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First India Bureau
Lucknow: Low voter
turnouts in Thursday’s
Lok Sabha bypolls in
Rampur and Azamgarh
indicated neck-and-
neck fights for both
seats in Uttar Pradesh.
According to the
Election Commission
of India, by 7pm, Ram-
pur registered 39.02 %
voter turnout, while
Amzagarh recorded
48.58%. On average, the
two constituencies re-
ported 43.8% voter
turnout. This is far less
than the voter turnout
recorded in two seats in
the 2019 Lok Sabha
polls. In 2019, Azam-
garh had recorded a
voter turnout of 57.56%
while Rampur had re-
corded 63.19% polling.
The counting of votes
has been scheduled for
Sunday. Amid the vot-
ing process, the opposi-
tion Samajwadi Party
wrote to the Election
Commission alleging
voter intimidation and
harassment.
In a series of tweets,
the Samajwadi Party al-
leged wrongdoings in
different areas where
bypolls are underway
.
“The police are har-
assing SP workers at
the behest of the ruling
party in Tanda and
Daryal areas of Swar
assembly seat in Ram-
pur Lok Sabha by elec-
tion. The Election Com-
mission should take
note. Action should be
taken against the guilty
policemen.Ensure fair
voting,” the Samajwadi
Party said, attaching a
letter written to the EC
in this regard. The SP
also alleged that voters
were prevented from
casting votes at a booth
in Tanda and polling
was stopped.
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Low voter turnout indicates neck-and-neck contest
RAMPUR, AZAMGARH BYPOLLS
SP leader Azam Khan arrives to cast his vote in Rampur on
Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
TRIBUTE TO A VISIONARY
CM Yogi Adityanath along with Dy CM Brajesh Pathak, MLA
Ashutosh Tandon and others pays tribute to Dr Shyama
Prasad Mookerjee in Lucknow on his birth anniversary.
BIG DROP
By 7pm, Rampur reg-
istered 39.02 % voter
turnout while Amzagarh
recorded 48.58%. This
is far less than the voter
turnout recorded in two
seats in the 2019 Lok
Sabha polls. In 2019,
Azamgarh had recorded
a voter turnout of
57.56% while Rampur
had recorded 63.19%
polling.
—PHOTO
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR
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❍ PM MODI ADDRESSES 14TH BRICS SUMMIT
BRICS countries to play key
role in post-covid world: PM
New Delhi (ANI): PM
Narendra Modi ad-
dressed the 14th BRICS
summit on Thursday
and said that member
nations - Brazil, Rus-
sia, India, China and
South Africa- of the
grouping have a simi-
lar approach regarding
the governance of the
global economy.
“BRICS members
have a similar approach
regarding the govern-
ance of the global econ-
omy. Our mutual coop-
eration can make a use-
ful contribution to the
global post-Covid recov-
ery,” PM Modi said in
his virtual address. 14th
BRICS summit is being
hosted by China in a
virtual mode. BRICS
has become a platform
for discussing and de-
liberating on issues of
common concern for all
developing countries.
PM Narendra Modi attends the
14th BRICS Summit via VC, in
New Delhi on Thursday.
By increasing
connectivity
between BRICS
Youth Summits, BRICS
Sports, civil society
organizations and
think-tanks, we've
strengthened our people-
to-people connect.
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
MODI, SHAH GREET MURMU!
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi meets NDA’s
Presidential candidate
Draupadi Murmu, in New
Delhi on Thursday.
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah meets NDA’s
Presidential candidate
Draupadi Murmu, in New
Delhi on Thursday.
Shah: Cooperatives necessary for
welfare of common populace
New Delhi (ANI): Union
Minister for Home Af-
fairs and Cooperation
Amit Shah on Thursday
emphasisedtheexistence
of cooperatives for the
welfare of the common
populace of the society
.
Speaking at a day-long
conclave, which will dis-
cuss various issues re-
lated to Scheduled and
Multi-State Urban Co-
operative Banks and
Credit Societies, Shah
also stressed on the need
forsymmetricexpansion
of cooperatives to sus-
tain amid competition.
“It’simportantthatwe
do symmetric expansion
of cooperatives, that’s
how we can sustain our-
selvesamidcompetition.
Co-operativebanksregu-
larly lend loans to the
common populace for
their various needs,”
Shah said at an event on
urbancooperativebanks.
Amit Shah being presented with
a memento by Jyotindra bhai
Mehta in Delhi on Thursday.
In Modi govt,
Cooperative
banks will not
be treated in 2nd grade,
and that nobody will do
injustice to them but
they will have to change
as per the need.
Amit Shah, Union Minister for
Home Affairs and Cooperation
CONDEMN RAUT’S
SINISTER THREAT:
JETHMALANI TO CM
Rajya Sabha member
Mahesh Jethmalani on
Thursday asked Maha CM
Uddhav Thack-
eray to condemn
a statement by
his party Shiv
Sena’s chief
spokesperson
Sanjay Raut that the Sena’s
rebel MLAs “will find it
difficult to return and move
around in Maharashtra”.
UDDHAV THACKERAY v/s EKNATH SHINDE
l THACKERAY GOVT WILL WIN TRUST VOTE IN ASSEMBLY, SAYS SHARAD
l SENA SEEKS ACTION AGAINST REBELS WHO SKIPPED PARTY MEET
l AGHADI ALLIES BACK UDDHAV BUT EKNATH SHINDE’S CAMP GROWS
MAHADRAMA
INTENSIFIES
Aishwary Pradhan
Mumbai: As the Shiv
Sena appeared to offer a
compromise by saying
thatitwasreadytomove
out of the ruling alli-
ance in Maharashtra if
therebelMLAsreturned
within 24 hours, the Na-
tionalist Congress Party
said that it would stick
by CM Uddhav Thack-
eray till the end as the
currentgovernmenthas
the ability to win a floor
testif properprocedures
are followed. “I have
seen many such situa-
tions in Maharashtra
and I am confident that
the Uddhav Thackeray
government will go past
this crisis,” NCP chief
Sharad Pawar said.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar addresses a press conference, in Mumbai on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Amid the ongoing political crisis in Maha-
rashtra, Deputy CM and senior NCP leader
Ajit Pawar said that his party
stands tall beside the Shiv Sena.
“We will stand with Uddhav
Thackeray ji till the end. We are
keeping an eye on the current
political situation,” he added.
WILL STAND WITH UDDHAV TILL
THE END, SAYS AJIT PAWAR
Shiv Sena is ready to walk out of the MVA
govt in Maharashtra, but the rebel MLAs
making this demand should
return to Mumbai (from Guwa-
hati) in 24 hours, and place this
proposal before the party chief
Uddhav Thackeray and it will be
discussed, said MP Sanjay Raut.
RETURN WITHIN 24 HRS, WILL
CONSIDER QUITTING MVA: RAUT
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has plain-
ly denied the state has got anything to do
with one of the biggest political
developments this week. “I don’t
know if Maha MLAs are staying
in Assam. MLAs of other states
can also come stay in Assam,”
CM Sarma said on Thursday.
DON’T KNOW IF MAHA MLAs
HERE: ASSAM CM HIMANTA
WB CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday
slammed BJP of trying to topple MVA
govt. Didi said, ‘Send Maha MLAs
to WB. We will extend good
hospitality. Democracy is totally
bulldozed by BJP govt. Unfor-
tunate that federal structure is
totally demolished by BJP govt.’
SEND MAHA MLAs TO WB: DIDI
AFTER TMC PROTEST IN ASSAM
42 MLAs with Sena rebel Shinde
Shivendra Parmar
Guwahati: Picture
shows 42 MLAs pos-
ing with Sena rebel
Shinde at a hotel in
Guwahati, a show of
strength that seemed
to indicate that it is
game over Sena chief
and Maha CM Uddhav.
MLAs gathered for a
photo-shoot meant
more as a preview of
a test of strength that
may come up in Ma-
ha’s power tussle.
Rebel Maharashtra Shiv Sena MLAs unanimously chose party
leader Eknath Shinde as their leader, at the Radisson Blu Hotel,
in Guwahati, Assam on Thursday. 3 more legislators arrive at the
hotel late on Thursday night, tally in Shinde camp rises to 44.
SENA MLA KESARKAR
JOINS SHINDE CAMP
Shiv Sena MLA Deepak
Kesarkar flew to Assam,
he said that we want Uddhav
to get into an alliance with
BJP and form a new govt
with a natural ally. He was
with Aaditya 2 days ago.
SHINDE MAKES LIST OF
400 EX- CORPORATORS
Rebel leader Eknath Shin-
de has made a list of at
least 400 former corpora-
tors and a few MPs who are
expected to cross over to
his side after he joins new
govt, said sources.
READ
Crucial
Crucial
US SC STRIKES NEW
YORK GUN LAW IN
MAJOR RULING
Washington: SC on
Thursday struck down
a restrictive New York
gun law in a major ruling
for gun rights. Justices’
6-3 decision is expected
to ultimately allow
more people to legally
carry guns on streets
of nation’s largest cities
– including NY, LA and
Boston – and elsewhere.
Quarter of US population
lives in states expected
to be affected by ruling.
IN MESSAGE TO PM
MODI, JAPAN PM
CONDOLES LOSS OF
LIVES IN FLOODS IN
ASSAM; ASSURES AID
New Delhi: Japanese
PM Fumio Kishida
has sent a condolence
message to PM Modi,
“I am deeply saddened
to have learnt that the
flooding and landslides
that occurred in the
State of Assam and the
State of Meghalaya fol-
lowing the heavy rain in
the NE Region of India
have led to the loss of
many precious lives and
forced many people to
evacuate,” he said.
PIL IN HC SEEKS TO
REMOVE VT FROM
AIRCRAFT NAME
New Delhi: PIL was
filed in Delhi HC to
replace call sign VT.
Ashwini Upadhyay, BJP
leader and attorney who
filed PIL, claimed that
because India is a “Sov-
ereign Socialist Secular
Democratic Republic,”
Call Sign “VT” is in viola-
tion of Rule of Law, Right
to Freedom Right to
Dignity of Persons guar-
anteed by Articles 14, 19
21 of the Constitution.
CENTRE PROPOSES
TO SHIFT CONMAN
TO MANDOLI JAIL
New Delhi: The Centre
on Thursday offered to
shift conman Sukesh
Chandrashekhar, cur-
rently housed in Tihar,
to Mandoli jail in east
Delhi in compliance with
the Supreme Court’s
June 17 order on the
33-year-old’s petition
that alleged a threat to
his life in Tihar jail.

UTTAR PRADESH
LUCKNOW | FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2022
02
Drones for drains: Aerial cams to map clogged drains
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In a bid to
prevent clogging of
drains as monsoon rolls
in, the Uttar Pradesh
government is using
drones to easily identify
the sites where cleanli-
ness or maintenance of
drains is required.
Undertaking the
statewide campaign on
a mission mode, Amrit
Abhijat, Principal Sec-
retary, Urban Develop-
ment Department, has
issued directives to the
Municipal Corpora-
tions of Lucknow, Ali-
garh, Agra, Gorakhpur,
Varanasi, Prayagraj,
Ghaziabad, Kanpur Na-
gar and Meerut to en-
sure cleaning of all ma-
jor drains, medium
drainsandsmalldrains,
and utilise drone cam-
eras for monitoring
their condition on pri-
ority basis.
The step of the Yogi
Adityanath-led govern-
ment is aimed at pre-
venting water-logging,
flooding of drains, ca-
nals as well as at easing
vehicular congestion
that occurs frequently
during the monsoon
season.
After aerial surveys
of the drains, the latitu-
dinal and longitudinal
position of the con-
cerned drains, their
length, width and
depth, along with their
photographs and videos
in a prescribed format,
will be sent to the Direc-
tor, Urban Local Bodies
Directorate, Lucknow,
so that further action be
taken by authorities.
USE FOR GOOD
The step of the Yogi Adityanath-led
government is aimed at preventing
water-logging, flooding of drains
20 MSMES of
state listed
on NSE, BSE
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh’s govern-
ment initiative to
raise capital for
MSME units of the
state through the
stock market is
starting to pay off
as more and more
institutions are
getting listed on
NSE and BSE.
Following the
agreement be-
tween UP’s MSME
dept, National
Stock Exchange
(NSE) and Bharat
Stock Exchange
(BSE), a total of 20
companies have
listed themselves
on NSE and BSE.
Dr. Navneet Se-
hgal, ACS (MSME)
on Thursday held a
meeting with MoU
partner institu-
tions at the Niryat
Bhawan in Luc-
know and directed
them to get more
companies listed
on NSE and BSE.
In his address,
Dr Navneet Sehgal
said that in the
past one year, 12
companies with a
market capitaliza-
tion of Rs 129 crore
have been listed on
the BSE and eight
companies with an
issue size of Rs 101
crore on the NSE
platform.
Mookerjee was a freedom fighter, activist, political critic a great son of Bharat Mata: CM
CM YOGI PAYS TRIBUTE TO SP MOOKERJEE
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath
paid floral tributes to
Dr Syama Prasad
Moookerjee on the occa-
sion of his death anni-
versary on Thursday
.
Addressing media
persons, the UP CM
said, “for ensuring In-
dia’s unity, Dr Mooker-
jee raised his strong
voice against the ap-
peasement policy of the
Congress government.
The Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister clearly
said that two leaders,
two legislation, and two
symbols (“ek desh mein
do pradhan, do vidhan,
aur do nishan”) cannot
run a country, and for
that, he sacrificed his
own life.”
Speaking about
Mookerjee’s sacrifice in
the freedom movement
on his 69th death anni-
versary, the CM Yogi
Adityanath added, “the
news of his death in
Kashmir valley– on this
day in 1953– came as a
disheartening shock to
the entire country
.”
Later in the address,
he lauded Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi’s
leadership for the move-
ment that helped Kash-
mir move towards the
country’s development
and lauded the abroga-
tion of article 370.
“The abrogation of
Article 370 has been a
part of an important
campaign that was in-
tended to enhance de-
velopment in Kashmir
and make the country
free of every kind of
separatism and terror-
ism,” he added. He said
that Mukherjee was a
great freedom fighter,
social activist, political
critic and a great son of
Bharat Mata, who al-
ways believed in the
country’s unity
.
CM ON CONG
CM Yogi, accompanied by Dy CM Brajesh Pathak reach to pay tributes to late SP Mookerjee.
CM Yogi pays tribute to SP Mookherjee on his death anniversary.
SMART PWD!
PWD Minister Jitin Prasad inaugurates the Estimator software at Tathagata Auditorium in PWD Headquarters Lucknow on
Thursday. The software will help all estimates of the PWD to be shared between divisional level and headquarters online.
Statewide drive to combat communicable diseases
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Yogi
government will launch
a special communicable
disease campaign
across UP from July 1.
CM Yogi, while address-
ing a high-level meeting
on Thursday, asked the
officials to ensure regu-
lar sanitation and fog-
ging drives to protect
the state from vector-
borne diseases such as
Dengue, Malaria, Chi-
kungunya and others.
“The cooperation of or-
ganisations like WHO,
UNICEF and PATH
should be taken. We
have two successful
models of- Encephalitis
control and COVID-19
management in front of
us, which will be useful
for us in the communi-
cable disease cam-
paign,” said the CM.
Stating that every
year from June to No-
vember, Purvanchal
used to face mayhem
with a huge number of
children losing their
lives to Japanese En-
cephalitis, CM Yogi
said, “There has been a
significant reduction in
the number of patients
affected by encephalitis
and deaths due to this
disease since 2017. Not
only has the prevalence
of the disease been con-
trolled, but the deaths
due to this have also
come down by more
than 95 percent.”
“Where the previous
governments seemed
helpless against the dis-
ease, our government
took this challenge and
put an end to the dis-
ease through its coordi-
nated inter-departmen-
tal efforts,” he added.
Under this special cam-
paign, people are being
made aware of the im-
portance of cleanliness,
sanitization, and fog-
ging.
An inter-departmen-
tal coordination has
been set up to ensure all
necessary arrange-
ments with different
departments.
CM Yogi Adityanath presides over a Covid-19 review meet at Lok Bhawan on Thursday.
PREPARED!
ENCOURAGING TOPPERS
Read books, newspapers, CM
Yogi advises topper students
Lucknow (PTI): Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath on
Thursday met 10 stu-
dents who made it to the
merit list in Class 10
exam of the state board
and advised them to
read books and newspa-
pers to stay updated of
the current events.
Adityanath said the
Centreandthestategov-
ernment have started
various schemes for the
benefit of students and
they should avail them.
“By reading books
and newspapers, you
will remain updated
and get a broader per-
spective of things
around you,” the chief
minister told the stu-
dents during the meet-
ing at his residence.
Chief minister Yogi
Adityanath further dis-
cussed with the stu-
dents the ways to pre-
pare for their examina-
tions and asked their
school principals about
the strategy they fol-
lowed for it.
CM Yogi feting topper students of class Xth on Thursday. MLA Ashutosh Tandon was also present.
‘CHILDREN DO NOT READ
NEWSPAPERS,BOOKS’
Lucknow: Children in classes 8, 9 and 10, study-
ing in prestigious English medium schools in
Lucknow, do not read newspapers.
Many of them do not even know the names of
leading newspapers published in the state capital.
“After CM Yogi interacted with a group of top-
pers in classes 10 and 12 on Wednesday and
asked them if they read newspapers, we decided
to ask the same question to our students and
the results were shocking. In class 10, out of 42
children, only three said that they read ‘some
headlines’. They at times focus on puzzles in the
newspapers,” said a teacher. Another teacher said
that when she asked her students, the majority of
them did not even know the name of the newspa-
per that their family gets. “In many households,
since the pandemic, newspapers are not being
bought. People rely on TV and mobile apps for
news”, she said.
Heavy police force deployment
for third consecutive Friday in UP
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Heavy po-
lice deployment will
continue across UP
consecutively for the
third Friday (June 24)
of this month despite
the previous Friday
(June 17) remaining
peaceful after prayers.
Police officials said
elaborate security ar-
rangements have
been made for Friday
prayers, and exten-
sive foot patrolling
will be conducted
across the state to en-
sure peace and avert
any law and order
trouble. Clerics and
religious leaders have
been asked to assist
police in maintaining
communal harmony.
It maybe recalled, vio-
lence was reported
after prayers on two
consecutive Fridays--
on June 3 and June
10-- in protest against
insulting remarks al-
legedly made by sus-
pended BJP national
spokesman Nupur
Sharma against
Prophet Mohammed
during an electronic
channel debate. Vio-
lence broke out in
Kanpur after Friday
prayers on June 3 and
then in 10 districts,
including Prayagraj,
Saharanpur, Firo-
zabad and Mo-
radabad, on June 10.
As many as 423 people
have been arrested so
far in UP by the cops.
ACS Navneet Sehgal at a
meet in Niryat Bhawan.
—PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR
—FILE PHOTO
—FILE PHOTO

UTTAR PRADESH
03
10 dead, 7 injured
Pilibhit (PTI): Ten pil-
grims, including two
children, died after
their vehicle over-
turned and fell into a
roadside ditch in Ga-
jraula area here Thurs-
day morning, police
said.
Seven people were
injured in the incident,
they said.
The vehicle was car-
rying 17 pilgrims from
Haridwar and was
heading towards Lakh-
impur Kheri district in
Uttar Pradesh when it
met with the accident
on the Lucknow high-
way at around 4 am.
It seems the driver
dozed off and lost con-
trol over the vehicle,
police said.
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath expressed
grief over the loss of
lives and directed the
officials to ensure prop-
er relief and rescue
work.
According to police,
eight people died on the
spot, while two others
succumbed to injuries
in the hospital.
“Around 17 people
were travelling in the
vehicle. The dead in-
clude three children,
three women and four
men, including the
driver,” Assistant Re-
gional Transport Of-
ficer (ARTO) Amitabh
Rai said.
He said three of the
injured have been re-
ferred from the district
hospital to Bareilly.
The deceased have
been identified as Lax-
mi (28), Rachna (28),
Sarla Devi (60), Hersh
(16), Khushi (2), Sush-
ant (14), Anand (3), Lal-
man (65), Shyamsundar
(55) and driver Dilshad
(35), police said.
Bahraich (PTI): A
57-year-old farmer was
killed by a tiger in a for-
est here, an official said
on Thursday
. The inci-
dent happened on
WednesdaynearBharta-
pur village on the banks
of Geruariverunderthe
Katarniaghat Wildlife
Sanctuary
, the forest de-
partment official said.
Ghanshyam Rajbhar
was cutting grass when
the tiger attacked him,
DivisionalForestOfficer
(DFO) Akashdeep Bad-
hawan said. An alarm
raised by villagers near-
by forced the tiger to es-
cape into the forest, he
said, adding that the
man succumbed to inju-
ries while being taken to
the Mihinpurwa Com-
munity Health Centre.
The DFO said there is a
provision of a financial
assistanceof Rs5lakhin
cases of death due to
human-wildlife conflict.
However, cutting grass
in the restricted core
area of the forest is pri-
ma facie a cognisable of-
fence, he added.
In this case, a deci-
sion on the compensa-
tion will be taken as per
the rules of the forest
department, the DFO
said. The tiger attack
took place in a forest
area adjacent to the Ne-
pal border, he said, add-
ing that the animal will
be tracked. Teams of the
World Wildlife Fund
(WWF) have been set up
and two trained ele-
phants engaged in
combing, Badhawan
said.Camerashavebeen
installed and vigilance
increased, he added.
Noida (PTI): Three
people, including two
women, were arrested
in Uttar Pradesh’s
Greater Noida on
Thursday on the charge
of running a prostitu-
tion ring, police offi-
cials said on Thursday
.
The racket was being
operated from a house
in the Ansal Golf Link
area and they contacted
clients over a website,
the officials said. “In
light of a tip-off, a team
of Beta 2 police station
busted the prostitution
racket being operated
from the house. A man
andtwowomeninvolved
in the ring were arrest-
ed,” a police spokesper-
son said. “Two mobile
phones, a Samsung tab,
a diary, Rs 6,000 in cash
and some other incrimi-
natingitemswereseized
from their possession,”
the spokesperson said.
Police claimed that
those arrested told
them during question-
ing that they provide
escort service after con-
tacting clients online.
Noida (PTI): 6 indus-
trial plots along the Ya-
muna Expressway near
the upcoming Noida In-
ternationalAirportwith
a reserve price of Rs
71.48 crore were e-auc-
tioned for Rs 140.97
crore, an official state-
ment said on Thursday
.
“The process for the e-
auction was video-
graphed and photo-
graphed,” YEIDA said.
“Against the total re-
serve price of Rs 71.48
crore, the 6 industrial
plots got an increase of
97% and were auctioned
at Rs 140.97 crore,” the
authority said. The in-
dustrialsectors32and33
in the Yamuna Express-
way Industrial Develop-
ment Authority’s noti-
fied area are close to the
upcoming Noida Inter-
national Airport in Jew-
ar, which is expected to
get operational by Sept
2024, as per officials.
Etawah (PTI): A
55-year-old seer was
murdered near Barau-
li Kala village
here, police said on
Thursday. Ramji, a
resident of Sakrava
village in Kannauj dis-
trict, has been living
in a hut at a temple,
about one kilometre
away from Barauli
Kala village.
The sadhu was mur-
dered by unknown
people on Wednesday
night, Saifai police sta-
tion in-charge Muham-
mad Tariq said. The
killers used sharp-
edged weapons to slit
his throat, he said.
Further investigation
is on, he added.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In accord-
ance with instructions
issued by the govern-
ment under National
Food Security Act-2013,
a single stage trans-
port system was imple-
mented in Lucknow
district on Thursday.
Under this system, a
total of 1,243 fair price
shops operating in the
district, including 605 in
rural areas and 638 in
urban areas, would re-
ceive ration from the
Food Corporation of In-
dia by a special vehicle
meant for the purpose.
The scheme was jointly
launched by Divisional
Commissioner Ranjan
Kumar and DM, Lko,
Surya Pal Gangwar at
the Food Corporation of
India’s warehouse. Divi-
sional Food Controller,
Lucknow Division, and
Joint Commissioner,
Food,LucknowDivision,
were also present on the
occasion. The food grain
vehicle was flagged off
by the Divisional Com-
missioner and the DM.
The DM said with the
implementation of the
scheme, fair price ven-
dors will no longer have
to go to the warehouse
to take the food grains
on their own means, but
instead the transport
contractors of Food
Corporation of India
would provide the food
grains through a vehi-
cle equipped with GPS
system at the door step
of every fair price shop.
AS VAN
CRASHES
Mangled remains of the vehicle being pulled out from the roadside ditch in Pilibhit on Thursday.
—PHOTO BY PTI
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Small Finance Bank has launched an innovative LIT
(Live It Today) Credit Card that allows cardholders
to customise their choice of credit card features and
avail customised benefits across Travel, Entertain-
ment, Shopping, Fuel, and Dining. LIT provides the
cardholder complete control of its offers and fees in a
clear, transparent manner and saves the cardholders
multitudes of annual/renewal fees for benefits they
don’t use. AU Bank launched its first range of credit
cards last year. Since then, the Bank has successfully
enrolled more than 2.3 Lakh credit card customers
from over 200 districts of Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.
UNION BANK WINS
“BEST PERFORMING
BANK”AWARD
Lucknow: Union Bank of
India has been awarded
the “Best Performing
Bank” among PSUs and
“Across all Category” of
NPS (National Pension
System) for Quarter Q3
of 2022 for mobilising
a maximum number
of NPS accounts. The
award was presented by
Supratim Bandyopad-
hyay, Chairman, PFRDA
(Pension Fund Regula-
tory and Development
Authority) at a function
held at Hotel ‘The
Grand’, Delhi. The award
was received by R.K.
Jaglan, General Manager
(Government Business
Relationship), Union
Bank of India.
SSB ARRESTS
ROHINGYA WOMAN
ON NEPAL BORDER
Maharajganj (PTI):
A Rohingya wom-
an was arrested by
Sashastra Seema
Bal (SSB) jawans for
illegally staying in
the country, officials
said. The woman was
arrested during the
checking of a bus on
the Indo-Nepal border
in Sonauli on Wednes-
day. SSB officials said
the woman along with
her husband and five
children had reached
Manipur through
Bangladesh a few
years ago and made
her base in Delhi.The
woman had recently
moved to Jammu and
Kashmir, they said.
AU SMALL FINANCE BANK LAUNCHES
LIT CREDIT CARD
LETTING THE GUARD DOWN
Crowds can be seen without masks during the weekly market at Aminabad in Lucknow on Thursday.
Tiger kills farmer
in Bahraich
COMPENSATION AS
PER THE RULES OF
THE FOREST DEPT
The DFO said there is a
provision of a financial
assistance of Rs 5 lakh
in cases of death due to
human-wildlife conflict.
However, cutting grass in
the restricted core area of
the forest is prima facie
a cognisable offence, he
added. In this case, a
decision on the compen-
sation will be taken as
per the rules of the forest
department, the DFO said.
LUCKNOW GETS ‘RATION TRANSPORT’
2 women among 3 held
for running sex racket
6 plots near
Noida Airport
fetch `140 cr
55-YEAR-OLD
SEER KILLED
IN ETAWAH
Kanpur (PTI): Three
senior officers were
suspended and the di-
rector of the Kanpur
airport transferred on
Wednesday due to the
delay in completion of
work on the new civil
terminal building,
which has a deadline of
August 15 this year, of-
ficials said.
The construction
work of the new airport
terminal building at the
civil side of the Air
Force-controlled Chak-
eri Airport here is an
important project of
the Centre and the Ut-
tar Pradesh govern-
ment, Kanpur Division-
al Commissioner Raj
Shekhar said. The se-
nior IAS officer, along
with Kanpur Lok Sabha
MP Satyadev Pachauri
and other officers, has
been reviewing the
progress of the project
and had raised the issue
of unnecessary delay
with the Centre as well
as the UP government.
Hesaidthatduetosome
administrative and
technical issues on the
part of the UP Rajkiya
Nirman Nigam (UP-
RNN), the Air Force
and the Airport Author-
ity of India (AAI), the
project has got delayed
by almost two years.
Looking into the im-
portance and serious-
ness of the issue and
the project, a regular
review meeting and
site visit is being done
by us, the divisional
commissioner said.
The UP government
has suspended two gen-
eral managers and one
project manager of UP-
RNN in charge of these
projects, while the Min-
istry of Civil Aviation,
Government of India,
has transferred the di-
rector of the Kanpur
Airport, the officer
said. After the site visit
and interaction with
officers concerned on
Wednesday, Raj Shek-
har said progress has
been noted in the main
building of the project,
which is around 75%
complete as on date. It
was 65% complete last
month and in the last
one month the work
has been done expedi-
tiously, he said. The di-
visional commissioner
reiterated the deadline
of August 15 this year
for the completion of
the main building.
3 suspended, Knp airport dir shunted
OVER NEW CIVIL TERMINAL WORK DELAY
Kanpur Commissioner inspecting the terminal site on Wednesday.
—PHOTO
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR

PERSPECTIVE
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Bhupender Yadav
@byadavbjp
Remembering Dr Syama Prasad
Mookerjee on his Punya Tithi. Founder
of Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Dr Mookerjee
died fighting for ‘One Nation, One
Constitution and One Flag’. We remain
forever indebted and committed to
fulfilling his dream of making India a
strong prosperous nation.
Kiren Rijiju
@KirenRijiju
I extend my greetings to everyone on
#InternationalOlympicDay. This year’s
theme is ‘Together, For a Peaceful
World’. Let’s build a better world, by
bringing people together in peace,
spread the message of making sports
an integral part of life.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Be not quick in your
spirit to become angry,
for anger lodges in the
heart of fools.
—Bible
IN-DEPTH
haratiya Janata Par-
ty has outplayed the
Opposition by field-
ing Draupadi Mur-
mu, former
Jharkhand Governor, as its can-
didate for Presidential poll. The
choice helps its tribal push and
is acceptable to its allies. Mur-
mu is the first tribal, a Santhal,
and the second woman after
Pratibha Patil to be in line to
succeed Ram Nath Kovind in
Rashtrapati Bhawan. Being
from Odisha, Murmu has the
support of Biju Janata Dal. She
also has the backing of YSRCP
of Andhra Pradesh which gives
BJP the confidence of winning
the contest. The only doubt is
about Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
but it is likely to vote for Murmu
much against the wishes of Con-
gress, JMM’s ally in Jharkhand.
If JMM votes for Murmu the
Opposition will have to rework
its strategy for unity but only
after the Presidential election is
over. In the meantime, Opposi-
tion’s candidate Yashwant Sin-
ha, the former Union Finance
Minister, will be disappointed at
not getting JMM’s votes which
he is hopeful of.
TOP TWEETS
B
knath Shinde has
upstaged his lead-
er Uddhav Thack-
eray
. Well, almost.
The Shiv Sena leg-
islator has weaned away 42
MLAs, including some Inde-
pendents, and has technically
reduced the Maha Vikas
Aghadi government to a mi-
noritywithonly15MLAs.The
numbers with Eknath Shinde
are more than required to
avoid the anti-defection law.
Shinde’s next move should be
to approach Governor Bhagat
Singh Koshiyari to call for a
floor test. Bringing down the
MVA government is ostensi-
bly not the purpose of the re-
bellion. Shinde group wants
Thackeray to part company
withtheNationalistCongress
Party and the Congress as
ideologically Shiv Sena is
closertotheBharatiyaJanata
Party
. In a conciliatory move
Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut has
asked the rebels to return to
Mumbai and the party will
consider their condition.
Having gone this far, what
will Eknath Shinde’s next
move be? He is keeping eve-
ryone guessing on that even
as Uddhav Thackeray left the
official CM’s residence and
moved to Matoshree from
where Shiv Sena drew its
strength when Balasaheb
Thackeray was alive.
That BJP behind Shinde’s
moveisobvious.First,Eknath
Shinde is believed to be close
to BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis,
the former chief minister.
Safe havens provided to re-
bels in Surat and Assam also
point to BJP’s support to the
rebels. The demand to break
ties with the NCP and Con-
gressisareminderof the2019
events when Ajit Pawar
dumpedtheBJPandreturned
to NCP in a sudden twist of
events. The BJP stalwarts
were outsmarted by Sharad
Pawar. Who will win this
round remains to be seen.
POLITICALTURMOIL
IN MAHARASHTRA
BJP behind Shinde’s
move is obvious. First,
Shinde is believed to be
close to BJP’s Fadnavis,
the former CM. Safe
havens provided to rebels in
Surat and Assam also point to
BJP’s support to the rebels.
The demand to break ties
with the NCP and
Congress is a reminder
of the 2019 events
E
INDIA-SOUTH AFRICA T20 SERIES
MAJOR GAINS BUT SOME
WORRIES TOO FOR TEAM INDIA!
fter a phenomenal comeback
from being 2-0 down and the
series decider on the line, the
Indian team watched Rain
Gods playing spoilsport in
Bengaluru last Sunday
. The
India-SouthAfricaT20Iseries
ended with 2 wins apiece.
Cricketloverswerehopingfor
a cracker of a contest in the
finalmatchbutthatwasnotto
be as the game was called off
with barely three overs
bowled in the series decider.
Despite ending on a disap-
pointing note, the series had
several positive takeaways for
the Men in Blue ahead of the
T20 World Cup later this year.
COMEBACK BY
DINESH KARTHIK
The remarkable comeback by
Dinesh Karthik was the most
heart-warming aspect for In-
dian fans. Enjoying a second
windtohiscareer,Karthikhad
returned to Team India after
three years on the back of
somesterlingperformancesin
theIPL.Butmanywonderedif
he could replicate his IPL suc-
cess in Indian colours against
a strong South African side.
Karthik, however, carried
his IPL form into the interna-
tional arena and scored at a
hugely impressive rate of
158.62 against the Proteas.
Warming up with an unbeat-
en 30 off 21 balls in the sec-
ond match, Karthik smashed
a magical 55 off 27 balls in
the fourth game. Given his
power-packed shows, voices
are growing for Karthik’s in-
clusion in the T20 World Cup
squad as many believe that
he can play the role of fin-
isher to near-perfection.
HARDIK PANDYA’S
PERFORMANCE
Like Karthik, Hardik Pandya
too made an impactful return
to Team India. After leading
Gujarat Titans to victory in
IPL 2022, Hardik made cru-
cialcontributionsallthrough
the series. After a blistering
31 off 12 balls in the opening
game in Delhi, he hit another
30-plus score in the game at
Vizag. Also, in the Rajkot
game, he made a vital 46 off
31 balls enabling India to re-
cover from a dicey 81 for four.
Another major plus is Is-
han Kishan’s form. Despite
being the costliest buy in the
IPL auction at 15.25 crores,
the young opener was rather
unimpressive in the Mumbai
Indians’ disastrous IPL cam-
paign this year. But the tal-
ented left-hander turned
things around against South
Africa and was the top run-
getter, hammering 206 runs
at an average of 41.20 and a
terrific strike rate of 150.36.
ON THE
BOWLING SIDE
On the bowling side, veteran
pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar
posed a lot of challenges to
South African batters. Till a
few months ago, Bhuvi’s abil-
ity to swing the ball seemed
to have gone missing and his
place in Team India appeared
doubtful. But he rediscov-
ered his bite and stifled most
Proteas batters and was even-
tually named the ‘Player of
the Series’.
If Bhuvi looked like a
bowler reborn, Harshal Patel
was also impressive and can
aspire for a T20 World Cup
berth. Besides bagging seven
wickets, it was great to see
how he learnt from his mis-
takes. Even young pacer
Avesh Khan displayed his
wares with skill. Despite
some former cricketers ask-
ing for his exit from the play-
ing XI, the team management
stood firm and Avesh repaid
their trust in Rajkot by bag-
ging 4/18 in a hostile spell
and seems ready to serve In-
dian cricket in the long run.
Beyond the positives, there
were a few areas of concern
as well. Rishabh Pant’s form
was possibly the biggest wor-
ry
. The middle-order was a
point of concern as not only
Pant but even Shreyas Iyer
keptstrugglingtostrikeform.
As the first-choice T20I wick-
et-keeper currently, Pant’s
form is worrying and as the
stand-in skipper too, his cap-
taincy left a lot to be desired.
SELECTION OF
PLAYERS
Inaddition,thesame11players
were picked for all five match-
es, with stability being the
name of the game. The refusal
to change players implied that
youngseamerslikepacesensa-
tionUmranMalikandleft-arm
Arshdeep Singh didn’t play a
singlegame.Whileconsistency
in selections is a laudable poli-
cy
, both the young pacers de-
served a look in. In particular,
denying a debut to 22-year-old
Umran who regularly clocked
over 150 in IPL games, seems
like a major chance missed on
home grounds.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
A
Overall, squaring a series
with South Africa despite the
absence of several stars like
Rohit, Virat, K L Rahul,
Bumrah and Jadeja seems
an impressive feat. Under
Rahul Dravid’s mentorship,
Team India sure seems to be
moving in the right direction
to come up trumps in the
T20 World Cup in Australia.
The nucleus of a strong
squad and players who could
get World Cup spots seems to
be progressing smoothly
After a phenomenal
comeback from being
2-0 down and the
series decider on the
line, the Indian team
watched Rain Gods
playing spoilsport in
Bengaluru last Sunday.
The India-South Africa
T20I series ended
with 2 wins apiece
JMM MAY NOT
TOE CONGRESS
LINE ON MURMU IN
PRESIDENTIAL POLL
5th and final T20I cricket match between India and South Africa washed out due to rain in Bengaluru. The series shared 2-2.
Indian skipper Rishabh Pant and South Africa captain Keshav Maharaj share the
trophy after the 5th and final T20 cricket match in Bengaluru on Sunday.
SIDDHAARTH MAHAN
The writer is a specialist on Sports
and Cinema who works as an actor
in the Hindi film industry

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INDIA
05
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: An inter-
esting post was seen in
social media that the
fight that Congress
should have contested
in courts is being fought
on streets and the fight
which should be fought
on the streets, is being
fought on social media!
When Rahul Gandhi
was called by the En-
forcement Directorate
(ED) for questioning
about the alleged irreg-
ularities in the Nation-
al Herald case, the en-
tire Congress party
took to the streets. Keep
in mind this matter is
very old and the Con-
gress has gone to the
Supreme Court to get
the matter dismissed.
But even in the court it
did not get relief. This
case was also started by
Subramanian Swamy,
who had once brought
down the government
of Atal Bihari Vajpayee
by upporting Jay-
alalithaa with Sonia
Gandhi. So it is not a
very simple matter of
political revenge of the
government.
So when all the top
leaders of Congress
came out on the road,
their message went that
Congress leaders are de-
voted to only one family
.
Their allegiance is not
to the people, but to the
family. Secondly, the
BJP also got an opportu-
nity to say that the Con-
gress party is agitating
to defend the Nehru-
Gandhi family in the
matter of corruption. In
fact, the Congress has
to fight this battle in
court. Congress should
remember how the SIT
set up for the Gujarat
riots questioned the
then Chief Minister of
Gujarat Narendra Modi
for hours. Modi had qui-
etly gone to the SIT’s of-
fice and joined the inter-
rogation. If instead of
taking to the road in
protest against Rahul’s
appearance before the
ED, Congress would
have taken to the road
in protest against the
bulldozers going on
people’s homes in Ut-
tar Pradesh or strug-
gled on the road like
this on the issue of in-
flation, poverty and
unemployment, com-
mon people would con-
nect more with it. But
the Congress party is
fighting all such bat-
tles on Twitter.
Congress’ bizarre strategy: Fight real issues on social
media, protest against ‘first family’s’ issues on roads!
New Delhi (ANI): PM
Narendra Modi on
Thursday inaugurated
the new premises of the
Ministry of Commerce
and Industry – ‘Vanijya
Bhawan’. Besides, Modi
also launched a new
portal called NIRYAT– a
one-stop place for all
info needed for India’s
foreign trade.
During the inaugural
ceremony, Modi said
this new premise and
the portal are a symbol
of both physical and
digital infrastructure,
and it would reflect In-
dia’s aspiration of
‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’
or a self-reliant India.
He went on to say
that providing ‘Ease of
Access’ to citizens is In-
dia’s priority, and ac-
cess to govt policy for-
mulations and banking
to the citizens were the
key facets of the past 8
years’ governance mod-
el. Further, the benefits
of the government
schemes reaching all
sections of people,
without any form of
discrimination, can
only ensure ‘Sabka Vi-
kas’ or welfare for all,
he said.
Giving reference to
the previous govern-
ments, he said that pro-
jects were earlier an-
nounced for the sake of
“political interest” but
there were no guaran-
tees about the comple-
tion of such projects.
“They were not seri-
ous about the comple-
tion of the projects.
This new building (get-
ting completed on time)
is an example of how
we have changed the
mindset,” Modi said.
Government’s projects
completed on time, and
schemes reaching their
goals are nothing but
giving respect to the
taxpayers of the coun-
try, he said.
“When govt projects
complete on time and
schemes reach target
are nothing but giving
respect to the country’s
taxpayers. Under PM
Gati Shakti national
master plan, we now
have a modern plat-
form…Keeping into
consideration the aspi-
rations of new India,
this building will have
to give a push to all as-
pects of development,”
Modi said.
PM MODI INAUGURATES NEW
PREMISES ‘VANIJYA BHAWAN’
The Bhawan is designed as a smart building and constructed near the India Gate
PM Narendra Modi inspects a model during the inauguration of ‘Vanijya Bhawan’ and launch of the
NIRYAT Portal, in Delhi on Thursday. Union Minister for Commerce, Industry Piyush Goyal is also seen.
New Delhi (PTI):
Hailing as “historic”
the BJP-led NDA’s deci-
sion to name Draupadi
Murmu as its presi-
dential poll candidate,
the Akhil Bhartiya
Vanvasi Kalyan Ash-
ram on Thursday ap-
pealed to all parties to
elect her unanimously
and show commitment
towards the all-round
progress of the tribal
communities.
In a statement in
Hindi, the RSS affili-
ate said the tribal soci-
ety had to suffer ne-
glect for years despite
being an integral part
of the Indian tradition
and culture as well as
the bearer of a glori-
ous tradition.
With the country
being home to over 12
crore tribals, Mur-
mu’s nomination as
the NDA candidate is
a move towards
bringing a social
change, it stated.
NDA’S nominee for
president Droupadi
Murmu reached the
national capital from
Bhubaneswar on
Thursday, a day be-
fore she files her
nomination papers
for the post.
Her nomination pa-
pers are being pre-
pared at Parliamenta-
ry Affairs Minister
Pralhad Joshi’s resi-
dence, sources said
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu with NDAs Presidential
candidate Draupadi Murmu (R) in New Delhi on Thursday.
New Delhi (PTI): As India
elects its next president
on July 18, the Legislative
Assembly of the Union
Territory of Jammu and
Kashmir will not be a part
of the exercise for the sec-
ond time in the history of
the election to the top con-
stitutional post. There have
been precedents of legisla-
tive assemblies of states
not being part of the prez
polls on account of their
dissolution, the first such
instance being of Gujarat
in 1974. The assemblies of
Assam, Nagaland and JK
too could not participate in
subsequent elections on
account of dissolution. The
JK Reorganisation Act
provides for a Legislative
Assembly for the Union
Territory of JK, but the
election is yet to be held.
New Delhi: The
Supreme Court on
Thursday said that a
plea seeking a direction
to the governments
of Maharashtra and
Delhi to sack Ministers
Nawab Malik and Saty-
endar Jain, who were
arrested in connection
with separate criminal
cases and are in judicial
custody, would be listed
for hearing after it is
placed before the CJI.
Bengaluru: The HC of
Karnataka has acquitted
the accused in the sen-
sational Belagavi triple
murder accused. The
judgement of acquittal
by the division bench of
Justice K S Mudagal and
Justice M G S Kamal
came on the appeal filed
by Praveen Bhat against
the order of the Ses-
sions Court in Belagavi
which had found him
guilty of murder.
JK ASSEMBLY TO
MISS PRESIDENTIAL
POLLS FOR 2ND
TIME IN HISTORY
SC: PIL SEEKING
SACKING OF MINS
MALIK AND JAIN
HC ACQUITS MAN
ACCUSED OF
TRIPLE MURDER
New Delhi (Agencies):
PM Narendra Modi led
BJP leaders in paying
tributes to Syama Pras-
ad Mookerjee on his
death anniversary on
Thursday. PM said all
citizens are “indebted”
to him for his “unparal-
leled efforts” toward
forwarding India’s uni-
ty. “Remembering Dr.
Syama Prasad Mooker-
jee on his Punya Tithi.
Every Indian is in-
debted to him for his
unparalleled efforts to-
wards furthering In-
dia’s unity. He worked
hard for India’s pro-
gress and dreamt of a
strong and prosperous
nation. We are commit-
ted to fulfilling his
dreams,” PM Modi
wrote on Twitter.
UnionHomeMinister
Amit Shah also remem-
bered Mookerjee and
said even his political
opponents regarded
him for his wealth of
knowledge. “Mooker-
jee's life was a wonder-
ful amalgamation of
new ideas of national
unity, cultural dedica-
tion, education and de-
velopment. Every Indi-
an is indebted to his su-
preme sacrifice for the
struggle to protect Ben-
gal and to keep Kashmir
an integral part of In-
dia. Tributes to him on
his sacrifice day,” Shah
tweeted. BJP President
JP Nadda paid floral
tributes to Syama Pras-
ad Mookerjee on his
death anniversary at
the party headquarters.
Tributes to Syama Prasad on death anniv
COURTESY CALL!
Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra paid a courtesy visit to Rajasthan Governor Kalraj
Mishra at Jodhpur House in New Delhi on Thursday. During the day, Union Minister of Heavy
Industries, Mahendra Nath Pandey also called on Raj Guv Mishra at Jodhpur House, Delhi.
Kerala: Kerala High Court on Thursday suspended the
sentence of life impris-
onment to Sister Sephy
and Father Thomas Kot-
toor in the Sister Abhaya
murder case. Kottoor,
along with Sister Sephy,
a nun, was convicted on
December 23, 2020, by a
CBI Court, Thiruvananthapuram for the murder of 19-year-
old nun Sister Abhaya. Thereafter, they were sentenced to
imprisonment for life.
Jharkhand: The Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday
slammed the Hemant
Soren's govt over the
deteriorating law and or-
der situation and sought
a report from the state
govt over the killing of a
criminal at the Deoghar
court's premises. A divi-
sion bench of CJ Dr Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan
Prasad, while taking the suo moto cognisance of a letter
by District and Session Judge, Deoghar over the killing.
KERALA HC GRANTS BAIL TO KEY
ACCUSED IN SISTER ABHAYA MURDER
J’KHAND HC SLAMS STATE GOVT ON
DETERIORATING LAW SITUATION
RSSbodyappealsallparties
toelectMurmuunanimously
MURMU TO FILE NOMINATION TODAY
TO EXPORTERS
IN THE COURTYARD
JP Nadda pays tributes to Dr Syama Prasad in Delhi on Thursday.
AIADMK co-coordinator O Panneerselvam leaves in middle
of the partys during partys GC Meet, in Chennai on Thursday.
Chennai (Agencies):
The All India Anna
Dravida Munnetra
Kazhagam (AIAD-
MK) general council
meeting on Thursday
ended in chaos as par-
ty coordinator O Pan-
neerselvam and a few
of his supporters
staged a walkout. Wa-
ter bottles were
thrown at them and
slogans were raised
against them as they
walked out of the
meeting held at Vana-
garam on the out-
skirts of Chennai.
The council meet-
ing, taking place in
the backdrop of the
power struggle be-
tween Panneersel-
vam and joint co-ordi-
nator Edappadi K
Palaniswami, did not
discuss the 23 resolu-
tions on its agenda as
the members stuck to
the demand of a uni-
tary leadership.
Bottles hurled at
Panneerselvam at
AIADMK’s GC meet
‘SINGLE LEADER’
New Delhi (PTI): The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
(JMM), led by its executive president and Chief Min-
ister Hemant Soren, may be among the 17 Opposi-
tion parties, which nominated Yashwant Sinha on
June 21 as their joint candidate for the July 18 Presi-
dential election, but the tribal party seems all set to
review its position and back the ruling BJP-led NDA’s
Presidential nominee, Draupadi Murmu. Murmu is
on course to be elected as the next President, first
tribal to assume the country’s highest constitutional
office. Shibu Soren-headed JMM clearly does not
want to be seen as a party which despite its tribal
credentials did not back the “historic move” to send
1st tribal to Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Bhubaneswar (PTI): A day after appealing to all
Odisha MLAs to support the “daughter of the soil” in
the ensuing presidential elections, CM Naveen Patnaik
on Thursday said two of his cabinet colleagues will
remain present during the filing of nomination by NDA
candidate Droupadi Murmu. Patnaik is currently on
an official foreign tour to Italy. Patnaik, also the BJD
chief, has already asked Odisha Scheduled Tribes and
Scheduled Caste Development Minister Jagannath
Saraka and Women and Child Dev Minister Tukuni
Sahu to rush to Delhi and sign the nomination papers.
JMM SET TO VEER FROM SINHA
NOD TO BACK NDA PICK MURMU
2 ODISHA MINISTERS TO ATTEND
NOMINATION FILING OF MURMU

INDIA
06
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The
Bharatiya Janata
Party government
at the Centre and
the BJP govern-
ments in many
states are changing
books on history
and some other
subjects. Political
science books are
also being changed.
It is not that books
are being changed
for the first time
but for the first
time books are be-
ing changed in
such an calm and
easy manner. Ear-
lier there was a pro-
cess to replace the
books. A team of
writers and editors
worked on it. The
changes were made
keeping in mind
the totality of the
subject. Care was
taken that the
change in the book
of a subject should
be in such a way
that in spite of the
change, it would be
consistent. It
should not seem
that suddenly
something has
been removed in
the middle. Howev-
er, this time thi
‘care’ is not being
followed, as with-
out consideration,
random parts are
being removed, af-
fecting the totality
of the subject.
Changes have
been made in many
NCERT books. The
chapters about the
rulers of the Delhi
Sultanate and the
Mughal period have
been shortened. But
shortening does not
mean that chapters
are written anew,
only random parts
have been removed.
Its purpose is that
students do not
know or know little
about certain
things. Instead, it
would have been
better if they were
rewritten about
those subjects in an
objective way. It
helps the students
to form their own
point of view. Even
if the BJP has to
make history and
political science
books according to
its ideology, then
writing every chap-
ter anew was a bet-
ter solution. Just
like the books
made during the
Congress rule also
have a chapter on
Emergency.
DOES BJP NOT KNOW THE SUBTLE, STRATEGIC
WAY OF CHANGING CONTENT IN BOOKS?
ASSAM FLOOD SITUATION GRIM,
54.5 LAKH HIT, 12 FRESH DEATHS
Guwahati (PTI): The
flood situation in Assam
remained grim on
Thursday with over 54.5
lakh people still affected
and 12 fresh deaths re-
ported, officials said.
The toll due to the flood
since mid-May is now
101, they said. Brahma-
putra and Barak rivers
along with its tributar-
ies are in spate in most
of the affected districts
and vast tracts of land
remained inundated in
32of thetotal36districts
in the state.
Thefloodwaters,how-
ever, receded in a few
places. Altogether 3,658
persons were evacuated
with the help of 276
boats across the state by
NDRF, SDRF and other
agencies during the day
,
according to the bulle-
tin. Over 14,500 ma-
rooned people have been
rescued by the NDRF in
12 flood-affected dis-
tricts of Assam, an offi-
cial said. The 1st Battal-
ion Disaster Response
Force of NDRF swung
into rescue operations
in the affected districts
and deployed more than
70 boats and 400 men in
the heavily flooded dis-
tricts, its assistant com-
mandant Santosh Ku-
mar Singh told.
Altogether 3,658 persons were evacuated with the help of 276 boats across the state by NDRF
ASSAM FLOOD
TRIPURA ASSEMBLY BYPOLLS
A villager with his belongings commutes through the flood-affected area after heavy rainfall in Assam.
PM should visit flood-hit
Assam instead of toppling
MVA govt: Congress MP
Guwahati (PTI):
Assam Congress MP
Gaurav Gogoi on
Thursday hit out at
the Bharatiya Jana-
ta Party (BJP), say-
ing PM Modi should
visit flood-hit Assam
instead of toppling
the Maharashtra
government. “If
there is any crisis, it
is of floods.
BJP has gone blind
for power. There is
flood in Assam, PM
should visit the state,
announce special
package but he is
busy toppling Maha-
rashtra govt, Or only
power is everything
for the BJP in the Gu-
jarat elections, said
Cong MP Gaurav Go-
goi. More than 41
lakh people in 34 dis-
tricts of Assam are
under the influence
of the ongoing floods
and landslides.
Union Minister
for Ports, Shipping
and Waterways and
AYUSH, Sarbananda
Sonowal on Wednes-
day visited the relief
camp set up at Phul-
guri Higher Second-
ary School in Na-
gaon district of As-
sam to meet the
flood-affected people
of the area.
In Assam’s Karim-
ganj district, the
flood situation has
worsened in more ar-
eas of the district
after the flood waters
of Kushiara, Longai
and Singla rivers af-
fected over 1.34 lakh
people in the district.
Several main roads
of the district have
been submerged by
the flood waters.
DAMAGE CAUSED BY RAIN, LANDSLIDES; WILL
TAKE TIME TO RESTORE ROAD: MEGHALAYA CM
Shillong (PTI):
MeghalayaCMConrad
K Sangma on Thurs-
day said it would take
some time to restore
road connectivity in
theGaroHills,partsof
which have suffered
extensive damage due
to heavy rain and sub-
sequent flash floods in
the past week.
He said that his govt
hassoughtRs300crore
as aid from the Centre
for relief and rehabili-
tation work in the af-
fected areas.Express-
ingshockoverthe“un-
imaginable” destruc-
tioncausedinthehills,
Sangma said roads
have been washed
away by landslides
with boulders filling
up the gaping pits. Por-
tionsof NationalHigh-
way-62 — connecting
East Garo Hills with
Assam – have caved in
due to landslides, cut-
ting-off the district for
the past six days.
CM Conrad Sangma and other officials visit to inspect the damaged.
Cong MP Gaurav Gogoi
Dr Randeep Guleria
BRIEF
in
in
Anand: RS Sodhi, Man-
aging Director of In-
dia’s leading dairy co-
operative GCMMF,
which markets its prod-
ucts under Amul brand,
sustained minor inju-
ries in a road accident
near Anand town in
Gujarat on Wed night
and was admitted to a
hospital, the police
said. The car in which
he was travelling over-
turned after hitting a
divider on Anand-Bak-
rol road at around 9 pm,
said Deputy SOP BD
Jadeja. “Due to some
unknown reasons, the
car driver lost control.
Amul Head In
Hospital After
Car Accident,
Out of Danger
New Delhi: Former
Miss Brazil Gleycy Cor-
reia died at the age of 27
after suffering a brain
haemorrhage and a
heart attack following a
routine operation to
have her
tonsils
removed.
Accord-
ing to the
Inde-
pendent,
Ms Cor-
reia, who was crowned
Miss United Continents
Brazil in 2018, died at a
private clinic on Mon-
day
. She had been in a
coma for the past two
months. She underwent
surgery to remove her
tonsils but days later
she suffered heavy
bleeding and had a heart
attack on April 4. Ms
Correia’s body has been
sent to a medical exam-
iner for an autopsy
.
Chandigarh: Punjab
police’s anti-gangster
task force(AGTF) head
ADGP Promod Ban said
on Thursday that singer
Sidhu Moose Wala’s
murder planning had
started in August last
year, reccees were con-
ducted atleast thrice
and in January there
was different group of
shooters. This time
shooters had reached
Mansa on May 25 who
ultimately succeeded in
killing Moose Wala on
May 29 in which AK-se-
ries weapon was used
besides 9mm pistols.
The ADGP said that till
now a total number of
13 accused have been ar-
rested in the case.
NewDelhi (ANI): The
tenure of AIIMS New
Delhi director Dr Ran-
deep Guleria has been
extended by another
three months, accord-
ing to an office memo-
randum issued by the
premier hospital on
Thursday
.
Dr Guleria was ap-
pointed as the director
for a term of five years
on March 28, 2017. Be-
fore his tenure was to
end on March 24, it was
extended by three
months till June 24.
‘‘The President, AIIMS,
New Delhi is pleased to
further extend his ten-
ure as Director, AIIMS,
Delhi by three months
or by the time new Di-
rector is appointed,
whichever is earlier.
Other terms and condi-
tions of his appoint-
ment would be in ac-
cordance with the Rules
of the Institute, the
fresh memorandum
said.The ACC headed
by the prime minister
met on June 20 seeking
a wider panel of names
for the post of director
of the AIIMS here.
New Delhi (ANI):
In view of an up-
surge in COVID-19
cases in India, Un-
ion Health Minis-
ter Dr Mansukh
Mandaviya on
Thursday re-
viewed the Covid
and vaccination
situation in the
country
.
The Union Min-
ister chaired a
meeting with key
experts and offi-
cials. In a high-
level meeting,
Mandaviya ad-
vised strictly to
monitor the Covid
situation in the
country focusing
on vaccination of
the elderly popula-
tion, school-going
children and sur-
veillance and ge-
nome sequencing.
Bengaluru (ANI): Kar-
nataka Chief Minister
Basavaraj Bommai set
out on Thursday for his
eleventh visit to New
Delhi since taking over
less than a year ago.
The sudden, one-day
visit following sum-
mons issued by the BJP
leadership on Wednes-
day afternoon has given
rise to fresh speculation
of changes in the state
Cabinet. While the offi-
cial travel plan has
meetings scheduled
with Union ministers,
Bommai himself did
not comment on the
purpose of the visit, un-
like in the past. Sources
in the Chief Minister’s
Office indicated that
the official purpose was
that Bommai was to be
among the proposers of
NDA presidential can-
didate Droupadi Mur-
mu. She is expected to
file her nomination on
Friday. Bommai was in
Delhi most recently on
June 17, where he at-
tended a private event.
At the time, Bommai
had returned after just
meeting Karnataka in-
charge Arun Singh
and speaking to Home
Minister Amit Shah on
the phone.
New Delhi (PTI): Un-
ion Minister of State
Science Technology
Dr Jitendra Singh on
Thursday said that In-
dia, under the leader-
ship of PM Modi, is
leading the world in
addressing the climate
related issues. The
Minister was on a visit
to India’s premier and
one the world’s most
upgraded institutions,
the “National Centre
for Medium Range
Weather Forecast” lo-
cated at Noida. Dr. Ji-
tendra Singh said that
the world should ac-
knowledge and appre-
ciate India’s top posi-
tion in next 25 years,
when the country cel-
ebrates centenary of
its independence, giv-
ing credit to its scien-
tific prowess in re-
search dev and inno-
vation capabilities.
Agartala (ANI):
Tripura, where four
Assembly seats went
to bypolls on Thurs-
day, saw a voter turn-
out of 76.62 per cent
till the end of polling
hours at 5 pm. Howev-
er, there were voters
standing queue in
front of a few polling
stations, who were
given tokens.
Polling for by-elec-
tions started at four
assembly segments—
Agartala, Town Bar-
dowali Surma and
J u b a r a j n a g a r — i n
Tripura from 7 am.
The bypolls were ne-
cessitated in these
seats due to the resig-
nations of the legisla-
tors in two seats, dis-
qualification of an
MLA in one, and the
death of one of the
MLAs midterm.
AIIMS director
Randeep Guleria
gets 3-months
extension
Mandaviya
chairsCovid-19
reviewmeeting
76.62% VOTES POLL TILL 5 PM ;
VIOLENCEREPORTEDINAGARTALA
—PICTURE
FOR
REPRESENTATION
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai
CM DR MANIK SAHA CASTS HIS VOTE
OFF-DUTY TRIPURA
COP STABBED
K’taka CM Bommai
back in New Delhi
‘India leading the world in
addressing climate issues’
Former Miss
Brazil Dies At 27
After Routine
Tonsil Surgery
Moosewala
murder planning
started in August
last year: Police

NEWS
07
UTTARAKHAND:
SUSPENDED IAS
OFFICER HELD IN
CORRUPTION
CASE
Asuspended IAS officer was
arrested by the Vigilance
Department here in a
disproportionate assets case.
Ram Vilas Yadav, who served as
an additional secretary, was
suspended with immediate effect
on Wednesday for not cooperating
with the Vigilance Department in
the ongoing probe against him.
Additional Director General of
Police (vigilance) Amit Sinha said
Yadav was arrested past midnight
around 2 am after evidence of
corruption against him was found
following prolonged interrogation.
His replies during the
interrogation were not
satisfactory, Sinha said.
“We had got information about
Yadav possessing wealth which
was 522 per cent more than his
known sources of income in
May,” he said. “We got many
documents and evidences of his
involvement in corruption during
the probe on the basis of which
we raided his residences and
summoned him for interrogation,”
the officer added. Yadav could not
give a satisfactory reply nor
produce any record regarding his
property in Dilkash Vihar in
Lucknow, a school in Gudamba,
the registry of a land bought in
Noida, 10 bighas bought in
Gazipur district and the amounts
kept in his deposits. According to
documents and records available,
his total income is Rs 50,48,204
while his expenses stood at Rs
3,12,37,756, which is completely
out of proportion to what he
earns, Sinha said, adding that
Yadav could not explain the
difference between his income
and expenses. Yadav had
approached the Uttarakhand High
Court to evade arrest but the court
did not grant him any relief,
asking him to record his
statement before the Vigilance.
—PTI
‘MODI, SHAH
WORKING FOR
INDIA OF S P
MOOKERJEE’S
DREAMS’
BJP national vice-president
Radha Mohan Singh here on
Thursday said Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and Home Minister
Amit Shah were working towards
making India that party ideologue
Syama Prasad Mookerjee dreamt
about. The former Union minister
said this after observing the death
anniversary of Mookerjee, the
founder of BJP’s forerunner Jana
Sangha, at an event in Uttar
Pradesh’s Noida. Singh
participated in a tree-plantation
programme here along with
Gautam Buddh Nagar MP Mahesh
Sharma and Noida MLA Pankaj
Singh to mark the sacrifice day on
Mookerjee’s death anniversary,
according to a BJP statement.
Syama Prasad Mookerjee had
sacrificed his life to make Kashmir
an integral part of India. Prime
Minister Modi and Home Minister
Shah are currently working
towards making an India that
Mookerjee dreamt about, Singh,
the BJP’s UP in-charge, was
quoted as saying in the statement.
BJP workers used to raise the
slogan repeatedly that (the land)
where Mookerjee made sacrifice,
that Kashmir is ours. The work of
realising this slogan was done by
the prime minister, he added.
A critic of Article 370, which
granted special status to Jammu
and Kashmir, Mookerjee had died
under detention in Kashmir in
1953 after being arrested for
entering the region without the
required permit, a legal necessity
then challenged by him. The BJP-
led government had nullified the
special constitutional provision for
the then state, now a Union
territory, in 2019, fulfilling one of
the party’s foundational promises
tracing back to Mookerjee’s
legacy. —PTI
1984 ANTI-SIKH RIOTS CASE: SIT
ARRESTS FIVE MORE IN KANPUR
This comes a day after 2 accused were arrested, taking the total arrests tally to 11
Kanpur (PTI): An
SIT probing the 1984
anti-Sikh riots cases
has arrested five more
people who were part
of a mob that had set a
house ablaze during
the violence, which
had left 127 dead here.
Till now, the Special
Investigation Team
(SIT) has arrested 11
people in connection
with the violence that
took place following
the assassination of
the then prime minis-
ter Indira Gandhi by
her Sikh bodyguards.
The fresh arrests
were made on Wednes-
day. The SIT was
formed by the Uttar
Pradesh government
three years ago to re-
investigate the cases
related to the riots.
The five arrested have
been identified as Ravi
Shankar Mishra (76),
Bhola Kashyap (70),
Jaswant Jatav (68),
Ramesh Chandra Dix-
it (62) and Ganga
Baksh Singh (60), all
resident of Kidwai Na-
gar. They were pro-
duced before the court
of the chief metropoli-
tan magistrate, which
remanded them into
14-day judicial custo-
dy
, said Deputy Inspec-
tor General of Police
(DIG) Balendu Bhush-
an Singh, who is head-
ing the SIT.
They have been
booked under the In-
dian Penal Code Sec-
tions 326 (Voluntarily
causing grievous hurt
by dangerous weapons
or means), 396 (dacoity
with murder) and 436
(Mischief by fire or
explosive substance
with intent to destroy
house), he said. The
DIG praised the
17-member police
team who played the
key role in nabbing
the accused and an-
nounced a cash re-
ward of Rs 25,000 for
it. Efforts are being
made to arrest all ab-
sconding people at the
earliest, the DIG said.
The 5 accused all residents of Kidwai Nagar in police custody.
T
T
T
T
T
T
CRACKDOWN STARTED ON JUNE 15
Chhattisgarh Police
constable beaten to
death by friends
BJP disrupted
polling, misused
power: Akhilesh
Pratapgarh (PTI): A
Chhattisgarh Police
constable was beaten to
death allegedly by his
friends in a village here,
police said on Thursday
.
Constable Sanjay Ya-
dav (29) had come to
Pratapgarh on leave,
Additional Superin-
tendent of Police
(West) Rahul Mishra
said. The incident hap-
pened on Wednesday
night near a petrol
pump in Kunda area,
he said.
Mishra said Sanjay
Yadav’s friends Kul-
deep Yadav, Prem
Chandra and Pintu
took him to a dhaba,
where they consumed
liquor. They then beat
him up with sticks and
he fell into a drain, the
police said. Sanjay Ya-
dav was taken to a hos-
pital by the police, but
doctors him declared
dead, they said. On the
basis of a complaint
filed by his family
members, the three ac-
cused were taken into
custody, and a case of
murder has been regis-
tered, the police said.
Lucknow (PTI): Sama-
jwadi Party chief Akh-
ilesh Yadav on Thurs-
day accused the ruling
BJP of misuse of power
in the bypolls to the
Azamgarh and Rampur
Lok Sabha seats, alleg-
ing that efforts were
made to disrupt voting.
He alleged that though
the Election Commis-
sion was informed
aboutthedevelopments,
the election machinery
remainedamutespecta-
tor. The party workers
were harassed and un-
due pressure was creat-
ed on them to vote for
BJP candidates, he al-
leged. Yadav alleged
that all this was done in
a planned way. “Fake
voting was done and
EVMs were found faulty
in various booths,” he
said, adding that in As-
sembly constituencies
of Gopalpur, Sagdi,
Mubarakpur, Azam-
garh, Mehnagar in
Azamgarh, party agents
were removed from
booths. Women belong-
ing to a minority com-
munity were stopped
from voting in the Ram-
pur’s Suar Assembly
constituency and Nar-
pat Nagar, he said, add-
ing that police resorted
to a lathicharge to cre-
ate fear.
ALL ACCUSED HELD
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav
Searches on for Indian
business partner of
Chinese national arrested
Noida (PTI): Interroga-
tionof aChinesenation-
al, who was staying ille-
gally in India and ar-
rested last week by the
UP police, has revealed
that he had floated two
companies with an In-
dian person as partner,
who is now being looked
for. He had also devel-
oped a guest house,
which was unregistered
since 2018, into a luxury
club in a village in
Greater Noida where
Chinesenationalsliving
in India were the key pa-
trons, the officials said.
Xue Fei aka Kelay
, 36,
was arrested on June 13
from a hotel in Guru-
gram, Haryana along
with his Indian girl-
friend Petekhrinuo, 22,
who hails from Naga-
land. He was nabbed
close on the heels of the
arrest of two other Chi-
nese nationals who also
had stayed illegally in
India and were trying to
cross into Nepal via Bi-
har. The Chinese nation-
al was produced in court
and the police had also
got his remand for three
days. During interroga-
tion, he revealed that he
had floated two compa-
nies with his Indian as-
sociate Ravi Natwarlal
Khattar, Additional Dep-
uty Commissioner of
Police Vishal Pandey
said. Khattar and some
more people associated
withhimareatlargeand
police teams are making
efforts to arrest them
soon, Pandey said. The
officer said the probe so
farhasalsorevealedthat
Xue Fei had developed
the guest house located
in Gharbara village, un-
der Beta 2 Police Station
limits, into a luxury
club. The owner of the
guest house had applied
for registration of the
property in 2018 but the
registrationhasnotbeen
done till date.
The police have writ-
ten to the departments
to look into the matter,
Pandey said. Further le-
gal proceedings in the
case are underway, the
additional DCP said. Ac-
cording to officials, the 2
Chinese nationals held
on Saturday by SSB at
the India-Nepal border
were identified as Yung
Hai Lung (34) and Lo
Lung (28). The 2 had
spent 15 days at Jaypee
Greens society without
valid documents where
they were sheltered by
Kelay and Petekhrinuo.
Investigation earlier had revealed that it was
the Indian woman who had arranged SIM
cards for the two Chinese nationals who
were staying at her residence.
The Chinese duo had entered India through
Nepal in the second half of May had
reached Nepal from Thailand and had a visa
for the Himalayan nation, the officials added
POLICE ASSISTANCE FOR TRANSGENDERS
A police officer at the first Transgender Help Desk of the state at Kaiserbagh police station in Lucknow, which was
inaugurated on Thursday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
Moral policing:
Mob thrashes
man for
kissing wife in
Ayodhya river
Ayodhya (PTI): A man
was thrashed by a group
of people in an apparent
instance of moral polic-
ing when he was bath-
ing with his wife in the
Saryu river in Ayodhya,
officialssaidonWednes-
day. Police have begun
an investigation after a
purported video of the
incident went viral.
A police officer said
the exact date of the in-
cident was yet to be as-
certained even though
some people claimed it
had happened at Ram ki
Paudi ghat on Tuesday
.
The officer said they
had not received any
complaint regarding it
yet. “However, we are
investigating the case
trying to find the couple
and the miscreants who
attacked,” the officer
said. SSP Shailesh Pan-
dey said, “The matter is
being probed.”
Deniedcricketpractice,childrenstageprotest
Shahjahanpur (PTI)
Angry over an exhibi-
tion being held at a
ground where they play
cricket in Jalalabad
here, around 25 children
aged between eight and
12 staged a demonstra-
tion on Thursday
.
Waving a Tricolour,
they set out on foot to
submit a memorandum
tothedistrictmagistrate
at the district headquar-
ters, some 35 kilometres
away from Jalalabad.
After hearing this, Jalal-
abad Deputy District
Magistrate Barkha Sin-
gh went to meet the chil-
dren. The officer told
PTI that she had got in-
formation that about 25
children aged between
eightand12aregoingon
foot to submit a memo-
randum to the district
magistrate. She stopped
the children on the road
and listened to their
problem. She said the
children told her that
they play cricket on an
inter-collegeplayground
but a few days ago, a
clerk at the college mis-
behaved with them and
now an exhibition is be-
ing organised there.
Due to this, the chil-
dren are not being al-
lowed to play, they told
the officer. Rajat Shar-
ma, a cricket coach, said
on June 21, when the
children were practis-
ing, the college clerk
drove them away and
gave the place for an ex-
hibition. He said the
children were going to
submit a memorandum
to the DM in Shahjahan-
pur but the problem was
resolved by the deputy
district magistrate.
Barkha Singh said she
calledthecollegeadmin-
istration and ordered it
to get the place vacated.

08
2NDFRONT
Once we learn to judge each
day by the seeds we plant and
not by the harvest, we
understand humanity.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
TRIANGULAR CONTEST GETS INTENSER
WITH LOW VOTER
TURNOUT...
Continued from P1
... It also alleged that its
booth agents have been
driven out in Azam-
garh. “All agents have
been made to leave
from all the polling
booths in Gopalpur,
Sagdi, Mubarakpur,
Azamgarh and Mehna-
gar assembly areas as
part of a conspiracy at
the behest of the BJP.
The Election Commis-
sion should take note.
Ensure fair elections,”
the SP charged in an-
other tweet.
There was also a re-
port of a cop allegedly
misbehaving with an
elderly voter in Bilas-
pur in Rampur leading
to ruckus. Minister
Baldev Aulakh, howev-
er, reached the spot and
pacified the people.
The bypolls to Azam-
garh were necessitated
by the resignation of
Akhilesh Yadav, who
was elected to Legisla-
tive Assembly as an
MLA earlier this year.
Rampur was vacated by
senior SP leader Azam
Khan, who too was
elected to Assembly
.
According to EC, 13
candidates are in the
fray in Azamgarh,
where 18.38 lakh people
are eligible to vote. Six
candidates are contest-
ingfromRampur,which
has 17.06 lakh voters.
In Rampur, the BJP
fielded Ghanshyam Lo-
dhi, who recently joined
the party. Asim Raja,
handpicked by Azam
Khan is the SP candi-
date. The Mayawati-led
BSP is not contesting
from Rampur.
The Azamgarh seat is
seeing a triangular con-
testamongBJP’sDinesh
Lal Yadav ‘Nirhua’, a
Bhojpuri actor-singer,
SP’sDharmendraYadav
and BSP’s Shah Alam,
also known as Guddu
Jamali.
Of 18.38 lakh voters
in Azamgarh, 9,70,249
are men, 8,67,942 wom-
en and 36 belong to the
third gender category
.
Officials said 2,176
booths were set up at
1,149 polling stations of
the constituency, where
estimated 15 per cent of
the population is Mus-
lims. In Rampur, the
community makes up
for a little less than half
of the population.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Noida and
greater Noida have
emerged as favourite
destinations for setting
up financial technolo-
gy (Fintech) companies
over the last four years.
It had been decided
during the first tenure
of Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath that a Fin-
tech City would be de-
veloped over 100 acres
spread across Noida
and Greater Noida.
There are 239 Fin-
tech start-ups in Noida.
These are working
largely in one or more
of the four main fin-
tech areas — digital
lending, payments,
blockchain and digital
wealth management.
Most companies are
witnessing a fast pace
of growth in view of
the rapid adoption of
digital payments across
all sectors in India.
The availability of
world-class infrastruc-
ture, uninterrupted
electricity supply, in-
ternet connectivity and
trained human capital
have made Noida and
Greater Noida favour-
ite destinations for Fin-
tech companies.
Companies like Pine
Labs, Spice Money, Pay-
tm Payments Bank, Ad-
visorymandi, DI-
GISPICE, OneCode,
Wishfin, GramCover,
FanTiger, Marquee Eq-
uity, Easypolicy, Bud-
dy4Study, Oye Loans,
PayMe India, PortDesk,
Nivesh.com, and many
more have been doing
business in Noida for
many years.
Some of the areas in
which they are work-
ing include diversified
payment solution for
businesses and mer-
chants, agent-based
payment solutions to
consumers and busi-
nesses, digital bank for
individuals and busi-
nesses, equity research
platform focused on
stocks, suite solutions
for government agen-
cies, referral-based
marketing solutions,
comparison platform
for consumer loans,
online life and non-life
insurance comparison
platform focused on
rural areas.
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The Alla-
habad High Court has
stayed the transfer or-
der of 36 Provincial
Armed Constabulary
(PAC) head constables,
constables, including
the petitioner, from the
civil police to the
armed police.
A single bench of
Justice Siddharth
passed this order while
hearing a petition filed
by Kamal Kumar Trip-
athi and 35 Others.The
petition has been filed
praying for quashing
of the transfer orders
dated 18.04.2022,
07.05.2022 and
11.05.2022 passed by
the Additional Super-
intendent of Police,
PAC Headquarter at
Lucknow and Inspec-
tor General of Police,
PAC Headquarter, Ut-
tar Pradesh at Luc-
know.
Further prayer has
been made for direct-
ing the respondents to
not to interfere with
the functioning of the
petitioners on the post
of constables and
head constables in
PAC and pay their
regular salary.
Counsel for the peti-
tioners submitted that
as per Rule 41 of the
Uttar Pradesh Prade-
shik Armed Constabu-
lary Subordinate Of-
ficer Service Rules,
2008, the Constables
and Head Constables
posted in PAC may be
transferred from one
place to another by the
order of PAC Estab-
lishment Board but in
the case, the petition-
ers have been trans-
ferred without their
consent from PAC to
armed police in vari-
ous zones / Commis-
sionerate.
The Court allowed
two week’s time to the
Standing Counsel to
file counter affidavit
clearly stating the le-
gal position regarding
both the rules afore-
said. “Till then the
transfer orders dated
18.04.2022, 07.05.2022
and 11.05.2022 shall re-
main stayed, provided
the petitioners have
not been relieved,” the
Court ordered.
(Top) Voters at a polling station in Azamgarh on Thursday.
(Bottom) Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi casts his vote in
Rampur. —PHOTOS BY PTI
BJP HAS MISUSED
POWER: AKHILESH
“The BJP misused
power in the bypolls to
Azamgarh and Rampur.
Hurdles were created
by the ruling party to
disrupt polling,”
Akhilesh Yadav said
in a statement issued
here. “Though the EC
was informed, the
entire election machin-
ery remained a mute
spectator. Voters were
not allowed to vote
without fear,” he added.
Yadav alleged that all
this was done in a
planned way.
Lucknow: Samajwa-
di Party spokesman
Rajendra Chaudhury
alleged that the police
pressured people to
vote for the BJP in both
Rampur and Azamgrh.
He said that there was
bogus voting at several
polling stations and
defective EVMs were
also found. SP polling
agents were removed
from several polling sta-
tions in Gopalpur, Sagdi,
Mubarakpur, Azamgarh,
Mehnagar assembly
constituencies, he said,
while at DAV Degree Col-
lege Azamgarh a booth
level officer (BLO) was
working for the BJP, and
at Tanda voters were not
allowed to exercise their
franchise. Similarly, he
said, in Swar assembly
segment in Rampur,
governmental machinery
was used to stop people
from voting. He said
Muslim women were not
allowed to vote in Swar.
Chaudhury said there
were reports of irregu-
larities in several areas
of Rampur. He said
resentment was brew-
ing in the state against
anti-people policies of
the BJP government.
The SP hoped that the
party would retain both
Rampur and Azamgarh
with huge margin.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
UP bypoll results to also have impact
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: Results of the
bypolls in Rampur and
Azamgarh will also have a
slight impact on the vote
strength of the parties in
the presidential polls. There
are 403 assembly members
in UP, while 80 MPs and
31 Rajya Sabha members
are elected from here. The
value of the vote of an MP
is 700, so the total value
of the votes of Lok Sabha
members in UP, with 80 par-
liamentary seats, is 56,000.
On the basis of the results of
Azamgarh and Rampur, the
exact calculation of the vote
strength of the MPs of the
parties will be possible.How-
ever, if BJP wins both seats,
then the count of its MPs will
reach 66-(64 BJP, 2 Apna
Dal (S)). In that case, the
BJP alliance will have 46,200
votes. If SP wins both seats,
then along with its previous
three MPs, it will have two
more MPs together, and will
have 3,500 votes, and if it
wins only one seat its votes
will be 2,800. Congress with
only one MP has 700 votes;
this count will remain the
same as it is not contesting.
BSP with 10 MPs has 7,000
votes. If it wins Azamgarh,
its strength will increase
to 7,700. In any case, the
BJP alliance in UP with over
1.19L votes has the potential
to play a decisive role in the
presidential election.
Noida, Greater Noida
fav destination for
Fintech companies
Saharanpur (PTI): A seven-year-old girl was alleged-
ly raped by a madrassa teacher here, police said on
Thursday. SP (Rural) Suraj Rai said the girl’s father
lodged a complaint, accusing the madrassa teacher
of raping his daughter on Wednesday. Rai said the
accused also threatened to kill her if she told her
family members about it. Police have registered a
case against the accused under Section 376 of the
IPC and the POCSO Act, he added.
There are 239
Fintech start-ups
in Noida. These
are working in
digital lending,
payments, digital
lending wealth
management
Allahabad HC stays transfer of 36 PAC personnel to armed police
Judicial work shouldn’t be held up due
to bar elections, says High Court
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The Alla-
habad High Court has
observed the work of a
Court cannot be
brought to a grinding
halt on account of the
holding of elections of
a registered society
while dismissing a pe-
tition. A single bench
of Justice J.J. Munir
said this while hearing
a petition.“The Court
takes particular notice
of the order dated
13.09.2021, where the
Trial Judge has ob-
served that HC has di-
rected the suit to be
decided within two
years, but despite re-
peatedrequests,noone
is appearing.
This was so because
the Bar had abstained
from judicial work.
Thisconductof theBar
is not only reprehensi-
ble, but also downright
illegal. The Bar Asso-
ciation is, after all, a
registered society and
cannot hold up the
functioning of a Sover-
eign Court by their
resolutions.
Whatever they do,
they do it at the peril of
the litigants whose in-
terest their Members
represent. If the Coun-
sel refuses to appear
and so do the parties,
the Court is supposed
to pass orders in ac-
cordancewiththeCode
of CivilProcedure,1908
thatprovidesfororders
to be made when par-
ties, both or one, are
absent,” Justice Munir
said. He observed,
“Again on 14.12.2021,
theMembersof theBar
abstained from work,
because Bar Elections
were going on. It is be-
yond imagination that
the work of a Court
would be brought to a
halt, because the elec-
tions of a registered
society
. No doubt, the
Members of the Bar
are superior officers of
the Court, but the Bar
Association is no more
than a registered soci-
ety established for the
welfare of the Mem-
bers of the Bar and to
positivelycontributeto
the functioning of its
individual Members.
TOTAL 83,824 MLA VOTES FROM STATE
According to the population of 25m and 403 assem-
bly members, the total value of the votes of MLAs
here is 83,824. The BJP alliance with 273 MLAs has
56,784 votes. The number of votes of the SP alliance
with 125 MLAs is 26,000. Congress and Jansatta Dal
have two MLAs each. Each of these parties has 416
vote values. BSP with just one MLA has the lowest
vote value of 208. The total value of votes of 31 seats
in Rajya Sabha is 21,700, of which BJP with 25 seats
has 17,500 votes. SP, with five RS members, has
3,500 votes and one-member BSP has 700 votes.
Congress doesn’t have any RS member from UP.
SP alleges large-scale
bungling during voting
13 candidates in fray
in Azamgarh, while
six contesting from
Rampur seat
Azam Khan alleges police
highhandedness in Rampur
Lucknow: Senior Samajwadi Party leader Mohammad
Azam Khan on Thursday alleged that the UP police
“wreaked havoc” on the eve of the Lok Sabha bypolls in
Azamgarh and Rampur parliamentary seats.
He said the police “misbehaved” with the SP Lok Sabha
candidate. “If there is a drop in polling percentage, then,
the police is to be blamed. I have been up all night.
We went to various police stations and the inspector
behaved very badly,” he said. He
said, “The cops wreaked havoc
overnight. Jeeps and sirens
were everywhere in Rampur,
they took people to the police
stations and beat them up and
I have heard of some money
transfers as well. It is shame-
ful.” Azam Khan said: “I am a
criminal, I accept... so my city
has also been presumed to be
the same. They can do what-
ever they want, we have to
endure. If I want to stay, I
have to endure.”
Madrassa teacher booked for rape

uccessful de-
sign is not the
achievement
of perfection
but the mini-
mization and
accommoda-
tion of imperfection.
Sana Singh Bika is a
gorgeous model from
Jaipur who proved
that the price of suc-
cess is hard work,
dedication to the job
at hand, and the de-
termination that
whether we win or
lose, we have ap-
plied the best of
ourselves to the
task at hand. Along
with this glitz and
glamour world,
this young and
stunning
diva manages her stud-
ies well
Describe yourself,
and what would you
say are some vital
skills or characteris-
tics to have to make it
in the modelling
world?
I am happy-go-lucky
but take challenges
very seriously and be-
lieve in the complete
spelling of the word
PERFECTION, from P
to N and I try to do
things with PERFEC-
TION. In the modelling
world, one has to be on
edge above the rest to
be different and when
one is different then
one is been watched
admired and sought
out like a cherry on
the cake n rain-
bow in the sky
after rain
when sun-
shine.
What inspired
you to find the Su-
permodel in you.
Share some insides
of your journey.
I dreamt of being a
model from my early
childhood days. I used
to share this passion
of mine with my par-
ents who took me seri-
ously and encouraged
me and guided me to
do stretching work-
outs for good
height and see-
ing the re-
sults I was
self-motivat-
ed to practice
expressions n of
course walk and
attitude etc.
What was the biggest
rookie mistake you
made when just start-
ing?
Three years back I got
my very long curly
hair locks cut into
very short hair, which
I still regret a lot.
What has been the
most memorable or
rewarding moment in
your career?
I think a lot of reward-
ing moments are yet to
comeasIhavejuststart-
ed but one is the mo-
ment when the first
time I walked on the
ramp for a show. I felt
like a butterfly ready to
take flight in the beauti-
ful modelling world to
glorify it with my pas-
sion.Iwanttorepresent
the My Nation on Inter-
national level.
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JUNE 24, 2022
Stunning beauty
Stunning beauty
Sana Singh Bika
Sana Singh Bika
hailing from Jaipur
hailing from Jaipur
shares her journey
shares her journey
with City First!
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SUHANI
KHATOR,
Artist
FACE
OF
THE
DAY!
Aries
MARCH 21 - APRIL 20
Your hard work and
dedication are likely to
be noticed by seniors,
paving way for
promotion or incre-
ment. Better to consult an expert in
financial matters before making an
investment. Family will be supportive
of career aspirations. A promising day
overall as you stay in limelight.
Gemini
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
The day is not likely to
pose any major
problems at workplace.
You will succeed in
resolving misunder-
standing with family members,
normalizing ties. You will remain much
in demand on social front. You need to
stand by partner during testing times to
make the relationship stronger.
Leo
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Avoid being indulgent in
your spending to
balance budget.
Continue to put in
efforts at work and you
will see promising opportunities
coming your way. Matrimonial match
for siblings will bring happiness for
entire family. You will get a good price
for your property.
Libra
SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 22
Senior management
will be appreciative of
your creative inputs on
professional front. Seek
the opinion of your
family before finalizing a property deal.
An impromptu invitation to a function
from an unexpected friend is likely to
be received. Your initiatives bring back
spark in relationship.
Sagittarius
NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 22
Yoga would help in
raising energy levels and
improve your metabo-
lism. Some of you are
going experience
emotional fulfillment on romantic front.
Place emphasis on domestic affairs to
enhance the domestic tranquility and
harmony. Associate with humanitarian
group on social front.
Aquarius
JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 19
Efforts made to improve
looks or personality will
bring desired results.
Distant relatives may
drop in for a surprise
visit. Investment antiques and
jewellery would bring handsome
financial gains. On professional front,
recognition for good work would
motivate you to work harder.
Taurus
APRIL 21 - MAY 20
Rewards and recogni-
tion will come your way
for your involvement in
a social endeavour. It’s a
very good day to take
calculated risks in financial matters.
Those suffering from chronic ailments
may find remarkable improvement in
their health with home remedies. You
will enjoy the trust of management.
Cancer
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Develop a good
adaptability to handle
pressurized situation on
professional front.
Paying special attention
to plan your career would give
immense joy. You are likely to get
clearance or approval for your
construction plans. You find things
moving in the way you want them.
Virgo
AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 23
Chances of being misled
by competitors in
business are high, so
remain alert. You may
get a chance to pursue
old hobby. Health tips from an expert
will enable you to get closer to your
fitness goals. Your generous behavior
would enable to enjoy some lovely
moments with family.
Scorpio
OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Don’t give a firm
commitment in
financial matters before
considering the viability
of the project. You
succeed in completing an important
project well before deadline. Disagree-
ments in the family are foreseen. Be
careful about the legal apprehensions
in the property you are planning to buy.
Capricorn
DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 20
It is good day to
confess your love as
stars appear favourable
for positive reply. Your
sole dependency on
friends may fail to bring any respite
from loneliness today. Roadblock in
the matrimonial alliance of kin gets
cleared bringing happiness for the
entire family.
Pisces
FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 20
A sound monetary posi-
tion would enable you
to keep pace with
changing times. Avoid
raising controversial
issues at home to maintain harmony.
Successful implementation of new
ideas and projects would add to your
prestige on the professional front. It is
a good day to build new connections.
MARITAL BLUES
SHOWING
AFFECTION
guest at a wed-
ding observed
the bride and the
b r i d e g r o o m
warmly exchang-
ing loving glanc-
es and tenderly holding
on to each other! No one
could deny that they
were deeply in love! As
the newlyweds graceful-
ly moved together, the
guest wondered how long
would their marriage
stand the test of time? As
the years go by, will their
love deepen or will it take
wings and fly away?
What happens to
“love” after one gets mar-
ried? One husband said,
“It was wonderful before
we got married, but
somehow after the wed-
ding, it fell apart. All the
love I thought I had for
her and the love she
seemed to have for me
evaporated.”
When it is unswerving
and enduring, the love be-
tween a man and a wom-
an can truly be beautiful.
Since there are so many
breakups, one can realis-
tically ask, whether last-
ing love is possible!
The true and abiding
love between marriage
partners includes affec-
tion and attachment.
Thus, love is best sensed
when it is expressed. So,
one must not allow the
activities of daily life to
prevent one from show-
ing affection. It conveys
to the other person care
and protection – any
problem one faces is im-
portant to the other. It
makes the marriage
flourish. The pleasant
memories of expressed
affection enhance the un-
failing quality of love.
Someshowlessaffection
as the years go by
. Just as
foodisessentialinkeeping
the body healthy
, affection
strengthens the marriage.
Even after decades of be-
ingmarried,husbandsand
wives need regular reas-
surance from each other
that they are cared for and
valued each day
.
Using words like, “you
are beautiful!” or “pre-
cious” can make the part-
ner feel cherished. Affec-
tion can also be shown in
writing through text mes-
sages and e-mails. A lov-
ing glance, an occasional
gift, supporting one an-
other and doing different
tasks together can nour-
ish the relationship.
At times, busy hus-
bands and wives regu-
larly plan ‘date nights’ or
‘date weekends’ to be to-
gether. They treat their
partner as lovingly as
they did when they were
first dating. One can even
plan to do something as
simple as taking regular
walks - just the two of
them together.
Each person is unique
in his or her need for af-
fection. Rather than de-
manding affection, one
can ask oneself, ‘what
can I do to make my part-
ner feel more affection-
ate towards me?”
Sincere expressions
that enhance the self-
worth of one’s partner
are reinforcing. When
one makes his / her part-
ner feel important, any
misunderstanding, if
there is, melts and helps
them bare the depths of
their heart.
One husband candidly
admits, “I became emo-
tionally involved with
my work. When I would
come home, all I wanted
was to talk about the ex-
citing challenges of my
job. Though I would give
a casual hug to my wife,
my mind would be on
something else.”
Theresult–hiswifefelt
neglected and left out
since her husband was
insensitive to her emo-
tions. After a while, the
wifenolongercaredwhen
her husband poured out
his problems and she
would respond with indif-
ference. She distanced
herself emotionally
. De-
spite his being an able
provider and she, a capa-
ble mother, they had de-
prived each other of one
basic need – affection.
Lack of affection deep-
ly hurts as it makes a
husband and wife stran-
gers to each other emo-
tionally. One’s self-confi-
dence gets shattered.
Some partners suffer in
silence as if all is well.
But the body feels what
the brain chooses to ig-
nore. Constant pain,
headaches, knotted stom-
ach and depression re-
sult due to unresolved
conflicts and lack of to-
getherness.
Another husband ex-
pressed his feelings, “I
noticed when we were
alone, my wife showed
very little enthusiasm.
But as soon as someone
called or visited, she
would become excited,
ignoring me completely.
She acted as if she pre-
ferred the company of
others. I was crushed.”
A person may hesitate
to express his or her emo-
tional needs because of
fear of rejection or disil-
lusionment. Trying to
discern what is behind
the partner’s remarks
helps. Why is he/she tell-
ing me this? Is it due to
lack of affection or mere
thoughtlessness? Is extra
time needed to soothe
and ease matters?
By creating some qual-
ity time each day and by
sharing small everyday
happenings, understand-
ing improves in mar-
riage. Little things mean
a lot. They cement last-
ing relationships.
Thoughtful words, glanc-
es or meaningful actions
mean so much in keeping
the partnership warm.
Small expressions of
trust and dependability
can bring deep satisfac-
tion and keep the flames
of love burning.
REKHA KUMAR
The writer is a personal development
skills facilitator
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J
anhvi Kapoor is on a promotional spree these days
and is leaving no stones unturned to promote her
film, GoodLuck Jerry
. The Roohi actress is leaving
her fans stunned with her promotional looks and
on Thursday, yet again she dropped a couple of pictures
of her in a red shimmery gown looking hot and sexy
. We
bet her pictures will leave your heart racing. In the pic-
tures that Janhvi Kapoor posted oozing oomph in a red
shimmery gown with a spaghetti strap. The dress had a
thigh-high slit and was backless. Sharing these pictures,
Janhvi wrote, “if #Jerry was a cherry
.” The moment she
posted these pictures,
fans could not stop
commenting on
these pictures.
Even Sara Ali
Khan posted
three fire
emojis in the
comments
section.
Trailer Release
E
ver since the news of Rajkummar Rao collaborat-
ing with Sanya Malhotra came out, fans have been
eagerly waiting to see these two powerhouses
sharing the screen space. Well, recently the mo-
tion poster of Hit – The
First Case, featuring the
Roohi actor was re-
leased and that has
already gotten the
excitement levels of
the fans a notch
higher. As prom-
ised the trailer of
the film is out
and we bet fans
cannot wait to
see the film in
the theatre.
Indeed it is exciting to see Rajkummar
and Sanya in this new avatar.
HIT-The First Case is the re-
make of the Telugu movie
of the same name. An-
other highlight of
the trailer is the
chemistry be-
tween the actors.
VAANI
KAPOOR
AS SONA
LOVE IS IN
THE AIR!
I
brahim Ali Khan and Palak Ti-
wari grabbed eyeballs when they
were spotted at an eatery in
Mumbai. But trust us when we
say ‘they are just friends’ because
the Bijlee Bijlee sensation Palak
Tiwari is dating Zoya Akhtar’s up-
coming film The Archies’ actor Ve-
dang Raina!
Shocking, isn’t it? Here’s how
they hit it off. Palak Vedang share
same talent agency. They met each
other at one of the parties organ-
ised by their talent agency and they
hit it off right away have been
dating since then. A source close to
Vedang revealed that they have
been seeing each other for more
than two years now! Their growing
intimacy and PDA at private par-
ties are creating a lot of buzz
in the B-Town
but somehow,
they have
managed to
keep their
relationship
under wraps.
head of the Shamshera trailer’s release
on June 24, Vaani Kapoor has now
shared a new poster of her character
from the film. The Chandigarh Kare
Aashiqui actress introduced herself as
‘Sona.’ It is a highly anticipated film of
the year and
also features Ranbir
Kapoor and Sanjay
Dutt in pivotal roles.
The period-action
film is produced by
Aditya Chopra under
Yash Raj Films and
directed by Karan
Malhotra.
Sharing the official
poster, Vaani captioned it: “She is relentless and
has a heart of gold. She is Sona! #ShamsheraT-
railer Out Tomorrow. Celebrate #Shamshera
with #YRF50 only at a theatre near you on 22nd
July.” In the poster, the actress is seen looking
stunning.
A
QUALITY
time with
HUBBY
A
ctress Karishma Tanna
is one of the most tal-
ented and good-looking
celebrities in the televi-
sion industry
. Karishma has
maintained an active social me-
dia presence and never fails to
amuse her fans with her
glamourous pictures. On
Thursday, Karishma
treatedherfanswithpic-
tures of her and Varun
as they are having a gala
timeinLonavla.Inthese
pictures, Karishma can
beseenrelaxinginapool
with her hubby and the
two are capturing their pre-
cious moments and sharing
them with their fans. Uploading
these snaps, Karishma cap-
tioned, “Water babies”. Earlier,
Karishma had also shared a
video of them while they were
travelling. Sharing this video,
she expressed her excitement
through her caption and wrote,
“Get away wit baby @varun_
bangera”.
Palak Tiwari Sanya Malhotra Janhvi Kapoor
Poster of the film
Karishma Tanna
Her post...
Poster
Vaani Kapoor
ETC
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