DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2024, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 22 PAGES BY UNNY INDIA, POLAND ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP, SOCIAL SECURITY PACT PM in Kyiv today: Deep concern, offer all cooperation in returning peace via talks Polish PM: India can play constructive role in resolving Russia-Ukraine war DIVYA A NEW DELHI, AUGUST 22 BRIJ BHUSHAN CASE Women wrestlers say police cover withdrawn, court steps in NIRBHAY THAKUR NEW DELHI, AUGUST 22 WOMEN WRESTLERS who have alleged sexual assault by Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, then a BJP MP and chief of the Wrestling Federation of India, approached a Delhi court Thursday, saying their police security cover had been withdrawn a day before one of them wastotestifyagainstSinghinthe trial court. The Rouse Avenue court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Priyanka Rajpoot directedDCP,NewDelhitotakeinterim measures to ensure the wrestler’s safety. It directed the DCP to file a detailed report regardingthereasonsforthewithdrawal of security of the wrestlers on the next date of hearing (Friday). “In the meantime, as an interim measure to ensure the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 PM Narendra Modi with Polish counterpart Donald Tusk in Warsaw on Thursday. Reuters AHEADOFhisvisittoKyiv,Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed “deep concern” over the ongoing conflict betweenRussiaandUkraine,and said India was ready to extend “all possible cooperation” to restorepeaceandstabilitythrough “dialogue and diplomacy”. Modi made the remarks after his meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Warsaw,whereIndiaandPoland upgraded their ties to a “strategic partnership”and agreed on a EXPLAINED WHYMODIVISITTO KYIVIS SIGNIFICANT PAGE 10 socialsecurityagreementtopromote the mobility of skilled workers. After concluding his visit to Warsaw, Modi travelled to Kyiv on Thursday night; he is scheduledto meetUkraine’sPresident Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday. “The ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and West Asia are a CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 KOLKATA RAPE-MURDER CASE CBI to SC: Scene of offence altered, our probe a challenge Bench questions FIR delay, decision of state to transfer college principal ANANTHAKRISHNAN G NEW DELHI, AUGUST 22 THE CBI, which is probingthe allegedrapeandmurderof ajunior doctor at the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, toldtheSupremeCourtThursday that “our investigation itself is a challenge…becausethesceneof offence” has been “altered”. The probe into the August 9 incident,whichsparkedprotests by doctors in several parts of the country, was transferred from Kolkata Police to the CBI on August 13 by the Calcutta High Court which voiced its displeasure over the handling of the case and said there appeared to be “no significant progress” in the police investigation. A day later, amobtargeteddoctorsholdinga protest at night and vandalised sections of the hospital. On Thursday, the Supreme Court, while resuming its proceedings in the matter after taking suo motu cognizance of the incident, again questioned the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 MORE REPORTS PAGE 8 Internship portal in the In its last lap, UPA II J&K polls: NC, Cong seal alliance, but works, will match skill proposed lateral entry at a few seats in Kashmir still a hurdle sets with opportunity AANCHAL MAGAZINE JS level through UPSC NAVEED IQBAL Anew NDA floated selection panels outside UPSC, did rethink after DoPT note JAY MAZOOMDAAR NEW DELHI, AUGUST 22 FOR ALL the protestations by the Congress over the lateral entry advertisementissuedbytheNDA government, and now withdrawn, one fact went unnoticed. Acting on a recommendation of thesixthCentralPayCommission (CPC), the Manmohan Singh PMO, in January 2011, had proposed to open up to 10% of posts attheJointSecretarylevelfor“lateral induction from private sector/academicsetc,”showrecords reviewed by The Indian Express. To that effect, a note by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said that the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 SRINAGAR, AUGUST 22 NEW DELHI, AUGUST 22 THE CONGRESS and National Conference (NC) Thursday announced an alliance for all 90 seats in Jammu and Kashmir for the coming Assembly elections. The announcement by NC president Farooq Abdullah came after Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge called on the NC leadership at Farooq’s residence in Srinagar, where they held a A NEW PORTAL is in the works to enable youth to apply for internshipsdirectlywiththecountry’s top 500 companies under a special package announced in the Budget. The portal will facilitate matching of skill sets of the applicants with the type of internship opportunities provided by the companies. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) will announce the guidelines for the internship CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi with National Conference leaders Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah in Srinagar on Thursday. PTI CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 E E X P L A I NE D BUSINESS AS USUAL `7.00 (`8 BIHAR & RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 ● apprentice scheme THE SCHEME seeks to provide internships to 1 crore youth over the next five years. The government is keen to ensure that those at the margins, especially those less skilled and less employable, are able to make the most of this internship scheme.