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MLC Election results: BJP manages
to pull off same trick twice in 10 days
Renni Abraham
Mumbai: After high
drama over two
invalidated votes which
delayed the counting by
nearly four hours, BJP
managed to win all five
seats it contested, while
Shiv Sena and NCP
managed to win two
each. However, the
Congress suffered an
embarrassing defeat.
After the Supreme
Court rejected the pleas
by incarcerated NCP
leaders Anil Deshmukh
and Nawab Malik, the
effective strength of the
voting pool was reduced
to 285. All 285 were cast
by4pm,butthecounting
process, which was
slated to begin by 5 pm
only started after 9 pm.
The first to emerge
victorious was former
BJP leader from
Jalgaon, Eknath
Khadse, now
rehabilitated by the
NCP. BJP’s former
minister Ram Shinde
wasthenexttoreachthe
magic figure of 26 votes.
Shiv Sena’s Sachin Ahir
was declared a winner
followed by BJP’s
ShrikantBhartiya,Uma
Khapre, and Shiv Sena’s
tribal leader Amshya
Padvi.
NCP nominee
Ramraje Nimbalkar, the
former chairperson of
the legislative council,
then notched up the
required 26 votes,
followed by BJP’s
former Leader of
Opposition in the
council Praveen
Darekar.
Although the battle
was believed to be
between Congress’s
second candidate Bhai
Jagtap and BJP’s 5th
candidate Prasad Lad,
the final round of
counting ended with
both winning and
Congress Turn to P5
Although the battle was believed to be between Bhai Jagtap and
Prasad Lad, the final round of counting ended with both winning.
CM Uddhav
Thackeray
arrives at
Vidhan Bhavan,
as the counting
of votes for
Maharashtra
MLC elections
2022 begins.
—BHUSHAN
KOYANDE
—FILE
PHOTOS
Shiv Sena returns Congress RS snub,
BJP bags all 5 Vidhan Parishad seats
as Chandrakant Handore loses out
PM NARENDRA MODI ON 2-DAY VISIT TO KARNATAKA
‘Ek Bharat – Shreshtha Bharat’
l PM Modi inaugurates rail and
road projects worth `28,000 cr
l PM says that Centre working to
make Bengaluru free of traffic jams
l PM Modi inaugurates Centre
for Brain Research at the IIS
Moni Sharma
Bengaluru: PM Naren-
dra Modi on Monday
inaugurated and laid
foundation stones for
rail and road infra-
structure projects
worth over Rs 28,000
crore in Karnataka. PM
said that “Bengaluru is
a reflection of the spirit
of Ek Bharat – Shresh-
tha Bharat. The devel-
opment of Bengaluru is
devp of millions of
dreams. Therefore, in
the last 8 years, it has
been a continuous ef-
fort of Central govern-
ment to develop Ben-
galuru further.”
He added that his gov-
ernment is committed
to linking the suburban
areas of Bangalore with
better connectivity.
While speaking at the
inauguration of multi-
ple rail and road infra-
structure projects in
Kommaghatta, he said,
“To make Bengaluru
free from traffic jams,
the double-engine gov-
ernment is working on
every possible means
including rail, road,
metro and construction
of underpass, flyover.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates and lays foundation stone of various development projects in Bengaluru on Monday. Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand
Gehlot and Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai were also present during the occasion. —PHOTOS BY ANI
PM Modi unveils a statue of Dr BR Ambedkar at Dr BR Ambedkar School of Econom-
ics (BASE) in Bengaluru on Monday. Basavaraj Bommai Pralhad Joshi are also seen.
PM MODI UNVEILS
STATUE OF DR BR
AMBEDKAR
NATIONAL HERALD CASE DAY 4: RAHUL
QUESTIONED FOR OVER 40 HRS TILL NOW
ED calls Rahul Gandhi
for round 5 grilling today
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
has been summoned on
Tuesday - for the fifth
time - by the Enforce-
ment Directorate for
questioning the investi-
gation in connection
with its probe in Na-
tional Herald case.
Till now, he has been
questioned for about 40
hours by the agency, in-
cluding on Monday.
Gandhi was reportedly
questioned about a few
transactions made by
Kolkata-based Dotex
Merchandise Pvt Ltd.
Earlier, he had denied
having knowledge of
any sort of loan taken
by Young Indian, ac-
cording to ED sources.
Rahul Gandhi accompanied by Priyanka Gandhi arrives at ED office
in connection with National Herald case in New Delhi on Monday.
A delegation of senior Congress leaders comprising Mallikarjun
Kharge, Ashok Gehlot, Bhupesh Baghel, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, P
Chidambaram, Jairam Ramesh and KC Venugopal meets President
Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Monday.
SONIA DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL,
HAS TO FACE ED PROBE ON JUNE 23
“Congress President Smt. Sonia
Gandhi has been discharged from Sir
Ganga Ram Hospital this evening and
advised rest at home,” party general
secretary Jairam Ramesh said. The ED
has issued a fresh summons to Sonia
for appearance before it on June 23.
Cong leaders meet Prez Kovind
New Delhi: Congress
leaders met President
Ram Nath Kovind at the
Rashtrapati Bhavan on
Monday to raise mis-
treatment of parlia-
mentarians by police
while protesting
against party leader Ra-
hul Gandhi’s question-
ing by ED. Govt did not
hold consultations be-
fore Agnipath rollout,
Congress writes in let-
ter to Kovind. They also
spoke to Prez about the
Centre’s newly unveiled
Agnipath scheme for
short-term recruitment
into defence forces that
have sparked massive
protests across nation.
We have informed the President that the Ag-
nipath scheme was neither discussed with any
committee nor was presented in Parliament.
We said that this is a violation of our democratic rights.
President has been asked to take this into consideration.
—Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress MP
On the initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, UNESCO, considering this great tradition of India as
useful for the world, has declared World Yoga Day. This is the global acceptance of our tradition and culture
OUR GREAT TRADITION OF YOGA IS
CONNECTED WITH PEOPLE’S MIND
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA
he word yoga is derived
from the Sanskrit
root
‘Yuj’. It means to join. In
the scriptures related to
yoga, yoga has been desig-
nated as the art and sci-
ence of healthy living. For
the first time here, Maha-
rishi Patanjali
codified
the Yoga Sutras by organ-
izing various meditation
practices.
If you go to the
Indian culture of the Ve-
das, then you will also
meet the tradition of Yoga
there. Hiranyagarbha
preached
yoga at the be-
ginning of creation. The
sages like Patanjali, Jai-
mini etc. later made it ac-
cessible to everyone.
Yoga has been accepted
here from the very begin-
ning as an ideal way of life
with a healthy body and a
healthy mind. Maharish
i
Arvind has described
the
practice of yoga as very
important for the overall
vision of life. I believe that
yoga is not a therapy, it is
the greatest means of self-
development. It has al-
ways been getting im-
portance here in us
only as a method of reali-
zation with the Supreme.
In such times when the
mind constantly wanders
in the blind race of mate-
riality, yoga is very useful
for mental peace and con-
tentment. On the initia-
tive of Prime Minister
Shri Narendra
Modi, UN-
ESCO, considering this
great tradition of India as
useful for the world, has
declared World Yoga Day.
This is the global accept-
ance of our tradition
and culture.
Indian culture is
associated with
loftyvaluesof life.
Yoga is the sound
of that culture.
This is the ideal
way of life, in
which the mind is
attached to the lofty
ideas of welfare
not only
for itself but for the whole
world. It is well known
that we have always be-
lieved in connectin
g, not
breaking. Yoga is the foun-
dation of this. Maharishi
Arvind has explained
yoga very deeply
. He
wrote, “Yoga does not
mean to give up life, but to
face the problems
and
challenges of life with
courage, keeping faith in
the divine power.” Accord-
ingtoAurobindo,yogais
not merely the
practice of dif-
ficult asanas
and pranay-
ama, but self-
less surren-
der to God
and trans-
forming one-
self into divine
form through
mental education.
Yoga is related to the
mind with the body
. If the
mind is healthy, then the
body automatically moves
towards health. In intui-
tion, a person is exposed to
ignorance
within himself.
Yoga helps with this. I
have felt it many times.
Maharishi Aurobindo has
given utmost importance
tointuitioninlife.Because
of this, humanity
has
reached the present stage
of progress. If the modern
generation joins the yogic
routine, it is made manda-
tory in schools and colleg-
es, then many complexi-
ties related to life can be
solved very easily
.
We all know that it is
the Prana Shakti that con-
trols all the activities and
arrangements of the body
.
Accumula
tion of life force
and its arrangem
ent is
possible
only through
yoga. Yoga is naturally re-
lated to Pranayam
a. Pra-
nayama awakens our in-
ner energy and makes it
healthy, balanced and ac-
tive. It is said that yoga
controls the tendencies of
the mind. Its meaning is
that yoga controls the in-
stincts related to our mind
and makes it conducive
to
a healthy life. Bhastrika
,
Kapal Bhati, Tribandha,
Anulom
Vilom, Bhra-
mari, etc. are such easy
yogas, which everyone
can practice with little ef-
fort. If these are done
regularly, then not only
the body but the mind also
remains healthy. For a
healthy, happy, and well-
being life, these activities
related to yoga are also
useful in the way that it
gives direction
to a posi-
tive life.
The meaning of yoga is
to know the powers with-
in, harness them and to
awaken
one’s infinite
powers within by realiz-
ing the inner self. Swami
Vivekananda had advised
yogis in his time that
their conduct and they
themselves should be-
come proof. What he
meant was that yoga
should be kept away from
profession
alism. It should
be seen as the welfare of
humanity, not as a mira-
cle. This is the greatest
need of the hour.
Lord Shri Krishna
has said in the Bhagavad
Gita, ‘Yogah Karmasu
Kaushalam’ which means
doing any work with skill
is yoga. This is a matter of
very deep meaning. If we
understan
d this, then we
will be able to understan
d
more closely our lifestyle
related to yoga contained
inIndianculture.Knowing
the mind and adapting life
accordingly
,thatisthereal
yoga. Come, on this auspi-
cious day of Yoga Day
, let
uscarryforwardthisgreat
tradition of ideal and lofty
life values and spread
‘Sarve Bhavantu
Sukhi-
nah’ in the public mind.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED
BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
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Lord Shri Krishna has said
in the Bhagavad Gita,
‘Yogah Karmasu
doing any work with skill is
yoga. This is a matter of
understand this, then we
will be able to understand
related to yoga contained in
Indian culture. Knowing the
mind and adapting life
accordingly, that is the real
yoga. Come, on this
auspicious day of Yoga Day,
let us carry forward this
great tradition of ideal and
lofty life values and spread
‘Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah’
in the public mind
KALRAJ MISHRA
The writer is Governor of Rajasthan
‘YOGA IS IMPORTANT FOR
OVERALL VISION OF LIFE’
Maharishi Arvind has
described the practice of
yoga as very important
for the overall vision of
life. I believe that yoga
is not a therapy, it is
the greatest means of
self-development. It has
always been getting im-
portance here in us only
as a method of realiza-
tion with the Supreme.
Yoga does not
mean to give up
life, but to face the
problems and challenges of
life with courage, keeping
faith in the divine power.
—AUROBIND
O
Swami Vivekananda had advised
yogis in his time that their conduct
and they themselves should be-
come proof. What he meant was
that yoga should be kept away
from professionalism. It should be
seen as the welfare of humanity, not
as a miracle. This is the great-
est need of the hour.
‘YOGA SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY
FROM PROFESSIONALISM’
rishi Patanjali
codified
practices.
If you go to the
preached
yoga at the be-
healthy mind. Maharish
i
Arvind has described
the
portance here in us
and culture.
Indian culture is
associated with
loftyvaluesof life.
Yoga is the sound
of that culture.
This is the ideal
way of life, in
which the mind is
ideas of welfare
not only
not merely the
practice of dif-
ficult asanas
and pranay-
ama, but self-
less surren-
der to God
and trans-
forming one-
self into divine
form through
solved very easily
.
.
Accumula
tion of life force
and its arrangem
ent is
possible
only through
lated to Pranayam
a. Pra-
and makes it conducive
to
a healthy life. Bhastrika
,
Anulom
Vilom, Bhra-
gives direction
to a posi-
tive life.
awaken
one’s infinite
come proof. What he
meant was that yoga
profession
alism. It should
need of the hour.
T
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday that forces
inimical to India had constituted “cyber armies” to launch
cyberattacks against India but the Home Ministry was ready
to thwart any such attempt. P5
GOOGLE CO-FOUNDER FILES FOR DIVORCE
Washington: World’s sixth-richest person, Google co-founder
Sergey Brin, filed for a divorce from his wife of 3 years. Brin filed
a petition for dissolution of his marriage to Nicole Shanahan,
citing “irreconcilable differences,” as per court the documents.
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, LUCKNOW, NEW DELHI MUMBAI
As world gears up to mark the International Yoga Day today,
India is also looking forward to celebrate it in physical mode
after a gap of 2 years due to Covid-19. PM Narendra Modi will
lead mass yoga event at Mysuru Palace grounds in Karnataka.
P4
MODI SPEAKS AMID ‘AGNIPATH’ ROW,
SERVICE CHIEFS TO MEET PM TODAY
Some reforms may seem unpleasant but will benefit the
nation in long run, PM Narendra Modi said on Monday.
Meanwhile, chiefs of the Indian Army, Navy and Air
Force are scheduled to separately meet PM Modi on
Tuesday and would brief him on the Agnipath scheme.
NSitharamanOffice @nsitharamanoffc
Top industry leaders are
hailing #Agnipath - the
pathbreaking scheme of the Modi
Govt - as a much-needed reform to
strengthen the Armed Forces and a
great opportunity for the youth to
serve the nation.
AGNIPATH SCHEME
Army rolls out Agnipath;
recruitment begins in July
New Delhi (PTI): Amid
protests in several parts
of the country, the
Army on Monday is-
sued a notification for
the induction of sol-
diers under the Ag-
nipath military recruit-
ment scheme under
which the online regis-
tration of applicants
will begin next month.
The Army said ‘
Ag-
niveers’ would form a
distinct rank in the In-
dian Army
, which would
be different from any
other existing ranks. It
saidthatbasedonorgan-
isational requirements
and policies promulgat-
ed,‘
Agniveers’aftercom-
pleting their engage-
ment period in each
batch will be offered an
opportunity to apply for
enrol in regular cadre.
Technical cadre: For
this ‘Agniveers’ includ-
ing for the Aviation
wing, aspirants need to
clear class 12 with Phys-
ics, Chemistry, Maths
and Eng with 50%
marks in aggregate and
40% in each subject. P5
Army issues notification for first recruitment round, said
registration to be done on “www.joinindianarmy.nic.in”
Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi at Leh on a four-day visit to the world’s
highest battlefield, to review training, operational preparedness
and logistics assets under Make in India, in Leh on Monday.
BRIEF
in
in
Himachal Cable Car
Stuck: 11 passengers
rescued after 3 hours
Moose Wala murder:
2 shooters, aide held
New Delhi: Delhi Police
has arrested 3 persons,
including two shooters,
in connection with killing
of popular Punjabi singer
Moose wala, officials
said on Monday, adding
that one of them was in
touch with Canada-based
gangster Goldy Brar at
the time of the incident.
Girgaon court
acquits 29-yr-old for
‘sitting on road’
Mumbai: Citing lack of
relevant evidence against
a man accused of trying
to hide his identity by
covering his face, the
Girgaon metropolitan
court acquitted him on
June 16. UP native Sumit
Kashyap was found not
guilty of any wrongdoing
under Section 122(b).P8
Parwanoo: All 11 people
onboard were rescued af-
ter they were stranded for
more than three hours in
a cable car that stopped
midway in HP’s Parwanoo
on Monday afternoon.
“I will seek a report on
what went wrong,” CM
Jai Ram Thakur said, who
had reached the spot.

First India Bureau
Mumbai: Justice SS
Shinde of the Bombay
High Court on Mon-
day urged young law-
yers to sacrifice their
private practice and
accept judgeship
whenever offered for
the benefit of litigants
and the judiciary
.
On his last working
day as the Bombay HC
judge, Justice Shinde,
who will be taking over
as the Chief Justice of
the Rajasthan High
Court later this week,
recalled the coopera-
tion received from law-
yers during his tenure.
As he sat on a special
bench with Chief Jus-
ticeDipankarDatta,sen-
ior lawyers, including
Maharashtra Advocate
General (AG) Ashutosh
Kumbhakoni and Addi-
tional Solicitor General
(ASG)AnilSinghwished
him success and praised
him for his work.
ASG Singh said all
the lawyers appreciated
how Justice Shinde
“burnt the midnight
oil” by sitting beyond
court hours on several
occasions to conduct
hearings and pass or-
ders.
“Over the last 14
years, my lordship has
devoted his time and
service to this institu-
tion, literally burning
the midnight oil. He has
heard matters till 7.30-8
pm. Even if a matter
was heard till late even-
ing, the next morning,
its order would be made
available for us,” said
Singh.
Justice Shinde, in
turn, said he could do
most of his significant
work here because of
the cooperation re-
ceived from lawyers.
“The Bar has bright
upcoming juniors, but
there is one thing I
would like to say
. As and
when the occasion
comes, please do accept
judgeship. Because at
the age of 38-40 years,
they (lawyers) are say-
ing no to judgeship.
They need to make
some sacrifice for the
litigants and judiciary
,”
said Justice Shinde.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: In view of a
rise in electric vehi-
cles (EVs) on the
road, the Maharash-
tra State Electricity
Distribution Co. Ltd
(MSEDCL) has pro-
posed to set up 2,375
EV charging stations
across the state, in-
cluding 1,500 in
Mumbai, over the
next three years.
The DISCOM has al-
ready set up 13 such
charging stations in-
cluding five each in
Thane and Pune, two in
Navi Mumbai, and one
in Nagpur. In addition,
work on additional 49
stations--17 in Pune, 10
in Navi Mumbai, six
each in Thane and Nag-
pur, two each in Na-
shik, Aurangabad,
Solapur, Kolhapur, and
Amravati--is in pro-
gress, officials said.
The state has already
approved the Maha-
rashtra Electric Vehi-
cle Policy in July 2021
to promote EV vehicles
and set up the relevant
infrastructure. EVs are
widely accepted as an
e n v i r o n m e n t a l l y
friendly alternative, es-
pecially in the face of
rising petrol and diesel
prices. It is expected
that EVs will account
for 30% of all vehicles
sold in India by 2030.
In line with this,
MSEDCL, which has
been appointed as the
nodal agency for set-
ting up EV infrastruc-
ture in the state, plans
to set up 1,500 charging
stations in Mumbai, 500
in Pune, 150 in Nagpur,
100 in Nashik, 75 in Au-
rangabad, 30 in Amra-
vati, and 20 in Solapur.
Similarly, the Mumbai-
Nagpur Samruddhi
Highway, Mumbai-
Pune Expressway,
Mumbai-Nashik, and
Nashik-Pune highways
will be equipped with
adequate EV charging
facilities.
The Union govern-
ment has allowed any
person or organization
to start a public charg-
ing station without any
license to enable the
electric charging eco-
system and EV charg-
ing stations can be set
up near a bus station,
train station, petrol
pump or shopping mall.
To this end, MSEDCL
has been told to provide
priority power supply
if private individuals
want to set up charging
stations. The state has
made a provision of
Rs40 crore for charging
infrastructure and also
announced financial
incentives to facilitate
the setting up of pri-
vate stations.
NEWS
MUMBAI | TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2022
02
First India Bureau
Aurangabad: The All
India Majlis-E-Itte-
hadul Muslimeen
(AIMIM) announced
on Monday that it
will attend a meeting
of major opposition
parties to discuss a
consensus candidate
for the presidential
election next month.
According to the
AIMIM,NationalistCon-
gress Party (NCP) presi-
dent Sharad Pawar has
invited the Hyderabad-
based outfit to the meet-
ing, and Imtiaz Jaleel,
the party's Maharashtra
unit chief, will attend.
“NCP chief Sharad
Pawar had personally
called AIMIM president
Asaduddin Owaisi and I
will attend the meeting
on my party's behalf. We
shall see what happens
in the meeting and then
decide the party's stand
on the presidential elec-
tion,” Jaleel said.
Pawar, former West
Bengal Governor Go-
palkrishna Gandhi and
National Conference pa-
tron Farooq Abdullah
have all declined the op-
position leaders' request
to contest the election
forthecountry'stopcon-
stitutional post.
The next meeting of
major opposition par-
ties to discuss a consen-
sus candidate for the
presidential election is
expected to take place
on Tuesday in New Del-
hi. A similar meeting,
attended by 17 opposi-
tion parties, was con-
vened in the national
capital last week.
The process to elect a
new president began on
June 15. The last date
for filing nominations
is June 29. The polls, if
necessary, will be held
on July 18 and the
counting on July 21.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Aviation
regulator the Directo-
rate General of Civil
Aviation on Monday
asked all airports to
review and strictly
implement wildlife
hazard management
plans in view of the
monsoon, since wild-
life activity in the vi-
cinity of airports typ-
ically increases dur-
ing this time, in turn
posing a serious
threat to operational
safety
.
The regulator has
asked airports to ensure
grass trimming and
spraying of insecticides
inside the airport and
carry out frequent run-
way inspections for bird
activities. It has also
asked the airports to en-
sure regular garbage
clearance in the opera-
tional area and install
bird chasers and bird
scaring devices. It has
also asked the airports
to prevent water con-
centration or water log-
ging in the operational
area, and ensure no
drains are left open.
DGCA has also direct-
ed the airports to organ-
ize regular meetings of
Airport Environment
Management Commit-
tees (AEMCs) to review
and implement strate-
gies to prevent bird haz-
ards outside the airport.
It has also asked air-
ports to ensure that AE-
MCs carry out frequent
inspections to identify
sources that can attract
birds like open garbage
sites, dumping of ani-
mal carcasses etc.
In 2018, RTI data
showed that Mumbai
airport had reported 205
incidents of bird hits to
the DGCA between 2008
and 2018. Of these, 205
were reported between
2013 and 2018 showing a
20% increase over the
first five years.
DGCA asks airports to beef up wildlife hazard management plans
APT ADVICE
Wildlife activity increases
during monsoon, posing
threats to operational safety
Bird hits can pose a serious safety hazard to the aircraft and
trigger emergency landings. —FILE PHOTO
MSEDCL plans 2,375 EV stations by 2025
13 such charging stations
already exist: 5 each in
Thane and Pune, 2 in Navi
Mumbai, and 1 in Nagpur
Gives credit to
lawyers for
putting in late
hours at work,
lauds them for
their cooperation
AMBITIOUS PLAN
MSEDCL plans to set up 1,500 charging stations
in Mumbai, 500 in Pune, 150 in Nagpur, 100 in
Nashik, 75 in Aurangabad, 30 in Amravati, and
20 in Solapur. Similarly, the Mumbai-Nagpur
Samruddhi Highway, Mumbai-Pune Expressway,
Mumbai-Nashik, and Nashik-Pune highways will
be equipped with adequate EV charging facilities.
It has also launched a mobile app, PowerUpEV,
to provide information on the current status of
charging stations, booking options for charging,
distance from the user’s current location to the
nearest available charging station, etc.
HIGH PRAISE
Earlier this month, Union Law Minister Kiren
Rijiju had praised Justice Shinde on Twitter
after he learned that the judge had presided
over almost 200 cases on a single day and sat
in the court hearing matters from 10.30 am to
8 pm while the office hours of HC end at 4.30
pm. “I am very happy to learn that Justice SS
Shinde of Bombay High Court had heard over
190 cases yesterday. He sat on the bench from
10.30 am to 8 pm!” Rijiju had tweeted along
with the picture of his chamber, on June 10.
SIMPLE STEPS
The regulator has asked airports to ensure
grass trimming and spraying of insecticides
inside the airport and carry out frequent run-
way inspections for bird activities. It has also
asked the airports to ensure regular garbage
clearance in the operational area and install
bird chasers and bird scaring devices. It has
also asked the airports to prevent water con-
centration or water logging in the operational
area, and ensure no drains are left open.
SACRIFICE PRIVATE PRACTICE ACCEPT
JUDGESHIP, URGES JUSTICE SS SHINDE
AIMIM’S IMTIAZ JALEEL TO ATTEND MEETING
ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CANDIDATE
First India Bureau
Pune: Local police
have registered a
case against Karu-
na Sharma, who
claims to be the
second wife of Ma-
harashtra minis-
ter Dhananjay
Munde, for alleg-
edly hurling
casteist remarks at
a 23-year-old wom-
an and threaten-
ing the latter into
divorcing her hus-
band, an official
said on Monday
.
The police also
booked the woman’s
husbandinthesame
case under IPC Sec-
tions 498A (husband
or relative of hus-
band of a woman
subjecting her to
cruelty), 377 (unnat-
ural offences) and
other provisions,
said a Yerawada po-
lice station official.
According to the
police, the woman
in her complaint al-
leged that her hus-
band allegedly
forced her to agree
to get a divorce, cit-
ing that he was in a
relationship with
Sharma.
Case against
‘Maha min’s
2nd wife’ for
casteist slurs
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court Mon-
day declined the plea
of jailed Nationalist
Congress Party
(NCP) leaders and
MLAs Nawab Malik
and Anil Deshmukh
seeking temporary
release from prison
to cast their votes in
the Maharashtra
Legislative Council
election.
A vacation bench
comprising Justice
CT Ravikumar and
Justice Sudhanshu
Dhulia, however, is-
sued notice to the Ma-
harashtra govern-
ment and others in
the case. They also
agreed to examine the
issue relating to the
interpretation of Sec-
tion 62(5) of the Rep-
resentation of the
People Act 1951,
which bars jailed per-
sons from voting.
“In view of the
larger question with
respect to interpreta-
tion of Section 62(5)
of Representation of
the People Act 1951,
we are of the view
that matter has to be
heard in detail. Tak-
ing note of the consti-
tutional validity of
Section 62(5), we are
not inclined to grant
interim relief,” said
the bench.
Attheoutset,senior
advocate Meenakshi
Arora, appearing for
the jailed lawmakers,
said, “People have
sent me to the Legisla-
tive Assembly
. I repre-
sent their choice and
decision-making. If I
am deprived of my
right to vote, the right
of all those persons
who voted for me has
also been taken away
,”
she said.
Solicitor General
TusharMehta,appear-
ing for the ED, submit-
ted that the embargo
under Section 62(5) of
the Representation of
the People Act 1951 ap-
plies to MLAs too.
SC denies relief to
Malik,Deshmukh
for MLC polls
Both NCP leaders
are in prison over
separate money
laundering,
corruption cases
Justice SS Shinde. —FILE PHOTO
Supreme Court of India
Karuna Sharma
AIMIM Maharashtra chief Imtiaz Jaleel. —FILE PHOTO

MAHARASHTRA
03
Jehan to test F1 car for first time with McLaren
Jehan to test F1 car for first time with McLaren
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Young In-
dian racer Jehan
Daruvala on Monday
took a substantial
step towards realizing
his Formula 1 dream
by securing a two-day
test with eight-time
constructors’ winner
McLaren.
The 23-year-old, who
is currently in his third
season in Formula 2,
will be clocking valua-
ble miles in a Formula 1
car for the very first
time. He will be driving
McLaren MCL35, which
competed in the 2021 F1
Championship, on June
21 and 22 at Silverstone
in the UK.
The test, which is
part of McLaren’s Test-
ing Previous Car (TPC)
programme, will give
Jehan a much needed
experience in a highly
complex Formula 1 car.
The track time will
also help him earn
enough points to apply
for a Super Licence,
which is needed to com-
pete in Formula 1.
Though Jehan is part
of the Red Bull Junior
Programme, he has got
the required go ahead
from the Milton Keynes
outfit to test with a rival
F1 team.
He has already said
the current Formula 2
season is a make-or-
break one for him as far
his Formula 1 dream is
concerned. He is cur-
rently in the middle of
his best season with five
podiums in six rounds,
pushing him to third
place in the standings.
Speaking to media-
persons from the UK,
the Mumbai-based driv-
er sounded ecstatic
about getting the
opportunity but said it
doesn’t guarantee any-
thing for 2023.
“This is nothing re-
lated to me getting a
drive next year in For-
mula 1. There are not
many seats opening up
in F1, but I have got this
opportunity to be in an
F1 car and do well and
if I do get the opportu-
nity I want to be ready
,”
he said.
“I have never driven a
Formula 1 car before.
This test is for me to
learn the car and its
characteristics and find
its limits. My aim is to
win the F2 Champion-
ships and hopefully I do
enough and my name is
out there (to be no-
ticed),”addedDaruvala.
He will be doing
rounds of the Silver-
stone track with speeds
in excess of 300kmph,
pushing his body to the
limit, especially the
neck with G forces in-
volved.
NEXT STEP
He
will be
driving McLaren
MCL35 on June 21-
22 at Silverstone in
the UK
Jehan Daruvala in action. —FILE PHOTO
IMD issues orange alert;
Mumbai,Thane likely to
receive heavy rainfall
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The India
Meteorological De-
partment (IMD) has
issued orange alert for
Mumbai, Palghar,
Thane, Raigad, Ratna-
giri and Sindhudurg
today
, said Regional
Meteorological Cen-
tre, Mumbai.
According to the
IMD, moderate to heavy
rains are very likely in
isolated areas of Mum-
bai, Palghar, Thane,
and Raigad.
With the increase in
rain activity along the
west coast, the IMD has
also issued a warning to
fishermen. The warn-
ing stated that squally
weather is expected
from June 19 to 22. Wind
speeds will range from
40 to 50kmph, with
gusts reaching 60kmph.
Fishermen were ad-
vised not to venture
along or off the coast of
North Maharashtra.
The IMD confirmed
the development in its
daily bulletin, stating
that “fairly widespread/
widespread rainfall
with thunderstorm/
lightning is very likely
over Karnataka, Kon-
kanandGoa,Keralaand
Mahe and Lakshadweep
and scattered to fairly
widespreadrainfalllike-
lyoverMadhyaPradesh,
Maharashtra, Marath-
wada, Andhra Pradesh
and Yanam, Telangana
and Tamil Nadu, Pu-
ducherry and Karaikal
during next five days.”
For the last few days
in Maharashtra, the
sky has remained
cloudy in most parts of
the state including
Mumbai and there has
been intermittent rain.
People use umbrellas and raincoats to shield themselves as they walk on a road amid rainfall, in
Mumbai on Monday. —PTI
According to IMD, moderate to intense
spells of rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places
in Mumbai, Palghar, Thane and Raigad. Warning
has been issued to fishermen as well with
the increase in rain activity along the west coast
‘Need 400 staffers for phone,
video call access to inmates’
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The govern-
ment told the Bombay
High Court on Mon-
day that prisons in the
state were severely
short-staffed and did
not have the infra-
structure to provide
telephone and video
call access to inmates.
In an affidavit filed in
the HC through Maha-
rashtra Additional Di-
rector General (Prisons)
Sunil Ramanand, the
state government said it
will need to hire at least
400 additional staff
members to even begin
offeringsuchfacilitiesto
prison inmates.
The government was
responding to a Public
Interest Litigation (PIL)
filed by the People’s
Union of Civil Liberties,
seeking immediate in-
stallation of telephones
and other electronic
modes of communica-
tion for the resumption
of video and voice call-
ing facilities in all pris-
ons in the state. The
move came to enable in-
mates to speak with
their lawyers and rela-
tives. The PIL said dur-
ingthefirsttwowavesof
the COVID-19 pandemic,
prisonauthoritiesacross
the state had provided
telephone and video
conference facilities to
allprisonersirrespective
of theoffencestheywere
charged with.
The state govern-
ment, in its affidavit,
said the above facility
had been introduced as
an “exception” between
2020 and 2021 “purely on
compassionate and hu-
manitarian grounds”
because of pandemic-
related restrictions.
In its affidavit, the
state government said
it had provided for ‘coin
boxes’ where inmates
could make phone calls
after depositing coins
in the phone box, and
added that it had also
procured “smart
phones, Wi-Fi (facili-
ties), tablets, among
other facilities” for
phone and video calls.
However, now that
the state had resumed
‘mulaqaat’, or physical
meetings between in-
mates and their lawyers
and other visitors, the
above facilities had
been withdrawn, it said.
The state did not have
the requisite “machin-
ery or infrastructure” to
continue providing tele-
phone and video confer-
encing facilities, the af-
fidavit informed.
Besides, while the
‘Model Prison Manual,
2016’preparedbytheUn-
ion Home Ministry pro-
vides for video and
phone call facilities for
inmates, the manual has
not yet been adopted by
Maharashtra, the state
government told the HC.
NEED FOR REVIEW
In reply to a PIL
Maha govt told
HC that it did
not have required
infra to offer
such facilities
NMC to plant
1 lakh saplings
with the help
of residents
First India Bureau
Nashik: The Nashik
Municipal Corpora-
tion’s (NMC) Deputy
Commissioner (Gar-
den) Vijay Kumar
Mundhe has stated
that one lakh saplings
will be planted
throughout the city
during the monsoon
season. The residents
of the city will also be
roped in for the same.
We are also planning
to distribute saplings to
the residents who want
to plant them in their
localities. But they will
have to maintain the
saplings for the next
two-three years, Mund-
he added. The saplings
will be planted across
six divisions of the civ-
ic body- Nashik East,
Nashik West, Satpur,
Panchavati, Cidco and
Nashik Road.
“We have decided to
plant saplings of select
trees like pipal, banyan
etc during the planta-
tion drive. But we will
not plant saplings of
trees like Gulmohar,”
he said.
There are certain
government guidelines
about tree plantations.
As per the guidelines,
the green cover in
the city should be
around 36%.
“We have decided to
increase the green cov-
er in the city as much as
possible. Planting one
lakh saplings during
the four months of
monsoon is a part of
this initiative,” he said.
The saplings will be
planted across six
divisions of the civic
body - Nashik East,
Nashik West, Satpur,
Panchavati, Cidco
and Nashik Road
Maha sees 2,345 fresh nCoV cases,
two deaths; active tally 24,6131
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Maharash-
tra on Monday re-
corded 2,345 fresh
cases of COVID-19,
including 1,310 in
Mumbai, which also
saw two fatalities,
taking the tally of in-
fections to 79,38,103
and the death toll to
1,47,888, the health
department said.
The state is now left
with over 24,000 active
cases after 1,485 pa-
tients were discharged
after COVID-19 treat-
ment in the last 24
hours, taking the over-
all number of recover-
ies to 77,65,602.
Maharashtra’s case
fatality rate now
stands at 1.86% and the
recoveryrateis97.83%.
The health bulletin
said the total number
of active cases in the
state reached 24,613,
including 14,089 in
Mumbai, followed by
Thane district (5,522),
Pune (2,007), and
Raigad (1,052).
A total of 22,714 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours in
the state, taking the cumulative number of samples tested so
far to 8,16,26,220. —FILE PHOTO
Pune civic body to buy fibre boats
for rescue operations during floods
First India Bureau
Pune: With the city
experiencing flood-
like conditions during
the monsoon in recent
years, the Pune
M u n i c i p a l
Corporation (PMC)
has decided to
purchase fibre boats
on an emergency
basis to replace the
existing rubber boats,
which are in poor
condition.
“We have authorised
the transfer of `80 lakh
in funds to the civic fire
department for the
purchase of boats for
rescue operations
during floods in the city
.
These funds were
originally intended for
various purposes in the
disaster management
department,” Municipal
Commissioner Vikram
Kumar said.
Fibre boats are more
durable compared to
rubberboatsandareless
likely to get damaged.
These boats will also
have facilities for
installing motors which
can help the boat to sail
fastandhandlethewater
current more effectively
.
The PMC had bought
eight rubber boats ten
years ago, but most of
them got damaged.
“The rubber boats
have been frequently
getting punctured. We
have repaired them
many times and have
somehow managed to
keep just two boats
operational. Thus, a
demand for eight fibre
boats has been made for
rescueoperationsduring
flood-like situations in
the city
,” Chief fire
officerSunilGilbilesaid.
Palghar: A two-
year-old boy
was killed after
lightning struck
him during heavy
rains in Palghar
district. The inci-
denttookplaceon
Sunday when the
boy was playing
with his sister in front of their house in the Manor area.
Lightning struck the area amid heavy thundershowers.
The boy collapsed and was rushed to a hospital where
doctors declared him brought dead, district disaster
control room chief Vivekanand Kadam said.
Local police have registered a case of accidental
death, he added. Meanwhile, three men were killed in
separate incidents of lightning strikes in Nagpur dis-
trict, police said on Sunday. Dinesh Kamble (32) and
Babarao Ingale (60), both farmers, were killed when
the bolt from the sky struck their hut in Perth Muktapur
village amid heavy rain on Saturday. In Hiwarmath vil-
lage, Yogesh Patil (23) was killed when he was struck
by lightning while working on his farm, an official said.
LIGHTNING CLAIMS 4 INCLUDING
TODDLER OVER WEEKEND
A view of vehicles washed away in floodwater following heavy
rains in Pune. —FILE PHOTO

PERSPECTIVE
04
On the initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, UNESCO, considering this great tradition of India as useful for
the world, has declared World Yoga Day. This is the global acceptance of our tradition and culture
OUR GREAT TRADITION OF YOGA IS
CONNECTED WITH PEOPLE’S MIND
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA
he word yoga is derived
from the Sanskrit root
‘Yuj’. It means to join. In
the scriptures related to
rishi Patanjali codified
practices. If you go to the
preached yoga at the be-
healthy mind. Maharishi
Arvind has described the
portance here in us
only as a method of reali-
zation with the Supreme.
In such times when the
mind constantly wanders
in the blind race of mate-
riality, yoga is very useful
for mental peace and con-
tentment. On the initia-
tive of Prime Minister
Shri Narendra Modi, UN-
ESCO, considering this
great tradition of India as
useful for the world, has
declared World Yoga Day.
and culture.
Indian culture is
associated with
loftyvaluesof life.
Yoga is the sound
of that culture.
This is the ideal
way of life, in
which the mind is
ideas of welfare
not only
for itself but for the whole
world. It is well known
that we have always be-
lieved in connecting, not
breaking. Yoga is the foun-
dation of this. Maharishi
Arvind has explained
yoga very deeply
. He
wrote, “Yoga does not
mean to give up life, but to
face the problems and
challenges of life with
courage, keeping faith in
the divine power.” Accord-
not merely the
practice of dif-
ficult asanas
and pranay-
ama, but self-
less surren-
der to God
and trans-
forming one-
self into divine
form through
mental education.
Yoga is related to the
mind with the body
. If the
mind is healthy, then the
body automatically moves
towards health. In intui-
tion, a person is exposed to
ignorance within himself.
Yoga helps with this. I
have felt it many times.
Maharishi Aurobindo has
given utmost importance
tointuitioninlife.Because
of this, humanity has
solved very easily
.
.
Accumulation of life force
and its arrangement is
possible only through
lated to Pranayama. Pra-
and makes it conducive to
a healthy life. Bhastrika,
Anulom Vilom, Bhra-
gives direction to a posi-
tive life.
awaken one’s infinite
come proof. What he
meant was that yoga
professionalism. It should
need of the hour.
Lord Shri Krishna
has said in the Bhagavad
Gita, ‘Yogah Karmasu
doing any work with skill
is yoga. This is a matter of
related to yoga contained
inIndianculture.Knowing
the mind and adapting life
accordingly
,thatisthereal
yoga. Come, on this auspi-
cious day of Yoga Day
, let
uscarryforwardthisgreat
tradition of ideal and lofty
life values and spread
‘Sarve Bhavantu Sukhi-
nah’ in the public mind.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
Lord Shri Krishna has said
in the Bhagavad Gita,
‘Yogah Karmasu
doing any work with skill is
yoga. This is a matter of
related to yoga contained in
Indian culture. Knowing the
mind and adapting life
accordingly, that is the real
yoga. Come, on this
auspicious day of Yoga Day,
let us carry forward this
great tradition of ideal and
lofty life values and spread
‘Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah’
in the public mind
KALRAJ MISHRA
The writer is Governor of Rajasthan
‘YOGA IS IMPORTANT FOR
OVERALL VISION OF LIFE’
Maharishi Arvind has
described the practice of
yoga as very important
for the overall vision of
life. I believe that yoga
is not a therapy, it is
the greatest means of
self-development. It has
always been getting im-
Yoga does not
mean to give up
life, but to face the
problems and challenges of
life with courage, keeping
faith in the divine power.
—AUROBINDO
Swami Vivekananda had advised
yogis in his time that their conduct
and they themselves should be-
come proof. What he meant was
that yoga should be kept away
from professionalism. It should be
seen as the welfare of humanity, not
as a miracle. This is the great-
est need of the hour.
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05
INDIA
WOMEN PANEL
ISSUES NOTICE TO
INDIAN BANK
New Delhi: DCW Chair-
person Swati Maliwal has
issued a notice to Indian
Bank on Monday, seek-
ing withdrawal of its “new
recruitment rules” which
denies immediate joining
to a woman who is three or
more months pregnant. “A
woman candidate, who as
a result of tests, is found to
be pregnant of 12 weeks’
standing or over, should be
declared temporarily unfit
until the confinement is over.
HIJAB: 5 MUSLIM
GIRLS SEEK TC
FROM UNIVERSITY
Mangaluru: 5 Muslim girl
students of the university
college at Hampankatta in
the city have requested the
college administration to
issue transfer certificates
to enable them to join other
colleges. The college had
prohibited wearing of hijab
in classrooms which had
triggered protest. Manga-
lore Univ VC Yadapadithaya
had announced that the
varsity will make special
arrangements for girls.
PM EXPRESSES
SOLIDARITY WITH
SIKH IN LETTER
New Delhi: PM Narendra
Modi has written an open
letter to the members of
the Afghan Sikh commu-
nity following the deadly
attack on a Gurdwara in
Afghanistan. The attack
that took place on Saturday
claimed the lives of two
persons.PM Modi called
the act a ghastly one which
was against humanity. “I
would also like to offer my
prayers for the victims of
the terror attack.
CRUCIAL READ
CBI APPREHENDS SOME PERSONS OVER
RS 3 LAKH BRIBERY CASE AT DCGI OFFICE
New Delhi: The CBI on Monday apprehended some per-
sons at the office of the Drugs Controller General of India
in connection with a Rs three lakh
alleged bribery case in which the
role of Joint Drugs Controller S
Eswara Reddy is under scanner,
officials said. The CBI team, after
getting inputs about exchange of
bribery, allegedly carried out trap
operation in which some persons
were apprehended, they said. The searches were conducted
as part of this operation, they said.
Govt will increase the number of Agniveers!
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi : The notifi-
cation of Agneepath
Scheme of Army Re-
cruitment is about to be
released and the re-
cruitment process will
start soon. In this, the
appointment will be
done in the recruitment
rally as before. After the
announcement of this
scheme, within two
days, the government
changed the rule and
increased the age limit
of appointment from 21
to 23 years. This was
done because the rein-
statement in the army
was closed for the last
two years. Because of
this, the age limit for
the recruitment of
lakhs of youth in the
army had ended and ex-
tending this by two
years will give them a
chance to be reinstated
inthearmyasAgniveer.
However, this will cre-
ate a new problem.
Increasing the age
limit will greatly in-
crease the number of
youth participating in
the recruitment rally.
That is why it is being
said that just as the cen-
tral government has in-
creased the age limit, in
the same way, it can in-
crease the number for
the first year as well.
According to the plan so
far, a total of 46 thou-
sand youth are to be re-
cruited in the three ser-
vices in the first year.
This number is also
very less as compared to
the recruitment done
every year. The last time
when the recruitment
process was carried out,
80 thousand youth were
recruited. Even before
that an average of 60 to
70 thousands youths
were being recruited.
Since the appointment
has been closed for two
years, a large number
of youth have come un-
der the age limit re-
quired for appointment.
Duetonon-appointment
for two years, close to 1.5
lakh posts have become
vacant. Therefore, if the
government has given
relaxation in the age
limit in the first year,
then the number can
also increase slightly
.
BHARATBANDH
600 TRAINS IMPACTED
AGNIPATH ROW
STATES INCLUDING WEST BENGAL, BIHAR, JHARKHAND AND OTHERS INCREASED
THE SECURITY IN VIEW OF THE VIOLENCE THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK
New Delhi: More than
600 trains were can-
celled and massive traf-
fic jams were witnessed
across Delhi-NCR on
Monday as some organ-
isations called for
Bharat Bandh to protest
against the Agnipath
recruitment scheme.
The protests against the
centre’s Agnipath
scheme for defence re-
cruitment have been go-
ing on in several parts
of the country as the
tri-service chiefs ruled
out withdrawal of the
scheme.
Indian Youth Cong
workers stopped a train
at the Shivaji Bridge
railway station near
Connaught Place in Del-
hi to protest against Ag-
nipath defence recruit-
ment scheme and the
ED questioning of Ra-
hul Gandhi. The track
was cleared by police
and security personnel
and train movement re-
sumed after about half
an hour, sources said.
Police personnel stops supporters during a protest in the wake of the Bharat Bandh on Monday.
HERE ARE THE
TOP UPDATES

z Even as the protests
continued over the centre’s
‘Agnipath’ short-term
recruitment plan for armed
forces, the Army on Monday
issued a notification for the
induction of soldiers under
the scheme. The online reg-
istration begins from July,
said the notification

z More than 500 trains
were cancelled on Monday
across the country. While
539 trains were affected,
600 trains were cancelled,
including 181 mail/express
trains and 348 passengers
trains, the Railways said in
a statement. The Railways
also partially cancelled
four mail/express trains

z Bihar suspends Internet
services in 20 district

z The traffic police also
advised commuters to
avoid Motilal Nehru Marg,
Akbar Road, Janpath and
Man Singh Road between
8 am and 12 pm

z UP Police said strict
action will be taken against
those found involved in
jeopardising peace
SUBODH KANT SAHAY SAYS ‘MODI
WILL DIE HITLER’S DEATH IF…’
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and
former Union minister Subodh Kant Sahai
on Monday said PM Modi is
behaving like Adolf Hitler and
“will die like Hitler” if he fol-
lows the path of the German
dictator, leading to his party
distancing from the statement
and the BJP slamming his “hateful” com-
ments. Cong veteran and communications
cheif Jairam Ramesh said in a tweet.
‘PEOPLE’S LOVE FOR MODI RISING
AS IS CONG’S HATRED FOR HIM’
New Delhi: The BJP on Monday slammed
the Cong for “hateful” comments of its
leaders against Modi and
asserted that people’s love
for him has been increasing
as is the opposition party’s
“hatred” for him. BJP spokes-
person Sudhanshu Trivedi
cited several instances of Cong leaders’
objectionable comments against Modi over
the years.
SALMAN KHURSHID
QUESTIONS THE
CHARACTER OF ARMY
EX-K’TAKA CM: RSS
WILL USE AGNIVEERS
TO TAKEOVER ARMY
‘AGNIPATH HAS LARGE
JOB POTENTIAL IN
CORPORATE SECTOR’
New Delhi: Industry leaders,
including Mahindra Group
Chairman Anand Mahindra,
RPG Enterprises Chairman
Harsh Goenka and Biocon
Ltd Chairperson Kiran
Mazumdar-Shaw on Monday
came out in support of the
Agnipath scheme, saying
it has large potential for
employment of youth in the
corporate sector. Mahindra
also expressed dismay over
the violence against the
scheme.
New Delhi: Amid Agnipath
scheme, senior Congress
leader and former union
minister Sal-
man Khurshid
on Monday
questioned the
“character”
of the Armed
Forces, doubting their inten-
tion behind bringing the
sch. We would not have any
problem if those for whom
the scheme is made were
satisfied.
‘WILL RECOVER COST
OF DAMAGE PROPERTY
FROM PROTESTERS’
Varanasi District Mag-
istrate Kaushal Raj
Sharma, on Monday said
that the damage caused to
public properties during the
violent protest over Agnipath
scheme will be recovered
from the miscreants.As
many as 36 buses were
damaged by miscreants, due
to which the government
had to suffer a loss of over
Rs 12 lakh. While a total of
27 miscreants have been
arrested so far.
AGNIPATH ROW:1,238
PERSONS ARRESTED
ACROSS INDIA
At least 1238 persons were
arrested following the
nationwide protest in Bihar,
UP, and Telangana against
the Union government’s new
proposed Aginath scheme.
The police have arrested
1,238 persons in all – 805 in
Bihar, 387 in UP, and 46 in
Telangana’s Secunderabad.
The scheme which offers
temporary recruitment to the
armed forces without any
further benefits raged the
Indian youth.
Bengaluru: Former Karnataka
CM HD Kumaraswamy has al-
leged that the Agnipath sch is
a hidden agenda
by the RSS to
take control of
the Indian Army.
He added that
Agniveers would
become RSS workers inside
the Army and outside as well,
even after their service ends.
Making a big statement CM
said, “Will RSS leaders recruit
them or the army’’.?
Union Home Minister Amit Shah with IB Director Arvind Kumar at the inaugural session of the
National Conference on Cyber Safety and National Security, at Vigyan Bhawan, in New Delhi.
Cyber security integral to
national security: Amit Shah
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
ShahonMondaysaidcy-
ber security is integral
to national security and
the Narendra Modi gov-
ernmentiscommittedto
making it robust.
Addressing a confer-
enceon‘cybersafetyand
national security’, Shah
said technology is being
taken to the grassroot
level in India and if cy-
ber security is not en-
sured, it will be a big
challenge for the coun-
try
. “We all know how
important is cyber secu-
rity and how it can con-
tribute for the develop-
ment of India. India’s
progress is not possible
without cyber security
.
Cyber security is inte-
gral to the national secu-
rity and the Modi govt is
committed to making it
robust,” he said.The
home minister said eve-
ryone knows that the
misuse of cyber space is
not new and various
kinds of cyber crimes
are seen very often that
includemalwareattacks,
phishing,attacksoncrit-
ical infrastructure, data
theft, online economic
frauds, child pornogra-
phy among others. Such
crimes are expected to
increase in the coming
days, he said.
In 2012, a total of
3,377 cyber crimes
were reported and it has
gone up to 50,000 in
2020. The number of
cyber crimes which
were not reported could
be in lakhs. We are
resolved to create the
most secured cyber
atmosphere in the world
Intel agencies see design
behind riots, destruction
Renni Abraham
New Delhi: Central In-
telligence agencies may
take over the probe into
ongoing incidents of
violenceinBihar,fourth
day in running, ostensi-
bly over the Agnipath
armed forces recruit-
ment scheme even as
theUnionGovthasbeen
sensitised about forces
inimical to India being
behind the out-of-con-
trol mayhem.
Central Revenue In-
telligence Agencies are
probing the genesis of
the violence that erupt-
ed separately in UP and
now in Bihar to unearth
the real design behind
the apparent mayhem
that they believe was
sought to be engineered
all across India.
Confirming this a
person in the know told
First India, “Our inter-
est was piqued begin-
ning with the Kanpur
riots where the role of
Hayat Zafar Hashmi
came to the fore.
Around Rs 4 crore was
found to have been
channelised through
three of his banking ac-
counts and is suspected
to have been chan-
nelised to engineer the
riots and violence. Af-
ter his arrest around Rs
60 odd lakh is still held
in one of the accounts.”
Things are slowly un-
ravelling and we are fo-
cussing on the master-
minds behind the vio-
lence.
Airline refuses
to fly artist’s
wheelchair
Kochi: An award-win-
ning artist with special
needs has claimed she
was prohibited from
boarding an Alliance
Air flight from Bengalu-
ru to Kochi recently as
she was not willing to
leavebehindherbattery-
operated wheelchair.
The only option the
airline provided to the
woman, Sarita Dwivedi,
was to leave her wheel-
chair behind or book a
flight on another air-
line, she claimed while
talking to media on
Monday. A statement
from the airline on the
issue was awaited.
Gopalkrishna declines offer
to be opposition candidate
New Delhi: After
Sharad Pawar and Fa-
rooq Abdullah, Go-
palkrishna Gandhi be-
came 3rd person to rule
himself out of reckon-
ing to be joint Oppn
candidate for Prez polls.
“Opposition’s presi-
dential candidate
should generate nation-
al consensus, there will
be others who will do
this far better than I,”
Gandhi said while an-
nouncing his decision.
Opposition is now in a
race against time to
field a joint candidate
against the NDA nomi-
nee. Filing of nomina-
tion for the presidential
election began on June
15, and will continue till
June 29.Abdullah and
Gandhi’s names were
proposed by TMC chief
Mamata on June 15 dur-
ing a meeting attended
by 17 Oppn parties. Ab-
dullah withdrew his
name as the potential
joint Oppn candidate,
saying he has a “lot
more active politics”
ahead of him, and that
he wanted to contribute
in navigating the UT of
JK through the cur-
rent “critical juncture”.

❍ PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Sharad Pawar Farooq Abdullah Gopalkrishna
3 MILITANTS KILLED
IN TWO SEPARATE
GUNFIGHTS: POLICE
Srinagar: Security forces
in JK on Monday killed 3
militants in two separate
gunfights, the police said.
2 suspected militants were
killed in the Kupwara dis-
trict, while one died during
a gunfight in the Chat-
pora area of Pulwama. One
militant killed in Kupwara
was identified as Showkat,
police said on Monday.
Security forces recovered
arms and ammunition,
from the site.
FROM PG 1
BJP pulls...
first candidate Chandra-
kant Handore suffering
a shock defeat. Handore
polled only 22 votes, Jag-
tap won 26 votes and Lad
secured more than 28.
Earlier in the day
, the
votingfor10VidhanPar-
ishad seats witnessed
high drama and contro-
versy
,withthereturning
officer invalidating two
votes: one each in favour
of NCP candidate Ram-
raje Nimbalkar and BJP
candidate Uma Khapre
during ballot ratifica-
tion.
The said vote, where
alleged overwriting was
cited by BJP leader Ash-
ish Shelar for the third
preferencevotesegment,
was kept aside by the re-
turningofficerfollowing
which ratification of the
remainderof the284bal-
lots continued. Within a
short while, even as the
ratification of the re-
maining 284 votes con-
tinued, a second such
controversial ballot was
discovered, this time
cited by the MVA polling
agent.
The returning officer,
thereafter, decided that
the two contentious
votes were invalid and
counting began of the
283 valid votes. However,
the BJP then preferred a
complaint to the Central
Election Commission
andthecountingprocess
was put off again, await-
ing the CEC’s final rul-
ing over the issue.

06
INDIA
Police custody of Jadhav,
Mahakal and two others
extended by Pune court
Pune: A Pune special
court on Monday ex-
tended the police cus-
tody of four arrested
accused namely San-
tosh Jadhav, Sourav
Mahakal, Navnath
Suryawanshi and Tejas
Shinde till June 27. The
duration of the previ-
ous police custody end-
ed on Monday. All four
were arrested in con-
nection with a murder
case in Pune by rural
police and booked un-
der MCOC Act and were
under police custody.
Siddhesh Kamale, a
close aide of Santosh,
was arrested on June 8,
while Tejas was appre-
hended on June 17. Sid-
dhesh, a close aide of
Jadhav, was arrested on
June 8, Tejas was appre-
hended on June 17.
‘Threat to life’: Nupur Sharma seeks 4
weeks to appear before Kolkata Police
Kolkata: Suspended
BJP spokesperson Nu-
pur Sharma has sought
four weeks’ time to ap-
pear before the Kolkata
Police citing alleged
threat to life over her
remarks on Prophet
Mohammad. She sent
the Kolkata Police a let-
ter through the mail in
response to a summons
asking her to appear be-
fore Narkeldanga police
on Monday
.
Sharma was sum-
monedbyKolkataPolice
for questioning in con-
nection with her contro-
versialremarksProphet
Mohammad. She was
asked to appear at Nar-
keldanga police station
on June 20 to record her
statement. Trinamool
Congress minority cell
general secretary Abul
Sohail lodged an FIR
against Sharma at Con-
tai police station over
remarks,whichsparked
violent protests in sev-
eral parts of the coun-
try. On June 10, violent
protests, which in-
volved stone-pelting
and vandalisation of
vehicles, erupted in sev-
eral parts of the coun-
try, including outside
Delhi’s Jama Masjid, as
protesters demanded
arrest of Sharma.
Sharma sent the Police a letter through the mail in response to a summons asking her to appear
PROPHET ROW
West Bengal Jamiat ulama-e-hind President TMC MLA Siddiqullah Chowdhury with other dignitaries
Bengal Assembly passes
resolution condemning
Nupur remark on Prophet
New Delhi: The Ben-
gal Assembly passed
a resolution con-
demning BJP leader
Nupur Sharma’s re-
marks on the Prophet
Muhammad on Mon-
day while the opposi-
tion BJP staged a
walkout when the
government passed
the resolution, ac-
cording to media.
The BJP leaders, led
by Leader of Opposi-
tion Suvendhu Adhi-
kari, started a protest
when West Bengal
CM Mamata Baner-
jee was addressing
the Assembly
.
This comes after
the suspension of
seven BJP MLAs, in-
cluding Leader of the
Opposition Suvendu
Adhikari and chief
whip Manoj Tigga,
from the West Bengal
legislative assembly.
The suspension has
nowbeenwithdrawn.
Mamata Banerjee in
assembly said, “We
took action when
there was violence in
the state. But how
come this lady is still
not arrested? I know
she will not be ar-
rested. She has
sought time from Kol-
kata Police for four
weeks. She was to ap-
pear before the police
today.” Addressing
the state Assembly,
Banerjee said that
the BJP practices
politics of provoca-
tion and hatred.
‘PM MODI, PLEASE ASK YOUR FRIEND ABBAS,
IF HE EXISTS...’: ASADUDDIN OWAISI’S DIG
New Delhi: PM a
Modi should ask his
“childhood friend Ab-
bas” if suspended
BJP leader Nupur
Sharma’s remarks on
Prophet Muhammad
are objectionable or
not, Hyderabad MP
Asaduddin Owaisi
has said. Mr Owaisi’s
fresh attack on the
Prime Minister
comes a week after
Ms Sharma’s remarks
kicked up a political
storm and
sparked a wave
of protest
across the country
. In
a blog post written to
mark his mother
Heeraben Modi’s 99th
birthday, thePM re-
called his memories
with Abbas. “A close
friend of my father
used to stay in a near-
by village. After his
untimely death, my
father brought his
friend’s son, Abbas,
to our home. He
stayed with us and
completed his stud-
ies. Mother was as af-
fectionate and car-
ing towards Abbas
just like she did for
all of us siblings. Eve-
ry year on Eid, she
used to prepare his
favourite dish-
es,” he wrote.
Guwahati: Assam
Chief Minister Him-
anta Biswa Sarma will
hold a meeting with
the Deputy Commis-
sioners (DCs) and the
Sub-Divisional Offic-
ers (Civil) - SDOs on
Monday to review the
flood situation and dis-
aster preparedness.
Taking to Twitter, he
wrote, “In wake of ongo-
ing situation of floods
to review preparedness,
will connect with my
cabinet colleagues, DCs
and Civil SDOs on June
20, 9.30 am onwards
from my office via
VC.”The Indian Army
continued flood relief
operations for the
fourth consecutive day,
informed officials on
Sunday. The relentless
relief operations in in-
clement weather con-
ditions have been car-
ried out in seven dis-
tricts of Assam.
West Bengal CM Mamata
Banerjee
Dr Jitendra Singh
addresses a mammoth
public rally at Kathua
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister Dr Jitendra Singh
on Monday said that one
of the major contribu-
tions of Narendra Modi
as Prime Minister in the
last eight years has been
thatherestoredself-con-
fidence and self-esteem
among common Indi-
ans.
Addressing a mam-
moth public rally in this
remote area, Dr Jitendra
Singh said, the best way
to appreciate 8 years of
the Modi rule is to recall
the scenario that existed
in the 8 years prior to
that. When Modi took
over as Prime Minister
in 2014, the entire coun-
trywasreelingunderthe
shadow of pessimism
and the common citizen
had lost all hope in the
din of mega scams and
scandals involving Min-
isters and functionaries
at high places, he said
and added that Modi’s
swearing-inceremonyas
Prime Minister of India
in the evening of 26 May
2014 marked the begin-
ning of the nation’s jour-
ney from pessimism to
optimism.
Assam CM Sarma to chair
Assam CM Sarma to chair
meeting over flood situation
meeting over flood situation
DEATH TOLL IN ASSAM RISES TO 72
IN THE COURTYARD
HIKE IN DEARNESS ALLOWANCE MAY
RAISE SALARIES OF GOVT EMPLOYEES
New Delhi: Govern-
ment employees are
expected to soon
get three good news
regarding their sal-
ary, going by media
reports. As the dear-
ness allowance (DA) is
revised twice a year in
January and July, it is
set to be revised next
month. Apart from DA,
the employees may
also get the payment
of an 18-month DA
arrear and interest on
provident fund (PF), ac-
cording to the reports.
The issue of 18-month
DA arrears payment
from Jan 2020 to June
2021 may be addressed
soon and the employ-
ees of the central govt
may also receive Rs 2
lakh in pending arrears
in one go, according
to a media report. The
amount of DA arrears
is decided by the em-
ployees’ pay band and
structure. And, as the
govt as already ratified
the interest rate on em-
ployees provident fund,
the Employees’ Provi-
dent Fund Organisation
will now credit interests
into the accounts of
PF account holders.
For the financial year
2021-22, the govt has
approved an interest
rate of 8.10 % on EPF.
Teenager killed, police among 3
injured in Washington DC shooting
Washington: A teen-
ager was shot dead and
three others including a
police officer were in-
jured in a shooting in
the area of 14th and U
Street Northwest in
Washington, DC, offi-
cials said.
The shooting took
place at a music event
on U Street Northwest
in Washington, DC, at
a location that is just
less than 2 miles from
the White House.
“MPD (Metropolitan
Police Department) is
responding to the situ-
ation in the area of
14th and U Street, NW,
for a shooting inci-
dent in which multi-
ple people have been
shot, including an
MPD officer. Media
staging at 15th and U
Street, NW. Chief Con-
tee to provide a media
briefing,” said the DC
Police Department in
a tweet.
—PICTURE FOR REPRESENTATION
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi : The Con-
gress party has re-
placed Randeep Sur-
jewala with Jairam
Ramesh as the in-
charge of the commu-
nication department.
He is in charge of me-
dia, social media and
all communication.
There was talk earlier
that Randeep Surjewa-
la is in charge of Kar-
nataka, where elec-
tions are due next year,
so the communication
department could be
taken over from him.
Now the question is,
will Jairam Ramesh re-
tain or change the old
team of Communica-
tions Department?
There is speculation
about AICC secretary
and co-in-charge of
communication de-
partment Pranav Jha,
social media in-charge
Rohan Gupta and me-
dia department’s
Vineet Punia. After
Ramesh became the
head of the communi-
cation department,
there is a general per-
ception that the num-
ber of people working
in Hindi will be less
and their importance
will also decrease.
In Randeep Surjewa-
la’s team, the number
of people who spoke,
understood and worked
in Hindi were more.
Most of the people were
from Hindi belt, but
this situation will not
remain with Ramesh.
He is from Karnataka
and has a team working
with him in English.
Secondly, they are lead-
ers living in their ‘in-
tellectual ego’, so they
do not give preference
to too many people.
Thirdly, Ramesh is not
too active on social me-
dia. By the time he was
appointed the head of
the communications
department, he had 1.5
lakh followers on Twit-
ter and he used to fol-
low only 18 people. In
contrast, Surjewala
had more than 17 lakh
followers. That’s why
many Congress leaders
are believing that
Jairam Ramesh him-
self and the entire team
will have to work hard-
er and at the same time
give preference to Eng-
lish speaking along
with Hindi speaking
individuals. This is also
necessary because al-
most the entire media
team of BJP is going to
work in Hindi only
.
Under Jairam, will Cong’s ‘connect’ improve?
Jairam Ramesh
PM WITH SRI SHIVARATHRI IN MYSURU
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Jagadguru Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Mahaswamiji
at the inauguration of the KSS Sanskrit Pathashala and hostel building and releases
books, at Sutturu Math in Mysuru on Monday.
SYRIAN MILITARY:
ATTACK ON BUS
KILLS 13
Damascus: An attack on
a civilian bus in northern
Syria on Monday killed 13
people, including 11 sol-
diers, and wounded three
troops, Syrian state media
reported, quoting an
unnamed military official.
According to state news
agency, SANA, the attack
occurred in the province
of Raqqa, which was once
controlled by the extrem-
ist Islamic State group.
Avinash Pande
@avinashpandeinc
I have unfortunately
tested positive for
COVID today. I am un-
der home quarantine. I
request everyone who
have recently come
in my contact to take
precautions incase of
any symptoms, isolate
themselves and get
tested. Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh addressing a mammoth public
rally at remote Bani in district Kathua of JK on Monday.

BIZ BUZZ
07
New Delhi (PTI): De-
mand for co-working
office space jumped
over two-fold in the
last fiscal year at
90,200 desks across
seven major cities as
flexible workspaces
rose in prominence
after the second wave
of the COVID pan-
demic, according to a
joint report by JLL
India and Qdesq.
Over 37,300 seats
were leased out in the
2020-21 financial year
across the seven cities.
The total demand for
flexible seats stood at
2,432 in Kolkata, 8,284
in Hyderabad, 11,312 in
Chennai, 12,500 in
Mumbai, 14,900 desks
in Delhi-NCR, 15,659
desks in Pune and
25,130 in Bengaluru.
In its report ‘India’s
office market Recali-
brating with flex’, real
estate consultant JLL
India and co-working
marketplace Qdesq at-
tributed the growth in
demand of co-working
space to many factors,
including flexibility for
corporates and other
occupiers to expand or
contract on-demand.
Shorter lease ten-
ures, fully serviced,
amenity-rich offices
are few other factors.
Out of the total flex-
ible seats leased out in
2021-22, 62% account-
ed for managed office
space. In the preced-
ing year, the share
was 52%.
More than half of
the total flex seats
leased in FY 2021-22
were in the form of
s i g n i f i c a n t - s i z e d
transactions of 300 or
more seats.
Bengaluru, Pune
and Delhi-NCR togeth-
er accounted for more
than 60% of the total
seats leased out in this
period.
the pricing for pre-
mium flex centres in
prime business dis-
tricts and marquee of-
fice projects in cities
such as Mumbai and
Delhi go up to `50,000
per seat per month
and `25,000-45,000 per
seat per month, re-
spectively.
Demand for flexible workspace jumps two-fold
POST-COVID
3K FACILITIES
KIA SONET
CROSSES 1.5 LAKH
SALES MILESTONE
New Delhi (PTI): Automak-
er Kia India on Monday said
its compact SUV Kia Sonet
has crossed the cumulative
sales milestone of 1.5 lakh
units since launch in Sep-
tember 2020. The model
has contributed over 32%
of the company’s total sales
and commands almost
15% share in the highly
competitive compact SUV
category, Kia India said in a
statement.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WAVE IN INDIA COULD SPUR FOOD PRICES FURTHER
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): India’s food in-
flation is likely to top 9
per cent on the back of
high feedstock prices,
according to a Nomura
report.
The report sees food
inflation surging in the
second half of the year
in Asia with major food
importers like Singa-
pore bearing the brunt
of higher prices of sta-
ples.
China’s harsh COV-
ID measures along
with swine fever in
Thailand and an exces-
sive heat wave in India
are some of the rea-
sons that could spur
food prices further.
“Consumers’ percep-
tion of inflation is
strongly influenced by
the prices of frequent-
ly purchased necessi-
ties, such as food, and
can lead to higher in-
flation expectations,”
Bloomberg quoted
from the Nomura re-
port.
India’s food inflation
was marginally be-
low the 8 per cent
mark in May com-
pared to 8.3 per cent
in April.
“Locally, the onset
of the summer heat
wave has also con-
tributed to the rise
in food prices,” the
finance minis-
try’s monthly
economic re-
port said to-
day
.
The finance
ministry report
expects the food
prices and the head-
line retail inflation to
come down on the back
of time- ly arrival
of southwest monsoon.
Food inflation
has been driven
by high vegetable pric-
es as heat waves
scorched perishables.
“Retail food inflation
has been higher than
non-food and the differ-
ence may be partly at-
tributed to the onset of
summer heat waves as
retail vegetable in-
flation, with a
weight of 6 per
cent in CPI bas-
ket, increased to
18.26 per cent in May
2022,” the finance min-
istry report added.
Not just vegetables,
even high edible oil
prices have led to a
higher food inflation.
India imports nearly
60% of its edible oil
and with supply dis-
ruptions continuing
due to the Russia-
Ukraine war, the prices
have surged.
The Nomura report
flags that rice could be-
come dearer as coun-
tries look for alterna-
tive in the wake of
wheat prices remain-
ing elevated.
To manage the do-
mestic situation better,
Centre had imposed a
ban on wheat exports
on May 13 to ensure
stable prices and food
security. Some relaxa-
tions were given on
May 17 allowing those
wheat consortium al-
ready registered with
customs.
Fin Min: Risk
of stagflation
low in India
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Unlike the rest
of the world, which
is looking at a dis-
tinct risk of wide-
spread stagflation,
India is at a lower
risk owing to its pru-
dent stabilization
policies, the Finance
Ministry said in its
May Monthly Eco-
nomic Review. But
that said, like the
global economy,
which is expected to
see slowing growth,
India too is expected
to witness slowing
growth, the ministry
said. Rising commod-
ity prices and linger-
ing supply chain bot-
tlenecks in an envi-
ronment where the
global central banks
are withdrawing
pandemic-era meas-
ures have led to a
downgrade in global
growth forecasts.
While the Indian
economy too is ex-
pected to be impact-
ed, the ministry sees
it as being higher
thantheotheremerg-
ing market counter-
parts. “Rationalizing
of non-capex expend-
iture has thus be-
come critical for
avoiding fiscal slip-
page,” it said.
VI to raise `500
cr from promoter
New Delhi (PTI):
Vodafone Idea’s Board
is scheduled to meet
on June 22, to consider
and approve a propos-
al for raising funds to
the tune of `500 crore.
The fundraising will
be through the issu-
ance of equity shares
or convertible war-
rants on a preferential
basis to one or more
entities belonging to
Vodafone Group (one
of the promoters of
the company).
“... A meeting of the
Board of Directors of
the company is sched-
uled to be held on
Wednesday, 22nd June
2022... To consider pro-
posal for raising of
funds aggregating up
to `500 crore, by way
of issuance of equity
shares and / or con-
vertible warrants on a
preferential basis to
one or more entities
belonging to Vodafone
Group (one of the pro-
moters of the compa-
ny),” VIL said in a fil-
ing to BSE on Sunday
evening.
The move comes as
the Indian telecom
market is poised for
5G spectrum auction,
and subsequent roll
out of new-age offer-
ings.
Sources at the De-
partment of Telecom-
munications (DoT)
said that VIL’s equity
conversion proposal is
in final stages, and re-
quired approvals on
the same are expected
as early as 7-10 days.
Duty-related measures to
slash steel exports by 40%
New Delhi (PTI): In-
dia’s steel exports is
expected to come
down by 40% to 12
million tonnes (MT)
in the ongoing fiscal,
as a result of the du-
ty-related measures
taken by the govern-
ment last month, ac-
cording to CRISIL.
The export of fin-
ished steel had
reached a record high
of 18.3 million tonnes
in the 2021-22 financial
year and the prices
were at their all-time
high, the agency said
on Monday
.
“India’s steel ex-
ports will drop 35-40%
to 10-12 million tonnes
this fiscal following
the 15% export duty
imposed on several
finished steel prod-
ucts last month. Ex-
ports of iron ore and
pellets will also fall
this fiscal, and lower
domestic prices,” the
CRISIL research anal-
ysis said.
Markets halt 6-day losing streak
Mumbai (PTI): Snap-
ping a six-day losing
run, equity indices set-
tled in the green after a
highly volatile session
on Monday, with the
Sensex climbing 237
points amid positive
cues from European
markets. The BSE
benchmark gained
237.42 points or 0.46 per
centtosettleat51,597.84.
The NSE Nifty ended
56.65 points or 0.37 per
cent higher at 15,350.15.
From the Sensex pack,
Hindustan Unilever,
HDFC, Wipro, UltraT-
ech Cement, Asian
Paints were among the
biggest gainers.
Foodinflationlikelyto top 9%
Airlines’lossesgloballywill
be down to $9.7 bn this yr
Doha (PTI): The air-
lines’ losses globally
are expected to be
down from $52 bil-
lion in 2021 to $9.7 bil-
lion this year and in-
dustry-wide profit
should be on the ho-
rizon in 2023, Direc-
tor General of IATA
Willie Walsh said
here on Monday
.
International Air
Transport Associa-
tion represents some
290 airlines compris-
ing 83% of global air
traffic.
Walsh, in his inau-
gural speech at the
78th annual general
meeting of IATA
here, said that while
the outlook for air-
lines globally is posi-
tive, the business en-
vironment remains
challenging.
“The desire to trav-
el and the necessity
of moving goods are
both solid. Our in-
dustry is now leaner,
tougher, and nimbler.
Our latest analysis
shows losses in 2021
close to $42 bn, a
huge loss, but down
from our earlier esti-
mate of $52 bn,”
Walsh said. “And we
now believe that
global losses will be
cut further to $9.7 bn
this year. Industry-
wide profit should be
on the horizon in
2023,” he said.
AIR INDIA PREPS LARGEST
AIRCRAFT DEAL IN HISTORY
United Airlines to start daily
B’luru to San Francisco flights
New Delhi: Air
India is planning
to scale up its fleet
by more than 200
planes in the next 5
years, said a source.
“There is no time.
The airline has to
scale up really fast.
It’s stepping on the
gas,” he added and
said that 70% of
the orders would
be narrowbodied
planes while 30%
would be widebod-
ies. “We are talking
to both Airbus
and Boeing. But
Boeing deliveries
are delayed,” he
said. Airbus chief
commercial lfficer
Christian Scherer
said that the airline
is “reorganising
itself” under the
Tata and will look at
refurbishing its fleet
with new aircraft.
Bengaluru (PTI):
United Airlines
is scheduled to
begin daily flights
from here to San
Francisco in the last
quarter of 2022.
Australian national
carrier Qantas will
begin four weekly
flights to Sydney
from Sept 14, the
airport said in a
statement. Two
weekly flights to
Tel Aviv (Air India)
and daily flights to
Seattle (American
Airlines) are also
planned in the
near future. Japan
Airlines will increase
frequency to Tokyo
Narita to thrice a
week, effective Aug
and KLM plans to
further increase
frequency on the
Bengaluru-Amster-
dam route from the
current three weekly
frequencies to four-
times-a-week begin-
ning next month.
GOLD PRICE LOWER BY `242;
SILVER ALSO DROPS `770
New Delhi (PTI): Gold prices in the national capital on
Monday declined by `242 to `50,735 per 10 grams
amid rupee appreciation, according to HDFC Securi-
ties.In the previous trade, the yellow metal settled at
`50,977 per 10 grams. Silver also tumbled by `770 to
`60,460 per kg from `61,230 per kg in the previous
trade.In the international market, gold was trading
higher at $1,839 per ounce while silver was trading flat
at $21.60 per ounce.
Mumbai (PTI): The
rupee appreciated by
7 paise to settle at
77.98 (provisional)
against the US dollar
on Monday as crude oil
prices retreated from
elevated levels. At the
interbank forex market,
the local unit opened
strong at 77.98 against
the greenback and
witnessed an intra-day
high of 77.87 and a low
of 78.03.It finally set-
tled at 77.98, a rise of 7
paise over its previous
close of 78.05.
` GAINS 7 PAISE
TO CLOSE AT
77.98 AGAINST
US DOLLAR
New Delhi (PTI): The
country’s largest car-
maker Maruti Suzuki
India on Monday an-
nounced opening of
bookings for the upcom-
ing new version of its
compact SUV Brezza.
The new Brezza, to be
launched at the end of
the month, will come
with features such as
electric sunroof along
with an array of sophis-
ticated new-age tech,
comfort, convenience
and connected features,
the company said in a
statement.
It will also have a
next generation power-
train with 6-speed auto-
matic transmission op-
tion, it added.
Maruti Suzuki new
Brezza bookings open 4 in 10 employees may
quit post-appraisal
New Delhi: Four out
of every 10 employ-
ees want to resign
from their current
organisation post-
increment, shows a
new survey
.
The three sectors
that include a major-
ity of workers con-
templating resigna-
tion are service
(37%), manufactur-
ing (31%), and IT
(27%), accord-
ing to
d a t a
s h a r e d
by Na-
m a n
HR, a
manage-
ment-consulting
firm. Gender-wise,
six out of every 10
male workers opted
to resign from their
workplace in the
coming months.
Slow salary
growth is one of the
major reasons for re-
signing from a par-
ticular job, and only
15% of employees
surveyed feel that
their decision
to leave an
organisa-
tion is
d r i v e n
by the
discom-
fort.

08
2NDFRONT
Greetings to the world wide family of
Yoga practitioners, our lives have been
much interesting by this age-old practice.
— Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
9 members of family found
dead, cops suspect suicide
First India Bureau
Sangli: Two brothers
and their families
were found dead in
Sangli district in an
apparent suicide pact
on Monday, police
said, adding that the
preliminary investi-
gation suggests the
brothers—Popat Van-
more (56), Dr Manik
Vanmore—were heav-
ily in debt.
As many as nine bod-
ieswerefoundinthetwo
brothers’houses,located
1.5km apart, in Mhaisal
village, about 350km
away from Mumbai.
The police said the de-
ceasedincludedtheVan-
more brothers, their
mother, wives and four
children, who are sus-
pectedtohaveconsumed
poisonous substances to
end their lives.
While Popat Vanmore
was a teacher, Manik
Vanmore was a veteri-
nary doctor, they said.
“Prima facie, it looks
like the family members
of the two brothers end-
ed their lives. Both had
borrowed money from
various people. We are
trying to establish the
sequence of events as
both the spots (houses
where bodies were
found) are 1.5km away
from each other,” said
ManojkumarLohiya,In-
spector General (Kol-
hapur range).
He said six bodies—
his own, those of his
wife, mother, daughter,
son and nephew (son of
Popat Vanmore)—were
found in Manik Van-
more’s house, while Pop-
at Vanmore’s, his wife
and daughter’s bodies
were found at the lat-
ter’s.
Lohiya said the police
foundsuicidenotesfrom
both the locations and
theyareanalysingthem.
“The content in the
notessuggeststheywere
in a lot of debt. However,
we are investigating the
case from all angles,”
said the officer.
Asked how the inci-
dent came to light, the
officer said a girl from
thevillagefoundthebod-
ies when she went to
Manik Vanmore’s house
to find out why nobody
hadcometofetchmilkas
was their daily routine.
“When people went to
Popat Vanmore’s house
to inform him about
what they saw in his
brother’s home, they
found bodies there too,”
Lohiya said.
Bodies found at
two brothers’
houses, located
1.5km apart; debt
angle emerges
Six bodies—his
own, those of his
wife, mother,
daughter, son and
nephew (son of
PopatVanmore)—
were found at Manik
Vanmore’s house,
while Popat
Vanmore’s, his wife
and daughter’s
bodies were found
at the latter’s.
Police say they are investigating all angles. —ANI PHOTOS
First India Bureau
Navi Mumbai: In re-
lief to local residents,
the City and Industrial
Development Corpora-
tion of Maharashtra
(CIDCO), has complet-
ed the ongoing pres-
sure conduit work at
Hetavane dam. An ad-
ditional 30 million li-
tres per day (MLD) of
water will be available
to southern nodes in
Navi Mumbai through
the Hetavane water
supply scheme, offi-
cials of Navi Mum-
bai’s planning author-
ity said.
“CIDCO is taking var-
ious measures to ensure
smooth water supply in
its jurisdiction. An ad-
ditional 30 MLD water
has been immediately
made available from the
Hetavane dam, as the
body completed work of
the pressure conduit in
the record time of 15
days. Apart from this,
discussions aregoing on
with Navi Mumbai Mu-
nicipal Corporation,
MIDC and Maharashtra
Jeevan Pradhikaran to
resolve the water issue,”
CIDCO’s vice-chairman
and MD Dr Sanjay
Mukherjee said.
CIDCO supplies wa-
ter to Kharghar, Ulwe,
Taloja, Dronagiri, JNPT
Port, Dighode MIDC
area from Hetavane Wa-
ter Supply Scheme and
these rapidly growing
nodes have been facing
a water shortage.
Officials said the CI-
DCO jurisdiction area
was getting only 259
MLD water against a de-
mand of 289 MLD.
The Hetavane Water
SupplySchemeprovides
CIDCO with 150 MLD of
water but the state wa-
ter resources depart-
ment has sanctioned an
additional 120 MLD
from Hetavane Dam.
In order to use the ad-
ditional 120 MLD, how-
ever, the Hetavane
scheme’s capacity needs
to be augmented to 270
MLD, which will take
another five years. So, to
address the current wa-
ter shortage, CIDCO has
appointed Tata Consult-
ing Engineers Ltd as a
consultant to prepare a
water augmentation
plan for drawing maxi-
mum water from the
Hetavane scheme.
TCE recommended a
long-closed pressure
conduit process instead
of the existing open
channel outlet. Accord-
ingly
, CIDCO decided to
connect the Hetavane
Irrigation Canal Power
Outlet to CIDCO’s water
supplysystemthrougha
pressure conduit.
CIDCO completes
work on pressure
conduit in a
record time of
just 15 days
Hetavane WSS
provides CIDCO with
150 MLD of water but
the state water
resources department
has sanctioned an
additional 120 MLD
Navi Mum to get 30 MLD more water from Hetavane
2 MAJOR FIRE INCIDENTS REPORTED IN
NASHIK CITY IN 24 HOURS, 1 KILLED
3 CHAIN SNATCHERS CAUGHT; WEAPON,
MOBILE PHONES, JEWELLERY FOUND
RETIRED COP FOUND DEAD IN DRAIN
POLICE ADD GANG-RAPE CHARGE
AGAINST 8 ACCUSED IN TEEN’S SUICIDE
Nashik: On Sunday, two major fires were reported in
Nashik, one of which claimed the life of a 31-year-
old man. One of the fires started in an electric goods
showroom in the Ganjamal area, and the other in
Happy Home Colony near Nasardi Bridge. Mayur
Uttam Kalkhaire, a resident in Nasardi, has been
identified as the deceased. Officials said they found
smoke and fire coming from the upper floor of the
house when they responded to the call, which came
in at 5.35 pm. “Firefighters broke down the door and
found the charred body,” the official said.
Thane: Police have arrested three accused after a
long chase on the bridge near Kharegaon railway
crossing. Officials said the trio had been allegedly
involved in at least five cases of robbery and chain
snatchings. With the arrests, Kalwa police say they
have recovered property worth over Rs2.3 lakh.
Kalwa police had initially registered an FIR on 17
May, 2022, on the basis of a complaint from a man
who said he had been robbed of cash and a mobile
phone by three people who had threatened him with
a sharp weapon on the Kharegaon railway bridge.
Mumbai: The body of an 87-year-old retired
Mumbai policeman was found in a drain in Navghar,
an official said on Monday. “Shivdas Kumavat,
who retired as assistant inspector, suffered from
memory loss and had gone missing a few days
ago after which a complaint was filed. On Sunday
afternoon, he was found dead in a drain by a
conservancy worker. An accidental death case has
been registered,” he said. There are no marks on
the body and it seems he may have died after falling
into the drain, the official added.
Thane: Police have added the charge of gang rape
in the case registered after the suicide of a girl from
Dombivali on June 12, an official said on Monday.
The eight people arrested for far have now been
charged with gang rape and other offences under
IPC, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences
(POCSO) Act and the IT Act, the Kolsewadi police
station official said. The teen girl was sexually
abused and the accused had taken obscene
photographs and videos to blackmail her, police had
said. Her parents had found two notes in her mobile
phone that narrated the ordeal she had undergone,
an official said.
CRUCIAL READ
Bharat-centric approach to
farming needed: RSS chief
First India Bureau
Nagpur: RSS chief
Mohan Bhagwat on
Monday highlighted
the importance of
organic and ancient
methods of farming
and said it would be
wrong to reject such
local knowledge as
unscientific without
examining them.
He was speaking at
the annual ‘Convoca-
tion-cum-Scientific
Convention’ jointly or-
ganized by the Nation-
al Academy of Veteri-
nary Sciences (India),
New Delhi and Maha-
rashtra Animal and
Fishery Sciences Uni-
versity
, Nagpur.
Union Minister of
Fisheries,AnimalHus-
bandry and Dairying
Parshottam Rupala,
who was the guest of
honour, was bestowed
honorary fellowship
along with Bhagwat
and state minister
Sunil Kedar.
India’s farming and
animal husbandry
methods are the oldest,
Bhagwat said, adding
that modern science
has side effects but our
ancientknowledgeand
methods do not have
side effects.
“Focus must be on
flexibility in research
and the use of local
knowledge. It is wrong
to reject local knowl-
edge by terming it un-
scientific. You can re-
ject it after examining
it, you are free to reject
it if it is not right,” he
said at the event.
Adding that the
country was the num-
beroneeconomyinthe
world until 1700 AD, he
said,“Wehadanagrar-
ian economy at the
time, and industry and
commerce were also
related to agriculture.
We will need to have
Bharat-centric ap-
proach to achieve in-
creasing GDP
.”
Rupala spoke on
how to be independ-
ent through the coop-
erative sector as well
as methods to save
the soil.
“We will have to
come back to our old
method of repairing
soil through the dung
of indigenous cows. I
feel good days of the
cow and the animal
husbandrydepartment
will return in the com-
ing days, and these will
play important roles in
our economy and
growth,” Rupala said.
Even today, 65% of farmers cultivate
small land holdings and mechanised
farming is not very beneficial for them.
Because of fertilizers, etc., (farmers) fall into debt
and then commit suicide. They should be taught
sustainable agriculture which they can
understand. —Mohan Bhagwat, RSS chief
‘Wandering Mum streets at night when
no curfew in place is not an offence’
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Wandering a
street late at night in
a city like Mumbai
when there is no night
curfew is not an of-
fence, a local court
has said, while acquit-
ting a 29-year-old man
booked for sitting on a
road under suspicious
circumstances.
The city police had
registered a case
against the man on
June 13 and the Gir-
gaon metropolitan
magistrate’s court
passed its order acquit-
ting him on June 16.
The magistrate said
it was difficult for the
court to hold that the
accused was trying to
hide his identity to com-
mit an offence, based on
the evidence.
The police had
claimed that the man,
Sumit Kashyap, had
tried to cover his face
with a handkerchief
while sitting on a road
in south Mumbai. They
had registered the case
against him under Sec-
tion 122 (b) of the Maha-
rashtra Police Act.
The section has pro-
visions for booking a
person found between
sunrise and sunset for
having his face covered
or otherwise disguised
with intent to commit
an offence.
Magistrate Nadeem
Patel said, “The ac-
cused was arrested in
Mumbai at around 1.30
am. In a city like Mum-
bai, 1.30 am is not too
late. Anyone can stand
on the road and there-
fore,itcannotbetermed
as hiding the identity
with intent to commit
an offence.”
The court added,
“Even if it is assumed
that 1.30 am is too late,
then also, wandering on
the street is not an of-
fence when there is no
night curfew.”
People are used to wearing masks for safety
in the pandemic period. Though masks are
not compulsory, there is an advisory to wear
them. Some people use a handkerchief as a mask, and
if the accused is using the handkerchief as a mask to
cover his mouth, it does not mean that he is hiding his
identity. —-Girgaon metropolitan court
Worker falls to death
at construction site
First India Bureau
Thane: The body of a
22-year-old labourer
who fell to his death in
Thane city was recov-
ered after five hours,
police said on Monday
.
The victim, Ashish
Chawan, fell from the
top of the 30-storey
under-construction
building into a lift duct,
Thane civic body’s
RDMC chief Avinash
Sawant said.
The incident took
place around 10 pm on
Sunday in Vartak
Nagar area. The victim
got stuck in the
scaffolding and it took
more than five hours
for firemen and staff
from the regional
disaster management
cell (RDMC) to retrieve
the body, a civic official
said.
“The worker fell from
the building on some
iron rods that pierced
through him,” Sawant
added.
Rescue workers cut
the iron rods and man-
aged to pull out the
body, he said.
Hetavane dam.
Hetavane dam. —FILE PHOTO
—FILE PHOTO

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