FREE PRESS - VOL. 12 NO. 223 | BHOPAL | MONDAY | JANUARY 23, 2023 | PAGES 12 Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE `3 QUALITY AT VALUE WEATHER 28.50c. 13.00c Sunrise : 07.09 Sunset : 06.07 10 killed in California shooting Rahul creating hatred among WWW.FREEPRESSJOURNAL.IN NATION WORRIED SRK RINGS ASSAM CM FOR 24X7 UPDATES MALE SHOOTER flees after killing at Chinese New Year Lunar party News Brief Walkar case: Police may file charge sheet by Jan-end NEW DELHI: Sources in the Delhi Police have said that they may file the charge sheet in the Shraddha Walkar murder case by the end of January. Walkar was killed by her live-in partner, Aftab Amin Poonawala in May last year. Poonawala was placed under arrest on November 12, 2023 and currently is in judicial custody.The police have tried to make the case watertight. They have collected all the possible evidence to make sure that Poonawala gets maximum punishment. Deshmukh bail: SC to hear appeal today NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Monday the CBI's appeal challenging the Bombay High Court order granting bail to former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in a corruption case. Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices V Ramasubramanian and JB Pardiwala would consider the plea of the probe agency against the high court's bail order. Narwal blasts: NIA reaches Jammu SRINAGAR: A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday reached Jammu to hold an investigation at the site of two explosions in the industrial area Narwal, wherein nine people got injured in the twin blast. Senior officials of the Army and Security Impact Analysis (SIA) teams reached the site of the incident on Saturday. LOS ANGELES: At least 10 people were killed, and another 10 injured, in a shooting on Saturday night in California's Monterey , Park city where thousands of people had gathered for the Lunar New Year festival, as per local police, reports said. The incident happened at around 10.20 p.m. local time on Saturday (11.50 a.m. on Sunday IST). Police vehicles block the street near a scene where a shooting took place in Monterey Park, California on Sunday "Last night, at approximately 22:22 (local time) officers from the Monterey Park police department responded to a local business (on) West Garvey Avenue in the city of Monterey Park regarding a shots fired call. "When officers arrived on scene they arrived numer- Judges' appointment: Rijiju shares video of HC judge saying SC 'hijacked Constitution' NEW DELHI Amid the ongoing row between the Centre and judiciary over appointment of judges, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday cited comments by a retired high court judge that the Supreme Court "hijacked" the Constitution by deciding to appoint judges itself - and said he considered former judge's view "sane". Rijiju also said that a majority of the people have similar sane views. Sharing the interview of former Delhi High Court judge, Justice R.S. Sodhi (retd), Rijiju tweeted: "Voice of a judge...Real beauty of Indian Democra- PM'S PAT ON THE BACK FOR CJI NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lauded CJI Chandrachud's recent comments on making Supreme Court judgments available in regional languages. The CJI had made the comments at an event in Mumbai. "At a recent function, the Hon'ble CJI Justice DY Chandrachud spoke of the need to work towards making SC judgm-ents available in regional languages. He also suggested the use of technology for it. This is a laudatory thought," Modi tweeted. cy is- it's success. People rule themselves through representatives. their representatives Elected represent the interests of the people & make laws. Our Judiciary is independent and our Constitution is Supreme". In an interview, Justice Sodhi said the right to frame laws lies with the Parliament and added that the Supreme Court cannot frame laws as it does not have the right to do so. Sodhi, speaking in Hindi, said: "Whether you can amend the Constitution? Only Parliament will amend the Constitution. But here I feel the Supreme Court for the first time 'hijacked' the Constitution." "After 'hijacking', they (the apex court) said that we will appoint (judges) ourselves and the government will have no role in it," he said. Sodhi also said high courts are not subservient to the Supreme Court but high court judges start looking at the Supreme Court and become subservient. CONTD. ON P6 MEN IN BLUE ARRIVE IN INDORE FOR THIRD ODI Morcha against 'love Jihad' in Pune PUNE: Various Hindutva bodies under the aegis of Sakal Hindu Samaj on Sunday took out a protest march in Maharashtra's Pune city against "love jihad", illegal conversions and cow slaughter. The 'Hindu Jan Akrosh Morcha' started at the historical Lal Mahal and culminated at the statue of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj in Deccan area, a distance of about 5 km. SC to hear pleas of Rana Ayyub summons NEW DELHI :The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday the petition of journalist Rana Ayyub challenging the summons issued to her by a special PMLA court in Ghaziabad in a money laundering case lodged against her by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).According to the list of business uploaded on the apex court website, Ayyub's petition is listed before a bench of Justices V Ramasubramanian and JB Pardiwala. New executive body of MP Cong announced Nath, Digvijaya in PAC, 50 vice-prezs, 105 gen secys, 64 DCC prezs OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in The AICC declared the new executive body of Mad. hya Pradesh on Sunday The body comprises 21 members in the Political Affairs Committee (pac), 50 vice presidents, 105 general secretaries and 64 District Congress Committee presidents. PAC comprises Kamal Nath, Digvijaya Singh, Govind Singh, Kantilal Bhuria, Suresh Pachori, Arun Yadav, Ajay Singh, Vivek Tankha, Raj Mani Pa- tel, Nakul Nath, Bala Bacchan, Jitu Patwari, Suren, dra Choudhary Ram Niwas Rawat, Narmad Prasad Prajapati, Sajjan Singh Verma, Arif Aqeel, Kamleshwar Patel, Manohar Joshi, Rameshwar Neekhra and Sobha Ozha. Vice Presidents are Abhay Dubey, Ajay Choradia, Ajay Shah, Ajeet Bajpayee Pandey, Archana Jaiswal, Ashok Singh, Ashutosh Verma, Balendu Shukla, Joshi, Shankar Batuk Chandra Prabhash Shekar, Deepak Saxena, Gajendra Singh Rajukhedi, Ganga Tiwari, Govind Goyal, Hamid Kazi, JP Dhanopia, Khizar Mohammad Qureshi, Lal Chand Gupta, CONTD. ON P6 Man who fled 5-star hotel without paying Rs 23L bill, held NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Sunday remanded a man arrested for allegedly staying at a five-star hotel here for about four months by posing as a functionary of the UAE royal family and fleeing with an outstanding bill of more than Rs 23 lakh in two days' . police custody Magistrate Shivangi Vyas sent Mahamed Sharif for custodial interrogation, noting that police had to recover certain articles from his residence in Delhi, which were allegedly stolen by him. Sharif checked into Leela Palace hotel on Aug 1 last year. He stayed in room number 427 for about 4 months and fled on Nov 20 with hotel valuables and without paying bills, the court told. CONTD. ON P6 'Houses made of cow dung not affected by atomic radiation' ONLINE REPORT A court in Gujarat has made some curious observations on cow slaughter while sentencing a man to life imprisonment for illegally transporting cattle. "All the problems of the earth will be solved if cow slaughter is stopped," legal news website Live Law quoted the Principal District Judge of Tapi district court as saying while passing the order. Samir Vinodchandra Vyas also said that "houses made of cow dung are not affected by atomic radiation" and use of gaumutra (cow urine) is a "cure for many incurable diseases". "Science has proved that houses made of cow dung are not affected by atomic radiation. The use of gaumutra [cow urine] is a cure for many incurable diseases," the judge claimed, adding religion is born out of a cow.There is no scientific basis for the claims made by the judge. The order, passed in November, also expressed dissatisfaction over the fact all the talk surrounding cow protection has not been put into practice, reported Bar and Bench. "Cow is not only an animal but a mother. A cow is the living planet of 68 crore holy places and 33 crore gods. The obligation of a cow on the entire universe defies description. CONTD. ON P6 BRANDS MUST BE PERSISTENT IN THE METAVERSE: RAJAT OJHA Pg-12 ous individuals Â- patrons of the location Â- pouring out of the location screaming. "The officers made entry to the location and located additional victims. The Monterey Park police (and) fire department responded to the scene and treated the injured and pronounced ten of the victims deceased at the scene," Captain Andrew Meyer of the LA Country Sheriff's department said, the BBC reported. "There were at least ten additional victims that were transported to numerous local hospitals and were listed in various conditions, from stable to critical," he added. CONTD. ON P6 3 charred to death as car catches fire after hitting tree perBILASPUR: Three sons were charred to death when their car caught fire after ramming into a tree in Bilaspur Chhattisgarh's district, police said on Sun. day The accident occurred at Khaira-Podi village between Ratanpur and Pendra road on Saturday night, Ratanpur-Kota sub divisional officer of police (SDOP) Ashish Arora said. A fire broke out in the car after it rammed into a tree on the side of the road. The victims could not get out of the vehicle and were charred to death, he said. The victims, whose skeletal remains were found inside the car, are yet to be identified, the official said. CONTD. ON P6 people to gain power: Rajnath Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and defence minister Rajnath Singh distributed free plots to 25,412 poor families under the Mukhya Mantri Awasiya Bhu-Adhikar Yojana in Singrauli on Sunday Singrauli-Rewa-Jabalpur industrial corridor will be built soon: CM OUR STAFF REPORTER Bhopal Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh minced no words in criticizing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and his 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' during a programme held in . Singrauli on Sunday Singh accused the Congress leader of creating hatred among people in order to regain power, and alleged that he (Rahul) was tarnishing country's image at international forums. The Union minister asked Rahul not to play with India's "prestige and pride". "I humbly want to say to Rahulji, don't spoil the image of India in the world by talking about hatred. You are creating hate by talking about it. You create hatred towards Modi and the BJP by going to the people. The whole world is getting the image that there is only hatred in India," he said. He also stated that in the recent clash with the PLA troops, our jawans did a "charismatic job" and dis. played their bravery He slammed the Congress party for questioning the valour of our jawans. Earlier, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Singh distributed free plots to 25,412 homeless poor families under the Mukhya Mantri Awasiya Bhu-Adhikar Yojana and Rs 135. 68 crore was transferred into the accounts of 6.78 lakh beneficiaries with a single click in Rewa division under the Mukhya Mantri Kisan-Kalyan Yojana. The CM said SingrauliRewa-Jabalpur industrial corridor will also be built soon. Along with the Medical College, the foundation stone of the Mining Engineering College is also being laid in Singrauli. Energy College will also be started along with Mining Engineering College, which will develop the skills of the local youths while also boosting the employment opportunities. The portal will be re-opened for the farmers who have been deprived of registration for the pur. chase of paddy A monthly amount of one thousand rupees will be given to the sisters of Baiga family of the district. The work on the Sidhi-Singrauli highway is progressing at a fast pace.