FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms FREE PRESS Vol. 14 No. 190 | BHOPAL | MONDAY | DECEMBER 23, 2024 | Pages 14 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 www.freepressjournal.in Brand Sutra Neville Shah talks about building a creative culture P.12 fp Briefs GUWAHATI Child marriage: 416 people held Four hundred and sixteen people have been arrested in the third phase of the crackdown against child marriage in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday. The crackdown was launched on the night of December 21-22, he said. The police have registered 335 cases and the arrested will be produced in court on Sunday. NEW DELHI Rahul and fam’s day out After months of gruelling election campaigns, Sunday marked a relaxing and refreshing weekend for the Gandhi family. Rahul and Priyanka, both Congress MPs from Rae Bareli and Wayanad Lok Sabha constituencies, respectively, took a break from their official engagements and assembled at the city's iconic Kwality restaurant, to spend some 'family time' together. They were accompanied by mother Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka's husband Robert Varda, daughter Miraya Vadra and also her mother-in-law. ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: BHOPAL PUNE INDORE NASHIK WORLD CHRISTMAS MARKET ATTACKER A PUZZLE PM gets Kuwait's I highest honour PTI Kuwait on Sunday conferred its highest honour - 'The Order of Mubarak Al-Kabeer' - on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his role in strengthening the good relations between the two countries. Prime Minister Modi received the honour from Kuwait's Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah at the Bayan Palace here. "I am honoured to be conferred the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Order by His Highness the Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah. I dedicate this honour to the people of India and to the strong friendship between India and Kuwait," Modi said in a post on X. In a post on X, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal described it as "a testament to the long-standing India-Kuwait friendship". 4Continued on | P6 T he 'Order of Mubarak Al-Kabeer' is a knighthood order of Kuwait. PM Narendra Modi being conferred with ‘The Order of Mubarak Al Kabeer’ by Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah, in Kuwait on Sunday ndia and Kuwait on Sunday elevated their relationship to a strategic partnership and inked a key pact on forging deeper defence ties as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held extensive talks with the top leaders of the Gulf nation, including Emir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, on ways to intensify the overall trajectory of bilateral cooperation. Besides the Emir, Modi held wideranging talks with Kuwaiti Prime Minister Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Crown Prince Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad AlMubarak Al-Sabah. In their delegation-level talks, the two prime ministers discussed a roadmap to strengthen the strategic partnership in diverse areas including trade, investment, energy, defence, security, health, education, technology and people-topeople ties, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Excellent meeting with His Highness the Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah. We discussed cooperation in key sectors like pharmaceuticals, IT, FinTech, Infrastructure and security PTI Chopper crashes near hosp amid dense fog in Turkey; 4 killed Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL Lokayukta sleuths have found two boxes filled with small broken locks, other than cash during raids on the residential premises of Chetan Gaur on Thursday, officials said here on Sunday. The sleuths of special police establishment (SPE) Lokayukta Bhopal have seized valuables and cash amounting to Rs 8 crore, from two houses of former RTO constable Sourabh Sharma and his aide Chetan Gaur. Meanwhile, from Monday, Lokayukta officials will contact bank officials to get details of lockers and bank transactions. The police will try to find out the sources of money and where the money was spent and invested. On December 19 early morning, the two teams conducted raid at the two premises of the accused. One is situated in Shahpura area and the other in Arera Colony area. 2 ALMIRAHS & 2 LAPTOPS n a room where Chetan and his family lives, the sleuths have found an almirah filled with documents and two laptops. The officials are still counting and calculating property papers found in two almirahs. It is claimed that in most of land-related documents, they are prepared on the names who are not known to the police. It is claimed that most of the property is ‘Benami’. Whereas, property and other details will come out after exploration of two laptops. The laptops must be having full details of transactions done by Sourabh and Chetan. I THE DAIRIES hese dairies will also open a new window of information in the near future. The dairies are having details of financial transactions and they are in lakhs, ‘Like 80 sent, 50 came’. T Online Report R ohan Mirchandani, cofounder of Epigamia, a leading Greek yogurt brand in India, died on December 21 at the age of 42 due to cardiac arrest. The news was confirmed by an official statement from Drums Food A group of protestors at the residence of Telugu actor Allu Arjun, in Hyderabad Drug smuggler held at ‘Pushpa 2’ show NAGPUR: Moviegoers watching a late-night show of "Pushpa 2" at a multiplex in Maharashtra's Nagpur witnessed a real-life action scene as police stormed the cinema hall and arrested a man wanted in murder and drug cases. BUS BURNS TO ASHES NEAR SENDHWA sleeper bus travelling from Mumbai to Indore was engulfed in flames around 10 am on Sunday. The incident occurred at Balasamud check post, located 15 kilometres from Sendhwa in Barwani district. All 40 passengers evacuated safely. (SEE PG4) A 150-yr-old stepwell unearthed in Sambhal district of UP PTI The stepwell, covering 400 SQUARE METERS has four chambers and a few floors made of marble, said Sambhal’s District Magistrate Rajendra Pensiya orities said they discovered the structure during an antiencroachment drive. Two damaged idols were found in- LOKAYUKTA RAID side the well of the temple, officials had said. 4Continued on | P6 Debris of a helicoper following a crash in Mugla FP Online A video that surfaced on social media showed a helicopter struggling in dense fog moments before crashing near a hospital in southwestern Turkey on Sunday, claiming four lives. The victims included two pilots, a doctor, and an onboard employee, according to Mugla provincial governor Idris Akbiyik. As per reports, the helicopter had departed from the rooftop of Mugla's hospital in poor visibility, heading to Antalya, when the accident occurred during take-off. The footage showed the aircraft drifting unsteadily in the fog before plummeting into an empty field close to the hospital. The crash, which has been attributed to adverse weather conditions, adds to a string of aviation tragedies in Turkey. Kashmir freezes at PTI SRINAGAR The residents of Kashmir are going back to traditional ways of coping with the intense cold wave conditions as frequent and unscheduled power cuts have rendered modern heating gadgets useless. Kashmir is witnessing Chilla-i-Kalan, the 40-day harshest winter period. Srinagar city witnessed the coldest night in 33 years as the minimum dipped to bone-chilling minus 8.5 de- o I-T department recovers diary, incriminating documents Sourabh Sharma did transaction of `100 cr in a yr Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL On the instance of Chetan Gaur, Income Tax (I-T) department officers have recovered a diary and several incriminating documents. It is on the basis of these incriminating documents that IT department reached conclusion that former transport department constable Sourabh Sharma did transaction of Rs 100 crore in a year. Now I-T department officials are trying to follow the money trail and know its origin and end point Meanwhile, I-T officials are apprehensive that the gold and huge cash recovered from the abandoned vehicle belongs to Sourabh. Though, they have not made any official statement in this regard so far. Notably, the vehicle from which 52 kg gold and Rs 11 crore cash was seized is on the name of Chetan Gaur who is close aide of Sourabh Sharma. 4Continued on | P6 Epigamia co-founder Mirchandani dies of heart attack at the age of 42 HYDERABAD SAMBHAL (UP) Over 500 broken locks found at Gaur’s house 4Continued on | P6 n PM Narendra Modi VANDALISM AT ALLU ARJUN'S RESIDENCE IN HYDERABAD 4Continued on | P6 E-paper Cinema Actor, Not Influencer P.13 INK KEY PACTS KUWAIT CITY MUMBAI Edit Hon’ble MPs let down makers of Constitution P.8 THE ORDER OF MUBARAK AL-KABEER | The award was given to Modi for strengthening good relations between two nations A group of persons, claiming to be members of Osmania University Joint Action Committee, on Sunday vandalised flower pots and other things at the residence of top Telugu actor Allu Arjun here, demanding justice to the woman who died in 'Pushpa-2' screening stampede here. Some of them climbed the compound wall and threw tomatoes inside. A stepwell, approximately 125 to 150 years old and covering an area of 400 square metres, was unearthed during excavation in the Laxman Ganj area of Chandausi here, an official said. Excavation at the site began on Saturday, said Krishna Kumar Sonkar, the Executive Officer of Chandausi Nagar Palika. The excavation follows the reopening of the Bhasma Shankar temple in Sambhal on December 13, after being closed for 46 years. Auth- UJJAIN International, the parent company of Epigamia. Delhi tableau misses cut for R-Day, again! Kejriwal accuses Centre of What kind of playing politics PTI NEW DELHI Amid reports claiming that Delhi's tableau has missed the cut for next year's Republic Day parade, AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday accused the Centre of playing politics over the issue. Kejriwal also slammed the BJP, saying Delhi being the national capital, its tableau should be included in the Republic Day parade every year. Claiming that Delhi's tableau has been missing the cut for several years now, Kejriwal said, "What kind of politics is politics is this? Why is there so much hatred towards Delhi and its people? Mirchandani, a graduate of NYU Stern and The Wharton School, founded Drums Food International in 2013. Under his leadership, the brand evolved from Hoki Poki ice cream into Epigamia, a household name in yogurt and other dairy products. Dare gone wrong: Two sisters die by consuming poison Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL this? Why is there so much hatred towards Delhi and its people? If these leaders hold such animosity, why should the people of Delhi vote for them?" Notably, Assembly elections in Delhi are due in February. Two sisters died on Sunday by consuming poison as a joke while daring each other, Najirabad police said here on Sunday. Police station in-charge Krishna Thakur told Free Press that two sisters, Bhoori Bai (20) and Radha Bai (25), lost their lives on Sunday after consuming poison as part of a dare. After the incident, their family members took them to a private hospital were doctors declared them brought dead. 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 Arvind Kejriwal AAP national convenor Chilla-i-Kalan -8 grees Celsius on Saturday. Other places in the valley also experienced extreme sub zero temperatures, which led to freezing of water supply pipes in many areas. Over the past couple of decades, residents of urban Kashmir had done away with traditional heating arrangements -- wood-based 'hamams', 'bukharis' and wicker-claypot 'kangri' --- as electricity supply had started improving year on year. 4Continued on | P6 Boatmen sitting on their boats parked inside the partially frozen Dal Lake, in Srinagar