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Lucknow: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi will launch the
second version of
Ujjwala free
cooking gas
connection
s c h e m e
along with “a
free refill and
a stove” on
Tuesday from Ma-
hoba district of poll-
bound Uttar
Pradesh, replicating
the success of its
first version that had
earned immense po-
litical goodwill for
the BJP in the 2017
UP assembly polls.
PM Modi will also
release the 9th
instalment of
‘ P r a d h a n
Mantri Kisan
Samman Ni-
dhi Yojana’
between 11 am
to 12:30 pm via video
conferencing. Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath will also par-
ticipate in the pro-
gram through virtual
medium.More on P2/P8
PM Modi to release 9th tranche of
Kisan Samman Nidhi, e-launch
Ujjwala 2.0 from Mahoba today
First India Bureau
A g r a / L u c k n o w :
Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty’s national president
JP Nadda on Sunday
said that he was sure
that the ruling BJP
would storm back to
power again thanks to
the work done by chief
minister Yogi Adity-
anath. But, at the same
time, indicated that the
party could deny ticket
to non-performing min-
isters and MLAs in the
upcoming UP assembly
electionsearlynextyear.
On Mission 2022, to
discuss poll-strategy
and get the party organ-
isation battle-ready, the
BJP chief, who reached
Agra from Lucknow on
Sunday, dropped the
hint in the organization-
al meeting of the Braj
region. National Gener-
al Secretary Organiza-
tion BL. Santosh, State
in-charge Radha Mohan
Singh, State General
Secretary Organization
Sunil Bansal and Depu-
ty Chief Ministers
Dinesh Sharma, Keshav
Prasad Maurya also at-
tended the meeting.
For the meeting of
the BJP National Presi-
dent, 50 MLAs, seven
ministers and five
MLCs from entire Braj
region were in
Agra.“Thirty medical
colleges have been
launched in UP under
the leadership of PM
Modi and CM Yogi. Un-
der Mission Indrad-
hanush, about 7.57 crore
children have been vac-
cinated under this
scheme,” he said adding
that UP had set a new
record by conducting
about five crore corona
tests. I congratulate
Yogi ji for this,” he said.
During the meeting
held on Sunday after-
noon which was attend-
ed by UP chief minister
Yogi Adityanath and
other state BJP leaders
and ministers, the Na-
dda told office bearers
that the party has to re-
think about non per-
forming leaders adding
that though they still
had time to pull up their
socks. Also, those lead-
ers who will be appoint-
ed as ‘prabharis’ (in-
charge) won’t get tick-
ets. “If anyone has an
objection to it they can
talk to the Turn to P2
Nadda lauds CM Yogi’s work, says BJP will be back under him
BJP’s Natn’l Prez JP Nadda, CM Yogi Adityanath, State Prez
Swatantra Dev Singh and UP in-charge Radha Mohan Singh
during the lamp-lighting ceremony at Hotel Taj Vilas in Agra.
MISSION 2022
New Delhi: Two people
have been arrested for
allegedly posting defam-
atory content against
Andhra Pradesh High
CourtjudgesbytheCBI,
days after the Chief Jus-
ticeof Indiasaidthatthe
agencies “do not re-
spond” when lower
court judges complain
about threats.
Altogether,fivepeople
have been arrested in
the case for allegedly de-
faming judges. The first
arrest in the case was
made Turn to P6
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IS THE END AT BARCELONA
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CJI EFFECT
CBI springs into action, arrests
5 over posts targeting judges
‘MOST CHALLENGING’ TOKYO OLYMPICS ENDS
MEMORIES FOR A LIFETIME: The Indian contingent including wrestlers Bajrang and Deepak Punia
and hockey players take a selfie during the closing ceremony at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Sunday.
India performed their best so far at the Games bagging seven medals including one gold by Neeraj Chopra.
IT’S A WRAP: Fireworks illuminate the sky over the National Stadium during the closing ceremony of the
2020 Tokyo Olympics, held in the challenging shadow of Covid-19, on Sunday. The Olympic flag was passed
to Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo for the 2024 Games scheduled to be organised between July 26 and August 11.
CUSTODIAL TORTURE, POLICE ATROCITIES
STILL PREVAIL IN OUR SOCIETY: RAMANA
New Delhi: The Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV
Ramana on Sunday expressed his concerns over
the increasing cases of custodial torture and police
atrocities in the country and said that the threat
to human rights and bodily integrity is the high-
est at the police stations despite Constitutional
declarations and guarantees. Bodily integrity is the
inviolability of the physical body and emphasizes
the importance of the personal autonomy of human
beings over their own bodies. More on P5
‘INSTALL LEGAL
AID APP IN
CELLS OF ALL
LEGAL FORCE’
New Delhi: CJI NV Ra-
mana on the occasion
of unveiling a legal aid
services app and said,
“Legal aid services
app, will be compul-
sorily installed in
mobile phones of the
entire legal workforce
of legal services and
institutions. This will
allow them to submit
a legal aid application
in few seconds from
anywhere.” “Despite
pandemic, we have
successfully been
able to continue our
legal aid services. The
introduction of such
technological tools
have ensured that any
such future challenges
shall not hamper legal
work,” he added.
Chief Justice
of India NV
Ramana had said
that the agencies
“do not respond”
when lower court
judges complain
about threats
Taliban seize government buildings
in Afghan cities Kunduz, Sar-e Pul
Kabul: Taliban fighters
overran two provincial
capitals, including the
strategic northeastern
city of Kunduz and
northern Sar-e Pul on
Sunday, local officials
said, as the insurgents
intensified pressure on
the north and threat-
ened further cities.
Talibanfightersseized
key government build-
ings in the city of Kun-
duz, leaving government
forces hanging onto con-
trol of the airport and
their own base, a provin-
cial assembly lawmaker
said on Sunday
.
The Taliban have
also taken government
buildings in the north-
ern provincial capital
of Sar-e Pul, driving of-
ficials out of the main
city to a nearby mili-
tary base, Mohammad
Noor Rahmani, a pro-
vincial council member
of Sar-e Pul province,
said.
Tharoor says BJP
‘disrupted’ July 28
meet on Pegasus
New Delhi: Chairman
of the parliamentary
panel on information
technolo-
gyShashi
Tharoor
on Sun-
day said
BJPmem-
bers “dis-
r u p t e d ”
thecommittee’smeeting
onJuly28astheydidnot
wantthePegasusallega-
tionstobediscussedand
the officials who were to
testify “appear to have
beeninstructednottoat-
tend”, but expressed
hope the Turn to P6
Big crackdown
on terror funding
with raids in JK
Srinagar: The National
Investigation Agency
(NIA) today conducted
raidsatover40locations
spread over 14 districts
in Jammu and Kashmir
in connection with a ter-
ror funding case.
Premises of some
senior members of
banned Jamaat-e-Isla-
mi, the biggest socio-
religious organisation
in Jammu and Kashmir,
were also searched. The
organisation was
banned in 2019 for its al-
leged involvement in
secessionist activities.
Since then, Turn to P6
‘Covishield, Covaxin mix
fetches better immunity’
New Delhi: Mixing
doses of Covishield and
Covaxin vaccines is not
only safe but also elicits
a better immune re-
sponse, a new study by
the Indian Council of
Medical Research study
has found.
This is the first study
whichreportstheeffects
of heterologous prime-
boost vaccination with
an Adenovirus vectored
vaccine followed by an
inactivated whole virus
vaccine, researchers
have said.
The study titled ‘Ser-
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Lionel Messi broke down as he spoke about his Bar-
celona exit for the first time at a press conference on
Sunday. After 778 appearances and a 672 goals, Messi
will move on from Barcelona with 35 trophies.
Messi avoided speaking about his future, saying he
received offers from clubs after the announcement that
he would leave the Catalan club. When asked about
Paris Saint-Germain, Messi said it was “a possibility.”
“Lot of things have gone through my head. I’ve still
not come to terms with the reality of leaving. We
need to accept it and move forward,” Messi said.
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LUCKNOW | MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 2021
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First India Bureau
Lucknow:PrimeMinis-
ter Narendra Modi will
launch the second ver-
sion of Ujjwala free
cooking gas connection
scheme along with “a
freerefillandastove”on
Tuesday from Mahoba
districtof poll-boundUt-
tar Pradesh, replicating
the success of its first
version that had earned
immense political good-
will for the BJP in the
2017 UP assembly polls.
PM Modi will also re-
lease the 9th instalment
of ‘Pradhan Mantri
Kisan Samman Nidhi
Yojana’between11amto
12:30 pm via video con-
ferencing. Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath will
also participate in the
programmethroughvir-
tual medium.
A State Government
spokesperson said that
during the programme
the Prime Minister will
also interact with the
beneficiaries of Agri-
culture Infrastructure
Fund Scheme across the
country. In UP, the PM
will interact with 3 ben-
eficiariesof thisscheme
of Kasganj district. Un-
der this scheme, the
Centre provides finan-
cial benefit of Rs 6,000
to eligible farmer fami-
lies every year. The ben-
efit is transferred di-
rectly into the bank ac-
counts of the benefi-
ciaries in three equal
instalments of Rs
2,000An amount of over
Rs 1.15 lakh crore has
been transferred to
farmer-beneficiaries so
far under this scheme
Similarly, under the
Ujjwala 2.0, the Centre
government will dis-
tribute about 10 million
gas connections this fi-
nancial year to the poor
along with a free refill
and a stove, they said
requesting anonymity
.
IN THE TOP GEAR
PM Narendra Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath are focused towards development of Uttar Pradesh.
TRIED TESTED
Yogi govt is also working on increasing the storage capacity for foodgrains
UPTOSETNEWRECORD
IN PADDY PRODUCTION
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh is all set to set
a new record in paddy
production for the sec-
ond year in a row this
year. With cultivation
of paddy on 60 lakh hec-
tares of land this year
against last year’s 58.92
lakh hectares due to fa-
vourable weather con-
ditions, better rains
and steps taken by the
Yogi Government in the
interest of farmers, ag-
ricultural experts be-
lieve that the yield will
increase by one million
tonnes in the current
kharif season. Last
year, production of pad-
dy had crossed 257.04
lakh tonnes.
Notably, the Agricul-
ture Department had
set a target of paddy
cultivation on 60 lakh
hectares of land out of
96.03 lakh hectares this
kharif season, of which
sowing had been done
on 57.72 lakh hectares
till August 4. Paddy
sowing on the remain-
ing land is likely to be
completed by August
15.
Based on comparison
of last year and this
year’s data, the depart-
ment is claiming that
there will be a record
production of paddy in
UP this year.
Besides, UP is likely to
set a new record in the
production of coarse
cereals like millet and
maize as well due to the
conducive weather, ac-
cording to experts.
Out of 18 divisions in
the state, the produc-
tion of paddy is likely
to be highest in the Ba-
reilly Division due to
its maximum sowing.
In Bareilly Division,
paddy has been sown
on 194.40 thousand hec-
tares of land followed
by 175.50 thousand hec-
tares in Moradabad Di-
vision, 156.01 thousand
hectares in Meerut Di-
hectares in Aligarh Di-
hectares in Saharanpur
Division and 25 thou-
sand hectares in Vind-
hyachal Division.
With record produc-
tion of paddy and
coarse cereals, Uttar
Pradesh’s participa-
tion in the Central food
basket will increase
further.
Apart from favoura-
ble weather, Yogi Gov-
ernment’s policies
aimed at increasing
farmers’ income have
played vital role in in-
creasing foodgrains
production in the state.
According to agricul-
tural experts, even dur-
ing the second wave of
Novel Corona virus
pandemic, Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath en-
sured that agricultural
programmes continued
uninterrupted.
BJP’s National President JP Nadda, CM Yogi Adityanath, UP BJP’s in-charge Radha Mohan Singh, State BJP President Swatantra Dev
Singh, BJP’s National General Secretary BL Santosh and other leaders at the organisational meeting of BJP at Agra on Sunday.
CM Yogi said skilled work-
ers would be felicitated
with Vishwakarma Shram
Samman and toolkits will be
given to 21,000 on August 15
. I will also nteract with some
of them during the event in
Lucknow,” he said.
CM Yogi Adityanath has
asked BJP workers to
motivate the public towards
development-oriented
regime. He also asked them
to work honestly to fulfill
welfare oriented objectives.
Yogi Speaks
Yogi Speaks
CM’S RAKSHA BANDHAN GIFT
Lucknow: The Chief
Minister of state, Yogi
Adityanath on the occa-
sion of Raksha Bandhan
has announced a big
gift to daughters of UP.
According to the order
issues, girls who will be
taking buses on Raksha
Bandhan festival will not
only be given a gift, but
their ride will also be free
of cost. This will be the
fifth year in the Transport
Corporation history that
women on the occasion
of Raksha Bandhan will be
availing the benefit due to
the approval of the Chief
Minister. Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath said that
on this holy festival of
brother and sister, women
would be given free travel
in UP State Road Trans-
port Corporation buses as
well as gifted Rakhi and
masks.
Uttar Pradesh to have
its own ‘State Song’
First India Bureau
Lucknow: After
states like Gujarat,
Madhya Pradesh,
Andhra Pradesh and
Bihar, Uttar Pradesh
would also soon have
its own official ‘State
Song’.
The Yogi Adity-
anath government
which started the
practice of organis-
ing UP Diwas on Jan-
uary 24 three years
ago is fine-tuning the
lyrics and composi-
tion of the track,
which would then be
officially adopted as
the ‘state song’, offi-
cial sources said.
This song would
then be sung and
played at important
governmentfunctions
and educational insti-
tutions would also be
asked to pitch in to
popularise it. UP al-
ready has a couple of
popular song like ‘Jai
Jai Uttar Pradesh’
penned by Pankaj Pri-
tam but it has not
been given the official
status of the state
song. “The idea be-
hind the move is to
inculcate a sense of
pride in people about
their state and evoke
the same feeling and
patriotic fervour
which overwhelms
you when the national
anthem is played,”
said an official.
On the initiative of
former UP Governor
Ram Naik, the Yogi
government had start-
ed celebrating the
state’s foundation day
as UP Diwas on Janu-
ary 24, 2018. Uttar
Pradesh, unlike some
other states including
Uttarakhand that was
carved out of it in No-
vember 2000, does not
have an official state
song of its own. Ear-
lier known as the
United Provinces, Ut-
tar Pradesh got its
currentnamethrough
a legislation on Janu-
ary 24, 1950, after two
years of acrimonious
debates and discus-
sions over around 20
suggestions for the
new name such as Ar-
yavarta, Avadh,
Bharat Khand, Brah-
madesh, Hindustan,
Ram Krishna Prant
and Uttara Khand.
Not only is the state
information depart-
ment believed to be
working on some lyr-
ics, but the culture
department is also
gearing up to enlist
public participation
in composing songs,
the best of which
could be designated as
the official state song
by the government.
The state govern-
ment, according to an
official, is all set to
organise an online
competition for peo-
ple to pen songs as
part of ongoing cur-
tain raiser activities.
DGP Goel tells cops to be extra
vigilant for upcoming festivals
Sumit Awasthi
Kanpur: Director Gen-
eral of Police (DGP )
Mukul Goel arrived in
Kanpur for the first
time after taking charge
as DGP to take stock of
the law and order of
Kanpur Commissioner-
ate Police and inaugu-
rated the hospital build-
ing in the Police Lines.
DGP Mukul Goel dur-
ing the visit issued var-
ious instructions and
suggestions to the po-
lice personnel. He in-
structed the officials to
take action against in-
active police personnel.
He further instructed
the officials to be ex-
tremely vigilant due to
upcoming festivals and
Independence Day cel-
ebrations on August
15.During the Covid pe-
riod, due to the efforts
of the Commissioner of
Police, the hospital lo-
cated in the Police Lines
was upgraded with the
state-of-the-art facili-
ties and catered to the
treatment of police per-
sonnel and their family
members.
Inter-faith marriages
anti-Islamic: AIMPLB
Nadda lauds CM Yogi’s work...
Continued from P1
general secretary (or-
ganisation) of the
state,.” he said. Later
addressing a medical
conference, he said, the
BJP will train four lakh
BJP workers by the
month-end with a Cus-
tomized Crash Course
programme for Covid
19 to prepare them to
deal with for the possi-
ble third wave of Covid.
Thermal scanner, oxi-
meter with test kit will
also be provided in ru-
ral areas along with an-
tigen test facility, he
said.
Nadda pointed out
that the Braj region had
a crucial role to play for
party’s comeback,
hence, all the MLAs and
office bearers should
come together and work
in a coordinated and
concerted manner for
the party’s victory.
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath in his
speech enumerated the
development works
done in Braj region by
his government special-
ly mentioning the set-
ting up of S N Medical
College’s super special-
ty hospital and pro-
posed Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj’s mu-
seum along with Med-
icsl colkeges in Firo-
zabad and Etah. He ex-
horted party workers
to take the achieve-
ments of the govern-
ment to the people.
State President Swa-
tantra Dev Singh in-
structed the leaders to
strengthen the booth
and to carry out the
proposed programs of
the organization with
enthusiasm. Among
the state ministers are
Chaudhary Laxmi
Narayan, Shrikant
Sharma, Ramnaresh
Agnihotri, Sandeep Sin-
gh. Mahesh Gupta,
Chaudhary Udaybhan
Singh, Dr. GS
Dharmesh. Braj region
has 65 assembly seats in
12 districts. In the 2017
assembly elections, the
BJP won 57 of the 65
seats in this region.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: With Mus-
lims facing charges of
“love Jihad”, the All
India Muslim Personal
Law Board (AIMPLB)
has called upon the
community to strictly
avoid “inter-faith mar-
riages” as these are
against Islam.
The working general
secretary, Maulana
Khalid Saifullah
Rahmani, of the board
said in a statement that
the situation had as-
sumed serious dimen-
sion and urgent meas-
ures should be taken to
control it.
Maualana Rahmani
said “Nikah of a Mus-
lim boy with any girl
outside the community
was against Shariat.
Similarly, a Muslim
girl should not marry
non-Muslim boy.” He
said such an arrange-
ment outside the faith
was not acceptable in
Shariat (religious law).
He said the prevailing
situation was caused
by co-education of
working condition
which was “regretful”.
He said it was also due
to lack of knowledge of
religious laws for
which parents were re-
sponsible.
DGP Mukul Goes inaugurates Covid Care Hospital at Police Lines
in Kanpur, on Sunday.
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GUV, CM TO PAY TRIBUTES
TO KAKORI MARTYRS
Lucknow: Governor
Anandiben Patel and
CM Yogi Adityanath
will pay their tributes
to the martyrs of
Kakori loot case at Ka-
kori Shaheed Smarak
situated in Lucknow
on Monday. A govt
spokesperson while
giving this information
said that family mem-
bers of the freedom
fighters, will also be
feted on the occasion.
A photo exhibition,
mural exhibition and
painting competition
based on lives of the
freedom fighters will
also be organised on
the occasion.
PM Modi to launch Ujjwala 2.0 from Mahoba in poll bound UP
UP CM said free food-
grains have been provided
to over 11 crores beneficiaries
in the past four days under
the PMGKAY scheme.

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03
DIG HOME GUARD SUSPENDED FOR
VIOLATION OF CONDUCT NORMS
Lucknow: Deputy Inspector General, Home Guard
Sanjeev Shukla was suspended under charges of
violation of Service conduct rules. Sanjeev Shukla
had questioned transfers of Commandant and
Senior Staff Officers (SSO) at Officer’s Association
WhatsApp group of home guard department. Sus-
pension order of Sanjeev Shukla was issued late
on Saturday night and he was posted in Jhansi. It
was reported that several commandants and SSO
were transferred to different districts on July 11.
DIG Shukla had raised questions on the transfers
and said that it was wrong transfer policy. More
than 100 officers were linked with WhatsApp group
where DIG Shukla raised the questions.
CRUCIAL READ
‘MISSING’ SALES OFFICER’S DEAD BODY
FOUND IN BAG,NEIGHBOUR ARRESTED
SIDBI LAUNCHES SWAVALAMBAN FUND TO
PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CULTURE
Agra: Body of a sales officer identified as Sunil Kumar
Sharma was found in a bag in
some bushes near Transport
Nagar here on Sunday. Sunil
was missing since August 2.
During investigation the police
interrogated Mona, a neigh-
bour of Sunil, who confessed
that she killed him with her husband, the police
claimed. According to them, Mona and her husband
Ajay were residing in Sunil’s house on rent for past
seven years. It was alleged that Ajay had dispute over
money lending with Sunil.
Lucknow: Small Industries Development Bank of India
(SIDBI), the principal financial
institution for the promotion
of MSMEs, in partnership
with Foreign, Commonwealth
Development Office, UK has
launched ‘Swavalamban Chal-
lenge Fund’ (SCF). A chal-
lenge fund is a fund support mechanism to allocate
funds for specific purposes using competition among
organisations. On themes of livelihood, women
empowerment, financial literacy, responsible business
etc. eligible entities can submit proposal for award.
State beefing uparmour
inreadinessforCovid3.0
Health experts asked to prepare
guidelines for school reopening
Spl team under Director of
SGPGI has swung into action
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Mete-
orological Department
on Sunday said that due
to the change in the di-
rection of the monsoon
trough line, rain will
intensify in Uttara-
khand as well as Uttar
Pradesh in the coming
days.
Meteorological direc-
tor JP Gupta said that
from August 10, the
troughline of monsoon
will pass through UP af-
ter which there will
light to normal rain in
the state for the next
three to four days with
heavy rain being pre-
dicted at some places in
the state.
The Meteorological
Department had issued
an alert for heavy rain
in some areas of the
state on Sunday
, and
added that on Monday
,
there is a possibility of
rain or thundershower
at many places in west-
ern UP and some places
in Purvanchal.
From Saturday to
Sunday
, scattered light
rain or thundershower
occurred at a few places
inPurvanchalandwest-
ern districts with the
highest rainfall of 7 cm
recorded in Moham-
madabad of Ghazipur.
At the same time rain-
fall in Ghoraval in Son-
bhadra district and
Bansi in Siddharthna-
gar district was record-
ed at 6 cm, 5 cm in Bal-
rampur,Jaunpur,Khali-
labad in Sant Kabirna-
gar district, 4 cm in
Azamgarh, Bindki in
Fatehpurdistrict,Gora-
khpur, Lalitpur,
Thakurdwara in Mo-
radabad district and 3
cm in Chandausi.
The Met Department
also has issued yellow
alert for heavy rain in
U’khand for the next
three days. It has pre-
dicted heavy rain in
some places in districts
of Dehradun, Nainital,
Bageshwar,Champawat
and Pithoragarh and
has issued yellow alert
in these areas. Yellow
alert has also been is-
sued in Dehradun,
Tehri, Nainital, Cham-
pawat and Pithoragarh.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: With the
second wave of Covid-19
receding from the state,
the Uttar Pradesh gov-
ernment upgrading its
armour against a prob-
ablethirdCovid-19wave,
has directed a special
teamof healthexpertsto
prepare elaborate guide-
lines for reopening of
secondary schools and
highereducationalinsti-
tutions.
Committed to restor-
ing normalcy in the
state to save both ‘Lives
and Livelihood’ of peo-
ple, in pursuance of the
Chief Minister’s direc-
tives, a special team
headed by the Director
of SGPGI has swung
into action to prepare
special corona preven-
tive guidelines in com-
pliance with Covid-19
appropriate behaviour.
It is noteworthy
, that
all the students of the
secondary schools, col-
leges and universities
will attend their respec-
tive institutions on the
occasion of Independ-
ence Day on August 15
after which their physi-
cal classes will com-
mence from August 16.
The educational institu-
tions will have to ensure
availabilityof sanitation
facilities like handwash,
thermal scanning, pulse
oximeter and other req-
uisite medical aid.
Only 58 positive cases
Eliminating the dead-
ly second wave of the
Covid-19 pandemic, out
of the 2,54,442 samples
tested in the last 24
hours, merely 58 sam-
ples tested positive for
the Covid-19 infection
and as a result the Test
PositivityRate(TPR)has
slumped to 0.01 per cent
in UP
, lower than the
lowest post first wave of
the pandemic.
Inthesameperiod,an-
other 49 patients also re-
covered from the infec-
tion. The Active Case-
load in the most popu-
lous state has reduced to
just 593 from a high of
3,10,783 in April pushing
the Recovery Rate up to
a remarkable 98.6 per
cent, while the percent-
age of active cases as
against total confirmed
cases is just 0 per cent.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Now charg-
ing stations would be
opened for electric vehi-
clesonthelinesof petrol
pumps.
Atotalof tencharging
stations are being
opened on both sides
from Lucknow to Agra
Expressway
. Apart from
this, there are plans to
open charging stations
on Agra and Varanasi
routes connected to Luc-
knowcity
.Atpresent,the
Transport Department
has given permission to
a company to open a
charging station.
Accordingtoinforma-
tion, the charging sta-
tion between Lucknow
andAgrawillbereadyin
two months, which
wouldbeaDiwaligiftfor
owners of four-wheeler
electric vehicles.
There are also some
termsandconditionsfor
opening a charging sta-
tion. As per the terms
and conditions, a charg-
ing station could be
opened between 30 km
and 80 km distance, for
which availability of
land and electricity con-
nection are necessary
.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Despite hit
by the corona epidemic
in the academic session
2020-21, Lucknow Uni-
versity has received re-
cord number of applica-
tionsforadmissionfrom
students all over India.
The university has
seen a record 7,30,084 ap-
plicationsforthesession
21-22 compared to 63,944
for2020-21whichisa14.3
per cent increase in the
applications.
The 2020-21 session
had seen 44,252 applica-
tion forms received for
courses at the under-
graduate level and 19367
applications were re-
ceived at the PG level.
For the 2021-22 session,
LU has received 48,022
applications for UG
courses with a growth
rate of 8.5 per cent and
24,397 applications have
been received for post-
graduate programs
with a growth rate of 26
per cent. At the same
time, diploma and cer-
tificate courses also
registered a growth rate
of more than 104 per
cent as 665 forms were
received against 325
forms for the academic
session 2020-2021.
V-C Alok Rai attrib-
uted this to the popular-
ity of LU and the in-
creasing number of
students willing to
study in its various
courses to the updated
courses under the Uni-
versity’s New Educa-
tion Policy 2020. He said
the teachers, immedi-
ately after the an-
nouncement of NEP
2020 changed their
teaching standard ac-
cording to the new poli-
cy and keeping in mind
all the dimensions of
NEP 2020, multiple en-
try exit points, academ-
ic bank of credit, and
inter disciplinary edu-
cation were made a part
of the curriculum.
First India Bureau
Barabanki: In a
shocking incident, a
minor ruptured the in-
testines and injured
the private parts of an-
other minor during a
brawl in a factory in
Barabanki district, the
police said.
A case has been reg-
istered against the ac-
cused after a written
complaint was filed by
the victim’s father and
he has been arrested.
According to the
police spokesman,
the incident was re-
ported from a factory
located in Kursi Road
Industrial Area of
Barabanki where the
victim used to work.
The 14-year-old ac-
cused belongs to
Bachrawan in Rae
Bareli and used to
work in the same
factory
.
Bothminorsentered
into a brawl over some
issue after which the
14-year-old pumped air
into the private parts
of the victim with a
pressure gun.
As the condition of
the victim deteriorat-
ed, he was taken to the
LucknowTraumaCen-
tre, where doctors in-
formed the parents
that the minor’s inte-
tinehadbeenruptured
due to the air pressure.
The minor was oper-
ated upon by the doc-
tors.
After the incident
was reported, officials
of the Labour Depart-
ment reached the spot
to investigate the
matter.
During this, the in-
vestigation the team
also examined the
CCTVfootageinstalled
in the factory
.
Weather Alert: Monsoon troughline over state to bring more rains
Masked beauties venture out to enjoy the weekend at Gomti
Riverfront in Lucknow on Sunday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
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MONSOON SPREE
PRESSURE GUN
WHAT’S NEEDED
Ramping up of daily testing
to detect the virus has
helped in the fight against
the second wave. True
to the spirit of the ‘trace,
test, and treat’ policy, with
as many as 6,74,76,221
tested, UPhas emerged as
a leader in Covid Testing.
Whereas, other states like
Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil
Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal
have decreased testing
even after greater surge in
fresh covid cases.
AGGRESSIVE TESTING,
VACCINATION
Meanwhile, the cumulative
number of vaccine doses
administered in UP exceed-
ed 5.35 crore on Sunday.
Notably, the vaccination
drive in Uttar Pradesh has
seen a remarkable jump,
leaving other states much
behind.
VAX DOSES EXCEED
5.35 CR IN STATE
Boy’s intestines
ruptured by another
minor in freak brawl
10chargingstationstocomeup
betweenLucknowandAgra
5 held for slogans
against PM, CM
First India Bureau
Varanasi: Police
have taken five per-
sons into custody for
writing slogans
against PM Modi and
CM Yogi Adityanath.
Itwasreportedthat
anti-Modi, Yogi slo-
gans were written on
walls under Sigra po-
lice station area and
police, intelligence
agencies had no clue
about the incident.
Now policemen were
engaged to remove
the slogans.
Policehaveinterro-
gated persons in cus-
tody and trying to fig-
ure it out which or-
ganisation they were
related to. Further in-
vestigations were un-
derway
,AnupShukla,
inspector Sigra police
station said, adding
that all of them were
from Bihar.
Earlier action was
taken against some
students who raised
derogatorycomments
against Yogi and
Modi.
LU registers record admissions;
sees 14% rise over last session
HIGH ON DEMAND
Jal Shakti Minister Mahendra Singh on an ariel survey in flood-hit Balia district on Sunday. (R) IAF men distribute relief material. CM
Yogi will also conduct an aerial survey of flood affected areas of Auraiya and Etawah on Monday.
STF ACTION
The slogans were removed
by the police
—FILE PHOTO
—FILE PHOTO

PERSPECTIVE
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Jagat Prakash Nadda
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In 1960, AIIMS was opened in Delhi
during the tenure of Nehru. After that
there was no AIIMS anywhere, when
respected Vajpayee ji’s government was
formed, then 6 more AIIMS opened in
the country.150 medical colleges opened
under PM Modi’s government 36,250
new MBBS seats increased. That’s how a
right man makes difference.
Devendra Fadnavis
@Dev_Fadnavis
Bhumipoojan for #PuneMetro was
performed by Hon PM @narendramodi
ji the results are visible so fast!
Multimodal Transport hub is also one
of the ambitious projects for Punekars.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
When a person dwells
longingly on sense objects,
an inclination towards
them is generated. This
inclination develops into
desire and desire gives
rise to anger.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
INDIA’S SNUB TO
PAK AT UNSC MEET
ON AFGHANISTAN
ith the Taliban once
again on the ram-
page in Afghanistan
there is an uncer-
tainty in the neigh-
bourhood. Pakistan and China
are in a tango to put India at a
disadvantage. In the past, Paki-
stan has used the Taliban to cre-
ate trouble in India and intends
to do the same once again. Al-
though India has been in talks
with the Taliban, who have re-
sponded with a conciliatory ap-
proach, India has to prevent Pa-
kistan from gaining an upper
hand in the region.
In a snub, Pakistan did not
congratulate India when it as-
sumed the presidency of the UN
Security Council for the month
of August. On its part, India did
not invite Pakistan to a UNSC
meet on Afghanistan. During
the discussions Afghanistan’s
Permanent Representative to
UN Ghulam Isaczai attacked Pa-
kistan for “providing safe haven
and logistical support to the
Taliban”. Pakistan called the
charge a “false narrative” being
peddled against it, but it will
take more than words for the
world to believe Islamabad.
TOP TWEET
W
VPSingh,Chandrashekhar,
Sonia Gandhi aur Main
he book “VP Singh, Chan-
drashekhar,SoniaGandhiaur
Main”hasmadeamarkinthe
readers market recently
. It is
one the unsaid and untold au-
thentic historical piece of
document penned by Santosh
Bhartiya the Member of 9th
parliament of India Santosh
Bhartiya is famous for his
dare and credibility in the
world of political journalism.
The book is a must worth-
read for every Indian who
wants to measurethefathoms
of Indian politics. This book
gives a new perspective to the
reader to understand the po-
litical environment of yester
years. The content is written
inamannerwhichcanchange
thevisionandstereotypedim-
age that one generally has
about V P Singh, Chan-
drashekar, Sonia Gandhi but
about everyone who was a
part of the political system of
80s and 90s. In fact, the reader
will be astounded, amazed,
surprised and taken aback by
the unusual and unexpected
revelations of political lead-
ers,bureaucracyandbusiness
tycoons of that era.
He reveals that “Once Rajiv
Gandhi got so angry that he
punched hard on the table be-
fore him. VP Singh felt it was
uselesstowait,heturnedback
aftersayingnamaste.[page81]
Then further writes Santosh
Bhartiya, “that evening of
22nd May 1987 had started
writingaboutthefutureof Ra-
jiv Gandhi and the future of
Vishwanath Pratap Singh”.
It is written that how and
when Mulayam Singh played
an important role in breaking
the Janata Dal government.
When and how ten thousand
farmers along with VP Singh
had given their arrest by do-
ingSatyagraha.[page283]Raj
Babbarwasworriedthatfrom
where people would come to
welcome ‘him’ the next day?
Thenonwhatconditiondidhe
take help from Bala Sahib
Thackeray? Who was that
‘him’[ page 94 ]. While writing
all these incidents, there is
mention of an incident which
reveals his bonding with ac-
tress Rekha, he writes that
“Next day I went to Taj then
within five minutes Rekha Ji
came down and sat in my Fiat
car UHF-1 to hit the streets of
Delhi” [ page 661)
Themostshockingincident
written in this book is where
Santosh ji writes about an in-
cident when Rajiv Gandhi
was a former Prime Minister
and he came to live at 10 Jan-
path. One day Amitabh Bach-
chan came to meet Rajiv Gan-
dhi. When he left after ten
minutes, Rajiv Gandhi said,
“He is a snake”. When Rajiv
Gandhi said this, there was a
journalist present who was
seen more around Rajiv Gan-
dhi in those days. [ page 57]
In this book, the balanced
personality of the politicians
and the game of equations of
their policies and diplomacy
has been written very effec-
tively
. As it is written on one
page that “Chandrashekhar
neverconsideredVPSinghas
a leader but used him as a
strategy to win elections”. [
page 255 ] In one place it is
written that “snakes were be-
ing released in ‘his’ meetings,
an attempt was made to push
‘him’ at the railway station”.
The reader must read to know
who was this person and why
was he conspired against. [
page 135] A chapter titled “Bo-
fors” mentions “actually Ot-
tavio Kvatrocchi, an Italian
frequent visitor to the Prime
Minister’s house, was the di-
rector of all this drama, Rajiv
Gandhi never came to know
that when and how his house
andofficewereusedintheBo-
fors deal.” “. In this book, for
the first time that exact inci-
dent, the country will be able
to know how Manmohan Sin-
ghbecamethePrimeMinister
after all.
Santosh Bhartiya reveals
the sensational conversation
between Chandrashakhar
and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, it is
written that where Chan-
drashakhar said Atal ji that “I
will leave my party, you also
quite BJP, I will ask Sharad
PawaraswelltoleavetheCon-
gress, and let all three of us
travelaroundthecountryand
prepare public for a new po-
litical change. On this Atal ji
hadsaidthat“Chandrasekhar
ji you are absolutely right but
you do not know RSS, they
won’t leave me alive, if I join
you by separating from RSS ‘’.
[ page 435]
Another astonishing inci-
dent is written about why and
how Sonia Gandhi had dis-
tanced herself from Amitabh
Bachchan, it is written that
after the death of Rajiv Gan-
dhi, “One day Sonia Gandhi
told Amitabh Bachchan that
she was very worried about
Rahul’s fees as she doesn’t
have any money left. And can
he just arrange the fees? To
this, Amitabh Bachchan re-
plied, “Lalit Suri and Satish
Sharmamessedupthemoney
,
nothing is there, but I will do
something.” Two days later,
he sent a cheque for one thou-
sand dollars to Sonia Gandhi.
Sonia Gandhi returned that
cheque to Amitabh. Sonia
Gandhi could never forget
this incident and considering
it as an insult, she trashed
Amitabh Bachchan from her
life forever. [ page 59]
Making some revelations
aboutthebusinessworld,San-
tosh Bhartiya writes that “
An
incident made Dhirubhai the
biggest enemy of VP Singh.”
What was that incident is
written in a very interesting
style in the book. [ page 53 ]
Santosh Bhartiya writes
that the memories associated
with every character in this
book are not mere memories,
but they are documents of the
political period of India
which has been the most stir-
ring. He writes that VP Singh,
Chandrashekhar and Sonia
Gandhi, these three person-
alities were deprived of the
respect which they should
have received. Santosh Bhar-
tiya writes that Sonia Gandhi
should be praised that even
the greed of becoming the
Prime Minister could not
tempt her. Her wisdom made
the UPA run for ten years. If
she wanted, instead of Nar-
asimhaRao,sheherself could
have become the Prime Min-
ister. [ page 471]
that Bhairo Singh Shekhawat
was one of the most impor-
tantleadersof thecountry
.He
writes, “A few incidents that
took place during Janmorcha
days which never came in
public. One day I got a call
from Bhairo Singh Shekawat
from Jaipur that he wanted to
meet me. He knew me from
the days I was with Ravivar’.
While he was the Chief Min-
ister I had covered many re-
ports connected with Ra-
jasthan. After reaching
Jaipur, I phoned one of my
friends, Rajendra Chavda,
who was one the worthy jour-
nalists of those days. I went to
Bhairo Singh’s residence
along with him. Ten minutes
were gone when I was talking
to Bhairo Singh and he ex-
pressed his desire to meet VP
Singh and just after four days
he reached Delhi and gave me
a call. That morning, I took
him to VP Singh’s residence
in Lodhi estate. VP Singh was
waiting for him over break-
fast. [ page 123]
Bhairo Singh heartily ap-
preciateVPSingh’scampaign
against the corruption and
very humbly proposed that
Atalji and him would join his
campaign anytime. Bhairo
Singh held no doubts in the
success of this campaign ac-
tually
. Santosh Bhartiya men-
tions the phenomenal reply
VP Singh gave! He replied,
“yes, Atal ji had called me up
in support of my campaign,
but I want to request you and
Atal ji that this is just a begin-
ning of this campaign and in
fact I am not sure that what
would be the result”, and he
further said smilingly to him,
“both of you, are the eminent
and important leaders of the
country, don’t join this cam-
paign of uncertainty, do join
when it reaches at a decisive
stage”. The same words he
said to Jaswant Singh as well
whenheproposedtojoin.San-
tosh Bhartiya writes very
honestly that, “had it been the
current time than anyone
would have used it as tool of
propaganda but it was never
beenspokenbyeitherof them
everinlife;sinceIwasthewit-
ness of these exceptional mo-
ments so I can say that and
moreover on many instances
VP Singh had a talk with Atal
Bihari Vajpai, Bhairo Singh
Shekhawat and Jaswant Sin-
gh and these three have given
genuine advises and had
helped him too many times.” [
page 124]
It is one the most beautiful-
ly
, non-politically written po-
litical history
.
The book falls under Mod-
ern Political history or Con-
temporary Indian Political
History
. The editor of this
book Fauzia Arshi, who is a
noted author and filmmaker
has written so well that after
reading this book, it is as if
youhavecomethroughatime.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
RAJENDRA CHHABRA
The writer is a senior journalist
that the memories
associated with every
character in this book are
not mere memories, but
they are documents of the
political period of India
which has been the most
stirring. He writes that VP
Singh, Chandrashekhar
and Sonia Gandhi, these
three personalities were
deprived of the respect
which they should have
received. Santosh Bhartiya
writes that Sonia Gandhi
should be praised that even
the greed of becoming the
Prime Minister could not
tempt her
In this book, the balanced personality of the
politicians and the game of equations of their
policies and diplomacy has been written very
effectively. As it is written on one page that
“Chandrashekhar never considered V P Singh as a
leader but used him as a strategy to win elections”
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INDIA
05
New Delhi : Janata Dal
(United) national gen-
eral secretary KC Tyagi
on Sunday said the par-
ty’s first priority is to
contest Manipur and Ut-
tar Pradesh elections in
an alliance with the BJP
while adding that JD(U)
will contest indepen-
dently in case there no
alliance is formed.
Speaking to ANI, Tyagi
said, “JD(U) will contest
elections in Manipur
and Uttar Pradesh. Our
first priority is to con-
test forming an alliance
with BJP. We will con-
test independently in
case there no alliance is
made.” The JD(U) had
not contested the Uttar
Pradesh Assembly elec-
tions in 2017. The as-
sembly polls in Uttar
Pradesh and Manipur
are due early next year.
Tyagi’sremarkscame
after newly appointed
JD(U) national presi-
dent and party MP Rajiv
Ranjan Singh on Satur-
day made it clear that
the party is capable of
contesting elections
alone without being de-
pendent on allies.“We
aim to make JD(U) a na-
tional party
. I have held
discussions with party
leaders in Manipur and
Uttar Pradesh. We will
hold discussions with
NDA partners. If they
do not make us a part-
ner in these states, we
will fight and win the
elections alone,” said
the JD(U) President
while addressing party
workers. The JD(U) is
an ally of the BJP in Bi-
har and the party’s RCP
Singh had been induct-
ed into the union coun-
cil of ministers when
PM Modi reshuffled his
cabinet recently
.
Rajiv Ranjan Sin-
gh’s comment comes at
a time when opposition
parties are in delibera-
tion to form a united
front against the
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) ahead of the 2024
Lok Sabha polls.
Asked to comment
on the JD(U) national
president’s statement,
Congress leader Akh-
ilesh Prasad Singh said
every regional party
holds the ambition of
being a national party
.
“Every regional
party gives this kind
of statement. They
have the aspiration to
become a national par-
ty. I believe there is
nothing wrong with
it,” he said. —(ANI)
JDU to go solo in UP, Manipur if no pact with BJP
SUSPENSE OVER ALLIANCE?
KC Tyagi
Mayawati soft pedals BJP in UP but pushes for caste census
Anita Hada
Lucknow: The Bahu-
jan Samaj Party chief
Mayawati, who has
been trying to regain
lost ground in the
state, has announced
to support to any ini-
tiative by the NDA gov-
ernment to launch
caste census in the
country. The former
chief minister who has
been soft pedalling the
BJP, has also vigorous-
ly launched Brahmin
conferences all over
the state.
While announcing
her support to caste
census, Mayawati said
if the NDA govern-
ment takes any deci-
sion her party would
support it inside and
outside the Parlia-
ment. Mayawati, who
had tweeted her com-
ments are being seeing
in the political circle
as her soft pedalling of
the BJP. In the last Lok
Sabha election in 2019
Mayawati had entered
into electoral alliance
with Samajwadi Party
had and succeeded in
winning 10 seats. How-
ever immediately after
the election results,
she had broken the al-
liance with the SP.
Mayawati’s political
graph has been con-
sistently declining
since 2014 Large num-
ber of her senior party
leaders- Ram AchalRa-
jbhar, Nasimuddin
Siddique etc have left
the BSP for pasture
elsewhere. She had
won just 19 seats in
2017 assembly elec-
tions. Today situation
has reached such a
pass that after large
scale desertion only
seven MLAs are left in
the party. Mayawati
had entered into alli-
ance with the BJP
twice to form the gov-
ernment.
Mayawati had tested
this social engineering
formula in 2007 assem-
bly elections when she
had come to power
with full majority.
However then Muslim
community was also
part of the alliance and
had helped the BSP to
dislodge Mulayam Sin-
gh government from
the power.
Now Mus-
lim com-
muni-
ty because of her soft
posturing towards the
BJP during the last few
years has distanced it-
self from the BSP.
In order to win sup-
port of
t h e
Brahmin community,
the BSP has decided to
organise Brahmin con-
ferences all over the
state-which will com-
mence from Ayodhya
known as “Hindutav
hotbed” in the state
with octopus like
grip of the BJP over
it. In 2007 while SC
Mishra was mas-
cot of Brahmin
c o m m u n i t y
Nasimuddin Sid-
dique was Mus-
lim face in the
party and parallel
Muslim confer-
ences were or-
ganised by him all over
the state. However,
Mayawati had ex-
pressed her displeas-
ure publicly with Sid-
dique over “Muslim
community” not sup-
porting the BSP in
2017. There is feeling in
political circle that she
had been trying to stall
SP’s march against the
BJP. Mayawati said
with the support of the
Brahmin community
the BSP had formed
the government in
2007. The BSP had
then fielded 86 Brah-
min candidates and 41
had won. Later in 2012
out of 74 candidates 10
had won. The commu-
nity had migrated to
Samajwadi Party and
in 2017 she could en-
sure victory of only
three Brahmins
out of 66 candidates as
the community had
gone to BJP. Now
Mayawati’s stand to
woo Brahmins is also
seen as an attempt to
make up for Muslim
vote which is likely to
drift towards SP amid
Akhilesh Yadav’s si-
lent minority outreach.
However not ignor-
ing the Dalit commu-
nity Mayawati said she
was proud of the SC
community which was
not influenced by the
BJP or the other oppo-
sition parties voted en
bloc for the BSP in 2017
assembly elections.
She said it was because
of Dalits that her party
cornered a vote share
of 22.23% in 2017 which
was more than SP’s
21.82%. Mayawati said
Dalit community did
not fall into trap of BJP
which organised “Kh-
ichdi bhoj” to lure
them away or the Con-
gress ploy to win over
the community. She
said they joined the kh-
ichdi bhop or other
programme organised
by the rival parties but
in the election they
voted for the BSP. How-
ever, despite tall claims
of Mayawati there has
of late been migration
of dalit community to
the BJP. While her core
vote of “Jatavs” which
is around 12% percent
in the community con-
tinues to be with her,
other segments Pasi,
dhobi, Valmikis and
others have largely
moved to the BJP. It is
for this BJP has been
playing Dalit card mi-
nus Jatavs.
A SERIOUS THREAT TO OPPOSITION UNITY IN UP
New Delhi: Custodial
torture and other police
atrocities still prevail
in India and even the
“privileged are not
spared third-degree
treatment”, Chief Jus-
tice of India N V Rama-
na said on Sunday and
asked the National Le-
gal Services Authority
(NALSA) to carry out
“nationwide sensitisa-
tion of police officers”.
Terming the project
“Access to Justice” as
an “unending mission”,
the CJI also said that for
becoming a society gov-
erned by the rule of law,
it was necessary to
“bridge the gap of ac-
cessibility to justice be-
tween the highly privi-
leged and the most vul-
nerable”. “If, as an in-
stitution, the judiciary
wants to garner the
faith of the citizens, we
have to make everyone
feel assured that we ex-
ist for them. For the
longest time, the vul-
nerable population has
lived outside the system
of justice,” he said.
Besides this, he said
that the prevailing ob-
stacles like internet
connectivity and
lengthy, painstaking
and expensive justice
processes add to the
woes of realising the
goals of “access to jus-
tice” in India.
CJI: CUSTODIAL TORTURE, POLICE
ATROCITIES STILL PREVALENT
“Installation of outdoor hoardings in every police station is a step in this direction’
Pratapgarh: A court
in UP's Pratapgarh will
hear a petition seeking
the registration of an
FIR against Pakistan
PM Imran Khan on Au-
gust 26 to discuss the
maintainability of the
same. A criminal com-
plaint had been filed
against the PM at the
Pratapgarh court, seek-
ing registration of an
FIR against him for
permitting the destruc-
tion of a temple of Lord
Ganesha in Pakistan.
The complainant, Gyan
Prakash Shukla, a law-
yer and national presi-
dent of the All India
Rural Bar Association,
has alleged that alleged
destruction of the tem-
plewaswilfullydoneby
an unruly mob in order
to disturb the commu-
nal harmony of India.
UP court to hear plea
against Pak PM on Aug 26
New Delhi: The Delhi
HC has dismissed a pe-
tition moved by 30 per-
sonnel of ITBP seeking
direction to redeploy
them at the Indian Mis-
sion in Afghanistan in
place of the officials
who have served maxi-
mum period of service.
Petitioners also sought
directions not to re-
move them from the
panel of personnel to
be deployed in Afghan-
istan. The division
bench of Justice Rajiv
Sahai Endlaw and Jus-
tice Amit Bansal in an
order passed on August
3 dismissed the peti-
tion of ITBP personnel
and said that the peti-
tioners as personnel of
armed force like ITBP
can be posted any-
where based on the re-
quirement of the force.
30 ITBP troopers seek
redeployment in Afghanistan
TRUCKING RESUMES OVER ASSAM-
MIZORAM’S DISPUTED BORDER
Guwahati: In a huge relief for Mizoram, vehicles
started moving into the landlocked state since
Saturday night follow-
ing the lifting of an
‘economic blockade’
imposed in Assam.
Some organisations
in southern Assam’s
Barak Valley had
imposed the blockade on the roads leading to Mi-
zoram, including National Highway 306, in protest
against the July 26 skirmishes on the interstate
border that left six Assam Police personnel dead.
VACCINATION CAMP: RED FORT GEARS
UP TO HOST I-DAY CELEBRATIONS
PROUD MOMENT! ITBP INDUCTS WOMEN
OFFICERS IN COMBAT FOR FIRST TIME
New Delhi: A two-day vaccination camp was organ-
ised for all the staff present in the Red Fort in a step
towards taking guard
against the coronavirus
whose first wave last year
and the second wave ear-
lier this year went on to
create rampage. The PM
hoists the flag every year
on Independence Day and addresses the country from
the ramparts of the Red Fort. The security personnel
and other staff engaged in security near the PM will be
tested for Covid-19 two days before August 15. Also,
those who have not been vaccinated will be given the
jabs. Students of NCC will be called on Independence
Day, although their number will also be limited.
Mussoorie: For the first time, the Indo-Tibetan
Border Police (ITBP) inducted women officers in
combat on Sunday. Two
women, Prakriti and
Diksha, joined the ITBP
as combatised officers
after completing their
training at the academy in
Mussoorie. The passing-
out parade was held at the academy on Sunday and
reviewed by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar
Singh Dhami. A total of 53 officers passed out from
the ITBP officers’ training academy. Chief Minister
Dhami and ITBP director general S S Deswal inducted
the two women officers as Assistant Commandants,
the entry-level officer rank in the paramilitary.
CRUCIAL READ
New Delhi: Secu-
rity has been in-
creased at IGI Air-
port after a bomb
threat email to
Delhi Police cau-
tioned about ter-
rorist outfit Al Qae-
da planning to at-
tack the airport. As
per an official
statement by the
IGI Airport, after
investigation the
threat was found
non-specific and
Bomb Threat As-
sessment Commit-
tee (BTAC) was ter-
minated from the
airport.
However, an ex-
tra alert has been
sounded and all se-
curity measures
have enhanced at
IGI Airport, the
statement said. On
Saturday, IGI police
station informed
AOCC at the airport
about a bomb threat
e-mail received
with the subject of
planned bomb blast
by Al Qaeda Sarga-
na at IGI airport
stating that Karan-
bir Suri alias Mo-
hamad Jalal and
Karanbir Suri's
wife Shaily Sharda
alias Haseena are
coming to India on
Sunday from Singa-
pore and plan to put
the Bomb on IGI in
1-3 days, it added.
IGI Airport on
alert after
‘bomb
threat’ mail
New Delhi: The
threat to human rights
is the highest in police
stations as custodial
torture and other po-
lice atrocities still pre-
vail in India and even
the privileged are 'not
spared third-degree
treatment', Chief Jus-
tice of India N V Ra-
mana said on Sunday
while batting for a na-
tionwide effort for the
'sensitisation of police
officers”. The CJI,
who is also the Patron-
in-Chief of NALSA,
said that to keep police
excesses in check, dis-
semination of infor-
mation about the con-
stitutional right to le-
gal aid and availabili-
ty of free legal aid
services is necessary.
The installation of
display boards and
outdoor hoardings in
every police station/
prison is a step in this
direction,” he said,
adding that “NALSA
must also actively car-
ry out nationwide sen-
sitisation of police of-
ficers.” He was speak-
ing at the launch of a
legal service mobile
application.
‘Threat to human rights highest in police stations’
Imran Khan
N V Ramana
Mayawati
Guwahati: APCC pres-
ident Bhupen Kumar
Borah has constituted a
committee, under the
chairmanship of Lok
Sabha MP Gaurav Go-
goi, to take stock of or-
ganizational matters in
the BTR. The commit-
tee would look into
ways to strengthen the
party from the grass-
roots, including frontal
organizations, cells and
departments, the par-
ty's Media department
chairperson Bobbeeta
Sharma said on Sunday
.
Besides, the Deputy
Leader of the party in
LS, the other members
of the committee are
MLAs Jadav Swargiary
and Abdus Sobhan Ali
Sarkar, Bisti Basuma-
tary, Shankar Prasad
Roy, Jewel Tudu and
Klengdon Ingti. —PTI
Gogoi appointed head of
Cong committee on BTR
Gaurav Gogoi

INDIA
06
CJI effect...
by the central agency
on July 9 last month.
The latest arrests were
made on August 7.
It was alleged that the
accused, by intention-
ally targeting the judici-
ary, made derogatory
posts on social media
platform against the
judges and judiciary af-
ter some Court verdicts
delivered by them.
After registration of
the case, the CBI traced
13 of the 16 accused
named in FIR in the
case on various digital
platforms. Three out of
them were found to be
abroad. The CBI has so
far examined 11 out of
the 13 accused persons
and arrested 5 out of
them. Searches were
also conducted by CBI
at the premises of ac-
cused persons which
led to recovery of sev-
eral incriminating doc-
uments.
The CBI registered
the case in November
last year under various
section of the IPC, in-
cluding section 506
(criminal intimida-
tion), and section 67 of
the IT Act.
Chief Justice NV Ra-
manamadetheremarks
against the investigat-
ing agencies on Friday
when the court took up
the recent murder of a
Jharkhand district
judge.
“The CBI has done
nothing.Wehaveexpect-
ed some change in the
CBI’s attitude but there
is no change. Sorry to
say
,thisisthesituation,”
said the top judge, ask-
ingthecentretorespond
withinaweekonapend-
ing petition for protect-
ing judges.
Tharoor says...
snooping issue would
be taken up by the panel
going forward.Tharoor,
who has written to Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Bir-
la to take action over
ministry officials not
attending the panel
meet, also asserted that
the actions of the three
officials making “last-
minute excuses” to skip
the meeting were a
“grievous assault” on
such panels’ preroga-
tives to summon wit-
nesses.
‘Covishield,
Covaxin...
Covid-19 Vaccine-Mix
in Uttar Pradesh, India:
Safety and Immuno-
genicity Assessment of
a Heterologous Re-
gime’, that is yet to be
peer reviewed, was re-
leased as a pre-print on
medRxiv platform on
Sunday.It stated that
immunisation with a
combination of an ade-
novirus vector plat-
form-based vaccine fol-
lowed by an inactivated
whole virus vaccine
was not only safe but
also elicited better im-
munogenicity
.
Big crackdown...
many of its leaders have
been arrested.Today’s
raids are part of a mas-
sive crackdown by the
NIA against separatists
and terrorists asserting
themselves in the re-
gion. This is third major
operation by the NIA in
last one month. The
raids, assisted by JK
Police and CRPF, were
conducted across Doda,
Kishtwar, Ramban,
Anantnag, Budgam, Ra-
jouri, Doda, and Shopi-
an, among others. Mem-
bers of banned organi-
sation had been collect-
ing donations for chari-
ty and other welfare ac-
tivities but these “funds
are instead being used
for violent and seces-
sionist activities”, the
agency said in a
tatement.“Funds raised
by Jamaat-e-Islami are
also being channelised
to proscribed terrorist
organisations such as
Hizb-ul-Mujahideen,
Lashkar-e-Taiba, and
others through well or-
ganised networks of
cadres.”
FROM PG 1
FADNAVIS TO MEET MPS, UNION MINS
FROM MAHA, SAYS PRAVIN DAREKAR
HARYANA GOVT EXTENDS COVID-19
RESTRICTIONS TILL AUG 23
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra
Legislative Assembly Devendra Fadnavis reached
New Delhi on Sunday evening and will meet
Members of Parliament and union ministers from
the state, said BJP leader Pravin Darekar. “I am
not aware of the meetings that Devendra Fadnavis
has in New Delhi, but there is one meeting with
Chandrakant Patil, Maharashtra MPs and the four
newly appointed ministers for the welfare of the
state,” Darekar said.
Chandigarh: COVID-19 restrictions under ‘Surak-
shit Haryana’ has been extended till August 23
with some relaxations, the Haryana government
informed on Sunday. Looking at the current
positivity rate and dip in the cases, the state
government has lifted time-related restrictions
and night curfew. According to an order by the
Haryana State Disaster Management Authority,
restaurants, clubs, bars, gyms, spas, and cinema
halls have been allowed to open with 50 per cent
of occupancy.
Jammu and Kashmir: JK Lieutenant Governor
Manoj Sinha on Sunday said that there is no place for
any kind of violence in
the union territory, add-
ing that there will be
no mercy for terrorists
and their supporters.
Addressing an event at
Kulgam’s Kund on peace development and de-radi-
calisation in Kashmir valley, the LG said that the JK
administration is committed to promoting the culture
of peace and progress in the region and creating
schemes that will strengthen the abilities of the youth.
New Delhi: The Directorate of Revenue Intelli-
gence (DRI) has uncovered a luxury car smuggling
racket involving the
use of diplomatic
privileges. ‘Operation
Monte Carlo’ was
launched after DRI
received a tip-off
that individuals was involved in smuggling luxury
cars into India in the name of diplomats, evading
customs duty.
NO PLACE FOR VIOLENCE IN JK,
TERRORISTS WON’T BE SPARED: LG SINHA
MHA TELLS STATES TO STOP USAGE OF
TRICOLOUR MADE OF PLASTIC
‘HINDU RELIGION IN DANGER,’ NITISH
RANE HITS OUT AT MAHA GOVT
Mumbai: In a controversial statement, Maharash-
tra BJP MLA Nitesh Rane on Sunday lashed out at
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray-led government,
over guidelines for the upcoming Ganpati festival
alleging that Hindu religion was in danger under
its rule. “The situation in Mumbai is similar to that
of West Bengal, where Durga Puja celebrations
were restricted. It is difficult for Ganesh Utsav
Mandals to celebrate the festival in accordance
with new rules. We raised our concerns with the
Governor,” Rane told reporters.
New Delhi: Citing a media report about a petition in the
SC that challenged the legality of the PM CARES Fund,
the official account
of Congress tweeted
“The “PM CARES
Fund” is black hole
of lies. PM’s Citizen
Assistance and Relief
in emergency Situ-
ations Fund (PM CARES Fund) is a public charitable
trust being registered under the Registration Act,
1908 at New Delhi, on March 27, 2020. —ANI
PM CARES FUND IS BLACK HOLE OF
LIES, CORRUPTION: CONGRESS
CRUCIAL READ
Over 52.37 crore vaccine doses provided to states, UTs so far
New Delhi: The Union
Health Ministry on Sun-
day informed that over
52.37 crore vaccine dos-
es have been provided to
states and union territo-
ries so far. The Ministry
also stated that as many
as 8,99,260 COVID-19
vaccine doses are in the
pipeline. According to a
statement issued by the
MoHFW, the total con-
sumption of the vaccine
including wastages is
50,32,77,942 doses.
“52,37,50,890 vaccine
doses have been provid-
ed to states and UTs so
far, through all sources
and a further 8,99,260
doses are in the pipe-
line,” the ministry said.
“More than 2,42,87,160
balance and unutilized
COVID Vaccine doses
are still available with
the states and UTs and
private hospitals to be
administered,” it added.
MUMBAI LOCAL TRAINS TO START
FROM AUG 15 FOR FULLY JABBED
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav
Thackeray on Sunday announced that fully vac-
cinated people will be allowed to commute in
Mumbai local trains from August 15. However, he
said, people should have completed 14 days after
vaccination. An app will be designed on which fully
vaccinated people can register. Fully vaccinated
people will have to get their train passes, the chief
minister said. Monthly train passes will be available
on smartphones, ward offices or suburban railway
stations. QR code on passes will verify authenticity.
Rahul'sfirsthurdle:Tohold
Didi'sascentinoppnechelon!
Kartikey Dev Singh
Jaipur: Politics is all
about momentum; Mo-
mentum of belief and
trust people have in any
leader or a party
. If ana-
lysed closely
, it could be
observed that the BJP
has been reaping bene-
fits of this momentum
since 2014 onwards.
However, in recent
times, the saffron par-
ty’s behemoth walk
seems to have slowed
down, especially after
its loss and TMC and
Mamata Banerjee’s
massive win in West
Bengal which shifted
the momentum towards
Didi.
As a result, she gave a
clarion call for the oppo-
sition to unite if the par-
ties actually wanted to
bring BJP down. This
came about after Mama-
ta’s victory ensured that
she has a ‘measure’ of
the momentum in her
favor and thus started
Didi’s bid to become the
face of the united oppo-
sition.
But as much as poli-
tics is about momen-
tum, it is also about be-
ing at the right place at
the right time. In this
case, Didi, who was in
Kolkata, over 1,500 kms
away from the political
capital of the nation,
could not beat former
Congress President Ra-
hul Gandhi, who lives
in New Delhi, and has
suddenly become active
in spearheading the op-
position attacks on the
Modi government.
Even though she called
for unification of anti-
BJP parties, it was Ra-
hul who actually car-
ried out the meet, be-
fore Didi could set foot
in Delhi, thus taking a
significant advantage
over Mamata in the
‘tussle’ for becoming
the face of opposition
alliance.
In fact, political ob-
servers are unsure as
of now, whether it was
Didi’s ‘first strike’ or
Prashant Kishor’s
strategy that has forced
the hand of an other-
wise reluctant Gandhi
scion, to plunge head
first into the murky wa-
ters of active politics;
far from his passive po-
litical lifestyle.
And therefore, even
though TMC MPs
snatched Foreign min-
ister’s reply in the Par-
liaments and tore it
while also assuring
that the House does not
function, it is Congress
and other parties, who
seem to be on the upper
ground than TMC in
public opision, simply
because these leaders
did not go to extremes.
Moreover, Rahul has
already ‘headed’ or
rather called two im-
portant meetings of op-
position leaders, one of
which was attended by
TMC MPs too, but that
was considered a mere
eyewash.
There is a grapevine
in New Delhi circles
that political strategist
Prashant Kishor, in the
run-up tp 2024 general
election, has asked Ra-
hul to increase his me-
dia presence, and
hence the Rahul met
farmers, drove a trac-
tor to Parliament, rode
a cycle and staged pro-
test within the Parlia-
ment premises. Rather
tactfully, he has not
said a word in the
house but remained
visible, addressing is-
sues or being vocal,
only within certain pa-
rameters and never go-
ing beyond.
Therefore the careful
‘aesthetic dwarfing’ of
Mamata and TMC but
keeping it present in
the unified political
arena, is the need of the
hour for Congress and
Rahul Gandhi for po-
litical revival, because
if they can not keep
themselves entrenched
at the top, the party and
surely the future of the
Gandhi family, will
soon be a mere history
in the pages of old tales.
Moreover, Rahul has already ‘headed’ or rather called two important
meetings of opposition leaders, one of which was attended by TMC
MPs too, but that was considered a mere eyewash
Nyoma (Ladakh): At
a time when China is
expeditiously building
its capability to oper-
ate fighters near east-
ern Ladakh, India is
also considering ex-
panding its capability
to operate fixed-wing
aircraft from facilities
near the border with
China.
India has been con-
sidering multiple op-
tions of developing
airfields in eastern
Ladakh including
Daulat Beg Oldi
(DBO), Fukche and
Nyoma which are at a
distance of few min-
utes from the LAC
with China. As the
first news crew to have
been allowed to cover
the IAF operations in
forward areas, team
ANIvisitedtheNyoma
Advanced Landing
Ground (ALG) to see
operations of the
Apache attack helicop-
ters, Chinook heavy-
lift helicopters and the
Garud special forces
operations from Mi-17
helicopters. IAF’s
Group Captain Ajay
Rathi explained the
importance of having
an advanced landing
ground such as Nyo-
ma. “Nyoma ALG has
strategic importance
duetoitscloseproxim-
ity to Line of Actual
Control. It bridges the
critical gap between
Leh airfield and the
LAC enabling quick
movement of men and
material in eastern
Ladakh, overcoming
terrain friction,”
Rathi said.
The Nyoma airbase
Chief Operations Of-
ficer said the ALG will
“further help in quick-
eraccesstotheheights
and sustenance opera-
tions thereafter. The
air operations infra-
structure at Nyoma
enhances the Op capa-
bility of forces.”
FloorleadersofOppnpartiestomeettoday
New Delhi: Ahead of
the final week of the
Monsoon Session of
Parliament, a meeting
of floor leaders of Oppo-
sition parties in Rajya
Sabha and Lok Sabha is
scheduled to be held on
Monday
. The meeting
willbeheldintheCham-
ber of LoP
, Rajya Sabha
at 10 am. The business
of both the Houses of
the Parliament has re-
mainedmajorlydisrupt-
ed since the beginning
of the session due to the
continuous ruckus cre-
ated by the Opposition
over issues including
farmers’ protest,
Pegasus spyware, COV-
ID-19 and inflation.
EarlieronWednesday
,
six TMC MPs were sus-
pended from the Rajya
Sabha after they created
ruckus in the morning
over the Pegasus spying
issue. Farmer unions
and Opposition leaders
have held demonstra-
tions outside the Parlia-
ment demanding to
scrap three farm laws.
Monsoon Session be-
gan on a stormy note on
July 19 amidst uproar
from Opposition parties
who did not allow PM
Modi to introduce new-
ly-inducted Union min-
isters to the Parliament.
—ANI
Covid vax certificate now
available through WhatsApp
New Delhi: People who
have taken the vaccine
against Covid-19 can
now get their vaccina-
tion certificate on
WhatsApp “in sec-
onds”, the Union minis-
try of health and family
welfare said. “Revolu-
tionising common
man’s life using tech-
nology! Now get #COV-
ID19 vaccination certif-
icate through MyGov
Corona Helpdesk in 3
easy steps. Save contact
number: +91 9013151515.
Type send ‘covid cer-
tificate’ on WhatsApp
Enter OTP.”
India to upgrade
air operations in
eastern Ladakh
Rahul Gandhi Mamata Banerjee
Assam CM Biswa
to meet PM Modi
New Delhi: Assam CM
Himanta Biswa Sarma
will meet Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi on
Monday to discuss the
Assam-Mizoram bor-
der issue and the resto-
ration of peace in the
entire north-east.
CM Biswa was ac-
companied by BJP
MPs from Assam, will
also meet other Union
Ministers including
Home Minister Amit
Shah.
According to sourc-
es, the ongoing unrest
on the Assam-Mizoram
border, as well as resto-
ration of peace in the
entire north-east will
be the center of discus-
sions during these
meetings.
Sources also said
that the Assam Chief
Minister also held one-
on-one meetings with
the state’s BJP MPs on
Sunday. Last month,
tensions heightened
between Mizoram and
Assam over the bound-
ary dispute after six
Assam policemen and
one civilian were
killed in a fierce gun
battle between two
states on July 26.

HI-TECH
CHEATING IN
EXAM CAUGHT
Ahi-tech copycat woman has
been caught giving the UP
Trained Graduate Teacher (TGT)
examination in Jaunpur district.
This woman was giving paper
with the help of solver through
electronic device by putting nano
earphones in the hair clip. During
this, the room inspection caught
the woman red handed. Police is
probing the electronic device
found with the accused woman.
At the same time, she is also
being questioned. On the second
day on Sunday, TGT
examinations continued at 21
centers in the district. Around 33
thousand candidates gave paper
at these centres. The first shift
exam started at 9:30 am.
Meanwhile, TGT examination
was going on in Raj College
examination center. Sonal
Mishra, wife of Rakesh Mishra
was caught copying during the
paper in college. Sonam was
solving the paper after talking to
someone. On hearing the sound
of conversation, the room
inspector got suspicious. The
invigilators called the lady
constable and got the accused
Sonal Mishra searched.
Thereafter, the Principal of the
college was informed.
Sonal Mishra was searched by
the female constable. Meanwhile,
nano SIM was found in his hair
clip. A small ear phone was
hidden in the ear of the female
candidate, with the help of which
she was talking to the solver.
When she talked to the solver,
her voice could be heard in the
room. Hearing the sound, the
invigilator suspected of copying.
Police is interrogating the
woman after taking her into
custody. The principal of the
college, Akhileshwar Shukla,
called to his room and
questioned the candidate Sonal
Mishra. During interrogation, the
woman repeatedly pleaded with
the principal not to hand her over
to the police. Even after asking
repeatedly, no information was
given about the female solver. On
not giving information, the
Kotwali police took the woman
into custody. —First India Bureau
UGC TRACES
EIGHT FAKE
UNIVERSITIES IN
UTTAR PRADESH
The University Grant
Commission (UGC), which is
the higher education regulatory
body has declared 24 “self-
styled” institutes as fake and has
found two more in violation of
norms. In total, seven
universities in Uttar Pradesh
which were found fake are
Varanaseya Sanskrit
Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi,
Mahila Gram Vidyapith,
Allahabad, Gandhi Hindi
Vidyapith, Allahabad, National
University of Electro Complex
Homeopathy, Kanpur, Netaji
Subhash Chandra Bose Open
University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Vishwavidyalaya, Mathura,
Maharana Pratap Shiksha
Niketan, Vishwavidyalaya,
Pratapgarh, Indraprastha Shiksha
Parishad, Noida. These
universities were found to be
functioning against the University
Grant Commission Act 1956 and
do not have any power to give
degrees to students. The state
Uttar Pradesh has got the highest
that is eight fake institutes
followed by Delhi that has 7. One
more institute — Bhartiya
Shiksha Parishad, Lucknow, Uttar
Pradesh was also found
functioning in violation of the
University Grant Commission
Act, 1956. The matters of
Bhartiya Shiksha Parishad,
Lucknow is sub-judice in the
court. —First India Bureau
NEWS
07
On Aug 3, drugs worth `686 cr were seized from UP village on Indo-Nepal border
SEARCH OPERATION CONTINUES
TOFINDDRUGDEALERSOFSISWA
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Investiga-
tion into seized drug
worth Rs. 686 crores on
August 3 in Jamui Kala,
a village on the Nepal
border in Maharajganj
district has revealed
connection with inter-
national smuggling.
In the joint investiga-
tion of ATS, Police,
Custom and Drug De-
partment, the names of
two brothers of Siswa’s
drug dealer who own
two shops in Gorakh-
pur has been revealed.
Govind Gupta, the
main accused in this
case who is said to be
close to an MP from
Nepal has reportedly
fled to Nepal fearing
action against him.
Since the incident, his
photo with Nepal’s MP
has also surfaced and
the police who have
been trying to nab him
for the past 4 days have
no idea where he is
now. The district ad-
ministration has in the
meantime sized shop
and house and the po-
lice have started inves-
tigating people close
him based on call re-
cords.
The Siswa’s busi-
nessman also has shops
in Gorakhpur. Two of
the shops belonging to
Govind in Gorakhpur
has also come under
the radar of the investi-
gators. Assistant Com-
missioner of Medicine
Ejaz Ahmed said that
the case if serious as
drugs worth more than
Rs. 700 crores have been
seized and it is neces-
sary to break the drug
network. He added that
pharmaceutical compa-
nies have been contact-
ed as the names of dif-
ferent manufacturing
companies are in-
scribed on the recov-
ered medicines. He fur-
ther added that letters
have been sent to 6 such
companies and infor-
mation has been sought
from them as to which
wholesaler had sent the
order based on the
batch number of medi-
cines which have been
supplied.
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
ILLEGAL DRUG BUSINESS
PREVIOUSLY IN A FAKE DRUG NEWS
It is being assumed that the drug dealers (brothers)
used to supply consignments of drugs to Govind by
sourcing it from Nepal. The brothers have 5 shops in the
town and 2 of these shops have always been in discus-
sion for being involved in sale of illegal drugs from the
very beginning. The 2 shops in question have though
been closed from a while the other 3 shops have closed
after the investigation into the drug consignment begun.
The name of the Siswa brother in a drug related case
is not new as previously they have been involved in a
fake medicine case. About five years ago, a consign-
ment of fake antibiotic medicine from Aliganj has been
caught in Siswa and even at that the names of these
brothers had come up who managed to escape from it
with the connivance of the drug department.
12die34injuredinseparateroadaccidentsinUttarPradesh
First India Bureau
Lucknow: 6 accidents
in 6 different districts
in the state has taken
the life of 12 people and
injured 34 with the
most gruesome being
the one in Mau where 5
of a family died. In
Mau on Sunday, five
members of a family
were killed in a road ac-
cident during their
journey to Madhuban
MaufromChhattisgarh
when the car they were
travelling in hit a pot-
hole and went into un-
controllable spin.
A woman and 4 chil-
dren died in the acci-
dent and 2 seriously
injured and are under-
going treatment. An-
other accident took
place late at night at
around 2 AM and took
the life of 2 brothers
Mahesh and Dinesh.
Meanwhile in Firo-
zabad, grandson tram-
pled under a truck in
front of grandfather on
Sunday morning. A
truck laden with sand
crushed the grandson
to death. The driver of
the truck fled from the
scene immediately and
the police were called
who reached the spot
seized the truck and
sent the body of the
young kid for postmor-
tem and a manhunt for
the driver has been
launched. In an acci-
dent in Bulandshahr, 2
people including a
brother who was carry-
ing blood for his ailing
sister died after the
bike he was riding in
hit another bike.
In Gonda, a bus full
of labourers coming go-
ing to Delhi from Bihar
developed technical
snag and collided with
a truck causing death
of 2 laborers. In Noida,
an Eastern Peripheral
Expressway bus
rammed into a truck
causing death of 1 pas-
senger while injuring
19 others. In Baraban-
ki, a young man cross-
ing the railway track on
footinGauriaKaPurva
village in Barabanki
died after being hit by
theengineof theGuwa-
hati Rajdhani train
coming from Lucknow.
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
UP CM YOGI ADITYANATH EXPRESSES
GRIEF OVER DEATHS IN UP MISHAPS
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adi-
tyanath on Sunday expressed grief and extended
condolences to the families of the victims who died
in two mishaps in the state. In a statement, Chief
Minister’s office said, Adityanath instructed the
administration to provide proper treatment to those
injured in the accidents and to provide all possible
help and relief to the affected people.
Fraudcaseagainst
OlaandMahindra
FirstchoiceinLko
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A fraud case
has been registered
against Ola Cab and Ma-
hindra First Choice
Company in Lucknow
after 759 drivers alleged
that Ola secretly sold ve-
hicles for which they
werepayingloaninstall-
ments to Mahindra.
Cab drivers said that
in 2017 Ola started the
scheme in which the
driver used to deposit
Rs. 21,000 rupees as de-
posit money after which
the company would buy
him a cab. The cab driv-
ers were supposed to
pay Rs. 25,000/ month or
Rs. 830/per day as in-
stallment for 4.5 years
after which the vehicles
would be given to the
cab driver himself.
Due to lockdown,
work of the drivers
was halted and were
unable to pay their in-
stallments so vehicles
were parked on behalf
of Ola company in a
guest house.
Drivers were told
that they will get vehi-
cles back after lock-
down relaxation but
they learned that vehi-
cles were being auc-
tioned in association
with Mahindra First
Choice. Drivers then
met Sohramau SDM
told him about this af-
ter which the auction
was put on hold.
—FILE PHOTO
Bikrucase:Petitionfiledonbehalf
ofKhushiinSC;familyunaware
Constableaccusespolicedept
ofnegligenceinkin’sprotection
First India Bureau
Kanpur: A new twist
has come to the fore in
the three-day-old daugh-
ter-in-law Khushi
Dubey, who was made
an accused in the Bikru
case. Someone on be-
half of Khushi has filed
a petition in Supreme
Court against decision
of High Court.
Whereas Khushi’s
parents and lawyer Shi-
vakant Dixit were una-
ware about this. Neither
any lawyer had been
hired nor they have ap-
pealed in any way in SC.
Khushi’s advocate Shi-
vakant Dixit said at that
time that hope for jus-
tice was not over yet and
Khushi was innocent.
An appeal will be made
to SC against the order
of HC. But so far no
such appeal has been
made, said Shivakant.
He further said, when
the bail was rejected by
HC, we had decided to
approach SC but till now
we have not approached
anyone for appeal.
Khushi’s parents
have not signed any af-
fidavit, the way this case
is being filed, it appears
that there is a conspira-
cybeinghatchedtodeny
justice to an innocent
girl by making her part
of caste politics.
Khushi’s mother Gay-
atri Devi also denied the
appeal of Supreme
Court, saying, “It is all
false news, neither I
went to Delhi in the
meantime nor did I con-
tact any lawyer regard-
ing the appeal.” All this
is a political conspiracy
under which my daugh-
ter has been kept in jail
for so many days.
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: Allegations
has been leveled against
working of UP Police by
none other than its own
constable, whose father
had been murdered re-
cently
. The matter per-
tains to Lalapur police
stationareaof Prayagraj
where on July 31, a man
named Pushkar Nath
Dwivedi was shot dead.
Pushkar was a farm-
er by profession his
son Jitendra Dwivedi is
posted as a constable in
Banda Police. Jitendra
questioned the respon-
sibility of the police
and said that on the day
of the incident, the po-
lice had taken 3 hours to
travel 6 km. Had the po-
lice arrived on time, his
father’s life would have
been saved, he said.
Jitendra alleges that
his father had got
threats also received
death threats to his
whole family. While on
duty in Banda, 3 hours
before incident, infor-
mation was given on
CUG number of La-
lapur Police Station.
The constable alleges
that a relative of the ac-
cused who killed his
father is posted at a
high position in Police
department in Luc-
know. Under his pres-
sure, the case has been
weakened police
could arrest only two
accused in nine days of
the incident. The re-
maining four are still
absconding. He accused
the police of continu-
ously pressurizing him
to withdraw the case.
Jitendra has also com-
plained about this to
the DIG.
—FILE PHOTO —REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
Grave digging sparks
outrage in Meerut
First India Bureau
Meerut: Forthethird
time in a month,
graves have been dug
in the cemetery in
Sardhana, the assem-
bly constituency of
BJP’s firebrand MLA
SangeetSom.Thereis
resentment among
the Muslims of the
area due to continu-
ous grave digging in-
cidents. On Sunday,
people of the Muslim
community found 3
gravesduginthecem-
etery resulting in out-
rage in Muslim com-
munity
. People raised
slogans against In-
spector Sardhana for
arrivinglate,andsaid
that they were con-
tinuously demanding
for a police picket.
There is a gravel
graveyard near Veer
Abdul Hameed Park
on Nagla Road in
Sardhana. In this
cemetery
, a grave has
been dug in the cem-
etery for the third
time within a month.

08
2NDFRONT
PM’S BID TO BOOST AGRI
MODITORELEASENEXTINSTALLMENTOFPMKISANNIDHI
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Central
and the State govern-
ment are striving hard
to transform the lives
of farmers and making
them self-reliant and
prosperous.
Working with full
zeal for achieving the
target of doubling
farmers’ income, the
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi will transfer
Rs 4,720 crore to 2.36
crore farmers of the
state under the Prad-
han Mantri Kisan Sam-
man Nidhi Yojana on
August 9.
Rs 2000 will be given
to each farmer for the
months of August, Sep-
tember, October and
November. The fund
will be directly trans-
ferred to the bank ac-
counts of the benefi-
ciaries.
Under the Pradhan
Mantri Kisan Samman
Nidhi Yojana of the
Central Government,
around 18 lakh farmers
have been given Rs
32,500 crore. Those
farmers are also in-
cluded in this who
have received the
funds for one time and
also those who have
received it for 8 times
in a row. Notably, the
9th installment of
the scheme will be
released on Mon-
day.
Similarly, more
than 2 crore farm-
ers are associated
with the Pradhan Man-
tri Fasal Bima Yojana
and a compensation of
Rs 2,208 crore has been
given to more than
25.60 lakh farmers un-
der this scheme.
CM Yogi has always
been working for the
welfare of farmers in
the State, unlike the
other previous govern-
ments. For the first
time in the state, more
than 433.86 lakh metric
tonnes of food grains
have been procured by
the government and
more than Rs 78,000
crore has been paid
to 78,23,357 farmers.
So far, a crop loan
of Rs 3,58,000 crores
has been distributed
to the farmers. The
government has also
waived a loan amount-
ing to Rs 36,000
crore of 86
l a k h
small and marginal
farmers.
Farmers’ welfare
has been the top most
priority of the State
Government which
had hardly been done
in any government be-
fore. During the four
and a half hyear ten-
ure, CM Yogi has given
more amount to the
farmers than the an-
nual budget of the state
through various
schemes.
In the history of the
State, no other govern-
ment has given even
half of the annual
budget to the farmers
since independence. Re-
cord payment of Rs.6
,80,708 crore has been
made to the farmers by
the state government
under various
heads. If the steps
taken by the gov-
ernment in the
interest of farm-
ers and the
amount given un-
der various heads
are added, then
this amount can
reach upto Rs 10
lakh crores.
The Yogi
government has trans-
formed the sugarcane
sector in Uttar Pradesh
with its commitment
to pay every penny of
the sugarcane farm-
ers. Over 45.74 lakh
sugarcane farmers in
Uttar Pradesh have
been paid a record
cane price payment of
more than Rs 1,40,000
crore between 2017-
2021 which indicates
the pro-farmer stance
of the government.
Adityanath govern-
ment and the state now
ranks first in sugar
production in the
country.
Under which new
sugar mills were start-
ed in Pipraich-Munder-
wa. The capacity of the
closed Ramala Sugar
Mill was increased and
was made operational.
The closed sugar mills
of Sambhal and Saha-
ranpur are also operat-
ing now.
Apart from this,
the capacity of 11
private mills was
also increased.
Venus, Daya and
Wave sugar
mills were made
o p e r a t i o n a l
again after be-
ing closed for
about 8 years.
E t h a n o l
plants were
set up in
Sathianv
and Najib-
abad coop-
e r a t i v e
mills.
Farmers plucking vegetables at a farm. —FILE PHOTO
Havewithdrawn
re-inquiryagainst
DrKafeel:GovttoHC
SP, Mahan Dal may win 400 seats
in coming polls, says Akhilesh Yadav
‘If SP ties up with small parties,BJP won’t get one seat’
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh Government
has informed the Alla-
habad High Court that it
haswithdrawntheorder
of departmental re-in-
quiry against Gorakh-
pur paediatrician Dr.
Kafeel Khan
(presently sus-
pended) initi-
ated last year.
The Bench
of Justice
Yashwant Var-
ma was informed
by the Additional Ad-
vocate General that the
order of 24 February
2020hasbeenwithdrawn
subject to liberty being
reservedfortherespond-
ents to proceed in the
matter afresh.
It was further submit-
ted that all the endeav-
ours shall be made to
conclude the discipli-
nary proceedings (to de-
cide on his suspension)
within a period of three
months. Noting the sub-
mission of the Uttar
Pradesh Government,
the Court observed that
it was now left to only
decide as to
whether his
continued sus-
pension pur-
suant to an or-
der passed on
August 22, 2017
is justified or not.
The Allahabad High
Court,duringthecourse
of the last hearing, has
sought the response of
the Uttar Pradesh Gov-
ernment regarding the
reason behind the con-
tinuing suspension of
Doctor Kafeel Khan for
over 4 years.
Lucknow: Samajwadi
Party National Presi-
dent Akhilesh Yadav
said that if the workers
of SP and Mahan Dal
worked together, the tar-
get of 400 seats could be
achieved.
While addressing the
Mahan Dal Karyakarta
Sammelan, Yadav con-
gratulated all workers,
colleagues and support-
ers, including President
of Mahan Dal, for the
successfulevent.Hesaid
SP and Mahan Dal had a
historic rally in Kasganj
in support of farmers.
The BJP
, which was in
power for four years on
the question of farmers,
could not do a single pro-
gramme of this kind.
Yadav said the path
shown by Buddha to hu-
manity, which Baba Sa-
heb took forward
through the Constitu-
tion, is the path of S.
The BJP is creating a
barrier by building a
wall in our way
.
Anand Rai
Lucknow: Suheldev
Bharatiya Samaj Party
(SBSP) chief Om
Prakash Rajbhar on
Sunday claimed that if
the Samajwadi Party
ties up with small par-
ties, then the BJP will
not get even one seat in
eastern UP in assembly
elections.
Rajbhar said, “The
public is angry with the
BJP
. If the SP comes for-
ward, and ties up with
smaller parties and re-
gional parties, then the
election results can
change.”
“If the SP ties up with
the SBSP
, then the BJP
will not get even a single
seat in Mau, Ballia,
Ghazipur, Azamgarh,
Jaunpur, Ambedkar Na-
gar and other districts.
There will be fight (with
the BJP) on only two
seats in Varanasi,” the
former UP minister add-
ed. The SBSP chief
claimed that of the total
403seatsintheassembly
,
there are 150 seats in
eastern UP
.
When asked as to
which party in the state
can defeat the BJP
, he
said, “People of the state
feel that it is only the SP
that can challenge the
BJP in UP
. The BSP too
has started making
moves, but the craze of
the BSP is not as intense
as that of the SP”.
Onbeingaskedwheth-
er the SBSP has been un-
able to take forward the
agreements with other
parties since its forma-
tion in 2002, Rajbhar
said, “When there is a
clashof vestedinterests,
people tend to go away
.
The smaller parties face
financial hardships, and
it is because of this rea-
son that the bigger par-
ties lure them. Coali-
tionshavebeenbreaking
because of this.”
Rajbhar had on
Wednesday said he will
notenterintoanalliance
with the BJP if the saf-
fron party decides to
contest the assembly
pollsunderCMYogiAdi-
tyanath’s leadership.
Recently
, the SBSP
chief had met BJP state
presidentSwatantraDev
Singh fuelling specula-
tions that he may again
join hands with the saf-
fron party
. The SBSP
leader had earlier said
his outfit could again
ally with the BJP if it
picks a backward caste
leader as its chief minis-
ter candidate for next
year’s elections.
FELICITATIONS!
Governor Anandiben Patel took part as the Chief Guest at a training programme organised
for Aanganwadi workers at APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University’s IET auditorium on
Sunday.
Dr. Kafeel
—FILE PHOTO
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and National President of Mahan Dal
Keshav Dev Maurya at Mahan Dal Karyakarta Sammelan.
OM PRAKASH RAJBHAR
Over 2.36 crore UP farmers to receive ` 4,720 crore on August 9
Friendships are the key to
happiness in life, they are the
flowers which give fragrance to
the garden of our lives.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
YOGI GOVERNMENT FOR FARMERS
PM NARENDRA MODI

hen did you decide you
wanted to become a re-
porter and how did you
work towards your aim?
Ans: While going to the col-
lege daily I would listen to
the FM stations and decid-
ed that I wanted to become an RJ. I start-
ed my career with Bhaskar MyFM and
worked for two years before deciding
to move on to TV as a reporter to
broaden my perspective. To further
my aim, I got admission to St. Xavi-
er’s, Mumbai for my Masters in jour-
nalism. I realised with a shock that I
was woefully behind the times be it
in communication or knowledge of
politics, the bywords for journalism
in the audio-visual media. After being
depressed for 2 months, I fought back
and started filling up the gaps I had. I
used to read newspapers for 4 hours
and rewrite at least 3 stories daily along
with actively participating in the brain-
storming sessions and discussions go-
ing around in the college campus.
Who is your biggest source of moti-
vation in the news industry?
During the course of my career, I have
been motivated by many senior col-
leagues and even inexperienced jour-
nalists. This profession in itself is the
biggest motivation and I love that every
day is a new day
. I meet new people on a
daily basis, it keeps me on my toes, I
have to constantly be on top of things,
be it news or analysis and the challeng-
es keep me alert.
The one single person who moti-
vates me to do better than own self
and also from whom I learned the
‘ropes of journalism’ is my boss and
mentor, Jagdeesh Chandra.
How do you keep yourself constant-
ly up to date with the ‘breaking news
every minute’ world that we are liv-
ing in now?
I try to stay up-to-date by reading news-
papers both online and offline, staying
connected to sources and using technol-
ogy intelligently to filter important
news and the old and ancient method of
‘keeping my eyes and ears open.’
In the news world, ‘sources’ are su-
preme, what is your message to
young reporters on how to develop
and then ‘keep’ sources?
For a journalist information is power.
And the ‘sources’ who give this informa-
tion are the ‘Supreme Power’. A source
is developed gradually with trust and
bonding and to ‘keep’ a source, a jour-
nalist must go to any length to protect
the ‘source’.
What are the two most important
things for a reporter to always keep
in mind?
The most important thing for a reporter
to remember is the ‘Break News First’
Rule and along with that ‘Credibility’ is
as important. We have to be responsible
for each word we utter and write and
stand by it!
What is your message to the young
reporters of today?
Choose wisely, journalism is not just a
job, I believe it is a responsibility that
we have to fulfil. We are the pillars of
democracy
. If you want to be successful
in this fraternity - enhance your percep-
tion and intelligence. The rest will fall
in place . Also, maintain a daily regime
to be fit and healthy, this is not a 9 to 5
job.
As the days pass, I promise myself
that in my lifetime, I will do my utmost
to establish credible journalism and
strive every day to be better than I was
the previous day
.
LUCKNOW, MONDAY
AUGUST 9, 2021
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ACES IT
City First in a heart to heart with Editor
and Delhi Bureau Chief Aditi Nagar
Sharma of First India News touches
upon the various facets of her life and
also about what motivates her day after
day to ‘ace’ the news!
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