SATURDAY 06 JANUARY 2024 www.thestatesman.com Pages 12 |` 5.00|LC INDIA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER SINCE 1818 Twitter.com/thestatesman Facebook.com/thestatesman KOLKATA | NEW DELHI | SILIGURI | BHUBANESWAR ‘CULTURE IS IN BENGAL’S BLOOD’ HM STRESSES LINKING DATABASE WITH AI-DRIVEN ANALYTICS P7 SENSEX 72,026.15178.58 WEATHER Fog/mist in the morning, Mainly clear sky later.Maximum and minimum temperatures likely to be around 25 °C and 16 °C respectively. RAINFALL: NIL RELATIVE HUMIDITY Max. 90 % Min. 48 % Max: 25.0°C (0) SUN RISES 06:18 hrs MOON RISES 00:12 hrs Min: 15.9°C (+2) SUN SETS 17:6 hrs MOON SETS 11:59 hrs TEMPERATURE New Moon on 11 January THUMBNAILS Children wearing warm clothes seen at Kartavya Path on a cold winter evening.  ANI NIFTY 21,710.8052.20 P5 ` vs $ 83.202 PAISE AUS LEAPFROGS INDIA TO REGAIN NO.1 TEST RANKING ADANI BACK AS ASIA'S WEALTHIEST PERSON AFTER SC’S DECISION P8 GOLD 47,45090 SILVER 76,600 P12 BRENT CRUDE (IN $) 78.000.41 It has become BJP’s game to defame Bengal: TMC ED should have given prior intimation: Trinamul Congress on Sandeshkhali incident STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, 5 JANUARY eacting to the incident in Sandeshkhali, ruling Trinamul Congress has criticized the central agencies for not intimating the state government about conducting raids in the districts. It has termed “continuous provocation on part of central agencies as instructed by the BJP .” Calling the incident in Sandeshkhali, in which the villagers beat up and threw stones at Enforcement Directorate (ED) offi- R cials, gone to conduct raid at the house of Trinamul Congress’s Sheikh Sajahan, as unfortunate, Dr Shashi Panja said the ED officials should have informed the local administration or the chief secretary so that local police could have assisted them to avoid any untoward incident. She said it is unfortunate that the state government has been pulled up for the incident when it was not informed at all. She said, “Because of series of incidents, local people believe that the ED and CBI go to the houses of the members of the opposition parties only while people like Suvendu Adhikari who was found taking money are not caught. Local people have seen this and when they saw the ED officials they became furious. Also, there are some elements who try CMYK ED team attacked during raid on TMC leader’s house in Sandeshkhali: A team of officers of the Enforcement Directorate(ED) were attacked on Friday morning during a raid on a Trinamul Congress leader’s residence at Sandeshkhali in North 24-Parganas district. Five officials were injured and admitted to hospital among them three are critical. The ED officers accompanied by a few personnel of central forces were conducting raids on the house of Shahjahan Sheikh, a local Trinamul leader and matsa prani sampad karmadhakshya (chief of zila parishad fisheries and animal husbandry), when hundreds of SNS locals overpowered them. (PG3) to take advantage of the situation.” She urged the BJP not to instigate people. “It has become BJP’s game to defame Bengal and show that the law and order situation has dete- riorated.” Trinamul spokesperson Kunal Ghosh appealed to the local people of Sandeshkhali not to fall into the trap of the BJP and not be provoked and not attack the media. Indian Navy thwarts attempt to hijack bulk carrier in Arabian Sea: The Indian Navy's Mission Deployed platforms responded swiftly to a maritime incident in Arabian Sea involving a hijacking attempt onboard Liberia Flagged bulk carrier. The vessel had sent a message on the UKMTO portal indicating boarding by 5-6 unknown armed personSNS nel on Thursday evening.