BHUBANESWAR  SUNDAY  JULY 13, 2025  `12.00  PAGES 24  LATE CITY EDITION VISA CAN BE REVOKED, VIOLATORS DEPORTED SCREENING DOES NOT STOP AFTER VISA HAS BEEN ISSUED, WARNS U.S. EMBASSY In a strongly worded warning, issued through the New Delhi-based US embassy’s X handle, the diplomatic mission said that if visa holders don’t follow US laws, then their visas can be revoked and they can be deported. The latest warning came a day after the embassy said that “falsifying or omitting information can lead to visa denial and future visa ineligibility” The US embassy in India on Saturday said that visa screening is an ongoing process and warned American visa holders against violating US laws MUST DISCLOSE SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES ■ On Friday, through a detailed video, the US embassy had sought ■ student and exchange programme applicants to list all social media handles used in the past five years on their DS-160 visa forms “If you omit your social media information, it could lead to a visa denial, and you might become ineligible for future visas,” it said JUNE 19 AN EARLIER EMBASSY ADVISORY TERMED AMERICAN VISA ‘A PRIVILEGE, NOT A RIGHT’ CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOGGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Bhubaneswar CHIEF Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and apprised him about the BJP government’s development and welfare works in the state along with future plans to achieve the goal of a prosperous Odisha. While details of the discussions between the two has not been made public, the chief minister in a social media post said that it was mostly about developmental initiatives and accelerating overall economic growth of Odisha. “Today I had , the privilege of meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I am grateful for his inspiration and unwavering support for Odisha’s development,” the chief minister said. “On this occasion, we had important discussion on various developmental works in Odisha, future plans, centre-state coordination and accelerating the state’s overall progress. The centre and state are committed to working together to achieve the goal of a prosperous Odisha and a developed India,” he said. Majhi’s meeting with the prime minister also assumes significance in the backdrop of pending cabinet expansion and political appointments to different corporations and boards of the state government. Even after one year completion of the BJP government in the state, the chief minister has not expanded his cabinet where six more ministers can be inducted. Currently his cabinet has 15 , ministers including two deputy chief ministers. While the newly re-elected state BJP president Manmohan Samal has announced that the state cabinet reshuffle will take place soon and the new state PSU chairpersons will be appointed, Majhi’s meeting with the PM and top national party functionaries has fuelled speculations over the exercise to finalise the list. Earlier in the day, Majhi called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan and discussed about the development journey of CONTINUED ON P5 Odisha. Chief Minister Mohan Majhi calls on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BUREAU’S REPORT TRIGGERS SPECULATION ABOUT PILOT ERROR Whodunit: Fuel cut after 3 secs in air 01:38:39 pm Air India 171 lifts off 01:38:42 pm Maximum recorded airspeed of 180 Knots Immediately thereafter, the Engine 1 and 2 fuel cutoff switches transition from RUN to CUTOFF position one after another within 1 sec E X P R E S S N E W S S E R V I C E @ New Delhi One of the pilots heard on the cockpit voice recorder asking the other why did he cutoff the engines. The other says he didn’t FATEFUL 26 SECONDS CM Majhi meets PM amid cabinet rejig talks 01:38:47 pm Ram Air Turbine gets deployed during initial climb immediately after liftoff as engines lose power 01:38:52 pm Engine 1 fuel cutoff switch transitions from CUTOFF to RUN ENGINE FUEL SWITCH L AND R 01:38:54 pm Engine 1 fuel inlet door begins to open 01:38:56 pm Location of engine fuel switches in a Dreamliner. They were inexplicably shut 3 secs after liftoff in the ill-fated AI 171 IN THE COCKPIT Engine 2 fuel cutoff switch transitions from CUTOFF to RUN Engine 1’s core deceleration stops, reverses, starts progress to recovery Engine 2 relights but could not arrest core speed deceleration; reintroduces fuel repeatedly to increase core speed acceleration and recovery Capt Sumeet Sabharwal , 56, with 30 years of experience at AI. Had 15,638 flying hours, including 8,596 hrs on Boeing 787 01:39:05 pm One pilots transmits “MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY” call. Plane crashes into a building No significant bird activity observed in the vicinity Co-pilot Clive Kunder, 32, had 3,403 hours of total experience, with 1,128 on Dreamliner. Was flying AI 171 under Sabharwal’s watch ‘Harassed’ by HoD, FM student sets herself afire A S I S H M E H TA / S U K A N TA K U M A R S A H U @ Bhubaneswar/Balasore IN a shocking incident, a second-year girl student of integrated BEd at Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College in Balasore set herself afire on the college campus alleging severe harassment by the head of the department (HoD). The 20-year-old Soumyashri Bisi, of Bhograi, sustained 90 per cent burns and was rushed to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar. Her condition is stated to be critical and she is on ventilator support. As per police, Bisi took the drastic step alleging the HoD Samir Sahu was demanding favours from her over poor attendance. A case was registered and Sahu arrested under relevant sections of the BNS including sexual harassment and abetment of suicide. Sources said Bisi had reportedly been facing harassment at the hands of Sahu since long and had also taken the matter to the college principal Dillip Ghosh around six months back. She had last met the principal on June 30 and sought action against Sahu alleging he was threatening to give her poor marks in the examination if she did not comply . In a letter to the college’s internal complaints committee (ICC) on July 1, Bisi had alleged that Sahu had been mentally and sexually harassing her for the last few months as well as demanding favours and even threatening to fail her in the examinations. She even claimed that she had earlier attempted suicide due to the harassment. The authorities had reportedly assured her of looking into the matter within five days. However, as the issue was not resolved, Bisi met the college principal again earlier in the day with her brother Soumya Ranjan. When she did not receive any satisfactory response, she staged a demonstration outside the main entrance of the college. She then poured petrol on her body and immolated herself. The incident took place at around 12.30 pm. Bisi’s friend Jyotiprakash Biswal of Balasore’s Dublagadi village, who was present at the spot, also sustained injuries while trying to save her. After the incident, college principal Ghosh said Bisi met him on the day and he counselled her for about 20 to 25 minutes. “I advised her to be patient and assured that the matter would be resolved,” he added. Ghosh, however, said the ICC had not found any evidence regarding Bisi’s allegations against Sahu of demanding CONTINUED ON P5 favours from her. DUKES IN FOCUS Ball change to using buffalo hide in India INDIA IN COMMAND F I R O Z M I R Z A @ London JUST like the centuries of KL Rahul and Joe Root, even the Dukes balls used during the Test series were in the news. They were changed twice on Friday — once when the new ball was taken after 80 overs and was only 63 balls old and the second time when the replacement ball was booted only 48 balls later. It was changed once on Saturday It made Root to pro. pose a limit to ball change. “I personally think that if you want to keep getting the ball changed then each team gets three challenges every 80 overs and that’s it,” he said on Friday . Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah added a new dimension to it KL Rahul celebrates second hundred of series against England on Saturday | AFP when he said excessive hot and dry weather could be one of the reasons. Incidentally, Dilip Jajodia, the manufacturer of the Dukes ball, termed dry weather as one possible reason. The material used to make the balls too was in focus. Jajodia said they have been using hide of Scottish cows in England however, in their India operations, because of religious reasons they shifted to buffalo hide. “Buffalo hide is used in India instead of cow. The leather is local. You know the religious aspect. It is unfortunate because what we are using from a cow is a waste product,” he said. P11 KL Rahul scores a hundred as India batters take control of the first innings on a placid Lord’s wicket on Saturday. Rishabh Pant and Jadeja chip in with halfcenturies as visitors look all set to go ease past England and put in a healthy score A month after a horrific Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad killed 260 people, including 19 non-passengers, a preliminary report released by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau in the wee hours of Saturday indicated possible human error as fuel supply to both the engines of the aircraft was stopped just three seconds after takeoff. The two fuel cut-off switches were activated to the CUT OFF mode within a gap of a second, resulting in engine deceleration and plane crash though the fuel switches were subsequently switched back to RUN. However, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu urged people not to jump to conclusions on the role of pilots in the plane crash, as there are multiple things that need to be looked into before preparing the final investigation report. The 15-page report says the aircraft “achieved the maximum recorded air speed of 180 knots at 1.38 pm and immediately thereafter, the Engine 1 and Engine 2 fuel cutoff switches transitioned from RUN to CUT OFF position one after another with a time gap of 01 sec. The Engine N1 and N2 began to decrease from their takeoff values as the fuel supply to the engines was cut off,” it said. The fuel cut-off appears to have shocked one of the pilots. “In the cockpit voice recording, one of the pilots is heard asking the other why did he cutoff. The other pilot responded that he did not do so,” the report states. There was, however, no clarity on the identity of the pilot who asked and the one who responded. How the fuel switches could have flipped if no one in the cockpit took ownership for it, was also not clear. The Convention on International Civil Aviation Organization and Rule 3 of Aircraft (Investigation of Accidents and Incidents), Rules 2017 mandate a preminary report on air accidents be filed within one month and final report within a year. The preliminary report said no significant bird activity was observed in the vicinity of the flight path, nor was there any quality issue with the aviation fuel. It was the cockpit voice recorder, the black box housed in the cockpit, that gave the investigators a sense of was what happened during the crucial seconds leading to the crash. Data from the second black box housed in the tail of the Dreamliner is yet to be retrieved as it has been badly damaged. The Airline Pilots’ Association of India alleged the report was biased, saying the probe “is being driven in a direction presuming the guilt of pilots”. P7 WITH THIS ISSUE FREE ALL F The Turbulent State of Indian Aviation PLUS 12 P AGES