FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms FREE PRESS Vol. 14 No. 208 | BHOPAL | FRIDAY | JANUARY 10, 2025 | Pages 16 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 www.freepressjournal.in Sports Lebanon’s Trailblazer P.14 fp ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: BHOPAL UJJAIN PUNE INDORE NASHIK MONEY PATIALA Farmer dies by suicide A 55-year-old farmer protesting at the Shambhu border allegedly committed suicide on Thursday by consuming a poisonous substance, farmer leaders said, the second such incident at the agitation site within three weeks. Resham Singh, who was from Pahuwind in Tarn Taran district, took the extreme step at the Shambhu border point between Punjab and Haryana where farmers have been protesting. Equity MF inflows grow 14% to `41,156 cr in Dec Nation Future not in ‘yudh’, but in ‘Budh’, says PM P.7 MP@2047: Draft focuses on boosting GDP, farmers’ gains Rajan Raikwar Certification of agri produce BHOPAL The first draft of Madhya Pradesh @2047 vision document has taken shape, incorporating suggestions from key departments on how to increase farmers’ income, enhance GDP, create a web of industrial zones and give impetus to the state’s economy. On Monday, chief secretary Anurag Jain will review the draft proposal of the vision document. The Rajya Niti Ayog, which is at the helm of affairs in this exercise, is coordinating with all departments and seeking their views. In the initial stage, eight working groups have been formed and their suggestions incorporated in the draft proposal. These eight working groups are: industry, agriculture, good governance and civil supplies, urban devel- MP 2nd to come up with document Gujarat is the first state to prepare its vision document on the lines of Viksit Bharat 2047 conceptualized by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Madhya Pradesh will be the second state in the country to come up with its vision document if it is prepared timely. opment, education, financial planning, health and infrastructure. The Rajya Niti Ayog has also written letters to district collectors to take suggestions from elected representatives and common people about what kind of vision document they want for their state. It wants to take suggestions from schoolchildren in this re- During the discussion on preparation of the first draft of vision document 2047, it came to the fore that to boost farmers’ income, certification of agriculture produce was required so that it could be exported to other countries. Hence, the certification process will be strengthened. Farmers also need to be inspired for natural and organic farming. The draft proposes establishing industrial zones across the state in a balanced manner and stresses on developing skilled manpower. gard too. Soon, an online citizen survey will also be conducted to seek suggestions on the vision document. Pune man kills colleague with JEE aspirant from Guna kills self in Kota cleaver in office parking lot FP Online FP News Service PUNE JAIPUR A shocking video has surfaced on social media showing a business process outsourcing (BPO) employee attacking his female colleague with a koyta (machete) in a parking lot near their workplace in Pune's Yerawada area. The incident occurred on January 7 around 6:15pm in the parking space of WNS Global Services, a BPO firm, in Two Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) aspirants have allegedly died by suicide in Kota in the last two days. The police said that 20year-old JEE aspirant identified as Abhishek from Guna of Madhya Pradesh hanged himself from a ceiling fan in his PG room. He was preparing for the JEE at a coaching institute in the city since May last year and was living in a PG room in the Dakaniya area under the Vigyan Nagar Police Station here. The suitable note recovered from the room was addressed to his grandparents and father. It reads "main padhai nahi kar paaya dada-dadi, papa, mujhe maaf kar dena." Abhishek was the only child in the family and his father Mahendra is a farmer. HOW INHUMAN CAN WE BE Yerawada. The accused has been identified as Krishna Satyanarayan Kanoja (30), a resident of Shivajinagar. As seen in the video, Kanoja was standing in the parking area at the time of the incident. When the victim, Shubhada Shankar Kodare (28), got down from the bus, Kanoja, harbouring anger over a dispute, attacked her right hand with a koyta, causing serious injuries. succumbed to her injuries due to excessive blood loss. Kodare was a native of Karad and had been staying at Balajinagar for the last four years. 'Died due to excessive blood loss' 'Kodare had taken Rs 4L from Kanoja' Kanoja had the koyta in his hand for some time, which prevented bystanders from intervening. As soon as he dropped the koyta, the public thrashed him. Kodare was immediately rushed to Sahyadri Hospital on Nagar Road for treatment. However, she later Ravindra Shelke, Senior Police Inspector at Yerawada Police Station, speaking to The Free Press Journal, said, "They both were working in the same company situated in Yerawada. 4Continued on | P6 E-paper Edit UGC Draft Merits Debate P.8 FIRST DRAFT READY | 8 working groups to give suggestions Briefs MUMBAI 10 identified, 6 held for attack on Kalra family Our Staff Reporter INDORE Chief minister Mohan Yadav posted on his X handle that the incident in which some miscreants entered Kalra's residence in Indore and assaulted and misbehaved with the family members was unfortunate. In this regard, the police had registered an FIR, identified nine accused by examining CCTV camera footage and six accused were arrested. The incident involved misbehaviour with a minor, due to which action was also taken under the POCSO Act. The police were instructed to take this matter seriously and ensure strict action against the accused, he said. The police on Thursday arrested six people in connection with the attack on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) corporator Kamlesh Kalra’s house and assault on his minor son. Someone had made a video of the incident and circulated it on social media but the police took over four days to identify the accused and arrest them. It is said that the accused are the supporters of Mayor–inCouncil (MiC) member Jitu Yadav. Additional DCP (Zone-4) Anand Yadav informed Free Press that on the basis of the videos and the CCTV camera footage of the spot, 10 people had been identified and six of them arrested so far. The ar- rested accused were Lalit Gogade, Krishna Sharma, Arun alias Golu Yadav, Vinay Bhadrelal (all residents of Sheelnath Camp, Kulkarni Ka Bhatta area of the city), Navin Arya of Gauri Nagar area and Pintu Rawrekar of Pardeshipura. The accused have been charged under various sections, including Protection of Children from Sexual Of- Three Naxals gunned down in Chhattisgarh Pachmarhi freezes @ 1.9°C; 5° in Bhopal PTI PTI NEW DELHI Daughter has an indefeasible, legally enforceable and legitimate right to secure educational expenses from her parents, who can be compelled to provide necessary funds within their means, the Supreme Court recently said. The remarks of a bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan came in a matrimonial dispute in which the daughter of the estranged couple, who was studying in Ireland, refused to accept Rs 43 lakh given by her father towards her studies as a part of the total alimony being paid to her mother. "She, being the daughter, has an indefeasible, legally enforceable, lawful, and legitimate right to secure educational expenses from her parents. All that we observe is that the daughter has a fundamental right to pursue her education, for which the parents could be compelled to provide necessary funds within the limit of their financial resources," said the bench's January 2 order. SC worried about listing of cases in HCs The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed worry regarding listing of cases in some High Courts, particularly, the Allahabad HC, where it said that the process of filing and listing of cases has collapsed. “In some of the High Courts, we don't know what will happen. Allahabad HC is one of the High Courts which really one should be worried about. Unfortunately, filing has collapsed, listing has collapsed, nobody knows which matter will be listed,” the SC remarked The daughter of the parties, it said, to maintain her own dignity had declined to retain the amount and asked him to take the money back but he refused. The daughter was legally entitled to the amount, the court said. 4Continued on | P6 People have to decide if they want freebies or better roads, good drainage system and improved water supply, said economist and 16th Finance Commission Chairman Arvind Panagariya on Thursday. He was interacting with the media here after a meeting between a delegation of the commission and top ministers and officials from Goa. To a question about states allegedly utilising funds allocated for infrastructure for distributing freebies, Panagariya said if the money is given for projects, then it has to be used for those works. However, in a democracy, the elected government makes the final decision, he added. "The decisions are not made by the Finance Commission. The Finance Commission can raise the issue in the overall interest of macroeconomic stability. The commission can say something at the general level Vigyan Nagar Police Station SHO Mukesh Meena said that his body was handed over to the relatives after post-mortem on Thursday. Prior to this, a 19-year-old JEE aspirant Neeraj had hanged himself on Tuesday night. The student hailed from Mahendragarh in Haryana and was living in a hostel in Rajiv Gandhi Nagar. Circle Inspector Budharam Jat said the boy hanged himself to the hook of a ceiling fan in his hostel room late on Tuesday evening. However, the incident came to light around 10.30 pm when the caretaker knocked on the room and did not receive any response. 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 but cannot control how states choose to spend the amount," he said. The onus finally lies with the citizens as they elect governments, said Panagariya. "If citizens vote for a government based on freebies, then they are asking for freebies. Ultimately, the citizens should decide whether they want better amenities, better roads, better sewerage, better water or these freebies transferred to your bank accounts," he added. Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL The state is in the grip of a cold wave with Pachmarhi freezing at 1.9 degrees Celsius and Shahdol at 2.3 degrees Celsius. The mercury also dipped in Bhopal, Shajapur, Jabalpur, Mandla, Seoni, Sehore and Neemuch. The weatherman has predicted a gradual rise in temperature by two to three degrees in the next three days after which it will fall again. Bhopal recorded day temperature at 24.8 degrees Celsius and night temperature at 5.0 degrees Celsius. In Indore, the day temperature was 26.9 degrees Celsius and night temperature 8.6 degrees Celsius. Shallow fog prevailed in Online Report Noting that there was no "error apparent" and no "interference is warranted", the Supreme Court has dismissed petitions seeking a review of its October 2023 judgment in which it refused to grant legal sanction to same-sex marriage. Having refused an open hearing on the petitions earlier, a bench of Justices B R Gavai, Surya Kant, BV Nagarathna, PS Narasimha and Justice Dipankar Datta con- sidered the petitions in chambers and said that it had gone through the judgments of Justice Ravindra Bhat (speaking for himself and Justice Hima Kohli), and Justice PS Narasimha - which constituted the majority - and found no error in them. "We further find that the view expressed in both the judgments is in accordance with the law and, as such, no interference is warranted. Accordingly, the review petitions are dismissed," it added. 90-hour work week How long can you stare at wife: L&T head PTI NEW DELHI Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Chairman S N Subrahmanyan sparked an online outrage with his comments advocating a 90-hour work week and suggesting that employees should even give up Sundays. "How long can you stare at your wife," he is heard saying in a purported video address to employees where he urged them to spend less time at home and more in the office. His remarks reignited the work-life balance debate, first triggered by Infosys CoFounder Narayana Murthy's suggestion of a 70-hour work week. "I regret I am not able to make you work on Sundays. If I can make you work on Sundays, I will be more happy, because I work on Sundays," Subrahmanyan is heard saying in an undated video circulating on social media. "What do you do sitting at home? How long can you stare at your wife? How long can the wives stare at their husbands? Come on, get to the office and start working," he further said. His comments drew criti- 4Continued on | P6 PTI Parents can be legally ‘Freebies or better amenities, SC rejects review pleas on same-sex marriage verdict compelled to offer edu choice rests with citizens’ money to daughter: SC PANAJI fences (POCSO) Act, and further investigation is on to identify the others involved in the crime. To recall, corporator Kalra had an argument with an IMC employee over some issue and the employee had taken the name of Jitu Yadav during their argument. RAIPUR/SUKMA Three Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Thursday, state Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma said. The security forces have achieved success in the anti-Naxal operation in Sukma, he said. So far, bodies of three Naxalites have been recovered and the search operation is still underway, Sharma, who holds the Home portfolio, told reporters in Raipur. Referring to the IED blast triggered by Naxalites on January 6 wherein eight security personnel and a civilian driver of their vehicle were killed in Bijapur district, the deputy CM said, "There is huge anger among security forces after what Naxalites have done." "I have met them (security forces). I reiterate that with the strength and courage of our jawans, the (Naxal) menace will be eliminated within the stipulated time," he said. SECOND CASE IN TWO DAYS CM instructs police to take strict action against accused cism on social media with some asking how long could "employees stare at screens and fat*** managers?" Soon after, L&T issued a clarification saying the chairman's remarks were in the context of extraordinary efforts required for achieving extraordinary outcomes for the nation. "We believe this is India's decade, a time demanding collective dedication and effort to drive progress and realise our shared vision of becoming a developed na- tion. "The chairman's remarks reflect this larger ambition, emphasising that extraordinary effort," L&T spokesperson said in a brief statement. Stating that nation-building is at the core of L&T's mandate, it said for over eight decades, the company has been shaping India's infrastructure, industries, and technological capabilities. 4Continued on | P6 WEATHER WATCH Shahdol Umaria 0 2.3 C 4.10C Shajapur Rajgarh 0 2.7 C 4.60C Mandla Rewa 3.00C 4.80C Amarkantak Raisen 0 4.1 C 5.00C Bhind, Gwalior, North Chhatarpur, North Satna, North Panna and Mauganj districts. At Gwalior Airport, minimum visibility was recorded at 600 metres. 4Continued on | P6 Passport index: Pakistan ranks below Somalia Agencies ISLAMABAD Pakistan's passport has been ranked among the weakest in the world, securing the 103rd spot in the Henley Passport Index 2025, a significant drop from its position in the previous year, as reported by The News International. This year, Pakistan shared the same rank as Yemen, offering visa-free access to only 33 countries--starkly contrasting the leading passports globally. The Henley Index, which ranks the passports of 199 countries based on their visa-free travel accessibility. In comparison, Singapore holds the top spot, with its passport granting visa-free access to 195 countries. Following closely behind are Japan and several European nations, including France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, which now rank third with access to 192 destinations. Iraq (104th), Syria (105th), and Afghanistan (106th) are among the countries with weaker passports than Pakistan. Meanwhile, nations such as Somalia, Nepal, Palestine, and Bangladesh rank just above Pakistan. Somalia holds the 102nd position, only one spot ahead of Pakistan.