bengaluru l saturday l november 09, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 20 l late city EDITION Champions Trophy: BCCI says no to Pak travel, PCB not amused With less than three months to go for the ICC event, the relationship between two subcontinental countries could affect the venue for the event India proposes hybrid model again PCB chief not for any hybrid model Right from the beginning, the BCCI had maintained that the Indian government will take a call on whether the team would travel to Pakistan or not. On Friday, the BCCI reportedly claimed that they had intimated PCB about not travelling and had proposed a hybrid format like the Asia Cup where India played all their games in SL. This time India might opt for UAE ■ ■ Hours after reports emerged, PCB chairperson Mohsin Naqvi  categorically denied receiving any formal communication from the BCCI “Till today, no one has discussed any ‘Hybrid Model’ nor are we willing  to talk about it. But we have been showing good gestures for the last few years. No one should expect us to do it all the time,” Naqvi said 2008 The last time India travelled to Pakistan for cricket 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 Putin says India deserves status of Superpower Cites fastest growing economy, population, culture to make his point Ye s h i Se l i @ New Delhi India is a great country, now the largest in terms of population: 1.5 billion people, plus 10 million every year Vladimir Putin On India, China Putin acknowledged difficulties on the border between India and China but said wise and competent people who keep the future of their nations in mind, are searching for compromises and will eventually find them ON Brahmos “In fact, we made it (BrahMos) fit for use in three environments — in air, in sea and on land. These projects, conducted for the benefit of India’s security, are ongoing,” he said Russian President Vladimir Putin sprang a pleasent surprise by saying India deserves to be included in the list of global superpowers. Putin is among India’s closest allies, but seeking to add the country to the exclusive superpower club was a welcome gesture, particularly when even netas of the ruling alliance in the country have not sought to give it that spin. India’s articulated ambitions at present are to jump from the fifth largest economy in the world to the fourth and third positions, and to get a permanent seat at the UN Security Council. “India should undoubtedly be added to the list of superpowers, with its billion-and-ahalf population, the fastest growth among all economies in the world, ancient culture and very good prospects for further growth,” he said while address- Vision based on today’s realities “Our vision of where and at what pace our relations will develop is based on today’s realities. The volume of our cooperation is increasing many times over, every year,” President Putin said ing the plenary session of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi on Thursday . Putin also called India a great country, with the largest population of 1.5 billion, and said they were developing relations with India in all directions. Both Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi share great vibes, with the former recently joking at the BRICS Summit in Kazan, “you understand me without a translator.” “President Putin has been extremely positive on India over the past few years and he has been consistently talking about two great powers - India and China, particularly as economic powerhouses. It’s in the same strain that he makes references to Prime Minister Modi. He has also been appreciative of India’s independent foreign policy former Ambas,” sador to Russia P S Raghavan told this newspaper. Putin said the volume of cooperation between Russia and India is increasing manifold. Talking about the defence cooperation between the two nations, he said, “Look at how many types of Russian military equipment are in service with the Indian armed forces. There is a great degree of trust in this relationship. We don’t just sell our weapons to India, we design them jointly .” He referred to the BrahMos cruise missile and said that this was made for use in air, sea and land which has enhanced India’s security “These projects . show a high level of mutual trust and cooperation.” Waqf row: FIR against Surya for sharing ‘fake’ news on farmer suicide A m i t S U pa d h y e @ Haveri Bengaluru South BJP MP Tejasvi Surya has been booked by Haveri police along with two others for sharing a “fake” report related to a farmer’s suicide and linking it to Waqf row on social media. Rudrappa Balikayi, 24, died by suicide in 2022 at Haranagiri village in Haveri district. The MP shared the “fake” report published by two Kannada digital media platforms on his social media account on Thursday stating that it was , the first death in Haveri due to Waqf row. Local police issued a clarification the same day that the news is false and the farmer ended his life for other reasons. Along with Surya, the police have booked cases against the editors of the two digital platforms for publishing the report. A senior police officer from Haveri said Rudrappa Balikayi’s father Chennappa filed a complaint stating that his son died by suicide on January 6, 2022, and he had taken loans amounting to Rs 7 lakh. Ruddappa’s family was given compensation by the state government then. The police have launched an investigation into publication of the report related to the 2022 suicide on November 7, 2024, linking it to the Waqf row. Two weeks ago, a group of people attacked a local Muslim leader in Haveri district following rumours that their lands will be taken over by the Waqf Board. This incident has now become an election issue. Reacting to police action on Friday Surya, who is in Haveri , campaigning for BJP candidate Bharat Bommai, said farmers from Haveri met the visiting JPC chairman and submitted a petition stating that the farmer ended life after learning that his four acres of land had been listed as Waqf property . “That report was published by media representatives. I posted this on social media so that the government would take action. When I questioned why farmers are being targeted, they filed an FIR against me and the media representatives. The farmer’s father stated that his son committed suicide because his land had been listed as Wakf property Surya said. ,” “There is a problem with the Waqf Act. We will amend it. We will curtail the Waqf Board’s authority. We will protect the interests of farmers of the state and the country he said. ,”  More Report: P4 Final sitting Outgoing Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud with CJI-designate Justice Sanjiv Khanna, senior lawyer Kapil Sibal and others at a farewell function on Friday | PTI 1967 verdict nixed SC lifts crucial bar that kept AMU out of the minority list Su c h i t r a Ka lyan M o h an t y Determining the status @ New Delhi In a landmark verdict on his last day in office on Friday a , Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud overruled by 4:3 its 1967 position that the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) can’t claim minority status because it was created by a statute. The seven-judge bench, however, left the issue of deciding AMU’s minority status to a regular bench while laying down a series of tests to make the determination. The bench should also examine the 2006 decision of the Allahabad High Court, which struck down a 1981 amendment conferring minority status on the varsity — based on the principles laid down in this judgment. While the CJI authored the majority judgment on behalf of justices Sanjiv Khanna, J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta, and S C Sharma wrote separate dissenting opinions. “The decision in Azeez Basha is overruled. The question on deciding the minority status of AMU must be done on the basis of the tests laid down in the present case. Papers to be placed before the CJI for constituting a bench to decide the issue and correctness of 2006 Allahabad HC judgment,” the CJI said in his verdict. In 1967, a five-judge bench in the Azeez Basha case had held that AMU was a Central university and couldn’t be considered a minority institution. In the majority 1 2 3 4 Consider the genesis of the educational institution; identify who was the brain behind establishing the institution Determine the purpose for which it was established. Must predominently be for the benefit of a religious or linguistic minority Trace steps taken towards the implementation of the idea — who all funded, who made effort to obtain land, etc Who took steps for establishing institution, such as obtaining permissions, constructing buildings, and arranging other infrastructure opinion on Friday the court , held that the valid proof of ideation of a minority community to establish the institution can be determined from letters and other materials. “Indicia can be proven by private communication and speeches relating to the struggles of the minority community. It is also not necessary to prove that administration rests with the minority....The right guaranteed by Article 30(1) is applicable to universities established before the commencement of the Constitution.” Justice Datta, in his opinion said AMU was not a minority institution. He wondered how a two-judge bench could at all request that the case be placed before a bench of at least seven judges, adding another simliar bench could well doubt the ‘basic structure’ doctrine and request a 15-judge bench for adjudication. @ Mangaluru Three migrant workers have been sentenced to death for gangraping and murdering an e i g h t - ye a r- o l d g i rl f r o m Jharkhand here on November  21, 2021. T h e y h ave been identified as Jayban Adivasi, 21, and Mukhesh Singh, 20, from Madhya Pradesh, and Manish Tirki, 33, from Ranchi in Jharkhand. Fourth accused Muneem Singh from Madhya Pradesh is still absconding.All four were working in a tile factory at Tiruvailu village in Mangaluru rural police limits. The girl’s parents were also working in the factory . Special public prosecutor K Badrinath Nayari told reporters here on Friday that on November 21, 2021, the accused took the girl, who was playing with her brother, to a E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ New Delhi Taking cognisance of complaints of impropriety and conflict of interest filed by Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra and two others, anticorruption body Lokpal on Friday sought explanation from Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch on the matter. The complaints were made on the basis of a report by US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research, according to an official order which asked Buch to submit her response within four weeks. The Lokpal said its order, signed by Lokpal chairperson Justice A M Khanwilkar and five other members, is only procedural and not an expression of its opinion on any matter. “This opportunity is being afforded to the named RPS as per the mandate in the third proviso of sub section (1) of Section 20 of the Lokpal Act, before the bench would proceed to determine whether there exists a prima facie case for investigation into the allegations,” it said. The order, signed by judicial members Justices L Narayana Swamy Sanjay Yadav and Ritu , Raj Awasthi, and members Sushil Chandra and Ajay Tirkey, said Buch can file an affidavit within four weeks from the receipt of the order. The Lokpal has listed the matter on December 19 for further consideration. In a post on X on September 13, Moitra said she had filed a complaint with the Lokpal, urging it to forward it to the ED or CBI for preliminary probe followed by a “full FIR enquiry”. Modi: Cong trying to divide HC quashes proceedings OBCs, restore J&K’s spl status against two ED officials S U DHIR S U RYA W A N SHI @ Mumbai PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Friday kicked off his campaign for the Maharashtra assembly polls at Dhule, tearing into the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in general and the Congress in particular. He claimed during the Congress rule, there were two constitutions — one for India and another for Jammu and Kashmir. But the BJP government implemented Dr BR Ambedkar’s constitution in Jammu and Kashmir by removing Article 370, which granted special status to the state, he added. “The Congress was unhappy with this decision. So, it is trying to bring back Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir with the help of its ally. However, we will never allow this to happen,” Modi said. Modi’s comments came two BJP MLAs being marshalled out during a ruckus in J&K assembly on Friday | PTI days after the Omar Abdullahled government in Jammu and Kashmir passed a resolution seeking restoration of statehood and special status. Attacking the MVA in Maharashtra, Modi urged people not to elect ‘the corrupt’ alli- ance which he alleged first illegally formed a government and then looted the state. MVA is an alliance of Opposition parties in Maharashtra comprising Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) and the Congress. Modi alleged the Congress wants to create rift among the OBCs by making them fight among themselves. “Congress thinks only when the OBCs are weakened, will the path to power open for the grand old party,” he alleged. Modi claimed that this is a strategy followed by the Congress since the days of Jawaharlal Nehru. Maharashtra is a crucial state to win for the BJP after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Modi, who is scheduled to address 10 rallies across the state, said India’s growth story will be incomplete without Maharashtra. E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Bengaluru The High Court of Karnataka on Friday quashed proceedings initiated against Deputy Director Manoj Mittal and Assistant Director Murali Kannan of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) based on a police complaint filed by B Kallesh, Additional Director, Social Welfare Department, accusing them of forcing him to name CM Siddaramaiah and others in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation scam. Justice M Nagaprasanna quashed the crime as well as the proceedings against them after taking note of a memo filed by the counsel of Kallesh, which stated that he didn’t want to pursue the matter. On July 23, after hearing a petition filed by the two ED of- 3 get death for raping, killing 8-yr-old girl in M’luru Teacher leaves 11-yr-old boy E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e Lokpal seeks Sebi chief’s explanation on complaints remote area after giving her sweets and raped her. They also had unnatural sex and strangled her to death. “This is the first case where a POCSO Court in Mang aluru has awarded death penalty to the accused,” Badrinath said. Based on a complaint by the girl’s mother, the accused were booked under Sections 120(b), 366(a), 376 DB, 377, 302, and under Section 6 of the POCSO Act. As many as 30 witnesses were examined. Judge Manu KS of the Additional District and Sessions Court, FTSC - 2 POCSO Special Court, sentenced them on Thursday. The judge also ordered them to pay a fine of Rs 1,20,000 to be paid to the victim’s parents. The victim’s kin is also entitled to receive a compensation of Rs 3,80,000 from the district legal services authority . with broken tooth in city E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Bengaluru Jayanagar police registered a case against a teacher for allegedly assaulting an 11-year-old boy and leaving him with a broken tooth. The teacher has been identified as Asmat. According to a complaint filed by boy’s father Anil Kumar, the incident took place on Monday around 12.30 pm at the school. His son’s classmates were playing in the classroom, filling water into a bottle. His son complained about this to Asmat, who allegedly hit him with a stick, breaking his tooth. After getting the boy treated in a hospital, the teachers informed his parents and apologised for the incident. “We have recorded the teacher’s statement and released her on station bail,” the police said. ficials questioning the legality of the crime, the court stayed further investigation of the crime and orally observed that no officers will be safe and they will not perform their duties if a complaint was filed against them for discharging their duties. The ED had registered a case against the officials of the corporation and the Union Bank of India under Section 3 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. It had issued summons to Kallesh and recorded his statement. After this, a search and seizure operation was conducted at his office, which brought out incriminating materials disclosing the involvement of several officials. After the operation, Kallesh filed a police complaint against the two ED officials, accusing them of criminal intimidation and breach of trust. express read SC seeks K’taka reply in DA case against DKS New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought replies from the state government and DCM DK Shivakumar on a CBI appeal challenging the government’s decision to withdraw its consent for probe into a disproportionate assets case against the KPCC chief. The state cabinet on November 23, 2023, held the previous BJP government’s move to give consent to the CBI to investigate the case was not in accordance with law | P4