FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms FREE PRESS Vol. XLI No. 105 | INDORE | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 22, 2024 | Pages 16 ` 4 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. 38281/83 www.freepressjournal.in Sports PANT & GILL RISE TO GLORY P.14 ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: INDORE WEEKEND Siddharth Kannan reveals how pandemic transformed his career path P.10 MESSAGE TO MODI? Meet comes hours before PM’s 3-day visit to US White House engages with pro-Khalistani groups Agencies Modi in US, Quad summit on Day 1 WASHINGTON The White House today met with a group of Sikhs who are sympathisers for the Khalistan movement This is the first time ever that they have officially engaged with such groups. The White House has also assured them "protection from any transnational aggression on its soil". The White House said it is committed to "protecting American Citizens" from harm while they are within the borders of the United States. This development comes amid concerns that Canada and the US are giving shelter and asylum to Khalistani separatists. Groups aligned to the Khalistan separatist movement are banned in India and several of these organisations have car- Justice Kait is new MPHC CJ BHOPAL Delhi High Court judge Justice Suresh Kumar Kait has been appointed Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court. Justice Ravi Malimath had retired on May 24 this year. Currently, Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva was working as acting chief justice. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday arrived in the US for a three-day visit to attend a Quad summit and address a key conclave at the United Nations. Modi will also hold separate bilateral meetings with US President Joe Biden and Modi greets expats in other world leaders on the Philadelphia margins of the Quad summit in Wilmington, Delaware, and the 'Summit of the Future' at the UN General Assembly in New York. Modi landed at Philadelphia for his onward journey to Wilmington. The annual Quad summit at President Joe Biden's hometown Wilmington is expected to roll out a series of new initiatives to boost cooperation in the Indo-Pacific and explore ways to find peaceful solutions to the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza. ried out terrorist activities in the last few decades. While the US has not made any official comment on "giving shelter" to such elements, Canada had called it their "freedom of speech". In response, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had said, "India respects and practices freedom of speech, but freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom to support separatism. It does not equate Rajesh Rajora all set to become CS Veera Rana may be appointed SEC Nitendra Sharma BHOPAL A 1990-batch IAS officer, posted as Additional Chief S e c re t a r y (ACS) in the CM’s Secretariat, Rajesh Rajora, is all set to become the Chief Secretary (CS). According to sources, the order appointing him as CS will be issued next week. CS Veera Rana is going to retire on September 30, and she will not get another extension. After her retirement, Rana may be appointed State Election Commissioner. Along with Rajora, the names of Anurag Jain, who is on deputation to the Centre and additional chief secretary (Home) SN Mishra were being considered for the post. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav is keen on appointing Rajora as CS. According to sources, the central leadership has also approved Rajora’s name. Rajora has got importance since Yadav took over as Chief Minister in place of Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Rajora was brought from the Home Department to Water Resources Department and Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA). 4Continued on | P6 with freedom to threaten foreign diplomats or allow political space to elements advocating violence." "In any rules-based society, you would imagine that you would check people's background, how they came, what passports they carried etc," he had said. "If you have people whose presence there was itself on very dubious documents, what does it say about you? It actually says that your vote-bank actually is more powerful than your rule of law," Jaishankar had said. THE WH MEETING The meeting at White House took place hours before PM Modi is to land in the US to attend the Quad summit in Delaware and to address the 'Summit of the Future' event at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. 4Continued on | P6 Atishi becomes youngest CM of Delhi Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar NEW DELHI Delhi minister Atishi was on Saturday sworn as the third woman chief minister of Delhi by Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena. At 43 years, Atishi became the youngest CM of Delhi. She was elected by Aam Aadmi Party’s legislative party as its leader on Tuesday morning after chief minister Arvind Kejriwal proposed her name. 4Continued on | P6 India meddling, claims Junior doctors resume Canada intel report emergency services Agencies TORONTO China and India are deeply engaged in attempting to influence diaspora communities and elect MPs sympathetic to their interests through illicit funding and disinformation campaigns, stated a Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) report tabled at Canada’s public inquiry into foreign interference. The document details how heavily involved the government of India is in trying to meddle in Canadian domestic affairs and undermine support for the Khalistan movement that seeks an independent Sikh state in Punjab, according to a report “The GoI [government of India] attempts to shape the final make up of Parliament through supporting individual pro-Gol candidates, including through interference in leadership and nomination contests,” said the document, titled Country Summaries. by the Globe and Mail. “The GoI [government of India] attempts to shape the final make up of Parliament through supporting individual pro-Gol candidates, 4Continued on | P6 Aritra Singha KOLKATA The protesting junior doctors on Saturday resumed emergency services at various government hospitals and also at flood affected areas. A team of 30 junior doctors from two different medical colleges visited the flooded areas. They not only examined patients but were also seen distributing dry foods to the affected people of the area. Aniket Mahata, a protesting doctor of RG Kar said that though they have resumed the emergency services they will resume complete service after their demands are met. Another protesting doctor, Kinjal Nanda said that by ‘removing’ graffities, people will ‘not’ for- As soon as the junior medics had resumed work, graffitis that the protestors had written on the road and on the wall near Swasthya Bhawan were painted over so that they are not visible get the protest. “We are glad that we could instil the fire of protest in the hearts of people. By removing the graffities that were made people will not forget to ask for justice,” mentioned Nanda. Notably, inspections were done at RG Kar medical college and hospital premises for installing new CCTV cameras in keeping with the demand of the junior medics. 4Continued on | P6 ‘Vishwaguru should take path of social harmony’ Ravikiran Deshmukh MUMBAI Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari who is spearheading the BJP's campaign for the upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra raised several eyebrows on Friday by declaring that the biggest test of democracy is that the king (ruler) tolerates the strongest opinion against him and introspects over it. Speaking at a book release function in Pune, he said the writers and intellectuals should SPEAKING OUT: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari express themselves fearlessly. In India, there is no problem of difference of opinion but "there is a problem of lack of opinion," said the leader who once headed the state BJP before taking over as the national president. He further said, there could be a difference of opinion, but it should not lead to personal differences. In a democracy our opinions may differ, but we still have to respect another's opinion. In remarks that are variance with the dominantly articulated view, Gadkari declared, A person’s identity does not depend on the caste they come from, religion they believe in, gender they choose or lan- guage they speak.” “The core values and fundamental spirit of all religious teachings that is said in Bhagwat Gita, Quran and Bible, are the same. A nation cannot be built on the differences and issues such as casteism and untouchability.” Further he used the word Vishwaguru pointedly. “In a democracy, people have freedom of religion. It is an individual’s choice what they believe in, which God they pray and how they offer their prayer. 4Continued on | P6 UJJAIN PUNE BHOPAL NASHIK MUMBAI E-paper Cinema Daughters take center stage in cinema P.16