FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms FREE PRESS Vol. 14 No. 300 | BHOPAL | MONDAY | APRIL 14, 2025 | Pages 12 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 www.freepressjournal.in Sports ROYAL RAMPAGE| Salt & Kohli cook Royals in Jaipur P.10 fp Briefs DHAKA Arrest warrant against Hasina A court in Bangladesh on Sunday issued arrest warrants against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, British MP Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, and 50 others in connection with the alleged illegal acquisition of land by abusing political power. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Zakir Hossain passed the order after considering three separate chargesheets filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), the Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported. VISAKHAPATNAM 8 die in blast at cracker unit Eight persons were killed and six others injured in an explosion in a firecrackers unit in Andhra Pradesh’s Anakapalli district on Sunday. The incident occurred at Kailasapatnam in Kotlavuratla Mandal, police said.The firecrackers unit was completely gutted in the fire, triggered by an explosion. Fourteen workers were working in the unit at the time of the explosion.Eight persons died on the spot, and their bodies were found shattered at the blast site. Some of the bodies were charred beyond recognition.Locals rushed to the scene upon hearing the blast and shifted the injured to a local hospital. Pg7 LUCKNOW Mayawati allows Akash into party BSP supremo Mayawati offered "one more chance" to nephew Akash Anand to work for the party on Sunday, hours after the expelled leader issued a public apology to her. Mayawati also said that till she is healthy and will not announce any successor. Earlier, in a post on X, Anand said he considered her as his "one and only political guru and role model." He said he would not to let his personal relationships, especially in-laws, interfere with his commitment to the party. Pg7 CHANDIGARH Terror module busted Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said here on Sunday that amid the ongoing drive, the state police have averted a possible targeted terror attack by busting a terror module being operated by Germany-based Gurpreet Singh alias Goldy Dhillon, with the arrest of its two key operatives. The police have seized one 2.8 kg improvised explosive device (IED) containing 1.6 kg RDX along with a remote control from their possession. Today in IPL MATCH NO. 30 LSG Vs CSK LUCKNOW; 7.30 PM (DETAIL ON SPORTS PAGE) ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: BHOPAL UJJAIN MONEY PUNE INDORE NASHIK E-paper Edit Reining in the President P.6 ‘Zero-for-zero’ tariff Indo-US pact unlikely Brand Sutra The Ayurvedic Experience P.12 BOOST TO DAIRY | Emphasis on need to connect farmers in every village with dairy cooperatives to improve rural livelihood Shah: Only 17% MP villages have milk collection facility MoU signed between MP govt, NDDB to boost dairy cooperatives 85% of complaints lodged in Lokayukta office lack evidence Out of 4,290 complaints, 3,724 cases were filed Nitendra Sharma BHOPAL Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that only 17% of Madhya Pradesh villages currently have milk collection facilities. He emphasised the urgent need to connect farmers in every village with dairy cooperatives to improve rural livelihoods and strengthen cooperative ecosystem. Shah was addressing a statelevel cooperative programme held in Bhopal, where the MP government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). The agreement is aimed at expanding dairy infrastructure and bringing cooperative ser- MUMBAI Union minister for home and cooperatives Amit Shah with CM Mohan Yadav attends state level cooperative programme at Ravindra Bhawan on Sunday. Kamdhenu Gaupalan Yojana Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, who was also present at the event, said Madhya Pradesh’s contribution to the national milk output will be increased from 9% to 20%. He announced that on the eve of Ambedkar Jayanti, the state government will roll out the Kamdhenu Gaupalan Yojana, under which financial grants will be provided to cattle-rearers to promote cow farming. vices to 83% of the state's villages. Shah said that following the MoU, cooperative milk production committees will be formed in 50% of villages, significantly enhancing milk pro- cessing capacity. “This initiative will not only increase production, but also improve financial condition of farmers,” he said. He said that MP contributes 9% to the country’s milk production—around 5.5 crore litres. However, less than 1% of this milk currently reaches dairy processing units. 4Continued on | P8 The common man may be fed up with corruption, but Lokayukta does not register cases in most of the complaints. Over 85% of complaints lodged by the people in Lokayukta office, lack evidence, so the office files. Only in 15% of cases have been registered for inquiry. But the probe agency closed many of them after an inquiry. Out of 4,290 complaints received by Lokayukta in 2024, 3,724 cases were filed at the initial stage. Only 566 cases were registered for inquiry. As many as Separate tariffs coming on chips, smartphones PTI WASHINGTON IANS GUWAHATI Protestors threw stones while the police used batons at a rally held against the Waqf (Amendment) Act on Sunday when agitators and police clashed in Cachar district of Assam, a senior official said. The official told PTI that several hundred people hit the streets in Berenga area of Silchar town without permission to protest the recently enacted legislation. "Around 300-400 people were protesting by blocking the road. When we tried to clear the path, a few of them threw stones at us. We had to use mild lathi-charge to disperse the crowd," he added. The area has been cleared 32-year-old man dies after dog bite BMC says no official complaint Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL A 32-year-old slum -dweller died last Saturday, allegedly due to a dog bite, in the Koh-eFiza area. While this raises serious questions about the action taken by the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) against stray dogs, the civic body said it can only act on specific complaints and hasn’t yet received any in this case. According to the police officials of Koh-e-Fiza police station, Bablu Rana lived in a shanty in the Singarcholi bridge area along with his ‘WORK IN PROGRESS’ BMC Commissioner Harendra Narayan said to the Free Press that the BMC’s dog squad is working at full capacity to sterilise street dogs. Narayan assured that further actions would be taken to stop the cases of dog bites in the city. wife and children. The police station in charge,BarjendraMarskole,told the Free Press that the victim and his family had relocated to Bhopal from the Sagar district a year ago. 4Continued on | P8 2 deaths in a month Last year, in January, in the Ayodhya Nagar police station area, a 7-month-old boy died on the spot due to a dog bite. A few days later, another 4-year-old boy also died within 15 days of the dog bite. now, the official said. He said that a case has been registered, but no one has been detained or arrested yet. 4Continued on | P8 A day after the US exempted electronics imports, including semiconductors, from reciprocal tariffs, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Sunday the country is set to launch "separate tariffs" for imports of smartphones, computers, semiconductors, and other components in the next one to two months. Lutnick also highlighted the need to build chips and flat-panel televisions in the US, compared to relying on imports from South Asian nations. BHOPAL In a significant bureaucratic reshuffle on Sunday, the state government transferred nine IAS officers, including four district collectors. Ujjain Collector Neeraj Kumar Singh has been relieved of his post and appointed as Director (Project) in the Public Health and Family Welfare Department. Sources said that the transfer is linked to a recent controversy. Indore Collector Ashish Singh has been given the additional responsibility of “Mela Adhikari” for the upcoming Ujjain Simhastha. Meanwhile, Vidisha Collector Roshan Kumar Singh has been appointed as the new Collector of Ujjain. Ansul Gupta, previously Agencies KURNOOL In a major success for the country, India today joined the select League of Nations, including the US, China and Russia, with the capability of shooting down fixed-wing drones and swarm drones serving as Director of Public Relations, has been posted as the Collector of Vidisha. Basant Kurre, Joint Chief Electoral Officer, has been shifted to the Labour Department as Additional Secretary. Subash Kumar Dwivedi, Collector of Ashok Nagar, has been posted as Additional Secretary in the General Administration Department. Aditya Singh, who was the Collector of Harda, will now take over as the new Collector of Ashok Nagar. Sidharth Jain, Additional Collector of Bhopal, has been appointed as Collector of Harda. In another change, Jyoti Sharma, Additional Collector of Indore district, has been made Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dewas District Panchayat, while Online Report Foreign nationals who stay in the US longer than 30 days must register with the government and a failure to comply can lead to fines and imprisonment, the Department of Homeland Security under the Donald Trump administration has said. "Foreign nationals present in the US longer than 30 days must register with the federal government. Failure to comply is a crime punishable by fines and imprisonment. @POTUS Trump and @Sec_Noem have a clear message to Illegal aliens: LEAVE NOW and self-deport," the department has posted on X, tagging President Trump's office and Krishi Noem, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. This decision will not directly impact those in the US on visas such as H-1 B or student permits, but it signals stricter enforcement of laws to prevent foreign nationals from staying in the US without proper authorisation. In cases where an individual on an H-1 B visa loses the job but does not exit the country within the specified period, he/she may collected a huge amount of money disproportionate to their known sources of income. The case of former constable of the Transport Department Saurabh Sharma comes under this category. A Lokayukta officer, on condition of anonymity, said because most of the complaints lacked proofs they were filed at the initial stage. The complaints, in which there are possibilities of an inquiry, are forwarded for action. 9 arrested, 25 booked after stone-pelting on procession FP News Service GWALIOR/GUNA Nine people were arrested and 25 booked in connection with the stone-pelting incident that occurred in Guna on the occasion of Hanuman Janmotsav (April 12, Saturday night), on Sunday. According to information, BJP councillor Omprakash Kushwah, also known as Gabbar, filed a police complaint on Saturday. Based on his face action. Students and H-1 B Visa holders will, therefore, need to ensure that their stay in the US fulfills compliance requirements. The Homeland Security department, in a post titled 'Message to Illegal Aliens' asks foreign nationals staying on without the authorities' clearance to self-deport. complaint, around 25 people were charged with attempted murder, assault, rioting and vandalism.  The councillor also claimed that gunshots were fired during the incident. Collector Kishore Kanyal and SP Sanjeev Kumar visited the location to assess the situation and spoke to members of both communities. According to reports, the procession began at 4 pm from the Shivaji Nagar Mata Mandir on April 12. A DJ led the procession while a group of young people danced behind it.  4Continued on | P8 4Continued on | P8 4Continued on | P8 New 30-day rule for foreign nationals in US Caste census report recommends TN Guv sparks row by asking students to 51% quota for BC in Karnataka chant 'Jai Sri Ram' PTI BENGALURU The caste census report, submitted to the Karnataka cabinet, has recommended enhancing the reservation for Backward Communities from the existing 32 per cent to 51 per cent. According to government sources, the Socio-Economic and Educational Survey, caste census in short, also highlighted that the population of BC is 70 per cent. The report also suggested that 51 per cent reservation should be given to the BCs in educational institutions in the state. It cited the example of Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand, which are providing 69 and 77 per cent reservations respect- ively as per the backward class population, the sources said. As per the survey report, the population of Backward Communities in 1A category is 34,96,638, 1B- 73,92,313, 2A77,78,209, 2B- 75,25,880, 3A-72,99,577 and the Backward Community in the 3B category is 1,54,37,113, sources claimed. 4See also | P7 India demonstrates ‘Star Wars’ capability using a high-energy 30-kilowatt laser beam. The successful trial of the Mk-II(A) Laser- Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) system was showcased at the National Open Air Range (NOAR), Kurnool, mastering the technology of disabling missiles, drones and smaller projectiles, Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) officials said. Success has put India in the exclusive and limited club of nations that possess 309 cases, belonging to this year and to the previous years, were closed after a probe. Throughout the year, Lokayukta probed two cases and recommended action against the guilty. Last year, the Lokayukta Special Police Establishment (SPE) caught 196 people red handed in separate cases, while they were taking bribes. Lokayukta SPE registered 26 cases against those who misused their position and 15 cases against those who had Indore collector gets Simhastha charge offgrid High-power laser weapons shoot down fixed-wing drones, swarm drones If a comparison between EOW and Lokayukta is made, it will be seen that fed up with corruption, the common man depend more on Lokayukta. Last year, EOW registered 47 cases of crime. Nine cases were closed and 28 cases were worked out. A preliminary inquiry was registered in only four cases. EOW received 301 cases. The probe agency solved 200 cases including the old ones. Ujjain collector among 9 IAS officers shifted Our Staff Reporter Stones pelted as anti-Waqf Act protest turns violent in Assam 47 cases registered in EOW Vehicle-mounted Laser Directed Weapon MK-II (A) the high-power Laser-DEW. DRDO Chairman Samir V Kamat said, "As far as I know, it is the United States, Russia and China that have demonstrated this capability. Israel is also working on similar capabilities, I would say we are the fourth or fifth country in the world to demonstrate this system." Kamat said that this is just the "beginning of the journey", adding that DRDO is working on a number of technologies "that will give us Star Wars capability." "This is just the beginning of the journey. 4Continued on | P8 Agencies CHENNAI Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi has sparked a row by asking students to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' during an event in Madurai. At an event held at a private engineering college in Madurai on Saturday, Ravi, who was the chief guest, at the end of his address, asked students to chant after him the slogan. Congress MLA JMH Hassan Maulaana said the Governor's remarks were highly condemnable, stating that the latter was speaking the language of the RSS and the BJP. He said that such remarks did not behove the constitutional post occupied by R N Ravi. "The Governor is occupying one of the highest posts in the country but he is speaking like a religious leader... He has become a propaganda master of the RSS and the BJP. See, this is not the way the Governor can act." the Velachery MLA said. "What the TN Governor is doing is highly condemnable, he is acting like an RSS face in Tamil Nadu and spreading its ideology. The position he holds is a constitutional post, so he has to remain neutral," Hassan said. Further, the Congress leader said that Governor Ravi had already been slammed by the Supreme Court, which, he said, had given a historical judgement against him for acting in an unconstitutional, illegal, and erroneous manner by not taking action on 10 bills passed by the State legislature. 4Continued on | P8