FP FREE PRESS The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms VOL. 13 NO. 311 | BHOPAL | TUESDAY | APRIL 23, 2024 | PAGES 14 VIRAT’S ABILITY IS TO GET A 40-BALL HUNDRED: GANGULY SPORTS `3 - r Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE EDIT BIG BLOW TO TRINAMOOL All appointees are set to lose their jobs Asked to return their salaries along with 12% interest KOLKATA: In a big setback to the Mamata Banerjee government, the Calcutta High Court has cancelled the 2016 recruitment process for governmentsponsored and aided schools. As many as 25,753 appointees are set to lose their jobs and will be asked to return their salaries along with 12% interest, according to the order. A division bench of Justices Debangsu Basak and Md Shabbar Rashidi said the school teachers recruited illegally after submitting blank OMR sheets must return their salaries within four weeks. District magistrates have been tasked with collecting the money from these teachers. The court has made an WBSSC TO CHALLENGE ORDER SLST 2016 candidates posing a victory sign after the verdict of Calcutta High Court BP influencing judiciary: Didi BJP welcomes judgement Hours after the West Bengal government suffered a big setback in Calcutta High Court in connection with alleged irregularities in teachers' recruitment, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that BJP leaders are "influencing judiciary and judgments". The Opposition BJP has welcomed the high court's order. "The deserving candidates are smiling, now it's time for nephew and aunt to go," Bengal BJP said in a post on X, taking a swipe at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and nephew and senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee. Court declines Kejriwal's plea for personal doctor Results of Class 5 & 8 to be out today ASKS AIIMS to constitute panel to look after his health NEW DELHI The Rouse Avenue Court declined a plea moved by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking direction to jail authorities to administer insulin and allow him to consult through video conferencing daily for 15 minutes with respect to his acute diabetes and fluctuating blood sugar level. The Special Judge Kaveri Baweja while passing the order stated that directions are hereby passed qua the prayer of the applicant for the administration of Insulin and also with a view to ensure that the applicant is provided all the requisite medical treatment. Though it shall continue to be the primary duty of Tihar Jail authorities, who are stated to be fully equipped to take care of the health of the applicant, to ensure that all requisite medical treatment is provided to him in jail, however, in the event of any requirement for specialized consultation, the jail Authorities shall consult the Medical Board to be constituted by Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), comprising of a senior endocrinologist, diabetologist, as per the request made on April 20, already sent by DG Prisons, said the Court. The said Medical Board is further requested to prescribe a diet and exercise plan, if required, for the applicant considering his medical requirements and relevant data regarding his vital statistics. CONTD. ON P7 exception in its order, ensuring that one of the appointees, Soma Das who is undergoing cancer treatment, retains her job on humanitarian grounds. The bench, formed on a Supreme Court direction, has also ordered the CBI to further probe the appointment process and submit a report within three months. It has also asked the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) to begin a fresh appointment process. WBSSC chairman Siddharth Majumder has said they will challenge the high court order in the Supreme Court. Several Trinamool leaders, including former education minister Partha Chatterjee, and former officials are in jail in connection with the teacher recruitment case. Over 23 lakh candidates had appeared for the State Level Selection Test-2016 for 24,640 vacant posts while 25,753 appointment letters were issued against the vacancies, according to WEATHER HC CANCELS 25K BENGAL TEACHERS RECRUITMENT WAYANAD TYPIFIES INDIA CONTRADICTIONS 38.40c. 24.50c Sunrise : 06.01 Sunset : 06.50 the lawyer for some of the petitioners. This included posts of teachers of classes 9, 10, 11 and 12 and group-C and D staffers. The Calcutta High Court last year dismissed panels set up by the WBSCC in 2016 and cancelled the appointment of 36,000 untrained primary teachers. The figure was later modified to 32,000. Abhijit Ganguly, the judge who had also ordered a CBI probe in the case, resigned after several run-ins with the ruling Trinamool and is now a BJP candidate in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. Days later after the initial judgment, another single-judge bench had paused it until further orders. The Supreme Court last November requested the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court to form a division bench to hear petitions and appeals in the recruitment case and gave six-month protection to those whose appointments were cancelled. Huts catch fire in Pandokhar Sarkar OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in The result of board pattern exam held for Class 5 and 8 will be declared on Tuesday . The director of Rajya Shiksha Kendra, Dhanraju S will declare the result. School Education Minister is likely to be present on this occasion. More than 12 lakh students participated in Class 5, and more than 11 lakh students appeared for the Class 8 exam. Notably, Madhya Pradesh is the pioneering state in organising board pattern exam. Exam results of Class 10, 12 on cards The exam result of Class 10 and 12 are on cards. Sources in Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE) said that exam results of Class 10 and 12 are likely to be declared before April 27. Rs 10K cash also burnt OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in A temporary thatched ashram was gutted in fire that broke out in Pandokhar Sarkar ashram in Datia district on Monday. In the incident cash more than Rs 10 lakh was gutted, said police. A massive programme was scheduled to start from Tuesday on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti at the venue. The cash was kept in the almirah of the office which was completely burnt along with office furniture and other equipment. The fire broke out at around 3 pm. From Tuesday a religious programme is going to start and people were involved in making arrangements when they spotted the fire. The spread of fire was so fast that in around 10 minutes it covered the entire area where the huts were constructed. The police station incharge Murli Sharma added that the huts were well furnished, in some of them air conditioners, fans, coolers, sofa, beds were kept. Senior woman cop dies of heart attack while travelling AIG PRATIBHA Tripathi was en route to Bhopal from Indore NEWS BRIEF 1 killed in firing in busy Delhi market NEW DELHI: The four men, on two bikes, came wearing helmets, fired upon the two and fled away. A tempo driver died on the spot while another person was injured when unknown assailants fired at them at a busy Delhi market on Monday afternoon. The incident was reported from outer Delhi's Dayal Market in Alipur area. OUR STAFF REPORTER city.bhopal@fpj.co.in Assistant inspector general of police (AIG) posted Bhopal women's cell, Pratibha Tripathi, suffered a cardiac arrest when she was returning from Indore to Bhopal on Monday noon to join her duty. She suffered the cardiac arrest in Sonkatch, and was rushed to a nearby hospital by her husband, where she was declared dead on arrival. Commissioner of police (CP) of Bhopal, Harinaryanachari Mishra confirmed the demise of AIG Tripathi, telling Free Press that Tripathi had contracted Coronavirus in 2020, and had also had a baby boy the same year. Following this, she often remained unwell, and used to seek consultation from a doctor in Indore. He added that Tripathi, along with her kid, aged three and husband Shishir Pandit had gone to Indore by her car on Saturday for medical check-up. While returning from there on Monday noon at around 1 pm, she suffered a cardiac arrest inside her car in Sonkatch. As her condition began deteriorating, her husband Shishir rushed her to a nearby hospital, where the doctors declared her dead on arrival. CP Mishra said that Tripathi belonged to the 2008 batch of the state police service, and her husband Shishir resides in Delhi owing to his professional commitments. He is a native of Indore, and had arrived there to assist Tripathi during her medical check-up. BJP wins Surat seat unopposed SURAT: BJP candidate Mukesh Dalal was on Monday elected unopposed from Surat Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat after all other nominees withdrew from the fray, a poll official said. The development marks the first victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. "I declare that Mukeshkumar Chandrakant Dalal, sponsored by the BJP , has been duly elected to fill the seat in the House from Surat parliamentary constituency," district collector cum election officer Saurabh Pardhi told media persons as he handed over the Certificate of Election to Dalal. CONTD. ON P7 r RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 QUALITY AT VALUE www.freepressjournal.in MEET THE ASHWATTHAMA CINEMA Gukesh wins Candidates Chess TORONTO: India's 17year-old Grandmaster D Gukesh scripted history by winning the Candidates Chess Tournament here to become the youngest ever challenger to the world title, bettering a record created by the legendary Garry Kasparov 40 years ago. Gukesh played out an easy draw with American Hikaru Nakamura in the 14th and final round to finish with nine out of a possible 14 points in the tournament that is held to decide the challenger to the world champion. The triumph entitles Gukesh a clash against reigning world champion Ding Liren of China in the last quarter of the year. The Chennai-based teen bettered Kasparov's record by quite a distance as the Russian great was 22 when he qualified in 1984 to clash with compatriot Anatoly Karpov. PG-14 MASALA ROW: FSSAI to check quality of spices NEW DELHI: Food safety regulator FSSAI has started taking samples of spices in powder form of all brands, including MDH and Everest, from across the country in view of quality concerns flagged by Singapore and Hong Kong, a government source said. "In view of the current development, FSSAI has taking samples of spices of all brands, including MDH and Everest, from the market to check whether they meet the FSSAI norms," the source told PTI. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) does not regulate quality of exported spices, they said. FSSAI, which operates under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, takes samples of spices regularly from the market to check the quality of product sold in the domestic market. Meanwhile, the Spices Board of India is looking into the ban imposed by Hong Kong and Singapore on the sale of four spicesmix products of Indian brands MDH and Everest, which allegedly contain pesticide 'ethylene oxide' beyond permissible limits. "We are looking into the matter. We are at it," Spices Board of India Director A B Rema Shree told PTI. The companies could not be contacted immediately . The Hong Kong's Center for Food Safety (CFS) has asked consumers not to buy these products and traders not to sell, while the Singapore Food Agency has directed a recall of such spices. These products are MDH's Madras Curry Powder (spice blend for Madras curry), Everest Fish Curry Masala, MDH Sambhar Masala Mixed Masala Powder, and MDH Curry Powder Mixed Masala Powder. CM: EC, weddings, behind low turnout Non-availability of vehicles to reach polling stations is a major cause OUR STAFF REPORTER Bhopal The BJP is brooding about the low voter turnout in the first phase of the Lok Sabha election. In an interaction with a private TV channel, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has indirectly blamed the Election Commission (EC) for low turnout of voters. Yadav said the EC would think about it and that the polling booths are set up very far from the residences of voters. Despite this, political parties are not allowed to use vehicles to take voters to polling stations and the EC does not provide its vehicles to carry voters to their destinations, he said. Voters have to face a lot of difficulties to reach a polling station to cast votes, he said. In areas, where tribal REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH CHARGE Modi sticks to his guns, but no mention of M word ALIGARH: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused the Congress again of planning to redistribute people's property if it is voted to power, but stopped short of saying that the wealth would go to Muslims. Addressing an election rally in western Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh, a constituency with a sizeable Muslim population, Modi accused the opposition Congress and the Samajwadi Party of following a policy of "appeasement" and yet doing nothing to uplift the socio-economic condition of the community . In contrast, he cited the enactment of a law against instant triple talaq and an increase in the Haj quota as moves during the BJP government's term to help the community . On Sunday, the prime minister had triggered a political row by claiming that the Congress manifesto promised "redistribution" of wealth after conducting a survey . CONTD. ON P7 people live, the polling booths are far off their houses, he said. He further said something should be done, so that voters might reach the polling stations without any hassle. In April, weddings are held and harvesting is done, so the voting percentage was less than expected, he said. There was only 49% of voting in Bihar, Yadav said, adding that the voting percentage was low in the assembly constituencies represented by the Congress members. So, the low turnout of voters will not come in the way of BJP's chances to win all the 29 seats in the state, he said. Ranveer files complaint over deepfake video MUMBAI Days after a deepfake video of him promoting political views went viral on social media, 'Padmaavat' actor Ranveer Singh has taken decisive action by lodging a complaint with Mumbai police against those responsible for its creation. Amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, the 'Padmaavat' actor fell prey to deepfake menace after his video surfaced online in which he was purportedly heard voicing his political views. However, it turned out that the video was made using an artificial intelligence (AI) voice clone of the actor. CONTD. ON P7 Students of Patna Women’s College form a human chain during a demonstration on the occasion of Earth Day in Patna on Monday