FREE PRESS FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms - VOL. 12 NO. 85 | BHOPAL | WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 7, 2022 | PAGES 16 Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE CHEETAHS TO ENTER KUNO IN PRESENCE OF PM ON HIS B’DAY WWW.FREEPRESSJOURNAL.IN FOR 24X7 UPDATES OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in News Brief ROHIT HITS 50 Rohit Sharma plays a shot during Asia Cup Twenty20 international cricket Super Four match between India and Sri Lanka at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai No desire for PM's post: Nitish Kumar Affirming that he was neither a claimant for PM’s post nor desirous of it, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Tuesday met several leaders, including those from the Left and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. "It is time for the Left parties, the Congress and all regional parties to come together to form a united opposition," Kumar told reporters. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kuno Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary in Sheopur district on his birthday on September 17 in whose presence cheetahs brought from South Africa will enter the sanctuary after long wait of decades. This was shared by chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan with his ministerial colleagues ahead of the state cabinet meeting held at Vallabh Bhavan on Tuesday, as per officials. CM said, “The cheetahs coming from South Africa will be made to be released EDIT TRUSS BODES WELL FOR INDIA-BRITAIN RELATIONS At least seven helipads are being constructed in and around Kuno National Park in Sheopur district where the cheetah reintroduction project will be carried out, officials said. A team from South Africa arrived in Kuno on Tuesday, they said. South Africa is yet to sign a MoU draft for exporting cheetahs from there. Understandably, the team is coming to the KNP to clear some issues before sending the animals. into Kuno National Park by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.” CM also said the PM would address a convention of women of self-help groups at Karahal town . nearby India, B’desh ink first water sharing pact in 25 years HASINA flags Teesta NEW DELHI: India and Bangladesh on Tuesday signed an interim water sharing agreement for Kushiyara river, the first such pact since the signing of the Ganga water treaty in 1996. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina noted that India and Bangladesh share 54 rivers and sought early conclusion of the sharing water Teesta agreement, which has been RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 hanging fire for more than a decade due to opposition from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. India and Bangladesh signed a memorandum of understanding on sharing of waters of Kushiyara river, a pact that will benefit people residing in southern Assam and the Sylhet division of Bangladesh. "Today, we have signed an important agreement on sharing water of the Kushiyara river. This will benefit southern Assam in India and Sylhet region in Bangladesh," Modi told reporters after the talks with Hasina. He said there were 54 rivers that pass through the Indo-Bangladesh border, and have been linked to the livelihood of the people of the two countries for centuries. "These rivers, folk tales about them, folk songs, have also been witness to our shared cultural heritage," Modi said. SEE NATION PAGE THE MAIDEN STRIKE! Pg-14 Country’s first intranasal vaccine for Covid gets DCGI approval SRINAGAR NEW DELHI: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Tuesday approved Bharat Biotech's intranasal Covid vaccine for restricted emergency use in those aged above 18 years. "Big Boost to India's Fight Against COVID-19! Bharat ChAd36-SARSBiotech's CoV-S COVID-19 (Chimpanzee Adenovirus Vectored) recombinant nasal vaccine approved by @CDSCO_INDIA_INF for priimmunization mary against COVID-19 in 18+ age group for restricted use in emergency situation," Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted. He said this step will further strengthen "our collective fight" against the pandemic. India has harnessed its science, research and development (R&D), and human resources in the fight against COVID-19 under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, he said. CONTD. ON P6 Two terrorists were killed in an encounter between terrorists and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on Tuesday, police said. "Two terrorists killed. Search going on," police said.The firefight at Poshkeeri area in Anantnag started after a joint team of security forces cordoned of the area after getting an input about the presence of terrorists there. At this, terrorists hiding there started firing, drawing retaliation by security forces. CONTD. ON P6 NEW DELHI: As part of its ongoing probe, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is conducting raids at multiple locations across the country in connection with the Delhi Excise policy scam case. The raids have been going on since Tuesday morning across the country in 38 locations. According to a source, the agency has called technical and forensic experts At least seven helipads are being constructed in and around the Kuno Palpur (KNP) sanctuary for the VVIP movement, officials earlier said. The last cheetah died in the country in 1947 in the Korea district in present day Chhattisgarh, which was earlier part of Madhya Pradesh, and the species was declared extinct in 1952. The 'African Cheetah Introduction Project in India' was conceived in 2009 and a plan to introduce the big cat by November last year in KNP suffered a setback due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said. CONTD. ON P6 2 terrorists killed in J&K's Anantnag `3 QUALITY AT VALUE WEATHER 28.40c. 21.50c Sunrise : 06.11 Sunset : 06.40 No relief for B'luru from rain-related woes CM BOMMAI blames maladministration of previous Cong govts BENGALURU Schools in the rain-battered Bengaluru have declared holidays and companies asked their employees to work from home, as the city continued to reel from the aftermath of the torrential downpour that threw life out of gear on Monday, as a fresh spell of rain only added to the woes of the people in the country's IT capital. Bikers pushing their twowheelers stuck on flooded roads and pedestrians struggling to navigate through knee-deep water was a common sight in some places on Tuesday. Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai cited rainfall "unprecedented and overflowing" water bodies for the deluge but Residents of a waterlogged locality try to reach a safer place with making sit their children in a fridge following heavy rains, in Bengaluru on Tuesday ELECTROCUTED A 23-year old woman, who allegedly died due to electrocution after she came into contact with an electric pole while navigating a road flooded with rain water was a "pillar of support" for the family, both financially and morally. assured his government's commitment to restore . normalcy CONTD. ON P6 ED raids at 38 places across country at the premises of Sameer Mahendru, the MD of Indospirits, here. The source, however, said no raid was conducted at Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's house. "We are conducting raids in Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, Gurugram in Chandigarh, Haryana, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and at other locations. This raids started early this morning and are currently going on," the source said. The ED's case is on the basis of the FIR of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The CBI has made Sisodia accused number one in its FIR. The CBI's FIR has been lodged under sections 120-B (Criminal Conspiracy) and 477-A (Falsification of accounts) of the IPC. CONTD. ON P6