FREE PRESS - VOL. 12 NO. 165 | BHOPAL | SATURDAY | NOVEMBER 26, 2022 | PAGES 14 WWW.FREEPRESSJOURNAL.IN Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE FOR 24X7 UPDATES SPORTS 90S, RIVAL TEAMS WANTED TO COPY AUSTRALIA, NOW IT’S US’ VIBRANT AND ENGAGING BUT LACKS OOMPH Pg-14 `3 QUALITY AT VALUE WEATHER 28.40c. 15.30c Sunrise : 06.39 Sunset : 05.43 ‘Big B’s name, voice & image can't be used sans permission’ NEW DELHI News Brief Gay marriage: SC seeks Centre’s response Over four years after decriminalising consensual gay sex between adults, the Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the central government to separate pleas by two gay couples seeking enforcement of their right to marry and a direction to the authorities to register their marriage under the Special Marriage Act. PG-6 Unemployment rate eases to 7.2 The unemployment rate, defined as percentage of unemployed persons in the labour force in the country above the age of 15 years in urban areas eased to 7.2 during the second quarter of 2022-23 from 9.8 in the year-ago period, according to data of National Statistical Office's 16th Periodic Labour Force Survey. All-party meet on G20 on Dec 5 The government has convened an all-party meet here on December 5 to inform leaders about India's preparations for the G20 meetings that New Delhi plans to host over the next one year, a senior leader of a party said on Friday. Presidents of nearly 40 parties have been invited for the meeting where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be present, the leader said requesting anonymity. Countdown for PSLV-C54 begins Scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) commenced the countdown on Friday for the launch of Earth Observation Satellite - Oceansat - and eight other customer satellites on a PSLV-C54 rocket from the spaceport of Sriharikota on Saturday. CBI charge sheets 7 in Delhi Excise case The CBI on Friday filed its first charge sheet against seven accused, including two arrested businessmen, in the Delhi Excise policy scam case, officials said. School timing changed to 8:30am from Nov 28: Collector OUR STAFF REPORTER City.bhopal@fpj.co.in Collector Bhopal Avinash Lavania has changed the school timing due to winter on Friday. Collector, in his order, said that all the government and private schools of MP, CBSE, and ICSE boards will not before classes start 8:30am. It will be applicable from November 28. Bhopal Friday, On recorded minimum temperature of 10.9 degrees Celsius while it recorded a maximum temperature of 26.8 degrees Celsius. The Delhi High Court on Friday passed an interim order in favour of veteran Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan, restraining various individuals and entities from infringing his personality and publicity rights. The actor had filed a suit against the people conducting fake 'Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC)' lottery scam, mobile application developers misusing his name, image and voice, book publishers, T-shirts vendors, and various other businesses. It was also brought to the notice of the Delhi HC that infringers have illegally Bachchan's registered as web-domain name such as names www.amitabhbachchan.co and www.amitabhm bachchan.in. Justice Navin Chawla observed that the defendants appear to be using the celebrity status of the actor without his authorisation or permission. "It cannot seriously be disputed that the plaintiff is a well-known personality and is also represented in various advertisements. The plaintiff is aggrieved The Indian jurisprudence will finally develop and evolve on personality rights and Mr Amitabh Bachchan is the right personality to set this trend NO ONE CAN STOP US FROM REWRITING HISTORY: SHAH NEW DELHI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that Indian history is twisted and inaccurately written and appealed to historians and research scholars to rewrite it. Senior BJP leader Shah was speaking at a function organized in New Delhi on Thursday on the occasion of the 400th birth anniversary of Ahom Army General Lachit Barphukan. "I have always heard that our history is twisted and inaccurately written. It might be true, but who can now stop us from writing about our glorious history? We have to take the courage, rewrite and present our history before the world," the union home minister said. Shah appealed to the historians and research scholars attending the function to get over this narrative that Indian history is twisted and inaccurately written. He asked them to write about 30 empires that ruled for more than 150 years in any part of the country AMEET NAIK, ADVOCATE by the defendants using his celebrity status to promote their own goods and services without his permission or authorisation. Hav- PM: Rectifying past mistakes, celebrating unsung heroes NEW DELHI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India was correcting its past mistakes by celebrating its heritage and remembering its unsung bravehearts who were lost in the pages of history written as part of a conspiracy during the colonial era. Addressing the 400th birth anniversary celebrations of legendary Ahom general Lachit Barphukan, Modi said the history of India was not just about slavery but also about its warriors and it was important that the collective sense of history was not limited to a few decades or centuries. "The history of India is and 300 such great personalities who fought and sacrificed themselves during the country's freedom struggle. Nath’s close aide Saluja joins BJP CONGRESS says he was expelled OUR STAFF REPORTER Bhopal The Congress has received a jolt during the Bharat Jodo Yatra. Vice president of the Congress's media cell Narendra Saluja took the member- CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan welcomes ship of the Narendra Saluja in BJP on Friday Bharatiya Janata Saluja troubled Party (BJP) at a function in the presence of Chief MinBJP leaders ister Shivraj Singh Saluja is one of those Chouhan on Friday . leaders who used to Saluja was considered the trouble BJP leaders. Saluja media adviser of president attacked the BJP leaders of the MP Congress Comthrough his tweets. Besides mittee (MPCC) Kamal Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Nath. After the revamp of Chouhan, VD Sharma and the Congress's media cell, Home Minister Narottam Saluja was not in good Mishra were on his target. terms with the leaders connected with it. could honour a man who After joining the BJP, was involved in 1984 antiSaluja said on the occaSikh riots. sion of Guru Nanak According to Saluja, ManJayanti on November 8, preet Singh said that he Kirtan singer Manpreet (Saluja) became chickenSingh told him how he hearted. CONTD. ON P6 PM Narendra Modi with Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma during the closing ceremony of the year-long celebrations of the 400th birth anniversary of Lachit Barphukan, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Friday not just about slavery. The history of India is about emerging victorious, it is about the valour of countless greats. India's history is about standing against tyranny with unprecedented valour and courage," he said. The prime minister said unfortunately even after Independence, the history that was written as part of a conspiracy during the colonial era continued to be taught. "I urge our historians and students of history to identify 30 great empires in Indian history and 300 warriors who showed exempla- ry valour to protect the motherland and write extensively about them," said the union home minister. CONTD. ON P6 3 held for flying drones in restricted areas during PM Modi's visit to Bavla NEW DELHI India will get its first tilting trains by 2025-26 with 100 Vande Bharat trains being manufactured using this technology which en- ables trains to maneuver curves at higher speeds, just as a motorbike on a winding road, a senior official said on Friday . He said 100 of the 400 Vande Bharat trains to be manufactured by 2025 will have this technology . "We will have tilting trains in the country We . will tie up with a technology partner for this. We will have this technology in 100 Vande Bharat trains over the next two to three years," the official noted. Tilting trains have a mechanism enabling higher speed on regular broadgauge tracks. They tilt while negotiating a bend or curve on the track. Such trains are now operational in 11 countries -Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, Russia, the Czech Republic, the UK, Switzer- using the name, image, voice and other personality attributes of Mr Bachchan without his consent and authorisation by any means, physical or digital. The Indian jurisprudence will finally develop and evolve on personality rights and Mr Amitabh Bachchan is the right personality to set this trend," said Advocate Naik. The HC had passed a detailed order against the defendants and the world-atlarge, injuncting them from infringing his personality rights and attributes, including his name 'Amitabh Bachchan/Bachchan/AB/ Big-B', image and voice. Might advise ECI to cancel recognition of TMC: Calcutta HC judge KOLKATA: Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court on Friday said he might have to ask the Election Commission of India (ECI) to cancel the recognition of Trinamool Congress as a political party and withdraw its logo. "No one has the right to do anything with the Constitution of India. I might have to ask the ECI to cancel the recognition of Trinamool Congress as a political party and withdraw its party logo," Justice Gangopadhyay said. His observation came after the state education secretary, Manish Jain informed his bench that a decision to create additional teachers' posts to accommodate those allegedly getting their appointment illegally was taken by the West Bengal cabinet and ordered by the state education minister, Bratya Basu. Following this, Justice Gangopadhyay questioned how the state cabinet could take such a decision to accommodate ineligible can. didates appointed illegally "The state cabinet will have to announce that they are not in backing the illegal appointments and also withdraw the notification on May 19 for creation of additional teachers' appointments.” CONTD. ON P6 Chants of Pak Zindabad in Yatra kicks up row CM ORDERS probe; Congress alleges conspiracy by BJP OUR STAFF REPORTER BHOPAL The entry of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Madhya Pradesh has heated up politics in the state. The Bharatiya Janata party has alleged that there were chants of Pakistan Zindabad during the Yatra and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has ordered a probe into it. The BJP leaders have launched a scathing attack on the Congress through their tweets. According to reports, the video was from Khandwa. The BJP said that it was released from the Congress's tweeter account, but it was deleted. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh replied to the allegations, saying that the BJP was upset about the success of the Yatra, and this was the reason that the BJP had released a morphed video to defame the Yatra. Ramesh further said that legal action would be taken ASIAN TRIUMPH OVER EUROPEANS CONTINUES: IRAN BEAT WALES BAVLA Three persons were arrested for flying drones in restricted areas during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bavla, said police. The incident pertains to PM Modi's visit to Bavla in connection with the Gujarat polls during which three persons were doing video recording by drone camera from the main road near Sabha place. The entire area of two kilometres near the Sabha was notified as a "No drone flying zone", informed officials. The arrested accused have been identified as Nikul Rameshbhai Parmar Kalubhai Rakesh (24), Bharvad (35), and Rajeshkumar Mangilal Prajapati (20). "One police constable Anup Sinh Bharatsang of Branch, Crime Local Ahmedabad Rural, identified some persons operating a microdrone from the main road near the Sabha ground. CONTD. ON P6 First tilting trains by 2025-26: Rlys 100 VANDE BHARAT trains to use this technology ing considered the plaint, I am of the opinion that a prima facie case is made out and balance of convenience also lies in his favour," Justice Chawla stated in his order. The judge also noted that Bachchan is likely to suffer irreparable loss and harm and that some of the activities may even bring him to disrepute if the order is not passed. Senior lawyer Harish Salve, along with Ameet Naik and Pravin Anand, appeared for Bachchan in the High Court. "This landmark verdict will injuct any person from land, China, Germany and Romania. Explaining how such trains work, an official said as a train rounds a curve at speed, it cause objects to slide about. While it makes the seated passengers feel squashed by the armrest, standing passengers tend to lose their balance. "The design of the tilting trains counteract this," he said. CONTD. ON P6 Second controversy after Savarkar issue Rahul Gandhi's comments on Veer Savarkar kicked up a row in Maharashtra. The controversy deepened after chants of Pakistan Zindabad were raised during the Yatra. But Rahul Gandhi has yet to make any statement on the issue. against the BJP leaders and that the Congress was ready to deal with such issues. Chauhan said that those who had raised such slogans like would not be spared and he wanted to know whether the chants were meant for uniting India or for breaking the country "You have already . broken India; do you want break it again?" to Chauhan said. President of the BJP's state unit VD Sharma said that the Congress's mindset to break India had again cropped up. Minister Vishvas Sarang said that it was an issue of treason and that action would be taken against everyone. The members of "tukde, tukde gang" have been found in the Yatra, he said. Thieves steal train engine part by part from Bihar rly yard AGENCIES Muzaffarpur Iranian players celebrate the opening goal against Wales during the FIFA World Cup match in Qatar on Friday. The Asian nation beat their opponents 2-0. Earlier, Messi's Argentina lost to Saudi Arabia 2-1 and Japan upset Germany by the same margin on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively Ahead of winter session, all-party meeting on Dec 6 NEW DELHI: On behalf of the Central government, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi has called for an allparty meeting at 11 a.m. on December 6, a day before the start of the winter session of the Parliament. Floor leaders of all the political parties in both the Houses of Parliament have been invited for the meeting. In a letter to the leaders, Joshi urged them to cooperate for the smooth running of the winter session. According to sources, legislative works to be carried out in the upcoming session and other important issues will be discussed in the meeting. CONTD. ON P6 Minor’s rape: Bihar panchayat asks accused to do 5 sit-ups NAWADA: In a shocking incident that has come to light from Bihar's Nawada district, the panchayat allegedly let off a rape accused after ordering him to do sit-ups as punishment, police sources said. The local police informed that the accused was from the same village as the minor girl he allegedly raped. Sources said three days ago, a panchayat was convened in the matter and the panchayat chief or mukhiya, as the post is called locally, sentenced the accused youth to do situps 5 times as a punishment for the alleged rape. According to a statement issued by the local police, "A village panchayat was called and the matter set- tled after the youth accused of raping a minor girl was made to do five sit-ups." "A video purportedly showing the youth doing sit-ups went viral on social media," said an officer of the local police station. The viral video of the panchayat alledgedly settling the rape case by way of a light punishment for the accused drew outrage from netizens. "On the basis of the viral video, an FIR was registered on the order of the Nawada SP," the officer added. The SHO of the local police station said, "An FIR has been registered in the case and all angles are being looked into as part of the ongoing investigation." An entire diesel engine was stolen part by part from a railway yard in Bihar's Begusarai district, police said . on Friday The thieves dug a tunnel to the yard and started stealing parts, slowly doing away with the entire engine that was brought there for repairs, they said. "Last week, a case was registered at the Barauni police station for the theft of a diesel engine brought for repairs to the Garhara yard. In the course of the investigation, three people were arrested," said PS Dubey, the inspector of Railway Protection Force (RPF), Muzaffarpur. Based on the information given by them during interrogation, searches were conducted at a scrap godown in Prabhat Nagar area of Muzaffarpur district and 13 sacks full of train parts were found, he said. A search is on for the owner of the scrap godown, he added. Recovered items include engine parts, wheels of vintage train engines and railway parts made of heavy iron, he said. "They had dug a tunnel to the railway yard and through it, they used to carry the locomotive parts and other items in sacks," said . Dubey The gang is also involved in unbolting steel bridges and stealing their parts, he said. CONTD. ON P6