FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. 14 No. 151 | BHOPAL | THURSDAY | NOVEMBER 14, 2024 | Pages 16 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 FREE www.freepressjournal.in Info Ubtan face scrub for glowing skin P.10 ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: BHOPAL WORLD Doctor stabbed 7 times by son of cancer patient PTI CHENNAI A medical oncologist at the Kalaignar Centenary Super Speciality Hospital here was stabbed multiple times on Wednesday by the son of a patient allegedly over grievances regarding the treatment of his mother at the same facility, a hospital official said. fp Briefs NEW DELHI Taliban’s 1st appointment in India The Taliban regime has appointed a young Afghan student in India, Ikramuddin Kamil, as Acting Consul at Afghanistan's Consulate in Mumbai. This is the first appointment by the Taliban - which New Delhi does not recognise - in India since it took power in Afghanistan in 2021. INDORE Shami’s silent return In a quiet yet pivotal return, India’s ace pacer Mohammed Shami went wicketless in his comeback to competitive cricket after nearly a year as Bengal found themselves in a tough spot against Madhya Pradesh in their Ranji Trophy Group C clash. Shami’s subdued outing came as MP dominated the first day at Holkar Stadium, bowling out Bengal for a modest 228 before finishing at a strong 103/1 at stumps. (Details on Sports Page) PARBHANI ‘Even if Indira returns...’ Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday asserted that Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, will not be restored even if Congress stalwart and late PM Indira Gandhi comes down from heaven. The man assaulted the doctor inside the outpatient room during a conversation regarding his mother's treatment. He was immediately apprehended by the hospital staff and handed over to the police, and he was arrested. The doctor is being treated, and he is stable, the official said. The attack led to an outrage and doctors and nurses gathered in front of the hospital entrance to mark their strong protest. 4Continued on | P6 Based on what he was told in pvt hosp, he had taken this decision out of anger. Stern legal action will be taken against him n Udhayanidhi Stalin Deputy Chief Minister TN Deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin with state Minister for Medical & Family Welfare Ma Subramanian and others during a visit to Kalaignar Centenary Super Speciality Hospital BULLDOZER JUSTICE OFFICIALS TO PAY FROM SALARY, SAYS TOP COURT ‘Not a happy sight to see women, kids dragged to streets’ KEY GUIDELINES PTI NEW DELHI The Executive cannot become a judge, decide that an accused is guilty and punish him by demolishing his properties as such an act would be transgressing its limits, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday. Violation of the court’s direc- PUNE INDORE NASHIK tions would lead to contempt proceedings, the bench warned. Officers should be told that if a demolition exercise is found to be in violation of norms, they will be held responsible for restitution of the demolished property, the court said. See Page 3 4Continued on | P6 n If order of demolition is passed then time has to be given to appeal this order. n No demolition is permissible without show cause notice. n The notice shall contain details of the nature of violations that led the authorities to propose demolition, the date on which a personal hearing for the affect party is fixed and before whom (which authority) it is fixed. MUMBAI E-paper Edit Need for caution on economy P.8 Trump picks reflect his priorities CHENNAI HORROR | Oncologist assaulted inside outpatient room He was stabbed in neck, behind his ear, chest, forehead, back, head & stomach UJJAIN PRESS Cinema From child actor to star P.16 Budhni, Vijaypur bypolls held amid brawls, fake vote claims Polling till 6 pm in Vijaypur was 77.85% & 77.32% in Budhni VOTER TURNOUT Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL Vijaypur and Budhni bypolls were held amid allegations of booth capturing and sporadic incidents of brawl on Wednesday. Till 6pm, Vijaypur’s polling percentage stood at 77.85% and Budhni’s at 77.32%. Vijaypur was on the boil as the BJP and the Congress workers came face-to-face. On being informed state presidents of both parties VD Sharma and Jitu Patwari respectively rushed to the constituency. However, their cavalcades were stopped at constituency’s borders. Both later squatted on road in protest. While Sharma accused Election Commission of working under Congress pressure, Patwari claimed that democracy was in its last leg in state. BLO DIES ON POLL DUTY IN BUDHNI: A Booth Level Officer (BLO) Narayan Singh Nagar died People behave in unruly manner at one of the polling centres in Vijaypur assembly constituency Both candidates taken into custody Ramniwas Rawat speaks on phone from resthouse where he was kept under custody In wake of tension between supporters of BJP & Congress candidates, Sheopur administration took BJP candidate Ramniwas Rawat & Congress candidate Mukesh Malhotra under custody. Rawat was housed at Vijaypur rest house while Malhotra was kept at Veerpur. during election duty in Budhni assembly bypoll on Wednesday. He felt uneasiness and was rushed to Over 5 lakh elderly enroll for Ayushman cards; highest from MP, Kerala Cyber crook was demanding Rs 3.5L from telecom engineer Our Staff Reporter Poet Pradeep's couplet finds mention in SC’s verdict THE GUARDIAN QUITS MUSK’S ‘TOXIC’ X Telecom body’s major crackdown against spam calls and texts P IANS WASHINGTON Calling it "a toxic media platform", Britain's leading daily Guardian on Wednesday announced that it will stop posting content on Elon Musk-owned social media platform X from its official accounts, a decision that has drawn flak from several quarters, including the American billionaire businessman himself who retaliated strongly by referring the UK news outlet as "irrelevant" and "a laboriously vile propaganda machine". The Guardian cited the “often disturbing content” found on X as the reason for quitting the platform, earlier known as Twitter, informing its readers on Wednesday that it will no longer post on any official Guardian editorial accounts on social media site X. one's own courtyard - this dream lives in every heart. It's a longing that never fades, to never lose the dream of a home)," the introduction to the judgement read. NEW DELHI regulatory framework," the telecom regulator's Chairman said. 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 A ny telemarketer that makes spam calls or sends spam text from personal numbers will find the numbers disconnected. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has launched a major crackdown against those engaged in spam calls and text. TRAI Chairman Anil Kumar Lahoti in an interview said entities connected to numbers that send spam will be blacklisted. At least 18 lakh numbers have been disconnected and over 800 entities have been blacklisted in the last three months, Lahoti said. "It's a big menace for the privacy of telecom consumers. For registered telemarketers, TRAI has a comprehensive IANS More than five lakh senior citizens who are 70 and above have been enrolled for Ayushman cards since the expansion of the health assurance scheme AB-PMJAY, according to reports. The Ayushman Vaya Vandana Card, which provides free health coverage to all elderly above 70 years of age, regardless of their income, was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi two weeks ago. It was approved by the Union Cabinet in September. It is in addition to the existing AB PM-JAY family scheme, wherein the elderly will have a separate cover of Rs 5 lakh per year. Madhya Pradesh had the highest number of applications for enrollment (1.66 lakh) followed by Kerala (1.28 lakh), Uttar Pradesh (69,044), and Gujarat (25,491). The reports citing data from the National Health Authority showed that 5,12,598 requests for enrollment have been received under the yojana. Of these 4,64,541 were approved, while the status of 47,916 is pending. About 141 requests have been rejected. Online Report At least 18 lakh numbers have been disconnected & over 800 entities have been blacklisted in last 3 months Anil Kumar Lahoti TRAI Chairman 65% RAJASTHAN n Vijaypur, voters of Telipura polling booth blocked SheopurMorena road alleging bogus voting by Rawat community. They also claimed that tribals were being stopped from voting. In Andhipura village, people accused BJP workers of hampering voting process. In Khadigaon, voters alleged booth capturing bid. Brawls were reported at isolated places in Vijaypur. 69.29% 4Continued on | P6 68.01% I hospital but attending doctors declared him dead. He was deployed at High School Murrah. Crime branch rescues Bajaria man from 6-hour digital arrest BHOPAL vanagari script. "'Apna ghar ho, apna aangan ho, is khawab mein har koi jeeta hai; Insaan ke dil ki ye chahat hai ki ek ghar ka sapna kabhi naa choote' (To have one's own home, CONTROVERSIES (PTI data at 8:00 pm) WEST BENGAL 72.96% ASSAM 52.84% BIHAR 76.9% KARNATAKA 50.50% CHHATTISGARH GUJARAT 90.84% MEGHALAYA See nation 4Continued on | P6 enning a 95-page verdict laying down pan-India guidelines on the demolition of properties, Justice Gavai's judgement opened with a few lines of the poet in De- A turnout ranging from 55 to 90 per cent was recorded in the bypolls to 31 assembly seats in 10 states while in the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, the polling percentage was around 65 on Wednesday with voting in West Bengal marred by sporadic incidents of violence in which a TMC worker was killed Crime branch rescued a telecom engineer from six-hour digital arrest in Bajaria area of Bhopal, said officials on Wednesday. The cyber criminals were demanding Rs 3.5 lakh from him. However, their plan went kaput due to swift police action. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Shailendra Singh Chouhan told Free Press that the victim telecom engineer (38) lived in Bajaria along with his family. On Tuesday evening, around 5 pm, he received a call from an unknown number and the caller identified himself as a senior police official. He told the victim that his Aadhar card was linked to several mobile phone numbers used in serious cases of crime. The caller then asked the Chouhan talks with victim Additional DCP Chouhan, after rescuing the victim told him that the cyber cell had registered a police complaint. He further told him that the cyber wing would arrest the accused soon. Navy’s pan-India coastal defence exercise with 6 ministries from November 20 IANS NEW DELHI victim to connect with him on Skype, and kept him under digital arrest for over six hours. During this, the victim secluded himself inside his room, and the accused started collecting his personal details. The Indian Navy will conduct a pan-India Coastal Defence Exercise ‘Sea Vigil24' on November 20 and 21, involving six ministries and 21 different agencies. The exercise will focus on strengthening the security of coastal assets like ports, oil rigs, Single Point Moorings, Cable Landing Points and critical coastal infrastructure including the coastal population, an official added. Exercise Sea Vigil will span an unprecedented scale, both in terms of geographical reach and the magnitude of participation. According to the Ministry of Defence, the Sea Vigil exercise was designed to validate and enhance measures adopted to bolster Coastal Defence, post the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 32 digital arrest cases in Bhopal in 2024 According to statistics provided by district cyber crime cell, 32 instances of digital arrests have been reported so far this year. As per the data, the Bhopalites have ended up losing as much as Rs 2.5 crore to cyber crooks. Musk, Ramaswamy to lead Dept of Government Efficiency: Trump PTI WASHINGTON US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that Tesla owner Elon Musk and Indian American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, aimed at improving governance and curbing wasteful expenditures. TV host Pete Hegseth as Defence Secy US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the nomination of popular Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth, 44, as his defense secretary. Trump has also given them a deadline of July 4, 2026, the "I am honoured to announce that I have nominated Pete Hegseth to serve in my Cabinet as The Secretary of Defense," Trump announced Tuesday night. 250th Anniversary of The Declaration of Independence.