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Page 9 A CAPITAL VIEW OF NEWS HC orders CBI probe into doc rape-murder Directs former principal of her college to go on long leave Su l a g na Sen g u p ta @ Kolkata The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered a CBI probe into the rape and murder of a postgraduate doctor at the RG Kar Medical College, and directed its former principal Sandip Ghosh not to join duty in another hospital till further orders. The orders came a day after CM Mamata Banerjee sought to buy time to hand over the case to the CBI, saying she would wait for police to crack it till Sunday before she takes the call. A division bench led by Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam urged the agitating doctors in the state to call off their cease-work protest, saying they have a “pious obligation” to treat patients who come to government hospitals. Junior doctors and interns across West Bengal ceased work since Friday, when the body of the PG student was found, demanding justice for her, an impartial CBI probe and protection to all the hospital staff. The bench observed that five days after the horrific incident, no significant progress had been made in the probe by the l New Delhi l J8.00 l PAGES 12 A s h i s h S r i v a s ta v a @ New Delhi FINALLY, Kailash Gahlot will hoist the national flag on Independence Day, not Atishi. Lt-Governor VK Saxena on Tuesday nominated Gahlot for the ceremonial ritual on August 15 at Chhatrasal Stadium. The L-G move bypassed the AAP government’s request to allow Atishi to do the honours. The ruling AAP, however, welcomed the L-G’s decision, saying it honoured the principle of democ- racy by “choosing an elected representative over an appointed one.” “We welcome the decision to have Delhi’s Home Minister, Kailash Gahlot, hoist the national flag on August 15. This move honours the principle of democracy by choosing an elected representative over an appointed one, reinforcing the importance of the people’s mandate in our governance,” said the party . Earlier in the day, the General Administration Department (GAD) said that minister Gopal Rai’s di- 10% heavier rainfall led to disaster in wayanad Resident doctors stage a protest against the rape and murder of a 2nd-year PG doctor at RG Kar college, in Kolkata, on Tuesday | PTI J IT E N D R A C H O U B E Y @ New Delhi Kolkata Police. The bench also ticked off Ghosh for not being proactive in dealing with the murder that happened under his watch as principal. While he resigned as principal on Monday, hours later he was appointed principal of Calcutta National Medical College. The HC was appalled at the alacrity with which he was rehabilitated by the state government and directed him to go on long leave. Protesting doctors of Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital didn’t let Ghosh join duty on Tuesday P4, 8 . The catastrophic landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad on July 30 were caused by climate change, says a new analysis by World Weather Attribution (WWA). It says the shift in weather patterns, caused by human activities, triggered a 10% heavier rainfall burst in the re gion, which in tur n resulted in the landslips. To mitigate the impact of such natural calamities in future, WWA—an international collaboration of climate scientists who conduct rapid assessments The CBI on Tuesday took over the probe and its team from Delhi, along with forensic scientists, will visit Kolkata on Wednesday. The Kolkata Police has to hand over all papers on the case to the CBI on Wednesday. The case will be heard again after three weeks. I appeal to you to observe August 15 as National Mourning Day with due dignity and solemnity —Sheikh Hasina Not Atishi, Gahlot to hoist flag: L-G S t u d y b l a m e s i t o n c l i m a t e ch a n g e CBI takes over probe “I express grief at the deaths of students, teachers, police personnel, pregnant women, journalists, cultural activists, working people, leaders and Awami League workers,” she said in a statement. P7, 9 of extreme weather events—recommends minimising deforestation and quarrying along with improvement of early warning and evacuation systems. The study also recommends replacing fossil fuels with renewable sources of energy to reduce the one-day burst rainfalllike conditions. The study ‘Landslidetriggering rainfall made more intense by human-induced climate change, devastating highly vulnerable communities in northern Kerala’ was done by a group of climate scientists, researchers and institutions associated with WWA. rective to allow Atishi to hoist the flag was “legally invalid”. GAD Additional Chief Secretary Navin Kumar Chaudhary said that Kejriwal’s communication, which was referenced by Rai, was in violation of prison rules. “I met the Chief Minister today . He desires that Atishi hoist the flag on August 15 at the Chhatrasal Stadium event, in his place. All necessary arrangements should be made accordingly,” Rai’s directive to the GAD stated. Express read CM bail plea in SC today The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on August 14 Arvind Kejriwal’s plea against the Delhi High Court order upholding his arrest by the CBI in a corruption case related to the alleged excise policy scam. The HC had on August 5 said that there was no malice in the acts of the CBI. The SC will also hear a separate plea of Kejriwal seeking bail in the case. P4 Water in Yamuna rising The water level in the Yamuna is rising due to discharge of water from Haryana’s Hathinikund barrage, Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said on Tuesday, after reviewing preparations to tackle a possible flood situation. The water level at Old Railway Bridge has touched 204.35 metre, while the warning level is at 204.5 metre. P3 J&K assembly poll schedule next week M U K E SH R A N J A N @ New Delhi THe Election Commission will hold a meeting with home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Wednesday to review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir and assess the requirement of security personnel. The EC may announce the dates for assembly polls in the Union Territory next week. The three-member EC had travelled to the UT last week to review the poll preparedness. Speaking to reporters in Jammu, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar had said the poll panel was committed to holding assembly polls in the UT at the earliest, adding no outside or internal forces could derail the electoral process. J&K had registered a record turnout in the last Lok Sabha polls. At that time, Kumar had said: “This active participation is a huge positive for assembly elections to be held soon.” Whenever assembly elections are held in J&K, they will be the first since provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution were done away with and the erstwhile state was divided into two UTs—J&K (with assembly) and Ladakh (without assembly) in August 2019.
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