FREE PRESS FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms - VOL. XXXIX NO. 94 | INDORE | SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 10, 2022 | PAGES 14+4 = 18 WWW.FREEPRESSJOURNAL.IN EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE EDIT AJEETESH SANDHU CARDS BOGEY FREE 66 Pg-15 Have made my decision, will answer if I don't stand for polls AN ERA ENDS FOR 24X7 UPDATES ON BECOMING CONGRESS CHIEF ONCE AGAIN, RAHUL GANDHI SAYS... AGENCIES Kanyakumari News Brief King Charles III vows 'lifelong service' After the demise of Queen Elizabeth II, Charles III addressed the nation for the first time as king and vowed 'lifelong service' to the people. "Queen Elizabeth was a life well lived; a promise with destiny kept and she is mourned most deeply in her passing. That promise of lifelong service I renew to you all today," King Charles said. CUET-UG results by September 15 The results of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG will be announced by September 15, University Grants Commission Chairman Jagadesh Kumar said on Friday. The debut edition of the CUET-UG, a gateway for undergraduate admissions, began in July and concluded on August 30. Guj ATS, DRI seize heroin worth Rs 198 cr A joint team of the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 39.5 kilograms of heroin worth Rs 197.82 crore from a container near the Kolkata port in West Bengal, an official said on Friday. The contraband was found concealed inside 12 gear boxes which were part of 7,220 kilograms of metal scrap sent from Jebel Ali Port in Dubai. Army, IAF conduct joint exercise Army's Kharga Corps and the Air Force conducted joint exercise 'Gagan strike' in Punjab, a defence release said on Friday. The exercise comprised the deployment of attack helicopters as the aerial arm in support of ground forces carrying out drills, practising annihilation of enemy defences and deep penetration, it said. Ex-CJI KN Singh passes away Former Chief Justice of India KN Singh, who remained CJI for the shortest period of 17 days back in 1991, has died at his residence in Prayagraj. "Shri Kamal Narain Singh, Former CJI, has left for his heavenly abode today i.e, 8th September 2022 at 9:40 A.M. His last rites will be performed on 9th September 2022 at Shanker Ghat, Rasulabad,” said release. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said he has made his decision on whether he will take up party presidency but did not divulge his plans, asserting that he will give his reasons if he does not contest the upcoming elections for the post. Gandhi's remarks are seen by many in the party as an indication that he may stick to his earlier stance of not taking up the party chief's post. With his cryptic remarks the suspense over who would be the next president of the grand old party continued. Addressing a press conference here on the second day of the Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra, the former party chief said the Kanyakumari-Kashmir march was being under- Centre bans broken rice export NEW DELHI: The Central government has banned the export of broken rice with . effect from Friday The decision comes immediately after a 20 per cent export duty was levied on various grades of rice, which also came to force on . Friday According to a notification issued by the Union Commerce Ministry, the export policy on broken rice has been amended from "free" to "prohibited". However between September 9-15 those consignments of rice where loading has already started and shipping bills have been filed, and vessels have either berthed or arrived and where consignments have been handed over to customs, would be exempted from the ban. CONTD. ON P6 Five Congress MPs have written to AICC central election authority chief Madhusudan Mistry expressing concern about the "transparency and fairness" of the party chief's election, seeking that the list of PCC delegates that make up the electoral college be provided to all electors and potential candidates. In a joint letter to Mistry dated September 6, Congress's Lok Sabha members Shashi Tharoor, Manish Tewari, Karti Chidambaram, Pradyut Bordoloi and Abdul Khaleque said this list must be made available in order to verify who is entitled to nominate a candidate and who is entitled to vote. BJP takes dig at RaGa’s 'Rs 41K' T-shirt The BJP in Tamil Nadu has taken a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly wearing a costly T-shirt during his 'Bharath Jodo Yatra' that commenced from Kanniyakumari on Wednesday. The BJP tweeted, "Bharat, dekho (India look)," and posted two photos, one of Rahul Gandhi wearing a T-shirt and the other showing the price of a T-shirt similar to the one he was wearing. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi The BJP claimed that the Burberry T-shirt cost Rs 41,257. during the padayatra on the Burberry, which is a British luxury fashion brand, is not third day of Bharat Jodo Yatra, available in India and it has to be purchased internationally in Kanyakumari on Friday if needed. taken to undo the "damage" done by the BJP-RSS and would also help in forging Opposition unity, even though that is a separate exercise. It is the responsibility of the entire Opposition to come together and discussions are in progress, Gandhi said. CONTD. ON P6 CNI TRUST IN JABALPUR EOW to inquire if money was used for conversion, illegal activities: CM OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said here on Friday that Economic Offences Wing (EOW) would inquire if money received by Church of North India (CNI) trust in Jabalpur was used for conversion and illegal activities. On Thursday, a team of EOW at Jabalpur conducted a search operation at the residence of a bishop PC Singh who happens to be chairman of Board of Education, Church of North India, Jabalpur diocese and found more than Rs 1.65 crore besides a fleet of cars and documents related to other ‘Conversion or illegal activities in name of religion will not be allowed in state’ properties. The search operation was conducted based on a complaint filed by Father Hira Naval Masih. On Friday, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had a meeting with EOW officials in connection with the search operation. Later, talking to media, Chouhan said several irregularities came to light during the search like misuse of trust’s organisations, creation of new institutions by changing the name, illegal work in the name of new institutions, HYDERABAD Man with pink dupatta confronts Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma see pictures of his son and daughter in Hyderabad. Country's politics should be free from dynastic politics," Sarma told ANI. "A government should be for the country, for the people, but never for a family. The country has a liberal front and an orthodox one and polarisation between the two has always existed," he added. Bhagyanagar The Ganesh Utsav Samiti has invited Assam Chief Min- ister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Udupi seer Pejawar Swamy Dharmadhikari to visit Hyderabad for the Ganesh Immersion Shobthe Earlier, hayatra. Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samithi on Tuesday staged a bike rally in Tankbund in Secunderabad as a mark of protest against the Telangana government for preventing the immersion of Ganesh idols on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. CONTD. ON P6 irregularities in fees of schools and use of trust money for personal work. Besides, fraud in lease renewal of land of trust’s institutions, non-payment of tax of more than Rs 7 crore has come to light. In addition, documents related to 17 properties, 48 ??bank accounts, cash of more than Rs 1.65 crore, US $ 18,352, 118 pound and 8 four wheelers were recovered in the search operation. Fraud committed on a large scale has also come to light. CONTD. ON P6 India declares state mourning on Sunday for Queen Elizabeth II NEW DELHI: The Government of India has decalred one-day state mourning as a mark of respect to Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away at the Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Thursday at the age of 96. The National Flag will be flown at half-mast on Sunday throughout India and there will be no official entertainment programme on , that day a statement issued by the government said on . Friday Britain is observing 10-day state mourning for Queen Elizabeth II. Britain's royal family will observe a period of mourning that will end on the seventh day after the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. The date of the funeral is yet to be decided. President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, among others, have expressed condolences at the demise of Queen Elizabeth II. CONTD. ON P6 With passing away of Queen Elizabeth II, twitterati demands Kohinoor's return AGENCIES New Delhi The death of Britain's longest-reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II has rekindled social media chatter demanding the return of the Kohinoor diamond to India. With her son Prince Charles succeeding to the throne, the 105-carat diamond, which is steeped in history, will go to his wife Cornwall of Duchess Camilla, who has now become Queen consort. Kohinoor, which means 'Mountain of Light', is a large, colourless diamond that was found in southern India in the early 14th century. The precious gem, which came into British hands during the colonial era, is the subject of a historic ownership dispute and is claimed by at least `3 QUALITY AT VALUE WEATHER 31.40c. 24.00c Sunrise : 06.12 Sunset : 06.36 BIDDING ADIEU TO LORD GANESHA Five Cong MPs write to Mistry, express concern over transparency, fairness in party chief polls Man tries to confront Assam CM Sarma in Hyderabad At a rally in Hyderabad on Friday, a man tried to confront Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma by dismantling the mic installed on the stage. However, the people on the stage quickly overpowered the man. Sarma is on a visit to Hyderabad to participate in various programmes including Ganesh Immersion Shobhayatra. Earlier on Friday, the Assam CM paid a visit to the Mahalaxmi temple in the . city Meanwhile, Sarma hit out at Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao and said the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief has only been involved in the dynasty politics. "Chief Minister KCR speaks about BJP-free politics but we speak about dynasty-free politics. We still RNI No. 38281/83 Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; four countries, including India. Some Twitter users were serious in their demand for the return of the Kohinoor diamond, while others had a humorous take on the issue. A Twitter user posted a clip from the Bollywood film 'Dhoom 2' in which the by played character Hrithik Roshan steals a diamond from a running train. "Hrithik Roshan on the way to get back our heera, moti; Kohinoor from the British Museum to India" the user posted. @gouser Another mathi17183538 alleged that Queen Elizabeth II was an "active participant in colonialism". "Now can we get our Kohinoor back? A reminder that Queen Elizabeth is not a remnant of colonial times. She was an active participant in colo- nialism." Gomathi said. Asish Raz tweeted, "Sadly, the queen passed away. Now, can we expect our Kohinoor back?" The Kohinoor diamond was "surrendered" by the Maharaja of Lahore to the then Queen of England and "not handed over" to the British nearly 170 years ago, the Archaeological Survey of India replied to an RTI query a few years ago. CONTD. ON P6 People immerse idol of Lord Ganesha at Kalaria on Dhar Road on Friday Seven drown in Haryana during idol immersion Seven CHANDIGARH: people have drowned during the Ganesh idols' imin ceremony mersion Haryana on Friday, said police. Three deaths were reported from Sonipat, while four persons drowned in Mahendragarh. Ganesh Chaturthi, the 10day long festival which began on August 31, ended today with the visarjan cere. mony The idols of Lord Ganesh are taken to nearby water bodies and immersed. Devotees take the idols for immersion in grand processions. At Sonipat's Mimarpur ghat, a man who had gone for idol immersion with his son and nephew drowned. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem and an investigation is un, derway said police. At Mahendragarh, about nine persons who went to immerse the idol of Ganesha on the canal near village Jhagadoli located on Kaniwere road na-Rewari washed away with the strong current of water. Eight people were pulled out of the canal late in the night. Out of these, four died. PIX: ANAND SHIVRE ED files charge sheet against ex-NSE bosses in phone tapping case NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday filed a charge sheet before the Rouse Avenue Court in connection with a Prevention of Money Laundering case pertaining to phone tapping of NSE employees between 2009 and 2017. The charge sheet was filed against NSE's former chiefs Chitra Ramakrishna and Ravi Narain, and former Mumbai Police Com. missioner Sanjay Pandey Narain was recently arrested by the ED. "Money was laundered in phone tapping. The payments made in the phone tapping is alleged proceeds of crime. There were shell companies through which money were laundered," it said in the charge sheet. The ED has claimed that Pandey received Rs 4.54 crore to tap the MTNL lines to help Ramakrishna and these were proceeds of crime. "Pandey ran iSec Securities Pvt. Ltd. It has been alleged that Ramkrishna used this firm the tap to phones of NSE employees. The calls phone made by NSE Chitra Ramakrishna employees between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. tapped were and recorded by iSec Securities Pvt. Ltd. It Ravi Narain has been althat leged Pandey helped in tapping the phone calls ilan legally," Sanjay Pandey agency source had said. Ramkrishna and Pandey were placed under arrest in July by the federal anti . money laundering agency Pandey had said that he tapped the phone lines but didn't do anything illegal. He said that all the equipments of tapping were made available by the NSE. The ED's case is on the basis of the CBI's FIR, lodged on the directions of Union Ministry of Home Affairs. ‘If stray dogs attack people, those who feed them could be held liable’ Go back to India: Indian origin US lawmaker gets threat messages The DELHI: NEW Supreme Court on Friday suggested people who routinely feed stray dogs could be made responsible for their vaccination and also liable to bear the costs if those animals attack people, while emphasising on a need to find a solution to the stray dogs' menace. As a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and J.K. Maheshwari was hearing petitions in connection with the stray dogs' menace in Kerala, Justice Khanna orally observed that he is a dog lover and there are many dog lovers and suggested that people who feed stray dogs could possibly keep a number or marking on the dog they feed. "They will be responsible for vaccinating them and bearing the cost if a person is attacked," he said. The bench emphasised that it is essential to find the solution of stray dogs' menace and need to create a balance between people who feed stray dogs and also protect innocent people from being attacked by stray dogs. It observed that it is important to accept there is a problem - dogs may become ferocious due to lack of food or they may get an infection. CONTD. ON P6 WASHINGTON Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal has been receiving abusive and hate messages over the phone from a male caller who even asked her to go back to India. On Thursday, Chennaiborn Jayapal posted a collection of five such audio messages. In all the messages, portions of which have been redacted because of obscene and abusive content, the male caller is heard threatening her with dire consequences and in one instance she is being asked to go back to her country of origin, India. CONTD. ON P6 MEA: India, China to complete disengagement in next 3 days NEW DELHI/BEIJING India and China will complete the disengagement process in the Gogra-Hotsprings area in eastern Ladakh by September 12, the External Affairs Ministry said in New Delhi on . Friday The ministry's comment came a day after the Indian and Chinese armies announced that they have begun to disengage from the PaGogra-Hotsprings trolling Point 15, where the two sides have been locked in a standoff for over two years. The announcement of of disengagement the troops came around a week ahead of the annual summit of the Shanghai CoopOrganisation eration (SCO) in Uzbekistan which is expected to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese Jinping Xi President among other leaders of the grouping. In Beijing, when asked whether India and China are in communication about a possible Modi-Xi meeting on the sidelines of the SCO summit to be held in Samarkand on September 15 to 16, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a briefing that she has "no information to offer at this moment." CONTD. ON P6