FREE PRESS - VOL. XXXIX NO. 114 | INDORE | FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 | PAGES 18 EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE Gehlot says SORRY to Sonia; opts out of race WWW.FREEPRESSJOURNAL.IN RNI No. 38281/83 Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; FOR 24X7 UPDATES EDIT DEMOCRACY, NOT PFI, MUSLIMS’ STRENGTH FESTIVE FERVOUR Pg-16 CONGRESS PRESIDENTIAL POLL `3 QUALITY AT VALUE WEATHER 31.60c. 22.50c Sunrise : 06.18 Sunset : 06.16 PM MODI INAUGURATES 36TH NATIONAL GAMES CONG CHIEF to decide Raj CM issue in two days; Cong warns CM loyalists DIGGY THROWS HIS HAT IN THE RING enior leader and former Singh will file Sminister Digvijayapost of MP chief Congress nomination for the News Brief 59 fall ill after ammonia leak Fifty nine workers fell ill after an accidental leakage of ammonia gas at a meat processing plant on the outskirts of Aligarh city on Thursday morning, a senior official said. Six people including owner of the meat plant at Taklaspur area have been arrested. 6 hurt in ordnance factory fire Six workers were injured after a fire broke out at Ordnance Factory Khamaria near Jabalpur early on Thursday morning, a senior official said. The fire, which started in a building inside the factory during the melting of explosives around 2.30 am has been extinguished, OFK joint general manager and spokesperson Dinesh Kumar said. Another blast in bus in Udhampur Suspected terrorists triggered a blast in a parked bus in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur early Thursday, nine hours after a similar explosion took place in the city but there was no casualty, police said. ADGP Jammu region Mukesh Singh said high explosives might have been used in carrying out the blasts which were of the same pattern. Z+ security for Mukesh Ambani The government has upgraded the security cover of billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani to the top category of 'Z+' after a review of perceived threat perception to him by central intelligence and security agencies, official sources said on Thursday. His wife Nita Ambani has 'Y+' security which entails lesser number of commandos. DCGI okays export of Malaria vax The Drugs controller general of India (DCGI) allowed the export of approximately 2 lakh vaccine doses of Malaria which is produced in India, said sources on Thursday. This vaccine is developed by scientists at the University of Oxford and manufactured by Serum Institute in the UK. Bumrah ruled out of T20 World Cup due to back stress fracture NEW DELHI: Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah was on Thursday ruled out of the T20 World Cup due to a back stress fracture, dealing a massive blow to team's chances at the ICC flagship event starting next month in Australia. A BCCI official said that Bumrah will be forced out of action for six months due to the Pg-18 back injury. NEW DELHI After over an hour-long meeting with Sonia Gandhi at her residence here, Ashok Gehlot said that he will not contest the Congress presidential poll and the issue of Rajasthan chief ministership will be decided by her. Gehlot said, "In this environment I don't want to contest and the issue of chief ministership will be decided by the party high command. Whether I remain the CM will be decided by Madam (Sonia Gandhi)... I am a loyal soldier of the Congress from Indiraji's time. I have expressed regret and sadness over whatever happened in Jaipur." Earlier, while entering Sonia Gandhi's residence at 10 Janpath, Gehlot was seen carrying a set of papers. On one of the papers, it was written -- "Whatever has happened is sad and I am also hurt." "I have always acted as a loyal sol. dier of the party The incident that happened on the day of the legislature party meeting has left everyone shaken. It gave a message as if I wanted to continue as the Chief Minister, so I apologised to her," Gehlot said after the meeting. The meeting came a day ahead of the last date of nomination for the Congress presidential poll. Ahead of Thursday's meeting, Sonia Gandhi's emissary Mukul Wasnik had met Gehlot. president for which election is scheduled to be held on October 17. Sources close to Singh said that the decision to contest the polls was his personal one, and none from the Gandhi family asked him to do so. Singh told reporters outside the AICC headquarters “Today I have come here to collect the nomination form and will possibly file it tomorrow." On being asked whether his entering the race for the top Congress post will be a face-off against Shashi Tharoor, Singh asked to wait and see till October 8, the last date of withdrawal of nominations. After Gehlot fiasco, Cong considering G-23 leader Mukul Wasnik: Sources Raj Cong leader calls Pilot loyalist 'traitor' Rajasthan Congress leader Dharmendra Rathore, who has been sent a notice for 'indiscipline' by party leadership, has accused Sachin Pilot loyalist Ved Prakash Solanki of being a "traitor", producing a video that purportedly proves this. "I will provide proof on who is a traitor and who is loyal. It will come before everyone. Solanki had met BJP president Satish Poonia at a hotel during zila parishad election," Rathore, who is the RTDC chairman, said at a press meet. He showed a video of Solanki and Poonia purportedly entering a hotel and exiting a hotel room one after the other. Ours is a 'friendly contest and not battle between rivals' Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, who is likely to file his nomination for the Congress president's post on Friday, met Shashi Tharoor, who said they agreed that theirs is "not a battle between rivals but a friendly contest" among colleagues. "Received a visit from Digvijaya Singh this afternoon. I welcome his candidacy for the Presidency of our Party," Tharoor said in a tweet."We both agreed that ours is not a battle between rivals but a friendly contest among colleagues. All we both want is that whoever prevails, @incIndia will win!" he said. Leaders asked to stop making statements against each other Congress has asked its Rajasthan leaders to refrain from making statements against each other or disciplinary action will be taken. In a letter, party general secretary K C Venugopal said, "we are noticing statements of Congress leaders in Rajasthan regarding the party's internal matters and against other leaders. It is advised that all Congress leaders at any level should refrain from making public statements against other leaders or about the party's internal matters." "Strict disciplinary action will be initiated under the provisions of the constitution of the Indian National Congress if any violation of this advisory is made," it said. Owing to dynastic rule even if Digvijaya Singh wins election for party president, he will be remote-controlled by Rahul Gandhi just like former prime minister. SUMITRA VALMIKI RAJYA SABHA MEMBER CBI probe into recognition for 33 nursing colleges AUTHORITIES ACTED in slipshod manner: Bench OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in Ordering a CBI inquiry into irregularities committed in grant of recognition to as many as 35 nursing colleges in Gwaliorhigh region Chambal court Gwalior bench said on Thursday authorities acted in slipshod manner and similar irregularities couldn’t be ruled out in other parts of the state. The high court passed the order for CBI inquiry on Wednesday hearing as many as 33 petitions filed by management of 33 nursing colleges. The written order was, however, uploaded on the high court’s web portal on Thursday. Notably, recently the state government suspended the recognition of more than 90 nursing colleges across the state for failing to fulfill the norms of nursing running courses. Passing strong strictures on the functioning of Indian Nursing Council, Madhya Pradesh Nursing Registration Council and MP Medical Science University, Jabalpur the court observed the rules and regulations were not complied with in granting recognition to the nursing colleges which lacked infrastructure. The division bench of high court comprising Justice Rohit Arya and Justice Milind Ramesh Phadke said, “In nutshell, the INC (Indian Nursing Council) has also acted in a most reprehensible manner while either granting recognition to nursing colleges up to 2017 or suitability certificates after 2017….. As such, the role of Indian Nursing Council has also not been above board and in fact vulnerable in public domain” CONTD. ON P8 Vet among three killed in accident OUR STAFF REPORTER city.indore@fpj.co.in Three people, including a veterinary doctor, were killed in a road accident in the Lasudiya area late on . Thursday They were going to Dewas when their bike rammed into a stationary truck on Bypass Road. Lasudia police station-incharge Santosh Kumar Dudhi said the incident took place near Omaxe City on Bypass Road around 12.30 am. The deceased were identified as Ritesh Yadav, 35, of Pipriya Malhar village in Mhow, his brother, Rohit Yadav, 32, and Raja Yadav, 32. Preliminary investigations have revealed that they could not see the stationary truck and their bike rammed into it. Passersby informed the police, after which they were taken to hospital, but they could not be saved. The police have informed their family members and further investigations are on. Ritesh Yadav was a doctor in the Veterinary College, Mhow. Six airbags to be mandatory in passenger cars from Oct next year NEW DELHI Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari approved the proposal mandating a minimum of 6 airbags in passenger cars and said the new rule will come into effect from October 1, 2023. In a series of tweets Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said the safety of all passengers travelling in motor vehicles irrespective of their cost and variants is the . foremost priority "Considering the global supply chain constraints being faced by the auto industry and its impact on the macroeconomic scenario, it has been decided to implement the proposal mandating a minimum of 6 Airbags in Passenger Cars (M-1 Category) w.e.f 01st October 2023," tweeted Gadkari. Earlier in order to enhance the safety of occupants of the motor vehicle against lateral impact, it had been decided to enhance safety features by amending the Central Motor Vehicles Rules (CMVR), 1989. A draft notification had been issued on January 14 2022. Earlier on September 6, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari highlighted the importance of seatbelts in a car and said that it would be mandatory for all the passengers in a car to wear them. CONTD. ON P8 Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the opening ceremony of the 36th National Games in Ahmedabad on Thursday Vyapam scam: 5 get 7 years’ RI BHOPAL A Special CBI court in Bhopal on Thursday convited five people and sentenced them to seven years rigorous imprisonment in connection with the Vyapam scam. The court has also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each, while their two co-accused were acquitted due to lack of solid evidence. Satish Dinkar, Special Public Prosecutor representing CBI in the court, said the the sentenced people were involved in scam in police constable exams held in 2013. The convicted were the part of an "engine-bogie" system wherein seating arrangements were manipulated so that a paid smarter student was seated between two others to copy answers. Of the 5 sentenced, Kamal Kishor, Amar Singh, Nagendra Singh and Suresh Singh had used dummy candidate in exam, while one person had appeared for exams in place of other candidate. CONTD. ON P8 Abortion a right for all women To abort or not is part of women’s right to bodily and decisional autonomy, says Supreme Court; includes unmarried women, marital rape victims in ambit of law FP BUREAU New Delhi In a boost for women’s rights, the Supreme Court on Thursday held that all women, married or unmarried, have the right to safe and legal abortion at any time up to 24 weeks of preg. nancy The ruling has global significance as the Supreme Court of the United States, the world’s most powerful democracy, earlier this year undid decades of abortion on progress rights. Abortion was made legal for married women in India under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971, by the Indira Gandhi government. The following year, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling in Roe v PFI had close ties with radical Turkish group which provides arms to Syrian jihadists NEW DELHI: The Popular Front of India (PFI) has been maintaining close ties with a radical Turkish group accused of supplying arms to al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadists in Syria and even two top leaders of the justbanned outfit were hosted by the group, officials said . on Thursday The Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (Insan Hak ve Hurriyetleri ve Insani Yardim Vakfi, commonly known as IHH) projects itself as a Turkish 6 tiger reserves to reopen tomorrow BHOPAL Six tiger reserves in Madhya Pradesh will open from October 1 after remaining shut for three months due to the monsoon, an official .The state said on Thursday is home to six of the 52 tiger reserves in India, namely Kanha, Banghavgarh, Satpura, Pench, Panna and Sanjay-Dubri.Confirming the development, Satpura Tiger Reserve field director L Krishnamurthy said core areas were closed during this three-month period while buffer zones were operational for tourists. CONTD. ON P8 Twitter handle taken down The Twitter handle of the PFI was taken down on Thursday, a day after it was banned by the government for five years for allegedly having "links" with global terror organisations like the ISIS and trying to spread communal hatred in the country. human rights organisation involved in constructive . work benefiting the society investigators However, have found that it is an alQaeda-linked Turkish charity organisation which was accused of smuggling arms to al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadists in Syria in January 2014. Leaked emails of Berat Albayrak, a former finance minister of Turkey and the son-in-law of Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, also reportedly implicated the IHH in arming Libyan groups. CONTD. ON P8 OBC QUOTA ISSUE 'MAKE 13% POSTS PROVISIONAL' GOVT ASKS MPPSC to declare results OUR STAFF REPORTER city.indore@fpj.co.in Noting that the OBC quota issue is sub judice, the General Administration Department has shared a formula with the MPPSC for declaring results and conducting examinations. The MPPSC has been directed to divide the results of the state service and other recruitment examinations into two parts-one for 87% posts and the other for 13% posts (13% posts of the OBC and 13% posts of the unreserved category). The results for the second part will be provisional. The provisional candidates selected in the preliminary examination will appear in the next stages of the recruitment process (main examination and interview) only provisionally. After the final decision of the court, they will be selected only against the withheld 13% posts in the respective categories (OBC or unreserved) and not against the 87% posts declared earlier. CONTD. ON Wade that legalised abortion in the country The . court reversed that ruling in June this year. On Thursday, a threejudge bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud ruled that the right available to married women under the MTP Act to abort a foetus is also available to unmarried women. The bench, which included Justices AS Bopanna and JB Pardiwala, also held in its 75 page judgment that rape must be held to include marital rape for the purpose of abortion. While Indian law does not yet recognise marital rape as a criminal offence, the justices said sexual assault by the husband would be classified as marital rape under the MTP Act. CONTD. ON P8 Russia to formally annexe four Ukraine regions today MOSCOW Russia will hold a signing ceremony on Friday to incorporate the annexed four occupied regions of Ukraine at Kremlin, Moscow's President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "Tomorrow in the Georgian Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace at 15:00 [1200 GMT] a signing ceremony will take place on the incorporation of the new territories into Russia," spokesman Dmitry Peskov , said on Thursday as quoted by Al Jazeera. He further added that Putin will make a speech at this event. The referendum by the Russian authorities on the annexation of occupied territories of Ukraine was largely seen as a "sham referendum" and has been widely criticised by various countries. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Germany will never accept the results of "sham" referendums on joining Russia in of regions occupied Ukraine. According to Al Jazeera, Scholz made these remarks in conversation with Ukrainian President . Zelenskyy Volodymyr Scholz reaffirmed Germany's stance saying that the country's support to Ukraine remains unwavering. World’s first all-electric plane takes flight FP BUREAU / SEATTLE In a major milestone tozero-emissions wards medium-range air travel, a prototype, all-electric aeroplane took its maiden flight in the state of Washington, in the United . States, on Tuesday ‘Alice’, developed by the startup Eviation, is built to carry nine passengers and two pilots. It took off at 7.10 am local time from Grant County International Air- port and made a short, circuit, eight-minute reaching an altitude of 3,500 feet before coming in and touching down. If the US Federal Aviation Administration eventually certifies Alice to carry passengers, it could become the first all-electric commercial airplane. Eviation’s goal is to show such electric planes are viable as commuter aircraft flying at an altitude of about 15,000 feet. CONTD. ON P8