maN who made India fall in love with the Radio takes final bow Ameen Sayani, the famous host of Binaca Geetmala in Radio Ceylon for 42 years, died of heart attack in Mumbai on Tuesday. He was 91 Ameen Sayani’s last rites to be held today THIRUVANANTHAPURAM l thursday l February 22, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 16 l late city EDITION His last rites will be held today. He is still remembered for his greeting at the start his programme: “Namaste behno aur bhaiyo, main aapka dost Ameen Sayani Ameen Sayani bol raha hoon.” 21 Dec 1932 - 20 Feb 2024 He anchored the show every Wednesday from 1952 to 1988. In 1999, he moved to AIR’s Vividh Bharati and continued there till 1994. Besides the show, he did voice over and compering on radio 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 1 killed, 25 injured in farmer-police clash, Delhi march put off CPM’s 15 Attingal: V Joy (T’Puram dist secy, Varkala MLA) Kollam: M Mukesh (Kollam MLA, actor) P’Thitta: T M Thomas Isaac (CC member, ex-min) Alappuzha: A M Ariff (Sitting MP) Idukki: Joice George (Ex-MP) Ernakulam: K J Shine (North Paravoor councillor, new face) Chalakudy: C Raveendranath (Ex-min) Palakkad: A Vijayaraghavan (Politburo member, ex-MP) Alathur: K Radhakrishnan (Minister, CC member) Ponnani: K S Hamsa (Independent) Malappuram: V Vaseef (DYFI state prez) Kozhikode: Elamaram Kareem (CC member, RS MP, ex-min) Vadakara: K K Shailaja (CC member, Mattanur MLA, ex-min) Kannur: M V Jayarajan (Kannur dist secy) Kasaragod: M V Balakrishnan (Kasaragod dist secy) 12 Haryana police personnel hurt; farmers to decide future course of action on Friday Protesters run for cover as a tear gas canister fired by Haryana police explodes near the Shambhu border point between Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday | PTI Cong seeks FIR against Haryana home minister Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring said he has written to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to register a case against Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij and the Ambala SP, holding them responsible for the death of the young farmer at the Khanauri border HAR P R E E T B A J WA @ Chandigarh Agitating Punjab farmers on Wednesday put on hold their Dilli Chalo march for two days after a 21-year-old protester was killed and 25 others were injured in clashes with Haryana police personnel at Khanauri on the PunjabHaryana border. Haryana police said 12 of their officials were also injured when the protesters attacked them with sticks and stones. Dr H S Rekhi, the medical superintendent of Rajindra Hospital at Patiala, said three persons were brought to the hospital. One of them was brought dead, with an injury on his head. The post-mortem report is awaited. The other two are stable, Rekhi said. The farmers had resumed their agitation in the morning at Khanauri and Shambhu after a two-day lull, after four rounds of talks with the Centre remained inconclusive. The police fired rubber bullets and dropped tear gas shells on the protesting farmers at the Shambhu and Khanauri borders when they tried to breach the barricades. The protesters were seen holding iron shields, distributing salt, and wearing gas masks to protect themselves from assault. The situation at both the protest sites remained tense after the death of the farmer. Sixteen farmers suffered injuries at the Khanauri border while nine were hurt in clashes at the Shambhu point. All of them had minor injuries. Meanwhile, the Centre offered to hold the fifth round of talks in an attempt to break the deadlock. The farmer leaders are yet to respond. Sarwan Singh Pandher, general secretary of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, said they will take a call on Friday Bharatiya Kisan Union . leader Rakesh Tikait said the protest will continue. In its reply to the Union home ministry’s letter flagging large gatherings along the Punjab-Haryana border, the Punjab government on Wednesday said at least 160 people from the state have been injured due to firing of tear gas shells and rubber bullets by Haryana police. CC: Central Committee CPM banks on stalwarts to regain lost LS ground K S S R E E J ITH @T’Puram In an effort to shake off the memories of the humiliating drubbing it suffered in 2019, the CPM has decided to field party stalwarts — including a minister, four former ministers, a politburo member and four sitting MLAs — in Kerala for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The general impression the CPM’s candidate list gives is that the party has carefully detailed all the factors before deciding the right candidate for each constituency. Devaswom Minister K Radhakrishnan, former ministers T M Thomas Isaac, K K Shailaja, Elamaram Kareem and C Raveendranath, politburo member A Vijayaraghavan and actor-politician Mukesh are among the prominent names in the CPM list of candidates cleared by the party state committee on Wednesday . Former Muslim League state secretary K S Hamsa, who shares excellent relations with the highly influential Samastha Kerala Jemiyyathul Ulama, is the CPM nominee for IUML citadel Ponnani. Deviating from the past, the party has decided to field three district sec- SP, Cong clinch deal for seats in UP, MP n a m i ta b a jpa i @ Lucknow AFTER seven years, UP Ke Ladke (boys of UP), a 2017 slogan, are together again as the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress clinched their seatsharing deal in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday for the Lok Sabha elections. Of the total 80 seats in UP the SP allotted 17 to , t h e C o n g re s s. While the SP could accommodate a few other small allies, the Nagina seat may b e s p a re d fo r Bhim Army chief Chandrasekhar Azad. The deal went beyond UP as the SP chief Akhilesh Yadav at a press conference in Moradabad | PTI Congress let Akhilesh’s party contest from Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh. In UP, the Congress was alloted its pocketboroughs of Raebareli and Amethi besides Varanasi. The other seats included Kanpur (Nagar), Fatehpur Sikri, Bansgaon, Saharanpur, Prayagraj, Maharajganj, Amroha, Jhansi, Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad, Mathura, Sitapur, Barabanki and Deoria. The Congress first pitched for 25 seats, scaled it down to 21 before settling for 17. Congress leaders said Akhilesh may now join Rahul’s yatra as per his convenience. Fali Nariman End of an era in India’s legal history helped shape modern India, including the Kesavanand Bharati case in which the Supreme Court One of India’s foremost constitutional experts, laid down the basic structure doctrine. Fali S Nariman passed away in Delhi in the Ethics was at the heart of his most consequenearly hours of Wednesday He was 95. . tial decisions. He resigned as additional solicitor Born in Rangoon, now Yangon, on Janu- general as soon as Emergency was declared in ary 10, 1929, his family fled to India during 1975. As a senior Supreme Court advocate, he the Japanese invasion when dedicated the next few decades in he was 12. Nariman was one strengthening various facets of law, Chiselled mind of the last legal luminaries including establishing judicial reVery few lawyers like who honed their skills in the view of constitutional amendments, Nariman have enriched chambers of Jamshedji Bethe collegium system, and minority the Court with their hramji Kanga in Mumbai, alumrights in educational institutions. He skills and their moral ni that included Soli Sorabjee and admitted later that he wasn’t right in stature, writes senior Nani Palkhivala. appearing for Union Carbide in the advocate Kapil Sibal The departure of the Bhishma Bhopal gas leak case. | Edit page pitamah of jurists signalled the In the assets case against former end of an era. While Prime MinisTamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalater Narendra Modi in his tribute lithaa, he represented her in 2014 and said Nariman was among the most out- got her bail. In the inter-state Cauvery water disstanding legal minds, Chief Justice of pute case, he represented Karnataka. India D Y Chandrachud remembered Nariman was prolific as an author, writing him as a g reat giant of an more than a dozen books and penning numerous intellectual. columns, including for this newspaper. He is surNariman was part of several vived by his son, former SC justice Rohinton Narlandmark verdicts that iman, daughter-in-law and daughter. S u c h i t r a K a lya n M o h a n t y @ New Delhi 10 january 1929 - 21 FebRUARY 2024 retaries — V Joy M V Jayarajan and , M V Balakrishnan. CPM’s lone sitting MP A M Ariff, has been assigned , the task of retaining Alappuzha. Two women, Shailaja and new face K J Shine, find place in the list which also includes DYFI state president V Vaseef. The party aims to wrest its erstwhile stronghold, Vadakara, after 15 years through Shailaja who has carved a niche for herself in Kerala politics. Former finance minister Isaac has been active for the past one year in Pathanamthitta, which has remained elusive for the CPM ever since its formation in 2009. The party expects Radhakrishnan, who has a blemishless image along with outstanding track record as an efficient minister, to bring it luck in Alathur, while politburo member Vijayaraghavan will wrest back Palakkad from UDF. After much deliberation, CPM decided to field sitting MLA and actor Mukesh from Kollam, where CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s bete noire N K Premachandran is attempting a third successive win as UDF candidate. CPM hopes Mukesh’s popularity cutting across party lines will work to his advantage. EXPRESS READ Russian tourist drowns at Varkala T’Puram: A Russian tourist drowned in the sea off Vettakada beach at Varkala in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. Anzhelika Wtenhet, 52, was seen floating by surfers and local fishermen. Residents said though the woman was swiftly brought to the shore by surfers and given first aid, her life couldn’t be saved. Residents said she got caught in strong waves and ultimately drowned. P5 16 pages, including 4 pages of THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Express