Wednesday, October 8, 2025 | Vol. 69 No. 3 | 29 Pages Reg.No MCS/048/2021-23; RNI No. 1541/1957 M.p.c.s office Mumbai. PIN 400001 THE FREE PRESS JOURNAL INDIA EDITION | www.freepressjournal.in ● Leader in E-paper circulation GAMES NATION Seat-sharing talks: BJP reaches out to LJP (RV) chief Chirag Paswan ahead of Bihar polls Tata group crisis brewing? Top guns meet Shah S Balakrishnan & Agencies MUMBAI/NEW DELHI A crisis seems to be brewing in the highly-respected Tata empire. Reports indicate that the tension is mainly between Tata Sons and a section of Tata Trust over board appointments and governance issues. Top honchos of the Tata group, including Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata and Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran, along with Tata Trusts vice-chairman Venu Srinivasan and trustee Darius Khambata on Tuesday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his residence. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was also present at the meeting. The Tata group did not offer any comment. The Central government, reportedly keen on main- taining stability within the $180 billion corporate behemoth, has decided to step in to stave of a crisis. Incidentally, the crisis is threatening to escalate on the eve of the first death anniversary of Rata Tata, who took the empire to great heights with several major acquisitions in the West. It is learnt that in 2017 itself friction had developed not only between Tata Sons and Tata Trust, but within the Trust itself. But the towering personality of Rata Tata and his leadership ensured internal stability. Tata Trusts exerts decisive influence over India's most valuable conglomerate through its about 66% stake in Tata Sons, the promoter and holding company of the salt-to-semiconductor group. 4Contd on | Nation MUMBAI In the quiet hours of a Monday morning, a 9-year-old girl from Alibaug offered a gift that words can scarcely contain—a gift that now pulses with hope across Mumbai’s hospitals. Declared brain dead, her life ended far too soon. Yet, in their sorrow, her mother, father, and grandfather made the most courageous of decisions: to let parts of her live on in others, giving several families the miracle they never imagined. Her kidneys traveled divergent paths—one to Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, the other to Apollo Hospital— restoring the health of two young patients. Her liver brought new life to a suffering patient at Nanavati Hospital. Each organ, now a heartbeat of `31,628 cr Maha flood aid Kalpesh Mhamunkar Farm Help MUMBAI The Maharashtra government on Tuesday unveiled a massive Rs 31,628 crore compensation package to support farmers and flood-affected residents who suffered devastating losses from recent floods and incessant rains across the state. Under this unprecedented relief plan, farmers will receive Rs 47,000 in cash and an additional Rs 3 lakh in employment aid under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) for every hectare of farmland damaged by the floods. This ambitious package, described as the largest flood relief effort by any Indian state, was final- ■ Farmers to get `47,000 in cash. ■ Extra `3 lakh MNREGA aid for every hectare of damaged land. ■ `17,000 per hectare will be paid to 45 lakh insured farmers by insurance companies. ized on Saturday during a special cabinet meeting. The meeting included key leaders such as Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, along with ministers responsible for Relief and Rehabilitation, Disaster Management, and Agriculture. Sen- FPJ News Service MUMBAI PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate phase one of the Navi Mumbai International Airport and the final phase of Mumbai Metro Line-3 on Wednesday during his twoday Maharashtra visit. He will also hold talks with his British counterpart Keir Starmer in The 9-year-old’s organ donation brings renewed hope to families across Mumbai possibility, is a testament not only to the girl’s vibrant memory but to her family’s resolute generosity in the midst of heartbreak. Nobel prize for three quantum physicists FPJ News Service STOCKHOLM Agencies the city to boost the India-UK strategic partnership. Modi will land at the DB Patil Navi Mumbai International Airport at 2.40 pm and undertake a walkthrough of the new airport. At 3.30 pm, he will inaugurate Phase I of the airport and also virtually launch the Aqualine underground Metro line, which runs from Aarey-JVLR to Cuffe Shunning the spotlight, her family has chosen anonymity, seeking comfort in the quiet legacy their child has left behind. Their decision reverberates far beyond their own grief. As Dr. Minnie Bodhanwala, CEO of Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, reflected, this act is “the ultimate act of giving.” If you thought Operation Khallas and Operation Langda were the kind of names cooked up by a struggling Bollywood screenwriter holed up in a dingy Versova café, you’d be forgiven. It’s the very real, very state-sanctioned anti-crime crackdown unleashed by the Uttar Pradesh Police. Under direct orders from CM Yogi Adityanath, UP cops have Pedestrian safety focus FPJ News Service NEW DELHI Parade; Mumbai One unified ticket app; and Targhar railway station in Navi Mumbai. On Thursday, he will host Starmer in the morning before they attend the CEO Forum at Jio World Center, BKC. Later, They will attend the Global Fintech Fest. The SC on Tuesday directed all states and UTs to frame rules in six months to ensure road safety by regulating the movement of non-motorised vehicles and pedestrians and by setting standards for the design, construction, and maintenance of roads. 4Contd on | Nation 4See also | Mumbai 4Contd on | Nation FPJ News Service MUMBAI The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the EC to provide details of 3.66 lakh voters who were part of the draft voter list but were excluded from the final electoral roll prepared after Bihar's Special Intensive Revision exercise, saying there is "confusion" over the matter. A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi was hearing petitions challenging the Bihar SIR, which concluded on September 30. The court asked the EC to furnish details on the issue and adjourned the matter till October 9, Live Law and Bar & Bench reported. "If anyone can give us a list that out of these 3.66 lakh voters these are the people to whom orders have not been communicated. We’ll direct them EC to communicate. Each individual has a right to appeal," the court remarked. Justice Bagchi said the final list appeared to be an “appreciation of numbers” and asked, “What is the identity of this addon? Is it an add-on of deleted names or independent new names?” 4Contd on | Nation Trust an expert who knows when to switch the tune Flexi Cap Fund^ for agility Haryana IGP dead, suicide note found CHANDIGARH The 2025 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H Devoret, and John M Martinis for their groundbreaking research on quantum tunnelling -- a once “seemingly obscure” phenomenon that has now become central to the advancement of digital and quantum technologies. Clarke, 83, conducted his research at the University of California, Berkeley; Martinis at the University of California, Santa Barbara; and Devoret at Yale University and the University of California, Santa Barbara. The Nobel Committee recognised their pioneering contributions from the 1980s, which continue to open new frontiers in “the next generation of quantum technology, including quantum cryptography, quantum computers, and quantum sensors.” Reacting to the news, Clarke expressed both astonishment and humility. “To put it mildly, it was the surprise of my life,” he said. Reflecting on the impact of their discovery, Clarke added, “Our discovery in some ways is the basis of quantum computing. Exactly at this moment, where this fits in is not entirely clear to me.” Haryana Inspector General of Police (IGP) Y. Puran Kumar was found dead at his residence in Sector 11, Chandigarh, on Tuesday afternoon. Police suspect that Kumar, a 2001-batch IPS officer, ended his life by shooting himself with his service revolver. Kumar’s daughter reportedly discovered him in the soundproof basement of their home. A will and a suicide note were found, in which the victim expressed job-related problems and feelings of dissatisfaction. 4Contd on | Nation 4Contd on | Nation pulled off what can only be described as a high-octane justice marathon: 20 police encounters in 48 hours. From Meerut to Muzaffarnagar, criminals across the state either found themselves limping or, well, no longer finding anything at all. That’s the basic philosophy behind these two operations: Langda (make 'em limp), and Khallas (make 'em disappear — permanently). Operation Langda involves shooting the accused UP Police turn Bollywood-style into real-world justice with 20 encounters in 48 hrs in the leg, presumably to ruin their sprinting careers and their appetite for crime. Operation Khallas? The name says it all. 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Rajesh Moudgil MUMBAI 4Contd on | Nation ior government officials presented detailed damage assessments of crops, private properties, and government infrastructure. After thorough review, the relief package was approved and publicly announced on Tuesday. Speaking at a press confer- Modi to open Navi Mumbai airport, Metro Line-3 today 18 killed as landslide hits HP bus At least 18 people lost their lives when a major landslide struck a private bus in Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh, on Tuesday. The disaster occurred near Bhallu Bridge in the Barthin area around 6:30 pm as the bus, carrying an estimated 3035 passengers from Marotan to Ghumarwin, was suddenly engulfed in debris and rocks due to the landslide. The landslide was triggered after a spell of heavy rains. When the mountainside collapsed, the roof of the bus was torn off, and the vehicle was buried under rubble. 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