FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms FREE PRESS VOL. XXXX NO. 308 | INDORE | SUNDAY | APRIL 14, 2024 | PAGES 16 r Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; `4 r RNI No. 38281/83 QUALITY AT VALUE www.freepressjournal.in - EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE FROM NANDLALA TO RAMLALA: THE JOURNEY OF MAHAPRASAD Iran seizes ship linked to Israel NEWS BRIEF One injured in rhino attack 17 Indian sailors are aboard the MSC Aries which was seized by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard The ship is headed towards Iran’s territorial waters JORHAT (ASSAM): One person was injured in an attack by a rhinoceros while another in firing by forest guards who were trying to send back the animal towards the Kaziranga National Park on Saturday, an official said. A youth was attacked during his morning walk by the rhino, suspected to have strayed out of the national park, in the Bafala area here. Youth held over post against Modi BHADOHI: A youth was arrested from Suryawa area of the district here on Saturday for allegedly posting derogatory comment against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and cartoons of Hindu Gods with unparliamentary language on a social media platform, police said. Farmer injured in tiger attack BENGALURU: A 22-yearold man was injured after he was attacked allegedly by a tiger at a village in Chamarajanagara district, the forest department said on Saturday. Mannu suffered injuries on his neck and hands. He is said to be in a stable condition and is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in Mysuru. Directive on ‘health’ drinks The government has asked all the e-commerce companies to remove drinks and beverages, including Bournvita, from the health drinks category from their portals. “The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), a statutory body constituted under section (3) of the Commission of Protection of Child Rights (CPCR) Act 2005 after its inquiry under Section 14 of CRPC Act 2005 concluded that there is no ‘health drink’ defined under the” Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, rules and regulations submitted by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, the Commerce and Industry Ministry said in an advisory to all e-commerce companies. CJI flags AI’s challenges The integration of AI in modern processes, including court proceedings, raises complex ethical, legal and practical considerations that demand a thorough examination, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said on Saturday. AI represents the “next frontier of innovation” and its use in adjudication presents both opportunities and challenges, he said. BJP to release manifesto today NEW DELHI: The BJP will release its manifesto Sankalp Patra - for the Lok Sabha polls on Sunday, with its planks of welfare and development besides a roadmap for 'viksit Bharat' expected to figure prominently in its election agenda. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior leaders of the party are expected to attend the unveiling of the manifesto at the party headquarters that coincides with the birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar, a towering leader from the Dalit community and an architect of the Indian Constitution. DUBAI Commandos of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard rappelled down from a helicopter onto an Israeliaffiliated container ship mostly manned by Indians near the Strait of Hormuz and seized the vessel on Saturday the latest in a series of , attacks between the two countries. Seventeen Indian sailors are on board the ship, which has a crew of 25. This has come even as the Middle East braced for potential Iranian retaliation over a suspected Israeli strike earlier this month on an Iranian consular building in Syria that killed 12 people, India is in touch with Iran, through diplomatic channels, to secure the release of the Indians on board the MSC Aries. including a senior Guard general who once commanded its expeditionary Quds Force there. A special forces unit of the Guard’s navy attacked the vessel, the Portugueseflagged MSC Aries, a 366 metres container ship associated with London-based Zodiac Maritime, Iran’s state-run news agency IRNA said. The Portuguese-flagged ship is linked to Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer, according 36 HRS LATER: Rescue team digs 40ft hole to reach Mayank CM instructs Dy CM to monitor situation Rescue team has reached 40ft deep anticipating Mayank, 6 years old boy, is stuck at 36ft in bore well at Manika Village, Teothar, in Rewa district till the report last came in. The bore well is about 70 feet deep, and a parallel pit is being dug to rescue the child. It is learnt that child is showing no movement. Black cotton (BC) soil which has become marshy and slippery after rain is main problems in rescue operation, according to officials. Rewa Collector Pratibha Pal informed Free Press, " we have reached till 40 feet deep with anticipation that boy is stuck at 36 ft in bore well. Now we are moving horizontal. We have supplied oxygen and CCTV camera to know the position of Mayank." "Following the incident, a team of the State Disaster Emergency Response Force (SDERF) has started a rescue operation, and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has to Reuters. Ofer (worth $24 billion according to Forbes) is a Monaco-based and was born in Israel. Zodiac declined to comment and referred questions to Geneva-based MSC, which later acknowledged the seizure and said 25 crew had been aboard the vessel. IRNA said the Guard would take the vessel into Iranian territorial waters. Earlier, a Middle East defence official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters, shared a video of the attack showing Iranian commandos rappelling down onto a stack of containers on the deck of the vessel. CONTD. ON P6 Free Press to honour teachers today OUR STAFF REPORTER Indore Free Press, the leading English news daily of Central India, is going to felicitate school teachers who have gone beyond their call of duty to educate students of down-trodden segment of the society on Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 11 am. The event will be held at Free Press House on AB Road. OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in WEATHER READER'S CORNER RAHUL, LANGER’S BACKING MOTIVATED ME: BADONIR SPORTS 36.00c. 21.80c Sunrise : 06.07 Sunset : 06.47 LAVISH MOVE CINEMA CBI files FIR against Megha Engg NEW DELHI The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered an FIR against Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd, the second-biggest buyer of electoral bonds worth Rs966 crore, in an alleged bribery case. The FIR also named eight officials of the NISP and NMDC and two of MECON for allegedly receiving bribe of around Rs78 lakh for clearing bills of Rs174 crore of Hyderabad-based Megha Engineering in connection with works related to Jagdalpur integrated steel plant, officials said Saturday . Megha Engineering had emerged as the secondbiggest buyer of electoral bonds and donated more than half of them, worth about Rs586 crore, to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), according to data released on March 21 by the PP Reddy The firm was the second-biggest buyer of electoral bonds and donated about `586 crore to the BJP, according to data released by the EC. It also donated `195 crore to the BRS, `85 crore to DMK, and `37 crore to the YSRCP. The TDP got `25 crore and the Congress `17 crore. Election Commission. It also donated Rs195 crore to the Bharat Rashtra Samithi, Rs 85 crore to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, and Rs37 crore to the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party The Tel. ugu Desam Party got about Rs 25 crore from the compa- Man stabs 6 to death in Sydney mall, shot dead SYDNEY Horrific scenes unfolded at Sydney’s popular Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction after a man stabbed six people to death on Saturday before being fatally shot, police said. Eight people, including a 9-month-old, were injured in the attack. According to the police, CCTV footage showed the attacker beginning his rampage around 3.20 pm. Five of the victims were pronounced dead at the scene. The sixth victim died in the hospital and is the mother of the nine-month-old child. Police Commissioner Karen Webb said the injured were receiving treatment at hospitals. The baby was in surgery but it was too early to , know the condition, she said. "We are confident that there is no ongoing risk, and we are dealing with one person who is now deceased," Webb said in a briefing, adding that it was not "a terrorism incident." Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described the deaths as "extraordinarily heartbreaking". Victims include five women and one man; 9-month-old child among eight injured New South Wales Assistant Police Commissioner Anthony Cooke said a "lengthy and precise" investigation had begun. The 40-year-old suspect began stabbing people before a police inspector shot him after he turned and raised a knife. Cooke said the police GAURAV VIVEK BHATNAGAR NEW DELHI A Sikh devotee lights lamps on ‘Baisakhi’ at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Saturday 22-yr-old Chhindwara gamer girl meets PM Modi CHHINDWARA A 22-year-old gamer girl from Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district, Payal Dhare recently met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and had a free-wheeling interaction about a range of aspects, including the gaming industry's prospects in the country . Payal Dhare, a resident of Umranala village in the district, is the only female gamer among the famous seven Indian gamers who had a free-wheeling interac- The seven well-known gamers of the country include Payal Dhare, Animesh Agarwal, Naman Mathur, Mithilesh Patankar, Tirth Mehta, Ganesh Gangadhar, and Anshu Bisht tion with the PM. Dhare expressed her happiness meeting with PM Modi and said she was honoured to be the only female gamer at the table. "An honour to be the only female gamer at inspector, a senior officer, was alone when she confronted the suspect and engaged him soon after her arrival on the scene and saved many lives. Webb said that the police would not identify the man yet and were still working to determine his motivation. “There's no suggestion there was anyone targeted. That could change. We will only know that in time," Commissioner Webb said. CONTD. ON P6 the table, discussing the future of esports, gaming and content creation with PM Narendra Modi. Thank you for recognizing our voices and paving the way for inclusivity in this industry . Dreams turned into reality today!" She wrote on Instagram. Meanwhile, Parents of Payal Dhare expressed happiness on their daughter meeting PM Modi and called it a proud moment. Father of Payal Dhare, Shivshankar Dhare told ANI, "I felt very proud and happy that my daughter met PM Modi. We have not thought of it at all. She studied till class 12th here only in Chhindwara leged bribery in the Rs315 crore project related to works of intake well and pump house and cross-country pipeline at the integrated steel plant Jagdalpur which was awarded to the company according to , the FIR made public on Saturday . CONTD. ON P6 PM rally in Pipariya today OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public rally in Pipariya (Hoshangabad) district on Sunday He . will address the rally at 11.45 am. This will be his third visit to the state during the lok sabha election. He kick started party's political campaign from Jabalpur, attending the mega road show on April 7. His visit to Jabalpur has boosted the morale of party workers and created a favourable atmosphere for the party Later he visited . Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency to address the public rally on April 10. As far as Hosgangabad constituency is concerned then BJP has fielded Darshan Singh Choudhary against Congress candidate Sanjay Sharma. BJP workers and leaders are excited over the proposed visit of PM to Pipariya. BJP has made vast preparations in Pipariya for PM's rally . Tihar barrier claim on Kejri, wife meetings GOLDEN MOMENT been called in from Varanasi. The authorities are supplying oxygen through a pipe. Additionally, a CCTV camera was also lowered to monitor the boy's condition", collector added. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has instructed deputy CM Rajendra Shukla to go to Rewa to monitor the rescue operation. MLA Sidharth Tiwari has also been deployed there. CM Yadav has further said that he already instructed collectors to ensure proper covering if any bore well is found open. CONTD. ON P6 ny, while the Congress got Rs17 crore. The Janata Dal (Secular), the Jana Sena Party and the Janata Dal (United) smaller sums ranging from Rs5 crore to Rs10 crore. The CBI had registered a preliminary enquiry on August 10, 2023, about the al- and then pursued B.Com from a college in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh. She made a gaming channel there only during the lockdown period, slowly prepared the setup in Chhindwara and started online gaming on Youtube" Speaking about her shifting to Mumbai from Chhindwara, he added that when her fan following increased, she used to attend a gaming boot camp which was in Mumbai. She used to visit there time and again and it causes trouble in travelling. CONTD. ON P6 The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday protested that the Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was being treated as an ordinary prisoner when it came to his meeting his wife and personal secretary at the Tihar Central Jail, where he is lodged in judicial remand in the Delhi liquor policy case. The party’s Rajya Sabha MP and senior leader Sanjay Singh accused the jail authorities of not allowing in-person meetings to Kejriwal with his family and of compelling him to meet them like an ordinary prisoner through the “mulakat jangla” or meeting room where an iron mesh separates them and they can also only look at each other through a glass window . Singh raised the issue at a press conference where he termed the action of the jail authorities “an attempt to break the morale of chief minister Kejriwal” and “inhuman”. He said “even hardcore criminals are allowed in-person meetings in the prison”. While meetings through the meeting room are the norm, Singh demanded special treatment for Kejriwal saying, “in Tihar jail, many meetings take place but three-time elected chief minister Arvind Kejriwal is being humiliated and made to meet his family through the `jangla’ (iron enclosure).” He charged that this was happen- SC HEARING ON MONDAY Court will The SupremeChief Minister hear Delhi Arvind Kejriwal's plea challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate on April 15, days after it was dismissed by the Delhi High Court. Plea challenges the arrest on March 21, alleging that it was motivated. ED had arrested him in connection to a money laundering case linked to the liquor policy scam. According to an official notice issued on Saturday, a two-judge bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta will hear the AAP chief's petition at around 10,30 am on April 15. ing on the “instructions of the BJP-led Central government”. Singh, who was released from Tihar Central Jail earlier this month after the Supreme Court granted him bail in the Delhi liquor policy case, also alleged that "Kejriwal’s rights as an inmate are being snatched." When Kejriwal was remanded in judicial custody on April 2, his lawyers had sought some special permissions for him including provisions for home-cooked meals and medicines, and carrying of a personal religious item and three books which were all allowed. CONTD. ON P6