FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. XLII No. 58 | INDORE | WEDNESDAY | AUGUST 6, 2025 | Pages 14 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. 38281/83 FREE www.freepressjournal.in Sports ‘SIRAJ NE TOH KAMAAL KAR DIYA’ P.12 ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: INDORE UJJAIN WORLD PUNE BHOPAL NASHIK MUMBAI E-paper Edit Dishom Guru Shibu Soren P.6 Breastfeeding pods in Singapore to encourage young moms to have kids Cloudburst wipes out U’khand village PRESS Cinema Are Mrunal Thakur & Dhanush dating? P.14 Disaster swept through the Himalayan village of Dharali on way to Gangotri on Tuesday with a massive cloudburst leading to flashfloods that barrelled through homes, trees and cars, trapping 60-70 people 4 DEAD n Dharali is the main stopover on way to Gangotri, the origin of the Ganges, and home to many hotels, restaurants and home stays. n At least half the village was buried under the fast flowing mudslide of slush, rubble and water, officials said as rescue personnel battled the elements in the ecologically fragile heights to contain the damage of the afternoon. n Uttarakhand's Sukhi Top area experienced another cloudburst on Tuesday, hours after the Dharali cloudburst. PM in Dhar on Aug 25, to lay foundation stone of PM Mitra Park Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Dhar to lay the foundation stone of PM Mitra Park on August 25. After its development, PM Mitra Park will change the economic scenario of Dhar and offer jobs to large number of people. Chief minister Mohan Yadav gave informed about the proposed visit of PM to Dhar in the Assembly on Tuesday. `443cr imposed as fine on BJP MLA’s firms The issue is related to digging out minerals more than the companies were authorised to do Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL 9 SOLDIERS MISSING mid the ongoing devastation caused by the Uttarkashi cloudburst, at least nine army soldiers have reportedly gone missing from a camp located in the lower Harsil area, as per officials. Despite the fact that their own personnel are unaccounted for, the Indian Army has remained fully committed to the rescue and relief operations in the affected region. Army officials confirmed that troops on the ground are working tirelessly to assist civilians and support local authorities in managing the crisis. A fp Briefs NEW DELHI Satyapal Malik no more Former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satyapal Malik died on Tuesday at a hospital here after a prolonged illness, his personal staff said. He was 79. Malik, who had also held the positions of governor of Goa, Bihar, Meghalaya, and Odisha, besides being a member of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in his long political career, died at 1.12 pm at the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital here. KYIV ‘Indian parts in Russian drones’ Ukraine has discovered Indian-manufactured components in Russian Shahed attack drones, prompting formal diplomatic complaints to New Delhi and the European Union. Ukranian Presidential Office head Andriy Yermak confirmed the findings on August 5 to Kyiv Independent site, emphasising that Moscow must be denied access to supplies enabling Ukrainian casualties. IAF ON STANDBY The Indian Air Force (IAF) is on high alert and ready to join the ongoing rescue operations being carried out by the Army, IndoTibetan Border Police (ITBP), and NDRF. IAF sources confirmed to IANS that helicopters from three major airbases - Chandigarh, Sarsawa, and Bareilly - have been placed on standby for aerial rescue and supply missions. Cabinet nod to continue CM Urban Infra Scheme Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL The state cabinet on Tuesday gave its consent to keep intact the fourth phase of the Rs 1,700 crore Chief Minister Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme and to continue it in 202526. For the Morena Battery Storage Project, the third option of providing government guarantee was approved after arrangement of letter of credit and payment security fund, in case the Madhya Pradesh Power Management Company did not pay developers for power purchase. A sum of Rs 3000 crore will be invested in this project and it will be fully private. During daytime, solar PMU CELL TO BE SET UP o promote various aspects in the cooperative sector, the cabinet decided to constitute the Project Management Unit (PMU) Cell in the Commissioner Cooperative and Registrar Cooperative Institution Office. The cell will be set up with the help of the Centre.It will ensure innovation, transparency and diversity in work and help in strengthening the rural economy. T energy will be received and from evening onwards, power will be received through storage. This is the first storage project of the state. PM TAKES STOCK OF SITUATION Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed his deep condolences to the people affected by the cloudburst in Dharali, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. He prayed for the well-being of the victims and their families. PM Modi spoke with Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to obtain detailed information about the situation and the ongoing relief efforts. "I express my condolences to the people affected by this tragedy in Dharali, Uttarkashi. Along with this, I pray for the well-being of all the victims. I have spoken to Chief Minister Pushkar Dhami and obtained information about the situation," PM Modi posted on X. FRESH SALVO | US President Donald Trump says India not a good trading partner & warns... ‘SUBSTANTIAL RISE IN TARIFF IN 24 HRS’ PTI NEW YORK US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said India has not been a good trading partner and announced that he will raise the tariffs on New Delhi "very substantially" over the next 24 hours because it is buying Russian oil. "With India, what people don't like to say about India, they're the highest tariff nation. They have the highest tariff of anybody. We do very, very little business with India because their tariffs are so high," Trump said in an interview with CNBC Squawk Box. "India has not been a good trading partner, because they do a lot of business with us, but we don't do business with them. So we settled on 25% (tariff), but I think I'm going to raise that very substantially over the next 24 hours, because they're buying Russian oil. They're fuelling the war machine. And if they're going to do that, then I'm not going to be happy," he added. 4Continued on | P8 FP News Service Two women died, and nearly 12 devotees suffered injuries, two of them seriously, in a stampede at Kubereshwar Dham in Sehore district on Tuesday. The incident occurred when religious preacher or Katha Vachak Pradeep Mishra was distributing Rudraksha (sacred beads). A woman who sustained serious injuries was undergoing treatment at the district hospital. As there were no arrangements for any emergency situation, several women fell ill due to suffocation. Three women aged 50 years, who sustained critical injuries in the stampede, were rushed to the district, where two were declared brought dead. 4Continued on | P8 In a strange turn of events in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar district, an unusually large sum of money, a 37-digit figure estimated to be over Rs1.13 lakh crore, was credited to the bank account of a deceased woman in Dankaur. The incident has left locals, bank officials, and even technology tools stunned, as the figure was so massive that neither calculators nor AI applications could process it. The account belonged to the late Gayatri Devi, a resident of Uchhi Dankaur Mohalla, who passed away two FPJ News Service NEW DELHI No lessons learnt he district administration has imposed a ban on the distribution of rudraksha during Kawad Yatra or on any other occasion after a woman died on May 17, 2023. Despite a ban on the distribution of rudraksha, it was given to devotees on Tuesday. SP Deepak Shukla said the officials of the administration and police were present at the spot. Two women, who died one day before the Kawad Yatra, were yet to be identified, he said. T Bank officials said the account had been frozen. No explanation was given for the mysterious credit months ago. Her son, Deepak Kumar, who is unemployed, W had continued using the UPI services linked to her ac- count. On Monday, while trying to make a routine digital payment, he found the transaction was repeatedly failing. Curious and concerned, he checked the account balance and was shocked to see a number that he could not comprehend. 4Continued on | P8 The United States has declined India's request for World Trade Organisation consultations regarding American tariffs on steel, aluminum, and derivative products, Parliament learned on Tuesday. The US justified these measures as necessary for national security reasons, according to Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada. India disputes this classification, arguing these are actually safeguard actions that should have been properly notified and discussed under the WTO's Agreement on Safeguards (AoS). Due to America's non-compliance with AoS obligations, India has reserved its right to impose equivalent retaliatory trade measures. posit Rs 1,000 crore in the government coffers. EOW sent the complaint to the mining department, which set up an inquiry committee. The government is acting on the recommendations of the committee. The legislator wanted to know whether the government had acted on a decision of the Supreme Court in 2017 for imposing a fine and making recovery of interest. 4Continued on | P8 Assembly passes MP Metropolitan Region Planning & Devpt Bill Paves way for developing Bhopal, Indore as metro cities Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL The state assembly passed the MP Metropolitan Region Planning & Development Bill 2025 unanimously on Tuesday, clearing the deck for developing Indore and Bhopal as metropolitan cities.  Urban Development Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya said that the development of metro cities will ensure rapid growth in the region and even the adjoining districts.  He stated that, before preparing the plans for metropolitan cities, the government had studied such cities across the country. In MP, the CM will be the chairperson of the Metropolitan Region Development Authority, which will be a powerful body, he added.  US rejected India’s WTO plea: Govt 37-digit figure credited in dead woman’s a/c Biswajeet Banerjee e believe that sovereign countries must have and do have the right to choose their trade partners, the partners in trade and economic cooperation, on their own and independently determine those modes of trade and economic cooperation that suit the interests of a country in question," Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval has landed in Russia. The focus will be on regional and global threats. India is expected to press for S-400 air defence systems and other defence procurements. surprise!! NOIDA RUSSIA DEFENDS INDIA NSA in Russia Kubereshwar Dham stampede kills 2 SEHORE The mining department has imposed a fine of over Rs 443 crore and recommended recovery of GST accordingly from the companies of BJP legislator Sanjay Pathak. The mining department set up a team to probe the mining done by the companies owned by Pathak. In its report, the team recommended imposition of a fine. Minister Chaitanya Kas- hyap gave the information to the House in reply to a question raised by legislator Abhijit Shah. The minister said Anand Mining Corporation at Sehora Telsil in Jabalpur district, Nirmala Minerals, and Pacific Export had mined more than they were authorised to do. A complaint about it was sent to EOW. Asutosh Manu Dikshit complained to EOW, saying that those companies had done extra mining and did not de- Despite this trade dispute, both nations continue working toward a Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) to boost commerce and investment. Negotiations launched in March 2025 have progressed through five rounds, with the latest held July 14-18 in Wa s h i n g t o n . These discussions allow countries to protect sensitive domestic sectors through exclusion lists limiting tariff concessions. Minister Prasada emphasized that nations can implement trade remedial measures like anti-dumping duties and safeguards when import surges threaten domestic industries. This framework helps balance international trade liberalization with protecting local farmers and manufacturers. 4Continued on | P8 The government is also looking forward to bringing forth such a proposal for Jabalpur and Gwalior, the minister said, adding jokingly, “We cannot forget about Rewa, which is the sasural (in-laws’ house) of the CM.”  Ruing the fact that the government had failed to bring the master plans of Indore and Bhopal on time, he said it would be done shortly. Without getting into too many details about the master plans, the minister said that the green belt will mean 50% of the area will be with dense forest.  Praising Indore and its citizens, he said that he nurtured the city when he was its mayor. Today, the Indore Municipal Corporation is self-reliant and does not look towards Bhopal to pay salaries to its staff.  MP HC stays conferment of top sports award to Dehariya PTI / INDORE The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday granted temporary stay to the conferment of the Vikram Award for 2023 in adventure sports category to mountaineer Bhavna Dehariya on a petition filed by another senior climber, Madhusudan Patidar. Justice Pranay Verma of the Indore bench of the High Court passed the order hours before the state government's Shikhar Khel Alankaran ceremony was to be held in Bhopal. Dehariya was to be given the award, the top sports honour of the Madhya Pradesh government, at the function. Patidar, a resident of Indore, claimed in his petition that the award in the category of adventure sports should have been given to him on the basis of seniority, as per the rules. 4Continued on | P8