villupuram l sunday l june 30, 2024 l `12.00 l PAGES 24 l city EDITION Third Canopy collapse in three days, this time at Rajkot airport The canopy at passenger pick up and drop off area in Rajkot airport collapsed due to heavy rains on Saturday. There was no casualty Video of canopy collapsing goes viral A video of the canopy collapsing went gone viral on social media. Airport Director Digant Bahora said, “The canopy collapsed due to waterlogging caused by rain outside the temporary terminal. No one was injured.” The first canopy collapse was at Jabalpur airport on Thursday. It damaged a car. The second was on Friday when the crash killed a cabbie at the Delhi airport `1,405 cr Airport blames it on water accumulation ■ In a post on X, the Rajkot airport authorities said water accumulation was observed on the canopy at the terminal building at 11.40 am on Saturday due to heavy rains and the area beneath was cordoned off to prevent injuries ■ Gujarat Congress president Shaktisinh Gohil accused the Centre of shoddy construction as the greenfield international airport is just 11 months old Construction Cost of the Rajkot airport that was inaugurated last year 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 kohli, axar lift india After opting to bat first in the final of the T20 World Cup, India set a target of 177 for South Africa. It’s the highest-ever made in the final. A look at the innings... Flurry of boundaries to start with India were on the look out for boundaries and they were rewarded for their intent. Five of the first eight scoring shots were fours but South Africa were also below par on to open proceedings. Maharaj breaks through Rohit Sharma has been in uber touch at the World Cup but lost his wicket as he tried to put more pressure on Keshav Maharaj. His sweep was caught by a diving Heinrich Klaasen at square-leg. Two balls later, Rishabh Pant also perished, a tame top-edge going through to the wicket-keeper. Surya too departs This new-age Indian batting unit wants to take the game on. They have been rewarded thus far but on Saturday, they were down 3/34 as Suryakumar Yadav also departed, holing out to long leg off Kagiso Rabada. Axar, Kohli take contrasting approaches The team management has done this before and they promoted Axar Patel to not only stop the bleed but transfer pressure back; he’s an excellent but slightly under-rated boundary hitter against spin. He hit sixes off Aiden Markram, Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi and Rabada while Kohli settled into anchor mode. He went from 22 (16) to 50 (48) with no boundaries in between. Kohli ups ante After a less than ideal start, the fourth-wicket partnership of Axar (L) and Virat Kohli steadied the ship with a 72-run stand. Axar was particularly impressive as he played the role of enforcer | AFP Brief scores India 176/7 in 20 ovs (Kohli 76, Axar 47, Maharaj 2/23. NORTJE 2/26) Sanjay Jha named JD(U) working prez R a m a s h a n k a r @ Patna The national executive meeting of the Janata Dal (United) on Saturday appointed Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Jha as the party’s working president. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar would continue to be the party’s national president. The meeting urged the Centre to consider according either special category status or a special package for Bihar, given the party’s role in the formation of the NDA government. Jha said Prime Minister Narendra Modi always paid attention to Bihar and expressed hope that the party’s demand for special status would be granted. Jha, a prominent Brahmin face of the JD(U) in the Mithilanchal region, is considered close to Nitish. He had played a crucial role in the return of the party to the NDA ahead of the Lok Sabha election. “The party president has entrusted a big responsibility on me by appointing me as party’s working president. We will try to work with ally BJP with more coordination,” he told media persons after his apppointment in New Delhi. WITH THIS ISSUE The Sky People PLUS 12 PAGES As the innings wore on, there was some turn, something the Indian spinners would have liked. Kohli, to his credit, did find some joy in the back end. In the end, India made 42 runs off the last three overs. T-72 Tank swept away, five jawans killed in Ladakh MAYANK SINGH @ New Delhi Five soldiers, including a junior commissioned office, who were operationally deployed towards the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh lost lives on Saturday as their T-72 tank was swept away in flash floods. The incident happened around 1 am, while de-inducting the jawans from a military training activity the Army said. , In a social media message, the Army’s Fire and Fury Corps said, “an Army tank got struck in the Shyok River, near Saser Brangsa, Eastern Ladakh due to sudden increase in the water level.” Rescue teams rushed to the location but due to high current in the swollen river following flash floods, the mission didn’t succeed and the tank crew lost their lives. Two T-72 tanks were trying to cross Shyok but one of them got stuck, officials said, adding the melting of snow resulted in the increase in the water levels. The deceased personnel were identified as M R K Reddy, Subhan Khan, Bhupendra Negi, E Teibam and Sadarbonia Nagaraju. This is the second biggest incident in which soldiers were killed during operational deployment. The Leh-based Fire and Fury 14 Corps is to undergo change of command from July 1, with Lt Gen H Bhalla replacing Lt Gen Rashim Bali. Corps Commander 14 Corps leads the Senior Highest Military Commander Level (SHMCL) talks between India and China to resolve issues pertaining to the stand-off in Eastern Ladakh. The Corps handles some of the most sensitive battlefields in the world. The areas of the Western and Eastern Ladakh also come under its responsibility . TN liquor law amended for stiffer penalties T M u r u g a n a n d h a m @ Chennai As the death toll in the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy keeps rising with 65 lives lost so far, the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Saturday amended the Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act, 1937 (TNPA) to enhance the prison term and fine for offences related to manufacture, possession, and sale of illicit liquor in the state. Minister for Prohibition and Ex- cise S Muthusamy, who tabled the bill, said as per the amendments, all the movable properties associated with the offence would be confiscated and unlicensed places used for consumption of liquor would be sealed. Heinous offences would be made non-compoundable, Muthusamy said. The Principal Act already prescribes life sentence for those involved in these offences when they result in loss of lives. In the amendment, the quantum of the fine for such cases has been increased from `5,000 to `10 lakh. “In any other case, offences shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term not less than 5 years, but which may extend up to 10 years and with fine which shall not be less than `5 lakh but which may extend up to `10 lakh,” the amendment bill said. Continued on p5
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