FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms FREE PRESS Vol. XLII No. 132 | INDORE | SUNDAY | OCTOBER 19, 2025 | Pages 18 ` 4 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. 38281/83 www.freepressjournal.in ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: INDORE WORLD Sports King Kohli’s record rampage P.17 Every inch of Pak within BrahMos reach: Rajnath Biswajeet Banerjee LUCKNOW fp Briefs NANDURBAR 8 pilgrims dead in bus accident At least eight pilgrims were killed in a tragic accident in Nandurbar, Maharashtra on Saturday when a bus lost control and fell into a deep ravine at Chandshali Ghat. The victims were returning from a visit to the Astamba Devi temple when the incident occurred, police said. MILAN Hundreds stranded Hundreds of passengers returning to India from Italy for Diwali were in for a rude shock on Friday when they were told their Air India flight had been cancelled and they would be booked on flights only on the day of the festival or after that. Minister for Defence, Rajnath Singh along with UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, flags off the first batch of BrahMos missiles in Lucknow on Saturday manufacturing journey. Rajnath Singh, who also represents Lucknow in Parliament, described the BrahMos missile system as a “symbol of India’s growing indigenous defence capability.” He said the state-of-the-art missiles are now ready for deployment across the armed forces. “Our adversaries can no longer hide from the precision and power of BrahMos. Every inch of Pakistani territory is within its range,” Singh asserted. The Defence Minister added that the BrahMos facility in Lucknow reflects the country’s march towards selfreliance in defence technology. “It is a matter of great pride that this plant, inaugurated just five months ago, has already delivered its first batch of missiles. This is the new India—resilient, efficient, and unstoppable,” he said. Taking a direct swipe at Pakistan, Singh remarked, “What happened in Operation Sindoor was just a trailer. Munir threatens India’s geographic vastness 10-YEAR-OLD BOY ASPHYXIATED IN FIRE 4Continued on | P8 Agencies ISLAMABAD In yet another bout of antiIndia bluster, Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir on Saturday warned that his forces would “shatter the misconceived immunity of India’s geographic vastness,” threatening a “decisive response” to any provocation. Addressing a passing-out parade at the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) in Abbottabad, Munir said that “there is no space for war in a nuclearised environment,” while cautioning India’s military leadership against “coercion or rhetoric.” He vowed a “decisive” reply to even a “minor provocation,” echoing his earlier threats meant to stir nationalist sentiment at home. Radio Pakistan quoted Munir as saying that the “deeply hurting retributive military and economic losses inflicted will be much beyond the imagination and calculations of the perpetrators of chaos and instability.” He asserted that Pakistan would never be “intimidated or coerced” by Indian rhetoric, 4Continued on | P8 PUNE BHOPAL NASHIK India working on 2nm chips Regulation on deepfakes soon Agencies AP WASHINGTON The government is going to bring a regulation on deepfakes soon that will take help of technology for efficient implementation, Union electronics and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday. Speaking at the NDTV World Summit, the minister said that chips are key for building AI infrastructure and two semiconductor units, CG Semi and Kaynes, have started production in the country. "We have a very significant talent base that has given us a unique strength. Already 20 per cent of our design engineers, global design engineering talent is in India. Protesting the direction of the country under President Donald Trump, people gathered Saturday in the nation's capital and communities across the US for " No Kings " demonstrations - what the president's Republican Party is calling "Hate America" rallies. They rallied with signs like "Nothing is more patriotic than protesting" or "Resist Fascism," and in many places it looked more like a street party. There were marching bands, a huge banner with the US Constitution's "We The People," preamble that people could sign, and protesters in frog costumes, which have emerged as a sign of resistance in Portland, Oregon. 4Continued on | P8 4Continued on | P8 The Delhi High Court has ruled that alimony cannot be awarded to a spouse who is financially self-sufficient and independent, observing that permanent alimony is a measure of social justice and not a tool for enrichment or financial equalisation between capable individuals. A Division Bench of Jus- tices Anil Kshetarpal and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar said the law requires the person seeking alimony to demonstrate a genuine need for financial assistance. "Judicial discretion under Section 25 [of Hindu Marriage Act (HMA)] cannot be exercised to award alimony where the applicant is financially self-sufficient and independent, and such discretion must be exercised Court says the law requires the person seeking alimony to demonstrate a genuine need for financial assistance properly and judiciously, based on the record, the relative financial capacities of the parties, and the absence of any material dem- Amid escalating hostilities between Afghanistan and Pakistan, US President Donald Trump claimed that the conflict between the two countries will be an "easy" one for him to solve, "if" he had to solve it Our Staff Reporter Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has said the farmers will get 90% of subsidy on solar pumps instead of 40%. He made the statement at a Kisan Sammelan (farmers’ conference) in Bhopal on Saturday. Yadav advised the farmers to install solar pumps in their fields, saying they would get sponge packaging dealer Shahzad Khan. Shahzad, his wife, two daughters and two sons lived on the first floor of the building. Sponge and foam were stored in the hall of the house, while the family members were slipping in the back portion.   Due to the foam and sponge, the flames spread quickly, filling the entire building with heavy smoke. The house had only one entrance and no outlet for the smoke to escape. Five family members on the first floor fell unconscious due to suffocation, though none suffered burns. A massive fire broke out at an apartment complex, housing residences of several Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs, opposite Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital on Saturday afternoon, an official said. No casualties have been reported so far, a Delhi Fire Services official said. However, some residents have claimed that a few children were injured in the incident and taken to RML Hospital. A call regarding the fire at Brahmaputra Apartments on Baba Kharag Singh Marg was received at 1.22 pm, he said, adding that 14 fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the blaze was brought under control by 2.10 pm. 4Continued on | P8 4Continued on | P8 onstrating economic vulnerability on the part of the Appellant," the Court held, Bar and Bench reported. The Bench made the observation while upholding a family court order that denied permanent alimony to a woman and granted divorce to her husband on grounds of cruelty. Both spouses, the husband, a practising advocate, and the wife, a Group A Indian Railway Traffic Service US President Donald Trump reiterated that India will not be buying oil from Russia, saying that New Delhi has already "de-escalated" and "more or less stopped" its oil purchases from Moscow. BHOPAL ‘Alimony not for financially independent’ Online Report ‘Pak-Af conflict easy to solve’ Farmers will get benefits of Bhavantar Yojna offgrid NEW DELHI ‘India won’t buy Russian oil’ 90% subsidy on solar pumps for farmers: CM NEW DELHI A 10-year-old boy died of suffocation while four members of his family were hospitalised after a fire broke out in their house in the Juni Indore area on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. The family members were sleeping when the fire broke out, possibly due to an electric short circuit. However, the police are investigating the case to ascertain the cause of the fire.   According to Juni Indore police station in-charge Anil Gupta, the fire started at around 2 AM, apparently due to an electric short circuit in the three-storeyed house of a Love America, not Trump: ‘No Kings’ rallies sweep US NEW DELHI PTI INDORE E-paper Cinema Black is the new Gold P.16 Fire at complex housing Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha MPs Our Staff Reporter MUMBAI Weekend Tradition meets transition P.13 Trump weighs meeting Kim during Asia visit FULLY COVERED | Defence Minister, UP CM flag off first batch of BrahMos missiles manufactured in Lucknow Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday warned Pakistan that “every inch of its territory is now within the reach of the BrahMos missile,” declaring that India’s military strength has reached unprecedented levels. Speaking at the BrahMos Aerospace facility in Lucknow, Singh said that the recent “Operation Sindoor” was only a “trailer” of India’s capability to act decisively against terrorism. “Operation Sindoor has proven that victory is no longer a rare event for us. Victory has become our habit,” Singh said, addressing a large gathering after flagging off the first batch of BrahMos missiles produced at the Lucknow plant. The event, attended by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, marked a major milestone in India’s defence UJJAIN (IRTS) officer, had been previously divorced before marrying in January 2010. They separated within 14 months of marriage. The husband alleged mental and physical cruelty, including abusive language, insulting text messages, denial of conjugal rights and humiliation in professional and social circles. 4Continued on | P8 Farmers honour CM Mohan Yadav in gratitude extending programme on ‘Soyabean Bhavantar’ on Saturday. the solar pumps with one-step more power capacity. The farmers who have three HP pumps will get five-HP pumps and those who have five-HP pumps will get 7.7-HP power pumps, he said. The Bhavantar Yojna protects the farmers from the rise and fall of the rates of crops, he said. It happened for the first time that soya bean was brought under the Bhavantar Yojna, Yadav said, adding that the scheme had been brought to give full price to the farmers. He further said the target for the area of irrigation had been kept at one lakh hectares. Food-processing units are being set up so that the farmers do not throw away their crops in case of higher production output, he said. 4Continued on | P8 LIGHT THE NIGHT, FIGHT THE FATE Our Sports Reporter INDORE As Diwali lights blaze across Indore, the Indian women’s team faces a fiery do-or-die clash against unbeaten England at Holkar Stadium on Sunday. With semifinal hopes flickering, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur calls for “fearless fire,” while coach Amol Muzumdar demands “response, not reaction.” England’s spin twins threaten, but India’s form sparks hope. (Detail on Sports Page) Smriti Mandhana and others inspect the pitch during a practice session at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore on Saturday PTI 3 youths kill friend suspecting affair with one’s mother Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL In a shocking case, three friends allegedly slit the throat of their companion and bludgeoned him to death early Saturday morning over suspicion that he was having an affair with mother of one of them. Acting swiftly, Habibganj police arrested all three accused — Ranjit Thakur, a resident of Shyam Nagar, and his aides Vinay Yadav and Nikhil Yadav of Chuna Bhatti — and sent them to jail. Police identified the deceased as Ashish Uikey, 25, a painter living in Shyam Nagar Multi under Habibganj police station limits. His body was sent for postmortem, and a murder case has been registered against the accused. Habibganj police station incharge Sanjeev Choukse said Prince Andrew renounces titles FP News Service MUMBAI FSL team found deep cuts on victim’s neck made with a sharp weapon, and his head was crushed with a large stone Ranjit suspected his friend Ashish of having an affair with his mother. The suspicion had caused tension between them for several months. Ashish also had old disputes with Vinay and Nikhil. Two days before the murder, Ranjit had threatened Ashish to stay away from his house or face dire consequences. Police said that around dawn on Saturday, they received information that a blood-soaked body was lying near Shyam Nagar. Britain’s Prince Andrew, younger brother of King Charles III, has relinquished his title as Duke of York and surrendered all royal honours following what Buckingham Palace described as a “discussion” with the monarch. The move comes amid renewed scrutiny of the 65year-old prince’s ties to disgraced American financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 4Continued on | P8 4Continued on | P8