FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms FREE PRESS Vol. 14 No. 25 | BHOPAL | TUESDAY | JULY 9, 2024 | Pages 16 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 www.freepressjournal.com Sports Reflecting on the legacy of India’s legendary Prince P.16 ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: INDORE Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL Briefs PUNE 3 more test + for Zika Three more patients tested positive for Zika in Pune city on Monday, taking the total caseload to 12, Pune Municipal Corporation Health Officer, Kalpana Baliwant said. The Union Health Ministry has urged the states to maintain a constant state of vigilance through screening of pregnant women for Zika virus infection and monitoring the growth of the foetus of expecting mothers who have tested positive. MUMBAI BMW death: Dad gets bail Shiv Sena leader Rajesh Shah - whose son allegedly drove the speeding BMW that rammed into a two-wheeler early Sunday in Mumbai's Worli, killing a 45-year-old woman and injuring her husband - has got provisional bail on payment of ₹ 15,000. The son Mihir Shah is the main accused and is on the run. A notice has been issued to prevent him from leaving the country, and his girlfriend - who may have helped hide him - is being questioned. Mihir Shah's phone has been switched off. Above: Ramnivas Rawat takes oath as minister of state and (right), Governor Mangubhai Patel administers oath to Rawat as Cabinet minister at Raj Bhavan on Monday Congress to take the BJP membership. After inclusion of Rawat into the cabinet, the number of ministers in Mohan govern- NEET-UG: ‘Re-test if exam sanctity is lost’ PTI NEW DELHI Observing that a re-test has to be ordered if sanctity of the NEET-UG 2024 is "lost", the Supreme Court on Monday sought information from the National Testing Agency and the CBI about timing of question paper leak and duration between leak and actual test. "One thing is clear that leak of question paper has taken place," a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said, adding that extent of question paper leak and the beneficiaries across geographical boundaries have to be ascertained before the court may order re-test in the controversy-ridden medical entrance exam conducted on May 5. Posting for July 11 the next hearing on a batch of pleas alleging irregularities in the The SC also sought wrongdoers’ identified so far and methodology adopted for the paper leak ment has increased to thirteen. Three more cabinet posts are lying vacant. 4Continued on | P6 MUMBAI E-paper Rains cripple Mumbai Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL Madhya Pradesh police asks ‘Are you satisfied with your nearby police department’, 78% people claims they are not satisfied, later the department removed the report, here on Monday. The police department has conducted a online survey through a social media platform, in which the police have asked the citizens to rate their police nearby. According to the reports only 22% of them found to be satisfied and the rest are unsatisfied. The ADG Law and order Jaideep Prasad told media persons that the police was conducting a survey and some data went wrong, and got posted on the social media account of the police department. Later when the officials came to know about the faulty data, it was removed, he said. Passengers wait for trains at a waterlogged railway station, during rains, in Mumbai on Monday PTI NEW DELHI The monsoon spelt mayhem in several parts of the country on Monday, particularly Mumbai where local train services and flight operations were hit and everyday life disrupted as well as Assam that was grappling with floods yet again. 4 soldiers killed, six hurt in ambush This is the second major attack in Kathua in a month Representative pic KATHUA/JAMMU Terrorists ambushed an army truck in remote Machedi area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district killing four personnel and injuring six others, officials said on Monday. The attack occurred when terrorists targeted the Army vehicle with a grenade and gunfire during a routine patrol on the Machedi-Kindli-Malhar road near Badnota village in Lohai Malhar, approximately 150 km from Kathua town, at around 3:30 pm, they said. It is the second major attack in Kathua district within one month, following a similar confrontation on June 12 and 13 that left two terrorists and a CRPF jawan dead. After the ambush on Monday, the terrorists fled into the nearby forest as the army, assisted by police and paramilitary personnel, retaliated. An exchange of fire between the terrorists and security forces ensued, with reinforcements quickly dispatched to the area to neutralise the attackers - believed to be three in number and heavily armed - who may have recently infiltrated from across the border. Director General of Police R R Swain is personally overseeing the anti-terrorist operation in the dense forest area, connected to Basantgarh in Udhampur district, where several encounters have occurred in the past. The forest area is connected to Basantgarh in Udhampur district. A village defence guard Mohd Sharief was killed in an encounter with terrorists on April 28 in Panara village of Basantgarh. The officials said there were apprehensions that this route was used by terrorists to reach the hinterland after they managed to sneak in from across the border. 4Continued on | P6 As Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde stepped in to review the situation in the state capital and other parts and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited a flood relief camp at Fulertal in Assam's Cachar district, the hill states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh as well as the desert state of Rajasthan also bore the They had came to market for buying essentials Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL Balaghat police and Hawk force gunned down an area commander of Kanha Bhoramdev Committee, having reward of Rs 14 lakh on his head on Monday, said the police. The gun fight was still going on in the jungles of Balaghat at the time of filing of the report. ADG anti-naxal operation, Jaideep Prasad informed media that the police got input that wanted Naxal Sohan alias Ayut was reaching the weekly bazaar in Kothiatola in civil dress to buy daily essentials. The police also reached the bazaar and started searching for him, but he fled from the PTI MOSCOW Bus overturns 50 injured Serene mood President Droupadi Murmu spends some time at the sea beach of Puri on Monday. In his first trip since the start of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday travelled to Russia to hold summit talks with President Vladimir Putin -- a visit that is being seen as having a wider geopolitical context and signalling. Shortly after landing in Moscow, Modi said he is looking forward to deepening bilateral partnership in futuristic areas and that stronger ties between India and Russia will "greatly benefit our people". India seeks to play a "sup- Mandating menstrual leave for women may lead to them being shunned from the workforce and go against them, the Supreme Court said today, stressing that it is not a matter for courts to look into. Hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that sought directions to the Centre and states to frame policies for menstrual leave, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said, "Mandating such leaves will lead to women being shunned from workforce. We do not want that what we try to do to protect women can act to their disadvantage." "This is actually a government policy aspect and not for the courts to look into," the court said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with the members of the Indian diaspora in Moscow on Monday portive role" for a peaceful and stable region, the prime minister said in his departure statement. Modi was received at the Vnukovo-II airport by Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister DY Chandrachud said the issue is in policy domain The court said that the issue relates to multiple policy aspects and there is no reason for the court to intervene. "We permit the petitioner to move the secretary in the Ministry of Women and Child Development and to Additional Solicitor Gen- eral Aishwarya Bhati. We request the secretary to look into the matter at the policy level and take a decision after consulting all stakeholders and see if a model policy can be framed," it added. The court said this ruling 4Continued on | P6 Joined LWE in 2013 Sohan had become member of the LWE in 2013. He was wanted in 8 criminal cases in MP and the state government announced the reward of Rs 3 lakh, while Chhattisgarh had announced the reward of Rs 5 lakh and Maharashtra had announced the reward of Rs 6 lakh on him. market. Then, the police got another input that many of LWE members are crossing the jungle nearby. The police identified them and asked them to stop. On this they opened fire on the police and the police retaliated. After the encounter, police found Sohan’s body. The other members had run away into the jungle, but they were still combating the police. 4Continued on | P6 RAPE CASE JUNKED 'Had physical relations out of their free will' PTI Denis Manturov. The Russian first deputy minister also accompanied the Indian prime minister to his hotel from the airport, officials said. 4Continued on | P6 Menstrual leave petition; CJI flags a flip side Agencies The rain mayhem led to the inundation of several low-lying areas in Mumbai, impacting vehicular movement, while all schools in the city, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts remained shut. JABALPUR offgrid NEW DELHI brunt of heavy rains. Naxal with `14L reward killed in encounter Modi in Moscow: Stronger ties will benefit both nations CHANDIGARH An overloaded Haryana Roadways mini bus overturned near Pinjore on Monday, leaving 50 passengers injured, most of them school children, officials said. The bus veered off the road near a turn when it was passing through a hilly patch near Pinjore in Panchkula district, a police official from Kalka said. Survey: 78% not satisfied with police PTI NEET-UG, the court directed investigating officer of the CBI, which is conducting probe into the allegations of malpractices, OMR sheet manipulation, impersonation and cheating, to place before it a report indicating the status of probe. Referring to ordering re-test, the top court said it will have to be "scrutinised whether the alleged breach has taken place and whether the breach has affected integrity of the entire exam process and whether it is possible to segregate the beneficiaries of fraud from the untainted students". NASHIK Nation Bengal Guv seeks detailed report from CM P.6 First he took oath as MoS, then as Cabinet Minister fp BHOPAL Israel targets UNRWA HQ Rawat takes oath as min twice within minutes was after this that he again took oath. The oath-taking ceremony was held at 9 am and Governor Mangu Bhai Patel administered the oath of office to Rawat. It was during the Lok Sabha election that he had deserted PUNE Money Time to push divestment of PSU banks: SBI report P.13 WORLD FAUX PAS: A first of its kind incident in MP Assembly Ramniwas Rawat took oath twice during the cabinet expansion ceremony held at Raj Bhawan on Monday. First, he took the oath as Minister of State (MoS) and realizing the error, he again took the oath as Cabinet Minister. He is probably the first politician in the history of Madhya Pradesh who took oath twice after a gap of few minutes. It was the officers present at the oath-taking ceremony who pointed towards the error made by Rawat and it UJJAIN will not come in the way of any state government taking steps in this regard. The top court had taken a similar stand in February this year, when a petition sought a direction to all states to frame rules for menstrual pain leave for women students and employees. Back then, too, the court had said the matter falls in the policy domain. Currently, Bihar and Kerala are the only two states in the country that have a provision for menstrual leave. While Bihar has a twoday leave policy for women employees, Kerala has a provision for a three-day period leave for women students. The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed a rape case registered on the complaint of a woman against a man, observing that the two were in a relationship for over 10 years out of their "own free will". In his order of July 2, Justice Sanjay Dwivedi also observed that the matter appears to be an abuse of process of law. As per the order, the woman and man are welleducated persons and had physical relations out of their "own free will" for over 10 years. They broke up after the man refused to marry her, it noted. However, it does not mean that a rape case could be registered against the petitioner (man), the court said. "In my opinion, as per the factual circumstances, as have been narrated by the prosecutrix (woman) in her complaint and also in her statement of 164 CrPC, this case cannot be considered to be a case of rape as defined under Section 375 of IPC (Indian Penal Code) and the prosecution is nothing but appears to be an abuse of process of law," the court said. 4Continued on | P6