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All properties demolished lawfully: UP govt to SC
First India Bureau
New Delhi/Lucknow:
The Jamiat Ulama-I-
Hind’s petition against
the recent demolition
of houses in UP is an at-
tempt to give a mala
fide colour to “lawful
action taken by the lo-
cal development au-
thorities as per the pro-
cedure established by
law,” the Uttar Pradesh
government has stated
in an affidavit before
the Supreme Court.
The government said
that the plea filed by the
Muslim body cherry-
picked one-sided media
reporting of a few inci-
dents and extrapolated
sweeping allegations
from the same against
the state government.
“It is submitted that
the said demolitions...
have been carried out
by the local develop-
ment authorities,
which are statutory au-
tonomous bodies, inde-
pendent of state admin-
istration, as per law as
part of their routine
efforts against unau-
thorised/illegal con-
structions and en-
croachments, in ac-
cordance with the UP
Urban Planning and
Development Act,
1972,” said the affidavit.
The state govern-
ment thus justified the
demolitions carried out
in Prayagraj and Kan-
pur following protests
against BJP leaders’
remarks on Prophet
Muhammad.
Bulldozer Act
JAVED’S WIFE PETITIONS ALD HIGH COURT
Prayagraj: A petition was filed in the Allahabad High
Court by Parveen Fatima, wife of Javed Mohammad
(main accused in the June 10 violence in Prayagraj),
challenging the demolition of her house on June 12
as being against the law. According to Fatima, the
house doesn’t belong to Javed Mohammad but is
owned by her and she had received the same as a gift
from her parents even before her marriage.
The bulldozed house of Javed Mohammad in Prayagraj.
Afghanistan earthquake kills 1,000 people, deadliest in decades
6.0 magnitude earthquake’s tremors were felt over 500 km by 119
million people across Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, EMSC said
Kabul (Agencies): An
earthquake of magni-
tude 6.1 killed at 1,000
people and injured 1,500
in Afghanistan early on
Wednesday, officials
said, adding that 1500
people are likely to be
injured according to
state-run Bakhtar News
Agency. Quake struck
about 44 km (27 miles)
from the city of Khost,
near Pakistani border,
USGC said. The state-
run Bakhtar news agen-
cy reported the death
toll and said rescuers
were arriving by heli-
copter. Abdul Wahid
Rayan, wrote on Twitter
that 90 houses have been
destroyed in Paktika
and dozens are believed
trapped under rubble.
Rescue efforts are likely
to be complicated as
many international aid
agencies left Af after
the Taliban takeover.
Destruction caused by an earthquake in province of Paktika, eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday. Helicopter evacuates injured after earthquake on Wednesday.
Most of the
confirmed
deaths were in
the eastern Afghan
province of Paktika,
where 255 people had
been killed and more
than 200 injured. In
Khost province, 25 peo-
ple had been killed and
90 taken to hospital.
—Salahuddin Ayubi,
Ministry Official
MAHA
CRISIS
DEEPENS
READY TO RESIGN
...BUT CAN YOU PROMISE ME
SAINIK AS SUCCESSOR: UDDHAV
Uddhav’s speech was livestreamed after 30
Sena MLAs wrote to Guv backing Shinde
Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, CM
Uddhav Thackeray test Covid-19 positive
Moni Sharma
Mumbai: Uddhav
Thackeray, fighting a
revolt that has endan-
gered his govt in Maha-
rashtra,saidonWednes-
day he is “ready to re-
sign” anytime, but can
you promise me next
CM will be from Shiv
Sena, but stopped short
of announcing his res-
ignation as CM. Sena
chief saidhewas“hurt”
at his own party men
turning on him. “De-
spite Pawar Saheb’s and
Kamal Nath’s support,
if my own people don’t
want me to be CM then
what should I do? I don’t
know if I can call them
my people,” he said.
CM LEAVES FROM
CMR AFTER SPEECH
Must quit unnatural
alliance, says Eknath
after Uddhav’s speech
Shivendra Parmar
Guwahati: Eknath
Shinde, Sena rebel
who has triggered po-
litical crisis in Maha,
on Wednesday under-
lined that it is vital to
get out of “unnatural
alliance” of Sharad
Pawar’s party & Cong
for party’s survival.
Statement comes af-
ter alliance partners
in MVA, say sources,
suggested that rebel
leader be named CM.
“Inlast2.5years,Sena
has only suffered &
other parties have
benefitted,” he said.
Rebel Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde with other MLAs at a
hotel, in Guwahati on Wednesday.
To save the
party and the
Shiv Sainiks, it
is vital that the unnatu-
ral alliance be junked.
It is important to make
this decision in the in-
terest of Maharashtra.
—Eknath Shinde,
Shiv Sena rebel
I HAVE 40 MLAs:
SHINDE IN ASSAM
Eknath Shinde on
Wednesday claimed
that 40 party MLAs have
reached Assam and said
that they will carry Balasa-
heb Thackeray’s Hindutva.
Remarks came as specula-
tion is rife that Shinde with
MLAs might join BJP.
 Will quit as Chief Minister
if even one of the disgruntled
MLAs says he doesn’t want
me as the Chief Minister
 Sharad Pawar and Kamal
Nath phoned me saying they
want me to continue as CM
 Getting calls from MLAs
who have gone with Shinde;
claiming that they were
forcibly taken by Shinde
 Shiv Sena can never be
separated from Hindutva
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray addresses a press
conference from the Chief Minister’s residence on Wednesday.
KC: IT’S AN INTERNAL ISSUE AND PARTY
LEADERSHIP CAN SORT IT OUT EASILY
WILL FIGHT: PRIYANKA CHATURVEDI &
SANJAY RAUT TO UDDHAV THACKERAY
‘HAD TO BE WITH
WITH CONG, NCP’
SENA MLA: I WAS
GIVEN INJECTIONS
“It’s an internal issue of Sena and the party leader-
ship can sort it out easily. The problem is BJP’s
attitude of using money and agencies to poach the
MLAs. I think Shiv Sena will survive,” Congress MP
KC Venugopal on Maha political situation said.
Shiv Sena MPs Sanjay Raut and Priyanka Chatur-
vedi on Wednesday tweeted messages of fight-
ing back after Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray’s
live address. Raut said Deshmukh claiming that he
was kidnapped, situation took a dramatic turn.
Uddhav said that I had
no administrative ex-
perience. I did what I did
to fulfil promise of dad.
We had to join hands with
Cong, NCP with whom
we fought for 25 years.
Sena MLA Nitin
Deshmukh, who was
with Shinde in Surat on
Wednesday said that
people had forcibly taken
him to a hosp and was
administered injections.
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Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik met Pope Francis in Vatican City
on Wednesday. The CM is leading a high-level delegation to
Rome, Dubai. Delegation is scheduled to visit WFP HQ in Rome
to share Odisha’s “transformational journey” in food security.
DRAUPADI MURMU SWEEPS TEMPLE FLOOR
New Delhi: The Centre has accorded a Z+ security cover to
NDA’s prez candidate Draupadi Murmu who will file her
nomination on June 24. The leader of Odisha started her
journey by performing puja in the temple on Wednesday. P5
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, LUCKNOW, NEW DELHI & MUMBAI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a three-day visit to
Germany and the United Arab Emirates beginning Sunday.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said PM Modi will
visit Germany from June 26 to June 27 to attend G7 summit.
India’s digital sector valuations to
cross USD 1 trillion by 2025: Modi
New Delhi (ANI): In-
dia supports innovation
across every sector and
its digital sector valua-
tions will cross USD 1
trillion by 2025, said PM
Narendra Modi on
Wednesday as he under-
lined the role of BRICS
countries amid global
focus on post covid re-
covery
.
The PM made these
remarks at the opening
ceremony of the BRICS
Business Forum being
hosted by China in a
virtual mode. “BRICS
was established with
the belief that this
group of emerging
economies could
emerge as engines of
global growth,” said PM
Modi in a recorded key-
note speech. He also em-
phasised that India’s
success is based on
technology-led growth
with innovation and
startups.
Modi to attend 14th
BRICS summit in a
virtual mode today
and tomorrow
NAT’L HERALD CASE: RaGa’S 50 HRS, 5 DAYS WITH ED
ED officials asked me secret
of my energy: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Recounting
how he handled the
marathon questioning
sessions with ED, Con-
gress MP Rahul Gandhi
on Wednesday said that
agency’s officers were
surprised by his pa-
tience and endurance.
While addressing party
workers at Delhi head-
quarters, he said that he
never felt alone in the
office even though he
was sitting in a 12/12 ft
room with 3 ED officers.
I answered questions,
checked all answers,
and didn’t leave my
chair much, he said,
adding that on the last
day officers asked him
how he has so much pa-
tience. Gandhi said ED
officers asked him at
night how he was able
to sit upright in the
chair for over 11 hours
without being tired, as
they were tired. “I
thought let me not tell
them the real reason, I
told them I do Vipas-
sana. You have to sit for
long hours in that, you
get used to it,” he said.
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, KC Venugopal, Adhir
Ranjan Chowdhury, P Chidambaram, Salman Khurshid and others at a satyagraha against the ED
questioning Rahul Gandhi and Agnipath Scheme, at AICC HQ, in New Delhi on Wednesday.
I wasn’t
alone in the
room, all you
Congress workers were
with me. All those who
believe in freedom
were also with me.
—Rahul Gandhi,
Congress leader
New Delhi: The ED on Wednesday
accepted Congress president Sonia
Gandhi’s written request seeking defer-
ment of summons for Wednesday. The
agency has however given her four
weeks to appear before it. Sonia had
written to ED seeking postponement till
she recovers completely.
RAHUL SPEAKS
ON AGNIPATH
CONG MPs, MLAs
GATHER IN DELHI
Rahul Gandhi on
Wednesday alleged
that the Centre was
“weakening” the army
through the ‘Agnipath’
scheme, and said
PM Modi will have to
withdraw the military
recruitment initiative
just like the farm laws
were rolled back.
Congress MPs and
the legislators from
across the country gath-
ered at the party head-
quarters in New Delhi to
express solidarity with
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi, who has been
questioned by the ED
for 5 days, party leaders
said on Wednesday.
ED ACCEPTS SONIA GANDHI’S REQUEST
FOR DEFERMENT OF SUMMONS

UTTAR PRADESH
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Yogi advises students to read newspapers to qualify competitive exams
CM advises students to thank,
SEND POST CARDS TO PM MODI
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath on
Wednesday advised stu-
dents to send post cards
to Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi, thanking
him for starting vari-
ous schemes for them.
He also asked them visit
libraries and read news-
papers regularly as it
will help them prepare
for competitive exams.
The CM said this dur-
ing his interaction with
10 meritorious students
of Class 12 Uttar
Pradesh Board exam at
his residence. Adity-
anath said the state and
central governments
have started various
schemes which have
been implemented for
the benefit of students.
He also suggested
that students should
send postcards to Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi, thanking him for
the schemes he has
started for them.
“By reading newspa-
pers, you will remain
updated for upcoming
competitive exams,”
CM told the visiting
students.
Deputy CM Brajesh
Pathak along with oth-
er ministers were also
present during the in-
teraction. He discussed
with students the ways
they prepared for their
exam and also asked
their school principals
about the strategy they
followed to prepare
them for board exams.
Speaking about the
‘Abhyudaya scheme’,
Yogi said, “The scheme
equips students for var-
ious competitive exams
they are planning to ap-
pear for.”
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath interacts with ten meritorious students of Class 12, of Uttar Pradesh
Board Examinations at his official residence 5, Kalidas Marg on Wednesday. The Chief Minister was
also accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak.
CM Yogi felicitates a student. Dy CM Brajesh Pathak was also
present on the occasion.
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CM WITH PREZ CANDIDATE ON FRIDAY
Dy CM Brajesh Pathak to call patients of govt hospitals for feedback
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Deputy CM
Brajesh Pathak has tak-
en an important step for
further improvement
of health services. The
Deputy CM will him-
self interact with the
patients and take feed-
back of treatment from
them over the phone.
On receipt of com-
plaint, necessary action
will also be taken as per
rules. It is for the first
time in UP, the Deputy
CMhasstartedaunique
initiative to take feed-
back from patients.
This information was
given by the Deputy CM
in a press conference on
Wednesday. Pathak in-
formed, “In this regard,
daily details of patients
have been sought from
the Director General of
Health and Director
General of Medical Ed-
ucation Department.
Feedback of treatment
will be taken on the
phone from some pa-
tients of five districts
of the state daily
.”
The selection of these
patients will be ran-
dom. No one will know
about this beforehand.
He said, “No stone
would be left unturned
in the direction of pro-
viding better treatment
to the patients. I talk to
patients everyday. This
will allow the deficien-
cies to be easily detect-
ed. Efforts will be made
to redress the com-
plaints.”
The Deputy Chief
Minister further stated
that patients come to
the hospital in trouble.
If they do not get facil-
ity and relief even in
the hospital, then all ef-
forts will be in vain.
Therefore, the feedback
of the patients is essen-
tial. This will improve
the health infrastruc-
ture.
BETTER HEALTH

On receipt of
any complaint,
action will be
taken against
hospitals and
doctors in
accordance
with rules
IMPROVEMENT
Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak. —PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
Will sound alert if Covid-19
infections spike: Health Min
Uttar Pradesh close to achieving
100 percent vaccination target
Lucknow (PTI):
Uttar Pradesh Deputy
Chief Minister
Brajesh Pathak ex-
pressed concern over
rising coronavirus
cases in the state, say-
ing 682 fresh infec-
tions detected on
Wednesday are a
“warning” for them.
The deputy chief
minister told report-
ers that if the number
of active cases
touched 8,000 to 10,000,
an alert will be sound-
ed in the state. Till
Tuesday, the state had
2,934 active cases.
“Today, 682 new pa-
tients of covid were
found in the state.
This is a warning for
us. If the figure of
covid infections
touched 8,000-10,000,
an alert will sound-
ed,” he said.
He requested the pub-
lic to wear masks,
maintain social dis-
tancing, use hand
sanitizers and help
the government in
ending COVID-19.
Pathak, will speak
to 20 patients admit-
ted to 10 different hos-
pitals daily to take
stock of their health
facilities.
Pathak told report-
ers that he has so far
visited 46 different
hospitals to inspect
medical arrange-
ments.
In such a situation,
a “Swasthya Aap Ka,
Sankalp Sarkar Ka”
campaign has been
started to reach out to
people, he said.
Pathak said he has
sought mobile num-
bers of patients ad-
mitted to various gov-
ernment hospitals
from health depart-
ment officials.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh will soon be
home to 100 percent
fully vaccinated in-
dividuals.
As the state con-
tinues to reach new
milestones in its
vaccination cam-
paign, it has been
successful in provid-
ing vaccine cover to
nearly 99 percent
population in every
set category —
health workers,
frontline workers,
senior citizens,
adults, children in
the age group 15-17,
and children in the
age group 12-14 — in
the state.
The UP govern-
ment is providing
vaccination cover to
all children between
12 to 17 years of age
in a time-bound
manner. So far, over
2,58,68,145 vaccine
doses have been ad-
ministered to chil-
dren in the age
group of 15-17 and
over 1,32,43,675 vac-
cine doses have been
administered to
children in the age
group of 12-14.
Standing on the
top, UP has so far
given out over 33.75
crore total vaccine
doses. Out of these,
over 17,53,24,563 are
first doses, while
over 15,87,91,071 in-
dividuals are fully
vaccinated.
Committed to pro-
viding additional
protection cover to
the people, Uttar
Pradesh started ad-
ministering booster
shots (precaution
dose) from January
10. Over 34.56 lakh
‘precaution doses’
have been adminis-
tered in the state so
far.
Aggressive Vacci-
nation is al part of
c o m p r e h e n s i v e
strategy of the Yogi-
government to con-
tain Covid-19 spread
in the state.
Amid rising cases
of Covid-19 in other
states, vaccination
cover will aid in con-
trolling the spread
of the pandemic in
Uttar Pradesh.
Health Minister and Dy CM Brajesh Pathak addreses a press
conference at Lok Bhawan ACS (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad,
Addl DGME, NC Prajapati were also present.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath presides over a Covid
review meet on Wednesday. Dy CM Brajesh Pathak, Chief
Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra, ACS (Info and MSME)
Navneet Sehgal, ACS (Home) Awanish Kumar Awasthi, PS
to CM Sanjay Prasad and other officials were present.
GROWTH STORY
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Textile ex-
ports from Uttar
Pradesh have regis-
tered a 41 per cent in-
crease despite challeng-
es posed by Covid-19 in
the past two years.
Now, Yogi government
is building an apparel
park in Noida to organ-
ize most of this indus-
try in the unorganized
sector.
This will improve the
quality of investors by
getting all the facilities
in one place. Exports
will also increase.
If we look at the data for
the financial year 2021-
2022, the share of tex-
tiles/apparel in the
goods exported from Ut-
tar Pradesh was 9 per
cent i.e. Rs 12996 crores.
Except for the electron-
ic and electrical prod-
ucts which are in first
and second slots respec-
tively, apparel is the
third number among
the products exported
from the state.
Talking about growth,
there was an increase
of about 40 per cent in
exports compared to
2020-2021.
This growth was
more than the products
of electronics and elec-
trical and meat during
the same period. De-
spite the global pan-
demic of Corona, log-
ging such a staggering
increase is indeed re-
markable.
The share of Gautam
Budh Nagar and Ghazi-
abad in the state’s top
ten export cities is 41
and 11 per cent respec-
tively
.
The exporting appar-
el industry is also large-
ly populated in these
districts. Most of these
are in the unplanned
area. To provide them
with all facilities in one
place by employing
them, Yogi government
will build an apparel
park in Noida.
Despite pandemic, state’s textile
exports increase by 41 percent
Officers of Indian Foreign Services paid a courtesy visit to CM
Yogi on Wednesday. PS to CM Sanjay Prasad was also present.
CM AIMS TO MAKE MUNICIPAL BODIES SELF SUFFICIENT
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In a bid to
give Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) a boost,
the Uttar Pradesh gov-
ernment has directed
the officials to under-
stand the potential of
every district and regu-
larly review ways to
make them financially
self-sufficient.
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath, while ad-
dressing a high-level
meeting on Wednes-
day, stated, “To take
advantage of the po-
tential of every dis-
trict, we have to make
efforts in a planned
manner. The urban
bodies will have to
make concerted efforts
to increase the income
of all the districts.”
In order to strength-
en the municipal bod-
ies, municipal corpora-
tions and gram pan-
chayats that are incur-
ring losses at the mo-
ment, the government
machinery is ensuring
100 percent recovery of
other taxes like house
tax and water tax.
Efforts are also being
made to make urban
bodies efficient and fi-
nancially self-reliant
through the schemes of
the Central and State
Governments.
CM Yogi Adityanath
CM ON RAINS
PCS OFFICER RETURNS AS
IAS TO UTTAR PRADESH
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: Dharmen-
dra Pratap Singh, IAS
2013 batch of Uttar
Pradesh cadre who was
posted as Director
NDMC & Additional
CEO of New Delhi
Smart City, was on
Wednesday relieved
from central deputation
and is expected to join
his state cadre from 4th
July
.
Singh, who is known
to be a gentle and hard-
working officer, had
gone on central deputa-
tion on 9th February,
2018, while still being a
PCS officer. He was pro-
moted to IAS by the
DOPT on 31st May, 2019,
and allotted the 2013
IAS UP Cadre. Singh
will be returning to his
state cadre after 4.6
years.
Out of 15 IAS officers
of PCS cadre of his
batch, 4 have already
become District Magis-
trates and the remain-
ing are in the line to
become one.
Draupadi Murmu
In order to organize this industry, the
government will set up flatted factories in
or around the cities where there is a rich
tradition of readymade garments.
IAS Dharamendra Pratap Singh.
—PHOTO
BY
ASHOK
DUTTA

UTTAR PRADESH
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CRUCIAL READ
Lucknow: CM Yogi Adityanath along with Deputy
CMs Brajesh Pathak and Keshav Prasad Maurya
would be chief guest in the Chess Olympiad to be
organised at Vidhan Sabha here on June 26. ACS
Home Awanish Awasthi, ACS Information Navneet
Sehgal, Commissioner Lucknow Ranjan Kumar, DM
SP Gangwar took stock of preparations from all the
officers of sports world on Wednesday evening.
Giving instructions on the presentation related to the
torch relay programme before the olympiad, the CS
said it was a matter of pride for UP to be a part of the
torch relay ceremony of the olympiad and we should
make full use of this opportunity.
GUV FETES GKP
VARSITY NAAC
PREPARATION TEAM
Gorakhpur: Members of
the NAAC team com-
mittee of Madan Mohan
Malaviya Technological
University here were on
Wednesday felicitated
by Anandiben Patel,
Governor and Chan-
cellor of the varsity for
obtaining ‘A’ grade in
NAAC evaluation. The
Governor said it is a
matter of great happi-
ness that the university
received the ‘A’ grade in
its first attempt at NAAC
evaluation. The governor
congratulated the V-C
and the members of
the NAAC preparation
committee and asked
them to share with other
universities of the state
on how they were able to
achieve the feat.
EIGHT KILLED,
HURT IN CAR-
AUTO COLLISION
Lucknow: Eight people,
including a child,
were on Wednesday
killed and at least four
injured when a car
collided with an auto,
police said here. The
incident took place on
the National High-
way-34 in Makrawan
locality of Maudaha
area. The victims were
identified as Shyam-
babu (35), his wife
Mamta (30), daughter
Dipanjali (7), niece
Ragini (15), Pancha
(65), Vijay (26), auto
driver Rajesh (25) and
Rajulia (45), Circle
Officer Vivek Yadav
said. The injured were
rushed to the hospital
where their condition
is stated to be stable.
TOP OFFICIALS OVERSEE PREPARATIONS
FOR CHESS OLYMPIAD ON JUNE 26
POWERTARIFFHIKEOPPOSED
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Even as sev-
eral electricity consum-
er forums have stoutly
opposed the UP Power
Corporation Ltd (UP-
PCL) move for power
tariff hike, the UP Elec-
tricity Regulatory Com-
mission (UPERC) has
also indicated that it
might not consider the
corporation’s plan seek-
ing changes in existing
tariff through backdoor.
The power consumer
forums, during public
hearing on UPPCL pro-
posal have however de-
manded that efforts
should be made to con-
trol rampant corruption
and punish the guilty
officers to improve the
functioning of the cor-
poration so that its fi-
nancial health could
also be improved. The
UPERC had organised a
publichearingoncorpo-
ration’s annual revenue
requirement (ARR) pro-
posal to seek stakehold-
ers views before finalis-
ing power tariff order
for 2022-23.
Objecting to the pro-
posal the UP Rajya
Vidyut Upbhokta Pari-
shad chairman AK Ver-
ma said under the busi-
ness plan the ERC had
fixed 10.67 per cent loss-
es for 2022-23 whereas in
ARR the losses were 17.5
per cent, which was in-
correct. Verma said the
power distribution com-
panies were to pay Rs
22,045 crore to consum-
ers but the corporation
had not paid so far. He
said under the prevail-
ing situation there
should be reduction in
the rate of tariff. Verma
saidthecorporationhad
also not made changes
in tariff slab public and
included it in the public
hearing which was de-
famatory for ERC. Ver-
ma also demanded ban
on import of coal as it
had led to massive bur-
denonthepeople.Verma
hasalsoaccusedTorrent
Power for concealing
data and demanded can-
cellation of contract
withthecompany
,which
is electricity distributor
inAgraandotherplaces.
Regulatory body unlikely to
approve UPPCL plan for raise
Power Corp
proposition
spurned by
consumerforums
UPERC NO TO
CHANGING SLABS
UPPCL had been trying
for tariff hike indirectly
by changing slabs. During
the hearing UPERC
chairman RP Singh ques-
tioned change of slab. He
said there was no point
in pressing for change in
slab when a proposal in
this regard was submit-
ted to commission before
the ARR was accepted.
BJP misusing govt
machinery for
bypoll win: SP to EC
Lucknown(PTI):
TheSamajwadiParty
on Wednesday wrote
to the Election Com-
mission alleging the
ruling BJP was using
government machin-
ery to win the bypoll
to Azamgarh and
Rampur Lok Sabha
seats, and demanded
the poll body to issue
directives for free and
fair elections.
Theoppositionpar-
ty, in its letter to the
Chief Electoral Offi-
cer, UP, claimed in-
timidation of voters,
attempts of rigging
by the Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) and
blocking votes of Sa-
majwadi Party (SP),
in the bypolls slated
for June 23.
The letter stated
that strict orders
should be issued to
officers for conduct-
ing free, transparent
and fair elections, as
well as stop the mis-
use of government
machinery
.
SP state unit presi-
dent Naresh Uttam
Patel said the saffron
party was hell-bent
on misusing power
due to the fear of de-
feat. Conspiracies are
being made to impli-
cateSamajwadiParty
workers in false cas-
es, he said.
The party said, in
itsletter,thatinmany
villages in Sagadi,
Gopalpur and
Mehnagar assembly
constituency of
Azamgarh, SP work-
ers and village heads
are being threatened
bytheadministration
under the pressure of
the government.
Noida (PTI): Police in
Greater Noida have
lodged an FIR against a
BJP MLA from Varana-
si and owners of a fast
food franchise in con-
nection with alleged
grabbing of land and
cheating, a senior offi-
cer said on Wednesday
.
The FIR was lodged
at the Dadri Police Sta-
tion on Tuesday follow-
ing an order of a local
court, and the matter is
being investigated, he
said.
The complainant, ac-
cording to the FIR, has
alleged that the opera-
tors of the Bikanervala
franchise have not paid
rent for his property
and violated conditions
of their 2018 contract
for a commercial space
located in Dadri area.
The complainant also
alleged that the accused
refused to vacate his
property despite a no-
tice, and instead began
harbouring criminal
elements on a part of
the property
.
Assistant Commis-
sioner of Police (Great-
er Noida 2) Nitin Ku-
mar said that an FIR
has been lodged in the
case and further action
will be taken according
to the findings of the
probe.
Kumar said it was too
early to deduce any fact
on the basis of a com-
plaint and details of the
case could be estab-
lished only after the
probe is completed.
Vinit Agrawal, Pan-
kaj Agrawal, Shyam
Sundar Agrawal, Man-
ish Agrawal, Saurabh
Shrivastava (MLA Va-
ranasi Cantonment),
and his relative Ashok
Mathur, besides 10-12
unknown others, have
been named in the FIR.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Secre-
tary Durga Shanker
Mishra held meeting
with top officials of dis-
trictsthroughvideocon-
ferencing wherein PPT
was presented by vari-
ous districts and depart-
ments regarding major
achievements and up-
coming action plans.
In the VC, DM Lakh-
impur Kheri made pre-
sentation related to
products made from ba-
nana fiber on which the
CS said every good work
of startupandnewskills
should be promoted and
publicised as much as
possible. On presenta-
tion of DM Shravasti’s
Tathagatabrandof spic-
es and Tharu Gulab Jal,
he said the packaging
was very good. On the
sciencemodelpresented
by DM Auraiya, the CS
said such experiments,
which promote scientif-
ic thinking among chil-
dren, should be encour-
aged in all the districts.
Giving instructions on
the presentation of ef-
fective steps to prevent
waterlogging of DM
SantKabirNagar,theCS
said in view of rains, all
the district officers and
commissioners should
review the waterlogged
areas in their respective
districts and divisions.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Addi-
tional Chief Secre-
tary (MSME)
Navneet Sehgal said
onJune30,abigloan
fair would be organ-
ised at Indira Gand-
hi Pratishthan
wherein loan certifi-
cates would be dis-
tributedtobeneficia-
ries by CM Yogi. The
CM will also inaugu-
rate the Common
Facility Centre
(CFC) and lay the
foundation stone for
the Flatted Factory
Complex. He in-
structed to complete
all the preparations
fortheeventontime.
Sehgal was re-
viewing prepara-
tions for the fair at
Export Promotion
Bhawan on Wednes-
day
. He said under
theambitiousODOP
programme, there
was a plan to estab-
lish CFCs in every
district for conve-
nience of artisans.
Sultanpur: Two sci-
ence graduate students
were crushed to death
by a speeding bus while
one other student suc-
cumbed to his injuries,
in an accident near Ta-
tiya Nagar Bypass
crossing here on
Wednesday
.
Police said three stu-
dents of Kamla Nehru
Institute of Physical
and Social Sciences
were heading towards
college when their bike
was crushed by the
bus. Two of them died
on the spot while an-
other received severe
injuries.
The injured student
was rushed to Lucknow
Trauma Centre where
he succumbed.
First India Bureau
Kanpur: In an earlier
visit two months ago to
the “New airport Termi-
nal building” work site
at Chakeri airport here,
Commissioner Raj
Shekhar had given im-
portant instructions for
timely completion of
the project. The Com-
missioner on Wednes-
dayvisitedthesiteagain
andreviewedtheproject
with officers of District
Administration, AAI,
RNN, KRSCO, Nagar
Nigam, PWD & others.
Afterthesitevisitand
interaction with all offi-
cers, the physical prog-
ress of the project (main
building) was assessed
to be about 75 per cent.
The Commissioner
reiterated the deadline
of completionbyAugust
15 this year.
PM RNN Civil & PM
RNN Electrical in pres-
ence of GM Civil, AAI,
assured the Commis-
sioner that they will de-
pute more staff and
work in 2 to 3 shifts if
required.
GM Civil, AAI, Shiv
Raju said the taxi stand
linkworktorunwayand
electrical cable work
will take 135 days more
as an MoU would be
signed between the Air
Force and AAI in next 3
to 4 days.
NO PAYING, NO VACATING
FIR names BJP MLA, others
in G.Noida ‘land grab’ case
Azamgarh: A man in a village here allegedly shot dead his
father and brother in a property dispute, police said on
Wednesday. The incident took place in Dhandhari village in
Kaptanganj area here on Tuesday night, when an argument
broke out between one Manoj singh and his father Shrinara-
in, 75, and his 35-yr-old brother Manish Singh, police said.
In anger, Manoj Singh shot his father and brother with his
licensed pistol, killing both of them on the spot, police said.
The accused also beat up his aunt when she intervened. SP
Anurag Arya said the accused had retired from army a year
ago and his father was also an ex-serviceman.
MAN KILLS FATHER, BROTHER OVER
PROPERTY DISPUTE
Varanasi Cantt BJP MLA Saurabh Shrivastava. —FILE PHOTO
Knp div comm reviews new
airport terminal bldg work
CS Mishra reviews action plan of dists
3 students
crushed to
death by bus
ACS Sehgal
reviews prep
for loan mela
Kanpur (PTI): The
Special Investigation
Team (SIT) probing
Kanpur violence cases
on Wednesday arrested
Mukhtar Baba alias
BabaBiryani,whoruns
a chain of restaurants,
officials said here.
Mukhtar Baba has
been named in three
cases for rioting and vi-
olence with deadly
weapons at Beckonganj
Police Station, said
JointCP
,Lawandorder,
Anand Prakash Tiwari.
Violence had broken
in Kanpur out June 3
after Friday prayers
over remarks against
Prophet Mohammad by
former BJP spokesper-
son Nupur Sharma
during a TV debate.
Therearemanymore
suspectsontheradarof
the SIT who can be ar-
rested and interrogated
soon, Tiwari said.
The SIT had on Tues-
day also arrested a
youth identified as Mo-
hammad Faizan, whose
images were uploaded
on social media plat-
forms, including Face-
book and Twitter, that
led to his arrest.
With fresh arrests,
the number of those ar-
rested in Kanpur vio-
lence has reached 59,
the JCP said.
Mukhtar’s arrest
came following the
statement of Zafar Ha-
yat Hashmi, a key ac-
cused in the incident,
who is currently in jail.
Hashmi has con-
fessedthathisorganisa-
tion was funded by
builders, businessmen,
and political figures, in-
cluding Mukhtar alias
Baba Biryani and Haji
Wasi - a noted builder,
and many others, Ti-
wari said.
SIT had called
Mukhtar for question-
ing and record his state-
ment about alleged
funding to Hashmi,
who is also the chief of
Maulana Mohammad
AliJauharFansAssoci-
ation, Tiwari said. The
SIT questioned
Mukhtar at Colonel-
ganj Police Station for
hours before producing
him in Metropolitan
Magistrate-VI court
from where he was sent
to jail for a 14-day judi-
cial custody
.
Restaurant chain owner Mukhtar Baba
arrested by SIT in Kanpur violence probe
Commissioner Raj Shekhar
along with officials at the site
on Wednesday.
CS Durga Shanker Mishra chairing the review meet on Wednesday.

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UNTOLD STORIES OF PM MODI - PART 11
‘MODI HAI TO MUMKIN HAI…’
NOT VIP,
BUT AAM
AADMI’S PM
SURGICALSTRIKE
ON VIP CULTURE
Axing the subsidy on canteen
food and the end of the Lal Batti
ne of the days, PM Modi decided to have lunch
at the Parliamentary canteen. He visited the
canteen that serves MPs and ordered food. As
he was having his meal, he pondered, “For this
same food, people outside are shelling out Rs
50 or Rs 100 per plate. Whereas here it is being
consumed for Rs 8 or Rs 10. What does this
mean? What privileged class do we belong to, I
want to know, that we can’t pay for the food we
eat? This has to stop.” And so it was. That was
the last day of canteen
subsidy for MPs.
For Modiji, the poor
man comes first. His
concern was that when
the poor man can pay
Rs 50 for a plate of food,
why should an MP get it
for Rs 5? Thus what had
been a long standing-
issue was sorted by PM
Modi to build an egali-
tarian society
.
And talking of the
privileged class, PM
Modi questioned, and
literally detested the
“LAL BATTI” culture.
The Lal Batti, in Indian
psyche, has come to be
associated with the
might of the political
class and the tremen-
dous public inconven-
ience caused when peo-
ple have to wait in traf-
fic due to road blocks or
make way for VIPs in
cars flashing the Lal Batti. PM Modi ques-
tioned why should anyone, including the Pres-
ident, the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice
of India, be distinguished from the rest of
their brethren with the red beacon? “Every
Indian is special”, was the clarion call.
O
NARENDRA MODI,
THE FAKIR...
s a pracharak in 1970s, Narendra bhai was a
frequent visitor to my place. This incident is
about a cold winter morning. I woke up early
and after saying my prayers I went out for a
whiff of fresh air when I found someone sleep-
ing on the hard bench outside in the porch. The
person’s cloth bag was hanging by the wooden
board and he was sleeping peacefully
. I was ab-
solutely shocked to find that it was none other
than Narendra bhai and I immediately woke
him up. Almost shrieking I asked “Why did you
not wake us up? Why did you have to sleep out-
side on this hard bench?”
As soft and humble as he is, he said quietly
“It was in the middle of the night when I
reached. I could have
woken you up but I did
not want to trouble
you.” He would always
address my wife as be-
hen (sister). Then he
continued “More than
you, my knocking at
midnight would have
caused trouble for be-
hen. She would have got
busy making arrange-
ments to ensure a com-
fortable stay for me
with cooking and mak-
ing the bed. I simply did
not have the heart to put
her to so much incon-
venience so late in the
night.”
Today when I look
back, I can see Naren-
dra bhai’s face, shining
like that of a fakir. Is
there any power that
could have stopped a
person as caring, as self-
less, as simple and with
so much inner strength from becoming the
PM? None. Even today our PM is just as con-
siderate and humble as Narendra bhai.
TO BE CONTINUED…
A
YOU READ PART-10 ON JUNE 16, 2022
LESSONS FROM
THE PERFECT
PRIME MINISTER
e would often guide the
karyakartas about how
to behave in society, giv-
ing practical tips as well
as moral guidance. He
would say “Always re-
member that people are
watching us. Since we are working in
the society
, with people, we must think
and ponder - how is it that people see
us?” Narendra bhai then illustrated
his point with an example. He said that
once he had gone to someone’s house
and was offered tea. As he started hav-
ing tea, he realised that the entire fam-
ily assembled in the room where he
was. He began to wonder “After all
why are they here?” After a few mo-
ments of observation and trying to
make sense of the situation, the an-
swer dawned upon him. The karyakar-
ta who was accompanying him was
slurping down the hot chai. It is in-
deed a loud, recurrent and embarrass-
ing sound that comes when you suck
in hot tea almost in bubbles - a long,
loud “shhwooop”. Modi bhai immedi-
ately took cognizance of the situation
and instructed the karyakarta regard-
ing tea etiquette. Possessing proper
etiquette is absolutely essential for a
karyakarta, who is a public personal-
ity, he said. Thus, Modi bhai gave a
loving as well as strict lesson to all the
karyakartas and said one should make
a conscious effort to ensure there is no
slurping, at home or in public. Such
display of improper manners only
brings on embarrassment as in this
case all the family members gathered
listening to the sound to find out
“Who’s having tea?”
At a personal level, it was Naren-
drabhai who taught me how to iron a
shirt. I was the office co-incharge at
Maninagar office. Narendrabhai used
to live there and we used to have lunch
together. It was my routine to iron all
my clothes myself. One day he ap-
peared all of a sudden with his kurta
inhishandandsaid“Wouldyouplease
iron this for me?” I said “Yes absolute-
ly
. Why not?” Now as I started, he im-
mediately gave me a handy, practical
tip on how to iron with perfection. He
said “This is not the way to do it. I will
show you how it’s done.” It is the front
side of the shirt that matters. So when
you iron, always ensure that the front
of the kurta or shirt is done nicely and
crisply
. The back doesn’t show, so do
the front first.
This is how Narendra bhai stands
out as a leader. He is a very aware and
a conscious leader who tries to bring
up the level of every person associat-
ed with him. This is possible only be-
cause he keeps a keen eye on people
and their welfare is his priority
. With-
out proper etiquette, it isn’t possible
to lead a successful public life. How
one conducts oneself socially is of ut-
most importance!
H
PM MODI DETESTS THE
“LAL BATTI” CULTURE
P
M Modi detested the
“LAL BATTI” culture. PM
Modi questioned why
should anyone, including the
President, the Prime Minister,
the Chief Justice of India, be
distinguished from the rest
of their brethren with the
red beacon? “Every Indian is
special”, was the clarion call.
NARENDRA BHAI USED
TO VISIT MY HOME OFTEN
A
s a pracharak in 1970s,
Narendra bhai was a
frequent visitor to my
place. One day, I woke up early
and went out for a whiff of
fresh air when I found someone
sleeping on hard bench outside
in the porch. I was absolutely
shocked to find that it was none
other than Narendra bhai.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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Crucial
Crucial
AMIT SHAH TO
ATTEND NATIONAL
CONCLAVE TODAY
New Delhi: Union
Minister for Home Affairs
Amit Shah will attend a
conclave in the national
capital on Thursday,
which will discuss
various issues related to
Scheduled and Multi-
State Urban Co-operative
Banks and Credit Socie-
ties and will also felicitate
Urban Cooperative Banks
that have completed 100
years of service to soci-
ety. Shah will be the Chief
Guest at the National
Conclave of Scheduled
and Multi-State Urban
Co-operative Banks.
ANIL VIJ TESTS
COVID POSITIVE
FOR THE 2ND TIME
Chandigarh: Haryana’s
Home and Health
Minister Anil Vij on
Wednesday tested covid
positive. “I have tested
corona positive today.
I have isolated myself.
I request all those who
have come into contact
with me for the last few
days to get themselves
tested,” the 69-year-old
senior BJP leader said
in a tweet.Vij had taken
part in an International
Yoga Day function at
Ambala Cantonment on
Tuesday.
K’TAKA LEADER
CAUGHT ON CAMERA
SLAPPING TEACHER
Bangalore: A Janata
Dal (Secular) leader has
been caught on camera
slapping the principal
of a college in Karna-
taka. The politician, M
Srinivas, was on a visit
to a college and report-
edly got angry after the
principal was not able to
provide a clear answer
about the ongoing
development work for
a computer lab. The
incident took place in
Mandya on June 20 and
the video is now going
viral on social media.
GOVT APPROVES
SETTING UP BRO
CAFES FOR TOURISTS
New Delhi: Ministry
of Defence (MoD) has
approved the setting up
of wayside amenities at
75 locations across 12
States and Union Territo-
ries on different sections
of roads with the Border
Roads Organisation
(BRO).The amenities
are intended to provide
basic amenities to the
tourists on different
sections of roads which
will lead to boosting
economic activities in
border areas, besides
generating employment.
Opposition’s puzzling silence
on ED’s action against Congress
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Congress is
fighting alone against
the ongoing Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED)
action against Sonia
and Rahul Gandhi. Al-
most all the opposition
parties have remained
silent on this. Even the
allies of Congress and
the parties involved in
UPA are not saying any-
thing on this. Usually
the opposition parties
take a stand against the
action of the central
agencies and support
each other. But this time
no one is supporting
Congress. Apart from
the sporadic statements
of a few leaders, the
Congress has not got
much support. Keep in
mind that when the CBI
raided RJD leader Lalu
Prasad and his family in
the past, the Congress
hadopposeditandmade
allegations against the
central government.
But Lalu’s family is si-
lent in the interrogation
of Rahul Gandhi and
Lalu himself has not
given any statement.
Keep in mind that al-
most all opposition par-
ties are facing the action
of central agencies.
From Mamata Banerjee
to Sharad Pawar and He-
mant Soren to Lalu Pras-
adandAkhileshYadavto
MK Stalin, all family
membersandpartylead-
ers are under the control
of centralagencies.Then
the question is whether
the parties are silent out
of fear or are there any
political reasons? It is
possible that on this pre-
text, the opposition par-
tiesarefeelingthatif the
Congress is upset then
theycandotheirpolitics.
It is also being said that
even the Congress did
nottrytotaketheopposi-
tionpartiesalongorfora
common movement on
this. All the opposition
leaders had reached Del-
hi only on Tuesday to at-
tend the meeting called
by Mamata Banerjee but
no one saw the need to
meet Rahul and support
him. On the third day of
Rahul’s interrogation,
Akhilesh Yadav made a
comment in a shady
style, in which he did not
name anyone but said
that the opposition
should be ready to face
the action of central
agencies.
DRAUPADIMURMUOFFERS
PRAYERS AT JAGANNATH TEMPLE
Mayurbhanj: National
Democratic Alliance’s
(NDA) Presidential can-
didate Draupadi Mur-
mu offered prayers at
Rairangpur Jagannath
Temple in Odisha’s
MayurbhanjonWednes-
day morning. She also
offered prayers at a Shi-
va Temple in Mayurb-
hanj’s Rairangpur after
which she swept the
floor of the temple.
In addition, Murmu
visited a tribal worship
place called ‘Jahira’ on
Wednesday
. Draupadi
Murmu, a tribal woman
leader,wasdeclaredBJP-
led NDA’s presidential
candidate. She is a for-
mer Governor of
Jharkhand and a former
Odisha minister and is
NDA’s pick against
Yashwant Sinha, a for-
mer Union Minister, the
joint opposition candi-
date for the July presi-
dentialpolls.Sheislikely
to file her nomination on
June 25, said sources on
Tuesday
.Murmusaidshe
was surprised to learn
about her candidature
andwasunabletobelieve
it and noted that she will
work according to the
powers of the President
enshrined in the Consti-
tution. she said she will
reach out to members of
the electoral college for
their support. “I am sur-
prised, I was not able to
believe it. I am thankful,
do not wish to speak
much,” Draupadi Mur-
mu, a former Jharkhand
Governor, said.
“Whatever powers of
President are enshrined
intheConstitution,Iwill
work accordingly
,” she
saidinresponsetoaque-
ryaboutherprioritiesif
she is elected as presi-
dent.Thevotingforpres-
idential elections will be
held on July 18. If elect-
ed, she will be the first
tribal President of India
andthecountry’ssecond
female President.
NDA’s candidate also offered prayers at a Shiva Temple in Mayurbhanj’s Rairangpur after which
she swept the floor of the temple. In addition, Murmu visited a tribal worship place called ‘Jahira’
PRESIDENT POLLS
National Democratic Alliance (NDA)’s presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu being congratulated
after the declaration, in Mayurbhanj. —PHOTO BY ANI
MANJHI, CHIRAG
PASWAN SUPPORT
NDA’S MURMU
JD(U), LOK JAN
SHAKTI SUPPORT
TO MURMU
New Delhi: Janata Dal
(United) has formally
announced its support
for the NDA’s presiden-
tial candidate Draupadi
Murmu for the upcom-
ing election. Taking to
Twitter, JD (U) national
president Rajiv Ranjan
(Lalan) Singh announced
it on Wednesday. He
wrote, “Janata Dal (U)
welcomes and sup-
ports the candidature of
Draupadi Murmu ji. My
heartiest congratulations
on being nominated for
the presidential election.”
Mayurbhanj: After the an-
nouncement of Droupadi
Murmu as the NDA can-
didate for the Presidential
poll, Bihar’s two Dalit
leaders former CM Jitan
Ram Manjhi and Chirag
Paswan have announced
support to her. Manjhi on
Wed tweeted “Our sister
Droupadi Murmu is a
pride of tribal people. I
would like to congratulate
her as NDA has declared
her candidate for the
highest post of the
country. He also added
the ‘Modi Hai To Mumkin
Hai’ to his tweet.
YASHWANT SINHA
TO FILE NOMINATION
ON JUNE 27
New Delhi: Yashwant Sinha,
a former Union Min and the
joint opposition candidate for
the prez election will file his
nomination on June 27 in the
Parliament with five sets of
nominations.Lok Sabha MP
from Kerala, N K Premchan-
dran said, “We have already
decided to file the nomination
on June 27 at 11.30 am. He
will be filing the nomination
and it will be supported by all
the opposition parties.”
DISCONTENT GROWS IN CPI(M) OVER
SUPPORT TO YASHWANT SINHA
Kolkata: Discontent has started brewing in the CPI(M) over
the party high command’s decision to support Yashwant
Sinha’s candidature as the unanimous opposition candidate
for the Prez polls. The anger
over the candidature of Sinha,
who resigned as the Trinamool
Congress’s national vice- presi-
dent to contest the Prez polls,
is especially acute in the Bengal
brigade of the CPI(M), for whom
the TMC is still the foremost
political rival in the state. The
discontent was ignited by a comment from the CPI(M) RS
member, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, the party’s sole Parlia-
mentary representative from Bengal, to a section of the media.
CUET-UG from July
15; Registration open
New Delhi: With an as-
pirant being allowed to
appear in upto nine pa-
pers, resulting in 54,000
subject combinations,
the Common University
Entrance Test-Under-
graduate (CUET-UG)
will be the longest en-
trance exam to be con-
ducted from July 15 to
August 10, 2022. Over 11
lakh candidates have
registered for the first
edition of CUET. Na-
tional Testing Agency
(NTA) has also reopened
the registration and cor-
rection window for two
days – July 23 to July 24.
As per the notification
released on Wednesday,
CUET-UG will spread
over 10 days, starting
from July 15. There will
be no CUET papers on
July 17, 2022 due to the
NEET-UG.
—PICTURE FOR REPRESENTATION
ED FILES CHARGE
SHEET AGAINST
ONLINE GAMING
New Delhi: ED has filed
a prosecution complaint/
charge sheet against
two people for alleg-
edly operating “PP Poker
Online Gaming App” and
placing illegal bets and
gambling, ED said on
Wednesday.The persons
who have been charge-
sheeted were identified
as Hardeep Singh and
Ankur alias Rahul Khan-
na, both the residents of
Kolkata. Earlier on April
6, the ED had arrested
Hardeep and Ankur
under the provisions of
PMLA, 2002.
ED ALLOWS SACHIN WAZE’S PLEA TO
BECOME APPROVER: DESHMUKH CASE
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday allowed
dismissed Mumbai Police officer Sachin Waze to become an
approver in the money laundering case involving the former
state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.The court is scheduled to
conduct the hearing on Thursday with Waze as witness. Waze
had filed a petition in the special PMLA court on May 25 to be-
come an approver, to which the ED filed its reply and allowed
him to turn approver. The hearing is to be held in the court
today. Waze has also been approved by the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) for becoming a witness in another case of
corruption involving Deshmukh.Both Deshmukh and Waze are
in judicial custody in separate cases NIA and ED, respectively.
Coal block case:
ED attaches assets
worth `26 crore
New Delhi: The En-
forcement Directorate
has attached immova-
ble and movable assets
valued at Rs 26.93 crore
belonging to EMTA
Coal Ltd and its part-
ners and Directors in a
coal block case. The at-
tached property is in
the form of Bank Ac-
count Balances,
Fixed Deposit Balances
and Mutual Fund hold-
ings. These properties
belong to EMTA Coal
Ltd and its partners and
Directors Ujjal Kumar
Upadhaya, Sangeeta
Upadhaya, Sujit Kumar
Upadhaya-- and their
family members under
the PMLA, 2002. ED ini-
tiated a money-launder-
ing investigation on the
basis of the FIR regis-
tered by the CBI.
Chandigarh: The
Bharatiya Janata Party
scored a big win
Wednesday in Haryana
municipal elections,
claiming 22 of the 33
seats it contested, al-
though it did lose two
president’s posts in
Karnal, which is chief
minister ML Khattar’s
home turf. Overall, the
results for 46 municipal
councils were well in
favour of the ruling
BJP and its ally, Dushy-
ant Chautala’s Jannay-
ak Janata Party (JJP),
which bagged three
seats. Rivals Aam Aad-
mi Party won just one
president’s post - in Ku-
rukshetra’s Ismailabad.
Independentcandidates
claimed 19, including in
Hansi, Narwana, Nar-
naul, Tohana, Bhiwani,
and Hodal, with the In-
dian National Lok Dal
(INLD) getting one. The
BJP’s presidential seat
wins included councils
in Gohana, Jind, Jhaj-
jar, Bahadurgarh,
Charkhi Dadri, Kalka,
Sohna, Kaithal, Palwal,
and Fatehabad. Gaurav
Bedi, the son of CM
Khattar’s advisor Kris-
han Bedi, lost from
ward number 9 of of
the Shahbad municipal
committee.

❍ HARYANA CIVIC POLLS
Results: BJP wins 22 president’s
seats, independents 19, AAP 1
Krishan Lal Lamba of BJP celebrating after winning Kalka MC
President elections with a margin of 8,364 votes.
New Delhi: India and
Australia on Wednesday
agreed to explore means
to grow connections and
opportunities between
the defence industrial
bases of the two coun-
tries as well as to in-
crease the resilience of
supply chains and deliv-
er capabilities to their
respectivedefenceforces.
This was agreed dur-
ing the bilateral meeting
between Defence Minis-
ter Rajnath Singh and
the visiting Australian
Deputy Prime Minister
andMinisterforDefence
Richard Marles. India is
also set to participate in
Australia’s Indo-Pacific
Endeavour exercise in
October 2022. The two
ministers reviewed the
existingdefencecoopera-
tion activities which
have been increasing de-
spite the challenges of
the COV pandemic and
discussed ways to en-
hance further coopera-
tion. The ministers re-
viewed the defence and
security pillars of the
India-Australia Compre-
hensive Strategic Part-
nership.Theyreaffirmed
their commitment to the
implementation of the
Comprehensive Strate-
gicPartnershipbasedon
mutual trust and under-
standing, common inter-
ests and shared values,
democracy and rule of
law. They welcomed the
growing diversity and
frequency of defence ex-
ercises and exchanges
between the two coun-
tries and undertook to
build upon operational
engagements through
the India-Australia Mu-
tual Logistics Support
Arrangement,according
to a joint statement is-
sued by the defence min-
istry
.
India, Australia expand defence industrial coop
SHARED OBJECTIVE
lll
Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh
had a bilateral
meeting with the
visitingAustralian
Deputy Prime
Minister and
Minister for
Defence Richard
Marles
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh receiving the Deputy Prime
Minister and Defence Minister of Australia, Richard Marles ahead
of bilateral talks, in New Delhi on Wednesday.

INDIA
06
MOOSE WALA MURDER: LAWRENCE’S
LAWYER SAYS, WILL APPROACH SC
New Delhi: The lawyer for gangster Lawrence Bishnoi
on Wednesday expressed displeasure over Bishnoi’s
production in Magis-
trate’s residence late
night and extension of
his remand for a fur-
ther six days in singer
Sidhu Moose Wala’s
murder case. Advocate
Vishal Chopra on Wednesday said Punjab police are
clearly violating the law by producing Lawrence Bish-
noi at the magistrate’s residence without his even legal
representative. “We have decided to move Supreme
Court against Punjab Police’s behaviour,” he said.
Mahesh Sharma
Lucknow : There is sus-
pense about senior Sa-
majwadi Party leader
Azam Khan.Herefused
to contest any family
members from Rampur
Lok Sabha seat. Al-
though SP has given
ticket to his close aide
Asim Raza from this
seat and under his pres-
sure also decided to give
Rajya Sabha to Kapil
Sibal, but despite that it
is being said that Azam
Khan can do some dif-
ferent politics. Its deci-
sion will be taken after
the by-election of Ram-
pur Lok Sabha seat. If
SP wins then it may be
possible that Azam
Khan will do politics of
SP for some more days
but if SP candidate does
not win then it will be
decidedthatAzamKhan
will step aside from SP.
If the SP candidate does
not win, it will mean
that he did not work
hard for his victory
.
There is a direct fight
on Rampur seat. If SP
does not win, BJP will
win and then it will be
assumed that Azam
Khan has paid the debt
of relief from cases to
some extent. After this,
informed sources say
that he can go to Bahu-
jan Samaj Party. BSP
leaders have been invit-
ing him for a long time.
He and his family know
that now aggressive
politics cannot be done
against the BJP by stay-
ing with the SP as be-
fore. He has been in jail
for 27 months and he
knows that BJP’s anger
will cost him dearly as
Yogi Adityanath’s gov-
ernment has been elect-
ed in the state till 2027.
Apart from this, it is
also a factor that Akh-
ilesh Yadav’s uncle
Shivpal Yadav is doing
different politics. His
politics is also going to
harm SP. It is being told
that Shivpal is doing
the work of link be-
tween BSP and Azam
Khan. Keep in mind
that at the time of re-
lease of Azam Khan
from jail, Shivpal had
gone to receive him.
However, after June 26,
there may be some big
change in the politics of
Uttar Pradesh.
What will be Azam Khan’s political future?
PRESTIGE BATTLE
ASSAM FLOOD
55 lakh people affected across
32 districts, toll rises to 89
Guwahati (ANI):
The flood situation in
Assam continued to
remain grim with ris-
ing water levels of
the Brahmaputra and
Barak rivers inun-
dating fresh areas in
the State and impact-
ing over 55 lakh peo-
ple across 32 dis-
tricts, officials said
on June 22.
89 people have lost
their lives since mid-
May due to deluge,
they said. Chief Min-
ister Himanta Biswa
Sarma travelled to
Nagaon by train to
review the situation
in flood-hit areas in
the district, the offi-
cials said, adding he
was also scheduled to
visit a few relief
camps there. Nagaon
was severely affected
by the current wave
of floods with over
4,57,381 people com-
ing under the impact
of the deluge and
15,188 inmates have
taken shelter in 147
relief camps.
Nagaon was affected
by the wave of floods
with over 4,57,381
people under the
impact of deluge
Himanta Biswa Sarma
@himantabiswa
‘‘Undertook a train
journey from Guwahati
to flood-affected areas in
Chaparmukh and Kam-
pur. The journey enabled
me to take a closer look
at the areas ravaged by
flood along the railway
tracks, which will help
us in taking informed
decisions and intervene
accordingly.’’
SEVERAL DISTRICTS FLOODED
As the floodwaters of Kopili have inundated large areas in
Nagaon district, necessary steps will be taken to prevent the
recurrence of such calamity in the future, he said. Sarma
Assuring them all possible help, I asked district administra-
tion to ensure adequate relief to the affected people be on
stand-by, he said. The flood situation in three districts of the
Barak Valley - Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi.
ANIMAL DEATHS
At least 26 of the total 233 camps have been inundated by the
floodwater in Kaziranga National Park with 11 animals dying
due to drowning. In Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, 14 of the total
25 camps have been inundated though there are no reports of
animal deaths. Large-scale erosion of river banks was reported
from Baksa, Biswanath, Bongaigaon, Chirang, districts.
RELIEF
MATERIALS
DISTRIBUTED
Relief materials were dis-
tributed from 825 delivery
points among flood-hit
people who have not
taken shelters in the relief
camps. According to the
bulletin of the Central Wa-
ter Commission (CWC),
the Kopili river was flow-
ing above the danger level
at Kampur in Nagaon dis-
trict, and the Brahmaputra
at Nimatighat, Tezpur,
Guwahati and Dhubri.
ASSAM
TRANSPORT
MINISTER CAMPS
IN SILCHAR
Transport Minister
Parimal Suklabaidya has
been camping at Silchar in
Cachar and monitoring the
flood situation in the Barak
valley with the local MLAs,
deputy commissioners
and senior officials of the
three districts. Meanwhile,
Ambassador of Japan to
India Satoshi Suzuki
expressed sympathy to
the families who lost
their beloved ones.
New Delhi: Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and
Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday visited the relief camp
set up at Phulaguri Higher Secondary School in Nagaon district of
Assam to meet flood-affected people of the region. Sonowal visited
the district to assess the support provided and interact with the af-
fected people. He extended his heartfelt condolences to the families.
SONOWAL
VISITS
FLOOD
RELIEF
CAMPS
Amarnath holy cave receives fresh snowfall ahead of yatra
Srinagar (ANI): With
much awaited annual
Amarnath yatra just 12-
days away, fresh light
snowfall was recorded
around the holy cave
shrine in south Kash-
mir Himalayas on Sat-
urday as local Meteoro-
logical office has fore-
cast inclement weather
till June 21.
“Fresh snowfall of
one to two inches was
recorded at Panjtarni,
including Amarnath
cave on Saturday morn-
ing,” a Met official said
and added the weather
is likely to remain er-
ratic till June 21. Pan-
jtarni is located 40 kilo-
metres from Pahalgam
base camp and 15 kilo-
metres ahead of the
last halt camp of
Sheshnag on the way to
the 3,880-metre-high
holy cave shrine. The
yatra takes place from
the twin routes of Pa-
halgam in south Kash-
mir and Baltal in Gan-
derbal district of cen-
tral Kashmir.
This year it will start
on June 30 and culmi-
nate on the day of Rak-
sha Bandhan on August
11. The annual yatra
was canceled in 2020 as
well as 2021 due to Covid
and only symbolic
‘Chhari Mubarak’ was
taken to the cave shrine
by the Mahant Deepend-
era Giri Ji and Sadhus.
In 2019, it was cut short
following intelligence
inputs of terror threats
ahead of the Centre
scrapping Article 370
in Jammu and Kash-
mir. This year so far 2.5
lakh yatris have al-
ready registered for the
pilgrimage. According
to officials this year the
yatra will be one of the
biggest in the history
of JK as around 6-8
lakh pilgrims are ex-
pected to arrive on the
pilgrimage.
Fresh snowfall
of one to two
inches was
recorded at
Panjtarni,
including
Amarnath cave
on Saturday
morning, a Met
official said
Bengaluru: CM Basa-
varaj Bommai is a re-
lieved man after the
visit of PM Modi to Kar-
nataka as it has put an
end to the rumours
about a change of lead-
ership in the state.
Modi praised Bom-
mai at a public rally and
sent a message that the
developmental activi-
ties in the state would
continue under the lead-
ership of Bommai,
bringing the curtains
down on the
leadership
change talk
in the state.
Modi stated
that Karna-
taka will
scale
greater
heights under the lead-
ership of Bommai
and the central
govt would
stand by him.
Sources in the
party said that
the message
given by Modi
is clear that
there will be
no change of
leadership
for the upcoming assem-
bly elections as the state
has already entered the
election year. BJP lead-
ers directly or indirectly
took potshots at Bom-
mai, questioning his
leadership abilities and
organisational skills.
The mixed results in the
MLC elections, his fail-
uretowinLingayatdom-
inated constituencies
raised many questions.
BommaigetsreliefduetoPMsupportinK’taka
New Delhi (ANI): Five
police personnel and a
home guard were
stabbed by a 29-year-
old man identified as
Bharat Bhati inside
the Cyber Cell Police
Station in Delhi’s
Shahdara area Wednes-
day afternoon.
A constable who was
stabbed in the chest is
critical while four oth-
ers are said to be in a
stable condition. The
home guard sustained
multiple stab wounds.
According to police,
Bhati came as a com-
plainant to the station
and started attacking
the staff with a sharp
weapon. He was subse-
quently overpowered
by the personnel posted
at the police station.
5 COPS, 1 HOME GUARD
STABBED IN POLICE STATION
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: Tejaswin Shankar, India’s high jump
national record holder, has approached the Delhi High
Court following his exclusion from the 2022 Common-
wealth Games squad. The writ petition moved through
Adv Malak Bhatt is listed for the hearing on Wednesday
and would be taken up later in the day. He was not
included in the list of 37 names picked by the federa-
tion that held a selection committee meeting last week.
In the plea, the petitioner contended that the Athletics
Federation (AFI)’s decision to exclude him from the
CWG squad is arbitrary, illegal, and against national
interest. The Delhi-based Shankar is studying business
administration at Kansas State University.
TEJASWIN SHANKAR MOVES DEL HC
AGAINST CWG SQUAD EXCLUSION
Kochi: Malayalam movie
producer and actor Vijay
Babu was on Wednesday
granted anticipatory bail
by the Kerala High Court
in a rape case against
him. Justice Bechu Kurian
Thomas granted Babu the
relief subject to the condi-
tions that he shall appear
before the police from
June 27 to July 3, shall
not intimidate the actress-
victim or her family, he
shall not leave Kerala and
if he has been issued a
fresh passport, he shall
surrender the same. The
court said if Babu is ar-
rested by the police, he
shall be released on bail.
HC GRANTS
ANTICIPATORY
BAIL TO VIJAY
BABU
‘Purple revolution
has shifted focus to
agri-tech startups’
New Delhi: Union
Minister of State Sci-
ence Technology;
Minister of State
Earth Sciences; MoS
PMO, Personnel,
Public Grievances,
Pensions, Atomic
Energy and Space,
Dr Jitendra Singh
said that “Purple
Revolution” has
shifted focus to Agri-
tech StartUps.
In an exclusive in-
terview to a national
weekly magazine, Dr
Jitendra Singh said
that due to high
monetary returns,
farmers in hilly are-
as of Jammu and
Kashmir are switch-
ing from traditional
farming to aroma
crops like lavender
in a big way. He add-
ed that aroma crops
are both drought and
pest resistant, and
CSIR is providing all
kind of technical
support for promot-
ing this Agri Start-
up boon in the UT.
The Minister in-
formed that CSIR is
also planning to in-
troduce the aroma
crops in other hilly
States with similar
climatic conditions
like Uttarakhand,
Himachal Pradesh
and in North-East-
ern States.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday
directed the Delhi Police to provide all assistance
to the petitioner/mother and her minor daughter
(victim) to get medical treatment for pregnancy,
if the victim so desires and to ensure that the
foetus sample is preserved for the DNA profiling
of accused. The bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh
on June 20, directed the Station House Officer
(SHO) of Sultanpuri Police station to provide all
assistance to the petitioner and her minor daugh-
ter to get medical treatment for termination of
pregnancy if the victim so desires. The SHO shall
further ensure that the foetus sample is preserved
for DNA profiling of the accused, said the court.
VICTIM OF RAPE ALLOWED TO
TERMINATE PREGNANCY:DEL HC
Union Minister Dr Jitendra
Singh briefing the media
on “Purple Revolution''
in JK, at New Delhi on
Wednesday.

NEWS
07
THIEVES
DECAMP WITH
JEWELLERY
WORTH OVER RS
50 LAKH FROM
NOIDA FLAT
Thieves decamped with
jewellery worth over Rs 50
lakh and Rs 5 lakh in cash from
a lawyer’s flat here, police said
on Tuesday. According to the
complaint given to police, the
burglars targeted the flat located
in Jalvayu Vihar under the Noida
Sector 20 police station limits
over the gone by weekend when
its residents were out of town.
The lawyer and his wife had gone
to Jammu and Kashmir. They
had left on June 17 and returned
on June 19 when they found the
door of their flat open and some
items scattered, triggering
suspicion of a theft, a local
police official said. The
complainant, a lawyer practising
at the Delhi high court, said the
locker inside their house was
also broken open. Around 800
gm of gold jewellery, 1,000 gm
of silver items, a diamond set
and Rs 5 lakh in cash were
missing besides some other
expensive items that were kept in
the flat, the official said, citing
the complaint. Police said they
have lodged an FIR on the basis
of the lawyer’s complaint under
Indian Penal Code sections 380
(theft in house) and 457
(trespassing). An investigation
has been launched into the case
and police are scanning CCTV
footage of the locality for any
possible leads about the culprits,
the official added. —PTI
STF TO PROBE
CASE OF 228
FAKE TEACHERS
OF PRIMARY
SCHOOLS
The Special Task Force (STF) has
said that 228 teachers posted
in primary schools of Basic
Education Council have got the job
on the basis of their fake
documents and further
investigations are
underway. Several teachers posted
in primary schools were
terminated from duty after their
certificates and mark sheets were
found to be forged. Now, the STF
has pointed out 228 fresh cases of
such teachers and a probe is
underway. Most of the suspicious
teachers are posted in Deoria,
Gorakhpur, Kushinagar,
Maharajganj, Sant Kabir Nagar,
Balrampur, Gonda, Shravasti,
Siddharth Nagar, Azamgarh, and
Prayagraj districts. STF has written
letters to Basic Education Officers
against such teachers for action
against them. Most of the accused
teachers failed to produce the
required degrees while others
have submitted fake and forged
documents. —Janardan Misra
RERA DEREGISTERS 3 GZB HOUSING PROJECTS
Noida (PTI): The Uttar
Pradesh Real Estate
Regulatory Authority
on Wednesday said it
has cancelled the regis-
tration of three incom-
plete group housing
projects in Ghaziabad
with immediate effect
and frozen their bank
accounts to prevent
transactions. The regis-
trations of Antriksh
Sanskriti Phase-2,
Antriksh Sanskriti
Phase-3 and Raksha Vi-
gyaan Sanskriti
Phase-2 have been can-
celled and proceedings
initiated under RERA’s
Section 8, the real es-
tate regulatory author-
ity said. The Section 8
of the UP RERA Act
empowers the real es-
tate regulatory author-
ity to hand over comple-
tion tasks of a stuck
housing project to its
buyers’ association.
Multiple complaints
were lodged by the al-
lottees of two projects
of M/s Antriksh Re-
altek Pvt. Ltd and a pro-
ject of Raksha Vigyan
Karmacharis Sahkaari
Samiti Ltd. with the Au-
thority under Section
31 of the RERA Act, al-
leging the violation of
the agreement/con-
tract with the promoter
and delay in construc-
tion, the UP RERA said.
As per promoter, the
construction and devel-
opment work of the
projects Antriksh San-
skriti Phase 2, Phase 3
and Raksha Vigyaan
Sanskriti Phase-2, be-
gan in 2015 with their
completion dates being
July 2022, July 2022 and
June 2023, respectively,
it noted. As per on-site
verification report of
projects received by UP
RERA, presently, the
construction and devel-
opment work has been
achieved up to 40 per
cent in Antriksha San-
skriti Phase-2 and up to
30 per cent in Antrik-
sha Sanskriti Phase-3.
Surprisingly, the con-
struction and develop-
ment work could not
commence in Raksha
Vigyaan Sanskriti
Phase-2, the UP RERA
said. The inspection re-
port also states that all
kinds of construction
work on the project site
are closed for many
years thus the chances
of completion of the
projects are absolutely
uncertain, it said.
The order has also re-
stricted the projects’
promoters from access-
ing the UP RERA web-
site in relation to these
projects and they are
now specified in the list
of defaulters with pho-
to and name, according
to the statement.
Housing projects in Ghaziabad that were deregistered by UP RERA.
Registrations of Antriksh Sanskriti Phase-2 3 and
Raksha Vigyaan Sanskriti Phase-2 have been cancelled
RERA has also frozen their bank accounts to prevent
transactions with immediate effect over work delay
PANEL FORMED
6 accused
of cow
slaughter
held after
encounter
S a h a r a n p u r
(PTI): Six people
accused of cow
slaughter were ar-
rested after an en-
counterhere,police
said on Wednesday
.
Police recovered
slaughtered cattle,
butchering tools, a
country-made pis-
tol along with a few
livecartridgesfrom
their possession,
they said. The ac-
cused opened fire
on the police team
but the force man-
aged to overpower
and arrest them on
Tuesday night after
an exchange of fire.
The arrested ac-
cused have been
identified as
Akram,Sehzad,Im-
ran, Akhbar, Israr
and Arshad, they
said Two other ac-
cused are abscond-
ing, they said. “Act-
ing on an intelli-
gence input our
team raided a
house under
Deoband police sta-
tion limits. Eight
people were found
to be involved in
cow slaughter
there. Six of them
have been arrest-
ed,” Superinten-
dent of Police (city)
Rajesh Kumar said.
Mathura court sentences juvenile for raping minor
Mathura (PTI): A Ma-
thura court on Tuesday
sentenced a youth to 20
years’ prison for raping
a five-year-old girl in a
rural area here about
four years ago, a court
official said. The con-
vict was underage when
he committed the rape
in 2017, he said.
The sentence was
awarded on the basis of
the recommendation
made by the Juvenile
Justice Board, which
said that the accused, a
juvenile at the time of
the crime, be tried as an
adult owing to the grav-
ity of the crime, the of-
ficial said. The incident
took place February 15,
2017, when the convict
took the girl playing
near her house to a des-
olate spot and raped
her, said Additional
District Government
Counsel Subhash Chan-
dra Chaturvedi. The
family found the victim
bleeding from private
parts and took her to a
hospital and lodged a
complaint with the po-
lice. According to offi-
cials, when the accused
was found guilty, the
defence counsel plead-
ed the judge to take a
lenient view as he was
juvenile and a first-time
offender. The accused
was booked under Sec-
tion 376, 377, and 323 of
the Indian Penal Code
and section 5 and 6 of
the POCSO Act. Addi-
tional Special Judge
POCSO Act Court No 2
also imposed on the ac-
cused a fine of Rs 50
thousand on each sec-
tion, and sentence of
additional six month on
each instance of failure
to pay the fine. In addi-
tion, under section 323
of the Indian Penal
Code, the accused has
been sentenced for one
year, with a fine of Rs
10,000, with a rider that
two months will be add-
ed to his sentence on his
failure to pay this fine.
All punishments, how-
ever, will run concur-
rently, officials said.
The time passed by
the accused in jail dur-
ing the trial, would be
adjusted against his
sentence, they said. The
judge has ordered total
fine to be paid to the vic-
tim, they added.
20 YEARS IMPRISONMENT
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
UNDER POCSO ACT
Jawan dies in celebratory
firing in Sonbhadra
Foreigner alleges assault
by Indian husband in Noida
Sonbhadra (PTI): A
35-year-old Army
jawan who was on
leave was fatally in-
jured during celebra-
tory firing at a wedding
function here, police
said Wednesday. Dayar-
am Yadav was killed in
the incident Brahman-
agar area of the dis-
trict Tuesday night,
they said.
Dayaram Yadav got
injured after being hit
by a bullet during cel-
ebratory firing at the
function he had gone
to attend, Additional
Superintendent of Po-
lice Vinod Kumar said.
He was rushed to a
nearby hospital where
he was declared dead,
police said.
“Yadav was current-
ly posted in Jammu
and had returned to his
village on leave a cou-
ple of days ago,” Ku-
mar said.
Police are yet to iden-
tify the person who
fired the shot, he said,
adding they are scan-
ning video footage of
the function for any
break through. The
body has been sent for a
post-mortem examina-
tion, the ASP said.
Noida (PTI): A 54-year-
old Cambodia national
has alleged assault by
her Indian husband liv-
ing in Noida, prompting
the police to lodge an
FIR and start investiga-
tion into the case, offi-
cials said on Wednesday
.
In her complaint to
the police, Amara Hok
claimed that she and
Ankur Gandhi had got
married as per Hindu
rituals at a temple in
July 2015 but have no
children together. She
claimed that both had
known each other for
over 10 years and had
some conflicts due to
family reasons, but nev-
er had any serious fight,
according to the FIR.
However, on May 24, my
husband committed the
serious violence and
torture on my body, the
Cambodian national al-
leged, describing the as-
sault on herself. She
sought, among others,
an assurance that her
husband would not beat
her, and would return
her possessions, includ-
ing gold, diamond and
platinum items worth
around USD 200,000 that
he has kept without her
permission and her
Overseas Citizen of In-
dian registration card,
according to the FIR.
Police officials said
an FIR has been lodged
under Indian Penal
Code sections 498A
(cruelty to woman by
husband), 323 (volun-
tarily causing hurt) and
406 (criminal breach of
trust) at Sector 126 po-
lice station in the case.
Dayaram Yadav
got injured after
being hit by a
bullet during
celebratory firing
at a function
was rushed to a
hospital where
he was
declared dead
The woman has
also sought that
her husband
should return her
possessions,
including gold,
diamond and
platinum
jewellery worth
around
approximately Rs
1.56 crore
GROOM WALKS OFF
MARRIAGE OVER BAND
FEE IN SHAHJAHANPUR
Shahjahanpur (PTI):
A man on Tuesday
walked off his wedding
after a dispute between
his and the bride’s side
broke out over who will
pay for the brass band,
police here said. One
Dharmendra had
brought his baraat’
from Kampil in Far-
rukhabad to Mirzapur
here, SHO, Mirzapur
Police Station, Arvind
Kumar Singh told PTI .
As the wedding ritu-
als were being per-
formed, the band de-
manded money from
the groom’s side, but
they refused to pay say-
ing they should be paid
off by the bride’s side.
This gave rise of a dis-
pute between the two
would-relatives, and
the groom, apparently
finding his pride hurt,
walked off with his
procession, breaking
off the necklace’ he
was wearing, police
said. The bride’s side
too severed relations
with the groom’s fami-
ly after the incident,
police said.
RISE OF DISPUTE
4 construction labourers
killed in road mishap
First India Bureau
Jhansi: Four con-
struction labourers
died while 4 others
sustained severe inju-
ries when their vehi-
cle overturned near
the UP-MP border. Po-
lice sources said that
several labourers
from Kudar village at
the Madhya Pradesh
border were going for
construction work in
Habupura, Gursarai,
in Jhansi when their
vehicle overturned
near. More than 10 la-
bourers were injured
while two of them
died on the spot in the
accident. The de-
ceased were identified
as Rajendra Rajak (23)
and Bhajju (45) while
the injured were
rushed to the Jhansi
hospital. Mahendra
Namdev (38) and
Hariram (34) suc-
cumbed to their inju-
ries while in hospital.
Deepak Tinki and one
other were said to be
in critical condition.
It was alleged that the
labourers were stuck
under the vehicle for
more than half an
hour and police
reached after an hour.

08
2NDFRONT
Flowers are food and
medicine for the soul, they
just make things better, and
people happier!
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Secretary,
Industrial Development
and Chief Executive Of-
ficer of ‘Invest UP’,
Abhishek Prakash has
assured industry of full
government support in
investment facilitation
and grievance redressal
through online mecha-
nism. He was interact-
ing with officials of As-
sociated Chamber of
Commerce Industry
of U.P
.(ASSOCHAMUP)
and Indian Foreign Ser-
vice (IFS) Officers visit-
ing the State to under-
stand the aspiration of
business community in
the state.
CEO, Invest UP urged
the IFS officers to high-
light abroad the im-
provement in ease of
doing business and sea
change in infrastruc-
ture development
across the State. He
asked them to facilitate
branding of UP as an
attractive investment
destination by lining up
high network individu-
als and exporters of Ut-
tar Pradesh on embassy
websites
ASSOCHAMUP or-
ganised an interactive
session with Passport
Officer, RPO, Del-
hi-Surendra K Adhana;
Deputy Secretary
(CPV), Ministry of Ex-
ternal Affairs (MEA) -
Peeeyush Verma; Depu-
ty Secretary (North),
MEA - Manoj Kumar;
Deputy Secretary
(GEM), MEA - Naresh
Kumar of Indian For-
eign Service as well as
‘Invest UP’ today at Ho-
tel Taj, Lucknow.
CEO,ASSOCHAMUPR.
K. Sharan informed
that the purpose of this
interactive session was
to communicate the
present industrial envi-
ronment of the state
and expectations of
business community in
the near future. The vis-
iting IFS officers appre-
ciated the progress
made by business com-
munity of Uttar
Pradesh. They assured
to support Business De-
velopment in Uttar
Pradesh. Rajeesh
Chopra, renowned man-
ufacturer of transform-
ers expressed the need
of a seminar to under-
stand the technical re-
quirement of other
countries.
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: By-elections
are being held today for
twoparliamentaryseats,
which are considered to
be the bastions of SP in
UP
. It is evident from the
electoral history of both
these seats that with the
increase in voting turn-
out here, the margin of
victory also increased.
Political expert
Harshvardhan Tripathi
says in Rampur’s bipo-
lar contest, even though
Azam Khan’s camp
seems to be in the upper
hand, Congress’ Kazim
Ali Khan’s announce-
ment of support for the
BJP candidate made the
contest interesting here,
while there is a triangu-
lar struggle in
Azamgarh. In such a
situation, voting turn-
out will play a crucial
role. All parties should
try to motivate voters,
otherwise there can be
surprisingresultsdueto
low turnout.
If one looks at the
electoral history of
Azamgarh LS seat, in
2014 elections, voter
turnout was 56.40 per-
cent. Then SP patriarch
Mulayam Singh Yadav
secured a vote share of
35.44 per cent and de-
feated BJP’s Ramakant
Yadav by a margin of
63,204 votes which was
6.58 per cent of the total
votes polled. In 2019, the
voting turnout had in-
creased to 57.56 per cent.
Then,AkhileshYadav
won the seat with a 60.4
percent vote share while
BJP’s Dinesh Lal was
the runner-up with 35.1
per cent votes. Former’s
margin of victory was
2,59,874. Earlier in 2009,
the constituency regis-
tered 44.65 per cent
turnout and Ramakant
Yadav of BJP emerged
victoriousinthisseatby
defeating the BSP rival
by 49,039 votes which
was 6.96 percent of the
total votes polled.
Last time in the third
phase of Lok Sabha
elections, voting was
held in Rampur, an im-
portant seat in the west-
ern region of UP.
Although there was
an average voter turn-
out of 56 per cent in UP
in that phase, the voting
turnout in Rampur was
close to 63.26 per cent,
which was a better fig-
ure in comparison to
other parliamentary
constituencies. In this
election, Azam Khan se-
cured 52.71 per cent
votes while his nearest
rival Jaya Prada got
42.34 per cent votes.
Azam won by one lakh
votes. Earlier this Mus-
lim-majorityconstituen-
cy had seen a 59.15 per
cent voter turnout in
2014 LS elections. Then
Nepal Singh of BJP won
with 37.5 per cent vottes
and SP’s Naseer Ahmed
Khan got 35 per cent
votes.Themarginof vic-
tory of Nepal Singh was
only 23,435 votes. It is
obvious that the factor
of votingturnoutplayed
a role in Azam’s margin
of victory in 2019.
Brand UP as attractive investment destination:CEO to IFS officers
IMAGE BUILDING
lll
Secy Industrial
Dev Abhishek
Prakash assures
industry of full
government
support in
investment
facilitation
CEO Invest UP Abhishek Prakash with IFS officers ASSOCHAM
UP officials in Lucknow on Wednesday.
RAMPUR-AZAMGARH BY-POLLS TODAY
Voterturnoutcanplaycrucialrole
Electoral history of both Rampur Azamgarh is
that victory margin increases if voter turnout does
Congress’ Kazim Ali Khan’s support to BJP
candidate further makes contest interesting
1 2
Over 35 lakh voters,
19 candidates
Rampur/Azamgarh
(PTI): Over 35 lakh
people will be voting
on Thursday to decide
the fate of 19 candi-
dates in the bypolls to
the Azamgarh and
Rampur Lok Sabha
seats, considered as
the bastions of the Sa-
majwadi Party
.
The polling will
take place between 7
am and 6 pm, Uttar
Pradesh Chief Elec-
toral Officer AK
Shukla said.
According to offi-
cials, 13 candidates are
in the fray from
Azamgarh,where18.38
lakhpeopleareeligible
to vote. Six candidates
are contesting from
Rampur, which has
17.06 lakh voters.
Officials said 2,176
booths will be set up at
1,149 polling stations
of the constituency
,
where an estimated 15
per cent of the resi-
dents are Muslim. All
four assembly constit-
uencies--Azamgarh,
Mubarakpur, Sagdi,
Gopalpur and
Mehnagar--falling in
this Lok Sabha seat
were won by the SP in
the recent assembly
elections. The Rampur
constituency
, which
has almost an equal
number of Hindu and
Muslim voters, is con-
sidered a bastion of
prominent SP Muslim
face Azam Khan. Ya-
dav, Sikhs and Dalit
voters are also in a po-
sition to influence the
outcome of the bypoll
on the seat. In the 2019
LS elections, Azam
Khan had received
5,59,177 votes, whereas
BJP candidate Jaya
Pradagot4,49,180votes
and Congress candi-
date Sanjay Kapoor
lost his deposit.
Mathura (PTI): Ex-
pelled BJP spokesper-
son Naveen Kumar Jin-
dal, along with his fam-
ily, visited Banke Bi-
hari temple here on
Tuesday.
Speaking to report-
ers over his controver-
sial remarks against
Prophet Mohammad,
Jindal said his inten-
tion was not to insult or
hurt the religious sen-
timents of people of
any religion. He said he
is now getting life
threats from different
parts of the world and
as a result, his family
has moved out of Delhi.
“I would pray to
(Banke) Bihari jee that
there should be peace
in the country. My
statement was taken
out of context. My in-
tention was never to
insult or hurt the reli-
gious sentiments of
people of any religion,”
he said.
“The way people use
foul language for our
gods and goddesses, I
had only questioned
such people. My aim
was not to hurt any-
body’s religious senti-
ments. We believe in
‘sarva dharm sam-
bhaav’,” Jindal said.
To a question on his
security, he said, “I
have come at the feet of
Banke Bihari Maharaj.
What can be greater se-
curity than this? I have
informed the Delhi Po-
lice about the threats
and it is doing its job.”
The BJP on June 5
had expelled Jindal,
who was the party’s
Delhi unit media head,
after his controversial
remarks against the
Prophet. BJP spokes-
person Nupur Sharma
was suspended for
similar remarks.
Lucknow (PTI): BSP
supremo Mayawati on
Wednesday exuded
confidence about her
partycandidate’svicto-
ry in the Azamgarh
Lok Sabha bypoll.
Shealsosaidthatthe
party was getting sup-
port from all sections
of the society which
will definitely trans-
late into votes.
“TheBSPgettingthe
supportof peopleof all
classesandreligionsin
the by-election to
Azamgarh Lok Sabha
seat in UP
, to be held on
June23,isveryencour-
aging this public sup-
port will definitely
turn into votes, May-
awati tweeted in Hin-
di. “BSP candidate
Shah Alam aka Gud-
du Jamali, who has
always risen
above local
and party
politics to
help peo-
ple, has
more credibility and
popularity than his op-
ponents. This is likely
to have a good effect on
the election result. (I
also)appealtopeopleto
participate in the vot-
ing exercise enthusias-
tically
, she added.
The Azamgarh seat
fell vacant after Sama-
jwadi Party (SP) leader
Mohammed Azam
Khan quit as a member
of parliament (MP) af-
ter being elected an
MLA in March.
The seat will see a
triangular contest be-
tweentheBJP’sDinesh
Lal Yadav ‘Nirhua’, a
famous Bhojpuri ac-
tor-singer; the SP’s
Dharmendra Yadav
and the BSP’s Shah
Alam alias Guddu Ja-
mali.TheBJPiseyeing
to bolster its strength
in the Lok Sabha fur-
ther through the by-
poll,whiletheSPwould
gotheextramiletopro-
tect its pocket borough.
Public support to BSP will
translate into votes: Maya

z In Azamgarh, of the
total 18.38L voters,
there are 9,70,249 male,
8,67,942 female 36
third gender electors.

z The seat will see
a triangular contest
between BJP’s Dinesh
Lal Yadav ‘Nirhua’,
the SP’s Dharmendra
Yadav and the BSP’s
Shah Alam alias
Guddu Jamali.
FAST FACTS
MISSING AKHILESH
PROMPTSSPECULATIONS
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The fate of the candidates in the
by-elections in Azamgarh and Rampur would
be sealed on Thursday
. But what seems to have
created a flutter in the power corridors is not
so much as the outcome of these polls but the
absence of Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh
Yadav.
He preferred not to campaign in the by-elec-
tions in the party’s
bastion, a decision,
which has in-
trigued many and
has set tongues
wagging in the po-
litical circles.
Sources say
, all is
not well in the fam-
ily and this is the
reason why Samajwadi patriarch Mulayam
Singh Yadav and SP president Akhilesh Yadav
have not campaigned in the by-elections.
It is not like that Akhilesh has not cam-
paigned in Lok Sabha bypolls in the past. He
had addressed rallies in Gorakhpur and Phul-
pur in March 2018, when the SP-BSP combine
defeated BJP there in the Lok Sabha bypolls.
But the party this time played down Akh-
ilesh’s absence, both from Rampur and
Azamgarh, saying that party leaders and cad-
res have assured him of victory
.
Intention wasn’t
to hurt religious
sentiments: Jindal
Wife accuses former
MLA,kin of assault,
lodges complaint
Budaun (PTI): A
former MLA’s wife
has lodged a com-
plaint with police
here, alleging that
the politician and
his family members
assaulted and threat-
ened to kill her.
Budaun Senior
Superintendent of
Police OP Singh said
five-time MLA Ram-
sewak Singh Patel’s
wife Bhagyashree
gave the complaint
on Thursday.
Bhagyashree is
the 70-year-old for-
mer MLA’s fourth
wife and she has a
daughter with him.
They had married in
2007.
The SSP said Bha-
gyashree alleged in
her complaint that
the BJP leader, his
brother Mahendra,
son Rohit Patel,
daughter-in-law Pin-
ky and daughter
Rashmi assaulted
and threatened to
kill her. Rashmi Pa-
tel is currently the
district panchayat
chief of Bareilly.
When asked about
the case, the former
MLA said he is ill
and has no idea
about it. Patel
claimed that he is
not in a position to
say anything at pres-
ent. Police have reg-
istered a case and
started investiga-
tion.
‘THEY THREATENED
ME OF KILLING’
Bhagyashree is the
70-year-old former
MLA’s fourth wife
she has a daughter
with him. They had
married in 2007. She
alleged the BJP leader,
his brother Mahen-
dra, son Rohit Patel,
daughter-in-law Pinky
and daughter Rashmi
assaulted and threat-
ened to kill her.
The way people use foul
language for our gods
and goddesses, I had
only questioned such
people. My aim was not
to hurt anybody’s reli-
gious sentiments. We be-
lieve in ‘sarva dharm
sambhaav.’
Naveen Jindal,
Former BJP spokesperson

S
hilpa Shetty, who was last seen in
Nikamma, is all set to make her de-
but in Rohit Shetty’s cop universe
with the Indian Police Force. Mean-
while, the actress recently revealed that it
was her son Viaan Kundra who convinced
her to join the project and that he is the only
reason she is doing the film. In an interview
with the Press Trust of India, Shilpa said
her son Viaan Raj is a huge fan of Ro-
hit’s films and the ten-year-old was
more excited about the show than
her. “I told my son that Rohit Shetty
has offered me a role and he jumped
and he said, ‘Mumma you have to do
it for me’. When I saw the excitement
on his face, I was so happy. He is
such a big fan of Rohit. I always tell
Rohit this is something I did for him
(my son).” The actress also recalled
that when she was told that Rohit
Shetty wants to cast her in his next
project, she thought that someone
was pulling a prank on her.
K
iara Advani is one of the
most gorgeous actresses of
the current generation. Ki-
ara and Varun Dhawan are
leaving no stones unturned to pro-
mote their film along with their co-
stars Anil Kapoor, Neetu Kapoor
and Maniesh Paul. The actress is
making heads turn with her fash-
ion game during the promotion.
Even on Wednesday, she left her
fans speechless with the white bod-
ycon dress that she wore and we bet
you cannot take your eyes off her.
In the pictures, Kiara Advani
stylishly poses for the camera wear-
ing that white-coloured bodycon
dress. The dress had a tube neck
and looked lovely on her. The ac-
tress left her hair open and flaunted
her no-makeup look. She completed
her look with golden pumps. Indeed
she was a sight to behold.
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LUCKNOW, THURSDAY,
JUNE 23, 2022
Deepika to join
Deepika to join
Atlee’s Jawan
Atlee’s Jawan
hah Rukh Khan is taking
all the right moves to en-
sure that the 30th year of
his career will be the big-
gest ever since his acting
debut on June 25, 1992.
The actor kicks off 2022
with Pathaan on January 25, fol-
lowed by Jawan on June 3 and fi-
nally, Dunki during the Christmas
weekend.
According to the sources,
Deepika Padukone will be
making a brief appear-
ance in this action-
packed entertain-
er, fronted by SRK with Nayantha-
ra, Sanya Malhotra, Rana Daggu-
bati and Sunil Grover. “Deepika
has been in talks with SRK and
Atlee for a while now and she is
poised to make a short yet impor-
tantappearanceinthefilm.Shehas
agreed in principle though the pa-
perwork remains,” revealed a
source close to the development.
ShahRukhKhanwasinHyderabad
recently with his director and ac-
cording to our source. Shah Rukh
Khan and Atlee met the actress and
even discussed the dynamics of her
character as also the shoot dates.
S
A
ll eyes are on Tara Sutaria, Arjun Ka-
poor, John Abraham, and Disha Patani
ever since they have been roped in for the
action-thriller Ek Villain 2. The movie is
a spiritual sequel to Mohit Suri’s 2014 film Ek
Villain which starred Sidharth Malhotra, Shrad-
dha Kapoor, and Riteish Deshmukh in pivotal
roles. Ever since the makers had announced the
sequel, fans have been eagerly waiting for the
highly-anticipated movie. It is backed by Ekta
Kapoor’s Balaji Motion Pictures and Bhushan
Kumar’s T-Series . Now, the cast of Ek Villain 2-
Tara, John, and Arjun have finally kickstarted
the promotions of the film in the city. However,
Disha was missing from the promotional event.
The Heropanti 2 actress aces the boho-chic style
with high-heeled white boots and an edgy nose
ring. On the other hand, the 2 States star kept
it effortlessly stylish in a navy blue tee-shirt
which he wore with a maroon leather jacket,
and to complete his look, he added a pair of
black sunglasses. Coming to John, he sported
an all-black outfit as he wore a black zip-up
hoodie and sweatpants.
S
onam Kapoor is one of the most popular
actors in the tinsel town of Bollywood. In
her career, she has featured in several
memorable films like Raanjhanaa and
Neerja among others. Speaking of which, yes-
terday, on the 21st of June, Raanjhanaa
clocked 9 years. The Aanand L Rai directo-
rial featured Sonam alongside Dhanush and
Abhay Deol. Taking to her Instagram sto-
ries a few moments back, Sonam Kapoor
shared director Rai’s post for Raanjha-
naa. In the post, one could see a still
from the film, featuring Dhanush and
Sonam’s characters, Kundan and
Zoya respectively
. Sharing the picture,
Aanand L Rai wrote a sweet note on
the occasion as well. As soon as he
shared the post, it was flooded with
likes and comments. Sonam too com-
mented on his post some time back, as
she wrote, “The best (red heart emojis)”.
GLAM
GLAM
IT UP!
IT UP!
9 YEARS OF
9 YEARS OF
RAANJHANAA
RAANJHANAA
EK VILLAIN 2
EK VILLAIN 2
PROMOTIONS
PROMOTIONS
Sonam Kapoor Ahuja
His post...
Kiara Advani
Her post...
Tara Sutaria
Her post...
Deepika Padukone
Shilpa Shetty Kundra
MOTHER-SON DUO!

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