FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. XLI No. 351 | INDORE | THURSDAY | MAY 29, 2025 | Pages 16 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. 38281/83 FREE www.freepressjournal.in Nation Haasan's remark on Kannada stirs row P.8 ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: INDORE WORLD UJJAIN PRESS PUNE BHOPAL NASHIK MUMBAI E-paper Edit Judges to the student’s rescue P.6 Firing on aid seekers in Gaza kills 1, injures 48 Cinema ‘I listen to my gut’ P.14 PRE-MONSOON SHOWERS DRENCH STATE HEAVY RAIN ALERT Guna, Umaria, Dindori, Katni, Jabalpur, Narsinghpur, Chhindwara, Seoni, Mandla, Balaghat, Panna, Damoh and Pandhurna. Additional alerts have been issued for thunderstorm activity and heavy rainfall in places such as Bhind, Morena, Singrauli, Sidhi, Rewa, Mhouganj, Satna, Anuppur, Shahdol, Maihar and surrounding areas. According to the IMD, a well-marked low-pressure area persists over the northwest Bay of Bengal, near the Odisha coast. This system is likely to move slowly northward and intensify into a depression within the next 24 hours. A trough extending from a cyclonic circulation over west Rajasthan to north Chhattisgarh, via east Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, is also contributing to the current weather pattern. An upper air circulation remains active over northeast Madhya Pradesh at approximately 1.5 km above mean sea level. SEE PAGE 2 Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL Pre-monsoon showers have intensified across Madhya Pradesh, with several areas witnessing significant rainfall in the past 24 hours. The Meteorological Department has issued a warning for heavy rain accompanied by gusty winds in numerous districts. Heavy rain along with wind speeds reaching 50 to 60 km/h is expected in isolated areas of Betul, Harda, Burhanpur, Khandwa, and Khargone. Thunderstorms with winds of up to 50 km/h may also strike parts of Bhopal, Vidisha, Raisen, Sehore, Rajgarh, Narmadapuram, Badwani, Alirajpur, Jhabua, Dhar, Indore, Ratlam, Ujjain, Dewas, Shajapur, Agar, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Top court relief to Shah, stops HC hearing Stay on arrest continues and the SIT gets time for probe till July Minister Vijay Shah has got relief from the Supreme Court for his comments on Colonel Sofia Qureshi. An SC bench comprising Justice JJ Suryakant and Justice Deepankar Dutta gave him relief during the hearing of the case on Wednesday. The apex court will hear the case on July 28. The judges said the high court was requested not to hear the case together with the SC. Now, the HC, which has fixed June 16 for hearing the case, will not hear it.The police were asked to submit a report on the FIR that lacked proper 4Continued on | P8 SIT did not take Shah’s statement, Demand for resignation to end The pressure on minister Vijay Shah for resignation will end after the Supreme Court orders. In the name of the SIT investigation, he will stick to his chair. Besides, there will be no problem for him because of the SC stay on his arrest. SIT has yet to take Shah’s statement. fp Briefs MOSCOW World War III threat Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned Donald Trump of World War III after the US President said his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, was "playing with fire" by continuing the war with Ukraine. The threat came as Trump said he would "absolutely" consider new sanctions on Moscow amid missile and drone bombardment in Ukraine that left many dead. NEW DELHI Philippines visa-free The Philippines is the latest country to introduce visa-free entry for Indian nationals. The Philippines, known for its turquoise waters, white sand beaches and volcanic landscape, is increasingly becoming a sought-after travel destination among Indian tourists. Hamas Gaza chief killed in Israeli airstrike: Bibi IANS documents. Now, after the SC’s order, the police have also heaved a sigh of relief. The apex also decided to maintain the stay on Shah’s arrest. SC said the SIT had submitted its preliminary report and sought time for investigation. SIT members went to Mhow to gather information about Shah’s statement. The minister made the statement at a public meeting in Mhow. The probe team members collected the statements of seven people and some evidence, including the mobile phones of those who made the video of the event. BJP-LED BLOC SEEKS TO END PREZ RULE IN MANIPUR FP News Service MUMBAI A group of 44 MLAs in Manipur are ready to form a new government, BJP legislator Thokchom Radheshyam Singh said on Wednesday, after leading a delegation of 10 legislators to meet Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla at Raj Bhavan. The visit marks a significant political development in the state, which has been under President’s Rule since February following the resignation of BJP leader N. Biren Singh as chief minister over his handling of prolonged ethnic clashes between the Meiteis and Kuki-Zo communities. “We have informed the Governor that 44 MLAs are ready to form a government as per the wishes of the people,” Singh told reporters. 4Continued on | P8 I n terms of rainfall, Hatpipaliya recorded the highest with 138 mm, followed by Harda with 137.2 mm and Khategaon with 110 mm. Bagli received 93 mm, Sonkutch 89 mm, Khaknar 72 mm, Ichawar 62 mm, Sanawad 60 mm, Badwah 58 mm, Harsood 57 mm, and Khandwa 49 mm. Other notable rainfall measurements include Pithampur at 44 mm, Raisen at 36.6 mm, while Bhopal saw 6.2 mm of rain. Cloudy skies prevailed over Bhopal throughout Wednesday, adding to the premonsoon ambiance. TURNING POINT | Netanyahu says recent Israeli operations were focused on dismantling Hamas' governing capabilities JERUSALEM Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL HATPIPALIYA TOPS RAIN CHART Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday confirmed that Mohammed Sinwar, Hamas leader in Gaza and brother of late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, was killed in an Israeli airstrike earlier this month. Speaking in parliament, Netanyahu said Israel was at a "dramatic turning point" in its war against Hamas and that the military had "eliminated Mohammad Sinwar." He added that recent Israeli operations were focused on dis- mantling Hamas' governing but Mohammed Sinwar's fate capabilities in Gaza. There was had remained unconfirmed. no immediate confirmation Mohammad Sinwar, 49, was from Hamas or independent a senior Hamas political and sources regarding Sinwar's military figure who assumed death. leadership of the It marked the first group's Gaza-based official acknowledgoperations and its ment of his killing, armed wing, the Izz following a joint Isal-Din al-Qassam raeli military and Brigades, in October Shin Bet strike on 2024 after the killing May 13 that targetted of his brother. Neta bunker beneath the M. Sinwar anyahu also provided Gaza European Hospital in an update on the hostages held Khan Younis, Xinhua news in Gaza, saying that, according agency reported. The airstrike to Israeli intelligence, 20 are killed 26 people, according to still alive and 38 are believed to the Gaza health authorities, be dead. Meanwhile, Hamas Cabinet nod to MSP hike for kharif crops Kamal Haasan’s tongue trips, Karnataka flips Agencies BENGALURU: A stray comment by actor-politician Kamal Haasan on the origins of the Kannada language has snowballed into a linguistic tempest in Karnataka. His claim that Kannada “was born from Tamil” drew rare, nearunanimous condemnation from across the political divide in the state. The ruling Congress, opposition BJP, pro-Kannada organisations, and literary bodies all slammed the remarks At a recent event promoting his film Thug Life, Haasan said, “Tamil gave birth to Kannada,” triggering outrage. See Nation NEW DELHI The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday took a series of decisions, including raising the Minimum Support Price for kharif crops, and extension of interest subvention scheme for farmers. Coming to the MSP for kharif crops, the government, every year, revises the MSP of key kharif crops ahead of the sowing by farmers, to ensure remunerative prices to the growers for their produce. This year, the highest absolute increase in MSP over the previous year has been recommended for nigerseed (Rs 820 per quintal) followed by Ragi (Rs 596 per quintal), Cotton (Rs 589 per quintal) and Sesamum (Rs 579 per quintal). For paddy, it has been raised by Rs 69. For pulses tur/arhar and moong, it has been raised by Rs 450 and Rs 86, respectively. MSP has been raised for urad by Rs 400. Coming to oilseeds, MSP for groundnut, sunflower seed, and soybean has been raised by Rs 480, Rs 441, and Rs 436, respectively. For cotton, MSP has been upped by Rs 589. MP, Maha get two multi-tracking railway projects worth Rs 3,399 cr PTI NEW DELHI The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved two multi-tracking railway projects to ensure faster transportation of both passengers and goods, the government said on Wednesday. It added that these projects include the third and fourth line between Ratlam-Nagda and fourth line between Wardha-Balharshah. According to a government statement, the total estimated cost of the projects is Rs 3,399 crore and will be completed by 2029-30. "The projects are result of PM-Gati Shakti National Master Plan for multi-modal connectivity which have been possible said in an official statement on Wednesday that it has reached an agreement with US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff on a general framework for Gaza ceasefire. According to Hamas, the framework includes the release of 10 Israeli hostages and several bodies, in exchange for the release of an agreed-upon number of Palestinian prisoners, guaranteed by mediators. Hamas said it is awaiting a final response to this framework, adding that "it is making significant efforts to halt the brutal war on the Gaza Strip." Gets bulldozer notice Our Staff Reporter INDORE/MHOW From celebrated shooting coach to accused fraudster and serial offender, Mohsin Khan’s world is collapsing. With six FIRs already filed against him and a bulldozer demolition notice served for illegal construction, Khan now finds himself battling both police and civic authorities on multiple fronts. In the latest case, Annapurna police on Wednesday Tigress crushed to death in Kanha rock trap BHOPAL through integrated planning and will provide seamless connectivity for movement of people, goods and services," the press note said. It added, "The two projects covering four districts across the states of Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh, will increase the existing network of Indian Railways by about 176 km. The proposed multi-tracking project will enhance connectivity to approx 784 villages having a population of about 19.74 lakh." A tigress, aged between eight and 10 years, was found dead after getting trapped between two hard rocks in Kanha Tiger Reserve, Mandla, on Tuesday. It is believed that the tigress died due to a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall. The body was found near the Sulkumriver in the Mundidadar forest pocket. After an autopsy, the remains were consigned to flames. This is the sixth feline death reported in Kanha this year, with five of them taking place inside the reserve area. 4Continued on | P8 4Continued on | P8 Deep State Pakistan's welldeserved reputation as a haven for terrorists around the world was confirmed once again on Wednesday as posters featuring Lashkar-eTaiba commanders and Pakistani Army Chief General Asim Munir cropped up throughout the country on the 27th anniversary of 'Youm-e-Takbeer', or 'day of greatness', marking the conduct of five simultaneous underground nuclear tests in Balochistan on May 28, 1998. From Karachi to Lahore, several posters and digital signboards showed Lashkare-Taiba (LeT) and top Generals of Pakistan Army sharing space on the same, large screens and billboards at a time when the world continues to call on Islamabad to take credible and ir- Lokpal on Wednesday disposed of complaints alleging impropriety and conflict of interest against former SEBI chief Madhabi Puri Buch based on a Hindenburg Research report, terming the charges as "presumptions and assumptions" not supported by any verifiable material, PTI reports. It said that the complaints, including the one by TMC MP Mahua Moitra, filed last year were essentially founded on the report "by a known short seller trader whose focus was to expose or corner Adani Group of Companies". In its report published on August 10, 2024, Hindenburg registered an FIR after Khan allegedly duped a Class IX student and his father of Rs 1.5 lakh on the pretext of buying a shooting rifle. Pravesh Sharma, a resident of Dwarkapuri, said his son Purvansh was referred to Khan’s Dream Olympic Shooting Academy by a school coach. Mohsin reportedly took Rs 1.4 lakh for a rifle and Rs 8,600 for a kit in April 2025— but never delivered. When asked to return the money, Khan gave no satisfactory reply. This is the second Satyaki Savarkar Himani Savarkar Cong leader claims complainant did’t mention in court his blood relations with Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin FP News Service reversible steps against terrorism operating from all territories under its control, including Pakistan-occupied Research alleged that Buch and her husband had stakes in obscure offshore funds used in the alleged money-siphoning scandal involving the Adani Group. They had denied the allegations saying the short-seller was attacking the capital markets regulator's credibility and attempting a character assassination. The Adani Group had also termed the allegations as malicious and manipulation of selective public information. 4Continued on | P8 Kashmir (PoK), following the heinous April 22 Pahalgam terror attack. A group calling itself The Resistance Front (TRF), a front for the UN-proscribed Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, had claimed responsibility for the attack which resulted in death of 26 innocent civilians. 4Continued on | P8 cheating case involving students, with another youth claiming to be conned of Rs 2.8 lakh for a foreign rifle. The fresh cheating case adds to Khan’s growing problems—two FIRs for rape, two for molestation and now two for financial fraud. He was earlier arrested in Indore under allegations related to “love jihad,” with charges of deceit and forced religious conversion under the pretence of marriage. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) is probing all allegations. 4Continued on | P8 Savarkar was Godse’s kin, viewed Muslims as traitors: Rahul MUMBAI Terrorists, Pak army chief mark nuke fete IANS Ashwini Shrivastava NEW DELHI SHOOTING COACH FACES 6TH FIR FOR DUPING BOY OF RS 1.5L offgrid KARACHI Lokpal clean chit for Madhabi Buch Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, in a fresh development in the criminal defamation case filed against him by Satyaki Savarkar, submitted before the Special MP/MLA Court in Pune that Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Savarkar had familial ties with Nathuram Godse, Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin. Gandhi asserted that this relationship had not been disclosed by the complainant, thereby amounting to suppression of material facts from the court reported Live Law. Gandhi’s legal team is con- Gopal Godse Nathuram Godse DEFAMATION CASE testing the basis of the defamation charge filed by Satyaki Savarkar, which hinges on a speech Gandhi made in London. The complainant alleges that Gandhi defamed Vinayak Savarkar by stating that he had written about enjoying the act of assaulting a Muslim youth. The application, filed by Gandhi through his lawyer Milind Pawar, stated, “Satyaki is the son of Ashok Savarkar, who was the nephew of Vinayak Savarkar. This fact… has been brought on record by the complainant. However, Satyaki has concealed the fact that his mother Himani was the daughter of Gopal Godse, the real brother of Nathuram Godse - both of whom were convicted for killing Mahatma Gandhi.”< 4Continued on | P8