FREE PRESS The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms VOL. 13 NO. 220 | BHOPAL | MONDAY | JANUARY 22, 2024 | PAGES 14 IMRAN WARNS OF FURTHER INSTABILITY IN PAKISTAN `3 - r Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE WORLD EDIT IRAN’S SOARING MISSILE AMBITIONS BRUSHING BRILLIANCE: UNLEASHING COLOURS IN FREE PRESS PAINTING EXTRAVAGANZA Moscow-bound flight from India crashes in Af WEATHER FP 24.50c. 11.60c Sunrise : 07.09 Sunset : 06.05 NEW DELHI: A chartered flight from India to Moscow via Uzbekistan has crashed in the Badakhshan province of Afghanistan, news agency Reuters reported on Sunday. At least six people are thought to be on board. According to Russian aviation authorities, it was a charter ambulance flight travelling from India via Uzbekistan to Moscow on a French-made Dassault Falcon 10 jet manufactured in 1978. The plane crash took place overnight in a remote in a remote, mountainous region of Badakhshan in Afghanistan’s far north, the local police was quoted as saying on Sunday The police are yet to confirm the . cause of the crash or casualties. The Civil Aviation Ministry of India has clarified that the aircraft was neither an “Indian Scheduled Aircraft nor a Non Scheduled (NSOP)/Charter aircraft”. It is a Moroccan-registered small aircraft, the ministry said in a statement over X. “As per available information, the crashed aircraft is a DF-10 (Dassault Falcon) small aircraft registered in Morocco. It is not an aircraft of Indian carriers. The aircraft was an air ambulance and was flying from Thailand to Moscow and did refuelling at Gaya Airport,” said a senior MoCA official. According to Afghan media, a plane bound for Moscow crashed in the Wakhan region of Badakhshan in Afghanistan. The head of information and culture for the Taliban in Badakhshan has confirmed the incident, revealing that the passenger plane went down in the Topkhane Mountain, spanning across the Kuran-Manjan and Zibak districts within the province. There were two pilots and four passengers on the aircraft, as per reports. As of the current moment, official sources have not disclosed information regarding casualties or the cause of the crash. The Taliban's police command in Badakhshan has reported that the plane, which disappeared from radar the night before, crashed in the elevated mountains of the Topkhana area. Afghan's AMU TV stated that this region covers the Zibak and Kuran-Munjan districts of the province. DELHI SUFFER ANOTHER EMBARRASSING LOSS QUALITY AT VALUE www.freepressjournal.in SPORTS SC to hear Thackeray’s plea against Maha Speaker's ruling today Starting from second to left: Free Press GM (Marketing) Vivek Barve, Free Press Director In-charge Pravin Nagar, Bank of India Deepak Chourasia, Balaji Securities Sajan Panicker, Systematix Technologies Akhilesh Khandelwal, DHL Indrabulls International Pvt Ltd Santosh Singh, Ravi Graphics' Ravi Batwal, Gagan Leather's Gagan Patidar and Madhya Pradesh Gramin Bank Kirti Bharadwaj pose for a group photograph with winners of Free Press Painting competition at Free Press House in Indore on Sunday ANAND SHIVRE NOT AN INDIAN aircraft, clarifies Centre r RNI No. mpeng/2010/35815 Rape-cum-murder case victim’s uncle, abducted thrashed AGENCIES Kolkata A key witness in a rapecum-murder case, who is also a relative of the minor victim, was abducted and then thrashed by unknown miscreants in Hanskhali of West Bengal's Nadia district on late Saturday night. The miscreants later left the uncle of the victim at a secluded place in a severely injured condition. He is currently undergoing treatment at a local hospital. According to the family, miscreants barged into their residence, wrapped the uncle in a blanket and took him away . NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday the plea filed by Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sunil Prabhu against the ruling of Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar, which held that CM Eknath Shindeled faction is the "real" Shiv Sena. As per the causelist published on the website of the apex court, a bench presided by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud will hear the matter on January 22. Cong alleges attack on yatra in Assam BISWANATH CHARIALI (ASSAM) As the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra passed through Jamugurihat in Assam’s Sonitpur district on Sunday, a group of men carrying BJP flags attacked vehicles that were part of the yatra, including one in which Congress leader Jairam Ramesh was travelling, leaders of the Opposition party said. “My vehicle was attacked a few minutes ago at Jamugurihat, Sonitpur by an unruly BJP crowd who also tore off the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra stickers from the windshield,” Ramesh said in a post on X. s“They threw water and shouted anti-BJNY (Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra) slogans. But we kept our composure, waved to the hooligans and sped away. This is undoubtedly the Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s doing. We are not intimidated and will soldier on,” he added in the post. Sarma then took to X and directed police to look into the allegations. As vehicles of the yatra started passing through the area where the men wielding flags were gathered, they tried to pull down a person who was in the first car to come through. They also snatched the camera of a Today some BJP workers came in front of our bus carrying flags. I got off the bus and they ran away. Tear as many posters as you want... we don't care. It is a fight for our ideology, we are not afraid of anyone. Neither of Narendra Modi, nor of the Chief Minister of Assam RAHUL GANDHI journalist who was present at the site. The men were still at the spot when the bus in which Rahul Gandhi was travelling passed through the area. They chanted “Modi, Modi” as the bus slowed down while passing them. From inside the bus, Rahul blew kisses at them.