FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms FREE PRESS VOL. 13 NO. | BHOPAL | MONDAY | NOVEMBER 13, 2023 | r Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; `3 r RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 Quality at Value - www.freepressjournal.in EDITIONS: MUMBAI*, Pune, Nashik, Konkan, Indore, Bhopal, E-paper AAMIR ALI ON JHALAK DIKHHLAA JAA 11 I was always wanted to be a part of the show but it never happened 36 trapped as tunnel caves in EDIT BJP BOWS BEFORE LINGAYAT STRONGMAN SENSEX CROSSES 65K MARK IN MUHURAT TRADING Trudeau sermon yet again World will become more dangerous if big nations violate international law FPJ NEWS SERVICE / OTTAWA can violate international law without consequences". Ties between New Delhi and Ottawa have been more than frosty ever since the Canadian PM accused Indian agents of involvement in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. (Nijjar, 45, was shot dead outside a gurdwara in Canada's British Columbia in June. He was chief of the banned Khalistan Tiger Force and one of India's most Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seems to be in no mood to soften up. Rather, his fresh remarks on the diplomatic face-off with India are likely to muddy the waters further. Fastidiously holding on to his vision of a rule-based international order, Trudeau has said that the world will become "more dangerous" for everyone "if bigger countries FPJ NEWS SERVICE UTTARKASHI A portion of a tunnel under construction on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway here collapsed on Sunday morning, trapping 36 workers inside, officials said. The incident occurred between 6 am and 7 am, according to Uttarkashi Superintendent of Police (SP) Arpan Yaduvanshi. THE FP BULLETIN FOUR OF FAMILY FOUND STABBED A family of four, including a 12-year-old boy, was found murdered in coastal Karnataka's Udupi town. Preliminary investigation indicates three members of the family were killed first inside a house near Tripthi Nagar in Udupi. One was left injured. The deceased have been identified as Haseena, 46, and her children Afghan, 23; Aynaz, 21, and the 12-year-old boy who possibly entered the room on hearing noises; the assailants allegedly killed him to leave no evidence. Haseena's mother-in-law is being treated for stab injuries in a hospital. The motive of the crime is under investigation and the suspects are still at large. KEJRI CALLS ON SISODIA’S FAMILY About 160 rescuers are using drilling equipment and JCBs to try to reach the trapped labourers, according to the Uttarkashi district emergency operation centre. Rescuers have inserted an oxygen pipe into the collapsed part of the tunnel between Silkyara and Dandalgaon so that those trapped would not have difficulty breathing, Yaduvanshi said. CONTD. ON NATION GAZA STRIP HEAVY FIGHTING OUTSIDE HOSPITAL PM HAILS BRAVE SOLDIERS S ecurity forces keep India’s borders safe at a time of rising global expectations from the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who flew to Lepcha in Himachal Pradesh to spend Diwali with soldiers, said on Sunday. “At such an important time, it is necessary that India’s borders are protected and you have a big role in this,” Modi said. FPJ NEWS SERVICE Israeli ground forces on Sunday battled Hamas militants near the territory's largest hospital, where health officials say thousands of medics, patients and displaced people are trapped with no electricity and dwindling supplies. According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, the Al-Quds Hospital was “no longer operational;” the World Health Organization, in turn, said it has lost communication with its contacts at the main hospital, Al-Shifa. The wanted terrorists.) India has termed the allegations "absurd" and "motivated". Trudeau admitted that he had reached out to ‘friends and allies’ like the United States and others to lean on India in the matter so that law enforcement and investigative agencies continue to do their work. ‘‘This is something that we are taking very, very seriously,’’ he reiterated. CONTD. ON NATION ASHISH SINGH / MUMBAI drakar through their betting expert, known as ‘Tipper’. In the Mahadev betting app The ‘Tipper’ is the person case, the Mumbai police have responsible for providing betunearthed the deep link be- ting tips to celebrities operattween Saurabh Chandrakar ing on Mahadev or its suband Bollywood sidiary betting apps. celebrities. AccordBankar has raised ing to the FIR registhe suspicion that in tered by the com- EXCLUSIVE exchange for crores plainant, RTI acof rupees in profit tivist Prakash Bankar, sever- from betting tips, Bollywood al Bollywood actors and ac- actors and actresses were tresses are linked with Chan- obliged to work in Tipper’s THE FPJ Celebs worked in his movie projects for discounted rates or even free, in exchange for hot betting tips movies, albums and participating in his events and reality shows. Further, many celebrities were ready to work for Tipper for free or at significantly reduced prices, Bankar has alleged. In the FIR, the complainant has alleged that Tipper is none other than Bollywood producerdirector Waseem Qureshi, who has his own production house, ‘Qureshi Production Private Limited’. According to the complaint, he is a wellknown tipster in the betting world and is currently work- ing with Chandrakar. Qureshi handles the marketing of the Mahadev betting app and its other subsidiary betting apps. A few days ago, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided the Qureshi production house and the premises of its board of directors. Qureshi was questioned by the ED and his travel details and financial records were being vetted by the agency. CONTD. ON NATION LAVANYA AHIRE / MUMBAI Rs15,000 per year if Cong wins; betters BJP promise of Rs12,000 The director of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay), Subhasis Chaudhuri, has, in an email to students, reacted to the recent controversies rocking the institution, starting with the leaked video of a virtual talk on the Israel-Palestine conflict by theatre director and actor Sudhanva Deshpande, which led to a protest being staged outside the campus. The email was leaked in Silent Diwali for the birds IIT Bombay head worried about faculty safety during student protests, leaked email shows a post on X by @AppscIITb. In the email, Chaudhuri wrote (as seen in the leaked version) that at the protest, slogans of ‘death to the traitor’ were raised. The protest, organised by A On Diwali night, Team India warmed up for the World Cup semifinal against New Zealand in the most befitting manner as they annihilated the Nether-lands by 160 runs at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday night. India wrapped up their league engagements with a blemish-less 9-0 margin, accomplished in the most ruthless and clinical fash- Faced with PM Modi’s challenging template of social welfare measures, the Opposition parties have come up with freebies now and then, to wean away the fence-sitters, which the former has aptly christened the ‘revdi culture’. But the problem this time, in the Assembly election, is that both the Congress and the BJP are engaged in this highly competitive game of political one-upmanship. So, it did not surprise many when Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel declared on Sunday that if the Congress retains power in Chhattisgarh, women will be given annual financial assistance of Rs15000 per annum. The announcement dovetailed a similar promise from the BJP to dole out Rs12000 per year financial assistance to married women, if it wrests the state from the Congress. An astute Baghel has deftly timed the announcement just a few days ahead of the second phase of elections to the Chhattisgarh Assembly on Nov 17. CONTD. ON NATION ulty, in consultation with its security office. Further, Chaudhuri wrote, a fact-finding committee was being set up to look into the action of the students and determine what happened in the HSS class where Deshpande had joined virtually. The institute was working on a policy for organising public events or lectures, and a code of conduct for students, faculty and staff, to avoid such issues in future, Chaudhuri inCONTD. ON NATION formed. Parsis must get quota too! FPJ NEWS SERVICE / ERODE FPJ NEWS SERVICE / RAIPUR the Vivek Vichar Manch, Maharashtra, featured participants sloganeering and holding placards against Deshpande and a faculty member from IIT Bombay’s humanities and social sciences (HSS) department. Chaudhuri wrote, “Such actions, potentially putting the life of a faculty member at risk, are completely unacceptable regardless of what was said in class.” He wrote that the institution was working to ensure the safety of its fac- MANOJ RAMAKRISHNAN MUMBAI Seven villages in Erode district of Tamil Nadu decided to mark Diwali with just lights and no sound, in an effort not to scare away the inhabitants of the bird sanctuary about 10 km away. Thousands of local bird species and migratory birds visit the sanctuary between October and January to lay eggs and hatch them. As Diwali usually falls in October or November, the more than 900 families living around the bird sanctuary have for the past 22 years not been bursting crackers. At a time when the state is witnessing political mobilisation by caste and religious groups demanding reservations in jobs and education institutions, the only ParsiZoroastrian in the Congress party leadership at the national level has said that the minuscule community should get reservations too. Hoshedar Elavia, a resident of Cusrow Baug, Colaba, who was recently selected to the All India Congress Committee (AICC) as the national coordinator for minorities, said Parsi-Zoroastrian youth were leaving the country in large numbers and one of the reasons was the lack of opportunities in education and jobs. Elavia, 56, was general secretary (south Mumbai), before being selected to the national committee. He said that his work would involve working for the welfare of mi- ion, never seen at any World Cup from any other Indian team. The bowling, which has been the fulcrum of India’s winning machine, was on a song as skipper Rohit Sharma decided to deploy nine bowlers, including himself! Result: Virat Kohli was allowed to roll his arm over after clamour from the Chinnaswamy faithful and the man did not disappoint, picking up the wicket of the Netherlands skipper Scott Edwards. CONTD. ON NATION norities, particularly ParsiZoroastrians. Parsis have never asked for reservations though big endowments from Parsi business families have created institutions like the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Tata Institute of Social Studies (TISS) and Tata Memorial Centre, to name a few. “We never asked for reservations, but there was a level playing field earlier. Demands for quota from new groups are increasing and there seems to be no end to this. Marathas and Muslims are asking for reservations. CONTD. ON NATION BAD AIR DAY AIR POLLUTION LEVEL Unhealthy AIR QUALITY INDEX 154  AQI US MAIN POLLUTANT PM2.5 PM2.5 concentration  in Mumbai is currently 12.1 times the WHO annual air quality guideline value BKC recorded an AQI of 205 (poor). AQI was moderate at Borivali (143), Mazgaon (149) and Malad (190). Air quality was satisfactory at Colaba (97), Worli (74), Andheri (82) and Bhandup (86). TAILPIECE Enabler of Muslim women’s rights strives to make them heard Muslim feminist, Hasina Khan started her journey of social work right before the 1992 riots struck Mumbai. The violence that erupted across the city, she recounted, shaped her understanding and her logical reasoning to work with marginalised communities. The founder of Bebaak Collective, a feminist organisation working for Muslim and other marginalised women, Hasina Khan has extensively worked against violence of all kinds towards women. “We want Muslim women to come forward and speak about their own rights. We want to not only make women aware of their rights HARIDEV PUSHPARAJ MUMBAI CM Baghel ups IIT virtual talk recoils on faculty dole for women SPOTLIGHT OUR CORRESPONDENT / MUMBAI Team India lights up Diwali night cessation of services was due to the depletion of available fuel and power outage. Result: Both the hospitals have been left to fend for themselves under ongoing Israeli bombardment, posing severe risk to the medical staff, patients, and displaced civilians. In the last few days, Israel’s ground forces have moved deeper into Gaza City, slowly closing in on the hospitals that have provided refuge for tens of thousands of civilians, but which Israel says are shielding Hamas military operations in tunnels below. CONTD. ON NATION TIPPER WAS ‘TIP’ OF THE ICEBERG D elhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met the wife and family members of his former deputy Manish Sisodia at the residence of Minister Atishi and conveyed his Diwali greetings. Sisodia’s wife is ailing and has been in and out of hospital. Kejriwal also met AAP leader Sanjay Singh's family members at their residence in the national capital. Both Sisodia and Singh are in jail in the liquor policy scam. Sisodia, arrested on March 9, on Saturday came out of Tihar jail on a furlough of six hours to meet his ailing wife.  Sensex rose by 354 pts, while Nifty closed above 19,500 on Sunday but also work on providing a social security network to all women so that they can exercise their rights,” she said. A resident of Bhendi Bazaar in South Mumbai, she was the sixth of her siblings. “Our mother and all of us used to work as daily wage labourers. We were all born to provide for our existence,” she recounted. However, with access to several social organisations, Khan managed to grow her understanding and independence, eventually informally starting Bebaak in 2013. “It was important to me that women and other marginalised communities can talk about what they want without the fear of retribution. To be frank, one needs ANGEL: HASINA KHAN, FOUNDER OF BEBAAK COLLECTIVE Scan the QR code to read more about Angels of Mumbai ENDORSER: DR CHAYANIKA SHAH, WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST, QUEER FEMINIST, EDUCATOR Hasina Khan is an ardent activist and a secular voice who has always raised issues of those on the sidelines. Her activism is a ray of hope in these dark times to have courage and security,” she recounted, about the idea behind naming the collective Bebaak. Khan has worked not only in spreading awareness and educating women but has also been party to the judicial debate around triple talaaq and other issues. “It is interesting that when we talk about issues of Muslims, we become darling daughters but when we try to talk about Muslim women, we are not tolerated,” she said. “The country has been through a lot of twists and turns. As religious orthodoxy grew in the country, they have always tried to control women by claiming their vulnerability and stating that they will protect us. Women’s agency is always taken over first,” Khan said. She said that unless the state guarantees and protects the rights of the marginalised, the society won’t follow suit. "Unless the marginalised are taken out of the margin and given a respectable position in the mainstream, we will continue to keep fighting and get sidelined easily.” Queer feminist, activist and teacher Dr Chayanika Shah said that at a time when this country is besieged by religious intolerance, it is important that women raise their voices. “Hasina Khan is an ardent activist and a secular voice who has always raised issues of those on the sidelines. Her activism is a ray of hope in these dark times," she said. MAHAVITARAN DUES: EX-IB STAFF CHEATED OF 7 LAKH AISHWARYA IYER / MUMBAI An elderly couple lost Rs7.35 lakh to cyber fraudsters who posed as officers from Mahavitaran and said the power supply would be disconnected if they did not pay their pending electricity bill immediately. Raghunath Karambelkar, 72, a resident of Mulund, received a text message saying the electricity supply would be disconnected by night as the previous bill was unpaid. The text message also mentioned the contact number of an officer from Mahavitaran or the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB), he said. Karambelkar, who had retired as a section officer of the Intelligence Bureau, dialled the number and told the “offi- cer” at the other end of the line that the previous bill had already been paid. However, the “officer” said the payment was not reflected in their database. The “officer” then sent a link to Karambelkar’s WhatsApp number and asked the latter to open it by clicking. “The link did not work on my mobile. I then forwarded the link to my wife, Manisha’s number and opened it. ‘The officer’ asked me to fill in details such as customer ID number and name and to make a payment of Rs5. I did. Immediately messages popped up saying that fixed deposit accounts of Rs5 lakh and Rs2 lakh were closed and a transaction of Rs34,000 was made from the savings account,” Karambelkar told the police. CONTD. ON NATION