DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`12 IN NORTH EAST STATES, `17 IN ANDAMAN) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGE Karnataka CM booked by ED in probe linked to Mysuru land allotment SC: Very substantial leads, may consider widening probe ambit PAGE 9 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 BY UNNY CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Candidates 40* 415 Electors in Phase 3 39.06lakh Assembly polls Result (2014) 18 7 Others 5 24 INC BJP PDP NC Turnout in 2014: 71.42% Note: Results and turnout in 2014 based on broadly analogous post-delimitation seats. Electorate data as of July 1 Source: EC AGGAM WALIA & AANCHAL MAGAZINE NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 30 THE ANNUAL Survey of Industries (ASI) for 2022-23, released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) Monday, showed that the total number of employees in manufacturing industries increased by 7.5 per cent to 1.84 crore in 2022-23 from 1.72 crore in 2021-22. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 EMPLOYMENT GROWTH IN MANUFACTURING 7.6% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% -2% -4% 3% 7.5% 4.8% -3.3% -3.5% Counting: OCTOBER 8 If I can make it, we can all SC to rescue of teen who missed make it: Mithun on getting IIT seat: 3 yrs ago, a similar story Dadasaheb Phalke Award Now at IIT Bombay, Prince was denied a seat before apex court stepped in ATRI MITRA & ALAKA SAHANI KOLKATA, MUMBAI, SEPTEMBER 30 AFTER HIS name was announced for Dadasaheb Phalke Award — India’s highest award in cinema — actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty turned emotionalanddedicatedittohis familyandfans,notinghe“came from a narrow lane of Kolkata”. “I became speechless after getting such a prestigious award…I don’t know how to express this. I can’t cry, I can’t smile either.Iamdedicatingthisaward to my family and fans across the world,” the 74-year-old veteran actor and producer said. VIDHEESHA KUNTAMALLA NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 30 Mithun Chakraborty at a film set in Kolkata on Monday. PTI “You should have dedication andmotivation.Youshouldhave the resilience to face difficult situations and keep doing your CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 SOME TIME in June, Prince Jaibir Singh saw an unknown number flashingonhismobilephone.For Rajendra Kumar, the unknown caller sitting nearly 1,500 km away in Titora village in Uttar Pradesh’sMuzaffarnagardistrict, a lot was riding on Prince taking his call that day. A part-time tailor and a dailywagelabourerataMeerutfactory, Rajendra’ssonAtulKumar,18,had The Supreme Court Monday directed IIT Dhanbad to grant admission to Atul Kumar. Amit Mehra MOREREPORTS,PAGE9 losthisseatattheIndianInstitute of Technology (IIT) Dhanbad on June24duetoanallegedtechnical glitch that prevented him from paying his acceptance fee of Rs 17,500threeminutesbeforethe5 pm deadline. Not only did Prince answer Rajendra’s call, he also encouraged him to approach both the Supreme Court and his own lawyertofightforAtul’slostseat. On Monday, the Supreme Court CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Indian elephants lost genetic vigour as they moved north to south, 5 distinct populations exist: Study PAGE 1 ANCHOR JAY MAZOOMDAAR NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 30 A TEAM of researchers from the Bengaluru-based National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has found that the Indian elephant migrated from the north to the south over many millennia and lost their genetic diversity progressively with each southward migration. Published in the latest issue of Current Biology, the study analysed whole genome sequences from captive and wild elephant blood samples collectedacrossIndiatoidentifyfive genetically distinct populations — one along the Himalayan foothills from the northwest to northeast, one in central India, and three in the south. Accordingtothelastnational census conducted in 2017, India ishometomorethan29,000elephants. While the three southern populations added up to 14,500 elephants, the central population was estimated at 0 km SAMPLING LOCATIONS, POTENTIAL BARRIERS TO DISPERSAL 500 1000 km km Brahmaputra Ganga Northern Central NorthofPalghatGap SouthofPalghatGap SouthofShencottahGap PalghatGap ShencottahGap over 3,000. The northern population accounted for the remaining12,000—around2,000inthe northwest and 10,000 in the northeast. As evidence for Indian elephantsmigratingfromthenorth to the south, the study — titled ‘Divergence and serial colonization shape genetic variation and define conservation units in Asian elephants’ — found that the northern elephant population diverged from all other Indian populations more than 70,000 years ago. Indicatingfurthersouthward CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Kolkata 2021-22 Totalseats Survey: Manufacturing industries’ job growth at 12-year high in FY23 2022-23 2024 CAPEX TOPPED PRE-COVID LEVELS ON FOOD, TEXTILES REBOUND 2020-21 ing in any election. Today, you see party flags and posters everywhere and 20 candidates in the fray. In nearby Handwara, People’s Conference chief Sajad Lone, once seen as a potential CM the BJP might back, is grappling with how to manage an 800-vehicle roadshow through the narrow streets of his hometown,oneof thetwoconstituencies he is contesting from. Around a month ago, many feltthattheNationalConferenceCongresscombinewouldsweep DECISION 2018-19 *16inKashmir&24inJammu “I AM 90 years old and have watchedelectionsinJammuand Kashmir since 1957 but for the first time I can’t predicteven one result,” said an observer of the political scene in Srinagar. “This election has become a most E BUSINESS AS USUAL 2019-20 Entry of large number of independent candidates has muddied the waters, NC-Cong sailing no longer smooth THE NEERJA CHOWDHURY COLUMN CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 J&K polls: Phase 3 today crowded arena.” Election 2024 in J&K, taking place after a gap of 10 years, has in the words of a political wag, “ended the stigma about elections” that existed in the troubled erstwhile state. If nothing else, people feel they will be able to approach their MLAs with their problemsinstead of having to deal with the less responsive officials. Go to Sopore town in North Kashmir which used to be the centre of poll boycotts at one time with only 7-8 people vot- STATINGTHATit“expectedGods to be kept away from politics”, the Supreme Court on Monday questioned Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu'sclaimthatgheecontaminated with animal and vegetable fats was used to make the Tirupati laddus during the previous Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government. On the state government's claim that lab reports of ghee samplesshowedcontamination, the court said it was “very clear 2016-17 LADKI BAHIN FUNDING HUGE, MAY AFFECT SUBSIDIES: GADKARI within or outside the state. Presiding over a three-judge bench that perused the fourth status report submitted by the CBI, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said,“There’svery substantial leads which have Crowded poll fray, one message: In J&K, election stigma is over SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 30 EXPRESS NETWORK PAGE 3 “ITIStoobleakacontentionmeritinganyacceptancealbeitprima facie that the petitioner was not behind every thing — standing just behind the curtain,” theKarnatakaHighCourt observed while upholding the Governor’s approval to probe graft charges against Chief Minister Siddaramiah. As the Congress leader faces an Enforcement Directorate probenowoverlandthatwasallotted to his wife under a BJP government, it is another chapter in the annals of Karnataka’s recent political history, which is replete with top political rivals helping each other to lucrative 2015-16 STATING THAT “very substantial leads which have come up during the course of the investigationbytheCBI”intotherapeand murder of a trainee doctor at the R G Kar Medical College and HospitalinKolkata,theSupreme Court on Monday said it will consider widening the ambit of the probe if it comes to light that the irregularities which are noticedinthecontextof RGKarextend to other such institutions SAFETY STILL A CONCERN, WILL TAKE CALL ON JOINING DUTY: JR DOCTORS comeupduringthecourseof the investigation...And they’vegiven us a very elaborate statement of where the investigation is, what steps they have taken on the basis of the leads given to them. And where they are presently situated. So obviously, let CBI continue to investigate because it’s important that these leads are not missed...at this stage, when the investigation is in progress, it would not be appropriate to set down the details of the investigation or the leads which are being followed by the BENGALURU, SEPTEMBER 30 2014-15 NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 30 FULL COVERAGE NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 30 land resources. Siddaramaiah’s wife was allotted 14 housing sites with a market value of Rs 55 crore in Mysuru City by the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) between 2020-2022 — when there was a BJP government in power in Karnataka. These sites wereallottedinexchange for3.16acresallegedlyac● quired illegally by the MUDA outside Mysore, andvaluedataroundRs3.5crore. Not only are there several similar examples of political rivalsdoingfavoursforeachother, this often involves land in cities like Bengaluru. ■ D K Shivakumar, now Karnataka Congress chief and Deputy CM: Allotted land in 2012-13 ANANTHAKRISHNAN G THEENFORCEMENTDirectorate (ED) has registered a case of alleged money laundering against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in connection with the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) case. Sources said an Enforcement Case SIDDARAMAIAH Information Report (ECIR) was registered Monday, based on an FIR registered by the Karnataka Lokayukta. “We are in possession of the detailsoftheFIRandrelevantcase details.Theoffencesfallunderthe JOHNSON T A 2013-14 AS ISRAEL stepped up its attacks on Iranian proxies Hezbollah, Houthis and Hamas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told his Israeli counterpart Benjamin NetanyahuMondaythat“terrorism has no place in our world” and India will support efforts for early restoration of peace. Modi outlined three priorities: “prevent regional escalation”,“safereleaseofallhostages”, and “early restoration of peace and stability”. The recent Israeli strikes against Hezbollah, especially the killing of the group's leader HassanNasrallah,andtheHouthis haveraisedtensionsintheregion, and the likelihood of broadening the conflict in West Asia. After the phone call to Netanyahu, Modi, in a post on X, saidtheyspokeaboutthe“recent developments” in West Asia. “Terrorism has no place in our world. It is crucial to prevent regional escalation and ensure the safereleaseofallhostages.Indiais committed to supporting efforts for an early restoration of peace and stability,” he said. In the past year, the two leaders have spoken at least four times after Israel launched a military offensive against Hamas in Gaza following the October 7 attacks. NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 30 RG KAR RAPE-MURDER 2011-12 NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 30 DEEPTIMAN TIWARY ANANTHAKRISHNAN G BSY to Kumaraswamy: No party boundary when it comes to land ‘gifts’ 2010-11 SHUBHAJIT ROY Ahead of Durga Puja, a graffiti on a Kolkata street highlighting women safety issues. Partha Paul Wife offers to surrender sites allotted by MUDA EXPLAINED Israel steps up attacks on the Hezbollah. AP PAGE14 Terror has no place, India for early return to peace, Modi tells Netanyahu Expect Gods to be kept away from politics: SC on laddu row 2017-18 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2024, KOLKATA, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES