Hamas confirms Sinwar’s death Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the brutal October 7 attack on Israel, was killed by Israeli forces, the militant outfit’s senior leader Khalil al-Hayya confirmed on Friday. He, however, said the hostages in Gaza won’t be freed until there is a ceasefire. With Sinwar’s death, Al-Hayya is the senior most Hamas leader and is among the probables who could be named Sinwar’s successor |P11 bengaluru l saturday l october 19, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 18 l late 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 Lad: K’taka mulls cess on transactions of aggregators A s h w i n i M S r i pa d @ Bengaluru Labour Minister Santosh Lad said on Friday that the state government proposes to impose a cess on every transaction of aggregator platforms such as Swiggy Zomato, Dunzo and Ola, , and a welfare fund will be created for gig workers. The government is expected to place the draft Karnataka Gig Workers’ (Social Security and Welfare) Bill 2024 during the winter session in Belagavi in December. Lad told TNIE that the draft bill is likely to be discussed at the cabinet meeting next week. After this, it will be placed in both Houses during the winter session. Although sources said there is a proposal to impose 2% cess on each transaction, Lad said the government has not taken a decision yet. The government has no technology to keep track of the transactions and it will ask the aggregators to help it in P5 this regard. Manipur Nineteen BJP MLAs have reportedly written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking the removal of the state’s Chief Minister N Biren Singh | P8 Arrest warrant issued against ex-RAW agent Federal warrant on Oct 10; second unsealed indictment identifies him as Vikash Yadav by Vikas Yadav, an Indian government employee and his coconspirator Nikhil Gupta to asA day after the US said India sassinate an American citizen had ‘removed’ a Research and on US soil. Today’s charges demAnalysis Wing (R&AW) agent onstrate that the Justice Departfor the alleged murder-for-hire ment will not tolerate attempts plot to eliminate Khalistani to target and endanger Ameriradical Gurpatwant cans and to underSingh Pannun on mine the rights to American soil, the which every US citiDepartment of Juszen is entitled,’’ Attortice has identified ney General Merrick him as Vikash Yadav. B Garland said. On October 10, a fedFor its part, the eral arrest warrant Federal Bureau of Inwas issued for Yadav Provided vestigation issued a by a New York court. key info wanted poster of ViThe second indict- Vikash Yadav allegedly kash Yadav and added ment unsealed on Fri- provided information, him to their mostday revealed the mur- such as the victim’s wanted list. d e r - f o r - h i r e a n d residential addresses, The US Drug Enmoney laundering phone numbers, and forcement Adminischarges against Vi- other identifying tration alleged Yadav kash Yadav, 39, also information, to Nikhil was the mastermind known as Vikas and Gupta for furtherance of the plot. “We of the plot to murder Amanat. charge that Yadav, an Yadav described Pannun, says FBI employee of the Indihimself as a field ofan government used ficer previously serving with his position of authority and CRPF and directed the plot access to confidential informafrom India. The indictment tion to direct the attempted asclaims Yadav was the co-con- sassination of an outspoken spirator of Nikhil Gupta, 53, critic of the Indian government who was charged and extradit- — here on the US soil,’’ it said. ed to the US. In July 2020, Pannun was des“ alleged last year (first in- ignated a terrorist by the Union As dictment) we foiled an attempt Ministry of Home Affairs. Ye s h i Sel i a n d Ha r p r eet B a j w a @ New Delhi/Chandigarh ED raids MUDA offices, seizes vital land records E x p r e s s Ne w s Se r v i c e @ Mysuru In a significant development, sleuths of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) office and its Mysuru taluk office here on Friday morning. The raid was part of ED’s investigation into a land scam involving illegal transfer and allotment of plots to some people, including Chief Minist e r S i d d a r a m a i a h ’s w i f e Parvathi, under the 50:50 scheme for the land acquired from them for formation of residential layouts. express read Suspected black magic death in Nanjangud taluk mysuru: A 43-year-old man has allegedly fallen victim to black magic in Nanjangud taluk of Mysuru district. The deceased SadaP5 shiva hailed from Malkundi Belagavi to host winter session from Dec 9-20 belagavi: The winter session of Karnataka legislature is likely to be held from December 9 to 20 at Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi, said Speaker UT Khader P4 IA filed in SC to denotify 602 acres of forest land bengaluru: Karnataka filed an Interlocutory Application before the Supreme Court, seeking to denotify 602 acres in Survey No.1 in Gullahatti forest, Harohalli P4 ED officials at the MUDA office in Mysuru on Friday | Udayashankar S The ED launched its investigation after a complaint by activist Snehamayi Krishna. Its sleuths examined numerous documents and seized some important ones. In his complaint, Krishna alleged that large-scale corruption and misuse of power had taken place in MUDA in land acquisition and allotment of sites. He also alleged that highranking officials were involved in the scam, which resulted in huge financial losses to the state government. The sleuths reportedly questioned several senior MUDA officials. A source in MUDA reve a l e d t h a t t h e s l e u t h s specifically questioned the officials about the sites allotted to Parvathi Siddaramaiah and sought original documents related to transfer of land. P4 ‘Personal laws can’t stunt child marriage Act’ S U CHI T R A K A LYA N M O H A N T Y @ New Delhi The Supreme Court on Friday held that the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA) cannot be stunted by personal laws and marriages involving children violate the free will to have a partner of choice. A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra issued a slew of directions to strengthen the legal framework to eradicate child marriages in the country These include set. ting up special courts to hear child marriage cases, empowering magistrates to pass injunction orders against reported violations, and formation of dedicated police units to prevent such crimes. CJI Chandrachud said child marriage violates the right to life and liberty ensured under Slew of steps to prevent child marriages States, Union Territories to appoint Child Marriage Prohibition Officers at district level; quarterly reports should be released Magistrates to focus on ‘auspicious days’ known for mass weddings, to take proactive measures to prevent child marriages Create a designated portal for online reporting of child marriages Article 21 of the Constitution. “ children married as minors All are denied their right to choice and autonomy, right to education, right to sexuality and the right to development of the child. Girls who are married as children are denied their right to health,” it said, adding that the children who are thrown into forced marriages are deprived of their right to development. While noting that the issue of whether the PCMA would prevail over personal laws was pending with Parliament for consideration, the bench suggested that the House may also consider outlawing child betrothals, which rob children of their free will to choose a partner. Keeping in mind the delicate socio-economic interplay in the matter, the bench emphasized on a community-driven approach for the success of the efforts to eradicate child marriage in the country . The order came in a petition by NGO SEVA and activist Nirmal Gorana, saying PCMA was not being implemented in letter and spirit.
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