cHENNAI l tuesday l june 10, 2025 l `9.00 l PAGES 20 l late city EDITION Protests intensify in LA as Trump deploys National Guard Tensions escalated as thousands of protesters took to streets in response to US President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard Arrival of troops spurs anger and fear Serious breach of state sovereignty: Guv Sunday’s protests in Los Angeles were centred in several blocks of downtown. It was the third and most intense day of demonstrations against Trump’s immigration crackdown in the region, as the arrival of around 300 Guard troops spurred anger and fear. The Guard was deployed to protect federal buildings, including downtown detention centre ■ ■ Democratic California governor Gavin Newsom requested Trump remove the guard members in a letter, calling their deployment a ‘serious breach of state sovereignty’. He says he will sue Trump | P13 Several dozen people were arrested throughout the weekend of protest. One was detained for throwing a Molotov cocktail at police 2,000 Number of national guard troops deployed by Trump 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 Crush hour missing wife emerges, held in husband’s 6 killed after falling off moving trains murder case Footboard travel in accident prone section near Mumbai leads to tragedy EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Guwahati / Lucknow/ Bhopal Sonam Raghuvanshi, Raj Kushwaha, Anand Kurmi Flashback May 20: Raja and Sonam arrive in Assam May 22: Leave for Shillong, check into a hotel. Check out later, leave for Sohra (Cherrapunjee) on a rented scooter May 23: Reported missing. Scooterwas recovered May 24: Search operation begins June 2: Police drone spots Raja’s decomposed body in a deep gorge. SIT formed June 3: A machete allegedly used in murder recovered June 8-9: Four accused arrested. Sonam surrenders in Gazipur I P10 S u d h ir s u r ya w a ns h i @ Mumbai THIS is turning out to be a murder mystery straight out of a movie. After days of search and investigation, the missing jigsaws seem to be slowly falling into place. In a dramatic turn of events, Meghalaya police on Monday arrested Sonam Raghuvanshi in Ghazipur of Uttar Pradesh as the prime accused for the murder of her husband Raja Raghuvanshi. Sonam and her Indore-based husband were on their honeymoon in Meghalaya from where they disappeared on May 23 with no trace till June 2, when Raja’s body was discovered in a gorge beneath the Weisawdong Falls in East Khasi Hills. Meghalaya Police said four accused – Raj Singh Kushwaha (21), Akash Rajput (19), Vishal Singh Chauhan (22), and Anand Kurmi (23) – were arrested with help from police of UP and Madhya Pradesh. Some media reports suggested Sonam and Kushwaha were in a relationship. Addressing a press conference in Shillong, East Khasi Hills SuSonam’s perintendent of Police Vivek husband Raja Syiem said, “When we connected the dots, it was actually Raj Kushwaha with Sonam. At this moment, we can’t say what exactly the murder motive was.” “If Sonam didn’t want to live with my son, she could have left him, but why did this happen to my son Raja? She should get capital punishment,” Raja’s mother said. Interestingly it was within an hour from , Raj Singh Kushwaha’s arrest in Indore that Sonam emerged (after mysteriously missing for a fortnight) a thousand kilometres away at a roadside eatery in UP’s Ghazipur at 1.30 am. A dhaba employee said Sonam asked for a phone to call her parents in Indore after which MP police were informed. Later, UP police were contacted and Sonam was arrested. All accused are off to Meghalaya. SIX passengers died while nine suffered injuries after falling off two overcrowded local trains near Diwa in Maharashtra’s Thane district during the morning rush hour on Monday, officials said. The incident occurred near Mumbra railway station when 2nd train towards the trains were passCSMT ing each other on a steep turn.The de1st train ceased were identitowards Kasara fied as Ketan Saroj (23), Rahul Gupta (28), Mayur Shah and Thane Government Railway Police constable Vicky Mukhyad (34). Two passengers are yet to be identified. Chief Public Relations Officer of Central Railway Swapnil Nila, , said the victims were travelling on footboard of the two trains, one travelling towards Kasara and another travelling towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai. The commuters were hanging from the doors of the crowded trains and their backpacks brushed against each other as the trains passed in opposite Des ai K had i Mumbra Railway station 9:10 AM Central Railway should increase local trains on important suburban routes —Sharad Pawar, NCP ill-treatment indian student pinned to floor Viral video from June 7 shows the student handcuffed and pinned at New Jersey airport, prompting swift response from India | P13 Container vessel on fire off Kerala coast A Singapore-flagged container vessel, MV Wan Hai 503, caught fire following an explosion about 88 nautical miles off the Beypore coast in Kozhikode on Monday. Four of the 22 crew members are missing. The 270-metre vessel, operated by Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM), was on its express read SSA funds: SC refuses urgent hearing to TN plea New Delhi: The SC has refused to accord urgent hearing to a plea by TN against the centre for allegedly withholding `2,151 crore under the Samagra Shiksha Scheme | P7 Woman guards to be posted in TN shelters Chennai: After a sexual assault bid on a child at a govt shelter by a guard, Minister Geetha Jeevan said only woman security guards will be posted at all such homes in TN | P2 Contract cancellation: Celebi Services moves HC Chennai: Celebi Services, subsidiary of a Turkish firm, has moved the HC against AAI for cancelling its contract with Chennai airport on ground handling operations | P4 way from Colombo to Nhava Sheva near Mumbai carrying over 600 containers, including 150 with hazardous materials such as gunpowder, trinitrotoluene (TNT), lithium batteries, acids, and turpentine. Several containers fell into the sea, raising concerns of toxic spillage. The ship reported the blast to the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC), Mumbai, around 9.30 am. Five Indian Coast Guard ships and the Navy’s INS Surat, diverted from its route to Kochi, were deployed for rescue and firefighting operations. Eighteen crew, including the captain, were rescued and taken to Mangaluru. Search and rescue continue with aerial support and emergency protocols are active across coastal districts. Coast Guard warnings The vessel continues to emit smoke, posing a risk of more explosions. Nearby ships have been warned to keep a safe distance. Non-farm jobs up 21 percentage points in 12 years in TN villages N ir u pa m a V isw a n at h a n @ Chennai A state planning commission report on rural non-farm employment in Tamil Nadu, based on a detailed survey done in 12 villages across six districts, showed a sharp shift from agricultural employment to non-agricultural employment in 12 years between 2012 and 2024. Rural non-farm employment (RNFE) rose by 21 percentage points from 57.1% in 2012 to 78.2% in 2024. The agricultural employment reduced from 42.9% to 21.8%. While Tamil Nadu’s rapid urbanisation and the transformation from being an agrarian econo- my is well-known, the report has thrown insights into the extent of this shift in the surveyed villages. It may be noted that the contribution of agriculture and allied activities to TN’s Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) shrunk from 17.6% in 2012 to 11.6% in 202324.Among non-farm sectors, construction is the preferred sector for male workers, particularly by younger workers, while manufacturing sector is preferred by women of all age groups. Along with the shift, the report, however, highlighted that the percentage of those unemployed marginally increased from 4.8% in 2012 to 6.9% in 2024.  P7 ‘cause of accident being probed’ Mumbai: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the railway administration was probing the cause of the accident. Deputy CM Eknath Shinde said steps were being taken to help the victims and their families automatic doors for local trains Mumbai: Following the tragedy, the Railway Ministry said it will get automatic door closing facilities in coaches of all existing and new local trains for Mumbai directions, leading to the fall. The guard of a train going towards Kasara alerted railway authorities about the tragedy Those . who fell off the trains were rushed to nearby hospitals, where four were declared dead on arrival, police said. Smoke billows from Singaporeflagged ship off Beypore coast near Kozhikode in Kerala| PTI Ar o cki a r a j J a n d M a n o j V iswa n at h a n @ Kochi/ Kozhikode Relatives of the deceased passengers at a hospital in Thane | PTI Education, better pay led to shift Report gives credit to better access to higher education for rise in non-farm jobs. The survey found that non-farm workers earn four times more than agricultural labourers INSIDE Zero poverty goal by 2030 in state | P2 Witnesses described the spot as accident-prone due to the curve. “This is an accident-prone spot where incidents of commuters falling off trains take place frequently said a local passenger. ,” Around 75 lakh commuters take local trains in Mumbai daily . Centre approves two SEZ proposals in Gujarat, K’taka E xpress N ews S ervice @ New Delhi The Centre has approved Special Economic Zone (SEZ) proposals from Micron Semiconductor in Gujarat and Aequs Group in Karnataka to boost India’s semiconductor and electronics industries. Micron will invest `13,000 crore in its 37.64-hectare facility while Aequs will invest `100 crore in an 11.55-hec, tare facility Amendments to SEZ rules have lowered the . minimum land requirement from 50 hectares to 10 hectares, eased Net Foreign Exchange (NFE) calculations, and allowed SEZ units to sell in domestic markets after paying duties, as per amendments notified on June 3, 2025. “These reforms will boost investment, jobs, and make India a global manufacturing hub,” the Commerce Ministry said in a statement on Monday .