FREE PRESS The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms VOL. 13 NO. 269 | BHOPAL | TUESDAY | MARCH 12, 2024 | PAGES 24 MCCULLUM CONCEDES BAZBALL NEEDS REFINEMENT SPORTS `3 - r Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE EDIT WILL THE SOUTH PUSH HELP BJP? WEATHER FP 30.80c. 17.90c Sunrise : 06.48 Sunset : 06.30 QUALITY AT VALUE r RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 www.freepressjournal.in SC TO HEAR MAHUA’S PLEA IN MAY AGAINST HER EXPULSION FROM LS NATION TEMPLE OR MOSQUE: HC directs ASI for Bhojshala survey EXPERT PANEL told to submit report in six weeks OUR STAFF REPORTER / Indore Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday directed Archeological Survey of India (ASI) to undertake a scientific survey of Bhojshala complex in Dhar district. Aggrieved by the direction, Dhar city's head cleric Waqar Sadiq said they (Kamal Maula Mosque management committee) will challenge the ruling in the THE ORDER pillars, floors, surfaces, upper top, sanctum sanctorum of the entire complex. PROPER DOCUMENTED COMPREHENSIVELY drafted report prepared by an Expert Committee of not less than five senior most officers of ASI headed by Director General/Additional Director General of the ASI himself be submitted before this court within a period of six weeks. Efforts should be made to have a representation of officers of both the contesting communities (if available of the said position & rank) in the said Expert Committee; PHOTOGRAPH AND VIDEOGRAPH the entire survey proceedings in the presence of two nominated representatives each of both the petitioners as well as respondent no.8 in the present petition; UNLOCK AND OPEN the locked/ sealed COMPLETE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION, survey and excavation, through adoption of latest methods, techniques and modes of GPR-GPS survey of the site in question constituting the disputed Bhojshala Templecum-Kamal Maula Mosque complex, as also the entire 50m of peripheral ring surrounding/constituting the circular periphery from the boundary of the complex be conducted. DETAILED SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION be conducted by adopting carbon dating method for ascertaining the age, life of various structures both above and beneath the ground; permanent, movable and immovable structures both beneath as well as above the ground, constituting the walls, rooms, halls of the whole complex and prepare a complete inventory of each and every artifact, idol, deity, or any structure found in the said locked, sealed halls and rooms, and submit the same along with the respective photographs. Such artifacts, idols, structures all must be subjected to the very same exercise of scientific investigation, carbon dating and survey as stipulated above vide points (a) to(c) and be included separately in report to be filed before court. ANY OTHER STUDY, INVESTIGATION or inquiry, which the said five-member committee of the ASI feels necessary to be undertaken, without destroying, defacing, destructing the original nature of the whole complex be undertaken, towards ascertaining the true nature and character of the Bhojshala Temple-cum-Kamal Maula Mosque for arriving at the truth. CITIZENSHIP LAW CAA BECOMES A REALITY NEW DELHI The Centre on Monday implemented the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, a move that comes four years after the contentious law was passed and paves the way for citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. The rules were notified days ahead of the expected announcement of the Lok Sabha elections. With this, the Modi government will now start granting Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslim migrants -Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and Christians -- from the three countries. Union Minister Amit Shah said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has delivered on another commitment and realised the promise of the makers of the Constitution."These NEWS BRIEF 5 dead, 11 injured in accident RAISEN: Five persons were killed and 11 injured after a truck overtaking from the wrong side ploughed into a marriage procession in Sultanpur of Raisen district on Monday, a senior official said. The marriage procession was proceeding from Anchalkheda in Hoshangabad district and the incident took place at 10pm near Khamaria village, Raisen Collector Arvind Dubey told PTI. TOP POINTS nThe law seeks to provide citizenship to Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis who came to India on or before December 31, 2014 from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. nThe Indian citizenship will be granted to the immigrant who has lived in India in the last one year and at least five of the last 14 years. Earlier for the migrants, citizenship by naturalisation was 11 years. nThe law exempts the tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Tripura as included in Sixth Schedule of the Constitution including the tribal areas of Karbi Anglong in Assam, Garo Hills in Meghalaya, Chakma district in Mizoram, and Tribal areas district in Tripura. MISSION DIVYASTRA: First flight test of MIRV Agni 5 conducted NEW DELHI: India on Monday successfully carried out the first flight test of indigenously developed Agni-5 missile, capable of deploying multiple warheads, under its 'Mission Divyastra', joining a select group of nations having such a capability . The missile with 'multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle (MIRV)' tested from APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha accomplished the designed parameters, the Defence Ministry said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the scientists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the successful test. "Proud of our DRDO scientists for Mission Divyastra, the first flight test of CHINESE RESEARCH SHIP ON WATCH Within days of India issuing an alert for an impending missile test off the Odisha coast, a Chinese research vessel has raced up India's eastern seaboard and is currently anchored in international waters off the Indian coastline. The Chinese ship, Xian Yang Hong 01, is now less than 260 nautical miles - about 480 kilometres - off the coast of Visakhapatnam. Incidentally, that's where India bases its three nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, arguably the most sensitive weapons systems in India's arsenal. indigenously developed can deploy multiple warAgni-5 missile with Multiheads at different locaple Independently Tartions, sources said. getable Re-entry Vehicle Agni-V missile has a (MIRV) technology," Modi range of up to 5,000 km and said on 'X'. it can bring almost the enThe director of 'Mission tire Asia including the Divyastra' is a woman scinorthernmost part of Chientist. na as well as some regions The MIRV feature enin Europe under its striksures that a single missile ing range. CONTD. ON P10 10 HOSHANGABAD STUDENTS fall ill after breakfast, 2 in ICU Victims were students of St Joseph’s College of Nursing OUR STAFF REPORTER Indore Ten students of St Joseph’s College of Nursing at Hoshangabad fell sick after breakfast at a hotel in Banganga on Monday . The girl students were admitted to Maharaja Yeshwantrao (MY) Hospital with complaint of nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. Two of them were shifted to ICU. According to nursing rules, called the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024 will enable the persons eligible under CAA2019 to apply for the grant of Indian citizenship," a Home Ministry spokesperson said. "The applications will be submitted in a completely online mode for which a web portal has been provided," the spokesperson added. The CAA was passed in December 2019 and subsequently got the president's assent but there were protests in several parts of the country against it, with many opposition parties speaking out against the law calling it "discriminatory". The law could not come into effect as rules had not been notified till now. "These rules will now enable minorities persecuted on religious grounds in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to acquire citizenship in our nation. CONTD. ON P10 Food safety officers swing into action teacher Keerti Dehariya, a batch of General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) second-year students had come to Government Mental Hospital, associated with MGM Medical College, for psychiatry posting. ‘All of us are staying in a private accommodation near Banganga area. The 10 girls had breakfast at Food safety officers swung into action after learning about the incident and raided Shri Nath Guest House. Senior food safety officer Manish Swami said that food samples from the guest house were sent for testing at State Food Testing Laboratory, Bhopal. Appropriate action would be taken after receiving reports. Shri Nath Guest House near Chandragupta Square on Monday morning. CONTD. ON P10 5 devotees injured at Kubereshwar Dham OUR STAFF REPORTER Bhopal/ Sehore Five including an elderly woman were injured after a sound system fell down on them in Kubereshwar Dham, Kubereshwar Mahadev Mandir, Sehore, on Monday. They were taking part in the 7-day Mahashiv Puran Rudraksh Mahotsav that started on March 7. The devotees were sitting inside the dome when the accident took place. All injured were taken to district hospital. CMHO Dr Sudhir Deharia informed Free Press, A 63 years old Yashoda Bai of Rajasthan sustained fracture. Madhu Bai of Jhalawar, Rajasthan, sustained head injuries. MALEGAON BLAST Bailable warrant against Pragya BHOPAL: A special NIA court of Mumbai's National Investigation Agency (NIA) court, on Monday, has issued a bailable warant against Bhopal sitting Lok Sabha MP Pragya Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, for failing to appear before it despite repeated warnings. Special judge Justice A K Lahoti issued a warrant of Rs 10,000 against Thakur on Monday and asked the probe agency to file a report by March 20. Thakur and six others are facing trial in the case under provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and the IPC. CONTD. ON P10 Supreme Court. Hindus consider Bhojshala, an ASI-protected 11th Century monument, a temple dedicated to Vagdevi (Goddess Saraswati), while Muslims call it Kamal Maula Mosque. Through its lawyers Vishu Shankar Jain and Vinay Joshi, an outfit called Hindi Front For Justice had moved a writ petition in the court seeking direction for the ASI to discharge its statutory duty in terms of Section 16, towards determining the character and nature of the Bhojshala Temple-cum-Kamal Maula Mosque. CONTD. ON P10 Cabinet clears `125/quintal bonus for wheat farmers Religious Trust and Religious Dept to be shifted to Ujjain OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in In what could be dubbed as a big bonanza to farmers, Cabinet has decided to provide bonus of Rs 125 per quintal of wheat. As of now, minimum support price of wheat is Rs 2275. Along with the bonus, government will purchase wheat at the rate of around 2400 per quintal. The proposal to shift office of head of department, directorate, Religious Trust and Religious department, Mukyamantri Teerth Dar- PM Shri Air Ambulance scheme approved PM Shri Air Ambulance scheme was approved by the Cabinet. Under this Ayushman Scheme cardholder will get free air ambulance facility to go to government hospital for treatment from any part of the state. Under the scheme, one helicopter and a plane has been arranged. If any private person wants to avail this facility then he will have to pay the fixed fee which would be decided later. shan Yojana to Ujjain from Satpura Bhawan was also approved. bodies of their near and dear ones on cycles or handcarts. The Cabinet passed proposal to have hearse vehicle in every district hospital which would be provided free of cost. The decision came after in came to light that many poor people had to carry the dead Cabinet decided to construct a government medical college along with 100bed hospital in Ujjain. A sum of Rs 592.30 crores has been approved for civil construction of the hospital. CONTD. ON P10 Hearse vehicle at every dist hosp Med College, 100-bed hospital in Ujjain