Leading industrialists praised Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for aligning with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision, highlighting significant investments and job creation in the state. At the Global Investors Summit, Modi expressed confidence that Uttar Pradesh will drive India's growth, emphasizing infrastructure and improved law and order as key factors for attracting investment. The event included the signing of a memorandum to establish South Asia's largest ammunition manufacturing complex, aiming to enhance indigenous defense capabilities.

1. INDUSTRIALISTS HAIL YOGI
FOR MATCHING PM’S VISION
Lucknow: Gautam Adani, Chairman of Adani Group,
said, “The vision of Chief Minister (Yogi Adityanath)
matches with the nation-building
vision of Prime Minister (Naren-
dra Modi), and this has become an
example (‘misaal’) for other states”.
Chairman of Aditya Birla Group, Kumar
Mangalam Birla said that in the 1950s,
when India was in its early stages of development,
Hindalco took root in Renukoot, which was in a
remote corner of Uttar Pradesh.
INVESTING OVER `
70,000 CRORE IN
UP: ADANI
` 1,000 CR IN
DATA CENTRE:
HIRANANDANI
Lucknow: Adani Defence
& Aerospace signed an
MoU to build South Asia’s
largest
integrated
ammunition
manufactur-
ing complex
in Kanpur
node of
the UP Defence Industrial
Corridor. “We are investing
over Rs 70,000 crore in
the state. We anticipate
that this investment will
create over 30,000 jobs. Of
this investment, Rs 11,000
crore has already been
spent,” Adani said.
Lucknow: Lauding the
central and the Uttar
Pradesh governments,
Niranjan
Hiranan-
dani,
co-founder
and
Managing
Director
of Hiranandani Group of
Companies, said that PM
Modi and Chief Minister
Yogi are working as a
double engine govern-
ment. He said that the
current government of
Uttar Pradesh fulfils
whatever it promises.
GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY-3
UPWILLBEDRIVINGFORCEOFINDIA
IN21STCENTURY:MODIINLUCKNOW
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Speaking at
Uttar Pradesh’s third in-
vestors’ summit on Fri-
day
, marking the ground-
breakingorthelaunchof
1,406 projects worth over
`80,000crore,PrimeMin-
ister Narendra Modi
said, “Iamconfidentthat
in the 21st century it will
beUPwhichwillgivemo-
mentum to India’s
growth story
. UP is going
tobecomeadrivingforce
of India.”
Gautam Adani, Ku-
mar Mangalam Birla
and other leading indus-
trialists participated in
the mega summit organ-
isedbytheUttarPradesh
government. Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
also attended it.
Modi said that better
law and order situation
hasrestoredthebusiness
community’s confidence
in Uttar Pradesh. As an
MP from the state, he
said, he senses the capa-
bility and the potential
the state has. He also
talked about the
“changed mood” and the
work culture of the state
machinery
.
UttarPradeshishome
to about 16-20 per cent of
the country’s popula-
tion, therefore it has a
huge bearing on the de-
velopmentof thenation,
hesaid.ThePMthanked
the investors for show-
ing their faith in the ca-
pability, dedication,
hard work and the un-
derstandingof theyouth
of Uttar Pradesh. He
also asked the industri-
aliststovisit“myKashi”
(Varanasi), which he
represents in Lok Sabha
as an MP
.
“The fact that Kashi,
along with its ancient
glory
, can also emerge
with a new version of it-
self, is a living example
of the capabilities of Ut-
tar Pradesh,” he said.
CM Yogi presents a gift to PM Modi at the GBC-3 ceremony. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also present. —PHOTO BY ANI
Clashes in Kanpur
over ‘insult’ to Prophet
Kanpur (PTI): Mobs
hurledbombsandpelted
stones at each other as
violence erupted in Kan-
pur after groups of peo-
ple tried to force shop-
keeperstodownshutters
over an alleged insult to
Prophet Mohammed on
a television show.
Clashes broke out in
Pared, Nai Sadak and
Yateemkhana areas of
the city after Friday
namaz, police said.
The two sides hurled
bombs and opened fire
as members of one of
the groups attempted to
shut shops over alleged
insultingremarksmade
by BJP spokesperson
Nupur Sharma during
a television debate re-
cently, a senior police
official said.
Those who allegedly
forced traders to shut
shops clashed with po-
lice personnel who then
used batons to disperse
the mob. More on P7
‘Moosewala
behind SAD
leader’s murder’
People misunderstand my views on
dynastic politics: Modi in Kanpur
Kanpur (PTI): Ad-
dressing an event at
President Ram Nath
Kovind’s ancestral Pa-
raunkh village in Kan-
pur Dehat district on
Friday, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi said he
favours a strong oppo-
sition in the country
and that his statements
on dynastic politics
are often misunder-
stood by people.
“ I see that the people
who fit my definition
of pariwarvad are an-
gry with me. I must
tell you that people
misunderstand my
statement. I want that
there must be a strong
opposition in the coun-
try and that political
parties must come out
of dynastic politics,”
he said.
President Kovind, PM Modi, Guv Anandiben Patel and CM Yogi at the community centre in Paraunkh
village on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
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Crucial
Crucial
PRIYANKA GANDHI
TESTS POSITIVE
FOR COVID-19
New Delhi: Congress
General Secretary
Priyanka Gandhi
Friday tweeted
that she has tested
positive for Covid-19,
just a day after
party chief Sonia
Gandhi contracted
the infection.
Priyanka said, “I’ve
tested positive for
Covid-19 with mild
symptoms. Following
all the protocols, I
have quarantined
myself at home.
I would request
those who came in
contact with me to
take all necessary
precautions.”
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ED ISSUES
FRESH SUMMONS
TO RAHUL
New Delhi: The ED has issued fresh summons to Congress
MP Rahul Gandhi asking him to appear before the agency
on June 13 in connection with a money laundering case
related to the National Herald newspaper. P5
New Delhi: Mukesh Ambani on Friday regained
his spot as Asia's richest man with $99.7
billion net worth surpassing his rival Gautam
Adani who has net worth of $98.7 billion.
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MUKESH AMBANI
REGAINS SPOT AS
ASIA'S RICHEST
INDIA HITS OUT
AT US REPORT
Vote bank politics
in international
relations: MEA
New Delhi: The Minis-
try of External Affairs
onFridayreactedsharp-
lytotheUSStateDepart-
ment’s report alleging
attacks on minorities in
India, calling it “ill-in-
formed comments” by
senior US officials.
The MEA, in its state-
ment, said, “It is unfor-
tunate that vote bank
politics in practiced in
international relations.
We have noted the ill-
informed comments by
senior US officials. We
would urge that assess-
ments based on moti-
vated inputs and biased
views be avoided,” said
foreign ministry spokes-
personArindamBagchi.
“
As a naturally plural-
isticsociety
,Indiavalues
religious freedom and
humanrights.Inourdis-
cussionswiththeUS,we
haveregularlyhighlight-
ed issues of concern
there, including racially
and ethnically motivat-
ed attacks, hate crimes
and gun violence,” the
official asserted via the
statement.
As pluralistic
society, India
values religious
freedom and human
rights. We have highlighted
issues of concern in US,
like racially and ethnically
motivated attacks, hate
crimes and gun violence.
—Arindam Bagchi,
MEA spokesperson
❍ ‘TARGETED KILLINGS IN KASHMIR
Amit Shah holds high-level
security meet on JK
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Friday held a
high-level security re-
view meeting on Jam-
mu and Kashmir in the
wake of recent targeted
killings in the Union
Territory
.
The meeting started
around 3 pm in the pres-
ence of National Secu-
rity Advisor Ajit Doval,
Army Chief Manoj Pan-
de, Union Home Secre-
tary Ajay Kumar Bhal-
la, Jammu and Kashmir
and Lieutenant Gover-
nor Manoj Sinha.
Director-General of
Central Reserve Police
Force Kuldiep Singh
and Border Security
Force chief Pankaj Sin-
gh, Jammu and Kash-
mir Director General of
Police Dilbagh Singh
among other key offi-
cials were part of the
meeting.
The meeting was
called as three civilians
and two security per-
sonnel were killed only
in the month of May
that including Kashmi-
ri Hindus. Kashmiri
Pandits in Jammu and
Kashmir are holding
protests in Srinagar
against the killings by
terrorists.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah exchanges greetings with JK Lt
Governor Manoj Sinha and NSA Ajit Doval as he arrives to hold a
review meeting in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
ASSEMBLY BYPOLL RESULTS
Dhami secures CMship, wins
Champawat by over 55K votes
New Delhi: U’khand
CMPushkarDhamiwon
the Champawat bypoll
by a margin of over
55,000 votes. This was a
much-needed victory for
Dhami to continue to re-
main as the chief minis-
ter as he had lost the ear-
lierstateAssemblypolls.
Meanwhile, UDF can-
didate Uma Thomas
won the Thrikkakara
Assembly bypoll, while
BJD candidate Alaka
Mohanty won the Bra-
jrajnagar assembly by-
election.
UDF's Uma Thomas
wins from Thrikkakara,
BJD's Alaka Mohanty
wins fron Brajrajnagar
U’khand CM Pushkar Dhami receives the victory certificate after
winning the Champawat Assembly by-election, in Champawat.
Congratulations to
Uttarakhand’s dynamic
CM @pushkardhami for
the record win from
Champawat.
—Narendra Modi, PM
CHIDAMBARAM, SIBAL,
MISA BHARTI AMONG
41 ELECTED UNOPPOSED
TO RAJYA SABHA P5
Raipur: The ruling Congress’s nominees Rajeev Shukla
and Ranjeet Ranjan were elected unopposed to the
Rajya Sabha from Chhattisgarh on Friday, officials said.
“The deadline for withdrawal of nominations ended this
afternoon and the two candidates were elected unop-
posed”, state Assembly secretary Dinesh Sharma said.
CONG'S RAJEEV SHUKLA, RANJEET
RANJAN ELECTED UNOPPOSED TO RS
Rajeev Shukla Ranjeet Ranjan
LUCKNOW WOMAN
AT CHINA BORDER
TO MARRY SHIVA
Pithoragarh (PTI):
A woman from
Lucknow’s Aliganj
area has been
staying illegally in
a restricted area of
Nabhidhang close
to the Indo-China
border, claiming she
is an incarnation of
Goddess Parwati and
will wed Lord Shiva
who lives on Mount
Kailash. A police
team, which had gone
to remove Harminder
Kaur from the
restricted area, had to
return disappointed
as she threatened to
commit suicide if they
insisted on taking her
away, Pithoragarh SP
Lokendra Singh said.
More on P8
New Delhi: Sidhu
Moosewala’s murder
probe took an interest-
ing turn on
Friday with
d e t a i l s
e m e r g i n g
about the al-
leged in-
volvement of gangster
Lawrence Bishnoi in
the murder. A PTI re-
port said that Bishnoi,
has alleged that Moose-
wala was involved in the
killing of Akali Dal
leader Vikramjit Singh
on August 7 last year
leading to his “rivalry”.

2. UTTAR PRADESH
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister and Lucknow MP Rajnath Singh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, Vidhan Sabha speaker Satish Mahana, Industrial Development Minister Nand Gopal
‘Nandi’ and other ministers, dignitaries and bureaucrats registered their presence at GBC 3.0 organised at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan of Lucknow on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
MODI MOTIVATES ARTISANS
PM Modi visited stalls of various artisans of UP who had displayed their products at
GBC 3.0. He was accompanied by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, CM Yogi, Dy CMs
KP Maurya, Brajesh Pathak, ACS MSME Navneet Sehgal and others. —PHOTOS BY ANI
PM TALKS OF ‘GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES’
NEW UTTAR PRADESH HAS IN STORE
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
said on Friday that with
Ganga flowing through
25 to 30 districts of Ut-
tar Pradesh covering
around 11,000 kilome-
tres, with the provision
in the Union Cabinet
for building a natural
farming corridor on
both sides of Ganga for
a stretch of five kilome-
tres each, in addition to
Uttar Pradesh Govern-
ment’s food processing
policy, investors have a
‘golden opportunity’ in
the agricultural sector.
Participating in the
third ground breaking
ceremony of the Global
Investors Summit at In-
dira Gandhi Pratish-
than in Lucknow, Modi
also invited the leading
tycoons to visit to his
parliamentary constitu-
ency Kashi to explore
the investment opportu-
nities there.
PM Modi remarked:
“It is not a small thing
that a government has
been reelected in UP for
the second time in a row
after a span of more
than three decades. It
shows that the Govern-
ment has earned the
confidence of people.
Investors are willing to
invest in UP because of
the improved law and
order situation, invest-
ment-friendly atmos-
phere and the infra-
structural development
taking place under the
leadership of CM Yogi.
Economic zones are get-
ting connected with ex-
pressways while multi-
modal logistics hubs
are also being set up. ”
“I am confident that
Uttar Pradesh, with its
consumer base of 16 per
cent, will give momen-
tum to India’s growth
story. Every sixth man
in the country is from
Uttar Pradesh. More
than a dozen towns in
the state have a popula-
tion of over 5 lakh. Eve-
ry district has a special
product, which is being
promoted by the Gov-
ernment. The state has
the highest number of
MSMEs.”, he added.
Modi said that India
has been going from
strength to strength de-
spite challenges like
Covid because of the
strong policies of the
Government. “The
world today considers
India as the only relia-
ble partner. It appreci-
ates our potential and
performance.”, he said.
Modi also invited leading industrialists to visit Kashi to explore investment opportunities
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviews models of developmental projects of UP govt at GBC 3.0.
CM Yogi Adityanath, Dy CMs Brajesh Pathak, KP Maurya and other leaders were also present.
Defence Minister and Lucknow’s MP Rajnath Singh, Vidhan Sabha speaker Satish Mahana, Dy CM
Keshav Prasad Maurya listen to PM Modi’s address at GBC 3.0 on Friday.
CM Yogi greets PM Modi with a memento. Lko MP and Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh was also present. —PHOTOS BY PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing GBC 3.0 at Indira
Gandhi Pratishthan in Lucknow on Friday.
PM DELIGHTED WITH AYODHYA AIRPORT MODEL
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi visited the
exhibition organised at
GBC 3.0 and evinced
keen interest in the
model of Maryada Pur-
shottam Sriram Airport
in Ayodhya displayed by
the Airports Authority
of India.
The project in-charge
Rajeev Kulshreshtha
informed that the con-
struction will be done in
two phases. in the first
phase of the project,
a 2250m long and 45
meters wide runway
for ATR-72 aircraft is
being constructed. In
the second phase, its
length will be increased
to three and a half
thousand meters. Three
aircraft can be parked
at a time at the airports,
facilitating the arrival of
Flights will start from
Ayodhya International
Airport by March next
year, he added. The stall
also displayed a small
Ram Mandir model
made out of metal.
Ayodhya airport’s model
Soon, South Asia’s largest
integrated ammunition
manufacturing unit in UP
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The UP gov-
ernment signed an MoU
at the eve of the Global
Investors’ Summit in
Lucknow to set up
South Asia’s largest in-
tegrated manufactur-
ing facility in Defence
Industrial Corridor.
In his address, Gau-
tam Adani, Chairman
of the Adani Group said
that the manufacturing
complex is Adani De-
fence’s endeavour to-
wards equipping our
Armed Forces with
state-of-the art battle-
field equipment.
Speaking on the eve
of signing of the MoU,
Awanish Awasthi, CEO,
UPEIDA and ACS
(Home), said, “Aligning
with the great vision of
Hon’ble PM, Hon’ble
CM and Hon’ble RM
(Raksha Mantri) to
achieve Aatmnirbhar-
ta, this project is going
to prove as a landmark
in history of indige-
nous defence manufac-
turing.”
ACS (Home) Awanish Awasthi signing the MoU on Friday.
PAYTM SET TO EMPOWER MSMES
Navneet Sehgal, ACS, Department of MSME Ex-
port promotion, signed an MoU with One 97 Com-
munication Ltd, the parent company of Paytm. The
objective of MoU is to improve the business and
trade opportunity for MSMEs of UttarPradesh with
focus on ODOP MSMEs. The MoU is expected to
digitalize MSMEs landscape in the state.
ACS (MSME) Navneet Sehgal with Vijay Shekhar Sharma
CEO, One 97 Communication Limited.
INVESTORS' INTEREST IS SAFE IN UP: CM YOGI
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath has
reiterated his commit-
ment to safeguard the
interests of every sin-
gle investor coming to
Uttar Pradesh.
Speaking at the third
Ground Breaking Cere-
mony on Friday in the
presence of PM Naren-
dra Modi, CM Yogi as-
sured the investors that
all possible help would
be given to the investors
by the government.
“Not only will the in-
terest of the investors
be protected in the
state, but they will also
get all kinds of protec-
tion, “ assured the CM.
CM Yogi expressed his
gratitude to all the in-
vestors who invested in
the state in the founda-
tion stone laying and
bhoomi pujan of 1406
industrial projects
worth 80,224 crores.
Top industrialists of
India and abroad,minis-
ters of central and state
government were pre-
sent at GBC 3.0.
In the ceremony
, he also
informed about the
changedindustrialenvi-
ronmentandinvestment
friendly policies of the
state. The CM said that
under the leadership of
PM Modi, eight years of
the most successful Cen-
tral Government had
been completed.
CM Yogi Adityanath addresses GBC 3.0 on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
SPL ARRANGEMENTS ON CM’SB’DAY
The 49th birthday of CM
Yogi Adityanath will be cel-
ebrated on Sunday by his
supporters with a 5100-kg
cake.The huge cake will be
14 feet high and will have a
diameter of 12 feet.
According to reports, nearly five lakh people in
various cities, including Ayodhya, will recite the
Hanuman Chalisa on the occasion.The celebration
will be done on a massive scale since the chief
minister has worked for the return of the BJP to
power for the second consecutive term in UP.
CM Yogi Adityanath
‘BABA’S BULLDOZER’ CREATES A BUZZ
When Yogi won the assembly elections for
the second time, the bulldozer emerged as
the mascot of a strong government. The
same giant roaring machine became a topic
of discussion among guests during GBC 3.0
in Lucknow on Friday. People could not take
their eyes off the bulldozer put on display by
the ‘CAT’ company of Chennai.
—PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA

3. Lucknow(PTI): PM
Narendra Modi on Fri-
day accompanied Presi-
dent Ram Nath Kovind
to his ancestral village,
Paraunkh, in Kanpur
Dehat. Governor
Anandiben Patel and
CM Yogi were also part
of the visit. “This land
has dev bhakti (devo-
tion) and desh bhakti
(patriotism).
The President is giv-
ing a new direction to
women empowerment
through Milan Kendra.
This village will set an
example as a model vil-
lage”, said PM Modi. ‘‘It
is our responsibility to
modernise the Indian
villages. This is the ide-
al of New India. The vil-
lages need to improve
for the country to move
ahead”, he added. ‘‘To-
day I was embarrassed
when President came to
receive me...We’re
working under him,
there’s a sanctity to his
post but he told me that
he respects Constitu-
tion but values matter
and added that he had
come to welcome me as
a villager not as a Presi-
dent,” PM Modi said.
Paraunkh has been
developed as a “model
village” with a yoga
park, open-air gym, and
an Anganwadi centre
with its own “nutrition
Vatika”, among other
facilities.
President Kovind and
Modi also visited Milan
Kendra Paraunkh vil-
lage in afternoon on
Friday. The Kendra is
the ancestral house of
the President that was
donated for public use
and converted into a
community centre. The
Milan Kendra helps
women get trained in
job-oriented courses.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Heaping
praises over CM Yogi
for setting up a strong
foundation for a tril-
lion-dollar economy,
industrialist Gautam
Adani, Chairman of
Adani Group, stated
that UP of today
will define India of
tomorrow.
“The success of In-
dia depends on the suc-
cess of UP, and CM Yo-
gi’s good governance
has laid the perfect
foundation for a tril-
lion-dollar economy,”
said Gautam Adani at
the Ground Breaking
Ceremony 3.0 in Luc-
know. He stated that
the simple, restrained
and disciplined life-
style of UP CM Yogi
and his ability to make
decisions and imple-
ment them is amazing
and exemplary.
The spirit of cooper-
ation and professional-
ism among the officers
is also commendable.
Adani assured the in-
vestment of Rs 70,000
crore in the state which
will also provide direct
and indirect employ-
ment to 30,000 people.
Adani said that Modi is
building an India which
is making the country
an economic power in
the world.
Adani concluded his
speech with a few lines
that read, “Main Soch
Bhi Badalta Hu, Main
Nazariya Bhi Badalta
Hu, Badalta Nahi Kuch
To Mai Lakshya Nahi
Badalta Hoon.”
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Police here
have registered an FIR
against two persons in-
cluding a police consta-
ble after family mem-
bers of two persons,
who reportedly died in
a road accident, blocked
the Lucknow-Varanasi
Road for hours and al-
leged that the two were
murdered.
Police sources here
said that Pradeep Kori
and Praveen Pandey,
residents of Asroga vil-
lage, died in a road acci-
dent near Bhadhara
village. But their family
members allege that
both were murdered.
Villagers along with
family members of the
deceased protested
against police and de-
manded action against
the culprits.
During their protest
on Friday, the Luc-
know-Varanasi four
lane road was blocked
for more than five hours
and senior police offi-
cials rushed to the spot
to pacify the situation.
An FIR was regis-
tered against constable
PradeepChaudharyand
one other in the matter.
Chandra Prakash Pand-
ey, father of Praveen
Pandey
, said that the ac-
cused constable had ri-
valry with his family
and he murdered both
Pradeep and Praveen.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Talking
about the old relation-
ship between UP and
his organisation, Birla
Group Chairman Ku-
mar Mangalam Birla
said that after inde-
pendence, his Group
set up an aluminium
factory in the name of
Hindalco in the state,
which was just the be-
ginning of Birla
Group becoming the
world’s largest compa-
ny in its field.
Addressing the
Ground Breaking Cer-
emony 3.0 in Lucknow
on Friday, Birla said,
“The relationship be-
tween UP and the Birla
Group is very old. We
started our journey
from this state back in
1956. Since then, Birla
Group has grown its
business multiple folds
in different countries.”
“Due to the vision-
ary govt led by PMMo-
di and transparent pol-
icies, the trust in India
has increased among
investors all over the
world. This is the rea-
son that today India
has become the favour-
ite destination of in-
vestors across the
world,” Kumar Manga-
lam Birla further said.
Kumar Mangalam Bir-
la also highlighted that
his group has invested
`40,000 crores in UP.
He assured that he
would directly or indi-
rectly provide employ-
ment to 35,000 youth in
50 villages through his
projects.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Yamuna
International Airport
Private Limited
(YIAPL), the conces-
sionaire for the up-
coming Noida Interna-
tional Airport has se-
lected Tata Projects
Ltd to undertake the
engineering, procure-
ment, and construc-
tion (EPC) of the new
Greenfield airport
coming up at Jewar.
As part of the agree-
ment, Tata Projects
will construct the ter-
minal, runway
, airside
infrastructure, roads,
utilities, landside fa-
cilities and other an-
cillary buildings at
Noida International
Airport.
“Together with Tata
Projects, we’re work-
ing to deliver a passen-
ger terminal, runway,
and other airport in-
frastructure with a
capacity of 12 million
passengers annually,
by 2024. We are aiming
to enable, promote and
strengthen all-inclu-
sive sustainable devel-
opment of aviation
ecosystem in India.
Noida International
Airport will bolster
employment genera-
tion and economic
growth in the state as
well as the country,”
said Christoph
Schnellmann, Chief
Executive Officer,
YIAPL.
Vinayak Pai, CEO
and MD Designate,
TATA Projects Ltd,
said ‘‘TATA Projects
will work closely with
YIAPL to deliver In-
dia’s most advanced
and environment
friendly airport on
time. We shall deploy
the latest technologies
in its construction,
while meeting the
highest standards of
quality
, safety
, and sus-
tainability
.”
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EXHIBITION AT GBC
(Clockwise from top): A folk dance presentation outside the Indira Gandhi Pratishthan to
welcome PM Modi and other guests. Visitors click a selfie at the venue.A model of the Ram
Janmabhoomi Temple at the exhibition. —PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR
(Clockwise from top) President Kovind and PM Modi at the Pathri Mata Temple in Paraunkh village
on Friday. President and PM pay tribute to the statue of BR Ambedkar at Paraunkh village. PM Modi
offering prayers at the Pathri Mata temple. PM Modi greets villagers at the community centre in
Paraunkh. —PHOTOS BY ANI
A proposed design of the Noida International Airport.
Addressing a
gathering at
Paraunkh
village, PM
says dev of
villages is his
govt’s priority
CRUCIAL READ
Lucknow: Akash Goenka and Sudip Goenka, Direc-
tors of Goldie Spices met Chief Minister Yogi Adi-
tyanath and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during
the Ground Baking Ceremony of Industrial Project
O organized at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, Lucknow.
In the ground breaking ceremony organized during
the year 2009, the Goldie Group had made substan-
tial investment which resulted in the setting up its
new production units and thereby increasing the
production capacity. The Goldie Group with the
renewed production unit introduced new products
which were distributed all over the country.
TAKE ACTION OVER
KILLINGS IN
KASHMIR: MAYA
Lucknow: Amid recent
targetted killings in Jam-
mu and Kashmir, BSP
supremo Mayawati on
Friday urged the central
govt to take strict action
against the incidents
and people behind such
attacks. The BSP chief
noted that the recent
attacks have created an
atmosphere of panic in
the region and called it
“worrisome”. “Innocent
people are being killed
every day in Jammu and
Kashmir. The central
government should take
strict action against
such guilty elements,
this demand of BSP,”
Mayawati tweeted.
A. MANIMEKHALAI
TAKES CHARGE AS
MD CEO OF UBI
Lucknow: Ms. A.
Manimekhalai on Friday
assumed charge as
Managing Director
CEO of Union Bank
of India. A seasoned
banker with experience
of more than 3 decades,
Ms. A. Manimekhalai
started her career in
erstwhile Vijaya Bank as
an Officer in 1988 and
rose successively as
Branch Head, Regional
Head, and functional
head of various Dept at
Corporate Office. She
was instrumental in
devising implementa-
tion of strategic policies
covering core areas like
strategic planning, etc.
GOLDIE SPICES DIRECTORS MEET CM AT
GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY 3.0
Tata Projects to
construct Noida
International Airport
‘UTTAR PRADESH OF TODAY IS THE INDIA OF TOMORROW’
Adanitoinvest`70kcrinUP Speedy growth in UP:Birla
Lko-Varanasi road blocked
over‘murder’ by constable
WOMAN
GANGRAPED IN
FRONT OF HER
HUSBAND
Bareilly: In a horrific
incident six persons
gang-raped a woman
at gun point in-front
of her husband near
Kargaina market and
threatened to kill both
if they inform police
about the crime. The
victim reached at office
of senior superintendent
of police Friday morning
and registered her
complaint. According to
her, she was returning
home with her husband
when Pradhan’s son
and five others stopped
them. The accused
gangraped her and
thrashed her husband
on gunpoint, she said
in her complaint. She
said that accused had
snatched her mobile and
threatened to kill them
if they will inform police
about the incident.
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
The wise work for the
welfare of the world,
without thought for
themselves.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
India insulated from prevailing high
prices of agri commodities globally!
Modi Govt’s timely intervention on
export control yielding result. Wheat
prices well below international rates
sugar prices in control shielding
the common man.
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
India’s youth are breaking the mould
and are flourishing in what we often
call unconventional career choices.
Sriya Lenka of Jharsuguda, India’s
first K-pop star and the newest
member of the popular #Blackswan
band is one such talented youth who
has pursued her passion.
TOP TWEETS
MOHAN BHAGWAT’S
ADVICE WON’T
APPLY TO MATHURA
QUTUB MINAR
n the face of it RSS
chief Mohan Bhag-
wat’s advice to Hin-
dus to not go looking
for a Shivling in eve-
ry mosque is a welcome move.
He added that everyone involved
in the Gyanvapi mosque dispute
should sit together and resolve
it with mutual agreement. If
not, then the decision of the
court should be accepted by all
considering the justice system
as sacred and supreme”.
Two points need to be made
here. One, even in the Ram
Janmbhoomi case, dialogue
formed part of the resolution
process before the sacred justice
system pronounced its verdict.
The second point is about Shiv-
ling which, in the present case,
pertains to Gyanvapi mosque.
Will the litigating Hindus stop
raising the issue of Lord Krish-
na’s birthplace at Mathura
where no mention of Lord Shi-
va’s idol has been made yet. Or,
will the Hindu groups stop
claiming Qutub Minar as their
religious place? No, they can’t
be stopped. And the justice sys-
tem knows what should be done.
O
as the Central
Government lost
its plot in Kash-
mir where eight
targeted killings
in 27 days have instilled panic
in the Pandit community?
The fast-deteriorating situa-
tion has caused such fear that
the minority community is
now bent on leaving the Val-
ley as soon as possible. Nearly
half of the 350 migrants have
already moved to Jammu.
They have also started pro-
tests against the govern-
ment’sfailuretoprotectthem.
The BJP government may
find it unpalatable and Vivek
Agnihotri of The Kashmir
Files fame may disagree, but
theangrymigrantsareclaim-
ing the situation to be worse
than in the Nineties and have
warned of an exodus. That
will be a severe blow to the
government’s scheme to re-
settle Pandits in the Valley.
The decision to leave the Val-
ley was taken after terrorists
shot dead Vijay Kumar, man-
ager of a bank located in
south Kashmir.
There is an obvious Paki-
stani hand behind this up-
surge in the killings. The ISI-
trained ultras have adopted
the new tactic of identifying
and then eliminating the soft
targets generally using small
firearms. Indian intelligence
and police agencies’ failure
lies in their inability to pre-
vent these dastardly acts. It is
this lack of intelligence that
has riled the migrants and is
threatening to widen the de-
mographic imbalance.
Sensing the gravity of the
situation, Union Home Min-
ister Amit Shah held a high-
level security review meeting
with National Security Advi-
sor Ajit Doval, RAW chief
Samant Goel, head of Intelli-
gence Bureau Arvind Kumar
and other officials. A firm
response is needed to deter
Pakistan from its jihadi de-
signs in the Union Territory
.
HINDUS IN VALLEY
READY FOR EXODUS
There is an obvious
Pakistani hand behind
this upsurge in the killings.
The ISI-trained ultras have
adopted the new tactic
of identifying and then
eliminating the soft
targets generally using
small firearms
H
f gunsmadepeoplesafer,then
theUnitedStateswouldbethe
safest place in the world. How
many more children have to
diebeforetherightacceptthat
the answer to bad guys with
guns is not good guys with
guns, it’s getting rid of guns. ”
On May 25, the killing of 21
people, including 19 children,
in a primary school in Uvalde
city of Texas has shocked the
wholeof America.Thisheart-
wrenching incident of child
massacre has given rise to
new discussions for the Biden
administration to make con-
certed efforts towards gun
control at the federal level.
Actually America’s 2nd
Constitutional Amendment
(15Dec.1791)enshrinedtoown
a gun as a right to citizens.
Amendment reads: “A well
regulatedMilitia,beingneces-
sary to the security of a Free
State, the right of the people
to keep and bear Arms, shall
not be infringed.” Therefore,
citizens should not be denied
possession of arms. But the
changing scenario has made
it extraneous by eliminating
the concept of regulated citi-
zen. With more than 400 mil-
lion of firearms USA tops the
worldintermsof gunaverage
per capita. The United States,
with only 5 percent of the
world’s population, owns 48
percent of the world’s guns.
That is 89 percent of Ameri-
can have firearms.
According to the Gun Vio-
lence Archive a record 18 mil-
lion guns were purchased in
2020. (40 pct. Purchaser are
women) This fascination of
gunsisnowposingthebiggest
challenge. According to the
report of the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention’s
forNationalCanterforHealth
Statistics 44,826 people died in
the 2021 and the country suf-
fered $ 300 billion in damage
duetogunviolence.Inthefirst
five months of 2022 there have
been more than 17,499 deaths
in mass shooting incidents
that is 119 deaths per day
.
The tragic 10 person died
and 23 people were injured in
the mass shooting incident in
the Buffalo Super Market and
in subway of NY City in a
month; shook the whole of
America. To stop such vio-
lence, an emergency declared
in New York in July last year,
the state government had
made a provision of spending
Rs1038croreSothatyouthcan
be freed from depression by
creatingemploymentopportu-
nities and they should leave
thepathof diversion-violence.
At the federal level, President
Biden directed the Justice De-
partment to prepare an action
plan on Ghost Gun (Home
MadeGun)andadrafton“Red
Flag Law” to deal with gun
violence. A plan of spending
Rs 37,320 crore for the preven-
tion of gun violence; along
with it was also announced to
send a strike force to effective-
ly curb gun smugglers across
the country
. But the gun fasci-
nation of American citizens
thwarted all efforts of the
Biden administration.
According to the Centre for
Homeland Defence and Secu-
rity, there have been a huge
increaseinincidentsof shoot-
ings in schools which is very
worrying. In the 2021, there
have been 222 incidents, so far
this year there have been 136
incidents in which 27 inno-
cent deaths have occurred.
The recent incident of child
carnage has shocked the
whole of America. President
Biden said in his condolence
message- “To lose a child is
like having a piece of your
soul ripped away
.” He quoted
scripture: “The Lord is near
to the broken-hearted and
saves the crushed in spirit.”
In such situation only the
National Rifle Association (a
strong lobbying organization)
should be expected to play its
positive role in getting rid of
the horrific violence. Notably
theNRAsloganis“Gunsdon’t
kill anyone, people kill each
other.” More than 5 million
citizensareactivemembersof
this association and ever-in-
creasing number is fretting.
According to statistics, NRA
spends more than Rs 1900
crore in lobbying, which is
many times more than gun
controladvocacygroupswhich
thwart the overall efforts of
governments. That’s why the
President said helplessly- “As
a nation, we have to ask, when
in God’s name are we going to
stand up to the gun lobby
.
Undoubtedly gun violence
has inflicted deep wounds on
American society and tar-
nished America’s image in-
ternationally. That’s why
Biden had said- “Gun vio-
lence is an epidemic, an in-
ternational embarrassment
for America, more a public
health crisis than a gun cri-
sis.” (8 April 2021). Whatever,
governments and elite citi-
zens should make concerted
efforts to stop gun violence.
The fascination of Indian
youth towards illegal weapons
is also scaring. Possessing il-
legal arms and posting pics
with weapons on social media
has become the choice of most
of the youth. They consider
gangster as their ideal. Inci-
dents of firing in wedding cer-
emonies have become very
common among youth. News
of illegalarmslike-DesiKatta,
Semi-AutomaticPistol,12bore
gun factories in the Mewat ar-
eas of Bharatpur-Alwar; Noi-
da, Gurugram Faridabad and
Ghaziabad of NCR very com-
mon. The result of all this was
that gangster directly chal-
lenged the law and order situ-
ation in states. E.g. Vikas
Dubey’s Bikru incident in UP
,
Incident of gangster Papla ab-
sconding from the police sta-
tionbyfiringweaponslikeAK-
47 at the police station and the
APencounterinRajasthan.To
deal such situation the GOI
has amended The Arms Act
1959 in the year 2019, in which
the provision of life imprison-
ment has been made in some
offences.Despitethisfrighten-
ingpicture,thesituationinthe
country as a whole under con-
trol due to the strict system of
arms license and continuous
seizures- arrests by the police.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
TEXAS CARNAGE: THE
NATION IN TRAUMA
Fascination of arms in our youth is scaring
GUN CULTURE OF USA
“
I
The recent incident of child
carnage has shocked entire
America. President Biden
said in his condolence
message- “To lose a child is
like having a piece of your
soul ripped away.” He
quoted scripture: “The Lord
is near to the broken-
hearted saves the crushed
in spirit.” National Rifle
Assn is expected to play its
role in curbing the violence
Possessing illegal arms
posting pics with
weapons on social media
has become most youth’s
choice. They consider
gangster as their
ideal. Incidents of
firing in wedding
ceremonies have
become very common
among them. News of
illegal arms in Mewat
areas of Bharatpur-Alwar
NCR are very common
DR SURESH YADAV
The writer is Freelancer and
Commentator on International Affairs

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Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: The
Bharatiya Janata Party
had three Muslim mem-
bers in the Rajya Sabha.
This time all three have
bid farewell and none of
them will be making a
comeback. Till the last
day of filing nomina-
tions on Tuesday, BJP
declared candidates for
22 seats and no Muslim
candidate is named in it.
In this way
, the BJP will
have one hundred mem-
bers in the Rajya Sabha,
in which there will not
beasingleMuslimmem-
ber.TheBJPalreadyhas
303 MPs in the Lok Sab-
ha, out of which there is
notasingleMuslim.The
BJP did not field any
Muslim candidate even
in the recently held Ut-
tar Pradesh assembly
elections.
However, senior jour-
nalist and former minis-
ter MJ Akbar was a Ra-
jya Sabha MP from Mad-
hya Pradesh. He was
caught in the charge of
‘Me Too’. Several wom-
en journalists accused
him of sexual harass-
ment, after which he
had to leave the ministe-
rial post. Then it seemed
that again he would not
be able to get the mem-
bership of Rajya Sabha.
Similar was not the case
with Mukhtar Abbas
Naqvi. Everyone was as-
suming that he is a min-
ister at the Center and
the Muslim face of BJP
in national politics, so
he will return to the Up-
per House. He is a Rajya
Sabha MP from
Jharkhand. But this
time he too was not giv-
en ticket by the party
. In
his place, the party has
given ticket to Aditya
Sahu in Jharkhand.
It is being said that
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
will contest the by-elec-
tion from his traditional
Rampur Lok Sabha seat.
He has been a one-time
MP from this seat. The
seat fell vacant after the
resignation of Sama-
jwadi Party’s Azam
Khan. For the past few
days, Azam Khan has
been expressing dis-
pleasure with his party
- Samajwadi Party
. It is
believed that due to this
public outrage, he was
released from jail after
27 months. Informed
sources say that he can
help the BJP candidate.
If he does not contest
anyone from his family,
then automatically BJP
will be helped. The BSP
has already said that it
will not contest the by-
polls. So, it is possible
that with the help of
Azam Khan, Naqvi-
BJP’s first Muslim MP -
reaches the Lok Sabha.
The third Muslim MP
was Syed Zafar Islam.
He became a Rajya Sab-
ha MP from Uttar
Pradesh in the by-elec-
tion two years ago.
There was a lot of dis-
cussion in Madhya
Pradesh about his role
in bringing Jyotiradi-
tya Scindia closer to the
BJP and toppling the
Congress government.
Then it was believed
that he would get one
more term. He is origi-
nally from Jharkhand
and is engaged in some
political activities there
these days, due to which
there was talk of him
becoming a Rajya Sab-
ha MP from Jharkhand.
But it didn’t happen. In
this way, the three Mus-
lim MPs of the BJP in
the Rajya Sabha were
bid farewell.
BJP bids farewell to remaining Muslim MPs - Akbar, Naqvi Zafar!
MINORITY REDUCED TO ‘ZERO’!
New Delhi (Agencies):
After veteran leader
Ghulam Nabi Azad was
refused the Rajya Sabha
nomination, Congress
interim president Sonia
Gandhi tried to placate
him by offering him the
number two position in
the party. Sources said
the move has failed to
pacify Azad, who re-
fused to take the offer.
According to sources
after Sonia Gandhi's
phone call on Sunday to
Azad both met and dis-
cussed issues regard-
ing the party.
Sources said Azad
was offered the post in
the organisation which
could be number two in
party hierarchy, but the
veteran leader refused
to accept it.
Azad who was de-
nied Rajya Sabha berth
at the last moment is
upset with the party af-
fairs, and has not
shown any interest in
the organisation and
reportedly told Sonia
Gandhi that “new peo-
ple should work as it is
a generational shift in
the party”.
Azad and his support-
ers are also upset with
the way party is func-
tioning in JK and in
recent statewise 'Chin-
tan Shivir' neither Azad
nor his supporters par-
ticipated. This clearly
showed that all is not
well. His supporters
want him to be the face
of the party in the state.
Congress in its ten-
candidate list for the Ra-
jya Sabha denied Anand
Sharma and Azad the
berth and instead nomi-
nated Pratapgarhi.
SoniaGandhireached
out to Ghulam Nabi
Azad and sources said
the move was an effort
to douse the fire and cull
any discontent. Azad
was one of the prime
movers of the G-23.
Tension is also sim-
mering in the party
units in Chhattisgarh
and Rajasthan over out-
siders being nominated
for the Upper House.
The party leaders are
questioning the move,
but the Chief Ministers
have not said anything
against the party's
choice of candidates.
Both states will go to
polls next year.
AZAD REJECTS SONIA’S OFFER TO
BE ‘NUMBER 2’ IN CONG: REPORT
Tension is also simmering in party units in C’garh, Raj over outsiders’ nomination
Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi with senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad. —FILE PHOTO
New Delhi (PTI): P
Chidambaram and Ra-
jeev Shukla of the Con-
gress, BJP’s Sumitra
Valmiki and Kavita
Patidar, former Con-
gress leader Kapil Sibal,
RJD’s Misa Bharti and
Jayant Chaudhary of
theRLDwereamongthe
41 winners declared
electedunopposedtoRa-
jya Sabha on Friday
.
All the 11 candidates
in Uttar Pradesh, six in
Tamil Nadu, five in Bi-
har, four in Andhra
Pradesh, three each in
Madhya Pradesh and
Odisha, two each in
Chhattisgarh, Punjab,
Telangana and
Jharkhand and one can-
didate in Uttarakhand
won without a contest.
Of the 41 winners, 14
are from the BJP, four
each from Congress and
YSR Congress; three
each from DMK and
BJD;twoeachfromAAP
,
RJD,TRS,AIADMK,one
eachfromJMM,JDU,SP
and RLD besides Inde-
pendent Sibal.
Elections were sched-
uled to be held on June
10 to fill 57 Rajya Sabha
seats from 15 states that
will be falling vacant
due to the retirement of
members on different
dates between June and
August. Friday was the
last date for withdrawal
of candidature.
On June 10, elections
will now be held for six
seats in Maharashtra,
four each in Rajasthan
and Karnataka and two
in Haryana. Results
will be declared the
same day
.
Of the 11 candidates
declared elected in Uttar
Pradesh, eight are from
BJP
, one each from AAP
,
JMM,SPandRLD,along
with independent Sibal.
PC, Sibal, Misa among
41 elected unopposed
RAJYA SABHA POLLS
ED again summons RaGa
onJune13inHeraldcase
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi has been
issued a fresh summon
by the Enforcement Di-
rectorate (ED) to join
the investigation in
connection with the
National Herald case.
He will have to record
his statement before
the ED officials on
June 13.
Earlier, he was sum-
moned to appear before
the probe agency on
June 2. Rahul had re-
quested the probe agen-
cy to give him some
time to join the investi-
gation as he was
abroad. Soon after re-
ceiving the summon,
Rahul wrote to the ED
saying he won’t be able
to join the probe on
June 2. He had sought
time from the centre
agency. The ED had
summoned both Sonia
Gandhi and Rahul Gan-
dhi to join the probe.
Bengaluru (Agencies):
The Karnataka Exami-
nation Authority (KEA)
announced on Friday
that students wearing
hijab will not be allowed
toentertheexamination
hall to take the Common
Entrance Test (CET) for
admissions to profes-
sional courses.
The students will
have to remove hijab
before entering the ex-
amination hall. The
KEA has also clarified
that any cloth or dress
which symbolises reli-
gion is not allowed.
TheCETexamination
will be conducted on
lines of SSLC (10th
class) and II PUC exams.
CETwillbeheldonJune
16, 17, and 18. The stu-
dents have been asked to
attend CET with respec-
tive uniforms.
In the backdrop of al-
legations of rampant
corrupt practices in en-
trance exams to posts
of Police Sub-inspec-
tors (PSI) and Associ-
ate Professors, authori-
ties have decided to
ensure fair conduct of
examinations.
Students attending
CET are not allowed to
wear ‘Mangal Sutras’,
nose ring, earring, gold
chain,banglesandother
gold ornaments. The
students have also been
asked not to bring
watches,calculatorsand
any electronic device.
Karnataka: Hijab not allowed in CET exams
New Delhi (Agencies):
A special CBI court here
on Friday turned down
the anticipatory bail ap-
plications of Congress
MP Karti Chidambar-
am, and others in a mon-
ey laundering case reg-
istered by the Enforce-
mentDirectorate,linked
to an alleged Chinese
visa scam.
Apart from the Con-
gress leader, the Rouse
Avenue Court in Delhi
also dismissed the an-
ticipatory bail appli-
cations moved by oth-
er accused persons
in the case including
his chartered account-
ant S Bhaskar Raman
and Vikas Makharia,
the associate Vice
President of thermal
power plant Talwandi
Sabo Power.
On May 30, the court
of Special CBI judge MK
Nagpal had reserved the
order and posted the
matter for Friday
.
In the last hearing,
senior advocate Kapil
Sibal argued that the
alleged transaction is
from 2011 and the ED
registered the case af-
ter a lapse of a long
time. He pointed out
that there was no inves-
tigation all these years.
Karti denied pre-arrest bail
by CBI court in ‘Visa Case’
Waiting period
for Musk’s
deal expired,
says Twitter
New Delhi (Agencies):
Twitter Inc said on Fri-
day the waiting period
under the HSR Act for
Elon Musk’s $44-billion
acquisition of the social
media firm has expired.
Completion of the
deal is now subject to
remaining customary
closing conditions, in-
cluding approval by
Twitter stockholders
and the receipt of appli-
cableregulatoryapprov-
als, Twitter said.
The HSR Act, or the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Anti-
trust Improvements Act
of 1976, requires parties
to report large transac-
tions to both the Federal
Trade Commission and
the U.S. Department of
Justice Antitrust Divi-
sion for review.
The development
comes as Musk said last
month that the Twitter
deal was “temporarily
on hold”, while he
sought more informa-
tion about the propor-
tion of fake accounts on
the platform.
Twitter’s shares rose
about 2% to $40.62 in
premarket trading.
New Delhi (PTI):
Amid a growing de-
mand for shifting
Kashmiri Pandit em-
ployees to safer places
after a series of tar-
geted killings, the
Jammu and Kashmir
administration on Fri-
day made it clear the
employees would not
be moved out of the
Valley but transferred
to safer locations.
Official also said the
recent escalation in
targeted terrorist vio-
lence would not lead to
any change in plans for
holding the annual
AmarnathYatrawhich
is scheduled from June
30-August 11.
The assertion comes
in the wake of a spate
of terror incidents
which included target-
ed killings of civilians.
One of the victim
was Rahul Bhat.
Bhat was a Kash-
miri Pandit migrant
who was employed
under a prime minis-
ter's package.
He who was shot
dead by terrorists on
May 12 at his office in
Chadoora of Budgam
in central Kashmir.
His brutal killing
sparked demonstra-
tion by around 6,000
employees at various
places who demanded
their relocation out-
side the Valley
.
But officials Friday
argued that the Jam-
mu and Kashmir ad-
ministration cannot
be a party to any eth-
nic-cleansing script-
ed from across the
border by agreeing to
the demand of Kash-
miri Pandit employ-
ees to be shifted out
of the Valley.
They also asserted
the killing of soft tar-
gets by terror groups
won't deter them from
holding the annual
Amarnath Yatra.
No shifting of Kashmir migrant employees to
Jammu;AmarnathYatraonschedule:Officials
Jammu-based government employees, posted in Kashmir,
protest for their transfer to their home districts, in Jammu.
WILL FIGHT FOR JUSTICE: STUDENTS
GOVT EMPLOYEES PROTEST
Jammu: A group of government employees,
mostly teachers, staged a sit-in here for the
second day on Friday to press for their transfer
from Kashmir to their home districts in the Jam-
mu region following a string of targeted killings
by terrorists in Kashmir. These employees have
returned to Jammu after their colleague, Rajni
Bala, was shot dead by terrorists at a school in
south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Tuesday.
The protesters took out a march from the Press
Club to Ambedkar Chowk on Thursday.
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New Delhi (ANI): Ex-
ternal affairs minister
S Jaishankar on Thurs-
day said India was not
sitting on the fence but
was rather entitled to
its own opinion when it
came to foreign policy.
Just because its take on
global issues was not
agreeable to others, did
not mean India was sit-
ting on the fence, the
minister said.
“I am not sitting on
the fence just because I
don’t agree with you. It
means I am sitting on
my ground,” Jais-
hankar said at
GLOBESEC 2022 Brati-
slava Forum, where he
was talking on the top-
ic, ‘Taking friendship to
the next level: Allies in
the Indo-Pacific’. He
was questioned on In-
dia’s position on the
world stage, and that
non-alignment could
not always be a plausi-
ble option for a world
leader. The statement
came when foreign min-
ister was asked if sit-
ting on fence was an
option for India as an
emerging world leader,
especially with respect
to ongoing Russia-
Ukraine war. India has
still not openly con-
demned Russian inva-
sion of its eastern
neighbour that com-
pleted 100 days since its
launch on Feb 24. Rus-
sianPresidentVladimir
Putin has justified the
invasion as a “special
operation”. Jaishankar
said the world could no
longer be “Eurocen-
tric”, and that Europe
needed to shun that
mindset. “World is
changing new players
are coming,” he said.
Sitting on my ground, not on fence: Jaishankar
GLOBESEC 2022 BRATISLAVA FORUM
S Jaishankar meets Eduard Heger, in Slovakia on Friday.
New Delhi (ANI): PM
Narendra Modi on
Thursday praised Sri
Guru Teg Bahadur for
serving as a shield that
protected India’s faith
and culture from the
brutal assault launched
on it by Mughal emper-
or Aurangzeb.
In an unprecedented
address to the nation
from the Red Fort on the
400th Parkash Purab of
the ninth Sikh Guru,
the PM also defended
the Citizenship Amend-
ment Act (CAA), calling
it a necessary measure
to provide relief and se-
curity to the Sikhs and
Hindus facing religious
persecution in neigh-
bouring countries.
The PM also referred
to Aurangzeb’s order, is-
sued from the Red Fort,
to behead the Sikh
Guru after he had re-
fused to convert to Is-
lam. Theme of religious
persecution also led
Modi to bow before
Guru Granth Saheb.
Jaishankar said the country’s foreign policy was not
based on accepting a “construct” that it had to side with
a power axis, or it belonged to another camp if it did
not side with one. “I (India) am one-fifth of the world’s
population. I am what, today the 5th or 6th largest
economy in the world. Forget the history and civilisation
bit; everybody knows that. I feel I am entitled to have my
own side. I am entitled to weigh my own interests, and
make my own choices. My choices will not be cynical.
They will be a balance of my values,” he added.
I AM ENTITLED TO WEIGH MY OWN
INTERESTS CHOICES: JAISHANKAR
Kalaburagi (K’taka)
(PTI): Seven Telangana
residents of an extend-
ed family, who were re-
turning home from a
vacation from Goa, got
burnt to death as their
bus overturned and
caught fire minutes af-
ter hitting a goods vehi-
cle on the outskirts of
Kamalapura town here
on Friday
.
The bus was carrying
32 passengers, includ-
ing 30 from same ex-
tended family residing
in Hyderabad, Kalabur-
agi district, SP Isha
Pant said. The seven
persons — a man, his
wife and child; and an-
other man, his wife,
child and the woman’s
mother got stuck.
PM Modi hails Sri Guru
Teg Bahadur, defends CAA
CAA cleared the way for Sikhs and religious
minorities in neighbouring countries to ob-
tain citizenship in India. All this became
possible only because our Gurus taught us to hold
humanity above everything else. Love and unity are
parts of our culture. —Narendra Modi, PM
CENTRE TO SET UP ‘PM SHRI SCHOOLS’
TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR FUTURE
New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra
Pradhan said that the Centre has been in the process to
establish “PM Shri schools” which aim to prepare stu-
dents for the future and will be a laboratory for the new
National Education Policy (NEP) while addressing the
National School Education Ministers` Conference in Gu-
jarat on Thursday. Pradhan urged that as “We prepare
for the opportunities and challenges of the 21st
century,
we must leverage technology to strengthen our educa-
tion and skilling ecosystem,” highlighting the 5+3+3+4
approach of NEP covering pre-school to secondary,
emphasis on ECCE, teacher training and adult educa-
tion, integration of skill development which are steps for
preparing global citizens of the 21st century.
New Delhi (ANI): A
Delhi Police on Friday
said it has found a high-
ly decomposed body of
a man hanging from a
tree in JNU campus.
The police said the body
of the man is yet to be
identified. However, an
inquiry has been initi-
ated and police added
that the crime and fo-
rensic team has reached
at the spot. Police said
that the man appears to
be in his forties.Also
Read - Andhra Techie
Kills Wife, Body Found
In A lake 5 Months Lat-
er. “A highly decom-
posed body aged 40-45
years has been found
hanging from a tree in
JNU jungle, this even-
ing. Body is yet to be
identified. An inquiry
has been initiated,
crime and forensic
team at the spot,” Delhi
Police said. The police
further added that the
body has been sent for
post-mortem.
Decomposed
body found on
JNU campus,
inquiry underway
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: The central
government’s Ministry
of Law and Justice
notified the appoint-
ment of two judicial
officers as additional
judges of the Bombay
High Court on Friday.
Urmila Sachin Joshi-
Phalke, who is presently
principal judge at City
Civil and Sessions Court
in Mumbai, and Bharat
Pandurag Deshpande,
are notified as ad-
ditional judges for one
year. The Supreme
Court collegium had
recommended their
names for elevation to
the Bombay High Court
in September last year.
The central govern-
ment had returned their
files but the apex court
collegium had reiterated
its recommendation
in February. Nearly 11
judges of the Bombay
High Court will retire
this year.
New Delhi (ANI): SC on Friday directed each protected
forest and national sanctuary must have an eco-sensitive
zone of 1 kilometre from notified area. The apex court
also directed to not allow mining within national wildlife
sanctuaries or national parks. It also disallowed any per-
manent structures within the ecosensitive zone. These
were among the various directions which were passed
by the SC in the matter of protected forests.
New Delhi: SC on Friday said construction activity being
carried out by Odisha government at the famed Shree Jag-
annath temple in Puri is necessary in larger public interest
as it dismissed pleas opposing the work. A vacation bench
of Justices B R Gavai and Hima Kohli rejected the PIL with
costs and said the state cannot be prevented from making
necessary arrangements to provide basic facilities to lakhs
of devotees visiting the temple. The top court said there is
no merit in the contention raised by the appellants.
New Delhi: The Delhi HC on Friday, while dealing with a
plea against forced religious conversions, observed that
every person has a right to choose profess any religion
of choice, saying it’s a Constitutional right. Bench of Jus-
tices Sanjeev Sachdeva and Tushar Rao Gedela noted,
“If someone is forced to convert, then it’s a different is-
sue but to convert is a person’s prerogative.” Bench was
hearing PIL moved by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay.
TWO ADDITIONAL
JUDGES
APPOINTED TO
BOMBAY HC
SC SAYS ECO-SENSITIVE ZONE
‘ESSENTIAL’ IN PROTECTED FORESTS
PILS DISMISSED AGAINST EXCAVATION
WORK AROUND JAGANNATH TEMPLE
‘RELIGIOUS CONVERSION NOT PROHIBITED,
FORCED CONVERSION IS DIFFERENT’
7 charred to death as bus catches fire after collision
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi has expressed deep grief
over the loss of lives due to a road accident in Karna-
taka’s Kalaburagi district in the early hours on Friday.
“Saddened by the mishap in Karnataka’s Kalaburagi
district. My thoughts are with those who have lost their
loved ones due to this tragedy. I hope that the injured
recover at the earliest. The local administration has been
helping those affected,” the Prime Minister quoted.
PM CONDOLES LOSS OF LIVES IN ROAD
ACCIDENT IN KARNATAKA
Hyd gangrape: 1 held,
five accused identified
Govt asks 5 states including Maha
to monitor as COVID-19 cases rise
Srinagar, June 3
(Agencies): Three
non-local labourers
were injured in a gre-
nade attack by mili-
tants in JK’s Shopi-
an district on Friday,
police said.
Police sources said
that militants hurled
a grenade at the Jawa-
har Navodaya Vidya-
laya in Shopian where
non-local labourers
were engaged for some
repair work.
“Three labourers
were injured in this ex-
plosion. They have
been shifted to hospital
for treatment,” a
source said.
Earlier, a bank man-
ager from Rajasthan,
posted at the Ellaquai
Dehati Bank in the Val-
ley, was shot dead by
terrorists in south
Kashmir’s Kulgam on
Thursday morning,
while a non-local la-
bourer was shot dead
by terrorists in Mag-
raypora area of Bud-
gam district in the
evening.
The Kulgam terror-
ist attack victim, iden-
tified as Vijay Kumar,
was performing his du-
ties when terrorists
opened fire from a
close range at him in
A r r e h - M o h a n p o r a
branch of the bank in
Kulgam.
The month of May
saw nine targeted kill-
ings in Kashmir.
3 labourers injured in
grenade attack in JK
New Delhi: Amid a
surge in coronavirus
cases, the Union Health
Ministry, on Friday, ad-
vised five states - Tamil
Nadu, Kerala, Telanga-
na, Karnataka and Ma-
harashtra - to continue
implementing guide-
lines monitor clus-
ters of new COVID-19
cases.
Stating COVID-19
cases have significantly
dropped in India over
past three months,
Health Secretary
Rajesh Bhushan noted
in the last one week, a
slight upsurge in cases
is being noticed with
15,708 cases reported in
week ending on May 27
to 21,055 cases in week
ending June 3.
The positivity of the
cases has also increased
to 0.73% in the week
ending on June 3. There
is, therefore, a need to
follow risk assessment.
z COVID-appropriate
behaviour
z Monitoring clusters of
new COVID-19 cases
z Monitoring of influenza-
like illness SARI cases
in all health facilities
z Genome sequencing for
prescribed samples of
international passen-
gers, collection from
sentinel sites and local
clusters of cases
z Adequate testing as per
guidelines
STATES HAVE BEEN ASKED TO FOCUS
New Delhi: Delhi HC
on Friday stressed for
strict implementation of
Covid-19 guidelines at
airports, asking DGCA
to take severe action
including placing pas-
sengers in a ‘no-fly list’
for not wearing masks
and violating hygiene
norms. A division bench
comprising Acting CJ
Vipin Sanghi and Jus-
tice Sachin Datta was
hearing a suo motu plea
pertaining to violations.
Karnataka Health Min-
ister K. Sudhakar,
who was at forefront of
urging people to wear
masks as Covid infec-
tion is likely to revive
in June, has tested
positive for Covid. Giv-
ing information on his
Twitter handle, he said,
“I have tested positive
for Covid-19, after being
uninfected through 3
waves. I have moderate
symptoms,” he stated
on Thursday.
COVID
GUIDELINES FOR
AIRPORTS
K’TAKA HEALTH
MINISTER TESTS
COVID POSITIVE
Hyderabad (Agencies):
One person has been ar-
restedinthegangrapeof
a 17-year-old girl inside a
car on Saturday evening
in Hyderabad, said the
police. Out of five people
identified, three are mi-
nors, it added.
The crime in the
heart of the Telangana
capital, allegedly in-
volving children and
grandchildren of politi-
cians driving luxury
cars, has triggered
howls of protest. The
police said that the
home minister’s grand-
son is not involved.
“Victim couldn’t re-
veal anything about cul-
prits. She only revealed
one name and special
teams were immediate-
ly formed to arrest
them. CCTV footage re-
covered. We’ve identi-
fied five culprits as per
CCTV footage and as
per the statement of the
victim,” said police of-
ficer Joel Davis.
Huge protest at a po-
lice station this evening
saw shouting BJP work-
ers being carried away.
Police initially regis-
tered a case of “outrag-
ing modesty”.
Visakhapatnam(ANI):
Around 140 people, in-
cluding women working
in an apparel unit, in a
Special Economic Zone
(SEZ) here fell sick fol-
lowing a suspected am-
monium gas leak on
Friday. However, no
casualties have been re-
ported so far. All of
them have been rushed
to the hospital.
The women com-
plained of eyesores and
vomiting, following
which they fainted.
They were first taken to
the health centre in the
zone and later rushed to
hospitals in Anakapalli
and Visakhapatnam.
The gas was suspected
to have leaked from Po-
rus Laboratories locat-
ed outside the APIIC
(Andhra Pradesh Indus-
trial Infrastructure Cor-
poration) SEZ at Atchy-
utapuram, but its im-
pact was felt in the ap-
parel unit inside the
economic zone.
Meanwhile, the dis-
trict’s fire officer Laksh-
man Swami said that a
total of 140 people had
been affected by gas
leak. “Reasons behind
leakage not known.”
AMMONIA GAS LEAKS, OVER
140 WORKERS FALL SICK
DAMAGED SCRUBBERS IN THE UNIT WERE SAID TO HAVE RESULTED IN
THE GAS LEAK, OFFICIALS SAID AFTER PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
Employees of Porus laboratories waiting to get medical attention
after a gas leaked from the company in Visakhapatnam on Friday.
We are investigating the cause of the gas
leak. I have asked for a report on the inci-
dent. The situation is now under control.
—Gudivada Amarnath, State Industries Minister
—PHOTO BY ANI
SC rules Arya Samaj’s marriage certificate invalid
New Delhi: Arya Samaj is a Hindu reformist
organization and was established by Swami
Dayanand Saraswati in 1875. A bench of
Justices Ajay Rastogi and BV Nagarathna
said that the work and jurisdiction of Arya
Samaj is not to issue marriage certificates.
“Only competent authorities can issue mar-
riage certificates. Bring the original certifi-
cate before the court,” the bench said. The
court’s observations come in a case related
to a love marriage in Madhya Pradesh. The
girl’s family members had lodged an FIR
against the young man accusing him of kid-
napping and raping their daughter, stating
that she was a minor. The young man, in his
petition, had said that the girl was an adult
and that she had decided to get married of
her own free will and right. The marriage
took place in Arya Samaj Mandir.
—FILE
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JOURNALIST
SHOT AT IN
ALIGARH;
TRADER HELD
Ajournalist working for a
private news channel was
shot at by a man at a restaurant
here, police said on Friday. The
victim, Mukesh Gupta, was
having dinner late Thursday
night when the attack took
place, they said. Based on
CCTV footage, local trader Rahul
Pratap Singh has been arrested
in the case and booked under
section 307 (attempt to murder)
of the IPC, Senior
Superintendent of Police
Kalanidhi Naithani said. “The
assailant was identified on the
basis of CCTV footage from
more than 100 clips which
showed him driving away from
the scene of crime. The
motorcycle on which he
escaped and the 0.32 bore
pistol which was used in the
incident have also been
recovered,” he said.
“The accused is being
questioned,” Naithani added.
Pramod Kumar, another
journalist, who was present at
the spot when the attack took
place, said, “The assailant
walked up towards us and asked
two of us to move out of the
way and threatened to put
Mukesh in the proper place. He
placed his pistol on Mukesh’s
neck and later fired towards his
lower abdomen.” The injured
scribe was admitted to the
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical
College Hospital.
Chief Medical Officer (CMO)
Mohammad Asad told PTI that
the patient “is out of danger as
the bullet missed vital organs”.
He expressed confidence that
Gupta would pull through.
—PTI
YOUNG WOMAN
HELD FOR
POISONING
LOVER TO
DEATH
A22-year-old woman was
arrested Friday for allegedly
getting thrashed his lover and
fatally poisoning him with the help
of her brothers and some
associates in Greater Noida last
month, police officials said. Rinki
had gone at large after the police
lodged an FIR against her and her
family members on May 23 for
assaulting and poisoning Gaurav
Kumar near a canal in the Dadri
area, the officials said. Kumar
(27), who lived in Anangpur
village, had died during the
treatment the next day at the
private Kailash Hospital in Noida,
a senior police official said.
“Rinki, a resident of Cheeti village
in Dankaur, was arrested on
Friday. She and her brothers had
fed poison to her lover on May 23.
They had also assaulted him after
she called up Kumar and asked
him to come and meet her at an
isolated spot where her brothers
and three-four of their associates
were already present,” a police
spokesperson said. According to
the FIR, upon reaching the
location, Kumar was severely
thrashed by Rinki’s brothers and
their associates and he was fed
some poison by them.
Alarmed by the realisation of
being fed poison, Kumar had tried
to escape but was again beaten up
by the accused persons who also
hurled casteist slurs at him, stated
the FIR lodged on the complaint
of his father Ratanpal. Rinki, her
brothers Kunal, Sahil, their friends
Gulal, Aarti and three other
unidentified youths were named
as accused in the FIR lodged
under Indian Penal Code sections
302 (murder), 323 (causing hurt),
328 (causing hurt by means of
poison), 504 (insult to provoke
breach of peace), 506 (criminal
intimidation), the police said..
—First India Bureau
18 HELD AFTER CLASHES OVER BJP
LEADER’S COMMENTS ON PROPHET
Janardan Misra
Kanpur: Clashes
erupted in which 2
groups pelted each oth-
er with stones and po-
lice had to fire teargas
shells to disperse them,
in Kanpur on Friday
after a Muslim group
protested against BJP
spokesperson Nupur
Sharma’s comments on
Prophet Mohammad on
a TV debate. So far, 18
have been taken into
custody, police said.
Agitated crowds from
different communities
hurled stones at each
other and vandalised
several vehicles and
shopswhilepolicestrug-
gled to control the
mob. CM Yogi Adity-
anath instructed offic-
ers to take stringent ac-
tion against all miscre-
ants. It was reported
that Johar Fans Associ-
ation and other Muslim
organisationshadcalled
for a shutdown on Fri-
day against Sharma’s
comments. A group
from the Hindu commu-
nity also gathered and
led to the two crowds
hurling stones at each
other. Police had not
granted permission for
any protest in the area
due to the visit of Presi-
dent Ram Nath Kovind
and PM Modi during the
day
. Kanpur’s District
Magistrate Neha Shar-
ma told PTI, “Members
of a particular commu-
nity took to the street in
protest and indulged in
violence. Several people
were seriously injured
and have been sent for
medical assistance.
Kanpur police commis-
sioner Vijay Singh Mee-
na, who reached the
spot, told reporters,
“Suddenly, around 50-
100 people came and
started raising slogans,
which was opposed by
the other side. Then
there was stone pelting.
The police force con-
trolled the situation.
Senior police officials
andadministrativeoffic-
ers, including DM Neha
Jain rushed to the spot
to control the situation.
The stone-pelting at Parade Market on Friday. —PHOTOS BY PTI Kanpur’s District Magistrate Neha Sharma visited the spot.
REPORTS OF PETROL BOMBS AND FIRING
6 KILLED IN SEPARATE
ROAD ACCIDENTS
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Threecon-
struction labourers
died on the spot while
2otherswereseverely
injured when a speed-
ing dumper dashed
into a pickup near
Mohaddipur Railway
colony in Gorakhpur.
CM Yogi Adityanath
has expressed deep
condolences on the
demise of 3 labourers
announced ex-gra-
tia of Rs 50K each for
the family of the de-
ceased. Arjun, Gan-
garam, and Shailen-
drawerecrushedbya
speeding dumper
died on the spot. In
another incident, 3
youngsters heading
towards Haridwar
met with an accident
near Palheda Flyover
in Meerut. A truck
crushed them to
deathwhentheywere
changing the tyres of
their vehicle. Police
have arrested the ac-
cused driver. The de-
ceased were identi-
fied as Jaiprakash,
Sonu and Manoj.
2 DIE AS ROOF OF MOSQUE COLLAPSES
Bahraich: 2 devotees lost their lives while 7
others were injured when roof of old Mosque
fell in Khairipurva village under Nanpara Kotwali
area. Police sources said that renovation of old
Mosque in Khairipurva village was underway.
During Friday prayers, roof of the old shabby
Mosque collapsed on devotees and several
persons were buried under the debris. Muneem
(50) died on the spot while other injured were
rushed to the district hospital. Irshad Ali (35)
succumbed to his injuries during treatment.
GYANVAPI FLASHPOINT
(Top) Police in a meeting with Swami Avimukteshwaranand in Varanasi on Friday, a day
after he announced that he will offer prayers to Hindu deities inside the Gyanvapi mosque
on Saturday. (Above) Police security outside the Gyanvapi mosque for Friday prayers.
—PHOTOS BY ANI
NotsatisfiedwithUPgovt’saction:Wifeofcopkilled
Mathura (PTI): The
widow of a police offic-
er, who was killed in the
infamousJawaharBagh
incident, on Thursday
said she is “not satisfied
with the action of the
UP government”.
Archana Dwivedi
went to Jawahar Bagh
onThursdaytopayhom-
age to her slain husband
on the sixth anniversary
of theincidentt.Herhus-
band Mukul Dwivedi,
the then Superintendent
of Police (SP), city
, was
killed during an opera-
tion to clear encroach-
ments from Jawahar
Bagh, which is spread
over acres of land.
Dwivedi, along with a
stationhouseofficerand
27 encroachers, was
killed in the violence
that ensued during the
operation. Talking to re-
porters,ArchanaDwive-
di said at the time of the
incident, the ruling BJP
had made tall promises,
but now, even after six
years, the state govern-
ment has not done jus-
tice to her husband. Nei-
ther has it named the
garden after him as
promised nor installed
his statue in the garden
or given him the status
of a martyr, she said.
Responding to ques-
tions, she said, “I am not
satisfied at all with the
action of the govern-
ment. And how can I be?
The CBI has not been
able to conclude the in-
vestigation in the case
evenafterthehighcourt
order. Far from the cul-
prits getting severe pun-
ishment, they have not
even been identified.
Who were they, where
did they come from and
how did they occupy the
government land?”
“We were told that the
municipal corporation
had passed a resolution
to name the intersec-
tions in Mathura after
martyrs, but nothing
happened,” she said,
adding, “The investiga-
tion was not taken for-
ward. All announce-
ments were just an-
nouncements.”
3 HELD IN TWO ENCOUNTERS
WITH GREATER NOIDA COPS
Noida (PTI): Three al-
leged criminals were ar-
rested after separate
gunfights with the po-
lice in Greater Noida in
UP
, officials said. One of
the accused in the 2 gun-
fights carried a reward
of Rs 25,000 on his arrest
whiletheothertwowere
involved in the robbery
of mobile phone dis-
plays worth Rs 44 lakh,
the officials said.
“In the first incident,
the two accused were in-
terceptedbytheofficials
of Ecotech 1 police sta-
tion in the early hours.
The accused were on a
motorcycle. Instead of
stopping for inquiry,
they sped away from the
spot, leading to a gun-
fight,” a police spokes-
person said. “The duo
opened fire on the police
party but were injured
in retaliatory firing and
held,” the spokesperson
said. The police have re-
covered 6,400 stolen mo-
bile phone displays and
seized illegal country-
made firearms along
with ammunition from
their possession, the of-
ficials said. In the sec-
ond gunfight, a wanted
criminal carrying a
bounty of Rs 25,000 was
arrested by officials of
the Beta 2 police station.
“Shabir is among the
top-10 wanted criminals
of the police station. He
was at large since a loot-
ing in 2018,” Additional
Deputy Commissioner
of Police (Greater Noi-
da) Vishal Pandey said.
“We had received a tip
off about his movement
in our area. A trap was
laid and he was sur-
roundedbyapoliceteam
but during the effort,
Shabir tried to escape,
leading to a cross-firing
in which he got hurt by
a bullet in his leg and
was held,” Pandey said.
FIRS FILED
Pilibhit: Two
minors drown
in Sharda river
Two boys
drown in pond
in Jhansi
Pilibhit (PTI): Two
children drowned in the
Sharda river here while
taking a bath on Thurs-
day, police said. Station
House Officer of the
Hajaara police station
Rajiv Kumar Sharma
said the victims have
been identified as Mohi-
ni (12) and her cousin
Aniket (14). According
to locals, they had gone
totherivertotakeabath
in the morning. “The lo-
cals informed us that
Mohini started drown-
ing while take a bath in
the river. On seeing this,
Aniket went towards
Mohini to save her but
couldn’t hold his bal-
ance. They drowned in
the river,” the SHO said.
Jhansi (PTI): The bod-
ies of two boys have
been fished out from a
pond Gursarai area of
the district where they
drowned while bathing,
police said on Friday.
Sudesh Kumar Parihar
(11) and his neighbour
Arvind (9) had gone to
take bath in the pond on
Thursday, SHO of Gur-
sarai police station
Arun Kumar Tiwari
said. When the boys did
not return home even
after a long time, their
families started a
search. Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath, in a state-
ment, expressed his
condolences over the
loss of lives.
—FILE
PHOTO
SP Mukul Dwivedi with his
wife Archana Dwivedi

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Lakhimpur Kheri
(PTI): Ballistic experts
found “major inconsist-
encies” in a local BKU
leader’s claim that he
was fired at while he
was driving home in
his car, police said, and
suggested that the fir-
ing might have been
faked to obtain an arms
licence.
The experts from Fo-
rensic Science Labora-
tory (FSL), Lucknow, in
their report, have said
that the car owned by
Dilbag Singh, the Kheri
district president of
Bhartiya Kisan
Union-Tikait and also a
witness in the Lakhim-
puri Kheri violence
case last year, was sta-
tionary when it was hit
by bullets.
Kheri Superinten-
dent of Police Sanjiv
Suman on Thursday
said the statements of
two people Jitendra and
Vipin whom Singh had
claimedtohavedropped
at their village before
he was attacked, had
been recorded and they
revealed that Singh
himself had told them
to “attack” his vehicle.
“The statements of Ji-
tendra and Vipin were
recorded under Section
164 CrPC in which they
stated that Dilbag Singh
had told them to cause
such an incident in or-
der to obtain arms li-
cence,” the SP said in a
press statement.
Singh, in his FIR at
the Gola Kotwali police
station, had said two
bike-borne armed men
had opened fire on his
car on the Aliganj-Mu-
da on May 31. He had
alleged that the attack-
ers first punctured a
tyre of his moving car
with bullet shots and
fired at his driving side
window, but he escaped
unhurt.
“The ballistic ex-
perts team from Luc-
know thoroughly exam-
ined the crime spot,
where the alleged at-
tack upon Dilbag Singh
took place. In their pre-
liminary report, they
highlighted two major
inconsistencies regard-
ing the attack.
Pithoragarh (PTI):
A woman from Luc-
know who has been
staying illegally in
a restricted area of
Nabhidhang close
to the Indo-China
border has refused
to leave it, claiming
she is an incarna-
tion of Goddess
Parwati and will
wed Lord Shiva who
lives on Mount
Kailash.
“A police team,
which had gone to
remove Harminder
Kaur from the re-
stricted area, had to
return disappoint-
ed as she threatened
to commit suicide if
they insisted on tak-
ing her away,”
Pithoragarh SP Lo-
kendra Singh said.
However, we have
decided to send a
bigger team to
bring her down
forcibly to Dharch-
ula, he said.
“The woman, a
resident of Aliganj
in UP, had gone to
Gunji with her
mother on 15 days’
permission issued
by SDM Dharchula,
but refused to leave
the restricted area
even after her per-
mission expired on
May 25,” the SP
said. The police of-
ficer said a 3-mem-
ber police team
comprising two SIs
and an inspector
was sent from
Dharchula to bring
her back from the
restricted area but
had to return emp-
ty handed.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Seven min-
isters in the Yogi Adi-
tyanath government,
who are not yet mem-
bers of the state legis-
lature, will now take
the Vidhan Parishad
route to get elected.
Thirteen seats to the
Vidhan Parishad are
falling vacant and elec-
tions are to be held on
June 20.
The BJP, on its
strength in the Uttar
Pradesh Assembly, can
safely send nine mem-
bers while the Sama-
jwadi pary (SP) can
send four members.
The BJP ministers who
need to get elected to
the Upper House, in-
clude deputy Chief
Minister Keshav Mau-
rya (who retains his
position despite losing
the Assembly election),
Bhupendra Chaudhary,
Narendra Kashyap,
JPS Rathore, Jaswant
Singh Saini, Danish
Azad Ansari and Daya
Shankar Mishra aka
Dayalu.
Apart from these sev-
en, the party has a long
list of aspirants for the
remaining two seats,
including veteran lead-
er Shatrudha Prakash,
who recently left the
Samajwadi Party to
join the BJP.
The Samajwadi Par-
ty, which has a number
of members retiring
from the Vidhan Pari-
shad next month, is fac-
ing a piquant situation
since the Suheldev
Bhartiya Samaj Party
(SBSP) president Om
Prakash Rajbhar is de-
manding his share this
time.
Rajbhar wants a seat
for his son Arvind Ra-
jbhar who lost the As-
sembly polls.
There is also pres-
sure on SP president
Akhilesh Yadav to
nominate Krishna Pa-
tel, who heads the Apna
Dal (K) and had lost the
Assembly polls.
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: After the
resounding success in
the recently concluded
assembly polls, BJP is
now gearing up to re-
ward the senior office
bearers of its organisa-
tion with the member-
ship of the Upper House
of the legislature in re-
turn for their hard
work. In fact, through
this step, the party
think-tank apparently
has a well-thought-out
plan to deliver the mes-
sage to all the office
bearers of the organiza-
tionthatwhoeverworks
diligently while being
dedicated to the party
will definitely be re-
warded with a suitable
post.
It is worth noting that
the term of the Legisla-
tive Council of Deputy
CM Keshav Prasad
Maurya, who recently
lost the assembly elec-
tion from Sirathu seat,
is also ending, so it is
pertinent for him to get
the membership of the
Upper House. Along
with him, JPS Rathore,
Dayashankar Mishra
aka Dayalu, Narendra
Kashyap,JaswantSaini,
Bhupendra Chaudhary
and Danish Azad will
also be made MLCs. Be-
cause all these minis-
ters of the Yogi govern-
ment are not yet mem-
bers of any house and
under the obligation of
constitutional provi-
sions, it is inevitable for
all of them to be a part
of the legislature with-
in six months of hold-
ing the post of minister.
Apart from these,
BJP strategists are also
going to ensure mem-
bership of the Upper
House to those office
bearers of the organisa-
tion, who played an im-
portant role in the par-
ty’s electoral victory.
The electoral process is
going on for the thir-
teen seats falling vacant
in the UP Legislative
Council. In terms of the
strength of the mem-
bers in the assembly,
the BJP with 273 MLAs
will easily secure nine
seats, while the SP alli-
ance can get four seats.
Apart from this, there
is scope for adjusting
the BJP’s favorite lead-
ers in those six seats of
the council which are to
be nominated by the
Governor. If BJP’s high-
ly placed sources are to
be believed, then the of-
fice bearers of the or-
ganisation who are
frontrunners for the
membership of the
council include Mahesh
Srivastava, president of
Kashi region of BJP;
Dharmendra Singh
Sainthwar of Gorakh-
pur; Manvendra Singh
of Kanpur-Braj region;
Mohit Beniwal of West
region and Shesh-
narayan Mishra of
Awadh region.
Organisation office
bearers Priyanka
Rawat and Ranjana Up-
adhyay can also be
made part of the Upper
House to ensure the
participation of wom-
en. Political observers
insist that party func-
tionaries have contrib-
uted a lot in the series
of successes of BJP,
now by increasing
their morale, all the
partymen are being
prepared to mobilize
with full vigor for Mis-
sion-2024.
Bulandshahr (PTI):
Samajwadi Party (SP)
president Akhilesh Ya-
dav on Thursday met
the family of the man
who died last month af-
ter getting injured
during a demolition
drive by a bulldozer de-
puted by the adminis-
tration.
Rohtash and three
others had got injured
in an anti-encroach-
ment drive in Buland-
shahr on May 2.
Rohtash was allegedly
shoved by the contrac-
tor as he pleaded with
him not to bulldoze his
house.
Even as he fell down,
the contractor ordered
the bulldozer operator
to demolish the house.
Before he could get up,
the bulldozer pulled
down the house bury-
ing Rohtash under a
wall and leaving him
seriously injured.
Yadav had earlier
raised the issue of
Rohtash’s death during
the bulldozer proceed-
ings in the Legislative
Assembly. He has also
tried to corner the gov-
ernment tweeting
about the matter.
The party on Thurs-
day through a tweet
demanded lodging of a
murder case against
the District Magistrate
(DM) and the Superin-
tendent of Police (SP)
and give a compensa-
tion of Rs 1 crore to his
kin.
Rohtash succumbed
to injuries 10 days after
the incident. Four peo-
ple, including the con-
tractor, were booked in
the case on charges of
culpable homicide.
Mathura (PTI): A
group of petitioners
in the Shahi Idgah
Masjid-Shri Krishna
Janmabhoomi dis-
pute site on Thurs-
day sent legal notices
to the Centre and the
Archaeological Sur-
vey of India seeking
relocation of idols of
Hindu deities, which
they claimed are bur-
ied under the stair-
case of an Agra
mosque.
The notice said the
movementof thepub-
lic on the staircase be
stopped immediately
.
The notices have
been sent under Sec-
tion 80 of the Code of
Civil Procedure, un-
der which parties are
required to respond
within 60 days.
The petitioners
claimed costly idols
taken from Mathu-
ra’s Keshav Dev tem-
ple were buried un-
der the staircase of
the Agra’s Begum
Sahiba Masjid by
Mughal emperor Au-
rangzeb when he al-
legedly destroyed the
temple here in 1670.
”Relocate the deities
within the stipulated
time failing which
they would be liable
to bear the cost,” said
advocate Mahendra
Pratap Singh, one of
the petitioners.
BKU leader’s ‘attack’ claim doubtful, may have staged act, say experts
MAJOR INCONSISTENCIES
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Statements of
two people
Jitendra and
Vipin have been
recorded and
they said Singh
himself had told
them to “attack”
his vehicle
SP HINTS AT APPROPRIATE
LEGAL ACTION IF NEEDED
Experts found the bullet shot at the tyre of the car
was fired when the car was stationary, contrary
to that stated by Dilbag Singh. “Also, bullet shots
were caused on both left and right sides of the car
when it was stationary,” the SP said. The officer said
appropriate legal action will be taken after the experts
bring out a detailed report. Further, the SP said, “For
the protection of Singh, he has been provided a new
gunner after the last one was suspended.”
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LEAVE HOME
ON CHINA
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7minstobenominatedtoUpperHouse
Thirteen seats to
Vidhan Parishad
are falling vacant
and polls will be
held on June 20
BJP can safely
send nine
members while
the Samajwadi
pary can send
four members
Keshav Prasad Maurya Bhupendra Chaudhary
Akhilesh meets kin
of Bulandshahr
bulldozer victim
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4 INJURED
Notices to Centre,ASI
over ‘buried’ idols
Stage set for reward to BJP
organisation functionaries
The term of the Legislative Council of DyCM Keshav Prasad
Maurya, who recently lost the assembly election from
Sirathu, is also ending. So it is pertinent for him to get the
membership of the Upper House. Along with him, JPS
Rathore, Dayashankar Mishra, Narendra Kashyap, Jaswant
Saini, Bhupendra Chaudhary and Danish Azad will also be
made MLCs. Because all these ministers are not yet mem-
bers of any house and under the obligation of constitutional
provisions, it is inevitable for them to be a part of the
legislature within 6 months of holding post of minister.
DEADLINE OF 6 MONTHS
Party functionaries
have contributed a lot
in the series of
successes of BJP
—FILE PHOTO
—FILE PHOTO

10. rganised by Fusion
Group and in asso-
ciation with Neel-
kanth Events, the
auditions of Ra-
jasthan’s biggest
beauty pageant Miss
Rajasthan were concluded in
Udaipur. In which, Muskan
Kothari, Paridhi Sharma,
Khushi Bhatt, Rimjhim,
Bhavya and Khushboo got se-
lected for the interview
round, which will be held in
Jaipur. Organisers Yogesh
Mishra and Nimisha Mishra
informed that the auditions
of the 24th edition of Miss
Rajasthan were concluded in
Udaipur and now the grand
audition will be held in
Jaipur on June 12, after that
the shortlisted girls will be
invited for the interview. It is
worth mentioning that this
time apart from Jaipur, the
auditions of Miss Rajasthan
were also organised in
Udaipur so that more and
more girls could try their
luck. During the an-
nouncement, Udaipur di-
rector Sanjeev Barot
shared that 6 girls have
been shortlisted from
the Udaipur division for
the interview round to
be held in Jaipur. This
is the first time that so
many girls have been
selected from Udaipur
for the interview
round. More than 500
auditions will be giv-
en from the Udaipur
division and the
shortlisted girls will
be selected for the
interview round to
be held at Jaipur.
Miss Rajasthan 2017
and Miss Grand India
2020, Simran Sharma,
Mansi Rathod, Kashish As-
wani, Bhavna Vaishnav,
Himadree Singh and Garima
Singh examined the talent of
girls as part of jury .
Prakash Panchal, Devya-
ni Katra, Lucky Banthia,
Deepak Chaudhary, Nikhil
Nagwani, Aakriti Malik,
Gurleen Arora, Ayush Agni-
hotri, Upasana Singh and
Sheetal Shekhawat were
also present.
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JUNE 4, 2022
VOGUE OF
RAJPUTANA!
CITY FIRST BRINGS TO YOU STUNNING GLIMPSES FROM MISS
RAJASTHAN’S 2022 AUDITION HELD IN UDAIPUR ON FRIDAY!
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
Yogesh Mishra and Nimisha Mishra with (L-R) Himadree, Bhawna, Mansi, Sanjeev, Simran, Kashish, Garima and other contestants
Muskan, Paridhi, Khushi, Rimjhim, Bhavya and Khushboo

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t was a pleasant summer morn-
ing in this little town of Uvalde
in Texas, USA. Parents were af-
fectionately readying their little
darlings for school hugging and
kissing them as those 7-year-
olds sauntered to their buses.
Nineteen among them were waving
their last goodbyes, with faces pressed
gleefully against the window glasses.
Yes, the last goodbyes, because two
hours later a sleepy-eyed, long-haired
18-year-old senior student burst into
their classroom and started firing at
them and their two teachers. He fired
a total of 150 bullets from two Assault
Rifles procured off the rack on his
last birthday. The eerie, split-second
silence that ensued must have pierced
millions of souls around the world.
This lull was soon shattered by holler-
ing voices and horrifying screams all
around. The police arrived within five
minutes after the first call by a teacher.
But for intriguing reasons steeped in
cowardice and incompetence, the 19
Police officers let the lone gunman fire
shots for another hour, killing and in-
juring the terrified 4th graders and
teachers, scampering around for a hid-
ing place. By the time they gunned
down the killer an hour later, 21 joyous
families had been devastated with 17
injured fighting for survival.
This gruesome, cold-blooded
massacre of young schoolmates
shook the world. If this macabre
incident was a solitary act of lu-
nacy
, America would have some-
how patched the sorrow and ir-
reparable loss by collective for-
titude. But how does a nation
respond when this happened to
be the 214th mass shooting in
just the first five months of
2022? What happens to that
Law that has caused such
mindless violence ever
sincethe2ndAmend-
ment was etched
into the Ameri-
can Constitu-
tion in 1791
to PRO-
T E C T
T H E
RIGHT TO KEEP BEAR ARMS.
A crazy Law that put a gun in every
hand, the biggest tool of violence. Is it
any wonder that the USA now holds
20% of the world's criminals in their
jails, with only 4% of the global popu-
lation. Most of these inmates (1 out of
32 US adults) had misused this con-
sumer item. The citizenry of the USA
now dreads to see their kin step out
into the daunting world.
It is incomprehensible how the old-
est Beacon of democracy has brought
itself to such a blood-stained cross-
roads. In what wisdom were killing
machines made legally available to all
outside the armed services. No other
country has such a law and no other
country suffers so. Just when the Pro-
choice resistance is threatening to rip
the USA, this huge wedge of Gun Laws
has the potential to divide the nation
further.
The Pro-Gun lobbies are mired in a
commercial vortex. With 400 million
guns among 330 million Americans,
you can imagine the clout of these
cash-cows funding politicians that pro-
vide them vigorous patronage, covertly
or overtly. The most influential is the
NRA (National Rifle Association), a
150-year-old organisation with a budg-
et of $400 billion and a membership of
5.5 million. To top it, there is the subtle
right-wing propaganda pitching for
gun ownership as a cultural heritage.
The killings can go on wantonly but
guns must sell, they seem to
imply
. How does Amer-
ica break this murder-
ous political deadlock?
T
o cut this Gordian knot, steely po-
litical will and unprecedented
gumption is the only answer. The
politicalfalloutcanonlybepositiveasthe
majority don't want to live in constant
fearof beingmoweddownanytime,any-
where! Those guns make them anxious
andnervous.TheDemocraticleadership
in power must bite the bullet and make
that decision their Silver Bullet at the
polls. Pardon the indecorous metaphors!
To draw parallels, look at the obses-
sion with Autos and Autobahns in Ger-
many. Just as American gunslingers
associate their weapons with a per-
sonal sense of freedom and
identity, the Germans con-
sider Autos their symbols of
engineering prowess and
mastery. Their auto-
bahns sans
speed limits,
being the
showcase
for those
s k i l l s .
However,
despite
t h i s
c r a z e ,
getting a
driving li-
cence in
Germany is a
tedious and
safety-driven
procedure.
It in-
volves theoretical and practical exams
with 90% as passing marks. With a cost
of $2,000 and months to qualify, these
trained hands rarely steer into other
vehicles, even at 400kmph!
Why can't the US Legislators put
themselves in the shoes of hundreds
of thousands of shattered lives and
push the safety catch on the millions
of guns pointing at the future of
American democracy, or worse, its
existence as the United States? The
USA must move further down the
democratic journey, not for itself
alone, but for the world. A shaky
America will provide a lift to scores
of autocrats around the world.
Whichever forces, internal or ex-
ternal, are mobilising this militia
surreptitiously are constructing a
time bomb. Ghosts of the 1861 Civil
War are yet to be exorcized. In that
war, 2% of Americans were killed, a
percentage that will kill 6.5 million
now, if we allow these simmering is-
sues to boil over. Americans, no
doubt, enjoy the machismo of a per-
sonalised gun, but times have
changed. Mental complexities have
multiplied under the pressures of
the rat race. The unbridled access to
firearms by all and sundry will
wreck America.
The January 06 insurrection was a
stark reminder of the awaiting am-
bush. Such providential escapes will
not take place again. America has to
act urgently against this evil. It's that
NOW OR NEVER
moment. Hopeful-
ly, the 80-year-old
US President,
with a 50-year
long trek thru
halls of power,
surprises every-
body with his po-
litical will and acu-
men in the show-
down against those
cynical vote hunters.
RAINU SINGH
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
I
BE
SURE
TO
UNRAVEL
BE
SURE
TO
UNRAVEL
HAVE
GUN...
HAVE
GUN...
WHERE DOES AMERICA GO FROM HERE?

12. T
elevision’s dashing couple,
Ankita Lokhande and
Vicky Jain walk away with
the trophy along with the
cash price of 25 Lakhs. The reality
show, Smart Jodi, has managed to win
theaudience’sheartwiththe
celebrity couples’ siz-
zling chemistries. They
were one of the
strongest duos since
the beginning and
managed to beat
Balraj and Deepti
in the finale.
SmartJodistarted
in February with
10 celebrity cou-
ples as they
battled it out to
win hearts with
their chemistry
and perfor-
mance.
e e p i k a
Padukone
was an ex-
cellent repre-
sentative of the
Indian cinema at the
Cannes Film Festival. She
not only attended the event as a jury
this year, but her excellent fashion choices
also made her stand out in the crowd as well.
The actress posted a video compilation of her
stint at the Cannes. The video started with a back-
ground voice over, “Deepika Padukone is undoubt-
edly one of the big Indian eye-catchers at the Cannes
Film Festival in the French Riviera”. It then led on to
the compilation of Deepika’s several attires on the remix
music of ‘Sound of da police’ a 2000 song by KRS-One,
‘This is America’ by Childish Gambino and others. While
her fans sent in a lot of praises in the comments section,
one particular praise got everyone excited. Priyanka
Chopra Jonas who was missing from all red-carpet events
made sure to shower love on her contemporary as she
left a heart-eyes emoji in the comments section.
A
lia Bhatt is one of the cutest and
most promising actresses in the
industry. She enjoys a massive
fan following on social media and
keeps sharing her stunning pictures
with her fans. However, the actress
had once talked about her style icon.
In a throwback interview with
Filmfare, the actress was asked
about her ultimate style icon to
which she replied, “Kareena Ka-
poor, Sonam Kapoor, and Deepika
Padukone are always well turned
out and have a great sense of
style. Anne Hathaway is an in-
spiration too. She’s always el-
egantly dressed
S
hilpa Shetty will be
gracing the sets of
Dance Deewane Jun-
iors to promote her
movie, Nikamma. In the
promo, she can be seen hav-
ing a gala time with the
contestants as she danced
with them. In the promo of
the episode, the actress
Shilpa Shetty is seen
seated among the judges
Neetu Kapoor, Nora
Fatehi and Marzi Pe-
stonji. She enjoyed the
power-packed perfor-
mance of the little
kids and even gave a
standing ovation for
their performance.
The movie stars Ab-
himanyu Dassani
and Shirley Setia in
lead roles. It is
helmed by director
Sabbir Khan and
produced by Shab-
bir Khan Films
and Sony Pictures
India.
M
ouni Roy is seen cooling
off in the deserts of Tur-
key with her husband
Suraj Nambiar and her
girl gang. The actress took to her
social media to share pictures of
her vacation on her stories.
While she shared a series of pic-
tures with her friends whilst
walking around the streets of
Turkey, what caught their eyes
were her stellar snaps from her
glamorous night out with her
travel buddies. Mouni stunned
in a golden shimmery high-neck
and backless short dress. She
kept her look otherwise simple
with messy open hair and mini-
mal nude makeup. The actress has
always dazzled her fans with her
impeccable fashion sense and this
look of hers has for sure captured
the hearts of the audience.
Mouni
vacations in
Turkey!
GIORGIA LAUNCHES
AYURVEDIC DRINK
G
iorgia Andriani, has joined hands with Svaa
Life and introduced a healthy fitness shot
which is way too beneficial for our body.
The ready-to-drink plant-based collagen
wellness shot IS completely non-sugar, vegan, non-
GMO verified, and gluten-free drinks are created
for effortlessly youthful skin. Giorgia expressed
her emotions and, launching the product, the ac-
tress said, “As a millennial who is living a fast life,
I am always active and on the go.” I need a sustain-
able and natural supplement that can keep up with
my lifestyle and requirements. Svaa Life is a perfect
blend of modern science and the ancient wisdom
of Ayurveda.
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Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa
wins
hearts
Ankita Lokhande
Mouni Roy
Giorgia Andriani
Alia Bhatt
Smart Jodi
Smart Jodi
Winners!
Winners!
LUCKNOW | SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2022
ALIA’S
ALIA’S
FASHION
FASHION
INSPIRATION
INSPIRATION
Priyanka Chopra
AASHRAM
AASHRAM
3 LEAKED !
3 LEAKED !
A
ashram, a series directed by Jha
has gained so much love and
popularity amongst the audi-
ence and is now coming with the
third season. The MX Player original
premiered on the OTT platform on June
3. Just hours after its official release, the
third season leaked on many online sites
and has become available for HD down-
load as well. According to Bollywood-
Life, the series is available on Tamil-
Rockers, Telegram, Filmyzilla, Movier-
ulz and other torrent sites. Such leaks
hugely affect the performance of the
series and many times cause losses to the
makers. However, this is not the first
show that has been leaked.
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CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
WHERE ART MEETS CULTURE
Mrignayani handicrafts and handloom exhibition organised by
MP government is on display at Lalit Kala Akademi, till June 5
o commemorate the
75th Azadi Amrit Ma-
hotsav of the Govern-
ment of India, Mrig-
nayani Madhya
Pradesh Exhibition
2022 has been organ-
ized by the Madhya Pradesh
Village Industries Department
atLalitKalaAkademi,Aliganj.
The exhibition was formal-
ly inaugurated on June 1 and
is set to go on till June 5, 2022.
The chief guest for the event
was Pradeep Kumar IAS Spe-
cial Secretary, Small and Me-
dium Enterprises, UP Govern-
ment, who launched the exhi-
bition in presence of Girish
Chandra Mishra, Vice Presi-
dent State Lalit Kala Akade-
mi, Surendra Verma Manager
of Marketing and Kishan Rao,
Liaison Officer New Delhi, on
Wednesday
.
Talking about the purpose
ke the exhibition, in charge of
the exhibition, M.L. Sharma
said, “this exhibition organ-
ized by the Madhya Pradesh
Village Industries Department
is to promote art and culture.
Promotion of traditional arts
and for the connoisseurs of art
to see and buy handicrafts and
artefacts.”
Speaking of employ-
ment through this exhi-
bition, Anubha Srivasta-
va, IAS, commissioner
Handloom Handicraft, Mad-
hya Pradesh said, “Mrignaya-
ni Madhya Pradesh Exhibi-
tion 2022 is an exceptional
way to strengthen traditional
art and artists. It not only gen-
erates employment opportu-
nities but also works towards
the revival of culture and her-
itage handicrafts.”
The launch was then fol-
lowed by a poetry conference
with well-known poets Kam-
lesh Maurya Mridu, Paddha-
kant Sharma Prabhat, Shiv-
kumar Vyas, Sanjay Sanwara,
Soni Mishra, Sandeep Anura-
gi, and Dr Deepti Deep who
inspired the audience with
their poems.
The Kavi Sammelan was
organized in the cultural fo-
rum of the Mrignayani Mad-
hya Pradesh exhibition on the
Academy premises.
The exhibition came across
as the mecca for shoppers as
it offers Chanderi sarees with
henna hand designs and 12
more designs popularized
through Gayatri Devi. Abdul
Hakim Khalifa, the famous
handicraftsman who de-
signed the popular Chand-
eri dupatta for the famous
film actress Meena Kumari in
Pakeezah, launched shopping
stalls at the exhibition.
Apart from Maheshwari
sarees, wooden toys from Chi-
trakoot and Zari Zardozi wal-
let of Bhopal also became
people's attractions. The
Dashavatar conch of Lord
Vishnu prepared from Pan-
chadhatu from Tikamgarh
and the idol of Lord Krishna
wearing Vaijantimala were
centres of attraction for art
enthusiasts.
The exhibition is set to go
on till June 5, 2022.
MONICA PRABHAKAR
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
T
—PHOTOS BY ASHOK DUTTA
LU announces results
of Karmayogi phase-II
CITY FIRST
T
he University of
Lucknow has an-
nounced the re-
sults for phase 2
of the in-house paid
internship program “
Karmyogi”. For this 245
students had applied
and after the screening,
50 students have been
selected.
Karmyogi scheme
started under the vi-
sionary leadership of
Vice Chancellor Prof
Alok Kumar Rai for the
holistic development of
the students so that stu-
dents can earn by part-
time work, on the Uni-
versity campus itself,
while learning and un-
derstanding the impor-
tance of hard work.
Vice-Chancellor Prof
Alok Kumar Rai con-
gratulated the selected
students and said that
the scheme will help in
bringing out the best in
the young minds. The
scheme will benefit
these students not only
in honing their soft and
professional skills but
will also boost their
morale towards finan-
cial independence.
Dean Students’
Welfare Prof Poon-
am Tandon told that
the ‘Karmayogi’ scheme
was floated last year
and students selected in
the first phase have al-
ready benefitted
through it and have
been presented work ex-
perience certificate
along with the amount
of Rs. 15,000 for 50 days
of work @ Rs. 150 per
hour with a limit of 2
hours per day of work.
A committee was
duly formed by the
Vice-Chancellor to
examine the appli-
cations received. VC
had specially ap-
pointed a student repre-
sentative to the commit-
tee to maintain trans-
parency. The result are
now uploaded on the
University website.
CITY FIRST
L
a Flea Affair fi-
nally went live in
Lucknow on Fri-
day with a grand
opening, this unique
summer fest is a must-
visit fiesta, for it has got
a lot under one roof.
Showcasing the vi-
brance of high-quality
lifestyle, decor, food and
fashion brands in Luc-
know, along with some
talented and popular
musicians, dancers and
other performers.
On Friday, the fest
brought back a kalei-
doscopic celebration
of art and culture,
featuring a spectacu-
lar line-up of events,
with some of the cool-
est bands and stage art-
ists taking over the mic.
The lineup for Day 1
included singer RJ and
Shaurya along with
rapper Saksham to
get you belting
your lungs out! Af-
ter this, the ‘Conta-
gious’, a dance crew
took over the stage get-
ting the audience sway-
ing together!
Following that ‘Tum
Aankhon Se Batana’
fame singer and song-
writer Dikshant per-
formed live in the city
for the first time. The
singer levelled up fest
by performing his other
hits like Kitaab, Tu Mila
De, Sheher, Hum Saath
Hai and many more.
CITY FIRST
T
o commemorate
Amrit Mahotsav,
the 75th anniver-
sary of the Inde-
pendence of India and
to mark the eighth In-
ternational Yoga Day
on 21 June 2022 various
events have been initi-
ated by the University
of Lucknow since 28
May 2022 under the
Common Yoga Protocol.
The events are being
held regularly on the
university campus eve-
ry day between 7 to 8 am
and will continue till 21
June 2022.
Twelve seminars and
eight workshops relat-
ed to health, immunity,
all-around develop-
ment, well-being and
happiness are being or-
ganised,whichincludes
lectures by eminent ex-
perts in the respective
field. Vice-Chancellor
Prof Alok Kumar
Rai said that India
is the mother of
Yoga and the events
organized by the Uni-
versity of Lucknow are
extremely relevant in
today’s perspective and
are an important step
toward the mental and
physical health of the
society
.
Sitapur, Lakhimpur,
Rae Bareilly
, Hardoi and
Lucknow districts affili-
ated with Lucknow Uni-
versity are also being
linked to this programs
where 7500 students and
teachers will do yoga
together.
Meditation and
yoga will be organ-
ised by experts so
that teachers, em-
ployees, students and
society can avail the
benefit at 75 places in
the Lucknow district
along with the main
and second campus of
the University
.
LA FLEA AFFAIR KICKS OFF
WORLD BICYCLE DAY:
NCC CADETS IN LKO
ORGANISE CYCLE RALLY
CITY FIRST
O
n the occasion of
Worldbicycleday
,
on the instruc-
tions of Group
Commander Brigadier
RaviKapoor,NCCGroup
Headquarters Lucknow,
citizens were made
aware of their health
and environment by
cycling with NCC
cadets from different
areas of Lucknow on
Friday
.
Professor Dr Sanjay
Singh, Vice-Chancellor
and Captain Rajshree
Bhimrao Ambedkar
travelled 8 km with 50
NCC cadets at Ambed-
kar University and
spread the message of
good health by cycling.
Col Vinod Joshi, said
that if we commute to
our institutions and
work by bicycle rather
than two-wheelers or
four-wheelers, we will
benefit both our health
and the environ-
ment. Along with
the cadets, Captain
Rajshree, Captain
Monika, Srivastava
Subedar Major Dev Pal
Singh, other NCC and
army personnel also
encouraged the citi-
zens to be socially re-
sponsible and under-
take cycling.
YOGA EVENTS AT LU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
The birthday of IAS Eesha Priya, IAS Mahendra Singh
Tawar, IAS Sanjay Kumar Singh and IAS Manoj Kumar
was on Friday, June 3. We wish them all the best!
WORLD CYCLE DAY!!
On the occasion of World cycle day, Nehru Yuva Kendra organised a cycle rally at
Rumi gate old city in Lucknow on Friday.
—PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR
La Flea Affair is being organised
at DLF Mypad in Gomti Nagar area of Lucknow.
LU VC Alok Kumar Rai, other professors
with students who qualified
the in-house paid internship program
A yoga workshop being organised at the Lucknow University campus
During the bicycle rally
Glimpses of the Mrignayani Madhya Pradesh Exhibition