wednesdAY 04 june, 2025 epaper.morningstandard.in facebook.com/TheMorningStandard X.com/TheMornStandard ukraine Russia: No quick breakthrough Russia on Tuesday said it was wrong to expect a quick breakthrough in Ukraine talks, a day after Moscow rejected Kyiv’s call for a ceasefire. Page 9 Border sentinels ahead of Amarnath Yatra A CAPITAL VIEW OF NEWS grand finale l New Delhi l J8.00 royal are the kings l Women personnel of the Border Security Force keep vigil near the India-Pakistan border ahead of the annual Amarnath Yatra that begins on July 3, in Jammu on Tuesday. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said security preparations for the pilgrimage are complete | PTI PAGES 12 ‘Thug Life’ won’t be released in K’taka on June 5, may lose `30cr A S h a r a d h a a / Aks h ay K u m a r @ Bengaluru Royal Challengers Bengaluru team with the trophy after winning the 18th edition of the IPL in Ahmedabad on Tuesday | PTI | P11 Opposition parties write to Modi Govt not keen since Monsoon session is weeks away 16 parties press PM to call spl session of Parliament P r e e t h a N a i r @ New Delhi Stepping up pressure on the government on the demand for a Special Session of Parliament in the wake of Operation Sindoor, leaders of 16 Opposition parties, including Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav and Abhishek Banerjee, wrote to PM Narendra Modi on the issue. Senior Opposition leaders, who held a meeting in the na- tional capital, said that the session was needed to discuss a series of events, including the Pahalgam attack, followed by Operation Sindoor, Donald Trump’s claim of brokering a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, and the death of civilians in border areas in Pakistan shelling. The letter was released after the meeting. Opposition leaders said they stood with the government af- ter the Pahalgam attack, and through Operation Sindoor, adding that their demand for a special session be met. “There are serious questions facing the nation about the terror attack, killing of civilians in Poonch, Uri and Rajouri, the ceasefire announcements, and the implications on national security and foreign policy. We have supported the government’s ef for ts to eng a g e Cricketing analogy to explain victory CDS Gen Anil Chauhan said, “Suppose you go into a cricket test match and you win by an innings, then there is no question of wickets and balls etc.” | P7 with the international community on India’s position. The government has briefed foreign nations and the media, but not Parliament, keeping the people of India and their elected representatives in the dark,” said the letter. According to sources, the government is not keen on holding a special session as the Monsoon session is scheduled for the second week of July . Kamal Haasan’s Thug Life, caught in a controversy over the actor’s comment on the Kannada language, will not be released in Karnataka on June 5, the scheduled date for the release of the movie across the country its , producers informed the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday . According to some industry experts, the film may lose at least `30 crore if it fails to get released in Karnataka. Kamal has refused to apologise, saying his comment “said out of genuine affection for the legendary Rajkumar’s family especial, ly Shiva Rajkumar, has been misunderstood and taken out of context.” When a petition filed by the film’s production house, Raaj Actor hails Kannada, refuses to apologise In a letter to the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce, which has refused to release the film, Haasan said, “There is no dispute or debate about the rich legacy of the Kannada language.” But he did not apologise for his remarks Kamal Films International, seeking police protection for the movie in Karnataka, came up for hearing before Justice Nagaprasanna on Tuesday, counsel for the petitioner said that there was no malice and an apology was not warranted. The petitioner submitted that the screening of the movie would not be insisted upon in Karnataka until the issue gets resolved through dialogue. The court then posted the case to June 10 for further hearing.  P5 express read India to build 1st Polar Research Vessel India will build first Polar Research Vessel (PRV) indigenously as Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd has signed an MoU with Norway’s Kongsberg. The PRV is equipped to carry out research at sea. The vessel will be used for research activities in the polar and southern ocean realms, said Union Minister of Shipping Sarbananda Sonowal. Supreme court ‘Parliament’s laws out of contempt ambit’ S u c h i t r a K a lya n M o h a n t y @ New Delhi The Supreme Court has rejected a 2012 contempt plea filed by sociologist Nandini Sundar and others, who claimed that the enactment of the Chhattisgarh Auxiliary Armed Police Force Act, 2011 to curb Maoist activity was in contempt of the court’s verdict against vigilante group Salwa Judum that year. “Every State Legislature has plenary powers to pass an enactment and so long as the said enactment has not been declared to be ultra vires the Constitution or, in any way, null and void by a Constitutional Court, the said enactment would have the force of law,” a two-judge bench said. Sundar had alleged failure of the Chhattisgarh government to comply with the Supreme Court’s directions in 2011 to stop support to Salwa Judum and arming tribals in the name of special police officers (SPO) in the fight against Maoists. However, the bench observed that it was the duty of the state and the Centre to take steps for restoration of peace and rehabilitation of the residents who have been hit by violence.