DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2024, KOLKATA, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES AMRITA NAYAK DUTTA NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 6 FOR THE first time since India withdrewitsuniformedmilitary personnel from the Maldives early this year, New Delhi and Male held a defence dialogue here Friday at the level of top officialswheretheydiscussed“ongoing defence cooperation projects” and “forthcoming bilateral military exercises”. This is significant since a chill has gripped bilateral relations since President Mohamed Muiz- EXPLAINED First after withdrawal, thaw in chill: Delhi, Male talk defence Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party MP K C Venugopal in Delhi. PTI E ● Renewal roadmap TALKS ARE a bid to renew the Delhi-Male defence co-operation after the strain in ties following Muizzu’s India-Out campaign. Over the years, India has given equipment, trained personnel and is working on strategic projects in the island. Vinesh joins Cong, gets a ticket; Bajrang a post: ‘Understood our pain’ Medalists Manu, Lovlina ASAD REHMAN NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 6 HOURSAFTERthey joined the party, the Congress on Friday fielded Olympian Vinesh DECISION Phogat from the 2024 Julana Assembly HARYANA constituency in Jind district for the October 5 HaryanaAssemblyelectionsand appointed Olympian Bajrang Punia the All India Kisan Congress’s working chairman. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 BUSINESS AS USUAL `6.00 (`12 IN NORTH EAST STATES & ANDAMAN) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 are guests at Adda today BY UNNY EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 6 PARIS 2024 might not go down asIndia’sbest-everOlympics.Yet, itwashistoricnoless.Forthefirst time in the 100-plus years of the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Shooter Manu Bhaker and boxer Lovlina Borgohain zuassumedofficelastyearonthe plankofhis“IndiaOut”campaign. The last defence cooperation dialogue was held in March last year in Male when then President Ibrahim Solih was in office, months before Muizzu took over as President. According to an official statementbytheDefenceMinistryon the 5th Defence Cooperation Dialogue between India and the Maldives, the Indian delegation was led by Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane while the Maldiviandelegationwasheaded CONTINUEDONPAGE2 GRAFT CASES AGAINST RG KAR EX-PRINCIPAL SCjunksex-principal’s pleaagainstCBIprobe Says no fetters can be put on probe ordered by the HC ANANTHAKRISHNAN G NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 6 THE SUPREME Court Friday dismissed a plea filed by former R G Kar Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh, challenging the Calcutta HighCourtordertransferringthe investigation into alleged financial irregularities at the institute during his tenure to the CBI. Athree-judgebenchpresided byCJIDYChandrachudandcomprising Justices J B Pardiwala and ManojMisrasaidthatGhoshhad “nolocusstandiatthisstage”and that “no fetters can be put on investigation”. On August 23, the HChadtransferredtheprobeinto theallegedfinancialirregularities fromastate-constitutedSITtothe CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 REPORT PAGE 5 FULL COVERAGE PAGE 3 During ED’s raid at Sandip Ghosh residence, Friday. Partha Paul CBI TO COURT Nexus: ‘Ghosh favoured vendors, security aide’s wife for contracts’ ATRI MITRA & SWEETY KUMARI Sandip Ghosh was arrested by CBI Tuesday KOLKATA, SEPTEMBER 6 THE CBI, which is probing the rape and murder of a junior doctor and alleged financial irregularities at the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, hastoldaspecialcourtthatitsin- vestigation showed that Sandip Ghosh,principalof thecollegeat thetimeof therape-and-murder CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Kolkata