FREE PRESS The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms VOL. XXXX NO. 155 | INDORE | SATURDAY | NOVEMBER 11, 2023 | PAGES 18 `3 - EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE EDIT NITISH'S FOOD BEING SPIKED BY THOSE COVETING HIS CHAIR: MANJHI Pg-3 ODD-EVEN TACTIC MAY NOT WORK INDIA, US 2+2 DIALOGUE MOSTLY EQUALS CHINA News Brief Haryana hooch toll 12; 7 nabbed CHANDIGARH: Even as the toll in the suspected spurious liquor tragedy in a village of Haryana’s Yamunanagar district swelled to 12 on Friday, the police claimed to have nabbed seven accused and raided an illegal liquor manufacturing unit in nearby Ambala district. The incident came to light on Wednesday when several people of the Mandebari and nearby villages, started vomiting and falling unconscious within hours of consuming some ``illegally manufactured liquor’’ . Javed Akhtar says 'Hindus tolerant' MUMBAI: Veteran poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar, on Thursday, praised the Hindu community for being tolerant, adding that "democracy exists in India because of Hindu culture and tradition". Expressing concern over the rise of intolerance in society, Akhtar said that Hindus are generous and large-hearted. "There are some people who have always been intolerant. Hindus are not like that. They have this great quality - generous and largehearted. Don't lose that, else you will become like others," the 78-year-old said at a Deepotsav programme organised by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) in Mumbai. Palestinian death toll crosses 11,000 KHAN YOUNIS: The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says the Palestinian death toll in the war has surpassed 11,000 people. The ministry said Friday that 11,078 people had been killed since hostilities began Oct. 7 when Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel. More than 1,400 have been killed in Israel, primarily in the initial Hamas attack, and 41 Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza since the ground offensive. ICC SUSPENDS LANKA BOARD cricket into turmoil the ICC Sri Lankanthe with descended suspending country s cricket board with immediate effect on Friday. The ICC stated that its board met on Friday and determined that SLC was in serious breach of its obligations as a Member, in particular, the requirement to manage its affairs autonomously and ensure that there is no government interference in the governance, regulation and/or administration of cricket in Sri Lanka. Focus on expanding strategic ties, West Asia situation AGENCIES / NEW DELHI India and the US on Friday held extensive talks to expand their global strategic partnership in areas of defence production, critical minerals and high-technology. China seemed to have dominated a key portion of the bilateral conversation. At the end of the dialogue, Jaishankar described the talks as “substantive”. “Our agenda covered advancing our strategic partnership, including elevating our defense ties, moving forward in space & tech, future logistics cooperation and people to people contacts,” he said on ‘X’. “Also exchanged perspectives on the Indo-Pacific, South Asia, West Asia and Ukraine conflict. Reaffirmed our commitment to India, US to co-produce armoured vehicle: Austin India and the US will co-produce an infantry combat vehicle as part of defence industrial cooperation, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said. "We are working together to co-produce an armoured vehicle and that is extremely important," Austin said. Blinken to India: Cooperate in Nijjar probe Blinken called on India to cooperate with an investigation by Canada into the killing of a Sikh separatist in June that has triggered a major diplomatic row between New Delhi and Ottawa. The ties between India and Canada came under severe strain following Trudeau's allegations of a "potential" involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Nijjar. our collaboration in multilateral arena and engaging the Global South,” he said. WILL CONDUCT caste census in state FP NEWS SERVICE Barwani jpur in Barwani, Gandhi said, "We had promised to waive farm loans in the last Assembly polls. We wrote off loans of 25 lakh farmers but the BJP and their big industrialist friends stole your government by giving money to legislators." Slamming the BJP further, he said the ruling party refers tribals as 'vanvasi' or forest-dwellers, while the correct term is Adivasi or original inhabitants, which the Congress uses. CONTD. ON P9 West Asia is a reference to the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. CONTD. ON P9 KRISHNA JANAMBHOOMI HEARING ON JANUARY 9 NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday listed the matter relating to Mathura's Krishna Janambhoomi land dispute for further hearing on January 9. A Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia asked both parties to file a short synopsis.The top court also said that it is not acceptable to it that the parties come to Delhi instead of going to Allahabad when the lawyer of the mosque committee raised the issue of distance from Mathura to Allahabad. The committee of the Management Trust Shah Masjid Idgah has filed an appeal in the top court, challenging the Allahabad High Court order transfering to itself all the petitions relating to the land dispute from the Mathura district court. BJP manifesto: Job for each household, DBT for farmers likely on the cards Nadda will release manifesto today OUR STAFF REPORTER / BHOPAL The BJP is going to release its manifesto six days before the assembly elections. Party's national president J. P. Nadda will release the manifesto on Saturday in the presence of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and other senior leaders. The manifesto has been named "Sankalp Patra" which will focus on jobs to woo the youth. The BJP may promise to provide jobs to each member of a family Chouhan, . who has been speaking about providing job to a member of each family, said one and a half lakh jobs would be created every year. The manifesto also contains the promise to transfer subsidies directly into farmers' accounts, hike in the amount of money under the Ladli Behna Yojna and inclusion of unmarried girls above 21 years in the scheme. The Congress released its manifesto on October 17, but the BJP is issuing its manifesto so late for the first time. Lack of coordination is said to be the reason for issuing BJP's manifesto so late, though the manifesto committee prepared and handed it over to the party organisation 25 days ago. The delay was said to be because of Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav's late approval. Ragpicker finds Dollars worth Rs 25cr in garbage heap ONLINE REPORT/ Bengaluru: A ragpicker found a bag with 23 bundles of US dollars in a pile of garbage in Bengaluru. The value of the dollars in Indian currency is Rs 25 crore. Salman Sheikh, the ragpicker, found the bundle on November 1. Surprised at the discovery Sheikh kept the bundle , with him and took it to his boss, Bappa, on November 5. The boss then 31.80c. 18.80c Sunrise : 06.37 Sunset : 05.45 contacted social activist Kali Mullah, who, in turn, contacted the police Commissioner. Soon after, Bengaluru Polce Commissioner, B Dayananda, summoned them. Hebbal Police station has been tasked with investigating the case. The notes are laced with chemical and police suspect it the handiwork of gangs engaged in Black Dollar Scam. REAL OR FAKE?: RBI TO DECIDE In a bid to ascertain the legitimacy of the unearthed dollars, the authorities have dispatched the currency notes to the Reserve Bank of India. The verdict from the RBI will determine whether Bengaluru's unexpected windfall is a stroke of luck or a part of a larger, more nefarious plot. As the investigation unfolds, Bengaluru remains captivated by the unfolding drama, with questions lingering about the origins of the dollars, the intent behind their disposal, and the fate that awaits the ragpicker turned inadvertent hero, Salman Sheikh. r RNI No. 38281/83 QUALITY AT VALUE www.freepressjournal.in LIGHTS, LOVE AND LAUGHTER Pg-15 Hold back MSP: IIT-B students lodge complaint against prof, guest speaker SC solution to farm fires ONLINE REPORT / NEW DELHI MUMBAI: Students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have lodged a police complaint against a professor and a guest speaker for allegedly speaking in support of Palestinian militants during a virtual lecture, an official said on Friday . The students, in a complaint lodged on Wednes- was into match-fixing day demanded action against , Prof Sharmistha Saha of the HSS department and guest speaker Sudhanva Deshpande for the talk held on Nov 6. "We denounce the blatant attempt by Prof Saha, under the pretext of academic course 'HS 835 Performance Theory & Praxis' to host such hateful speakers to indoctrinate students with biased and factually false stories," a student said. In their complaint letter to the police, students claimed that Saha had "inappropriately used her position to invite Deshpande (a Leftist). CONTD. ON P9 Khambhat and Chander Agarwal. Incidentally, they are as significant matchfixers in India. According to the registered FIR, the complainant Bankar has stated that he learnt from reliable sources that a thorough investigation will reveal that the accused Chander Agarwal was involved in the cricket league and had played a direct and/or indirect role in both previous and ongoing match-fixing activities. As per the complaint, there is a link between Mumbai-based accused Mohit Barman, Dinesh Khambhat, Rohit Kumar Murgai and Gaurav Barman. CONTD. ON P9 THEY SPOKE of supporting Palestine militants BJP brought down Nath govt using money power: Rahul The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) brought down the Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh using money power, said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi here on Friday . The Congress government under Kamal Nath, which came to power after the 2018 Assembly polls, collapsed in March 2020 following a revolt by several MLAs loyal to Jyotiraditya Scindia. It paved the way for the return of Shivraj Singh Chouhan as chief minister, while the rebel MLAs and Scindia joined the BJP. Addressing a rally in Ra- r Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; WEATHER FP Sabse bada Khiladi ASHISH SINGH / MUMBAI The Mumbai police have registered an FIR against the promoter of the Khiladi app — a subsidiary of the Mahadev app. According to a copy of the FIR, available exclusively to the FPJ, it is mentioned that the accused, Saurabh Chandrakar, actively participated in match-fixing, to earn profits through unofficial means. The complainant, an RTI activist named Prakash Bankar, has alleged that the results of most matches were manipulated and decided by Chandrakar and his close associates residing in London — Dinesh Registering criminal cases against farmers and labourers who burn paddy stubble and accentuate air pollution is not a solution to tackle the stubble burning issue in Punjab and other states, the Supreme Court said on Friday, reports Bar and Bench. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin Amanullah stated that instead of registering first information reports against offending farmers, the government should consider withholding minimum support prices (MSP) to such farmers for their crops. “Registering FIR is not the solution actually It has to be . incentive-based or even a punitive measure. Like those who burn stubble will not be given MSP next year. Carrot and stick is up to you. Farm fires must stop. Cannot be lackadaisical, Attorney All the States are re. sponsible. CONTD. ON P9