FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. XLII No. 14 | INDORE | SUNDAY | JUNE 22, 2025 | Pages 18 ` 4 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. 38281/83 FREE www.freepressjournal.in Sports Chopra strikes gold at Diamond League P.18 ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: INDORE NATION UJJAIN PRESS PUNE BHOPAL NASHIK Cinema Janhvi-Sidharth film postponed? P.16 INT’L YOGA DAY | Modi says the day marks the beginning of the ancient practice for humanity, where inner peace becomes a global policy ‘World going through tensions, Yoga gives direction of peace’ PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the whole world was going through some kind of tension with many regions facing unrest and instability, and that Yoga gives a direction of peace and brings oneness. Addressing the 11th International Yoga Day participants here, Modi said the day marks the beginning of the ancient practice for humanity, where inner peace becomes a global policy. The TDP-led NDA government's massive Yoga Day celebrations entered the record books, with the state government inform- Vizag event sets Guinness World Record Administrative reshuffle on the cards With the participation of over three lakh people, the main national event held here on Saturday to mark the 11th International Day of Yoga, created a new Guinness World Record for the largest gathering for a yoga session at one place. Prime minister Narendra Modi led the event by performing Common Yoga Protocol with 3.01 lakh people on RK Beach. He was joined by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, Governor S. Abdul Nazeer, Central and state ministers.The event was held on a 28-km stretch from RK Beach to Bhogapuram. ing that 23 new achievements were made. The PM said: "Unfortunately, today the whole world is going through some kind of tension. In many regions, unrest and instability are increasing. In such a situation, Yoga gives us the direction of peace. Yoga is the pause button that humanity needs to breathe, to balance, to become whole again," he said. "My request to the world-let this Yoga Day mark the beginning of Yoga for humanity 2.0 where inner peace becomes global policy," the PM said. He remarked that the es- sence of yoga is "to unite", and it is heartening to see how yoga has united the world. Asserting that Yoga is for everyone, beyond boundaries, background, age, or ability, Modi said the theme of this year's International Yoga Day "Yoga for One Earth, One Health" - reflects a deep truth, The discussion over the administrative reshuffle going on for several days has intensified. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and Chief Secretary Anurag Jain are taking part in a meeting of the Central Regional Council in Varanasi on June 23 and 24. The transfer list may be issued after their return from there. Yadav and Jain discussed the rest of the administrative reshuffle. The names they have agreed on will be included in the list to be released. The 2010-batch IAS officers, who are collectors, will be shifted to some other places. 4Continued on | P8 Changes likely in CM’s Secretariat There are murmurs over the changes in the CM’s Secretariat. Additional Chief Secretary Rajesh Rajora has expressed his desire for posting in some other place. Secretary Sibi Chakravarty may be transferred to some other place. Principal Secretary of tourism and culture Sheo Shekhar Shukla’s responsibility may be changed. Similarly, additional chief secretaryone, Ashok Barnwal, may be shifted to some other place. The postings of some other officers may be changed in the list. RAJA MURDER CASE In a new development in the Raja Raghuvanshi murder case, a local court in Shillong has sent Sonam Raghuvanshi and her alleged paramour Raj Kushwaha to 13 days of judicial custody. Assistant Public Prosecutor Tushar Chanda said that both accused were remanded to judicial custody as the police did not request further cus- tody. "The court has remanded both the accused to 13 days of judicial custody. The police did not seek custody. The Investigating Officer requested judicial custody, which the court granted," Chanda informed the media. Earlier, on Thursday, the court had sent the remaining accused — Akash Rajput, Vi- shal Singh Chauhan, and Anand — to 14 days of judicial custody. Meghalaya SIT police have been camping in the city for the past five days and have interrogated multiple people in connection with the victim and accused. EC CITES PRIVACY FOR NOT SHARING CCTV FOOTAGE Voter privacy outweighs political demands for polling visuals FP News Service MUMBAI The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday hit back strongly, defending its decision to reduce CCTV footage retention to 45 days postelection results, saying the move protects voter privacy and upholds electoral integrity. Senior ECI officials warned that demands to release polling day webcasts— especially post-5 pm footage—may appear democratic but are actually aimed at profiling voters and intimidating dissenters. “Footage showing who voted and who didn’t can expose citizens to pressure or retaliation,” one official said. “If a party fares Pakistan baffled over Nobel move FP News Service Trump: Won’t get it, no matter what I do MUMBAI Pakistanis and social media users are baffled by the government’s decision to nominate U.S. President Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, crediting him with de-escalating tensions between India and Pakistan and calling his intervention “a testament to genuine statesmanship.” The move, however, has sparked widespread derision both at home and abroad, with critics likening the nomination to awarding “an arsonist a firefighter’s medal.” 4Continued on | P8 Vidhi Santosh Mehta MUMBAI U.S. President Donald Trump has bitterly complained on Truth Social that the Nobel Peace Prize would remain out of his reach even though he had among other things prevented a war between India and Pakistan.This is the 15th time the U.S. president has claimed credit for this and the second time after PM Narendra Modi called him up to disabuse him of this notion. 4Continued on | P8 poorly in a booth, it can use visuals to target those who didn’t support it. That’s a threat to democracy.” Opposition parties, led by the Congress, have demanded polling booth footage from the 2024 Maharashtra elections, where the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance swept past the INDIA bloc. They claim the footage is vital to ensure transparency and detect alleged rigging. 4Continued on | P8 DGCA raps Air India NEW DELHI The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), in its order issued to Air India to remove three senior officials responsible for “serious and repeated lapses” in crew scheduling, has categorically mentioned “systemic failures in crew scheduling, compliance monitoring, and internal accountability” at the airline. The DGCA identified following personnel as directly responsible for the continued non-compliance: Choorah Singh, Divisional Vice President; Pinky Mittal, Chief Manager-DOPS, Crew Scheduling and Payal Arora, Crew Scheduling – Planning. offgrid Cheetahs fail to draw crowd Kuno trails other tiger reserves Love for Wild l Kuno’s total visitors (Oct–June 19): 3,812 domestic, 21 foreign l Kanha: 2.5 lakh tourists, 23,059 foreign visitors till May l Bandhavgarh: 1.66 lakh visitors, 35,528 foreign l Van Vihar: 6 lakh visitors from October to June Rajan Raikwar BHOPAL While most tiger reserves across Madhya Pradesh are witnessing a sharp rise in tourist numbers this season, Kuno National Park is struggling to attract visitors— even after the much-hyped release of cheetahs into wild. It was widely expected 4Continued on | P8 that cheetahs would become a major draw for wildlife enthusiasts, but those hopes haven’t materialised. According to official data, from October to June 19, only 3,812 domestic tourists visited Kuno. Even worse, just 21 foreign tourists have made their way to the park in that time. In contrast, tiger reserves like Kanha, Bandhavgarh and Panna have registered tourist footfalls in lakhs. A senior forest officer from one of these reserves, speaking on condition of anonym- ity, said, “Kuno officials are not making serious efforts to lure tourists. They should organise events like tourist festivals to attract crowds.” Tourist numbers at Kuno have remained underwhelming month after month. 4Continued on | P8 70 passengers sent back as boarding halted on tarmac Jabalpur fliers wait in airline bus for 50 mins Israel preparing for possibility of lengthy war AP TEL AVIV Our Staff Reporter INDORE In a baffling turn of events at Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport, over 70 passengers of the IndiGo Indore–Jabalpur flight were kept seated in two airline buses for nearly 50 minutes, just steps away from the aircraft—only to be returned to the arrival point without boarding the plane, frustrated and confused by the airline’s handling of the situation.. The Saturday morning incident, involved IndiGo’s 6:55 am flight to Jabalpur. Passengers, included at least 10 city doctors en route to attend a national medical conference From Boarding to Nowhere In a startling revelation, a new CCTV footage surfaced on Saturday, showing Raj Kushwaha holding a white funeral cloth at Raja's residence in Indore on the day Raja’s body arrived from Meghalaya. The footage shows Raj holding what appears to be a white funeral cloth and bringing garlands for the deceased. Passengers arrived on time and completed security formalities. They were then ushered into two buses, which took them close to the aircraft. But strangely, the bus doors were never opened. The passengers waited inside without air conditioning or explanation, hoping to board. Eventually, after nearly an hour of being made to wait, the buses turned back and returned them to the arrival area, without so much as a word from ground staff. 4Continued on | P8 4Continued on | P8 Raj seen holding funeral cloth for Raja’s body Our Staff Reporter Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL that the health of every entity on earth is interconnected. Expressing pride in seeing how differently-abled individuals are reading yogic texts in braille, Modi noted that scientists are also practicing yoga in space. Sonam, Raj sent to 13-day judicial custody INDORE E-paper Readers’ Corner What Sonam-Raja case says about us P.10 Dowry: Dad-in-law kills bahu VISAKHAPATNAM MUMBAI Israel's military said Saturday it was preparing for the possibility of a lengthy war, and announced it struck an Iranian nuclear research facility overnight and killed three senior Iranian commanders in targeted attacks. The prospect of a wider war threatened, too. Iranianbacked Houthi rebels in Yemen said they would resume attacks on US vessels and warships in the Red Sea if the Trump administration joins Israel's military campaign against Iran. The Houthis paused such attacks in May under a deal with the US. The US ambassador to Israel announced the US has begun "assisted departure flights," the first such flights from Israel since the Hamasled attack on Oct 7, 2023, that sparked the ongoing war in Gaza. Inside Iran, smoke rose from an area near a mountain in Isfahan, where the province's deputy governor for security affairs, Akbar Salehi, confirmed the Israeli strikes damaged the facility but caused no casualties. The target was a centrifuge production site, Israel's military said. Isfahan was also hit in the first 24 hours of the war as part of Israel's goal to destroy Iran's nuclear program. The International Atomic Israel kills Iran’s UAV commander The Israeli Air Force attacked and eliminated Amin For Judaki, commander of the second unmanned aerial vehicle unit in the Revolutionary Guards' Air Force of Iran, the Israel Air Force said. Amin for Judaki promoted hundreds of UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) launches towards the territory of Israel Energy Agency confirmed the latest attack. Iran again launched drones and missiles at Israel but there were no immediate reports of significant damage. An Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity under army guidelines to brief reporters, called it a "small barrage" that was largely intercepted by Israel's defences. The official estimated that Israel's military has taken out more than 50 per cent of Iran's launchers. 4Continued on | P8