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CODE RED
CODE RED
FOR HUMANITY!
FOR HUMANITY!
NOTRANSACTIONWITHNSO
GROUP:MODONSNOOPING
New Delhi: In the
midst of the Pegasus
snooping controversy,
the defence ministry on
Monday said it did not
have any transaction
with the NSO Group,
w h i c h
sells the
spyware.
“Minis-
try of De-
fence has
not had any transac-
tion with NSO Group
Technologies,” Minis-
ter of State for Defence
Ajay Bhatt said while
replying to a question
in Rajya Sabha.
He was asked wheth-
er the government had
carried out any transac-
tion with the NSO
Group Technologies.
The opposition par-
ties have been targeting
the central government
over the snooping row
Turn to P6
HOUSE
ADJOURNED 5
TIMES
GOVT INTRODUCES
CONSTITUTION
AMENDMENT BILL
Amid continued protests
by the opposition members
Lok Sabha was adjourned
for the day and will resume
at 11 am on Tuesday.
The Lower House was
adjourned five times on
Monday, as it passed three
bills without discussion
amid ruckus in the house.
New Delhi: Social Justice
and Empowerment Minister
Virendra Kumar introduced
the Constitution (127th
Amendment) Bill, 2021.
The bill seeks to restore the
states’ power to make their
own SEBCs (Socially and
Educationally Backward
Classes).
‘Maritime routes
being misused for
piracy, terrorism’
United Nations:
Chairing a high-level
United Nations Secu-
rity Council open de-
bate, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on
Monday put forward
five principles, includ-
ing removing barriers
for maritime trade and
peaceful settlement of
disputes, on the basis
of which a global road-
map for maritime se-
curity cooperation can
be prepared.
In his statement
while chairing the de-
bate on “Enhancing
Maritime Security - A
Case for International
Cooperation” via video
conferencing, Modi
highlighted that mari-
time routes were being
misused for terrorism
and piracy
.
Democracy murdered:
Congress claims
Joshi slams Opposition for
creating ruckus in House
New Delhi: The gov-
ernment on Monday
pushed through six
bills, three of which
were passed, in Lok
Sabha despite the un-
relenting Opposition
protests over Pegasus
snooping row and
other issues, prompt-
ing the Congress to
dub it as “murder de-
mocracy”. RSP’’s NK
Premachandran said
the three bills were
passed in 10 minutes
and likened it to
“cooking dosas”.
New Delhi: Union
Parliamentary Af-
fairs Minister Pral-
had Joshi on Monday
slammed the opposi-
tion for creating
ruckus in the Parlia-
ment during the
monsoon season.
Joshi said that the
Opposition is not
ready to discuss any-
thing as they do not
have any firm policy
on anything, earlier
they were asking for
discussion over vari-
ous issues.
Amit Shah behind attack on TMC leaders
in Tripura, alleges Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: West Bengal
chief minister Mamata
Banerjee alleged on
Monday that youth Tri-
namoolCongress(TMC)
leaders from the state
were attacked and ar-
rested in Tripura dur-
ing the weekend on in-
structions from union
home minister Amit
Shah.
“Tripura chief minis-
ter Biplab Deb does not
have so much courage. I
firmly believe that the
instructions came from
Amit Shah and the un-
ion home ministry,” Ba-
nerjee Turn to P6
Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, Minister of State for Sports (MoS) Nisith Pramanik and
Minister of Law and Justice and former Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju felicitated Tokyo Olympics
medallists on Monday upon their return to India. Seen here is Olympian Neeraj Chopra holding
out his Gold Medal as the three ministers laud him. —PHOTO BY PTI
A BEFITTING WELCOME
ncreasing heat
waves and droughts,
increased rainfall
events, irrevers-
ible glacier loss
and snow cover and more
cyclonic activity are likely
to occur across India and
the subcontinent over the
next few decades, stated the
Inter-governmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) Work-
ing Group-I report released
on Monday. The first part of
its Sixth Assessment Report
(AR6, which has been final-
ised by scientists in collabo-
ration with 195 governments,
also stated that heatwaves
and humid heat stress will be
more intense and frequent
during the 21st century. Both
annual and summer monsoon
precipitation will increase
during this century, with en-
hanced interannual variability,
it further added. Average and
heavy precipitation will also
increase over much of Asia,
it added. Agricultural and
ecological droughts are also
expected to increase in the
subcontinent, the report said.
I
PEGASUS
ROW
CLIMATE CHANGE
TO COST INDIA
DEARLY!
Guv Anandiben
Patel & other leaders
too paid tribute to
the martyrs
CM Yogi also honoured
the family members
of the martyrs
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Paying trib-
ute to the martyrs and
their valiant spirit on
the 97th anniversary of
the Kakori Train Inci-
dent, Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath said that
nothing holds more im-
portance than sover-
eignty and the inde-
pendence of a nation
and it is the responsibil-
ity of every Indian to
uphold the values and
safeguard the integrity
of the country
.
Saluting the Kakori
incident martyrs, the
Chief Minister said that
due to the vigilance,
alertness, devotion and
sacrifice of such brave
souls we are living in an
independent country.
“Today, we are able to
live in an independent
India because of the
sacrifices of millions of
sons and daughters of
Mother India. More on P2
CM Yogi pays Tribute to Kakori Train
Action Bravehearts, Salutes their Spirit
CM Yogi honouring the Kakori heroes, also seen is Min Suresh Khanna.
PRESIDENT
KOVIND TO VISIT
AYODHYA
Lucknow: President
Ram Nath Kovind
may visit Ayodhya on
August 29 on a special
Presidential train to
offer prayers at Ram
Janmabhoomi Temple.
In view of the proposed
visit, the Lucknow-
Faizabad railway route
is being revamped.
The President is
expected to be in the
state from August 29.
According to sources,
the President will
travel to Faizabad or
Ayodhya in the special
saloon and that it
would be his second
visit to UP of late.
CM CONDUCTS AERIAL SURVEY
OF FLOOD-AFFECTED AREAS
CM Yogi, Min Surya Pratap Shahi, MoS Baldev Singh Aulakh
and other leaders with flood affected people in Etawah.
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath conducted an
aerial survey of villages affected by the floods in Auraiya
and Etawah districts on Monday and took stock of the
rescue operations and relief measures initiated by the
authorities, he also distributed relief material to the af-
fected. Before landing at the Gas Authority of India Limited
Dibiyapur helipad, he surveyed more than half-a-dozen
flood-affected villages of Ajitmal and Sadar tehsils.Then he
went to the Kakor HQ by car at around 4 pm. More on P3
PM TO INAUGURATE
UJJWALA 2.0 FROM
UTTAR PRADESH
Lucknow: PM Narendra
Modi will be virtually inau-
gurating the second phase
of Pradhanmantri Ujjwala
Yojana (Ujjwala 2.0) from
UP’s Mahoba district
today. CM Yogi Adityanath
will also be present. The
PM will virtually hand over
certificates to 10 benefi-
ciaries of Ujjwala 2.0. He
would also interact with
various beneficiaries.
J&K: MILITANTS
GUN DOWN BJP
SARPANCH, WIFE
Srinagar: Militants Monday
shot dead a BJP sarpanch
and his wife in Anantnag dis-
trict of Jammu and Kashmir,
police said. The ultras fired
on Ghulam Rasool Dar, also
the Kulgam district president
of the BJP’s Kisan Morcha,
and his wife in Anantnag
town in south Kashmir, a po-
lice official said. He said the
two were rushed to a hospi-
tal where they succumbed to
their injuries.Dar, a resident
of Kulgam’s Redwani, was a
sarpanch affiliated with the
BJP. He had unsuccessfully
contested the last year’s
District Development Council
elections.Dar was currently
living in a rented accommo-
dation in Anantnag. —PTI

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Uttar Pradesh govt on Monday celebrated the anniversary of the ‘Kakori Train action’ under ‘Chauri Chaura Mahotsav’
KAKORI NOT A KAND ANYMORE
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh government
has renamed the ‘Ka-
kori Kand’ to ‘Kakori
Train action’ as the
word ‘Kand’ denotes a
sense of insult to this
incident under India’s
Independence struggle,
said the UP govern-
ment officials.
Some British histo-
rians named it as
kand which looks in-
sulting and hence the
name has been
changed, said UP gov-
ernment.
Governor Anandiben
Patel and UP Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath paid floral trib-
utes to statues of
Roshan Singh, Ram
Prasad Bismil, and Ra-
jendra Lahiri at Kakori
Shaheed Smarak, on
the anniversary of ‘Ka-
kori train action’. Sev-
eral other ministers
and officials were also
present during the
event.
The Kakori Train Ac-
tion or Kakori Conspir-
acy was a train robbery
that took place at Ka-
kori, a village near Luc-
know, on 9 August 1925
during the Indian Inde-
pendence Movement
against the British co-
lonial rule. The robbery
was organized by Hin-
dustan Republican As-
sociation and more
than 40 persons were
arrested and were fi-
nally sentenced to
death by the British
government and also
severe punishments
were given to those peo-
ple who helped this in-
cident.
“This is an occasion
to pay tribute to the
freedom fighters, mar-
tyrs and brave souls
and their spirit and
dedication to free Moth-
er India,” the CM said
at the event. He, along
with Governor Anandi-
ben Patel and other
cabinet ministers paid
tribute to all the mar-
tyrs at the Kakori Mar-
tyrs Memorial site in
Lucknow. “Pro-
grammes in connection
with Amrit Mahotsav
are being held through-
out the country. Be it
the struggle saga of a
freedom fighter; be it
history of a place or
any cultural story from
the country, the Amrit
Mahotsav will bring it
to fore which will also
become a means to con-
nect with countrymen,”
he stated.
Yogi said that along
with centenary cele-
brations of Chauri
Chaura incident from
Gorakhpur on 4th Feb-
ruary 2021, seventy-
five weeks before India
completes 75 years of
Independence on Au-
gust 15, 2022, the coun-
try has decided to cele-
brate the ‘Azadi ka Am-
rut Mahotsav’, and in
this regard, PM Modi
flagged off the ‘paday-
atra (Freedom March)
from Sabarmati Ash-
ram.
CM Yogi fetes family members of martyrs at Kakori Martyrs Memorial site. Governor Anandiben Patel, State BJP President Swatantra Dev Singh, Finance Minister Suresh
Khanna, DM Abhishek Prakash and other BJP ministers and leaders were also present on the occasion. —PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR
Governor Anandiben Patel pays tributes to martyrs at the event.
‘HISTORICAL EVENTS’ STUDY
HELPS BUILD CHARACTER’
Lucknow: Governor
Anandiben Patel on Mon-
day, addressed the public
on the occasion of Kakori
Train Action anniversary
and paid tributes to the
martyrs who laid their
lives for the nation. She
motivated the public to
rise above the caste and
religion based distinctions
and work fot the better-
ment of the nation.
She added that events re-
lated to the independence
day movement should
be taught at schools. The
Governor said that Azadi
ka Amrit Mahotsav is a
mega fest of new ideas,
new resolutions and self
dependence.
The Governor isaid that
we must always remem-
ber our history as study
of these events help
build the character of an
individual.
CM has assured all
possible relief ,
financial aid to people
hit by floods.He has
directed the adminis-
tration to provide Rs
4 lakh as relief fund
in case of death, and
provide homes under
Mukhya Mantri Awas
Yojna to ones whose
houses have been
completely damaged.
CM paid tributes to
Gyanchand for his
sacrifices for the nation
and has decided to
name a road in Gautam
Budh Nagar after him.
CM paid tributes to
Yogi Speaks
Yogi Speaks
BACK TO HOME
Family of 18 re-embraces Hinduism in Shamli
Janardan Mishra
Shamli: As many as 18
members of a muslim
family performed need-
ed rituals to embrace
Hinduism in Kandhla
area of Shamli district
of UP on Monday
.
It is reported that
family had announced
their “Ghar Vapsi” (re-
turning to roots) few
days back and per-
formed proper rituals
to confirm their deci-
sions. Sources said that
Umar, a resident of Rai
Jadgan colony in Kand-
hala area returned to
Hinduism with his
whole family including
wife, three sons, daugh-
ters-in-law and kids.
Rashid, son of Umar
said that his father had
converted to Islam 12
years back and now
their whole family has
returned to their origi-
nal roots.
Rashid said that his
wife, four children,
younger brothers Adil
and Deepak, along with
their wives and their
kids, three sisters and
parents performed ritu-
als for the same.
Rashid said that he
was too young to under-
stand when his parents
changed their religion.
He revealed that he no
longer wanted to be a
Muslim or practice Is-
lam. The couple sub-
mitted an affidavit at
the Shamli Tehsil on
Wednesday. Earlier,
Hindu Jagran Manch
had organized a Ghar
vapsi program for three
youth after they were
tricked into conversion
in same area.
Umar and his family after ‘Ghar Vapsi’.
EMBRACED HINDUISM
WITHOUT ANY PRESSURE
Shamli: The family that went back to its origi-
nal religion also submitted in writing that they
are changing their religion willfully and are not
under any pressure.Mahant Yashveer Maharaj
performed rituals and Hawan with family mem-
bers. In fact, a week ago, a Muslim couple from
Kandhla and their four children also voluntarily
had converted to Hinduism.
Stormy forecast@Vidhan Sabha sessions
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Mon-
soon Session of the
Uttar Pradesh As-
sembly from August
17 to August 24 is
likely to be a stormy
one. UP Assembly
Speaker Hriday
Narayan Dikshit of-
ficially released the
agenda of the eight-
day assembly session
on Monday. The UP
Assembly had last met
on March 4, and accord-
ing to the rules the next
session has to be con-
vened within six
months (September 4).
Opposition parties
such as the Samajwadi
Party (SP), the Bahujan
Samaj Party (BSP), and
the Congress are likely
to try and corner the
government over its
handling of the Cov-
id-19 pandemic, the al-
leged atrocities against
Brahmins and Dalits,
farmers’ issues, law
and order, and the safe-
ty and protection of
women.
DM orders RERA recovery drive
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chairing a
meet regarding re-
covery of RERA, Dis-
trict Magistrate Ab-
hishek Prakash, in-
structed that an in-
tensive campaign be
organized to ensure
RERA recoveries
within the next ten
days.Expressing dis-
pleasure over less re-
covery in respect of 783
recovery certificates of
RERA Lucknow, he di-
rected that 70 % recov-
ery should be ensured
by running a campaign
in all RCs of RERA re-
lated to Tehsil Sadar
and Sarojininagar in
the next ten days .
He directed SDMs to en-
sure maximum recov-
ery and ensure daily
updations with regards
to the Rera recovery
campaign.
Sanitation worker stitches
wounds, video goes viral
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A video
of Syama Prasad
Mukherjee Civil
hospital of Luc-
know, where a sani-
tation worker seen
is stitching wounds
went viral on Mon-
day.According to
sources, the video has
sufaced is from the
surgical ward of the
hospital and the Hos-
pital Director has ad-
mitted that the video
has been shot in the
hospital, adding that
an investigation with
regards to the issue
will be conducted and
adequate action
would be taken.
Seen in the video is
a sanitation worker
who is stitching the
wounds of a patient.
Two more women are
seen along with, out
of which one is wear-
ing a nurses’ uniform.
CM Yogi Adity-
anath was recently
administered Covid
vaccines in the same
hosopital.
Whether the video
is recent or has been
shot a long time ago,
is yet to be ascer-
tained.
Screen shot of the video of sanitation worker stitching
wounds at Lucknow’s Civil Hospital.
Vidhan Bhawan in Lucknow. —FILE PHOTO
INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE SET UP
CRUCIAL FOR GOVT
Population bill ready
for CM Yogi’s review
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The State
Law Commission
has finalized the
draft of UP Popula-
tion Control Bill.
Justice (retired) AN
Mittal, the chairman
of the commission,
has given final
touches to the pro-
posal after going
through more than
8,500 objections and
suggestions he had
received and has
sought time from
Chief Minister to
hand over the final
draft, according to
sources in the com-
mission.
“An appointment
has been sought and
the meeting with the
UP CM is likely to be
held after he he is
done with his tour of
the flood-affected
districts in the
State,” said a source.
The Commission
had on July 9 this
year uploaded the
draft Uttar Pradesh
Population Control,
Stabilisation and
Welfare Bill, 2021, on
its website seeking
suggestions in 10
days (till July 19)
from public on the
proposed law.
O.5% OPPOSE
UP is the most populated state of the country. A view of
highly crowded market of Aminabad. —FILE PHOTO
CM Yogi Adityanath
has deeply mourned
the death of famous actor
Anupam Shyam Ojha and
conveyed his condolences
to the bereaved family.
DM Abhishek Prakash

UTTAR PRADESH
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CRUCIAL READ
AKTU V-C VINAY PATHAK RESIGNS AFTER
SERVING FOR SIX YEARS
ATS ARRESTS ANOTHER MEMBER OF
RELIGIOUS CONVERSION GANG
SIDBI LAUNCHES VARIOUS MSME CLUSTER
DEVELOPMENT FOCUSED INITIATIVES
Lucknow: Vice-Chancellor of APJ Abdul Kalam
Technical University (AKTU) Professor Vinay Kumar
Pathak resigned from
his position on Mon-
day. Pathak has handed
over the charge to Pro
Vice Chancellor Profes-
sor Vineet Kansal, who
now leads the institu-
tion. Pathak, however, will continue to act as the
Vice Chancellor of Kanpur University. Pathak has
served for six years at AKTU.
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad
arrested another member of the gang allegedly in-
volved in the religious
conversion racket from
Yavatmal (Maha), the
police said Monday.
Faraz Shah was arrest-
ed from Yavatmal late
on Sunday night. In
June, the ATS had busted a gang allegedly involved
in conversion racket run byforeign funding.
Lucknow: Small Industries Development Bank of India
(SIDBI), has launched various Initiatives focused on
Cluster Development.
SIDBI has been sup-
porting MSMEs through
its focused Cluster
Development Initiatives
such as support for
technology upgrada-
tion/modernisation, skilling/re-skilling/up-skilling and
market linkages. The Cluster Development Strategy of
SIDBI aters to over 600 MSME clusters.
Now, threat
letter to
Nanak Math,
1 arrested
Janardan Misra
Lucknow: After
threatletterstoHa-
numan Temple,
A l i g a n j ,
Mankameshwar
temple and RSS of-
fices, a new threat
letter was sent to
Nanak Shahi Math
at Khadra by regis-
tered post. Mahant
of Math Dharmen-
dra Das informed
thepoliceaboutthe
letter on Monday
.
Commissioner
of Police DK
Thakur said, “It
was similar letter
sent to temples and
mutt at the same
time. The language
and writing of the
letter are same. We
have arrested one
accused and fur-
ther investigations
were underway
.”
It was reported
that letter was re-
ceived in Math few
days back by Se-
vadar of the Math.
It was handed over
to Mahant Dhar-
mendra Das on
Monday who re-
ported to police im-
mediately
. The let-
ter threatens to re-
lease arrested Mu-
jahid or big terror-
ists’ attacks will be
executed on Inde-
pendence Day
. The
letter was sent to
forensic depart-
ment for further
probe.
LMC Drive: 13 MT
garbage cleared
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A cleanli-
ness drive was con-
ducted in each ward
of all the zones to
strengthen the clean-
liness system under
LMC and to control
communicable dis-
eases during the
rainy season. A head-
quarter-level officer
was also designated
as the nodal officer
for each zone.
InRajaRamMohan
Roy Ward, 13 MT gar-
bage was cleared,
making 6 places gar-
bage-freewiththehelp
of 55 sanitation work-
ers and 9 drains were
cleanedandencroach-
mentwasclearedfrom
24 places.
LMC Commission-
erissuedashowcause
notice to SFI Satyen-
dra Katiyar after he
found roads around
Balaganj intersection
were not being
cleaned regularly
.
23 fresh covid cases, one death;
destitute to be vaxed on priority
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh reported 23
fresh COVID-19 cases on
Monday that took its
tally to 17,08,793, while
onemorefatalitypushed
the death toll to 22,774.
Of the fresh cases,
three were reported
from Prayagraj; two
each from Gautam Bud-
dh Nagar, Meerut, Bara-
banki, Kannauj and Un-
nao; and one each from
Lucknow, Mainpuri,
Varanasi, Kanpur Na-
gar, Agra, Jhansi, Sid-
dharthnagar, Bhadohi,
Basti and Mirzapur, the
government said. The
latest death was report-
ed from Jaunpur, it said.
Meanwhile, a spokes-
person said fresh in-
structions have been
received from the Cen-
tretovaccinateonprior-
ity destitute and beg-
garsroamingthestreets.
People at a vaccination centre in Lucknow. —FILE PHOTO
2kidsdie,10illafterdrinkingcontaminatedwater
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In a tragic
incident two children
died while over 10 fell ill
after consuming con-
taminated waterinBalu
Adda near Hazaratganj.
Sources said 10 chil-
dren and a woman were
admitted to Shyama
Prasad Mukherjee Civil
Hospital after com-
plaintsof acutestomach
pain.Allwerediagnosed
with diarrhoea and they
were under treatment.
Hospital administra-
tion said three kids were
admitted on Sunday
while seven others were
admitted on Monday
. All
of them had consumed
the same water.
Dr SK Nanda, medi-
cal superintendent of
the hospital said, “Ten
kids from Balu Adda
area were admitted
with complaints of
loose motion and acute
stomach ache. Three
were in serious condi-
tion while others were
stable.”
Dr Nanda said chil-
dren of age group 4 to 12
years were affected.
Though Dr Nanda re-
fused any causalit, it
was reported that two
children died with the
same troubles earlier.
It was said that drink-
able water was not
available in the area
easily even after it was
closed to CM residence
and other higher offi-
cial’s residences.
CMO Dr Manoj Agrawal interacting with a child at Civil Hospital.
POOR QUALITY
WATER IN AREA
Quality of water in
Balu Adda area was
not appropriate for
consumption but peo-
ple from unprivileged
society had no other
option. It was said that
potable water was not
available here easily
even after being close
to CM residence.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A case was
registered against actor
Shilpa Shetty and her
mother Sunanda into a
matter of fraud in the
name of a wellness cen-
tre run by the actress.
Shilpa’s husband Raj
Kundra was arrested for
making porn content
and police had interro-
gated Shilpa also in that
matter.
The case was regis-
tered in Hazaratganj
and Vibhuti Khand po-
lice stations on com-
plaintof abusinessman.
Shilpa operates Iosis
Wellness Centre and her
mother Sunanda was di-
rector of the firm. It was
alleged that Shilpa took
huge money from two
businessmen in Luc-
know for wellness cen-
tre illegitimately
.
Lucknow police have
reached Mumbai for fur-
ther investigations and
interrogation of the ac-
cused. Police can arrest
accused if substantial
evidences are estab-
lished in the matter. It
was also alleged that
Shilpa and her mother
deceived businessmen
on fake promises.
DCP (East) Sanjeev
Suman said that investi-
gating officer will inter-
rogate Shilpa and her
mother and as it was
high profile case actions
will be taken carefully
.
Earlier, it was alleged
that controversial web-
site of Raj Kundra was
being operated from
Lucknow though Police
Commissioner DK
Thakur had denied any
such information.
More Trouble: Shilpa, Mom now in soup over wellness centre
FRAUD CHARGE
Shilpa Shetty with mother Sunanda. —FILE PHOTO
ARREST POSSIBLE
RainRavage:AfteraerialstocktakingYogiAdityanathasksDMs,SPstovisitsensitivepoints withrelief
High Alert: Admn
evacuates residents
as rivers rise rapidly
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: As the
water levels of the
Ganga and Yamuna
rivers crossed the
danger mark in
PrayagrajonMonday
,
the UP administra-
tion announced a
high alert in the area
and started evacuat-
ing families affected
by floods.
Kareli and JK Nagar
colonies of the west-
ern part of Prayagraj
have been affected
due to a rise in the
water level. People
living in these colo-
nies have started
leaving their houses
as the water level
crossed the danger
mark.
“Around 600 houses
are affected and we
have shifted our-
selves from the first
floor to the second
floor due to water,”
said local resident
Mushtaq.
Kesar Ali of JK
Nagar said that many
people have left their
homesandwentaway
to other places, as the
area is full of dirt and
water and the elec-
tricity supply has
also been disrupted.
“Werequestthegov-
ernment to make
proper facility for dis-
posing of the excess
water and to provide
food and other com-
moditiestothepeople
of these colonies as
their houses got sub-
merged in water,”
said local resident
MS Khan.
The water level in
theriverGangainthe
northeast area of
Prayagraj is also in-
creasing rapidly and
both the rivers are
flowing above the
danger level mark.
CMsurveysflood-hitdists
CMsurveysflood-hitdists
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath
conducted an aerial
survey of villages af-
fected by floods in Au-
raiya and Etawah dis-
tricts on Monday and
took stock of the rescue
operations and relief
measures initiated by
the authorities in the
region.
He surveyed more
than half-a-dozen flood-
hit villages of Ajitmal
and Sadar tehsils.
On Tuesday
, the CM will
conduct an aerial sur-
vey of flood-affected Ja-
laun district.
With major rivers in
spate due to the continu-
ous downpour, the UP
governmenthasexpedit-
ed its relief and rescue
operations on a war foot-
ingtopreventanylossof
life and damage to prop-
erty in flood-hit areas.
The government has
deployed 1,133 boats and
409 medical teams while
828 flood relief camps,
976 flood posts and 360
animal relief camps
have been set up. Over 39
teams, including those
of the NDRF, SDRF and
PAChavebeendeployed.
In the flood relief
camps, facilities like
drinking water, toilets,
clothes, utensil and bed-
ding among others are
being provided. Covid
protocol is also being fol-
lowed in these shelters.
According to the De-
partment of Irrigation,
there is an increase in
the water levels of Gan-
ga, Yamuna, Betwa,
Sharda, Kuwano and
Chambal. At present 247
villages of 15 districts
are affected. Etawah,
Hamirpur and Jalaun
districts are highly vul-
nerable. Over 60 villages
areflood-affectedineach
of these districts. The
CM directed the DMs
and SPs to visit the sen-
sitive spots in the flood-
hit areas.
(Top) CM Yogi conducting aerial survey of the affected areas on Monday. (Bottom L-R) Army personnel distributing relief material in an
inundated village. A couple on a boat being helped with the rituals by a priest in Prayagraj.
ARMY’S RED
EAGLE IN THE
RESCUE ACT
Prayagraj: Troops of
the Red Eagle Division
have been providing aid
to the flood hit areas in
12 villages in Jalaun dis-
trict, around 350 kms
from here. The villages
have been cut off due to
the rising water levels.
It was reported that
from Aug 7 to 9, 135 vil-
lagers, including 20 kids
havebeenevacuated.Ra-
tion and relief materials
have also been provided
by the army teams. On
August 7, a pregnant
lady Sadhna Devi was
rescued by the team in
close coordination with
the administration.
During the evacua-
tion, the lady developed
labour pains and due to
the concerted efforts of
the Red Eagle Division
Flood Relief Team, the
ladywasshiftedsafelyto
the nearest hospital. She
gave birth to a baby girl
the next day
. The flood
relief teams have pro-
vided much needed sup-
port to the villagers of
Jalaun.
WESTERN
PARTS HIT
Over 600 houses
in Kareli and JK
Nagar colonies of
the western part of
Prayagraj have been
affected due to a
continual rise in the
water level of Ganga
and Yamuna rivers.
—PHOTO
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
A righteous person is
cautious in friendship,
but the way of the wicked
leads them astray.
—Proverbs 12:26
IN-DEPTH
Ashwini Vaishnaw
@AshwiniVaishnaw
Banking services of @IndiaPostOffice
are a catalyst for financial inclusion,
especially in rural areas. `15,000
Crore through 5.67 Crore AePS
transactions have been disbursed
by the Postmen and Grameen Dak
Sevaks since Sept 2019.
Devendra Fadnavis
@Dev_Fadnavis
Many thanks to @nsitharaman ji for the
historic decision of securing deposit of
account holders upto `5 lakh in case any
bank is placed under moratorium. We’re
very happy that bill to this effect too was
passed in Parliament. This will greatly
help small depositors’ community.
TOP TWEET
CBI IGNORING
JUDGES’
PLAINTS A
SAD STATE
couple of days back
Chief Justice of In-
dia Justice N V Ra-
mana voiced his an-
guish that investiga-
tive agencies like the CBI did not
heed complaints of judges with
the seriousness they deserved.
Justice Ramana was piqued at
social media campaigns threat-
ening and maligning judges for
not passing favourable orders in
high profile cases. He ruled that
judges were not on the priority
list of CBI. “In one or two places,
the court ordered. I am very sor-
ry to say that the CBI has done
nothing in more than one year.
At one place, I know, the CBI has
done nothing,” the CJI told attor-
ney-general KK Venugopal.
The way the CBI deals with
complaints of apex court judges
goes to show that the agency
only respects orders from its po-
litical masters and everyone
knows why. The ‘parrot’ has
been ‘caged’ for so long that it is
probably scared of freedom.
A
day after the en-
tirecountryerupt-
ed in unadulterat-
ed euphoria over
Neeraj Chopra’s
golden finish at Tokyo Olym-
pics it is time to go through
the lessons learnt. Lessons
that will prove beneficial for
Indian sports provided the
government and sports feder-
ations don’t decide to unlearn
them. Let’s begin with indi-
viduals. Neeraj Chopra took
up javelin by default but his
raw talent was honed by Uwe
Hohn, the only man to have
thrown the javelin beyond 100
mandKlausBartonietz,abio-
mechanical expert who fur-
thersharpenedhistechnique.
The lesson here is that there
should be no compromise and
no politics either, on coaches
once a talent is spotted if
Chopra’s feat spurs other
youth to throw the javelin be-
yond the 87.58 m mark.
Paddler Manika Batra re-
fused help from the national
coach Soumyadeep Roy dur-
ing her first round match and
Manu Bhaker, the young
shooter and her coach Jaspal
Rana, “could not cope up
with each other”. Such issues
should be resolved before a
player steps on the big stage.
Life has been breathed
afresh in hockey
, an engaging
teamsport,oncethecountry’s
obsession. For women, who
played some top class games,
it only has to get better from
here on. Coaching again will
beafactor.Formen,itisastep
towards retrieving the sport’s
lost glory for the country
. One
can’t live on legacy alone.
Bronze has to be, and can be,
converted into gold with the
grit and determination the
team displayed in Tokyo.
Three years from now and
we’ll be counting our medals
again.
LESSONS FOR INDIA FROM
FROM TOKYO OLYMPICS
Life has been breathed
afresh in hockey, an
engaging team sport,
once the country’s
obsession. For women,
who played some top
class games, it only has
to get better from here on
A
USA: THE NATION
UNDER FIRE
GUN VIOLENCE IS AN EPIDEMIC, AN INTERNATIONAL
EMBARRASSMENT FOR AMERICA, MORE A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS
ew York has become the first
US state to declare a disaster
emergency to address rising
gun violence. Governor Cuo-
mo’s declaration describes
gunviolenceasapublichealth
crisis and made several com-
parisons to the Covid-19 pan-
demicandtheresultingpublic
health response. While issu-
ing the emergency adminis-
trative order, Cuomo said in
hisaddress-“If youlookatthe
recent numbers, more people
are now dying from gun vio-
lence and crime than COVID,
this is a national problem but
someonehastostepupandad-
dress this problem because
our future depends on it.”
Actually America’s 2nd
Constitutional Amendment
(15 Dec.1791) enshrined the
right to owna gunas arightto
citizens. Amendment reads:
“A well regulated Militia, be-
ing necessary to the security
of aFreeState,therightof the
peopletokeepandbearArms,
shallnotbeinfringed.”There-
fore, citizens should not be
denied possession of arms.
Butthechangingscenariohas
made it extraneous by elimi-
nating the concept of regu-
lated citizens. With more than
400 million firearms, the USA
tops the world in terms of gun
average per capita. The Unit-
ed States, with only 5 percent
of the world’s population,
owns 48 percent of the world’s
guns. That is 89 percent of
American have firearms.
According to the Gun Vio-
lence Archive a record 23 mil-
lion guns were purchased in
2020, which is 66 percent more
than in 2019. (40 pct. Purchas-
ers are women) This fascina-
tion of guns is now posing the
biggest challenge. According
tothereportof theCentersfor
Disease Control and Preven-
tion’s(CDC’S)fortheNational
Center for Health Statistics
38,390 people died in 2020 and
the country suffered $ 280 bil-
lion in damage due to gun vio-
lence. In the first five months
of 2021 there have been more
than 8100 deaths in gun vio-
lence that is 54 deaths per day
.
InJuly17toJuly23therewere
1,018 shooting incidents
tracked. (A shooting every 10
minutes) in this 404 people
were dead and 958 wounded.
New York is a major dead-
lier state in the USA. In 765
incidents of shooting 886 peo-
ple have been victims of fir-
ing this year. At the end of the
first week of July 51 people
were killed in shootings in
the State, impelled the state
admin to take a tougher ap-
proach to gun violence, and
finally on July 8th Governor
Cuomo declared a state wide
gun violence emergency.
With the declaration of emer-
gency
, the state admin will be
able to use money and re-
sources under its discretion-
ary powers so gun violence
can be dealt with immediate-
ly
. The state will funnel $ 138.7
million towards gun violence
intervention and prevention
programmes, in which about
twenty thousand jobs will be
created by investing $ 76 mil-
lion. Employment opportuni-
ties will free the youth from
depression as well as devi-
ance and violence.
A seven-pronged action
plan has also been laid down
to effectively deal with gun
violence, which includes –
Treat gun violence like the
emergency public health it
is; Target hotspots with data
and science; Positive engage-
ment for at-risk youth; Break
the cycle of escalating vio-
lence; Get illegal guns off the
streets; Keep guns out of the
hands of dangerous people
and Rebuild the police-com-
munity relationship.
It should be expected that
this initiative will be effective
for the whole nation includ-
ing New York State to deal
with this challenge. Signifi-
cantly at the federal level in
April President Joe Biden is-
sued a deadline to the Justice
Department to prepare an
action plan on Ghost Guns
(HomeMade Guns) in 30 days
to deal with gun violence, as
well as sixty for the draft of
“Red Flag Law.” During a de-
tailed discussion in the White
House, Biden expressed seri-
ous concern about gun vio-
lence, saying “Gun violence
is an epidemic, it is an inter-
national embarrassment for
America, and it is more a
public health crisis than a
gun crisis.” Biden recently
committed a spending plan of
$ 5 billion for the prevention
of gun violence. It has also
announced plans to dispatch
strike forces to effectively
curb gun traffickers across
the country
.
Undoubtedly, these overall
efforts of the Biden admin
will prove to be a milestone.
At the same time ordinary
American citizens are now
also expecting that the Na-
tional Rifle Association of
America (organization with
strong lobbying) should play
its positive role in getting rid
of this horrific violence. No-
tablytheNRAsloganis“Guns
don’t kill anyone, people kill
each other.” More than 5 mil-
lion citizens are active mem-
bers of this association and
an ever-increasing number is
fretting. Gun violence has in-
flicted deep wounds on socie-
ty
. In such a situation the
words of Governor Cuomo
have given new hope to the
American – “Just like we did
with COVID, New York is go-
ing to lead the nation once
again with a comprehensive
approach to combating and
preventing gun violence, and
our first step is acknowledg-
ing the problem with a first-
in-the-nation disaster emer-
gency on gun violence.”
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
N
DR SURESH YADAV
The writer is freelancer and
commentator on International Affairs
The state will funnel
$ 138.7 million
towards gun violence
intervention and
prevention
programmes, in which
about twenty thousand
jobs will be created by
investing $ 76 million
According to the Gun
Violence Archive a record 23
million guns were
purchased in 2020, which is
66 percent more than in
2019. (40 pct. Purchasers
are women) this fascination
of guns is now posing the
biggest challenge. According
to the report of the Centers
for Disease Control and
Prevention’s (CDC’S) for the
National Center for Health
Statistics 38,390 people died
in 2020 and the country
suffered $ 280 billion in
damage due to gun violence

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INDIA
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Mumbai: Halting its five-session winning run,
the rupee on Monday declined by 11 paise to
close at 74.26 (provisional) against the US dol-
lar, tracking the firm American currency. At the
interbank foreign exchange market, the domestic
currency opened at 74.21 against the American
currency and slipped further to close at 74.26,
registering a decline of 11 paise over its previ-
ous close. —PTI
RUPEE SNAPS 5-DAY WINNING RUN,
DROPS 11 PAISE AGAINST US DOLLAR
New Delhi: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has
been filed before the Supreme Court seeking
appropriate directions to the Centre and various
sports bodies for the advancement of games
played in the Olympics, besides promoting crick-
et. The PIL filed by lawyer Vishal Tiwari sought
directions to the respondents, Centre and other
concerned sports bodies for recognising hockey
as the national game of India. —ANI
PIL SEEKS ‘OFFICIAL’ NATIONAL
SPORTS STATUS FOR HOCKEY
CRUCIAL READ
BHUPESH BAGHEL RELEASES FIRST
TRIBAL ATLAS OF CHHATTISGARH
Raipur: Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday
released the first tribal atlas of Chhattisgarh which
provides in-depth
information on key
demographic indicators,
including population,
literacy and sex ratio
along with culture of ad-
ivasis. After Odisha and
Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh is third state to prepare such
an atlas for its tribal population, officials said. —PTI
ASSAM CHIEF MINISTER HIMANTA
BISWA SARMA CALLS ON PM MODI
New Delhi: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma called
on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday and
discussed with him
various issues concern-
ing the state. Sarma
also met Union Home
Minister Amit Shah on
Monday. This is the sec-
ond time in the day that
Assam CM met Shah. Both the meetings with Union
Home Minister were held at the Parliament. —PTI
ONLY BJP HAS STOOD UP FOR TRIBAL
COMMUNITY: MURALIDHAR
Hyderabad: Only Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has
stood up for progress of tribals community, said
former general
secretary of the saffron
party, P Muralidhar
Rao as party leaders
paid floral tributes to
the statue of Komaram
Bheem in Hyderabad,
Telangana on the occasion of World Tribals Day
on Monday. —ANI
HC EXTENDS STAY ON TRIAL COURT
PROCEEDINGS IN INX MEDIA CASE
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday extend-
ed stay on further court proceedings in CBI’s INX
money laundering case,
in which former Union
Minister P Chidam-
baram, his son Karti
Chidambaram along
with others are accused
of cheating and corrup-
tion. The stay orders were passed on CBI’s challenge
against the order of a trial court. —Agencies
Guwahati: Assam activist MLA Akhil Gogoi said
that the merger of his Raijor Dal and Bengal’s
ruling Trinamool Congress is not possible, but
both parties will work with BJP and its ideological
leader RSS. Gogoi said that Prime Minister Ma-
mata Banerjee of Bengal would have the power to
take over BJP at Assam, which remained in power
after the April-May elections, and Tripla, which is
scheduled for elections in 2023. —Agencies
WON’T MERGE WITH TRINAMOOL,
BUT WILL FIGHT BJP: AKHIL GOGOI
VILLAGES, FARMERS TO PLAY CRUCIAL ROLE
IN DECIDING INDIA’S FUTURE: PM MODI
New Delhi: Indian vil-
lages and farmers will
play a crucial role in
deciding the country’s
condition when it com-
pletes 100 years of inde-
pendence in 2047, said
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Monday
.
Addressing the na-
tion after releasing an
instalment of financial
benefit under the Prad-
han Mantri Kisan Sam-
man Nidhi (PM-
KISAN), the Prime Min-
ister said the milestone
of completing 75 years
of Independence on Au-
gust 15 will mark an oc-
casion for new resolu-
tions and goals. “August
15 is going to come a few
days from now. This
time the country is go-
ing to celebrate its 75th
Independence Day
. This
important milestone is
not only a matter of
pride for us, it is also an
opportunity for new
resolutions, new goals.
We have to take this op-
portunity to decide
where we want to see
India in the coming 25
years,” said PM Modi.
He said in 2047, “our
farming, villages and
farmers will play a cru-
cial role in deciding the
condition of country
.”
“It’s time to provide
such direction to agri-
culture that it’ll be able
to face new challenges
and benefit from new
opportunities,” he stat-
ed.
He noted that for the
past several days, as he
had interactions with
the beneficiaries of dif-
ferent government
schemes, the govern-
ment got to know how
the benefits of the
schemes made by the
government are reach-
ing the people. —ANI
SAYS THE 75-YEAR MILESTONE OF INDEPENDENCE WILL MARK AN OCCASION FOR NEW GOALS
New Delhi: Calling for
the removal of barriers to
legitimate maritime trade,
PM Modi on Monday told
the High-Level Open debate
in UN Security Council that
“prosperity of all” is de-
pendent on the active flow
of maritime trade and any
hindrance to it can threaten
the entire global economy.
He chaired the virtual debate
on ‘Enhancing Maritime
Security: A Case for Interna-
tional Cooperation’. —ANI
PM MODI CHAIRS
UNSC DEBATE
Sydney: Trade deals are about politics as much as
economics, a swift deal between India and Australia
would be an important sign of the democratic
world’s tilt away from
China, said Australian
PM’s Special Trade En-
voy Tony Abbott. In an
article published in The
Australian newspaper,
Abbott said that India
is currently its seventh-biggest trade partner with
annual two-way trade of about 30 billion dollars,
despite being hampered by tariffs. —ANI
UNDER PM MODI, INDIA HAS REVIVED
QUAD, SAYS AUSSIE ENVOY
Not only phone calls, sportspersons
should get rewards as promised: Rahul
New Delhi: Enough of
video of phone calls,
now sportspersons
should get rewards as
promised, Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
said on Monday in an
apparent swipe at
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi.
In an Instagram post,
he posted screenshots
of media reports claim-
ing that Olympians in
the past had not been
paid the rewards an-
nounced in Haryana.
“Players should get
their dues along with
congratulations, not
cuts in the sports budg-
et,” Gandhi wrote on
Instagram. —PTI
Srinagar: Former INC president Rahul Gandhi
arrived in Srinagar on Monday evening on his 2-day
visit to Jammu Kashmir. Gandhi arrived at the
Srinagar International Airport, where was welcomed
by several party leaders and workers. Notably, this
is the first visit of Rahul Gandhi after Modi-led NDA
government at Centre scrapped Article 370 and 35A
of the Indian Constitution that accorded a special
status to the state. —Agencies
GANDHI SCION ARRIVES IN JK ON TWO-DAY VISIT
NIA holds raids in JK in
JeI terror funding case
CRPF personnel stand guard during the NIA raids, in Srinagar.
Srinagar: The Na-
tional Investigation
Agency (NIA) on Mon-
day carried out
searches at five loca-
tions in Bandipora
district in Jammu and
Kashmir in Jamaat-e-
Islami (JeI) terror
funding case. The NIA
carried out these raids
along with Jammu
and Kashmir Police
and CRPF. The search-
es were underway
since Monday morn-
ing at the premises of
office bearers and
members of the pro-
scribed association of
JeI. During the search-
es, various incrimi-
nating documents and
electronic devices
were seized from the
premises of the sus-
pects. These raids are
in continuation to the
searches in the Jel
case in which the
agency on Sunday
raided at 56 locations
in 14 districts of Jam-
mu and Kashmir. The
NIA on Sunday con-
ducted raids in Srina-
gar, Budgam, Gander-
bal, Baramulla, Kup-
wara, Bandipora,
Anantnag, Shopian,
Pulwama, Kulgam,
Ramban, Doda, Kisht-
war, and Rajouri dis-
tricts. —ANI
IN THE COURTYARD
AKHTAR REQUESTS
HC TO DISMISS
KANGANA’S PLEA
Mumbai: Lyricist Javed
Akhtar on Monday urged
the Bombay High Court to
dismiss a plea filed by actor
Kangana Ranaut seeking
quashing of the criminal
defamation proceedings initi-
ated against her by a metro-
politan magistrate’s court in
the city, on a complaint filed
by him. —PTI
APEX COURT ASKS
CENTRE’S REPORT ON
OXYGEN ALLOCATION
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court Monday asked the
Centre to submit the action
taken report within two
weeks on the recommen-
dations of court-appointed
National Task Force (NTF) on
the allocation of oxygen to
states and Union Territories
amidst the COVID-19 pan-
demic. —PTI
ARJUNA AWARDEE
RUES EXCLUSION
FROM PARALYMPICS
New Delhi: Five-time
Paralympian (Rifle Shooter)
Naresh Kumar Sharma has
knocked on the doors of the
Delhi High Court seeking
direction to the Paralympic
Committee of India (PCI)
to include his name in the
list of selected shooters for
Tokyo Paralympics in the R7
event. The plea stated that
the members of the Selec-
tion Committee of PCI had
deliberately and arbitrarily
ignored the petitioner for
his participation in the 2020
Tokyo Paralympics in the R7
event. —ANI
STEP OUT ONLY IF
NECESSARY, UNNAO
RAPE VICTIM TOLD
New Delhi: A Delhi court
on Monday directed the
Unnao rape victim to go
out only when necessary
until the final disposal of
her matter and inform her
personal security officers
before going out. The
court said if survivors or
family members wish to
go outside Delhi in any
pending case, they would
communicate it to CRPF
Assistant Commandant
in order to get proper se-
curity arrangements and
they must also inform a
day in advance. —ANI
—PHOTO BY ANI
Public disclosure of vax
trial data: SC notice
New Delhi: Supreme
Court on Monday is-
sued notice to the Cen-
tre after hearing a plea
filed seeking public dis-
closure of COVID vac-
cine clinical trial data
and post-vaccination
data, as the petitioner
claims that it is manda-
tory and required that
the government must
publish these as per the
International medical
norms. “We are issuing
notice. We will wait for
their (UOI) response.
Let UOI come with the
reply. We will hear the
matter after that. We
will hear the issue,
which you (petitioner)
have raised,” a two-
judge bench of SC,
headed by Justice L
Nageswara Rao and also
comprising Justice An-
iruddha Bose said, to-
day. Petition was filed
by Dr. Jacob Puliyel.

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CRUCIAL READ
New Delhi: Foreign nationals can now get vaccinated in
India, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced
on Twitter. The foreign
nationals can use their
passport as an identity
document for the pur-
pose of registration on
CoWIN portal. Once
they are registered
on this portal, they
will get a slot for vaccination, a release by the health
ministry said.
FOREIGNERS CAN NOW REGISTER VIA
COWIN TO GET VACCINATED IN INDIA
Bengaluru: After BJP General Secretary CT Ravi
demanded renaming Indira Canteens across K’taka to
‘Annapoorneshwari
Canteen’, former CM
and senior Congress
leader Siddaramaiah
on Monday termed
it as “vengeance”
politics.There are so
many programmes
(named) after the leadership of BJP. Indira canteens
were started by the Siddaramaiah govt in K’taka in
2017 ,aim to provide meals to the economically disad-
vantaged sections of society at a subsidised price.
New Delhi: The Delhi govt on Monday kicked off cel-
ebrations to mark the 75th year of India’s Independ-
ence with a ceremo-
nial run held from
the city secretariat to
Rajghat.On the oc-
casion, Delhi Deputy
CM Manish Sisodia
said the event aimed
to signify that even
though India is turning 75, the hearts and spirits of
its people are still young and full of energy.
SIDDARAMAIAH: RENAME INDIRA
CANTEENS AS ‘VENGEANCE’ POLITICS
New Delhi: As the ongoing Monsoon Session of
the parliament reached its final week, BJP issued a
three-line whip to its party Members of Parliament in
Rajya Sabha asking them to be present in the House
on August 10 and August 11.”All BJP members
in RS are hereby informed that some very impor-
tant Business will be taken up for discussion and
passing in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, August 10
and Wednesday, August 11. All members of BJP in
Rajya Sabha are therefore requested to be positively
present in the House throughout all both days and
support the Government,” reads BJP notice.
BJP ISSUES NOTICE TO PARTY MPS IN
RS ASKING THEM TO BE PRESENT
Mumbai: The biggest global artistes like Rolling
Stones frontman Mick Jagger, singer-songwriter
Ed Sheeran, music maestro AR Rahman, and
Bollywood stars Saif Ali Khan and Vidya Balan
will unite for a fundraiser on Independence Day to
raise over Rs 25 crore for Covid-19 relief work.The
event titled “We For India”, which will be streamed
on Facebook on August 15.The three hour vide-
othon will feature over 100 artistes including film-
makers Rajkumar Hirani, Imtiaz Ali,Farah Khan etc.
AR RAHMAN, ED SHEERAN TEAM UP
FOR COVID FUNDRAISER ON I-DAY
Amit Shah...
told the media after vis-
iting youth TMC lead-
ers Jaya Dutta and
Sudip Raha at the state-
run SSKM Hospital in
Kolkata in the morn-
ing. Banerjee also al-
leged that the life of
her nephew and TMC
national general secre-
tary Abhishek Baner-
jee, who rushed to
Tripura on Sunday, is
also in danger. “Ab-
hishek’s car was at-
tacked last week,” she
said, referring to the
August 2 incident.
“Whenever Abhishek
boards a plane, five ruf-
fians are placed in the
seats around him. His
life is in danger. In-
structions have been
sent to Tripura so that
we cannot hire planes
and helicopters,” Ba-
nerjee said.
No transaction...
and disrupting proceed-
ings in Parliament since
it met on July 19 for the
Monsoon session. IT
and Communications
Minister Ashwini
Vaishnawhad had dis-
missed media reports
on the use of Pegasus
software to snoop on In-
dians, saying the allega-
tions levelled just ahead
of the Monsoon session
of Parliament were
aimed at maligning In-
dian democracy
. —PTI
FROM PG 1
No cases of infiltration reported
at Indo-China border: Defence Min
Announcement came after Indian Army said disengagement in Gogra along LAC was completed
New Delhi: No cases of
infiltration have been
reported at Indo-China
border this year, in-
formed the Ministry of
Defence on Monday
.
The Ministry’s re-
sponse came as the re-
ply to the unstarred
question in Rajya sab-
ha. As per the report of
Security Forces/Minis-
try of Home Affairs, at
Indo-Pakistan Border,
the number of infiltra-
tion attempts was 33, 11
infiltrators were killed
and 20 infiltrators were
apprehended during
2021 (till June 30, 2021).
At Indo-B’desh Bor-
der, there were 441 infil-
tration attempts, 740
infiltrators were appre-
hended while one infil-
trator was killed.
He further informed
that 11 illegal infiltra-
tors along Indo-Nepal
Border have been ap-
prehended in this year
“No cases of infiltra-
tion have been reported
at Indo-China Border,”
said the Defence Min.
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, calling
for a collective action against TB, emphasised
the crucial role played by the Parliament in
disseminating the message in a country full of
diversity. “It is responsibility of the people’s rep-
resentatives to ensure that their constituencies
have constant identification and monitoring of
the TB patients, look after the needs of patients
during and post treatment,” he said. A stagger-
ing 65% of TB cases in India are in the 15-45
age group, which is the most economically
productive population segment, Union Health
Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Monday.
New Delhi: Congress Lok Sabha MP Manish
Tewari on Monday suggested that the Op-
position must consider bringing a vote of a
no-confidence motion against the National
Democratic Alliance govt. As the logjam in
Parliament continues over the issues including
farmers’ agitation, Pegasus issue and COVID-19
mismanagement, Congress MP tweeted, “Since
NDA/BJP Govt is showing a level of obduracy
unwitnessed before in annals of Parliamentary
Democracy by not discussing l’affaire Pegasus,
Farmers agitation and COVID mismanagement
joint opposition should seriously consider it.
OM BIRLA CALLS FOR A COLLECTIVE
ACTION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS
MANISH TEWARI CALLS FOR VOTE OF
NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION AGAINST NDA
PARL PASSES BILL TO SET UP
CENTRAL UNIV IN LADAKH
New Delhi: Parliament Monday
passed the Central Universities
(Amendment) Bill, 2021 which seeks
to establish a Central University in
the Union Territory of Ladakh. The
Rajya Sabha passed the bill with a
voice vote amidst a walkout by the
opposition parties including The bill
was cleared by Lok Sabha last week.
Replying to a discussion on the bill,
Education Minister Dharmendra
Pradhan said, “Leh, Ladakh, is a
priority area for the prime minister.
We are committed to establish a
quality institution.” According to the
Statement of Objects and Reasons of
the bill, at present, there is no Central
University in Ladakh and therefore,
the govt has decided to increase in
accessibility of higher education.
RS RETURNS BILL TO END ALL
RETROSPECTIVE TAXATION
New Delhi: A bill that aims to end all
retrospective taxation imposed on
indirect transfer of Indian assets was
approved by Rajya Sabha on Monday
amid continuous protests by the
opposition. RS on took up The Taxa-
tion Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021,
with Opposition Congress, DMK
and TMC staging a walkout, saying
adequate time was not given to them
to prepare for a discussion on the
proposed legislation. ow, after Rajya
Sabha’s approval on ‘The Taxation
Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021’ , all
tax demands made on companies like
Cairn Energy and Vodafone using a
2012 legislation on indirect transfer
of Indian assets prior to May 28,
2012 will be withdrawn. money bill
was passed by the lower house.
Zydus covid vax likely to get approval this week
New Delhi: After a long
wait, Zydus Cadila-de-
veloped COVID-19 vac-
cine is expected to get
approval this week,
news agency
. Also Read
Will Take Another Year
to Vaccinate All Adults
at Current Rate of Vac-
cine Supply: Delhi Govt.
on Health MinMansukh
Mandaviya had earlier
this month said during
the Monsoon Session of
the Parliament that
four more Indian phar-
ma firms are expected
to start anti-coronavi-
rus vaccine production
by Oct-Nov that will ac-
celerate the inoculation
drive. he health minis-
ter had noted that Bio-
logicals-E and Novartis
vaccines will also be
available in the market
in the coming days,
while Zydus Cadila will
soon get an emergency-
use nod from an expert
committee.Notably, Zy-
dus Cadila is also work-
ing on a vaccine for
children above the age
of 12 years which, if ap-
proved, it could soon be
available in the country
.
t present, two compa-
nies (Bharat Biotech
and Serum Institute)
are supplying the vac-
cine to the government.
Sputnik vaccine is also
available. —PTI
IndianOlympiccontingentreturnsfromTokyo
New Delhi: India’s tri-
umphant Olympic con-
tingent, including his-
tory-making javelin
throw gold-medallist
Neeraj Chopra, re-
turned to the country
on Monday and was
greeted by frenzy and
chaos at the airport
where supporters jos-
tled to catch a glimpse
of their sporting he-
roes. he athletes were
welcomed by a Sports
Authority of India
(SAI) delegation headed
by its Director-General
Sandeep Pradhan, who
was accompanied by the
Athletics Federation of
India head Adille Suma-
riwala. he athletes were
garlanded and present-
ed with bouquets on ar-
rival and were applaud-
ed by the airport staff
as they made their way
out to utter chaos.
They were then
whisked away for a fe-
licitation function by
sports minister Anurag
Thakur later this even-
ing. It is the first time
we are seeing a recep-
tion like this, it is very
heartening,” said race
walker K T Irfan, who
competed in the 20km
race walk event. India
surpassed their previ-
ous best haul of six
medals achieved in the
2012 London Games
with one gold, two sil-
ver and four bronze
medals in Tokyo.
Delhi: 39 new covid
cases lowest this year
New Delhi: After Delhi
reported 76 fresh COV-
ID-19 recoveries in the
last 24 hours, the active
caseload of the national
capital has declined to
498, the lowest this year.
The national capital
also recorded 39 new
COVID-19 cases and 1
death, according to the
health bulletin issued
on Monday. ith newly
reported infections,
Delhi’s Covid tally has
reached 14,36,800 while
the positivity rate
stands at 0.08 per cent.
verall, recoveries have
climbed to 14,11,235
while the death toll has
mounted to 25,067. The
case fatality rate now
stands at 1.74 per cent.
In the last 24 hours, a
total of 46,447 tests were
conducted. This is com-
paratively less than the
total tests conducted on
Sunday. As many as
1,06,86,612 cumulative
beneficiaries have been
vaccinated so far, out of
which 11,099 beneficiar-
ies were inoculated in
the last 24 hours. n
April 20, Delhi regis-
tered the biggest spike
of new 28,395 coronavi-
rus cases since the pan-
demic began last year.
‘Social concerns behind caste census’
Patna: Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar
on Monday asserted
that his strong pitch for
a caste-based census
was driven by “social”,
and “not political”, con-
cerns.
Talking to reporters
on the sidelines of his
weekly public interac-
tion programme here,
Kumar, who is the de
facto leader of the Ja-
nata Dal (United), also
disclosed that his letter
seeking an appoint-
ment with Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi had
been dispatched last
week and a response to
the same was awaited.
“I have learnt that my
letter had reached the
Prime Minister’s Office
on August 4. I am look-
ing forward to a re-
sponse”, said Kumar.
Hyderabad: The Telan-
gana govt on Monday is-
sued an order sanction-
ing Rs 500 crore towards
implementing its new
welfare scheme,
the’’Dalit Bandhu
scheme’’, in Huzurabad
constituency
. The gov-
ernment order came
amid strong criticism
from opposition parties
which alleged that the
CM K Chandrashekhar
Rao-led govt’s move is
aimed at deriving politi-
cal advantage as Hu-
zurabad is set to go for
bypolls as the seat fell
vacantafterformermin-
ister Etala Rajender re-
signed as legislator.
Under BDS, each ben-
eficiary-household
would get Rs 10 lakhs.
Telangana
releases `500
Cr for Dalit
Bandhu Sch
75TH YR OF INDEPENDENCE: DELHI
GOVT KICKS OFF ANNIV CELEBRATION
London: A UK High
Court judge here on
Monday granted fugi-
tive diamond merchant
Nirav Modi permission
to appeal against a mag-
istrates’ court order in
favour of extradition to
India to face charges of
fraud and money laun-
dering before the Indi-
an courts on mental
health and human
rights grounds.
Justice Martin
Chamberlain delivered
his verdict remotely un-
der COVID-19 rules to
conclude that the argu-
ments presented by the
50-year-old diamond
merchant’s legal team
concerning his severe
depression and high
risk of suicide were ar-
guable at a substantial
hearing.
He also noted that the
adequacy of the meas-
ures capable of prevent-
ing successful suicide
attempts at Mumbai’s
Arthur Road Jail,
where he is to be de-
tained upon extradi-
tion, also fall within the
arguable ambit.
At this stage, the
question for me is sim-
ply whether the appel-
lant’s case on these
grounds is reasonably
arguable. In my judg-
ment, it is. I will grant
permission to appeal on
Grounds 3 and 4, Jus-
tice Chamberlain’s rul-
ing notes. —PTI
UK Court permits Nirav Modi to
appeal on suicide risk grounds
CRUCIAL READ
BJP PARL PARTY
MEETING TODAY
New Delhi: BJP parlia-
mentary party meeting will
be held today, ahead of a
series of meetings that PM
Modi is supposed to hold
with his Council of Min-
isters this week in which
he is likely to discuss his
govt’s future course of
action. —ANI
SENSEX REBOUNDS
TO END 125 PTS UP
Mumbai: Equity bench-
mark Sensex rose 125
points on Monday. The
30-share index ended
125.13 points or 0.23 per
cent higher at 54,402.85,
while the broader NSE
Nifty advanced 20.05
points or 0.12 per cent to
16,258.25.
REWARD PLAYERS, DEMANDS RAHUL
New Delhi: Enough of video of phone calls, now
sportspersons should get rewards as promised,
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Monday in
an apparent swipe at PM Narendra Modi.

LKO MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION -
A HAVEN FOR
CORRUPT
PRACTICES
The Lucknow Municipal
Corporation has become a
haven for corrupt practices with
officers to babu hand in gloves
in the deed. A new scam has
come to the fore in the
Municipal Corporation, in which
a clerk named Satyavrat Yadav
created an organization in the
name of his wife which
employed close to 600
employees in the Municipal
Corporation and from whom he
collected close to Rs. 55 lakh
per month. The scam was
unearthed by IAS Ajay Dwivedi,
Municipal Commissioner as he
came to know that a government
employee posted in his
department has made an
associate firm named Arna
Associate firm in the name of his
wife, engaged 600 employees in
the cleaning works and collected
lakhs of rupees under the
pretext of bills. The Municipal
Commissioner immediately
issued a notice to Babu,
blacklisted his company and
ordered an inquiry into the
whole matter. The most
surprising aspect is that
Satyavrat Yadav, who is a Babu
in the Municipal Corporation,
has been posted in the Health
Department of the Municipal
Corporation for a long time. He
was collecting lakhs of rupees
from the municipal corporation
as remuneration for workers
had hundreds of employees on
paper but in reality, he could not
show even a dozen employees in
the field. —First India Bureau
NEW TWIST IN
THE CASE OF
REMDESIVIR IN
HALLET
HOSPITAL
The Three of the outsourced
staff nurses who had been
made scapegoats had never been
deployed in neuroscience Covid
ward. Due to this, the corruption
of the then Chief Medical
Superintendent of Halat Hospital
Dr Jyoti Saxena and Matron Shiv
Kanti Sachan has come to the
fore, because these two together
had submitted the above list to
the DM. In the report submitted to
District Magistrate Alok Tiwari,
names of all these outsourced
staff nurses and ward boys were
put by these two people and a
separate line was mentioned in
which stated that these people
should be suspended immediately.
Through their report, both of them
misled the DM and the current
Principal Dr Sanjay Kala,
arbitrarily, showed the way out to
everyone. Recently, a video of
Principal Dr Sanjay Kala had gone
viral in which he is seen saying in
front of all these suspended
nurses that DM Alok Tiwari has
done this action, there is no hand
of Halat administration in this.
Due to his arbitrariness, Dr Kala
put the blame on DM’s head
whereas the DM had only ordered
for action against the culprits and
not asked to show the way out to
everyone. In this case, how were
the people implicated who were
not even present on duty. The
names of nurse Anju, Male Nurse
Atish Wah and Staff Nurse Shashi
Kala have been mentioned in the
list, while the duty of these three
was never in the Neuroscience
Covid Ward. At whose behest
their names were put, it should be
thoroughly investigated. When an
attempt was made to talk to the
then Chief Medical
Superintendent Dr Jyoti Saxena
and Matron Shiv Kanti Sachan
about the names of these three,
both of them refused to talk in
this matter. Principal Dr. Sanjay
Kala also declined to comment.
—First India Bureau
NEWS
07
‘Sex with wife above the age of 15 is not rape’:HC grants bail to accused in line with Muslim law
FILE APPEAL AGAINST VERDICT:
NCPCRURGESUPGOVERNMENT
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Nation-
al Commission for Pro-
tection of Child Rights
(NCPCR) has objected
to the Allahabad High
Court’s decision that
sex with a wife above
15 years of age is not
rape.
Taking suo motu
cognizance of the deci-
sion, the commission
has written a letter to
Chief Secretary of UP
government. In this let-
ter, the state govern-
ment has been request-
ed to take necessary
steps and file an imme-
diate appeal against
this decision.
On August 6, the Al-
lahabad HC, while
hearing a case related
to unnatural sex and
torture for dowry, had
said that having sex
with a minor wife who
is more than 15 years of
age is not rape. While
pronouncing this deci-
sion, the HC had grant-
ed bail to the accused
Khushabe Ali.
After this decision, the
Child Commission it-
self took cognizance of
the matter and has
written a letter to UP
Chief Secretary also
shared a link to a re-
port by the media
group that published
the verdict, which said
that sex with a 15-year-
old minor wife would
not amount to rape.
Had the prosecution ar-
gued in this case keep-
ing in mind the POSCO
Act, the accused would
not have got bail in
such a serious offence.
Along with this, the Al-
lahabad HC’s order in
this case - that physical
relationship with a
wife above 15 years
does not amount to
rape - also needs to be
reviewed. Therefore,
the government should
file a review petition in
this matter.
A minor girl had
filed a case against her
adult husband Khush-
abe Ali at Bhojpur po-
lice station in Mo-
radabad on charges of
dowry, assault, intimi-
dation forced sex in
which the accused filed
a bail application in Al-
lahabad HC. During the
hearing of bail applica-
tion, Justice Moham-
mad Aslam of Alla-
habad HC, while pro-
nouncing the verdict,
said sex with a minor
wife who is more than
15 years of age will not
be treated as ‘rape’. The
SC advocate Shashwat
Anand said that the HC
in its order released the
accused on bail citing
subsection 2 of Section
375 of IPC, which pro-
vides that ‘sexual inter-
course of a man with
his own wife or Sexual
act, if the wife is not
less than fifteen years
of age, is not rape.’
‘ABOVE ALL KINDS OF RULES’
NCPCR has said in a letter to CS that Protection of
Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act 2012 was
not properly placed before the court by public prosecu-
tor. The POSCO Act is special and it is above all kinds
of rules. Even IPC and Personal Law also become inef-
fective before POSCO Act. After reading the judgment
of HC, it becomes clear that prosecution has completely
failed to present the case of the minor in this case.
INCONSISTENT
WITH THE LAW
The HC forgot that
subsection 2 of Section
375 has already been
‘read down’ by SC in its
judgment, Independent
Thought vs Union of
India, as unconstitu-
tional. Therefore, to
refer above provision
in its judgment is
absolutely wrong or
inconsistent with law.
POSSIBILITY
OF DEBATE
Senior Advocate SFA
Naqvi of Allahabad
High Court said this
decision of High Court
had been given in
light of subsection 2
of section 375 of the
Indian Penal Code
(IPC). It cannot be
dismissed. There is a
possibility of further
debate in this case.
—REPRESENTATIONAL PHOTO
Congress stages
protest against
rising prices
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Almost all
the Vidhan Sabhas
across Uttar Pradesh
organised a protest
march against the
rising prices in the
BJP regime on Mon-
day
. While Lucknow
witnessed small
events related to the
same, an impactful
march was witnessed
in Mohanlalganj area
of the city
. Where the
procession was
peacefully taken out
by the supporters of
the issue under the
leadership of Vidhan
Sabha incharge Nar-
endra Gautam and
State’s General Secre-
tary Firoz Khan. The
march started from
Kashishvar Nath
temple of the area
ended at around 1.5
kilometersawayfrom
the venue. Gautam
said, “The ruling BJP
has forgotten the
poor and needy, who
came out in good
numbers to vote them
to power. They are be-
traying the common
man and are siding
with the corporates”
Congress supporters protest in Mohanlalganj area.
UNITE FIGHT
NO CAUTION
Devotees wait in a queue without following social distancing to worship at Shri Kashi
Vishwanath temple on the third Monday of Sawan, in Varanasi. —PHOTO BY ANI
MohiniTeadirectorlodgesFIRagainstkin
First India Bureau
Lucknow: There has
been a split in the fam-
ily of owner of coun-
try’s famous tea leaves
company‘MohiniChai’.
The dispute between
brothers has now
reached police station.
Company’s director
Dinesh Chandra Agar-
wal has accused his el-
der brother and the
company’s managing
director (MD) Ramesh
Chandra Agarwal of
fraud of Rs 2.40 crore.
In this case, Dinesh
Chandra Aggarwal has
filed an FIR for cheating
in Kotwali against elder
brother Ramesh Agar-
wal, sister-in-law Amita
Agarwal, nephew Har-
shit Agarwal, daughter-
in-law Pooja Agarwal
two others. Yes Bank
officials have also been
accused of being in-
volved in this fraud.
Ramesh Chandra
Agarwal is MD of Moh-
ini Tea Leebza Pvt Ltd,
a company that makes
Mohini tea. His younger
brothers Dinesh Chan-
draAgarwalandSuresh
Chandra Agarwal are
directors in the compa-
ny
. Dinesh Chandra Ag-
garwal alleged that MD
Ramesh took a loan of
Rs 2.40 crores without
informing Board of Di-
rectors also Rs 70 lakh
were transferred to his
personal account.
Farmers’MahapanchayatonDelhi-MeerutExpressway
First India Bureau
Lucknow: On Monday,
farmers of Modinagar
area during the Ma-
hapanchayat organized
at Bhojpur toll plaza
called for equal com-
pensation for land ac-
quired for the Delhi-
Meerut Expressway.
The Mahapanchayat
was attended by several
hundred farmers from
26 nearby villagers took
part in the protest and
were joined by BKU’s
national spokesperson
Rakesh Tikait who gave
impetus to the long-run-
ning movement.
The protest was also
supported by leaders of
SP RLD who attended
the Mahapanchayat
lending support to the
farmer’s cause. In the
Mahapanchayat, Rake-
sh Tikait said that ever
since the Delhi-Meerut
Expressway was built,
the farmers have been
agitating calling for
equal compensation by
NHAI. He added that
NHAI has been ap-
proached to provide
documents showing
where farmers have got
equal compensation. He
further demanded the
opening of highway cut
in Bhojpur otherwise
the farmers themselves
will dig open a way for
them. Tikait alleged
that NHAI acquired the
land of Chipiyana vil-
lage to save a building
on Lalkuan Ghaziabad.
He added that he will
approach the project di-
rector of NHAI dis-
cuss equal compensa-
tion for the farmers.
Tikait said that farm-
ers from all over the
world learned to drive
tractors from the farm-
ers’ movement and in
many countries like
England, America,
Germany the farmer’s
movement has gar-
nered support.
Police nab
wanted criminal
in encounter
Ajay Sharma
Bahraich: A
wanted criminal
named Maniram
alias Mani with a
reward of Rs.
50,000 on his head
was injured and
taken to hospital
for treatment.
There are more
than 37 serious
cases registered
against Maniram
he was arrested
after the encoun-
ter in Kourian
Purva under Mat-
era police station.
The police are also
on the lookout for
the remaining ac-
complices of
Maniram gang,
who are on the run
following the en-
counter. Maniram
was absconding in
the case of rob-
bery which took
place in Motipur
under Jarhi Road
police station.
—FILE PHOTO
TIKAIT TAKES A DIG AT BJP GOVT
Rakesh Tikait targeted the BJP government by saying
that the farmer’s issue would have been solved had
it been for some other party’s government, but the
solution is not being found because of the current
Adani-Ambani government. The protest demanding
uniform compensation for land acquired for the Delhi-
Meerut Expressway has been going on for 2 years
now without any solution in the pipeline.
—FILE PHOTO

08
2NDFRONT
‘Govt cannot
hide farmers’
plight by
giving ads’
First India Bureau
New Delhi: At-
tacking the Uttar
Pradesh govern-
ment, Congress
leader Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra on
Monday said it
cannot hide the
“plight” of farm-
ers by giving full
page advertise-
ments and asked
what it had done
about the “black
agri laws”.
The Congress
generalsecretary’s
attack came over a
media report on a
farmer allegedly
committing sui-
cide in Pichaura
village under Kan-
pur Dehat after his
crops were ruined
due to floods in the
village.
“Farmers are
the soul of this
country
. . Tell me
what did you do --
With regard to
stray cattle? Com-
pensation for crop
loss? Payment of
sugarcane dues?
About black agri
laws? Regarding
inflation and the
price of electrici-
ty?” she said in a
tweet in Hindi.
NOIDAFlatowners’bodyagainsthikeincirclerates
First India Bureau
Lucknow All the po-
litical parties in the
state are trying to
woo Brahmins to
solve the caste equa-
tions.
After BSP and SP,
BJP has also started
trying to woo 16%
vote bank the Brah-
mins in the state. In
the list of Mahila
Morchadistrictpresi-
dents in BJP for west-
ern UP released on
Sunday night, the
BJPhasentrustedthe
command of 9 out of
19 districts of west-
ern UP to Brahmin
women. The list is be-
ing seen by many as
damage control but
Varsha Kaushik,
president of the BJP
MahilaMorcha,West-
ern Uttar Pradesh de-
fended the move and
saidthattheBJPdoes
not work on the basis
of caste.Kaushikadd-
ed that the women of
the organisation who
have showcased lead-
ership qualities have
been given the re-
sponsibility of the
post of District Presi-
dent.
According to the
list of Mahila Morcha
District President re-
leased by State Presi-
dent of BJP Mahila
Morcha, Geeta
Shakya, Brahmin
women who are dis-
trict presidents are
Vijay Laxmi Pandit
from Moradabad me-
tropolis, Usha Shar-
ma from Amroha,
Monika Sharma Ya-
dav from Bijnor, Aar-
ti Sharma from Saha-
ranpur metropolis,
Geeta Sharma from
Meerut metropolis
and Aarti Mishra
from Ghaziabad.
First India Bureau
Noida: Peeved over pro-
posed hike in land circle
rates here, a residents’
association having al-
most 40,000 flat owners
as its members on Mon-
day urged Uttar Pradesh
Cabinet Minister Satish
Mahanaforreconsidera-
tion of the move.
The Noida Federation
of Apartment Owners’
Associations (NOFAA)
has also sought a meet-
ing with Mahana, the
infrastructure and in-
dustrial development
minister,toresolvesome
other burning issues
concerning residents of
high rise societies in
Gautam Buddh Nagar
district.
The government’s re-
cent proposal to hike the
circle rates and thereby
cost of properties here
had met with opposition
from another citizens’
body
, the Federation of
NoidaResidentsWelfare
Association (FONRWA),
and builders’ group, the
National Real Estate De-
velopmentCouncil.“The
recent proposal of 40 per
centto87percenthikein
circle rates of housing
societies would be very
hard-hittingonthepock-
ets of home buyers.
Among all, the worst hit
are high-rise society
dwellers. When almost
40,000 registries are still
pending, such an in-
crease would be unac-
ceptable,” NOFAA presi-
dentRajivaSinghsaidin
a letter to Mahana.
The federation also
said it would soon be
meeting the DM as well
as the CEOs of all three
local authorities to high-
lighttheimpactandcon-
cerns of high-rise socie-
ty dwellers on the pro-
posed circle rate hike.
NOFAA VP Sachin
Goyal said, “The builder
in majority of the cases
either delays or refuses
to pay the IFMS (inter-
est-free maintenance se-
curity) charges. We have
knocked on all doors but
there has been no result
so far. Recovering the
IFMS amount and fur-
ther interest on that
amount is always a chal-
lenge.
SHOWER BOUNTY
Commuters ride on two-wheelers during a heavy bout of rains in Lucknow on Monday.
‘It is important to remove
BJP bring change in UP’
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Con-
gress on Monday organ-
ised a ‘Parivartan
Sankalp BJP Gadhdhi
ChoroMarch’inBithoor.
State President Ajay Ku-
mar Lallu was the chief
guest. During the event
family members and
senior freedom fighters
were honored. INTUC’s
national vice president,
Vijay Singh Martolia
said it is very important
bring about change in
UP and remove BJP
.
Vijay Martolia presenting a memento to Ajay Kumar Lallu
Rajbhar sets a deadline
for Akhilesh Yadav
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Praising Sa-
majwadi Party chief
Akhilesh Yadav ,
Suheldev Bharatiya Sa-
maj Party (SBSP) presi-
dent Om Prakash Rajb-
har said that that if any
party can fight with BJP
in the state, then it is Sa-
majwadi Party
. He has
indicated that his party
may join hands with the
SP
.
Rajbhar further said
that if the Samajwadi
Party joins hands with
Sankalp Morcha, the
BJP will not be visible
anywhere in UP
. He add-
ed the Sankalp Morcha
front is very powerful in
Purvanchal, in such a
situation, if SP joins
hand, then BJP will not
be able to open its ac-
count in Purvanchal.
Hehasthoughmadeit
clear that till now the SP
has not contacted him,
nor has he had a conver-
sation with Akhilesh Ya-
davforthelasttwoyears.
Rajbharaddedthatif the
initiative is not taken
from Akhilesh’s side,
then on October 27, an
alliancewillbeproposed
from his side. He added
that his front’s motive is
to wipe out BJP from UP
and that he is willing to
bridge the gap created
between Shivpal and
Akhilesh.
Brahmin women hold
top post in nine dists
Om Prakash Rajbhar
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh government
on Monday trans-
ferred 14 IPS officers
in the state with ap-
pointing new police
chiefs in Gorakhpur,
Ballia, Chitrakoot,
Rampur, Unnao, Ha-
pur, Lalitpur and
Baghpat.
According to offi-
cial sources, SSP Gor-
akhpur Dinesh Kumar
P has been made SP of
Pilibhit, SP of Ballia
Vipin Tanda has been
made the new SSP of
Gorakhpur.
Rajkaran Nayyar,
who was attached
with the DGP office
Lucknow, has been
made SP Ballia, SP
Chitrakoot Ankit Mit-
tal has been made SP
of Rampur, comman-
dant PAC Prayagraj
Avinash Pandey has
been made SP of Unn-
ao while SP of Hapur
Neeraj Kumar Jadon
has been made SP of
Baghpat .
ACP Kanpur Nikhil
Pathak has been made
SP of Lalitpur, ACP
Kanpur Deepak
Bhooker has been
made SP of Hapur
while ASP Ganga
Paar Prayagraj Dhaw-
al Jaiswal has been
made SP of Chitra-
koot.
SP Unnao Suresh
Rao A Kulkarni has
been made SP intelli-
gence Lucknow, SP
Rampur Shagun Gau-
tam has been made SP
security Lucknow, SP
Pilibhit Rathore Kirit
K Hari Bhai has been
made SP regional in-
telligence Agra, SP
Baghpat Abhishek
Singh has been made
SP ATS Lucknow and
SP Lalitpur Pramod
Kumar has been made
SP law and order
headquarter Luc-
know.
14 IPS Officers Shifted; Gokakhpur, Ballia, Unnao get new chiefs
RESHUFFLE
lll
Abhishek Singh
has been made
SP ATS
Lucknow and
Pramod Kumar
has been made
SP law and
order,
Headquarter
Lucknow
Rajkaran Nayyar Avinash Pandey
Dinesh Kumar P Vipin Tanda
POLLITRICKS: PARTIES EYE
OBC VOTES IN RUN-UP TO ‘22
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Assembly
elections are due in the
state after six months.
The BJP is making ef-
forts for regaining pow-
er, while mission of op-
positionpartiesistostop
the victory chariot of
saffron party
. From the
ruling party to opposi-
tion parties, all eyes are
onthevotesof OBCcom-
munity of state.
When PM Modi gave a
politicalmessagetoOBC
communitybyincluding
many OBC ministers in
his cabinet expansion,
all opposition parties in-
cluding SP to BSP and
Congress raised the de-
mand for caste census
while BJP has kept si-
lence on it.
Now, opposition has
started using caste cen-
sus as a political weapon
against BJP
.
SPchief AkhileshYadav
hasraisedthedemandto
conductcastecensus.He
said on Sunday that BJP
,
which reached power by
trickingDalitsandback-
wards, has in fact stood
as a wall on the path
shown by architect of
Constitution Babasaheb
Bhimrao Ambedkar. He
said caste census was
verynecessarytoprotect
interests of the down-
trodden and oppressed
class and his party will
get this work done on
priority basis after com-
ing to power.
BSPPresidentMayawati
is also openly in the fray
in support of caste cen-
sus. She had tweeted on
Friday saying the BSP
has been demanding
census of OBC commu-
nity in country since the
beginning and it is still
their demand. If BJP
takes any positive step
regarding caste census,
BSP will support it both
inside and outside Par-
liament. Apart from
Mayawati, Suheldev Sa-
maj Party chief Om-
prakash Rajbhar is also
opening a front against
BJPfordemandingcaste
census.
At the same time, the
Backward Classes of UP
Congress have sent a
memorandum to Presi-
dent through DM on Au-
gust 6 for demand of
caste census in all dis-
tricts. StatePresidentof
Backward Classes of UP
Congress Manoj Yadav
said the census on basis
of caste will make status
of caste wise population
in country and what is
its representation. What
is the problem with BJP
in conducting caste
based census and why is
itpanicking.Thisshould
be brought to the fore, he
added.
After PM includes OBC ministers in cabinet, Opposition demands caste census
CENSUS WORK
THIS YEAR
Census work in
country is to be done
in 2021. Although, it
was supposed to start
last year itself, but
was postponed due to
Corona pandemic. The
Centre wants to start
this process. In such a
situation, the politics of
Bihar to UP has heated
up regarding the
demand for conducting
caste based census.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Alla-
habad High Court has
held that the lodging of
an FIR under the UP-
Gangsters and Anti-
Social Activities (Pre-
vention) Act, 1986 is
valid and permissible,
even on the basis of in-
volvement of a person
in a single case. The
court passed this order
while hearing a Crimi-
nal Misc.Writ Petition
filed by Ritesh Kumar
Alias Rikki.
Gangster Act:
FIR valid even
in single case
If it is important enough to be
done personally, it is important
to be done against all odds.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
—PHOTO
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR
Akhilesh Yadav Mayawati

LUCKNOW, TUESDAY
AUGUST 10, 2021
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GARIMA
BORANA,
Actress
FACE
OF
THE
DAY!
Aries
MARCH 21 - APRIL 20
Seek opinion of expert
before opting for a
health supplement. The
day is not likely to pose
any major problems at
workplace. You will succeed in
resolving misunderstanding with
family members, normalizing ties.
Seek proper valuation of the property
you are planning to buy.
Gemini
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Avoid being indulgent in
your spending to
balance budget.
Continue to put in
efforts at work and you
will see promising opportunities
coming your way. Matrimonial match
for siblings will bring happiness for
entire family. You will get a good price
for your property.
Leo
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Yoga would help in
raising energy levels
and improve your
metabolism. Some of
you are going
experience emotional fulfillment. Place
emphasis on domestic affairs to
enhance the domestic tranquility and
harmony. Associate yourself with
humanitarian group.
Libra
SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 22
Successful implementa-
tion of new ideas and
projects would add to
your prestige on the
professional front. A
sound monetary position would enable
you to keep pace with change. Avoid
raising controversial issues at home to
maintain harmony. It is a wonderful
day to build new connections.
Sagittarius
NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 22
Distant relatives may
drop in for a surprise
visit. Investment
antiques and jewellery
would bring handsome
financial gains. On professional front,
recognition for good work would
motivate you to work harder. Efforts
made to improve looks or personality
will bring desired results.
Aquarius
JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 19
Better to consult an
expert in financial
matters before making
an investment. Your
hard work and
dedication are likely to be noticed by
seniors, paving way for promotion or
increment. Family will be supportive of
career aspirations. A promising day
overall as you stay in limelight.
Taurus
APRIL 21 - MAY 20
You will be greatly
benefited by investing in
companies of repute.
Develop a good
adaptability to handle
pressurized situation on professional
front. Paying special attention to plan
your career would give immense joy.
You are likely to get clearance or
approval for your construction plans.
Cancer
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Don’t give a firm
commitment in
financial matters before
considering the viability.
You succeed in
completing an important project well
before deadline. Disagreements on the
family front are foreseen. Be careful
about the legal apprehensions in the
property you are planning to buy.
Virgo
AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 23
A sound financial health
of businessmen would
enable to give monetary
benefits. Roadblock in
the matrimonial alliance
of kin gets cleared bringing happiness
for entire family. Your sole dependency
on friends may fail to bring any respite
from loneliness today. It is good day to
confess your love.
Scorpio
OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You may get a chance
to pursue old hobby.
Health tips from an
expert will enable you
to get closer to your
fitness goals. Chances of being misled
by competitors in business are high,
so remain alert. Your generous
behavior would enable to enjoy some
lovely moments with family.
Capricorn
DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 20
Long-pending arrears
and dues are likely to be
recovered. Senior
management will be
appreciative of your
creative inputs on professional front.
Seek the opinion of your family before
finalizing a property deal. An impromp-
tu invitation to a function from a friend
is likely to be received.
Pisces
FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 20
It’s a very good day to
take calculated risks in
financial matters.
Those suffering from
chronic ailments may
find remarkable improvement in their
health with home remedies. Today you
will enjoy the trust of senior manage-
ment. Minor domestic disputes may
snowball into a major row.
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‘My Epitaph’
‘My Epitaph’
by Jagdeep Singh
by Jagdeep Singh
‘MY EPITAPH’ TAKES THE READERS ON AN INNER CONRADIAN
JOURNEY INTO THE HEART OF DARKNESS WITH THE POET!
agdeep Singh
better known
as Jags to the
literati and
the Public
R e l a t i o n s
seekers al-
ways had a penchant
for the right word. With
his book of poetry, he
enters the internal
space of the self to ex-
plore the work and the
eternal questioning the
self faces. It is a very
personalized account of
what is universal in the
human condition and
what is its philosophical
intent. The voice of the
narrator is ever-present
looking at that side of
one’s psyche that ob-
serves life’s poignant
moments silently and
the other part that lives
those moments. The for-
ty-six pieces that make
the book are laden with
sad notes to oneself that
become a comment on
the outer world. There is
an ironic punch and
dark humour too in
there that makes one
smile wryly
. As the book
opens we encounter the
bum who did nothing in
life except writing ‘his
own epitaph / on a cold
hard stone.’
The poet has met ‘pain
head-on and enter the
very/crucible of suffer-
ing/ and come out clean/
pure like gold.’ There is
a certain layering of un-
dertones that make the
poems very readable
from one page to anoth-
er. The content is not as
light as the book and the
reader goes on an inner
Conradian journey into
the heart of darkness
w i t h
the poet. It is
that sense of identi-
fication with the Eli-
otean disillusionment
with life that makes the
book a complete narra-
tive of the human condi-
tion. As the poet most
aptly says in an untitled
poem – ‘And you said/
you want to look/ into
my very core of sad-
ness/ …you‘ll find you
are staring at yourself.’
It is this identification
with the written word
that endears the poems
as your very own.
While the narrator
lives so much in the
world, there is a parallel
life he lives with writers
and their characters too.
Conrad, Eliot, Shake-
speare, Sylvia Plath
meet you with their
lives’ paradoxes, their
characters rubbing
shoulders with you and
the historically recorded
truths written in a con-
versational flow becom-
ing a facsimile of read-
ers’ experience.
However,
the pithy
statements evoke an
overtone that is beyond
words, feelings unsaid,
the utterances that hang
in the air, the life truths
lived by the reader him-
self. The writer and the
reader meet halfway
through a poem con-
fronting each other at
times.
To be accepted as a
poet by P Lal’s Writers’
Workshop is an amazing
achievement for
Jagdeep. It seems he too
like Lal did not use any
promos, good words by
eminent writers or sup-
port to get accepted. It
simply merits that
counts at Writers Work-
shop which is profess-
edly a venture of alter-
native publication in
a world of commer-
cial publication.
Jagdeep Singh prefers to
write poetry in a world
of publishing where po-
etry does not sell. P Lal’s
Writers Workshop is a
‘cottage industry-style
low key entrepreneur-
ship which considers
small to be beautiful and
viable’ as well. So that is
how Jags’ poetry fits
into the classy, person-
ally culled variety of po-
etry of Writers Work-
shop. It is no mean
achievement. In a per-
sonalized production,
the book is hand-bound
in hand woven fabric.
This too stands as a cor-
ollary to the ‘cottage in-
dustry’ entrepreneur-
ship where the content
of the book and its cover
are well assimilated.
One expects to read
more of Jags’ poetry
who it seems keeps
weighing his work for
years before bringing it
out for publication.
DR MRIDUL BHASIN
Writer and Social Activist
J
On a cold, hard stone
have I engraved
my own epitaph:
“Here lies a bum
who thought he’d do
something in life.
All he did
was to write
his own epitaph.”
On a cold, hard stone.
My Epitaph
And you said
you want to look
into my very
core of sadness.
Don’t!
For if you do
you’ll find
you’re
staring at yourself.
Untitled
How to
Withstand Pain?
Take a few deep breaths
and then a cold shower
.
Rub yourself vigorously
with a rough, dry towel
and then go and pray.
Pray like mad.
Call upon
the Pantheon of Gods
you’ve Known
to deliver you from pain.
Be convinced
of what they all say -
that time
is a great healer
.
But what I’d say
is meet pain head-on.
Go writhe in agony -
and enter the very
crucible of suffering.
And come out cleansed
pure like gold!
Jagdeep Singh

BC The One Show
shockers from Rita
Ora’s risque outfit to
Jimmy Carr dwarf gag
BBCTheOneShowhas
been entertaining the
nation for 15 years and
has been hosted by a wide range
of presenters from Alex Jones
and Christine Lampard to Chris
EvansandAdrianChiles.It’sthe
early evening programme that’s
been going for 15 years – yet the
BBC favourite has seen some sur-
prisingly controversial moments.
The One Show first hit the box this
week in 2006 and since then has been
hosted by stars including Alex
Jones, Christine Bleakley
, Adri-
anChiles,MattBakerand Chris
Evans. —Agency
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11
D
isney’s ‘Dis-
enchanted’
is officially
on the way!
Actor Amy Adams’
upcoming film has
completed its
shooting and will
soon release in the-
atres. Director and
producer Adam
Shankman recent-
ly announced
that the se-
quel to the
b e l o v e d
2007 movie, ‘En-
chanted’, conclud-
ed production in
Ireland and is on
the way. “Myself
and Giselle...er-
rrr....@amyadams
would just like to
say: And that’s a
wrap. #Disen-
chanted Coming to
you in
# 2 0 2 2 , ”
h e
wrote.
—Agency
Wedding bells for
Wedding bells for
Ranbir Alia?
Ranbir Alia?
L
ara Dutta
said that she
doesn’tknow
much about
what all couples
from the younger
generation are cur-
rently dating and
added, “I might say
something about
some couple and I
wouldn’t even
know if they are
still together or
not,”shesaid.How-
ever,onbeingpoint-
ed out at Ranbir-
Alia’s wedding,
Lara felt that they
will soon get
hitched. In an inte-
view, Ranbir said
that he and Alia
would have already
been married had
COVID-19 pandem-
ic not hit our lives’.
“Idon’twanttojinx
it by saying any-
thing. I want to tick
mark that goal
very soon in my
life,” he said.
—Agency
Sad Demise
O
ne of the most
prolific actors
Anupam Shyam
has passed away
in Mumbai due to mul-
tiple organ failure. The
actor was known for
portraying several pop-
ular characters in an
elaborate and esteemed
career across television
and films. —Agency
M
alayalam actress
Saranya Sasi pass-
es away at 33 after
battling Cancer. In
a heartbreaking piece of
news, Mollywood’s popular
star Saranya Sasi breathed
her last on the morning of
Monday, August 9 at a pri-
vate hospital in Kochi. The
actress had been battling a
rare form of a brain tumour
since 2012. Saranya Sasi’s
health started deteriorating
and her disease had report-
edly spread to the spinal
nerve. —Agency
Like
mother, like
daughter
P
opular televi-
sion actress
Shweta Tiwari
feels her daugh-
ter Palak, who is all set
to make her debut in
Bollywood with the
horror film ‘Rosie: The
Saffron Chapter’, is a
better actor than her.
The 40-year-old actress
added that she would
love to share screen
space with Palak.
—Agency
GET READY TO BE
‘DISENCHANTED’
Gone too soon
THE RISQUE
OUTFIT
B
Amy Adams
Palak Tiwari
Rita Ora
Ranbir Kapoor Alia Bhatt
Saranya Sasi
Anupam Shyam

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