FREE PRESS - VOL. 11 NO. 334 | BHOPAL | TUESDAY | MAY 17, 2022 | PAGES 16 WWW.FREEPRESSJOURNAL.IN FOR 24X7 UPDATES Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE EDIT CONGRESS NEEDS WISER LEADERS, NOT YOUNGER GIRL ON FIRE! Pg-15 Police to monitor missionary schools: Mishra OUR STAFF REPORTER/AGENCIES Bhopal News Brief DGCA showcauses IndiGo Airlines The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) inquiry found that inappropriate handling of passengers by the IndiGo staff thereby resulting in certain non-conformances with the applicable regulations. "The findings of the committee prima facie indicate inappropriate handling of passengers by the Indigo staff thereby resulting in certain nonconformances with the applicable regulations," it mentioned. French prime minister resigns French Prime Minister Jean Castex resigned on Monday in an expected move after the reelection last month of centrist President Emmanuel Macron, who will quickly name a replacement. Castex came to the Elysee presidential palace on Monday to formally offer his resignation, which the president "accepted," the Elysee said in a statement. Fire breaks out near Parliament House A fire has broken out in two labour containers near Parliament House on Monday afternoon, a fire department official said on Monday. The Fire Department received a call about the fire at around 4.15 pm after which five fire tenders reached the spot and doused the fire. The fire department official said that no one is injured in this incident. India hits out at OIC India on Monday slammed the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for its "unwarranted" comments on the delimitation exercise in Jammu and Kashmir and asked the grouping to refrain from carrying out its "communal agenda" at the behest of one country, in an oblique reference to Pakistan. Abdullah for ban on The Kashmir Files Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on Monday called for a ban on Vivek Agnihotri-directed film 'The Kashmir Files', alleging that it has created an atmosphere of "hatred in the country". He also called the film "baseless", citing the incidents portrayed in the movie as fake. Govt puts Pawan Hans sale on hold The government has put on hold the sale of Pawan Hans as it is legally examining an NCLT order against Almas Global, which is the biggest shareholder in the winning consortium, an official said on Monday. Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Monday said that the police have been directed to monitor missionary schools across the state over alleged conversion cases. Mishra's statement came a day after a case of alleged conversion came to light at the Memorial Christ School in Bhopal. According to the police, a Hindu man and woman were converted within the ALLEGED CONVERSIONS Directives have been given to the Police Intelligence to monitor if conversion activities are going on in missionary schools of Madhya Pradesh school premises. In response to the development, Mishra, who is also spokesperson of the state government, said: "An FIR was lodged immediately after the incident was reported on Sunday . Six people have been arrested in the case so far. Meanwhile, the intelligence department of the state police has been directed to keep a close watch on all missionary schools to monitor if such incidents are taking place." Police in the state capital said that a Bhopal resident had complained about the ‘SHIVLING FOUND’ COURT ORDERS SEALING OF SPOT GYANVAPI MOSQUE panel disputes claim AGENCIES Varanasi A local court on Monday ordered the sealing of a pond in the Gyanvapi Masjid after complex lawyers representing the Hindu petitioners said a Shivling was found there during the court-mandated . videography survey A mosque management committee member disputed the claim, saying the object was part of the water fountain mechanism at the "wazookhana" reservoir -where devotees carry out ablutions before offering namaz. The survey team's report will be submitted before the district court on Tues. day The Supreme Court is also expected to hear this week a petition filed earlier against the survey ordered by a Varanasi district court. Intezamiya Anjuman Masjid Committee joint secretary Syed Mohammad Yasin claimed that the mosque management was not heard before Civil Judge (Senior Division) Ravi Kumar Diwakar issued the order. Court Commissioners Vishal Singh (2L) and Ajay Pratap Singh (L) with their team leave after the third and last day of a videographic survey at Gyanvapi Mosque complex in Varanasi on Monday TEXTBOOK REPEAT OF DEC 1949 IN BABRI MASJID: OWAISI "This is a textbook repeat of December 1949 in Babri Masjid. This order itself changes the religious nature of the Masjid. This is a violation of 1991 Act. This was my apprehension and it has come true. Gyanvapi Masjid was, and will remain a Masjid till judgement day, Inshallah," AIMIM leader and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi tweeted. SC TO HEAR PLEA AGAINST SURVEY TODAY The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday the plea of the management of Gyanvapi mosque against the survey of the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex amidst an important development with a Varanasi court on Monday directed the district administration there to seal the spot of the survey inside the complex where allegedly 'Shivling' has been found by the surveying team. Varanasi District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma warned against speculation on what has been found in the mosque. But the claimed finding on the last day of the three- Goons create ruckus at Dalit's marriage, pelt stones at police BHOPAL The attacks on the police in Madhya Pradesh continued with a fresh incident coming to light in Rajgarh district where stones were pelted on a police team on Sunday night. As per the official reports, a Dalit family was taking a marriage party to the bride's home in Piplia Kala village in Rajgarh district on Sunday night. A group of local miscreants from the upper caste allegedly stopped the marriage party and also created a ruckus at the bride's home. The accused uprooted the wedding tent and when the police reached the village, they pelted stones at them forcing the police to fire tear gas shells. The admin- istration then deployed a heavy police force in the village to control the situation. Senior district police officials and the district collector reached the spot. They met the families and the marriage function was . held amid tight security "Instructions were given to the officials to take strict action against the anti-social elements," said Collector Harsh Dixit. This was the same village where Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had held a meeting with the villagers during which a tribal woman had fed plums like 'Shabari' to him. Meanwhile, on Saturday a police team was attacked in a village in Dhar district after which six people were arrested. CONTD. ON P6 day survey reignited the mandir-masjid debate over the Gyanvapi mosqueShringar Gauri complex located close to the iconic Kashi Vishwanath temple. CONTD. ON P6 We have run out of petrol: Lanka PM tells nation COLOMBO: Crisis-hit Sri Lanka has run out of petrol and is unable to find dollars to finance essential imports, the new prime minister said Monday in an address to the nation. "We have run out of petrol... At the moment, we only have petrol stocks for a single day," Ranil Wickremesinghe said, warning his bankrupt country could face more hardships in the coming months. He said the government was also unable to raise dollars to pay for three shipments of oil, with the ships the outside awaiting Colombo harbour for payments before discharging their cargoes. Sri Lanka is in the throes of its worstever economic crisis with its 22 million people enduring severe hardships to secure food, fuel and medicines while facing record inflation and lengthy power blackouts. CONTD. ON P6 Musk visits Indonesia as top ministers fail to impress NEW DELHI/JAKARTA Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has decided to visit Indonesia in November this year, as he reportedly wraps up Tesla operations in India amid continuous requests from top ministers and senior politicians to come and manufacture . electric cars in the country The Indonesian government wants Musk to set up a world-class electric bat- teries industry as the country has vast nickel reserves. President Indonesian Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo met Musk in Starbase, SpaceX's rocket production facility, test site, and spaceport in Boca Chica, Texas, over the last weekend and invited him to come to Indonesia. According to Jakarta Globe, Musk admitted that he is very much interested in the future of Indonesia, which he feels has "great potential" for some collaboration with Tesla and SpaceX. "Musk also mentioned Indonesia's large population and consistent economic growth as factors that make him interested in the most populous country in Southeast Asia, the report said. Tesla has been aggressive in sourcing nickel for its electric vehicle batteries. Meanwhile, ministers in India, especially Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, keep on making requests to the Tesla CEO to come and manufacture electric cars in India. CONTD. ON P6 alleged conversion in the school. Following the complaint, a police team raided the Christ Memorial School campus, where a group had gathered and people were about to be converted, said Bhopal's Bairagarh police station in charge DP Singh. "A man identified as Rajesh Malviya, along with his 23-year-old daughter Riddika, was explaining to the people that Hinduism is bad and Christianity is good. The school director, Manes Mathews, China building infra near Arunachal border: Army GUWAHATI The Army's Eastern command chief on Monday said China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is engaged in infrastructure capacity enhancement across the interin border national Arunachal Pradesh. General Officer Commanding-in Chief of the Eastern command, Lt Gen R P Kalita, however, said the Indian side is also continuously upgrading its infrastructure and capabilities to deal with any situation which may arise along the border. "Across the Line of Actual Control in Tibet region, a lot of infrastructure development is going on. CONTD. ON P6 `3 QUALITY AT VALUE WEATHER 41.60c. 26.40c Sunrise : 05.46 Sunset : 07.00 fled before the police arrived. The police arrested the father-daughter duo, along with Kamani John of Gandhi Nagar and Paul Polis, a resident of Phanda. An FIR has been registered in the matter," the police said. He said four persons, identified as Father Paul Polus, Kamini Paul, Rajesh Malviya Ritika and Malviya, were arrested from the spot, while two others, namely school director Manis Mathew and Rahul Sharma, were held . on Monday All poor are now included in Sambal 2.0: Chouhan TENDU PLUCKERS too included in the scheme relaunched on Monday OUR STAFF REPORTER Bhopal Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that all the poor will get the benefit of Sambal-2.0 scheme and those who were dropped as beneficiaries from the scheme during the then Congress government would also be added to the list of beneficiaries. Chouhan said this and assured the poor across the state during relaunch of Sambal 2.0 . scheme on Monday “Whether it is a matter of extending financial support at the time of accident or illness, in case of death of a family member of a beneficiary, Sambal Yojana was launched to help workers through obstacles. The previous government did not pay attention to the implementation of the scheme and withdrew it. The names of the beneficiaries were struck off from the lists. Now we have decided to implement it once again,” said Chouhan. The CM transferred Rs 551.16 crore to 25,982 labourer families of Sambal Yojana and Rs 22.23 crore to 1036 construction workers through a single click, thus transferring Rs 573.39 crore to the accounts of beneficiaries in a total of 27,018 cases. Chouhan said that now the process of adding more beneficiaries to the scheme will also be started. Lakhs of tendu leaf pluckers of the state have also been included as unorganised labourers in the new registration process. CONTD. ON P6