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AZADI KA AMRIT MAHOTSAV
CHANGING FLAG CODE AHEAD OF HAR GHAR TIRANGA
CAMPAIGN, CENTRE ALLOWS 24X7 USE OF TRICOLOUR
First India Buraeu
New Delhi: Ahead of
of Har Ghar Tiranga
campaign, Centre has
changed the National
Flag Code and has
allowed 24x7 use of
tricolour.
The decision came as
the government is go-
ing to launch a ‘Har
Ghar Tiranga’ (hoisting
of flag in every home)
from August 13 to 15 as
part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit
Mahotsav’.
In a letter to secretar-
ies of all Central minis-
tries and departments,
Union Home Secretary
Ajay Bhalla has said
the display, hoisting
and use of the Indian
national flag is gov-
erned by the Flag Code
of India, 2002 and the
Prevention of Insults
to National Honour
Act, 1971.
The Flag Code of In-
dia, 2002 has been fur-
ther amended through
an order on July, 20,
2022 and clause (xi) of
paragraph 2.2 of Part-II
of the Flag Code of In-
dia, 2002 shall now be
read as under:- (xi)
“where the Flag is dis-
played in open or dis-
played on the house of
a member of public, it
may be flown day and
night”.
Earlier, the tricolour
is allowed to be flown
from sunrise to sunset,
irrespective of weather
conditions.
Similarly, paragraph
1.2 of Part-I of the Flag
Code of India, 2002 shall
now be read as under:
1.2. “The National Flag
shall be made of hand
spun and hand woven
or machine made, cot-
ton/ polyester/ wool/
silk khadi bunting.”
Earlier machine made
and polyester flags were
not allowed to be used.
The ‘Har Ghar Tiran-
ga’ campaign has been
launched to encourage
the citizens to hoist the
national flag in their
homes from August 13
to 15.
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla.
Earlier, the
tricolour was
allowed to be
flown from
sunrise to sunset
New Delhi: President Ram
Nath Kovind on Sunday
addressed the nation on
the last day of his of-
fice, expressing be-
lief that the coun-
try is capable of
making 21st
century as one
belonging to In-
dia. “Five years
ago, you put faith
in me and elected me
as president. “A
strong connect
to roots is a
feature of In-
dia’s culture. I urge youth to
continue this tradition of
remaining connected with
their roots,” Kovind said.
The outgoing president also
recalled past presidents.
“We need to protect our
environment, land, air and
water for the sake of our
children,” Kovind said.
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ISC 12TH
RESULT DECLARED; 99.38% STUDENTS PASS
New Delhi: The Indian School Certificate (ISC) or Class 12 semester 2
result 2022 has been announced by the Council for the CISCE. A total
of 18 candidates have secured first position in ISC class 12th
examination 2022. All the toppers have scored 99.75% marks. P3
SURJEWALA
PLEA IN SC:
AADHAAR AND
VOTER ID LINK
New Delhi: The controversial law to link Aadhaar
and Voter ID Card has been challenged in SC,
court will hear case today, with Cong’s Randeep S
Surjewala demanding that it be scrapped, calling law
“unconstitutional” & a violation of rights to privacy.
GOA BAR ROW:
IRANI’S LEGAL
NOTICE TO CONG,
ITS 3 LEADERS
New Delhi: Union Minister Smriti Irani has sent a
legal notice to three Congress leaders - Pawan Khera,
Jairam Ramesh and Netta D’Souza and the Congress
party. The notice sought an apology from for “baseless
and false” allegations against Irani & her daughter. P3
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI & MUMBAI
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Crucial
Crucial
CHINESE AIRCRAFT
CONTINUE TO FLY
CLOSE TO LAC
New Delhi: Chinese fighter
aircraft are continuing at-
tempts to provoke India in
East Ladakh by flying close to
LAC. On one hand, Chinese
Army is holding talks with
the IA to defuse tensions in
Ladakh, on other hand, their
aircraft is flying close to LAC.
6 KILLED, 8 HURT IN
BLAST AT ILLEGAL
FIRECRACKER UNIT
Patna: Six people died, 8
people were trapped under
the debris following an ex-
plosion inside the home of
a firecracker businessman
Shabir Hussain in Khudai
Bagh village in Khaira police
station area of Bihar’s Saran
district on Sunday.
K’TAKA CONGRESS TO
OBSERVE ‘MAUNA
SATYAGRAHA’
Bengaluru (PTI): The
Congress in Karnataka will
observe ‘Mauna Satya-
graha’ (silent resistence) on
Tuesday when their party su-
premo Sonia Gandhi will ap-
pear before the ED officials
probing the alleged money
laundering in National Herald
case, state unit president D
K Shivakumar said. P8
CM TO VISIT SOMNATH
TEMPLE IN GUJ
New Delhi (PTI): CM and
Aam Aadmi Party national
convenor Arvind Kejriwal
will visit Somnath temple
and hold a townhall meeting
with traders in Gujarat’s Ra-
jkot city on July 26, a party
official said on Sunday. P2
Kejri refuses to
attend event
with pic of Modi
New Delhi: Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal and Environment
Minister Gopal Rai re-
fused to attend an event
with Lieutenant Gover-
norVinaiKumarSaxena
onSunday
,withtheAAP
minister saying that the
decision was taken be-
causetheeventhadbeen
“politicised”afterapost-
er war broke out. P2
Partha is faking illness to
evade law: ED tells court
Kolkata: During hear-
ing of plea over shifting
arrested WB minister
Partha Chatterjee to
state-run SSKM Hospi-
tal in Kolkata, ED told
Calcutta HC’s single
judge bench of Justice
Bibek Chaudhuri that
Chatterjee was faking
illness to evade the law.
Late Sunday evening,
Court directed the ED
to transfer Partha Chat-
terjee to AIIMS Bhu-
baneswar on Monday
early morning.
WEST BENGAL
SSC SCAM
DRAUPADI MURMU TO
TAKE OATH AS 15TH
PRESIDENT OF INDIA
TODAY FOLLOWED BY
21 GUN SALUTE P5
India on path to own 21st
century: President Kovind
PARTHA’S CLOSE AIDE
IN 1-DAY ED CUSTODY
The ED on Sunday pro-
duced Arpita Mukherjee, a
close aide of TMC minister
Partha Chatterjee before
Bankshall court and sought
her custody for at least 14
days. Comparing Arpita to an
‘onion’, ED officials said that
just like ‘you peel onions you
get deeper’, similarly, probe
will bring more information.
MONKEYPOX CASE: DELHI’S 1ST, INDIA’S 4TH
31-yr-old man +ve with
no foreign travel history
New Delhi: Delhi on
Sunday reported its
first monkeypox case as
a 31-year-old man with
no foreign travel history
was diagnosed with the
disease. This is the
fourth monkeypox case
reported in India with
the previous three cases
being reported from
Kerala. The man had at-
tended a party in Mana-
li in Himachal Pradesh
recently
, an official said.
The West Delhi resi-
dent was hospitalised
with symptoms of the
disease three days
ago, it said, adding
that his samples were
sent to the National
Institute of Virology
on Saturday.
The Chief Minister
informed that separate
isolation wards have
been designated at
LNJP hospital for mon-
keypox-infected pa-
tients. His health condi-
tion of the patient is
said to be stable.
The previous
three cases
being reported
from Kerala
16 labs are
dedicated for
monkeypox, 2 labs
only for Kerala
Two-three
suspected
samples coming
every week in Maha
WHO has
declared
Monkeypox, a public
health emergency
1 2 3 4
Don’t panic, situation under
control: Delhi CM Kejriwal
C
hief Minister of Delhi
Arvind Kejriwal on
Sunday asked the
people of the national
capital not to panic after
the city reported its first
case of Monkeypox. He
assured the Delhiites that
the ‘best team is on case
to prevent the spread of
the virus’. The CM also
informed that separate
isolation wards have been
designated at LNJP hosp.
2ND INDIAN TO WIN MEDAL
AT WORLD ATHLETICS
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Chopra’s silver
clinching throw!
Neeraj Chopra took the silver medal in Eugene,
Oregon with a best javelin throw of 88.13m
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: While a nation
was asleep, Neeraj Chopra
scripted history as he became
only the second Indian athlete
to win a medal at World Athlet-
ics Championships on early
Sunday morning (IST). He reg-
istered a throw of 88.13m in the
final to bring home the silver
medal, ending the nation’s wait
for a medal since Anju Bobby
George claimed bronze medal
in the 2003 edition of games for
her performance in long jump.
Neeraj Chopra tried his best
but failed to beat Anderson Pe-
ters, who breached 90m-mark.
I am very happy to have won silver medal, the country’s first medal in the World Athletics
Championships after 19 years, I will take it. World Championships is even tougher than
Olympics, its record is higher than that of Olympics. I have won gold at all levels except
this World Championships silver. So, hunger is there to win gold now. —Neeraj Chopra
Neeraj Chopra poses for a picture after
clinching silver medal at World Athletics
Championships 2022 on Sunday.
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
A great accomplishment
by one of our most distin-
guished
athletes!
Congratu-
lations to
@Neeraj_
chopra1
on
winning a historic Silver
medal at the #World-
Championships. This is a
special moment for Indian
sports. Best wishes to
Neeraj for his upcoming
endeavours.
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur
Neeraj Chopra continues
his winning streak! Wins
silver in
Men’s
javelin
throw at
@WCHor-
egon22
with his
best throw of 88.13m,
becoming the 1st Indian
male and 2nd Indian to
win a medal at the #World-
Championships! Neeraj
has now won medal at
every Global event!
‘WE ARE PROUD OF YOU’: DELHI CM
CONGRATULATES NEERAJ CHOPRA
New Delhi: CM Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday congratulated
Neeraj Chopra for winning the silver medal at the World
C’ships in the javelin throw final, and said that everyone
was proud of his feat. “History scripted at #WorldAthlet-
icsChampionship by @Neeraj_chopra1. Neeraj, we are
very proud of you! You have not only inspired a genera-
tion to take up sports as a career but also made javelin
throw one of the most loved athletic sports in India. My
best wishes are with you,” Kejriwal tweeted. P2
Partha Chatterjee
GOVT HOLDS
HIGH-LEVEL
REVIEW MEET
ON MONKEYPOX
The Union ministry
of health and family wel-
fare on Sunday said a
high-level review meet-
ing on the monkeypox
disease was being held
by the Directorate Gen-
eral of Health Services
(DGHS) with NCDC and
ICMR with the detection
of 4th case of the virus
in the country. “Further
public health interven-
tions like identifica-
tion of the source of
infection, enhanced
contact tracing, testing
sensitisation of private
practitioners etc are
being carried out,” the
ministry further said.
‘PoK was, is, will be
integral part of India’
Jammu: Pakistan-Oc-
cupied Kashmir (PoK)
was, is and shall always
remain an integral part
of India, Defence Minis-
ter Rajnath Singh said
during the ‘Kargil Vijay
Diwas’ event in Jammu
on Sunday. “We are
committed to the reso-
lution passed in the Par-
liament on PoK. PoK
was, is and shall always
remain an integral part
of India. How is it pos-
sible that Baba Amar-
nath (Lord Shiva’s
form) is in India and
Maa Sharda Shakti is
across LoC, “ he said.
Rajnath Singh addresses at
commemoration ceremony of
‘Kargil Vijay Diwas’, in Jammu.
The abrogation
of article 370
has brought a
new dawn of hope to the
aspirations of the people
of Jammu and Kashmir.
Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister

CAPITOL
NEW DELHI | MONDAY, JULY 25, 2022
02
CERTIFICATE COURSE ON PATENT LAWS IN DU SOON
FOR 1ST TIME
New Delhi (PTI): The
Delhi University is
planning to start a cer-
tificate course on pat-
ent laws to help stu-
dents to make their re-
search a “tangible”
product and give them
basic knowledge about
filing for patents.
This would be the
first time that such a
course would be offered
at the varsity
.
The varsity has con-
stituted a committee for
framing the syllabus
and other modalities for
a course on patent laws.
A patent is a type of
intellectual property
that gives its owner the
legal right to exclude
others from making, us-
ing, or selling an inven-
tion. The newly-consti-
tuted committee is
headed by Daman Salu-
ja, Professor at Medical
Biotechnology Labora-
tory, DU’s B R Ambed-
kar Center for Biomedi-
cal Research.
Saluja said the course
will help the students
understand what
should be kept in mind
while filing for a patent,
as many students are
not aware of what is pa-
tentable & what is not.
Thecertificatecourse
will likely be a three-
four month programme
during which the stu-
dents will be taught ba-
sics about patent laws
and what to take care of
while filing for the pat-
ent, Saluja said.
The course will come
in handy for science
students who want to
learn about patent laws
for their research.
The certificate course will likely be a three-four
month programme during which the students
will be taught basics about patent laws
Delhi University Classroom.
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
Environment Minister
Gopal Rai on Sunday al-
leged that the Centre
hijacked an event of the
Arvind Kejriwal gov-
ernment at the Asola
Bhatti Wildlife Sanctu-
ary with the Delhi Po-
lice putting up banners
carrying pictures of
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi at the venue
last (Saturday) night.
He said Delhi CM
Arvind Kejriwal was
supposed to attend the
event but decided not to
participate following
the incident.
Kejriwal had also
skipped the weekly
meeting with Lieuten-
ant Governor V K Sax-
ena on Friday, against
the backdrop of the LG
recommending a CBI
probe into alleged laps-
es and irregularities in
the implementation of
the Delhi government’s
excise policy. Rai al-
leged the Delhi Police
acted on the directions
of the PM’s office.
The ‘Van Mahotsav’
which started from the
Central Ridge on July
11 was to culminate
with the plantation of 1
lakh saplings at the
Asola Bhatti Wildlife
Sanctuary on Sunday
.
“The Delhi Police
reached the location of
the event last night and
took control of the pan-
dal and the stage. They
forcibly put up banners
carrying pictures of
PM Modi... Banners
carrying photos of
Lieutenant Governor
and Chief Minister Ke-
jriwal were taken
down,” Rai alleged at a
press conference here.
The Delhi Police
warned of action if the
banners carrying pic-
tures of PM Modi were
removed. They threat-
ened the officers in-
volved in the prepara-
tion to step back, while
the banners belonging
to the AAP government
were torn down, he
claimed.
The lieutenant gover-
nor and the CM were
supposed to attend the
event and all prepara-
tions had been made, he
said.
“An event of the Ke-
jriwal government has
been turned into a po-
litical event of PM Modi
and he was not even go-
ing to attend it... Follow-
ing the incident, the
Delhi CM and I have
now decided not to par-
ticipate in the pro-
gramme,” he said.
Rai said that attempts
are being made to ma-
lign the Delhi govern-
ment and alleged that
Satyendar Jain was ar-
rested on “frivolous
charges”, and a conspir-
acy is now being
hatched to arrest Depu-
ty CM Manish Sisodia.
READ
Crucial
Crucial
LIGHT RAINS IN
SOME PARTS OF
NATIONAL CAPITAL
on Sunday witnessed
rains in some parts with
the mercury settling at
27.1 degrees Celsius,
the weather office said.
There was rainfall in west
Delhi’s Paschim Vihar
area and east Delhi’s
Laxmi Nagar, while
Shahdara and few other
parts experienced some
drizzle, it said. The rela-
tive humidity at 8:30 am
was 79 per cent, it said.
IP UNIVERSITY TO
SET UP THREE NEW
SCHOOLS
New Delhi (PTI):
Guru Gobind Singh
Indraprastha University
has announced to set
up three new schools,
namely the School of Lib-
eral Arts, School of Film
Making and School of
Fire and Industrial Safety.
These new schools and
centres of excellence are
being created in view of
the rising demands for
trained professionals in
these areas, the varsity
said in a statement.
MASKED MEN ROB
LIQUOR OUTLET IN
GURUGRAM
Gurugram (PTI): Two
masked men allegedly
held three employees
of a liquor outlet at
gunpoint and fled away
with cash, police said
on Sunday. The incident
took place at the outlet
located in Bakhtawar
Chowk here on Friday
night, they said. A CCTV
camera footage shows
the men barging into
the crowded oulet at
around 11 pm. They
open fire and also at-
tack a salesman with
pistol butt. Police said
an FIR has been regis-
tered against unknown
people under Sections
392 (robbery) and 34
(common intention) of
the Indian Penal Code
and Arms Act.
BUILDING
COLLAPSES IN N-E
DELHI, 1 DEAD
New Delhi (PTI): A
20-year-old man died
while six members of his
family were rescued as
a three-storey building
collapsed in northeast
Delhi’s Mustafabad
area on Sunday, police
said. The incident was
reported at around 5 am
and three fire tenders
were rushed to the spot,
said Atul Garg, Director,
Delhi Fire Service. Police
pulled out Suleman (45),
his wife Shabnam (40),
daughters Shabnur (22)
and Labiya (20) and
his sons Sufhiyan (20),
Faizan (17) and Arshiyal
(15) from the debris.
Sufhiyan was pulled
out with great difficulty
and rushed to a hospital
where he was declared
as brought dead, a senior
police officer said.
Kejriwal to visit
Somnath temple in
Gujarat tomorrow
CM and Aam Aadmi
Party national conven-
or Arvind Kejriwal will
visit Somnath temple
and hold a townhall
meeting with traders in
Gujarat’s Rajkot city on
July 26.
This will be Kejri-
wal’s second visit to the
poll-bound state in less
than a week and third
this month.
The AAP leader will
arrive in Gujarat for a
two-day visit on Mon-
day, during which he
will hold a townhall
meeting with traders in
Rajkot after offering
prayers at Somnath
temple.
“Arvindji will land at
Rajkot airport on Mon-
day evening and will
leave for Somnath town
in Gir Somnath district,
where he will stay the
night. He will offer
prayers at the Somnath
temple the next morn-
ing and will arrive at
Rajkot, where he will
hold a townhall with
traders in the after-
noon,” Rajguru said.
During his visit to
Surat on July 21, Kejri-
wal had promised free
electricity up to 300
units per month if vot-
ed to power in the As-
sembly elections due
this year.
He also guaranteed
uninterrupted power
supply without cuts.
‘We are proud of you’: CM congratulates
Neeraj for winning Silver at world c’ship
New Delhi (PTI): CM
Arvind Kejriwal on
Sunday congratulated
Neeraj Chopra for win-
ning the Silver medal at
the World C’ships in the
javelin throw final, and
said that everyone was
proud of his feat.
Chopra scripted his-
tory as he became only
the second Indian and
first male track and
field athlete to win a
medal in the World
C’ships by clinching sil-
ver in the javelin throw
final in Eugene, US.
“History scripted at
#WorldAthleticsCham-
pionship by @Neeraj_
chopra1. Neeraj, we are
very proud of you! You
have not only inspired a
generation to take up
sports as a career but
also made javelin throw
one of the most loved
athletic sports in India.
My best wishes are with
you,” Kejriwal tweeted.
Chandni Chowk, Majnu Ka Tila to be
developed as food parks: Kejriwal
Delhi government has
identified Chandni
Chowk and Majnu Ka
Tila to be developed as
food hubs in the first
phase of the AAP-led
dispensation’s ambi-
tious project to popular-
ise the city as the food
capital, CM Arvind Ke-
jriwal said on Sunday
.
Chandni Chowk and
Majnu Ka Tila will be
developed as food hubs
in the first phase of the
Delhi government’s am-
bitious project to popu-
larise the city as the
food capital, CM said.
Kejriwal said Delhi is
known as the food capi-
tal, but with the devel-
opment of these food
hubs, the city will actu-
ally live up to its name.
“Delhi has various
food hubs known for
serving different cui-
sines. Some of the hubs
serve all varieties of
food. So, in the first
phase, we will develop
Majnu Ka Tila, a favour-
ite of the DU students,
and Chandni Chowk
food hubs. Based on the
learnings from these,
we will develop other
areas,” he said.
The development
would entail improve-
ment of infrastruc-
ture and food safety
norms, he said, adding
the government will
hold a design competi-
tion to shortlist the
architecture firm for
the project .
AAP replaced‘happiness
classes’ model with
‘happiness glasses’: BJP
BJP on Sunday hit out
at AAP over its govern-
ment’s liquor policy in
the national capital say-
ing that the party has
replaced its “happiness
classes” model with
“happiness glasses.”
Addressing a press
conference at the BJP
headquarters here, BJP
spokesperson Shehzad
Poonawalla took a dig at
Arvind Kejriwal’s Delhi
model of governance
and called it a “liquor
model” of governance.
“Arvind Kejriwal liq-
uor model can be ex-
plained in ABCD.
Where ‘
A’ stands for ‘ad-
vertising,’ ‘B’ for ‘ba-
hane Baazi’ (making
excuses) and ‘blame
game,’ ‘C’ for ‘corrup-
tion’ and ‘cover-up’ and
‘D’ for ‘deviation’ or ‘di-
version’…,” Poonawalla
said.
Alleging that the
AAP government has
given “`144 crore waiv-
er to liquor mafia,” he
said those who prom-
ised to make Punjab
and Delhi addiction-
free are now working
overtime to turn people
into addicts.
“This new liquor pol-
icy of the Kejriwal gov-
ernment is … ‘happi-
ness glasses’ model re-
placing their ‘happi-
ness classes’ model.
And this policy was ex-
posed after the Delhi LG
ordered a CBI probe.
Traffic police
issues advisory
for movements
New Delhi (PTI): Ve-
hicular movement is
likely to be affected in
Lutyens Delhi on Mon-
day due to the swearing-
in ceremony of the
President-elect of In-
dia, Delhi Traffic Police
said Sunday
.
Special arrange-
ments have been made
to ensure the smooth
flow of traffic.
The swearing-in cer-
emony of Droupadi
Murmu, the 15th Presi-
dent of India, will be
held in the Central Hall
of the Parliament
House here on July 25,
said an order issued to
all central government
departments and minis-
tries.
A senior police offic-
er has asked commut-
ers to avoid roundabout
Kautilya, Teen Murti
Marg, roundabout Teen
Murti, Akbar Road,
roundabout Gol Methi,
Krishna Menon Marg,
Vijay Chowk, K Kamraj
Marg from 9 am to noon
on Monday
.
Isolation ward set
up for treating
monkeypox cases
New Delhi (PTI): CM
Arvind Kejriwal on
Sunday said a separate
isolation ward has
been set up at the Lok
Nayak Jai Prakash
Hospital (LNJP) here
for patients affected by
monkeypox.
A 34-year-old man
from the national capi-
tal with no history of
foreign travel has tested
positive for monkeypox.
This is the fourth case
of the disease being re-
ported in India. Asking
people not to panic, Ke-
jriwal said the patient is
stable and recovering.
Food joint in Delhi.
BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla. Indian javelin throw athlete Neeraj Chopra.
TURNING ADDICTS
OLYMPIC CHAMP
KEJRIWAL WAS SUPPOSED TO ATTEND THE EVENT BUT DECIDED NOT TO PARTICIPATE
Banners carrying pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Delhi LG VK Saxena and CM Arvind Kejriwal at the event venue.
AAP accuses Centre of ‘hijacking’
event,Delhi CMskips programme

INDIA
03
FESTIVAL TO
SHOWCASE
NORTHEAST INDIA
New Delhi: A 3-day
festival from July 29 in
Thailand will showcase
Northeast India and
explore the shared
history through a
series of discussions,
exhibitions, buyer-seller
meets, and song, dance
and fashion events. The
second edition of the
North East India Festival
is being organised in
Bangkok to celebrate
the 75th year of India’s
diplomatic relations
with Thailand.
Lucknow: Portraits of Prime minister Narendra
Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath were
found in garbage collected at the Kosi Kalan power
plant, officials said on
Sunday. The portraits
of the two leaders were
disposed off in ‘kabad’
by some employees of
the power plant while the
office was being cleaned, they said. A few days ago,
a sanitation worker was terminated after photos of
Modi and Adityanath were found in his garbage cart.
PORTRAITS OF CM YOGI, PM MODI FOUND
IN GARBAGE AT UP’S KOSI KALAN PLANT
CRUCIAL READS
MUMTAZ PATEL IN
POLITICS WHEN
‘TIME IS RIGHT’
Ahmedabad: Mumtaz
Patel, daughter of
late senior Congress
leader Ahmed Patel, is
“waiting for the right
time and platform”. Her
two recent tweets on
the current issues have
sent strong signals in
the political circles.
Mumtaz Patel said:
“People have respond-
ed to my tweets with
warmth and respect
and such a response
encourages me to join
politics.”
Wayanad: With the culling of over 300 pigs to
commence from Sunday in Kerala’s Wayanad in the
wake of African swine fever being reported from two
farms here, a farmer who
would be affected by the
government decision has
opposed the move.One of
the farmers, where some
pigs tested positive for the
disease, claimed the allegedly infected animals appear
hale and hearty for the last several days and therefore,
authorities should wait for a few more days.
SWINE FEVER: FARM OWNER WANTS GOVT
TO WAIT & WATCH BEFORE CULLING PIGS
IS PRIYANKA’S ‘POWER’ SET
TO INCREASE IN CONGRESS?
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: The role of
Congress General Sec-
retary Priyanka Gan-
dhi Vadra will increase
exponentially in the
coming days. Informed
Congress leaders say
that she will not be
kept as in-charge of Ut-
tar Pradesh only, rath-
er can be made in-
charge of some other
states along with Uttar
Pradesh or a new post
can be created for her.
It is also being said
that if Rahul Gandhi
does not become the
President, then Priyan-
ka will either become
the President or be-
come the General Sec-
retary of the organiza-
tion. Keep in mind that
the election strategist
Prashant Kishor had
also suggested making
her the General Secre-
tary of the organiza-
tion. According to
sources in the Con-
gress, she will play an
important role in the
elections of both the
states to be held this
year, especially in
Himachal Pradesh
where her close aide
Rajiv Shukla is in-
charge, whom Priyan-
ka has sent to the Rajya
Sabha.
However, after the
Congress won in three
cities in the mayoral
elections in Madhya
Pradesh, and with
Congress being upbeat
about the victories, it
seems that Priyanka
will play some role in
Madhya Pradesh. After
the results of Madhya
Pradesh, Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra congrat-
ulated the party work-
ers, following which
former Chief Minister
and senior Congress
leader Digvijay Singh
tweeted thanking her
that this result has
come due to all the
Congressmen fighting
united under the lead-
ership of Kamal Nath.
In the same tweet, he
wrote that now prepa-
rations have to be
made for the 2023 as-
sembly elections. Keep
in mind that Kamal
Nath is also in touch
with Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra and the party is
preparing to contest
the elections under his
command in MP.
Modi chairs meet of CMs,
Dy CMs of BJP-ruled states
Discussions held on progress of development works in the states
New Delhi (PTI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Sunday
held a meeting with
chief ministers and
deputy chief ministers
of BJP-ruled states at
the party headquarters
here to deliberate on
the development work
done by them.
The meeting was also
attended by the BJP
president, JP Nadda, its
senior leader and Union
Minister Bhupender
Yadav and Vinay Sah-
srabuddhe, who heads
the party’s good govern-
ance cell.
The chief ministers
and deputy chief minis-
ters of 18 states where
the BJP is in power on
its own or in alliance
with other parties held
deliberations on achiev-
ing a 100 per cent target
of all centrally spon-
sored welfare schemes
and flagship pro-
grammes, sources said.
UP Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath, Mad-
hya Pradesh CM
Shivraj Singh Chou-
han, Uttarakhand CM-
Pushkar Singh Dhami,
and Assam CM Himan-
ta Biswa Sarma are
among those who at-
tended the meeting.
Nagaland Chief Min-
ister Nephio Rio, Kar-
nataka Chief Minister
Basavaraj Bommai,
Tripura Chief Minister
Manik Saha, Gujarat
Chief Minister Bhupen-
dra Patel, Goa CM
Pramod Sawant, and
Tripura CM Manik
Saha are also present.
PM Narendra Modi with JP Nadda during Mukhyamantri Parishad meeting at the BJP HQ in Delhi on
Sunday. Yogi Adityanath, Shivraj Chouhan, Manohar L Khattar, Pramod Sawant others are also seen.
PM WILL ADDRESS EVENT MARKING 10TH
DEATH ANNIV OF EX-MP HARMOHAN YADAV
New Delhi: PM Modi
will on Monday address
an event marking the
10th death anniversary of
former Rajya Sabha MP
Harmohan Singh Yadav
via video conferenc-
ing, his office said. The
PM’s participation is in
recognition of the great
contribution of the late
leader for farmers, back-
ward classes and other
sections of the society, a
statement issued by the
Prime Minister’s Office
said. Harmohan Singh
Yadav was a towering
figure and leader of Yadav
community.
STALIN
TELLS MODI
TO HELP
STUDENTS
Chennai: The Centre
should facilitate
continuation of stud-
ies either in domestic
or foreign colleges
for medical students
who had to return
home from Ukraine,
Tamil Nadu CM MK
Stalin urged PM
Modi. Acknowledg-
ing the immediate
steps taken by the
Centre to evacu-
ate students from
Ukraine in coordina-
tion with States,
Stalin, in a letter to
Modi said that there
is a ‘sense of disap-
pointment’ among
students that similar
concrete steps have
not been taken by the
Union government
as regards continu-
ance of their studies.
STUDENTS BACK
FROM UKRAINE
MAKE AN APPEAL
New Delhi: Medical
college students, who
returned from war-torn
Ukraine, are holding
a 5-day starvation
strike here demanding
admission to Indian
medical schools as
a one-time measure.
Citing despair, nerv-
ousness and different
psychological points,
these college students
have requested PM
Modi to step in.
Chennai: MDMK
general secretary Vaiko
on Sunday urged the
Centre to take immedi-
ate steps to secure the
release of Tamil Nadu
fishermen arrested by
Sri Lanka. Citing recent
incidents of arrest of
fishers, Vaiko said
Rameswaram-based
fishermen have em-
barked on an indefinite
strike since July 23
seeking action.
‘GET INDIAN
FISHERMEN
RELEASED’
PM directs implementation of
GOI schemes with eye on 2024
Renni Abraham
Mumbai: Maharashtra
Deputy CM Devendra
Fadnavis attended the
BJP CMs Conference in
Delhi where PM Naren-
dra Modi emphasised
to the delegates the
need for every BJP
ruled state to reflect the
initiatives of the Gov-
ernment of India at
their regional level
through effective im-
plementation of multi-
ple Central sponsored
schemes.
“Modi’s clear mes-
sage was at the BJP
CMs conclave was that
implementation levels
of the many GOI
schemes at the state
government levels
were being monitored
as a key parameter to
assess the work perfor-
mance of BJP leaders
in various states with
an eye on the 2024 gen-
eral elections in India,”
a source revealed.
President Ram Nath Kovind received the first copy of ‘Interpreting
Geometries: Flooring of Rashtrapati Bhavan’ from Union Minister
Anurag Singh Thakur, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on
Sunday. Prez-elect Draupadi Murmu, Vice President Venkaiah
Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi also present.
ANURAG THAKUR RELEASES BOOKS
SHOWCASING RARE PICTURES OF PREZ
New Delhi: Union I&B Minister Anurag Thakur
on Sunday released three books showcasing
some rarest photographs of outgoing President
RN Kovind and his predecessors. The books were
released at a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan here
and their first copies were presented to President
Kovind in the presence of president-elect Droupadi
Murmu, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and PM
Modi, according to Rashtrapati Bhavan tweets.
Home Min Amit Shah inaugurates slew of
Ahmedabad Urban Dev Authority projects
Ahmedabad (ANI):
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah inaugurated
various projects of the
Ahmedabad Urban De-
velopment Authority
(AUDA) on Sunday
.
Speaking at the inau-
guration of the newly
constructed Sports
Complex by AUDA un-
der ‘Vande Gujarat Vi-
kas Yatra’, Shah said,
“About one year ago I
had laid foundation
stone here and today I
am inaugurating the
various projects here.
This is an example of
working with speed.”
Shah inaugurated a
water supply project in
Bopal worth 77.53 crore.
He also inaugurated
Pradhanmantri Aawas
there worth 7.73 crore.
CISCE class 12
results: 18
candidates share
top rank; girls
outshine boys
New Delhi (PTI):
Eighteen students have
shared the top rank in
CISCE class 12 exam
with a score of 99.75 per
cent, according to re-
sultsannouncedSunday
.
The second rank has
been shared by 58 candi-
dates who scored 99.50
per cent while 78 candi-
dates scored 99.25 per
cent to come third.
The pass percentage
in the exams stood at
99.52 per cent with girls
outshining boys by a
very small margin, offi-
cials said.
In a first, the board
had conducted the ex-
ams in two terms. Board
secretary Gerry Arat-
hoon said, the first se-
mester marks of each
subjecthavebeenhalved
and these marks have
been added to second se-
mester and practical/
project marks to arrive
at final marks.
SHAH URGES
PEOPLE TO HOIST
NATIONAL FLAG
Ahmedabad: Speak-
ing on the Centre’s
Har Ghar Tiranga
programme here on
Sunday, Amit Shah
said, “Recently, a pro-
gramme has been an-
nounced by PM Modi
in which he has said to
hoist the national flag
on August 13, 14, 15.
There is a programme
to boost patriotism
among the youth.”
Srinagar: PDP presi-
dent Mehbooba Mufti
accused the Jammu
and Kashmir admin-
istration of “forcing”
people to buy the
national flag for ‘Har
Ghar Tiranga’ asserting
that patriotism comes
naturally and cannot be
imposed. The campaign
has been launched to
encourage citizens to
hoist the national flag.
‘ADMN FORCING
PEOPLE TO BUY
TRICOLOUR’
Priyanka Gandhi
Agniveer Vayu exam for first batch IAF
recruitment held amid tight security
Ranchi (PTI): Ag-
niveer Vayu exam for
recruitment of the first
batch of Indian Air
Force (IAF) personnel
under the Agnipath
scheme was held on
Sunday at two centres
here amid tight securi-
ty, an official said.
Aspirants were seen
huddling at the centres
— Oxford Public School
and Sanskar IT and
Management Services
– since morning, with
security forces de-
ployed outside.
Exams are being held
in three shifts across
250 centres of the coun-
try,. Ranchi deputy
commissioner Rahul
Sinha said adequate
number of magistrates
and security forces had
been posted outside the
centres.
Aspirants appearing at an examination centre on Sunday.
‘YOUTH’S FUTURE IN
DANGER WITH THIS
NEW EXPERIMENT’
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi at-
tacked the Centre over the
Agnipath scheme, saying
the country’s security and
the future of the youth are
in danger with this “new
experiment” of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi’s
“laboratory”. “What will be
the future of thousands of
‘Agniveers’ retiring after
4-year contracts,” the
former party chief asked.
IN THE COURTYARD
BAGHEL, RIVAL
SINGH DEO TO
MEET TOP PARTY
LEADERSHIP
New Delhi: Chhattisgarh
Chief Minister Bhupesh
Baghel and his cabinet
colleague and rival T S
Singh Deo will meet the
Congress high command
here on Sunday amid
the continuing turf war
between the two. Baghel
is likely to raise with the
Congress leadership the
issue of his differences
with state minister Singh
Deo, who he alleges has
given the BJP a handle to
attack the party, sources
said.Deo had recently
tendered his resignation as
Panchayat Minister.
HC TO HEAR
PLEA BY EX-CM
OP CHAUTALA
UNWED WOMAN’S
SON TO KEEP
MOTHER’S NAME
New Delhi: The Delhi HC
will hear on Monday a
plea by former Haryana
CM Om Prakash Chautala
against his conviction
and four-year sentence in
a disproportionate assets
(DA) case. The HC had,
earlier this month, called
for the 87-yr-old INLD
leader’s jail records.
Kochi: The children of
unwed mothers and rape
victims can live in this
country with the funda-
mental rights of privacy,
liberty, and dignity, the
Kerala HC has said and
allowed a person to
include his mother’s
name alone in the birth
certificate.
‘Apologise’: Smriti to Cong
leaders in legal notice
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister Smriti Irani, fol-
lowing up on her word,
today sent a legal notice
to three Congress lead-
ers and their party for
alleging that her
18-year-old daughter
was running an “illegal
bar” in Goa.
The legal notice has
been sent to Opposition
party’s Pawan Khera,
Jairam Ramesh and
Netta D’ Souza.
The Union Minister
has sought a written un-
conditional apology
and withdrawal of alle-
gations against her
daughter with immedi-
ate effect from the Con-
gress.
CONG SLAMS BJP
Home Minister Amit Shah

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PERSPECTIVE
04
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
Held a meeting on cotton production,
pricing testing along with
Agriculture Minister @NSTomar ji.
Discussed ways to scale up production
productivity of contamination-
free cotton to benefit farmers
further help in the development of an
integrated cotton value chain.
Smriti Z Irani
@smritiirani
Under the leadership of PM @
narendramodi ji, a 75-day free
vaccination campaign is being run on
the year “Azadi Ke Amrit Mahotsav” to
strengthen the fight against Corona.
In this episode, today inspected the
campaign at the Community Health
Center at Nasirabad in Rae Bareli
district under Amethi Lok Sabha.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
I have the right to do
anything,” you say – but not
everything is beneficial. “I have
the right to do anything” – but
I will not be mastered by
anything. —Bible
IN-DEPTH
WILL THE FORMER
LANKA PRESIDENT
CONTINUE TO
CALL THE SHOTS
he Rajapaksas are
out of power in Sri
Lanka but protesters
doubt if they will not
rule by proxy. The
concern of the people of Sri
Lanka is genuine. The new Pres-
ident Ranil Wickremesinghe
and the new Prime Minister
Dinesh Gunawardena, a senior
law-maker, are both said to be
close to Basil Rajapaksa, the for-
mer President. The extent of
power which Basil wields can be
better understood from reports
which said that he was able to
scuttle Ranil’s plans to appoint
a female, Rohini Kaviratne, as
the deputy speaker.
If the former president suc-
ceeds in thus running the gov-
ernment from afar it may be dif-
ficult for the new leaders to pull
the country out of the morass it
is in and for which Rajapaksas
are solely responsible. Global
lenders will also be watching the
developments before agreeing to
bail out the nation from its eco-
nomic mess. Protesters may
have been chased away but will
they sit quiet if Rajapaksas keep
calling the shots?
TOP TWEETS
T
ollowing the
World Health Or-
ganisation declar-
ing monkeypox a
global health
emergency, India’s Director-
General of Health Services
called a meeting on Sunday
to discuss the new menace
which is slowly spreading in
India. Term public health
emergency was earlier used
for polio and more recently
for Covid-19 virus. The US
called for coordinated effort
to tackle the virus after its
first case was reported
among children. In India the
fourth case of monkeypox,
which resembles smallpox in
appearance, was reported
from New Delhi. The other
three cases with a Dubai con-
nection are from Kerala. All
the cases had skin eruptions
and high fever.
The virus has spread rap-
idly in several countries in a
short time to cause concern
at the WHO. It expects na-
tional governments to take
the cases seriously. So far
about 16,000 cases have been
reported from 75 countries.
While more cases have oc-
curred in Europe, 73 deaths
have been reported from Af-
rica since the start of 2022.
Outside Africa the virus, like
in early HIV cases, has been
found among homosexuals.
The Delhi man contracted
the virus after attending a
stag party details of which
were not available. The pro-
tocol to be followed is wear-
ing a face mask, maintaining
social distance and quaran-
tining close contacts of an
infected person.
India is bound to respond
promptly to a public health
emergency of int’l concern.
MONKEYPOX IS
HERE, BE CAUTIOUS
The virus has spread
rapidly in several countries
in a short time to cause
concern at the WHO. It
expects national
governments to take
cases seriously. So far
about 16,000 cases
have been reported
from 75 countries
F
THE LIGHTHOUSE PROJECTS
THE WAY AHEAD !
s such, housing is India’s big-
gest constraint to social mo-
bility and equity
. The extant
model-‘HousingForAll’must
lookbeyondtheownership,as
it is difficult for the new mi-
grants to mobilize resources,
aswellasthetimetoconstruct
a dwelling unit. It also makes
thetransitionfromaoneBHK
to a larger apartment more
difficult. Therefore, it makes
abundant sense to look at so-
cial housing models from
across the world which can be
replicated in India.
In the last decade, Brazil
has constructed and distrib-
uted 4.5 million homes un-
der Minha Casa Minha
Vida (my house, my life).
Likewise, from 2015, Indone-
sia started an annual One
Million Houses programme
for low-income families tar-
geting 10 million homes till
2025. Today, over 80 per cent
of Singaporeans inhabit pub-
lic residential developments,
ranging from studio units to
executive condominium. The
housing estates are carefully
designed to ensure integra-
tion of all age groups, income
classes and ethnicities. This
can be achieved with mixed-
income housing with access
to high-quality public trans-
port, education and social
spaces to meet and socialise.
Therefore, from a policy
perspective, given India’s un-
met housing needs, growing
rate of urbanisation, in-
creased opportunities in the
informal and self-employed
sector,andzerocapitalbaseof
thenewmigrants,Indianeeds
to embark on the social hous-
ing model. And as a start, the
targetshouldbetoestablish50
million housing units com-
prising of one, two or three
roomsoverthenextfiveyears.
If Indonesia can target one
million homes per year, India
can easily do ten million per
year. After all their GDP is
around 1.42 trillion US$, and
ours at 3.3 trillion US$ is more
than double of theirs. These
may be augmented with dor-
mitories for workers and stu-
dentsinindustrialestatesand
other urban areas. Such hous-
ing — owned by the govern-
ment, usually the municipal
body —or the state Housing
Corporation, or a JV with
HUDCO - could rent out all
kindsof housing;fromdormi-
tories to one, two or three-bed-
room houses. Typically
, social
housingrentsareaboutthirty
percent of the household’s
monthlyincome,anditshould
be linked to the Minimum
wages and the CPI, so that
there is no freeze. Rents must
increase with incomes, and
this may also incentivize the
private sector to set up hous-
ing projects. Besides provid-
ingameasureof socialprotec-
tiontomillionsof low-income
households,theboominsocial
housing will also provide a fil-
lip to economic growth. An-
other option is to mobilize the
stakeholders to establish
housing co-operatives which
could access long term (pen-
sion) funds for a twenty-to-
thirty-year tenure.
The question is: Do we fol-
low an incremental path, or
do we look at technology in-
terventions? Fortuitously
, the
PMAY also announced a glob-
al challenge- the Light House
Project (LHP) for construc-
tion of a thousand flats in a
timeperiodof oneyearwithin
anaffordablepricerange.The
competitive edge of the LHP
is that it is earthquake resist-
ant, environment friendly
, du-
rable, and prefabricated with
adequate provision for air,
light, water and can be com-
pleted in a year’s time. Each
LHP has provision for inter-
nal roads, pathways, common
green area, boundary wall,
watersupply
,sewerage,drain-
age, rainwater harvesting,
solar lighting, external elec-
trification. They are in com-
pliance with the dimensional
requirements laid down in
NationalBuildingCode(NBC)
2016 with good aesthetics,
proper ventilation and orien-
tation, as per the climatic con-
ditions of the location.
Currently
, the Light House
Projectsarebeingimplement-
ed in Agartala (Tripura),
Ranchi (Jharkhand), Luc-
know (Uttar Pradesh), Indore
(Madhya Pradesh), Rajkot
(Gujarat) and Chennai (Tamil
Nadu). The technologies used
in each of the LHPs is differ-
ent – and this will also give
the other state governments,
municipal bodies, and the
corporate sector an idea of
what design works in which
habitat.Undertheproject,the
houses being built in Indore
will not have brick and mor-
tar walls, but a prefabricated
sandwich panel system. In
Rajkot French technology
, in-
volving the use of monolithic
concrete is to be used, while
Lucknow has opted for Cana-
dian technology with prefab-
ricated walls. The technology
of steel frames is to be used in
Agartala. This technology
has been sourced from New
Zealand. In Chennai, Fin-
land’s and America’s precast
concrete system will be used.
Last but not the least, Ranchi
hasexploredthe3-Dconstruc-
tion system of Germany
.
Each LHP cluster will have
more than a thousand units
with an average price of less
than thirteen lakh rupees of
which the Union and state
government support will be
to the extent of eight lakhs.
Institutional finance for the
balance amount can easily be
made available if one has to
adopt the ownership model.
However, this column advo-
cates that municipal corpora-
tions, state government enti-
ties, philanthropic institu-
tions, PSUs and NBFCs
should look at this model for
establishing ‘social housing’.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
A
Each LHP cluster will have
more than a thousand units
with an average price of less
than thirteen lakh rupees of
which the Union and state
government support will be
to the extent of eight lakhs.
Institutional finance for the
balance amount can easily
be made available if one
has to adopt the ownership
model. However, this
column advocates that
municipal corporations,
state government entities,
philanthropic institutions,
PSUs and NBFCs should
look at this model for
establishing ‘social housing’
RAJ DHARMA 14
YOU READ RAJ DHARMA 13 ON JULY 11, 2022
RAJ DHARMA COLUMN FOCUSES ON ISSUES
SALIENT TO GOVERNANCE OF THE COUNTRY
Raj Dharma, a fortnightly column, exclusive to this paper addresses
issues salient to governance of the country. After a discussion on
the eco-system of training of civil servants, it is now asking critical
questions about the capacity of the state to match the expectations
of citizens with regard to their fundamental needs like housing
and shelter. Last fortnight, Raj Dharma discussed the link between
urbanization, migration and acute the acute housing shortage. The
focus this week is on the ambitious Light House Projects being
implemented in Agartala, Ranchi, Lucknow, Indore, Rajkot Chennai.
SANJEEV CHOPRA
The writer superannuated as the Director of the
LBS National Academy of Administration,
India’s apex training institution, and curates
Valley of Words: An annual Literature and Arts
festival at Dehradun, where he currently resides

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INDIA
05
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: In
Jharkhand, it looks like
the chessboard is set.
Along with Jharkhand
Mukti Morcha, a ‘game’
has been played in Con-
gressaswell.Jharkhand
Mukti Morcha openly
supported Draupadi
Murmu. The party has
said that she is a tribal
woman, so she is being
supported. However, be-
forethat,Chief Minister
Hemant Soren had met
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah. Therefore,
politics is also being
seen in this whole inci-
dent. But the bigger de-
velopment is that about
a dozen out of 18 Con-
gress MLAs voted for
Draupadi Murmu. In
Jharkhand, the party’s
lone MP and Congress
working president Gee-
ta Koda also voted for
Murmu. Everyone’s ar-
gument in defense is
that Murmu is a tribal,
so they voted for her.
But the real story is
something else. No Con-
gress MLA or MP voted
because Murmu is a
woman, a tribal and has
been the governor of
Jharkhand. Everyone
has voted under BJP’s
OperationLotus.Itisbe-
ingtoldthatthetoplead-
ership of BJP designed
this cross voting. This is
part of the campaign to
topple the JMM govern-
ment in the state. Those
who are engaged in Op-
eration Lotus, their first
test was in the presiden-
tial election.
They had to prove
they could deliver. After
the success of this cam-
paign, if the high com-
mand feels confident
about the state leader-
ship’s abilities, then the
campaign will go ahead.
Thenverysoonthestory
of Maharashtra can be
repeated. According to
informed sources, 14 out
of 18 Congress MLAs
were in touch with the
BJP and had given their
consent to vote for Mur-
mu. But later some
MLAs withdrew. Keep
in mind that only 12
MLAs are needed to
break the Congress
while avoiding the anti-
defection law.
Rairangpur (PTI):With
Draupadi Murmu set to
take oath as the first trib-
al President of the coun-
tryonMonday
,herneigh-
bours and friends back
home are confused over
howtoaddresstheirami-
go the next time they
meet her.
Ramachandra Mur-
mu, a farmer of Uparbe-
da village in Odisha’s
Mayurbhanj district,
saideveryoneinthepres-
ident-elect’shometownis
proud of her achieve-
ments,“butIamnotsure
if Ishoulduse‘tu’or‘aap’
(address with respect)
when we talk next”. Ra-
machandra,whowasher
classmate in Govern-
ment Upper Primary
School in Uparbeda, re-
called that the two would
often shared food from
the same plate in school.
“We all took part in
sporting activities to-
gether. All these year, I
have used ‘tu’ to address
her.Thingshavechanged
now.Iamnotsureif Ican
use ‘tu’ for the first citi-
zen of India.
BJP moves strategically in Jharkhand on the pretext of Murmu’s Presidency!
Not sure if we could still address
Murmu informally, say friends
Kolkata (Agencies):
ArpitaMukherjeeiscur-
rently in the news after
the Enforcement Direc-
torate (ED) recovered a
huge amount of cash,
gold and other costly
itemsfromherresidence
in connection with the
agency’s ongoing probe
on the West Bengal
School Service Commis-
sion (WBSSC)’s recruit-
ment irregularities
scam.
A background check
of Arpita by the central
agency officials has re-
vealed that she had al-
ways been driven by su-
per high ambitions and
shortcut methods to
achieve that in her jour-
ney from a small-time
Odia actress to her pre-
sentstatusasaconfidant
and close aide of West
Bengal Commerce In-
dustries Minister and
TrinamoolCongresssec-
retary general, Partha
Chatterjee, also had also
been arrested by ED in
this connection.
In fact, ED sources
said that, this over and
super high ambitions
prompted Arpita to even
abandon her widow
mother, Minoti Mukher-
jee at her humble ances-
tral flat at Belgharia in
the northern outskirts
of Kolkata.
Minoti Mukherjee
has informed a section
of the media here that
since the time her
daughter started resid-
ing at her flat at the posh
Diamond City residen-
tial complex in South
Kolkata, from where the
cash and gold were
seized, her connections
with her daughter be-
came highly occasional.
“From the media
flashes I came to know
that huge cash has been
recoveredfromherflat.I
asked her several times
in the past about what
job she was doing. But I
never got any definite
answer. Had I known
such things I would have
surely got her married,”
Minoti Mukherjee told
mediapersons.
‘HIGH AMBITIONS PROMPTED
ARPITA TO ABANDON MOTHER’
Kolkata (PTI): BJP on
Sunday alleged that
the Woodburn ward of
state-run SSKM Hospital
in Kolkata has become
a ‘’resort’’ for scam-
tainted TMC leaders. West
Bengal BJP president
Sukanta Majumdar said
the practice of ‘’tainted’’
ruling party leaders get-
ting admitted to SSKM
citing ‘’uneasiness’’ must
stop. He said they should
be treated at any medical
establishment which is
outside the control of the
state government so that
they can’t influence hospi-
tal authorities in reporting
their health condition in
a way favorable to them.
Minister Partha Chatterjee,
was hospitalized at SSKM
after he complained of
‘’uneasiness’’.
Gonda (PTI): Police and
Special Operation Group
(SOG) of Itiathok police
station here arrested two
inter-district robbers after an
encounter and recovered two
motorcycles and illegal arms
and ammunition from them,
senior official said on Sun-
day. One robber was shot in
the leg during the encounter
and has been admitted to a
hospital for treatment.
SP Akash Tomar said an
information was received
about the robbers during the
investigation of a robbery
case involving a person
named Santosh Maurya
in Dhanepur police station
area a week ago. He said on
Saturday, the joint team of
police and SOG arrested two
robbers Ajay Ojha and Vinay
Ojha.
SSKM HOSP HAS
BECOME RESORT
FOR SCAM-TAINTED
TMC LEADERS: BJP
TWO INTER-DISTRICT
ROBBERS ARRESTED
FROM GONDA, TWO
BIKES, ARMS SEIZED
BAD WEATHER
FORCES
CANCELLATION
OF EVENT IN UP
MP RAINS: IMD
ISSUES ORANGE
ALERT FOR 8
DISTRICTS
SSC
SCAM
Actor’s mother says she was
not aware of her daugher’s job
Minoti Mukherjee Arpita Mukherjee
ED says she had always been
driven by shortcut methods
‘Nothing else explains Mamata’s silence on Chatterjee except admission of crime’
New Delhi (Agencies):
The Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) on Sunday
slammed the Trinamool
Congress and said the
West Bengal CM Mamata
Banerjee’s silence over
the arrest of the state’s
Commerce and Indus-
tries Minister and close
confidante Partha Chat-
terjee is an admission of
corruption committed by
the latter.
West Bengal BJP Co-
incharge Amit Malviya
tweeted: “Nothing else
explains Mamata Baner-
jee’s silence on Chatter-
jee, her close confidant,
now in jail, except an
admission of the crime,
when she had hit the
road to defend a police
officer! Mamata may
be trying to distance
herself from Partha, but
their association is well
known.”
Hitting out at the CM,
Union Minister Rajeev
Chandrasekhar said: “In
a well-planned conspir-
acy, Mamata is trying
to target the central law
enforcement agencies
and its senior officers
and spreading lies so
that her political and
financial crimes remain
under the carpet and
are not made public.
It is a ploy to hush up
cases of massive cor-
ruption and scam of the
Mamata Banerjee-led
Trinamool Congress
government.”
Two more held in Lulu Mall
namaz row; total 7 arrested
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh Police on Sun-
day held two more per-
sons in connection with
the “unauthorised” of-
fering of namaz at a
shopping mall here, tak-
ing the total number of
arrests to seven.
The arrests have
been made after Adity-
anath Monday directed
the administration to
act tough against ele-
ments “hell-bent on vi-
tiating the atmosphere”
in the state. A video of
people offering namaz
at Lulu Mall had sur-
faced on social media
on July 13.
The incident kicked
up a row after a right-
wing Hindu outfit ob-
jected to the namaz be-
ing offered on the mall
premises and sought
permission to recite the
Hanuman Chalisa
there. Some members
of the Akhil Bharatiya
Hindu Mahasabha
staged a sit-in at the
gate of Lulu Mall on
July 14.
Gonda (PTI ): A case has
been registered against
five persons under the
Prevention of Cow Slaugh-
ter Act in Gonda district,
a police officer said on
Sunday. ASP Shivraj said
a calf, tied at the door of
Pushpa Devi of Barbatpur
village, had gone missing
about a month ago. It was
learned that with the con-
nivance of some people
of the Alipur village, had
stolen the calf.
Gonda (PTI): A three-year-old girl was allegedly raped
by a teenage boy in a village in Wazirganj area here,
police said on Sunday. A 13-year-old boy took the girl to
a secluded place on Saturday and raped her, the victim’s
mother alleged in her complaint, police said. Additional
Superintendent of Police Shivraj said that the accused
was produced before the Juvenile Justice Board from
where he was sent to juvenile home.
Bijnor: Two brothers were
arrested on Sunday alleged-
ly for vandalising a ‘mazaar’
(tomb) here and burning
the curtains and ‘chaadars’
offered there, police said.
SP Dinesh Singh said at
around 4.30 pm, police got
an information the ‘mazaar’
of Jalal Shah was vandal-
ised. When police reached
the mazaar, they came to
know that it was vandalised
by Mohammad Kamaal and
Mohammad Aadib.
FIVE BOOKED
UNDER ANTI-COW
SLAUGHTER ACT
3-YR-OLD RAPED BY TEENAGE BOY IN UP
MUSLIM BROS HELD
FOR VANDALISING
‘MAZAAR’
Sangareddy (PTI):
Three people died and
two others were injured
in rain-related inci-
dents in Medak and Sid-
dipet districts of Telan-
gana on Sunday, police
said.
According to Che-
gunta Sub Inspector of
Police Prakash Goud,
two people died on the
spot and two others
were injured in Reddi-
pally village when a
compound wall fell on a
room where four work-
ers of a factory were
sleeping.
The deceased were
natives of Bihar and
identified as Ranbek
(55) and Vir Yadav (48).
In another incident, a
youth lost control of his
motorbike amid heavy
rains and hit a road di-
vider in Narsingi vil-
lage of Medak district.
T Sailu (19), a resi-
dent of Navipet village
in Nizamabad district,
died while he was being
shifted to hospital, po-
lice said.
New Delhi: BSP MP
Danish Ali on Sunday
dubbed the BJP’s out-
reach to ‘Pasmanda’
Muslims a “farce” and
alleged that the ruling
party wants “Muslim-
mukt” legislatures
throughout the country
.
He accused the BJP of
indulging in “majority
appeasement” and tar-
geting minorities by al-
legedly getting false cas-
es registered against
them and demolishing
their houses using bull-
dozers. The MP from
Amroha also said it is
the moral responsibility
of Opposition, particu-
larly the ones whom the
minority community
used to vote for, to raise
Muslims’issuesbutrued
that in this era of “ma-
joritarian politics”, the
issues of Muslims have
been isolated.
Ali said the BJP has
“created so much ha-
tred” that attention gets
diverted from real is-
sues.
Hubballi (PTI): Three
people, who were scald-
ed in a fire tragedy at a
sparkler birthday can-
dle manufacturing fac-
tory, have succumbed to
their injuries, police
here said on Sunday
.
The incident had oc-
curred on Saturday
evening in the factory
at Tarihal Industrial
Area in the district in-
juring at least eight peo-
ple.
The entire unit was
gutted in the blaze and
police are investigating
the cause behind the
fire. Police said the fac-
tory started operations
only recently
.
Among the injured,
three persons breathed
their last in hospital.
The condition of the
other injured persons is
said to be serious.
The deceased were
identified as Vijayalak-
shmi Ichchanagar (34),
Gouramma Hiremnath
(45), and Malesh
Haddannavar (27).
Varanasi:Ascuffletook
place between devotees
andfourtempleservants
insidethesanctumsanc-
torum of the Kashi
Vishwanath temple in
Varanasi. The CCTV
footage of the incident
has now gone viral on
the social media. In the
footage, temple servants
and the two devotees are
seen shoving each other
inwhatappearstobethe
inside area of the Kashi
Vishwanath temple.
The incident took
place on Saturday even-
ing, when an ‘aarti’ was
underwayatthesanctum
sanctorumof thetemple.
The devotees insisted on
having a darshan even
when the doors were
shut. What started as an
argumentalmostcameto
blows when the devotees
and temple servants
started pushing each
other inside the sancto-
rum. The devotees were
taken out of the sancto-
rumandtempleservants
sentalettertothetemple
administration appris-
ing them of the incident.
New Delhi (PTI):
The link between in-
flation and food prices
needs to be given a se-
rious thought, Rash-
triya Swayamsevak
Sangh general secre-
tary Dattatreya Hosa-
bale has said, stress-
ing that people want
essentials to be afford-
able. He underlined
that though the essen-
tials have to be afford-
able for everyone,
farmers should not
have to bear the brunt
of it.
Hosabale’s remarks
on Saturday come
amid intense attack
on the central govern-
ment by the opposi-
tion on the issues of
rising prices and im-
position of the GST
on basic food items.
The RSS leader was
speaking at an inter-
national conference
on agriculture organ-
ised by the Bharatiya
Kisan Sangh.
3 die, 2 hurt in rain-related
incidents in Telangana
Scuffle breaks out in
Kashitempleoverdarshan
PEOPLE WANT FOOD,CLOTHING
SHELTER TO BE AFFORDABLE: RSS
Saharanpur (PTI): The sched-
uled programme to shower
flower petals on Kanwad
pilgrims from helicopter was
cancelled on Saturday owing
to bad weather, a district
administration official said.
Saharanpur DM Akhilesh
Singh said, “The helicopter,
which was to come from
Gurugram to shower petals
on pilgrims in Saharanpur
and Muzaffarnagar, could not
come due to bad weather.” He
added according to CM Yogi
Adityanath’s directives, flower
petals were to be showered
over kanwariyas returning
with water of the Ganga from
Rishikesh.
Bhopal (PTI): The India
Meteorological Department
(IMD) on Sunday issued an
orange alert warning of very
heavy to extremely heavy
rainfall in eight districts of
central MP. Some major
rivers are in spate due to
intermittent rainfall over the
last couple of days, prompt-
ing the authorities to open
sluice gates of some dams.
The IMD’s orange alert
forecasts extremely heavy
rainfall, ranging from 115.6
mm or above, at isolated
places in Bhopal, Raisen, Ra-
jgarh, Sehore, Vidisha, Guna,
Agar Malwa and Shajapur
districts.
BJP wants
Muslim-mukt
legislatures: BSP
MP Danish Ali
3 succumb to
burns after blaze
at candle making
unit in K’taka
New Delhi (ANI):
Congress HP incharge
Rajeev Shukla on Sun-
day after meeting with
CM Bhupesh Baghel in
Chhattisgarh Bhawan
said the party will aim
for a two-thirds major-
ity in the forthcoming
state assembly elec-
tion. “All discussion
took place on Himachal
election and we will
fight the election and
form the government
and we will win with
two-third majority,”
Shukla said.
Congress aims for
two-thirds majority
in HP polls
Her classmate Ramachan-
dra said, “We all took part
in sporting activities together.
All these year, I have used
‘tu’ to address her. Things
have changed now. I am not
sure if I can use ‘tu’ for the
first citizen of India”.
MURMU’S FRIEND...
Draupadi Murmu

business
BRIEFS
06
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 50,620.00 540.00 1.06 (Per 10g)
SILVER 55,100.00 00.00 0.00 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 79.85 0.11 0.1376
GBPINR 95.3067 0.1941 0.2032
CURRENCIES
More women enter auto manufacturing
New Delhi (PTI): Women
are storming the male bas-
tion in automotive manu-
facturing harder as firms
like Tata Motors, MG Mo-
tor, Hero MotoCorp and
Bajaj Auto accelerate the
drive for gender diversity
at shop floors.
Tata Motors, which cur-
rently has over 3,000 wom-
en operating on its shop
floors across its six plants
in India in different roles
for production of a range
of vehicles from small pas-
senger cars to heavy com-
mercial vehicles, plans to
add even more women in
its factory workforce.
Similarly, MG Motor In-
dia plans to achieve a gen-
der-balanced workforce
wherein women would ac-
count for 50% of its overall
workforce, including in fac-
tories, by December 2023.
Currently, women com-
prise 34% of the company’s
factory workforce of 2,000
at Halol plant, in Gujarat.
Hero MotoCorp has over
1,500 women employees
with a diversity ratio of
9.3% at the end of 2021-22
and it aims to substantially
increase it in the near fu-
ture.
Another Indian automo-
tive firm, Bajaj Auto which
has an all-women line of
manufacturing high-end
bikes like Dominar 400 and
Pulsar RS 200 at its Chakan
plant, in Pune has seen
women employee strength
grow more than four times
from 148 in FY14 to 667 in
FY22. Almost 64% of wom-
en are working in manu-
facturing plants and in
engineering.
TaMo, HERO, MG UP DIVERSITY DRIVE
CURRENT
SCENARIO
 Tata Motors, which
currently has over 3,000
women operating on its
shop floors across its six
plants in India.
 Hero MotoCorp has over
1,500 women employees
with diversity ratio of 9.3%
 Bajaj Auto has an all-women
line of mfg high-end bikes
‘DEFICIT IN PADDY
COVERAGE TO BE
RECOVERED SOON’
New Delhi: Agriculture com-
missioner A K Singh has said
there is a slight deficit in paddy
coverage in
the ongoing
kharif season
mainly in
eastern India,
but it will be recovered with
monsoon progressing fast.
“I sincerely hope that the
situation should be normal in
terms of sowing. In due course
of time, there will be recovery
also. The planted paddy crop
should survive.” —PTI
RELIANCE WANTS
GOVT TO SCRAP CAPS
ON GAS PRICES
New Delhi: RIL expects prices
of natural gas in India to rise
again in October but wants
government-
dictated caps
to go, in a
bid to align
domestic rates
with global energy prices. The
conglomerate expects the
price cap for its KG-D6 gas
sales to rise over the current
$9.92 per million British ther-
mal units, Sanjay Roy, senior
vice-president for exploration
and production, said. —PTI
FORMULATE PLANS
FOR BIOMASS CO-
FIRING: POWER MIN
New Delhi: The Ministry of
Power has asked states to
formulate time-bound plans
to ensure the
utilisation of
biomass for
co-firing in
thermal power
plants ahead of the Kharif har-
vest season to reduce stubble
burning. To address the issue
of air pollution and to reduce
the carbon footprint of thermal
power generation, the Ministry
of Power issued a revised policy
in October last year. —PTI
JLR EXPECT 60% OF
SALES TO BE PURE-
ELECTRIC BY 2030
New Delhi: Jaguar Land Rover
expects 60% of its brand Land
Rover’s sales across the globe
to come from
pure-electric
trims by
2030. The
Tata Motors-
owned luxury carmaker plans
to add at least six pure-electric
variants to be part of the Land
Rover portfolio starting 2024.
The British automaker has al-
ready confirmed a pure-electric
new Range Rover to join the
product range in 2024. —PTI
LOCAL LEVIES, SUPPLY CHAIN DISTORTION
TRIGGER WIDELY VARYING INFLATION LEVELS
New Delhi: Even after five years of a common Goods and Services
Tax (GST), retail inflation in India varies widely across states as
differences in local levies and supply
chain efficacy distort consumer prices.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based
inflation rate for the month of June was
as high as 10.5% in Telangana and as
low as 4.7% in Bihar, while the national
average stood at 7%. The difference
in inflation, according to experts, can
be attributed to factors like transport costs, tax policies of state
governments, and supply chain efficiency. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
New Delhi: Nine of the 10
most valued firms added
`2.98 lakh crore to their
market valuation last week
amid a bullish trend in eq-
uities, with Reliance In-
dustries and TCS emerg-
ing as lead gainers. Last
week, the 30-share BSE
benchmark jumped
2,311.45 points. Barring
LIC, the top 10 firms, in-
cluding HDFC Bank, Info-
sys, Hindustan Unilever
Limited ICICI Bank,
added total of `2,98,523
crore to their market valu-
ation. LIC’s valuation de-
clined by `12,396.99 cr to
`4,35,760.72 crore. —PTI
New Delhi: The relentless
selling by foreign investors
appears to have taken a
breather as they have
turned net buyers so far
this month with an invest-
ment of nearly `1,100
crore in the Indian equity
market. This comes follow-
ing a net withdrawal of
`50,145 crore from equi-
ties in June. FPIs invested
a net amount of `1,099
crore in Indian equities
during July 1-22. They
have significantly slowed
down their relentless sell-
ing and have even turned
buyers for several days this
month particularly during
the last few days. —PTI
New Delhi : Domestic
stock markets are expect-
ed to see high volatility
this week due to a host of
factors such as US Fed
rate decision, monthly de-
rivatives expiry and an-
nouncement of results by
index companies, analysts
said. Foreign investment
and trends in global mar-
kets and movement of the
rupee as well as crude oil
would impact the market
sentiment, they said. “This
week is going to be an
event-heavy therefore we
can expect spike in volatil-
ity,” said Santosh Meena,
Head of Research, Swasti-
ka Investmart Ltd. —PTI
New Delhi : Leasing of
flexible workspace by cor-
porates rose 59% in April-
June at 28,167 desks
across top eight cities as
they are embracing man-
aged office space amid un-
certainties, according to
Cushman Wakefield. En-
terprises had leased
17,691 seats in coworking
centres in the April-June
quarter of last year across
8 major cities. Bengaluru,
Pune, Hyderabad are cit-
ies spearheading, with the
three cities accounting for
around 75% of all deals
since start of 2021. —PTI
MCAP OF NINE TOP
FIRMS JUMPS OVER
`2.98 LAKH CRORE
FPIs INVEST `1,100
CRORE IN INDIAN
EQUITIES IN JULY
FED INTEREST RATE
DECISION, EARNINGS
TO DRIVE EQUITIES
LEASING OF FLEXIBLE
WORKSPACE BY
CORPORATES UP 59%
` faces risk of further decline to 82/$
New Delhi (PTI): Indian
rupee may further depreci-
ate to 82 to a dollar in the
near term due to widening
of trade deficit and expect-
ed aggressive rate hike by
the US Fed later this week
to tame record high infla-
tion, economists said.
There is widespread
speculation that the US Fed
in its July 26-27 meeting
may increase the interest
rate by 50-75 basis points,
which could result in flight
of capital from emerging
nations like India. With
dollar outflow and elevated
level of crude oil prices,
the rupee would see fur-
ther depreciation.
Economists are of the
opinion that the rupee af-
ter touching a life-time low
may settle around 78 to a
dollar by March next year
with stability around crude
oil prices and likely im-
provement in geopolitical
situation.
“Overall what we had as-
sessed is that the rupee
could settle somewhere
around 79 to a dollar. That
will be the average price
for the entire year...In the
current depreciating cycle,
the rupee may fall to over
81/$ in the current politi-
cal situation,” India Rat-
ings Research principal
economist Sunil Kumar
Sinha said.
Amidst a rebound in
crude oil prices and the ex-
pectation that the US dollar
will remain relatively
strong in the immediate
term, ICRA expects the ru-
pee may weaken to 81/$ in
Q2 FY2023.
“Subsequently, global
sentiment and the direc-
tion of foreign portfolio
investment (FPI) flows
will determine if the In-
dian rupee continues to
depreciate in the remain-
der of the year, or if US
recession fears eventually
arrest the dollar strength,”
ICRA Chief Economist
Aditi Nayar said.
According to Nomura,
the rupee may see 82 level
during the July-Sept quar-
ter due to multiple head-
winds including weaken-
ing India BoP dynamics
and Fed hikes during the
year. Crisil expects the ru-
pee to be under pressure in
the near term and the ru-
pee-dollar exchange rate
will remain volatile with
depreciation bias in the
near-term due to widening
of the trade deficit, FPI
outflows, and strengthen-
ing of the US dollar index
owing to rate hikes by the
US Fed and safe-haven de-
mand for the dollar amid
geopolitical risks.
KEY TALKING
POINTS
 There is widespread
speculation that the US Fed
in its July 26-27 meeting
may increase the interest
rate by 50-75 basis points
 With dollar outflow and
elevated level of crude oil
prices, the rupee would see
further depreciation.
 Last week, the rupee
depreciated to a life-time low
of 80.06 a dollar
MORE PAIN AHEAD
GST on essential items
after states sought levy
New Delhi (PTI): GST on
pre-packaged goods/ food
packets was levied after
some states gave feedback
of losing revenues they pre-
viously earned from levy of
VAT on food items, a top
government official said.
The decision to levy the
tax, which came into effect
from July 18, is not that of
the Union government but
of the GST Council. It was
considered by the Fitment
Committee that has offic-
ers of some states and the
centre.
It was also recommend-
ed by a group of ministers
(GOM) consisting of minis-
ter representatives of some
states and finally by the
GST council, Revenue Sec-
retary Tarun Bajaj said.
In all, the GST Council,
the new constitutional
mechanism in the country
for taking decisions on
GST, took a consensus view
on levy of the tax, he said.
The panel, which is head-
ed by the Union Finance
Minister and comprises
representatives of all states
and union territories, takes
decisions when everyone is
onboard, he said.
However, pulses, wheat,
rye, oats, maize, rice, flour,
suji, besan, puffed rice and
curd/lassi when sold loose
and not pre-packed or pre-
labelled will not attract
any GST.
The comments come
against the backdrop of op-
position parties led by the
Congress stalling function-
ing of Parliament in the
first week of the monsoon
session over levying of
GST on daily use items and
other issues.
“Before GST came into
place (on July 1, 2017) dur-
ing the VAT regime, this
(tax on essentials) was
there in many states. States
were getting revenue (from
levying VAT on food items).
Once in 2017, this new GST
regime came, it was envis-
aged that this would con-
tinue but it was levied only
on branded products when
rules and circulars came
out,” Bajaj said.
WHO TOOK THE
DECISION?
 The decision to levy the tax,
which came into effect from
July 18, is not that of the Union
govt but of the GST Council. It
was considered by the Fitment
Committee that has officers of
some states and the centre.
 It was also recommended
by a group of ministers
consisting of minister
representatives of some states
states finally by GST council.
 The GST Council took a
consensus view on levy of the
tax, Revenue Secretary Tarun
Bajaj said.
New Delhi (PTI): Big
FMCG companies are en-
tering the plant-based
meat segment, targeting
non-vegetarian consumers
who are looking for an an-
imal-protein replacement,
besides a large section of
vegetarians.
The segment which
opened up two years back
is estimated to touch
around $1 billion by 2030
and now products in the
plant-sourced meat seg-
ment are available at e-
commerce platforms and
large retail chains in lead-
ing metros.
Besides, players are also
targeting institutional cli-
ents in the HoReCa (hotel,
restaurant and catering)
segment and several Quick
Service Restaurant.
Last week, TCPL an-
nounced its entry into the
plant-based meat products
category, under a new
brand ‘’Tata Simply Bet-
ter’’ and introduced four
variants - Nuggets, Burger
Patty, Awadhi Seekh Kebab
and Spicy Finger.
New Delhi (PTI): Prompt
redressal of taxpayers’
grievances remains the top
priority for the tax depart-
ment, the newly appointed
chairman of Central Board
of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Ni-
tin Gupta said on Sunday
.
In his message on the oc-
casion of Income Tax Day,
he said the tax department
has reported the highest
ever tax collection of `14.09
lakh crore in the fiscal year
ended March 31, 2022 due to
streamlining of policies
and processes that eased
compliance for taxpayers.
“However, we cannot
rest on our laurels and
need to keep working hard
to maintain this momen-
tum,” he said. “Prompt re-
dressal of taxpayers’ griev-
ances in the true spirit of
the Taxpayers’ Charter
shall remain a top priority
area.”
CBDT will continue to
engage proactively with
the taxpayers and other
stakeholders.
MAJOR PLANS
FOR FUTURE
 Gupta said the last few years
have witnessed tremendous
changes across sectors in
the economy.
 CBDT will continue to engage
proactively with the taxpayers
and other stakeholders
Big FMCG Cos
enter plant
based meat
segment
Prompt grievance redressal
top priority: CBDT chairman

Sonowal inspects newly
built campus of NIUM
07
NEWS
First India Bureau
Chandigarh: Agricul-
ture and Farmers’ Wel-
fare Minister JP Dalal
said that Haryana is do-
ing well in sports. He
added that sports are
an integral part of Har-
yanvi culture. This is
the reason that players
from Haryana are
bringing maximum
medals in Olympic and
International level
competitions.
Dalal said this while
addressing as the Chief
Guest at a Kabaddi com-
petition organized at
New Anaj Mandi of
Charkhi Dadri.
The Agriculture and
Farmers’ Welfare Min-
ister said that to pro-
mote sports, Haryana
Chief Ministe Manohar
Lal Khattar is providing
new stadiums, sports
nurseries, modern fa-
cilities to the players in
every district. The Gov-
ernment has also an-
nounced a hefty cash
award of `6 crore to the
Olympic gold medalist,
`4 crore to the silver me-
dalist and `2.5 crore to
the bronze medalist
which is the highest
across the country. He
said that it is a matter of
pride that such good
events like Kabaddi
competitions are being
organized in Charkhi
Dadri. The Agriculture
Minister on his part an-
nounced to give `5 Lakh
to the Kabaddi Associa-
tion as an incentive.
State President of
Amateur Kabaddi As-
sociation and Rajya
Sabha MP Krishan Lal
Panwar expressed his
gratitude to the Agri-
culture Minister for en-
couraging the players.
He said that recently a
girls’ kabaddi competi-
tion was organized in
Dadri city. In which
teams from all over the
country participated.
He added that a total of
31 teams from various
parts of the country are
participating in this
tournament. The com-
petition will conclude
on the evening of July
24, 2022.
He further said that
the Association has
made better arrange-
ments for the stay and
food etc. for the players
in which district ad-
ministration is also
giving their complete
support.
SPORTING POWERHOUSE
HARYANA DOING WELL IN SPORTS, SAYS DALAL
Haryana Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister JP Dalal
addressing media on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
SAVNER-DHAPEWADA-GOUNDKHAIRI SECTION
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari inaugurating the Savner-Dhapewada-Goundkhairi section on Sunday.
First India Bureau
Nagpur : Union Minis-
ter for Road Transport
and Highways Nitin
Gadkari inaugurated
the Savner-Dhapewada-
Goundkhairi section of
National Highway 547-E
in Nagpur on Sunday
.
According to the Min-
istry of Road Transport
amd Highways, with a
length of 28.88 km, the
section of the highway
is built at a cost of Rs
720 crore.
Speaking on the occa-
sion Gadkari said,
“This highway section,
which is replete with
various features like
greenfield bypass, big
bridge, railway flyover
as well as vehicular un-
derpass, overpass, bus
shelter on both sides,
will eliminate the traf-
fic problem in the area
and will prove crucial
to ensure smooth and
safe traffic for the citi-
zens.”
The Minister also in-
formed the four-laning
of the Savner – Dhape-
wada – Goundakhairi
section will provide bet-
ter connectivity to the
pilgrims to the famous
Ganesha Temple at
Adasa and the Vitthal-
Rukmini Temple at
Dhapewada in the area.
He said the new
4-lane bridge over the
Chandrabhaga river
will relieve traffic jams
in Dhapewada and
make travel safer. It
will facilitate the ac-
cess of agricultural
and local products of
the region to larger
markets, he added.
Gadkari said there will
be growth in logistics
and industrial parks in
Gondkhairi and
Chinchbhavan areas.
FOR BETTER CONNECTIVITY
‘Mann govt cracks
whip on gangsters’
First India Bureau
Chandigarh: The Pun-
jab Cabinet Minister
Aman Arora on Sunday
said that under the deci-
sive leadership of Chief
Minister Bhagwant
Mann, over 90 gangsters
have been nabbed or
neutralised in last one
month by the Punjab Po-
lice’s Anti-Task Force
formedrecentlytoelimi-
nate notorious crimi-
nals from the state.
Addressing a press
conference at Punjab
Bhawan here, Informa-
tion Public Relations
New and Renewable En-
ergy Sources Housing
andUrbanDevelopment
said that Aam Aadmi
Party (AAP) govern-
ment also neutralised
two main sharpshooter,
involvedinthekillingof
slain singer Sidhu
Moosewala, to deliver
justice to Moosewala’s
family and fans.
Accusing previous
governments of patron-
izing gangsters and
drug mafia, the AAP
Minister warned the
gangsters and criminals
to shun the path of
crime otherwise they
will be dealt with stern
action by the govern-
ment. Arora said that
gangsters and drug ma-
fiaflourishedduringthe
previous government
regimes and they pat-
ronised dreadful crimi-
nals for their vested in-
terests. However, the
AAP vowed to make
Punjab a gangster-free
land after forming the
governmentandnoanti-
elements will be spared
at any cost in the state.
Taking on the opposi-
tion parties, the Minis-
ter said that gangster
culture and mafia would
not have flourished in
Punjab if they were not
sheltered by former gov-
ernments. Due to this, a
rocket-propelled gre-
nade was used to attack
Punjab Police’s Intelli-
gence headquarters in
Mohali two months
back, although these
kinds of weapons had
not even been used
when Punjab was in its
darkest phase.
First India Bureau
Ghaziabad: UnionMin-
ister of Ayush and Ports
Shipping and Water-
ways Sarbananda So-
nowal on Sunday in-
spected newly con-
structed campus of Na-
tionalInstituteof Unani
Medicine at Ghaziabad,
Uttar Pradesh. NIUM,
Ghaziabad is a satellite
Institute of National In-
stitute of Unani Medi-
cine, Bangaluru and
will be first of its kind to
be established in north-
ern region of India.Un-
ion Minister of State,
Road Transport and
Highways and Civil Avi-
ation General VK Singh
andofficialsof Ministry
of Ayush accompanied
Minister Sonowal.
On this occasion the
Ministersaid that Na-
tional Policy on Health
envisages inter alia
mainstreaming of
Ayush in healthcare
and also to integrate
these systems in areas
of education, research
in all tiers of health-
care delivery. He said
that the Ministry of
Ayush has undertaken
various steps to encour-
age RD and innova-
tion, develop apex Insti-
tutes for education.
H’yana Police arrests 2 most wanted
criminals carrying reward of `85K
First India Bureau
Chandigarh: In a ma-
jor breakthrough, Har-
yana Police has arrest-
ed two most wanted
criminals carrying a
collective reward of Rs
85,000. Those arrested
include one carrying
Rs 60,000 bounty and
one other with a re-
ward of Rs 25,000.
Giving this informa-
tion here today, the
Haryana Police spokes-
person informed that
in the first operation, a
police team in Rohtak
district had received
specific inputs that a
criminal wanted by the
Rohtak, Jind, Guru-
gram and Hisar Police
was roaming in Baha-
durgarh area with an
intention to commit a
crime. Acting swiftly,
the police immediately
raided the location and
arrested most-wanted
identified as Lokesh
aka Gogi, a resident of
Sheetal Nagar, Rohtak.
While cash reward
of Rs 10,000 was an-
nounced on him by
Rohtak Police and
Rs50,000 by Jind Police.
The accused had al-
ready been arrested in
two cases of attempt to
murder and one of
murder registered in
district Rohtak. Apart
from this, he had been
arrested in 2020 for
possessing illegal arms
in Gohana. He ab-
sconded after coming
out on bail. He was
wanted in 8 cases in-
cluding that of murder,
attempt to murder, ran-
som in Rohtak, Hisar,
Jind and Gurugram
districts.
In the second crack-
down, a most wanted
criminal absconding
for last about two year
was arrested from Bhi-
wani district. Carrying
a reward of Rs 25,000,
he was arrested by a
team of STF Bahadur-
garh, after getting a
secret input.
Accused was wanted
in close to a dozen cas-
es including that of
murder, attempt to
murder, loot, dacoity
etc. STF got secret in-
formation about his lo-
cation and finally man-
aged to arrest Bijender
aka Punji, a resident of
village Siwada in Bhi-
wani, after a raid.
Passenger ferries
exempted from
paying port charges
New Delhi (ANI): In
ordertoprovidesome
quick respite to the
waterways transpor-
tation sector from the
impact of the global
increase in the price
of fuels, the Ministry
of Ports, Shipping
and Waterways has
directed all major
ports to exempt all
berth hiring and ves-
selrelatedchargesbe-
ing currently levied
to the Ro-Pax or pas-
senger ferries for the
next six months.
The cost of marine
fuel ‘Low Sulphur
High Flash High-
Speed Diesel’ has in-
creasedfromRs76,000
per kiloliter to Rs
1,21,000.Similarly
,the
cost of ‘Very Low Sul-
phur Fuel Oil’ has in-
creasedfromRs40,608
per kiloliter to Rs
80,917. It is to be noted
here that at the begin-
ning of FY2021-22 the
cost of marine fuel
used to be 10-15 per-
cent less than retail
diesel. Hence, effec-
tively the rise is more
than 40 percent.
The ministry has
been promoting the
Ro-Ro/Ro-Pax/ferry
waterwaytransporta-
tion which has lower
emissions compared
to other modes of
transport. Also, there
is a significant time
and cost savings com-
paredtothetradition-
al transportation
modes.
“Concurrentlytraf-
fic congestion on
road/railways, noise
pollution and the ac-
cidents on the roads
may also get reduced.
Such water-based
transportation ser-
vice is an effective
measure to lower the
logistics costs, reduc-
ing travel time and
promotion of coastal
shipping on several
feasible routes,” a
Ministry of Ports,
Shipping and Water-
ways statement said
on Sunday
.
To discuss the im-
pact of high marine
fuel prices and GST
on ferry operations,
Union Minister Sar-
bananda Sonowal re-
centlyheldameeting.
PROMOTING
Ambala (PTI): Haryana
police have nabbed four
notorious miscreants of
the Lawrence Bishnoi
gang from village Babyal
adjoining Ambala Canton-
ment. The team recovered
three pistols and 22 live
cartridges from their pos-
session after their arrest
on Saturday night, police
said. Those who have been
arrested are Shashank
Pande, Sahil alias Bagga,
Ashwani alias Maneesh
and Banti. One of the ac-
cused Shashank belonged
to Gorakhpur (UP) while
the other three hailed from
Ambala, they said. Police
said that after getting a
tip the police laid a trap
and nabbed them near the
cremation ground of village
Babyal. “All the arrested
persons are active mem-
bers of Lawrence Bishnoi
gang,” said a police official.
Police registered a case
under relevant provisions
of the law against them on
Sunday.
Police nabs 4
of Lawrence
Bishnoi gang
It’ll help in
integration of Ayush
healthcare services
with modern
medicines, says Min
50% untreated
sewage still
discharged in
Ganga: NGT
New Delhi (PTI):
Untreated sewage
and effluents con-
tinue to flow into
the River Ganga
even after decades
of monitoring, the
National Green Tri-
bunal has said, not-
ing that the Nation-
al Mission for Clean
Ganga does not ap-
pear to be in a posi-
tion to take strin-
gent measures
against non-compli-
ance.
While seeking an
action taken report
from the National
Ganga Council
(NGC) on the mat-
ter, a bench headed
by NGT Chairper-
son Justice Aadesh
Kumar Goel said the
quality of water in
Ganga has to be as
per norms as it is
used not only for
bathing but
also ‘achman’ (tak-
ing sips of water
before prayers or
rituals).
It directed the
Member Secretary,
NGC to file an ac-
tion taken report
before October 14,
the next date of
hearing.
 To deliver justice
to family fans of
Sidhu Moosewala,
two main sharp-
shooter involved in
his killing also neu-
tralised by AAP-led
Mann government:
Cabinet Minister
 Arora warns
gangsters/criminals
to shun the path of
crime or face the
music
 Says, the AAP
government will
adopt a soft stand
against them if
gangsters are ready
to surrender and
return to the social
mainstream
Punjab Cabinet Minister Aman Arora addressing media on Sunday
at Punjab Bhawan. —PHOTO BY PTI
Gadkariinaugurates
section of NH 547-E

08
2NDFRONT
Excellence is not an outcome, it is a
process and consists of one small
step, consistently.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Patna (PTI): The politi-
cal temperature in Bi-
har is set to soar over
the next weekend when
Union Home Minister
Amit Shah and BJP na-
tional president J P Na-
dda arrive in the state
capital to address a two-
day joint convention of
the party’s ‘morchas’.
State president San-
jay Jaiswal and co-in
charge for Bihar Harish
Dwivedi said at a joint
press conference that
Nadda will be setting
the tone on the inaugu-
ral day on July 30, while
Shah will wrap up the
function a day later.
“Nadda will reach the
venue, Gyan Bhavan,
leading a roadshow from
the statue of Ambedkar
near the high court. It is
a historic and proud mo-
ment for the Bihar unit
as the state has been cho-
sen for holding the first-
ever joint national exec-
utive of all seven mor-
chas,” they said.
However, the high-
light of the two-day de-
liberations will be the
valedictory address, on
July 31, by Shah, the
party’s principal strate-
gist. Shah, who was last
seen in Bihar a few
months ago to attend a
couple of functions in
Bhojpur and Rohtas,
will be visiting the state
capital for the first time
since the 2019 LS polls.
“Besides Shah and
Nadda, others who will
be attending the func-
tion include all the na-
tional general secretar-
ies of the party and of-
fice bearers of the mor-
chas,” said Dwivedi and
Kushwaha.
They also said the
event will serve as a
workshop for yet anoth-
er “experiment” that the
BJP decided to under-
take at the recent na-
tional executive meet-
ing held in Hyderabad.
“It was decided that
office-bearers of the
party and its morchas
will spend a couple of
days each in various
parts to apprise the com-
mon people of the wel-
fare measures being
taken by the Modi govt,”
they said.
Shah, Nadda to be in Patna
next week for 2-day BJP event
JP Nadda and Amit Shah. —FILE PHOTO
Shah, who was last seen in Bihar a few months ago
to attend a couple of functions, will be visiting the
state capital for the first time since the 2019 LS polls
‘3.54 cr people
yet to receive
precautionary
dose in TN’
—REPRESENTATIONAL PURPOSE
Chennai (PTI): The
hesitation to receive vac-
cination doses continues
among people and cur-
rently3.54croreinTamil
Nadu are yet to receive
the COVID-19 precau-
tionary dose even after
completing the six-
month period after the
seconddose,StateMinis-
ter Ma Subramanian
said on Sunday
.
The minister for med-
ical and family welfare
after inspecting the 32
mega vaccination camp
held across TN said, the
total number of people
who are yet to receive the
vaccination shots includ-
ing both first and second
dose increased to 4.21
crore. “Nearly 31.78 lakh
people are yet to get first
dose while 95.46 lakh peo-
ple need to receive sec-
ond dose,” he told.
India will emerge victorious
in case of any war: Rajnath
Jammu (PTI): Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
on Sunday said India is
well-equipped to give a
befitting reply to “any-
one who casts an evil
eye on us” and ex-
pressed confidence that
the country will emerge
victorious in case of
any war.
Singh said that it is a
part of India and will
continue to remain part
of this country. “I want
to tell you with confi-
dence that if any for-
eign powers cast an evil
eye on us and if there is
a war, we will become
victorious,” Singh said
during an event organ-
ised to commemorate
‘Kargil Vijay Diwas’
here. He said that India
defeated Pakistan in all
the wars since 1947 and
after bitter defeat, they
engineered proxy wars.
“After tasting defeats
in direct wars of 1965
and 1971, Pakistan
adopted the path of
proxy war. For over two
decades, it has tried to
‘bleed India with a thou-
sand cuts’. But, time and
again, our brave sol-
diers have shown that
no one can disturb the
unity, integrity and sov-
ereignty of India,” Sin-
gh said, assuring the
nation that the armed
forces are ready to face
all future challenges.
Strong and confident
new India is well-
equipped to give a befit-
ting reply to anyone
who casts an evil eye, he
said. “India has become
a strong and confident
nation which is well-
equipped to protect its
people from anyone who
tries to cast an evil eye
on us,” he said.
Singh said that dur-
ing the wars with Paki-
stan and China, peo-
ple of JK stood by
their forces.
“Whether one is
Hindu or Muslim,
all stood by their
forces. We cannot
forget,” he
said.
KARGIL VIJAY DIWAS
After tasting defeats in direct wars
of 1965 and 1971, Pak adopted the
path of proxy war. For over two
decades, it has tried to ‘bleed India with a
thousand cuts’. But, time and again, our
brave soldiers have shown that no one can
disturb the unity of India.
—Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister
Indiaiswell-equippedtogivea
befittingreplyto“anyonewhocasts
anevileyeonus”,saysDefenceMin
‘Community service should
be made part of education’
New Delhi (PTI): Vice
President M Venkaiah
Naidu on Sunday sug-
gested making commu-
nity service compulso-
ry in schools and col-
leges, as he pitched for
inculcating the spirit of
“sharing and caring”
among the youth.
Addressing a gather-
ing here at the release of
‘Sing, Dance and Pray:
The Inspirational Story
of Srila Prabhupada’, a
biography of the ISKON
founder, he said the In-
dian civilisation stands
for universal values of
unity, peace and social
harmony
, and called for
a “spiritual renais-
sance” to preserve and
propagate these age-old
values.
The vice president
asked youth to take in-
spiration from great
saints and spiritual
leaders such as Srila
Prabhupada and im-
bibe qualities of disci-
pline, hard work, pa-
tience and empathy to
become better human
beings.
“You must always
rise above narrow con-
siderations of caste,
gender, religion and re-
gion and work for
bringing unity, harmo-
ny and peace in socie-
ty,” he said, according
to a statement issued
by the Vice President’s
Secretariat.
Describing Srila
Prabhupada as a torch-
bearer of egalitarian
thought, Naidu said he
embraced those dis-
carded by society and
brought joy and fulfil-
ment to their lives.
Extolling Prabhupa-
da for his untiring ef-
forts towards universal
peace and harmony
through the propaga-
tion of Vedic knowledge
and culture, Naidu said,
“The only criterion he
stressed was bhakti, or
love of god.”
TAKE INSPIRATION
Baghel holds meeting
with party leaders on
Himachal Pradesh polls
New Delhi (PTI):
Chhattisgarh Chief
Minister Bhupesh
Baghel, who was re-
cently appointed sen-
ior observer for the
upcoming Himachal
Pradesh Assembly
polls, held a meeting
with the party’s top
leaders from the state
here on Sunday
.
The meeting was
attended by AICC
state in-charge Rajiv
Shukla, observers
Sachin Pilot and Par-
tap Singh Bajwa,
Pradesh Congress
Committee chief and
MP Pratibha Singh
and among others,
during which Baghel
deliberated on im-
parting booth man-
agement training and
s t re n g t h e n i n g
grassroots or-
g a n i s at i o n
ahead of
the polls.
T h e
leaders,
also in-
c l u d i n g
chairman of
the campaign com-
mittee Sukhwinder
Singh Sukhu and
Pradesh committee
working president
Vinay Kumar, ideated
the campaign going
forward and dis-
cussed the media
strategy, sources
said. The Congress is
looking to wrest pow-
er from the BJP in
both states.
In the last round of
Assembly elections,
the grand old party
lost Punjab to AAP
and gave a dismal
performance in UP,
U’khand, Goa and
Manipur, with the
BJP retaining power
i n the four states.
Bengaluru (PTI): The
Congress in Karnataka
will observe ‘Mauna
Satyagraha’ (silent re-
sistence) on Tuesday
when their party su-
premo Sonia Gandhi
will appear before the
Enforcement Directo-
rate officials probing
the alleged money laun-
dering in National Her-
ald case, state unit pres-
ident D K Shivakumar
said.
He said the ‘Mauna
Satyagraha’ will be or-
ganised from the time
Sonia Gandhi enters
the ED office in New
Delhi, till the time she
comes out.
“The ED has once
again summoned Sonia
Gandhi on July 26. The
politics of vendetta is
continuing,” Shivaku-
mar told reporters here
on Sunday
.
The Congress state
chief recalled that his
mother was also har-
assed the same way in
an alleged money laun-
dering case compelling
him to approach the
court with a request to
allow the investigation
to take place at his
residence.
“However, Sonia
Gandhi did not go to the
court. Instead she bold-
ly faced the ED in their
office and gave her
statement. Yet the har-
assment has not end-
ed,” Shivakumar, an
MLA from Kanakapura
constituency said.
K’taka Congress to
observe ‘Mauna
Satyagraha’ on Tue
COLLECTIVE SUPPORT
FOR SONIA GANDHI
“The Cong has decided
to hold ‘Mauna
Satyagraha’ in which
all our MPs, MLAs,
former ministers, AICC
office-bearers, council-
lors, office-bearers, and
other leaders will take
part in front of Gandhi
statue at Cong Bhavan,”
Shivakumar said. The ED
had questioned Gandhi on
July 21 has again sum-
moned her on July 26.
Hathras SP transferred
after 6 kanwariyas killed
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: A day after
the death of six Kan-
wariyas in a
road accident in
Hathras, the Ut-
tar Pradesh gov-
ernment on Sun-
day transferred
the district’s SP.
While SP,
Hathras, Vikas
Kumar Vaidya has
been sent to Mirzapur
as Commandant PAC,
Devesh Kumar Pan-
dey posted there has
been made the new
Hathras SP, an
order issued by ADG,
Personnel, Raja
Srivastava said.
Though no of-
ficial reason has
been cited for
the transfer of
the IPS, it is be-
lieved that ac-
tion has been
taken keeping in
view of the mis-
hap as the CM Yogi
Adityanath had di-
rected to ensure nec-
essary traffic plans
and arrangements for
Kanwar Yatra.
M VENKAIAH NAIDU
ALL-PARTY MEETING ON ERCP
PROJECT WILL GET NATIONAL STATUS ONLY
WITH EFFORTS OF ALL PARTIES: RAJ CM
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Further push-
ing the demand for na-
tional project status to
Eastern Rajasthan Ca-
nal Project, Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot on
Sunday said that the
project is very impor-
tant for ensuring wa-
ter availability in 13
districts of the state.
He said that ERCP
would be declared a na-
tional project only
with the efforts of all
the parties.
Gehlot called an all-
party meeting on the
ERCP issue at the CMR
which was skipped by
former CM Vasundhara
Raje, leader of opposi-
tion Gulab Chand Ka-
taria and BJP state pres-
ident Satish Poonia.
Targeting Raje for
skipping the meeting,
he said that earlier she
was ready to attend the
meeting but later she
refused. He also ques-
tioned whether a yatra
was important for Sat-
ish Poonia or the meet-
ing on ERCP. Poonia is
on a two-day yatra in
Vagad region.
“I blame Vasundhara
ji, she did not come to
thismeeting.Youtellher
that we are working to
carry forward her plan.
Vasundhara ji should
come and give thanks,”
he told BJP leaders at-
tending the meeting.
“If the Prime Minis-
ter has said anything,
then it is our duty to
fulfill it,” he said.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
Gehlot questions Raje and Poonia
missing the important meeting
RAJ CM TO
ATTEND MURMU’S
SWEARING-IN
Raj CM Gehlot reached
Delhi on Sunday night.
He will attend the
swearing-in ceremony
of Draupadi Murmu on
Monday. In his 2-day
visit, Gehlot is expected
to meet other party lead-
ers in Delhi.

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