FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. 14 No. 128 | BHOPAL | MONDAY | OCTOBER 21, 2024 | Pages 12 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 FREE www.freepressjournal.in Sports Team India remain on top despite point percentage drop P.10 ESTD-1983 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 ways 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 PTI 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 SRINAGAR Two killed in terrorist attack Two labourers were killed and two others injured in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district, officials said. The terrorists opened firing on the camp housing labourers of a private company working on construction of a tunnel at Gund area in the district, they said. Two labourers died on the spot while two others sustained injuries, they said, adding further details are awaited. Police and army have cordoned off the area to track the attackers. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Sonia to campaign for Priyanka PTI MUMBAI, NEW DELHI: Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is among the heavyweight names in the BJP's first list of candidates for the November 20 Maharashtra Assembly polls. The list, which was announced this afternoon, has 99 names. Maharashtra Assembly has 288 seats and the BJP is likely to contest nearly 160. The remaining seats are being contested by its allies Shiv Sena and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP. Fadnavis is contesting from Nagpur West Assembly seat, which he has represented since 2009. Nagpur is a BJP stronghold and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari represents the parliamentary seat in Lok Sabha. Of the six Assembly segments part of the Lok Sabha constituency, four are held by the BJP. Among the other heavyweights, state BJP chief Chan- 8 kids among 12 killed in Dholpur road accident FP News Service drashekhar Bawankule is contesting from Kamthi, also in Nagpur district. Incumbent state minister Sudhir Mungantiwar has been fielded from Ballarpur seat and Union Minister Raosaheb Danve's son Santosh is the BJP candidate in Bhokardan. The BJP has fielded Sreejaya Chavan in Bhokar; she is the daughter of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, who switched from the Congress to the BJP before the Lok Sabha polls and is now a Rajya Sabha member. 4Continued on | P6 More flights get bomb threats; emergency protocols kick in PTI JAIPUR NEW DELHI Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson and former party President, Sonia Gandhi, will campaign in Kerala's Wayanad for her daughter and party General Secretary, Priyanka Gandhi, who is contesting her first electoral battle. 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. Several flights across India received bomb threats yet again today, prompting the authorities to activate emergency protocols and pilots to land their aircraft before reaching their destinations. Several Vistara and Akasa Air flights received bomb threat calls, their spokespersons said. One of the Air Akasa flights that received the bomb threat was flying from Lucknow to Mumbai. "Some of our flights scheduled to operate on October 20, 2024 have received security alerts today. Akasa Air emergency response teams are monitoring the situation and are in touch with security and regulatory authorities," a spokesperson of Akasa Air said. 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 loud explosion near a CRPF school in the Prashant Vihar area in Rohini on Sunday morning sparked a security alert in the national capital. No one was injured in the blast which initial investigation suggests could have been caused by a crude bomb, officials said. Teams from the National Investigation Agency (NIA), National Security Guard (NSG), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Delhi Police cordoned off the area and forensic teams collected samples from the site to ascertain the cause of the explosion which was reported at around 7.50 am. Police said the wall of the school, nearby shops and a car were damaged. Security has already been stepped up in Delhi due to the festival season. NSG personnel at the blast site ATISHI’S ‘UNDERWORLD’ JAB In a post on X, Atishi said the blast had exposed Delhi's "crumbling" law and order system. "The responsibility to maintain law and order in Delhi is with BJP's central government. But BJP ignores this and uses its time to disrupt the work of Delhi's elected governments. This is why Delhi's situation is now that of Mumbai during the era of the underworld, she said. Responding to Atishi's charge, BJP's Shazia Ilmi said, "The puppet CM is known for this. If you make her speak on any topic, it is always about the Centre. Plumes of smoke could be seen billowing from the spot in purported videos of the incident. 4Continued on | P6 Mother, daughter killed in Morena LPG blast ANI MORENA Maha polls: Fadnavis, Chavan’s daughter figure in BJP first list Blast near CRPF school in Delhi; multi-agency probe on NEW DELHI 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 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."