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First India Bureau
Lucknow : Chief Min-
ister Yogi Aditynath
chaired a meeting on
Monday to review prep-
arations for the Third
Ground Breaking Cere-
mony which will be at-
tended by nearly 50 in-
dustry bigwigs in Luc-
know on June 3.
The target of invest-
ment has been in-
creased from Rs 75,000
crore to Rs 80,000 crore,
with a further target of
generatingemployment
for more than 5 lakh
youths.
The Chief Minister
gave instructions to the
senior state govern-
ment officials to make
thorough preparations
and also took a briefing
on the guests for the
event, their seating ar-
rangements, stay, etc.
To make it a grand
success, CM Yogi is per-
sonally supervising the
arrangements for the
massive ceremony
which is sure to mark a
turning point in the
emergence of UP into a
Trillion dollar econo-
my
. There will be an ex-
hibition with 110 stalls
in total, out of which 60
will be dedicated to the
ODOP scheme. There
will be stalls on rocket
technology and
Brahmos Missile, high-
lighting the upcoming
Defence Corridor in the
state, one of the two
commissioned in the
country so far. Several
companies like the Ada-
ni Group will also be
putting up stalls.
Top industrialists who
have confirmed their
presence are Sudhir
Mehta, chairperson of
Torrent Pharmaceuti-
cals Limited; Niranjan
Hiranandani, manag-
ing director of Hiranan-
dani Group; Parth Jin-
dal, director of Jindal
Group; Pirojsha Godrej,
executive chairperson
of Godrej Properties
and director Godrej
Group; Sanjiv Puri,
managing director of
ITC; Yousuf Ali, man-
aging director of Lulu
Group; RC Bhargava,
chairperson of Maruti
Suzuki India Ltd
amongst others.
CM Yogi Adityanath participates from Gorakhpur in the PM CARES FOR CHILDREN programme on Monday
Of 110 stalls in
the exhibition, 60
will be of ODOP
`20,000 CRORE IN DATA CENTRES
More than 20,000 crore rupees are being invested in data
centers that will be set up in UP. In terms of the number
of projects being launched this time, the top department
is food processing with 474 projects worth Rs 4,118.39
crore. In terms of value, the top department is IT and
Electronics where the number of projects is 14 but the
investment intent is a staggering Rs 20,587.05 crore.
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BJP'S2MORERSCANDIDATESINUP
Lucknow: The BJP announced the names of its two more
candidates for Rajya Sabha polls from UP. Mithilesh Kumar
hails from Shahjahanpur
in UP and is a Dalit leader
while K Laxman is from
Telangana and is the
president of BJP OBC
Morcha. The party had
released names of six
candidates on Sunday.
SAMEER WANKHEDE
TRANSFERRED
TO CHENNAI
FUEL RETAILERS IN
22 STATES TO HALT
BUYING TODAY
New Delhi: Former NCB
officer Sameer Wankhede,
who is facing action for
a “shoddy” probe into
the drugs-on-cruise case
against Bollywood actor
Shah Rukh Khan’s son Ary-
an Khan, was transferred to
DG of Taxpayers Services in
Chennai on Monday.
New Delhi: Fuel pump dealers
will not buy diesel, petrol
from oil marketing companies
today, demanding reimburse-
ment of losses they incurred
on overnight excise duty
reductions announced by
Centre this month & mecha-
nism to insulate them from
frequent excise duty tweaks.
K Laxman MithileshKumar
8 YEARS OF MODI GOVT
8 BIG ACHIEVEMENTS
UPSC:
WOMEN
SECURE TOP
3 RANKS
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hruti Sharma, Ankita Agarwal and Gamini Singla have
secured the first, second and third rank respectively in
the civil services examination 2021, results of which
were announced by the Union Public Service Commis-
sion (UPSC) on Monday. As many as 685 candidates have
qualified the prestigious test, it said, without sharing further
details of the candidates selected in the examination.
1st
Shruti
Sharma
New Delhi
Ankita Agarwal
West Bengal
Gamini Singla
Chandigarh
2nd 3rd
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NEPAL TARA AIRLINES PLANE TRAGEDY
21 PASSENGERS, INCLUDING
4 INDIANS DEAD IN CRASH
Rescuers recovered 21 bodies from wreckage
site of plane in Mustang, 1 person still missing
Govt has formed five-member commission
of inquiry to find out cause of Tara Air crash
Kathmandu: Rescuers
on Monday recovered 21
bodies from the site in
Nepal’s mountainous
Mustang district on
Sunday with 22 people
on board, including four
Indians, minutes after
taking off from the tour-
ist city of Pokhara, of-
ficials said. However, all
of the 22 people who
were on board have
been confirmed dead,
according to the passen-
ger list released by the
airline on Monday
.
The Canadian-built
plane, flying from
Pokhara was carrying 4
Indians, 2 Germans and
13 Nepali passengers,
besides a three-member
crew. 1 person was still
missing, statement add-
ed. A preliminary probe
revealed that plane had
crashed into mountains
after it swerved to the
right, instead of turn-
ing to left due to inclem-
ent weather, CAAN DG
Pradeep Adhikari said.
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2
THE INDIAN FAMILY ON BOARD
“Vaibhavi and her ex-hus-
band Ashok were mandated
by family court to go on va-
cation of 10 days with their
children every year after
their divorce. Vaibhavi works
in a Bandra-based company
& looks after her mother,
who has not been well for a
long time,” police said.
MOOSE WALA MURDER
1 arrested, 6 detained
Modi releases benefits for kids
who lost parents to Covid-19 Chandigarh: Day after
Punjabi singer, Cong
leader Sidhu Moose
Wala was killed Police
has detained a suspect
who is likely involved
in murder of Sidhu, 6
people were nabbed in
Uttarakhand on Mon-
day
. One is suspected to
bememberof Lawrence
gang, which is said to be
involved in murder. Pb
Police chief VK Bhawra
has said killing seemed
to be result of an inter-
gang rivalry. Father
writes to Punjab CM
demanding that probe
should be done by NIA
or a sitting HC judge.
INDIA ACHIEVING
NEW HEIGHTS: PM
PM Modi on Monday said
that the country was trapped
in scams and nepotism
before 2014 but it is now
achieving new heights. “We
sent medicines and vaccines
to countries across globe,
over 200 crore vaccine dos-
es have been administered in
the country,” Modi said.
New Delhi: PM Modi
on Monday released
benefits for children
who lost their parents
during pandemic. On
occasion, Modi trans-
ferred scholarships &
passbook of PM Cares.
Youth from 18-23 years
of age will get a stipend
every month and when
they are 23 years old,
they will get `10L, free
facility of treatment up
to `5L will also be avail-
able,” Modi said.
PM CARES
KEY UPDATES
If someone needs an education loan
for professional courses, for higher ed-
ucation, then the PM-Cares will help
in that too. 4,000 have also been arranged for
them every month through other schemes for
other daily needs. —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government
marked its eighth year in office on Monday.
PM Narendra Modi has been leading the country
since 2014, and in his second term, he was
able to ensure that his party won the faith of the
people by an even bigger margin. More on P5
MODI TO VISIT
SHIMLA TODAY
PM Narendra Modi will
visit Shimla on Tuesday to
participate in ‘Garib Kalyan
Sammelan’ which is being
celebrated across the coun-
try to mark eight years of the
government at the Centre led
by him. Modi will release the
11th installment of the PM
Kisan Samman Nidhi, worth
nearly Rs 21,000 crore.

z Mann requested CJ of Pb
and Haryana HC to get case
probed by sitting HC judge

z Congress, SAD seeks Pb
CM Mann’s resignation

z Judge Praveen Singh
said there was no ground to
entertain plea of Lawrence
that sought a direction to the
jail authorities not to give his
custody to Punjab police
ED arrests Delhi Health
Minister in `4.8 crore
money laundering case
KEJRIWAL ‘PREDICTED’ JAIN’S ARREST IN
JAN, JAIN SAID ‘READY TO BE ARRESTED’
New Delhi: Kejriwal had said in January that from
our sources, we have got to know that right before
the Punjab polls, ED is going to arrest (Delhi Health
and Home Minister) Satyendar Jain. They are most
welcome. Previously too, the centre had conducted
raids on Jain but got nothing. Back then, Jain had
also attacked BJP-controlled
central govt and said he
was ready to be arrested.
The timing of the arrest
may not have coincided
with Punjab polls but the
substantive matter
of arrest bore fruit
on Monday.
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: The ED on
Monday arrested Delhi
Health Minister Saty-
endar Jain in a case
connected to hawala
transactions related to
a Kolkata-based com-
pany
. These funds were
utilised for direct pur-
chase of land or for the
repayment of loan tak-
en for purchase of agri
land in and around
Delhi, officials told.
Arrest comes nearly
2 months after proper-
ties worth `4.81 crore
owned by AAP leader
his family were at-
tached by ED.CBI com-
plaint had said Jain
could not explain
source of `4.63 crore re-
ceived by four compa-
nies in which he was a
shareholder. It had reg-
istered a case against
him, his wife and 4
others on charges
of corruption. It
had earlier
questioned
him in 2018.
Financial
support of
`10 lakh on
attaining 23
years of age,
scholarships
Bidya Devi Bhandari
@PresidentofNP
Heartfelt tributes to
all those killed in plane
crash in Mustang.
Sher Bahadur Deuba
@SherBDeuba
I am sad to hear that
all passengers on
board are dead.
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Abrogation of
Article 370
2
Ram Mandir
in Ayodhya
3
Azadi Ka Amrit
Mahotsav
4
Pradhan Mantri
Garib Kalyan
Anna Yojana
5
Vaccination
for all and
Ayushman Bharat
6 Rescue
operations from
Afghanistan and
Ukraine
7 Pradhan
Mantri Kisan
Samman Nidhi
(PMKSN)
8
Pradhan Mantri
Awaas Yojana
l This is 2nd arrest of Kejri govt’s
mins, last week Pb Min Singla got
arrested over corruption charges
l Delhi Health Minister
Satyendar Jain held for
hawala transactions
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Satyendar Jain Arvind Kejriwal
Nepal Army physically
located site where a
Nepalese private airlines
plane crashed in Nepal’s
mountainous Mustang
district on Monday.
YOGI ADITYANATH
CONGRATULATES
“Wishing you all the best
for your bright future.
This glorious achieve-
ment is the reward of
their hard work, dedica-
tion and patience,” CM
Yogi Adityanath tweeted.
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ANOTHER FLASHPOINT
BJP leader Abhijat Mishra house detained by Hussainganj police while on way to perform
Jalabhishek at the Shivalaya mosque situated in Chhitvapur area of Lucknow on Monday.
—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
UP BJP KICKSTARTS SERIES OF
EVENTS TO MARK MODI'S 8-YR RULE
BJPstateunithasplannedaslewofprogrammesfromMay30toJune15
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh’s BJP unit
started a slew of pro-
grammes on Monday to
mark the completion of
eight years of the Nar-
endra Modi govt at the
Centre.
The celebrations will
continue till June 15.
Elaborating on the
plans, UP BJP’s general
secretary (organisa-
tion) Sunil Bansal said
under the ‘Report to Na-
tion’ campaign, CM
Yogi Adityanath, state
unit president Swatan-
tra Dev Singh, deputy
chief ministers Keshav
Maurya and Brajesh
Patha, will talk about
the achievements of the
central government on
June 1. On June 2 and
June 3, party MPs, dis-
trict presidents, district
in-charges, ministers
and MLAs will release
the booklet of achieve-
ments of eight years of
governance in the dis-
tricts.
Bansal also said that
‘75 ghante booth per’ (75
hours at the booth) cam-
paign will run from
June 4 to June 14.
Under this, BJP MPs,
MLAs and other public
representatives, offi-
cials of the state, region
and district and divi-
sional level will join the
campaign. Bansal said
after June 10, Union
ministers will visit var-
ious districts of the
state and talk about the
8-year rule of Modi. He
also said that on the oc-
casion of World Yoga
Day on June 21, yoga
sessions will be organ-
ised at 25,000 places.
PM Narendra Modi —FILE PHOTO
On May 30, assis-
tance will be given
from PM CARES
Fund to help the
children who have
lost their parents to
coronavirus infection.
On May 31, Modi
will release the next
installment of Kisan
Samman Nidhi to
farmers from Shimla,
said Sunil Bansal.
COMPENSATION
FIR against farmers
who abandon cattle,
warns UP Govt
Lucknow(PTI): The
govt on Monday said
FIRs under the Preven-
tion of Cruelty to Ani-
mals Act will be regis-
tered against farmers
who abandon their un-
productive cattle.
Animal Husbandry
Minister Dharampal
Singh said, “There is a
difference between ‘ka-
sai and kisan’ we will
care for the farmer, not
the butcher. FIRs will be
lodged under the pre-
vention of cruelty to
animals act against
those who set their cat-
tle free.”
He was replying to a
question by Samajwadi
Party MLA Awadhesh
Prasad in the UP As-
sembly during Ques-
tion Hour. Prasad had
sought to know the govt
plan to check the men-
ace of the stray cattle
and compensation to
those individuals who
are killed by them.
Singh said, “These
are not stray cattle but
those set free. Everyone
knows who set them
free. When a cow gives
milk, it is kept and
when it stops giving
milk it is set free.” The
minister further said
till May 15, 6,187 cow
shelters were made in
urban and rural areas
of the state and 8,38,015
cattle are kept there.
‘Govt may
form panel to
recruit health
dept staff’
Lucknow(PTI): Up
Deputy CM Brajesh
Pathak on Monday
said the govt would
consider constitut-
ing a selection com-
mission for filling
vacant posts in the
health department.
He was replying
to Samajwadi Party
member Mata Pras-
ad Pandey who
asked if the govt
would consider the
constitution of a
separate selection
commission for ap-
pointments in the
health department.
“We can consider
the constitution of
Swasthya Chayan
Ayog (selection
commission for
health depart-
ment),” Pathak,
who also holds the
health portfolio,
said in the Assem-
bly. Earlier, SP
member Manoj Ku-
mar Pandey raised
the issue of vacant
posts of dentists.
Replying to him,
Pathak said, “There
are a total 19,011
sanctioned posts of
dentists. Of these,
12,699 dentists are
occupied.” There
are no medical col-
leges in 27 districts.
the process is un-
derway to open
medical colleges
said Pathak.
Lucknow(PTI): While
the jury is still out on
Varanasi’s Gyanvapi
mosque case and on
Shahi Eidgah in Mathu-
ra, a senior UP minister
on Monday said that In-
dia became a “global
powerhouse” because
of its gods, and they are
its identity
.
He said that if any
govt, community, or or-
ganisation wants to
beautify the places as-
sociated with these
gods, then no one
should have any objec-
tions. ”Ayodhya is the
birthplaceof Lord Ram,
Mathura is birthplace
of Lord Krishna, and
Kashi was created by
Lord Shiv. It is because
of these gods that India
has its identity, and it is
because of them that
India has become a
global powerhouse
(‘vishwaguru’),” UP’s
sugarcane dev minister
Laxmi Narayan Chaud-
hary told. ‘‘Today, the
world is reading the
Gita the lesson taught
to Arjun by Lord Krish-
na. The entire world is
getting a message from
Lord Ram about how an
ideal son, an ideal hus-
band, an ideal brother,
should be’’, he said.
The minister also
said an opportunity has
now come to secure the
Indian culture, which
had been dismantled for
800-850 years.
Chaudhary refused
to comment on the on-
going Gyanvapi case in
Varanasi, and on Ma-
thura’s Shahi Eidgah
case, saying both the
matters are sub judice.
One thing I can categor-
ically say is that sur-
veys can be done for the
other places, but as far
as Mathura is con-
cerned, there is no
scope of any survey,”
Chaudhary said.
From the rival camp,
RLD chief Jayant
Chaudhary had given a
differing view on Sun-
day saying debates
such as those happen-
ing on the mosque
should not be enter-
tained in the modern
democratic India.
POLITICAL BELIEF
lll
Laxmi Narayan
Chaudhary
says an
opportunity
has now come
to secure the
Indian culture,
which had
been
dismantled for
800-850
years
‘India a global powerhouse because of its gods’
Sugarcane development minister Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary
Chaudhary refused
to comment on
the ongoing Gyan-
vapi mosque case
in Varanasi, and on
Mathura’s Shahi
Eidgah case, saying
both the matters are
sub judice.
NO COMMENTS
A student once mistook me for
Rahul Gandhi: Akhilesh Yadav
Lucknow(PTI): SP
president Akhilesh Ya-
dav on Monday de-
plored the quality of
education in UP and
recounted the day he
was mistaken for Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi by a child a school
when he was the state
chief minister. Yadav
was addressing the
state assembly during a
discussion on the state
budget.
In his address, he at-
tacked the BJP saying
that instead of “ease of
doing business”, there
was an “ease of doing
crime” in the state. UP
on education index is
fourth from the bottom.
This is the level of
education in the state
which gave so many
prime ministers, he
said, adding that even
Narendra Modi was PM
because of the state. “I
had once gone to a pri-
mary school where a
child did not recognise
me. When I asked who I
was, the child said Ra-
hul Gandhi’,” Yadav
said. When the mem-
bers in the treasury
benches laughed at this,
Yadav said, “They are
not sad about the level
of education in the
state, but because I took
the name of the Con-
gress leader.”
Akhilesh Yadav at the nomination of RLD President Jayant Singh
Chaudhary for Rajya Sabha, with the support of the Samajwadi Party,
at Vidhan Bhawan in Lko on Monday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
SP STAGES WALK-OUT OVER EVM ROW
SP members on Monday staged a walk-out from
the UP legislative council alleging that their party
workers are being harassed for protesting over
“unauthorised” movement of EVMs in Varanasi. In
March, SP workers had protested claiming that a
truck carrying EVMs was “intercepted” just ahead
of the counting of votes in the assembly polls. The
matter was raised during the Zero Hour through
an adjournment notice. SP leader Naresh Uttam
Patel said after the results were announced on
March 11, the police registered 2 cases against SP
workers who reportedly took part in the protest.
Govt to plant 175 cr
saplings in five years
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The UP
government has set a
target of enhancing
the state’s forest cov-
er by 15 per cent by
2030. For this, the
government has set a
target of planting 175
crore saplings in the
next five years. The
State govt has in fact
already embarked on
intensive plantation
during the rainy sea-
son since its first ten-
ure.
As a result, 101.49
crore saplings have
been planted with
the efforts of the gov-
ernment between
2017-18 and 2021-2022.
Looking at the prog-
ress year after year,
the target is bigger
and for this very rea-
son, CM Yogi wants
more and more peo-
ple to join the planta-
tion drive so much so
that it shapes up into
a mass movement.
This is the motive
behind schemes like
Navagraha Vatika,
Nakshatra Vatika,
Panchavati, Gangaa-
van, and Amritvan.
Indigenous plants
like Banyan, Peepal,
Pakad, Neem, Bael,
Amla, Mango, Jack-
fruit and Drumstick
will get preference
during the plantation
drive.
The intention of
the govt is that the
plantation during the
rainy season should
be according to the
agro-climatic zone of
the area concerned.
The minister further
said till May 15, 6,187
cow shelters were
made in urban and
rural areas of the
state and 8,38,015 cat-
tle are kept there.
CAMPAIGN
SIDBI launches enterprise connect desk at DICs
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Small In-
dustries Development
Bank of India (SIDBI),
Lucknow in association
with ODOP Cell, MSME
Dept, Govt of UP has
launched Enterprise
Connect Desks (ECDs)
in 35 District Industries
Centres (DICs) in the
state of UP.
These ECDs have
been set-up for enter-
prise promotion by en-
couraging aspiring
youth to take up entre-
preneurship and help
them in providing in-
formation of MSME re-
lated schemes of Govt.
of India, Govt. of UP,
Schemes of assistance
of Banks and SIDBI.
The program was inau-
guratedbyShriNavneet
Sehgal, IAS, Additional
CS, MSME Export
Promotion, GoUP. Seh-
gal in his inaugural ad-
dress appreciated the
effort of SIDBI and
ODOP in connecting
with the unemployed
youth to take up entre-
preneurship to become
job creators through
this novel initiative
which will facilitate
budding entrepreneurs
to connect with banks
to fulfill their dreams.
He also advised partici-
pants to download the
Udyam Sarathi App.
ACS Navneet Sehgal at the launch on Monday
Sunil Kumar, Jt.
Commissioner,
Industries,
GoUP
appreciated the
effort of SIDBI
23,512 people died due to
COVID-19 in UP: Govt
Lucknow(PTI): A
total of 23,512 people
died due to COVID-19
in the state, the UP
govt told the assem-
bly on Monday. The
govt reply came dur-
ing the Question
Hour after Samajwa-
di Party member
Manoj Paras sought
to know from the gov-
ernment the number
of casualties during
the pandemic.
Earlier in the day,
SP member Ravidas
Mehrotra had
claimed that 18.17
lakh people had died
in the state due to the
infection. Refuting
this, Deputy CM
Brajesh Pathak, who
also holds the health
portfolio, said 23,512
people died in hospi-
tals, home isolation
and in quarantine
centres since the out-
break of the pandem-
ic till May 12 this
year. He accused the
opposition of doing
politics over the
deaths. The ruling
party members
staged a walkout
when another SP
memberManojasked
how many ministers,
MLAs and former
ministers died due to
COVID.
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Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Monday
disposed of a petition filed by one Ankit Gera seeking
recovery of money from a builder from whom he pur-
chased a flat but could not get its possession in time.
The bench comprising Justice Pritinker Diwaker and
Justice Ashutosh Srivastava passed the order in the
petition filed by Garg when State government counsel
submitted that the money had been recovered in com-
pliance of UP RERA (Real Estate Regulatory Authority)
and the same would be transmitted to RERA after
clearance of the cheque.
THREE ARRESTED
FOR ASSAULTING
POLICEMAN
Muzaffarnagar: Three
persons were arrested
for allegedly assaulting
police personnel and
tearing their uniform
during a vehicle check
here, police said on
Monday. The incident
took place on Sun-
day evening near the
Sakhavatpur checkpost
on the Meerut-Karnal
Highway in Budhana
area Muzammil, Tajam-
ul, Hamid and others,
travelling in a car, were
stopped by policemen
named Ankit and Suraj
for not wearing seat
belt, they said. The
occupants of the car
allegedly attacked the
police personnel and
tore their uniform, they
added.
4 DEAD, SEVERAL
INJURED IN JEEP
MINIBUS COLLISION
Chitrakoot: At least
four people died and 13
got injured on Monday
when a jeep collided
head-on with a mini-
bus in Khoh village
here, police said. ASP
Shailendra Kumar Rai
said that the accident
took place at 4.30 pm
on the Jhansi-Mirzapur
road near a railway
crossing. Four people
died on the spot, he
said. “The jeep was
going from Chitrakoot
to Prayagraj, while the
mini-bus was going
from Prayagraj to Chi-
trakoot,” he said. Rai
said the identity of the
deceased was yet to be
ascertained, adding all
injured were admitted
to a hospital.
HC DISPOSES OF PLEA FOR REFUND
AFTER DELAY IN POSSESSION OF FLAT
First India Bureau
Sitapur: A former vil-
lage Pradhan of Adhori
village in Maholi block,
was beaten to death in
Deoria village.
The police here said
that former village
Pradhan Rajeev
Prakash Mishra, Raju
was in uncle’s village
Deoria, when after mi-
nor scuffle several peo-
ple beat him to death.
The assailants beat
Raju with bamboo
sticks, iron rods and
sharp-edged weapons
and he was severely in-
jured in the attack.
He was rushed to
nearby hospital from
where he was referred
to Lucknow Trauma
Centre where he suc-
cumbed to his injuries.
Several other relatives
of the deceased were
also injured during at-
tack and they were un-
dertreatmentinthehos-
pital.
Police have registered
case against Vikas,
Kanha, Ashwani, Ram-
prakash,VimalKishore,
Mohit, Ram Naresh and
Langu under murder,
loot and other charges
on complaint of family
members of deceased.
Former village head beaten to death over old rivalry
BRUTAL AVENGERS
lll
He was referred
to Lko Trauma
Centre where he
succumbed to
his injuries.
Several other
relatives of the
deceased were
also injured in
the attack
4 ACCUSED ARRESTED
‘HARD TO BELIEVE I TOPPED THE EXAM’
New Delhi (PTI: Shru-
ti Sharma, who has
topped the UPSC civil
services exam 2021, on
Monday said her “ex-
tremelysupportive”par-
ents and friends helped
herinherjourneywhich
required a lot of hard
work and patience.
“Credit goes to every-
one who was involved in
my journey especially
my parents. They were
extremely supportive
and friends who guided
me,”’ she said.
Delhi-based Sharma,
an alumna of St. Ste-
phen’s College, said she
wasnotexpectingsucha
result.
“I’moverjoyed,butit’s
hard to believe that I
passed and topped the
exam,” she said.
CM Yogi in a tweet
said, “Wishing you all
the best for your bright
future. This glorious
achievement is the re-
wardof theirhardwork,
dedication and pa-
tience,” he said. He also
congratulated all the
candidates who passed
the examination.
PM Modi and Con-
gress president Rahul
Gandhialsocongratulat-
edallthecandidateswho
managed to crack the
UPSC exam.
Sharma did her PG
from JNU and was pre-
paring for the civils for
last four years and was a
student of Jamia Millia
Islamia’s Residential
Coaching Academy
A Jamia official said
23 students of the coach-
ing academy have
cleared the exams.
PCS officer Devesh
Chaturvediof 2020batch
currently SDM Etawah
got 148 All-India Rank in
the UPSC result an-
nounced on Monday
,
while 2021 batch PCS of-
ficer Pooja Soni, Deputy
Collector, Hamirpur got
rank of 401.
Dhananjay Shukla,
Special Secretary
, Ap-
pointments Department
(UP), Hari Pratap Shahi
andMadanSinghGabar-
yal wished the officers.
UPSC Civil Sevices Exam 2021 topper UP’s Shruti
Sharma thanks supportive parents, friends for success
CM Yogi extends wishes to Shruti, PM Modi
also congratulates successful candidates
Shruti Sharma with her family at her residence in Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Gyanvapi: Court hears maintainability
arguments, posts matter for July 4
Varanasi(PTI): The
district court here on
Monday heard the argu-
ments on the maintain-
ability of a plea by five
Hindu women seeking
permission for daily
worship of the Shringar
Gauri Sthal in the Kashi
Vishwanath-Gyanvapi
complex
District Judge AK
Vishveshpostedthemat-
ter for further hearing
on July 4.
Duringthehearingon
Monday
,theMuslimside
arguedagainstthemain-
tainability of the plea,
district government
counsel Rana Sanjiv
Singh said. The counsel
for the Hindu side VS
Jain told reporters that
the court has categori-
cally stated that the re-
port on the videography
survey of the complex
will be made available to
all the parties.
However, only the
court will tell what will
be the conditions for
this, he said.
The Muslim side has
argued that the plea is
not maintainable as the
Places of Worship Act
1991 prohibits conver-
sion of any place of wor-
ship and mandates the
maintenance of the reli-
gious character of any
place of worship as it
existed on August 15,
1947
After the plea was
filed, a lower court had
ordered a videographic
survey of the Gyanvapi
complex, and the Hindu
side had claimed a
‘Shivling’ was found
during the exercise.
On May 20, the SC had
transferred the case
fromaciviljudge(senior
division) to a district
judge, saying looking at
the “complexities” and
“sensitivity” of the is-
sue,itisbetterif asenior
judicial officer with an
experience of over 25-30
years handles this case.
Appointment fraud: 3
teachers terminated
First India Bureau
Deoria: Afterinvestiga-
tions, Special Task
Force (STF) found fraud
in appointment of three
teachers appointed in
Basic Education depart-
ment. The accused
teachers were terminat-
ed from post and further
legal proceedings were
initiated against them.
Official sources here
said that two teachers
from Balia district and
one other from Mahara-
jganj district had got job
on basis on fake docu-
ments. STF was probing
matter of fake mark-
sheets and documents
in education depart-
ment and accused teach-
ers were found guilty
.
Santosh Kumar Rai,
Basic Shiksha Adhikari
has instructed con-
cerned Block Shiksha
Officials to registered
case against accused
teachers.Accusedteach-
ers had submitted docu-
ments and marksheets
of other persons to ob-
tain the job.
Rai said all three ac-
cused teachers were ter-
minated from job after
STF probe report. Two
of them were working
on documents of other
persons while one other
had fake certificate and
marksheet of Shiksha
Shashtri.
One student killed, four
injured in roof collapse
First India Bureau
Bulandshahr: Inahor-
rific incident one stu-
dent was killed while
four others were severe-
ly injured when roof of
Gurukul collapsed in
Gobla village under Jah-
angeerpur police station
area.
Thepolicesaidroof of
GurulcollapsedinGobla
village and one student
Chandan (15) died in the
incidentwhilefourother
students were severely
injured.Injuredstudents
were rushed to district
hospitalfromwheredoc-
tors referred them to
Higher Medical Centre.
Bajrang Chaurasiya,
superintendentof police
said that mishappening
occurred in Gurukul of
Gobla village under Jah-
angeerpur police station
area. He said that in-
juredwereshiftedtohos-
pital and further relief
work was underway
.
Severalotherstudents
were also buried under
debris of the building
but saved by locals.
HEALTHY INDIA
NCC directorate Lucknow orgnaised a yoga session in preparation of International Yoga Day at Dilkusha Kothi in Lucknow on
Monday. Many NCC cadets and commanding officers took part in the yoga exercises. Photo : Sumit Kumar
Probe says kids were
caged by Hafiz in
illegal madrasa in Lko
First India Bureau
Lucknow: After Na-
tional Commission for
Protection of Child
Rights (NCPCR) initiat-
ed investigations into
matter of chaining chil-
dren in madrasas, it was
revealed that Hafiz who
chained kids was only
eightstandardqualified.
Commission has sent
the reports of Lucknow
police commissioner
and instructed to regis-
ter FIR against the ac-
cused Hafiz and man-
agement of the madra-
sa. Commission’s inves-
tigations revealed Ab-
dul Haleem, resident of
Gosaiganj had regis-
tered society in 2015 and
running Madrasa on
behalf of that educa-
tional society
.
The madrasa was not
recognised by govern-
ment and two teachers
inthemadrasaweretak-
ing classes up to 5th
standard. One of the
teachers who chained
the students was only
8th standard passed.
It was reported that in
Suffa Madintul Ulam
Madrasa, Gosaiganj has
students from Sitapur,
Barabanki, Unnao and
Lucknow districts.
Boarding facility was
also available for them
though it was not regis-
tered.
SC’S TAKE
Pooja Soni
Devesh Chaturvedi
2 UP PCS OFFICERS CRACK EXAM
Hindu women plaintiffs accompanied by their advocates on their
way to court for the hearing of the case, in Varanasi on Monday.
—PHOTO
BY
PTI

PERSPECTIVE
04
Amit Shah @AmitShah
Greetings to the sisters and brothers
of Goa on their Statehood day.
May the state scale new heights of
development in the times to come.
Praying for the good health and well-
being of the people of Goa.
Anurag Thakur @ianuragthakur
Journalism is fourth pillar of
democracy, hearty congratulations
and best wishes on Hindi Journalism
Day to all the journalist brothers
who are making their invaluable
contribution as a vigilant watchdog of
the strength of this pillar. I have full
faith that you are doing public interest through journalism.
TOP TWEETS
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
This one’s for all those times you made an
excuse for not accomplishing your goals.
—Bhagavad Gita
s if Punjabi sing-
er Sidhu Moose
Wala’s murder
was not shocking
enough for the
family
, the Punjab Police
declared that Moose Wala
wasavictimof gangrivalry
and made a gangster out of
a singer. No details were
giventosubstantiatethepo-
lice claim. The singer’s fa-
ther has valid reason to be
upset about the police theo-
ry which has raised more
questions than provide a
clue to the killers’ identity
.
Unfortunately Chief
Minister Bhagwant Singh
Mann who holds the Home
portfoliodoesn’tknowwho
withdrew Moose Wala’s se-
curity a day before he was
gunned down in a manner
reminiscentof thedaysfol-
lowing Operation Bluestar.
That such an important
decisionwastakenwithout
the state Home minister’s
consent is hard to believe.
In the short period that
the Aam Aadmi Party gov-
ernment has been in pow-
er in the sensitive border
state, signals emanating
from there are enough to
cause worry to the Central
government. They also
point to the AAP govern-
ment’s inexperience in
governance and managing
law and order. A commu-
nal clash, a rocket-grenade
attack on intelligence
headquarters building all
in a short span of time
should be sufficient for
Mann and his team to real-
ise that Punjab is not Del-
hi. The state requires to be
more alert and strong gov-
ernment than what it ap-
pears to have at present.
As Home minister Chief
Minister Mann has to beef
uphisintelligenceagencies
to ensure that such acts are
nipped in the planning
stage. His emphasis on cor-
ruption-free government is
welcome but what the state
also needs to be free of
gangsters and extortions.
SINGER’S MURDER
JOLTS PUNJAB
In the short period that the Aam Aadmi Party government
has been in power in the sensitive border state, signals
emanating from there are enough to cause worry to
the Central government. They also point to the AAP
government’s inexperience in governance and
managing law and order
A
AS ROYALS FLOUNDER,
HARDIK LEADS DEBUTANTS GUJARAT TO IPL GLORY!
e came, he saw and he con-
quered!HardikPandyahas
come a long way from the
outspoken lad who embar-
rassed himself on a T.V
show to now captaining
Gujarat Titans to IPL Glo-
ryintheirfirstseason.The
final was billed as a block-
busterbutultimatelydebu-
tants Gujarat scored an
emphatic win over the Ra-
jasthanRoyalstoclinchthe
title.Farfrombeingahum-
dinger as fans expected the
clash between No. 1 and 2
teams of the league, the Ti-
tans registered a one-sided
victory
, winning by 7 wick-
ets and 11 balls to spare.
Hardik Pandya, as stat-
ed, was the most influen-
tial factor in the Titans
win. Stellar all-round per-
formances supported his
superb tactics as a leader.
Sceptics abounded when
he was made captain but
he proved all of them
wrong. Hardik not only
led from the front but read
match situations astutely,
inspiring the best out of
his players. On the night
of the finals, he bowled his
full quota of 4 overs,
picked 3 wickets and con-
ceded just 17 runs. During
the chase too, when his
side was 23 for 2, Hardik
calmed the nerves with a
steady 34 runs to take his
team to a comfortable win.
Naturally
, he was present-
ed the Man of the Match
award for his remarkable
effort and leadership.
In contrast, the Ra-
jasthan Royals were play-
ing their second final but
except for winning the
toss, they did precious lit-
tle to help their cause. Roy-
als have been extremely
dependent on Jos Buttler
who has scored 4 centu-
ries in this year’s IPL
equalling Virat Kohli’s re-
cord and also won the Or-
ange cap for most runs in
this edition. Once he got
out, Rajasthan team folded
quickly for a paltry total
of 130. Their lower order
has been poor through the
season and flopped badly
in the final. The worst cul-
prit, of course, was Cap-
tain Sanju Samson who as
usual did not live up to his
batting prowess and prom-
ise. Scoring big runs con-
sistently has been an issue
for Samson for quite a
while now and his impetu-
osity proved a costly
, deci-
sive error in settling the
outcome of the final.
In their bowling depart-
ment, Trent Boult and
Prasidha Krishna bowled
wellbutRaviAshwinhada
terrible day and was taken
to the cleaners by the Guja-
rat batsmen. Yuzvendra
Chahal,withthepurplecap
for most wickets, bowled
tightly giving just 20 runs
andscalpingawicketinhis
quotaof overs.ButGujarat
had no scoreboard pres-
sure, which meant they
could play out several
overs, just consolidating.
Eventually
, it was a cake-
walk for Hardik’s team as
David Miller and the calm
Shubhman Gill anchored
the side to a famous win.
Despitelosingthefinals,
Rajasthan Royals had an
encouraging year too.
Though their batting ran
out of steam in the final,
therewasmuchtoappreci-
ate in their campaign: But-
tler’s sizzling batting,
Samson’s aggressive bat-
ting and captaincy
, and the
potent bowling of Chahal,
Boult and Prasidha Krish-
na. All these promise a
Championship win for the
Royals in the near future.
Interestingly
, this year’s
IPL season saw a whop-
ping 1,062 sixes being hit
though the tournament
alsosaw107batsmenbeing
dismissed for ducks. Over-
all, the large number of
close clashes reflected how
strong the tug of war was
between the top 6 teams.
Big teams like Mumbai
and Chennai were out of
theIPLwithinnotime.But
the new entrants ensured
that the fans got to see a lot
of flair even without su-
perstars like Virat and Ro-
hit striking anything near
their peak form in this IPL
edition.
Significantly
, the season
yielded several positives
for the Indian team. A bat-
teryof pacersfromUmran
Khan to Arshdeep Singh
were tough to handle for
all batters and reflect the
depth of India’s fast bowl-
ing resources. In addition,
the comeback by Dinesh
Kartik and Hardik Pandya
are major gains. Besides
his skill as a classy All
Rounder, Hardik has quite
suddenly emerged as a ma-
ture and spontaneous cap-
tain. Besides his sound
reading of game situa-
tions and decisive moves,
Pandya revealed an intui-
tive skill to rally the boys
around him and bring out
their best. All this augurs
well for India. Many ex-
perts see shades of Warne
in him - wild and flashy in
youth, Hardik is gradually
maturing in understand-
ing the nuances of the
game which is great news
for Indian cricket!
Finally, Rajasthan may
have lost, but Gujarat win-
ning the IPL is also a ter-
rific tribute to the Aussie
legend. With their spunk
and spirit, their pluck and
panache, the Titans as a
team often reminded
cricket lovers of Warne’s
warriors who lifted the
trophy in 2008 despite be-
ing rated as one of the
weakest sides before the
inaugural IPL season! The
Titans triumph in a funda-
mental sense underlines
the glorious uncertainties
that make Cricket such an
attractive sport – and even
before IPL 2022 has ended,
fans are already yearning
for the next edition!
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
H
SIDDHAARTH MAHAN
The writer is a specialist on Sports
and Cinema who works as an actor
in the Hindi film industry
INTERESTING
IPL 2022 SEASON
This year’s IPL season saw a
whopping 1,062 sixes being
hit though the tournament
also saw 107 batsmen being
dismissed for ducks. Overall,
the large number of close
clashes reflected how strong
the tug of war was between
the top 6 teams. Big teams
like Mumbai and Chennai were
out of the IPL within no time.
But the new entrants ensured
that the fans got to see a lot of
flair even without superstars
like Virat and Rohit striking
anything near their peak form
in this IPL edition.
THE CHAMP: HARDIK PANDYA

z Hardik Pandya, as stated,
was the most influential fac-
tor in the Titans win

z Stellar all-round performanc-
es supported his superb
tactics as a leader

z Sceptics abounded when he
was made captain but he
proved all of them wrong

z Hardik not only led from the
front but read match situa-
tions astutely, inspiring the
best out of his players

z On the night of the finals, he
bowled his full quota of 4
overs, picked 3 wickets and
conceded just 17 runs

z During the chase too, when
his side was 23 for 2, Hardik
calmed the nerves with a
steady 34 runs to take his
team to a comfortable win

z Naturally, he was presented
the Man of the Match award
for his remarkable effort
and leadership
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INDIA
05
Jharkhand unit chief Khiru Mahto files his nomination papers for Rajya Sabha on Monday.
JD(U)’s Khiru Mahto says he
did not expect RS nomination
Patna (Agencies): Af-
ter the selection of Khi-
ru Mahto as the JD(U)’s
official candidate for
the biennial election to
the Rajya Sabha, he
said the decision of the
party surprised him. He
was not expecting his
selection at all.
“The party and the
chief minister of Bi-
har have given me a
big responsibility and
I will try to stand up to
the same,” Mahto said.
“I am thankful to Ni-
tish Kumar, national
president Rajiv Ran-
jan Singh alias Lalan
Singh and the top lead-
ership of JD(U) who
have given me this big
responsibility. I will
strengthen the party
in Jharkhand and
make it the number
one political party of
the state. Our expan-
sion plan will intensi-
fy more in the coming
days,” he said.
Khiru Mahto is JD(U)
state president of
Jharkhand and consid-
ered very close to Lalan
Singh.
AFTER DENIAL OF RS TICKET, RCP
SINGH SAYS 'THANK YOU' TO NITISH
Patna: A day after Janata Dal-United (JD-U) denied ticket to
Union Minister RCP Singh for the Rajya Sabha poll, he on
Monday said his fate will be decided by the Prime Minister.
RCP Singh also thanked CM Nitish Kumar. At present, the
party and our leader Nitish Kumar have not asked me to step
down from the post of Union Minister. My current tenure
as Rajya Sabha comes to an end on July 6. I will go to New
Delhi and meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His decision
would be final. He has the special privilege to retain me as a
union minister, Singh said.
New Delhi (ANI): Two
newlyelectedRajyaSab-
ha members Ravichan-
draVaddirajuandAneel
Prasad Hegde from Tel-
angana and Bihar took
oath on Monday
.
Rajya Sabha Chair-
man M Venkaiah Naidu
administered the oath
to both the members of
Rajya Sabha in his
chamber.
Vaddiraju and Hegde
were elected as mem-
bers of Rajya Sabha in
the bye-election from
Telangana and Bihar
respectively. They have
been elected to the Ra-
jya Sabha to fill the
casualvacanciescaused
in the Upper House due
to the resignation of
Banda Prakash and the
passing away of Mahen-
dra Prasad.
Vaddiraju, a Telan-
gana Rashtra Samithi
(TRS) leader took an
oath in Telugu while Ja-
nata Dal-United (JDU)
leader Hegde took the
oath in Hindi.
The Secretary-Gener-
al Rajya Sabha and oth-
er senior officers of the
Rajya Sabha Secretari-
at were also present on
the occasion.
New Rajya Sabha members from
Telangana and Bihar take oath
Newly elected Rajya Sabha member Aneel Prasad Hegde during
his oath-taking ceremony, in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY PTI
PATNAIK MEETS MODI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik during their
meeting in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Dhankhar directs action against TMC MP Banerjee
Kolkata (Agencies):
West Bengal Governor
Jagdeep Dhankhar on
Monday said that he
has instructed the state
chief secretary to initi-
ate action against Tri-
namool Congress Lok
Sabha MP from Dia-
mond Harbour Ab-
hishek Banerjee over
his anti-judiciary com-
ments on May 28.
The Governor has
asked Chief Secretary
H.K. Dwivedia to initi-
ate action and submit
all necessary updates
on this count by June 6.
“Chief secretary is
called upon to initiate
all expected action and
update by June 6, 2022
as regards public tar-
geting of judiciary by
Diamond Harbour MP
(over judiciary entrust-
ing investigation to CBI
in cases, including in
the infamous unprece-
dented SSC recruitment
scam), prominently re-
flected in credible pub-
lic domain, that can
neither be overlooked
nor countenanced,”
Dhankhar tweeted.
The governor also ob-
served that the MP’s ac-
cusing and targeting the
judiciary interferes
with the due course of
justice process and re-
flects scant respect for
the rule of law. “The ob-
vious intent of such an
attack is to browbeat the
judiciary, apart from
signaling law of ruler
and not rule of law hold-
ing the field. Such at-
tacks on judiciary are
worrisome as those
sound death knell of de-
mocracy
. Such perni-
cious stance seeks to
undermine the rule of
lawandpropagates‘Law
of the Ruler’,” he said in
his Twitter message.
CALCUTTA HC REJECTS PLEA
AGAINST ABHISHEK BANERJEE
In a relief to Trinamool Congress national general sec-
retary and Diamond Harbour MP, Abhishek Banerjee,
the Calcutta High Court on Monday rejected a petition
seeking suo motu proceedings against Banerjee for his
anti-judiciary comments that he made on Saturday, May
28. On Monday, a Calcutta High Court advocate, Kaustav
Bagchi sought the attention of the division bench of
Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharya and Justice Ajoy Ku-
mar Mukherjee seeking suo motu proceedings against
Abhishek Banerjee for his comments.
Abhishek Banerjee
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Crucial meet on
Naga issue today
Kohima (Agencies):
The all important Emer-
gency National Assem-
bly of the Isak-Muivah
faction of the National
Socialist Council of Na-
galim (NSCN-IM) will
be held on Tuesday at
General Headquarters
Church, Naga Army, at
Hebron Camp, the des-
ignated camp of the
dominant Naga group
near Dimapur.
In a circular, the
NSCN-IMaskedeightcat-
egoriesof itsmembersto
attend the Emergency
National Assembly
which is significant giv-
en the Naga peace talks.
The NSCN-IM of late
has categorically said
that “the Naga national
flag symbolises Naga
political identity and it
is not negotiable.”
A source close to the
dominant Naga outfit
on Monday told IANS
that the on going peace
talks would be the key
agenda of this meet.
In the editorial of its
latest news bulletin ‘Na-
galim Voice’, the outfit
said it is unthinkable
for NSCN-IM to accept
the Naga national flag
as a cultural symbol as
hinted by the Govern-
ment of India.
Aftersigningaformal
ceasefire agreement
with NSCN-IM in 1997,
theCentralGovernment
has held more than 85
rounds of negotiations
with the NSCN-IM and
other Naga groups.
However, the NSCN-
IM’s insistence on a sep-
arate Naga flag and Con-
stitution have become a
big hurdle in the way of
resolvingtheNagaissue.
Naga leaders with PM Modi. —FILE PHOTO
U’khand: Scribe
among 2 killed
in accident
Dehradun (Agencies):
Two persons, including
Karthik Madhavan (43),
Special Correspondent,
The Hindu, died, and 13
others were injured in
an accident near Ko-
pang on the Uttarkashi-
Gangotri Highway on
Sunday night. Karthik
had gone on a holiday to
Uttarakhand to under-
take a trekking expedi-
tion when the vehicle in
which he and his fellow
trekkers were travelling
fell into a ditch.
Modi has given wings to
dreams of every Indian
citizen, says Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Union Home
Minister Amit Shah
on Monday said Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi has given wings
to the dreams and as-
pirations of every citi-
zen of the country
and instilled in them
new confidence dur-
ing his eight years of
government.
In a series of tweets
in Hindi on the Modi
government complet-
ing eight years in pow-
er, Shah said in the
form of Modi India
had got leadership in
which every section
has faith and pride.
“Considering pow-
er as a medium of ser-
vice, PM @naren-
dramodi gave rights
to the poor, farmers,
women and the under-
privileged, which in-
stilled their faith in
democracy and made
them a participant in
the development jour-
ney of the country
.
PM Modi’s approval ratings highest
since beginning of pandemic: Survey
New Delhi (Agencies):
Approval ratings of
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi’s government
have risen to the highest
sincethestartof thepan-
demic though there are
lingering concerns over
the surging prices of es-
sential items and unem-
ployment, the latest sur-
vey showed on Monday
.
PrimeMinisterModi’s
government has met or
exceededexpectationsin
the second term, accord-
ing to 67% of 64,000 peo-
ple polled by LocalCir-
cles. That’s a jump from
51% last year when a
brutal second wave of
Covid-19 infections over-
whelmed hospitals and
crematoriums and 62%
in 2020 when the pan-
demic started.
The people surveyed
said the government
was better prepared to
handle a third wave of
Covid-19 infections and
had effectively managed
the economy
. Yet there
were concerns over un-
employment staying
around 7% since the
start of the year with
47% of those polled say-
ing the government
hasn’t been able to ad-
dress the issue.
However, there’s also
been an increase in con-
fidence in the govern-
ment’s handling of job-
lessness with 37% show-
ing approval. That’s a
rise from 27% in 2021
and 29% in 2020 where
there were drastic lock-
downs that saw migrant
workers lose their jobs
in cities though a rural
jobs guarantee pro-
gramme helped.
Thegrowingapproval
comes as the country’s
retail inflation is track-
ing an eight-year high, a
politically sensitive is-
sue that has seen the
Narendra Modi govern-
ment institute a series
of measures to restrict
exports of wheat and
sugar and rein in any
further price increases.
The survey reflected
the issue with 73% of
Indians saying the price
of essential commodi-
ties and living costs
haven’t fallen in the
past three years, a key
flash point for Prime
Minister Modi who is
seeking a third term in
elections due in 2024.
More than 50% said doing business in India has become easier.
Courts will decide: Nadda on Gyanvapi
Underlining the BJP’s
commitment to cultural
development of the
country
, party president
JP Nadda on Monday
said that contentious
religious matters would
be decided by “courts
and the Constitution”
and the party would im-
plement the decisions
in letter and spirit.
He was responding
to a question on wheth-
er reclaiming temples
in Varanasi (Kashi)
and Mathura was still
on the BJP’s agenda.
He said the Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP)
had passed a resolution
on the Ram Janmab-
hoomi issue during its
national executive
meeting in Palampur.
“After that there has
been no resolution,” he
added.
Reiterating the BJP’s
slogan of “sabka sath,
sabka vikas”, Nadda
said the party wants to
take everyone along
with the aim of build-
ing a strong nation.
“Seva, sushasan and
garib kalyan” are the
soul of the dispensa-
tion,” Nadda added.
MP BJP GEARS UP TO WELCOME NADDA
Bhopal (Agencies): Madhya Pradesh unit of BJP is gearing up
to welcome party president JP Nadda, who is slated to arrive
at the state capital on June 1. During his three-day visit, the
BJP president is expected to participate in several programmes
besides holding meetings with state core committee. Chief
Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, along with state party presi-
dent Vishnu Dutt Sharma, on Monday visited and inspected the
preparations in Motilal Nehru stadium, where a special conven-
tion of the party leaders would be addressed by Nadda on June
1. During the inspection, Chouhan and other senior BJP leaders
held a discussion on the programme ahead of the leader’s visit.
JP Nadda
B’luru: Black
paint thrown
at Tikait,
three nabbed
Bengaluru (Agencies):
Farmer leader Rakesh
Tikaitwasattackedwith
black paint during a
press conference at Gan-
dhi Bhavan in Bengalu-
ru on Monday
.
The police arrested
three attackers from the
spot.
The attack happened
when Tikait was attend-
ing a press conference
on “Raita Chaluvali,
Aatmavalokana haagu
Spasteekarana Sabha
(Farmer’s Movement,
Introspection and Clari-
fication Meeting)” or-
ganised by Karnataka
State Farmers Associa-
tion and Hasiru Sene.
The leaders were
clarifying the recent al-
legations against farm-
er leader Kodihalli
Chandrashekar, who
was exposed by the lo-
cal media on negotiat-
ing bribes for stopping
protests.
Rakesh Tikait

INDIA
06
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: In Jammu
and Kashmir, it seems
that the government is
now concerned about
the safety of Kashmiri
Pandits, so it is trans-
ferring them to safer
places. Keep in mind,
recently a Kashmiri
Pandit Rahul Bhatt and
after that a large num-
ber of Kashmiri Pan-
dits took to the streets
and demonstrated de-
manding security or
transfer to Jammu.
After several days of
continuous protest, it
seems that the govern-
ment has started trans-
fers. It is being told that
Kashmiri Pandit govt
employees are being
posted to district hed-
quarters or are being
sent to near where they
live. Keep in mind that
under the Prime Minis-
ter’sRehabilitationPack-
age, Kashmiri Pandits
who returned to the Val-
ley were appointed far
and wide. Think, there is
a BJP government at the
Center for eight years,
for which Kashmir and
Kashmiri Pandits have
been a big issue.
The BJP ran the gov-
ernment in the state
along with the PDP for
many years. After that,
President’s rule has
been imposed in the
state for the last four
years. About three
years ago, the special
status of the state was
also abolished and the
state was divided. The
administration of the
state is directly in the
hands of the Union
Home Ministry
. The de-
ployment of army and
paramilitary forces is
also in large numbers.
Despite this, the gov-
ernment is not able to
provide security to
Kashmiri Pandits. The
government, which
claims to have broken
the back of terrorists, is
unable to protect Kash-
miri Pandits and is
transferring them.
Therefore, no one can
say surely if the Kash-
miri Pandits would be
safe and secured, even
after these transfers.
Is transfer of Kashmiri Pandit govt employees
the right way to provide security to them?
TEMPORARY MEASURE!
‘Back-channel talks on to
break deadlock with Pak’
India and Pakistan have
been engaged in “back
channel” talks in order
to break the stalemate
in the relationship be-
tween the two nuclear-
armed neighbours, a
media report said citing
official sources.
The report said that
relations between the
two countries have re-
mained strained for
years now and took a
turn for the worse in
August 2019 when India
revoked special status
of Jammu and Kashmir.
“Since then, diplo-
matic ties have been
downgraded, bilateral
trade suspended and
there has been no struc-
tured dialogue. But
even before the govern-
ment of Prime Minister
Shehbaz Sharif took
charge, the two coun-
tries were talking to
each other, albeit qui-
etly,” the report said.
INDIA-PAKISTAN BILATERAL MEETING
ON INDUS WATER TREATY BEGINS
New Delhi: A five-member delega-
tion of Pakistan is set to participate in
the 118th bilateral meeting on Indus
Water Treaty in New Delhi on Monday.
During the meeting, both sides will
deliberate on the issue of advance
flood information and the annual
report of the Permanent Commission
of Indus Waters (PCIW). There will be
talks on the sharing of flood forecast
data while the PCIW (Pakistan Com-
missioner for Indus Water) annual re-
port will also be discussed during the
negotiations. The Pakistani delegation
will not visit the under construction
Pakal Dul and Lower Kalnai dams but
those and other projects will come
under discussion. In March, India and
Pakistan had reiterated their commit-
ment to implement the Indus Waters
Treaty in its true spirit and expressed
the hope that the next meeting of the
Permanent Indus Commission would
be held at an early date in India.
Another encounter
begins in Valley hrs
after Pulwama Op
Srinagar (Agencies):
An encounter broke out
in the Rajpora area of
Jammu and Kashmir’s
Awantipora. The devel-
opment comes mere
hours after two Jaish-e-
Mohammad militants
were killed in an over-
night encounter in Pul-
wama district. As per
an update shared by the
Kashmir Zone Police,
security forces are on
the job.
Earlier on Monday
police said that two JeM
militants had been shot
dead in Pulwama, after
the terrorists hiding in
a residential building
fired indiscriminately
upon the search party
and prompted an en-
counter. According to
police records, both the
slain men were catego-
rized terrorists and
part of groups involved
in several terror crime
cases, including attacks
on police and civilian
atrocities.
A police spokesper-
son also said that one of
the terrorists had been
involved in the killing
of police constable
Reyaz Ahmad earlier
this month.
1993 Mumbai
blasts case: 4
accused sent to
judicial custody
One labourer
dead, 4 hurt in
suspected IED
blast in Manipur
WBSSC scam:
ED to quiz
suspects on
assets details
Mumbai (PTI): A spe-
cial CBI court here on
Monday remanded four
persons, arrested from
Gujarat earlier this
month in the 1993 Mum-
bai serial blasts case, to
judicial custody for 14
days.
Thefouraccused-Abu
Bakar, Saiyad Qureshi,
Mohammad Shoeb
QureshiandMohammad
Yusuf Ismail - all resi-
dents of Mumbai, were
nabbed by the Gujarat
Anti-Terrorist Squad
(ATS) from Sardarnagar
area of Ahmedabad on
May 12 following a spe-
cific tip-off.
They were later hand-
ed over to the Central
Bureau of Investigation
(CBI), which is probing
the serial blasts case.
The four accused were
produced before special
CBI judge RR Bhosale at
the end of their initial
remand on Monday
.
The CBI sought an ex-
tension of their custody
for another 14 days.
Guwahati (Agen-
cies): At least one per-
son was killed and four
others were injured
after an Improvised
Explosive Device (IED)
exploded at a commu-
nity hall in central Ma-
nipur’s Thoubal dis-
trict early morning on
Monday, police said.
According to the po-
lice, the IED was deto-
nated through remote
control in Khongjom,
seriously injuring five
people before they
were taken to the Thou-
bal district hospital
where Pankaj Mahato,
21, succumbed to his
injuries.
The blast took place
when the workers were
asleep at a community
hall in Khongjom.
The others who were
critically injured in
the blast include Aroop
Mandal, 30, Souvik
Patra, 18,Aporva Man-
dal, 25, and Rajesh
Ramaanik, 19, who be-
long to South 24 Parga-
nas and other districts
of West Bengal.
The five workers
were engaged by a pri-
vate company to con-
struct a water tank.
Kolkata (Agencies):
The Enforcement Direc-
torate (ED), which will
now conduct a parallel
probe on the money
trail angle in the West
Bengal School Service
Commission (WBSSC)
scam, will begin its in-
vestigation with the in-
terrogation of some of
the erstwhile senior of-
ficers of the commis-
sion suspected of play-
ing a key role in these
swindling affairs.
However, unlike the
Central Bureau of In-
vestigation (CBI)
sleuths, who are con-
ducting interrogation
on the overall peccadil-
lo, ED sleuths will re-
strict their questions
relating to the grey ar-
eas in their books of ac-
counts, suspected trans-
actions in the bank ac-
counts held by them
and their family mem-
bers, their property de-
tails and more especial-
ly disproportionate as-
sets to their income.
Govt advises against sharing Aadhar,is a
‘great danger’ to citizen privacy on its way?
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: It seems
that the central govern-
ment has suddenly be-
come conscious and
isoutof itsdeepslumber
over the Aadhar card.
An advisory has been is-
sued by the Central Gov-
ernment to the citizens
of the country not to
share the photocopy of
their Aadhar card with
anyone as it can be mis-
used. In the advisory is-
suedbytheGovernment
of IndiaonMay27,ithas
been said that people
should use masked Aad-
haar, in which only the
last four numbers are
visible.Justimagine,till
now the government
hadmadeAadhaarman-
datoryandAadhaarwas
necessary for every ser-
vice. Despite the order
of the Supreme Court,
from the registration of
any scheme of the gov-
ernment to the booking
in the hotel, photocopies
of Aadhaar were being
given.
Suddenlynowthegov-
ernment is feeling that
the photocopy of Aad-
haar should not be
shared as it can be mis-
used, a point on which
civildefenseandprivacy
activists had earlier
warned. Biometrics of
every citizen are taken
along with Aadhaar.
That’s why everyone
was apprehensive that it
might be misused. But
the government made it
mandatory to use it in
every small and big
work. As a result, till
now almost every basic
informationhasreached
many places and any
person can download e-
Aadhaar through his
information. Aadhaar
has been linked with
bank accounts and PAN
card and it has been
made mandatory for fil-
ing income tax returns
and now preparations
are on to link it with
voter card also.
The government had
encouraged people to
download e-Aadhaar
and is now saying not to
download e-Aadhaar
fromcafesorpubliccom-
puters. Think, how
manypeopleinthecoun-
try have computer or
laptopandinternetfacil-
ity in their home that
they will download e-
Aadhaar at home or any
place with secured pri-
vacy! In fact, this warn-
ing of the government is
a sign of great danger.
The government must
have got information
about the rampant mis-
use only then it has is-
sued this warning.
DGCA slaps `10L fine on
SpiceJet for faulty training
of Boeing aircraft pilots
New Delhi (PTI): The
aviation regulator Di-
rectorate General of
Civil Aviation (DGCA)
has imposed a fine of
₹10 lakh on SpiceJet for
training its Boeing 737
Max aircraft’s pilots on
a faulty simulator as it
could have adversely
impacted flight safety,
sources said on Monday
.
The DGCA had last
month barred 90 Spice-
Jet pilots from operat-
ing the Max aircraft af-
ter finding them not
properly trained.
After barring the pi-
lots, the regulator had
issued a show-cause no-
tice to the airline,
sources told media.
The response sent by
the airline was not
found satisfactory, they
mentioned.
“The training being
imparted by the airline
could have adversely af-
fected flight safety and
hencewasnullified,”one
of the sources stated.
STORM IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
A fallen traffic booth at Raisina road after a dust storm accompanied by rainfall, in New
Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
K’taka hijab row returns, girls denied entry
SC declines urgent hearing of
plea challenging Talaq-E-Hasan
Bengaluru (Agencies):
Several hijab-clad stu-
dents were on Monday
sent back from their col-
lege in Karnataka’s
Mangaluru city of Dak-
shina Kannada district.
According to the details,
as many as 12 students
were stopped by the col-
lege authorities after
they tried to enter Uni-
versity College in Man-
galuru. The students
were sent back after re-
fusing to take off their
hijabs. These students
were sent back on earli-
er occasions also after
the college reopened fol-
lowing the protests by
hundreds of students
against the wearing of
hijab in classrooms.
After being refused
to enter classrooms,
the students went to
the office of the Dis-
trict Commissioner
(DC) of Dakshina Kan-
nada Dr. Rajendra KV
to submit a memoran-
dum in this regard.
Thestudentsdemand-
ed that the DC direct the
college management to
allow them inside class-
rooms with hijab.
The hijab crisis, has
turned out to be a major
situation in Karnataka
over the past year.
New Delhi (ANI): The
Supreme Court on Mon-
day again declined the
urgent hearing of a plea
challenging the prac-
tice of Talaq-E-Hasan,
as per which a man can
divorce his wife by pro-
nouncing “talaq” once a
monthforthreemonths.
A vacation bench of
Justices Ajay Rastogi
and BV Nagarathna
asked the petitioner to
mention the matter be-
fore the Registrar.
Senior Advocate
PinkyAnand,appearing
for the petitioner jour-
nalist Benazeer Heena
mentioned for urgent
hearing of the plea chal-
lenging the practice of
Talaq-E-Hasan and said
that two notices have
been sent to the woman.
Anand contended
that Talaq-e-Hasan has
three notices and the
first notice was on April
19 and the last one was
on May 19.

NEWS
07
UP RERA
IMPOSES RS
17.87 LAKH FINE
ON TULSIYANI
CONSTRUCTION
DEVELOPERS
Uttar Pradesh Real Estate
Regulatory Authority has
imposed a fine of Rs 17, 87,660 on
M/s Tulsiyani Construction and
Developers Pvt. A recovery
certificate in this regard has been
sent to the District Magistrate,
Lucknow and it is expected that this
amount will be recovered as arrears
of land revenue, from M/s Tulsiyani
Construction and Developers Pvt.
and the entire amount will be
transferred to Uttar Pradesh RERA,
through a bank draft in the name of
UP RERA. In this matter, a
complaint was lodged by Mohanlal
Mehrotra in UP RERA, under
section 31 of the RERA Act, 2016.
While hearing the matter on 06
January 2021 by UP RERA, it was
ordered that the promoter should
provide possession by 28 February
2021 after obtaining a legal fee
from the complainant as per rules
and for the delay period, from 01
February 2018 till the date of
handing over of the actual
possession, the outstanding
amount of the complainant, with
the rate of MCLR+1%, should be
adjusted at the time of receipt of
possession and if the amount of
interest exceeds the amount due, it
should also be returned to the
complainant. It was also mentioned
in the order that keeping in view the
force majeure period, no interest
will be charged for the delay in the
project from March 25, 2020, to
September 25, 2020. For non-
compliance of the order by the
promoter, the complainant applied
for implementation of the order.
After this, on 30 March 2021, U.P.
RERA has sent a notice to the
promoter and it was asked the
promoter to provide its compliance
report within 15 days after the
orders has been made earlier. In
this case, through the hearing by
the Bench-1 of the Authority, an
order was passed on 05 January
2022 that it should be placed before
the Authority for imposing a
penalty. On 21st February 2022, a
fine of Rs 14, 43,575 was imposed
on the Promoter by the Authority
for violation of the orders of UP
RERA. A notice was sent to the
promoter on 17th May 2022 to
submit the compliance report of the
above order, but the amount of
penalty by the promoter was not
deposited in RERA. Therefore, a
recovery certificate of a total of
Rs.17, 87,660.00 has been issued
by adding a further default period to
the amount of penalty imposed
earlier on the promoter. It is to be
known that the amount of the fine
will be deposited in the account of
the UP State Government.
—First India Bureau
`7,500 CR OF
FOREIGN
INVESTMENT IN
UP SOON:
MINISTER
Companies from countries like
the US, the UK, Japan,
Canada, Germany, Hong Kong
and Singapore will soon bring in
foreign investment worth around
Rs 7,500 crore in Uttar Pradesh,
including Gautam Buddh Nagar,
state Cabinet Minister Nand
Gopal Gupta ‘Nandi’ said on
Monday.Gupta, the minister for
industrial development, export
promotion, NRI and investment
promotion, credited Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath for improving the
law and order situation in the state
which has resulted in a conducive
atmosphere for foreign investment.
Noida (Gautam Buddh Nagar), as
well as other districts of UP, will
soon get foreign projects worth
about Rs 7,500 crore which will
open the doors of employment for
thousands of youth in the state.
—PTI
JAMIATPASSESRESOLUTIONS
ONGYANVAPIMATHURACASES
Deoband (PTI): Jamiat
Ulama-e-Hind chief
Maulana Mahmood
Madani Sunday said
those who ask Muslims
to leave the country
shouldleavethemselves.
According to a state-
ment issued by the or-
ganisation, Madani ob-
jected to the plans of
some states to imple-
ment Uniform Civil
Code. “People of the
community need not
fear this, he said, asking
Muslims to remain
faithful to the religion
and show firmness.
The former Rajya
Sabha member was ad-
dressingtheannualtwo-
day session of the Jami-
at’s management com-
mittee. He urged people
to take along those who
care for nation-building.
“We have to defeat the
merchants of hate with
wisdom, courage and a
long-term strategy,” he
said. “We will not leave
this country, those who
want to send us out
should themselves
leave.” According to the
statement, Jamiat
Ulema-e-Hind’s Assam
unit president and Lok
SabhamemberMaulana
Badruddin Ajmal criti-
cised the government
over various issues and
saidthe“silenceof Mus-
lims should not be taken
as weakness”. The or-
ganisation also passed
resolutions ontheGyan-
vapi Masjid case of Va-
ranasi, the Shahi Idgah
mosque dispute of
Mathura and Uniform
Civil Code, urging all
Muslims to shun fear
and despair, and work
for the betterment of
their future. In the reso-
lution on the Gyanvapi
Masjid and Mathura
Idgah cases, the organi-
sation expressed its
“deep anguish at the at-
titude of the political
parties who support the
forces disturbing the
peace and tranquillity
of thecountrybyrepeat-
edly raising disputes
over ancient shrines”,
the statement said. “The
country will not benefit
from running cam-
paigns to keep old con-
troversies alive and in
the name correcting the
alleged excesses and
mistakes of history
.” “
Such campaigns are
going on against the
Gyanvapi Masjid in Va-
ranasi, and the historic
Idgah of Mathura
other mosques, which
have damaged the
peace, dignity and in-
tegrity of the country,”
the resolution said.
JamiatchiefasksMuslimstoremainfaithfultoreligionshowfirmness
Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind President Mahmood Madani addresses the
meeting over various issues, in Deoband. —FILE PHOTO
On Uniform Civil
Code, it said, “Any
change in (personal
laws) or prohibiting
anyone from following
them is interference in
the religion of in Islam
and the guarantees
given under Article 25
of the Constitution
of India.”
UNIFORM CIVIL CODE
A DAY OF RITUALS
Devotees gather to take a holy dip in Ganga on the occasion of Somvati Amavasya at the Har Ki Pauri Brahma Kund in
Haridwar on Monday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
Women tie threads around a banyan tree as they perform rituals of Vat Savitri Vrat, at Rambagh park in Kanpur on Monday.
DONOTINSTIGATEMUSLIMS:VHPTOJAMIAT
New Delhi (PTI):
Slamming the Jamiat
Ulema-e-Hind that has
raised concerns over
the alleged spread of
communalism, the
Vishva Hindu Parishad
on Monday said Muslim
leaders should not insti-
gate their community
and desist from creat-
ing communal dishar-
mony by spreading
“false stories” of atroc-
ities on Muslims.
The VHP’s attack
came after the Jamiat
accused the BJP govern-
ment of protecting peo-
ple engaged in poison-
ing the majority com-
munity’s mind in the
country
. It also ex-
pressed concern over
the alleged spread of
communalism. The
Muslim Personal Law
Board and radical lead-
ers from Kashmir to
Kerala have come to-
gether to challenge the
Constitution, the judi-
ciary and the Hindu so-
ciety to implement their
“separatist agenda”, he
said. “It is India’s mis-
fortune that till a few
years back, Muslim ap-
peasement was the fo-
cus of India’s politics.
Radical leaders have
been blackmailing Indi-
an politicians to get
their illegitimate de-
mands accepted,” Jain
said. The consent of the
Congress leaders for the
partition of India was
the result of this black-
mailpolitics,heclaimed.
“But for some years
the centre of Indian pol-
itics is not the Muslim
votebankortheShariat,
but the Constitution of
India. That’s why they
are creating communal
disharmonyinthecoun-
try by spreading false
stories of atrocities on
Muslims,” Jain said in a
video statement. Jamiat
chief Mahmood Madani
said those who ask Mus-
lims to leave the country
shouldleavethemselves.
According to a state-
ment issued by the or-
ganisation, Madani ob-
jected to the plans of
some states to imple-
ment a Uniform Civil
Code. The former Rajya
Sabha member was ad-
dressingtheannualtwo-
day session of the Jami-
at’s management com-
mittee in Deoband.
Vishva Hindu Parishad leader
Surendra Jain
The VHP’s attack came after the Jamiat accused
BJP of protecting people engaged in poisoning the
majority community’s mind in the country. It also
expressed concern over the alleged spread of com-
munalism. Surendra Jain alleged that radical leaders
like them had tried to instigate the Muslim society
once again by raising the slogan that “Muslims are
suffering in India” at a conference in Deoband.
CONCERN OVER COMMUNALISM
Bodies of young man
and woman found on
railway track in Agra
First India Bureau
Agra: The bodies of a
young man and a girl
were found on the rail-
way track near Mitawa-
li village in the Etmad-
pur police station area
of Agra on Monday
morning. After identify-
ing the dead, the police
informed the family
members of the youth.
Giving information
about the incident, SP
West Satyajit Gupta
said that on Monday
morning, two bodies
were lying on the side of
the line ahead of Mi-
tawali railway station.
The dead bodies were
identified by Inderpal
resident of village
Gadhi Harrai police sta-
tion Pachokhara dis-
trict Firozabad as
25-year-old Veerbhan,
his brother-in-law, and
told that Veerbhan is
originally from village
Gubrot police station
Fatehabad. While the
girl was identified as
her 20-year-old daugh-
ter Anjali by Sanjay, a
resident of Garhi
Harrai, Pachokhara.
The bodies were sent for
post-mortem. Police
said that according to
relatives, both of them
were missing from the
house since Sunday
, and
relatives were engaged
in the search for both.
Police investigating at the railway track near Mitawali village of Agra.
2021 gang rape case in Lalitpur:
Gangsters Act against 22 accused
Minor son of clerk, kidnapped for
ransom, recovered in a few hours
Lalitpur (PTI): The
police have slapped
the UP Gangsters and
Anti-Social Activities
(Prevention) Act
against 22 out of 28 ac-
cused in the last
year’s gang-rape case
of a 17-year-old girl in
Lalitpur. On the basis
of the complaint
lodged by the survi-
vor, 28 people were
made accused in the
case. The accused also
include her father and
uncle. Station House
Officer (SHO) of Kot-
wali police station Vi-
nod Mishra said, “The
Gangsters Act has
been imposed against
22 accused in the case
including the main
accused Tilak Yadav,
Deepak Ahirwar, the
father and uncle of
the victim. The action
was taken on the di-
rection of Superin-
tendent of Police
Nikhil Pathak. “ Ya-
dav is a former state
president of the Sa-
majwadi Party while
Ahirwar is a former
state president of the
Bahujan Samaj Party
.
The duo were arrest-
ed soon after the inci-
dent and were lodged
in jail. The two, ac-
cording to police
sources, came out of
jail in April on bail.
First India Bureau
Hamirpur: Police have
recovered minor son of
a clerk who has kid-
napped for a ransom of
Rs 50 lakh, within four
hours after the informa-
tion. Though criminals
managed to escape from
the spot and rescued kid
was injured.
Police sources here
said that injuries were
found on the neck of res-
cued kid and he was
shiftedtothedistricthos-
pital. Police said that in-
jury marks indicate that
kidnapper tried to kill
thekidbutpolicereached
the spot and they fled
from the spot leaving the
kidbehind. Seniorpolice
officials including SK
Bhagat, IG, Banda Divi-
sion, Superintendent of
Police, and STF reached
the residentof thevictim
and assured that kidnap-
perswillbenabbedsoon.
Six police teams were
formed to nab the crimi-
nals, officials informed.
It was reported that
Vaibhav, a four-year-old
son of Prabhat Tewari
posted as a junior clerk
in the collectorate was
kidnapped and Rs 50
lakh was demanded as
ransom.
VAIBHAV

First India Bureau
Lucknow: The govern-
ment on Monday or-
dered a major shuffle in
the UP Police Depart-
ment by transferring 11
IPS officers including
SPs of six districts.
Following the shuffle,
Rae Bareli, Ambedkar
Nagar, Deoria, Hamir-
pur and Mainpuri have
new captains for the
district police. In the or-
der issued on Monday,
Anil Kumar Singh was
named as DIG PAC;
Alok Priyadarshi who
was the ACP, Varanasi,
was named SP, Rae
Bareli; Shubham Patel
was named SP, Hamir-
pur, and this will mark
the first stint as SP for
the 2016 batch IPS offi-
cer; Santosh Singh was
named ACP, Varanasi;
Shlok Kumar was
named SP, Buland-
shahr; Ajit Sinha was
named SP, Ambedkar
Nagar; Tej Swaroop
Singh was named SP,
Kanpur Outer; Shripati
Mishra was named as
DIG PAC; Sankalp Shar-
ma was named SP, Deo-
ria; Ashok Kumar Rai
was named as Superin-
tendent of Police, Head-
quarters, Director
General of Police Luc-
know; and Kamlesh
Dixit was named as Su-
perintendent of Police,
Mainpuri.
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2NDFRONT
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: “It is quite
unnatural that a father
in law shall commit
rape of his daughter-in-
law along with other
person in our Indian
culture,” observed Alla-
habad HC while grant-
ing pre arrest bail to a
man accused of raping
his daughter-in-law.
Granting anticipatory
bail to one Babu Khan,
Justice Ajit Singh ob-
served, “Without ex-
pressing any opinion on
the merits of the case,
considering that the ac-
cusation might have
been made falsely with
the object of injuring or
humiliating his (appli-
cant’s) reputation in
society, and also consid-
ering the apex court’s
decisions, the anticipa-
tory bail is granted”.
“In the event of ar-
rest of the applicant, he
shall be released on an-
ticipatory bail on his
fulfilling certain condi-
tions”, the court added.
The FIR was lodged
by the alleged victim
against her own father-
in-law, Babu Khan un-
der Sect 376 (rape) and
other sections of IPC at
police station - Janak-
puri of Saharanpur dis-
trict.
It was alleged that on
March 1, 2018 at about 6
pm, the applicant along
with co-accused came at
the house of victim’s
brother when she was
alone and asked the
whereabouts of her
brother. When the vic-
tim said that her broth-
er is not at home then
father-in-law of the vic-
tim started abusing her.
It was further men-
tioned that when the
victim tried to stop him
she was pushed.
HC bail to man accused of raping daughter-in-law
BENEFIT OF DOUBT
Quite unnatural that a man shall
rape his daughter-in-law: Judge
SCENES FROM A PROTEST
Candidates recruited for 69,000 teacher posts protested at Parivartan Chowk in Lucknow on Monday demanding their appointment.

Beneficiaries of govt schemes to play decisive role in return of saffron party to power
BJP initiates programmes to
strengthen chances of LS win
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: To get the
desired success in the
upcoming Lok Sabha
elections, BJP strate-
gists have chalked out a
two-pronged plan. On
one hand, while the
party will promote its
strong aspects like pub-
lic welfare schemes,
good governance, de-
velopment and cultural
nationalism among the
people, on the other
hand, special attention
will be given to
strengthen those areas
and booths where the
party’s past electoral
performances have
been relatively poor.
It is worth noting
that the schemes of
free ration, free treat-
ment and cash transfer
to women and farmers
were evidently a game
changer for the BJP in
the recent assembly
polls of UP. The groups
of beneficiaries of var-
ious central and state
schemes, like PM Awas,
PM Kisan, Ujjwala,
Mudra loans, Ayush-
man Bharat, played a
decisive role in the re-
turn of the saffron par-
ty to power in UP.
Now for the Lok
Sabha elections to be
held in 2024, the party
is again going to high-
light the achievements
of the Modi govern-
ment among the com-
mon people, especially
women, farmers, de-
prived sections and
youth. For this, com-
prehensive pro-
grammes have been set
by the organisation.
For participating in
these events at the dis-
trict and tehsil level,
the responsibilities of
the office-bearers from
the top leadership to
the lower level have
been fixed. In the re-
cently concluded meet-
ing of BJP’s State
Working Committee,
party officials were in-
structed to implement
the upcoming roadmap
diligently and make or-
ganisational pro-
grammes successful in
every situation.
Along with this, BJP
is going to focus on
booths on which its per-
formance could not be
better in 2019 general
elections and the recent
polls. All the MLAs
ohave been assigned the
task of strengthening
ten booths in their re-
spective constituencies,
while each MP has been
given the responsibility
of strengthening 100
booths in their Lok
Sabha constituency
. Ac-
cording to a highly
placed source of the
BJP state organisation,
even though the party
may have won a big vic-
tory in 2022 elections, it
could get fifty seats less
than the last time.
Despite all the efforts
of the party planners,
the Akhilesh-led alli-
ance put up an exempla-
ry performance in at
least five districts mak-
ing a clean sweep over
28 seats.
Now the party think-tank
has decided that its equa-
tions should be balanced
on weak booths so that
there is no obstacle in the
target of 75 plus seats in
LS polls. There is already a
presence of party organi-
zation in 1.74 lakh booths
across UP, out of which
BJP is going to put more
effort on the weak areas
PARTY TO FOCUS
ON WEAK AREAS
For the Lok Sabha
elections, the party is
again going to highlight
the achievements of the
Modi government among
the common people, es-
pecially women, farmers,
deprived sections and
youth. For this, compre-
hensive programmes
have been set by the
organisation.
BJP TO HIGHLIGHT
GOVT’S ACHIEVEMENT
RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary
files nomination for RS polls
L u c k n o w ( P T I ) :
Rashtriya Lok Dal
chief Jayant Chaud-
hary on Monday filed
his nomination for
the Rajya Sabha polls
as a joint candidate
of the Samajwadi
Party-RLD combine.
Accompanied by
Samajwadi Party
chief Akhilesh Ya-
dav, Chaudhary
reached Uttar
Pradesh Assembly
premises in the
morning to file his
nomination.
The Samajwadi
Party (SP) won 111
seats in the recent
Assembly polls in the
state while its ally
RLD got eight. The
Suheldev Bharatiya
Samaj Party, another
ally of the SP, won
six seats.
According to the
Election Commis-
sion of India, the last
date for filing the
nomination for the
Rajya Sabha polls is
May 31. The docu-
ments will be scru-
tinised on June 1 and
the last date for with-
drawal of candida-
ture is June 3.
Polling will be held
on June 10 and the
votes will be counted
the same day.
Asked whether
RLD would be con-
tinuing its alliance
with the SP for the
2024 Lok Sabha polls,
Chaudhury said, “We
have to contest many
elections together.”
UP tops with 3 names
for Cong’s RS seats
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh has got the lion
share in the Congress
list as three leaders
from the state -- Rajeev
Shukla, Pramod Tiwari
and Imran Pratapgarhi
have been nominated
for the Rajya Sabha
elections.
Shukla and Tiwari
are from the Brahmin
community on which
the Congress is likely to
focus. The other sur-
prise was Pratapgarhi
-- a poet-turned-politi-
cian who has been given
nomination from Maha-
rashtra, focussing on
the minority votes of
the state.
The party has picked
up fiery Bihar leader
Ranjeet Ranjan -- a for-
mer MP.
The Congress has an-
nounced 10 candidates
for Rajya Sabha with
prominent among them
being Randeep Surjew-
ala, Imran Pratapgarhi
and Pramod Tiwari but
one of the prominent
G-23 leaders Ghulam
Nabi Azad has been not
given nomination, and
even Anand Sharma
has not been given the
nomination. The Con-
gress has nominated
Rajeev Shukla and Ran-
jeet Ranjan from Chhat-
tisgarh, Ajay Maken
from Haryana, Jairam
Ramesh from Karnata-
ka, Vivek Tankha from
Madhya Pradesh, P Chi-
dambaram from Tamil
Nadu.
Rajiv Shukla Pramod Tiwari
IAS officers Virendra Singh,
Rama Shankar retire
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Two IAS of-
ficers of state bureau-
cracy retired on Mon-
day. One of the officers
is 2004 batch officer
Virendra Kumar Singh
posted as Commission-
er Rural Development
UP at the time of retire-
ment. Singh who joined
the civil services as PCS
officer was promoted to
IAS and given the 2004
batch. Another officer
is Dr Rama Shankar
Maurya of batch 2009
who at the time of re-
tirement held the post
of Addl Commissioner,
Director of Industries
Kanpur.
6SPsamong11IPSofficerstransferred
Shlok Kumar Sankalp Sharma Kamlesh Dixit Alok Ajit Kumar Shubham
Rashtriya Lok Dal President Jayant Singh Chaudhary files his
nomination papers for Rajya Sabha in Lucknow on Monday .
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav was also present.
—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
VK Singh Dr Rama
—PHOTOS
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR
Nothing means more to a
man than the love of family
and admiration of friends.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India

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LUCKNOW | TUESDAY,
MAY 31, 2022
HONOURED
HONOURED
CELEBRATIONS ABOUND
CELEBRATIONS ABOUND
ong ratula-
tions have
been pouring
in from
across India
and even
abroad and
celebrations continue
as family and friends
and the JC team cele-
brate a moment of
great pride for each
one of us wherein
Jagdeesh Chandra
was awarded honor-
ary D.Litt. by Ja-
nardan Rai Nagar Ra-
jasthan Vidyapeeth,
Udaipur at the 14th
convocation ceremo-
ny of the university
on Saturday morning
in the presence of
Education Minister
Dr BD Kalla and Uni-
versity authorities.
This honour was last
accorded to Gulab Ko-
thari, Owner and Edi-
tor-in-chief of Ra-
jasthan Patrika, a
leading newsgroup in
2018 and has not been
given to anyone for
the past four years.
The honorary doctor-
ate recognises the out-
standing contribution
and accomplishments
of Jagdeesh Chandra
in the field of media.
At the celebrations
held at the First India
channel office on
Monday afternoon,
the entire team was
present and there was
an atmosphere of ju-
bilation and pride. Di-
rector Virendra
Choudhary, senior
editor Sudhanshu Ma-
thur, Editor News
Jinendra Shekhawat
and all the members
of the First India fam-
ily were present for
the cake cutting cere-
mony and honouring
their CMD. Virendra
Choudhary said, “ It is
a matter of great priv-
ilege that our CMD
has been awarded the
honorary D.Litt de-
gree for his outstand-
ing achievements in
the field of media in
the past 15 years. I
congratulate him and
wish him all the best!”
Jagdeesh Chandra
said that this honour
does not belong to him
alone but to the entire
First India family and
especially of Virendra
Choudhary and the
‘JC-VC’ team. “I am
pleased that our work
hasbeenrecognisedat
this level by the people
and we will continue
to create new bench-
marks in the field of
media”, he added.
After the celebra-
tions at the channel of-
fice,JagdeeshChandra
immediately left for
Taj Rambagh where
theGMAshokRathore
and the entire Taj fam-
ily hosted a cake-cut-
ting celebratory cere-
mony for their most
privileged client who
is now closer than a
familymembertoeach
one of them.
The beautiful gor-
geous hostesses of Taj
Rambagh who are
truly the celebrity
faces of this heritage
property added a spar-
kle of glamour to the
heartfelt ceremony
which was not just a
treat for the aesthetic
heart but also for the
eyes with its splurge
of flowery bouquets
and the amazing cake.
But possibly most of
all which made the en-
tire ceremony one of
charm and enchant-
ment was the pride
and joy in the eyes of
each member of the
Taj team. Jagdeesh
Chandra thanked
Ashok Rathore and all
the Taj team members
for their heartfelt ef-
forts and shared that
how Rambagh which
has been a part of his
journey, earlier as an
outstanding IAS of-
ficer, has also stood as
a testimony to his suc-
cess in the world of
media in the last 15
years as Rambagh has
been a part of his life,
whether he was the
CEO of ETV network
or then later Zee net-
work or now the CMD
of First India News
and the CEO and edi-
tor-in-chief of First
India with its four edi-
tions namely Jaipur,
New Delhi, Lucknow
and Mumbai.
With friends and ac-
quaintances dropping
in throughout the day
athisresidencetocon-
gratulate him in per-
son, Jagdeesh Chan-
dra nevertheless
reached the First In-
dia newspaper office
in the evening to ac-
cept the congratula-
tionsof hisnewspaper
team in person and to
celebrate the honour
with them. The mes-
sage to the JC teams,
both of the channel
and newspaper was
clear as enunciated by
Jagdeesh Chandra-
“This honour and
award belong to each
one of you and it is a
responsibility for us!
We have to continue to
strive even harder and
set higher targets and
benchmarks for the
world of media!”
ANITA HADA
anita.hada@firstindianews.com
C
CONGRATULATIONS AND GREETINGS CONTINUED
ON MONDAY ALSO IN JAIPUR, AFTER JAGDEESH
CHANDRA WAS AWARDED THE HONORARY D.
LITT DEGREE ON SATURDAY MORNING!
Jagdeesh Chandra cuts the celebratory cake with Virendra Choudhary and Rainu Singh. Also
seen are (L-R) Poonam Sharma, Sudhanshu Mathur, Bikaram, Naresh Sharma Jinendra Shekhawat
Jagdeesh Chandra with Ashok Rathore and the Rambagh team
Jagdeesh Chandra with Virendra Choudhary and the First India team at the channel office
Jagdeesh Chandra cuts the celebratory cake as Ashok Rathore looks on smilingly. Also seen are Amisha and Manoj
Jagdeesh Chandra with the First India newspaper team at the City Mall office during celebrations. Seen here are (L-R) Mukesh Sharma,
Dinesh Mathur, Vinod Sharma, Uttam Sain, Chandra Prakash Choudhary, Sharat Verma, Mitali Dusad, Mahesh Sharma, Siddhivi Singh,
Shubhanshi Pathak, Dhanushree Vyas, Moni Sharma and Purva Shree Mahasani
Jagdeesh Chandra with the celebrity faces of Rambagh (From left) Srishtee, Plabita, Amisha, Anushka, Harshita, Mohini and Swati
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA,
MUKESH
KIRADOO
AND
SUNIL
SHARMA

10
ETC
orld Parrot
Day is cele-
brated on
May31every
year which
highlights
the threats
that parrots face in the
wild. This day was
founded by the World
Parrot Trust (WPT)
which was established
to protect parrots
through conservation
and welfare pro-
grammes. It not only in-
cludes wild parrots but
also deals with captive
parrots worldwide.
Parrotsareveryintel-
ligent birds hence they
make excellent enter-
taining pets. Apart from
this fact, there are a va-
rietyof reasonstogofor
aparrotasapet.Studies
show that parrots have
advanced abilities and
they can solve problems
and communicate well
with people. They can
even understand hu-
man-constructed aca-
demic concepts such as
mathematics, shapes
and colours because
they possess reasoning
skills equal to that of a
7-year-old child.
These are interactive
birds and can be taught
new tricks easily with-
out much grooming.
Parrots maintain
their hygiene as well as
beautyontheirownand
preen their feathers dai-
ly
. Preening is a
method that
birds use to
r e m o v e
dust, dirt
and par-
a s i t e s
f r o m
t h e i r
feathers.
They also
align each
featherinan
optimal po-
sition which
looks great.
They are
low mainte-
nance pets
and they eat
relatively
small por-
tions through-
out the day
. It
mightvaryfrom
parrot to parrot
but the average
diet is ¼ to ½ cup of
pellets per day which
can be combined with
fresh fruits, vegetables
and seeds.
Probablythishealthy
diet makes them live
relatively longer than
other popular pets such
as cats and dogs. You
might get a lifelong
companion which is
easy to train. They
crave attention from
their owners hence
training them is a treat.
Parrots can easily be
taught how to mimic
and identify colours.
They even catch lan-
guage and behaviours
quicker than one can
expect. They are also
verylovingandsocialby
nature. They love to
snuggleandcuddlewith
their owners. They can
even inflict self-harm if
not given proper
attention.
They are
welcomeinalltheplaces
that you visit.
They are great dance
partners and easily co-
habitatewithotherpets.
They are funny and be-
comethecentreof atten-
tion. They love to watch
TV with their owners.
They are great friends
and require a great deal
of time and attention.
TIPS TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR
PET PARROT
Parrot Housing
Proper supervision is a must for these birds with
a sealed enclosure at night so that no predator can
access it. It is always recommended to maintain the
safety of these birds. They should spend some time
out of the cage to exercise and socialize.
Choosing a Parrot Cage
The bird should be able to stretch out both wings fully
without touching either side of the cage. This ensures ad-
equate space for birds’ safety and mental health purposes.
Cages should be safe, strong and non-toxic.
Cleaning Maintenance
The food and water bowls of the bird
should be cleaned daily. Deep cleaning
of the cage should be done at least
once a week. Toys should be replaced
once they are dirty or destroyed.
Here are
some in-
teresting
facts about
parrots:
Some parrots live
for over 60 years.
Parrots in the wild
usually mate for life.
A parrot’s beak is so
strong that it can break
open a metal cage.
The largest parrot, the
kakapo, weighs up to 9
pounds and can’t fly.
In India, it’s against the
law to put parrots and other
birds in a cage.
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ANEESHA PARTI, Blogger
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Rewards and recognition
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.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
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.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
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.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Don’t give a firm
commitment in financial
matters before considering
the viability of the project.
You succeed in completing an
important project before deadline.
Disagreements on the family front are
foreseen. Your intuition will save you
from a tricky spot today.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
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.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
It is good day to confess
your love as stars appear
favourable for positive
reply. Your sole depend-
ency on friends may fail to bring any
respite from loneliness today.A
sound financial health of business-
men would enable to give monetary
benefits to employees.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Chances of being misled by
competitors in business are
high, 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.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Yoga would help in raising
energy levels and improve
your metabolism. Some of
you are going experience
emotional fulfillment on romantic
front. Place emphasis on domestic
affairs to enhance the domestic
tranquility and harmony. Associate
yourself with a humanitarian group.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
The day is not likely to
pose any major problems
at workplace. You will
succeed in resolving
misunderstanding with family
members, normalizing ties. You will
remain much in demand on social
front. You need to stand by romantic
partner during testing times.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Your hard work and
dedication are likely to be
noticed by seniors, paving
way for promotion or
increment. Better to consult an
expert in financial matters before
making an investment. Family will be
supportive of career aspirations.
Health will be satisfactory.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
A sound monetary position
would enable you to keep
pace with changing times.
Avoid raising controversial
issues at home to maintain harmony.
Successful implementation of new
ideas would add to your prestige on
the professional front. It is a
wonderful day to build connections.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
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.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
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WORLD PARROT DAY
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BIRD
BIRD
Celebrated on May 31 every year,World
Parrot Day highlights the threats parrots face
in the wild.The day was founded by theWorld
ParrotTrust and has been adopted by many
organizations and enthusiasts to save
parrots from being endangered.
DHANUSHREE VYAS
cityfirst@firtsindia.co.in
How to
observe
the day
Check out the
parrots at your
local zoo or bird
sanctuary.
Learn more
about the
different kinds of
parrots.
Donate to a
parrot conserva-
tion organization
or parrot rescue
group.
Watch documen-
taries on parrots

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