FREE PRESS The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms VOL. XXXX NO. 99 | INDORE | SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 16, 2023 | PAGES 14 `3 - r Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; INDORE DRENCHED, SCHOOLS CLOSED EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE EDIT 'ROHIT SHARMA ALWAYS HAD A FIGHTING SPIRIT' Pg-12 WHEN OPPOSITION CRIES ‘ENOUGH!’ ORANGE ALERT of heavy to very heavy rain for Indore & Ujjain OUR STAFF REPORTER BHOPAL/Narmadapuram Heavy rains that began in afternoon continued till the filing of the report on Friday . The intensity could be gauged from the fact that the city had already recorded 3inch by midnight leaving many parts of the city marooned and drenched. Following weatherman’s orange alert for heavy and very heavy rain, Indore district administration announced closer of all schools on Saturday . On Friday evening, district collector Ilayaraja T issued the order declaring that all government and private schools would remain closed on Saturday as the weather department has warned of heavy rain in the in the district. Weatherman issued RED ALERT for torrential rains in districts like Chhindwara, Seoni, Raisen, Naramadapuram, Betul, Harda, Burhanpur, and Khargone. ORANGE ALERT for heavy to very heavy rain has been issued in districts like Jabalpur, Narsinghpur, Mandla, Balaghat, Sagar, Tikamgarh, Niwari, Vidisha, Sehore, Bhopal, Rajgarh, Khandwa, Badwani, Alirajpur, Jhabua, Dhar, Indore, Ratlam, Ujjain, Dewas, Shajapur, Mandsaur and Agar. CONTD. ON P6 By late Friday night the entire city was waterlogged and marooned. Rainwater made driving a Herculean task slowing down traffic movement Providential escape for ex-minister's son, friend SWEPT AWAY in Choral but rescued by villagers OUR STAFF REPORTER city.indore@fpj.co.in Former minister and current MLA Ranjana Baghel's son and his friend were swept away along with their vehicle in the swift fast current of Choral in Simrol following heavy rains on Friday night. Villagers later managed to Yashwardhan, son rescue both of Ranjana Baghel of them. SP (rural) Sunil Kumar Mehta said that the incident took place at Ratbi farmhouse in INDIA seat-sharing: Question mark still lies over Bengal ONLINE REPORT NEW DELHI News Brief India OKs 12 Su-MKI at Rs 11K-crore NEW DELHI: The Defence Ministry on Friday approved the proposal for the procurement of 12 Su30MKIs for the IAF which would be manufactured in India by HAL. The Rs 11,000 crores project would include the aircraft and related ground systems. The aircraft would include more than 60 per cent indigenous content as per the require-ment. These would be the modern Su-30 MKI aircraft of the IAF equipped with multiple Indian weapons and sensors, the Defence officials said. CWC meet in Hyd NEW DELHI: Ahead of a 2day meeting of Congress Working Committee (CWC) in Hyderabad, party gen secy K C Venugopal exuded confidence that the party will win all Assembly elections in 5 states this year, including T elangana. He said that the first CWC meeting after its constitution will be held in Hyderabad on Saturday. FP PHOTO The INDIA alliance is moving closer to a national seatsharing agreement amenable to all 28 members of the bloc, sources said as the clock ticks down to one of the most crucial elections in the country's history A final decision is likely . by the end of this month. The push to conclude these talks as early as possible come from concerns the BJP may try to preempt the Opposition's efforts at unification by calling for an early election. A deal - between over two dozen parties that have squabbled, made-up and squabbled again with each other over the past several elections - has been a big talking point since the bloc was formed. The focus will be on 'one- on-one' contests, i.e., picking one INDIA candidate from the party with the best chance of defeating the BJP - for each seat, and counting on the others' full support on the campaign trail. The idea is simple - stem the di- Focus will be on 'one-onone' contests, i.e., picking one INDIA candidate from the party with the best chance of defeating BJP- for each seat and counting on others' full support on the campaign vision, or fracturing, of votes. In some states agreements may be easy - for example in Maharashtra, where Congress, NCP and Shiv Sena UBT are already allies. CONTD. ON P6 Utiyedi village under Simrol police station on Friday night. He said that former minister Ranjana Baghel's son Yashwardhan along with his friend Tejas had gone to his cousin's farmhouse. They were travelling in Mahindra Thar vehicle. Owing to incessant rain, Choral's water level rose suddenly and swept away their vehicle. CONTD. ON P6 Infosys only Indian firm on TIME World's 100 best Cos list T giant Infosys Ltd is Ionly place incompanythe Indian to find a the top 100 list of the World's Best Companies of 2023, compiled by TIME Magazine and online data platform Statista. Infosys was placed at the 64th spot in a list that was topped by tech companies like Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet (the company that owns Google) and Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook). TIME and Statista named a total of 750 companies changing the world in a new statistical ranking, throwing some light on the world economic order. The rankings were based on a formula of revenue growth, employee satisfaction surveys, and rigorous environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG, or sustainability) data. CONTD. ON P6 CJI HINTS AT DATA, DOSSIER-BASED JUDGE SELECTION ONLINE REPORT / NEW DELHI Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Friday said that the process of appointment of judges to the high court and the Supreme Court will become more transparent and objective parameters will be laid down. ‘‘The idea is to make the process of making appointments more transparent. Not by sharing our discussions in the public realm, which we obviously cannot do. But by laying down objective parameters for selection to the Supreme Court and High Courts,” he said. CONTD. ON P6 False statement in article no offence Making false statements in an article, by itself, is not an offence under Section 153A of the IPC, the SC said on Friday. The top court’s comment comes in the wake of a petition challenging the FIRs that were lodged against Editors Guild of India members over a report on the ethnic violence that has plagued Manipur. Earth electrons forming water on Moon team of has A analyzed scientists, which data remote sensing from Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission, has found that high energy electrons from the Earth may be forming water on the Moon. The team led by researchers from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa in the US discovered that these electrons in Earth's plasma sheet are contributing to weathering processes -breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals -- on the Moon's surface. The research, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, found that the electrons may have aided the forma- CHANDRAYAAN-1 DATA SUGGESTS tion of water on the lunar body . Knowing the concentration and distribution of water on the Moon is critical to understanding its formation and evolution, and to providing water resources for future human exploration, the researchers said. The new finding may also help explain the origin of the water ice previously discovered in the permanently shaded regions of the Moon, they said. Chandrayaan-1 played a crucial role in the discovery of water molecules on the Moon. Solar wind, which is composed of high energy particles such as protons, bombards the lunar surface and is thought to be one of the primary ways in which water has been formed on the Moon. CONTD. ON P6 r RNI No. 38281/83 QUALITY AT VALUE WEATHER FP 25.60c. 22.60c Sunrise : 06.13 Sunset : 06.32 FPJ: www.freepressjournal.in for 24x7 updates TROLLING DAD Pg-14 SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE Haryana minister Sandeep Singh gets anticipatory bail RAJESH MOUDGIL Chandigarh: A Chandigarh court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to the Haryana minister Sandeep Singh in an alleged molestation case registered against him last year on the complaint of a woman junior athletics coach. The court also directed the minister to furnish bail bonds amounting to Rs 1 lakh with one surety before the court of additional chief judicial magistrate, Chandigarh, in the next 10 days. A former captain of the Indian hockey team, Singh, 37, was booked by the Chandigarh police on December 31, 2022, on the complaint of a junior woman coach. CONTD. ON P6 ED conducts searches linked to Mahadev App in Bhopal OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in In a major crackdown, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has unearthed a case of embezzlement of crores through illegal betting website and seized Rs 417 crore from the accused. During investigation, the ED conducted searches against the money laundering network linked to Mahadev App in Kolkata, Bhopal, Mumbai and seized a large amount of money along with incriminating documents. In Bhopal, the ED conducted searches on M/s Rapid Travels of Dheeraj Ahuja and Vishal Ahuja. This entity was responsible for ticketing operations of Mahadev App promot- PROMOTERS RUNNING BUSINESS FROM DUBAI ED's investigation into the matter has revealed that Sourabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal of Bhilai are the main promoters of Mahadev Online Book and are running their operations from Dubai. In February 2023, Sourabh got married at RAK, UAE and for this marriage ceremony, the promoters of Mahadev App spent around Rs 200 crore in cash. Private jets were hired to ferry family members from Nagpur to the UAE. Celebrities were hired to perform in the marriage. Wedding planners, dancers, decorators etc were hired from Mumbai and hawala channels were used to make payments. The recent searches were made in connection to the marriage and its payment. ers, family, business associates and even for the celebrities who were endorsing betting websites like fairplay.com, reddy anna App & Mahadev App. According to officials, the illicit cash earnings from the betting panels were cleverly deposited by Ahuja brothers with main ticket INDIA against Hindus, Sanatan: Nirmala ONLINE REPORT/ NEW DELHI The DMK and Opposition alliance INDIA are against Hindus and Sanatan Dharma, said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday She flayed the . provocative comments made by DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin, who blamed Sanatan Dharma for promoting division and discrimination among people and said it should be eradicated. Targetting the Congress directly, Sitharaman claimed that the grand old party supports groups that want to "break India". The minister's party colleagues have also recently singled out Congress, specifically its top leader Sonia Gandhi, even though the party had promptly distanced itself from the DMK leader's remarks. "The minister openly said it's a protest not against Sanatana Dharma, but to eradicate Sanatana Dharma," Sitharaman asserted and claimed no constituent of the INDIA bloc has condemned the remarks. CONTD. ON P6 providers, and the wallet balance was used to book domestic & international tickets. M/s Rapid Travels was involved in making travel arrangements for most events of Mahadev group including the annual star-studded events organized in the UAE in September. Ramcharitmanas like potassium cyanide, says Bihar minister PATNA: Education Minister in the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government, Chandra Shekhar, has stoked a fresh controversy by drawing a parallel between pernicious 'potassium cyanide' and ancient scriptures like the Ramcharitmanas. Chandra Shekhar of RJD made the remarks while addressing an event on the occasion of Hindi Diwas on Thursday, the video of which went viral on social media. “It is not just my view but even great Hindi writer Nagarjuna and socialist Ram Manohar Lohia have said that the Ramcharitmanas contains many regressive thoughts. There are many great things in scriptures, but if at a feast 55 dishes are served with a sprinkling of potassium cyanide, the food is rendered unfit for consumption, will you eat it? So my objection is there and will be there for the rest of my life.,” asserted the Minister. CONTD. ON P6