FREE PRESS - VOL. 11 NO. 333 | BHOPAL | MONDAY | MAY 16, 2022 | PAGES 12 WWW.FREEPRESSJOURNAL.IN FP NEWS SERVICE Sydney Former Australia cricketer Andrew Symonds, an allrounder in the truest sense of the term, and a two-time World Cup winner, has died at the age of 46 in a tragic car accident, leaving Australian cricket in mourning once more. Spin legend Shane Warne and former wicketkeeper Rodney Marsh had died within hours of each other in March. Symonds was driving alone late on Saturday night about 30 miles from his home in Townsville when, according to Queensland police, his car ‘left the roadway and rolled’. Emergency services were unable to revive him. He is survived by his wife and two young children. SEE SPORTS PAGE EDIT BANGKOK: Former Asian badminton champion Dinesh Khanna on Sunday summed up the mood over India's first-ever Thomas Cup win, saying that it is akin to winning the 1983 cricket world cup. "It is absolutely fantastic. It is like winning the world cup in cricket for the first time. So, there is nothing greater than this win, as far as team championship for men in the sport is concerned,'' said Khanna in an exclusive interview to ANI. There was good reason for euphoria. For years India would turn up at the Thomas Cup, make up the numbers and watch from afar powerhouses like ChiJapan, Indonesia, na, Malaysia and Denmark walk away with all the glory This time too, nobody . gave them a chance but self-belief of the players translated into unprecedented success. First-time finalists India produced a mesmerising performance in the final to demolish Indonesia 3-0 and script history The men had . previously reached the semis in 1952, 1955, and 1979 while Indonesia are the most successful nation in the history of the tournament, with 14 titles to their name. SEE SPORTS PAGE Adanis deny being in RS race The race for Rajya Sabha seats in the biennial election in Andhra Pradesh, slated for June 10, took an interesting turn on Sunday with the Adani group debunking reports that either Gautam Adani or his wife Priti would be given a seat. For several months, there has been speculation among political circles here that Priti Adani was most likely to be given one of the four Rajya Sabha seats on behalf of the ruling YSR Congress. Lanka probes report on LTTE Sri Lanka on Sunday said it is taking all further steps to strengthen the security of the country as it investigates the report published in Indian media that the banned LTTE is planning an attack in the island nation on May 18, coinciding with the Mullivaikal anniversary that marks the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War in 2009. GRABBING EYEBALLS Pg-12 INDIA SIXTH COUNTRY TO LIFT CUP So far, the Thomas Cup has happened 32 times and only five countries have been able to win. India has become the sixth country to win this tournament. Indonesia is the most successful team in the Thomas Cup. So far, he has won the title 14 times. The Chinese team, which has been participating in this tournament since 1982, has won 10 and Malaysia has won 5 titles. Japan and Denmark both have one title each. The Thomas Cup has always been won by Asian countries. Denmark was the first non-Asian team to win the title in 2016. PM, BINDRA HAIL HISTORIC WIN Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the country's first individual gold medal winner at the Olympics, Abhinav Bindra led the nation in hailing the men's badminton team. "The Indian badminton team has scripted history! The entire nation is elated by India winning the Thomas Cup! Congratulations to our accomplished team and best wishes to them for their future endeavours. This win will motivate so many upcoming sportspersons," PM Modi said in a tweet on Thursday. DENIES POWER shortage in state The Rajasthan government's deputy chief whip in the state assembly Mahendra Choudhary and seven others have been booked for their alleged involvement in the murder of a trader in Nagaur district of Rajasthan, officials said on Sunday. OUR STAFF REPORTER Bhopal Minister Shivraj Chief Singh Chouhan surprised the officials in the state as he convened a meeting at 7 am on Sunday through video conferencing. Officials in the meeting included collectors and SPs of all districts besides district heads of energy department and water supply department. The chief minister reiterated that criminals should Major part of Gyanvapi survey completed on Day 2 VARANASI: A court-mandated videography survey of the Gyanvapi Masjid complex here was carried out peacefully for the second consecutive day on Sunday, with the major part of the exercise said to have been completed. The survey, which was stalled last week amid objections by the mosque management committee, which claimed that the advocate commissioner appointed by the court for the survey did not have the mandate to film inside the premises, will continue on . Monday The mosque is located close to the iconic Kashi Vishwanath temple and the local court is hearing a plea by a group of women seeking permission for daily prayers before the idols on its outer walls. CONTD. ON P6 be crushed and there should be zero tolerance in corruption-related cases. "Those posted in the field, be it SP, IG, collector or commissioner - they all have to perform. Poaching doesn't happen once. They (poachers) should be identified. Whether they are poachers, gambling syndicate, drug peddlers, cow smugglers or sellers of illicit alcohol, they should be crushed," Chouhan said. CONTD. ON P6 Illegal construction of poachers who killed cops bulldozed FP NEWS SERVICE / Guna A revenue team accompanied by the police on Sunday bulldozed illegal constructions belonging to poachers who killed police officials late on Friday night as per the direction of district collector Frank Noble. Three police personnel were shot dead by blackbuck and peacock poachers in Saga Barkheda village in Guna district. The incident occurred under the jurisdiction of Aron police station when the policemen had gone to nab the poachers on receiving a tipoff. It was revealed that poachers, who were armed with guns, opened fire at the police team when police confronted them. Later, police laid siege to Vidhoriya Village and raided houses of the suspects. The body of a suspect named Naushad' was found inside the house. Other suspects from the village have been taken into custody for further investigation. One month after Khargone violence, collector, SP shifted BHOPAL More than a month after violence during Ram Navami celebration in Khargone, the Madhya Pradesh government has transferred the district's collector and superintendent of police. Stone-pelting had taken place during the Ram Navami procession in Khargone city on April 10, leading to clashes and arson. The district administration also imposed curfew partially for 24 days. As per a government order issued late Saturday night, Khargone collector Anugraha P has been transferred as officer on special Madhya the at duty Pradesh Bhawan in New Delhi. Ratlam's collector Kumar Purushottam will be the new collector of Khargone. Besides, Khargone's Superintendent of Police (SP) Siddharth Choudhary, who was shot in leg by a rioter, was also transferred as Assistant Inspector General at the police headquarters in state capital Bhopal. Satna district Superintendent of Police Dharmveer Singh will now be the SP of Khargone. The government also transferred Jhabua's SP Ashutosh Gupta to Satna in the same capacity, while Deputy Commissioner of Police, Indore, Arvind Tiwari has been transferred . as Jhabua's SP Niwari collector Narendra Kumar Suryavanshi has now been appointed as the collector of Ratlam, while Jabalpur's Additional Commissioner (revenue) Tarun Bhatnagar has been made the district collector of Niwari, as per the order. Pope declares Devasahayam Pillai Saint VATICAN CITY Devasahayam Pillai, who embraced Christianity in the 18th century, on Sunday became the first Indian layman to be declared a saint by Pope Francis who used the impressive canonisation ceremony here to renew his appeal to world leaders that they may be "protagonists of peace and not of war." Pope Francis, Blessed canonised 85, Devasahayam during the Canonisation Mass held in St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican attended by over 50,000 faithful from all over WEATHER 41.60c. 26.40c Sunrise : 05.46 Sunset : 07.00 BUFFALO (US) CRUSH CRIMINALS, CM TELLS OFFICIALS Raj Cong leader booked for murder `3 QUALITY AT VALUE HISTORIC WIN: India stun 14-time 18-yr-old White supremacist champs Indonesia in Thomas Cup guns down 10 in NY market CHINTAN SHIVIR DOESN’T RID CHINTA OF CONGRESS REVIVAL EARLY MORNING MEET WITH COLLECTORS, SP, OTHERS News Brief RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE FOR 24X7 UPDATES Symonds dies in car crash Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; the world as well as government delegations honouring the 10 new saints. Devasahayam was recommended for the process of Beatification by the Vatican in 2004, at the request of the Kottar diocese, Tamil Nadu Bishops' Council and the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India. A miracle attributed to Devasahayam was recognised by Pope Francis in 2014, clearing the path to his canonisation in 2022. It was the first canonisation ceremony at the Vatican in over two years. Pope Francis, who has been complain- ing of strained ligaments in his right knee for months, used a wheelchair to preside . over the ceremony In his address, the Pope decried the many wars afflicting the world today and called on leaders to . take responsibility "Sadly in the world distances grow and tensions and wars increase," the Pope said, expressing hope that the new saints may inspire solutions "of togetherness and ways of dialogue." "Especially in the hearts and minds of those who hold positions of great responsibility and are called to be protagonists of peace and not of war," the official Vatican News quoted the Pope as saying. Speaking during the General Audience on March 23, nearly a month after Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, the Pope had remarked on how the war in Ukraine shows that humanity had to shed a strange instinct for "self-destruction" and that buying more weapons was not the ultimate solution to any conflict. At the beginning of the liturgical celebration, the Pope proclaimed 10 new saints -six men and four women: Titus Brandsma; Lazzarus Devasahayam; Cesar de Bus; Luigi Maria Palazzolo; Giustino Maria Russolillo; Charles de Foucauld; Maria Rivier; Maria Francesca of Jesus Rubatto; Maria of Jesus Santocanale; Maria Domenica Mantovani. CONTD. ON P6 An 18-year-old white supremacist in military gear with a helmet camera opened fire with a rifle at a supermarket in Buffalo, killing 10 people and wounding three others in what authorities described as "racially motivated violent extremism". In a chilling 180-page manifesto, written prior to the attack, he said he was driven to kill by the 'great replacement theory' which claims white people are being driven to extinction by migrants. He branded the London mayor Sajid Khan as a 'high profile enemy' and one such 'Muslim invader'. Police guard area around the supermarket where several people were killed in the shooting ''This Pakistani Muslim invader now sits as representative of the people of London. What better sign of the white rebirth than the removal of this invader?'' says the twisted manifesto. Among others on his 'hit' list was Turkish leader Recep Erdoan. The youth had the N- word scrawled on his rifle, targeted a store in a predominantly black area and shot 11 black people, police said. For at least two minutes, he broadcast the shooting live on the streaming platform Twitch before the service ended his transmission. CONTD. ON P6 Mercury leaps to 490C in Delhi 2 SIKHS SHOT DEAD IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IN PAKISTAN NEW DELHI A tormenting heatwave swept through the national capital and its neighbouring areas on Sunday with the mercury leaping to 49.2 degrees at Celsius Mungeshpur in northwest Delhi and 49.1 degrees Celsius at Najafgarh in the . southwest parts of the city Maximum temperatures reached unbearable highs of 48.4 degrees Celsius at Sports Complex, 47.5 degrees Celsius at Jafarpur, 47.3 degrees Celsius at Pitampura and 47.2 degrees Celsius at Ridge. At the Safdarjung Obser, vatory Delhi's base station, the maximum temperature rose to 45.6 degrees Celsius, five notches above the normal and the highest this year so far. The primary weather station had recorded a maximum temperature of 44.2 degrees Celsius IMD issues 'orange alert' for Northwest India Issuing a warning of a severe heatwave, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued an orange alert for North-West India, including Red alert for Rajasthan."We have issued Red Alert for Rajasthan for an intense spell of the heatwave, and a Yellow alert for tomorrow. Similarly, we have issued an Orange alert for Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, eastern Madhya Pradesh and Delhi," said a senior scientist at IMD, Naresh Kumar. on Saturday and 42.5 de. grees Celsius on Friday On May 27, 2020, Safdarjung had recorded a maximum temperature of 46 degrees Celsius. CONTD. ON P6 WATER WOES! PESHAWAR: Two Sikh businessmen were shot dead on Sunday by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan's northwestern KhyPakhtunkhwa ber province, the latest targeted terrorist attack against the minority community in the restive province bordering Afghanistan. Saljeet Singh, 42, and Ranjeet Singh, 38, died on the spot after being attacked by two bike-borne assailants in the morning, according to the police. The attackers fled after carrying out the attack. The two Sikhs were in the business of spices and had shops in the Bata Tal bazaar in Sarband, about 17 kms from Peshawar. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the killing. The Counter-Terrorism Department registered a case of murder of the two Sikh men, Saddar Superintendent of Police Aqiq Hussain told Geo News. People crowding to fill their vessels from tanker as water supply remained disrupted in many parts of Bhopal for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday due to laying of new Kolar pipeline. REPORT ON PG 3 Cong announces major organisational reforms SONIA ANNOUNCES political advisory group, task force on party reforms UDAIPUR With the Congress announcing a host of internal reforms, party chief Sonia Gandhi on Sunday said a task force would be set up in the next 2-3 days to implement them and an advisory committee of CWC members headed by her will be formed to deliberate on political issues, making it clear that it will not be a collective decision. making body Her assertion assumes significance as the G-23 dissident leaders had made a persistent call for "collective leadership" in the party while demanding an organisational overhaul. In her concluding remarks at the Chintan Shivir, Sonia Gandhi said the three-day conclave has been "very useful and productive" as many leaders expressed their views openly and offered suggestions in a spirit of constructive participation. "We will overcome. That is our determination. That is our Nav Sankalp (new resolution). The Congress will have a new uday (dawn). That is our Nav Sankalp," said the 75-yearold longest-serving president of the party which has seen a sharp decline in its electoral fortunes since 2014. Gandhi said a compact task force will be set up to drive the process of internal reforms that are essential and have been discussed in different groups during the Udaipur meeting. CONTD. ON P6