mangaluru l tuesday l october 28, 2025 l `9.00 l PAGES 14 l city EDITION CJI Gavai recommends Justice Surya Kant as successor Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, who is retiring on November 23, has recommended Justice Surya Kant as successor justice kant to have 14-month tenure Was part of article 370 verdict Justice Surya Kant, the second senior-most judge of the Supreme Court after Justice Gavai, will become the 53rd CJI. He will have a tenure of 14 months before retiring on February 9, 2027. The retirement age for Supreme Court judges is 65 years. Kant was elevated to the Supreme Court in 2019 and has been part of several landmark verdicts ■ ■ He was on the bench that upheld the Central government’s decision to abrogate the special status of Jammu and Kashmir Kant headed the bench that asked the Election Commission to disclose the details of 65 lakh names excluded from the draft electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar Nov 24 when Justice kant is due to take charge as the chief justice of India 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 SIR in 9 states, 3 UTs from Nov 4 Required indicative documents for the revision of draft electoral roll plainspeak West doesn’t practise what it preaches: EAM J AYA N T H J A CO B @ New Delhi EXTERNAL Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday took a swipe at the Western nations, accusing them of selectively applying global principles and distorting the international energy market through restrictive practices. Speaking at the East Asia Summit in Malaysia, Jaishankar said the world is going through “complicated times” marked by shifting global alignments, competition over technolo g y, resources and s u p p l y chains. “Energy trade is increasingly constricted, with resulting market distortions. Principles are applied selectively and what is preached is not necessarily practiced,” he said, in remarks seen as directed at Western-led sanctions regimes and certain protectionist policies. The comments came hours after he met US Secretary of Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the summit. His public remarks underscored New Delhi’s willingness to call out perceived Western hypocrisy while asserting an independent foreign policy stance. Jaishankar argued that the global order must evolve to reflect a more multipolar reality “Multipolarity is not . just here to stay but to grow,” he said. On terrorism, he said: “The world must display zero tolerance; there is no room for ambivalence.” Any identity cards, pension payment order issued to regular employee/pensioner of any Central government/State govt/PSU Birth certificate issued by competent authority Matriculation/ Education certificate issued by recognised Boards/Univs Forest Rights Certificate @ Bengaluru The state government on Monday removed RSS activist Dr Sridhar from the ‘Yeshasvini cooperative members’ health protection Trust’ after an uproar from within the ruling Congress. KPCC General Secretary CB Shashidhar had written to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday, asking him to rescind the order appointing Dr Sridhar from Tiptur as the trustee. The government modified the earlier order to drop the doctor’s name from the list. Permanent resident certificate issued by State authority OBC/ST/SC or any caste certificate National Register of Citizens (wherever it exists) Family register prepared by state/ local authorities Any identity cards/ certificate/ documents issued by Indian govt/ banks/local authorities/PSU Any land/ house allotment certificate by govt Aadhaar as an option proof of identity, but not as a proof of date of birth or citizenship Poll-bound TN, Kerala, Bengal under its ambit M U K E S H R A N J A N @ New Delhi The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in nine states and three Union Territories in two phases — door-todoor enumeration forms distribution and collection — from November 4 to December 4. The final voters’ list would be published on February 7. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said the draft rolls would be published on December 9; claims and objections can be filed from December 9 to January 8; and hearing and verifications from December 9 to January 31. The nine states are Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal and the UTs are Andaman & Nicobar, Lak- smart alecs Plumber, 3 others hire hackers, steal `47cr from B’luru NBFC E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @Bengaluru In a financial fraud belying their education, an eighth pass plumber and 10th pass digital marketing employee, along with two other accused from Dubai, hired hackers from Hong Kong and stole around Rs 47 crore from a non-banking financial company (NBFC), operating from Bengaluru, recently . Of the four accused, Sanjay Patel, 43, a plumber from Udaipur in Rajasthan, and Ismail Rasheed Attar, 27, from Belagavi who is the digital marketing employee, have been arrested. The Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths are now searching for the two e x p r e ss r e a d UK-Indian woman racially attacked London: A 20-year-old woman, identified as being of Indian heritage, was attacked in a ‘racially aggravated’ rape in West Midlands of England. The police said a 32-year-old man was arrested on Monday morning on suspicion of rape. Govt removes RSS man from trust after protest E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e Passport Shashidhar had mentioned in his letter that Dr Sridhar had taken part in an RSS route march on October 12 and had also offered an ambulance for the rally . Tiptur Congress MLA K Shadakshari, who was blamed for recommending Dr Sridhar’s name, said he had done so as the doctor is popular and is serving society. “His fans had approached me with the proposal. I did not know that he had taken part in the RSS march. I apologise to the CM for the embarrassment,” he clarified. other accused who are in Dubai. Of the Rs 47 crore, Rs 10 crore that was in mule accounts has been frozen. The gang had sent money to over 650 mule accounts. The senior manager of the NBFC, located on Outer Ring Road in Marathahalli, had filed a complaint at the Cyber Crime police station on August 9, stating that between August 6 and 7, 2025, several unauthorised and suspicious money transfers had been done from the company’s bank accounts. The company investigated internally and found that the transactions had not been carried out from its official systems or registered IP addresses.  CONTINUED ON: P7 The money was transacted within two-andhalf-hours. The company was giving loans up to Rs 5 lakh through the app, which was hacked Seemant Kumar Singh, Police Commissioner Untreated water polluting Cauvery, Kapila: KSPCB chief E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Mysuru Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) Chairman and MLA PM Narendra Swamy on Monday expressed concern that Cauvery and Kapila rivers, the lifeline of Mysuru and Bengaluru, are increasingly getting polluted because of discharge of untreated waste water, including industrial effluent and household sewage, into these water bodies. At the golden jubilee celebrations of KSPCB at Maharaja’s College Grounds here on Monday, he said the board has submitted a technical report to the Mysuru district administration and Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), recommending urgent measures to prevent pollution of rivers. “Both Cauvery and Kapila are vital to Mysuru and Bengaluru, but sadly both have become pol, luted. The KSPCB has set up several water-monitoring stations to track river water quality The . district administration and MCC must take responsibility and initiate action to prevent further contamination,” he said. According to the KSPCB report, untreated sewage, industrial waste and UGD water are being directly released into the rivers without proper treatment at Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) set up by the board. He also raised concern over coffee estates in Kodagu discharging wastewater into rivers.  CONTINUED ON: P7 shadweep and Puducherry Tamil . Nadu, Pondy Kerala and West Ben, gal will go to the polls in 2026. As for Assam, where polls are due in 2026, the revision of rolls will be announced separately, as a separate provision of the Citizenship Act was applicable to the state. “Under the Citizenship Act, there are separate provisions for citizenship in Assam. Under the supervision of the Supreme Court, the exercise of checking citizenship is about to be completed. The June 24 SIR order was for the entire country Under such circumstances, this . would not have applied to Assam,” Kumar said. He ruled out any confrontation with the Bengal government, where the ruling TMC has expressed reservations about the SIR. Siddu chalks out game plan to Counter DKS moves I P4 Cyclone Montha brews in Bay, Andhra on high alert I P7