FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. XLI No. 134 | INDORE | MONDAY | OCTOBER 21, 2024 | Pages 12 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. 38281/83 www.freepressjournal.in Sports Team India remain on top despite point percentage drop P.10 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: INDORE MONEY PM: 80 new airports in country in last decade BHOPAL Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the Rewa airport from Varanasi on Sunday. He said that till 2014, country had only 70 airports and now their number is more than 150. Old airports are being renovated. He said that compared to past governments, the development works are happening at triple speed. Within 125 days of formation of the new government, works on schemes and projects of more than Rs 15 lakh crore has begun. There is a major thrust to develop infrastructure across the country that will not only provide facilities to the people but also provide employment to youth in the country. The PM said that the new highways, train routes and new airports are providing more facilities. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said that PM had given a big gift to the Vindhya people before Diwali. The Rewa airport will open the gates of development for Vindhya region and will change its scenario. 4Continued on | P6 REWA AIRPORT AT A GLANCE Bhumi Poojan for Rewa airport was done on February 15, 2023. It has been constructed on 300-acre land. Initially, there will be flights to Bhopal and Khajuraho. This airport was built in record time and Madhya Pradesh government has given land free of cost. Its runway is 1800 meters and is suitable for landing ATR 72 aircraft. It has two parking bays and at one time, 100 people can be handled. Airports Authority of India (AAI) has constructed the airport building. It is equipped with 24 -hour operation with night landing facility and instrument landing. PUNE BHOPAL NASHIK Cong announces Budhni, Vijaypur candidates FP News Service Mukesh Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL The Congress party has announced the candidates of assembly by-polls of Budhni and Vijaypur on Sunday night. Rajkumar Patel has been fielded from Budhni while Mukesh Malhotra has been given ticket from Vijaypur. The bypolls are scheduled in the state, BJP had already announced the names for the elections. The BJP had given the ticket to Ramakant Bhargava from Budhni and turncoat leader Ramnivas Rawat to contest election from Vijaypur. 4Continued on | P6 fp Briefs THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Sonia to campaign for Priyanka Sonia Gandhi, will campaign in Kerala's Wayanad for her daughter and party general secretary, Priyanka Gandhi, who is contesting her first electoral battle. NEW DELHI Coaching case hearing today The SC is scheduled to hear on Monday a matter related to the death of three civil service aspirants at a coaching centre here in July due to the flooding in the building's basement. The incident had taken place on July 27. Kalpesh Mhamunkar MUMBAI Stealing a march on the Maha Vikas Aghadi, the central committee of the BJP has announced its first list of 99 candidates for the state assembly election on November 20; topping the pack are Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and state party chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule. While Fadnavis has been renominated from Nagpur southwest, Bawankule, who was denied a ticket in the 2019 assembly polls and later nomi- Fadnavis Bawankule nated to the state council, has been fielded from Kamthi. The party is cock-a-hoop with confidence and this is manifest in almost all its sitting MLAs being given a chance to contest for the second time – a staggering 71 of the 125 sitting BJP MLAs in the state. It is also an indica- 8 kids among 12 killed in Dholpur road accident tion that the party prefers continuity, to pre-empt rebellion and internal bickering. The BJP again has the advantage of being battle-ready and declaring its list first, even as the MVA quibble over seat-sharing continues, especially in Vidarbha. With the BJP’s first list out, the decks have been cleared for the filing of nominations between October 22 and October 29. Interestingly, there are only 13 women candidates in the list. 4Continued on | P6 LOW-INTENSITY BLAST ROCKS DELHI SCHOOL FP News Service FP News Service JAIPUR NEW DELHI A speeding bus hit a tempo on National Highway-11B in Dholpur late on Saturday night claiming lives of 12 people including eight children. The accident was so severe that the tempo was blown to pieces. The front part of the bus was also damaged. The police said that the accident occurred in the Bari subdivision of Dholpur district when 15 people of the family living in Gumat, Karim Colony of Bari city were returning from Sarmathura after attending a wedding ceremony. At around 11 at night, a speeding bus coming from Dholpur hit the tempo near Sunnipur village on National Highway-11B. SHO Shivlahari Meena of Bari Kotwali police station said" the tempo was of Irfan alias Bunty (38), son of Babbu, resident of Gumat. The bus hit the tempo near Sunnipur. 12 people including three women and 8 children died in the accident. The deceased were identified as Irfan alias Bunty (38), his wife Julie (34), daughter Asma (14), son Salman (8), Sakir (6), Irfan's nephew Azaan (5), Zarina (35), her daughters Asiana (10), Sufi (7), son Sanif (9), Parveen (32), her son Danish (10) died in the accident. A low-intensity blast near a CRPF school in Delhi’s Rohini area on Sunday morning caused property damage but no injuries, according to Delhi Police. The incident has prompted a multi-agency investigation, involving the Delhi Police, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), and the National Security Guard (NSG). The explosion, which occurred around 7:30 am near the school wall, shattered nearby windows and caused structural damage to the surrounding area. An eyewitness described hearing a loud blast and seeing yellow smoke, initially mistaking it for a gas cylinder explosion. 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 offgrid BJP leader’s son weds Pak woman online PTI The groom expressed hope that his wife would get her Indian visa without any hassle JAUNPUR A unique cross-border wedding ceremony took place in this Uttar Pradesh district, when a BJP leader's son married a Pakistani girl through an online "nikah". Tahseen Shahid, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) corporator, had arranged the marriage of his elder son, Mohammad Abbas Haider, with Andleep Zahra, a resident of Lahore. Despite ap- plying for visa, the groom was unable to obtain it due to the ongoing political tensions between the two neighbouring countries. The situation became even more challenging when the bride's mother, Rana Yasmin Zaidi, fell ill and was admitted to the ICU in Pakistan. In light of these circumstances, Shahid decided to conduct the wedding ceremony online. On Friday night, Shahid gathered with the "baraati" at an imambara and participated in the online "nikah". The bride's family took part in the ceremony from Lahore. Shia religious leader Maulana Mahfoozul Hasan Khan explained that in Islam, the woman's consent is essential for "nikah" and she communicates it to the maulana. 4Continued on | P6 A doctor and six construction workers – both migrant and local -- were killed when terrorists opened fire at Gagangir in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district, official sources said on Sunday. The number of casualties can go up, sources added. The terrorists had opened fire on a camp housing labourers of a private company, who were working on the ZMorh tunnel. The tunnel is strategically important for defense and will provide allweather connectivity to people and the Indian Army in Ladakh. Heavy snowfall at Zojila often cuts off Ladakh from Kashmir. This disrupts the movement of forces, people and essential goods and services. Ganderbal district, which is regarded as a peaceful area, has seen non-locals targeted for the first time in recent years. Union minister NItin Gadkari has condemned the "horrific" terror attack. In a post on X, the minister said the "innocent labourers" were engaged in a vital infrastructure project.  The attack came a day after  locals found a migrant worker's bullet-riddled body in the Waduna area of Zainapora in Shopian district in south Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah strongly condemned the attack on "unarmed innocent people" and extended his condolences to their loved ones. "Very sad news of a das- tardly and cowardly attack on non-local labourers in Sonamarg region. These people were working on a key infrastructure project in the area. Two persons have been killed and 2-3 more have been injured in this militant attack. I strongly condemn this attack on unarmed innocent people and send my condolences to their loved ones," Abdullah posted on X. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi too condemned the killing, saying the entire country is against such "inhuman and reprehensible" crimes. 4Continued on | P6 Mother, daughter killed in Morena LPG blast ANI MORENA Maha polls: BJP first to put out its first list of 99 candidates Doctor, 6 workers shot dead at J&K infra camp GANDERBAL Rajkumar mon people of Vindhya area. They will be able to avail air travel facility in just Rs 999. Through the efforts of PM Narendra Modi and under Udan Yojana, even poor people have received the air travel facility. Vindhya industrialists will get the container facility for export. For goods storage, Inland Container Depot (ICD) will be constructed in Rewa. E-paper Brand Sutra Only The Genuine Survive P.12 CM flags off Rewa- Bhopal flight Bhopal: Chief Minister Mohan Yadav flagged off Rewa Bhopal flight from Rewa airport on Sunday. He was accompanied by Deputy CM’s Rajendra Shukla and Jagdesh Devda. CM said that along with passenger planes, cargo plane also take off from Rewa airport shortly. Along with this, cheap air service will be provided to com- MUMBAI Edit Citizenship ruling won’t bother illegal migrants P.8 EPFO adds 18.53 lakh members in August INFRA BOOST: Modi virtually inaugurates 6th MP airport in Rewa Our Staff Reporter UJJAIN PRESS File pic FREE ESTD-1983 The bodies of a woman and her daughter were recovered after an explosion occurred in a building in the Islampur area of Morena in Madhya Pradesh.The rescue operation in- volving police, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), and local municipal teams is underway.According to the inital investigation, police found items including a cylinder, an exploded battery and debris of a deep-freezer. Ambah Deputy SP, Ravi Bha- doriya while speaking to ANI said, "The rescue operation by police, SDRF team and municipality has been underway since the evening yesterday. As this is an active area, the adjacent buildings were also in a sensitive state. In the morning we found two female bodies. Prima facie it seems like the bodies of a mother and daughter. The bodies have been sent for the post-mortem. At the spot, we found few objects like a cylinder, an exploded battery and debris of a deep freezer. The investigation is currently underway."