FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms FREE PRESS VOL. XLI NO. 11 | INDORE | WEDNESDAY | JUNE 19, 2024 | PAGES 14 www.freepressjournal.com Sports Pooran power punish poor Afghanistan fp Briefs MUMBAI Alka Yagnik suffers from hearing loss Playback singer Alka Yagnik has revealed that was diagnosed with a rare hearing disorder some weeks ago, a "sudden, major setback" that she says caught her completely unawares. In a post on Instagram on Monday night, Yagnik, 58, said she has been diagnosed with "sensory neural nerve hearing loss" due to a viral attack. BILASPUR (HP) Police jawan killed, 4 hurt in accident A police jawan died and four people got injured in a multi-vehicle accident at a highway here, officials said on Tuesday, The accident happened near Garamoda Toll Plaza on KiratpurManali National Highway late Monday night, they said. A truck coming from Himachal side hit five vehicles lined up at the toll plaza. A police jawan, posted at Bassi Battalion of Bilaspur, died on the spot, police said. A case of rash and negligent driving has been registered in the matter. Further investigations are underway, they said, adding that the injured are under treatment in AIIMS Bilaspur. PALGHAR (MAHARASHTRA) Jilted lover kills woman with spanner A jilted lover struck 18 blows on the head of his girlfriend on a road in Vasai on Friday, even as scores of people watched the gory spectacle, police said. "The accused attacked the woman with an industrial spanner. There were 18 wounds on her body," senior inspector Jairaj Ranawre of Valiv police station said. The man, Rohit Yadav (32) and the woman Arati Yadav (22) were neighbours and in a relationship for the last few years, police said. EDITIONS: INDORE r Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 r RNI No. 38281/83 `3 UJJAIN PUNE BHOPAL Agencies NEW DELHI Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar NEW DELHI Recently there have been bomb threats at a medical facility in Chandigarh, museums in Delhi, and a Dubai-bound flight from Delhi airport bomb threat, we convened bomb threat assessment committee as per protocol. We informed police and enhanced security. Even airliners were instructed to enhance and intensify manual checkings.” Mumbai hospitals also get bomb threat Fifty hospitals in Mumbai across the country received email bomb threats on Tuesday, sending ripples across the security spectrum and constraining authorities to initiate contingency measures and carry out anti-sabotage checks that lasted hours. All the threats were found to be a hoax, official sources said. The hospitals in Mumbai that received bomb threats over email include Jaslok Hospital, Contd. on P6 The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said it watched actor Annu Kapoor-starrer "Hamare Baarah" movie and found nothing objectionable in it that was against the Quran or the Muslim community, and observed that the film is in fact aimed at Agencies NEW DELHI A portion of a newly constructed bridge -- which cost the Bihar exchequer Rs 12 crores – caved in ahead of its inauguration on Tuesday. Initially, only a portion of the bridge over river Bakra in Araria district collapsed; it was instantly washed away by the swirling waters of the river, even as people standing precariously close to the bridge scurried to safety. The BJP MLA from Sikti, Vijay Kumar Mandal, alleged that the unholy nexus between the contractor and officials of rural works department was responsible for the collapse. Officials claimed that the construction of the bridge was complete but work on the approach road was not yet over. China angry as US team arrives to meet Dalai FP News Service DHARAMSALA, BEIJING China expressed “strong concern” even as a US Congressional delegation led by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul arrived in Dharamsala on Tuesday to meet Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama. The meeting is scheduled on Wednesday morning. Dharmasala is the seat of Tibet's government in exile. China also urged President Biden not to sign the Tibet policy bill, which seeks to counter Chinese disinformation on Tibet. Apart from McCaul, the US delegation consists of six more prominent US Congressional members, namely, Nancy Pelosi (Speaker emeritus), Mariannette Miller, Gregory Meeks, Nicole Malliotakis, Jim McGovern, and Ami Bera. Contd. on P6 upliftment of women. It also said that the Indian public was "not gullible or silly". A division bench of Justices B P Colabawalla and Firdosh Pooniwalla said the film's first trailer was objectionable, but that has been removed and all such objectionable scenes have been deleted from the movie. The court noted that it was in fact a "thinking movie" and not the sort where the audience is expected to "keep their brains at home" and only enjoy it. "The movie is in fact for the upliftment of women. The movie has a Maulana misinterpreting the Quran and in fact one Muslim man objects to the same in the scene. So this shows that people should apply their mind and not blindly follow such Maulanas," the high court said. A bunch of petitions were filed in the HC earlier this month seeking a ban on the movie claiming that it was derogatory towards the Muslim community and had distorted what the Quran says. Contd. on P6 Class VII girl jumps to death from 14th floor Father seen pampering her minutes before the tragedy Our Staff Reporter CITY.INDORE@FPJ.CO.IN The Supreme Court on Tuesday said even if there was "0.001 per cent negligence" on the part of anyone in the conduct of the NEET-UG 2024 examination, it should be thoroughly dealt with. Observing that students have to labour hard while preparing for these examinations, the apex court said the litigation pertaining to the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate)-2024 examination ought not be treated as adversarial. "Even if there is 0.001 per cent negligence on the part of anyone, it should be thoroughly dealt with," a vacation bench of Justices Vikram Nath and SVN Bhatti told the advocates appearing for the Centre and the National Testing Agency (NTA). The NTA conducts the all India premedical entrance test. The bench was hearing two separate petitions raising grievances, including on grace marks given to students in the examination held on May 5. "We all know the labour which the children undergo, especially in preparing for these exams," the bench said, adding, "Imagine a person who has played fraud on the system becomes a doctor, he is more deleterious to the society". Dheeraj Kumar Nod for ‘Hamare Baarah’ movie Agencies SC to NTA: Even 0.001% negligence is not acceptable PATNA Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday convened a meeting with several Union ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Janata Dal (United) and the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) to discuss the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidates for the posts of Speaker and Deputy Speaker and to also decide on the issues to be raised during the Vote of Thanks to the President’s Address during the upcoming first session of the 18th Lok Sabha. However, there was no announcement about the names of the NDA candidates for the posts of Speaker and Deputy Speaker. The meeting at Singh’s residence was attended among others by Union ministers Manohar Lal Khattar, S Jaishankar, Dharmendra Pradhan, Kiren Rijiju, Bhupender Yadav, Annapurna Devi, and Virendra Kumar of the BJP, as well as Ranjan Singh ‘Lalan’ of the JD(U) and Chirag Paswan of the LJP(RV). Earlier in the day, the BJP sent out a strong signal that it could retain Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for the post when it convened a high level meeting at his residence chaired by HM Amit Shah. Contd. on P6 Member: Audit bureau of circulation Jan to Dec 2023. Cinema Lovebirds’ grand affair A bridge sinks in a river of corruption in Bihar offgrid MUMBAI E-paper Nation Bengal: BJP central team faces protests Fitch ups India's FY25 GDP growth forecast by 20 bps Airports across country get bomb warning e-mails BJP keeps the Speaker card close to chest NASHIK MONEY HOAX| Bhopal, Indore and Jabalpur airports also get similar threats, alarm authorities Five major airports - Chennai and Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, Patna in Bihar, Vadodara in Gujarat, and Jaipur in Rajasthan - were among several that received bomb warning emails - that were all found to be hoaxes - on Tuesday. These follow similar threats to schools, colleges, and hospitals in recent weeks, including letters to around 150 educational institutions in the national capital region last month. Sources said that as many as 40 airports may have received bomb threat e-mails today. Fortunately, no incident has been reported, and the CISF, which handles airport security, has indicated it receives several such threats, most of which are not considered serious. Meanwhile security was tightened at Raja Bhoj International Airport, Bhopal after mail was received to blow up the airport on Tuesday. Bhopal Airport Director Ramji Awasthi informed Free Press, “After MUMBAI According to Araria district officials, the same bridge had collapsed in 2020 as well, due to heavy rainfall. Twelve people, including a motorcyclist, had fallen into the Bakra then. Contd. on P6 Modi ji won't be intimidated says Taiwan TAIWAN On June 5, the Taiwan President greeted PM Modi on the National Democratic Alliance's victory in the Lok Sabha polls. Taiwan has rejected China's outrage over an exchange of messages between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te, describing Beijing's reaction as an "unreasonable interference". "I think Modi ji will not be intimidated," said Deputy Foreign Minister of Taiwan. Tien Chung-kwang. "...The new president, Lai Ching-te, congratulated Modi ji for becoming the Prime Minister for the third time. I think Modi ji also used that platform (X) to respond. This is a very common thing to congratulate each other. Why do other people have something to say about it? I don't understand. This is a very unreasonable interference between two leaders congratulating each other," he said. Two days after a 10-year-old body ended his life in Dwarkapuri area, a 13-year-old girl allegedly jumped to death from the 14th floor of a highrise apartment in Apollo DB City on Tuesday morning. Everything appeared normal when she was going to the school bus stop with her father a few minutes before the incident and CCTV has even captured her father pampering her. Little did he know the tragedy that was about to strike him and his family. After dropping her at the bus stop, the father returned home but the girl instead of waiting for her bus made her way to another apartment block opposite Contd. on P6 Arrived in city First visit to 3 months back Ophira Tower Amol Yamyar was transferred to the city from Visakhapatnam three months ago. He along with family members reached the city in March. Anjali was quiet reticent and did not share any of her problems with her parents. The family belongs to Pune and she used to mostly stay with her maternal grand-mother. Contd. on P6 Initially it was believed that Anjali had gone to Ophira Tower to meet her friend residing there but investigation revealed that none of her friends resides in the Apartment and she had gone to the apartment for the first time and was alone in the lift. The CCTVs of other places are also being examined by the police. 4 farmers killed by lightning in Gwalior Tractor-trolley runs over couple OUR STAFF REPORTER CITY.BHOPAL@FPJ.CO.IN Four farmers were killed after lightning struck during land demarcation process in presence of patwari in Karhoya village panchayat in Bhitarwar, Gwalior district on Tuesday evening. Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) (Bhitarwar) Devki Nandan informed Free Press, “As it was raining, four farmers, who were called at the Karhiya village panchyat for land demarcation, took shelter and protection under Jamun tree. Patwari moved to other tree. When lightning struck the Jamun tree, four farmers died and one injured is undergoing treatment. Patwari made narrow escape as he had moved to other tree for protection from rain.” Besides, brief spell of premonsoon rain lashed Bhopal and other districts on Tuesday afternoon. Orange alert has been issued for rain, hail with lightning in Vidisha, Sehore, Khargone, Badwani, Dewas, Shivpuri, Contd. on P6 OUR STAFF REPORTER BHOPAL A couple heading home were killed when they came under tractor-tanker said Kolar police on Tuesday. Video of the incident has surfaced on the social media. Police informed that the victims are identified as Rajesh Manjhi (55) and Manisha Manjhi (50). At around 11.20 they were heading towards their home riding on their motorcycle. At Mandakni colony a rashly driven tractor-tanker coming hit their motorcycle from the rear. Contd. on P6