FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. 14 No. 134 | BHOPAL | SUNDAY | OCTOBER 27, 2024 | Pages 16 ` 4 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 FREE www.freepressjournal.in Sports AB de Villiers responds to Kohli’s kind words after Hall of Fame induction P.16 ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: INDORE WORLD India’s record 4,331-day streak ends Agencies PUNE India's 12-year-long streak of winning Test series at home has finally come to an end after New Zealand clinched the three-match series 2-0 in Pune. Mitchell Santner's fiery spell helped New Zealand defeat India by 113 runs in the second Test of the three-match series in Pune. Chasing 359, India lost the wicket of their skipper Rohit Sharma for 8 but Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill's partnership brought them back into the game, However, Santner kept on striking at regular intervals as India got bundled out for 245 and lost the game by 113 runs. For New Zealand, Mitchell Santner scalped seven and six wickets while Ajaz Patel scalped two. For India, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 77 while Ravindra Jadeja Briefs BHOPAL BJP FIR against Diggi, Umang and Katare BJP has filed a FIR against Leader of Opposition Umang Singar, Deputy Leader of Opposition Hemant Katare and Rajya Sabha Member Digvijay Singh for trying to defame its by-election candidate from Vijaypur assembly seat, Ramniwas Rawat on Saturday. On the complaint of BJP, Vijaypur police have registered the FIR against said Congress leaders. BJP said that a six years old video of Ramniwas Rawat was tampered and posted on X handle by the accused. NEW DELHI Delhi BJP chief in hosp after Yamuna dip Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva was admitted to the RML Nursing Home on Saturday with complaints of itching and breathing difficulties, two days after he took a dip in the heavily-polluted Yamuna to highlight the alleged failure of the AAP government to clean the river. scored 42. Reflecting on the series, captain Rohit Sharma said, "We didn't bat well in the first innings. The pitch wasn't bad enough. We just didn't get close to their first innings score. As the game went on, the pitch started behaving differently. We wanted to get those runs. We lost wickets after that GillYashasvi partnership. We failed to respond to the pressure," the India skipper said in the postmatch press conference. The defeat is India's first home Test series loss since Alastair Cook's England side won 2-1 in 2012. The recent series opener in Bengaluru set the tone when India, bowled out for a mere 46 in the first innings, struggled to recover as New Zealand's Rachin Ravindra struck a steady century, complemented by Tim Southee's late-order hitting. Israel attacks Iran in series of airstrikes Our Staff Reporter AP BHOPAL TEL AVIV Israel attacked military targets in Iran with a series of predawn airstrikes Saturday in retaliation for the barrage of ballistic missiles the Islamic Republic fired upon Israel earlier in the month. The Israeli military said its aircraft targeted facilities that Iran used to make the missiles fired at Israel as well as surface-to-air missile sites. There was no immediate indication that oil or missile sites were hit - strikes that would have marked a much more serious escalation - and Israel offered no immediate damage assessment. Explosions could be heard in the Iranian capital, Tehran, though the Islamic Republic insisted they caused only "limited damage" and Iranian state-run media downplayed Iran's Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying it had a right to self-defence, and "considers itself entitled and obligated to defend against foreign acts of aggression." Blank cheques found in coop salesman’s house the attacks. Iran's army said two of its troops had been killed in the attack, Iran's AlAlam television reported. Still, the strikes risk pushing the arch enemies closer to allout war at a time of spiralling violence across the Middle East, where militant groups backed by Iran - including Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon - are already at war with Israel. Sagar Lokayukta police conducted raid against suspended salesman of Cooperative Committee, Dawad in Ramnagar tehsil of Chhattarpur recently. Accused Arun Kumar Gupta used to lend money on interest to needy people by taking their blank cheques and registries. During the raid, investigating officers recovered more than 10 registeries and many signed blank cheques of other people. It has come to fore that four bank accounts in the name of accused and his family members were also found. Three houses have been also unearthed by the investigating officers and they have all modern facilities. 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 Female bear dies after eating pressure bomb After 10-month wait jumbo PCC announced FP News Service Our Staff Reporter BALAGHAT BHOPAL A female bear died after eating a pressure bomb in Bijora village under Laugur forest circle in Maoist-affected Balaghat district, officials said on Saturday. The incident came to light when a patrolling party saw a bear lying dead i The female bear died after eating the pressure bomb which is generally used to kill wild boars, official sources said. On getting information, divisional forest officer Adhar Gupta and others rushed to the spot. A team of veterinary doctors performed its post mortem. The much awaited list of Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee members has been announced. The body of 88 includes 71 general secretaries and 17 vice presidents. Leaders close to former chief ministers Digvijaya Singh and Kamal Nath have got space in the list. The list came almost 10 months after the appointment of the new state president Jitu Patwari. The party leaders said women have been given fair representation and regional aspirations have also been taken into account while making the appointments. Sources said that Patwari has included 16-member executive committee Former chief ministers Digvijay Singh, Kamal Nath, leader of opposition Umang Singhar, Kantilal Bhuria, Arun Yadav, Dr Govind Singh, Ajay Singh, Vivek Tankha and other leaders are present. Among the permanent 33 invitees members, Bhupendra Gupta, Alok Charutvedi, Sobha Oza, Rameshwar Nikhra, Raja Pateria and other leaders are included. all sections - Dalit, tribal, backward and minority - in his executive as per the wishes of party leader Rahul Gandhi. 4Continued on | P6 offgrid Pishori Pistas’ sweets @ Rs 24K per kg DIWALI SPECIAL SMITA BHOPAL A special Diwali sweet made of Pishori Pistas is selling for Rs 24,000 per kg in the city. Besides pistas, kesar and gold vark have been used to prepare the sweet. Pishori Pistas are imported from Pakistan and are named Sweets made of Pakistani Pishori Pistas after the place in the neighbouring country where they are grown. The sweet, perhaps the costliest one in the city, is PUNE BHOPAL NASHIK available at sweet shops in New Market. “Pishori Pistas are greener and tastier than other pistas and are full of nutrients”, says owner of a sweets shop Dharmendra Dang. He says that they have used Stevia, a sugar substitute made from a plant found in South America, as a sweetener. Ayurvedic texts say that gold and silver, taken in extremely small quantities, are also good for health, he adds. Another unique initiative is printing paintings by Gond artistes Padma Shri recipient Durga Bai Vyam and Venkat Raman Singh Shyam from the state on the covers of the tin boxes in which sweets are packaged. “The aim behind the initiative is to promote tribal art of the Madhya Pradesh., 4Continued on | P6 MUMBAI E-paper readers’ corner A turning point in Gaza conflict & Israeli security P.8 Biggest-ever crowd at Harris-Beyonce rally CAPTAINSPEAK: I am not doubting anyone's ability. I don't want to do too much post-mortem. Batters need to trust their plans fp UJJAIN PRESS Cinema ‘I was scared’ P.14 6 killed in two road accidents PTI BARWANI/CHHINDWARA Six persons were killed in two road accidents in Madhya Pradesh's Barwani and Chhindwara districts, police said on Saturday. In Barwani district, four people including a father-son duo lost their lives, while two persons were killed in Chhindwara district, officials said. A truck overturned on pedestrians after hitting a cow in Sendhwa town of Barwani district, crushing four persons around 1 am on Saturday, said an official. Sendhwa police said the victims were going home from a factory after work when the truck carrying red chillies from Maharashtra to Punjab tipped over and fell on them. 4Continued on | P6 Centre warns X, Meta over fake bomb threats Over 275 flights have received bomb threats since last week Agencies NEW DELHI The spate of fake bomb threats issued to airlines poses a threat to public order, the Centre has told social media platforms while ordering them to act against the spread of such misinformation at the earliest. It has also warned the social media companies that the exemption available to them for third-party content as intermediaries under the In- JOBLESS DELHI MAN ARRESTED New Delhi: A 25-year-old unemployed man from Delhi has been taken into custody for making hoax bomb threats, marking only the second arrest since a spate of such threats began being issued to airlines last week. Officials from the Delhi Police said the man admitted to making the threats to draw attention to himself after seeing reports of similar calls on television. Over 275 flights have received hoax bomb threats since October 14 and the Mumbai Police had taken a 17-year-old into custody last week. The Delhi Police said on Saturday that two threat messages were received at the capital's Indira Gandhi International Airport between Friday night and early on Saturday from a social media account. formation Technology Act will not apply if they don't follow their due diligence obligations or aid in committing an unlawful act. In an advisory sent on Friday, the Ministry of Elec- tronics and Information Technology said air travellers and security agencies have been affected because of the hoax bomb threats. 4Continued on | P6 Ex-IAS officer, now with BJP to be SEIAA chairman Rakesh Shrivastava’s name proposed for SEAC Nitendra Sharma BHOPAL The state government has approved the names of the heads of two main organisations which give green nod for setting up industries. Retired IAS officer SN Singh Shrivastava Chouhan Chouhan is being made chairman of the State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) and Rakesh Kumar Shrivastava as chairman of State Level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC). Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has given his consent for both the names and approved the files. Now, the state government will put up these names before the Union Environment Ministry. Afterwards, the ministry will issue a notification of these names for these posts. Chouhan has been appointed from the BJP quota. He was a member of the BJP’s manifesto committee set up for the assembly election. Chouhan is also the state in-charge of the BJP’s FPO. He is closely connected to the BJP as well as the RSS. He has been appointed on the basis of the recommendations of the RSS, Rakesh Shrivastava, whose name has been proposed for SEAC chairmanship, is considered close to Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla. He was the OSD of Shukla. 4Continued on | P6