FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. XLI No. 67 | INDORE | WEDNESDAY | AUGUST 14, 2024 | Pages 18 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. 38281/83 FREE www.freepressjournal.com Sports Ashwini’s bold rebuttal P.17 fp ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: INDORE MONEY UJJAIN PRESS PUNE BHOPAL NASHIK ‘Make in Bharat for the World’ has become a reality Cinema Anil on 25 years of Taal P.18 CBI steps in as HC takes a dim view of rape probe CAS verdict on Vinesh on Aug 16 The ad-hoc division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport has once again deferred its decision on Vinesh Phogat's appeal against her disqualification from the Olympic finals, this time till August 16, prolonging the Indian wrestler's wait for a resolution. "The CAS ad hoc division president has allowed Hon. Dr Annabelle Bennett, Sole Arbitrator in the Vinesh Phogat vs. United World Wrestling (UWW) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) matter, an extension until 6-00 p.m. (Paris time) on Friday, August 16, 2024," a release from the IOA said. 4Continued on | P6 Bail is rule even in UAPA cases: SC 140-yr-old pond overflows after wall collapses in rain New Delhi: A key doctors' body announced on Tuesday night that the agitation has been called off. Many other organisations, including the resident doctors' association of the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi, have, however, said that the strike will go on. The Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA) said the decision to call off the strike was taken after a meeting with Union Health Minister JP Nadda. Differing with FORDA, the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) said most of the resident doctors' associations (RDAs) are with it and would continue the strike. Gang-rape before murder Dr Suvarno Goswami who was privy to the final autopsy of the dead doctor revealed that at least 151 gms of thick fluid was found inside the private part of the dead doctor hinting towards gang rape before murder. said in its order, reports Bar and Bench. The matter will be heard again after three weeks when the CBI is expected to submit a report. The incident triggered nationwide outrage and eventually led to the resignation of the college principal Dr Sandip Ghosh, amid allegations that he tried to blame the vic- tim and link her death to psychosis. During the hearing, the petitioners claimed that there was an attempt by the college administration to "cover up" the crime, as the parents were initially told twice on phone that their daughter had died by suicide. The court grilled the State on why it had initially registered NEW DELHI 4Continued on | P6 Strike on or off? Doctors’ protest continues across India Wish I could bring tax to almost nil: FM the case as one of "unnatural death" (instead of recording it as a murder). The court then asked why the college principal did not come forward to file the complaint. Online Report PARIS No offshore fund link: Mauritius The Financial Services Commission of Mauritius on Tuesday said the offshore fund at the heart of the Hindenburg conflict of interest allegation against the SEBI chief is not domiciled in the Island nation, and that it does not permit the creation of shell companies. In a statement, FSC said it has taken cognizance of the contents of the report published by Hindenburg Research on August 10, 2024, wherein mention has been made of 'Mauritius-based shell entities' and Mauritius as a 'tax haven'. "The report of Hindenburg has further cited 'IPE Plus Fund' is a small offshore Mauritius Fund and 'IPE Plus Fund 1, a fund registered in Mauritius'. We wish to clarify that IPE Plus Fund and IPE Plus Fund 1 are not licensees of the FSC and are not domiciled in Mauritius," it said. Hindenburg on Saturday alleged that SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch and her husband opened an account in 2015 with a wealth management firm in Singapore to invest an undisclosed sum of money in a Mauritius-registered offshoot of a Bermudabased fund. KOLKATA/NEW DELHI The Central Bureau of Investigation has taken over the investigation into the rape and murder of a resident doctor in Kolkata, hours after the Calcutta High Court ordered a probe. A Bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya asked the CBI to carry out the probe into the shocking incident at RG Kar Medical College hospital on priority basis. "The case at hand is peculiar. The facts and circumstances warrant appropriate orders without further loss of time. We say so because even after the lapse of five days, there appears to be no significant progress in the investigation. We would be well justified in accepting the plea of the petitioners, particularly the parents of the victim, that there is every possibility that the evidence would be destroyed and the witnesses would be influenced etc. Therefore, we deem it appropriate to transfer the investigation to the CBI," the court E-paper Edit Delhi-Malé ties get a leg up P.12 POSERS IN COURT lWhy were parents told twice that it was suicide? Briefs MUMBAI Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressing 11th convocation of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal on Tuesday Govt not just talking, but putting money into R &D Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman said that there are times when she has to answer people’s query that why are our taxes like this, why can’t they be lower than this. “ I wish I can bring it down to almost nil. But India’s challenges are severe and challenges will have to be overcome,” she added. She exhorted learned students to understand the challenges of the country. She was addressing the 11th convocation ceremony of Indian Insti- tute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal on Tuesday. She asserted that government is not just talking but it is putting money into R&D. “This country and the money that it earns money through taxation -That’s my job and will tell you that- It is for generating revenue but not troubling the people. We need to fund and money for research,” she said. She asserted that central government recently approved India AI Mission with outlay of Rs 10,300 crores for building, computing infrastructure, developing AI capabilities and attracting the AI talent and financing AI Start up. 4Continued on | P6 NEW DELHI Now 'swadeshi' Kamikaze drones As India prepares to celebrate the 78th Independence Day, the National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) unveiled that it is making potent swadeshi (indigenous) Kamikaze Drones, do-and-die unmanned aerial vehicles with home-built engines that can power them to fly up to 1,000 kilometres. INDORE Cognizant opens office in city After TCS and Infosys Technologies, US multinational IT company Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation set its foot in the state by opening its state-of-theart centre in the city. Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav inaugurated the new facility here at Brilliant Titanium on Tuesday. A $19.4 billion MNC, Cognizant is one of the world’s leading IT services providers that engineers modern businesses which improve everyday life. Yunus asks B’Desh Hindus to have patience, visits temple PTI FP Desk DHAKA NEW DELHI Reaching out to the distressed Hindu community members at the famous Dhakeshwari Temple here, Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday urged the people to "exercise patience" before judging his government's role. Yunus, who took charge as the Chief Advisor of the interim government on August 8 amid ongoing violence and vandalism, including against the minorities, also said each one's rights should be ensured and blamed "institutional decay" for the predicament that his country has fallen into. is not there. There has to be something. The question is that if it is not there, then is it an offence? If an offence is not there and if it is obliterated, then it is not an offence... "Quantum (of punishment) we cannot decide but unnatural sex which is non-consensual needs to be taken care of by the legislature," a bench of acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed. The "bail is the rule and jail is an exception" legal principle is applicable even to offences under special statutes like the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday while granting bail to a man accused of harbouring suspected terrorists. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih said once a case has been made out for the grant of bail to an accused, the court cannot decline the relief. "When a case is made out for a grant of bail, the courts should not have any hesitation in granting bail. The allegations of the prosecution may be very serious. But, the duty of the courts is to consider the case for grant of bail in accordance with the law. 'Bail is the rule and jail is an exception' is a settled law," the bench said. The top court said even in cases like the present one where stringent conditions have been laid down for the grant of bail, the same rule holds good with the only modification being that bail can be granted if the conditions in the statute are satisfied. "The rule also means that once a case is made out for the grant of bail, the court cannot decline to grant bail. 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 IRAN REJECTS CALL BY WEST Associated Press JERUSALEM Muhammad Yunus with Hindu community members at famous Dhakeshwari Temple in Dhaka on Tuesday Hasina faces murder charges Bangladesh's deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and six others, including two senior ministers of her cabinet and the sacked police chief, would face trial on murder charges, court officials said on Tuesday. The murder case filed against 76-year-old Hasina is the first so far against her. She and six others over the death of a grocery shop owner during last month's violent clashes that led to the fall of her government. ‘Penal provision for sodomy missing in BNS’ Agencies NEW DELHI Iran rejected a call on Tuesday by three European countries urging it to refrain from any retaliatory attacks that would further escalate regional tensions. Iran called it an “excessive request.” The statement came even as Hamas' armed al-Qassam Brigades said it had targeted the Israeli city of Tel Aviv and its suburbs with two "M90" rockets. Explosions were heard in Tel Aviv but there were no reports of casualties, Israeli media reported. The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to make its stand clear on the exclusion of penal provisions for the offences of unnatural sex and sodomy from the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), which replaced the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The court said the legislature needs to take care of the issue of non-consensual unnatural sex. "Where is that provision? There is no provision at all. It offgrid State seeks glory in sports @ Rs 90 per day Rishita Tomar School has been writing letters to the department for increasing the amount, but his plea has fallen on deaf ears BHOPAL Two hundred children of the government-run Sehore Residential Sports School are provided with diet worth of only Rs 90 a day. According to the officials, this is just a token amount to meet the dietary needs of the upcoming sportsmen. The school has been getting this amount for over six years, sources said. The authorities have been writing to the department to increase, as Rs 90 is not enough to provide proper fare to the future sportsmen. This residential sports school is the only government sports school in the state where students both study and practice sports. Boys from classes 9th to 12th live on the campus, where they receive academic education alongside professional sports training. Admission OFFICIAL SAYS Joint Director of CPI, Alok Khare, said that the hostel’s infrastructure has been improved in recent years. “We have written to the department requesting an increase in the per-student budget”, he added. to the school is competitive, with students required to pass a selection test. 4Continued on | P6 Water enters many villages; officials rush to Sabalgarh area; human lives, properties remain safe FP News Service BHOPAL/MORENA A 140-year-old pond located behind Panch Mukhi Hanuman temple in Tonga village overflowed after its 20-foothigh wall fell because of heavy rain that lashed Sabalgarh Tehsil from 9:30am on Monday to 1am on Tuesday. As a result, its water entered several villages and roads were under three-foot-deep water. Upon getting information about the water entering the residential area, collector Ankit Asthana and superintendent of police Shailendra Singh Chouhan rushed to the spot. To save the residential areas, the district administration changed the direction of the flow of the water to a canal. The district administration said that rodents made big holes which made the wall weak. The barriers of the 140-yearold pond developed cracks and water entered the residential areas. The pond has the capacity to store 1.93 MCM water, official sources said. Besides the Tonga pond, the biggest of all the ponds in the area, other water bodies also overflowed. The irrigation department HC issues bailable warrant against four IAS officers, one other Our Staff Reporter INDORE Citing a contempt petition, Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued bailable warrant against four IAS officers, including two principal secretaries, and a regional director (health services). Justice Pranay Verma also directed the officers to be present before the court in the next hearing. The officers served notices include principal secretary (health and family Welfare) Mohammad Suleman, principal secretary (general administration) Manish Rastogi, commissioner (health) VivekPorwal, director (health) Dinesh Shrivastava and regional director (health services) Dr RC Panika. The matter is pertaining to the pay scale of an employee, in which the court order has not been followed after the decision in November 2023. There was a hearing in this on August 12. Now the officers have to appear on September 9. When CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan was chief minister, a policy was made for contract workers for giving 100 percent pay scale. Most of the employees were taken under the purview of this policy and they also got the revised pay scale. But due to departmental negligence, some employees were left out. ParthanPillai, who works in the health department, was also among the aggrieved lot. He had also applied for the revised scale but to no avail. When his requests fell on deaf ears, Pillai moved High Court and got judgment in his favour. 4Continued on | P6 had feedback about the leakage of the walls of the pond. But the barrier had fallen by the time the officials of the irrigation department reached there. The water of the pond reached the Hanuman temple and entered the farmlands in Kutdhan, Ranipura, Devpur, Mafi, Tonga, Katghar and Kulholi villages. 4Continued on | P6 HC: Sperm or egg donor has no legal right over child MUMBAI A sperm or egg donor has no legal right on the child and cannot claim to be its biological parent, the Bombay High Court held on Tuesday while allowing a 42-year-old woman visitation rights to her fiveyear-old twin daughters. The woman, in her plea, said her daughters, born via surrogacy, were living with her husband and younger sister, who was the egg donor. The petitioner's husband had claimed since his sisterin-law was the egg donor, she had a legitimate right to be called a biological parent of the twins and that his wife had no right over them. A single bench of Justice Milind Jadhav, however, refused to accept this contention, citing that though the petitioner's younger sister was the egg donor, she has no legitimate right to claim that she is a biological parent of the twins.