EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE MUMBAI, DECEMBER 9 100 122 86 BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY AT LEAST FOUR PERSONS were killed while 29 others were injured after a BEST bus climbed a footpath after its driver lost control, ploughed into several vehiclesandranoverpeopleinacongested marketplace near the KurlarailwaystationonMonday night. Prima facie, it appears to be a case of brake failure, police said. Threeof thosewhodiedhave been identified as Shivam Kashap(18),KanisFatimaGulam Kazi (55) and Afeel Abdul MUMBAI’S COLDEST DEC DAY SINCE 2015: 13.7° CELSIUS PAGE 4 Will push redevelopment of Vidhan Bhawan with capacity for 350 MLAs, says Narvekar ALOK DESHPANDE MUMBAI, DECEMBER 9 TAKING CHARGE as the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker for the second consecutive term on Monday, BJP leader and MLA from South Mumbai’s Colaba constituencyRahulNarvekarhas alreadysethiseyesonkick-starting the ambitious Maha Vista Project,whichincludestheredevelopment of state legislative buildings to house more legislators. Narvekar also said the entirefunctioningof thelegislature will be digitised within the next two years. Saleem Shah (19) while the fourth victim is yet to be identified. Several victims undergoing treatment had suffered serious injuries, police added. The incident took place around 9.50 pm opposite Anjuman-e-Islam School on SG Barve Marg in Kurla West. The electric bus was plying on route number 332 between Kurla and Andheri stations. Apoliceofficersaidthatitappears the driver lost control of the bus that veered off the carriageway onto the footpath at high speed and ran over CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 The incident took place around 9.50 pm on Monday opposite Anjuman-e-Islam School on SG Barve Marg in Kurla West. PTI MOREPHOTOS,PAGE4 ‘Calm influence’: Revenue Secy Sanjay Malhotra picked as next RBI Governor The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Monday gave its nod for the selection of 56-year-oldMalhotraasthe26th RBI Governor with effect from December 11 for a period of AANCHAL MAGAZINE MAHA VISTA PROJECT Narvekar with Governor C P Radhakrishnan. GaneshShirsekar “Itwillbetheredevelopment of the legislative campus in Mumbai where an Assembly with increased capacity of up to 350 MLAs will be built. The CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 `5.00 ● WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 4 killed, 29 injured after BEST bus ploughs into vehicles, crowded market in Kurla 72 REG.NO. MCS/067/2018 - 20 RNI REGN. NO. 1543/57 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2024, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES 10/12/2024 ● NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 9 SANJAY MALHOTRA, a 1990batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, currently Revenue Secretary in the Ministryof Finance,hasbeenappointed as the next Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Sanjay Malhotra, 1990-batch IAS, IIT-Kanpur, Princeton graduate; Shaktikanta Das MORE REPORTS PAGE 15 HASINA REMARKS CREATE TENSION: YUNUS Foreign Secys meet: Delhi flags plight of minorities, Dhaka says internal issue India calls for constructive ties, mutual trust, raises attacks on religious sites SHUBHAJIT ROY NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 9 IN THE first high-level visit by India since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led government in August,ForeignSecretaryVikram Misri met his Bangladesh counterpart, Mohammad Jashim Uddin, in Dhaka on Monday and conveyed “India’s concerns, especially those related to the safetyandwelfareof minorities”. India also flagged “some regrettable incidents of attacks on cultural, religious and diplomatic properties”. Referring to the alleged incidents against minorities as Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri with his Bangladesh counterpart Mohammad Jashim Uddin in Dhaka. ANI “propaganda... false and misleading facts”, Bangladesh's ForeignSecretary,onhispart,responded that “other countries” should refrain from commentingonDhaka's“internalmatter”. Misri, who also called on the BangladeshInterimGovernment CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 E EXPLAINED DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA ● Message to Dhaka THE VISIT reflects Delhi’s willingness to engage with the post-Hasina reality. The message is clear: Dhaka must be responsive to Delhi's concerns, and not let strained ties impact bilateral development partnership. In Adani protests in Parliament, Cong takes gloves off, tries masks & jackets Big equestrian question lands in court: Are horses athletes or equipment? ASAD REHMAN NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 9 MANICKAM TAGORE is a CongressMPfromVirudhunagar in Tamil Nadu; Shivaji Bandappa Kalge the party parliamentarian from Latur in Maharashtra. On Monday, the two were CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 SHIVANI NAIK MUMBAI, DECEMBER 9 Leader of Opposition in LS Rahul Gandhi with Congress MPs during a protest over the Adani row at Parliament. ANI IT IS “neigh” impossible to know what horses themselves think on the matter but the Delhi High Court was recently tasked with ascertainingif horsesoughttobe categorised as “athletes” or “equipment”, in the sport of equestrian. The petitioner, Rajasthan Equestrian Association, wants votingrightsforstates,likeevery sport. They are locked in a long battle with the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI), which insiststhatthesportis“peculiar” and cannot have a pyramidal governance framework of district and state bodies, given the infrastructure is niche, and requirements specific to horses. The EFI says they are living beings,moodytoo,hencequalify CONTINUED ON PAGE 2