17082021 first india lucknow

JEWAR AIRPORT
TO BE LINKED
WITH DELHI-MUM
EXPRESSWAY
Lucknow: The upcoming
Noida International
Airport at Jewar
will be linked to the
prestigious Delhi-
Mumbai Expressway,
part of the Bharat
Pariyojana, to boost
connectivity and give a
push to trade activities
in the region. “As the
Haryana government has
now agreed to fund its
portion of the road, we
will soon be setting up a
special purpose vehicle
to give final shape to the
project,” said a senior
official of the NHAI.
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Legal basis ready for UP’s Population Bill
Gyanendra Shukla
Lucknow: The State
Law Commission of Ut-
tar Pradesh on Monday
submitted the “Popula-
tion Control (Control,
Stabilisation and Wel-
fare) Bill” draft to the
state government. The
copy of the draft was
handed over by the com-
mission’schairmanJus-
tice (retd) Aditya Nath
Mittal to Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath.
This bill aims to
bring down the gross
fertility rate in the most
populous state of India.
To achieve this aim, it
paves the way for limit-
ing government bene-
fits for couples with
more than two children,
and offering incentives
to those who have a
maximum of two chil-
dren. The draft law has
listed out the incentives
that can be given to
such couples.
It is noteworthy that
theYogi-ledstategovern-
ment had released the
new population policy
2021-30 on the occasion
of WorldPopulationDay
on July 11. The overall
objectiveof theproposed
law is the welfare of the
people of the state by
promoting the two-child
norm. More on P8
CM Yogi attends the all-party meeting ahead of the Vidhan Sabha session along with FM Suresh
Khanna, Vidhan Sabha Speaker Hriday Narayan Dixit, and Vidhan Sabha CS Pradeep Kumar Dubey.
Justice (retd)
Aditya Nath
Mittal, Chairman
of State Law
Commission,
hands over draft
bill to CM Yogi
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Mumbai: Sensex closed at
55,582.58, up 145.29 points or
0.26%, while Nifty was at 16,563.05,
up 33.95 points or 0.21%. Metals,
FMCG closed in green.
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court
on Monday postponed the hearing
of Narada sting operation case for
another 10 days due to SG Tushar
Mehta other cases in the SC.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Monday fulfilled his prom-
ise and had ice cream with two-time
Olympic medallist PV Sindhu when
he hosted the Indian athletes. P6
Wayanad: Congress Wayanad MP
Rahul Gandhi on Monday unveiled
Mahatma Gandhi’s statue at Gandhi
Park in Mananthavady in Kerala’s
Wayanad district.
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145 PTS UP,
NIFTY AT
16,563
CALCUTTA
HC DEFERS
HEARING OF
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PM HAS
ICE-CREAM
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SINDHU
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UNVEILS
GANDHI’S
STATUE
TALIBAN’S
MULLAH
BARADAR
LIKELY TO
BECOME
NEXT AFGHAN
PRESIDENT
Kabul: At least eight
people were killed, in-
cluding two Afghan na-
tionals who were shot
by US soldiers and three
run over by taxiing jets,
on Monday at the Kabul
airport as thousands of
people scrambled to
board flights in a des-
perate bid to get out of
Afghanistan, following
the toppling of the gov-
ernment led by Presi-
dent Ashraf Ghani.
Taliban insurgents
swept Kabul on Sunday
after the US-backed Af-
ghan government col-
lapsed and President
Ghani fled the country,
bringing an unprece-
dented end to a two-dec-
ade campaign in which
the US and its allies had
tried to transform the
war-ravaged nation.
According to sourc-
es President Ghani
had left for Oman af-
ter Tajikistan refused
to allow his plane to
land.
Russia’s embassy in
Kabul said Ghani had
fled the country with
four cars and a heli-
copter full of cash.
KABULFALLS,
PREZ FLEES
IN JUST 10 DAYS, TALIBAN CAPTURE AF,
THOUSANDS TRY TO FLEE, 8 DEAD
IN COMMAND: TALIBAN FIGHTERS AT PRESIDENTIAL DESK
OVER 200 INDIANS STILL INSIDE
KABUL EMBASSY, SAY SOURCES
‘CONCERNED’ AF NEIGHBOUR IRAN
CALLS FOR STABILITY IN REGION
WILL HELP AFGHAN
HINDUS, SIKHS: INDIA
AFGHAN CIVILIANS CLINGING ON TO
TYRES OF AIRPLANE, FALL MID-AIR
IMRAN: TALIBAN BROKE
SHACKLES OF SLAVERY
BIDEN, FACING CRITICISM, TO DELIVER ADDRESS
Kabul: More than 200 Indians including Foreign
Ministry staff and paramilitary soldiers tasked for their
protection have not been evacuated yet from Afghani-
stan’s capital Kabul, sources said. As per sources, an
Indian aircraft has been parked at the chaotic Kabul
Airport. However, the matter of concern is to bring the
Indian mission staff from the embassy to the airport as
Taliban has enforced a curfew. Among the people stuck
in the embassy are 100 personnel of the Indo-Tibetan
Border Police, tasked with protecting the Indians.
Tehran: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on
Monday called for national reconcilia-
tion in neighbouring Afghanistan. Raisi
said Iran will support efforts to restore
stability in Afghanistan. He called Iran
“a brother and neighboring nation”
to Afghanistan. He also described the
Americans’ rapid pullout as a “military
failure.” Iran shares nearly 600
miles of borders with Af-
ghanistan and is home to
about 800,000 registered
Afghan refugees and more
than two million undocu-
mented Afghans.
A US soldier point his gun towards an Afghan passenger at the
Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Monday.
Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace after the
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country in Kabul, Afghanistan.
New Delhi: Hindus and Sikhs from
Afghanistan will be given prior-
ity once commercial flight service
begins from Kabul, India said on
Monday - a day after Taliban took
control of the city. As panic-strick-
en Afghans gathered at the airport
to skip the war-torn country, India
said it would “facilitate repatriation
to India of those who wish to leave
Afghanistan”.
Kabul: Three men fell from C-17 mid-air
while they were clinging to several parts
including wheels of the plane that took
off from Kabul airport on Monday. The
bodies of three clinging men fell to the
ground near Khairkahana area of Kabul.
Kabul Airport witnessed humongous
crowds of people, at the entrance and
also on the tarmac, attempting to board
aircraft in chaotic scenes late Sunday
and Monday morning.
Islamabad: In a bid to endorse the
Taliban taking over Kabul, Pakistan
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Mon-
day said that Afghanistan has broken
the “shackles of slavery” in the neigh-
boring war-torn country. “When you
adopt someone’s culture you believe it
to be superior and you end up becom-
ing a slave to it,” he said, adding that
it creates a system of mental salves
that is worse than the actual slavery.
Washington: US President Joe Biden was scheduled to deliver comments
about Afghanistan, a key aide said on Monday as the US leader faces sharp
criticism for the Taliban sweep into Kabul and the government’s fall. The
address was scheduled past midnight (India time). “They (Americans) can
expect to hear from the president soon. He’s right now actively engaged with
his national security team. He is working the situation hard,” White House
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told ABC news. Biden has said there
was no choice but to withdraw American troops and he would not
“pass this war” onto another president. But Washington was left
shocked by the rapid collapse of the Afghan government, and crit-
ics have said the United States’ reputation as a global power has
been badly tarnished. Biden also faced wrath for spending
the weekend at the Camp David presidential retreat while
Afghanistan crisis became serious.
Taliban fighters patrol inside the city of Kandahar in southwest Afghanistan. —PHOTOS BY PTI
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First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh government
is working towards
transforming the lives
of the Vantangiya
community.
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath, who has
been working closely
with the Vantagiya
community that com-
prises people brought
from Myanmar by
Lord Mountbatten,
during the colonial
rule to plant trees for
afforestation. ‘Tangia’
is a distortion of the
word for the Burmese
technique of shifting
hill plantations.
The CM has not only
provided facilities like
roads, houses, RO wa-
ter machines but also
taken care of the edu-
cation of children liv-
ing in Vantangiya vil-
lages.
Primary and upper
primary schools have
been constructed in
Vangrams located in
the state. In these,
along with the deploy-
ment of teachers, ma-
terials for reading and
sports are being made
available.
As many as five pri-
mary and 2 upper pri-
mary schools have
been set up in five vil-
lages of Gorakhpur.
While the construction
of 17 primary and 9 up-
per primary schools is
going on in 18 villages
of Maharajganj.
UTTAR PRADESH
LUCKNOW | TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2021
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A NEW SAGA OF DEVELOPMENT IN VANTANGIYA VILLAGES
MISSION SHAKTI 3.0 SET TO START ON AUG 21,
SITHARAMAN TO ATTEND INAUGURATION
UNION MINISTERS FROM UP KICK OFF
‘JAN ASHIRWAD YATRA’
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In a massive
outreach campaign
ahead of the upcoming
assembly polls in
Uttar Pradesh due early
next year, the UP BJP
on Monday launched
a statewide ‘jan ashri-
wad yatra’ during
which the seven minis-
ters in the Union Cabi-
net from UP will spread
awareness about
achievements of the
Centre and the state
governments.
The ministers would
be traversing more than
three thousand kilome-
tres covering 120 assem-
bly constituencies in
the state.
The yatra would end
on Friday
.
UP BJP chief Swatan-
tra Dev said the
party’s state general
secretary and member
of legislative council
(MLC) Govind Narayan
Shukla has been
made in-charge of these
yatras covering
several religious cities,
including Ayodhya,
Mathura, Kashi
(Varanasi) and Chitra-
koot.
“We want to ensure
that all those who
don’t have a roof on
their heads get them by
August 15, 2022. We
will tell the people
about it, update them
on various initiatives
and naturally
would seek people’s
blessings too as the
yatra itself is named
‘Jan Ashirwad’,” said
Kaushal Kishore, the
Mohanlalganj MP, who
is the Union minister of
state for housing and
urban affairs.
He was referring to
PM Awas Yojana
(PMAY) which aims
to construct 21.4 mil-
lion houses in rural
areas and 11.2 million
units in urban areas
by 2022.
Purvanchal catching up with
Western UP in sugarcane yield
First India Bureau
Gorakhpur: Purvan-
chal is catching up fast
with Western UP in sug-
arcane production,
thanks to Yogi govern-
ment’s farmer-friendly
policies aimed at en-
hancing their income.
According to Sugar-
cane Department, there
is an increase of 1.34
lakh hectares in the
area of cultivation of
the crop during the last
four years of Yogi Gov-
ernment, which is an
all time record in the
region. The area for
sugarcane cultivation
has gone up from 4.39
lakh hectares to 5.73
lakh hectares in
Purvanchal.
This has resulted in
record increase in sug-
arcane yield in Purvan-
chal, leading to signifi-
cant rise in farmers’
income also.
UP CS pays
homage to
martyrs on
75th I-Day
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief
Secretary Rajen-
dra Kumar Tiwari
on the occasion of
the 75th Independ-
ence Day, unfurled
the national flag at
his residence.
In his address,
he congratulated
and wished every-
one on the auspi-
cious occasion of
Independence Day
and paid homage
to the martyrs
whose supreme
sacrifice helped
protect the coun-
try and its people.
He also paid
homage to the
martyred doctors
who fought the
Covid epidemic in
the last one and a
half year, saving
lakhs of lives.
He added that the
police department,
revenue depart-
ment, development
department, etc.
have also made
their invaluable
contribution to-
wards the country
and the state during
the testing times.
Lucknow: CM Yogi Adityanath releasing a book by former PM late Atal Behari Vajpayee on Monday.
Cabinet minister Brajesh Pathak and State BJP President Swatantra Dev Singh were also at the event.
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NEW MAHILA YUVA MORCHA LEADER
GOVT DISTRIBUTES 70L QUINTALS OF SEEDS
Civil aviation, religious
tourism, heritage
proposals get Govt nod
Newlinkroadto
connectDelhi-Mumbai
expresswaytoJewar
First India Bureau
Gorakhpur: The Uttar
Pradesh Government
gave nod to more than a
dozen proposals related
to boost regional connec-
tivity scheme of civil
aviation, promote reli-
gious tourism and con-
serve herirage at a cabi-
net meeting presided
over by chief minister
Yogi Adityanath,
The cabinet has ap-
proved the proposal of
the state government to
pay 100 per cent Viability
Gap Funding ( VGF ) on
selected state govern-
ment sponsored routes
in the bid of UDAN 4.1 (
UDAN 4.1 ). With this de-
cision, civil aviation sec-
tor will be developed in
the state, due to which
progress will be made in
the commercial, indus-
trial sector as well as
tourism, medical etc. Ap-
prooval was also given to
the ‘Apni Dharohar, Apni
Pehchaan’ policy of the
Union Government and
free of cost transfer of
land in favor of Acharya
Narendra Dev Agricul-
tural and Technological
University, Kumarganj,
Ayodhya. The cabinet
also gave its nod to the
inclusion of new sec-
tions in the UP Slum Ar-
eas (Reform and Recla-
mation) Act, 1962 and the
UP Slum Areas (Reform
and Reclamation) Act,
1962 (Amendment) Bill,
2021 by the Legislature
for their development.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The upcom-
ing Noida International
Airport at Jewar will be
linked to the prestig-
ious Delhi-Mumbai Ex-
pressway, part of the
Bharat Pariyojana, to
boost connectivity and
give a push to trade ac-
tivities in the region.
The issue had been
hanging fire as it was
not clear as to who will
bear the major burden
of cost of the as a major
stretch of the 31-kilom-
eter link road (around
23.50 kilometer) falls in
Haryana, which was
initially reluctant to
bear the project cost.
“As the Haryana gov-
ernment has now
agreed to fund its por-
tion of the road, we will
soon be setting up a spe-
cial purpose vehicle to
give final shape to the
project,” said a senior
official of the NHAI. He
said the move would
boost the connectivity
of the Yamuna express-
way region and aids the
growth of both indus-
tries and the upcoming
airport.
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TRIBUTE TO ATAL JI
CM Yogi Adityanath pays homage to Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the occasion of
his death anniversary at a programme, “Meri Yatra-Atal Yatra”, held at Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Scientific Convention Center in Lucknow on Monday.
Lucknow Metro enters Limca Book of Records
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh Metro Rail
Corporation has regis-
tered its name in the
Limca Book of Records
for the fastest construc-
tion of CCS airport
metro station under
Lucknow Metro phase
1A project.
The construction
work of Chaudhary
Charan Singh Airport
Metro Station was com-
pleted in a record time
of just 19 months and
10 days which was
started on 13th July
2017 and was completed
on 22nd February 2019.
It is one of the four
underground metro
stations of the the 22.87
km long stretch of the
North South Corridor
of Lucknow metro.
The most special and
user-friendly feature of
CCS Airport Metro Sta-
tion is that it is directly
connected to both Do-
mestic and Interna-
tional terminals of
Lucknow Airport.
The breathtaking art-
work at CCS Airport
Metro Station has al-
ready been the major
attraction for passen-
gers since commence-
ment of operation on
8th March 2019.
FASTEST CONSTRUCTION OF CCS AIRPORT METRO STATION
HIGHLIGHT
UPMRC Managing Director Kumar Keshav presents the Limca
Book of Record certificate to the Chief Secretary, Uttar Pradesh
Rajendra Kumar Tiwari in Lucknow.
Record increase in
sugarcane yield as
cultivation goes up
from 4.39 lakh
hectares to 5.73 lakh
hectares in 4 years
Uttar Pradesh Governor
Anandiben Patel saluting
the National Flag
after hoisting it on the
occasion of India’s 75th
Independence Day at Raj
Bhavan on Sunday
CM Yogi Adityanath
hoisting the Tricolour at
Vidhan Bhawan on the
occasion of India’s 75th
Independence Day on
Sunday as Dy CM Dinesh
Sharma and other
dignitaries look on

UTTAR PRADESH
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SCHOOLS AGAIN GET ABUZZ WITH LIFE
Just 17 new cases,
positivity 0.01%
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh’s deserted
schools finally woke up
to life on Monday after
gathering dust for most
parts in the last 1.5 years
or so due to the covid.
Alargenumberof stu-
dents from classes 9 to 12
could be seen frolicking
enthusiastically to their
schools which they
hadn’t seen in a long
time.
While many schools
opened, others said they
were getting ready to re-
sume physical classes
for students and would
reopen soon.
Earlier this month,
the UP government had
said schools would reo-
pen for classes 9 to 12
from August 16 with 50
per cent attendance.
The Cathedral Senior
Secondary School here
said about 100 students
attendedclassesMonday
.
“Offline classes have
resumed for students of
classes 9 to 12 today
(Monday).About100stu-
dents, which is around
20 per cent of the total
strength, have come to
attend classes,” Donald
De Souza, chancellor
and spokesperson of the
Catholic Diocese of Luc-
know said.
“We’re thrilled to be
steppingintoourschools
aftersuchalongtime.Its
almost as if we had for-
gotten how it looked,”
said a student Rahul
Singh to First India.
“We hope schools re-
main open and everyone
issafeandsoundandthe
pandemic gets over
soon,” added another
student Sunil Jacob.
However, some
schools including, La
Martiniere Girls’ Col-
legehasnotreopened,its
principal Aashrita Dass
said. Principal of St
Francis’ College, A Mo-
ras said: “We are plan-
ning to open the school
from August 26.”
Not all parents were
willingtosendtheirchil-
dren to school.
Ashit Neogy
, a Praya-
graj-basedbusinessman,
whose son is in Class 10,
said he was happy with
his son attending online
classes. Neogy’s son, Ap-
ratim, was also appre-
hensive about attending
physical classes.
Puneet Mehrotra,
whose daughter studies
in Class 9 at a Lucknow-
school,saidhewantedto
send her to school, but
could not due to some
technical issues in the
consentform.Hisdaugh-
ter Avna said she was
readytogotoschool,and
meet her friends.
In a statement issued
here, the government
said as per the recom-
mendations of the State-
Level Health Specialist
Advisory Committee,
secondary education in-
stitutes, higher, voca-
tion and professional
institutes opened with
50 per cent.
First India Bureau
Moradabad: A mo-
ment of sheer awkward-
ness was seen when Sa-
majwadi Party (SP) MP
ST Hasan and other
party workers seem-
ingly ‘forgot’ the nation-
al anthem at a flag hoist-
ing ceremony held at
Moradabad on the occa-
sion of 75th Independ-
ence Day on Sunday
.
The Lok Sabha MP
from Moradabad ar-
rived at the tomb of
Nawab Majju Khan and
paid his respects, fol-
lowing which he hoisted
the national flag at an
event held at Gul Sha-
hid Park. Soon after un-
furling the tricolor, and
enthusiastically recit-
ing the first verse of
‘Jana Gana Mana’ he
forgot the following
verse and so did others,
which can also be seen
in a video that went vi-
ral on social media.
The participants at
the event fumbled and
attempted to resume the
anthem. One of them
directly skipped to the
last verse and sang
“Jaya Hai” thrice while
Hasan quietly looked at
others.
Meanwhile, he took a
dig at Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) and alleged
that they are trying to
polarise people of Hin-
du and Muslim commu-
nities, ahead of the 2022
UP Assembly polls.
First India Bureau
Kanpur: Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited
(HAL) successfully car-
ried out the Ground
Run and Low Speed
Taxi Trials (LSTT) of
the Hindustan-228 (VT-
KNR) aircraft on Sun-
day, for DGCA ‘Type
Certification’.
The event was part of
the 75th Anniversary of
India’s Independence
Day celebrations at
HAL’s Kanpur facility
.
“This is a major mile-
stone for the first fixed-
wing Made-in-India
civil aircraft in India. It
is a step forward to-
wards strengthening
regional air connectiv-
ity,” said Sajal Prakash,
CEO of HAL’s Accesso-
ries Complex.
“The type certifica-
tion will also enable
HAL to get the interna-
tional certification for
the aircraft. The aircraft
complies with the latest
FAR 23 certification re-
quirements,” said Indra-
nil Chakraborty
, Direc-
tor, DGCA.
HAL’s Transport Air-
craft Division, Kanpur
has been in the business
of transport and trainer
aircraft for defence cus-
tomers.TheDivisionhas
ventured into the manu-
facturing of Hindu-
stan-228 aircraft to sup-
port the UDAN scheme
of the government.
First India Bureau
Meerut: Policearrested
a man accused of killing
two minor daughters
fromKankarkhedaarea.
Both girls were suffocat-
ed to death as accused
Arun Kumar (38) killed
them with pillow.
Police said when the-
girls were sleeping
drunken Arun killed
them with pillow and
then announced their
death in colony
. He had
disputewithhiswifeand
she left to her parents af-
ter feud.
During interrogation
Arun told police that he
killed his daughters and
he will not leave his wife
alive. He said if his wife
was with him, he would
have killed her also.
Police said Arun tried
to commit suicide by
jumping into a canal
next morning but local
swimmers saved him.
ThenhefledtoHaridwar
before returning.
First India Bureau
Noida: Three men were
arrested Monday for al-
legedly extorting money
from street-side vendors
at a market in Noida, the
police said.
The accused had been
intimidating and threat-
ening to harm the ven-
dors at the Sector 117
market who did not pay
themmoney
,theofficials
said.
“
An FIR was lodged in
the case at Sec 49 police
station on the basis of a
complaint by some ven-
dors and the accused ar-
rested today
,” the police
said. Those arrested
were identified as Vipin
Yadav (20) alias Fidda
Pehelwan and his aides
Vijay (18) and Omvir Ya-
dav (22), the spokesper-
son said. The trio has
been booked under sec-
tions 384 and 504 the po-
lice added.
Lucknow: UP government has approved required
amendments for use of airstrips for flying clubs and
academieswhichwillpavewayforemploymentgen-
eration. It was a much needed
amendment as civil aviation sector
has changed drastically after last
policy was enforced 13 years back.
UP cabinet has passed decision
for use of air strips for training by
flying clubs. Under this decision 13
sir strips in Chitrakoot, Azamgarh, Rasoolabad
(Kanpur Dehat), Jhansi, Paliya (Kheri), Saifai (Eta-
wah), Myorpur (Sonbhadra), Amhat (Sultanpur),
Dhanipur (Aligarh), Farrukhabad, Shravasti, And-
hau (Ghazipur) and Akbarpur will have permission
to use infrastructure for training.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh on Monday
witnessed the steepest
decline in the number
of fresh cases as the
state limited the infec-
tions to just 17, making
it the lowest daily-case
count ever.
Themostpopulous
state, in a sharp
contrasttomajor
other states
which are sig-
nificantly lesser
in terms of pop-
ulation such as
Kerala,Maharash-
tra, Andhra and Tamil
Nadu has been success-
fully taming the raging
disease.Wheretheother
stateshavebeenwitness-
ing a greater surge of
fresh infections (daily
cases ranging from
20,000-2,000), UP has re-
stricted the daily-case
count below 100 for over
five weeks now.
The downward trajec-
tory has continued for
the consecutive four-
teenth week, testifying
thesuccessof numerous
proactive measures im-
plemented by the state
government.
The daily test positivi-
ty rate (TPR) — the
numberof positive
cases against the
total tests done
— has also come
down to 0.01 per
cent, the lowest in
the country
. This rate
was at its highest at
16.84percentonApril24
and now remains even
lower than the lowest
post first wave. The Ac-
tive Caseload in UP now
stands at 419, brought
down by over a remark-
able 99 per cent from its
peak capped at 3,10,783
cases on Apr 30.
Muzaffarnagar: A 27-yr-old man was shot dead
Monday allegedly by a rape-accused for helping the
victim in the case lodged in Shamli district, police
said. Ajay Kumar was shot dead by Shubham, a
rape-accused, in Bhura village under Kairana police
station. Last year, a rape case was registered against
Shubham and his nephew Sunny, who is on the run.
Lucknow: UP Special Task Force (STF) has arrested
notorious criminal carrying reward of Rs 25,000 on
his head from Sultanpur district. STF sources here
said that acting on tip-off STF team arrested Deepak
Singh from Cheetepatti village under Dostpur police
station area in Sultanpur district. Arrested criminal
was wanted in four criminal cases under arms act.
27-YEAR-OLD SHOT DEAD BY RAPE
ACCUSED FOR HELPING VICTIM
UP STF ARRESTS NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL
CARRYING REWARD OF 25K ON HIS HEAD
MUKHTAR ANSARI FEARS FOR LIFE,SAYS
CONTRACT GIVEN TO KILL HIM IN JAIL
Barabanki: Jailed BSP MLA Mukhtar Ansari told a
court here Monday that a
contract of Rs 5 lakh was
given for his killing inside
the jail and unauthorised
people entered the prison
without register entry,
according to his lawyer.
Ansari, lodged in Banda jail, was produced virtually
before Maushmi Madhesi, judge, special court.
CRUCIAL READ
Classes from 9 to
12 start with
50% attendance
Manyparents
stillwarytosend
wardstoschools
(Clockwise) Students enter in queue after thermal scanning in
Lucknow, as schools from Classes 9 to 12 reopened across UP
after 4 months on Monday. A classroom with students attending
morning prayers. People at a vax centre at Civil Hospital, Lko.
UP VAXED 5 CR PPL WITH SINGLE DOSE
Samajwadi MP, others
forget national anthem
Meanwhile, Hasan took a dig at the BJP and
alleged they were trying to polarise people of
Hindu and Muslim communities, ahead of the
2022 polls. “It is not our job to polarise people.
Ask BJP why they are moving forward with such
agendas. Ask them why they are creating a tiff
between Hindus and Muslims,” he said.
HASAN TAKES DIG AT BJP
Three held for
extorting from
street vendors
Use of airstrips approved
for training by flying clubs
HALflieshighwithfirstMakeinIndiacivilaircraft
Police arrest man for killing his
two minor daughters in sleep
Lucknow: The UP
BJP said the youth
of UP will not back
any party or leader
who finds fault with
nationalism and
practises caste and
communal politics.
UPBJPvicepresi-
dent Pankaj Singh
made this assertion
whilereactingtofor-
mer CM Akhilesh
Yadav’s remarks in
whichhehadinsinu-
ated that the BJP
was out to divide so-
ciety by raking up
the past and under-
mining the ‘’Ganga-
Jamuni tehzeeb’’ of
the country
.
Singh, a BJP MLA
from Noida, was re-
spondingtoasugges-
tion that Yadav is a
youth icon and
young voters may
drift towards the Sa-
majwadi Party
.
‘UP youth
will reject
communal
parties’
Janardan Misra
Agra: In a conversation
with Jama Masjid Inta-
jamiya committee chair-
man,cityMuftiMaulana
Umer said that reciting
of national anthem ‘Jan
Gan Man..’ in Jama
Mosque was prohibited.
Muftisaidchairmanand
others who did that
should fear Allah for
their deeds.
UP Minority Commis-
sion chairman Ashfaq
Saifi had hoisted nation-
al flag in the mosque on
Independence Day fol-
lowing which national
anthem was sung. But
city mufti found it ‘pro-
hibited’ and said people
involved should fear
wrath of Allah.
SP Minority Com-
missionhascondemned
Mufti’s statement and
demanded his apology
in the matter while
Jama Mosque commit-
tee chairman Aslam
Qureshi demanded ac-
tion against the Mufti
under NSA after termi-
nating him from his
post.
Speaking with First
India Ashfaq Saifi said,
“He should apologise for
his statement. When the
whole country was cele-
brating Independence
festival Mufti showed
very condemnable be-
haviour.” He said audio
was viral on social me-
dia and action would be
recommended against
himif theaudioclipwas
authentic.
Mufti in soup over objection to national anthem, may face action
FUELLING CONTROVERSY

Mufti Maulana
Umer said
mosques were
for worship of
Allah only and
no other prayer
can be allowed
in mosques.
The flag hoisting ceremony being held at the mosque.
AGE-OLD PRACTICE
This aircraft could be
utilised by civil operators
and state governments for
their intra and inter-state
connectivity with seamless
support towards training
and maintenance
MULTIPLE USE
—PHOTOS
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR

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IN-DEPTH
Subramanian Swamy
@Swamy39
M.K.Stalin, I thought, would not
repeat his father’s mistakes on the
issue of Temples. MK got a snub from
Supreme Court in my Sabhanayagar
Natraj Temple case of 2014. In the
recent DMK meddling with Temple
priests postings, it has become
necessary for me to go to Court too.
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
Chaired a meeting of the National
Startup Advisory Council. Deliberated
with startup founders experts on
strengthening India’s startup ecosystem
by creating greater economic
opportunities leading to job creation
enabling an Aatmanirbhar Bharat.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Do not overlook tiny good
actions, thinking they are of no
benefit; even tiny drops of water
in the end will fill a huge vessel.
—Buddha
TOP TWEETS
INDIA LEFT WITH
FEW OPTIONS
AFTER THE
FALL OF KABUL
abul has fallen. Paki-
stanhascalledit“end
of slavery”. Russia
and China have
reached out to the
Taliban. The insurgents have
warned India against any mili-
tary intervention, though they
appreciatedNewDelhi’sdevelop-
mental efforts. For the US, the
fall of the Afghan capital with
such rapidity is reminiscent of
its defeat in Vietnam.
Officially
, no talks have taken
place between India and Taliban
so far. Some back channel talks
werereportedtohavebeenheldin
earlyJune.TheMinistryof Exter-
nal Affairs later stated that “we
are in touch with various stake-
holders…in pursuance of our
long-term commitment towards
development and reconstruction
of Afghanistan”. This suggests
that irrespective of its strategic
ties with the US, India won’t toe
Washington line on Afghanistan.
Having already invested in
the country’s development India
should now seek ways of con-
tinuing to help rebuild the coun-
try to avoid leaving the field
open for Pakistan and China.
For this New Delhi may require
the help of Qatar.
K
he Partition of In-
dia in 1947, which
led to the displace-
ment of over 1.5
million people
moving from India to the new-
ly created Pakistan and Hin-
dus and Sikhs fleeing to India
as refugees, was the saddest
eventinIndia’s,andworld,his-
tory
. The Prime Minister has
declaredAugust14tobeknown
as“PartitionHorrors’Remem-
branceDay”.TheUnionHome
Ministry promptly issued a
notification to make it official.
The horrors of Partition
were poignantly brought out
in Bhag Milkha Bhag, a biop-
ic made on the country’s ace
athlete Milkha Singh. Milkha
who died recently had lived to
tell the horrific tales of bru-
tality unleashed on his family
.
The ghastly incidents on both
sides of the border also
formed the theme of
Khushwant Singh’s famous
novel “Train to Pakistan”.
The prime minister said in
a tweet, “May #PartitionHor-
rorsRemembranceDay keep
reminding us of the need to
remove the poison of social
divisions, disharmony and
further strengthen the spirit
of oneness, social harmony
and human empowerment.”
The biggest charge against
the BJP is of spreading social
disharmony and patronising
communal elements. Lynch-
ing and harassment of Mus-
lims in the name of cow
slaughter and also for being
Muslims by fringe elements
has created fear in the minds
of minority community
. Re-
centHateslogansinDelhiand
the assault on a Muslim man
for not chanting Jai Shri Ram
inKanpurviolatethespiritof
prime minister’s speech.
The Opposition has appre-
hensions of the PM’s tweets
being used in UP and Punjab
elections to promote a com-
munal agenda. If that hap-
pens, it will be unfortunate
and thwart “oneness”.
PARTITION MEMORIES
TOO HORRIFIC TO FORGET
The biggest charge against
the BJP is of spreading
social disharmony and
patronising communal
elements. Lynching and
harassment of Muslims in
the name of cow slaughter
T
ith the Taliban’s occupation
of Kabul, the capital of the
war-ravaged country
, Islamic
Emirateof Afghanistan(IEA)
is now re-established with the
humiliating defeat and igno-
minious exit of US-led West-
ern forces after two-decade of
intensivemilitaryoperations.
The spin off this humiliat-
ing defeat of the US-led west-
ern powers might have world-
wide impact. It may not offi-
cially end the much-trumpet-
ed QUAD alliance, compris-
ing India, Australia, USA and
Japan, but it may become ir-
relevant in coming years.
However, Indian Foreign
Minister S. Jaishanker, still
considers QUAD, an alliance
where India and US interests
might be converging.
The Americans had con-
ducted intensive bombing of
the Taliban hideouts and Ka-
bul following the Afghan-
based terrorists, who had at-
tacked New York and other
key Pentagon, the defence
headquarters, on September
11, 2001. The bombing was
done following the refusal of
the then Taliban leadership
to handover terrorists to
America for trial. Earlier,
Taliban and other radical Is-
lamic terrorist groups were
liberally funded by America
and its allies through Paki-
stan to wage war against the
USSR’s occupation of Af-
ghanistan. After the Ameri-
can intervention, non-Tali-
ban leaders formed the gov-
ernment in the country,
mostly drawn by the North-
ern Alliance fighting against
the Taliban with the help of
India, China, Iran and Rus-
sia. In spite of the financial
and military support, the
American sponsored govern-
ment finally collapsed with
the Taliban occupying Kabul.
Biden cannot feign that he
did not get a detailed minute
by minute report about the
new strategy adopted by Tali-
ban, Pakistan and China. The
only Superpower, America,
was fully aware of the march
of Taliban through its high-
tech communication devices,
but it appears to be suffering
from an un-curable inertia.
While it is claimed that its
forces were returning follow-
ing the end of the terror cen-
tres in Afghanistan, a high-
level delegation of Afghan
political leadership including
Speaker Wolesi Jirga Mir Re-
hman Rehamni arrived in Is-
lamabad on Sunday
, August15
for negotiating pace. He was
accompanied by the erstwhile
governmentandpoliticallead-
ers such as Salah-ud-din Rab-
bani, Mohammad Yunus Qa-
nooni, Ustad Mohammad Ka-
rim Khalili and many others.
Meanwhile, Kabul’s inter-
national airport has been
closed to commercial flights
as an evacuation of Ameri-
can soldiers is continuing. It
has caused dismay among
thousands of people seeking
escape from the vindictive
Taliban rule.
The Taliban victory is ex-
pected to have worldwide im-
pact, despite American asser-
tion that its decision to with-
draw from Afghanistan is be-
ing done following its mission
to eliminate the terrorists fol-
lowingthe9-11attacksof 2001.
However, if it was true why it
took them 20 years to realize
thattheirmissionhasbeenac-
complished. It is being taken
as yet another excuse for the
American defeat. In fact, with
the Chinese blessings, the Tal-
iban’s victory strategy was fi-
nalized at the Pakistani GHQ.
There are reports that Chi-
na had ensured Iranian sup-
port for the Taliban occupa-
tion of Shia territories and
Herat; and thus a new formi-
dable troika-Pakistan, Iran
and China, has emerged en-
suring that the world’s only
Superpower, USA, caves into
the well-planned manoeu-
vring of dragons.
The exit of America from
Afghanistan is not only a final
retreat of two-decade of mili-
tary operations against the
“rogue regime” of the Taliban
ruling during 1996-2001, but it
has succumbed to the Jihadis;
thusbringingliberaldemocra-
cies under a most challenging
environment, including India.
India has already lost bil-
lions of dollars of invest-
ments in Afghanistan and
Iran, which would soon be
under the control of China
and Pakistan. The three-pow-
er nexus, China, Pakistan
and Iran would soon be adopt-
ing aggressive postures, if
not belligerence in the re-
gion. India being the front-
line state would face the
brunt of the Afghan develop-
ments. The Indian security
must be ready to face a new
wave of terrorists in Jammu-
Kashmir, and Chinese mili-
tary incursions on her nearly
3000 kilometres of borders
from the western Himalayas
to the north-eastern region.
It appears that during the
secret parleys with the Af-
ghan Taliban and Pakistan
National Security Adviser,
Moeed Yusuf, the American
exit plan was okayed. It is also
learnt that America’s special
envoy for the Afghan peace
process, Zalmay Khalilzad,
had ensured that its soldiers
leave Kabul without any casu-
alty
. An Afghan MP, Abdul
Qadir Zazai, who too reached
New Delhi on the evening of
August 15, perhaps it was the
lastcivilianflightfromKabul,
has accused Pakistan of con-
spiring with the Taliban. He
indicated that the unan-
nounced exit of President
Ashraf Ghani to Tajikistan
could be a part of the Khal-
ilzaddeal.JamilKarzai,aPar-
liament member and second
cousin of the former Afghan
president Hamid Karjai, has
similar observations. Abdul-
lah Abudullah, the chairman
of the Afghan Supreme Rec-
onciliation Council, who was
negotiating with the Taliban
is expected to be part of the
new coalition in Kabul. How-
ever, with their sudden entry
in Kabul, they would be domi-
nating the new coalition.
The Biden administration
has to evacuate American sol-
diers without any delay
. Both
China and Pakistan have en-
suredtheadministration’shu-
miliationbeforetheAmerican
people. For China, apart from
accessing three-trillion worth
of mining rights in the diffi-
cult terrains amidst the tortu-
ous mountain ranges and val-
leys of the war-ravaged coun-
try
, the decks are clear for the
BeltandRoadInitiativeacross
Central Asia and Europe. It
might substantially reduce its
dependenceuponsea-routesin
comingyears.Thus,QUADtoo
becomes irrelevant.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
BIDEN FINALLY
SUCCUMBS TO THE DRAGON
W
Biden cannot feign that he
did not get a detailed
minute by minute report
about the new strategy
adopted by Taliban,
Pakistan and China. The
only Superpower, America,
was fully aware of the
march of Taliban through
its high-tech communication
devices, but it appears
to be suffering from an
un-curable inertia
India has already lost
billions of dollars of
investments in
Afghanistan and Iran,
which would soon be
under the control of China
and Pakistan. The three-
power nexus, China,
Pakistan and Iran would
soon be adopting
aggressive postures, if not
belligerence in the region
GOPAL MISRA
The writer is accredited as a Journalist
of Long and distinguished service with the
Press Information Bureau of the Information
and Broadcasting Ministry
ISLAMIC EMIRATE OF
AFGHANISTAN IS NOW A
REALITY, TALIBAN IN KABUL

INDIA
06
PK AGRAWAL ASSUMES CHARGE AS
NEW HARYANA DIRECTOR-GENERAL
SIDHU APPOINTS PARGAT SINGH AS
PPCC GENERAL SECRETARY
Chandigarh: Haryana government on Monday
appointed Senior IPS officer Prashanta Kumar
Agrawal as the new
Director-General of
Police (DGP) of
Haryana. Chief
Minister Manohar Lal
Khattar congratulated
Agrawal on his
appointment.
Agrawal assumed charge as the new DGP from
the incumbent DGP Manoj Yadava at police
headquarters in Panchkula. Agrawal is a 1998
batch IPS officer. —ANI
Chandigarh: Punjab Pradesh Congress Com-
mittee chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has appointed
Jalandhar Cantt
MLA Pargat Singh
as Punjab Pradesh
Congress Committee
(PPCC) general sec-
retary (Organisation).
A circular issued by
Sidhu stated, “With the approval of Hon’ble Con-
gress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi, AICC General
Secretary (Organisation) Sh. K.C. Venugopal and
Punjab Congress in-charge Sh. Harish Rawat, I
hereby appoint S. Pargat Singh as PPCC General
Secretary (Organisation) with immediate effect.”
BSF NABS 4 BANGLADESHIS FOR
ILLEGALLY CROSSING BORDER
SC PULLS UP CENTRE OVER TRIBUNALS
REFORMS BILL, ASKS TO FILL VACAY SOON
PIL IN DELHI HC SEEKS BAN ON SEX-
SELECTIVE SURGERIES ON CHILDREN
SC DECLINES
RELIEF TO ANIL
SUNNY GUGLANI IS HEAD OF AIRBUS
HELICOPTERS FOR INDIA, SOUTH ASIA
New Delhi: The Border Security Force (BSF) caught
four Bangladeshis, including a pregnant woman,
while allegedly entering
illegally in the Indian
territory on August 15.
Later, the pregnant
woman with her
husband were handed
over to Border Guard
Bangladesh (BGB) as a humanity and goodwill ges-
ture, said the BSF on Monday. The four Bangladeshi
nationals have been identified as Kamal Biswas (40)
and his daughter Litu (18); Ganesh Rai (25) and his
wife Anjali Rai (19).
New Delhi: The SC on Monday expressed serious
distress with the Centre for
not making appointments
to various tribunals despite
recommendations made by
the Selection Committee
and also pulled shots of
questions on the Tribunals
Reforms Bill, which was passed by Parliament. The SC
granted 10 days’ time to make appointments.
New Delhi: A PIL was filed in the Delhi High Court
seeking to declare a ban
on medically unnecessary,
sex-selective surgeries
on intersex infants and
children except in cases of
life-threatening situations
in the national capital. The
public interest litigation was filed by Srishti Madurai
Educational Research Foundation.
New Delhi: SC of
India declined to
grant interim relief to
former Maharashtra
Home Minister Anil
Deshmukh who is
seeking protection
from ‘coercive action’
in a money launder-
ing case. “We are not
inclined to grant any
interim relief and let
the petitioner access
remedies in CrPC.”
New Delhi: Sunny Guglani is appointed as head
of Airbus Helicopters for India and South Asia by
the Global aerospace
firm Airbus. In a state-
ment, Airbus informed,
Guglani assumed charge
on Monday, August 16
and will be based in New
Delhi. The 37-year old
India’s head will be responsible for growing Airbus’
civil, parapublic, and defense helicopter business in
the region, including aftermarket services.
CRUCIAL READ
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: PM Naren-
dra Modi on Monday
urged India’s Olympi-
ans, who recently re-
turned from Tokyo, to
visit 75 schools each by
the 2023 Independence
Day and spread aware-
ness against malnutri-
tion also play a sport
with schoolchildren.
Noting that India is
observing “Amrit Ma-
hotsav”, a 75-week long
commemoration in the
run up to the 75th anni-
versary of its independ-
ence next year, Modi
made this appeal at an
over two-hour interac-
tion with the players at
his residence where he
had hosted them for
breakfast.
Olympic gold medal-
list Neeraj Chopra gift-
ed his javelin to Modi,
bronze medallist P V
Sindhu her badminton
racquet and Lovlina
Borgohain her boxing
gloves.
All medal-winners
also gifted autographed
stoles to the prime
minister. —PTI
PM Modi urges Olympic athletes to
visit 75 schools each by 2023 I-Day
Olympics Contingent were felicitated for their stellar show at his residence
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting the Members of the Indian Contingent to Tokyo2020 Olympics, in New Delhi on Monday. —Photo by ANI
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
congratulated the Indian
contingent at the World
Archery Youth Cham-
pionships in Wroclaw,
Poland after the team
won 15 medals includ-
ing 8 gold medals. The
Indian contingent won
8 gold, two silver, and
five bronze medals. The
Prime Minister also
hoped that the World
Youth Championships’
success inspires more
youngsters to pursue
archery and excel in it.
New Delhi: PM Modi
will interact with the
Indian para-athlete
contingent for Tokyo
2020 Paralympic Games
on Tuesday at 11 am
via video conferencing,
according to an official
statement. According
to the Ministry of Youth
Affairs and Sports,
as many as 54 para-
athletes from across
nine sports disciplines
will be heading to Tokyo
to represent the nation.
This is India’s biggest-
ever contingent, it said.
MODI CONGRATULATE ARCHERS AFTER
THEY BAG 15 MEDALS IN CHAMPIONSHIP
PM TO INTERACT WITH CONTINGENT
FOR PARALYMPIC GAMES TODAY
Youth World Championships
posing for shutterbugs
PM presented
autographed
hockey
New Delhi: The Indian
Men’s Hockey team,
that went to the Olym-
pics, on Monday pre-
sented an autographed
hockey to Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi
when he hosted the In-
dian athletes at his resi-
dence on Monday
.
The Indian Tokyo
Olympics contingent on
Monday went to 7, Lok
Kalyan Marg, the offi-
cial residence of Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi to have breakfast
with him.
PM also interacted
with the Indian wres-
tling team that went to
the Olympics. —ANI
Modi with the Indian wrestling
team.
Use of force by
marshals in RS is
indirect attak on MPs
Mumbai: NCP chief
Sharad Pawar on Mon-
day claimed the use of
force by marshals dur-
ing a ruckus in the RS
last week was an “indi-
rect attack on parlia-
mentarians”, and if
seven Union ministers
come together before
media to justify the gov-
ernment, it shows they
are on a “weak wicket”.
Addressing a press
conference here, the RS
member said in his 54
years of parliamentary
life, he had never seen
40 marshals entering
the House during the
session.
Pawar further said a
probe was needed into
the allegations that
“outsiders” entered the
House when it was in
session. He also said
any Congress leader
from among Abhishek
Manu Singhvi, P Chid-
ambaram and Kapil
Sibal should be part of
a parliamentary com-
mittee on the Pegasus
snooping issue.
“As many as 40 mar-
shals were called who
physically pushed the
MPs, which included
two women. Many
rushed to help them.
The marshals used
force which was an in-
direct attack on the par-
liamentarians,” said
Pawar, whose party
shares power with the
Shiv Sena and Congress
in Maharashtra.
He said Sanjay Raut
was physically lifted.
—PTI
Sharad Pawar addresses the press conference. —PHOTO BY ANI
Govt ‘bleeding’ to pay
UPA’s oil bonds: FM
New Delhi: Central
government is “bleed-
ing” to pay the Oil
bonds of Rs 1.44 lakh
crore floated by the
United Progressive Alli-
ance (UPA) govt in 2012,
Union Finance Minis-
ter Nirmala Sithara-
man said on Monday
.
Speaking on the rise
in fuel prices, she said,
“UPA government had
reduced fuel prices by
issuing oil bonds of Rs
1.44 lakh crore. I can’t
go by the trickery that
was played by previous
UPA government. Due
to oil bonds, the burden
has come to our govern-
ment. We are bleeding
to pay the oil bonds of
Rs 1.44 lakh crore of
UPA government.
The minister said
people are right to be
concerned about the
rising fuel prices but
the exchequer is bur-
dened by interest pay-
ments being made for
oil bonds floated by the
UPA government. —ANI
PAYING TRIBUTE
Ram Nath Kovind, Venkaiah Naidu, PM Modi and JP Nadda, after paying tributes to former
PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his death anniversary. —PHOTO BY ANI
Pegasus row: SC says can’t compel
‘reluctant’ govt to file detailed affidavit
New Delhi: The SC on
Monday said it cannot
compel the “reluctant”
Centre to file a detailed
affidavit on petitions
seeking to know if
Pegasus spyware was
used to snoop on
certain citizens and
steps it took to probe
the allegations.
The Centre, while de-
nying all claims linked
to recent reports that
the Israeli Pegasus spy-
ware was used to target
opposition leaders,
journalists and others,
informed the apex court
that a group of experts
will be investigating
into all such claims.
In a two-page affida-
vit filed by the Addi-
tional Secretary, Minis-
try of Electronics and
Information Technolo-
gy, the Centre stated:
“To dispel any wrong
narrative spread by
vested interests, we will
constitute a committee
of experts in the field
which will go in to all
aspects of the issue.”
Plea asked
whether the spy-
ware was used to
snoop on citizens
NSUI supporters hold placards during a protest against the Government.
Former Cong MP Sushmita
Dev quits party, joins TMC
Nadda,Tripura CM discuss Cabinet
reshuffle strengthening org
Kolkata: Soon after
submitting her resigna-
tion from Congress, for-
mer party MP Sushmita
Dev on Monday joined
Trinamool Congress
(TMC) in West Bengal.
She was inducted to the
party in the presence of
TMC leaders and MPs
Abhishek Banerjee and
Derek O’Brien. A few
hours ago, Dev arrived
at the state secretariat,
Nabanna.
Before this, Dev held
a meeting with Baner-
jee at his office located
in Camac Street in Kol-
kata. The former Con-
gress MP on Sunday
wrote a letter to party
interim President
Sonia Gandhi about her
resignation from the
primary membership
of the party
.
Sushmita Dev in her
letter wrote that she
will cherish the long as-
sociation with the party
.
Sushmita Dev joins TMC in
the presence Abhishek.
SONIA RECEIVED
NO LETTER FROM
DEV: SURJEWALA
New Delhi: The
Bharatiya Janata Party
has decided to put its
house in order in Tripu-
ra. The Biplab Deb gov-
ernment and party's
state unit is expected to
accommodate new faces
in an expansion soon.
The move comes after
Tripura Chief Minister
Biplab Deb met BJP Na-
tional President JP Na-
dda last week in the na-
tional capital.
According to sources,
during the meeting,
Nadda had asked Deb
to concentrate on
strengthening the party
in the state and not cede
space to the opposition.
However, everything
is decided when
elections come. For six
months, all focus is to
have better coordina-
tion and strengthening
the organisation in the
state, source close to
Deb said. —ANI
JP Nadda and Biplab Deb in talks
PM Modi with flag bearer for
the Paralympics- Mariyappan

CONSTABLE
TAKES BRIBE
BUT DOESN’T
RELEASE
GAMBLER
The Corruption shows its head
again in UP as a constable in
Thakurganj police station allegedly
took a bribe of Rs. 13,000 to
release a gambler but didn’t do so
even after the bribe. On Sunday
night, four gamblers were caught
by the police while gambling in the
Ring Road outpost area of
Thakurganj police station and
recovered Rs. 90K from the spot.
Among the accused, there was
one Rashid, whose family had
reached the station to have him
released. Rashid’s brother Riyaz
stated that in the presence of an
inspector at the police station
some personnel had requested a
bribe of Rs. 25,000 to release
Rashid. Riyaz told the personnel
that he did not have Rs. 25,000
and began leaving from the station
when he was approached by
constable Narayan who told him to
give him Rs. 15,000 and he would
get his brother freed. After a bit of
negotiation, Riyaz paid the
constable Rs. 13,000 after which
he reached the police station to
pick up his brother, but the police
did not release Rashid. Riyaz
though stayed near the police
station before being told that his
brother was being fined and will
be released only after signing a
bond. On this, when Riyaz asked
for his money back, he was
threatened sent away. Sunil
Dubey, Inspector Thakurganj has
since said that the constable has
been removed from the police
station he has been attached to
the police line with immediate
effect. —First India Bureau
BJP MLA TAKES
OUT TIRANGA
YATRA, GIVES
FREE PETROL
BOTTLES
On the 75th Independence Day of
the country, BJP MLA from
Sanjay Gupta took out the Tiranga
Yatra and distributed free petrol
bottles in order to mobilize the
crowd which resulted in people
snatching and stampede in the
college premised. Even though there
was police present, but not much
could be done to control the crowd.
A video of the incident has also been
leaked and since then BJP MLA has
not been reachable for comments.
Sanjay Kumar Gupta, MLA of Chail
Vidhan Sabha constituency always
hogs the limelight some or the other
way. Following the news of free
petrol, Hundreds of people gathered
in the MLA’s college to get petrol
and soon after people went out of
control causing a stampede like
situation. The BJP MLA had been
preparing the Tiranga Yatra months
in advance on the occasion of
Independence Day, 40 km long
journey started from Kidzee College
campus located in Bharwari town at
around 3 pm. BJP MLA left no stone
unturned to create excitement in the
tricolor yatra with many dignitaries
joining the rally. SDM Chail Jyoti
Maurya said that he was not aware
of the distribution of petrol to
mobilize the crowd added that if
the incident is true, action will be
taken against the people involved.
—First India Bureau
NEWS
07
UPSPEAKERSEEKSOPPN’SHELP
FORSMOOTHASSEMBLYSESSIONS
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh Speaker
Hridary Narain Dixit
on Monday asked all op-
position parties to help
the state assembly func-
tion smoothly during its
upcoming session. Ad-
dressing an all-party
meet here, the speaker
said, “Arguments with
facts could help in find-
ing solutions to the peo-
ple’s problems. Accord-
ingly, I request all par-
ties to help the assembly
function smoothly dur-
ing the session starting
from Tuesday,” he said.
He added that the House
proceedings will be con-
ducted in accordance
with the Covid protocol.
Assuring the speaker
of the ruling party’s full
support, CM Yogi Adity-
anath said the Covid
pandemic is under con-
trol in the state and the
speed of its spread too
has now become stable.
“Following parliamen-
tary traditions, the gov-
ernment will seriously
discuss different issues
raised by the opposi-
tion,” the CM said, add-
ing the government will
take benefit of the op-
position and utilise
their experience in ad-
dressing the issues of
public interest. He also
expected the Opposi-
tion’s help the House in
conducting its proceed-
ing smoothly. “Serious
discussions maintain-
ing the dignity of the
House enhances confi-
dence of people in de-
mocracy,” the CM said.
Parliamentary Affairs
Minister Suresh Kumar
Khanna said by ensur-
ing smooth proceedings
of the House, all get an
opportunity to learn
and for this, the support
of the opposition par-
ties is necessary. The
meeting was attended,
among others, by Sama-
jwadi Party’s Narendra
Singh Verma, BSP’s
Shah Alam alias Guddu
Jamali, Congress legis-
lative party leader
Aradhana Mishra and
Suhel Dev Bhartiya Sa-
maj Party leader Om
Prakash Rajbhar.
269 UP prisoners
meet their family in
jail after 16 months
Biker gangs spread
robbery terror in UP
5 killed in accident while
returning from Govardhan
First India Bureau
Mathura: Five devo-
tees of Rajasthan who
came for Parikrama in
Mathura’s Govardhan
lost their lives in a road
accident that took place
near Kathumar in
Bharatpur, Rajasthan.
The car of the devotees
got out of control and
collided with a trolley
claiming lives of 5 peo-
ple including women
children while 3 people
were injured. On Sun-
day, 8 people from the
same family living in
Malakheda, Rajasthan
had come to Govardhan
to perform Parikrama.
They were returning
home the next morning
when their car collided
with a trolley
. Virendra
Singh, Poonam, Suren-
dra Singh, Ankit, Shi-
vani, residents of Ja-
malpur village of
Malakheda, died in the
accident. The Police
have taken the trolley
its driver into custody
.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The
morning after Inde-
pendence Day was a
relief for the prison-
ers lodged in differ-
ent jails of UP. The
ban on meeting for
the last 16 months
was lifted after the
Corona cases de-
clined. Covid Help
Desk has also been
activated. A total of
269 people in 23 jails
met their loved ones
in jails. The people
who reached the jails
in Kasganj, Lalitpur,
Hamirpur, Sid-
dharthnagar, Kaush-
ambi, Fatehpur etc.
did not bring the RT-
PCR report so they
were allowed to talk
to their loved ones
via intercoms were
instructed to bring
RTPCR report the
next time. Relatives
arriving to meet
prisoners will have
to bring negative RT-
PCR report conduct-
ed within 72 hours.
Complete sanitiza-
tion of people arriv-
ing to meet prisoners
was done at entry
gate after the meet-
ing, the prisoners
were also taken for
sanitizing process.
First India Bureau
Mathura: Uttar
Pradesh on Monday
in a span of 9 hours
reported 3 major rob-
beries in 3 different
districts of the state.
In Mathura, 4 bike
borne miscreants
looted cash worth Rs.
1,05,00,000 lakh from
a silver businessman
under broad day-
light.
Businessman An-
kit Agrawal was on
his way to the SBI
branch where mis-
creants riding bikes
stopped threatened
Ankit to give the bag.
Ankit dropped the
bag miscreants
then took the bag and
fled from the area
where the nearest
Bahadur police post
station was just 50
meters away. Anoth-
er incident reported
in the district of Ali-
garh where 2 bike-
borne miscreants
robbed Rs 1.68 lakh
from the distributor
of Jio company near
a park located in
Mansarovar Colony
.
Meanwhile, in
Gorakhpur on Mon-
day afternoon, mis-
creants robbed Rs.
5.28 lakh from CMS
company employee.
The employee who
was on his way to de-
posit the money in
the bank was way-
laid by 3 miscreants,
who then threw chil-
li powder in the vic-
tim’s eyes fled
with the money.
—FILE PHOTO
—REPRESENTATIONAL
PHOTO
PARL TRADITIONS
Sawan:LakhsofdevoteestakeholydipinSaryu
First India Bureau
Ayodhya: On the last
Monday of Sawan in
Ayodhya, despite all re-
strictions, a crowd of 1
lakh devotees bathed in
the holy Saryu and per-
formed abhishek in
Nageshwarnath tem-
ple. Kotwali in-charge
Ashok Kumar Singh
told that despite ban,
the devotees were not
obeying are reaching
through other routes.
It may be mentioned
that the entry of devo-
tees in Ayodhya with-
out RTPCR test and
mask has been banned
since Maniparvat fair
on August 11. On the
night of August 10 and
11, devotees were evacu-
ated from Ayodhya. The
fair will go on till
SawanPurnima.
Meanwhile, despite
restrictions, Ramnagari
was abuzz with devo-
tees. A queue of devo-
tees was witnessed to
see Ramlala in Ayodhya
besides similar scene
was witnessed for dar-
shan in Hanumangarhi.
Shiva devotees visited
the temples to get the
blessings of Lord Shiva
in this rare coincidence
and performed Jalab-
hishek. There is also a
crowd of devotees in the
temples of Kshiresh-
warnath and Koteshwar
Mahadev. On this day,
after bathing in the holy
river Saryu, Shiva is
anointedwithSaryuwa-
ter. Shiva devotees also
bathed at Saryu ghat.
According to sources,
the accident occured
as Surendra, who
was driving the car
fell asleep
Women of Muslim Mahila Foundation
in Varanasi protest against Taliban
First India Bureau
Varanasi: On Monday,
women associated with
Muslim Mahila Foun-
dation of Varanasi,
cameoutopenlyagainst
the Taliban govern-
ment in Afghanistan, in
the parliamentary con-
stituency of Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi.
Women of Muslim
Mahila Foundation led
by Nazneen Ansari
burnt an effigy of Tali-
ban in front of Subhash
Bhawan. National presi-
dent of the foundation
Nazneen Ansari has ap-
pealed to women all
over the world to raise
their voices to save Af-
ghan women from Tali-
ban cruelty. She said
Taliban had exceeded
the limits of cruelty is
lashing out at Afghan
women. If women do
not unite today
, all wom-
en in Afghanistan will
be made slaves of Tali-
ban. She also said Tali-
ban is a threat to women
all over the world.
Purvanchal in-charge
of Muslim Rashtriya
Manch Mohd Azharud-
din said that it is time to
save Afghan daughters
sisters at any cost.
The brutality of Tali-
ban will bring disrepute
to Islam all over the
world. Therefore the
governments and citi-
zens of all the countries
of the world should boy-
cott the Taliban and
their supporters. Citi-
zens of different coun-
triesof theworldshould
demand from their gov-
ernments to take action
against Taliban as it
was a blot on humanity
.
Devotees arrive to take a holy dip in the Ganga river on the last
Monday of Sawan, in Prayagraj on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Uttar Pradesh Assembly. —FILE PHOTO
Muslim Mahila Foundation burn effigy of Taliban.

08
2NDFRONT
IN MEMORIAM
Members of BJP Yuva Morcha takes out a foot march “Yuva Sankalp Yatra” on the occasion of
death anniversary of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Lucknow on Monday.
SP allies spread out to enhance
people connect to corner BJP
HCseeksreplyinPILseeking
banononlinegamblingsites
Final Draft: No government job if more than 2 children
First India Bureau
Gorakhpur: The Ut-
tar Pradesh State Law
Commission on Mon-
day handed over the
draft of the 260-page
population control law
to the Yogi govern-
ment. The draft, which
was prepared by the
chairman of the com-
mission, Justice Adi-
tyanath Mittal is be-
ing expected to be pre-
sented in the monsoon
session. The draft if
changed into law will
end the hopes of gov-
ernment jobs for peo-
ple who have than 2
children in the state
and benefits of 77 gov-
ernment schemes will
also be not available to
them.
The proposal which
was not prepared on
any government order
but by the commission
itself has prepared it
and it has proposed
that in the case of hav-
ing more than two
children, people will
be barred from apply-
ing for government
jobs to contesting lo-
cal body elections. A
provision has also
been included in this
proposal to deprive
citizens who violate
the law from 77 gov-
ernment schemes and
grants. The draft has
been categorized into
57 categories with all
valid proposals and
their legal position
clarified in it.
For example, the
state government can-
not make a law to pre-
vent two more chil-
dren from contesting
elections to become
MLA and MP as this
power rests with the
central government.
The Bill which will be
known as Uttar
Pradesh Population
(population control,
stability and well-be-
ing) ACT 2021 will ap-
ply to men over 21
years old women
over 18 years. Before
finalizing the draft,
the commission had
taken suggestions
and objections on its
website with it receiv-
ing over 8500 sugges-
tions and objections
till 19th July. The
Commission after
considering these
suggestions and ob-
jections has finalized
the draft of the Bill.
As per the current
draft of the law, this
bill will come into
force after one year
from the date of pub-
lication in the Offi-
cial Gazette.
In case of more than
one marriage, each
couple shall be count-
ed as one married cou-
ple for the purpose of
knowing the exact
number of children.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Warming up
tothe2022assemblyelec-
tions, two political allies
of the Samajwadi Party
on Monday launched
two separate poll cam-
paign tours in the state.
While Janvadi Party
(Socialist) kicked off its
‘Jan Kranti Yatra’ from
Ballia, the Mahan Dal
launched its ‘Janaakro-
sh Yatra’ from Bilaspur
in Pilibhit.
Both political cam-
paign tours were flagged
off by the state’s senior
SP leaders, the Janvadi
party’s one by Leader of
Opposition Ram Govind
Chaudhary in the UP as-
sembly and the Mahan
Dal’sonebySP’sUPunit
president Naresh Uttam
Patel.
The two tours
will culminate
respectively in
AyodhyaandEt-
awah on August
31 and August 27.
The Janvadi Party
( S o c i a l i s t )
launcheditscam-
paign with the
“BJP Ha-
t a o - P r a d e s h
Bachao” motto,
with Chaudhary
along with the party’s
founder Sanjay Singh
Chauhan.Whileflagging
off the yatra, Chauhan
said the tour is aimed at
making people aware of
the BJP governments’
anti-people policies.
He said the objective
of the yatra is to install
the Akhilesh Yadav-led
Samajwadi Party gov-
ernment in UP
.
Drawing the political
significance of August
forstartingthepollcam-
paign tours, Chaudhary
said it was in the same
month that Mahatma
Gandhi had given the
Quit India call to the
British. Chaudhary ac-
cused goverment of be-
ing “neck-deep in cor-
ruption”. “They want to
misguide people and di-
vide society
. They have
nothingtodowithdevel-
opment. Owing to his
government’s wrong
policies,societyisfacing
multi-faceted problems.
We will expose BJP’s
failure through yatras”
he said.
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The Alla-
habad High Court on
Monday directed the
central government and
state government to file
a reply in a PIL seeking
ban on online gambling
sites.
The court further is-
sued notices to officials
of such websites al-
legedly owned by Chi-
nese nationals and in-
volved in online gam-
bling and duping mon-
ey from innocent pub-
lic. The bench compris-
ing acting chief justice
Munishwar Nath Bhan-
dari and justice Rajen-
dra Kumar passed the
order.
According to Peti-
tioner, large number of
such websites are oper-
ating in India which of-
fer gambling games like
colour predicting game
wherein the player has
to place a certain
amount of bet and
guess the outcome of
the colour before the
declaration of the re-
sult by the website.
It was alleged in the
petition that first such
websites let players win
easily but when players
in large numbers start
putting larger bets, web-
site owners start manip-
ulating the results,
thereby ultimately most
of the players lose in the
gamewhilewebsiteown-
ers illegally gain.
Advocate Shashank
Shri Tripathi appearing
for the Petitioner ar-
gued, “These websites
also deduct huge
amounts of money from
winners in the name of
tax on gambling claim-
ing that the same will be
paid to the govern-
ment.”
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Former
Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Mayawati
slammed BJP for
playing “dirty poli-
tics” after it accused
BSP of organising
caste-based meetings
insteadof supporting
the flood relief work.
She was reacting to
BJP Uttar Pradesh’s
Twitter post on Au-
gust 14 wherein SP
and BSP were ac-
cused of being “hun-
gry for power” at a
juncture when CM
Yogi Adityanath is
busy extending help
to the flood-affected
areas.
Addressing a press
briefing on Monday,
the BSP supremo
dubbed this post as
“shameful and con-
d e m n a b l e ” .
Hitting back at the
saffron party, May-
awati said, “BJP min-
isters themselves are
taking out ‘Jan Aas-
hirvaad Yatra’ in the
state. Why is it hap-
pening? They should
know that people in
BSP were one of the
first to step forward
to help people during
Covid. They have
been helping flood-af-
fected people too”.
On this occasion,
she opined that this
controversy will ad-
versely impact BJP
in the upcoming Ut-
tar Pradesh Assem-
bly polls. Contending
that the ground be-
neath BJP is slipping
away, Mayawati af-
firmedthattherecan-
not be different pa-
rameters for the for-
mer and BSP. The
saffron party’s post
wasperceivedasadig
at the ‘Brahmin Sam-
melans’ hosted by
BSP
.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Rash-
triya Swayamsevak
Sangh (RSS) has taken
over the reins to form
the BJP government
again under the leader-
ship of Yogi Adityanath
in Uttar Pradesh by in-
creasing activism in
the state.
On Monday, the lead-
ers of the Sangh held a
meeting with Chief
Minister Yogi Aditya-
nath and other big lead-
ers. The meeting was
attended by both the
Deputy CM Keshav
Prasad Maurya and Dr
Dinesh Sharma, other
ministers in the govern-
ment including minis-
ters like Brijesh Pathak,
Swami Prasad Maurya,
Anil Rajbhar, Upendra
Tiwari and Neelkanth
Tiwari, etc.
The leaders of the
Sangh met all ministers
and took their opinion
about the affairs of the
state. This comes just
few days after Dat-
tatreya Hosabole as well
as other senior leaders
of the organization vis-
ited Lucknow and met
CM Yogi, Deputy CM
Keshav Maurya and Dr.
Dinesh Sharma as well
as many senior minis-
ters to know their opin-
ion. The BJP has this
year around set a target
of winning more than
325 seats in the assem-
bly elections in the state
with Chief Minister
Yogi claiming that none
can stop the formation
of BJP government in
UP again.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Mayor Pra-
mila Pandey on the oc-
casion of Independence
Day on Monday inspect-
ed various places in the
city and began a cam-
paign for 75 beautifica-
tion works of the city in
75 days’ time.
The mayor after of-
fering her prayers to
Gau-Mata inspected
the slum located near
Sharsaiya Ghat. She re-
warded Ramesh for be-
ing the best cleaning
worker of Ward-78. Mu-
nicipal Commissioner
Shivshanrappa GN,
Councilor, Yashpal
Singh and Additional
Municipal Commis-
sioner, Arvind Kumar
Rai were present.
Janvadi Party, Mahan Dal launch yatras to install Akhilesh Yadav led SP govt in UP
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BSP supremo Mayawati
COMMITTED TO
BUILD NEW UP
‘NO CANCELLATION
OF SELECTION’
IN THE COURTYARD
Beautification
work begins
in Lucknow
Maya slams BJP for
playing ‘dirty politics’
Sanghholdsmeet
withCM,leaders
First India Bureau
Lucknow: While the na-
tion immersed into cele-
brating the 75 years of
Independence, an IAS
officer has become fa-
mous for all the wrong
reasons that may land
him in soup.
The officer, in a viral
video, is seen hoisting
national flag upside
down garnering huge
criticism from the coun-
trymen. A video of the
district magistrate of
Auraiya hoisting the na-
tional flag upside down
went viral on Sunday
,
but the officer claimed it
happened during a trial.
In the video clip, District
Magistrate Sunil Kumar
Vermacanbeseenhoist-
ing the flag wrongly as
people sing the national
anthem. Verma said,
“Wewereconductingthe
trial of flag hoisting
when it was hoisted up-
side down, but its video
and photograph went
viral. He alleged that the
local media deliberately
spread photographs and
video of the flag. “It was
a deliberate mischief,”
he said. “My fault was
that I was undertaking
the trial. If anybody else
had done the trial, it
would not have become
an issue,” he added.
While the officer’s stern
attitudemaynotgodown
too well with the bosses,
sources have said there
maybeanactionagainst
him if found guilty
.
Transfers in Home
Guard Dept
Five District Com-
mandant-Home Guards
were transferred on
Monday. Shyam Jeet
Shahi has been made
District Commandant
Aligarh, Neeraj Kumar
Sharma sent to Kushi-
nagar, Hari Shankar
Chaudhary moved to
the post of District
Commandant Hamir-
pur, Shailja N Singh is
now Junior Staff Offic-
er Home Guard Head-
quarters Lucknow and
Vinod Kumar was made
District Commandant
Mirzapur.
Auraiya DM hoists flag upside down, garners criticism
WHAT A SHAME!
Munishwar Nath Bhandari
There is a similarity between ‘a
mother’ and ‘a nation,’ both are
loved not for their beauty and
grandeur but simply because they ‘are.’
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
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As Elite Miss Rajasthan announces it’sseason 8, it also launched the coveted
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he launch ceremony
of Elite Miss Ra-
jasthan season 8
Trophy, Crown
Sash was held on
Saturday, August 14
at RASA Lounge,
Bani Park.
Jagdeesh Chandra
launched the Trophy,
Crown and Sash on the
occasion. While address-
ing the gathering he ex-
pressed that Elite pro-
duces the best beauty
talent in Rajasthan
and provides success-
ful careers to hun-
dreds of models. He
also congratulated
Gaurav Gaur and
team Elite for their
successfuljourneyof
8 years.
Founder Director
Gaurav Gaur said
Elite Miss Rajasthan
2021 provides a plat-
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in the field of modelling
andglamour,Rajasthan’s
renownedandsuccessful
beauty pageant Elite
Miss Rajasthan 2021 is
now in its eighth season.
During this, the direc-
tors of the JD Mahesh-
wari, Ajit Soni and Dr
Maulik Shah were present.
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Miss Rajasthan owner of
Shahapura house Didvijay
Shaspura, Muniraj Naidu
from Bangalore, Gau-
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Sharma from God-
father and more than
30 models of Elite Miss
Rajasthan graced the oc-
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Giving more details about
the program director of the
pageant Dr Maulik Shah
thanked Jagdeesh Chandra
and First India for their sup-
port extended Elite Miss Ra-
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being the most successful
beauty pageant of Rajasthan
and added that the winners
of Elite Miss Rajasthan are
waving their success all over
the country today
. This year
more than 1500 contestants
have registered to partici-
pate in the show. Given the
covid, Gaurav Gaur added
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Akanksha Bhalla
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Radhika Choudhary (R)
Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Surbhi, Jyoti, Swati, Rubel, Akanksha, Gaurav Gaur,
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BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO

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KATE SHARMA, Actor
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Your own happiness is in
your hands today. Your
performance at work will be
commendable. Spouse may
need her space, respect that. This is a
favourable day for completing
pending jobs. Financially, no
problems are foreseen. It is best to
avoid outside food.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Good luck promises to
brighten your day. Some
positive changes can be
expected on the home
front. This seems a good day for job
seekers. New avenues for earning
open up as you get more determined.
Fitness through extra efforts is
assured for the deskbound.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
A business trip is indicated
and will achieve much.
Your strategy to promote
yourself on the
professional front will bear fruits.
Speed up things on the academic
front. On the social front, the day
finds you in your element. Something
special awaits you on romantic front.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
A celebration can find you in
your element today. Praise
and honour are likely to
greet you in something that
you have managed to achieve. You will
be a pillar of strength to a friend or
associate. A good day at work is
foreseen as you make your mark in
front of those who matter.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Your reputation is likely to
boost your image on the
social front. On the work
front, you will manage to
keep your superiors in good humour.
This is an excellent day to spend time
with family.Good planning will see
you complete a task at work in
record time.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
You are set to enjoy a great
time in a family get-together.
Remaining on the good side
of those who matter on the
academic front will help you achieve
much. Good tidings of your well
wishers will keep you going on the
professional front. A family elder may
look up to you for guidance.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Great opportunities may
knock at your door.
Professionals will be able
to give their best in a new
situation. Financially, this day may
prove lucky for you, so go ask for the
raise that is keeping you on
tenterhooks. Don’t take any chances
with your health today.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Some favourable
developments on the social
front are foreseen. Buying
new furniture or a major
appliance is possible. With good
networking, a prized posting can be
yours .Those trying to get back their
money will succeed. A healthy phase
of life begins for some.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Your desire for exciting
time on social front can be
fulfilled today. Those
looking to buy a house can
get good bargain. Appreciation is in
store for some homemakers. A
professional victory is yours if you
play your cards well. Those in
business can maintain good earning.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You may organisesome-
thing on social front. You
may need to put your ideas
into action to prove
yourself. A party may be thrown in
your honour at work. Your good
performance can be noticed by
higher ups. Past investments start
giving good returns.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
A new deal is likely to
come through and give you
a taste of success. Those
fond of travelling may get
their chance soon. This is the time
when you enjoy yourself with a new
group of friends or colleagues. A
change of job is likely to give you
better salary and perks.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Your professionalism in
handling problem areas
will be appreciated. Tenant
troubles are foreseen for
some house owners. You will find
family life fulfilling. A senior may put
in a good word for you to the higher
ups. Financially, you will be able to
consolidate your position.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
A LOOK INTO DARKNESS
A LOOK INTO DARKNESS
r James Par-
kinson was a
British physi-
cian with an
interest in
n e u r o l o g y
which was a
nascent science during
his times. In 1817, he
published a path-
breaking article titled
‘Essay on, Shaking
Palsy’. His description
of the disease was so
vivid and full of in-
sight that it has never
been surpassed to date
despite great advance-
ments in diagnostics
and computing. What
he observed and con-
cluded was all based on
clinical sharpness,
common sense and
logic-based judgement.
Such physicians are
now an extinct species.
The Shaking Palsy was
named after him and
today, we know it as
Parkinson’s or Parkin-
sonism or Parkinson’s
Disease. The disease
was also noticed before
him but was vaguely
understood. Later on,
Dr Charcot of Paris
also did some pioneer-
ing work in this field.
In the 19th century, the
disease was noted only
in people after 50 years
of age but it started to
appear at a younger
age as the industrial
revolution started tak-
ing place during the
early 20th century and
at present, between 2 to
4 per cent of people
above 65 years in age
are at the risk of get-
ting Parkinson’s and
younger people, in-
cluding teenagers, are
also being diagnosed
albeit uncommonly.
The underlying cause
in most cases still re-
mains unknown and
these cases are called
idiopathic, such cases
comprising almost
half the patients. In
the USA, almost 50 per
cent patients of with
Parkinson’s got the
disease by long term
consumption of ‘major
tranquillizers’. The
main symptoms which
occur in all the pa-
tients are disorders of
movements and ‘push’.
Other major symp-
toms, in most patients,
are tremors and shak-
ing but they are not es-
sential.
There was a min-
imum insight for Par-
kinson’s till the emer-
gence of EEG which
allowed direct access
to various electric ac-
tivities of the brain
and also provided an
opportunity to under-
stand what goes on in-
side the brain. In Par-
kinson’s disease, peo-
ple might go into a
trance like situation
and then revert to the
same level of frantic
activity. EEG
during a “
t r a n c e
like” epi-
s o d e
s h o w s
v e r y
slow, ir-
regular
a n d
formless
t r a c i n g s
of the brain
activities. It ap-
pears as though the
brain has gone into a
stupor. When the pa-
tient is called back to
life, EEG responds ac-
tively. well-organised,
regular tracings as
though in a rhythm. It
is a tragedy of im-
mense proportion for
the patient and family
that this activity is
again reduced and
EEG again shows
gross inactivity.
Then came a drug
that changed the over-
all picture. The drug
was L- Dopa which is
still the main line of
treatment and it sus-
tains the ‘awakening’
state of disease. Unfor-
tunately, not every pa-
tient tolerates L-Dopa
and some people tak-
ing it walk on the
tightrope of health
with the abyss of stu-
por on one side and
that of frenzy on an-
other side as L-Dopa
may induce uncon-
trolled hyperactivity
in these patients creat-
ing a psychological
hell. Another interest-
ing observation is the
role of music in man-
aging this disease. Mu-
sic, most of the time,
awaken the patients
and keeps them cheer-
ful and lively but they
fall back to a frozen
state once the music is
stopped. But hope is
born - can music pre-
vent the onset of this
debilitating ailment!
In modern times, mu-
sic costs nothing so, no
harm in going for it.
A very strange
incident happened in
California, UAS dur-
ing 1982. Several young
people became ‘frozen’
overnight, GPs diag-
nosed them as ‘hyste-
ria’ or ‘catatonic schiz-
ophrenia’. But neuro
physicians later diag-
nosed them as cases of
Parkinson’s of some
‘mysterious’ origin.
This was an unprece-
dented incident in
which a few teenagers
were also affected. But
one of the doctors nev-
er believed in mystery
and did some detective
work. It was found af-
ter these investiga-
tions that all of these
persons consumed a
synthetic form of opi-
um and a compound
called MPTP was re-
sponsible for causing
damage to a specific
area of the brain called
substantia nigra. This
was a humongous trag-
edy for these people
and their families as
they lived their lives
on a narrow ledge be-
tween being complete-
ly frozen without treat-
ment and having major
side effects of the drug
L- Dopa.
With the arrival
of PET scans and MRI,
neurology has entered
a different level. We
can now visualise inac-
cessible substantia ni-
gra buried deep in the
midbrain along with
its cells with dopa-
mine. The cells can be
selectively destroyed
and protected and this
had opened newer pos-
sibilities in the man-
agement of Parkin-
son’s. Efforts are now
on to transplant dopa-
mine-producing cells
in this area to cure Par-
kinson’s. We need neu-
rologists who can an-
ticipate Parkinson’s in
their patients so that
its onset can be pre-
vented but the world is
overworked and it isn’t
possible to find a neu-
rologist who can have
the will to practice at
leisure to be a keen ob-
server like Dr James
Parkinson. People who
are affected by Parkin-
sonism live a life in
darkness and despair.
Shouldn’t we spare
some time to look into
this darkness as any-
one above 65 years may
land there in this dark-
ness?
DR RAMAWTAR
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
D
Dr James Parkison

P
rince Har-
ry might have a
plan to return to
his homeland,
the United Kingdom for
a weekend at the end of
2021. As a part of
Archewell Productions’
£100 million deal with
Netflix, the Duke of
Sussexispreparingfor
New Year’s military
veterans’ Invictus
games in Holland, af-
ter which he might pay
a visit Queen Eliza-
beth. —Agency
P
op-stars Ariana Grande and
Selena Gomez are giving
girl pal goals by expressing
love and appreciation for
each other on social media. On Sat-
urday, Ariana took to her Insta-
gram Story to share a video of Se-
lena crooning one of the former’s
most popular songs ‘Break Up With
Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored’ along
with her friends. “CUTIES ARE
YOU KIDDING @SelenaGomez
LOVE YOU,” Ariana wrote. —Agency
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R
adhika Apte has come
on board as the female
lead in the Hrithik
Roshan and Saif Ali Khan
fronted Vikram Vedha. The
actress plays the role of
a lawyer in this gangster
drama. “Rohit Saraf will
be playing the character of
Hrithik Roshan aka. Vedha’s
brother in the film. The
paperwork is done and the
actor has already started
prepping for his part in the
film,” revealed a source close
to the development, adding further that Vikram Vedha is all
gearing up to go on floors by end of September. —Agency
A
ctor Ryan Reynolds,
on Saturday confirmed
that a sequel to his
Disney’s action-adventure
comedy film ‘Free Guy’ is
on the cards. According to
sources, the video-game-
themed film’s lead actor
Ryan confirmed the news on
his Twitter handle on Sat-
urday. “Aaaannnnd after 3
years messaging #FreeGuy
as an original IP movie,
Disney confirmed today they
officially want a sequel. Woo
hoo! #irony,” Ryan tweeted. —Agency
H
ollywood actor Johnny
Depp, who lost a libel
case claimed that he
is being boycotted by the
industry. In a recent interac-
tion, the star talked about the
behaviour of the members
of Hollywood towards him
and the status of his film
‘Minamata’ in the US. “Some
films touch people and this
affects those in ‘Minamata’
and people who experience
similar things...And for
anything ... for Hollywood’s
boycott of me? One man, one actor in an unpleasant and
messy situation, over the last number of years?” he said.
—Agency
I
ndian Idol 12 finally
concluded with Pawandeep
Rajan emerging as the
winner of the show and
Arunita Kanjilal as the first
runner-up of the show. The
third position was bagged by
Sayali Kamble followed by
Mohd Danish, Nihal Tauro
and Shanamukhapriya. Post
the announcement of the
winner, Pawandeep and
Arunita hugged each
other as they con-
gratulated each other
for their win. The ‘Indian Idol 12’ winner walked away
with a brand new car and Rs 25 lakh during the grand
finale. —Agency
SARAF’S UPCOMING
‘FREE GUY’ SEQUEL?
COLD-SHOULDERS
THE GRAND VICTORY
R
hea Ka-
p o o r
a n d
K a r a n
Boolani tied the
knot in an inti-
mate ceremon
on Saturday
, Au-
gust 14. Rhea
shared a beau-
tiful photo
from her
wedding
withKaran
on Monday
with a heart-
war ming
note. The
c o u p l e
tied the
knot at
Anil Kapoor’s Juhu
bungalow. Sonam Ka-
poorandAnandAhuja
also flew down from
London to be a part of
the wedding ceremony
of Rhea and Karan.
Karan and Rhea had
been dating for 13
years and now,
they are man
and wife.
T h o u g h
close-knit,
thewedding
was still a
star stud-
ded affair.
—Agency
K
iara Advani’s lat-
est film ‘Sher-
shaah’ received
rave reviews
from the audience. Shar-
ing her experience of
working on the patriotic
film, Kiara said: “What I
learned while shooting
for ‘Shershaah’, one of my
experiences was the sacri-
fices made by the loved
ones of the army officers
and their families.” Inter-
estingly, Kiara had an inter-
est in psychiatry besides act-
ing. She said, “If not an ac-
tor, I would have been a child
psychiatrist.” —Agency
Piggy
Chops’
night
out
P
riyanka Chopra
Jonas, on Satur-
day, shared a
photo from her
night out in London with the
incredible actor Sandra Oh,
along with some of the cast of
Marvel’s upcoming film
‘Shang Chi and The Legend of
The Ten Rings’ that includes
Awkwafina and Michelle
Yeoh. Priyanka seemed to be
having a gala time with the ac-
tors ahead of the film’s global
release. The ‘Baywatch’ actor
shared the photo on her Instagram
handle and in the caption, wrote,
“When u get a seat at the cool kids’
table. #queens #asianpride.”—Agency
Cruella
2 on
cards!
scar winning ac-
tress Emma Stone has
signed a deal to star in
the second part of ‘Cru-
ella’. The news of ‘Cru-
ella 2’ came out in early
June, just weeks af-
ter the live-action
prequel to the Dis-
ney animated
classic ‘101 Dal-
mations’ opened
in theaters.
—Agency
A
few weeks
ago, Vikrant
Massey and
Radhika Apte
were announced as the
headliners for director
Vishal Furia’s investigative
thriller Forensic. Now, ac-
tress Prachi Desai is also join-
ing the cast. Directed by Vishal
Furia of Criminal Justice
fame, the film is a suspense
thriller and will see the three
actors in action. Prachi is ec-
static about joining the team
soon. —Agency
Forensic:
Investigative
Thriller
Nawab turns 51!
S
aif Ali Khan turned 51 on August 16. Saif and
his wife Kareena Kapoor Khan with kids Taimur
and Jeh have jetted off to the
Maldives, today. The Good
Newwz actress planned in detail the
holiday for her husband Saif. The
family is likely to spend the actor’s
birthday on a peaceful resort. A
source informed that the actor was
exhausted with the work and wanted
to take a break. —Agency
FAMILY
REUNION?
Girl Pal goals!
Veere di wedding!
Veere di wedding!
O
The Huge
The Huge
Revelation
Revelation
Emma Stone
Kareena Kapoor Khan
Kareena’s post
Ariana Grande
Kiara Advani
Radhika Apte
Prince Harry Meghan Markle
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Rohit Saraf
Johnny Depp
Ryan Reynolds
Pawandeep Rajan
Rhea Kapoor Karan Boolani
Anil Kapoor
The newlyweds
Arjun Anshula Kapoor Sonam Anand Shanaya Kapoor
Shanaya Khushi Kapoor

JOURNALISTS PAY TRIBUTE!
On the occasion of 75th Independence Day, a grand flag hoisting ceremony was organised at the
State Office of the working Journalist Union Uttar Pradesh. State Information Commissioner Narendra
Srivastava graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and special guest Uday Khatri, son of freedom
fighter Ramkrishna Khatri, senior journalist Sultan Shakir Hashmi, Sushil Dubey were welcomed
by Hariom Sharma.The event was attended by several journalists, cinematographers and various
dignitaries.The program concluded with the distribution of sweets and refreshments.
SALUTING THE ARMY!
On the occasion of 75th Independence Day, the auspicious flag hoisting ceremony was held in the
Ambarganj ward of West Legislative Assembly, Lucknow. Chief Guest Dr Shahzad Alam hoisted the
flag and congratulated everyone.ACS Home Awanish Awasthi (Centre) also graced the occasion.
They discussed the atrocities and oppression in the war of Independence and saluted the bravery
of our army men.
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CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
I
nner Wheel Club of
Kanpur celebrated
India’s 75 years of
freedom from the
British Raj and also,
freedom from Covid-19.
High ranking police per-
sonnels witnessed the
p r o g r a m m e .
Independence Day was
celebrated with gusto in
the entire country as
citizensimmersedinthe
true spirit of patriotism
. What made the celebra-
tions all the more mean-
ingful was the tough
fight put up by Covid
warriors to free thou-
sands of people of this
monstrous virus. On the
occasion of Independ-
ence Day, Inner Wheel
Club of Kanpur felici-
tated police officers in
local police station, Rail-
bazar and accorded
them the status of ‘Co-
rona warriors’. Their
tireless, exemplary ef-
forts were recognised by
the club and future safe-
ty guidelines were is-
sued. On this occasion,
Circle Officer ACP
Ashok Kumar Singh,
SHO Ravi Shrivastava
and Women Police In-
charge Sarita Yadav,
KalpanaYadav,Mozbeen
Bano, Vijay Lakshmi,
Anupam Devi etc. were
present.Onbehalf of In-
ner Wheel Club of Kan-
pur, Zonal Incharge Sad-
hya Vajpayee, President
Seema Mittal among at-
tended the celebration.
HAPPY B’DAY!
The birthday of (from
top) IAS Aditi Singh,
Kavita Meena and
Pulkit Garg was on
Monday, August 16. We
wish them all the best!
SAVING LIVES!
CHEERS TO OUR NATION!
India’s 75th Independence Day was celebrated with immense joy at St. Paul's College. Cantt. Lt Col
Ravi Chauhan, Surgeon of Command Hospital, presided as the Chief Guest. Colonel Chauhan also
awarded the meritorious students who got the highest marks in various subjects.
SCHOLARS’ SHIP SAILS WITH IOC PUSH
Homage to Covid warriors!
CITY FIRST
I
ndianOil has initi-
ated the ‘Medha
Chatravriti Yojna’
to facilitate meri-
torious girl students
who topped Class X
board exams across 30
state and central edu-
cation boards. Seven-
ty-five girl scholars
have been identified
under this program
from every state board
and central board of
education, coinciding
with India’s 75th Inde-
pendence Day being
celebrated as Azadi ka
Amrit Mahotsav.
“As a responsible
corporate with strong
social stewardship, In-
dianOil has been un-
dertaking several CSR
initiatives to support
the educational needs
of the youth. We hope
these scholarships
will propel the girl stu-
dents towards achiev-
ing their academic
goals and carve out a
bright future for them-
selves. It reflects our
belief that educated
girls build stronger
families, communi-
ties, and economies,”
said Shrikant Madhav
Vaidya, Chairman, In-
dianOil.
—cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
A
DCP Crime
Anand Prakash
Tiwari hoisted
the Indian flag
to the tunes of chil-
dren’s songs on Au-
gust 15 and paid a
heartfelt tribute to the
policemen who were
martyred in the Bikru
case in the Independ-
ence Day program or-
ganised by Arogyad-
ham Gwaltoli and Mu-
nicipal Corporation
doctors at Company
Bagh Square, Nawab-
ganj.
The event was an
ode to the martyred
policemen and also
honoured the doctors
who gave unprece-
dented services dur-
ing the coronavirus
pandemic. ADCP
Crime Anand Prakash
Tiwari presided as the
Chief Guest of the
programme. The event
commenced with a
welcome speech by
Anima Mohan, fol-
lowed by flag hoisting
and national anthem.
Vitthal Mohan and
Swaransh Sharma
captivated everyone
with their patriotic
songs.
Dr Hemant Mohan,
Senior Homoeopathic
Physician, Arogyad-
ham Gwaltoli re-
marked, “As much as
the country is grateful
to the soldiers of the
border, we should also
be grateful to our
brave policemen be-
cause if the coura-
geous soldiers of the
country protect us
from external threats,
the policemen protect
the citizens from the
internal threats of the
country.”
The Chief Guest
urged the people pre-
sent to fulfil their re-
sponsibilities towards
the nation and said,
“Even by following the
small rules made by
the Constitution and
the law, we can pay our
respects to the nation
while fulfilling our re-
sponsibility towards
our motherland.”
Towards the conclu-
sion, Dr Aarti Mohan,
senior homeopathic
doctor of Arogyad-
ham, expressed her
gratitude to the Chief
Guest and others in at-
tendance. Dr Ajay
Sharma, Dr Abhishek
Singh and Dr Santosh
Tiwari were present
among others to wit-
ness the programme.
U
nder the aegis
of Amren Foun-
dation, Daksh-
peeth hosted an
event under ‘Mission
Shakti’.
In their pursuit to en-
courage ‘Nari Atmanir-
barta’, Amren founda-
tion, under their social
responsibility, marked
their participation in
CM Yogi Adityanath’s
‘Mission Shakti’. After
successfully delivering
financial assistance to
12 women, providing
self-defence training to
200 girls and holding a
workshop on educating
women about their le-
gal rights, they now
gifted 20 bicycles to
grass-root college going
girls to make them self-
reliant. 3 sewing ma-
chines and a cotton
wick making machine
were also gifted to the
skill training centre for
a start-up. Amren Foun-
dation extended their
invitation to Sanjay Ku-
mar, President CIMAP
to be a part of this no-
ble cause.
Mission Shakti: A movement to skill women
Saluting the police
KUDOS TO INDIA!
DETOX!
POETRY FOR THE SOUL!
St Joseph College, Lucknow celebrated 75th Independence
Day with great zeal and enthusiasm.Adhering to all the Covid
protocols, the event was conducted with utmost discipline.The
string of events began with the flag hoisting followed by the
national anthem and national song.The ceremony was graced by
the presence of Pushplata Agarwal.
Founders of Saidham Mandir Foundation Trust in Vibhuti Khand,
Gomti Nagar along with the members gathered in the temple
premises swore to not intoxicate themselves as a part of Kaushal
Kishore’s vision of making ‘Nasha Mukt Samaj’ in India.The
pledge was undertaken on the occasion of 75th Independence
Day of India. Jaidevi Kishore prsided over as the Chief Guest.
IPS Praveen Kumar, IG Meerut inaugurated his poetry compilation,‘Veh Ek Aur Mann’ on the auspicious
occasion of 75th Independence Day of India and his mother’s birthday.The compilation takes us on a
journey of Kumar’s last 30 years of life.
—PHOTOS BY ASHOK DUTTA
Jagdeesh Chandra with Syed Umar, Anita Hada and the First India family on August 15. Everyone paid tribute to the nation on the occasion of the 75th
Independence Day at the First India channel office, Jaipur.
HEADS HELD HIGH IN DEEP REVERENCE!
As India completed 75 years of
Independence,a blood donation
camp was organised under the joint
aegis of Mamta CharitableTrust
and King George Medical University.
Dr Jagdish Gandhi,Manager of
City Montessori School,KGMUVice
Chancellor Professor (Dr)Vipin Puri,
Lucknow Police Commissioner DK
Thakur and Northern Railway DRM
SK Sapra presided over as the
Chief Guests.The blood donation
camp was graced by the kind
presence of SwamiYatindranand
Giri Maharaj of JunaAkhara,
Uttarakhand.
During the event
Shrikant Madhav Vaidya
addressing the audience
During the ceremony
During the ceremony
—PHOTO
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR
During the ceremony
—PHOTO
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
—PHOTO
BY
ASHOK
DUTTA

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