FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms FREE PRESS Vol. 14 No. 344 | BHOPAL | WEDNESDAY | MAY 28, 2025 | Pages 16 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 www.freepressjournal.in Didi’s proposal for sacked teachers P.8 fp NEW DELHI Errol’s Ram Temple visit Errol Musk, the father of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, is set to visit the Ram temple in Ayodhya during his five-day tour of India in June. NEW DELHI ITR due date extended The last date for filing income tax returns for the assessment year 2025-26 has been extended. The last date originally set to be July 31, 2025, has now been extended to Sept 15, 2025. Big order on NGOs funding The Centre has asserted that the NGOs engaged in publication-related activities and receiving foreign contribution, will not be able to publish any newsletter and must get a certificate from the Registrar of the Newspaper for India that it does not circulate any news content. iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: BHOPAL MONEY Nation Briefs ESTD-1983 Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL / INDORE Mystery still shrouds the disappearance of a city-based newlywed couple who went missing in Shillong, Meghalaya. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav expressed concern on Tuesday, saying the incident as "extremely shocking" and praying for their safe return. PUNE INDORE NASHIK MODI IN GUJARAT | If they are engaging in war, then the response will be accordingly, warns PM Terrorism no proxy war, it’s Pak’s war strategy: PM PTI GANDHINAGAR Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said terrorism was not a proxy war but a deliberate war strategy adopted by Pakistan, and India will respond to it accordingly. Refusing to make any distinction between non-state and state actors in Pakistan, Modi said the neighbouring country is engaging in war by continuing to support terrorism. "`Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' (the world is one family) is our `sanskar' (value imbibed Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to the gathering during a roadshow, in Gandhinagar through tradition), we want happiness for our neighbours too, but if you challenge our strength, then India is also a land of heroes," Modi said, speaking at an urban development programme of the Gujarat government here. 4Continued on | P8 SIT submits report to SC on Vijay Shah, hearing today Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL SIT has submitted a report to the Supreme Court about minister Vijay Shah. The apex court is hearing Vijay Shah’s case on Wednesday. On May 19, the apex court set up an SIT and ordered an inquiry about the case. The court directed the SIT to submit a report by May 28. The investigation team consisted of IG Pramod Verma, Kalyan Chakravarty and Vahini Singh, who investigated the case. According to sources, SIT SHAH SKIPS CABINET MEET Minister Vijay Shah was absent from the cabinet meeting on Tuesday for the second time after his comments on Colonel Sofia Qureshi. The cabinet meeting was earlier held in Indore. Besides, Shah did not participate in any public function in the past two weeks. did not call Shah for the probe, but there are reports that Shah’s statements were taken through video conferencing. Shah made some nasty comments on Colonel Sofia Qureshi at an event in Mhow. The SIT took the statements of those who were present at the function. The preliminary report was prepared on the Shock and grief: Father dies as son is trapped in lift Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL 4Continued on | P8 4Continued on | P8 4Continued on | P8 aja’s brother Arpit said the couple had travelled with two large bags and one small bag. Two family members, Vipin and Govind, went to Shillong to assist the police in the search operation. On Tuesday, they were informed that two of the bags were found about 10 km from where the couple’s scooter was abandoned. The family members claimed that the last known location of the couple, the scooter location and the spot where the bags were recovered are all difMissing couple: Sonam & Raja ferent and roughly 10 km apart from each other. R Conrad K Sangma and requested swift and effective action to ensure the n PM Narendra Modi couple's safety. basis of those statements. Chairman of SIT, IG Pramod Verma, told Free Press that they had prepared the first status report and submitted it to the SC. Verma further said they were waiting for the next order from the apex court. 2 OF THEIR BAGS FOUND ABOUT 10 KM AWAY FROM SCOOTER CM Yadav had a telephonic conversation with Meghalaya Chief Minister ‘Is baar camera ke samne...’ We razed nine terror bases in 22 minutes. Aur is baar camera ke samne kiya, sari vyavastha rakhi thi, taki hamare ghar mein koi saboot an mange (We did everything on camera this time, we had made preparations, so that no one at home asks for proof) Panic turned to tragedy in Bhopal on Monday night when a 51-year-old man died of heart failure after his eight-year-old son got stuck in a lift following power cut. The incident occurred at a residential apartment in Jatkhedi under Misrod police station. The deceased, identified as Rishi Bhatnagar, was a real estate and stock market dealer. According to Misrod police sub-inspector Amod Sharma, Bhatnagar had stepped out for a postdinner walk around 10:30 pm when he saw his younger son, Divyansh, playing outside. He asked Divyansh to return home, and the boy took the lift. However, a power disruption brought the lift to a halt midway, trapping the child inside. Panicked Bhatnagar rushed to the guard’s room to get lift keys and hurried up the stairs. During the anxious moment he collapsed and fell unconscious. FP News Service Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has cleared the "execution model" to design and produce India's ambitious fifth-generation stealth fighter jet -- the advanced medium combat aircraft (AMCA). India has been working on Who designed Op Sindoor logo? MP among five states recording Covid deaths   Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL MUMBAI NEW DELHI E-paper Cinema Saiyami’s southern step P.13 Rajnath Singh approves CAR PLOUGHS INTO PARADE 5th-gen stealth fighter jet IN LIVERPOOL, 65 INJURED PTI MUMBAI Edit Indian economy now 4th largest P.6 FDI inflows up 14% to $81 bn in 2024-25 YADAV SPEAKS TO MEGHALAYA CM INDORE COUPLE MISSING FROM SHILLONG UJJAIN the ambitious AMCA project to develop the medium weight deep penetration fighter jet with advanced stealth features to bolster its air power capability. AMCA along with the Tejas light combat aircraft are planned to be the mainstays of the Indian Air Force. 4Continued on | P8 A car ploughed into a crowd of Liverpool Football Club fans during a Premier League victory parade in the city centre on Monday evening, injuring 65 people, including four children. The incident occurred just after 6 p.m. local time, about a mile before the final stop of the club’s 10-mile trophy parade. Fans, draped in red Liverpool FC scarves and jerseys, had packed the streets to celebrate the club’s latest title win on what was also a public holiday. Merseyside Police quickly confirmed that the crash was not being treated as a terrorist act. A 53-year-old white British man from Liverpool has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm and remains in custody. Authorities believe he acted alone. Prime Minister Keir Starmer described the scene as one of “utter horror and devastation,” adding that “the whole country stands with Liverpool.” Videos shared on social media captured the chaos, showing a car zigzagging through the crowd before hitting several bystanders. Witnesses described hearing screams and seeing people thrown into the air. The North West Ambulance Service reported that 27 people were taken to nearby hospitals. Four remain under medical care, two of them with serious injuries. Emergency services responded within minutes, with paramedics, fire crews, and police working together to manage the scene. The crash shattered what had been a jubilant celebration for the city. Liverpool F.C. had just paraded the Premier League trophy in an open-top bus minutes before the incident. 4Continued on | P8 June shower Strong monsoon coming? Above-normal June rainfall to keep heat in check: IMD PTI NEW DELHI India is likely to receive abovenormal rainfall in June, which is expected to keep maximum temperatures in check in most parts of the country, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday. At a press conference, M Ravichandran, Secretary in the Ministry of Earth Sciences, said rainfall across the country during June is likely to be more than 108 per cent of the long-period average of 166.9 mm. "During June, most of the country is expected to receive normal to above-normal rainfall. However, some southern parts of peninsular India and parts of northwest and northeast India may re- ceive below-normal rain," he said. IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said that due to this expected good rainfall, most parts of the country may experience normal to below-normal maximum temperatures, except for many areas in Northwest and Northeast India. 4Continued on | P8 FP News Service MUMBAI The logo of Operation Sindoor stands as a haunting symbol of sacrifice, grief, and unwavering resolve. A booklet and visuals released by the Army of its command centre during the operation reveal that the design was conceived by Lieutenant Colonel Harsh Gupta and Havaldar Surinder Singh. At its heart lies the name ‘OPERATION SINDOOR’ in bold, unyielding block letters. But it's the transformation of one 'O' into a bowl of sindoor (vermillion) that delivers the emotional blow. 4Continued on | P8 Madhya Pradesh has figured among the five states which reported Covid deaths in the country, as per official figures on Tuesday. Eleven Covid patients have died so far in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, nine of them within a week. In Indore, a 47-year-old woman died of corona on April 22 this year. She was also suffering from kidney problems. This was the first Covid death reported in the state. After this, the health department swung into action and detected 10 Covid cases. As per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Kerala has the highest number of active cases (430). Maharashtra has 208 cases, Delhi 104 cases and Gujarat 83 cases. Out of the 80 cases in Karnataka, 73 are in Bangalore. Madhya Pradesh has already reported 10 Covid cases from April 22 to May 22, according to a health department report. As for preparations to combat the disease, a dedicated 20- bed ward has been made in the AIIMS Bhopal. The RTPCR testing facility at AIIMS Bhopal is fully operational, enabling quick and accurate detection of Covid -19 infections. Additionally, a dedicated Covid general ward, including isolation beds, has been activated and a special ICU equipped with ventilators has also been kept ready, fully equipped to treat moderate to severe cases. 4Continued on | P8 Date of transfers to be extended for 10 days after ministers’ request Transfers will be done till June 10 Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL The government has extended the last date for transfer of officials till June 10 following demand from the ministers. The ban on transfer was lifted from May 1 to 31. At the cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the ministers discussed the issue of extending the date of transfer for a few more TRANSFER POLICY IN SCHOOL EDUCATION TO BE CHANGED It also came up before cabinet that the policy of transfer of the district cadre was not clear. In the school education department, the officials are transferred at the state level. The right for district-level transfers should be with the in-charge ministers. There is no clear policy for transfer of Patwaries. The collectors transfer the officials from one place to another in the districts. At the state level, transfer of officials is done from one district to another. 4Continued on | P8 days with CM Mohan Yadav. Yadav initially refused to extend the time limit for transfer. But he accepted the plea of the ministers for extending the date of transfer for ten days. US pauses students’ visa interviews all over the world PSU employees to lose retirement benefits on dismissal: Centre Online Report S ecretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered US embassies all over the world to not schedule new interviews for student-visa applicants as the Trump administration considers ramping up vetting of social media profiles. “Effective immediately, in preparation for an expansion of required social media screening and vetting, consular sections should not add any additional student or exchange visitor (F, M and J) visa appointment capacity until further guidance is issued,” Rubio wrote. This directive was sent out worldwide to diplomats, amid the administration's ‘SKIP CLASSES, LOSE VISA’ The US Embassy in India on Tuesday warned international students studying in the US that if they "drop out, skip classes, or leave your programme of study" without informing the school, then their student visas may be revoked. efforts to restrict the entry of foreign students in America allegedly over claims stating that they have contributed to an antisemitic atmosphere. 4Continued on | P8 PTI NEW DELHI The dismissal or removal of an employee of a public sector undertaking (PSU) will lead to forfeiture of the retirement benefits, the Centre has said. However, the decision of such dismissal or removal shall be subject to review by the administrative ministry concerned, it said. The Personnel Ministry has effected key changes in the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021 in this regard. 4Continued on | P8