FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. 15 No. 64 | BHOPAL | THURSDAY | AUGUST 21, 2025 | Pages 14 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 FREE www.freepressjournal.in Sports Maharaj spins back to No 1 in ICC ODI bowling rankings P.12 fp ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: BHOPAL WORLD US revokes security clearances of 37 current, former govt officials UJJAIN PRESS PUNE INDORE NASHIK PRAYAGRAJ Big relief for Abbas Ansari In a major relief for Mau MLA Abbas Ansari, the son of late gangsterturned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday set aside his conviction in a 2022 hate speech case and paved the way for the restoration of his membership of the Assembly. Cinema ‘You should be in gutter’ P.14 Archana’s Nepal sojourn to escape marriage pressure Chaos in LS over bill to sack jailed PMs, CMs, mins Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL Bills referred to Joint Committee of Parliament Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar NEW DELHI MOSCOW Putin to visit India by yr end Russia President Vladimir Putin will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi by the end of this year, said an official of the Russian embassy in India on Wednesday. Roman Babushkin, Deputy Chief of Mission of Russian Embassy in India, said that PM Modi and Putin will also hold a bilateral meeting on sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Tianjin scheduled at the end of this month. THANE/PALGHAR Mumbai rain spell continues Heavy rains affected the normal life in Thane district on Wednesday, cutting off villages, inundating houses, and triggering landslides, officials said. A man died after falling into a waterfilled quarry while an inundated bridge in Kalyan area was closed amid downpours. The Lok Sabha witnessed some tumultuous scenes on Wednesday as Opposition members tore up copies of The Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment Bill), 2025 and threw pieces of paper towards Home Minister Amit Shah as he introduced the legislation which provides for removal of the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers and ministers of States and Union Territories who are arrested and detained in custody for 30 consecutive days on allegation of committing an offence punishable with imprisonment for five years or more. There was commotion in the House as Opposition members protested against the legislation saying it would give the executive agencies power to play judge, jury and executioner against elected representatives and could thus be used to destablise government, especially those led by Opposition parties in the states. Along with The Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment Bill), 2025, Shah also introduced the related law pertaining to UTs and called The Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2025. Shah also introduced The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025 which seeks to amend section 54 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, to provide a legal framework for the removal of the Chief Minister or a Minister in case of arrest or detention MPs react after Union Home Minister Amit Shah tabled three bills in the Lok Sabha during the Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi hah read out the provisions of the Bill which stated that a PM, CM or minister who has been in jail for 30 consecutive days “shall be removed from office by the 31st day by the President, Chief Minister (in case of State Ministers), Governor (for Chief Ministers) and Lieutenant-Governor (for Chief Minister in Union Territories).” S Rahul Gandhi, in black T-shirt, slams new bills Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday condemned the tabling of the three contentious bills provisioning the removal of the Prime Minister or chief ministers if they have completed 30 days in prison on serious charges, and suggested that the move seems to be taking the country back to medieval times. The Congress leader, wore a black T-shirt while speaking about the legislation as a mark of protest. IN PARLIAMENT n Oppn MPs walk out of RS demanding discussion on SIR n Cong urges Centre to in custody on account of serious criminal charges. However, the Opposition Medicaps bus mows down class 12 girl, engineer Bus hits 4 vehicles one by one; auto driver & 2 class XII girls injured Rijijiu, Bittu assaulted women MPs: TMC After the bills were introduced Congress MP KC Venugopal said, "Can I ask the Home Minister a question? When he was the home minister of Gujarat, he was arrested. Did he uphold morality at that time?" Hitting back, Shah said, "I want to set the record straight. Fake allegations were levelled against me, but despite that, I abided by morality and ethics and not only resigned but did not accept any constitutional post until I was cleared of all charges.” Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee alleged that two Central ministers -- Kiren Rijiju and Ravneet Singh Bittu -have assaulted two women MPS of the party during the protest in parliament. The protest was over three contentious bills. Trinamool has demanded that the ministers step down. The BJP denied any wrongdoing. "Absolutely baseless claims by TMC,” said party MP Sanjay Jaiswal. implement SC, ST, OBC quotas in private higher educational institutions n Passenger Reservation System can book 25,000 tickets per minute: Rail- way minister n Parliament passes bill to set up IIM in Guwahati n Commissioning of Kulasekarapattinam spaceport targeted for FY 27 members protested loudly against the three Bills calling them draconian and an at- tempt to create a police state. INDORE hit the vehicles one by one. The incident was also captured in the CCTVs installed near the spot. In this accident, 16-yearold Mansi Shrivas, a resident of Hukumchand Colony, who was on his bicycle and was on her way home from the school and 32-year-old Ekansh Pandya, a resident of Sitarampark Colony, who was on the scooter, were killed. A neighbour of Mansi said that she was an excellent student. She is survived by her parents and a younger brother.   Three people named 16-year-old Suhani Rathore of Telibakhal (Malharganj), 16-year-old Khushi Karosiya, a resident of Indra Nagar area and the auto driver got critically injured and they are undergoing treatment in a city hospital. 4Continued on | P8 4Continued on | P8 Russia offers 5% ‘secret discount’ on oil for India R Our Staff Reporter In a tragic road mishap, a recklessly driven bus of Medicaps University hit a car, an autorickshaw and a bicycle killing two people including a class XII girl and a software engineer in the Malharganj police station jurisdiction on Wednesday. Three people were injured in the accident and they are undergoing treatment in a city hospital.  The incident took place between Antim Square and Bada Ganpati Square around 3.50 pm. The bus carrying students Amit Shah vs KC Venugopal on ‘morality’ FP Online ussia may be offering India a 5% discount on crude oil purchases, even as US President Donald Trump’s administration slaps punitive tariffs on Indian exports for continuing energy trade with Moscow. Evgeniy Griva, the Deputy Trade Representative of Russia to India, told reporters on Wednesday that crude discounts were typically kept confidential but hovered around 5%. “As for discount [on crude purchase], it’s a commercial secret. I think, because it’s usually just dialogue between businessmen and approximately usually 5% [is the discount]. It’s fluctuating, but usually its plusminus 5%,” he said at a briefing alongside Ambassa- ‘Modi-Putin-Xi meet sooner than later’ The Russian Embassy in India said on Wednesday that Moscow hopes for a trilateral meeting with India and China which should take place “sooner rather than later.” Roman Babushkin, Russia’s Deputy Chief of Mission in New Delhi, said that Moscow is confident that India and Russia’s energy cooperation will continue despite external pressure. He also said, If Indian goods are facing difficulties entering the US market, the Russian market is welcoming Indian exports.... Unmarried, widowed or divorced daughters of deceased government employees are entitled to family pension provided they meet certain prescribed conditions, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Various provisions have pensioner gets family pension on her turn, Union Min- ister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said in a written reply. The same provisions are provided under separate rules for railway and defence employees and pensioners, he said. In terms of these rules, where a deceased government employee or pensioner is not survived by a spouse n Archana Tiwari High Court lawyer & civil judge aspirant 2K CCTV footage, 32-km search & combing op olice examined over 2,000 CCTV recordings between Indore and Bilaspur, searched 32 km of the Narmada river and conducted forest combing operations with help from the forest department. Eventually, electronic surveillance traced her movement. P said. After boarding the train, she decided not to return. With help from two friends—Tejen- Delhi CM slapped, pushed, hair pulled at ‘Jan Sunwai’ Accused held under attempt to murder charges Op Sindoor IANS NEW DELHI 4Continued on | P8 4Continued on | P8 Delhi Police arrests Rajesh Khimji, who attacked Delhi CM College recognition fraud: Case against Cong MLA Masood Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL 4Continued on | P8 4Continued on | P8 4Continued on | P8 4Continued on | P8 PTI her hair before the Chief Minister's security overpowered him. A senior police official, who is privy to the probe, said that it was a serious attack, adding that it could have been life threatening. "We are doing a joint interrogation with the IB, Special Cell and intelligence agencies. He had five criminal cases, including two assault cases involving knife attack and three under Excise Act," the official told PTI. PTI JeM desperately raises funds to rebuild after Rajnath, CDS to attend Mhow tri-services seminar The Army War College in Mhow will host a landmark tri-services seminar, ‘Ransamwad 2025’, on August 26-27 where India’s top defence leadership and officers from across the armed forces will come together to share frontline lessons, debate the impact of technology on future wars, and reflect on the recent Operation Sindoor. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan, IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal A P Singh and Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi will join the event, which will also see the release of three joint doctrines, including one on heliborne operations. Defence Secretary R K Singh, DRDO Chairman Samir V Kamat, veterans, paramilitary officers, defence attaches and industry representatives are also expected. NEW DELHI Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was attacked during a 'Jan Sunwai' programme at her camp office in Civil Lines on Wednesday morning, her office said, terming the assault part of a "well-planned conspiracy to kill her". The accused, Sakriya Rajeshbhai Khimjibhai, a 41-yearold resident of Rajkot (Gujarat), was detained, and is being jointly interrogated by IB and Delhi Police's Special Cell, according to a senior police officer. The attack took place around 8.15 am, he said. PWD Minister Parvesh Verma said that the chief minister has sustained injuries to her hand, shoulder and head. Sources said the attacker first slapped the Chief Minister and then pushed her. He then pulled dra Singh from Punjab and S au ra n s h Jo kc ha n d — s h e avoided CCTV cameras at Narmadapuram and moved through Shujalpur, Indore and Hyderabad. As her disappearance gained public attention, she shifted to Jodhpur and Delhi, eventually crossing into Nepal and staying briefly in Kathmandu. She said that she was not harmed or coerced, and her friends only helped facilitate travel. Police said she was safely brought back to Delhi from the Nepal border, and then flown to Bhopal by a GRP team under Inspectors MS Somwanshi and Zaheer Khan. NEW DELHI or son eligible for family pension or if they die or cease to fulfil the eligibility conditions for family pension, the family pension shall be granted or continued to be payable to an unmarried or widowed or divorced daughter, the minister said, and mentioned other conditions for such pensions. dor Roman Babushkin. Unmarried, widowed, divorced daughter of deceased govt employees entitled to family pension: Centre been incorporated in the Central Civil Service (Pension) Rules, 2021, notified by the Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare (DoPPW), and in the office memorandum dated October 26, 2022 issued subsequently to ensure that a divorced/widowed daughter of a deceased government employee or I do not want to marry until I become a civil judge. The repeated pressure to settle down pushed me to leave home Koh-e-Fiza police on Wednesday registered a case against Congress MLA Arif Masood for allegedly obtaining recognition for his college through forged documents. The action follows directions issued by the Jabalpur High Court. DCP Zone-3 Riyaz Iqbal said that the case has been filed against Masood and other unnamed accused in compliance with the court’s order. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been assigned to carry out further probe into the matter. The case pertains to Indira Priyadarshini College, located in Khanugaon and run by the Aman Education Society, where Masood serves as secretary. Earlier, the Higher Education Department had cancelled the college’s recognition. However, keeping students’ academic interests in mind, the court allowed ongoing classes to continue while prohibiting fresh admissions. ‘Pension for deceased staff’s daughters’ PTI Archana Tiwari, a 29-year-old High Court lawyer and civil judge aspirant who went missing on August 7 was found near Nepal’s border in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh, on Tuesday night. She told Government Railway Police (GRP) that she left voluntarily, unable to bear repeated pressure from her family to marry. Tiwari had boarded the Narmada Express from Indore, reportedly en route to her hometown Katni for Raksha Bandhan. When she didn’t arrive, her brother lodged a missing complaint with GRP Katni on August 8. The case was later transferred to GRP Rani Kamalapati, triggering a high-intensity investigation led by Railway SP Rahul Kumar Lodha. SP Rahul Lodha said that during questioning, Archana told police that her family had been urging her to marry, even suggesting a patwari as a match. "I do not want to marry until I become a civil judge. The repeated pressure to settle down pushed me to leave home,” she Three months after Operation Sindoor destroyed Jaish-eMohammad (JeM’s) headquarters Markaz Subhanallah, along with four other training camps - Markaz Bilal, Markaz Abbas, Mahmona Joya, and the Sargal training camp Pakistan is desperately turning no stone unturned to rebuild these terror infrastructures and is asking donations from the common people. Top sources aware of the developments told IANS JeM has launched an online fundraising campaign through EasyPaisa to collect. “JeM has launched an online fundraising campaign through EasyPaisa to collect Rs 3.91 billion for constructing 313 new markaz across Pakistan,” the source said. Notably, Pakistan was removed from the FATF’s grey list in 2019. The Pakistani government implemented the National Action Plan. support assured NEW DELHI E-paper Edit Rain wins again in Mumbai P.6 HIGH DRAMA | Oppn tears bills, throws at Shah Briefs MUMBAI Past probes ignored, officials in dock nvestigations have revealed that this is not the first time serious irregularities were flagged. In 2004, an inquiry by the Higher Education Department, conducted on instructions of the then district collector, found that the solvency documents submitted by the society were forged. A second inquiry in 2010 exposed that the society had submitted fake land registry papers for land that was, in fact, held on a 30-year lease from the Nawab family. I 4Continued on | P8