MONDAY 09 SEPTEMBER 2024 www.thestatesman.com INDIA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER SINCE 1818 Pages 12 |` 5.00|LC X.com/thestatesmanltd. Fb/thestatesman1875 KOLKATA | NEW DELHI | SILIGURI | BHUBANESWAR ‘BJP LEADERSHIP OF TRYING TO CREATE FEAR AMONG HINDUS IN J&K’ CPM IN A TIGHT SPOT IN KERALA OVER ADGP’S MEET WITH RSS LEADER P5 P4 WEATHER Mostly cloudy. Showers late at night. Maximum and minimum temperatures likely to be around 33°C and 28°C respectively. P6 Kolkatans seek to reclaim the night again A month after the brutal rape and murder at R G Kar Hospital RAINFALL: NIL RELATIVE HUMIDITY Max. 89% TEMPERATURE Max: 33.2˚C SUN RISES 05:21 hrs MOON RISES 10:22 hrs Min. 77 % Min: 28.6˚C SUN SETS 17:45 hrs MOON SETS 21:20 hrs Full Moon on 18 September THUMBNAILS People walk at the Kartavya Path amid rainy weather conditions, in New Delhi on Sunday. n ANI Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi arrives for talks with PM Modi: The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrived in New Delhi this evening on a three-day visit to India. He was received at the airport by Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal and senior India and UAE officials at the airport. This is his first visit to India as the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi. He is accompanied by several UAE ministers and a business delegation. STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, 8 SEPTEMBER C itizens of Kolkata turned out in their thousands again on the city’s streets from Sunday afternoon as they prepared for another ‘Reclaim the Night’ demonstration, slated to start at 11 p.m, coming a full month after the brutal rape and murder of a post graduate trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The protests will be reflected by the Indian community in 13 nations across the world. Two key foot marches are being held in south Kolkata ~ one by more than 40 school alumni associations and the other by film actors. Doctors, meanwhile, are continuing with their protests at RG Kar hospital -- the epicentre. The mega protest will be followed up by another “Reclaim the night” demonstration by women. People from various fields ~ musicians, artistes, painters and actors, would also join the 'Reclaim the Night' demonstration at multiple locations across Doctors carry balloons inscribed with 'Justice For Abhaya' during a protest rally against alleged sexual assault and murder of a trainee doctor of the RG Kar Hospital, in Kolkata on Sunday.n BISWAJIT GHOSHAL the city, including at Garia, Shyambazar, Jadavpur 8B and Salt Lake, which begins at 11 p.m. Similar protests will be held in suburban pockets including Barrackpore, Barasat, Budgebudge, Belgharia, Agarpara, Dumdum, Baguiati and other areas. The rape-murder of the second-year postgraduate doctor on 9 August had shocked the country, and provoked an unprecedented outpouring of outrage and anger among Kolkatans and citizens across the country. Junior doctors across the state have also continued their protests despite the Supreme Court's directions to return to work. Angry civil society has joined in, demanding justice, with multiple protests held across the state every day. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is slated to continue hearing on Monday the matter where it has taken suo moto cognisance of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata ENGLAND ALL-ROUNDER MOEEN ALI RETIRES FROM INT’L CRICKET SETBACK TO TRUDEAU last month. A 3-judge bench, headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud will consider the status report of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), apart from the Centre’s application seeking direction to the West Bengal government to extend full cooperation to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) deputed at the R.G. Kar Medical College. In the alternative, the Centre has prayed to the apex court to initiate contempt proceedings against the erring officials of the West Bengal government for “wilful noncompliance” with the order passed by the apex court. The Bench, also comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, could not assemble on 5 September due to the non-availability of CJI Chandrachud. In a hearing held on 22 August, the Supreme Court asked the CBI to continue the investigation, apart from taking on record the status report filed by the CBI as well by the Kolkata Police in relation to the vandalisation of the hospital premises on the night of August 14. P12 Ajit Doval to visit Moscow; Ukraine conflict to figure in talks Mr Doval's visit to Russia comes close on the heels of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to Ukraine. The PM had in July visited Russia STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, 8 SEPTEMBER National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is leaving for Moscow this week amid speculations that India could play a role in resolving the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. Mr. Doval is visiting Russia primarily to attend a conclave of NSAs of BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-ChinaSouth Africa) countries that is taking place at a time when serious efforts are on to bring the prolonged conflict to an end. Mr Doval's visit to Russia comes close on the heels of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to Ukraine. The PM had in July visited Russia and called for an early resolution of the conflict through peaceful talks. Several Western nations believe India could play a role in ending the conflict, given its friendship with both Russia and Ukraine. We consider you as our own, Rajnath tells people of PoK STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE JAMMU, 8 SEPTEMBER Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday asked the residents of Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir (PoK) to come and join India, as “we consider you as our own unlike Pakistan which treats you as foreigners”. Mr Singh was addressing BJP election rallies in Ramban and Banihal areas of the Jammu division. The Defence Minister said that recently an affidavit was filed by the additional solicitor general in Pakistan stating that PoK is a foreign land. “I want to tell PoK residents that Pakistan is considering you a foreigner but the people in India do not consider you as such. We consider you as our own and so come and join us,” Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said. Under the BJP government in J&K there will be so much development on this side that the people in PoK on seeing this would say that we do not want to live with Pakistan and instead will go to India, he said.