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‘Food for All’ a reality in Uttar Pradesh
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Ensuring
that no one sleeps hun-
gry in the state even
amid the Covid-19 pan-
demic, the Uttar
Pradesh government
has so far distributed
approximately 100 Lakh
MT of free food grains
since the first wave of
the COVID-19 pandemic
(April 2020).
As per the Chief Minis-
ter’s directives, the dis-
tribution was carried
out entirely through
point-of-sale (PoS) de-
vices with biometric
Aadhaar and dealer au-
thentication in a most
transparent manner.
The Yogi-led govern-
ment in Uttar Pradesh
has distributed 76, 39,
378.955 MT of free food
grains under PMGKAY.
While approximately
23,60,402.64 MT of free
ration was separately
distributed by the gov-
ernment, which is ‘over
and above’ the ration
being distributed under
PMGKAY. The total dis-
tribution amounts to
100 lakh MT in the state.
In order to help mi-
grants, poor and under-
privileged sections of
the society to tide over
the hardship of pan-
demic times, the gov-
ernment is providing
free 5 kg food grains to
over 15 crore beneficiar-
ies of the PMGKAY. Un-
der the scheme, each
beneficiary receives 3
kg wheat and 2 kg rice.
During 2020, out of
the total allocation of
58,02,845.950 MT food
grains under PMG-
KAY-2020 Turn to P6
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at his official residence on Friday.
100 lakh MT of free grains
distributed since first wave of Covid
95.37% of beneficiaries received
food grains under PMGKAY
BJP’s booklet
for farmers to
counter
‘propaganda’
Lucknow: In the meeting
with BJP MPs in Delhi,
UP Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath stressed
upon the point that
the opposition “propa-
ganda” amongst farmers
needs to be countered
with facts. A booklet dis-
tributed amongst all BJP
MPs at the meetings
has a detailed section on
farmers. This booklet is
to be distributed widely
in the rural areas to
prevent them from being
“misled” by opposition
forces. More on P8
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Kandahar: Taliban on Thursday said they had killed an Afghan police officer,
better known for posting humourous videos online, after clips emerged on
social media showing him being beaten and his dead body. Fazal Moham-
mad, popularly referred to as “Khasha Zwan”, was stationed in southern
Kandahar province but was taken away by the Taliban after returning home.
Mumbai: BSE index climbed 209.36 points or 0.40 per cent to close at
52,653.07, while the broader NSE Nifty advanced 69.05 points or 0.44 per
cent to 15,778.45. Tata Steel was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rallying
nearly 7 per cent, followed by Bajaj Finserv, SBI, HCL Tech, Sun Pharma,
Bajaj Finance and Reliance Industries.
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LOVLINA’S PUNCHES
ASSURE 1ST BOXING
MEDAL THIS EVENT
Debutant Lovlina Borgohain
(69kg) assured India of their
first boxing medal at the ongo-
ing Olympic Games when she
upstaged former world cham-
pion Nien-Chin Chen of Chinese
Taipei to enter the semifinals
here on Friday. The Assam boxer
prevailed 4-1 to make the last-
four where she will square off
against reigning world champion
Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey.
PV SINDHU
SHUTTLES INTO
SEMIFINALS
PV Sindhu showed outstand-
ing proficiency in both her
defense and dominating rallies,
to march into the semifinal of
the Tokyo Olympics at Musashi-
no Forest plaza on Friday with
a 21-13, 22-20 quelling of
the World No.5. Sindhu had
answers to every single poser
thrown at her by Japan’s Akane
Yamaguchi, even a 54-shot rally
that went the other way.
MEN WITH HOCKEYS
THRASH HOST TO
FINISH 2ND IN TALLY
Indian men’s hockey team
exhibited class and purpose
again and defeated hosts Japan
5-3 to finish 2nd in the Group
A and enter the quarter-finals.
Australia have topped the group
with 13 points in 5 matches.
The win versus Japan on Friday
was India’s third consecutive
at the Games. The side had
defeated defending champions
Argentina 3-1 on Thursday.
Delta may spread like chickenpox,
cause severe infection, say studies
New York: The Delta
variant of the coronavi-
rus may cause more se-
vere illness than all
other known versions
of the virus and spread
as easily as chickenpox,
US media reports quot-
ing internal studies
from the US health au-
thority said.
The document from
the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
(CDC) outlines unpub-
lished data that shows
fully vaccinated people
might spread the Delta
variant, first identified
in India, at the same
rate as unvaccinated
people, reports said.
The contents of the
document - a slide pres-
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India extends
int’l flights ban
till August 31
New Delhi: Thegovern-
mentonFridayextended
the ban on international
flightstillAugust31.The
banwill,however,notap-
ply to cargo internation-
al flights. International
flights are operating
onlytoandfrom28coun-
tries with which India
has “air bubble” agree-
ment.
Meanwhile, Air In-
dia has announced
that it will double its
flight frequency to the
US from the first week
of August to cater to
US-bound students.
Pegasus‘non-issue’,govt ready
for debate on people-related matters
Girls outshine boys in
CBSE class 12th result
New Delhi: An as-
tounding 99.37 per cent
students cleared the
CBSE Class 12 exams
this year, marking a
10.59percentincreasein
the pass percentage
from the previous year.
Girlscontinuedtoout-
shine boys in the exams
as 99.67 per cent girl stu-
dents cleared the exami-
nations, while the pass
percentage among boys
was 99.13 per cent. The
CBSE could not conduct
the Class 12 examina-
tions due to the Covid-19
pandemic and the re-
sults were declared on
the basis of an alternate
assessment policy
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Revival on its mind, Cong discusses
plan proposed by Prashant Kishor
Dhanbad judge death: SC seeks
report from J’khand chief secy,DGP
New Delhi: The Con-
gress party is actively
discussing a reform and
revivalplanproposedby
political strategist
Prashant Kishor.
The plan of action by
Kishor has been de-
signedtomaketheparty
battle-ready for the 2024
general elections to take
on brand Modi and the
BJP’s election machin-
ery
. Members of the
Congress Working Com-
mittee are meeting in
groups to discuss the
revival agenda.
Kishor had submitted
the plan to Sonia and
Rahul Gandhi during
his meeting with them
earlier this month.
Kishor had reportedly
met Priyanka Gandhi as
well. The report by a
newspaper said that
Kishor suggested the
creation of an empow-
ered group to take all
key decisions. He pro-
posed steps to strength-
ening the state and dis-
trict committees.
New Delhi: Calling it a
“gruesome incident”,
the Supreme Court Fri-
day took suo motu cog-
nizance of the death of
an Additional Sessions
Judge of Dhanbad in
what police suspect was
a premeditated hit-and-
run incident.
A bench headed by
Chief Justice NV Ra-
mana said it was taking
suo motu cognizance of
the matter as incidents
of attacks on judicial of-
ficers and the legal fra-
ternity are happening
across the country.
However, it made clear
the proceedings before
the Jharkhand High
Court to monitor the
probe into the death of
the judicial officer
would continue.
“We direct the Chief
Secretary Turn to P6
AK-47s, sniper
guns with Mizo
civilians: Assam
Guwahati: Assam
Chief MinisterHimanta
Biswa Sarma on Friday
defendedissuinganadvi-
sory to its people against
travelling to Mizoram
saying civilians in its
neighbour-
ing state car-
ry advanced
guns that
could prove
to be danger-
ous given the fractious
relations between them
right now.
Along-runningbound-
ary dispute between the
two flared up last week
after six Assam police
personnel were killed
and dozens of others
werewoundedingunfire.
New Delhi: With Oppo-
sitionmemberscontinu-
ing to disrupt Parlia-
ment over the alleged
Pegasus snooping issue,
Union Minister Pralhad
Joshi on Friday said the
controversy was a “non-
issue” and that the gov-
ernment was ready for
discussion on people-re-
lated issues.
Calling the Opposi-
tionbehaviour“unfortu-
nate”, the Union Parlia-
mentary Affairs Minis-
ter urged the protesting
members to allow the
House to function.
Noting that the IT
Minister has already
given a detailed state-
ment on the issue in
both the Houses, Joshi
said, “There are so
many issues directly re-
lated to the people of
India… government is
ready for discussions,”
he said.
“We don’t want to
pass bills without dis-
cussions,” Joshi was
further quoted as say-
ing by PTI. P5
CORONA CATASTROPHE
INDIA UTTAR PRADESH
44,230
new cases
555
new fatalities
TOKYO OLYMPICS 2020
INDIA GEARS UP
FOR ARRAY OF
Meda s
Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi during the
Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi.
42
new cases
04
new fatalities
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New Delhi: A contempt
petition has been moved in
Supreme Court making PM
Narendra Modi, Home Min-
ister Amit Shah, and MHA,
as respondents, while chal-
lenging the appointment
of Rakesh Asthana as the
Delhi police commissioner.
Mumbai: Maharashtra’s ex-
Minister Anil Deshmukh
and his son, Hrishikesh,
have been summoned by
the Enforcement Directo-
rate at its Mumbai office on
Monday in a case linked to
alleged money laundering.
Kolkata: West Bengal chief
minister Mamata Banerjee
on Friday said that her
five-day visit to the national
capital was “successful”.
“The Opposition needs to
get united. I met several
leaders. The outcome is
good,” she told ANI.
New Delhi: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and Union
Home Minister Amit Shah
will virtually join the cele-
brations between August 1
and 9 to mark the five years
of the Rupani-Nitin Patel
government in Gujarat.

UTTAR PRADESH
LUCKNOW | SATURDAY, JULY 31, 2021
02
Anita Hada
Lucknow: In a deft po-
litical move the BJP-led
NDA government has
outsmarted the Opposi-
tion parties in UP. The
BJP, with an eye on UP
assembly elections in
2022 the NDA govern-
ment has made a strong
move through quota
politics to reach out
well-entrenched back-
ward communities and
economically weaker
sections in the state.
PM Narendra Modi’s
decision to allow 27%
reservation for students
from Other Backward
Classes (OBC) and 10%
Economically Weaker
Sections (EWS) catego-
ries in medical colleges
is likely to go a long way
in further strengthen-
ing the BJP control over
this section in the state.
The state government
from its share in medi-
cal colleges has already
been providing reserva-
tion to all reserved cat-
egories.
The proposed quota to
be implemented from
current year (2021-22) is
meant for undergradu-
ate, PG medical and
dental courses All India
quota (AIQ) scheme
consists of 15% of total
available UG seats and
50% of total available
PG seats in government
medical colleges, bene-
fits around 5500 stu-
dents. The political
message is loud and
clear in UP at a time
when Samajwadi Party,
BSP and a group par-
ties claim to repre-
sent backward com-
munities under
Bhagidari Andolan
Morcha headed by
former minister Om
Prakash Rajbhar for
more representation
and empowerment to
OBCs in UP
. Reacting
to the issue, BSP presi-
dent Mayawati said
“reservation in medical
colleges is delayed deci-
sion of the NDA govern-
ment. If the Centre had
taken this decision ear-
lier large number of
people from these com-
munities would have
benefitted.
Quota to OBC, EWS in medical colleges: BJP outsmarts Oppn
POLITICAL MASTERSTROKE

During the last
Lok Sabha and
Vidhan Sabha
polls, BJP had
succeeded in
mobilising 45%
OBC vote along
with a sizeable
section of Dalits
in Uttar Pradesh
Will BJP continue its winning feat? —FILE PHOTO
IN A WEEK, BJP
IN A WEEK, BJP
IN A WEEK, BJP
DOES IT
DOES IT
DOES IT DOBARA
DOBARA
DOBARA
For the second time
For the second time
For the second time
within a week, BJP has
made strong pitch for
its OBC reach. On July
23 Modi, who had in-
ducted seven ministers
from UP in his ministry,
gave cabinet to four
members of OBC com-
members of OBC com-
members of OBC com-
munity from UP.
munity from UP.
munity from UP.
UP Board results today
First India Bureau
Lucknow:Results of
High School and Inter-
mediate classes of UP
board will be uploaded
today on websites www.
upmsp.edu.in and www.
upresults.nic.in today,
declared a notification
issued by the Uttar
Pradesh Madhyamik
Shiksha Parishad re-
leased on Friday.The
results will be uploaded
on the above by 3.30pm
it said. Students may
note that while the
board has released a
fresh evaluation crite-
ria, there is no change
in the passing criteria.
Students would be pro-
moted or failed basis
the passing criteria
which is in place.
HURRAH!
Students of SKD academy celebrating their success after CBSE declared class 12th
result in Lucknow on Friday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
UPEIDA, Indian
Dyecasting sign
Def-Corridor MoU
First India Bureau
Lucknow: On Fri-
day, Awanish Kumar
Awasthi, CEO Of UP-
EIDA and Anshu-
man, Managing Part-
ner of Indian Die-
casting Industries,
Aligarh and signed a
Memorandum of Un-
derstanding for set-
ting up a manufac-
turing industry at
Defense Corridor
with the intention of
manufacturing parts
and assemblies for
Defense and Aero-
space.
The Indian Diecast-
ing Industries which
is already a manufac-
turer of parts for
ECIL Hyderabad and
other anchor suppli-
ers of Hindustan
Aeronautical Limit-
ed has proposed an
investment of Rs. 5
crores along with
providing direct em-
ployment to 75 people
of the state.
UPEIDA CEO Awanish Kumar Awasthi, Defence Advisor Col.
SK Tyagi, Additional CEO (UPEIDA), Shirish Chandra Verma,
Finance Controller Vishwajeet Rai and media advisor
Durgesh Upadhyay and other officials were present during
the MoU signing ceremony.
INDUSTRIAL PARKS PLANNED IN MANY UTTAR PRADESH DISTRICTS
UP GOVT ‘PARKING’ INVESTMENTS
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In a novel
initiative to attract
maximum investments
to the state, the Yogi-led
Uttar Pradesh Govern-
ment is gearing up to
develop private indus-
trial parks in many dis-
tricts. The industrial
parks to be built on PPP
(public private partner-
ship) model are expect-
ed to boost exports from
the state as well.
The districts where
private industrial parks
are intended to be devel-
oped include Lucknow,
Unnao, Amethi, Sultan-
pur, Pratapgarh, Aurai-
ya, Hamirpur, Jalaun,
Noida, Ghaziabad,
Meerut, Azamgarh,
Ambedkar Nagar, Gora-
khpur and Prayagraj.
The State Govern-
ment intends to build
the first industrial
park in Unnao near
Agra-Lucknow Ex-
pressway. Land has
also been identified to
build this private in-
dustrial park in Ba-
rauli Kalan village of
the district. Indus-
tries manufacturing
textile and ready-
made garments, food
processing, perfumes,
brass products, toys
and electronic equip-
ment can be set up in
these private indus-
trial parks.
It is worth mentioning
here that Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath had
announced a number of
facilities for entrepre-
neurs intending to
build industrial parks
and warehouses as well
as providing logistics
services last year. It in-
cluded significant re-
duction in the land re-
quired for setting up a
private sector industri-
al park through an
amendment in the Uttar
Pradesh Industrial In-
vestment and Employ-
ment Promotion Poli-
cy-2017. Now, entrepre-
neurs can set up private
industrial parks in at
least 20 acres of land in
Bundelkhand and
Purvanchal regions of
the state whereas 30
acres or more would be
required for setting up
a private industrial
park in Pashchiman-
chal, including Mad-
hyaanchal, Noida and
Ghaziabad.
In order to encourage
big investors from with-
in the country and
abroad to come forward
to build private indus-
trial parks in the state,
the Industrial Develop-
ment Department has
identified about 9,000
hectares of land in 15
cities along the express-
ways on the instruc-
tions of CM Yogi .
The reason behind
identifying lands for in-
dustrial parks near ex-
pressways was that it
would facilitate faster
movement of goods and
transportation would
be cheaper. Soon pri-
vate investors will be
allotted land on liberal
terms for industrial
projects to be taken up
in their areas.
CMYogi Adityanath said
that Microsoft, Adani
and other companies
have pruposed to set
up their data centres in
Noida andhas directed of-
ficials to complete
all needed
formalities.
CMYogi has asked
officials to tighten
the noose around illicit
liqour manufacturers
under a dedicated cam-
paign, so that not even
a single case of illicit
liqour consumption be
reported from UP
CM said that a provision of Rs
200 crore has been made
under Mahila SamarthyaYojna to
empower women set up pro-
ductive companies on the lines of
Balini--a milk production company,
in all districts of UP.
Balini--a milk production company,
Yogi Speaks
Yogi Speaks
CM Yogi presides over a high level meet at his official residence on Friday. Finance Minister Suresh Khanna, CS RK Tiwari, DGP Mukul
Goel and other officials were also present on the occasion.
Ahead of Shah’s visit, DM
inspects Forensic Univ site
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Before
the visit of Home
Minister, Govern-
ment of India for per-
forming ‘Bhumi Pu-
jan’ ceremony of UP
Police and Forensic
Science University at
Pipersand, tehsil Sa-
rojini Nagar, District
Magistrate Abhishek
Prakash and Com-
missioner of Police
DK Thakur carried
out on-site inspection
of preparations for
the ceremony and is-
sued necessary
guidelines to all con-
cerned. District Mag-
istrate said that the
program should be
held by following the
Covid protocol.
Deputy District
Magistrate Sarojini-
nagar Santosh Kumar,
Additional District
Magistrate (Bhuya)
Ram Araj and other
departmental officers
were present there.
CM Yogi had said
last year said that a
Police and Forensic
University will be
established in Luc-
know. He said that
the university will
help prepare a pool
of forensic experts
who will be used by
the police depart-
ment as well as oth-
er public sector or-
ganisations.
DM Abhishek Prakash, Police Commissioner DK Thakur, ADM Ram Araj, SDM Santosh
Kumar, ADM Amarpal Singh, ADM KP Singh inspect preparations at the UP Police and
Forensic University site in Piparsand.
UP GOVT CRACKDOWN ON CORRUPT
Yogi government is not leaving any stone unturned
to get rid of corrupt practices in the state. Action
has been taken against 50 PCS officers and 2100
other officials in the Yogi regime 2017. Out of
these, 43% cases were the ones where the officials
have been caught red handed. Anti-Corruption
Bureau (ACB) has recovered Rs 45 lakh in cash and
has sent more than 280 people behind bar.
CM talks to SHGs, distributes revolving funds
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath has
said that the empow-
ered women in Uttar
Pradesh are setting new
examples and becoming
partners in the creation
of a strong society
.
The CM stated this
while having a direct
interaction through
video conferencing
with the Women SHGs
on Friday
.
“You have set a new
example by helping
your husband in com-
pleting his education
along with earning live-
lihood for the family.
Those who believe that
men are stronger, you
have completely proved
the logic wrong.This is
the strength and beauty
of women self help
groups” said the Chief
Minister while congrat-
ulating Shalini Devi of
village Paraunkh in
Kanpur Dehat.
Shalini Devi is taking
care of community toi-
lets built by the depart-
ment of Panchayati Raj
and earning an amount
of Rs.6000 per month.
At a virtual pro-
gramme the Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath also distribut-
ed money out of re-
volving funds and
Community Invest-
ment Fund (CIF) to
more than 42, 000
SHGs under the Uttar
Pradesh Rural Liveli-
hood Mission.
The Chief Minister
made an interaction
with the members of
six Self help groups
and asked them, about
the various activities
being undertaken by
them under State Rural
Livelihood Mission
(SRLM) and how it has
impacted their lives.
CM Yogi virtually distributes revolving funds to SHGs on Friday. Minister Rural Development, Moti
Singh was also present on the occasion.
Those who believe
that men are
stronger, you
(women) have
completely proved
the logic wrong.
—Yogi Adityanath,
Chief Minister
—FILE PHOTO

UTTAR PRADESH
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Bhadohi: Nishad Party’s Gyanpur MLA Vijay Mishra was
produced in court on Friday in
connection with a rape case.
Vijay Mishra, who is lodged in
an Agra jail since August 14 last
year, was produced in the court
amid tight security, SP Ram
Badan Singh said. Chief Judicial
Magistrate Sabiha Khatoon had summoned Mishra in
connection with the rape case registered against him and
two others by a singer from Varanasi, the SP said.
Muzaffarnagar: A retired police constable allegedly
jumped into a canal near a
village here and drowned
on Friday, officials said. The
constable was identified as
Ramesh Chand, they said,
adding that the incident took
place near Belda village under
the Bhopa police station area here.
Bareilly: With the traditional ‘Kanwar Yatra’ being
banned in the wake of the
covid crisis, many devotes
are going to post offices in
western Uttar Pradesh to buy
bottles of Gangajal. In Bareilly
city, 350 bottles have been
sold in the past six days.PMG
Sanjay Singh, said over 300 post offices have been
made sales centres in the region.
NISHAD PARTY MLA VIJAY MISHRA
PRODUCED IN COURT IN RAPE CASE
POLICE CONSTABLE REPORTEDLY KILLS
SELF BY JUMPING INTO CANAL
DEMAND FOR GANGAJAL FROM POST
OFFICES SOARS IN WESTERN UP
MAN WANTED IN DOZEN CRIMINAL
CASES ARRESTED IN SULTANPUR
WOMAN STOPPED FROM MARRYING
MUSLIM MAN CRIES KIDNAP
Sultanpur: A man wanted in over a dozen criminal
cases, including murder,
and carrying a reward of
Rs 25,000 on his arrest
was nabbed here on Friday,
police said. Ajay Dev
Shukla, alias Suryabhan,
was arrested by a team of
the Special Task Force and the local police of the
Jaisinghpur area, ASP Vipul Kumar Srivastava said.
Ballia: A Dalit woman, who was stopped by a
right-wing outfit from “will-
ingly” marrying a Muslim
man, told a fast track court
here on Friday that she was
kidnapped and deceived.
Alleging “love jihad”,
members of the Karni
Sena had forcibly taken them to a police station on
Wednesday.
CRUCIAL READ
9 DISTS COVID-FREE, RECOVERY 98.6%
Aligarh, Amroha, Basti, Etah,
Kasganj now in safe zone
Active caseload down 99.6%
from Apr 30 peak of over 3.1L
Aggressive tracing, testing
and treating bear fruits
First India Bureau
Lucknow: With as
many as nine districts
adding to Uttar
Pradesh’s success in
crushing the covid-
curve, the state’s Recov-
ry Rate has climbed up
to a remarkable 98.6 per-
cent, testifying the suc-
cess of the ‘UP’s Cov-
id-19 Model’ in eradicat-
ing the fatal virus.
These districts in-
clude Aligarh, Amroha,
Basti, Etah, Hathras,
Kasganj, Kaushambi,
Mahoba and Shravasti
who have zero active
Covid-19 positive cases.
With emphasis on
strict screening, treat-
ment and vaccination,
the achievement of all
the nine districts has
given a major boost to
the state’s fight against
the virus.
Making a rapid stride
towards wiping out the
fatal coronavirus, Uttar
Pradesh has also been
recording a consistent
decline in the number
of Active Covid cases.
The Active Caseload in
the most populous state
of India now stands at
729 which has been
brought down by over
99.6 per cent from its
peak capped at 3,10,783
cases on April 30.
On the contrary
sparsely populated
states like Kerala, Ma-
harashtra and Tamil
Nadu account for a
heavy Active Caseload
of 1,45,876, 85,000 and
22,000 respectively
.
Proactive measures
such as the aggressive
‘Trace, Test & Treat’ and
prevention through vac-
cination and Partial Co-
rona Curfews to eradi-
cate the pandemic, the
UP government has left
no stone unturned to
minimise its devastat-
ingimpact,asaresultof
whichthepositivityrate
has slumped to 0.01 per
cent, the lowest in the
country
.
Arresting the spread
of the virus, Uttar
Pradesh limited the
number of fresh infec-
tions to just 42. In the
same period, another 91
patients recovered from
the infection adding to
the recovery of 16,84,925
people in the state so far.
The fresh infections
have been reduced by
nearly 38,000 from its
peak which was 38,055
capped on April 24.
Lucknow: Hailing efforts of The Centre of Biomedi-
cal Research (CBMR), an autonomous centre estab-
lished by the UP Government, to get global ranking
by Nature Index, Minister Suresh Khanna, said it
was proud moment for not only the institution but
the whole state to receive such honour.
‘HONOUR FOR CBMR A MOMENT OF PRIDE’
Lucknow: To achieve
self-sufficiency in produc-
tion of the life-saving fluid
which became scarce
amid second covid wave,
UP has ramped up its
oxygen production with
245 of the 551 sanctioned
plants getting functional.
245 OF 551 OXYGEN
PLANTS GET GOING
Lucknow: As part of
its mission to achieve
self-sufficiency in the
production of medical
oxygen in UP, the state
government is currently
working on war footing to
get all plants functional
by August 15.
RAPID WORK ON FOR
AUG 15 DEADLINE
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Central
Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) has registered a
case against Navneet
Kumar Verma Director
(Telecom), Research De-
sign and Standards Or-
ganisation, Ministry of
Railways, Manak Nagar,
here and his wife Gunja
Verma on allegations of
possessing assets dis-
proportionate to known
sources of income.
It was reported that
Verma(officerof IRSSE,
2006Batch),afterpromo-
tion to the post of Senior
Divisional Signal and
Telecom Engineer, had
served at Eastern Rail-
way
, Malda Town (West
Bengal)from2015to2016
Thereafter, he joined
as Joint Director (S and
T),UrbanTransportand
High Speed, RDSO, Luc-
know, where he re-
mained posted from 2017
to August, 2018.
It was alleged that
Navneet Verma had ac-
quired assets worth
Rs 76,45,092 (approx)
which were dispropor-
tionate to his known
sources of income
duringJanuary1,2015to
December 31, 2017.
Itwasalsoallegedthat
during the said period,
the accused had ac-
quired immovable and
movable assets, amount-
ing to Rs 81,42,360 (ap-
prox) in his name and in
the name of his wife.
Investigations were
being conducted on Fri-
day at four locations in-
cluding at Lucknow,
Jaunpur and Mau in the
office and residential
premises of the accused,
which has led to recov-
ery of several incrimi-
nating documents,
sources said.
CBI files disproportionate assets case against RDSO officer, wife
MONEY SPINNERS

Probe continued
at Lucknow,
Jaunpur and
Mau in the
office and
residential
premises of the
accused —FILE PHOTO
CM orders ensuring
ambulance facility
across state 24x7
Patients being brought by their relatives to KGMU by autorickshaws.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Intensify-
ing preparations to
foil a possible third
wave, CM Yogi has
given instructions to
ensure 24*7 availabil-
ity of ambulance ser-
vices in every district
of the state.
In this sequence,
the district magis-
trates have been asked
to keep a constant
watch on the arrange-
ments of ambulance
operations in their re-
spective districts.
While addressing a
covidevaluationmeet,
on Friday, CM Yogi
said, “Strict action
will be taken against
the guilty if any inci-
dent of sudden death
due to unavailability
of ambulance takes
place,” adding, “Un-
der no circumstances
patient or their fami-
lies should suffer.”
On one hand where
the opposition is spar-
ing no moment to
blame the govern-
ment, on the other
hand, CM Yogi is leav-
ing no stone unturned
to make sure not a sin-
gle person loses his
life because of the
scarcity of ambulanc-
es or medical equip-
ment.
Earlier on Thurs-
day
,Minister Sidharth
NathSinghhadlashed
out at Congress party
leader Priyanka Gan-
dhi for trying to mis-
lead people by blam-
ing the sacking of am-
bulance drivers on the
state government.
Clarifying the same,
he had said that the
drivers were not gov-
ernment employees,
and firing them was
solely the decision of
the companies they
were working for.
Ambulance staff
trained in sensitivity
The CM asked offi-
cials to improve the re-
sponse time of ambu-
lances. The ambulance
staff has been trained
to adopt a sensitive ap-
proach towards guard-
ians of kids and the
ambulances have been
equipped with all life-
saving equipment so
that they the kids can
be given first aid till
theyreachthehospital.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Noting that
vaccine availability and
vaccination rate have
been consistently im-
proving in the country,
the health ministry said
UP has improved its
monthly vaccine cover-
age from a mere 4.63
lakh in January to over
1.54 crore in July
.
Refuting media re-
ports alleging slow pace
of vaccination in Uttar
Pradesh and Bihar, the
ministry said consistent
improvement in vacci-
nationcoverageinBihar
and UP had been seen.
“It is clarified that the
news report is mislead-
ing as it takes into ac-
count the average daily
vaccination rate from
the beginning of the
covid vaccination drive
in order to show a low
rate of vaccination and
then further uses this
number to claim that
thestateswilltakemany
years to complete the
vaccination drive for its
citizens,” the ministry
said in a statement.
The state has proac-
tively worked towards
this endeavour to which
the rising monthly vac-
cination coverage of the
state is testimony, it
said.
First India Bureau
Badaun: Police have
arrested four perpetra-
tors for murdering teen-
agegirlinDataganjarea
here. The accused
were brothers
and father of
the deceased
and they killed
her as they
were against her
love marriage.
Police said the victim
married to Devendra
who was her distant
relative, which made
her whole family furi-
ous. The couple had ap-
pealed for security in
HC and the court grant-
ed their request.
The court’s order
reached Dataganj police
station on July 22 but
senior officials at
the station were
reluctanttopro-
vide security to
the couple.
Accused at-
tacked the girl
with a knife when
couple was heading to-
wards Kotwali. The hus-
band was also severely
injured in the attack but
he was saved by police-
men near Kotwali.
YOGI ALERTS DMS
Health ministry thumbs
up to UP vax record
Four arrested for
‘honour’ killing
Mayaassuresteachersofsolving
their probs if party forms govt
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In Uttar
Pradesh, the political
bugle has been sound-
ed and BSP chief
Mayawati has also
started meeting peo-
ple. A delegation of
Non-Aided Manage-
ment and Teachers’
Mahasabha, UP, met
the BSP supremo, and
placed their demands
before her. Taking the
problems seriously,
Mayawati said a com-
mission would be con-
stitutedif BSPformed
government and a
temporary solution
would be found to all
their legitimate de-
mands, especially re-
garding respectable
honorarium.
PENNY WISE
First India Bureau
Noida: Amid a possible
third wave of covid, the
Gautam Buddh Nagar
Health Department has
askedNoidaandGreater
Noida residents to alert
it about people coming
from nine high-risk
states, including Kerala
and Maharashtra.
A communication in
this regard was issued
by district’s Chief Medi-
cal Officer Dr Sunil
Sharma to all resident
welfare associations
(RWAs) and housing so-
cieties.
The communique
stated that UP has been
able to keep the rate of
covid transmission low
duetoalotof effortsand
there is a need to keep
the rate low.
Noida entry
from high-risk
states on radar
The ministry said
consistent
improvement in
vaccination coverage
had been seen in UP.
—PHOTO
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR
BSP chief Mayawati, BSP general secretary Satish Chandra
Mishra and Sanjeev Kumar Bajpai, BK Shukla, Prashant
Shukla, Krishna Chaturvedi, Reema Mishra and Anil Malviya

SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Let us hold unswervingly to
the hope we profess, for he
who promised is faithful.
—Hebrews 10:23
IN-DEPTH
Ashwini Vaishnaw
@AshwiniVaishnaw
With 25.4 billion real-time online
transactions in 2020, India has
surpassed China and the US. India’s
rapid increase in digital payments
shows that more and more people are
moving towards electronic transactions
leaving behind paper based payments
system. #DigitalIndia
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Integration of education and skills
involving schools, higher education
institutions, ITIs and PMKKs will
improve employability of our youth and
build global competence.
TOP TWEET
QUOTA IN
MEDICAL
ADMISSIONS
A BOON FOR
OBCS & EWS
rime Minister Naren-
dra Modi has strong-
ly backed OBCs in
politics, a move
which helped him
trump the Samajwadi Party in
Uttar Pradesh in 2017 when the
BJP won 312 seats. When ana-
lysts were busy assessing the
levelof disenchantmentof Brah-
mins with the Yogi Adityanath
government, the prime minister
allotted berths to seven MPs
from UP
. Six of them belonged to
the OBC and SC categories.
InanotherboldsteptheCentral
government has announced 27
percentOBCand10percentquota
for the Economically Weaker Sec-
tions in the All-India Quota
Scheme for various undergradu-
ateandpost-graduatemedicaland
dentalcourses.Thequota’sexten-
sion to state medical colleges will
benefit around 4000 OBC and 1000
EWS students every year.
One should not look at it from
a political angle but fulfillment
of a long-standing commitment
made to OBCs and EWS will give
the BJP a strong hand to take on
its political rivals in UP Assem-
bly elections in 2021.
P
merica and India
take pride in be-
ing two of the
world’s biggest
d e m o c r a c i e s .
Both, however, are riddled
with flaws making it diffi-
cult to say which is better.
Widely prevalent racism in
the US has allowed police
brutality against blacks over
the years. In a rare instance
of justice a white police of-
ficer, Derek Chauvin, was
convicted and jailed for mur-
dering George Floyd, a black
youth. In India the death of
Jesuit priest Stan Swamy’s
death in prison after being
denied bail. The US State De-
partment’s Office of Inter-
national Religious Freedom
called for respecting the “vi-
tal role of human rights” in
healthy democracy. Indian
authorities refused to com-
ment on Swamy’s death.
In this backdrop India and
the United States discussed
democratic deficit in veiled
terms with Minister for Ex-
ternal Affairs S. Jaishankar
holding his ground against
Secretary of State Antony J.
Blinken. Blinken pointed to
“democratic recession” and
“rising global threats to de-
mocracy and international
freedoms”. He called for sus-
tained effort to “form a more
perfect Union” inherent in
the “promise of democracy”.
Jaishankar responded by
saying that the “quest for a
more perfect union” applies
to other democracies as
much as it does to India.
The furore raging over
Pegasus spyware being used
to snoop on people other than
terrorists and scamsters in
violation of their right to pri-
vacy must have also weighed
on Blinken’s mind when he
referred to “democratic re-
cession”. For democratically
elected leaders it is safer to
spy on important people and
remain in power than to re-
spect people’s constitutional
rights and be praised for lib-
eral views.
DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT
IS HERE TO STAY
The furore raging over
Pegasus spyware being
used to snoop on people
other than terrorists
and scamsters in
violation of their right
to privacy must have
also weighed on Blinken’s
mind when he referred to
“democratic recession”
A
ith the trillions of USD worth
of precious metals, minerals
in its belly
, Afghanistan has
become the most coveted des-
tination for the “fortune seek-
ers of natural wealth” in glob-
al politics, especially China.
The world has witnessed
hectic diplomatic exercises
during the last week of July,
the issue was to usher in
peace in the war-ravaged
country
, but the world powers
were also eying for a “future
set up” amicable to their
long-term interests, both fi-
nancial and strategic.
Amidst the reports of Tali-
ban leaders’ successful visit
to China, Russian military
exercises on the Afghani-
stan’s western borders were
announced , and the US Sec-
retaryof State,AntonyBilkin
arrives in New Delhi for his
two-day sojourn, while the US
Defence Secretary
, LIyod Aus-
tin, was in Singapore to as-
sess and supervise the USA’s
forces to keep “peace” in the
Indo-Pacific region.
During this crucial week,
the Chinese foreign Minister,
Wang Yi, spreads the red car-
pet to welcome the nine-
member delegation of the
Afghan Taliban led by Abdul
Ghani Biradar, the chief ne-
gotiator at the Doha, at Tian-
jin, 100 kilometres off he
capital, Beijing. A Pakistani
delegation simultaneously
arrives in Washington to en-
sure “peaceful transition” of
Kabul and other urban cen-
tres to the Taliban. The Paki-
stani delegation comprising
the Pakistani National Secu-
rity advisor, Moeed Yusuf,
and the Inter-Services Intel-
ligence (ISI) chief, Faiz Ha-
mid, had met senior officials
of the Pentagon and the
White House. As expected,
the American side reiterated
that the Taliban should work
for ‘sharing power’ with the
Ghani government in Kabul.
Duringhisfirstofficialvisit
to China, Biradar has report-
edly assured Wang Yi that
Taliban would not promote
insurgency in the Pre-domi-
nantMuslimareasof western
China. China has just 76 kilo-
metres long border with Af-
ghanistan and there are re-
portsthathundredsof Uyghur
Muslims are fighting along
with Taliban forces. China is
averse to deploying its Peo-
ple’s Liberation Army (PLA)
in the rugged high altitude on
the border, but it is keen that
likeTurkey
,Talibantooshould
handover Uyghur Jihadis to
the PLA. Interestingly
, the
Chineseleadersthoughaverse
to give any religious freedom
to Muslim in their country
find themselves quite at home
with Jihadis of Pakistan and
nowithasnohesitancytotied-
up with Taliban to access the
mineralwealthof thecountry
.
Before hosting the Taliban
delegation, Wang Yi had sum-
moned his Pakistani counter-
part, Mehmud Qureshi, to
Beijing to promote Chinese
interests in the region as a
“Trojan Horse’’, and was
asked “to do more”, if it want-
ed access to the Chinese
funds. With the growing re-
luctance of the US-led west
and the Arab world to fund
Pakistan, it has little option
but to succumb to the Chi-
nese demands. Earlier, Paki-
stan was clandestinely serv-
ing Taliban forces as the con-
duit to the “Qatar Funds’,
‘Chinese weapons and ammu-
nitions and also had ensured
adequate share in the drug
trafficking through Karachi
sea-port. It has been well-doc-
umented by the British au-
thor, Andrew Small. In his
book, “China-Pakistan Axis”
published in 2015, he had cau-
tioned the world about the
new-geo-political alliance in
the region. He had predicted
that Pakistan, though ideo-
logically different from Chi-
na, would be serving the com-
munist giant.
However, a fragile attempt
was also being made to save
Pakistan from the Dragon,
when the National Security
advisor of the Kabul govern-
ment,HamdullahMohib,met,
Nawaz Sharif, now exiled in
London.Thethree-timeprime
minister, Sharif, was ousted
by the military establishment
by implicating him in false
corruption cases and had got
him convicted by manipulat-
ing the higher judiciary
. It is
also stated that this crucial
meetingwasarrangedbySau-
di Arabia. A Saudi diplomat
hadadvisedNawaztoholdthe
meeting, which is being seen
as an attempt to signal China
and the Pakistani army that
onlyaneffectivepoliticallead-
ermightservethe“interestof
peace” at this crucial period
and save Pakistan, which is
inching towards a grave po-
litical and economic crisis.
Nawaz Sharif has reportedly
told the Kabul representative
thatthePakistanipeoplewant
peaceful ties with Afghani-
stan. Earlier, a few months
ago an Afghan government
representative had met the
former prime minister on be-
half of the Afghan President
Ashraf Ghani to convey re-
gards to Nawaz and to ask
about his well-being.
Welcoming the gains of
Taliban in Afghanistan, the
leader of the Tehreek-e-Tali-
ban of Pakistan (TTP), Nur
Masood, in an interview to a
western channel, has stated
that “now our agenda is to
establish a Sharia-based Is-
lamic regime in Pakistan too.
“ He also claimed that TTP’s
volunteers have been fighting
along with the Afghan Tali-
ban and they would now help
TTP to establish an Islamic
regime in Pakistan too. It has
caused as expected panic in
the civil society of Pakistan.
During the high-level visit
of the Afghan Taliban’s visit
to China, Russia moves its
tanks to the Afghan borders.
Themovementof theRussian
troops is taking place follow-
ing the entry of more than
1000 Afghan Government
troops in the Tajikistan bor-
der earlier this month, who
had taken refuge in the neigh-
bouring country
. The pro-
posed joint exercise would
takeplaceatthefamousHarb-
Maidon during August 5-10.
The situation is quite fluid
and India and USA are keenly
monitoring the situation.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
INDIA-US ON THE
SAME PAGE
Dragon’s secret love for Taliban is now exposed, asks Pakistan to serve as Trojan horse
W
Amidst the reports of
Taliban leaders’ successful
visit to China, Russian
military exercises on the
Afghanistan’s western
borders were announced ,
and the US Secretary of
State, Antony Bilkin arrives
in New Delhi for his two-
day sojourn, while the US
Defence Secretary, LIyod
Austin, was in Singapore to
assess and supervise the
USA’s forces to keep “peace”
in the Indo-Pacific region
Chinese leaders though
averse to give any religious
freedom to Muslim in their
country find themselves
quite at home with Jihadis
of Pakistan and now it has
no hesitancy to tied-up
with Taliban to access
the mineral wealth
of the country
GOPAL MISRA
The writer is accredited as a Journalist
of Long and distinguished service with the
Press Information Bureau of the Information
and Broadcasting Ministry
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Anita Hada
New Delhi: The Con-
gress-led UPA, now a
day
,isnottheoldstrong-
hold of politics and
power rather a dilapi-
dated facade of once
reigning force of the
nation. Barring a hand-
ful of major political
players, there is not
much to write about in
UPA, which is trying to
find its relevence in the
current political land-
scape.
In fact, parties that
are not part of the UPA
have started calling out
for a new alliance of op-
position parties. For ex-
ample Congress’ ‘ally’
in Maharashtra, Shiv
Sena, whose MP Sanjay
Raut gave the clarion
call for a new opposition
stressing that UPA has
become defunct. Nota-
bly, Sena and Congress
are part of the Mahavi-
kas Aghadi government
in Maharashtra.
Moreover, another
constituent of the MVA,
the NCP, is definitely a
constituent party in the
Congress-led UPA but
its leaders are behaving
completely differently
as Sharad Pawar and
his close leaders are try-
ing to form a separate
opposition alliance. Pa-
war recently met Prime
Minister and there was
speculation about ‘vari-
ous possibilities’.
And even being part
of UPA, Sharad Pawar
has made several re-
marks on Rahul Gandhi,
due to which the leaders
of thenewgenerationof
Congressareangrywith
him. So, in a way
, the
NCP is different from it
despitebeingintheUPA.
Similarly
, both the re-
gional parties of Uttar
Pradesh are in opposi-
tionandbothhavepoliti-
cal commonality with
Congress, but neither of
them - Bahujan Samaj
Party (BSP) and Sama-
jwadi Party (SP - is in
UPA.
At present, the biggest
face of opposition poli-
tics is that of Mamta Ba-
nerjee and her Trina-
mool Congress is the
largest party of the op-
position, but Didi too is
not a part of UPA.
The Congress formed a
coalition with JDS in
KarnatakabutJDStoois
not a part of the UPA.
The Congress has good-
willwiththeLeftparties.
It had given outside sup-
port to the UPA-I govern-
ment and both the par-
ties have been fighting
the Bengal assembly
elections together for
two terms. But the left
too,isoutof UPA
’sambit.
Another major oppo-
sition party is Aam Aad-
mi Party but that too is
not in UPA. DMK, RJD
and JMM; these are the
only three big parties,
which are in UPA and
theirleadersattendUPA
meetings. Apart from
these, some other small
parties are definitely in
the UPA which takes the
numbers to 40, but these
parties do not have any
special meaning.
Therefore, the Con-
gress should form a
fresh alliance and the
parties who believe in
the leadership of the
Congress should be in-
cluded in it.
The problem with
Congress in rebuilding
the UPA structure or
forming a new alliance
is that most opposition
leaders have a problem
with Rahul Gandhi.
Leaders of most major
parties are not ready to
accept Rahul as their
leader. Some people
have their own ambi-
tions, and question put-
ting Rahul over them-
selves; then there are
some people who have
started believing the
campaign done by the
BJP against Rahul is
right. Keep in mind that
the BJP has established
Rahul Gandhi as ‘Pap-
pu’ with the help of its
IT cell in the last seven
years. BJP leaders fight
only with Rahul Gandhi
by all means, and are
also engaged in proving
him that he is not worth
anyone. The BJP has
created an impression
that the BJP benefits
from the existence of
Rahul Gandhi, the poli-
tician. Leaders of many
opposition parties con-
sider this to be true and
they feel that staying
with Rahul can harm
them.
Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in conversation.
Where is the Cong-led UPA? Is it really losing its relevance?
New Delhi: With seven prominent leaders from
the Congress joining the Trinamool Congress
in Tripura, the ruling party of West Bengal said
that the state committee of the Tripura unit of
Trinamool would be announced on Monday after
the party’s National General Secretary Abhishek
Banerjee arrives in the BJP-ruled state. Cong
leaders Subal Bhowmik, Prakash Das, Md Idrish
Mia, Tapan Dutta, Panna Deb, Debnath, and
Bikas Das, joined the Trinamool on Thursday.
CONG LEADERS JOIN TMC IN
TRIPURA; UNIT TO BE ANNOUNCED
New Delhi: Delhi HC on Friday granted time to
Whatsapp and Facebook to file their responses
over notices issued to them by Competition Com-
mission of India. Division Bench is hearing the
petitions of Whatsapp and Facebook challenging
the single-judge bench, which had dismissed
their pleas challenging a CCI order for an inves-
tigation into the messaging app’s new privacy
policy. Bench granted time to petitioners WA and
FB to file their response over notice.
DELHI HC GRANTS TIME TO WA, FB TO
FILE RESPONSES ON CCI’S NOTICES
New Delhi: Days after a Jharkhand Judge was
killed in an alleged hit-and-run incident, Ad-
ditional District and Sessions Judge (ADJ)
Mohd Ahmed Khan, posted in Uttar Pradesh’s
Fatehpur, was injured when a speeding vehicle
rammed into his car in Kaushambhi district. The
accident took place on Thursday night when the
ADJ was returning from Prayagraj to Fatehpur.
Judge Khan’s gunner was also hurt in the
accident, reports said.
ADJ INJURED IN ACCIDENT, CLAIMS
ATTEMPT TO MURDER
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STATEMENT TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT:
GOA CM ON RAPE COMMENT
K’TAKA CM BASAVARAJ BOMMAI
MEETS AMIT SHAH IN DELHI
SIXTY-THREE DISTRICTS IN COUNTRY
WITHOUT BLOOD BANKS, MANDAVIYA
Slammed for urging parents to introspect about al-
lowing minors to hang out at beaches after nightfall,
after the rape of two minor
girls, Goa Chief Minister
Pramod Sawant on Friday
claimed that his statement
was taken out of context.
“My statement about the
unfortunate incident was
taken out of context. Both as head of a responsible
government and as a father of a 14-year-old daugh-
ter, I was deeply pained and disturbed.”
New Delhi: Newly appointed Chief Minister of Kar-
nataka Basavaraj Bommai meets Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh and Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah in Delhi on Friday.
Basavraj Bommai is on
a two-day visit to the
national capital. “Met the
Chief Minister of Karna-
taka Basavaraj Bommai. My best wishes to him
and his team in taking the state to newer heights”
tweeted Amit Shah.
New Delhi: There are 3,500 licensed blood banks in
the country and 63 districts are without the facil-
ity, Union Health Minister
Mansukh Mandaviya told
LS on Friday. Elaborating
on the steps taken or pro-
posed by the government
to set up blood banks
in each district of the
country, Mandaviya said there must be at least one
licensed blood bank in every district while avoiding
clustering of the blood banks in urban areas.
PLEASE LET SESSION
RUN SMOOTHLY: JOSHI
Both houses of Parl witnessing adjournments since the beginning
New Delhi: Parlia-
mentary Affairs Minis-
ter Pralhad Joshi on
Friday urged Opposi-
tion leaders not to cre-
ate ruckus in Parlia-
ment and let the mon-
soon session run
smoothly
.
“Yesterday too I re-
quested them not to
create a ruckus. Today
again I am asking them
to let the Parliament
session run smoothly.
They should give their
views on the bills being
presented in the hous-
es,” Joshi said.
His statement came
after both houses of
Parliament witnessing
adjournments since
the beginning of the
session amid contin-
ued ruckus of Opposi-
tion leaders over vari-
ous issues.
Meanwhile, MPs
from Congress, the Shi-
romani Akali Dal
(SAD) and Bahujan Sa-
maj Party (BSP) con-
tinued their protest at
Parliament over the
three agriculture laws.
“The Centre should
be ashamed for lying.
How can they say that
the farm laws were
passed after the discus-
sion? Eighteen parties
opposed the three black
laws in Rajya Sabha
then also the Centre
passed the laws. In the
December session,
they didn’t hold talks
on farm laws and they
are doing the same dur-
ing the monsoon ses-
sion. Since the begin-
ning of the session I
am giving adjourn-
ment notice and I will
continue to give till the
centre agrees to hold
talks on it,” SAD MP
Harsimrat Kaur Badal
told ANI.
The Monsoon ses-
sion of the Parliament,
which started on July
19th, will conclude on
August 13.The opposi-
tion parties have been
forcing adjournments
in both Lok Sabha and
Rajya Sabha over
several issues since the
beginning of this ses-
sion. —ANI
Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi speaks in
Lok Sabha during the Monsoon session of Parliament.
—PHOTO BY ANI/LSTV
IN THE COURTYARD
SC TO HEAR EX-MAH HM
ANIL DESHMUKH’S PLEA
SC DEFERS HEARING IN
ITALY MARINES CASE
LICENSES OF KHAN CHACHA,
TOWN HALL CANCELLED
‘NEWS BASED ON POLICE
SOURCES NOT MALICIOUS’
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on
Friday said that it would hear on
August 3 the
plea filed by
the former
Maharashtra
Home Minister
Anil Deshmukh
seeking protec-
tion from ‘coercive action’ in a money
laundering case. A Bench headed by
Justice AM Khanwilkar posted the
plea for August 3 along with similar
petitions seeking no coercive action in
money laundering cases.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on
Friday deferred the hearing of the
case against the two Italian Marines
accused of killing two Indian fisher-
men on the west coast of Kerala on
August 2, 2012. An apex court bench
headed by Justice Indira Banerjee
was hearing the petitions, seeking a
stay of the disbursement of com-
pensation to the families of the two
Kerala fishermen killed in the case.
Earlier, on June 15, the apex court
had accepted the compensation of Rs
10 crore deposited by the Republic
of Italy.
New Delhi: Businessman Navneet
Kalra, who is an accused in oxygen
concentrator
black marketing
case, Friday in-
formed the Delhi
High Court that
the registration
certificate to
run his restaurants ‘Khan Chacha’ and
‘Town Hall’ in upscale Khan Market has
been cancelled by the authorities. The
court was hearing Kalra’s petition chal-
lenging a show cause notice and order
suspending the registration certificate.
Mumbai: The Bombay HC on Friday
while hearing actor Shilpa’s defamation
case said that news reports based on
police sources cannot be termed as
malicious and defamatory. The court
further told the plaintiff’s lawyer that
what the actor was expecting from it
will have serious consequences on the
freedom of the press. “Now do you
expect the court to sit back and check
what sources media houses?” the court
told Shilpa’s lawyer. The court further
said, “What you are expecting me to do
will have very serious consequences on
freedom of press.” —PTI
Pegasus major issue,
Centre curtailing
freedom: Kharge
New Delhi: Terming the
Pegasus row a “major is-
sue of national security”,
senior Congress leader
and Leader of the Opposi-
tion in Rajya Sabha, Ma-
likarjun Kharge on Fri-
day accused the Centre of
not allowing a debate and
discussion on multiple is-
sues ranging from farm-
ers, inflation, Mizoram-
Assam border dispute,
and Chinese aggression.
He also said that the
Pegasus issue is a matter
of people’s freedom and ac-
cused the Central govern-
ment of curtailing it in a
democratic set-up.
Speaking to ANI,
Kharge said, “The Opposi-
tion wants a debate on the
Pegasus issue. There are
other issues as well which
include farmers, infla-
tion, Mizoram-Assam bor-
der dispute, Chinese ag-
gression. These are among
many those issues which
the government does not
want to discuss and is not
allowing a debate upon
them. Pegasus is a big is-
sue raising concerns over
national security
. It is also
a matter of people’s free-
dom, it is being curtailed
in a democratic set-up.”
Malikarjun Kharge
SC TO HEAR PLEA
OF JOURNALISTS
Pak summons
Indian diplomat
over India’s poll
comments
Islamabad: Pakistan
on Friday summoned a
top diplomat of the
Indian High Commis-
sion here to convey its
“rejection” of India’s
comments on the
recently concluded
elections in Pakistan-
occupied Kashmir
(PoK).
The Indian Charge d’
Affaires was sum-
moned to the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs to
convey Pakistan’s com-
plete rejection of
India’s protest and to
reiterate Pakistan’s
clear and consistent
position on the Jammu
and Kashmir dispute,
Foreign Office said
here in a statement.
Govt ready to discuss issues
raisedbyOpposition:Tomar
New Delhi: Union Ag-
riculture Minister Nar-
endra Singh Tomar on
Friday that govern-
ment is ready to speak
on every issue raised
by the opposition.
“Opposition fre-
quently disrupts the
Parliament proceed-
ings on several issues
but the Government
and PM Narendra Modi
have always made it
clear that it is ready to
hold discussions over
important issues
raised by the opposi-
tion, including the
farm laws,” Tomar
said. Emphasising that
Opposition must be
present in the Parlia-
ment for discussions to
happen, he said,”If
they (Opposition) give
importance to a cer-
tain issue, they should
come for the discus-
sions. Government is
ready for discussions
anytime.”
Earlier today, several
MPs were seen protest-
ing inside the Parlia-
ment premises near
the Gandhi statue.
Narendra Singh Tomar
MALLIKARJUN
MEETS LEADERS
New Delhi: Leader of
Opp in RS Mallikarjun
Kharge and leaders
of Opp parties held
a meeting at LoP’s
office in Parl amid the
ongoing monsoon
session. Earlier, he
said that the opp
wants to discuss the
snooping row.
PROTEST OVER
FARM LAWS
New Delhi: Sev-
eral Opp Members of
Parliament on Friday
were seen protesting
against the three farm
laws introduced by
the Central govern-
ment last year inside
the Parl premises
here amid the ongo-
ing monsoon.

INDIA
06
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Friday conducted its
first physical hearing in a case after a gap of over
16 months. Since beginning of lockdown in March
last year, SC has been taking up matters through
video conferencing. On July 2, a bench comprising
Justices L. Nageswara Rao and S Ravindra Bhat had
recorded in its order that parties in a criminal appeal
have voluntarily agreed to appear physically in court
to argue the matter on July 30. On Friday, counsel
involved in the matter appeared physically before
a bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao & Aniruddha
Bose. SC in its order said, “The learned counsel for
the parties are physically present today. Parties to
appear physically on the next date of hearing.”
FIRST PHYSICAL HEARING IN SC
AFTER A GAP OF 16 MONTHS
Jammu: The rescue operation to locate 20 people
missing after a cloudburst in a village in Jammu
and Kashmir’s Kisht-
war resumed Friday
after remaining
suspended for hours
together owing to
inclement weather,
officials said. Seven
persons were found
dead and 17 others
were rescued in an injured condition after the
remote Honzar village was hit by flash floods.
J&K CLOUDBURST: RESCUE OPERATION
RESUMES TO TRACE 20 MISSING
New Delhi: Raj Singh Gehlot, Chairman of the
Ambience Group of Companies who has been
arrested by the Enforcement
Directorate (ED), siphoned off
a loan amount by diverting
the funds for other purposes,
such as to settle the loans of
other group firms, making Fixed
Deposits, as well as diversion of
materials to other projects. The
ED probe also found that he had diverted Rs 469
cr to entities and individuals.
CHAIRMAN OF THE AMBIENCE GROUP OF
COMPANIES DIVERTED RS 469CR LOAN
New Delhi: Supreme Court Friday said it cannot
quash at behest of a third party FIRs lodged for
allegedly pasting posters critical of PM Narendra
Modi in connection with vaccination drive, as it
will set a very wrong precedent in criminal law. A
bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah
allowed petitioner-in-person, advocate Pradeep
Kumar Yadav, to withdraw the plea but clarified
that the dismissal of the petition will not come in
the way of a genuinely aggrieved person approach-
ing the court for quashing of the FIR. Yadav said
he filed the case details as the court had asked
for it, and sought permission to withdraw his PIL,
which the court allowed him to do so.
ANTI-MODI POSTERS: CAN’T QUASH
FIRs ON 3RD PARTY BEHEST, SAYS SC
CRUCIAL READ
‘Food for All’...
(April-November 2020),
approx 56,21,377.178
MT food grains (i.e.
96.87 %) was distrib-
uted by the state.
In 2021 (PMGKAY
III) so far, out of a total
allocation of
22,07,789.280 MT food
grains ( May-July
2021), 20,18,001.777 MT
(i.e. around 91.40 %)
food grains were dis-
tributed by Uttar
Pradesh Government.
“On occasion of the
‘Anna Mahotsav’ being
held on August 5, the
Prime Minister will
interact with the ben-
eficiaries present at
the selected fair price
shops of Uttar Pradesh
through video confer-
encing. The ration dis-
tribution for the
month of August un-
der PMGKAY will also
commence on that
day”, informed Addi-
tion Food Commis-
sioner, Anil Kumar
Dubey.
Delta may...
were first reported by
The Washington Post
on Thursday.
Dr Rochelle P Walen-
sky, the director of the
CDC, acknowledged on
Tuesday that vaccinat-
ed people with so-
called breakthrough
infections of the Delta
variant carry just as
much virus in the nose
and throat as unvacci-
nated people and may
spread it just as readi-
ly, if less often.
But the internal doc-
ument lays out a
broader and even
grimmer view of the
variant.
The Delta variant is
more transmissible
than the viruses that
cause MERS, SARS,
Ebola, the common
cold, the seasonal flu
and smallpox, and it is
as contagious as chick-
enpox, according to
the document, a copy
of which was also ob-
tained by The New
York Times.
Dhanbad judge...
and Director General
of Police (DGP) of
Jharkhand to submit a
report in a week’s time
on the status of inves-
tigation on the sad de-
mise of additional dis-
trict and sessions
Judge Uttam Anand,”
said the bench which
also comprised justice
Surya Kant.
FROM PG 1
CBSE 12 RESULTS: 99.37% STUDENTS
CLEAR EXAM; GIRLS OUTSHINE BOYS
While 38,686 students scored 95% last year, this year 70,004 have
New Delhi: Over 80 per
cent more students
compared to last year
have scored above 95
per cent marks in class
12 while the number of
candidates scoring be-
tween 90 to 95 per cent
has gone down by over
five per cent, according
to the Central Board of
Secondary Education
(CBSE).
The results an-
nounced by the board
on Friday showed that
the number of candi-
dates scoring above 95
per cent has increased
from 38,686 last year to
70,004 this time.
However, the number
of students scoring be-
tween 90-95 per cent has
gone down from 1,57,934
last year to 1,50,152 this
time.
A total of 13.69 lakh
regular candidates had
registered for the class
12 exam this year.
The board has an-
nounced the results this
year on basis of an
alternate assessment
policy
. —PTI
EACH OF YOU A POWERHOUSE
OF TALENT: NARENDRA MODI
New Delhi: Congrat-
ulating the students
who passed their
Class XII CBSE ex-
ams, PM Modi Friday
said the batch that ap-
peared for the boards
this year did so under
unprecedented cir-
cumstances caused
by the Covid pandem-
ic. The education
world witnessed
many changes
throughtheyeargone
by
, yet these students
adapted to the new
normalandgavetheir
best, he said, adding
that he was proud of
them.
Thosewhofeelthey
could have worked
harder or performed
better can learn from
this experience and
hold their head high,
Modi said, tweeting
his words of encour-
agement.
Abrightandoppor-
tunity-filled future
awaits them, he said,
adding that each of
them is a powerhouse
of talent. “Congratu-
lations to my young
friends who have suc-
cessfully passed,”
he said. —ANI
Happy students posing for shutterbugs post declaration of result.
India-China 12th
roundtalkstoday
New Delhi: India and
China will hold the 12th
round of Corps Com-
mander-level talks on
Saturday aimed at dis-
cussing disengagement
from the remaining
friction points in the
Eastern Ladakh sector
Army sources said.
India and China have
already disengaged
from the banks of Pan-
gong lake after exten-
sive talks and the Gogra
Heights and Hot
Springs areas are left to
be resolved as these
friction points were cre-
ated post-Chinese ag-
gression last year. Ac-
cording to Army sourc-
es, the 12th round of
Corps Commander lev-
el talks between India
and China is scheduled
to be held in Moldo on
the Chinese side of the
Line of Actual Control
around 10:30 am.
“12th round of Corps
Commander level talks
between India and Chi-
na to be held in Moldo
on the Chinese side of
the Line of Actual Con-
trol around 10:30 am.
India and China expect-
ed to discuss disengage-
ment from the Hot
Springs and Gogra
Heights areas,” Indian
Army sources said.
The two countries
have been engaged in a
military standoff for al-
most a year but disen-
gaged from the most
contentious Pangong
lake area last month af-
ter extensive talks at
both military and po-
litical levels.
Earlier, India and
China held 11 rounds of
talks —ANI
Indian army Chinese PLA officers in discussion. —FILE PHOTO
Everyone must work together
to save democracy: Mamata
New Delhi: Calling her
Delhi visit successful,
West Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata Ba-
nerjee on Friday said
the Opposition needs to
work together to
save democracy
.
Briefing me-
diapersons be-
fore leaving
Delhi, the Tri-
namool Con-
gress supremo
said, “It was a success-
ful visit. The Opposi-
tion needs to get united.
I met several leaders.
The outcome is good.
We met for political
purpose. Democracy
must go on. We need to
work together to save
democracy. Our slogan
is ‘save democracy save
the country’.”
“We want develop-
ment for all...Farmers
are on road. My support
for farmers will always
be there. My concern is
for rising petrol diesel
price, unemployment,
COVID...Next time I
will meet Sharad Pa-
war. We will come here
every two months,”
added Banerjee.
Inflation is ‘indiscriminate tax
collection’ of Centre, says Rahul
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi on
Friday slammed the
Centre over rising infla-
tion, saying that it is
actually the indiscrimi-
nate tax collection of
the central govern-
ment.
In a tweet in Hindi,
Rahul Gandhi said,
“Everything is getting
expensive -- consumers
are upset. But, is it, get-
ting any benefit to the
small producers, shop-
keepers or farmers? No!
Because this inflation is
actually the indiscrimi-
nate tax collection of
PM Modi’s government.
(Sab saamaan mahanga
hota ja raha hai- upb-
hokta pareshaan hain.
Lekin kya isaka thoda
bhee faayada chhote ut-
paadak, dukaanadaar
ya kisaan ko ho raha
hai? Nahin! Kyunki ye
mahangai asal mein
Modi Sarkar kee and-
haadhundh tax vasooli
hai.)” —ANI
Rahul Gandhi
BJP Parl party
meeting to be
held on August 3
Comment row:
Delhi HC notice
to Ramdev
Jhunjhunwala’s airline
may help Boeing India
Mumbai: Billionaire
Rakesh Jhunjhunwa-
la’s plan to launch an
ultra-low-cost airline
could give plane-mak-
er Boeing a chance to
regain lost ground in
India after the fall of
one of its biggest cus-
tomers, Jet Airways,
two years ago, indus-
try executives say.
Jhunjhunwala, known
as India’s Warren Buf-
fett for his successful
stock investments,
plans to team up with
former CEOs of Indi-
Go, the country’s big-
gest carrier, and Jet
Airways to tap into
demand for domestic
air travel.
While plans to
launch Akasa Air
come at a time when
India’s aviation indus-
try is reeling from the
impact of the pandem-
ic, with airlines losing
billions of dollars, the
sector’s long-term
prospect makes it a
hot market for
planemakers Boeing
and Airbus. “There
will be a big fight be-
tween Airbus and Boe-
ing,” said Nitin Sarin,
managing partner at
law firm Sarin Co,
which advises lessors
and airlines. Boeing
did not comment on
Akasa’s plans, but in a
statement it said it al-
ways sought new op-
portunities.
New Delhi: Amid the
ongoing Monsoon Ses-
sion of Parliament, the
BJP Parliamentary par-
ty meeting is scheduled
to be held on August 3 in
Parliament.
The BJP had also
held a Parliamentary
party meeting on July
27 which was chaired by
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi.
In the meeting, PM
Modi had asked
Bharatiya Janata Party
MPs to expose the oppo-
sition parties as they
were not letting the Par-
liament conduct any
business, sources said.
The Monsoon Session
commenced on July 19.
New Delhi: A single-
judge bench of Delhi
HC Justice C Haris-
hankar issued notice to
Baba Ramdev on Friday
asking him to file a re-
ply to a petition filed by
the Resident Doctors
Association of All India
Institute of Medical
Science against his con-
troversial statement on
allopathy
.
The association has
approached Delhi HC
seeking a permanent
and mandatory injunc-
tion against defendant
Ramdev for his state-
ment on allopathy. The
bench issued notice to
Ramdev and other de-
fendants and listed the
matter for August 10.
CII, Serum to
accelerate vax
in rural areas
New Delhi: The
Confederation of
Indian Industry (CII)
announced on Friday
that it has entered
into an agreement
with Serum Institute
of India (SII) to ac-
celerate vaccination
against COVID-19
in partnership with
industry members,
including healthcare
providers. The vac-
cination drive will
target communities in
small towns and rural
areas of the country.
It was a successful visit. The Opposition
needs to get united. I met several leaders.
The outcome is good. We met for political
purpose. Democracy must go on. We
need to work together to save democ-
racy. Our slogan is ‘save democ-
racy save the country. We want
development for all...Farmers
are on road. My support for
farmers will always be there.
Maha CM Uddhav, Fadnavis
visit flood-affected areas
Mumbai: Maharashtra
Chief Minister Uddhav
Thackeray and opposi-
tion leader Devendra
Fadnavis are in the
flood-hit Kolhapur dis-
trict on Friday. Howev-
er, both the leaders are
travelling separately. It
is just a coincidence
that they are touring
the same flood-hit dis-
trict today
.
Thackeray set out
from Mumbai by heli-
copter to Kolhapur,
which is amongst the
three worst-hit districts
of Western Maharash-
tra, in the morning.
Last week, the CM
had toured Mahad and
Chiplum in districts of
Raigad and Chiplun.
However, he had to call
off his visit to the San-
gli district owing to the
inclement weather.
Fadnavis, after com-
pleting his tour in San-
gli and Satara districts,
arrived at Kolhapur on
late Thursday night and
is on a three-day visit to
Western Maharashtra
to assess and interact
with flood-affected
persons.
A SUSSFUL DELHI VISIT: DIDI
Mamata Banerjee
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: A case of
cheatingandforgerywas
filed on Friday against a
Surat-based travel agen-
cy for allegedly tamper-
ingwiththeentrytickets
of 12touristswhovisited
theStatueof Unity(SoU)
at Kevadia.
An FIR under IPC sec-
tions 420 (cheating) and
forgery (468) and under
relevant sections of the
ITActwaslodgedagainst
the private travel firm at
the Kevadia police sta-
tion by constable Shanti-
lal Tadvi on behalf of
the Statue of Unity Area
Development and Tour-
ism Governance Au-
thority (SOUADTGA),
said a statement by the
Authority
.
An official of the Ke-
vadia police station con-
firmed registration of
the FIR against the agen-
cy
, Travel Mark, for issu-
ing tampered tickets in
order to overcharge Rs
360 from 12 tourists - sev-
en adults and five chil-
dren - during their visit
to the colossal monu-
ment earlier in the day
.
Travel firm booked for
tampering with SoU tickets

PROCESSION
RETURNS AFTER
GROOM TESTS
COVID-19 +VE
Aprocession going from
Pilibhit to Uttarakhand had to
return from the border without a
bride. During Corona testing of
all present in the marriage
procession, all tested negative,
except the groom who turned out
to be Corona positive. Since it
was a matter of marriage, the
groom was tested for antigen
thrice, not once. But, every time
the report came positive. Due to
the positive status of the groom,
the police returned the groom’s
car. On the other hand, marriage
preparations were going on in full
swing in the girls house. Even
after a long time, when the
marriage procession did not
reach her house, her family
members contacted the family of
the groom and came to know
about the reality. The procession
of Mumtaz, resident of Chandohi
of Kotwali police station area of
Pilibhit, was heading to
Islamnagar in Uttarakhand on
Thursday. About 40 people were
present in the procession.
Antigen test of all was done at
Haldi barrier of Uttarakhand in
which the groom Mumtaz was
found infected while the report of
all the rest was negative. Jagat
Singh Shahi, in-charge of
Satrahamil police post said that
after the groom was found
positive after which all the 40 in
the processions, including the
groom, were returned.The groom
Mumtaz told that he only has a
mild cold but he was declared
Corona infected. Now he will
come again for marriage after 14
days. —First India Bureau
DOUBLE
STANDARDS IN
LDA TO FIX
RESPONSIBILITY
Strange are the ways of
functioning in Lucknow
Development Authority (LDA). The
senior engineers of the authority
have accused the officers of
sending biased investigation report
to the government. The issue is
about illegal construction of high-
rise building of former BSP MP
Dawood Ahmad near protected
monument of Residency.
Even though the building was
demolished last week following
repeated objections issued by the
Archaeological Survey of India
(ASI) the senior LDA officers in
their probe report, while protecting
PCS officers, have blamed senior
engineers for hobnobbing with the
accused in the construction of
illegal building and sought action
against them. Now a row has
erupted in LDA over the report to
the government. The engineers
have accused that PCS officers
were responsible for the
construction as they sat on the
objections of ASI and never issued
directives for the action. Pointing
out the accusing finger chief
engineer in his missive to
additional chief secretary (Home)
Awanish Awasthi said that some
senior officers were responsible
for the scandal. Holding the vice
chairman directly responsible he
said responsibility to order
demolition was vested with VC
action should have been initiated at
his level. However, VC in his report
only held the engineers responsible
for the lapses accusing them of
hands in glove with Dawood
Ahmad. Resentment is brewing
among the engineers over the
issue. —First India Bureau
NEWS
07
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The people
and various organiza-
tions in the state have
called for even more
stricter actions against
those who flout the
work-in-progress popu-
lation control law of
the state.
The State Law Com-
mission which had in-
vited suggestion for
the population control
law received over 8,500
suggestions of with
suggestions ranging
from denial of reserva-
tion to those having
more than 2 children to
denial of permission to
stand in elections.
A lot of suggestions
also advocated for
bringing local body
elections (from munici-
pal to panchayat elec-
tions) as well as MP
and MLA elections un-
der the ambit of this
law. Though the sug-
gestions received were
overwhelming, many
of these suggestions
are above the scope of
the Commission as it is
the central govern-
ment which has to take
steps.
At present, the com-
mission is brainstorm-
ing on the suggestions
by dividing them into
different categories
and are also looking at
the legal aspects in
depth.
The draft of the Ut-
tar Pradesh Popula-
tion (Control, Stabili-
zation and Welfare)
Bill-2021 is said to be
submitted by the com-
mission by the second
week of August. The
State Law Commission
had prepared the draft
of the Uttar Pradesh
Population (Control,
Stabilization and Wel-
fare) Bill-2021 and up-
loaded it on its website
and invited sugges-
tions from the people
on it. The commission
had fixed July 19 as the
deadline for making
suggestions and had by
the end of the deadline
received close to 8500
suggestions of which
many were similar
ones. In the sugges-
tions sent to the com-
mission, many people
have also talked about
making a law for maxi-
mum 3 children in-
stead of 2 while many
have stated that this
should have been im-
plemented earlier.
People standing in
favor of population
control have even rec-
ommended denial of
ration to those who
break the law.
The commission has
now started studying
the practical, legal
social aspects of all the
suggestions and have
segregated the sugges-
tion based on category
wise. Sources said that
as many as 50 types of
suggestions have been
received and a table of
different suggestions
along with their per-
centage and comments
of the Commission on
them is also being pre-
pared. The commis-
sion will then submit
the draft to the govern-
ment, after which the
state government will
take a decision.
Some of the unique
suggestions include d
free Haj pilgrimage to
Muslim families who
have only 2 children,
additional benefits to
all families having
only 1 child, the law
should apply to 3 chil-
dren instead of two
children. If anyone has
2 daughters, they will
get the exemption of
the 3 children, exemp-
tion of third child if
one of the two children
is disabled, etc.
STATE LAW COMMISSION RECEIVED OVER 8K RESPONSES ON DRAFT LAW OF POPULATION CONTROL
OVER 8,500
RESPONSES
The State Law
Commission has
received over 8,500
responses on the
draft law on the
state population
control law where
many people and
various organiza-
tions suggested
to offer incentives
for those following
2-child policy
stringent measures
against violators.
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath released the Population Policy 2021-2030 on World Population Day.
Ganja worth 4
crore seized in
Shikohabad; 3
smugglers held
First India Bureau
Meerut: The STF
has arrested 3
smugglers with 12
quintals of ganja
from Shikohabad.
The value of the
seized ganja is
said to be around
Rs 4 crore. Smug-
glers were bring-
ing ganja from
Odisha to supply
in UP and Hary-
ana. STF has also
recovered a truck,
an unnumbered
Swift car and 2
mobiles from the
accused. About
250 quintals of
railway line track
pieces have also
been recovered in
the truck. In the
interrogation of
STF, many sur-
prising revela-
tions have also
been made about
this. Brijesh Ku-
mar Singh, DSP
of STF Meerut
said that ganja is
supplied on de-
mand in the cities
of UP Haryana.
For this, the smug-
glers had found a
unique way.
Panic after water level of
Ganga Yamuna rises
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Increasing
Water level of River
Ganga and River Ya-
muna in Prayagraj,
spreading panic among
the people living in the
settlements on the
banks of these rivers.
On Friday, the water
level of River Ganga
and River Yamuna rose
at an alarming speed of
2 to 2.30 cm per hour
due to which two pucca
ghats built on the Gan-
ga-Yamuna have start-
ed to submerge.
The increase in the
water level has also
prompted pilgrims and
priests to abandon
Sangam. The increase
in the water level of
River Ganga and Ya-
muna since Friday
morning panicked the
people in the area as
they started to move
their shops and other
vulnerable things to
safer places.
According to the re-
cords of Prayagraj
flood control room, till
8 am on Friday, the wa-
ter level of Ganga in
Phaphamau has been
recorded at 78.63 me-
ters, 76.5 meters in
Chhatnag and76.21 me-
ters in Naini.
Commissioner issues fine of
`5K to inspector for driving
car without number plate
First India Bureau
Kanpur: Police Com-
missioner Aseem
Arun on Friday or-
dered an issuing of
fine on the car of an
Inspector of Naubas-
ta police station in
Kanpur for driving it
without having a
number plate fixed.
The incident hap-
pened when Commis-
sioner who was over-
seeing the protection
of Governor during
her visit to Naubasta
Bamba saw a car
parked in an area
without a number
platebutapolicelogo.
Eventually
, the
Commissioner found
out the owner of the
car was an Inspector
of Naubasta police
station and he repri-
manded the Inspector
for finding time to
paste the logo of po-
lice but not enough
time to put a number
plate. The Commis-
sioner asked the con-
cerned official to im-
mediatelyissueachal-
lanagainsttheinspec-
tor following which a
fine of Rs. 5000 was
issued against him.
Police Commission-
erAseem Arun said
that if the keeper of
the rules themselves
don’tfollowthetraffic
rules laid down then
how will the public
followthem.Headded
that all those who
don’tfollowrulesbeit
a policeman should
be fined immediately
.
Inspector Mahen-
dra Singh to whom
the car belonged said
that the number plate
is yet to be made as
he purchased the car
just 10 days go said
that he will now drive
the car only when the
number plate is at-
tached. He added that
he has learned from
his mistake.
Commissioner Aseem Arun (inset ) ordered the fine against
the Inspector driving the car without a number plate.
Judge,gunnerinjuredinroadaccident
First India Bureau
Kaushambi: After the
incident of an attack on
the judge of Dhanbad
in Jharkhand, a similar
case has come to the
fore in Kaushambi dis-
trict as well.
On Thursday, miscre-
ants riding an Innova
car tried to rob the car
of Mohammad Ahmed
Khan, Additional Dis-
trictandSessionsJudge
(Special Judge POCSO)
of Fatehpur going from
Prayagraj to Fatehpur.
In this case, along with
registering a case of at-
tempt to murder on the
complaint of the judge,
the police have taken
into custody the driver
of the car who hit the
judge’s car.
In the midst of an at-
tempt to make the mur-
der of Judge Uttam
Anand in accident in
Dhanbad, Jharkhand,
the car of Additional
District Judge Moham-
mad Ahmed Khan post-
ed in Fatehpur was
rammed into an Innova
in Kaushambi, Uttar
Pradesh on Thursday
evening. District Ses-
sions Judge Mohd Khan
posted in Fatehpur was
going from Prayagraj to
Fatehpur. He was on his
way in Chakwan of
Kokhraj when Innova
hit his car. Due to this,
the Additional District
Judge and his Gunner
got hurt.
After this, the judge
filed a case of attempt to
murder against un-
known people at the
Kokhraj police station.
Police said that Santosh
Kumar and Mukesh Ku-
mar were in the Innova
car that hit the judge’s
car. A case has been
written against Moham-
mad Umar of Shahzad-
pur village. The inspec-
tor has taken the ac-
cused into custody
.
VillagersmakeBJPMLA
walkonwaterloggedstreets
First India Bureau
New Delhi/Hapur:
While the heavy rains
have given relief to the
people from the sultry
scorching heat, water-
logging has been a trou-
ble. Roads have turned
into ponds at many
places in Delhi-NCR
sewers are overflowing.
Meanwhile, a strange
sight was witnessed in
Hapur, where a BJP
MLA Kamal Malik was
made to walk in sewer
water logged on the
road, so that he could
feel the pain of people.
The pictures and vid-
eos of this went viral on
internet it is being
told that the MLA did
not come to village Na-
nai for 4 years after win-
ning the election in 2017
that when he reached
the village to address
the MLA meeting, the
public made him listen
to his woes after which
he was made to walk
through the waterlog-
ging on road.
The very next day af-
ter Nanai, villagers ex-
pressed their displeas-
ure with the regional
BJP MLA in village
Dholpur and showed
him the situation of wa-
terlogging in the area.
Malik has been march-
ing in villages of Baha-
durgarh along with his
supporters for several
days carrying water
from the Brajghat Gan-
ga, when they reached
village Dholpur on
Thursday, the villagers
lost their cool narrat-
ed their woes to MLA.
Damaged Innova after the accident.
The villagers made MLA Kamal Malik (in green kurta) walk on
waterlogged streets for ignoring his constituency for four years.
—FILE PHOTO
PUBLICBACKSPOPULATIONBILL

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2NDFRONT
BJP’s booklet balm to woo
miffed farmers as polls near
Cashing in on the farm agitation, SP-RLD fancy a chance to strengthen rural reach
First India Bureau
Lucknow: BJP’s poll
campaign in Uttar
Pradesh will focus in a
big way on impressing
upon the state’s farmers
not to be ‘misled’ by op-
position forces and that
it is the BJP which has
done the most for them.
The farmer agitation
on Delhi’s borders and
its spillover effect in
West UP is making the
Samajwadi Party-Rash-
triya Lok Dal alliance
(SP-RLD) fancy its
chances in this region
again. A controversial
cartoon regarding pro-
testing farmers tweeted
by the UP BJP unit on
Thursday was criticised
bybothSPandRLD.The
BJP, alive to this chal-
lenge, is planning a big
outreach among the
farmers to ensure their
support remains with
the party
.
In the meeting with
BJP MPs in Delhi over
the last two days, CM
Yogi has stressed upon
the point that the oppo-
sition “propaganda”
amongst farmers needs
to be countered with
facts. The CM took time
outfromDelhionThurs-
day to visit Baghpat, an
RLD stronghold.
A booklet distributed
amongst all BJP MPs at
the meetings has a de-
tailed section on farm-
ers, spelling out that
over 78 lakh farmers in
UP had got Rs 78,000
croreaftertheirproduce
was bought on the Mini-
mum Support Price
(MSP) since 2017, which
was much more than in
previous regimes.
The booklet is going
to be distributed widely
in the rural areas. The
government is also tell-
ing farmers that 45 lakh
sugarcane farmers
have got Rs 1.4 lakh
crore in dues in
last 4.5 years,
which is also the
highest in any
regime. Some
BJP MPs have
meanwhile asked
the party leadership to
consider increasing
procurement price of
sugarcane.
The BJP is also
stressing that Rs 32,500
crore has come to near-
ly 2.5 crore farmers un-
der the PM Kisan Sam-
man Nidhi scheme
while Rs 2,208 crore was
given as damages to
over 25 lakh farmers
under the PM Crop In-
surance Scheme after
they suffered loss-
es due to natural
c a l a m i t i e s .
BJP’s poll prom-
ise of farm loan
waiver has also
been fulfilled with
Rs 36,000 cr waived off
that benefitted 86 lakh
farmers, says BJP. The
booklet also says that
there has been an in-
crease in 3.77 lakh hec-
tares of irrigated area
in UP since 2017.
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Farmers taking to the streets in protest against the farm laws.
—FILE PHOTO
ACHIEVEMENTS IN WRITING
IT raids on 21 locations of
SNK Grp for `400 cr scam
Decide long pendency on
broad parameters: SC to HC
Parties Parry: Jibes
and spats order of
the day in poll season
Sumit Awasthi
Kanpur: Embezzle-
ment of crores of ru-
pees by famous pan
masala industrialist
Naveen Kurele and
brother Praveen
Kurele has come to
light here, after which
several teams of In-
come Tax department
has been conducting
raids at 21 locations
across Noida, Delhi,
Orai as well as several
factories located in
Kanpur with about 125
officers-employeesand
90 police personnel in-
volved in the raids.
The Income Tax ex-
posed the Rs. 400 crore
worth company
, fa-
mous for SNK brand
panmasala,forindulg-
ing in black business
of realestate.Thecom-
pany under various
bogus companies
scammed crores of ru-
peesfrombanksunder
the pretext of loans.
The department has
seized documents re-
vealing tax evasion on
a large scale by the es-
tablishments of the
influential pan masala
businessman.
On the instructions
of the Principal Direc-
tor of Income Tax, the
residence of the own-
ers Naveen Kurele and
Praveen Kurele, locat-
ed in Swaroop Nagar,
Kakadev, Kidwai Na-
gar, Pandu Nagar, Ex-
pressway, Collector
Ganj were raided as
well as factories in
Kanpur, Orai, Noida,
Orai and Delhi were
raided too by joint
teams of Income Tax
Department.
The Income Tax
team has come across
many instances of tax
evasion, bogus compa-
nies reporting busi-
ness worth crores.
Through these bogus
companies, tax eva-
sion of crores of ru-
peeswasuncoveredby
the IT Department. It
is being speculated
that these bogus com-
panies were in the
name of employees
and that crores of ru-
pees were transferred
in them so that black
money can be saved. It
has also come to fore
that loans worth
crores were taken
from banks through
bogus companies and
these loans were spent
on other things.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Su-
preme Court Friday
dismissed the PIL filed
by an advocate ag-
grieved by the current
response and function-
ing of the District
Court, Ghaziabad.
The bench of Justice
DY Chandrachud and
Justice MR Shah did not
entertain the petition
filed by petitioner-in-
person Sanjeev Gupta.
The petitioner stated
that he had been every-
where, but there was a
complete abdication of
Allahabad HC, and he
had written a letter to
PM, letter to the Su-
preme Court, letter to
the administration but
to no avail.
The lawyers at the
district courts don’t get
the certified copy, if
one wants a date one
needs to go on a date to
ask for one.
The bench observed
that the petitioner’s
plea under Article 32
cannot be entertained
and he should file the
same under Article 226
to move the High Court
concerned, otherwise
the Supreme Court
will be flooded by such
petitions.
Justice MR Shah stat-
ed, “Agar aapko koi dik-
kat hai toh Ghaziabad
court jaiye ya Alla-
habad HC jaeiye bhai-
ya.” (If you have any
problem go to Ghazi-
abad court or Alla-
habad HC).
Whereas, Justice
Chandrachud stated,
“We are not going to al-
lowthisapplication,oth-
erwise we have to enter-
tainapplicationsagainst
different district judici-
ary from all over India.
This is a case for Alla-
habad High Court to
handle since you have
grievances in Ghazi-
abad, Uttar Pradesh.”
First India Bureau
Lucknow: As the as-
sembly elections in UP
are approaching, the
war of words between
the leaders of the rul-
ing party and the oppo-
sition parties has inten-
sified.
On Friday, Akhilesh
Yadav took a jibe at the
BJP MPs going from vil-
lage to village to take
‘blessings’ as he tweet-
ed “I have heard that
BJP will go from village
to village to take ‘bless-
ings’, while it was them
who took away the
breath of the public by
not giving oxygen, ex-
tinguished the stove
with expensive cylin-
ders, darkened the
houses with expensive
electricity, harassed
farmers, labourers,
women, teachers,
youth, Dalits, did not
provide employment
and took away liveli-
hoods.”
Akhilesh had recent-
ly said that BJP was en-
quiring about the plight
of people of UP by call-
ing its MPs from the
state to Delhi. He added
that this shows the dis-
tance between Delhi
and Lucknow and that
no matter how many
meetings the BJP may
hold, the people of the
state will take their
breath away by remov-
ing them from power.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Su-
preme Court has taken
the view that the long
pendency of appeals at
the Allahabad HC must
be decided on broad pa-
rameters framed by the
Court.
Whilehearingabatch
of 18 petitions seeking
bail, a division bench of
Justices Sanjay Kishan
Kaul and Hemant Gupta
prescribed material as-
pects to be considered in
framing such parame-
ters.
The bench suggested
to consider period un-
dergone, the heinous-
ness of the crime, the
accused’sage,theperiod
taken in the trial, and
whether the appellants
are diligently prosecut-
ing the appeals.
“As though we have
18 matters today, many
more may arise only on
account of the period of
the sentence already
undergone. In the con-
spectus of the same,
suggestions can also be
made qua 18 matters be-
fore us and we will ex-
amine whether those
cases should be remit-
ted to the High Court
for consideration or
there are some obvious
cases which can be
dealt with at the very
threshold.”
Additional Advocate
General, Garima Pras-
ad, submitted that she
would furnish a note
suggesting the guide-
lines which can be
adopted so that the HC
itself deals with these
aspects in each case.
The court also called
for suggestions for the
instant of 18 matters
based on which it will
examine whether those
cases should be remit-
ted to the HC for consid-
eration or some obvi-
ous cases that can be
dealt with at the very
threshold.
Police personnel and IT officials during the raid in the city.
IN THE COURTYARD
Lucknow: The Additional Advocate General, Garima
Prasad, submitted that she would furnish a note suggest-
ing the guidelines which can be adopted so that the HC it-
self deals with these aspects in each case. The court also
called for suggestions for the instant 18 matters based
on which it will examine whether those cases should be
remitted to the HC for consideration or some obvious
cases that can be dealt with at the very threshold.
ADDITIONAL ADVOCATE GENERAL
TO FURNISH NOTE ON GUIDELINES
FILE PHOTO
SC refuses to hear plea against Gzb court
‘NOT ALLOWING’
New Delhi: Supreme
Court ustice MR Shah
stated, “Agar aapko koi
dikkat hai toh Ghaziabad
court jaiye ya Allahabad
HC jaeiye bhaiya,” while
Justice Chandrachud
said, “We are not going
to allow this application,
otherwise we have to
entertain applications
against different district
judiciary from all over
India.”
MONSOON MASTI
With monsoon in full swing, children make merry splashing into a water body in Lucknow
on Friday.
—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav
Akhilesh accused the
government of
snuffing livelihoods
and harassing
Dalits, farmers,
women and teachers
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A board has
been hung outside the
office of IAS officer
Divyanshu Patel in Un-
nao district of Uttar
Pradesh. If you are not
familiar with IAS
Divyanshu Patel, then
remember that Divyan-
shu Patel is the same
officer whose video of
beating up a journalist
went viral on social me-
dia recently
. Divyanshu
Patel has now put up a
board outside his office
with the message writ-
ten on the board – Entry
is prohibited without
prior permission.
Althoughsuchboards
are rarely seen in gov-
ernment offices, but the
board hanging outside
this IAS officer Divyan-
shu Patel’s office is now
a matter of discussion
among the common peo-
ple. On the other hand,
the District Magistrate
of Unnao said that if the
public wants to meet
any officer, then a time
for public meeting is
fixed and no appoint-
ment is needed for this.
The DM is correct as
CM Yogi has himself
made it clear that in any
district, none of the gov-
ernment officials would
ignore the problems of
public and public repre-
sentatives. But how easy
it is for the officers to
obey this order of the
CM is evident from the
board which has been
recently hung outside
the office of Patel.
IAS officer puts up entry alert notice at office entrance
COURTING CONTROVERSY

DM Ravindra
Kumar said if
any officer has
got such a
board hung,
then it would be
investigated IAS officer Divyanshu Patel
A literate man may or may not
be able to differentiate between
good and evil, but an educated
and wise man will always be able to.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India

A
veritable legend, Kumar acted in more than
65 films over nearly five decades, playing roles
that ranged from the iconic to the endearing.
He was admitted to the hospital on 30 June
after he complained of
breathlessness. He had
been frequently ill
for months. Ku-
mar is survived
by his wife, Sai-
ra Banu, a Bol-
lywood actress
herself. The cou-
ple has no chil-
dren. His burial
took place in the
evening. Maha-
rashtra Chief
Minister Uddhav
Thackeray assured
the funeral would
happen with state hon-
ours. Thackeray and sev-
eral Bollywood stars, in-
cluding Shah Rukh
Khan and Ranbir
Kapoor, visited
K u m a r ’ s
family to
pay their
c o n d o -
lences.
—Agency
K
areena Ka-
poor Khan
took to In-
s t a g r a m
to share the excit-
ing news. The ac-
tor who wel-
comed her second
son earlier this
year has now
come out with
her book on preg-
nancy. Kareena
posted, “This has
been quite the
journey both my pregnancies and
writing my Pregnancy Bible. There
were good days and bad days;
some days I was raring to go to
work and others where I strug-
gled to get out of bed. This
book is a very personal ac-
count of what I experi-
enced both physically
and emotionally
through both my preg-
nancies. “In many
ways, this book is
like my third child
from conception to
its birth. Published by
@juggernaut.in and the
amazing @chikisarkar,
I’m proud to share that my
Pregnancy Bible is vetted and
approved by FOGSI, The term ‘bi-
ble’ in her book created quite a stir.
—Agency
BEBO’S
BEBO’S
Third Child
Third Child
R
umoured to be
a couple, Indi-
an batsmen
KL Rahul and
Bollywood actress
Athiya Shetty have
made it to the head-
lines for their public
display of affection.
Shetty and Rahul
have confirmed their
relationship status.
The cricketer is cur-
rently in England for
a series and is accom-
panied by Shetty
. The
couple left India to-
gether for England
for the World Test
Championship last
month. KL Rahul
listed Athiya Shetty
as his partner for
the same.
—Agency
A
ctor Mandira
Bedi’s husband,
filmmaker Raj
Kaushal, has
died at the age of 49 on
June 30. The writer-di-
r e c t o r - f i l m m a k e r
passedawayonWednes-
day morning after a
massive heart attack.
He is survived by his
wife Mandira and chil-
dren Vir and Tara. His
funeral took place on
June 30 afternoon at
Shivaji Ground in
Mumbai. Rohit’s broth-
er, Ronit Roy, and actor
Ashish Choudhary
were among those who
paid their last respects
to the filmmaker. Rohit
also posted an emo-
tional note bid-
ding goodbye
to him.
—Agency
J
anhnvi Kapoor leaves
everyone awestruck
with her latest Insta-
gram post. With her
gorgeous look in the changed
avatar, she stunned the whole
Bollywood with her Ariana
Grande’s vibes. She looked no
less than a ‘dream boss girl’ of
the modern world, making the
heads turn for
her glamorous face.
Her diamond-stud-
ded dress captured
everyone’s eye. Janhn-
vi’s dressing in a black
gown with thigh-high slit
gave everyone a strong
aura of Ariana Grande.
—Agency
BOLLYWOOD’S
ARIANA
BOLLYWOOD’S
ARIANA
LUCKNOW, SATURDAY
JULY 31, 2021
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B
igg Boss 14 fame and sing-
er Rahul Vaidya an-
nounced his wedding with
Disha Parmar earlier this
month. Rahul shared a note with
his fans with a hashtag that
read, “#TheDisHulWed-
ding.” “With the bless-
ings of our families, we
are delighted to share
this special moment
with you all. We are
elated to announce
that our wedding is
set to take place on
the 16th of July, 2021.
We seek your love and
blessings as we begin
this new chapter of
love and togetherness,”
the note read. The cou-
ple rejoiced various cer-
emonies including Me-
hendi, Haldi, Recep-
tion, and cut a cake on the
completion of their 1 week
anniversary
. —Agency
NO
MORE
TOGETHER
RAJ
KUNDRA
ARRESTED
B
ollywood superstar Aamir Khan and
producer-director Kiran Rao have an-
nounced that they are separating after
15 years of marriage. In a statement,
they said they would raise their son together
and
s t i l l
work on
joint pro-
jects. “In these
15 beautiful years
together we have
shared a lifetime of expe-
riences, joy and laughter,”
the statement said. Khan, 56,
and Rao, 47, first met in 2001 and
married four years later. They said
that they wanted to start a new chapter
of their lives. —Agency
R
aj Kundra was arrested in a pornogra-
phy case on July 19. According to the
Mumbai police, Kundra has been ar-
rested in a case registered by its crime
branch about the creation of pornographic
f i l m s
and pub-
l i s h i n g
them through
some mobile-
based- applications.
“There was a case regis-
tered with Crime Branch
Mumbai in Feb 2021 about the
creation of pornographic films
and publishing them through some
apps”, the Mumbai police said in a press
statement. —Agency
DATING?
LOSS OF LEGEND
NEWLYWEDS!
her post...
Kareena with her book
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