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Man arrested in Kanpur for ‘inflammatory’ Facebook post
Kanpur (PTI): Police
here on Thursday ar-
rested a man for posting
inflammatory and ob-
jectionable posts’ on so-
cial media related to
Kanpur violence, tak-
ing the total number of
those arrested in con-
nection with the inci-
dent to 55, a senior of-
ficer said.
It has also been de-
cided to make heavy de-
ployment of forces in
some pockets of Kan-
pur ahead of Friday
prayers, police said.
The arrested person
has been identified as
Gaurav Rajput. He was
arrested from Kakadev
locality, the officer said.
Deputy Commission-
er of Police (west)
BBGTS Murthy said
that he had received in-
formation that Rajput
had been posting in-
flammatory posts tar-
geting the Muslim com-
munity on his Facebook
account and had been
sharing them with oth-
ers. Rajput was appre-
hended by Kakadev Po-
lice and was produced
before the court of Met-
ropolitan Magistrate-
VIII, which sent him on
a one-day judicial re-
mand, the DCP said.
Meanwhile, some
new videos of the Fri-
day violence have sur-
faced on social media
in which the rioters
can be seen throwing
petrol bombs and
stones, said an official
associated with the SIT
probing the case.
Police have also been
alerted about appearing
of posters in neigh-
bouring Unnao appeal-
ing to shopkeepers to
keep their shops closed
on Friday, the officer
said. They have been
asked to maintain law
and order, he added.
Prima facie it ap-
pears to be the handi-
work of some mischie-
vous elements, he said.
It has been decided to
make heavy deploy-
ment of police force in
view of Friday prayers,
said Additional CP, Law
and Order, Anand
Prakash Tiwari.
Some sources in po-
lice said that the alleged
key conspirator in the
Friday incident, Zafar
Hayat Hashmi, had re-
ceived funds from
abroad about three
years ago. An account
was opened in a private
bank in Babupurwa
area in which an
amount of Rs 3.54 crore
was deposited in 2019,
they said. But, at pre-
sent, only Rs 11 lakh is
left in his accounts that
raised suspicion, the
sources said.
Senior police officers
refused to comment on
this.
TENSE FRIDAY
A woman objects to her son being included in the list put up by
police of the Kanpur violence accused, at Parade Sadbhavana
Chowki in Kanpur. —PHOTO BY PTI
INNOCENTS ARRESTED?
Taking note of several complaints
being made about the arrests
of innocent people and wrongly
implicating them in connection with
the violence, Police Commissioner
Vijay Singh Meena has formed a
four-member committee headed by
Additional CP (law and order) Anand
Prakash Tiwari. Two Deputy CPs
(east & west), Pramod Kumar and
BBGTS Murthy, and Assistant CP
(Anwarganj) Akmal Khan, will be its
members and will assist Tiwari. The
committee has been tasked to inves-
tigate the complaints and inquire into
the allegations and act against them
accordingly.
HINDU ACTIVIST HELD IN BALLIA FOR
POSTING CONTENT AGAINST PROPHET
Ballia (PTI): A man alleged to be a member
of a Hindu right wing group has been arrested
for posting objectionable content on Twit-
ter against Prophet Mohammad, police here
said on Thursday. The man was identified as
Pushkar Rai Monu, a resident of Sikandarpur
Police Station area of the district, Superinten-
dent of Police Raj Karan Nayar said. Monu had
made an objectionable post against Prophet
Mohammad on Tuesday on Twitter, he said.
Police took note of the matter and on the com-
plaint of Sikanderpur Police Station in-charge,
a case was registered against Monu and he
was arrested, the SP said. According to police,
Monu is said to be the national organisation
secretary of the Hindu Samaj Party.
Adding fuel
to fire
Beijing (PTI): China on
Thursday termed re-
marks by a top US Gen-
eral on its infra build-up
at Sino-India border as
“despicableact”andcrit-
icised attempts of some
American officials to
“addfueltofire”,empha-
sising that Beijing and
Delhi have the “will and
capability” to properly
resolve their differences
through talks. Chinese
ForeignMinistryspokes-
man made remarks
while replying to ques-
tion on comments by US
Army’s Pacific Com-
manding Gen Charles.
13 MLC candidates to
be elected unopposed ...Beijing slams US Gen for
Military build-up at India-
China border remark
Lucknow: The stage is
set for a no-contest elec-
tion to the Uttar
Pradesh Legislative
Council with 13 candi-
dates filing their nomi-
nations by the Thurs-
day deadline for the
same number of seats.
While nine of the candi-
dates are from the BJP,
the remaining are from
the Samajwadi Party,
and they are set to be
elected unopposed.
Scrutiny of the nomina-
tion papers will be held
on Friday and the last
day to withdraw the
nominations is June 13
after which a formal an-
nouncement will be
made, Returning Offic-
er B B Dubey told PTI.
‘INDIA CAREFULLY
MONITORS CHINA
INFRA BUILD-UP’
The Ministry of External
Affairs on Thursday
said that India is carefully
monitoring
develop-
ments
along bor-
der areas
including
construc-
tion of infrastructure by
the Chinese side in the
western sector. “GoI has
taken various measures
in recent years to de-
velop infra along border
areas,” Arindam Bagchi,
MEA spokesperson, said.
WELCOME TO GORAKHPUR
Artists create a portrait of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with 7,000 colourful earthen lamps at
Ramgarh Taal Jetty in Gorakhpur. CM Yogi arrived in Gorakhpur for a 2-day visit on Thursday.
—PHOTO
BY
PTI
Reshuffle again as 17 more
IAS officers transferred in UP
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In yet an-
other reshuffle, the Ut-
tar Pradesh govern-
ment on Thursday
transferred 17 Indian
Administrative Servic-
es (IAS) officers.
Secretary Medical
Education Department
Gauri Shankar Priya-
darshi has been shifted
as Rural Development
Commissioner, whereas
Kanchan Verma, who
was on the waiting list,
has been posted as IG
Registration.
Secretary Agricul-
ture Production Com-
missioner Branch Sha-
hid Manzar Abbas
Rizvi has been trans-
ferred to the Finance
Department in the
same capacity. Pramod
Kumar Upadhyaya,
who was on the wait-
ing list, has been post-
ed as Additional IG
Registration.
Special Secretary Sci-
ence and Technology
Dr Vedpati Mishra has
been shifted to Second-
ary Education in the
same capacity. Special
Secretary Finance De-
partment Prakash
Bindu has been posted
in his place. Turn to P3
Gauri Shankar
Priyadarshi, new
Rural Dev Comm
Kanchan Verma,
IG Registration
Shahid Manzar
Abbas Rizvi,
Secretary Finance
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PRESIDENTIAL
POLLS ON JULY 18
New President will be elected by 4,809
members comprising MPs and MLAs
The election for the Vice President of India
is expected to take place in August 2022
16TH
PRESIDENT
OF INDIA
OF INDIA
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: The pro-
cess for election of the
next president will be
completed before Presi-
dent Ram Nath Ko-
vind’s five-year term
ends on July 24 and so
on July 18 we will
choose the 16th Presi-
dent of India. The elec-
tion results will be de-
clared three days later
on July 21, the Election
Commission (EC) an-
nounced on Thursday
.
Addressing a press
conference, CEC Rajiv
Kumar and election
commissioner Anup
Chandra Pandey an-
nounced that incum-
bent Ram Nath Kovind’s
successor will be elected
by 4,809 members of the
electoral college com-
prising MPs and MLAs.
The voting will take
place in the Parliament
complex and the state
legislative assemblies
and Covid-19 protocols
will be followed in the
conduct of the election.
CEC Rajiv Kumar and EC Anup Chandra Pandey address a press conference regarding announcement
of the schedule of the upcoming Presidential elections at Vigyan Bhawan, in New Delhi on Thursday.
ELECTORS ARE NOT BOUND
TO VOTE ALONG PARTY LINES
Nominated MPs and members of the legislative
council aren’t allowed to vote. Each elector is
allowed a single transferable vote, and the voting is
done by secret ballot. Since the anti-defection law is
not applicable in the presidential election, electors are
not bound to vote along party lines.
Political parties cannot issue a whip to its
members. The election can also be held
invalid if there is evidence of inducement
or bribery by the Supreme Court.
—Rajiv Kumar, Chief Election Commissioner
IMPORTANT DATES
JUNE 15: Formal notifi-
cation will be issued
JUNE 29: Last date for
filing nominations
JUNE 30: Last date for
scrutiny of nominations
JULY 2: Last date for
withdrawal of candidature
JULY 18: Date of polling
of the votes
JULY 21: Counting of
votes will take place
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On Prophet row, Iran
pulls down its version
New Delhi: Iran has pulled
down its readout, wherein
it stated that Iran’s
Foreign Minister Hossein
Amirabdollahian raised
concerns about remarks
against Prophet Muham-
mad in his meeting with
NSA Ajit Doval. Readout
had stated that Doval had
assured action. P5
UNCTAD: India’s FDI
rank rises to 7th
New Delhi: India’s rank
jumped one notch to
7th position among top
recipients of FDI in 2021
despite FDI inflows into
country declining. In
report released on Thurs-
day, UNCTAD said FDI
inflows to India declined
to $45 bn in 2021 from
$64 bn in preceding year.
Curfew in Jammu’s
Bhaderwah Town
Srinagar: Curfew has
been imposed & Army has
been called in to conduct
a flag march in Bhaderwah
town of J&K’s Doda
district over attempts
by some elements to
create communal tension.
Cops said they would act
against anyone found
violating law and order.
Jain’s ED custody
extended till June 13
New Delhi: Delhi
minister Satyendar Jain’s
custody with the Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED)
has been extended till 13
June by a Delhi court.
The Delhi health minister
and Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) leader also filed a
bail application through
his lawyer in court.
3 boys drown in
Betwa river
Jhansi (PTI): Three
teenagers drowned
while taking a bath in
the Betwa river on the
occasion of Ganga-
Dussehra here on
Thursday, police said.
The three children went
into deep water and
drowned, SDM Garoutha,
Jitendra Baranwal said.
Qutub: Court defers
verdict on pleas
New Delhi: A Delhi court
on Thursday deferred
its verdict on the pleas
seeking restoration of
the right to worship
for Hindus and Jains at
the Quwwat-Ul-Islam
mosque on Qutub Minar
premises, saying a fresh
application has been filed
in the case. India’sbio-economyhasgrown
8timesinlast8years:PMModi
New Delhi (ANI): Em-
phasising the country’s
rising stature in global
ecosystem of biotech,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Thursday
said India’s bio-econo-
my has grown eight
times in last eight years.
PM Modi inaugurat-
ed the Biotech Startup
Expo - 2022 at Pragati
Maidan, here on Thurs-
day. PM said that over
5,000 start-ups are asso-
ciated with the biotech
sector. We have grown
from USD 10. Investors
in sector has risen by 9
times & biotech incuba-
tors & funding for them
increased by 7 times.
PM Narendra Modi inaugurates the Biotech Startup Expo-2022, at
Pragati Maidan, in New Delhi on Thursday. Union Ministers Piyush
Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan and Jitendra Singh are also present.
FACTORS BEHIND THE SUCCESS
OF INDIA’S BIOTECH SECTOR
5
Diverse population and
diverse climatic zones
India's talented human
capital pool
Increasing efforts for ease
of doing business in India
The demand for bio-
Products is increasing
continuously in India
India's biotech sector
that is the track record of
its successes
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UTTAR PRADESH
LUCKNOW | FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2022
02
BJP’s State President Swatantra Dev Singh, Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak with MLC poll contestants Dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, Jawant Saini, Daya Shankar Mishra, Bhupendra Chaudhary, JPS Rathore, Danish Azad Ansari and Mukesh Sharma.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Bill and
Melinda Gates Founda-
tion (BMGF), a reputed
global NGO, has de-
scribed the Covid man-
agement of Uttar
Pradesh as “an example
to the world”.
A BMGF delegation
met CM Yogi at Chief
Minister’s residence on
Thursday and dis-
cussed with him ways
of enhancing technical
cooperation in the fields
of health, nutrition and
agriculture.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, Marks Suzman,
CEO of BMGF, said:
“Having observed Cov-
id management of
many countries where
we work, it would be
fair to say that India,
especially UP was far
better in Covid manage-
ment than even the
United States. The way
the state’s leadership
tackled population den-
sity and various social
challenges to control
the pandemic is com-
mendable.”
During the talks, the
delegation expressed its
willingness to work
closely with Uttar
Pradesh Government
for the betterment of
the agriculture sector
and SHGs in UP.
On his part, CM Yogi
said that the Bill and
Melinda Gates Founda-
tion has made com-
mendable contribution
in the field of health
and nutrition. He re-
marked: “The founda-
tion has played impor-
tant role in effective
implementation of the
State Government’s
schemes for the poor.
They have also been
providing technical
support in the agricul-
ture sector in recent
years.”
CM Yogi added: “The
latest National Family
Health Survey-5
(NFHS-5) results reveal
that UP has witnessed
phenomenal improve-
ment in the field of
health and nutrition in
the recent past”.
UP’s Covid management an example to the world: BMGF
INT’L RECOGNITION
CM Yogi, Dy CM Brajesh Pathak meets CEO of BMGF (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) at
the CM’s residence on Thursday.
Bill and Melinda Gates foundation
expresses its willingness to work closely
with the Yogi Adityanath govt in UP
CM YOGI’S
EXPECTATIONS
Yogi said that UP’s
agricultural uni-
versities are rich in
resources. Krishi
Vigyan Kendras have
also been established.
“So, BMGF’s global
experience will be
useful for us in con-
necting with farmers,
provide them techno-
logical training and
make them aware of
the various research
works being done
in terms of innova-
tive farming. The
Chief Minister further
said that BLGF can
cooperate with the
State Government in
further strengthening
the Self Help Groups.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: BJP’s nine
candidates, including
Deputy Chief Minister
Keshav Prasad Maurya,
on Thursday filed their
nominations for the Ut-
tar Pradesh Legislative
Council elections.
The nominations
were filed a day after
the party announced
the names of the nine
candidates for the polls.
The nominations were
filed in the presence of
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath, BJP’s state
President and cabinet
minister Swatantra Dev
Singh and other BJP
leaders.
The candidates who
filed the nominations
include Maurya,
Chaudhary Bhupendra
Singh, Dayashankar
Mishra Dayalu, J P S
Rathore, Jaswant Saini,
Danish Azad Ansari,
Banwari Lal Dohre,
Mukesh Sharma.
The ninth candidate,
Narendra Kashyap,
could not reach for the
nomination due to ill
health.
Satish Sharma filed
the nomination on his
behalf. Tenures of Dep-
uty CM Maurya and
Panchayati Raj Minis-
ter Chaudhary Bhu-
pendra Singh as mem-
bers of the Legislative
Council end on July 6,
while Minister of State
for Cooperation (Inde-
pendent Charge) J P S
Rathore, Minister of
State for Backward
Classes Welfare Naren-
dra Kashyap, Minister
of State for AYUSH (In-
dependent Charge)
Dayashankar Mishra
Dayalu, Minister of
State for Parliamenta-
ry Affairs and Indus-
trial Development Jas-
want Saini and Minis-
ter of State for Minor-
ity Welfare Danish
Azad Ansari are not
members of either
House in the state as-
sembly.
Maurya had contest-
ed the 2022 assembly
polls from the Sirathu
assembly seat but lost
the election against Sa-
majwadi Party’s Pallavi
Patel. Mukesh Sharma
included in the list is a
senior BJP office bearer.
According to the in-
formation received
from the office of the
Chief Electoral Officer,
the process of election
for 13 seats of the Uttar
Pradesh Legislative
Council has started.
Nominations will be re-
ceived till June 9.
CM Yogi, Dy CMs accompany candidates filing the Vidhan Sabha nomination papers
BJP’s Mukesh Sharma files nomination for MLC seat. Banwari Lal files nomination papers. Minister Danish Azad Ansari files nomination papers.
Bhupendra Chaudhary files nomination for MLC seat.
Narendra Kashyap files nomination papers.
Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya files nomination.
JPS Rahtore files Vidhan Parishad nomination.
Jaswant Saini files nomination papers for MLC seat.
BJP candidate Daya Shankar Mishra files nomination.
BJP CANDIDATES FILE NOMINATIONS
FOR UP LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL POLLS
Yogi govt takes action on
nearly 1.30L loudspeakers
First India Bureau
Lucknow: As part
of drive to remove
loudspeakers from
religious places
across Uttar
Pradesh, the state po-
lice on Thursday in-
formed it has taken
action on nearly 1.30
lakh such devices.
Schools have become
the beneficiaries of
the state govern-
ment’s campaign.
The state of Uttar
Pradesh is already
setting an example
in front of the coun-
try in taming loud-
speakers.
As many as 72,509
loudspeakers were
removed from vari-
ous places of wor-
ship during the
statewide drive in
Uttar Pradesh.
While the volume of
56,558 loudspeakers
was reduced to per-
missible levels.
The loudspeakers
that were removed
have been handed
over to the schools.
More than 13145
loudspeakers were
donated for the
morning assembly
of the schools, while
as many as 1583
speakers were hand-
ed over for the Public
Address System in
the area.
The home depart-
ment had on April 23
issued orders to re-
move loudspeakers
from religious places.
Shahi addresses Kharif
seminar in Lucknow
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Surya
Pratap Shahi, Minis-
ter of Agriculture on
Thursday addressed
the Kharif Productiv-
ity Seminar-2022 or-
ganized at Krishi Bha-
wan Auditorium, Luc-
know. In his address
at the event, the min-
ister said that the
state government and
central government
have been continu-
ously making efforts
to improve the living
standards of the farm-
ers by bringing along
many programs tar-
geted at economic up-
liftment of the farm-
ers. He added that for
the cultivation season
in 2022, a target has
been set to cultivate 6
lakh hectares pulses,
oilseeds and coarse
cereals and for the
purpose trainers are
being prepared to pro-
mote natural farming
ways in the state.
Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi addresses the
Kharif Productivity Seminar-2022 at Krishi Bhawan
auditorium on Thursday.
Governor Anandiben, VCs visit
Punjab University in Chandigarh
First India Bureau
Lucknow: UP Gover-
nor Anandiben Patel
during her Chandigarh
visit on Thursday along
with Vice Chancellors
of Uttar Pradesh visit-
ed Punjab University
, in
Chandigarh.
In addition to the var-
ious departments and
hostels of Punjab Uni-
versity, Patel inspected
various campuses of
the University includ-
ing Alumni House,
Botanical Garden, Ho-
tel Management, Re-
search Laboratories
and Infrastructure. She
also interacted with
University students.
Governor at Punjab University
on Thursday.
BJP’s State President Swatantra Dev Singh, Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak with MLC poll contestants Dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, Jawant Saini, Daya Shankar Mishra, Bhupendra Chaudhary, JPS Rathore, Danish Azad Ansari and Mukesh Sharma. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
—PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR

UTTAR PRADESH 03
CRUCIAL READ
Lucknow: Chief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra on
Thursday held a virtual meeting with top officials of
the districts to discuss about various works being
undertaken in the state. During the meeting, all the
officials through PPT updated the CS of various
schmes and works being undertaken in the district.
In the meeting, CDO of Farrukhabad informed the
CS about the monitoring scheme, CDO of Ambedkar
Nagar gave information about Mission Jeevan Aad-
har, DM of Mau provided information about ODOP
CFC Center, DM of Bijnor provided information
about tourism development, Commissioner of LKo
provided information about employment training
center while other officials also provided updates.
2,871-KG GANJA,
146-KG CHARAS
DESTROYED
Lucknow: A total of
2,871 kg of ganja
and 146 kg of charas,
seized by the Customs
(Preventive) Commis-
sionerate in Lucknow,
was destroyed here
on Drug Destruction
Day on Wednesday.
The Central Board of
Indirect Taxes and
Customs marked Drug
Destruction Day at six
locations across the
country, including Luc-
know, an official release
issued here stated.
Finance Min Nirmala
Sitharaman attended
the event virtually. On
the occasion, approx-
imately 44,000 kg of
narcotics and psycho-
tropic substances have
been incinerated at 14
locations across the
country, it said.
POSTER ASKING
SHOPS TO REMAIN
SHUT, PROBE ON
Unnao: Police have
launched an investi-
gation after a poster
making an appeal to
keep shops closed
on Friday surfaced
here, officials said.
Additional SOP Shashi
Shekhar Singh said on
Wed that the poster
in Sadar Kotwali area
here seems to be the
handiwork of some
mischievous elements
and that the police
have removed it.
Soon after the poster
surfaced, DM Ravin-
dra Kumar and SOP
Dinesh Tripathi held
a peace committee
meeting with religious
leaders from Unnao
and Shuklaganj, during
which they made an
appeal to maintain
peace, Singh said.
PREPARE CRISP PRESENTATION OF DEV
SCHEMES: CHIEF SECRETARY TO DMs
Amethi (PTI): A
17-year-old polytechnic
student on her way to
the ISRO was flown to
Delhi from Lucknow on
Thursday by Union
minister Smriti Irani,
who had promised to
facilitate her trip to the
top space institute.
Irani is scheduled to
accompany Neetu to the
ISRO headquarters in
Bengaluru on Saturday
.
Neetu was promised by
Irani that she will help
her visit the Indian
Space Research Organi-
sation after she had ex-
pressed her wish to see
the prestigious insti-
tute. Locals from her
village, including
Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty’s district president
Durgesh Tripathi, came
to see her off to the air-
port on Thursday
.
On May 10, Irani, the
Union Women and
Child Dev Minister, had
visited the Gauriganj
assembly seat to inau-
gurate a private educa-
tional institute near
Durgan Bhavani Dham.
As she was giving a tab-
let to Neetu Maurya, a
student of Sanjay Gand-
hi Polytechnic, Jagdish-
pur, she asked her what
she wanted to do next.
“I want to go to ISRO
and become a scien-
tist,” was the student’s
reply. Hearing the
young girl’s desire, the
minister announced
that she will personally
take her to the ISRO
next month.
One day Neetu will
make Amethi proud,
she had said. Neetu’s
father Jag Prasad Mau-
rya said, “My daughter
was elated as she left to
visit ISRO. She will
study to become a scien-
tist at ISRO.
M Tariq Khan
Lucknow: In Yogi’s UP,
expressways maybe
scripting a silent trans-
formation in a state
known for its poor qual-
ity of roads but what
has come as a shocker is
that UP tops the chart
in the country for max-
imumnumberof deaths
in accidents on national
highways.
The revelation has
been made in a ‘Road
Safety Campaign, Road
Accidents in India
2020’, a study released
by the Union ministry
of road transport and
highways (MoRTH).
According to the re-
port, In 2020, 3,66,138
road accidents were re-
ported by states/UTs,
of which, 1,16,496
(31.82%) were on na-
tional highways; 47,984
(36.43%) people were
killed and 1,09,898
(31.55%) were injured.
“The fact that much of
the 31.8% of the acci-
dents, 36.4% of deaths
and 31.6% of acci-
dents-related injuries
took place on national
highways, which share
only 2.1% of the total
road network in the
country, needs atten-
tion,” the report stated.
“More accidents on
the highways have been
attributed to higher ve-
hicle speeds and higher
volume of traffic on
these roads.” UP alone,
according to the report,
accounted for 16.4% of
the road accident
deaths on national
highways in India, fol-
lowed by Maharashtra
(7.4%) and Karnataka
(6.9%); Tamil Nadu re-
ported the highest num-
ber of accidents on na-
tional highways.
Tamil Nadu topped
the list for the fifth con-
secutive year in terms
of the number of acci-
dents 15,269 (13.1%), fol-
lowed by UP with 13,695
(11.1%), Karnataka
with 11,230 (9.6%), and
MP with 9,866 (9.6%).
The report also
showed that 10,492 acci-
dents took place in UP
in the recorded year,
killing 5,984 persons on
national highways un-
der NHAI, while 1,265
people died in 2,159 mis-
haps on national high-
ways under PWD.
Rishikesh(PTI):The
process of setting up a
tiger conservation
foundation for the Ra-
jaji Tiger Reserve has
been initiated, officials
said on Thursday. A ti-
ger conservation foun-
dation will help boost
research activities in
the reserve, improve
staff welfare and
strengthen the local
ecosystem, Rajaji Tiger
Reserve (RTR) Director
Saket Badola said.
It will also pave the
way for getting funds
from other institutions
under corporate social
responsibility for im-
portant works like re-
ducing the dependence
of villagers living along
the fringes of the re-
serve on the forests, he
said. According to the
National Tiger Conser-
vation Authority guide-
lines, setting up a tiger
conservation founda-
tion in every tiger re-
serve is a must, Badola
said. A tiger conserva-
tion foundation is al-
ready in existence in
the Corbett Tiger Re-
serve, he said. In keep-
ing with the NTCA
guidelines, a meeting
was chaired here re-
cently by Principal Sec-
retary (Forest) R K Sud-
hanshu in which in-
structions were issued
to constitute a similar
foundation for Rajaji at
the earliest, the RTR di-
rector said.
Uttarakhand’s Forest
and Environment Min-
ister Subodh Uniyal
said once a tiger conser-
vation foundation
comes into being at Ra-
jaji, implementing wel-
fare programmes for
villagers living along
the borders of reserve
will become easier.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Owing to
the rise in Monkeypox
cases across the globe,
CM Yogi has asked the
health department and
hospitals to remain on
alert.
He has ordered the
top officials to make
the general public
aware about the symp-
toms, treatment etc. of
Monkeypox as per the
guidelines of the Govt
of India.
So far, not a single
case of Monkeypox has
been reported in UP
but in the wake of its
danger, the state govt
has asked the con-
cerned dept to keep an
eye on the people who
are returning from
abroad where Monkey-
pox patients have been
found. Instructions
have also been issued
to set up ten-bed wards
in the State Medical
Colleges so that pa-
tients can be admitted
and treated with imme-
diate effect.
The Health Depart-
ment is taking full vigil
in the state and has is-
sued an advisory for
symptoms and treat-
ment of Monkeypox.
Noida(PTI): Two men
who allegedly duped
people by stealing their
ATM cards and fraudu-
lently withdrawing
money from their bank
accounts were arrested
in Noida on Thursday,
police said.
The accused, both
residents of Ghazia-
bad, were held near a
restaurant in the Be-
hlolpur area under Sec-
tor 63 police station
limits, they said. The
police have seized 30
ATM cards belonging
to various banks from
the possession of the
duo, who admitted to
having stolen them
from people in the last
few days.
‘‘The accused told of-
ficials during interro-
gation that they duped
gullible people at ATM
kiosks. The duo would
loiter around isolated
ATMs and prey on peo-
ple coming to withdraw
cash from machine.
Student flies to national capital on her way to ISRO
DREAM FLIGHT

Smriti Irani
fulfills her
promise by
sending Amethi
daughter Neetu
Maurya to ISRO
to fulfills her
dreams
THE BOYS
RSS volunteers demonstrate physical fitness at the concluding programme of the Sangh Shiksha Varg’s training that was going on for 20 days, in which a total of 264 volunteers from
92 districts took part, including 18 volunteers from the nation of Nepal, at Saraswati Kunj, Nirala Nagar, Lucknow. —PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
STUDY: UP tops in fatal road
accidents in the country
—PICTURE FOR REPRESENTATION
—PICTURE FOR REPRESENTATION
IN 2020
Reshuffle again as...
...Special Secretary
Secondary Educa-
tion Jai Shankar
Dubey has been
posted in the Fi-
nance Department.
Special Secretary
Urban Development
Sanjay Kumar Singh
Yadav has been
transferred to the
Revenue Board as
Member (Judicial).
Secretary, Muzaffar-
nagar Development
Authority, Mahen-
dra Prasad has been
posted as UP Sched-
uled Caste Finance
and Development
Corporation.
Chief Develop-
ment Officer (CDO)
Sonbhadra Amit Pal
has been posted as
Municipal Commis-
sioner Meerut. Joint
Magistrate Bahra-
ich Saurabh Ganga-
war has been posted
as CDO Sonbhadra
CDO Siddharth Na-
gar Pulkit Gare has
heen transferred as
Municinal Commis-
sioner, Jhansi.
Joint Magistrate
Muzaffarnagar Jay-
endra Kumar has
been posted as CDO
Siddharth Nagar.
CDO Muzaffarnagar
Alok Yadav has been
posted as Vice-
Chairman Jhansi
Development Au-
thority. Joint Magis-
trate Meerut Sand-
eep Bhagia has been
posted in place of
Alok Yadav. CDO Ba-
reilly Chandra Mo-
han Garg has been
posted as Municipal
Commissioner Pray-
agraj and Joint Mag-
istrate Siddharth
Nagar Jag Pravesh
has been posted in
his place. It may be
noted that the state
government on
Tuesday transferred
21 IAS officers, in-
cluding 9 district
magistrates.
Monkeypox outbreak: CM tells
health officials to be on alert
2 THIEVES WHO
TARGETED
ATM USERS
HELD
SYMPTOMS
Monkeypox
virus spreads
from person
to person
mainly through
exposure to respiratory droplets, which can enter
the body through mucous membranes in the eyes,
mouth, and nose.
Process of setting up tiger conservation
foundation at Rajaji tiger reserve begins
Neetu Maurya at the airport while saying goodbye to her family.
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Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Under the Defence Line of Credit
programme, five boats were
manufactured at the L&T Shipyard
in India and seven at the Hong Ha
Shipyard in Vietnam. I’m confident
that the success of this project
will be a precursor to many more
cooperative defence projects between
India and Vietnam.
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur
Has the participation of women athletes
increased in the Olympics? Women are
being supported by schemes like TOPS
& #KheloIndia under the leadership of
Hon’ble PM Shri @narendramodi ji.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
A faithful man shall
abound with blessings.
—Bible
IN-DEPTH
TOP TWEETS
MITHALI RAJ CALLS
IT A DAY, LEAVES
WOMEN’S CRICKET
ON A HIGH NOTE
ce woman cricketer
Mithali Raj has been
a prominent name in
the cricketing world.
As a batswoman she
has several achievements to her
credit and has been admired for
her batting skills. Her calling it
a day from all forms of interna-
tional cricket will leave a void in
Indian women’s cricket al-
though the new crop of Team
India players have the potential
they will take time to attain that
level of maturity
.
India has had some great
women cricketers. Diana
Eduljee, who captained India in
1978 and holds the record for
bowling the most number of
balls---5098---in women’s test his-
tory and Neetu David, the slow
left-arm spinner who was the
first Indian bowler to take 100
wickets in women’s ODIs, to
name just two.
They were quality players but
what keeps Mithali apart is her
batting prowess and competitive
attitude on the field. She is the
only Indian batswoman to have
scored a double century
.
A
here is no limit to
which linguistic
chauvinists won’t
stoop to. Hackles
of politicalleaders
and those from Kollywood, the
South Indian film industry
,
wereraisedwhenUnionHome
Minister Amit Shah batted for
HindiasanalternativetoEng-
lish in the country
. A debate
raged over the issue with
South Indian states aligned
against the suggestion to re-
place English with Hindi. It is
notthefirsttimethattheSouth
has taken a firm stand against
Hindi as a national language.
The first row started in Tamil
Nadu in 1937 when Hindi was
proposed to be introduced as a
compulsory subject.
It is the degeneration of the
discourse this time around
which is shocking and baf-
fling. Ruling DMK’s Rajya
SabhaMPTKSElangovansaid
thatHindiwasthelanguageof
Shudras.“Impositionof Hindi
will make us Shudras,” he
said.Hethenwentontoblame
Hindi for the under-develop-
ment of northern states.
To identify a language with
a caste and economic develop-
ment is a case of extreme in-
sensitivity
. First, like the rest
of India Tamil Nadu’s society
is as caste-riven as any other
in the country
. Before the As-
sembly elections in 2021 AI-
ADMK-BJP and the DMK
depended on caste formulas
targeting the over 20 percent
Scheduled Castes.
Linking language to devel-
opment is an absolutely bi-
zarre logic. If Kerala, Tamil
Nadu, Karnataka have done
well it is not because of Eng-
lish but due to successive
governments which created
the right eco-system for pro-
gress. States in north India
became laggards because of
religion, crime and corrup-
tion, lack of proper infra-
structure and connectivity
.
DON’T BLAME HINDI
FOR POVERTY
It is the degeneration of the discourse this time around
which is shocking and baffling. Ruling DMK’s Rajya Sabha
MP TKS Elangovan said that Hindi was the language of
Shudras. “Imposition of Hindi will make us
Shudras,” he said. He then went on to blame Hindi for
the under-development of northern states
T
QUAD - CHINA
AND THE PACIFIC
On the other hand,
Politically and
diplomatically, we should
ensure continued
international pressure at
China’s sore thumb like
South China Sea, Taiwan
and Hong Kong. We need to
continue to isolate China on
its insidious role in starting
the current pandemic and
strengthen the Quad and
other multilateral regional
groupings of like-minded
countries. Well, if India
achieves all this, it will
dominate the Asian
continent and will emerge
as a world leader
he much-publicised recent
Tokyo summit 22 of QUAD
conference held in the back-
drop of Russia - Ukraine con-
flict is opening vistas of a
new world order aligning US,
India, Japan and Australia.
Conceptualised by Japan in
2007 It was revived in 2017
with first ministerial level
meeting at New York in 2019.
According to experts, the
main undeclared objective of
the formation of QUAD is to
rein in the increasing influ-
ence of China in the Indo-
Pacific region and to develop
a strategy to protect trade sea
routes free of any control
amid China’s growing mili-
tary existence in the strate-
gic Indo-Pacific region.
While the leaders of the
four member countries of
QUAD seemed pretty sure of
achieving their goal, China
almost mocked them and saw
no reason to worry. Chinese
leaders termed it as merely
“a headline-grabbing idea”.
Beijing believed that all the
four leaders were pursuing
strategies that were too di-
vergent to be coherent.
As a military analyst, I be-
lieve that Chinese leadership
perceived that while America
is pressing ‘The America is
back Policy’ under Joe Biden
for existing and future allies,
Australia and Japan are in-
terested only in keeping the
sea trade routes open without
third parties political and/or
Military interference. And,
Indian vision is to neutralize,
contain and counter Chinese
intrusions and dominance in
the sub-continent.
Before we dwell further, let
us have a look at this region.
Theregionconsistsof 14coun-
tries: Australia, Bangladesh,
Burma, India, Indonesia, Ja-
pan, Malaysia, New Zealand,
the Philippines, Singapore,
South Korea, Taiwan, Thai-
land and Vietnam. The region
has main sea trade routes and
therefore, an engine of the
global economy and that is
why the clash of TITANS.
China has been opposed to
QUAD Since its very incep-
tion and sees it as a strategy
to prevent its global rise and
interests. Often, China has
termed QUAD as Asian
NATO. And since the dilution
of NATO during Ukraine
war, China is seemingly clear
that QUAD will also disinte-
grate when tested under eco-
nomic and resources pres-
sures on member countries.
So, is it that QUAD is
shrouded in fears of an obso-
lete Cold War perceptions of
yester years and a military
confrontation in Ukraine of
current times? May be.
Since a joint statement by
QUAD countries about ‘spirit
of the QUAD’ is issued, Bei-
jing is advocating the need
for openness, inclusiveness
and a win-win situation in
the region and international
systems. It is further advis-
ing to refrain from forming
“cliques like NATO & QUAD.
Though, it refuses to accept
the same principles when it
comes to south China sea.
Therefore, to deal with the
challenges posed, China is
considering a double prong
pincer assault by forming an
institutionalize if not milita-
rize concept of a “Himalayan
Quad”—comprising China,
Nepal, Pakistan, and Afghan-
istan as a rival group, which
obviously will be no match to
QUAD but may suit the Chi-
nese design of rising to pow-
er with smaller groups,
neighbourhood politics, and
weaker countries that could
be a part and parcel of China
shaping a stronger world-
view across the region.
And secondly work on a
‘Debt Trap’ diplomacy on nu-
meroussmallislandcountries
in the Pacific region like Fiji,
Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu
and the Solomon. Xi knows
these nations are too poor to
service debt, yet he is ready to
lend the money to repeat a
Hambantota. Thereby
, strate-
gicallysurroundingAustralia
and dominating the sea trade
routes of Japan & Australia
with rest of the world.
While this article is being
written,ChineseForeignMin-
isterWangYiisvisitingSouth
Pacific Island nations to ramp
up ties with the strategically
located island nations to fulfil
their aim of financially chok-
ing Australia and Japan with
its clear fall out on American
trade balance.
India amidst these testing
times has a crucial role to
play. While on one hand it
needs to step up deterrence
in military terms by deploy-
ing additional army strength
with state-of-the-art weapon
systems to counter the drag-
on to work out “no war pact”
with China and a time-bound
solution of our border issues.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
COL ANUPAM
JAITLY (RETD)
The writer is Defence expert,
Motivational Speaker & Corporate Trainer
According to experts, the
main undeclared
objective of the formation
of QUAD is to rein in the
increasing influence
of China in the Indo-
Pacific region and to
develop a strategy to
protect trade sea routes
free of any control
amid China’s growing
military existence
in the strategic Indo-
Pacific region

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INDIA
05
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In the poli-
tics of India, any leader
is established as a lead-
er of a particular caste
only when he or she can
provide votes of his
caste to the candidate
of other caste instead
of himself or the candi-
date of his own caste.
Samajwadi Party Na-
tional President Akh-
ilesh Yadav contested
from Azamgarh seat in
the 2019 Lok Sabha elec-
tions.
He got more than 60
percent of the votes in
this Muslim and Yadav-
dominated seat. The
BJP had also fielded a
Yadav candidate, but it
got half of the votes
polled by Akhilesh.
Whatever votes the Ya-
davs had in Azamgarh,
almost one hundred
percent of the votes
went to Akhilesh. But
this does not establish
Akhilesh as the leader
of the Yadavs. It is not a
big deal for him or any
other Yadav candidate
of his party to get Yadav
votes.
The true test of his
‘political might’ will be
tested this time since he
has fielded a non-Yadav
candidate from Azam-
garh seat.
Akhilesh has given
ticket to Dalit leader Su-
shil Anand for the
Azamgarh seat that fell
vacant due to his resig-
nation. Sushil Anand is
the son of Balihari
Babu, a prominent Dalit
leader who was one of
the founders of BAM-
CEF.
Balihari Babu has
been in BSP for a long
time. Akhilesh has
played undertaken a
huge risk by giving tick-
et to his son. Keep in
mind that in the last as-
sembly elections, the
BSP had helped the BJP
by letting its core Dalit
vote go to the BJP. This
time Akhilesh has giv-
en ticket to a strong
Dalit leader who re-
mained in his party, to
counter the BJP’s strat-
egy. It will be interest-
ing to see whether the
Dalits of Azamgarh
vote for the candidate
of their own caste or do
they vote for the Mus-
lim candidate of BSP on
Mayawati’s appeal?
On the other hand,
BJP has once again
made Dinesh Lal Yadav
Nirhua, who contested
the elections last time,
as its candidate. He is a
big star of Bhojpuri
films. But could not
stand in front of Akh-
ilesh. So, this time Akh-
ilesh’s test is whether
he can prepare the Ya-
davs of Azamgarh to
vote for the Dalit candi-
date of SP over the Ya-
dav candidate of BJP.
On the other hand,
Mayawati’s test is
whether she is able to
prepare Dalits to vote
for the Muslim candi-
date of BSP over the
Dalit candidate of SP.
The outcome of this one
seat will decide a the po-
litical ‘swings’ in the
coming time.
Will Akhilesh and Mayawati prove their ‘salt’ in Azamgarh bypoll?
GAME OF POLITICAL MIGHT
Owaisi, Narasimhananda named
inFIRover inflammatory remarks
Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal are also among people named in FIRs
New Delhi: The Delhi
Police on Thursday said
that All India Majlis-e-
Ittehadul Muslimeen
(AIMIM) chief Asadud-
din Owaisi and contro-
versial priest Yati Nars-
inghanand are named
in one of the two first
information reports
(FIR) registered by its
special cell the previous
day against various
people for allegedly
spreading hate and
hurting religious senti-
ments.
Owaisi and Yati Nars-
inghanand have been
booked for their alleged
inflammatory remarks
on social media, the po-
lice said Thursday
.
Former Delhi BJP
mediaunitheadNaveen
Jindal, who was ex-
pelled from the party,
and former party
spokesperson Nupur
Sharma, who was sus-
pended, are among the
people named in the
FIRs.
Deputy commission-
er of police (cyber cell)
KPS Malhotra said that
the police on Wednes-
day registered a case
against social media us-
ers for spreading hate,
inciting groups and dis-
turbing public tranquil-
lity
.
“The FIR is against
multiple individuals
from different religions.
We are investigating
the role of various so-
cial media entities in
promoting false and
wrong information
with an intention to cre-
ate unrest,” said DCP
Malhotra.
One of the FIR
names, besides Jindal,
writer and journalist
Saba Naqvi, Hindu
Mahasabha office-bear-
er Pooja Shakun Pan-
dey, Maulana Mufti Na-
deem from Rajasthan
and Peace Party
chief spokesperson
Shadab Chauhan, Ab-
dur Rehman, Gulzar
Ansari and Anil Kumar
Meena.
Yati Narsinghanand Asaduddin Owaisi
Mamata condemns
remarks on
Prophet, demands
arrest of accused
BJP leaders
Kolkata: Reacting for
the first time to two BJP
leaders’ hate speeches,
which triggered diplo-
matic outrage from Gulf
countries, West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee on Thursday
condemned the hate
speech and demanded
the immediate arrests
of the leaders for their
“atrocious” remarks
referring to Islam and
the Prophet. “I strongly
seek that the accused
leaders of BJP be
arrested immediately
so that the unity of the
country is not disturbed
and people at large do
not face mental agony,”
Mamata tweeted.
HC issues notices to CBI, govt
& Subodh Jaiswal over petition
New Delhi: The Bom-
bay High Court on
Thursday issued notic-
es to the Central Bureau
of Investigation, the
Union government and
IPS officer Subodh Ku-
mar Jaiswal following a
plea challenging the lat-
ter’s appointment as the
CBI director.
A bench of Chief Jus-
tice Dipankar Datta and
Justice MS Karnik di-
rected the respondent
agencies and Jaiswal to
file their replies to the
plea by July 18.
The bench was hear-
ing a plea filed by Ra-
jendra Trivedi, former
ACP of the Maharash-
tra Police.
On Thursday, Trive-
di’s advocate SB Tale-
kar also submitted an
affidavit, stating that a
private complaint of
defamation was filed
against Jaiswal in 2012
and a magistrate’s court
in the city had taken its
cognisance and issued a
process against him.
The matter was pend-
ing hearing, Advocate
Talekar said.
The HC took the affi-
davit on record. It will
hear the matter further
on July 28.
Jaiswal, who had ear-
lier held the post of Ma-
harashtra’s Director
General of Police
(DGP), was appointed
as the CBI director in
May last year.
In his plea, filed
through Advocate Tale-
kar, Trivedi has sought
that Jaiswal’s appoint-
ment as the CBI direc-
tor be quashed.
Trivedi in his plea
claimed Jaiswal’s ap-
pointment was in con-
travention of the Delhi
Police Establishment
Act, and sought that the
high court call for the
records and proceed-
ings of the three-mem-
ber committee that had
approved Jaiswal’s can-
didature.
Iran deletes its version of
meet with NSA Ajit Doval
New Delhi: In the mid-
dle of a massive diplo-
matic row over com-
ments on Prophet Mu-
hammad by members
of the ruling BJP, Iran
appearstohavechanged
its version of its For-
eign minister’s meeting
today with National Se-
curity Advisor Ajit Dov-
al in Delhi by pulling
down an earlier press
statement.
The earlier Iranian
statement claimed that
itsForeignMinisterHos-
sein Amir-Abdollahian
had been told by Nation-
al Security Advisor Ajit
Doval that those who
made the controversial
remarks against the
Prophet “would be
taught a lesson”. This
linenolongerfindsmen-
tion on the Iranian for-
eign ministry website.
Iranian Foreign Min-
ister Abdollahian is the
first big visitor from
Iran days after the
country joined Kuwait,
Qatar and other Gulf
nations in condemning
the Prophet comments.
The External Affairs
Ministry spokesperson
said that the Prophet
remarks was never
raised in discussions
with Foreign Minister S
Jaishankar.
Recent RBI measures to increase credit
flow through cooperative banks: Shah
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister for Home and Co-
operation Amit Shah on
Thursday welcomed the
important steps an-
nounced by the Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) to
increase credit flow
through cooperative
banks.
Expressing gratitude
to Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi, Shah said,
that in a span of less
than one year PM Modi
has taken many histor-
ic decisions for the co-
operative sector, which
were needed for a long
time.
“On behalf of the
Ministry of Coopera-
tion and crores of peo-
ple associated with the
cooperative sector, I ex-
press my gratitude to
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi for the deci-
sions that have given
new impetus to the de-
velopment of this sec-
tor,” he said.
The Home Minister
further said that these
decisions will fulfil the
long-standing demands
of Co-operative Banks.
“Today I am extreme-
ly happy to inform that
the Reserve Bank of In-
dia has announced
three very important
policy decisions for
the cooperative sector,”
he said.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah
HOME MINISTER
AMIT SHAH TO
CHAIR WESTERN
ZONAL COUNCIL
MEET ON JUNE 11
New Delhi: A meeting of
the Western Zonal Coun-
cil, comprising Gujarat,
Maharashtra, Goa and
Union Territory of Dadra
and Nagar Haveli and Da-
man and Diu will be held
on Saturday in Diu, of-
ficials said. The meeting,
to be chaired by Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah, will be held after a
gap of two years due to
the coronavirus pandemic
and is expected to be at-
tended by Chief Ministers
of Gujarat, Maharashtra
and Goa among others.
CM DIDI MEETS GUV DHANKHAR
West Begal Chief
Minister Mamata
Banerjee called on
West Bengal Governor
Jagdeep Dhankhar at Raj
Bhawan on Thursday. It
was CM Banerjee’s first
visit to the Raj Bhawan
after the Bengal cabinet
approved the proposal
to make the chief
minister the Chancellor
of the state universities,
thereby, replacing the
governor.
APPOINTMENT AS CBI DIRECTOR CHALLENGED
‘Number of Biotech StartUps gone up
from 50 to over 5,000 in last 8 years’
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister Dr Jitendra Singh
revealed on Wednesday
that the number of Bio-
tech StartUps in the
country have increased
from 50 to over 5,000 in
the last 8 years, because
of the support and ena-
bling milieu provided
by Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi ever since
he took over in 2014.
It is expected to cross
the figure of 10,000 by
2025, he added.
In his address at the
“Biotech Startup Expo
2022”, Dr Singh said,
Biotech Startups is a
rapidly growing sector,
which through innova-
tive solutions, creates
jobs with direct societal
connections.
He said, Biotech as a
tool has wide applica-
tions not only in medi-
cal sciences but also in
agriculture, animal sci-
ences, pharmacology,
forensic sciences etc.
Court issues
summons to
Sena leader
Sanjay Raut
Mumbai: A local
court here on Thurs-
day issued process
(summons) to Shiv
Sena leader Sanjay
Raut on a defamation
complaint filed by
BJP leader Kirit So-
maiya’s wife Medha
Somaiya.
The Sewri metro-
politan magistrate’s
court has directed
Raut to appear before
it on July 4.
The issuance of a
process marks the be-
ginning of criminal
proceedings before a
metropolitan or judi-
cial magistrate based
onacomplaintlodged
by an individual.
Oncetheprocessisis-
sued,theaccusedper-
son has to appear be-
fore the court.
Somaiya, in her
complaint, has
claimedthatRauthad
made baseless and
completely defamato-
ryallegationsagainst
her and her husband,
accusing them of be-
inginvolvedinascam
worth Rs 100 crore
over the construction
and maintenance of
some public toilets
underthejurisdiction
of Mira Bhayander
Civic Corporation.
PROPHET ROW
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh
NEWS&VIEWS

INDIA
06
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Con-
gress party made people
close to Rahul Gandhi
and Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra as Rajya Sabha
candidates.Amongthese
were a few leaders who
wereloyaltopartypresi-
dentSoniaGandhi,apart
from these two. So, those
who were loyal to the
family were nominated
in the Rajya Sabha. But
these days, there is more
discussion on social me-
dia about people who
were not accorded the
Rajya Sabha ticket, than
those who have been
handedone. Journalists,
political analysts and
evenbusinessmen,more
than Congress leaders
who were denied Rajya
Sabha tickets, sympa-
thize with those who
could not get Rajya Sab-
ha tickets.
For example, a busi-
nessman sympathized
with Milind Deora, for-
mer MP of Mumbai and
former Union Minister,
andsaidthathedeserved
a ticket. Many journal-
ists covering Congress
agreed with his tweet.
Keep in mind that in the
lastLokSabhaelections,
arenownedindustrialist
had appealed to vote for
MilindDeora.Yethewas
defeated. However, simi-
lar sympathy is for Con-
gress’ national spokes-
personPawanKhera.He
himself tweeted a line
that ‘Perhaps there was
a lack in my penance’.
There has been a lot of
debateaboutthisandthe
entire social media is di-
videdinfavourof Pawan
Khera. The third name
discussed in social me-
dia is that of Pramod
Krishnam. There is no
sympathy for him but he
is busy in proving the
Congress as anti-Hindu.
However, Ghulam Nabi
Azad, Anand Sharma
and Kumari Selja also
did not get tickets but
they are not being dis-
cussed much.
Gandhi family loyalists get RS ticket, but those
who were denied ticket are real newsmakers!
lll
Many people,
more than
Congress
leaders who
were denied
Rajya Sabha
tickets,
sympathize with
those who could
not get Rajya
Sabha tickets
NADDA VISITS BELUR MATH IN KOLKATA
BJP National President JP Nadda during his visit to Belur Math in Kolkata on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
IMD warns of heavy rains in
Arunachal, Assam, Meghalaya
New Delhi: The mon-
soon is progressing nor-
mally and is likely to
reach Maharashtra in
the next two days, the
India Meteorological
Department said on
Thursday
.
The MeT office has
also warned of isolated
extremelyheavyrainfall
(more than 204.5 mm) in
Arunachal Pradesh on
June 10-11, and Assam
and Meghalaya during
the next five days.
The monsoon ac-
counts for around 70
per cent of the coun-
try’s annual rainfall
and is considered the
lifeline of its agricul-
ture-based economy
.
SeniorIndia Meteoro-
logical Department sci-
entistRKJenamanisaid
monsoon touched the
Kerala coast on May 29
and covered south and
central Arabian Sea,
Kerala, parts of Karna-
taka and Tamil Nadu
and the entire northeast
between May 31 and
June 7.
“There is no delay in
the progress of the mon-
soon. It is likely to reach
Maharashtrainthenext
two days and cover
Mumbai in the subse-
quent two days,” he told
reporters here, dismiss-
ing reports that its pro-
gress had slowed down.
Clouds hover over the Moorusavira Matha during monsoon season, in Hubballi on Thursday.
Monsoon touched the Kerala coast on
May 29 and covered south and central
Arabian Sea, Kerala, parts of Karnata-
ka and Tamil Nadu between May 31 and June 7
—RK Jenamani, IMD scientist
CBI rejects Punjab Police
claim of seeking red notice
against Goldy Brar 10 days
before Moose Wala murder
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral Bureau of Investi-
gation (CBI) on Thurs-
day rejected the Pun-
jab Police’s claim
from the previous day
thatithadapproached
the central agency 10
days before the mur-
der of singer-politi-
cian Sidhu Moosewa-
la for the issuance of
a red corner notice
against Canada-based
gangster Goldy Brar,
who has taken respon-
sibility for the crime.
The CBI said that it
received an email
from the Bureau of
Investigation, Punjab
Police, with an at-
tached letter dated
May 19 about Goldy
Brar only May 30, a
day after Moosewala
was shot dead on
May 29.
A detailed CBI
statement said: “The
proposal for issuance
of Red Notice (RCN)
against Satinderjeet
Singh alias Goldy was
received on May 30 at
12:25 pm from Bureau
of Investigation, Pun-
jab Police through e-
mail. In this e-mail
dated 30-05-2022, a
copy of letter dated
19-05-2022 was at-
tached. Also, a hard
copy of the same pro-
posal was received
from Punjab Police in
IPCU, CBI, New Delhi
on 30-05-2022. Even
this request was re-
ceived in IPCU CBI on
30th May 2022, where-
as as per information
in (the) public do-
main, (the) murder of
Shri Sidhu Moose
Wala took place on
29th May 2022.”
“As per the above
proposal of Punjab
Police, request for is-
suance of Red Notice
(RCN) relates to two
cases of Punjab Police
during the year 2020
and 2021 vide FIR
No.409 dated 12-11-
2020 and other FIR
No.44 dated 18-02-2021,
both FIRs are of Po-
lice Station City
Faridkot, Faridkot
District (Punjab),” the
CBI statement said.
MONSOON ON TRACK
India registers over
7,000 new COVID-19
cases after 99 days
New Delhi: The single-
day rise in new corona-
virus infections in the
country was recorded
over 7,000 after 99 days,
registering around 39%
jump in daily cases,
while the daily positiv-
ity rate crossed 2% after
111 days, the Union
Health Ministry said on
Thursday
.
A total of 7,240 infec-
tions were recorded in a
span of 24 hours taking
India’s total tally of
COVID-19 cases to
4,31,97,522, while the
death toll has climbed
to 5,24,723 with eight
fresh fatalities, data up-
dated at 8 am by the
ministry stated.
The active cases have
increased to 32,498,
comprising 0.08% of
the total infections,
while the national COV-
ID-19 recovery rate was
recorded at 98.71%, the
health ministry said.
A total of 7,554 new
Covid cases were re-
ported on March 1.
An increase of 3,641
cases has been recorded
in the active COVID-19
case count in a span of
24 hours.
The daily positivity
rate was recorded at
2.13% while the weekly
positivity rate was also
recorded at 1.31%, ac-
cording to the data.
The number of peo-
ple who have recuper-
ated from the disease
surged to 4,26,40,301,
while the case fatality
rate was recorded
at 1.21%.
A health worker collects a swab sample of a man for COVID-19
test, at state transport bus stand, in Ahmedabad.
Education and
people’s health
cannot be
compromised:
Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Thurs-
day said there has to be
a limit to the stray
round of counselling
for All India Quota in
NEET-PG-21 and the
students cannot be giv-
en delayed admission
after one-and-half
years, while compro-
mising on education
and the health of peo-
ple.
The observation was
made by a vacation
bench of Justices MR
Shah and Aniruddha
Bose which reserved its
order for Friday on a
batch of petitions seek-
ing a special stray
round of counselling to
fill the 1,456 seats in
NEET-PG-21 that have
remained vacant after
the conduct of a stray
round of counselling
for All India Quota.
Assam: CM Sarma reshuffles
cabinet,inducts 2 new ministers
Guwahati: In a major
development, Assam
Chief Minister Himan-
ta Biswa Sarma reshuf-
fled his cabinet, with
two Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) Members
of Legislative Assem-
bly (MLA) taking oath
as ministers.
The latest inductee,
Nandita Garlosa was
handed over four port-
folios namely the Power
department, Coopera-
tion Department, Mines
and Minerals Depart-
ment and Indigenous
and Tribal Faith and
Cultural department.
The other new mem-
ber of the cabinet Jay-
anta Malla Baruah was
also handed over three
portfolios namely the
Public Health Engi-
neering Department,
Skill Employment
E n t r e p r e n e u r s h i p
Department and Tour-
ism Department, as
per ANI.
PULSE
DAILY
DAILY
Vadodara: After creating a nationwide buzz
with her announcement that she would be
marrying herself, Vadodara resident Kshama
Bindu “preponed” the event and tied the knot
with herself three days before the scheduled
date, she said on Thursday. Bindu, 24, said
she performed the ‘sologamy’ (self-mar-
riage), the ‘first in the country’, at her house
in Vadodara’s Gotri area June 8.
GUJARAT GIRL MARRIES HERSELF
AHEAD OF SCHEDULED DATE
Karachi: Pakistan’s
former Member of the
National Assembly
(MNA) and popular
television host Aamir
Liaquat, 49, died in
Karachi under myste-
rious circumstances,
local media reported
on Thursday. The
Pakistan Tehreek-e-In-
saf (PTI) leader was
found unconscious at
his home in Khudad
Colony and shifted to
a private hospital in
a critical condition.
According to reports,
Liaquat felt discomfort
on Wednesday night,
however, he refused
to go to the hospital,
reported Pakistan’s
local media outlet Geo
TV. The doctors said
that Liaquat was dead
when he was brought
to the hospital. Police
initiated an investiga-
tion into Amir Liaquat’s
death. The police also
conducted a search at
his home in Karachi’s
Khudadad Colony.
AAMIR LIAQUAT HUSSAIN (49), PAKISTANI
POLITICIAN AND POPULAR TV HOST, DIES
Gangster Goldy Brar
Nandita Garlosa Jayanta Malla Baruah
BSF troops fire at drone near
international border in JK
Srinagar: The Border
Security Force in Arnia
sector of Jammu and
Kashmir fired at a
drone spotted close to
the international bor-
der in Jammu and
Kashmir’s Arnia sector
in the early hours of
Thursday
.
A blinking light sus-
pected to be emanating
from a drone was spot-
ted by BSF troops who
fired at it.
“A blinking light sus-
pected to be a drone was
observed in the Arnia
sector at around 4.15 am
today. BSF troops fired
at it due to which it re-
turned back,” BSF said.
NEET-PG-21
COUNSELLING:
NEWSVIEWS

NEWS
07
CONG LEADER
KHURSHID
CAUGHT ON THE
WRONG FOOT
Acollage of images is being
shared on social media
claiming them to be the recent
pictures of the demolished
Muslim households in Unnao and
Farrukhabad (UP). This post
claims that the CM Yogi
Adityanath government in Uttar
Pradesh is intentionally targeting
Muslims and bulldozing their
houses in the state. Congress
leader Salman Khurshid had also
shared these images with a
similar claim on his social media
handles. Sharing a series of
photos of demolished buildings,
Khurshid tweeted, “Not Ukraine,
these are photos of Unnao and
Farrukhabad of Buldozerland”.
However, the @InfoUPFactCheck
Twitter handle of the UP
government has termed the news
as fake. “Images of demolition of
houses in Unnao and
Farrukhabad in the year 2016 by
some accounts on social media
platforms are currently creating
confusion by making them viral.
Encroachment campaign is being
run by the UP government
against the mafia in the state
itself,” it said. —M Tariq Khan
NO MAJOR
RELIEF FROM
INTENSE HEAT
TILL JUNE 15,
SAYS IMD
The maximum temperature in
Delhi-NCR and other parts of
northwest India will come down
by a few notches over the
weekend but no major relief is
likely till June 15, the India
Meteorological Department said
on Thursday. It said moisture-
laden easterly winds will provide
significant relief from the searing
heat June 16 onwards. Heatwave
conditions prevailed in parts of
Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, Rajasthan,
Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and
Odisha on Thursday, with
Faridabad in the National Capital
Region being the hottest place in
the country at 47.1 degrees
Celsius. At least 32 towns and
cities across these states reported
maximum temperatures above 44
degrees Celsius. Northwest and
central India is reeling under a
heatwave spell since June 2 due
to an onslaught of hot and dry
westerly winds. “The ongoing
heatwave spell is less intense as
compared to those recorded in
April-end and May, but the area of
impact is almost equal,” senior
IMD scientist R K Jenamani said.
Pre-monsoon activity is predicted
over east Madhya Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh and Odisha from
June 12, but north Rajasthan,
Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar
Pradesh and north MP will
continue to see above normal
temperatures till June 15, the IMD
official said. “Parts of northwest
India, including Delhi-NCR, may
report a marginal relief on June
11-12. There will be cloudy
weather over the weekend but
rainfall is unlikely,” he added. The
temperature will hover between
40 degrees Celsius and 43
degrees Celsius till June 15. “The
region may see thunderstorms
and rainfall due to moisture-laden
easterly winds June 16 onwards
which is expected to bring a
significant relief from the heat,”
he said. Between June 16 and
June 22, maximum temperatures
are likely to remain “below normal
to near normal”, the IMD said in
an extended range forecast. —PTI
COURTESY VISIT
Dr. Nimaben Acharya, Speaker of Gujarat Vidhan Sabha, on Thursday paid a courtesy visit to Satish Mahana, Speaker of Uttar
Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, at his office room at Vidhan Bhavan Lucknow.
NEARLY 70 HELD FOR SMUGGLING
LIQUOR FROM DELHI: OFFICIALS
First India Bureau
Noida (PTI): Nearly 70
people have been arrest-
ed for smuggling liquor
from Delhi to UP in the
current financial year
due to heavy discounts
being offered on booze
in the national capital,
an excise official said.
The excise officials have
seized over 10,000 litres
of illicit liquor and im-
pounded over 20 vehi-
cles, mostly two-wheel-
ers and private cars,
since April 1, they said.
Gautam Buddh Na-
gar’s Excise Officer
Rakesh Bahadur Singh
said that there has been
a spike in cases of peo-
ple bringing liquor from
Delhi to UP through
Noida since the new ex-
cise policy under which
liquor prices have come
down almost by half.
Delhi’s new excise poli-
cy was implemented in
November, 2021. The ac-
tivity dents UP’s reve-
nueearningsandcauses
losstothestate’sexcheq-
uer, Singh told PTI.
From April 1 to June 7,
68 people have been ar-
rested while smuggling
liquor from Delhi to UP
through the porous bor-
ders in Noida’s Sector
14A, Ashok Nagar, Kon-
dli, Jhandupura and Ka-
lindi Kunj, he said. Dur-
ing the period, 10,056 li-
tres of alcohol, includ-
ing India-made foreign
liquor country-made
brands,wasseizedwhile
23 vehicles, including
mostly two-wheelers
andcars,wereimpound-
ed, the officer said. Of
these 68 people, 62 were
jailed while the remain-
ing six were acquitted,
Singh said, adding that
the UP Excise Depart-
ment is very clear that
action has to be taken
against those indulging
in interstate smuggling.
The excise officer of
Gautam Buddh Nagar,
which borders Delhi on
one side and Haryana
on the other, suggested
a spike in the arrest and
seizure of illicit liquor
in UP’s territory. He
said, “In the financial
year 2021-22, the district
excise department had
arrested and got 173 peo-
ple jailed as compared
to nearly 70 in just over
two months this year.”
ILLICIT BOOZE BIZ DOOMED
RESULT OF CONTINUOUS INSPECTIONS
THREE GIRLS DROWN IN RIVER IN BALRAMPUR
Balrampur (PTI):
Three girls drowned
while bathing in a river
here, police said on
Thursday
.
The deceased, identi-
fied as sisters Karishma
(8) and Nisha (7) and
one Kajal (9) of Har-
baspur village, had
gone to bathe in the
nearby Rapti river on
Wednesday afternoon,
Superintendent of Po-
lice Rajesh Kumar Sax-
ena said.
The girls drowned
due to the strong cur-
rent of the river, Saxena
said. Police with help of
divers and locals recov-
ered the bodies in the
evening and handed
them over to the family
members, police said.
Local MLA S P Yadav
met the family mem-
bers of the deceased on
Thursday and urged the
state government to
provide an ex-gratia of
Rs 10 lakh to each to the
victims’ families.
5 die, 3 injured as vehicle falls into gorge in U’khand’s Tehri
New Tehri (PTI): Five
people were killed and
three injured when the
vehicle in which they
were travelling fell into
a deep gorge in Uttara-
khand’s Tehri district
on Thursday, police
said. The accident oc-
curred around 2:45 pm
near Pokhar on
Ghansali-Dhuttu road
in Bhilangana block of
thedistrict.Thevehicle
was on its way to Saud
village, Ghansali police
station in-charge Sukh-
pal Singh Mann said.
Lakshmi Prasad (66),
Pratap Singh (44), Gu-
nanand (65), Bihari Lal
(65) and Hema Devi
(50), all from Saud vil-
lage, died on the spot,
he said. Driver of the
vehicle Bachan Singh,
along with Rajendra
Singh and Vijay Ram
sustained injuries and
were taken to a prima-
ry health centre in
Pilkhi, Mann said. The
bodies were retrieved
bypoliceandSDRFper-
sonnel with the help of
locals, the SHO said.
TWO MORE BODIES RECOVERED FROM TAPOVAN-
VISHNUGAD HYDEL PROJECT SITE
Gopeshwar (PTI): More than a year after a glacial disaster ravaged parts of the
NTPC’s Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project, 2 disfigured bodies with the head of
one missing were found in a tunnel at the project site, police said on Thursday.
The headless body and a body part belonging to another victim were found in-
side the Intel Tunnel when it was being cleaned of rubble on Wednesday, they
said. A glacial burst had triggered a flash flood in the Rishi Ganga and Dhauli
Ganga rivers in February 2021 completely demolishing the Rishi Ganga hydel
project and ravaging parts of the NTPC’s Tapovan Vishnugad hydro-electricity
project being built over Dhauli Ganga. Over 200 people working inside the
tunnels of these projects perished in the tragedy. Bodies continue to be found
stuck in tonnes of rubble still choking the tunnels of the NTPC’s project.
HC slams 3 DMs over
denial of retirement
benefits to senior
officer’s family
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: Justice J.J.
Munir of the Allahabad
HC while hearing a peti-
tion filed by Saraswati
Devi, whose husband
retired from the post of
Chief Food Inspector on
31.12.1993 and died on
24.12.1995, ordered the
DistrictMagistratesand
Chief Medical Officers
of Farrukhabad, Ali-
garhandEtahtofileper-
sonal affidavits indicat-
ing the correct position
of payment of retire-
mentbenefitstothefam-
ily
, within 3 days. “Also,
the matter being very
old, all officers con-
cerned will take a stand
before this Court about
the ways and means ac-
cording to which the pe-
titioner’sfamilypension
and her deceased hus-
band’s retirement pen-
sion, besides all other
due post retiral benefits
shall be paid. All the re-
spondents will remem-
ber that payments of
post-retiral benefits
havetobemadewhether
the records are found or
not. It is up to them to
devise ways and means
todosoandtodoallthis,
theyhave3days’,during
which the requisite affi-
davits have to be filed,”
thecourtsaid.TheCourt
has fixed the next hear-
ing of the petition on
June 10, 2022. “In case,
the requisite affidavits
are not filed by any of 6
officers, the officer in
defaultshallremainper-
sonally present before
the Court on 10th June,
2022,”theCourtordered.
Woman,live-in partner killed by her
husband,sons in Shahjahanpur
Shahjahanpur (PTI):
A woman and her live-
in partner were alleg-
edly killed by her hus-
band and sons on
Wednesday, police said.
Mamta, 40, was mar-
ried to Ompal Kushwa-
ha, a resident of Da-
harpur village in Jalal-
abad police station
area, and they have
three sons.
However, she had
been living with Ra-
man Pal, 42, in the
same village for the
past two years.
This infuriated
Kushwaha and sons
and they allegedly
hacked the duo to
death with lathis, po-
lice station in-charge
Jaishankar Singh said.
He said the accused
are absconding and a
search has been
launched to nab them.
The bodies are being
sent for post-mortem
examination, he said,
adding that police
force has been de-
ployed in the village.
The bodies are
being sent for
post-mortem
examination,
he said, adding
that police
force has been
deployed in the
village
WOMAN ACCUSES ZILA
PANCHAYAT MEMBER
OF RAPE IN DEORIA
Gorakhpur (PTI): A
22-year-old woman has
accused a zila panchay-
at member in Deoria
district of allegedly rap-
ing her, police said on
Thursday. Police regis-
tered a case against
Sunil Nishad, a resident
of Bardgonia area un-
der Gauribazar police
station, on Wednesday
evening, SHO Vipin Ma-
lik said. As per woman,
Nishad had promised to
get a house allotted to
her under a government
scheme and called on
Tuesday night to dis-
cuss the matter, the SHO
said. He then took her in
his car to a school in the
village and allegedly
raped her, Malik added.
An aide of Nishad
dropped the woman
home early Wednesday
after which she ap-
proached police, he
said. “A case under sec-
tion 376 (rape) of the
Indian Penal Code was
registered against
Sunil,” Sankalp Shar-
ma, Superintendent of
Police, Deoria said.
Allahabad High Court
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FESTIVE COLOURS Anti-clockwise from top: Devotees perform Ganga aarti on the occasion of Ganga Dussehra at Sangam in Prayagraj on Thursday.The ghats of Banaras crowded with devotees
on the occasion of Ganga Dussehra. Devotees take a bath in the Ganga river in Moradabad. People gathered at Har Ki Pauri ghat in Haridwar. —PHOTO BY AGENCIES
Akhilesh’s daunting
challenge: To keep
flock together
Mahan Dal announced
snapping of ties
with the SP-led alliance
Shivpal Yadav blamed
SP’s organisational
structure for poll debacle
1 2
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: The ambi-
tious alliance that Akh-
ilesh Yadav cobbled to-
gether by stitching
small caste-based par-
ties ahead of the 2022
UP assembly polls is
beginning to unravel.
The Mahan Dal of Kes-
hav Dev Maurya has
announced to snap ties
with the SP-led alliance.
At the same time, the
displeasure of PSPL
Chief Shivpal Singh Ya-
dav and SBSP Chief
Omprakash Rajbhar is
increasing gradually
.
Notably, late last year
Akhilesh Yadav entered
into a tie-up with seven
parties -- the Rashtriya
Lok Dal (RLD), Mahan
Dal, Janwadi Party (So-
cialist), Apna Dal fac-
tion led by Krishna Pa-
tel, Suheldev Bhartiya
Samaj Party (SBSP),
Shivpal Yadav’s
Pragatisheel Samajwa-
di Party (PSPL) and
Gondwana Gantantra
Party. This coalition
based on caste calcula-
tion proved unsuccess-
ful in achieving elector-
al victory, since then
the signs of disintegra-
tion started reflecting
in this alliance. The dis-
satisfaction of the Jan-
wadi Party leader San-
jay Chauhan during the
ticket distribution had
exposed the weaknesses
of the alliance. Post-as-
sembly election results,
Mahan Dal Chief Kes-
hav Dev Maurya started
making scathing state-
ments targeting BJP
turncoat Swami Prasad
Maurya. Keshav Dev
was upset that he was
not given adequate
seats and his party was
ignored in comparison
to other allies.
Akhilesh’s estranged
uncle and PSPL chief
Shivpal Yadav has
blamed the SP’s organi-
zational structure for
the poll debacle. On sev-
eral occasions, he has
indicated to leave the
alliance and choose a
different path. In fact,
the row erupted in the
coalition camp after
Akhilesh Yadav’s deci-
sion to quit the post of
MP and retain the post
of Karhal MLA. Azam
Khan and Shivpal Ya-
dav, who were eyeing
the post of Leader of
Opposition, were quite
dissatisfied with this
decision.
Although Azam ’s
displeasure has faded
since his supporters
were adjusted in the Ra-
jya Sabha, Lok Sabha
by-elections and MLC
elections, Shivpal Singh
Yadav’s anger remains
intact.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Even as a
row has erupted in
the UP Congress over its
decision not to contest
Lok Sabha byelections
in Rampur and
Azamgarh, the party
leader Nawab Kazim Ali
Khanof Rampurhasan-
nounced to support the
BJP candidate Ghan-
shyam Lodhi.
The Congress deci-
sion of staying away
from byelection has trig-
gered a war of words
among the state leaders
questioning leadership
move. In Rampur, how-
ever, a piquant situation
has developed with the
announcement of Kaz-
im Ali Khan who had
sought permission from
the high command to
join the fray
.
While Khan, who had
lost assembly election
against Azam Khan in
Rampur, his son Haider
Ali Khan, who was
Apna Dal-BJP allies
candidate from Swar
against Azam Khan’s
son Abdullah Azam.
But he was defeated.
The decision to support
BJP’s Lodhi was an-
nounced after a meet-
ing between the two at
Noor Mahal. Kazim Ali
said there was no ques-
tion of supporting SP’s
Asim Raja a close confi-
dent of Azam Khan.
Kazim Ali said “the
Congressleadershiphas
been misinformed and
got wrong feedback of
the ground situation
from those with vested
political and financial
interests. All I have been
saying is that Congress
is a bigger party at the
national level, while Sa-
majwadi Party has only
three MPs. The Con-
gress should have con-
tested bypoll”. However,
theUPCCvicepresident
(incharge administra-
tion) Yogesh Dixit there
was nothing much to
comment on the issue at
the moment. He said the
party’s disciplinary de-
partment was looking
into the matter and a
decision would be taken
soon.
Ballia (PTI): Uttar
Pradesh Transport Min-
isterDayashankarSingh
on Thursday extended
an open invitation to
Suheldev Bharatiya Sa-
maj Party (SBSP) presi-
dent Om Prakash Ra-
jbhar, who is ostensibly
unhappy with his ally
Samajwadi Party after
being sidelined in the
coming Legislative
Councilelections,tojoin
hands with the BJP
.
Interacting with re-
porters on the sidelines
of a government pro-
gramme at the district
headquarters here,
SinghsaidtheSPdidnot
keepitspromisemadeto
theSBSPandtheMahan
Dal and added, “We are
ready to welcome the
parties coming out of
the SP alliance. They
will be welcomed and
greeted.”
He said the ideologies
of the SBSP and the Ma-
han Dal were similar to
that of the BJP and add-
ed Rajbhar “talks about
the rights of the down-
trodden and PM Naren-
dra Modi and CM Yogi
Adityanath fulfil them”.
The BJP leader also
said whoever had en-
tered into an alliance
with the BJP became a
minister.“
ApnaDallead-
er Anupriya Patel is a
minister in the central
government and her
husband Ashish Patel is
a minister in Yogi gov-
ernment. Rajbhar was
also a minister during
his party’s alliance with
the BJP
,” he said.
Mahan Dal Chief Keshav Dev Maurya (second from left) and his
sons with SP chief Akhilesh Yadav —FILE PHOTO
Nawab Kazim Ali Ghanshyam Lodhi
Cong leader Kazim Ali announces support to BJP
MAN KILLED
OVER LOVE
AFFAIR; FIR
REGISTERED
Barabanki (PTI):
A 30-year-old man
was killed here for
allegedly falling in
love with a woman
against the wishes
of her family
, police
said on Thursday
.
The incident took
place late Wednes-
day night. Police
have detained three
peopleinconnection
with the incident.
ASP Manoj Kumar
Pandey said, “One
Deepak Yadav went
out of his house on
Wednesday night.
His body with inju-
ry marks was found
outside the village
by his family mem-
bers a few hours
later.”
UP min extends open invite to Rajbhar
SURJEWALA SEES DRAUPADI IN SITA, BJP
SEES RED, ASKS WHY CONG ‘HATES’ HINDUS
Jaipur: Congress leader Randeep Surjewala, a candidate for the Rajya Sabha polls
from Rajasthan, was expressing confidence of the party’s victory when by mistake
he referred to Sita.“Majority will win, democracy will win, Constitution will win, law
will win, morality will win and those who are under cover of lies like at one time
Sita Maiya’s ‘cheerharan’ had happened they want to do ‘cheerharan’ of democ-
racy, those people will be defeated and exposed,” he told reporters in Udaipur on
Thursday. Sharing a video of Surjewala, BJP national spokesperson Rajyavardhan
Singh Rathore asked, “Why the Congress hates Hindus so much.” “Rahul Gandhi,
who does election tours from temple to temple, is irritated by a sacred word like
Hindutva. His party keeps insulting Lord Ram. Today again, the Congress has hurt
the faith of Hindus by making indecent remarks on Mata Sita,” tweeted Rathore,
who is the Jaipur (Rural) MP.
Fulfilling challenges with
full honest effort does result
in happiness.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Dayashankar Singh Om Prakash Rajbhar

S
onam Kapoor is celebrating a
joyful year round the sun as the
actress marks her 37th birth-
day. This year is even more
special for Sonam as the actress
is pregnant and will be ex-
pecting her first
child in a few
months. On her
birthday, Sonam
took to Insta-
gram to share
her state of
mind. Sharing a
series of stun-
ning photos in a
pristine white
outfit, Sonam
revealed that
this birthday
she’s choosing
to dress how
she feels de-
spite the nay-
sayers and
haters.
S
ara Ali Khan might only be a few films old
in B-Town, however, she has found her
space in the big and glamourous world of
showbiz. Within a few years since her debut
in 2018, in the film Kedarnath, Sara has emerged
as one of the most popular actresses among the
newbies in the tinsel town. Apart from showcas-
ing her potential in films, Sara also dishes out fit-
ness goals to her fans, followers, and admirers now
and then. The actress is often clicked outside her
gym or after her pilates session. Apart from that, she
too shares a sneak-peek of her workout session on her
social media space now and then.
S
hilpa Shetty is
one of the most
admired ac-
tresses in B-
Town. She is adored
by everyone for her
bubbly nature and for
the energy she brings
wherever she goes.
Apart from being an
actor and a mother,
the actress also judg-
es reality shows,
hosts talk shows,
takes yoga lessons,
and writes books for
health freaks. The
diva turned 47 yester-
day and she threw an
intimate party that
was attended by
friends, family, and
colleagues. Harman
Baweja, Sasha Ram-
chandani, Shamita
Shetty, and Raj Kun-
dra were among the
few that attended
the actress’
47th birthday
celebration.
D
isha Patani made her Bollywood debut with Neeraj Pan-
dey’s directorial MS Dhoni: The Untold Story and gave
several hits like ‘Baaghi 2’, ‘Malang’, ‘Radhe Radhe:
Your Most Wanted Bhai’ alongside Salman Khan, and
Jackie Shroff. The actress often turns heads for fitness, train-
ing videos, music videos style quotient, or bikini pic-
tures. Meanwhile, the ‘Baaghi 2’ actress has shared
a picture on her IG stories and seems like Di-
sha is sleep-deprived. In the picture, Disha is
seen wearing a black tube top and her ex-
pressions say that she hasn’t slept in a while.
B
ollywood actress Katrina Kaif sent Vi-
gnesh Shivan and Nayanthara lots of
love as she congrat-
ulated the couple.
The latest hands-on wed-
ding photos of the new-
lyweds’ couple, Nayan-
thara and Vignesh
Shivan are spectacu-
lar and they looked
nothing less than an
Indian fairytale cou-
ple. So royal, happy
and full of love. Nay-
anthara and Vignesh Shivan tied the knot
in traditional ceremonies in the Mahaba-
lipuram. As they couldn’t get married in
Tirupati, they especially invited almost
20 priests to perform the wedding rituals.
According to the sources, “20 priests from
Tiruttani, Vadapala-
ni, Mylapore and Ka-
likambal temple
have performed
the Hindu rit-
uals which
started in
the pres-
ence of
f r i e n d s
and the
family
.”
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LUCKNOW, FRIDAY,
JUNE 10, 2022
aran Johar returns to the
family-driven romantic
comedy space with his next
directorial,RockyAurRani
Ki Prem Kahani. It rides on
a formidable ensemble of
Dharmendra, Jaya Bach-
chan, Shabana Azmi, Ranveer
Singh and Alia Bhatt among oth-
ers and is gearing up for a Valen-
tines Day 2023 release. The shoot
is going on at a brisk space and
now here is an exclusive update
on this much-awaited film. Ac-
cording to the sources, Janhvi Ka-
poor, Sara Ali Khan and Ananya
Panday have a cameo in Rocky
Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani. The
threeleadingladieswillbeapart
of a quirky dance number in
Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kaha-
ni. They might have had a cou-
ple of scenes in the film. The
details have been kept under
wraps, but the cameo of the
trio is confirmed in Rocky
Aru Rani Ki Prem Kahani,
revealed a source.
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PREM
KAHANI
SLEEP-DEPRIVED
STUNNING SHILPA
PREGNANT
PREGNANT
POWERFUL
POWERFUL

SARA'S
WORKOUT
ROUTINE
WEDDINGBELLS
Sonam Kapoor Ahuja Sara Ali Khan
Shilpa Shetty Kundra
Nayanthara
Nayanthara and Vignesh Shivan
during their marriage ceremony
Ananya Panday Janhvi Kapoor Disha Patani
ROCKY AUR RANI KI

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KASHISH CHOUDHARY, Model
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
A social obligation may
make you waste your time.
Financial front looks okay
but don’t let up on savings.
Excellent man management skills will
help you in managing many things at
once on the professional front. Eating
right and remaining active will help
maintain good health.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Keeping a tab on others
will help strengthen your
position on the academic
front. Peace prevails on the
home front. Your bank balance is
likely to swell and make you
financially secure. Good performance
is likely to get recognition for you on
the professional front.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
All property matters will be
resolved favourably.
Adding to your comfort on
the domestic front can be
one of your aims today. Your
suggestions at work are likely to be
appreciated and implemented too.
Joining a gym or meditation classes
is good for a healthy body and mind.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Converting a freehold
property into builder floors
is possible and will prove a
win-win situation for all.
Doing exceptionally well on the
academic front will add to your
prestige. Some recognition awaits
those in a government job. A new
health product will help in weight loss.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Good preparation will keep
you in contention in a
competition. Money comes
from unexpected sources .
Hiring party agreeing to the terms
and conditions for a payment will be
like a financial coup for those
freelancing. You will take up an
exercise regimen for fitness.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Financially, you will feel
more secure now, than
before. Judicious spending
will help you save much.
Don’t pick up an argument at
workplace as it can go against you.
Wayside food is best avoided,
especially during this season. Family
life will be immensely fulfilling.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Parents are likely to give
you a free hand in
something you wanted to
do all by yourself.
Whatever preparations you have
done for an exam or competition will
be enough to see you through.
Someone may plan to take you out
for a meal, so remain available!
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
You will find someone
knowledgeable enough to
discuss a complex
property matter. Finan-
cially, you could not have been on a
sounder wicket, as money flows in. A
new deal is in the offing for
businessperson and is likely to prove
lucrative in the future.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
A function at home is likely
to keep you busy and
entertained. You can be
invited to a social function.
Less workload at work will give you
adequate time to pursue some
personal commitments. Joining a
gym or starting an exercise routine is
indicated on the fitness front.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Don’t expect any
concessions on the promo-
tional front, but the system
will not be unfair to you.
Those suffering from a lifestyle
disease will succeed in getting it
under control. Your innovations on
the home front will be much
appreciated by the family members.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Getting a very suitable
accommodation is
foreseen for those who are
desperate for it. A good
earning will keep your coffers
brimming and keep you in high
spirits. Financially, you are likely to
find yourself on the top of the world.
A good day for you.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Marital relationship will get
strengthened by mutual
give and take. Those travel-
ling by road are likely to
make good time. You may find
yourself growing financially strong.
Your inputs on the professional front
will be much appreciated. Overall a
good day for you.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
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Jaipur Blue Pottery Art
Craft is not only our shop
but it is a blessing from
my father. I have gotten
this art as a heritage from
my family and I am taking
this forward with my whole
heart.
—MOHIUDDIN AQIL
Rajsthan Handicrafts is an
intense rigour for handicrafts
and other traditional arts
have unflinchingly commit-
ted to preserving the Indian
heritage. We are working to
promote our local artists in
the whole of India.
—SHOAIB KHAN
My father was an artist
and I have inherited this
beautiful art from him, I
want people to remember
him through the art he
created. After his demise
we had stopped creating
handicrafts but I will surely
try my best to restart his
beautiful legacy in Jodhpur.
We need to promote this
beautiful local art in India.
—KULDEEP KHANDELWAL
With the beginning of globalization, the market is facing
severe competition in the global market. These products are
typically perceived as traditional, old-fashioned and
antithetical to modern tastes. Though competition is hard
and my firm Yogita Crafts is struggling to survive.
—GOPAL ASERI
ABHISHEK GUPTA
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
he World’s
H a n d i c r a f t s
Day, June 10,
should be used
to reflect on
the World’s
Craft Coun-
cil’s founding princi-
ples, which include
promoting the eco-
nomic development of
crafts through crafts-
related activities in all
of its regions.
Otunba Olusegun
Runsewe, the Direc-
tor-General of the Na-
tional Council for Arts
and Culture, made the
plea in Abuja on World
Handicraft Day.
He explained that
the World Craft Coun-
cil was founded in 1964
to promote friendship,
foster economic devel-
opment through in-
c o m e - g e n e r a t i n g
craft-related activi-
ties, and organise art-
related exchange pro-
grammes and exhibi-
tions, all with the goal
of encouraging and
advising craftsmen all
over the world.
These handicrafts
are the substantial
medium to preserve of
rich traditional art,
heritage and culture,
traditional skills and
talents which are as-
sociated with people’s
lifestyle and history.
They provide ample
opportunities for em-
ployment even with
low capital invest-
ments and become a
prominent medium
for foreign earnings.
City First brings to
you visionary boards
of the speactular mak-
ers of handicrafts in
Jaipur.
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HANDICRAFT
HANDICRAFT
HANDICRAFT
HANDICRAFT
HANDICRAFT
HANDICRAFT
A TRANSMISSION OF FEELING
A TRANSMISSION OF FEELING

kirts aren’t
given enough
credit. Trou-
sers and jeans,
as well as
skirts and
even shorts,
are frequently dis-
cussed. But what about
skirts? No. They’re rel-
egated to the bottom of
the fashion food chain,
where they’re worn
regularly but seldom
highlighted. We believe
it is critical that we ex-
plore the often-over-
looked silhouette and
begin to give it the at-
tention it deserves.
A-LINE SKIRT
Forthepear-shapedphy-
sique, the A-line skirt is
ideal. When putting flat,
this skirt is normally
knee-length and produc-
es a triangle shape. It’s a
simple to sew solution
that works well with a
variety of fabrics. The
A-line skirt is a beauti-
ful skirt option since it
flares out softly from the
waist and does not cling
to the hips. A-line skirts
are generally fitted at
the waist and as such
need shaping in the
form of darts or a gently
curving waistband.
ASYMMETRICAL SKIRT
The asymmetrical lines
formed by the cloth cut
and the varying levels
of the hems are impor-
tant to the design of this
skirt. Asymmetrical
skirts are cut diagonal-
ly across the body, with
one side being lower
than the other. A high-
low skirt, on the other
hand, has asymmetry in
the front and back.
BOX PLEAT SKIRT
The box pleat skirt is a
variant of the pleated
skirt style. Allowing the
pleat’s two folds to con-
nect and produce the
box component of the
pleat results in a box
pleat. The pleated de-
sign is repeated all the
way around the skirt.
To give the skirt volume
and form, box pleat
skirts are frequently
fashioned of heavier
materials.
BUBBLE SKIRT
The bubble skirt puffs
out at the hem because
the fabric of the hem is
gathered onto a band
instead of a turned up
hem. This band is kept
under the skirt so the
top of the skirt ‘bub-
bles’ over the band.
Bubble skirts tend to be
cut above the knee as
any longer adds a lot of
volume to the skirt.
GATHERED SKIRT
The gathered skirt is a
very straightforward
style to follow. These
types of skirts are gath-
ered onto the waist-
band. The fullness of
the skirt is determined
by the amount of fabric
in the skirt part of the
pattern and the gathers
pulled up to fit onto the
waistband. A gathered
skirt can
be any length
from short to full
length. It is best
in fine to medium
weight fabrics.
PLEATED SKIRT
The pleated effect of
this skirt varies with
the size of the pleats.
Knife pleats that sit
flush with the body
of the skirt are flat-
tering. Pleated
skirts are worn in
different lengths
and with differ-
ent size pleats.
Pleated skirts
are often made in
synthetic fabrics
that can be
permanently
pressed so
the pleats
do not fall
out when
washed.
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ROCK
ROLL
IN MINI
SKIRTS

City First brings to you
six skirt trends that will
shape your wardrobes in
2022 as we could all use
a little dose of happiness
these days, and this
selection of fall skirts
might do just that.
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SHUBHANSHI PATHAK

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CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
Sadhguru Appeals IIT Kanpur
Students To Stand Up For Soil
tudents at IIT-Kan-
pur hosted Sadhg-
uru on campus for
a special Youth
and Truth session
on Day 80 of the
100-day Save Soil
journey on Thursday. En
route to Jhansi, Sadhguru
met with faculty and stu-
dents at the university in
an interactive QA session
where he spoke about wide-
ranging topics from mental
health to legalizing mari-
juana, the role of the mod-
ern-day educator and more.
In a gripping two-hour ses-
sion, Sadhguru candidly
addressed the students of
IIT-Kanpur drawing atten-
tion to the significance of
pursuing something with
wholehearted dedication
rather than choosing a ca-
reer based on social pre-
scriptions of prestige. Re-
sponding to a question
from the student panel
about mental health, Sadh-
guru joked that though this
will make him unpopular,
whatever experiences are
happening within us are
fundamentally our respon-
sibility. He stressed the im-
portance of seeing this re-
sponsibility to be able to
address such issues and
spoke about the basic long-
ing of every life to reach its
fullest potential. To the age-
old debate about whether
or not marijuana
should be legalized,
Sadhguru quipped that
rather than calling it
‘getting high,’ it should be
called ‘getting low’ because
it lowers one’s perception.
He went on to explain that
he is not against marijuana
but against an inefficient
life. To a question about the
pressures introverts are
faced with to socialize, Sad-
hguru highlighted the im-
portance of maintaining a
flexible personality that
allows one the freedom to
choose how to be as the
situation requires rather
than having a fixed person-
ality that he compares to
being in a straitjacket. Af-
ter a host of intriguing
questions from the au-
dience, Sadhguru
closed the session with
an appeal to the stu-
dents of IIT-Kanpur to
keep their voices raised for
the soil that has nourished
our lives. He insisted on the
need for this to be a lifelong
love affair as an expression
of our concern and respon-
sibility for the life that is
around us and the life that
should be beyond us.
S
SHUBHANSHI PATHAK
MONICA PRABHAKAR
Neutrals, the winsome wardrobe fundamental this season!
SUMMERS IN NEUTRALS
T
rends transition
season after sea-
son, but classics
stay the same.
The cycle of a classic
fashion staple is end-
less and when done
right, leaves an extraor-
dinary impression.
Neutrals are one such
category of classics
without which a win-
somewardrobeisincom-
plete. For fashion un-
versed, Neutrals are the
classification of colours
that are muted with un-
dertonesthatchangecol-
our in different lighting.
While this summer is
all about dressing up in
dopamine boosting col-
ours (blue, orange, red
and green) their muted
counterparts like beige,
taupe, grey, cream,
brown, black, and white
are as evergreen in real
lifeasit’sontherunway
.
In conversation with
CityFirst,Fashionmod-
els share their tips on
how to add neutral col-
ours to their wardrobe.
BEWITCHING BLACK
SHRADDHA DUBEY feels
that black is a colour to reckon
with, even in the summers.
Speaking on the power of black
that according to her dominates
during the summers as well as is
a consistent sight in the winters,
she said, “The power of black is as-
tonishing. It can be played both as
casual chic or bold and bright. Paired
with sequins and studs, black stands
out like the life of a party. Couple
black with white and you have a busi-
ness/formal look ready. While black
pants paired with a white studded
corset is this year's favourite, I think
a black corset dress might be a game-
changer. Black is the talisman of col-
ours and truly an essential accessory
.
Whoever said black is my happy
colour, spoke for millions.
KUSTOM KHAKI BEAUTIFUL BROWN AND BEIGE
J A H N A V I
SHUKLA is a die-
hard fan of neutral
themes during the
summers and enu-
merates the bene-
fits of neutral
shades, “The word
neutral can invoke
the thought of
blandness but it
can also look pol-
ished, elegant, and
casual chic when
done rightly. The
trick to wearing
an all neutral out-
fit is to add a fun
d i m e n s i o n .
Reach for
brown, beige or
black basics to
create a stylish
neutral summer
outfit. Neutrals
have many posi-
tives;
• Everything al-
ways matches,
looking classy
.
• Neutrals are the
foundation of
your wardrobe.
• And you spend
less time
g e t t i n g
ready
.
ANUSHKA KHOTE,who
feels that neutral tones bring
out the best in her feels that
Khaki is one of the best op-
tions for the summers.
“Neutral Tones are my fa-
vourite colour palette when
it comes to personal style.
They bring out the beauty of
skin tones and textures and
look effortlessly sleek and
stylish! I like to style neu-
trals for summer in more
breathable fabrics forming
flowy structures. Khaki is a
beautiful neutral option for
summers. While adding
knee-length skirts, Palazzo
pants, cropped shirts, Maxi
Dress or a sundress would
be some great options for
starters”, she said.
WONDROUS WHITE
SHISHTA MAURYA feels in her heart that the
neutral does not have to be plain and simple and
can be elegantly paired with other colours.
“The charm of black never fades and think all
black with gold jewellery, I mean it’s the perfect
outfit. Neutrals do not have to be plain and sim-
ple. Take it up a notch by pairing colours like
red and pink with white or take an all-black
or all-white look and add colourful accesso-
ries like heels, chains and bags. The Bottega
Veneta line of handheld bags looks great
with a monochrome neutral outfit.”
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
The birthday of IAS
Vikramaditya Singh
Malik was on Thursday,
June 9. We wish him all
the best!
YOGA SHIVIR PROGRAM!
Income Tax Department organised a cycle rally under the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsava
commemorating 75 years of independence on Thursday.The cycle rally started from the Sikandar
Bagh intersection and reached Parivartan Chowk via the Hazratganj intersection.The cycle rally
culminated back at the Sikandar Bagh intersection. Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax
Harinder Bir Singh Gill graced the event with his presence.
Divisional Commissioner Ranjan Kumar and DM Suryapal Gangwar
conducted a Yoga Shivir event on Thursday which was also attended
by Municipal Commissioner Ajay Dwivedi, Chief Development
Officer Riya Kejriwal,Additional Municipal Commissioner Rakesh
Yadav and other officials.
Sadhguru with IIT Kanpur students during the discussion on Thursday
Glimpses of the cycle rally
—PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR
Hemant Sharma, Director TV9 and Veena Sharma celebrated their 32nd marriage anniversary on Thursday, June 9 at ITC Maurya, New Delhi. Jagdeesh Chandra reached
to congratulate the couple and wished them good health. Various political bigwigs and social leaders were also present on the occasion to congratulate the dynamic duo.
The night witnessed magical performances by Niazi Nizami Qawwali brothers which were deeply appreciated by the guests. More in City First Tomorrow...
ANNIVERSARY CHEERS!
Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Hemant Sharma, Ishanee Sharma and Veena Sharma
Hemant Veena Sharma cut the celebratory cake as
Jagdeesh Chandra,Anupriya Patel and others congratulate
Jagdeesh Chandra with Sant Prasad Rai and Sumaira Khan
(L-R) Brajesh Pathak, Dr Mahesh Sharma, Hemant Sharma, Ramgopal Yadav and Ashish Patel
—PHOTOS
BY
SHAZID
CHAUHAN

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