FREE PRESS INDORE BHOPAL UJJAIN MUMBAI - PUNE VOL. 10 NO. 220 | BHOPAL | SATURDAY | JANUARY 23, 2021 | PAGES 12 OUR STAFF REPORTER Indore State government on Friday entered into a pact with Indian Institute of Management Indore for reviewing its industrial policy and developing “Brand Madhya Pradesh”. The b-school will also help the government in evaluating parameters of “ease of doing business” and prepare outline of Global Investors Summit. Madhya Pradesh Industrial Development Corporation (MPIDC) and IIM Indore on Friday inked a memorandum of understanding to ensure mutual cooperation for a period of three years. The MoU was inked between IIM Indore director Prof Himanshu Rai and Department of Industry Policy EDIT SENSEX@50,000: REASON FOR HOPE, ROOM FOR CAUTION Pg- 6 THE OBJECTIVE The MoU aims to conduct policy research on current industrial policy framework of the state government; thereby assessing existing industrial projects. The MoU also focuses on designing strategic promotional campaigns for rebranding and positioning of “Brand Madhya Pradesh” as “Atmanirbhar Evam Samriddh” Madhya Pradesh. The institute will also IIM-I director Prof Himanshu Rai (Right) and MPIDC chairman conduct study for evaluation Sanjay Kumar Shukla during signing of MoU on Friday of “Ease of Doing Business” parameters in the state and web-portals of the Government of Madhya perform Impact Analysis and Third-Party Pradesh using social media analysis. Verification of various schemes. The During three-year tenure of this MoU, objective of this collaboration is to ensure IIM Indore also plans to conduct training advisory support and management sessions for senior officials and personnel consultancy for global and national of MPIDC; and looks forward to defining summits conducted by the Government of new areas of collaboration that have not Madhya Pradesh; and assess effectiveness been foreseen but can be beneficial to of user engagement on various industry both the parties. and Investment Promotion principal secretary and MPIDC chairman Sanjay Kumar Shukla. Sharing the objective behind the MoU, Rai noted that developing Madhya Pradesh as an ecosystem that supports and nurtures industries and businesses, is vital to kindle the spirit of 'Atmanirbhar Bharat'. CONTD. ON P8 Chouhan rejects excise commissioner’s letter for setting up new liquor outlets PS commercial tax gets dressing-down OUR STAFF REPORTER BHOPAL News Brief Chennai tests to be played behind closed doors CHENNAI: The first two Tests of the India-England series will be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium behind closed doors, a top official from TNCA said on Friday. According to TNCA secretary R S Ramasaamy, the two Tests would be played without spectators as per a BCCI directive, considering the prevailing COVID-19 situation. "Yes...crowd will not be allowed for the two Test matches as a preventive measure in view of the virus situation," he told 2 Maoists nabbed in Telangana forest HYDERABAD: Two Maoists were nabbed by the Telangana police in a forest area in Mulugu district during combing operations along with Central forces, police said on Friday. The two were caught with some explosive material on Thursday, they said. 12.7L healthcare workers get vax NEW DELHI: Over 12.7 lakh healthcare workers have received COVID-19 vaccine jabs in the country till the evening of the seventh day of the nationwide immunisation as per a provisional report, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has cancelled a letter written to collectors by commissioner of Excise Department, Rajeev Dubey, for increasing the number of liquor shops. Former chief minister Uma Bharti has demanded total prohibition and the Home Minister Narottam advocated for increasing the number of liquor shops. Amidst that controversy, Dubey sought a proposal from collectors for raising the number of liquor outlets by 20%. No sooner Chouhan had F WEATHER 29.20c. 11.50c Sunrise : 07.09 Sunset : 06.07 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Harmony means friendliness and togetherness. UMA DEMANDS PROHIBITION DRIVE ormer CM Uma Bharti has again demanded total prohibition. She put up the demand at a press conference in Bhopal on Friday and said she would launch a drive for total prohibition. The revenue earned through sale of liquor can be fulfilled by prohibition, she said, adding that the CM has that kind of courage and background, which is required to ban liquor sale. P-3 ‘MY FATHER IS A SELF-MADE MAN SO THAT’S DEEPLY ROOTED IN ME’ Pg-10 Man gets 5 years RI in Vyapam scam OUR STAFF REPORTER Indore A special court here on Friday sentenced a 39-year-old man, involved in the multicrore Vyapam admission and recruitment scam in MP, to five years of rigorous imprisonment. The man, identified as Manish Sinha, was awarded sentence under relevant sections of the Madhya Pradesh Recognised Examinations Act and under IPC sections 420 (cheating) and 467 (forgery). The convict hails from Patna in Bihar. The CBI, which is probing the scam, proved in the court that Sinha had appeared for the PMT-2004 at a centre in Khandwa in the name of Sant Kumar Trivedia, a resident of Gwalior. Special public prosecutor Ranjan Sharma, while arguing the case on behalf of the CBI, produced 21 witnesses in the matter. The wrongdoing came to light when an invigilator at the examination centre found that the admit-card carried the name of Trivedia, but the photo pasted on it did not match that of Sinha's face. According to the prosecution, Sinha had appeared for the examination for monetary consideration. The scam refers to irregularities in exams held by the called also MPPEB, Vyavasayik Pareeksha Mandal or Vyapam, for admission in professional courses and state services. CONTD. ON P8 Govt-farmers talks hit roadblock Unions adamant on repeal of laws, External forces at play, says Centre Farmers' tractor rally to go ahead as planned on Republic Day. AGENCIES New Delhi The deadlock between the farmers' leaders and the government over the three farm laws seems to continue as the 11th round of talks on Friday at Vigyan Bhawan lasted till lunch only and ended without a solution. No date for the next round of talks has been decided yet and the meeting will be held whenever farmer leaders are ready for a dialogue on the proposal given by the government in the 10th round of talks, on January 20. The ministers came to the hall for five minutes after lunch but no discussion happened. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar clearly refused to repeal the laws R-DAY REHEARSAL while farmers' leaders said that they will continue their protest. Farmer leader Shiv Kumar Kakka told IANS that Friday's meeting was very disappointing. "At lunch, the ministers asked us to discuss the issues among ourselves and left. We kept waiting for them for more than two hours after lunch and later the meeting was called off." Another leader Harpreet Singh said the discussion was held for only 20-25 minutes before lunch. "When the ministers came back after lunch, they asked us to rethink about rejecting the government's proposal to suspend the new farm laws for one and half years. Apart from this, the government cannot do anything. After this, they left." CONTD. ON P8 WINE OFFERED EVEN TO GODS: BJP VICE PREZ over liquor raging through the state, vice president s Aofthe rowstatement. In isGwalior,Chaturvedi has issuedliquor is a the BJP’s state unit Mukesh Chaturvedi has said contentious also offered to gods, and in ancient times, when there were wars, it was stated that production of arms and wine should be increased. Therefore, it is clear that the drinking wine has been a tradition since ancient times, he said, adding that liquor, which should be consumed on borders, must be pure. come to know of it than he called principal secretary of commercial tax department Deepali Rastogi and severely reprimanded her. Just after Rastogi got a dressing-down from the Chief Minister, the letter Govt land worth Rs 25 cr freed in Jabalpur FP NEWS SERVICE Bhanpura (Garoth) A 15-year-old girl was raped by two, including a minor, in a village under Bhanpura police station of Mandsaur. The accused were later arrested from Chomela village and produced before a local court. According to reports, the victim, a student of class eight, was returning home from a coaching centre along with a friend when Jagdish of Satalkhedi village abducted her on his motorcycle. The accused took her to a deserted place and raped her. Meanwhile, another accused, a minor, too joined him in raping the girl. The duo later escaped from the scene. CONTD. ON P8 4 held in Indore for raping teen girl addicted to drugs F our people have been arrested for allegedly sexually exploiting a 15year-old girl and supplying drugs, police in Indore said on Friday. Two men, identified as Aman Verma and Akash alias Gazni, lured her with drugs and alcohol six months ago and had been raping her ever since after she got addicted, said Additional Superintendent of Police Rajesh Raghuwanshi. "They have been arrested along with a man and woman who supplied drugs to the duo. They have been charged under POCSO Act and IPC provisions. The JABALPUR: Bharatiya Janata Party led campaign government's against encroachers and the land mafia continues in Madhya Pradesh with 15 acre of government land in Jabalpur freed from the possession of encroachers. The value of this land has been estimated to be worth more than 25 crore. It has been reported that action is underway against the perpetrators under the leadership of Jabalpur District Magistrate Karmveer Sharma. Major action has been taken at six other locations simultane. ously In the latest action taken by the Shivraj Chouhan government, more than 15 acre of government land with an estimated market value of Rs 25 crore 46 lakh was freed from the illegal encroachment. CONTD. ON P8 ROBIN ROY ome people come to this world for a specific purpose. It seems like he was one among them. It was as if that he was destined to sing and mainly sing bhajans and aartis. On the insistence of his mother, Kailash Vati, Narendra Chanchal pursued a career in singing bhajans and became synonymous to it. Narendra Chanchal was born in a religious Punjabi family in Namak Mandi, Amritsar on October 16, 1940. His end came on January 22 at 12.15 p.m. Some of the popular devotional songs sung by Narendra Chanchal include: Chalo Bulawa Aaya Hai, Tune Mujhe Bulaya Sherawaliye, Ambe Tu Hai Jagadambe Kali, Hanuman Chalisa, Sankat Mochan Naam Tiharo, Ram Se Bada Ram Ka Naam among others. After much Beshak Chanchal's struggle, Mandir Masjid…in Bobby won him accolades and the Filmfare award. The devotional songs of Narendra Chanchal ring in the air as one approaches the Vaisho Devi shirine. A yatra to Mata ki Dham without Chanchal's bhajan seemed like something was horribly missing. His guru had named him Chanchal because of his fickle mindedness and later he used Chanchal as his name. The singer was given honorary citizenship of Georgia. CONTD. ON P8 PYARE MIYAN CASE 3-member SIT to probe death of rape victim OUR STAFF REPORTER BHOPAL Amidst allegations of foul , play a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted to look into the death of a 16-yearold rape victim, who allegedly died of sleeping pill overdose on Wednesday night. Earlier, the Chief Minister called a meeting of top officials at his residence in connection with the death of the teenager. The girl had allegedly taken an overdose of sleeping pills at a shelter home and later died during CM chairs high-level meeting, inquires about girl’s death treatment at hospital. She is one of the five girls allegedly sexually assaulted by Pyare Miyan (68). ADG Bhopal Upendra Jain told FP that on the instructions of Chief Minister, the PHQ has constituted three members SIT comprising IG Deepika Suri, CSP TT Nagar Umesh Tiwari and an officer posted at PHQ. The team will look into the causes of the rape victim’s death , . foul play if any Chairing the high-level meeting of officials at his residence, Chouhan sought detailed information from the authorities about the teenager’s death. CONTD. ON P8 BIHAR DIKTAT LAW KUMAR MISHRA PATNA written by Dubey seeking a proposal for setting up new liquor outlets was called off. Dubey sought a proposal from the collectors for increasing the number of liquor shops. CONTD. ON P8 Minor raped by 2, one accused too is minor Brahma Kumaris No more offensive tweets, but Tejashwi is not listening Tableau artists from various states during the rehearsals for R-Day parade in New Delhi on Friday Another minister quits Mamata Cabinet but will stay with TMC KOLKATA: In yet another jolt for the TMC dispensation, West Bengal forest minister Rajib Banerjee quit the Mamata Banerjee cabinet, joining the growing list of dissenters who have put the ruling camp in a tight spot ahead of the assembly elections. The TMC, however, asBanerjee's that serted move would have no im. pact on the party Banerjee, while talking to reporters, said he was forced to take this decision after being publicly humiliated by a section of the party's leaders for airing his grievances over their style of functioning. Chalo Bulawa Aaya… RIP Chanchal S Quality at Value www.freepressjournal.in IIM-I to advise govt on industrial policy & develop Brand MP UPSET MINISTERS FORCE YEDI TO REASSIGN PORTFOLIOS IN 24 HOURS Pg-7 MOU INKED between B-school & MPIDC `3 RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023 CHANCHAL ON CORONA for Rajasthani women went fter a virus to leave a song Asinginggroup ofasking Corona too and theviralIndia,went video Chanchal joined the bandwagon viral. The 9-minute-long bhajan starts with talking about swine flu, dengue, chikungunya and finally arrives at the recent outbreak with the main theme, "Kithon Aaya Corona....maiya ji...kitho aaya corona." It even talks about how the pandemic started in China as it says, "Chin (China) ne saada chain hai khoya, sab kuch kha gaye -jinda moya, hun saanu pa gaya dhona." The song also talks about washing hands, using hand santizers and using masks as well. Ending the song on an optimistic note, the singer urges people not to panic, while reassuring his listeners that God will protect everyone. disgruntled MC Baishali TMLAexpelled Dalmiya from the party for anti-party MLA Baishali Dalmiya expelled from TMC He, however, declined to comment when asked if he plans to quit the party in the days to come. "I had grievances against some of the party's senior members and informed the leadership about it. I also had a word with party supremo, but nothing happened. Instead, I was personally attacked by a section of leaders. activities. The Bally legislator has been publicly speaking against a section of TMC leadership. She had also claimed that there is no place for "honest and sincere people in the party". In a statement, the TMC said that its disciplinary committee met on Friday and decided to expel Dalmiya from the party. Her expulsion came hours after TMC leader Rajib Banerjee resigned from the Mamata cabinet, joining the growing list of dissenters. The latest diktat from a top Bihar official is that all offensive social media posts against the government, ministers, MPs, legislators and state officials will be treated as cybercrime and invite penal action. The first person to violate the diktat was none other than former deputy chief minister and leader of opposition, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, who dubbed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as ‘Hitler’ for trying to regulate the content on social media and challenged the police to arrest him for his online transgression. Tejashwi’s tweet also said that Nitish was ‘‘Bhisma of corruption, a protector of dreaded criminals and a weak chief minister of an immoral and illegal government.’’ In the state, innocents were being punished and culprits were allowed to go scot-free; he further alleged that the Bihar police is engaged in illicit liquor trade. The additional DG of police explained that until now the service providers were asked to delete the defamatory content. But with the new order coming into force, FIRs would be filed against those misusing the social media platform against the government. DATA HARVESTING: CBI books CA, UK firm NEW DELHI: The CBI has registered a case against UK-based Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research Limited in a case of alleged "illegal harvest" of personal data of 5.62 lakh Indian Facebook users. A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official told IANS: "The agency registered the case on January 19 against Cambridge Analytica represented by Alexander Nix and Global Science Research Limited represented by Aleksandr Kogen under the Information Technology Act." The case was registered after the CBI registered a Preliminary Enquiry in July 2018 on the central government's recommendation. The CBI PE came after Union Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told the Rajya Sabha that the probe will be handed over to the central . agency The PE was registered after number of media re- ports appeared with respect to alleged illegal harvesting of personal data of Facebook users and their friends by Cambridge Analytica (CA) through Global Science Research Limited . The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) had sought details from Facebook and CA for the alleged violations and its possible misuse by Cambridge Analytica for profiling and influencing elections in India. CONTD. ON P8