3rd canopy collapse in three days at airport A video of the canopy collapsing at Rajkot airport went viral on social media. Airport Director Digant Bahora said, “The canopy collapsed due to waterlogging caused by rain outside the temporary terminal.” The first canopy collapse was at Jabalpur airport on Thursday. It damaged a car. The second was on Friday when it killed a cabbie in Delhi SHIVAMOGGA l sunday l june 30, 2024 l `12.00 l PAGES 26 l CITY EDITION 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 INDIA’S cup of joy S w a r o o p S w am i nat han @ Chennai Brief scores India 176/7 in 20 ovs (Kohli 76, Axar 47, Shivam 27, Maharaj 2/23, Nortje 2/26) bt South Africa 169/8 (De Kock 39, Stubbs 31, Klaasen 52, Arshdeep 2/20, Bumrah 2/18, Hardik 3/20) | More on p13 DKS warns Cong netas going public on leadership issue E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Bengaluru Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Saturday warned that notices will be issued and disciplinary action taken against Congress leaders who publicly speak about the need for leadership change (CM) and creation of more DCM posts in the state cabinet. He appealed to seers of various mutts with folded hands not to meddle in politics after Vokkaliga religious head Sri Chandrashekaranatha Swamiji on T hursday insisted that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah should quit and Shivakumar take over as CM. “Anyone issuing public statements on changing CM or DCM will face disciplinary action by `23k-cr circular rail network for Bengaluru city E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Bengaluru Union Minister of State for Railways and Jal Shakti V Somanna on Saturday announced that a circular railway network project worth Rs 23,000 crore will be implemented in Bengaluru. Speaking after holding a review meeting with state ministers, MLAs, MLCs and MPs from Bengaluru and officials from South Western Railway here, he said the detailed project report (DPR) will be ready soon. The state government should help acquire land for the project. “The 287-km network will connect Vaddarahalli, Devanahalli, Malur, Heelalige, Hejjala and Solur. The DPR is being prepared,” Somanna said. The meeting also decided to improve the railway network in Bengaluru city and prepare a m a s t e r pla n fo r a R s 43,000-crore project. “The Railways has approved 93 rail over bridges (ROBs)/road under bridges (RUBs) to be built in Karnataka at a cost of Rs 1,699 crore. Of them, 49 projects will be on cost sharing basis by Union and state governments. Accordingly the share , of the Railways is Rs 850 crore,” Somanna said. P5 WITH THIS ISSUE The Sky People PLUS 12 PAGES Let DKS send me notice, will give proper reply: Rajanna Bengaluru: Hitting back at DK Shivakumar, Cooperation Minister KN Rajanna on Saturday said that he will reply if the deputy chief minister issues a notice for his statement that more posts of DCM should be created in the cabinet. “Shouldn’t we ask for additional DCMs? Is it wrong to ask?” he said. P4 AICC and KPCC. Discipline is paramount for the party. We worked hard to bring our party to power. No one in the party should go public on this issue,” he said. Everyone in the party should work for its growth. Ministers, MLAs and swamijis should not speak about par ty matters in public, Shivakumar said. He clarified that no discussion took place with regard to change in guard or creation of more DCMs. “There were no discussions with the party high command regarding this. The swamiji spoke about it out of affection. His blessings are enough for me. Please do not propose or endorse me for CM’s post,” he said. P4 Eleven years later, a cricket-obsessed, trophy-starved nation will no longer need to look at 1983, 2007 or 2011 to sate themselves. On a sun-kissed Saturday, a new cricketing red-letter day was carved out at the iconic Kensington Oval in Barbados. As Rohit Sharma lifted the World Cup for the fourth time in their history a sense of , euphoria swept across the country which had become familiar with the sound of disappointment and agony in big games. They were not going to be denied. For a period of time, when Heinrich Klassen tore into Axar Patel with astonishing ease, a nation forgot to breathe. But when there’s Jasprit Bumrah, there’s a way, more often than not. After Hardik Pandya dismissed Klaasen against the run of play, Bumrah delivered two peerless overs. To watch your team lift a World Cup is a privilege not many fans will experience. That includes players too, 13 of whom have never (Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have won it) before had the sweet taste of global glory. This success will mean a lot to them, including Kohli and Sharma because of all the agonising misses and heart-breaks. T-72 tank swept away, five jawans killed M AYA N K SI N G H @ 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 Sub, han Khan, Bhupendra Negi, E Teibam and Sadarbonia Nagaraju. 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.
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