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The Taliban seized two more
provinces on Saturday and
approached the outskirts of
Afghanistan’s capital while also
launching a multi-pronged
assault on a major northern city
defended by former warlords,
Afghan officials said.
The insurgents have cap-
tured much of northern, west-
ern and southern Afghanistan
in a breakneck offensive less
than three weeks before the
United States is set to withdraw
its last troops, raising fears of
a full militant takeover or
another Afghan civil war.
However, Afghan President
Ashraf Ghani delivered a tele-
vised speech on Saturday, his
first public appearance since
the recent Taliban gains, in
which he vowed not to give up
the “achievements” of the 20
years since the US toppled the
Taliban following the 9/11
attacks.
The Taliban captured all of
Logar province, just south of
the capital, Kabul, and detained
local officials, said Hoda
Ahmadi, a lawmaker from the
province. She said the Taliban
have reached the Char Asyab
district, just 11 kilometers (7
miles) south of Kabul.
The insurgents also cap-
tured the capital of Paktika,
bordering Pakistan, according
to Khalid Asad, a lawmaker
from the province. He said
fighting broke out in Sharana
early on Saturday but ended
after local elders intervened to
negotiate a pullout. He said the
governor and other officials
surrendered and were on their
way to Kabul.
Sayed Hussan Gerdezi, a
lawmaker from the neighbor-
ing Paktia province, said the
Taliban seized most of its local
capital, Gardez, but that battles
with Government forces were
still underway. The Taliban
said they controlled the city
completely.
The Taliban meanwhile
attacked the northern city of
Mazar-e-Sharif from several
directions, setting off heavy
fighting on its outskirts,
according to Munir Ahmad
Farhad, a spokesman for the
provincial governor.
The Taliban have made
major advances in recent days,
including capturing Herat and
Kandahar, the country’s second
and third-largest cities.
They now control 19 of
Afghanistan’s 34 provinces,
leaving the Western-backed
government in control of a
smattering of provinces in the
center and east, as well as
Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif.
The US has continued
holding peace talks between
the government and the
Taliban in Qatar this week, and
the international community
has warned that a Taliban
Government brought about by
force will not be accepted.
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Aday before Independence
day, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Saturday
said in memory of the struggles
and sacrifices of our people,
14th August will be observed as
“Partition Horrors
Remembrance Day”. The
Congress was quick to accuse
the Prime Minister of playing
“divisive and diversionary pol-
itics”. “Partition’s pains can
never be forgotten. Millions of
our sisters and brothers were
displaced and many lost their
lives due to mindless hate and
violence. In memory of the
struggles and sacrifices of our
people, 14th August will be
observed as Partition Horrors
Remembrance Day,” said Modi
in a series of tweets.
The partition of India
involved the division of two
provinces, Bengal and Punjab
based on district-wise non-
Muslim or Muslim majorities
involving displacement of an
estimated 1.5 core people along
religious lines. It led to unprece-
dentedviolenceandrefugeecri-
sis in India and Pakistan.
“May the
#PartitionHorrorsRemembranc
eDay keep reminding us of the
need to remove the poison of
social divisions, disharmony
and further strengthen the spir-
it of oneness, social harmony
and human empowerment,”
the Prime Minister said in his
tweet.
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The Bombay High Court
on Saturday granted an
interim stay to the operation of
parts of the Information
Technology Rules, 2021 which
requirethatallonlinepublishers
follow a “code of ethics” and
norms of conduct.
A bench of Chief Justice
Dipankar Datta and Justice GS
Kulkarni stayed sub-clauses 1
and 3 of clause 9 of the
Information Technology
(Intermediary Guidelines and
Digital Media Ethics Code)
Rules, 2021. It found “prima
facie”(onthefaceofit)thatthese
sub-clausesviolatedthepetition-
ers’ constitutional right to free-
dom of speech and expression
underArticle19,theHighCourt
said. Provisions of clause 9 also
went beyond the scope of the
substantivelaw(theInformation
TechnologyActof2000),itsaid.
The order came on petitions
filed by legal news portal The
Leaflet and journalist Nikhil
Wagle which challenged sever-
al provisions of the new IT
Rules claiming that they were
vague and likely to have a “chill-
ing effect” on a citizen’s right to
free speech guaranteed by the
Constitution. The Rules went
beyondthescopeofthemainIT
Act and also the `reasonable
restrictions’ on freedom of
speech and expression allowed
by Article 19 (2) of the
Constitution, the petitioners
said. The HC, however, refused
to stay clause 14 that pertains to
the setting up of an inter-min-
isterial committee with powers
to regulate online content and
deal with grievances and breach
of rules, and clause 16 which is
about blocking of online con-
tent in case of an emergency.
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The Governor Baby Rani
Maurya and Chief Minister
Pushkar Singh Dhami have
greeted the citizens on the
occasion of Independence Day.
Maurya paid tribute to the
martyr soldiers and expressed
gratitude to all freedom fight-
ers and martyrs who made the
supreme sacrifice for the free-
dom of the country.
In her message, the gover-
nor said that India is entering
in the 75th year of indepen-
dence which is being celebrat-
ed as Amrit Mahotsav. After
independence India has been
setting up new dimensions in
every sector as a progressive
nation. Uttarakhand has also
contributed remarkably to the
development of the country.
There are many challenges
before the state due to Covid-
19 and natural disasters. “We
should all be determined to
provide better health, educa-
tion and employment facilities
to the citizens of the State,” she
said.
Chief Minister Dhami paid
tributes to martyrs and free-
dom fighters and stressed that
all citizens will have to do
their bit to build the new India
which Prime Minister
Narendra Modi is committed
to. He said that the state gov-
ernment has made provision
to provide one family member
of martyr soldiers a govern-
ment job according to quali-
fication. He also listed other
measures taken for the welfare
of ex-servicemen and their
families. The Uttarakhand
Government is committed to
ensuring corruption-free gov-
ernance. There has been qual-
itative improvement in the
government’s functioning with
measures like e-cabinet, e-
office, CM dashboard Utkarsh,
CM helpline 1905, Right to
Service and Transfer Act.
The Government has
decided to fill about 24,000
vacancies in all the depart-
ments.
Not just Government jobs,
the Government is also
encouraging the youth
towards self employment with
measures like Mukhyamantri
Swarozgar Yojana and
Mukhyamantri Nano Udyam
Yojana. Dhami also referred to
steps like hiking the salary of
guest teachers, increasing the
stipend of MBBS intern doc-
tors of government medical
colleges and financial aid pro-
vision for candidates who
pass the UPSC, PCS, NDA,
CDS or equivalent competi-
tive written exams. He reiter-
ated that with the cooperation
of the people, the state gov-
ernment has taken various
measures to tackle Covid-19.
The state will be fully vacci-
nated in the next four months,
he added.
Regarding steps taken to
provide relief to people in the
tourism and transport sectors
affected by Covid, he said
that the state government is
providing a package of about
Rs 200 crore which will ben-
efit about 1.64 lakh people.
A package of Rs 205
crore is being given for
encouragement to health work-
ers and enhancing health ser-
vices. The Government is also
committed to doubling the
income of farmers with various
measures including boosting
the cultivation of aromatic and
medicinal plants. The approx-
imately 650 food processing
plants in the state are also
being increased in number.
The Centre is fully sup-
porting Uttarakhand in execu-
tion of various major infra-
structural and development
projects.
Dhami also requested the
people to take a resolve on this
Independence Day to con-
tribute fully to nation building
and serving the nation. The
government is working with
the aim of ensuing the benefit
of development to the last per-
son, he added.
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Despite his age, 99-year old
Ram Singh Chauhan of
Paastoli village of Garud tehsil
in Bageshwar district has con-
siderable enthusiasm. A veter-
an soldier of the Azad Hind
Fauj, Chauhan says that the
country is progressing a lot
after independence. Now the
time has come that reservation
should be provided on an eco-
nomic basis, so that the poor
can get their due.
The freedom fighter was
born on June 21, 1922. He
studied only till class II in the
village primary school. His
father Havildar Tara Singh
Chauhan was posted in the
Garhwal Rifles and two elder
brothers held the rank of
Captain and Subedar. Recalling
the times of the freedom move-
ment, he said that at that time
people were agitating every-
where to make India indepen-
dent.
He used to get to hear sto-
ries about them in his house.
The school was also closed due
to the freedom movement, so he
too started going in the proces-
sion of the agitators. On January
9, 1941, at the age of 19, he
joined the Garhwal Rifles. His
training was just completed
when heeding the call given by
Subhas Chandra Bose, he joined
Netaji's army with his compan-
ions on February 15, 1942.
Now nearing 100 years,
Chauhan retains energy and
enthusiasm.Afterwalkinginthe
morning, he also recites the
Ramayana and Geeta regularly
without skipping a day. The only
surviving freedom fighter of the
district, Ram Singh Chauhan,
had four sons and four daugh-
ters. Three of his sons are no
more.
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Chief Minister Pushkar
Singh Dhami inaugurated
the Lacchiwala nature park in
the presence of Forest minister
Harak Singh Rawat and former
CM and Doiwala MLA
Trivendra Singh Rawat here on
Saturday. A laser and sound
show was also organised and
the Amrit Mahotsav song was
also released on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion,
Dhami commended the Forest
department for the Lacchiwala
nature park, adding that it
will become a centre of attrac-
tion for people of the whole
nation. Appreciating the park,
he said that budgetary provi-
sion will be made for the sec-
ond phase of work on the
nature park. Referring to the
nation entering its 75th year of
independence, the chief min-
ister said that the Amrit
Mahotsav being commemo-
rated on the occasion will also
mark the beginning of new
India.
He also recalled that a day
before India’s independence
day, the nation was partitioned
to create Pakistan against the
sentiment of undivided India.
Dhami said that under Prime
Minister Narendra Modi’s
leadership, the nation has risen
in stature around the world.
Stating that it was due to the
courage and sacrifices of the
armed forces that the people of
the nation are feeling secure, he
said that they have successful-
ly faced the challenges posed
by China and Pakistan apart
from Covid-19.
The world’s biggest vacci-
nation programme is being
undertaken in India against
Covid while at the same time
about 80 crore people are
receiving free food-
grains under the
Pradhan Mantri
Garib Kalyan Anna
Yojana. On the state
government’s request,
the Prime Minister
has made additional
doses of the Covid
vaccine available to
the state- with 17
lakh doses being received this
month. Forest minister Harak
Singh Rawat said that the
image of the forest department
had changed in the past three-
four years with work being
undertaken here with a posi-
tive approach. The Forest
department is becoming a
partner in the development of
the state, he said. Rawat said
that the Lacchiwala nature
park is unique and will attract
tourists from across India and
abroad. The principal chief
conservator of forests, Rajiv
Bhartari, additional chief sec-
retary Anand Bardhan and
other departmental officials
were also present on the occa-
sion.
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Nineteen new cases of
Covid-19 were reported
in the State on Saturday while
24 patients recovered from
the disease on the same day.
No deaths of Covid patients
were reported in the state on
Saturday.
The State currently has
396 active cases while the
recovery percentage is 95.97.
According to information
provided by the health
department, total cumulative
positive Covid cases detected
so far in the state are 3,42,572
out of which 3,28,759 have
recovered and 7,370 have
died. Out of the new cases
reported on Saturday, six each
are from Dehradun and
Udham Singh Nagar districts,
two from Chamoli, one each
from Almora, Bageshwar,
Haridwar, Pithoragarh and
Uttarkashi. No new cases was
reported from Champawat,
Nainital, Pauri, Rudraprayag
and Tehri districts on
Saturday.
When it comes to the
number of active cases,
Dehradun district has 144
while there are 44 in Chamoli,
25 in Bageshwar, five in
Almora, 23 in Champawat, 13
in Haridwar, four in Nainital,
11 in Pauri, 58 in Pithoragarh,
27 in Rudraprayag, one in
Tehri, 20 in Udham Singh
Nagar and 21 in Uttarkashi.
Meanwhile, 1,07,514 per-
sons were vaccinated in 678
sessions held on Saturday.
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The State meteorological
centre has issued an alert
for keeping a watch on the pos-
sibility of heavy rainfall with
intense spells at isolated places
in Pithoragarh, Bageshwar,
Champawat and Nainital dis-
tricts today. Light to moderate
rain/thundershowers are likely
to occur at many places in
Kumaon region and at a few
places in Garhwal region on
Sunday. Further, light rain/thun-
dershowers are likely to occur in
Dehradun where the maximum
and minimum temperatures
are likely to be about 33 degrees
Celsius and 24 degrees Celsius
respectively. Meanwhile, the
maximum and minimum tem-
peratures recorded at various
places on Saturday were 32.9
degrees Celsius and 23.4 degrees
Celsius respectively in
Dehradun, 34 degrees Celsius
and 25.5 degrees Celsius in
Pantnagar, 24.7 degrees Celsius
and 15.4 degrees Celsius in
Mukteshwar and 24.8 degrees
Celsius and 18.4 degrees Celsius
respectively in New Tehri.
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Security has been scaled up
across the Capital on the
occasion of Independence Day
with thousands of personnel
keeping strict vigil at strategic
locations, including the Delhi-
borders where farmers have
been on a sit-in for over eight
months to protest the Centre's
new agri laws, officials said on
Saturday.
According to the police, a
multi-layered security cover
has been put at the Red Fort
from where Prime Minister
Narendra Modi will address the
nation on the 75nd
Independence Day.
Multi-layered security
arrangements are also in place
with heavy barricading and
extra picket deployments at
vital installations across the
city, including the Indira
Gandhi International Airport,
railway stations and bus termi-
nals along with border areas to
thwart any untoward incident.
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