Chennai l saturday l october 04, 2025 l `9.00 l PAGES 20 l late city EDITION Church of England names first female Archbishop of Canterbury The Church of England on Friday named Sarah Mullally as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman to hold the 1,400-year-old office To lead 85 mn anglicans in 165 countries As the principal leader of the Church of England, Mullally, 63, will now lead 85 million Anglicans across 165 countries. She will replace Justin Welby, who resigned last year over a child abuse cover-up scandal. Mullally is a former cancer nurse who worked as the UK government’s Chief Nursing Officer for England in the early 2000s. She became a priest in 2006 To officially take charge in March 2026 ■ ■ Mullally will be known as Archbishop of Canterbury-designate till she is confirmed in January 2026 and officially takes charge in March She may face opposition from conservative churches in Africa and Asia, which rejected the reforms introduced a decade ago that made it possible for a woman to become the Archbishop of Canterbury 2018 When Mullally was appointed the first woman Bishop of London 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 Stern Army, IAF warning to Pak India won’t show restraint next time, says Army Chief; Pak lost 12-13 aircraft during Operation Sindoor Mandar Pardikar Thayil Jacob Sony George 7 M ay 1 9 2 8 - 3 Oc t o b e r 2 0 2 5 TJS, That Legend Down the Corridor T here are journalists, and then there are journalists who get that rare prefix, ‘legendary’. TJS George belonged to this second order, an endangered tribe these days. Its list of card-holding members got rarer still when the man passed away today at age 97. , Behind him trails a career in letters that has spanned about as long as the life of the Indian republic, and as varied. From his erudition in Carnatic music that birthed a book on MS Subbulakshmi, and others on VK Krishna Menon as well as Nargis, it also contained landmarks in good old-fashioned print journalism, such as being the founding editor of Asiaweek in Hong Kong back in the 1970s—an act of pan-Asia ecumenism that would have resonated well today . That such an eminence was a living presence in the offices of The New Indian Express till the other day was a matter of honour and delight equally for all of us here. It was only in June 2022 that he laid his pen to rest after writing his last column, the Sunday Point of View, in his inimitable, no-holds-barred style—sharp, ironic, fearless. Over 25 years, he contributed 1,300 columns for these pages. Politicians, judges and powerful people feared and respected his pen, and treaded carefully around him. He was famously unpredictable. In our Bangalore office, when a VVIP dropped by wanting santwana to meet him, we would exbhattacharya change nervous glances. If it Editor was his column-writing hour—always longhand, pen on paper—he would refuse to meet them, however important they might be. Siddaramaiah, the current chief minister, had a taste of that brusqueness when TJS admonished him in a humorous, schoolmasterly way on one such visit—for wasting time in a newspaper office instead of working among the people! No one took offence. Once at a function in Mysore, SM Krishna, then External Affairs Minister, vacated his seat for TJS when he saw him standing, but characteristically he refused. Such was the awe he inspired among Union ministers, high court judges, chief ministers. Even when his columns were scathing, the powerful usually held their peace—it was only their sycophants who protested. He had opinions, he took stands, and never wavered, even when it led to sedition charges in earlier years. The only man he openly admired was our founder, Ramnath Goenka. “I have no god,” he would often say A non. believer, or rather a believer only in humanity , and in journalism as a calling. He taught generations of journalists the importance of precision in language, and of calling a spade a spade. Outside the newsroom, George had deep interests in cities and food. He was fascinated by urban planning—often comparing the systematic grid of New York, where he and his beloved wife Ammu lived during his UN years, with the chaos of Bangalore’s house numbering. In his last few years, he spent his winters in Coimbatore, leaving the chaos of Bangalore behind him, to “best idlis, dosas and coffee”. P9 MAYANK SINGH @ New Delhi This time we will take a step forward and act in a manner that will make Pakistan think whether it wants to remain on the world map or not — Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi We have clear evidence of one long-range strike with over 300 kms range hitting an AEW&C or SigNit aircraft, along with five hi-tech fighters - F-16 and JF-17 Air Chief A P Singh Two service chiefs on Friday used strong language to put Pakistan on notice, a day after Union defence minister Rajnath Singh said any misadventure from across the border in the Sir Creek sector will invite a decisive response. Addressing soldiers in Rajasthan, Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi said Pakistan should stop sponsoring terrorism on its soil if it wants to retain its place on the world map. “India practised restraint during Operation Sindoor 1.0, but this time we won’t. This time we will take a step forward and act in a manner that will make Pakistan think whether it wants to remain on world map or not,” he warned. In Delhi, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh told the media ahead of the annual Air Force Day that the IAF destroyed around 12-13 aircraft during the Operation Sindoor, which included Chinesemade JF17s and F-16s procured from the US. He described Islamabad’s claim of India’s losses as fanciful stories (Manohar Kahaniyan). Recalling the widespread destruction of Pakistani military assets both in the air and on the ground during Operation Sindoor in May he said, , “radars at least in four places, command and control centres at two places, runways damaged at two places, three of their hangars in three different stations damaged… we have signs of one C-130 class of aircraft and at least 4-5 fighter aircraft (in one strike), most likely F-16s, because that place happened to be F-16 base with whatever was under maintenance at that time.” Besides, one SAM (Surface to Air Missile) system was destroyed in Pakistan. The Air Chief refused to reveal India’s losses during Operation Sindoor. “I won’t say anything on what happened, how much damage was done, how it happened, because let them find out,” he quipped. Karur stampede HC forms SIT, slams Vijay for fleeing spot R SI V AKUMAR @ Chennai No nod for CBI probe, rally on NH HC rejected pleas for a CBI probe into the Karur tragedy, saying inquiry is at a nascent stage, and asked TN not to allow rallies on highways till framing of SOPs | P4 Expressing ‘agony’ and ‘anguish’ over the death of 41 people during the September 27 roadshow of TVK leader Vijay at Velusamypuram in Karur and the failure of the state government in taking stringent action against those responsible for the tragedy, the Madras High Court on Friday constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the incident. The court also came down heavily on Vijay for abandoning the cadres and fleeing the scene. North Zone Inspector General (IG) of Police Asra Garg will head the SIT which was ordered to begin the investigations forthwith. As per the order passed by Justice N Senthilkumar, Namakkal SP Vimala and Civil Supplies-CID SP Shyamaladevi will be members of the SIT. The judge also ordered seizure of Vijay’s campaign vehicle, as it was involved in two accidents, and the entire CCTV footage recorded inside and outside the bus.  P7 No bail for TVK leaders, court orders action against Aadhav R S i v a k u m a r & J e g a d ee s w a r i Pa n d i a n @ Chennai/Madurai The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday denied anticipatory bail to top TVK functionaries N Anand and CTR Nirmal Kumar in the Karur stampede case, while the principal seat of the court in Chennai directed the police to take action against another senior TVK functionary Aadhav Arjuna for his “inflammatory” remarks laced with “seditious undertones” in a social media post that he deleted later. Justice N Senthilkumar, who questioned the police regarding further action against Arjuna after filing an FIR, also dismissed the anticipatory bail petition of TVK’s Namakkal district secretary N Sathish Kumar.  P5 India flags PoK rights violation J aya n t h J a c o b @ New Delhi Pakistan must be held accountable for its horrific human rights violations in Pak-occupied Kashmir — Randhir Jaiswal, MEA spokesperson Reacting strongly to the ongoing unrest in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), India on Thursday called on the international community to hold Pakistan accountable for its “horrific human rights violations” and systemic exploitation of the region under its illegal occupation. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal condemned the Pakistani military’s brutal crackdown on protesters across multiple ar- eas of PoK. “We have seen reports on protests in several areas of Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir, including brutalities by Pakistani forces on innocent civilians. We believe this is a natural consequence of Pakistan’s oppressive approach and systemic plundering of resources from there,” Jaiswal said. For over a week now, largescale protests led by the Awami Action Committee (AAC) have swept across PoK, with Rawalakot, Mirpur, Kotli and Neelum Valley among the worst-hit. US Senators question TCS’ hiring practice SANAL SUD E V AN @ Chennai TWO US Senators have shot off a letter to the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), raising concerns about the company’s hiring practices in the US and questioning its rationale for filing thousands of H-1B visa petitions after allegedly laying off local staff. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley and ranking member Richard Durbin also questioned Cognizant, Amazon, Apple, Deloitte, Google, JPMorgan Chase, Meta, Microsoft, and Walmart, seeking details of their recruitment practices and wage parity between H-1B visa holders and American employees.