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Renni Abraham
Mumbai: Maharashtra
Tourism and Environ-
ment Minister Aaditya
Thackeray visited the
Ayodhyatempletownfor
a comprehensive Dar-
shan-seekingpilgrimage
on Wednesday sans poli-
tics or disruptions creat-
edbypoliticaldetractors,
with UP Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath paving
thewayfortheShivSena
leader’s devotion for
Ram Lalla.
As reported by First
India, even amid the row
over MNS leader Raj
Thackeray’s previously
proposed visit to Ayod-
hya on June 05, Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath had em-
phatically stated that all
devotees would be wel-
comed and no obstacles
would be permitted un-
der his government. Al-
though Raj Thackeray
laterdeferredhisvisiton
account of hip surgery
,
his nephew and Maha-
rashtra minister Aditya
Thackeray’s visit has
succeeded in blowing up
anydoubtscreatedabout
future visits to the tem-
pletownbyMaharashtri-
ans.
The younger Thack-
eray told the media that
hisfatherandMaharash-
tra Chief Minister Ud-
dhav Thackeray would
write to his counterpart
in UP seeking the alloca-
tion of 100 acres of land
for the construction of a
Maharashtra Sadan
whereLordRama’sdevo-
tees from the state could
be accommodated dur-
ing future pilgrimages.
“The Shiv Sena’s god
Balasaheb Thackeray
was the first to demand
the construction of the
Ram temple in Ayodhya.
In2018,UddavjiandIvis-
ited the temple town and
hereiteratedBalasaheb’s
vision and stated that
first the Ram temple
should be constructed
before talks of govern-
ment formation. Coinci-
dentally
, the apex court
of India paved the way
fortheRamtempleinNo-
vember 2019, after which
the (MVA) government
was also installed (as
Balasaheb and Uddhav
had envisioned).”
Heemphasizedthathe
wasonapurelyreligious
visit to Ayodhya and was
alsoinvitedbytheIskcon
facility there. “I visited
the Iskcon facility and
was asked by the Krish-
na devotees there to rep-
licate the Iskcon facility
created in Mumbai city
in Ayodhya as well. I en-
joyedthelunchof prasad
served here. Sena’s poli-
tics is simple and clean.
We will give up our lives
but, fulfil promises we
have made. I will pray (to
Lord Rama) to help us
usher in Ram Rajya in
Maharashtra,” Aditya
Thackeray said.
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Aaditya seeks blessings from Lord Rama, visits Iskcon
Maharashtra Minister Aaditya Thackeray speaks as Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut looks on during a
press conference, in Ayodhya on Wednesday. —PTI PHOTO
Tourism, Environment Minister said
Maha CM will seek land in Ayodhya
from UP CM for construction of
Maharashtra Sadan
Renni Abraham
Mumbai: While Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi has kept his cards
close to his chest on the
BJP’s choice for the In-
dian Presidency, Vice-
President Venkaiah
Naidu and the gover-
nors of Uttar Pradesh,
Kerala and Puducher-
ry—Anandiben Patel,
Arif Mohammad Khan
and Tamilisai Sounda-
rarajan, respectively-
-are believed to be in the
fray
.
Modi is also believed
to be considering Muk-
tar Abbas Naqvi as a
nominee for Vice-Presi-
dent of India, as part of
a Muslim outreach
strategy in the wake of
the recent controversy
and protests across In-
dia. “Modi is known to
pull out a surprise and
it is difficult to outguess
him. However, it is clear
that he will prefer a
hardcore party person
with a polite personali-
ty, probably a woman,
like Anandiben Patel as
India’s next head of
state who can add value
to the post. The clean
image and intelligence
quotient of the nomi-
nee and a caste analysis
along with a sheer dedi-
cation to the BJP ideol-
ogy will be the qualify-
ing aspects of the nomi-
nee,” a senior BJP
leader told First India.
Meanwhile, the meet-
ing of parties opposed
to the BJP, organized by
Mamata Bannerjee, de-
liberated mostly over
the candidature of Na-
tionalist Congress Par-
ty (NCP) chief Sharad
Pawar, even as West
Bengal’s CM quietly
sounded out Mahatma
Gandhi’s grandson Go-
pal Krishna Gandhi as
a possible Opposition
consensus nominee.
“Gandhi was the op-
position’s choice as In-
dia’s Vice-President,
even though Venkaiah
Naidu won. He has said
that he will consider the
offer to be named the
consensus opposition
candidate for the Indian
Presidency,” a senior
political leader con-
firmed. Turn to P2
Modi may field
senior non-
controversial BJP
personality like
Anandiben Patel
with clean image,
sharp IQ, BJP
ideology
WhoisPM’sPreznominee,
amidOpp’slackofconsistency?
Anandiben Patel
eepa Malik
talks about
her meet-
ing with
PM Modi
post her re-
turn from
Rio Para-
lympics in 2016. She re-
calls how in her career
of 10 years and years of
winning medals, it was
the very first time when
the Prime Minister of
India had invited her to
be part of a Meet and
Greet ceremony
. PM
Modi called her by her
name and said “Deepa,
in all your lectures,
speeches and interac-
tion with other players,
it is your positivity that
comes to the fore. I my-
self watch your videos
many a time and I feel
positive.” I believe noth-
ing can make for a more
memorable
moment
than when the Prime
Minister himself ac-
knowledges your inner
strength and courage,
says Deepa.
It was after Tokyo
2020 Paralympics
when all the ath-
letes met Prime
Minister Modi af-
ter returning
home with 19
medals. I had
participated not
just as a sport-
sperson but as a
team leader too in
those Paralym-
pics. Modiji supported,
blessed and encouraged
all the athletes before
they left for the event.
The medals, which we
won through Modiji’s
support and our hard
work were instrumen-
tal in changing the way
people perceive disabil-
ities. PM Modi’s en-
couragement
paved the
way for Paralympics
to
be treated like main-
stream sports in India.
He met all of us with
great love, affection and
appreciated our efforts.
He took time out for us
generously
from his
tight schedule- a PM’s
time is always invalua-
ble - and those golden
moments will remain
itched forever in the
hearts and minds of
our young athletes. The
best part about this was
that PM Modi had de-
tailed information
of
each and every player.
He just wasn’t aware of
the personal lives of the
athletes but he also fol-
lowed them religiously
throughout their Tokyo
tour so much so that he
knew what exactly the
players were doing at
what time, what their
likes and dislikes are,
much like a family
member would do. This
differentiate
s PM Modi
from all other leaders
India has ever seen- his
keen interest in people,
their problems and as-
pirations and a burning
desire to help everyone
reach their goals. Such
encourageme
nt coming
from the PM completely
changes the psyche of
the athletes and they
are filled with the
fervour of patriot-
ism, the desire to
bring home a
medal!
It is obvi-
ousthatwhen
the PM him-
self is interact-
ing with play-
ers, there is this
inevitable focus
on governance.
The players share
n u m e r o u s
thoughts with him and
they include feedback
the facilities, a look into
their problems, the pro-
cess of preparing for
tournaments
, and when
our PM takes cogni-
zance of such issues, it
does not only encourage
the players but it helps
in bringing the country
together and transform-
ing the mindset towards
the disabled.
I thank our PM for
mentioningmyachieve-
ments in his Sept 25,
2016 Mann Ki Baat
when he said that he
will never forget my
words I spoke after
I won the silver
medal in Rio.
I had said
“ w i t h
this medal I have de-
feated my handicap”. I
believe Modiji found it
energizing and I thank
him for recognizing me
for all my efforts.
I clearly recall one
very special moment
with PM Modi when I
experienced
how much
he cares about his coun-
trymen. It was a recep-
tion on August 15 at
Rashtrapati
Bhawan
and I had the honour to
be a part of it too. When
PM Modi came towards
us, he began by interact-
ing one by one with all
the athletes. We already
know how well-versed
he is at all times with
the personal and profes-
sional details of each
and every player. At the
same time, his aura is so
magnetic, that people
tend to flock to him nat-
urally
.Asheapproached
me, suddenly a lot of
people came towards us
to greet him. In their ex-
citement, they some-
how overlooked the fact
that I was sitting there,
at the centre of the com-
motion. And all of them
starting reaching out to
the PM over me which
was a cause of discom-
fort for me.
But then the most un-
expected happened. PM
Modi himself, with both
hishands,createdakind
of barrier around me as
if trying to shield me in
that commotion.
And
then, being the beloved
brother of every woman
in the country
, he placed
hishandonmybackand
told everyone to be cau-
tious. He said “Deepa
has undergone several
surgeries and her back
has innumerable
stitch-
es. Please do not lean
over her. She will get
hurt.” At that moment,
tears swelled in my eyes
when I heard the PM say
these words so full of
empathy, compassion
and concern. I felt it was
totallyremarkablethata
he should even remem-
ber that Deepa is strug-
gling with a spinal cord
injury and that the
Prime Minister should
try and protect her from
bodily harm.
I was touched and
overwhelmed
by this ex-
pression of concern for
me by PM Modi. I have
had the privilege of
meeting and interacting
with PM Modi on nu-
merous occasions over a
decade. In fact there was
one instance when he
himself wheeled my
wheelchair to the stage
during a programme!
I
got a call from PMO one
day that said “Deepaji
you need to reach
Ahmedabad
for an
event.” It was at a very
shortnoticebutformeit
was a matter of great
pride and honour as I
was being invited at the
inauguration
of Trans-
Stadia, which is one of
the most advanced inte-
grated multi-purpos
e
stadiums in the country
.
Some of the finest ath-
letesof thecountrywere
invited to this event but
PM Modi came up to all
of us and said “This line
up of great achievers
wouldneverbecomplete
without a woman, and
without a disabled.”
And then he wheeled me
onto the stage prior to
his address. What made
theeveningmorememo-
rable was that during
histhreeminutespeech,
PM Modi again ad-
dressed the youth of the
country and said that if
someonereallyneedsin-
spiration to be able to
overcomethechallenges
of life, he or she must
definitely read Deepa’s
biography once. She is a
living example of grit
and resilience.
That day to this mo-
ment, it has been my
endeavour to live up to
the faith, concern and
respect PM Modi har-
bours for me. I would
never want that trust to
break and at the same
time I want to continue
to contribute in the
making of my New In-
dia that cares for its
women and its disabled.
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Some of the finest athletes of the country were
invited by PM Modi in Ahmedabad, he came
up to all of us and said “This line up of great
achievers would never be complete without a
woman, and without a disabled.” And then he
wheeled me onto the stage prior to his address.
What made the evening more memorable was
that during his speech, PM again addressed
youth said that if someone really needs inspi-
ration to be able to overcome challenges of life,
he or she must definitely read Deepa’s biography.
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MODI: THE SUPER HERO
MODI: THE SUPER HERO,
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EVERY HERO WANTS ON THEIR SIDE!
PM NARENDRA MODI’S
ENCOURAGEMENT PAVED
WAY FOR PARALYMPICS
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odiji supported, blessed and
encouraged all the athletes
before they left for the event. The
medals, which we won through
Modiji’s support and our hard work
were instrumental in changing the
way people perceive disabilities. PM
Modi’s encouragement
paved the
way for Paralympics to be treated like
mainstream sports in India.
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30 HOURS AND COUNTING: RAHUL
SUMMONED FOR 4TH TIME TODAY
KAUN BANEGA RASHTRAPATI!
NATIONAL
HERALD CASE
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
has been summoned
again on Friday by the
Enforcement Directo-
rate in a money laun-
dering case linked to
the National Herald
newspaper. Officials
said the Congress MP
sought exemption for
Thursday which was
allowed. Rahul arrived
at the ED Headquar-
ters in Delhi at around
11.35 am. He has been
questioned for nearly
30 hours since Monday,
the 1st day of ques-
tioning.
During the day, the
party leaders addressed
a press conference and
accused the central gov-
ernment of blocking
political activities by
preventing Congress
workers from entering
the party office, and
said the ruling dispen-
sation will have to face
consequences.
Top party leaders, in-
cluding KC Venugopal,
Bhupesh Baghel and
Randeep Surjewala ac-
cused police of force-
fully entering Congress
headquarters.
(From left) Akhilesh Yadav, Mehbooba Mufti, Mamata Banerjee, Sharad Pawar and Mallikarjun Kharge
during a press conference regarding upcoming Prez poll at Constitution Club in Delhi on Wednesday.
MHA to give priority to ‘Agniveers’ for
jobs in CAPFs, Assam Rifles: Amit Shah
New Delhi (Agencies):
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Wednesday
said that ‘Agniveers’
who complete their four
years’ service in the
armed forces under the
programme will be giv-
en priority for jobs in
paramilitary forces and
Assam Rifles.
Taking to twitter,
Shah said, “Agnipath
Yojana is a visionary
and welcome decision
of Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi for the
bright future of the
youth. In this context,
today, the MHA has de-
cided to give priority to
Agniveers who com-
plete 4 years under this
scheme for recruitment
in CAPFs (central
armed police forces)
and Assam Rifles.”
5G: START OF NEW ERA
New Delhi (ANI): To
boost digital connectiv-
ity, the Union Cabinet
chaired by PM Naren-
dra Modi has approved
the proposal of Dept of
Telecommunications to
conduct a spectrum
auction through which
spectrum will be as-
signed to the successful
bidders for providing
5G services to public
and enterprises. IT
Minister Ashwini
Vaishnaw said the 5G
spectrum auction is the
beginning of a new era
for the Indian Telecom.
The government an-
nounced a total auction
of 72097.85 MHz of spec-
trum with 20 years va-
lidity by July-end will
be put to auction, which
is said to be held by the
end of July 2022.
The auction is expect-
ed to see participation
from 3 main carriers in
the country including
— Vodafone Idea, Bhar-
ti Airtel Reliance Jio.
BRIEF
in
in
India successfully
test fires Prithvi-II
Bhubaneswar: India
successfully test-fired it’s
indigenously developed
nuclear capable Prithvi-II
missile during night time
on Wednesday as part of
a user training trial from a
test range off the Odisha
coast. Nearly 10 days
after India conducted its
routine test.
Indian-origin doctor
jailed for rape in UK
London: An Indian-origin
doctor was on Wednes-
day sentenced to four
years of imprisonment by
a Scottish court after be-
ing found guilty by jurors
of serious sexual assault
against a woman over 3
years ago. Manesh Gill,
39, was sentenced at the
High Court in Edinburgh.
Judge’s daughter
arrested for murder
New Delhi: Over 7 years
after murder of a national-
level shooter in Chandi-
garh, CBI on Wednesday
arrested an accused
named Kalyani Singh,
daughter of HP HC’s Act-
ing CJ Sabina. Kalyani is
said to have been accom-
panying another person
who also shot Sidhu.
Hearing against UP
demolitions today
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court will on Thursday
hear a plea by Jamiat
Ulama-I-Hind against the
demolition drives carried
out in Uttar Pradesh
following violent protests
over the Prophet remarks
row. Plea seeks direc-
tions to initiate action
against the officials.
n RaGa’S DAY 3 WITH THE ED FOR OVER 10 HOURS
n CONGRESS PARTY’S STATEWIDE STIR CONTINUES
Police stop Congress workers during a protest outside the AICC office in New Delhi on Wednesday.
CONGRESS SENDS LEGAL
NOTICE TO CENTRE OVER
MEDIA LEAKS OF PROBE
CONGRESS PARTY
TRYING TO HIDE
CORRUPTION: BJP
COPS: BEATING UP
FUNCTIONARIES
‘TOTALLY FALSE’
Congress on Wednesday sent
a legal notice to the Centre
alleging that the media was being
given incorrect info about how
Rahul was handling his question-
ing by ED. Congress has cited
3 news channel reports to cor-
roborate its accusations. These
channels claimed, based on
unnamed sources, that Gandhi,
accused of money-laundering, is
being “evasive” during his ses-
sions with interrogators and “ap-
pears be tutored by his lawyers.”
The notice to HM Amit Shah and
FinMin Sitaraman accuses govt of
using ED for political vendetta.
HIGHLIGHTS
l Not a single penny
taken out of Young In-
dian, Rahul Gandhi tells
the ED: Sources
l Adhir Ranjan Chowd-
hury led parl panel sum-
mons Delhi Police chief
l Day-4 questioning
may end soon: Sources
l Congress leader P
Chidambaram said Delhi
police behaving like
“private militia” of BJP
BJP spokesperson
Sudhanshu Trivedi
on Wednesday said
Opposition party’s stir
shows its progressive
decline and claimed that
covering up the Gandhi
family’s alleged graft is
the “true satya” of its
“satyagraha”.
Delhi Police on
Wednesday rejected
as “totally false” the alle-
gations by Cong and said,
“We had tried to stop the
procession close the
gate of AICC. Their might
be some scrimmage,
but we had no reason to
enter AICC premises.”
COPS ENTER AICC HQ, PARTY HITS OUT
AT THE MODI GOVT; DEMANDS FIR
‘WHEN INDIA FACES THREATS…’: RAHUL
PRIYANKA WARN BJP ON ‘AGNIPATH’
Mayhem broke outside AICC HQ in Delhi on
Wednesday with many leaders alleging that po-
lice entered premises, manhandled beat up party
officials. Party demanded that an FIR for “criminal
trespass” be registered, erring police personnel be
suspended disciplinary action initiated over them.
Rahul on Wednesday took to Twitter “When India
faces threats on two fronts, uncalled for Agnipath
scheme reduces operational effectiveness of our
armed forces. BJP govt must stop compromising
dignity discipline of our forces.” Hrs earlier Priyanka
Gandhi also slammed govt over ‘Agnipath’ scheme.
The move will help
youngsters, trained
under ‘Agnipath’,
to contribute more
to the service and
security of the
nation. Detailed
planning has
already begun on
this decision.
—Amit Shah,
Home Minister
l Speeds 10 times
faster than 4G
l 5G auction will
be held in July
l It will arrive in
13 cities: DoT
P4
PM MAY VISIT HIS MOM ON HER 100TH
B’DAY
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Gan-
dhinagar on June 18 to pay a visit to his mother Hiraba who will
celebrate her 100th birthday on the day. A celebration has also
been organised at the Modis’ native town in Mehsana district.
ONE WHO SHOT DEAD RAJ MAN, KILLED
Srinagar: Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants, one involved
in the targeted killing of a bank manager Vijay Kumar Beniwal
from Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh, were killed in an overnight
encounter in south Kashmir’s Shopian on Wednesday.
RANA COUPLE’S BAIL PLEA ADJOURNED
New Delhi: Navneet Rana, Ravi Rana on Wednesday ap-
peared before court in Mumbai seeking cancellation of bail.
The court, however, adjourned the hearing till June 27.
UAE TO SUSPEND EXPORTS OF INDIAN WHEAT
Dubai: UAE has ordered a four-month suspension in exports,
re-exports of wheat, wheat flour originating from India, world’s
2nd biggest producer of grain, reports said on Wednesday.
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
Home Minister Amit Shah
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Maha Cong leader booked for
offensive comments against PM
First India Bureau
Nagpur: Maharashtra
Congress leader
Sheikh Hussain who
has been charged with
making derogatory
remarks about Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi in an FIR in Nag-
pur, on Wednesday
said that he does not
regret his statement
and that his party will
fight against any ac-
tion taken against
him.
Speaking to report-
ers, Hussain said, “I
have not said anything
to compel someone to
register an FIR. I deliv-
ered the speech based
on the party line. The
last sentence that I said,
I used an idiom. There
are so many things that
are said as idioms, I just
said that.”
He also said there was
nothing “regrettable”
about his remark. “I
have said nothing re-
grettable. Our leaders
arebeingservedED(En-
forcement Directorate)
notices everyday
. Sonia
Gandhi and Rahul Gan-
dhi have been sum-
moned. Aren’t there
people in the BJP? And
the people who switch
from BJP to Congress
are given ED notices,
while the opposite is
happening when some-
one switches from Con-
gress to BJP
,” he said.
“If there will be ac-
tion, we will see how
our party fights against
it. The party will fight. I
did not speak anything
derogatory or make any
personal remark,” said
the Congress leader.
Nagpur police has
registered an FIR
against Hussain for his
alleged objectionable
remarks targeting PM
Modi during a protest
on June 13.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: While it was
the Shiv Sena that
first decided to keep
its MLAs at a five-star
and a resort for the
Rajya Sabha elec-
tions, it is the BJP
that has already sent
messages to its MLAs
to group together at
Hotel Taj President in
Colaba from June 18
for the legislative
council elections.
The party has as-
signed senior leaders
Ashish Shelar, Girish
Mahajan and Pravin
Darekar to manage the
logistics for the legisla-
tive council polls. BJP’s
106 MLAs have been
told to report to Taj
President hotel in Co-
laba on June 18 and stay
on until voting on June
20. Party sources said,
like for the RS polls, the
BJP will train its MLAs
in the voting process
during their two-day
stay at the hotel to en-
sure that there are no
mistakes while casting
the vote.
A keen contest is ex-
pected between the rul-
ing Shiv Sena-led com-
bine and the BJP on
June 20 as, unlike in
the Rajya Sabha elec-
tions, voting is by se-
cret ballot, and any
cross-voting will be dif-
ficult to detect. In the
June 10 Rajya Sabha
elections, the party
MLAs had to show
their ballot paper to the
polling agent of the
party, while independ-
ent MLAs did not have
to display their votes.
It may be recalled
that the BJP managed
to win the support of
nine legislators who
had been backing the
Maha Vikas Aghadi for
its third Rajya Sabha
candidate, Dhananjay
Mahadik. Mahadik se-
cured high first prefer-
ence votes, and when
the second preference
votes of BJP candi-
dates Piyush Goyal and
Dr Anil Bonde were
transferred to him, he
easily managed to
reach the magic figure
of 41 votes. Shiv Sena’s
second candidate San-
jay Pawar had to face
an embarrassing de-
feat.
There are 11 candi-
dates in the fray for 10
legislative council
seats. With the BJP con-
fident of securing vic-
tory for four of its can-
didates, it is the fifth
candidate Prasad Lad
for whom the party will
require additional votes
from the ruling party
camp. For the legisla-
tive council polls, the
quota is 27 votes.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL POLLS
BJP asks MLAs to stay at Taj President from June 18
Unlike the Rajya Sabha polls, voting
for the MLC is by secret ballot, and
cross-voting will be hard to detect
WHAT
HAPPENED
To express their
solidarity with Rahul
Gandhi against the
ED questioning him
in connection with
a money-laundering
probe, Congress lead-
ers and workers staged
a demonstration
outside the ED office
in Nagpur on Monday.
During his speech,
Hussain allegedly used
a derogatory remark
against PM Modi at
the end of his speech.
A case was registered
on Tuesday at the
Gittikhadan police sta-
tion in Nagpur under
Sections 294 (obscene
acts and songs) and
504 of the IPC (inten-
tional insult with intent
to provoke breach of
the peace).
HANUMAN CHALISA ROW
Court adjourns
hearing to scrap
Rana couple’s bail
MP Navneet Rana, her husband MLA Ravi Rana interact
with media outside Sessions Court on Wed. —PTI PHOTO
Mumbai (PTI): A
special court on
Wednesday ad-
journed the hear-
ing of Mumbai’s
police’s plea to
June 27 seeking
cancellation of In-
dependent MP
Navneet Rana and
her MLA husband
Ravi Rana’s bail in
connection with
the Hanuman Chal-
isa protest case. It
cited excessive
workload as the
reason for the de-
ferment.
The Ranas were
arrested by the po-
lice in Mumbai on
April 23 after they
announced that they
will recite Hanuman
Chalisa outside
Chief Minister Ud-
dhav Thackeray’s
private residence
‘Matoshree’ leading
to protests by Sena
cadres.
Subsequently, the
charge of sedition
was invoked against
the Ranas.
On May 05, special
Judge RN Rokade
granted the Ranas
bail with certain con-
ditions, preventing
them from making
any statement related
to the case. The judge
had also said that the
bailwillbeforfeitedif
the couple committed
similar offences
again.
The police, on May
09, approached the
special court seeking
that the bail of
Navneet, the inde-
pendent MP from
Amravati, and Ravi
Rana, independent
MLA from the same
district, be cancelled
as they had allegedly
violated the bail con-
ditions.
The couple then
filed a joint reply to
the police’s plea and
said they had neither
interfered with the
police probe nor had
they made any public
statements related to
the case. They also
said the police had
failed to give a “co-
gent reason” for
seeking cancellation
of their bail.
Sheikh Hussain clearing the air
about his remarks.
—PHOTO BY ANI
Sheikh Hussain
insists that he
said ‘nothing
regrettable’
MVA govt functioning ‘Ram
bharose’, says Fadnavis
First India Bureau
Jalna: Hitting out at
the Maha Vikas
Aghadi (MVA) gov-
ernment in Maha-
rashtra over its
“failure” on all
fronts, senior
Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) leader
Devendra Fadanvis
on Wednesday said
the Shiv Sena-led
dispensation was
functioning ‘Ram
bharose’ (at God’s
mercy).
Speaking at the
‘Jal Akrosh Morcha’,
a protest march or-
ganized in Jalna by
the BJP to highlight
the local water prob-
lems, Fadnavis also
accused the MVA
ministers of being
busy collecting com-
mission and indulg-
ing in extortion.
“Chief Minister
Uddhav Thackeray
did not step into the
Mantralaya (state sec-
retariat) for two years,
so how can he know
the pain and suffer-
ings of common peo-
ple and farmers? The
MVA government is
functioning ‘Ram
bharose’. It has failed
on all fronts...,” said
the senior BJP leader.
“The MVA minis-
ters are busy in ‘tak-
kewari, vasuli and
malpani’ (commis-
sion and extortion).
The government has
put on hold develop-
ment schemes and
projects introduced
by the previous BJP
government in the
state,” he alleged.
The MVA govern-
ment did not spend a
single paisa on the
development of the
Marathwada region,
especially Jalna dis-
trict, Fadnavis said,
adding that the erst-
while BJP govern-
ment had initiated
the Marathwada Wa-
ter Grid project,
which could solve the
problems of drinking
water and irrigation.
“But the MVA dis-
pensation did not re-
lease a single paisa for
the project. Had this
scheme been imple-
mented, the water
woes of the region
would have been re-
solved. The present
government has
killed the Marathwa-
da Water Grid Pro-
ject,” alleged the Ma-
harashtra Assembly
leader of opposition.
Alleges
mins busy
collecting
commission,
indulging in
extortion
Devendra Fadnavis. —FILE PHOTO
“CM Uddhav Thack-
eray did not step into
the Mantralaya
(state secretariat) for
two years, so how can
he know the pain
and sufferings of
common people and
farmers? The MVA
government is func-
tioning ‘Ram bha-
rose’. It has failed on
all fronts...The MVA
ministers are busy in
‘takkewari, vasuli
and malpani’ (com-
mission and extor-
tion).”
—Devendra Fadnavis,
Senior BJP leader
SENAINSISTSONSHARAD
PAWARASPREZCANDIDATE
First India Bureau
Mumbai: While the
Shiv Sena reiterated
on Wednesday that
NCP leader Sharad
Pawar should contest
the Presidential elec-
tions, the latter was
equally adamant that
he is not interested in
being the Opposition
candidate against a
BJP nominee.
“The BJP has tram-
pled upon the democrat-
ic ideals and the Oppo-
sition should give a ca-
pable candidate for the
Presidential elections.
We insist that Sharad
Pawar should contest
the elections. If he is
refusing to contest,
then a lay person from
outside political circles
should be chosen as the
candidate,” Shiv Sena
leader Subhash Desai
told the multi-party
meeting of the Opposi-
tion called by All India
Trinamool Congress
leader and West Bengal
CM Mamata Banerjee.
Pawar first tweeted
his refusal, and fol-
lowed it up with a for-
mal statement.
With Uddhav and
Aaditya Thackeray
busy with the latter’s
Ayodhya visit, Indus-
tries Minister and Ra-
jya Sabha member Pri-
yanka Chaturvedi was
deputed to attend
Wednesday’s meeting.
Other attendees includ-
ed former PM Devegow-
da, Mamata Banerjee,
Mallikarjun Kharge,
Akhilesh Yadav, Me-
hbooba Mufti, E Ka-
reem from Kerala,
Jairam Ramesh, Ran-
deep Surjewala, Praful
Patel, TR Balu,
Yashwant Sinha, Omar
Abdullah, and Raja.
Desai told the meet-
ing that it was Maha-
rashtra’s ruling coali-
tion that started the
process of bringing to-
gether parties opposed
to the BJP, with Shiv
Sena chief Uddhav
Thackeray and NCP
leader Sharad Pawar
taking the lead.
In a joint statement,
the Opposition accused
the BJP government of
trampling upon demo-
cratic values and going
back on its promises.
BJP has repeatedly
tried to break the con-
stitutional framework
and plunged the citi-
zens into an abyss of
inflation, it said, adding
that the government
had failed to generate
employment and has ig-
nored farmers’ needs.
Italsopointedoutthat
the divide between the
Centre and the state has
been widening and the
former has been blatant-
ly using the governor’s
office to create trouble
for ruling governments.
To oppose this, it was re-
solved to organize a con-
ference of Opposition
Chief Ministers in Au-
gust 2022.
However, the NCP supremo has refused to contest against a BJP nominee
Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar. —FILE PHOTO
ON OPPOSITE SIDES
In a joint statement, the Opposition accused the
BJP government of trampling upon democratic
values and going back on its promises. BJP has
repeatedly tried to break the constitutional frame-
work and plunged the citizens into an abyss of
inflation, it said, adding that the government had
failed to generate employment and has ignored
farmers’ needs.
“I sincerely appre-
ciate the leaders of
opposition parties
for suggesting my
name as a candi-
date for the election
of the President of
India…. However, I
have humbly de-
clined the proposal
of my candidature.
I am happy to con-
tinue my service
for the well-being
of the common
man.”
—Sharad Pawar,
NCP President
FROM PG1…
Who is PM’s Prez..
Interestingly, the Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) and
TRS from Telangana,
skipped Didi’s meeting,
even as hospitalized
Congress President So-
nia Gandhi and Rahul
Gandhi (facing interro-
gation by the Enforce-
ment Directorate) were
represented by senior
Congress leader Mall-
ikarjun Kharge.
While Mamata took
the lead in organizing
the meeting, AAP--with
two states under its con-
trol (Delhi and Punjab)-
-appears to be flexing its
political muscle consid-
ering the large elector-
ate it represents in the
presidential polls.
Even the general sec-
retaries of the Commu-
nist Party of India (CPI)
D Raja and CPI (M) Sita-
ram Yechury skipped
the meeting in protest,
as Mamata had sched-
uled it without consult-
ing other opposition
parties. CPI(M) leader
Elamaram Kareem rep-
resented the party at
Wednesday’s meeting.
Aaditya’s temple...
Responding to a media
query he said, “I did not
experience any objec-
tions and protests and
am very happy to be
benefiting from the dar-
shan of Lord Rama,
Sita Mata, and Hanu-
mana. In Maharashtra,
our government’s ef-
forts to handle the pan-
demic were much ap-
preciated and, we ac-
corded priority to relief
efforts for stranded mi-
grants from Uttar
Pradesh. Many sadhus
and saints have wel-
comed me with open
arms. This visit is not
political but religious.
Shakti and Bhakti are
one and the same for us.
Our Bhakti is our Shak-
ti,” Thackeray said.

Mumbai (PTI): The
city on Wednesday re-
ported 2,293 new
COVID-19 cases, up by
569 from a day ago
and the highest daily
count registered since
January 23, while one
more patient suc-
cumbed to the infec-
tion, the civic body
said.
With these additions,
the case tally rose to
10,85,882, while the
death toll increased to
19,576, it said. The
metropolis has crossed
the 2,000 daily case
mark after almost five
months.
On January 23, Mum-
bai had logged 2,550
COVID-19 cases and
13 fatalities.
The financial capital
had recorded 1,724 cases
and two deaths due to
the disease on Tuesday
.
Mumbai has a posi-
tivity rate (cases detect-
ed per 100 tests) of
13.37%, with 516 of
the total 24,861 hospital
beds earmarked for
COVID-19 patients
in the city currently
occupied.
According to the bul-
letin, 1,764 patients re-
covered in the last 24
hours, pushing up their
overallcountto10,53,965
and leaving Mumbai
with 12,341 active cases.
The civic body said
17,139 COVID-19 tests
were carried out in the
metropolis in the last 24
hours, up from around
11,000 a day ago, taking
their cumulative count
to 1,73,28,147.
Of the 2,293 new pa-
tients,2,209wereasymp-
tomatic, while the re-
maining—including 11
who needed oxygen sup-
port—have been admit-
ted to hospitals with
symptoms.
The city’s recovery
rate is 97%.
Despite the recent
surge in cases, Mumbai
remains free of sealed
buildings and contain-
ment zones.
MAHARASHTRA
03
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Anti-
Corruption Bureau
(ACB) arrested an
assistant sub-inspec-
tor of police (ASI) in
Nanded city on
Wednesday for alleg-
edly accepting a
bribe of `10,000
amid a drama where-
in the accused at-
tempted to snatch his
service pistol seized
by an ACB official
and caused a commo-
tion, police said.
A video of the inci-
dent, which took place
onMonday
,wentviralon
socialmedia.Inresponse
tothevideoclip,theACB
clarified its position and
denied that its officials
had planted money in
the pocket of the ASI
during the operation.
According to an ACB
release,theASIinstruct-
ed the complainant to
keep `10,000—bribe
money—near the gear
handle of his car and re-
fused to take it in his
hands.
“A team of ACB offi-
cials nabbed the ASI
from his car in the pres-
ence of two witnesses.
During the action, an of-
ficialfromtheACBteam
spotted a service pistol
tied to the waist of the
ASI. The ACB official
seized the pistol. At that
time, the ASI started
shouting and tried to
snatch the service pistol
saying he wanted it back
toshoothimself,”itsaid.
Commenting on the
video clip, the ACB clar-
ified that its official was
trying to protect the
seized pistol and at the
same time holding the
belt of the accused ASI
so that he doesn't get
away. “It is wrong to
conclude through the
video that the ACB of-
ficial was trying to put
something in the pocket
of the ASI,” it said.
The accused was re-
manded in the ACB cus-
tody till June 17. A case
was registered under
the Prevention of Cor-
ruption Act.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The DY Pa-
til Stadium in Navi
Mumbai will host the
summit clash of the
U-17 Women’s World
Cup on October 30.
Thesemi-finalswillbe
played in Goa, FIFA and
the Local Organizing
Committee (LOC) an-
nounced on Wednesday
.
Bhubaneswar is set to
host India’s three group
stagematchesbeginning
on October 11. The offi-
cial draw will take place
on June 24. The 24 group
stage games will con-
clude on October 18 and
the matches will be
shared among all three
host states Odisha, Goa
and Maharashtra. The
quarter-final round of
gameswillbeheldonOc-
tober 21 and 22 following
which the semi-finals
will be held on October
26. The Kalinga Stadium
in Bhubaneswar will see
hosts India compete in
all three group stage
games on October 11, 14
and 17.
Meanwhile,theDYPa-
til Stadium in Navi
Mumbai and the Pandit
Jawaharlal Nehru Sta-
dium in Fatorda will
share the four quarterfi-
nal games.
LOC Project Direc-
tors, Ankush Arora and
NandiniArora,inajoint
statement said, “We are
extremely grateful to
FIFA,ourhoststatesand
allotherstakeholdersfor
their continued support
in the aligned vision of
uplifting women’s foot-
ball. The launch of the
schedule is a significant
moment on the road to
thehistorictournament.
The preparations for
hosting India’s second
FIFA competition are
progressing as per time-
linesandweremaincon-
fident of delivering a
highly successful tour-
nament, one which will
provide a platform for
future stars of women’s
football to shine.”
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The pan-
demic, the ensuing
lockdown and the so-
cioeconomic impact
of the last two years
has not only deeply
affected the education
of children, but also
triggered a sharper
rise in the number of
working children in
rural Maharashtra, a
study by NGO Child
Rights and You (CRY)
and its partner organ-
izations showed.
CRY has been work-
ing in six rural districts
on education and pro-
tection for a number of
years. The number of
children who are in
child labour or working
in agriculture has risen
from 2,556 in 2020 to
3,356 in 2021 and 3,309 in
2022 within CRY inter-
vention areas.
While Latur and
Wardha saw a compara-
tive drop in working
children in 2022, dis-
tricts like Jalna, and
Parbhani and tribal-
dominated Nandurbar
saw a sharp increase.
The children were
found working largely
in the agriculture sec-
tor. In Jalna, 635 of 803
working children in
Jalna district were in-
volved in agriculture.
In Parbhani, this
number was 736 of 751,
and in Nandurbar, how-
ever, 360 out of 752, were
employed in agricul-
ture while 446 worked
with private or family
enterprises.
“The closure of
schools, lack of access
to the Internet and mo-
bile phones for online
classes, financial stress
of the families with
huge job losses as well
as the long strike of
state-run bus services
have affected children’s
academic prospects’ in
rural areas, thereby
forcing them to work,”
Kreeanne Rabadi, Di-
rector, CRY (West) said.
Rural children have
also migrated to neigh-
bouring cities for work
as waiters, helpers in
brick kilns, labourers,
and beggars in cities
like Mumbai, Pune,
Daund, Beed, Mand-
mad, Aurangabad and
Nashik.
In Mumbai, it has
been observed that out
of 589 children in the
age group of 14-18 years,
145 children are
currently involved in
different kinds of jobs.
Of these, 84 girls are
engaged in household
chores.
lll
The semi-finals
will be played
in Goa while
Bhubaneswar in
Odisha will host
India’s group
league matches
beginning
October 11 Official draw for 16 participating teams, including India, will be
held on June 24. —FILE PHOTO
FOR WOMEN
Promoting women in
leadership, the LOC has
equipped the Indian
footballing ecosystem
with 162 female coaches
in the grassroots
through its legacy initia-
tive, the Coach Education
Scholarship Programme.
Further editions of both,
the coaching programme
and the football carnival,
are planned in the lead
up to the October 11
kick off.
ChildlabourroseinMahaduringpandemic
FACT FILE
Number of child 2020 2021 2022
labourers and
working children
Jalna 496 741 803
Latur 585 944 417
Wardha 578 691 447
Ahmednagar 107 68 139
Nandurbar 421 453 752
Parbhani 369 459 751
BACK TO SCHOOL
Students appear to be excited to be back at school, seen here on the first day of the opening of their school, in Thane on
Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI

FIFA U17 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
Navi Mumbai to host final match to be held on Oct 30
COOPERATIVE RICE MILL CHAIRMAN
HELD FOR EMBEZZLEMENT IN GONDIA
POLICE CONSTABLE KILLS LOVER OVER
MONEY DEMANDS, HELD WITH RELATIVE
EIGHT, INCLUDING A WOMAN, HELD FOR
ABETTING SUICIDE OF TEENAGER
THREE, INCLUDING A MINOR, DROWN
WHILE SWIMMING NEAR JUHU BEACH
Gondia: The chairman of a cooperative rice mill has
been arrested for alleged embezzlement of funds in
Gondia district, police said on Wednesday. Follow-
ing an auditor’s complaint about irregularities in
rice procurement between 2018 to 2020 at Nehru
Cooperative Rice Mill, Goregaon, police registered
a FIR against 24 people including chairman Rekhlal
Tembre. He was arrested on June 13 and a local
court sent him in police custody till June 20, said
inspector Sachin Mhetre.
Thane: Eight persons, most of them college stu-
dents, were arrested in Thane district on Wednesday
for allegedly abetting the suicide of an 18-year-old
girl, said police. All the accused were booked under
IPC Section 306 (abetment of suicide). The accused,
including a woman, were allegedly trying to black-
mail the girl using some videos. The girl ended her
life two days ago by jumping from the third floor
of the building in Dombivli where she lived. In her
suicide note, she blamed the accused for forcing her
to take the extreme step, said a police official.
Mumbai: Three persons, including a minor, drowned
while swimming in the sea near the Juhu beach in
Mumbai, said a civic official on Wednesday. The
three ventured into the waters behind JW Marriott
Hotel in suburban Santacruz on Tuesday afternoon
and later went missing, he said. Rescue teams of the
fire brigade and Navy divers subsequently started
a search operation, but stopped it around 8 pm. On
Wednesday morning, rescuers initially fished out the
bodies of Kaustubh Ganesh Gupta (18) and Paresh
Ganesh Gupta (16). After some time, they also traced
the body of Aman Gupta (21).
CRUCIAL READ
Thane: A police constable allegedly strangled a
51-year-old nurse, he was in a relationship with, to
death in Thane district on Wednesday. Police officials
arrested the accused with his relative for trying to dis-
pose of the body. The investigation revealed that the
prime accused, Sachin Khajekar (39), was fed up with
the woman’s demands for money. “He strangled her
in his car in Ulhasnagar camp No 3 on the intervening
night of Tuesday and Wednesday. He attempted to
dispose of the body with the help of his brother-in-law
Kalpesh alias Keshav Khairnar when they were inter-
cepted by a police team,” an investigating officer said.
Large number of children found
working in the agriculture
sector in rural districts, with
numbers nearly doubling in
Jalna, Nandurbar and Parbhani
The closure of schools, lack of access to the Internet and mobile
phones for online classes, financial stress of the families with
huge job losses as well as the long strike of state-run bus ser-
vices seemed to have affected children’s academic prospects’ in rural
areas, thereby forcing them to work…. More investment is needed in
programmes to get children out of the workforce and back into schools.
—Kreeanne Rabadi, Director, CRY (West)
ACB arrests cop for
accepting `10,000
bribe in Nanded
The accused
tried to snatch
his service pistol
seized by an
ACB official and
created a ruckus
MUMBAI LOGS 2.3K NEW COVID-19
CASES,HIGHEST SINCE JANUARY 23
17,139 tests were carried out in Mumbai in the last 24 hours,
taking their cumulative count to 1,73,28,147. —FILE PHOTO

PERSPECTIVE
04
eepa Malik
talks about
her meet-
ing with
PM Modi
post her re-
turn from
Rio Para-
lympics in 2016. She re-
calls how in her career
of 10 years and years of
winning medals, it was
the very first time when
the Prime Minister of
India had invited her to
be part of a Meet and
Greet ceremony
. PM
Modi called her by her
name and said “Deepa,
in all your lectures,
speeches and interac-
tion with other players,
it is your positivity that
comes to the fore. I my-
self watch your videos
many a time and I feel
positive.” I believe noth-
ing can make for a more
memorable moment
than when the Prime
Minister himself ac-
knowledges your inner
strength and courage,
says Deepa.
It was after Tokyo
2020 Paralympics
when all the ath-
letes met Prime
Minister Modi af-
ter returning
home with 19
medals. I had
participated not
just as a sport-
sperson but as a
team leader too in
those Paralym-
pics. Modiji supported,
blessed and encouraged
all the athletes before
they left for the event.
The medals, which we
won through Modiji’s
support and our hard
work were instrumen-
tal in changing the way
people perceive disabil-
ities. PM Modi’s en-
couragement paved the
way for Paralympics to
be treated like main-
stream sports in India.
He met all of us with
great love, affection and
appreciated our efforts.
He took time out for us
generously from his
tight schedule- a PM’s
time is always invalua-
ble - and those golden
moments will remain
itched forever in the
hearts and minds of
our young athletes. The
best part about this was
that PM Modi had de-
tailed information of
each and every player.
He just wasn’t aware of
the personal lives of the
athletes but he also fol-
lowed them religiously
throughout their Tokyo
tour so much so that he
knew what exactly the
players were doing at
what time, what their
likes and dislikes are,
much like a family
member would do. This
differentiates PM Modi
from all other leaders
India has ever seen- his
keen interest in people,
their problems and as-
pirations and a burning
desire to help everyone
reach their goals. Such
encouragement coming
from the PM completely
changes the psyche of
the athletes and they
are filled with the
fervour of patriot-
ism, the desire to
bring home a
medal!
It is obvi-
ousthatwhen
the PM him-
self is interact-
ing with play-
ers, there is this
inevitable focus
on governance.
The players share
n u m e r o u s
thoughts with him and
they include feedback
the facilities, a look into
their problems, the pro-
cess of preparing for
tournaments, and when
our PM takes cogni-
zance of such issues, it
does not only encourage
the players but it helps
in bringing the country
together and transform-
ing the mindset towards
the disabled.
I thank our PM for
mentioningmyachieve-
ments in his Sept 25,
2016 Mann Ki Baat
when he said that he
will never forget my
words I spoke after
I won the silver
medal in Rio.
I had said
“ w i t h
this medal I have de-
feated my handicap”. I
believe Modiji found it
energizing and I thank
him for recognizing me
for all my efforts.
I clearly recall one
very special moment
with PM Modi when I
experienced how much
he cares about his coun-
trymen. It was a recep-
tion on August 15 at
Rashtrapati Bhawan
and I had the honour to
be a part of it too. When
PM Modi came towards
us, he began by interact-
ing one by one with all
the athletes. We already
know how well-versed
he is at all times with
the personal and profes-
sional details of each
and every player. At the
same time, his aura is so
magnetic, that people
tend to flock to him nat-
urally
.Asheapproached
me, suddenly a lot of
people came towards us
to greet him. In their ex-
citement, they some-
how overlooked the fact
that I was sitting there,
at the centre of the com-
motion. And all of them
starting reaching out to
the PM over me which
was a cause of discom-
fort for me.
But then the most un-
expected happened. PM
Modi himself, with both
hishands,createdakind
of barrier around me as
if trying to shield me in
that commotion. And
then, being the beloved
brother of every woman
in the country
, he placed
hishandonmybackand
told everyone to be cau-
tious. He said “Deepa
has undergone several
surgeries and her back
has innumerable stitch-
es. Please do not lean
over her. She will get
hurt.” At that moment,
tears swelled in my eyes
when I heard the PM say
these words so full of
empathy, compassion
and concern. I felt it was
totallyremarkablethata
he should even remem-
ber that Deepa is strug-
gling with a spinal cord
injury and that the
Prime Minister should
try and protect her from
bodily harm.
I was touched and
overwhelmed by this ex-
pression of concern for
me by PM Modi. I have
had the privilege of
meeting and interacting
with PM Modi on nu-
merous occasions over a
decade. In fact there was
one instance when he
himself wheeled my
wheelchair to the stage
during a programme! I
got a call from PMO one
day that said “Deepaji
you need to reach
Ahmedabad for an
event.” It was at a very
shortnoticebutformeit
was a matter of great
pride and honour as I
was being invited at the
inauguration of Trans-
Stadia, which is one of
the most advanced inte-
grated multi-purpose
stadiums in the country
.
Some of the finest ath-
letesof thecountrywere
invited to this event but
PM Modi came up to all
of us and said “This line
up of great achievers
wouldneverbecomplete
without a woman, and
without a disabled.”
And then he wheeled me
onto the stage prior to
his address. What made
theeveningmorememo-
rable was that during
histhreeminutespeech,
PM Modi again ad-
dressed the youth of the
country and said that if
someonereallyneedsin-
spiration to be able to
overcomethechallenges
of life, he or she must
definitely read Deepa’s
biography once. She is a
living example of grit
and resilience.
That day to this mo-
ment, it has been my
endeavour to live up to
the faith, concern and
respect PM Modi har-
bours for me. I would
never want that trust to
break and at the same
time I want to continue
to contribute in the
making of my New In-
dia that cares for its
women and its disabled.
TO BE CONTINUED…
D
‘MODI HAI TO
MUMKIN HAI…’
UNTOLD STORIES OF
PM MODI - PART 10
MALIK-BEYONDDISABILITY
YOU READ PART-9 ON JUNE 9, 2022
COMPILED AND EDITED BY SHASHIKANT SHARMA
AND SHWETA SHARMA
‘PM WHEELED ME ONTO THE
STAGE PRIOR TO HIS ADDRESS’
Some of the finest athletes of the country were
invited by PM Modi in Ahmedabad, he came
up to all of us and said “This line up of great
achievers would never be complete without a
woman, and without a disabled.” And then he
wheeled me onto the stage prior to his address.
What made the evening more memorable was
that during his speech, PM again addressed
youth said that if someone really needs inspi-
ration to be able to overcome challenges of life,
he or she must definitely read Deepa’s biography.
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MODI: THE SUPER HERO
MODI: THE SUPER HERO,
,
PM NARENDRA MODI’S
ENCOURAGEMENT PAVED
WAY FOR PARALYMPICS
Modiji supported, blessed and
encouraged all the athletes
before they left for the event. The
medals, which we won through
Modiji’s support and our hard work
were instrumental in changing the
way people perceive disabilities. PM
Modi’s encouragement paved the
way for Paralympics to be treated like
mainstream sports in India.
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INDIA
M u z a f f a r n a g a r
(Agencies): RSS chief
Mohan Bhagwat ad-
dressed the Sant Sam-
melan after offering
prayers on the occasion
of 65th foundation day
of Shri Krishna Tem-
ple in Khatauli town in
Muzaffarnagar on
Wednesday.
During this, he took
a pledge to take the na-
tion towards progress.
He said that everyone
will have to cooperate
to make the country a
Vishwa Guru. He said
that only a pure man
can go beyond the intel-
lect. Truth is harsh. Do
not think for others
that the one who is suf-
fering, is sad, let it die,
if you are born, he will
die sometime. If this is
done, then the behavior
of man will not remain
like that of man. There-
fore the fourth impor-
tant element is compas-
sion. When unright-
eous people attack,
they have to be fought
vigorously.
He said that we
should move forward to
behave with each other
faithfully and respect-
fully and to carry whole
of humanity with us.
EVERYONE HAS TO COME FORWARD TO
MAKE COUNTRY A WORLD GURU: BHAGWAT
Rajnath said PM Modi wants our
opinion on Prez poll : Cong leader
THE COMMENT CAME HOURS AHEAD OF THE OPPOSITION’S BIG MEETING IN THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL CALLED BY WEST BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER MAMATA BANERJEE
New Delhi(ANI): Con-
gress leader Mallikar-
jun Kharge said on
Wednesday that De-
fence Minister Rajnath
Singh had told him that
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi wants to know
the Opposition’s opin-
ions on the Presidential
poll.
The comment came
hours ahead of the Op-
position’s big meeting
in the national capital
called by Trinamool
Congress chief and
West Bengal Chief Min-
ister Mamata Banerjee.
Mr Kharge also asked
if the government will
accept if the Opposi-
tion parties propose a
“unanimous, non-con-
troversial” candidate’s
name.”I spoke to Ra-
jnath Singh, he said
that the PM wants to
know our opinions, I
asked what their pro-
posal is, who the candi-
dates are... he didn’t say
to be in touch. If we put
forward a unanimous
n o n - c o n t r ove r s i a l
name, will the govern-
ment accept it?” Mr
Kharge told news agen-
cy. Ms Banerjee had in-
vited chiefs of 22 politi-
cal parties to the meet-
ing in Delhi to discuss a
united fight against the
BJP and its allies in the
election for a new Pres-
ident.But as the count-
down for the meeting
began, several parties
made it clear that they
will stay away. While
some chose to skip the
meeting in their at-
tempt to be equidistant
from the Congress and
the BJP, others cited the
presence of the Con-
gress for their decision.
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The an-
swer to the ‘million
dollar question’ as to
who has a stronger
chance of being the
first civilian and com-
mander-in-chief of
the armed forces of
India, i.e. the next
President of India, re-
mains in the hands of
but two men, and the
country will know
about this only after
June 15 when BJP
fields its candidate.
The EC will issue the
notification of the
Presidential election
on June 15 and nomi-
nations will start
fromthatday
.Thelast
dateforfilingnomina-
tions is June 29. So,
between June 15 and
29, it will be known
who will be the BJP
candidate for the post
of President. Before
that the names are be-
ing speculated on the
basis of electoral
maths and circum-
stances.
Some are speculat-
ing that a Muslim
could be the presi-
dent,giventhecontro-
versy and interna-
tional outcry follow-
ing the BJP spokes-
person (now suspend-
ed) Nupur Sharma’s
remarks on Prophet
Muhammad. Howev-
er, the probability of
this happening is
zero. Still the name is
of Kerala Governor
Arif Mohammad
Khan is doing the
rounds. Those who
are hoping for a Mus-
lim President say that
if not the President,
then Mukhtar Abbas
Naqvi can be appoint-
ed as the Vice Presi-
dent. Since Naqvi has
not been sent to the
RajyaSabhabyBJP
,it
beingspeciulatedthat
he may be given the
Vice-Presidentialseat
or Governorship of a
state.
It is also being said
that BJP can make a
SouthIndianasPresi-
dent asa populist
measure of getting
someseatsfromSouth
India in the next Lok
Sabha elections. In
this context, the
names of Telangana
GuvTamilisaiSound-
ararajan and Hary-
ana Guv Bandaru
Dattatreya are being
cloated. Additionally
,
the possibility of
namingthefirsttribal
presidentof thecoun-
try is also being ex-
pressed and in this
context the names of
Chhattisgarh Guv
Anusuiya Uikey and
former Jharkhand
Guv Draupadi Mur-
mu are being dis-
cussed. The names of
two other women- Ut-
tarPradeshGovernor
Anandiben Patel and
formerSpeakerSumi-
tra Mahajan are also
being speculated by
some for the position.
New Delhi: The Left parties have suggest-
ed the name of Mahatma Gandhi’s grand-
son, Gopalkrishna Gandhi, for the upcom-
ing Presidential polls. He has sought time
to think over the matter. Sources said the
Left parties, in their meeting with Sharad
Pawar on Tuesday, suggested the name
of the former WB governor. Pawar wasn’t
averse to the suggestion. His name is likely
to be proposed at today’s meeting.Speak-
ing to media, Gopalkrishna Gandhi said, “I
have been asked if I would consider being
such a candidate if a consensus builds
around my name.too early to comment.’’
Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin
Owaisi on Wednesday said he was not
invited to the meeting called by Tri-
namool Congress supremo and West
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
with the Opposition leaders to discuss
the Presidential polls. Speaking to me-
dia, Mr Owaisi said, “I was not invited.
Even if I were invited, I would not have
participated. The reason is Congress.
The TMC party which speaks ill about us,
even if they had invited us, we would not
have gone just because they invited the
Congress.”
LEFT SUGGEST GOPALKRISHNA
GANDHI’S NAME FOR POLLS
‘NOT INVITED’ TO MAMATA’S
MEETING, SAYS AIMIM CHIEF
Who will BJP ‘hand
over’ the Presidency
of India to?
Mallikarjun Kharge in a conversation with TR Baalu at Constitution Club in New Delhi on Wednesday.
OPPOSITION PARTIES AGREE
TO FIELD JOINT CANDIDATE
Muzaffarpur (ANI):
Unhappy over the gov-
ernment’s Agnipath
scheme to induct sol-
diers on short-term con-
tract into the armed
forces, aspirants pro-
tested in Bihar on
Wednesday, blocking a
highway in Muzaffar-
pur and railway tracks
in Buxar.
They termed the
scheme, announced on
Tuesday, detrimental to
their long-term pros-
pects because only up to
25% of the recruits or
Agniveers under the
scheme may get regular
commission. “Bharti do
ya arthi do was among
the slogans as the pro-
testing young men
burnt tyres and hoard-
ings in heaps on NH- 28,
which links Lucknow
to Barauni in Bihar, in
Muzaffarpur.
Similar scenes were
witnessed at Chakkar
Chowk near the city’s
railway station, merely
half a kilometre from
Chakkar Maidan where
army recruitment ral-
lies are held.The pro-
testers said they were
waiting for regular re-
cruitment rallies to re-
sume after two years
but were given this
scheme instead. Regu-
lar recruitment rallies
were stopped around
two years ago after the
onset of the corona,but
have not resumed.
New Delhi(ANI): The
first indigenously de-
veloped quadrivalent
human papillomavirus
(qHPV) vaccine against
cervical cancer by the
Serum Institute of In-
dia (SII) will be dis-
cussed by the Subject
expert committee on
Wednesday.
The application for
market authorization
of the qHPV vaccine
was submitted to the
DCGI on June 8 by
Prakash Kumar Singh
(director of govern-
ment and regulatory
affairs). The applica-
tion to the DCGI by
Singh mentions the an-
tibody response of the
vaccine against HPV
types in all dose and
age groups.
The vaccine is ex-
pected to be launched
in the market before
the end of 2022, sources
told. The qHPV will be
India’s first indige-
nously curated vaccine
against cervical cancer.
To ensure its early
availability in the
country, the Pune-
based Serum Institute
of India has applied for
market authorization
after completing the
phase 2/3 clinical trial
with the support of the
Department of Bio-
technology.
Geneva: Union Com-
merce and Industry
Minister Piyush Goy-
al on Tuesday called for
preserving special and
differential treatment
at the WTO in dealing
with fisheries subsidies
saying India cannot
compromise on the live-
lihoods of over 9 mil-
lion fishermen fami-
lies.
“I see a lot of coun-
tries very concerned
about their fishermen.
But what are the num-
ber of fishermen? One
may have 1,500 fisher-
men, another may have
11,000 fishermen, an-
other has 23,000 fisher-
men, and yet another
12,000,” Goyal said in
his intervention on
Fisheries Subsidies Ne-
gotiation at the 12th
WTO conference.
“Opposing the WTO
proposal on fisheries
subsidies, Goyal said,
“I see in every which
way
, the Uruguay round
asymmetries and dis-
crimination in agricul-
ture being sought to be
institutionalised in
fishing today
.”
First indigenous
vax for cervical
cancer will be
launched soon
‘India rejects text on fisheries
subsidy negotiations at WTO’
Jabalpur: A babysitter was
arrested on Tuesday after
she was caught on camera
beating a two-year-old boy
in MP Jabalpur in absence
of the child’s parents, the
police said. 30-year-old Ra-
jni Chaudhry was arrested
after a complaint filed by
the child’s parents citing
CCTV footage in which the
babysitter is seen thrash-
ing the child. A video clip
shows the woman slapping
the child and pulling his
hair while he looks dazed.
New Delhi: The ED has
arrested two persons in a
case of money laundering
wherein around Rs 425
crore were fraudulently re-
mitted outside India using
19 dummy Indian entities.
Vikas Kalra and Sidhant
Gupta were arrested on
Monday, said the ED in a
statement. The ED said it
initiated a money-launder-
ing investigation on the
basis of the FIR registered
by Punjab National Bank
against 19 entities which
opened accounts.
New Delhi: An FIR was
registered against a
Congress leader from
Nagpur for allegedly
making derogatory remarks
against PM Modi during a
demonstration held near
the Enforcement Director-
ate’s office, police said on
Wednesday. A case was
registered against former
Nagpur unit Congress
president, Sheikh Hussain,
at the Gittikhadan police
station on Tuesday night.
Geneva: Cracks
between developed
and developing nations
emerged as rich, de-
veloped countries have
once again created
obstacles in getting
consensus-based
approval on the TRIPS
waiver. It is learnt from
top official sources that
the UK and the host of
WTO Switzerland are
opposed to the idea
of transferring IPR or
patents to developing
countries for combat-
ting pandemics.
Orchha: Senior BJP leader
Uma Bharti threw cow
dung at a liquor shop in
Orchha town of MP Niwari
district, amid her demand
for total prohibition in the
party-ruled State. After the
incident on June 14, Ms.
Bharti in a tweet claimed
the shop was not approved
for the spot where it was
located, and that it was a
“crime” to open such an
outlet in Orchha.However,
police said the shop was
located at the place where it
was sanctioned.
BABYSITTER BEATS,
TORTURES 2-YEAR-
OLD IN MP
ED ARRESTS 2 IN RS
425-CR MONEY
LAUNDERING CASE
FOUL LANGUAGE
AGAINST PM: FIR
AGAINST CONG
UK, SWITZERLAND
SCUTTLED TRIPS
CONSENSUS
AT WTO
UMA BHARTI THROWS
COW DUNG AT LIQUOR
SHOP IN MP
Chhattisgarh: Rahul Sahu, an 10-year-old boy who had
fallen into a borewell in Chhattisgarh’s Janjgir Champa
district, was rescued after a 104-hour-long operation
on Tuesday night, said officials. Over 500 personnel,
including officials of the National Disaster Response
Force (NDRF), the Indian Army, local police and the
district administration, were involved in the massive
rescue operation that was underway since Friday eve-
ning. CM Bhupesh Baghel tweeted, “With everyone’s
prayers and relentless and dedicated efforts of the
rescue team, Rahul Sahu has been evacuated safely. I
wish that he recovers completely as soon as possible.”
BOY TRAPPED IN BOREWELL SAVED
AFTER 100-HOURS OF RESCUE OPERATION
CRUCIAL READ
Jobless youth protest against
Agnipath Scheme in Bihar
PRESIDENT POLL
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, in
Meerut to attend a seminar on water conservation on Wednesday.
We will help each
other and every-
one will walk the
good path together. We
sing a song in the compa-
ny... Let’s increase the or-
ganization, let’s move on
the superstition, may all
that work of the society be
done, this is the concept of
all the sects here.
—Mohan Bhagwat, RSS chief
New Delhi (ANI): The Opposition parties on Wednesday
took a resolution to field a common candidate for the
presidential election. The polls to elect the successor of
Ram Nath Kovind is scheduled to be held on July 18 and
votes will be counted on July 21. A meeting called by
TMC supremo and WB CM Mamata Banerjee to discuss
a joint candidate for the upcoming presidential poll was
held in Delhi on Wednesday.Leaders of 17 parties- TMC,
Congress, CPI, CPI(M), CPIML, RSP, Shiv Sena, NCP,
RJD, SP, National Conference, PDP, JD(S), DMK, RLD,
IUML and JMM - participated in meet.
We have decided we will choose
only one consensus candidate.
Everybody will give this candi-
date our support. We will consult with
others. This is a good beginning. We sat
together after several months, and we will
do it again.
—Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress chief

06
INDIA
Presidential contest to define Cong’s political relevance!
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Even be-
fore giving somewhat of
a contest to the BJP in
presidential election,
the Congress party will
have to contest with
other political parties to
make itself heard. This
is so because the opposi-
tion parties are prepar-
ing to contest the elec-
tions by forming a non-
BJP and non-Congress
front. Even if a Third or
Federal Front is not
formed, opposition par-
ties are still trying to
field a common candi-
date and force the Con-
gress to support this op-
position alliance. On
the other hand Con-
gress is not ready to sup-
port the leader of other
party other than its own
party in any condition.
The Congress wants
that a presidential can-
didate fielded by it
should be supported
‘automatically’ by the
rest of the parties as
has been the case in the
past. That is why the
Congress has engaged
Mallikarjun Kharge in
this campaign.
On the other hand the
leaders of Mamata Ba-
nerjee,Chandrashekhar
Rao and Arvind Kejri-
wal’s parties are en-
gaged in different ef-
forts. Until a few days
ago, the Samajwadi Par-
ty National President
AkhileshYadavwasalso
taking initiative in this
matter. But he has been
embroiled in the by-elec-
tions to two Lok Sabha
seats in his state - Azam-
garh and Rampur. Both
the seats are of impor-
tantforhimasbothhave
been his party’s seats
and vacated by resigna-
tion. However, Mamata
Banerjee has called a
meeting of opposition
parties on Wednesday
.
Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi
Party MP Sanjay Singh
has gone to Mumbai to
meet Sharad Pawar. K
Chandrashekhar Rao
has already met Stalin,
Hemant Soren, Mamta
Banerjee, Arvind Kejri-
wal etc. So, the Congress
has yet to fight the battle
of deciding the candi-
datebeforetherealfight.
Meanwhile, Sonia Gan-
dhi’s health has deterio-
rated and Rahul Gandhi
is embroiled in ED’s in-
terrogation and in such
situation,Congressfinds
itself embroiled in a po-
litical ‘turf war’, the re-
sult of which will decide
thepoliticalfutureof the
grand-old party
.
Why Mallikarjun
Kharge?
The Congress wants
that a presidential
candidate fielded by it
should be supported
‘automatically’ by the
rest of the parties as
has been the case in the
past. That is why the
Congress has engaged
Mallikarjun Kharge in
this campaign.
Fresh landslides reported in
Assam; heavy waterlogging
Guwahati(PTI): Fresh
landslides were report-
ed from various parts
of Guwahati for the sec-
ond consecutive day on
Wednesday amid inces-
sant rainfall, which
also led to heavy water-
logging in most parts of
the city, officials said.
There was no report of
any fresh casualty dur-
ing the day
.
The state has regis-
tered 42 deaths due to
floods and landslides
this year, including the
four who were buried
under a huge mass of
earth in Boragaon area
on Tuesday. An official
of Assam State Disaster
Management Authority
(ASDMA) told that de-
bris pileup caused by
landslides have blocked
thoroughfares in Geet-
anagar, Sonapur,
Kalapahar and Nijara-
par areas. Heavy rain
has also flooded roads
in several parts of the
city – the worst affected
among these being Anil
Nagar, Nabin Nagar, Ra-
jgarh Link Road, Ruk-
minigaon, Hatigaon
and Krishna Nagar.
Students carry their luggage to safer places after their accommodations were flooded due to rains, in Guwahati on Wednesday.
ASSAM HAS
REGISTERED 42
DEATHS DUE TO
FLOODS AND
LANDSLIDES
THIS YEAR
IMD PREDICTS
HEAVY RAINFALL
TILL JUNE 17
CHERRAPUNJI LOGS
WHOPPING 811.6
MM OF RAINFALL
New Delhi: As monsoon
rain pummelled the
northeast, Cherrapunji
in Meghalaya recorded
a massive 811.6 mm of
rainfall in 24 hours ending
8:30 am on Wednesday,
the highest in June since
1995, the India Meteoro-
logical Department (IMD)
said. One of the wettest
places in the world, Cher-
rapunji has recorded more
than 750 mm of precipita-
tion on a June day on 10
occasions since the IMD
started keeping records,
the IMD data showed.
On June 16, 1995, the
town nestled in the East
Khasi Hills gauged 1563.3
mm of rainfall. A day
before, on June 15, 1995,
it received 930 mm of
precipitation.
MONSOON LIKELY TO ENTER ODISHA IN 48 HRS: IMD
Bhubaneswar: The south-
west monsoon is likely to
make an onset over Odisha
during the next 48 hours,
the IMD said. Chitrakonda
in Malkangiri district and
some other places in the
southern part of Odi-
sha have already started
experiencing pre-monsoon
rainfall, the Bhubaneswar
Centre of IMD’s Meteoro-
logical Department said
Wednesday.One or two
places in 16 districts of
the coastal state are likely
to experience thunder-
storm accompanied by
lightning for 24 hours
beginning from 8.30 am
on June 15, the weather
office said.“Thunderstorm
with lightning very likely
to occur at one or two
places over the districts
of Jharsuguda, Sundar-
garh, Deogarh, Keonjhar,
Sambalpur, Mayurbhanj,
Angul, Dhenkanal, Boudh,
Kandhamal, Rayagada, Ga-
japati, Ganjam, Malkangiri,
Koraput and Nabarang-
pur,” the IMD’s regional
centre said.
Top Ind-ASEAN officials
meet held in New Delhi
New delhi: Top officials
of India and ASEAN na-
tionsheldextensivetalks
on Wednesday
, a day
aheadof theforeignmin-
isterial dialogue that is
expected to focus on fur-
ther expansion of trade
and strategic ties as well
as cooperation in the In-
do-Pacific.
Singaporean Foreign
Minister Vivian Bal-
akrishnan, Vietnam’s
BuiThanhSonandIndo-
nesian Foreign Minister
Retno Marsudi have al-
ready arrived in the na-
tional capital for the In-
dia-ASEAN talks on
Thursday
. India is host-
ing the foreign ministers
of Association of South-
east Asian Nations na-
tions from June 16 to 17
tomarkthe30thanniver-
sary of its relations with
the 10-nation grouping.
The Ministry of Exter-
nal Affairs (MEA) said
thetopofficialsreviewed
the ASEAN-India strate-
gic partnership and its
future direction besides
deliberating on the steps
for further implementa-
tion of the ‘plan of ac-
tion’ (2021-2025) between
the two sides.
India is hosting the foreign ministers of ASEAN.
Kovind lays foundation
of Raj Bhawan in Goa
Goa: President Ram
Nath Kovind laid the
foundation stone of the
new Goa Raj Bhawan
building near here on
Wed. The building is be-
ing constructed in the
premises of the existing
guv house, which is a
450-year-old structure
constructed during the
then Portuguese rule,
located on a hill over-
looking the Arabian
Sea. On Wed, Kovind
laid the foundation
stone for the new com-
plex.GoaGuv PSSreed-
haran Pillai, CM, Dr
Pramod Sawant, Union
Minister of State were
present at the function.
President Ram Nath Kovind lays the foundation stone of new Raj
Bhawan complex in Panjim, Goa on Wednesday.
WHO to share
vaccines to stop
monkeypox
New Delhi: The World
Health Organisation
said it’s creating a new
vaccine-sharing mecha-
nism to stop the out-
break of monkeypox in
more than 30 countries
beyond Africa. The
move could result in the
U.N. health agency dis-
tributing scarce vaccine
doses to rich countries
that can otherwise af-
ford them. To some
health experts, the ini-
tiative potentially miss-
es the opportunity to
control monkeypox vi-
rus in the African coun-
tries where it’s infected
people for decades, serv-
ing as another example
of the inequity in vac
distribution that was
seen during the covid.
Anurag Thakur praises
Neeraj Chopra as he
sets new javelin record
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister for Youth Affairs
and Sports Anurag
Thakur and former In-
dia cricketer Gautam
Gambhir lavished
praise on “golden boy”
Neeraj Chopra after the
star thrower created a
new national record on
Tuesday
.
Neeraj Chopra, In-
dia’s Olympic gold med-
allist, set a new national
record and finished
with a silver medal with
a throw of 89.30 meters
at the Paavo Nurmi
Games in Finland.
Neeraj bettered his own
previous national re-
cord of 88.07 meters
which he had set in Pa-
tiala in March last year.
The 24 year old Indian
made a statement of in-
tent with his opening
throw, measuring an im-
pressive 86.92m. He then
recorded 89.30m in his
second attempt, better-
ing his own previous
personal best and na-
tional record of 88.07m.
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur
Golden Great @Neeraj_
chopra1 does it again!
Neeraj Chopra threw
89.30 meters at Paavo
Nurmi Games to create a
new National Record! Ab-
solutely THRILLED You`ve
got to see his throw.
Nupur Sharma
row: Cases filed
against 200
First India Bureau
Thane: The Bhiwandi
police registered two
cases against more
than 200 people for al-
leged unlawful assem-
bly in protest of sup-
porters of BJP func-
tionary Nupur Shar-
ma, who was recently
suspended by the party
for making derogatory
remarks about Prophet
Muhammad.
The police said that,
on June 12, several peo-
ple gathered at Bhi-
wandi here, resulting
in a tense situation.
Some of them marched
to the homes of two
p e o p l e - - M u k e s h
Baburam Chavan and
Saad Ansari--and pro-
tested against their so-
cial media posts sup-
porting Sharma.
PUNJAB POLICE GETS 7 DAYS REMAND
OF GANGSTER LAWRENCE BISHNOI
Punjab: The Punjab police brought gangster Lawrence
Bishnoi to Punjab from Delhi under heavy security on early
Wednesday morning, to question him in the murder case
of singer-politician Sidhu Moose
Wala, news agency PTI reported.
After being brought to Punjab,
Bishnoi was presented in Mansa
district court which granted
Punjab police a seven-day remand
of the gangster, sources told PTI.
Delhi court had granted Punjab
police the transit remand of taking him to Punjab in relation
to the Moose Wala murder case. The order was passed after
the police had arrested Bishnoi in singer’s murder case.
ACCIDENTS STILL
TAKING PLACE
DESPITE SC ORDER
New Delhi: Little seems to
have changed more than a
decade after the Supreme
Court issued guidelines
on preventing accidents
of people, mostly small
children, falling into aban-
doned borewells and tube
wells. The issue has come
into the limelight again
with the rescue of 11-year-
old Rahul Sahu, who was
pulled out from a 80 feet
borewell in Chhattisgarh’s.
218 ARRESTED
OVER PROPHET ROW
VIOLENCE
Kolkata: The WB Govt on
Wed submitted a report
before the Calcutta High
Court, stating that there has
been no untoward incident
in the last two days during
protests over now-sacked
BJP spokesperson Nupur
Sharma’s controversial
remarks against Prophet.
The report stated that a
total of 218 people have
been arrested in connection
with the violence.
IN THE COURTYARD
Dr Jitendra: AI enabled
portal for pensioners soon
New Delhi: The De-
partment of Pension
and Pensioners’ Wel-
fare will launch an arti-
ficial intelligence-ena-
bled common portal
soon for the benefit of
pensioners, Union Min-
ister Jitendra Singh
said on Wednesday
.
Interacting with ben-
eficiaries of ‘Bhav-
ishya’, a portal for pen-
sion payment and track-
ing, here, he said that in
keepingwithPM Modi’s
motto of ensuring ‘ease
of living’ for all, the AI-
supported portal will
send automatic alerts to
pensioners. Singh, the
Min of State for Person-
nel, said the proposed
portal will not only en-
able constant contact
with pensioners and
their associations
across the country but
will also regularly re-
ceive their inputs, sug-
gestions as well as
grievances for prompt
response. Most of the
superannuated senior
citizens, including re-
tired paramilitary per-
sonnel, and those about
to get superannuated
lauded the prompt pen-
sion processing
through the ‘Bhav-
ishya’ platform and
thanked the minister
for such seamless ser-
vice, a statement issued
by the Personnel Minis-
try said. Some of the
hiccups from the bank-
ing side were brought
to the notice of the min-
ister, which he said
would be taken care of
automatically in the AI-
enabled portal with
fixed responsibility
.
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh in an interaction with beneficiaries
of Bhavishya , a Portal for Pension Payment and Tracking System at
Sardar Patel Bhawan, New Delhi on Wednesday.

BIZ BUZZ
07
India’s trade
deficit at record
$24.29 billion
New Delhi (PTI):
India’s merchandise
exports in May
rose by 20.55% to
$38.94 billion, while
the trade deficit
ballooned to a record
$24.29 billion.
Imports during
May 2022 grew by
62.83% to $63.22
billion. The trade
deficit stood at $6.53
billion in May 2021.
Cumulative exports
in April-May 2022-23
rose by about 25%
to $78.72 billion.
Imports in April-May
2022-23 increased
45.42% to $123.41
billion.
I-T dept notifies
cost inflation
index
New Delhi (PTI): The
Income Tax Depart-
ment has notified the
cost inflation index
for the current fiscal
to calculate long-
term capital gains
arising from the sale
of immovable prop-
erty, securities and
jewellery. The cost
inflation index (CII)
is used by a taxpayer
to compute gains
arising out of the
sale of capital assets
after adjusting for
inflation. The Cost
Inflation Index for FY
2022-23 relevant to
AY 2023-24 is 331.
PhonePe seeks
valuation of $8
to 10 bn in IPO
New Delhi (PTI):
PhonePe, part of the
Walmart Inc-con-
trolled Flipkart group,
is considering to
raise funds through
an initial public
offering for expand-
ing its financial
services portfolio and
deepening its core
United Payments
Interface (UPI)-based
payments operations,
investment banking
sources said. The
digital payment
company is seeking
a valuation of $8-10
billion, they added.
WHEELSSETINMOTIONFOR5G,AUCTIONCLEARED
Union Cabinet has ap-
proved the auction of
airwaves capable of of-
fering fifth-generation
or 5G telecom services
including ultra high-
speed internet, and
gave its nod for setting
up of captive 5G net-
works by the big tech
firms.
The auction of over
72 GHz of the spectrum
will be held by July-
end, said an official
statement detailing the
decision taken by the
Union Cabinet headed
by PM Narendra Modi,
at its meeting held on
June 14.
Sources said that the
Cabinet has approved
5G auctions at reserve
prices recommended
by the sector regulator
TRAI.
TRAI had earlier rec-
ommended about a
39% reduction in the
reserve or floor price
for the sale of 5G spec-
trum for mobile ser-
vices.
While the 5G spec-
trum in nine frequency
bandswillbeauctioned
to telecom operators
like Bharti Airtel and
Reliance Jio, the No-
tice Inviting Applica-
tions -- bid-related doc-
ument issued by DoT
-- said big tech firms for
the time being will be
allowed to take the 5G
spectrum for their cap-
tive non-public net-
work, on lease from the
telecom companies.
The Notice Inviting
Offer said direct alloca-
tion to the big tech
companies will follow a
demand study and sec-
tor regulator TRAI’s
recommendation on
aspects such as pricing
and modalities of such
allocation.
As per the document,
the government from
time to time will pub-
lish required provi-
sions and guidelines
and licensing terms
and conditions for ena-
bling the setting up of
CNPN.
According to the
document, the auction
is slated to start on
July 26, 2022. Among
other key dates to
watch-out for is the
pre-bid conference
scheduled for June 20,
2022, submission of ap-
plications with a dead-
line of July 8, and pre-
qualification of bid-
ders on July 18. Mock
auctions will be held
on July 22 and 23, 2022.
A total of 72097.85
MHz of spectrum with
a validity period of 20
years will be put to auc-
tion to be held by the
end of July, 2022.
The auction will be
held for spectrum in
various Low (600 MHz,
700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900
MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100
MHz, 2300 MHz), Mid
(3300 MHz) and High
(26 GHz) frequency
bands.
Overall, the payment
terms have been eased
for bidders in the up-
coming auction.
Continuing the pace
of telecom sector re-
forms, the Cabinet an-
nounced various pro-
gressive options with
regard to the spectrum
auction, for facilitating
ease of doing business.
New Delhi (PTI):
About 90% of Indian
industry leaders feel
that GST has made do-
ing business easier by
bringing down barriers
across the country
, a De-
loitte survey said on
Wednesday
.
The GST regime has
also positively affected
the prices and costs of
goods and services to
end consumers, along
with helping companies
optimise their supply
chains, Deloitte GST@5
Survey 2022 found.
Automation of tax
compliances and intro-
duction of e-
invoicing/e-way facility
emerged as the most
beneficial reforms in-
troduced by the govern-
ment.
Also, creating a sim-
plified tax regime to
promote the ease of do-
ing business and up-
grading technology to
facilitate auto popula-
tion of monthly and an-
nual returns were the
key asks from industry
leaders, as per the sur-
vey. A nationwide GST
was rolled out on July 1,
2017.
“Ninety percent In-
dian CXOs across key
sectors have backed
this dynamic and tech-
nologically driven indi-
rect tax regime. Indus-
try leaders are of the
view that ‘one nation,
one tax’ reform has cer-
tainly brought down
barriers across the
country and made do-
ing business easy and
effective for both busi-
nesses and taxpayers,”
the survey said.
Looking ahead, in-
dustry looks forward to
finding resolution to
simplification of input
tax credit matching, fol-
lowed by reducing op-
erational complexities
for taxpayers.
90% FEEL GST MADE DOING BUSINESS EASY: SURVEY
A TOTAL OF 72097.85 MHz OF SPECTRUM WITH VALIDITY OF 20 YEARS WILL BE PUT TO AUCTION THAT WILL COMMENCE ON JULY 26
Expect telcos to buy spectrum
worth `1-1.1 lakh crore: Icra
New Delhi (PTI): The telecom industry is expected
to shell out around `1-1.1 lakh crore on the 5G
auction, despite telcos’ reservations over high
spectrum prices, Icra said but cautioned that sector
debt level is likely to rise with upcoming auctions.
Given the relaxed payment terms for the auction,
the upfront outgo is likely to be around `10,000
crore for the industry. “While telecom operators
consider reserve prices to be very high, nonethe-
less Icra expects telcos to buy spectrum worth
around Rs 1-1.1 lakh crore in these auctions, which
will be primarily towards developing 5G capabilities
but also plugging other gaps,” it said.
New Delhi (PTI): The spectrum
auction for 5G services marks
the beginning of a new era for
Indian telecom, Communications
Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said
on Wednesday. The comment
assumes significance as the
Union Cabinet has approved
the modalities for holding 5G
spectrum auction, and 72 GHz
of radio waves will be put on
the block by July-end. “The
beginning of a new era for Indian
Telecom. 5G spectrum auction
announced,” Vaishnaw tweeted.
“Moving forward with PM @
narendramodi ji’s vision of a
Digital India. Spectrum auction
announced today is an integral
part of developing #BharatKa5G
ecosystem,” Vaishnaw said.
START OF NEW ERA FOR INDIAN TELECOM: ASHWINI VAISHNAW
INDIA JUMPS 6 SPOTS IN
COMPETITIVENESS INDEX
New Delhi (PTI):
India has witnessed
the sharpest rise
among the Asian
economies, with a
six-position jump
from 43rd to 37th
rank on the annual
World Competitive-
ness Index com-
piled by the Insti-
tute for Manage-
ment Development,
largely due to gains
in economic perfor-
mance.
Denmark has
moved to the top of
the 63-nation list
from the third posi-
tion last year, while
Switzerland slipped
from the top rank-
ing to the second
position and Singa-
pore regained the
third spot from
fifth, a global study
showed. Others in
the top 10 include
Sweden at the
fourth position.
Automation of
tax compliances
and introduction
of e-invoicing/e-
way facility
emerged as the
most beneficial
reforms
Unemployment rate
dips to 4.2% in 2020-21
unemployment rate or
the proportion of per-
sons in the labour force
who could not find jobs
has dipped to 4.2% in
July 2020-June 2021
from 4.8% a year ago
amid the pandemic that
caused economic dis-
ruption, showed a gov-
ernment survey
.
The unemployment
rate was 5.8% in 2018-19
and 6.1% in 2017-18, as
per a statement issued
on the Periodic Labour
Force Survey (PLFS) is-
sued by the Ministry of
Statistics and Pro-
gramme Implementa-
tion on Tuesday
.
According to the
PLFS annual report
(July 2020 to June 2021),
the joblessness or un-
employment ratefor
persons of all ages
came down to 4.2% from
4.8% a year ago.
The data showed that
joblessness has come
down gradually during
the four years till 2020-
21 (July to June).
Similarly, the UR
among males has also
come down to 4.5% in
2020-21 from 5.1 in 2019-
20, 6% in 2018-19 and
6.2% in 2017-18.
The same trend of de-
cline in the UR was
found among females as
it dipped to 3.5% 2020-21
from 4.2% in 2019-20,
5.2% in 2018-19 and 5.7%
in 2017-18.
Worker Population
Ratio (WPR) has also
improved. The WPR is
defined as the percent-
age of employed per-
sons in the population.
The WPR has in-
creased to 39.8% in 2020-
21 from 38.2 in 2019-20.
The WPR in females
also improved to 24.2%
in 2020-21 from 21.8% in
2019-20.
ADANI’S$700-MN
FACILITYGETS
‘GREENLOAN’TAG
New Delhi (PTI):
Adani Transmis-
sion Limited (ATL)
on Wednesday said
its $700 million re-
volving loan facility
has been tagged as
‘green loan’ by Sus-
tainalytics.
Sustainalytics, a
Morningstar Com-
pany, provides ana-
lytical environmen-
tal, social and gov-
ernance (ESG) re-
search, ratings and
data to institutional
investors and com-
panies. In a state-
ment issued on
Wednesday, ATL
said its “$700 mil-
lion revolving facil-
ity has been tagged
as green loan by
Sustainalytics. This
provides assurance
on the green loan
framework for the
revolving facility
.”
A revolving loan
facility is a flexible
financing tool that
provides the bor-
rower with the abil-
ity to draw down or
withdraw, repay,
and withdraw
again. On receiving
the green load tag,
Anil Sardana, MD
and CEO, ATL said
“ATL has been a sig-
natory to energy
compact goals as
part of COP26 and
the energy compact
with the UN in No-
vember 2021.
Adani Group
fastest in
valuation growth
Mumbai (PTI): The
Adani Group has
gained the most
in terms of value
in the six months
to April 2022, with
a 88.1% jump to
`17.6 lakh crore,
a report said
on Wednesday.
In comparison,
billionaire Mukesh
Ambani’s Reliance
Industries -- which
houses nearly all
its ventures -- saw
a 13.4% rise in
value to `18.87
lakh crore, which
helped it retain the
top rankings in
Burgundy Private
Hurun India 500
rankings. TCS
came second at
`12.97 lakh crore
despite a 0.9% de-
cline in value, and
was followed by
HDFC Bank, Infosys
and ICICI Bank.
Sensex drops 152 pts
Mumbai (PTI): Equi-
ties ended lower for the
fourth straight day on
Wednesday, with the
Sensex falling 152
points in volatile trade
amid mixed global cues
and unabated foreign
capital outflows.
The BSE benchmark
settled 152.18 points or
0.29% lower at 52,541.39.
The NSE Nifty de-
clined by 39.95 points or
0.25% to 15,692.15.
From the Sensex
pack, NTPC, Infosys,
Reliance Industries,
Hindustan Unilever,
Wipro, Tech Mahindra
and PowerGrid were
the major laggards.
On the other hand,
Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Fi-
nance, Tata Steel and
Larsen Toubro were
among the gainers.
` SLIPS 13 PAISE TO
CLOSE AT ALL-TIME
LOW OF 78.17/$
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee
plunged 13 paise to
close at a fresh all-time
low of 78.17 (provi-
sional) against the US
dollar on Wednesday,
as a lacklustre trend in
domestic equities and
persistent foreign fund
outflows weighed on
investor sentiments. At
the interbank foreign ex-
change market, the local
currency opened at 77.99
and finally settled at its
all-time low of 78.17,
down 13 paise over its
previous close of 78.04.
Petrol, diesel sales jump in June
New Delhi (PTI): In-
dia’s petrol consump-
tion jumped by 54% and
that of diesel soared by
48% in the first fort-
night of June from a
year earlier with con-
tinuing demand recov-
ery from a relatively
low base in 2021 when
the world’s third-big-
gest oil user was in the
grip of the second wave
of COVID-19.
Petrol sales by state-
owned fuel retailers,
which control roughly
90% of the market, at
1.28 million tonnes be-
tween June 1 and 14 was
54.2% higher than the
same period last year
when a devastating sec-
ond COVID-19 wave
wreaked havoc on the
economy
.
Diesel, the most-used
fuel in the country, saw
sales jumping 47.8%
year-on-year to 3.4 mil-
lion tonnes between
June 1-14. This was
37.3% higher than the
corresponding period
of June 2020 and 20.3%
more than 2019 period.
It was 12% higher than
the 3.03 million tonnes
of consumption during
May 1-14 this year.
JIO-BP TO POWER
ZOMATO’S EV JOURNEY
Mumbai (FIB): Jio-bp
on Wednesday said it
will provide battery
swapping facility to
EVs of food delivery
app Zomato. Jio-bp said
it has entered into an
agreement with the
food delivery firm ‘’to
support Zomato’s com-
mitment towards The
Climate Group’s EV100
initiative of 100% EV
fleet by 2030.’’ ‘’Towards
the same, Jio-bp will
provide EV mobility
services to Zomato
along with access to
‘Jio-bp pulse’ branded
battery swapping sta-
tions for last-mile deliv-
ery,’’ it said.

08
2NDFRONT
On the day of martyrdom of
Guru Arjan Dev, we paid
tribute to the fifth Guru.
— Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Econom-
ic Offences Wing
(EOW) of Mumbai po-
lice filed a new case on
Tuesday against build-
er Sanjay Chhabria
and Dewan Housing
Finance Corporation
Limited (DHFL) pro-
moter Kapil Wadhwan
for allegedly cheating
a real estate firm to
the tune of `150 crore.
Chhabria's firm Indo
Global Soft Solutions
Pvt Ltd in connivance
with Wadhwan's DHFL
allegedly misused `150
crore for wrong gains.
According to EOW,
the money was meant to
be utilised for a redevel-
opment project in Ma-
halaxmi, Mumbai, but
due to the misappropri-
ation of funds the pro-
ject is still incomplete.
Notably
, this is the
third case filed by EOW
against Chhabria, who
was arrested by the CBI
in the month of April in
the Yes Bank case. The
Banking-2 unit of the
EOW recently booked
Chhabria, Wadhwan
and two other accused
under sections 420
(cheating), 406 (criminal
breach of trust), 409
(Criminal breach of
trustbyapublicservant,
or by banker, merchant
or agent) 120-B (crimi-
nal conspiracy) of IPC.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Maharash-
tra transport minister
and senior Shiv Sena
leader Anil Parab did
not appear before the
Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED) here on
Wednesday in connec-
tion with a money
laundering case, an
ED official said.
An aide of Parab said
that the minister did not
appear before the ED as
he had submitted a re-
ply on Tuesday itself.
The central agency
had summoned Parab to
its zonal office here to
record his statement un-
der the Prevention of
Money Laundering Act
(PMLA) in a case involv-
ing the alleged violation
of coastal regulation
zone provisions in the
construction of a resort
at Dapoli, a scenic coast-
al hill station.
Parab(57),aShivSena
legislator in the Maha-
rashtra Legislative
Council for three terms,
is also the state parlia-
mentary affairs minis-
ter.FollowingtheMay26
raids,theEDquestioned
Parab and recorded his
preliminary statement
as part of the case filed
in response to a recent
Union Environment
Ministryshow-causeno-
tice labelling the Dapoli
resort “illegal.”
According to the
charges filed by the I-T
department, a piece of
land in Dapoli was alleg-
edly purchased in 2017
for`1croreandlatersold
to Mumbai-based cable
operator Sadanand Kad-
amfor`1.10crorein2020.
In the interim, a resort
was built on the land.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: As the inves-
tigation into the Sal-
man Khan threat let-
ter case intensifies,
the Maharashtra
Home Department has
now learnt that the let-
ter was sent to extort
money from big busi-
nessmen and actors by
gangster Lawrence
Bishnoi’s gang.
Salman Khan and his
father Salim Khan re-
ceivedadeaththreatjust
days after the death of
Punjabi singer Sidhu
Moose Wala. The letter
was discovered outside
Salim Khan’s Mumbai
home near the Bandra
Bandstand promenade,
where Salim Khan goes
for his morning jog.
According to the Ma-
harashtraHomeDepart-
ment, the Bishnoi gang
threatenedactorSalman
KhanandSalimKhanin
order to demonstrate its
power. The gang was
planning to extort mon-
ey from big business-
men and actors.
Meanwhile, Punjab
Police has brought
gangster Lawrence
Bishnoi today under
heavy security to the
state from Delhi in the
early hours of Wednes-
day to question him in
the singer Sidhu Moose
Wala murder case. Bish-
noi was produced be-
fore a court in Mansa
district which remand-
ed him to seven-day po-
lice custody
.
ADelhicourtonTues-
day granted Punjab Po-
lice the transit remand
of Bishnoitotakehimto
Punjab in the case relat-
ed to the singer and Con-
gress leader Moose Wa-
la’s murder.
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Bombay
High Court (HC) on
Wednesday set aside a
2020 decree, which
granted ownership of
a 6,000-acre parcel of
land in suburban Kan-
jurmarg to a private
firm. It stated that a
huge “fraud was
played on the court”
while obtaining the
earlier order.
Theordercouldbesig-
nificant for the Mumbai
Metro project. The Ma-
harashtra government,
Central government,
and Brihanmumbai Mu-
nicipal Corporation
(BMC) and several other
government and private
entities have claimed
ownershipof thelandor
parts of it. The state
wants to build a car shed
for Mumbai Metro on it.
Justice Anil Menon
noted on Wednesday
that the decree was ob-
tained by Adarsh Water
Parks and Resorts by
suppression of materi-
al facts such as there
were other claimants.
InMarchthisyear,the
Maharashtra govern-
mentlearntthatthehigh
court had in October
2020 granted the decree
of ownership of this
land to Adarsh Water
Parks and Resorts. The
statethenmovedtheHC,
challenging the decree.
The Centre, Maha-
rashtra government and
the BMC are locked in a
dispute regarding the
ownership of this land.
The state has pro-
posed to construct a car
shed for the metro pro-
jectonabout100acresof
the same land parcel af-
ternixinganearlierplan
to construct the car shed
intheAareyColonyarea
following protests by en-
vironmental activists.
Justice Menon noted
that in October 2020, the
court was persuaded to
pass the order in favour
of private firm through
suppression of facts.
lll
Says court
was misled by
suppression of
facts; Maha
govt, Centre
BMC in dispute
over 6K acre
Kanjurmarg
parcel
FIGHTING OVER LAND
HC quashes private firm’s land ownership decree
Bombay High Court. —FILE PHOTO
IN DEFENSE
The HC said if the bench
(which passed the earlier
decree order) had been
informed that there were
other claimants, it would
have inquired into it. Due
to the difficulties faced
during virtual court
hearings (during the
COVID-19 pandemic),
the HC was compelled
to accept what the
lawyers said. The larger
responsibility hence
falls on the lawyers, said
Justice Menon.
RISING SEAS!
High tide waves hit food stalls at Dadar beach in Mumbai on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
FreshcasefiledagainstSanjay
ChhabriaandKapilWadhwan
EOW books
builder Sanjay
Chhabria, DHFL
promoter Kapil
Wadhwan for
`150 crore fraud
JJHospsetsupinquiry
committeetofindnexus
Routine tests like CBC, electrolyte panel available
in-house are deliberately outsourced to private labs
Renni Abraham
Mumbai: The state-
run Sir JJ Group of
Hospitals (JJ Hospi-
tal) has instituted
an inquiry commit-
tee to unearth the
nexus between hos-
pital administrators
found to be out-
sourcing routine
medical tests for
complete blood
count (CBC) and
electrolyte panel
(aka serum electro-
lyte test) that are
available in-house.
Confirming this, the
Dean of JJ Hospital,
Dr Pallavi Saple told
First India, “I had
restarted the in-house
testing facilities (on
April 01) upon assum-
ing charge in the
hospital. However, we
found that patients
were still being re-
ferred to external
agencies for these
routine tests that
are available 24/7
within the hospital
facility itself. This
has had the desired
effect and we will
audit the situation in a
month’s time.”
The south-Mumbai
facility sees a daily av-
erage of more than 300
outpatients as well as
close to 2,000 patients
admitted to the insti-
tution for medical
treatment at any given
time. While the need
for the inquiry may
stem from the fact that
multiple pathological
test centres have
mushroomed in Mum-
bai, particularly dur-
ing the pandemic,
when government-op-
erated medical facili-
ties were besieged by
COVID-19 patients.
The continuation of
the outsourcing even
now is most likely ow-
ing to commercial re-
lationships created
with private patholog-
ical laboratories seek-
ing a ready flow of
clients and willing to
pay a quick buck un-
der the table.
Alongside the in-
quiry committee, the
existing infrastruc-
ture at the hospital is
also being leveraged to
create a database to
benchmark the effi-
ciency of medical care
provided to patients
visiting the medical
centre, which is seek-
ing to transform itself
to make it on par with
the All India Institute
of Medical Sciences.
I had restarted the in-house testing facilities (on April 01)
upon assuming charge in the hospital. However, we found
that patients were still being referred to external agencies
for these routine tests that are available 24/7 within the hospital
facility itself. This has had the desired effect and we will audit the
situation in a month’s time. —Dr Pallavi Saple, Dean, JJ Hospitals
Anil Parab fails to
appear before ED in
moneylaunderingcase
Lawrence Bishnoi
sent letter to extort
money: Home Dept
An aide of Parab
said the min did
not appear before
the ED as he had
submitted a reply
on Tuesday itself
Lawrence Bishnoi
gang was allegedly
planning to extort
money from big
bizmen and actors
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