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PM MODI SAYS CENTRAL GOVT PROJECTS CHANGING
DELHI’S FACE, RUES POLITICS ON ‘GOOD INITIATIVES’
First India Bureau
New Delhi: It is the
country’s “misfortune”
that many good things
broughtwithgoodinten-
tions get trapped in poli-
tics, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi said on
Sunday, as he cited de-
velopment work under-
takenbyhisgovernment
to assert that it is chang-
ing the face of Delhi.
Speaking after inau-
gurating the main tun-
nelandfiveunderpasses
of the Pragati Maidan
Integrated Transit Cor-
ridor here, Modi cited a
number of initiatives,
including Eastern and
Western Peripheral Ex-
pressways, more than
doubling of metro
tracksinDelhi-NCRand
the Delhi-Meerut high-
way among other pro-
jects, as steps taken by
his government to solve
the region’s problems.
“It is our country’s
misfortune that many
good things brought
with good intentions get
trapped in political col-
ours. Media also gets
dragged into it due to its
TRP compulsions,” he
said,addingthatthecon-
struction of the Central
Vista project and the
newParliamentbuilding
is going on at a fast pace.
“India’s capital will be
talked about in the com-
ingdaysandeveryIndian
will be proud,” he said.
He was referring to
last year’s inauguration
of the defence complex,
which he said earlier op-
erated out of dilapidated
hutmentsspreadacrossa
vast stretch of land near
Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Modi’s comments
about “good things
brought with good inten-
tions” getting trapped in
politics also come at a
time when his govern-
ment’sAgnipathscheme,
a radical overhaul of the
process of soldiers’ re-
cruitment in the armed
forces, has triggered pro-
tests in different parts of
the country
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6 High Courts
get new CJs
Justice Satish C
Sharma is Delhi CJ
New Delhi: New chief
justices were appointed
to 6 high courts on Sun-
day
. While 5
HC judges
were elevat-
ed as chief
justices, CJ
of the Tel-
angana HC, Justice
Satish Chandra Shar-
ma, was transferred to
the Delhi HC in same
capacity. Justice Vipin
Sanghi from Delhi HC
was appointed as CJ of
Uttarakhand HC. Simi-
larly, Justice Amjad A
Sayed of Bombay HC
was made CJ of HP HC.
Justice SS Shinde of
Bombay HC was ap-
pointed as the Ra-
jasthan C. More on P8
PM Narendra Modi at the dedication ceremony of the main tunnel and five underpasses of Pragati
Maidan Integrated Transit Corridor Project to the nation, in New Delhi on Sunday.
4 TERRORISTS
KILLED IN J-K
ENCOUNTERS
WITH FORCES
Srinagar: 4 terrorists
were killed in two sepa-
rate encounters with
security forces Sunday
in J&K’s Kupwara and
Kulgam districts, police
said. While two terrorists
were killed in Kupwara as
many were eliminated in
Kulgam, they said, adding
some more terrorists are
hiding and operation was
still underway in both the
areas. One of the terror-
ists killed in the Kupwara
encounter was identified
as a Pakistani affiliated
with the proscribed LeT,
they said.
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: The Army
Navy and the Air Force
on Sunday came out
with a broad schedule
for recruitment of sol-
diers under the Ag-
nipath scheme while
asserting that it is being
implemented to bring
down the age profile of
the armed forces.
Lt General Puri also
said the centre did not
give concessions in ‘Ag-
nipath’ scheme because
of protests and arson,
but that those were al-
ready in works. He said
‘Agnipath’ planners did
not anticipate protests
because armed forces
stand for discipline and
only disciplined appli-
cants join former. P3
‘NO ROLLBACK OF AGNIPATH, ALL
CONCESSIONS ARE PRE-PLANNED’
 Recruitment
rallies under
Agnipath scheme
will be held
 The Army chief
officials to issue a
draft notice today
 Congress party said Agnipath
Scheme is not beneficial for the
youth of the country and also
jeopardises the national security
 Cong to continue peaceful stir
against Agnipath and Rahul’s ED
probe today; delegation will also
meet Prez Kovind during the day
(From L-R) Lt General CB Ponnappa, Lt General Anil Puri, Dinesh K Tripathi and Suraj Kumar Jha
during a press conference at South Block, Ministry of Defence Complex in New Delhi on Sunday.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, KC Venugopal, Jai Ram Ramesh, Rajiv Shukla, Salman Khurshid, Alka Lamba,
Deepender Singh Hooda and others sit on Satyagraha at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Sunday.
The naval headquarters
will come out with a
broad guideline for the
recruitment by June 25. The first
batch of recruits will join the training
programme by November 21.
—Dinesh Tripathi, Vice Admiral
The registration process
will start on June 24 and
the process for online
examination for phase one of the
recruitment will begin on July 24.
—SK Jha, Air Marshall
The first batch comprising 25,000
personnel will join the training programme
in the first and second week of December.
The second lot of recruits will join their training
around February 23.
—Lt Gen Bansi Ponnappa, Adjutant General of IA
All Agniveers will have to give a pledge
that he/she never took part in any arson,
protest. We had not anticipated the recent
violence over this scheme. There is no place for
indiscipline in Armed Forces. If there is any FIR
against any candidate they cannot be a part of
Agniveers.
—Lt Gen Anil Puri, Addl Secy, Dept of Military Affairs
Congress sits on ‘Satyagraha’
seeking rollback of scheme
New Delhi: MPs and
leaders of the Congress
party performed a sit-in
demonstration dubbed
‘Satyagraha’ at Delhi’s
Jantar Mantar on Sun-
day. The protest was in
solidarity with the
youths protesting the
newly announced Ag-
nipath scheme for re-
cruitment in the armed
forces by Centre.
Congress gen secy
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
and party leaders Jai
Ram Ramesh, Rajiv
Shukla, Sachin Pilot,
Salman Khurshid and
Alka Lamba took part
in the ‘Satyagraha’.
AGNIPATH: SEVERAL PROTESTANT GROUPS CALL FOR A BHARAT BANDH TODAY
RAJNATH MEETS
CHIEFS OF ARMY,
NAVY AND IAF
Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh on Sunday met the
three service chiefs amid
escalating protests against
the ‘Agnipath’ military
recruitment scheme in
several parts of the coun-
try. It was Singh’s second
meeting with the chiefs of
the Army, Navy and the
Air Force for the second
straight day on the issue.
PRIYANKA: BE PEACEFUL, BUT DON’T STOP
PROTESTS AGAINST AGNIPATH SCHEME
New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
has said the new plan will “finish Army”. Addressing
Congress’s Satyagraha, she said that This scheme will
kill the youth of the country, will finish
the Army. Please see the intent of
this government. Topple it through
democratic, peaceful and non-vio-
lent means. Your objective should
be to bring a government that is
true to the nation and protects the
country’s assets. I urge you to
protest peacefully, but don’t
stop. These are your rights,
this is your country
and it is your duty
to protect it. Every
leader and worker
of the Congress is
with you.
KAILASH BLAMES
‘TOOLKIT GANG’
BJP nat’l gen secy Kailash
Vijayvargiya said on Sun-
day that if he
had to hire a
guard for his
party office
in Indore, he
would prefer
to hire an Ag-
niveer. After comment was
met with criticism from
Varun Gandhi, he shifted
blame to “toolkit gang”.
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In this 44th Chess Olympiad, over 2,000 players from 188
countries will participate. Till now no torch relay happened
in Chess Olympiad but FIDE took decision to do torch relay
for 1st time from India: Union Minister Anurag Thakur P5
RAHUL GANDHI TO APPEAR BEFORE ED FOR 4TH
TIME TODAY
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to appear before the ED
today. Rahul on Thursday, wrote to ED that he will join on Monday and not
on Friday and cited his mother’s health as reason for the deferred hearing.
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, LUCKNOW, NEW DELHI & MUMBAI
On the successful completion of three years of his tenure,
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday stressed that he
has always strived to hold the discussions on bills with the
cooperation of all the members of the House P3
Plane catches
fire after take-
off from Patna;
passengers safe
Aircraft suspected a
bird hit during the
take-off, inspection
showed damage
to 3 fan blade
New Delhi: A Delhi-
bound SpiceJet Boeing
737 aircraft from Patna
had to return as a bird
hit led one of its en-
gines to spark. The
plane with 185 passen-
gers and six crew land-
ed safely five minutes
after take-off from Pat-
na after the pilots shut
down the affected en-
gine and alerted air
traffic control. “During
take-off, cockpit crew
suspected a bird hit one
of the engines. As a pre-
cautionary measure
and as per SOP, the pilot
shut down the affected
engine and decided to
return to Patna. The
aircraft landed safely in
Patna and passengers
were safely deboarded,”
airline said. Spokesper-
son for Spicejet said,
“On June 19, SpiceJet
B737-800 aircraft was
operating SG-723 (Pat-
na-Delhi). On takeoff,
during rotation, the
cockpit crew suspected
a bird hit Engine #1.”
PRIME MINISTER MODI PICKS UP LITTER
A staunch advocate of the Swachh Bharat campaign, PM Nar-
endra Modi on Sunday picked up litter at the newly launched
ITPO tunnel built under Pragati Maidan Integrated Transit
Corridor in the national capital. Modi was seen inspecting the
newly inaugurated tunnel and picking up an empty water bot-
tle and other pieces of trash as he walked along.
“ENGINEERING
MARVEL”: GOYAL
Union Minister of Com-
merce and Industry
Piyush Goyal termed
Pragati Maidan Tunnel as
an “engineering marvel”
and is a “first-of-its-kind
underground corridor” in
the country. P2
PM inaugurates `920 cr Pragati Maidan corridor project
New Delhi (ANI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi inaugurated
the main tunnel and
five underpasses of the
Pragati Maidan Inte-
grated Transit Corridor
Project in New Delhi on
Sunday
.
According to PMO,
the Integrated Transit
Corridor project is an
integral part of the Pra-
gati Maidan Redevelop-
ment Project. The Inte-
grated Transit Corridor
project has been built at
a cost of more than Rs
920 crore, entirely fund-
ed by the central gov-
ernment.
It is part of the over-
arching vision of the
government to ensure
ease of living for people
through transforming
urban infrastructure.
PM Narendra Modi picks up litter during inauguration on Sunday.
PM CALLS ON PREZ!
Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls on President Ram Nath
Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Sunday.
Amit Shah
@AmitShah
Our actions
reflect our commitment
towards a resolution.
PM @narendramodi Ji’s
devotion towards ‘Swacch
Bharat’ is truly inspiring.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Ministers Piyush
Goyal and Hardeep Singh Puri during inauguration of Pragati
Maidan Integrated Transit Corridor project in Delhi on Sunday.

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NEW DELHI | MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2022
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New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ion Minister of Com-
merce and Industry Pi-
yush Goyal termed Pra-
gati Maidan Tunnel as
an “engineering mar-
vel” and is a “first-of-its-
kind underground cor-
ridor” in the country
.
While speaking at the
inauguration of the
main tunnel and five
underpasses of the Pra-
gati Maidan Integrated
Transit Corridor Pro-
ject, he termed it “a
first of its kind under-
ground Corridor in the
country and is an engi-
neering marvel.” “This
corridor is expected to
bring down around
16,000 ton CO2 and save
the environment,” the
Union Minister said.
Earlier on Sunday,
PM Narendra Modi in-
augurated the main
tunnel and five under-
passes of the Pragati
Maidan Integrated
Transit Corridor Pro-
ject in New Delhi.
According to the
PMO, the Integrated
Transit Corridor pro-
ject is an integral part
of the Pragati Maidan
Redevelopment Project.
The Integrated Tran-
sit Corridor project is
aimed to provide has-
sle-free and smooth ac-
cess to the new world-
class exhibition and
convention centre be-
ing developed at Praga-
ti Maidan, thereby fa-
cilitating easy partici-
pation of exhibitors
and visitors in the pro-
grammes being held at
Pragati Maidan.
Further, it will en-
sure hassle-free vehicu-
lar movement, helping
save time and cost of
commuters in a big way
.
It is part of the over-
arching vision of the
government to ensure
ease of living for people
through transforming
urban infrastructure.
The main tunnel con-
nects Ring Road with
India Gate via Purana
Qila Road passing
through Pragati Maid-
an. The six-lane divid-
ed tunnel has multiple
purposes, including ac-
cess to the huge base-
ment parking of Pra-
gati Maidan. A unique
component of the Tun-
nel is that two cross
tunnels below the main
tunnel road have been
constructed in order to
facilitate the move-
ment of the traffic from
either side of the park-
ing lot.
It is equipped with
the latest global stand-
ard facilities for smooth
movement of traffic
such as smart fire man-
agement, modern venti-
lation and automated
drainage, digitally con-
trolled CCTV and a pub-
lic announcement sys-
tem inside the tunnel.
This long-awaited Tun-
nel will serve as an al-
ternative route to Bhai-
ron Marg, which is run-
ning much beyond its
carrying capacity
.
IT IS ENGINEERING MARVEL: PIYUSH GOYAL
Union Minister said this ‘first-of-its-kind underground corridor’ in India is
expected to bring down around 16,000 ton CO2 and save the environment
Union Minister Piyush Goyal. TWITTER/ @PIYUSHGOYAL
It is a first of its kind underground
Corridor in the country and is an
engineering marvel. This corridor
is expected to bring down around 16,000
ton CO2 and save the environment
—Piyush Goyal
ENTIRELY
FUNDED BY
CENTRAL
GOVERNMENT
New Delhi (PTI):
The Integrated Tran-
sit Corridor project,
which was inaugu-
rated by Indian Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi, has been built
at a cost of more
than `920 crore,
entirely funded by
the central govern-
ment. It is aimed to
provide hassle-free
and smooth access
to the new world-
class exhibition and
convention centre
being developed
at Pragati Maidan,
thereby facilitating
easy participation
of exhibitors and
visitors in the pro-
grammes being held
at Pragati Maidan.
Hownewtunnel,
underpasseswill
solvetrafficproblem
New Delhi (Agencies):
Delhi’s Pragati Maidan
tunnel which opened
for the public on Sun-
day is set to give com-
muters in Delhi, who
have been facing traffic
congestion since years,
a relief.
Here’ how the Pragati
Maidan’s new tunnel
will solve city’s traffic
problem:
1. The main tunnel
connects Ring Road
with India Gate via
Purana Qila Road pass-
ing through Pragati
Maidan. The Pragati
Maidan tunnel will al-
low motorists travelling
from Noida, Ghaziabad,
and east Delhi areas to
have e-signal-free ac-
cess to India Gate, Su-
preme Court, Mathura
Road, and vice-versa.
2. This long-awaited
tunnel will serve as an
alternative route to
Bhairon Marg, which is
running much beyond
its carriage capacity
and is expected to take
more than half of the
traffic load of Bhairon
Marg. Along with the
tunnel, there will be six
underpasses - four on
Mathura Road, one on
Bhairon Marg and one
on the intersection of
Ring Road and Bhairon
Marg. The project is
also expected to cut
traffic jams for more
than 100,000 commuters
who use these roads.
An inside view of the main tunnel. —PHOTO BY ANI
FRAUD
IRANIAN
NATIONAL
ARRESTED
New Delhi (PTI):
An Iranian nation-
al has been arrest-
ed for allegedly
impersonating as
an intelligence
agent and looting
foreigners visiting
India on the pre-
text of checking
their bags on sus-
picion of carrying
drugs, police said
on Sunday
.
The accused has
been identified as
46-year-oldHossein
Rezafard Ahmad,
who resides in Laj-
pat Nagar in south
eastDelhi.Hecame
to India on May 21
on a medical visa,
they said.
After coming to
India, he be-
friended two oth-
ers who are cur-
rently abscond-
ing. The trio tar-
geted vulnerable
foreign nationals
coming to Delhi
on medical visa.
JNU assistant
professor allegedly
abducted, assaulted
New Delhi (PTI):
An Assistant Profes-
sor of JNU was ab-
ducted by a group of
people for several
hours and was sub-
jected to physical as-
sault, threats and
extortion following a
traffic altercation,
the university’s
teachers body al-
leged on Sunday
.
Sharad Baviskar
filed a police com-
plaint on June 18,
JNU Teachers Asso-
ciation said and de-
manded swift action
against the culprits.
However, no imme-
diate reaction was
available from the
police. In a statement
on Saturday, the
JNUTA alleged that
the professor was
subjected to a “pro-
tracted violent as-
sault” on the night of
17-18 June 2022. The
incident allegedly
stemmed from a road
traffic dispute. “Prof
Baviskar (who was
travelling alone in
his car) was forcibly
abducted by a group
of miscreants when
he suggested that the
dispute be taken to
the police station,”
the statement al-
leged.
DU committee
to find ‘unused
space’invarsity
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
University Vice-Chan-
cellor Yogesh Singh has
constituted a six-mem-
ber committee to iden-
tify “unused space” in
the faculties, depart-
ments and centres of
the varsity
.
“Chancellor has con-
stituted a Space Audit
Committee to identity
unused space in the
Faculties, Departments
and Centres of the Uni-
versity, which is not
been used from last
three years be treated
as unused space and
frame a policy for allo-
cation of space,” the
notification issued by
Joint Registrar (Estate)
on Friday, read.
DU VC Yogesh Singh.
Delhi Sikh body condemns terror
strike on gurdwara in Kabul
New Delhi (PTI): The
Delhi Sikh Gurdwara
Management Commit-
tee (DSGMC) on Satur-
day condemned a ter-
ror attack on a gurd-
wara in Kabul and
urged the Centre to
take up the issue in the
United Nations Gener-
al Assembly.
Several blasts were
reported near the Gurd-
wara Karte Parwan on
Saturday, in the latest
targeting of a place of
worship of a minority
community in Taliban-
ruled Afghanistan. In-
dia has slammed the
“cowardly attack” and
said it is closely moni-
toring the situation.
Addressing a press
conference here,
DSGMC president Har-
meet Singh Kalka and
General Secretary
Jagdeep Singh Kahlon
said it is highly con-
demnable that terror-
ists targeted the gurd-
wara, killed its guard
and injured many pil-
grims.
Noting that such inci-
dents are repeatedly
happening in Afghani-
stan and Pakistan in
which minority com-
munities are being tar-
geted and their holy
shrines are being wiped
out, they said it is a
“clear violation” of hu-
man rights of the mi-
nority communities in
these countries.
They urged the Ex-
ternal Affairs Minister
to take up the issue on
the United Nations plat-
form for the permanent
solution of the prob-
lems of the minorities
in these countries and
ensure their safety
.
Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee officials.
Last rites for Sikh man killed in
Kabul to be performed today
New Delhi (ANI): Last rites for Swinder Singh, a
Sikh man who was killed after ISKP attacked Karte
Parwan Gurdwara in Afghanistan’s Kabul city, will
be performed at Gurdwara Sri Guru Arjan Dev in
Delhi on Monday. “Bhog and Antim Ardas” will be
held in Tilak Vihar, West Delhi tomorrow. Mean-
while, the son of Late Swinder Singh arrived from
Birmingham, England on Sunday.
GURUGRAM: MAN OFFERS MONEY TO
POLICEMEN ON TWITTER
Gurugram (PTI): A local resident claiming to be the
chief of a Hindu outfit offered money to two police-
men on Twitter, asking them to
lodge a case over cow smug-
gling. An official said they will
take legal action against the man
for the slanderous post. Chaud-
hary Sat Prakash Nain posted a
picture of two blank cheques with his tweet, asking
the DCP, South, the SHO, Bhondsi police station, to
fill any amount help him against cow smugglers.
MAN KILLS WIFE
AND SURRENDERS
IN MUKUND PUR
New Delhi (ANI):
A man on Sunday
murdered his wife and
further surrendered at
Police Station. Police
said, “On June 18, he
came to Police station
Bhalswa Dairy and told
that he has murdered
his wife. Upon enquiry,
the police visited the
spot and found that
there was a deceased
namely wrapped in
some clothes.”
CRUCIAL READ
25MCDschoolstobeupgraded
aspilotproject:LGVKSaxena
New Delhi (PTI): In
order to upgrade teach-
ing, technological and
physical infrastructure
in MCD schools, 25
schools have been iden-
tified as pilot project,
authorities said.
Addressing the teach-
ers and staff of visited
Nagar Nigam Partibha
Vidyalaya in H-Block,
Ashok Vihar, the LG
promised to take
schools run by the MCD
to “highest standards
by providing the best
teaching, technological
and physical infrastruc-
ture to them”.
“For this purpose, as
a pilot, 25 schools have
already been identified
and work will be started
there at the earliest.
The same would gradu-
ally be undertaken in
all other remaining
schools run by MCD,”
Saxena said.
NAT’L CAPITAL
RECORDS MIN
TEMPERATURE
OF 24.5° CEL
New Delhi (PTI):
The minimum
temperature in the
national capital on
Sunday settled at
24.5 degrees Cel-
sius, three notches
below the aver-
age, the IMD said.
Delhi recorded
1 mm of rainfall
in the 24 hours
ending at 8.30 am
on Sunday, they
said. The relative
humidity recorded
was 85 per cent at
8.30 am.
570 complaints received through ‘Jan Sunwai’
REDRESSAL OF GRIEVANCES
New Delhi (PTI): Civic
authorities have re-
ceived 570 complaints
from people between
June 6 and June 17
through the “Jan Sun-
wai” campaign, and
several of those were
resolved on the spot,
the Municipal Corpora-
tion of Delhi (MCD)
said on Saturday
.
The public hearing
campaign, through
which citizens can
convey their problems
and complaints to civ-
ic authorities to seek
their redressal, was
started in the first
week of June.
“From June 6-17, the
Municipal Corporation
of Delhi has received
570 complaints through
‘Jan Sunwai’. Out of
these, 95 complaints
have been resolved on
the spot,” the MCD said.
The complaints are
related to issues such
as removal of debris
and garbage, unau-
thorised construction,
issuance of birth and
death certificates,
opening of factory
seals, e-mutation of
property, water har-
vesting, unauthorised
parking, pension, ille-
gal mobile towers and
retirement benefits, of-
ficials said.
“It is the endeavour
of the Municipal Cor-
poration of Delhi that
the problems and griev-
ances of the citizens
should be redressed at
the earliest and in an
effective manner,” the
civic body said.
The public
hearing
campaign was
started in first
week of June
—REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE
Officials listening to the complaints.
PRAGATI MAIDAN TUNNEL

INDIA
03
New Delhi: On the suc-
cessful completion of
threeyearsof histenure,
Lok Sabha Speaker Om
BirlaonSundaystressed
that he has always
strived to hold discus-
sions on bills with the
cooperation of all House
members.
He also said that the
last three years of his
tenurewerehistoricalin
terms of productivity
and discussions in Par-
liament. “The last three
years were historical in
terms of productivity
and discussions held in
Parliament. I thank PM
and all MPs for their co-
operation which has in-
creasedthepublic’sfaith
inpublicrepresentatives
and Parliament,” Birla
told.Speaking about
dealing with the chal-
lengesposedbytheCOV-
ID pandemic, he said,
“COVID was a big chal-
lengeforallof us.Wefol-
lowed maximum health
protocols to ensure eve-
ryone’s safety
. By follow-
ing all health protocols
and cooperation of MPs
and staff the Parliament
could be run smoothly
.”
He asserted that Parlia-
mentary Standing Com-
mittees give their sug-
gestions on bills and
should hold discussions
in a time-bound manner.
‘LS productivity has been max in last 3 yrs’
BIRLA RECALLS LOK SABHA JOURNEY
lll
Total productivity
of the Budget
Session of the
17th Lok Sabha
this year was
129% while the
total productivity
of the 17th Lok
Sabha was 106%
IAFreleasesnewrecruitmentplan
The IAF document said that all Indians are eligible for the ‘new HR management
scheme for Armed Forces’ as long as they are between 17.5 to 23 years (this yr) of age
AGNIPATH ROW
New Delhi (ANI): The
Indian Air Force (IAF)
on Sunday released de-
tails on the recruitment
plan under the Centre’s
new Agnipath Scheme
including eligibility cri-
teria, age limit, educa-
tional qualifications,
period of service, ca-
reer options for Ag-
niveers after comple-
tion of service, train-
ing, and more.
Agniveers once en-
rolled into the Indian
Air Force, will be gov-
erned under the Air
Force Act 1950, for a pe-
riod of four years. En-
deavour will be made to
enroll candidates as Ag-
niveers from all parts
of the nation, utilising
contemporary technol-
ogy, specialized rallies
and campus interviews
at recognized technical
institutes such as In-
dustrial Training Insti-
tutes, NSQF etc, said
the statement issued by
the IAF.
It further stated that
Agniveers would form a
distinct rank in the IAF,
different from any oth-
er existing rank. For
personnel below the age
of 18 years, the enrol-
ment form will need to
be signed by the parents
or guardians, in accord-
ance with extant provi-
sions. As per the state-
ment, “After four years,
all Agniveers will go
back to the society
. How-
ever, based on organiza-
tional requirements
and policies promulgat-
ed by the IAF.
Lt General Anil Puri addresses media in New Delhi on Sunday.
Rahul Gandhi slams Vijayvargiya’s statement
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi on
Sunday questioned prime
minister Narendra Modi’s
silence on the Agnipath
scheme controversy, as
he reacted to BJP leader
Kailash Vijayvargiya’s
statement that he (Vi-
jayvargiya) would give
preference to ‘Agniveers’
if he could hire people
to protect BJP’s offices.
“Those who did not hoist
the tricolour for 52 years
after independence, they
cannot be expected to
respect our soldiers,”
Gandhi said. “Youngsters
are passionate about
joining the army because
they want to protect the
country, and not because
they want to be chowk-
idars at BJP’s offices. The
PM’s silence is a stamp on
this insult,” Rahul added.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
K’TAKA TWO GROUPS
CLASH FOLLOWING
DEATH OF LOCAL LEADER

z 9 arrested, 8 detained in 3 UP
districts over Agnipath protests

z Secunderabad violence mas-
termind arrested including 46
others over violence: Police

z 35 whatsapp groups banned
for spreading fake news

z Eastern Railway cancels,
reschedules several trains

z Former Haryana CM Hooda
demands withdrawal of Scheme
Bengaluru: A 36-year-old man
died during a fight over car park-
ing in Karnataka’s Belagavi district
Saturday night. Following the
death, clashes broke out between
two groups in the northern Karna-
taka district, the police said. The
deceased has been identified as
Satish Patil, a resident of Gound-
wad village. The police said there
was an existing dispute between
the two groups over land .
PRASHANT KISHOR SAYS ON AGNIPATH: BIHAR
BEARING BRUNT OF THE BJP-JDU CONFLICT
New Delhi: Poll strategist
Prashant Kishor Sunday
weighed in on the protests
against the Centre’s Agnipath
sch, which have been raging
in Bihar, as he talked about
the war of words between
the JD(U) and the BJP, who
are in alliance in the eastern
state. “There should be agitation against Agnipath, not
violence and sabotage. The people of Bihar are bearing the
brunt of the conflict between JD(U) and the BJP. Bihar is
burning,” tweeted Kishor.
BABA RAMDEV
SUPPORTS
AGNIPATH SCHEME
IS MNREGA FOR EDUCATED YOUTH: TEJASHWI YADAV
JD(U) HITS OUT AT‘Y’ SECURITY TO BIHAR BJP LEADERS
Ahmedabad: Speak-
ing at the Vishv Umiya
Foundation campus in
Ahmedabad on Sunday
Baba Ramdev came out
in support of Agnipath
sch and said damage
to national property by
agitators who are against
the Centre’s policy was a
“rashtra droh”. “I support
Agnipath scheme but
don’t burn trains.
New Delhi: RLD leader Tejashwi
Yadav on Sunday said the govt is
introducing ‘No Rank-No Pension’
instead of One Rank One Pension
while asking the centre whether
Agnipath is an MNREGA for
educated youth. Yadav said, “The
central govt should inform the
youths who would be reinstated
for 4years whether they will get
regular leave like the personnel
who join the army regularly.
New Delhi: JD(U) on Sunday
hit out at ‘Y’ category security
to 10 leaders of it’s coalition
party BJP in Bihar, saying,
“securing the future of youth is
more important than providing
security cover to BJP leaders.”
JD(U) spokesperson and MLC
Neeraj Kumar said the youth
and students protesting against
the Agnipath scheme, are the
future of this country.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
CRUCIAL READ
Mumbai: After the gruesome
murder of Sidhu Moose Wala
and a threat letter to Salman
Khan, gangster Lawrence
Bishnoi and his gang members
came under the radar of police. Many got arrested
from different parts of the country. Among them
was Siddhesh Kamble, alias Mahakal. Now, in an
interrogation, Mahakal revealed that the filmmaker
Karan Johar was on their hit list. A police official has
said that the gangster told investigators that they
were planning to target the filmmaker for extortion.
KARAN JOHAR WAS ON THE HIT LIST OF
GANGSTER LAWRENCE BISHNOI
Panchayatpolls:Inclusionof
children’sissuesinmanifestos
Bhopal(ANI): The peo-
ple of Madhya Pradesh
have demanded that
both the BJP and the
Congress include is-
sues concerning chil-
dren and women in
their manifestos for the
upcoming urban body
elections which will be
held simultaneously
with panchayat elec-
tions in the state.
Children are not en-
titled to vote in elec-
tions so they are not
considered a votebank
for the political parties
but the issues concern-
ing them pose a grave
challenge.The pan-
chayat elections are
non-party based while
urban body elections
are held on a party ba-
sis.
Both the BJP and the
Congress will release
their manifestos for the
urban body elections
and preparations are
going on in full swing.
The people in Madhya
Pradesh have demand-
ed that issues concern-
ing children and wom-
en should be given
equal importance by
both the parties in
their manifestos.
Several children and
women’s rights organi-
sations are holding de-
liberations on issues
related to children and
women.
—PICTURE FOR REPRESENTATION
Ask ex-ministers to vacate
govt bungalows: Congress
to Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani
Ahmedabad: When the
BJP dissolved its entire
council of ministers fol-
lowing the resignation
of the then Gujarat
chief minister Vijay
Rupani last year in Sep-
tember, all ministers
vacated the allotted
bungalows, but soon 15
former ministers were
given govt accommoda-
tion outside minister’s
enclave at subsidized
rates.
Now, the Cong has de-
manded that the govt
ask all these former
ministers to vacate govt
bungalows, as none of
their children are stud-
ying in schools or col-
leges in Gandhinagar.
In a letter addressed to
CM Bhupendra Patel,
Congress party spokes-
man Manish Doshi said
that 15 former minis-
ters were allotted ‘K’
and ‘Kh’ type of govt
bungalows at Rs 4,800
monthly rent in Oct
2021.Then the reason
cited was that their
children’s education
should not suffer.
Vijay Rupani
Amit Shah
to attend
cyber safety
conf today
Ahmedabad: Un-
ion Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah will
be the chief guest
at the national
conference on cy-
ber safety and na-
tional security to
be held at Vigyan
Bhawan on Mon-
day (today).
The Indian Cy-
ber Crime Coordi-
nation Centre
(I4C), in the MHA
in coordination
with the Ministry
of Culture, Gov-
ernment of India
in the run up to-
day conference
had also organised
functions at 75
places in different
States/Union Ter-
ritories on Cyber
Hygiene, Preven-
tion of Cyber
Crimes, Cyber
Safety and Nation-
al Security under
the banner “Azadi
Ka Amrit Mahot-
sav” from June 8
to 17.
‘INTAKE OF
AGNIVEERS TO GO
1.25 L IN FUTURE’
New Delhi: A top
military officer on
Sunday informed that the
recruitment of soldiers
will increase to over one
lakh in the future under
the Agnipath. He said
that the Centre will start
with the recruitment of
46,000 Army aspirants to
‘analyse’ the scheme. “In
next 4-5 years, our intake
will be 50k- 60,000.
HM Amit Shah
Om Birla@ombirlakota
Birthday greetings to
Sh. Rahul Gandhi Ji,
Hon’ble Member of
Parliament from Way-
anad. I wish you good
health and long life.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa
unphased by retirement,
assures job to 75 per cent
PM Modi says...
Opposition parties are
demanding that it be
withdrawn, while the
ruling BJP has been
strongly defending it.
The prime minister,
however, made no di-
rect reference to the
scheme in his speech
which was largely fo-
cused on the infrastruc-
ture and development
work his government
has been doing for the
Delhi-NCR region.
Delhi has received a
beautiful infrastruc-
ture gift from the cen-
tral government, Modi
said after inaugurating
the project.
He noted that the pro-
ject will help save 55
lakh litres of fuel and
cut down pollution, add-
ing that his government
looks at increasing ur-
banisation as an oppor-
tunity and has been
working to boost ease of
living for the people.
The inauguration of
the 1.6-km-long tunnel,
which will be Delhi’s
first, will allow com-
muters travelling to In-
dia Gate and other cen-
tral Delhi areas from
east Delhi, Noida and
Ghaziabad to ditch traf-
fic snarls at ITO, Ma-
thura Road and Bhairon
Marg, and thereby save
time, fuel and money
.
“Time is money,”
Modi said, adding that
it makes headlines if
the government an-
nounces Rs 100 for peo-
ple but if Rs 200 is
saved, it is not talked
about much.
Modi also lauded the
artwork adorning the
tunnelandunderpasses,
and suggested that they
should be closed for traf-
fic for a few hours on
Sundays to allow school-
children and other peo-
ple to walk around and
appreciate the art. He
added that he will also
ask MPs to do so.
He said this is per-
haps among the world’s
longest art galleries.
The Pragati Maidan
Integrated Transit Cor-
ridor project has been
built at a cost of more
than Rs 920 crore and is
entirely funded by the
central government.
It is aimed at provid-
ing hassle-free and
smooth access to the
new world-class exhibi-
tionandconventioncen-
tre being developed at
Pragati Maidan to facili-
tate easy participation
of exhibitors and visi-
tors in the programmes
being held there.
Union Ministers Pi-
yush Goyal, Hardeep
Singh Puri, Som
Prakash, Anupriya Pa-
tel and Kaushal Kishore
were among those pre-
sent on the occasion.
Addressing the gath-
ering, Modi recalled the
enormity of the chal-
lenge to complete the
project due to traffic
congestion and the
COVID-19 pandemic. He
credited the new work
culture of New India,
workers and engineers
for the feat.
This tunnel is part of
the campaign to trans-
form Pragati Maidan
according to the needs
of the 21st century, he
said.
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Assam
Chief Minister Him-
anta Biswa Sarma
has already ruled out
any agitation against
the Agneepath plan to
recruitinthearmy
.He
announcedthat75per-
cent of the Agniveers
who would be retiring
after four years of ser-
viceinthearmywould
be reinstated in the
Assam Police. Earlier,
states like Uttar
Pradesh,Uttarakhand
etc. had said that the
retiring Agriveers
would be gwiven pri-
ority in the appoint-
ments of police and
disaster management
department, but Him-
anta said that all the
retiring youths would
be given jobs. If you
look at it, it’s not even
a big deal.
If on an average,
GoI appoints 50 thou-
sand Agniveers every
year and out of them
37kpeopleretireevery
4years,theninasmall
state like Assam, the
number of Agniveers
retiringwillbearound
one thousand or so.
Adjusting 1000 people
in jobs every year is
not a big deal. Even
from big states, num-
ber of Agniveers who
retire every year will
not be very high.
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Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
Glad to have received several inputs
for this month’s #MannKiBaat
scheduled for the 26th. Do keep your
ideas coming either on MyGov or the
NaMo App.
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur
Today a large number of jawans are in
30s and officers are getting command
much later than in the past. The age
factor has become worrisome... Ageing
COs leading ageing jawans into battle
is not a prospect to enthuse any
commander.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Should you find a wise
critic to point out your
faults, follow him as you
would a guide to hidden
treasure. —Buddha
IN-DEPTH
LANKA, PAKISTAN
IN DIRE STRAITS
WITH DEEPENING
ENERGY CRISIS
or how to run a coun-
try’s economy, Sri
Lanka and Pakistan
must take a lesson
from India which is
stoically warding off global
headwinds to avert a crisis. Sri
Lanka’s worse than that of Paki-
stan which has had problems
with economic development due
to its greater patronage to ter-
rorists than entrepreneurs. As a
consequence of which a Paki-
stan minister advised people to
stop drinking tea in order to
save foreign exchange. In anoth-
er development, all shopping
malls, wedding halls and mar-
kets in the Sindh province have
been asked to close down early
to save on fuel and energy
.
Sri Lanka’s fuel crisis is going
from bad to worse. From next
week government offices and
schools will shut down from
Monday if the fuel and energy
supply do not improve. Lankan
government is looking at the
IMF for succour. An IMF delega-
tion is expected to visit Sri Lan-
ka soon to work out lending ar-
rangements.
India, in comparison, is in a
very comfortable situation.
TOP TWEETS
F
iolent protests by
Agniveers have al-
ready done a lot of
damage to govern-
ment property be-
sides causing inconvenience
to the people. The anger of
Agniveer aspirants was justi-
fied, but certainly not the
widespread arson and dam-
age to property
. The extent of
violence has been such that
an impression has been cre-
ated about protesters not be-
ing aspirants for jobs in the
armed forces. It is now be-
lieved that other troublemak-
ers have tried to take advan-
tage of the movement. The
crackdown and police cases
on the agitators that followed
the violence would leave the
angry youth facing a dark al-
ley
. Their entry in the defence
forces is as good as blocked.
The government is reach-
ing out to the angry youth by
announcing concessions in
the scheme. Even as Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh held
another meeting with the
three Services chiefs on Sun-
day, the government prom-
ised a 10 percent job quota for
Agniveers in paramilitary
forces to address employment
concerns of the youth at the
end of four years. The reser-
vationwillalsobeprovidedin
Coast Guard, the 16 defence
public sector undertakings
and defence civilian posts.
Union Home Minister’s said
in a tweet that Agniveers will
be given three-year age relax-
ation beyond the prescribed
upper age limit for recruit-
mentinCentralArmedPolice
Force and Assam Rifles.
The angry youth must look
at these developments and
prepare for the recruitment
process. Eschewing violence
for some stability in career,
even if it is short lived, is
what the youth must seri-
ously consider. The govern-
ment may not be willing to
give in to pressure.
VIOLENCE WILL NOT
WORK FOR YOUTH
Even as Defence
Minister held another
meeting with the three
Services Chiefs on
Sunday, govt promised a
10 per cent job quota for
Agniveers in paramilitary
forces to address
employment concerns of
youth at end of 4 years
V
Reacting Mindfully!
INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY — JUNE 21
ith the moment ushering on
21st June as International
Yoga Day, it is the time to sit
back and reflect and acknowl-
edge that we all experience
suffering, discontent, or dis-
satisfaction. Acceding this
predicament is the first step
towards understanding the
painful experience which is
more relevant than ever be-
fore in the current excruciat-
ing times that we all are ex-
periencing. With everything
that is currently going on in
the world, our stress levels
may likely be heightened.
For some people, the uncer-
tainty of this time causes a
lot of anxiety, especially the
younger segment such as
small children and teenag-
ers. It’s important to realize
and practice healthy ways of
de-stressing as we learn how
to deal with normal everyday
life. While the world is gasp-
ing in bewilderment to save
itself from the agonizing Ef-
fects of home -office and in-
creasing stress on the young-
er generation which seem
rhapsodical, looking back
may hand us an enshrined
solution in the form of yoga
which may equip us to fight
this battle.
International Yoga day is a
reminder that from the an-
cient scripture to the Middle
Ages until the very recent
studies which are supported
by scientific evidence, it is
becoming very apparent that
yoga is not only the strength-
ening of the body but also
stabilizing the mind and
heart through various
breathing techniques. It is
one form of physical exercise
that works in synchroniza-
tion with the mind and soul.
There is ample literature
available on yoga not only in
India but also across Europe.
What makes yoga exclu-
sive is, it’s being inclusive.
People of all age groups, na-
tionalities, and social back-
grounds can practice it be-
cause yoga is accessible to
all. There are various kinds
of yoga practices, so it’s pos-
sible for anyone to start. Size
and fitness levels don’t mat-
ter, there are modifications
for every yoga pose. Apart
from the real physical effect
of stress and anxiety on our
younger population, the men-
tal health implications of
this can be felt just as strong-
ly. For those already suffer-
ing from mental health con-
ditions or anxiety, the added
stress can feel overwhelming
and unmanageable. Anxiety
thrives on uncertainty and
being in a constant state of
waiting for something to hap-
pen will only increase this.
Anxiety and the manner in
which we breathe are co-
joint. The principles of yoga
offer a wonderful, logical ex-
planation to regulate stress.
Studies have shown how, if
practiced in moderation
from an early age, yoga teach-
es you to train your brain for
healthy emotional outlets
and handle stress which
seem almost crucial to teen-
agers.
Breathing and yoga are of-
tentimes associated with the
same umbrella. While both
activities encourage mind-
fulness, health, and relaxa-
tion. Yoga can get intense
and serve as a workout de-
pending on the level. Breath-
ing, however, is effortless and
can be practiced everywhere
with being a little mindful.
Often, when we are in a
stressful situation, we get
anxious and do not give our
minds a chance to think logi-
cally. This is the situation
where mostly the people of
age group between 12 to 20
react frantically to the situa-
tion from day to day life.
Breathing rightfully sup-
ports our emotional health
by stamping out the informa-
tion overload that we all ex-
perience daily. It allows us a
clean space in our mind
which in turn can cast us to-
wards positivity
. We not only
feel revamped but we also
become mindful of people
and situations which lead us
to a deep consciousness of
life -force. Which the youth
needs to invest in the future.
Yoga fosters empathy and
larger understanding, and it
is worth observing that sym-
pathy and receptivity lie at
the very root of yoga’s first
principle- helping others by
helping oneself.
Yoga practice can help
young people, especially stu-
dents to develop a non-impul-
sive reaction to events. As
Krishnamurti states “You
can perceive totally, com-
pletely only when the mind is
wholly quiet. So the profes-
sionals, the teachers, the gu-
rus say you must sit in a cer-
tain posture, control your
thought, breathe properly,
and so on.” This will lead one
to handle contradicting emo-
tions. Do not take your
breathing for granted, it’s
magical when you know how
to breathe right. Taking the
time to breathe mindfully
and deeply for a few minutes
or so can already help you to
see an improvement without
even moving a muscle. The
power of being still is just as
important as the power of
movement. Children need to
be active but also they need
mindful emotional clarity
.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
W
Over time, yoga can help
you to regain that sense of
control and allow your
mind and your body to
sharpen each other, which
in turn gives you the tools
to better manage those
moments when you feel
anxious over a situation,
you can’t control be it
school assignment pressure
or a feeling of isolation.
Sometimes our biggest
enemy is our own mind, so
give yourself some time to
relax your mind and focus
on yourself. It is doing
more good for your body
than you know. On this
international day of yoga
let’s embark on this self-
fulfilling journey of yoga
and peaceful joy
International Yoga day is a reminder that from the
ancient scripture to the Middle Ages until the very
recent studies which are supported by scientific
evidence, it is becoming very apparent that yoga is not
only the strengthening of the body but also stabilizing the
mind and heart through various breathing techniques
DR JYOTI JOSHI
The writer is a soft skill, yoga trainer,
business coach and English language
instructor in Germany, Europe

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INDIA
05
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi : Barring a
few exceptions in India,
strong leaders do not
contest the Presidential
elections, especially not
from the opposition
parties. Rarely has it
happened that a person
of strong political back-
ground and engaged in
active politics from the
opposition has contest-
ed the election of the
President. Usually, it is
considered that any
leader from the opposi-
tion would loose the
election, so no towering
or senior leader is ready
to fight these elections.
A leader who fights for
a Rajya Sabha ticket,
even if he or she is
asked to contest the
election of the Presi-
dent, they would refuse.
They would rather
agree to contest the
election of Lok Sabha
or State Assembly by
taking the risk of losing
but would not want to
contest the election of
the President.
This is the reason
why opposition parties
have to put forward the
names of ‘spent’ leaders
or non-political persons.
This time also leaders
like Sharad Pawar and
HD Deve Gowda have
refused to contest the
presidential election.
Bihar Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar’s name
was speculated to be in
the Presidential race,
however, the manner in
which he gave a clarifi-
cation, made people feel
that if he didnt clarify,
he may have been
caught and fielded force-
fully for the Presidential
election! If the opposi-
tion parties had fielded
a strong leader and then
even if the presidential
election would have
been ‘pre-decided’, at
least the fight would
have been good.
This is the first time
the Shiv Sena has raised
this point on behalf of
the opposition parties. It
hasrejectedtheproposal
to name both Gopal
Krishna Gandhi and Fa-
rooq Abdullah by writ-
ing an editorial in its
mouthpiece ‘Saamana’,
terming both of them as
‘weak candidates’. Shiv
Sena has stressed on the
need to field a strong
leader from the opposi-
tion side and even many
other opposition parties
want a real fight instead
of a symbolic fight. The
opposition knows that af-
ter fighting unitedly
, 30 to
35%of thevoteswillgoto
itscandidate.Despitethis,
if an active and strong
leader is fielded, he will
roam around the country
and create a political at-
mosphere.
If we talk about the
last 30 years, the only re-
nowned politian with a
respectablepublicstand-
ing had been Bhairon
Singh Shekhawat, who
contested the Presiden-
tialelection.However,he
too had retired from ac-
tive politics and contest-
ed the presidential elec-
tion after being the VP
forfiveyears.Apartfrom
him, the opposition has
given a symbolic candi-
date every time. Meira
Kumar was the candi-
date in the last election
i.e. 2017 and PA Sangma
contested in the 2012
elections. Shekhawat
had fought in 2007. In
2002, the opposition sup-
ported APJ Abdul Kal-
am, but the Left had
fieldedCaptainLakshmi
Sehgal. Before that in
1997 also the opposition
had supported KR
Narayanan, yet Shiv
Sena had fielded TN Se-
shan. Before that, in
1992, George Swale was
the opposition’s candi-
date. The story of presi-
dentialcandidatesof the
party‘in-power’isnodif-
ferent. In the last 30 yrs,
except Pranab Mukher-
jee, all other ‘govern-
ment’ candidates were
also retired politicians
or non-politicians.
WHY DONT STRONG LEADERS CONTEST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS?
Bengaluru: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi will visit
Karnataka on Monday
and Tuesday to
inaugurate and lay the
foundation stone of
multiple rail and road
infrastructure projects
worth over Rs 27,000
crore in Bengaluru,
said a press release.
Prime Minister will
visit the Indian
Institute of Science
(IISc) Bengaluru on
June 20.
PM ON A 2-DAY
VISIT TO K’TAKA
STARTINGTODAY
Flood situation in Assam remains critical
State has been witnessing floods and landslides for the last six days that has claimed the lives of people
Villagers catch fishes at a
flooded area after heavy rains,
in Nalbari district on Sunday.
(Inset) Locals inspect the flood-
damaged on road following
heavy rains on Sunday.
Guwahati: The flood
situation in Assam re-
mained extremely criti-
cal on Sunday with
many new localities
coming under the im-
pact of the deluge in
several districts of the
state and overnight in-
cessant rain inundating
more areas in Guwaha-
ti, officials said.
According to the lat-
est updates by the As-
sam State Disaster
Management Authority
(ASDMA), the state was
witnessing floods and
landslides for the last
six days, leaving behind
a huge trail of destruc-
tion everywhere.In the
last 24 hours, 32 dis-
tricts, comprising 118
revenue circles and
4,291 villages, have re-
ported flooding, it said.
Around 31 lakh people
have been impacted,
and 1.56 lakh of them
have taken shelter in
514 relief camps across
the state. Relief materi-
als were also distribut-
ed among people who
are affected by the
floods and have not tak-
en shelter in relief
camps, the ASDA said.
44 ANTI-POACHING CAMPS OF KAZIRANGA PARK INUNDATED
Kaziranga : As many as
44 anti-poaching camps
have been inundated at
the Kaziranga national
park due to floods.
According to the park
authority, the flood
water has submerged
15 per cent of Assam’s
Kaziranga National
Park and Tiger Reserve
areas. The authority has
informed that 44 out
of 223 anti-poaching
camps of the park have
been inundated by the
flood waters of the
Brahmaputra river. The
authority further took
adequate measures to
protect the wild animals.
Out of 44 camps, 14 are
under the Agratoli wild-
life range, eight under
the Biswanath wildlife
division, range.
FOUR MISSING AS BOAT CAPSIZES IN
BRAHMAPUTRA: ASSAM POLICE
IMD PREDICTS RAIN, THUNDERSTORMS IN
CHENNAI FOR NEXT 48 HOURS, SAYS MeT
Dibrugarh: At least four persons were missing after
a boat capsized in the Brahmaputra river in Assam’s
Dibrugarh district on Sunday, police said.Nine people
were travelling in the country boat, fitted with a motor,
when it capsized at Rahmaria near Chabua, they said.
“Five persons swam to the bank, while four are still
missing. We have called the NDRF, which is carrying
out an extensive search in the entire area and down-
stream,” Dibrugarh’s SOP Bitul Chetia told.
Chennai: The Regional Centre of the IMD has predicted
rain and thunderstorms in Chennai and its suburbs
for the next 48 hours. The Centre also predicted
cloudy sky in the same period, with the maximum and
minimum temperatures dropping to 33 degrees and
26 degrees Celsius, respectively. IMD officials said that
the light spell over some suburban areas was due to
convergence closer to coastal areas.
EIGHT MORE KILLED
IN ASSAM AS RAIN
CONTINUES
THREE KILLED AS
RAIN LASHES
KARNATAKA
New Delhi: As rains
continued to wreak havoc
in Assam, at least eight
more people died on
Sunday. With this, the
death toll due to floods
and landslides has gone
up to 70 in the north-
eastern state. More than
37,17,800 people have
been affected due to the
floods in 4,462 villages
across 30 districts.
Bengaluru: At least three
people were killed as
incessant rain lashed
Karnataka in the last
48 hours, with the IMD
predicting downpours
across the state till June
22. A yellow alert has
been issued from Sunday
till June 22 in Bengaluru,
Chamarajanagar, Chikka-
ballapur, Hassan Kodagu,
Tumakuru, Mandya.
MAMATA UNLIKELY TO ATTEND
OPPOSITION MEET ON JUN 21
IS MAMATA
DOOMED TO FAIL
YET AGAIN ?
BJP LEADERS
GO INTO A
HUDDLE
Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee is unlikely to
participate in the opposi-
tion meeting convened
by NCP chief Sharad
Pawar on June 21 on the
upcoming Presidential poll
due to prior engagements,
a TMC functionary said on
Sunday. A senior TMC leader will be present at
the proposed meeting, he said.
New Delhi: Before
every Presidential
election in the coun-
try since 2012, the
politician who jumps
forward for the ‘king-
maker’ tag is CM and
All India Trinamool
Congress supremo,
Mamata Banerjee.
This time also she
has come forward to
project herself as a
key catalyst in uniting
the opposition parties
against the NDA.
New Delhi: A meeting
of BJP leaders was
held at party chief JP
Nadda’s residence
ahead of the presi-
dential elections. The
meeting was called to
discuss preparations
for the upcoming
presidential polls. In
order to coordinate
with its state units
and allies, the BJP has
also formed a coordi-
nation committee of
14 members.
PM LAUNCHES
HISTORIC
TORCH RELAY
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi launched the historic
torch relay for 44th Chess
Olympiad on Sunday at In-
dira Gandhi Stadium in New
Delhi. This torch will then be
taken to 75 cities in a span
of 40 days before the final
culmination at Mahabali-
puram near Chennai.
PM Narendra Modi, Arkady
Dvorkovich, Vishwanathan
Anand, Anurag Thakur, Sanjay
Kapoor and others during
launch of torch relay for the
44th Chess Olympiad in New
Delhi on Sunday.
MUSLIM GIRL OVER 16 YEARS OF AGE
CAN MARRY MAN OF HER CHOICE: HC
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana HC has held
that a Muslim girl over 16 years of age is com-
petent to enter into a contract of marriage with a
person of her choice. The bench of Justice Jasjit
Singh Bedi passed the order while disposing of a
protection plea of a Muslim couple.
New Delhi: Students have challenged Karnataka
High Court’s conclusion that wearing hijab is not an
essential practice in Islam.
Appeals filed in the Supreme
Court challenging Karnataka
High Court’s conclusion that
wearing hijab is not an
essential practice in Islam has been in limbo for
several months. The petitions, filed mostly by
affected girl students.
HIJAB ROW: PETITIONS FILED BY
STUDENTS IN LIMBO IN SUPREME COURT
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: Dr Jiten-
dra Singh on Sunday
reviewed the Amar-
nathYatra preparation
and arrangements
with District Adminis-
tration Ramban. Dur-
ing the review meet-
ing, Dr.Jitendra Singh
emphasized that a
dash board must be
prepared for the Yatris
for the real-time infor-
mation related to
weather forecasts,
highway updates, num-
ber of Yatris arriving,
traffic updates etc. The
Minister also stressed
upon the district ad-
ministration that so-
cial media should be
used for updating Ya-
tris with reliable re-
lated information by
creating separate han-
dles exclusively for
this year’s Amarnath-
Yatra, tagging impor-
tant handles.
During the meeting,
Dr.Jitendra Singh said
that the latest technol-
ogy like RFIDs which
have been made com-
pulsory in this year’s
AmarnathYatra will
help in the real-time
monitoring of Yatris by
tracking them enroute
to the cave.
Dr Jitendra Singh reviews
AmarnathYatra arrangements
New Delhi: India re-
ported 12,899 new Cov-
id-19 infections on Sun-
day (June 19), 2.4 per
cent lower than yester-
day, according to data
shared by the Union
Health Ministry. This
brings the country’s cu-
mulative caseload to
4,32,96,692. Total recov-
eries were at 4,26,99,363
across the country
, after
8,518 patients recovered
in the last 24 hours. The
recovery rate is now at
98.62 per cent.ndia's ac-
tive caseload stands at
72,474. In the last 24
hours, active cases in-
creased by 4,366.
India logs 12,899
new Covid-19
cases, 15 deaths
New delhi: Cong has
taken a step back for
the sake of opposition
unity in the presiden-
tial polls as the opposi-
tion parties will meet
on June 21 to discuss
the candidate for Prez
election.
The meeting will be
chaired by NCP chief
Sharad Pawar. The
Congress is not push-
ing anybody’s candi-
dature and will go
with the opposition’s
choice for the sake of
opposition unity
.
Sources say that Con-
gress leader Mallikar-
jun Kharge made the
point in the meeting
convened by Mamata
Banerjee on June 15
that the party is aware
that many of the par-
ties around this table
compete with each
otherinassemblyelec-
tions. But that has not
prevented this meet-
ing from taking place.
Cong takes a step
back for oppn
unity on Prez poll
PREZ POLL
Dr Jitendra Singh reviewing the Amarnath Yatra preparation and
arrangements with District Administration on Sunday.
Rahul Gandhi
@RahulGandhi
Thank you all for the
wonderful wishes.
Humbled by the love,
affection support
from each one of you.

BIZ BUZZ
06
Employees’ State Insur-
ance Corporation
(ESIC) on Sunday de-
cided its health insur-
ance scheme ESI will be
implemented through-
out the country by the
end of 2022.
Presently, the Em-
ployees’ State Insur-
ance (ESI) Scheme is
fully implemented in
443 districts and par-
tially implemented in
153 districts. A total of
148 districts are not cov-
ered under the ESI
Scheme. The ESIC, un-
der the chairmanship
of Minister of Labour
and Employment Bhu-
pender Yadav, in its
188th meeting held on
Sunday has taken sig-
nificant decisions to
augment the medical
care and service deliv-
ery mechanism across
the country, a labour
ministry statement
said.
It has been decided
that the ESI Scheme
will be implemented in
the entire country by
the end of 2022, it add-
ed. By the end of the
year, the districts which
are partially covered
and not covered under
the scheme will be fully
brought under the am-
bit of the ESI Scheme,
the statement said. The
medical care services
will be provided
through establishing
new DCBOs (dispensa-
ry cum branch offices),
by empanelling mIMP
(Modified Insurance
Medical Practitioner)
and tie-up hospitals of
Ayushman Bharat
Pradhan Mantri Jan
Arogya Yojana (PM-
JAY).
Besides, the ESIC has
decided to set up 23 new
100-bedded hospitals
across the country
.
These include six
hospitals in Maharash-
tra at Palghar, Satara,
Pen, Jalgaon, Chakan
and Panvel; four in Har-
yana at Hisar, Sonepat,
Ambala and Rohatak;
two hospitals each in
Tamil Nadu, Uttar
Pradesh and Karnata-
ka. ESIC will also set up
one hospital each in
Andhra Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gu-
jarat, Madhya Pradesh,
Odisha and West Ben-
gal.
Besides these hospi-
tals, five dispensaries at
62 places will also be
opened. Further, 48 dis-
pensaries in Maharash-
tra, 12 dispensaries in
Delhi and 2 dispensa-
ries in Haryana will be
opened.
ESIC to cover entire India under ESI Scheme
BY YEAR END
New Delhi (PTI): A
combination of normal
rainfalls aiding bump-
er agriculture output
and the RBI further
hiking interest rates to
cut easy money in the
system hold key to
bringing down multi-
year high inflation trig-
gered by surging food
and fuel prices, econo-
mists said.
Although the gov-
ernment has room to
further reduce excise
duty on petroleum
products to contain in-
flation from the fiscal
side, emphasis will be
on monetary policy to
control price pres-
sures, they added.
While retail inflation
rose 7.04% in May year-
on-year, slightly down
from 95-month high of
7.79% in April, whole-
sale or WPI inflation
rose to a record high of
15.88% in May. Three-
fourth of the price rise
is coming from food
items and a normal
monsoon will help cool
it down as it will boost
production and replen-
ish stockpiles.
The RBI has already
raised interest rates by
90 basis points after in-
flation remained above
its 2-6% target band for
a fifth straight month
and is expected to hike
interest rates by anoth-
er 80 bps, they said.
For the common
man, the price hike is
drilling a hole in pock-
et. Edible oil prices,
which had been a ma-
jor factor contributing
to the inflation, have
started to ease a bit
with leading players
announcing some re-
duction. Economic af-
fairs secretary Ajay
Seth on June 16 said
inflation in India is
mainly because of high
energy and food prices
and hoped that it would
moderate in the com-
ing months. “We are all
aware that summer
months are difficult
months in terms of
vegetables and other
items,” he said. “High
crude prices are cer-
tainly a challenge and
whatever measures are
needed and feasible are
being taken.”
SP Global Ratings
economist Vishrut
Rana said higher glob-
al commodity prices
are a key driving factor
for inflation and the
outlook for food infla-
tion, which has a heavy
weightage in the over-
all CPI basket, will
depend on the mon-
soon – sufficient rains
will help agricultural
produce and help rein
in prices.
Sellingfuelsatloss:
Pvtretailerstogovt
New Delhi (PTI):
Selling diesel at `20-25
a litre below cost and
petrol at `14-18 per li-
tre below cost, as a re-
sult of a price freeze
despite soaring crude
rates is unsustainable,
an industry body rep-
resenting private fuel
retailers like Jio-bp
and Nayara Energy
has told the Oil Minis-
try and has sought its
intervention to create
a viable investment
environment.
On June 10, the Fed-
eration of Indian Pe-
troleum Industry,
which besides private
fuel retailers also
counts state-owned
firms such as IOC,
BPCL and HPCL as its
members, wrote to the
Petroleum Ministry
saying losses on petrol
and diesel will limit
further investments
in retailing business.
“With effect from
March 22, 2022, the re-
tail selling prices were
revised on 14 occa-
sions at an average of
80 paise per litre per
day, leading to an over-
all increase of `10 per
litre on both petrol
and diesel.
“However, the un-
der-recoveries (losses)
continue to be very
high in a range of Rs
20-25 per litre for die-
sel and `14-18 per litre
for petrol,” FIPI direc-
tor general Gurmeet
Singh wrote.
“This resulted in
rapid diversion of
bulk diesel (direct con-
sumers) sales to retail
outlets amounting to
widening of losses in-
curred by private fuel
retailing companies,”
Federation of Indian
Petroleum Industry
wrote.
DoT’s licencing reforms report
to submitted by month-end
telecom department is
moving ahead in full
stream towards usher-
ing the next round of
reforms in the sector
and a committee, set
up to make sugges-
tions on licencing re-
forms, is expected to
submit its report to the
Department by the
month-end, a senior of-
ficial said. Even as hec-
tic preparations are on
in the DoT for the up-
coming spectrum auc-
tions, work on the sec-
ond set of reforms is
going on in parallel.
The reforms span
multiple areas includ-
ing licencing, wireless
WPC, satellite telepho-
ny, and other areas.
A DoT committee
headed by Member
Technology is deliber-
ating on the licencing
terms and conditions
reforms, and is expect-
ed to submit its report
by the month end, fol-
lowing which DoT will
assess which measures
involve reference to
TRAI.
428 INFRA PROJECTS SHOW COST
OVERRUNS OF `4.98 LAKH CRORE
New Delhi (PTI): As
many as 428 infrastruc-
ture projects, each en-
tailing an investment of
`150 crore or more, have
been hit by cost over-
runs of more than `4.98
lakh crore, according to
a report.
According to the
Ministry of Statistics
and Programme Imple-
mentation, which mon-
itors infrastructure
projects of `150 crore
and above, out of 1,559
projects, 428 projects
reported cost overruns
and as many as 647 pro-
jects were delayed.
“Total original cost
of implementation of
the 1559 projects was
`21,73,907.11 crore and
their anticipated com-
pletion cost is likely to
be `26,72,201.26 crore,
which reflects overall
cost overruns of
`4,98,294.15 crore
(22.92% of original
cost),” the ministry’s
latest report for April
2022 said.
According to the re-
port, the expenditure
incurred on these pro-
jects till April 2022 was
`13,50,610.98 crore,
which was 50.54% of
their anticipated cost.
However, the number
of delayed projects de-
creases to 525 if the de-
lay is calculated on the
basis of latest schedule
of completion.
Further, for 619 pro-
jects neither the year of
commissioning nor the
tentative gestation pe-
riod has been reported.
ZEE5 eyes
double-digit
growth this yr
Opt for lowest
air fare: Govt
to employees
New Delhi (PTI):
Home-grown video
streaming platform
ZEE5 is aiming for
high double-digit to
triple-digit revenue
growth this year, rid-
ing on the momen-
tum built over the
last two years during
the Covid pandemic,
which acted as a cata-
lyst for people to ex-
plore content online,
according to a top
company official.
The platform,
which had recently
unveiled 11 original
series in Telugu as
part of its strategy to
cater to different lan-
guages in the coun-
try, is also making
investments in terms
of “hundreds of
crores” this year for
content creation.
“We have big aspi-
rations and want to
ensure we are achiev-
ing high double-digit
or triple-digit growth
this year as well,”
ZEE5 chief business
officer Manish Kalra
said. In FY22, ZEE5’s
revenue stood at
`549.6 crore, up 31%
from `419.1 crore in
the previous fiscal.
New Delhi (PTI):
The Finance Minis-
try has asked govern-
ment employees to
opt for ‘cheapest fare
available’ on their
entitled travel class
and book air tickets
at least three weeks
prior to their date of
travel for tours and
LTC, as it looks to cut
down on unneces-
sary expenditure.
The Ministry further
said that employees
should book only one
ticket for each leg of
intended travel,
make bookings even
if approval of the
tour programme is
under process and
also avoid “unneces-
sary cancellations”.
Any booking made
within less than 72
hours of intended
travel on tour or any
cancellation made
less than 24 hours be-
fore intended travel
will require the sub-
mission of self-de-
clared justification
by the employee, as
per the modified in-
structions regarding
booking of air tick-
ets on the govt ac-
count.
‘Normal monsoon, interest rate
cut key to bring down inflation’
EMPHASIS WILL BE ON MONETARY POLICY TO CONTROL PRICE PRESSURES
Canara Bank
to improve
bottom line
New Delhi (PTI):
Recording over
two-fold jump in
its net profit in fis-
cal year ended
March 2022, Ca-
nara Bank aims to
improve its bot-
tom line further
with balanced fo-
cus on advances to
retail, big and
small businesses,
coupled with
greater focus on
digitisation. Dur-
ing 2021-22, the
state-owned lend-
er recorded a ro-
bust growth of
122% in its net
profit at `5,678 cr.
Global trends, oil prices
to guide mkt this week
Top 10 firms lose `3.91
lakh crore in m-cap
equity markets focus is
expected to shift to glob-
al trends in the absence
of any major domestic
event scheduled this
week, while investors
are likely to continue to
keep a tab on foreign
fund movement and
crude oil prices, ana-
lysts said. Progress of
monsoon would also be
monitored, they added.
“Relentless selling by
FIIs is a key concern for
the Indian markets. Ru-
pee movement and de-
velopment of monsoon
will be other important
factors for the market,”
said Santosh Meena.
“In absence of any ma-
jor domestic event,
global cues will contin-
ue to dictate the trend.
Participants will also
be eyeing COVID cases
trend and progress of
monsoon,” Ajit Mishra,
VP - Research said.
market valuation of the
top-10 most valued
firms plunged by a
whopping `3.91 lakh
crore last week, in tan-
dem with a steep sell-
off in equities, with
TCS and and Reliance
Industries taking the
biggest hit.
The market valuation
of the 10 most valued
domestic firms eroded
by `3,91,620.01 crore last
week.
From the top-10
firms, TCS was the top
loser, as its market valu-
ation tumbled
`1,01,026.4 crore to
stand at `11,30,372.45
crore. The market capi-
talisation (mcap) of RIL
tanked `84,352.76 crore
to reach `17,51,686.52
crore.
In the ranking of top-
10 firms, Reliance In-
dustries continued to
remain the most valued
company, followed by
TCS, HDFC Bank, Info-
sys, HUL, ICICI Bank,
LIC, SBI, HDFC Bhar-
ti Airtel.
FPIs pull out `31,430
crore in June so far
New Delhi (PTI): Ag-
gressive rate hike by
the US Federal Re-
serve, coupled with el-
evated inflation and
high valuation of equi-
ties continued to keep
foreign investors at
bay from the Indian
stock market as they
pulled out `31,430 crore
in this month so far.
With this, net out-
flow by Foreign Portfo-
lio Investors (FPIs)
from equities reached
`1.98 lakh crore so far
in 2022, data with de-
positories showed.
Going forward, For-
eign Portfolio Inves-
tors flows to remain
volatile in the emerg-
ing markets on ac-
count of rising geopo-
litical risk, rising in-
flation, tightening of
monetary policy by
central banks, among
others, Shrikant Chou-
han, Head - Equity Re-
search (Retail), Kotak
Securities, said.
According to the
data, foreign investors
withdrew a net amount
of `31,430 crore from
equities in the month
of June (till 17th).
The massive selling
by FPIs continued in
June too as they have
been incessantly with-
drawing money from
Indian equities since
October 2021.

07
NEWS
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: Political par-
tiesarepushinghardfor
victory in the by-elec-
tion of Rampur, which
was once the parliamen-
tary seat of the coun-
try's first education
minister Maulana Abul
Kalam Azad. With the
BSP and the Congress
out of the electoral fray
,
thereisabipolarcontest
between the SP and the
BJP. Azam Khan's close
aide Asim Raja is the SP
candidate, while former
SP MLC Ghanshyam
Singh Lodhi is contest-
ing from BJP's side. In
this stronghold of SP
stalwart and ten-term
MLA Azam Khan, the
SPiskeepinghighhopes
of getting an edge, while
the BJP is also toiling to
presentitself asastrong
contender.
In this by-election the
BJP's poll calculation is
based on the caste arith-
metics. Party strate-
gists estimate that
around two lakh Lodh
voters will support
Ghanshyam Lodhi,
apart from OBC voters
including1.25lakhMau-
ryas,SainiandKashyap,
the party candidate can
also get the support of
upper caste voters. Up-
set over the Congress's
decision not to contest
theelection,disgruntled
Congress leader and for-
mer minister Kazim Ali
KhanaliasNaveedMian
has announced his sup-
port to the BJP candi-
date. In such a situation,
BJP is also expecting to
get the votes of the sup-
porters of the Nawab
family
. With the BSP not
being in the electoral
fray
.
Yogi government
ministers,whobelongto
western UP
, Bhupendra
Choudhary, Kapildev
Agarwal, Jaswant
Saini,DharamvirPraja-
pati and Gulab Devi are
holding series of meet-
ings of their respective
communities here. UP
ministers Sandeep Sin-
gh, Rakesh Sachan and
Union minister BL Ver-
ma are also active
among voters. Dilip
Singh Lodhi, husband
of MLA Rajbala of Mi-
lak assembly and dis-
trict panchayat presi-
dent Khyali Ram Lodhi
has been entrusted to
connect with the public.
BJP’SSTRUGGLETOBOOSTPROSPECTUSINSPBASTION
BY-POLLS PITCH
First India Bureau
Lucknow: With just
two days left for the
campaigning in
Azamgarh to end, a
war of words be-
tween the contesting
parties is intensify-
ing every hour. Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath,
on Sunday, blasted
the Samajwadi Party
for “betraying” the
people of Azamgarh
and ensuring that the
area remains unde-
veloped.
“You have sent two
former chief minis-
ters to Lok Sabha but
they left you without
a word. Did they
come to you during
Covid pandemic? We
have given Azam-
garh a new identity.
You have lived for
long with an identity
that gave you nothing
to be proud of. I prom-
ise development if
you promise to vote
for BJP
,” he said.
A day ago, UP BJP
chief and Jal Shakti
minister Swatantra
Dev Singh drew reli-
gious analogy
.
Since Azamgarh
has a sizeable popula-
tion of Rajbhars,
mostly considered
loyal to Suheldev
Bhartiya Samaj Par-
ty whose chief Om
Prakash Rajbhar has
been pitching for the
SP here, Swatantra
Dev began his cam-
paign by invoking
“MaharajaSuheldev”
before referring to
sage Durvasa. “
Azam-
garh used to be the
place where sage
Durvasa prayed.
Azamgarh may have
given chief minis-
ters, it may have sent
Lok Sabha MPs,” the
UP CM said.
Surya Desaraju
Nellore (PTI): The
ruling YSR Congress
feels the June 23 by-
election for Atmaku-
ru Assembly constit-
uency, in SPS Nellore
district of Andhra
Pradesh, will be a
cakewalk for it, but
the BJP is deter-
mined to give a tough
fight.
Though on paper
there are 14 candi-
dates in the fray, the
contest is only be-
tween the YSRC and
the BJP
. Going by tra-
dition, where the ri-
val party does not put
up its candidate in
the event of death of
a sitting legislature,
the Telugu Desam
opted out of the by-
poll contest.
While the BJP
could bank on its po-
litical ally Jana Se-
na’s backing, it might
also benefit from the
tacit support of TDP,
given the caste and
other equations in
the constituency
.
The by-election for
the Assembly seat
has been caused due
to the death of sitting
legislator and then
Industries Minister
Mekapati Goutham
Reddy in February
this year.
Goutham Reddy
won the Atmakuru
seat twice successive-
ly in 2014 and 2019,
though his majority
dipped from 31,412 to
22,276. His younger
brother and YSRC
nominee Mekapati
Vikram Reddy is
making a political de-
but through the by-
poll. Though hailing
from a political fami-
ly his father Rajamo-
han Reddy was a for-
mer MP Vikram is
considered a political
novice but the ruling
partyfeelsthesympa-
thy’ factor will work
in his favour.
There is enormous
goodwill for the Me-
kapati family in At-
makuru. Goutham
Reddy contributed
significantly to the
constituency devel-
opment, establishing
an industrial park in
200 acres and creat-
ing hundreds of jobs
for the local youth.
People are sad over
his untimely demise,
state Civil Supplies
Minister Karumuri
Nageswara Rao not-
ed.
FIVE ASSEMBLY
SEATS FALL
UNDER THE
RAMPUR LOK
SABHA
CONSTITUENCY
Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath
IN THIS,
RAMPUR, SWAR
AND CHAMRAUA
SEATS ARE
MUSLIM-
DOMINATED
SEATS
MAYAWATI APPEALS TO VOTERS TO ENSURE
VICTORY OF JAMALI IN AZAMGARH LS BYELECTION
First India Bureau
Lucknow: BSP chief
Mayawati on Sunday
called upon the people
to ensure the victory of
party candidate Shah
Alam alia Guddu Jamali
in Lok Sabha byelec-
tions. The polling is due
on June 23. Addressing
press conference here
She said Guddu Jamali,
who has won MLA elec-
tion several times, had
always worked above
caste and communal
consideration. Mayawa-
ti said Guddu Jamali
had also been with the
people of Azamgarh at
the time of adversities.
She said the people
have now got an op-
portunity to ensure
the victory of BSP and
expose the Samajwadi
Party and BJP nexus in
the constituency. She
said Jamali’s win would
prove that only BSP
had capacity to de-
feat BJP. The BSP,
while refrain-
ing from joining contest
in Rampur, has fielded
a formidable candidate
Guddu Jamali with the
hope to make dent into
SP’s Muslim electorate.
BJP LEADERS RAISE PITCH TERM
BY-ELECTIONS AS ‘DHARM YUDH’
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The campaign
for the June 23 Lok
Sabha bypolls to Azam-
garh and Rampur seats
reached a crescendo on
Sunday with several lead-
ers of the ruling Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP)
joining the campaign.
Senior ministers who are
campaigning for BJP in
Azamgarh and Rampur
referred to these by-
polls as “dharm yudh
(religious war)” and
one of them also referred
to Azamgarh as ‘Aryam-
garh’ to flag the BJP’s
“rename Azamgarh”
demand. UP BJP chief
and Jal Shakti minister
Swatantra Dev also
drew religious analogy
during his campaign on
Saturday.
2019 RESULTS
Yogi slams Akhilesh
Yadav, says SP chief
ditched Azamgarh
YSRC-BJP slug it
out for Atmakuru
LS seat in Andhra
Body found from JNU campus
over 2 weeks,yet to be identified
New Delhi (ANI): The
dead body of a man that
was found hanging from
a tree in the forest area
of theJawaharlalNehru
UniversityonJune3has
not been identified yet.
According to the po-
lice, they are trying to
identify the dead body
from the last 15 days but
till now success has not
been achieved, accord-
ing to the police. To
identify the dead body,
the missing report of all
the police stations of the
entire South West dis-
trict has been searched,
but the missing report
of that person has not
been registered any-
where, apart from this,
the police of South West
district is also in touch
with the rest of the dis-
tricts.
Apart from this, no
family has contacted the
police about their fami-
ly member not return-
ing from the JNU cam-
pus. The body is in a
very mutilated condi-
tion, with the entire face
disfigured. This is a ma-
jor reason why difficul-
ties are being faced in
identifying the dead
body
.
UP BJP leader shot by
unidentified assailants
First India Bureau
Mainpuri: Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP)
Scheduled Caste Yuva
Morcha district presi-
dent Gautam Kathar-
iya was shot by uniden-
tified assailants in Ut-
tar Pradesh's Mainpuri
district on Saturday,
the police said.
Kathariya was shift-
ed to a nearby hospital
for medical treatment
after he received bullet
injuries yesterday
. Two
unidentified persons
shot at him. He received
bullet injuries near his
shoulder, referred to
Agra for medical treat-
ment, Police told me-
dia persons.
Earlier, in March this
year, former secretary
of BJP's youth wing
Gaurav Jaiswal was al-
legedly shot dead by un-
known assailants in
Maharajganj district.
According to the po-
lice, the assailants shot
Jaiswal in the head and
fled from the spot after
committing the crime.
An FIR was lodged
against the unknown
assailants in connec-
tion with the crime.
UP groom rides
bulldozer to his
wedding venue
First India Bureau
Bahraich: A groom
from Uttar Pradesh's
Shrawasti rode a bull-
dozer instead a car to
reach his wedding ven-
ue here.
The family of bride
Rubina, a resident of
LakshmanpurShankar-
pur in Rasia, were sur-
prised when they saw
the bulldozer leading
the marriage proces-
sion with groom Bad-
shah atop it.
—With PTI inputs
Udhampur (ANI): Be-
sides safeguarding the
public and maintaining
law and order in Jammu
and Kashmir, the CRPF
personnel now and
again have come for-
ward to help the de-
prived. Deputy Com-
mandant of 187 Bn Cen-
tralReservePoliceForce
provided financial help
of Rs 31,000 to the par-
ents of children suffer-
ingfromrareeyedisease
in Chenani Tehsil of
District Udhampur.
Supreme Court will
hear on Monday the
plea of conman’ Sukesh
Chandrashekhar, who
is lodged in Tihar jail
on charges of money
laundering and duping
several people, and his
wife seeking their
transfer to a prison out-
side Delhi alleging
threat to their lives.
The Centre is expect-
ed to apprise a vacation
bench of Justices C T
RavikumarandSudhan-
shuDhulianamesof the
prisons besides Tihar
jail, where jailed Chan-
drashekhar and his
spouse Leena Paulose
could be shifted.
Chandrashekhar,
who is accused of brib-
ing Tihar jail officials
to the tune of Rs 60 lakh
to Rs 75 lakh per fort-
night to live in comfort
with his spouse Leena,
is seeking his transfer
to a prison outside Del-
hi allegedly fearing
threat from the prison
officials who are under
the scanner for favour-
ing him and his wife
inside the jail here.
Senior advocate
Meenakshi Arora, ap-
pearing for the jailed
couple, had said that
since many prison offi-
cials are under arrest
for taking ‘protection
money’ from him, the
jailed couple is facing
threats from other offi-
cials, and requested that
they be shifted to any
prison of the court’s
choice. The senior law-
yer had said the accused
were willing to be shift-
ed even to the Andaman
jail.
List on Monday to en-
able the respondents
(Centre and Delhi gov-
ernment) to take a deci-
sion on the appropriate
jail to which the peti-
tioners can be trans-
ferred,” the bench had
ordered on Friday when
additional solicitor gen-
eral K M Natraj, appear-
ing for the Centre,
sought time for provid-
ing the names of the
jails.
The Union govern-
ment had on May 13 as-
sured the top court
about the safety of
Chandrashekhar.
The Enforcement Di-
rectorate (ED) had on
April4arrestedthe‘con-
man’ in another money
laundering case linked
to the 2017 Election
Commission bribery in-
stance allegedly involv-
ing former AIADMK
leader T T V Dhina-
karan and others.
Supreme Court to hear plea of ‘conman’
seeking transfer to jail to jail outside Delhi
Chandrashekhar, accused of bribing
Tihar staff to live in the comfort with his
spouse, is alleging threat to their lives
A man’s body was found at JNU campus on June 3. —FILE PHOTO
BJP leader Gautam Kathariya
was shot at on Saturday.
Police found the
body of an
unidentified
person hanging
from a tree
CRPF FINANCIALLY
HELPS A CHILD
FOR TREATMENT

08
2NDFRONT
The power of imagination is the
most amazing power a human
has!
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
UNESCO recognition for India’s use of ICT in school education
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Use of In-
formation Communi-
cation Technology
(ICT) under a compre-
hensive initiative called
PM eVIDYAby the De-
partment of School edu-
cation, Ministry of Ed-
ucation, particularly
during the COVID-19
pandemic has won UN-
ESCO’s recognition.
The PM eVIDYA has
been initiated as part of
Atma Nirbhar Bharat
Abhiyaanby the Minis-
try of Education on May
17,2020,whichunifiesall
efforts related to digital/
online/on-air education
to enable multi-mode ac-
cessforimpartingeduca-
tion by using technology
to minimise learning
losses.Central Institute
of Educational Technol-
ogy(CIET),aconstituent
unit of National Council
of Educational Research
and Training (NCERT)
under Department of
School Education and
Literacy (DOSEL), Min-
istry of Education
(MoE), Government of
India has been awarded
withtheUNESCO’sKing
Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khali-
fa Prize for the Use of
ICT in Education for the
year 2021.
This award “recogniz-
es innovative approach-
es in leveraging new
technologies to expand
educational and lifelong
learning opportunities
for all, in line with the
2030 Agenda for Sustain-
able Development and
its Goal 4 on Education.
Established in 2005 with
the support of the King-
dom of Bahrain, the
Prize rewards individu-
als and organizations
that are implementing
outstandingprojectsand
promoting the creative
use of technologies to
enhancelearning,teach-
ing and overall educa-
tional performance in
the digital age. An inter-
nationalJuryselectstwo
best projects annually
.
Each prizewinner re-
ceives US$ 25,000, a med-
al and a diploma during
a ceremony at UNESCO
Headquarters in Paris”,
which this year will be
held on June 24.
With a mandate to
deploy affordable tech-
nology to enhance the
educational opportuni-
ties for all, to augment
the quality of educa-
tion and to bring equity
into the educational
system in the country
and keeping in view
the recommendations
of NEP-2020.
ATMA NIRBHAR BHARAT ABHIYAAN
—IMAGE FOR REPRESENTATIONAL PUPROSE ONLY
CIET, NCERT under Dept of School
Education Literacy wins UNESCO’s
King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize
India gives e-visas to over 100
Sikhs, Hindus in Afghanistan
ATTACK ON KABUL GURDWARA
First India Bureau
New Delhi: India on
Sunday cleared emer-
gency e-visas to over 100
Sikhs and Hindus living
inAfghanistanfollowing
Saturday’s deadly terror
attack on a gurdwara in
Kabul, government
sources said on Sunday
.
The electronic visas
have been given “on pri-
ority” to these people by
the Ministry of Home
Affairs, they said.
The Islamic State (IS)
terrorist group has
claimed responsibility
for the attack on the gur-
dwara in Afghanistan’s
capital that killed two
persons, including one
Sikh community mem-
ber, calling it “an act of
support”fortheProphet.
Several blasts tore
through Gurdwara
Karte Parwan in Kabul’s
Bagh-e Bala neighbour-
hood on Saturday while
Afghan security person-
nel thwarted a bigger
tragedy by stopping an
explosive-laden vehicle
from reaching the place
of worship of the minor-
ity community
.
“More than 100 Af-
ghan Sikhs and Hindus
have been granted e-vi-
sas by India, on priority,
post the attack on gu-
rudwara in Kabul, a
source said.
The dreaded terror
group said one of its
fighters “penetrated a
temple for Hindu and
Sikh polytheists” in Ka-
bul, after killing the
guard, and opened fire
on the worshippers in-
side with his machine
gun and hand grenades.
It was the latest target-
ed assault on a place of
worship of the Sikh com-
munity in Afghanistan.
The three attackers were
killed by the Taliban.
Since Taliban took
powerinAugust2021,Af-
ghanistan has seen con-
tinuing attacks by rival
Sunni Muslim terrorist
group Islamic State.
Only 159 minorities
remain in Afghanistan
after the Taliban took
control in August 2021,
including three mem-
bers who do not have
any passport.
The community had
been petitioning the govt
toclearthevisasafterthe
ISKP issued threats two-
weeksagoasaretaliation
against the controversial
statement made against
the Prophet by suspend-
edBJPspokespersonNu-
pur Sharma.According
to Puneet Singh Chand-
hoke, president of the
India World Forum who
has been coordinating
with the Indian govt to
evacuate Sikhs from Af-
ghanistan,theapplicants
hadappliedforavisaas
early as September 12,
2021 but it was being
blocked due to pending
security clearance.
—With Agencies inputs
RETALIATION
The site where an explosive-laden vehicle detonated amidst an attack on a Gurdwara in Kabul,Afghanistan.
Colombo (PTI): Sri
Lanka will resume
flights from the north-
ern Jaffna peninsula
to India next month,
Aviation Minister Ni-
mal Siripala de Silva
has said, asserting
that the move would
support the country’s
tourism industry and
help in easing the eco-
nomic crisis.
The Sri Lanka
Tourism Develop-
ment Authority plans
to attract 800,000 tour-
ists during the rest of
the year.
“The northern Jaff-
na peninsula’s Palaly
airport is to resume
flights to India from
next month,” Aviation
Minister Nimal Siri-
pala de Silva said on
Saturday
. However, he
did not specify a date.
Resuming the
flights would improve
tourism and help the
country in the current
dollar crisis,” de Silva
said after inspecting
the airport.
The present run-
way can only accom-
modate 75-seater
flights and therefore
needs to be extended,
he said.
He hoped for Indian
assistance for runway
improvements.
The airport was
named the Jaffna in-
ternational airport in
October 2019. The first
international flight to
land there was from
Chennai.
The 2019 redevelop-
ment of the airport
was funded by both Sri
Lanka and India.
Earlier, India’s Alli-
ance Air conducted
three weekly flights
from Chennai to Pala-
ly. However, after a
government change in
Sri Lanka in Novem-
ber 2019, the flight op-
erations were halted.
The economic crisis
has prompted an acute
shortage of essential
items like food, medi-
cine, cooking gas and
other fuel, toilet paper,
and even matches,
with Sri Lankans be-
ing forced to wait in
lines lasting hours
outside stores to buy
fuel and cooking gas.
Jaffna-India flights
to restart next month
Pakistan releases 20
Indian fishermen
Karachi (PTI): Paki-
stan in a goodwill ges-
ture on Sunday released
20 Indian fishermen
who have been languish-
ing in a jail here for the
last five years for alleg-
edly fishing illegally in
the country’s waters.
The twenty fisher-
men were lodged at Ma-
lir district jail in the
Landhi area of Karachi.
They were sent to La-
hore on their way to the
Wagah border where
they will be handed over
to the Indian authori-
ties. Jail superintendent
Muhammad Irshad said
the fishermen were re-
leased on the order of
the federal government.
They were in jail for
the last five years. To-
day, they were handed
over to the Edhi trust
which will be responsi-
ble for taking them to
Lahore under police es-
cort, he said.
Irshad said the fisher-
men were arrested by
the Maritime Security
Force in June 2018 and
then jailed for fishing il-
legally in Pakistan’s ter-
ritorial waters. Faisal
Edhi, who heads the wel-
fare foundation, said all
expenses and travelling
of the Indian fishermen
were being taken care of
by them.
Satish C Sharma is
newCJofDelhiHC
It’s not question of Rahul or Sonia alone
but of common people too: Ashok Gehlot
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Rajasthan
CM Ashok Gehlot on
Sunday said that Rahul
Gandhi has been ques-
tioned for 3 days and he
isopen,butthesituation
in the country is worri-
some as investigative
agencies are being mis-
used to settle political
scores. Rahul Gandhi is
to join ED investigation
on Monday for 4th time.
“This is not the ques-
tion of Rahul Gandhi
and Sonia Gandhi. This
is the question that
around 1700 actions of
ED happened and only 9
people were punished.
You can imagine how
many people were trou-
bled and felt sad.
What must have hap-
pened to their family
members. So, is this
method good?” he asked
while talking to the me-
dia at the New Delhi
airport. He said the in-
stitutions like ED and
CBI are not independ-
ent these days and mali-
cious action is being
taken against the lead-
ers of the Opposition in
the country
.
“Sonia Gandhi, Rahul
Gandhi are being har-
assed unnecessarily
.
Gandhi family sacri-
ficed for the country
. In-
dira Gandhi and Rajiv
Gandhi gave their lives
for the country
. Today,
situation in the country
is very tense,” he said.
Senior officers of the
constitutional institu-
tions are working un-
der pressure. Delhi Po-
lice entered the Con-
gress headquarters and
beat up the leaders.
Such acts do not send a
good message in the
country and the Delhi
Police wants to crush
the peaceful protest, he
said adding that the
Delhi police should wel-
come peaceful protests.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral Government has
notified the transfer of
Justice Satish Chandra
Sharma as the new
Chief Justice of the
Delhi High Court. Jus-
tice Sharma has been
serving as the Chief
Justice of the Telanga-
na High Court.
Consequent to the re-
tirement of Justice
Dhirubhai Naranbhai
Patel as the Chief Jus-
tice of the Delhi High
Court, the post fell va-
cant. Justice Vipin
Sanghi was appointed
as the Acting Chief Jus-
tice of the High Court
in March. Justice Sang-
hi has been appointed
as Chief Justice of Utt-
arakhand High Court.
Thenotificationabout
the transfer of Justice
Satish Chandra Sharma
as the Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court was is-
sued on Sunday
.
“The northern
Jaffna peninsu-
la’s Palaly air-
port is to re-
sume flights to
India from next
month.”
Nimal Siripala de Silva,
SL Aviation Minister
Centre notifies transfer
of Justice Satish
Chandra Sharma as
Delhi High Court’s
Chief Justice of
KNOW JUSTICE
SATISH CHANDRA
SHARMA
Justice Satish
Chandra Sharma
was born on 30th
Nov 1961 at Bhopal.
He enrolled as a stu-
dent of Bachelor of
Science in 1979 at
Dr. Hari Singh Gour
University, Sagar.
Secured degree of
BSc in the year 1981
with distinction in
three subjects.
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot flagging off the tricolor yatra taken
out by the Congress from Amar Jawan Jyoti, in Jaipur on Sunday.
Raj Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasara and others also seen.
‘AGNIPATH SHOULD
HAVE BEEN
DISCUSSED IN
PARLIAMENT’
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot
said that Agnipath scheme
should have been discussed
in the Parliament and not
imposed suddenly as
demonetisation was done.
The got brought the scheme
without thinking and now
it is facing protests all over
the country. The Centre is
now busy making changes
and amendments in the
scheme every day. Protest-
ers should also conduct
peaceful, and non-violent
agitations. Now the whole
government is explaining
the scheme, they could
have done it earlier.

D
eepika
P a d u -
kone and
Ranveer Singh are
one of the hottest couples in
Bollywood. Recently Ran-
veer won yet another award
at the Pinkvilla Style Icons
Awards and shares his
happiness on social me-
dia. But what caught
our attention was his
wife Deepika’s com-
ment on his post.
Taking to his Insta-
gram handle, Ran-
veer Singh shared a
couple of pictures
of him receiving an
award from Kabir Khan
himself at the Pinkvilla
Style Icons Awards. In
the pictures, we can see
Ranveer looking dapper
in his black suit and pos-
ing with a smile with his
83 directors as he re-
ceives the award. Re-
acting to this, Deepika
wrote, “Our shelves
are full cookie! But
who cares…Keep em
coming!.”
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J
anhvi Kapoor is one of the fittest and
stunning actresses of the current genera-
tion. She never fails to make our heads
turn with her fashion game. Janhvi often
shares pictures and videos of her workout ses-
sions to motivate her fans. We also often see
the star kid hitting the gym to maintain her
perfect figure and today too, she was spotted
coming out of her pilates session. The
Dhadak actress looked radiant and was
glowing as she was seen in her gym wear.
In the pictures, we can see Janhvi
Kapoor wearing black shorts that she
paired with a pink coloured sports bra.
She tied her hair in a single ponytail
and carried an off-white coloured
bag on one shoulder. The actress
completed her look with cream-
coloured flip-flops. The Roohi
actress looked pretty even
without makeup and had a
smile on her face as she
walked towards her car. Be-
fore sitting in her car, she
posed for the paps.
P
riyanka Chopra
wrappeduptheshoot-
ing of Citadel. The
actress who was al-
ready posting updates from
the sets recently shared a
video featuring all the spe-
cialfilmingmomentsafter
finishing the shoot of the
show in Atlanta. In the
note announcing the
shoot wrap, Priyanka
wrote,Thankyoutoeve-
ryone who made this
mammoth task possible
and fun. Priyanka posted
a reel that consisted of sev-
eralbigmomentsfromherfilm-
ing journey
. From giving a
glimpse of her character's
name, Nadia which was posted
on her vanity van to her on-set
chair featuring her full name,
Priyanka Chopra Jonas, the ac-
tress added some fun moments
in her video. She also gave a
glimpse of her special visitor
on set, her pet dog Diana.
nushka Sharma, Virat Kohli, and
Vamika are one of the most ador-
able families in the tinsel town of
Bollywood. The family of three
recently jetted off to the Mal-
dives for a quick getaway on
the tropical island. Although
it has just been a few days since they
have been back, Anushka is already
missing the quality time she spent
there with her loved ones. Her
latest Instagram post is proof
of the same. Anushka took to
Instagram and posted a
video showcasing her mo-
ments from the Maldives
vacation. In the video, the
Pari actress could be seen
riding a bicycle where
they stayed. She also
penned a sweet cap-
tion that read, “Best
memories with my
beloved two (family
of three emoji) (red
heart emoji), pedal
me back! (wave emoji)
(palmtreeemoji)#Miss-
i n g A l -
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A
s Aditya Roy Kapur and
Sanjana Sanghi are
gearing up for the re-
lease of their action
film OM The Battle Within, a
brand new song from the film
was dropped on Sunday
. Titled
'Saasein Dene Aana', the love
ballad features the two lead
stars in a soulful romantic
number. The music video fea-
tures Aditya and Sanjana in a
striking avatar as their sizzling
chemistry stands out. In the
song, the duo can be seen ro-
mancing to the tunes composed
by Chirantan Bhatt and chore-
ographed by producer Ahmed
Khan. The song showcases Adi-
tya Roy Kapur in a stunning
black outfit romancing and
dancing with Sanjana Sanghi
who is seen donning an electri-
fying blingy attire.
OMTHE
BATTLE
WITHIN
H
rithik Roshan and Saba Azad have
been all over the news of late for
their booming romance. Saba has
released her new single and
shared the news on her Instagram ac-
count. She wrote, “#ihearyourvoice is
yours now!! Ten years after its birth -
finally free!! If ever there was a time
machine for the use of man it must
be a song.. music has such a way of
transporting you to another time
- I’m here in Serbia, shooting an
indie film, looking at this video
and thinking of little Saba - her
dreams, her hopes for herself
and the world and my head spins
at how little we know of the fu-
ture and I’m so so thankful it sur-
prised me and continues to”. Soon,
Hrithik shared the song on his Ins-
tagram story and sent love to Saba.
He wrote, “This is beautiful” along
with a heart emoticon.
HRITHIK HEAPS
PRAISES
DEEPIKA’S
NICKNAME
FOR
RANVEER
PILATESSESSION
Deepika Padukone
Janhvi Kapoor
Saba Azad
Sanjana Sanghi
Priyanka Chopra
Anushka Sharma

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