Panel to watch situation on Bangladesh border The Union home ministry has set up a five-member high-level committee led by Ravi Gandhi, Additional Director General, Border Security Force, Eastern Command. The committee will be in touch with Bangladesh officials to ensure the safety and security of Indian nationals, Hindus, and other minority communities, Home Minister Amit Shah said kalaburagi l saturday l august 10, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 14 l city EDITION CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI DIPA K M ONDAL @ New Delhi MINISTER of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary on Friday introduced the Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024 in the Lok Sabha, proposing up to four nominees for each bank account. The bill has enabling provisions to transfer unclaimed dividends, shares, and interest or redemption of bonds to the Investor Education and Protection Fund, allowing individuals to claim transfers or refunds from the fund, thus safeg u a rd i n g i nve s t o r s ’ interests. The bill proposes to extend the tenure of directors in cooperative banks from 8-10 years. It also proposes to allow a director of a Central cooperative bank to serve on a State cooperative bank board. Congress MP Manish Tewari said the power to legislate cooperatives vests with state governments. Govt ducks the SC/ST creamy layer bullet gorisation and creamy layer in detail. The Cabinet’s well-thought In a significant move, the Centre decision is that the NDA governon Friday said it will not implement is committed to the constitument the Supreme Court’s proposal tional principles laid down by Dr of carving out the creamy layer Ambedkar. There is no concept of within the reservations for Schedcreamy layer in SC and ST reservauled Castes (STs) and tion under Ambedkar’s Scheduled Tribes (STs). principles,” he said. The decision was taken at The decision is on expecta Cabinet meeting chaired ed lines as the Modi governThe Cabinet’s by Prime Minister Narenment is facing pressure on well-thought dra Modi on Friday . the creamy layer issue from decision is that Announcing the deciallies and from within the the NDA sion, Minister of Informaparty NDA ally LJP’s chief . government is tion and Broadcasting committed to the Chirag Paswan has already constitutional Ashwani Vaishnaw said announced that he will file principles laid that there is no concept of a review petition against down by Dr creamy layer in SC/ST resthe Supreme Court ruling. Ambedkar ervation under Baba SaThe thinking within the heb Ambedakar’s princi- — Ashwani Vaishnaw government is that the imples. “The Cabinet has plementation of the creamy taken a well-thought decision that layer will further alienate the backthe provisions for SC/ST reservaward community from the BJP. In tions will be in tune with Ambedthe 2024 general elections, the BJP kar’s principles,” he said. suffered major losses especially in “In the Cabinet meeting chaired Uttar Pradesh after the backward by PM Modi today we discussed the , community and Dalits voted issue of the SC ruling on sub-cateagainst it. P r e e t h a N a i r @ New Delhi Sisodia finally gets bail S u c h i t r a K a lya n M o h a n t y @ New Delhi Seventeen months after he was arrested for alleged money laundering linked to the Delhi excise policy scam, former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Friday walked out of Tihar jail after the Supreme Court granted him bail. “It appears that the trial courts and the high courts attempt to play safe in matters of grant of bail. The principle that bail is a rule and refusal is an exception is, at times, followed in breach,” a two-judge bench led by Justice B R Gavai said. While rejecting the trial court’s position that Sisodia was responsible for delaying the process, the bench said, bail can’t be rejected as a punishment. As for the trial court’s claim that he kept various documents, the bench said it was not supported by record. Just 13 and 14 applications were filed by him in the CBI and ED matters respectively it said. , express read Bill proposes up to 4 nominees per bank a/c SC stays hijab ban imposed by Mumbai college S u c h i t r a K a lya n M o h a n t y @ New Delhi AICC General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and DyCM DK Shivakumar at Janandolana rally in Mysuru on Friday | Udayashankar S CM: I am clean, won’t fall for Oppn tactics K S h i v a K u m a r @ Mysuru Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday claimed that he is “spotlessly clean” and accused opposition parties of targeting him just because he is a mass leader from a backward community . Participating in Congress’ Janandolana rally here, he said that he will remain honest in public life forever and asked people to stand by him in his hour of crisis. BJP and JDS tried and failed to fix him in the ST corporation scam and now they are trying to corner him and his family in the MUDA scam, he alleged. Referring to the Quit India Movement against the British, Siddaramaiah said it’s time to Ashoka: Why are you scared of CBI probe? Mysuru: Reacting to CM Siddaramaiah’s claim of maintaining a clean record throughout his public life, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R Ashoka said, “If you’re truly clean and have not indulged in any corruption, why are you scared of a CBI probe?” launch a similar movement against the communal, casteist and authoritarian forces which hate leaders from backward communities holding top posts. They targeted the then chief ministers D Devaraj Urs, S Bangarappa, M Veera Moily and N Dharam Singh, the CM CONTINUED ON: P4 added. THE Supreme Court on Friday partly stayed a circular issued by a Mumbai college that prohibited female students from wearing ‘hijab, burqa, cap, and naqab’ on the campus, saying girl students have the freedom to choose what to wear. Terming the restrictions imposed by the college authorities as unwarranted, a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar asked the Chembur Trombay Education Society , which runs the N G Acharya and D K Marathe College, whether it would ban ‘bindi’ and ‘tilak’ also on the campus. Justice Kumar asked senior advocate Madhavi Divan, appearing for the society how was , the college empowering the girl students by issuing such a circular. “Girl students must have the freedom of choice in what they wear, and the college can’t impose bans,” the bench said. The SC, however, clarified that burqas would not be permitted inside the classrooms and that no religious activities should occur on campus. The SC also warned that its interim order should not be misused, adding that the educational society has the right to appeal in case of any perceived misuse. During the hearing, the bench was told the college’s decision was aimed at preventing students from revealing their religion. To this, the court said: “The person’s religious identity can be revealed by his/her name and not by the clothes he/she wears.” Divan said the circular was not limited to ‘hijab, burqa or naqab’ but extended to ripped jeans and other such attire. Fund crunch hits state govt recruitment drive mishap Goods train derails near Belagavi The incident happened between Dudhsagar and Sonwane, on the LondaVasco railway line, on Friday morning. No casualties were reported. The derailment affected the movement of trains on the SWR route | P5 As h w i n i M S r i pa d @ Bengaluru Financial constraints seem to be slowing down the state government’s move to fill a large number of vacant posts in various departments. In the run-up to the 2023 Assembly elections in the state, the Congress party promised to fill all vacant posts without any delay if it comes to power. To implement the Seventh Pay Commission’s recommendations, the government needs Rs 20,000 crore annually . It had promised to implement the commission’s recommendations from this month. This is likely to make matters worse for the government, which has to fund its ambitious guarantee schemes and also many development projects. Senior officers in the government admitted that the recruitment drive will be affected. However, proposals submitted by various departments have been approved depending on their requirement, they said. Of the 7.7 lakh sanctioned posts, 72 departments have 5.2 lakh employees. In all, 2.50 lakh posts are vacant in various departments, including Agriculture, Home, Urban Development, Health, Tourism, Education, Food and Civil Supplies, Power, Water Resources, Excise, Medical Education, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj. Employees have been recruited to some vacant posts on a contract basis. P4 SC refuses to postpone NEET-PG examination PM to visit landslide-hit regions in Wayanad today Textbooks for I PU in short supply across K’taka New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to postpone the NEETPG examination scheduled for August 11. “As a matter of principle, we will not reschedule the exam. There are two lakh students and four lakh parents who will weep over the weekend if we postpone it,” a bench comprising CJI D Y Chandrachud said | P9 Kozhikode: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Wayanad on Saturday to assess the ongoing relief and rehabilitation efforts following the landslides in Chooralmala and Mundakkai. Later, the PM will chair a review meeting with officials, where he will be briefed about the incident and the ongoing relief efforts | P5 Bengluru: Pre-University (PU) classes in the state began over two months ago, but textbooks for first PU students are still not available in the market. While vendors said the supply is not sufficient, the Karnataka Textbooks Society said they have supplied all textbooks for which the government had placed the indent | P5
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