FREE PRESS - VOL. 12 NO. 206 | BHOPAL | FRIDAY | JANUARY 6, 2023 | PAGES 14 WWW.FREEPRESSJOURNAL.IN FOR 24X7 UPDATES Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE SPORTS ODISHA CM ANNOUNCES RS 1 CR FOR EACH PLAYER CBFC DEMANDS CHANGES IN PATHAAN Pg-14 Nowgaon freezes at 2.8 C; Datia shivers at 3.8 0 COLD WAVE CONTINUES; MERCURY TO DROP FURTHER FOG ENVELOPS CITY, MIN TEMP AT 7.4 CELSIUS CITIES Nowgaon Datia Khajuraho Gwalior Guna Rajgarh Ratlam Raisen Sagar Satna OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in Cold wave continued to paralyse normal life in the state capital on Thursday . No respite is likely for the next couple of days from cold wave and dense fog, according to meteorological department officials. Besides, fog enveloped Bhopal in the morning hours. Visibility was 50 metre to 200 metre in Bhopal. Vehicles switched on headlights to negotiate traffic as RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 People enjoy bonfire in the city on Thursday TEMP (deg/Cel) 2.8 3.5 4.0 4.4 5.2 5.4 6.2 6.4 6.4 6.8 . there was poor visibility Wind which blew, enhanced chill in atmosphere. Bhopal recorded a maximum temperature of 19.8 degrees Celsius while it recorded a minimum temperature of 7.4 degrees Celsius. Indore recorded a maximum City schools closed from Jan 6 to 10 Collector Avinash Lawnia has declared holidays from January 6 to January 10 for students of standard nursery to standard 8 due to cold wave. Order is effective immediately in all government as well as private schools in the district. Previously, collector had changed the timings of schools to 9:30am due to biting cold after district in-charge minister Bhupendra Singh's instructions. temperature of 19.2 degrees Celsius while it recorded a minimum of 8.4 degrees Celsius. CONTD. ON P6 Chinese manjha sellers will be tried under NSA: Home minister OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in If anyone selling Chinese manjha will be charged under the National Security Act (NSA),said Home Minister Narottam Mishra on . Thursday He said in Ujjain six-yearold Sahiba's throat was slit by Chinese manjha when she was returning from school with her father on a bike. Later, house of a Chinese manjha wholesaler was demolished in the holy . city The minister added that the police would take strict action against those who sell the manjha. CONTD. ON P6 Ram Mandir to be ready by Jan 1 Top Tihar officials accuse Jain next year ahead of LS polls: Shah of intimidation, lodge complaint SABROOM (Tripura) News Brief Gyanvapi panel asked to file Reply on 'Shivling' worship VARANASI: A fast-track court hearing a plea seeking right to worship purported 'Shivling' in the Gyanvapi complex on Thursday asked the mosque committee, the district administration and the Vishwanath Temple Trust to file their reply on January 21. In November last year, the court had rejected the Gyanvapi Masjid committee's objection to the petition. Pak intruder shot by BSF in Punjab AMRITSAR: An armed Pakistani intruder who was shot dead by the BSF in the Ajnala Sector along the India-Pakistan international border in Punjab has been identified, an official said on Thursday.The intruder, shot dead on Tuesday, was found armed with a sophisticated modified 'Pump Action' shotgun. US provided $60mn aid to Pak in 2022 ISLAMABAD: The United States provided about USD 60 million in humanitarian assistance for Afghan refugees in Pakistan and Pakistani host communities during 2022, the US ambassador said on Thursday."In Fiscal Year 2022 alone, the US provided nearly $60 million in assistance to the refugees and their host communities,” the US embassy here said WB governor gets Z-plus security KOLKATA: The Central government on Wednesday accorded Z plus category security to Governor CV Ananda Bose.According to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), approximately 25 to 35 commandos will cover Bose in shifts and also that CRPF across the country will cover Bose. The MHA also said that due to the threat perception on the VIPs from the Intelligence agency Bose’s security has been increased. NEW DELHI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday announced the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya will be ready by January 1, 2024, the year the Lok Sabha elections will be held. This is being seen by BJP's political opponents as an indication that Ram Mandir, a plank raked up by the saffron camp since 1990 when BJP leader L K Advani started out on a Rath Yatra to focus on the issue, may again be one of the cornerstones of the saffron party's campaign in the next general election. "Rahul baba, listen from Sabroom that a mammoth Ram Mandir will be ready on January 1, 2024," he said attacking Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who is in the midst of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, a 3500 kilometres long march from Kanyaku- Top officials of Tihar Jail here have accused jailed Delhi minister and AAP leader Satyendar Jain of "threat and intimidation" and lodged complaint a against him with the Director-Gen(Prisons), eral sources said on . Thursday There was no immediate reaction available from the Delhi . government or the AAP Jain has been lodged in Tihar Jail since his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case in Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha and BJP MP Biplab Deb during a rally at Sabroom in South Tripura district, on Thursday mari to Kashmir. Secretary of Ram Mandir Trust Champat Rai and chief priest of Ram Janmabhoomi temple Acharya Satyendra Das had come out with separate statements appreciating Gandhi for the Bharat Jodo Yatra earlier this week. Advani's Rath Yatra was Quake of 5.9 magnitude jolts Afghanistan NEW DELHI: An earthquake of 5.9 magnitude jolted Afghanistan on Thursday and strong tremors were felt in Delhi and surrounding areas. There was no immediate report of any injury to anyone . or damage to any property The earthquake hit the Hindu Kush Region of Afghanistan around 7:55 pm. The epicentre was 79 km south of Fayzabad in Afghanistan at a depth of 200 km. This was the second time in a week that Delhi was jolted by an earthquake. On January 1, an earthquake of magnitude 3.8 struck Jhajjar in Haryana and tremors were felt in Delhi and surrounding areas. Tremors felt in New Delhi believed a major factor in the rise of the BJP in the 1990s which had been politically hit by both the advent of Rajiv Gandhi in 1984 and the Mandal Commission award in the late 1980s which saw regional espousing the parties cause of OBCs gaining strength. CONTD. ON P6 Benedict XVI buried in Vatican grotto VATICAN CITY: The Vatican says the remains of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI have been interred in a tomb in the grottoes under the main floor of St. Peter's Basilica. Benedict's body was put into a space left after the Vatican moved the remains of his predecessor, John Paul II, to the main floor to reflect John Paul's sainthood. Centre stays all tourism, eco-tourism activities at Sammed Shikharji NEW DELHI The Centre on Thursday stayed all tourism and ecotourism activities at the Parasnath Hill in Jharkhand's Giridih district, where Sammed Shikharji, one of the holiest pilgrimage sites for Jains, is located. Accordingly the Ministry , of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has directed the Jharkhand government to strictly enforce the relevant provisions of the management plan for the Parasnath Wildlife Sanctuary that specifically prohibit damage to flora or fauna; coming with pets; playing loud music or use of loudspeakers; defiling religious and cultural significance such as sacred monuments, lakes, rocks, caves, and shrines; sale of liquor, drugs, and other intoxicants etc.; and unauthorised camping and trekking, among others. The move came after the ministry over the last few days received several representations from different organisations representing the Jain Samaj about the issues related to certain activities taking place in the Parasnath Wildlife Sanctuary, which adversely affected the sentiments of the followers of Jainism. The grievances included faulty implementation of the provisions of the notification declaring Parasnath Wildlife Sanctuary as an Eco Sensitive Zone by the Jharkhand government. It has been said that such negligence by the state authorities has hurt the sentiments of the Jain community . In this regard, a meeting was convened by Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav with different representatives of the Jain community for discussing the entire issue and also to come out with a possible solution. CONTD. ON P6 Harry recounts how William assaulted him, called Meghan 'rude' I n revelations that could rock Britain's royal family, Prince Harry, in his highly anticipated autobi- BATTLE ROYALE ography, 'Spare', says he was physically attacked by his brother, William, now Prince of Wales, as their relationship fell apart over the younger prince's mar- riage to the American actor, Meghan Markle, reports 'The Guardian' newspaper, after seeing excerpts from an advance copy of the book. Describing a confrontation at his London home in 2019, Harry, the Duke of Sussex, says William called Meghan "difficult", "rude" and "abrasive", which Harry calls a "parrot[ing of] the press narrative" about his 'The wife, American Guardian' notes. The confrontation escalated, in Harry's words, until William "grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and ... knocked me to the floor". Harry and Meghan now live in California, and have been constantly em, barrassing the royal family first with their interview with Oprah Winfrey and then in their Netflix series. In both instances, they suggested that the royal family was not only racist, but also orchestrated the barrage of negative media stories on Meghan, which they cited as the main reason for them to move out of Buckingham Palace and then go to America. CONTD. ON P6 . May Purported videos of him getting massages and meeting visitors inside the jail had created a furore, with the opposition demanding his removal from Cabinet. Sources said the Additional Inspector General - Prisons (Tihar Jail), Suof perintendent Jail No. 07 (SCJ-7), Deputy Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent and the Law Officer complained to the Director-General (Prisons) that Jain had been "abusing them and threatening them with dire consequences once he gets out of the prison". `3 QUALITY AT VALUE WEATHER 21.60c. 07.30c Sunrise : 07.08 Sunset : 05.55 Friends of MP set to dominate Pravasi Bharatiya Sammelan THEY WILL hold talks with PM, CM and EAM OUR STAFF REPORTER Bhopal 'Friends of MP' is all set to tower over others at the Pravasi Bharatiya Sammelan in Indore. As many as 500 Friends of MP are taking part in the NRI meet. Of them, six chapter leaders have been invited to have lunch with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Some of them have been invited to a dinner with Foreign Minister S Jaishanker Prasad. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has invited the Friends of MP to a dinner on the eve of Pravasi Bharatiya Sammelan. 'Friends of MP' was formed during Chouhan's US visit in 2016. The non-resident Indians from MP have been in touch with the state government since 2016. The 'Friends of MP' are coming from UAE, US, UK, South Africa, Singapore, the Netherlands and Switzerland. CMD of LT Foods Ltd, Vijay Kumar Arora, Deputy Mayor of London and president of the Friends of MP (London Chapter) Rajesh Agarwal, president of Friends of MP (Boston Chapter) Pramit Makode, coordinator of Friends of MP (UAE Chapter) Jitendra Vaidh, president of MP Friends (New York Chapter) Jitendra Muchhal and The concept of Friends of MP is to bring investments to MP so that the non-resident Indians may cooperate with the govt in development. The govt has benefited from it. president of Friends of MP (South Africa Chapter) Alankar Malviya have been invited to a lunch with the Prime Minister. Twenty-one Friends of MP will take part in the dinner to be hosted by the Foreign Minister. The state government will make efforts to get investments in Madhya Pradesh through those Friends of MP during the conference. According to Chouhan, the concept of Friends of MP was to bring investments in MP so that the non-resident Indians may cooperate with the government in development. The government has benefited from it, he said, adding that the Friends of MP helped the state during the pandemic. Foreign investments will be invited to the state through Pravasi Bharatiya Sammelan and through GIS.