BHUBANESWAR  SUNDAY  SEPTEMBER 15, 2024  `12.00  PAGES 26  LATE CITY EDITION INDIA BEAT PAKISTAN, REACH SEMIS OF ASIAN CHAMPIONS TROPHY CAPTAIN HARMANPREET THE STAR AGAIN In a scintillating group match, in-form India captain Harmanpreet Singh once again was the star of the show after Pakistan scored the first goal through Ahmad Nadeem. However, the Olympic bronze medal winners drew level through two penalty corners converted by the India captain. This was Pakistan’s first loss in the tournament India recorded their fifth consecutive win in the six-team round robin league to storm into the semifinal. Pakistan too qualified for the semis INDIA SET TO FACE KOREA CHALLENGE ■ ■ In other matches, Malaysia and South Korea played out a 3-3 draw, while hosts China beat Japan 2-0 The defending champion, India, will take on Korea in one semifinal, while Pakistan will face hosts China in the other semifinal of the ACT hockey tournament 17 THE NUMBER OF MATCHES INDIA HAVE REMAINED UNBEATEN VS PAKISTAN 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 Dynasty vs J&K Stalemate on amid high drama youth in assembly polls, says Modi Didi visits protest site, calls for talks Docs yield on streaming, accept signing of minutes S U L A G N A S E N G U P TA @ Kolkata FAYAZ WAN I & HARPRE ET BAJ WA @ Srinagar, Chandigarh Since independence J&K is targeted by foreign powers. Afterward, pariwarwad started hollowing this beautiful state 30,000 youth joined politics: PM After ULB and panchayat polls about 30,000 youth joined politics and took the reins of Jammu & Kashmir, PM Modi said ‘Cong new form of Urban Naxal’ Prime Minister Modi in Haryana said, “Today’s Congress has become a new form of Urban Naxal and they do not feel any shame in speaking lies.” IN his first assembly election rally in J&K, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hit out the National Conference, the Congress and the PDP saying the polls will decide the future , of the region where militancy was taking its last breath. “This assembly poll in J&K is historic. It will decide the future of J&K. Since Independence, J&K was targeted by foreign powers. Afterward, pariwarwaad (dynastic rule) started hollowing this beautiful state. The political parties you trusted did not care for your children. Those parties only promoted their own children. Youth of J&K were suffering in terrorism and the parties promoting pariwarwaad were having fun by misleading you. These people never allowed new leaders to emerge anywhere in J&K,” Modi said at the rally It was the first . rally by any PM in Doda district in 42 years. He said parties indulging in pariwarwaad did not allow the local youth to come forward. However, after the local body polls about 30,000 youth joined politics and took the reins of J&K, he added. Modi framed the poll contest as between three families and the youth of J&K. “They were supporting militancy so that their shops worth crores of rupees run. Due to their sins, thousands of youth lost their lives. The Valley is witness to the bloodshed. You should remember the time when at sunset, there used to be an undeclared curfew. All shops and all activities used to come to halt. The situation was such that even the home minister in the Congress government were afraid of visiting Lal Chowk,” he said. Addressing another rally, this time in pollbound Kurukshetra in Haryana, the prime minister said the state has decided that BJP will score a hat-trick by winning the October 5 assembly polls. Voters, he said, gave him a third term at the Centre, and going by their enthusiasm, the BJP is set to score a hat-trick in Haryana too. Attacking the grand old party he said, , “Today’s Congress has become a new form of Urban Naxal and they do not feel any shame in speaking lies.” Modi to release PMAY-G aid to 10L beneficiaries from capital E X P R E S S N E W S S E R V I C E @ Bhubaneswar PRIME Minister Narendra Modi will release the first installment of PMAY-G assistance to nearly 10 lakh beneficiaries across the country and launch operational guidelines of PMAY-U 2.0 during his one-day visit to Odisha on September 17 when he rolls out the state’s largest women-centric scheme Subhadra. Under the flagship Subhadra Yojana, which will cover more than one crore women, beneficiaries, in the age group of 21-60 years, would receive `50,000 over a period of five years between 2024-25 and 2028-29. An amount of `10,000 per annum in two equal installments will be credited directly to the Aadhaar-enabled and DBT-enabled bank accounts of the beneficiaries. The PM would initiate the fund transfer into the bank accounts of more than 10 lakh women on the launch day . Modi will also distribute sanction letters to 10 lakh beneficiaries of various states, digital transfer of the first installment of `3,180 crore directly to the bank account of the PMAY-G beneficiaries in 14 states. He will participate in Griha Pravesh celebrations of 26 lakh beneficiaries of PMAY (Gramin and Urban) from across the country in virCONTINUED ON P7 tual mode. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addressing a delegation of junior doctors, at her residence in Kolkata on Saturday | PTI CBI ADDS RAPE-MURDER CHARGE AGAINST GHOSH The CBI on Saturday slapped charges of rape and murder against the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh, currently in judicial custody in a corruption case. He has been held responsible for destruction of evidence and delay in lodging the FIR. The agency also arrested Abhijit Mondal, the officer in-charge of Tala Police Station, for alleged involvement in the rape-murder of a medic 74-year-old woman stabbed to death by sons in Cuttack E X P R E S S N E W S S E R V I C E @ Cuttack IN a shocking incident, an elderly woman was allegedly stabbed to death by her two sons in their house at Mahanadi Vihar within Chauliaganj police limits here on Saturday . The victim was identified as Anima Mohanty , 74. Though the motive behind the murder is unclear, it is suspected the two sons - Anshuman Mohanty (42) and Anurag Mohanty (38) - were facing mental health conditions. A senior police officer said Anshuman has been arrested but Anurag is absconding. The 74-year-old had been staying with sons Anshuman and Anurag in her double-storey house after the demise Scientific team proceeding of her husband, who to the crime scene | EXPRESS was a retired bank employee. Despite her age and poor eyesight, she took care of her sons due to their condition. However, the siblings’ behaviour is believed to have worsened in the recent days. Though there is no official word on the health condition of both Anshuman and Anurag, police quoting locals said they had seen the siblings roaming near Phulnakhara a few days back. They were brought back to their house by some people. On Friday the brothers had gone somewhere , in an auto-rickshaw along with Anima. They had left the house unlocked. CONTINUED ON P7 NEW DESTINY Hanuman tale: Girls shine through sport I N D R A N E E L D A S @ Chennai HE was not in Bangaon. He was sitting in the stands at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai, watching his wards at the junior South Asian Athletics Championships here on Friday. Deepika, one of the most talented girls from his village and academy was hurling , the javelin towards a new mark. In second spot was Poonam, ‘another talented girl’, according to Hanuman Singh. One can sift through pages of records in various junior level events in the country and names of javelin athletes from Hanuman’s academy will fea- Hanuman Singh ture in them all. Deepika, his more famed ward, threw the javelin to 54.98m in the junior SAAC here, creating national record. “Girls from my academy are record holders in U14, U18, U20 and even U23,” Hanuman says. For someone who started an academy in a poultry farm way back in 2012, the rise of his wards has been more than just a miracle. It’s been an amalgamation of hard-work, dedication and one ingredient that transcends reason – passion. It was difficult in the early days too. “It was not easy back then - some 12 years ago - to convince parents to allow their girls to take up javelin,” recollects Hanuman, who was a national-level thrower. “It was difficult because girls needed to keep short hair and not wear jewellery during training.” With more throwers doing well, parents are now coming on their own to his ‘My Jump and Throw Academy’. MORE ON P13 NEXT TARGET The coach has acquired some four acres of land and is hoping to set up a proper academy there. He would like to set up a synthetic runup track for the throwers. He hopes he will be able to get funding from sponsors and federations AMID high drama, the stalemate in talks between the agitating doctors and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee continued for the fourth successive day on Saturday. Junior doctors had launched their cease work agitation ever since the horrific rape-murder of a trainee physician at the RG Kar Hospital in the city on August 9. If Mamata seized the initiative in the afternoon by making a surprise visit to the protest site outside Swasthya Bhawan in Salt Lake, the agitating doctors sought to wrest it back at night by sending a delegation to the CM’s house but staying firm on their demand of live telecast of their talks. Later the delegation claimed they “agreed for talks with just signed minutes of the meeting but were asked to leave”. “When we came here, we had demanded video recording or live streaming of the talks. It was not allowed. Then the CM came out and appealed to us to join the talks, promising that we would receive the minutes of the meeting. We discussed among ourselves and agreed to join the talks,” the doctor said. “When we conveyed this to Minister of State for Health Chandrima Bhattacharya, we were told to leave because it was too late and they had been waiting for us for three hours. We were unceremoniously told to leave,” the doctor said. Earlier, Mamata tried to persuade the delegation of doctors to enter her house for talks. “I would request you all to come inside and attend the meeting. As the matter is before the court, we cannot allow live streaming. I will video-record the meeting and provide you with a copy only after permission from the Supreme Court,” she said, while appealing to students to come inside and not to get drenched in rain. “Today, you said that you want a meeting, so I have been waiting. Why are you people insulting me like this? Please don’t insult me like this. Earlier on the three occasions, I have been waiting but you people didn’t come,” she said. At the dharna site, Mamata made an impassioned pitch, assuring she would address all their grievances and not take any action against them. “You all have suffered a lot in this inclement weather. I have come here not as a CM but as your didi. If you give me some time I will study your demands and see what best can be done.” WITH THIS ISSUE THE GREAT MASALA MESS PLUS 12 PAGES