FP FREE PRESS The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms VOL. 13 NO. 270 | BHOPAL | WEDNESDAY | MARCH 13, 2024 | PAGES 18 RISHABH PANT DECLARED FIT `3 - r Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE EDIT 34.00c. 17.20c SPORTS WEATHER TEJAS CRASHES IN RAJ, Khattar makes FIRST IN 23 YEARS way for Saini as CAA IS NOW UNDERSTOOD BETTER Sunrise : 06.37 Sunset : 06.35 SHOCKER IN HARYANA BJP ditches JJP 5 take oath as ministers CHANDIGARH BJP leader Nayab Singh Saini was sworn in as Haryana's new chief minister on Tuesday, hours after Manohar Lal Khattar and his Cabinet ministers resigned from their posts. Five others took the oath as members of the new council of ministers along with Saini. They are BJP leaders Kanwar Pal, Mool Chand Sharma, Jai Parkash Dalal and Banwari Lal and Independent MLA Ranjit Singh Chauta- la. Saini was administered the oath by Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya during a ceremony held at the Raj Bhavan here. He bowed before Khattar and sought his blessings after Earlier in the day, the BJP named OBC leader Saini (54) as Haryana's new chief minister. He is the party's state unit presi- dent and the MP from Kurukshetra. The development comes just weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Khattar's second term as chief minister was also to end in October when the assembly polls are due. CONTD. ON P10 ongratulations to Ctaking oath as CM@NayabSainiBJP Ji on of Haryana Tejas aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in flames after it crashed during an operational training sortie near Jaisalmer on Tuesday and (right) Pilot who ejected safely lying on ground NIA raids 30 places in MP, Pb, Har, Raj and Chandig'h SEARCHES carried out in Burhanpur, Khargone & Barwani OUR STAFF REPORTER Khargone/Barwani/Bhopal The National Investigation Agency conducted raids in 30 locations across four states of Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and UT of Chandigarh in Terrorist-Gangster nexus case, on Tuesday, said the officials. In Madhya Pradesh, the NIA teams from Chandi- TERRORIST-GANGSTER NEXUS CASE Team in Khargone Raid in Barwani NIA teams reached the den of manufacturing of illegal weapons in the Bhagwanpura and Gogaon areas of Khargone district. Searches are underway in Satipura, Bhagwanpura. Both the places are notorious for manufacturing\sale of illegal weapon. Khargone's ASP, MS Bariya, stated that N.I.A. has sought assistance from local police. In Rajpur police station area of Barwani district, NIA questioned a youth named Deepak Patil from Khadki village. After questioning, the team reached Umrati falling under Varla police station area. Umrati is known for illegal weapons. SP Puneet Gehlod said that the team was supported by the local police. garh searched multiple locations, which included villages of three south-west- ern MP districts - Khargone, Barwani and Burhanpur districts. CONTD. ON P10 RaGa, Nath reign supreme as Cong declares 10 names PM MODI NEWS BRIEF Retail inflation eases to 5.09% in Feb NEW DELHI: The latest data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO), under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), indicates a slight easing in retail inflation for the month of February 2024. According to the provisional figures provided by the NSO, the retail inflation, based on the Consumer Price Index (General), stood at 5.09 per cent in February 2024. This marks a marginal decrease from 5.10 per cent recorded in January 2024. The combined inflation rate for rural and urban areas came down to 5.09 per cent from the previous month's 5.10 per cent. Nakul Nath to contest from Chhindwara, 3 MLAs too get LS ticket OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in All India Congress Committee (AICC) announced names of 10 Lok Sabha election candidates in MP on Tuesday. Ex-CM Kamal Nath’s son and sitting MP Nakul Nath has been fielded from Chhindwara once again. The party has fielded MLA Phool Singh Baria from Bhind, MLA Siddhant Kushwaha from Satna and MLA Omkar Singh Markam from Mandla. The other candidates are: Pankaj Ahirwar(Tikamgarh), Kamleshwar Patel(Sidhi), Rajendra Malviya(Dewas), Radheshyam Muvai(Dhar), Porlal Kharte(Khargone) and Ramu Tekam(Betul). Arun Yadav, Kantilal Bhuria and others are still fighting for tickets. Nakul Nath Kamleshwar Patel WHO BACKED WHOM While Rahul Gandhi backed Omkar Singh and Kamleshwar Patel, Nath pressed for Nakul Nath, Siddhart Kushwha, Ramu Tekam and Rajendra Malviya. Sajjan Singh Verma also backed Malviya. From ex-CM Digvijaya Singh camp Phool Singh Baria got the ticket and from Leader of Opposition Umang Singhar camp, Radheshyam Muvai got the ticket. BJP selects candidates for 5 remaining seats OUR STAFF REPORTER BHOPAL The BJP has finalised the candidates for the rest of the five seats in MP. At a meeting, which continued till late Monday night, the names of candidates for the five seats were decided. The party may announce these five names in the second list. According to sources, MP from Indore Shankar Lalwani may again be given a ticket on the ground of caste equations. Savitri Thakur may be given a ticket from Dhar. BJP's district president Vivek Sahu Bunty may be fielded from Chhindwara. A close aide of Chief Minister Mohan Yadav may be fielded from Ujjain. Yadav suggested the names of Prabhulal Jatwa and his daughter-in-law Rani Jatwa. Bharti Pardhi may be fielded from Balaghat. Rules 1950. "In pursuance of sub-rule (b) of rule 3 of the Passport (Entry into India) Rules 1950, the Central Government designated Raja Bhoj International Airport, Bhopal as an authorized Immigration Check Post for entry into or exit from India. NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge may not contest the Lok Sabha polls this time -- a possibility that has rung alarm bells in some sections. The general cannot be missing in the battlefield is the sentiment and they advocate him leading from the front. But the party veteran has pointed out a crucial aspect -- the chief needs to take care of the big picture without getting involved in his own campaign. Kharge was the one unanimous name in the candidates' list for Karnataka that was discussed last week for the Gulbarga constituency CONTD. ON P10 . Raja Bhoj gets customs boost, becomes truly intern’l airport OUR STAFF REPORTER City.bhopal@fpj.co.in Central Government has issued notification for starting customs facility at the Raja Bhoj Airport, Bhopal. As immigration facility is already in place, the airport has truly become an international airport. Director airport Ramji Awasthi informed Free Press, "Notification has been issued for starting customs facility. It was already an international airport so far as immigration was concerned. However, the customs facility would start in the next few months." In December 2023, Central Government had designated Raja Bhoj international airport as an authorized immigration check post for entry into or exit from India. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had taken the decision exercising the Passport (Entry into India) Omkar Markam Kharge may skip LS polls r RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 QUALITY AT VALUE www.freepressjournal.in SPECIAL COLLABORATION CINEMA 12-yr-old girl mauled to death by stray dogs in Garoth FP NEWS SERVICE / Garoth In a horrific incident, a 12year-old girl was mauled to death by a pack of dogs on Garoth Road, approximately 2.5 kilometres from Bhanpura village. The victim is identified as Tanisha, daughter of Lokeshnath Bairagi from Lotkheri. The girl was alone in a field near Shriram Toll Gate when the incident took place around 1 pm on Tuesday . AFTER SC RAP, SBI SENDS EB DATA TO ECI NEW DELHI : The State Bank of India on Tuesday evening submitted data about electoral bonds to the Election Commission of India, in line with a stern order from the Supreme Court. The data will be collated and released by the poll panel - which has confirmed receipt of the data by 5 pm Friday, as ordered. The bank's chairman and managing director, however, has not yet filed the affidavit confirming compliance with the court order. This is ready and will be submitted Wednesday . The Supreme Court on Monday nixed a plea by the State Bank of India - the country's largest bank - to extend the March 6 deadline to release this data. CONTD. ON P10 As per the eyewitnesses, about seven dogs pounced on her, causing severe injuries. Family members working in nearby fields rushed to the scene upon hearing about the dog attack. They found the child in a critical condition and immediately took her to the Bhanpura Government Hospital. However, the doctors declared her dead on arrival, citing the severity of her injuries. Residents are demanding action to control the increasing stray dog menace in the area to prevent such tragic incidents in the future. India questions veto-blocking of terrorist listings at UN AGENCIES New York India has strongly condemned the countries that use their veto powers to block evidence-based terrorist listings at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and said the practice is uncalled for and smacks of doublespeak to the council's commitment in tackling the challenge of terrorism. "Let us turn to the subsidiary bodies inhabiting a subterranean world with their own custom-made working methods and obscure practices which do not find any legal basis in the charter or any of the council's resolutions. For instance, while we do get to China had effectively blocked a proposal to designate Pak-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Sajid Mir as a global terrorist know of the decisions of these committees on listing, the decisions on rejecting listing requests are not made public," India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ruchira Kamboj, said at a session of the United Nations Security Council. "This is a disguised veto, but an even more impervious one that indeed merits a discussion amongst the wider membership. CONTD. ON P10