Southwest monsoon rainfall in June-Sept period above normal India received as much as 927.3 mm of rainfall against the normal seasonal rainfall of 861.3 mm despite the absence of the La Nina factor. IMD had earlier predicted that the La Nina factor would come into play during the second half of the monsoon. But there was no show. A scientist said they are yet to figure out the reasons for the bountiful rain. Curiously, the Gangetic plains had deficient rainfall, while arid regions received excess rainfall. HUBBALLI SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 2024 `12.00 PAGES 24 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 FIR registered against Nirmala for ‘extortion’ in name of electoral bonds EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Bengaluru An FIR was registered against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials, BJP state president BY Vijayendra and others by the Tilaknagar police in the city’s southeast division on Saturday . The FIR was based on a private complaint filed by Adarsh R Iyer, copresident of the Janaadhikaara Sangharsha Parishath (JSP), alleging extortion by Nirmala and others through nowscrapped electoral bonds. Iyer stated in his complaint that the accused extorted corporates and money bags to the tune of Rs 8,000 crore. The FIR (Number 0224/2024) was registered after directions from the 42 Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) of the Special Court for People’s Representatives that had passed the order on Fri- day The court had directed . the station house officer of Tilaknagar police station to register the FIR. Nirmala has been named accused number 1, former BJP state president Naleen Kumar as accused number 4 and Vijayendra as accused number 5. BJP state and national office-bearers too have been named as other accused. The police have invoked Sections 384 (punishment for extortion) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) read with 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the IPC. Iyer, a resident of Mahalakshmi Layout in the city, has alleged in his complaint that Nirmala used ED to carry out raids, seizures and arrests of various corporates, their CEOs, MDs, etc for extortion. Putting the fear of ED raids, many corporates and moneybags were coerced and coaxed into buying electoral bonds worth several P4 crores, he charged. WITH THIS ISSUE GEN Z-KASHMIR A NEW TIDE PLUS 12 PAGES ONLY ISSUE LEFT IS VACATING PoK: EAM TO PAK Jaishankar says dysfunctional nation coveting lands of others must be exposed Y E S H I S E L I @ New Delhi EXTERNAL Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday lit into Pakistan for making cross-border terror part of its state policy and said the only issue left to be resolved is the vacation of illegally occupied Indian territory by Pakistan. “Countries get left behind due to circumstances beyond their control but some make conscious choices with disastrous consequences a premier example is our neighbour Pakistan,’’ said Jaishankar while addressing the UN General Assembly in New York. Jaishankar said that the misdeeds of countries like Pakistan affect others as well, especially the neighbourhood RELEVANCE OF THE UN “The world has changed profoundly and so have its concerns and opportunities. To address both and strengthen the order, it is essential that the UN be the central platform for finding common ground and that it certainly cannot be by remaining anachronistic,’’ External Affairs Minister Jaishankar said. when its policy instills such fanaticism among its people that its GDP can only be measured in terms of radicalisation and its exports in the form of terrorism. “Today we see the ills it sought to visit on others consume its own society. It can’t blame it on the world; this is one karma,’’ he quipped. A dysfunctional nation (Pakistan) coveting the lands of others must be exposed and must be countered. “I heard some bizarre assertions at this very forum yesterday so let me make India’s position perfectly clear. Pakistan’s cross-border terrorism policy will never succeed and it can have no expectation of impunity. On the contrary actions will certainly have consequences. The issue to be resolved between us now is only the vacation of the illegally occupied Indian territory by Pakistan and of course the abandonment of Pakistan’s long standing attachment to terrorism,’’ Jaishankar said. He also spoke about the resolution of conflicts through dialogue and reforms in the UN, which began with 51 members and now has 193. Hezbollah confirms death of leader Nasrallah in Israeli strike AGENCIES HEZBOLLAH on Saturday confirmed the death of its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli strike, which dealt a body blow to the Iran-backed terror outfit. Israel had bombarded Hezbollah’s headquarters in Beirut below residential buildings on Friday where Nasrallah was holed up, but took 24 hours to confirm the hit. Nasrallah has joined his fellow martyrs, a statement from Hezbollah said adding it would continue its war against Israel for Palestine. Following his death, Iran’s LEBANON Beirut ISRAEL An orange ball of flame rises up in the air after an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut | AP Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is said to have been shifted to a secure location inside his country amid high security, Reuters reported. Khamenei declared five days of West Bank mourning for Nasrallah. “I… offer my condolences for the martyrdom of the great Nasrallah and his martyred companions and announce five days of public mourning in Is- lamic Iran,” he said in a statement. Israel said it carried out the precise airstrike on Friday when the Hezbollah leadership were at their headquarters south of Beirut. Lebanese Health Ministry said six persons were killed and 91 injured in Israeli strike on its HQ. Besides Nasrallah, Abbas Nilforushan, a prominent general of Revolutionary Guard, died in the same airstrike, according to Iran’s official IRNA news agency . Hashem Safieddine, a cousin of Nasrallah, could be the “most likely” successor to Hezbollah, AFP reported. Both the US and Saudi Arabia have put Safieddine, a senior member of Hezbollah’s powerful decisionmaking Shura Council, on their respective lists as designated “terrorists” in 2017. Meanwhile, the UN refugee chief said on Saturday that 50,000 people fled to Syria amid escalating Israeli air strikes on Lebanon. “More than 50,000 Lebanese and Syrians living in Lebanon have now crossed into Syria fleeing Israeli air strikes,” Filippo Grandi said on X, adding that “well over 200,000 people are displaced inside Lebanon”. Israelis welcomed Nasrallah’s elimination. 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