kochi l tuesday l july 16, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 16 l late city EDITION Ohio senator J D vance is trump’s vice presidential candidate Don to be GOP’s prez candidate officially Former US president Donald Trump on Monday announced that Ohio Senator J D Vance will be his running mate for the 2024 elections J D Vance Classified documents case dismissed “I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J D Vance,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. Vance was elected senator in 2022 and has no prior political experience. The GOP convention to officially name Trump as the party’s candidate began in Milwaukee on Monday ■ ■ Trump told The New York Post that he had prepared an “extremely tough” speech against Biden for the event, but decided to tone it down to avoid fuelling political divisions in light of the shooting | P9 Meanwhile, a Florida judge appointed by Trump dismissed a criminal case against him on charges of mishandling top-secret documents Indian Angle in vance’s nomination as he is married to Usha Chilukuri 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 Bhojshala E X P RESS READ ASI files report; vindicated, says Hindu side Oli sworn in as Nepal’s premier for fourth time Kathmandu: Nepal’s Khadga K P Sharma Oli on Monday was sworn in as Nepal’s 45th Prime Minister — the fourth time for him — to lead a new coalition government that faces the challenge of providing political stability in the nation. A n u r aa g S i n g h @ Bhopal The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Monday submitted to the Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court, its report on the 98-day scientific survey at the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque in western MP’s Dhar town. “The detailed report comprising 2,000-plus pages in 10 volumes has been submitted to the HC, as directed by it on July 4. The next hearing is on July 22,” the ASI/Central government’s counsel Himanshu Joshi said. While Joshi refused to divulge the contents of the report, senior advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, who represents the petitioner, Hindu Front for Justice, claimed the survey’s outcome vindicated their stand. “The ASI’s report makes our case strong. We’ll proceed to the Supreme Court for vacation of the stay order dated April 1, 2024, seeking an early hearing,” Jain told TNIE. Jain’s father Harishankar Jain had filed the writ petition in the matter in 2022. Despite repeated attempts, Mohd Abdul Samad, head of Maulana Kamaluddin Welfare Society, who represents the Muslim side in the matter, could not be contacted. Out on bail, Soren springs surprise, meets Modi Continental Supremacy Alvaro Morata (above) with the Henri Delaunay Trophy after Spain purred their way to a 2-1 win over England. The best team in the tournament, Spain went seven in seven en route to winning their fourth Euros. Lionel Messi holds aloft the Copa America trophy after an edgy 1-0 win over Colombia in extra-time. It was a record 16th Copa title for the world champions | AP | P11 Shortly after sanitation worker Joy’s partially decomposed body was recovered from the Amayizhanchan canal, that doubles up as the city’s main sewer, on Monday the state government , joined the ongoing blame game between the railways and the Thiruvananthapuram corporation, warning the former of stringent action if it continued to neglect scientific waste management on its premises. S u c h i t r a K a lya n M o h a n t y @ New Delhi Local Self-Government (LSG) Minister M B Rajesh accused the railways of constantly ignoring letters from the state government and the corporation in this re g ard, and war ned the national transporter of invoking sections of the Disaster Management Act if it continued with its noncooperation. Joy Meanwhile, the Kerala High Court cautioned the railways and the cor poration against engaging in recrimination over the incident. The court Blame game on Minister M B Rajesh warns railways of invoking sections of Disaster Management Act if it continues to neglect scientific waste management on its premises Earlier, the railways had blamed the corporation for lapses in waste mgmt directed the corporation, the district collector and the railways to file a report on how and why plastic waste was dumped into the canal, the manner in which it was removed, and the persons responsible for it. The authorities were also instructed emerging trend State sets gaze on astrotourism and glamping to woo visitors bubble stay made out of a transparent balloon. Though many love camping, Kerala, popular for its tranquil beach- families and senior citizens often avoid es, lush landscapes and serene backwa- such tented accommodation because of ters, is now carving a niche for itself in various reasons and inconveniences. the realm of astro/astronomy tourism Glamping sites are different and offer and ‘glamping’ (glamorous camping). the same experience as camping but Various parts of the state are now dotted with all luxuries and comfort. We have with luxurious accommodation units six units and all of them are booked in designed to offer comfort and unique ex- advance round the year,” said Althaf R, periences for stargazers, astro enthusi- general manager of Luxeglamp, a bubasts and travellers. ble glamping site in Glamping, a rapMunnar. idly growing trend “For watching the in Kerala, of fers night sky and star tourists spacious formations, we are and luxurious tented offering telescopes suites in tea estates, and skywatching tree houses and lush equipment in our greenscapes, letting units,” Althaf them experience unadded. spoilt natural beauty In view of the of the locality and booming trend, the allowing them to government is geartake in the night sky ing up to feature aswithout sacrificing tronomy tourism as comfort. The glampa key feature of Kering sites, often situala Tourism. “StarA glamping site in Munnar ated in remote areas gazing and night sky away from light polwatching is a global lution, provide an ideal setting for star- travel trend and we want tourists around gazing and connecting with nature, say the globe to know that Kerala too offers stakeholders. unique celestial experiences,” said a Munnar, Vagamon, Wayanad, and senior official with the tourism departKannur, renowned for their natural ment. “Our aim is to tap into this trend beauty are now also gaining recognition by identifying destinations with clear , for their unmatched conditions suited skies and setting up viewing decks with for stargazing. “We are offering glamp- equipment for skywatching,” the offi● More on P4 ing units with a 360 degree view. It’s a cial said.  S h a i n u M o h a n @T’Puram SC junks review plea against its order on Adani Chandrachud-led bench rules there is no error apparent in its January 3 judgment Joy’s body recovered; state govt joins issue with rlys E x p r ess Ne w s S e r v i c e @ T’Puram Ranchi: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, who has been making scathing attack on BJP after his release from jail, surprised everyone on Monday by meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which he termed a courtesy call. P8 to provide a specific plan of action for clearing the legacy waste accumulated in the canal, both within railway property and outside. A day after the railways blamed the corporation for lapses in waste management, Rajesh held a press conference and took on the rail transporter. “The incident occurred on the railways’ premises. Despite repeated reminders from the government and city corporation, railways remained non-cooperative on this serious issue of waste management,” he said.  ● More on P4 DKS’ plea against CBI probe in Assets case dismissed by SC In a setback to K’taka Dy CM D K Shivakumar, the SC said it was not inclined to interfere with the High Court order in the case | P5 THE Supreme Court has rejected a petition seeking review of its January 3 verdict dismissing a plea for a probe by the CBI or an SIT into allegations of stock price manipulation by the Adani Group as suggested by a report put out by US-based Hindenburg Research. “Having perused the review petition, there is no error apparent on the face of the record. No case for review under Order XLVII Rule 1 of the Supreme Court Rules 2013. The review petition is, therefore, dismissed,” said a threejudge bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra. The order was passed on May 8 and published on the apex court’s website Fresh material on Monday . While dismissing the review plea, The review plea the apex court said that no case was argued that there made out by petitioner Anamika Jaisw- was new material to prove that the Adani al against its January 3 verdict. In that order, the Supreme Court had Group violated law held that there was no valid ground to by not maintaining enter into the regulatory domain of the minimum public Securities and Exchange Board of In- shareholding of 25% dia (Sebi) and direct it to hand over its within certain probe to an alternative agency as periods of time sought by petitioners in a batch of pleas, which relied on the findings of the Hindenburg Research report. “There was no material to show Sebi was lackadaisical in taking steps or had a regulatory failure, warranting a probe by a SIT or CBI,” it said. According to the petitioner, there is fresh material to show the Adani Group violated Rule 19A of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, which says listed companies need to maintain minimum public shareholding of 25% within specified periods. This factor, which was not considered in the January 3 judgement, needs a thorough probe, the review plea said. CJI agrees to take his call on hearing money bill case soon E x p r ess Ne w s S E r v i c e @ New Delhi The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider commencing hearings on challenges to the passage of important laws like the Aadhaar Act as money bills, allegedly to bypass the Rajya Sabha. A money bill can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha. Once Lok Sabha clears it with a simple majority Rajya Sabha , cannot amend or reject it. It can make recommendations, which may or may not be accepted by the Lower House. The NDA does not have a majority in the Rajya Sabha. It currently has 101 seats in the 245-member House, where 123 seats are needed for majority . Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing the petitioners, told the bench comprising Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra that since the matter is already in the list of scheduled Constitution bench hearings, it should be created on a priority basis. To this, the CJI said, “I will take the call when I for m the Constitution benches.” A seven-judge Constitution bench has already been formed to hear the matter, but it has not yet commenced hearings. The judges had assured the petitioners that the court would start its hearings soon. 16 pages, including 4 pages of KOCHI Express P a t i e n t t r a pp e d f o r 4 2 h r s ‘Each hour inside lift felt like a day’ E x p r ess Ne w s S e r v i c e @ T’Puram bond beyond words Actor Mammootty hugs M T Vasudevan Nair on the occasion of the writer’s 91st birthday, at an event in Kochi on Monday. The event also saw the trailer launch of Manorathangal , an anthology series based on MT’s short stories, starring Mammootty, Mohanlal and other actors | T P Sooraj “It was a near-death experience for me. In the darkness, I lost track of time. I think I even saw my ancestors,” recounted Raveendran Nair, who was trapped inside a lift at the Government Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, for two nights. When the lift door finally opened on Monday after an , agonising 42-hour wait, the 59-year-old was thankful to the lift operator, saying he seemed like a saviour sent to rescue him. What started as a routine hospital visit on Saturday to treat a backache turned into a nightmare for Raveendran, an Ulloor resident and local secretary of CPI in Thirumala. Unsuspectingly Raveendran , entered lift number 11 located near the hospital superintendent’s office around noon to show his medical report to an orthopaedic doctor on another floor. “There was no sign board indicating maintenance. There was good lighting inside the lift as well, but no lift operator,” said Raveendran, a temporary emp l o y e e o f t h e L e g i s l a t iv e Assembly . The lift went up, almost reaching the second floor, and then came down with a thud and was suspended between the two floors. Panic-stricken, Raveendran picked up his mobile phone which fell down, but couldn’t make calls as it was damaged. “The lights went off. I tried to call the helpline number using the phone inside the lift and also pressed the panic button repeatedly, but received no response,” he said. Resigning himself to fate, he lay down using his bag as a pillow, finding solace only in the ventilation. He struggled to keep track of time without a functioning phone. “Each hour felt like a day When I was fi. nally freed, I thought it was already ● More on P4 July 20,” he said.