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ANURAG THAKUR ACCUSES KEJRIWAL OF
‘POLITICISING’ TARGETED KILLINGS IN J-K
New Delhi (PTI): Union
MinisterAnuragThakur
has accused Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal of “politicising” the
targeted killings in Jam-
mu and Kashmir at a
timewhenallsectionsof
the society were stand-
ing firm with the people
of the Union Territory
.
“At a time when the
entirenationisstanding
shoulder to shoulder
with the people of Jam-
mu and Kashmir and
condemning the acts of
terror, Kejriwal has not
spoken a word of con-
demnation against the
separatist forces,” he
said in a statement here.
“Those who question
the valour of armed
forces and join hands
with anti-national
Khalistani forces for
the sake of power, with
what face will they con-
demn terror?” he asked.
His remarks came af-
ter AAP staged protests
in the national capital
against the killings in
Kashmir and slammed
the Union government
for the situation.
Addressing the pro-
test, the AAP supremo
alleged that the BJP
government had failed
to provide security to
Kashmiri Pandits. He
said Union Home Min-
ister Amit Shah had
failed to provide any ac-
tion plan to tackle the
situation in Kashmir.
Thakur, the informa-
tion and broadcasting
minister, accused Kejri-
wal of resorting to “low
level politics” over the
situation in Kashmir.
He said the Jana
Sangh and the BJP have
been relentlessly giving
voice to the aspirations
of the people of Jammu
and Kashmir and
fought for the abroga-
tion of Article 370 and
Article 35A.
UNION MINISTER’S COUNTER-ATTACK
Union Minister Anurag Thakur. —FILE PHOTO
He said the Modi
govt is working
for all round
development of
J&K and taken
decisive steps to
free the region
of terrorism
CRUCIAL READ
INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TESTS AGNI-IV,
CAN STRIKE TARGETS 4,000 KM AWAY
New Delhi: A nuclear-capable Agni-IV ballistic missile,
which can strike targets 4,000 km away, was successfully
test-fired off the Odisha coast, marking a significant boost
to country’s military capabilities. Test was a part of routine
user training launches carried out under aegis of Strategic
Forces Command, said Defence Ministry. “Successful test
reaffirms India’s policy of having a credible minimum de-
terrence capability,” it said. Missile was test-fired off APJ
Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha on Monday evening.
WALIULLAH GETS
DEATH SENTENCE
ED RAIDS AT DELHI
MIN’S RESIDENCE
Ghaziabad: Waliullah, a
terrorist who was held
guilty in the 2006 Varanasi
serial blasts case on Satur-
day, has been sentenced to
death by a Ghaziabad court
on Monday. On March 7,
2006, blasts at Sankat
Mochan temple and the
cantonment railway station
in Varanasi claimed over
20 lives. P5
New Delhi: The ED raided
residence and other
locations linked to Delhi
Minister Satyendra Jain.
The search operation
started early Monday
morning. Notably, Jain is
currently in ED’s custody
till June 9 in connection
to the money laundering
case involving a company
from Kolkata.
NAVJOT SIDHU
ADMITTED TO
PGIMER IN C’GARH
Chandigarh: Congress
leader Navjot Singh
Sidhu, lodged in Pa-
tiala jail, was admitted to
Chandigarh’s PGIMER on
Monday. ‘Sidhu has been
admitted in Heptology
ward, due to liver-related
problems and require
further evaluation. He has
been kept under observa-
tion and is stable now,’
Prof Virender Singh, head
of Hepatology dept said.
REMARK ON PROPHET MUHAMMED
GOVT FIREFIGHTS AFTER
GULF OUTRAGE
“Narrow-Minded”: India’s reply to Islamic nations’ group
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: The sus-
pension of BJP spokes-
person Nupur Sharma
and expulsion of the
BJP’s Delhi media cell
chief Naveen Kumar on
Sunday amid a diplo-
matic furore between
India and West Asian
countries has created a
major buzz within the
BJP. The government
on Monday fought to de-
fuse anger in Gulf
countries and opposi-
tion attacks at home
over comments on
Prophet Muhammad by
two BJP leaders.
India on Monday
slammed comments by
OIC as "narrow-mind-
ed", "motivated, mis-
leading and mischie-
vous". Reacting to re-
marks by OIC, MEA
Spokesperson Arindam
Bagchi said India ac-
cords "highest respect"
to all religions and that
the statement by
57-member grouping
exposed its "divisive
agenda" which is being
pursued at the behest of
"vested interests." OIC
also urged UN to take
necessary measures to
ensure that rights of
Muslims are protected
in India.
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi
KUWAIT SUPERMARKET
PULLS INDIAN PRODUCTS
Kuwait City: A Kuwaiti supermarket pulled Indian products
from its shelves even as Iran became the latest Middle
Eastern country to summon the Indian ambassador as a row
grew on Monday over a BJP
official’s remarks about the
Prophet Mohammed. Workers
at Al-Ardiya Co-Operative So-
ciety store piled Indian tea into
trolleys in a protest against
comments denounced as
“Islamophobic”. Outside the
supermarket, sacks of rice and shelves of spices and chilies
were covered with plastic sheets. Printed signs in Arabic
read: “We have removed Indian products”.
BJP’S BIGOTRY DAMAGED INDIA’S
STANDING GLOBALLY: RAHUL GANDHI
As India faces a chorus of diplomatic outrage from Gulf
countries following derogatory references to Islam and
the Prophet by two now-expelled BJP
spokespersons, Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi on Monday hit out at the ruling
party, alleging that its bigotry not only
isolated India, but also damaged the coun-
try’s position globally. Taking to Twitter, he
wrote: “Divided internally, India becomes
weak externally. BJP’s shameful bigotry
has not only isolated us, but also dam-
aged India’s standing globally.”
Highlights
Dinner to be hosted
by Qatar’s Deputy
Emir for VP Naidu was
cancelled, but reportedly
on health grounds
Pakistan summons
Indian chargé
d’affaires and told the
Indian diplomat that it
“deplores belated and
perfunctory disciplinary
actions taken by BJP
against said officials,
which cannot assuage
pain caused to Muslims”
Saudi Arabia’s Min-
istry of Foreign Af-
fairs welcomed decision
taken by the ruling party
in suspending Sharma
Mumbai Police will
soon send a sum-
mon to suspended BJP
spokesperson Nupur
Sharma, says Mumbai
top cop Sanjay Pandey
Ittehad-e-Millat
Council says it will
hold protests across
country on June 10
All-India Muslim
Personal Law
Board demands legal
action against Nupur
Action should have
been taken 10 days
ago, says AIMIM presi-
dent Asaduddin Owaisi
Indonesia strongly
condemns unaccep-
table derogatory remarks
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PM: India moving ahead with
people-centric governance
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches the national portal
for credit-linked government schemes - Jan Samarth Portal
New Delhi (ANI):
Highlighting the policy
reforms made by the
Centre, PM Narendra
Modi on Monday said
that 21st century India
is moving ahead with
the approach of people-
centric governance
leaving behind the gov-
ernment-centric ap-
proach. PM participat-
ed in the ‘Iconic Week
Celebrations’ of Minis-
try of Finance and the
Ministry of Corporate
Affairs on Monday at
Vigyan Bhawan, New
Delhi. The week (June
6-11) is being celebrated
as part of AKAM.
Modi said, “There
was a time when poli-
cies and decisions in the
country were govern-
ment-centric. It means
that after a scheme
started, it was responsi-
bility of people to reach
the government to avail
benefits.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Minister of State
for Corporate Affairs Rao Inderjit Singh at the inauguration of the Iconic Week Celebrations under the
Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Alargepartoftheworldislookingforwardto
Indiaforthesolutionofproblems.Thisis
madepossiblebecauseinthelast8yearswe
havetrustedwisdomofthecommonIndian.We
encouragedpeopleasintelligentparticipantsingrowth.
—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
PM NARENDRA MODI
RELEASES SPECIAL
SERIES OF COINS
As a part of AKAM which
marks celebrations of
India’s 75 years of Inde-
pendence, PM Narendra
Modi on Monday released
a special series of `1, `2,
`5, `10 and `20 coins and
these coins will also be
easily identifiable to visu-
ally impaired persons.
BANKS, CURRENCY
CRUCIAL PART OF
INT’L TRADE: MODI
PM stressed need to
make India’s banks and
currency an imp part of int’l
trade. He also exhorted fin
institutions to continuously
encourage good fin & cor-
porate governance practices.
PM TO INAUGURATE
SANT TUKARAM
TEMPLE ON JUNE 14
PM Modi will dedicate to
the nation Shila Mandir,
a temple in honor of Sant
Tukaram, the 17th-century
saint at his birthplace
Dehu, about 30 km from
Pune, on June 14.
DHANKHAR
CALLS
ON SHAH
West Bengal Governor
Jagdeep Dhankhar
called on the Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah at latter’s North
Block Office in New
Delhi on Monday.
SHAH TO INAUGURATE NATIONAL TRIBAL
RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN DELHI TODAY
Amit Shah will inaugurate the National Tribal Research
Institute in the national capital on Tuesday which will de-
sign studies and programmes to improve socio-economic
aspects of tribal lifestyles. The Union Tribal Affairs Ministry
said the NTRI will be a premier national-level institute and
will become the nerve centre of tribal concerns, issues and
matters in academic, executive and legislative fields.
WB CM TO REPLACE GUV AS CHANCELLOR
AT VARSITIES, CABINET CLEARS PROPOSAL
The West Bengal cabinet on Monday gave its nod to
replace Governor Jagdeep Dhankar and appoint Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee as the Chancellor of all state-run
universities under different departments like Health, Agricul-
ture, Animal Husbandry and Minority Affairs Dept instead.
Cabinet also approved a proposal to remove the Governor as
Visitor at private universities. Decision will be taken up for
approval in state Assembly where ruling TMC is in majority.
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facing massive backlash over its highly objectionable ads that al-
legedly promoted rape. Soon after 2 ads were aired, firm received
flack for putting out such problematic content to sell its products.
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ALOK KUMAR CHOUDHARY (DEPUTY MD, SBI)
IS APPOINTED AS MANAGING DIRECTOR SBI.
ACC HEADED BY PRIME MINISTER CLEARED
CHOUDHARY’S APPOINTMENT ON MONDAY
India to increase Russian
oil imports from Rosneft
New Delhi: India is
looking to double down
on its Russian oil im-
ports with state-owned
refiners eager to take
more heavily discount-
edsuppliesfromRosneft
PJSC as international
players turn down deal-
ings with Moscow over
its invasion of Ukraine.
State processors are col-
lectively working on fi-
nalising and securing
new six-month supply
contracts for Russian
crude to India, said peo-
ple with knowledge of
the companies’ procure-
ment plans.
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New Delhi (PTI): Peo-
ple can now book 24
train tickets in a month
on the IRCTC website
and app if their user ID
is linked to Aadhaar,
otherwise only 12 tick-
ets can be bought, the
Railways announced on
Monday. So far, IRCTC
allowed people to book
six tickets a month if
the account is not con-
nected to AadhaAr and
12 if it is linked.
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DIAL to induct 62 EVs to cut greenhouse gas emissions
FAST-CHARGING STATIONS WILL COME UP AT STRATEGIC LOCATIONS
DIAL to induct 62 EVs to cut greenhouse gas emissions
New Delhi (PTI): The
Delhi airport will in-
duct 62 electric vehi-
cles in the next four
months for its airside
operations to reduce
1,000 tonnes of green-
house gas emissions
annually, its operator
DIAL said on Monday
.
The runway, taxiway
and apron that are di-
rectly involved in the
arrival and departure
of aircraft are known
as the airside area.
The Delhi Interna-
tional Airport Limited
(DIAL) on Monday
launched its Green
Transportation Pro-
gramme, under which
it has decided to intro-
duce electric vehicles
on the airside in a
phased manner.
“In the first phase,
the DIAL will launch 62
electric vehicles for its
airside operations
which will help in re-
ducing approximately
1,000 tonnes of green-
house gas emissions
annually. These vehi-
cles would be inducted
within three to four
months,” it mentioned.
The DIAL will also
install high voltage and
fast-charging stations
at strategic locations to
meet the requirements
of these vehicles and
other airport stake-
holders, the operator
said.
Under this pro-
gramme, DIAL has
worked with original
equipment manufac-
turers to make neces-
sary changes in the
electric vehicles to in-
stall airport-specific
equipment and is work-
ing closely with the air-
port stakeholders for
electric vehicle adop-
tion, it added.
In the first phase, the
DIAL will launch 62
electric vehicles for
its airside operations
which will help in
reducing around 1,000
tonnes of greenhouse
gas emissions annually.
These vehicles would
be inducted within three
to four months.
Induction is likely
in 3-4 months
AAPSLAMSL-GOVERCRIME
Party had objected to a meeting that
Saxena held with official of the DJB
Party accuses LG of overstepping his
duties by visiting jal board facilities
Delhi High Court Mon-
day stayed an order by
the Delhi Commission
for Women summoning
the Commissioner of
Municipal Corporation
of Delhi on the issue of
safety of girls in prima-
ry schools.
Justice Manoj Ku-
mar Ohri also issued
notice and sought a re-
sponse of the Delhi
Commission for Wom-
en (DCW) on a petition
filed by the MCD chal-
lenging the commis-
sion’s June 2 order.
The court was in-
formed by the counsel
for MCD that in place of
the MCD Commission-
er, an Additional Direc-
tor (Education) would
appear before the com-
mission on June 9 to
respond to the findings
by the panel.
The high court listed
the matter for further
hearing on July 20 and
said till then the DCW
order summoning the
MCD Commissioner to
be kept in abeyance.
On June 2, the DCW
summoned the MCD
Commissioner after the
corporation sought two
months to respond to a
notice on the safety and
security of girls in pri-
mary schools.
HC stays DCW order
summoning MCD officer
over girls safety in schools
Delhi High Court
SEXUAL ASSAULT
BACK IN POLL MODE!
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Delhi President Adesh Gupta with party candidate Rajesh Bhatia during a roadshow prior to
filing the nomination for the upcoming Rajendra Nagar Assembly by-polls at Inderpuri in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY ANI
‘At least 3 trees felled every hour in last 3 years’
Man held
for duping
bank via
forged docs
New Delhi (ANI):
Economic Offenc-
es Wing, Delhi
Police arrested
a man for alleged-
ly cheating a
nationalised bank
on the basis of
forged loan docu-
ments to obtain
crores of rupees
on Sunday
.
A case was reg-
istered under sec-
tions 177, 420, 465,
467, 468, and 120B
of the IPC and an
investigation was
taken up.
According to Po-
lice, the accused
was identified as
Harjit Singh (67).
Joint CP Eco-
nomic Offences
Wing Chhaya
Sharma said, “The
complainant and
accused persons
are real brothers
and were directors
in the accused
company M/s Li-
bra Finance and
M/s Libra Leas-
ing. In 1992, the ac-
cused company
had obtained CC
Limit of `80 Lakhs
by pledging 05
properties jointly
owned by all 3
brothers and their
wives.”
DU: Students called to join
Students Working Committee
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
University’s Faculty of
Law has invited applica-
tions for its Student
Working Committee
from first and second-
year LLB students, ac-
cording to an official
notice Those shortlisted
will be interviewed by a
selection committee.
“Faculty of Law, Uni-
versity of Delhi invites
applications from stu-
dents of Campus Law
Centre, Law Centre – I
and Law Centre – II
from first and second-
year LL.B. course for its
Student Working Com-
mittee for the Commit-
tee on NEP and Seminar
and Discussions Com-
mittee of Faculty of
Law,” read the notice
signed by Ashutosh
Mishra, convenor of the
Faculty of Law’s NEP
and Seminar and Dis-
cussions Committee.
Human remains
found stuffed in
bag in Kalyanpuri
ORANGE ALERT ISSUED
OVER HEATWAVE IN CITY
New Delhi (PTI): An
‘orange alert’ was is-
sued for a severe heat-
wave in Delhi and
neighbouring areas of
Punjab, Haryana and
Uttar Pradesh, the In-
dia Meteorological De-
partment (IMD) said on
Monday. The weather
departmenthadalready
issued a yellow alert in
the national capital for
the day
.
“Orange alert in Del-
hi. Severe heatwave
from June 4 in Haryana,
Punjab, Delhi, UP and
parts of Madhya
Pradesh, Rajasthan.
Temperature varying
between 44°-47°C shall
continue for four more
days. We advise people
to venture out carefully
as the heat spell is very
severe,” said RK Jenam-
ani, senior scientist at
IMD. He further said
monsoon was yet to be-
gin anywhere in the
northern part of the
country. “We are moni-
toring. Monsoons in
Delhi are still far,” the
IMD scientist said.
New Delhi (ANI): Delhi
police has found human
body parts stuffed in a
bag in Kalyanpuri’s
Ramlila ground near
Pandav Nagar Police
Station. While patrol-
ling in the area police
personnel noticed a foul
smell in the bushes of
Ramlila ground. The po-
lice immediately passed
the info to the local po-
lice station. After regis-
tering the case, SHO
along with staff reached
the spot and found a bag
stuffed with human
body parts.
New Delhi (Agencies):
Continuing its attack on
the Delhi Lieutenant
Governor over what it
has claimed interference
in the functioning of the
state government, the
Aam Aadmi Party criti-
cised VK Saxena over the
“crumbling” law and or-
der situation in the city.
The Delhi Police re-
ports to the Union home
ministry through the
lieutenant governor.
In the first friction be-
tween the AAP govern-
ment and the L-G, the
AAP on Wednesday had
objected to a meeting
that Saxena held with of-
ficial of the Delhi Jal
Board (DJB). Then, on
Friday, the party said
that the LG was overstep-
ping his duties when the
latter visited jal board
facilities and the Najaf-
garh drain.
Addressing a press
conference, AAP leader
Atishi asked the L-G
what has he done in the
last 10 days to improve
the law and order situa-
tion or the functioning
of the Delhi Police even
as many heinous crime
incidents have taken
place after he assumed
office on May 26.
“It appears that the
Central government has
advised you to avoid deal-
ing with the Delhi Police
in any matter – as if it is
not your responsibility
to deal with the Delhi Po-
lice, to fix it, or to en-
hance the legal system,”
Atishi said.
The L-G did not offer
a comment on the
AAP’s allegations.
A Delhi police spokes-
person denied allega-
tions that crime was in-
creasing in the city. He
said that there were no
incidents of organised
crime in the in the last
few days. “In most cases,
we have solved the
crimes in record time.
For example, in the
Sangam Vihar case, the
accused was arrested
within 20 hours. In one
case, a man murdered
his friend. That person
too was arrested at the
earliest. In one stabbing
case, the accused persons
were arrested within 12
hours. These are usual
crimes that happen every
year. In fact, our police
teams have made new re-
cords in arresting ac-
cused within hours,” the
spokesperson said.
Delhi BJP spokesper-
son Praveen Shankar
Kapoor said the Kejri-
wal government is frus-
trated because its short-
comings are getting ex-
posed by the visits of
L-G, and added that to
divert public attention
Atishi is raising law
and order issues.
A Delhi police spokesperson denied allegations
that crime was increasing in the city. He said that
there were no incidents of organised crime in
the in the last few days. “In most cases, we have
solved the crimes in record time. For example, in
the Sangam Vihar case, the accused was arrested
within 20 hours. In one case, a man murdered
his friend. That person too was arrested at the
earliest. In one stabbing case, the accused per-
sons were arrested within 12 hours. These are
usual crimes that happen every year.
In fact, our police teams have
made new records in arrest-
ing accused within hours,”
the spokesperson said.
CRIME IS NOT ON THE
INCREASE: DELHI POLICE
New Delhi: The Delhi
forest department
granted permission to
cut or transplant at
least 77,000 trees, or
three trees every hour,
for developmental
works in the city in the
last three years, accord-
ing to government data
submitted to the high
court recently
.
It also said only one-
third of the trees trans-
planted during the pe-
riod have survived.
Officials allowed
agencies to cut or trans-
plant 29,946 trees under
section 9 of the Delhi
Preservation of Trees
Act (DPTA) and 47,474
trees under section 29
of the Act in the last
three years.
The actual number of
trees felled could be
much more if the num-
ber of trees cut illegally
is also considered, envi-
ronment activists said.
They also feared that
the project proponents
cut more trees than al-
lowed over the years.
The data has been
submitted in response
to orders on a contempt
plea filed by RTI activ-
ist Neeraj Sharma
through advocate Adi-
tya N Prasad against
the concretisation of
trees in east Delhi’s Vi-
kas Marg area.
Section 9 of the Act
says anyone desiring to
remove a tree should
file an application be-
fore the tree officer con-
cerned for permission
with ownership docu-
ments of the land and
the girth measure of
trees at a height of 1.85
metres from the ground
level. Section 29 empow-
ers the government to
exempt “any area or
any species of trees”
from the Act in public
interest through a noti-
fication.
According to the
data, authorities in the
West forest division
granted permission to
cut 8,953 trees and
transplant 13,486 trees,
the maximum among
all forest divisions in
the capital, in the last
three years.
The forest depart-
ment granted permis-
sion to cut 2,866 trees
and transplant 701
trees in the Central for-
est division during the
period.
Officials allowed
agencies to cut 689 trees
and transplant 269 trees
in the North forest divi-
sion.
One-third of the
trees transplanted
during the period
have survived
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INDIA
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Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: In deciding
the Rajya Sabha candi-
date, there has been an
amazing ‘check-mate’
politics going on be-
tween the BJP and its
ally JDU in Bihar. JDU
leader and Chief Minis-
ter Nitish Kumar had
given a very clear indi-
cation that he is not go-
ing to give ticket to the
Union Minister and Ra-
jya Sabha MP of his
party - RCP Singh. Then
there was talk that BJP
can give ticket to RCP,
but the BJP did not want
to upset Nitish under
any circumstances. The
BJP was apprehensive
that Nitish was betting
on the BJP on the pre-
text of RCP and if the
BJP took any step in re-
sponse, Nitish might
once again go with the
RJD. That is why BJP
too ignored RCP
.
Despite this, BJP took
care of politics and gave
ticket to Shambhu
Sharan Patel. Shambhu
Sharan Patel is not an
old leader associated
with any Sangh or BJP,
rather he was earlier in
JDU. But his most strik-
ing feature is that he
comes from the Dhanuk
caste, which is similar
to the Kurmi caste of
both the CM and RCP.
The majority of the pop-
ulation in the Kurmi
community is of Dha-
nuks. BJP played a gam-
ble by giving ticket from
a member of that com-
munity
. Nitish Kumar
countered BJP’s move
and gave ticket to JDU’s
Jharkhand president
Khiru Mahto. He is also
Kurmi and will work for
the politics of around 17
per cent Kurmi popula-
tion of Jharkhand. BJP
practices Kurmi politics
in Jharkhand through
its ally Sudesh Mahto’s
AJSU.NowJDUhasalso
played its hand there.
Will Nitish accomplish his vision of countering BJP?

The BJP was
apprehensive
that Nitish was
betting on the
BJP on the
pretext of RCP
and if the BJP
took any step in
response, Nitish
might once again
go with the RJD
RAHUL GANDHI TO VISIT MOOSE
WALA’S NATIVE VILLAGE TODAY
Moose Wala had joined Congress in December, just months before Punjab elections
New Delhi: Senior
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi will visit Mansa
on Tuesday to meet the
family of Punjabi sing-
er and party leader Sid-
hu Moose Wala who
was killed by assailants
in Jawaharke village of
the district on May 29.
Party sources said
that Gandhi will first
visit Chandigarh
and then visit Mansa
in Punjab.
“Congress leader Ra-
hul Gandhi will visit
Mansa in Punjab to
meet the family of sing-
er and party leader Sid-
hu Moose Wala. Accord-
ing to the information
received, Rahul Gandhi
will reach Chandigarh
by flight tomorrow
morning. After that, he
will go to the village
of Moose Wala,” a
source said.
Earlier on Monday,
former Deputy Chief
Minister of Rajasthan
Sachin Pilot visited
Moose Wala’s house.
Punjab Police last
week reconstituted Spe-
cial Investigation Team
(SIT) to expedite the in-
vestigations in the mur-
der of Shubhdeep Sin-
gh Sidhu, known as
Sidhu Moose Wala.
In the recently held Punjab state elections, Moose Wala was the Congress candidate from Mansa.
He was, however, defeated by the Aaam Aadmi Party candidate.
MOOSE WALA KILLING: COPS ARREST
THIRD SUSPECT FROM HARYANA
The Punjab Police has arrested another person
in connection with the killing of Punjabi singer
Sidhu Moosewala, taking the number of peo-
ple held in the case so far to three. Davinder
alias Kala was nabbed on Sunday evening from
Haryana’s Fatehabad. Two suspects involved in
the killing had allegedly stayed with him police
sources said on Monday. On June 3, two other
suspects were nabbed by the Punjab Police from
Fatehabad and their roles in Moosewala’s killing
were being probed. Two days after the killing of
Moosewala in Mansa district, the Punjab Police
on Tuesday made the first arrest in this case.
LAWRENCE BISHNOI QUESTIONED
OVER LETTER TO SALMAN KHAN
Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, whose name
recently emerged during the investigations
of Sidhu Moose Wala’s killing, has now
been linked to another high-profile case.
The gangster, who is lodged in prison, was
questioned by the police on Monday in
connection with the threat letter addressed
to actor Salman Khan and his father Salim
Khan. Meanwhile, the security given to
Khan was beefed up after a threat letter was
found near his residence Sunday morning.
Punjab: High alert in four
prisons after jailbreak intel
Ludhiana: The securi-
ty has been beefed up
across jails in Punjab
after an intelligence in-
put from the Union
Ministry of Home Af-
fairs (MHA) sent to the
Punjab Police has alert-
ed that the Babbar
Khalsa International
(BKI) operative and
wanted gangster-terror-
ist Harvinder Singh
Rinda, believed to be
hiding in Pakistan, has
“conceived a jailbreak
plan in Punjab” to “en-
sure release of some
prominent gangsters
and militants”.
According to the let-
ter accessed by The In-
dian Express, the “like-
ly targets of execution
could be Bathinda jail,
Ferozepur jail, Amrit-
sar jail or Ludhiana
jail”. The development
comes few days after
Punjab witnessed back-
to-back incidents of vi-
olence and security
breach, allegedly
planned and executed
by the gangsters operat-
ing from abroad with
the help of local crimi-
nals, including murder
of kabaddi player Sand-
eep Singh Nangal Am-
bian on March 14, RPG
attack on police intelli-
gence.
HQs in Mohali on
May 9 and gruesome
killing of singer-rapper
Sidhu Moosewala on
May 29.
Rinda, a wanted ter-
rorist-gangster consid-
ered close to BKI chief
Wadhawa Singh and
‘being protected’ by the
ISI in Pakistan, is a
close associate of Lakh-
vir Singh Landa, a
gangster hiding in Can-
ada and the key con-
spirator of RPG attack
on Punjab Police’s intel-
ligence HQs, said Pun-
jab Police.
Rinda is also wanted
in at least four cases of
murder, attempt to mur-
der and illegal weapons
by Chandigarh Police.
Punjab Jails Minister Harjot Singh Bains on a surprise visit to
Ludhiana Central Jail on Sunday.
WHAT THE LETTER SAYS...
NEWS&VIEWS
Dr Jitendra Singh calls for promoting
Agri-tech start-ups in Uttarakhand
Union Minister Singh pitched for efforts to stop large-scale migration of youth
First India Bureau
Dehradun: Before con-
cluding his Uttara-
khand visit, Union Min-
ister Dr Jitendra Singh
had a meeting with Ut-
tarakhand Chief Minis-
ter Pushkar Singh Dha-
mi, during which,
among others issues, he
impressed upon the CM
to promote Agri-tech
StartUps, since Uttara-
khand had a vast poten-
tial for it. He also up-
dated Dhami about the
Aroma Mission
launched by CSIR in the
Union Ministry of Sci-
ence & Technology
.
The two leaders also
discussed implementa-
tion of various central-
ly funded schemes in
the State & the current
affairs related to the
State.
Dr Jitendra Singh
urged Dhami to pro-
mote Agri-tech start-
ups in the State to ar-
rest the large-scale mi-
gration of youth and
promised all help from
the Ministry of Science
and Technology
.
The Union Minister
said that the geography
and climatic conditions
in Himalayan states
like Uttarakhand fa-
vour the cultivation of
medicinal and aromatic
plants and these can be
developed into Agri-
tech and aromatic en-
terprises.
Referring to the huge
success of CSIR sup-
ported Aroma Mission
in Jammu and Kashmir,
the Minister said, the
same can be replicated
in a big way in Devb-
hoomi.
PULSE
DAILY
DAILY
New Delhi: A vacation bench of the Delhi
High Court on Monday refused an urgent list-
ing of a petition challenging the Archaeolog-
ical Survey of India (ASI) order to stop the
offering of ‘namaz‘ at a mosque near Qutub
Minar. vacation bench of Justices Manoj
Kumar Ohri and Poonam A Bamba said that
there was no urgency in hearing the matter,
denying the Delhi Waqf Board’s request. Last
week, a division bench headed by Acting
Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi also refused an
urgent hearing in the matter.
Chennai: A leader of
Tamil Nadu’s ruling
DMK has controver-
sially called Hindi the
language of “yet to be
developed states” and
has said its imposition
will reduce Tamils to
the status of “Shu-
dras”. TKS Elangovan,
a DMK Rajya Sabha
member, has also
said that enforcing
Hindi in southern
states amounts to
“Manu Dharma” being
imposed. “Hindi will do
us no good. Hindi is
not the mother tongue
in developed states
including West Bengal,
Maharashtra, Karna-
taka, Andhra Pradesh,
Tamil Nadu and
Kerala,” Elangovan said
at a meet organised to
protest the imposition
of Hindi.
HC REFUSES URGENT LISTING OF PLEA
AGAINST ASI’S ORDER STOPPING
WORSHIP AT QUTUB MINAR MOSQUE
HINDI WILL REDUCE TAMILS TO
SHUDRAS: DMK LEADER’S SHOCKER
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh and Uttarakhand Chief Minister
Pushkar Singh Dhami holding a meeting in Dehradun.
U’khand bus accident will
be investigated, pilgrims’
safety our priority: Governor
New Delhi: Uttara-
khand Governor Gur-
mit Singh on Monday
said that reason be-
hind the bus accident
that claimed 26 lives
in the state will be in-
quired, and lessons
will be taken from the
incident as the safety
of pilgrims is the pri-
ority of the state gov-
ernment.
Singh made his
statement after a
short meeting with
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah at his of-
fice.
The Governor also
assured of adopting a
Standard Operating
Procedure (SOP) to
avoid such kinds of
road accidents.
“Lesson will be tak-
en from the accident.
We will check minute-
ly about the reason
behind the incident
and a robust SOP will
be prepared. This will
define our responsi-
bility so that similar
incidents do not occur
in future as the safety
of pilgrims is the
most important part
for us. It is a very sad
incident,” Singh told
ANI after meeting
Shah. The family
members of those
who lost their lives in
the accident will be
helped in all ways,
added Singh when
asked if kin of the de-
ceased and victims
will be taken care of.
Uttarakhand Governor Gurmit Singh met Union Minister Amit
Shah in New Delhi on Monday.
BODIES TO BE AIR-LIFTED TO
KHAJURAHO: MP CM CHOUHAN
Mortal remains of the tourists who died in a
bus accident in Uttarakhand will be air-lifted to
Madhya Pradesh by an Indian Air Force (IAF)
aircraft, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan
said. All the bodies have been extricated and
sent to Dehradun airport. A special aircraft will
fly them to Khajuraho, the CM said, adding that
he has requested Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh to provide an IAF plane for the same.
Chief Minister Chouhan, along with few senior
officials, had left for Uttarakhand late on Sun-
day and stayed in Dehradun.
Finance Ministry
gives 3rd instalment
of revenue
deficit grant of
`7,183 cr to states
New Delhi: Finance
Ministry has released
therevenuedeficitgrant
worthRs7,183croreto14
states as per the recom-
mendation of the 15th
Finance Commission.
This the third month-
ly instalment of the
grant in the current fis-
cal and with this, the to-
tal revenue deficit grant
releasedtostatessofaris
Rs 21,550 crore.
States will get a total
revenue deficit grant of
Rs86,201crorein2022-23,
a statement by Finance
Ministry said. hese
grants are released in 12
monthly instalments.
HANDSHAKE WITH THE FUTURE!
Minister Dharmendra Pradhan shaking hand with a robot during a ‘Digital Skilling’ event.

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Do not be misled:
“Bad company corrupts
good character.”
—Bible
IN-DEPTH
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur
Organization is power, party is family.
Participated in the meeting of BJP
state office bearers in Hamirpur in
which extensive discussion was held
on Mission Repeat in Himachal. BJP
is once again going to form a majority
government in Himachal on the basis
of conscientious workers.
Smriti Z Irani
@smritiirani
Infrastructural development in India
has witnessed massive transformation
under the leadership of PM @
narendramodi Ji. #8YearsOfInfraGati
across all the sectors has paved
the way for last-mile connectivity,
strengthened supply chain & fuelled
economic growth.
TOP TWEETS
UNCLE SAM, BAN
GUN CULTURE IN
US, THEN LECTURE
INDIA ON RIGHTS
he Americans do not
miss an opportunity
toflayIndiaforitshu-
man rights viola-
tions. Of late, India
hasbeengivingitbacktothemin
equal measure. And that’s heart-
ening to see. For far too long the
US has taken on the role of a
monitor while remaining oblivi-
ous to the rights abuse in its own
backyard.Noonequestionedthat
role during the cold war days but
the world is no longer the same.
Countries like India and China
are no longer poor countries and
cannot be dictated to. Uncle Sam
must recall former Prime Minis-
ter Indira Gandhi’s snub to Pres-
ident Richard Nixon and come to
terms with an India which has
grown more powerful and richer.
Before pointing a finger at In-
dia, the US should stop wanton
killings of innocents, mostly
Blacks and immigrants. After
last month’s shooting in Texas
in which 21 were killed, Presi-
dent Joe Biden said America
must act now. In response, more
shootings followed.
T
hewidespreadout-
rage over BJP
spokespersons’ re-
marks against
Prophet Muham-
mad should have a sobering
effect on the politics of hate
which the Bharatiya Janata
Party practices directly and
indirectly
. It has tried to pla-
cate Qatar, Kuwait, Iran and
Saudi Arabia by reaching out
to the respective governments
and suspending national
spokesperson Nupur Sharma
and expelling Naveen Kumar
Jindal,theother.Clarifyingits
position, the party stated that
“BJPrespectsallreligionsand
strongly denounces insult of
any religious personalities”.
Why Nupur was not ex-
pelled is a question which the
BJP will find difficult to an-
swer and also leave its inten-
tions on respect for all reli-
gions open to doubt amid in-
creasing claims over mosques
andotherhistoricmonuments
by the Hindus. Mere suspen-
sion of Nupur hints at a pos-
sible bigger role for her in the
near future. What is baffling,
however, is describing the two
national spokespersons as
“fringe elements”, especially
in the case of Nupur who was
even fielded by the BJP in Del-
hi elections. Even this action
is being condemned by BJP
zealots, the real fringe ele-
ments, who view it as suc-
cumbing to Islamic forces.
The BJP-led government is
caught in a bind. On the one
hand it has its fringe elements
persistingwiththeiranti-Mus-
lim rhetoric and on the other
it has to keep the Gulf coun-
tries in convinced about its
religious tolerance. The Arab
countries which form part of
the Gulf Cooperation Council
areIndia’smajorstrategicand
trade partners. Also, the num-
ber of Indians in these coun-
tries is nearly 1.36 crore. Real-
politik may force BJP to do
some course-correction.
BJP NEEDS TO CHECK
“FRINGE” ELEMENTS
Why Nupur was not expelled is
a question which the BJP will
find difficult to answer and
also leave its intentions on
respect for all religions open to
doubt amid increasing claims
over mosques and other
historic monuments by the
Hindus. Mere suspension
of Nupur hints at a
possible bigger role for
her in the near future
T
NEVER FORGET THAT YOUR
LIFE IS OF LIMITED TIME
ntrepreneurs, Employees,
and Students live in a con-
tinuously stressful life, in
today’s highly competitive
era. Entrepreneurs want to
achieve those turnovers and
profit numbers. Corporate
executives want to complete
those targets. Students want
to get good marks. House-
wives have to continuously
work for the ambition of hus-
band and children. At this
time one question arises, is
the purpose of our life just to
achieve ambitions like profit,
money, designation, good
scores? Let me give you an
example of a small event.
Oneverytensepersoncame
to a very well known monk.
The monk asked him the rea-
son for coming. The person
said “I am living a very trou-
bled life. I am working very
hard. I am working almost 18
hours a day
. I am constantly
engaged with thoughts of
workthewholeday
,justsothat
I could be superior to my col-
leagues. But still, my col-
leagues are one step ahead of
me even today
. I can’t achieve
myambition.Mywifeandchil-
dren are offended of me be-
cause I don’t have time to
spend with them. Please show
me the path for a successful
and happy life.” The monk lis-
tened to him very quietly and
asked him to come the next
morning at the bank of the
river. Second-day early morn-
ing that person came to the
bank of the river. Monk was
already present there. Monk
tookhimintotheriverandtold
him to dive into it. With lots of
amazement, the person did so.
As he drowned his head
into the water suddenly
monk grabbed his head from
the neck and kept it sub-
merged in water. The person
started panicking. He could
not even breathe properly
. As
the person was about to die,
the monk took his head out
of the water. The person was
so angry he started saying
bad words to the monk.
But the monk asked him
humbly “What did you expe-
rience while drowning in the
water?” The person replied,
“I could just think about how
I can save my life” The Monk
smiled and said “God has
given you such a beautiful
life. Only one thing is pre-
decided and yet unknown
and that is, the time of your
death. Then why so many
ambitions and why are you
living a life full of stress?
At that time that person got
true guidance and after that
started living his life happily
.
The ultimate moral is god
gifted this valuable life to us
only for one time. So, all of us
should appreciate our life
and enjoy it with maximum
happiness. We should keep
the stress of small problems
aside and should try to live
an excellent life.
PRESENTING A FEW
POINTS BELOW

z Workload should be limited
to our office time only. There
is no need to bring work-
stress to home. Time after
office hours are for family
and friends so use it wisely

z Similarly, there is also no
need to bring the stress
of home to the office also.
While being at office you
should keep your focus at
work at a 100 percent. Try to
give your best and you will
surely get success.

z Whether you are a student or
a housewife, there is no need
to take unnecessary stress.
Whatever you do, do it with
a cheerful mind. Low grades
don’t matter, what matters is
your intelligence and ardor,
which will help you in identi-
fying new directions.

z Never forget that your life is of
limited time. So work in such a
way that the society and your
friends will remember you.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
E
But the monk asked him
humbly “What did you
experience while drowning
in the water?” The person
replied, “I could just think
about how I can save my
life” The Monk smiled and
said “God has given you
such a beautiful life. Only
one thing is pre-decided and
yet unknown and that is,
the time of your death. Then
why so many ambitions
and why are you living a
life full of stress?
Corporate executives want
to complete those targets.
Students want to get good
marks. Housewives have
to continuously work for
the ambition of husband
and children. Question
arises, is the purpose
of our life just to
achieve ambitions?
BHAVESH
UPADHYAY
The writer is a Businessman
and HR Expert
PERSPECTIVE
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Pro-Khalistani agitation,
slogans at Golden Temple
Sec 144 imposed
Amritsar: Pro-Khal-
istan slogans were
raised by supporters of
radical Sikh outfits as
well as that of Shiroma-
ni Akali Dal (Amritsar)
at the Golden Temple on
the 38th anniversary of
Operation Bluestar.
The marbled premis-
es of the Golden Temple
near Akal Takht, the
supreme temporal seat
of the Sikhs, echoed
with pro-Khalistan slo-
gans.
Many youths held
banners and placards
with ‘Khalistan
Zindabad’ written on
them.Theyworet-shirts
with the picture of slain
separatist leader Jar-
nail Singh Bhindran-
wale printed on them.
Pro-Khalistan slo-
gans were also raised by
activists of the Shirom-
ani Akali Dal (Amrit-
sar) outfit led by former
MP Simranjit Singh
Mann, who was also
present at the spot. He
raised the killing of
Punjabi singer Sidhu
Moosewala and de-
manded justice for the
family
. Operation Blue-
star was a military op-
eration carried out in
1984 to flush out the
militants from the Gold-
en Temple.
Elaborate security ar-
rangements were put in
place in Amritsar to en-
sure that the event
passed off smoothly
.
Jathedar of Akal
Takht Gyani Harpreet
Singh, in his message to
the Sikh community on
the occasion, said Sikh
preachers and scholars
need to visit the border
areas to promote Sikh-
ism and apprise the
youth about the rich
Sikh tenets and history
.
He also talked about
the need to fight the
scourge of the drug
menace which has af-
flicted many youths.
The Shiromani Gurd-
wara Parbandhak Com-
mittee (SGPC), the apex
religious body of the
Sikhs, displayed the
bullet-ridden holy ‘Sa-
roop’ (volume) of the
Guru Granth Sahib.
The ‘Saroop’, which
was installed in the
sanctum sanctorum at
that time, was hit by a
bullet during the mili-
tary action in 1984.
Activists shout pro-Khalistani slogans after offering prayers on the occasion of the 38th anniversary
of Operation Blue Star at Golden temple in Amritsar on Monday.
38TH OPERATION BLUE STAR ANNIVERSARY
Justice to all, appeasement to
none is our hallmark: Nadda
Vijaywada: BJP Na-
tional President JP Na-
dda has said that India
was known as a ‘cor-
rupt state’ and that In-
dian polity had lost re-
spect before Narendra
Modi took the reigns
eight years ago.
“Today, India, a $3
trillion dollar economy,
is poised to grow to $5
trillion dollar in the fu-
ture due to the phenom-
enal transformation
brought about by the
BJP-led NDA govern-
ment at the Centre. Jus-
tice to all and appease-
ment to none is our hall-
mark. We launched a
full-fledged develop-
ment programme in
2014 and it is going to
achieve many wonders,
said Nadda on Monday
.
He was addressing a
meeting of intellectuals
on ‘Seva, Sushasan and
Gareeb Kalyan’ organ-
ised on the occasion of
completion of eight
years of the Modi gov-
ernment. BJP national
general secretary Dag-
gubati Purandeswari,
and State party affairs
co in-charge Sunil Deod-
har were also present.
Medicine students who returned from Ukraine felicitating
BJP national president JP Nadda in Vijayawada on Monday.
Describing corruption as a bane, Nadda said it
could be checked by delivering the benefits of
welfare schemes to the beneficiaries through the
Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) platforms. “There
are a host of other accomplishments. India has
evolved into a global supplier of vaccines from
being an importer,” he said.
India evolved into a global
supplier of vaccine: Nadda
Hardik deletes
messages
saying he was
threatened
Ahmedabad: Minutes
after claiming to have
received threats,
Hardik Patel, the newly
anointed BJP leader, on
Monday suddenly re-
tracted his statement.
The Patidar Anamat
Andolan Samiti (PAAS)
leader had claimed that
he was receiving
threats. But, after con-
firming this, within
minutes he retracted,
thus raising questions
as to why the bold lead-
er was shying away
from stating that a sec-
tion of the society is
angry with him and a
few of them have threat-
ened him.
Hardik confirmed
that he has received
threats. He even stated
that he has informed
the local police, but has
not been provided with
the security
.
Responsibility towards public paramount:
Birla tells newly-elected Manipur MLAs
New Delhi:Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla on
Monday called upon the
newly elected legisla-
tors from Manipur to
adopt a public first”
policy and underlined
the importance of tak-
ing all stakeholders on
board while formulat-
ing any law.
Speaking on the occa-
sion of the 3-day orien-
tation programme for
the newly elected mem-
bers of the legislative
assemblyfromManipur
in New Delhi, Birla
said, “Whenever you
formulate a law make
sure you take all the
stakeholders on board,
it is important to place
a draft of such bills in
the public domain to
seek public feedback in
order to make a lot
more effective and pub-
licly acceptable.”
The Speaker also
asked lawmakers to
keep Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s call in
mind to do away with
obsolete and outdated
laws.
Talking about the
beautiful legacy of the
north-eastern state of
Manipur with diverse
culture, Birla lauded
the efforts with which
Manipur was striving
forward in the field of
development.
“The north-eastern
state of Manipur is the
doorway to the south-
east and is also of a cru-
cial part of India’s Act
East policy,” Birla
said.
The Manipur Legisla-
tive Assembly was es-
tablished in the year
1972 and this year, it
completes 50 years.
Birla further said
that India is the world’s
largest democracy and
itsprinciplesaresought
after.
“The whole world is
watching India and its
Parliamentary legisla-
tive democracy… Sev-
eral delegations from
across the world have
travelled to India and
also Indian Parliament
delegations have gone
recently to countries
like Singapore Vietnam
etc… Nations across the
world have many things
to learn from India and
the Indian democratic
setup,” he said.
Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla with Manipur MLAs.
Norovirus: Centre asks Kerala for reports
New Delhi: Amid two
confirmed cases of the
norovirus infection be-
ing reported from Kera-
la, the Union health
ministry has asked the
State Surveillance Of-
fice (SSO) to submit a
detailed report in the
matter, official sources
said on Monday
.
Norovirus is a viral
illness that is the most
common cause of acute
gastroenteritis globally
.
Symptoms of norovirus
include acute onset di-
arrhoea and vomiting.
Emerging evidence sug-
gests that the norovirus
infection is associated
with intestinal inflam-
mation, malnutrition
and may cause long-
term morbidity, an offi-
cial explained.
Globally, an estimat-
ed 685 million (68.5
crore) cases of norovi-
rus are seen annually,
including 200 million
(20 crore) cases amongst
children under five
years of age.
Kanpur violence:
UP Police releases
posters of 40 rioters
Capital sentence to
Varanasi blasts convict
Kanpur: The Uttar
Pradesh Police have re-
leased a poster with
photographs of 40 per-
sons who were caught
on camera pelting
stones and participat-
ing in the violence that
erupted in Kanpur on
Friday
.
A WhatsApp number
has been provided for
the people to inform the
police if they have any
information about the
alleged miscreants.
The police have as-
sured that the identity
of those giving infor-
mation will not be dis-
closed. As many as 38
persons have been ar-
rested in connection
with the violence, the
FIR of which has 1,000
unnamed persons.
First India Bureau
Ghaziabad: The Court
has awarded death pen-
altytoconvictWaliullah,
guilty of serial bomb
blastinVaranasiin2006.
After about 16 years of
the blasts Waliullah was
awarded capital sen-
tence by district Judge
Jitendra Kumar Sinha.
Rajesh Chandra Shar-
ma, District Govern-
ment Counsel said the
serial blasts in Varanasi
occurred at Sankat Mo-
chan Temple, Dashash-
wmegh Ghat and Cantt
railway station on
March 7, 2006 and had
led to the loss of 18 lives
and 75 were injured.
Sharma said that sev-
enpersonshadlosttheir
lives while 26 others
were severely injured in
blasts at Sankat Mochan
Temple. As many as 47
witnesses were pro-
ducedinthatmatterand
Court has awarded
death sentence to Wali-
ullah in this matter.
While in Dashash-
wamegh Ghat bomb
blast case, he said the
court awarded 10 years
imprisonment and life
imprisonment under
Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Act UAPA.
Waliullah was found
guilty for serial bomb
blast case on June 4 and
penalty was awarded
today
. Waliullah was
Imam in local mosque
in Phulpur area of
Prayagraj after com-
pleting education from
Deoband.
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The story
of the ‘dog walker’ IAS
couple is a much dis-
cussed topic these days,
not just in bureaucrat-
ic circles but in the gen-
eral public too. The
‘dog walker’ IAS cou-
ple, it is alleged, used to
vacate the Thyagaraj
Stadium in Delhi for
‘morning walk’. Ath-
letes exercising and
practicing in the stadi-
um were asked to va-
cate the stadium before
7:30 so that the officials
could walk around
with the dog. An Eng-
lish newspaper re-
vealed this and in a
hurry, the government
transferred both of
them and sent the hus-
band to Ladakh and the
wife to Arunachal
Pradesh. This decision
of the government was
highly praised in social
media and a lot of
memes were also made.
But the question is
whether both have
been sent to Ladakh
andArunachalPradesh
as punishment for a big
mistake? Officers liv-
ing in Delhi generally
refer to postings in
these states as punish-
ment posting or com-
pulsion posting. But in
reality these two areas
are the most sensitive
areas for India. China
has an eye on both
Ladakh and Arunachal
Pradesh and its sol-
diers keep infiltrating
these areas every day.
China is trying to
change the geography
of these two areas and
is also plotting to
change the population
structure or regional
structure. Therefore, it
is extremely dangerous
proposition if such a
sensitive state is being
made a dumping
ground as a punish-
ment posting. As a rule,
only the best of the best
officers should be sent
to these two areas.
Are Ladakh and Arunachal regions now only a dumping ground of officials?
PUNISHMENT POSTING?

China is trying to
change the
geography of
these two areas
and is also
plotting to change
the population
structure
or regional
structure File photo of IAS couple walking on the Delhi stadium track with their dog before being shifted.
A police constable sticks a poster of those accused to be involved
in a clash following a controversial remark by suspended BJP
leader Nupur Sharma, in Kanpur on Monday.
Waliullah Khan being brought
to the Ghaziabad district and
sessions court on Monday.
—PHOTO BY PTI
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BIZ BUZZ
06
Sebi rejigs MF
advisory
committee
New Delhi (PTI):
Sebi has restructured
its advisory commit-
tee on mutual funds.
The 25-member ad-
visory committee will
be chaired by former
Deputy Governor of
the RBI Usha Thorat.
Earlier, the panel
had 24 members.
The regulator has
inducted Chairman
of NJ India Invest
Neeraj Choksi in the
advisory committee.
Other members
include Independent
Trustee at SBI Mutual
Fund Sunil Gulati,
and Independent
Trustee at DSP MF
Dharmishta Naren-
draprasad Raval.
‘No proposal to
replace Gandhi’s
face on notes’
Mumbai (PTI):
Dismissing reports,
the Reserve Bank on
Monday said there
is no proposal to
replace the face of
Mahatma Gandhi
with that of others on
currency notes. In a
statement, the central
bank said there are
reports in certain
sections of the media
that the RBI is con-
sidering changes to
the existing currency
and banknotes by
replacing the face
of Mahatma Gandhi
with that of others.
“It may be noted that
there is no such pro-
posal in the Reserve
Bank,” it said.
IRCTC increases
limit of booking
tickets
New Delhi (PTI): In-
dian Railways has de-
cided to increase the
maximum number of
tickets that may be
booked in a month
from 6 to 12 using
a user ID that is not
linked to Aadhaar. In-
creasing the number
of tickets booked in
a month from 12 to
24 by a user ID that
is linked to Aadhaar
and that one of the
passengers in the
ticket to be booked
is verifiable through
Aadhaar. Currently,
a user ID that is not
Aadhaar linked can
book a max of 6 tick-
ets per month on the
IRCTC website/app.
Canara Bank
and Karur Vysya
up lending rates
New Delhi (PTI):
Canara Bank and
Karur Vysya Bank on
Monday said they
have revised their
lending rates leading
to an increase in
EMIs linked to the re-
spective benchmarks.
State-owned Canara
Bank has raised the
marginal cost of
funds based lending
rate by 0.05% of 5
basis points to 7.40%
for one year tenure.
The bank has also
raised the MCLR
rate for 6 months
tenure to 7.35% from
7.30%.
New Delhi (PTI): Tata
Motors on Monday said
it has bagged an order
for supply of 10,000
XPRES-T EV units from
BluSmart Electric Mo-
bility. The deployment
of 10,000 units makes
this the biggest ever EV
fleet order in India, the
auto major said in a
statement.
With deliveries start-
ing soon, these vehicles
are an addition to the
3,500 XPRES-T EV or-
der, which was signed
by both the companies
in October last year, and
will be used across In-
dia for commuters, in
turn helping minimise
the carbon footprint.
“Tata Motors is tak-
ing active steps towards
the rapid electrification
of mobility, and it is
heartening to see re-
nowned fleet aggrega-
tors joining the green
mobility wave with us,”
Tata Motors Passenger
Vehicles Managing Di-
rector Shailesh Chan-
dra noted.
The company is de-
lighted to continue its
association with
BluSmart Electric Mo-
bility as 10,000 XPRES-
T EVs will be deployed
across the country, he
added.
“With our $50 million
in Series A fund raise,
we are supercharged to
rapidly expand across
Delhi NCR and the met-
ro cities. We are thank-
ful to Tata Motors for
charging up our jour-
ney to scale up at a fast
pace,” BluSmart Elec-
tric Mobility Co-Found-
er Anmol Singh Jaggi
said.
The company has
covered 50 million clean
kilometres and deliv-
ered over 1.6 million
zero-emission rides
with an elevated cus-
tomer experience on its
platform, he added.
TATA MOTORS TO SUPPLY 10K EVs
TaMo bagged an
order for supply
of 10K XPRES-T
EV units from
BluSmart Electric
Mobility
KPDL, Tata Power ink pact
to set up EV charging infra
New Delhi (PTI):
Tata Power has part-
nered with real estate
company Kolte-Patil
Developers Ltd
(KPDL) to set up e-
charging stations
across its projects in
Pune, Mumbai and
Bengaluru for conven-
ience of electric vehi-
cle owners. As part of
the wider green mobil-
ity adoption, EVs and
the charging infra-
structure play a key
role to mitigate cli-
mate change challeng-
es in the urban mobil-
ity space. “Tata Power
has partnered with
Kolte-Patil Develop-
ers, a leading Pune-
based real estate de-
veloper to set up
charging stations for
providing comprehen-
sive charging solu-
tions to the EV own-
ers,” statement said.
Mumbai (PTI): Credit
ratings agency Icra on
Monday revised up-
ward its projection of
international air pas-
senger traffic at Indian
airports at 80-85% of
the pre-pandemic vol-
umes during this fiscal.
The volume of such
travellers has already
touched 72% of the pre-
Covid level in May
.
The steep recovery in
international passen-
gers’ demand came on
the back of resumption
of scheduled flight op-
erations in late March
in the wake of easing of
travel restrictions
norms and resilient
passenger demand.
Major destinations
driving the internation-
al traffic demand are
Southeast Asia, the
Middle East and Eu-
rope, it said.
Commercial opera-
tions of international
flights resumed on
March 27 after a hiatus
of two years amid COV-
ID-19 pandemic. During
that period internation-
al operations were lim-
ited to countries
through special flights
under the ‘Vande
Bharat Mission’ and bi-
lateral ‘air transport
bubble’ agreements
with several countries.
The ramp-up is
healthy with interna-
tional passenger traffic
reaching 63% and 72%
of pre-Covid levels
(similar period in 2019)
in April and May, re-
spectively, this year
compared to the recov-
ery of less than 50% to
that of pre-pandemic
levels during FY22, the
ratings agency said.
Icra said it also ex-
pects the ramp-up in the
overall passenger traf-
fic to 96-97% of the pre-
Covid levels in FY23 on
the back of a strong and
sharp recovery in do-
mestic passenger traffic
and the resumption of
international commer-
cial operations.
The recovery in do-
was strong post-Omi-
cron and has reached
98% of pre-Covid levels
in April and May, it
said, adding, overall,
passenger traffic has
reached 93% of pre-
Covid levels in May
.
“Resumption of in-
ternational commercial
operations has acceler-
ated the traffic recov-
ery. Considering the
healthy ramp-up in in-
ternational traffic in
the last two months,
Icra expects interna-
tional traffic to reach
80-85% of the pre-Covid
level in FY23 as against
earlier estimates of 70-
75%,” said Abhishek
Lahoti, senior analyst,
for corporate ratings at
Icra. Further, as expect-
ed, the recovery of do-
was sharp and much
faster post-Omicron, he
said.
Int’lairpassengertraffictohit
80-85%ofpre-Covidlevel: ICRA
The volume of such travellers has already touched 72% of the pre-Covid level in May
Commercial operations of int’l flights resumed on
March 27 after a hiatus of two years. During that pe-
riod int’l operations were limited to countries through
special flights under the ‘Vande Bharat Mission’ and
bilateral ‘air transport bubble’ agreements.
RESUMPTION
ON MARCH 27
AFTER WAIT
OF 2 YEARS
Sensex slips 94
pts;Niftyat16,570
Mumbai (PTI): Mar-
kets continued to fall
on Monday, with the
Sensex declining 94
points as investors
remained cautious
amid unabated sell-
ing by foreign funds
and elevated crude
oil prices ahead of
the RBI’s policy deci-
sion later this week.
The 30-share BSE
Sensex declined 93.91
points to end at
55,675.32.
The broader NSE
Nifty fell 14.75 points
to finish at 16,569.55.
From the Sensex
pack, Asian Paints,
UltraTech Cement,
Bajaj Finserv, Dr
Reddy’s, Nestle, Lars-
en & Toubro, HUL &
Axis Bank were big-
gest laggards.
` GAINS 2 PAISE TO
CLOSE AT 77.64/$
Mumbai (PTI): The
rupee inched up 2
paise to close at 77.64
against the US dollar.
The local unit opened
slightly strong at 77.65
against the greenback
and witnessed an
intra-day high of 77.55
and a low of 77.67. It
finally settled at 77.64,
a rise of 2 paise.
GOLD GAINS `43;
SILVER UP BY `850
New Delhi (PTI): Gold
in Delhi on Monday
increased by `43 to
`50,908 per 10 grams
amid firm global
trends. In the previous
trade, the yellow metal
settled at `50,865
per 10 grams. Silver
also gained `850 to
`62,211 per kg from
`61,361 per kg.
WORK FROM HOME IS
HERE TO STAY: CIRIL
Kolkata (PTI): As
WorkfromHome(WFH)
has become a reality
post-Covid-19 pandem-
ic, there is an increased
demand for functional
and flexible spaces that
canaccommodatework-
space conveniently lo-
cated in urban centres
for easy access of the
employees, according to
CIRIL. It is not the only
business that is looking
for more resilience
through flexible forms
of real estate, property
developers and land-
lords also are seeking a
sustained model of cre-
ating a need-based eco-
system for future of
work where hybrid
models of working are
becoming norms.
With the prospect of
more workforce and of-
fice workers taking up
remote or flexible work
practices, building oc-
cupancy rates may de-
crease in short term but
a few segments such as
co-working and flexible
spaces are going to be
the main demand driv-
er in the commercial
and real estate segment,
it said. Developers and
corporates have to work
in tandem to address
the needs of the hybrid
work culture through
augmentation of exist-
ing infrastructure.
Smaller cities are be-
coming an attractive
investment option for
both customers and in-
vestors.
Auto sales in slow lane in May: FADA
New Delhi (PTI): Re-
tail sales of passenger
vehicles grew last
month but the sales of
two-wheeler and com-
mercial vehicles re-
mained low compared
to the pre-COVID
month of May 2019, ac-
cording to automobile
dealers’ body FADA.
On Monday, FADA
said that overall auto
retails stood at
16,46,773 units in May,
down from 18,22,900
units in May 2019.
“May 2022 retails
when compared to May
2019 reveal that sales
arestillnotonagrowth
trajectory as overall
retails were down by
10%. While PV and
tractors continued its
positive run... Two-
wheeler, three-wheeler
and CV sales are yet to
show any signs of
healthy run-rate,”
FADA President Vink-
esh Gulati said in a
statement.
While a Year-on-
Year (Y-o-Y) compari-
son with May 2021
shows an exceptional-
ly healthy growth rate
across all categories, it
is important to note
that both May 2021 and
May 2020 were affected
by nationwide lock-
down due to the COVID
pandemic, he stated.
May palm oil
imports surge
to 7-month high
New Delhi (Agencies):
India’s palm oil exports
in May were its highest
in seven months and up
15% on April as the
country overcame
curbs on Indonesian ex-
ports by sourcing more
of the commodity from
Malaysia, Thailand and
Papua New Guinea, five
industry officials said.
India imported
660,000 tonnes of palm
oil in May, up from
572,508 tonnes in April,
according to the aver-
age estimate from five
dealers. India’s soyoil
imports in May rose to
352,614 tonnes from
315,853 tonnes in April.
Sunflower oil im-
ports jumped to 123,970
tonnes in May from
67,788 tonnes a month
earlier.
Coal India aims green mining options,says Chairman
New Delhi (PTI):
State-owned CIL is aim-
ing at green mining op-
tions and increase pro-
duction from its under-
ground mines, which
are favourable for
cleaner ecosystem,
through installation of
technologies, compa-
ny’s Chairman Pramod
Agrawal said.
The comments come
at a time when there
have been concerns
about global climate
change on account of
the burning of fossil
fuels including coal, re-
sulting into green-
house gas emission.
For environmentally
cleaner transportation
of coal, CIL is setting
up coal handling plant/
silos in 35 projects un-
der the first phase of
the first-mile con-
nectivity, and
stressed that it
is continuing
in the second
phase as well.
“The com-
pany is
a l s o
aiming at green min-
ing options and plan-
ning to increase its un-
derground output,”
he said.
Stating that
CIL is committed
to preservation
of environment
and creating a
green can-
o p y
around its mining are-
as, the chairman said
that the public sector
unit planted over 30.4
lakh saplings during
FY22, expanding its
green cover to 1,468.5
hectares. The chair-
man said that 27 eco
parks and mine tour-
ism projects have been
developed as on date.
RBI’S MPC STARTS
3-DAY DELIBERATIONS
Mumbai (PTI): The
RBI’s rate-setting panel
MPC on Monday began
its three-day delibera-
tion amid expectations
of another round of
hike in benchmark in-
terest rates to contain
inflation that continues
to remain above the
central bank’s upper
tolerance level. RBI
Governor Shaktikanta
Das will announce the
decision of the MPC af-
ter deliberations on
Wednesday. Das has al-
ready indicated that
there may another hike
in the repo rate.
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FORMER MP CONGRESS SPOKESMAN
SHOOTS HIS WIFE DEAD
Gwalior (PTI): A former Congress spokesman
allegedly shot his wife dead in the wee hours
on Monday at their residence here in Madhya
Pradesh, police said. The accused, Rishabh
Bhadoria, is on the run. “The incident occurred
in Ram Nagar locality under the Thatipur police
station limits in Gwalior city. Former Congress
spokesman (Gwalior unit) Rishabh Bhadoria alleg-
edly fatally shot his wife Bhavna Bhadoria, aged
around 30-31 years, using a firearm and fled,” said
sub-inspector Brahmanand Sharma. Rishabh’s fa-
ther Krishnakant Bhadoria called the police control
room around 2.30 am, he said.
New Delhi (PTI): Services across the Blue Line
corridor were on Monday impacted due to a
technical snag, of-
ficial sources said.
Blue Line connects
Dwarka Sector-21
in Delhi and Noida
Electronic City, along
with a branch line
to Vaishali. “Blue Line Update Delay in Services
between Dwarka Sector 21 and Noida Electronic
City/Vaishali. Normal service on all other lines,” the
DMRC tweeted. The entire Blue Line has been im-
pacted due to a snag in the OHE (overhead equip-
ment) at Yamuna Bank station.
New Delhi (PTI): A Cessna 152 aircraft belonging
to pilot training organisation GATI crashed near the
Birasal airstrip in
Odisha on Monday,
injuring its student
pilot, senior officials
of aviation regula-
tor DGCA said. The
student pilot has been
taken to a hospital and
the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has
started an investigation into this incident, they said.
The aircraft, which has registration number VT-EUW,
went out of the runway while landing at the Birasal
airstrip, they noted. Birasal airstrip is approximately
50 kms from Dhenkanal city in Odisha, they said.
DELHI METRO BLUE LINE SERVICES
IMPACTED DUE TO TECH SNAG
CESSNA AIRCRAFT CRASHES NEAR
BIRASAL AIRSTRIP IN ODISHA
CRUCIAL READS
First India Bureau
Lucknow: President
Ram Nath Kovind on
Monday said there can
be differences of ideol-
ogy between the ruling
party and the opposi-
tion but there should
not be any animosity
between both the sides.
Addressing a joint
sitting of the Uttar
Pradesh Legislative
Council and the Assem-
bly
, Kovind said the UP
Legislature has a glori-
ous history of dignified
amicability between
the ruling party and
the opposition.
“Sometimes, there
have been undignified
incidents which are
contrary to this rich
tradition. You have to
make an effort to forget
them by considering
those as an exception.
"You all have to further
strengthen the rich po-
litical tradition of UP.
In a democracy, there
can be differences of
ideology between the
ruling party and the op-
position but there
should not be any ani-
mosity (vaimanasya)
between both the
sides,” Kovind said.
Kovind said the Leg-
islatureisthetempleof
democracy and the peo-
ple consider the public
representativesastheir
‘bhaagyavidhata’ (one
who decides the desti-
ny). “The people of the
state have a lot of hope
and expectations from
you, and fulfilling their
expectations is the
most important
work for
you.”
“The ambit of your
public service must
contain all the citizens,
whether they have vot-
edforyouornot.Hence,
it is your responsibility
to work in the interest
of every person,” he
said. The president also
exuded confidence that
UP will soon become
“Uttam Pradesh”.
“With your efforts,
Uttar Pradesh will soon
becomeUttamPradesh.
When the largest state
of the country achieves
all the parameters of
development, then the
country’s development
will automatically get a
backing,” he said.
“I hope that 25 years
from now, when the na-
tion will celebrate the
centenary of Independ-
ence, by then UP would
have been established
as the leading state in
India in terms of pa-
rameters of develop-
ment, and our country
would be at the fore-
front among the devel-
oped countries,” Ko-
vind said.
Govt&Oppnmaydifferonideology,butthereshouldn’tbeanimosity:Prez
LEGISLATURE IS TEMPLE OF
DEMOCRACY, SAYS KOVIND
Lucknow: While addressing the joint session of the
Uttar Pradesh legislative council and the legislative
assembly, President Ram Nath Kovind said that
the legislature is a temple of democracy and
the lawmakers are the ‘bhaagyavidhata’ or
those who decide the destiny. Kovind said
that the people of the state have expec-
tations from the representatives who
should fulfil them.
Quashing of FIR in
matrimonial offences
welcome: Delhi HC
The judge
appreciated
the stand who
entered into a
settlement
out of free will
Delhi High Court has
said that quashing of
FIR in matrimonial of-
fences is welcome as it
shows that parties have
decided to put an end to
the dispute as well as
the misery
.
Justice Swarana
Kanta Sharma, while
quashing an FIR for the
offence of rape and cru-
elty by a woman against
her father-in-law and
others, said that there
was a need to curb the
use of sexual offences
along with the offence
of cruelty in matrimo-
nial cases and that
compromise is the best
way possible to settle
disputes as soon as pos-
sible.
The judge appreciat-
ed the stand of the com-
plainant who entered
into a settlement out of
her free will-- as well as
her wish to move on in
life , and quashed the
FIR registered under
sections 376 (rape)/377
(unnatural offences)
/498-A (Husband or rel-
ative of husband of a
woman subjecting her
to cruelty) with a direc-
tion to the accused peti-
tioners to deposit a sum
of Rs 12,500 each to-
wards two advocates'
welfare funds.
Thoughanycasecom-
ing to an end is a wel-
come step as it decreas-
es the pendency of the
Courts, more so, in mat-
rimonial offences
quashing is welcome as
it shows that parties
have decided to put an
end to the lis as well as
to the misery they un-
dergo due to a matrimo-
nial case pending be-
tween them. The fact
that now-a-days Sec-
tions 376 and 354 of IPC
are being used along
with Section 498-A IPC,
which later on are com-
promised and are
brought to this Court.
OFFENCE
Azam’s2closeaides
face each other in
Rampur bypoll
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Lok
Sabha byelection in
Rampur has taken
interesting turn
with both Samajwa-
di Party and BJP
candidates close to
senior SP leader
Azam Khan. Both
have grown under
the banyan shadow
of Khan who has oc-
topus like grip over
the party in Rampur.
The SP candidate
Asim Raja, who is
city president of the
party, filed his nomi-
nation papers in the
presence of Khan
and his family mem-
bers today
. The BJP’s
nominee Ghanshyam
Lodhi, whose prox-
imity with Khan was
well known before he
left the party in Janu-
ary 2022 to join the
saffron brigade. Lo-
dhi had been twice
elected from Vidhan
Parishad twice on
SP’s ticket.
Even as Khan was
authorized by the
party leadership to
decide about the can-
didature in Rampur,
he kept it closely-
guarded secret till the
last moment of filing
the nominations. The
reason according to
party sources was to
keep Union Minister
Mukhtar Abbas Naq-
vi away from the
contest.
Kashmir situation turning back to 1990s: Patil
Jammu (PTI): Lam-
basting Central and Un-
ion Territory govern-
ments for their “total
failure” to check target-
ed killings and worsen-
ing situation in Kash-
mir, AICC in-charge for
the Jammu and Kash-
mir affairs Rajni Patil
has said that the situa-
tion is “worrisome and
turning back to 1990s”,
contrary to the claims
of the BJP
.
The senior Congress
leader said continued
targeted killings of in-
nocents led to an atmos-
phere of insecurity in
Kashmir. “The Central
government and Union
Territory administra-
tion have utterly failed
to check targeted kill-
ingsandworseningsitu-
ation n Kashmir,” Patil
told reporters here.
Nitishturnsnostalgic
overJPmovement
Kumar Prabodh
Patna: Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar
on Monday took a trip
down the memory lane,
recounting his days as
a student activist when
he bore witness to his-
tory being made by
freedom fighter and so-
cialist leader
Jayaprakash Narayan
with his evocative call
for “total revolution”.
He was responding to
queries by journalists
astowhethertherewere
any plans to celebrate
the “golden jubilee” of
‘Sampoorn Kranti Di-
was’, due in a couple of
years. “That is a very
good idea”, exclaimed
the 70-year-old CM with
perceptible excitement.
Kumar said he owes
his political life to the
‘JP movement’ which
began in 1974 and cul-
minated in the defeat
of Indira Gandhi-led
Congress after the
Emergency.
“Whatever political
activists like us have
learnt, we have learnt
from JP. We have there-
fore been observing
June 5 as ‘Sampoorn
Kranti Diwas’. Of late,
WorldEnvironmentDay
has also come to be cel-
ebrated on the same
date but that is a rela-
tively new develop-
ment,” he added.
—With PTI inputs
LALU URGES
COURT TO
RELEASE
PASSPORT
Ranchi (PTI): Rashtri-
ya Janata Dal (RJD) Su-
premo Lalu Prasad has
appealed before a spe-
cial CBI Court for re-
lease of his passport in
order to renew it as he
may need to travel
abroad for a possible
kidney transplant, his
counsel said on Monday
.
The 73-year-old Pras-
ad on April 22 was
granted bail by
Jharkhand High Court
in the Doranda Treas-
ury Case involving em-
bezzlement of over Rs
139 crore in which a CBI
special court had sen-
tenced him to five years
in prison.
“Lalu Prasad has
prayed for renewal of
his passport,” Prasad’s
counsel Prabhat Kumar
told PTI.
Haryana and Maharastra to
compete for 1st and IInd place
First India Bureau
Panchkula: From the
initial trends of the
medal tally of Khelo In-
dia Youth Games-2021
being held at Tau Devi
Lal Sports Complex in
Panchkula, on Monday
.
It seems that Haryana
and Maharashtra will
be vying for the first
and second place. One
after the other the play-
ers of both the states
are elevating their
states in the medal tally
.
Haryana girls were
the first to make it to the
final in the Kabaddi
match on the fourth day
.
In the first semi-final,
Haryana girls did won-
ders by defeating
Andhra Pradesh by 50-
15 points in a one-sided
match. The audience
also left no stone un-
turned in their encour-
agement. The second
semi-final will be be-
tween Maharashtra and
Tamil Nadu.
Similarly, in the
Kabaddi Boys match,
Uttar Pradesh beat Ma-
harashtra by 41-37.
Volleyball semi-final
matches begin: The first
semi-final match of vol-
leyball will be played
between Rajasthan and
Haryana, the second be-
tween Tamil Nadu and
Gujarat, while in the
first semi-final of girls,
Haryana and Gujarat
will compete.
Haryana got a great
start again in the wres-
tling matches: In the 61
kgweightcategory
,Savi-
ta of Haryana defeated
Vanshika Gosai of Utta-
rakhand 10-0. Rekha Jat
of Madhya Pradesh de-
feated Meenaben Patel
of Gujarat 10-2 while
Nikita of Delhi defeated
Khushi Thakur of
HimachalPradeshtoad-
vance to the next round.
Shuttler Unnati Hoo-
da becomes the subject
of discussion: Unnati
Hooda, the youngest
player to represent In-
dia in the Thomas Cup,
entered the next round
by winning her first
match in badminton
singles.
Lucknow: The
Congress in
Uttar Pradesh
will not contest
the upcoming
by-elections to
two Lok Sabha
seats in the state.
State Congress
vice president
Yogesh Dixit
issued a state-
ment on Monday
saying that the
party had decided
not to contest the
Lok Sabha by-
elections in view
of the recent As-
sembly polls. He
said that the party
was revamping
and strengthen-
ing itself to meet
the challenges of
the 2022 general
elections.
CONG NOT TO
CONTEST UP
LOK SABHA
BYELECTIONS
DCW writes to
Yogi for action
in minor’s rape
New Delhi (PTI):
Delhi Commis-
sion For Women
(DCW) Chairper-
son Swati Mali-
wal has written to
Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath,
seeking urgent ac-
tion in the matter
of a 13-year-old
girl’s gangrape
and killing in the
state’s Buland-
shahr district.
Maliwal has de-
manded the regis-
tration of an FIR
and the arrest of
the accused.
The DCW has
also sought an FIR
against the police
officers con-
cerned for alleg-
edly refusing to
act in the matter.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
KHELO INDIA YOUTH GAMES

A True friend is not one who is a
shadow to us, but one who stands
and guides us when we falter.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO & Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
RUSSIAN FM WARNS WEST OVER LONG-RANGE ROCKETS
Moscow (AP): The
Russian foreign minis-
ter has warned the
West that if it provides
Ukraine with long-
range rockets, Moscow
will respond by taking
over larger areas of
Ukraine.
Speaking during an
online news confer-
ence Monday, Sergey
Lavrov said, “The long-
er the range of weap-
ons you supply, the far-
ther away the line from
where neo-Nazis could
threaten the Russian
Federation will be
pushed.”
The US and Britain
have announced they
will provide Ukraine
with multiple rocket-
launchers capable of
striking targets up to
80 kilometers (50 miles)
away
.
The systems are ca-
pable of firing longer
range rockets that can
hit areas of up to 300
kilometers (186 miles)
away, but US said it
wouldn’t supply the
rockets.
Asked how Moscow
would respond if the
US and its allies change
their mind and provide
Ukraine with long-
range rockets, Russian
President Vladimir Pu-
tin said in televised
comments Sunday that
Moscow will draw ap-
propriate conclusions
and use our strike
means, which we have
plenty of, in order to
hit the facilities that
we haven’t struck yet.
Putin has warned Moscow would hit new targets if the West supplies Ukraine with long-range missiles
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DEVELOPMENTS
Delhi govt will open 100
more mohalla clinics
across the national capi-
tal to provide “world-
class” primary health-
care services to all resi-
dents, an official state-
ment said on Monday
.
Deputy Chief Minis-
ter Manish Sisodia took
stock of the mohalla
clinic project and said
the government is work-
ing to completely digit-
ise the clinics and doc-
tors will be able to track
medical history of pa-
tients to provide better
treatment, it said.
The capital currently
has 519 mohalla clinics
that offer free primary
health care services to
patients, including 212
different types of tests.
Every day, over 60,000
people are treated in
these mohalla clinics.
The preparations for
these upcoming clinics
are well underway and
will be completed soon,
said the statement.
On Monday, Sisodia
met officials from the
PWD and the Health De-
partment to review the
project. “The Kejriwal
govt’s Aam Aadmi Mo-
halla Clinics are known
around the world, and
people have been visit-
ing Delhi to learn about
this public healthcare
model,” he said.
Delhi govt to open 100 more mohalla clinics
WORLD-CLASS HEALTH SERVICES

Delhi govt’s goal
is to provide
primary
healthcare to
every resident of
Delhi, and
expanding the
number of
mohalla clinics is
a landmark step
Christianity being spread across
Punjab: Akal Takht Jathedar
Amritsar (PTI): Ex-
pressing concern over
“spread of Christianity”
in Punjab, Akal Takht
Jathedar Gyani Har-
preet Singh on Monday
asserted that “churches
and mosques” are being
built in numbers in ru-
ral parts of the state and
urged Sikh preachers to
visit villages to promote
Sikhism. Delivering his
customary address to
the Sikh community
from the Akal Takht’s
podium to mark the 38th
anniversary of ‘Opera-
tion Bluestar’, the Jathe-
dar also said that the
Sikh community should
make arrangements for
the training of the youth
in Sikh martial art and
other heritage weapons.
“Today, we are con-
fronting several chal-
lenges that are weaken-
ing us on the religious,
social and economic
fronts,” he said.
Giani Harpreet Singh during his address to Sikhs on Monday.
The longer
the range of
weapons you
supply, the farther
away the line from
where neo-Nazis could
threaten the Russian
Federation will be
pushed.
—Sergey Lavrov
Russian foreign minister
EVEN SMALL COUNTRIES CHALLENGING
INDIA UNDER BJP, CLAIMS SISODIA
REMARKS AGAINST PROPHET MOHAMMAD
BJP also issued a
statement that it
respects all religions
Qatar and Kuwait
summoned the
Indian ambassadors
BJP suspended
Nupur Sharma &
Naveen Jindal
New Delhi (PTI): AAP
leader and Delhi Depu-
ty Chief Minister Man-
ish Sisodia on Monday
alleged the BJP has led
the country to such a
situation that even
“small countries are
now challenging the
great nation of India”.
Sisodia claimed that
every Indian is pained
by it and “the sorrow is
endless”.
Sisodia’s remarks
came after the Organi-
sation of Islamic Coop-
eration (OIC) slammed
India for comments by
two BJP functionaries
against Prophet Mo-
hammad and even urged
the UN to take necessary
measures to ensure that
the rights of Muslims
are protected. Saudi
Arabia, Qatar, Iran and
Kuwait expressed their
condemnation of the
controversial remarks
against the Prophet and
called for “respect for
beliefs and religions.”
Pakistan summoned
the Indian charg
d’affaires to convey its
categorical rejection
and condemnation of
the controversial re-
marks by the two BJP
leaders.
As the row escalated
both domestically and
abroad, the BJP on Sun-
day suspended its na-
tional spokesperson Nu-
pur Sharma and ex-
pelled its Delhi media
head Naveen Kumar
Jindal.
‘Jai Shri Ram’, says
Jindal a day after being
expelled from BJP
New Delhi (PTI): A
day after being expelled
from the BJP over his
controversial remarks
against Prophet Mo-
hammad, party’s former
Delhi media head
Naveen Kumar Jindal
on Monday described
himself as a “proud Hin-
du” and greeted his sup-
porters on Twitter with
‘Jai Shri Ram’.
Jindal said his pri-
mary concern at present
was protecting himself
and his family as inces-
sant death threats were
pouring in on social me-
dia from within the
country and abroad.
“I have submitted a
complaint to the police
demanding my security
cover back. I have faith
in Banke Bihari and he
will help me pass
through this difficult
times,” Jindal told PTI.
On Sunday, the com-
munication from Delhi
BJP chief Adesh Gupta
to Jindal said his views
on social media vitiate
communal harmony
and are in violation of
the party’s fundamental
beliefs. He has acted
against the party’s poli-
cies and ideology
, Gupta
had said.
“Your primary mem-
bership is immediately
terminated and you are
expelled from the par-
ty,” Gupta had said in
the communication.
Jindal had come un-
der attack on social me-
dia after his tweet about
Prophet Mohammad on
June 1.
Jindal said that he
had tweeted asking a
question to those at-
tacking and insulting
Hindu deities and it
was not aimed at hurt-
ing the religious senti-
ments of any commu-
nity. Jindal, a former
journalist with over
two decades of experi-
ence, has attracted con-
troversy through his
social media posts in
the past too.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia claimed that every Indian is pained by it and “the
sorrow is endless”.
Naveen Kumar Jindal
‘BJP FORCED TO ACT
AGAINST PARTY
FUNCTIONARIES’
New Delhi (PTI): Left
parties on Monday alleged
the BJP was “forced to act”
and suspend its national
spokesperson Nupur
Sharma for her contro-
versial remarks against
Prophet Muhammed due to
pressure from other coun-
tries. The BJP on Sunday
suspended Sharma and ex-
pelled its Delhi media head
Naveen Kumar Jindal, with
some Muslim countries
registering their protest and
violence in Kanpur. CPI-M
general secretary Sitaram
Yechury questioned how
BJP leaders speaking on
behalf of the party can be
called “fringe elements.”
WHY ARE MUSLIM COUNTRIES SILENT ON
CHINA, ASKS A SECTION OF ACTIVISTS
New Delhi (PTI): A section of activists and experts on Mon-
day questioned the “silence”’ of Muslim nations on China’s
treatment of minorities and
alleged violation of human
rights there after some of
these countries lodged a
protest with India over the
remarks of two BJP func-
tionaries on Prophet Mohammad. The row over the alleged
derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammad escalated
on Sunday with protests from countries like Saudi Arabia, Ku-
wait, Qatar and Iran, prompting the BJP to take action against
its functionaries and assert that it respects all religions.
DELHI POLICE REGISTERS FIR AFTER NUPUR
SHARMA ALLEGES DEATH THREATS
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Police has registered an FIR on
a complaint by Nupur Sharma in which the suspended BJP
spokesperson alleged that
she is receiving death threats
after her remarks on Prophet
Mohammad, officials said on
Monday. “Based on the FIR,
we have initiated a probe
into the matter,” a senior police official said. Sharma’s com-
ments, made during a TV debate nearly 10 days ago, and
Jindal’s now-deleted tweets sparked a Twitter trend calling
for a boycott of Indian products in some countries.
I have submitted a
complaint to the
police demanding
my security cover
back. I have faith
in Banke Bihari
and he will help
me pass through
this difficult times.
Naveen Kumar Jindal,
Delhi media head
New Delhi (PTI):
The Delhi Universi-
ty (DU) has gone al-
most paperless with
the majority of its
operations, includ-
ing those relating to
administrative and
accounts depart-
ments, now linked to
the varsity’s E-
Samarth’ portal, a
senior varsity offi-
cial said on Monday
.
The official said
that the varsity has
been successful in
making most of the
processes, like ad-
mission and exami-
nation, online.
“We have linked
administrative and
accounting work to
Samarth in the last
few months. We are
in the process to
link everything to
Samarth. We are
successful in mak-
ing most of our pro-
cesses online,” said
Professor Sanjeev
Singh, Joint Dean,
Admission, who
also heads the uni-
versity’s paperless
initiative.
He said that the
university is paper-
less except for cer-
tain operations,
where it is difficult
to completely switch
from paper to on-
line, he said.
“On the surface
and administrative
level, we are paper-
less. But in nuances
we cannot say it is
completely paper-
less because several
processes like ex-
amination and
mark sheet require
paper printing,”
Singh said.
Though its digital
version is available,
there is a require-
ment for a print ver-
sion. Attestation of
the documents and
all other notifica-
tions have to be
printed,” he added.
Even though the
process to shift all
university’s opera-
tions online started
around 2016, the ini-
tiative picked up
pace only in the last
six months, during
which most major
operations were
linked to E-Samarth.
DU GOES PAPERLESS
ON ‘SURFACE AND
ADMIN’ LEVEL
We have
linked ad-
ministra-
tive and ac-
counting work to
Samarth in the last
few months. We are
in the process to
link everything to
Samarth. We are
successful in mak-
ing most of our pro-
cesses online.
—Prof Sanjeev Singh,
Joint Dean, Admission
Sergey Lavrov

BUTTERFLY IN
HER STOMACH
T
elevision actress
Helly Shah is back to
the pavilion from the ex-
travagant gala at the French Riviera.
She opened up about focussing on life's posi-
tives, her favourite outfit, etc. The actress was
asked to describe the last five minutes before
stepping onto the red carpet, and she excitedly
said, "I literally could feel the butterflies in my
stomach." Adding further, she said, "When I sat
in the car from my hotel to arrive at the venue,
I had butterflies in my stomach and was very
excited. I wasn't nervous at all. I wanted to be
myself and rock the red carpet. When I walked
out of the car and saw the entire scenario and
nowtowitnesseverythinginpersonwasavery
different feeling. For 2-3 secs I felt, 'Oh my God,
I am here!' It all felt very dreamy
."
D
eepika Padukone’s latest Instagram
post gives us a glimpse into her lazy
Sunday. The actress, who was a jury
member at the recently concluded
Cannes Film Festival, was spotted taking a
nap with her sleeping mask on. The 36-year-
old was caught in a resting mode in her latest
Instagram post. Sharing the post on the social
media platform, Deepika gave us a reference
to the American sitcom, The Office through
the caption. The wrote, “That’s what she said.”
The caption was followed by a bunch of
hashtags that read, “Sunday,” and “Snooze.”
LAZY SUNDAY
HER STOMACH
PERFECTING
CHICNESS
F
ashion looks like medicine for the soul in
the hands of Kriti Sanon. She keeps it pep-
py, funky, and cool often, and sometimes
those desi, we instantly try to manifest a
wedding invite. At the recently concluded IIFA
2022 held at Abu Dhabi, Kriti Sanon won her first
Best Actress award for her performance in last
year’s ‘Mimi’. Taking to her social media, Kri-
ti shared a sweet note of gratitude as she cap-
tioned it, “Dreams do come true! All you
need to do is keep working hard towards it
and never lose faith!” The actress added,
“It has taken me 8yrs to get my first
#BestActress award.
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india facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 09
K
areena Kapoor Khan is set to
make her OTT debut with Sujoy
Ghosh’s next with Vijay Varma
and Jaideep Ahlawat and the
team has already completed a schedule
in Darjeeling. And as Kareena is enjoy-
ing every bit of her shoot, she has shared
a BTS pic with Vijay. In the pic, the Jab
We Met actress was seen in a stylish
dress and was busy scrolling through
her phone while Vijay was standing in
the background in an all-suited avatar.
Kareena gave the pic a witty caption
and wrote, “Acha
Vijay are you
trying to read
my messag-
es? @itsvi-
jayvar ma
# D S X
Shoot”.
argis Fakhri stole attention with her
swoon-worthy, when she opted for a
bright green gown as she made her
fairytale entry at IIFA 2022 awards
ceremony
. The actor's gown was from
the clothing brand Michael Cinco.
The stunning green gown had strap-
py sleeves, corset detailing with a plunging
neckline and an ultra-glamorous flare. The
ball-room gown had delicate beadwork and
embellishments at the top and featherlike col-
oured patterns in shades of white, pink, yellow
and green throughout the bottom flare. Nargis
tied her hair in a dramatic updo and opted for
dewy makeup with sparkly details and glossy
lip colour. She accessorised the outfit with dan-
gling earrings.
Straight Out Of A
Straight Out Of A
FAIRYTALE
FAIRYTALE
N
M
alaika Arora is treating her Insta fam with breathtak-
ingly beautiful pictures and videos from the Turkish
trip. The actress shared her latest vacation pics in hot
swimwear, giving yet another dose of eye candy, in a
blue monokini that is sure to make your heart skip a beat. In
the latest post, the 48-year-old actress can be seen soaking in
the sun in a breezy blue dress, light make-up, and bold red
lip shade adding a hint of chic with a black cap. We also get
to see the serene beauty of the deep blue sea and the bright sun in
the pictures. Malaika captioned the post, "Sundaze Turkish style
#turkishdelight.” Malaika Arora also offered a sneak peek into
her favourite city. Sharing a post on her Instagram stories,
she captioned it as “Now in (one of) our fave cities ever”.
In the picture, the actress looks stunning in a black
bralette paired with matching tights.
TURKISH DELIGHT!
TURKISH DELIGHT!
KAREENA'S WITTY
CAPTION!
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY,
JUNE 7, 2022
Deepika Padukone
Helly Shah
Malaika Arora
Kriti Sanon
Nargis Fakhri
her post...
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