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Bring city’s commercial & residential
properties under tax net: LG to MCD
Saxena asks Delhi’s civic body to bring all properties under tax net so that the
municipal corporation’s income grows and it can provide better services to people
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
Lt Governor VK Saxena
has asked civic officials
to bring all properties
— commercial as well
as residential — under
the tax net so that the
municipal corpora-
tion’s income grows
and it can provide bet-
ter services to people.
In a review meeting,
the LG also directed the
Municipal Corporation
of Delhi (MCD) to make
all its services related to
property tax filing, mu-
tation and building plan
sanction among others
IT-enabled by July 31.
LG expressed con-
cern that 65 per cent of
property owners in the
city paid no tax and di-
rected that all proper-
ties within the city lim-
its — commercial as
well as residential — be
brought under the tax
net, according to a state-
ment from the LG office.
An MCD official said
that the directions of
the lieutenant governor
will be complied with.
The civic body is mak-
ing all possible efforts
to boost its revenue and
widen its tax net.
The LG’s direction
came amid plans of the
MCD to collect tax from
major commercial es-
tablishments located in
unauthorised colonies
in Delhi.
The LG reiterated his
resolve to turn the fi-
nancial condition of
the MCD from red to a
robust one so that the
civic body could serve
the people in a better
way
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A boy sits amid toxic foam floating on the Yamuna
river, at ITO, Yamuna Ghat, in New Delhi
on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
CRUCIAL READ
MEDIA HAS RIGHT TO
REPORT ON FIRs: COURT
Mumbai: Nagpur bench of
Bombay HC, while setting
aside criminal proceedings
for defamation against edi-
tor-in-chief of Lokmat Media
group, held that “fair reporting
of info such as FIR, may not
attract action of defamation”.
BIDEN SIGNS FIRST US
GUN CONTROL LAW
Washington: President
Joe Biden on Saturday at
the White House signed
into law the first significant
federal bill on gun safety in
decades, saying that while
it falls short of what’s really
needed it will “save lives.”
ARRESTED IAS
OFFICER’S SON DIES
Chandigarh: A 27-year-old
son of IAS officer Sanjay
Popli, currently under arrest
in a graft case, died of bullet
wounds here on Saturday,
with police saying he com-
mitted suicide but family
alleging foul play. Cops said
27-year-old has shot himself.
Nobody else can use Bal
Thackeray’s name: Uddhav
Section 144 imposed in Mumbai, police on high alert
Mumbai (ANI): As the
battle to claim the lega-
cy of Bal Thackeray in-
tensified with Eknath
Shinde-led rebel MLAs
naming their group as
‘Shiv Sena Balasaheb’,
Uddhav Thackeray-led
Shiv Sena on Saturday
passed a resolution to
takelegalactionagainst
them and said that
those who left the party
should not seek votes in
name of party founder.
As many as 6 resolu-
tions were passed dur-
ing Shiv Sena’s national
executive committee
meeting on Saturday as
the political stalemate
did not seem to end
leading to uncertainty
over the future of the
MVA govt.
The Sena is
not finished
and that peo-
ple siding with the
BJP must be ques-
tioned. Those who
want to leave are free
to go openly. I will cre-
ate a new Shiv Sena.
—Uddhav Thackeray,
Maharashtra CM
HIGHLIGHTS
 HM Amit Shah was in
Vadodara from 10 pm on
Fri till Sat morning. Sourc-
es said Shinde also visited
Vadodara on Fri night
 Sanjay Raut says that
in 24 hours, ministries of
the rebels will be removed
 Will not forget rebel Sena
MLAs’ betrayal: Aaditya
 16 rebel Sena MLAs
issued showcause notices
over absence at party meet
 Shinde camp extends
stay in Guwahati
 NCP, Cong our rivals;
CM Uddhav didn’t act
on demand for natural
alliance, says rebel camp
 Sena to approach EC
Shah breaks silence
on 2002 Gujarat riots
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
PM endured pain
of false allegations
silently for 19 years
Modijididn’tdo
drama,didn’task
ministerstoprotest
Modi presented an
exampleforpeopleto
respect Constitution
AMIT
SHAH
SAYS
Home Minister Amit Shah speaks to ANI’s Editor Smita Prakash during an interview on 2002 Gujarat
riots, SC verdict, the role of media, and other issues, in New Delhi on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
ion Home Minister
Amit Shah lauded the
SC verdict dismissing
the plea challenging the
clean chit given by SIT
to then Gujarat CM
Narendra Modi and sev-
eral others in 2002 riots
that took place in state.
He also said Modi had
endured pain for 19 yrs
without speaking and
followed “Lord Shiva
who swallowed poison
& held it in his throat.”
Shah sought an apology
from people who leveled
“politically motivated”
remarks against Modi.
QUOTING SC
ORDER, GUJ
POLICE
ARRESTS
FORMER DGP,
TEESTA
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad DCB arrested retired state
DGP RB Sreekumar, whose role had been called into
question by Court, and Mumbai-based activist Teesta
Setalvad, who backed petitioner, Zakia Jafri. The 2 were
held on charges of criminal conspiracy, forgery & other
Sections on basis of an FIR lodged in DCB by Inspector
Darshansinh, which quotes extensively from Court order.
I have closely seen
Modiji enduring
this pain, facing
the allegations
despite being
on the side of
truth and because
the judicial pro-
cess was underway
he did not speak.
Only a man with
a strong heart
can do this.
I have read the
judgement
very carefully.
The judgement
clearly mentions
the name of Teesta
Setalvad. NGO
that was run being
run by her - I don’t
remember the
name of NGO- had
given baseless
information about
the riots to the
police.
—Amit Shah,
Union Home
Minister
SMITA: EMERGENCE OF A NEW STAR ANCHOR
India’s biggest news agency ANI’s Editor-in-Chief and
virtual owner Smita Prakash, after her talented and bril-
liant Amit Shah interview on Saturday, has emerged a
new star anchor in the television realm. With her charm-
ing looks and mature thought process, her TRP runs at
a very high rate for the viewers. Through Amit Shah’s
third interview, she has gained a new momentum and
popularity graph. —Aditi Nagar
SHAH TAKES JIBE AT
CONG ‘SATYAGRAHA’
Taking a jibe at Congress’
‘satyagraha’ over ED
questioning Rahul Gandhi
in National Herald case,
Shah said that Modi as
Gujarat CM appeared
before SIT did not resort
to “drama or dharna”.
AMIT SHAH SLAMS
ANTI-SIKH RIOTS
There was no delay on part
of Guj govt in requisition-
ing Army to deal with
post-Godhra 2002 Gujarat
riots, Shah said and noted
that ex-Pb DGP Gill had
termed action as “prompt
and neutral”.
YAMUNA
FROTHING!
Uddhav Thackeray interacts
with party leaders, in Mumbai
on Saturday.

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CM reviews Delhi Govt’s
shopping festival project
RajinderNagarbypoll:Allset
for counting of votes today
New Delhi (PTI):
Stage is set for the
counting of votes
polled during the re-
cently concluded Ra-
jinderNagarassembly
bypollinDelhiwithall
arrangements, includ-
ing a three-tier securi-
ty cover around the
strong room, in place,
a senior official said
on Saturday
.
The counting will
begin at 8 am on Sun-
day, Delhi Chief Elec-
toral Officer Ranbir
Singh said.
“We have made all
the arrangements for
the exercise. The
strong room is fully se-
cured with a three-tier
security cover. The
counting centre has
been set up at ITI
Pusa,” he told PTI.
“Postal ballots will
be counted first, and
only those ballots
which have been re-
ceived from service
voters till 8 am tomor-
row will be considered
for counting. After
that, the EVM votes
shall be counted,” he
said. A separate special
box will be there for
counting of VVPAT
slips, he said. Accord-
ing to officials, 43.67
per cent of the male
electorate and 43.86 per
cent of female voters
turned up for the June
23 bypoll. The percent-
age of third gender vot-
ers stood at 50 per cent.
—REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE
All the
arrangements,
including a three-
tier security
cover around the
strong room, are
in place.
New Delhi (Agencies):
Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal chaired a high-
level meeting to review
the Delhi government’s
shopping festival pro-
ject during which the
tourism department
presented a detailed
blueprint of the initia-
tive, an official state-
ment said on Saturday
.
The shopping festival
is an ambitious initia-
tive proposed during
the city government’s
Rozgaar Budget.
Preparations are be-
ing made to organise
the first of its kind
shopping festival on a
large scale in Delhi, the
statement said.
A detailed blueprint
of the project was pre-
sented by the Tourism
Department during the
meeting, it said.
During the meeting,
Kejriwal emphasized
that the festival should
keep the emotion and
culture of Delhi in fo-
cus to attract more
people from across
the country and the
world.
The feedback re-
ceived from various
market associations in
Delhi was also placed
before the chief minis-
ter at the meeting.
There was also a dis-
cussion on how the
government aims to
make this initiative a
reality and bring it
in front of the world
after conducting analy-
sis of various shopping
festivals organised
in other countries, the
statement said.
The festival is an initiative proposed during government’s Rozgaar Budget
ART AND CULTURE
It was decided in the
meeting that the shop-
ping festival would be
organised keeping in
mind four major areas.
The shopping festival
will promote arts and
culture, food and cui-
sines and entertainment
as well as shopping
discounts and prizes.
Thousands of people are
set to get employment
and the revenue of the
Delhi government will
also increase because of
the festival, it added.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. —FILE PHOTO
70% jump in
containment
zones in city
New Delhi (PTI): With
a rise in Covid cases, the
city’scontainmentzones
have increased from 190
onJune17to322onJune
24, an increase of about
70 per cent, according to
official data.
Most of the cases are
beingreportedfromfam-
ily or neighbourhood
clusters,officialssaid.In
order to contain the
spread of infection, mi-
cro-containment zones
with even one or two
houses are being made,
they said. Normally
, an
areaismarkedacontain-
ment zone where three
or more COVID-19 cases
are detected.
DoEtobringbackdetentionpolicyatschools
New Delhi: The Directo-
rate of Education (DoE)
has issued a circular stat-
ing that Delhi Right of
Children to Free and
Compulsory Education
Rules 2022 has been
amended, in a step to-
wards bringing back the
detention policy at
schools. It will come into
force as soon as it is noti-
fied in the gazette. Fol-
lowing the gazette notifi-
cation, the government
will release the manner
and conditions a child
can be held back in his
current class.
“In exercise of the
powers conferred by Sec-
tion 38, read with sub-
section 3 of Section 16 of
RTE Act 2009, the lieu-
tenant governor, hereby,
makes the rule to amend
the Delhi Right of Chil-
dren to Free and Compul-
sory Education Rules
2011.”
10womenheldforclashingwith
liquorshopstaffinsouthDelhi
New Delhi (PTI): Ten
people, all women, were
arrested after a clash
broke out between a
group of women protest-
ing the opening of a liq-
uor shop in south Delhi’s
Tigri area and the shop’s
staff, police said on Sat-
urday. The incident hap-
pened Thursday around
8.30 am before the shop
was opened. The quarrel
started with a protest
staged by a group of local
women, who were appar-
ently against the opening
of the liquor shop in the
area, police said.
Officials said that the
police was already
brought in at the spot, as
they had got to know
about the protest, besides
the female staff, who
were deployed by the
owner of the shop.
As their demonstra-
tion got heated, the pro-
testers got into a fight
with the women staff of
Head Constable Ranjeet,
the beat officer of the
area, got caught in the
fight and his uniform
was also torn by those in
the crowd, the officer
said. The situation in the
area was brought under
control and medical of
the injured staff was
conducted at AIIMS
Trauma Centre, the of-
ficer added.
A case under several sec-
tions, including 146 for
rioting, was filed against
the 10 offenders booked.
“Ten accused have
been arrested in this
case. The situation in the
area is under control and
staff in sufficient num-
ber has been deployed to
avoid further tension,”
said Benita Mary Jaiker,
Deputy Commissioner
of Police (South).
Air pollution exacerbate burden on workers’ health
CAUSE OF CONCERN
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The health
effects of breathing haz-
ardous air on a regular
basis are more frequent-
ly felt by people who
work outside. Confirm-
ing this, a recent study
found that workplace
exposure to ambient air
pollution and extreme
weather events exacer-
bate the overall burden
on outdoor workers’
health in the country’s
national capital.
Breathing difficulties
or acute lung function
impairment, irregular
heartbeat and chest dis-
comfort, back, shoulder,
and joint pains, eye red-
ness and irritation, and
finally skin rashes,
headaches, and overall
weakness were assessed
for three occupational
groups working in New
Delhi — autorickshaw
drivers, sweepers, and
vendors — who were ex-
posed to poor air quality
and the effects of ex-
treme weather during
peak summer and win-
ter months.
The study, titled
“Health impact assess-
ment of Delhi’s outdoor
workers exposed to air
pollution and extreme
weather events: an inte-
grated epidemiology ap-
proach,” was carried
out by doctors, scien-
tists, and academicians
from a number of repu-
table national institutes
and used a detailed
questionnaire in con-
sultation with medical
experts to understand
their perceptions of the
health effects of air pol-
lution and extreme
weather events on out-
door workers, as well as
a pulmonary function
test for reassurance.
Study says over
the years, air
pollutioninDelhi
has become a
significantconcern
CITY COP SAVES ROBBED VICTIM'S LIFE
FOUND DRUGGED IN KASHMERE GATE
DELHI POLICE CONSTABLE ALLEGEDLY
DIES BY SUICIDE INSIDE HIS OFFICE
New Delhi: The life of a 26-year-old man was saved
by a Delhi Police ASI, who got him timely medical as-
sistance to offset a possible
drug overdose given to
him allegedly by a goon in
Kashmere Gate area, police
said on Saturday. Police
arrested the accused, Irfan,
45, allegedly for drugging
and trying to rob the man, who was later identified as
one Thakur Das.
New Delhi (PTI): A 34-year-old Delhi Police consta-
ble allegedly died by suicide inside his office at Man-
dir Marg police station, police
said on Saturday. The deceased
constable has been identified
as Jaimal Singh. According to
police, the incident took place
on Friday while he was on duty. His body was found
hanging from the ceiling fan inside his office. Deputy
Commissioner of Police (DCP), New Delhi Amrutha
Guguloth said, “Legal proceedings u/s 174 CrPC have
been initiated.”
CRUCIAL READ
‘Complete transit-oriented
project before scheduled
deadline’, DDA directed
New Delhi (PTI): Lt
Governor V K Saxena
on Saturday instruct-
ed the DDA and
NBCC to complete
Delhi’s first transit-
oriented develop-
ment (TOD) project at
Karkardooma before
the scheduled dead-
line, a statement said.
He had gone to take
stock of the status
and progress of work
at the site of the pro-
ject in east Delhi, ac-
cording to the state-
ment issued by the
Raj Niwas.
The Lt Governor is-
sued specific direc-
tions to the DDA and
NBCC to complete the
project before the
scheduled deadline,
stick to uncompro-
mising structural
safety and take all
prospective steps to
fully integrate the up-
coming complex with
the neighborhood
and surroundings.
Work on this pro-
ject spread over 25.47
ha with a minimum
30 percent green area,
had started in Sep-
tember 2021 and is
expected to be fully
completed in Septem-
ber 2026, it said.
This ambitious
project that will
change the skyline of
the city and bring
about unprecedented
regeneration in the
east Delhi area start-
ed to fructify after
much delay, caused
due to the COVID-19
pandemic-induced
lockdowns, pollution-
related construction
bans and regulatory
clearances, the state-
ment said.
LG SAYS
V K Saxena
Make public services IT-enabled
& online by July 31: LG to MCD
New Delhi (PTI): Lt
Governor VK Saxena
has asked the Munici-
pal Corporation of Del-
hi (MCD) to make all its
services that require
public interface IT-ena-
bled and online by July
end, according to an of-
ficial statement issued
here on Saturday
.
The LG gave the di-
rections at a meeting on
Friday during which he
reviewed IT initiatives
being undertaken by
the civic body, the state-
ment issued by Raj Ni-
was said.
With the process of
registration of births
and deaths being fully
computerised by the
MCD, Saxena ordered
the linking of this data-
base to government de-
partments that provide
services related to food
security, pensions, ma-
ternity benefits and
other welfare schemes
to enable automatic up-
dating or deletion of
names upon birth or
death, it said.
He said all citizen-
centric services like
registration of births
and deaths, filing of
property tax, e-muta-
tion, building plan
sanction, layout approv-
al, issuing of licenses,
conversion and parking
charges, advertisement
and hoarding fees col-
lection, cremation and
burials and tracking of
garbage-carrying vehi-
cles, etc., were hitherto
being planned to be
computerised in a
“piece-meal manner”.
These services
should be brought on-
line on a common, ac-
cessible platform and
made fully IT-enabled
by July 31, the LG said.
FOUR HELD FOR
STEALING ALMONDS
WORTH `2 CRORE
New Delhi: Four
persons have been ar-
rested from Rajasthan
and Haryana for alleg-
edly stealing 899 sacks
of almonds worth Rs
2 crore which was
part of a consignment
headed to Delhi, the
police said. An FIR was
registered under sec-
tion 407 of the Indian
Penal Code.
MAN HELD FOR
PUSHING WIFE
OFF BUILDING
New Delhi: A
Ghaziabad-based
fashion blogger
died after being
pushed off a
building in Agra,
with her hands
tied, allegedly
by her husband
and his family, the
police said
on Saturday.

INDIA
03
New Delhi (ANI): BSP
chief Mayawati on Sat-
urday backed BJP-led
NDA Presidential can-
didate Draupadi Mur-
mu. Mayawati said the
BSP has taken this de-
cision neither in sup-
port of BJP or NDA nor
against opposition but
keeping her party and
movement in mind.
“We have decided to
support NDA’s Presi-
dential election candi-
date Draupadi Murmu.
We have taken this de-
cision neither in sup-
port of BJP or NDA
nor against opposition
but keeping our party
and movement in
mind,” said the BSP
chief.
BSP backs Draupadi,
but says‘not with BJP’
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): DefenceMinister
Rajnath Singh on Sat-
urday termed the 1975
emergency
, which was
declared 47 years ago,
as a “dark chapter” in
history of the country
.
“The imposition of
emergency in India 47
yearsagoissuchadark
chapter in the history
of this country
, which
can never be forgotten.
On this day
, all Indians
should not only dedi-
cate themselves to the
defence of democracy
but should also take a
pledge to maintain the
dignity of constitution
& institutions,” Singh
tweeted. Emergency
was declared for a
21-month period from
1975 to 1977 by the then
PM Indira Gandhi.
‘Emergency‘dark
chapter’ in history’
Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh has drawn
attention to a media
interview of Amit Shah in
which HM explained how
activist Teesta Setalvad’s
non-profit “gave base-
less info” to court and
investigators on 2002
Gujarat riots. Setalvad
was taken into custody
by the Gujarat Police’s
ATS from Mumbai, a
day after SC lashed out
at those who had “kept
pot boiling” on the 2002
Gujarat riots.
RAJNATH SPEAKS ON
SHAH’S INTERVIEW
Rebel Sena MLAs gave security personnel slip to reach Surat
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Much before
the rebellion by a sec-
tion of Shiv Sena MLAs
caught the party-led
Maharashtra govt off
guard and became the
talk of the town, these
legislators had accom-
plished the task of giv-
ing the slip to their se-
curity personnel in or-
der to head to Surat in
Gujarat and later to
Guwahati, where they
are camping at present.
While what unfolds
in the ongoing political
drama involving these
dissident MLAs led by
Sena minister Eknath
Shinde remains to be
seen, it is beyond doubt
that they succeeded in
throwing dust in the
eyes of their security
guards as well as party
workers in order to
keep their plan of es-
caping to the neigh-
bouring state a secret,
which has now given
rise to the talks of intel-
ligence failure.
A police official said
the legislators gave the
slip to their security of-
ficials and the police
personnel citing per-
sonal reasons so that
the govt machinery re-
mained clueless about
their plans.
From Tuesday
, Maha-
rashtra’s ruling alli-
ance -- the MVA -- start-
ed battling its worst
crisis since coming into
existence in 2019 after
Shinde rebelled against
the party and herded
some MLAs, initially to
Gujarat and later to As-
sam, both BJP-ruled
states. The crisis, which
erupted hours after
Legislative Council
polls held on June 20,
which saw the opposi-
tion BJP managing to
get its 5th candidate
elected. Shinde had
gone incommunicado
following the results.
Mumbai-based MLA
was sitting in his office
and sipping coconut wa-
ter when he told his
supporters that he
would return in a few
minutes and left the
place, he added. Anoth-
er party legislator said
that he had to go home
for some work. Yuva
Sena office-bearer was
travelling in his car, but
after some distance leg-
islator forced him to get
off and proceeded fur-
ther, he said.
Four of these MLAs-
-Urban Devp Minister
Eknath Shinde, MoS for
Home Shambhuraj De-
sai, ministers Abdul
Sattar and Sandipan
Bhumre - were guarded
by SPOs (special police
officers) and security
officials, but their secu-
rity personnel were not
aware of plans as their
itinerary was not dis-
closed to them, he said.
Police keep vigil outside hotel where a group of MLAs from Maha with Shinde are staying, in Guwahati.
Many of the MLAs,
who have been provid-
ed protection by the
state police department,
told their security per-
sonnel that they had
some personal work
and asked them to wait
until they return. How-
ever, they headed to Su-
rat after that without
informing them.
—Police Official
JD(U) THANKS
NITISH FOR CASTE
BASED CENSUS
AMIT SHAH CHAIRS
MEETING OVER
DISASTER MGMT
MOOSE WALA
MURDER: MANKIRT
AULAKH GETS A
CLEAN CHIT
CASE AGAINST
VARMA FOR TWEET
ON DRAUPADI
Patna: In an effort to
outwit ally BJP and take
the credit for the caste
census to be conducted
in Bihar, JD (U) leaders
and workers across
the state took out an
“Aabhar Yatra” in all
districts on Saturday to
thank CM Nitish Kumar
for taking the lead in
giving the go-ahead to
caste census. State BJP
said saffron party also
played a “crucial role”
in decision “as a senior
NDA alliance partner”.
New Delhi: Noting that
India is at the forefront
of the world in the field
of disaster manage-
ment, Union Home
Minister Amit Shah on
Friday asserted that
the country will further
strengthen its position
in this field by comple-
tion of the centenary of
Independence in 2047.
Regarding this, the Min-
istry of Home Affairs,
NDMA and National Di-
saster Response Force
(NDRF) are making full
efforts, Amit Shah said.
Mumbai: An important
update has come in
the slain singer Sidhu
Moose Wala’s case.
Reportedly, the AGTF
chief Parmod Ban has
given Mankirt Aulakh a
clean chit in the Sidhu
Moose Wala murder
case. Ban told the media
that Mankirt was being
implicated in the case
and that his name never
came up during the
investigation of Sidhu’s
assassination, suggest
reports.
New Delhi: Filmmaker
Ram Gopal Varma,
whose tweets often
land him in trouble,
has courted a fresh
controversy. A case has
been filed against him
for a controversial tweet
with a ‘Mahabharata’
reference on Droupadi
Murmu, the presidential
candidate of the BJP.
“If DRAUPADI is the
PRESIDENT who are
the PANDAVAS? And
more importantly, who
are the KAURAVAS?”
read his tweet.
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi will be visiting Ger-
many for G7 Summit and UAE later, from June 26 to
June 28, as stated by PMO
via a Departure Statement.
PM also looks forward to
meeting members of the
Indian Diaspora from across
Europe. PM believes that
Indian diaspora, not just
those living in Germany but all across Europe, plays a
key role, as they are contributing immensely to their
local economies as also enriching India’s relations.
Kolkata: A male patient, who had escaped from
his bed at a private hospital at Mullickbazar in the
central part of Kolkata and
sat on the edge of a cornice
on 7th floor for over 2
hours, fell off and critically
injured himself on Saturday,
a police official said. Sujit
Adhikary had sneaked to
the cornice through a gap in the glass window in the
ward where he was under treatment at the Institute
of Neuroscience.
Ajmer: Avula Subba Rao, director of a clutch of
centres of Sai Defence Academy in Telangana and
Andhra Pradesh and chief
conspirator in the violence
that rocked the Secunder-
abad railway station on
June 17 has been arrested
by police along with three
others. His motive was
to mount pressure on the government so that the
Agnipath scheme would be suspended, the Govt
Railway Police which arrested him said on Saturday.
PM MODI SAYS ‘LOOK FORWARD TO MEET
INDIAN DIASPORA’ AHEAD OF G7 SUMMIT
PATIENT FALLS FROM 7TH FLOOR OF HOSP
IN KOLKATA, CRITICALLY INJURED: REPORT
SECUNDERABAD VIOLENCE MASTERMIND
BOOKED FOR OVER TWO DOZEN CHARGES
CRUCIAL READ
Guwahati (Agencies):
The flood situation in
Assam remained grim
on Saturday with the
death count rising to
118 and Silchar town in
the Cachar district sub-
merged for 6th straight
day, officials said.
Ten more people have
died in the past 24 hours
-- two each from Barpe-
ta, Dhubri, Karimganj
and Udalguri districts
and one death each
from Cachar and Mo-
rigaon -- due to floods
and landslides. The to-
tal population affected
by the floods declined to
33.03 lakh in 28 districts
as against the previous
day's figure of 45.34
lakh in 30 districts, a
bulletin issued by AS-
DMA said. Worst flood-
affected dists in state is
Barpeta with 8,76,842
people in discomfort.
FLOOD SITUATION IN ASSAM REMAINS GRIM ON 6TH STRAIGHT DAY
10 MORE DIE IN LAST 24 HOURS
19 SFI activists
held in Rahul
office vandalism
case in Kerala
Kerala (ANI): 19 activ-
ists of the Students’ Fed-
eration of India, the stu-
dents wing of the ruling
CPI (M), have been ar-
rested and remanded so
far in connection with
the attack on Congress
MP Rahul Gandhi’s of-
fice here and more ar-
rests are expected on
Saturday
,policesaid.All
the arrested persons
were identified as SFI
activists and they were
remanded for 2 weeks.
Hours after SFI activists
vandalised the Wayanad
office of Gandhi, Left
govt on Friday ordered a
high-level probe by an
ADGP-rank officer &
suspendedKalpettaDSP
pending inquiry
.
Army personnel conducts a
rescue operation in the flood-
affected areas of Silchar, in
the Cachar district of Assam
on Saturday. (Inset) IAF
distributes relief materials.
KEY WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS
 IAF has rescued 253 stranded persons since June 21
 Nearly 3 lakh people are under distress in Silchar
 8 NDRF teams along with Army unit stationed
 Packets with food, water & essentials are being
airdropped
 Drones deployed for carrying out inundation mapping
Guwahati: To support
the people of Assam in
the ongoing floods that
have badly affected state,
Reliance Foundation has
contributed Rs 25 crore to
CMRF and also continues
its ground relief support
in the affected areas. Reli-
ance Fndn made contribu-
tion to CMRF on Friday.
Himanta Biswa Sarma
@himantabiswa
My deepest gratitude to
Shri Mukesh Ambani & Shri
Anant Ambani for standing
with the people of Assam at
this crucial juncture by do-
nating Rs 25 cr to CM Relief
Fund. We appreciate this
kind gesture. This will go a
long way in augmenting our
flood relief measures.
RELIANCE FNDN
CONTRIBUTES `25
CRORE TO CMRF
Mamata Banerjee in-
vited only selected par-
ties in the meeting she
called on June 15 to elect
an opposition candi-
date for the Presidential
election and when
Sharad Pawar called a
meeting on June 21,
then also BSP was not
invited. It shows their
casteism motives.
—Mayawati, BSP chief

PERSPECTIVE
04
l Vol 1 l Issue No. 297
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Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
The planned and systematic
destruction of our country’s
democratic institutions during
the dark days of the Emergency
by the Congress party will never
be forgotten. Today we remember
the great heroes who fought to
protect Indian democracy and
Constitutional values.
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur
The fact that total loans sanctioned
to MSMEs has increased by nearly
50% compared to pre-pandemic levels
is a clear indication that the lending
community is actively supporting the
resilience and regrowth of this sector.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Those who cling to
perceptions and views
wander the world
offending people.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
WHY IS PAK MUM
ON SAJID MIR,
MUMBAI ATTACK
MASTERMIND
akistan’s duplicity on
terror has been ex-
posed once again. Un-
til December 2021 Sa-
jid Mir, a senior
Lashkar-e-Toiba operative and
mastermind of 26/11 attack on
Mumbai, was declared untrace-
ablebythePakistangovernment.
It was only out of desperation to
get off the Financial Action Task
Force (FATF) ban list for finan-
cial aid that Pakistan announced
in December 2021 of Mir having
been taken into custody
. He was
earlier presumed dead. Paki-
stan’s claim is unverified and In-
dian authorities are awaiting a
formal communication from the
neighbouring government.
Mir, who carries a reward of
USD 5 million, has been on the
most wanted list of India and
America. India considers him to
be more dangerous than Hafiz
Saeed, the LeT chief. His organ-
isational role in the deadly ter-
ror attack on Mumbai was con-
firmed by David Headley, the
Pakistani-American who visited
Mumbai to finalise the targets.
The FBI describes him as the
chief planner of Mumbai at-
tacks.
TOP TWEETS
P
he right-wing jus-
tices in the US SC
threw out a
50-year-old ruling
granting women
abortionrightsexposingtheir
chauvinistic attitude. The
overturning of old judgment,
famous as Roe v Wade abor-
tion access case, has led to a
social&politicaluproarinthe
US. Women staged protests
and President Joe Biden
warned Republicans of judg-
ment’s repercussions in polls
due later this year.
The regressive judgment
which will jeopardise wom-
en’s reproductive health “has
stripped women, girls and all
persons capable of becoming
pregnant in the country, of
existing legal protections
that are necessary to ensure
their ability to determine the
course of their lives and to
live with dignity”, the UN Hu-
man Rights Commission said
in its denunciation of the
judgment which does not al-
low a woman to abort even if
the pregnancy is due to a rape
or incest.
With the ban on termina-
tion of pregnancies America
has become more retrograde
than even Af where abortion
is allowed to save a woman’s
life. Catholic Ireland and
Northern Island also allow
abortions. Judgment puts US
alongside some of backward
countries like Dominican Re-
public, El Salvador, Jamaica,
Iraq,Honduras&Andorraetc.
American women are
ready for a long battle to win
back their right but what the
judgment exposes is the pit-
fall of having a politically
committed judiciary
. Consti-
tutional rights of people are
of lesser importance to such
judges than upholding politi-
cal ideologies. In some demo-
cratic countries judges hide
their political leanings be-
hind the façade of fairness.
WHEN JUDICIARY
GETS POLITICISED
The overturning of the
old judgment, famous
as Roe v Wade abortion
access case, has led to
a social and political
uproar in the US.
Women staged protests
and President Joe Biden
warned Republicans of the
judgment’s repercussions
in polls due later this year
T
ABOUT PREZ POLL AND
MAHAPOLITICALDRAMA
n New Delhi democracy has
triumphed. In Maharashtra,
it has for the time being taken
an unseemly beating. More
on this later in the article.
The Indian Foreign Service
has provided the country
with one Rashtrapati, two Up-
Rashtrapati and two External
Affairs Ministers and several
other Cabinet Ministers.
KR Narayan was the sec-
ond person to be elected Vice-
President and President. The
firstwasDrSRadhakrishnan.
The former came from the
Scheduled Caste. The latter
was a high class Brahmin.
For the Presidential elec-
tion to be held on July 18, the
NDA has seleceted Smt.
Draupdi Murmu. She is a
SanthalAdavasifromMaurb-
hange in Orissa. Her election
is a foregone conclusion. Her
opponent is Yashwant Sinha,
a former IAS officer who, af-
ter resigning from the IAS
was Finance and External
Affairs Minister in the Vaj-
payee Government.
Three well-known, nation-
allyadmiredpersonalitieshad
declined to contest the Presi-
dential election- S/s Sharad
Pawar, Farook Abdullah and
Gopal Krishna Gandhi. He is
Gandhiji’s grandson.
Smt. Murmu filed her nom-
inationonFriday
,intheRajya
Sabha Secretariat. She lost
hertwosonsandhusbandsev-
eral years ago. It has been a
life of searing sorrow. But her
inner strength and uncom-
mon serenity have seen her
through life and to be become
Rashrapati next month. Mad-
ame the good wishes of 1.4 bil-
lion Indians are with you.
MAHA CRISIS DEEPENS
Maharashtra is the second
most important state in India.
In Bombay the Congress was
founded in 1885. It is still the
richest city in the country
.
Broadly speaking it is still,
politically and commercially
a magnetic metropolis. Ma-
rine Drive, Chowpati, Juhu,
Malabar Hill are eye catching
land marks. The city has first
rate book shops. Bollywood
provides the glamour. The
slums hugely diminish it.
What is happening politi-
cally in Mumbai at the mo-
ment is nothing short of a
tragic, comic and alarming
farce. Shri Shinde and his 30
or is it 35 or 40 MLA’s are in
Guwahati. Shri Eknath Shin-
de was not so long ago num-
ber two in Shri Uddhav
Thackeray’s cabinet. If there
at present a government in
Maharashtra. Only Sh.
Sharad Pawar probably has
the answer. He is the most as-
tute and experienced politi-
cian in India. Shri Uddhav
Thackeray’s son, Aditya
Thackeray-he is a cabinet
minister remarked on June
24th, “Our own people be-
trayed us. My father under-
went surgery and could not
meet people. They took ad-
vantage of his illness. I feel
angry about this.”
His father (is he still the
Chief Minister) said the
same day, “I may have left the
Chief Minister’s official resi-
dence (Varsha), but not my
determination to fight back.
You should keep(the) Thack-
eray name out of your poli-
tics and see if you can sur-
vive. One can never detach
the Thackeray from Sena”.
Shri Uddhav’s intense dislike
of the BJP is not a secret.
Will Shri Eknath Shinde em-
brace the 105 BJP, MLAs?
What role will the Gover-
nor and Speaker play
. So far it
is not known, except perhaps
to a few insiders. The haemor-
rhaging of both sides is doing
much harm to both groups
and more importantly to the
political process in the state.
The media is running from
pillar to post. Many of its Pan-
ditsthinkthattheyknowwhat
is going on. Alas! They don’t.
Politicians display genius
while dealing with the media.
They don’t give false informa-
tion, only 25% of reality
.
At times even the politi-
cians do not know which way
the political wind is blowing.
I am aware that by the time
this article is published,
fresh elections could be an-
nounced.SomeM.L.A’smight
ditch Shri Eknath Shinde.
Who knows. Let’s wait and
see. This is the advice of an
ex-politician.
The Supreme Court of the
United States has put the
abortion clock fifty, if not
more years back. From 1973
till last Friday abortion was
legal. No longer so. The pre-
sent Supreme Court is con-
servative. President Triumph
appointed three conservative
judges. Supreme Court Judg-
es- 9 in number are appointed
for life. President Biden spoke
frankly and passionately
against the verdict.
According to recent Gallu-
pole only 25% of Americans
have confidence in the Su-
preme Court. Only 13% Dem-
ocrats have any faith in the
Supreme Court.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
I
The SC of the United States
has put the abortion clock
fifty, if not more years
back. From 1973 till last
Friday abortion was legal.
No longer so. The present
Supreme Court is
conservative. President
Triumph appointed three
conservative judges.
Supreme Court Judges- 9 in
number are appointed for
life. President Biden spoke
frankly and passionately
against the verdict.
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India
What is happening politically in Mumbai at
the moment is nothing short of a tragic,
comic and alarming farce. Shinde and his
30 or is it 35 or 40 MLAs are in Guwahati.
Shinde was not so long ago number two in
Uddhav Thackeray’s cabinet
Draupadi Murmu
Yashwant Sinha

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BIZ BUZZ
06
New Delhi (PTI): The
government has extend-
ed the time for levy of
GST compensation cess
by nearly four years till
March 31, 2026.
As per the Goods and
Services Tax (Period of
Levy and Collection of
Cess) Rules, 2022, noti-
fied by the finance min-
istry, the compensation
cess will continue to be
levied from July 1, 2022
to March 31, 2026.
The levy of cess was
to end on June 30 but the
GST Council, chaired
by Union Finance Min-
ister Nirmala Sithara-
man and comprising
state FMs, decided to
extend it till March 2026
to repay the loans taken
in the last two fiscal
years to make up for the
shortfall in their reve-
nue collection.
After the 45th GST
Council meeting in Luc-
know in September last
year, Sitharaman had
said the regime of pay-
ing compensation to
states for revenue short-
fall resulting from sub-
suming their taxes such
as VAT in the uniform
national tax GST, will
end in June 2022.
However, the compen-
sation cess, levied on
luxury and demerit
goods, will continue to
be collected till March
2026 to repay the bor-
rowings that were done
in 2020-21 and 2021-22 to
compensate states for
GST revenue loss.
In order to meet the
resource gap of states
due to short release of
compensation, the Cen-
tre has borrowed and
released Rs 1.1 lakh
crore in 2020-21 and Rs
1.59 lakh crore in 2021-22
as back-to-back loan to
meet a part of the short-
fall in cess collection.
TheCentrehasrepaid
Rs 7,500 crore as interest
cost for the borrowing
in 2021-22 and Rs 14,000
crore is to be paid this
fiscalyear.From2023-24,
therepaymentof princi-
pal amount will start
which will continue till
March 2026.
Goods and Services
Tax (GST) was intro-
duced in the country
with effect from July 1,
2017 and states were as-
sured of compensation
for the loss of any rev-
enue arising on ac-
count of implementa-
tion of GST for a period
of five years.
Though states’ pro-
tected revenue has been
growing at 14 per cent
compounded growth
rate, the cess collection
did not increase in the
same proportion and
COVID-19 further in-
creased the gap between
protected revenue and
the actual revenue re-
ceipt including reduc-
tion in cess collection.
Mumbai (PTI): Net
profits of manufactur-
ing companies surged
by 50.2 per cent during
2021-22, the input cost
pressures notwith-
standing, the Reserve
Bank of India has said.
Net profit also in-
creased for the infor-
mation technology (IT)
companies, whereas
the non-IT services
sector continued to re-
cord losses at the ag-
gregate level, it said.
The data on the per-
formance of the pri-
vate corporate sector
during 2021-22 drawn
from abridged finan-
cial results of 3,166
listed non-government
non-financial (NGNF)
companies.
Operating profit
margins remained
healthy for all the
three sectors. Net prof-
it margins remained
stable for manufactur-
ing and IT companies,
whereas it remained in
the negative terrain
for non-IT services
companies.
The data further
showed that private
corporate sales and
profitability recorded
healthy growth in dur-
ing 2021-22 as the ef-
fects of the Covid-19
pandemic subsided
and economic activi-
ties recovered, espe-
cially in the second
half of the year.
“Sales of 1,865 listed
private manufacturing
companies witnessed
broad based recovery
and expanded by 36.7
per cent during 2021-22
as compared with a
contraction of 2.8 per
cent in the preceding
year; both volume and
price components con-
tributed to the higher
growth and it was also
aided by favourable
base effects,” it said.
IT companies also
improved their perfor-
mance and their sales
growth accelerated to
19.8 per cent from 4.4
per cent in the previ-
ous year.
Sales in non-IT ser-
vices sector made a
broad based recovery
in 2021-22, registering
27.2 per cent annual ex-
pansion as against 14.6
per cent decline in the
previous year.
New Delhi (PTI): Tata
Power Solar Systems on
Saturday said it has
commissioned India’s
largest floating solar
power project of 101.6
Megawatt Peak (MWp)
in Kerala backwaters.
The project is in-
stalled on a 350-acre wa-
ter body in Kayamku-
lam, Kerala, a company
statement said.
The installation was
completed within the
stipulated period, de-
spite the arduous chal-
lenges of variable water
depths, high sea tides,
and severe water salinity
concerns, it stated.
Tata Power Solar is a
wholly-owned subsidi-
ary of Tata Power.
This project is the
first in the Floating So-
lar Photovoltaic (FSPV)
through power pur-
chase agreement cate-
gory, the company said.
“The commissioning
of India’s first and larg-
est floating solar project
is an innovative and in-
cremental step toward
meeting India’s sustain-
able energy goals,” said
Praveer Sinha, CEO,
and MD, Tata Power.
A power purchase
agreement has been
signedwithaPSUclient,
wherein the entire pow-
er generated from this
plant will be used by
Kerela State Electricity
Board (KSEB). Interest-
ingly, all the solar mod-
ules used in this plant
were safely transported,
unloaded, and stored on
a limited parcel of land
for about 35 days by Tata
Power Solar, it said.
new car safety assess-
ment programme,
Bharat NCAP, which
proposesamechanism
of awarding ‘Star Rat-
ings’ to automobiles
based upon their per-
formance in crash
tests, will be rolled out
from April 1, 2023, an
official statement said
on Saturday
.
According to the
statement, Bharat
NCAP is applicable on
type approved motor
vehicles of category M1
(motor vehicles used
for the carriage of pas-
sengers, comprising
eight seats, in addition
to driver’s seat) with
gross vehicle weight
less than 3.5 tonnes,
manufactured or im-
ported in the country.
The standard is
aligned with global
benchmarks and it is
beyond minimum regu-
latory requirements, it
said. The statement
said Bharat NCAP rat-
ing will provide con-
sumers an indication
of the level of protec-
tion offered to occu-
pants by evaluating the
vehicle in the areas of
adult occupant protec-
tion, child occupant
protection and safety
assist technologies.
New Delhi (PTI): Debt-
ridden Future Enter-
prises Ltd (FEL) has
defaulted on interest
payment of Rs 4.10
crore for its non-con-
vertible debentures.
The due date for pay-
ment was June 24, 2022,
FEL said in a regulato-
ry filing.
“The Company is un-
able to service its obliga-
tions in respect of the
interest on Non-Convert-
ible Debentures was due
on June 24, 2022,” it said.
This is the fourth de-
fault in June by the
Kishore Biyani-led Fu-
ture group firm.
Earlier this week,
FEL defaulted twice on
interest payments of Rs
85.71 lakh and Rs 6.07
croreforitsnon-convert-
ible debentures. FEL
had made another de-
fault on the payment of
interest of Rs 1.41 crore,
earlier this month.
The latest default is
on the interest of secu-
rities issued for a sum
of Rs 40 crore.
FEL has defaulted on
interest payment for
the period between
June 24, 2021, to June 23,
2022, it said.
The debentures are
secured and have a cou-
pon rate of 10.25 per cent
per annum. In April,
FEL had informed the
exchanges about a de-
fault of Rs 2,835.65 crore
towards its consortium
of banks. Its due date
was March 31, 2022.
NBFCs should
diversify risks:
Ex-SBI chairman
Kolkata (PTI):
Non-banking finan-
cial companies need
to diversify risks
across sectors and
geographies, as well
as maintain capital
adequacy norms
and introduce core
banking solutions
going ahead, former
SBI chairman Rajnish
Kumar said. He also
said the risk-taking
abilities of NBFCs
are higher than
banks, and that the
regulatory stance
will become tougher,
with the regulation
arbitrage between
lenders, non-bank-
ing entities.
Forex reserves
dip by $5.87 bn
to $590.588 bn
Flipkart inks
MoU with SERP
Mumbai (PTI):
The country’s
foreign exchange
reserves declined
by $5.87 billion to
$590.588 billion in
the week ended on
June 17, the RBI
data showed. In
the previous week,
the reserves had
dropped by $4.599
bn to $596.458
bn. In the report-
ing week, the forex
reserves fell due
to a dip in FCAs,
a major compo-
nent of the overall
reserves.
Hyderabad (PTI):
Flipkart, India’s
homegrown e-com-
merce marketplace,
on Saturday said it
signed a MoU with
the SERP, Telanga-
na to enable mar-
ket access for FPOs
and SHGs in the
state. The MoU was
exchanged between
Sandeep Kumar
Sultania, Secretary,
Panchayat Raj &
Rural Development,
Telangana and Sm-
rithi Ravichandran,
Vice President and
Head of Grocery,
Flipkart, at an event
held here, a press
release from the
e-commerce
giant said.
Dish TV EGM: 79% voters
reject proposal to reappoint
Jawahar Goel as company MD
New Delhi (PTI): A to-
tal of 78.94% of the
votes polled in the Dish
TV extraordinary meet-
ing (EGM) were against
the resolution to reap-
point Jawahar Goel as
the Managing Director.
Goel, who represents
the promoter group in
Dish TV, could get only
21.05% vote in favour of
his reappointment for
three more years, said a
regulatory filing by the
DTH operator, updating
disclosure of voting re-
sults of EGM.
A total of 128.54 crore
votes were polled in the
EGM, which was held
on Friday through vid-
eo conferencing and
other audio-visual
means. This is a major
victory for Dish TV’s
largest shareholder and
private sector lender
Yes Bank Ltd (YBL),
which holds over 24%
share in the company.
Net profits of manufacturing cos surged by 50.2%
UPWARD TREND
GST compensation cess levy
extended till March 2026
It was extended to repay the loans
taken in the last 2 financial years
Bharat NCAP vehicle
safety prog to be rolled
out from April next year
India’s domestic raw coking
coal production may touch
140 MT by 2030
New Delhi (PTI):
The government on
Saturday said the
country’s domestic
raw coking coal out-
put may touch 140
million tonnes (MT)
by 2030 from the pre-
sent 51.7 MT.
Coking coal is an
essential raw mate-
rial for the produc-
tion of iron and steel.
“With...T rans-
formative measures
taken by Ministry of
Coal under ‘At-
manirbhar Bharat’
initiative of PM, do-
mestic raw coking
coal production is
likely to reach 140
MT by 2030,” the coal
ministry said in a
statement.
To further in-
crease the output of
raw coking coal, the
Centre has auctioned
10 coking coal blocks
to the private sector,
with a peak rated ca-
pacity (PRC) of 22.5
MT during the last
two years. Most of
these blocks are ex-
pected to start pro-
duction by 2025.
The ministry has
also identified four
coking coal blocks
and the Central Mine
Planning and Design
Institute (CMPDI)
will also finalise geo-
logical reserves (GR)
for 4 to 6 new coking
coal blocks in the
next two months, the
statement said.
These blocks may
be offered in subse-
quent rounds of sale
for the private sector
to further step up do-
mestic raw coking
coal supply in the
country. Coal India
Ltd (CIL), which ac-
counts for over 80 per
cent of domestic coal
output, has planned
to increase raw cok-
ing coal production
from existing mines
up to 26 MT and iden-
tified nine new
mines with peak rat-
ed capacity of about
20 MT by FY25.
Coking coal is an
essential raw
material for the
production of iron
and steel.
Tata Power arm commissions India’s
largest floating solar project in Kerala
Future Enterprises Limited defaults on
`4.10 crore interest payment for NCDs
ON RECOVERY PATH

07
NEWS
Govt plans easy visa norms, boosting medical infra in 17 cities
Payal Banerjee
govt has drawn up a plan
to augment the medical
infrastructures of 17 cit-
ies, which see an inflow
of a lot of overseas pa-
tients for treatment and
wellness therapies, in a
bid to boost medical
travel as part of its ‘Heal
in India’ initiative.
Besides, the health
ministry is working on
easing medical visa
norms and other re-
quirements for patients
and their companions
from 44 countries identi-
fied based on the num-
ber of patients visiting
India, and the quality
and cost of medical
treatment there, official
sources told PTI.
These are predomi-
nantly African, Latin
American countries and
also members of the
SAARC and Gulf Coop-
eration Council group-
ings, they said.
Through ‘Heal In In-
dia’, the government
aims at positioning the
country as a global hub
for medical and wellness
tourism, and a destina-
tion of choice for quality
healthcare services.
The Union Health
Ministry is collaborat-
ing with Tourism,
Ayush, Civil Aviation
ministries, hospitals
and other stakeholders
to build a roadmap to
connect overseas pa-
tients with healthcare
facilities in India to
boost medical travel.
As part of executing
the initiative, a nodal
agency — Medical Value
Travel Council — co-
chaired by the health
and tourism ministries
has been formed to cre-
ate an institutional
framework for stream-
lined integration of all
stakeholders, official
sources said. According
to estimates, the medical
tourism market which
was valued at USD 6 bil-
lion in 2020 fiscal is ex-
pected to more than dou-
ble and reach USD 13
billion by 2026.
Thirty-seven hospi-
tals including 30 in the
private sector across 17
cities in 12 states have
been identified for pro-
moting medical value
travel, a source said.
The cities that will be
targeted in phase one of
the initiative are New
Delhi, Pune,
Ahmedabad, Gurugram,
Bangaluru, Amritsar,
Kochi, Coimbatore,
Mumbai, Kolkata, Gun-
tur, Alappuzha, Guwa-
hati, Chennai, Chandi-
garh, Vellore and Hy-
derabad.
“Based on target
countries, more lan-
guage interpreters can
be provided at airports
and hospitals. One-stop
centres may be set up at
the identified airports
for queries related to
medical travel, trans-
port, boarding and lodg-
ing among others,” the
official source said.
The health ministry,
in collaboration with the
National Health Author-
ity, is also working on
developing a portal as a
one-stop shop for servic-
es provided by medical
travel facilitators and
hospitals with an inter-
face for foreign patients.
Also the cost of treatment in
India is two to three times
lesser than in most countries.
Medical treatment in India
is 65 to 80 per cent cheaper
than in the USA. Also, India
offers Ayurveda, yoga and
naturopathy, Unani, Siddha
and homoeopathy,” the
source explained.
‘WILL FIGHT 2023
POLLSCOLLECTIVELY’
Senior K’taka Cong leader
Parameshwara says party
will unitedly contest polls
Rules out speculations of
being sidelined in the party
and planning to join BJP
Bengaluru (PTI): Sen-
iorKarnatakaCongress
leader G Paramesh-
wara on Saturday said
the party will face the
state assembly polls
scheduled for next year
under a collective lead-
ership.
Ruling out specula-
tion that he was sulk-
ing over being side-
lined in the party and
planning to join the
BJP, the former deputy
chief minister in reply
to a question on his
chief ministerial aspi-
rations, maintained
that the party high
command will decide
in this regard, when
Congress comes to pow-
er in the state.
“Our (state) presi-
dent DK Shivakumar
has said it will be collec-
tive leadership...we will
go (for polls) under col-
lective leadership,”
Parameshwara told re-
porters in response to a
question whether Con-
gress will face the 2023
assembly polls under
Siddaramaiah (Con-
gress Legislature Party
leader) or Shivaku-
mar’s leadership.
To a question wheth-
er he was upset over not
being given an appro-
priate position in the
party, Parameshwara
said, “No, I’m not upset.
I have worked as the
party president succes-
sively for eight years
and also as Deputy
Chief Minister in the
(coalition) government,
I’m not unhappy or up-
set.”
Asked about talks in
the political circles that
he may join the BJP, the
former KPCC chief
merely said, “I don’t
know about it.”
The message of col-
lective leadership from
a senior party leader
comes amidst ongoing
political one-upman-
ship between Shivaku-
mar and Siddaramaiah,
both nursing Chief
Ministerial ambitions
on Congress coming to
power.
Asked about him
raising in the past the
issue of Karnataka not
having a Dalit CM, Par-
ameshwara, who hails
from the community,
said, according to the
situation several people
express their opinion,
and as of now the only
intention is to bring the
party to power.
Stating that there is
nothing to be surprised
about several leaders
in the Congress being
in the race for the
Chief Minister’s post,
Parameshwara said
there are several sen-
ior leaders who have
served the party for
decades and it is natu-
ral for them to have a
desire.
Chandigarh (PTI):
Punjab is in an econom-
ic morass and debt trap,
said the White Paper on
state finances present-
ed in the state Assembly
here on Saturday
.
The document pre-
sented by Finance Min-
ister Harpal Singh
Cheema blamed previ-
ous governments for
the fiscal mess.
According to the
document tabled two
days ahead of the pres-
entation of the state
budget in the House,
“Today, Punjab is in an
economic morass and
debt trap.”
“The previous gov-
ernments, instead of
applying necessary cor-
rectives, continued to
slip into fiscal profliga-
cy, as evident from un-
checked increase in un-
productive revenue ex-
penditure, freebies and
unmerited subsidies,
virtual collapse in the
capital and social sector
investments vital for fu-
ture growth and non-
realisation of its poten-
tial tax and non-tax rev-
enues,” it said.
“The White Paper on
the state finances is an
attempt to simplify the
complex issues/prob-
lems being faced by the
Punjab government in
the field of finance,
which has become
grave over time due to
imprudence of govern-
ments of the past,” said
the 73-page document.
It said the current ef-
fective outstanding
debt of Punjab stands
at Rs 2.63 lakh crore,
which is 45.88 per cent
of the SGDP.
“The current debt in-
dicators of the state are
probably the worst in
the country, pushing it
deeper into a debt
trap,” it said.
‘PUNJAB IN DEBT TRAP’
AAP govt inherited liability of
` 24,351.29 crore: White Paper
Punjab Finance Minister
Harpal Singh Cheema.
4 arrested for
marrying minor
in U’khand
Normal life affected in 3 north Bengal districts
Rishikesh (PTI): Four
persons have been ar-
rested here for marry-
ing off a minor girl for-
cibly to a man twice her
age, police said on Sat-
urday. Those arrested
include the minor girl’s
mother and her hus-
band, Rishikesh police
station SHO Ravi Ku-
mar Saini said.
Police was informed
on Friday that a 14-year-
old girl was being mar-
ried off forcibly to a
28-year-old man at Man-
sa Devi temple.
Jalpaiguri (PTI):
Low-lying areas of
three districts in the
northern part of West
Bengal — Jalpaiguri,
Alipurduar,andCooch-
behar — have been in-
undated following in-
cessant rainfall over
the past few days, offi-
cials said on Saturday.
Bhasusubba and
Champadanga in Mal
Block and areas such
as Dhupguri, Moina-
guri, and Sukanta Na-
gar in Jalpaiguri dis-
trict are reeling under
a flood-like situation,
they said. Meanwhile,
the Teesta river’s Ga-
joldoba barrage has
been releasing water
every hour due to
heavy rainfall in Bhu-
tan and Dooars region.
The barrage has re-
leased 1802.82 cumec
water at 1 pm on Satur-
day
, the Assistant Engi-
neer of the Irrigation
Department, in Jal-
paiguri, Tanai Taluk-
dar said. The IMD has
forecast heavy rainfall
during the next five
days in Alipurduar
and Coochbehar.
Maharashtrapoliticalcrisis:MP
NavneetRanacallsforprezrule
‘The Life and Times of George
Fernandes’ to hit stands next month
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Amid the in-
tensifying crisis in MVA
govt, Amravati MP
Navneet Rana on Satur-
day called for presiden-
tial rule in Maharash-
tra. “I request Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah to provide security
to families of MLAs who
are leaving Uddhav
Thackeray and making
their own decisions,
staying connected with
Balasaheb’s ideology.
Uddhav Thackeray’s
goondaism should be
ended. I request for
President’s Rule in the
state,” said Rana. This
came after Shiv Sena
workers ransacked the
office of rebel party
MLA Tanaji Sawant in
Pune on Saturday, amid
intensifying political
turmoil in the state.
Sawant is one of the
rebel Shiv Sena MLAs
of the Eknath Shinde
faction and is currently
camping in Guwahati,
Assam.
The Shiv Sena work-
ers allegedly vandalised
Sawant’s office in Balaji
area of Katraj in Pune.
—With ANI inputs
New Delhi (PTI): A
new biography of one
of India’s most fire-
brand union leaders
and former Central
minister George Fer-
nandes will trace his
journey from the
streets of Bombay to
the corridors of power
in Delhi, announced
the Penguin Random
House India (PRHI) on
Saturday
.
“The Life and Times
of George Fernandes”,
written by Rahul Rama-
gundam, will be re-
leased under Penguin’s
‘Allen Lane’ imprint on
July 25.
The announcement
of the “first compre-
hensive biography” on
the veteran socialist
leader, widely consid-
ered an anti-Emergen-
cy hero, marks the 47th
anniversary of the
Emergency
.
Fernandes, born on
June 3, 1930, in Manga-
lore to a Christian fam-
ily, burst into national
limelight when as a
trade unionist in Mum-
bai he organised a Rail-
ways strike in 1974 that
brought the country to
a standstill.
MP Navneet Rana
George Fernandes
NMAobservesBandaBahadur’smartyrdomday
First India Bureau
New Delhi: National
Monuments Authority
observed the Martyr-
dom Day of the great
warrior Banda Bahadur
at Red Fort in New Del-
hi. The Martyrdom Day
of the great ruler falls
today by Indian Calen-
dar.
The event at Red Fort
Lawns was attended by
Minister of state for
Culture and External
Affairs Meenakshi Le-
khi along with NMA
Chairman Shri Tarun
Vijay and Baba Jatinder
Pal Singh Sodhi, tenth
generation descendant
of Banda Bahadur.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, Meenakashi Lekhi
said that Banda Baha-
dur defended the hon-
our of hisreligion by
sacrificing his life and
his courage should not
be forgotten. The Union
Minister assured all
support for declaring
Banda Bahadur martyr-
dom place anational
monument.
Shalini Bhardwaj
New Delhi: In a rare
surgery, doctors at In-
dian Spinal Injury
Center (ISC) in Delhi
removed 16 stones
weighing 500 gms from
a 29-year-old paralyzed
(paraplegic) man’s blad-
der this month.
Deepak, a resident of
Morena in Madhya
Pradesh, had a spine in-
jury two years ago when
he fell from the terrace
of his house. He had
sustained a spine injury
during the fall in the
form of a compression
fracture at the D12 spine
level. He was under
treatment at ISIC for the
same when he was re-
ferred to Dr HS Chhabra
for treatment and reha-
bilitation purposes.
Deepak was undergo-
ing rehabilitation when
he was evaluated for
having urinary prob-
lems as well.
AscanbyDrPrashant
Jain at a Private hospi-
tal and his team re-
vealed that the bladder
was having 16 stones
and they were of good
size.
“In all paraplegic pa-
tients, there are lower
urinary tract infections,
where the bladder and
bowel are involved. His
bladder was also not
functioning well, and he
had to put a catheter
into that. We call it a
secondary neurogenic
bladder. When he came
to us, his case had refer-
ence to the urology de-
partment as well. When
I examined him, he had
many stones in the
bladder which were si-
lently growing,” said
Dr Prashant Jain con-
sultant surgeon at
Urology Andrology
department at ISIC,
New Delhi. —ANI
500 gm stones removed from man’s bladder
BANDA BAHADUR
SACRIFICED HIS
LIFE TO PROTECT
RELIGION
Doctors removed 16 stones weighing from a paralyzed man’s
bladder this month.
No, I’m not upset. I have
worked as the party
president successively
for eight years and also
as Deputy Chief Minis-
ter in the (coalition)
government, I’m not
unhappy or upset.
—G Parameshwara,
Senior Karnataka Congress leader
Senior Karnataka Congress leader G Parameshwara.

08
2NDFRONT
Forgiveness does not change the
past, but it sure does change the
future.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Bring all...
Saxena said that non-
payment of property
tax by as many as 65 per
cent of the owners was
an unfortunate, unfair
and unviable situation.
“The entire city, and
not only the 35 per cent
of residents of 11 lakh
houses in regularised
colonies,wasavailingof
amenities and services
offeredbythemunicipal
corporation. It would
only be fair and justified
that all pay property tax
at differential rates as
per their respective self-
assessed financial sta-
tus,” he said.
He instructed offi-
cials to simplify the
forms for property tax
registration and ensure
its Aadhaar linkage to
help people come out
and pay their taxes.
In this regard, the LG
asked officials to take
the people and resident
welfare associations
(RWAs) on board and ad-
dress their concerns.
Such partnership with
the people, he said, will
notonlyfacilitatehonest
self-assessment on part
of the assesses but also
increase tax collection.
According to the of-
ficials, there is hardly
any tax collection from
unauthorised colony ar-
eas so the civic body is
considering to tap big
commercial properties
in such localities and
realise tax from them.
They said any formal
proposal in this connec-
tion is yet to be moved
buttheplanisunderdis-
cussion at MCD meet-
ings on financial issues.
AnMCDofficialsaidthe
civic body is planning to
widenitstaxnettoboost
revenue generation un-
der which it is also like-
ly to review its property
tax collection system in
awaythatitdoesnotput
burden on people.
Delhi government on
Saturday asked vehicle
owners to obtain valid
pollution under con-
trol certificate (PUCC)
to avoid penal actions,
including disqualifica-
tion of their driving
licence for three
months, in a move to
control pollution in the
national capital.
In a public notice,
the Transport depart-
ment said it will issue
challans to those vehi-
cles whose PUCC has
expired. The challan
will be issued under
section 190(2) of the
Motor Vehicles Act,
1988, which states that
failure to possess
PUCC may lead to im-
prisonment up to three
months or fine up to Rs
10000 or both.
“They will also be
disqualified to hold
their licence for three
months,” it read.
The notice said that
all those registered ve-
hicle owners whose ve-
hicles are more than a
year old from the date of
registration should get
their vehicles checked
and obtain a valid PUCC
to avoid fine.
In a bid to curb ve-
hicular pollution, the
Delhi government has
decided to ban the en-
try of medium and
heavy goods vehicles to
the national capital
from October to Febru-
ary, officials had said.
Vehicles carrying
raw vegetables, fruits,
grains, milk and such
essential commodities
will, however, be al-
lowed, they said.
On June 15, the Delhi
government had writ-
ten to its neighbouring
states, including Hary-
ana and Uttar Pradesh,
urging them to allow
only BS VI-compliant
buses to enter the na-
tional capital from Oc-
tober 1 in order to help
control air pollution in
the city.
OBTAIN VALID PUC CERTIFICATE OR FACE
ACTION: DELHI GOVT TO VEHICLE OWNERS
The City Government’s move is aimed at controlling pollution in the national capital
First India Bureau
Sikar: Rajasthan CM
Ashok Gehlot has opened
a front against Union
Minister Gajendra Singh
Shekhawatwhilealsogiv-
ing a cursory mention of
formerDeputyCMSachin
Pilot over the alleged top-
pling attempt and the vi-
ral phone audio clip.
On the issue of notice
beingservedtoShekhawat
inthecaserelatedtohorse-
trading, CM said in ges-
tures that Singh and Pilot
wereinvolvedinaconspir-
acy to topple the govern-
ment. He said in Sikar,
“Everyoneknowsthatyou
conspired to topple the
government. Now you are
takingthenameof Sachin
Pilot that he made a mis-
take.Sothisisproof,ithas
your stamp. You were in-
volved with them.”
“The minister is saying
thatif SachinPilothadnot
missed the chance and if
the government had
changedinRajasthan,then
water would have come
(through ERCP) in the
state.CanaUnionminister
speak such a language?
What can be more shame-
ful than this,” he said.
Gehlotadded,“Thelaw
is doing its job. Gajendra
Singh has been served
noticelate.Hekeptavoid-
ing the issue, finally the
notice from the court has
been served. What’s
wrong with giving them
voicesamples?Theyhave
alsoacceptedintheDelhi
courtthatitistheirvoice.
The police has also ac-
cepted in the affidavit.
The case he has filed
againstLokeshSharmais
akin to Ulta Chor Kotwal
Ko Daante. You were the
maincharacterinattempt
madetotopplethegovern-
mentandeveryoneknows
that you have been ex-
posed. When the audio
went viral, everyone real-
isedthevoiceisyours,you
yourself conspired to top-
ple the government. Now
you who naming Sachin
Pilotjithathehadmadea
mistake, then it is a
stronger proof, you have
stampedyourself thatyou
had colluded with him.”
Gehlot claimed that
Shekhawatmadetwomis-
takes.“Firstly
,hesaidthat
thePrimeMinisterdidnot
promise to the public
about ERCP
. I myself was
present in Ajmer and he
claimed that if this is
proved that PM didn’t say
anything,hewillquitpoli-
tics.Sothepeoplearewait-
ing as to when he leaves
politics. Secondly
, he said
recently that if Sachin Pi-
lot ji had succeeded, the
water from ERCP would
havereached.Itisamatter
of 13 districts. The people
of 13 districts will clear
them out this time be-
cause there is so much re-
sentment.Youaretherep-
resentative of Rajasthan
and have such an impor-
tantdepartment.Cantyou
convince the PM to make
this scheme a national
scheme in interest of Ra-
jasthan. If he cant get it
done, what then is his
moral authority to make
random claims,” Gehlot
questioned.
TARGETING SHEKHAWAT, GEHLOT HINTS
AT SACHIN PILOT-BJP TOPPLING ATTEMPT!
FROM PG 1
HEAVY PENALTIES
AAP MLA Ajay Dutt
receives death threat
New Delhi (PTI):
Aam Aadmi Party
MLA Ajay Dutt re-
ceived extortion calls
and death threats on
his phone days after
its Burari legislator
Sanjeev Jha got simi-
larcalls,thepartysaid
on Saturday and de-
manded swift action
by the Delhi Police.
Addressing a joint
press conference
with the two MLAs,
AAPnationalspokes-
person Sanjay Singh
said law and order
has “completely col-
lapsed” in Delhi and
sought Union Home
Minister Amit
Shah’s intervention
for the protection of
the common citizens.
“
After our MLA
SanjeevJhareceiveda
threat call on June 20,
we lodged an FIR on
June 21 and the case
washandedovertothe
Delhi Police’s Special
Cell. Despite this, Jha
has received as many
as 24 extortion calls so
far. Now, MLA Ajay
Dutt has received ex-
tortioncallsanddeath
threats.,” Singh said.
Ashok Gehlot
WHY IS RAHUL
STILL REFUSING
TO BECOME THE
PRESIDENT?
Rahul Gandhi is try-
ing to revive the
dormant Congress par-
ty, for which, leaving
the drawing room, Con-
gress leaders are show-
ing the courage to hit
the roads, but despite
this, Rahul is not ready
to keep the ‘thorny
crown’ of Congress
President’s post on his
head. Sources related
to the Gandhi family re-
veal that Rahul has put
forward two names for
the post, one is that of
Raj CM Ashok Gehlot,
the other is of his sis-
ter Priyanka. But Ge-
hlot is advocating that
Rahul should be the
President if he isn’t
completely ready for
this, then party’s reins
can be handed over to
Priyanka. However, it
seems that Sonia Gan-
dhi is of a different
opinion. Sonia Gan-
dhi’s efforts will make
all efforts ‘till the end’
to ensure that Rahul
takes over the party as
President, and if Rahul
doesn’t agree to this,
then, Sonia Gandhi can
further carry out this
responsibility. That is,
at present, she can keep
the presidential chair
with herself. Rahul is
hesitant to take the
Presidency, so those
who know him are giv-
ing two main reasons
for this. Firstly
, it is said
that he feels that the
charge sheet can come
at any time in the Na-
tional Herald Case
ED can go to the extent
of arresting him. His
second concern is a re-
port by Congress’s own
election analyst Sunil
Kanugolu wherein, he
is questioning Cong’s
performance in the re-
cent assembly polls and
the 2024 general elec-
tions. Whatever be the
case, the final decision
will be of Rahul, who is
understand the seri-
ousness of Indian
politics a bit
now.
RAHUL IS
HAVING
FUN WITH
ED’S
PROBE
Rahul Gandhi ap-
pears very calm
composed in ED’s inter-
rogation in connection
with the National Her-
ald Case, wherein,
three ED officers inter-
rogate him. Rahul Gan-
dhi answers some ques-
tions at leisure that ‘of-
ten the officers get
tired, but Rahul’s smile
is intact. An interesting
incident occurred on
the third day of inter-
rogation, when Rahul
finished his lunch and
asked the officers, if he
can go to the washroom.
On this an officer said
that he has been notic-
ing that immediately
after having dinner Ra-
hul goes to the wash-
room spends half an
hour there. The officer
on a lighter note
asked Rahul if he
spends this time
smoking ciga-
rettes? To which
Rahul jovially re-
plied, “Yes, I light
a cigarette after
lunch-dinner, it re-
duces my stress.’
WHOSE MAN IS
EKNATH SHINDE?
Eknath Shinde has a
close-knit friend-
ship with former Maha-
rashtra CM Devendra
Fadnavis that even
though he was a minis-
ter in the MVA govern-
ment, he kept harping
onforminggovernment
with BJP. The BJP and
Shiv Sena had fought
the last assembly polls
together, but when it
came to the CM’s post,
both the parties were in
a tussle, the Shiv Sena
joined the government
against its original ten-
dencies, siding with the
Congress and the NCP.
This didn’t go down
well with BJP
, and to be
honest, it wants to treat
Shiv Sena like
LJP. Any-
way, the in-
tention of
BJP is
clear that
it should be
the lone flag
b e a r e r
party
o f
Hindutva. Now the
question arises that
‘even after all this, why
Eknath Shinde, playing
in the hands of BJP, is
not able to send the list
of his supporters MLAs
to the Governor, and
why he is not challeng-
ing Uddhav for a floor
test? Why he still isn’t
claiming to form gov-
ernment despite having
a majority?’ If sources
are to be believed,
through his emotional
appeal before rebel
MLAs, Uddhav has cre-
ated a sort of dilemma
for Sena MLAs thus,
angered Sena workers
are targeting offices of
Sena legislators. Fur-
thermore, a video of
Shiv Sena founder Bal
Thackeray has become
viral on social me-
dia, wherein, he is
seen saying, “if
any Shiv Sena
MLA betrays the
party, don’t try to
persuade him,
but give
him a
good thrashing.” Does
Uddhav also want the
same for the rebels?
WHERE IS PAWAR?
NCP leader Sharad
Pawar has played
an important role in
forming the Maha
Aghadi coalition gov-
ernment in Maharash-
tra, but Pawar’s inac-
tion during the latest
Maharashtra crisis is
raising doubts. As soon
as the crisis arose ibe-
fore the Uddhav govern-
ment, the journalists
asked Pawar that ‘in
view of this crisis,
when will he meet Ud-
dhav.’ Pawar replied
saying that he was busy
deciding the opposition
candidate for Presiden-
tial post. He further
said that if Uddhav
gives him time, he will
meet him, but immedi-
ately afterwards he
added one more thing
saying, “this is Shiv
Sena’s internal matter.”
Interestingly, till Ud-
dhav left his official CM
residence, ‘Varsha’, Pa-
war didn’t come out of
his ‘cocoon’. If sources
are to be believed, Pa-
war’s concern was
about his party, as he
had received informa-
tion that BJP was eye-
ing a split in NCP as
well, so Pawar kept try-
ing to save his clan.
WHO IS THE HEAD OF
THE UNITED
OPPOSITION GROUP?
In the fight to become
the declared head of
the opposition unit,
there was a fierce battle
between Sonia Gandhi
and Mamata Banerjee,
wherein, apparently
Sonia has given Mama-
ta a thumping defeat.
On pretext of Presiden-
tial polls, Mamata was
busy bringing anti-BJP
parties on one platform
by doingso, Didi also
wanted her entry
in national
politics. 17
o p p o s i -
tion par-
ties gath-
ered in
Didi’s 1st
oppn meet,
while the
s e c -
ond meeting was called
by Sharad Pawar, but
there was no mention of
first meeting called by
Mamata his letter, re-
portedly, Mamata was
deeply hurt by this so
much so that the opposi-
tionunit’steamcouldn’t
even fix an agent for
Yashwant. Sudheendra
Kulkarni did this work
behind the scenes,
which eclipsed
Yashwant’s prospects
even more. The opposi-
tion parties did consti-
tute a campaign panel
for Presidential poll,
but see the irony that no
member of TMC was
involved in it, while
Jairam Ramesh, KK
Shastri of Congress and
Sudheendra Kulkarni, a
former aide of Advani,
were included in this
panel. Thus, Sonia has
cleverly confined
Mamata to Bengal,
which is also a declara-
tion somewhere that the
biggest head of the unit-
ed opposition, as of now,
is Sonia Gandhi.
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB
RAMAN
The author is a journalist
and political commentator
and views expressed are
his personal
RAHUL GANDHI EKNATH SHINDE MAMATA BANERJEEE SONIA GANDHI
SHARAD PAWAR
SHEKHAWAT
HITS BACK
Meanwhile, after CM’s
jibe, Jal Shakti min-
ister Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat also hit back
at Gehlot and stressed
that “I have now stopped
counting how many
times I have put the truth
in front of your lies.”
“You don’t tell the techni-
cal side about ERCP to
the public because you
will be exposed. The
original statement of PM
is presented crookedly in
the same way as thugs
who fool people by say-
ing same lies ten times
hoping that someone will
believe it to be true.

R
ashmikaMandannaisoneof the
most stylish actresses in the in-
dustry, who has an aura to slay
any look. On Saturday yet again
she made a statement
with her latest outfit.
The actress looked strik-
ing in her orange co-ord
set which featured a
shirt and a pair of
matching trousers. She
tucked half of her shirt
in, making it effortlessly
stylish and comfy
.
ASTONISHING
BEAUTY
K
arisma Kapoor is hav-
ing a blast on her 48th
birthday
. And, Bollywood
is sending its best wish-
es on her way
. The actress
has also shared a video
from the “pajama + cake”
birthday party
. And, social
media platforms have been
flooded with birthday wish-
es for Karisma Kapoor. Her
fans as well as friends have
dropped super sweet notes on
Instagram. Leading the way
is some of the ace celebri-
ties in B-Town including
Malaika Arora, Anan-
ya Panday, Kareena
Kapoor Khan, Ar-
maan Jain and Man-
ish Malhotra.
S
ara Ali Khan is one of
the most popular ac-
tors among the new-
bies in the tinsel town of
Bollywood. The actress
made her debut with the
2018 film Kedarnath
alongside the late actor
Sushant Singh Rajput.
Ever since then, the ac-
tress has been in the
spotlight and has even
managed to make a place
for herself in the glamorous world of
showbiz. Every now and then, she gives
fans a glimpse of her personal and profes-
sional life on her Instagram space. Speaking
of which, a few hours back, Sara treated fans
to a sneak peek into a hectic day of her life. A
Few hours back, Sara took to the ‘gram and
shared a video that showcased a busy day in her
life, and all that she did during the 20-hour-layo-
ver she had in Mumbai.
A
ctress Mrunal Thakur will be seen playing a
fierce police officer in the upcoming thriller
‘Gumraah’ and is leaving no stone unturned to
prepare for the character. “For portraying the
role of a committed cop, I had to go through extensive
body training. From getting physically trained to main-
tain the body structure while running with trained
athletes to handling different types of guns, I have tried
everything to adapt the essence of a cop,” Mrunal
said. She added that in her preparation for the
role she also “involved talking to and spend-
ing time with some female cops of our
force in order to understand their world
through a better lens.”
Mrunal was last
seen opposite Sha-
hid Kapoor in
the family
cricket dra-
ma, ‘Jersey’,
which is cur-
r e n t l y
s t re a m i n g
on Netflix.
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JUNE 26, 2022
amir Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan’s Laal Singh
Chaddha just came out with its third song, Phir Na Aisi
Raat Aayegi, a few hours back. This is the third track of
thefilmafterKahaniandMainKiKaraan.Thesonghas
beencroonedbynoneotherthanArijitSingh,composed
by Pritam, and the lyrics are given by Amitabh Bhat-
tacharya. Within a few hours, since the film came out,
the song has been crowned the ‘song of the year’ by
fans and netizens. Netizens took to the social
media site and expressed their opinion
about the melody
. The bittersweet song
about unrequited love, longing, and
pain, seems to have touched a chord
withlisteners,asthey
termed it a ‘master-
piece’, and called
it ‘gold’.
A
BIRTHDAY
BASH!
AAMIR-KAREENA’S SONG A
‘MASTERPIECE’
MRUNAL’S UPCOMING
CRIME THRILLER
SARA’S HECTIC
SCHEDULE
M
ira Rajput is cur-
rently vacation-
ing in Switzer-
land with her
husband Shahid Kapoor,
and kids Misha and Zain
and has been sharing
glimpses of her trip with
her fans on social media.
Meanwhile, Mira shared
her latest vacation pics
from the luxurious spots in
the country, giving yet an-
otherdoseof eyecandy
.The
young mommy took to her
Instagram handle and
shared pictures of herself
posing at various beautiful
locations. She looked comfy
as she donned a pink sweat-
shirt and paired it with
white pants. The snapshots
also include water bodies,
luscious green beauty and a
fewscenicpictures.Sharing
the pictures, the diva cap-
tioned them: “La Prese…
Took the beautiful Bernina
Express to Poschiavo A dip,
some rock castles and a piz-
za later…#travelsdiaries
#travelogue.”
IT’S
VACATION
TIME
Rashmika Mandanna
Mira Rajput Kapoor
Spotted...
Karisma Kapoor
Her post...
Mrunal Thakur
Sara Ali Khan
Kareena Kapoor Khan

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SALONI KANWAR, Fashion Model
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Visiting a mall
or watching a
movie with family
is likely to be
the highlight
of the day for
some. You may
enjoy travelling
to a tourist
destination recommended by your
friends. Reignite the flickering romance
in your life by spending more time
together.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
You are likely to
find the day most
auspicious. Your
knowledge about
your line of work
will be roundly
appreciated
and get you the
thumbs up from
higher ups. Friends and family may get
together to give you a surprise and make
your day. Business travel may leave little
time for romance.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Something
you have
implemented
at work is likely
to profit the
company and
get you noticed.
You are likely
to celebrate the
achievement of a family youngster in a
grand way. Shifting into your very own
house may soon become a reality. Overall
a good day for you.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You will derive
great benefit
from an exercise
routine that you
keenly follow.
Extra workload
is foreseen at
work, but nothing
that you cannot
handle within office hours. Taking the
family on a trip seems impossible today
due to your professional commitments,
so postpone it for some other day.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Driving down
with lover to a
happening place
is indicated
today. A
vacation you
only dreamed
about is likely to
become a reality
soon. Healthy eating will help prevent
digestive ailments. Money will be no
constraint in buying what you like. You
will get a good price for your property.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Your stars favour
a bright beautiful
day. A setback
you have recently
experienced can
make you come
out stronger. Tax
advisor will be a
big help in saving
taxes, so don’t hesitate to contact one. It
is difficult for the relationship of friends
turned lovers to fall apart, so relax. Your
relationship requires you to be tactful.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Good earning
opportunities
come to you.
Help from
co-workers in a
time consuming
task will be
forthcoming on
the work front.
Support of family will encourage you to
take up a challenge. Socially, your presence
will be much looked forward to. Today you
will enjoy the trust of your senior.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Previous
investments are
likely to give you
good returns.
Some of you may
decide to follow
in the footsteps
of celebrities
and visit the very
same exotic destination that they had
been to.No amount of excuses will dispel
lover’s suspicions about your tendency
to stray the path.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Project left
halfway by
someone else
may come on
your shoulders,
but your
efforts will be
acknowledged.
Some clarification
will need to be sought on a financial
issue, before you take the next step.
Some of you are all set to enjoy a
splendid vacation.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Keep on doing
whatever you
are doing to
remain healthy.
Some of you
will have to curb
your splurging
ways. Family
life will cruise
along smoothly with much love and
bonhomie. Don’t speed up on the road.
Chance of moving to a new location on
transfer is likely for some.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Money coming
from various
streams will keep
you in an elated
state of mind.
A new fitness
regime that you
have adopted
promises to keep
you in the pink of health. Getting an old
furniture upholstered may be at the top
of the mind of some homemakers. Your
search for partner may soon be over.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Settling down
in a new house
is indicated for
some. Money
put together
on previous
occasions is
likely to come
in handy now.
A family youngster is keen to learn from
you, so don’t disappoint.You may have
to awaken partner’s interest in you once
again. Health will be satisfactory.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
KICK IT
BEFORE IT
KICKS
YOU
THISINTERNATIONALDAYAGAINSTDRUGABUSE
ANDILLICITTRAFFICKING,ORWORLDDRUG
DAY,CITYFIRSTBRINGSTOYOUINSIGHTSON
THEYEAR’STHEMEASWELLASHOW
DRUGSAFFECTAPERSON’SLIFE
he Interna-
tional Day
a g a i n s t
Drug Abuse
and Illicit
Trafficking,
or World
Drug Day, is marked
on June 26 every
year to strengthen
action and coopera-
tion in achieving a
world free of drug
abuse.
And each year, in-
dividuals like your-
self, entire commu-
nities, and various
organizations all
over the world join
in to observe World
Drug Day help raise
awareness of the
major problem that
illicit drugs pose to
society.
Together, we can
tackle the world
drug problem!
Like any other
chronic health con-
dition, drug addic-
tion is not merely a
compulsion but also
a sickness that calls
for care and compas-
sion. And addiction
affects many more
people than just the
addicts them-
selves. Drug addic-
tion has a high price
to pay, both person-
ally and for the en-
tire community.
Drugs have a sig-
nificant impact on
the human brain,
where the seeds of
addiction are first
planted. In essence,
medications have
the power to affect
how the brain’s
network of neu-
rons and neuro-
transmitters pro-
cesses impulses
and messages.
The sort of sub-
stance being abused
will decide how it af-
fects the brain.
Drugs with an opiate
impact, such as her-
oin and marijuana,
can mimic the neu-
rotransmitters that
neurons send to one
another to con-
duct impulses
and messages.
As a result,
these medications
stimulate neurons,
but since they aren’t
actual neurotrans-
mitters, the messag-
es they convey are
aberrant.
Drug misuse im-
pairs many regular
biological functions
since drugs have an
influence on
several brain
r e g i o n s .
Drug use
m a y
have a
s e v e r e
impact on
a person’s
body and
mind since
these regions
regulate a va-
riety of func-
tions, including the
stress response, de-
cision-making, and
heart and breathing
rates.
Even with this
knowledge, it’s in-
credibly challenging
for people to just
quit misusing drugs.
Drugs do this by
producing a pleas-
ant effect that stim-
ulates the basal
ganglia, the
brain’s re-
ward cen-
tre. Dopa-
mine, a
n e u r o -
transmitter
that is re-
leased when-
ever we are in a
pleasant cir-
cumstance or
experience,
usually travels to
this region.
High heart rate
and blood pressure,
appetite loss, dis-
turbed sleep pat-
terns, an increased
chance of heart at-
tack or stroke, organ
damage, lung or
heart disease, and
other health prob-
lems can all be
brought on by drug
usage.
Depending on the
substance being
abused, drug addic-
tion can result in
mood swings, irrita-
bility, anger, delu-
sions or hallucina-
tions, an inability to
concentrate or make
choices, paranoia,
depression, anxiety,
and violent inclina-
tions. Keeping in
mind the need to
raise awareness re-
garding drug abuse,
this year, the Inter-
national Day against
Drug Abuse and Il-
licit Trafficking
would be observed
under the theme of
“Addressing drug
challenges in health
and humanitarian
crises”. The theme
has been selected in
the wake of wide-
spread humanitari-
an crises in Afghani-
stan and Ukraine
even as the COVID-19
pandemic continues
to be a major global
health crisis. The
main aim of this day
is to stop drug use
and illicit drug traf-
ficking to save lives.
The more educated
people are on this
topic, the more like-
ly are they to go
on a healthier
path and
choose to
forego the
unhealthy
habit.
SHUBHANSHI PATHAK
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
T
Drugs have a sig-
nificant impact on
the human brain,
where the seeds of
addiction are first
planted. In essence,
medications have
the power to affect
how the brain’s
network of neu-
rons and neuro-
transmitters pro-
cesses impulses
The sort of sub-
stance being abused
will decide how it af-
fects the brain.
Drugs with an opiate
impact, such as her-
oin and marijuana,
can mimic the neu-
rotransmitters that
neurons send to one
another to con-
but since they aren’t
actual neurotrans-
mitters, the messag-
es they convey are
aberrant.
Drug misuse im-
pairs many regular
biological functions
since drugs have an
influence on
several brain
r e g i o n s .
Drug use
m a y
have a
s e v e r e
impact on
a person’s
body and
mind since
these regions
regulate a va-
riety of func-
Even with this
knowledge, it’s in-
credibly challenging
for people to just
quit misusing drugs.
Drugs do this by
producing a pleas-
ant effect that stim-
ulates the basal
ganglia, the
brain’s re-
ward cen-
tre. Dopa-
mine, a
n e u r o -
transmitter
that is re-
leased when-
ever we are in a
pleasant cir-
cumstance or
experience,
under the theme of
“Addressing drug
challenges in health
and humanitarian
crises”. The theme
has been selected in
the wake of wide-
spread humanitari-
an crises in Afghani-
stan and Ukraine
even as the COVID-19
pandemic continues
to be a major global
health crisis. The
main aim of this day
is to stop drug use
and illicit drug traf-
ficking to save lives.
The more educated
people are on this
topic, the more like-
ly are they to go
on a healthier

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t is often said that classic
fashion never dies, it
only renews and rejuve-
nates itself with time.
One of the most classic
silhouettes of all times
and a favourite of the
70s, ‘the bell-bottoms’ seems to
have made a comeback in the
fashion scene of late.
The fashion world is a cyclical
amalgamation of old styles into
new interpretations. Sometimes
thatmanifestsinwaysthatwepre-
fer the older version to the new.
Bell bottoms started making
appearances in the early nine-
teenth century as part of the U.S.
Navy’s uniform. Fast-forward to
the late 1960s and 1970s, when ci-
vilians fell in love with the look
and brought it to the mainstream.
In the last few years, they’ve been
seen on the fashion runways and
on celebrities such as Lady Gaga.
Both Hollywood and Bolly-
wood have documented the re-
turn of bell-bottoms well thus
far. From Elvis Presley to It girls
like Sofia Vergara, Gigi and Bel-
la Hadid, from Amitabh Bach-
chan, Hema Malini to Athiya
Shetty tipping their toes into the
trend, flared denim has had long
fashion history notes in its
name since the 70s.
Of course, bell bottoms might
not be for every shape, though
today’s designers are making
different cuts to accommodate
different body types. If you
have slim hips, you can pull
off the high-waisted styles.
Curvier bodies look better in
lower-cut styles that come in
darker colours.
These wide-bottomed
pants were the epitome of
style during the ’70s, and are
back in a modern avatar.
While pairing chunky plat-
form heels or wedges with
flared pants makes your legs
look a mile long, you can
rock them with flats too.
Get the hem a tad shorter
to go with ballerina flats or
cool canvas sneakers.
The ideal bell-bottom
jeans are snug on the
thighs and gently flare
out after the knees. You
can also use a belt to
cinch your waist or
opt for high-waisted
pair of jeans to accen-
tuate your figure.
However, avoid the
belt if you are opt-
ing for a crop top.
When it comes
down to wide-leg
pants, it’s about
what you feel
good in and less
about the rules be-
cause there’s no rule
to it, you can literally
pair it with anything
and everything.
I
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CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
SPORTING
SPORTING
TRENDS
TRENDS
“Society doesn’t
consider social
media influencing
a profession,”
says Juhi Singh
as she speaks to
City First about
her journey ell us
something
about
yourself.
My name is
Juhi Singh
and I am from Guja-
rat. Currently
, I am
living in Noida. I have
doneMBAinHuman
Resources. I was a
district champion
and a state-level
player of badmin-
ton. I am both an en-
trepreneur as well as
a social media con-
tent creator by
profession.
What in-
spired you to
become a
freelancer
cum influ-
encer?
I believe my strong
determination is the
biggest motivating
factor for me. I am a
fitness enthusiast
therefore I have main-
tained myself prop-
erly
. I often receive
compliments that I do
not look like the
mother of a 5-year-old
kid. Above all, I al-
ways had an interest
toexplorefashionand
lifestyle segments.
What are the
challenges that
you faced?
Unfortunately
, we live
in a stereotypical so-
ciety which does not
consider social media
influencing as a prop-
er profession. As a
content creator, I have
been through experi-
ences where people
used my content to
earn profits. Hence,
every influencer
should take extra care
and never allow oth-
ers to take undue ad-
vantageof theirwork.
Struggle is a part
of this.
Where do you see
yourself after five
years from now?
I wish to see myself
as a successful influ-
encer and a content
creator. I want to
learn and explore the
fashion and lifestyle
industry more so that
I can monetize my
content. I wish to be-
come a trendsetter.
Tell us your
achievements.
I have created my
YouTube channel on
travel and lifestyle. I
have around 1K sub-
scribers. One of my
vlogs brought a job
offer to me from Noi-
da’s Biggest Badmin-
ton Academy
. The big-
gest reward is the ap-
preciation of people.
DHANUSHREE VYAS
CITY FIRST
J
isora has recently
introduced a new
range of afforda-
ble plus-size fashion
apparel to ensure com-
fort, style and leisure
for women of all sizes
and shapes. The latest
collection includes ap-
parel ranging from
sizes XL to 6 XL. The
loungewear section
consists of ensembles
embellished with
beautiful prints in vi-
brant hues.
“Plus-size fashion
has risen in popularity
as acceptance and
awareness of body
positivity have
evolved,” Jisora
co-founder Khusboo
Sethi said.
Co-founder Tushar
Sethi said, “The market
is slowly growing in In-
dia and Jisora’s new
collection of plus-sized
apparel, comprising a
wide range of kaftan
and pyjama sets, en-
sures a seamless har-
mony between style and
comfort.”
“The price range of
the new collection
starts at a meagre Rs
1,000 while the highest
price is only Rs 1,500,”
co-founder Mehul Sethi
said. “Jisora assures
women of all sizes and
shapes- comfort, style
and leisure at prices
that don’t burn a hole
in their pockets,” co-
founder Kavya Sethi
added.
CITY FIRST
T
he film Maa O
Maa’s poster, di-
rected and pro-
duced by Sajan Agarwal
and Kailash Raigar
Guru under the banner
of Filmy Clap Produc-
tion House, is out. The
film has actress Manda-
kini, her Son Rabbil, Ba-
bita Banerjee, child Art-
ist Simran and Chirag
in it. The music has
been composed by Babli
Haque and Meera. The
songs have been sung by
the famous singer
Rishabh Giri. Mandaki-
ni shared the poster on
her social media handle.
Agarwal said, “Work-
ing with Mandakini is
like a dream come true
for me. I want to thank
my DOP Gifty Mehra,
editor Irfaan Shaikh
and choreographer
Ritchie Burton.”
Jisora launches
plus-size collection
You will find me CITY FIRST
G
allery Sree Arts
will organise a
three-day solo art
show named You will
find me by Anvi Singla
on July 1 at Galerie Ro-
main Rolland, Alliance
FrançaisedeDelhi,New
Delhi. It will be a gala
event for all art lovers
followed by the calender
launch. Singla is one
such artist who express-
es her concern about
nature through colours.
This show’s curatori-
al advisor is Jitendra
Padam Jain who is keen
onhischoicesregarding
paintings. The unique
fact about this exhibi-
tionisthattheartisthas
used handmade paper
made from the ashes of
paraliwhichisthelower
part of the paddy crop.
LOVER TO HIT THEATRES
Juhi Singh
Maa O Maa
1st look poster out
CITY FIRST
I
ntroducing the big-
gest romantic hit
of the year, Geet
MP3 is fully prepared
to hit the silver
screen with their up-
coming presenta-
tion, Lover on July 1.
The film stars Guri
and Ronak Joshi and
has been directed
and produced by
Dilsher Singh,
Khushpal Singh and
KV Dhillon. It is
written by Taj.
Dhillon said, “We
are confident that
the audience will
connect with the
film.” Dilsher Singh
and Khushpal Singh
said, “We are grate-
ful for all the appre-
ciation from the peo-
ple. There is more to
come once the film
gets released.” Guri
said, “I am waiting
for the movie to
release.”
The songs have
been sung by re-
nowned singers such
as Atif Aslam, Ustad
Rahat Fateh Ali
Khan, Nooran Sis-
ters, Sachet Tandon,
Asees Kaur and Jass
Manak. The music
has been given by
Sharry Nexus, Snip-
er and Rajat Nagpal.
During the event
Poster
Artworks
—PHOTO
BY
SHAZID
CHAUHAN
—PHOTO
BY
SHAZID
CHAUHAN
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