80 108 132 68 The Indian Express wishes its readers Happy Ganesh Chaturthi We are closed today. There will be no edition of the newspaper on Sunday, September 8, 2024 NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 6 HOURS AFTER they joined the party, the Congress on Friday fielded Olympian Vinesh Phogat from the Julana Assembly constituency in Jind DECISION district for the 2024 October 5 Haryana HARYANA Assembly elections and appointed Olympian Bajrang Punia the All India Kisan Congress’s working chairman. Phogat,whilebeinginducted into the Congress on Thursday afternoon, said shewashappyto represent a party that “understood our pain” during the BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY wrestlers’ protests last year. Phogat and Punia were at the forefront of the demonstrations against then Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Vistara’s Mumbai-Frankfurt flight diverted to Turkey amid suspected bomb threat SUKALP SHARMA NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 6 A VISTARA flight from Mumbai to Frankfurt was diverted to the ErzurumairportinTurkey’seastern region Friday owing to a “se- curity concern”, the airline said. Vistara did not elaborate, but sourcesawareof thematterindicated that it was a bomb threat that had forced the diversion. The sources said the threat appeared to be in the form of a written message, noticed by a `5.00 ● WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 Vinesh joins Cong, gets Firing outside Salman’s a ticket; Bajrang a post: house: Mumbai police yet ‘Understood our pain’ to get access to Bishnoi ASAD REHMAN REG.NO. MCS/067/2018 - 20 RNI REGN. NO. 1543/57 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2024, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 22 PAGES 07/09/2024 ● cabincrewmemberinoneof the lavatories of the Boeing 787 aircraft. “Vistara flight UK 27 operatingfromMumbaitoFrankfurton 06 September 2024 has been divertedtoTurkeyduetoasecurity CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 MOHAMED THAVER MUMBAI, SEPTEMBER 6 NEARLY FIVE months since the firing outside the Bandra residence of actor Salman Khan, the Mumbaipolice,whoareprobing the case, have not yet been given access to gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, whose gang claimed credit for the firing and has threatened the actor in the past. Bishnoi has been lodged at the Sabarmati prison in adjacent Gujarat since last year. Earlier this week, the Bishnoi gang claimed credit for firing outside the residence of singer A P Dhillon in Canada. An officer said, “All legal processes are being followed in order to get access to him.” Sources explained that initially they could not directly get his custody astheMinistry of Home Affairs (MHA), in an order dated August 30, 2023, had restrained forayearBishnoi’smovementin CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Olympians Manu, Lovlina are guests at Adda today 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 FIRST AFTER WITHDRAWAL Let people decide if there is God in you, says RSS chief EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE PUNE, SEPTEMBER 6 RASHTRIYA SWAYAMSEVAK Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that no one should proclaim himself as God anditshouldbelefttothepeople to decide if there is God in you. Addressing an event late ThursdayatJejuriinPunetomark the centenary year of Shankar CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 A thaw in chill: Delhi, Male hold defence talks Defence Secy-level dialogue touches on bilateral military exercises 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 Muizzu assumed office last year on the plank of his “India Out” 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 state- E E X P L A I NE D DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA ● 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 nation. mentbytheDefenceMinistryon the 5th Defence Cooperation Dialogue between India and the Maldives, the Indian delegation was led by Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane while the Maldiviandelegationwasheaded CONTINUEDONPAGE2