lakh crore by 2032, and food security. In 2023, the Indian fertilizer market size
USD/INR 83.18 ▼ 0.05 with a CAGR of 4.2% from 2024 to 2032, according to the stood at Rs 94,210 crore, driven by increased agricultural
GOLD 72,950.00 ▲ 130.00 latest report by IMARC Group. This growth underscores the demands and strategic governmental interventions. MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024
SILVER 95,950.00 ▲ 3,100.00

BIZ BULLETIN
Tesla vs Tesla: HC seeks Stock mkts decline for third day in Nifty likely to hit 26,500
in next 18 mths: Emkay
volatile trade ahead of poll results
e-scooter sales data
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked
Gurugram-based Tesla Power India Pvt Says Nifty expected to reach 24,500 level by Dec 2024
Ltd to file an affidavit on the number of
electric vehicle scooters sold and the IANS / New Delhi
current stocks available with them in a Most investors opted for profit-taking amid uncertainty ahead of the results of Lok Sabha polls
trademark case filed by US electric vehicle The Nifty can touch 26,500 levels
giant Tesla Inc. The court's direction came PTI / Mumbai Analysts said mid- and small-caps under- in the next 18 months. brokerage
after Tesla Inc said that despite an performed, while defensive sectors like phar- firm Emkay Global Financial
undertaking by Tesla Power, electric Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty ma and FMCG were optimistic. Services said in a report on Tues-
vehicle scooters were being sold by the closed lower on Tuesday in highly volatile In Asian markets, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai day.
Gurugram company through dealers trade, extending their losing run to the third and Hong Kong settled lower. European mar- Emkay Global expects the Nifty Sharing views on the sectors,
under various sub-brands. The high court day in a row as investors opted for profit- kets were trading on a mixed note. to reach 24,500 by December 2024 Manish Sonthalia, Chief Invest-
will now hear the case on Thursday. taking amid uncertainty ahead of the results US markets were closed on Monday for the and further scale up to surpass the ment Officer, Emkay Investment
of Lok Sabha polls. Memorial Day holiday. Global oil benchmark 26,500 levels by December 2025. Managers Ltd. (the portfolio man-
Digital Skill Hub to go After gyrating between gains and losses
during the day, the 30-share BSE Sensex finally
Brent crude climbed 0.13 per cent to USD 83.21
a barrel. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs)
According to the report, in the
immediate near term, the markets
agement services arm of Emkay
Global Financial Services), said,
global as ILO inks pact ended 220.05 points or 0.29 per cent lower at offloaded equities worth Rs 541.22 crore on are going to focus on Lok Sabha "BFSI, PSUs, and industrials are
The National Skill Development 75,170.45. During the day, it hit a high of Monday, according to exchange data. election results. An expected re- expected to do well. BFSI has led
Corporation (NSDC) under the aegis of 75,585.40 and a low of 75,083.22. India's core monsoon zone covering most of turn of the NDA regime with a the earnings growth and seen a
the Ministry of Skill Development & The NSE Nifty dropped 44.30 points or 0.19 "The Indian market exhibited mild consoli- the rain-fed agriculture areas in the country is base case scenario of 330 seats will correction in valuation. Invest-
Entrepreneurship and the International per cent to settle at 22,888.15 despite beginning dation post the recent sharp surge. The uncer- likely to receive above-normal rainfall this result in policy continuity along ment-related themes will come
Labour Organization (ILO) on Tuesday the day on a positive note. tainty-led volatility is likely to continue as the season, the IMD said on Monday. with major reforms that will sup- into play with power capex build-
announced a strategic partnership to From the Sensex firms, Power Grid, NTPC, market approaches the election outcome," The BSE benchmark ended lower by 19.89 port the positive sentiment in the ing up in the next three to five
advance skill development and lifelong Tech Mahindra, Bharti Airtel, Tata Motors, Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Finan- points or 0.03 per cent at 75,390.50 on Monday. Indian markets. years."
learning in India and globally. This IndusInd Bank, Reliance Industries, Kotak cial Services said. Intra-day, the barometer climbed 599.29 points The brokerage firm also ad- "We are re-rating public sector
collaboration aims to empower Mahindra Bank and Maruti were among the Sensex and Nifty hit lifetime high levels on or 0.79 per cent to an all-time peak of 76,009.68. vised having a multi-cap approach units as some of the government
individuals across the globe, by laggards. Monday following gains in select auto, bank- The Nifty declined by 24.65 points or 0.11 per with equal proposition in large- entities will have an advantage in
equipping them with essential Asian Paints, Wipro, JSW Steel, Hindustan ing and IT shares. However, investors booked cent to end at 22,932.45. The 50-issue barometer caps and midcaps to take advan- sectors such as defence, oil mar-
competencies and qualifications, thereby Unilever, Bajaj Finserv and Mahindra & profits towards the end of the trade dragging climbed 153.7 points or 0.66 per cent to hit a tage of the broad-based growth in keting companies, and power fi-
enhancing employability and sustainable Mahindra were among the biggest gainers. the indices into the negative. new lifetime high of 23,110.80 during the day. the Indian equity markets. nances," he added.
economic growth.

Govt puts on hold norms

for jewellery exports
`50K-cr, 26-plane mega Rafale Bank credit growth to stay healthy, RBI imposes monetary
penalty on Yes Bank
The government on Tuesday put on hold
the new norms for permissible wastage deal to be set in motion this wk but with some moderation: Crisil and ICICI Bank
amount for gold, silver and platinum ANI / New Delhi ANI / New Delhi
content in jewellery exports until July 31, ANI / New Delhi ported by private sector indus-
2024, just a day after the notification In a significant development, trial capex in fiscal 2025, under- The RBI has imposed monetary
after the gems and jewellery industry contract negotiations between Bank credit growth is expected pinned by expectations that penalty on Yes Bank and ICICI Bank
raised serious concerns on the new the governments of India to moderate 200 basis points (100 GDP growth will remain solid..." for non-compliances with certain
standards. The government on Monday and France in the over Rs 50,000 basis points is equal to 1 percent- Retail credit will likely report a directions issued by it. The penalties
notified revised norms related to the crore deal for 26 Rafale Marine age point) to 14 per cent this year tad lower at 16 per cent, com- imposed on them are Rs 91 lakh and
permissible amount of wastage and fighter jets is scheduled to after an estimated robust pared with 17 per cent last year, Rs 1 crore, respectively, RBI said in its
standard input output with regard to the begin on May 30 with the arrival The Indian side would include growth of 16 per cent last finan- but will remain the fastest-grow- orders. RBI said Yes Bank did not
export of gold and silver jewellery. of a high-level French team members from the defence ac- cial year, according to Crisil Rat- ing segment for banks. comply with 'Customer Service in
here. quisition wing and the Indian ings. Explaining rationale, it said Banks', and 'Un-authorized Operation
Zoho's Vembu invests in The French side would meet
with Indian Defence Ministry
Navy.
Sources in the government
Strong economic activity and
retail credit demand drove loan
the second half of year 2024-25,
can provide some tailwinds.
retail segment will feel the drag
of lower growth in unsecured
of lnternal/Office Accounts'. Based on
supervisory findings of non-compliance
homegrown drone startup counterparts to begin official ne- said that they would try to com- growth last year. Within the expected overall consumer credit (at 25 per cent with RBI directions and related
London-based consumer tech brand gotiations in the fighter jet deal plete negotiations with France This year, the growth is ex- bank credit growth of 14 per of retail credit) as banks realign correspondence in that regard, a
Nothing on Tuesday announced the for the Indian Navy under which and sign the agreement by the pected to be tempered by a high cent in 2024-25, the largest seg- their strategies following the notice was issued to the bank advising
appointment of Vishal Bhola as President aircraft would be operated from end of this financial year. base effect, a revision in risk ment, corporate credit, at 45 per regulatory advisory to counter a it to show cause as to why penalty
for India business. Bhola, in his new both aircraft carriers operated France had submitted its re- weights and a somewhat lower cent of bank credit, should see potential rise in loan delinquen- should not be imposed on it for its
role, will play a key role in accelerating by the force, defence industry of- sponse to India's tender for buy- gross domestic product (GDP) growth remaining steady at 13 cies. failure to comply with the said
the company's growth trajectory in India, ficials told ANI. ing 26 Rafale Marine jets for the growth, asserted Crisil. per cent, while retail (at 28 per Home loans remain the directions. After considering the bank's
leveraging his expertise in consumer tech The French team will include Indian Navy's aircraft carriers - However, on the positive side, cent of bank credit), the second- largest constituent of retail reply to the notice, submissions made
and strategic business management. officials from their defence min- INS Vikrant and INS Vikrama- it notes that the fundamental largest segment, is expected to credit and should grow steadily, and examination of additional
istry and industry including ditya in December itself. drivers of credit demand seem grow the fastest at 16 per cent. given increasing preference for submissions made by it, RBI found
Timken India promoter original equipment manufactur-
ers Dassault Aviation and
The response to India's Letter
of Acceptance had been submit-
to be broadly intact and a revival
in private corporate capital ex-
Ajit Velonie, Senior Director,
CRISIL Ratings, said, "Growth
home ownership and better af-
fordability, the rating agency
that the charges against the bank
were sustained, warranting
pares 6.6% stake Thales, the officials said. ted by France in New Delhi. penditure, especially towards in corporate credit will be sup- said. imposition of monetary penalty.
Timken Singapore Pte, promoter of
bearings-maker Timken India, on
Tuesday offloaded a 6.6 per cent stake in
the company for Rs 1,956 crore through
open market transactions. Axis Mutual
I-T Dept issues alert
on PAN-Aadhaar Commerce ministry working India to stick to policy path even if
Fund (MF), Nippon India MF, UTI MF,
HDFC Life Insurance, Morgan Stanley
Asia Singapore, BofA Securities Europe
link deadline
IANS / New Delhi
on SOP for FTA negotiation Modi loses, says Raghuram Rajan
SA, Singapore government and PTI / New Delhi FPJ BUREAU / Mumbai Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party is
Monetary Authority of Singapore were The Income Tax Department on widely expected to return to of-
among the buyers of Timken India's Tuesday urged taxpayers who The commerce ministry held de- India will likely maintain its eco- fice, although there’s uncertainty
shares. have still not linked their PAN liberations with experts, former of- nomic policy trajectory whether about whether it will be able to
with Aadhaar to do so before the ficers and senior officials from dif- Prime Minister Narendra Modi expand its majority as Modi has
Promoter of Inox Wind May 31 deadline or else they will
end up paying a higher tax.
ferent departments on framing a
standard operating procedure
wins a third term in office or not,
former central bank Governor
been predicting. Financial mar-
kets are bracing for a possible
divests 4.6% stake "Please link your PAN with (SOP) for free trade pacts and other resource management for trade Raghuram Rajan said, selloff if the BJP loses support,
Inox Wind Energy, one of the promoters Aadhaar before May 31st, 2024, if related issues under these agree- negotiations as well as certain con- Bloomberg reported. concerned about a possible shift
of Inox Wind Ltd, on Tuesday divested a you haven't already, in order to ments, an official release said on temporary issues under modern “There is a lot of continuity away from economic reforms.
4.6 per cent stake in the company for Rs avoid tax deduction at a higher Tuesday. FTAs such as labour, environment, built into Indian policy,” Rajan Rajan said the infrastructure
904 crore through open market rate," the Income Tax Department The commerce ministry in the and gender. said in an interview Tuesday Rajan said the infrastructure spending under the Modi govern-
transactions. Inox Wind is India's leading said in a post on X. release stated that the 'Chintan It said that Commerce Secretary with Bloomberg TV’s David In- spending under the Modi ment was necessary given the
wind energy solutions provider. It is a "Linking your PAN with your Shivir' was organised on May 16-17 Sunil Barthwal spearheaded the gles. “Whatever government huge deficiencies in the country.
subsidiary of Inox Wind Energy Ltd Aadhaar by May 31 ensures you at Neemrana, Rajasthan. deliberations which sought to comes in will take a lot of the government was necessary However, going forward India
(IWEL). According to the bulk deal data don't face higher tax deduction/ "The Shivir facilitated discus- chart a strategic course for India's good stuff that has been done and given the huge deficiencies needs to focus on the quality of
available on the National Stock Exchange tax collection under Section sions on various issues related to future engagement in FTA negoti- continue it.” Rajan, now a profes- its infrastructure and make sure
(NSE) and the BSE, Inox Wind Energy 206AA and 206CC of the Income negotiations of Free Trade Agree- ations. Economic assessment and sor of finance at the University in the country the investment doesn’t just bene-
sold a total of 6 crore shares on the Tax Act, 1961, due to an ments (FTAs) by India, its position modelling of FTAs, addressing of Chicago Booth School of Busi- fit the major industrial firms.
bourses, amounting to a 4.6 per cent inoperative PAN for the transac- and strategy that should be new disciplines into FTAs such as ness, was speaking on the side- focus on “all the good stuff that is Bloomberg Economics esti-
stake in Noida-based Inox Wind Ltd. tions entered into before March 31, adopted for such negotiations," the labour, environment, gender, and lines of the UBS Asian Invest- happening while trying to see mates India will spend 44.4 tril-
2024," it added. The TDS is deduct- ministry said. The participants indigenous people; and services ment Conference in Hong Kong. what other changes have to be lion rupees ($534 billion) on build-
Cosmos Bank to raise ed at a higher rate when a de-
ductee's PAN has not been linked
also deliberated on standard oper-
ating procedures (SoP) for FTA ne-
and digital trade in FTAs were
among the main themes for discus-
The new government will an-
nounce a budget shortly after it
made,” he said. India’s six-week
elections comes to end on June 1,
ing new infrastructure between
2024 and 2026, which will help lift
tech spends in FY25 with Aadhaar. gotiations, capacity building and sions, it said. comes to power, which will likely with results expected on June 4. economic growth to 9% by 2030.
Cosmos Bank is aiming to increase spends
on technology to up to 9% of its
operating expenses in 2024-25, from the
present 7%, a top company official said Sebi allows privately placed Projected recovery in global economy will boost Gilts fall on profit
on Tuesday. The cooperative bank, which
was impacted by a cyber attack in the taking, reverse
InvITs to issue subordinate units India's growth; FY24 GDP likely to reach 8%: SBI gains
recent past, has been spending 6-7% of
the operating expenses, or 10-12% of PTI / New Delhi In its notification on Monday, from Mon ANI / New Delhi cent, an improvement from its
profits in technology, its Chairman Milind Sebi said subordinate units would earlier projections. INFORMIST / Mumbai
Kale told reporters. There is a need to pay Capital markets regulator Sebi on only be issued by a privately The Economic Research Depart- Global headline inflation is ex-
more attention towards the technology Tuesday notified a framework for placed InvIT upon acquisition of ment of the State Bank of India pected to decline from an annual Prices of government bonds end-
aspect going ahead, Kale said, adding issuance of subordinate units by an infrastructure project. (SBI) has released a detailed re- average of 6.8 per cent in 2023 to ed lower as state-owned banks
that in FY25, it will raise the spends to up privately placed infrastructure It further said that InvIT would search report authored 5.9 per cent in 2024, and further to continued to sell gilts at a profit,
to 20% of the profits, or 8-9% of investment trusts (InvITs). not raise funds through public is- projecting a significant boost in 4.5 per cent in 2025, according to showing no interest in pushing
operating expenses. The issuance of subordinate sues if any subordinate units India's economic growth, driven IMF estimates. gilt prices upwards amid a lack of
units is primarily intended to have been issued and are out- by a recovering global economy. This reduction in inflation is firm cues in the market, dealers
Infra.Market raises $50 mn bridge the valuation gaps that
may arise as a result of the differ-
standing. To give this effect, the
Securities and Exchange Board
The report anticipates that In-
dia's GDP growth could touch 8
the global economy, including
geopolitical tensions and
expected to prompt some central
banks, particularly the European
said. During the day, mutual
funds and primary dealerships
from MARS Unicorn Fund ence in the valuation of an asset of India (Sebi) has amended the per cent in FY24, supported by extreme weather events, global Central Bank (ECB), to reinvigo- also trimmed their bond
Startup Infra.Market, which is into assessed by the Sponsor (in its ca- InvITs rule. strong performance across vari- growth remains resilient, sup- rate growth efforts. holdings, which further weighed
construction materials, has raised USD pacity of the asset seller) and the InvITs are a new concept in the ous economic indicators and fa- ported by easing inflationary The Reserve Bank of India on bond prices.
50 million from MARS Unicorn Fund to
expand business. In a statement, the
InvIT (in capacity of the asset
buyer).
Indian market but have been a
popular choice globally for their
vorable monsoon conditions.
The report also highlights the
pressures and strong employ-
ment conditions. The Interna-
(RBI) has projected Q4 FY24 Real
GDP growth at 7.3 per cent, with
During the day, MFs and
company, which is valued at USD 2.5 Also, the framework has been lucrative returns and capital ap- potential impact of global eco- tional Monetary Fund (IMF) in Q1 FY25 expected to reach 7.5 per primary dealerships also
billion, said it has "successfully closed designed to include risk mitiga- preciation. An InVIT consists of a nomic resilience on India's its April 2024 World Economic cent. For the full year FY25, GDP trimmed their bond
additional funding from MARS Unicorn tion measures in respect of such portfolio of infrastructure assets growth trajectory. Outlook (WEO) raised the global growth is anticipated to be 7.0 per
Fund, a joint venture from Liquidity units. like highways. Despite the challenges faced by growth forecast for 2024 to 3.2 per cent. holdings, which further
Group and MUFG". This additional weighed on bond prices
funding in Infra.Market by MARS Unicorn FOR EASE OF BUSINESS
Fund takes its total investment up to The 10-year benchmark 7.10%,
USD 100 million. The fund had
previously invested USD 50 million in
Infra.Market in 2022.
RBI Guv launches gilt Retail Direct Mobile App, 2 other initiatives 2034 bond ended at 100.72 rupees,
or 7.00% yield, against 100.85 ru-
pees, or 6.98% yield, on Monday.
PTI / Mumbai Tech firms for a better under- ments can be submitted online. At present, the retail direct The 7.18%, 2033 bond closed at
ITC hotel demerger plan Reserve Bank on Tuesday
standing of the sector from a reg-
ulatory perspective and facilitate
On the portal, an entity can
track/monitor the status as well
portal is available to facilitate re-
tail investors to open their Retail
100.82 rupees, or 7.06% yield, com-
pared with 100.97 rupees, or 7.03%
gets CCI approval launched three major initiatives, in designing appropriate policy as RBI can send a decision related Direct Gilt accounts with the Re- yield, on Monday.
The Competition Commission of India including a mobile app, to enable approaches. to a specified application in a serve Bank of India under the Re- "It is a natural phenomenon in
(CCI) on Tuesday approved the demerger retail investors to participate in 'PRAVAAH' (Platform for Reg- time bound manner. tail Direct Scheme. the market. PSUs have been book-
of the hotel business of diversified entity the government securities (G- ulatory Application, VAlidation More application forms would The portal launched in Novem- ing profits since the market went
ITC Ltd into a separate entity. After the Secs) market. and AutHorisation) portal is a se- be made available as may be re- ber 2021 allows retail investors to up," a dealer at a private bank
completion of the demerger, shares of Besides, the central bank cure and centralised web-based quired, it said. buy G-Secs in the primary auc- said. "If the market falls further,
ITC Hotels Ltd, a new entity, will be launched the PRAVAAH portal portal for any individual or entity With regard to the retail direct tions as well as buy and sell G- they will reinvest and push prices
listed on the stock exchanges. Minority for any individual or entity to ap- to seek authorisation, license or mobile app, the statement said re- Secs in the secondary market. upwards." According to the Clear-
shareholders are expected to benefit ply online for various regulatory regulatory approval on any refer- tail investors can now transact in The FinTech Repository aims ing Corp of India Ltd, state-
from the demerger of ITC's hotel approvals in a seamless manner. ence made by it to the Reserve G-Secs using the mobile app on to capture essential information owned banks were the top net
business into a separate entity, ITC This portal will also enhance bank said in a statement. Bank. their smartphones. about FinTech entities, their ac- sellers on Monday, disposing of
Hotels, as it may unlock value for them the efficiency of various process- The third initiative Fintech Sharing features of the portal, The mobile app can be down- tivities, technology uses, etc. Fin- 12.38 bln rupees of government
and improve return ratios of the FMCG es related to granting of regulato- Repository, launched by RBI Gov- the statement said, 60 application loaded from the Play Store for Techs, both regulated and unreg- securities. On Monday, the 2034
major, as per reports of four proxy ry approvals and clearances by ernor Shaktikanta Das, will be a forms covering different regula- Android users and App Store for ulated, are encouraged to con- bond's price had risen 15 paise
advisory firms. —Agencies the Reserve Bank, the central data storehouse of Indian Fin- tory and supervisory depart- iOS users. tribute to the repository. amid a similar lack of cues.
 MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024 MONEY
BIZ BULLETIN
Keystone Realtors raises
`800 cr by selling shares
ADANI GRP IN $3.5 BN FUND RAISE
Adani Enterprises board approves raising up to `16,600 crore (about USD 2 billion) via share sale
US-China Trade War:
Impact on India
Realty firm Keystone Realtors Ltd has
raised Rs 800 crore by selling shares to PTI / New Delhi 2023 board nod to raise funds. The board ap- BY TEJI MANDI
institutional investors, including Quant provals for fundraising are enabling resolu-

R
Mutual Fund and SBI Life Insurance. Adani Enterprises Ltd, the flagship firm of tions so that the companies can act quickly ecently, news of a trade war
Mumbai-based Keystone Realtors, which billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate, on whenever they find the best financing terms. between the US and China
sells its properties under Rustomjee Tuesday said its board has approved raising It, however, is not mandatory for them to raise surfaced. The US has increased
brand, informed that the company has up to Rs 16,600 crore (about USD 2 billion) those funds. tariffs on goods imported from
allotted 1,21,21,212 equity shares to through share sale. The apples-to-airport conglomerate has China, intended to protect American
eligible QIBs at an issue price of Rs 660 The announcement came a day after the stepped up capital spending as it recovered companies from unfair trade
per share, totalling Rs 800 crore. group's power utility Adani Energy Solutions from the blow a damning report of US short practices. Meanwhile, China argues 50% starting in 2025.
Ltd got a similar approval for raising up to Rs seller Hindenburg Research inflicted last that these tariffs violate World Trade
What Does it Mean
GIC Re Q4 PAT rises by 12,500 crore via qualified institutional place-
ment (QIP) or through any other permissible
year.
Adani Group's stocks at their lowest point
Organisation (WTO) rules and could
harm the global economy.�Let’s for Investors?
3% to `2,642 crore modes. tions, too, got a board nod for raising Rs 8,500 took a beating of about USD 150 billion in understand what is happening According to a CNN report, 36% of
GIC Re on Tuesday posted a 3 per cent The fundraising may happen in one or crore through QIP. market value but have since recovered. between the US and China and China's total electric vehicle exports
increase in net profit to Rs 2,642 crore more tranches, Adani Enterprises said in a A QIP is, at its core, a way for listed compa- Four of the 10 listed Adani firms have risen what this trade war means for last year went to the European
for the fourth quarter ended March 2024 stock exchange filing. nies to raise capital without having to submit to pre-Hindenburg levels and tycoon Adani's India. Union. In contrast, only 1.1% of
compared to Rs 2,564 crore in the same Both the companies will need other ap- legal paperwork to market regulators. net worth has surged USD 25 billion this year Chinese EVs were exported to the
quarter a year earlier. During the quarter, provals including from shareholders. Raising money from institutions like to go past USD 109 billion.
What's Happening? US, amounting to less than $365
the company collected a gross premium While Adani Enterprises Ltd has called a banks and private equity funds will broaden He is now ranked at No 13 in the world, just On May 14, 2024, US President Joe million, indicating minimal impact
of Rs 8,724 against Rs 7,370 crore in the shareholder meeting on June 24 for the two companies' shareholder count -- one one rank below Mukesh Ambani who is Biden announced increased tariffs on China in the EV sector.
year-ago period, GIC Re said in a approving the fund raise, Adani Energy Solu- of the key criticisms against the Adani group worth USD 114 billion. on Chinese goods such as electric Additionally, the Global Trade
regulatory filing. Total income of the re- tions Ltd's annual general meeting (AGM) is -- as well as increase their heft globally. The group's claw-back strategy that includ- vehicles (EVs), solar cells, Research Initiative (GTRI) suggests
insurer, however, declined to Rs 9,157 scheduled the next day. It would also result in decrease in promoter ed reining in debt and slowing pace of neck- semiconductors, and advanced that higher tariffs on products like
crore in the March quarter compared to Both the firms secured similar approvals Adani family stake in the post-equity capital break speed expansion, also saw it raise about batteries. The White House believes medical equipment and natural
Rs 9,259 crore in the same quarter a in 2023 but those approvals were set to expire of the companies. Rs 45,000 crore from marquee investors, in- that these Chinese companies are graphite present a golden
year ago. in June, triggering the need for a fresh nod. Adani family holds 72.61 per cent in Adani cluding Qatar Investment Authority, Abu competing unfairly, harming opportunity for India. The report
In May 2023, the board of Adani Enterpris- Enterprises Ltd and 73.22 per cent in Adani Dhabi based IHC, French giant American industries. The aim is to states that there is high demand for
Wockhardt Q4 consol es had approved a fundraise of Rs 12,500 crore
via QIPs. That month, Adani Energy Solu-
Energy Solutions Ltd.
The two firms had not gone ahead with the
TotalEnergies, and US based GQG Invest-
ment.
give American businesses a
competitive edge and protect their
these products, and India can
increase production to export to the
net loss at `177 crore interests. US. However, in sectors like electric
Drug firm Wockhardt on Tuesday vehicles and semiconductors, India

Reliance signs deal with Russia's

New Tariffs Imposed by
reported a consolidated net loss of Rs
177 crore for the fourth quarter ended PNB Housing the US on Chinese Goods
may not benefit significantly as it
still relies on imports. Nonetheless,
March 31, 2024. The company had
Finance likely to Here’s a look at the new tariffs the the Indian government has taken
reported a net loss of Rs 237 crore in the
January-March quarter of 2022-23.
Revenue from operations stood at Rs see stake sale Rosneft to buy oil in roubles: Report US has imposed on Chinese goods:
● Electric Vehicles (EVs): Tariffs on
EVs have increased from 25% to
steps to promote electric vehicles,
including reducing import duties
and introducing new EV policies.
700 crore for the period under review as
compared with Rs 678 crore in the same worth `500 crore FPJ BUREAU / Mumbai India, the world's third-biggest
oil importer and consumer, has
100%.
● Solar Panels: Tariffs on solar
What’s Next?
period of FY23, the Mumbai-based
drugmaker said in a regulatory filing. via block deal Reliance Industries, operator of
the world's biggest refining com-
become the biggest buyer of
seaborne Russian crude since the
panels have doubled to 50%.
● Lithium Batteries: Tariffs on
According to Reuters, in April, US
President Biden's administration
FPJ BUREAU / Mumbai plex, has signed a one-year deal West halted purchases and im- lithium batteries used in EVs have announced new tailpipe pollution
ABFRL Jan-Mar net loss PNB Housing Finance Ltd may
with Russia's Rosneft to buy at
least 3 million barrels of oil a
posed sanctions against Moscow
in the aftermath of Russia's 2022
increased from 7.5% to 25%, and
all types of lithium batteries will
standards, aiming to increase the
share of electric vehicles in the US.
at `266.35 crore see a block deal of Rs 500 crore to- month in roubles, four sources invasion of Ukraine. India has face a 25% tariff by 2026. However, US EV manufacturers have
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd has morrow, according to CNBC aware of the matter told Reuters. also paid for Russian crude in ru- ● Medical Equipment, Metals, expressed concerns that the subsidies
reported a consolidated net loss of Rs Awaaz sources. Asia Opportuni- The shift to rouble payments to secure oil at discounted rates at pees, dirhams and Chinese yuan. and Minerals: Tariffs on medical for imported EV equipment from
266.35 crore for the fourth quarter ties V Mauritius and General At- follows Russian President a time when the OPEC+ group of State-owned Indian refiners, equipment, steel, and aluminium China are not provided, and with
ended March 2024. The company had lantic Singapore Fund are likely Vladimir Putin's push for oil producers is expected to ex- meanwhile, have been tapping will increase from 0-7.5% to 25%. the increased tariffs, this goal might
posted a net loss of Rs 194.54 crore sellers in the deal, sources told Moscow and its trading partners tend voluntary supply cuts be- spot markets for Russian oil be- Essential minerals now face a 25% be challenging to achieve. Without
during the January-March quarter a year CNBC-TV18. to find alternatives to the Western yond June. cause they were unable to finalise tariff, which previously had no tariff. affordable batteries made in China,
ago, according to a regulatory filing The block deal is likely for sale financial system to facilitate The OPEC+ group comprising term supplies for this year, ● Semiconductors: Tariffs on the cost of EVs could rise,
from Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd of 69.6 lakh shares of the compa- trade despite U.S. and European the Organisation of the Petrole- Reuters has reported previously. imported semiconductors from potentially slowing down the
(ABFRL). Its revenue from operations was ny. The floor price for the deal is sanctions. um Exporting Countries (OPEC) "India is a strategic partner for China will increase from 25% to adoption of EVs in the US.
at Rs 3,406.65 during the quarter under set at Rs 717 per share, which is a According to the Reuters re- and allies including Russia is due Rosneft oil company," the Russian
Teji Mandi (TM Investment Technologies Pvt Ltd) is a SEBI registered Research
review against Rs 2,879.73 crore in the discount of almost 9 percent of port, a term deal with Rosneft to discuss the output cuts in an company said in an emailed re- Analyst (RA). Information in this article should not be construed as
year-ago period. the current market price. also helps privately run Reliance online meeting on June 2. sponse to questions from Reuters. investment advice. Please visit www.tejimandi.com to know more.
BNP Paribas, UBS Securities
Amara Raja Energy Q4 are brokers of the deal, sources

PAT rises 62% to `230 cr

Amara Raja Energy & Mobility on Tuesday
added.
PNB Housing stock closed 1.43
percent lower at Rs 786.85 apiece
Hindalco firm Novelis Inc to May enter into health insurance; can
said its consolidated profit after tax rose
62 per cent to Rs 230 crore for the fourth
quarter ended March 2024. The company
on BSE on May 28.
Earlier this year, Singapore-
based investor Investment Op-
launch $945 mn IPO in US explore inorganic options: LIC Chairman
had reported a profit after tax of Rs 142 portunities V had sold its entire PTI / New Delhi The IPO's price per share PTI / New Delhi will explore inorganic the report had said it
crore in the January-March quarter of 9.88 percent stake in the
is currently estimated growth in health in- can cut costs and com-
2022-23 fiscal. Revenue from operations company for Rs 2,106 crore US-based Novelis Inc, which is LIC chairman Siddhartha Mo- surance," he said. pliance hassles for in-
rose to Rs 2,908 crore for the fourth through an open market transac- part of Hindalco Industries, will to be between $18 and hanty has said that the insurer In February, a par- surers, as they can
quarter as against Rs 2,433 crore in the
year-ago period, Amara Raja Energy &
tion. launch an initial public offer
(IPO) to raise up to USD 945 mil-
$21 per share would enter into the health insur-
ance segment and can explore in-
liamentary panel sug-
gested the introduc-
run different insur-
ance lines under one
Mobility said in a regulatory filing. lion, with an estimated equity val- organic options if such an oppor- tion of a composite li- roof.
NCLAT upholds uation of up to USD 12.6 billion. shareholder. tunity arises. cence for an insurer to It can also offer cus-
RITES Q4 PAT marginally Adani Goodhomes
In the proposed public issue,
around 45 million shares will be
"The IPO's price per common
share is currently estimated to be
There are expectations that
composite licences may be per-
undertake life, gener-
al, or health insurance
tomers more choice
and value, such as a
falls to `137 crore sold by Novelis Inc's sole share- between USD 18 and USD 21 per mitted by amending the under one entity to in- single policy that cov-
State-owned RITES Ltd on Tuesday bid with 93% haircut holders A V Minerals (Nether- share. Novelis has applied to list Insurance Act. As per the Insur- crease the penetration of insur- ers life, health, and savings, the re-
reported a marginal fall of 1.59 per cent
in its consolidated net profit to Rs for Radius Estate lands) NV, which is a wholly-
owned subsidiary of Hindalco In-
its common shares on the New
York Stock Exchange under the
ance Act, 1938, and the regulations
of the Insurance Regulatory De-
ance in the country.
The panel headed by BJP
port tabled in Parliament had
said. It can boost insurance reach
136.67 crore for the March quarter on dustries Ltd. The company will symbol 'NVL'," the company said velopment Authority of India (IR- leader Jayant Sinha had suggest- and awareness in India, as cus-
account of fall in revenues. It had posted not receive any proceeds. in a statement on Tuesday. DAI), composite licensing for an ed the government to introduce a tomers can get one insurance
a profit of Rs 138.89 crore for the year- Novelis, a leading player in the Recently, Novelis filed papers insurer to undertake life, general, provision of composite licensing from one provider, with lower pre-
ago period, the company said in an production of innovative alu- with the US securities regulator, or health insurance under one en- for insurance companies and miums and easier claims.
exchange filing. The company's total minium products and solutions the Securities and Exchange Com- tity is not allowed. make the related amendment in The committee are aware that
income fell to Rs 667.68 crore in the and the world's largest, an- mission, for its proposed IPO. At LIC is not an expert in general legislation at the earliest. to enable composite licensing in
January-March period from Rs 705.63 nounced the launch of its road- present, Hindalco owns 100% of insurance like fire and engineer- Observing that allowing com- India, the government and the IR-
crore in the same period a year ago. show for the initial public offering Novelis through A V Minerals. ing but it can do health insurance, posite licensing could provide fur- DAI are planning to bring amend-
PTI / New Delhi (IPO) of 45,000,000 (45 million) Post-IPO, Hindalco will own he said. ther impetus to the insurance sec- ments to the existing insurance
J Kumar Infraprojects Q4 Insolvency Appellate Tribunal
common shares held by its sole around 92 per cent stake in Novelis. "Internal work is going on...we tor, owing to its various benefits, legislation, it had said.
PAT grows 35% to `100 cr NCLAT has upheld orders ap-
EPC company J Kumar Infraprojects Ltd
(JKIL) on Tuesday reported a 35 per cent
proving Adani Goodhomes' reso-
lution plan for realty firm Radius Jet Airways Insolvency: JKC withdraws plea SpiceJet says claims of KAL Airways,
to put `200 cr in after NCLAT refuses relief Maran on damages are 'legally untenable'
increase in its consolidated profit after Estate with a 93 per cent haircut
tax to Rs 99.68 crore during March 2024 for creditors.
quarter, on account of higher income. It A two-member bench compris-
had posted a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs ing the NCLAT Chairman reject- PTI / New Delhi NCLAT. PTI / New Delhi tenable but also a regurgitation of
73.86 crore in the year-ago period, the ed the petitions by two dissenting The tribunal asked the JKC ei- previously rejected claims by the
company said in a regulatory filing. financial creditors, saying it was The Jalan Kalrock Consortium ther to withdraw its plea or face In an escalation of the ongoing arbitral tribunal and then the Del-
"commercial wisdom" of the (JKC), the successful bidder of dismissal, on which the consor- dispute, SpiceJet on Tuesday said hi High Court," the airline said in
TVS SCS reports consol Committee of Creditors (CoC),
which approved the payout to dif-
the grounded Jet Airways, on
Tuesday withdrew its plea before
tium preferred to withdraw it.
Jet Airways stopped flying in
the claims made by KAL Airways
and Kalanithi Maran for more
the filing on Tuesday.
According to the carrier, KAL
Q4 PAT at `5.38 crore ferent creditors. the NCLAT to move Rs 200 crore, April 2019, and later the consor- than Rs 1,323 crore in damages are Airways and Maran initially
TVS Supply Chain Solutions Ltd has The Mumbai bench of the Na- which it paid to lenders, to an es- tium emerged as the winning baseless and legally untenable. sought damages of more than Rs
reported a consolidated profit after tax tional Company Law Tribunal crow account. "Until the shares of the corpo- bidder under the insolvency res- On Monday, KAL Airways and 1,300 crore during the arbitration
of Rs 5.38 crore for the quarter January- (NCLT) on January 9, 2022, ap- The withdrawal comes after rate debtor (Jet Airways) are not olution process. Kalanithi Maran said they will proceedings. "This claim was
March 2024. The city-based integrated proved the resolution plan of the National Company Law Ap- issued to the successful resolu- However, ownership transfer seek more than Rs 1,323 core in thoroughly examined and subse-
supply chain solutions company Adani Goodhomes, a part of pellate Tribunal (NCLAT) re- tion applicant (consortium), pass has been hanging fire amid con- damages from SpiceJet and its quently rejected by a panel of
registered a consolidated net loss of Rs Adani Realty. fused to give any relief to JKC. necessary directions requiring tinuing differences between chief Ajay Singh as well as chal- three retired Supreme Court
12.35 crore in the corresponding quarter As per the resolution plan, An NCLAT bench headed by the MC (monitoring committee) lenders and consortiums. lenge the recent Delhi High Court judges. Following this, KAL Air-
last year. which received an 83.99 per cent Chairman Justice Ashok lenders to transfer the sum of Rs Earlier this year on March 12, order. In a regulatory filing, ways and Kalanithi Maran ap-
of the vote of the CoC and was Bhushan said the matter is al- 200 crore infused by SR (success- the NCLAT has upheld the reso- SpiceJet said it strongly refutes pealed to the single-judge bench
Uravi T and Wedge posts approved by NCLT, nearly 700 flat
owners were getting possession
ready before the Supreme Court.
Following this, the Consortium
ful resolution applicant), in the
share application account to an
lution plan of grounded carrier
Jet Airways and approved the
the claims made by KAL Airways
and Maran regarding seeking
of the Delhi High Court, seeking
the same amount in damages,
PAT of `0.55 cr in Q4 of without escalation of any of Murari Lal Jalan and Florian interest bearing escrow account," transfer of its ownership to the damages of Rs 1,323 crore. "These which was again rejected by the
Uravi T & Wedge Lamps has reported a price. Fritsch withdrew the appeal. JKC had said in its plea before the JKC. assertions are not only legally un- court," it said.
net profit of Rs 0.55 crore in the quarter
ended March 2024 as against net loss of
Rs 0.36 crore during the previous
quarter ended March 2023. Sales rose THDCIL Corporate Bond Series X ACI announces second AFAA BHEL ties up with BARC for electrolyser
of `750 cr oversubscribed 8 times New Age Leadership Program system to produce hydrogen energy
50.54% to Rs 11.08 crore in the quarter
ended March 2024 as against Rs 7.36
crore during the previous quarter ended
March 2023. THDC India
Limited a
for Young Professionals Bharat Heavy
Electricals Limited
Emerald Finance prominent entity
in the energy
After a resounding success in its
first edition last year, the
different level of competence and
leadership skills altogether. In
(BHEL) has entered
into a Technology
FY24 PAT rises 20% sector, has Advertising Council of India (ACI) addition to Indian participants, the Transfer Agreement
Emerald Finance Limited has announced achieved a has announced its second edition of second edition would have some (TTA) with Bhabha
that for the full year, its net profit rose significant New Age Leadership Program for international young professionals Atomic Research
20% to Rs 4.14 crore in the year ended milestone by young professionals. ACI is part of too to add to the peer group Centre (BARC) for
March 2024 as against Rs 3.45 crore successfully Asian Federation of Advertising learning. Incidentally the entire 50 kW alkaline
during the previous year ended March raising Rs 750 Associations, an institution that program will be conducted free of electrolyser systems
2023. Its sales rose 15.73% to Rs 13.32 crore through the addresses the interests of marketing charge to all the 25 participants, as for Hydrogen
crore in the year ended March 2024 as issuance of THDCIL Corporate Bonds He further mentioned that the communications across Asia. ACI is our way of showing what an production. The
against Rs 11.51 crore during the Series- X. R. K. Vishnoi, Chairman bonds issue attracted considerable conducting this program on behalf industry Association can do, to well proven
previous year ended March 2023. In the and Managing Director, THDCIL investor interest, leading to a of AFAA in India. create fine future leaders in our technology offered
quarter ended March 2024, its net profit while expressing satisfaction over noteworthy oversubscription of Says AFAA Chairman Srinivasan country.” Aspiring professionals by BARC is
rose 19.84 per cent to Rs 4.14 crore. overwhelming response from the approximately 8 times the base Swamy, "this is an immersive, need to immediately write in (before indigenously
investors informed that the issue issue size, amounting to Rs 2072.42 experiential and transformative 15th June 2024) to developed and has
QMS Medical Allied comprises of a base size of Rs 250
Crore and a green shoe option of Rs
Crore.
He added that this accomplishment
program where 25 young
professionals below the age of 35
[email protected] along with the
filled in application form that can be
high local material content.
The agreement was signed in
BHEL, through this collaboration
with BARC, intends to scale up
FY24 PAT jumps 41% 500 Crore, i.e. total issue size of Rs underscores the confidence of are taken to companies in Mumbai downloaded from presence of Jai Prakash Srivastava, Indigenous Alkaline Electrolyser
QMS Medical Allied Services, engaged in 750 Crore, with a tenor of 10 years. investors in THDCIL’s financial and Pune and surrounding areas afaaglobal.org/NALP. Short-listed Director (Engineering, Research & Technology and commercialise it for
the marketing and distribution of a wide The funds raised through this issue stability and operational over three nights/four days schedule professionals would be interviewed Development), BHEL by K. application in sectors such as
range of medical products has reported will be utilized to partly meet debt performance. The competitive under the watchful eye of the virtually and the final 25 Ravishankar, Executive Director refineries, fertiliser, steel,
a 41.14 per cent rise in its net profit to requirements of THDCIL’s ongoing coupon rate of 7.76% p.a. experienced Proctor Manish Advani participants would join the program (Corporate Technology Management transportation, etc. This will be a
Rs 9 crore in the year ended March and under-construction projects discovered through BSE–Electronic and exposed to different kinds of in the morning of July 18th in and Corp R&D), BHEL and Dr. S. step further in BHEL’s contribution to
2024. The company’s total income rose including recoupment of Bidding Platform, further reinforces industries and different industry Mumbai. This will be a residential Adhikari, Associate Director the ‘National Green Hydrogen
by 16.99 per cent to Rs 122.58 crore in expenditure already incurred and to the trust placed in THDCIL Corporate leaders. The resultant brainstorming program where the participants will (Knowledge Management Group), Mission’ and ‘Aatma Nirbhar Bharat
the year ended March 2024. refinance the existing loans. Bonds. takes the young professionals to a spend three nights in Pune. BARC. Abhiyan’.
 MARKET
FPI / DII TRADING ACTIVITY It's been an ideal period for investors: A climate of fear
is their best friend. Those who invest only when
BUY VALUE SELL VALUE NET VALUE
commentators are upbeat end up paying a heavy
FII / FPI 14,739.43 14,673.86 65.57
DII 13,169.66 9,937.99 3,231.67
price for meaningless reassurance.
- Warren Buffett MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024

Nifty has to cross and hold above 22900 for upmove TOP 5 STOCKS TO WATCH OUT FOR

PNB Housing Finance:

TEAM MOTILAL OSWAL / Mumbai in a wider range of 400 points in ● According to media sources, two shareholders of PNB Housing Finance
between 49050 to 49450 levels. It have been offered a 2.68% stake in the company, equivalent to 6.96

N
ifty index opened positive formed a Bearish candle on daily million shares.
then moved southwards scale as momentum was missing ● The floor price for the offer has been set at a discount of 5% to the
in the entire session on at higher zones but multiple sup- current closing price of Rs 788 per share. The share sale will represent
account of profit booking at ports are intact at lower zones. nearly Rs 500 crore to the holders.
higher levels. It struggled to sur- Now it has to hold above 49000 ● If sources are to be believed, the two sellers are Asia Opportunities V
pass 23000 marks and moved in a zones for an up move towards (Mauritius) Ltd. and General Atlantic Singapore Fund FII Pte Ltd.
narrow band of 100 points. It 49500 then 49750 zones while on
formed a Bearish Belt hold can- the downside the support has
dle on the daily scale and broke shifted higher at 49000 then 48750
Infosys:
its higher highs formation of the levels. ● IT major Infosys announced its collaboration with Commerzbank, a
last eleven trading sessions. Now Fin Nifty Index opened posi- German bank, and Murex, which is into trading, risk management and
it has to cross and hold above tive and traded in a narrow band processing solutions for capital markets, on a successful 'go-live' or
22900 zones for the momentum to of 100 points for most part of the operationalisation of a consolidated, unified trading platform.
regain for an up move towards trading session as consolidation ● This joint project has enabled Commerzbank to consolidate FX, FX
23110 then 23200 zones whereas was visible at life highs. It is derivatives, equity, and commodities onto Murex’s integrated MX.3
supports can be seen at 22800 forming higher highs from the platform, thereby simplifying its operations, cutting costs, speeding up
then 22700 zones. last five trading sessions and time to market, and preparing for future challenges.
India VIX was up by 4.36% supports are gradually shifting
from 23.19 to 24.20 levels. Volatil- higher. It formed an Inside bar
ity spiked to 24.5 levels and on daily scale and is holding well
Coal India:
caused some discomfort to the above its short term moving av- ● Coal India incorporated a subsidiary firm, Bharat Coal Gasification and
bulls. VIX needs to fall below 16- erages. Now, till it holds above Chemicals Ltd. for undertaking a coal-to-chemicals business. Coal India
18 zones for stability and a 21750 zones momentum can be holds a majority 51% stake in the new entity while the remaining 49% is
smoother ride in the market. seen towards 22143 then 22300 owned by BHEL.
On Option front, Maximum levels while on the downside ● The objective of incorporating this subsidiary was to engage into the
Call OI is at 23000 then 23200 support is seen at 21750 then business of coal gasification to produce syn-gas, Ammonia & Nitric acid
strike while Maximum Put OI is 21600 zones. as intermediate products and Ammonium Nitrate as end product.
at 22500 then 22700 strike. Call Nifty future closed negative ● Further, clearance of NITI Aayog and DIPAM have been received for
writing is seen at 23000 then with losses of 0.25% at 22925 lev- formation of the JVC between Coal India and BHEL.
23100 strike while minor Put els. Positive setup in Glenmark,
writing is seen at 22700 then Divislabs, Exideind, IGL,
22800 strike. Option data Muthootfin, Coromandel, Hero-
NBCC:
suggests a broader trading range motoco, HDFC AMC, Oberoirlty, ● NBCC reported a 24.6% YoY increase in net profit at Rs 141.5 crore for
in between 22500 to 23300 zones Pidilitind and Cumminsind Q4FY24 over Rs 113.6 crore in Q4FY23. Revenue jumped 43% to Rs
while an immediate range be- while weakness in Bank Baroda, 4,025 crore compared to Rs 2,814 crore during the same period..
tween 22750 to 23050 levels. DLF, Federal Bank, Deepakntr, ● At the operating level, EBITDA climbed to Rs 240.2 crore in Q4FY24
Bank Nifty Index opened mar- Petronet, Manappuram, Ramco against Rs 104.5 crore YoY with margin coming at 6% vs 3.7%.
ginally higher but remained Cement, Atul, MGL and India ● K.P. Mahadevaswamy, Chairman and Managing Director of NBCC
choppy throughout the session Mart. (India) Limited, expressed his elation at the remarkable achievement,
stating, "We are immensely proud to announce the highest ever turnover
THE FREE PRESS JOURNAL ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE, INCLUDING, in NBCC's history for the fiscal year 2023-2024. This accomplishment is a
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOST PROFITS THAT MAY RESULT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM testament to our unwavering commitment to excellence, customer
THE USE OR RELIANCE ON THE OPINIONS, NEWS, INVESTIGATIONS, ANALYSES, PRICES satisfaction and sustainable growth. We are confident that NBCC’s
OR OTHER INFORMATION OFFERED ON THIS PAGE. DATA SOURCE: CAPITALINE
growth shall continue manifold in the future also."
● NBCC achieved an unprecedented milestone by crossing operational
HOT STOCKS TOP VALUE GAINERS TOP VALUE LOSERS income of Rs 10,400 cr., marking a new era of success and growth.
Company Name 5/24/2024 7 DSMA 21 DSMA 50DSMA 250 DSMA BSE 1 Year Pulscore Company Name 5/27/2024 5/28/2024 Change % chg Company Name 5/27/2024 5/28/2024 Change % chg
High Price 3M India 30925.60 33980.70 3055.10 9.88 MRF 131031.90 129064.40 -1967.50 -1.50 Fortis
Borosil Renew. 495.90 500.71 505.70 513.87 486.05 667.40 100 Honeywell Auto 50886.20 52194.50 1308.30 2.57 Lak. Mach. Works 16458.95 15777.00 -681.95 -4.14
Coal India 501.10 485.50 465.52 449.85 340.05 507.30 100 ZF Commercial 16284.60 17121.10 836.50 5.14 ● Fortis Healthcare is investing up to Rs 1,300 crore in expanding
Bosch 31579.50 31056.10 -523.40 -1.66
Jubilant Ingrev. 508.70 522.11 530.28 502.94 462.94 581.75 100 Garware Tech. 3201.65 3502.45 300.80 9.40 capacities at existing hospitals over the next few years, according to a
Hitachi Energy 10797.10 10443.55 -353.55 -3.27
V I P Inds. 513.75 520.00 531.74 517.87 594.04 722.70 100 Shree Cement 25391.05 25558.75 167.70 0.66 senior company executive. The healthcare provider aims to add around
Linde India 8715.75 8367.15 -348.60 -4.00
UPL 515.65 512.26 503.30 488.24 570.72 698.85 100 Divi's Lab. 4254.00 4390.85 136.85 3.22 2,200 beds over the next few years.
Solar Industries 9690.80 9390.50 -300.30 -3.10
Sonata Software 518.30 526.69 580.84 665.76 627.80 867.10 100 Glaxosmi. Pharma 2357.50 2484.70 127.20 5.40 ● "So, some of the capex has already been incurred in that (addition of
Abbott India 26245.10 25947.80 -297.30 -1.13
Avanti Feeds 520.60 536.03 529.90 516.68 449.65 598.60 100 Hatsun Agro 1004.15 1118.95 114.80 11.43 bed capacity).
Gillette India 7138.95 6885.35 -253.60 -3.55
Praj Industries 521.10 521.94 525.89 517.45 505.36 650.30 100 Timken India 3952.80 4062.80 110.00 2.78 ● "Additional capex will be somewhere around Rs 1,200 crore to Rs
Apar Inds. 8015.90 7795.10 -220.80 -2.75
Jupiter Wagons 525.05 529.30 465.71 408.32 315.36 577.50 100 Hero Motocorp 5080.05 5186.85 106.80 2.10 Ingersoll-Rand 4528.80 4342.80 -186.00 -4.11
1,300 crore, which includes equipment also, everything put together,"
Aditya AMC 526.20 528.94 537.57 507.11 447.57 569.00 100 HDFC AMC 3919.30 4015.60 96.30 2.46 Info Edg.(India) 6256.25 6072.15 -184.10 -2.94
Fortis Healthcare CFO Vivek Goyal said in an analyst call.
Jindal Saw 542.00 546.79 549.43 499.42 411.32 598.05 100 Dr Reddy's Labs 5884.35 5955.65 71.30 1.21 ● He noted that the healthcare provider is looking to add bed capacity
Page Industries 36512.45 36338.20 -174.25 -0.48
HPCL 543.05 520.84 511.95 490.87 366.79 594.45 100 KSB 4475.10 4536.95 61.85 1.38 ABB 8396.05 8232.90 -163.15 -1.94
at various existing facilities, including hospitals in Faridabad and
Emami 544.00 526.99 512.53 470.49 481.43 588.65 100 Grindwell Norton 2329.25 2390.65 61.40 2.64 Dixon Technolog. 9263.40 9100.45 -162.95 -1.76 Anandpur Sahib.
Star Health Insu 545.90 547.83 548.27 552.23 573.86 674.95 100 Thermax 5295.05 5353.05 58.00 1.10 Amber Enterp. 3728.55 3568.65 -159.90 -4.29 ● "At Faridabad, there is space available, and we have planned to
Godrej Agrovet 547.15 552.39 555.15 534.09 502.43 593.75 100 Grasim Inds 2389.75 2440.80 51.05 2.14 Polycab India 6843.80 6705.55 -138.25 -2.02 further expand..in regard to Anandpur, we have acquired a company
REC Ltd 554.00 543.30 521.19 479.56 340.06 591.20 100 Patanjali Foods 1440.30 1487.15 46.85 3.25
Bajaj Holdings 7990.80 7853.35 -137.45 -1.72 with a different land parcel. So, we want to operationalise that also. Post
CIE Automotive 554.70 515.92 495.93 476.85 484.82 578.10 100 Torrent Power 1395.90 1439.85 43.95 3.15 Hind.Aeronautics 5143.70 5018.60 -125.10 -2.43 expansion of these 100 beds, we will be adding maybe another 50 beds
Gujarat Gas 556.30 556.33 546.85 546.29 490.43 620.60 100 Coromandel Inter 1246.40 1290.15 43.75 3.51 Blue Dart Expres 7294.15 7173.25 -120.90 -1.66 in the next financial year in that unit," Goyal said.
Bikaji Foods 556.45 542.60 530.85 520.72 500.58 604.95 100 L&T Technology 4600.30 4642.15 41.85 0.91 Coforge 5264.30 5146.95 -117.35 -2.23

STOCK IDEAS
Dabur India 557.55 546.75 538.74 525.52 545.93 596.90 100 SBI Life Insuran 1409.50 1450.80 41.30 2.93 Esab India 5642.65 5529.15 -113.50 -2.01
PNC Infratech 558.40 488.44 453.20 439.64 374.27 574.50 100 Glenmark Pha 1120.30 1159.85 39.55 3.53 Phoenix Mills 3190.10 3079.60 -110.50 -3.46
Deepak Fertiliz. 559.70 555.14 565.38 541.07 587.89 715.00 100 Britannia Inds. 5208.65 5246.25 37.60 0.72 Craftsman Auto 4362.00 4256.65 -105.35 -2.42
HDFC Life Insur. 565.05 566.27 565.41 597.56 623.09 710.60 100 Asian Paints 2873.20 2910.45 37.25 1.30 Mazagon Dock 3137.25 3037.00 -100.25 -3.20 EXIDE IND - TECHNICAL CALL OF THE
Indian Hotels Co 569.70 569.98 567.62 577.53 460.68 622.25 100 Mah. Scooters 7587.00 7624.15 37.15 0.49 Bharat Dynamics 1544.10 1453.60 -90.50 -5.86 DAY BUY EXIDE IND
Indian Bank 571.15 558.28 539.80 524.92 427.75 595.95 100 SKF India 6118.35 6155.40 37.05 0.61 Sobha 1995.80 1908.90 -86.90 -4.35
CCL Products
Varroc Engineer
571.90
572.55
565.28
574.04
574.60
535.15
580.00
519.15
627.14
466.61
750.00
631.00
100
100
Muthoot Finance
Krishna Institu.
1707.90
1813.25
1744.75
1849.10
36.85 2.16
35.85 1.98
Data Pattern
BASF India
2918.40
4453.35
2832.05
4371.25
-86.35
-82.10
-2.96
-1.84
Exide Ind has given pole and flag breakout on
weekly chart and holding well above 20 WEMA. It CMP 509
ICICI Pru Life
Mahindra Life.
579.70
584.75
584.41
604.48
580.38
616.20
590.11
604.90
549.34
541.79
640.80
679.15
100
100
Colgate-Palmoliv
Oberoi Realty
2667.35
1800.45
2701.20
1832.50
33.85 1.27
32.05 1.78
Maruti Suzuki
Gujarat Fluoroch
12902.40
3206.50
12821.70
3128.65
-80.70
-77.85
-0.63
-2.43
has formed a bullish candle on daily scale and
supports are gradually shifting higher. Momentum
SL 490
Graphite India
Triveni Turbine
588.20
588.40
598.99
603.21
617.70
571.92
629.70
542.70
511.33
434.18
709.45
653.60
100
100
Blue Star
Supreme Inds.
1486.10
5608.85
1517.80
5637.55
31.70 2.13
28.70 0.51
P & G Hygiene
Godfrey Phillips
15834.20
3957.95
15756.40
3883.45
-77.80
-74.50
-0.49
-1.88
indicator Relative Strength Index (RSI) is positively
placed which may support the ongoing up move.
TRGT 550
JSW Energy 599.80 602.01 598.40 573.11 424.07 651.55 100 United Spirits 1158.95 1186.85 27.90 2.41 ����������� 8672.10 8600.75 -71.35 -0.82
Pidilite Inds. 3019.85 3046.95 27.10 0.90
UPWARDLY MOBILE COMPANIES Amara Raja Ener. 1219.55 1246.45 26.90 2.21
Avenue Super.
Siemens
4537.95
7206.35
4469.40
7138.60
-68.55
-67.75
-1.51
-0.94
Cummins India 3805.65 3831.70 26.05 0.68 VST Industries 4077.25 4009.95 -67.30 -1.65
Company Name 5/21/2024 5/28/2024 Days Gain/Loss Per Day
Aurobindo Pharma 1195.65 1220.05 24.40 2.04 Godrej Propert. 2841.45 2776.15 -65.30 -2.30
% Averge
Sun TV Network 636.40 660.15 23.75 3.73 Cams Services 3524.30 3459.95 -64.35 -1.83
Divi's Lab. 4018.00 4390.85 5 9.28 74.57
Ratnamani Metals 3295.30 3318.90 23.60 0.72 Cochin Shipyard 1970.50 1907.55 -62.95 -3.19
Sumitomo Chemi. 413.10 448.90 5 8.67 7.16
Ipca Labs. 1295.85 1319.35 23.50 1.81 Trent 4678.90 4615.95 -62.95 -1.35
Indraprastha Gas 440.75 472.65 5 7.24 6.38
Rainbow Child. 1250.65 1273.75 23.10 1.85 ��������� 1251.45 1188.95 -62.50 -4.99
Delhivery 389.60 416.60 5 6.93 5.40
Bayer Crop Sci. 5192.95 5215.20 22.25 0.43 Prestige Estates 1609.55 1549.15 -60.40 -3.75
Larsen & Toubro 3439.80 3657.05 5 6.32 43.45
Syngene Intl. 668.15 689.10 20.95 3.14 Kaynes Tech 3360.90 3302.95 -57.95 -1.72
Oberoi Realty 1725.30 1832.50 5 6.21 21.44
Max Financial 957.50 978.10 20.60 2.15 UltraTech Cem. 10225.95 10168.95 -57.00 -0.56
HDFC Bank 1458.40 1530.50 5 4.94 14.42
����� 4552.90 4573.10 20.20 0.44 Brigade Enterpr. 1276.55 1221.10 -55.45 -4.34
Linde India 9688.20 8367.15 5 -13.64 -264.21
CEAT 2377.35 2396.30 18.95 0.80 CRISIL 4248.90 4195.15 -53.75 -1.27
NLC India 246.05 222.45 5 -9.59 -4.72
Astrazeneca Phar 6441.05 6457.15 16.10 0.25 C.E. Info System 1974.55 1920.90 -53.65 -2.72
Lak. Mach. Works 17272.90 15777.00 5 -8.66 -299.18
Tejas Networks 1160.60 1176.25 15.65 1.35 V-Mart Retail 2277.10 2223.90 -53.20 -2.34
Guj Pipavav Port 210.80 194.75 5 -7.61 -3.21

TOP PERCENTAGE GAINERS TOP PERCENTAGE LOSERS 52 WEEK HIGH

Company Name 5/27/2024 5/28/2024 % chg Company Name 5/27/2024 5/28/2024 % chg Company Name 5/28/2024 52-week 52-week Change Chg (%)
Hatsun Agro 1004.15 1118.95 11.43 Bharat Dynamics 1544.10 1453.60 -5.86 High Low Rs
3M India 30925.60 33980.70 9.88 Elgi Equipments 651.65 615.85 -5.49 TVS Holdings 11243.00 11749.80 3454.76 8295.04 240.10
Garware Tech. 3201.65 3502.45 9.40 IOB 74.42 70.63 -5.09 Thermax 5353.05 5545.85 2193.10 3352.75 152.88
Glaxosmi. Pharma 2357.50 2484.70 5.40 ��������� 1251.45 1188.95 -4.99 Hero Motocorp 5186.85 5225.00 2736.25 2488.75 90.95
ZF Commercial 16284.60 17121.10 5.14 HUDCO 263.15 250.25 -4.90 Technvision Ven. 2454.25 2454.25 163.00 2291.25 1405.67
Prism Johnson 148.55 155.80 4.88 Borosil Renew. 506.05 481.40 -4.87 �������������� 4584.90 4749.30 2616.05 2133.25 81.54
Sun TV Network 636.40 660.15 3.73 Capri Global 221.80 211.10 -4.82 Kennametal India 3646.40 3769.90 2099.00 1670.90 79.60
Glenmark Pha. 1120.30 1159.85 3.53 Pun. & Sind Bank 64.57 61.49 -4.77 Brady & Morris 1371.20 1371.20 261.00 1110.20 425.36
NMDC Steel 63.67 60.64 -4.76 Divi's Lab. 4390.85 4402.00 3300.00 1102.00 33.39
Coromandel Inter 1246.40 1290.15 3.51 Tinna Rubber 1237.15 1237.15 242.75 994.40 409.64
UCO Bank 60.99 58.13 -4.69
Patanjali Foods 1440.30 1487.15 3.25 Oberoi Realty 1832.50 1849.65 916.10 933.55 101.90
Sobha 1995.80 1908.90 -4.35
Divi's Lab. 4254.00 4390.85 3.22 Prudent Corp. 1658.35 1806.85 881.10 925.75 105.07
Brigade Enterpr. 1276.55 1221.10 -4.34
Torrent Power 1395.90 1439.85 3.15 Tulive Developer 1051.60 1051.60 171.50 880.10 513.18
NBCC 145.05 138.80 -4.31
Syngene Intl. 668.15 689.10 3.14 Johnson Con. Hit 1660.15 1772.50 937.95 834.55 88.98
Amber Enterp. 3728.55 3568.65 -4.29
Exide Inds. 494.55 509.80 3.08 Bharat Forge 1565.45 1599.00 766.55 832.45 108.60
Central Bank 68.12 65.27 -4.18
KNR Construct. 269.85 278.05 3.04 Sayaji (Indore) 900.60 900.60 87.10 813.50 933.98
RCF 163.90 157.05 -4.18
SBI Life Insuran 1409.50 1450.80 2.93 Doms Industries 1905.60 2035.00 1224.40 810.60 66.20
IDBI Bank 89.66 85.92 -4.17
Timken India 3952.80 4062.80 2.78 Ahluwalia Contr. 1286.05 1308.65 560.00 748.65 133.69
Mishra Dhatu Nig 468.75 449.30 -4.15
Grindwell Norton 2329.25 2390.65 2.64 JITF Infra Logis 894.60 894.60 194.10 700.50 360.90
Lak. Mach. Works 16458.95 15777.00 -4.14
Honeywell Auto 50886.20 52194.50 2.57 Amara Raja Ener. 1246.45 1277.00 596.60 680.40 114.05
PB Fintech. 1251.30 1199.85 -4.11
Aarti Drugs 482.25 494.55 2.55 Muthoot Finance 1744.75 1761.95 1103.60 658.35 59.65
Ingersoll-Rand 4528.80 4342.80 -4.11
Indraprastha Gas 461.15 472.65 2.49 Automotive Stamp 882.80 955.60 312.00 643.60 206.28
Linde India 8715.75 8367.15 -4.00
HDFC AMC 3919.30 4015.60 2.46 Zodiac Energy 692.00 693.00 98.75 594.25 601.77
One 97 356.55 342.45 -3.95
HDFC Life Insur. 564.50 578.25 2.44 Glenmark Pharma. 1159.85 1176.00 588.00 588.00 100.00
Prestige Estates 1609.55 1549.15 -3.75
United Spirits 1158.95 1186.85 2.41 Aegis Logistics 754.20 781.45 280.00 501.45 179.09
SJVN 144.45 139.10 -3.70
Amara Raja Ener. 1219.55 1246.45 2.21 Natco Pharma 1032.30 1108.95 615.65 493.30 80.13
Adani Power 704.55 678.65 -3.68
Muthoot Finance 1707.90 1744.75 2.16 W H Brady 711.15 727.90 246.10 481.80 195.77
Narayana Hrudaya 1236.70 1191.40 -3.66
Max Financial 957.50 978.10 2.15 Vijaya Diagnost. 793.15 844.25 369.05 475.20 128.76
Gillette India 7138.95 6885.35 -3.55
Grasim Inds 2389.75 2440.80 2.14 Coromandel Inter 1290.15 1299.70 914.90 384.80 42.06
Phoenix Mills 3190.10 3079.60 -3.46
Blue Star 1486.10 1517.80 2.13 Power Fin.Corpn. 517.30 521.35 137.76 383.59 278.45
Hitachi Energy 10797.10 10443.55 -3.27
Fortis Health. 454.80 464.50 2.13 Titan Biotech 587.65 621.00 240.25 380.75 158.48
CG Power & Ind 650.65 629.40 -3.27
Hero Motocorp 5080.05 5186.85 2.10 Alphalogic Tech. 362.45 400.55 27.08 373.47 1379.14
Vodafone Idea 15.03 14.54 -3.26
Aarti Industries 616.20 628.85 2.05 SMS Lifesciences 821.15 821.15 464.05 357.10 76.95
Mazagon Dock 3137.25 3037.00 -3.20
Aurobindo Pharma 1195.65 1220.05 2.04 Kwality Pharma 546.30 587.35 250.00 337.35 134.94
Cochin Shipyard 1970.50 1907.55 -3.19
Jubilant Pharmo 690.20 703.90 1.98 Welspun Enterp 441.60 463.00 148.05 314.95 212.73
360 ONE 821.30 795.65 -3.12
Krishna Institu. 1813.25 1849.10 1.98
Solar Industries 9690.80 9390.50 -3.10
Berger Paints
Sumitomo Chemi.
486.35
440.75
495.75
448.90
1.93
1.85
Rites 733.45 711.05 -3.05 52 WEEK LOW
EIH 443.75 430.35 -3.02
Rainbow Child. 1250.65 1273.75 1.85 Company Name 5/28/2024 52-week 52-week Change Chg (%)
KPIT Technologi. 1551.25 1504.45 -3.02 High Low Rs
Ipca Labs. 1295.85 1319.35 1.81
Data Pattern 2918.40 2832.05 -2.96
Oberoi Realty 1800.45 1832.50 1.78 Semac Consul 855.85 2480.18 855.85 -1624.33 -65.49
CESC 146.00 141.70 -2.95
ICICI Pru Life 572.60 582.40 1.71 Anupam Rasayan 761.35 1249.75 758.95 -490.80 -39.27
Info Edg.(India) 6256.25 6072.15 -2.94
Chemplast anmar 468.30 476.30 1.71 Rajratan Global 544.95 880.15 542.70 -337.45 -38.34
Suzlon Energy 45.26 43.96 -2.87
ERIS Lifescience 882.75 897.45 1.67 Delphi World 200.95 475.00 198.15 -276.85 -58.28
Apar Inds. 8015.90 7795.10 -2.75
Suven Pharma 633.15 642.85 1.53 Varyaa Creations 93.10 299.25 93.10 -206.15 -68.89
Praj Industries 516.00 501.90 -2.73
Jubilant Food. 491.10 498.40 1.49 Signpost India 266.65 460.70 260.00 -200.70 -43.56
C.E. Info System 1974.55 1920.90 -2.72
Aegis Logistics 743.50 754.20 1.44 KRBL 274.80 471.00 274.20 -196.80 -41.78
APL Apollo Tubes 1662.85 1618.25 -2.68
KSB 4475.10 4536.95 1.38
Gland Pharma 1864.20 1814.25 -2.68 Apcotex Industri 399.55 589.05 398.15 -190.90 -32.41
Kansai Nerolac 269.80 273.45 1.35
DLF 842.10 820.10 -2.61 52-week High-low Data for all BSE listed company Rest of all table are BSE-500 and
Tejas Networks 1160.60 1176.25 1.35
Moving average data as of the previous trading day. Source:Capitalmarket
 MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024

CORPORATE GALLERY
PESB Recommends Ajay Kumar Sharma CII Ideation Session on Fostering Efforts whispersinthecorridors
Dr Suresh Mehrotra
as Director (Personnel) of SJVN towards Sustainability by Healthcare
Public Enterprises Selection Board Facilities held in Mumbai : M Beena empanelled as Additional : INDIA Alliance meeting in
(PESB) has recommended Ajay Kumar
Sharma for prestigious post of Director “Mumbai is the first Secretary in GoI Delhi on June 3
(Personnel) of SJVN, a leading Public city in India to have M Beena has been empanelled for The leaders of INDIA
Sector Undertaking under Ministry of developed a holding Additional Secretary and Alliance are meeting in
Power. He was selected following a Climate Action Plan Equivalent posts in the Government New Delhi. It is said that
rigorous interview process held on aimed at creating of India. He is a 1999 batch IAS they have been invited by
May 24, 2024, where he emerged as measurable officer of Kerala cadre. TN CM M K Stalin to participate in late K
top candidate among eleven impacts, with a Karunanidhi's 100 birth anniversaries falling on
contenders. Sharma is currently vision for a net-zero Mumbai by 2050”, said by Dr. Sudhakar : Bhawna Garg empanelled as
serving as General Manager in Shinde, IRS, Additional Municipal Commissioner of the Additional Secretary in GoI June 3.
Corporate Human Resources Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, during his inaugural Bhawna Garg has been empanelled : Madhya Pradesh and
department, SJVN. address at the Ideation Session on Fostering Efforts towards for holding Additional Secretary and Rajasthan history to be
Ajay Kumar Sharma joined SJVN in October 2009 and has since Sustainability by Healthcare Facilities, organised by Confederation Equivalent posts in the Government repeated?
been a pivotal figure in HR department at Corporate of Indian Industry (CII) Western Region in collaboration with The of India. She is a 1999 batch IAS In the last Vidhan Sabha
Headquarters in Shimla. His contribution spans across various SACH Initiative supported by USAID India, implemented by CHRI a officer of Punjab cadre. elections, there was a
fields of HR i.e Manpower Planning, Administration, Industrial PATH affiliate pivotal ideation session in Mumbai. This session
Relations & Welfare, HR Policy, Training & Human Resource convened representatives from more than twenty healthcare : 29 IAS officers retiring in May general perception that
Development and HR Procurement. In addition to this, he has facilities to foster sustainability efforts within healthcare services Congress is coming to power and now similar thing
As many as 29 IAS officers of various cadres and
assisted Director (Personnel) and Chairman & Managing Director by integrating innovative solutions and sustainable practices. is seen in the Lok Sabha elections. In key places,
batches are retiring in May, 2024. They are: Ram K
of SJVN, underscoring his importance in company’s leadership people say that INDI is coming to power at the
Khandelwal, Suresh Choudhary, Kanhaiya Prasad
team. GM, SWR Inspects Ongoing Redevelopment Shrivastava of Bihar; Chandrakishore Oraon and
centre but ultimately what happened in two states
will happen in the Lok Sabha polls.
ADTPS Fire Brigade's Swift Action Saves Works Of Mysuru Railway Station Sanjay Sinha of Jharkhand; Ms V Manjula and
Arvind Srivastava, General Rakesh Singh of Karnataka; Mini Antony of Kerala; : Tenure of Pravin Mandloi as SP, CBI extended
Dahanu Balloon Factory from Blaze Manager, South Western Ashwini Kumar Rai and Rakesh Singh of Madhya The tenure of Pravin Mandloi as Superintendent of
A fire incident at Railway inspected the Pradesh; Sunil S Chavan, Kailash V Jadhav, Police (SP), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has
the Ashish Mysuru Railway Station on Mahendra B Warbhuvan, Satish Gangadhar been extended upto September 22, 2027. He is
Traders balloon May 27, 2024. He Deshmukh of Maharashtra; Anenla T Sato of 2004 batch SPS officer of MP cadre.
factory godown inspected the existing Nagaland; Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra , Ranjan
in Jakat Naka, amenities for passengers : UPSC declares results of various advertised posts
Dahanu, was and held discussions with Kumar Das, Srinibas Behera, Dr Uddabha Chandra The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has
contained this the divisional authorities Majhi of Odisha; Hans Raj Verma, C Umashankar, finalised the Recruitment Results for the month of
morning thanks regarding development B Jothi Nirmalasamy, K rajamani of Tamil Nadu; April, 2024. While 68 candidates have been
to the swift and project at Mysuru Railway Sunil Sharma of Telangana; Uttam Kumar Chakma shortlisted for the post of Assistant Hydrogeologist,
effective Station. He focused on various aspects during his inspection like of Tripura; Mahesh Kumar Gupta, Anita Singh and Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Jal Shakti;
response of the the condition of platforms, tracks, buildings, and other structures Yogeshwar Ram Mishra of Uttar Pradesh and Ajit four candidates for Deputy Central Intelligence
Adani Dahanu to ensure safety standards, cleanliness of the station premises, Ranjan Bardhan of West Bengal cadre.
Thermal Power including platforms, waiting areas, restrooms, and surrounding Officer (Technical) in the Intelligence of Bureau,
Station (ADTPS) areas, passengers facilities etc, during his course of inspection. : Appointments ahead of formation of new Govt Ministry of Home Affairs; six candidates for
fire brigade team. Later he inspected the New Goods Terminal at Mysuru, Metagalli Ahead of the outcome of Lok Sabha elections on Assistant Director of Census Operations (Technical)
Prompt Action by ADTPS Fire Brigade Averts Disaster Block station and Belgula Station, Additionally he surveyed the June 4, the NDA Government appears to be Office of the Registrar General and one candidate
The Dahanu police station received a fire emergency call at Mysuru station and yard and interacted with track maintainers confident of retaining power for the third time as for the post of Mathematics Lecturer, Dr S
approximately 4:10 AM today. The ADTPS fire brigade team and other front line staff. it started making appointments in the Radhakrishnan District Institute of Education and
responded promptly and rushed to the scene. Upon arrival, fire Government of India. Training, Andaman and Nicobar Administration.
officer Deshraj Parmar led the team in assessing the situation.
They discovered a significant amount of raw materials and
CT Organizes Heritage Museum Tour for : Amit Garg to continue as Director, SVP NPA : UPSC uploads medical Status of ESE-2023 aspirants
chemicals stored within the godown, posing a serious threat. Cancer-Stricken Children Amit Garg, Additional Director, SVP NPA will candidates
Prioritizing safety, the ADTPS fire brigade initiated a well- On International continue to hold additional charge of the post of The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has
coordinated firefighting operation to contain the blaze and Museum Day, Central Director, SVP NPA for a further period of three uploaded the medical status of 401 candidates
prevent it from spreading further. This crucial action aimed to Railway has taken 29 desirous of appearing for Engineering Services
months beyond May 31, 2024. He is a 1993 batch
protect not only the raw materials but also the adjacent Prakash young cancer patients
Rubbers factory. from Tata Memorial IPS officer of AP cadre. Examination (ESE)-2023. Out of these, 178 are from
Fire Extinguished Within Two and a Half Hours Hospital to its : Tenure of Dr Samir V Kamat as Secretary, DDR&D & Civil, 46 from Mechanical, 64 from Electrical and
"The firefighting efforts led by the ADANI Dahanu Thermal Power Heritage Museum at Chairman, DRDO extended 113 from E&T Engineering.
Station fire team successfully doused the fire entirely within two Chhatrapati Shivaji The tenure of Dr Samir V Kamat as Secretary, : Deputation tenure of C B Tashildar extended
and a half hours," said a spokesperson from Adani Electricity. Maharaj Terminus Department of Defence Research and Development The deputation tenure of C B Tashildar, presently
"Their swift response and skilled execution are believed to have (CSMT) recently. The (DDR&D) and Chairman, Defence Research posted as AIGF, RO Nagpur, is extended for a period
prevented significant damage to valuable materials and the guided tour aimed to
neighboring rubber factory." bring joy and educational enrichment to the children, aged 8 to Development Organisation (DRDO), has been of 6 months beyond July 12, 2024 till January 12,
The owner of Ashish Traders and the local administration 14. Xavier, the Musuem guide shared engaging stories about the extended for a period of one year upto May 31, 2025. 2025. He is a 2013 batch IFoS officer of Himachal
expressed their sincere appreciation for the ADTPS fire brigade's artifacts, sparking enthusiasm and curiosity among the children. : Ravinder empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI Pradesh cadre.
hard work and dedication in controlling the fire. Their timely The event, organized by the Chief Public Relations Office of : R K Singh relieved as Auditor IAP Delhi
Ravinder has been empanelled for holding
intervention and professionalism are commendable. Central Railway, was the first of its kind for these brave young
Committed to Public Safety visitors. Dr. Swapnil Nila, Chief Public Relations Officer, and A. K. Additional Secretary and Equivalent posts in the Rahul Kumar Singh has been repatriated to his
In addition to their firefighting capabilities, the ADTPS fire Jain, Deputy Chief Public Relations Officer, presented the children Government of India. He is a 1999 batch IAS parent cadre. He was working as Auditor (IAP,
brigade team is committed to public safety. They regularly with memorabilia to commemorate their visit, Michael Manuel officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. Delhi).
conduct fire safety awareness campaigns for the local community, Raj, PRO, CR, Santosh Sherwade, Deputy Administrative Officer
schools, and organizations, empowering individuals and students (PR), and Swati Mhatre, Public Relations Officer, also — Correctness of this content is the responsibility of the author.
with essential fire safety knowledge. accompanied the children. By arrangement with whispersintheccorridors.com

PFC Receives “CSR Champion Award” at the Prestigious Outlook Planet Sustainability India sets Guinness World Record of Sentence REC wins ‘Sustainability Champion –
Summit & Awards 2024 created with 5100 Postcards at CSMT Editor’s Choice Award’ at the Outlook
Power Finance Corporation Ltd. (PFC) has been honoured India set a Guinness World Planet Sustainability Summit & Awards
with the prestigious CSR award in the NF (Non-Fossil Fuel) Record of sentence created
business category at the Outlook Planet Sustainability with the largest number of
Summit & Awards 2024 held in Goa. Smt. Parminder 5,100 postcards, beating
Chopra, Chairman & Managing Director, PFC, received the the previous record holder
Award from V. Srinivas, Secretary, DARPG, Govt. of India in viz, China.
presence of dignitaries from DPE, IIT Goa and Outlook. The event took place at
The Outlook Planet Sustainability Summit & Awards 2024 Central Railway’s majestic
brought together senior government policymakers and top Chhatrapati Shivaji
management of CPSEs to discuss and showcase exemplary Maharaj Terminus (CSMT)
initiatives in sustainability. PFC's win in the CSR NF where amidst the
category is a testament to its unwavering commitment to cacophony of walking feet,
social responsibility and sustainable business practices. The train announcements, and
Summit honoured luminaries and pioneers in various the sweltering heat, India
categories for their outstanding contributions to silently surpassed China to REC Limited, a Maharatna CPSE under the Ministry of Power and a
sustainability. set a new Guinness World Record for the world's largest sentence leading NBFC, has been honored with the ‘Sustainability Champion
PFC's CSR initiatives focus on impactful projects created with postcards. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, a – Editor’s Choice Award’ at the ‘Outlook Planet Sustainability
contributing to inclusive growth and equitable development in society through education, capacity building measures. As India’s leading UNESCO World Heritage site and the headquarters of Central Summit & Awards 2024’. The Award ceremony was organised by
public sector enterprise and a responsible corporate, PFC is committed to ensuring overall development of the society by extending financial Railway, which is the most photographed Working Heritage Outlook Group, in collaboration with IIT Goa.
support to various sustainable & developmental initiatives in the areas of Health, Sanitation, Education, Environment & Sustainability, structure in India is now an integral part of a new Guinness World Smt. Saraswathi, Senior General Manager, REC’s Mumbai Office,
Support for Differently Abled and Skill Development. Record for the world's largest sentence created with postcards. received the award at an event held in Goa.

Send your CORPORATE / EVENTS / HEALTH / ART news and pictures to Sachin Tikare. Email: [email protected] Check the news online at www.freepressjournal.in/corporate-gallery/
 ����������������� T
he Board of Secondary Education pass percentage of boys was 93.07
Manipur on Monday declared the while that of girls was 93.00. A total

�������������������
results of the class 10 of 37,547 students appeared in the
examination with 93.03% of students examination of which 34,931
clearing the test. The pass percentage students cleared the exam, the official

������������� of 93.03% this year is the highest in

the last ten years, an official said. The
said.
����������
MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024

MEETMOREMAHA
ANJUMAN IBSK GIRLS ENGLISH HIGH ANJUMAN IBSK GIRLS ENGLISH HIGH
SCHOOL, MUMBAI CENTRAL SCHOOL, MUMBAI CENTRAL

Ansari Zaara Khan

Khan
Faaza
ZoyaIm-
SSCTOPPERS
������������������������������������������������ Khan Faaza Im- Kotnal Khadeejah Za-
Ahmed (94%) Javed
ran (93.6%)
(93.8%)
��������������������������������� ran (93.6%) mir Ahmed (92.8%)
������������������������������ ������������������������ ����������������������
����������������������������� KRISHA BHATT / MUMBAI the day, so I would
practice 90 minutes
ter,” Mahamulkar told the
FPJ.
��������������
KRISHA BHATT / MUMBAI Sriya Verma jointly secured Saee Raokar Mahamulkar, a right after getting Mahamulkar had the op- SUNIDHI VIJAY / MUMBAI sional boards registered for
the third position from the student of St Columba Girls' up and again before portunity to play the sitar the exam, a total of 25,368 stu-
Anjali Thakur, a student at school with 72.8%. School, scored 88.4% in the going to bed,” she with renowned musicians This year's Maharashtra dents took the exam, and
the NFBM Jagriti School for The girls plan on continu- class 10 SSC exam 2024. told The Free Press like Pandit Ravi Chary, board class 10 exams were 20,403 of them passed. This
the Blind Girls, Alandi De- ing their education in Pune. Mahamulkar has been Journal (FPJ). Anubrata Chatterjee and taken by 23,288 schools in to- means that their pass rate is
vachi, scored 78.2% in the They will also be a part of passionate about playing the She also men- Pandit Vivek Sonar. Playing tal. Approximately 9,382 80.42.
2024 SSC exam. She has NFBM Skill Development sitar since the age of 6. She tions that she nev- music helped her bag two schools achieved 100% Also, 9,149 disabled stu-
topped her class this year. Centre, Pune, where they will had managed to practice the er let her passion scholarships— the Suvarna results out of these. The Ma- dents from nine divisional
Hailing from Bihar, Thakur study in classes 11 and 12, ac- sitar for 90 minutes daily dur- for music distract Sadhna Samiti scholarship harashtra board students boards around the state regis-
wants to pursue law and be- cordingly. The NFBM Jagriti ing her board exams to bal- her from her stud- and the Padma Vibhushan have achieved a perfect score tered for the exam, out of
come a judge. Another stu- School for the Blind Girls has ance her love for music with ies. "Time manage- Pandit Hari Prasad of 100% in a total of 18 sub- which 9,078 disabled students
dent from the same school, recorded 100% SSC results her studies. ment is the key," Chaurasiya scholarship. jects. The total number of took the exam, and 8,465 of
Nikita Sawatkar secured the this year, just like the past 26 Mahamulkar credits her she told the FPJ. Apart from the sitar, she subjects was 72. However, it is them passed, resulting in an
second position with 73%. years. The students at the elder sister for inspiring her Playing the sitar also knows martial arts like worth noting that fewer overall pass percentage of
Sawatkar comes from a small school study with the help of to take up the sitar. “My elder also helped her lathi-kathi, swordplay and schools currently boast a 93.25.
village called Lahri in Nand- special coaching in academ- sister used to play the sitar Saee Raokar Mahamulkar cope with pre- the ancient Modi script. In 100% pass rate than the 10,000 The board further revealed
ed and aspires to enrol in the ics, computer classes, and life and I would listen to her, this exam anxiety, she the future, she wants to con- state board schools that did so that during the class 10 final
commerce stream and work skills coaching, such as con- inspired me to learn as well,” dedicated time every day to shared. “It was my stress tinue playing sitara. On the the previous year. test, 145 incidents of cheating
in the banking sector. versational English, orienta- she recalled. Despite her practice. “I would have class- buster and would keep me career front, she plans to Out of the 25,894 private and two cases of dummy stu-
Vidika Ranerajput and tion, mobility, etc. busy study schedule, she es and school most hours of calm and help me focus bet- pursue law. students from nine state divi- dents were reported.

ANTONIO DA SILVA HIGH SCHOOL, DADAR BOMBAY CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, ANDHERI

Tayshete Sarthak Tandel Parth Ji- Parab Sarthak Shah Arth Chetanku- Patil Swaroop Fahmin Sayyed Aarya Vichare Karan Ghosalkar
Sanjay (97.4%) tendra (95.8%) Vikrant (94.8%) mar (94.6%) Pravin (94.2%) (95.6%) (95%) (93.8%)
BOMBAY CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL DIAMOND JUBILEE HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, UMERKHADI DR. SARVEPALLI RADHAKRISHNAN VIDYALAYA, MALAD
SCHOOL, ANDHERI

Kazim Hussain Mohammed Hamza Shaikh Mariyah Sharif Mehrun- Khan Khadija Khushi Shinde Tanishka Cham- Saish Desai
Aghariya (93.4%) Shaikh (93.2%) (94.6%) nisa (93.5%) (91.4%) (100%) panerkar (97%) (96.4%)
DR. SARVEPALLI RADHAKRISHNAN MICHAEL HIGH ST. ANNE%S HIGH SIES HIGH SCHOOL, MATUNGA
VIDYALAYA, MALAD SCHOOL, KURLA W SCHOOL, MALAD W

Vyomi Gala Anushree Faujdar Zoha Aurelia D’Almei- Gavade Atharva Patil Gayatri Patil Swasti Pujari Vaishnavi
(96.4%) Kargutkar (96.2%) Razzak (92.2%) da (95%) (97.2%) (96.8%) (95.8%) (95.6%)
SIES HIGH ST JOSEPH'S HIGH SCHOOL, JUHU ST STANISLAUS HIGH SCHOOL, BANDRA W
SCHOOL, MATUNGA

Sarmalkar Tanvi Barot Veer Navlevedant Mangela Devarshi Pereira Samuel Sawant Kaus- Pingle Harsh DSilva Brayden
(95.6%) Paresh (92.2%) Dattatray (92%) Santosh (89.2%) (96%) tubh (95.6%) (93.4%) (93%)
ST STANISLAUS HIGH CHRIST ACADEMY, CARMEL CONVENT HIGH DON BOSCO HIGH ST. XAVIER’S HIGH VEVEKANAND ENGLISH
SCHOOL, BANDRA W KOPARKHAIRANE SCHOOL, BADLAPUR SCHOOL, MATUNGA SCHOOL, BHANDUP SCHOOL, KURLA �
��������������������������
�������������������������
���������������������������
���������
����������������������������
Fernandes Kyle Rhea Gangara- Charvi Gokhale Om Mojar Pratha Kho- Hrishika Babar �����������������
Aston (92.8%) mani (96%) (95%) (94.6%) brekar (94.2%) (73.8%)
 NATION
Agnikul calls off test flight of 3D-printed rocket again
NEW DELHI: Chennai-based space start-up Agnikul made two renewed attempts at launch from its own
Cosmos on Tuesday called off the maiden launch of launch pad at Sriharikota -- first around 5.30 am
its 3D-printed, semi-cryogenic Agnibaan rocket yet and another at 9.25 am -- which had to be put on
again due to technical glitches detected seconds hold due to problems in the Hold Down Release
before lift-off. The IIT-Chennai incubated start-up Mechanism (HDRM) and igniter failure, respectively. MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024

RIPPLES
Three held for distributing
SANDESHKHALI INCIDENT

Delhi Chief Secy

tenure extended � Shahjahan charged
NEW DELHI: The Centre has
extended the service of
Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh
Kumar,� for another three
months, officials on Tuesday
said. Kumar, at loggerheads
sleaze pen drives of Prajwal
RAJASHEKARA S / Bengaluru ed Likith and Chethan, fol-
with attempt to murder
ARITRA SINGHA / Kolkata

with the AAP government in lowers of former BJP Hassan The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has
Delhi, was given his first The Special Investigation MLA Preetham Gowda for al- charged suspended Trinamool Congress
extension in November Team (SIT) on Tuesday ar- legedly distributing the pen (TMC) leader Sahajahan Sheikh and others
2023, following a Supreme rested three persons accused drives. Besides, the SIT has with attempt to murder and criminal conspir-
Court order. The period of of distributing pen drives arrested local BJP leader De- acy in connection with the January 5 attack on
extension will expire on loaded with porn clips and varaje Gowda on charges of an Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) team at
May 31.� images of fugitive Hassan MP attempt to rape and threaten- Sandeshkhali. The CBI filed the first charge
Prajwal Revanna's victims. ing one of Prajwal's victims. sheet against the seven arrested accused be-
Man trafficking Karnataka government set
up the SIT to probe charges
Meanwhile, reacting to
Prajwal's video message, Kar-
fore a Basirhat special court on Tuesday. �
The central agency said that Sahajahan tinuing,” a statement from the CBI stated.�
Bangladeshis held� of rape, sexual assault and nataka PCC president and Sheikh was the key conspirator behind the in- The ED team came under attack from a
NEW DELHI: The National filming victims against Pra- Deputy Chief Minister DK cident. His brother, Alomgir, Jiauddin Mollah, 1,000-strong mob when it went to raid Sheikh’s
Investigation Agency (NIA) jwal, who is seeking re-elec- Shivakumar said that the for- Mafujar Mollah and Didarbaksh Mollah are house in connection with the multi-crore ra-
on Tuesday arrested a tion as NDA nominee and mer was free to say anything the others mentioned in the charge sheet. The tion distribution scam in West Bengal. It had
wanted accused involved in contesting on a JD(S) symbol. Women burn a pic of Prajwal Revanna –FILE PIC he would like to talk. “SIT CBI has invoked Indian Penal Code sections also gone to arrest Sheikh because of his al-
trafficking of Bangladeshi The SIT arrested the main them into their custody. pen drives with morphed im- probe will reveal the truth,” 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 307 (attempt leged close links with arrested former state
nationals and Rohingyas accused, Naveen Gowda, be- They were arrested after ages and videos of Prajal to he said. to murder) on the accused along with rioting food minister Jyoti Priya Mallick, under the
into India through the sides Chethan Gowda and the 2nd District and Sessions people in Hassan Lok Sabha Prajwal in a video message and unlawful assembly and other charges.� scanner in the scam, they said.�
north-eastern borders. Jalil Shyam Sundar when the trio Court rejected bail on a case Constituency saying it has from an unknown place on “As per the investigation conducted so far, After the attack, Shahjahan was missing for
Miah, a resident of the came to the Karnataka High filed by BJP-JD(S) election MP's sex scandal. Monday said that he would CBI filed a chargesheet against the accused several days before being arrested by the state
north-eastern state of Court seeking to move for an agent Poornachandra Karthik Gowda, the former return to India on May 31, and under different sections of IPC and the Pre- police and handed over to CBI following a
Tripura, has been arrested anticipatory bail. The court Tejaswi MG on April 24. In driver of Prajwal is still at appear before the SIT. He had vention of Damage to Public Property Act. court’s order. After his arrest, several women
by the NIA team, an official adjourned the hearing for the complaint, Tejaswi stated large. The driver downloaded said that false allegations by The other accused have also been arraigned as in Sandeshkhali protested and alleged sexual
statement said. The three days. When the three ac- that from 6.30 pm on April 21, images and sex clips from Congress leaders had driven per their role, as revealed during the investiga- harassment and land grabbing incidents by
National Investigation cused came out of the court Naveen, the main accused, Prajwal's phone. him into “depression and iso- tion. Further investigation in the case is con- Shahjahan and his close aides.�
Agency had in February hall, the SIT sleuths took with others were distributing The SIT has already arrest- lation.”
declared a cash reward of
Rs 1 lakh for information
leading to the arrest of
Jalil, who was absconding
SIT to clarify on plans to ‘Next steps will start if Revanna
arrest Bhavani Revanna doesn’t turn up by May 31’
KCR wanted to arrest BL Santosh
in the case, in addition to
nine others.�
PTI / Bengaluru
to get daughter released: Ex-DGP
11 held in child Karnataka Home Minister G
PTI / Hyderabad KCR wanted to arrest senior
BJP leader Santhosh to make
accused of being part of the
conspiracy with some others
selling racket� Parameshwara on Tuesday Former Telangana Chief the case strong so that BJP including suspended DSP D
HYDERABAD: An indicated that the next proce- Minister K Chandrasekhar would come for a compromise Praneeth Kumar alias Pra-
interstate child selling dure to bring back Hassan Rao allegedly wanted to use and it could be used to get rid neeth Rao of the Special In-
racket has been busted MP Prajwal Revanna, who is the "BRS MLAs" poaching of the ED case on his telligence Bureau (SIB) in
with the arrest of 11 facing charges of sexually case to force BJP into a com- daughter Kavitha,” Rao said. � unauthorised developing of
persons, who used to sell abusing several women, from promise to get rid of the ED He added that due to the in- private persons' profiles and
the infants in Telangana abroad will commence if he turn," Parameshwara told re- case against his daughter and efficiency of some police offi- using them in a partisan
and Andhra Pradesh for a does not turn up on May 31. porters. MLC K Kavitha, according to cials, one important person manner to favour a political
price ranging between Rs His statement comes a day Prajwal's decision to come the confession statement of escaped police apprehension party at the behest of some
1.80 lakh and Rs 5.50 after Prajwal released a video back is appropriate as no one former Deputy persons.�
lakh, police said on statement that he will appear can escape from the clutches Commissioner of Police P PHONE TAPPING CASE Rao further confessed he
Bhavani Revanna with HD Revanna and son Prajwal Revanna
Tuesday. As many as 13 before the Special Investiga- of law, he said. "It is said that Radha Kishan Rao. � and later the case went to used to attend all the impor-
babies have been rescued. IANS / Bengaluru seeking anticipatory bail in tion Team (SIT) and his membership will expire if Rao, who’s one of the ac- High Court. The SIT case was tant confidential works of
The Rachakonda Police the case related to the alleged cooperate with the inquiry. he loses the election, and his cused in the phone tapping transferred to CBI. Rao in his "KCR and his family mem-
said infants brought in The mother of the prime ac- kidnapping of a victim in the "We have taken all efforts diplomatic passport will also case, said that ‘Peddayana', an confession added that 'Ped- bers", like settlement of civil
from different places cused in the sex video case, sex video case. within the country to bring be impounded. Considering indirect reference to Bharat dayana' (elder) was very disputes, "arm-twisting" cer-
including Delhi and Pune Prajwal Revanna, is likely to The SIT had previously ar- Prajwal back. We have writ- all this, he might have Rashtra Samithi chief and angry for not completing the tain persons creating trouble
were being sold to get clarity on Tuesday re- rested Bhavani's husband, ten to the central decided to come back." former CM K Chandrasekar work as per his expectation. � to BRS and KCR and his fami-
childless couples. The garding the Special Investiga- JD(S) MLA, HD Revanna, in government, we have ob- Once Prajwal returns, the Rao (KCR), wanted to arrest Rao was arrested by Hy- ly members, and also sup-
gang apparently lured tion Team's (SIT) plans re- the case, and he is currently tained a warrant against him, legal process would begin, he of BJP National General Sec- derabad Police in March this pressing any type of dissent
poor families to part with garding her arrest. out of jail on conditional bail. which we have informed the said, "I don't know what retary, Organisation, B L San- year as part of the ongoing or protest or agitation against
their children. Bhavani Revanna, a Bhavani filed the petition Ministry of Home and Exter- prompted him to release that thosh in connection with al- probe into the phone-tapping the then ruling party and its
� former Zilla Panchayat mem- in the court on Monday and nal Affairs. Also, a Blue Cor- video... We will see what hap- leged attempt to poach his case pertaining to the previ- led government as
Plaintiff throws ber in Hassan, has ap-
proached the Special Court
the SIT had been asked to file
objections on Tuesday by the
ner Notice has been issued. In
the meantime, he released a
pens on May 31. If he doesn't
turn up, the next procedure
party MLAs.�
"A Special Investigation
ous BRS regime, and destroy-
ing certain computer sys-
'Peddayana' used to get "irri-
tated for even minor dissent
shoes at judge� for People's Representatives court. video message about his re- will start." Team (SIT) was formed and tems and official data. He is or criticism also".�
INDORE: Unhappy over the
dismissal of his civil suit, a
65-year-old plaintiff
allegedly threw a garland
of shoes at a district judge
in an Indore court on
Student beaten to death in Patna, main accused held Telangana woman killed
by speeding car in US
Tuesday, police said. DHEERAJ KUMAR / Patna state-wide search is position of president.
Mohammad Salim had filed underway to nab the other ac- Kumar, a journalist, lodged AGENCIES / Hyderabad garipalli in Yadadri Bhongir
a case alleging that a Patna police on Tuesday ar- cused. Raj succumbed to his a complaint which was the district, had gone to the US
mosque was constructed rested the main accused in injuries during treatment. basis for the FIR. The accused A 25-year-old woman from for higher studies. She had
on encroached government connection with the murder Superintendent of Police have been charged with mur- Telangana was killed af- completed her Masters
land in Indore’s Azad of an undergraduate law stu- Bharat Soni said that a der and criminal conspiracy ter being hit by a car in from the Florida At-
Nagar. Police said judge dent. On Monday, some special investigation team under sections relevant sec- the US's Florida state, lantic University and
dismissed the suit armed men attacked Harsh had been formed to probe the tions of the Indian Penal her family said on was trying to find a
observing that the mosque Raj, a 22-year-old final-year case thoroughly. Soni said Code. Monday. job.
was not built on student at Patna University’s that the motive behind the Patna University students Guntipalli Sowmya Sowmya's family
encroached land. As soon BN College, as he was exiting murder seemed to be an old took out a protest march died on the spot after was shocked upon re-
as Salim heard this, he took Patna Law College after writ- dispute between the victim against the murder and held she was hit by a speed- ceiving the news of her
out a garland of shoes, ing his final year examina- and the assailants. Harsh’s fa- demonstrations on Ashok Ra- ing car while she was death. Her parents
which he had hidden in his tion. The main accused is Students of BN College run away from the police during a protest ther, Ajit Kumar, said that he jpath. Patna University post- crossing the road on Sunday Koteswara Rao and Balamani
clothes and threw it Chandan Kumar, a Patna Uni- after a final-year student was beaten to death by some unidentified was planning to contest the poned all examinations till night, according to informa- have appealed to the Central
towards the judge, police versity student and a native upcoming Patna University further orders in view of the tion received by her family. and state governments to
said.� of Bihta in Patna District. A persons on law college campus of Patna University on Tuesday Students’ Union polls for the anger among students. Sowmya, a native of Yada- bring her body back to India.

Udhayanidhi likely to become TN Dy CM 10K illegal weapons seized during elections in UP

IANS / Chennai A minor rejig of the state there will be replacements BISWAJEET BANERJEE / Lucknow rectives of the EC, continuous thousands of illegal arms, The Chief Electoral Officer tices have been served to
Cabinet may take place, for the two ministers who actions are being taken by the cartridges and explosives of the state, Navdeep Rinwa, 28,28,174 people, of which
Tamil Nadu Minister for with Revenue Minister will be removed from the More than 10,000 illegal police, Income Tax, Excise, from them. stated that 464 interstate 26,82,469 have already been
Sports Welfare and Youth KKSSR Ramachandran and Cabinet. weapons have been seized in Narcotics, and other depart- It is noteworthy that with checkposts and 1,730 check- rounded up for preventive ac-
Affairs Udhayanidhi Stalin R Gandhi, Minister for Tex- The debate on Demand Uttar Pradesh during this Lok ments of the state. the announcement of the elec- posts are being operated for tion to maintain peace. Addi-
is likely to be anointed as tiles and Handloom likely for Grants of various de- Sabha elections. The seizure Notably, several checkposts tion dates for the General intensive inspection in the tionally, the police
the Deputy Chief Minister to be replaced. partments will also be a is part of the state govern- are in operation to prevent cir- Elections to the Lok Sabha state. From March 16 to May department has seized 10,099
of the state during the As- The lone DMK MLA from major agenda of the As- ment's efforts to ensure com- culation of illegal items in the 2024 on March 16, , the Model 27, 2024, the police department unlicensed weapons, 10,258
sembly session to be con- Salem District, the strong- sembly meeting, as it was pliance with the Election state, while many people have Code of Conduct is in effect has seized 537 licensed cartridges, 3,099.32 kilograms
vened in the second week hold of the AIADMK, Pana- deferred due to the declara- Commission of India's guide- been detained on suspicion of throughout the state to ensure weapons from criminals. Ad- of explosives and 604 bombs.
of June. marathupatty Rajendran, tion of Lok Sabha elections lines regarding maintaining disturbing peace. Additional- free, fair, peaceful, fear-free, ditionally, the licenses of 4,766 The police have also raided
The Tamil Nadu Assem- is to be given a Cabinet and the Model Code of free, fair and peaceful polls in ly, the police have busted sev- inducement-free, inclusive licensed weapons have been 5,289 illegal weapon manufac-
bly was last convened in the berth. Conduct (MCC) coming the state. eral illegal weapon manufac- and secure voting across the cancelled and deposited. turing centres, of which 188
second week of February. It is not known whether into effect. In compliance with the di- turing centres and recovered entire state. He said that similarly no- have been sealed.

l NAL ANDA CONSTITUENCY l POLL DATE: JUNE 1

Dy SP caught hiding in goon’s
washroom in surprise raid
SHANKAR RAJ his ‘honour’.
JD(U), CPI(ML) locked CANDIDATES’ PROFILE

in fierce battle
Thiruvananthapuram Chief Minister Pinarayi
Vijayan, who handles home
That cops in Kerala have portfolio, has ordered the sus-
close links with goondas and pension of Sabu. The home
anti-social elements was hith- department is taking the po-
erto just strong rumours, but lice officer’s action seriously JD(U) had contested the election without any ucational institutions, various infrastructure
when a Dy SP was caught as ‘Operation AAG’ to rein in alliance with BJP. In 2013, Nitish had snapped projects and also developed various tourist KAUSHALENDRA SANDEEP
pants down in the washroom
of a wanted criminal came to
goondas and anti-social ele-
ments is going on in the state. HOT SEAT
ties with BJP over the projection of Modi as
Prime Ministerial candidate. JD(U) could win
hubs. These initiatives made him more popu-
lar in the constituency. Nalanda is now consid-
KUMAR SAURAV
light on Monday, there was
hard evidence.
Alappuzha District Crime
The three others of Sabu’s
team have also been suspend-
ed and an enquiry ordered.
DHEERAJ KUMAR
PATNA
only two seats –Nalanda and Purnia in 2014.
In the 2020 state assembly election, JD(U) won
five of seven assembly segments of Nalanda,
ered as Bihar’s favourite tourist destination.

DECODING THE FIGHT

K aushalendra has done his
graduation in Arts from
Magadh University. He
S andeep Saurav (36) was
JNU Students Union
general secretary in 2013. He
Branch DySP MG Sabu and An embarrassed police de- while BJP and JD (U) shared one seat each. CPI (ML) candidate Saurav is a Yadav campaigned and fought for contested the 2020 Assembly

B
three of his team members partment that had put up a ihar Chief Minister and enjoys a good support among his the legitimate rights of the polls successfully from Paliganj
on Sunday night attended a shamiana to bid farewell to and JD(U) President PAST PERFECT caste members in addition to the weaker sections of the as a Mahagathbandhan
party at dreaded gangster Sabu for his services had to Nitish Kumar’s home Nalanda constituency has vote bank of the opposi- society; took active part in the nominee.
Thammanam Faizal’s resi- pull it down in haste. turf, Nalanda, is poised to been an invincible fort for tion INDIA bloc and mass movement for Broad Saurav, a resident of Maner
dence in Kochi, causing a ma- According to police witness a tough electoral bat- Nitish since 1996. His men- cadre votes Gauge rail track, barrage at near Patna, had completed his
jor embarrassment to the po- sources, following a recent tle between his party’s candi- tor, George Fernandes, won of his party. the river and establishment of masters from JNU in 2009 and
lice force. operation on goonda gangs date Kaushalendra Kumar the seat for three consecu- CPI’s Vijay a Pan (Betel) Research Centre PhD in 2014. Saurav had been
Following a tip-off that a and anti-social elements and CPI (ML) candidate tive terms in a row in 1996, Kumar Yadav had won for the farmers. He also two-time national secretary of
party was on at Faizal’s across the state, police had Sandeep Saurav, who was 1998 and 1999. After he fell the seat in 1980, 1984 and campaigned and fought for All India Students Union till
house, a police team from heightened surveillance also JNU Students Union out with Fernandes, Nitish 1991. the Uderasthan, Punpun- 2013. His father was a
Angamaly police station raid- against their activities. general secretary in 2013. himself contested election On the other hand, Mohane River Project. marginal farmer.
ed the place only to find a Faizal, who is a native of On the other hand, JD(U) from Nalanda in 2004 in addi- Kurmis are solidly behind the
DySP hiding in a washroom Aluva, is notorious for run- candidate Kumar has won tion to Barh. Nitish won from Nalanda JD(U) candidate as both Nitish DEMOGRAPHY
and his team members hav- ning an extortion racket and Lok Sabha elections from but he lost from Barh. and he himself are from the same TOTAL VOTERS: 23 lakh MUSLIMS: 12 PER CENT
ing a nice time. a kingpin of anti-social activ- Nalanda for three consecu- caste. JD(U) candidate is also pinning his KURMIS: 28 PER CENT KUSHWAHAS: 10 PER CENT
DySP Sabu was due to re- ities in Kochi. He is a close tive terms. He had emerged THE USP hopes on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s
tire two days later and aide of another gangster victorious even in the 2014 Nitish Kumar has implemented a number of popularity and Nitish’s image, although suf- YADAVS: 17 PER CENT DALITS: 10 PER CENT
sources said the party was in named Bhai Nazeer. Lok Sabha election when development projects including highways, ed- fering a dent of late.
 NATION
Fire engulfs Shimla forest; 991 incidents this summer
SHIMLA / HAMIRPUR: Himachal Pradesh has Tutikandi area around 11.30 am and reached a
witnessed 991 forest fire incidents since the onset of government building, officials said. No casualties
summers with two incidents of forest fires reported have been reported so far. In Hamirpur, the drinking
in Shimla and Hamirpur district on Tuesday, officials water supply in the town was disrupted as the main
said. A massive fire broke out in a forest in Shimla's pump house was damaged in a forest fire, they said. MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024

RIPPLES
Audi recovered in
Noida hit-and-run Heavy rain floods Cyclone ‘Remal’ wreaks
havoc across north east
IN THE COURTYARD

Delhi HC dismisses
l NOIDA: The Noida Police
has recovered an Audi car,
which was involved in a road
crash that led to the death of
a 55-year-old man two days
ago, officials on Tuesday
Kochi, disrupts life
City experienced 98.5mm of torrential rainfall in one hour
DIGJYOTI LAHKAR / GUWAHATI

Four people have been re-

ported dead and 18 persons
were left injured in the trail
of destruction left behind by
Abubacker’s bail plea
PTI / NEW DELHI

The Delhi High Court on

medical grounds.
"We hereby dismiss the
appeal," said a bench of
said. The police, however, SHANKAR RAJ Cyclone Remal in Assam. Tuesday dismissed a plea Justices Suresh Kumar
said they were yet to arrest THIRUVANANTHAPURAM “Till now, three persons by former Popular Front of Kait and Manoj Jain while
the person, who was driving have died in the storm in the India (PFI) Chairman E pronouncing the verdict.
the car at the time of the A mini cloudburst sent Ker- last 24 hours—one in Mori- train triggered a mudslide Abubacker seeking his re- Abubacker sought his re-
incident on Sunday. “The car ala’s commercial city of gaon, one in Kamrup, and near Sinam village in Ma- lease in the UAPA case be- lease on both merit as well
which was spotted in the Kochi nose-deep under water one in Kamrup Metro," the nipur’s Kangpokpi district ing probed by the NIA. as medical grounds.
CCTV footage has been Tuesday morning. The city Assam State Disaster Man- on the Imphal-Silchar high- Abubacker, who was ar- According to NIA, the
traced and recovered. The witnessed nearly 10 mm of agement Authority, said. way sweeping off a truck into rested by the anti-terror Popular Front of India, its
car, which is registered in rain in a span of an hour, re- Four dead in Nagaland� a gorge. Several trucks had agency during a massive officer bearers and mem-
Haryana, was found in sulting in many areas, includ- At least four deaths have been left stranded. crackdown on the banned bers hatched a criminal
Delhi's Kidwai Nagar area ing the famous Kochi In- been reported in Nagaland Red alert in Arunachal� organisation in 2022 and is conspiracy to raise funds
near the NBCC complex,” foPark in Kakkanad, on the and over 40 houses damaged, The IMD has predicted thun- lodged in judicial custody, for committing acts of ter-
Deputy Commissioner of outskirts of the city, get flood- officials said. A boy, 7, derstorms with lightning had approached the high ror in various parts of the
Police Vidya Sagar Mishra ed with knee-deep water. Vehicles move through a flooded street in Kochi on Tuesday –PTI drowned at Laruri village un- and extremely heavy rainfall court after he was denied country and were conduct-
told PTI. "We have recovered Experts attributed the in- der Meluri subdivision. Two in East Kameng and Pakke- relief by the trial court. He ing training camps to in-
the car and now the owner tense downpour to a cloud- lives as snakes were found in related incidents on Tuesday. other drowning incidents Kessang on Wednesday. had moved the trial court doctrinate and train their
of the vehicle will be iden- burst phenomenon, with the the flooded waters. The rain also impacted the were reported from Doyang 2 die, 500 hurt in Meghalaya seeking interim bail on cadres for this purpose.
tified, eventually the driver rain gauge at Cochin Univer- Writer M Leelavathi’s coastal region. Five fisher- Dam in Wokha district on Nearly 500 people were in-
will also be held," he added. sity of Science and Technolo- house was flooded, leading to men had a narrow escape af- Monday. In Phek district, an jured in rain-related inci-
gy recording 98.5 mm of rain- loss of several books. She was ter their boat capsized due to elderly man was crushed to dents across Meghalaya. Court dismisses Umar Khalid’s bail plea
fall in one hour. shifted to a safe place. Kot- rough seas. death after a wall collapsed. North Garo Hills was the NEW DELHI: The Delhi Court on Tuesday dismissed the bail
The deluge caused wide- tayam too witnessed massive Meanwhile, the IMD has is- Officials said an underwater worst-affected with 125 dam- plea of Umar Khalid in connection with the Delhi riots larger
spread waterlogging and dis- pre-monsoon showers result- sued a red alert for Kochi and drone was used for search op- aged houses, officials said. conspiracy case 2020 registered under the Unlawful Activities
rupted traffic in many areas ing in landslips in many areas. Kottayam for Wednesday and erations for the first time. � Two persons died and over (Prevention) Act. He has been in custody since September
during peak office hours. Many towns in the south- a ‘Yellow alert’ has been is- Roads affected� 500 others were injured 2020 in a case under UAPA. Former JNU student leader Umar
The worst-affected was the ern districts state witnessed sued for all other districts ex- In Assam, the road between across the state. One death Khalid has sought regular bail on the grounds of delay and
InfoPark, where employees torrential rainfall and strong cept Wayanad and Kasargod. Haflong and Cachar was af- was reported from East Jain- parity with other accused persons.
had to wade through water to winds inundating low-lying Despite the heavy rainfall fected. All heavy vehicles on tia Hills and another in a car
reach their offices. Water en-
tered numerous houses and
areas and disrupting daily
life across the state.
across Kerala, the IMD stuck
to its prediction of the official
the way to Barak Valley were
asked to go through Megha-
accident in East Khasi Hills
district, they said.
YSRCP MLA granted bail in poll cases
people had to run for their Four lives were lost in rain- onset of monsoon on May 31. laya, officials said. Heavy –With inputs from PTI AMARAVATI: In a reprieve to YSR Congress Party MLA Pinnelli
HOWRAH RAIL MISHAP: Ramakrishna Reddy, the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday
Restoration work underway granted him interim bail in three cases in poll-related offences.
after a local train derailed
near Liluah Station, in MP MAN ABDUCTED, Incoming service
calls to display
7K historical diaspora The court directed the police not to take any action till June 6.
The court had on Monday reserved its judgment on
Ramakrishna Reddy's petition seeking anticipatory bail in cases

TORTURED; 7 BOOKED documents digitised

Howrah on Tuesday –PTI registered against him for committing poll-related offences in
160 as prefix��� his constituency on May 13. These are three new cases booked
against him for allegedly perpetrating violence on polling day.
Three still trapped FPJ NEWS SERVICE / GUNA various Indian Penal Code PTI / NEW DELHI FPJ NEWS SERVICE invoices, passports, letters,
in Assam mine sections, Singh said. NEW DELHI and photographs, highlight-
HC seeks ED response on Jain’s bail
A group of persons allegedly Fatehgarh police station In a bid to help people differ- ing the Indian community's
l DIBRUGARH: Three kidnapped a relative from in-charge Kripal Singh said entiate between calls made In alignment with Prime cultural practices, social ac- NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the ED to
people remained trapped Madhya Pradesh's Guna dis- 10-12 persons allegedly kid- by government bodies and Minister Narendra Modi's vi- tivities, trade, and integra- respond to a plea by jailed former minister Satyendar Jain
inside an illegal rat-hole trict following a dispute and napped the man and took regulated entities from those sion to strengthen diaspora tion into Omani society. seeking default bail in a money laundering case. Justice Swarana
mine in Assam's Tinsukia took him to Rajasthan where him in a jeep to Jhalawar and made by fraudsters mas- connections and preserve These documents will be Kanta Sharma issued notice to the ED and asked it to file a status
district for the third they forced him to drink Patan in Rajasthan where querading as government of- shared heritage, the National available on NAI's digital por- report on the matter. The court also called for nominal roll of Jain
consecutive day on Monday urine and paraded him in a they beat him up, made him ficials, the Department of Archives of India (NAI) said tal, 'Abhilekh Patal,' for pub- from the jail and listed the matter for further hearing on July 9.
as efforts continued to woman’s clothes, police said wear a garland of shoes and Telecom has allocated a sepa- on Tuesday that it has, in col- lic and researcher access.
rescue them, officials said.
Tinsukia District
on Tuesday.
The accused also allegedly
woman's clothes and forced
him to drink urine.
rate 10-digit numbering se-
ries starting with 160 for serv-
laboration with the Indian
Embassy in Muscat, conclud-
"This project is a historic
milestone in preserving the
PIL against demolition of SC building
Commissioner Swapneel tonsured the man's head and They also shot videos of ice and transactional calls ed its first-ever overseas digi- heritage of the Indian dias- NEW DELHI: A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court
Paul said that apart from made him wear a garland of the inhuman treatment and made by government, regula- tisation project for the histor- pora," noted Arun Singhal, seeking directions to the Union government and apex court
local authorities, NDRF and shoes, they said. The incident demanded Rs 25 lakh from tors and financial entities. � ical documents of the Indian Director General of NAI. registry to not "demolish" the SC building and instead make a
SDRF have been engaged in took place in neighbouring him. When police came to The 10-digit number series diaspora in Oman. Supported by the National new building in another place. The plea stated that the SC
the search and rescue Rajasthan on May 22, but as know about it, the accused has been designed by the DoT Conducted from May 19-27, Records and Archives Au- building is one of the important memorial buildings, built after
operations to find out the the man was kidnapped from set the man free on the condi- in a manner that telecom sub- 'The Oman Collection - thority (NRAA) of Oman, the the Independence of India and also currently so many courts,
miners. "The three coal Guna, an FIR was registered tion that he would pay them scribers will get an idea Archival Heritage of the In- initiative aims to deepen en- tribunals and government establishments working in private
miners are still missing. at the Fatehgarh police sta- Rs 20 lakh within three days, about calling entities as well dian Community in Oman' gagement with the Indian di- properties on a rental basis may be accommodated there.
One team each from the tion here against seven per- he said. as the telecom operator and saw participation from 32 aspora and promote appreci-
NDRF and SDRF, and local sons late Monday night, Su- SP Sinha said, "We have the place from where it has prominent Gujarati families, ation of the longstanding In- Plea to remove Waqf Board chief rejected
rescue workers are trying to perintendent of Police San- taken cognisance of the inci- originated. reflecting their 250-year pres- dia-Oman friendship, facili- NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has dismissed with costs of
locate the missing miners. jeev Sinha said. The accused dent. The complainant came The number will be issued ence in Oman. tating future research on the Rs 10,000 a petition seeking quashing of the appointment of
Excavators are being used persons had also shot a video to me following which I sent in 1600ABCXXX format for The pioneering project diaspora's contributions. Ashwani Kumar as the administrator of the Delhi Waqf Board
to dig the rubbles," he told of the torture, shared it on so- him to Fatehgarh police sta- government and regulators digitised over 7,000 docu- India's Ambassador Amit over the demolition of the Akhoondji mosque earlier this year.
PTI. Three coal miners were cial media and demanded Rs tion. He was beaten up in Ra- where AB will show the code ments in English, Arabic, Narang emphasised that Justice Subramonium Prasad said the petition by Yamin Ali was
trapped inside the illegal 25 lakh from the man, as per jasthan but as the crime of of telecom circle like 11 for Gujarati, and Hindi, dating both countries share a rich publicity-oriented and an abuse of the process of law as it did
rat-hole mine after the a complaint lodged by him. kidnapping him took place Delhi, 22 for Mumbai, etc and back to 1838 with the collec- tapestry of historical and not give any valid reasons for quashing the appointment of
landslide in Patkai hills. The FIR was registered here, a case was registered in the digit at C place will show tion including diaries, ac- cultural connections that go the city government officer as the administrator of the board.
against seven persons under Guna district in the matter." the code of telecom operator. count books, telegrams, trade back 5,000 years.

FROM FRONT PAGE Now, it’s almost June. Will the BMC provide an official maximum punishment but later said, the victims of the FROM SECOND FRONT The poll campaign in...
update on the final opening date for citizens? Further- crime should be adequately compensated. Meanwhile, the SAD has fielded Virsa
Modi primes for Vivekananda... more, when we form the government, we will thorough- The court, after hearing everyone, observed, “All of- Kejriwal “kingpin” and... Singh Valtoha, a fire brand Akali leader
ly investigate the delays,” he added. fences charged against both accused have been proved and a two-time MLA, who has also
Embedded in the visit is also PM Modi’s resolve to pay A senior official on the Mumbai Coastal Road beyond reasonable doubt. It is not a straitjacket formula “Some wholesalers” in Punjab went out been highlighting ``panthic’’ issues
greater attention across the Vindhyas at both Tamil Project, told the FPJ, “Traffic on the northbound corri- that the case based on circumstantial evidence is a of business as they did not agree to pay and bias of the governments against
Nadu and Kerala. This is more than apparent from PM dor of the Coastal Road will be permitted starting from weak case for conviction and it can never be proved be- up, the federal agency said. “There was Sikhs. Though he does not name
Modi’s multiple visits to TN, during his poll campaign. June 10. This stretch spans Marine Drive to Bandra- yond reasonable doubt,” the court added, against the ar- no reason for Mahadev Liquor to Amritpal, he is heard telling at his
Situated at the southernmost tip of the Indian main- Worli Sea Link and encompasses the completion of gument that there was no direct evidence that Vyas had surrender it flourishing business,” its gatherings that he too had faced NSA
land, Kanniyakumari also holds a special place in Hin- Packages 1, 2, and 4. Package 1 covers the distance from been murdered or was dead and the two were responsi- counsel said. and fought big battles for the
du mythology as the spot where Goddess Parvati under- Priyadarshini Park to Baroda Palace, spanning 3.82km. ble for it. On hearing the ED counsel, Special ``Panth’’. What makes the fight
took intense meditation to win the favour of Lord Package 2 extends from Baroda Palace to the Worli-end Judge Kaveri Baweja reserved for June interesting is that Valtoha was close to
Shiva, standing on one foot. of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link, covering 2.23km. Dera head is acquitted in murder... 4 her order on whether to take Khalistan ideologue Bhindrawale.
The commencement of Modi's silent retreat Package 4 stretches from the Princess Street Flyover to It may be recalled that the controversial Dera chief was cognisance of the supplementary Besides Valtoha, also in the fight is
coincides with the intense speculation about the elec- Priyadarshini Park, spanning 3.93km.” convicted by the special CBI court in rape and two mur- chargesheet. The court will also decide ruling Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP’s)
tion results with multiple scenarios doing the rounds, The 10.58km-long Coastal Road, starting from B D So- der cases – killing of journalist Ram Chander Chhatra- whether to take note of the alleged transport minister Laljit Singh Bhullar.
including one of the BJP having far less than 400 seats mani Chowk, 280 metres before the Princess Street Fly- pati in Sirsa and former Dera manager Ranjit Singh in offence against the AAP, the first To his advantage are the seven of the
in its poll kitty. It comes at a time when the Prime Min- over at Marine Drive, will connect to the Bandra-Worli a village of district Kurukshetra. political party which has been booked total nine MLAs of assembly segments
ister is exuding more than just a whiff of divinity by as- Sea Link at Worli. The distance of the northbound tun- Ranjit Singh was shot dead in village fields on July under the Prevention of Money falling in this seat. While one of the
serting that his was not a biological birth, portending a nel from B D Somani Chowk to Priyadarshini Park is 10, 2002, allegedly on the directions of the Dera chief as Laundering Act (PMLA) by the ED. remaining two seats belongs to
higher mission. By now political insiders will have a approximately 4.05km and the tunnel has a diameter of the former was suspected to have circulated an anony- Congress, the other, an independent
pretty good idea of which way the wind is going to blow. 11m. From Priyadarshini Park to Love Grove Complex, mous letter which alleged how women were being sex- AAP chief told to place... MLA. Also in the fight is Kulbir Singh
Modi's meditation therefore assumes a greater signifi- the distance is 3.82km while from Love Grove Pumping ually exploited by the Dera chief. It was the same letter He stated that this was “just a medical Zira of the Congress- a sitting MLA from
cance. Station to the Bandra-Worli Sea Link, the span is ap- which was used by the slain Sirsa-based journalist extension and not abuse of liberty”. Zira – after its sitting MP Jasbir Gill
It is at Kanniyakumari that the eastern and western proximately 2.69km. There will be no separate prome- Chhatrapati in his news reports. However, the vacation bench held that opted out of the race. The BJP has
shores meet the three seas. Now that Modi is at an inex- nade on the northbound corridor. The high court division bench comprising Justice the CJI would take a call on the listing as fielded Manjit Singh Mianwind. All of
plicable cusp of his life, it is sure to be a class apart from Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Lalit Batra passed these the application for extension of bail them highlight the issues of rampant
his highly publicised past spiritual forays, such as his Sexual rap on J&J sales chief orders while allowing an appeal filed by Dera chief pertains to a case in which the judgment drug abuse, conversions, poor state of
visit to Kedarnath following the 2019 Lok Sabha elec- The complainant objected to this suggestion and lodged against his conviction by the special CBI court at has been reserved. “This is heard and affairs of education, health services and
tions, where he was photographed meditating in what a complaint with the police. The victim’s statement un- Panchkula in 2021. the matter is reserved. We cannot do scarcity of potable water.
looked like a grotto in a rock or his visit to Pratapgarh, der section 164 of the CrPC has been recorded. It is The Dera chief had challenged all the convictions be- anything,” it said, adding that the matter
associated with the legendary Chhatrapati Shivaji Ma- learnt that Shukla had applied for anticipatory bail, fore the high court; while his appeals in the rape cases be placed before the CJI. The Bench also 17 dead as quarry...
haraj, which marked the conclusion of the 2014 Lok which was strongly opposed by police. The application and Chhatarpati murder case are still pending, he has asked Singhvi why the petition was not Chief Minister Lalduhoma convened an
Sabha polls. Or, when he recently recited a stirring po- was rejected by the court. been acquitted in the Ranjit Singh murder case. He is moved before a vacation bench when emergency meeting with Home Minister
litical paean dedicated to Lord Ram, while ushering in currently lodged in Sunaria jail in Rohtak. Justice Datta was heading it last week. K Sapdanga, Chief Secretary Renu
a thousand years of Ram Rajya. Salon ex-staffers to spend rest of... The CBI court in its verdict had held that there was On Monday, Delhi minister Atishi had Sharma and other senior officials to
“It is a fact that her parents are old and she has an un- no manner of doubt to the fact that it was the Dera chief stated that Kejriwal has moved the plea take stock of the situation, a senior
Tunnel leaks fails to burst ‘vikas’... employed sister. All of them were dependent on Kirti’s who was feeling aggrieved by the circulation of the said on health grounds for undergoing PET- official said. Lalduhoma announced Rs4
Girgaum resident Mann Rele, a regular commuter on earnings. As such, she (Kirti) was a financial pillar of letter wherein severe allegations of sexual exploitation CT scans and other medical lakh ex-gratia for the families of those
the Coastal Road travelling to Bandra, said, “Initially, her family and ever since her disappearance, her family of sadhvis of Dera had been levelled against him only. examinations. She said he had lost seven killed in calamities caused by rains,
we were thrilled to witness such remarkable develop- has been dragged into such difficulty and misery which SGPC MIFFED: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parband- kg in ED custody following his arrest on including the quarry collapse.
ment in Mumbai. However, the recent leakages have cannot be explained in words,” the court added. hak Committee (SGPC) president Harjinder Singh Dha- March 21 in the Delhi liquor policy case He handed over cheques of Rs 2 lakh
shaken our confidence. Now, we are concerned about The court noted that the financial condition of the mi on Tuesday termed the acquittal of Ram Rahim as and was yet to regain his health. As his each to the families of the eight Mizo
utilising the tunnel in the light of this incident. Consid- two convicts was such that they cannot afford to pay the unfortunate. He lamented that the Haryana BJP gov- ketone levels were significantly high, the people who died in the quarry collapse
ering the substantial investment made in its construc- fine amount imposed on them, leave alone the compen- ernment has already favoured Gurmeet Ram Rahim, doctors had recommended further and said the remaining amount would
tion, it is perplexing why adequate precautions were sation to the family of Vyas. The court has recommend- the main accused in the 2015 case of sacrilege of Sri examination. be given to them soon. Lalduhoma said
not taken to ensure proper maintenance. While it is in- ed that the District Legal Service Authority or the State Guru Granth Sahib. The SGPC had earlier strongly ob- the government has earmarked Rs15
deed a matter of pride that such a tunnel has been con- Legal Service Authority decide the quantum of com- jected to the Haryana government granting furloughs Court summons Atishi... crore to tackle disasters triggered by
structed by the BMC, it is equally shameful to witness pensation to be awarded under the scheme. to Dera chief, even though he was serving sentences for The BJP leader also sent a legal notice to rains, which occurred as an aftereffect
such leakages. Once the Coastal Road connects to the While recommending the case for compensation, the heinous crimes. Atishi. This came in the context of a press of cyclone Remal.
sea link, it promises to further streamline travel, elimi- court said, “Considering the struggle of Kirti’s family conference held by the AAP leader on
nating the need to wait at signals and saving significant after her mysterious disappearance, the provision of 2 STUDENTS RUN OVER BY TRUCK April 2. May 31 deadline for...
time. However, if safety is compromised, the purpose is the scheme under Sec.357-A CrPC (Victim Compensa- in their early 20s and studying at an engineering Atishi had during the press meet The reporting entities which are
defeated. Particularly concerning are the leaks in the tion scheme) can be invoked for the purpose of compen- college, were on way to the Pune railway station, the po- claimed, according to Kapoor, that she required to file SFT returns with tax
tunnel portion adjacent to the sea, which instils fear sation to the victim’s dependants i.e. the parents and lice said. Two of them were headed for their hometown had received an offer to join the BJP and authorities include forex dealers, banks,
among users of the northbound corridor.” sister of Kirti, who have suffered loss or injury as a re- Latur in Maharashtra. "While they were on their way, that she was told that while this would sub-registrar, NBFC, post offices, issuer
MLA Aaditya Thackeray of the Shiv Sena Uddhav sult of the crime and who require rehabilitation.” the truck hit their motorbike from the rear. One youth “save” her “political career” refusal to of bonds/debentures, mutual fund
Balasaheb Thackeray Party said, “The Mumbai Coastal Tamhankar and Sahjwani were held guilty by the died on the spot, while the other succumbed to injuries do so would result in her arrest by the trustees, company paying dividend or
Road would have been fully completed and opened to court on Monday, while on Tuesday, it heard arguments in a hospital," Vimaltal police station's inspector Anand ED. The BJP leader sought an apology buying back shares. These specified
citizens by December 2023, had the MVA remained in on the quantum of sentencing. Sahjwani, who was con- Khobre said. "After the accident, the truck driver did from Kejriwal and Atishi in the matter institutions are required to furnish the
government. However, after our regime was toppled by stantly crying, pleaded that she was innocent and main- not stop and tried to escape, but was stopped by the po- and claimed that he was ridiculed and details of certain financial transactions
the corrupt administration, they slowed down the work tained that Vyas was not killed but was still missing. lice and locals about 300 metres away," the official said. blamed for being a “member” a “vicious or any reportable account
and escalated costs. Multiple inaugurations were Nothing had ever been found in her car as alleged and The truck driver was arrested and booked under Indian party”. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate registered/recorded/maintained by them
planned in February, but as I pointed out then, it was everything was planted by the investigating officer to Penal Code section 304 (culpable homicide not amount- Tanya Bamniyal at the Rouse Avenue during the year.
only for one lane. This single lane was hurriedly falsely implicate her. There was absolutely no evidence ing to murder) and other relevant sections, the police Courts directed Atishi to appear in court Delay in filing of SFT returns may attract
opened, to claim electoral credit for our project before against her and she was a victim of false implication, said, adding that an investigation was on into the case. on June 29. However, the court did not a penalty of up to Rs 1,000 for each
the Lok Sabha elections and operates from 8am to 6pm. Sahjwani had pleaded. Tamhankar also maintained On May 19, a Porsche car allegedly driven by a 17- issue any summons to Kejriwal, against day of default. Non-filing or filing
“At that time, we were promised that the entire road that the case made against him was false and he was not year-old boy knocked down a motorbike in Kalyani Na- whom too Kapoor had filed a inaccurate statement may also lead to
would be opened by March, then April, and then May. guilty of any offence. The prosecution sought gar area here, killing two IT professionals. defamation case. levy of penalty.
GOA Wednesday May �9, ���4

Edu dept rules

out postponing
reopening
Shocker! `2.68 cr spent, but Now, Mumbai musician
bitten by stray dogs
of schools
THE GOAN I NETWORK

PANAJI
no baseball ground at Campal at Benaulim beach
THE GOAN I NETWORK have witnessed rising num-
ber of dog bite cases at the
Notwithstanding the South
Goa district administration’s � SAG FUNDS DISBURSAL ON RECORD � ISSUE ESCALATES INTO MARGAO
Stray dogs on the beach belt
Benaulim beach over the last
two weeks. We are sorry to say

POLITICAL SLUGFEST BETWEEN SPORTS MINISTER, PREDECESSOR

order for closure of certain has come back to haunt the that no government authority
schools in view of Lok Sabha tourism stakeholders and has come to the beach to even
counting – both coinciding �shermen at the Benaulim �nd out the situation,” Pele
on June 4, the Education De- beach. lamented.
partment has ruled out any SACHIN DALVI A Mumbai-based musician He said the �shermen
possibility of postponing the THE GOAN I PANAJI became the latest victim of the as well as the tourism
�rst day of the academic year Will inquire into funds spent, says Gaude; stray dogs on the prowl at the stakeholders have been
2024-25.
“The academic year will
The curious case of Rs 2.68
crore spent to develop a base-
If there’s scam, needs to be probed: Babu Benaulim beach a�er a stray
dog bit him on his thigh.
demanding government’s
intervention to stop the stray
commence as per sched- ball ground at Campal in PANAJI: Sports Minister Govind Gaude said he will inquire The musician pointed out dog menace, but in vain. “Let
ule from June 4,” Director Panaji for the 37th National into this issue of money spent on a baseball ground but the that he was jogging on the me tell the government, the
Shailesh Zingde said. Games but there being noth- play�eld is nowhere in sight at Campal. beach early Tuesday morn- situation is indeed serious.
A day a�er directing the ing on the ground to show for Gaude said the construction of the ground began much be- ing before stray dogs attacked Around 30-40 stray dogs on
closure of four schools in it, is snowballing into a ma- fore he became Sports Minister and he will be in a position him from behind, leaving him the prowl on the Benaulim
Margao to avoid tra�c con- jor political slugfest between to give details only a�er with a bite on his thigh. beach. Since the time the
gestion around the counting Sports Minister Govind Gaude inquiring into it. Local �shermen led by shack owners have shut down
centre at Damodar College, and his predecessor Manohar “Work on the baseball Pele rushed to the rescue of the shacks on the beach, the
South Collector Asvin Chan- (Babu) Ajgaonkar. �eld in Campal started the musician before he was strays have nothing to eat. We
dru on Tuesday directed all The money was disbursed A view of the baseball ground image extract from 2022 before I became a min- dropped at his car. “Pele and have to �nd out a permanent
educational institutions and to the contractor but there is Google earth. ister. The tenders issued the �shermen came to my res- solution to the issue,” Pele
establishments of Samaj Seva no baseball ground anywhere for this, the goods taken, cue a�er I was attacked by the said, as he expressed concern
Sangh Committee to remain in Campal. It went unnoticed for spectators, apart from the consultant for providing tech- all the transactions were dogs. He later dropped me to that visitors may avoid
closed from June 3-5. This indi- when Goa hosted the Nation- playing arena. Additionally, a nical consultancy services for done before I became the sports minister. I have spoken my car. The government must Benaulim if the government
cates schools other than those al Games last year because digital scoreboard was also to the construction of the play- to the concerned o�cials and ordered an inquiry,” Gaude do something to tackle the does not take immediate
listed by the South adminis- the discipline did not feature be set up as per the conditions ground. Of this Rs 3.91 lakh said. situation. Visitors would only action.
tration will reopen on June 4. in it as it was dropped at the of the tender. has been disbursed. Gaude’s predecessor, Manohar (Babu) Ajgaonkar, during take bad memories of their Tourism Minister Rohan
The Congress, Goa Forward eleventh hour by the Indian On record, Rs 2.68 crore was This record of money hav- whose tenure the baseball ground was purportedly ten- stay in the State,” he cau- Khaunte, during his visit to
and AAP leaders have been Olympic Association for other disbursed by the Sports Au- ing been disbursed by the dered and money disbursed to the contractor, meanwhile, tioned. Colva beach for the Spirit of
demanding postponing the reasons. thority of Goa (SAG) but there SAG for developing the base- said that if there is any scam, it should be investigated. Pele told the media that Goa festival, had conceded the
reopening, stating it could This baseball ground for is no baseball �eld to show at ball ground is contained in a “If there are any lapses, appropriate action should be tak- the musician from Mumbai stray dog menace, not only on
cause inconvenience to par- the National Games was to be Campal. written answer provided to en,” Ajgaonkar said, adding that the work on the baseball has become the latest vic- the beach belt, but across the
ents who are posted on duty equipped with all facilities, in- Additionally, another Rs the Goa legislative assembly �eld at Campal had indeed started during his tenure. tim of attacks by stray dogs State, and underscored the
for counting. cluding seating arrangements 6.94 lakh was to be paid to a by Gaude during the monsoon on the Benaulim beach. “We need to tackle the situation.

GSPCB cracks down on Margao

IN SHORT >>
Inter-state child
tra�cking racket
busted in Telangana
HYDERABAD: An interstate
child selling racket has been
busted with the arrest of 11
establishments for violations
persons, who used to sell
the infants in Telangana and SEALS 2 HOTELS, BAR FOR DISCHARGING WASTE WATER INTO
Andhra Pradesh for a price
ranging between Rs 1.80 lakh
and Rs 5.50 lakh, police said
DRAINS; SOME HOTELS DOWN SHUTTERS FEARING ACTION
on Tuesday. As many as 13 THE GOAN I NETWORK The GSPCB action comes in
babies have been rescued. the wake of public interest lit-
MARGAO igation (PIL) �led by Navelim
Areal Goa Carbon A�er coming under the ra- villager Antonio Alvares com-
unit inspected dar of the Margao Municipal
Council for the last several
plaining of the rampant dis-
charge of sewage and waste
MARGAO: A joint inspection months, the Goa State Pollu- water by commercial estab-
of the Goa Carbon Ltd factory tion Control Board (GSPCB) lishments and residential
at Sao Jose de Areal was CHOCK-O-BLOCK: Bumper-to-bumper vehicular tra�c was witnessed on DB Road from Kala on Tuesday �nally cracked a houses, contaminating the
conducted on Tuesday by of- Academy to Bal Bhavan, Panaji, on Tuesday due to the closure of internal roads for Smart City whip against erring hotels and picturesque Salpem lake at
�cials of the Ministry of Envi- works. Narayan Pissurlenkar restaurants discharging waste Navelim and leaving the River
ronment, Forests an Climate water in the drains and oper- Sal polluted.
change, Chief Secretary and ating sans the Board’s consent The Margao Municipal
the Goa State Pollution Con- to operate. Council had earlier found over

Pharma �rms likely to meet CM

trol Board to �nd out whether A total of two hotels and a 200 establishments in the city
the factory has obtained all bar were sealed on Tuesday conducting business activity
the consents required in upon the GSPCB directions. without connecting the waste

over outstation recruitment row

setting up the industry. As news spread over the GSP- Action underway in Margao to seal hotels/cafes as per and sewage water to the un-
CB crackdown, a couple of ho- the directions of Goa State Pollution Control Board for derground sewerage line.
Power shutdowns tels shut down shutters in the discharging waste water in the drains and operating sans
Consent to Operate. Santosh Mirajkar
Meanwhile, a café owner
in Tiswadi taluka CITE JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR GOANS OUTSIDE STATE TOO commercial capital fearing
similar action by the Board
has slammed the authorities
for sealing his establishment
PANAJI: The Electricity depart- against their establishments. activity of cafe/hotel and under the Water (Prevention when he has been knocking
ment has planned mainte- THE GOAN I NETWORK plants – which also o�er op- admitted to the challenge of The action comes in the operating sans the valid and Control of Collation) Act, the doors of the PWD to con-
nance work at several places portunities for Goans to work �nding Goans willing to relo- wake of an inspection carried consent to operate of the 1974 and the Air (Prevention nect his business premises to
on the grid of Tiswadi taluka PANAJI in their facilities located else- cate within the State. “Goans out by the GSPCB wherein it Board as required under the and Control of Pollution) Act, the underground line. “Every
and will shut down power in Goa government’s stoic where. o�en prefer not to adjust to was found that a number of Water (Prevention and Control 1981 amounts to gross viola- time, I approach the PWD to
a staggered manner in Panaji silence on the controversy One such prominent com- work shi�s or locations within hotels and restaurants operat- of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air tion of the provisions of the release the sewerage connec-
and surrounding areas for surrounding outstation pany has arranged a walk-in the State for obvious reasons. ing in the city were discharg- (Prevention and Control of said Acts, while directing the tion, I was told that the under-
three days from Wednesday. recruitment by companies interview for positions at its This has posed challenges for ing waste and kitchen water Pollution) Act, 1981). units to close/suspend the op- ground line is not yet laid near
for their plants in Goa has Aurangabad plant in Goa on companies to recruit them for into the storm water drains. It was further noted that erations until further orders. our establishment. It’s only in
Leopard on prowl in seemingly created an uneasy June 2. “We have observed a relevant positions. However, That’s not all. Most of the the units were discharging A hotel/café which was the last few days, the under-
Pernem, trap laid situation as pharmaceutical
companies are now likely
pool of talented Goans who
are open to opportunities be-
we have noticed this trend
throughout India,” stated an-
establishments were found
operating without the manda-
domestic waste water into the
storm water drains.
sealed on Tuesday by the of-
�cials of the district Collector-
ground sewerage line is being
laid, but before we could be is-
PANAJI: Fear has gripped to call upon Chief Minister yond the State,” a company other o�cial. Three compa- tory consent to operate from GSPCB Member Secretary ate upon GSPCB orders was sued the connection, the GSP-
locals of Deulwada, Palye Pramod Sawant to express o�cial revealed on condition nies, Indoco Remedies Ltd, the GSPCB, thus violating pro- Dr Shamila Monteiro pointed found operating without the CB has sealed my establish-
in Pernem a�er sighting of their grievance. of anonymity. Encube Ethicals, and Cipla, visions of the Water Act. out in the show cause notices mandatory consent to operate ment. This is unfair since the
leopard in the area. Forest The companies argue they Quite a few pharmaceutical withdrew walk-in interviews The inspection team that operating the units with- and discharging the kitchen authorities should have �rst
Department has laid a cage hold recruitments in Goa for and manufacturing compa- in Maharashtra and Gujarat observed that the units were out the valid consent to oper- waste water into the storm set up the facility for the ho-
trap to catch the animal. positions at their outstation nies operating in various IDCs following opposition. carrying out commercial ate of the Board as required water drain. tels to take the connection.”

349 objectionable social media complaints in Margao cafes, hotels shut

5 months, but only one FIR registered so far down to avoid GSPCB wrath
THE GOAN I NETWORK MISUSE OF ONLINE PLATFORM? FINANCIAL FRAUDS THE GOAN I NETWORK lishments operating in the Pollution Control Board and
PANAJI � Out of 349 complaints received by the Cyber Crime Cell, commercial capital, which not just by the Member Sec-

I
nquiries into 348 one has been registered, while the rest are pending inquiry Goa has also witnessed a surge in MARGAO were either discharging their retary.
complaints regarding ‘for appropriate action including FIR registration’ �nancial fraud cases with 76 com- The whip cracked by the Goa waste and kitchen water in the Sources told The Goan
objectionable social media plaints received, 16 registered, 19 State Pollution Control Board storm water drains or did not that a group of persons ap-
content, registered in just �ve � Three arrests and FIRs against a few others recorded in forwarded to concerned police stations (GSPCB) against the three ho- possess the Board’s consent to proached high ranking South
months of this year, indicate the last couple of days for investigation, and 41 under inquiry tels/cafe, including a bar on operate. Goa district Collectorate o�-
rampant misuse of the online Tuesday, saw a couple of ca- As the authorities went cials with a copy of the March
platform, with one FIR �led fes pulling down shutters to about the sealing of the ho- 21, 2024 order wherein the
so far. law and order. Temple at Fatorda. and Edmund Fernandes is concerned police stations for avoid sealing by the Board. tels/cafes in the commercial High Court had set aside and
Out of 349 complaints re- Of three arrests and A�er her release on bail, absconding for hurting reli- investigation, and 41 under No sooner o�cials of the capital, the action was ques- quashed the action initiated
ceived by the Cyber Crime Cell, FIRs against a few others Dhargalkar was arrested by gious sentiments by allegedly inquiry. Overall, the State has South Goa Collectorate exe- tioned by the establishments by the GSPCB on the plea that
one has been registered, while recorded in the last couple Bicholim police for making posting o�ensive comments recorded 425 complaints relat- cuted the GSPCB orders by on grounds that the GSPCB the action was not authorized
the rest are pending inquiry for of days, Shreya Dhargalkar derogatory comments against on Devi Lairai. ed solely to social media and sealing the three establish- did not take the decision to by the Board.
‘for appropriate action includ- and Namita Fatarpekar were the devotees of Devi Lairai. �nancial fraud. ments including a hotel/cafe, seal the establishments at the Collectorate o�cials, how-
ing FIR registration.’ arrested by Cuncolim police She remains in judicial cus- Surge in �nancial Amid this ongoing con- restaurant and a bar, a cou- Board meeting. ever, advised the parties to
The issue of social media for allegedly making o�ensive tody. frauds troversy, Director General of ple of hotels/cafes shut down In fact, sources contest- directly approach the GSP-
misuse has sparked pub- comments against members In another o�ence reg- Goa has also witnessed a Police Jaspal Singh has urged their shutters to escape simi- ed the order to seal the es- CB, pointing out that the
lic debate prompting the of the temple management istered at Mapusa police surge in �nancial fraud cases users to avoid derogatory lar action. tablishments on the ground Collectorate is only execut-
government to intervene for committee of Shree station, Aryan Salgaonkar with 76 complaints received, posts and refrain from special For, the GSPCB had issued that action to seal the prem- ing the orders issued by the
immediate action to maintain Shantadurga Kunkalikarin was arrested on Monday, 16 registered, 19 forwarded to disharmony. notices to around 19 estab- ises should be cleared by the GSPCB.
GUJARAT MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024
Rajkot police book five for defaming Parshottam Rupala
Rajkot: The Rajkot crime branch police have charged five Instagram
account holders with attempting to slander Union Minister Parshottam
Rupala by publishing his images and videos. A BJP worker, submitted
the complaint, alleging that five Instagram account owners posted
photographs and videos to disparage Rupala about a week ago. The
accused in a post referred to him as “Rasiyo Rupala” and stated that
he died on the morning of May 7 and that his last rites will take place
on June 4. The post refers to the polling day and outcome day.

Govt sets new rules Surat can witness another

ATS to visit Bodies of 3
Lanka to probe Rajkot victims
ISIS terrorists recovered
Takshashila-like incident
FPJ NEWS SERVICE /
AHMEDABAD

The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist

Squad (ATS) is preparing to
visit Sri Lanka to further in-
for game zones, parks
MELVYN THOMAS / SURAT to officials.
FPJ NEWS SERVICE / RAJKOT

Rajkot game zone fire

incident claimed the lives of
30 individuals, and investiga-
tors have so far recovered 27
FPJ NEWS SERVICE/ SURAT

While Surat is widely known

as the fourth fastest growing
vestigate the arrest of four ISIS The directive from the state bodies. city in the world, the adminis-
terrorists at Ahmedabad air- Following multiple high-profile government mandates that the As rescue teams sifted tration lags far behind in the
port. The development came as tragedies including the Rajkot preparation of the new rules through the site’s wreckage, safety of its citizens from
Sri Lankan police have de- gaming zone fire, which com- and the functioning of the web- the remains of three other man-made disasters. Despite
tained two individuals related bined claimed many lives and site be completed within the victims were found in the the devastating Takshashila
to the case, while a third sus- exposed serious safety lapses, next month. This accelerated form of scattered body parts fire incident that claimed the
pect, Osmond Gerrard, re- the Gujarat government seems timeline underscores the ur- amidst the debris. lives of 22 innocent children
mains at large. Sri Lanka has serious in implementing new gency and importance of the These remains have been on May 24, 2019, the SMC is
declared Gerrard wanted and rules in the state. initiative. sent for DNA testing to facili- yet to make robust policy and
announced a $2 million reward Chief Minister Bhupendra One of the key changes with tate accurate identification. safety regulations to ensure
for his capture. Patel, Chief Secretary Raj Ku- this new policy is the elimina- Given the condition of the such incidents never happen game zones were only con- The Rajkot tragedy has
Three dedicated teams from mar, and other top officials de- tion of loopholes and manipu- body parts, they will need to again. ducted post the Rajkot inci- spurred the Education De-
the Gujarat ATS are actively cided to amend the Gujarat lations that have plagued the be examined multiple times However, the Rajkot game dent. A detailed report on the partment into action, initiat-
investigating leads outside the Fire Prevention and Life Safety game zones: permanent and current system. Previously, No for precise matching. This zone fire incident came as a fi- actions taken, including ing fire safety inspections
state. Their efforts have re- Measures Regulation Act-2016 primary certificates. These cer- Objection Certificates (NOCs) process involves not just de- nal wake up call for the civic those concerning the game across 1,650 schools. Teams of
vealed that Gerrard provided during a high-level meeting tifications will be essential for were often just paper formali- termining the DNA of each authorities as they sealed zone, was submitted to the Educational Inspectors (EI)
the four terrorists with Rs4 convened in Gandhinagar. The the operation of such facilities. ties, susceptible to manipula- piece, but also assembling the about 17 small and big game High Court on Monday. and Assistant District Inspec-
lakh and has been known to suggested changes seek to in- A special website dedicated tion. pieces to reconstruct individ- zones, few textile shops and The investigation revealed tors (ADI) will conduct
change his appearance fre- crease the scope of responsibil- to the certification process, With the new system, all rel- ual bodies. textile markets in Limbayat that 5 out of 18 game zones in checks before schools reopen
quently to evade capture. Act- ity by including top officials particularly for fire safety, will evant details will be entered DNA, or deoxyribonucleic and Central zones respective- Surat were operating without on June 12. Any discovered ir-
ing on information from the discovered guilty in the execu- also be established. This web- into the website, providing acid, is essential in this iden- ly, tuition classes etc., yet, vio- BU certificates, prompting regularities will result in
ATS, Sri Lankan authorities tion of their tasks and site will be integrated with var- transparency and enabling de- tification process. It is the lations of Building Use (BU) scrutiny of the departments punitive measures against
have detained two individuals, strengthen the implementation ious departments, including partments such as Urban De- molecule that carries genetic and fire safety regulations re- responsible for oversight. On both the schools and the in-
though Gerrard continues to of safety precautions. the Urban Development De- velopment, Home, Revenue, information in our cells. main unchecked. June 3, officials are required specting officials. The Tak-
elude arrest. To ensure these new stan- partment, Home Department, and Town Planning to monitor DNA testing provides highly About 28 textile markets lo- to present an affidavit to the shashila fire incident had
The investigation uncovered dards are enforced effectively, Revenue Department, and and act on this information accurate information about cated on Ring Road and Sa- court detailing the actions prompted the Surat Munici-
that three additional individu- the government has directed Town Planning. promptly. an individual's genetic make- hara Darwaja and more than taken and future strategies. pal Corporation (SMC) to is-
als assisted the terrorists in the formation of a special com- By linking these depart- The revisions will provide up, heritage, and familial re- 900 schools across the city Deputy Commissioner B.K. sue demolition notices to var-
their activities in India. The mittee tasked with framing the ments, the website will facili- clauses for not only severe lationships. Each person’s lack the necessary fire No Ob- Patel indicated that, pending ious illegal structures. How-
ATS is now focusing on these new rules. This committee will tate seamless online approval penalties but also criminal pro- DNA is unique, except for jection Certificates (NOCs). notification from the munici- ever, five years on, temporary
accomplices and examining outline the requirements for processes and site inspections, cedures against top officials identical twins, making it an Despite these glaring lapses, pal commissioner, actions structures have re-emerged
the mobile phones of the ar- obtaining two types of certifi- ensuring that all necessary in- whose irresponsibility fuels invaluable tool in forensic municipal officials revealed may be taken against respon- in many areas, with illegal
rested terrorists. cates for amusement parks and formation is readily accessible such tragedies. science. that fire safety checks in sible officers. godowns and restaurants.

200 stranded in Surat after Rajkot questions Game zones without fire NOCs
bird hit grounds IndiGo flight Rupala’s absence face non-bailable charges
FPJ NEWS SERVICE/ SURAT FPJ NEWS SERVICE / RAJKOT Reports suggest that Ru- FPJ NEWS SERVICE / GANDHINAGAR
pala was occupied with elec-
About 200 passengers travel- Questions were raised by tion duties in other states, The Gujarat government took
ling from Surat to Bangalore both the media and the peo- including West Bengal, at a tough stance on fire safety,
were left in a bind late Mon- ple of Rajkot regarding the the time of the incident. issuing a directive to crack
day night after an IndiGo conspicuous absence of BJP This has led to significant down on entertainment ven-
flight was grounded due to a leader Parshottam Rupala criticism from the locals ues and game zones operating
bird hit incident at Surat In- in the aftermath of the TRP who expected a more active without the mandatory No
ternational Airport. The game zone fire incident, response from the leader. Objection Certificate (NOC)
flight was cancelled, causing which resulted in the tragic On Tuesday, Rupala did from the fire department. The
significant disruption for pas- deaths of over 27 individu- visit the Civil Hospital in Ra- move comes in the wake of
sengers. als. jkot. Addressing the media, recent incidents raising con-
The Goa-Surat-Bangalore Rupala, who recently con- he stated, “I came here to cerns about public safety at
Indigo flight was hit by a bird tested the Lok Sabha take stock of the situation such establishments.
upon arrival at Surat Interna- election for the Rajkot seat regarding the DNA reports. I As per the new directive,
tional Airport. The resulting and awaits the results, was had discussions with the re- authorities will not just penal-
damage required the plane to notably absent from the site sponsible officer, and accord- ize non-compliant businesses;
be grounded, and Indigo engi- of the tragedy. While he post- ing to that information, 17 they will be filing criminal beyond entertainment ures in place and verify the
neers from Delhi were dis- ed a few tweets and a Face- DNA reports have come cases against the owners. The venues and game zones. The status of the fire NOC for
patched to Surat to inspect the atmosphere remained and calls for action, the Surat book update about the inci- back. Twenty-seven bodies directive instructs officials to directive mandates thorough each location.
the aircraft. The delay and tense as passengers grappled district administration has dent, and gave a brief TV in- were found, of which the invoke strict sections of the inspections at all locations This multi-pronged ap-
uncertainty caused by the in- with the unexpected delay. yet to address the issue of ille- terview at the BJP office, his DNA of 17 bodies have Indian Penal Code (IPC) and with a high potential for large proach emphasizes the seri-
cident resulted in significant Bird hits are a recurring is- gal shrimp farms in the vicin- physical presence has been matched, and the results of impose non-bailable charges gatherings. This includes re- ousness with which the Gu-
inconvenience for the passen- sue at Surat International ity. limited. 10 are still pending.” during the ongoing verifica- ligious institutions like tem- jarat government is taking
gers, many of whom had crit- Airport, primarily due to the The ongoing issue of bird On social media, Rupala When questioned about tion process. ples and mosques, education- fire safety. The move aims to
ical meetings and engage- large number of shrimp strikes at Surat International mentioned that he had dis- his delayed physical pres- The directive was issued to al institutions like schools deter negligence and ensure
ments scheduled in Banga- farms surrounding the area. Airport highlights a pressing cussed the matter with the ence, Rupala explained, all district collectors and mu- and colleges, public spaces that all establishments com-
lore. These farms attract birds, in- need for effective measures to district collector but did not “Since 8 am on the second nicipal commissioners across like malls, theaters, and food ply with fire safety regula-
The cancellation of the creasing the risk of such inci- address the root cause. The visit the site of the fire, un- day, I have been here. It’s true Gujarat, urging them to take markets, and densely populat- tions to prevent tragedies.
flight led to a chaotic scene at dents. Although minor bird presence of shrimp farms like Chief Minister Bhupen- that I did not go to the acci- immediate action. The collec- ed areas across the state. The consequences of non-
the airport. To calm the pas- strikes often go unreported, near the airport poses a sig- dra Patel and Minister of dent site because I believed tors have already informed The verification process compliance are significant.
sengers, IndiGo Airlines told the frequency of these events nificant risk to flight safety, State for Home Harsh Sang- that my presence might hin- the district police chiefs, in- will involve joint inspections Business owners operating
them that they would receive has raised significant con- and until the district admin- havi, who made immediate der the process. However, I structing them to register by local Mamlatdars (revenue without a valid fire NOC not
refunds and offered tickets for cerns among airport authori- istration takes decisive ac- visits. Rupala visited Rajkot was here and in constant cases and ensure stringent officials) and police officers. only risk criminal charges
a rescheduled flight at 8am on ties and social activists. De- tion, such incidents are likely on Tuesday, 54 hours after touch with the officers and enforcement. Their primary focus will be to but also endanger the lives of
Tuesday. Despite these efforts, spite numerous complaints to continue. the inferno. the administration.” This crackdown extends assess the fire safety meas- patrons.

Bharuch police arrest Jain monks’ Fire safety checks Man held for
duping 113
Tham-Derol highway attacker held in 1600 schools couples
FPJ NEWS SERVICE/ AHMEDABAD
FPJ NEWS SERVICE / BHARUCH FPJ NEWS SERVICE / AHMEDABAD A total of 20 teams are current-
ly deployed, each responsible In a significant crackdown,
Bharuch Police have appre- In the wake of the devastating for inspecting at least five Gujarat Police busted a mass
hended Altaf Hussain Sheikh fire incident in Rajkot, the edu- schools daily. This rigorous in- marriage racket and arrested
for the brutal assault on a cation department has spection process is set to con- the organiser, Prakash Par-
group of Jain lady monks who launched a comprehensive fire tinue for the next ten days, cov- mar, who allegedly cheated
were walking on the Tham- safety and NOC (No Objection ering around 1000 schools un- 113 couples out of Rs24 lakh.
Derol highway. The incident Certificate) survey across der the jurisdiction of the city Parmar was apprehended
took place 11km away from schools in Ahmedabad. The DEO office. near the Ahmedabad Munic-
Bharuch near Derol Patiya, initiative aims to ensure that Additionally, the survey ipal Corporation (AMC) in

Liquor worth `45L where Altaf chased and at-

tacked the monks with a belt.
The six monks were travel-
all schools adhere to fire safety
regulations, preventing such
tragedies in the future.
reached 45 schools in rural
Ahmedabad by Monday
evening, where teams from the
Vastral.
The Hindu Jan Vikas Seva
Sangh Trust, led by Parmar,

seized in Vadodara ling from Shrimali Jain temple

in Bharuch to Derol. As per
their religious practice, male
contact is strictly prohibited, cal abuse. Satishbhai spotted Altaf
The survey began on Mon-
day, with a thorough check con-
ducted in 150 schools across the
city. By Tuesday evening, in-
rural DEO office verified fire
NOCs and inspected fire safety
equipment. Preliminary re-
ports indicate that all schools
had been organising caste-
based mass marriage pro-
grams.
They promised to marry
FPJ NEWS SERVICE / VADODARA an-made foreign liquor hid- and the monks repeatedly re- The situation escalated until again near Vagra Chokdi and, spections were extended to checked so far possess the nec- 113 couples and provide them
den inside. quested Altaf not to touch Keslu village resident Satishb- with the assistance of the po- over 1600 schools in both urban essary fire NOCs and safety with business facilities as
In a major crackdown, the PI Krunal Patel noted that them. Ignoring their pleas, hai Rathod intervened. lice, successfully apprehended and rural areas of Ahmedabad. measures. part of the package. Each
District Local Crime Branch the container appeared Altaf launched a violent as- Satishbhai, who is married to him. The arrest brought a More than 30 teams from the Rohit Chowdhury, the DEO couple was charged Rs22,000
(LCB) seized a large quantity specifically modified for sault, using his belt to beat the an Amod Taluka Panchayat sense of relief to the communi- District Education Office of Ahmedabad city, empha- for registration, a sum in-
of liquor valued at Rs smuggling liquor, with “Won- monks and even kicking them. member, witnessed the attack ty, but the trauma of the attack (DEO) have been mobilised for sised the importance of this tended to cover the marriage
44,83,200 from a cement mixer der Cement” misleadingly The attack started when the and rushed to the monks’ aid. left a lasting impact on the the task, with a mandate to initiative, stating, “We checked ceremony and the promised
container late Monday night. written on it to avert suspi- monks were near Muhammad- He managed to subdue the at- monks and their supporters. identify and rectify any fire 100 schools on Tuesday alone. post-marriage business sup-
The operation took place cion. pura. Altaf began shouting at tacker temporarily and con- This incident has drawn safety violations. We aim to continue this daily port.
on the outskirts of Ajod vil- Preliminary investigations them and chasing them. De- tacted the Bharuch Taluka Po- widespread condemnation In Ahmedabad alone, about routine for the next ten days. However, the couples were
lage, along the express high- suggest that the shipment spite their attempts to avoid lice. Altaf however managed to from various sections of socie- 100 schools underwent inspec- The data collected from these left disappointed and frus-
way near Vadodara. originated from Rajasthan physical contact, the monks escape by jumping onto a pass- ty, about the brutality and dis- tions by various officers and inspections will be submitted trated when the promised
The police arrested the and was destined for Ahmed- were subjected to severe physi- ing tempo vehicle. regard of religious sentiments. employees from the DEO office. to the education department. business facilities never ma-
driver of the container and abad. The police believe more terialised after the event. Re-
initiated further actions. startling revelations could GLITTERING INITIATIVE alising that they had been
Providing details of the op- emerge following the arrest duped, the affected families

Lab-grown diamond industry set for boost

eration, District Local Crime of an individual known as filed a complaint at the Am-
Branch police inspector Raju, who is currently at raiwadi police station.
Krunal Patel stated that the large. Prakash Parmar had also
LCB team was patrolling the Head Constable Devraj set up an office in front of
Manjusar police area when Singh of the District Local MELVYN THOMAS / SURAT retailers, and jewellery manu- Gems; and Roger Kylberg, Co- fordable certifications Bharti Nagar Amraiwadi
they received intelligence Crime Branch lodged a com- facturers from around the CEO of 2DOT4. covering manufacturing post office to lend credibility
about a cement mixer con- plaint at the Manjusar In a significant development, globe. This campaign aims to “It’s time for lab-grown dia- processes, quality control, and to the event and gain the trust
tainer transporting a sub- Police Station concerning the International Grown Dia- create a dedicated ecosystem monds to have their own finished jewellery specifica- of the couples and their fam-
stantial quantity of liquor via this incident. mond Trade Organisation for lab-grown diamonds, dis- ecosystem,” said Marty Hur- tions. “Lab-grown diamonds ilies. The facade of a legiti-
the express highway. Following this, the Man- (GDTO) has been established tinguishing them from tradi- witz, GDTO’s Executive Direc- are manufactured to strict mate operation fell apart as
Acting on this information, jusar Police registered a case in Surat, the country’s dia- tional mined diamonds. tor. “The consumer’s voice is standards and should be grad- complaints began to surface,
the crime branch team was and arrested the accused, mond hub. This new body aims The GDTO will be supported loud and clear; we must organ- ed accordingly,” Hurwitz em- prompting a police investiga-
strategically deployed near Chandmal Savjibhai Meena, to unify lab-grown diamond by an advisory board compris- ise to meet the growing de- phasised. “Lab-grown dia- tion.
Ajod village. a resident of Kamaria Phala manufacturers, growers, and ing key senior executives from mand and proudly monds are grown to strict tol- The authorities urged oth-
The police intercepted the Pipli, Village-Taluka Rishab- retailers worldwide, heralding the lab-grown diamond supply differentiate from the tradi- erances with multiple quality er potential victims to come
container and detained the hdev, Rajasthan. a new era for the industry. chain, including prominent tional mined diamond institu- control steps throughout. forward with their com-
driver, Chadmal Meena. Dur- Authorities are hopeful The formation of the GDTO figures such as Mehul tions.” Sending a grown diamond to a plaints to help build a
ing questioning, Meena’s eva- that the arrest of absconding comes at a crucial time when Vaghani, CEO of Kira Jewels; CEO of Daniel’s Jewelers; Dan One of the primary benefits laboratory to verify the quality stronger case against the
sive responses aroused fur- Raju and further inquiries the demand for lab-grown dia- Lani Nguyen, President of Schneider, President of Pure for GDTO members will be ac- after it’s produced is akin to re- fraudulent activities. The in-
ther suspicion. will dismantle the illegal op- monds is on the rise. It has Valentina Designs; Suhel Grown Diamonds; Irene Hsieh, cess to exclusive GDTO Jew- opening and tasting every bot- vestigation aims to ensure
A search of the container erations and bring those re- launched an extensive mem- Kothari, President of Renais- CEO of Joy Colori; Bob ellery Reports. These reports tle of wine after it’s corked. It that justice is served for all
revealed 934 cartons of Indi- sponsible to justice. bership drive to enrol growers, sance Global; David Sherwood, Golden, President of Allure will provide reliable and af- simply doesn’t make sense.” the affected couples.
Sundarakanda Akhanda Parayanam on June 2
HYDERABAD: Sri Sundarakanda Akhanda Parayanam will the participation of Vedic scholars and devotees.SVBC will
be observed at Dharmagiri Veda Vijnana Peetham in live telecast this program where in 2872 Shlokas from
Tirumala on June 2. This spiritual event will commence at Sundarakanda will be recited in connection with Hanuman
6am and will last for about 18 hours uninterruptedly with Jayanti festivities. HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024

NOT INTERFERING IN INVESTIGATION OF

PHONE TAPPING CASE: CM REVANTH
FPJ BUREAU/HYDERABAD Uunder the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project
Chief Minister A Revanth ( KLIP) scheme, the backbone of the Medigadda
Reddy has made it clear that barrage was broken and the previous government
he is not interfering in the in-
vestigation of the phone tap- had released water from the barrage into the sea,
ping case and the officials but the Congress government was forced to pay
concerned are given free
hand to investigate the case in
the electricity bills.
all aspects.
An informal chat with the power cuts in Telangana, the lives for the Telangana State,
media persons in New Delhi Chief Minister said there are he said that peot Ande Sri has
on Tuesday, the Chief Minis- some problems in the supply of entrusted the whole matter, in-
ter said that as the Model power due to rains in the State. cluding composing the music
Code of Conduct was still in
force in the State following
the ongoing Lok Sabha elec-
He also expressed happi-
ness over the peaceful con-
duct of the Lok Sabha elec-
for the Telangana song.
The Chief Minister said he
has nothing to do with music
ACB sleuths raid RTA offices in State
tions, he didn't conduct any tions in Telangana and said director Keeravani's affair FPJ BUREAU/HYDERABAD Searches are underway in Hyderabad, Ranga
review meeting on the inves- that the elections were held and he has left the matter to
tigation of the case and offi- without any allegations com- the poet to decide with whom The Anti-Corruption Bureau Reddy, Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda districts as
cials concerned were looking pared to the neighbouring to make music. sleuths have conducted raids well as in several districts. After 12 years, the
into the matter. The Chief Minister said that ment had released water from State of Andhra Pradesh. Later, the Chief Minister at the offices of the Transport
Revanth Reddy further stat- under the Kaleshwaram Lift the barrage into the sea, but Stating that the State gov- called on Congress leader So- department across the State
ACB is conducting a raid on the offices of the
ed that he is not encouraging Irrigation Project ( KLIP) the Congress government was ernment is designing a new nia Gandhi at her residence of Telangana. The ACB con- Transport department.
the phone tapping in the cur- scheme, the backbone of the forced to pay the electricity emblem and composing a new and invited her to attend the ducted the raids in the wake
rent government and will not Medigadda barrage was bro- bills. song to remember the sacri- Telangana State Formation of a series of complaints to districts. After 12 years, the authorities. The ACB officials
do such things in the future. ken and the previous govern- Reiterating that there is no fices of those who lost their Day celebrations on June 2. the Chief Minister against ACB is conducting a raid on conducted searches at the
the Transport department. the offices of the Transport Transport department's

Army recruitment rally

It has been alleged that department. office at Thimmapur in
bribes were being taken from Searches were carried out Karimnagar district. Several
thousands of vehicles at in- at the RTA offices of Ranga records and files in the RTO
ter-state check posts on a dai- Reddy and Manikonda with office were checked.
FPJ BUREAU/HYDERABAD ly basis by the corrupt offi- 25 officials. A raid was also The ACB has carried out a
cials of the Transport depart- conducted at the Bandlaguda decoy operation at the RTA
Army recruitment rally ment. RTA brokers are con- office under the leadership offices and check posts. The
under Unit Headquarters tinuing to dominate the RTA of ACB DSP Sridhar. Several ACB officials queued up for a
Quota will be held at Thapar offices. After Ponnam Prab- documents were seized by driver's license at the RTA of-
Stadium, AOC Centre, Secun- hakar took over as the State the authorities during the fices. They disguised them-
derabad from July 8 to Sep- Transport minister, there raids. selves as lorry drivers and
tember 8, 2024 for enrolment have been huge transfers of The ACB officials have tak- went for inspections at the
of Agniveer General Duty RTA officials recently. en three persons into custody. check-posts. Simultaneous
(GD), Agniveer Tech, Searches are underway in The money was found along inspections were carried out
Agniveer Office Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, with several files in their pos- at the check-posts within the
Assistant/SKT (AOC ward Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda session. A junior assistant jurisdiction of the combined
only), Agniveer Tradesmen districts as well as in several was taken into custody by the ten districts.
10th Std and Outstanding For Agniveer Tradesmen
Sportsmen (Open Category).
(10th Std) Class 10th
Outstanding sportsmen
(Open Category) are required simple pass (33%). For
KTR demands apology
from Govt for lathi-
BRS party to hold three-day State
to report at Thapar Stadium,
AOC Centre, Secunderabad
Agniveer Tradesmen charge on farmers formation day celebrations: KTR
(8th Std), Class 8th

Late CM NTR’s 101st

by 0600 hrs on July 5, 2024 for Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra FPJ BUREAU/HYDERABAD the designated day, KCR will
sports trial.
Outstanding sportsmen,
simple pass (33%). Samithi (BRS) working presi-
dent KT Rama Rao on Tues- Bharat Rashtra Samithi work-
unfurl the national flag and
the party flag.
who have represented in any day strongly condemned the ing president KTR today an- On June 3, meetings under

birth anniversary held

of the National or Internation- one year in the required field lathi-charge on farmers in nounced the celebrations of the leadership of party presi-
al in the fields of Athletics, in- with NSQF level 4 or above or Adilabad district. Telangana State's celebrations. dents in the districts, unveil-
cluding Track and Field events, 10th / Matric pass with 50% in In a statement, he de- In a statement, KTR said ing of the party flags,
Swimming & Diving and aggregate and minimum 40% manded that the State gov- the Party would celebrate the followed by distribution of
Weight Lifting can participate in English, Maths and Science ernment immediately apolo- Telangana Formation fruits, distribution of
along with their certificates. with two years of Technical FPJ BUREAU/HYDERABAD NTR's statue was garlanded with flowers on the gise for attacking the farm- Day celebrations for food and so on will be
The age limit for all the cate- Training from ITI or ers. KTR said it was a matter three days. “At 5 held,” he said and
gories is 17½ to 21 years. Educa- two/three years Diploma from The 101st birth anniversary
occasion. TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu and of shame that the Chief pm on June 1, called upon party
tional qualification for Agniveer recognised Educational insti- celebrations of late actor and Nara Lokesh also remembered the services of Minister was busy cam- from Martyrs' cadres to ensure
General Duty (GD) is Class
10th/Matric pass with 45%
tution including Polytechnic.
For Agniveer Office Assis-
former Chief Minister Nan-
damuri Taraka Rama Rao
NTR. They termed NTR as Telugu people's glory paigning in other States and
visiting Delhi when farmers
column in Gun
Park to Amara
that
grammes
the pro-
an-
marks in aggregate and 33% in tant/SKT, 10+2 Intermediate were held in Telugu States to- and as an inspiration to Telugu people. are being attacked in the Jyoti at Tank nounced by the party
each subject. Candidates with exam pass in any stream with day. NTR's fans and TDP lead- Telangana State. He suggest- Bund, a candle light were successful.
valid Light Motor Vehicle Driv- 60% marks in aggregate and ers paid tributes to NTR on on the occasion. TDP chief BJP leader Purandeswari ed that the Chief Minister rally as a tribute to the He said Telangana
ing License will be given prefer- minimum 50% in each subject the occasion. Chandrababu Naidu and also spoke. put aside politics and take martyrs will be held. Former means KCR and BRS party
ence for Driver requirements. securing 50% in English and NTR's family members Nara Lokesh also remem- Daggubati Venkateswara care of the problems of the chief minister of Telangana and called upon the party
For Agniveer Tech, 10+2 / Maths/Accts/Bookkeeping in and others also paid rich bered the services of NTR. Rao said NTR was a force to farmers. K Chandrasekhar Rao will at- cadres to make these three-
Intermediate exam pass in Class XII is mandatory. For tributes to NTR. They came They termed NTR as Telugu reckon with and added that “Within five months, the tend the event. day programmes a success
Science with Physics, Chem- Agniveer Tradesmen (10th to NTR Ghat in Hyderabad people's glory and as an in- NTR was a university of act- State was plunged into an The Formation Day cele- under the leadership of KCR,
istry, Maths and English with Std) Class 10th simple pass and paid floral tributes to the spiration to Telugu people. ing. “NTR was a great man, agrarian crisis and it is a brations at party's central of- who has achieved Telangana
minimum 50% marks in ag- (33%). For Agniveer Trades- former CM. Actor and TDP Speaking on the occasion, who proved that all can excel failure of the government's fice Telangana Bhavan will be with many struggles and sac-
gregate and 40% in each sub- men (8th Std), Class 8th MLA Nandamuri Balakrish- actor Nandamuri Balakrish- in politics, which is limited to administration,” he alleged. held on June 2. At 9.30 am on rifices.
ject or with above-mentioned simple pass (33%). na, Purandeswari, Junior na said NTR was the idol of a few. NTR is the only one
educational qualification from For other details, candi- NTR, Lakshmi Parvathi and Telugu people. He claimed who brought doctors, intellec-
any recognised State Educa-
tion Board or Central Educa-
tion Board to include NIOS
dates can contact Headquar-
ters AOC Centre, East Marred-
pally, Trimulgherry, Secun-
other family members came
to the NTR ghat and paid
their respects. NTR's statue
that everyone was following
NTR’s schemes. He said he
would serve the people with
tuals and different sections of
people into politics. NTR is
the king of politics,” he
Revelation by ex-DCP vindicated
and ITI Course of minimum derabad, Telangana – 500015. was garlanded with flowers the inspiration of late NTR. added. FPJ BUREAU/HYDERABAD
BRS government led by KCR
“The confession by former of misusing police officials
Two-day long 'Dakshin Bharat Utsav–2024' to begin on June 15 DCP Radha Kishan Rao in
poaching case vindicated our
allegations that former chief
against his political rivals by
poaching their phones for
FPJ BUREAU/HYDERABAD namic tourism industry. the South India as the major minister K Chandrasekhar
political gain and demanded
With a diverse array of ac- tourism destination and to in- Rao was architect and direc- the State Congress
In collaboration with the Kar- tivities lined up, including the vite interested MSMEs to in- tor of BRS MLAs case involv- government to take action
nataka Tourism department, Tourism Investors Meet, an vest in tourism sector. ing Tandur ex-MLA Pilot Ro- against former CM KCR.
the Federation of Karnataka exhibition spotlighting the This collaborative endeavor hit Reddy”, said Telangna
Chambers of Commerce and rich culture, cuisine, and between FKCCI and the Kar- BJP official spokesperson N
Industry (FKCCI) on Tuesday tourism offerings of the nataka department of Tourism V Subhash here today. bid to bail out his MLC daugh- and demanded the State Con-
announced the celebrations of Southern States, conferences, emphasizes a shared commit- He alleged that former CM ter K Kavitha in the infamous gress government to take ac-
Dakshin Bharat Utsav–2024, and invaluable networking ment to harnessing the im- KCR had hatched a conspiracy Delhi liquor scam case, who is tion against former CM KCR.
slated to be held at the presti- opportunities through B2B mense potential of tourism as a to defame image of BJP and now under judicial custody, There are many allega-
gious Princess Shrine, Gate and B2G interactions. driver of economic prosperity named a senior party func- Subhash said. tions against BRS Chief, but
no: 9, Palace Grounds, Ben- On the occasion, the FKCCI and social advancement. tionary in the case, which was He accused then BRS gov- Revant Reddy’s Government
galuru, on June 15 and 16, 2024. States while emphasizing in- promises to be a vibrant two- had organised a roadshow at Through strategic partnerships now exposed with the revela- ernment led by KCR of misus- is not taking any action
The main aim of the event vestment opportunities and day affair, meticulously de- Royalton Hotel in Hyderabad and innovative initiatives, Dak- tion of ex-DCP, who confessed ing police officials against his which shows the nexus be-
is to showcase the tourism po- employment generation. signed to engage and empow- on Tuesday. The Hyderabad shin Bharat Utsav seeks to fos- that the former wanted to have political rivals by poaching tween BRS and Congress
tential of Southern Indian The Dakshin Bharat Utsav er stakeholders within the dy- Roadshow aims to promote ter inclusive growth. a compromise with BJP in a their phones for political gain party.

India Art Festival Makes Its Debut in Hyd

FPJ BUREAU/HYDERABAD The Hyderabad edition will feature 30 art galleries Noida, Hyderabad, and Bengalu- names such as Praveena
ru, presenting a vibrant panora- Parepalli, Om Thadkar, Pankaj
The India Art Festival (IAF), a
showcasing the works of 50 master artists, alongside ma of Indian art. Independent Bawdekar, Dev Mehta, Praveen
premier contemporary art fair 200 mid-career and emerging artists. Visitors can expect artists from various regions, and Kumar, Sathya Gowthaman
held annually in New Delhi, to see a diverse array of 3,500 paintings and sculptures almost every state in India will and many others.
Bengaluru, and Mumbai since also display their works for the
2011, is thrilled to announce its
across various mediums, displayed in 100 booths. first time in Hyderabad. Cultural Extravaganza
inaugural edition in Hyder- Notable artists whose works The Hyderabad edition of
abad. The event will take place unique format, which includes gallery representation imme- will be exhibited include Jogen the India Art Festival offers
from June 7 to 9, 2024, at Kings both gallery exhibits, and inde- diately. Today's millennials Chowdhury, Manu Parekh, Kr- more than just a visual feast.
Kohinoor (Crown) Convention, pendent artist showcases, has seek artworks to enhance the ishen Khanna, Sakti Burman, Attendees can enjoy a variety
located at Pillar 68, PV Nar- significantly contributed to its ambience of their living Seema Kohli, Paresh Maity, of fusion shows, live music per-
simha Rao Expressway, Rethi growth in scale, quality, and spaces, and art fairs like ours Yusuf Arakkal, S G Vasudev, formances, live painting
Bowli, Hyderabad. The festival reach over the past decade and meet this demand by offering a Anjoli Ela Menon, Atul Dodiya, demonstrations, and captivat-
will kick off with an exclusive a half. This year's Hyderabad 'one-stop art shop' with thou- Laxma Goud, T Vaikumtam, ing film screenings. A
VIP preview on June 7 from edition aims to continue the art sands of choices under one Laxman Aelay, Ashok highlight of the event will be
11:00 am to 8:00 pm and will festival's mission of democra- roof," he says. He further adds Bhowmick, Lalu Prasad Shaw, the screening of "The Eternal
continue on June 8 and 9 from tizing art viewing and buying, ‘India Art Festival format gives Gurudas Shenoy, Vinita Karim, Canvas – 12,000 Years Journey
11:00 am to 8:00 pm. bringing a rich cultural experi- young and mid-career artists Jatin Das, P Gnana, Ramesh through Indian Art," a film that
The Hyderabad edition will ence to the Charminar City. opportunities to exhibit with Gorjala, Shuvaprassana, , M explores India's rich artistic
feature 30 art galleries showcas- master artists represented by Narayan and many more. heritage from prehistoric
ing the works of 50 master Vision of India Art Festival various art galleries participat- Additionally, established times to the present day.
artists, alongside 200 mid-career Rajendra, Director of India ing in the art fest, which other- artists Gurmeet Marwah, Lal-
and emerging artists. Visitors Art Festival, highlights the fes- wise is difficult to get in the bahadur Singh, Roy K John, M Join the Celebration
can expect to see a diverse array tival's role in providing a plat- current art market scene; so V Ramana Reddy, PJ Stalin, The India Art Festival 2024
of 3,500 paintings and form for artists to present their our aim is to create level play- Ashif Hossain, Vivek Kumavat, in Hyderabad promises to be a
sculptures across various medi- work to a diverse audience, ing field for one and all.” Bhaskar Rao, Yusuf, Amit celebration of diversity, cre-
ums, displayed in 100 booths. helping them build networks Bhar, Sujata Achrekar, Supriya ativity, and the timeless allure
Since its inception in 2011, and explore potential markets. A Diverse Artistic Showcase Amber, Tauseef Khan, Kappari of artistic expression. Art en-
the India Art Festival has suc- "Every year, thousands of new This debut edition will feature Kishan, G.Pramod Reddy, Ra- thusiasts, collectors, and gen-
cessfully hosted 25 editions artists graduate from art 100 master and established mana Reddy, Kanta Prasad are eral audiences are invited to
across New Delhi, Bengaluru, schools across the country, but artists from galleries in Mumbai, showcasing their innovative experience this unique
and Mumbai. The festival's they often struggle to find New Delhi, Gurgaon, Singapore, creations with other promising cultural event.
 CHHATTISGARH
CM pats security forces
RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister appreciated the security forces for arresting
fifteen Naxalites in Girsapara hills of Dantewada district. Among the captured
Naxalites, there are seven female and eight male Naxalites. Out of which one
Naxalite is from Bijapur and fourteen Naxalite are from Narayanpur district. He has
said that the fight will continue till the end of Naxalism. CHHATTISGARH | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024

Gariaband’s Chhindaula village gets Counting of votes is the

One doctor
drowns to
death
STAFF REPORTER / Bilaspur

power after 75 years of independence last stage, role of

One of the two doctors who
went to take bath in the river
went missing, body was not re-
covered. Another doctor from
Raipur could save his life. Bi-
STAFF REPORTER / Raipur

Kamar tribe dominated

observers is vital: CEO
STAFF REPORTER / Raipur counting should have Election-2024.
laspur’s doctor Dr. Siddharth Chhindaula village of Main- detailed knowledge of all as- These include 20 officers of
Tamrakar drowned while pur development block of Chief Electoral Officer, pects of counting. In order for the Indian Administrative
bathing in Hasdeo river locat- Gariaband district, Chhattis- Chhattisgarh Reena Babasa- the counting process to be Service and 36 officers of the
ed near Moraga on Bilaspur- garh saw electric light after 75 heb Kangale on Tuesday said completed in a transparent State Administrative Service.
Ambikapur National High- years of independence. the role of counting observer manner at the counting cen- During the training, Mas-
way, said police. His search Expressing gratitude to is very important during the tre, the counting observer ter Trainer U.S. Aggarwal,
continued till late night with Chief Minister Vishnu Deo counting of votes. Counting should be impartial and Vinay Aggarwal and Rupesh
the help of divers. Sai, the villagers invited him of votes is the last stage of the loaded with information re- Kumar Verma gave detailed
Dr. Siddharth Tamrakar, to visit their village. entire election process. lated to all the processes. information on all the points
resident of Lodhipara, Sarkan- Sai has said, “Such news is Therefore everyone's eyes are 56 officers of Chhattisgarh related to the role of ob-
da Bilaspur, had gone to Main- proof of the good works of focused on the process. have been assigned the re- servers at the counting venue,
pat on Sunday with his friend our government, which gives She was addressing the sponsibility of counting ob- counting of ETPBS and
Dr. Rishabh Aggarwal, spiritual satisfaction. Our training program of counting servers in various constituen- postal ballots and counting of
resident of Raipur. Both were government, which is work- observers organized at the cies of the country by the votes through EVMs.
classmates as they studied to- ing with good governance as New Rest house in Raipur. Election Commission of Master trainers discussed
gether at CIMS, Bilaspur. On its aim, has done the work of She said the training of India for the counting of how many tables are to be in-
Monday, both were returning providing electricity under counting observers is to en- votes to be held on June 4 un- stalled in the counting hall,
towards Bilaspur by car. When Janman Yojana to Chhin- sure that they during the der the Lok Sabha General how the tables are to be in-
they reached Hasdeo bridge, daula village of Gariaband stalled, how many
they felt like taking a bath in district.” The people of the candidates, their authorized
the river. The doctors parked special backward Kamar Kamar villagers of Chhindaula village of Mainpur development block of Gariaband district, Chhattisgarh representatives and counting
their car under the bridge and tribe live in Chhindaula, a de- posing for a photograph before the installed transformer after power supply was ensured in the village. agents will be there and at
entered the river. They could pendent village of Gram Pan- which places they will sit,
not judge the depth of the wa- chayat Dabnai, 19 kilometers tricity in the village. dered to provide electricity the CM. They are hopeful of which table should be set for
ter and both started drowning. away from Mainpur Tehsil After formation of the BJP there under PM Janman Yo- all-round development of the counting of VVPAT, details of
Meanwhile, Rishabh some- Headquarters. These people government, the Chief Minis- jana. It is the reason that on village. postal ballots. Information
how came out of the water, but were tired of protesting and ter himself took cognizance reaching electricity, the peo- Sai has pledged to provide was also shared on many im-
Siddharth was swept away in submitting applications sev- of the issue and on the de- ple of Kamar tribe repeatedly other basic facilities to the vil- portant topics like where the
the river current. eral times demanding elec- mand of the villagers, or- expressed their gratitude to lagers in Chhindaula village. counting should take place,
what precautions need to be
taken.

Pedia Encounter Triggers Tribal Outcry in Additional Chief Electoral

Officer Nileshkumar Ma-
hadev Kshirsagar and senior

Chhattisgarh, Prompts shutdown in Bastar

officials of the Chief Elec-
Chief Electoral Officer, Chhattisgarh Reena Babasaheb Kangale on toral Officer's office were
Tuesday addressing the training session of counting observers. present.

AVDHESH MALLICK / Raipur/Bastar tendu leaves were targeted and killed.

The alleged fake encounter in Pedia

village of Chhattisgarh has sparked
outrage among tribal communities,
He criticized CM Vishnudev Sai, ac-
cusing him of failing to protect tribal
interests despite holding the tribal
chief minister position.
Security personnel arrests 15 naxals
leading to a widespread shutdown in Social activist Bela Bhatia while STAFF REPORTER / Dantewads
the Bastar region. The Sarva Adiwasi speaking to media echoed her senti-
Samaj (SAS), a powerful tribal organ- ments, alleging police brutality The search and operation
ization, called for a 'Bastar Bandh' on against innocent tribal villagers. She team of security personnel
Tuesday demanding an impartial claimed that villagers were picked up on Tuesday arrested 15 Nax-
probe into the incident. Shops and and killed, with their deaths falsely alites during patrolling at the
markets remained closed across Jag- portrayed as Naxalite casualties. She Girsapara hills of Gumalnar
dalpur, Bijapur, and Sukma until 3 demanded an impartial probe in the in Dantewada district of
pm, with only emergency services op- alleged fake encounter. Chhattisgarh.
erational. Common public activity re- However, in the case, the govern- The security personnel said
mained disturbed throughout the day ment and police still maintained the IED bombs, pitthu bags, Nax-
as the Chamber of Commerce and line that the encounter was genuine alite uniforms, crowbars and of soldiers from Bijapur, Dan- pletely unknown and Nax-
other groups actively supported the and outcry is fuelled by Naxals, a Sen- shovels of daily use have been tewada and Narayanpur had alites take advantage of it.
shutdown. ior level Police Officer said. seized from those arrested. conducted a joint operation in They escape every time by
counter, with journalists, activists, killing innocents under the guise of The Pedia encounter has ignited a They were planning to escape which 8 Naxalites were killed. taking help of the dense
Pedia encounter fake? and opposition parties questioning its an encounter, terming it a fabricated fierce debate over police conduct and by blasting bombs on security According to some docu- forest and nature here. Abu-
On May 10, Chhattisgarh police veracity. story. He alleged that a mute and deaf the treatment of tribal communities personnel on patrolling. ments found during area jhmad is a safe zone of Nax-
claimed a significant blow to the youth was among those falsely brand- in Chhattisgarh. Calls for an Security have launched searching after the encounter, alites. Therefore, this time the
Naxal movement, reporting the Allegations and Reactions ed as Naxalites and killed by security impartial investigation grow louder ‘Operation Surya Shakti’ to higher cadres of Naxalites soldiers have decided to at-
killing of 12 armed Maoist guerrillas SAS, CPI, and Congress have joined forces. as allegations of fake encounters con- eliminate Naxalites. Under it, were training the fighters tack their safe zone only and
in an encounter near Pedia village. voices in labelling the encounter as Former cabinet minister Kawasi tinue to surface, raising concerns they are continuously work- here. Rewards have also been are continuously conducting
However, doubts soon emerged re- fake. Former CPI MLA and tribal ac- Lakhma dismissed the police narra- about justice and accountability in ing to free those areas from marked for the higher cadres. search operations in these ar-
garding the authenticity of the en- tivist, Manish, accused the police of tive, stating that villagers collecting the region. red terror. Recently, hundreds Abujhmad is now com- eas.

Intense Heatwave in C’garh fixes

variable DA Counting of votes to start from
Chhattisgarh, Health Risks Surge for workers
STAFF REPORTER / Raipur
8 am, postal votes will be first
STAFF REPORTER / Raipur STAFF REPORTER / Raipur also be appointed.
The Labor Department, Gov- The police officers and em-
Chhattisgarh is grappling ernment of Chhattisgarh has Under the Lok Sabha Elec- ployees will not be able to
with scorching temperatures fixed variable dearness al- tions-2024, counting of votes reach the counting room. If
and an impending heatwave, lowance for workers working will be held on June 04 at the necessary, police officers or
as the mercury soared to in various scheduled employ- Government Engineering employees or security forces
alarming levels across the ments from April 01, 2024. College, Sejbahar in Raipur will be allowed to enter the
state on Tuesday. The industrial index ob- of Chhattisgarh for Raipur counting room only when
Despite the evening hours tained from the Labor Bu- constituency. called by the Returning Offi-
in Raipur, the relentless heat reau, Shimla, showed an av- The District Election Office cer.
persisted, raising concerns of erage increase of 14 points states that the counting of Under no circumstances
heat-related illnesses. Raipur between July 2023 and De- votes will start at 8 am in the will the ballot unit of the
recorded a high of 45.8 de- cember 2023. According to morning. It will start with the EVM machine be brought to
grees Celsius, while Mungeli which, the variable dearness counting of postal ballot pa- the counting table. One
registered the state's highest allowance of workers work- pers. If counting of postal polling station of each assem-
temperature at a scorching ing in 45 scheduled employ- ballots takes more than half bly will be selected on a ran-
47.3 degrees Celsius, closely ments was increased by Rs an hour, in parallel mode Dummy counting centre – File Photo dom basis and counting of
followed by Mahasamund at 280 per month at the rate of counting of the EVM ma- VVPAT machine slips will be
46.7 and Bilaspur at 46.4 de- Rs 20 per point. chines will start. sembly constituencies of the ployed in the counting of done compulsorily. It will be
grees Celsius. This has esca- Officials of the Labor De- Counting supervisors and district will be counted in the votes will be randomized as- completely prohibited for any
lated the risk of heatstroke partment said that due to an counting assistants appointed Engineering College campus, sembly wise 24 hours before officer or employee or media
and dehydration among resi- average increase of 56 points for counting work, persons au- Sejbahar. In which 47- Dharsi- the counting in the presence representative including can-
dents. is a possibility of a heatwave past four days alone, the city in the index obtained from thorized by the Commission, wa's counting will be on the of observers appointed by the didate, counting agent, count-
in various locations across has witnessed a 4-degree Cel- the Labor Bureau, Shimla, government officers-employ- second floor, 48- Raipur Ru- Election Commission of ing personnel or media repre-
Forecast and Alerts: the state, prompting health sius increase in mercury lev- the variable dearness al- ees deployed on election duty, ral’s and 49- Raipur Nagar India and tables will be allot- sentative to carry mobile
The Weather Department has authorities to remain vigi- els. Overcrowding has been lowance was increased by Rs candidates, their polling West's counting will be on the ted at 5 am on the day of phones in the counting room.
forecasted a further increase lant. observed in the Outpatient 5 per point to Rs 280 per agents and counting agents ground floor, 50- Raipur Na- counting. There will also be a media
of 1 to 2 degrees Celsius in Departments (OPDs) of month for the workers em- will be permitted with the ad- gar North, 51- Raipur Nagar For each assembly, 14-14 ta- centre in the counting centre
maximum temperatures over Health Concerns: SIMS and district hospitals, ployed in agricultural em- mit card issued. Enumeration South, 52- Arang will be bles will be installed in each for media representatives
the next two days, with nights The surge in temperatures with 15 to 20 patients ployment. agents will sit only at their al- counted on the first floor. 53- hall for counting the votes holding authorization letters
expected to remain warm in has led to a rise in patients arriving daily at SIMS and Similarly, based on the aver- lotted tables. All movements Counting of Abhanpur will from EVMs. Each table will granted by the Commission,
the Raipur, Bilaspur, and suffering from heatstroke an average of 5 to 10 patients age increase in the consumer are restricted. be done in the second floor have one Enumeration In- where they will be able to
Durg regions. Meanwhile, a and dehydration, particular- at the district hospital. Simi- price index, the variable dear- Counting of votes for As- and counting of postal ballots spector (Gazetted Officer), keep their mobile phones. In
yellow alert has been issued ly in Bilaspur. Health depart- lar trends are reported in ness allowance for the work- sembly Constituency 45- will be done in the basement one Enumeration Assistant, the counting hall, only hand-
for a heatwave on May 29 and ment officials and specialists other health centers, with an ers employed in the incense Balodabazar, 46 Bhatapara floor of Raipur. one Micro Observer (Central held cameras will be accepted
31, with dry winds from west- have urged parents to take average of 4 to 5 patients pre- stick industry was fixed at Rs will be done at Agricultural The counting supervisors, Government Officer) and one for taking photographs by
ern India contributing to the extra care of newborns, who senting symptoms of dehy- 7.08 per thousand in the man- Produce Market, Ground counting assistants and Group D employee. Apart media personnel instead of
sweltering conditions. There are at the highest risk. In the dration. ufacture of agarbattis. Floor, Balodabazar. Seven as- micro observers to be de- from this, reserve staff will phones.

LAST WORD

C’garh ends exemption in e-way bill Why no FIR even after 72 hours: Baghel
STAFF REPORTER / Raipur traders/transporters to be- doing circular trading and STAFF REPORTER / Raipur had gone to work there on the day of the
come thoroughly familiar issuing bogus bills, hence incident?
Government of Chhattis- with these provisions. It has the maximum benefit of Chhattisgarh former Chief Minister How many laborers are missing till
garh’s Commercial Tax now been 6 years since the abolishing the exemption Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday through a now because the villagers are denying
(GST) Department to provisions of the e-way bill will be to those business- tweet on X sought from state government the claims of 8 people of the administra-
strengthen the monitoring came into force across the men who deposit their taxes that why even after 72 hours of the acci- tion? Why is the explosive material kept
mechanism on tax evasion, country and everyone is well honestly. But due to circular dent in the Special Blast Factory located in excess of capacity being removed?
the exemption given in the acquainted with it. trading or those issuing bo- in Pirda village of Berla tehsil of Be- What quantity of explosive material will
provisions of e-way bill has Except for one or two gus bills, they are deprived metara district, no FIR has been regis- be recorded in the investigation?
been abolished in the state. states, in most of the states of ITC. The benefit is not tered against anyone responsible in the The villagers have refused to accept
The government has issued a of the country, there is no available. entire matter. the compensation announced by the ad-
notification. movement of goods within The government hopes Baghel has accused the government ministration to the families of the de-
The businessmen in the an e-way bill for transporta- the state. E-way bill is that the abolition of exemp- of protecting the accused in the acci- ceased. Will the administration increase
state will have to generate e- tion of any commodity with- mandatory for transporta- tions given in the provisions dent. the compensation?
way bills if they transport in the state except 15 com- tion of goods. The Central of e-way bill will have a posi- Posting questions on X handle, for- He further wrote that in the heart-
goods worth more than Rs modities. Tax Department has also tive impact on the tax com- mer CM sought, under whose “guar- wrenching incident, the bodies of the de-
50,000. Till now it was not Exemption from the provi- agreed to eliminate the ex- pliance environment in the antee” and whose “good governance” ceased have been torn to pieces. The
necessary to issue e-way bills sions of e-way bill was given emption from e-way bills. state. It will curb the tenden- are the criminals being protected? answer- Why is there no FIR yet after 48 body parts have been collected in poly-
for transportation of goods in the year 2018. As the provi- The exemption given in cies of issuing bogus bills Trying to save someone close to pow- hours of the incident? thene and sent for DNA testing. But after
within a district in the state. sions were new and it was issuing e-way bills has been and tax evasion by issuing er? Has the administration asked the fac- such a horrific accident, no FIR has been
There was no requirement of necessary to give time to the misused the most by those raw bills. He further writes, “You will have to tory management how many workers registered yet.
 MADHYA PRADESH MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024

Elderly man throws garland of shoes at judge after decision goes against him
OUR STAFF REPORTER case did not go in his favour on cused under various sections Kohinoor Colony in Azad Nagar After that, Mohammad there and took him into custody with a garland of shoes and he
[email protected] Tuesday afternoon. However, of the IPC and his son was also area of the city along with his Saleem, who had reached the and handed him over to MG also supported him so he was also
the garland of shoes fell on the arrested by the police. son Rais were presented before court with a garland of shoes, Road police station personnel. arrested by the police. It is said
A bizarre incident was wit- table before the judge. After MG Road police station in- the court following their en- threw it at the judge but the gar- A case under section 353, 331, that Saleem was thrashed and his
nessed in the district court this incident, the advocates charge Vijay Singh Sisodiya croachment case of 2012. During land fell on the desk. After the in- 504, 34 of the IPC has been regis- clothes were also removed by the
when a man reportedly threw a there caught the man and said that the incident took place court proceedings, the judge cident, advocates and other peo- tered against him and his son crowd. Later, MG Road police sta-
garland of footwear at the thrashed him before handing in the courtroom between 3.30 didn’t find the encroachment at ple present there caught the ac- Rais. Sisodiya further said that tion staff arranged clothes from
judge after a decision him to the police. A case has pm and 4 pm. 70-year-old Mo- the land and his application was cused and was badly thrashed by Rais is a co-accused as he knew his place. The accused are being
regarding an encroachment been registered against the ac- hammad Saleem, a resident of cancelled by the judge. them. Then, the police reached that his father reached the court questioned further.

REINVESTIGATE Mercury Soars: MP Sweats

Through 20-Year High at 48.7°C
NURSING COLLEGES: HC to CBI BHOPAL RECORDS On Tuesday, Bhopal
recorded 45.1 degrees Cel-
sius, which was the highest
of the season. Niwari
PLACES
PRITHVIPUR(NIWARI)
DATIA
TEMP(°C)
48.5
48.4
Judicial magistrate’s presence
State govt shuts down
recorded 48.5 degrees Cel- REWA 48.2
sius, which was highest in
must during probe. Process to be the state. KHAJURAHO 48.0
OUR STAFF REPORTER Twenty districts recorded 47.6
videographed in presence of GWALIOR

66 ‘unsuitable’ colleges
[email protected] 45 degrees Celsius or above
TIKAMGARH 47.2
college director, principal Niwari on Monday record-
it. Bhopal recorded a night
temperature of 31 degrees SATNA 47.1
ed day temperature of 48.7 Celsius. Indore recorded a
OUR STAFF REPORTER colleges in district.” OUR STAFF REPORTER INSPECTOR MAJOKA TERMINATED degrees Celsius, which con- day temperature of 41.1 de- NOWGONG 47.1
[email protected] MP Nursing Council [email protected] tinues to be the highest in grees Celsius, while a night SINGRAULI 47.1
urged HC to start recogni- Services of inspector Sushil Majoka, named as accused in the state in the last 20 temperature of 26.5.
Principal bench of Mad- tion process of nursing The Madhya Pradesh gov- nursing college bribery scam, was terminated by police years. The same tempera- Meanwhile, a red alert RAJGARH 46.8
hya Pradesh High Court colleges for 2024-25. Ob- ernment has ordered the headquarters on Tuesday. He was posted with the CBI. ture was recorded in Bhind has been issued for severe
Majoka was a part of the CBI team that probed 364 DAMOH 46.5
at Jabalpur has ordered jecting to the plea, peti- closure of 66 nursing col- in 2022. heatwave in Guna, Tikam-
re-investigation of suit- tioner claimed that rules leges across 31 districts in nursing colleges for various irregularities on the order of GUNA 46.4
able nursing colleges by and regulation of the accordance with the High Madhya Pradesh High Court. He was among the 13 people
arrested by CBI’s vigilance team on May 18. It was alleged KATNI 46.3
CBI. state government were Court order in the alleged
The principal bench of not up to mark. High nursing college scam being that government officials were involved in bad practices SHIVPURI 46.2
Justice Sanjay Dwivedi Court has given permis- probed by the CBI. and the inspector was caught red-handed taking bribe of
Rs 2 lakh. Currently, he is in CBI custody. SHAHDOL 45.9
and Justice Achal Kumar sion to MP Nursing Coun- The Commissioner of
Paliwal passed the order cil with rider to start Medical Education Depart- IG CID Anurag Sharma told Free Press that inspector had ASHOK NAGAR 45.6
while hearing a Public In- recognition process for ment has sent the list of displayed bad practices in discharing official duties.
He was suspended on May 22, on the information SEHORE 45.2
terest Litigation (PIL) 2024-25. these colleges to the respec-
filed by whistle-blower The High Court, in Sep- tive district collectors and provided by the CBI and on Tuesday, his services were BHOPAL 45.1
and Law Students’ Associ- tember 2023, had ordered told them to act as per the terminated under Section 311 of the Constitution.
He added that under the Section any civil servant found SAGAR 45.1
ation on Tuesday. the CBI to probe all nurs- HC's directives, the CMO
The PIL was filed after ing colleges registered in said. involved in bad practices should be terminated. MALAJHKHAND 45.0
CBI arrested its officials 2020-21 in the state amid The state government RAISEN 44.6
for involvement in cor- allegations of large-scale took almost three months nation. gone, Morena, Panna,
ruption and accepting irregularities in function- to issue the orders based on The recognition of these Sagar, Tikamgarh, Ujjain, RED SIGNAL TIMINGS CUT UMARIA 44.6
bribe for notifying unsuit- ing of higher educational the HC orders. colleges was already can- Umaria, Vidisha and In view of scorching heat, the traffic police have reduced MANDLA 44.6
able nursing colleges as institutions. CONTD. ON P7 The scam pertains to celled. Sheopur also figures in the the timing of red signals.The timing of lean period has
“suitable”. A bench comprising gross irregularities in the The action was also start- list. SHAJAPUR 44.4
been reduced, however, the timing of peak hours remains
CBI submitted investiga- Chief Justice Ravi Vi- functioning of several ed against such colleges in On February 22, the CBI the same, according to the traffic police. KHANDWA 44.1
tion report of 308 nursing jaykumar Malimath and nursing colleges which several districts including had submitted a list of 308
colleges and 170 of them Justice Vishal Mishra lacked infrastructure while Indore. colleges in the High Court. Ved Pratap Singh, senior garh, Sehore, Rajgarh, Sha- KHARGONE 44.0
were declared suitable. passed the order on a peti- some existed only on paper. The list includes eight col- These colleges were meteorological department japur, Mandsaur, Shivpuri, DEWAS 43.8
Rest were declared defi- tion filed by State Law Chief Minister Mohan leges in Betul, six in divided into three cate- scientist, said, “Nowgong Gwalior, Datia, Bhind,
cient and unsuitable. Students’ Association al- Yadav has directed the clo- Bhopal, five in Indore, four gories suitable, deficient had recorded 48.8 degrees Morena, Sheopurkalan, SEONI 43.6
Petitioner and Law Stu- leging widespread fraud sure of 66 nursing colleges each in Chhatarpur, Dhar and unsuitable. Around 66 Celsius on May 14, 1998. Af- Damoh, Sagar, Chhatarpur NARSINGHPUR 43.2
dents’ Association presi- in nursing colleges across across 31 districts in accor- and Sehore, three in Nar- colleges were categorised ter 2004, 48.7 degrees Cel- and Niwari districts.
dent advocate Vishal Madhya Pradesh. dance with the High Court madapuram, two each in as unsuitable sius is the highest tempera- An orange alert has been CHHINDWARA 43.0
Baghel said, “HC has or- The petition, filed in order, as per the CMO. Bhind, Chhindwara, Ja- According to the list 169 ture recorded in the state. issued for intense heatwave
dered that judicial magis- January 2023, alleged that Yadav has directed offi- balpur, Jhabua, Mandla, colleges were termed suit- Bhind had recorded 48.7 de- in Umaria, Raisen, Vidisha, for moderate heatwave has
trate will be present dur- in 2020-21 academic ses- cials to ensure that no stu- Rewa, Seoni and Shahdol. able and suitable with mi- grees Celsius on May 13, 14 Khandwa, Khargone, Uj- been issued in Bhopal,
ing investigation and sion, state government dent of these nursing col- A college each in Alira- nor deficiency , including and 20 in 2022. Bhind jain, Dewas, Agar-Malwa, Burhanpur, Badwani, Rat-
videography will be done recognized 55 ghost nurs- leges is affected and jpur, Anuppur, Barwani, 132 sutiable colleges and 37 recorded 48.5 degrees Cel- Katni, Jabalpur, Mandla lam, Sidhi, Rewa, Mauganj,
in presence of director ing colleges sans infra- arrangements be made for Burhanpur, Dewas, suitable with minor defi- sius on May 15, 2022 and and Panna district. Satna, Shahdol and Maihar
and principal of nursing structure and faculties. them to appear for exami- Gwalior, Khandwa, Khar- ciency . Khajuraho 48.4 in 2022.” Moreover, a yellow alert districts.

PHE dept drafts bill to curb Patwari demands CBI probe into
borewell-related accidents death of 2 Dalit family members
Tin Assembly
o be tabled Rahul, Priyanka come down heavily on state govt over law and order
“The Bill will have
penalty as well as punish-
ment provisions.”
Another officer, who MLAs MEET CM OVER Modi has ended the ‘rule
RAJAN RAIKWAR played an important role of law’. My heart is filled
[email protected] in drafting the bill, said DEATHS IN KHURAI with pain and anger just
the bill has been sent to BJP MLAs Bhupendra Singh thinking about what the
To prevent incidents relat- the law department to get Thakur from Khurai BJP leaders have done to
ed to open borewell, which a nod. constituency and Pradeep this Dalit family in Mad-
sometimes claims the The bill has certain pro- Lariya from Naryawali hya Pradesh.” It is a matter
lives of children, the pub- visions. For instance, the constituency met Chief Minister of shame that under the
lic health engineering borewell machine owner Mohan Yadav on the deaths of BJP rule, the government
(PHE) department is has to upload the photo Dalit family members here on is always found to be stand-
going to come up with a of the borewell on the Tuesday. The MLAs shared the ing with the culprits in-
Bill. Parakh app so that the details of the case with the CM stead of the victimised
The Bill will be tabled in department can have and they will accompany the women, he said.
the upcoming Assembly data. It would be manda- Yadav during his visit to Khurai Priyanka Gandhi in her
session, which will be- tory to construct a PVC on Wednesday. The CM is social media post said, “This
come an Act after ap- cover block around the scheduled to meet the family of incident that happened with
proval. The state may be- borewell in case it is un- the deceased—Rajendra a Dalit sister in Madhya
come the first in the coun- File photo of rescue operation successful. As of now, Ahirwar and Anjana Ahirwar— Pradesh is heart-wrenching.
try to have such an Act. to save child stuck in bore well casing is taken out from during his visit to Barodia The people of BJP are after
A senior PHE depart- the unsuccessful Nainagir of Khurai block of the Constitution because
ment officer said the chief cussion is underway on borewell and is covered Sagar district. they do not want that
secretary felt that there is whom the responsibility temporarily and it be- OUR STAFF REPORTER the deceased also spoke to of the district. women of the country, dal-
the need to have a strin- shall be fixed,” he said. comes a peril for chil- [email protected] Congress leader Rahul On Sunday, Rajendra she died. its, tribals and backward
gent law, which shall act He added that if the land dren. Gandhi on phone. Gandhi Ahirwar, died at Sagar Since then, the Congress people should live with dig-
as a deterrent. owner fails to close the The draft bill talks Congress state president consoled them and said medical college following a leaders have been attack- nity, nor their complaints
“We have prepared a borewell then the govern- about making it mandato- Jitu Patwari has demand- they were with the family. fight over an old dispute on ing the state government heard anywhere.”
draft bill, in which effort ment officers will step in ry for borewell machine ed a CBI inquiry into the The Congress has also an- Saturday. After the post- on poor law and order.
has been made that if a and in such case, strict ac- owners to go for registra- deaths of two members of nounced a relief amount mortem, the family was On Tuesday, Patwari vis- CM to meet bereaved
borewell is left open in tion will be taken. The tion and will have to men- a Dalit family—Rajendra of Rs 1 lakh each. heading towards their vil- ited the village and met the family today
case of unsuccessful or is draft bill is vouching for tion the detail of working Ahirwar and Anjana Ahir- Congress leaders Rahul lage, when his niece An- family. Former chief min-
abandoned then it would penalty and big punish- areas. Likewise, the land war—while addressing Gandhi and Priyanka jana Ahirwar jumped from ister Digvijaya Singh visit- Chief Minister Mohan Yadav
be the responsibility of ei- ment against the erring owner has to fill the on- mediapersons in Khurai Gandhi came down heavily the ambulance midway on ed the village and joined in is scheduled to visit Khuari
ther land owner or the persons. line application to get of Sagar district on Tues- on the state government Monday and was seriously the last rites on Monday. on Wednesday. He will meet
borewell digging machine The secretary, PHE de- permission for digging a day. over the deaths in Barodia injured. She was admitted In a post on X, Rahul the bereaved family and also
owner to close it. The dis- partment, P Narhari, said, borewell. The family members of Nainagir of Khurai block to a nearby hospital, where Gandhi said, “Narendra take stock of the situation.

TWO MBA PAPERS LEAK; EXAM OF BOTH SUBJECTS CANCELLED

Baby jumbo Vikram apple
Egg on DAVV’s face as Q-paper leaks 15 hours before exam of everyone’s eye dies
Students get question were leaked ahead of exams. Meanwhile, the proofs of Con- Satsangi comprises of Indore ad- over the security of the exami-
The paper leak scandal unfold- tinuous Technique subject paper, ditional director (Higher Educa- nation process. The sequence Narmadapuram: A baby Priya, gave birth to two
paper through social ed when students discovered that which was held on May 25, also tion) Dr Sudha Silavat, DCDC Dr of events leading up to the jumbo, Vikram, in Satpura calves – Vikram and Lak-
media a night before the Accounting for Managers pa- reached the university. Rajiv Dixit and dean of student exam, including the sealed de- Tiger Range (STR) adja- shmi. Vikram was six-
per, scheduled for Tuesday, had An exam committee meeting welfare Dr LK Tripathi. livery of question papers to col- cent to Sohagpur will no year-old. Lakshmi is eight.
the exam; they write already circulated on social me- was immediately called which The committee will scrutinise leges and their subsequent han- longer trumpet. Nor will it His death saddened every-
exams in the morning; dia platforms a staggering 15 to recommended for cancellation of various aspects of the incident dling, raises serious concerns entertain tourists. He died one in the forest depart-
leaked paper cancelled 16 hours before the official exam
time, sources claimed.
both the papers. Accepting the
recommendation, the university
and submit its report as early as
possible, Dixit said.
about lapses in oversight. late Monday night.
For his gentle behaviour,
ment.
On getting information,
in the evening The gravity of the situation be- administration cancelled both the Key areas of inquiry will in- Big question on the Vikram was the apple of field director L Krishna-
came apparent when students re- papers citing unforeseen reasons. clude the involvement of col- everyone’s eye in the forest murthy and DFO Pooja Na-
‘robust system’
OUR STAFF REPORTER
INDORE
alised that the very same paper
they had received on their mobile
Probe committee formed leges, coaching institutes and
any link between the printing of With probe underway, stake-
department. The pachy-
derm was suffering from
gle, assistant director
Ankit Jamod and others
devices several hours before had Amid mounting pressure from exam papers and their unautho- holders await answers as to how illness, but the forest offi- rushed to the spot.
Chink in Devi Ahilya Vish- been distributed during the exams. student outfits, including ABVP rised distribution. Furthermore, such a breach could occur within cials did not disclose the The herd of elephants
wavidyalaya’s (DAVV) armour Registrar Ajay Verma who had and NSUI and the severity of the the committee will delve into a supposedly robust system. reasons for his death. consisting of Siddhnath
once again stands exposed as MBA gone to Bhopal to meet commis- breach, the vice chancellor initi- possible monetary transactions With the integrity of the exam Vikram was the youngest (male elephant), Anjugam
exams became a laughing stock fol- sioner (higher education), was ated an inquiry committee to in- and examine the role of individ- process hanging in balance, of all the elephants in the (female), Priya, Lakshmi
lowing leaks of question papers. informed about the leak with vestigate the matter thoroughly. uals in facilitating the leak. DAVV faces a critical juncture in herd at Madhai National and Vikram entertain
Question papers of two subjects proofs. He talked to vice chancel- The four-member committee Despite stringent protocols in restoring trust and upholding ac- Park in STR. tourists at the Madhai Na-
of MBA first semester exams lor Prof Renu Jain over phone. led by DAVV Lokpal Narendra place, questions loom large ademic integrity. The mother of Vikram, tional Park.
 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic.
— NORMAN COUSINS
MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024
EDIT
SINCE 1928

FOUNDER EDITOR: S SADANAND

Will alleged business nexus hurt politicians?
dia embarked on the path of free leged nexus between the top leader-
Fuzzy

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE/PIXABAY
economy and globalisation, and ship of the Indian government and

Israel must call Logic

over a decade after the BJP an-
nounced that one of their targets
in their election manifesto was to
some leading businessmen of the
country. But similar allegations by
him over certain defence deals in-

off the war

bring “minimum government and volving some businessmen did not
maximum governance”, India still make much impact during the 2019
÷Rohit Chandavarkar remains a “politically controlled poll campaign.

I
economy”. A lot of talk has hap- This time around there is a lot of

I
sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls it n a rare gesture the Congress pened over the past three decades noise seen and heard on social me-
a “mistake” but it cost the lives of 45 people with no party in Maharashtra held a about bringing “ease of business” dia and conventional media too,
count of those who were injured. The worst such well prepared and properly or- and how “licence permit raj” of the about the nexus between politi-
ganised press conference in Mum- past has been gradually removed. cians and businessmen. The behav-
incident since Israel unleashed a war against Hamas
bai on Tuesday to ask questions However, what one sees on the iour of both is becoming more and
would not have happened if Israel had complied with about the horrific car accident that ground is the fact that no matter more blatant and it threatens ordi-
the directive given by the International Court of Jus- caused the deaths of two young how small or large a business is, it nary citizens like never before. Af-
tice last week to halt its operations in Rafah. The so- software engineers in Pune last cannot be set up in India’s towns, ter the Pune car crash and deaths
called mistake happened when Israel allegedly tried to week, and led to becoming the talk- cities or metros without political of two innocent youngsters, citi-
kill two senior militants in the thickly-populated
ing point not all over Maharashtra patronage. Whether it is putting up The nexus between politicians and builders is now zens came out in large numbers on

southern Gaza city where Palestinians displaced by

but all across the country. Hun-
dreds of accidents happen all over
a roadside tea stall or a thousand
crore manufacturing unit, the en-
disrupting normal law and order as those connected the streets to protest. Opposition
political parties and some elected
the war have been living in tents in miserable condi- India every day; what made this trepreneur must get bureaucratic with this nexus have no fear of law and indulge in representatives raised their voice
newsworthy was the alleged at- and political patronage. The more and started agitations, the media
tions. Netanyahu told the Israeli parliament that he
tempt to destroy the evidence relat- things are claimed by successive reckless behaviour. This must change took the issue up nationally, and
would investigate how the civilians, including women
ed to the incident, attempt to divert governments to have changed, the when things like tampering with
and children, became what the Western nations call attention and alleged political in- more they remain the same. known in public. In the recent past anger over how attempts were al- evidence were exposed, there was
“collateral damage.” He does not realise that these 45 volvement of certain leaders to Politicians are quick to take ad- the nexus between politicians and legedly made to tamper with evi- large-scale public anger seen all
people were either spouses, parents, children, or protect the accused in the case. vantage of the situation. In today’s builders has caused immense dam- dence because of political influ- over.
grandchildren of someone. Their loss is forever, and it State Congress president Nana Pa- times it has become rare for state age to the environment, has result- ence will hit politicians in some If this alertness and willingness
tole accused some ruling party assembly MLAs not to be in some ed in unauthorised constructions, way. The Congress party to come out to raise their voice is
cannot be brushed aside as a military mistake. leaders, ministers and MLAs of in- kind of partnership with business- encroachments and even calami- leadership in Pune and also the seen regularly among citizens and
The least Israel should do is to call off its operations volvement in all this. Similar alle- men, and in most cases this busi- ties like frequent floods during state level leadership has alleged media, politicians will learn the
in Rafah, bordering Egypt, where those fleeing from gations were levelled after the fatal ness is related to real estate devel- monsoons, uncontrolled fires in that there is involvement of two lesson and control their partners
the war have been converging. Far from that, reports industrial accident that resulted in opment. Cities in Maharashtra like high-rise buildings and other dam- senior leaders of Nationalist Con- for sure. Ordinary law-abiding citi-
11 deaths which happened at Dom- Mumbai, Thane, Pune and Nagpur age. Now there are signs that this gress Party or NCP in the alleged zens must keep the pressure on and
suggest that the Israeli military has begun even
bivli in Thane district. All this has have seen a tremendous real estate nexus is also disrupting normal evidence tampering and bringing ensure that politicians, bureau-
ground operations in the city. This is totally unwar- now brought the focus on whether boom in the past three decades and law and order and causing unnatu- pressure to let off the accused in crats and others feel that they are
ranted and would put the refugees in their own land certain big businessmen have as regulation of the real estate sec- ral deaths of young people, as in the case. Similar allegations were accountable.
under tremendous pressure. Even if Israel had some proximity with some powerful tor gets controlled by politicians many cases those connected to this made about the Dombivli incident
justification to retaliate against Hamas’ attack on its politicians in Maharashtra and and senior bureaucrats, many have nexus have no fear of law and in- where a huge industrial accident Rohit Chandavarkar is a senior
whether they frequently try to get developed vested interests. The dulge in reckless behaviour. took place. It is interesting that at journalist who has worked for 31 years
soil in October 2023, later events have nullified those away when such tragedies happen, proximity certain politicians have The question now is whether, af- the national level too Congress with various leading newspaper
justifications. The Palestinian death toll since the war using political clout. with real estate developers — also ter incidents such as the car crash leader Rahul Gandhi tried to take brands and television channels in
began has crossed a staggering 36,000. When Ne- Just over three decades after In- known as builders — is very well at Kalyaninagar in Pune, public voters’ attention towards the al- Mumbai and Pune
tanyahu says he respects international law, how can he

Growing violence in schools – is it a ‘trend’?

continue the war when Hamas has already been re-
duced to a pitiful condition? In other words, the Israeli
attack has already served its purpose, though the world
at large would not see it in that manner. One thing is for
certain: for every second the Israeli onslaught contin-
can no longer be entrusted solely to ly in engaging in a quarrel with a

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE/PIXABAY
ues, it loses support even among its own backers.
The US has been distancing itself from Tel Aviv on Through the natural maturation process.
Teachers are often overburdened,
schoolmate, secure in the knowl-
edge that their ever-supportive par-
the ongoing war. In the latest such setback, Spain, Ire-
land, and Norway have recognised the Palestinian the Prism which can make it difficult for
them to keep a close eye on every
student. The reality of donations
ents will unfailingly champion
their cause. Furthermore, affluent
children exhibit a sense of entitle-
state. Some 140 countries already recognise Palestine,
but only a few in Western Europe have taken that step
÷Aditya Mukherjee in the realm of education is well- ment like never before.
known, yet seldom spoken about. The role of schools should go be-
so far. It is a symbolic but powerful act, underscoring In the relentless pursuit of profit, yond preparing students to become

T
Israel’s growing isolation in the comity of nations. wo recent incidents in two classrooms are teeming with so successful engineers and doctors.
There is no alternative for Tel Aviv but to call off the Delhi schools have high- many young minds that even the Teachers in schools and parents at
lighted the manifestation of most dedicated kindergarten home must instil in students from
war. Let there be no mistaking that the more it delays violent instincts among school stu- teachers find it an arduous task to an early age the values of empathy
this decision, the more opprobrium it gets on this dents, regardless of gender speci- maintain order. and compassion, which should also
score. ficity. A 14-year-old girl in a girls’ In addition, today’s youngsters encompass love for animals and
school was allegedly attacked by are frequently exposed to graphic plants. These teachings need not

Doctors turn criminals her classmate with a blade, result-

ing in serious injuries that re-
violence through OTT platforms
and Hollywood movies. Moreover,
The need of the hour is counselling for students who
necessarily be part of the school
curriculum. It is debatable how

I
quired 17 stitches on her face. And many teachers hold the belief that many schools today effectively help
t is simply unbelievable that two senior doctors of this happened when she tried to school children often witness do- show violent tendencies and behavioural aberrations students internalise the example
state-run Sassoon General Hospital in Pune would pacify some of her friends who got mestic violence in their homes, set by Mahatma Gandhi, emphasis-
send the wrong blood sample for alcohol testing to into a serious argument over the which can contribute to their ag- ing compassion, fellow feeling, and
save a 17-year-old boy whose drunken driving led to the snatching of a tiffin box. A pur- gressive behaviour. Consequently, plining tool for students. But work.” the virtues of non-violence.
ported video of the altercation it is evident that parents bear equal thankfully, it was banned after re- The fatal online ‘Blue Whale’ Furthermore, efforts should be
death of two young engineers. It is shocking that they went viral on social media. The responsibility in this matter. In sev- ports appeared of teachers taking challenge, which culminates in made to encourage students to cul-
were willing to do this to pocket Rs 3 lakh, the amount video shows a girl being allegedly eral cases, it has been found that their disciplinary methods too far, self-harm and suicide, has claimed tivate book reading habits beyond
anllegedly offered by the father of the boy through a attacked with a blade within the parents lack the education neces- causing bodily harm to students. numerous young lives in India their class textbooks, fostering
middleman. Little did the doctors know that the police school premises. A 13-year-old stu- sary to effectively teach and instil Dealing with unruly and indisci- since 2017. This perilous game in- imagination and creativity. In the
dent stabs to death a nine-year-old moral values in their children. plined students is never easy for a sidiously exploited the vulnerable famous novel, To Kill a Mocking-
had taken another blood sample for DNA testing,
student in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai Poverty is another reason why teacher, who must possess patience aspects of young people’s psyche, bird by Harper Lee, the honest
which would have revealed that he was drunk while district following an argument. In school children often resort to vio- and a deep understanding of stu- stripping away their innate sensi- lawyer Atticus Finch teaches his
driving the brand new Porsche car worth over Rs 1.5 another gruesome incident that de- lence in schools. The sense of dep- dent psychology. tivity and moral compass. children to be compassionate and
crore. People would naturally ask what happened to fies reason, a Delhi boy is allegedly rivation they experience, in not be- Chief Justice of India DY Chan- Instances of violence in schools understanding towards others,
the Hippocratic oath the doctors had taken not to com- beaten and sexually assaulted by ing able meet their demands unlike drachud, at a recent seminar, de- seem to become normalised. In an- even those who have made mis-
his classmates over a small argu- other well-off youngsters of their scribed his own experience of be- other incident, a few years ago, two takes, and that everyone deserves
mercialise their medical knowledge but only to use it ment. age, often transforms their frustra- ing subjected to corporal punish- boys in a school had to be separated to be treated with respect.
for the welfare of the patients they treat. How could These above incidents glaringly tion into aggression. The need of ment as a student. “How you treat by adults as they went for each oth- After all, a generation steeped in
they even think of undertaking such a criminal act? expose how both our education sys- the hour is proper counselling for children leaves a deep impact in er’s throats, one even trying to hit violence heralds a grim future for
The police have rightly arrested the doctors and re- tem and the family as institutions students who develop violent ten- their mind for lifetime. I will never the other on the head with a guitar any nation, echoing the old adage,
have failed to rein in the baser in- dencies and exhibit behavioural forget the day in school ... when I lying nearby. “As the twig is bent, so grows the
manded them to police custody until May 30. They are
stincts in our children. It is becom- aberrations. was caned on my hands and my of- A cherished darling of the house- tree.”
not the only ones in police custody. Already, the father ing abundantly clear that the in- For long, teachers weaponised fence was not to bring the right hold, basking in the indulgence of
of the boy who allowed his teenaged son to drive the nate violent tendencies in children corporal punishment as a disci- sized needles to class for craft- doting parents, may perceive no fol- The writer is a Delhi-based journalist
car and cause the death of two has been arrested. Even
the grandfather of the boy is in police custody because
he tried to force the family driver to admit that he, not Panchami LETTERS elephant or the speed of the cheetah, but
they possess a unique ability to adapt and
state of the economy observed that any
durable alignment of headline retail
the boy, was at the steering wheel when the tragedy oc-
curred. He even went to the extent of abducting the Panchabhuteshi TO THE EDITOR thrive in even the harshest of conditions.
Just like the endangered species that fight
inflation with the target of 4% could
recommence in the second half of FY25 and
driver and confining him to a room. Even three police- — Prof S Ainavolu The endangered species for their survival, the middle class Indians sustain until numbers closer to the target
band together, support each other, and are seen during FY26. That means a

P
men have been suspended for their attempt to provide
out-of-the-way help to the boy. All this shows how con-
fident the affluent are to have their way. Far easier for
ancha in Samskrutam is
number five. Panchab-
hutas are five natural ele-
growth. As mother Goddess is
cosmos/nature herself, and na-
ture has all the five elements,
I n the bustling jungle of the Indian
economy, the middle class is often likened
to the endangered species of the wild. Just
strive to overcome the obstacles that
threaten their existence.
So, the next time you see a middle-class
reduction in the policy repo rate is unlikely
soon. The repo rate is 6.50% for May 2024.
Raghuram Rajan took over as Governor of
the father and the grandfather would have been to ments. Five is sacrosanct. Kar- mother Goddess is identified as like the majestic tiger or the elusive snow Indian navigating the urban jungle, RBI to steer a crisis-ridden economy
bring up the boy as a law-abiding citizen. mendriyas, organs of action are containing Panchabhutas. leopard, the middle-class Indians navigate remember that they are like the towards safety. He reduced the repo rate to
five. Jnanendriyas, sense organs Mother Goddess is also through the concrete jungle, facing endangered species of the wild, fighting 6.5% post-January 2015, from a peak of
are again five. The ‘Kosha’ theo- known as Shiva’s consort challenges and threats that put their against all odds to survive and thrive in 8%. But he said it was important to
INDIA 75 YEARS AGO ry mentions that the number of ‘Prakruti’. Appropriately, in survival at risk. From soaring inflation rates their unique ecosystem. Let us celebrate remember that the "war against inflation"
FPJ Archives
MAY 29, 1949 sheaths we have are five. These Lalita Sahasranama, Mother is to unpredictable job markets, the middle the spirit of the middle class, their was never over. He also said, “Inflation is
are Annamaya, Pranamaya, addressed as ‘Panchami Panch- class must adapt and evolve to thrive in resilience, and their unwavering up in India.” The BJP administration sought
Manomaya, Vigyanamaya, and abhuteshi, Pancha Sankhy- their ever-changing habitat. determination to overcome the challenges to appease the corporate world. But
finally Anandamaya. It begins opacharini’. Pancha-sankhya Just like the endangered species, the that come their way. For in a world where Raghuram Rajan was not willing to oblige
more material based Anna- means number five or five middle class faces the constant threat of the strong prey on the weak, the middle with a lower repo rate. The rest is history.
maya, and extends to more ho- times. Upachara means ‘of ad- extinction. With rising expenses and class stands tall as a shining example of Shakti Kanta Das, perceived as an
listic Anandamaya. Ananda is dressing’. Thus, Pan- stagnant wages, many find themselves strength, courage, and perseverance. acquiescing custodian, brought the repo
serene bliss. chasankhyopacharini struggling to make ends meet, their once TS Karthik, Chennai rate down to 4% (March 2020). Governor
Similarly, our natural means one who is ad- stable ecosystem crumbling under the Das soon realised, as Rajan said earlier,
elements are five. These
are Prithvi, Apas,
dressed properly by
performing five times
weight of economic uncertainty. The middle
class, much like the endangered species, is
Price rise, repo rate & RBI that it was not “anti-national” to raise
interest rates to control inflation.
Agni, Vayu, and
Akasa. Prithvi is the
Bhumi or holis-
Upacharas. The Up-
acharas can be as sim-
ple as five times
in dire need of protection and preservation
to ensure their survival in the face of
mounting challenges.
F ood prices rose sharply by 8.7% in April
2024 from the previous year, as
evidenced by the recently released data. Dear reader,
Haridasan Rajan, Kozhikode

tic soil. Our

GUIDING LIGHT performing the But fear not, for the middle class is a Retail inflation dipped slightly in April to We are eager to know your opinions, comments and
suggestions. Write to [email protected] with the title of the
body is made of Prithvi tattva. ‘parikrama’ (circumambula- resilient species, known for their tenacity 4.83%, however. Reserve Bank of India letter in the subject line. Using snail mail? Send your letters
Apas is the water element, and tion), or performing five ‘na- and resourcefulness in the face of adversity. (RBI) has projected Consumer Price Index to The Free Press Journal, Free Press House, Free Press
we know that our earth and maskaras’ (respects) or offering They may not have the strength of the inflation of 4.5% in FY25. The RBI’s report Marg, 215 Nariman Point, Mumbai 400021.
body are mostly made of water. five prasadas (offerings). Per-
Agni is the fire element, and forming these for five days con- MIKA’S MATRIX
our digestive system has ‘fire’ tinuously is the tradition.
called ‘Jathara-Agni’. Vayu is In the Nirvana Shatkam, Shri
the air element, and Vayu helps Adi Shankaracharya men-
our prana to move in, and life tioned THAT is what is beyond
goes on. Vayu according to Mano, Buddhi, Ahankara, and
Ayurveda is the Vata element. Chitta. Similarly we have five
Akasa is the encompassing states, Jagrut, Swapna,
space element. Sushupta, Tureeya. Then
In the plant life as well, we see comes the fifth state, Tureeya-
and feel the importance of teeta. And, fifth is THAT.
Panchabhutas. The beeja or
seed requires Prithivi and Prof S Ainavolu is a Mumbai-
Apas, soil and water. Little based teacher of Tradition and
warmth is required or gets gen- Management. Views are
BIHAR PUBLIC SAFETY ACT ULTRA VIRES erated, and this is Agni. Vayu
contains Oxygen which is re-
personal.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/s-
New Delhi, May 28. The Federal Court gave judgment today quired, and given. Akasa is ainavolu-6831b724/ .
accepting the appeal of eleven political prisoners of Bihar against space element required for the https://www.ainavolu.in/blog
their detention under the Bihar Public Safety Act.
Sri Lankan Prez’s party suggests referendum to postpone polls
Colombo: The United National Party (UNP) headed by Sri Lankan
President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday suggested holding a
referendum to postpone both presidential and general elections and
extending the terms of both offices for two years to pursue
economic reforms in an effort to stabilise the country's economy.
The nation's Elections Commission earlier this month said the
presidential election would be conducted between September 17
and October 16.
WORLD
MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024

GLOBAL
BULLETIN
Houthis attack
three ships
THREE NATIONS RECOGNISE PALESTINE
Spain, Norway and Ireland’s move was met with Israeli ire
The demography
dividend
MANJEEV SINGH PURI The milestone of becom-
Sanaa: A military spokesman AGENCIES / Israel's Foreign Minister forts, Israel pounded ing the largest country is a

P
for Yemen's Houthi group BARCELONA, Israel Katz quickly lashed out western part of Rafah city opulation, for many in game changing happening
announced that the group BRUSSELS, TEL AVIV at Spain on X, saying with heavy bombardment India, is our bane. with many possibilities of
had attacked three ships in Sánchez's government was and artillery fire, the most in- Even when explained global positivity for India in
the Red Sea and Indian Spain, Norway and Ireland "being complicit in inciting tense since the military oper- that demography for India the years and decades to
Ocean. "The first (attack) formally recognised a Pales- genocide against Jews and ation began in early May. equals a huge market and a come.
targeted the American ship tinian state on Tuesday in a war crimes". A report quoting BBC said massive economy, principal Here it is worth noting
Larego Desert in the Indian coordinated effort by the Ireland and Norway soon the Israeli army has expand- reasons for global interest that while size matters in
Ocean, the second targeted three western European na- joined Spain in formalizing a ed its military operations in in the country, the retort in- global recognition, the key
the Israeli ship (MSC Mechela) tions to add international decision they had jointly an- the west and troops are con- variably would be ‘but we add-on is the placement.
in the Indian Ocean. The third pressure on Israel to soften nounced the previous week. trolling 9 km of the Philadel- could do with millions less’. India’s size and that of
targeted the ship (Minerva its devastating response to "This is an important mo- phia Corridor. Local officials Obviously, there were no its market did not jump ex-
Lisa) in the Red Sea," Yahya last year's Hamas-led attack. ment and I think it sends a said at least 16 people were celebrations when the UN ponentially in 2023 but be-
Sarea said on Monday. Sarea Tel Aviv slammed the diplo- signal to the world that there killed overnight, but there declared India to be the ing the most populous
vowed to continue attacks matic move that will have no are practical actions you can was no confirmation from world’s most populous country makes a tectonic
until Israel stopped its war in immediate impact on its take as a country to help keep the health ministry yet. country in 2023, pipping difference in perception
the Gaza Strip. No information grinding war in Gaza. the hope and destination of a than 30 years, Norway has European countries to the Another report quoting China to the second spot. especially among people
was found for the first two In a televised address to two-state solution alive at a been one of the strongest ad- group represents a victory local witnesses said the Is- But did the world notice across the world which
ships, but trackers showed a the nation, Spanish Prime time when others are trying vocates for a Palestinian for Palestinian efforts in the raeli tanks reached the cen- even if we didn’t? Of brings about an attendant
Marshall Islands-flagged Minister Pedro Sánchez said to sadly bomb it into obliv- state. Today, when Norway of- world of public opinion, and tre of Rafah for the first course, it did and the posi- political recognition.
tanker had been active in the that "this is a historic deci- ion," said Irish Prime Minis- ficially recognizes Palestine will likely put pressure on EU time on Tuesday, three tive outcome of the G-20 Perceptions matter huge-
area. sion that has a single goal, ter Simon Harris. as a state, is a milestone in heavyweights, France and weeks into a ground opera- Summit clearly showcases ly in the way global politics
and that is to help Israelis Norwegian Foreign Minis- the relationship between Germany, to rethink their po- tion in the southern Gaza the heightened global inter- plays out, including in glob-
Man arrested for and Palestinians achieve
peace".
ter Espen Barth Eide said in
a statement that "for more
Norway and Palestine".
The adherence of three
sition.
Amid the diplomatic ef-
city that has sparked global
condemnation.
est in India, principally due
to its market, including the
al governance.
Being the largest country
streaking on flight defence sector. And in the world would
Melbourne: A man accused as India moves up even challenge the
of running naked down the
aisle of an Australian
domestic flight, knocking Russia wary of NATO Taiwan’s new pro-China the GDP ladder,
moving from its
present 5th spot in
best legitimization
of China’s perma-
nent membership

nuclear strikes legislature cuts prez power

down a flight attendant and global rankings to of the UN Security
forcing the plane to turn back, the 3rd by 2030, this Council, i.e. it is
was arrested by police at the interest would only the largest country
airport, officials said on grow. The impor- in the world. In
Tuesday. The incident AP / MOSCOW AP / TAIPEI tance of demography here, 1945, when the UN charter
happened early in what was of course, needs noting as was signed, India (undivid-
scheduled to be a 3 hour and NATO is practicing nuclear Taiwan's opposition-con- even today we are merely at ed) was the largest country
30 minute Virgin Australia strikes against Russia, Army trolled legislature passed number 145 out of 193 coun- but a British colony. China,
flight on Monday night from General Vladimir Kulishov, changes on Tuesday that are tries in the global ranking though rather subjugated,
Perth to Melbourne.The airline first deputy director of Rus- seen as favouring China and of Per-Capita Income. was nominally independ-
apologised to "guests sia's Federal Security Service diminishing the power of the On its part, the world has ent. Bestowing it with per-
impacted," adding the safety and head of the Border Serv- island's president. been noting the rise of In- manent membership was
of passengers and crew was ice, said on Tuesday. The changes pushed by the dia, riding the twin waves portrayed as an act of inclu-
its top priority. The accused is "Near the Russian border, opposition Nationalist Party of globalisation and demog- sion. China being the
to appear in a Perth court on NATO reconnaissance activ- and its allies give the legisla- raphy, at-least since Jim world’s second largest econ-
June 14. ity is increasing, and the in- ture greater power to control O’Neil, the Goldman Sachs omy is only a recent fact and
tensity of operational clear weapons as a "response budgets, including defence economist came up with the its representation of the
Jeep falls in combat training of the al-
liance's troops is increasing,
to provocative statements
and threats of individual
spending, that the party has
blocked in what many see as
term BRIC (BRICS is a later
day political put together)
global South is in any case
under challenge by its own
ravine, kills 8 during which scenarios for Western officials against the a concession to China. in 2001. Sure, in recent economic growth.
Karachi: Eight members of a conducting combat opera- Russian Federation" , accord- The Nationalists officially years, the West’s contesta- Chinese diplomats at a
family, including four women tions against the Russian ing to the Defence Ministry. back unification with China, islative chamber was fes- days after the visit of US law- tion with China and that conference in New Delhi
and three children, died after Federation are being prac- Earlier on Monday, Russia from which Taiwan separat- tooned with banners promot- makers to the self-governing country’s economic woes were a trifle unhappy at be-
a mini jeep in which they ticed, including launching and Uzbekistan signed an ac- ed during a civil war in 1949. ing both sides in the dispute, island of Taiwan following post COVID have added to ing replaced at the top of
were travelling fell into a nuclear strikes on our terri- cord Monday for Moscow to They took control of the leg- while arguments on the floor China’s 'massive' military India being seen as the one the list. However, later they
hundred-foot-deep ravine in tory," Kulishov claimed in an build a small nuclear power islature with a single-seat broke into shouting and drills near Taiwan. big economic sweet spot as smiled given that they
Pakistan's Khyber interview with Russia's RIA plant in the central Asian majority after elections in pushing matches. The Chinese foreign min- well as geopolitical partner. would be at the top of anoth-
Pakhtunkhwa province. The Novosti. country. The agreement was January, while the presiden- Meanwhile Beijing, Chi- istry spokesperson, Mao Jim O’Neill, perhaps, de- er line – countries ranked
family was on their way to "All this requires us to signed after Russian Presi- cy went to Lai Ching-te of the nese foreign ministry Ning said, "There is but one serves a huge recognition by GDP, with India in the
Pagorai after visiting a take adequate measures to dent Vladimir Putin held Democratic Progressive Par- spokesperson Mao Ning has China in the world. Taiwan is by India as his acronym and second place – Goldman
relative in Belay Baba when protect and secure our bor- talks with Uzbekistan leader ty, which favours Taiwan's de said that Beijing strongly op- an inalienable part of the attendant global public- Sachs projects India to be
the accident occurred on ders," Kulishov said, as quot- Shavkat Mirziyoyev in the facto independence from Chi- poses military contact be- China's territory. China ity gave us in India a new the 2nd largest economy by
Monday in Shangla district. ed by Xinhua news agency Uzbek capital, Tashkent. na. tween the US and Taiwan, as firmly opposes military con- self-esteem and confidence 2070, overtaking the US.
The bodies of the deceased report. The Russian military Mirziyoyev hailed the proj- Thousands of people gath- well as any attempt of the na- tact between the US and Tai- in claiming our ‘tryst with
were moved to a district earlier launched military ect as “vital” in remarks after ered outside the legislature to tion to arm Taiwan. wan and any attempt to arm destiny’ on the global high The author is former
headquarters hospital. drills involving tactical nu- the talks. protest the changes. The leg- The comment was made Taiwan. tables. Ambassador of India to the EU

Belgium commits $1 bn
Crossword #1152 YOUR DAY By Vinayak Vishwas Karandikar
ARIES: Control your LIBRA: Control anger
Syrian jet
anger to avoid in commercial and lands Haj
military aid to Ukraine
disputes. Expect family life.
expenditure for
insurance and property. People
Expenditure for
spouse or family is expected.
pilgrims
in fields like medicine, insurance People in fields like event AP / DAMASCUS (Syria)
and research will do well. management and gyms will AP / BRUSSELS
Repairing of house or vehicle is benefit. Dispute with spouse is For the first time in over a
indicated. Mental or physical indicated. Some people may Ukrainian President decade, 270 Syrians traveled
stress is indicated. suffer from stomach ache. Volodymyr Zelenskiy on on a direct flight early Tues-
Tuesday picked up a second day from Damascus to Saudi
TAURUS: Conflict in SCORPIO: Today is $1 billion promise of military Arabia for the annual
career and married the day to control aid in as many days for his Islamic Haj pilgrimage, the
life is indicated. You anger in commercial war with Russia during a Syrian Transportation Min-
may spend for and family life. You whirlwind tour through the istry said.
business growth. People in may recover delayed payments. European Union, including The development is part
property and travel will benefit. People in fields like sports and Spain and Portugal.. of an ongoing thaw in rela-
Problems in married life and construction will get success. The pledge came from Bel- tions between Damascus and
travel are indicated. Dispute Dispute with children or gium, which topped up the The bilateral aid is essen- Riyadh, which days ago ap-
with maternal relatives is maternal relatives is indicated. money with a commitment tial since the 27-nation bloc is pointed Saudi Arabia’s first
indicated. Some of you may Watch out for back pain. You to give 30 F-16 fighter jets over again struggling to overcome ambassador to war-torn Syr-
suffer from foot pain. may have a headache . the next four years. Hungary's objections to the ia since severing ties in 2012.
GEMINI: Success SAGITTARIUS: Today The Netherlands added to bloc itself providing billions Syria was readmitted to
and gains will be loss is indicated so the goodwill by promising to of euros in military aid to the 22-member Arab League
connected with act wisely. Expect to quickly assemble with key Kyiv, which is in its third in 2023, after it had been sus-
stress or struggle. spend for premium EU partners a Patriot air de- year of war following Rus- pended from the group for
Expect expenditure for business, or property. People in fields like fence system, which Zelen- sia's 2022 full-scale invasion. more than a decade over
health or property. People in martial arts and security will do skiy sees as key in stopping An estimated 6.5 billion eu- President Bashar Assad’s
armed forces, maintenance or well. There may be a dispute Russia from hitting the pow- ros are stalled by the Hungar- brutal crackdown on anti-
technical will be benefited. with family. Some people may er grid and civilian areas, as ian government of Prime government protesters in
Dispute with maternal relatives suffer from back pain or eye well as military targets, with Minister Viktor Orban, who 2011. Most countries in the
is indicated. Some people may problems.You may have a devastating glide bombs that is considered Russia's Arab world have since re-
suffer from knee pain. headache . wreak wide destruction. Ze- staunchest ally in the 27-na- stored diplomatic ties with
lenskyy met with Belgian tion bloc. Damascus.
Across 43 Gifted 26 Flat and level 38 Local Area Network, CANCER: Today CAPRICORN : Today Prime Minister Alexander Single-member states have A second plane of
1 Bumped into 46 Heroic story 28 Local speech abbr. distraction from is the day to travel De Croo on Tuesday. wide veto powers and Hun- pilgrims is set to depart from
4 There might be 47 Electronic 29 Asian desert 39 Military cap work/unhappiness in and communicate. A day earlier, Zelenskiy gary has long held up funds Damascus to Jeddah late
job is indicated. Expenditure for house signed a bilateral security aimed at boosting Ukraine's Tuesday, the ministry said.
one to stand on at Industries Assoc. 30 Performed on stage 40 Similar Expect expenditure for education or vehicle is indicated. People in
the door 48 Solid water agreement with Spain that defence efforts. 1.8 million Muslims took
or made into a law 41 Old time classic or children. People in fields like fields like construction will be allocates 1 billion euros ($1.1 Dutch Minister Kajsa Ol- part in last year’s Haj pil-
7 A heavenly body 49 "Is not" in a slang 32 Had a meal movie___ Ara sports, police and security will benefited. There may be family billion) of military aid to longren said that such a sys- grimage to Mecca, making it
11 Song and dance form - "anti" 36 Bangkok residents 42 Seed of a legume be benefited. You may have a disputes. Some people may Ukraine in 2024, and 5 billion tem will be built "in a short one of the world’s largest re-
12 Hail as to Maria anagram 37 Before or 44 Green prefix? dispute with father or children. suffer from shoulder pain. euros ($5.4 billion) by 2027. time frame." ligious gatherings.
13 Genesis figure 50 Doctor of Sacred ahead of 45 Study LEO: Today loss is AQUARIUS: Today is
14 Thought of or Music, abbr. indicated so act a day to concentrate
considered
17 "M*A*S*H" star
51 __ game: game of
the confidence-
FPJ - SUDOKU - 44
wisely. Expenditure
for business,
education and health is
on your work. Expect
expenditure for travel
or business. Barbers, butchers or
Over 100 business leaders
back UK’s Labour Party
18 Undergo trickster? expected. People in fields like those in the armed forces will
20 Tribal symbol Down education will get success. get success. You may not get
22 Peddled or 1 Spoil Dispute among family members time for family due to workload.
vended 2 Dutch commune is indicated. Some people may You may suffer from knee
suffer from acidity. Watch out for pain.You may have a AGENCIES / LONDON tives in retail, advertising, byn, who campaigned at the
23 Powdery residue 3 Collectively back pain. headache . travel and finance, said last election in 2019 to rena-
24 Employment 4 ___ off : departed In the run-up to the July 4 Labour had shown it had tionalise some key assets and
27 A solemn promise hastily? VIRGO : Today loss PISCES : Today you election, Britain's opposition changed and should be given hike taxes on the rich.
is indicated so act will be aggressive Labour Party has received a a chance to shape the coun- Leaders who signed the
or agreement 5 States wisely. Expect to and may try to letter of support from more try's future. letter include the boss of re-
31 Spittle 6 Boring spend on business dominate others. than 100 business leaders "We, as leaders and in- tailer Iceland, the chairman
33 Group of stars 7 Public disgrace and travel. People in fields like Expect expenditure for health who have said the country vestors in British business, of JD Sports, the head of the
known as the 8 Powder maintenance and insurance will and family. People in fields like needs to end the instability believe that it is time for a UK arm of ad giant WPP, the
hunter? 9 Adjunct or helper benefit. Dispute with family armed forces will do well. and stagnation that has change," the signed letter former CEO of Aston Martin
members is indicated. Some of Dispute among family members dogged its economy. said. and the founder of a chil-
34 Receive or earn 10 Ribonucleic acid, you may suffer from is indicated. Some people may Till now, Prime Minister "We are in urgent need of dren's company that once in-
35 Blind as _ __? acronym constipation. Watch out for back suffer from toothache or eye Rishi Sunak's governing a new outlook to break free cluded Sunak's wife Akshata
(1,3) 15 Chopper pain. problems. Conservative Party was con- from the stagnation of the Murty as an investor.
37 Flat surface 16 Revenue sidered the party of big busi- last decade and we hope by Starmer's Labour has held
39 Former Windies Passenger-Miles WHAT TO DO: Fill in the Solution ness but Labour's finance pol- taking this public stand we an around 20-point lead in
batsman Alwin 19 Born Free lioness grid so that every row, every
40�Akin, 41�Alam, 42�Pea, 44�Eco, 45�Den. icy chief Rachel Reeves has might persuade others of polls for almost a year. It has
column and every 3x3 box
28�Dialect, 29�Gobi, 30�Enacted, 32�Ate, 36�Thais, 37�Pre, 38�LAN, 39�Kepi,
spent years courting that need too." accused the government of
___ 20 A light touch or 9�Aide, 10�RNA, 15�Axe, 16�RPM, 19�Elsa, 20�Tap, 21�Oslo, 25�Gigantic, 26�Even,
business owners in a bid to Labour will hope the en- 14 years of economic mis-
42 Small dog, for stroke contains the digits 1 to 9. Down: 1�Mar, 2�Ede, 3�Together, 4�Made, 5�Avers, 6�Tedious, 7�Scandal, 8�Talc,
show her party can be dorsement shows that it is no management, failing to give
Every puzzle has only one
46�Epic, 47�EIA, 48�Ice, 49�Aint, 50�DSM, 51�Con.
short - "keep" 21 Norway's capital correct solution.
33�Orion, 34�Get, 35�A bat, 37�Plane, 39�Kalicharan, 42�Peke, 43�Talented, trusted to run the economy. longer the party of Starmer's business the stability it
The letter, signed by cur- predecessor, veteran left- craves and leaving people
18�Experience, 20�Totem, 22�Sold, 23�Ash, 24�Usage, 27�Pledge, 31�Saliva,
anagram? 25 Colossal Across: 1�Met, 4�Mat, 7�Star, 11�Ado, 12�Ave, 13�Cain, 14�Regarded, 17�Alda,
rent and former chief execu- wing lawmaker Jeremy Cor- worse off.
MCA secretary Ajinkya Naik lauds Jay Shah's initiative for groundsmen
Mumbai: Ajinkya Naik, the secretary of Mumbai Cricket
Association (MCA), lauded the Board of Control for Cricket
in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah for his move to reward
the groundsmen and curators for their hard work during
the recently-concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) season
2024. Following the conclusion of the Indian Premier
League 2024, Shah took to social media and thanked the
ground staff on Monday.
GAMES
MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024

Ronaldo sets SPL

scoring record
‘India strongest at T20 WC’
The ex-England skipper Eoin Morgan backs India despite injury concerns
QUICK SINGLES
Pant talks about nervous issues
New Delhi: Dashing Indian wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant
revealed that he was reluctant to visit the airport after his life-
threatening injury as he was apprehensive about facing people
while wheelchair bound. The 26-year-old had suffered multiple
Al-Hilal finishes unbeaten in the league PTI / LONDON injuries following a near-fatal car crash on the Delhi-Dehradun
highway in December, 2022. He miraculously cheated death but
AP / RIYADH was also suspended for an ob- India's remarkable reservoir the injuries required a major knee surgery and an extensive
scene gesture in February at of talent and formidable rehabilitation about which Pant has already opened up. "The
Cristiano Ronaldo finished Al-Shabab fans who had been depth within their squad accident was a life-changing experience for me. When I got up
the Saudi Pro League by set- chanting the name of Lionel makes them strong con- after it, I wasn't even sure if I would be alive, but God was very
ting the season goal-scoring Messi, Ronaldo's longstand- tenders to win the upcoming kind to save me," Pant said on "Dhawan Karenge", a talk show
record on Monday. ing soccer rival. T20 World Cup, feels former hosted by India cricketer Shikhar Dhawan. "I couldn't go to the
Ronaldo scored twice in Al-Nassr finished second England skipper Eoin Mor- airport because I was nervous about facing people in a
Riyadh as Al-Nassr defeated in the league, 14 points gan. wheelchair. I couldn't even brush my teeth for two months, and
Al-Ittihad 4-2 and lifted his behind local rival Al-Hilal, India have gone with al- for six to seven months, I suffered unbearable pain," Pant
league tally to 35, one more which won the championship most the same squad as they recalled.
than the record in more than two weeks had in the last edition of the
2019 by Abderrazak ago and completed T20 World Cup while adding ICC grants List-A status to MLC
Hamdallah. 4-2the 34-round league the likes of young Yashasvi San Francisco: The ICC has granted official List-A status to
In the final seconds Al Nassr unbeaten on Monday. Jaiswal, Yuzvendra Chahal Major League Cricket matches in the US in only its second
of the first half, match Al-Hilal was too and Sanju Samson. season, a move aimed at promoting the game in one of the
scoreline
Ronaldo, who had al- strong even without "The strongest side even The strongest side even with injuries throughout biggest sports markets. The International Cricket Council's
ready had two goals Neymar, who joined with injuries throughout the the tournament is India. Their strength and decision comes a week before MLC commences its second
ruled out for offside, the club in August tournament is India. Their depth is absolutely incredible," season and less than a week before the Americas host cricket's
chested down a long 35from Paris Saint-Ger- strength and depth is ab- – Eoin Morgan, former England skipper showpiece event, the T20 World Cup. The ICC's move makes
pass from Ronaldo's main but suffered a solutely incredible," Morgan MLC as the official T20 league and America's first world-class
Mohammed Al-Fatil league tally season-ending ACL said on Sky Sports. domestic tournament. "Now, every century, half-century, '?ve-for',
and opened the scor- injury in October. "And it's almost probably, "The only decision I would sense of positivity." now where Adelaide would run-out, win, loss, and championship will be documented as
ing with a low shot from the Aleksandar Mitrovic stepped we're talking about who the have had differently and if I India head into almost hurt, recently losing the official career statistics in an internationally recognised format of
left side of the area. in and ended the season with players that were missed out was selecting the squad, I every tournament as (ODI) World Cup at home to the game," said MLC in a statement. The official status to MLC
With 21 minutes remain- a goal in the final seconds to in their squad of 15 because would have Shubman Gill favourites but they haven't Australia in front of 1,25,000 means it will provide local US players and upcoming stars of the
ing, the five-time Ballon d'Or clinch a 2-1 win over Al-Weh- of the quality that they pos- over Yashasvi Jaiswal. I have won an ICC title in over a Indian fans. game the opportunity for international recognition, furthering
winner celebrated wildly af- da. The Serbian striker, sess. "They are favourites for played alongside him, I know decade. The last trophy the "The spinner will come the development of domestic talent in the country. "The List-A
ter heading home a corner signed from London club Ful- me, the quality they have on how he thinks. I know how he 'Men in Blue' lifted was the into the game, the level of status comes after the MLC's successful inaugural season and
from Marcelo Brozovic. He ham last summer, reached 27 paper, if they produce it I works. Champions Trophy in 2013. batsmanship will come into underscores its unwavering dedication to delivering premier
was substituted off the field league goals, second only to think they can beat anybody "I feel he's a future leader In the last edition of the the game if the wickets slow cricket in the United States," the statement added.
five minutes later to a stand- Ronaldo. quite well in the within that side and I think in T20 World Cup they were down like we think. But also
ing ovation from the home On its way to the title, Al- tournament," he added. big moments, in World Cups hammered by 10 wickets by that excellence in power hit- India A to play Australia A
fans. It ended an action- Hilal went on a 34-game win- India were spoilt for choice the more leaders the better. eventual winners England in ting is the point of difference Melbourne: India 'A' will play two first-class matches against
packed season for Ronaldo, ning streak in all competi- as they were forced to leave Even if he's sitting on the the semifinals in Adelaide. for me. Shivam Dube has to Australia 'A' in the run-up to the marquee Border Gavaskar
who scored four hat tricks tions, a new world record for the likes of Shubman Gill and sideline, you still need inspi- "I think they can (win), be- play,I think he'll set this World Trophy later this year, CA announced on Tuesday. The two games
and collected one red card. He a top tier team. KL Rahul. ration from here and there, a cause they have go to a stage Cup alight. are scheduled to be played at the Great Barrier Reef Arena in
Mackay and the MCG from October 31-November 3 and

De Bruyne to lead Belgium at Euro 2024 with Witsel

November 7 to 10 respectively, Cricket Australia said. The
warm-up games will provide an opportunity for fringe players
from both sides to push for a Test berth. "Hosting those A
matches at the upgraded Great Barrier Reef Arena and the MCG
give these 'A' matches significant status and will provide great
AP / BRUSSELS De Bruyne and Witsel are turning from injury. The (Atletico Madrid), Zeno Debast opportunities to players from both sides to put up their hand for

Manchester City midfielder

Kevin De Bruyne will lead a
remaining members of the
so-called golden generation of
Belgian players. While De
men are at odds since a
dispute last year, and
Courtois announced in
D e Bruyne and Witsel are
remaining members of
the so-called golden
(Anderlecht), Thomas Meunier
(Trabzonspor), Maxim De Cuyper
(Club Brugge)
selection," said Peter Roach, CA Head of Cricket Operations and
Scheduling. The Indian team will also play a three-day intra-
squad match at the WACA Ground from November 17. India had
rejuvenated Belgium side in- Bruyne's presence was ex- December he would miss generation of Belgian Midfielders: Aster Vranckx played warm-up matches against Australia A in their previous
cluding a once-retired Alex pected, Witsel's was a the Euros. players. While De Bruyne's (Wolfsburg), Youri Tielemans tour Down Under in 2020-21 as well. The opening Test is set to
Witsel at the European Cham- surprise after Tedesco Tedesco succeeded presence was expected, (Aston Villa), Orel Mangala be held at the Optus Stadium in Perth from November 22. It will
pionship next month. dropped him from his first Roberto Martinez as Bel- Witsel's was a surprise after (Lyon), Kevin De Bruyne be the first time since the 1991-92 season that the marquee
De Bruyne and Witsel were squad last year. Witsel soon gium manager in Febru- Tedesco dropped him from (Manchester City), Arthur series has been extended to five Tests.
on the 25-man list unveiled by after announced his retire- ary 2023. He has yet to his first squad last year Vermeeren (Atletico Madrid),
coach Domenico Tedesco on ment from international soc- lose a game in charge of Amadou Onana (Everton) Eng Champions reveal squad for WCL
Tuesday. Real Madrid goal- cer and did not play in quali- the Red Devils. Forwards: Romelu Lukaku London: Cricketing icons like Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen and Ravi
keeper Thibaut Courtois, fying. Belgium will face Slo- (Nottingham Forest), Koen (Roma), Charles De Ketelaere Bopara are all set to join the spectacle of the World
preparing for the Champions But Tedesco said Witsel's vakia, Romania and Casteels (Wolfsburg), Thomas (Atalanta), Jérémy Doku Championship of Legends (WCL) as England Champions
League final, was not. recent showings with Atletico Ukraine in Group E. Bel- Kaminski (Luton). (Manchester City), Lois Openda announced their lineup for the inaugural edition of the
Full back Maxim De Madrid convinced him the 35- gium's best result at the Defenders: Wout Faes (Leipzig), Leandro Trossard tournament. The tournament is scheduled to take place from July
Cuyper, who won the Belgian year-old midfielder was the Tedesco said Courtois was continental tournament was (Leicester), Timothy Castagne (Arsenal), Johan Bakayoko (PSV 3 to 13 in England. The England Champions squad curated a
league with Club Brugge last right choice. not ready for Euro 2024, runner-up in 1980. (Fulham), Arthur Theate Eindhoven), Dodi Lukebakio stellar lineup of seasoned icons and promising cricketing returns
weekend, was the only new- "I have the best feelings which starts on June 14 in Belgium: (Rennes), Jan Vertonghen (Sevilla), Yannick Carrasco (Al- in the form of Pietersen, Bopara, Bell, Samit Patel, Owais Shah,
comer. with Axel," Tedesco said. Germany, after recently re- Goalkeepers: Matz Sels (Anderlecht), Axel Witsel Shabab) Philip Mustard, Chris Schofield, Sajid Mahmood.

Harbhajan backs Pandya at T20 WC How Indian 4x400m relay team

The former India
off-spinner feels
When he wears that
blue jersey, he will be a
different Hardik Pandya
earned Paris Olympics spot
Pandya has gone because we know he can The Indian quartet
through a lot score those runs and take finished with a col-
those wickets. I want Hardik
PTI / CHENNAI
to come good as he has gone lective timing of 3
Former India off-spinner
through a lot and I wish him minutes and 3.23
all the very best to have a
Harbhajan Singh has nothing PTI / NEW DELHI
very good tournament for
but empathy for Hardik
India,"
Pandya as he navigates a Determined to improve its
– Harbhajan Singh,
challenging phase in his ca- time and qualify for the Paris
fomer India off-spinner
reer and is hopeful that the Olympics, the Indian men's
all-rounder, who "hasn't been 4x400m relay squad had
a free man in the last two "I believe it's the responsi- planned to shadow the formi-
months", will become one bility of the management to dable USA team at the World
during next month's T20 come together, and win to- Athletics Relays, sprinter
World Cup. gether. Even if they lose they Amoj Jacob had revealed.
Pandya endured a forget- should be losing together." The Indian men's squad
table IPL both as captain and Bumrah will need good comprising Muhammed
player with his team Mumbai wish him all the very best to backlash against Pandya was "...it looked like they (MI) support Anas Yahiya, Muhammed Aj-
Indians ending bottom of the have a very good tournament MI's decision to hand him the were not playing together as a Jasprit Bumrah is the only mal, Arokia Rajiv and Jacob
heap in the points table. What for India," Harbhajan told PTI captaincy after taking it away team. So there was a lot going speedster among the chosen qualified for the Paris Games We knew that we had the US in our Heats and they
made things worse was the in an exclusive interview. from the long-serving Rohit on. Hardik wasn't a free man three (the other two being Ar- after finishing second in their mostly run below 3 minutes. So, our plan was to stay
incessant jeering of fans "If he has a good tourna- Sharma. in the last two months. I be- shdeep Singh and Mo- heat at the World Athletics close to them in the race, which will not only improve
whenever he took the field, in- ment, obviously India will There was speculation lieve both of them and many hammed Siraj), who doesn't Relays in Nassau, Bahamas our time but also help us qualify for Paris Games,"
cluding at MI's home turf -- have a great chance to go for- throughout the season that others who have played in dif- need conditions to be success- earlier this month. The Indi- – Amoj Jacob, Indian sprinter
the Wankhede Stadium. ward," he said. MI's dressing room was a di- ferent teams will have to ful, feels Harbhajan. "Pace at- an quartet finished with a col-
But Harbhajan expects the "Yes, his form is a bit of a vided house due to the change come together to do some- tack definitely could be a con- lective timing of 3 minutes
tide to turn in the Americas concern...and lot of other of guard. Rohit will now cap- thing special for the nation...," cern because because Bum- and 3.23 with USA (2:59.95) ex- for Paris Games," Jacob told Jacob took the baton from
during the T20 showpiece. stuff was going on around tain the national side with he said. rah is in a different league for pectedly topping the heat. SAI Media. Arokia. The Delhi boy ran a
"When he wears that blue him, his shifting from Pandya as his deputy in the "Winning a World Cup is a the kind of bowler he is. He "We knew that we had the "Our target was to register fantastic race to overtake his
jersey, he will be a different Gujarat to Mumbai, was a big World Cup starting June 1. bigger achievement than win- will win you games on any US in our Heats and they a time between 3:00 and 3:10 Mexican opponent and finish
Hardik Pandya because we change and the team (MI) did- Harbhajan, a multi format ning an IPL trophy, so I would kind of pitch. He doesn't need mostly run below 3 minutes. so that our confidence is high second. India had failed to fin-
know he can score those runs n't react too well to Hardik World Cup-winner, urged the urge the management to conditions whereas other So, our plan was to stay close going into the Paris ish in the first-round qualify-
and take those wickets. I want coming back and that too as team management to bring bring everyone together, have bowlers like Arshdeep and to them in the race, which Olympics," he added. The In- ing heat after second leg run-
Hardik to come good as he captain," the 43-year-old Pandya and Rohit on "same them on one page and make Siraj would need help from will not only improve our dian team was in third posi- ner Rajesh Ramesh pulled out
has gone through a lot and I added. The reason for the fan page". sure they play like one. conditions. time but also help us qualify tion when anchor-leg runner midway due to cramps.

MANY OF THE BATTERS WHO LED THAT REVOLUTION LIKE TRAVIS HEAD WILL BE IN ACTION IN THE ICC SHOWPIECE
Indian boys and girls
defend South Asian titles Far from IPL, bowlers set to lord over batters in WC
PTI / BENGALURU fans to expect another batting I don't too to get a slot in the eleven
PTI / NEW DELHI Divyanshi Bowmick ac- waltz. think that as vice-captain Hardik
counted for Yoshini Jayawar- Put through the wringer in But their approach cannot you'll see these Pandya plays a similar role
India's under-19 girls team re- dena 11-8, 11-7, 11-9, Syndrela the IPL, can bowlers hope to be as one-dimensional in the kind of high and remains the first-choice.
tained its title at the South Das followed it up with a 11-9, breathe a bit easy in the T20 World Cup as it was in the IPL scores in the Skipper Rohit Sharma has
Asian Youth Table Tennis 11-9, 11-4 win over Shanya World Cup next month? for a variety of reasons. T20 World Cup, made that bit quite clear al-
Championships after blank- Muthuli before Kavya Bhatt The genesis of this ques- To begin with, teams will purely because ready.
ing hosts Sri Lanka 3-0 in the ended the ordeal of Samindi tion lies in the transfor- not have the luxury of an there will be "I will be expecting if we

8
final in Kandy. Weerasooriya to win mation that T20 bat- Impact Player in the one batter less," need Shivam to ball a few
India had got the India 11-3, 11-8, 11-7. ting underwent in World Cup. So, they – Mitchell Starc, overs, he will. Same with
better of Nepal 3-0 In the Under-15 the latest edition of will have to be Australian pacer Hardik, he has come and
in the semifinals had got the boys final, also the IPL. ready to switch to bowled whenever needed. All-
before taking on better of Nepal 3- against the hosts, The 250-mark Number of times an attritional style rounders must do that what-
the the hosts in 0 in the semifinals Sarthak Arya was breached only the 250-mark was of cricket as and ever their role is," he had said
the final. before taking on won both his sin- once in the league breached in IPL when the situation after the announcement of
Sayali Wani gles, to be the ar- till this season, but 2024 demands. India's squad.
beat Bimandee
the hosts chitect of India's teams went past that Mitchell Starc un- However, that's just one
Bandara 11-6, 12-10, win. point eight times in the derlined that point after part of the story. The batters
11-8, Pritha Vartikar He first defeated just-concluded edition. playing a big role in guiding will also have to negate pitch-
downed Tamadi Kavindya 7- Naviru Nethsitha 11-4, 11-5, Many of the batters who Kolkata Knight Riders to es that will be very different
11, 11-3, 11-7, 6-11, 11-8, and Ta- 11-5, and Soham Mukherjee led that revolution, such as their third IPL title. No. 8, like you did in the IPL. IPL, Chennai Super Kings Dube produced a couple of from the ones they got used to
neesha Kotecha beat Divya consolidated India's lead Australian Travis Head and "There is an Impact Player "I don't think that you'll see used Shivam Dube, a pace match-winning knocks in the IPL. "The West Indian
Dharani 11-8 11-7 11-7 in the when he downed Akian Bo- West Indian Andre Russell, Rule here (in IPL) and not in these kind of high scores in bowling all-rounder, exclu- against Royal Challengers pitches are no longer what
summit clash to lift the jith 11-6, 11-6, 11-5 for a 2-0 will be seen in action in the the T20 World Cup. You are the T20 World Cup, purely be- sively as a batter through the Bengaluru and the Knight they used to be in the '80s or in
trophy on Monday. lead. However, Sahil Rawat ICC showpiece in the Americ- going to rely more on your all- cause there will be one batter Impact Player rule, though he Riders. But in the World Cup, the '90s. They are now slower,
In the Under-15 section, the lost to Agasthya Ananditha 7- as next month. rounders. You cannot put less," said Starc. usually walked in at No. 4 or 5 the left-hander will have to and at times gripping," a vet-
results were no different. 11, 11-3, 11-6, 9-11, 10-12. So, it's quite natural for your batting all-rounder at In the earlier part of the in place of a bowler. showcase his bowling skills eran curator told PTI.

Printed and Published by Girdharlal Lakhotia for the Proprietors, Indian National Press (Bombay) P. Ltd., at Journal Press, Free Press House, Free Press Journal Marg, 215, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400 021. Tel: 69028000, Advt. Dept. 69028026. E-mail: [email protected] • OFFICE: Indore: 3/54, Press Complex, A. B. Road, Indore-452 008, Tel: 2555111-2, Fax: 2558555,
New Delhi: 1/8 INS Bldg., Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110 001; Tel.: 23718853; Kolkata: Tel.: 22875645; Chennai: Tel: 28217766; Bhopal: Tel: 2660570, 4271345. Transportation charges Rs. 2.00 only. Managing Editor: Girdharlal Lakhotia. Editor: S.S. DHAWAN Reg. No. MCS/048/2021-23; RNI No. 1541/1957
GAMES MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024
Atiqa Mir shines at IAME Summer Cup round one with double podium, new lap record
Ras Al Khaimah: Fresh from competing in European tracks, Indian-
origin karting prodigy, Atiqa Mir participated in the IAME Summer
Series Cup Round 1, held at the RAK Track in UAE. Competing in a
field of 19 drivers, Atiqa achieved a commendable third place
overall in the Mini category and 2nd place in the Mini R category.
After an impressive qualifying session where she secured second
overall, just missing out on pole position, Atiqa faced a challenging
pre-final race, finishing in 6th place.

Rybakina tops Minnen to advance

SPORTS CAFE Sportsfield,
Bochum survives dramatic playoff Jolly Brothers
Dusseldorf: Bochum clinched Bundesliga survival by coming
from three goals down and winning a penalty shootout 6-5 to win Group ‘C’
thwart Fortuna Düsseldorf's promotion bid on Monday. Second
division club Düsseldorf was 3-0 up from the first leg of their
The World No 4 will face either Angelique Kerber or Arantxa Rus next & ‘D’ titles
playoff on Thursday, but Philipp Hofmann scored twice and ANI / PARIS to start the match, including a FPJ NEWS SERVICE / MUMBAI
Kevin Stöger converted a penalty for Bochum to win the second
leg 3-0. "Everyone wrote us off after the first game and that The fourth-seeded Elena Ry-
double fault to drop service in
the first game, showing signs 6-2, 6-3 Sportsfield CC and Jolly
Rybakina match
gave us even more motivation, to create history, to do bakina scripted a fine victory of rust. She needed a second scoreline Brothers SC emerged cham-
something incredible," said Hofmann, who scored an own goal of 6-2, 6-3 against Greet Min- opportunity to win after wast- pions winning the Group-C
in the first leg. It left the teams level at 3-3 on aggregate. nen in the first round of the ing her first match point at 5- and Group-D finals respec-
Düsseldorf came closest to scoring in extra time and Bochum
held on thanks to a number of goal-line clearances. Veteran
French Open 2024 after a slow
start on Tuesday.
1 on a missed drop shot effort.
However, Rybakina was on 36 tively in the Dr. H.D. Kanga
Knockout Cricket Tourna-
Winners fired by
goalkeeper Andreas Luthe saved Andre Hoffmann's first effort for But for the majority of the fire for the most part of the Rybakina ment 2024, organized by
Düsseldorf in the shootout, and counterpart Florian Kastenmeier match, Rybakina was in daz- game. She won ten straight Mumbai Cricket Association.
also made a save for the home team. zling form and the World No.4 games after falling behind 2-0, In the Group-C summit
fired 36 winners to 21 un- showering Minnen with clash Sportsfield CC defeated
Three players quit Arg national team forced errors. In the victories from all over Gay Cavaliers CC by a com-
Buenos Aires: Three players quit Argentina's national women's second round, Ry- the court. The Kaza- fortable five wickets at the
squad Monday after a dispute over a lack of pay and conditions bakina will face ei- khstani's forehand MCA ground, BKC. In the
at a camp ahead of two international friendlies, an unthinkable ther former World served as the foun- Group-D final, Jolly Brothers
scenario for the country's World Cup winning men's squad. No.1 Angelique dation of her run, SC outplayed Young Boys CC
Goalkeeper Laurina Oliveiros, defender Julieta Cruz and Kerber or Arantxa but she also fre- by registering a thumping 87-
midfielder Lorena Benítez, all regular starters for the national Rus. quently executed run victory. Both Sportsfield
team, announced their move as the squad started fine-tuning for " I missed this excellent drop shots and Jolly Boys have qualified
friendlies against Costa Rica on Friday and on June 3. tournament and I'm re- and swarmed the net to play in the Kanga League.
"We reached a point in which we are tired of the injustices, of ally happy to be back and when the chance arose. More details available on-
not being valued, not being heard and, even worse, being competitive here. A humid With her usual calmness, line on our website.
humiliated," Cruz posted on Instagram. "We need improvements climate like on Tuesday, re- the No. 4 seed, who was pa- Brief scores – Group-C (final):
for Argentina's women's soccer national team, and I am not only quired moving better, we have tient and strong, built her Gay Cavaliers CC 187 for 8, 45
talking about finances. I speak about training, having lunch, to 'adjust. But I'm focusing on opening round victory. With overs (Azad Chauhan 68* (97-
breakfast." myself and I'm playing very six unforced errors in the I missed this tournament and I'm really happy to be back and competitive here. A humid balls, 5x4), Hridayesh Pawar 31
well now. She will face Aran- first six points of the game, climate like on Tuesday, required moving better, we have to 'adjust. But I'm focusing on myself (26-balls, 3x4, 1x6), Aaradhya
Olympic champion Carapaz misses out txa Rus or Angelique Kerber her hesitation at the begin- and I'm playing very well now.” – Elena Rybakina, World No 4 Mayekar 29; Bhavik Patel 3/35,
Quito (Ecuador): Richard Carapaz will not be at the Paris in the next round," the world ning of the game could have Siddharth Ghule 2/14) lost to
Olympics to defend his road cycling title. Ecuador's only No. 4 said after her victory as predicted additional troubles. Sportsfield CC 188 for 5, 39.4
representative at the Olympics in the road cycling race and quoted by Roland Garros As a result, she gave up an her forehand and secure a 2-2 case the Kazakhstani player's line (she finished the match overs (Mehul Gokani 78* (98-
individual time trial will be Jhonatan Narváez, the national website. early lead. Her rapid disre- score on her third break best qualities, which include with 36 winning shots). She balls, 7x4), Siddharth Ghule 37
cycling federation said in a statement on Monday. Carapaz said She made eight gard for the "alert" allowed point. her deadly serve and rockets was very dedicated, winning (60-balls, 3x4), Bhavik Patel 26;
on his social media he wished "the best of luck to Jhonatan," consecutive unforced errors him to immediately correct The remaining plays show- she launches from her base- 69% of the points. Hridayesh Pawar 2/21.
and added he will keep reaching for new goals. The two cyclists
had a tough battle for Ecuador's spot in Paris. Carapaz was the
first Ecuadorian to win a grand tour, the 2019 Giro d'Italia.
He also made the podium at the Tour de France and Spanish
Vuelta, but hasn't finished any grand tour since 2022. This year,
Pragg beats Alireza in Armageddon Shooters level allegations
he won a stage and finished seventh in the Tour de Romandie in
Switzerland in April. The Olympic champion claimed in various
interviews that the process to earn Ecuador's only road cycling
PTI / STAVANGER (NORWAY)

Indian Grandmaster R Prag-

68-move marathon draw with
reigning world champion
Ding Liren to seal the day in
against top rifle coach
spot in Paris favored Narváez. The federation rejected the gnanandhaa got off to a flier his favour while Hikaru PTI / NEW DELHI original rifle was "spoilt" by
accusation. and defeated Firouzja Alireza Nakamura proved stronger the coach. They also refused
of France in the Armageddon than American compatriot A reputed national coach has to reveal the coach's identity.
Sylvinho says Albania face no pressure game in the first round of Fabiano Caruana in the Ar- been accused of tampering "Yes, my ward's gun was
Tirana (Albania): Albania is under no pressure heading to the Norway Chess tournament mageddon. After the end of with rifles of some shooters spoilt by the coach. We had to
European Championship although coach Sylvinho stressed on here on Tuesday. the first round, Praggnanand- by their parents, a charge that buy a new one because of
Monday his team will show its fighting character. The Albanians After an easy draw under haa, Carlsen and Nakamura has been vehemently denied that. How can the coach just
qualified for their second Euros by topping a group including the normal time control, Prag- share the lead on 1.5 points by the national federation, come and do all these setting
Czech Republic and Poland. They are in Group B with Italy, Spain gnanadhaa got 10 minutes as apiece while Alireza, Liren which has urged the ag- changes (alter the settings)
and Croatia. white compared to Alireza's and Caruana follow them a grieved individuals to file a without the approval of the
seven but with the condition half point behind. complaint. shooter just one day before a
Bill Walton dies of cancer at 71 that he had to win as a draw Each win under classical One of the parents of the world Cup," the father of the
New York: Bill Walton was never afraid to be himself. Larger would have given black extra The day saw all the games happened to decide the win- time control here is worth allegedly affected shooters, shooter said. "It happened
than life, only in part because of his nearly 7-foot frame, Walton points. under classical time control ner in this unique format. three points while the winner who declined to be named, during the ISSF World Cup in
was a two-time NCAA champion at UCLA, a two-time champion The Indian was clinical in ending in draws in both men World number one Magnus takes 1.5 home in the Ar- told PTI on Tuesday that he Bhopal last year. Not only
in the NBA, a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, an on-court icon his approach and carved out a and women's section and as Carlsen played out a 14-move mageddon with one point for had to purchase a new equip- this, every other match also,
in every sense of the word passed away at 71. fine victory in the endgame. many as six Armageddon draw in classical and then a the one on the receiving end. ment for his ward after the the coach does it.”

CORRIGENDUM

HDFC Bank Ltd.

Branch: HDFC SPENTA – RPM DEPT, 2ND FLOOR, NEXT TO
HDFC BANK HOUSE, MATHURADAS MILLS COMPOUND,
SENAPATI BAPAT MARG, LOWER PAREL WEST,
MUMBAI - 400 013. TEL: 022-66113020
Regd. Office: HDFC BANK LTD. HDFC BANK HOUSE, SENAPATI
BAPAT MARG, LOWER PAREL [WEST] MUMBAI 400013
CIN L65920MH1994PLC080618 Website: www.hdfcbank.com
Corrigendum for Publication of Sale notice for sale of
immovable properties
(Sale through e-bidding only)
This is with the reference to the Publication of E-Auction Sale
Notice published in the newspaper namely “Free Press Journal”
(English) and “NAV SHAKTI” (Marathi) on 09-MAY-2024.
With reference to the above-mentioned publication this corrigendum
is regarding the cases mentioned at Sr No. at 3 of MR GHARAT
CHETAN & MRS GHARAT PRAJAKTA CHETAN
The Description of the Immovable Property / Secured Asset
mentioned in column “C” at Sr No. 3 of MR GHARAT CHETAN &
MRS GHARAT PRAJAKTA CHETAN is briefly described and
should be read as mentioned below :
FLAT NO 402, 4th FLOOR, FREESIA B WING, NAUTILUS CO-OP
HSG SOCIETY, GUT NO 114, TALAVALI TARFE KHANDALE,
TALUKA ALIBAG, DIST RAIGAD – 402201
Admeasuring Floor Area 351.1 Sq. ft. (Carpet Area) i.e. 32.62
Sq. Mtrs. + Terrace 66.1 Sq. Ft. i.e. 6.147 Sq. Mtrs.
(Total Salable Area 560 Sq. Ft. i.e. 52.02 Sq. Mtrs.)
For HDFC Bank Ltd.
Place: Mumbai Sd/-
Date: 27-MAY-2024 Authorised Officer

E-Tender Notice
Tender Document ID No. 2024_MCGM_1039265_1
Name of Organization Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
Subject Comprehensive operation and maintenance
contract ol Air pollution control system at
Bhoiwada Hindu Cemetery Phase-I for two years
i.e. 2024-2026.
Cost of Scrutiny fee of Tender Rs. 3000/- (+18% GST)
Cost of Tender (Estimated Cost) Rs. 15,93,062/- (Excluding GST)
Bid Security Deposit / EMD Rs. 17,000/-
Date of issue of tender 29.05.2024 from 11:00 Hrs.
Last date & time for Submission 05.06.2024 upto 12:00 Hrs.
of Bid Security Deposit / EMD
Submission of Packet A, B & 05.06.2024 upto 16:00 Hrs.
Packet C (Online)
Pre-Bid Meeting Not Applicable
Opening of Packet A (Bid 06.06.2024 on/after 16:00 Hrs.
Opening)
Address for communication Office of the :- E. E. Mech (South), BMC Municipal
Workshop, R. S. Nimkar Marg, Byculla, Mumbai-
400008
Venue for opening of bid Online in E. E. Mech (South)'s office.
Contact Person :
A) Name Shri. A. C. Mohite
B) Telephone (Office) 022-23083051/52/53/54
C) Email Address [email protected]
Website http://portal.mcgm.gov.in/tenders
https://mahatenders.gov.in
This tender document is not transferable.
The BMC reserves the rights to accept any of the application or reject any or all the
application received for above subject without assigning any reason thereof.
Sd/-
Executive Engineer
PRO/118/ADV/2024-25 Mechanical (South)
Fever? Act now, see your doctor for correct & complete treatment
 CLICK ON PUZZLES TO PLAY PUZZLES
MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024

Crossword # 1152

Word Search
Across hunter? Down 25 Colossal
1 Bumped into 34 Receive or earn 1 Spoil 26 Flat and level
4 There might be one 35 Blind as _ __? (1,3)
2 Dutch commune 28 Local speech
to stand on at the 37 Flat surface
3 Collectively 29 Asian desert
door 39 Former Windies
7 A heavenly body batsman Alwin ___ 4 ___ off : departed 30 Performed on
11 Song and dance 42 Small dog, for hastily? stage or made into
Riddler 12 Hail as to Maria short - "keep" 5 States a law
13 Genesis figure anagram? 6 Boring 32 Had a meal
Use 4 4's and only 4 4's along with any mathe- 14 Thought of or 43 Gifted 7 Public disgrace 36 Bangkok residents
matical operators to make a total of 12. considered 46 Heroic story 8 Powder 37 Before or
17 "M*A*S*H" star 47 Electronic 9 Adjunct or helper ahead of
18 Undergo Industries Assoc. 10 Ribonucleic acid, 38 Local Area
20 Tribal symbol 48 Solid water acronym Network, abbr.
22 Peddled or vended 49 "Is not" in a slang
Solution: Our solution: (44+4)/4 = 12
15 Chopper 39 Military cap
23 Powdery residue form - "anti" 16 Revenue 40 Similar
24 Employment anagram
Passenger-Miles 41 Old time classic
27 A solemn promise 50 Doctor of Sacred
19 Born Free lioness movie___ Ara
or agreement Music, abbr.
20 A light touch or 42 Seed of a legume
31 Spittle 51 __ game: game of
33 Group of stars the confidence- stroke 44 Green prefix?
known as the trickster? 21 Norway's capital 45 Study

SUDOKU
44�Eco, 45�Den.
39�Kepi, 40�Akin, 41�Alam, 42�Pea,
32�Ate, 36�Thais, 37�Pre, 38�LAN,
28�Dialect, 29�Gobi, 30�Enacted,
21�Oslo, 25�Gigantic, 26�Even,
15�Axe, 16�RPM, 19�Elsa, 20�Tap,
7�Scandal, 8�Talc, 9�Aide, 10�RNA,
4� Made, 5� Avers, 6� Tedious,
Down: 1�Mar, 2�Ede, 3�Together,

Land 51�Con.
47�EIA, 48�Ice, 49�Aint, 50�DSM,
Can you find the words connected in one way or the other with the theme indicated by 42�Peke, 43�Talented, 46�Epic,
the title in today's Word Search? bat, 37� Plane, 39� Kalicharan,
The words may be read horizontally, vertically or diagonally either forwards or backwards,
31�Saliva, 33�Orion, 34�Get, 35�A
23�Ash, 24�Usage, 27�Pledge,
but always in straight lines. Use a ruler to cross them through as you find them. 18�Experience, 20�Totem, 22�Sold,
14� Regarded, 17� Alda,
11� Ado, 12� Ave, 13� Cain,
Across: 1�Met, 4�Mat, 7�Star,

Acreage Nation
Acres Open space
Area Province
Country Real Estate
District Realm
Domain Region
Farmland Soil
Fields Terra firma
Ground Terrain
Loam Territory WHAT TO DO: Fill in the
grid so that every row, every
Manor Tract column and every 3x3 box
contains the digits 1 to 9.
Every puzzle has only one
correct solution.
 INFO
Watermelon
Watermelon is a boon for skin, especially for acne-prone skin. Having high water content,
watermelons keep the skin hydrated, flush out the toxins and regulate the digestive system.
Watermelon is also rich in vitamins A, C, B1, and B6. It is a rich source of carotenoids, flavonoids, and
lycopene. The lycopene present in watermelon helps protect your skin against free radical damage. J O U R N A L
MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024

How to disinfect a house? AMRUTHA NAIR How to use

honey for
JYOTI S

H
oney is an age-old remedy
for most of the common

H
aving a clean, beauty-related problems
healthy, that we all face. It works incredibly
well on the skin. It contains all the

oily skin?
and homey
home is essential required nutrients and agents that
in any and every benefit our skin in many ways.
aspect. Sanitizing Honey contains antioxidants that
and disinfecting help in delaying the ageing of the
your living space, skin. It also helps in improving the Honey
complexion of the skin by removing
especially during
tan and blemishes.
and lemon
this important time A mixture of lemon and
whilst a pandemic, Apart from this, honey is a best
honey also helps in treating
is important. Here remedy for those who have oily
pimples and acne scars which is
are 5 tips on how to skin. Oily skin occurs when the skin Banana and honey Honey and milk usually a result of oily skin.
sanitize home, how produces excess oil automatically. Banana and honey work Honey
And this oil production can be one Ingredients: 1 tsp honey, 1 tsp
to disinfect, and how 3 Incorporate an all-purpose cleaner into effectively in moisturizing and and milk are lemon.
to have a bacteria- of the major reasons for acne and
your cleaning breakouts. Honey when mixed
hydrating the skin. Since honey considered
How to do: Mix equal amounts
free environment. Here is an all-purpose cleaner recipe that, has antibacterial properties, as great
with other kitchen ingredients of lemon and honey and apply it
without a doubt, will make all surfaces in your it helps in preventing the moisturizers
will give you an on the affected area with a cotton
1 Sanitize your home a gleaming one. It can be used to sanitize and development of any bacteria on for the skin
instant and swab. Wash off the mixture
clean appliances, kitchen counters, slabs, and even the skin. that will help
Phone permanent in keeping it
in lukewarm water after 10
Though not inside the refrigerator. It can be used as a proper remedy for Ingredients: 2 tsp honey, ½ minutes. Repeat this every
disinfectant. banana. hydrated. Apart
exactly the first image oily skin. alternate day for better
Combine 4 tablespoons of baking soda and 1 How to do: Take half a banana from this, these also
that comes when So let us results.
quarter cup of warm water, and wipe the messes away and mash it to make a thick paste. help in brightening up the
we hear the word find out
with a cloth or sponge. Now, add 2 teaspoonful honey and mix skin.
“sanitize home”, how we
this is indeed an can use them well. Apply an even layer of this Ingredients: ½ cup milk, ½ cup honey. Honey and turmeric
4 A Home-made sanitizer
important detail honey in mixture and leave it on your face. After How to do: In a bowl add ½ cup of raw If you have any
we often miss. A good and helpful sanitizer 15-20 minutes wash it off in normal milk. Next, add the same quantity of honey infections, wounds, or
our daily
Your phone 2 De-stink the is essential during this
skin care water. and mix them well. Apply this solution on inflammations on the
probably garbage disposal time. While we are amid a your skin and let it dry. Later, wash it off in skin, then this pack
holds Nobody likes a smelly waste pandemic, a sanitizer is a
routine. Honey and oatmeal normal water. You can repeat this remedy will help you in solving
very helpful and important Honey and oatmeal contain
way disposal area, especially when once every day for better results. all your problems.
thing to use. Making your antioxidants that help in nourishing
more it’s already an area people don’t Moreover, it also helps
dirt and like entering. So to fix that and to hand sanitizer is fairly easy the skin and healing it. The Honey and oil face mask in brightening the skin.
to do and only requires below face pack works The agents in honey and olive oil help
bacteria hopefully make sure it never happens effectively if you use it in shrinking the pores and rejuvenating the Ingredients: 1 tbsp
than again, disinfect your waste disposal three ingredients:
Isopropyl/Rubbing at least once in a week. skin. honey, a pinch of
you by running a few lime or lemon rinds turmeric powder.
think it through and follow it through with alcohol Ingredients: 2 tbsp Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 tbsp honey,
some cold water. This can help Aloe vera gel oatmeal, 1 tbsp honey. a few drops of lemon juice. How to do: In a bowl
does, and mix together honey and
it requires preserve a good lemon aroma Essential oil How to do: First How to do: First, heat a tablespoon of
and completely disinfect The main key to making blend the oatmeal to olive oil in a saucepan. When the oil is warm a pinch of turmeric.
a good clean Apply this on your
now and then. the area. an effective hand sanitizer is to make a fine powder. Add a add 1 tablespoon honey and a few drops of
stick to a 2:1 proportion of alcohol tablespoon of honey and mix them freshly squeezed lemon juice. Apply this face and leave it on for
It is in use every 20 minutes. After 20
day, so it just makes to aloe vera. This keeps the alcohol well. Apply an even layer of the on your face and leave it on for 20 minutes.
content around 60%. mixture and gently scrub on your After 20 minutes, wash your face with warm minutes wash it off in
sense. cold water. Repeat this
Say goodbye to face in a circular motion for about water first and then with cold water. Repeat
5 Disinfect your carpet 5 minutes. Rinse it off in normal this twice or thrice a week for faster and at least twice or thrice a
all the dirt present week.
After walking all over it all day, your carpet may water after 5 minutes. better results.
with a good wipe of
collect lots of dust particles, germs, and
alcohol using

Itchy scalp (Scalp pruritus):

so many bacteria. There are mainly two
a microfiber
methods revolving around this:
cloth. And
You can use a steam cleaner. NEHA GHOSH
give your
It helps deep clean your rug and get
TV remote &
rid of all the dirt and germs, and just

Causes, symptoms, diagnosis,

computer’s
completely disinfects it as well.

I
mouse
Another method is using vinegar, tchy scalp or scalp pruritus
the same
baking soda, and dish soap. is a common problem that

treatment and prevention

treatment
So that’s pretty much it for a basic affects 13 to 45 per cent of
while you’re
yet through hacks to sanitize homes. the population. Itchy scalp
at it.
causes frequent scratching and
discomfort, and it can be either
What causes itchy scalp? Symptoms of itchy scalp Treatment of itchy scalp
Deep Sleep and Ageing: localised to the scalp or extend to
other body areas. Itchy scalp may
Severe itching of the scalp Depending on the causes of
Seborrheic dermatitis Atopic dermatitis that is often painful is an obvious itchy scalp, the treatment is

How to maintain cognitive

be acute or chronic (more than Seborrheic Atopic dermatitis symptom of itchy scalp. However, done.
six weeks). In this article, dermatitis is the causes inflamed, other symptoms can accompany Moisturising the scalp with
we will talk about what most common cause itchy and dry skin on itchy scalp, these include: lotions and oily emollients
causes itchy scalp, of itchy scalp. It is the scalp. Allergies, Irritated skin

sharpness as you grow old?

(creams, lotions or ointments)
its symptoms, characterised by scaly infection, dry skin, Bald skin patches containing glycerin or
diagnosis and patches, red skin and skin irritants, heat and Dry skin panthenol that helps scalp
treatment. dandruff. Dandruff, sweat can trigger atopic Skin redness dryness.

A
ging starts them their secret our brain shrinks, creating related known as pityriasis dermatitis. Scales or patches on the scalp Use a shampoo with an
the moment to good health, space for cerebrospinal health capitis is a mild form of Pityriasis amiantacea Scalp swelling optimal pH (4.5-6.0) that
we are born. and they share fluid to wash out wastes and problems, seborrheic dermatitis Pityriasis Scalp sores lowers the secretion of serine
It’s inevitable, and simple truths. protein particles like beta- including which causes scales on amiantacea is a Low-grade fever proteases that can cause an
no human being One such truth, amyloid plaques found in cognitive the scalp but without condition that causes itchy scalp.
has control over among many, is the brain of an Alzheimer’s decline. redness of the skin. excessive scaling When to see a doctor Zinc pyrithione shampoo
Seborrheic dermatitis and itching of the If the itchiness doesn’t go
that. But we have a peaceful sound patient. Excess beta-amyloid This is the is used to treat seborrheic
occurs as a result of scalp. Scalp psoriasis, away within a few days and is
control over the sleep. Chronic plaque formation interrupts magic that occurs dermatitis.
the interactions of seborrheic dermatitis, accompanied by hair loss, pain,
pace of aging and sleep loss has neuron communication, in your body when Shampoos containing
LUKE COUTINHO scalp skin, sebum, atopic dermatitis and severe itching and itchy spots
how we age. We a profound leading to memory loss, you sleep deeply. menthol or camphor can bring
Malassezia fungi tinea capitis are some of that are very sore to touch, you
all have or know connection with slurred speech, slow People usually start relief from itchy scalp.
Integrative (yeast) and the the causes of pityriasis should consult a dermatologist
grandparents brain health, movements, confusion, and taking care of their Topical corticosteroids can
Lifestyle Expert skin’s immunity. amiantacea. immediately.
who are in their cognition, and more. Toxins breed disease, cognitive health in bring a quick relief from itchy
90s and 80s, still aging, with deep and the same is true for your their later stages of life, Scalp psoriasis Tinea capitis Diagnosis of itchy scalp scalp.
agile, active, and sharp. science behind it. While brain. Beta-amyloid plaques but Alzheimer’s and Scalp psoriasis Ringworm, also The doctor will ask some Antidepressant
Some adults show signs of we can consume walnuts, are closely connected with Parkinson’s don’t happen is another known as tinea capitis questions to evaluate your itchy medications to treat
cognitive decline, whether it omega-3, and other brain- cognitive conditions like overnight. The process is most common is a fungal infection that scalp. These include the onset of psychological conditions.
is Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, boosting elements, we also Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, slow but gradual, and the inflammatory affects the scalp and itchy scalp, affected areas other Ketoconazole, selenium
dementia, or general need to ask ourselves - Am I and dementia. quality of your lifestyle and skin disease hair shafts. Ringworm than the scalp, the type and severity sulfide, and coal tar shampoos
memory loss. Some start sleeping well enough? Sleep deprivation also sleep today will determine which causes is characterised as small and if you have any underlying can be used to reduce scalp
showing these signs even at Let’s first understand damages the gray and white the quality of your cognitive an itchy scalp, patches of itchy, scaly chronic disease. Then, the doctor inflammation.
an earlier age. what happens when you matter in your brain, crucial health later on. the body area skin on the scalp. will take a detailed history to
which is most Prevention of itchy scalp
If aging were sleep, so you realize the for brain health, memory, Do not take your sleep Head lice understand the triggering factors
Avoid using hair care
synonymous with cognitive impact of sleep deprivation information processing, for granted just because commonly Head lice cause of itchy scalp, which will focus
affected by products that contain
decline, then everyone on your brain. Like every communication between it’s free. Encourage good your scalp to itch. Lice on recent exposures to hair care
psoriasis. Scalp chemicals and fragrances.
should go through it, right? organ, even your brain neurons, and sensory sleep hygiene in your kids, bites cause an allergic products, hair care practices and
psoriasis causes Try to avoid hot-blow
But we all know that is not produces certain metabolic perception. families, employees, and reaction which causes medications. In addition, sun
reddish, scaly ���������������������������
the case. Why? Genetics? To wastes. Have you ever Also, inflammation! friends. Sleep an itchy feeling on the exposure, travel history or if you
patches on the hypoallergenic products.
some extent. But primarily wondered when your brain Science terms cognitive matters. scalp. However, if the have come in contact with people
scalp. A study Refrain from sharing
because of a bad lifestyle. detoxifies itself? The brain is conditions like Alzheimer’s, Lifestyle infestation of the lice is who have been infected with
conducted on 195 other people’s comb, towels,
The role of lifestyle in the not an easy organ, but it has Parkinson’s, and dementia matters. light, you may not feel infectious diseases will also be
psoriasis patients pillowcases and
aging process is underrated. a beautiful mechanism of as inflammatory conditions. itchy. taken into account.
revealed that 58 helmets.
Longevity isn’t found cleaning itself when we are Amongst several factors, Other causes of an After which, the doctor
in a pill. It comes in daily in deep sleep. chronic lack of sleep can per cent of patients itchy scalp include: will physically examine
lifestyle habits—your Just like the lymphatic increase inflammation. reported itching of the Sensitive scalp your scalp and hair area to
food, exercise, emotional system, our body’s garbage While we can scalp. Health experts Diabetes check for skin conditions.
health, emotions, a sense disposal unit, our brain take curcumin aren’t clear about what Herpes zoster A complete physical
of community, time spent has an intelligently supplements to exactly causes scalp Allergic reactions to examination will be
in nature, and so on. I love designed glymphatic quell inflammation, psoriasis. medications done on other body
speaking to my clients in system that helps remove it cannot replace Scarring alopecia Scalp folliculitis parts as well. For a
their 90s and 80s because metabolic wastes from sleep. Sleep Scarring alopecia Systemic diseases definite diagnosis, the
they are living examples stress, overthinking, and deprivation refers to a group of like chronic kidney doctor may further
of graceful aging, information overload. Our increases oxidative hair loss disorders disease, cholestatic conduct tests like
not just funded brain constantly produces stress in the body, that destroy the hair liver diseases, and dermoscopy,
research or these toxins, and an damaging cells and follicle, replace it with hematologic malignancy. wood’s lamp
hypotheses. overload can lead to mental tissues over time, scar tissue and causes Psychological examination
Ask fatigue. What activates the and leading to permanent hair loss. conditions such as and
glymphatic system? Deep age- Scarring alopecia depression, anxiety and microscopic
sleep. When we sleep, causes the scalp to itch. delusional parasitosis. exami-nation.

AMRITHA K
Benefits of bhringraj oil
Found in India, Thailand and Brazil, bhringraj
Bhringraj oil: Benefits and possible side effects
B
hringraj oil is a natural remedy grows in moist places. Leaves from the bhringraj
used in Ayurveda. It is made from plant are mixed with any essential oil (coconut, Reduces dandruff Detoxifies the liver May prevent UTIs Side effects of bhringraj oil
jojoba, sweet almond etc.) to produce bhringraj Getting rid of dandruff Bhringraj leaves have been Due to the
the medicinal plant Bhringraj, When applied topically, the
oil. They are available in capsule or powder can be tiring and often a very shown to have detoxification antibacterial properties it
also known as ‘Kehraj’in Assamese oil has been known to cause a
form. Here are some of the proven benefits long process. Using bhringraj properties. The juice of its possesses, bhringraj (and
and ‘Karisalankanni’ in Tamil. As tingling or burning sensation in
of bhringraj oil for your hair and its other oil can help prevent and get leaves is used as a liver tonic not the oil) have been said
per Ayurveda, bhringraj oil is used some people.
benefits. rid of dandruff due to its in Ayurvedic medicine. to help prevent urinary
to treat imbalances in pitta, one of The active ingredient, Eclipta
antimicrobial and antifungal Some studies show that the tract infections.
three doshas that control the physical Promotes hair growth properties. It also helps herb may help with liver cell alba in bhringraj, has a diuretic
and mental processes. Widely known Regular use of bhringraj oil May promote sleep effect and may cause increased
improve circulation to the generation. One of the best-known
as the ‘King of Herbs’, Bhringraj is has been shown urination if taken orally.
an ayurvedic herb that is especially to help
scalp. Reduces inflammation properties of bhringraj oil The primary compound of the
useful for its hair growth-promoting increase May slow down greying As mentioned before, is its soothing properties. herb, Eclipta alba, may promote
effect. Bhringraj improves the blood the bhringraj has anti- Studies have shown that
Although the study is blood clotting and neutralise the
circulation in the scalp to nourish the inflammatory properties and topical application of the
inconclusive, some researchers effects of anticoagulants (blood
hair follicles and promote healthy hair growth. number of hair follicles and helps can help soothe inflamed skin. oil may help promote
say that regular application of thinners).
Besides, it has antibacterial properties that prevent hair fall. Bhringraj also When applied topically to the relaxation (muscle
bhringraj oil may help slow or skin, it may help treat skin Children, pregnant and
help to maintain a healthy scalp and thus contains vitamin E, which helps fight off the free relaxation) and sleep
prevent the greying process. inflammation like psoriasis, nursing women should avoid using
benefit your hair. So, let’s go ahead and read radicals that stunt hair growth. Another way the due to the presence of
Bhringraj also possesses dermatitis, and acne. bhringraj oil.
about the many benefits, side effects, and the oil aids hair growth is by reducing or preventing magnesium.
darkening properties, which
recipe to make bhringraj oil. inflammation on the scalp. may help hair appear less grey. Disclaimer: The Free Press Journal bears no responsibility for the content that appears on this page.
 Kourtney ourtney Kardashian has opened up about her struggles with IVF, revealing that she endured

Kardashian K five ‘failed IVF cycles’ before giving birth to her baby boy. During a recent Q&A session with
her fans on Instagram, Kourtney spoke about her challenges on the social media platform,
opens up on her reports a news website. Kourtney, who has a six-month-old son, Rocky, with her husband
Travis Barker, shared on Instagram, “I stopped after a year of trying (5 failed IVF cycles, 3
attempts to retrievals). My body relaxed, and I believed in God’s plan for my life. Lots of prayers for whatever was
meant to be for us. Also, lots of optimising my health. (Prayer and heart emoji) I know how hard it is to
have a baby feel like you're not trying, but believing in God’s plan and saying your prayers is so powerful.” —IANS
MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024

Glitzy cruise bash

Itinerary
CJ DESK

he itinerary for Anant

legend Mahendra Singh Dhoni
and his wife, actor-couple Ran-
bir Kapoor-Alia Bhatt were
Embracing
challenges
Actor reveals that he was
uncomfortable in doing
intimate scenes A still from Barah By Barah
for Anant
Ambani-Radhika T Ambani and Radhika
Merchant’s second
pre-wedding bash,
spotted at the Mumbai airport.
Around 800 VIP guests from
across the globe have been in-
ROHIT BHATNAGAR any other scene to us,” he states further.
Gyanendra will be working next with
Merchant’s which will be held on a lux- vited for the event. ctor Gyanendra Tripathi, who Reema Kagti in Superman of Malegaon

pre-wedding
cruise party
ury cruise, has been accessed
by a TV news channel. The pre-
wedding festivities aboard the
A strict no-phone policy will
be in effect aboard the cruise to
safeguard the intimate mo-
A has noted shows Half CA,
Choona to his credit is currently
seen in Barah By Barah, where
and the actor feels it’s an exciting project
to be a part of. “It’s one of the most excit-
ing films I have been a part of. My experi-
cruise, which will be attended ments shared by the couple. he plays a death photographer. In an ence of working with Reema has been
is out by several Bollywood A-listers Anant Ambani and Radhika exclusive chat with The Free Press phenomenal. She is one of the most sort-
and global personalities, will Merchant will tie the knot on Journal, actor talks about his discom- ed and organised directors I have seen.
begin in Italy and end in July 12. The couple hosted a fort in doing intimate scenes, shooting Apart from that,
France on June 1. grand three-day pre-wedding the film in Benaras and more. working with an
The pre-wedding invitation bash in Gujarat’s Jamnagar in When asked about his first reaction actor like
card reads “La Vite E Un Viag- March that was attended by when he heard the script, he shares, Adarsh Gau-
gio”, which means “life is a the who’s who of entertain- “Every actor in this city seeks and waits rav is so de-
journey”. Ahead of the event, ment, politics and business for the opportunity where the entire sto- lightful. What
actor Ranveer Singh, cricket world. ry would be told through him. In other a brilliant actor
words, he would get to play the central and such an

Nearly 800 guests are expected character or protagonist in a feature

film. And I was no different in that
amazing human
being! I have
to attend the grand bash regard. I knew such an opportunity
wouldn’t come to me from mainstream
found a deep
connection
n March 2024, the cinema, hence I was sure I was more like- with him

I Ambanis threw the

most lavish party of the
year as they celebrated
ly to get this chance in the independent
cinema space.”
“When this character came to me and I
while work-
ing on that
set and it
the union of Anant and read the script, I was blown away by the generates
Radhika over three days in profession of this character and the envi- from the
Jamnagar. The biggest names of ronment he works in. As an actor, I saw place of
Bollywood, Hollywood, business, immense potential and possibilities to ex- admira-
politics and sports circles were plore this character through the written tion for
seen attending the three-day scenes. Having lived a childhood which his
extravaganza. wasn’t very privileged, I could easily em- dedi-
Some of the major highlights of pathise with his struggles and worldview.
the event were Rihanna making So, saying yes to it wasn’t a difficult
her performance debut in India, choice at all,” he adds.
Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan Sharing further on his challenges and
and Aamir Khan dancing inhibitions in playing a role like this, he cation
together, Diljit Dosanjh’s reveals, “I had never been to Benares be- towards
concert, among other things. fore and I realised very early on, that a his work,”
part of my job is to ensure that the char- he signs off.
acter should appear like he belongs to
MAY 29: On Board Paleremc Dress Code: Retro this space. Hence, getting the dialect
Theme: ‘Welcome Lunch’ MAY 30: TOGA PARTY right, getting comfortable with chewing
Dress Code: Classic Cruise paan, working comfortably at the
MAY 31: On Board Manikarnika Ghat with the camera as if
MAY 29: On Board at Sea Theme: 'V TURNS ONE it’s an extension of my own body, etc, was
Theme: ‘STARRY NIGHT’ UNDER THE SUN' important. As I said, I could relate with
Dress Code: Western Dress Code: Playful his inner world easily but it took a lot of
Formals preparation to get his appearance, walk,
MAY 31: On Land Cannes
MAY 30: On Land dialect and body language right.”
Theme: LE MASQUERADE
Rome “I had my inhibitions about doing inti-
Dress Code: Black the mate scenes as the script didn’t elaborate
Theme: 'ROMAN Masquerade much on how the love-making scenes
HOLIDAY' would look like on screen but I didn’t
Dress Code: Tourist MAY 31: On Board
Theme: PARDON MY want to bring that up as an issue early
Chic Attires on, so I kept quiet. On the day we were
FRENCH (after party)
MAY 30: On supposed to shoot that scene, I spoke to
Board JUNE 1: On land Gaurav and he not only assured both the
Theme: LA Portofino actors that we are in safe hands, he also
DOLCE FAR Theme: 'LA DOLCE VITA' explained to us the importance of the
NIENTE Dress Code: Italian summer scene and how aesthetically he wants
Ranbir Kapoor with Raha, Ranveer Singh and others to shoot it. And then, it became like
fly to Italy on Monday evening
PICS: VARINDER CHAWLA

CAUGHT ON CAM
A heartfelt journey The cast and several Bollywood
Janhvi
Kapoor

into rural India

celebrities mark their presence at the
special screening of Mr. & Mrs. Mahi
in Mumbai on Monday evening

Phulera and getting Faisal Malik as Prahlad,

TROY RIBEIRO attracted to Rinki aka Upa-Pradhan, also
(Sanvikaa), Pradhan’s deliver compelling per-
eason 3 of Panchayat daughter—is portrayed formances, making each

S picks up right where the

previous season left off
and continues exploring
with subtlety and
humour.
Supporting actors
OTT
REVIEW
character memorable
and integral to the
storyline.
life in the quaint village of Raghubir Yadav and Panchayat’s strength
Phulera. Neena Gupta deliver TITLE: Panchayat – lies in its script-driven
This eight-episode installment standout performances narrative and deft direc-
Season 3
begins with the reinstatement as Brij Bhushan Dubey tion. This season, the
of Abhishek Tripathi (Ji- aka Pradhan Pati, and DIRECTOR: show masterfully bal-
tendra Kumar), the Manju Devi aka Prad- Deepak Kumar ances light-hearted hu-
beloved Sachivji, aka han, respectively. Mishra mor with moments of
Secretary of the pan- Their chemistry CAST: Jitendra poignant drama. While
chayat, after the newly adds warmth and au- Kumar, Neena Gupta, the episodes often main-
appointed Sachiv Ji, is thenticity to the se- tain a humorous tone,
Raghubir Yadav,
ousted following the ar- ries. So do they also delve into
rest of MLA Chandra Durgesh Faisal Malik, Chandan deeper themes, offering
Kishore Singh Kumar Roy, Sanvikaa, moral lessons about ego
Durgesh Kumar, Karan
(Pankaj Jha). The and and greed. The episodes
MLA’s Sunita Rajwar, Ashok effectively use these Johar
amusing Pathak, Pankaj Jha, themes to drive the plot,
Anshula
yet triv- Aanchal Riwari particularly in the col-
ial case lective revenge against Kapoor
WHERE: Streaming
leads to on Prime Video the MLA, teaching him
his re- a lesson that resonates
fusal of RATING: HHH with the audience.
bail, set- The season empha-
ting the Sunita Ra- sizes community spirit and re-
stage for a jwar, who silience. It showcases the vil-
season hold their lagers coming together in times
filled stead as of crisis, reflecting a strong sense
with drama, their oppo- of unity and support. This collec-
humour, nents, tive strength is a recurring
and a Bhusan and theme, adding a layer of emotion-
touch of Kranti al richness to the series.
revenge. Devi. The deliberate pacing allows
Jitendra Ku- However, viewers to fully immerse them-
mar shines the charac- selves in the slow yet rich life of
once again as ter who ef- Phulera. The sound design and
Abhishek Tri- fortlessly editing enhance the storytelling,
pathi, the Pan- steals the supporting the narrative without
chayat secre- show is the overshadowing it. The series’
taryaka Sachiv old lady who ability to shift tones seamlessly—
Ji. His perform- portrays Jag- from light to serious issues—
ance, marked mohan’s grand- keeps the viewers engaged
by a blend of mother. She goes throughout.
frustration to extreme Overall, this season, with the re-
and reluctant lengths to se- turn of Sachiv Ji and the evolv-
acceptance, is cure a house for ing dynamics among the vil-
both relatable and her grandson under the lagers, keeps the viewers en-
endearing. The char- ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Awas gaged. Whether you are a fan of
acter’s journey—from seek- Yojana.’ The ensemble cast, in- the previous seasons or new to
ing an escape through com- cluding Chandan Roy as Vikas, the series, this season provides
petitive exams to gradually the office assistant, Ashok an entertaining and thought-pro-
Anushka Ranjan, Boman Irani and
embracing his role in Pathak as the tactless Vinod, and voking viewing experience.
Aditya Seal Zenobia Irani
 MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024
Allu Arjun,

SMILES
Rashmika

FRESHLY BAKED
Mandanna tease
fans with new
poster ahead of
second song
release

Kajol and Prabhu Deva

unveil title of action
AND STEPS CJ DESK
thriller Maharagni
akers of the Pushpa 2: The Rule are leav-

M ing no stone unturned to build excite-

ment among the Pushpa Raj and Srivalli
fans. They dropped a new poster of the
second single featuring Allu Arjun and
Rashmika Mandanna.
On Tuesday morning, makers shared a
new poster of the film’s second single with
a release date announcement. The poster
from the film
First look of the actress captures Allu Arjun and Rashmika smiling
and flaunting their new hook step.
CJ DESK Taking to social media, the makers wrote,
“Pushpa Raj Srivalli INDIA KA FAVOURITE

T
he makers of Kajol and PrabhuDeva starrer ac- JODI are com-
tion thriller have unveiled the first glimpse ing to mesmer-
and title of the intense action and grip- ize us all with
ping drama. #TheCou-
After 27 years, Kajol and Prabhudeva are pleSong #Push-
reuniting for Telugu director Charan Tej Uppala- pa2SecondSin-
pati’s action thriller, which is titled, Maharagni - gle Out tomor-
Queen of Queens. row at 11.07
Interestingly, the first schedule of Maharagni AM A Rock-
was recently completed and now the makers star @ThisIs- New poster of the film
have unveiled the official teaser of the film. Tak- DSPMusical
ing to Instagram, Ajay Devgn treated fans with a Sung by @shreyaghoshal #Pushpa2TheRule
teaser of his wife’s upcoming movie Maharagni. Grand release worldwide on 15th AUG 2024.”
The video opens with Prabhudeva stepping out The song is Telugu titled ‘Sooseki’, in Hindi
of a charter plane, immediately takes down a it’s ‘Angaaron’ and ‘Soodaana’ in Tamil.
group of goons. The action then shifts to The song is composed by Devi Sri Prasad
Samyuktha Menon, who amidst a high-stakes and the lyrics are written by Chandra Bose
chase, shares her quest for revenge. with the vocals given by Shreya Ghoshal.
The video shows Naseeruddin Shah lying in a hos- The song promises to be another catchy
pital bed sharing his heartfelt last wish and Kajol track just like ‘Saami Saami’ from the first
emerging in her Maharagni avatar, exuding power and installment.
strength in her never-seen-before role. Recently, film’s production house treated
Sharing the post, he wrote, “Aali re aali, #Maharagni fans with the song teaser video and cap-
aali! kajol.” As soon as the first glimpse was shared, fans tioned it, “The Couple Song Announce-
chimed in the comment section. ment Video.”
Directed and written by Charan Tej Uppalapati and The teaser features Rashmika Man-
produced by Harman Baweja and Venkata Anish Dorig- danna on the sets of Pushpa 2. She can
illu, Maharagni - Queen of Queens is a pan-India film set be seen doing Pushpa Raj a.k.a Allu Ar-
to be released in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and jun’s signature hand step. Earlier this
Malayalam. month, ‘Pushpa Pushpa’, the film’s
first track, was released in a whop-
ping six languages - Telugu, Hindi,
Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and
Bengali - ensuring a pan-India mass
appeal. The film
will be re-
leased on
August
15, 2024.

Spiritual visit
Raashii Khanna, Vaani Kapoor seek
blessings at Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain
CJ DESK

A
ctors Raashii Khanna
and Vaani Kapoor visit-
ed the Mahakaleshwar
temple in Madhya
Pradesh’s Ujjain district on
Tuesday morning to seek bless-
ings. Clad in traditional sarees,
Raashii and Vaani can be seen en-
grossed in devotion.
The actors also participated in the shared their feelings. Raashii said, “It
‘Bhasma Aarti’ on the occasion. was a delight. I hope Mahakal calls us
Bhasma Aarti (offering with ashes) is again.” Vaani added, “It was a great
a famous ritual here. It is performed feeling...Jai Mahakal.”
during the Brahma Muhurta between 4 On the work front, Raashii Khanna
and 5:30 am in the morning. was recently seen in Tamil comedy-hor-
Following the tradition of the temple ror film Aranmanai 4 co-starring Sun-
committee to attend the Bhasma Aarti, dar C and Tamannaah
they wore sarees. It is mandatory for Bhatia. The film is writ-
women to wear a saree in Bhasma Aar- ten and directed by
ti. During the Bhasma Aarti, Raashii Sundar C and pro-
and Vaani sat in the Nandihal of the duced by Khushbu
temple and performed the prayers. Sundar under the
After the prayers, Raashii Khanna banner Avni Cine-
and Vaani spoke to a news agency and max.

VIRAL CLEARS
ROOFTOP THE AIR
Divya Agarwal breaks silence

MOVES
on divorce rumours with
Apurva Padgaonkar
CJ DESK
CJ DESK
ctor Akshay Kumar, who is gearing

A up for his next release Sarfira, was

recently spotted performing ener-
getic dance moves along with Rad- A
ctress and Bigg Boss
OTT winner Divya
Agarwal sparked ru-
hika Madan on a rooftop. mours of divorce
The video garnering attention of fans and went with husband Apurva
viral on social media. In the post, Akshay and Radhika Padgaonkar after she recently
are seen together with two others. All four grooved to the deleted all their photos together
beats of the music. The two can be seen performing dance on social media. And while fans ex-
steps on the background music. It seems to have been shot pressed concerns, she has now finally
during the shoot of their upcoming film Sarfira. ended her silence and has penned a
Sarfira is a remake of Tamil film Soorarai Pottru. The title long note on social media, clearing
of the film was announced in February, and it is scheduled her stance.
for release on July 12. Tak- Divya took to her Instagram handle
ing to Instagram, Akshay late on Monday night and wrote that what they expecting now – the babies
shared a short teaser of not just photos with her husband or divorce... none of it is happening.”
the film which he cap- Apurva, but she deleted around 2,500 Referring to a post about her show
tioned, “Dream so Big, posts in total. “I made no noise. I made Cartel, Divya went on to say that she
they call you Crazy! no comments or stories. I deleted 2500 wants to be known for her work now
#Sarfira releasing only posts. Yet the media chose to see and going ahead. “In reality, my first
in cinemas on 12th July, react only to my marriage,” she wrote. pinned post on my profile is the thing
2024.” The film is all set Making it clear that all is well in her I want to be the talked about from now
to hit theatres on July 12, married life, she added, “It’s funny onwards. Every movie ends with a
2024. The film also fea- how people see and expect things out happily ever after, and by God’s grace,
tures Paresh Rawal, Rad- of me. I have always done something my husband is snoring away to glory
hika Madan and Seema people never expected out of me. And right next to me!” she quipped.
Biswas in pivotal roles.
TRENDING VIDEO STORIES MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024

LIVE : MUMBAI VOTER - ‘I WAS DECLARED DEAD’ |

ELECTION COMMISSION | VIEWPOINT

From Kingmaker to Predictions: Prashant Kishore's Deadly Tornadoes Ravage Central US: 18 Dead, FPJ Dialogues: Avinash Dhakne Reveals MPCB's
Track Record Till Date in Political Predictions Millions Under Severe Weather Threats Proactive Strategies to Combat Pollution in Maharashtra

Netanyahu Admits 'Tragic Mistake' in Deadly IndiGo Flight Grounded in Delhi Amid Hoax Sensational: Did Ajit Pawar Call Pune Police
Rafah Strike Amid International Outcry Bomb Threat; Passengers Safely Evacuated Commissioner After Crash? Activist Makes Charge

Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Mizoram Quarry Tragedy: 15 Killed in Landslides, Elections 2024: Rahul Gandhi Mocks PM Modi Over
Acquitted in Ranjit Singh Murder Case Cyclone Remal Complicates Rescue Efforts 'Parmatma' Comment, Triggers Controversy

Social Media Influencer Bobby Kataria Nabbed Heroic Rescue In Srinagar: Zahoor Ahmad & 'Are You Single': US Cop Quits After Found in Backseat
for Orchestrating Human Trafficking Ring Showkat Ahmad Save 7-year-old From Drowning of Locked Car With Woman He Had Arrested
CELEB SPOTTING MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024

Jr NTR Pays Tribute To Sunny Leone Catches Eyes Tejasswi Prakash's Yoga
Grandfather, Former Andhra with Chic Look in the City Session at Anshuka Yoga
CM NTR On 101st Birth Anniversary Studio in Bandra

Athiya Shetty and Husband Shahid Kapoor and Mira Kapoor's

KL Rahul Jetting Off from Stylish Departure from Mumbai:
Mumbai Ultimate Couple Goals!
 Reg. No. MCS/048/2018-20; RNI No. 1541/1957/M.P.C.S. office Mumbai-400001

In peace, sons bury their

fathers. In war, fathers
bury their sons
– Herodotus

IS SAND CALLED SAND BECAUSE IT IS

LOCATED BETWEEN THE SEA AND THE LAND?
� www.freepressjournal.in � MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024

CHURU IN RAJASTHAN CROSSES 50 DEGREES

North, central India in grip

of extreme heat wave Cooling system at

L
arge parts of northern
and central India were in Nagpur rly station

T
grip of extreme heat- he Central Railway has installed a
wave conditions on Tuesday as state-of-the-art mist cooling system at
temperatures crossed 50 degrees three platforms at Nagpur station to
Celsius in Churu in Rajasthan help passengers beat the scorching summer
and Sirsa in Haryana even as the heat. This innovative solution aims to enhance
national capital sizzled with the passenger comfort during the hottest months,
mercury settling nine notches from April to June, when temperatures soar
above normal for the season. At above 45 degrees Celsius in Nagpur, an official
least three weather stations in release stated. The new mist cooling system
Delhi recorded maximum tem- was installed recently on platform numbers 1, 2,
peratures of 49 degrees Celsius and 3. "This system reduces the ambient tem-
or more with Mungeshpur and perature by an impressive 6 to 8 degrees Celsius,
Narela in Delhi clocking 49.9 de- tions came up in 2022 and has western disturbance was expect- providing much-needed relief to passengers.
grees followed by Najafgarh, records only for the last three ed over northwest parts India on This cooling effect is achieved through the evap-
also in the national cap- years. The India Mete- Thursday which could bring iso- oration of water dispersed by nozzles strategi-
ital, at 49.8 degrees,
d yo u orological Depart- lated rainfall over the region on cally placed around the platforms," it said
the weather of- Di ?
ment (IMD) said the weekend. IMD Director Gen-
fice said. This
K no w The there was no eral Mrutyunjay Mohapatra had
25 killed in quarry collapse
was the high- intense immediate blamed the heatwave conditions

A
est maximum heat has already driven respite from over the northwest and central t least 25 people, including 14 in a stone
temperature India's power demand to 239.96 gi- the heat- India on the absence of Western quarry collapse, were killed in Mizoram
recorded in gawatts, the highest so far this season, wave condi- Disturbances during the latter on Tuesday due to landslides and incessant
with air conditioners and coolers in
the capital tions at least half of May. Western Distur- rain in the aftermath of cyclone 'Remal', state
homes and offices running at full
this season. capacity. for the next bances are extra-tropical weath-
However, the two days. The er systems formed over the
Mungeshpur and weatherman Mediterranean Sea and move
Narela weather sta- said that a fresh from the west to the east. "

Rahul pours water on his head Arab states welcome ICJ order
C A
ongress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday rab states have welcomed the recent
experienced the intense heat as he was order issued by the International disaster management authority said. Several
delivering his speech at a poll rally in Ut- Court of Justice (ICJ), demanding that other people went missing in landslides, most-
tar Pradesh's Deoria.During his address, he drank Israel immediately cease its atrocities in Rafah, ly in the state capital region, which was cut off
water from a bottle and told the audience "garmee the Ambassador of the Arab states in New Del- from the rest of the country for several hours
hai kaafi (it's too hot)." After this, he poured water hi, Yusuf Mohammed Jameel said on Tuesday. during the day and bore the brunt of the nat-
from the bottle on his head, prompting a cheer This decisive order by the ICJ underscores the ural calamities. In a massive landslide, at
from the crowd. Gandhi was seeking votes for urgent need to uphold international law and least 14 people, including two minors, were
Sadal Prasad, the Congress candidate from Bans- protect the fundamental human rights of the killed and around eight others were missing
gaon (SC) Lok Sabha seat. Palestinian people. as a stone quarry collapsed in Aizawl district.
02
Fire in camp for displaced Palestinians
was the result of a tragic mishap
– Benjamin Netanyahu

� www.freepressjournal.in � MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024

Biodegradable teabags are not degradable!

N
ot all biodegradable tea bags made using corn ferent compositions of polylactic acid (PLA), which
starch or sugar cane, and touted as the best al- were buried in soil for seven months. The teabags made
ternatives against plastic, degrade in soil, a new study solely from PLA were completely intact. However, the
showed on Tuesday, noting their potential to harm ter- two types of tea bags made from a combination of cel-
restrial species and the environment. Researchers from lulose and PLA broke down into smaller pieces, losing
the universities of Plymouth and Bath in the UK looked between 60 and 80 per cent of their overall mass with
at commonly available teabags made using three dif- the PLA component remaining.

RAFAH PUMMELLED OVERNIGHT Haryana not releasing water to Delhi

ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES, D
elhi Water Minister Atishi on Tuesday ac-
cused Haryana of not releasing Delhi's
share of water since May 1 and said the

SHELLING KILL 37
government will be implementing a slew of meas-
ures including rationalising supply of water in the
national capital. She said that the Delhi government
may approach the Supreme Court if the supply of

I sraeli shelling and airstrikes killed at

least 37 people, most of them shelter-
ing in tents, outside the southern Gaza
Yamuna water to the city does not improve in com-
ing days. The minister also said that the government
might be forced to issuing challans to people for ac-
city of Rafah overnight and on Tuesday - pum- tivities like washing vehicles.
melling the same area where strikes triggered a Atishi said many areas in
deadly fire days earlier in a camp for dis- Delhi are grappling with
placed Palestinians - according water shortage and ap-
to witnesses, emergency
yo u stage, Spain, Norway and Ireland formal- pealed to people to use
workers and hospital offi-
Did ?
ly recognised a Palestinian state on water judiciously.
cials. The tent camp in-
Kn o w Tuesday. The Israeli military sug- Atishi also appealed to
ferno has drawn wide- gested Sunday's blaze in the tent people not to wash vehi-
spread international Israel's assault on camp may have been caused by sec- cles with water pipes.
outrage, including Rafah, launched May 6, has caused ondary explosions, possibly from
from some of Israel's nearly 1 million people to flee the Palestinian militants' weapons.
city, most of whom had already
closest allies, over the The results of Israel's initial probe Blistering heat in Punjab, Haryana
been displaced multiple times in
military's expanding of- into the fire were issued Tuesday,
the nearly eight-month war

T
fensive into Rafah. And between Israel and with military spokesman Rear Adm. he blistering heatwave sweeping Haryana and
in a sign of Israel's grow- Hamas. Daniel Hagari saying the cause of the Punjab for the last many days went notches up
ing isolation on the world fire was still under investigation. on Tuesday, with Sirsa recording a maximum
temperature of 49.5 degrees Celsius -- the hottest in
the state - and Bathinda sizzling at 47.2 degrees. An in-

116-yr-old voter regrets lack of personal touch tense heatwave also swept Nuh, which recorded a
high of 49 degrees Celsius. Hisar recorded a high of
48.4 degrees, while Rohtak reeled under 48.1 degrees.

M
eeting people to gar- Faridabad sizzled at a high of 48.4 degrees, while Ma-
ner support for hendragarh recorded a blistering 48.5 degrees
polls is now a thing Celsius. Jhajjar, Ambala, and Karnal
of the past and advanced tech- recorded 48.2 degrees, 44.8 degrees,
nology has replaced the per- and 44.6 degrees. In Punjab,
sonal touch between voters and Bathinda recorded a high of
party leaders or workers seek- 47.2 degrees Celsius, while
ing votes, said Himachal the airport area of Bathinda
Pradesh's oldest voter. Recall- sizzled at 49.3 degree.
ing memories from her past, Pathankot and Amritsar
116-year-old Judhya Devi said recorded 46 degrees and 46.3
instead of door-to-door visits and party candidates contest- the voter and the candidate, degrees Celsius. Ludhiana
that once defined political cam- ing polls. "Earlier party leaders but now votes are sought on recorded a high of 46.2 de-
paigns in her village, mobile contesting elections used to phone," she said. grees, while Patiala's maximum
phones have now become the visit the voters and there was a Judhya is the oldest voter in settled at 46.6 degrees.
medium of contact for voters personal connection between the state.
 03
Aaj kal ke bache to kamaal hi hai. They
are like computers – Udit Narayan

� www.freepressjournal.in � MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024

WHAT FANS, CRICKET COACHES FEEL Sindhu to spearhead

Indian challenge

IPL only benefiting foreigners! They I

ndia's ace shuttler, PV Sindhu is set to spear-
head the Indian contingent at the Singapore

earn, learnand then beat us in WCs

Badminton Open 2024 BWF Super 750 tournament
in order to end her drought in Singapore following
her brilliant run in Kuala Lumpur's Malaysia
Masters recently. Reigning Olympic singles cham-

T
he Indian Premier League (IPL) has signif- pions Viktor Axelsen and Chen Yufei will head-
icantly influenced the 'gentleman's game' line a world-class assortment of top global stars at
by revolutionising playing styles, improv- the Singapore Badminton
ing the financial stature of players, and heighten- Open 2024 BWF Super 750
ing the level of fan engagement. The name, fame, tournament. The world
and power that IPL provides are nowhere in the No. 1 Dane will look to
world, in terms of cricket. But has the IPL boom build on the momen-
helped India gain a tight grip on the shortest for- tum at Singapore and
mat of the game on the international stage? As per is the top seed for the
the record, the answer is no! Since the inception of badminton tourna-
the IPL in 2008, India have not been able to ment.
secure a T20 World Cup title, their last

d yo u
victory in the tournament being in
Di ?
2007. Despite the league's promi-
nence, India have only reached Kn o w Kajol, Prabhudeva to
unite after 27 yrs
While

T
the final once, in 2014, high- the IPL has revolu- eign players earned and learned wenty seven years after "Minsara
lighting a gap between domes- tionised cricket in many ways and Indian cricket so well that in Kanavu", actors Kajol and Prabhudeva are
tic league success and interna- provided substantial benefits to play- ICC tournaments, they knew set to share screen space in action thriller "Ma-
tional T20I wins. Now there ers worldwide, it has not translated the strengths and weaknesses haragni - Queen of Queens". The upcoming film
into consistent international suc-
are two things to describe it -- of Indian players! They come, marks the Hindi directorial debut of Telugu
cess for India in the T20 format.
according to cricket pundits -- earn, learn, and then beat India. filmmaker Charan Tej Uppalapati, a press re-
one is selectors never took any The IPL has actually helped others lease said. Naseeruddin Shah, Samyuktha
tough decision to build a new team in all these years," says a Delhi-based Menon, Jisshu Sengupta,
for the shortest format. Secondly, for- cricket coach. Aditya Seal, Pramod
Pathak and Chhaya
Kadam of Cannes
Dabbawallahs don Team India jersey Pragg beats French player
Grand Prix win-
1,000 dabbawallahs in Mumbai on Tuesday
expressed their support for Team India
ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup starting from June 1
Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa got off
to a flier and defeated Firouzja Alireza of
France in the Armageddon game in the first round of
ner "All We Imag-
ine As Light"
onwards in West Indies and USA, by wearing the team Norway Chess tournament in Norway on Tuesday. After fame also round
jerseys. A large group of dabbawallahs, a cultural icon in an easy draw under normal time control, Praggnanadhaa out the cast of the
Mumbai, which keeps the whole city going with its got 10 minutes as white compared to Alireza's seven but pan India film
impeccable food and delivery facilities, dressed in Blue with the condition that he had to win as a draw
colours and shouted 'India! India!' as the team would have given black extra
prepares for its first clash points. The
against Ireland on Indian was
June 5. Ashok, one of clinical in his
NTR's 101st birth anniversary

P
the dabbawallahs said approach and raising his contributions to film and poli-
to ANI, "I feel proud carved out a fine
tics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
while wearing this victory in the
jersey. endgame. Tuesday recalled the legendary actor and for-
mer Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Nan-
damuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR) on his 101 birth
anniversary. Calling him a remarkable icon of
QUICK NEWS Telugu cinema and a visionary leader, PM Modi
in a post on X said, "Remem-
bering the legendary
g fetches $200K table book Jammu
paintin Judge's coffee shut in
Bob Dylan's painting created by igh Court
lhi H
judge Schools ashmir
u and K ced
NTR on his birth an-
tract
A rare abs ger Bob Dylan over
50 Former De mba on Tuesday The Jamm n on Tuesday announ e niversary. He was a
Ba the tio n
legendary
sin
s o ld f o r a huge Poonam A coffee table book on es administra mer vacation from Ju remarkable icon of
ecent ly er hich hous m
years ago r ork from circa 196
8 by released h o m p le x w a 46-day su ent and recognised n's
se C ital. rnm io
sum.The a
rtw
f o r $ 1 9 6 ,156 at Patiala Hou s of the national cap 1 for gove ls in the Jammu divis Telugu cinema and
on sold rt to oo
the rock ic rts 'People' magazin
e. several cou atiala House: Palace private sch e. The decision was a visionary leader.
'P n
po
auction, re was created during
the The book, e', was launched by summer zo onse to the extreme e
tic r sp th
g
The paintin e in Woodstock, Ne
w Seat of Jus overnor Vinai Kuma made in re nditions prevailing in g His contributions
G co in
tim
musician's d that saw him Lieutenant e India International heatwave temperatures exceed to film and politics
th h e.
York, a pe
rio d Saxena at region, wit elsius in several plac
h The Ban C
collab o r a t e w it Centre. 43 degrees continue to inspire.
04
Became goalkeeper because you don't
need to run - PR Sreejesh

� www.freepressjournal.in � MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY | MAY 29, 2024

Emotional farewell to Cornet

A
lizé Cornet was given a standing ovation and a farewell tro-
phy after playing the final match of her long tennis career,
a 6-2, 6-1 loss to No. 7 seed Zheng Qinwen in the first round
of the French Open on Tuesday. The 34-year-old Cornet is a French-
woman who was given a wild-card entry into the tournament. She
had announced ahead of time that this would be her last event before
retirement. French ten-
nis federation president
Gilles Moretton and
tournament director
Amélie Mauresmo par-
ticipated in a ceremony
after the match at Court
SHOCKING DEFEAT FOR CHIRAG-SATWIK IN SINGAPORE OPEN Philippe Chatrier. In an

World No. 1 duo

emotional speech, Cor-
net thanked her family
and French fans, ex-
pressing her gratitude for their support over the years. "You gave me

exit in 1st round

incredible emotions. It's tough to realize that it's the last time I'm feel-
ing this," she said. A video tribute highlighting her career, which be-
gan in 2005, was shown on the giant screens

T
he world No. 1 badminton duo The opening round match in the BWF
Chirag Shetty and Satwik-
sairaj Rankireddy suffered a
Super 750 tournament marked the first
time the two pairs faced off against
Olympic-bound shooters
shocking early exit in the first round of each other. The top seeds were on the to compete in WC
the ongoing Singapore Open 2024 on quest to lift their third title after their

T
Tuesday. After lifting the Thai- success in the Thailand Open and he National Rifle Association of India on Tuesday said it
land Open last week, Chi- French Open earlier this has convinced all shooters to compete in the upcoming
rag and Satwik fell
yo u year. They struggled to World Cup in Munich, and affirmed that a mechanism
short against the Did ? match the pace of will be worked out to ensure athletes are not deprived of guidance
34th-ranked Danish
K no w In
the
their opponents and from personal coaches during competitions.
pair of Daniel ended up trailing Several shooters had written to NRAI
women's singles
Lundgaard and event, Aakarshi Kashyap by 9-4 early in the requesting it to exempt them from
Mads Vester- crashed out of the competition after first set. The Dan- the ISSF World Cup (pistol-rifle)
gaard. In a contest losing to Thailand's Pornpicha ish pair managed from May 31-June 6 as they need-
that lasted for 47 Choeikeewong. World No. 29 Priyan- to take back-to- ed time to recover from the near-
shu Rajawat also bowed out after
minutes, the Indian back points to take a ly month-long gruelling Olympic
fighting against the 18th-
pair lost the game in ranked Lee Cheuk Yiu of 1-0 lead in the game. Selection Trials in New Delhi
two straight sets by a Hong Kong, China. The second set was also and Bhopal in April-May. The fed-
scoreline of 20-22, 18-21. a closely fought contest. eration impressed upon them the
importance of the World Cup.

Nishant, Sachin outpunch opponents

I
ndia's Nishant Dev outpunched his Mongolian op- ifiers, began with a flurry of punches against Mongolia's
ponent in just over two minutes to progress to the Otgonbaatar Byamba-Erdeneto to force a standing count
71kg pre-quarterfinals before Sachin Siwach regis- in the very first minute. A combination of a jab and cross
tered a convincing win in the 57kg weight category of the hook led to another standing count and the Referee
second Boxing World Olympic Qualifiers in Bangkok on Stopped the Contest (RSC) with 58 seconds still left to
Tuesday. Abhinash Jamwal, however, ran out of luck as play in round one. The 23-year-old will take on Thailand's
he was knocked out of the tournament. Dev, who had Peerapat Yeasungnoen for a place in the quarterfinals on
narrowly missed an Olympic berth in the previous qual- Wednesday.

FP SCHOOL EDITOR: AMRISH HERDENIA

FP SCHOOL is a publication for and of school students. Principals, teachers, parents and students are welcome to send news and pictures of functions held at schools, students who have
excelled in different fields and stories, poems etc penned by students for publication to: [email protected]
 ����������������������������
������������������������������

��������������������
����������������������������
������������������������������
�����������������������������
���������
���������������
�������������
������������������������������
�������������������

�����������������������������
�����������������������
����������������
�������������������
�����������

������������������������������������
�������������������������������������
��������������������