FREE PRESS - VOL. 12 NO. 13 | BHOPAL | MONDAY | JUNE 27, 2022 | PAGES 12 WWW.FREEPRESSJOURNAL.IN Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE EDIT AFGHAN SIKHS AND RELEVANCE OF CAA RELISHING BEING RAVISHING Pg-12 WE ARE THE CHAMPS FOR 24X7 UPDATES 29 China warplanes in Taiwan's air China has sent 29 warplanes into Taiwan's air defence zone, according to media reports, marking the third-largest fly-by in the country this year. The warplanes, which include 17 fighter jets, six bombers and other supporting aircraft, have entered the island's air defence identification zone on Tuesday from the southwest, The Star newspaper reported citing the island's defence ministry. Iran launches rocket into space Iranian state television said Sunday that Tehran had launched a solid-fueled rocket into space, drawing a rebuke from Washington ahead of the expected resumption of stalled talks over Tehran's tattered nuclear deal with world powers. It's unclear when or where the rocket was launched, but the announcement came after satellite photos showed preparations at Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran's rural Semnan province, the site of Iran's frequent failed attempts to put a satellite into orbit. Flood condition improves The flood condition in Assam improved on Sunday, although five more persons died and over 22 lakh people continued to reel under the deluge across 25 districts, an official report said. According to the daily bulletin of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), five persons, including four children, drowned at different places of Barpeta, Cachar, Darrang, Karimganj and Morigaon districts during the day. HC asks SDM to take decision on mosque construction issue in two months JABALPUR: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has diin authorities rected Kevlari in Seoni district to decide on pending complaints and objections related to the construction of a mosque on private land, which has been stayed, within two months. The construction of the mosque was stayed by the Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Kevlari on March 23 this year and it was challenged by the local Auliya Ahl-e-Sunnat Committee through its president Firoz Khan. The committee, in its plea, had said the SDM must hear it as it wants to raise objections to the complaints against the construction. CONTD. ON P6 The Indian Air Force (IAF) has received 56,960 applications under the Agnipath recruitment scheme till , Sunday within three days of the registration process getting under way on Fri, day a week after violent protests against it rocked several states. "56960! That's the total 35.00c. 25.00c Sunrise : 05.44 Sunset : 07.16 BASTIONS BREACHED AGENCIES Bengaluru Madhya Pradesh created history and captured their maiden Ranji Trophy title, defeating favourites Mumbai in the finals by six wickets at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Ben. galuru on Sunday This win is a historic one for Madhya Pradesh, as they captured their maiden Ranji title. The victory becomes even more significant because they defeated 41-time champions Mumbai, who were heading into the finals as favourites. On the final day Mumbai , could only manage 269 in their second innings, leaving MP with a paltry target of 108, and they did it in style as Pandit won a record sixth national title as a coach. Sarfaraz Khan (45), who finished the season with 18 short of 1000 runs and young Suved Parkar (51) tried their bit, but with the need to attack at every opportunity, MP's Kumar Kartikeya (4/98) and the other bowlers knew that wickets would come their . way While chasing, there were some hiccups, but with just over 100 to get, it was a stroll in the park for the MP team. CONTD. ON P6 BJP'S WIN in UP LS bypolls historic: Modi NEW DELHI / LUCKNOW / AGARTALA Madhya Pradeshs players take the trophy on a victory lap after winning their final Ranji Trophy cricket match against Mumbai, at M SEE SPORTS PAGE Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, on Sunday PTI TEAM TO GET GRAND PUBLIC WELCOME: CM BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh cricket team will be accorded a public welcome for winning the prestigious Ranji Trophy for the first time, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said. "For the first time, Madhya Pradesh won the Ranji Trophy title by defeating Mumbai, who have won this title several times, and created history. We are very happy and it is an emotional moment for us. The winning team will be accorded a grand public welcome in Bhopal," Chouhan said. He congratulated coach Chandrakant Pandit, captain Aditya Shrivastava and the entire team on the victory. MP Congress chief Kamal Nath and state BJP president VD Sharma were among those who hailed the achievement. AS REBELS BIDE TIME IN GUWAHATI ... SHINDE MOVES SC TO STALL DISQUALIFICATION PROCESS SANJAY JOG Mumbai The rebel Shiv Sena MLA faction led by Eknath the moved Shinde Supreme Court on Sunday, challenging the petition filed by the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena, seeking to disqualify 16 legislators for breach of whip by not attending the party meeting earlier this week, before the Maharashtra Assembly Legislative Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal. With Sunday’s move, the Shinde camp has taken its battle to the apex court by roping in a bunch of leading lawyers to plead their case. Rebel camp insiders claimed that they would Centre grants Y-plus security to 15 rebel MLAs NEW DELHI Aaditya Thackeray leaves from Shiv Sena Bhawan after a meeting with party workers, at Dadar in Mumbai, on Sunday PTI also continue to simultaneously pursue the legislative battle. The Shinde camp has also challenged the appointment of Ajay Choudhari as the Shiv Sena Legislature Party leader and the rejection of a no-confiagainst motion dence Deputy Speaker Narahari Zirwal. CONTD. ON P6 The Centre on Sunday extended Y-plus security cover of CRPF commandos to at least 15 rebel Shiv Sena MLAs, officials said. Those who were provided the security cover include Ramesh Bornare, Mangesh Kudalkar, Sanjay Shirsat, Sonawane, Latabai Prakas Surve and 10 others. Their families living in Maharashtra too will be secured as the security blanket entails house protection teams, they said. Rohit +ve ahead of fifth Test AGENCIES Leicester India's preparations for the re-scheduled fifth Test against England at Edgbaston, Birmingham, from July 1, have suffered a setback as captain Rohit Sharma has tested positive for Covid-19. The BCCI confirmed early on Sunday morning that Rohit Sharma had tested positive via a Rapid Anti, gen Test (RAT) on Saturday with the India skipper currently in isolation at the team hotel ahead of the Test. The game in Edgbaston is the fifth and final Test of the series that commenced last year but had to be a following postponed Covid outbreak in the India camp. Tripura chief minister Manik Saha was among the victorious BJP candidates in the by-poll results announced on Sunday as the party bagged three out of four assembly seats in the eastern state and wrested Party Samajwadi the strongholds of Rampur and Azamgarh Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, while the AAP lost Punjab's Sangrur parliamentary constituency . However, there was some cheer for Arvind Kejriwal's party as it retained Rajinder Nagar assembly seat in the national capital. The Congress won a seat each in Tripura, where it opened its account after drawing nil in the last assembly polls, and Jharkhand, while the ruling YSR Congress emerged victorious in Atmakuru AssemAndhra in seat bly Pradesh. Counting of votes was held on Sunday for the June 23 by-election to three Lok Sabha and seven as- Centre to launch 'One Nation, One Dialysis' prog soon AGENCIES Chennai Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday said the Central government will soon launch the 'One Nation, One Dialysis' programme, under the Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme. Through this scheme, any patient can get to the dialysis facility from anywhere . in the country The Union Minister is on a two-day visit to Tamil . Nadu and Puducherry He visited and observed the robotic surgery machine installed at the Tamil Nadu Government Multi Super in Hospital Speciality Chennai. "The state-of-the-art facility enables surgeons to perform complex major surgeries with ease by using robotic instruments," Mandaviya said in a tweet. According to an official release, Mandaviya also virtually laid the foundation stone of CGHS Wellness Centre and Lab at Avadi. Further, he interacted with trauma care patients and those with severe sports injuries who are being treated with advanced tech-based surgeries and biopharma therapies at the Multi Super Speciality Hospital. Addressing the gathering, Mandaviya said the Tamil Nadu Government Multi Super Specialty Hospital is the only centre with 2 surgeon consoles and congratulated the state for achieving the goal set for MMR and IMR well ahead of the rest of the states. Covering 1.58 crore families in Tamil Nadu, under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana, 75 lakh people have availed of the benefits, he added. CONTD. ON P6 sembly seats spread across five states and Delhi. In Uttar Pradesh, ruling BJP candidate Ghanshyam Lodhi won the Rampur parliamentary seat by a margin of over 42,000 votes. Lodhi defeated SP's Mohd Asim Raja, considered close to senior SP leader Mohd Azam Khan who won the seat in 2019 but vacated it after being elected to the assembly . In Azamgarh, also a pocket borough of the SP and vacated by party chief Akhilesh Yadav after his election to the state assembly, BJP candidate Dinesh Lal Yadav 'Nirahua' defeated Dharmendra Yadav of SP by a margin of 8,679 votes. CONTD. ON P6 4 killed in wall collapse in Raisen RAISEN: Three children in the 5-14 age group and a man were killed and four persons injured in a wall collapse on Sunday afternoon in Raisen in Madhya Pradesh, a police official said. The incident occurred at Chandan Pipariya village under Silwani police station area, some 110 kilometres from the district headquarters, after the area experienced rain and thunderstorms for two hours, said Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Rajesh Tiwari. CONTD. ON P6 CM MOURNS DEATH Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has expressed grief over the untimely death of four persons after a wall of an under-construction house collapsed due to heavy rain in Chandan Piplia village in Silwani tehsil of Raisen district on Sunday. He has prayed to God to grant peace to departed souls and strength to bereaved families to bear the grief. Emergency a black spot on India's vibrant democracy: Modi Defending rights not crime: MUNICH Terming Emergency in 1975 as a "black spot" on the vibrant history of India's democracy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that , democracy which is in DNA of every Indian, was trampled and suppressed 47 years ago, but the people answered in a democratic way all the conspiracies to crush it. "Today is June 26 which is also known for the day when India's democracy, which is in the DNA of every Indian, was trampled and suppressed 47 years ago. Emergency is a black spot on the vibrant history of PM Narendra Modi interacts with a child during his visit to Munich, Germany, Sunday PTI ," India's democracy Modi told a gathering of Indian diaspora here, target. ing the opposition Congress Party "The people of India answered all the conspiracies to crush democracy . in a democratic way We Indians take pride in our democracy wherever we are," Modi said in his over 30 minutes speech at the massive diaspora event held at the Audi Dome stadium here. Modi, who is visiting Germany to attend the G7 Summit, said that Indians are proud of their democracy. "Today, we can proudly say that India is the mother of democracy... The diversity of culture, food, clothes, music and traditions makes our democracy vibrant. India has shown that democracy can deliver and has delivered." CONTD. ON P6 IAF receives 56,960 applications under Agnipath scheme AGENCIES / New Delhi WEATHER BYPOLLS: AAP WIN MAIDEN title by defeating 41-time champions Mumbai LOSES PUNJAB, AKHILESH UP RANJI TROPHY: MP CREATE HISTORY News Brief `3 QUALITY AT VALUE number of applications received till date from future Agniveers in response to the Agnipath recruitment application process on https://agnipathvayu.cdac. in. Registration closes on July 5," the IAF stated on . Twitter on Sunday Unveiling the Agnipath scheme on June 14, the government had said youth between the ages of 17-and-a- half and 21 years would be inducted for a four-year tenure, while 25 per cent of them will be subsequently inducted for regular service. Several parts of the country had witnessed vio- lent protests against the scheme. The government had on June 16 increased the upper age limit for recruitment under the scheme to 23 years from 21 for the year 2022, and subsequently announced a slew of placatory steps like preference for them in central paramilitary forces and defence public sector undertakings upon their retirement. Many BJP-ruled states also declared the 'Agniveers', as the soldiers will be known, will be accorded priority in induction into state police forces. The armed forces have, however, made it clear those who had indulged in violent protests and arson against the new recruitment scheme will not be inducted. UN official on activist Teesta NEW DELHI An official of the United Nations has condemned the detention of activist Teesta Setalvad on Saturday, saying "defending human right is not a crime". Expressing deep concern, Mary Lawlor, the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, said "Teesta is a strong voice against hatred and discrimination". The activist was taken into custody by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Police's Squad from Mumbai on Saturday evening, a day after the Supreme Court slammed those who had "kept the pot boiling" on the 2002 Gujarat riots. The action came hours after Home Minister Amit Shah, in an interview with a news agency, blamed Ms Setalvad-run NGO for giving baseless information about the 2002 Gujarat riots to the police. "I have read the judge. ment very carefully The judgement clearly mentions the name of Teesta Setalvad. The NGO that was run being run by her I don't remember the name of the NGO- had given baseless information about the riots to the police," he told ANI. The Supreme Court had , on Friday dismissed as "devoid of merit" an appeal by Zakia Jafri in a plea challenging SIT's clearance to PM Modi, then Chief Minister of Gujarat, and others in cases related to the riots. Zakia Jafri is the widow of MP Congress former Ehsan Jafri who was killed in the riots. A three-judge bench of the court headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar said that Ms Setalvad, co-petitioner in the case, exploited the emotions of Zakia Jafri. "Antecedents of Teesta Setalvad need to be reckoned with and also because she has been vindictively persecuting this lis [dispute] for her ulterior design by exploiting the emotions and sentiments of Zakia Jafri, the real victim of the circumstances," the court said in its order.