FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. XLI No. 155 | INDORE | TUESDAY | NOVEMBER 12, 2024 | Pages 16 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. 38281/83 FREE www.freepressjournal.in Nation BJP urges EC to get FIRs filed against Rahul, Kharge P.6 ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: INDORE A realtor, his son, nephew and a neighbour became the latest victims of a daylight robbery in a posh area coming under Tukoganj police station on Monday morning. Two armed robbers on a bike, wearing masks and carrying a pistollike object and a knife, entered the parking lot of an apartment building, threatened the victims and looted them. The suspects have been captured in the CCTVs in the area, but police have been unable to identify them so far. DCP (zone-3) Hansraj Singh informed Free Press that the incident took place in the parking area of Mangal Villas Apartment on Dr RS Bhandari Marg at around 7.45 am. Kamlesh Agrawal, a resident of the apartment has lodged a complaint that he, his son Dishank and nephew Nilesh were taking out the ve- ACCUSED ROBBED YOUTH AT VIJAY NAGAR LAST NIGHT According to police sources, after stealing a bike from Chhoti Gwaltoli area on Sunday night, the robbers reached Vijay Nagar area where they robbed a youth of gold chain. After that, they reached Pardeshipura area and then went to MG Road. They later reached MIG area and then went to Tukoganj area on Monday morning. The miscreants kept roaming in five police station areas of the city during the night but they were not stopped even once by police which puts a question mark on alertness of police The two accused Knife used to cut gold chain Pinkesh informed media that he reached the apartment and saw five people, including two miscreants. One of the accused told him to keep quiet, and he cut his gold chain using the knife. Pinkesh said he was so terrified that he could not move. The victims hicles from the parking lot as they needed the space for a religious function. Suddenly, two men wearing masks came up to them. One of them put his hand on Kam- lesh’s shoulder and asked, “Do you know me?” When Kamlesh replied in the negative, he said, “You will know me within five minutes,” and he whipped out what looked like a pistol and his accomplice took out a knife and told them to remove all the ornaments they were wearing. 4Continued on | P6 Bike was stolen CCTV footage being examined Police said the accused were riding a bike they stole from Choti Gwaltoli area on Sunday night. They are examining CCTVs of the spot where the bike was stolen. The CCTV footage of possible entry and exit routes of the miscreants is being examined. CCTV footage of previous days is also being examined. fp Briefs INDORE Local holiday in dist today On the occasion of Dev Uthani Ekadashi, a local holiday has been declared for the district on Tuesday. Collector Asheesh Singh issued the order in this regard on Monday. The local holiday will not be applicable to banks and treasury and sub-treasury. RAMANAGARA (KARNATAKA) K’taka min’s ‘Kaalia’ shocker Karnataka Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan has courted a controversy by calling Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy 'Kaalia', a racist slur for being dark complexioned. The JD(S) on Monday demanded that the Congress government should sack Khan from the Cabinet for his racist slur. Clarifying his remarks, Khan said he never intended to hurt umaraswamy. Pg7 Midnight transfer of over two dozen IAS officers Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, state government transferred 26 IAS officers late on Monday night. Manu Shrivastava, Additional Chief Secretary for Energy Department, New and Renewable Energy Department, Commissioner New and Renewable Energy has been shifted as ACS, New and Renewable Energy Department, Commissioner, New and Renewable Energy Department with additional charge of Sports and Youth Welfare Department. Neeraj Mandloi, ACS, Urban Development and Housing Department has been shifted as ACS, Energy Department. Sanjay Kumar Shukla, Principal Secretary to CM, Women and Child Development Department has been appointed as PS, Urban Development and Housing Department. Umakant Umrao, PS Labour Department has been appointed as PS, Mineral Resources department. Raghvendra Kumar, PS to CM with additional charge of Public Services Management, Industrial Policy and Investment Promotion department has been posted as PS, Industrial Justice Sanjiv Khanna takes oath as 51st CJI Policy and Investment Promotion Department with additional charge of PS, MSME and Anand Department. Gulshan Bamra, PS Environment Department has been transferred as PS Tribal Affairs Department, Dr E Ramesh Kumar, PS Tribal Affairs Department as PS Schedule Caste Welfare Department, Dr Navneeth Mohan Kothari, Secretary MSME Department as Secretary Environment Department, Shriman Shukla, Commissioner Shahdol Division has been transferred as Commissioner Tribal Development, 4Continued on | P6 11 militants killed in Manipur FP News Service GUWAHATI PTI He succeeded former CJI D Y Chandrachud, who demitted office on November 10. "Attended the oath-taking ceremony of Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who has been sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India. My best wishes for his tenure," PM Modi posted on X. Eleven suspected militants and one CRPF jawan were killed in a fierce gunbattle on Monday afternoon in Jakurador, 30 km away from Jiribam located under the Borobekra subdivision of Jiribam district in Manipur. According to police reports, heavily armed militants launched a coordinated attack on multiple fronts. The violence began around 2:30 pm, when militants, armed with sophisticated weapons and wearing camouflage uniforms, emerged from their hideouts. 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 NEW DELHI Justice Sanjiv Khanna on Monday took oath as the 51st Chief Justice of India with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other prominent persons wishing him well. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to him at a brief swearing-in ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The CJI took the oath in English in the name of god. Justice Khanna, who was born on May 14, 1960, would have a tenure of a little over six months and demit office on May 13, 2025, at the age of 65 years. offgrid Move to bring King Cobra back in MP Rajan Raikwar BHOPAL After Chief Minister Mohan Yadav underlined the need to rehabilitate King Cobra into the jungles of state, the officials of forest department sought the opinion from Wildlife Institute of India (WII), and the latter has already given its initial report. Interacting with Free Press, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF), Wild Life, VN Ambade said, BHOPAL Gautam Gambhir puts his weight behind Indian superstars to come good in Australia P.14 Armed robbery in broad daylight at posh locality INDORE PUNE SPORTS LAWLESS CITY: 3 men robbed of gold ornaments worth Rs 16L Our Staff Reporter UJJAIN PRESS “As far as King Cobra subject is concerned, we sought WII’s opinion and they have responded. The institute needs to do a survey of the potential areas of the state before reaching any conclusion.” Sources said if the project is executed then forest department intends to bring King Cobra from southern states like Tamil Nadu or Karnataka. However, the point of contention is whether King Cobra ever existed in the jungles of state. Another senior officer of Forest Department said that after receiving the initial report, they have written to WII to do feasibility study regarding King Cobra. 4Continued on | P6 NASHIK MUMBAI E-paper Edit Politics of polarisation to the fore again P.8 World ‘Biden should resign & make Kamala Prez’ P.9 Delhi gets 15 days to decide on year-long firecracker ban PTI NEW DELHI No religion encourages any activity that creates pollution, the Supreme Court remarked on Monday and directed the Delhi government to decide within a fortnight on extending the firecracker ban throughout the year. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih said the right to live in a pollutionfree atmosphere was a fundamental right of every citizen, protected by Article 21 of the Constitution. "Prima facie, we are of the view that no religion encour- SC relief to ex-CM Shivraj PTI NEW DELHI The SC on Monday stayed the execution of bailable warrant against Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and two other BJP leaders in a defamation case filed by Congress Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Tankha. A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and S V N Bhatti sought Tankha's response on a plea of Chouhan and others challenging the October 25 order of the MPHC refusing to quash the defamation case. ages any activity, which creates pollution. If fire crackers are burnt in this fashion then it also affects fundamental right to health of citizens," it underlined. Noting the submission of the counsel of the Delhi government, which he said would decide on whether to extend the ban throughout the year in consultation with all stakeholders, the top court asked it take a call by November 25. The apex court further asked the neighbouring state governments to respond on banning manufacture, sale, storage and bursting of fire- Prima facie, we are of the view that no religion encourages any activity, which creates pollution. If fire crackers are burnt in this fashion then it also affects fundamental right to health of citizens, The Supreme Court observed. crackers in their areas.The Bench was hearing the case concerning pollution in Delhi and specifically examining the action taken by authorities across Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to curb stubble burning incidents, Bar and Bench reported. The Court also asked other neighboring states to inform it about the steps taken by them to ensure pollution remains at minimal in their areas. During the hearing, the bench came down heavily on the Delhi police for failing to comprehensively implement the firecracker ban in the national capital, calling its actions a mere "eyewash". 4Continued on | P6 No transfer of land to ‘infiltrators’ who marry tribal women: Shah Dheeraj Kumar RANCHI Union Home Minister Amit Shah has asserted that BJP would -- if it came to power in Jharkhand -- bring a law to prevent transfer of land to “infiltrators” if they married tribal women. He was addressing an election on Monday rally in favour of former chief minister and BJP leader Champai Soren in Seraikela. “We will also constitute a Amit Shah with former J’khand CM Soren committee to identify infiltrators to drive them out and reclaim land grabbed by them,” Shah contended in a bid to give more teeth to BJP`s ‘infiltration’ poll plank before Jharkhand votes in the first phase on Wednesday. Shah also accused the JMM-led coalition government of “patronising Bangladeshi infiltrators to serve its own purpose. “Tribal population is on the decline in Jharkhand. Infiltrators are grabbing our land by marrying our daughters”, he remarked, while revealing his party’s plans for Jharkhand. 4Continued on | P6