FREE PRESS FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms - VOL. 12 NO. 88 | BHOPAL | SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 10, 2022 | PAGES 16 FOR 24X7 UPDATES Charles back in London as King King Charles III has arrived at Buckingham Palace for the first time as Britain's monarch. The king flew to London from Scotland on Friday and was driven to the royal residence in an official Bentley. A large crowd cheered as the car arrived at the palace gates. He got out of the car to greet well-wishers and look at some of the huge pile of floral tributes left to honour his mother Queen Elizabeth II. Some called "Thank you Charles" and "Well done, Charlie!" as he shook hands with the crowd. Several shouted "God save the King!" 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. Sixty per cent attendance was recorded in the exam. 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 Chief Justice of India, has left for his heavenly abode today i.e, 8th September 2022 at 9:40 A.M. His last rites will be performed tomorrow i.e, on 9th September 2022 at Shanker Ghat, Rasulabad, Electric Crematorium, Allahabad," said a statement issued by Supreme Court. EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE NATION CENTRE GETS TWO WEEKS ON PLACES OF WORSHIP ACT PROPHET REMARK ROW AJEETESH SANDHU CARDS BOGEY FREE 66 Pg-15 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 `3 QUALITY AT VALUE WEATHER 31.40c. 24.00c Sunrise : 06.12 Sunset : 06.36 BIDDING ADIEU TO GANPATI TOP COURT made it clear that protection from arrest to Sharma will continue in all pending & future FIRs NEW DELHI The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea seeking arrest of suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her remarks on Prophet during a television debate. A bench, headed by Chief Justice U.U. Lalit told the petitioner's counsel that this may sound simple and innocuous, but it has farreaching consequences. The bench, also comprising Justices S. Ravindra Bhat and P.S. Narasimha, told the counsel, "we would suggest you to withdraw". After a brief hearing in the matter, the petitioner's counsel withdrew the petition and the top court dismissed the case as withdrawn. hearing, the During counsel representing Abu 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 Bail to journalist Siddique Kappan The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, jailed in Uttar Pradesh for nearly two years, saying "every person has freedom of expression".Kappan along with others were arrested on October 5, 2020 by the Uttar Pradesh Police under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), while on their way to Hathras, to report on a 19-year-old's gang-rape and murder. Sohel cited the alternate prayer in the petition, which sought implementation of the directions in the Tehseen Ponnawalla judgment in relation to control of mob lynching. The plea also sought direc- Bilkis Bano case: Hearing after 3 wks The Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear after three weeks the pleas challenging the remission of sentence and release of 11 convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gang-rape case and murder of her seven family members during the Gujarat riots.The apex court asked the counsel for the Gujarat government to place before it the relevant records within two weeks. tions for "independent, credible and impartial investigation" into the incident. On August 10, the Supreme Court transferred all FIRs against Sharma over her remarks 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, Man tries to confront Assam CM Sarma in Hyderabad 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 on the Prophet to Delhi Police. The top court gave her the liberty to approach Delhi High Court for quashing of the FIRs. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and J.B. Pardiwala following the top court's order in the case of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair case, ordered clubbing of all FIRs, across the country, against Sharma at Delhi, which will be probed by Delhi Police. The top court brushed aside vehement opposition by the West Bengal government, which wanted its police to be part of SIT with the Delhi Police or a courtappointed SIT. The bench allowed Sharma to move Delhi High Court to quash the FIRs lodged or to be lodged for her alleged remarks in the future. CONTD. ON P6 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 RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 SC DECLINES PLEA SEEKING NUPUR SHARMA’S ARREST WWW.FREEPRESSJOURNAL.IN News Brief Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; 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 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 Girls in traditional dresses dance as they take Lord Ganesha’s idol for immersion in Bhopal on Friday Only legal loan apps to be hosted on app stores, says Centre NEW DELHI The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will prepare a "whitelist" of all the legal apps and the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology will ensure that only these "whitelist" apps are hosted on app stores. This decision was taken at a high level meeting on issues related to Illegal loan apps, which was chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala . Sitharaman on Thursday It was decided in the meeting that the RBI will monitor the 'mule or rented' accounts that may be used for money laundering and accordingly cancel dormant non bank finance institutions or NBFCs to avoid official misuse, their sources said. The RBI will also ensure that registration of payment aggregators is completed within a timeframe and no un-registered payment aggregator be allowed to function after that. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has been asked to identify shell companies and de-register them to prevent their misuse. CONTD. ON P6 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 Chitra made by NSE Ramakrishna employees between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. tapped were and recorded by iSec SecuriRavi Narain ties Pvt. Ltd. It 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. 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 Student suffers 40% burn after teacher throws hot water Go back to India: Indian origin US lawmaker gets threat messages Sources said the boy's family has been threatened against complaining about the incident. Akhith's parents got phone calls from local leaders. Meanwhile, the police said unless a complaint is lodged, no action could be taken. Women and Child Welfare Department officials have not visited the hospital and turned a blind eye towards the plight of the boy. The accused teacher has stopped coming to the school after the incident. A source said the authorities should take a suo motu stand to investigate the matter. Photos of the boy bring treated at the hospital have gone viral. 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 BENGALURU: A Class 2 student has suffered 40 per cent burn after a teacher threw hot water on him for relieving himself in the school uniform. The incident took place last Friday at a primary school run by a body called Ghanamatheshwara Grameena Samsthe at Santekallur village in Karnataka's Raichur district. The student, Akhith, been admitted to Lingasaguru taluk hospital, and his condition is said to be serious. After finding out that Akhith had defecated in his uniform, Huligeppa, the teacher, turned furious and poured piping hot water on the child. WASHINGTON