FP FREE PRESS The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms VOL. 13 NO. 233 | BHOPAL | MONDAY | FEBRUARY 5, 2024 | PAGES 14 `3 - r Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE NEWS BRIEF CM to meet PM in Delhi today BHOPAL: Chief Minister Mohan Yadav left for Delhi late on Sunday evening. On Monday, he will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discuss some important subjects. They are likely to discuss the Ken-Betwa River Link Project. As the PM is likely to visit Jhabua in the coming times, there could be a discussion on this as well. JNU, Odisha govt sign MoU BHUBANESWAR:The Odisha government and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) signed an MoU on Sunday for the establishment of the Biju Patnaik Special Centre for Odia Studies at JNU. With a generous contribution from the state government of one-time non-recurring corpus money for the endowment amounting to Rs. 10 crore, the proposed Biju Patnaik Special Centre aims to delve into the leadership, governance, and contributions of the visionary leader of India. JMM-led coalition MLAs reach Ranchi RANCHI: The MLAs of Jharkhand's JMM-led alliance reached Ranchi from Hyderabad on Sunday evening, ahead of the trust vote on Monday. The legislators landed at the Birsa Munda Airport here in a chartered flight and were taken to the Circuit House in the city in two buses. The Champai Soren-led coalition government in Jharkhand will seek a vote of confidence on Monday, the first day of the two-day assembly session. Soren was administered the oath of office by Governor C P Radhakrishnan at the Raj Bhavan on February 2. Heavy snowfall in J-K grounds many flights to Srinagar, Leh NEW DELHI A total of 6 IndiGo flights from Delhi to Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar and Leh have been cancelled on Sunday due to bad weather conditions in the regions. According to the IndiGo spokesperson, 4 IndiGo flights to Srinagar and 2 IndiGo flights to Leh have been cancelled. "Due to a drastic change in the weather conditions, the runway at Srinagar and Leh have been closed. This has led to the cancellation of IndiGo flights to Srinagar and 2 IndiGo flights to Leh," the airline's spokesperson said. He further said that the passengers have been provided with options to avail a full refund, travel to an alternate sector or reschedule the flight. Srinagar, a renowned tourist spot in Jammu and Kashmir, turns into a winter wonderland with heavy snowfall on Sunday After a . prolonged dry spell, the snow has brought a sense of hope and rejuvenation to the people who rely on it for various reasons. A fresh snowfall in Srinagar has brought muchneeded relief among the residents. CONTD. ON P7 MONEY MUKESH AMBANI HIGHEST PLACED INDIAN, NO.2 GLOBALLY IN BRAND GUARDIANSHIP INDEX 2024 Situation has massively changed in last 10 years. Assam and northeast will become a hub of trade in upcoming years GUWAHATI: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the government is working to bring the electricity bills of the households to zero. While unveiling several key projects in Assam, Modi said, "We have run programs to install electricity connections in every household in the country. Now we have planned to make the electricity bills zero." He said that setting up roof top solar power plants for 1 crore households in the country will pave the way towards achieving zero power bills. "In the budget, we have announced plans to put roof Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to the crowd as he arrives to lay the foundation stone for multiple projects worth Rs 11,600 crore, in Guwahati on Sunday. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma also seen. top solar panels in 1 crore houses. This will not only bring down the electricity bills to zero, the people can have their own electricity generation system in the homes. They can even sell the electricity generated through solar power roof top system to earn money," Modi said in a massive Man axes 5-yr-old nephew over tobacco in Shahdol public rally here. He said that the announcements were made in the latest budget of the union government to invest at least Rs 11 lakh crores in infrastructure development in the next one year. "Prior to 2014, the Central government used to spend 12 lakh crores in infrastructure in 10 years. WEATHER Solar thrust to make power bills of homes zero: Modi VIRAT COULD MISS INDIA-ENGLAND 3RD TEST: SOURCES SPORTS 29.40c. 15.20c Sunrise : 07.05 Sunset : 06.16 We have set a target to invest almost the equal amount of money in just one year. "Last year, I made an announcement to produce 2 crore Lakhpati Didi in the country. In just one year, we could have made 1 crore women as Lakhpati. In this year's budget, we have stretched the aim and now we will make a total of 3 crore women as Lakhpati Didi," he said. Modi said that some of the Lakhpati Didis also came to attend his rally in Guwahati on Sunday. He also took an indirect jibe at former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. "Earlier, the roads in Assam were so horrible that people could find it hard to travel from one district to another. There were continuous roadblocks and agitation despite the fact that the then Prime Minister of the country was known to be associated with Assam," he said. GILL PROVES HIS METTLE OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in A man allegedly axed his five-year-old nephew to death and injured his sister-in-law after she did not give him tobacco at their home in Shahdol district, on Saturday late night police said on Sunday. The police have arrested the accused, Ramla Kol (30), for the incident that occurred in Barkachh village under Beohari police station limits on Saturday night, the police said. Beohari police station incharge Mohan Padwar said that Kol had asked for tobacco from Sukkhi Bai (35), his elder brother's wife, but she denied his request saying she did not have the substance at home. After that he left the house and returned back and knocked the door and asked to open it. When Sukkhi Bai did not opened the door, angered by this, the accused broke into the woman's house around 11 pm, attacked the woman and her son with an axe while they were asleep, and fled from the spot, he said. The boy was killed in the attack, while the woman sustained injuries and is undergoing treatment, the official said. The accused has been arrested under section 302 (murder) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code, he said. India's batter Shubman Gill plays a shot during the third day of the second Test match between India and England, at Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in DP Gupta is transport commissioner Rakesh Gupta appointed Police Commissioner Indore BHOPAL CM STRESSES ON ADOPTING INNOVATIVE IDEAS Chief Minister Mohan Yadav also addressed the Leadership Summit and guided the ministers how to get success by setting the goals. He exhorted them to use the knowledge received in the summit, while working at ground level. He asked the ministers to use the knowledge received in the summit in their daily life. He underlined the need to adopt innovative ideas in achieving success. ment in day-to-day life as it has emerged as the strongest media platform. Capacity building commis- sion’s Sweta Singh shed light on the constant development target and mission Karma Yogi. CONTD. ON P7 The state government on Sunday night appointed 1994 batch IPS official DP Gupta as Transport Commissioner. Before his new posting, he served as Additional Director General of Police, police headquarters. The 1999 batch IPS official Rakesh Gupta, ADG, Indore (rural zone), has been transferred as police commissioner, urban police, Indore. IG, Intelligence, Anurag (2003 batch) has been made IG, Indore rural zone. Justice Ritu Bahri is 1st woman CJ of Uttarakhand DEHRADUN Justice Ritu Bahri on Sunday took oath as the first woman Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court. Governor Lieutenant General Gurmeet Singh (Retd) administered the oath of office to Justice Bahri at the Raj Bhavan here. Justice Bahri is the first woman to hold the post of Chief Justice in the state. Before becoming the Chief Justice of Uttarakhand, Justice Bahri was a judge in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The post was vacant after the retirement of Justice Vipin Sanghi in October last year and Justice Manoj Tiwari was serving as the acting Chief Justice. Pak agent working at Indian embassy in Moscow caught AGENCIES Lucknow The police in Uttar Pradesh have arrested an Indian national working at the country's embassy in Moscow for allegedly spying for Pakistan's ISI, an official statement on Sunday said. The Meerut field unit of UP's Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) called Satendra Siwal, who was working as the IBSA (India Based Security Assistant) in the Indian Embassy in Moscow from 2021, for interrogation, the statement said. Siwal, a resident of Shahmahiuddinpur village in Hapur, could not give satisfactory answers and confessed to his crime during "questioning", it said. He was arrested after an FIR was registered against him at ATS police station, Lucknow, under Section 121A of the IPC (waging war against the country) and the Official Secrets Act, 1923, the statement said. The ATS in its probe Several women in Himachal Pradesh are receiving training to operate drones for agricultural purpose with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi launching "Drone Didi", a one-of-itskind skill development programme. According to officials, the agricultural drone applications will save time and pesticide and are very cost-effective. This will also reduce the impact of pesticides on human health. Participants are being trained to leverage drone technology for enhanced agricultural practices. "Our vision is to create a paradigm shift in agricultural practices through the empowerment of women. By integrating skill development with drone technology, we are not just training women to become proficient 'kisan drone operators' but are also paving the way for them to emerge as leaders and entrepre- through electronic and physical surveillance found that he was involved in anti-India activities with the network of the ISI handlers, it said. The ATS said that he was providing important confidential information regarding the strategic activities of the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of External Affairs and the Indian military establishments for money. Meanwhile, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said it is aware of Siwal's arrest and working with the investigative authorities in this case. BJP wants us to join it, but won’t as we have done no wrong: Kejriwal Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday claimed that the BJP had been trying to compel him and other AAP leaders to join the party and asserted they would not do so as they had done no wrong. The BJP dismissed his claim as an attempt to "distract and trick" the people of Delhi. Kejriwal's remarks come at a time he has been asked to join the Delhi Police probe into his allegations that the BJP attempted to "poach" AAP MLAs and is facing summons from the Enforcement Directorate in an excise policy linked money laundering case. Addressing an event where he laid the foundation of two schools in Ki- FRESH NOTICE TO KEJRIWAL , ATISHI NEW DELHI: Delhi Police Crime Branch on Sunday served a fresh notice on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, asking him to respond to his charges of poaching attempts by the BJP with evidence by Monday. The Crime Branch also served a notice on AAP leader and minister Atishi in the poaching claim case, asking her to respond within three days. rari, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief claimed that the BJP wanted them to join the party but he was firm on not doing so. "They can hatch any conspiracy against us but nothing is going to happen. CBI charge sheets ex-AI CMD, others CBI HAS registered the case on recommendation of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) which found prima facie procedural irregularities in procurement of software NEW DELHI The CBI has filed a charge sheet against the then CMD of Air India, German firm SAP AG and IBM in connection with alleged irregularities in procurement of software worth Rs 225 crore by the national carrier in 2011, officials said on Sunday . After nearly six years of probe, the CBI has filed a charge sheet against former CMD Air India Arvind Jadhav, IBM India Private Limited, SPA India Private Limited and six others under the IPC section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, they said. The CVC, in the note to the CBI, said that initial probe by Air India's chief vigilance officer shows that the national carrier had selected the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software system from SAP AG without following proper tendering procedure. CONTD. ON P7 DRONE DIDI: IIT Mandi training women to become 'kisan drone operators' NEW DELHI, QUALITY AT VALUE www.freepressjournal.in 'PRAYING FOR DEATH', ALLEGES SHARAD PAWAR CAMP NATION NEW DELHI Ministers learn fineness of administrative, leadership skills On the last day of the twoday Leadership Summit on Sunday, the ministers of the Mohan Yadav government learnt the fineness of leadership skills, administrative coordination, secretariat working style, importance of technology in good governance and e-tendering process etc. Assembly Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar enlightened the ministers over administrative coordination. Citing the examples of his long political experience, he gave necessary tips over the functioning of the government. Expert Amit Malviya taught the ministers how to do social media manage- r RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 neurs in this field. "The aim is to expand its reach, enhance technological capabilities, and continuously evolve to meet the dynamic and operational demands of agriculture and entrepreneurship," Somjit Amrit, CEO, IIT Mandi i-Hub told PTI. According to Amrit, the programme has a compre- hensive three-month residential training regimen. "Given that we are in Himachal Pradesh, a state known for its fruit production, the role of kisan drone operator is highly relevant and has the potential to generate numerous employment opportunities, including entrepreneurship. CONTD. ON P7 I am standing firm against them and I am not going to bow down. They say, 'come and join BJP and we will leave you alone'. But I will never join BJP. Why should we join BJP? If you join BJP, all sins are forgiven," Kejriwal said. The chief minister said they were working to improve schools and hospitals in the national capital and asked what was wrong in that. Later in a post on X, Kejriwal asserted that all cases against AAP leaders were false. "If we had done something wrong, we would have joined BJP like others who got their cases closed. When we have not done anything wrong, why should we join BJP? All the cases filed against us are false. CONTD. ON P7 BJP MLA who fired at Sena leader booked in SC/ST case THANE: Maharashtra BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad, who is accused of shooting at a Shiv Sena leader inside a police station in Thane district, has been booked in an SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act case, an official said on Sunday Gaik. wad was booked on the complaint of a villager who claimed she was subjected to casteist abuse by him and seven others on January 31, the official added. Gaikwad had pumped six bullets into Kalyan Shiv Sena leader Mahesh Gaikwad and also injured the latter's associate Rahul Patil late Friday night inside the cabin of the Hill Line police station's senior inspector. The three-time Kalyan East MLA has been charged with attempt to murder and other offences in the case. "On the complaint of a resident of Dwarli village on Saturday, Ganpat Gaikwad and seven others were charged under the Indian Penal Code and Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act," a Hill Line police station official said. "A probe into the allegations of the woman, who is a land owner, is underway," the station house officer of Hill Line police station said. CONTD. ON P7