TUESDAY 06 AUGUST 2024 www.thestatesman.com Pages 12 |` 5.00|LC X.com/thestatesmanltd. Fb/thestatesman1875 INDIA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER SINCE 1818 KOLKATA | NEW DELHI | SILIGURI | BHUBANESWAR ‘TIME NOT RIPE FOR SON RISE’ P4 SENSEX 78,759.40 GENERALLY CLOUDY SKY. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN/THUNDERSHOWERS. STRONG SURFACE WINDS (SPEED 20-30 KMPH) DURING THE DAY. THE MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WOULD BE AROUND 34 AND 27 DEGREES CELSIUS RESPECTIVELY. RAINFALL: NIL RELATIVE HUMIDITY Max. 94 % TEMPERATURE ` vs $ 84.15 P9 GOLD 71,840.00 PM holds CCS meet STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, 5 AUGUST Kanwariyas (Shiv devotees) carrying water take out the annual Kanwar Yatra during the ongoing Sawan month, in Surat on Monday.  ANI Delhi LG has power to nominate ‘aldermen' in MCD, rules SC: In a big jolt to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Delhi Lieutenant Governor’s decision to nominate 10 ‘aldermen’ to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) stating that it is a statutory mandate that he must act as per it and not on the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers (Delhi government). A bench comprising of Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, and Justice J.B. Pardiwala said that while nominating 10 aldermen to the civic body, the Lieutenant Governor is expected to act in accordance with the statutory mandate and not on the aid and advice of the Delhi government as was argued by the Kejriwal government. The court made it clear that nominating 10 aldermen is a statutory power and not the executive power. Assembly unanimously passes resolutionagainst move to divide Bengal: : The West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Monday, in an apparently unseen-before bonhomie between the ruling Trinamul Congress and opposition BJP, unanimously passed a resolution opposing any move to divide the state. The Trinamul Congress has been accusing the saffron party of provoking demands for the division of West Bengal. Parliamentary affairs minister Sobhandeb Chatterjee first raised the issue to pass a resolution against the attempt to divide West Bengal. The saffron party has been claiming that it is opposed to the bifurcation of the state and rather wants its development. Parliamentary affairs minister Sobhandeb Chatterjee first moved the resolution under Rule 185 today in the House against the backdrop of various quarters demanding the carving out of a separate Union territory comprising northern West Bengal districts. THE DAILY STAR/ ANN DHAKA, 5 AUGUST F ormer Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to stay in India until the UK grants her asylum. It said that India is likely to provide Hasina all logistical support. Meanwhile, Indian Air Force and other Indian security agencies are providing security to Hasina who is being moved to a safe location. Hasina is likely to meet her daughter Saima Wazed, who is based in New Delhi and working as theWorld Health Organisation's regional director for South-East Asia. Security at the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi's diplomatic zone Chanakyapuri has been beefed up with the installation of additional barricades and deployment of more police forces. Meanwhile, agitators vandalised and torched key establishments of Awami League, including the party’s headquarters, in the capital since the Sheikh Hasina-led government resigned today. At around 4:00pm, a group of people torched the Awami League headquarters in the capital’s Gulisthan. They were chanting slogans against Sheikh Hasina and Awami League. Around that time, Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi 32 was also vandalised and set on fire. The agitators shouted slogans and they took away various items including furniture from the building. Another group of people torched the AL's Dhaka district office in the capital's Tejgaon area around the same time. The fire later spread over to a nearby gas cylinder shop. Earlier in the day, protesters set fire to the political office of the Awami League president in the capital's Dhanmondi. At least 10 people were killed and over 100 injured in Dhaka's Uttara area this afternoon after men in civilian clothes opened fire on protesters from Uttara East Police Station. Hundreds of agitated people have surrounded the police station and set it on fire, reports our correspondent. People, who are inside the police station, are still firing at people and lobbying sound grenades. It couldn't be immediately known how many people are inside the police station and their identities. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and an interim government will be formed to run the country, Army Chief GeneralWaker-Uz-Zaman said today.The Bangladesh army chief made the announcement while addressing the nation in the afternoon. The army chief said in a televised address that Hasina had resigned earlier in the day. The development comes in the wake of unprecedented violence that saw roughly 300 people killed in the space of two weeks. He reassured everyone that justice would be ensured for each of the killings. General Waker said it was now everyone's responsibility to remain calm. "Together, we hope to go towards a better situation," he said addressing the media. "I am taking full responsibility," the general said. "The country has suffered a lot, the economy has been hit, many people have been killed -- it is time to stop the violence." "I hope after my speech, the situation will improve." ‘All aspirations will be fulfilled in coming days’, PM assures people of J&K & Ladakh Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday recalled Parliament's five-year-old BRENT CRUDE (IN $) 75.63 Sheikh Hasina flees Bangladesh; protestors storm her residence THUMBNAILS NEW DELHI, 5 AUGUST P12 SILVER 85,700 Min: 26.0 °C (-1) SUN SETS 19:08 hrs MOON SETS 20:27 hrs STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEERAJ CHOPRA READY FOR PARIS OLYMPICS Bangladesh's military chief urged protestors to shun violence & announced that an interim government will soon be formed Min. 70 % Max: 33.4 °C (-1) SUN RISES 05:46 hrs MOON RISES 08:07 hrs P5 NIFTY 24,055.60 WEATHER UK PM CONVENES EMERGENCY MEETING ‘164 PC RISE IN HEALTH BUDGET SINCE 2014’ decision to abrogate Articles 370 and 35 (A), calling it a watershed moment that led to the beginning of a new era of progress and prosperity in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Mr Modi posted on X: "Today we mark 5 years since the Parliament of India decided to abrogate Articles 370 and 35 (A), a watershed moment in our nation's his- tory. It was the start of a new era of progress and prosperity in Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.” “It meant that the Constitution of India was implemented in these places in letter and spirit, in line with the vision of the great men and women who made the Constitution,” the Prime Minister said. He posted “With abrogation came security, dignity and opportunity for the women, youth, backward, tribal and marginalised communities who were deprived of the fruits of development. At the same time, it has ensured that corruption, which plagued J&K for decades, has been kept at bay.” “I assure the people of J&K and Ladakh that our Government will keep working for them and fulfil their aspirations in the coming times," the Prime Minister said. He said he would talk to the president to form the interim government and had held talks with the main opposition parties and civil society members -- but not the Awami League. Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina landed at IAF’s Hindon base near here around 5.30 pm, as the Indian Government decided to extend her all assistance in her future plans. Prime Minister Narendra Modi late evening chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to consider Indian response to the critical situation prevailing in Bangladesh. Senior Cabinet Ministers including External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Home Minister Amit Shah attended the meeting. Mr Jaishankar had briefed the Prime Minister earlier also. The External Affairs Minister is expected to make a statement on the developments in Parliament on Tuesday. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met Sheikh Hasina at the Hindon Air Base and assured her of all assistance. Her aircraft was refuelled at the Hindon airbase. Sheikh Hasina’s aircraft was parked near the Indian Air Force’s C17 and C-130J Super Hercules aircraft hangars. Its aircraft movement was monitored by Indian Air Force and security agencies from its entry into the Indian airspace till landing at the Hindon airbase in Ghaziabad. Both Houses of Parliament had adjourned for the day, just as the Indian government was preparing to receive the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi met Mr Jaishankar and discussed the Bangladesh developments. As the ongoing turmoil in Bangladesh caused concern in India, the Indian government had warned its citizens against travelling to Bangladesh till further notice.