BHUBANESWAR l sunday l january 11, 2026 l `12.00 l PAGES 24 l JEYPORE EDITION protesters will be declared ‘enemy of God’, warns Iran new mass rallies grip major cities Iran’s attorney general Mohammad Movahedi Azad warned on Saturday those taking part in protests will be considered ‘enemy of God’ “Prosecutors must carefully and without delay prepare the grounds for the trial and decisive confrontation with those who seek foreign domination over the country,” a statement read. ‘Enemy of God’ is a death penalty charge in Iran. The two-week-old protests showed no signs of slowing, with major cities hit by new mass rallies on Saturday Activists warn of intensifying crackdown ■ The toll has gone up to 65, according to the US-based Human ■ Rights Activists News Agency. Activists said they fear the authorities are intensifying their suppression under cover of internet blackout The attorney general’s statement comes a day after the US reiterated its warning against violent crackdown on protesters | P9 2,300 the number of people detained by iranian forces as per U.S. sources 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 Six survive with injuries as plane crash-lands near Rkl U n sust a i n a b l e Don wants to cap credit card rate at 10% from Jan 20 P r a s a n j e e t S a r k a r /A s i s h M e h ta @ Rourkela/Bhubaneswar Four passengers and two pilots had a miraculous escape when a nine-seater commercial aircraft of IndiaOne Air crash-landed on an open field at Gudiatola near Jalda, close to Rourkela on Saturday afternoon. The flight was on its way from Bhubaneswar to Rourkela when the mishap took place. The passengers and crew escaped with injuries after pilots of the Cessna Grand C208B aircraft managed to force land it on an isolated field, barely 15 km to 20 km from Rourkela. The aircraft suffered damage to its front and nose. Locals were the first responders. They rushed to the landing site, assisted the fire services personnel from Rourkela to evacuate the trapped passengers and crew members and prevent further danger by stopping plane's oil leakage with application of foam. The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), in its statement, said that the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has been asked to investigate into the mishap. The Directorate of Aviation of Odisha government noted that pilots, captains Naveen Kadanga and Tarun Srivastava, ensured the landing due to which lives could be saved. The pilots along with the passengers Sunil Agarwal, Sabita Agarwal, Sushant Biswal and Anita Sahu have been admitted to hospitals in Rourkela. The DGCA said the aircraft with reg- Banks say it would cut credit access to retail customers in a big way B e n n K o c h u v e e d a n @ Mumbai express news service @ New Delhi/Kolkata AIMIM chief and Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi said a hijab-clad woman would one day become India’s PM, as the Constitution accords equal status to every citizen, unlike in Pakistan where members of only one religion can reach top posts Jai Jawan Jai Kisan orial Trust Owaisi: India will one day have hijab clad as PM i Nationa str lM ha em THE Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday moved the Supreme Court against the West Bengal government in the I-PAC money laundering case. Alleging that its series of raids foe the probe was obstructed by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the ED sought a CBI probe into the incident, claiming its “right to conduct a fair and independent investig ation has been curtailed by the s t a t e machinery”. In a swift Mamata Banerjee c o u n t e r move, the West Bengal government filed a caveat in the Supreme Court on Saturday, seeking to ensure that no order is passed without giving it an opportunity to be heard. The ED on Thursday raided the premises of I-PAC and its director Pratik Jain in Kolkata as part of a money laundering probe into an alleged coal pilferage scam. Mamata has accused the ED of overreach. The ED on Friday had approached the Calcutta High Court, alleging that the CM took away incriminating documents from the agency’s custody. Amid high courtroom drama, the HC adjourned the case to January 14. l Bahadur La S ED goes to SC against Didi on I-PAC, WB files caveat Amid plunging popularity ratings, US President Donald Trump on Saturday ordered a cap on interest rates on credit card dues at 10% for a year. The new rate will be effective from January 20, which coincides with completion of Trump’s one year as president. Making the announcement, the president said he will no longer let Americans be “ripped off ” by credit card companies, which charge about 20-30% annually on credit card debts. While economists and analysts globally called it unsustainable, banks said it would lead to massive pullback of credit access to retail customers. US hedge fund manager Bill Ackman said: “My concern about capping rates at 10% is that doing so will inevitably cause millions of Americans to have their cards cancelled as credit card companies lose the ability to adequately price subprime credit risk. Consumers denied credit cards will be forced to turn to loan sharks whose rates and terms will be vastly worse for borrowers.” The move comes amid rising household debt in the US, which jumped by by $197 billion to reach $18.59 trillion in the third quarter. As for credit card balances , they rose by $24 billion from the previous quarter and stood at $1.23 trillion. Though no Indian card issuer chose to react, analysts this newspaper spoke to rubbished the idea as “a wild call that strikes at the very root of free markets and markets-driven interest rate regime”. In India, credit cards charge anywhere from 36-40% annually . “If you don’t charge a risk premium on a completely risky loan/unsecured product like credit card, how can a bank continue to be in business? Even in the US, the effective interest rate is around 7% now and with addition of staff cost, interest cost on the money being lent through credit card, a pricing of 10% is simply not sustainable,” an analyst said. `` WITH THIS ISSUE A Sobering Effect PLUS 12 P AGES " Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi pays homage to the 2nd Prime Minister of India Bharat Ratna Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri (October 02, 1904 - January 11, 1966) on his 60th Punyatithi "The basic idea of governance, as I see it, is to hold the society together so that it can develop and march towards certain goals" Lal Bahadur Shastri ^^esjh le> ls ç'kklu dk ewy fopkj ;g gS fd lekt dks ,dtqV j[kk tk;s rkfd og fodkl dj lds vkSj vius y{;ksa dh rjQ c<+ lds** yky cgknqj 'kkL=h LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, DELHI Plot No. 11/7, Sector - 11, Dwarka, New Delhi - 110075 Phone : 011-25307700 | Email : director@Lbsim.ac.in www.Lbsim.ac.in The plane in the field; One of the injured pilots | Express Timeline 12:25 pm: IndiaOne Air Cessna Grand C208B aircraft VT-KSS departs Bhubaneswar for Rourkela 13:14 pm: Crew declares “May Day” to Rourkela ATC 13:20 pm: Pilots make forced landing in open area near Kansor istration VT-KSS took off from Bhubaneswar at around 12.25 pm. At about 1.14 pm, the crew declared ‘May Day’ to Rourkela ATC and made a forced landing at 1.20 pm in an open area near Kansor. The landing site was around 15 km to 20 km from Rourkela airport. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said he was saddened to learn about the plane crash in Rourkela but the news that all passengers are safe by the grace of Lord Jagannath was reassuring. “I have directed that immediate and best medical services be provided to the injured in this incident. I am personally monitoring the situation,” said Majhi Continued on P5 in a post on X.  From Apartheid-era township to lighting up the SA20 pitch G o m e s h S @ Paarl Just about 25km North of Durban, KwaMashu township holds a historical significance in South Africa. It was established under Apartheid to house relocated Black South Africans from Cato Manor. A neighbourhood that is steeped in history — the Mahatma Gandhi House is close by — and houses close to 175,000 people (2011 census) who continue to struggle with poverty, unemployment and crime. For the last few weeks, the locality has been cherishing a rare moment of joy One of their sons, Nqobani Mokoena, . has turned into a symbol of hope not just for the locality but the whole country. Raised by a single mother, Princess Mokoena, with help from a joint family the 19-year-old pacer , Continued on P5 has lit up the SA20 for Paarl Royals.