FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. 14 No. 132 | BHOPAL | FRIDAY | OCTOBER 25, 2024 | Pages 14 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 FREE www.freepressjournal.in Sports FROM PULLING CARTS TO PULLING HEARTS P.13 ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: BHOPAL MONEY UJJAIN PRESS PUNE INDORE NASHIK MUMBAI E-paper Nation Kharge ‘kept out’ during Priyanka’s nomination? P.7 In 20 years, India to develop additional 200 airports: Naidu Cinema ‘My career was never downhill’ P.12 LADLI BEHNA YOJANA: Major announcement by CM at Vijaypur Yadav: Left-out names to be added after elections Rawat files nominations in presence of top BJP leaders Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL mother of all jams Bangaloreans were forced to abandon their vehicles and walk towards home following a heavy downpour and waterlogging in several parts of the city on Wednesday evening fp Briefs NEW DELHI SC setback for Pawar The clock symbol of the NCP will stay with Ajit Pawar, the SC said today in a setback for veteran leader Sharad Pawar ahead of the Maharashtra assembly election. The court, however, added that the Ajit Pawar faction has to "meticulously" follow its earlier order and add disclaimers in election advertisements, clarifying that the court is yet to take a final decision in the matter. Rs 903 cr for NH 146: Gadkari Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari announced approval of upgradation and development of the Gyaraspur to Rahatgarh section of National Highway-146 in the state with a budget allocation of Rs 903.44 crores, said officials here on Thursday. In the message posted on his ‘X’ account the Union minister further said “As part of the Bhopal-Kanpur corridor, this project will strengthen regional trade. Chief minister Mohan Yadav has thanked the Union Minister. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has said that all the left-out names will be added to the Ladli Behna Yojna. Yadav made the statement in Vijaypur on Thursday when he addressed a public meeting after Forest Minister Ramniwas Rawat filed nominations for the by-election there. The name of each Ladli Behna will be included in the list, and that his government’s promise to give every woman Insurance Co GM found dead at home Her body was found in a semi-naked state Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL A 36-year-old woman, who worked at an insurance company as a general manager, was found dead under suspicious circumstances at her rented accommodation in Awadhpuri on Thursday, the police said. As per police, her body was found in a semi-naked state, and foam was oozing from her mouth. Awadhpuri police station house officer (SHO) Roshanlal Bharti told Free Press that the woman who was found dead has been identified as Neha Vijaywargiya (36). She was a native of Rajgarh, and was the niece of the BJP leader Sunil Vijaywargiya. Police said Neha was married but had parted ways with her husband 11 years ago. On Tuesday, she had a word with her mother residing in Rajgarh. 4Continued on | P6 COPS SUSPECT SUICIDE, KIN CLAIM MURDER Investigating officials at the Awadhpuri police station told Free Press that prima facie, the case appears to be that of suicide. Her kin, however, have claimed that she was mentally strong, and could not have taken such a drastic step. They have alleged that someone may have poisoned her to death. Her body has been sent for postmortem. LUCKNOW In a significant political move, the Congress party will not field its candidates in the upcoming assembly byelections in Uttar Pradesh. Instead, the joint candidate of the INDIA alliance will contest under the Samajwadi Party (SP) symbol. This decision was announced by SP President Akhilesh Yadav on social media late Wednesday night, signaling a united front between the two parties in the state. Initially, the SP had allocated the Ghaziabad and Khair seats to Congress for the by-elections, but Congress remained firm on its demand to contest in five seats. On Tuesday, Akhilesh IANS RATLAM\BHOPAL SRINAGAR In a major terrorist attack, two soldiers and civilian porters were killed and three other soldiers injured when an army vehicle came under fire in J&K's Baramulla district on Thursday, officials said. Official sources said that terrorists fired at a vehicle of Rashtriya Rifles (RR) at Nagin Chowk of Botapathri area near Gulmarg ski resort in the evening. "Two soldiers and two civilian porters were killed and 3 soldiers injured in this attack. The area has been cordoned off and reinforcements have been rushed to the area," an official said. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah condemned the attack. "Very unfortunate news about the attack on the army vehicles in the Boota Pathri area of North Kashmir which has resulted in some casualties & injuries. Yadav had agreed to grant an additional seat, Phulpur, to Congress. However, following the conversation between Rahul and Akhilesh, the Congress decided not to field its candidates under its own symbol. The move mirrors the political strategy adopted during the Haryana assembly elections, where the SP refrained from fielding its candidates due to a lack of agreement over seat-sharing with the Congress. 4Continued on | P6 ‘I'm 1st Indian envoy to be Persona Non Grata’ he Indian High Commissioner to Canada who was targeted by Justin Trudeau and has since been recalled by New Delhi reiterated today that "not a shred of evidence was shared" with him by the Canadian authorities who labelled him and five other diplomats as 'persons of interest' in the murder investigation of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Verma said that it was in fact India which had shared detailed evidence of radical and extremist groups operating on Canadian soil with the Justin Trudeau government, but "no action was taken on it" by either the government or the authorities. 4Continued on | P6 The girl’s father was told of the incident, but he wanted to keep things under wraps. However, the girl’s mother could not accept the incident, and she approached the Bilkhiriya police on Wednesday. After probing the incident, the police detained the accused minor on Thursday. Rare honour for CM Rise School, Ratlam offgrid T A 4-year-old girl residing in the Bilkhiriya area of rural Bhopal was allegedly raped by her cousin almost a month ago, the police reported on Thursday and detained the accused, a minor. The delay in lodging the report by the girl’s family as the accused was part of the extended family. Bilkhiriya police station TI Virendra Sen told Free Press that the victim and the accused are neighbours. Almost a month ago, her cousin (uncle’s son) who is 13 years old took her to his house where he raped her. The girl came back and complained about pain in her private parts. When questioned by her mother, she narrated the entire incident. Two soldiers, two porters killed in J&K SP to contest all seats as Cong pulls out Sources within the SP revealed that a crucial phone conversation took place between SP President Akhilesh Yadav and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday night. BHOPAL Girl was raped: Cops The investigating officials at the Bilkhiriya police station told Free Press that the parents of the accused minor boy had denied that any such incident had taken place. However, the medical reports revealed that the girl had been assaulted sexually. The accused minor boy, after detention, has been sent to the correction home, the police said. veloped into a revenue village, Yadav said. According to the Chief Minister, the Congress used tribal people only as vote bank, and this is the time to square the issue with the party by casting votes in favour of the BJP. The plan to connect the Chambal, Parwati and Kalisingh rivers had been pending UP BYPOLLS Biswajeet Banerjee Our Staff Reporter Rs 3,000 a month will be fulfilled, he said. The Congress used to say that the Ladli Behna Yojna would be closed after the election, but a sum of Rs 1,250 was being transferred to the accounts of Behnas every month, he said. If Rawat wins the election, every forest village will be de- Our Staff Reporter VERMA SPEAK 'TRUDEAU'S CLAIMS WON'T STAND IN COURT' "Not a shred of evidence has been shared with us (India). If they are calling intelligence inputs as 'evidence', then that will not stand in a court of law - not in their country, nor in ours," 'KHALISTAN EXTREMISM A BUSINESS' "It is a business, because the money collected by these extremists through extortion, they use it in a continuous effort to destabilaze India and fund their personal, lavish lifestyles." COLLECTING INFORMATION - JOB OF A DIPLOMAT “There are two ways in which information is collected by a diplomat - an overt way and a covert way. I can confirm to you here that yes, we depended on the information we got through open sources - the overt way." CM Rise Vinoba, a government school in Ratlam’s Ambedkar Nagar, won the World’s Best School Prize for Innovation on Thursday. The accolade, pres- for 20 years during the Congress rule, he said. Water will be supplied to each farmland in Gwalior, Chambal and Ujjain through this scheme, Yadav said, adding that the Congress always hurts the religious sentiments of Hindus. 4-yr-old raped by 13-yr-old cousin 4Continued on | P6 ented by UK-based platform T4 Education, recognises the school’s outstanding initiatives in transforming education. Competing with schools from over 100 countries, CM Rise Vinoba received prize money of US $10,000, which will be used to expand its Learning and De- velopment Lab. The school has seen a significant turnaround in recent years, addressing the challenges of low academic performance and poor attendance through innovative practices. Between 2022 and 2024, attendance increased dramatically from 25% to 85%. Founded as a state-run kindergarten to secondary school for tribal girls, it has become a beacon of innovation in public education, particularly in a community hesitant to embrace formal schooling. (Details on District Page)