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Bareilly (PTI): Amit
Kumar Saxena, nephew
of Uttar Pradesh Minister
of State Arun Kumar, and
two others were booked
for breach of peace, and
an additional charge
added under Section 353
(assault or criminal force
to deter public servant
from discharge of his
duty), after a video went
viral on Friday show-
ing them beating up a
home guard and tearing
his uniform. Saxen was
arrested and released
on bail on the same day,
police said. Omendra,
the home guard posted
in Premnagar police sta-
tion, had given a com-
plaint against Saxena.
MINISTER’S
NEPHEW BEATS UP
HOME GUARD,
TEARS UNIFORM
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Incidents
of stray violence were
reported on Friday
from several parts of
Uttar Pradesh over the
inflammatory re-
marks by now sus-
pended BJP leaders
Nupur Sharma and
Naveen Jindal against
Prophet Mohammad a
few days back.
A clash erupted in
Prayagaraj between
police and protesters
soon after the Friday
prayers. Stones were
hurled in Atala area of
the city where some
vehicles and carts
were also set on fire.
Prayagraj Addl DGP’s
vehicle was damaged
in the protest.
Street clashes were
also witnessed in Saha-
ranpur where people
holding placards
raised slogans against
Nupur Sharma. Some
of them turned violent
after security person-
nel tried to stop them.
This led to brief stone-
pelting in Nehru Mar-
ket area of the city.
Some madrasa stu-
dents also raised slo-
gans in Deoband. Simi-
larly, a huge crowd in
Moradabad also pro-
tested against Sharma
demanding her arrest
for her remarks.
Meanwhile, CM Yogi
directed to take strict
action against hooli-
gans after incidents of
stone-pelting broke out
in various parts of the
state.ACSHomeAwan-
ish Awasthi, acting Di-
rector General of Po-
lice DS Chauhan, ADG
Law and Order
Prashant Kumar are
monitoring the situa-
tion from police head-
quarters, while heavy
police force continues
to remain deployed in
sensitive areas since
Thursday
.
VIOLENCE IN PRAYAGRAJ
FRIDAY FLARE-
UP ACROSS UP
Police baton-charge protestors in Prayagraj on Friday. Rapid Action Force personnel disperse protestors in Atala area in Prayagraj. —PHOTOS BY PTI
Negligent officials:
CM mulls action
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath has
expressed strong dis-
pleasure over the negli-
gence in redress of pub-
lic grievances and has
directed action against
the guilty district-level
officers. CM Yogi will
also review the IGRS
and CM Helpline
through video confer-
encing soon. Chief Sec-
retary Durga Shankar
Mishra has issued or-
ders to all district and
commissionerate-level
officers in this regard.
CM Yogi had recently
directedtheChief Secre-
tary and Director Gen-
eral of Police DS Chau-
han to ensure that the
district magistrates and
the police captains re-
main sensitive towards
prompt and satisfactory
resolution of people’s
problems and dispose of
people’s complaints in a
time-bound manner.
Earlier also, the
Chief Minister had giv-
en instructions for
timely disposal of pub-
lic grievances Turn to P2
BJP National President JP Nadda and CM Yogi Adityanath during
the Garib Kalyan Sabha held in Gorakhpur on Friday.
—PHOTO BY ANI
109 ARRESTED
As many as 109 people
were arrested from
various districts on
Friday. According to
reports, 38 arrests
were made in Saharan-
pur, 15 in Prayagraj,
24 in Hathras, seven
in Moradabad, two in
Ferozabad and 23 in
Ambedkarnagar.
RS Elections: Congress wins big in
Rajasthan, BJP in Karnataka
New Delhi (Agencies):
Congress registered a
big win in Rajasthan,
winning three of the
four Rajya Sabha seats,
while the BJP could
only manage to win one
seat. Media baron Sub-
ash Chandra, who was
backed by the BJP
, failed
to win. In Karnataka,
the BJP put up an im-
pressive show, winning
three seats, while the
Congresscouldonlywin
one seat. Meanwhile,
the counting of votes is
yet to begin in Maha-
rashtra and Haryana.
The counting, which
was scheduled to begin
at 5 pm for the Rajya
Sabha elections in four
states, was delayed as a
delegation of the
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) and the Congress
met the Turn to P5
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot flashing victory sign with Congress winners Pramod Tiwari, Mukul
Wasnik, Randeep S Surjewala. GS Dotasra, Sanyam Lodha, Rafeek Khan, Sandeep Choudhary and
other MLAs are also seen. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
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New Delhi: Former
Pakistan President
Pervez Musharraf’s
family said on Friday
that the military rul-
er’s condition is criti-
cal, his organs have
failed and recovery is
not possible. The fam-
ily, posting a state-
ment on Twitter, said
that Musharraf is
battling a longtime
ailment. “Message
from Family: He is
not on the ventilator.
Has been hospitalized
for last 3 weeks due to
a complication of his
ailment (Amyloido-
sis). Going through a
difficult stage where
recovery isn’t possi-
ble organs are mal-
functioning. Pray for
ease in his daily liv-
ing.” Some Pak media
outlets earlier report-
ed that Musharraf
passed away in hospi-
tal, however, reports
were quashed later.
Cop opens fire
near B’desh Dy
HC,kills woman,
shoots self
REMARKS ON PROPHET MOHAMMAD
Jumma witnesses mass
protests across nation
New Delhi: The mem-
bers of Muslim commu-
nity staged protests on
Friday across the coun-
try over inflammatory
remarks by suspended
BJP leader Nupur Shar-
ma and expelled leader
Naveen Jindal against
Prophet Muhammad.
The protests broke
out after Friday prayers
in several cities includ-
ing Delhi, Lucknow,
Prayagraj, Shopian,
Srinagar, Kolkata, etc.
In Delhi, people gath-
ered in large numbers
outside Jama Masjid
and demanded the ar-
rest of Nupur Sharma.
Meanwhile, at
Ranchi, some police-
men were injured while
trying to control an
irate mob near Hanu-
man Temple after pro-
tests erupted with hun-
dreds of people de-
manding arrest of sus-
pended BJP spokesper-
son Nupur Sharma.
Cops fired in air besides
resorted to lathi-charge.
Those who ruled for long time,
took no interest in tribals: PM
Ahmedabad: PM Modi
attacked Congress, say-
ing that those who were
in power for a long time
in country, never took
interest in development
of tribal areas as it re-
quires hard work. He
said he does n’t initiate
development work for
votes or to win polls, but
he does it to improve
quality of people’s lives.
Modi addressed Guja-
rat Gaurav Abhiyan
rally after inaugurating
laying foundation
stone of projects worth
Rs 3,050 cr at Khudvel,
in Navsari district.
“INITIATED REFORMS IN SPACE SECTOR,
OPENED IT FOR PRIVATE SECTOR”
Ahmedabad: PM Modi on Friday said the government had
initiated reforms in the space sector and opened it up for
private sector. “Soon we will bring a new policy to encourage
Ease of Doing Business in the space sector. We have initiated
reforms in space sector and opened it up for private sector.”
PM IN GUJARAT
CRUCIAL READ
GEHLOT CABINET
MEETS TODAY
The cabinet meet-
ing will be held today
afternoon at the CMR.
About 5 to 7 agenda
including amendments
in Ayurveda and other
service rules, the rules
of land allotment and
the digital media policy
may be taken up in the
meeting.
SENSEX NOSEDIVES 1,000 PTS;
NIFTY SLUMPS BELOW 16,300
Mumbai: Equity benchmark Sensex
slumped over 1,000 points to sink be-
low the 55,000-level on Friday, tracking
deep losses in IT, finance, banking and
energy stocks amid widespread selling
in the global markets. The 30-share BSE
index ended 1,016.84 points or 1.84%
lower at 54,303.44. Similarly, the broad-
er NSE Nifty plunged 276.30 points or
1.68% to 16,201.80.
Members of All India Maulayi Mission protest over controversial remarks made by two now-
suspended BJP leaders against Prophet Mohammad, outside Ashrafiya Jama Masjid, in Mumbai.
PM Modi during the inauguration of A.M. Naik Healthcare
Complex and Nirali Multi Speciality Hospital, in Navsari.
Kolkata: Kolkata on
Friday saw the death of
two people- a woman
biker and a police per-
sonnel when the West
Bengal’s capital city’s
police fired bullets out-
side the Bangladesh
Deputy High Commis-
sion in Kolkata.
One police personnel
fired several rounds of
bullets outside the
Bangladesh Deputy
High Commission, lo-
cated on Circus Avenue,
which killed the woman
biker. Following this,
the police personnel
shot himself.
The woman, who was
riding pillion on a two-
wheeler, fell down after
being hit by a bullet as
the on-duty policeman
kept firing from his ri-
fle, triggering chaos in
the congested area.
MUSHARRAF CRITICAL,
RECOVERY NOT POSSIBLE,
SAYS FAMILY
MHA ALERTS
POLICE HEADS
The Ministry of Home
Affairs (MHA) on Friday
asked the police heads
of states and Union Ter-
ritories to be prepared
and alert as they will be
on target.
‘Won’t hesitate in war’
over Taiwan: Beijing
New Delhi: Defence
chiefs of China US
held face-to-face talks
for first time on Friday,
with both sides stand-
ing firm on their oppos-
ing views over Taiwan’s
right to rule itself. Issu-
ing a stun warning to
neighbouring Taiwan,
China said that Beijing
will“nothesitatetostart
a war” if Taiwan de-
clares independence.
The warning was is-
sued by China’s Defence
Min during first face-to-
face talks with his US
counterpart Lloyd Aus-
tin in Singapore.
CHINA INCREASES
DEPLOYMENT
New Delhi: Amid assertion
by an American military
officer that situation along
Eastern Ladakh sector was
alarming, it is emerging that
Chinese Air Force has more
than doubled deployment
of fighter aircraft at its main
base near Indian territory.

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MODI PROMOTED POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT: NADDA
First India Bureau
Lucknow: BJP presi-
dent J P Nadda on
Friday said earlier dy-
nasties, casteism and
corruption were syn-
onymous with politics
but Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has
changed it to politics of
development.
Inaugurating a BJP
regional party office in
Gorakhpur on Friday,
he said that under Modi
the country made two
Covid vaccines availa-
ble to the people of In-
dia within a year of the
pandemic.
“Our party is proac-
tive and pro-responsive.
We don’t sit idle. While
the country moves
ahead under the leader-
ship of Modi, Uttar
Pradesh moves ahead
under Yogi Adity-
anath,” Nadda said.
“Prime Minister
Modi has changed poli-
tics in the country
. Ear-
lier dynasts, casteism,
and corruption were
synonymous with poli-
tics. But Modi changed
it to politics of develop-
ment. That is why he
gave the slogan of ‘Sab-
ka Saaath, Sabka vi-
kas’,” the BJP president
said. Nadda recounted
how vaccines like that
against polio and en-
cephalitis “took dec-
ades to come to India”
but under PM Modi’s
leadership, India “de-
veloped” two COVID-19
vaccines within a year.
“The India of today
develops its vaccines
and provides it to other
countries as well.”
Hitting out at Sama-
jwadi Party president
Akhilesh Yadav, he said,
“I want to remind you
of an irresponsible
leader. When vaccina-
tion started, Akhilesh
Yadav termed the vac-
cine, ‘BJP ka tika’. He
himself took the vac-
cine but advised the
public not to take it.”
On the occasion, Ut-
tar Pradesh Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath
said, “A group has de-
veloped in UP that has
benefited from the
schemes initiated by
the government under
the leadership of Nar-
endra Modi. This bene-
ficiary group is directly
attached to the prime
minister.”
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Affirming
that the Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party under the
vision and leadership
of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi works
keeping welfare of the
poor and upliftment of
every section para-
mount, CM Yogi Adi-
tyanath said that to-
day, the confidence in
every Indian is a re-
sult of reformed gov-
ernance and transpar-
ent policymaking.
Addressing the peo-
ple on the inaugura-
tion ceremony of par-
ty offices in various
districts by the BJP
President Jagat
Prakash Nadda, Yogi
Adityanath said, “To-
day, the World’s larg-
est political party is
getting district offices
in Gorakhpur, Sid-
dharthnagar, Sant Ka-
bir Nagar, Ayodhya,
Rae Bareilly, Jaunpur,
Aligarh and Baghpat.
In 2014, the country
took its first step to-
wards transformation
under PM Modi’s lead-
ership. The change is
visible and every sec-
tion is experiencing
development.”
‘Offices function
from 10-5, but BJP
karyalayas function
24*7*365’
Pledging to indulge
in better social ser-
vice, Nadda on Friday,
during the inaugura-
tion of party offices
said, “Offices function
from 10-5, but BJP kar-
yalayas function
24*7*365. These offices
will be the sanskar-
kendra - a place where
ideological unfold-
ment will take place.”
THE PM HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ENDING DYNASTIC POLITICS, BJP’S NAT’L PRESIDENT SAYS
BJP national president JP Nadda addresses the Garib Kalyan Sabha in Gorakhpur on Friday.
USE LIBRARIES, NADDA TELLS WORKERS
He said that of 72 BJP offices proposed to be built
in UP, 69 have already been completed“It is the
vision of the PMthat the BJP must have a party
office in every district of the country,” Nadda.Re-
membering the BJP’s struggles in past, the party
president urged young workers to “make use of
libraries at BJP party offices and learn.”
PMMODI’SLEADERSHIPHASREFORMED
GOVERNANCE,TRANSFORMEDCOUNTRY
BJP national president JP Nadda with CM Yogi Adityanath at the Garib Kalyan Sabha in
Gorakhpur on Friday.
CM Yogi greets BJP’s National President JP Nadda in Gorakhpur.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Turmeric
has a long history of it’s
use in Asian, African
and Caribbean cuisines
and in no time this In-
dian spice will be de-
clared as One District
One Product (ODOP) of
Kushinagar and popu-
larised among farmers.
With Turmeric be-
coming the ODOP of
Kushinagar, the Bud-
dhist pilgrimage site
has the potential to be-
come like the Erode,
Sangli and Nizamabad
districts of South In-
dia, known for it’s high
volume cultivation.
The traditional way
of cultivation of tur-
meric in Kushinagar
has a long history. It is
mainly cultivated in
Dudahi, Ramkola, Bis-
hunpura, Khadda,
Severhi, Kaptanganj,
Kathkuiyan, and Fazil-
nagar.
Working towards the
interest of farmers is
the foremost priority of
the Yogi Adityanath
government.
In this regard, the
government will ex-
plore the possibilities
of cultivation of tur-
meric in Kushinagar at
its level.
In 2014, the Sustain-
able Human Develop-
ment Association
(SHDA), an organisa-
tion working among
farmers in collabora-
tion with Tata Trusts,
started a planned effort
to cultivate it.
The yield of local and
developed species in the
trial ranges from 150 to
400 quintals, respective-
ly. At present, about
10,000 farmers of the
district are associated
with the cultivation of
turmeric.
According to Agri-
cultural officer BM Tri-
pathi, in the Agro cli-
mate zone of Kushina-
gar, Rajendra Sonia,
Rajendra Sonali, Nar-
endra Haldi-1 are the
highest yielding spe-
cies if the farmers are
trained on a large scale
about the improved
methods of farming.
If quality seeds of
better species are pro-
vided and cooperation
in processing, packing
and marketing of the
produce is given, then
turmeric can change
the fortunes of the
farmers of Kushina-
gar, once infamous for
poverty, hunger and
malnutrition.
TURMERIC IS ALL SET TO BE THE ODOP OF KUSHINAGAR DISTRICT
NEWER DIMENSION

Yogi
Adityanath
govt will
explore all
possiblities to
increase the
production of
turmeric in
Kushinagar
FACTFILE
Yogi govt fills more than
40,000 vacancies in 5 yrs
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Yogi govern-
ment has taken a big
step to strengthen the
education system and
meet the teacher short-
age.
The Yogi government
has filled vacancies in
40402 posts of second-
ary education in the
last five years between
2017 and 2022, while
only 33574 persons were
recruited during the
SP-BSP regimes be-
tween 2003 and 2017.
Yogi government is
constantly making ef-
forts to improve the
field of education. In
this, 749 posts were se-
lected in government
schools and 5321 posts
in aided schools. Apart
from this, 844 were re-
cruited for the post of
Principal. In this, 61
posts were selected in
government schools
and783inaidedschools,
whereas in the 15 years
between 2003 and 2017, a
total of only 33574 posts
were filled during the
SP-BSP regimes.
The state government
has also created 7540
new posts in secondary
schools. Along with
this, the state govern-
ment assimilated re-
tired teachers into the
education system on an
honorarium basis.
Since the first term it-
self, it has been the ef-
fort of the Yogi govern-
ment to strengthen the
education system and
to ensure that there
should be no shortage
of teachers, whereas
the earlier govern-
ments did not pay atten-
tion to it.
SECONDARY EDUCATION
CM Yogi listens to the issues faced by public at a Jan Sunwai
organised at Gorakhnath Temple premises in Gorakhpur on
Friday.
NUMBERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES!
The state government has recruited 40,402 posts
in secondary schools in the last five years. A total
of 33488 assistant teachers have been selected
in secondary schools. In this, 6,191 and 27,297
assistant teachers were selected in government
schools.Along with this, 6070 spokespersons were
also selected for the post.
NEGLIGENT OFFICIALS...
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through video con-
ferencing from time
to time, and warned
of action against
guilty officers in dis-
tricts, tehsils and po-
lice stations identi-
fied to be having
more such cases.
The Chief Secre-
tary has said in his
order that Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath will soon con-
duct video conferenc-
ing for public hear-
ing as well as review
of IGRS and CM Hel-
pline. In the absence
of quality and speedy
disposal of public
complaints received
on IGRS and CM hel-
pline, strict action
will be taken against
the officers con-
cerned after fixing
responsibilities on
them.
The CM has also
ordered that the
identified tehsils and
police stations
should be specially
reviewed and if need-
ed, should be visited
to dispose of cases
amicably, according
to the prevalent
standards.
Orders have also
been given for action
against the erring
employees in case a
complainant has to
lodge a complaint
twice.
The Chief Secre-
tary has ordered that
the problems of pub-
lic representatives be
resolved on priority
basis during public
hearings, while rec-
ommending fort-
nightly and monthly
meetings with the
representatives in
this regard from time
to time.
BSA meeting: CS asks officials
to work as role models in UP
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Secre-
tary Durga Shankar
Mishra on Friday
chaired a review meet-
ing of the Basic Educa-
tion Department to dis-
cuss works being un-
dertaken by the depart-
ment.
In his address at the
event, the Chief Secre-
tary said that the state
is moving in the right
direction due to the con-
tinuous reforms that
being enacted in the
education sector.
He added that the of-
ficials should work in
such a manner that the
department becomes a
role model for the whole
of the country. He fur-
ther added that public
participation should be
increased so that the
‘KAYAKALP Abhiyan’
becomes a mass cam-
paign, and its benefits
reaches far more cor-
ners.
He also instructed
the officials to make
drinking water ar-
rangements in all
schools by June 30th
and spread awareness
among students about
hand washing, cleanli-
ness of the premises
and proper sanitation.
CM Yogi Adityanath paid homage to the departed soul
of Kala Rishi Padmashree Baba Yogendra at Bharti
Bhawan in Lucknow on Friday.
CS Mishra presides over Basic Shiksha Adhikari meet.
CS MISHRA REVIEWS PROPOSED
ADVANCED PEDIATRIC CENTRE
Chief Secretary of the State, Durga Shankar
Mishra on Friday review the proposed Advanced
Pediatric Center to be built in SGPGI, Lucknow.
In the meeting, detailed discussions about the 24
specialty departments to be built in the Advanced
Pediatric Center were discussed. He instructed
the officials to ensure that all works related to
Advanced Pediatric Center be completed as per
scheduled and assistance of subject experts
be taken wherever needed. The meeting was
attended by Alok Kumar, Principal Secretary
Medical Education, Narendra Bhushan, Principal
Secretary Public Works, Prof. RK Dhiman. Direc-
tor of SGPGI and other senior officials.
Mishra presides over the meet at SGPGI.
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Noida (PTI): TheNoida
Metro Rail Corporation
(NMRC) has sought
re-routing of a proposed
metro rail stretch be-
tween Noida Sector 142
and Botanical Garden to
facilitate more passen-
gers, officials said.
The changes have
been sought in the de-
tailed project report pre-
paredbytheDelhiMetro
Rail Corporation for the
NMRC,theofficialssaid.
A review meeting was
held here under the
chairmanship of NMRC
MD Ritu Maheshwari to
discuss issues related to
the metro rail service.
“The DMRC gave a
presentation on a re-
vised detailed project
reportfromSector-142to
Botanical Garden and
explained the align-
ment, expected rider-
ship, and estimated cost.
“Thereafter, the MD
of NMRC directed offi-
cials to revisit the align-
ment of DPR from Sec-
tor-142 to Botanical Gar-
den to cater for the need
of maximum commut-
ers,” the NMRC said.
The NMRC currently
operates the Aqua Line
which connects Noida
and Greater Noida, cov-
ering 21 stations over a
distance of 29.7 km be-
tween the twin cities in
Gautam Buddh Nagar.
One more metro rail
corridor is proposed to
connect Noida and
Greater Noida (West),
also known as Noida Ex-
tension, while the one
between Noida Sector
142 and Botanical Gar-
den is in its initial stag-
es, the NMRC’s commu-
nications in-charge Ni-
sha Wadhwa said.
“Currently
, five sta-
tions are proposed on
this route -- Sector 91, 98,
98, 125 and Botanical
Garden (already an in-
terchange station on
(Blue Line),” Wadhwa
said.
Lucknow (PTI): People
pelted stones at police-
men in Prayagraj and
Saharanpur and pro-
tests broke out after Fri-
day prayers in at least
four other cities in Uttar
PradeshoveraBJPlead-
er’s recent remarks on
Prophet Mohammad.
In Prayagraj, some
motorcycles and carts
were set on fire and an
attempt made to set
ablaze a police vehicle.
Police used tear gas
and lathis to disperse
mobs and peace was lat-
er restored, they said,
adding that one police-
man was hurt in
Prayagraj.
There was slo-
gan-shouting against
the now-suspended BJP
spokesperson Nupur
Sharma over her re-
marks during a TV de-
bate, also triggering out-
rage in several Islamic
nations.
In Saharanpur, pro-
testers demanded death
sentence for her.
There were also pro-
tests in Bijnor, Morad-
abad, Rampur and Luc-
know over the contro-
versial remarks. Slo-
ganeering took place in
Lucknow.
According to local
people, stone pelting
continued for over 15
minutes in Prayagraj.
They said some of the
miscreantspeltedstones
at the police personnel
deployed on the main
road, as the situation es-
calated when more peo-
ple joined the stone
pelters.
ACS (Home) Awanish
Awasthi said, “Minor
force was used to stop
some people involved in
the violence. The situa-
tion in Prayagraj is now
peaceful. I would like to
appeal to people to use
democratic ways of pro-
test without resorting to
violence.”
Meanwhile, DGP DS
Chauhansaidnolifehas
been lost because of the
proper arrangements
made by the state police.
Lucknow (PTI): Se-
nior journalist
Biswadeep Ghosh
passed away due to
cardiac arrest at a pri-
vate hospital here on
Friday, his colleague
said.
Ghosh, 57, was
working as a News Co-
ordinator with The
Pioneer newspaper
here.
He had earlier
worked in Times of In-
dia and Hindustan
Times.
He is survived by
wife, a son and a
daughter.
At around 10pm
Thursday, Ghosh felt
dizziness and suffered
an heart sttack. He
was taken to Shyama
Prasad Mukherjee
Civil hospital and
from there he was re-
ferred to Medanta,
where he suffered an-
other heart attack, the
colleague said.
He died at around
11.30 am on Friday
.
Governor Anandi-
ben Patel, Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath,
Speaker Satish Maha-
na and several cabinet
ministers have con-
doled the death of the
senior journalist.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Afterviolent
clashes in Kanpur last
week the state police on
Friday tightened securi-
ty in all sensitive dis-
tricts to avoid any un-
toward incident. While
ban orders were im-
posed in Kanpur, Luc-
know and other places,
there was flag march by
security forces in Mus-
lim areas here. The po-
lice vigil has been
mounted in view of con-
tinuing appearance of
objectionable posts
against the Prophet.
After the Friday
prayers Muslims de-
manding action against
Nupur Sharma held
demonstrations at sev-
eral places in the state.
There were reports of
stone pelting in
Prayagraj and Saha-
ranpur. However, DGP
DS Chauhan said the
situation was under
control.
ADG (law order)
Prashant Kumar said
senior police officers
wereaskedtovisitsensi-
tive areas of their dis-
tricts.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Under Chief
Minister’s mass mar-
riage scheme, mar-
riage of a total of 262
coupleswassolemnised
with religious rituals
including 252 Hindu
couples and 10 couples
of minority communi-
ty at Jai Prakash
Narayan Sarvodaya
Vidyalaya (Boys) Mo-
han Road, Lucknow.
The programme
started with lighting of
lamp by the chief guest
Minister of State, Inde-
pendent Charge, Aseem
Arun.
Ram Babu Harit,
Chairperson Sched-
uled Castes, Scheduled
Tribes (SC/ST) Com-
mission, Uttar Pradesh,
Lucknow and MLA,
Bakshi Ka Talab, Dis-
trict Magistrate of Luc-
know Suryapal Gang-
war, Chief Develop-
ment Officer (CDO)
Riya Kejriwal and oth-
er district level and
block development offi-
cers were present at the
mega event.
Under the scheme, a
provision to give total
amount of `51,000 to
each couple was men-
tioned including
Rs 35,000 in account of
each girl, household
items and utensils
(clothes, seven uten-
sils, one pressure cook-
er, suitcase, anklets
and two pairs of beech-
ia and wedding clothes,
other items) worth Rs
10,000 besides Rs 6,000
towards expenditure
in organizing mar-
riage and catering ar-
rangements.
NMRC reviews plan for Noida Sec 142-Botanical Garden metro stretch
RE-ROUTING SOUGHT
lll
NMRC currently
operates the
Aqua Line
connecting
Noida Greater
Noida, covering
21 stations
over 29.7 kms
CRUCIAL READ
Lucknow: Sudip Goenka, Director of Goldie Industries
Group on Friday met CM Yogi to discuss about issues
like education and health as well as have a discussion
on expanding and increasing the pace of industrial
development of UP. The CM assured Goenka the
government was working in sync with the sentiments
of the people and when it came to industrial develop-
ment, it was taking important steps in the direction. He
further assured Goenka that efforts were being taken to
improve education, health, sanitation, road construc-
tion, employment and women empowerment.
VHP MARGDARSHAK
MANDAL MEET
STARTS TODAY
Haridwar: A two-day
meeting of the Kendriya
Margdarshak Mandal
of the Vishwa Hindu
Parishad will begin here
on Saturday to discuss
a range of issues like
Gyanvapi mosque,
targeted killings of
Kashmiri Pandits and
‘ghar wapsi’. Around
250 seers, ‘mahaman-
daleshwars’, ‘acharyas’
and representatives of
all 13 akhadas are likely
to attend the meeting
to be held at Nishkam
Seva Trust here. Such
an event is held twice a
year since the estab-
lishment of the Vishwa
Hindu Parishad (VHP)
in 1964.
GUV ATTENDS
CONVOCATION OF
EDI, AHMEDABAD
Lucknow: Anandiben
Patel, Governor of the
state on Friday attended
the 21st Convocation
of Entrepreneurship
Development Institute,
Ahmedabad. In her
address at the event,
the Governor stressed
that Entrepreneurship
curriculum should be
a combination of latest
skills and other aspects
so that the students
are fully aware of what
being a entrepreneur is.
She added that she was
glad that the society
had started directing
focused efforts towards
making entrepreneur-
ship at par with other
career options.
CM DISCUSSES HEALTH EDUCATION
ISSUES WITH GOLDIE DIRECTOR GOENKA
AFTER FRIDAY PRAYERS
Stone pelting in Prayagraj,
protests in Saharanpur
DGP DS Chauhan says
situation under control
Violence at several places
(Clockwise from top): Brickbats lie on the road as police try
to disperse protestors in Pryagraj. Miscreants throw stones on
police in Prayagraj Police fire tear gas to disperse agitators.
(Top) Cops during
Friday namaz at
Teele Wali Mosque in
Lucknow on Friday.
Photo Sumit Kumar
(Middle) Police
detain protestors
outside Yatimkhana
Mosque in Kanpur
after Friday prayers.
(Bottom) Police
patrol the streets of
Varanasi on Friday.
—PHOTOS BY PTI
CM YOGI ORDERS STRICT
ACTION AGAINST ‘HOOLIGANS’
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed to take strict
action against hooligans after incidents of stone-pelting
broke out in various parts of the state. Reviewing law and
order situation the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has
directed for tight security arrangements outside all the
mosques during the Friday prayers. He said stern action
would be taken against all trouble-makers in the state.
The additional director general (law and order) Prashant
Kumar said apart from Kanpur and Lucknow, other areas
under strict surveillance were Kanpur Dehat, Balrampur,
Agra Sambhal, Muzaffarnagar, Aligarh, Ayodhya and
Varanasi. He said senior police officers were asked to visit
sensitive areas of their districts. Instructions were also
issued to hold peace committee meetings with leaders of
the two communities. Even Shashtra Seema Bal (SSB)
deployed on Indo-Nepal border in the state has also been
alerted to stop infiltrations from across the border.
UP police mount vigil
during Friday prayers
Muslim youths stage a protest after offering Friday prayers
in Moradabad. —PHOTO BY PTI
MoS Aseem Arun, Chairperson SC/ST Commission MLA, Ram Babu
Harit, and Lucknow DM Suryapal Gangwar at the event on Friday.
Sr journalist Biswadeep
Ghosh passes away
Marriage of 262 couples solemnised under CM’s scheme
‘G.NOIDA LINK SOON’
Work for the corridor be-
tween Noida and Greater
Noida (West) is in ad-
vance stages and would
be completed before this
stretch is taken up for
development, NMRC’s
Nisha Wadhwa said.
—PHOTO BY PTI

PERSPECTIVE
04
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Editor-In-Chief: Dr Jagdeesh Chandra
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Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
Technology means greater
transparency. Technology means
enhanced ‘Ease of Living.’ The
numerous strides in technology in
the last 8 years will make you glad.
#8YearsOfTechPoweredIndia
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Visited the Telecommunication
University in Nha Trang today.
The University has made valuable
contribution to the training of Vietnam
People’s Army. Handed over a
cheque of 5 million Indian Rupees for
procurement of training aids.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Work for work’s sake, not
for yourself. Act but do not
be attached to your
actions. Be in the world,
but not of it.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
PROTESTS AFTER
FRIDAY PRAYERS
MANIFEST ANGER AT
SHARMA, JINDAL
uslims in several cit-
ies took the police by
surprise when they
staged huge unan-
nounced protests af-
ter Friday prayers against BJP
spokespersons Nupur Sharma
and Naveen Jindal’s remarks
against Prophet Muhammad
and the government’s perceived
inaction. The protests were held
in Delhi, Moradabad, Saharan-
pur, Prayagraj, Hyderabad, Kol-
kata and Srinagar. Barring
Prayagraj, the protests were
peaceful. Who gave the call for
these protests is not known.
While an FIR has been regis-
tered against Nupur Sharma
and Naveen Jindal, the Muslims
are demanding their arrest.
These demonstrations follow
protests by almost every Muslim
country which forced an embar-
rassed Indian government to
describe Sharma and Jindal as
“fringe” elements.
These protests may die down
but they signal a change in the
Muslim response. The usual
Muslim bashing in TV debates
and at dharma sansad’s was still
tolerable, but the right wing
leaders crossed the threshold
when they made objectionable
remarks against the Prophet.
They could have done without it.
TOP TWEETS
M
ection 66A of the
Information Tech-
nology Act holds a
special appeal for
the Government
of India. Grossly misused by
law enforcement agencies to
clamp down on right to ex-
pression in the country, the
controversial section was
struck down by the Supreme
Court in 2015 as “unconstitu-
tional” for being in violation
of Article 19 (1)(a). This Arti-
cle gives people the right to
free speech and expression.
Despite the Supreme Court
scrapping the section it con-
tinued to be used by security
agencies of various states.
This invited the wrath of the
top court which called it a
“shocking state of affairs”.
Although there is now no
legal validity of Section 66A
the government wants to in-
troduce it through the back
door---a UN ad-hoc committee
which is supposed to submit
a draft convention on check-
ing cyber crime in member
states. India has proposed
that measures similar to
those contained in the de-
funct section be adopted by
the member countries to take
on cyber crime. Reports sug-
gest that so far there are no
takers of India’s proposal
which, if adopted, will make
it legally binding on member
states.
It is surprising that India
has gone to this extent to
bring back a discredited law
that strikes at an individual’s
freedom of speech and ex-
pression. Fortunately, there
are countries which, unlike
India, respect these freedoms
and have so far rejected the
proposal. The proposal in-
cludes “Sending offensive
messages through communi-
cation devices etc.” which
was used to hound activists,
students and journalists in
the country
. The ad-hoc com-
mittee is still discussing and
debating various proposals
and India hasn’t given up yet.
BRINGING BACK
SEC 66A VIA UN
It is surprising that India
has gone to this extent to
bring back a discredited
law that strikes at an
individual’s freedom of
speech expression.
Fortunately, there are
countries which, unlike
India, respect these.
S
HEISANOPPORTUNIST!
ook, if you had, one shot or
one opportunity, to seize eve-
rything you ever wanted, in
one moment, would you cap-
ture it, or just let it slip?” –
these famous lines by a sing-
er describe an opportunist
who sees an opportunity and
takes advantage of it.
We may have heard some-
one say after a meeting, “he is
just an opportunist!” One has
often seen how an individual
seems to get a cushy assign-
ment while others seem to get
the heavy load or are com-
pletely pushed into the back-
ground. The opportunist had
quietly lobbied for the assign-
ment. He had spoken with a
couple of people ahead of the
meeting to ask for the specific
work. He did not do anything
unfair. While being alone
with the vice president, he
managed to steer the conver-
sation in his favour. It was a
quiet campaign. This is an
example / case of an honest
opportunist.
The label, ‘an opportunist’
usually has negative connota-
tions. It implies that people
take an unethical, unprinci-
pled, unfair or even illegal
advantage of situations for
selfish ends. Such persons are
also regarded as exploitative.
An opportunist is consid-
ered as one who is self-cen-
tred, unconcerned with the
feelings of others and always
looks out for his own inter-
ests often at the expense of
others.
All of us need to be on
guard against misuse of pow-
er. In almost every human
relationship, there are situa-
tions where one person has
an advantage over others in
terms of wealth, learning,
physical strength, position,
physical charm and many
others. The greater the ad-
vantage, the greater may the
temptation to use it for per-
sonal benefit.
There are ways to be genu-
inely opportunistic without
rubbing people the wrong
way, in fact, helping them
alongtheway
.Beinganoppor-
tunist is about our mindset. It
is looking ahead and deciding
which opening is worth ac-
cepting by weighing the pros
and cons of a situation.
An opportunist can also be
called an initiative taker, vi-
sionary, strategist and a far-
sighted person. He / she fol-
lows the maxim, ‘It is the lit-
tle things that add up to make
a big difference.’
Being a successful oppor-
tunist also requires a wider
perspective. That is, focusing
on all aspects of one’s life –
business, professional, fami-
ly, community and personal
development. How much bet-
ter would my life be if I took
more opportunities to spend
time with my family? And
how much more meaningful
would my life be if I look for
opportunities to help others?
Using any opportunity re-
quires balance. Venturing
into a different area can lead
to a new, previously unseen
and unidentified field. Suc-
cess in one area feeds suc-
cesses in other areas. One
can become a visionary, able
to differentiate between op-
portunities of the moment
and sustainable opportuni-
ties for the future.
Taking advantage of op-
portunities is proper, when it
means any action that takes
place because of a combina-
tion of favourable circum-
stances, time and suitable
place.
One can also think about
the opportunities when one
has to make good and healthy
choices throughout the day
like choosing low calorie
bites, drinking enough water,
reading books that inspire
and doing something useful
for others.
When do we find a task
most easy to do, while deal-
ing with problems or when
our life is relatively peaceful?
Using the time of peace or
calm, is like taking advan-
tage of the opportunity to ac-
complish the most.
Any period of peace is not
a time to relax but it is a time
to strengthen and prepare
oneself for future stress and
to devise strategies. It is a fa-
vourable opportunity to com-
plete one’s pending tasks.
Tranquil intervals that
one experiences now may not
continue for long. So, one can
ask oneself, how am I using
this time of quietness today?
Making the most of the fa-
vourable opportunity is like
making the most in the given
set of circumstances. Taking
full advantage of the calm
before the storm is a proac-
tive approach to life.
Opportunities that one has
today may be gone tomorrow.
None of us are immune to
unforeseen events and dis-
tractions. Seizing the unique
opportunity without hesita-
tion will reap benefits as time
appears to fly when we are
busy and pre-occupied with
what we are doing.
Since there is always more
to do than what we can han-
dle, it is wise to spend time in
line with our objectives in
life. Time well spent is an op-
portunity encashed.
So, let’s be a fair opportun-
ist, opening our mind and
heart to new ideas. It is the
way to succeed and thrive
with a vision.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
“
L
REKHA KUMAR
The writer is a personal
development skills facilitator.
An opportunist can also be
called an initiative taker,
visionary, strategist and a
far-sighted person. He / she
follows the maxim, ‘It is the
little things that add up to
make a big difference.’
Being a successful
opportunist also requires a
wider perspective. That is,
focusing on all aspects of
one’s life – business,
professional, family,
community and personal
development. How much
better would my life be if I
took more opportunities to
spend time with my family?
And how much more
meaningful would my life
be if I look for opportunities
to help others?
Since there is always
more to do than what we
can handle, it is wise to
spend time in line with
our objectives in life.
Time well spent is an
opportunity encashed.
So, let’s be a fair
opportunist, opening
our mind and heart to
new ideas. It is the way to
succeed and thrive
with a vision.

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INDIA
05
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister Dr Jitendra Singh
on Friday lauded Cen-
tral Information Com-
mission (CIC) for
achieving consistent
decline in pendency
with corresponding
rise in disposal of the
Right To Information
(RTI) appeals.
The Minister said he
was pleased to note that
the pendency reduced
from about 40,000 cases
last year to around
27,000 cases at present,
while the disposal of
cases increased from
17017 in 2020-21 to 28901
in 2021-22.
Addressing the 14th
Special General Body
Meeting of National
Federation of Informa-
tion Commissions of
India (NFICI) at CIC
Bhawan here, Dr Jiten-
dra Singh said, “Ever
since Modi Govern-
ment came into power
in 2014, Transparency,
Accountability and Cit-
izen-Centricity became
the hallmark of the
Governance Model. He
said that in the last
eight years, every con-
scious decision was
taken to strengthen the
Independence and Re-
sources of the Informa-
tion Commissions.”
The Union Minister
noted that empowered
citizens are an impor-
tant pillar of democ-
racy and the Central
Information Commis-
sion will continue to
work for empowering
the people through in-
formation.
Kolkata (PTI): Facing
flak from the ruling
TMC over repeated de-
mands of division of
West Bengal by a sec-
tion of BJP legislators,
its national president
JP Nadda urged party
leaders to refrain from
speaking on the issue.
Nadda, on the con-
cluding day of his visit
to West Bengal, held a
meeting with BJP MPs
and MLAs in the after-
noon.
“During the meeting,
JP Nadda ji has asked
everybody to avoid
speaking about a sepa-
rate state or the division
of Bengal. “He has said
it is sending out a wrong
message among the
masses,andisnotinline
with the party’s official
position. It was made
clear that no one should
make any comment that
might cause embarrass-
ment for the party
,” a
senior BJP leader said.
The development
comes amid several BJP
leaders demanding ei-
ther a separate state or
a union territory, carv-
ing out districts of the
North Bengal region.
Kurseong BJP MLA
Bishnu Prasad Sharma
had on Thursday morn-
ing stoked the demand
for bifurcation of West
Bengal, and said he
would bring up the mat-
terduringNadda’smeet-
ing with the lawmakers.
BJP’s Alipurduar
MP John Barla and leg-
islators of Matigara-
Naxalbari and Dab-
gram-Phulbari seats
have also called for a
union territory to be
carved out of the North
Bengal district.
Himanshu Rawat
Patna: Central Govern-
ment Minister RCP
Singh has not resigned
yet and his party Janata
Dal (U) did not give him
a Rajya Sabha ticket. He
was hoping that the
BJP could send him to
the Upper House from
somewhere but the par-
ty did not even consider
him. Despite this, he is
not resigning. Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar
did not give him a ticket
and said that if his term
is not over yet, then he
does not need to resign.
Think, his term is
till July but isn’t it a
moral requirement
that he should resign
when he is not nomi-
nated to the Upper
House? If he continues,
he can stay for six
months even after the
term of the Rajya Sab-
ha is over. If the Prime
Minister wants, he can
keep him as a minister
for six months even af-
ter July or can also
nominate him to the
Rajya Sabha. But this
will happen only when
the BJP thinks that it
has to break ties with
Nitish Kumar in Bihar.
However, RCP Singh
has been a government
official and leaving the
post even a day before
the completion of his
term will not be an
easy decision for him.
Apart from RCP, the
suspense about JD(U) is
whether the party will
remain in the govern-
ment? At present,
JD(U)’s only represent-
ative in the central gov-
ernment is RCP Singh.
It is said that he had
joined the government
against the wishes of
Nitish Kumar, so Nitish
did not send him to the
Rajya Sabha. JD(U) has
17 MPs in Lok Sabha
and five in Rajya Sabha.
Based on the number of
Lok Sabha members,
JDU had demanded
three ministerial posts.
BJP, on the other hand,
made a formula that an
ally with one MP would
also have a minister
and an ally with 17 MPs
would also have only
one minister.
This formula of one
minister from every
ally was not acceptable
to Nitish Kumar. De-
spite this, RCP had be-
come a minister. Now
again it is being specu-
lated whether BJP will
agree to Nitish’s formu-
la and if BJP does not
agree then what will
JD(U) do? According to
informed sources,
JD(U) may agree on one
cabinet and one MoS
post. If this happens,
this time BJP’s national
president Rajiv Ranjan
Singh alias Lallan Sin-
gh can become a cabinet
minister and Santosh
Kushwaha can become
a minister of state
(MoS). RCP Singh had
also become a minister
at the Center as the na-
tional president and
later resigned from the
post of president.
Will Nitish continue to trouble BJP through RCP?
TOXIC ALLIANCE!
Nitish Kumar with RCP Singh. —FILE PHOTO
Union Minister Jitendra singh addresses the 14th Special General
Body Meeting of NFICI at CIC Bhawan in New Delhi.
BJP national president JP Nadda. —FILE PHOTO
Jitendra Singh lauds CIC
for reducing RTI pendency
Stay away from commenting
on WB division, BJP men told
Congress holds statewide
protests demanding
resignation of Kerala CM
Kochi (Agencies):
The Congress on Fri-
day held statewide
protests demanding
resignation of Kera-
la Chief Minister
Pinarayi Vijayan af-
ter Swapna Suresh
— the prime accused
in the gold smug-
gling case — re-
vealed that she has
declared in the court
about the involve-
ment of the CM, his
wife and daughter in
the crime.
On Friday morn-
ing, police in Kannur
served a notice to
State Congress presi-
dent K.Sudhakaran
saying that they sus-
pect violence during
the party’s march to
the District Collec-
torate office, and if
so strict action would
be taken against him.
This was taken up
by each leader who
inaugurated the
protest in front of
the remaining 12
district collector-
ates and also in
front of the State
secretariat here.
In most of the dis-
trict headquarters,
there were exchange
of force between the
protesters and the
police.
At several places,
the police were
forced to resort to
water cannons and
lathi charge to dis-
perse them.
CRUCIAL READ
Hyderabad: Telangana BJP
chief Bandi Sanjay was
Friday placed under house
arrest here to prevent him
from staging a protest at
Jubilee Bus Station (JBS)
against hike in bus fares.
Sanjay was scheduled
to lead a protest by the
party at JBS against the
imposition of additional
diesel cess by the Telan-
gana State Road Transport
Corporation (TSRTC).
Policemen were deployed
around the house of Sanjay
in Banjara Hills to stop him
from coming out. However,
the police action was in
view of the possibility of
Sanjay staging a protest at
the DGP office against the
arrest of a party leader Jitta
Balakrishna Reddy.
New Delhi: A Delhi court
on Friday adjourned the
order on the interim bail
plea of Sharjeel Imam in
the sedition case. The court
is likely to pronounce the
order on July 7, 2022.
Imam had moved the
trial court for bail in view
of the recent direction of
the Supreme Court on the
law of sedition. The court
had reserved the order on
June 6. Additional Sessions
Judge Amitab Rawat on Fri-
day was to pronounce the
order. Imam was produced
through videoconferencing
from Tihar Jail. The parties
were informed during the
proceedings through VC
that the order on the bail
application and hearing has
been adjourned for 7 July.
T’GANA BJP CHIEF
PLACED UNDER
HOUSE ARREST
SHARJEEL BAIL
PLEA VERDICT
ON JULY 7
Bengaluru (Agen-
cies): The ruling BJP in
Karnataka had the last
laugh as it won all the
three Rajya Sabha seats
it had contested in, out
of total four from the
state, that went for polls
on Friday, while the
Congress managed to
win only one of the two
seats to which it had
fielded its candidates.
The JD(S) which had
fielded one candidate
despite not having
enough votes, failed to
win any, as Congress
did not accept its re-
quest for support in the
name of secularism.
Union Finance Minis-
ter Nirmala Sithara-
man, actor-politician
Jaggesh, and outgoing
MLCLeharSinghSiroya
of BJP, and former Un-
ion Minister Jairam
Ramesh of Congress
weredeclaredvictorious
by the poll officials after
counting of votes.
Sitharaman and
Ramesh have been re-
elected from Karnataka
to the Upper House of
Parliament for a con-
secutive term after this
election, for which
Members of Legislative
Assembly (MLAs) were
the voters.
There was suspense
over the outcome of the
contest for the fourth
seat, which witnessed a
tight contest between all
the three political par-
ties, as they had fielded
candidates despite none
of them having ade-
quate number of votes
to win it, and thereby
forcing an election.
A total of six candi-
dates were in the fray
for the Rajya Sabha
elections to the four
seats from the state, ne-
cessitating a contest for
the fourth one.
The fight for the
fourth seat saw a direct
contest between Siroya
(BJP’s third candidate),
Mansoor Ali Khan
(Congress’ second can-
didate) and D Kupendra
Reddy (JDS’ lone candi-
date).
The election to four
Rajya Sabha seats was
necessitated as the
term of office of mem-
bers — Nirmala Sithar-
aman and K C Rama-
murthy of BJP and
Jairam Ramesh — is
due to expire on June
30. The fourth member
Oscar Fernandes of the
Congress passed away
last year.
Sitharaman, 2 others register win
in K’taka RS polls; Cong nets 1 seat
The JD(S) leadership
on Friday claimed at
least two disgruntled
MLAs did not vote in
favour of its can-
didate in the Rajya
Sabha polls for four
seats from Karnataka,
defying the party’s
diktat, with one of its
legislators admitting
he did so since he
“loved” voting for the
Congress nominee. The
regional party’s Kolar
MLA K Srinivas Gowda
cast his vote for the
Congress candidate,
while Gubbi MLA S R
Srinivas put a blank
ballot paper into the
box, which will be
counted as invalid,
JD(S) legislature party
leader H D Kumaras-
wamy said, fuming at
his colleagues.
VOTED FOR CONG
BECAUSE I LOVE
IT: JD(S) MLA
Besides Sitharaman, actor-politician Jaggesh and Member of Legislative Council Lehar
Singh Siroya have also won. No seat for Deve Gowda’s JD(S) as its leaders cross vote
Nirmala Sitharaman with Bommai and Yediyurappa, during Rajya Sabha elections voting, at Vidhana Soudha, in Bengaluru on Friday.
MALIK, DESHMUKH NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE AS RAJYA SABHA POLLS END
Bombay High Court on Friday refused
to grant any relief to Maharashtra
Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik on his
plea seeking permission to vote in the
Rajya Sabha polls, voting for which is
underway. Malik’s legal team gave up by
afternoon, while the former Maharash-
tra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh’s
lawyers have not mentioned his plea to
vote before the court so far. Voting for
six seats of Rajya Sabha in the state,
which began at the Vidhan Bhavan here
at 9 am, continued till 4 pm. The bench
of Justice PD Naik, before whom Malik’s
plea first came up for hearing, asked
his lawyers to amend his petition. The
plea before the High Court was filed as
a writ petition invoking Article 227 of
the Constitution and Section 482 of the
CrPC to quash the order of the special
judge who had refused relief to Malik.
FROM PG1…
RS Elections:
Congress...
Election Commis-
sion (EC) in Delhi
over an alleged vi-
olation of protocol
in some states.
The polling for
16 Rajya Sabha
seats, spanning
across Maharash-
tra, Karnataka, Ra-
jasthan, and Hary-
ana, was conduct-
ed earlier on Fri-
day.
The voting for 16
vacant seats in Ra-
jya Sabha in four
states — Rajas-
than, Haryana,
Karnataka and
Maharashtra —
concluded at 4 pm
on Friday. In Kar-
nataka, BJP candi-
dates Finance Min-
ister Nirmala
Sitharaman, ac-
tor-politician Jag-
gesh and MLC Le-
har Singh Siroya
won three RS seats
for the party, Jai-
ram Ramesh
clinched one for
Congress while
JD(S) drew blank.
Out of the four Ra-
jya Sabha seats
that went to the
polls in Rajasthan,
Congress bagged
three while the
BJP won the re-
maining one. Ran-
deep Surjewala,
Mukul Wasnik and
Pramod Tiwari
were the winners
from Congress.
Ghanshyam Ti-
wari clinched one
seat for the BJP in
the state.
While counting
was scheduled to
begin at 5 pm, two
Congress MLA
votes that have
come under cloud
for allegedly violat-
ing “secrecy
norms” have result-
ed in a delay in the
counting of votes
for two Rajya Sabha
seats in Haryana.
While the ruling
BJP and the candi-
date it supported,
Kartikeya Sharma,
cried foul alleging
that the returning
officer did not con-
duct fair polling,
the opposition Con-
gress said the “poll-
ing was totally fair”
and it was only a
“tactic” being ad-
opted by BJP after
realising that they
had lost the battle.
The biennial
elections to Rajya
Sabha were held to
fill 57 seats in the
Upper House
across 15 states.

INDIA
06
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Former
cricketerandBCCIPres-
ident Sourav Ganguly
seemstobefinallyready
to give up his insistence
not to enter active poli-
tics. He tweeted recently
stresing that he is now
going to start a new in-
nings, in which he will
be able to help more peo-
ple. The area to help
more people is that of
politics. That is why it is
believed that he is get-
ting into active politics
and the central govern-
ment of BJP can nomi-
nate him to the Rajya
Sabha. Seven out of 12
nomination category
seats in the Rajya Sabha
are vacant. Two of these
seats belonged to two
people from Bengal —
RoopaGangulyandSwa-
pan Dasgupta. Now the
BJP can nominate Gan-
guly on one seat.
In fact, the BJP lead-
ership has been trying
to get Ganguly to join
the party for the past
eight years. Recently,
whenAmitShahwentto
Kolkata, he reached
Ganguly’s house and
shared bread with Gan-
gulyfamily
.UnionHome
Minister’s son Jay Shah
has been working with
Ganguly in the BCCI for
the past two years as the
secretary of BCCI. It is
believed that in many
ways the BJP’s strings
have been linked to Gan-
guly and he can be the
BJP’s trump card in
Bengal polls.
The aim of the BJP is
not only to make him a
RSMP
,buttoprojecthim
asthefaceof thepartyin
West Bengal. The BJP
knows that Ganguly is
thebiggestlivingiconof
Bengali identity in the
present times. The party
can include him in the
line of all Bengali great
men. BJP has 18 Lok
Sabha seats in Bengal,
and the party is con-
cerned to save these
seats. For that the party
has to prepare afresh.
Ganguly can also be use-
ful in that preparation
and after that he can be
the face of BJP in the
2026 assembly elections.
But this is all just specu-
lation. Left parties also
wanted to send Ganguly
totheRajyaSabhaandif
he wants, Mamata will
getsomeonevacatedand
send him to the Upper
House.Soitwillbeinter-
esting to see whether he
goeswiththeBJPornot.
Will Sourav Ganguly enter BJP or Trinamool?
FOR HIS PROBABLE NOMINATION TO RS...
New Delhi (PTI): The
Centre on Friday re-
leased the Guidelines
for Prevention of Mis-
leading Advertise-
ments and Endorse-
ments for Misleading
Advertisements, 2022,
which prohibits surro-
gate advertising and
prescribes conditions
for bait advertisements
and commercials tar-
geting children.
The guidelines, noti-
fied on June 9, were re-
leased by consumer af-
fairs secretary Rohit
Kumar Singh and addi-
tional secretary Nidhi
Khare at a press confer-
ence. The guidelines
have come into force,
Singh said. Addressing
the press conference,
Khare said the guide-
lines will apply to “all
advertisements regard-
less of form, format or
medium.”
The guidelines will
be applicable to “a man-
ufacturer, service pro-
vider or trader whose
goods, product or ser-
vice is the subject of an
advertisement, or to an
advertising agency or
endorser whose service
is availed for the adver-
tisement of such goods,
product or service.”
As per the guide-
lines, “surrogate ad-
vertisement” refers to
an advertisement for
goods or services,
whose advertising is
otherwise prohibited
or restricted by law. It
states, “No surrogate
advertisement or indi-
rect advertisement
shall be made for goods
or services whose ad-
vertising is otherwise
prohibited or restrict-
ed by law, by circum-
venting such prohibi-
tion or restriction and
portraying it to be an
advertisement for oth-
er goods or services,
the advertising of
which is not prohibited
or restricted by law.”
Centre brings out fresh guidelines for
advertisements, bans surrogate ads
Bengaluru (Agencies):
In a relief to the Educa-
tion Department of Kar-
nataka Govt, students
insisting on wearing hi-
jab have started to shun
it and attend classes.
Sources said that it is
a welcome development
which could encourage
other students insisting
onwearinghijabtoshun
it. Seven girl students,
who were suspended
from the Government
First Grade College at
Uppinangady in Dakshi-
na Kannada district for
insisting on wearing hi-
jab,havesubmittedapol-
ogy letters and started
attending classes.
College principal
Shekar MD has con-
firmed this and stated
that the students are at-
tending classes from
Wednesday
.
New Delhi (Agencies):
After more than two
years, the origin of the
Covid-19 pandemic still
remains a mystery
. In a
new report, the World
Health Organization
(WHO) said the theory
that the Covid virus
might have escaped
from a laboratory needs
furtherinvestigations.
The origins of Covid
has remained the sub-
ject of a political and
scientific debate with
scientists and politi-
cians globally contend-
ing that the coronavirus
jumped into people from
bats,orhavebeenleaked
from a laboratory
.
The UN health agen-
cy in its initial assess-
ment stated that it was
extremely unlikely
that Covid might have
spilled from a lab.
The new report, by
Scientific Advisory
Group for the Origins
of Novel Pathogens
(SAGO), a WHO expert
panel established in
2021 to research the
causes behind the pan-
demic, shared that key
pieces of data are not
yet available for a com-
plete understanding of
how the Covid-19 pan-
demic began.
The report, however,
suggests that the virus
probably came from
animals, likely bats.
But it also did not rule
out the possibility of a
lab leak, citing lack of
clear data.
Srinagar (PTI): Secu-
rity forces in Jammu
Kashmir have arrested
two ‘hybrid terrorists’
linked to the banned
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)
outfit in the Sopore area
of Baramulla district,
officials said on Friday
.
The terrorists were ar-
rested at a checkpoint
jointly set up by the po-
lice, CRPF, and Army at
Gurseer in the Sopore
area late on Thursday
night, the officials said.
They said incriminat-
ing material, arms, and
ammunition have been
recovered from their
possession. Giving de-
tails of the arrest, a po-
lice spokesman said se-
curity forces intercept-
ed two persons coming
from Darpora-Delina
towards Seer who tried
to escape from the spot
but were apprehended.
Suspended girls shun
hijab to attend classes
Covid-19 lab leak theory needs
‘further investigations’: WHO
Two ‘hybrid’ terrorists
arrested in Kashmir
Agartala (PTI):
The Agartala-Kolk-
ata bus service via
Dhaka resumed on
Friday after a hia-
tus of over two
years due to the
deadly COVID-19
pandemic. Tripura
Transport Minister
Pranajit Singha
Roy flagged off the
international bus
service at the inte-
grated checkpost at
Akhaura.
“The cross-bor-
der bus service will
boost cooperation
between India and
Bangladesh,” the
minister said dur-
ing the programme.
Altogether 28 pas-
sengers boarded the
40-seater bus for
Kolkata via Dhaka,
and the service will
be available for six
days a week. The
bus will cover a dis-
tance of around 500
km from Agartala to
Kolkata via Dhaka
in around 19 hours.
India-B’desh
cross-border
bus service
resumes after
two years
Chandigarh (Agen-
cies): The first of the
eight gunmen be-
lieved to have shot
and killed Punjabi
singer Sidhu Moose
Wala has been ar-
rested while six
shooters have been
identified, the police
said on Friday.
Harkamal Ranu, a
resident of Bathinda,
was handed over to
the police, his family
members claimed.
This is the tenth ar-
rest in the case. The
last two arrests were
that of a gangster
identified as Siddhesh
Hiraman Kamble ali-
as Mahakal and a man
who pretended to be a
fan and took a selfie
with Moose Wala be-
fore his killing.
The suspects have
been arrested for pro-
viding logistical sup-
port, conducting rec-
ce, and harbouring
the singer's killers.
Among the other
shooters identified
are Sandeep Singh,
alias Kekda, of Sirsa,
Haryana; Manpreet
Singh, alias Manna,
of Talwandi Sabo,
Bathinda; and Man-
preet Bhau of
Dhaipai, Faridkot.
First of 8 shooters held,
six identified say Police
SIDHU MOOSE WALA MURDER
New Delhi: A Delhi court
on Friday sent gangster
Lawrence Bishnoi to
four more days of police
custody, in connec-
tion with an old Arms
Act case. Bishnoi was
produced on Sunday
before the Patiala House
Court which sent him to
five days police custody,
and was brought before
the court again after the
expiration of his remand.
The Special Cell submit-
ted before the court that
they need four days'
custody of the gangster
in the present case,
which is in relation to
another jailed gangster
Jaggu Bhagwanpuria's
arms supply to Bishnoi.
BISHNOI SENT
TO 4 DAYS
POLICE
CUSTODY
Sourav Ganguly with Jay Shah. —FILE PHOTO
Greenfield Airport at Hirasar
to boost industrial growth
Airport has been planned with modern
facilities and conveniences for the travellers
The location is nearly 30 kms from Rajkot
city and on Rajkot-Ahmadabad Highway
First India Bureau
Rajkot: To cater the
growing population of
the fourth largest city
in the state of Gujarat
and increasing flow of
air traffic in this re-
gion, Airports Authori-
ty of India has under-
taken the work for con-
struction of New
Greenfield Airport, Ra-
jkot in Gujarat. With
the project cost of Rs
1405 crores, the new air-
port is envisioned to be
a transportation hub
for people traveling
abroad from the state.
The area is spread
over 2534 acres, a new
greenfield airport has
been planned with mod-
ern facilities and con-
veniences for the travel-
lers with increased
number of counters and
other necessary facili-
ties. The location of new
airport is approximate-
ly 30 kms from Rajkot
city and on Rajkot-Ah-
madabad highway
. With
total built-up area of
23,000 sqm excluding
basement, the terminal
building of this new air-
port will be capable to
handle 1800 passengers
during peak hours.
The terminal will be
equipped with state-of-
the-art passenger facili-
ties, four passenger
boarding bridges, three
conveyor belts and 20
check-in counters along
with modern firefight-
ing and fire alarm sys-
tem. The city side area
of the airport will also
be developed for ade-
quate parking facilities
for car, taxi and buses
along with landscaping.
Runway length is
planned for 3040 m for
serving AB-321type of
aircraft which will be
capable of parking 14
aircraft at a time.
The terminal façade
design is influenced
from the existing Pal-
aces of Rajkot like the
Ranjit Vilas Palace, in-
tegrating traditional el-
ements into a contempo-
rary form. An outer
skin of traditional Jalis
of Palaces is provided to
minimize the heat gain
inside building. The ter-
minal will depict vari-
ous artforms including
dandiya dance through
its dynamic external fa-
çade and splendid inte-
riors. Rajkot is famous
for its golden jewellery
and filigree work and
that has inspired the ex-
terior panel work at
drop-off area of city
side kerb.
More than 82% of
earth work and 80% of
Runway and other pave-
ment works have been
completed. The work for
new terminal building
ATC Tower is also in
progress. To commis-
sion the airport, an in-
terim terminal building
of size 60m x 60m capa-
ble of handling 300 pas-
sengers per hour is also
in progress. The present
progressof thetotalpro-
ject is 45%. It is expected
that the new airport will
be ready for operation
by March 2023.
1 2
MODERN PLANNING
An artistic view of New Greenfield Airport at Hirasar near Rajkot.
First India Bureau
Panchkula: As Han-
mant Shivankar stood
stoically near the victo-
ry podium, his mind
raced to the day
, several
years back, when he
had learnt that his
daughter had sneaked
away to compete in a
running event.
“A wave of panic
gripped me,” he said as
hewatchedhisdaughter
soak in the adulation at
a Khelo India Youth
Games victory ceremo-
ny
, disclosing in an emo-
tional voice that she had
been diagnosed with
childhood asthma and
the family had done eve-
rythingtokeepheraway
from smoke and dust to
avoid inflaming her
lungs.“Her school phys-
ical education teacher
had called to seek my
consent for taking
Sudeshna to the athlet-
ics meet. I had flatly re-
fused,” he revealed. But
the teacher and Sudesh-
na had still conspired to
go for the event. “Isome-
how got to know about
their trip and raced to
the event, hoping to stop
her. But, by the time I
reached the venue,
Sudeshna had already
won the race,” Hanmant
laughed. More impor-
tantly
, she had caught
theeyeof athleticscoach
Balwant Babar, who was
also the Taluka Sports
Officer then, too.
All these years later,
Maharashtra’s Sudesh-
na not only emerged as
the fastest woman at
the KIYG but also as the
standout performer in
track and field, having
completed an eye-catch-
ing hat-trick.
Even childhood asthma couldn’t stop Maha sprinter
Sudeshna completed an eye-catching hat-trick in sprints.

Ballia (PTI): Two per-
sons, including an eight
year old boy
, were killed
after being hit by a car
here, police said on Fri-
day. Two others were
injured in the accident.
As per police, the in-
cident occured in Bho-
jpur village under
Sukhpura police station
on Thursday. The de-
ceased were identified
as Kishan (8) Devnath
(42). One Paswan (30)
and Kundan Bharti (9)
sustained injuries and
have been admitted to
the hospital, they said.
Circle Officer (CO) of
the area Priti Tripathi
said that the bodies have
been sent for post-mor-
tem. Some people were
drinking alcohol inside
an SUV whose ignition
was on. The vehicle sud-
denly started moving
and ran over two people
before hitting a tree, the
officer added.
NEWS
07
TWO POLICEMEN
SUSPENDED FOR
DERELICTION OF
DUTY IN JHANSI
Two sub-inspectors were
suspended for dereliction of
duty in the matter of a two-year-
old accident case. Both
suspended sub-inspectors failed
to identify the tractor owner for
two years. Police sources here
said that one person had died
while 2 others were severely
injured when a speeding tractor
crashed a motorbike under the
Supari Market police station area
2 years back. Police had
recovered the tractor and
motorbike from the spot. Injured
persons told police about the
identity of the tractor owner but
the police failed to track down
the tractor owner. Sub-inspector
Amarpal Singh and sub-
inspector Vikesh Babu have been
suspended for dereliction of duty
in this matter. Shiv Hari Meena,
senior superintendent of police
has suspended both the
policemen for ignoring the facts,
delaying the investigation for
more than two years. The
victim’s family has urged to
solve the case and the police
were reluctant to nab the
culprits. —Janaradan Misra
POLICE ARREST
ACCUSED OF
CELEBRATORY
FIRING IN
DEORIA
Police have arrested a person
accused of celebratory firing
during a marriage ceremony in
Karkhadi village under the
Khukhundu police station
area. Police sources said that a
video of the celebratory firing
went viral on social media
following which police took
action. During the investigation, it
was revealed that during the
marriage ceremony of Sarvesh
Yadav, son of Subhash Yadav and
a person from that village
opened a celebratory firing. Police
have arrested the accused Mukesh
and further interrogations are
underway. It was discovered that
a licenced weapon has been used
for this celebratory firing. A case
has been registered at Khukhundu
police station and actions will be
taken against the accused. Locals
told the police that the arrested
accused was fond of showing off
his weapon and had done
celebratory firing multiple times.
It was also alleged that the video
was deliberately made and
circulated to make a reputation of
the accused. —Janaradan Misra
STF ARREST
MEMBER OF
VEHICLE
LIFTING GANG IN
PRAYAGRAJ
Special Task Force (STF) has
arrested one member of an
inter-state vehicle lifting gang,
carrying a reward of Rs 25,000 on
his head. STF sources said that
acting on tip-off, the STF team
arrested Saroj Kumar alias Saroj
Chaudhary. The arrested accused
was involved in multiple luxury
vehicles thefts including other
crimes. Over 7 criminal cases
under vehicle theft and fraud
charges are registered against him
in Sonbhadra and Prayagraj
districts and a reward of Rs
25,000 was announced upon his
arrest. —Janaradan Misra
SAD THAT PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVES
COMPEL PUBLIC SERVANT TO PASS
ILLEGAL ORDERS: ALD HIGH COURT
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: While
quashing an order
passed by the special
secretary, UP govern-
ment, which was alleg-
edly passed at the dic-
tates of an MLA and a
minister in earlier state
government, the Alla-
habad High Court ob-
served that it is deplor-
able that the representa-
tives of public compel
the public servant to
pass illegal orders and
the public servant com-
ply their illegal dictates
without any demur.
Allowing a writ peti-
tionfiledbyoneBasharat
Ullah, Justice Siddharth
quashedtheorderpassed
by Special Secretary
, UP
Government dated Sep-
tember 8, 2021, by which
the petitioner was re-
moved from the post of
principal of Madarsa
DarulUloomatBastidis-
trict. The court directed
that the petitioner be re-
instated in service forth-
with and his arrears of
salary be paid to him
within six weeks.
Subsequently, a com-
plaint was made against
his appointment and the
stategovernmentdirect-
ed an inquiry into the
allegations.AlocalMLA
sent a letter to the chief
minister of the state al-
leging that the condi-
tional order of approval
of appointment of the
petitioner dated July 23,
2020 was against the
rules and should be can-
celled. Pursuant to this,
the special secretary
, UP
government cancelled
the approved appoint-
ment of the petitioner.
PRAYAGRAJ VIOLENCE
Protestors throw stones on police in Prayagraj on Friday. A firefighter tries to douse a fire allegedly set alight by protestors in Atala area of Prayagraj.
Police baton-charge protestors in Prayagraj.
2, including child, killed in Ballia
5 KILLED AS CAR FALLS
INTO GORGE IN NAINITAL
Man arrested
for sexual
abuse of cow
in Ayodhya
First India Bureau
Ayodhya: Police have
arrested an accused
Shahabuddin resident
of Sarai village under
Bikapur Kotwali area-
for sexual abuse of a
cow. A video of his hei-
nous crime went viral
on social media. Police
have registered a case
against the accused un-
der cruelty and further
investigations are un-
derway
. During interro-
gation, the accused con-
fessed to his crime and
the police were search-
ing for the person who
made the video of the
crime. Also, the police
were trying to know the
mental status of the ac-
cused and a medical ex-
amination of the ac-
cused will be conducted.
Over100stolenphonesfound,
fourarrestedinGreaterNoida
Cop skips work for 200 days,
gets married 2nd time; sacked
Noida (PTI): With the
arrest of four people on
Friday, police in Uttar
Pradesh’s Greater Noi-
da recovered over 100 of
the 185 mobile phones
stolen from a shop more
than a fortnight ago, of-
ficials said.
The accused had bro-
ken into the shop near
the Kasna bus stand on
May 21 and decamped
with 185 phones, follow-
ing which an FIR was
lodged and a probe
launched, Additional
Deputy Commissioner
of Police (Greater Noi-
da) Vishal Pandey said.
“During the probe,
manual policing and
electronic surveillance
tools were deployed, af-
ter which the accused
were identified and
tracked down.
There were five peo-
ple involved in the case,
and four of them have
been arrested,” Pandey
told reporters. “The ac-
cused worked in vari-
ous shops in the same
area. They had ob-
served the shop well be-
fore striking it,” he
said. The police identi-
fied those arrested as
Anand Singh, Hira Sin-
gh, and Ghanshyam Lal
all from Agra and San-
jeev of Greater Noida.
They said the remain-
ing phones were in the
possession of the fifth
accused, who has been
identified, and efforts
are underway to arrest
him.
Noida (PTI): A police
constable deployed in
Gautam Buddh Nagar
hasbeendismissedfrom
dutyforviolatingtheUP
government service
rules as he remained ab-
sent from work without
permission for nearly
200days,officialssaidon
Friday
. The constable is
also believed to have got
married for the second
time during this period
evenashisfirstwifewas
alive and not separated
from him, they said.
Constable Chitrasen
Kumar, aged around 30
years, was inducted into
the service in 2012. Dur-
ing his appointment in
the Gautam Buddh Na-
garcommissionerate,he
remained absent from
work from July 25, 2020
to February 3, 2021 -- 193
days -- without permis-
sion, a police spokesper-
son said. The constable
also got married for a
2ndtimeevenashisfirst
wife was alive, he said.
Preliminary inquiry
found his actions in vio-
lation of the provisions
of Rule29of UPGovern-
ment Servant Conduct
Rules, 1956 in relation to
marriage, the official
said. Departmental pro-
ceedings also found him
guilty under Rule-14(1)
of the UP Subordinate
Category Police Officers
(Punishment and Ap-
peal) Rules, 1991, the
spokesperson said.
DCP (Greater Noida) Minakshi Katyayan
announced a reward of `20,000
for the police team
involved in cracking the case
NOTICE ISSUED
4 get life imprisonment
in gang rape case
Pratapgarh (PTI):
A court here has sen-
tenced four convicts
in a gang-rape case to
rigorous life impris-
onment and also im-
posed a fine on them.
The court of District
Additional Sessions
Judge, while hearing
the case on Thursday,
imposed a fine of Rs
50,000 on each of the
convicts. The fine
amount is to be given
to the victim. Accord-
ing to the prosecu-
tion, Ashok Kumar,
Dinesh Kumar, Ravi
Kumar and Rajis
Ram Verma raped a
minor girl in the
fields on January 30,
2017. Public prosecu-
tors Devesh Chandra
Tripathi and Ashok
Kumar Tripathi ap-
peared on behalf of
the prosecution.
Nainital (PTI): Five
people were killed
and one injured when
their car fell into a
gorge here, police
said on Friday. The
incident occurred on
Thursday night in
the Okhalkanda area
when the car was go-
ing to Gurdwara Ree-
tha Sahib from Hald-
wani, Senior Super-
intendent of Police
Pankaj Bhatt said.
Five passengers were
killed on the spot and
the injured driver
was rushed to a hos-
pital, the SSP said.
Earlier on Thursday,
five people had been
killed when a utility
vehicle fell into a
gorge in the Tehri
district.
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The petitioner challenged this order before the
high court contending that his appointment was
cancelled without holding an inquiry and proving
the allegations against him before the inquiry officer
by leading reliable evidence. It was submitted that
the order cancelling his appointment is absolutely
arbitrary and has been passed on the dictate of an
MLA. Against this backdrop, after hearing the rival
contentions, the court noted that only the complaint
made by Sanjay Pratap Jaiswal, a local MLA, and
Swami Prasad Maurya, the then minister of labour
and employment UP was considered by the special
secretary and thereafter a decision was taken to can-
cel the approval of the appointment of the petitioner.
Allahabad High Court
THE RIVAL CONTENTIONS
—PHOTOS BY PTI

08
2NDFRONT
Our daily life and then years
of it; both are directly
influenced by what we think
and yes, by what we eat!
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: Every PCS
officer in UP will have to
give an account of his
assets between January
1 and 21 every year and
failing to do so would
result in departmental
action. Every officer
will also have to give his
self-appraisal for the
previous financial year
online in April every
year. Officers failing to
do so would face stop-
ping of annual increa-
ment besides their pro-
motion would also be
effected.
The Yogi Govern-
ment 2.0 of Uttar
Pradesh seems to be
now in full action to
curb corruption. In this
sequence, now about
1,300 PCS officers of UP
will have to give online
details of their movable
and immovable assets
every year.
For this the ‘Spar-
row-UP’ portal has been
prepared whose login
and password have also
been given to all the offi-
cers. The Annual Confi-
dential Entry (NCR) of
these officers will also
be given online now.
Earlier, the government
had made it compulsory
for ministers and IAS
officers to provide de-
tailsof theirassets.This
system is already in
force through the De-
partment of Personnel
and Training, Govern-
ment of India. Officers
have to give their prop-
erty details online
through Sparrow soft-
ware. On the lines of the
system applicable for
IAS officers, the UP gov-
ernment has also imple-
mented this system for
PCS officers.
In the coming days, it
will be mandatory to
load the online property
papers. Young PCS offi-
cers are getting a lot of
benefit from the new
system. The number of
senior PCS in UP is 355
and of junior PCS is 778.
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: The results
of the UP assembly polls
clearly indicate that the
BSP’s much hyped Dal-
it-Brahmin alliance for-
mulafrayedattheedges.
With the social engi-
neering formula losing
its impact, the BSP su-
premo seems to be disil-
lusioned with the Brah-
min factor. The specula-
tions in this regard
started gaining momen-
tum when the name of
party general secretary
Satish Chandra Mishra
appeared to be missing
from the list of star cam-
paigners of BSP for
Azamgarh by-election.
It is a well known fact
that in the year 2007, the
BSP had devised the
winning formula by
joining Dalit and Brah-
min voters together.
Then BSP was suc-
cessful in getting power
in UP by winning 206
assembly seats with
thirty percent vote
share. Then the party
fielded a record 86 Brah-
min candidates of
which 40 won. However,
in the elections that fol-
lowed, the graph of
Mayawati’s party’s elec-
toral performance con-
tinued to decline. To
overcome the setbacks,
in 2022 elections, the
BSP once again tried to
repeat the same old ex-
periment of social engi-
neering. Last year, the
party launched a cam-
paign for “Prabuddh Sa-
maaj Goshthi”—or the
Enlightened Class Con-
ferences to woo Brah-
mins. Satish Mishra
was entrusted with the
task of recreating Dal-
it-Brahmin chemistry
.
His wife Kalpana Mish-
ra and son Kapil Mishra
were also seen trying to
support him. His son-in-
law Paresh Mishra took
over the responsibility
of establishing the par-
ty’s roots through social
media campaigns. For-
mer cabinet minister
Nakul had accompanied
him in this campaign.
However, all their ef-
forts were in vain. Not
only did the party’s vote
share fall to 12.8 per
cent, it could get only
one assembly seat. The
BSP had fielded 65 Brah-
min candidates; but
none could win. May-
awati expelled Nakul
Dubey from the party
.
According to sources,
this was an indirect ex-
pression of displeasure
of Mayawati towards
Satish Mishra. Later,
the displeasure flared
up with Dubey joining
the Congress. Now, the
political corridors are
abuzz with the absence
of lawyer turned-politi-
cian Satish Mishra’s
name on the list of 40
star campaigners an-
nounced for the by-polls.
Every PCS officer in UP will have to give an account of his assets
ZERO TOLERANCE TO CORRUPTION
lll
Now about
1,300 PCS
officers of UP
will have to
give online
details of their
movable and
immovable
assets every year
PCS DIXIT MADE
JHANSI ADDL COMM
The Appointment Dept
has appointed PCS
officer Sarvesh Dixit,
vice chairman in Jhansi
Development Authority,
as Addl Commissioner,
Jhansi. Dixit was given
additional charge along
with that of VC JDA on
the recommendation of
Divisional Commissioner
but after the posting of
IAS Alok Yadav CDO Mu-
zaffarnagar as VC JDA,
Dixit was made Addl
Comm, Jhansi Division.
DiminishingreturnfromBrahminvoters
BSP’s much hyped Dalit-Brahmin alliance formula
miserably failed to revive party’s sagging fortunes
No name of party gen secy SC Mishra, a prominent Brahmin
face, on list of star campaigners for Azamgarh bypolls
BSP supremo Mayawati
89% BRAHMINS VOTED FOR BJP
According to election surveys, 89 per cent Brahmins
voted in favor of BJP. Political observers assert that
Brahmins have long been with the BJP, particularly
so following the Ram temple movement in the late
1980s. In the intervening period, this community was
definitely associated with regional parties, but from
the year 2014 and onwards, these voters started turn-
ing overwhelmingly towards the saffron camp.
AIMPLB calls upon
Ulema to stay away
from TV debates
General secretary of AIMPLB Maulana Khalid Saiffullah
Rahmani. —FILE PHOTO
DON’T TARNISH IMAGE
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The All In-
dia Muslim Personal
Law Board (AIMPLB)
today called upon
Ulema and other Mus-
lim intellectual to stay
away from TV debates
which were trying to
tarnish the image of
Islam.
The general secre-
tary of AIMPLB Mau-
lana Khalid Saiffullah
Rahmani in statement
said that board chair-
man Rabe Hasan Nad-
vi and other senior
members have ap-
pealed to Ulema and
Muslim intellectuals
not to participate in
TV debates whose
only aim was insult
ridicule Islam and tar-
nish the image of the
community. He said
there was no construc-
tive results during
these debates. He said
these highly biased
channels allow ulema
or Muslim intellectual
to show their impar-
tiality but the end re-
sult was against the
Islam and community
.
He said Ulema ulti-
mately become victim
of the conspiracy of
these channels.
Meanwhile a dele-
gation of Islamic Cen-
tre of India (ICI) in a
memorandum to the
CM demanded legal
action against all
those indulging in
hate-mongering in the
state. The ICI said ac-
tion should be taken
against those insult-
ing any religion. Lay-
ing stress on commu-
nal harmony the ICI
headed by Imam Ei-
dgah Lucknow Khalid
Rashid Firangimahli
said the UP govern-
ment should enact law
to protect all religions
from insult. The ICI
has also appealed to
the Muslim communi-
ty to exercise restrain
and maintain commu-
nal harmony
.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Review of
MoUs and intents must
be held on a monthly
basis, CEO, ‘Invest UP’
Abhishek Prakash has
said. As part of the new
initiatives, New Online
Incentive Management
System is to be devel-
oped in a time-bound
manner to impart
transparency and time-
bound approvals for in-
vestment projects.
Also one stop online
solution is to be devel-
oped for all entrepre-
neur queries, grievance
redressal and new in-
vestment leads
TheCEOsaid,UPgov-
ernment is focusing on
reducing ‘Regulatory
Compliance Burden’ for
BusinessesandCitizens.
Abhishek Prakash
along with Additional
CEOSpecialSecretary
to CM Office,
Prathamesh Kumar re-
viewed the functioning
of the investment pro-
motion and facilitation
agency of the Govern-
ment of UP on Friday
.
Asserting the vision
of the CM to transform
UP as number one econ-
omy, the CEO issued
directions to expedite
the development of new
Online Incentive Man-
agement System to im-
part transparency and
time-bound approvals
for investment projects.
Later,chairingameet-
ing of different depart-
ments for reducing ‘Reg-
ulatoryComplianceBur-
den’ for Businesses and
Citizens, the CEO said
efforts must be made to
boostconfidenceinbusi-
nesses and make life bet-
ter for common people.
First India Bureau
Bijnor: Police have ar-
rested three accused in-
cluding district presi-
dent of Socialist Demo-
cratic Party of India
(SDPI) for passing objec-
tionable comments to
disturb social harmony
.
Police sources here
said that SDPI district
president Mashroom
Kamal and Akeel Aha-
mad from Rammpura
area for inciting reli-
gious sentiments of
public and disturbing
social harmony
. Both
were accused of passing
objectionablecomments
about a religion and the
state government.
Apart from that Nagi-
na police have arrested
one member of SDPI
member for creating
nuisance and case was
registered against him.
Dr Praveen Ranjan, su-
perintendent of police
(city) said that SDPI has
connection with an-
ti-national organisation
PFI and their members
were promoting hate
against a community.
He said that police and
intelligence depart-
ment have strict vigil
on movement of the or-
ganisation.
After violence erupt-
ed in Kanpur over BJP
spokesperson’s state-
ment several anti-na-
tional elements were
active to disturb social
harmony
.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Luc-
know bench of Alla-
habad High court had
reserved verdict in a
PIL seeking survey of
the structure found in
Gyanvapi mosque of
Varanasi .
The court is likely to
deliver the judgment on
June 13.
A division bench of
JusticeRSChauhanand
Justice Subhash Vidyar-
thi reserved it’s order in
a Public Interest Litiga-
tion (PIL) filed by Sud-
hir Singh and five oth-
ers claiming to be devo-
tees of Lord Shiva.
Petitioner had sought
the constitution of a
committee to be headed
by a Supreme Court or
high court judge to as-
certain the truth re-
garding the recently
found structure in
Gyanvapi mosque in
Varanasi.
3 including SDPI dist prez held
for objectionable comments
Lucknow bench reserves verdict in PIL seeking
survey of structure found in Gyanvapi mosque
UP to strive hard for top
spot in Ease of Doing Biz
IN THE COURTYARD
The Allahabad High Court —FILE PHOTO
SPIRIT OF INDIA
A policeman hugs a Muslim man outside Yatimkhana mosque after Friday prayers in Kanpur.
HC SEEKS GOVT REPLY ON
DENIAL OF PAYMENT TO FIRM
PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad High Court has asked the
state government to file an affidavit and explain why it
had not paid M/s Ganesh enterprises its dues for work
done in 2019 of installation of LED Flood Light in the
adarsh nagar panchayat area of Ballia district till date.
Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta and justice Dinesh Pathak
passed the order in a petition filed by M/s Ganesh enter-
prises, a partnership firm which was given the tender of
installation of lights in the panchayat area.
Advocate Parvez Iqbal Ansari appearing for the petition-
er firm argued that bills of Rs 94 lakhs were submitted
by the petitioner in 2019 and Rs 37 lakhs were received
by the firm as first installment while remaining were
not paid on the ground that the amount has not been
received from the State Finance Commission and once it
will release the amount same will paid to the firm.
“Till date firm has not received it’s dues and is facing
financial crisis due to it”,argued Ansari.
Abhishek Prakash
—PHOTO
BY
PTI

B
TS are one of the
leadingboygroups
and have taken the
world by storm.
The seven boys consist-
ently give their fans aka
ARMYS some beautiful
songs to jam to. Be it mu-
sic to cry to or a dance
number,BTShasprovided
with all. Now, the septet
band is coming up with
their new album ‘Proof’,
consisting of 3 CDs and 48
songs in total. On June 10,
they dropped their first
song ‘Yet to Come (The
Most Beautiful Moment)’,
a medium-tempo, alterna-
tive hip-hop track.
The music video refer-
ences several of their pre-
vious MVs. The lyrics
talk about being deemed
as the best by everyone
and the pressure they feel
by being put on a pedes-
tal. They further sing
about how they are just
boys who want to make
music and though every-
one thinks what they did
so far is the best, their
best is yet to come.
The first shot of the sep-
tet sitting on a chair is a
reference to their 2014
song, Just One Day
. Spring
Day
, one of the most influ-
ential songs of the group
has been referred to a lot
throughout the MV
, be it
their costumes or scenes.
A fan theory surfacing
online also drew the simi-
larity between their debut
title track ‘No More
Dream’ which was re-
leased the day BTS debut-
ed i.e., June 12, 2013. The
fan wrote, “In the No
More Dream MV
, the bus
justarrivesandtheycome
out from the bus means
it’s the beginning of chap-
ter one?!?? And, in Yet To
Come MV
, they go back on
the bus like they’re leav-
ing. That means it’s the
end of chapter one..”
There have also been
references to their song
MVs of Blood Sweat and
Tears, Boy in Luv, DNA
and Love Yourself
among others. The
classicSmeraldoFlow-
er was also shown in the
music video which only a
die-hard ARMY could no-
tice. The album Proof cel-
ebrates the nine years of
BTS and gives way to
starting a new chapter in
their tenth year as artists.
I
t is a well-known
fact that Rashmi-
ka Mandanna is
super excited for
her next Thalapa-
thy66 with Thalapa-
thy Vijay. The actress
has been a fan of the
Tamil superstar for a
very long time and is
on cloud nine about
the film. Rashmika
Mandanna revealed
how she got the offer of
Thalapathy66 and said,
The film happened just
at the right time when I
was getting done with all
of my prior commit-
ments and I was listening
to new scripts, it was the
right script that came at
the right time. It’s a film
for families, which I al-
ways wanted to do. Open-
ing about her role in the
film, she said, The char-
acter I am playing in the
film is fiercely head-
strong. She is stands up
for herself and is
supportive and
protective of
her people.
M
alaika Arora recently shared an ar-
ray of snacks at her house and
called them ‘Chaknaaaa’ on Insta-
gram. Kareena Kapoor Khan has
now reshared her post and asked Malai-
ka for her share. Re-posting
Malaika’s post, Bebo wrote to
her, ‘Mallaaaa I need this
chaknaaa bruh.’ Responding
to Kareena, Malika wrote
back, ‘Sending you all…’ Karee-
na, Malaika, Amrita and Karisma
share a great bond and are often seen hang-
ing out, partying and even going on vaca-
tions together. They were last seen to-
gether at Karan Johar’s lavish 50th
birthday bash where the ladies
made a stylish appearance togeth-
er. After receiving constant re-
quests from her fans urging her
to join social media, Kareena
finally joined Instagram in
2020 during the lockdown.
E
ver since Luv Ranjan announced his
film starring Ranbir Kapoor and
Shraddha Kapoor, fans have been ea-
gerly waiting to see this pair on the
silver screen. The stars have been shooting
for the film for quite some time now. Ranbir
was shooting for the film even at the time he
was getting married to Alia Bhatt. In the
video, we can see Ranbir Kapoor dressed in
a sheer white shirt with a touch of blue on it.
The actor paired it with white coloured jeans
too. Ranbir completed his look with black shoes.
The choreographer seems to be teaching both
him and Shraddha Kapoor the dance steps
and was seen dancing with the Sanju actor
while Shraddha looked at them.
09
LUCKNOW, SATURDAY,
JUNE 11, 2022
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SHAVAASAN MODE
anveer Singh and Deepika
Padukone are one of the
cutest and hottest couples
in Bollywood. These two
never fail to give us a couple
of goals. Be it on social me-
dia or at events, Deepika
and Ranveer
are a vibe together. When the
actress was asked that since
you and Ranveer Singh are
extremely opposite how do
they manage together? Reply-
ing to this Deepika Padukone
revealed that not many people
know that when Ranveer is
with her, he is in shavaasan
mode. When asked what hap-
pened to his energy
, he will
reply that he is conserving it
as he has to attend an event.
The actress further revealed
that “We joke with each other,
play and eat together. Some-
times, there’s silence between
us. The side that not many
people know of or which does
not come out often is his in-
telligence”.
R
SHOOTING
IN SPAIN
KAREENA
KAREENA
RESHARES POST
RESHARES POST
THALAPATHY 66
BTS DROPS THEIR NEWEST MV ‘YET TO COME’
ANGRY
APTE
R
adhikaAptehas
emerged as one
of the most
skilled and
promising actors over
the years. Radhika and
Vikrant were asked
how they keep away
from fitting into a
mould of beauty and
body standards in the
showbiz. Responding
to this question, Apte
revealed that she was
asked to get various
‘jobs’ done on her body
at the beginning of her
career. However, the
actress said that it did
not pressurize her, but
instead, it really made
her angry
.
Rashmika Mandanna
Kareena Kapoor Khan Radhika Apte
Taehyung, Jungkook, Jin, RM, J Hope, Jimin and Suga
Shraddha Kapoor
Deepika Padukone

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