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New Delhi (PTI): All
vacant teaching- and
non-teaching posts in
higher education insti-
tutions (HEIs), Kendri-
ya Vidyalayas and
Jawahar Navodaya Vid-
yalayas will be filled at
the earliest, Union Edu-
cation Minister Dhar-
mendra Pradhan said
on Tuesday
.
Pradhan, who is also
the Skill Development
Minister, said the two
Ministries are commit-
ted to filling all vacan-
cies in their respective
Departments in the
next 1.5 years.
“All vacant teaching
& non-teaching posts in
HEIs, Kendriya Vidya-
layas, Jawahar Navo-
daya Vidyalayas and
other Departments will
be filled up at the earli-
est.”
“Taking forward PM
@narendramodi ji’s de-
cision to recruit 10 lakh
people in all govt. de-
partments and minis-
tries in mission-mode,
@EduMinOfIndia and
@MSDESkillIndia is
committed to fill-up all
vacancies in their re-
spective departments in
the next 1.5 years,” the
Minister said in a series
of tweets.
“Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has
asked various govern-
ment Departments and
Ministries to under-
take the recruitment of
10 lakh people on a
“mission mode” in the
next year and a half,”
his office said on Tues-
day.
VACANCIESINKENDRIYAVIDYALAYAS,NAVODAYA
SCHOOLS TO BE FILLED UP SOON, SAYS PRADHAN

The Union
Education
Minister also
said all vacant
teaching- and
non-teaching
posts in higher
education
institutions will
be filled at
the earliest
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
Lieutenant Governor
VK Saxena on Tuesday
launched a special
cleanliness drive in the
city that will be carried
out jointly by multiple
agencies. Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal, his
deputy Manish Sisodia
and MLA Dilip Pandey
were slated to be present
on the occasion, but they
couldn’t make it to the
event, civic officials said.
“The Lt Governor
launched the drive with
a symbolic sweep of a
broom at an event held
at Batra Cinema Complex
at Mukherjee Nagar area
in northwest Delhi.
More on P2
LG LAUNCHES
CLEANLINESS
DRIVE IN NAT’L
CAPITAL
Thakur targets AAP over Jain’s
claim of post-Covid memory loss
New Delhi (PTI): BJP
leader and Union minis-
ter Anurag Thakur on
Tuesday targeted he
AAP leadership over ar-
rested Delhi minister
Satyendar Jain’s report-
ed claim of post-Covid
memory loss, and won-
dered how such a person
continued to be minister.
ThakurquestionedDel-
hiCMArvindKejriwalfor
keeping such a person in
his cabinet and wondered
how he could run the de-
partments under him. He
also wondered how Jain
couldrememberpeoplein
HimachalPradesh,where
he is the in-charge of par-
ty affairs.
The Enforcement Di-
rectorate (ED) has report-
edly informed a trial
court that Jain has
claimed that he had lost
his memory due to the ef-
fectof COVID-19infection
when confronted with
documents relating to al-
legedhawalatransactions
during his questioning.
Jain was arrested by
the ED on May 30 on
money laundering
charges.
“I wonder how people
who lose their memory
continue in some gov-
ernments and remain as
ministers.... Kejriwal ji
has kept such ministers
who have memory loss,”
Thakur told reporters
after a cabinet briefing.
“I would also like to
tell the people of
Himachal Pradesh that
the AAP has made such
an in-charge who does
not have good memory
and tomorrow he would
not even remember
someone who meets
him,” Thakur said.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur addresses the press conference during
the Cabinet Briefing, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
DELHI PLACED AT No. 26 IN
GLOBAL STARTUP RANKS
London (PTI): Delhi
has moved up an im-
pressive 11 places com-
ing in at No. 26 in the
global startup ecosys-
tems charts, according
to new research re-
leased at London Tech
Week 2022 on Tuesday
.
Bengaluru held on to
its record trend of at-
tracting technology in-
vestments and other In-
dian cities such as
Mumbai and hubs such
as Telangana and Kera-
la are also making a
mark on the global start-
up ecosystems charts.
While Bengaluru
ranked 22nd in the glob-
al startup ecosystem
index due to major im-
provements in its mar-
ket reach and access to
funding, Delhi was
ranked at No. 26, with
Mumbai at No. 36.
Research showed that
Bengaluru is the lead-
ing Asian city and fifth-
ranked hub in the world
for tech venture capital
(VC) investment in 2022.
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Dharmendra Pradhan
All vacant
teaching &
non-teaching
posts in HEIs, Kendri-
ya Vidyalayas, Jawa-
har Navodaya Vidya-
layas and other De-
partments will be filled
up at the earliest.
Dharmendra Pradhan,
Union Education Minister
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New Delhi: The IPL Media Rights e-auction is over and BCCI
secretary Jay Shah took to Twitter to announce the details of the
new valuation of the lucrative Indian Premier League. The total
amount for brand IPL stands at `48,390 cr according to Shah. P5
SHARAD PAWAR REJECTS DIDI’S OFFER
New Delhi: WB CM Mamata Banerjee met NCP chief Sharad
Pawar on Tuesday at his residence in Delhi. During the meet,
Mamata Banerjee asked Pawar to be opposition nominee for
presidential polls. NCP chief, however, declined the offer. P5
PARL’S MONSOON SESSION LIKELY IN JULY
New Delhi: Monsoon session of Parliament is likely to start
from July 18, date of polling for prez election, and conclude
by August 12. However, final call on this is yet to be taken.
COURT RESERVES ORDER ON JAIN’S BAIL PLEA
New Delhi: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Court on
Tuesday reserved an order on the bail plea of Delhi Health
Minister Satyendar Jain in a money laundering case. P2
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NATIONAL HERALD CASE:
QUESTIONING ON DAY 2
Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi
Just like 8 years ago, youths were promised
2 crore jobs every year, in the same way
now it is the turn of 10 lakh government jobs. This
is not a government of jumlas, it is a government of
‘maha jumlas’. The Prime Minister is not an expert in
creating jobs, but in making ‘News’ on jobs.
ED grills Rahul Gandhi for
9 hours, asks to rejoin today
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
has been asked to ap-
pear again on Wednes-
day before the ED in a
money laundering case
linked to National Her-
ald newspaper. On day 2,
he was questioned for 9
hours. Gandhi arrived
at central probe agen-
cy’s office at 11:30 am
with his “Z+” category
security
.
Top Congress leaders
like Harish Rawat and
Randeep Singh Surjew-
ala were detained from
outside the Congress of-
fice as they tried march-
ing to ED’s office. Many
workers have also been
detained.
Earlier in the day,
Congress workers and
senior leaders were
seen in physical alterca-
tions with police and
security as they were
stopped from entering
the cordoned-off area.
Rahul Gandhi with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra prior to appearing before
the ED for the second consecutive day in New Delhi on Tuesday.
ED NEVER ASKED ABOUT SHAH’S SON: BV
Congress leader Srinivas BV was
detained by Delhi Police on Tuesday
for protesting over the ED probe against
Rahul Gandhi. Hitting out at the BJP, he
asked, “The ED never asked about Amit
Shah’s son, why?” More on P3
PM DIRECTS GOVT DEPTS, MINISTRIES TO HIRE ON ‘MISSION MODE’
‘10 LAKH JOBS IN 18 MONTHS’
New Delhi (ANI): Re-
cruitment of 10 lakh
people be done by the
Government of India in
a mission mode in the
next 1.5 years, an-
nounced the Prime Min-
ister’sOfficeonTuesday
.
A tweet from the offi-
cial Twitter handle of
the Prime Minister’s of-
fice said, “PM @naren-
dramodi reviewed the
status of Human Re-
sources in all depart-
ments and ministries
and instructed that re-
cruitmentof 10lakhpeo-
plebedonebytheGovtin
a mission mode in next
1.5 years.” With this, the
Centre has set a deadline
for filling up 10 lakh va-
cancies by December
2023 for which all the re-
cruitments shall take
place within 18 months.
Amit Shah @AmitShah
The basis of new India is its
youth power. To empower
them, PM Modi is working
continuously. PM Modi
Ji’s directive to recruit 10
lakhs in a mission mode
in all government depart-
ments and ministries in 1.5
years will bring new hope
and confidence among the
youth. Thank you PM @
narendramodi ji for this.
HOME MINISTRY
INITIATES STEPS
PM: YOGA ‘PERFECT BLEND
OF GYAAN, KARM & BHAKTI’
MODI TO CHAIR FIRST NAT’L
CONF OF CSS ON JUNE 16-17
The Union Home Ministry
on Tuesday said it has
initiated steps to fill up
vacancies in its various
departments on a “mission
mode”, in line with PM
Modi’s instructions to
recruit 10 lakh people in all
central government depart-
ments over the next year
and a half.
Ahead of the International Yoga
Day celebrations, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that
Yoga is a perfect blend of gyaan
(knowledge), karm (action) and
bhakti (devotion). He also said that
in a fast-paced world, Yoga offers a
much-needed calm.
PM Modi is all set to chair the ‘first
national conference of chief secretar-
ies’ in Himachal Pradesh’s Dharamshala
city on June 16 and 17. The conference
will be held at HPCA stadium in the city
and will mark a significant step towards
further strengthening the partnership
between the Centre and the state govts.
PM Modi begins Maha-
rashtra trip with visit
to Pune temple, hails
17th Century saint
Sant Tukaram. PM also
inaugurates renovated
‘Jal Bhushan’ build-
ing at Raj Bhavan in
Mumbai. More on P3
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
‘FUTURE READY SOLDIER’
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ion Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh on Tues-
day said that the CCS
has taken a historic de-
cision by approving
transformative scheme
of ‘Agnipath’ wherein
Indian youth would be
granted an opportunity
to get inducted into the
Armed services.
Dept of Military Af-
fairs on Tuesday appre-
ciated govt’s decision-
for scheme for young-
sters to serve in regular
cadre of Armed Forces.
Rajnath Singh with Admiral R Hari Kumar, VR Chaudhari & Manoj Pande during a joint PC regarding
announcement of Agneepath Recruitment Scheme, at National Media Centre in Delhi on Tuesday.
 “AGNIPATH”, the
government’s new
scheme for armed
forces recruitment
plan announced
 Appointment of
the new CDS will
be made soon,
process for it is
underway: Singh
It would help to
train them for new
technologies and also
improve their health levels.
This scheme will increase
employment opportunities with
new skills in different sectors.
—Rajnath Singh,
Defence Minister
Agnipath scheme aims to make
the Army a future-ready fighting
force capable of meeting multiple
challenges across the full spectrum of conflict
and it will increase the technical threshold of
the Army by recruiting ‘Agniveers’ through
ITIs and other tech-institutes.
—Manoj Pande,
Indian Army Chief General
 More than 46,000
Agniveers will be recruited
this year for 4 years
 People between age of
17.5 years and 21 years
will be inducted to armed
forces — IA, IN and IAF
 Monthly salary of
`30,000 to `40,000, non-
contributory insurance
cover of `48 lakh
 On competition of
tenure, 25% of Agniveers
will be enrolled as regular
cadres for min 15 years
 `11.71 lakh to be given
as Seva Nidhi Package on
their exit, exempt from I-T,
no pensionary benefits
KEY FEATURES

CAPITOL
NEW DELHI | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2022
02
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
Lieutenant Governor V
K Saxena on Tuesday
launched a special
cleanliness drive in the
city that will be carried
out jointly by multiple
agencies.
Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal, his
deputy Manish Sisodia
and MLA Dilip Pandey
were slated to be pre-
sent on the occasion,
but they couldn’t make
it to the event, civic of-
ficials said.
“The Lt Governor
launched the drive with
a symbolic sweep of a
broom at an event held
at Batra Cinema Com-
plex at Mukherjee Na-
gar area in northwest
Delhi. In his address,
the LG emphasised that
sanitation workers may
be considered at a lower
position in the social
strata, but they do work
of immense value in
keeping our cities clean,
and that elevates their
position in society,” a
senior official said.
CM Kejriwal in a
tweet appealed to all the
MPs, MLAs and the
masses to enthusiasti-
cally take part in the
cleanliness drive.
“We have to together
make our Delhi clean,”
he said in a tweet in
Hindi.
North East Delhi MP
Manoj Tiwari also took
part in the event, offi-
cials said.
Delhi Chief Secre-
tary Naresh Kumar,
Special Officer of the
Municipal Corporation
of Delhi (MCD) Ashwi-
ni Kumar, Municipal
CommissionerGyanesh
Bharti and other senior
officials were present
on the occasion, they
said. This special drive,
which involves MCD,
New Delhi Municipal
Council, Delhi Develop-
ment Authority, Public
Works Department,
Delhi Cantonment
Board and the National
Highways Authority of
India will be held as
‘Jan Abhiyan’ involv-
ing the public, MCD of-
ficials said.
“In this cleanliness
drive, special attention
will be given to those
public spaces which get
left out during routine
cleanliness activities.
The Municipal Corpo-
ration of Delhi will
carry out this drive
with its men and ma-
chinery and put in 100
per cent efforts,” the
MCD had said in a state-
ment on Monday
.
SAXENA LAUNCHES SPECIAL
CLEANLINESS DRIVE IN DELHI
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi will carry out this drive with
its men and machinery and put in 100 per cent efforts: Officials
Delhi LG VK Saxena during cleanliness drive.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal,
his deputy Manish Sisodia and
MLA Dilip Pandey were slated to
be present on the occasion, but they couldn’t
make it to the event.
—Civic Official
DELHI GETS
RELIEF AS TEMP
DIPS BELOW
40° CELSIUS
New Delhi (PTI):
A cloud cover
cocooned Delhi on
Tuesday, causing the
maximum tempera-
ture at the Safdar-
jung Observatory, the
city’s base station,
to drop below 40 de-
grees Celsius for the
first time this month,
according to the
India Meteorological
Department (IMD).
The observatory re-
corded a maximum
temperature of 39.6
degrees Celsius as
against 43.7 degrees
Celsius on Mon-
day. The minimum
temperature settled
at 31.2 degrees Cel-
sius, three notches
above normal.
CBI Court
reserves order on
Jain’s bail plea
New Delhi (ANI): Cen-
tral Bureau of Investiga-
tion (CBI) Court on Tues-
day reserved an order on
the bail plea of Delhi
Health Minister Satyen-
dar Jain in a money laun-
dering case.
Senior counsel for
Jain submitted, “no case
of money laundering is
made out against him.”
On the other hand, the
prosecution said there
are threats to witnesses.
The investigation is still
pending and he can influ-
ence the witnesses. He is
involved in money laun-
dering using Hawala
channel. Special CBI
Judge Geetanjali Goel re-
served the order after a
long hearing. The court
is likely to pronounce the
order on June 18.
Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED) arrested Jain
on May 30. He was sent to
judicial custody on Mon-
day till 27 June.
Senior advocate N
Hariharan on behalf of
Satyendar Jain submit-
ted that his client is in
judicial custody after the
interrogation of 13 days.
Any case of money laun-
dering is not made out
against him as the legal
requirements are not ful-
filled.
TEACHERS
TO BE
TRAINED IN
ENGLISH
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): The Delhi
government is set
to launch the “pro-
ject teacher em-
powerment”, an
intensive English-
speaking training
course for the
teachers of its
schools, according
to officials. Under
the programme,
which will be open
to all regular
teachers, vice-
principals and
principals, the par-
ticipants will un-
dergo two hours of
face-to-face train-
ing every day for a
total of 160 hours.
“It is anticipat-
ed that this project
will result in a
paradigm shift in
your existing
dexterity regard-
ing the use of the
English language
in schools and
otherwise. It is en-
visioned that
this continuous
professional devel-
opment opportu-
nity will be a high-
light of your
whole teaching-
learning journey,”
it added.
Lifts will come
up at 3 foot
overbridges
New Delhi (PTI): The
Delhi government has
sanctioned Rs 1.46
crore for the installa-
tion and operation of
lifts at three foot over-
bridges (FOBs) in east
Delhi, according to an
official order.
The work will be ex-
ecuted by the Delhi gov-
ernment’s Public Works
Department (PWD).
PWD officials said
that these lifts will be in-
stalled at FOBs in Vish-
was Nagar, Ramprastha
and Hasanpur Depot —
all in east Delhi.
An amount of Rs
48.87 lakh has been
sanctioned for the in-
stallation and commis-
sioning of each lift.
Officials said that
these elevators will
have a capacity to ferry
13 passengers in one go.
The PWD issued the
orders in this regard
last week.
Similar orders were
issued by the PWD last
week for installation of
lifts at Ramprastha and
Hasanpur Depot also.
Leaves of policemen cancelled in
north-west district over law & order
Deputy Commissioner
of Police of Northwest
district in Delhi has is-
sued an order cancel-
ling the leave of all po-
lice personnel, citing
communal scenario
and the prevailing law
and order situation in
the national capital.
The order, dated June
13, was issued by Depu-
ty Commissioner of Po-
lice Usha Rangnani.
In view of communal
scenario and prevailing
law and order situation
in Delhi, all kinds of
leave(s) are hereby
stopped with immedi-
ate effect.
The leaves already
granted or sanctioned
are also hereby can-
celled, according to the
order.
“The officer/staff
who are already run-
ning on leave shall join
their place of duty at
once, without fail. No
officer shall grant/
sanction any kind of
leave to their subordi-
nate staff without prior
approval of DCP/NWD.
All the supervisory of-
ficers shall ensure the
compliance,” it read.
The order warned
that non-compliance
may attract stern action
against erring officials
or staff.
Clashes broke out be-
tween two communities
during a Hanuman Jay-
anti procession in Ja-
hangirpuri in north-
west Delhi on April 16,
leaving eight police per-
sonnel and a local in-
jured.
So far, 36 people,
including three juve-
niles, have been
nabbed by the police in
connection with the in-
cident.
Police have also tight-
ened vigil following
protests over controver-
sial remarks by two
now-suspended BJP of-
ficials against Prophet
Mohammad.
Waterlogging: NDMC
completes Phase 1
of desilting drive
New Delhi Municipal
Council (NDMC) has
set up six control
rooms in its area to
check waterlogging
during the upcoming
monsoon season, offi-
cials said on Monday.
The civic body has
also identified five
vulnerable points
where chances of wa-
ter stagnation due to a
downpour are high.
“The NDMC has set
up six control rooms
in its area to prevent
waterlogging during
heavy rain. These
have been set up at
Sangli Mess, Khan
Market, Netaji Nagar,
Malcha Marg, Mandir
Marg and Hanuman
Road (drainage ser-
vice centres) in the
civic body’s area,”
NDMC member Kul-
jeet Singh Chahal said
at a press conference.
We have also identi-
fied five points, in-
cluding Africa Ave-
nue, Baba Kharak
Singh Marg,
Panchkuian Road,
Purana Quila Road
and Lodhi Estate that
are susceptible to wa-
ter stangation, Cha-
hal said.
—REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain. —FILE PHOTO
ORDER SAYS
Senior advocate
N Hariharan
submitted that
his client is in
judicial custody
after the
interrogation of
13 days.
DELHI SI KILLED, HEAD CONSTABLE
SERIOUSLY INJURED IN ROAD ACCIDENT
New Delhi: A sub-inspector of the Delhi Police was
killed and a head constable seriously injured when the
vehicle they were travelling
in collided with a truck late
on Monday night near Uttar
Pradesh’s Gajraula, the
police said. The deceased,
identified as SI Subhash
Chand of West Delhi’s
Harinagar police station, was bringing in a minor girl
– who had been rescued after a kidnapping – when
the accident occurred, according to the police. Deputy
commissioner of police (west) Ghanshyam Bansal
said, “SI Subhash Chand was returning from the Ba-
reilly direction when a moving truck collided with his
vehicle. Head constable Rajender was badly wounded
in the accident and is currently in the hospital.”
FARIDABAD: FLOOD CONTROL CELL SET
UP TO MONITOR WATERLOGGING
Gurgaon: Faridabad Deputy Commissioner
Jitender Yadav said that a flood control cell has
been constituted to
deal with concerns of
waterlogging in the city
ahead of the monsoon
season. After a meeting
to review flood control
works in the district
on Monday evening, the deputy commissioner
directed officials of the municipal corporation of
Faridabad and the National Highways Authority of
India (NHAI) to expedite the work of cleaning the
drains and ensure that all the cleaning works are
completed before the monsoon season.
CRUCIAL READ
IIT-D develops low cost braces to
enhance earthquake resistance
New Delhi (PTI): Re-
searchers at the Indian
Institute of Technology
(IIT), Delhi have devel-
oped low-cost, super-
elastic, buckling-re-
strained braces to en-
hance the earthquake
resistance in construct-
ed structures.
According to offi-
cials, the braces, for
which a patent has also
been applied have sev-
eral advantages, such
as all-steel components,
on-site fabrication and
assembling process,
post-earthquake inspec-
tion, and easy replace-
ment.
The earthquake re-
sistance of civil struc-
tures is often improved
by using seismic force-
resisting systems or vi-
bration control devices.
Buckling-restrained
braces are the special
structural elements
that serve both purpos-
es, they said.
Pollution reducing life expectancy by 10 yrs in city
AIR QUALITY
New Delhi (PTI): Air
pollution is the great-
est threat to human
health in India and the
average Indian resi-
dent is set to lose five
years of life expectan-
cy if the WHO guide-
lines are not followed,
according to the Ener-
gy Policy Institute at
the University of Chi-
cago’s (EPIC) Air Qual-
ity Life Index (AQLI)
released on Tuesday.
The residents of
Delhi, the most
polluted mega city in
the world with the aver-
age annual PM2.5 lev-
els exceeding 107 mi-
crograms per cubic
metre or more than 21
times the WHO guide-
lines, stand to lose 10
years of life expectan-
cy if the current air
pollution level persists,
the report said.
According to the new
World Health Organi-
zation (WHO) guide-
lines issued last year,
the average annual
PM2.5 concentration
should be no higher
than five micrograms
per cubic metre. It was
10 micrograms per cu-
bic metre earlier.
Measured in terms of
life expectancy, the
AQLI shows that ambi-
ent particulate pollu-
tion is consistently the
world’s greatest risk to
human health.
Globally, air pollu-
tion reduces 2.2 years of
life expectancy, relative
to a world that follows
the WHO guidelines.
This impact on life ex-
pectancy is comparable
to that of smoking,
more than three times
that of alcohol use and
unsafe water, six times
that of HIV/AIDS and
89 times that of conflict
and terrorism.
Average annual PM2.5 concentration
should be no higher than five
micrograms per cubic metre

INDIA
03
TRIBUTE TO MAHATMA!
Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju pays floral tribute to Mahatma Gandhi
statue, in Ulaanbaatar on Tuesday. —ANI PHOTO
‘PM reminds me of proverbial Haj cat’
Surjewala said that BJP is scared of Rahul Gandhi as he raises issues of unemployment and inflation
New Delhi (ANI):
Slamming BJP govern-
ment over the ED sum-
mons to Congress lead-
er Rahul Gandhi, Con-
gress general secre-
tary Randeep Surjewa-
la on Tuesday said
Centre is scared of
Wayanad MP as he
raises voice against is-
sues like unemploy-
ment, inflation Chi-
nese infiltration.
Addressing press
conference, Surjewala
said, “Why is BJP
scared of Rahul Gan-
dhi’s strong voice?
When China infiltrat-
ed and government
was in denial mode, it
is Rahul Gandhi who
raised his voice. Even
today, the government
could not drive China
out.”
“Rahul Gandhi has
been raising his voice
against Modi govern-
ment on inflation and
rising prices of petrol
and diesel. That is why,
there is a problem with
Rahul. He raised ques-
tions about the sinking
economy and unem-
ployment. This is the
reason the Centre is
upset with Rahul Gan-
dhi,” he said.
Congress supporters raise slogans holding national flag.
‘DOES PMLA ALSO
APPLY TO BJP-
RULED STATES OR
ONLY FOR OPP’
New Delhi (ANI):
Former Union Minister
and senior Congress
leader P Chidambaram
on Tuesday, referred
to the book Prevention
of Money Launder-
ing Act (PMLA) and
asked whether the law
applies to the entire
country or only to
Opposition leaders
and Opposition-ruled
states. Congress leader
said, “I want to ask
your audience whether
PMLA book applies to
BJP-ruled states.”
It is called ‘900 chuhe khaakar billi
Hajj ko chali. We are experiencing the
worst employment rate in 50 years. The
rupee value is the lowest in 75 years. This is the
reason the Centre is upset with Rahul Gandhi
—Randeep Surjewala, Congress General Secretary
Senior Congress leaders
detained as ED continued
to question Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (ANI): Sen-
ior Cong leaders Adhir
Ranjan Chowdhury, KC
Venugopal and others
were detained by Delhi
Police and taken to Tu-
ghlak Road police sta-
tion on Tuesday while
they were protesting
over ED probe against
party leader Rahul Gan-
dhi in National Herald
case. Leaders were pro-
testing outside Cong
headquarters, Akbar
Road in national capi-
tal.
Leaders detained by
Delhi Police include
Gaurav Gogoi, Deep-
ender Singh Hooda,
Ranjeet Ranjan, Imran
Pratapgarhi and others.
Meanwhile, Rahul
Gandhi arrived at ED
office in national capi-
tal on Tuesday for sec-
ond consecutive day to
join probe in money
laundering case related
to the National Herald.
Prior to reaching ED
office, he visited Con-
gress headquarters
along with sister and
party general secretary
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
to join the protest.
Mumbai: Maharashtra minister and Shiv
Sena leader Anil Parab has been summoned
by the Enforcement Directorate in a money
laundering case. He will appear before the
probe agency today. The case is related to
his Dapoli resort in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri.
The case was registered in connection with
the resort constructed in violation of Coastal
Regulatory Zone (CRZ) rules.
MONEY LAUNDERING: MAHA MIN ANIL
PARAB SUMMONED BY ED TODAY
Srinagar (JK): Ahead of the commence-
ment of the Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and
Kashmir at end of this month, Director
General of police of the Union Territory
Dilbag Singh on Tuesday chaired a high-lev-
el meeting with the officials to review the
security arrangements. The pilgrimage is
slated to begin on June 30 and will culminate
on August 11. Earlier on Monday, JK govt
released a notification for pilgrims.
J K DGP REVIEWS SECURITY
AHEAD OF AMARNATH YATRA
Bangalore: Actor-film-
maker Rakshit Shet-
ty hosted a special
screening of his latest
movie 777 Charlie for
Karnataka Chief Minister
Basavaraj Bommai on
Monday. Bommai, who
is a self-confessed lover of dogs, got emotional
after watching the movie. In the pictures from the
post-screening media interaction.
KARNATAKA CM BASAVARAJ BOMMAI
WATCHES 777 CHARLIE, BREAKS DOWN
CRUCIAL READ
5 killed in Guwahati
due to heavy rains
and landslide
Guwahati (ANI): A
total of five people
have lost their lives
in Guwahati due to
heavy rains that
flooded the city.
While four people
were killed in a mas-
sive landslide in
Guwahati, one per-
son was killed as his
house was inundat-
ed. The National Dis-
aster Response Force
(NDRF) teams have
been pressed into ser-
vice for relief work
in several parts of
the city
.
Apersonwaskilled
after drowning in the
flash floods that have
submerged several
parts of Assam’s cap-
ital, Guwahati, due to
incessant rainfall
since Monday night.
The deceased, identi-
fied as Ram Prasad
Banikya, is the fifth
victim to have died in
the city due to land-
slides and flash
floods.
He was a resident
of Anil Nagar area of
the city, which has
been severely affect-
ed by water logging.
His body was recov-
ered from his resi-
dence by personnel
of Guwahati Munici-
pal Corporation.
NDRF personnel rescue residents from flood-affected
areas, in Guwahati on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
WHO meet next week to assess
if Monkeypox,global emergency
New Delhi: WHO on
Tuesday said it would
hold emergency meet-
ing next week to deter-
mine if Monkeypox out-
break should be classi-
fied as a public health
emergency of interna-
tional concern.
“The outbreak of
monkeypox is unusual
concerning. For that
reason, I have decided
to convene Emergency
Committee under the
International Health
Regulations next week,
to assess whether this
outbreak represents a
public health emergen-
cy of international con-
cern,” said WHO chief
Tedros Adhanom Ghe-
breyesus.
The emergency com-
mittee will meet on
June 23 to discuss the
designation, which is
the highest alarm the
UN agency can sound.
“WHO is also work-
ing with partners and
experts from around
the world on changing
name of monkeypox vi-
rus... and the disease it
causes,” Tedros said.
Healthcare worker prepares
a syringe at a Monkeypox
vaccination clinic in Canada.
KC Venugopal, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Gaurav Gogoi,
Deepender Singh Hooda, Ranjeet Ranjan, Imran Pratapgarhi
being taken to Tughlak Road Police Station after being detained.
Aam Aadmi Party ‘promotes’ Kejriwal
for bypoll, fields ‘formless’ candidate!
M Sharma
New Delhi:By-elections
are being held for Del-
hi’s Rajender Nagar as-
sembly seat as seat fell
vacant after resignation
of AAP’s Raghav Chad-
ha. AAP has fielded
Durgesh Pathak as its
candidate for this seat
while BJP has fielded
Rajesh Bhatia in poll.
AAPisfightingtheby-
election on this seat en-
tirely in name of Kejri
and it doesnot matter
who candidate is.
Huge hoardings of
party have been put up
in the entire Rajender
Nagar and Ridge area,
on which candidate’s
photo has been placed,
sans name.
Now try to imagine
this, AAP is contesting
the bypoll without even
letting the public know
the name of their own
candidate. The name of
thepartyworkerorlead-
er who appealed to vote
for the AAP candidate is
written on the hoarding
but the name of the can-
didate is completely
missing. Rather, a face
with folded hands with
an appeal, “Vote for Ke-
jriwal once again”, has
been made.
What kind of politics
is this? It seems that the
AAP has made all MLAs
leaders ‘formless’ and
there is only one name
i.e. Kejriwal. BJP also
does politics in name of
Modi and there too most
of the faces are form-
less, yet it is not in such
a way that party does
not reveal name of the
candidate.
Gujarat gets nod
for the first
greenfield airport
New Delhi (ANI):
Cabinet Committee on
Economic Affairs
chaired by Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
has approved the pro-
posal for the develop-
ment of Phase I of New
Greenfield Airport at
Dholera, Gujarat at an
estimated cost of Rs
1305 crore, the Minis-
try of Civil Aviation
said. The first phase of
project is estimated to
be completed within 48
months.
INDIA IS ETERNAL AS IT IS LAND OF SAINTS:PM MODI
Pune (ANI): High-
lighting country’s cul-
tural heritage, Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Tuesday said
India is eternal as it is
the land of saints.
PM on Tuesday inau-
gurated Jagatguru
Shrisant Tukaram Ma-
haraj Temple in Dehu,
Pune. “We are proud to
be one of the oldest liv-
ing civilizations in
world. If the credit for
this goes to anyone, it
is to the saint tradition
and the sages of India.
India is eternal be-
cause it is the land of
saints. In every era,
some great soul has
been descending to
give direction to our
country and society.
Today the nation is cel-
ebrating the birth an-
niversary of Sant Ka-
birdas,” PM Modi said
during his address on
the occasion.
He said Dehu’s Shila
Mandir is not only a
centre of power of de-
votion but also paves
the way for the cultural
future of India.
PM Modi further
said, “Saints like Tu-
karam played a very
important role in the
life of a national hero
like Chhatrapati Shiva-
ji Maharaj. When Veer
Savarkarwaspunished
in the freedom strug-
gle, he used to sing the
abhang of Tukaram
while playing hand-
cuffs like chipli in jail.”
He called for carry-
ing forward the cultur-
al heritage of India.
“To strengthen our
national unity, today it
is our responsibility to
keep our ancient iden-
tity and traditions
alive. Therefore, today
when modern technol-
ogy and infrastructure
are becoming synony-
mous with India’s de-
velopment, we are
making sure that both
development and herit-
age move forward to-
gether,” added the
Prime Minister.
Sant Tukaram was a
Warkari saint and poet,
famously known for
Abhanga devotional
poetry and communi-
ty-oriented worship
through spiritual
songs known as Kir-
tans. He lived in Dehu.
A Shila Mandir was
built after his demise.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at inauguration of the Jagatguru
Shrisant Tukaram Maharaj Temple, in Dehu, Pune, on Tuesday.
—PHOTOS BY ANI
PM Modi with Guv Bhagat S Koshyari, Uddhav Thackeray, Ajit
Pawar, Aaditya Thackeray others at inauguration of new ‘Jal
Bhushan’ building ‘Kranti Gatha’ at Raj Bhavan, in Mumbai.
SAMBIT HITS OUT AT CONG, TELLS PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND
‘CHRONOLOGY OF CORRUPTION’ BY MOTHER-SON DUO
New Delhi (ANI): BJP
national spokesperson
Sambit Patra on Tuesday
sharply criticized Cong
party over National
Herald case urged
people to understand
“chronology of corrup-
tion” created by mother-
son duo, Sonia Rahul.
“I want to know how this
mother-son duo looted
people’s wealth,” Patra
told media here. He said
grand old party is mak-
ing huge drama out of
ED questioning. “Cong
is doing drama. They do
corruption talk about
legal procedures,” Patra.
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
—PHOTO BY ANI
Arvind Kejriwal greets supporters. —FILE PHOTO

PERSPECTIVE
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Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
The gov. under the leadership of Hon.
PM @narendramodi ji has announced
the ‘Agnipath’ scheme allowing
our youth to serve in the military
forces for a certain duration. This’ll
help our youth to instil discipline in
themselves and to help the nation
effectively.#BharatKeAgniveer
Ashwini Vaishnaw
@AshwiniVaishnaw
Thanks to PM @narendramodi Ji for
ensuring participation of youth in
nation building and providing them
opportunity to serve in the Indian
Armed Forces.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Perform your
obligatory duty,
because action is indeed
better than inaction.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
A BOLD NEW PLAN
TO KEEP THE ARMED
FORCES FIGHTING
FIT AND YOUNGER
he new Agnipath re-
cruitment scheme
for the Army, Air
Force and the Navy
which was unveiled
Tuesday, does hold promise to
radically transform the forces
with the infusion of fresh blood
every four years. At the end of
four years a significant percent
of the troops will get a chance to
be retained for a longer period.
These soldiers will be called Ag-
niveers. The scheme offers at-
tractive incentives for the youth
and at the same time drastically
reduces the defence budget as
the recruits will not be eligible
for pension. The scheme will be
different from the Short Service
Commission which is meant for
recruiting only officers.
Some objections to the scheme
stem from the short service pe-
riod which may not be enough
for the assimilation of Agniveer
in the larger set-up, a major re-
quirement in the armed forces.
Some retired officers chose to
call them “tourist soldiers”
whose mind may be preoccupied
with life after four years, affect-
ing operational ethos.
TOP TWEETS
T
ormer judges of
the Supreme
Court and high
courts have writ-
ten a letter to the
Chief Justice of India NV Ra-
mana requesting him to take
suo motu cognizance of the
bulldozer justice being meted
out to protesters in Kanpur
and Prayagraj. Such letters
have lost their significance in
the prevailing scenario of
deep-seated biases, whether
political or communal.
To recall, in April a num-
ber of former bureaucrats
had written a letter to Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
drawing his attention to the
“politics of hate”. The PM did
not have to respond to that
letter as an equal number of
former bureaucrats, judges
and generals came together
to defend the Modi govern-
ment and questioned the mo-
tives of signatories to the let-
ter. The list of those defend-
ing the Central government
included eight judges.
This time around there
may be former judges of the
Supreme Court and high
courts who would probably
agree with the new system of
justice to silence the minori-
ties and curb democratic pro-
tests. If they also decide to
write to the CJI those in ur-
gent need of justice will have
to wait for delayed justice.
Provided they are left with
the means and the courage to
take on the system.
The letter has requested
for “suo motu cognizance”
which the courts could have
taken without being remind-
ed of it.
How would these judges
have reacted to a similar situ-
ation while they were in of-
fice? Probably, they would
have flowed with the tide.
Some of the innocent victims
must be wondering who will
protect their rights if the
courts don’t.
A LETTER TO CJI BUT
TO WHAT AVAIL
Former judges of the
Supreme Court and HCs
have written a letter to
the Chief Justice of India
NV Ramana requesting
him to take suo motu
cognizance of the bulldozer
justice being meted out to
protesters in Kanpur
and Prayagraj
F
RS POLL RESULTS WILL
BOOST NDA PROSPECTS
‘PREZ’ WORTHY WIN
olitics is a game of strange
bedfellows. In rajneeti, it’s
not over till it’s over. The Saf-
fron party’s strength in
(state) assemblies suggested
that the party could retain
only 20 of the 24 Rajya Sabha
seats it held in the biennial
polls for 57 seats but as the
(electoral) process got over
and on Saturday it was real-
ised that the BJP finally won
22 and also ensured victory
of an Independent, underlin-
ing its masterstroke, pull
among unaffiliated legisla-
tors and disaffected lawmak-
ers obviously in the Opposi-
tion camp.
As it is said in cricket that
the match is not over till the
last ball is bowled, the BJP’s
better-than-expected show is
a boost to the ruling National
Democratic Alliance ahead
of the President’s poll, and is
an obvious blow to its rivals,
as the Rajya Sabha elections
have again highlighted dis-
sension and lack of cohesion
among the Opposition ranks.
The BJP’s ambitious ef-
forts to force a contest in
these states besides Ra-
jasthan by backing Independ-
ents or putting its own candi-
dates to benefit from division
in the ranks of its rivals have
paid dividends as it bagged
one extra seat each in all
states barring Rajasthan.
Astute politician and Con-
gress veteran and Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
not only managed to keep his
flock of its supporting MLAs
together but also embar-
rassed the BJP by wooing
over one of its MLAs to foil
the saffron party’s efforts to
get an independent, outgoing
MP and media baron Sub-
hash Chandra, elected.
BJP is obviously happy
with the outcome, especially
in Maharashtra where the
ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi
coalition of the Shiv Sena,
the NCP and the Congress
suffered a setback despite be-
ing at the helm of power with
the BJP bagging three of the
six seats at stake!
It is also a boost to BJP
leader and former chief min-
ister Devendra Fadnavis,
who has had his share of set-
backs since losing power in
the state as he who outsmart-
ed and checkmated the Shiv
Sena.
BJP also bagged three of
the four seats in Karnataka
as its rivals the Congress and
the JD(S) could not come to a
pact and fought separately
and thus lost.
Congress veteran Bhupin-
der Singh Hooda suffered a
blow as the party’s nominee
Ajay Maken lost, with one of
its MLAs, Kuldeep Bishnoi,
voting for the BJP-backed
independent Kartikeya
Sharma, also a media entre-
preneur, and the vote of an-
other MLA turning out to be
invalid.
LOSS OF FACE
FOR HOODA
Hooda failed in his first test
after getting complete con-
trol of the party after the re-
centoverhaulingof Congress
but also in ensuring that all
legislators’ votes were cast
properly; while the cross-
voting by Kuldeep Bishnoi, a
known Hooda detractor, was
a clear writing on the wall,
another Congress vote was
also found to be invalid that
led to Maken’s defeat.
THE BISHNOI FACTOR
Even as the visibly annoyed
Congress high command has
expelled Bishnoi from all the
party posts for his cross-vot-
ing and now if he pulls the
plug on the party… it would
not only dent the Grand Old
Party’s non-Jat vote-bank in
Haryana but also make
things hugely difficult for
Hooda within the party
. Bish-
noi, a four-time MLA and
two-time MP, is younger son
of former Congress chief
minister late Bhajan Lal who
is till date the tallest non-Jat
leader of the state who was
Haryana CM for three times
and also Union minister.
Ahead of the presidential
poll, which is scheduled for
July 18 if more than one per-
son is in fray
, the Rajya Sabha
results are a morale booster
to the ruling combine.
In an electoral college of
around 10.86 lakh votes, the
BJP-led alliance is estimated
to have more than 48 per cent
of votes and is hopeful that
non-aligned regional parties
like YSR Congress and the
BJD will now support it.
MAMATA’S FRESH BID
Meanwhile, TMC chief
Mamata Banerjee has invited
leaders of 19 political parties
on June 15 to discuss the up-
coming presidential election.
Mamata said the election
gives the “perfect opportuni-
ty for all progressive opposi-
tion parties” to discuss the
future course of Indian poli-
tics. “At a time when our de-
mocracy is going through
troubling times, I believe that
a fruitful confluence of oppo-
sition voices is the need of
the hour,” she added.
Banerjee addressed the let-
ter to Congress chief Sonia
Gandhi, Shiv Sena’s Uddhav
Thackeray, Aam Aadmi Par-
ty’s Arvind Kejriwal and
Bhagwant Mann and Com-
munist Party of India (Marx-
ist) leader Pinarayi Vijayan.
Her attempt is seen as a
move to expand TMC’s na-
tional footprint after the par-
ty’s massive win in the cru-
cial 2021 Assembly elections.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
P
THE MATHEMATICS
With one Independent
MLA’s absence and one
rejected vote of Congress,
the House had 88 votes
with each vote having a
value of 100
Since a candidate required
2,934 votes to win, BJP’s
Krishan Panwar won with
3,600 votes while Maken
got, 2,900
However, with the help of
votes of BJP coalition part-
ner Jannayak Janta Party
(JJP), Independents, one
each of Kuldeep Bishnoi,
Haryana Lokhit Party (HLP),
Indian National Lok Dal
(INLD) and the remaining
votes of Panwar, Independ-
ent candidate Kartikeya
Sharma’s votes value was
finally pegged at 2300
Mamata said the election gives the “perfect
opportunity for all progressive opposition parties” to
discuss the future course
of Indian politics. “At a
time when our democracy
is going through troubling
times, I believe that a
fruitful confluence of
opposition voices is the
need of the hour,” she
added. Banerjee
addressed the letter to
Congress chief Sonia
Gandhi, Shiv Sena’s
Uddhav Thackeray, AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal and
Bhagwant Mann and Communist Party of India
(Marxist) leader Pinarayi Vijayan.
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Associate Editor,
Free Press Journal, Mumbai and former
Managing Editor, First India

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New Delhi (ANI):
Delhi’s Patiala House
Court on Tuesday al-
lowed Punjab Police
to arrest gangster
Lawrence Bishnoi in
connection with sing-
er Sidhu Moose Wa-
la’s murder and also
allowed Punjab Po-
lice’s transit applica-
tion.
The court also di-
rected Punjab Police
to ensure that the
medical examination
of Bishnoi be con-
ducted as per law/
rules before leaving
Delhi and also before
his production before
the concerned Court
of Chief Judicial
Magistrate, Mansa,
Punjab.
Allowing Punjab
Police’s application,
Duty Metropolitan
Magistrate Umer Ku-
mar said, “The appli-
cant Investigation Of-
ficer/SP Dharamveer
Singh and the investi-
gating agency are di-
rected to take all the
appropriatemeasures
for safety and securi-
ty of the accused Law-
rence Bishnoi during
transit till production
of the accused Law-
rence Bishnoi before
the concerned Court
at Mansa, Punjab.”
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: TheBJPhas
authorized party nation-
al president JP Nadda
and Defense Minister Ra-
jnath Singh to hold talks
withalliesandopposition
parties ahead of the pres-
idential election which is
kind of a formality. Be-
fore the election for the
highest constitutional
post, it is the responsibil-
ity of the ruling party to
talk to all the parties and
try to build a consensus.
However,inthehistoryof
independent India, there
has never been a consen-
sus in the election of the
President except at one
point. Every time the
election is hotly contest-
ed and this time also the
same will be repeated be-
cause Cong and other op-
positionpartieshavealso
started their prepara-
tions. Therefore, it is cer-
tain that no consensus
will be reached with the
opposition.
Asfarasalliesarecon-
cerned, there is only a
formality to make them
agree. The position of
any BJP ally is not such
that they would question
the candidate chosen by
it. The allies will neces-
sarily agree with who-
ever BJP fields. Anyway
,
most of the allies of the
BJP have left and the few
parties that are left also
do not have many votes.
The BJP has 42 per cent
of the votes in the Elec-
toral College that elects
the President and its al-
lies have six per cent of
the total votes. These six
per cent votes are con-
firmed. Before that, once
both the leaders of BJP
have to talk to the allies.
Anyway, there is good-
will of all the allies and
opposition parties to-
wardsRajnathSinghand
it is believed that he will
easily negotiate with all
theparties.Notably
,even
after adding six per cent
votes of BJP allies with
the saffron party’s 42,
thereisashortfallof two
percentorabout20thou-
sand votes. For this, the
BJP has the support of
Biju Janata Dal and YSR
Reddy
. The additional
vote required by the BJP
tomakeitscandidatewin
is almost double that of
Jagan Mohan Reddy’s
party YSR Cong alone,
which is close to 40 thou-
sand.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: BJP’S
VICTORY IS BUT A MERE FORMALITY!
Pawar pulls out of presidential
race, rejects Mamata’s offer
Banerjee’s decision has, however, come in for sharp criticism by the Left, a TMC adversary in WB
New Delhi (PTI): Lead-
ers of some major politi-
cal parties held hectic
parleys on Tuesday
ahead of a meeting
called by WB CM Mama-
ta Banerjee to forge a
consensus for fielding a
joint candidate against
the NDA in the presiden-
tial election, a move that
has exposed the fault
lines within the opposi-
tion. Banerjee, the Tri-
namool Congress supre-
mo, and leaders of two
Left parties met NCP
chief Sharad Pawar at
his residence separately
to try and convince him
to be the common oppo-
sition candidate for the
top constitutional post.
The Maratha strong-
man, who has friends
across the deeply divid-
ed political spectrum,
however, turned down
the proposal, sources in
opposition camp said.
Banerjee is in the na-
tional capital for the
meeting she has con-
vened on Wednesday to
explore the possibility
of formulating a com-
mon strategy with other
opposition parties for
the presidential poll
where the BJP-led NDA
has an unmistakable
edge given its strength
in Parliament and state
and union territory as-
semblies.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee meets Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad
Pawar, at his residence, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
LEFT PARTIES LIKELY TO ATTEND OPPN LEADERS’ MEET CONVENED BY BANERJEE
New Delhi (ANI): Com-
munist Party of India
General Secretary D Raja
on Tuesday said that left
parties are likely to attend
the meeting convened by
West Bengal Mr Mamata
Banerjee. Speaking to
ANI, D Raja said, “Left
parties are likely to attend
the meeting because left
parties want all secular
democratic parties which
are in opposition must
remain United must
move unitedly that is our
concern and let us see
how things are going
to emerge tomorrow.
On being asked about
whether the Congress
wants to propose Sharad
Pawar as a joint Opposi-
tion candidate for Presi-
dent, the CPI General
Secretary further said,
“I don’t know. You must
ask Congress party.”
Pb Police gets Bishnoi’s custody,
to produce him in Mansa Court
Delhi’s Patiala House Court on Tuesday allowed Punjab Police
to arrest gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. —PHOTO BY ANI
PUNJAB POLICE VISITS PUNE, LIKELY
TO INTERROGATE ACCUSED JADHAV
Maharashtra (ANI):
A three-member
team of Punjab Police
reached Pune on
Tuesday where it is
likely to interrogate
the accused Santosh
Jadhav, in connection
with Moose Waala
murder case. Jadhav
was arrested on Sun-
day night after which
he was produced
before a court in Pune
around midnight on
Sunday along with
Navnath, who is his
aide, and they were
remanded in police
custody till June 20.
I have been in-
formed that
Sharad Pawar
will not be the op-
position face for
the presidential
poll. Other names
are under
consideration.
Sitaram Yechury,
CPI(M) general secretary
SIDHU MOOSE WALA MURDER
IN THE COURTYARD
Ex-judges, advocates write to CJI NV
Ramana on ‘bulldozer action’ in UP
New Delhi: Former
judges of the Supreme
Court and High Courts
and some senior advo-
cates have written a
letter to the Chief Jus-
tice of India NV Ra-
mana requesting the
top court to take suo
motu cognizance of
the detention of pro-
testors and demolition
of their houses by the
Uttar Pradesh State
authorities following
protests against objec-
tionable remarks made
by BJP spokespersons.
“We urged the Su-
preme Court to take
immediate suo motu
action to arrest the de-
teriorating law and or-
der situation in Uttar
Pradesh, specifically
involving the high-
handedness of the po-
lice and state authori-
ties, and the brutal
clampdown on the fun-
damental rights of citi-
zens,” the letter signed
by 12 former judges and
senior advocates stated.
CJI NV Ramana
SC asks Jharkhand govt to mention
its plea related to CM Hemant Soren
New Delhi (ANI): The
SC on Tuesday asked
the Jharkhand govern-
ment to mention its
plea before the reg-
istrar seeking an
urgent hearing on
the petition chal-
lenging the High
Court on the main-
tainability of the PIL in
connection with shell
companies allegedly re-
lated to Chief Minister
Hemant Soren and his
associates.
Jharkhand govern-
ment counsel men-
tioned his plea seeking
an urgent hearing
on a petition chal-
lenging the High
Court order before
the vacation bench
of Justices AS Bo-
panna and Vikram
Nath.
The court asked the
counsel to give the de-
tails to the Registrar.
BIHAR: BAHUBALI RJD MLA ANANT SINGH CONVICTED
IN AK-47 HAND GRENADE RECOVERY CASE
CBI COURT ALLOWS
RELEASE OF LALU’S
PASSPORT FOR RENEWAL
Jharkhand (ANI): A CBI court
on Tuesday released RJD
national President Lalu Prasad
Yadav’s passport
which was seized
by the central probe
agency in connec-
tion with the fodder
scam cases against
him. Former Bihar CM had filed
an application at the CBI court
in Ranchi on June 6, seeking
the release of his passport for
renewal as he has to go abroad
for a kidney transplant. “CBI
court has allowed our petition
for renewal of RJD chief Lalu
Prasad Yadav’s passport, we’ll
get the passport by tomorrow
and apply for renewal.
LOVE IS BLIND STRONGER THAN LOVE OF
PARENTS AND SOCIETY: HC OF KARNATAKA
Bihar: ‘Bahubali’ MLA Anant
Singh has been convicted in the
AK-47 and hand grenade recov-
ery case. The Rashtriya Janata
Dal (RJD) MLA from Mokama
has been found guilty by the
MP-MLA court in the matter.
On June 21, the court will give
its verdict on the quantum of
punishment for the leader. The
conviction comes in relation to
a 2019 UAPA case when the po-
lice recovered an AK-47 rifle, 22
live cartridges, and two bombs
from the politician’s Mokama
house.
Karnataka: The HC of K’taka, while
allowing a girl who eloped and
married her lover to stay with him,
gave a cautionary warning that what
she did to her parents could come
back to her from her children. T L
Nagaraju had filed a habeas corpus
petition in the HC stating that his
daughter, Nisarga, an engineering
student was missing from her col-
lege hostel and one Nikhil aka Abhi,
who was a driver, had taken her
away forcibly. Nisarga and Nikhil
were presented before the division
bench of Justice B Veerappa and
Justice K S Hemalekha.
IPL media rights sold for `48,390
crore,Viacom18 gets digital deal
Mumbai (ANI): The
IPLTVanddigitalrights
for the 2023-2027 cycle
have been sold to Star
India and Viacom18 re-
spectively for a whop-
ping Rs 48,390 crore for
410matchesate-auctions
on Tuesday. IPL is now
the second most valued
sporting league in the
world in terms of per
match value.
“Since its inception,
the IPL has been synony-
mous with growth and
today is a red-letter day
for India Cricket, with
Brand IPL touching a
new high with e-auction
resultinginINR48,390cr
value. IPL is now the 2nd
most valued sporting
league in the world in
terms of per match val-
ue!,” BCCI secretary Jay
Shah tweeted. The Pack-
age A (of TV) has been
sold to Star India at Rs
23,575 crore which is Rs
57.5 crore per match and
Package B of Digital
Rights as well as Pack-
age C for selected 18
games in digital space
forIndiaeachseasonhas
been sold to Viacom-18 at
Rs 23,758. Reliance-
owned Viacom-18 also
won Australia, South Af-
rica and United King-
dom rights. Times have
got MENA (Middle East
North Africa) and the
United States and the
Rest of the World Rights.
“I am thrilled to an-
nounce that STAR IN-
DIAwinsIndiaTVrights
with their bid of Rs
23,575 crores,”Jay Shah
said.
Jay Shah
Mahindra Srinivasan
appointed to RBI board
New Delhi: Mahindra
Mahindra Group
chairman Anand Ma-
hindra and TVS Motor
Company Chairman
Emeritus Venu Srini-
vasan are one of the
few corporate heads
who has been nominat-
ed by the Indian gov-
ernment to join the
Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) board as part-
time directors.
The government
made the announce-
ment recently while
also nominating Zydus
Lifesciences’ chair-
man Pankaj Patel and
Ravindra Dholakia, a
former professor of In-
dian Institute of
Ahmedabad.
The Appointments
Committee of the Cab-
inet gave its nod to
these appointments.
Anand Mahindra and Venu
Srinivasan
China lifts 2-year
COVID visa ban
on Indians
Beijing (PTI): China
has announced plans to
provide visas to Indian
professionals and their
families stranded in In-
dia for over two years
following the strict visa
restrictions imposed by
Beijing due to the COV-
ID-19 pandemic.
Separately, China is
also processing re-
quests of thousands of
Indian students study-
ing in Chinese univer-
sities who have con-
veyed their interest to
re-join their colleges
and universities.
INDIA
05
THACKERAY IN AYODHYA TODAY
Posters of Shiv Sena leader Aditya Thackeray put up in a street in Ayodhya on Tuesday, a day
ahead of the leader’s visit. —PHOTO BY PTI
HC OKAYS UNVEILING
OF KARUANIDHI
STATUE IN T’MALAI
Chennai (PTI): The Madras
High Court on Tuesday gave
the green signal for unveil-
ing of the statue of DMK
supremo late M Karunanidhi
at Tiruvannamalai by dis-
missing as withdrawn, a PIL
against the same. When the
matter came up for hearing,
the judges asked petitioner’s
counsel as to what could be
the impediment in install-
ing and unveiling the statue
within the patta land owned
by opposite party. And the
counsel opted to withdraw
the petition. The bench
allowed him to do so after
granting him liberty to chal-
lenge the patta allotment.

BIZ BUZZ
06
Irdai reduces
solvency margin
requirement
New Delhi (PTI):
Regulator Irdai on
Tuesday reduced the
solvency margin re-
quirement for general
insurers providing
crop insurance, a
decision expected
to unlock `1,400
crore of funds for
them to undertake
more business. The
decision, Irdai said,
is part of series of
reforms it has un-
dertaken to increase
insurance penetration
in the country. Irdai
said it has reduced
the solvency margin
requirement for
insurers doing crop
business. “This move
will increase the
capacity of general in-
surers to underwrite
more business,” it
added. Solvency mar-
gin, a key indicator of
financial health of an
insurer, refers to the
difference between its
value of assets and
liability.
India’s palm oil
imports dip 33%
in May
New Delhi (PTI): In-
dia’s palm oil imports
declined by 33.20%
to 5,14,022 tonne
during May this year,
but there was sharp
rise in shipment of
RBD palmolein oil by
refineries, indus-
try body Solvent
Extractors Asso-
ciation (SEA) said
on Tuesday. India,
the world’s leading
vegetable oil buyer,
imported 7,69,602
tonnes of palm oils in
May 2021. The coun-
try’s total vegetable
oil imports declined
to 10,05,547 tonne in
May this year, com-
pared to 12,13,142
tonne in the year-ago
period. The share of
palm oil is about 50%
of the country’s total
vegetable oil imports.
Acc to SEA, Indonesia
has lifted the ban on
export of palm oil
with some conditions
from May 23 and also
reduced export tax.
MSMEs bounced
back stronger
since COVID-19
Kolkata (PTI):
Fintech lender
NeoGrowth on Tues-
day said the MSME
sector has emerged
“stronger” during
the last two years
since onset of the
COVID-19 pandemic,
leveraging the digital
payments ecosystem.
In its survey, ‘MSME
Insight Report 2022’,
the non-banking
finance company
said the small and
medium enterpris-
es have been able
to “bounce back
stronger” with timely
support. The survey,
covering MSMEs in
both discretionary
and non-discretion-
ary demand-oriented
businesses, exam-
ined the “challenges
they encountered
during the pandemic,
the impact of support
measures on their
recovery, the shift
to digital means of
doing business, and
their resilience in the
two years”.
New Delhi (PTI): In-
dia’s job market looks
optimistic with 63% of
companies planning to
add more staff in next
three months, in a bid
to speed up the recov-
ery process and sustain
the economic growth, a
survey said on Tuesday
.
According to the
ManpowerGroup Em-
ployment Outlook Sur-
vey, the labour market
is indicating strong
sentiments in third
quarter (July-Septem-
ber) of 2022, with a Net
Employment Outlook
of 51%, which is a re-
cord high in 8 years.
Net Employment
Outlook is derived by
taking the percentage
of employers anticipat-
ing total employment
to increase and sub-
tracting from this the
percentage expecting
to see a decrease in em-
ployment at their loca-
tion in the next quarter.
For September quar-
ter, 63% expect to in-
crease their staffing
levels, 12% anticipate a
decrease in hiring in-
tent and 24% do not an-
ticipate any change,
resulting in a season-
ally adjusted Net Em-
ployment Outlook of
51%. “Despite rising
inflation and the geopo-
litical instability, there
is a positive sentiment
across sectors in India
in a bid to speed up the
recovery process and
sustain the economic
growth of the country,”
said Sandeep Gulati,
Managing Director,
ManpowerGroupIndia.
When compared to
the same period last
year, hiring sentiments
have improved by a
whopping 46 percent-
age points, while there
is a 13 percentage
points growth when
compared to April-June
period, the survey of
more than 3,000 em-
ployers in India indi-
cated.
The survey further
noted that employers
anticipate strong de-
mand for talent across
key sectors, and digital
roles continue to drive
most demand. IT
Technology reported
the strongest outlook
(68%), followed by
Banking, Finance, In-
surance and Real Es-
tate (60%), Other Ser-
vices (52%), Restau-
rants and Hotels (48%)
and Manufacturing
(48%).
JULY-SEPT HIRING OUTLOOK AT 8-YEAR HIGH
WPI INFLATION SPIKES TO
RECORD 15.88% IN MAY
New Delhi (PTI):
Wholesale price-based
inflation surged to a re-
cord high of 15.88% in
May as crude prices
rose and heatwave
brought about a spike
in prices of vegetables
and fruits, strengthen-
ing the possibility of a
further interest rate
hike by the Reserve
Bank.
The WPI-based infla-
tion maintained its in-
creasing trajectory for
the third month in a
row, and remained in
double digits for the
14th consecutive month
since April last year.
“The high rate of in-
flation in May 2022 is
primarily due to rise in
prices of mineral oils,
crude petroleum and
natural gas, food arti-
cles, basic metals, non-
food articles, chemicals
and chemical products
and food products etc.
As compared to the cor-
responding month of
the previous year,” the
commerce and indus-
try ministry said in a
statement.
The Wholesale Price
Index (WPI)-based in-
flation was 15.08% in
April and 13.11% in
May last year.
Considering the old
series, the last time
WPI inflation was high-
er than this was in Au-
gust 1991, when it was
at 16.06%.
Inflation in food
items crossed the dou-
ble-digit mark after a
gap of 4 months as veg-
etables, potato, wheat
and protein-rich items
saw the price rise. Infla-
tion in onion, however,
saw easing at (-) 20.40%.
Inflation in food arti-
cles in May was 12.34%,
against 8.35% in the
previous month.
WPI- based inflation maintained
its increasing trajectory
It was 15.08% in April and 13.11%
in May last year
PRICE RISE IN VEGETABLES
Kolkata (PTI): CEA V
Anantha Nageswaran
on Tuesday said India
would become a $5 tril-
lion economy by 2026-
27 and $10 trillion by
2033-34.
Nageswaran said In-
dia is relatively better
placed than other
emerging economies.
“On the face of it,
looks optimistic, even
ambitious, but if we get
to $5 trillion by 2026-27.
“We are now $3.3 tril-
lion, it is not such a dif-
ficult target to reach.
Then if you simply as-
sume 10% nominal GDP
growth in dollar terms,
then you get to $10 tril-
lion by 2033-34 and an-
other doubling with the
same rate,” he said.
In 2019, PM Narendra
Modi envisioned to
make India a $5 trillion
economy and global
powerhouse by 2024-25.
The CEA said there is
a need for climate tag-
ging of the budget.
India to be $5
tn economy by
2026-27: CEA
Sensex down
by 153 points
Mumbai (PTI):
Benchmark indi-
ces fell for the third
straight day on
Tuesday, with the
Sensex falling over
153 points amid
largely weak glob-
al markets as in-
vestors remained
cautious ahead of
the crucial Federal
Reserve meeting
outcome.
Unabated foreign
fund outflows also
continued to weigh
on the domestic eq-
uity markets.
The 30-share BSE
benchmarkdropped
153.13 points or
0.29% to settle at
52,693.57. During
the day, it tumbled
387.22 points or
0.73% to 52,459.48.
The NSE Nifty
declined by 42.30
points or 0.27% to
end at 15,732.10.
From the Sensex
pack, IndusInd
Bank, Tech Mahin-
dra, Reliance Indus-
tries, Maruti, Hin-
dustan Unilever,
HDFC Bank and
Asian Paints were
the major laggards.
On the other
hand, NTPC, Ul-
traTech Cement,
Bharti Airtel and
MM were among
the gainers.
` ENDS ALMOST
FLAT AT 78.03/$
Mumbai (PTI): Staging
a marginal recovery
from its lifetime low,
the rupee inched up 1
paisa to close at 78.03
(provisional) against the
US dollar on Tuesday. At
the interbank forex mar-
ket, the rupee opened at
78.02 against the green-
back and witnessed an
intra-day high of 77.90
and a low of 78.07. It
finally settled at 78.03.
LIC’S STOCK ENDS
1% HIGHER
New Delhi (Agencies):
Tuesday came as a
surprise for LIC share-
holders. The insurance
behemoth was able to
settle in green, snapping
its 10-day losing streak.
Shares of LIC rose
about a per cent to
675.50 on Tuesday. The
counter had tumbled
more than 6 per cent
to close at `668.20 on
Monday.
Gold dips by `547; silver down `864
New Delhi (PTI): Gold prices in Delhi on Tues-
day tumbled by `547 to `50,471 per 10 grams
amid rupee appreciation, according to HDFC
Securities. In the previous trade, the precious
metal settled at `51,018 per 10 grams. Silver
also dipped by `864 to `59,874 per kg from
`60,738 per kg in the previous trade.
FITCH EXPECTS RBI TO HIKE RATES
TO 5.9% BY DECEMBER-END
Indian cities rise up
global startup ranks
London (PTI): Bengal-
uru held on to its record
trend of attracting tech-
nology investments and
other Indian cities such
as Mumbai and Delhi
and hubs such as Telan-
gana and Kerala are
also making a mark on
the global startup eco-
systems charts, accord-
ing to new research re-
leased at London Tech
Week 2022 on Tuesday
.
Research from Deal-
room.Co for London
Partners – London’s
business growth agen-
cy, showed that Bengal-
uru is the leading Asian
city and fifth-ranked
hub in the world for
tech venture capital
(VC) investment in 2022.
A separate ‘Global
Startup Ecosystem’ re-
port from Startup Ge-
nome found that the
Asian scenario in the
sector once dominated
by Beijing, Singapore,
Hong Kong, and Korea
is now being consider-
ably disrupted by the
likes of Bengaluru,
Mumbai, and Delhi.
While Bengaluru
ranked 22nd in the
global startup ecosys-
tem index due to major
improvements in its
market reach and ac-
cess to funding, Delhi
moved up an impres-
sive 11 places coming
in at No. 26, with Mum-
bai at No. 36.
BENGALURU AT 22
New Delhi (PTI):
Fitch Ratings on Tues-
day said the Reserve
Bank is likely to raise
interest rates further to
5.9% by December 2022,
on deteriorating infla-
tion outlook.
In its update to Glob-
al Economic Outlook,
Fitch said India’s econ-
omy faces a worsening
external environment,
elevated commodity
prices, and tighter glob-
al monetary policy
.
“Given the deterio-
rating outlook for infla-
tion, we now expect the
RBI to lift rates further
to 5.9% by December
2022 and to 6.15% by the
end of 2023 (vs previous
forecast of 5%) and to
be unchanged in 2024,”
Fitch said.
Last month in an un-
scheduled policy an-
nouncement, the Re-
serve Bank of India
(RBI) raised rates by 40
basis points to 4.4%,
and subsequently to
4.9%last week.
The RBI has fore-
cast inflation to be
6.7% by the end of cur-
rent fiscal. The retail
inflation for May came
in at 7.04%.
The labour
market is
indicating strong
sentiments in
third quarter of
2022, with a Net
Employment
Outlook of 51%
Total Energies to pick up
25 per cent in Adani arm
New Delhi (PTI): Bil-
lionaire Gautam Ada-
ni’s logistics-to-energy
conglomerate has
roped in French Total-
Energies as a partner
for its green hydrogen
production venture
that will see an invest-
ment of $50 billion
over the next 10 years
in producing the car-
bon-free fuel.
TotalEnergies will
acquire 25% share-
holding in Adani New
Industries Ltd — the
firm that houses Ada-
ni Group’s new energy
business — for an un-
disclosed amount, the
two firms said in sepa-
rate statements. “To-
talEnergies has en-
tered into an agree-
ment with AEL to ac-
quire a 25% interest in
ANIL,” the French
energy giant said.
ANIL will be the ex-
clusive platform of
AEL and TotalEner-
gies for the production
and commercializa-
tion of green hydro-
gen in India.
Adani group state-
ment said the partner-
ship, centered on green
hydrogen, is expected
to transform the ener-
gy landscape both in
India and globally
.
8000 HNIs may
leave India this year
New Delhi (Agencies):
According to a new sur-
vey, as many as 8,000
high-net-worth individ-
uals are predicted to
leave India in 2022.
Strict tax rules and
reporting requirements
in India, as well as the
need for stronger pass-
ports, remain the pri-
mary factors driving
the migration,
Moreandmoreyoung
entrepreneurs are ex-
ploring global business
and investment pros-
pects while demonstrat-
ing an ever-increasing
risk appetite, according
to the report.
The report also
showed that the num-
ber of US dollar mil-
lionaires and billion-
aires in India will grow
by 80% over the next 10
years, while it will only
grow by 20% in the US
and by 10% in France.

07
NEWS
Legal luminaries write to CJI for
suo motu action on UP’s bulldozers
New Delhi (PTI): For-
mer judges and senior
advocates have written
to Chief Justice of In-
dia N V Ramana urging
him to take suo motu
cognizance of alleged
incidents of illegal de-
tention, bulldozing of
residences, and police
action on protestors
agitating against cer-
tain objectionable re-
marks made by BJP
spokespersons.
The letter signed by
them said, “the letter
petition is being pre-
sented as an urgent ap-
peal to the Supreme
Court of India to take
cognisance of the re-
cent incidents of vio-
lence and repression by
state authorities on citi-
zens of Uttar Pradesh.”
It further said that
the recent remarks
made by certain BJP
spokespersons (since
suspended from the of-
fice) on the Prophet Mo-
hammed have resulted
in protests in multiple
parts of the country,
particularly in UP. The
letter petition has been
signed by former judges
of the top court Justices
B Sudarshan Reddy, V
Gopala Gowda, and AK
Ganguly, former Chief
Justice of Delhi High
Court AP Shah, former
judge of Madras High
Court Justice K Chand-
ru, and former judge
Karnataka High Court
Mohammed Anwar.
Among the senior
lawyerswhohavesigned
the letter petition in-
clude senior advocates
Shanti Bhushan, Indira
Jaising, CU Singh,
Sriram Panchu,
Prashant Bhushan, and
Anand Grover. It said,
“Instead of giving pro-
testors an opportunity
of being heard and en-
gaging in peaceful pro-
tests, the UP state ad-
ministration appears to
have sanctioned taking
violent action against
such individuals.”
Letter signed said, “the letter petition is being presented as an urgent
appeal to the SC of India to take cognisance of the recent incidents”
A bulldozer in action to demolish a building in Uttar Pradesh. —FILE PHOTO
Treating accused
as convicts is
unlawful: AIMPLB
New Delhi (FIB):
The All India Muslim
Personal Law Board
(AIMPLB) has said
that treating accused
as convicts was not
only unlawful but
also a way of creating
terror and panic.
In a statement, the
Board cited visuals
on social media to
highlight alleged po-
lice excesses on indi-
viduals detained on
allegations of stone-
pelting and
violence.
The board also ap-
pealed to the mem-
bers of the Muslim
community to exer-
cise restraint and
limit their protests to
handing over of
memorandums to lo-
cal authorities seek-
ing action against
those who have in-
sulted the Prophet to
express their disap-
proval and resent-
ment if any, against
such acts.
The board also de-
manded that the po-
lice first investigate
cases of violence,
submit their findings
before the court and
seek directions to ini-
tiate action against
the accused.
AkhileshYadavto
attendMamata’s
meetonPrezpoll
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Samajwadi
Party President Akh-
ilesh will be attending
the meeting of the op-
position leaders con-
vened by West Bengal
chief minister Mamata
Banerjee at the Consti-
tution Club in New Del-
hi on Wednesday
.
According to party
spokesperson, the for-
mer chief minister will
leave for New Delhi to
attend the meeting on
the invitation of WB
CM. The Trinamool
Congress chief has sent
an invitation to 22 oppo-
sition leaders to attend
the meeting as the race
for Raisina Hills heats
up. “With the Presiden-
tial election around the
corner, CM of West Ben-
gal Mamata Banerjee,
with an initiative of
strong effective oppo-
sition against the divi-
sive forces, has reached
out to the opposition
CMs and leaders to par-
ticipate in a joint meet-
ing,” the Trinamool
Congress statement
read.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Samajwadi
Party President Akhilesh in grave discussion. —FILE PHOTO
THE INVITATION
T
T
T
REMARKS MADE BY BJP LEADERS
AdventureispartparcelHaryanavillages’life:Khattar
First India Bureau
Chandigarh: Haryana
Chief Minister Mano-
har Lal Khattar said
on Tuesday that what-
ever infrastructure is
required to take adven-
ture forward on the
lines of regular sports
in the state, it will be
provided so that every
youth can become a
participant in adven-
ture. Along with this,
tourism business will
be promoted in Hary-
ana through adventure
sports.
The Chief Minister
said this while flagging
off a mountaineering
team of school stu-
dents organized by the
School Education De-
partment and Adven-
ture Club here on Tues-
day. He said that adven-
ture runs in the life of
the villages of Hary-
ana. Therefore, by
training the youth,
they will be brought
into the business of ad-
venture sports.The
Chief Minister said
that to promote adven-
ture activities in Hary-
ana, Sardar Milkha
Singh Club has been
established at Morni,
due to which many ac-
tivities are being con-
ducted in this area.
Apart from this, trek-
king routes are also be-
ing explored in the Ara-
valli hills for the youth
so that adventure struc-
ture can be increased in
South Haryana also. He
said that 1000 youth will
be made capable by giv-
ing adventure training.
Learners’
driving
licence at
click of a
button: Mann
C h a n d i g a r h
(PTI): Punjab
Chief Minister
Bhagwant Mann
launched the on-
line driving li-
cense facility here
on Tuesday to fa-
cilitate people in
the state to get
their learner's
driving license in
a smooth and has-
sle-free manner.
“This is a revo-
lutionary decision
which will save
the time, money
and energy of the
people desirous of
getting learner's
driving license in
the comfort of
their homes round
the clock,” the
Punjab CM said
while launching
the portal.
Two members of Lawrance Bishnoi
gang arrested from Mohali: Pb Police
Once an SP supporter, this Muslim
boy now has Yogi’s tattoo on chest
Chandigarh (PTI):
Punjab Police has ar-
rested two active mem-
bers of the Lawrence
Bishnoi gang who were
working on the direc-
tions of Canada-based
gangster Goldy Brar.
Gagandeep Singh ali-
as Gaagi and Gurpreet
Singh alias Gopi were
arrested along with
arms and ammunition
in Mohali while they
were on their way to de-
liver a consignment of
weapons, Mohali's Sen-
ior Superintendent of
Police, Vivek Sheel Soni
said on Tuesday
. Both
are residents of Kingra,
Dabbwali in Sirsa dis-
trict of Haryana.
The SSP said that two
32 calibre pistols were
seized from them along
with eight live cartridg-
es.Acaseunderrelevant
provisions of the law in-
cluding the Arms Act
has been registered
against them at Mohali.
Sonisaidthetwowere
in regular touch with
Godly Brar through
gangster Manpreet Sin-
gh alias Manna, who al-
legedly provided a car to
theassailantsinPunjabi
singerSidhuMoosewala
murder case and was re-
cently arrested.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Once an ar-
dent supporter of Sa-
majwadi Party, this
young Muslim entre-
preneur is now a big fan
of chief minister Yogi
Adityanath. So much so
that he has got a big tat-
too of the monk-turned-
UP CM engraved on his
chest much to the cha-
grin of his friends and
relatives.
Yameen Siddiqui, a
23-year-old Muslim
youth, has got an image
of Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath tattooed on his
chest. He says that Yogi
is his role model and he
has given himself a gift
on Yogi’s birthday, ear-
lier this month, by get-
ting the tattoo. Siddiqui
lives in a village on the
border of Farrukhabad
and Mainpuri districts
and owns a footwear
business here. He ad-
mits that he has been
facing a lot of flak from
his friends and relatives
since he got the tattoo
but he is not upset.
“My wish is to meet
Yogi Adityanath and
show him the tattoo. I
have great love and re-
spect for him. He has
changed Uttar Pradesh
ever since he came to
power,” Siddiqui says.
KHELO INDIA!
Union Minister
for Information
Broadcasting,
Youth Affairs
and Sports,
Anurag Singh
Thakur and
the Governor
of Haryana,
Bandaru
Dattatreya,
at the closing
ceremony
of 4th Khelo
India Youth
Games-2021 at
Panchkula on
Tuesday.
—ANI PHOTO
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Indian
Council of Agricultur-
al Research (ICAR) or-
ganized a brainstorm-
ing session on Tuesday
to mainstream agricul-
ture curriculum in
school education. It
was inaugurated by
Union Minister of Ag-
riculture and Farmers
Welfare Narendra Sin-
gh Tomar.
Speaking on the oc-
casion, Narendra Sin-
gh Tomar said that ag-
riculture sector occu-
pies a very important
place in the country
and the livelihood of
large population is de-
pendent on agriculture.
Agriculture is In-
dia’s strength and its
predominance will not
only remain in the fu-
ture but it will also ex-
pand. In view of this,
ICAR has made an ef-
fort to integrate the
agriculture world
with the new educa-
tion policy.
The objective of this
event is to focus on de-
signing agricultural
education system to-
wards developing voca-
tional curriculum in-
cluding agricultural
science to provide bet-
ter education under the
National Education
Policy (NEP), 2020.
Therefore, a new para-
digm will be introduced
at the primary, middle
and secondary school
levels, with vocational
courses at the higher
level for the develop-
ment of students and
youth in agriculture
and allied sciences.
Main stream agriculture to be part of school curriculum: Tomar
PROTECTING ENVIRONMENT

Union Minister
of Agriculture
and Farmers
Welfare
Narendra Singh
Tomar
inaugurated
Govt is working
to promote
trekking in south
Haryana also
Establishment of
Milkha Singh
Adventure Club
to promote
adventure
activities in
Morni

The highest ideal is to bring
people of all races, religious
and political convictions
together in peace.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
ReligiousimpulseisatheartofIndia’sculture:PrezKovind
First India Bureau
Bengaluru: President
Ram Nath Kovind on
Tuesday said a single
defining feature of the
quest of ‘rishis-munis’
in ancient times that
has inspired society
along with others is plu-
rality
.
Dedicating the ISK-
CON Sri Rajadhiraja
Govinda Temple here in
a ‘Lokarpana’ (inaugu-
ration) ceremony, he
said religious impulse
is at the heart of India’s
culture.
“The quest of the ri-
shi-munis of this land
in ancient times has
also inspired our socie-
ty along with its kings
and scholars, poets and
architects. If there is a
single defining feature
of this quest, it is plu-
rality”, the President
said.
“All competing world-
views, from ‘Advaita
Vad’ to ‘Vishishtadvait
Vad’, all have flourished
under one umbrella.
There are different
sects, such as ‘Vaish-
navism’, ‘Shaivism’ and
‘Shakta sampradaya’,”
he observed.
Karnataka Governor
Thaawarchand Gehlot
and CM Basavaraj Bom-
mai were among those
who graced the occa-
sion. According to ISK-
CON (International So-
ciety for Krishna Con-
sciousness), Sri Raja-
dhiraja Govinda Tem-
ple on Vaikuntha hill at
Vasanthapura on
Kanakapura Road is a
traditional, stone-
carved structure and a
replica of the famous
Sri Venkateshwara
temple in Tirumala in
Andhra Pradesh.
The dimensions,
stone carvings and aes-
thetics are also similar.
“The deity of Lord Srin-
ivasa is nearly the same
height and has been
named Sri Rajadhiraja
Govinda, which means
He is the king of kings,”
ISKCON said.
The President said he
is confident that this
temple will emerge as a
modern-day pilgrimage
point, and will attract a
large number of devo-
tees.
“The quest of the
rishi-munis of this
land in
ancient times has
also inspired our
society along with
its kings and
scholars, poetsand
architects.Ifthereis
asingledefining
featureofthisquest,
itisplurality.
Ram Nath Kovind,
President
President Ram Nath Kovind with First Lady Savita Kovind at the Lokarpana ceremony of Sri Rajadhiraja
Govinda Temple, at Vaikuntha Hill,Vasanthapura, in Bengaluru on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Puri (PTI): After a gap
of two years, thousands
of devotees on Tuesday
witnessed the bathing
rituals of the deities of
Lord Balabhadra, Devi
Subhadra, Lord Jagan-
nath and Lord Sudar-
shan.
The rituals are con-
ducted on the full moon
day of ‘Jyestha’ (mid
May-mid June).
Over two lakh devo-
tees have already as-
sembled in the pilgrim
town to witness the
bathing rituals, an offi-
cial of the Shree Jagan-
nath Temple Adminis-
tration said.
On this occasion, the
deities are brought out
from the ‘garbagriha’
(sanctum sanctorum)
of the Jagannath Tem-
ple at Puri in a ceremo-
nial procession and
taken to the ‘Snan Man-
dap’ (bathing platform)
where they are bathed.
‘Snan Jatra’ was con-
ducted without public
participation in the last
two years due to COV-
ID-19 pandemic.
The deities were
brought to the ‘Snan
Mandap’, early in the
morning and the ‘Pa-
handi’ concluded at
around 6 am.
Devotees witness Jagannath’s bathing rituals
AFTER 2 YEARS

The rituals are
conducted on
the full moon
day of ‘Jyestha’
(mid May-mid
June). Over two
lakh devotees
have already
assembled in
the pilgrim town
Delhigovttoempowerlocalbodies,
SHOs to act against noise pollution
New Delhi (PTI): Aim-
ing to effectively con-
trol and curb noise pol-
lution in Delhi, the city
government has pro-
posed to empower offi-
cials of civic bodies to
take action against vio-
lators, according to of-
ficials.
The Delhi Environ-
ment Department has
also submitted a pro-
posal to the Union Envi-
ronment Ministry to
designate SHOs as an
authority to prosecute
violators under noise
pollution rules.
Under the Noise Pol-
lution (Regulation and
Control) Rules, 2000,
deputy commissioners,
subdivisional magis-
trates, assistant com-
missioners of police
(traffic), subdivisional
police officers -- includ-
ing of railways and air-
ports -- and member
secretary and chair-
man of the Delhi Pollu-
tion Control Committee
have been designated as
an authority to take ac-
tion against violators.
In Delhi, the local and
civic bodies -- MCD,
NDMC and Delhi Can-
tonment Board -- are
not empowered to initi-
ate legal action under
the Noise Pollution
(Regulation and Con-
trol) Rules.
The only option avail-
able to them is to report
the violation to the des-
ignated authorities.
BJP scared of me, dare CBI,
ED to touch me: Abhishek
Agartala (PTI): Trina-
mool Congress general
secretary Abhishek Ba-
nerjee on Tuesday
claimed that BJP is
scared of him and dared
the central investiga-
tive agencies ED and
CBI to touch him “if
they have the guts”.
Banerjee told a TMC
election rally here that
his wife was summoned
by CBI on Monday, a
day before his visit here
and he himself had
been grilled by the cen-
tral agencies twice
spanning over 10 hours
in Delhi. “What did
they do? If you (the ED
and CBI) have the guts,
touch me,” he said.
“The BJP is scared of
me. It will not be able to
prevent Trinamool Con-
gress from entering
Tripura, Assam and
Meghalaya. Mamata
Banerjee’s party will
reinstall democracy in
states where democrat-
ic values have been
scuttled,” he said.
The ED in investigat-
ing a money laundering
case linked to an al-
leged coal scam in West
Bengal against Ab-
hishek Banerjee, while
CBI questioned his wife
Rujira in connection
with a coal pilferage
scam.
Lashing out at the
BJP-led government at
the Centre, he said, “If
it has the ED and CBI,
we (TMC) have people’s
support and in democ-
racy people have the
last say”.
Delhi University has ex-
tended the last date for
registration for the
‘centenary’ chance ex-
amination, which will
allow final year drop-
outs to complete their
degrees, to June 24.
Earlier, the last date
of the registration was
June 15.
In May, Delhi Uni-
versity announced
that those who dropped
out of college in the
final year can register
for a one-time chance
to appear in examina-
tions and complete
their degree.
The students have
been given this one-
time chance in view of
the Delhi University’s
year-long centenary cel-
ebrations that started
on May 1.
“The last date for reg-
istration for Centenary
Chance Examination is
extendedupto24.06.2022
(Friday) by 5:30 pm,”
Dean of Examination
DS Rawat said in a
statement.
Pratham Puja held at Amarnath
cave shrine in Kashmir Himalayas
Srinagar (PTI):
Pratham Puja (first
prayer), marking the
ritual beginning of the
annual Amarnath
yatra, was held on Tues-
day on the occasion of
Jyestha Purnima at the
holy cave shrine in
south Kashmir Himala-
yas, officials said.
The formal yatra will
begin on June 30 and
culminate on August 11,
coinciding with Raksha
Bandhan.
“To mark the begin-
ning of annual #Amar-
nathYatra, Pratham
puja was performed on
Tuesday on the occa-
sion of Jyestha Purni-
ma at the holy cave
shrine of Lord #Shiva,”
the Shri Amarnath
Shrine Board tweeted.
It said Nitishwar Ku-
mar, Chief Executive
Officer of the board,
along with other office
bearers, participated in
the prayers.
More than 10 Lakh
pilgrims are expected
to pay obeisance at the
3,880-metre-high cave
shrine of Amarnath in
south Kashmir Hima-
layas, 45 kilometres
from tourist resort Pa-
halgam.
National Herald Case: ED closed the case in 2015,
why has it been reopened, questions Raj CM Gehlot
Aditi Nagar,
Ashvini Yadav
Shivendra Parmar
New Delhi: Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot has levelled seri-
ous allegations against
the Central Govern-
ment and BJP-RSS over
ED’s interrogation of
Rahul Gandhi. Opening
front on the second day
of interrogation, Gehlot
claimed that no one can
imagine the corruption
that has spread in the
country in eight years.
“With the informa-
tion I have and what I
hear from industrial-
ists, businessmen, you
cannot imagine that
such a huge corruption
is happening. The ED
doesn’t pay attention to
it. They have so many
people of their own,
whether they are from
RSS or BJP, they all
have openly looted.
These people do not pay
attention on them,” Ge-
hlot said while interact-
ing with the media.
Gehlotsaid,“EDinter-
rogated Rahul Gandhi
till12o’clockinthenight.
Which crime was com-
mitted or which billions
and trillions of rupees
were laundered? Where
there is money launder-
ing of billions of rupees
happening, the ED does
not look there. I would
like to say to Modi, God
hasgivenyouachanceto
becomethePrimeMinis-
ter. You have a duty
, you
are the PM of the coun-
try
. Do not get the people
of the country treated
like this by CBI, ED, In-
comeTax.Otherwisethe
country will not spare
you either.”
Delhi Environment Dept has submitted proposal to Union Environment Ministry
Corruptioncomplaint
cellannnouncedbyMCD
Municipal Corporation
of Delhi (MCD) on
Tuesday announced the
setting up of a Corrup-
tion Complaint Cell and
issued helpline num-
bers and an e-mail ad-
dress for filing graft-re-
lated complaints, offi-
cials said.
According to civic of-
ficials, the cell was con-
stituted by the MCD on
Sunday which will work
under the supervision
of the additional com-
missioner.
“The general public
is informed that Cor-
ruption Complaint Cell
has been set up by MCD
to deal with the com-
plaints of corruption
against municipal offi-
cials and departments.
Additional Deputy
Commissioner (HQ)
will be the officer-in-
charge of the cell,” a
public notice issued by
the MCD read.
Any person can file
or lodge complaints on
corruption pertaining
to the corporation in
writing or through e-
mail. The complainants
can also dial 011-
23225231 or e-mail their
complaints to commis-
sioner
.Ccc@mcd.nic.in.
TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee. —FILE PHOTO
RESTRICTED
WHERE ARE ‘ACCHE DIN?’
DUextendslastdateforregistration
forCentenarychanceexamination
One-time chance
Priests perform a ritual prior to giving a ceremonial bath to the
idol of Lord Jagannath on the occasion of Snan Yatra , in Puri on
Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
—REPRESENTATIVE
IMAGE
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi lends an ear to Rajasthan CM
Ashok Gehlot at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday.

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FACE
OF
THE
DAY!
Aries
MARCH 21 - APRIL 20
Not much is likely to be
achieved on a business
trip, but it may open
new opportunities.
Devoting some time for
physical fitness is indicated for some
and will help keep them fit. Those
planning to move houses will manage
to find a suitable one. Health will be
satisfactory.
Gemini
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Family support will be
crucial against those
who are trying to tarnish
your image on the social
front. Initiative taken on
the property front is likely to benefit.
Love is likely to knock at your door, so
be prompt to respond. Focus on health
will become your priority and will have a
positive outcome on your fitness.
Leo
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
A family event may keep
you entertained. You are
likely to benefit from a
property related matter.
Students would need to
work upon time management skills to
stay abreast with the competition. This
is the time to muster all your resources
for tackling something complicated on
the work front.
Libra
SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 22
A diet plan adopted
recently will suit your
system well. Your
performance may leave
you feeling good today
on professional or academic front.
Maintain confidentiality regarding a
property deal being negotiated by you.
A chance for an outing with lover
finally arrives.
Sagittarius
NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 22
Your stars favour a
bright beautiful day . A
setback you have
recently experienced can
make you come out
stronger. Tax advisor will be a big help
in saving taxes, so don’t hesitate to
contact one.It is difficult for the
relationship of friends turned lovers to
fall apart, so relax.
Aquarius
JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 19
Keep on doing whatever
you are doing to remain
healthy. Some of you
will have to curb your
splurging ways. Family
life will cruise along smoothly with
much love and bonhomie. Don’t speed
up on the road. Chance of moving to a
new location on transfer is likely for
some.
Taurus
APRIL 21 - MAY 20
You are likely to resolve
to come back in shape
and start an exercise
regimen. Family will be
supportive and look
after your needs. Some of you are likely
to join a group to resolve difficulties on
the academic front. Someone you are
working closely with may attract you.
Your plans will work out today.
Cancer
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
A piece of immovable
property can come to
you through a will or
gift. You will put in the
required efforts on the
professional or academic front to reap
rich rewards. Cupid’s arrow is likely to
find its mark and bring romance into
your life. You worry too much, take
time to ease out.
Virgo
AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 23
Money coming from
various streams will keep
you in an elated state of
mind. A new fitness
regime that you have
adopted promises to keep you in the pink
of health. Getting an old furniture
upholstered may be at the top of the
mind of some homemakers. Your search
for perfect partner may soon be over.
Scorpio
OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You will derive great
benefit from an exercise
routine that you keenly
follow. Extra workload
is foreseen at work, but
nothing that you cannot handle within
office hours. Taking the family on a trip
seems impossible today due to your
professional commitments, so
postpone it for some other day.
Capricorn
DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 20
Previous investments
are likely to give you
good returns. Some of
you may decide to
follow in the footsteps
of celebrities and visit the very same
exotic destination that they had been
to.No amount of excuses will dispel
lover’s suspicions about your tendency
to stray the path.
Pisces
FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 20
Settling down in a new
house is indicated for
some. Money put
together on previous
occasions is likely to
come in handy now. A family
youngster is keen to learn from you, so
don’t disappoint.You may have to
awaken partner’s interest in you once
again.
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studentof mine
recently came
tomeandasked
me to suggest a
poem that she
could recite at
her school’s Po-
etry Recitation Competi-
tion. I intuitively gravi-
tated to one of my favour-
ite poems titled Human
Family by Maya Angelou.
Foryourreference,I’dlike
to share that poem here
before I continue:
I note the obvious dif-
ferences
in the human family.
Some of us are serious,
some thrive on comedy.
Some declare their lives
are lived
as true profundity,
and others claim they
really live
the real reality.
The variety of our skin
tones
can confuse, bemuse,
delight,
brown and pink and
beige and purple,
tan and blue and white.
I’ve sailed upon the
seven seas
and stopped in every
land,
I’ve seen the wonders
of the world
not yet one common
man.
I know ten thousand
women
called Jane and Mary
Jane,
but I’ve not seen any
two
who really were the
same.
Mirror twins are differ-
ent
although their features
jibe,
and lovers think quite
different thoughts
while lying side by side.
We love and lose in
China,
we weep on England’s
moors,
and laugh and moan in
Guinea,
and thrive on Spanish
shores.
We seek success in Fin-
land,
are born and die in
Maine.
In minor ways we differ
,
inmajor
,we’rethesame.
I note the obvious dif-
ferences
between each sort and
type,
but we are more alike,
my friends,
than we are unalike.
We are more alike, my
friends,
We are more alike, my
friends,
The reason I thought
of sharing this specific
poem in this article is
that as we inch closer to
another landmark year
of our country’s inde-
pendence; it is the es-
sence of this poem that is
the core thought I’d like
to leave you with as we
ponder our decades of
glorious Independence.
India, our great nation,
draws immense pride
from our ethos of inclu-
sion, of our diversity,
and our multi-cultural,
multi-racial, multi-eth-
nic past and present.
However, some would
contend that this great
and beautiful diversity
is being undermined in
present-day India. That
is how we once were, di-
vided based on narrow-
mindedness and myopic
outlooks, we are, again
today! And that to me,
really puts a serious
question mark on the
entire notion of free-
dom, of true, essential,
liberty. Today freedom
means different things
to different people. Sure.
But are we not, in this
digitized, connected,
hyper-tech world, re-
gressing if we begin to
colour our outlook, be-
haviour, opinions and
decisions with the col-
our and origin of skin?
Is this the independent
country we want to live
in, one that is divided,
compartmentalized, in
mind and boundary?
What kind of a country
are we leaving for our
children? We want and
encourage kids to read
the newspaper; what
they read each day in
the papers are hate sto-
ries, communal vio-
lence, and religious un-
rest! Is that not a crying
shame? And is that not
also a huge black blot on
the notion of free India?
Hope rests now with
the young generation. I
notice through my inter-
actions with thousands
of students; that young
children are innocent,
instinctively inclusive,
fair, just, and inherently
equalist. Neither do
they differentiate based
on status, nor class or
religion. They are pure.
It is this purity and plu-
rality that we as parents,
educators and caregiv-
ers must do our utmost
to preserve and protect.
That our own biases
should not reach and in-
fluence these young
minds. We must set ex-
amples for these chil-
dren to follow and lead
with. Simple things
around the house, such
as treating staff with
care and sensitivity and
celebrating all festivals,
no matter their origin.
These kinds of acts will
be imbibed by children
as their natural and or-
ganic way of being and
shape their already in-
clusive beliefs into a life-
long, accepting ethos.
I leave you, therefore,
in this article with a sim-
ple message. Celebrate
freedom but be truly
free. Exalt liberty but
only if you understand
true liberty. And accept
your independence, only
if you are willing, to be,
independent in your
thinking. Bestow upon
our children, the gift of
true Independence and
acceptance.
GIVING
GIVING
YOUNG
YOUNG
INDIA
INDIA
A TRULY
A TRULY
FREE INDIA
FREE INDIA
KARTIK BAJORIA
(the author is a Jaipur-based
Communication Skills
Educator Writer)
A

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