FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. 15 No. 24 | BHOPAL | TUESDAY | JULY 8, 2025 | Pages 14 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 FREE www.freepressjournal.in Sports MULDER MAYHEM IN BULAWAYO P.12 fp Briefs NEW DELHI Bihar voters’ list hearing on July 10 The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on July 10 a batch of petitions challenging the decision of the Election Commission (EC) to undertake special intensive revision of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. Several fresh pleas including a joint petition by opposition parties leaders of Congress, NCP (Sharad Pawar), Shiv Sena (UBT), Samajwadi Party, JMM, CPI and CPI (ML) were filed in the apex court against the poll panel's decision to conduct the special intensive revision (SIR) before Bihar went to polls. KOLKATA Bank unions to join strike An association of bank employees on Monday said the banking sector will join a nationwide strike on July 9, called by the central trade unions, against the economic policies of the Centre. Bengal Provincial Bank Employees Association, affiliated to the All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) said that the banking sector trade unions, including AIBEA, AIBOA and BEFI, have decided to join the general strike on Wednesday. NEW DELHI HC junks Celebi’s plea The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed Turkish-based firm Celebi's pleas challenging the revocation of its security clearance by aviation watchdog BCAS, saying there are "compelling national security considerations" involved. The Bureau of Civil Aviation Safety (BCAS) on May 15 revoked the security clearance, days after Turkey backed Pakistan and condemned India's strikes on terror camps in the neighbouring country. The son of a Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leader was booked on Monday for allegedly threatening and abusing a woman social media influencer while he was in an inebriated condition, a police official said. A video showed a visiblydrunk Rahil Shaikh (26), son of MNS leader Javed Shaikh, sitting in the front seat of his car with his upper body bare. iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: BHOPAL UJJAIN MONEY PRESS PUNE INDORE NASHIK Investment Estimated proposal employin crores ment 1 Trident Group Rs 5000 6000 2 Ralson Tyres Limited Rs 2200 2000 3 Vardhman Industries Rs 1581 2500 4 A B Cotspin Industries Rs 1300 1500 5 Nahar Group Rs 1100 1000 6 Deepak Fastners Limited Rs 1000 1800 7 Highland Ethanol Rs 600 1000 8 A & M Agri Ventures Production Ltd Rs 600 1000 9 TK Steel & Steel Ind Group Rs 200 300 Rs 400 1000 10 K G Exports and team Trump threatens 10% extra tariff on nations that side with BRICS PTI NEW YORK/WASHINGTON US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose an additional 10 per cent tariff on countries aligning themselves with the "anti-American" policies of the BRICS grouping. His comments came after the BRICS bloc condemned the increase of tariffs without naming Trump. Leaders of the BRICS are meeting in Brazil for the 17th BRICS Summit on 4Continued on | P8 4Continued on | P8 hina on Monday said BRICS is not a bloc for confrontation and does not target any third country, as it reacted guardedly to Trump's threat to impose additional 10 per cent tariffs on countries aligning with what he called the 'anti-American policies" of the grouping. BRICS is an important platform for cooperation among emerging markets and developing countries, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a media briefing. PTI July 6-7. "Any Country aligning themselves with the AntiAmerican policies of BRICS, will be charged an ADDI- TIONAL 10 per cent Tariff. There will be no exceptions to this policy. 4Continued on | P8 B Was in Mumbai on 26/11 attack: Rana ANI NEW DELHI FP Online NEW DELHI In a shocking development, Tahawwur Husasin Rana, one of the key conspirators of the 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai, has admitted that he was present during the carnage and that he was a trusted agent of the Pakistani army, as per a report. Rana, who is currently in the NIA custody at Delhi's Tihar Jail, reportedly made these revelations during an interrogation conducted by the Mumbai Crime Branch. The Pakistani-origin Canadian national also claimed that he, along with his longtime as- Revelations n Trained in LeT with Headley in Pakistan n Trusted Pak Army Agent sociate David Headley, had undergone multiple training sessions with Lashkar-e-Taiba in Pakistan, as per the report. As per the report, Rana told investigators that the decision to open an immigration centre for his firm in Mumbai was entirely his own and that related financial transactions were disguised as business expenses. He also admitted that this front was used to aid the terror operation. 4Continued on | P8 Tamil Nadu has become the first state in the country to implement a model which predicts the probability of deaths among adults with Tuberculosis and has integrated it with the existing state-wide application TB SeWA, which triages them at diagnosis. The predictive model, developed by ICMR's National Institute of Epidemiology (NIE) that was launched last week, aims to reduce the average time from diagnosis to hospital admission for severely ill TB patients, thereby bringing down the mortality rate further, said Dr Asha Frederick, State TB Officer of Tamil Nadu. The new feature has been added to Tamil Nadu's existing TB SeWA (Severe TB Web Application), which has been in use since 2022 under the state's differentiated care model initiative Tamil Nadu - Kasanoi Erappila Thittam (TN-KET), she told PTI. Under TN-KET, healthcare workers screen a triage every newly diagnosed adult with TB for very severe undernutrition, respiratory distress or poor physical condition using five variables -- body mass index (BMI), pedal oedema (swelling of feet and ankles), respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, and the ability to stand without support. in a first... Self-enumeration in upcoming Census PTI NEW DELHI A special dedicated web portal will be launched for self-enumeration during the upcoming Census, which will be available for both phases of the national enumeration exercise, officials said Monday. In the country's first digital census, enumerators will collect the data of citizens t will also be the first time in the country that citizens will get a chance to self-enumerate through a dedicated web portal which will be available for both the phases of Census - Houselisting and Housing Census (HLO) & Popu- lation Enumeration. I using mobile applications on their Android and Apple phones, they said. "Digital Census initiative is a transformational step towards modernising the Census process. For the first time, Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL The state government has given an undertaking in the high court that it will notgive promotions under the new promotion policy till July 15. This comes in the wake of a petition by the SamanyaPichhdaAlpsankhyak Kalyan Samaj (SAPAKS), challenging the new promotion policy. The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice VinaySaraf directed the state government to file its reply within a week. The matter willbe next heard on July 15.  Advocate Suyash Mohan Guru, representing SAPAKS, argued, “There is no difference between the previous promotion policy and this he Madhya Pradesh Public Service Promotion Rules, 2025, include 20% reservation for ST and 16% for SC communities. T new one. The issue is currently pending before the Supreme Court. Hence, the state government cannot implement reservation in promotions under the new policy until the apex court has taken a final decision. Earlier, when the High Court was inclined to grant a stay, the Advocate General gave an undertaking that the government would not implement reservation in promotions under the newrules immediately, and requested more time.” 4Continued on | P8 TN FIRST TO INTEGRATE ‘PREDICTED POSSIBILITY OF TB DEATHS’ NEW DELHI illionaire Elon Musk, once again stirred the Jeffrey Epstein controversy, suggesting the Republican leader's name is among the sex offender's sealed files. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO posted an "arrest counter" on X to highlight that no arrests were made in the Epstein case after a Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) memo ruled his death as suicide. "What's the time? Oh look, it's noone-has-been-arrested-o'clock again," Musk wrote along with an image which read: "The Official Jeffrey Epstein Pedophile Arrest Counter: 0 0 0 0". 4Continued on | P8 SAPAKS has challenged new promotion policy in court C 0-0-0-0: Musk’s ‘Epstein Paedophile Arrest Counter’ dig A meeting of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee is scheduled for Tuesday, where top officials from the Civil Aviation Ministry, including the Civil Aviation Secretary and DGCA, are expected to appear, with the recent Air India Flight AI-171 crash in Ahmedabad, likely to be discussed alongside aviation safety concerns. Sources confirmed that the Civil Aviation Secretary and representatives from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have been called in. However, the primary focus during the meeting will be on how passenger and other fees, CM Mohan Yadav in one-to-one meet with investors in Ludhiana No promotion till July 15: Govt gives undertaking in HC BRICS not a bloc for confrontation: China TRUMP ISSUES LETTERS SAYING GOODS FROM JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA WILL BE TAXED AT 25% STARTING ON AUGŬST 1 Parl’s PAC to discuss AI plane crash today PTI BEIJING informed about 18 new investment policies of Madhya Pradesh, the industrial infrastructure, the single window system, and the investment opportunities available. Industrialists in Ludhiana have shown interest in investing in Indore, Dhar, Pithampur, Bhopal, Sehore, Narmadapuram, and Narsinghpur. Our Staff Reporter TOP TEN INVESTMENT PROPOSALS PM’s b’day wish to Dalai Lama is meddling in our matter: China China said on Monday it protested to India over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's greetings to the Dalai Lama on his 90th birthday and the attendance of Indian officials at the celebrations, stressing New Delhi should fully appreciate Beijing's sensitivities on Tibet-related issues. The position of the Chinese government on Tibetrelated issues is consistent and clear, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a media briefing here. Mao was replying to a question on Prime Minister Modi's greeting the Dalai Lama on his 90th birthday and the attendance of Indian officials, including Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, at his birthday celebrations. BHOPAL Sr Company name E-paper Cinema Who is Ranveer romancing In Dhurandhar? P.14 Ludhiana gifts ` 15k-cr investment proposals Participating in a conclave in Ludhiana bore fruit for the state on Monday when an interactive session on investment opportunities in MP led to proposals worth Rs 15,606 crore from different industrial groups in Punjab. These will create 20,275 job opportunities. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav invited industrial houses of Punjab to avail investment policies of Madhya Pradesh. Interacting with the media after the conclave, CM said that more than 400 representatives of industrial houses participated in the interactive session. A detailed discussion took place with investors in the fields of textile, readymade garments, engineering, cycle, auto parts, machine tools, and sports equipment. They were MUMBAI Edit Trump vs Musk: A love gone sour P.6 India Post to enter real estate: Scindia INVEST IN MP| CM Yadav holds one-on-one meetings with more than 15 major industrialists and senior officers MUMBAI MNS leader's son booked ESTD-1983 technology will be used to collect data and send it electronically to the central server. This will result in early availability of Census data," an official said. Very stringent data security measures would be kept in place to ensure data security at the time of collection, transmission and storage. HLO will start from April 1, 2026 followed by phase 2 starting on February 1, 2027 in which Population Enumeration (PE) will be conducted. Castes of household members will be enumerated in the ensuing Census. 4Continued on | P8 Flooded water near the ropeway cable tower at the Narmada River Dhuandhar Waterfall after heavy rainfall at Bhedaghat, in Jabalpur on Monday FLASH FLOOD THREAT LOOMS OVER 13 DISTRICTS Red alert in Mandla, Balaghat as rain batters East MP Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL Heavy rains continued to lash several parts of state on Monday, with Mandla, Katni and Balaghat among the worst-hit. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a flash flood warning for watersheds in 13 districts of East Madhya Pradesh, advising caution over the next 24 hours. Districts at risk include Anuppur, Balaghat, Chhindwara, Damoh, Dindori, Jabalpur, Katni, Mandla, Narsinghpur, Sagar, Seoni, Shahdol and Umaria, where low-lying areas are likely to witness sudden water rise due to intense rainfall activity. Rain chart (in mm) Bichhia – 208.0 | Waraseoni – 155.1 | Matiyari – 150.0 Balaghat – 145.0 | Sohagpur – 144.0 | Dhanora – 141.5 Ghughri – 134.0 | Sleemanabad – 130.0 A red alert for extremely heavy rainfall has been sounded in Mandla and Balaghat, while several other districts—including Narmadapuram, Betul, Shahdol, Dindori, Jabalpur, Raisen, Sehore, Harda, Khandwa, Khargone, Dewas, Bhopal, Vidisha, Ujjain, Indore, Gwalior and Morena—are on alert for very heavy rain and thunderstorms. Meanwhile, isolated thunderstorms with lightning are expected in Singrauli, Sidhi, Patak patak ke marenge: BJP MP dares Thackeray to visit UP and Bihar Rewa, Mauganj, Satna, Seoni, Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh, and Niwari districts. According to weather officials, a trough line running from south Rajasthan to southwest Gangetic West Bengal— via central Madhya Pradesh and adjoining states—is enhancing the intensity of rainfall. This system is linked to a lowpressure area over West Bengal and nearby regions, causing widespread rain over eastern and central Madhya Pradesh. Mulder shuns chance to break Lara's 400 record FP Online AP B JP MP Nishikant Dubey, Lok Sabha MP from Jharkhand’s Godda, on Monday lashed out at Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray over his controversial remarks urging party workers to beat non-Marathi speakers who "create drama" and to avoid recording such acts. Challenging Thackeray, Dubey added, “If you are such a big ‘boss’, step out of Maharashtra—come to Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, or Tamil Nadu—‘tumko patak patak ke maarenge’ (we will thrash you repeatedly).” “We all respect Marathi and the people of Maharashtra, who fought for India’s independence. The BMC elections are approaching, which is why Raj and Uddhav are indulging in cheap politics. If they have the courage, they should go to Mahim and beat Hindi or Urdu speakers in front of the Mahim Dargah…” he further remarked. You people are surviving on our money. What kind of industries do you have? If you are brave enough to beat Hindi speakers, then you should also beat those who speak Urdu, Tamil & Telugu Nishikant Dubey, BJP MP Dubey’s comments came after Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray jointly addressed a mega victory rally in Mumbai on Saturday, celebrating the BJP-led Maharashtra government’s withdrawal of orders mandating a three-language policy in primary schools. 4Continued on | P8 BULAWAYO South Africa captain Wiaan Mulder stunned cricket fans on Monday by declaring the innings at 626/5, just 33 runs short of B r i a n Lara’s historic 400 not out — the highest individual score in men’s Test cricket. Mulder, unbeaten on 367, now holds the fifth-highest individual score in Test history, surpassing Garfield Sobers’ 365 set in 1958. However, instead of chasing personal glory, he opted to prioritize his team’s position in the second Test against Zimbabwe. Lara's 400*, made against England in Antigua in 2004, remains untouched — for now. (Details on Sports Page)