HYDERABAD SUNDAY AUGUST 25, 2024 `12.00 PAGES 24 LATE CITY EDITION INFOSYS DRAGGED TO U.S. COURT BY COGNIZANT UNIT FOR ALLEGED THEFT INFOSYS RUBBISHES ALL ALLEGATIONS Trizetto, in the lawsuit, said Infosys illegally accessed data from its software — Facets and QNXT — and used it to develop and market a competing product. It also alleged that Infosys created software to extract data from QNXT that contained confidential information. For its part, Infosys denied the allegations and said it will defend its position in court TriZetto accused the Indian IT major of stealing trade secrets and information related to healthcare insurance software COGNIZANT SEEKS MONETARY DAMAGES ■ Cognizant asked the court for an unspecified amount of monetary damages and an order for Infosys to stop misusing its trade secret, Reuters reported ■ Interestingly, a few top leaders of Cognizant have come from Infosys, including current CEO Ravi Kumar S, PTI reported. Earlier this week, Infosys executive Rajesh Varrier was named Cognizant India’s CMD Aug 23 THE DAY THE CASE WAS FILED IN A TEXAS COURT BY COGNIZANT 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 Pension wrinkles off in new scheme UPS will benefit as many as 23 lakh govt employees who joined service under the National Pension System ers receive 50% of their last drawn basic salary along with dearness allowance or DA. Union minister Ashwani Vaishnaw said the scheme will benefit 23 lakh Central government employees and will be implemented on April 1, 2025. It will allow employees the flexibility to choose between the National Pension System (NPS) and the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS). This choice will be final for both current and future employees. The UPS guarantees government employees a pension equal to 50% of their average basic salary from the last 12 months preceding retirement, provided they have completed a minimum of 25 years of service. In the event of the pensioner’s death, their family will receive M O N I K A YA D A V @ New Delhi Govt to put info on FTL in public domain: Deputy CM AMID ongoing protests by the non-BJP ruled states regarding the New Pension Scheme (NPS), the Union Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday approved a Unified Pension Scheme (UPS), designed to offer guaranteed pension benefits, family pensions, and a minimum assured pension for government employees. Under this new scheme, the government will ensure that employees receive a pension equivalent to 50% of their salary The government’s contribu. tion to the pension scheme has increased from 14% to 18.5%. This newspaper had earlier reported that the new pension scheme will be based on Andhra Pradesh’s guaranteed pension scheme, under which, pension- 60% of the pension amount that was being disbursed at the time of passing. The scheme guarantees employees a minimum monthly pension of `10,000 after retirement, provided they have completed a minimum of 10 years of service. All schemes will be adjusted for inflation. A lump sum will be given at the time of superannuation, in addition to gratuity Employees will . get 1/10th of their monthly salary (plus pay and DA) for every six months of completed service. This lump sum will not affect the amount of the guaranteed pension. The provisions of the UPS will also apply to employees who have already retired under the NPS. Retirees will receive arrears for the previous period, along with interest. 50% of the average basic pay drawn over the last 12 months prior to superannuation upon minimum 25 years of service Assured family pension @ 60% of pension of the employee immediately before her/his demise Assured minimum pension of `10,000 on retirement after minimum 10 years of service HYDRAA’S STING RAZES NAG’S `400 CR LAKE CONVENTION EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE WITH THIS ISSUE BITTEN BY THE BUG PLUS 12 PAGES FTL boundary HYDRAA demolishes the N-Convention Centre, owned by actor Akkineni Nagarjuna, for encroachments on the FTL and buffer zone of Thammidi Kunta lake, in Hyderabad on Saturday HYDERABAD POLICE NAB 36 CYBER CROOKS IN GUJARAT I P3 MEDICINES STORED IN RIMS DAMAGED BY RATS I P5 LOADED OFFER BY PDP TO SUPPORT NC-CONG ALLIANCE I P8 N-Convention 30m Buffer zone tice for demolition. We were not issued any notice before the demoliTHE Hyderabad Disaster Relief and tion this morning. It is not proper to Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) do this while the case is in court,” interim stay on the demolition by razed the high-profile N-Convention Nagarjuna said on X. afternoon, by which time the strucCentre, owned by Tollywood actor HYDRAA Commissioner AV Ran- ture had already been completely Akkineni Nagarjuna, early morn- ganath later made it clear that there razed. ing on Saturday. Located in Mad- were “no stay orders from any Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, hapur, the centre was allegedly en- court” and noted that N-Convention, when he was in the TDP, questioned croaching upon the Full Tank Level built in the FTL/buffer zone, had no the then BRS government on why (FTL) and buffer zone of building permission. “N- the convention centre was allowed Thammidi Kunta lake. Convention has been clearly to function though it had enThe structure, spanning manipulating the systems croached on the FTL and buffer CONTINUED ON P4 3.3 acres and whose estimatand process and continuing zone. ed market value is around their commercial activities `400 crore, was reportedly through the unauthorised Five erected without the requi-TO THE FORE AS GRAPPLERS structures built in the FTL YOUTH JORDAN LEAD INDIA’S GOLD RUSH IN site building permissions. and buffer zones,” he said. The convention centre, The centre had encroached granted ... post There is a stay ordercarried out The demolition was known for its state-of-art infrastruc- 1.12hesh front-FTL and 2.18CC chief Ma acres in runner for TP acres in wrongfully based on misinformation ture and technology, has been a fo- the buffer zone without building Sebi bans Anil cal point of controversy for over a permission and attempts to regularAmbani from Akkineni Nagarjuna, actor securities decade due to its location in the ise the unauthorised structures unmarket for 5 yrs lake’s FTL and buffer zone. der Building Regularisation Scheme There are no stay orders from any court. In response to the demolition, Na- were rejected by the authorities, he Due to unchecked encroachments, garjuna called the action unlawful added. areas around Madhapur are facing E After the demolitions began, Naand claimed that it was patta LK TIM PM’s TA land serious waterlogging issues. Many and added that not “even an inch KYIV garjuna’s N-Convention approached houses of lower and middle class DGE IN of NU“Stay was tank plan is encroached”. the Telangana High Court in the people are getting submerged also granted on previous illegal no- morning. Theguleti tells HYDRAAgranted Pon court then to AV Ranganath, HYDRAA commissioner S B A C H A N J E E T S I N G H @ Hyderabad Y AUGUST HYDERABAD SATURDA 24, 2024 `9.00 PAGES NEHA HAILS FROM women wrestlers Neha, Pulkit star as Indian the U17 World meet in win five gold medals at women’s championships Amman, Jordan, to win CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE My visit to Ukraine was historic. I had productive talks with President @ ZelenskyyUa. India firmly believes that peace must always prevail ■ Neha Sangwan | UWW 16 LATE CITY EDITION KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ SHIVAMOGGA ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR DDY I R E D DY S R I N I VAS R E @ Hyderabad IONSHIP FOR INDIA HISTORIC TEAM CHAMP the 69 kg Oleksandra of Ukraine in VINESH’S VILLAGE Aditi (43 kg) (57 kg), Pulkit (65kg) and . Neha, who hails Mansi (73 kg), Neha Sangwan respective weight categories defeated World No bagged a gold each in their village Balali in Haryana, from wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s superiority in the final. Pulkit made a 3 So Tsutsui 10-0 via technical following surgery lay-off of over two years golden return after an injury ■ BE BC LEADER LIKELY TO T STATE CONG PRESIDEN ■ ■ ■ Rybak On Friday, Kajal defeated the country. She won 9-2 final to win fifth gold for team Japan to win the historic for the last The gold helped India beat freestyle after falling short championship in the women’s the race until late on Friday five years. Japan were in ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ DHARMAPURI ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR HUBBALLI ■ INDIA THE NUMBER OF GOLD MEDALS WORLDS WOMEN HAVE WON AT THE U17 ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM NAGAPATTINAM for the in for an SC or ST leader post, the TPCC presiden t’s are chief minister and others Kusaid to favour SA Sampath mar or Balram Naik. n, sourcOn Cabinet expansio the high es indicate d that of comman d was in favour s with filling the six vacancie MLC. five MLAs and one rs, and Two Reddy legislato BC, one leader each from communiwas SC, ST and minority party is believed that the set to be included in giving the ties are almost certain about a BC lead- the Cabinet. are likely to find PCC president post to Those who of the fact Cabinet include er. This is on account consti- a place in the P Sudharshan that BC communities the former minister Rajagopal tute a major chunk of , Reddy Komatireddy , Reddy population. Reddy/Malreddy Ranga i v e k V As per the discusBalu Naik, G sions, MLC B Mahesh Venkataswamy, Vakiti Srihari Goud and Ku m a r h u and Amer Ali Khan. ing fo r m e r M P M a d party is also consider The av e Ya s h k i G o u d h odating one leader front-ru nners accomm the BC, SC, ST and emerged as post. It is each from ities for working for the TPCC chief ’s Kumar OC commun believed that Mahesh and other important The offi- president might make the cut. during the upcoming likely in positions Pradesh cial announcement is reconstitution of the a couple of days. Committee. party wants to go Congress In case the CONTENDERS FOR CABINET BERTHS MLA P Sudharsha n Reddy, Bodhan MLA K Rajagopal Reddy, Munugode Malreddy Ranga Reddy, Ibrahimpatn am MLA MLA Balu Naik, Devarakond a amy, Chennur MLA MLC B Mahesh Kumar G Vivek Venkatasw Goud, former MP Madhu Vakiti Srihari, Makthal MLA Yaskhi Goud front-runners with Amer Ali Khan, MLC former likely to make the cut Post set to go to a backward community leader who has been in party for a long time and grew from NSUI level be an AT long last, there might Cabion end to the speculation ent net expansion and appointm t. of a new TPCC presiden that the Reliable sources said has finalparty high command signal for Narendra Modi, PM ly given the green expansion. It is likely Cabinet week of ( o r g a n i s at i o n ) to take place in the last month. s e c re t a r y @ Mumbai al on the two isthis month or early next BENN KOCHUVEEDAN currently KC Venugop hanging There are six berths sues that have been Exchange the Conlying vacant in the Cabinet. THE Securities and fire almost ever since indusChief Minister A Revanth g ress gover nment took Board of India banned y also and 24 othReddy, who is currentl with charge in the state in Detrialist Anil Ambani embraces Ukraine President Reliance along year. the TPCC president, ers, includin g key Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kyiv on Friday | PTI from Mallu cember last Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Deputy Chief Minister Home Finance officials, five As far as the TPCC for Irrigation Bhatti Vikramarka, the securities market post is conRed- chief ’s creating a Minister N Uttam Kumar in- cerned, sources said years on charges of na to siphon dy and AICC Telanga met that the party has decid“fraudulent scheme hi company charge Deepa Dasmuns off money from the appoint a BC leader jun ed to loans to AICC president Mallikar r- who is also very senior. by structuring it as s”. headqua Kharge at the party credit-unworthy borrower have served the para Friday Those who nt amount of The regulator also slapped ters in New Delhi on expan- ty for a significa Ambani and discussed Cabinet fine of `25 crore on grew from NSUI level of a new time and from served. sion and appointment and restrained him are likely to be consider Manaa-halfing as a director or Key listed l state Congress chief. During the one-and“practica also any iterated the need for Kharge, it The Telangana leaders gerial Personnel in hour discussion with all stakeY E S H I S E L I @ New Delhi five years. engagement” between with party general d company for an innova- conferre , a holders to develop Apart from Anil Ambani that will help PRIME Ministe r Narendr fined into nudge tive solution those debarred and of Reacceptability and Modi on Friday sought the talks build broad clude the former officials Amit EXPRESS READ Ukraine and Russia to towards peace and any time contribute liance Home Finance ar, table without wasting The prime minister Bapna, Ravindra Sudhalk , end their stability. India, US sign reciprocal willingness to to find a solution to Shah. Ambani on conveyed India’s and Pinkesh defence pact all possible ways ongoing war, in his interacti and Shah t Volo- contribute in measBapna, Sudhalkar, Reddy return of United with Ukrainian Presiden DRAA authorities and Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa crore, `27 to facilitate an early ICE New Delhi: India and the have been fined `25 Kyiv. my house addresses the media in Hyderabad EXPRESS NEWS SERV he said, addt dymyr Zelenskyy in ure my residence. If `21 crore, come peace to Ukraine, States signed two significan FTL, decrore, `26 crore, and detailed, open He added that he had Indian @ Hyderabad is in the buffer zone or in its or, This ing it was a “very constructive defence agreements during respectively Sebi said it. I am also directing ways Singh’s with a message of peace. Ponguleti molish Indian and in many FIRST DEMOLISH CONG Defence Minister Rajnath der dated August 22. REVENUE Minister director Ranganath,” The was the first visit of any and dediscussion”. on Friday di- HYDRAA LEADERS’ HOUSES: KTR four-day visit to the US. ng the The entities fined addressi Srinivasa Reddy by train UniPM to Ukraine. Security Modi arrived in Kyiv Disaster he said, while Bhavan. neutral. agreements include the barred include Reliance ExHyderabad: BRS working president rected the Hyderabad between the “We (India) are not media at Gandhi (SOSA) the Monitorin g, we and the meeting of Supply Arrangement corn Enterprises, Reliancen c e KT Rama Rao on Friday said Response and Assets t He said that the property From the very beginnin have two leaders lasted three hours. elia n (HYDRAA) we and a MoA about the assignmen government should first demolish change Next, R him and to and the ing and Protectio have taken sides. And SOSA, a Reliance “I want to assure you his res- question belongs the illegal structures constructed of liaison officers. Under Commercial Finance, peace. We authorities to demolish zone added he would not react like community that ng chosen the side of Congress Business entire global by ministers and other bilateral and non-bindi land of Cleangen, Reliance to reidence, if it is in the bufferas al- KTR who claimed the Janwada (FTL) , and have have come from the India is committ ed leaders in the full tank level those agreement, the two sides is no Broadcast News Holdings d to his of Himayatsagar and Buddha where there nment. farmhou se belonge reciprocal or FTL specting sovereignty n BRS. of water bodies and then raze committed to providing Reliance Big Entertai said taken the (of leged by the oppositio es and place for war,” Modi friend. “If KTR has territorial integrity built by the common man | P4 priority support for goods Each of these six companieiutHe challenged BRS working farmhouse on lease, he should for in his opening remarks national states) and it is of Rao to services that promote has been fined `25 crore presiden t KT Rama much rent he is payobduring the talks with ent will most importance to us,” e is in reveal how redefence. This arrangem ther receiving the illegallyilleprove that his residenc . ng Zelenskyy ing,” he said. The minister d house mentioned that the propModi said. acquisition of loans or facilitati facilitate the a zone or FTL. the FIR registere “I have come with to the BRS work- tained He reiterated that ‘this necessary industrial resources and the buffer former called that gal diversion of funds. from Reddy for erty belonged res“I challenge KTR and A Revanth message of peace, supply is not an era of war’ and be ing president. T Harish against resolve unanticipated South. irrigation minister drone on KTR’s farmIndia and the Global conflict cannot with HY- flying a chain disruptions to meet part in olution of Rao to come along d, adding | P7 We are ready to take is found in the battlefiel y are the national security needs diplomac peace efforts. Our approach support dialogue and people centric and we l in- only way forward. homage at sovereignty and territoria Both leaders paid n in Modi said. ,’’ ogist Expositio tegrity meeting the Martyril Modi mentioned his honoured the memr e s i d e n t Kyiv, which who have lost w i t h Ru s s i a n P month ories of children Vladimi r Putin last in a Russian missile into this matthat the their lives the CBI, investigation day Modi was in where he reaffirmed @ Kolkata transferred to S U L A G N A S E N G U P TA should attack the ter, too, ought to be resolution of the conflict diplo- Moscow in July. “Conflict is agency to ensure a comdialogue and . on Friday the same devastat ing for be through THE Calcutta High Court probe by prehensive and unbiased inquiry the land particul arly . My heart goes macy “We come from CBI to take Gan- young children. transferred the ongoing ent-conThe HC directed the children of Buddha and Mahatma out to the families of the West Bengal governm finan- over the investigation by Saturday raand have always favoured who lost their lives, and I pray alleged dhi stituted SIT into the by when the state administted President the strength to RG Kar Medi- 10 am peace. Both you and hand over all case-rela find that they find cial irregularities at and Modi, during the tion must diary Putin should sit across endure their grief,” said their cal College and Hospital l Sandip documents including the case toy in a solution,” he added. footages. The CBI has S who placed a tenure of former principa ruling came and CCTV to submit a status reExternal Affairs Minister . Ghosh, to the CBI. The Modi re- memory deputy su- been directed er 17, when the HC Jaishankar later said Septemb on a petition by former hospital Dr port by the matter next. perinten dent of the Enforcement will hear g to sources, the hearing Akhtar Ali seeking an Accordin BNSS TS the irreguSEC 479 OF GOVT ADOP chamber inDirectorate probe into was held in the judge’s institute. SPEED TO the courtroom. larities at the state-run of Justice stead of lawA single-judge bench COMPLETE 19 Claiming urgency, Ghosh’s said that since a division bench against Rajarshi Bharadwaj PROJECTS ON no rape-mur- yer moved the probe into the brutal hospital the single bench order. However, at the WAR-FOOTING der of a junior doctor urgent hearing was granted. entrusted to PAGE 4 on August 9 has been OVER A DECADE OF CONTROVERSY In 2010, promoters of convention centre approached GHMC for building regularisation for 6.69 acres in 2010. But corporation rejected application as they did not submit complete documents. Of the 6.69 acres, owner submitted documents only for 0.45 acres raze his house if it’s in FTL In 2014, HMDA issued After preliminary notification in 2014, preliminary notification N-Convention approached the High Court. The for 29 acre Thammidi court directed that due process of law should Kunta Lake in respect of be followed in the respect of determination the FTL and Buffer zones. of FTL. Accordingly FTL survey was conducted In 2016, final notification in the presence of N-Convention and a survey was issued TELLS CBI TO TAKE was communicated to them report HC BE OVER RG KAR GRAFT PRO In 2017, N-Convention approached Miyapur Additional District Judge Court on the survey report. This case is pending Probe ordered as school hit by viral fever N A V E E N K U M A R TA L L A M @ Karimnagar INSIDE The Unified Pension Scheme ensures dignity and financial security for government employees, aligning with our commitment to their well-being and a secure future —Narendra Modi MONEY SPINNER `400 crore is the estimated market value of the 3.3 acre property allegedly encroached by actor Nagarjuna’s convention centre Centre had three function halls with state-of-the-art infra and technology. Many functions including weddings, shooting and social events used to take place there. High-profile people including businessmen & politicians used to hold events at N-Convention. The engagement ceremony of Revanth Reddy’s daughter was held there @ Hyderabad DEPUTY Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Saturday said that the state government will put information pertaining to encroachment of full tank level (FTL) or buffer zones of water bodies with evidence in the form of satellite imagery gathered through Remote Sensing Centre in public domain. He said that the Planning department was already gathering information. Speaking to the media in Delhi, Vikramarka said that the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Monitoring and Protection (HYDRAA) was set up to protect lakes and public properties, and its actions are being welcomed by the people. He was responding to a question on demolition of N-Convention here in the city . The deputy chief minister said that HYDRAA was primarily focused on the illegal constructions in the FTL of water bodies. Expressing concerns over illegal constructions, he said that the Telangana capital was full of lakes and rocks and environmentalists have been fighting to protect these gifts of nature. He said HYDRAA was set with these objectives and that it was the responsibility of the government to protect public assets. Junior doctors protesting outside the RG Kar Medical College demanding justice for a trainee doctor whose body was found on the premises on August 9 | EXPRESS SALIENT FEATURES Retrospective application of new law to ease jail population OHANTY S U C H I T R A K A LYA N M @ New Delhi GHT ‘SICK’ENING SI as 50% of students skip classes ol viral fever hits K’nagar scho undertrial IN a major relief to Court that prisoners, the Supreme phone and told her 479 of is on deputa- her over indisposed due to viral on Friday said Section Code the lone teacher, who the the classes. they were BNSS, which replaced tion, is handling all e on July ed to fevers. of Criminal Procedur presents , . Two teachers were transferr in tively Interestingly the school being resulting would apply retrospec up at the Governmen t 1, picture despite other places recently a PIL to Bags of trash piledKattarampu r, Karimnagar to the a pathetic City The order came on d- Primary School in ed” under the Smart Rama Devi being deputed “renovat the notice of address the issue of overcrow school. She brought to Senior tor the Project. ing of prisons in India. l had N A V E E N K U M A R TA L L A M anti-soMCK and local corporano avail. Due to lack of security, to the to advocate Gaurav Aggarwa if @ Karimnagar plight of the school, but that elements broke the doors the told the court earlier not even have a cial Since then ntthe The school does school kitchen shed. BNSS Section 479 is impleme half the students of or attender. defunct. it will ABOUT School, Kat- sweeper at an shed became ed in its letter and spirit, of midGovernment Primary The unhygienic condition prisons. Consequently, cooking one of school district are not atease overcrowding in home adjacent to the - tarampur, in the is taking place in are suffer- old age ing to the day meal As per Section 479, undertri Due to lack of a tending classes as they is also said to be contribut on bail if s the classrooms. als can be released viral fever. bags meant for g incidence of infection half of the ing from unhygienic increasin students. Making mat- store room, rice also being kept they have completed It is believed that the imprisonthe among the mid-day meal, are maximum period of ment prevaili ng in s. residents in the area ters worse, of the classroom offence environ to the trash that has dump waste near the school com- in one ment specified for the have reperson school due Parents of the children they were jailed. If the shall piled up at its entrance is contrib- pound wall. school education dehe students. turned quested the is a first-time offender, uting to illness among Only 14 of the 30 students TNIE, partment to post adequate teaching court if just oneto be released on bond by The school is located up up on Friday. Speaking P2 he has undergone detention m and-a-half-km away from the office Rama Devi said that the students staff. ONE MORE DENGUE DEATH: tion of called to one-third of the maximu of the Municipal Corpora Devi, who absented themselves speciA Rama period of imprisonment Karimnagar (MCK). fied for such an offence. FOLLOWING a report by TNIE under the headline, “50% of students skip classes as viral feA snapshot of the TNIE report on the ver hits K’nagar school” Karimnagar school published on August 24 (Aug 24), District Collector Pamela Satpathy on rampur, were not attendExpress ing classes as they were Saturday took immediate action and ordered a suffering from viral feImpact probe into the situation ver due to highly unhyand directed the education gienic conditions. Mandal Education Officer department to address the M Madhusudana Chary visited issue promptly . The TNIE report highlighted the school and ordered immedihow half the students of the Gov- ate removal of the trash dumped ernment Primary School, Katta- at the entrance. CONTINUED ON P5 MEO M Madhusudana Chary inspects the Government Primary School, Kattarampur, in Karimnagar on Saturday `1-2 crore is the minimum that had to be reportedly paid to use the function halls. Around tens of crores of revenue was generated per year through the encroached property Ex-principal of RG Kar, 6 others take lie detector test S U L A G N A S E N G U P TA @ Kolkata THE CBI on Saturday re-registered a case against Dr Sandip Ghosh, former principal of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital here over financial irregularities, after taking over the probe from a state-constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) on the directions of the Calcutta High Court. Ghosh resigned as principal of RG Kar two days after a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor’s body was found inside the seminar hall of the college on August 9. Hours later, he was appointed as principal of the Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, drawing adverse reactions from all quarters. The high court directed the CBI to submit its progress report on the investigation within three weeks and scheduled a follow-up hearing on September 17. In a related development, the CBI subjected Ghosh and four other doctors to a lie detector test. The four doctors had dinner with the victim on August 8. Ghosh arrived at the CBI’s office at CGO Complex in Salt Lake in the morning for the ninth day consecutive day and was , taken for the test, the officials said. The CBI also conducted a polygraph test of Sanjoy Roy and another friend of Roy Curious. ly, the probe agency’s note to the trial court seeking judicial custody of Sanjoy Roy makes no mention of gangrape or possible involvement of more than one person in the August 9 crime. Healthcare services continued to be affected for the 16th consecutive day at state-run hospitals in West Bengal as junior doctors refused to withdraw their ceasework protest. Senior doctors attended to patients at the emergency services at government hospitals.
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