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MUMBAI l FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2022 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI TITLE NO. MAHENG/2022/14652 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 49
BJP’s tacit political gambit matches ‘Shinde Sena’
Renni Abraham
Mumbai: The Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP)
has offered the Deputy
Chief Minister’s post
to Maharashtra’s Ur-
ban Development Min-
ister Eknath Shinde,
who has rebelled and
claimed political con-
trol over the Shiv Sena
party, with the exclu-
sion of Chief Minister
Uddhav Thackeray
. The
move is being seen as
an effort to cobble to-
gether a government in
the state once again af-
ter a gap of 2.5 years,
even as the upper ech-
elons of the BJP con-
sciously maintain a
stoic silence.
Meanwhile, the Shin-
de faction is expected
to stake an official
claim over the Shiv
Sena after physically
parading over 42 MLAs
in front of Maharash-
tra governor Bhagat-
singh Koshiyari, as
early as Thursday.
“We have only pro-
vided tacit assistance
to the rebel Sena lead-
ers, including at least
three ministers, who
were disgruntled with
the unholy alliance
with the NCP and Con-
gress over the last 2.5
years. Shinde’s group
is expected to stake
claim to not only being
the real Shiv Sena but
also to the party sym-
bol of Dhanush-Baan
(bow and arrow). It is
our understanding that
42 Sena MLAs are with
Shinde along with in-
dependents, taking
their number to well
over 50,” a senior BJP
leader told First India.
The BJP is taking a
wait-and-watch ap-
proach from here on,
this person said, add-
ing, “Shinde is only
waiting
u p o n
a
couple of technical and
legal aspects and for-
malities to be complet-
ed before he presents
himself, with Sena and
independent MLAs
in tow, before the
Maharashtra gov-
ernor as early as
Thursday.”
The Sena MLAs
do not have prob-
lems with CM
Thackeray but
definitely with
NCP Chief
Sharad Pa-
war.
EKNATH SHINDE MAY PARADE MLAS BEFORE GOVERNOR, STAKE CLAIM OVER SHIV SENA AND PARTY SYMBOL TOO
‘IMMATURE POLITICS’
Reacting to First India’s article that Enforcement
Directorate cases against Sena (and MVA) leaders
precipitated the sudden flight of the rebels out of
Maharashtra, he further noted, “At best
seven to eight MLAs were impacted
by ED notices; immature politics has
brought about the state of affairs within
the Shiv Sena today. When Sena MP
Sanjay Raut said that at worst his party
will collapse, he only further ensured
that the fence-sitting Sena MLAs also
made a beeline for Guwahati.”
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Pilibhit (ANI): As
many as ten people
were killed and seven
others were injured af-
ter a vehicle carrying
pilgrims from Harid-
war collided with a tree
in the Gajraula Police
Station area here on
Thursday morning. “10
dead, 7 injured after a
DCM vehicle returning
from Haridwar met
with an accident at
about 4:30 am this
morning. Of the 17 peo-
ple, 10 died on the spot,
five are being treated at
a district hospital, and
two were referred to Ba-
reilly. We have contact-
ed their families,” said
Pulkit Khare, Pilibhit
District Magistrate.
Mangled remains of a vehicle
being pulled out from roadside
ditch after the it overturned
and fell, in Pilibhit on Thursday.

❍ 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, Russia,
India, China and South
Africa- of the grouping
have a similar approach
regarding the govern-
ance of the global econ-
omy
.
“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.
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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.

NEWS
MUMBAI | FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2022
02
As haemorrhage continues, 6
more MLAs, MLC fly to Assam
First India Bureau
Surat: Amid political
turmoil in Maharash-
tra following a revolt
by Shiv Sena minister
Eknath Shinde, six
MLAs and an MLC
from the neighbouring
state arrived in Guja-
rat’s Surat city on
Thursday and were
later flown to Guwa-
hati in Assam, where
party rebels are camp-
ing, in two chartered
flights, sources said.
Apart from the six
MLAs, Shiv Sena MLC
Ravindra Phatak also
reached Guwahati in
the BJP-ruled Assam
from Surat, where dis-
sidents were first
camping after arriving
from Mumbai on Mon-
day night, to join the
rebel camp.
Notably, Phatak was
part of a two-member
delegation sent by Ma-
harashtra CM Uddhav
Thackeray on Tuesday
to hold discussions
with Shinde and other
rebel Sena MLAs in Su-
rat to find a solution to
the political crisis
which has pushed the
Maha Vikas Aghadi
(MVA) government to
the brink.
As per passenger de-
tails accessed by the
media, Phatak along
with Shiv Sena MLAs
Dadaji —Agriculture
Minister in the MVA
government —Bhuse
and Sanjay Rathod left
for Guwahati in a char-
tered flight from Surat
on Thursday afternoon.
In the morning, four
other MLAs—Mangesh
Kudalkar, Ashish
Jaiswal, Sada
Sarvankar, and Deepak
Keskar—reached the
North-eastern city in
another chartered
plane from Surat, sourc-
es said, citing the flight
passenger list.
Shinde is currently
camping with 37 rebel
MLAs of the Sena and
nine independents in a
Guwahati hotel.
Ravindra Phatak, Thackeray’s emissary to rebels also heads to Guwahati to join them
TROJAN HORSE?
Maharashtra Shiv Sena MLA Dadaji Bhuse, MLA Sanjay Rathod and MLC Ravindra Phatak with
Eknath Shinde, at the Radisson Blu hotel in Guwahati. on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Shinde’s removal as group
leader valid: Dy Speaker
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Maharash-
tra Legislative As-
sembly’s Deputy
Speaker Narhari Zir-
wal on Thursday said
he has approved the
appointment of Ajay
Choudhary as the
Shiv Sena’s group
leader in the House,
replacing rebel legis-
lator Eknath Shinde.
The Shiv Sena on
Tuesday removed Shin-
de as the party’s group
leader in the Assembly,
hours after he revolted
and and travelled to Su-
rat in Gujarat with
some Shiv Sena MLAs,
triggering a crisis in
the tripartite Maha Vi-
kas Aghadi (MVA-com-
prising the Sena, NCP
and Congress) govern-
ment in Maharashtra.
“I have received a let-
ter from the Shiv Sena,
informing me that it is
appointing Ajay Choud-
hary as the party’s lead-
er in the Assembly and
removing Shinde from
the post with immediate
effect,” Zirwal told re-
porters on Thursday
.
“I have accepted the
letter, which was sent
by Chief Minister Ud-
dhav Thackeray,” the
deputy speaker said,
adding that Shinde’s re-
movalastheSenagroup
leader in the Assembly
was valid.
Notably, Shinde had
on Wednesday given a
letter to the deputy
speaker, signed by 34
MLAs, replacing Sunil
Prabhu with Bharat
Gogavale as the chief
whip of the Shiv Sena
legislature party
.
Renni Abraham
Mumbai: Even as po-
litical turmoil within
the Shiv Sena party
has spilled over, the
Congress party is still
reconciling itself to
the fact that seven of
its MLAs cross-voted
in the Vidhan Pari-
shad elections June 20,
in defiance of the de-
fied the party diktat.
“Seven Congress
MLAs defied the party
directive for the Vid-
han Parishad polls.
Two to four MLAs even
cross-voted for the
wrong Congress candi-
date. We had allotted 29
votes for Chandrakant
Handore, who needed
26 to win but got only
22. The mischief took
place at a very high
level in the party,” a
senior Congress leader
told First India.
With Handore allot-
ted 29 votes, Bhai Jag-
tap should have re-
ceived the remaining
15 Congress MLA
votes, still short of
eight votes to win.
“Seven Congress
MLAs definitely voted
for Jagtap instead of
Handore, whose candi-
dature was decided at
the high-command lev-
el. Rajya Sabha member
KC Venugopal and Ma-
harashtra public works
department’s Congress
Minister Ashok Chavan
were entrusted the task
to ensure the Congress
Dalit candidate
emerged victorious just
like in the Rajya Sabha
elections when Imran
Pratapgarhi got all the
44 Congress first prefer-
ence votes,” this person
added.
The Congress leader
noted that Mallikarjun
Kharge, the overseer
designated by the high
command for the Vid-
han Parishad polls, did
not have a hands-on
role in the process.
“This will have seri-
ous consequences for
the Congress party, not
only in the forthcoming
BMC elections in Mum-
bai but also, across the
state; already Dalit sen-
timents are being
roused against the par-
ty for having let down
Handore’s candida-
ture.”
While the Congress
high command has
been informed about
the apparent violation
of the party diktat for
the Vidhan Parishad
polls, party leaders in
Maharashtra are left
wondering whether a
political recovery is
even possible at this
point.
As Shiv Sena faces break-up, Congress rues Handore’s loss
MAJOR RAMIFICATIONS
lll
Deliberate cross-
voting by 7 Cong
MLAs against
Dalit leader
Chandrakant
Handore may cost
it dear in
forthcoming civic
elections in
Mumbai, and rest
of Maharashtra Chandrakant Handore suffered a surprise loss in the recent MLC
polls. —FILE PHOTO
Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde is seen playing chess at a
hotel, in Guwahati, on Thursday. He had submitted a letter earlier
stating that the party’s move to remove him as leader was ‘illegal’.
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
RISING VISIBILITY
Police and media personnel stand outside the hotel where the group rebel MLAs from
Maharashtra are staying, in Guwahati on Thursday.
A poster is put up in support of Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde, at Mira Bhayandar, in
Maharashtra’s Thane district on Thursday. —PHOTOS BY ANI
Some might want to
return, but can’t: Sena
MLA who ‘escaped’
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Shiv Sena
MLA Kailas Patil,
who had escaped from
a car carrying rebel
legislators to Surat,
on Thursday claimed
some of those taken
to the camp led by
Eknath Shinde might
be wanting to return,
but were forced to
stay back.
Addressing the media
in Mumbai, Patil re-
called how he walked
fora long distance near
the Maharashtra-Guja-
rat border, then got a lift
on a two-wheeler and a
truck to reach Maha-
rashtra in the wee hours
of Tuesday
.
Patil said after he cast
his vote in Mumbai on
June 20 for the Maha-
rashtra Legislative
Council polls, he was
calledtoShinde’sbunga-
low in Thane.
The MLA from Osa-
manabad said he along
with some others were
taken to Thane mayor’s
bungalow, where their
cars were changed be-
fore proceeding further.
“One of his (Shinde’s)
staff was with me and
we crossed Vasai-Virar. I
don’t know much about
the area, but as we
reached the (Maharash-
tra-Gujarat)checkpost,I
realized that I was being
taken in a different di-
rection,” he said.
“When the cars
stopped, the staff mem-
bersaidtherewascheck-
ing at the post and told
me to take a little walk. I
opened the car door and
saw there was a huge
traffic jam,” Patil said.
After getting out of
the car, the MLA crossed
the lane and got onto the
road going towards
Mumbai, he said, recall-
ing that he also got
drenched in the rain at
that time.
“There may be some
MLAs who want to re-
turn, but are unable to
come back due to pres-
sure or other problems,”
he claimed.
I walked between
trucks for about
1km. I asked a biker
for a lift, but he re-
fused. Later, another
person helped me
and left me at a ho-
tel, 3-4km away
from the check post.
Eventually, a truck
driver gave me a
ride till the Dahisar
toll plaza (naka).
—Kailas Patil, Sena MLA
Rebels counter
‘forcibly taken’
claim with photos
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Eknath
Shinde-led rebel fac-
tion of the Shiv Sena
on Thursday released
photographs of Sena
MLA Nitin Desh-
mukh who returned
to Maharashtra a day
ago and alleged that
he was forcibly taken
to Surat in Gujarat.
Addressing a press
conference here, Desh-
mukh alleged that he
was taken to Surat and
when he realised the
conspiracy against the
Maha Vikas Aghadi
government he tried to
run away but was
caught by Surat Police.
Soon after, the
Eknath Shinde camp
released pictures of Ni-
tin Deshmukh with
other rebel MLAs.
Nitin Deshmukh signs a paper reportedly in support to the
Shinde group in Surat on Wednesday, but now he has returned to
Mumbai. —PHOTOS BY ANI
Shinde’s camp released a pic of Deshmukh with the rebels after
he alleges that he was forcibly taken to Surat.
‘Shinde went against leadership for MLAs’
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Rebel Shiv
Sena MLA Sanjay
Shirsat has written a
letter to Chief Minis-
ter Uddhav Thackeray
,
claiming that state
minister Eknath Shin-
de took the step of go-
ing against the party
leadership as Sena
MLAs, who faced “hu-
miliation” for the last
2.5 years, persuaded
him to do so.
Shirsat, the MLA
fromAurangabad(West)
Assembly constituency,
in a three-page letter
dated June 22, claimed
that despite the Shiv
Sena being in power, the
coterie around Thack-
erayneverallowedthem
access to “Varsha”, the
CM’s official residence.
There was no question
of going to the state sec-
retariat,becausetheCM
never came there, he
said.
Shirsat said Eknath
Shinde opened doors
for the party MLAs.
The letter was posted
by dissident leader
Shinde on his Twitter
handle, claiming these
were the sentiments of
the Sena MLAs.
While the Shiv Sena
legislators had no ac-
cess to the chief minis-
ter, the Congress and
NCP, which are the
“real opponents” of the
Shiv Sena, were getting
all the attention,
Shirsat claimed in his
letter, adding that par-
ty MLAs were not al-
lowed to accompany
cabinet minister Aadi-
tya Thackeray (the
CM’s son) to Ayodhya.
Cops stand guard outside ‘Varsha’, the official residence of CM
and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, in Mumbai on Thursday.

MAHARASHTRA
03
PWD engineer
arrested for
taking bribe
from contractor
Thane: The Anti-Cor-
ruption Bureau (ACB)
arrested a section en-
gineer working with
the Public Works De-
partment (PWD) in
Raigad district for al-
legedly taking a bribe
of `10,000 from a con-
tractor, the ACB said
on Thursday
.
The accused, Bho-
jwanta Amrutrao Shin-
de, had demanded mon-
eyfromthecontractorin
exchangeforapprovalof
bill payment and refund
of the security deposit.
The aggrieved con-
tractor lodged a com-
plaint with the ACB,
which laid a trap at the
PWD office on Wednes-
day and caught the engi-
neer when he accepted
the amount from the
complainant.
According to Deputy
Superintendent of Po-
lice, ACB Raigad, Sush-
maSonawane,anoffence
has been registered
against the accused un-
der the provisions of the
Prevention of Corrup-
tion Act.
HCjunksRanepleaagainstBMCorder
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Bom-
bay High Court on
Thursday dismissed
the plea filed by Un-
ion Minister Narayan
Rane by saying that it
did not appear to be a
case of political ven-
detta. Rane had chal-
lenged the Brihan-
mumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC)
order that rejected an
application for regu-
larization of alleged
unauthorized por-
tions of his residen-
tial bungalow in sub-
urban Juhu.
A bench led by Jus-
tice RD Dhanuka said
Rane’s plea, which had
claimed political ven-
detta behind the civic
body order, was “devoid
of merits and deserved
to be dismissed.” It,
however, stayed the
implementation of its
order for six weeks af-
ter Rane’s lawyer, sen-
ior counsel Milind
Sathe, sought time to
file an appeal against
the HC order.
The bench also re-
strained the BMC from
taking any coercive
action against Rane,
a BJP leader, vis-a-vis
the Juhu bungalow
for the same period of
six weeks.
Rane approached the
HC on Wednesday chal-
lenging the order
passed by the BMC on
April 07 rejecting his
application for regular-
ization and retention of
some portions of the
bungalow, which, as per
the civic body, were in
breach of municipal
and coast zone norms.
The BMC, through
senior counsel Aspi
Chinoy, and advocate
Joel Carlos submitted
that Rane had made
changes to open areas
and converted them
into usable, closed
structures.
It also said that while
the Union minister had
been granted an occu-
pation certificate in
2013 for his bungalow
that was constructed
over an area of 745 sq
m, the structure cur-
rently had stretched the
FSI limits to three times
of what had initially
been approved.
The HC, however,
said the BMC was right
in not regularizing
Rane’s additional con-
struction and changes
made at the bungalow
since he had already
used up all the FSI
granted to him at the
time of approval of his
sanction plan.
“Since the construc-
tion is totally unauthor-
ized, a question of po-
litical rivalry between
the Shiv Sena (headed
by Uddhav Thackeray)
and any other party be-
ing behind the BMC no-
tices does not arise,”
the HC said.
FSI PERMIT
The Supreme Court has held in several
judgements that all applications for regu-
larization have to be decided only in ac-
cordance with the law. In the present case, the BMC
cannot consider the entire plot for granting extra
FSI when the occupation certificate was granted for
745 sq m of area only.
—Bombay High Court
Court says there is no political
vendetta involved in rejection of
regularization of his Juhu bungalow
Union Minister Narayan Rane — FILE PHOTO
HC asks govt about
preservation of
Ambedkar’s scripts
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Bom-
bay High Court on
Thursday asked the
Maharashtra gov-
ernment what steps
it was taking to pre-
serve and maintain
the original hand-
written scripts of
social reformers Dr
Babasaheb Ambed-
kar and Jyotiba
Phule.
A division bench
comprising Justice
PB Varale and Justice
SD Kulkarni was
hearing a petition
taken up suo motu in
December 2021, after
the media reported
that the Maharashtra
government had halt-
ed its project of pub-
lishing the literature
of Ambedkar.
On Thursday
, advo-
cate Swaraj Jadhav,
appointed to assist
the court, informed
the HC that most of
the original hand-
written manuscripts
of Ambedkar and
Phule were stored in
a small and dingy
room in an old build-
ing in south Mumbai.
With the onset of
the monsoon, there is
a strong likelihood
that the papers may
get spoilt, leading to
permanent irrevers-
ible damage, he fur-
ther said.
Government plead-
er Purnima Kantha-
ria told the court that
the government
would be filing its af-
fidavit.
The bench then
asked Kantharia to
also say in the affida-
vit what steps the gov-
ernment is taking to
preserve the scripts.
The court posted
the matter for further
hearing after four
weeks.
As monsoon
prevails, the Dalit
freedom fighter’s
handwritten
notes may be
damaged
Anil Parab appears before ED for 3rd consecutive day
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Maharash-
tra Transport Minis-
ter Anil Parab ap-
peared before the En-
forcement Directo-
rate (ED) in the city
on Thursday for the
third day in a row, in
connection with a
money laundering
case registered
against him by the
agency.
Parab reached the
ED’s office at Ballard
Estate in South Mum-
bai at around 2.45 pm,
said an official.
The ED has been
questioning him in the
money laundering
probe linked to the al-
leged violation of coast-
al regulation zone pro-
visions in the construc-
tion of Sai Resort in
Dapoli beach area of
the state’s Ratnagiri
district, he said.
Earlier, the ED had
questioned Parab for
more than six hours on
Wednesday and for over
10 hours on Tuesday
.
Parab, 57, is a three-
time member of the Ma-
harashtra Legislative
Council and also holds
the transport and par-
liamentary affairs port-
folios. He is said to be
close to Chief Minister
Uddhav Thackeray
.
The ED had raided
his premises and those
allegedly linked to him
in May
, after registering
a fresh case under the
Prevention of Money
Laundering Act
(PMLA) against him
and others. However,
the Shiv Sena leader de-
nied any wrongdoing.
Anil Parab
The Enforcement
Directorate had
questioned Parab for
more than six hours
on Wednesday and
for over 10 hours
on Tuesday
SUNSET HUES
People watch the setting sun as dark clouds hover in the sky during monsoon season, at Sagar Vihar Waterfront in Navi
Mumbai. —PHOTO BY PTI
7 sarpanches removed from
posts over irregularities
Thane: The Konkan
divisional commis-
sioner in Maharash-
tra has removed seven
sarpanches (village
heads) and a deputy
sarpanch from their
posts over alleged ir-
regularities in work
and mismanagement
of panchayats, said
officials on Thursday.
On February 15 this
year, the commissioner
had held a hearing in
connection with com-
plaints and reports
against 35 office-bear-
ers of various village
panchayats.
Based on reports sub-
mitted by the CEOs of
Thane, Raigad, Ratna-
giri, Palghar and Sind-
hudurg zilla parishads,
the divisional commis-
sioner initiated action
against some of these
office-bearers, said a re-
lease from the commis-
sioner’s office.
The sarpanches of
Pendur-Vengurli in
Sindhudurg, Rasal-Sud-
hagad Pali, Vavandal-
Khalapur and Talavali-
Ashtami villages of
Roha in Raigad have
been removed from of-
fice. They have also
been disqualified as
members of the respec-
tive panchayats, it said.
Besides, the sar-
panches of Usap-Doda-
marg, Kalsuli-Kankavli
villages in Sindhudurg,
Nandap-Kalyan in
Thane and deputy sar-
panch of Kadaval-Ku-
dal in Sindhudurg have
also been removed
from office, but their
panchayat member-
ship is retained, added
the release.
Based on reports submitted by the CEOs
of Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Palghar
and Sindhudurg zilla parishads, the di-
visional commissioner initiated action against
some of these office-bearers.
—Konkan divisional commissioner’s office
Truck carrying charcoal
catches fire, driver unhurt
First India Bureau
Palghar: A charcoal-
laden truck caught
fire on the busy Mum-
bai-Ahmedabad high-
way on Thursday
morning.
The truck driver
jumped out in time and
escaped unhurt while
thevehicularmovement
ontheroutewasdisrupt-
ed for a couple of hours.
The vehicle caught
fire near the Charoti
toll naka in Manor area
of Palghar district
around 6.15 am when it
was on its way to
Ahmedabad in Gujarat
from Mumbai, said a
fire brigade official.
After being alerted,
local firemen and police
rushed to the spot, but
the truck was complete-
ly gutted by that time,
he said.
The fire was later
doused and the vehicle
was removed from the
spot.
A fire brigade official
said they suspect that a
short-circuit in the
truck led to the blaze,
but the exact cause was
still not known.
Short-circuit thought
to be primary reason;
traffic disrupted on
Mumbai-Ahmedabad
highway
Sarfaraz’s century propels Mumbai to 374 on Day 02
Kushan Sarkar
Bengaluru: In blazing
form this season,
Mumbai’s Sarfaraz
Khan hit a superb cen-
tury that kept his side
ahead against Madhya
Pradesh in the Ranji
Trophy final, being
played in Bengaluru,
on Thursday
.
Courtesy Sarfaraz’s
fourth hundred of the
season 134 off 243 balls
-- the 41-time champions
managed a fighting 374
in their first innings af-
ter beginning the day at
248 for five.
But Madhya Pradesh
won’t be too unhappy as
they finished the second
day at 123 for one with
Yash Dubey (44 not out)
and Shubham Sharma
(41 not out) adding 76
runs for the unbroken
second wicket.
The day belonged to
Sarfaraz, who has now
scoredanastounding937
runs in Ranji Trophy in
just six games and could
make it 1,000 for the sea-
son if Mumbai bats
again in this match.
His innings had 13
boundaries and two
huge sixes. But what
stood out was how he
managed the innings af-
ter Shams Mulani was
trapped leg before by
Gourav Yadav (4/106) in
the opening over of the
second day
.
The manner in which
Sarfaraz has turned a
corner since the 2019-20
season (928 runs back
then) is phenomenal as
he had disciplinary is-
sues early in his career,
which also forced him
to leave Mumbai for a
season.
With father Naushad
Khan, who also doubles
up as his coach, making
him play 400 balls (near-
ly 67 overs including
nets and knocking) a
day at practice, Sarfar-
az 2.0 is a battle-hard-
ened man, the khadoos
street fighter that any
captain would want to
go to a war with.
HIGHLIGHTS
At 937 runs
from six Ranji
Trophy games,
the batsman
could reach
1,000 if Mumbai
bat again in
this match
Sarfaraz Khan celebrates after scoring his century on Day 02 of the Ranji Trophy final against
Madhya Pradesh at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru, Thursday. —PTI PHOTO

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
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 re-
moved. According to
the Independent, Ms
Correia, who was
crowned Miss United
Continents Brazil in
2018, died at a private
clinic on Monday
. She
had been in a coma for
the past two months.
She underwent surgery
to remove her tonsils
but days later she suf-
fered heavy bleeding
and had a heart attack
on April 4. Ms Correia’s
body has been sent to a
medical examiner for an
autopsy
.
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
FROM PG 1
BJP’S TACIT...
Thakeray further al-
ienated undecided
Sena MLAs by stating
that he enjoyed a very
good rapport with Con-
gress chief Sonia Gan-
dhi and Kamal Nath as
well as Sharad Pawar,
during his social media
address.”
He also emphasized
that far from “escap-
ing”, Sena MLA Nitin
Deshmukh was actual-
ly escorted back to Nag-
pur on a chartered
flight by two BJP work-
ers “who also enjoyed
dinner with Deshmukh
after reaching Nagpur
while waiting for the
latter’s friends”.

06
INDIA
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

BIZ BUZZ
07
New Delhi (PTI): The
Indian media and en-
tertainment industry
is expected to grow at a
CAGR of 8.8% and
reach `4.30 lakh crore
by 2026, according to a
report by global consul-
tancy firm PwC.
The growth would be
paced by digital media
and advertising
through deeper pene-
tration of the internet
and mobile devices in
the domestic market,
along with traditional
media, which will hold
their steady growth,
the report said.
TV advertising is ex-
pected to reach over
`43,000 crore by 2026. It
will make India the
fifth-largest TV adver-
tising market globally,
after the US, Japan,
China and the UK.
The Indian media
and entertainment in-
dustry is expected to
be around `3.14 crore
in 2022, registering an
overall growth of
11.4%, as per the
PwC’s Global Enter-
tainment Media
Outlook 2022-2026.
India’s OTT Video
services are expected
to become a `21,031
crore industry in the
next four years by 2026,
in which `19,973 crore
would come from sub-
scription-based servic-
es and `1,058 crore from
Transactional VOD
(video on demand).
“It is subscription
services that are driv-
ing this rapid growth,
accounting for 90.5% of
revenue in 2021 and set
to account for 95% in
2026,” it said.
The population size
and widespread use of
mobile-led Internet
video will underpin
rapid growth in the
OTT market over the
forecast period.
In particular, up-
take of 5G will permit
low-latency services
such as OTT video
streams, greatly boost-
ing the sector.
BOOM BY YEAR 2026
Media industry likely to touch `4.30 lakh cr
India to grow by 7-7.8% in
FY23:Experts
...ON THE BACK OF BETTER AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION
New Delhi (PTI):
The Indian econo-
my can grow by
7-7.8% this fiscal on
the back of better
agriculture produc-
tion and a revital-
ised rural economy
amid global head-
winds mainly due
to the ongoing Rus-
sia-Ukraine war,
eminent econo-
mists said.
Eminent econo-
mist and BR Ambed-
kar School of Eco-
nomics (BASE) Vice-
Chancellor NR Bha-
numurthy said at
present Indian econ-
omy is facing multi-
ple headwinds large-
ly from external
sources.
Noting that global
inflationary pres-
sures and the Russia-
Ukraine war have
brought in risks to
the economy, which
is otherwise strong
with all the domes-
tic macro funda-
mentals being well
managed, he said
unlike advanced
economies, India’s
Covid stimulus
measures, especially
the fiscal policy in-
terventions, are less
inflationary and
rather growth-en-
hancing. “With bet-
ter agricultural pro-
duction and revital-
ised rural economy
India should touch
7% growth in the
current year despite
global headwinds,”
Bhanumurthy said.
Echoing similar
views, eminent econ-
omist and ISID direc-
tor Nagesh Kumar
said the high-fre-
quency indicators
point to a robust
growth momentum
carrying through
2022-23 with a real
GDP growth some-
where between
7-7.8%. French econ-
omist Guy Sorman
said India could be
severely impacted by
the high cost of en-
ergy and fertilis-
er imports.
Global headwinds pose risks
New Delhi (PTI):
The World Bank has
cut India’s economic
growth forecast for
the current fiscal
to 7.5% as rising
inflation, supply
chain disruptions,
and geopolitical ten-
sions taper recovery.
India’s economy grew
8.7% in the last fiscal
(2021-22) against
a 6.6% contrac-
tion in the previous
year. Nagesh Kumar
noted that the global
headwinds of rising
commodity prices
do pose downside
risks for the Indian
economic outlook
as the CPI levels
are elevated. “Yet,
I do not think that
India is heading
towards stagflation,
given that the growth
momentum seems
quite robust,” Kumar
argued. According to
Guy Sorman, inflation
has become a global
phenomenon, caused
by unanimous poor
money management,
an excess of public
expenses (largely
justified to compen-
sate for Covid-19),
and low-interest
rates. “The monetary
bubble is exploding
everywhere. India
is not different,” he
pointed out.
Govt aim to keep
FY23 fiscal deficit
at 2021 level
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): India’s govern-
ment will not be able to
cut its budget deficit
this fiscal year as previ-
ously projected, offi-
cials said, but will seek
to cap the shortfall at
last year’s level to pre-
vent a major deteriora-
tion in public finances.
Efforts to maintain
some fiscal discipline
reflect New Delhi’s
concern around risks
to its sovereign credit
rating but will likely
limit the government’s
firepower to contain
inflation and provide
relief to households
and businesses.
In February, Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi’s government set
a fiscal deficit target
of 6.4% of gross do-
mestic output (GDP)
for the year that start-
ed on April 1, com-
pared with a deficit of
6.7% last year.
The sources said that
while increased spend-
ing to provide relief
from inflation meant
the government would
miss this year’s target,
policymakers would
seek to limit the devia-
tion to 30 basis points.
“We will try to con-
tain the slippage to last
year’s levels,” one of
the officials said.
Investment through
P-notes declines
New Delhi (PTI): In-
vestment in the Indian
capitalmarketsthrough
participatory notes (P-
notes) dropped to
`86,706 crore till May-
end from the preceding
month, while experts
say foreign investors
will reverse their sell-
ing stance and return to
the country’s
equities in
the com-
ing 1-2
q u a r t e r s .
Acc to Sebi
d a t a ,
the val-
ue of P-note invest-
ments in Indian mar-
kets — equity, debt, and
hybrid securities —
stood at `86,706 crore at
May-end compared to
`90,580 crore at April-
end. Of the total `86,706
crore invested through
the route till May 2022,
`77,402 crore was in-
vested in equi-
ties, `9,209
crore in
d e b t ,
and `101
cr in hy-
brid se-
curities.
Irdai to extend
testing period
to 3 years
New Delhi (PTI): Ir-
dai is mulling to ex-
tend testing of prod-
ucts under the regu-
latory sandbox mech-
anism to up to three
years. The Irdai
Chairman said all
these initiatives will
help in furthering
the goal of insurance
penetration and
reaching out to more
and more people.
Vi defers `8,837
cr AGR payment
New Delhi (PTI):
Debt-ridden telecom
operator Vodafone
Idea has decided to de-
fer payment of addi-
tional adjusted gross
revenues of `8,837
crore dues by a period
of four years.
The company in a
late night filing on
June 22, said that the
DoT on June 15, has
raised adjusted gross
revenue (AGR) de-
mand for additional
two financial years
beyond 2016-17, which
were not covered un-
der the Supreme court
order on the statutory
dues.
Vodafone Idea (VIL)
in the filing said that
its board of directors
“has approved the ex-
ercise of the option of
deferment of the AGR
related dues by a pe-
riod of four years with
immediate effect, in
accordance with the
said DoT Letter. The
amount of the AGR
related dues as stated
in the said DoT Letter
is `8,837 crores which
is subject to revision
on account of disposal
of various representa-
tions”.
The government
calculates its share of
revenue from telecom
operators based on
their AGR, which is
considered to have
been earned by them
from the sale of ser-
vices.
VIL filing said that
the DoT has offered
the company a mora-
torium of four years
for all AGR related
dues up to Financial
Year 2018-19
Noida Int’l Airport selects ICAD
Holding as MSI consultant
Mumbai (PTI): The up-
coming Noida Interna-
tional Airport (NIA) at
Jewar has selected glob-
al technology firm
ICAD Holding as its
Master System Integra-
tor (MSI) consultant, as
it aims to become the
country’s first green-
field digital airport.
The airport’s digital
plans include paperless
processing across all
checkpoints in line
with the central govern-
ment’s DigiYatra policy
.
ICAD, as part of its
mandate, will support
the facility with the sys-
tems integration de-
sign, integration pro-
gram management and
integration of ICT and
Airport Systems, ac-
cording to a Yamuna
International Airport
Private Limited (YIA-
PL)statementonThurs-
day. The firm, which is
a specialist for design,
installation, integra-
tion, and maintenance
of ICTsystemsrequired
to set up a modern, digi-
tal airport, will also
lead the core airport
systems implementa-
tion and integration, it
said.
Capabletomfgpaper
strawsinIndia:IPMA
New Delhi (PTI): The
Indian paper industry
has enough capacity
and technological
know-how to manufac-
ture paper for making
paper straws and oth-
er similar products in
the country
, said IPMA
in on Thursday
.
The industry’s reac-
tion came after the
concerns raised by
several FMCG compa-
nies recently that the
paper required for
making straws is not
available in India, ne-
cessitating imports,
and that it will take
time to have enough
domestic capacity to
meet the demand.
Terming it as “factu-
ally incorrect”, the In-
dian Paper Manufac-
turers Association
President A S Mehta
said a “wrong impres-
sion” is being created
that presently there is
no Indian paper mill
that can manufacture
the required paper for
making paper straws
and opposed any ex-
tension of the dead-
line on this pretext.
New Delhi (PTI): Hero
MotoCorp on Thursday
said it will hike prices
of motorcycles and
scooters by up to `3,000
from July 1 to partially
offset the steadily grow-
ing overall cost infla-
tion, including com-
modity prices. “The ex-
act quantum of in-
crease will be subject to
the specific model and
market”. “The price re-
vision has been neces-
sitated to partially off-
set the steadily growing
overall cost inflation,
including commodity
prices”.
VIL in the filing
said that its board
of directors “has
approved the
exercise of the op-
tion of deferment
of the AGR related
dues by a period
of four years with
immediate effect.
The amount of
the AGR related
dues as stated
in the said DoT
Letter is `8,837
crores which
is subject to
revision.
VIL’S SAY
IN FILING
Hero MotoCorp to
hike motorcycle,
scooter prices
ICAD SUPPORT TO THE FACILITY
Sensex, Nifty rebound
to close nearly 1% high
Mumbai (PTI): Equity
benchmark indices
Sensex and Nifty
bounced back on Thurs-
day to close higher by
nearly 1% on gains in
banking, IT and auto
shares amid mixed
global trends.
The 30-share BSE
Sensex rose by 443.19
points or 0.86% to settle
at 52,265.72. The NSE
Nifty advanced 143.35
points or 0.93% to
15,556.65.
From the Sensex
pack, Maruti, MM,
Asian Paints, Bharti
Airtel, TCS, Sun Phar-
ma, Wipro, ICICI Bank
were the major gainers.
On the other hand, RIL,
NTPC, Power Grid and
UltraTech Cement were
the laggards.
` SETTLES AT ALL-TIME LOW
OF 78.32 AGAINST US DOLLAR
Mumbai (PTI): The
rupee on Thursday
closed at its all-time
low of 78.32 (provi-
sional) against the
US dollar as strong
American currency and
persistent foreign fund
outflows weighed on
investor sentiments. At
the interbank foreign
exchange market, the
local currency opened
at 78.26 and finally set-
tled at its all-time low
78.32, unchanged from
its previous close. On
Wednesday, the rupee
declined by 19 paise to
settle at an all-time low
level of 78.32 against
the US dollar.
Upwards growth

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
TOBACCO PRODUCTS WORTH OVER `59
LAKH SEIZED; THREE PERSONS HELD
YOUNG FARMER KILLED AFTER BEING
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IN GONDIA
ELDERLY WOMAN’S BODY FISHED OUT
FROM WELL IN THANE; CASE LODGED
37-YEAR-OLD MAN KILLED BY NAXALS IN
GADCHIROLI DISTRICT AFTER ABDUCTION
Palghar: Three people were arrested, and gutka
along with banned tobacco products worth over
Rs59 lakh were seized on Mumbai-Ahmedabad
Highway in Thane district, police said on Thurs-
day. Based on a tip-off, the local crime branch set
a trap, intercepted two vehicles, and recovered
banned tobacco products worth Rs 59.7 lakh,
district superintendent of police Palghar Rural
Balasaheb Patil said. Offenses under various sec-
tions of the IPC, FDA regulations, and Food and
Safety Regulations had been registered with the
Manor and Kasa police stations in relation to the
seizure and arrests.
Thane: The body of an 80-year-old woman was
fished out from a well at a village in Thane district
on Thursday. The regional disaster management cell
(RDMC) received a call about a body spotted in a
well at Betavade village in Diva area of the district,
RDMC chief Avinash Sawant said. Local firefighters
and RDMC personnel rushed to the scene and recov-
ered the body, which was completely decomposed,
he said. The victim, identified as Tulsabai Maruti
Sonawane, was mentally challenged, and the manner
in which she fell into to the well is yet to be ascer-
tained. The body has been sent for post-mortem and
a case of accidental death has been registered in this
regard, it was stated.
Nagpur: Naxals have allegedly killed a 37-year-old
man in Gadchiroli district, police said on Thursday.
The rebels allegedly abducted the victim, Lucky
Kumar Oksa, from his home in Malampodur village
on Wednesday night and murdered him with sharp
weapons, a senior police official said. The victim’s
body was found in the village on Thursday morning.
The motive behind the killing remained unknown.
The police were investigating the incident.
CRUCIAL READ
Gondia: A 27-year-old farmer died after being struck
by lightning at a village in Gondia district on Thurs-
day, an official said. The incident occurred around
2.30 pm in Arjuni Morgaon tehsil of the district. The
victim, identified as Pavankumar Manohar Gudewar,
resident of Bortola, was working on his field when
he was struck by lightning, the official said, adding
that the panchnama was done and the police were
informed.
2,479 new COVID-19 cases in Mumbai,
50% higher than Wed’s tally of 1,648
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Mumbai re-
corded 2,479 new
COVID-19 cases, a
50% increase from
the previous day’s to-
tal of 1,648 cases, and
one death due to the
infection in the last
24 hours. The city
crossed the 2,000-
mark after three
days.
Maharashtra is
among the states wit-
nessing an upsurge in
COVID-19 cases after
witnessing a lull for
months. On Thursday,
the state reported 5,218
new cases, with the
state’s capital city ac-
counting for nearly
half of them.
Union Health Minis-
ter Mansukh Mandavi-
ya chaired a high-level
review meeting with a
team of experts to dis-
cuss the country’s ris-
ing COVID-19 cases. He
emphasised the impor-
tance of focusing on
districts with a high
positivity rate and con-
ducting adequate test-
ing and effective sur-
veillance in order to
assess and control the
spread of infection in a
timely manner.
Mandaviya directed
that officials continue
to focus on surveil-
lance and Whole Ge-
nome Sequencing
(WGS) to look for any
possible mutations. He
also called for monitor-
ing of hospitalizations
due to the highly con-
tagious infection.
India reported a
surge in infections to-
day with 13,313 new
cases, and 38 deaths.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Tata Power
announced that it
has set up 150 “green
energy-powered” EV
charging points
across residential so-
cieties, malls, com-
mercial complexes
and petrol pumps in
Mumbai.
These chargers are
powered by renewa-
ble/clean energy
sources like wind, so-
lar, and hydropower.
“The initiative is in
line with Tata Power’s
‘Do Green’ mission,
which aims to inspire
its consumers to use
green and sustainable
energy solutions in
their daily lives” said
Tata Power president
Sanjay Banga.
Tata Power and the
National Real Estate
Development Council
(NAREDCO), Maha-
rashtra, have also
worked together to es-
tablish up to 5,000 EV
charging stations
around Maharashtra.
Over 200 electric bus
charging stations, as
well as more than
13,000 home chargers
(for private use), are de-
ployed throughout In-
dia by Tata Power. The
company has consist-
ently worked to provide
green services to the
residents of Mumbai
through its various
green solutions, which
include green electric-
ity, solar rooftop, DSM
Programs, and home
automation.
More than 17,000 cli-
ents in Mumbai have
chosen green electric-
ity as of this writing,
which has reduced
about 126 kilotonnes of
carbon emissions.
Tata Power sets up 150 EV stations with green fuel
NEXON CATCHES FIRE, PROBE UNDERWAY
Mumbai: In the last
couple of months,
several electric scooters
have caught fire in India,
however, in a first such
case involving an electric
car in India, a Tata Nexon
EV caught fire in Mum-
bai. Videos making the
rounds on the internet
shows a Tata Nexon
EV engulfed in flames
outside a restaurant in
the West Vasai area of
Mumbai. As of now, the
cause of this particular
incident is not known.
The company said in a
statement that “a detailed
investigation is cur-
rently being conducted
to ascertain the facts of
this isolated incident.”
“We will share a detailed
response thereafter. We
remain committed to the
safety of our vehicles
and their users,” it
added. According to the
video, the owner of the
car charged his Nexon
EV with a normal slow
charger installed at his
office. After driving about
5 km towards his house,
he heard some weird
sounds from the car and
saw flashes of warnings
on the dashboard which
alerted him to stop the
vehicle and get out of
the car. Later, firefighters
were seen spraying water
on the burning Nexon
EV. There have been no
reports of loss of life or
injury due to the incident.
Cop booked for raping woman
on false promise of marriage
First India Bureau
Mumbai: An offence
has been registered
against a policeman
for allegedly raping a
42-year-old woman on
the false promise of
marriage in central
Mumbai, an official
said on Thursday
.
Based on a complaint,
an FIR under section 376
(rape) of the IPC has
been registered against
an assistant police in-
spector posted with the
Nagpur police.
The accused police-
man and the victim had
known each other since
2019. After promising to
marry her, the accused
and the victim travelled
to Mumbai and stayed in
a lodge, where he alleg-
edly raped her.
The woman ap-
proached the police as
the accused had not ful-
filled his promise.
The program is
aligned with Tata
Power’s ‘Do Green’
campaign
The EV car got engulfed in flames outside a
restuarant in West Vasai area of Mumbai, video
of the incident has gone viral on social media
1 dead, nine
injured in
slab collapse
at cloth unit
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A 22-year-
old man lost his life
and as many as nine
persons were injured
when a slab of an in-
dustrial unit col-
lapsed on them in the
eastern suburb of
Chembur in Mumbai
city on Thursday.
According to a Bri-
hanmumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC), the
incident took place
around 3.15 pm at Push-
pak compound in
Ganesh Nagar area of
Chembur camp.
At least 10 persons
working in the garment
factory located in the
two-storey building
were injured in the col-
lapse, he said.
Controversial POCSO circular withdrawn by Maharashtra govt
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Maha-
rashtra government
on Thursday in-
formed the Bombay
High Court that the
circular requiring
prior permission for
registration of cases
under Protection of
Children from Sexual
Offences (POCSO) Act
and molestation laws
has been withdrawn.
However, a notifica-
tion to that effect, is
yet to be issued.
A division bench
comprising Justice Ni-
tin Jamdar and Justice
NR Borkar clarified
that the subject matter
of the petition was as-
signed to a different
bench. And hence, it
was not to be presented
before them.
A petition was filed
by a city resident re-
cently seeking quash-
ing of the circular by
contending that it was
arbitrary
.
On June 06, Mumbai
Police Commissioner
Sanjay Pandey had is-
sued a circular, which
said a FIR for molesta-
tion or under the POC-
SO Act should be regis-
tered only upon a rec-
ommendation by an
ACP and after receiving
permission of the DCP
of the zone. The reason
then cited for the direc-
tive was that many
times false cases of
such offences are regis-
tered due to disputes
over property
, money or
because of personal
feuds.
However, the Nation-
al Commission for Pro-
tection of Child Rights
(NCPCR) had sought
withdrawal of the or-
der, saying it will vio-
late the rights of sexual
abuse victims.
Pandey had later said
if majority feels other-
wise, the directive can
be reconsidered.
The Bombay High
Court, on June 09, had
askedthegovernmentif
the controversial circu-
lar issued by the Mum-
baipolicecommissioner
could be withdrawn.
MOVE COMES AFTER WIDESPREAD OUTCRY OVER VIOLATION OF RIGHTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIMS
Mumbaicityalmost
outofpotablewater
duetoweakrains?
First India Bureau
Mumbai: This year’s
monsoon has been
unusual. According
to data from the In-
dia Meteorological
Department (IMD),
the Mumbai city and
suburbs experienced
significant rainfall
deficits in June this
year, with most moni-
toring stations, in-
cluding the San-
tacruz base station,
receiving only half
of the average pre-
cipitation amount for
this period.
Now, In a shocking
turn of events, data
from the Brihanmum-
bai Municipal Corpora-
tion (BMC) has indicat-
ed a possible shortage
of potable water in
Mumbai, with water
stocks only enough to
last the city 38 days.
While Mumbai re-
ceived some good spells
of rain since last week,
the catchment lakes in
and around the city
have suffered a distinct
lack of continuous rain-
fall. These city lifelines
catch and supply fresh
water to the region, and
their water stocks have
now dropped to less
than 10% of what is re-
quired.
According to IMD
forecasts, however,
there is hope as the en-
tire Konkan belt—
which includes the city
of Mumbai—is slated
to receive heavy to very
heavy rainfall in iso-
lated areas over the
next five days. This has
also resulted in the city
being put under a yel-
low watch status advis-
ing residents to ‘be up-
dated’ till Saturday,
June 25.
To go without a water
cut, Mumbai must have
at least 14.47 lakh mil-
lion litres of water in
reserve by October 01.
However,currentstocks
lie at a meagre 1.43 mn
ltr in the seven lakes of
the city. For reference,
last June’s total water
stocks stood at 2 lakh
mn ltr or roughly 15%.
BMC officials are
hopeful that rainfall
this week will help re-
plenish the water stock.
Mumbai: The arrival of south-west monsoon in
Mumbai and the Konkan region has brought some
respite from the heat wave conditions which were
prevailing earlier. According to IMD official, KS
Hosalikar, active monsoon conditions will prevail
over Maharashtra and the rainfall warning (orange
alert) will continue for next 5 days for Maharash-
tra. Also severe weather warnings have been given
for Konkan including Mumbai, Thane and near by
regions. As per reports, cloudy sky with moderate
rain in the city and suburbs is expected to stay.
CLOUDY SKY WITH MODERATE RAIN
LIKELY IN MUMBAI SUBURBS TODAY
BMC officials are hopeful that this week's showers will help
replenish the water stock. — PHOTO BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE
Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey — FILE PHOTO
Maharashtra among
states that have
witnessed a surge in
nCoV cases after a lull
of several months

Royal Elegance
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.
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JUNE 24, 2022
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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

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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
A
YOUR DAY Horoscopeby
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