FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms VOL. 14 NO. 3 | BHOPAL | MONDAY | JUNE 17, 2024 | PAGES 12 `3 r Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 r RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 QUALITY @ VALUE FREE PRESS www.freepressjournal.com NATION All eyes on Rahul Gandhi’s pocket version of Constitution fp Briefs Agencies SULTANPUR (UP) On the occasion of Ganga Dussehra, a 30-year-old devotee drowned while taking a bath in Gomti river here, police said on Sunday. According to the police, Vinod Soni, a resident of Vivekanagar, had gone to take a bath in the river at Dhopaap Ghat on Diyara Road under the Lambhua police station area. While bathing, Vinod's foot slipped suddenly and he drowned in the fast-flowing river, they said. Local divers immediately jumped into the river to rescue Vinod but due to the swift currents, by the time they reached Vinod, he was already dead, the police said. After a considerable struggle, the divers managed to bring Vikram's body out of the river, they added. Circle Officer (CO) Lambhua Abdus Salam said the body of the deceased has been sent for post-mortem. ETAH (UP) Three killed, two injured in road accident Three people were killed and two others were injured after their car collided with a tractor on Sunday morning here, police said. The deceased were identified as Sarla (60) and her daughter-inlaw Pinky Singh (35), they said. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rajesh Kumar Singh said the victims were returning home after taking a bath at Soro Ghat on the occasion of Ganga Dussehra. Their car collided with a tractor near a culvert on the Etah-Shikohabad road, leaving three dead and two injured, the SSP said. The injured were immediately rushed to a hospital and are under going treatment, he said. KOTA Suicide by student in Kota A 17-year-old youth preparing for IIT-JEE competitive exam committed suicide by hanging himself at his room in Rajasthan's Kota city, police said on Sunday. Ayush Jaiswal, a resident of Bihar's Motihari, was staying at a paying guest house near Samrat Chowk of Mahaveer Nagar area to prepare for exam competitive exam. His friends informed the paying guest house owner when he did not come out of his room till Saturday night, police said. INDORE UJJAIN PUNE BHOPAL MUMBAI NASHIK MONEY E-paper Member: Audit bureau of circulation Jan to Dec 2023. Sports Oz crush Scotland by 5 wickets Real estate prices set to soar in Amaravati Brandsutra A NEW WAY TO TRAVEL Train service soon on world’s highest rly bridge REASI Devotee drowns in Gomti river EDITIONS: The train service from Ramban to Reasi via the world's highest railway bridge built on the Chenab River will begin soon, according to the Northern Railway. At present, the trains operate along the railway line from Kanyakumari to Katra, while services run from Baramulla to Sangaldan in the Kashmir Valley. Reasi Deputy Commissioner Vishesh Mahajan told ANI, "This is an engineering marvel of the modern world. The day when the train will reach Reasi will be a gamechanging day for the district. It is a proud moment for us, as our engineers have created a marvel. It is the eighth wonder of the world. The bridge, the wind speed, and its strength are wonderful. The exact date cannot be said, but I hope the day comes soon. Railway officials recently conducted an extensive in- NCERT chief amid row over Gujarat riots and Babri Masjid demolition in textbooks ‘Hatred & violence not subjects of education’ Agencies NEW DELHI The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) director Dinesh Prasad Saklani said that references to Gujarat riots and Babri masjid demolition were modified in school textbooks because teaching about riots “can create violent and depressed citizens.” Saklani, in a conversation with PTI on Saturday, stressed that tweaks in textbooks are part of annual revision and should not be a subject of political “hue and cry”. The new revised NCERT Class 12 Political Science textbook does not mention the Babri Masjid by name but refers to it as a “three-domed structure”. Also, the Ayodhya section has been trimmed from four to two pages deleting the details from the earlier version. Speaking about references to Gujarat riots or Babri masjid demolition being tweaked in NCERT textbooks, Saklani One more arrest in Salman shooting case said, “Why should we teach about riots in school textbooks? We want to create positive citizens not violent and depressed individuals”. “Should we teach our students in a manner that they become offensive, create hatred in society or become victim of hatred? Is that education’s purpose? Should we teach about riots to such young children … when they grow up, they can learn about it but why school textbooks. Let them understand what happened and why it happened when they grow up. The hue and cry about the changes is irrelevant,” he added. The lesson in the newly revised textbook focuses on the Supreme Court judgement that paved the way for the construction of a Ram temple. “We want to create positive citizens and that’s what is the purpose of our textbooks. We cannot have everything in them. The purpose of our education is not to create violent citizens … depressed citizens. Hatred and violence are not subjects of teaching, they should not be focus of our textbooks,” Saklani further said. The NCERT director went on to say that the same hue and cry is not made about the 1984 riots not being in textbooks. The NCERT chief also questioned how teaching about the Indian knowledge system amounted to saffronisation. "If we are telling about iron pillar in Mehrauli and saying Indians were way ahead of any metallurgical scientist, are we wrong? How can it be saffronisation?" he asked. The 61-year-old has earlier headed the ancient history department at Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University before he took charge of NCERT in 2022. Contd. on P6 spection of the newly constructed railway line and stations between Sangaldan in Ramban district and Reasi. Deputy Chief Engineer, Konkan Railways, Sujay Kumar, said that the project was very challenging. "People being affected by this project are all very happy. We hope everything will be completed soon," he said. The Udhampur-Srinagar- Terror in J&K has shrunk, says Shah ‘From highly organised acts to mere proxy war’ Agencies NEW DELHI The fight against terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir is in its decisive phase and recent incidents show that terrorism has been forced to shrink from highly organised acts of violence to a mere proxy war, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday. During a high-level meeting at the North Block here to review the security situation in the Union Territory in the wake of recent terrorist attacks there, he also directed security agencies to implement area domination and zero-terror plans in the Jammu division like they did in Kashmir to achieve success. The government is determined to root out terrorism, Sanjay Dutt visits Bageshwar Dham temple FP News Service CHHATARPUR Four Union ministers pledge to prove their mettle Shivraj takes out road show to receive people’s blessing OUR STAFF REPORTER CITY.BHOPAL@FPJ.CO.IN Upon reaching Bhopal for the first time, all four Union ministers; Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Durgdas Uikey Savitri Thakur, reached BJP office and garlanded the statue of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay and other leaders on Sunday evening. They all pledged to prove their mettle by working hard. Earlier, Shivraj Singh Chouhan recieved a warm welcome throughout his journey. Hundreds of BJP workers and leaders were present at party office when all four union ministers including Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Minister of State Savitri Thakur and Union Minister of State Durgadas Uikey were garlanding the statues of party patriarchs. Earlier Shivraj Singh Chouhan received a rousing welcome throughout his train journey from Delhi to Bhopal. Wherever train stopped like Jhansi, Bina, Lalitpur stations, hundreds of BJP workers turned up to greet him and showered flower petals on him. On reaching Bhopal, he boarded an open vehicle to take out the road show. The road show started from railway station and reached BJP office after passing through important places of city. Contd. on P6 Shah asserted. The meeting with top security officials was convened to review the situation in the wake of the attacks in the Union Territory's Jammu region, officials said. Home Minister Shah directed the security agencies to work on a mission mode and ensure quick response in a coordinated manner. He also stressed on seamless coordination among security agencies, identifying vulnerable areas and addressing security concerns in these areas. Contd. on P6 NEW DELHI More than a week after the Lok Sabha election results, the debate over Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and whether they can be hacked is back under the spotlight, thanks to 'X' Boss Elon Musk. A remark by the Tesla CEO on EVMs prompted a sharp response from BJP leader and former technology minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar. And now, Opposition leaders are sharing Musk's tweet to emphasise their concerns over EVMs. Musk's post, in which he flagged the risk of EVMs being hacked, also comes amid reports that a relative of Ravindra Waikar, Shiv Sena MP from Mumbai North West, was using a phone that could be connected to an EVM. The reports have fuelled the EVM debate, with Opposition leaders questioning the Election Commission's "silence". Elon Musk's tweet on EVMs was in reply to a post by Robert F Kennedy Jr, nephew of former US President John F Kennedy and independent hopeful for the next US Elections, on polling in poll irregularities in Puerto Rico. "We should eliminate electronic voting machines. The risk of being hacked by humans or AI, while small, is still too high," Musk posted. In response, former Union minister Chandrasekhar said Musk's remark is a "huge sweeping generalization statement that implies no one can build secure digital hardware". Health of Indore: Every 4th youth found pre-diabetic Taking cognizance of the report, CM launched ‘Healthy Madhya Pradesh’ initiative, over 10 lakh youths to go through various tests Our Staff Reporter MUMBAI The Mumbai Police registered a new case in connection with firing outside actor Salman Khan's residence here in April and arrested a 25-year-old man from Rajasthan on charges of criminal intimidation, an official said on Sunday. The accused, identified as Banwarilal Laturlal Gujar (25) hailing from Bundi in Rajasthan, was brought to the metropolis where a court remanded him in police custody till June 18, the Crime Branch official said. Gurjar had allegedly uploaded a video on his YouTube channel in which he said "Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldy Brar and other gang members are with me and I am going to kill Salman Khan as he has not apologised as yet", the official said. The accused made the video on a highway in Rajasthan and uploaded it on his channel. Considering the seriousness of the case, a team was sent to Rajasthan for investigation and it apprehended the accused, the official said, adding the case has been registered at a cyber police station in Mumbai. "We are checking if accused Gujar having any previous criminal background. He has been arrested under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.” Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project will be completed by year-end. The USBRL project, including the 48.1 km long BanihalSangaldan section, was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on February 20, 2024. Phase I of the project, covering the 118 km long QazigundBaramulla section, was inaugurated in October 2009. Contd. on P6 Musk boost to INDIA attack on EVMs INDORE Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt visited Bageshwar Dham temple in Chhatarpur on Saturday. He had flown in from Mumbai and landed in Khajuraho at 6:30 pm. He received a warm welcome by the temple authorities He reached the Bageshwar Dham temple by car. He paid obeisances to Lord Hanuman at the temple, and performed a circumbulation of the idol. Thereafter, he called on the priest of the temple, Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, and sought blessings from him too. Contd. on P6 A recent health survey conducted in Indore revealed that every fourth youth between the age of 18 and 30 is in the pre-diabetic stage. This alarming finding comes as part of the Health of Indore campaign, a precursor to the statewide "Healthy Madhya Pradesh" initiative launched by Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav on Sunday. The Health of Indore survey, which examined over 2.5 lakh people across the city including 30,000 youths, uncovered several worrying health trends. Besides the high prevalence of pre-diabetes, the survey found that 40 percent of the youth have high cholesterol, putting them at risk for heart disease. Additionally, 7.34 percent have thyroid issues, around two percent have elevated creatinine levels, over 10 percent are at risk for liver disease with high SGPT levels, and 34 percent suffer from blood pressure problems. The survey also revealed that 33 percent have high body mass index levels, with obesity found in about 18 percent. According to Dr Vinita Kothari, the Health of Indore survey involved over 28 lakh tests conducted on 2.5 lakh people, including individuals who considered themselves healthy. Contd. on P6 Show of power IAF's Rafale takes part in Red Flag exercise in Alaska NEW DELHI The Indian Air Force's Rafale fighter jets carried out complex missions along with F-16 and F-15 combat aircraft at a multi-nation mega military exercise in Alaska in the US. The key takeaways from participating in the Red Flag exercise for the IAF included insight on interoperability with international partners and a collaborative understanding of missions in a multinational environment, the defence ministry said on Sunday. The IAF contingent participated in the exercise from June 4 to 14. Besides the Indian Air Force (IAF), the exercise witnessed the participation of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), the UK's Royal Air Force (RAF), the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF), the German Luftwaffe, and the US Air Force (USAF). "The transatlantic ferry of Rafale fighter aircraft was en- abled by the IL-78 air-to-air refuellers while the transportation of personnel and equipment was undertaken by C-17 Globemaster aircraft," the ministry said. Red Flag is an air exercise conducted with multiple scenarios designed to provide realistic combat settings. This was the first time the IAF Rafale aircraft participated in this exercise. The Rafale jets operated alongside F-16 and F-15 aircraft of the RSAF and the USAF respectively. The missions included Beyond Visual Range (BVR) combat exercises as a part of large force engagements (LFE) in offensive counter air-andair defence roles, the defence ministry said in a statement. It said the IAF crew members were actively in- volved in mission planning and also assumed the role of mission leaders for designated missions during the exercise. "In spite of the challenging weather and almost sub-zero temperatures, the IAF maintenance crew worked diligently to ensure serviceability of all the aircraft throughout the duration of the exercise and all assigned missions could be undertaken with more than 100 sorties being flown during the exercise," the ministry said. Contd. on P6