FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. 14 No. 193 | BHOPAL | THURSDAY | DECEMBER 26, 2024 | Pages 14 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 FREE www.freepressjournal.in Sports Confusion clouds the Dhing Express P.13 ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: BHOPAL 44 lakh PEOPLE in ten districts of MP and 21 lakh in UP will get drinking water under the project, BHOPAL ESTIMATED COST PM Narendra Modi launches Ken-Betwa River Link Project at Khajuraho. CM Mohan Yadav is also seen `44.6K cr PM praises Yadav Modi is modern day Bhagirath: Yadav M Modi has said CM Mohan Yadav is very hard working. This is the reason why Yadav has been able to take MP to new heights of development in the past one year, the Prime Minister said. hief Minister Mohan Yadav has called Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Bhagirath of modern India. Modi is rendering the dreams of former Prime Minister Atal behari P C Vajpayee into reality, he said. By laying the foundation of two big river projects, Modi has proved that the natural resources should be used for the prosperity of two states, Yadav said. Jal Shakti, done by the Central Government, was the gift of Ambedkar. The Congress never let any- Online Report NEW DELHI Actor Allu Arjun and makers of the film 'Pushpa' on Wednesday announced financial assistance of Rs 2 crore for the family of woman who died in a stampede during film's screening at a theatre here on December 4. one know about it, Modi said, adding that the water projects launched by former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee A man set himself on fire near the new Parliament building on Wednesday afternoon. The fire was immediately put out by local and railway police along with some civilians. The injured man has been rushed to nearby Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital by the security personnel deployed near the building. A partially burnt two-page note has also been recovered from the spot. The man, identified as Jitendra from Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh, set himself on fire at a park near the Railway Bhawan and then ran towards the Parliament building, police said, The Railway Bhawan is opposite the Parliament building. "The man's family had a dispute with another family in Baghpat over which people from both sides went to jail. 4Continued on | P6 78 MISSILES & 106 DRONES: Russia targets Ukraine on Christmas were swept under the carpet by the Congress after 2004. 4Continued on | P6 ‘Atishi may be arrested’ Arvind Kejriwal claimed on Wednesday that Delhi CM Atishi may be arrested in a "fake" case by the central investigative agencies at the behest of the BJP. Rushdie's ‘Satanic Verses’ returns after 36-year ban PTI Child among 4 killed NEW DELHI Members of the forensic team of Delhi Police Crime Branch conduct probe at the immolation site NEW DELHI NAINITAL Four people, including a woman and a child, died and 23 got injured after a roadways bus fell into a 1,500 ft deep gorge in Bhimtal's Saldi area on Wednesday. E-paper Nation Vasundhara ‘back’ with Raje-niti, meets PM P.7 Complaint made to CBI a yr ago, but agency kept mum over probe SAURABH SHARMA CASE There was an enormous delay by probe agencies to conduct an inquiry against former constable of the Transport Department Saurabh Sharma. Complaints of corruption against Sharma were sent to the probe agencies, including CBI, long time ago. In these complaints, rip-off in the transport was also mentioned, but because the agencies kept away from carrying out an inquiry, Sharma’s corrupt practices went unbridled. According to sources, complaints against Sharma were swept under the carpet. In the ‘Saurabh had properties worth `700 cr’ Another complaint was made against Sharma in November. In the complaint, it was claimed that Sharma had properties worth Rs 700 crore. The complaint also referred to several properties that he had bought in the name of others. The complaint further said that Sharma had purchased a villa worth Rs 150 crore in Dubai and that most of his properties were in the name of his wife, Divya Tiwari. complaint, it was said that Sharma, who used to extort money from check posts, also gave to a few officers. The government was informed about the fact that A rescuer of the State Emergency Service works to put out a fire after a drone strike in Kharkiv AP KYIV Russia launched a massive missile and drone barrage targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure on Wednesday, striking a thermal power plant and prompting Ukrainians to take shelter in metro stations on Christmas morning. The strikes on Ukrainian fuel and energy sources included 78 air, ground, and sea-launched Putin deliberately chose Christmas for an attack. What could be more inhumane? Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine President missiles as well as 106 Shaheds and other types of drones, Ukraine's air force said. BritishIndian n ove l i s t Salman Rushdie's controversial book "The Satanic Verses" has quietly returned to India 36 years after it was banned by the Rajiv Gandhi government. A "limited stock" of the book, which caused a furore against its author and content that was deemed blasphemous by Muslim organisations the world over, has been selling at Bahrisons Booksellers in the national capital for the past few days. "It has been a few days since we got the book and the response has been very good so far. The sale has been good," Bahrisons Booksellers' owner Rajni Malhotra told PTI. 4Continued on | P6 PLANE BURSTS INTO FLAMES IN KAZAKHSTAN 67 ONBOARD 32 RESCUED AP DATA n Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people onboard crashed Wednesday near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, leaving at least 32 survivors, according to officials. More than 30 people may be dead. The plane was en route from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North Caucasus. A Emergency specialists work at crash site of Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near western Kazakh city of Aktau Goenka blames BJP MLA for tainting his image in I-T raid case Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL Sharma had bought a house in Arera Colony and was about to build a hotel in Indore. Chhattisgarh’s industrialist Mahendra Goenka on Wednesday claimed that a BJP MLA was tarnishing his image by connecting him to the income tax department (I-T) raid. Last week, I-T officials had conducted the raid at the enterprises of builders Rajesh Sharma and two others. The name of industrialist Mahendra Goenka, with an IAS officer of the state also got connected with the raid. Goenka said, ‘Rajesh Sharma is my friend and I did not have business relations with him. A day before, I was in Bhopal and returned back to Raipur’. 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 Saurabh Sharma and Divya Tiwari Sharma Lookout circular issued against Saurabh Our Staff Reporter The LOC BHOPAL MAN SETS HIMSELF ABLAZE, RUNS TOWARDS PARLIAMENT Rs 2cr aid for stampede victim’s kin MUMBAI Edit Say ‘No’ to Popcorn-like GST Rationale P.8 BHOPAL Our Staff Reporter HYDERABAD NASHIK Nitendra Sharma MP is one of the top ten tourist destinations in the world Briefs INDORE India’s GDP growth seen at 6.5%c in FY25, FY26: EY Cong skipped Ambedkar’s role in water projects: PM fp PUNE MONEY VISION UNFOLDS | Modi lays foundation of Ken-Betwa project Amid a political storm across the country over BR Ambedkar, Prime Minister Narendra has given credit to Ambedkar for the water projects. To give credit to only one person, the Congress did not praise Ambedkar, Modi said. Modi made the statement in Khajuraho on Wednesday when he laid the foundation for the Ken-Betwa Link Project. He also inaugurated a floating solar power plant in Omkareshwar and released a postal stamp on former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. Credit for formation of water projects and that of Central Water Commission goes to Ambedkar, Modi said. He further said the work of UJJAIN PRESS n Indian law, the issuance of Look-out Circulars (LOCs) is not explicitly governed by a specific penal section. Instead, it falls under administrative and executive powers of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Bureau of Immigration. The guidelines for issuing LOC are laid out by the MHA and they are primarily used to prevent individuals from the country to evade legal proceedings. Rs 10 crore from a SUV in Mandori area of the city on Friday (December 20). On December 19, Lokayukta police Bhopal had conducted the raid and to hide money Wanted by the income tax (IT) department, a lookout circular has been issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs against ex-RTO constable Saurabh Sharma, officials said here on Wednesday. The I-T department had seized 52 kilograms of gold bricks and have seized around I and valuables, they were kept in a SUV and were abandoned in Mandori area. Later I-T officials seized the car and the fact came out that the car belongs to the aide of Saurabh Sharma, Chetan Singh Gaur. Neither, Lokayukta sleuths nor I-T officials know about Saurabh’s whereabouts. 4Continued on | P6