FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. XLI No. 24 | INDORE | TUESDAY | JULY 2, 2024 | Pages 14 | ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. 38281/83 FREE PRESS ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE www.freepressjournal.com Briefs WASHINGTON Some immunity for Trump: SC The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that Donald Trump enjoys some immunity from prosecution as a former president, a ruling that will likely delay his trial for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election. The 6-3 decision split along ideological lines comes four months ahead of the election in which Trump is the Republican candidate to take on Democrat Joe Biden. FARIDABAD Cong leader's bro shot dead The brother of a local Congress leader was allegedly shot dead here over a rivalry involving monetary transactions, police said on Monday. Kunal Bhandana (32), a resident of Nawada Koh village, was killed at around 11.15 pm on Sunday near Masjid Chowk here, the police said. NEW DELHI 2.1% of Rs 2000 notes not returned About 2.1 per cent or Rs 7,581 crore of the withdrawn Rs 2,000 banknotes have not yet been returned to the RBI, about nine months after the deadline to deposit or exchange them at bank branches was over. This essentially means 97.87 per cent of the total value of the highvalue Rs 2,000 banknotes are back in the banking system by the end of June 2024, the Reserve Bank of India said in a statement on Monday. The Rs 2000 banknotes continue to be legal tender. Two children and a woman were killed in a roadside bomb explosion in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province on Monday. A Levies paramilitary official said that the bomb planted on the roadside in the Geban area of Turbat was detonated by a remote control. Rajan Raikwar As of now, Israel is at war. We are trying to find new markets to import goods and capabilities from India. Madhya Pradesh is very important for us from agriculture point of view,” said Consul BHOPAL NASHIK Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar The Lok Sabha witnessed stormy scenes as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah objected to Congress president Rahul Gandhi attacking the BJP in his first speech as Leader of Opposition by asserting that “those who call themselves Hindus only talk about violence, hatred and lies ….’’ ‘‘You are not Hindus,” Rahul added with a degree of finality. Speaking during the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address, Gandhi began his speech by proclaiming “Jai Samvidhan,” even as BJP MPs shouted “Jai Shri Ram”. He then spoke about the “full-scale and systematic assault on the idea of India and the Constitution”. Gandhi, who earlier in the day also participated in a protest against misuse of central agencies by the government for targeting Opposition leaders, also raised the issue of opposition leaders being “personally attacked” and claimed that “some are still in jai”. Then he raised the issue of BJP’s use of religion. Displaying an image of Lord Union Home Minister Amit Shah replies to the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in the House during the ongoing Parliament session, in New Delhi on Monday SERIOUS MATTER: PM Modi interrupted Shiva in the House, to which you look at Lord Shiva's image Rahul Gandhi's speech you know Hindus the Speaker Om Birla objected, he and said paintingcan never entire what commuexplainedHinduit meant to nity as "violent" is the him. “Abhayamudra was a serious matter. At this, symbol of the Congress,” he Gandhi clarified at the said, while pointing that image andadding that it is “a BJP and Modi are not gesture of fearlessness, a gesrepresentatives of the ture of reassurance and safety, entire Hindu society. which dispels fear and acspread fear and hatred... but cords divine protection and the BJP spreads fear and bliss in Hinduism, Islam, Sikhatred 24x7,” he charged, adhism, Buddhism and other Inding that the image conveys dian religions”. the message “Darao mat... daro Asserting that Hinduism mat... (Don't scare, don't be was not about spreading fear, scared).” hatred and falsehood, Gandhi Gandhi, who also displayed then criticised the BJP for the images of other religious presenting a distorted interGods and preachers, said pretation of Hindu values. “If while all great men have Monsoon Session begins Oppn creates ruckus over nursing scam Far Right knocking at Paris gates FP News Service PARIS tion. When assembly resumed its proceeding, Tomar assured the Opposition that under relevant rule, he will allow discussion over the matter tomorrow i.e Tuesday. As French President Emmanuel Macron’s alliance was humiliated in the first round of parliamentary elections by the hard-right National Rally, riots erupted in the streets of Paris with thousands of livid Left-leaning voters making bonfire of garbage, smashing shop windows and launching fireworks. Riot cops were swarming across the city, particularly in the French capital's Place de la République, where the police clashed with arsonists. Macron's Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who is likely to be forced to resign after the second round, warned that the right was now at the 'gates of power' and begged voters to block the RN in the second round set for Sunday July 7. Macron's centrist alliance is a straggler in a distant third place with just 20% of the vote behind the left-wing New Popular Front alliance at 28%. Smug in the belief that it is a cake walk, RN’s Marine Le Pen declared that Macron's party had been 'wiped out' and they are looking at an absolute majority in the second round of elections. 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 Congress leaders protest near Gandhi statue in Bhopal Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL The nursing college scam rocked the first day of Madhya Pradesh assembly monsoon session on Monday. Opposition demanded discussion on the issue saying that subject is connected with the future of students. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya took point of order by saying that matter which is under consideration of court could not be discussed. However, Leader of Opposition Umang Singhar said he wants discussion on subject which is not under court’s consideration. Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar had to adjourn the house for at least an hour due to the pandemonium created by Opposi- CM warns Oppn When Opposition was mounting pressure on treasury bench for discussion on nursing scam, CM Mohan Yadav said his government is not afraid of any issue. However, he warned Opposition not to say things out of excitement. “We are not in habit of hearing things said in such a fashion. We are not afraid of anyone,” he said. General (CG) of Israel to Mumbai, Kobbi Shoshani to Free Press during his visit to Bhopal on Monday. “We want to buy items like wheat and rice. We want to buy millet as well,” he said. Exhibiting his love for Indian food, culture, value, film industry etc, he said that India’s relation with Israel was good. “PM Narendra Modi is respected all over the world. He is one of the top leaders and enjoys good rapport with Israel, USA, CM Mohan Yadav with Consul General of Israel Kobbi Shoshani Russia etc. There is a bond between India and Israel,” he added On being asked about the kind of market Israel was looking in Madhya Pradesh, he said that during his Bhopal visit, he went to meet companies of locomotive and electrical sectors. He also spoke at length about Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza strip. He said that for the last nine months, Israel was waging a war against terrorism and it’s not going to end soon. “We have cut supply chain of ammunition from all over the world to Gaza. Continued on | P6 E-paper Cinema Beyond uniforms P.14 ‘Rahul must apologise’ NEW DELHI MUMBAI Edit No consensus in House, only confrontation P.8 Rahul tears into BJP with ‘not Hindus’ jibe MP vital for Israel in agriculture BHOPAL PUNE FACE-OFF | Modi and Shah protest as Gandhi argues that “those who call themselves Hindu only talk about violence” interview There is a bond between India and our country: Shoshani UJJAIN Le Pen’s party takes lead KARACHI 3 killed in explosion in Pak INDORE WORLD Sports Virat bows out on a high P.12 fp EDITIONS: CM Mohan Yadav said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi must apologise for his remarks in the Lok Sabha that leaders of the BJP are not Hindus as they engage in "violence and hate" round the clock, here on Monday . He asked Kharge must clarify if his party agrees with Gandhi preached non-violence and underscored the need to overcome fear, “those who call themselves Hindu only talk about violence, hatred, untruth…you are not Hindus.” At this point, as all the BJP MPs protested in unison, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a rare intervention said, “Calling the entire Hindu community violent is a very serious charge”. At this Gandhi, retorted by saying, “PM Modi, BJP and the RSS are not the entire Hindu community”. The issue did not die down there and Shah later demanded an apology from Gandhi over the issue. 4Continued on | P6 1st case under BNS registered in Gwalior, says Amit Shah Vehicles carrying cattle illegally to be seized ANI Kulapati to be called Kulguru; govt to bring a Bill in the House NEW DELHI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday stated that the first case filed under new criminal justice laws was about a motorcyle theft registered in Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh at 10 minutes past midnight. "...The first case (under the new laws) was registered at a Police station in Gwalior. It was a case of theft, someone's motorcycle was stolen. The case was registered at 12.10 am...As far as the case against a vendor (registered at a Police Station in Delhi) is concerned, there were provisions for the same earlier too and it is not a new provision. 4Continued on | P6 Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL The government has given powers to collectors to confiscate the vehicles transporting cattle. A Bill on the issue will be brought to the Assembly. At a meeting on Monday, the cabinet gave its consent to the Bills to be brought to the House in the ongoing monsoon session. The cabinet also gave its nod for amendments in salary and other allowances of ministers. According to the amendments of the Bill brought in 1972, the Chief Minister and 9 from MP killed in Raj Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL CM Yadav announces exgratia of Rs 4 lakh each Nine people, including six women and two children, were killed and four injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a car in Rajasthan's Karauli district on Monday, the police said. Expressing grief over the incident, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh each to the kin of the deceased family members. The accident happened near Dundapura crossing in Mandarayal town of the district when they were returning to Sheopur after offering prayers at Kailadevi temple, Karauli SP Brijesh Jyoti Upadhyay said. A Bill will also be brought to stop deaths of children after falling into open tube wells. ministers have to pay incometax on their own. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav recently took a decision on the issue. 4Continued on | P6 Medha gets 5 months jail NEW DELHI : A court here on Monday sentenced activist Medha Patkar to five months simple imprisonment in a 23-year-old defamation case lodged against her by Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena when he headed an NGO in Gujarat. Metropolitan Magistrate Raghav Sharma also imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Patkar.