FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. XLI No. 146 | INDORE | SUNDAY | NOVEMBER 3, 2024 | Pages 16 ` 4 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. 38281/83 FREE www.freepressjournal.in Sports Aiming for 20 yrs with RCB: Kohli’s Commitment P.15 ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: INDORE PLAY & PAUSE UJJAIN PRESS PUNE BHOPAL NASHIK World Spain sends 10k soldiers, cops to Valencia India a cyber adversary: Canada Agencies Amid an ongoing diplomatic row, Canada has for the first time named India in a list of cyberthreat adversaries and suggested state-sponsored actors could be spying against it, an allegation that New Delhi slammed on Saturday terming it to be "another example" of Ottawa's strategy to "attack India." India is named fifth after China, Russia, Iran and North Korea in the National Cyber Threat Assessment 2025-2026 (NCTA 2025-2026) report. "We assess that Indian state-sponsored cyber threat actors likely conduct cyber threat activity against Government of Canada networks for the purpose of espionage," the report said. India is also mentioned in the trend on 'Geopolitically inspired non-state actors are creating unpredictability' citing as example how a proIndia hacktivist group claimed to have defaced and conducted brief attack against Ca- ANOTHER ATTACK SANS PROOF The Justin Trudeau-led Canadian government's latest action suggests it has started treating India as an enemy country. India has been added to a list of enemy nations in terms of cyber security and has been labelled a 'cyber adversary'. New Delhi today called it another Canadian strategy to attack and malign India internationally. In a press conference today, the Ministry of External Affairs also said that under Trudeau's administration, senior Canadian officials have openly confessed that Canada is seeking to ma- nipulate global opinions against India. The foreign ministry also said that like other instances, these allegations in their cyber security report are made without a shred of evidence. "We see this as another Canadian strategy to attack and malign India. Their senior officials have openly confessed that Canada is seeking to manipulate global opinions against India. As on other occasions, allegations are made repeatedly without a shred of evidence," Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs said at a press conference in New Delhi today nadian websites after India was accused of involvement in the killing of a Canadian citizen. The NCTA 2025-2026 that highlights the cyber threats facing individuals and organisations in Canada was released on October 30 by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre), which is Canada's technical authority on cyber security, and part of the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSE). 4Continued on | P6 Deliberate leak to discredit, says MEA over references to Shah Agencies NEW DELHI Rubbishing a Canadian minister's claims that Home Minister Amit Shah had ordered the targeting of Khalistani extremists in the country, India has termed them "absurd and baseless" and said a Canadian diplomat had been summoned. Canada's Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister David Morrison had made the allegations while addressing members of the country's Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on Tuesday. Replying to a question on Saturday, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said a representative of the Canadian High Commission had been summoned on Friday and a diplomatic CANADA HARASSES INDIAN DIPLOMATIC STAFF The Justin Trudeau-led Canada government has started violating all established international diplomatic norms in its hateful and spiteful pursuit to malign India in order to cater to its domestic political motives and objectives. Diplomats and other Indian mission staff are being kept under round-the-clock surveillance and are even being intimidated routinely. In a move that highlights its double-standards, Justin Trudeau's administration, which harps on a "rules-based" order has itself not being following any established rules, diplomatic norms and practices, the MEA said. fp Briefs ALIPURDUAR Man rapes 9-yr-old girl One person was arrested on the charge of raping a nine-year-old girl in West Bengal's Alipurduar district, police said on Saturday. The accused lured the girl with chocolates when she was playing near her house under Kumargram police station area on Friday afternoon. He took her to a jungle and raped her on Friday afternoon. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Orange alert in 3 districts Incessant heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorm and lightning lashed several parts of Kerala on Saturday with the IMD predicting further heavy rains. The IMD has upgraded the warning into an orange alert in three districts of the state, including Pathanamthitta, Ernakulam and Idukki. Doc attached, nurse suspended Forcing woman to clean dead hubby’s bloody bed Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL The collector has taken action in connection with an incident at a community health centre Dindori where a woman was asked to clean up the blood from a bed after the death of her husband. On receiving directives from collector Harsh Singh, chief medical and health officer attached a doctor of the primary health centre in Gadasarai, Dr Chandrashekhar Singh, to Karanjiya community health centre. A nurse Rajkumari Markam and an ayah Chhoti Bai Thakur were suspended. When a video clip of the incident went viral on social media, the Congress took the government to task. Leader of Opposition (LoP) Umang Singhar said that inhuman acts could be found at every place in the state. After the death of her husband, a pregnant woman was asked to clean up the bed, Miscreants garland Shastri's bust with shoes, one arrested Singhar said. LoP further said that the hospital authorities should be punished in such a way that they should think twice before acting in that way. BJP’s media in-charge Ashish Agarwal said that the government had a zero-tolerance policy in such cases, and stern action was taken against the guilty. Meanwhile, four persons were arrested in connection with the murder in which the man lost his life. Three other culprits are on the run. LeT commander killed in J&K encounter ANI SRINAGAR Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL Miscreants allegedly garlanded the bust of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, near Minto Hall of the city, with shoes on Saturday. Arera Hills police station TI Manoj Patwa confirmed that one person has been arrested in connection with the case. He added that the accused has been identified as Karan Singh Bairagi (33), who was drunk at the time of the incident. TI Patwa further said that the role of other of his accomplices is also suspected, and he is currently being questioned by the police. 4Continued on | P6 ‘Condemnable’ Former state Congress president Arun Yadav, expressed displeasure over the incident on his official ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) handle on Saturday. He shared a picture of the incident, and termed it as highly derogatory and condemnable. He also demanded strict action against the accused. Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir Zone, Vidhi Kumar Birdi said that a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander was killed in an encounter in Khanyar area of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir. IGP Birdi said that the killed terrorist was involved in the murder of Inspector Masroor in 2023. He also said that four security forces were also injured in the fierce gunbattle that started on Saturday early morning. "Now this operation has been completed. Security forces have killed a terrorist, who has been identified as Usman..., he was the commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)and 4 security personnel have been injured. Jumbo’s revenge Two trampled to death, one injured Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL What could be dubbed as a revenge act, three elephants, believed to the part of the herd which lost ten elephants due to consumption of fungus affected Kudo, killed two villagers and injured the third in Badhavgarh buffer area and Umaria on Saturday morning. They are believed to be part of herd which lost ten elephants due to alleged toxic Kudo death in Badhavgarh and Umaria respectively. They are believed to the part of the herd which recently lost ten elephants. Sources said that when the three jumbos entered the village and on seeing them villagers started to run helter-skelter. 4Continued on | P6 REMOVE FIELD DIRECTOR: ACTIVIST Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Wild Life, L Krishnamoorthy said that three elephants have trampled two villagers to Wild life activist Ajay Dubey demanded removal of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve Field Director Gaurav Chaudhary by saying that how he went on a long leave that also during sensitive period of Diwali festival. Even after the deaths of elephants he was not called back from the leave. Also, he doesn’t have wildlife experience. E-paper Good life Foods to boost omega-3 in winter Arjun Khanna redefines men’s fashion through innovative designs SPAT DEEPENS: India summons Canadian diplomat after allegations OTTAWA/NEW DELHI MUMBAI note was handed over. "It was conveyed in the note that the Government of India protests in the strongest terms to the absurd and baseless references made to the Union Home Minister of India before the committee by Deputy Minister David Morrison," Jaiswal said. Canada has admitted that its officials leaked sensitive information to the Washington Post and the Ministry of External Affairs warned that such actions will have "serious consequences" for ties between India and Canada. "In fact, the revelation that high Canadian officials deliberately leak unfounded insinuations to the international media as part of a conscious strategy to discredit India and influence other nations only confirms the view the Government of India has long held about the current Canadian government's political agenda and behavioural pattern. Such irresponsible actions will have serious consequences for bilateral ties," the spokesperson said. Efforts on to extradite Bishnoi’s bro from US ANI MUMBAI The Crime Branch of Mumbai Police has begun the extradition process to bring back Anmol Bishnoi, the brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi who is wanted in the firing case outside actor Salman Khan's house, from the US. A senior Mumbai Police official on Saturday said that the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court has already issued a nonbailable warrant for the arrest of Anmol Bishnoi, as well as a red corner notice to search for him abroad. "Waiting for certain court documents to complete the formalities, after which a formal proposal will be sent to the central government for further action," the Mumbai Police officials said. The red corner notice is a request made by a member state of Interpol to trace and arrest a wanted criminal. The Crime Branch official said that apart from the warrant, the police need certified copies of court documents to formalize the extradition process. 4Continued on | P6 HAPPY BHAI DOOJ SOTTO EXPANDS WINGS Burhanpur, Ujjain get permission for kidney transplant Permission given to private hospitals in these districts Tarun Tiwari INDORE The State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO) has approved private hospitals in Ujjain and Burhanpur to conduct organ transplants. This development will enable residents in smaller districts to undergo transplants locally, without the need to travel to major cities like Bhopal or Indore. Recently, transplant facilities have also been launched in Rewa and Jabalpur, signalling an expansion of organ donation facilities. The progress owes much to a recent transplant coordinator training With the new permissions in Burhanpur and Ujjain, local hospitals will soon offer transplant services, expanding the reach of life-saving treatments. During the MGM Medical College training programme, coordinators gained practical skills for engaging families in organ donation, supporting the state’s goal to increase organ donation and transplant availability in all areas. Dr Sanjay Dixit, Dean and Competent Authority (SOTTO) programme held at MGM Medical College, Indore. 4Continued on | P6 Indore leads in organ donation Indore remains the state leader in organ donations, accounting for 80 per cent of all donations in Madhya Pradesh. The city’s 10 hospitals equipped for transplants have enabled 57 green corridors to date, transporting organs swiftly and saving numerous lives. Cadaver organ donation in Indore has surged from 106 donations in 2015 to 293 in 2023. Over the past decade, more than 12,500 eye donations, 760 skin donations, and over 300 whole-body donations have taken place in the city.