PIC: P RAVI KUMAR MANGALURU MONDAY APRIL 08, 2024 `9.00 PAGES 14 CITY EDITION IPL 2024: MUMBAI GET OFF THE MARK WITH EMPHATIC VICTORY After three losses, Mumbai Indians pocketed their first points with a 29-run victory vs Delhi Capitals while Lucknow secured their third win... MI OUT-HIT CAPITALS; LSG TOO GOOD FOR GT Rohit Sharma (49 off 27), Ishan Kishan (42 off 23), Tim David (unbeaten 21-ball 45) and Romario Shepherd (39 n.o from 10 balls) exhibited a sixhitting show as Mumbai posted a massive 234/5 against Delhi. Despite Tristan Stubbs’ heroic efforts (71 n.o), DC could only manage 205/8. In the second game, Lucknow Super Giants beat Gujarat Titans by 33 runs ■ 284 CAN CHENNAI GET BACK TO WINNING WAYS? ■ Chennai Super Kings are back at Chepauk after two away losses as they take on Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday While Mustafizur Rahman is expected to be back, the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led side will be hoping that their batting fires to perfection against KKR who have some serious hitters in the ranks | P13 STUBBS’ 71 N.O IS THIRD BEST SR AMONGST 25-PLUS BALL KNOCKS IN IPL 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 Day after Bengal mob attack, NIA officers face FIR At 45.2o C, six villages in K’buragi record highest temp in Karnataka num said they have asked officials to provide shelter and drinking water at places where MGNREGA works are in progress. The state government has reduced the workload of workers in 14 districts of the state, especially North Karnataka, by 30 per cent and labourers have been advised not to work during peak heat hours. The police have decided to switch off traffic signals from noon till 4 pm. The Health Department has asked citizens, especially seniors, not to venture out of their house between noon and 4 pm unless there is an emergency. During these hours, roads in Kalaburagi and Raichur have been wearing a deserted look. Police register case against central agency’s officials for ‘molestation’ and ‘trespassing’ People wait with pots for water at Jyotinagar in Belagavi on Sunday EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Kolkata Light rain likely from April 2nd week in B’luru A day after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) team probing the 2022 Bhupatinagar bomb blast case came under attack by an unruly mob in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district, the local police said on Sunday that they have booked the agency’s officials for ‘molestation’ and ‘trespassing’. The NIA team had gone to the Bhupatinagar village in the wee hours on Saturday to conduct raids and take into custody two key conspirators of the 2022 attack. During the raids, the antiterror agency arrested Balai Charan Maity and Manobrata Jana, a Trinamool Congress leader. A police officer said an FIR was filed against officials of the NIA as well as the accompanying security personnel after Jana’s wife lodged a complaint that the officials forcibly entered her residence and tried to outrage her modesty . Strongly refuting the allegations, the NIA pointed out that the searches were conducted at five locations in the presence of independent witnesses and under the security cover provided by the CRPF, which included women constables. NIA said Maity and Jana were taken into custody following extensive searches conducted at five different locations. As the team commenced its search operation, the officials were reportedly confronted by a hostile mob, which included women. The situation quickly escalated as the mob launched an assault on the NIA officers, resulting in injury to an official and damage to a vehicle’s windscreen. The attack on the NIA team evoked memories of January 5 when a team of the Enforce- The India Meteorological Department brought a glimmer of hope to people, even as it predicted rainfall in the second week of April in Bengaluru. The city recorded 37.6 degrees Celsius on April 2, the highest in the past eight years. P5 Vistara cutting 30 flights daily ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU @ New Delhi Palestinians return to Khan Yunis after Israel pulled its ground forces out of southern Gaza Strip on Sunday | AFP ISRAEL PARTIALLY RETRACTS FROM GAZA UNDER PRESSURE FROM ALLIES The private sleeper bus that overturned in Chitradurga district on Sunday | EXPRESS ary care were rushed to Chitrad u r g a , S h iv a m o g g a a n d Davanagere hospitals. Eight-month-old child safe Eight-month-old baby Rishik, who was travelling with his parents Sridevi and Nagaraj, survived the accident as doctors attended to him immediately Locals rushed to the help . of injured passengers, and provided them with breakfast, milk, coffee and water. All the bodies of the deceased were handed over to their relatives. ‘Attack on officials was unprovoked’ The NIA refuted allegations of ‘mala fide’ in its raids and said the attack on its officials was ‘unprovoked’. “NIA made it clear that its actions were bona fide, lawful, and legally mandated, as part of its ongoing investigation into the heinous crime related to fabrication of crude bombs, leading to an explosion that killed three persons in Naruabila village, PS Bhoopatinagar,” it said ment Directorate was attacked by an angry mob in North 24 Parg anas district’s Sandeshkhali. The ED team came under brutal attack during a search at the house of Trinamool Congress leader Shajahan Sheikh in connection with alleged irregularities in the public distribution system. The NIA said it has filed a written complaint about the attack on its officials at the Bhupatinagar police station. However, no one has been arrested in connection with the attack yet. Ballari: Rs 5.60 crore unaccounted cash, gold worth Rs 1.40 crore and silver ornaments worth Rs 42 lakh was seized on Sunday by the Ballari police. The raid was conducted at the residence of jewellery shop owner Naresh Soni. Sources said the owner failed to produce documents for the seizures. EVERY day two people are los, ing their lives on dangerous roads of Bengaluru. In just two months -- January and February of this year -- 168 people have lost their lives. In 2023, 915 people died in road accidents in Bengaluru, while the toll was 12,327 across the state. Since 2019, the number of deaths has steadily gone up. ADGP Road Safety and Traf, fic, Alok Kumar, said that in 2023, an average of 34 people died in road accidents across the state every day Bengaluru . recorded the highest number of 4,974 accidents, in which 915 people died and 4,162 were injured. Bengaluru was followed by Belagavi and Tumakuru. Most of the accidents were reported during peak traffic hours of 6 pm to 9 pm, While 55-60% of the accidents in- SAD DEAD-ENDS NO.OF ACCIDENTS NO. OF DEATHS DEATHS IN B’LURU THE political slugfest over the attack on NIA officials escalated on Sunday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday allegING that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) was “orchestrating attacks on central investigative agencies” in the state to shield its extortionist and corrupt leaders. Speaking at a rally in Jalpaiguri in West Bengal, Modi said: “When central investigative agencies come here, the TMC attacks them...it’s a party that crushes the law and the Constitution of the country... you saw what happened in Sandeshkhali. Everyone in the country knows it.” On Saturday, TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had blamed the NIA personnel for the incident. “They are carrying out raids without prior information and barging into houses. What would the women do if someone entered their house when everyone was asleep in the dead of night,” she said on Sunday at an election rally in Purulia district. She also alleged the central investigating agencies were asking TMC leaders to either join the BJP or face action. TMC leader Kunal Ghosh alleged that a senior BJP leader, who was with TMC, had met an NIA officer at his apartment on March 26 evening and handed over a list of TMC leaders to be arrested by ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. The BJP dismissed the claim, saying the TMC is “concocting lies and fictitious narratives”. Modi attacks Kharge The prime minister, reacting to Kharge’s charge on why Modi referred to abolition of Article 370 in a Rajasthan rally, said several youths of Rajasthan and Bihar have made supreme sacrifices for safeguarding Kashmir Bengaluru: Forty-six of the 47 PG students from Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI), who were admitted to Victoria Hospital with dehydration and diarrhoea on Friday, were discharged on Sunday. One student continues to receive treatment at the trauma care centre. Every day, 2 died in first 2 months of ’24 in B’luru RAKSHITH GOWDA @ Bengaluru Kolkata 46 medicos discharged in B’luru ROAD ACCIDENTS 2020 2021 2022 12,327 915 THREE passengers died, while 33 others sustained injuries after a private sleeper bus they were travelling in overturned near Hanumanthana Kanive of Holalkere taluk in Chitradurga district early on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Ganapathi Kallappa (35), an engineer from Gokarna, Jagadish (45) from Honnavara, and Ronak Singh (45), an engineer from Sakaleshpur, Hassan district. SP Dharmender Kumar Meena said that rash and negligent driving and overspeeding led to the accident as the driver lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a curve. Two passengers were killed on the spot, while the other died at the hospital. Those who needed terti- Trinamool leader Abhishek Banerjee accused the BJP of using central agencies to intimidate TMC and asserted that people are with the Bengal party. “BJP can have ED, CBI on their side. They are threatening those who are raising their voices against their undemocratic acts. A section of media friends are also siding with the BJP. But people of Bengal are with the TMC,” he said `5.6 cr cash, 3kg gold seized 43,440 EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Chitradurga BJP bid to intimidate TMC, says Abhishek EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ EXPRESS READ 11,702 772 3 killed, 33 injured as bus overturns in C’durga dist thought the World Central Kitchen’s cars were carrying Hamas gunmen. The Israel Defence Forces apologised for its mistake and sacked a colonel and major for the failure and added that those who carried out the attack could face criminal prosecution. While welcoming the action, World Central Kitchen founder Jose Andres called for an independent probe into the Israeli strike that killed his staff, and warned that the conflict had become a “war against humanity itself.” Reacting to Israel’s partial withdrawal, US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said: “As we understand it, and through their public announcements, it is really just about rest and refit for these troops that have been on the ground for four months and not necessarily, that we can tell, indicative of some coming new operation P11 for these troops.” 34,647 UNDER pressure from the US and allies over the ‘unintentional’ killing of aid workers, Israel on Sunday adopted a conciliatory approach and pulled out troops from southern Gaza. The Israeli military in a statement said the 98th commando division has “concluded its mission” in Khan Yunis and left “in order to recuperate and prepare for future operations”. However, the Israeli military said it will continue to have presence in the rest of the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is ready for a deal but is not ready to surrender. The partial withdrawal from Gaza should aid the truce talks expected to resume in Cairo. “There will be no ceasefire without the return of hostages. It just won’t happen,” he said. Netanyahu has been under pressure from the international community after Israel on April 1 dropped bombs on humanitarian workers of US-based food charity World Central Kitchen by mistake. Last week, US President Joe Biden said his support for the war would depend on Israel curtailing the death of civilians and improving humanitarian conditions in Gaza. Britain also demanded that the conflict must end. Israel’s public broadcaster Channel 11 reported that the remaining forces would be located along the Netzarim Corridor, a route that splits the Gaza Strip in two. Following the global outcry over the death of aid workers, Israeli military sacked two senior officers on Friday. Israeli military’s inquiry into the incident revealed that the drone operators did not follow rules and 9,760 646 EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE 34,178 HAVING to cancel over 150 flights in the first week of April due to non-availability of pilots, Vistara on Sunday said it is cancelling 10% of its daily flights in April as it looks to normalise operation. “We are carefully scaling back our operations by around 25-30 flights per day. This will take us back to the same level of flight operations as at the end of February 2024, and provide the much-needed resilience and buffer in the rosters,” said a Vistara Spokesperson. The cancellations are done mostly in the domestic network of Vistara, a joint venture between the Tata Group and Singapore International Airlines. Vistara operates about 300 flights daily and 1,000 pilots on its rolls. Earlier this week, the DGCA sought a daily report from the airline as the issue snowballed into a major embarrassment. Vistara pilots were not happy with the revised salary structure, which is being “forced upon them” ahead of its merger with Air India, they said. Vistara CEO Vinod Kannan, a day ago said that 98% of its pilots have signed the new contracts with the revised salary structure. “We are aware that some pilots have some concerns and queries regarding the contract. We are engaging with them to clarify and resolve the same. However, this has not caused any visible spike in attrition among the pilots,” Kannan said. 39,762 SIX villages in Gabbur hobli of Deodurga taluk in Raichur district on Sunday recorded 45.2 degrees Celsius, making it the highest in the state this year. Gugal, Maladkal, Hemnal, Hirebudur, Ramdurga and Shavantagera hit record temperatures, while many other villages in Yadgir, Kalaburagi and Bagalkot districts of North Karnataka too recorded close to 45 degrees Celsius on Sunday. The India Meteorological Department has issued a heat wave alert in many parts of North Karnataka, especially in the Kalyana Karnataka region, where the temperature has been rising over the last five days. Some villages in Kalaburagi and Raichur districts had recorded highs, but not above 45 degrees Celsius. Kalaburagi District Health Officer (DHO) Dr Ratikant Swamy said no untoward incidents have been reported though temperatures have been climbing steadily over the last few days. In the last seven days, seven people from different villages suffered mild heat strokes and were treated at nearby Primary Health Centres and Community Health Centres, he added. Raichur Deputy Commissioner Chandrashekhar Nayaka and Kalaburagi Deputy Commissioner Fouzia Taran- 10,038 654 RAMAKRISHNA BADSESHI @ Kalaburagi TMC targets probe agencies to shield the corrupt: Modi 2023 SOURCE: GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA,POLICE DEPARTMENT volved two-wheeler riders, 1520% had pedestrians as victims. The rest of the accidents involved cars, trucks and autorickshaws. The majority of those who lost their lives were men aged between 18 and 40. Maximum fatalities were reported on national and state highways. The rest of the accidents occurred at key hotspots in the city, including Kengeri, Yeshwanthpur, Chikkajala, Peenya and Yelahanka. Alok Kumar said, “In certain scenarios, delays in ambulance response and insufficient victim care have resulted in the loss of life. Discussions have been held with district health officers to ensure prompt 108 ambulance response and implementation of post-trauma accident protocols.” The primary causes of accidents included reckless driving and inadequate infrastructure, along with a significant number of riders neglecting to wear helmets. Every year, the traffic police issue notices to over 50,000 riders for not wearing helmets. Discussions are on with the government to build walkways along major roads and to install pre-record signboards on national highways and even in the city There are also plans to . enforce use of helmets for children below four years old. Youth tries to extort poll officials, caught E N S @ Mysuru IN a hilarious incident, officers who were on election duty caught a youth, who posed himself as a policeman and tried to extort money from them. The officers, who were part of the election flying squad, were travelling from Sathagalli bus depot towards Devegowda Circle in a car here on April 4 night. PWD Assistant Engineer Cariappa, Second Division Assistant Mahadev, car driver Likith and Metagalli police station constable Shashikumar were in the car. Three youth, who were on a motorbike, waylaid the car near Devegowda Circle. Without realising that the vehicle occupants were election officers, the youth claimed themselves to be policemen deputed to check vehicles. P4
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