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11 IAS officers
transferred
Lucknow: In yet an-
other bureaucratic re-
shuffle, the UP Govern-
ment on Tuesday trans-
ferred 11 IAS officers.
Prem Prakash Meena,
who was Joint Magis-
trate Chandauli, was
named as Addl CEO UP-
SIDA Kanpur, Prerna
Sharma was named as
Addl CEO Greater Noi-
da, Ghanshyam Meena
was named as Munici-
pal Commissioner Firo-
zabad, Sudhir Kumar
was named as CDO
Ambedkar Nagar,
Gyanendra Singh was
named as Joint Manag-
ing Director Jal Nigam
Urban, Gazal Bhardwaj
was named as Munici-
pal Commissioner Sa-
haranpur, Nandkishore
Kalal was named as
CDO Rampur, Purna
Vohra was named as
CDO Bijnor, Mahendra
Prasad was named as
Addl Commissioner
Meerut, Anil Kumar
was named as Manag-
ing Director of Uttar
Pradesh SC Finance
and Development Cor-
poration, and Khem Pal
Singh was named as Ad-
ditional Commissioner
and Deputy Registrar
Cooperatives.
IAS Gazal Bhardwaj
Kurla mishap: Death toll rises to
19; PM, CM announce ex-gratia
Mumbai: At least 19
people were killed and
many others injured
after a part portion of
a ground-plus-three-
storystructurecrashed
at Kurla-east in Mum-
bai on Monday night.
The other part of the
structure was also in a
shakyconditionandof-
ficials said that the
same could also come
crashing.Thedeceased
and the injured were
taken to civic-run Ra-
jawadi hospital in
Ghatkopar and Sion
hospital. The crash
which occurred at
around 11.30pm on
Monday had locals
wonder if there was an
earthquake.
Modi announces ex-
gratia of `2 lakh each
for kin of the deceased,
``50,000 for injured
NDRF conducts rescue and search operations after a four-
storey building collapsed in Kurla, Mumbai on Monday.
Lucknow (PTI): Chief
Minister Yogi Adi-
tyanath on Tuesday
directed all depart-
ments to complete
the government's
first 100-day targets
by June 30. The CM
said this while presid-
ing over a review
meeting at his official
residence here. He
said that the govern-
ment will hold a press
conference on July 4
to apprise the public
of its achievements.
Finish 100-day
targets by
June 30: CM to
ministers
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Mumbai: Mukesh Ambani’s first-born will
succeed him as chairman of the conglomer-
ate’s telecom unit, kickstarting a leadership
transition in one of Asia’s wealthiest families.
Akash Ambani, 30, a non-executive director
at India’s No.1 wireless carrier Reliance Jio
Infocomm Ltd., was appointed chairman of
board. Mukesh Ambani resigned from board,
company said in an exchange filing Tuesday,
while staying as chair of the holding firm.
Approved the appointment of Akash M Ambani,
non-executive director, as chairman of the board
of directors of the company. —Mukesh Ambani
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POLITICAL TURMOIL
THE MAHA BJP GAME
‘WAITANDWATCH’
l Fadnavis meets Amit
Shah, JP Nadda as Sena
rebels head to Mumbai
l BJP MLAs asked to
reach Mumbai in 24 hrs
not to leave the state
l Fadnavis demands from
Maha Governor that MVA
should prove the majority
Aishwary Pradhan
Shivendra Parmar
Mumbai: Maharashtra
LoP Devendra Fadnavis
Tuesday reached Delhi
to hold discussions with
the central leadership,
includingBJPpresident
JP Nadda, on the politi-
cal developments in the
western state. After
landingfromNewDelhi,
Fadnavis, Pravin
Darekar Ashish
Shelar meet Governor
Bhagat Singh Koshyari
at Raj Bhavan requested
Guv to direct the CM to
immediately prove ma-
jority through floor test
andtoldthatthat39Shiv
Sena MLAs are saying
that they don’t want to
be with NCP,Cong govt;
it shows MVA has lost
majority
.
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra
Fadnavis leaves after meeting the party National President
JP Nadda, at his residence, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
ONGC’schopperfallsinto
seanearMumbai;4died
Mumbai (PTI): At
least four persons died
on Tuesday after being
brought out of the
Pawan Hans helicopter
of the ONGC. Five oth-
ers rescued from the
ill-fated helicopter are
undergoing treatment
at a medical unit. The
four persons were de-
clared brought dead at
the Nanavati Hospital.
The deceased were
identified as Mukesh
Patel, Vijay Mandloi,
Satyambad Patra and
Sanju Francis – all of
them coming from dif-
ferent states.
Three of the deceased
were ONGC employees
while the fourth one
was on contract hired
by the oil company
.
A helicopter with two
pilots and seven others,
including six ONGC
employees onboard, fell
into the Arabian Sea
about 50 nautical miles
from the Mumbai coast
but managed to stay
afloat with the help of
the attached floaters.
TRAGIC
TUESDAY
CONGRESS TO
APPROACH TOP
COURT TODAY
Amember of the
Maha Congress told
First India, “It seems
clear that BJP intends
to brazen it out in a
bid to come to power
notwithstanding the SC
mandated status quo.
We will move SC today
for clarity on it.” BJP
said they have already
taken legal opinion on
SC status quo. Source
said that Sharad Pawar
meet with party work-
ers, told them “to be
prepared to sit in the
Opposition.” Rebel
MLAs have reacted,
claimed that 20 MPs
from MVA are in contact
with BJP and rebels.
RETURN TO MUMBAI, TALK TO ME AND
END CONFUSION, SAYS CM UDDHAV
Mumbai: CM Uddhav Thackeray wrote to rebel Shiv Sena
MLAs on Tuesday, urging them to talk to him in person,
shortly after rebel Eknath Shinde said he will go to Mumbai
and speak with the Maharashtra Governor. “You have been
trapped in Guwahati for some days, I keep getting updates
on you. Many of you are in touch with us... and you are
Shiv Sena men at heart. Let us talk, we’ll find a way,”
Uddhav said in the letter to rebels staying at a luxury
hotel in Guwahati since last week.
HIGHLIGHTS
l BJP ready with strat-
egy, expects a new govt
in Maha by Sunday
l ED issues fresh sum-
mons to Sanjay Raut
for July 1 in PMLA case
l PIL filed in HC seek-
ing probe for public nui-
sance, sedition against
Uddhav Thackeray,
Aaditya and Sanjay
Five injured
persons, in-
cluding the
two pilots, are out of
danger and undergo-
ing treatment at a
medical unit on rig
Sagar Kiran.
—ONGC official
Court sends Zubair to
4-day police custody
New Delhi (PTI): Mo-
hammed Zubair, the co-
founder of fact check-
ing website Alt News,
did not edit any images
but used a still image
from a Hindi film in his
tweet, and his arrest
over this borders on ab-
surdity, his lawyers told
a Delhi court on Tues-
day.Delhi Police pro-
duced Zubair before
CMM Snigdha Savaria,
who sent him to four-
day police custody. Po-
lice had moved a five-
day police custody ap-
plication as they need
to get access his laptop.
Editor’s Guild
condemns Zubair’s
arrest, demands
immediate release
PM MODI ARRIVES IN UAE TO PAY CONDOLENCES
ON DEMISE OF FORMER PRESIDENT Billionaire Pallonji
Mistry dies at 93
(Top) Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers condo-
lences on the passing away of Sheikh Khalifa bin
Zayed Al Nahyan last month to President of United
Arab Emirates and Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh
Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in Abu Dhabi on
Tuesday. (Right) Prime Minister Narendra Modi being
welcomed by President of United Arab Emirates and
Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al
Nahyan upon his arrival, in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
Sheikh Khalifa bin
Zayed Al Nahyan was a widely
respected statesman who worked
tirelessly for the people. In Abu
Dhabi, expressed condolences on
his demise to His Highness Sheikh
Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Mumbai: Billionaire
philanthropist Pal-
lonji Mistry died ear-
ly Tuesday morning
at his residence in
Mumbai. He was 93.
He passed away
peacefully and is sur-
vived by his wife Pat-
sy, daughters Laila
Rustom, Aloo Noel
Tata, sons Shapoor
and Cyrus Mistry.
Mistry was conferred
with Padma Bhushan
for his contribution
as an industrialist.
Mohammad Zubair brought to
Patiala Court, Delhi on Tuesday.
PM MODI, LEADERS
MOURN DEMISE
PM Narendra Modi, IB
minister Anurag Thakur,
Edu Minister Dharmendra
Pradhan and other leaders
took to Twitter to condole
Mistry’s death.
Ravi Sharma
Udaipur/Jaipur: A so-
cial media post in fa-
vour of suspended BJP
spokesperson Nupur
Sharma allegedly cost
tailor Kanhaiya Lal
Sahu, 40, his life as two
men slit his throat with
a cleaver in Udaipur on
Tuesday afternoon.
The accused said in a
video that they are
avenging an insult to
Islam and also cau-
tioned PM Narendra
Modi of facing dire
consequences.
The incident trig-
gered communal ten-
sion leading to the
state government sus-
pending the internet
for 24 hours and impos-
ing section 144 for 1
month across the state.
At 8 pm, curfew was de-
clared till further or-
ders in seven police
station areas of
Udaipur city.
Raj tailor killed for SM post in support of Nupur Sharma; 2 held
l Across State: Internet suspended for 24 hours, Sec 144 for a month, officials’ leaves cancelled
l In viral video, accused heard threatening Prime Minister Narendra Modi with dire consequences
l CM appeals not to share video of incident, urges PM HM to address nation to maintain peace
VIDEO GRAB! In combo image, Kanhaiya Lal, a tailor works at his shop before he was attacked
by an assailant with a sharp weapon while the other filmed the crime in Udaipur on Tuesday.
PROBE UNDER CASE OFFICER SCHEME,
VIOLENCE WON’T BE TOLERATED: CM
Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday said
that both the accused of murder of a man in Udaipur
have been arrested from Rajsamand and probe will
be done under Case Officer Scheme and by ensuring
speedy probe, criminals will be punished severely.
“PM Modi and HM Shah should address nation,”
said Gehlot. CM directed police to take strict action
in the matter. He said that those who dis-
turb communal harmony and peace
will not be spared irrespective of
religion, caste or the class.

UTTAR PRADESH
LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2022
02
AFTER BYPOLL WIN, CM ’S FOCUS ON
DEVELOPMENT IN SP STRONGHOLDS
First India Bureau
Lucknow: After a
thumping victory in
Azamgarh and Rampur
in the by-elections—
both of which were Sa-
majwadi party strong-
holds— , Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath
has given instructions
to the officials for re-
viewing the ongoing
development projects
and complete them on
priority.
Chairing a high level
review meeting on the
completion of the first
hundred days of the
government, on Tues-
day, the Chief Minister
expressed his grati-
tude towards the local
people.
He also discussed the
unprecedented victory
of BJP in Azamgarh
and Rampur Lok Sabha
by-elections.
“In the Rampur and
Azamgarh Lok Sabha
by-elections, the local
people have shown im-
mense faith in the poli-
cies of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi. Now,
we have to live up to this
belief and their trust.”
All the departments
should review the de-
velopment projects in
these two districts,
keeping in mind that no
project should remain
pending.
The Chief Minister’s
Office will also review
the ongoing/pending
development projects in
these areas, he added.
Necessary proposals
should be prepared in
the interest of art-mu-
sic lovers said Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath while mention-
ing Haripur Gharana of
music in Azamgarh.
1 2
People have shown immense faith in PM’s
policies, have to live up to their belief: Yogi
CM reviewed the progress of first 100 days of
his governance after BJP’s assembly polls win
Azamgarh MP DInesh Lal ‘Nirahua’ offers a shawl to CM Yogi.
Nirahua fetes CM
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Alla-
habad High Court on
Tuesday said the UP
government has failed
to train public serv-
ants holding impor-
tant posts about the
rules and laws related
to service.
A single bench of Jus-
tice Siddharth said
this while hearing a
petition for quashing
of an order passed by
the Commissioner, Ali-
garh Division, as well
as an order passed by
the District Magis-
trate, Hathras.
“It appears that the
State Government has
failed to provide prop-
er training to the pub-
lic servants holding
responsible positions
of the State Govern-
ment and they pass
absolutely illegal or-
ders in ignorance of
the relevant service
laws and rules,” the
judge said.
“The Principal Secre-
tary (Revenue), Gov-
ernment of UP, is di-
rected to train the pub-
lic servants regarding
the service rules be-
fore they play with the
life of the delinquent
employees of their de-
partments and ruin
further careers of the
subordinate public
servant / servants,”
the judge observed
while allowing the
writ petition.
“All the impugned or-
ders are hereby
quashed. The petition-
er is directed to be re-
instated in his service
with full salary. Ar-
rears of his salary
shall be paid to him
within four weeks
from today with six
percent simple inter-
est. In case, this order
is not complied within
time, the petitioner
shall be paid 12 per-
cent interest on the ar-
rears of salary,” the
court ordered.
UP GOVT FAILED TO TRAIN PUBLIC SERVANTS: ALD HC
Lucknow(PTI): The
Yogi cabinet on Tues-
day gave approval
unanimously to four
investment proposals
regarding incentives
for the establishment of
data parks under Uttar
Pradesh Data Center
Policy 2021, in line with
the centre’s push for lo-
calising storage of data.
This will not only
give a major boost to the
state towards becoming
‘self-reliant’ in data
storage, but will also
foster establishment of
data center parks easily
in Uttar Pradesh. The
move will provide di-
rect and indirect em-
ployment to numerous
people in the state.
In view of the impor-
tanceof thedatacentres,
CM Yogi had prepared
the Data Center Policy
2021 during his last ten-
ure. Various financial
and other incentives
have been given under
the policy
. In the recent
groundbreaking cere-
mony held in the state,
out of the investment
proposals of more than
Rs 80,000 crores, propos-
als of about Rs 20,000
croreswerefortheestab-
lishmentof datacenters.
The work of setting up
of fourdatacenterparks
with an investment of
over Rs 15,950 crore is
under process.
Of theseare,NIDPDe-
velopers Pvt Ltd of Hi-
ranandani Group with
investment of Rs 9134.90
crores,NTTGlobalCent-
ersandCloudInfrastruc-
ture India Pvt Ltd of Ja-
pan with investment of
Rs 1687 crores, two pro-
jects of Rs 2414 crores
and Rs 2713 crores each
of Adani Enterprises
Ltd. The Cabinet has de-
cided to give necessary
impetustotheseprojects
under the policy
, with
the conditions that, the
investment made within
the policy period will be
considered for permis-
sibility of financial in-
centives and will be
startedduringthepolicy
period (5 years). The fi-
nancial incentives from
all sources to any entity
,
unless otherwise speci-
fied in the policy
, shall
not exceed the limit of
100 percent of its fixed
capital investment.
UTTAR PRADESH’S DATA CENTRES TO BOOST STATE’S GDP
GOING TECH SAVY

The move of
setting up Data
Centres in UP
will make the
state self reliant
in Data storage
required for
various
purposes
Minister Jitin Prasad and Minister Jaiveer Singh addressing the press
at Lok Bhawan in Lucknow after the cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
4000 JOBS
Govt will remove
barriers in credit flow
to MSMEs: Verma
Lucknow (PTI):
Emphasising the
MSME sector’s im-
portant role in mak-
ing India a USD
5-trillion economy,
Union Minister
Bhanu Pratap Singh
Verma on Tuesday
said the government
will remove all the
barriers in credit
flow to this sector.
Verma was ad-
dressing a session -
Making Indian MS-
MEs Globally Com-
petitive through
Trade, Finance In-
vestment Facilita-
tion - on the second
day of Uttar Pradesh
MSME Convention
2022.
It was organised
by the Associated
Chambers of Com-
merce and Industry
of India (ASSO-
CHAM) association
with the central gov-
ernment and the
MSME ministry
.
The theme of this
session was making
the Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises
(MSMEs) globally
competitive through
trade, finance and
better investment fa-
cilities.
The minister said
the MSME sector is
being developed as a
new engine of
growth in the coun-
try and modernised
through innovation
and will be more
competitive.
MoS (MSME) Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma addressing the
ASSOCHAM event on MSMEs.
REDRESSAL
FOR SAFETY OF ALL!
ACS (Home) Awanish Awasthi, addresses the inaugural session of the event.
—PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR
Dy CM Brajesh Pathak and others during the inaugural session of Conference Expo
on Uttar Pradesh Industrial safety (HSE) Fire Safety Disaster Response organised by
PHD Chamber Commerce at Hotel Clarks Awadh in Lucknow on Tuesday.
Yogi govt ensuring farmers’
welfare via crop insurance
First India Bureau
Lucknow: To boost the
safety of farmers’ crops
and ensure maximum
benefit of crop insur-
ance reaches to farm-
ers, a compensation of
Rs 3074.60 crore has
been deposited in the
accounts of 27.59 lakh
farmers in Uttar
Pradesh under the
Pradhan Mantri Fasal
Bima Yojana under
Yogi government.
PMFBY is an ambi-
tious scheme of the
Central Government
that provides farmers
with coverage and fi-
nancial assistance in
the event of crop failure
due to natural disas-
ters, pests, or diseases.
The Pradhan Mantri
Fasal Bima Yojana
(PMFBY) launched in
2016-17 is globally the
largest crop insurance
scheme in terms of
farmer participation
and the third largest in
terms of the premium.
In this, there will be a
uniform premium of
only 2% to be paid by
farmers for all Kharif
crops and 1.5% for all
Rabi crops. In case of
annual commercial and
horticultural crops, the
premium to be paid will
beonly5%.Thisscheme
has given great relief to
the farmers.
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath has imple-
mented this scheme of
the central government
at the gram panchayat
level in all the districts
of UP.
Chief Minister Yogi
has implemented this
scheme of the Govern-
ment of India at the
gram panchayat level in
all the districts of Uttar
Pradesh.
PMFBY is
recognised as
world’s largest
crop insurance
scheme
UP govt to
distribute 35
crore saplings
Lucknow (PTI): The
UP Cabinet approved on
Tuesday a proposal to
provide 35 crore sap-
lings free of cost to gov-
ernment departments,
social organisations
and farmers to achieve
its plantation target.
The decision was tak-
en at a cabinet meeting
chaired by CM Yogi.
“The proposal to pro-
vide free 35 crore sap-
lings from government
nurseries to depart-
ments, social organisa-
tions, farmers and oth-
ers has been approved
by the cabinet,” an offi-
cial statement said.
Yogi govt has fixed a
target of planting 35 cr
saplings in 2022-23.
While 12.6 crore sap-
lings are to be planted
by forest, environment
and climate change de-
partments, 22.4 crore
saplings are to be plant-
ed taking support of
various departments,
farmers and others.
Govt betters
ambulance
service in UP
Patna (PTI): To make
the Uttar Pradesh
health infrastructure
even more robust, Yogi
government has in-
structed the officials to
ensure that people in
every corner of the
state get the benefits of
the ambulance service.
The Uttar Pradesh
Governmenthaslaidout
theactionplanforalldis-
trict magistrates to keep
a close watch on the ar-
rangements of ambu-
lance operations in their
respective districts.
Furthermore, the
government has assert-
ed that strict action
will be taken against
those found guilty in
any case of sudden
death due to unavaila-
bility of ambulance.
The administration
has also been directed
to ensure that under no
circumstances should
the patient or their
families suffer because
of lack of ambulances.
—FILE PHOTO

UTTAR PRADESH
03
Lakhimpur Kheri
(PTI): The big cat, cap-
tured late on Monday
night in Manjhra Purab
area of Dudhwa buffer
zone, turned out be a
male tiger, officials said
on Tuesday
.
Earlier, the big cat
was stated to be a ti-
gress, roaming along
with another tigress in
the area, triggering
panic in Khairatia, Dal-
rajpur, Dumeda and
other villages.
“The captured big cat
was brought to Katar-
niaghat Wildlife Sanctu-
ary by rapid response
team of Dudhwa. A
team of veterinary ex-
perts examined the big
cat and found it to be a
tiger,” Field Director of
Dudhwa Tiger Reserve
(DTR) Sanjay Kumar
Pathak told PTI.
Pathak said that con-
fusion arose as the two
big cats, against their
normal nature, were de-
tected on camera roam-
ing together and shar-
ing their territory
.
He said the captured
tiger would be kept un-
der watch for a few more
hours and an appropri-
ate decision would be
taken thereafter.
“Operation to trace
and tranquilise the ti-
gress on the move would
continue with four
teams comprising tran-
quilising experts, biolo-
gists, special tiger pro-
tection force deployed to
carry on the operation,”
Pathak said.
He urged the villagers
to restrict their move-
ments in their fields and
forest areas till the ti-
gress was captured or
tranquilized
In a span of 10 days
since June 18, 4 deaths
were caused in the Khai-
ratia area close to Man-
jhra Purab forests.
A 52-year-old local
priest, Suraj Singh, 14,
Nagendra Singh, 33, and
Mindo Kaur, 43, were
killed by the tigress. The
forest officials, as well
as the local people, are
shocked by the sudden
spurt in fatalities.
The man-animal con-
flict in the area, spread
over half dozen villages
close to Dudhwa and Ka-
tarniaghat, has trig-
gered a deep resentment
amongthelocalsagainst
the officials.
Feline caught by Dudhwa team turns out to be tiger, hunt on for tigress
MAN-ANIMAL CONFLICT

Villagers have
been asked to
restrict their
movements in
their fields and
forest areas till
the tigress is
captured
The tiger caged after being caught by the forest team.
CRUCIAL READ
New Delhi: The Delhi airport started conducting
trials of a full-body scanner, which detects objects
on passengers without any pat-down search, at its
Terminal 2 on Tuesday. “Full-body scanners can
detect non-metal objects, which are hard to detect
with the conventional door frame metal detector,
Delhi International Airport Limited said in a statement.
The trials would be conducted on a real-time basis i.e.
passengers would have to pass through it during their
security check before moving to the security hold
area,” the statement said. Aviation security regulator
BCAS had in April 2019 directed 84 hypersensitive
and sensitive airports — including the Delhi airport
— in India to install body scanners by March 2020.
MAN, NIECE KILL
SELF OVER OPPN
TO MARRIAGE
Deoria: A 30-yr-old man
and his niece committed
suicide after allegedly
consuming sulfas in Bar-
haj PS area here over the
objection to their love
affair by family mem-
bers, police said. Circle
Officer (Barhaj) Pan-
chamlal said Sachin was
in love with Soni (25),
but their family mem-
bers were against the
relationship. According
to police, Sachin asked
Soni to come to a field
where both consumed
the pesticide. While
Sachin collapsed in the
field, Soni rushed back
home. She died during
treatment.
TWO KILLED, 9
INJURED IN ROAD
ACCIDENT
Sultanpur: Two per-
sons were killed and
nine others injured
when a mini bus over-
turned and fell into a
gorge here on Tuesday
morning, police said.
The incident took place
on the Varanasi-Luc-
know national highway
when family members
were taking a deceased
to Varanasi from Luc-
know for the last rites,
they said. Rajendra
Awasthi (55) and driv-
er Omkar Nath Yadav
(45) died on the spot,
police said, adding
the injured were taken
to Sultanpur district
hospital.
DELHI AIRPORT STARTS CONDUCTING
TRIALS OF FULL-BODY SCANNER AT T2
Key Indian aide of arrested Chinese held
Noida(PTI): Four peo-
ple have been held by UP
police from here in con-
nection with its ongoing
probe over the arrest of
a Chinese national who
was staying illegally in
Indiasince2020,officials
said on Monday
.
Amongthosearrested
is Ravi Natwarlal, a key
associate and the Indian
business partner of Chi-
nese national Xue Fei,
who was arrested from a
hotel in Gurugram on
June 13 along with his
Indian girlfriend, Pe-
tekhrinuo, they added.
Meanwhile, three
cops in Gautam Buddh
Nagar district were
shunted allegedly due to
their role in probing the
matter linked with Xue
Fei and the operations
of an illegal luxury club
inGreaterNoida’sGhar-
baravillage,theofficials
said.
“Four more people
have been arrested in
connection with the
case. They have been
identified as Ravi Nat-
warlal, Pushpendra,
Pradeep and Allen, a
woman. They were all
held from Delhi’s Gau-
tam Nagar area,” a po-
lice official said request-
ing anonymity
.
“Ravi worked as the
Indian partner of Xue
Fei. He was the director
of the nine companies
floated by Xue Fei and
used to get a monthly
emolument for his titu-
larjob.Mostof thefirms
were found to be bogus,”
the official said.
The three other ac-
cused — Pushpendra,
Pradeep and Allen —
worked at the illegal
club that had Chinese
nationals staying in In-
dia as its key patrons,
according to the official.
Meanwhile, three per-
sonnel attached to the
Beta 2 police station, in-
cluding a sub-inspector,
were transferred to the
police lines over their
role in the investigation
related to the club, an-
other official said.
An inquiry has also
been initiated against
the three, which is being
monitored by ADC
(Greater Noida) Vishal
Pandey
, the official said.
Xue Fei, staying ille-
gally in a Greater Noida
society since 2020 with
his Indian girlfriend,
was arrested on June 13,
close on the heels of the
arrest of two more Chi-
nese men trying to cross
over to Nepal but were
apprehended by the Sa-
shastra Seema Bal.
During inquiry
, the
two men, who had no
validdocumentsforstay-
ing in India, had told
Sitamarhi police that
they had stayed with
friendXueFeiinGreater
Noida for two months.
Dehradun(PTI): Po-
lice are pursuing im-
portant clues and hope-
ful of soon arresting
those involved in the
gangrape of a woman
and her six-year-old
daughter in Uttara-
khand’s Roorkee city, a
senior official said on
Monday
.
Theduowasallegedly
rapedinamovingcarby
a group of men who had
offered them lift while
they were on their way
home from Piran Kali-
yar, a Muslim religious
site, on Friday night.
Police have got some
important clues against
the accused and they
will be arrested soon,
Haridwar Superinten-
dent of Police (rural)
Pramendra Doval said.
Police have also an-
nounced a reward of Rs
10,000 for those who
give any information
about the accused.
A case has been regis-
tered against unidenti-
fied people, however,
one of the accused has
been identified as Sonu.
According to the po-
lice complaint, Sonu
and his accomplices al-
legedly raped the wom-
an and her daughter in
the moving car and
dumped them near a ca-
nal. The woman some-
how managed to reach a
police station in the
middle of the night and
narrated the incident to
the police.
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: A youth
was beaten to death
over land dispute in Ga-
jadharpur village un-
der Korao area here.
Police said Dwarika
Prasad Vishwakarma
(35) had land dispute
with his neighbours and
both parties had spat
over the issue several
times. The arguments
started on Tuesday
morning and after heat-
ed arguments Dwarika
Prasad Vishwakarma
was beaten to death.
It was reported that
two women trying to
save Dwarika were se-
verely injured in the at-
tack. Police rushed to
the spot and initiated
the investigations.
Police have regis-
tered case against ac-
cused on complaint of
family members of de-
ceased and manhunt
was launched to nab the
culprits.
Maharajganj (PTI):
Two people were killed
and two others suffered
injuries when lightning
struck them in a paddy
field in Maharajganj
district Tuesday, a sen-
ior official said.
The incident took
place in Dighi village
under Nichlaul police
station in the morning,
SDM SP Mishra said.
The deceased were
identified as Raghuvar
Nayak (45) and Khushi
(16) while the two in-
jured were referred to
Gorakhpur Medical
College, the SDM added.
Chinese national Xue Fei with his Indian girlfriend Petekhrinuo in police custody. —FILE PHOTO
Chinese national was staying
illegally in India since 2020
Indian partner Ravi was director
of 9 firms floated by accused
XUE FEI MYSTERY
Lawyer
shoots wife
over family
dispute
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Panic
was triggered in the
area after a lawyer
shot his wife dead
in Govindpuram,
Thakurganj area
over minor dispute.
Police sources here
said that Ashok
Chaurasiya, advo-
cate reached his
house in drunken
condition and when
his wife Pushpa (40)
opposed for his be-
haviour he shot her
with licenced gun.
Injured woman was
rushed to the trau-
ma centre where
doctors declared
her brought dead.
H a r i s h c h a n d
Chand, inspector
Thakurganj police
station said that
accused Ashok
Chauraiya was ar-
rested and further
investigation were
underway.
During interro-
gation arrested ac-
cused said that he
was also in con-
struction material
business and due to
bad economic con-
dition spat with
wife were frequent.
He said that
when his wife op-
posed for drinking
habits, he shot her
inanger.Heclaimed
that incident was
unfortunate but not
intentional.
BRIEF RESPITE
Brief thundershowers in Lucknow on Tuesday seemed to herald the much-awaited arrival of
monsoon, but there was no significant rain and the weather remained mostly humid all day.
‘Pursuing important clues in
Roorkee gangrape case’
SP (rural) Pramendra Doval addressing the press.
Hyd police bust
job racket in UP
Hyderabad (ANI):
As many as four ac-
cused were arrested
by the Cyber Crime
Police, Detective De-
partment, Hyderabad
City after it raided
two call centres and
busted fraud job rack-
et in Delhi and UP,
informed the police.
The accused have
been identified as Ni-
tish Kumar, Karan
Kohli, Rahul Kumar
and Prateek Manwar
Aswal. All arrested
persons have been
broughttoHyderabad
on a transit warrant.
According to a state-
ment by Hyderabad
Police,accusedKaran
cheated a person to
the tune of Rs 5,49,220
on the pretext of pro-
viding him with the
job of Senior General
Manager in Shell
PLC India Company
.
Accused Prateek
cheated a woman of
Rs 1,73,650 on the pre-
text of providing her
job as an accountant
in Accenture.
A case was regis-
tered against all the
four accused under
sections 419, 420 r/w
34 IPC and Sec 66 (C
and D) of the ITA Act.
Police informed
that the accused used
to collect the details
of job aspirants
through online por-
tals and other sourc-
es, then contact the
person through
emails or calls.
The accused used
to collect details of
job seekers through
online portals
Man beaten to death
over land dispute
Two killed in
paddy field due
to lightning 80
Arrested accused Ashok
Chaurasiya
VICTIM IDENTIFIED DRIVER AS SONU
While the woman could not tell exactly how many men
were there in the car, she said the person driving it
was named Sonu, they said. Police said the two were
admitted to the Roorkee Civil Hospital and their medical
examination confirmed rape.
—PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA

PERSPECTIVE
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
If you want to see the
brave and bold, look to
those who can return
love for hatred.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
NEP 2020 also charts the course
to develop our students youth as
global citizens with new-age ideas and
skills. NEP 2020 prioritises learning
in Indian languages for establishing
India as a knowledge economy of the
21st century. We must take pride in all
Indian languages.
Kiren Rijiju
@KirenRijiju
Good for Democracy! Gandhis in
Delhi, Yadavs in UP, Badals in Punjab,
Thackerays in Maharashtra: Dynasties
Losing Hold on Public.
TOP TWEETS
G-7 NATIONS’
PLEDGE ON FREE
SPEECH IS A
STEP IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION
he G-7 countries have
pledged to protect
“freedom of expres-
sion and opinion on-
line and offline”. A
G-7 statement said, “We, the
Leaders of Germany
, Argentina,
Canada, France, India, Indone-
sia, Italy, Japan, Senegal, South
Africa, the United Kingdom, the
United States of America and
the European Union, affirm our
commitment to strengthening
the resilience of our democra-
cies.” The statement went on to
“hail all courageous defenders
of democratic systems” while
that freedom was being stifled in
several countries. It also boils
down to deciding whose freedom
of expression these democra-
cies will protect.
Forinstanceif theRepublicans
return to power in the US, they
will be biased in favour of the
White community
. Italy has its
own “wiretap law” to gag the in-
ternet. As these are times of ma-
joritarianism, it is the minorities
who mostly get the wrong end of
the stick. Whatever the agree-
ment, some signatory nations
mayturnouttobeinsincereinits
implementation. However, it is a
step in the right direction.
T
he Sangrur Lok
Sabha by-election
result has come as
a jolt for the Aam
Aadmi Party but
is no less a concern for the
Central government. The
problem with Simranjit Sin-
gh Mann’s victory from the
Chief Minister Bhagwant
Singh Mann’s constituency is
over his allegiance to Khal-
istani militant Jarnail Singh
Bhindranwale. Simranjit (77)
gave credit for his victory to
the slain militant and vowed
to support the pro-Khalistan
agenda. The radical former
IPS officer’s presence in the
Lok Sabha will be seen as a
boost for the agenda of a sepa-
rate state. He also said he will
raise the issue of “Indian
Army’s atrocities in Kash-
mir” in the House.
It is not the Centre alone
which will have to worry over
this unexpected victory
. That
AAP, which has faced allega-
tionsof itspartychief Arvind
Kejriwal being soft towards
pro-Khalistan elements, has
lost people’s confidence in the
chief minister’s constituency
so early after a resounding
victory in assembly elections
onlypointstothegovernment
defaulting on promises, main-
ly the one pertaining to job
creation. The unemployment
rate has zoomed from 7.25
percent in April to 9.15 per-
cent in May 2022. Jobless
youth in a border state which
struggled to bring drug men-
ace under some control is a
recipe for disaster. The AAP
government has to take into
account recent incidents trig-
gered by pro-Khalistanis in
view of this political develop-
ment. The AAP government
would have to be forever vigi-
lant against the presence of
militants.
The significant message
emanating from the Sangrur
by-poll result ought to make
Arvind Kejriwal look at Pun-
jab much more seriously
.
A PROBLEMATIC
WIN IN SANGRUR
The Sangrur Lok Sabha by-election result has come as a jolt for
the Aam Aadmi Party but is no less a concern for the
Central government. The problem with Simranjit Singh
Mann’s victory from the Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh
Mann’s constituency is over his allegiance to
Khalistani militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale
T
Bhagwant Singh Mann Simranjit Singh
fter high drama and three
days of political roller coaster
ride and stalwarts’ names be-
ing proposed and their subse-
quent denials, when the Op-
position camp at the behest of
WB CM, Mamata Banerjee
finally named Yashwant Sin-
ha for the topmost post of the
country…thebombshellfrom
the otherwise “quiet” NDA
came the same day or is it bet-
ter to say close to midnight.
After a meeting in the na-
tional Capital between PM
NarendraModiandseniorBJP
leaders, Draupadi Murmu’s
name was announced as the
NDA
’s presidential candidate.
Earlier, the “fractured”
Opposition camp had pro-
posed names of Sharad Pa-
war, Farooq Abdullah and
Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson
Gopalkrishna Gandhi for the
top post. But all of them re-
fused as they had doubts
somewhere deep down about
the Opposition’s chances of
getting the numbers.
Astute as a politician that
he is, PM Modi has the ability
to think and think fast and
also in terms of long-term vi-
sion. The selection of former
Jharkhand Governor Drau-
padi Murmu as the NDA’s
presidential nominee, after
the tenure of a Dalit Presi-
dent Ram Nath Kovind ex-
pires next month, is in sync
withPMModi’smasterstroke.
With the BJP already en-
joying 48% of the presiden-
tial votes, its candidate, Drou-
padi Murmu, the 1958-born
and former Governor of
Jharkhand, is almost certain
to win. Hailing from Orissa,
Murmu already has the “sup-
port” of the state’s CM,
Naveen Patnaik who recently
advocated for the “state’s
daughter.” And by virtue of
being the former Governor of
Jharkhand, can Soren shy
away from her candidature?
Earlier, in the article I had
mentioned the term “frac-
tured Opposition” camp, why
I said so was evident from the
fact when BJD, TRS and AAP
had stayed away from the Op-
position meeting to name the
presidential candidate… as it
may be recalled. Even though
TRS on Monday said that it
would support Yashwant
Sinha, AAP has remained
non-committal so far.
CRUCIAL ASSEMBLY
POLLS AHEAD
It may be noted that crucial
Assembly elections are due
in Gujarat and HP in Decem-
ber which will be followed by
MP, Chhattisgarh and Ra-
jasthan and the Saffron party
needs to embolden its im-
print in the tribal regions of
all these States to consolidate
its position especially for the
upcoming LS in 2024.
In the long term, picking a
tribal and a woman from Odi-
sha is a huge gesture to boost
the emotions of eastern India
in the Bigger Picture.
RS WIN FOR BJP
WILL MATTER
The recently concluded RS
elections again proved the
acumen of BJP politicians
and their abiilities to con-
vince smaller, regional par-
ties and Independents to con-
vince them and get votes in
BJP’s favour. This also came
as a shot in the arm for the
Saffron party ahead of the
presidential elections.
Forthepresidentialelection
scheduled on July 18, the NDA
govt is short of the required
majority mark by a little less
than 20,000 votes and thus it is
banking on AIADMK and
friendly parties which may
not even be part of the NDA
such as the BJD and YSRCP
apart from the Independents
and smaller/regional parties.
Saffron party’s strength in
RS will now be 95, including
the Independent. On June 3,
BJP had added 14 members to
its kitty when 41 nominees
across parties were elected to
the Upper House unopposed.
The total value of votes of
all people’s representatives
(that is MPs and MLAs) is
10,86,000andmorethan50per-
cent of the votes are needed to
win the presidential polls.
Currently, I reiterate, the
BJPanditsallieshavearound
48%.Thegrandoldparty
,Con-
gress and its allies have 24%
votes, TMC has 5.4%, Jagan-
mohanReddy’sYSRCongress
has 4% and Naveen Patnaik’s
Biju Janata Dal has about 3%.
If YSR Congress or BJD pulls
the plug on the Opposition
candidate and sides with the
NDA… it will become a cake-
walk for them to win the polls.
It may be recalled that YSR
Congress chief Jaganmohan
Reddy met PM Modi recently
and so did Naveen Patnaik
May 30 and politically if that
is any indication of things to
come in the next few weeks,
the NDA is currently placed
in a better position.
CHALLENGES OF A
MODERN BHARAT
Thenewpresidentwillremain
inofficetill2027andhencehe/
she will preside over the cru-
cial Lok Sabha polls in 2024.
The new President will also
witness several changes inter-
nallyandglobally
,hurdlesand
howthecountrybolstersitself
from these challenges.
During the next 5 years, the
temple of democracy will get
a new “Vista” with the latest
state-of-the-art technology…
There could be a number of
statuteamendmentstoliveup
tothechangingtimesandsev-
eral reforms towards a green-
er and cleaner atmosphere as
the country is committed to
cut carbon emissions by half
by 2030. It is going to be a very
crucial and eventful term
with a plethora of bills com-
ing his/her way
.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
NOMINATION OF MURMU
PM MODI’S ‘PREZ-WORTHY’
MASTERSTROKE
A
The next half-and-a-decade
will also see the ultimate
modernisation of the armed
forces and the huge
digitisation massively
across all sectors. To keep in
sync with the changes
globally it will also be
crucial to see how India
adopts to its Atmanirbhar
status to remain relevant.
By the next 5 years, the
whole global scenario will
undergo a sea change and
all those in governance will
have to play a crucial role!
KNOW MORE ABOUT
DRAUPADI MURMU

z The first tribal leader to be
nominated for the top constitu-
tional post of the country

z If elected, would also be the
second woman president of
India. The former governor of
Jharkhand, Murmu, the presi-
dential candidate of the NDA is
a seasoned politician from the
tribal belt of Odisha, having an
extensive background in the
field of academics

z She served as an MLA
twice for Rairangpur in
Mayurbhanj on a BJP ticket
(2000 and 2009). She held the
portfolios of Commerce and
Transport, then Fisheries and
Animal Husbandry during the
BJP-BJD coalition government
that took office in 2000

z She was also VP and later
president of the Scheduled
Tribes Morcha of the Odisha
unit of the BJP. She was also
nominated as a member of
BJP the National Executive (ST
Morcha) in 2013

z Also has the distinction
of becoming the first woman
governor of Jharkhand

z Was awarded the Neelkanth
Award for the best MLA of the
year by the Odisha Legislative
Assembly in the year 2007
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Associate Editor,
Free Press Journal, Mumbai and former
Managing Editor, First India
PM Narendra Modi submitted NDA’s Prez candidate Draupadi Murmu’s nomination papers in presence of
Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Shivraj Singh Chouhan and other dignitaries on June 24.
Opposition’s Prez candidate Yashwant Sinha with Sharad Pawar, Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge,
Ashok Gehlot, Jairam Ramesh, Akhilesh Yadav, Farooq Abdullah, Jayant Chaudhary, KT Rama Rao,
Abhishek Banerjee and other dignitaries during filing his nomination papers on June 28.

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INDIA
05
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Even for
the sake of exception, it
does not fall in memory,
that if a regional party
has broken up and the
party has passed from
the hands of the found-
ing leader’s family to
another person. Region-
al parties are also bro-
ken but their break is
never too devastating.
Second, the party has
remained within the
family in most cases
since its breakup and
third, no other regional
party formed out of re-
gional parties has been
more successful. Hence
Shiv Sena cannot be im-
agined without Thack-
erays. It is possible that
Shiv Sena may break up
and a large number of
its MLAs and MPs may
go along with Eknath
Shinde but in spite of
that Shiv Sena will re-
main of Thackeray
family. Keep in mind
that Raj Thackeray had
also separated from
Shiv Sena to form Ma-
harashtra Navnirman
Sena but the party did
not succeed, even
though he was a mem-
ber of the Thackeray
family
.
Many parties were
formed after breaking
away from the Congress
and the BJP, some of
which were also suc-
cessful. Similarly, after
the break-up in the so-
cialist camp, many par-
ties were formed and
were successful. But
this is not the case with
regional parties. Parties
formed by a strong sa-
trap do not break and
even if they break, the
separation group ends.
For example, in the
nineties, there was a
major breakdown in the
Jharkhand Mukti Mor-
cha. Krishna Mardi had
formed a separate fac-
tion, but in the very next
election, the party end-
ed. Parkash Singh Bad-
al’s nephew Manpreet
Badal formed the Pun-
jab People’s Party after
breaking away from the
Akali Dal, but the party
ended in the very first
election. After breaking
away from DMK, MK
Alagiri formed a sepa-
rate party but could not
make a dent in the state
politics. Shivpal Yadav
formed the party after
separating from the Sa-
majwadi Party, but
failed.
After the breakup,
some of the parties
which were left in the
hands of someone from
the family became suc-
cessful.LikeinHaryana,
Dushyant Chautala
formedtheJannayakJa-
nata Party after separat-
ing from the Indian Na-
tional Lok Dal and was
successful in the first
elections. Now the main
partyof Chautalafamily
is JJP
. The Telugu Des-
am Party formed by NT
Rama Rao was taken un-
dercontrolbyhisson-in-
lawChandrababuNaidu
and he was also success-
ful. But no person from
outside can usurp par-
tieswhicharecontrolled
by one family
.
Despite being weak,
such parties are bound
by the charisma of the
leader. For example, de-
spite being marginal-
ised, there are many
parties like Rashtriya
Janata Dal in Bihar,
DMK in Tamil Nadu,
JDS in Karnataka, RLD
in Uttar Pradesh, Akali
Dal in Punjab, in which
there was no big break
and the parties sur-
vived. In this, there is a
different example of
Lok Janshakti Party of
Bihar, in which family
members quarreled,
party broke down and
party’s name and elec-
tion symbol was confis-
cated. Despite this, it is
certain that the legacy
of Ram Vilas Paswan
will remain with his
son Chirag Paswan.
Regional parties can’t be battered by breakaway factions!
Punjab to bring resolution
against Agnipath scheme
Chandigarh (Agen-
cies): Punjab Chief
Minister Bhagwant
Mann on Tuesday in-
formed the Assembly
that the state will soon
bring a resolution in
the House to oppose the
Centre’s Agnipath
scheme regarding the
defence recruitment.
Also, he said, a reso-
lution on condemning
thebanonSidhuMoose-
wala’s new song, SYL,
on YouTube.
“Agnipath is a whim-
sical and irrational
move of the NDA gov-
ernment which will de-
stroy the basic fabric of
the Indian Army,” said
thechief minister,while
replying to issue raised
by Leader of Opposition
and Congress member
Partap Singh Bajwa
during Zero hour.
However, BJP mem-
ber Ashwani Sharma
opposed the move.
The Chief Minister
said this is another il-
logicalmovebytheNDA
government to ruin the
future of the youth.
OPPN STAGES WALKOUT
IN BIHAR ASSEMBLY
DIDI ALLEGES PRESSURE
TO GIVE AGNIVEERS JOBS
Patna (Agencies): The Opposition par-
ties in Bihar have decided to stay away
from the proceedings of the Assembly
after Speaker Vijay Sinha refused to give
them time for a discussion on the Ag-
nipath scheme. The Opposition parties,
including the RJD, CPI, CPM, CPI (ML),
led by Leader of Opposition and RJD
leader Tejashwi Yadav walked out from
the Assembly on Tuesday. They staged
a protest before former CM Karpoori
Thakur’s statue inside the Assembly
premises. Congress and AIMIM leaders
were also not present inside the House.
Kolkata (Agencies): West Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday
alleged there is indirect pressure on
her to appoint Agniveers on state gov-
ernment jobs after they complete four
years of service in the armed forces
under the Agnipath scheme. According
to her, such appeals have come to her
from a section of the defence person-
nel. “Recently, I received a letter from
a colonel on this count. He said that he
will forward names of Agniveers from
a panel which might be recruited in the
state government,” she said.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann speaks during the Assembly session.
Mamata
attacks Centre
over arrests of
Zubair, Teesta
Kolkata (Agencies):
West Bengal Chief Min-
ister Mamata Banerjee
on Tuesday attacked
the BJP over the recent
arrests of Alt News co-
founder Mohammed
Zubair and Mumbai-
based social activist
Teesta Setalvad.
Banerjee said, “BJP’s
social media is all about
fakevideosandcheating
peoplebyspreadingmis-
information. When your
leaders spread misinfor-
mation and insult oth-
ers,thenyoudon’tarrest
them. You remain silent.
Even if they kill people,
they won’t be touched,
butif wespeakthetruth,
we will be targeted. Why
did they arrest Zubair?
What did he do? Why did
you arrest Teesta? What
has she done? Today the
wholeworldiscondemn-
ing this.”
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Combined oppo-
sition candidate for the
presidential election,
Yashwant Sinha, who
filed his nomination on
Monday, received a set-
back when at least eight
non-National Demo-
cratic Alliance (NDA)
parties did not send
their representatives
on the occasion.
The eight prominent
political parties which
skipped Sinha’s filing
of nomination were Ba-
hujan Samaj Party
(BSP), All India Majlis-
e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
(AIMIM), Jharkhand
Mukti Morcha (JMM),
People’s Democratic
Party (PDP), Aam Aad-
mi Party (AAP), Shi-
romani Akali Dal
(SAD), Biju Janata Dal
(BJD) and YSR Con-
gress Party (YSRCP).
Odisha chief minis-
ter Naveen Patnaik-led
BJDhasalreadypledged
support to the NDA’s
presidential candidate
Droupadi Murmu as
she belongs to the state.
BSP supremo
Mayawati has also sup-
ported Murmu’s candi-
dature saying that her
party was not consulted
by the opposition.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Yashwant Sinha
gets a jolt from 8
Opposition parties
PM’s gifts to Biden, Boris, Trudeau at G7
Schloss Elmau (ANI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi, who was on a
visit to Germany to at-
tend theG7 summit,pre-
sented its leaders with
various gifts displaying
the country’s rich art
and crafts, particularly
those related to Uttar
Pradesh’s ‘one district
one product’ scheme.
His gifts included a
hand-knotted carpet,
carved matka, itr bot-
tles, tea set, brooch
and cufflinks.
PM Modi gifted a
Metal Marodi carving
matka to German Chan-
cellor, Olaf Scholz. This
nickel-coated, hand-en-
graved brass vessel is a
masterpiece from Mo-
radabad district, which
is also known as the
Peetal Nagari or “brass
city” of Uttar Pradesh.
After casting the pot,
the design that has to be
engraved is first
sketched on paper.
Yashwant Sinha, joint Oppn Presidential candidate. —FILE PHOTO
Gifts displaying the country’s rich art and crafts were presented to foreign counterparts.
40% cut money:
Centre seeks
proofs against
Karnataka BJP
‘31% of sitting
RS members
have declared
criminal cases’
Sivadasa Menon,veteran
CPI-M leader,dies at 90
Kozhikode (Agen-
cies): Veteran CPI-M
leader and former Fi-
nance Minister T Si-
vadasa Menon
passed away at a pri-
vate hospital in
Kozhikode on Tues-
day, party sources
said. He was 90.
Menon, a teacher
by profession, had
quit his job in 1986
and plunged into full
time politics.
He won three times
fromtheMalampuzha
Assembly constituen-
cyinPalakkaddistrict
and was a State Minis-
ter on two occasions
from 1987-91 and from
1996-2001 when he was
State Minister for Ex-
cise and Finance.
On both the occa-
sions he was part
of the EKNayanar
Cabinet.
PADMA: Centralised pay system
for Indian Coast Guard launched
Bengaluru (Agencies):
The Union Home Minis-
try has sought docu-
ments and proofs from
the president of the Kar-
nataka State Contrac-
tors’ Association who
levelled allegations of 40
per cent commission in
all public contracts
againsttherulingBJPin
the state.
Association president
Kempanna has submit-
ted all the documents to
the officer sent by the
UnionHomeMinistryin
Bengaluru on Tuesday
.
Kempanna had written
to the Home Ministry
about the corruption al-
legations against the
State Government.
“Union Home Minis-
try has sent an officer in
thisregardtodiscussthe
issue. I have all the docu-
ments that were sought
by the officer. I will meet
and give all details in
that regard,” Kempanna
had stated.
Kempanna had got a
call from the MHA earli-
er asking him to submit
the documents pertain-
ing to his allegations.
Kempanna told that if a
properinvestigationwill
be done, he will provide
all the documents.
New Delhi (Agencies):
About 31 per cent of sit-
ting Rajya Sabha MPs
have declared criminal
casesagainstthemselves
while the average assets
of the Upper House
members are 79.54
crore, according to a re-
port released by ADR-
NationalElectionWatch.
Association for Demo-
cratic Reforms (ADR)
and National Election
Watch have analyzed the
criminal, financial and
other background de-
tails of 226 out of 233 sit-
ting MPs.
In the current Rajya
Sabha, one seat is va-
cant. Two MPs have not
been analysed as their
affidavits were unavail-
able and four seats of
JK are undefined, the
report said.
Of the 226 sitting Ra-
jya Sabha MPs, 197 (87
per cent) are ‘crorepatis’
and the average assets
per MP are Rs 79.54
crore, the report said.
Of 226 members, 71
have declared criminal
casesagainstthemselves
and 37 have declared se-
rious criminal cases.
Pay Roll Automation for
Disbursement of
Monthly Allowances
(PADMA),anautomated
Pay Allowances mod-
ule for the Indian Coast
Guard was inaugurated
by Shri Rajnish Kumar,
Controller General of
Defence Accounts
(CGDA), Ministry of De-
fence, on June 28, 2022.
PADMA is an auto-
mated platform leverag-
ing latest technology
which will provide
seamless and timely dis-
bursal of Pay Allow-
ances to around 15,000
Indian Coast Guard per-
sonnel. This module has
been developed under
the aegis of Defense Ac-
counts Department and
will be operated by Pay
Accounts Office Coast
Guard, Noida. The
launch marked the be-
ginning of the Central-
ized Pay System (CPS),
the foundation of which
isbeinglaiddownbythe
Defence Accounts De-
partment Headquarters
to provide one stop pay
accounting solutions for
all organisations under
the Ministry
.
Speaker Om Birla,
Gadkari present NH
excellence awards
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Lok Sabha Speak-
er Om Birla addressed
the distinguished gath-
ering at the National
Highway Excellence
Awards Programme
held in Vigyan Bhawan,
New Delhi, today. The
awards were conferred
in the presence of Un-
ion Minister for Road
Transport and High-
ways, Nitin Gadkari.
Speaking on this occa-
sion, Birla said that with
the vision of the Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi, National Highway
Authority of India has
got a new momentum in
the recent years. New re-
cords are being created
in the fields of road con-
structionandinfrastruc-
ture modernization.
With the development of
modern infrastructure
in the country
, new ave-
nues of development are
being opened, added Bir-
la. He also said that not
only big cities but villag-
es and hilly areas are be-
ing connected through
quality roads. Various
departments are coordi-
nating among them-
selves, augmenting re-
sources, for timely and
effectiveimplementation
of schemes, added Birla.
Mentioning about the
role of infrastructure in
the aspirational India,
Birla said that Infra-
structureisafundamen-
tal requirement for pro-
gress, prosperity and
economic development.
In the 21st century
world, connectivity de-
termines the pace of
progress of the country
.
Om Birla, Nitin Gadkari and VK Singh during the programme.
Rajnish Kumar (IDAS) Controller General of Defence Accounts and
Rakesh Pal (Additional DG, Indian Coast Guard).

INDIA
06
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: JMM and
Congress leaders run-
ning the government in
Jharkhand have lost
their sleep, due to two
recent political develop-
ments. The first inci-
dent is from Maharash-
tra. There, the Shiv
Sena, which is running
the government out of
the coalition of three
parties, has broken
down and about two-
thirds of its MLAs have
rebelled. If BJP’s ‘Op-
eration Lotus’ is suc-
cessful in Maharashtra,
then this operation will
happen in Jharkhand
too. There is little
chance of break in
JMM running the gov-
ernment in Jharkhand,
but many MLAs of its
ally Congress are al-
ready in touch with BJP
and just as in Maha-
rashtra after two at-
tempts, there could be a
success in the third at-
tempt, in the same way
after two failed at-
tempts in Jharkhand,
there may be a third at-
tempt in the next few
days.
The second event is
BJP’s move to make a
tribal president. The
BJP has nominated
Draupadi Murmu from
the Santhal tribal com-
munity of Odisha, who
was the governor of
Jharkhand, as its presi-
dential candidate and
she is sure to win. With
this one decision, BJP
has changed its image
of being anti-tribal. The
tribal MLAs of
Jharkhand will also
have no problem in go-
ing with the BJP now.
Keep in mind that in the
last election, BJP had
won 25 seats, out of
which only two tribals
won. Later, with the
joining of Babulal Ma-
randi, the number of its
tribal MLAs increased
to three. By making the
first non-tribal chief
minister, the image of
BJP had become anti-
tribal, which will
change now.
That is why the round
of speculation has start-
ed in Jharkhand from
now on. Congress MLAs
had come to Delhi on
Wednesday on the call
of the party high com-
mand, but discussions
started in the state that
they would meet BJP
leaders in Delhi. How-
ever, a situation of ‘Op-
eration Lotus’ not being
successful is being cre-
ated that a by-election is
being held in a seat in
the state, on which there
is a strong possibility of
a Congress victory. If
Congress wins, then its
number of MLAs will
increase and then it will
be a little more difficult
to break two-thirds of
its MLAs.
Jharkhand to also witness ‘Operation Lotus’?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Min Amit Shah.
SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BAN
FROM JULY 1: UNION MIN
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Union environ-
ment Minister Bhu-
pender Yadav an-
nounced on June 28
that govt will ban sin-
gle-use plastic from
July 1.
“Govt has given
enough time to switch
away from single-use
plastic,” the minister
said.
According to the en-
vironment ministry
notification, the manu-
facture, import, stock-
ing, distribution, sale
and use of single-use
plastic, including poly-
styrene and expanded
polystyrene commodi-
ties will be banned
from July 1, 2022.
Other pro-
h i b i t e d
items in-
clude plastic sticks
for balloons, earbuds
with plastic sticks,
ice-cream sticks, can-
dy sticks, plastic cups,
plastic glasses, plastic
or PVC banners less
than 100 microns,
stirrers, plastic
spoons, forks, knives,
and straws.
Single-use plastic re-
fers to those plastic
items that are used
only once before they
are thrown away
.
For the packaging
industry
, the challenge
is also to search for a
direct alternative to lo-
cally available BOPP
films (polypropylene)
used extensively for
packaging products as
it prevents moisture
and can hold weight
better than a cello-
phane sheet. The noti-
fied list of banned
items also includes
packaging/wrapping
plastic films for sweet
boxes,cigarettepackets
and invitation cards.
According to All In-
dia Plastics Manufac-
turers’ Association
director-general Deep-
ak Ballani, the focus
should also be on step-
ping up action on
proper management
of plastic waste. “We
also want Clean India
and are ready to tran-
sition. But why not fo-
cus on the root of the
problem – plastic
waste,” he says.
The notification for the ban was issued on August 12, 2021
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Islamabad (Agen-
cies): Pakistani gov-
ernment has decided to
reach out to G20 coun-
tries in an attempt to
stop India from holding
an event or meeting of
the grouping in Jammu
and Kashmir (JK).
Pakistan foreign of-
fice, has categorically
rejected any such at-
tempt by India claiming
that “Jammu and Kash-
mirisaninternationally
recognised disputed ter-
ritory between Pakistan
and India. The territory
has been under forcible
andillegaloccupationof
India since 1947 and this
disputehasremainedon
the agenda of the UN Se-
curity Council for over
seven decades”.
“Contemplating the
holding of any G20 re-
lated meeting/event in
JK is a travesty that
the international com-
munity cannot accept,”
reads a statement.
Pak to approach G20 to stop
India from holding JK event
DEMANDS POLITICAL PRISONERS’ RELEASE
WOMAN ACCUSED
OF KILLING HER
CHILD ACQUITTED
22 STUDENTS
FROM RANCHI
HURT IN MISHAP
Begaluru: The Karnataka
High Court recently set
aside the conviction and
sentence of life impris-
onment imposed on a
woman for allegedly
causing the death of her
two months old girl-
child, who was suffering
from epilepsy and some
respiratory problems,
by throwing her into a
river. A division bench of
Justices KS Somashekar
and Shivashankar Am-
arannavar acquitted the
accused Kavitha.
Gangtok/Ranchi:
Twenty-two college
students from Ranchi
were injured when their
bus overturned in East
Sikkim on Tuesday, po-
lice said. The students
of St Xavier’s College
in Jharkhand’s Ranchi
were on an excursion to
Sikkim, they said. When
they were returning to
Siliguri on their way to
Ranchi, their bus over-
turned at 7th Mile in
Ranipool police station
area, police said.
CRUCIAL READ
IN THE COURTYARD
Justice Satish Chandra sworn
in as CJ of Delhi High Court
New Delhi: Justice
Satish Chandra Sharma
on Tuesday took oath
as Chief Justice of the
Delhi High Court. Lieu-
tenant Governor of Delhi
Vinai Kumar Saxena
administered the oath
to justice Sharma at a
ceremony held in the
Raj Niwas. Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal,
a number of judges
of Delhi High Court,
Chief Secretary of Delhi
among others were
present on the occasion.
The central government
had recently notified the
transfer of Chief Justice
of Telangana High Court
Satish Chandra Sharma
to Delhi High Court.
Justice Sharma has
earlier served as Acting
Chief Justice of Karna-
taka High Court.
JUSTICE BHUYAN
TAKES OATH AS
TELANGANA HC CJ
Amaravati: Justice Ujjal
Bhuyan has been sworn
in Chief Justice of Telan-
gana High Court on Tues-
day. Governor Tamilisai
Soundararajan adminis-
tered the oath of office to
Chief Justice designate
Justice Ujjal Bhuyan
at Raj Bhavan at 10:05
am. CM KCR, Speakers
Pocharam Srinivas Reddy
and Gutha Sukhender
Reddy, Union Minister G.
Kishan Reddy, judges of
the HC and several public
representatives along with
top officials were present.
REMEMBERING PV
NARASIMHA RAO
HOCKEY OLYMPIC
MEDALLIST DIES
New Delhi: Several
leaders on Tuesday
paid tributes to the
former prime minister
of India PV Narasimha
Rao on the occasion of
his birth anniversary.
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal
called the former PM a ‘multifaceted
personality’. “Tributes to the former
Prime Minister of the country, Shri
PV Narasimha Rao ji, who was a
multifaceted personality, on his birth
anniversary,” Kejriwal wrote on Twitter.
Rao served as the 9th PM of India
from 1991 to 1996. Born on June 28,
1921, he had steered the country by
introducing economic reforms.
New Delhi: Olym-
pic and World Cup
medallist Varinder
Singh, who was an
integral part of some
of India’s memorable
victories in the 1970s,
died in Jalandhar on Tuesday. He was
75. Singh was part of the gold-medal
winning Indian team at the 1975 men’s
Hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur.
This remains India’s only gold medal at
the prestigious tournament where the
country had beaten arch-rivals Pak 2-1
in the final. Singh was also part of the
bronze medal-winning team at the 1972
Munich Olympics and silver medal at
1973 World Cup in Amsterdam.
‘Deeply concerned by devp in Jerusalem’
United Nations
(Agencies): India has
expressed deep con-
cern over develop-
ments in the West
Bank, Jerusalem and
Gaza, underscoring
the importance of the
international commu-
nity and the UN Secu-
rity Council sending a
“strong signal” against
any step that would
prevent the possibility
of durable peace be-
tween Israel and Pales-
tine.
Speaking at the Se-
curity Council meet-
ing on ‘Question of
Palestine’, India’s Dep-
uty Permanent Repre-
sentative to the UN,
Ambassador R Ravin-
dra said India is also
following the develop-
ments in Masafer Yatta
with concern, noting
that tensions have ris-
en over the potential
legal eviction of the
Palestinian families.
CERT-In gives
3-mth breather
to VPN providers
The Indian Computer
Emergency Response
Team (CERT-In) has
given a breather to the
providers of virtual pri-
vate network (VPN) ser-
vice in the country
. The
cyber agency has grant-
ed them another three
months to comply with
its new rules. The new
VPN rules were set to
become effective from
June 27, which require
VPN service providers
to store information of
their customers for a
period of five years.
JK: 2 men shot dead along LoC in
Kupwara, arms recovered from spot
Srinagar (Agencies):
Two persons were shot
dead by the army after
they were found moving
suspiciously along the
Line of Control (LoC) in
JK’s Kupwara district
on Tuesday
, police said.
Policesourcessaidthe
two, moving suspicious-
ly along the LoC in Ker-
an sector, were noticed
by the alert army troops
and challenged. Howev-
er, at this, the troops
cameunderfirefromthe
other side of the border
fence and retaliated, a
source said. Searches
were conducted and two
persons found dead on
the Indian side.
LeT BEHIND SERIES
OF EXPLOSIONS IN
RAJOURI; 2 HELD
Jammu: Pakistan-based
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit
was behind the recent
series of explosions in
Jammu and Kashmir’s Ra-
jouri district, police said on
Tuesday, claiming to have
solved the case with the ar-
rest of two of its operatives
while the search is on for
the main accused. A huge
cache of explosive material,
including five IEDs, was
recovered at the disclosure
of the arrested accused,
Additional Director General
of Police (ADGP), Jammu,
Mukesh Singh said.
OVER 130 SNIFFER DOGS DEPLOYED
TO ENSURE SAFE AMARNATH YATRA
Jammu: With Amarnath Yatra set to begin on
Thursday, security arrangements all over the state
of Jammu Kashmir have been tightened. For the
first time ever, due to increased terror threats, over
130 sniffer dogs have been deployed on the vehicle
routes that head towards the shrine to ensure a safe
yatra for all pilgrims. German Shepherds, Belgian
Malinois, and Labradors are being used by the forces.
UK court hears
Nirav’s plea against
extradition to India
London (Agencies): A
British court on June 28
opened the continua-
tion appeal hearing in
the extradition case of
Nirav Modi, who is
wanted in India on the
charges of fraud and
money laundering
amounting to an esti-
mated $2 billion in the
Punjab National Bank
(PNB) loan scam case.
The 51-year-old dia-
mond merchant had
lodged an appeal last
year against his extra-
dition order on mental
health grounds.
Thehearingthisweek
is for the continuation
of that appeal, with a
judgment likely soon.
GST Council drops tax exemptions on some items
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): The GST Council
on Tuesday approved
changes in tax rates on
some goods and servic-
es while allowing
states to issue an e-way
bill for intra-state
movement of gold and
precious stones, offi-
cials said.
The Council, chaired
by Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman
and comprising state
counterparts, also
cleared a host of com-
pliance procedures for
GST-registered busi-
nesses along with a
GoM report on high-
risk tax payers to check
evasion.
The discussion on
the crucial issues of
extension of compen-
sation to states beyond
June 2022 and the im-
position of 28 per cent
GST on casinos, online
gaming and horse rac-
ing, will take place on
Wednesday.
Opposition-ruled
states have been press-
ing for either extension
of the GST compensa-
tion regime or increas-
ing states’ share in rev-
enue from the current
50 per cent.
❍ INDIA AT UN SECURITY COUNCIL
Pre-packed labelled food items
to attract GST; States pitch for
continuation of compensation

NEWS
07
RAM TEMPLE
TRUST MEMBER
SUGGESTS
SETTING UP
STATE BHAVANS
IN AYODHYA
Swami Vishwaprasanna Tirtha,
a member of the Ram Temple
trust, on Monday suggested
establishing bhavans of all states
in Ayodhya and a facility for live
enactment of the Ramayana by
acquiring around 1,000 acres of
land. The seer of Pejawar Mutt
said that with these facilities near
the Ram Temple, the visiting
devotees will have “Ram
Darshan” as well as “Bharat
Darshan”. He “has suggested
having ‘live Ramayana’ by
acquiring a large chunk of land
—around 1,000 acres —
preferably around Ayodhya where
pilgrims and visitors can
experience all events associated
with Lord Ram,” according to a
statement issued by his office.
He also suggested that in the
outer ring of the Ram Temple
there should be bhavans of states
highlighting their unique cultures.
Such bhavans should have
facilities for stay of pilgrims, a
museum and artefact and other
items of cultural significance of
the states, the statement said. He
said other states can request the
Uttar Pradesh government for
required land. —PTI
INTERFAITH
COUPLE
COMMITS
SUICIDE IN
BASTI
An interfaith couple allegedly
committed suicide by hanging
themselves from a tree in Khamria
village of the district here, police
said on Monday. The bodies of the
16-year-old Muslim girl and
17-year-old Hindu boy were found
hanging from a tree near a pond
in the village. They both belonged
to the same village, Circle officer
(Rudhauli) Ambika Ram said.
Villagers said that both studied in
the same school, and their love
affair is almost one year old. Four
months ago they were seen
together, following which the girl’s
family had sent her to maternal
grandmother’s place (in Khamria),
the officer said. On Sunday, both
of them met in Khamria village,
and on Monday morning their
bodies were found hanging on a
tree, he added. SHO of Sonha
police station Shashank Shekhar
Rai said that a post-mortem
examination of the bodies were
conducted on Monday, and the
family members of the boy and
the girl were present there.
“Death took place due to hanging.
No other ante-mortem injury is
mentioned in the post-mortem
report. Both are suicides,”he said.
—PTI
Meeruthouseblastcausedby
firecrackers,notLPGcylinder
Meerut (PTI): The
Meerut police on Tues-
day said the June 27
blast at a house here
took place as firecrack-
ers that were being il-
legally manufactured
there caught fire and
not due to a cooking gas
cylinder explosion.
A woman was killed
and seven other people
were injured in the
blast at the house in
Summer Garden Colo-
ny under the Lisadi po-
lice station area on
Monday afternoon, ac-
cording to police.
Senior Superinten-
dent of Police (SSP)
Rohit Sajwan said dur-
ing an on-site investi-
gation by a field unit of
police, evidence of fire-
crackers being manu-
factured in the house
was found.
A case is being regis-
tered under Section
304 (culpable homicide
not amounting to mur-
der) of the Indian Pe-
nal Code and relevant
sections of the Explo-
sives Act, he said.
During preliminary
investigation, it was
found that firecrackers
were being illegally
manufactured in the
house by a close rela-
tive of Intezaar, the
head of the family that
was living in the house,
Sajwan said. Intezaar’s
relative, Mustakim,
would be taken into
custody soon, he added.
The SSP inspected
the spot with other of-
ficials. Sajwan had
said on Monday that
eight people were
pulled out of the debris
by police and fire bri-
gade teams. While
Shamima (28) suc-
cumbed to her injuries,
the others were rushed
to a local hospital.
The intensity of the
blast was such that two
neighbouring houses
were also damaged, ac-
cording to the police.
Police during an on-site investigation.
ILLEGAL MANUFACTURING
Acase is being registered under Section 304
(culpable homicide not amounting to murder)
of the Indian Penal Code and relevant sections of
the Explosives Act, SSP Rohit Sajwan said. During
preliminary investigation, it was found that fire-
crackers were being illegally manufactured in the
house by a close relative of Intezaar, the head of
the family that was living in the house, Sajwan said.
Muzaffarnagar (PTI):
One person was killed
and one other injured
when a pressure
machine of a gas
pipeline busted on
Bhopa road here, po-
lice said on Tuesday.
As per SHO Sushil
Kumar, the incident
took place when
Vishnu (30), resident
of Bachach Singh
Colony, was travelling
on his scooty late on
Monday and suddenly
the pressure machine
busted. Indraprastha
Gas Limited (IGL)
supplies Compressed
Natural Gas (CNG) by
pipeline in the locality,
he said, adding that
investigation is on
and action will be
taken as per findings.
1 KILLED AFTER
PRESSURE
MACHINE BUSTS
Couple beaten to death by
neighbours in Aligarh village
Aligarh (PTI): A cou-
ple was battered to
death and its three chil-
dren were seriously
wounded allegedly by
their neighbours in an
act of revenge for one of
their family member’s
killing a few years ago,
police here said on
Tuesday. All assailants
fled the spot after the
incident, police said.
According to police,
Jagendra Pal, 50, died
on the spot, while his
wife Sarvesh Devi, 45,
was declared dead at a
hospital where she was
taken after the attack.
Their children, Sonu,
22, Vishal, 19, and Dolly,
16, who had rushed to
protect their parents
and were thrashed by
the assailants, were un-
dergoing treatment at
Jawaharlal Nehru Med-
ical College hospital, a
senior police officer
said. According to SSP
Kalanidhi Naithani,
though the immediate
cause of the fight be-
tween the two families
was an open drain be-
tween their houses,
their enmity went back
a few years. The two
families had been in a
similar fight two years
ago, during which one
Shakuntla, a woman be-
longing to the family of
the accused, was killed.
Police termed Mon-
day’s double murder an
act of revenge connect-
ed to Shakuntla’s death.
Ajai and Jitendra, two
of the assailants, were
traced and nabbed, and
a search is on for the
others named in the at-
tack, the SSP said. Two
years ago, after
Shakuntla’s death, Jo-
gendra had moved out
of their Devsaini vil-
lage house, Naithani
said. Sarvesh Devi, who
was killed in Monday
attack, too had spent
several months in jail
with two of her sons in
connection with
Shakuntla’s death, he
said. She had been let
outonbailafewmonths
back, and since then
had been living in Ali-
garh city
.
The incident happened in Devsaini village
under Kuwarsi Police Station area, police
said. At least about six people attacked the
couple with rods, stones, and sticks and
according to some witnesses, kept beating
them till they were not apparently dead.
ChardhamYatra:203pilgrimsdiedso
far duetodifficultweather,healthreasons
Dehradun (PTI): De-
spite a health advisory
being issued for the
Chardham, situated in
the upper Garhwal
Himalayan region, 203
pilgrims have died so
far due to harsh weath-
er and health-related
issues, according to of-
ficial data. The Chard-
ham Yatra began on
May 3 on the occasion
of Akshaya Tritiya.
Most of the devotees
died due to heart attack.
The harsh mountain-
ous weather also exacer-
bated the health condi-
tion of many people, es-
pecially the elderly pil-
grims, who were provid-
ed with all kinds of
medical aid, including
air ambulances. As per
official figures, till June
26, 203 pilgrims who
wereonChardhamYatra
had lost their lives. Of
these,97people,themax-
imum, died in Kedar-
nath. 51 people died in
Badrinath, 42 in Yamu-
notri,and13inGangotri.
Asked about the high
number of deaths, state
health minister Dhan
Singh Rawat said that
his department is con-
stantly monitoring the
situation and conduct-
ing health check-up of
devotees. He said that
health guidelines are be-
ing disseminated
through all media, in-
cluding social media, so
that devotees follow
them and their journey
remains smooth.Deaths
during the arduous
Chardham Yatra are
nothing new, but this
time the figures are rela-
tively higher. In 2019,
just above 90 people suc-
cumbed to health condi-
tions aggravated by a
harshweather,whilethe
number rose to 102 in
2018, and to 112 in 2017.
Kedarnath Temple —FILE PHOTO
CENTRE’S COVID-19 HEALTH ADVISORY
The authorities have advised the very old, sick, and
those who have contracted COVID in the past,
to avoid the yatra, or postpone it for some time.
Pilgrims have been suggested to take a day’s rest
en route before reaching the shrine. They have been
asked to carry warm and woolen clothes, drink water
during the journey, do not go hungry, take intermit-
tent rest during long walks, and to not exercise in
high altitude areas. The state government has issued
health advisories on the basis of the report of an ex-
pert committee constituted for this purpose, which
found that most of the people who died during the
yatra were above 50 years of age, and many of them
were infected with the coronavirus in the past. Offi-
cials said that health check-up of devotees is being
done continuously on the Chardham Yatra routes
and so far 3,76,547 people have been screened.
Crash barriers for Char
Dham Yatra road
Dehradun (PTI): Utta-
rakhand Chief Minis-
ter Pushkar Singh Dha-
mi on Monday ordered
to install crash barriers
at 77 vulnerable places
on Chardham Yatra mo-
torway in a bid to re-
duce the number of
road accidents. In a let-
ter to Public Works De-
partment Minister Sat-
pal Maharaj and Trans-
port Minister Chandan
Ram Das, the chief min-
ister called for install-
ing the barriers in Cha-
moli, Uttarkashi,
Rudraprayag, Tehri and
Pauri districts.
Dhami underlined
the urgent need to in-
stall such barriers on
travel routes to prevent
vehicles from falling
into deep gorges as well
as minimise the in-
stances of other road
accidents. There are
still many sensitive
places on the Chard-
ham Yatra route where
the huge gap between
two crash barriers
makes them insuffi-
cient to prevent acci-
dents, he said in the let-
ter. The chief minister
directed the ministers
to install 10 crash barri-
ers in the first phase at
10 of the highly sensi-
tive places on top prior-
ity and then install the
same at the remaining
67 places as well.
AT 77 PLACES
WANDERING IN SUMMER
Sadhus take a selfie in front of the Taj Mahal on a hot summer day, in Agra on Tuesday.
38-YEAR-OLD HOMEGUARD
COMMITS SUICIDE IN GKP
Gorakhpur (PTI): A
38-year-old homeguard
allegedly committed
suicide at his house in
Khorabar area here,
police said on Tuesday.
Abhai Singh was a na-
tive of Jhangha area in
Gorakhpur and de-
ployed in the traffic po-
lice department, they
said.
He lived in the house
of his father, Awadh
Narayan Singh, who is a
retired home guard, po-
lice said.
On Tuesday morning,
his family members
foundhimhangingfrom
a ceiling fan, SHO of
Khorabar police station
N K Singh said, adding
that the body has been
sent for post-mortem.
“He didn’t go to work
on Monday and went to
sleep in his room in the
evening.
On Tuesday morning,
his son Prakash tried to
open the door, but it was
locked from the inside.
The family members
somehow managed to
gain access to the room
and found him hang-
ing,” the SHO said.
Abhai Singh is sur-
vived by his wife Arti
and two sons Prakash
(17) and Himanshu (14).
Uttarakhand Chief Minister
Pushkar Singh Dhami
OLD ENMITY
—PHOTO
BY
ANI

08
2NDFRONT
A person who does not anxiously
depends on the future, truly
enjoys the present.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
TIME TO DISTRIBUTE THE PIE
STATE BOARDS CORPORATIONS
Party adjusting its functionaries to state govt-owned
boards, corporations, commissions council bodies
New appointments also to be made for the State Vice
President, General Secretary and other office bearers
1 2
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: After ensur-
ing success in the re-
cently concluded by-
Polls, the BJP camp is
now gearing up to deal
with the next challeng-
es. In order to strength-
en the party for Mis-
sion-2024, BJP is prepar-
ing to accommodate the
workers and office bear-
ers of its organization
in various state-owned
commissions, corpora-
tions and boards also in
district to state level
committees of councils.
Caste and regional
equations will be taken
care of in these ap-
pointments, as well as
the focus will be on in-
creasing the represen-
tation from those areas
where the party could
not get the desired elec-
tion results.
It is noteworthy that
after securing a thump-
ing majority in the as-
sembly elections, the
winning streak of BJP
continues. After ensur-
ing the victory in eight
seats of the UP quota of
RajyaSabha,nineLegis-
lative Council seats and
two by-polls, BJP strate-
gists are now eyeing the
commissions, corpora-
tions, council bodies
and boards of UP
.
Moreover, after the
new appointment to the
post of State President,
new appointments will
be made in place of
State Vice President,
General Secretary
, State
General Secretary and
other office bearers. In
such a situation, the
party will accommo-
date the existing hard
working and dedicated
office bearers in corpo-
rations-commissions
and boards.
According to the
sources, in the recent as-
semblyelections,SPhad
made a clean sweep in
A m b e d k a r n a g a r,
Kaushambi, Ghazipur,
Azamgarh and Shamli.
Apart from these dis-
tricts, the expected re-
sults could not be found
in many other seats.
The representation of
these areas in the ap-
pointments of commis-
sions and boards will be
increased so that the
morale of the party
functionaries can be
boostedhere.Also,those
former ministers and
MLAs who have lost the
elections are also hop-
ing for accommodation
in these appointments.
NEW JOINIGS
Notably, OBC commis-
sion chairman Jaswant
Saini has joined the Yogi
cabinet. Baburam Nishad,
chairman of Backward
Classes Finance Devel-
opment Corporation, has
recently been elected
as a Rajya Sabha MP.
Chairman of the Pollu-
tion Control Board, JPS
Rathore has become the
Minister of Cooperation.
‘10Ksecuritymen,
drones to to guard
Kanwar Yatra’
Dehradun (PTI):Utta-
rakhand Director Gen-
eral of Police Ashok
KumaronMondaysaid
around 10,000 security
personnel along with
drones and CCTV cam-
eras will be deployed to
maintainlawandorder
during the coming
Kanwar Yatra.
The yatra is sched-
uled to be held from
July 14 to July 26 this
year after a gap of two
years due to the COV-
ID-19 pandemic. Kan-
wariyas’ (devotees of
Lord Shiva) collect wa-
ter from River Ganga
at Haridwar to offer at
Shiva temples in their
areas as part of the
yatra.
Addressing an inter-
state coordination
meeting, Kumar said
in view of the large
gathering of Shiva
devotees expected dur-
ing the month of Shra-
van, drones and CCTV
cameras will be used
while social media will
bemonitoredtoensure
tight security arrange-
ments.
An appeal would be
made to the kanwari-
yas through the social
media to cooperate
with the police and lo-
cal administration in
maintaining peace.
Kumar said the
neighboring states are
expected to publicise
the prescribed routes
of the yatra so that
tourists and devotees
visiting Chardham,
Mussoorie and Dehra-
dun do not face any
problems.
The purpose of this
meeting is to ensure
the safe and secure
travel of kanwariyas
coming from UP
, Hary-
ana, Delhi, Himachal
Pradesh, Punjab, Ra-
jasthan and other
places, he said. This
year, Haridwar and
surrounding areas
have been divided into
12 super zones, 31
zones and 133 sectors
for the yatra and
around 9,000-10,000 se-
curity personnel will
be deployed to main-
tain order, he said.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The ruling
BJP has initiated exer-
cise to finalise the name
of new state president
within a week. The Un-
ion HRD Minister Dhar-
mendra Pradhan, who
is also incharge of UP,
held consultations with
CM Yogi Adityanath
and other senior lead-
ers of the party
.
Party sources said the
new chief would be ap-
pointed as per the BJP’s
strategy ahead of 2024
Lok Sabha elections.
Pathak’s stock had risen
in the party after he de-
featedSPchief Akhilesh
Yadav’s wife Dimple Ya-
dav in 2019 Lok Sabha
election from Kannauj.
In view of BJP’s vic-
tory in Rampur and
Azamgarh Lok Sabha
constituencies against
SP
, the two areas are also
set to get more represen-
tation in party’s organi-
sational structure. In
2019 Lok Sabha election
out of 80 seats the BJP
had won 64 followed by
BSPten,SPfiveandCon-
gress one. After defeat in
AzamgarhtheSPtallyin
Lok Sabha has come
down to four. In view of
weakening situation of
BSP
, the BJP has now
eyed on those seats
whichthedalitorganisa-
tion had won. After Am-
ethi the BJP where un-
ion minister Smiriti
Irani had ousted Con-
gress leader Rahul Gan-
dhi the party has now
shifted its focus on Rai
Bareily from where
AICC chief Sonia Gan-
dhihadwon.Freshstrat-
egy is also being chalked
out for five seats where
the SP had won.
National vice presi-
dent and incharge booth
strengthening mission
Baijant Panda told party
workers last week there
were four to five assem-
bly segments in each
constituency and each
MP in his or her constit-
uency would have to
workin25boothsineach
assembly segments. He
saidlocalworkers,booth
committees and MLAs
would help the MPs in
this connection with
door-to-door campaign.
Lucknow (PTI): Gover-
nor Anandiben Patel on
Tuesday said there is a
need to hold discussions
between industries, uni-
versities and research-
erstoboostresearchand
innovation.
Patel was addressing
the valedictory ceremo-
ny of UP MSME Sam-
melan2022,organisedby
the Associated Cham-
bers of Commerce and
Industry of India (Asso-
cham) in association
with the Union MSME
Ministry
.
“There is no interac-
tion taking place be-
tween industries, uni-
versities and research-
ers. Nobody knows what
is needed. The universi-
ties do not get any pro-
jects from industries for
research and innova-
tion. It is important to
have discussions with
each other, only then
things will go ahead,”
Patel said.
She also called upon
researchers,universities
and industries to go to
the grassroots level to
make India a USD 5 tril-
lion economy
. Entrepre-
neurs from across the
world, including those
from the small-scale in-
dustries and startups,
participated in the two-
day convention, which
started on June 27, the
World MSME Day
.
On learning about
new technologies being
used in the field and
the challenges being
faced by the MSME sec-
tor, the Governor said,
“Small industries can-
not set up their own
research workshops, as
they do not have the re-
sources available for it.
Therefore, their link-
age with industries is
essential. They should
also be linked to the
universities”.
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: : The Alla-
habad High Court on
Tuesday sought the re-
ply from the state gov-
ernment in a day
, in the
petition filed by Parveen
Fatima, wife of Javed
Mohammad (main ac-
cusedinJune10violence
in Prayagraj) and her
daughter challenging
the demolition of her
house on June 12.
The court has fixed
June 30 as the next date
of hearing in the case.
The bench comprising
justice Anjani Kumar
Mishra and Justice Syed
Waiz Mian passed the
orderinthepetitionfiled
by Parveen Fatima and
Sumaiya Fatima, the
wife and daughter of
Javed Mohammed.
Earlier, on Monday
, the
court had adjourned the
case for a day when one
of the judge had recused
from the case. Accord-
ing to Petitioners, the
house doesn’t belong to
Javed Mohammad but is
owned by his wife Fati-
mawhohadreceivedthe
same as a gift from her
parents even before her
marriage.



FAST FACTS
UP BJP launches hunt for new state party chief
MISSION 2024
(L) Subrat Pathak (R) BL Verma
PARTY KEEPING CASTE EQUATION IN MIND
Party sources said that new name is to be announced before
the BJP’s national executive committee meeting in Hyderabad in
first week of July. Almost two months after Swatantra Dev Singh
became cabinet minister the party, presumably keeping in mind
the caste balance, has launched hunt for new chief. Thus, names
of Kannauj MP Subrat Pathak, BL Verma, Bhupendra Chaudhury
and few others are in circulation. However, there is a strong
possibility of party appointing a “Brahmin” leader to this coveted
post in the party as the chief ministership is under the control of
a Thakur leader. Swatantra Dev Singh is a OBC leader.
RAIN HAVOC
Commuters wade through a waterlogged street amid rainfall in Varanasi on Tuesday. — PHOTO BY PTI
Industries,varsities,researchers need to
interact to boost research,innovation: Guv
Rape victims
produced
before
POCSO judge
B a l r a m p u r
(PTI): The two Ne-
pali girls who were
allegedly raped
here were produced
in a local court on
Tuesday for record-
ing of their testi-
monies, police said
The two girls,
both minors, had
come to a weekly
market in the
Haraiyya area of
the district on Sun-
day, and were alleg-
edly raped.
Additional SP
Namrata Srivasta-
va said that the
girls were produced
before a Special
POCSO Judge,
where they record-
ed their statements.
Four men were ar-
rested on Monday
in connection with
the rape.
Balrampur Su-
perintendent of Po-
lice Rajesh Kumar
said that the arrest-
ed persons have
been identified as
Ramchandra, Ra-
jendra, Rakesh, and
Pintu. On Sunday,
two girls from Ne-
pal’s Dong district
had come to the
weekly Manipur
Bazar on India-Ne-
pal border area, po-
lice said. The four
accused stopped
them on the way
and allegedly took
them to a forest and
raped them there.
The girls re-
turned to their
homes and narrat-
ed the ordeal to
their family mem-
bers, they said.
The girls had
come to a weekly
market in the
Haraiyya area
IN THE COURTYARD
Allahabad High Court seeks UP
govt’s reply in demolition case
MAN ACCUSED OF BEATING
PEOPLE GETS HC BAIL
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The Allahabad
High Court has granted
bail to a man accused
of beating people who
were returning back to
their house raising the
slogan of ‘Jai Sri Ram
in the area of police
station Simbhawali of
Hapur. The Bench of
Justice Jayant Banerjee
ordered the release of the
accused-Irfan on a per-
sonal bond of Rs 50,000.
As per the prosecution
story, on the date of the
incident, in March 2022,
the complainants/victims
were returning back to
their house raising the
slogan of ‘Jai Sri Ram’,
and that is when the
applicant’s side started
abusing them and when
they protested the same,
they were beaten. Pur-
suant to this, Accused
Irfan was booked under
various sections of the
IPC. Applicant’s counsel
submitted he is innocent
and has been falsely
implicated in the present
crime and that the appli-
cant’s side also received
injuries. It was further
submitted that no spe-
cific role was assigned
to any of the accused
persons by the injured
and the complainant and
only a general role was
assigned to the accused
person and applicant is in
jail since March 11, 2022,
and that the possibility of
conclusion of the trial in
near future is very bleak.
—FILE PHOTO
—FILE PHOTO
—FILE PHOTO

09
LUCKNOW, WEDNESDAY,
JUNE 29, 2022
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