FREE PRESS - VOL. XXXIX NO. 220 | INDORE | SATURDAY | JANUARY 14, 2023 | PAGES 14 WWW.FREEPRESSJOURNAL.IN Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; EDIT JOSHIMATH CITY SANK 5.4 CM IN LAST 12 DAYS AYODHYA: Construction of the Ram temple here has reached the halfway stage and the sanctum sanctorum will be ready to place the idol by next year's 'Makar Sankranti', Ram Mandir Trust Secretary Champat Rai said on Friday. The sanctum sanctorum has been designed in such a way that the rays of the rising sun fall on the idol's forehead, he said. Parl Budget session from January 31 NEW DELHI: The budget session of Parliament will begin on January 31 and continue till April 6, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi announced on Friday. The session will have 27 sittings spread over 66 days with usual recess from February 14 till March 12 to enable the sittings of the department-related standing committees. ICICI case: Dhoot says arrest unnecessary MUMBAI: The lawyer of Videocon Group promoter Venugopal Dhoot on Friday argued before the Bombay HC that the industrialist's arrest in the ICICI Bank loan fraud case was unwarranted as he was cooperating with probe. Maoists trigger IED blasts in J'khand CHAIBASA: The CPI (Maoists) on Friday triggered threeIED blasts in Jharkhand's West Singbhum district when security forces were carrying out search operations but nobody was injured in the explosions, a senior police officer said.SP Ashutosh Shekhar said the security forces were carrying out search operations in Tumbahaka forest when the IEDs exploded. Voice of Global South forum doesn't dilute NAM: FS Kwatra NEW DELHI: Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra on Friday said the Voice of the Global South forum did not dilute India's engagement with the initiatives such as the Non Aligned Movement and the G-77 and captured the concerns of developing nations in a purposeful and meaningful way. KANJHAWALA CASE 11 COPS SUSPENDED FOR NEGLIGENCE On the NEW DELHI: Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recommendation, the Delhi Police on Friday suspended 11 police personnel for their alleged negligence while being on duty, when the gruesome accident occurred in the city's Kanjhawala on January 1. The case pertains to the gruesome January 1 incident in which 20-year-old Anjali Singh, who was riding a scooter, was found dead on the street after being allegedly hit and dragged for several kilometres by a car driven by five youths in Outer Delhi's Khanjawala area. "As approved by the competent au, thority a total of 11 Policemen of Rohini District deployed enroute at PCRs and pickets have been suspended," the , Delhi Police said. Notably among the suspended police personnel, five were on two pickets and six personnel were on three PCRs who have been suspended. CONTD. ON P6 CITY HAD SUNK 8.9CM between April & November 2022 due to slow land subsidence AGENCIES Chennai/Dehradun Satellite images released by ISRO's National Remote Sensing Centre on Friday show that Uttarakhand's Joshimath witnessed a rapid sinking of 5.4cm in just 12 days - between 27 December 2022 and 8 January 2023. The quick subsidence stands in contrast to the slow-paced sinking of the area that was recorded between April and November 2022. According the government to agency's report, during these seven months, Joshimath sank up to just nine centimetres. The report also added that rapid subsidence occurred in the central part . of the city "Crown of the subsidence is located near Joshimath-Auli road at a height of 2180 m", it mentioned. The images and report have come just days after cracks appeared in many roads and hundreds of houses in the city, which has now been declared as a landslide and subsidence-hit zone by the authorities. So far, a total of 168 families have evacuated to temporary relief centres. Subsidence is the "sinking of the ground because of underground material movement", according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It can happen for a host of reasons, man- WORRYING FACTORS DEMOLITION OF MALARI INN, HOTEL MOUNT VIEW BEGINS The demolition work of Hotel Mount View and Malari Inn, which were identified as 'unsafe' in Joshimath, started on Thursday afternoon. The electricity poles installed outside the hotels were removed by cranes on Friday morning. The new transformer has been shifted near the police station. KARNAPRAYAG: AUTHORITIES ORDER EVACUATION KARNAPRAYAG: The authorities have ordered evacuation of residents of Bahuguna Nagar to safer places as panic gripped the people after many houses developed cracks. The latest crisis comes close to the heels of subsidence of land in Joshimath. Apart from Bahuguna Nagar, several houses in the Upper Bazar ward of the town are also at risk. Satellite images show that the Joshimath-Auli road is also going to collapse due to the land subsidence. Crown of the subsidence is located near JoshimathAuli road at a height of 2180 m. Joshimath city has been built on ancient landslide material - meaning it rests on a deposit of sand and stone, not rock, which doesn't have a high loadbearing capacity Lack of a proper drainage system could also have contributed to the sinking of the area. The accumulated water seeps into the rocks below, softening them Reports have pointed out that subsidence in Joshimath might have been triggered by the reactivation of a geographic fault - defined as a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock - where the Indian Plate has pushed under the Eurasian Plate along the Himalayas. WHAT IS SUBSIDENCE According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Subsidence is the "sinking of the ground because of underground material movement. The US-based agency's website said that this phenomenon can "happen over very large areas like whole states or provinces, or very small areas like the corner of your yard made or natural, such as the removal of water, oil, or natural resources, along with mining activities. Earthquakes, soil erosion, and soil compaction are also some of the wellknown causes of subsidence. The US-based agency's website said that this phenomenon can "happen over very large areas like whole states or provinces, or very small areas like the corner of your yard." The exact reason behind the land subsidence in Can Muslim girl marry man of her choice after puberty? OUR BUREAU NEW DELHI The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights' plea against the Punjab and Haryana High Court order that a Muslim girl can marry a person of her choice after attaining puber. ty A Bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha issued notice to the governHaryana ment and appointed senior advocate Rajsekhar Rao as an amicus curiae in the matter to assist the court. It held that the High Court judgment held as valid a HATE SPEECHES IN DELHI: SC SEEKS REPORT IN 2 WEEKS No palpable progress has been made by Delhi Police in investigation into cases of hate speeches made at religious assemblies in the National Capital in 2021, the Supreme Court noted on Friday while seeking a report within two weeks from the police officer probing the matters. The incident pertained to December, 2021 and the FIR in the case was lodged on May 4, last year, the top court said, adding, “Why do you need five months for lodging an FIR? How many arrests have been made?" A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha asked Muslim girl aged 15 years can enter into a legal and valid marriage as per the personal Muslim law, should not be relied on as a precedent in any other case. "We are inclined to entertain these writ petitions. Issue notice. Pending further orders, impugned judgment of the High Could shall not be relied upon as precedent," the Bench ruled. Solicitor general Tushar Mehta submitted that the Muslim girls who are 14, 15 and 16 years old are getting married. Can you plead custom or personal law as defence against a criminal offence, he asked. CONTD. ON P6 A man who used abusive language against Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan during the agitation of Karni Sena fell into the hands of Piplani police, Bhopal. The cops picked him from Haryana on Fri. day Prime Minister Modi flags off world's longest cruise Ganga Vilas, terms it 'amalgam' of ancient and modern Nevertheless, the Karni Sena said they had no connection with the arrested man. A four-day agitation, organised by Karni Sena in Bhopal, began on January 8 and concluded on January 11. The protesters were pressing for their 21-point charter of demands. During the agitation, a Sena member Okendra Rana, used abusive words Minister against Chief Chouhan and uploaded his statement on his social media account. The accused, however, said he was not scared of any punishment and that a first information report (FIR) against him would be just like a reward. Sunrise : 07.09 Sunset : 06.01 NEET-PG 2023 Cut-off date extended but MP students still out Govt to build replica of PoK’s Shardapeeth in Omkareshwar OUR STAFF REPORTER City.bhopal@fpj.co.in National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), New Delhi, has extended cut-off date for NEET-PG 2023 from March 31 to June 30. But still MP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Telangana state medical students are out as they will not be able to appear in the NEET PG 2023. There are 1500 students to appear NEET PG 2023. MP's medical students' internship will be completed by July 31, so they had demanded cut-off date of July 31 or beyond it. Even Madhya Pradesh VishAyurvigyan wavidyalaya (Medical Science University), Jabalpur, had requested Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) for extension of examination as well as cutoff date. University had also mentioned that internship of MP medical students will be completed by July 31. As per the new circular is, sued on Friday the last date for submission of online applications is 27th January 2023 (Till 11:55 PM). CONTD. ON P6 KASHMIRI PANDITS venerate this temple NITENDRA SHARMA BHOPAL The MP government which is building religious places is going to undertake a major work towards this direction. The state government is ready to build the replica of Shardapeeth Temple in Omkareshwar. well-known The Shardapeedh Temple is in Kashmir Pak-occupied (PoK). The Kashmiri Pandits venerate the Shardapeeth where Adi Temple Shankaracharya also undertook penance. He also took part in a debate on religion at the temple. The Hindus revere this temple which is associated with the culture and heritage of Kashmir. WORLD CUP: INDIA SINK SPANISH ARMADA Joshimath is still unknown, but experts suggest that it might have been caused by unplanned construction, overpopulation, obstruction of the natural flow of water, and hydel power activities. CONTD. ON P6 British Airways staff held for making hoax bomb call to Spicejet NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Friday said that they have arrested a trainee ticketing agent of British Airways for allegedly a hoax bomb call to Spicejet call centre for Pune bound Delhi flight. The accused, identified as Abhinav Prakash (24), is a resident of Sector 22 Dwar, ka. On Thursday the Spicejet call center received a call regarding a bomb in a Spicejet flight from Delhi before takeoff at 09.30 pm. The information was immediately escalated to the CISF control room and was further transferred to IGI Airport PS. Keeping in view gravity, the security agencies swung into action and a coordination meeting of all stakeholders was organized as the bomb threat was specific. CONTD. ON P6 Karni Sena member accused of using abusive words against CM held OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in 27.00c. 12.20c CELEBRATING 365 DAYS Pg-14 WARNING FROM JOSHIMATH NRSC STUDYING THE PHENOMENON WITH ISRO’S SATELLITE IMAGES Construction of Ram temple at halfway point: Trust secy WEATHER EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE FOR 24X7 UPDATES News Brief `3 QUALITY AT VALUE RNI No. 38281/83 Police station in-charge, Ajay Nair, said the police had registered a case against him under sections 294, 153-A and 34 of the IPC. The police left for Haryana on Thursday morning and arrested him from his residence in the Bhiwani area of Haryana at night. He will be brought to Bhopal. CONTD. ON P6 Hardik Singh (8) celebrates with Manpreet Singh (7) after scoring a goal against Spain in FIH Men’s World Cup 2023, in Rourkela on Friday. India won by 2-0. Shirdi-bound bus collides with truck in Nashik; 10 killed AGENCIES Mumbai/Nashik At least 10 persons were killed and at least 22 others injured - most of them workers of a packaging firm and their families after a private tourist bus on way to the temple town of Shirdi collided with a truck in Maharashtra's Nashik district on Friday morning, police officials said. The impact of the crash was so powerful that both the vehicles were completely wrecked. While the front cabin of the truck was a mangled heap, the bus was virtually cut open along one side and reduced to a shell. The centre for Advaita Vedanta and a statue of Shankaracharya are being built at Omkerashwar. They will come up on 85 acres for which a sum of Rs 2,141 crore is being spent. The Shardapeeth Temple is made of wood. Although there are plans to use modern technology to strengthen the temple at Omkareshwar, woods will be used to make it look like the original Shardapeeth Temple. It is happening for the first time in the country that a replica of Sharda Temple at PoK is being built somewhere. A design has been made on the grounds of the old of the pictures Shardapeeth Temple. The construction is going to start soon. CONTD. ON P6 CBI gets prosecution sanction against Lalu in land for job case NEW DELHI: The CBI has got the prosecution sanction from the MHA against former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad in connection with a case related to land for job scam. An official said the CBI furnished the prosecution sanction letter before the concerned court. The CBI had in October last year in its chargesheet named 16 accused including Lalu Prasad, his wife, daughter, then GM of Central Railways, then CPO, and private persons in the matter. The CBI had said that during the investigation, it has been found that the accused in conspiracy with the then GM Central Railways and CPO, Central Railways engaged persons as substitutes in lieu of land either in their name or in the name of their close relatives. CONTD. ON P6 AIR INDIA PEE-GATE CASE Woman urinated on her own seat, accused tells court NEW DELHI : Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on a woman on board an Air India Flight from New York to New Delhi flight on Friday told a Delhi Court that he did not commit the offence and submitted that the complainant herself could have peed on her own seat. The accused through senior lawyer Ramesh Gupta com"The submitted, plainant woman's seat was blocked. It wasn't possible for him (Mishra) to go there. The woman has a problem of incontinence. She urinated on herself. She is a Kathak dancer, 80 per cent of kathak dancers have this issue." Raising questions over the Delhi Police investigation, senior advocate Ramesh Gupta submitted that there must be someone else. "She herself urinated. The seating system was such that no one could go to her seat. The passenger sitting behind the complainant did not make any such complaint," he added. On this, Additional Sessions Judge Harjyot Singh Bhalla observed that "It is not impossible to go from one side of the flight to the other. , Sorry but I have travelled as well. Anybody from any row can come around and go to any seat." CONTD. ON P6 'India has everything you can imagine & much more than what you can imagine' VARANASI Prime Minister Narendra , Modi, on Friday flagged off the MV Ganga Vilas, the river longest world's cruise. He termed it an "amalgam" of the modern and the ancient and said that the cruise would open new vistas for tourists from across the world. Addressing the function , virtually the Prime Minister said that the cruise will Cruise ride to cost Rs 50-55L/person People aboard the world's longest river cruise MV Ganga Vilas after it was flagged off by PM Narendra Modi in Varanasi, on Friday bring several tourist destinations on the world map and give a never-before ex- perience to tourists who can savour the food, culture, religious diversity Vegetarian Indian cuisine, assorted non-alcoholic beverages, a spa and doctors on call are some of the features of the world's longest luxury river cruise MV Ganga Vilas. The 51day luxury journey covering five Indian states, and Bangladesh will cost Rs 50-55 lakh per passenger. and natural resources of . the country "India has everything you can imagine and much more than what you can imagine. India can only be experienced," he said. The Prime Minister said that this cruise will pave the way for more such cruises on budget and luxury categories. He said that there is a need to encourage water transport since this will also ensure a boost to the economy and offer self- employment opportunities for the youth. He said that the Ganga was not a mere river but a part of Indian heritage. Welcoming international tourists who will travel on the inaugural cruise, he hoped that they would have a lifetime experience. Meanwhile, a government spokesman said that the cruise will travel 3,200 km in 51 days. This five-star moving hotel has 18 suites with the capacity of 36 tourists. CONTD. ON P6