FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. 14 No. 122 | BHOPAL | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 15, 2024 | Pages 14 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 FREE www.freepressjournal.in ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: Sports SMITH BACK AT NO 4 P.12 fp Briefs BENGALURU Award for ISRO chairman ISRO said on Monday its chairman S Somanath has received the International Astronautical Federation's (IAF) prestigious World Space Award for Chandrayaan-3's remarkable achievement. "This recognition celebrates India's contributions to space exploration. Celebrations underway in Milan (Italy) as we continue to strive for new frontiers," the national agency headquartered here said in an online post. NEW DELHI Retail inflation rises to 5.49% Retail inflation rose to 5.49 per cent in September from 3.65 per cent in the preceding month mainly due to higher food prices, according to official data released on Monday. The consumer price indexbased inflation was 5.02 per cent in September 2023. The National Statistics Office data showed that inflation in the food basket rose to 9.24 per cent in September from 5.66 per cent in August and 6.62 per cent in the year-ago month. KANPUR Road crash in UP leaves 5 dead Four students of a private college were among five killed when their car was crushed between two speeding trucks on the Ruma-Bhaunti flyover here on Monday, police said. The incident took place while the students were on way to their college, Deputy Commissioner of Police (west) Rajesh Kumar Singh said. The bodies were brought out by cutting through the mangled car. BENGALURU Court quashes Darshan’s bail A Bengaluru court on Monday quashed the bail petitions of jailed Kannada superstar Darshan and his partner Pavithra Gowda in connection with the sensational murder case of Renukaswamy -- a fan of Darshan. Darshan and Pavithra Gowda will now have to approach the High Court for the bail plea. Sources close to Darshan said that a petition will be filed before the High Court on Tuesday. KOCHI Actor Bala gets bail A Kochi court granted bail to popular South Indian actor Bala on Monday, hours after he was arrested after being booked under the Juvenile Justice Act. Bala’s bail plea came up before the Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate Court which granted him bail, but it has set strict conditions. INDORE UJJAIN PRESS PUNE BHOPAL NASHIK MONEY Export to be major job creator as India transitions to $5 trillion economy Edit A decade in jail; a death foretold P.8 High Comm, other officials withdrawn from Canada Preposterous imputations, says MEA & ascribes them to political agenda of the Trudeau government that is centred around vote bank politics NEW DELHI India on Monday announced withdrawing its high commissioner and other "targeted diplomats and officials" from Canada after strongly dismissing Ottawa's allegations linking the envoy to an investigation into the killing of Sikh extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in a major escalation of tensions amid the already frosty ties between the two nations. India's decision came shortly after the Canadian Charge d'Affaires Stewart Wheelers was summoned to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and was told bluntly that the baseless Canada, India expel each other’s diplomats Frosty ties "targeting" of Indian High Commissioner Sanjay Verma and other diplomats and officials was "completely unacceptable". New Delhi described the Canada on Monday expelled six Indian diplomats after police collected evidence they were part of an Indian government "campaign of violence", according to Reuters. India also announced expelling six Canadian diplomats. They have been asked to leave India by or before 11:59 pm on October 19 MEA said. charges against Verma as "concocted" and "preposterous imputations" and ascribes the allegations to the "political agenda of the Trudeau government that is Ex-CM Chouhan’s son Kartikey figures in Budhni by-poll panel Ramniwas Rawat’s name proposed from Vijaipur BHOPAL The Bharatiya Janata Party held a meeting with the party’s state election committee over by-polls for two assembly seats, on Monday. The discussion was centred round the probable candidates for Budhni and Vijaipur assembly seats. A panel of names, made after the meeting over both seats, will be sent to the party’s central leadership. The name of Kartikey Singh Chouhan, son of Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, was also put in the centred around vote bank politics". The MEA said India received a "diplomatic communication from Canada on Sunday suggesting that the Indian High Commissioner and other diplomats are 'persons of interest' in a matter related to an investigation in that country". The Canadian Charge d'Affaires (CDA) was summoned by MEA's Secretary (East) Jaideep Mazumdar and it was underlined to him that in an atmosphere of extremism and violence, the Trudeau government's actions "endangered" the safety of Indian diplomats and other officials. 4Continued on | P6 Omar to take oath as J&K CM tomorrow Agencies SRINAGAR Our Staff Reporter Meeting of BJP State election committee in progress panel. Other than Kartikey’s, the panel consists of the names of former MP Ramakant Bhargava, Guru Prasad Sharma, Rajendra Singh Rajput, and Asharam Yadav. There was not much discussion over Vijaipur constituency from where Forest Minister Ramniwas Rawat is set to get a ticket. The BJP’s central leadership will announce the candidates for Budhi and Vijaipur JAL JEEVAN MISSION ED raids IAS officer, min’s aides in J’khand assembly seats. After the meeting, the BJP’s state unit president VD Sharma said discussions were held over Budhni and Vijaipur seats. The members of the election committee also gave suggestions for these two seats, he said, adding that a panel of names prepared at the meeting would be sent to the central leadership. 4Continued on | P6 Elderly couple’s bodies found in Indira Sagar backwaters PTI FP News Service RANCHI KHANDWA The Enforcement Directorate Monday conducted searches against a senior IAS officer, persons linked to a cabinet minister and some others as part of a multi-crore money laundering probe into alleged irregularities in the water and sanitation department of poll-bound Jharkhand, official sources said. The sources had earlier said that the raids were linked to the Jal Jeevan Mission, a scheme of the central government. They said alleged illegal commission payments at the rate of 10 per cent was prevalent in the works awarded by the water and sanitation department and these kickbacks were shared among politicians in power, bureaucrats and department officials. In a shocking incident at Hanumantiya Island, the bodies of an elderly couple from Indore were discovered floating in the backwaters of the Indira Sagar Dam on Monday. Deceased were identified as Bhagwan Singh Dhakad, 66, and his wife Sunita. They had been staying at a resort on the island for the past two days, and were found after resort employees noticed shoes and a body floating near the water. 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 CRPF on guard E-paper World Biden visits Florida to survey Hurricane Milton damage ESCALATING ROW | After Trudeau govt tried to link Indian high commissioner to a probe into killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, New Delhi cites lack of faith in Canada’s commitment in ensuring safety of its diplomatic staff PTI MUMBAI National Conference leader Omar Abdullah is set to take oath as the new chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir on October 16. Sharing the letter on X, sent by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Omar Abdullah said, "Was pleased to receive the Principal Secretary to LG Manoj Sinha ji. He handed over a letter from the @OfficeOfLGJandK inviting me to form the next government in J-K." Earlier, the president's rule in Jammu and Kashmir was revoked, clearing the way for the formation of a new government following the recently concluded Assembly polls in the Union Territory. The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a gazette notification in this regard on Sunday. "In exercise of the powers conferred by section 73 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 (34 of 2019) the Order dated the 31st October 2019 in relation to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir shall stand revoked immediately before the appointment of the Chief Minister. Govt teacher hangs self in another govt school FP News Service SENDHWA A 36-year-old government teacher allegedly committed suicide, as his body was found hanging in Balwadi Higher Secondary School under Varla tehsil of Sendhwa block. The grim discovery was made at 9:30 am on Monday, prompting immediate action from local authorities. Upon receiving the information, the Varla police swiftly arrived at the scene, where they removed the body from the noose and transported it to the Varla community health centre for a post-mortem. The deceased, identified as Praveen, was employed at the Primary School in Chikhli. His body was found hanging from a window in one of the rooms of Balwadi Higher Secondary School, causing significant distress among students and faculty. Varla station in-charge Madhav Singh Thakur said that no suicide note was recovered from Praveen, leaving the reasons for this tragic act unclear. Police have registered a case and commenced an investigation, focusing on statements from family members and other witnesses to uncover the circumstances surrounding this unfortunate incident. NEW DELHI Several opposition MPs on Monday boycotted a meeting of the parliamentary committee examining the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, alleging that the panel is not functioning in accordance with rules and regulations. LOCATION OF THE CAVE he cave, containing thousands of human skeletons, is located on the India-Nepal border in Pithoragarh district, near Garbiyang village along the Adi Kailash Yatra route. After crossing the Kali River into Nepal, one reaches Changru village, with the cave situated about three kilometers above it on a steep slope. This discovery was highlighted by a @thirdpolelive team, although only two of Changru’s 1,000 residents had previously seen it. The Himalayas have long intrigued scientists, especially concerning human skeletons. A new discovery has been made a cave with thousands of skeletons on the India-Nepal border in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand, about 200 km east of known sites like Roopkund and Malari. This T finding adds to the enigma of ancient human remains in the region. FIRST MENTION IN 1901 The first recorded men- tion of this cave was made by Swiss explorers Arnold Heim and August Gansser, who traveled through the region on foot to Tibet’s Taklakot in 1901. In their book Western Tibet and British Borderland, published in 1905, they referenced a cave in Changru The BJP organisation on Monday called the three legislators who opened a front against the state administration. Out of the three legislators, Brajbihari Pateriya and Pradeep Lariya reached the BJP office, but Pradeep Patel did not go there. The issue of opening front against the state administration was discussed in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, party’s state unit president VD Sharma and other leaders of the organisation. The legislators were advised not to cross the party line. Legislator from Naryawali Pradeep Lariya began to cry before the party’s top leadership for behavior of the police station in-charge. Lariya said that the police station in-charge did not listen to him and that he had requested CM, party’s state unit president, and organisational general secretary and other leaders to remove him. Lariya further said that the Agencies After veteran politician Baba Siddique was shot dead in Mumbai last week, sources claim his MLA-son Zeeshan Siddique is also on the Bishnoi gang's hit-list. The shooters told the cops they were given a contract to kill both Baba Siddique and Zeeshan, said police sources. The shooters, they said, were told both the father and the son would be present at the murder spot on Saturday evening. But if they did not get a chance to attack them together, the shooters were ordered to kill whoever they could find first, the sources added. Zeeshan Siddique, a Congress MLA from Vandre East, was expelled by the party months ago after instances of Opposition MPs, such as Gaurav Gogoi and Imran Masood of the Congress, A Raja of the DMK, Arvind Sawant of the Shiv Sena (UBT), AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi, Samjwadi Party's Mohibbullah and Sanjay Singh of the Aam Aadmi Party, 4Continued on | P6 New human skeletons found in U’Khand cave Agencies Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL Pateriya Patel police station in-charge had worked for the Congress candidate during election, but he was not removed. He said that he had raised his voice against the illegal trade of drugs in the area. Lariya was, however, advised to raise any issue only at the party forum. The party leadership expressed unhappiness at Brijbihari Pateriya’s offer to resign after a police station incharge did not file a report. Pateriya said that he had acted in that way only out of agony. He said that he took the action only because the problems of the poor were not heard. Pateriya tendered a written apology before the party leadership. On the other hand, legislator from Mauganj, Pradeep Patel did not reach the party office. He has also refused security. A recent photograph of Patel bowing down before an additional superintendent of police (ASP) went viral on social media. Cops arrested another man last evening who had allegedly made the Facebook post claiming responsibility for Baba Siddique's murder. He was identified as Pravin Lonkar MUMBAI offgrid DEHRADUN Pateriya tenders apology, while Patel stays away Baba Siddique’s son too on hit list, shooters tell police Oppn MPs boycott Waqf panel meeting PTI MLA cries over failure to get cop shifted village filled with human skeletons, which had been pointed out to them by the locals. However, this cave faded into obscurity over the years. According to local residents, there is a similar cave containing human skeletons about three kilometers above the Indian village of Budhi in the same region. 4Continued on | P6 cross-voting during the legislative council elections. Three shooters carried out the murder of Baba Siddique outside his son's office on Saturday night after throwing chili powder at the police constable deployed for his security. Two of them - Gurmail Baljit Singh of Haryana and Dharmaraj Kashyap of Uttar Pradesh - have been arrested while the third - Shivkumar Gautam - had escaped from the spot. He was last seen around Panvel this morning. Several police teams have been deployed in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi to arrest Shiv while Mumbai Police's Anti-Extortion Cell investigates the case. Investigations have revealed that the three accused used to travel from Kurla (where they lived on rent) to Bandra every day, mostly in auto rickshaws, and recce the places Baba Siddique and his son used to frequent. These places included areas around their house, office, and the events they attended. 3 int’l flights from Mumbai diverted over bomb threat PTI MUMBAI Security agencies went into a tizzy after three international flights originating from Mumbai received bomb threats on Monday with one of them, a New York-bound Air India aircraft, getting diverted to New Delhi as travel plans of some 500 passengers went for a toss. However, nothing suspicious was found on any of the planes after a thorough check by security agencies, police officials said. Apart from the Air India flight, two IndiGo aircraft -one bound to Muscat (Oman) and another to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) -- also received bomb threats, as per officials. The IndiGo flights received the threats before they took off and the planes were moved to isolation bays for security checks on Monday morning, the airline said without elaborating. The Air India aircraft had 239 passengers and 19 crew members on board, while the two IndiGo flights had around 260 passengers, according to sources. While the IndiGo's Muscat flight departed for its destination after a delay of nearly 7 hours at around 9.15 am after receiving security clearance, the Jeddah-bound aircraft took off at 13.14 pm, 11 hours behind its scheduled departure time of 2.05 am, as per the live flight tracking website Flightradar.com. However, the Air India flight has been rescheduled and will now depart for New York from Delhi on Tuesday morning, as per the airline. 4Continued on | P6