FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms FREE PRESS VOL. 14 NO. 5 | BHOPAL | WEDNESDAY | JUNE 19, 2024 | PAGES 14 www.freepressjournal.com Sports Pooran power punish poor Afghanistan fp Briefs MUMBAI Alka Yagnik suffers from hearing loss Playback singer Alka Yagnik has revealed that was diagnosed with a rare hearing disorder some weeks ago, a "sudden, major setback" that she says caught her completely unawares. In a post on Instagram on Monday night, Yagnik, 58, said she has been diagnosed with "sensory neural nerve hearing loss" due to a viral attack. BILASPUR (HP) Police jawan killed, 4 hurt in accident A police jawan died and four people got injured in a multi-vehicle accident at a highway here, officials said on Tuesday, The accident happened near Garamoda Toll Plaza on Kiratpur-Manali National Highway late Monday night, they said. A truck coming from Himachal side hit five vehicles lined up at the toll plaza. A police jawan, posted at Bassi Battalion of Bilaspur, died on the spot, police said. A case of rash and negligent driving has been registered in the matter. Further investigations are underway, they said, adding that the injured are under treatment in AIIMS Bilaspur. PALGHAR (MAHARASHTRA) Jilted lover kills woman with spanner EDITIONS: INDORE r Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 r RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 `3 UJJAIN PUNE BHOPAL Agencies NEW DELHI Agencies Recently there have been bomb threats at a medical facility in Chandigarh, museums in Delhi, and a Dubai-bound flight from Delhi airport bomb threat, we convened bomb threat assessment committee as per protocol. We informed police and enhanced security. Even airliners were instructed to enhance and intensify manual checkings.” Bomb Threat 1: Chennai Early this morning Chennai's Kamaraj International Airport was sent an e-mail about a bomb on a Dubaibound Emirates flight scheduled to leave at 4 am. Frantic security officials swung into action, scrutinising the plane and even laying out each piece of luggage out on the tarmac to check. Fortunately, this was before over 250 passengers boarded. Nevertheless, Emirates flight EK543 is expected to suffer a nearly 12-hour delay; it will now leave, bomb-free, at 11 pm. Contd. on P6 It appears Maa Ganga has adopted me: Modi The Supreme Court on Tuesday said even if there was "0.001 per cent negligence" on the part of anyone in the conduct of the NEET-UG 2024 examination, it should be thoroughly dealt with. Observing that students have to labour hard while preparing for these examinations, the apex court said the litigation pertaining to the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate)-2024 examination ought not be treated as adversarial. "Even if there is 0.001 per cent negligence on the part of anyone, it should be thoroughly dealt with," a vacation bench of Justices Vikram Nath and SVN Bhatti told the advocates appearing for the Centre and the National Testing Agency (NTA). The NTA conducts the all India pre-medical entrance test. The bench was hearing two separate petitions raising grievances, including on grace marks given to students in the examination held on May 5. Contd. on P6 Nation Bengal: BJP central team faces protests Cinema Lovebirds’ grand affair Class VII girl jumps to death from 14th floor Father seen pampering her minutes before the tragedy Our Staff Reporter CITY.INDORE@FPJ.CO.IN Two days after a 10-year-old body ended his life in Dwarkapuri area, a 13-year-old girl allegedly jumped to death from the 14th floor of a highrise apartment in Apollo DB City on Tuesday morning. Everything appeared normal when she was going to the school bus stop with her father a few minutes before the incident and CCTV has even captured her father pampering her. Little did he know the tragedy that was about to strike him and his OUR STAFF REPORTER CITY.BHOPAL@FPJ.CO.IN Four farmers were killed after lightning struck during land demarcation process in presence of patwari in Karhoya village panchayat in Bhitarwar, Gwalior district on Tuesday evening. Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) (Bhitarwar) Devki Nandan informed Free Press, “As it was raining, four farmers, who were called at the Karhiya village panchyat for land demar- TAIWAN On June 5, the Taiwan President greeted PM Modi on the National Democratic Al- Newly built bridge in Bihar collapses Agencies Visiting his Varanasi constituency which elected him to the Lok Sabha for a third consecutive time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said it appears that mother Ganga has now adopted him. He was addressing a PM Kisan Samman Sammelan, where he released the Rs 20,000 crore 17th installment of the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi for more than 9.26 crore farmers. "The people of Varanasi have not only chosen me as MP for a third time but also as prime minister," Modi said on his first visit to his constituency after the Lok Sabha polls. He won from Varanasi with a margin of 1,52,513 votes in the 2024 polls, less than his nearly 4.8 lakh margin in 2019. The prime minister said the mandate given by the people in this Lok Sabha election is truly unprecedented and has created history, and added that the first decision of the new government related to farmers and the poor. "I consider farmers, women, the youth and the poor strong pillars of 'Viksit Bharat'," Modi said. Referring to his reelection from the constituency in Uttar Pradesh, he said, "With the blessings of Baba Vishwanath and Maa Ganga, and the immense love of the people of Kashi, I have got the privilege of becoming the country's 'pradhan sevak' for the third time." He said the people of Kashi have blessed him by electing him as their representative for the third consecutive time and added that "'ab to Maa Ganga ne bhee jaise mujhe god le liya hai, main yaheen ka ho gaya hoon (Now, it seems as if Mother Ganga has also adopted me, I have become one of this place". Contd. on P6 MUMBAI The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said it watched actor Annu Kapoor-starrer "Hamare Baarah" movie and found nothing objectionable in it that was against the Quran or the Muslim community, and observed that the film is in fact aimed at upliftment of women. It also said that the Indian public was "not gullible or silly". A division bench of Justices B P Colabawalla and Firdosh Pooniwalla said the film's first trailer was objectionable, but that has been removed and all such objectionable scenes have been deleted from the movie. The court noted that it was in fact a "thinking movie" and not the sort where the audience is expected to "keep their brains at home" and only enjoy it. "The movie is in fact for the upliftment of women. The movie has a Maulana misinterpreting the Quran and in fact one Muslim man objects to the One more day’s wait for ‘Maharaj’ The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday extended the interim stay by a day on "Maharaj," the debut film of Bollywood star Aamir Khan's son Junaid, which was slated for release on Netflix last week.A single judge bench of Justice Sangeeta Vishen heard the arguments from respondents, Netflix and Yash Raj Films, and the petitioners and posted the matter for further hearing on Wednesday. The court said that the interim stay on the release of the movie will continue till Wednesday. same in the scene. So this shows that people should apply their mind and not blindly follow such Maulanas," the high court said. A bunch of petitions were filed in the HC earlier this month seeking a ban on the movie claiming that it was derogatory towards the Muslim cation, took shelter and protection under Jamun tree. Patwari moved to other tree. When lightning struck the Jamun tree, four farmers died and one injured is undergoing treatment. Patwari made narrow escape as he had moved to other tree for protection from rain.” Besides, brief spell of premonsoon rain lashed Bhopal and other districts on Tuesday afternoon. Orange alert has been issued for rain, hail with lightning in Vidisha, Sehore, Khargone, Badwani, Dewas, Shivpuri, Shahdol, Umaria, Anuppur, Katni, Jabalpur, Narsinghpur, Chhindwara, Seoni, Mandla, Balaghat, Panna, Damoh, Sagar, Tikamgarh, Pandurna, Narmadapura, Harda, betul, Burhanpur, Khandwa, Alirajpur, Dhar, Indore. Singrauli, Dindori, Bhopal, Raisen, Rajgarh, Shajapur, Agar-Malwa, Bhind, Morena, Guna, Ashok Nagar, Sheopurkalan. Contd. on P6 Modi ji won't be intimidated says Taiwan Agencies ARARIA (BIHAR) A portion of a newly constructed bridge over the Bakra river collapsed in Pararia village of Bihar's Araria district on Tuesday, a police officer said. No casualty was reported, he said. The bridge, constructed by the state government, was not opened to the public as approach roads to the bridge were yet to be constructed. The bridge connects Kursa Kanta and Sikty areas of Araria district. Talking to PTI, Amit Ranjan, Superintendent of Police (SP), Araria, said, "A portion of a newly constructed bridge over Bakra river has collapsed. Contd. on P6 Green signal for ‘Hamare Baarah’ movie Agencies family. After dropping her at the bus stop, the father returned home but the girl instead of waiting for her bus made her way to another apartment block opposite to her apartment and took a lift which stopped on the 13th floor. CCTV footage has captured her repeatedly pressing the lift buttons to take her to the top floor after reaching the 13th floor. When the lift did not respond she came out of the lift, put her bag on the stairs and took the staircase to reach the duct between 13th and 14th floor and reportedly jumped to her death from there. The incident took place in Ophira-1 Tower between 7.40 am and 7.45 am. Anjali Yamyar, a class VII student from a city school was found dead in the open to sky area (ventilation duct) of the ground floor of the Pre-monsoon spell lashes Bhopal, many other dists; orange alert issued for rain, hail as well as heatwave after victory in Lok Sabha elections VARANASI A jilted lover struck 18 blows on the head of his girlfriend on a road in Vasai on Friday, even as scores of people watched the gory spectacle, police said. "The accused attacked the woman with an industrial spanner. There were 18 wounds on her body," senior inspector Jairaj Ranawre of Valiv police station said. The man, Rohit Yadav (32) and the woman Arati Yadav (22) were neighbours and in a relationship for the last few years, police said. Member: Audit bureau of circulation Jan to Dec 2023. 4 farmers killed by lightning while demarcating land negligence should PM was on his first visit to Varanasi be dealt with: SC NEW DELHI E-paper Fitch ups India's FY25 GDP growth forecast by 20 bps Airports across country get bomb warning e-mails NEET UG ROW: Even minutest NASHIK MONEY HOAX| Bhopal, Indore and Jabalpur airports also get similar threats, alarming authorities Five major airports - Chennai and Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, Patna in Bihar, Vadodara in Gujarat, and Jaipur in Rajasthan - were among several that received bomb warning emails - that were all found to be hoaxes - on Tuesday. These follow similar threats to schools, colleges, and hospitals in recent weeks, including letters to around 150 educational institutions in the national capital region last month. Sources said that as many as 40 airports may have received bomb threat e-mails today. Fortunately, no incident has been reported, and the CISF, which handles airport security, has indicated it receives several such threats, most of which are not considered serious. Meanwhile security was tightened at Raja Bhoj International Airport, Bhopal after mail was received to blow up the airport on Tuesday. Bhopal Airport Director Ramji Awasthi informed Free Press, “After MUMBAI community and had distorted what the Quran says. While initially the high court postponed the release of the movie, it later permitted the release after the makers said the objectionable portions would be deleted as directed by the Central Board for Film Certification (CBFC). The petitioners then moved the Supreme Court, which last week stayed the release of the movie and directed the HC to hear and take an appropriate decision. Contd. on P6 liance's victory in the Lok Sabha polls. Taiwan has rejected China's outrage over an exchange of messages between Prime Minister Nar- endra Modi and Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te, describing Beijing's reaction as an "unreasonable interference". Contd. on P6 apartment. She was seen by driver Baliram Patil, who regularly visits the township, around 8.25 am. Baliram informed Free Press that he was the first person to see the girl lying there. She was in a school uniform so the residents informed the school administration which in turn informed her family members. Lasudia police station in charge Taresh Soni and other senior officers reached the spot soon after knowing about the incident. Soni said that Anjali was a class VII student in a city school. Contd. on P6 Couple crushed to death under tractor-tanker OUR STAFF REPORTER BHOPAL A couple heading home were killed when they came under tractor-tanker said Kolar police on Tuesday. Video of the incident has surfaced on the social media. Police informed that the victims are identified as Rajesh Manjhi (55) and Manisha Manjhi (50). At around 11.20 they were heading towards their home riding on their motorcycle. At Mandakni colony a rashly driven tractor-tanker coming hit their motorcycle from the rear. Both fell down and the rear wheel of the tanker ran over on them. The passersby rushed them to the nearby private hospital. The police added that both husband and wife died during course of treatment. Manisha took her last breath at 1.11 pm and after 16 minutes Rajesh took his last breath at 1.18 pm. Contd. on P6