FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms Vol. XLI No. 305 | INDORE | SUNDAY | APRIL 13, 2025 | Pages 16 ` 4 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. 38281/83 FREE www.freepressjournal.in ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: INDORE WEEKEND Sports Travishek terror back P.14 UJJAIN PRESS PUNE BHOPAL NASHIK MUMBAI E-paper Nation After SC order, ‘tenner’... P.7 Kabootar ja, ja, ja... Cinema ‘Apology will follow automatically’ P.13 Malnourishment up by 2% among kids in MP 41% children in 0-6 years age group stunted, 23% underweight POSHAN PAKHWADA (APRIL 8-22) stunted children has gone up by 1% in the same period. It shows that malnourishment among children in 0-6 years age group in the state has increased slightly over the past one year. According to Poshan Tracker App, in March 2024, the percentage of underweight children in the state was 23. In March this Smita BHOPAL Madhya Pradesh has witnessed a 2% rise in the number of underweight children in 2025 over the last year, whereas the number of 3-MONTH CURB ON PRESIDENT SC sets time limit for action on bills reserved for presidential assent If there is no action by the President within the timelimit, the States are entitled to file writ petitions seeking the issuance of a writ of mandamus against the President. The Court held that like the Governor, even the President can also not exercise "absolute veto" by indefinitely sitting over the Bills. The Judgement said, "Where a State bill has been reserved by the Governor for the consideration of the President on the ground that assent of the President is required for the purpose of making the bill enforceable or securing some immunity therefor, then in such cases the withholding of assent by the President would be justiciable to the limited extent of exercise of such power in an arbitrary or malafide manner." Online Report NEW DELHI In the landmark judgement in the state of Tamil Nadu versus Governor of Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court has said on the Bills which the Governor has reserved for the President's assent, the President must decide within 3 months, Live Law reports. A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Mahadevan observed in paragraph 391 of the judgment that “In case of delay beyond this period, appropriate reasons would have to be recorded and conveyed to the concerned State. The States are also required to be collaborative and extend co-operation by furnishing answers to the queries which may be raised and consider the suggestions made by the Centre expeditiously. fp 4Continued on | P8 year, it rose to 25%. In the same period, the percentage of stunted children went up from 40% to 41%. At the all-India level, in 2025, the percentage of underweight children was 16% and of stunted children was 36%. Thus, the percentage of underweight kids in Madhya Pradesh was 7% The numbers may be rising because of better monitoring and record-keeping. Both the Central and state governments are making intensive efforts to combat malnourishment among children. We will continue to work in that direction Nirmala Bhuria, Minister, Women and Child Development higher than the national level and of stunted children, 16% higher. Even in capital Bhopal, 33% children were stunted and 18% were under- HANUMAN JAYANTI | Locals stage chakka-jam as mark of protest demanding action Guna tense as stones pelted on procession FP News Service GUNA There was tension in the city after incident of stone-pelting on the procession taken out to mark Hanuman Jayanti on Saturday evening. Locals staged a chakka-jam as a mark of protest. According to information, the procession started from Shah Ke Kolhupura and at around 8 pm it reached the masjid near Colonelganj when a local corporator had a dispute with some people over taking the procession forward. Suddenly, there was stone pelting on the procession and people ran for safety. Police who were present there drove away people from the spot. Subsequently, local Panic grips Guna after stone-pelting on Saturday staged a chakka-jam demanding that case be registered against those who pelted stones. Senior officials includ- Violence spikes in Bengal Briefs FP News Service MUMBAI MUMBAI UPI down, 3rd time in 12 days The death toll in the ongoing violence over the Waqf law in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district has risen to three. What began as peaceful demonstrations in the Muslim-majority region on Friday quickly spiraled into violent clashes, arson, and a political storm, prompting the Calcutta High Court to order the deployment of Central Forces in the affected areas. With raids ongoing and the situation still tense, the Border Security Force (BSF) has been deployed near the Bangladesh border. Police have urged citizens not to fall for rumors or political provocation. For the third time in less than two weeks, India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI)—a cornerstone of the country's digital payments revolution—suffered a nationwide outage on Saturday, shaking public trust in the system just as it touched recordbreaking highs. The disruption began around 11:30 a.m., according to outage-tracking service Down Detector, which logged over 2,300 complaints by early afternoon. Today in IPL CM Mamata Banerjee says she won't implement Waqf Act as High Court orders central forces into affected areas the violence while distancing her administration from the controversial law. “We did not make this law. It is the Centre’s legislation. We have clearly stated that the Waqf (Amendment) Act will not be implemented in West Bengal,” she posted on X. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee strongly condemned 4Continued on | P8 ED initiates seizure of Cong’s AJL assets MATCH NO. 28 RR Vs RCB JAIPUR; 3.30 PM MATCH NO. 29 NATIONAL HERALD CASE DC Vs MI DELHI; 7.30 PM (Detail on Sports Page) ority under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). On April 11, notices were served to the registrars of property in Delhi, Mumbai, and Lucknow said the ED in a press note. It said that official documents had been affixed at prominent locations on AJLowned properties In a tragic incident at Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve on Saturday morning, a tiger killed a 12-yearold boy who had ventured into the forest to collect Mahua fruits. The boy, Vijay Kol, was accompanied by his grandfather when the attack took place in the Dhamokar range of the reserve. According to eyewitnesses, the tiger suddenly pounced on the unsuspecting boy and dragged him deeper into the forest. 4Continued on | P8 4Continued on | P8 2 3 MUMBAI 1 Planet swallowed by star Tiger mauls 12-year-old boy to death BHOPAL FP News Service In a significant development in the National Herald money laundering case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has initiated possession proceedings for immovable assets worth Rs 661crore linked to Congresscontrolled Associated Journals Limited (AJL). The move follows months of investigation and the confirmation of asset attachments by the adjudicating auth- n May 2020, astronomers first observed a planet getting swallowed by its host star, in the Milky Way about 12,000 light years away. They believed the planet collapsed as the star puffed up becoming a red giant. New observations by the James Webb Space Tele- I weight in 2025. In the year before, the two figures were 32% and 15% respectively.   In Shivpuri, in March 2025, the percentage of scope indicate that it appears the planet came into the star’s gravitational embrace, with disastrous consequences – after an erosion of this alien world's orbit over time. Webb observed hot gas consequently forming a ring around the star following the event 4 and an expanding cloud of cooler dust enveloping the scene. The planet is from a class called "hot Jupiters" - gas giants at high temperatures owing to a tight orbit around their host star. 4Continued on | P8 ing collector and SP reached the spot. Senior police and administration officials reached Hanuman Chouraha and told the protesters to reach the Kotwali police station to lodge a complaint to which they agreed. Collector Kishore Kumar Kanyal and SP Sanjeev Kumar Sinha also reached Hanuman Chouraha and then went to Colonelganj to take stock of the situation. SP Sinha said the situation is now under control. He said after reports of stone pelting on the procession near Colonelganj Masjid there was a minor disturbance but the police and administration acted swiftly and brought the situation under control. stunted children was 55%, up from 49% last year. Similarly, the percentage of underweight children went up from 26% to 30% over the last one year. In Ashoknagar district, the percentage of stunted children went up from 47% to 51% and of underweight children from 28% to 29% between March 2024 and March 2025. State to launch scheme to boost milk production 4Continued on | P8 3 girls drown in illegal mining pit FP News Service FP News Service INDORE/MHOW SATNA A shocking tragedy occurred in Richul village were three young girls from the same family died after slipping into an illegally built mining pit filled with water, the incident happened under the jurisdiction of Jaso police station. According to the police reports, the girls were playing near the site when they accidently fell into the deep pit. Rainwater had filled the hole, which had been formed as a result of illicit mining by a local contractor. Because of the depth, the girls drowned before villagers could save them. Despite rapid efforts by locals, all three were certified dead by the time they were extracted. After receiving the information, Jaso police arrived on the site and opened a case. 4Continued on | P8 Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Saturday announced that the state government would launch a new scheme to bolster milk production and name it after Dr BR Ambedkar to mark his 134th birth anniversary. Talking to reporters in Indore, Yadav said the government aims to make the state number one in milk production with this scheme. ‘Madhya Pradesh's contribution to national milk production is around 9 per cent. Our government has set a target to increase this to 20 per cent through cattle conservation. To achieve this, we will launch a new scheme on the occasion of Dr Ambedkar's birth anniversary,’ he said. The Chief Minister said the scheme would help increase milk production and the income of the state's farmers. Yadav laid the foundation stone for Indore Municipal Corporation's ‘Kamdhenu Gaushala’ in Ashapura village near Mhow, the birthplace of Dr Ambedkar. He said that from Sunday, the government is going to begin Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Kamdhenu Yojana. Under this, cattle farmers will be given 25 per cent subsidy on purchasing more than 25 cows. This will promote milk production. The facility will come up in a 25-hectare area and will have a capacity to house more than 10k cows. Addressing a gathering after that Dr Yadav, who hails from a cow herder family in Uttar Pradesh, expressed strong disapproval for those who find the environment of a cow shelter unpleasant, attributing such sentiments to political motivations. In his address, the Chief Minister stressed the state government's priority towards cow welfare. 4Continued on | P8