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PMModinowatemplateofnationalleader:Shah
New Delhi (PTI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi is now the
template for what it
means and takes to be a
“nationalleader”,Home
Minister Amit Shah has
said, asserting that the
label was earlier hand-
ed out to even politi-
cians of no proven mer-
it and only capable of
winning from safe seats.
While national lead-
erswereidentifiedinthe
immediate aftermath of
the independence move-
ment by their “name re-
call” across regions be-
cause of their participa-
tion in the freedom
struggle, in the latter
decades, notably at the
height of the coalition
era,theexpressioncame
to be much abused, he
said, adding that Delhi
media generously dis-
tributed the status to its
“friendsandfavourites”.
Writing in the book
“Modi@20 Dreams Meet
Delivery”, brought out
by Rupa Publications
and to be launched on
May 11, Shah said such
“facile and insincere
manufacturing of na-
tional leaders” was
shown up for what it
was after Modi led the
BJP to its biggest Lok
Sabha win in 2014 before
repeating the feat with a
bigger margin in 2019.A
confidant of the prime
minister for over three
decades, Shah wrote
that the best teacher for
a leader is travelling to
ordinary places, meet-
ing ordinary families,
sharing ordinary expe-
riences, and doing all
this by ordinary means.
Modi has done so with
greater frequency and
perseverance than any
politician in the past 75
years, he said, adding
that before the 2014 and
the 2019 polls, there had
been no mandate for
hope; and no mandate
thatwassimplyareward
for tested performance.
Noting that no party
hadwonmajorityinLok
Sabha since 1984 till
2014, he said parties and
prime ministers won
majorities between 1952
and 1984 on the basis of
the goodwill of the free-
dom movement, family
legacy
,angeragainstthe
incumbent government.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah. —FILE PHOTO
GEHLOT IN DELHI
FOR CWC MEET
TODAY!
Jaipur: Rajasthan CM
Ashok Gehlot will be
visiting Delhi on Monday
morning to attend the
meeting of the Congress
Working Committee, to be
held at 4 pm. Gehlot will
leave for Delhi by special
plane at 10 am. Word
is that Gehlot, will meet
many top party leaders
including Congress Presi-
dent Sonia Gandhi prior to
the meeting and give feed-
back on the preparations
for the ongoing Congress
Chintan Shivir in Udaipur.
There is also a discussion
that Gehlot and Sonia
Gandhi will hold discus-
sion about the communal
incidents in Rajasthan,
while many issues will
also be discussed with
the state in-charge Ajay
Maken.
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Nineteen policemen were injured and 12 of their vehicles damaged
when they tried to control attack on employees of a steel company by
over 100 members of a labour union here in Maharashtra, an official
said on Sunday. The police have arrested 27 people after the incident.
19 COPS INJURED
IN CLASHES AT
MAHA STEEL
UNIT; 27 HELD
Union Minister Amit Shah was scheduled to arrive in Guwahati on late Sunday
night for his three day visit to the state and will innaugurate and launch several
projects on the first anniversary of Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government. The
Biswa-led government completes one year in power in Assam on Tuesday.
AMIT SHAH
IN GUWAHATI
FOR 3-DAY VISIT
TO ASSAM
Maha likely
to challenge
Rana couple’s
bail for flouting
release terms
Mumbai: The Maha-
rashtra government is
likely to file a Con-
tempt of Court plea
against MP Navneet
Rana and MLA Ravi
Rana, who were re-
cently granted bail in
a sedition case, for vio-
lation of the bail order
conditions.
The Public Prosecu-
tor is likely to file a
Contempt of Court
plea against the Rana
couple citing violation
of one bail condition.
The court had said,
“Accused shall not ad-
dress the press on any
subjects related to the
Hanuman Chalisa re-
cital case.”
Despite this condi-
tion in the bail order,
MP Navneet Rana
spoke to the media after
stepping out of the Lila-
wati Hospital. She said,
“I challenge Uddhav
Thackeray to contest
elections from any con-
stituency and I will con-
test against you and
show you what woman
power is.”
Value of vote of MPs may go down
to 700 from 708 in President’s poll,
courtesy no JK legislative assembly
New Delhi (PTI): The
value of the vote of a
Member of Parliament
is likely to go down to
700 from 708 in the pres-
idential polls scheduled
in July due to the ab-
sence of a legislative as-
sembly in Jammu and
Kashmir, officials said
on Saturday. The value
of the vote of an MP in
a presidential election
is based on the number
of elected members in
legislative assemblies
of states and union ter-
ritories, including Del-
hi, Puducherry and
Jammu and Kashmir.
The Electoral College
for the presidential elec-
tion comprises the
members of Lok Sabha,
Rajya Sabha and those
of the legislative assem-
blies of states and union
territories including
Delhi, Puducherry and
Jammu and Kashmir.
Before it was bifurcated
into two union territo-
ries of Ladakh, and JK
in August 2019, the erst-
while state of JK had
83 assembly seats.
According to the
Jammu and Kashmir
Reorganisation Act, the
Union Territory of JK
will have a legislative
assembly, while Ladakh
will be governed direct-
ly by the Centre.
Char Dham witnesses an influx of
devotees as Badrinath doors opens
Pilgrims visit Badrinath Temple after it reopened for devotees in Badrinath on Sunday.
“Devotees’ footfall in Char Dham Yatra, which is resuming after two years, is more than
expected. We’re making all possible arrangements but people are more than capacity at all
the four dhams. We request devotees to make lodging and other arrangements prior to their
arrival,” said Pushkar Singh Dhami, Uttarakhand Chief Minister.
Jet Airways
gets Home
Ministry's
clearance
New Delhi: Union
home ministry has
granted security clear-
ance to Jet Airways that
is planning to relaunch
commercial flight op-
erations in the next few
months, according to an
official document.
The Jalan-Kalrock
Consortium is current-
ly the promoters of Jet
Airways. The airline in
itsoldavatarwasowned
by Naresh Goyal and
had operated its last
flight on April 17, 2019.
Last Thursday, the
airline conducted its
test flight to and from
the Hyderabad airport
in a step towards ob-
taining the air operator
certificate.
A letter sent by the
civil aviation ministry
to the airline on May 6
informed it about the
grant of the security
clearance by the Union
home ministry
.
After the test flight
on Thursday
, the airline
has to conduct proving
flights after which the
Directorate General of
Civil Aviation (DGCA)
will grant the air opera-
tor certificate.
60 dead after school bombed in Ukraine
Luhansk: As many as
60 people were feared to
have been killed in the
Russian bombing of a
village school in the
eastern Ukrainian re-
gion of Luhansk, the
regional governor said
on Sunday
.
Governor Serhiy
Gaidai said Russian
forces dropped a bomb
on Saturday afternoon
on the school in Bilo-
horivka where about 90
people were sheltering,
causing a fire that en-
gulfed the building.
“The fire was extin-
guished after nearly
four hours, then the
rubble was cleared,
and, unfortunately, the
bodies of two people
were found,” Gaidai
wrote on the Telegram
messaging app.
“Thirty people were
evacuated from the rub-
ble, seven of whom
were injured. Sixty peo-
ple were likely to have
died under the rubble
of buildings.”
Reuters could not im-
mediately verify the re-
port. Ukraine and its
Western allies have ac-
cused Russian forces of
targeting civilians in
the war, which Moscow
denies.
Officials said Russia dropped bomb where 90 people were sheltering
Thirty people were evacuated from the rubble.
PEOPLE EVACUATED
FROM STEEL PLANT
Mariupol: In the ruined
southeastern port city
of Mariupol, scores of
civilians have been
evacuated from a sprawl-
ing steel plant in a week-
long operation brokered
by the United Nations
and the International
Committee of the Red
Cross (ICRC).
Jilted lover, blamed for
Indore inferno, arrested
Bhopal: The Madhya
Pradesh police have ar-
rested Shubham Dixit
(27) who allegedly set
fire to a building in In-
dore, that took the lives
of 7 people and injured
9 others. The man was
arrested late at night
on Saturday from Loha-
mandi. He injured his
leg and a hand while
trying to flee from the
police. The police ad-
mitted him to the hos-
pital and later arrested
him. The man is to be
produced before the
court on Sunday.
Dixit felt humiliated
when the woman (who
lived in the building) he
liked decided to marry
someone else.
He came to the park-
ing area of the building.
He took out petrol from
a bike and poured it on
the Scooty of the wom-
an to set it on fire, which
later engulfed building.
Accused Shubham Dixit
SET VEHICLE ON
FIRE FOR REVENGE
The police said that
the man identified as
Shubham Dixit (27) also
known as Sanjay, com-
mitted the crime to take
revenge on a woman
who rejected his love
interest. The accused is
from Jhansi in UP.
JAHANGIRPURI VIOLENCE: COURT BLASTS DELHI POLICE
‘COPS ACCOMPANIED
ILLEGAL PROCESSION’
...THEIR COMPLICITY NEEDS TO BE PROBED: DELHI COURT
Noting there was an “utter failure” on part of the Delhi Police in stopping a Hanuman Jayanti
procession held without permission at Jahangirpuri in northwest Delhi last month, a Rohini court
has said that the issue “seems to have been simply brushed aside” by the senior police officers
New Delhi: The bail of
eight people allegedly
involved in the recent
communal clashes at
Delhi’s Jahangirpuri
has been rejected by a
local court, which said
the accused are well-
known local criminals
and their release may
intimidate witnesses.
The judge also repri-
manded the Delhi Po-
lice for not stopping the
illegal procession and
demanded that the po-
lice chief investigate
the matter and fix ac-
countability among the
officers involved.
Twenty people were
arrested over the vio-
lence in the northwest
Delhi locality that took
place during a Ram Na-
vami procession last
month, in which eight
policemen and a civil-
ian were injured. It was
found later that the pro-
cession took place
without police permis-
sion and the alterca-
tion with members of
the minority commu-
nity took place in pres-
ence of the police.
Instead of stopping
the illegal procession
and dispersing the
crowd, the police offic-
ers were seen accompa-
nying it on the route,
the court said.
“It prima facie re-
flects the utter failure
on the part of local po-
lice in stopping the said
procession having no
permission,” he said,
adding that the matter
seems to have been
brushed aside by sen-
ior officers.
Dependra Pathak, a
senior officer of the
Delhi police, had ex-
plained the presence of
the force during the
procession, saying, “It
is the responsibility of
Police to maintain law
and order”.
Security deployment remained heavy days after the clashes at Jahangirpuri.
The contents of the FIR itself show that the
local staff of police station Jahangirpuri,
led by Inspector Rajiv Ranjan as well
as other officials... were accompanying the said
illegal procession —Rohini Court Judge
KHALISTAN FLAGS
HUNG AT HIMACHAL
ASSEMBLY GATE
Dharamsala: Khalistan flags
were found tied on the main
gate of Vidhan Sabha Com-
plex at Tapovan in Dharam-
sala on Sunday morning. P3

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Travel from Delhi to
Meerut in 55 mins
Delhi-Meerut Rapid Rail: Train to run at speed of 180 kmph
New Delhi (Agencies):
A 17-km high-speed
track from Sahibabad
to Duhai (Uttar
Pradesh) will be pre-
pared very soon as the
trial of the first phase
of Rapid Rail from Del-
hi to Meerut is going to
take place in the com-
ing days.
This train will run at
a speed of 180 kmph,
which will also be the
first in the country to
have a business or ‘pre-
mium’ coach on a re-
gional corridor.
For a long time, the
passengers travelling
from Delhi to Meerut
have been waiting for
this rapid train. For the
trial, the first railway
coach has reached Du-
hai. The National Capi-
tal Region Transport
Corporation (NCRTC)
is all set to run the train
on time. The trial from
Sahibabad to Duhai will
start soon, while pas-
sengers will be able to
travel through this
train from 2023.
The work of laying a
1-km long trial track
and 12 running tracks
at the Duhai depot is al-
most complete. This
train is being manufac-
tured in Gujarat’s Savli
and has been made by
the multinational com-
pany Alstom.
According to the In-
dianRailways,thistrain
can travel from Delhi to
Meerut within 50 to 55
minutes. This is the first
system in the country’s
rail network under
which a 180 kmph train
will cover a distance of
100 km in one hour dur-
ing the first phase.
The journey of 82-km
from Delhi to Meerut
through Ghaziabad will
be completed in 55 min-
utes. During the jour-
ney, 25 stations are be-
ing prepared from Delhi
to Meerut. The train
will stop for 30 seconds
at every station and will
be available every 5-10
minutes.
The unique feature of
this train is that a
stretcher has been ar-
ranged in the last com-
partment of the train
coach. If a patient is re-
ferred from Meerut to
Delhi, a separate train
coachhasbeenarranged
so that he/she can reach
atacheapercost.Asepa-
rate train coach has also
been arranged for wom-
en as well as for the dif-
ferently-abled persons
and can be easily folded
if they are unused dur-
ing the train journey
.
The general seats have
been made extremely
comfortable.
UNIQUE FEATURE OF THE TRAIN
The unique feature of this train is that a stretch-
er has been arranged in the last compartment
of the train coach. If a patient is referred from
Meerut to Delhi, a separate train coach has been
arranged so that he/she can reach at a cheaper
cost. A separate train coach has also been ar-
ranged for women as well as for the differently-
abled persons and can be easily folded if they are
unused during the train journey.
New Delhi (PTI): In a
bid to control air pollu-
tion in Delhi, the Public
Works Department
(PWD) is planning to
hire 5-6 anti-smog guns
and truck-mounted wa-
ter sprinklers.
“We are hiring anti-
smog guns on a contrac-
tual basis to control dust
pollution. The recent
rain has brought some
relief but construction
work, like repairing of
roads, metro phase IV,
RRTS, and new projects,
are going across the city
.
Road construction and
repairing work is being
carried out on more
than 150 km across Del-
hi,” said a senior PWD
official.
The officials added
that each district will
hire about 5-6 anti-smog
guns as per the require-
ment. Several districts,
like South West, North
and Central, have also
invited tenders for hir-
ing truck-mounted
smog guns, including
operators. The depart-
ment has, however, de-
cided to hire only CNG
and BS VI compliant
vehicles. “We have men-
tioned in the tender that
the vehicle must be BS
VI compliant CNG
trucks. The aim is to
control pollution and
hence the department
will not entertain vehi-
cles running on other
fuels,” the official said.
DelhiPolicehavearrested
five persons on the charg-
esof beatinga 20-year-old
man to death recently
. A
groupof over15suspected
he was an informer, thus
they thrashed him.
Thepolicesaidtheinci-
dent took place on April
23 and they have arrested
five men and apprehend-
ed four juveniles. Three
persons, including two
minors, are yet to be
nabbed. A purported vid-
eo of the incident, which
went viral online, shows
the victim being brutally
beaten up with a belt and
sticks. Police said they re-
ceived information from
the victim’s family at 8.31
pm. “Police came to know
that the victim was ap-
proached by the accused.
They started beating him
and he ran to the terrace
to save himself. He
jumped across rooftops,
but the accused…
thrashedhim…theylater
tookhimto(anotherarea)
where he was beaten to
death,” an officer said.
5 held on charges of beating man
to death suspecting him an informer
East Delhi MC school
teachers declare strike
over salary delay
authorities in Delhi-NCR
plan to develop methods
for procreating and con-
serving select rare, en-
dangered and threatened
(RET) bird species using
surrogate species, and
create a state-of-the-art
genome resource bank-
ing facility for them.
Genome resource
banking is the storage of
reproductive cells and
embryos from threat-
ened species with an in-
tention to use them in
breeding programmes in
the future.
A draft action plan has
been prepared by the
Salim Ali Centre for Or-
nithology and Natural
History (SACON) for the
conservation of avian di-
versity, their ecosystems,
habitats and landscapes
in the Delhi-NCR over
the next 10 years.
The action plan for the
Delhi-NCR is part of a
broader plan which cov-
ers 17 states in five zones
— north, south, east,
west, and central. It was
shared with the Delhi
forest and wildlife de-
partment last month.
The Delhi-NCR ac-
counts for almost one-
third of the total bird
species found in India.
Out of the total 446 bird
species reported in the
region since 1970, sixty-
three are considered
rare, endangered and
threatened (RET).
Studies focusing on
wetland birds, includ-
ing 20 RET species, have
highlighted many con-
servation issues includ-
ing high pollution load
and stunted flow in
the Yamuna, and en-
croachment on bird
habitats in the form of
buildings etc.
Genome resource banking part of plan to conserve
rare, endangered bird species in Delhi-NCR
Delhi-NCR
accounts for
almost one-third of
total bird species
found in India
Bagga’s father: CM scared of my
son,using police to intimidate us
New Delhi (PTI): Del-
hi BJP leader Tajinder
Pal Singh Bagga’s fa-
ther Pritpal Singh on
Sunday claimed Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal is scared of his son
and is using the Punjab
Police to intimidate the
family
.
He said the last few
days — referring to
Bagga’s arrest by the
Punjab Police from his
residence on Friday
and his subsequent re-
lease, and then a non-
bailable arrest warrant
issued against the BJP
leader by a Mohali
court the next day --
have been very tough
for them but they are
“prepared to fight for
the truth”.
“Whatever is happen-
ing is for good and
whatever will happen
in the future will also be
for good,” Singh told
PTI over phone.
He said they have
got relief from the High
Court in the non-baila-
ble warrant issued
against his son Satur-
day
. “My son is consult-
ing lawyers and we will
proceed according to
their advice.”
New Delhi (PTI); Re-
vising school timings,
restricting outdoor ac-
tivities, stocking ORS
and glucose sachets,
and constantly moti-
vating children to stay
hydrated are among
the steps schools are
taking because of the
heatwave conditions in
the national capital re-
gion (NCR).
A torrid heatwave
had sent the mercury
soaring across large
swathes of India with
the temperature in
Delhi rising to 46 de-
grees Celsius.
New Delhi: At least
43% of the donors in
paediatric liver trans-
plants in the national
capital are the mothers
of the patients, an as-
sessment by the In-
draprastha Apollo Hos-
pital has shown.
On the occasion of
Mothers’ Day on May 8,
Dr Anupam Sibal,
group medical director
at Apollo Hospitals
Group and senior paedi-
atric gastroenterologist
and hepatologist at In-
draprastha Apollo Hos-
pital, said that of 431
paediatric liver trans-
plants performed at
Apollo, 43% of the do-
nors were mothers of
patients, forming the
largest donor group.
This was followed by fa-
thers of patients, grand-
parents and then other
family members. On
March 25, eight-year-old
Anshika was admitted
to the hospital with pul-
monary liver disease
and Wilson’s disease.
TWO PROCLAIMED
OFFENDER
ARRESTED
New Delhi (PTI): Two
people, who were
declared proclaimed
offenders for evading
court proceedings,
were arrested on
Saturday by the Delhi
Police’s Anti-Auto Theft
Squad (AATS) in
North District, officials
said. Javed and Junaid
were hiding at Sainik
farms in the Neb Sarai
area, they said. The
accused persons’ loca-
tion was traced using
the help of technical
surveillance.
CRUCIAL READ
WON’T BE AFRAID EVEN IF 1,000 CASES
ARE REGISTERED AGAINST ME: BAGGA
POLLUTION CONTROL
New Delhi (Agencies): BJP leader Tajinder Pal
Singh Bagga, who got protection from arrest
by the Punjab and Haryana High Court till May
10, on Sunday said that he will not be afraid
even if 1,000 cases are lodged against him.
Attacking Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal,
Bagga released a video saying that “if Kejriwal
thinks that he has the power and the police
and he can frighten the BJP activists, then he
should register 1,000 cases against them not
just one.”
PWD will hire anti-smog guns
—REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE
A purported video
of the incident,
which went viral
online, shows the
victim being
brutally beaten
up with a belt
and sticks
1 killed, 2
hurt in 2
shooting
incidents
New Delhi
(PTI): A man was
killed and two
brothers were in-
jured in separate
firing incidents re-
ported from outer
Delhi’s Khera vil-
lage and west Del-
hi’s Subhash Na-
gar within a span
of three hours on
Saturday evening.
In the first inci-
dent, police said
the father of a
jailed criminal
was shot dead in
Khera village, re-
portedly over a ri-
valry between
gangs led by jailed
gangster Sunil
Maan alias Tillu
Tajpuriya and
dead gangster Ji-
tender Maan alias
Gogi.
Police said the
incident took
place at about
around 5 pm.
43% DONORS IN PAEDIATRIC LIVER
TRANSPLANTS ARE MOMS: HOSPITAL
Revising timings: NCR schools
take steps as mercury soars
New Delhi (Agencies):
The municipal teach-
ers’ union has called for
a joint strike from Mon-
day to protest against
the delay in salary dis-
bursement, noting that
the pendency has
touched five months for
teachers and seven
months for pensioners
in East Delhi Municipal
Corporation (EDMC)
schools.
A majority of the em-
ployees in East Delhi
Municipal Corporation
were last paid for the
month of November in
2021, making it the sec-
ond longest period of
salary pendency being
observed during the
last decade after trifur-
cation.
Ramniwas Solanki,
who heads Nagar Nig-
am Shikshak Sangh — a
teachers’ union of all
three MCDs, said the
situation is now becom-
ing unbearable for
many families. “There
is five months pendency
in East MCD and two
months in North MCD.
The situation is dire for
thousands of families
as employees are unable
to pay their house rents,
loans and school fee of
their wards, on top of
which banks are impos-
ing penalties. Despite
such high inflation, our
dues have not been
cleared for almost half
a year,”said Solanki.
FIREMEN AT WORK
Firefighters at the incident site after a fire broke out in a factory,
at Lal bagh Industrial area, in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY ANI
—REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE

INDIA
03
Guwahati (Agencies):
Thirteen militants be-
longing to the outlawed
All Adivasi National
LiberationArmy(AAN-
LA) on Sunday surren-
dered at the Bokajan
police station in As-
sam’s Karbi Anglong
district.
A defence spokesman
said that the AANLA
militants deposited
many sophisticated
arms, including four
AK rifles, five pistols
and assorted live am-
munition.
An official statement
said that with an aim to
promote peace and har-
mony in the region, the
security forces of Spear
Corps have always en-
deavoured to main-
stream the misguided
youth who have taken
up the path of insur-
gency
.
Families of the sur-
rendered extremists
also expressed their
gratitude to the securi-
ty forces for bringing
back their loved ones.
Many other militants
of different outfits in
Karbi Anglong district
have surrendered in re-
cent times and deposit-
ed a large cache of arms
and ammunition.
13 militants surrender in Assam, lay down arms
Dharamshala (Agen-
cies): Khalistan flags
were found tied on the
main gate of Vidhan
Sabha Complex at Tapo-
van in Dharamsala on
Sunday morning. Be-
sides the banners, Khal-
istan was written with
green paint on wall ad-
joining the main gate of
Himachal Pradesh Vid-
han Sabha.
The flags were put up
on the outer side of the
main gate number one
of the assembly com-
plex, which have now
been removed by the
administration.
Reacting to the inci-
dent, Chief Minister
Jai Ram Thakur said it
was very unfortunate
that Khalistan flags
were tied outside Vid-
han Sabha complex at
Dharamsala. He said a
case has been regis-
tered and police au-
thorities have been di-
rected to nab the cul-
prits as soon as possi-
ble. The Chief Minister
said the miscreants
would be exposed
soon,” said the CM.
“After police investi-
gation it would be clear
who were behind this
mischief. The offend-
ers would be dealt
strictly,” he added.
Kangra SP Khushal
Sharma said the inci-
dent might have hap-
pened in the late night
or early morning on
Sunday. “We have re-
moved the Khalistani
flags from Vidhan Sab-
ha gate. We are invest-
ing and have registered
a case,” he added.
As the issue gathered
steam and invited po-
litical reactions, an SIT
was directed to probe
the incident.
Khalistan flags draped over
Himachal Assembly gates
CM orders SIT
probe, says
‘culprits will
be exposed
Khalistan flags were found tied on the main gate and boundary wall of the Himachal Pradesh
Legislative Assembly in Dharamshala. —PHOTO BY ANI
The militants deposited a cache of arms and ammunition, including automatic rifles.
SISODIA HITS
OUT AT BJP
New Delhi: After
Khalistan flags were
found put up at the
Himachal Pradesh As-
sembly entrance, Delhi
Deputy CM Manish
Sisodia on Sunday
slammed the BJP,
asking how will its
government save the
people of the country
when it failed in ensur-
ing national security.
“Putting up of the
Khalistan flags outside
the gate of Himachal
assembly building was
a “complete” failure of
the BJP government,”
Sisodia tweeted.
Ranchi (Agencies):
The Enforcement Di-
rectorate (ED) has
started questioning Ab-
hishek Jha, the hus-
band of Jharkhand IAS
officer Pooja Singhal,
in connection with an
illegal mining case.
The ED had on Sat-
urday arrested Chart-
ed Accountant Suman
Kumar, who works for
the IAS officer and her
husband. Kumar is in
the custody of ED for
five days.
Jharkhand mining
secretary Pooja Sin-
ghal and her husband
received “huge” cash
deposits — to the tune
of Rs 1.43 crore — over
and above her salary in
their accounts, during
the period she faced
charges of irregulari-
ties while being posted
as the DM of various
districts in the state,
the ED has said.
The federal agency
also told a special
PMLA court in Ranchi
that the IAS officer al-
legedly transferred Rs
16.57 lakh from her
“personal account” to
those controlled or
owned by her CA Su-
man Kumar.
Kumar was arrested
on Saturday for al-
leged money launder-
ing in a case linked to
alleged fraud of MGN-
REGA money.
The 39-year-old was
arrested by the En-
forcement Directorate
from Ranchi after the
agency conducted mul-
ti-city raids against
him, Singhal, her busi-
nessman husband Ab-
hishek Jha and others,
on May 6.
The special court
sent him to ED custody
till May 11.
J’KHAND ILLEGAL MINING CASE
Guwahati (Agencies):
Ahead of Union Home
Minister Amit Shah’s
three-day Assam visit,
variousorganisationsin
the northeast have once
again threatened to re-
start their agitations
against the Citizenship
(Amendment)Act(CAA)
if the Centre tried to im-
plement it in the region.
The All Assam Stu-
dents’ Union, the Raijor
Dal, a political party
headed by Independent
MLA Akhil Gogoi, the
Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba
Chhatra Parishad in As-
sam, and the the Khasi
Students’Union(KSU)in
Meghalayaannouncedto
resume their agitations
against the CAA after
Shah on Thursday an-
nouncedthatthegovern-
ment would implement
the CAA as soon as the
pandemic ends.
KSU President Lam-
bokstar Marngar said in
Shillong that any at-
tempt to implement the
CAA would provoke un-
rest in the hill state.
“The Centre, instead,
responding the Megha-
laya Assembly’s unani-
mousresolutionandand
demands of all most all
political parties, should
extend the Inner-Line
Permit system, an 1873
regulation, in the entire
Meghalaya to curb the
entry of illegal immi-
grants,” Marngar told
the media.
Ahead of Shah’s Assam
Visit, NE parties warn
of stir Against CAA
New Delhi: A day af-
ter the price of Lique-
fied petroleum gas cyl-
inder was hiked by Rs
50, Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi on Sun-
day compared LPG
prices between the
UPA tenure and the
present BJP govern-
ment at the Centre.
Taking to Twitter,
Rahul Gandhi claimed
that the price of the
LPG during the UPA
tenure was Rs 410 and
the subsidy provided
was Rs 827, while the
LPG costs Rs 999 dur-
ing the NDA tenure
with zero subsidy.
The Congress leader
further took a jibe at the
Centre and said that
two cylinders were
available then for the
price of one now. “2 cyl-
inders then for the price
of 1 now! Only Congress
governs for the welfare
of poor middle-class,”
Gandhi tweeted.
Two cylinders
then for price of
one now: Rahul
attacks Centre
Thiruvananthapuram:
The Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) has announced
that it will not contest
the Thirikkakara by-
election to be held on
May 31.
State convenor of the
party PC Cyriac, who is
aretiredChief Secretary
of TamilNadu,inapress
conference at Kochi on
Sunday said that the
party would not contest
the bypoll as winning a
single seat would not
make any change.
He said that the party
will contest all the 140
seats in the next Assem-
bly elections and will
capture power in the
state by implementing
public-friendly projects.
The state Convenor of
the party said that the
decision was taken by
the national committee
of the party in New Del-
hi. The party-state con-
venor said that the AAP
hasapolicythatitwould
not contest by-elections
instateswheretheparty
does not have power.
PC Cyriac said that
the AAP will be contest-
ingalltheconstituencies
in the next Lok Sabha
elections as well.
ED grills IAS Pooja
Singhal’s husband
AAP not to contest Kerala
Assembly by-election
IAS and her husband had huge cash in
their accounts, transferred money to CA:
Chandigarh (Agen-
cies): Days after prais-
ing Punjab Chief Min-
ister Bhagwant Mann,
calling him his “young-
er brother” and an
“honest man”, Con-
gress leader Navjot
Singh Sidhu on Sun-
day said he will meet
the former on Monday
to discuss matters re-
garding the “revival of
Punjab’s economy”.
Last month, praising
Mann, Sidhu said, “He
is an honest man. I
have never raised a fin-
ger at him. If he fights
against it my support
is with him, even ris-
ing above party lines,
because it is a fight for
Punjab’s existence.”
Interestingly, Sid-
hu’s comments came a
day after he had
launched an all-out at-
tack on the Punjab
Chief Minister and the
Aam Aadmi Party Gov-
ernment over the law
and order situation in
the State.
Calling Mann “rub-
ber da gudda” (rubber
doll), Sidhu also ac-
cused the Government
of politicising the
state police and mis-
using it for political
vendetta and to si-
lence the critics of the
AAP supremo (Arvind
Kejriwal).
Chennai (Agen-
cies): The Tamil
Nadu government,
amid stiff opposi-
tion from various
Hindu groups and
‘mutts’, has revoked
the ban on ‘Pattina
Pravesam’ of the
Dharmapuram Ad-
heenam,ortheprac-
tice of carrying the
seer in a palanquin
by his disciples, to
be held on May 22.
Seers of various
mutts across Tamil
Nadu including the
Dharmapuram Ad-
heenam had held a
meeting with Chief
MinisterM.K.Stalin
at the Secretariat on
Saturday night and
asked him to revoke
the ban on ‘Pattina
Pravesam.
Myladuthurai
RDO, L. Balaji, cit-
ing human rights
violations in carry-
ing the pontiff of
the mutt on a palan-
quin, banned the
practice leading to a
major outcry from
across the state and
outside. BJP state
chief has said that
he would personally
be part of the team
to carry the seer in
the palanquin.
Belagavi (Agencies):
Leader of Opposition
in the Karnataka As-
sembly Siddaramaiah
on Sunday hit out at
Chief Minister Basa-
varaj Bommai alleging
that he is not an elected
CM, and was appointed
to the coveted post in
exchange for money.
The allegation comes
days after senior BJP
MLA Basanagouda Pa-
til Yatnal’s claims that
he was approached by
some people, offering
the state Chief Minis-
ter’s position, in ex-
change for ₹ 2,500 crore.
The Congress Legis-
lature Party (CLP)
leader even alleged
that Mr Bommai is
only following RSS’ in-
structions, as they
have made him the
Chief Minister.
“Basavaraj Bommai
is not an elected Chief
Minister, he is an ap-
pointed Chief Minis-
ter, so he is not doing
anything. He has given
money and become
Chief Minister, why
will he work? RSS has
made him Chief Minis-
ter, following their in-
structions is enough
for him,” Siddaramai-
ah alleged.
Srinagar (PTI): A Pa-
kistani Lashkar-e-Tai-
ba (LeT) terrorist was
among two ultras killed
in an encounter with
security forces in Kul-
gam district of Jammu
and Kashmir on Sun-
day, police said.
The gunfight in the
Cheyan Devsar area of
the south Kashmir dis-
trict broke out after se-
curity forces launched a
cordon and search op-
eration there following
inputs about the pres-
ence of terrorists, a po-
lice official said.
In the ensuing ex-
change of fire, two ter-
rorists were killed, he
said. Inspector Gener-
al of Police (IGP),
Kashmir, Vijay Kumar
said one of the slain
ultras was a Pakistani
named Haider.
“Pakistani terrorist
Haider was involved in
2 recent terror crimes
in Bandipora. In inci-
dent on 10-11-21, SgCT
Mohd Sultan CT
Fayaz attained martyr-
dom. In second incident
on 11-2-22, SPO Zubair
Ahmad attained mar-
tyrdom 03 policemen
including 01 ASI of BSF
injured,” the IGP Kash-
mir said on Twitter.
Kumar said the sec-
ond slain militant was a
local, identified as Shah-
baz Shah of Kulgam.
Shah was involved in
the killing of Satish Ku-
mar Singh, a civilian,
on April 13 in Kakran,
Kulgam, he said.
Bhubaneswar: The
BJP on May 8 named
former MLA Radharani
Panda as its candidate
for the May 31 bypoll
to the Brajrajnagar As-
sembly seat in Odisha’s
Jharsuguda district.
The central election
committee of the BJP
has decided to field Ms
Panda from the seat
after careful considera-
tions, a statement is-
sued by the party said.
Ms Panda had bagged
the seat by defeating
BJD candidate Anup
Kumar Sai in 2014.
Ex-MLA Radharani Panda BJP
candidate for Odisha bypoll
TN revokes
ban on
carrying seer
in palanquin
‘Bommai got CM post
in exchange for money’
Pakterroristamong twoultras killedinKulgam
Sidhu to meet Mann days after
calling him ‘younger brother’
LPG PRICE HIKE
Siddaramaiah
Navjot Singh Sidhu

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disappearance in due course, are like
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of winter and summer seasons.
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TOP TWEETS
NEED FOR EXTRA
VIGIL IN VIEW OF
PRO-KHALISTAN
ACTIVITY IN HP
ro-Khalistan ele-
ments are beginning
to raise their heads
in Punjab and also in
Himachal Pradesh
must be the reason for central
agencies to go on the alert. In the
latest incident the Himachal
Pradesh Assembly was draped
in the Khalistani flag. A Khal-
istani flag was also hoisted at the
gate of the Assembly complex at
Dharamshala. The Assembly’s
walls were painted with pro-
Khalistangraffiti.TheHimachal
police suspect the involvement
of tourists from Punjab.
Over a week ago members of
Shiv Sena (Bal Thackeray)
clashed with a group which pro-
tested against Sena taking out
an anti-Khalistan rally in Pun-
jab’s Patiala district. Patiala has
seen a mushrooming of right
wing Hindu groups after Opera-
tion Blue Star in 1984.
The Himachal Pradesh inci-
dent happened despite an intel-
ligence alert following a letter
from the Sikhs for Justice or-
ganisation which said that it
will hoist the flag on March 29.
Heavy security foiled SFJ’s
plans that day. The state now
needs to be extra vigilant.
P
he fifth National
Family Health
Survey 2019-21
found that the to-
tal fertility rate
(Total Fertility Rate) among
Muslims has sharply de-
clined from 2.62 to 2.36 be-
tween the latest survey and
NFHS 4 (2015-16). This should
silence those who ratcheted
fear of Hindus getting out-
numbered by Muslims in the
near future. The claims were
without substance but the
propaganda from rooftops
convinced many a gullible
Hindu. The propagandists,
mainly seers and some BJP
leaders, have raised the spec-
tre of rising Muslim popula-
tion to carry forward their
religious agenda although
official data did not corrobo-
rate those claims. Using so-
cial media platforms to
spread the message of hate
and genocide, as was done in
Haridwar and later in Delhi,
prepares the ground for tar-
geting the minority commu-
nity. One BJP MLA saw a
conspiracy by Muslims to
one day occupy “the chair of
President, prime minister
and chief ministers”. That
the fear of Muslim popula-
tion rising is fallacious is
proved by NFHS 5.
The 2011 census showed
that Muslims constituted
14.22 percent of the popula-
tion after a gain of 0.8 per-
cent over the 2001 Census. In
comparison, the share of
Hindus in the country’s pop-
ulation fell by 0.7 percent. It
is this data that was respon-
sible for the debate on Mus-
lim population in the coun-
try. The NFHS 5 shows that
the decline in Muslim TFR by
46.5 percent was higher than
the Hindus whose TFR fell by
41.2 percent.
The good news is that as
India’s population growth is
slowing down with women
across all religions produc-
ing fewer children, the coun-
try’s population is set to fall.
MUSLIM FERTILITY RATE
SHOWS A SHARP FALL
The 2011 census showed
that Muslims constituted
14.22 percent of the
population after a gain
of 0.8 percent over the
2001 Census. In
comparison, the share of
Hindus in the country’s
population fell by 0.7 percent
T
n organization is a set of peo-
ple that work for specific ob-
jectives, it is the employee
that run it. The future of any
organization depends on the
type of people who work
there. Proper and well
planned men’s groups for
work is called Talent Manage-
ment. The fate of the organi-
zation depends on the skill set
of the people working in the
organization. If a person
with a correct skill set takes
the organization in the right
direction, then the organiza-
tion and employees are opti-
mally developed. Sometimes
it happens that the turnover
of the company increases,
but the system and talent
management practice in the
company is negligible and
there is a time when the com-
pany is likely to fall from its
employees’ salaries and other
expenses. The companies
who can organize their hu-
man resource in proper way
have a strong foundation.
Recently, the world’s lead-
ing company E Y surveyed
on the company’s Talent
Management and how they
can grow by organizing it in
correct way. In this survey,
the world’s top 600 officials
took part. These officials
came out with beautiful
things in the discussion. The
organization which will give
more freedom to the employ-
ees to work will grow more
than others. The officials fur-
ther stated that every organi-
zation should develop meth-
od or systems so that each
employee can work with
their own responsibility
. Eve-
ry employee must know ex-
actly what type of work they
are doing and how they want
to contribute to the company
at the end of the year. Also
the organization which does
not give freedom to its em-
ployees for decision making
does not grow very quickly
.
The second thing in this
survey that came out was
that a very few companies
are involved in talent man-
agement related programs or
investments and due to this
reason the company’s growth
in manufacturing is less. As
a result, there are lot of peo-
ple in the organization but
the lack of proper planning
does not benefit the organiza-
tion very much. Only 10% of
the companies have a scheme
to give opportunities to its
present employees rather
than appointing new people.
Doing this gives new oppor-
tunities to the employees
working from a long time
who have contributed more
in the development of the or-
ganization.
More than 54% of the offi-
cials said in this survey that
just 43% of companies have a
strong pipeline to create fu-
ture leadership talent and
38% of the companies have
the eligibility metrics for se-
lecting their organization’s
leadership candidates. Few
companies focus on skill ori-
ented leaders. Only 26% of
companies have met the crite-
ria to select effective leaders
for their organization. Due to
these stats we now come to
know that how much a com-
pany is serious in talent man-
agement and acquisition.
Studying in depth knowl-
edge of talent management,
we get an indication that em-
ployees can give a very im-
portant contribution in the
growth of a company
. Taking
from the workforce planning,
making right choice in em-
ployees and till the employee
come on board the company
has to properly induct them
about the organization, their
role-based responsibility has
to be decided and efforts need
to be made continuously to
make them contribute to the
company. If this whole sys-
tem is not done with a good
work plan then a person will
only be recruited in the com-
pany but will not make any
special contribution. It the
company wants to develop
than the company has to un-
derstand the flow and follow
it accordingly
.
Talent Management is an
important factor playing in
the organization’s growth. If
you want to develop an or-
ganization, then you have to
develop employees.
TIPS FOR TALENT
MANAGEMENT....

z If the employees consider
themselves as partners to the
company, and that kind of
environment is developed than
the company is certainly going
to develop, grow and make
more profits. The company’s
management has to make
certain efforts to create such
an environment.

z Every employee working in
the company has to contribute
in the development of their
organization. You and your
company will grow in partner-
ship if you contribute well in
the company’s growth.

z Organizations must have vari-
ous programs related to Talent
Management. These programs
should be more dependent on
employee’s contribution to the
organization.

z Changing the mental attitude
of employees has become
very important in today’s
environment. Regular training
programs should be organized
periodically.

z The leaders working in the or-
ganization has great responsi-
bilities. It’s the leader who has
to make sure that he and his
team give maximum contribu-
tion to the organization.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
Employee Management can destroy
your company or take it to next level
A
Recently, the world’s leading
company E Y surveyed on
the company’s Talent
Management and how they
can grow by organizing it in
correct way. In this survey,
the world’s top 600 officials
took part. These officials
came out with beautiful
things in the discussion. The
organization which will give
more freedom to the
employees to work will grow
more than others. The
officials further stated that
every organization should
develop method or systems so
that each employee can work
with their own responsibility
Employees can give a very
important contribution in
the growth of a company.
Taking from the
workforce planning,
making right choice in
employees and till the
employee come on board
the company has to
properly induct them about
the organization, their role-
based responsibility has to
be decided and efforts
need to be made
continuously to make them
contribute to the company
BHAVESH
UPADHYAY
The writer is a Businessman
and HR Expert

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INDIA
05
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: In the run
up to the general elec-
tions-2024, BJP is now
gearing up to establish
itself among various
caste blocs. The saffron
party, which successful-
ly won a large chunk of
Dalit voters in the 2022
assembly polls, is again
eyeing these voters.
Many outreach pro-
grams have been
launched by BJP strate-
gists to make inroads
among these voters.
In order to strengthen
social harmony and to
instill confidence in the
deprivedsection,recent-
ly CM Yogi and his cabi-
net ministers reached
the homes of Dalit fam-
ilies and had food. CM
Yogi dined with Mani-
ram and his family
during his recent visit
to Ayodhya. Whereas, to
realise the objective of
the saffron camp Depu-
ty CM Brajesh Pathak
had dinner at the house
of Bhola Shankar, Man-
dal President of SC
Wing during his Vara-
nasi tour. Jitin Prasad,
Nand Gopal Gupta Nan-
di, Jaiveer Singh and
other ministers also fol-
lowed the suit. Based on
the analysis of the elec-
tion results, political
experts are of the opin-
ion that in the recently
concluded assembly
elections, 22 percent of
the Jatav voters, who
are considered BSP’s
staunch support base,
shifted towards BJP
.
At the same time, SP
could get only nine per
cent votes of this com-
munity
. Since then, the
BJP camp is making ev-
ery effort to retain the
unprecedented support
of these voters. In the
Yogi 2.0 cabinet, 8 minis-
ters belonging to the SC
and ST community have
been included. BJP or-
ganized massive events
on the occasion of
Ambedkar Jayanti.
Moreover, time-bound
fulfillment of the prom-
ises made for the better-
ment of the Dalit com-
munities in BJP’s elec-
tion manifesto ‘Lok
Kalyan Sankalp Patra
2022’, has been included
in the Yogi govt top pri-
orities. According to a
high-ranking function-
ary of the BJP state or-
ganization, their party
hastoincreasethescope
of its votebase in the up-
coming Lok Sabha polls.
BJP’S EYES ON DALIT VOTERS
FOR UPCOMING ELECTIONS
BJP is now gearing up all efforts to garner votes among various caste blocs
Union Home Minister Amit Shah having lunch at a Dalit household —FILE PHOTO
According to
statistics, there
are 42 such
districts where
Dalit population is
more than 20%.
Out of this, the
Jatav community
constitutes around
54 % and the rest
of the non-Jatav
population is close
to 45-46%.
CRUCIAL IN 42
DISTRICTS
Kolkata/Bhubane-
swar: Cyclone Asani,
which has formed over
the southeast Bay of
Bengal, further intensi-
fied into a severe cy-
clonic storm on Sunday
evening as it moved
northwestwards in the
direction of north
Andhra Pradesh-Odis-
ha coasts, the Met de-
partment said.
The severe cyclone,
on reaching west-cen-
tral and adjoining
northwest Bay of Ben-
gal off north Andhra
Pradesh-Odisha coasts
on Tuesday, is very like-
ly to recurve north-
northeast wards and
move towards north-
west Bay of Bengal off
Odisha coast, it said.
The severe cyclonic
storm is very likely to
lose some steam there-
after and turn into a
cyclonic storm on
Wednesday and further
into a deep depression
on Thursday, the Met
department said in its
forecast of Asani’s
track and intensity
.
Stating that the sys-
tem will not make land-
fall either in Odisha or
Andhra Pradesh, India
Meteorological Depart-
ment (IMD) Director-
General Mrutunjay Mo-
haptra said the cyclone
will move parallel to the
east coast and cause
rainfall from Tuesday
evening.Odisha’s Spe-
cial Relief Commission-
er (SRC) PK Jena said
the state government
has made adequate ar-
rangement for rescue
operations.
“We do not see any
big danger in the state
as the system will pass
around 100 kilometer
off the coast near Puri,”
he said. However, res-
cue teams of NDRF,
ODRAF and Fire Ser-
vices are on standby for
any eventuality
, he said.
Asani intensifies into severe cyclonic storm
ODISHA, BENGAL ON ALERT
lll
Rainfall will
commence in
coastal districts
from Tuesday
evening under
impact of
cyclone, said
Umashankar
Das, senior
scientist
New Delhi (PTI):
Chief Justice of India
(CJI) NV Ramana on
Monday would admin-
ister the oath of office
to Chief Justice of
Gauhati High Court
Justice Sudhanshu
Dhulia and Gujarat
High Court Judge Jus-
tice Jamshed B Pardi-
wala as Supreme Court
judges. Two days after
the SC collegium head-
ed by the CJI recom-
mended the names of
the two high court judg-
es, the Union Law Min-
istry swiftly announced
their appointments on
Saturday in separate
notifications.
With the appoint-
ment of Justice Dhulia
and Justice Pardiwala,
the SC will regain its
full strength of 34 judg-
es which had come
down to 32 after the re-
tirement of Justice R
Subhash Reddy
.
Instead of the CJI's
courtroom, the usual
place for such events,
the swearing-in ceremo-
ny will be held in the
newly-built auditorium
of the additional build-
ing complex of the SC at
10.30 am on Monday.
The CJI would be creat-
ing a history of sorts by
administering oath of
office to 11 SC judges.
Justice Pardiwala
will go on to serve as the
CJI for over two years,
sources aware of the
procedure to appoint
members of the higher
judiciary said.
2 apex court judges to take oath of office today
Bihar Govt to
stop irregular
practices at
religious places
Patna (PTI): Amid
complaints of irregular
practices at several reli-
gious places in Bihar,
the government has
asked circle officers
(CO) in all 534 blocks of
the state to identify and
mark the registered and
unregistered temples
and mutts in their areas
of jurisdiction and up-
load the information on
portals run by the dis-
trict administration. A
senior official of Bihar
State Religious Trust
Council (BSRTC), said
the COs, for now, will
have to venture out at
least twice a week to
collect information on
the temples and mutts,
with the DM keeping a
tab on the exercise.
“The district magis-
trates, besides ensuring
that all requisite infor-
mation about the tem-
ples, mutts and trusts
get routinely uploaded,
will be sending these
details to BSRTC.
New Delhi (ANI): Amid
the ongoing conflict be-
tween Russia and
Ukraine, the Indian Air
Force’s plans to upgrade
the fleet of its Su-30 MKI
fighter aircraft has been
put on the backburner
for now.
The deal for the 12
most advanced Su-
30MKI aircraft worth
over Rs 20,000 crore
would also be delayed
slightly as the stake-
holders will now have
to add more Made-in-
India content in the
planes as per the cur-
rent policy of the gov-
ernment to promote
Indian defence prod-
ucts over imports, gov-
ernment sources said.
The Indian Air Force
wasplanningtoupgrade
85 of their planes up to
the latest standards in
collaboration with the
RussiansandHindustan
Aeronautics Limited.
IAF’s `35K-cr plan to
upgrade Su-30 fighter
fleet put on backburner
New Delhi: Over 79,000
calls, including those
related to pension, Cov-
id support and abuse,
have been received by
the national helpline
for the elderly since Oc-
tober last year.
However, out of the
total 5,07,493 calls re-
ceived by the helpline
since October 1 last
year, 4,28,442 have been
'non serviceable calls',
constituting 84 per cent
of the total calls re-
ceived on the helpline.
The non-serviceable
calls include call drops,
calls for services for
non-elderly, calls with
out of scope requests
outside office hours.
Helpline for
elderly receives
over 79K calls
Rakhigarhi: DNA sam-
ples collected from two
human skeletons un-
earthed at a necropolis
of a Harappan-era city
site in Haryana have
been sent for scientific
examination, the out-
come of which might
tell about the ancestry
and food habits of peo-
ple who lived in Rakhi-
garhi region thousands
of years ago.
The skeletons of two
women were found a
couple of months ago at
mound number 7
(named RGR 7 by the
Archaeological Survey
of India), believed to be
nearly 5,000 years old.
Pots and other artefacts
were also found buried
next to them in a pit,
part of the funerary
rituals back in the
Harappan Civilisation
era, ASI officials said.
Seven mounds scat-
tered around two vil-
lages (Rakhi Khas and
Rakhi Shahpur) in
Hisar district are part
of the Rakhigarhi ar-
chaeological site.
Rakhigarhi: DNA from
skeletons sent for test
‘TANTRIK’ SEEN
PERFORMING
RITUALS ON A
WOMAN IN HOSP
MAN DIES AFTER
BRAWL, COP WHO
TOOK HIM TO DOC
DIES IN ACCIDENT
Ashok Nagar (MP): A
video showing a tantrik
performing rituals on a
woman in a government
hospital in Madhya
Pradesh’s Ashok Nagar
district to rid her of ‘evil
spirit’ has surfaced. Fol-
lowing which the health
authorities said notices
will be served to the
doctors who were on
duty there at that time.
Confirming the incident,
the District Hospital’s
Civil Surgeon DK Bhar-
gava on Sunday said
the staffers reached the
medical facility after be-
ing informed that some
tantrik rituals were
being performed on a
65-year-old woman,
identified as Kachhiya
Bai Ahirwar. When
confronted, the family
members entered into
an argument with the
hospital employees.
Barabanki (UP): A
man succumbed to his
injuries after a brawl
outside an eatery in Ut-
tar Pradesh’s Barabanki
while a police constable
who had rushed him
to a hospital died in an
accident while return-
ing, officials said on
Sunday. A constable
died after his bike hit a
stray cattle, they said.
Additional Superinten-
dent of Police Poornen-
du Singh said, “Suyash
(25) and Alok (26) were
injured after a brawl
outside an eatery under
the Dewa police station
limits. They were taken
to a hospital where
Suyash succumbed to
his injuries.” The two
constables, Raj Kumar
Pandey and Jayash,
who took the injured to
hospital met with an ac-
cident while returning.
Aligarh: Yet another case of a police constable raping
a minor girl has come to light in Uttar Pradesh’s
Aligarh. According to reports, a 16-year-old girl was
allegedly raped by a policeman who is related to
her family in the village near Atrauli in Aligarh. The
accused policeman, was suspended on Sunday after
a report from the Aligarh Senior Superintendent of
Police was sent about the incident that took place
on Friday. He has now been arrested. According to
the police, the girl was visiting a relative when the
accused policeman, who is related to the family of
victim, took the girl to a neighbouring village on his
motorcycle and allegedly raped her. Later, he also
threatened her with dire consequences.
ANOTHER COP RAPES 16-YR-OLD
GIRL IN ALIGARH, ARRESTED
Hyderabad: Two interstate drug peddlers were
apprehended on Sunday and 800 kg of ganja was
seized from them, Cyberabad Metropolitan Police
said. Acting upon specific information, police teams
intercepted a lorry at Shamshabad, Telangana and
seized the narcotic substance and the vehicle valued
at about 2 crore rupees, they said. The five accused
belonging to Uttar Pradesh and Odisha were running
the illicit transportation of ganja from Odisha to
Bulandshahar, Uttar Pradesh via Hyderabad to earn
easy money, police said.
800 KG GANJA SEIZED IN HYDERABAD, 2
INTERSTATE DRUG PEDDLERS ARRESTED
CRUCIAL READ
NK SINGH NEW ACTING CJ OF GAUHATI HC
Ram doesn’t
bless those
with ‘fake’
emotions: Raut
Mumbai (PTI): Shiv
Sena MP Sanjay
Raut on Sunday hit
out at MNS
chief Raj Thacker-
ay over his upcom-
ing visit to Ayodhya
in Uttar Pradesh,
saying that Lord
Ram “does not bless
those coming to
him with “fake”
emotions and for
political reasons”.
Thackeray, who re-
cently raked up a
controversy after
giving a call for re-
movalof loudspeak-
ers on mosques, had
announced last
month that he
would visit Ayod-
hya on June 5 to
seek blessings of
Lord Ram.
Notably, Maharash-
tra Tourism Minis-
ter and Shiv
Sena leader Aadi-
tya Thackeray had
also earlier said
that he would visit
Ayodhya.
Sanjay Raut
Raj cops’ journo hunt
turns nought, team
returnsempty-handed
HC grants TV news anchor protection in
2 of 3 cases; Raj police lands in Noida to
arrest in 3rd case, journo gives cops a slip
Noida: Rajasthan
Police, which ar-
rived in Noida, to
arrest TV news an-
chor Aman Chopra,
had to return empty
handed as Chopra
was not found at his
house. The Ra-
jasthan Police ac-
cused Noida police
of making them
wait for long, which
gave the accused a
chance to escape.
Noida Police has ve-
hemently denied the
allegation.
High drama played
out on Sunday after
Chopra got relief
from court in two
cases filed in Bundi
and Alwar, but still
faced arrest in the
third case lodged in
Dungarpur.
Rajasthan Police
said an FIR was reg-
istered against
Chopra under IPC
and IT Act on April
23 at Bichhiwada po-
lice station.
Chopra had alleg-
edly claimed in one
of his shows that a
centuries-old temple
in Alwar was demol-
ished to avenge the
Jahangirpuri case.

BIZ BUZZ
06
commercial vehicle in-
dustry is expected to
grow in double-digits
this fiscal, driven by
favourable demand
conditions amid accel-
erated economic activi-
ties, although high fuel
prices and increase in
interest rates on vehi-
cle loans are head-
winds, according to
Tata Motors Executive
Director Girish Wagh.
The commercial ve-
hicles segment, which
saw its peak in 2018-19,
with industry volumes
of over 10 lakh units,
went into a downturn
in the following two fis-
cal years, has begun to
pick up momentum
from the last financial
year. While it may take
longer to reach the
highest volumes again,
in terms of payload,
the industry could
reach the previous
peak sooner amid ris-
ing demand for com-
mercial vehicles (CVs)
with higher payloads.
“I think last year, the
economy started doing
well again and we saw
growth in the commer-
cial vehicle market by
around 26 per cent. We
(Tata Motors) have
grown by 33 per cent.
We have done better
than the industry,”
Wagh told PTI. In the
context of the last three
years, he said, “FY19,
was our previous peak,
when the commercial
vehicle industry vol-
umes crossed 1 million
(units). After that, we
have had two years of
downtime. FY20, which
was the year of prepar-
ing for BS-VI transition
and FY21, which was
the year of COVID, if I
may say so. In both
these years, the market
dropped and FY21 vol-
umes were almost 52
per cent of FY19 vol-
umes.”
CVindustrytoseedouble-digitgrowththisFY
PROJECTION
Commercial Vehicles
Dept also levied NOCC charges of `6K for every trial of antenna
DOTSCRAPSKEYLEVY
ONSATCOM PLAYERS
New Delhi (PTI): To en-
hance ease of doing busi-
ness, the Department of
Telecom (DoT) has re-
moved network operation
and control centre charg-
es for the use of space
segments for all services
like VSAT, satellite te-
lephony etc for which
permits are issued by the
department. The DoT ear-
lier levied `21 lakh per
transponder per annum
for 36 megahertz of spec-
trum on a pro-rata basis
as NOCC charges.
Besidesthis,thedepart-
ment also levied NOCC
charges of `6,000 for every
trial of antenna that are
used for receiving and
transmitting signals.
“There shall be no NOCC
charges for use of space
segment for all DoT licen-
sees for commercial and
captive VSAT services,
GMPCS, NLD and other
telecom licensees having
unified licence or stan-
dalone license. This order
shall be effective from
April 1, 2022,” DoT said in
an order dated May 6.The
Network Operations Con-
trol Center was created
under the DoT to control
the transmissions from
ground segment along
with the master control
facility under Depart-
ment of Space to manage
the operation of satellites
in orbit.
Satellite industry body
ISPA director general A K
Bhatt said that the DoT
has amended the Unified
License to allow satellite
based IoT services, land
mobility services and
alsotheremovalof NOCC
monitoring charges.
“We believe that these
progressive policy steps
are in the right direction
and showcase the govern-
ment’s commitment in
supporting the growth of
digital communication
by leveraging the poten-
tial and capability of the
satellite communication
industry. We also thank
TRAI for their vision,
support and positive rec-
ommendations for the
growing space sector,”
Bhatt said.
NOCC CREATION

z The Network Operations Control Center was
created under the DoT to control the transmissions
from ground segment (satellite earth stations) along
with the master control facility under Department of
Space to manage the operation of satellites in orbit.

z Satellite industry body ISPA director general A
K Bhatt said that the DoT has amended the Unified
License to allow satellite based IoT services, land
mobility services and also the removal of NOCC
monitoring charges.
UAE Minister to
lead high-level
biz delegation
Foreign funds’
ownership
falls to 19.5%
Govt to invite
financial bids
for SCI sale
Public sec gen
insurers to get
capital infusion
New Delhi (PTI):
UAE Minister of
Economy Abdulla
bin Touq Al Marri
will be leading a
high-level business
delegation to India
this week to discuss
ways to further pro-
mote trade and in-
vestments between
the two countries.
The visit, from May
11-15, assumes
significance as both
the countries have
implemented the
Comprehensive
Economic Partner-
ship Agreement
(CEPA) on May 1.
Mumbai (PTI):
Foreign funds’
ownership in do-
mestic equities fell
to pre-COVID lows
and hit a multi-year
low of 19.5 per cent
in March this year in
NSE500 companies
valued at USD 619
billion, shows an
analysis. At 19.5 per
cent the FPI owner-
ship in March 2022,
is the lowest in the
past three years,
when it was 19.3
per cent in March in
2019, which was a
pre-COVID period.
New Delhi (PTI):
The government is
likely to invite finan-
cial bids for Ship-
ping Corporation of
India by September,
after the process of
demerger of non-
core assets is com-
pleted, an official
said. As part of the
strategic-sale pro-
cess, the govern-
ment is hiving off
Shipping House and
the training institute
and some other
non-core assets of
Shipping Corpora-
tion of India(SCI).
New Delhi (PTI):
The govt may infuse
`3,000-5,000 crore
additional capital
in the three public
sector general
insurance compa-
nies based on their
performance and
requirement during
the year.The capital
infusion would
help improve the
financial health of
National Insurance
Company Limited,
Oriental Insurance
Company Limited
and United India
Insurance Company.
Poonawalla woos Musk to invest
in making Tesla cars in India
New Delhi (PTI): Se-
rum Institute of India
(SII) CEO Adar Poona-
walla on Sunday wooed
Elon Musk to invest in
India to manufacture
Tesla electric cars, say-
ing it will be the best
investment he would
have ever made.
Musk in the past had
asked India to reduce
import duties to sell Te-
sla electric cars but the
government has insist-
ed on local manufactur-
ing. In a post on
Twitter, tag-
ging Musk,
Poonawalla
said, “...
Just in case
you don’t
end up buying @Twit-
ter, do look at investing
some of that capital in
INDIA for high-quality
large-scale manufactur-
ing of @Tesla cars.” He
further said, “I assure
you this will be the best
investment you’ll ever
make.” Last month, Un-
ion Minister Nitin Gad-
kari had said if Tesla
was ready to manufac-
ture its elec-
tric
vehicles in India then
there was ‘no problem’
but the company must
not import cars from
China. In August last
year, Musk had said
that American electric
vehicle maker Tesla
may set up manufactur-
ing unit in India if it
first succeeds with im-
ported vehicles in the
country
.
He had said Tesla
wanted to launch
its vehicles in In-
dia “but im-
port duties
are the high-
est in the
world by far
of any large
country!”
New Delhi (PTI): Total
outstanding dues of
electricity distribution
companies to power
producers rose by 4.04
per cent year-on-year to
`1,21,765 crore in May
2022, according to the
official data. Discoms
owed a total of `1,17,026
crore to power genera-
tion firms in May 2021,
according to portal
PRAAPTI (Payment
Ratification And Analy-
sis in Power procure-
ment for bringing
Transparency in Invoic-
ing of generators).
Future Enterprises
to raise `3,000 cr
Rate hike wasn’t surprising,
timing was: Sitharaman
New Delhi (PTI):
Debt-ridden Future
Group firm Future En-
terprises Ltd expects
to raise around `3,000
crore from selling its
stake in the insurance
business to pare debt,
which may save the
company from facing
the rigour of the insol-
vency process, accord-
ing to industry sourc-
es.
Earlier on Thurs-
day, Future Enterpris-
es Ltd completed the
sale of its 25 per cent
equity in Future Gen-
erali India Insurance
Company Ltd (FGII-
CL) to joint venture
partner Generali for
`1,266.07 crore.
After this transac-
tion, FEL will directly
and indirectly contin-
ue to hold 24.91 per
cent shares in FGIICL.
“Now in the next 30-
40 days, they will sell
the remaining 25 per
cent stake of the Gen-
eral insurance busi-
ness for another `1,250
crores to another en-
tity,” a source said.
Mumbai (PTI): Fi-
nance Minister Nirma-
la Sitharaman has said
the recent interest rate
hike by the Reserve
Bank was not surpris-
ing for her but the tim-
ing was, asserting that
the rising cost of funds
will not impact the gov-
ernment’s planned in-
frastructure invest-
ments.
“The timing of RBI’s
rate hike came as a sur-
prise but not the action
itself as people thought
it should have been
done anyway….It came
as a surprise because
it’s between the two
MPCs (monetary policy
committee) meetings.
But the US Fed had been
saying it all the while,”
Sitharaman said in her
first reaction to the rate
hike while addressing
an award function or-
ganised by the Econom-
ic Times on Saturday
evening here.
She said that in the
last MPC meeting, the
RBI gave indications
that it’s time for them to
also act, and the hike
was part of a synchro-
nised action by major
central banks across
the globe.
FPIs withdraw
`6,400 crore
from equity
New Delhi (PTI):
Foreign investors
have pulled over
`6,400 crore from the
Indian equity market
in the first four trad-
ing sessions of the
ongoing month when
the RBI and US Fed-
eral Reserve raised
interest rates. For-
eign Portfolio Inves-
tors remained net
sellers for seven
months to April 2022,
withdrawing a mas-
sive amount of over
`1.65 lakh crore from
equities. This was
largely on the back
of anticipation of a
rate hike by the US
Federal Reserve and
due to the deteriorat-
ing geopolitical envi-
ronment following
Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine.
Mcap of top-10 most
valued firms tumbles
top-10 most valued
firms suffered a com-
bined erosion of
`2,85,251.65 crore from
their market valuations
last week, mirroring an
overall weak broader
market trend, with RIL
emerging as the worst-
hit.On a weekly basis,
the Sensex slumped
2,225.29 points or 3.89%,
while the Nifty lost
691.30 points or 4.04%.
The market valuation
of RIL tumbled
`1,14,767.5 crore to
reach `17,73,196.68
crore, falling the most
among the top-10 firms.
In the ranking of top-
10 firms, RIL was lead-
ing the chart, followed
by TCS, HDFC Bank,
Infosys, Hindustan Uni-
lever, ICICI Bank, Ada-
ni Green Energy, State
Bank of India, Bharti
Airtel and HDFC.
Global factors, macro data, earnings
to drive market trends this week
New Delhi (PTI): Glob-
al markets trends, infla-
tion, release of indus-
trial output data and
quarterly earnings will
dictate movement of
the equity benchmarks
this week, analysts
said, adding that vola-
tility might continue
amid slew of announce-
ments of macroeco-
nomic data at the global
level too.
Moreover, foreign
fund movement, crude
oil prices and trend in
rupee would also act as
major drivers for the
equity market, they
added. “The direction
of global equity mar-
kets along with move-
ment in dollar index
and crude oil prices will
continue to dominate
while inflation num-
bers of the USA on May
11 and inflation and IIP
numbers of India on
May 12 will also cause
volatility in the mar-
ket,” said Santosh Mee-
na. He said the last
batch of fourth quarter
earnings will have a
stock-specific move-
ment with SBI among
the key results slated to
be announced.
Lower taxes on hybrid cars can help
faster adoption of EVs in India: Honda
New Delhi (PTI):
Lowering taxes on hy-
brid vehicles can lead
to faster adoption of
electric vehicles in the
country, according to a
senior official of Hon-
da Cars India Ltd
(HCIL). The automak-
er noted that hybrid
technology is current-
ly best suited for Indi-
an conditions as it is
not dependent on ex-
ternal charging infra-
structure. The total tax
incidence on hybrid
vehicles in the country
is 43 per cent, which is
inclusive of GST, while
battery electric vehi-
cles attract a tax of
about 5 per cent.
“There is a big gap (in
taxes). So, yes it would
be a welcome step if
the government could
support us (by reduc-
ing tax on hybrid vehi-
cles as well) ...We re-
quest the government
if they could consider
it,” Honda Cars India
Ltd Vice-President
(Marketing and Sales)
Kunal Behl told PTI.
He further said: “We
believe if they (govern-
ment) can reduce it,
the adoption of the
electric vehicles would
be very fast.”
Discoms dues
to gencos rise
4% in May

07
NEWS
Ayodhya witnesses war of posters
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A poster war
has engulfed Ayodhya
ever since Shiv Sena
leaders also announced
their plan to visit the
holy city
. Roadside walls
in Temple Town have
been plastered with ‘asli
aa raha hai, nakli se
saavdhan”, posters. The
Shiv Sena on Sunday
announced the visit of
Maharashtra’s Tour-
ism, Environment and
Protocol Minister Aadi-
tya Thackeray to Ayod-
hya on June 10.
After the loudspeaker
controversy, the Maha-
rashtra Navnirman
Sena (MNS) and Shiv
Sena have now locked
hornsoverAyodhya.Raj
Thackeray has already
announced his June 5
visit. A few days ago,
MNS had put up hoard-
ings in Ayodhya with
the picture of Raj
Thackeray with the slo-
gan – ‘Raj Tilak Ki Karo
Taiyari, Aa Rahe Hain
Bhagwadhari’. Shiv Se-
na’s poster — ‘Asli Aa
Raha Hai, Nakli Se
Savdhan’,alongwiththe
pictures of Aaditya, CM
Uddhav Thackeray and
Late Bal Thackeray, —
were also put up as a re-
ply to the MNS hoard-
ings. The local adminis-
tration has, however,
removed the hoardings
on Saturday evening.
According to sources,
Aaditya will take bless-
ings after visiting Ram
Lalla in Ayodhya while
Raj himself will go to
Ayodhya on June 5. BJP
MP Brij Bhushan
Sharan Singh had ear-
lier asked Raj Thacker-
ay to apologise to north
Indians before coming
to Ayodhya. Singh had
allegedly put up a
hoarding, in Jarwal
area of his Kaiserganj
Lok Sabha constituency
,
protesting Raj’s visit.
The BJP MP had also
tweeted about the role
of the Thackeray fami-
ly in the Ram Mandir
movement. He had said,
“From the Ram temple
movement to the con-
struction of the temple,
there was a role of
Rashtriya Swayamse-
vak Sangh, Vishwa Hin-
du Parishad and the
common man. Thack-
eray family has nothing
to do with it.”
Roadside walls in Temple Town have been plastered with
‘asli aa raha hai, nakli se saavdhan”, posters.
New Delhi (ANI):
Bharatiya Janata Party
MP Harnath Singh Ya-
dav on Sunday hit out at
All India Majlis-e-Itte-
hadul Muslimeen chief
Asaduddin Owaisi and
demanded his arrest
under a sedition case.
The remarks came
after Owaisi on Satur-
day said the BJP and
Rashtriya Swayamse-
vak Sangh are trying to
rekindle the era of ha-
tred as the one in the
1990s. He was referring
to the row over the sur-
vey of Gyanvapi Mas-
jid in Varanasi. Speak-
ing to ANI, Yadav said,
“Owaisi’s intention
needs to be understood.
Owaisi wants to create
a rift between Hindus
and Muslims in the
country and he is
dreaming of becoming
Jinnah. So a case of se-
dition should be regis-
tered against him and
should be put in jail im-
mediately
.”
“As far as the survey
of Gyanvapi Masjid in
Varanasi is concerned,
any person, any institu-
tion is free to approach
the court and when the
lower court’s decision
was challenged by the
Muslim side in the high-
er court, the court re-
jected. The
court’s deci-
sion must
be respect-
ed,” he
added.
The posters on the roads of Temple Town. —AGENCIES
CHALLENGE TO MAHARASHTRA CM
Contest election against me: MP Rana
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Independent
MP Navneet Rana, who
recently got bail after
being arrested by Mum-
bai police last month
over ‘Hanuman Chalisa’
recitation row, on Sun-
day challenged Maha-
rashtra Chief Minister
Uddhav Thackeray to
contest an election
against her.
She also claimed that
people of Mumbai and
Lord Ram will teach the
Shiv Sena a lesson in
civic polls.
Shiv Sena president
Thackeray
, who became
the CM in November
2019 after forging an al-
liance with the NCP and
Congress, took oath as
member of the Maha-
rashtra Legislative
Council in May 2020.
Prior to that, he was not
a member of the state
legislature. Navneet
Rana, the MP from Am-
ravati in Maharashtra,
and her MLA-husband
RaviRanawerearrested
on April 23 by the Mum-
bai police after the cou-
ple announced that they
would recite the Hanu-
manChalisaoutsideCM
Thackeray’s private
residence ‘Matoshree’
here, which angered
workers of the Shiv
Sena, Thackeray’s party
,
leading to tension.
The couple was grant-
ed bail on May 4 by a
special Mumbai court.
They walked out of jail
on May 5 following
which Navneet Rana
was admitted to a pri-
vate hospital here. Her
lawyerthensaidshehad
complaints of high
blood pressure, body-
ache and spondylitis.
Talking to reporters
on Sunday after being
discharged from the
hospital, the Navneet
Rana said, “I challenge
Uddhav Thackeray ji to
chose a constituency
and get elected directly
by people. I will fight
against him.”
—With PTI inputs
MESSAGE
MP Navneet Rana speaking to media on Sunday. —AGENCIES
‘Owaisi dreaming of
becoming Jinnah’
Gujarat govt
simplifies
revenue
process
A h m e d a b a d
(PTI): The Guja-
rat government
on Sunday said it
had simplified
the revenue pro-
cess and brought
about uniformity
and transparen-
cy by removing
ambiguity re-
garding various
repealed laws.
In a statement,
it said the reve-
nue department
has planned to
resolve ambigui-
ty arising from 24
repealed laws,
and detailed in-
structions will be
issued soon in
this regard.
“The state rev-
enue department
has now adopted
a simple and
transparent ap-
proach to resolv-
ing the
queries of people
arising out of in-
consistencies re-
garding various
laws which are
now old and obso-
lete. With this,
there will be uni-
formity and
transparency in
the entire reve-
nue administra-
tion,” the depart-
ment’s statement
said.
The revenue officals
at work.
Man chases lion with his
tractor in Gujarat; arrested
Amreli (PTI): Police
have arrested a man for
allegedly harassing a
lion by chasing the ani-
mal with his tractor in a
forest area here in Guja-
rat, an official said on
Sunday
.
A video recently sur-
faced in which the ac-
cused, Rahul Baldaniya,
was purportedly seen
chasing the feline with
his tractor on a road in
Rajula forest range. The
man was arrested on
Friday and his vehicle
was seized, the in-
charge range forest of-
ficer, RA Jinjuvadia,
said. The accused was
booked under provi-
sions of the Wildlife
Protection Act, the offi-
cial said, adding that a
court granted him bail
on Saturday
.The Gir Na-
tional Park in Gujarat is
the only abode of Asiat-
ic lions in the world.
The harassment of
lions is a criminal of-
fence and the state for-
estdepartmenthasbeen
working to raise aware-
ness among locals.
Article 370 history, reclaiming PoJK will
become reality soon: VHP leader Jain
First India Bureau
Chandigarh: In the re-
cent past, Haryana Gov-
ernment has set a lot of
emphasis on strength-
ening the healthcare
system in the state.
With several patient-
friendly and people-
friendly initiatives to
fortify the healthcare
sector, the Haryana Gov-
ernment under the vi-
brant leadership of
Chief Minister ensured
that no one in the state
got left out of getting the
state-of-the-art facilities
within Haryana and
that too at affordable
prices. Likewise, the
government has opened
the doors for people to
tackle deadly diseases
like cancer in the state
by providing them with
advanced cancer care
facilities.
To create comprehen-
sivecancercarefacilities
under one roof for pro-
viding affordable treat-
ment to needy patients,
the government has set
up the Atal Cancer Ter-
tiaryCareCentreatCivil
Hospital Ambala Cantt.
This one-of-its-kind
centre will be inaugu-
rated on Monday by
Chief Minister Mano-
har Lal Khattar and Ra-
jya Sabha MP BJP
National President JP
Nadda. Haryana Health
Minister Anil Vij and
MP Rattan Lal Kataria
will also be present on
this occasion.
Haryana’s big push to strengthen healthcare infrastructure
STRENGTHENING HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
lll
Govt is
committed to
provide
advanced
healthcare
facilities at a
minimum
price: CM
Khattar
STATE ATTRACTED INVESTMENT OF `28,000 CR PAST YEAR,
SAYS HARYANA DEPUTY CM DUSHYANT CHAUTALA
Chandigarh (FIB): Asserting that the state offers a congenial environment for
businesses to flourish, Haryana's Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala
on Sunday said that the state attracted
investments worth Rs 28,000 crore in
the past 12 months. Chautala, who also
holds Industries and Commerce, Excise
and Taxation and Civil Aviation portfolios,
said a heli-hub will be set up in Guru-
gram and it will be the first-of-its-kind in
the country and will be built near Dwarka
Expressway on about 25 acres. We have sent a proposal to the Centre in
this regard, he said. This will improve the helicopter connectivity, it will prove
useful for business, leisure and pilgrimage purposes, Chautala told a news
conference here. —With PTI inputs
Kannada novelist
raps Oppn over
‘negativity’,hails PM
Thane (PTI): Re-
nowned Kannada
novelist SL Bhyrappa
slammed the opposi-
tion parties in the
country for creating a
negative mood by
constantly attacking
the Narendra Modi
government.
Speaking at a liter-
ary function here on
Saturdayevening,the
nonagenarian said
the Opposition was
even raising doubts
on the country’s
armed forces when it
came to surgical
strikes (on terror
camps across the bor-
der with Pakistan),
while their secular-
ism was nothing but
“casteist politics”.
“The Opposition
does not say anything
positive. It is trying to
create a negative
mood in the country
.
Instead of appreciat-
ing surgical strikes,
the Opposition de-
mands proof. It raises
questions about our
defence forces,” he
said at the function
organised by the
Akhil Bharatiya Sa-
hitya Parishad, Ma-
harashtra Pradesh
and Thane’s Saman-
vay Pratishtan.
“Abrogation of Ar-
ticle 370 was the best
thing to have hap-
pened in the country
.
But the Opposition
fails to acknowledge
good things that are
happening current-
ly,” he said, adding
there was scope to
write a novel ‘Tantu’
on current happen-
ings but this could
be done only 30 to 40
years later and that
too by some other
author.
Renowned Kannada
novelist SL Bhyrappa.
STATEMENT
Jammu (PTI): The Ar-
ticle 370 of the constitu-
tion has become a his-
tory, senior Vishwa
Hindu Parishad (VHP)
leader Surendra Jain
said on Sunday as he
raised a pitch for re-
claiming parts of Jam-
mu and Kashmir under
the illegal occupation
of Pakistan and China,
saying it will become a
reality soon.
Jain, Union Joint
General Secretary of
VHP, was speaking at a
rally 'Punya Bhumi Sa-
maran Sabha' organized
by RSS-backed Jammu
and Kashmir Peoples
Forum here to pay col-
lective tributes to those
who were killed in Paki-
stani onslaught on Octo-
ber 22, 1947 and reiterate
a pledge to reclaim the
lost areas.
Senior BJP leaders
led Tiranga yatra' from
different parts of the
city to join the rally
which was attended by
Pakistan-occupied Jam-
muandKashmir(PoJK)
displaced persons from
within and outside
Jammu and Kashmir
besides Peethadheesh-
war Sri Sri 1008 Sri
SwamiVishwatmanand
Saraswati Maharaj, Ma-
hamandaleshwar Swa-
mi Dharmadev, film ac-
tor and producer Muke-
sh Rishi.
Amid chants for lib-
eration of PoJK, the
VHP leader said wheth-
er you want compensa-
tion or land of your an-
cestors and religious
places like Sharada
Peeth the pledge you
have taken is shortly be-
comingareality
,hesaid.

—
FILE
PHOTO

08
2NDFRONT
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A petition
has been filed before
the Lucknow bench of
Allahabad High Court
seeking a direction to
the Archaeological
Survey of India (ASI)
to open doors of over 20
rooms inside the Taj
Mahal premises so that
the alleged controver-
sy related to the “his-
tory of Taj Mahal” can
be put to rest .
The petition has been
filed by Dr Rajneesh
Singh who claimed to
be the media in-charge
of Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) Ayodhya
unit.
Rajneesh Singh said
he has been trying to
ascertain facts about
the 20 locked rooms of
Taj Mahal since 2020
through the Right to In-
formation Act (RTI).
Singh filed an RTI in
2020 with the union
ministry of Culture
seeking information
about the rooms.“Since
2020, I have been trying
to ascertain facts about
the locked rooms of Taj
Mahal. I had filed an
RTI. Replying to the
RTI, the union ministry
of Culture informed the
Central Information
Commission (in Delhi)
that these rooms were
locked due to security
reasons,” Singh said.
And no detail was
provided about these
rooms, he added.
“In the RTI, I had
sought details about the
locked rooms (what is
inside them) and direc-
tives to open them,”
Singh said.
PIL seeks opening of Taj Mahal chambers to unearth hidden idols
SEEKING TRUTH
lll
Dr Rajneesh
Singh filed an
RTI in 2020
with the union
ministry of
Culture seeking
information
about the
rooms in Taj
Mahal
Educational institute is place which polishes the inner and sometimes even hidden talents in each one of us, says Kovind
FORAY OF START-UPS INTO EDUCATION
HEALTH CAN BE GAME CHANGER: PREZ
First India Bureau
Nagpur: President Ram
Nath Kovind on Sunday
said the foray of uni-
corns and start-ups into
sectors like education
and health can be a game
changer for the country
.
Kovind was address-
ing a gathering here in
Maharashtra after inau-
gurating the permanent
campus of the Indian
Indian Institute of Man-
agement (IIM) Nagpur.
The premier institute
was established in 2015.
Hesaidaneducational
institute is not just a
place of learning.
“It is place which pol-
ishes the inner and
sometimes even hidden
talents in each one of us.
The curriculum gives us
the occasion to intro-
spect within ourselves
the purpose, the ambi-
tion and hence, fulfil our
dreams,” he said. “We
arelivinginanerawhere
innovationandentrepre-
neurshipareappreciated
andencouraged.Thesto-
ries of various unicorns
or start-ups which have
been slated to be worth
more than one billion
have scripted new histo-
ry
. It has opened new av-
enues as new sectors are
comingundertheloopof
businessenterprises,”he
said. From food delivery
to picking up odd things,
all such services are pro-
vided by start-ups and
app-based platforms, he
noted.
“The unexplored ter-
ritories like education,
health have also become
part of these new enter-
prises. Such forays can
be the game changer for
our country. It can be a
combination of job pro-
vider and revenue earn-
er for our people,” he
said. Kovind also said
that both the innovation
and entrepreneurship
have the ability to not
just ease people’s lives
through technology, but
can also provide employ-
ment opportunities to
many people.
Addressing the stu-
dents, the president told
them that they live in an
interconnected world
and will soon be globe-
trotters as professionals.
—With PTI inputs
President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurates permanent campus of Indian Institute of Management, in Nagpur. Also seen are Dharmendra Pradhan, Nitin Gadkari, Subhash
Desai, Nitin Raut and Devendra Fadnavis.
RENEW THRUST IN IMPLEMENTING
REFORMS IN POLICE: VP NAIDU
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Vice
President M Venkaiah
Naidu on Sunday as-
serted that a progres-
sive, modern India
must have a police
force which meets
democratic aspira-
tions of the people
and called for a re-
newed thrust to imple-
ment police reforms.
Addressing a gath-
ering here after re-
leasing a book, ‘The
Struggle for Police Re-
forms in India’, au-
thored by former IPS
officer Prakash Singh,
the vice president
stressed the need to
upgrade skills of po-
lice personnel to effec-
tively tackle 21st cen-
tury crimes such as
cybercrimes and
economic offences
which require
special investiga-
tive expertise.
According to an
official state-
ment issued
by the Vice
President Secretariat,
Naidu referred to the
instances of misuse
of police force during
the “infamous Emer-
gency”, saying it was
used with impunity
to suppress human
rights and imprison
thousands of people,
including political
opponents.
Subsequently, a Na-
tional Police Com-
mission was set up in
1977, which submit-
ted reports with de-
tailed multi-dimen-
sional propos-
als for po-
lice re-
f o r m s ,
he re-
called.
BE JOB PROVIDERS: PRADHAN
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
told the MBA students that developing economies
of the world are looking at India with respect.He
asked the students to be job-providers, rather
than just being job-seekers. The minister also
appealed to the students to adopt backward vil-
lages, and teach and guide people there.
GADKARI LAUDS IIM NAGPUR
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari described the IIM Nag-
pur as a world class and state-of-the-art institute.
He said it was his dream to make Nagpur a hub of
education, medical, logistics and information tech-
nology services. This is becoming a reality, he said,
adding that the IIM here will contribute towards
fulfilling the dream.
The stories of
various unicorns
or start-ups
which have been slated
to be worth more than
one billion have script-
ed new history.
—Ram Nath Kovind,
President
He called for
strengthening the
police units at the
grassroots
‘Never have agreed to US demand of military bases’
Islamabad (PTI): Paki-
stan’s ousted prime min-
ister Imran Khan has
reiterated that during
his time in power he
would “never have
agreed” to any US de-
mands of being given
military bases in the
country in the aftermath
of the former’s evacua-
tion from neighbouring
Afghanistan, according
to a media report. The
69-year-old cricketer-
turned politician was
voted out of power last
month through a no-con-
fidence motion, which
he alleges was master-
minded by the US with
the help of local players
over his pursuance of an
independent foreign pol-
icy. He is the first pre-
mier in Pakistan whose
fatewasdecidedthrough
a no-trust vote.
Addressing the over-
seas Pakistanis in a vid-
eo message, Khan said
that the US wanted bases
in Pakistan in order to
“conduct (counter at-
tacks) from here in case
if there were any terror-
ism in Afghanistan” -
something Khan said he
found “absolutely unac-
ceptable”, Dawn news-
paper reported. He said
Pakistan had already
lost 80,000 lives in the
US-led ‘war on terror’
and still its sacrifices
were never appreciated,
with many US politi-
cians blaming it instead.
“First they blamed us,
then they didn’t appreci-
ate us, our country and
tribal areas were de-
stroyed and now (they)
are again asking for
bases. I would have nev-
er agreed to this and the
problems (between us)
started from there,” he
was quoted as saying by
the paper.
DU VC urged to look into
‘shortfall’ in enrolment
Forum of Academics for
Social Justice has writ-
ten to Delhi University
(DU) Vice-Chancellor
Yogesh Singh, urging
him to analyse the ad-
mission data of the past
five years to look into
the shortfall in enrol-
ment of students under
reserved categories be-
fore initiating this year’s
admission process.
In a letter to Singh,
Hansraj Suman, chair-
man of the forum and a
former member of the
DU’s Academic Council,
has alleged that the uni-
versity colleges admit
more students than
sanctioned seats every
year while seats under
reserved categories re-
main vacant.
“Before starting the
admission process un-
der ST, OBC and PWD
(persons with disabili-
ties) quota, the data of
the last five years should
be analysed. It will show
that colleges have given
more admissions than
the sanctioned seats,
while the reserved seats
are not filled in return.
Every year the seats of
reserved categories re-
main vacant,” the letter
said.
Suman claimed that
every year 10 per cent
more admissions are
done in DU colleges than
the sanctioned seats and
most of the colleges do
not fill the seats of re-
served categories on the
increased seats.
Suman has also urged
Singh to constitute a
monitoring committee
for the colleges which
should prepare a report
on the lack of facilities
in these institutions.
DU SHOULD STEP UP MONITORING COMMITTEE
“Delhi University should constitute a monitoring
committee for the colleges at its level. Only teachers
of reserved classes should be kept in this committee.
The committee should visit these colleges and talk to
the teachers/staff/students on their problems. Talk to
those students on the problems faced by them and
prepare a report on the lack of facilities,” he said.The
DU vice-chancellor last month formed an eight-mem-
ber committee to examine the issue of shortfall in the
enrolment of SC/ST students in the varsity.
Over 1,200 kg silver worth
`8 cr seized from Udaipur
CONSTITUTE A FACT-FINDING COMMITTEE
BEAT THE HEAT!
Women enjoying at a water park to cool off on a hot summer day, in Bhopal on Sunday.
—PHOTO BY ANI
Imran Khan
Jaipur, (PTI): The po-
licehaveseizedover1,200
kg of silver bricks and
ornaments worth Rs 8
crore from Udaipur, offi-
cials said Sunday
. Acting
on a tip-off, a police team
interceptedaprivatebus
going to Agra from
Ahmedabad on Friday
night and recovered sil-
ver bricks and orna-
ments during search,
theysaid.“Whenthebus
driver could not give a
satisfactory reply and
could not produce docu-
ments related to the con-
signment, a total of 1,222
kg silver was seized,”
Station House Officer,
Gordhan Vilas, Chail
Singhsaid.Hesaid450kg
silver bricks and 772 kg
of ornaments were re-
coveredfromthebus. he
consignment was load-
ed from hmedabad and
ad to be delivered at dif-
ferent locations, includ-
ing Udaipur, Jaipur and
Agra, he said.
In the world of commercial
consumerism, the customer is the
true boss and everyone in a
company has to understand his tastes.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India

ajasthan State
Handloom Corpo-
ration, under the
leadership of CMD
Neha Giri IAS, con-
ducted the Ra-
jasthan Handloom
Show 2022 on the eve of Ra-
jasthan Diwas, which is ob-
served on March 30 every year.
The ‘Time Travel’ concept of
the fashion show was to pro-
motesustainablefashionaswell
as the craftsmen, weavers, and
manufacturers behind textile
crafts. The fashion show’s de-
sign development partner is
Aachho, one of India’s pre-
mier ethnic wear fashion
firms situated in Jaipur. The
complete collection was devel-
oped utilising indigenous natu-
ral materials and traditional
dyeing and printing processes.
The assemblage was wonder-
fully created by Rimjhim Hada,
Founder and Creative Head of
Aachho, with an emphasis on
integrating ethnic fashion tra-
ditions with modern sensibili-
ties. White prints contrast with
the bright blue coloured attire.
The collection is associated
with blue shades are trustwor-
thiness, authority
, intelligence,
confidence, and power.
Floral themes and prints on
chanderi, Bagru Print and cot-
ton grabbed the show, with
matching bags, accessories,
and shoes fashioned from the
same fabric and oxidised silver
jewellery
.
The fashion show, which
took place at Hawa Mahal, one
of Jaipur’s most iconic loca-
tions, included models from
Style Skool as well as super-
models Candice Pinto and
Deepti Gujral as showstoppers.
Sizzlin Scizzors, the official
make-up hair partner fol-
lowed the show theme, giving
all the models a striking look
Diggi Palace set an example for
amazing hospitality for guests.
The show was directed by the
renowned TV stylist and fash-
ion Choreographer, Abhiman-
yu Singh Tomar and the entire
event was managed by Ab-
hishek Singh from Vanamo En-
tertainment. Official fashion
photographer Yash Jangid cap-
tured magical moments thru
his lens. The collection will be
available on aachho.com start-
ing June 1st.
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PARTNER, AACHHO JAIPUR WEAVES
ENCHANTMENT AT THE RAJASTHAN
HANDLOOM SHOW 2022. THE COLLECTION
EMPHASISES INTEGRATING ETHNIC FASHION
TRADITIONS WITH MODERN SENSIBILITIES
Quintessential
Quintessential
blend of History
blend of History
and Fashion!
and Fashion!
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Bottom Harshdeep and Supermodel Dipti Gujral with Kids Model Ishaan, Amaaya
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