FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. 14 No. 168 | BHOPAL | SUNDAY | DECEMBER 1, 2024 | Pages 16 ` 4 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 FREE www.freepressjournal.in Sports 2 more Hindu priests held in B’desh: ISKCON EDITIONS: INDORE UJJAIN PRESS PUNE BHOPAL NASHIK KOLKATA Two more Hindu priests were arrested in Bangladesh, ISKCON Kolkata spokesperson Radharamn Das claimed on Saturday. Speaking to PTI, Radharamn said, "I have received information that two more ISKCON monks have been arrested by police in Bangladesh." In a post on X on Friday night, Radharamn said, "In the meantime, bad news has come: two devotees who went with prasad for Chinmaya Prabhu were arrested on their way back to the temple, and Chinmaya prabhu's secretary is also missing. Please pray for them." Earlier on Friday, Radharamn had posted, "Another Brahmachari, Sri Shyam Das Prabhu, was arrested by Chattogram Police today." "Does he look like a terrorist? #FreeISKCONMonks Bangladesh. The arrest of innocent #ISKCON brahmacharis are deeply shocking & disturbing," Radharamn posted on X on Saturday. His comments comes comes in the backdrop of unconfirmed reports of arrest of three more ISKCON monks, days after the arrest of spiritual leader Chinmay Das. RESCUE OPS | 2,229 relief centres in Tamil Nadu; 471 individuals from 164 families relocated to relief camps Fengal makes landfall PTI Cyclonic storm Fengal has commenced making landfall close to Puducherry and it may approximately take 4 hours for it to cross the coast completely, an IMD official said here on Saturday. Citing data and observations, IMD-Regional Meteorological Centre, Additional Director General, S Balachandran said the cyclone's landfall commenced at about 5.30 pm on November 30. On the area of landfall, he said it was close to 'Puducherry area' and that it may take approximately 4 hours for the completion of the landfall process. STOP ATROCITIES BHOPAL ADJ court of Hatta, Damoh district on Saturday, has awarded life imprisonment to 26 accused including husband of BSP ex-MLA Ram Bai, brother-in-law, her brother and nephew in murder of Congress leader Devendra Chaurasia. ADJ Sunil Kausik passed the order. Congress leader Devendra Chaurasia was murdered on March 15, 2019. Ex-MLA Ram Bai’s husband Govind Singh, brother in-law Kaushelendra Singh, brother Lokesh, nephew Golu and Hata Janapad panchayat president Indrapal Patel are Briefs MUMBAI New Maha govt on Dec 5 Mahayuti alliance's new government in Maharashtra will be formed on December 5 with Devendra Fadnavis emerging as the frontrunner to become the next chief minister again, a senior BJP leader said on Saturday. In the November 20 Maharashtra assembly polls, the Mahayuti alliance of the BJP, Eknath Shindeled Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) retained power, pocketing a whopping 230 of the 288 assembly seats. among other accused who have been convicted. According to Government Pleader (GP) Advocate Mukesh Jain, on March 15, 2019 Congress leader Devendra Chaurasia was murdered due to election rivalry. In the case, CONG LEADER’S MURDER the husband, brother-in-law, nephew of the then BSP MLA from Patharia, Rambai were made the main accused. On March 15, 2019 Congress leader Devendra Chaurasia reached the office of the crusher plant at around 10.45 am with his brother Mahesh A family rides a two-wheeler amid heavy rain owing to Cyclone Fengal, in Chennai, Saturday PTI AIRPORT CLOSED CHENNAI FLOODED ELECTROCUTED Chennai airport on Friday announced suspension of operations till 4 am on December 1 following heavy inundation of runways and the taxiway, due to cyclone 'Fengal' triggered rains and 'adverse weather condition Hospitals and houses were inundated in Chennai and its neighbourhoods as civic authorities said clearing works were being carried out on a 'war-footing.' Barricades and umbrellas were swept away by gusty winds as rains poured. A man was electrocuted at an ATM in Chennai amid heavy rain with cops suspecting short circuit on a railing outside. Prasad, Ashok and son Swamesh. They were just opening the office when several people reached there in three cars and bikes and attacked them with sticks and rods.’ Congress leader Devendra Chaurasia and his son Swamesh were seriously injured in the attack. Both were admitted to Damoh Hospital, where Devendra Chaurasia's condition became more serious. After this, he was taken to Jabalpur where he was declared brought dead, GP added. A total of 28 people, including MLA Rambai's husband Govind Singh are made accused in the FIR. 4Continued on | P6 Man throws liquid on Kejri PTI NEW DELHI In a security scare, a man was detained for allegedly splashing some liquid on AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal during his 'padyatra' in south Delhi's Malviya Nagar on Saturday, police said. Reacting to the development, AAP said, "If a former chief minister is not safe in the national capital, CM brings home Rs 78K-cr offers from UK, Germany CHENNAI Ex-MLA’s hubby, 25 others get life term Our Staff Reporter E-paper Cinema When Bollywood meets Persia P.14 A Kolkata hospital said it would not treat patients from Bangladesh amid protests over alleged atrocities on minority Hindus. An official of the JN Ray Hospital on Friday said "We have issued a notification that from today till an indefinite time we will not admit any Bangladeshi patient for treatment. This is primarily because of the insults they have shown towards India," said hospital official Subhranshu Bhakt. The RSS on Saturday appealed to the Bangladesh interim government to ensure the atrocities on the Hindus are stopped and ISKCON monk Chinmoy Krishna Das is released immediately. RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale also appealed to Indian government to continue its efforts to stop atrocities on Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh and take necessary steps to build global opinion in its support . MUMBAI readers’ corner LIFE, LOVE AND LIE P.8 Russia, Syria target rebels in Aleppo NO PATIENTS FROM B’DESH PTI fp iii QUALITY @ VALUE WORLD Unfair to judge Gambhir so early in coaching role: Jadeja P.16 ESTD-1983 Vehicles parked on a flyover amid heavy rainfall triggered by Cyclone Fengal, in Chennai on Saturday ANI Girl flags bad touch by tutor’s husband Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL The husband of a tutor was arrested for allegedly inappropriately touching an 11year-old girl, the Awadhpuri police said on Saturday. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Deepak Nayak told Free Press that the Class 6 girl used to go for tuitions to the house of a teacher regularly between 3:30 pm and 5 pm. The girl had joined the tuition almost 10 days before the incident. The accused, Nitin Deshmukh, who identified himself as a journalist, used to make ‘bad touches’ and also beat her in the absence of No political speeches: TTD Online Report where will the common man go?" Kejriwal was greeting people standing behind a cordon when the man approached him and splashed the liquid on him, following which the security personnel swiftly overpowered him. Kejriwal and the security personnel accompanying him were later seen wiping their faces. The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has decided to ban political speeches at temples under its care to protect the sanctity and spiritual peace of these places. The decision came after some politicians posted visuals of praying and offering darshan in Tirumala premises. They also delivered political and hate speeches before the press, standing in front of the temple, sources said. 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 Accused held, booked under sections of BNS and POCSO Act his wife. Nayak further said that on Thursday, the accused put his hand on the victim's private parts. The frightened girl then refused to go to the tuition the next day. When her mother asked her about the reason, she narrated the ordeal to her. Her parents then reached the police station and filed a complaint. 4Continued on | P6 Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said investment proposals worth Rs 78,000 crore were received during his tour to the United Kingdom and Germany. Addressing mediapersons at Samatav Bhawan of the CM House after returning from tour on Saturday evening, the CM said the trip proved fruitful and investment proposals have been received in all major sectors like mining, semiconductor, health and education etc. During his London tour, investment proposals of Rs 60,000 crore were received. When he went to Germany, proposals of Rs 18000 crore were received. Buoyed by his Germany trip, he said, “We want to work akin to Germany Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL With no major drop in temperature, chill continued to prevail in the state on Saturday. There was a slight rise in temperature in Bhopal but no relief from frostiness was felt. Bhopal recorded day temperature at 24.0 degrees Celsius after a drop of 0.9 degrees Celsius while it recorded night temperature at 10.4 degrees Celsius which was 2.9 degrees below normal. There was a rise of 2.2 degrees Celsius. Indore recorded a day temperature at 24.9 degrees Celsius which was 4.9 de- grees below normal while it recorded 13.0 degrees Celsius. Pachmarhi recorded 5.2 degrees Celsius night temperature after a drop of 4.4 degrees. 4Continued on | P6 Around 53,000 people in Madhya Pradesh are registered as HIV positive. The number of HIV/AIDS cases in the state has increased by about 20 per cent this year when compared to the past five years. For the past five years or so, the state has been adding around 5,000 HIV positive persons every year. This year, however, the increment has been around 6,000. Meanwhile, MSMs (Men who have sex with men) and bisexuals have contributed to the rise in HIV cases. The ART (Antiretroviral) Plus Centre at the Gandhi Medical College in Bhopal used to register one patient each of the two categories every year. This year, however, their number has increased to around six, which is three times the previous figures. According to in-charge of the centre, Dr Hemant Verma, the rise in the number of new patients may also be due to increased awareness and higher screening. The government has been running a sustained campaign to curb the rising cases of HIV, in the field of technology. In terms of development, India has already left behind England and is now eyeing to leave behind Germany in the future.” 4Continued on | P6 According to meteorologiMinimum temp at cal department officials, a various places: westerly trough in mid-troPlace pospheric Temp deg/C) levels is over Pachmarhi 5.2 Jammu and Kashmir and LaShahdol dakh. This will 7.5 very be Shivpuri 7.6 closely followed by another similar feature over7.9 same the Shajapur region. Mid and higher Chhatarpur 8.0 reaches of the mountains will Nowgong 8.0 have light snowfall. The Rajgarh 8.2 plains will remain devoid of Umaria 8.4 any weather activity in terms Mandla 8.6 of rainfall. The wind pattern will be subjected 8.8 minor to Betul changes, but still good Khajuraho 9.2 enough to stop the sinking of Rewa 9.2 mercury levels over north Gwalior 9.4 and central parts of the Dhar 9.5 country. Jabalpur 9.5 Swarm of bees turns up uninvited Student from T’gana shot at Scindia’s event in Shivpuri dead in US Our Staff Reporter PTI BHOPAL HYDERABAD A bee attack during Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia’s event in Shivpuri district on Saturday forced an unexpected interruption. The incident, which occurred at Chandpatha Lake in Madhav National Park, resulted in minor injuries to some attendees and briefly halted the event. Scindia, who was set to inaugurate a weed harvester machine, was swiftly evacu- ated by his security personnel. His security personnel quickly formed a protective cordon using handkerchiefs and towels to shield him from the bees. 4Continued on | P6 53K HIV positive in MP, 20% rise this year SMITA Proposals from Germany Pachmarhi freezes at 5.2°C; 10.4° in Bhopal World AIDS Day today BHOPAL Proposals from UK he said. For example, condoms are provided free to women sex workers to enable them to insist that their clients use it. According to deputy director, AIDS Control Society, Madhya Pradesh, Dr Adarsh Shukla, of the 53,101 HIV positive patients, 42,929 are on ART. The United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has recommended a 95-95-95 strategy to end the HIV epidemic by 2030. The strategy is that 95 per cent of people living with HIV should know their HIV status, 95 per cent of people diagnosed with HIV should receive antiretroviral therapy (ART) and 95 per cent of the people on ART should achieve viral suppression i.e. they should no longer be transmitters of the virus. In Madhya Pradesh, the estimated number of persons living with HIV is 67,747 of which 53,101 (78 per cent) are aware of their status. Of the 53,101 persons, 42,929 (80 per cent) are receiving ART and of the 21,862, whose viral load has been tested, 20,092 (91 per cent) have achieved viral suppression. 4Continued on | P6 A youth from Khammam district of Telangana was shot dead by miscreants at a gas station near Chicago in the United States where he was working, family members said on Saturday. Sai Teja Nukarapu (22) was shot at by the assailants in the early hours of Saturday Indian time, BRS MLC Madhusudan Thatha said, citing preliminary information received from the US. The MLC, who called on the parents of the victim at their residence near Khammam, said Sai Teja was not on duty when the incident happened but helping a friend who asked him to stay on for some time. The friend had gone out on some work. Sai Teja completed BBA in India and is pursuing MBA in US. One of the relatives of the victim told media persons that the deceased was doing a part-time job. It is sad to know that Sai Teja was shot dead when he stayed on at the place of work to help a friend, the relative said.