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First India Bureau
Lucknow/New Delhi:
Bhartiya Janata Party
(BJP) Members of Par-
liament from the State
will embark on ‘Jan
Ashirwad Yatras’ from
August 16 in the rural
interiors of the state to
create awareness about
the work done by PM
Narendra Modi and UP
CM Yogi Adityanath
governments and seek
peoples’ blessings for
party’s comeback in As-
sembly elections 2022.
The MPs will also in-
clude five newly induct-
ed Union Ministers
from the state, namely,
BL Verma, Pankaj
Chaudhary, Turn to P2
Mission UP: BJP MPs to kick off
‘Ashirwad Yatra’ from Aug 16
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath called on President Ram Nath
Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhawan for a courtesy meet on Thursday.
PM TO INTERACT WITH
BENEFICIARIES OF
GARIB KALYAN YOJANA
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi will
interact with beneficiar-
ies of PM Garib Kalyan
Anna Yojana on August
5, an official said here
on Thursday.
Additional
Food Com-
missioner
Anil Kumar
Dubey said under the PM
Garib Kalyan Anna Yo-
jana, ration distribution
will start from August 5
and an “Anna Mahotsav”
will be organised. “The
PM will interact with
beneficiaries at select fair
price shops in Varanasi,
Gorakhpur, Moradabad,
Hamirpur, Ayodhya,
Barabanki, Shahjahanpur,
etc, through videoconfer-
encing,” he said.
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CRUCIAL READ
CBI PROBE IN SC SCHOLARSHIP SCAM
WILL EXPOSE AMARINDER GOVT: CHUGH
Chandigarh: BJP national general secretary Tarun
Chugh welcomed the CBI taking over investigations in
the post-matric SC scholarship in Punjab in which thou-
sands of SC students were deprived of the scholarship
money provided by the Centre. Chugh said the scandal
involved more than Rs 300 crores which the Amarinder
Singh government bungled.
NO IMMUNITY TO
PROTECT MLAs: SC
PROBE PEGASUS,
MAYA URGES SC
ED ARRESTS MALL
OWNER IN `800 CR
BANK LOAN FRAUD
Guwahati: Amidst the
ongoing border tensions
between Assam and
Mizoram, Assam Minister
Ashok Singhal on Thursday
alleged the Mizoram gov-
ernment has not removed
its police from the disputed
site and hoped talks work.
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj
Party (BSP) chief Mayawati
on Thursday urged the
Supreme Court to take
cognisance of the Pegasus
snooping case and get
it investigated under its
supervision to find out
the truth.
New Delhi: The Enforce-
ment Directorate (ED)
on Wednesday arrested
Raj Singh Gehlot, owner
of the Gurugram-based
famous Ambience Mall
in an alleged bank loan
fraud case worth more
than Rs 800 crore. Ac-
cording to the ED, he was
arrested in Gurugram
on Wednesday under
the Prevention of Money
Laundering Act, 2002
(PMLA) for commit-
ting Bank fraud with the
Jammu and Kashmir
Bank Consortium.
SC HOLDS VERDICT IN
FUTURE-RELIANCE DEAL
SHILPA’S MOTHER
ALLEGES CHEATING
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court Thursday reserved
verdict on the pleas of
e-commerce giant Amazon
against the Rs 24,713
crore deal for merger of
Future Retail Ltd (FRL)
with Reliance Retail.
Mumbai: Shilpa Shetty’s
mother Sunanda lodged a
complaint in a Rs 1.6 crore
land deal case. She has
alleged that the accused,
Sudhakar Ghare, with the
help of fake papers, had
sold land to her.
Amid ruckus, two Bills cleared without
discussion as Lok Sabha stops yet again
New Delhi: After the
passage of two Bills--
The Airports Economic
Regulatory Authority
of India (Amendment)
Bill, 2021 and The In-
land Vessels Bill, 2021
by voice vote without
discussion, proceedings
of the Lok Sabha were
adjourned for the day
on Thursday amid
ruckus by the Opposi-
tion over various is-
sues, including Pegasus
snooping row and new
farm laws.
Upon reassembling
after the third adjourn-
ment at 1400 hrs, the Op-
position Members, car-
rying placards, entered
the Well of the House
and started sloganeer-
ing over the issues. Kir-
it Solanki, who was in
the Chair, made repeat-
ed requests to the Oppo-
sition members to re-
turn to their seats and
allow the House to func-
tion. Amid din, The
Airports Economic
Regulatory Turn to P6
Delhi Assembly passes
resolution against Asthana’s
appointment as police chief
New Delhi: The rip-
ples arising out of the
surprise appointment
of Rakesh Asthana as
the Commissioner of
Delhi Police reached
the Delhi Assembly on
Thursday, with the rul-
ing Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) flaying the Cen-
tre’s move over “reason-
able apprehensions”
that he will be used to
“create a reign of ter-
ror” against the party
.
Opposing the deci-
sion of the Centre, AAP
MLA Sanjeev Jha ta-
bled a resolution, which
was adopted Turn to P6
New Delhi: West Ben-
gal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee met
Union Transport Min-
ister Nitin Gadkari in
New Delhi to discuss
several infrastructure
projects in a bid to in-
vite global investors.
She told the Union
Ministerthatitwouldbe
good if West Bengal gets
an electric vehicle man-
ufacturing industry
.
The Chief Minister
also said the State re-
quires proper roads as
it borders Bangladesh,
Nepal, Bhutan and
northeastern States.
Banerjee, who is in
Delhi to initiate talks
with opposition parties
to stitch together a
united front against
the ruling BJP, brought
up pending road and
transport projects.
Accident or murder? Judge
inDhanbadhitbyauto,dies
Dhanbad: The police
have recovered the auto
rickshaw that hit the
additional district and
sessions judge Uttam
Anand that led to his
death on Wednesday
morning and arrested
two persons who were
allegedly riding the ve-
hicle at the time of the
incident.
The police on Thurs-
day also formed a
14-member special in-
vestigation team (SIT)
headed by additional
director general of po-
lice Sanjay Anand
Lathkar to investigate
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Mamata pitches for electric vehicle
manufacturing factory in West Bengal
HC TAKES SUO MOTU
COGNISANCE OF CASE
WAS DEALING CASE
OF BJP MLA AIDE
New Delhi: Ravi Ran-
jan, chief justice of the
Jharkhand High Court, on
Thursday took suo motu
cognizance of the death of
Anand. The Supreme Court
Bar Association mentioned
the death of Anand in the
Supreme Court on Thursday
and demanded a CBI probe
into the incident.
Dhanbad: Judge Uttam
Anand was hearing a case
related to an aide of BJP
MLA from Jharia, San-
jeev Singh, who had been
arrested in 2017 for the
murder of the deputy mayor
of Dhanbad. Anand was also
dealing with the bail applica-
tion of a gangster based in
Uttar Pradesh.
Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi meet
Didi, say
New Delhi: After
meeting West Bengal
Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee in
Delhi, lyricist-poet
Javed Akhtar on
Thursday said there
should be a change in
the country and it is
the history of Bengal
that the state had led
the revolutionary
movements.
WB CM Mamata Banerjee held
meeting with Union Transport
Minister Nitin Gadkari and
officials on Thursday.
Javed Akhtar and actor Shabana Azmi with West Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee in Delhi on Thursday.
Delhi police chief Rakesh Asthana
Cental team
in Kerala to
review Covid
New Delhi: The Centre
Thursday decided to
send a six-member team
from the National Cen-
tre for Disease Control
toKeralatotakestockof
the Covid-19 situation.
The state has reported
over22,000infectionsfor
the last three days,
whichcomprisesover50
per cent of the national
daily case count.
“Union Ministry of
Health and Family Wel-
fare has decided to de-
pute a high-level multi-
disciplinary Turn to P6
CORONA CATASTROPHE
UP
INDIA
43, 509
new cases
640
new fatalities
60
new cases
Tokyo: India’s boxer Mary Kom lost to Colombia’s Ingrit Valencia 3-2 in
quarterfinals at Tokyo Olympics. With the Olympics having an age cap
of 40, Thursday’s outing proved to be her last bout at the event. The
38-year-old Indian lost the battle of the bronze-medallists by a razor-
thin verdict, despite winning the last two rounds.
Mumbai: BSE index climbed 209.36 points or 0.40 per cent to close at
52,653.07, while the broader NSE Nifty advanced 69.05 points or 0.44
per cent to 15,778.45. Tata Steel was the top gainer in the Sensex pack,
rallying nearly 7 per cent, followed by Bajaj Finserv, SBI, HCL Tech, Sun
Pharma, Bajaj Finance and Reliance Industries.
HEARTBREAK! MARY
KOM LOSES WAY IN
HER LAST OLYMPICS
SENSEX JUMPS 209
PTS; NIFTY ENDS
ABOVE 15,750
ALL-INDIA MEDICAL ADMISSIONS
27% QUOTA FOR
OBC, 10% FOR EWS
One year of National Education Policy 2020:
14 engineering colleges in 8 states will begin
studies in 5 Indian languages: Modi
Indian sign language to
be introduced as subject
at secondary level: PM
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Thursday said introduc-
ingIndiansignlanguage
aassubjectatsecondary
level will facilitate com-
munication with hear-
ing-and-speechimpaired
people while engineer-
ing education in region-
al languages will plug
language divide among
students in India. Ad-
dressing policymakers
in the domain of edu-
cation and skill devel-
opment to mark one
year of the National
Education Policy 2020,
Modi said new NEP as-
sures youth that coun-
try is completely with
them, supports their
aspirations.
Modi launched the
National Digital Educa-
tion Architecture
(NDEAR) and National
Education Technology
Forum (NETF). He also
launched multiple ini-
tiatives in the education
sector, including the
academic bank of credit
that will provide multi-
ple entries Turn to P6
PM Narendra Modi during his address on completion of one year of reforms under NEP, 2020.
New NEP supports youth’s aspirations. Our Government
has taken a landmark decision for providing 27% for
OBCs and 10% reservation for EWS in the All India Quota
Scheme for undergraduate and postgraduate medical/
dental courses from current year. —Narendra Modi, PM
Two held, vehicle
seized; ADG to
head SIT probe
A screengrab from the CCTV camera footage shows the Judge out
for morning walk before being hit by autorickshaw in Dhanbad.
In meeting
with Gadkari
‘INDIA NEEDS CHANGE’
READING BETWEEN
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LUCKNOW | FRIDAY, JULY 30, 2021
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Goodnewsfor16lakhpeopleservingthestategovt
CMGIFTSDOUBLEBONANZA:
DARESTORED,PLUSARREARS
First India Bureau
Lucknow: There is fi-
nallysomegoodnewsfor
28 lakh government em-
ployees and pensioners
in Uttar Pradesh.
Daysaftervariousem-
ployees unions’ de-
mands, CM Yogi has giv-
en his nod not only to
restore but also increase
the Dearness Allowance
(DA) of employees with-
held since 2020 because
of financial strain on
government coffers due
to Covid-19 pandemic.
There are 12 lakh pen-
sioners and 16 lakh state
government employees
in UP
. The finance de-
partment has been di-
rected by the CM to draw
up a plan to increase the
DAonthelinesof thede-
cision taken by Centre
earlier this month.
On May 12, 2020, the
state government had
scrapped many allow-
ances to provide funds
to fight against Cov-
id-19 and aimed to
save a sum of Rs 1500
crore per annum. It
also had decided to
freeze the DA (dear-
ness allowance) till
June 30, 2021.
Finance department
officials, however, feel
that the actual amount
that the State govern-
ment may have saved
could be 6,000 to 7,000
crore taking into ac-
count the usual bien-
nial average hike of
around 4 per cent on
DA.The new rate, how-
ever, will be applicable
only from July 1, 2021,
and till then the rates re-
vised on July 1, 2019 will
be applicable.
The decision has been
hailed by various em-
ployees unions. “We also
urge the committee set
up by the UP Govern-
ment to make recom-
mendation to remove
anomalies in pay scales
and allowances to also
follow implementation
of the seventh pay com-
mission recommenda-
tions,”saidHariKishore
Tiwari, president, Uttar
Pradesh Karamchari
Sanyukta Parishad. Fol-
lowing the central sev-
enth pay commission’s
recommendations, the
constituted a pay com-
mittee to consider and
make recommendations
about revised pay scales
and various allowances
and facilities to different
categories of employees.
Uttar Pradesh Secretari-
at Employees’ Union
president Yadvendra
Mishra said “We will
also demand payment of
arrears following gov-
ernment’s decision to
increase the DA from 17
per cent to 28 per cent,”
said Mishra.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Minis-
ter Yogi will interact vir-
tually with women of
40,000 self help groups
across UP on Friday
. He
willdistributemoneyout
of revolving funds and
Community Investment
Fund (CIF) to these
groups on this occasion.
The interaction is ex-
pected to provide an op-
portunity to the Chief
Minister to get to know,
directly from the SHG
members, about the var-
ious activities being un-
dertaken by them under
State Rural Livelihood
Mission (SRLM) and
how it has impacted
their lives. Aiming to
alleviate rural poverty
and create more sus-
tainable livelihood op-
portunities for rural
women, the CM will
disburse a Revolving
Fund of Rs 15,000 per
group to around
40,000 SHG in the
state. Along with this,
Community Investment
Fund of Rs 1.10 lakh per
group will be provided
to2,606groupsintotal.A
total of Rs 88.66 crore
will be transferred on-
line, said Bhanu Chan-
dra Goswami, thw MD
of SRLM. With regards
to the production and
supply of nutritious
supplements, the Chief
Minister will also pro-
vide Rs 45.60 lakh per
group to the women of
FatehpurandUnnaoun-
der the Integrated Child
Development Service
(Ekikrat Bal Vikas
Sewa). The state govern-
ment’s Rural Livelihood
Mission and the women
SHGs have not only
made a living for them-
selves but also set an ex-
ample.
CM to interact with 40K women SHGs, transfer funds
MICRO FINANCE

The interaction
with SHGs
seems to be a
close watch on
various works
done under
SRLM and
their impact on
lives of women,
their families
CM is a strong advocate of women’s empowerment.—FILE PHOTO
YOGI RAJ: 10L PLUS
SHGS CREATED
yogi has congratulated PM Modi
for providing 27% reservation to
OBCs and 10% to EWS in UG and
PG seats of All India quota of med-
ical and dental courses.The move
fulfils the motto of‘Sabka
Saath, SabkaVikas Sabka
Vishwas’, he said.
CM said that ‘International
Tiger Day’makes us all
aware about conservation of
the tiger and emphasised to
make the day meaningful by
resolving to preserve it.
UNION GOVERNMENT NOD TO SET
UP ADDITIONAL KVK IN RAEBARELI
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on
Thursday said the Centre has given approval to open
additional Krishi Vigyan Kendra at Raebareli in Uttar
Pradesh.The minister informed this through the social
media platform Twitter.Tomar tweeted that his ministry
on Thursday gave its approval to open additional KVK in
Raebareli.The minister said the Centre is committed to
increasing farm productivity and doubling farmers’
income.The first KVK was set up at Puducherry in 1974
and now there are more than 700 KVKs in India.
Yogi Speaks
Yogi Speaks
CMYogi has asked
officials to ensure that
the ambulances services
are not affected in anyway
due to the ongoing stir by
ambulance drivers.
Chief Ministrer Yogi Adityanath addressing an event in Baghpat on Thursday. BJP MP Satyapal Singh and Baghpat’s BJP President
Mohit Beniwal were also present on the occasion.
On Baghpat
tour, Yogi bucks
up BJP workers
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath vis-
ited Uttar Pradesh’s
Baghpat district amid
tight security arrange-
ments on Thursday
. The
CMarrivedstraightfrom
New Delhi after attend-
ing the two-day conclave
on UP convened by na-
tional BJP’s National
Chief JP Nadda.
Yogi’s helicopter landed
at the police line at 11 am
and the UP CM went
straight to inspect the
women’s hospital in Si-
sana village.
Healsotalkedtoafam-
ily and inquired about
the vaccination going on
in a primary school. Lat-
er addressing party
workers, he exhorted
them to strengthen the
party up to the booth
level in view of the up-
coming Assembly elec-
tions and asked them to
go among people to re-
solve their problems.
“There is very less
timeleftfortheAssembly
elections,forwhichprep-
arations should be start-
edfromnow,theCMsaid.
TheCMtoldthemtogo
among people and know
about their problems.
During the meeting, MP
Satyapal Singh sought
approvalof severaldevel-
opment proposals for
Baghpat and the CM as-
sured him that all de-
mands will be consid-
ered, the spokesman
said, adding that Adity-
anath said the work on a
medical college in Bagh-
pat will start in Decem-
ber.
Earlier, the CM held
a meeting with senior
officials of the district
and reviewed the pro-
gress on various
schemes. He directed
the officials to make
arrangements to deal
the suspected third
coronavirus wave.
CM Yogi chairs a meet of officials, leaders in Baghpat on Friday.
MP Dr Satyapal Singh, Divisional Commissioner (Meerut)
Surendra Singh, DM Baghpat Rajkamal Yadav, ADM Baghpat Amit
Kumar, IG Meerut Range Praveen Kumar, ADG Rajeev Sabbarwal,
Regional President of BJP Mohit Beniwal, Baghpat MLA Yogesh
Dhama, Badaut MLA KP Malik, Chhaprauli MLA Sahendra Singh
Ramala, and others were present on the occasion.
Uma warns
Owaisi to
be careful
HC issues
warrant
against IOC’s
UP head
First India Bureau
Lucknow: AIMIM
President Asadud-
din Owaisi, who al-
ways hogs the lime-
light owing to his
controversial state-
ments has been
warned by senior
BJP leader Uma
Bharti asking him
to be careful in Ut-
tar Pradesh where
people are very cul-
tured. During a
press meeting in
Lucknow, she said
that in the upcom-
ing assembly elec-
tions,BJPwillonce
again get a thump-
ing majority in UP
and that Owaisi’s
trick will not work
in the state. She
added that Owaisi
gets momentary
gains from contro-
versial statements,
but he will not be
very successful in
UP. Uma said that
she used to think
of him as a decent
person, but he is
contrary to that
and that he should
mind what he says
in the state as peo-
ple in the state are
very cultured.
Uma Bharti’s com-
ments came as re-
ply as Owaisi had
previously said
that he is like
‘Laila’ in UP and
that CM Yogi re-
members him like
a ‘Majnu’.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Al-
lahabadHighCourt
has issued a baila-
blewarrantagainst
IndianOilCorpora-
tion’s UP head for
non-compliance of
its order asking
him to appear be-
fore it on August 9.
Thebailablewar-
rant against Dr Ut-
tiya Bhattacharya
wasissuedonacon-
tempt plea moved
by a Jhansi dealer,
whose dealership
was cancelled on
the charge that an
electronic chip was
found at his filling
station.The dealer
approached the
court, alleging that
the dealership was
cancelled without
considering his ob-
jections. The court
inJanuaryquashed
the company order
and asked it for
fresh considera-
tion, which was not
complied with.
STRENGTHEN BJP
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SP Singh Baghel,
Kaushal Kishore,
Bhanu Pratap Singh
Verma, and Ajay Ku-
mar Mishra, who have
also been asked to
pitch-in the ‘yatra’ in
the run-up to the Mis-
sion 2022. “BJP chief
JP Nadda informed
that the yatras would
begin from mid-August
and we have been asked
to highlight issues like
free distribution of ra-
tion to the poor, free
vaccination for Covid
and various schemes to
rehabilitate migrants
who returned home
during the pandemic,”
said one of the MPs
who attended the last
day session.
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath and UP BJP
chief Swatantra Dev
Singh also spoke on the
occasion and highlight-
ed the achievements of
the state government.
“The Ram temple, the
upcoming Jewar air-
port, expressways and
the upgradation of
medical infrastructure
in Uttar Pradesh will be
the other talking points
in the yatra.” Nadda
has asked the MPs to
focus on the positive
and development-ori-
ented work done by the
Central and state gov-
ernments and nullify
the opposition propa-
ganda that revolves
around ‘non-existent
failures’ of the govern-
ments. The Yogi gov-
ernment has prepared
a booklet on the devel-
opment initiatives un-
dertaken by the govern-
ment. The booklet titled
‘Iradey nek, kaam
anek’ (good intentions,
several initiatives) has
a picture of Lord Ram.
The Ayodhya temple is-
sue is also mentioned
in the booklet.
This booklet will be
provided to the party
MPs in Uttar Pradesh
and will also be widely
distributed during the
yatras. The MPs have
been asked to spend
maximum time in their
constituencies before
the Assembly elections
and avoid unnecessary
trips to Delhi.
They have also been
asked to report to the
party leadership about
any irritants that they
may find during their
yatras. This is possibly
the first time that the
BJP has asked its MPs
to work for the Assem-
bly elections, inde-
pendent of the party
legislators. The idea is
to cover up the inade-
quacies, if any, of the
sitting legislators by
campaigning with a
broader perspective.
Besides Union Minis-
ters, Smriti Irani, Har-
deep Puri around three
dozen BJP MPs from
Awadh, Kashi and
Gorakhpur region in-
cluding those from Ra-
jya Sabha and some
members of the core
group were present in
the meeting.
Governor visits old age home,
asks admin to solve problems
First India Bureau
Auraiya: Uttar
Pradesh Governor
Anandiben Patel in-
spected the Madhav
Happy Old Age Home
located at village An-
epur in Auraiya dis-
trict and came to know
about the problems of
the old people living
there.
She held a meeting
withorganizersandad-
ministrativeofficersof
the old age home and
directed them to re-
solveproblemsprevail-
ingthereattheearliest.
She said that old age is
the truth of life and at
thisstageonegivessup-
port to old people.
That’s why parents
teach children and
show them the right
path of life so that they
can become helpers of
family and society
. But
in old age, some mind-
less children go astray
aftergrowingup,dueto
which old parents have
to wander here and
there. The Governor
presentedwashingma-
chines, fridge and sew-
ing machine to the old
age home for conveni-
ence of the elderly
.
Governor Anandiben Patel speaking at the old age home.
Uma Bharti
Allahabad High Court
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UTTAR PRADESH
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Prayagraj: Low-lying areas at Sangam here saw an
increase in the water level in the
Ganga and the Yamuna in the
last 24 hours due to incessant
heavy rainfall in the northern
part of the country. The people
living in low-lying areas have
started leaving their places as
the water level rises. Shopkeepers and boat owners are
also moving towards safer places.
Lucknow: Moderate to heavy rain and thundershower
occurred at most places in UP,
the met department said and
predicted similar weather con-
ditions for the next day also.
Kheri recorded the highest
temperature of 35.6 degrees
Celsius in the state. Rain
was reported from Pratapgarh, Etawah, Moradabad,
Muzaffarnagar, Chitrakoot, Kanpur, Lucknow, Bahraich,
Sitapur, Prayagraj, Fatehpur, Barabanki and Sonbhadra.
WATER LEVEL OF GANGA, YAMUNA IN
PRAYAGRAJ ON THE RISE
MOST PLACES IN STATE EXPERIENCE
RAIN & THUNDERSHOWER
ADMN ORDERS PROBE INTO DEMOLITION
OF MAKESHIFT PLACE OF WORSHIP
Mathura: The Mathura district administration has
ordered an investigation
into the alleged demolition
of a makeshift structure of
worship, officials said on
Thursday. The structure
in question was at Kanshi
Ram Colony of the district
and it was allegedly set up on government land
without permission.
CRUCIAL READ
A WALK IN THE ‘PARK’: UP
SET TO EMPLOY 2.5L PEOPLE
Hastinapur’s Draupadi Ghat in for makeover
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A delega-
tion of India Cellular
and Electronics Associ-
ation met Minister of
Micro, Small and Medi-
um Enterprises, Invest-
ment and Export Pro-
motionof UttarPradesh
Sidharth Nath Singh,
and proposed to develop
a Mobile and Electron-
ics Accessories Park in
the state. The delegation
comprised Vice Presi-
dent of the Association
Vivek Vats and Execu-
tive Director Rajesh
Sharma.
The presentation of
the delegates said that
about 500 new factories
would be set up in the
state after the develop-
ment of Mobile and
Electronics Accessories
Park and about 2.5 lakh
employment opportuni-
ties would be created. It
further stated that ex-
port of products worth
Rs 40,000 crore can be
done from the state and
also would generate in-
vestments worth 4-5 bil-
lion dollars in the state
following the develop-
ment of the park. The
India Cellular and Elec-
tronics Association has
planned a project of 300
acres to develop this
park. In which the gov-
ernment will provide all
possible help to the en-
trepreneurs after con-
sulting at the high level.
Vice President of In-
dia Cellular and Elec-
tronics Association
Vivek Vats and Execu-
tive Director Rajesh
Sharma had in meeting
said that priority will be
given to NCR and
Purvanchal region in
this project. They added
that the electronics and
mobile phones are one
of the fastest developing
industry in the country
.
They further said un-
der the National Poli-
cy-2019 in the electron-
ics sector, the industry
will generate 400 billion
electronics in India and
in the last 5 to 7 years
269 units of manufac-
turing plants of mobile
phones and its parts
have been established
in India. They claimed
that India Cellular and
Electronics manufac-
tures close to half of
the mobile phones be-
ing used by the people
the state.
First India Bureau
Meerut: As part of its
focus on promoting plac-
es of religious and cul-
tural importance and
putting them on tourist
map,theUPgovernment
has taken up renovation
of DraupadiGhatatHas-
tinapur, to equip it with
all modern facilities.
“The renovation and
beautification work is
being done for Rs 40
lakh,” said Mukesh
Mishra, Executive Of-
ficer of Hastinapur Na-
gar Panchayat. The re-
construction is under-
way and the renovated
ghat will have a lake for
women’s bath, two
changing rooms, wash-
rooms and benches.
Hastinapur, the capital
of the Kauravas accord-
ing to the epic Mahab-
harata, is a town situat-
ed on the banks of river
Ganga in Meerut dis-
trict and has immense
mythological value. It
also features as one of
the important places in
CM Yogi’s tourism plan.
Taking a cue from
countries which have
tourism as one of the
mainstays of their econ-
omy
, and in his mission
to showcase the rich cul-
tural, religious and spir-
itual heritage of India to
the world, CM Yogi has
divided UP into 10 tour-
ism circuits to cater to
different tastes, includ-
ing Ramayana and Ma-
habharata circuits,
Krishna-Braj circuit,
Buddhist circuit, Wild-
life and Eco-tourism cir-
cuit, the Bundelkhand
circuit, the Shakti Peeth
circuit, the Aadhyatmik
circuit, Sufi-Kabir cir-
cuit and Jain circuit.
500 units to be set up after
dev of accessories park
Exports worth Rs 40,000-cr
can be done from state
Lucknow: VP, India Cellular and Electronics Associa-
tion Vivek Vats and Executive Director Rajesh Sharma
said priority will be given to NCR and Purvanchal
region in this project. They added that the electronics
and mobile phones were one of the fastest devel-
oping industry in the country. Under the National
Policy-2019 in the electronics sector, the industry will
generate 400 bn electronics in India and in last 5-7
years 269 units of manufacturing plants of mobile
phones and its parts have been established in India.
‘IN LAST 5-7 YRS, 269 PLANTS FOR MOBILES
& ACCESSORIES ESTABLISHED IN INDIA’
Covid Update
60 fresh cases, 4
deaths in state
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Just a few
days after covid cas-
es in Uttar Pradesh
reached negligible
limits, slight in-
crease in the past two
days has sent out a
message of caution.
On Thursday, UP re-
ported 60 fresh cases,
bringing the infec-
tion count to 17,08,373
on Thursday, while
the death toll climbed
to 22,752 with four
fresh fatalities, a
health bulletin said.
Two new deaths
linked to the corona-
virus were reported
from Prayagraj and
one each from Ame-
thi and Gorakhpur,
it said.
Forty-four people
were discharged in
the last 24 hours after
recovering from the
infection, the bulle-
tin said, adding that
the state’s recovery
count has reached
16,84,834.
UP has 787 active
cases of the novel
coronavirus.
So far, over 6.5
crore samples have
been tested for covid
in the state, includ-
ing 2.51 lakh tested
the previous day, the
bulletin said. A total
of 4.63 crore Covid
vaccine doses have
been administered in
the state, it said.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Director
General of Police (DGP)
Mukul Goel on Thurs-
day issued directives for
conducting day-long
workshop for police per-
sonnel to ensure they
behave in a dignified
and decent manner with
the general public.
In his directives to
senior officers, the DGP
said all police personnel
should maintain digni-
fied and courteous be-
haviour with the public.
“Police personnel
need to have knowledge
of decent behaviour
with the public, and for
this they should be
trained. One-day train-
ing/workshop should be
conducted in two phases
for the gazetted/non-
gazetted officers/em-
ployees deployed in the
district,” Goel said.
The services of local
subject experts should
beobtainedforthetrain-
ing and arrangements
should also be made for
lectures on subjects re-
lated to police behav-
iour, he said. Display
boards should be put up
at police stations high-
lighting the desired, dig-
nified and courteous
behaviour with the gen-
eral public, he added.
Noida: The covid lab
at GIMS, Greater Noi-
da has crossed the
10L mark in conduct-
ing RT-PCR tests.
Director Dr (Brig)
Rakesh Gupta said the
Molecular Diagnostics
and Research Lab of
the institute reached
the milestone on
Thursday.
GIMS COVID TEST
MILESTONE
Lucknow: The government
aims at covering the entire
range of India’s religious,
mythological, spiritual and
cultural history. It has also
decided to form Vindhya
Dham Development Council
and the Chitrakoot Dham
Development Council for
the development of
specific regions to promote
religious tourism.
FOCUS ON RELIGIOUS,
SPIRITUAL PLACES
Police to be trained for dignified
behaviour with public: DGP Goel
Dy CM stresses on
sports literacy for youth
Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma flagging off the sports literacy
propagation vehicle in Lucknow on Thursday.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Deputy
Chief Minister
Dinesh Sharma re-
leased ‘Khel Prave-
shika’ and flagged off
asportsliteracyprop-
agation vehicle
launched by the or-
ganisation ‘Sports: A
Way of Life’ to en-
courage sports across
the state and ensure
that importance of
sports reaches the
masses.
On this occasion,
Sharma said sports
literacy would prove
to be a vehicle for pro-
moting sports talent
and creating aware-
ness about sports and
theseeffortswillhave
far-reaching results.
He said that unless
people not know
about sports, don’t
keep a positive atti-
tude towards sports,
sports culture cannot
developed.
The Deputy Chief
Minister said that
this campaign would
prove to be helpful for
uplifting sportsman-
ship and would pro-
mote sports literacy
in the country, espe-
cially among youth
of rural areas.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A meeting of
the State Steering Commit-
tee was held under the
chairmanship of Chief
Secretary Rajendra Kumar
TiwariregardingtheCovid
vaccination programme.
Inhisaddress,CSTiwari
saidvaccinationdriveshad
to be increased and dis-
tricts where low numbers
had been vaxed should be
monitored separately
. He
added that the district mag-
istrates should hold meet-
ings with business organi-
sations and industrial es-
tablishments and take
their help in speeding up
vaccination.
The CS was informed
that till July 28, 4,63,06,038
doses had been adminis-
tered, of which 3,87,90,584
were administered first
dose and 75,15,454 had been
administer both doses. The
CS directed to ensure 100
per cent vaccination by
contacting and coordinat-
ing with the heads of de-
partments/offices con-
cerned and those whose
second dose was remain-
ing, should be contacted by
Integrated Control and
Command Centre or CM-
Help Line and vaccinated
immediately
.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A special ses-
sion was organised in asso-
ciationwithUPEIDAonthe
second day of the 4-day
ISDA-2021organisedbyCII.
Discussions were held on
opportunities for infra-
structure investment and
strategic partnership, espe-
ciallyundertheUPDefence
Corridor.
Industry Minister Satish
Mahana said due to various
reforms by the state govern-
ment,todayUPwasthemost
preferred state for invest-
ment. He called upon entre-
preneurstopartnerwiththe
government to develop the
Corridor as a defence pro-
duction stronghold.
He also informed that
despite the challenges due
to corona, 60 per cent work
of expresswayfromChitra-
koot node to Delhi was
completed.
Lucknow: Sharma
said only by promot-
ing awareness about
sports, the country
would be able to get
maximum medals in
global competitions.
He said under the
new education policy,
efforts would be made
to promote sports in
schools and colleges.
‘TO WIN MEDALS
IN INT’L MEETS...’
Lucknow: Chairing a meeting, CS RK Tiwari said the third
phase of ‘Mission Shakti’ campaign would be launched on July
30. He directed the departments to make available the weekly
action plan for December in next two days. He directed officers
of Home and Women Welfare Department to make the cam-
paign successful by better coordination among themselves.
‘MISSION SHAKTI’ 3RD PHASE FROM TODAY
CS for expediting vaccination
to cover 100% population
CS RK Tiwari, ACS (Home) Awanish Awasthi, ACS (Info) Navneet Sehgal,
ACS (Ind Dev) Arvind Kumar, PS (Transport) Rajesh Singh, PS (Child Dev)
V Hekali Jhimomi, Mission Director NHM IAS Aparna U at the review meet.
Mahana invites firms to boost Corridor
India Cellular and Electronics Assn delegation meeting
Minister Sidharth Nath Singh in Lucknow on Thursday.
Minister Satish Mahana virtually
attending ISDA-21 on Thursday.
UP DGP Mukul Goel

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
When someone ponders over
the articles of the senses, he
acquires affection for them.
Such attachments advance into
lust and lust gives rise to anger.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
The progressive NEP will have a
far-reaching impact on re-shaping the
resilience, destiny and global standings
of an #AatmanirbharBharat. The NEP
reflects the resolve of our leadership to
situate India at the top of the knowledge
economy. #TransformingEducation
Ashwini Vaishnaw
@AshwiniVaishnaw
The use of technology will bring
more efficiency and accessibility
to the education sector. More than
23,000 PG e-content is available on the
E-PG Pathshala portal with over
1 crore visitors.
TOP TWEET
WHAT NEXT
FOR INDIA’S
BOXING ACE
MARY KOM?
ndia’s medal hopes
suffered a jolt when
Mary Kom narrowly
lost her bout to Co-
lombia’s Ingrit Va-
lencia 2-3 in the round of 16.
Mary Kom was a strong con-
tender for gold and the country
was fully behind her. The five-
time world champion from Ma-
nipur missed out Rio Games af-
ter being denied a wildcard en-
try. Now it appears that the
mother of three children has
reached the end of the road. She
is around 39 years of age and by
the next Games she will be well
beyond 41, the new cut off age
fixed by the International Olym-
pics Committee for boxers at the
Tokyo Games. Mary Kom will
stand a chance to participate in
the next Games only if the IOC
decides to increase the upper
age limit beyond 41.
Mary Kom has that fighting
spirit and a burning desire to
win which will prevent her from
hanging her gloves. But age will
weigh heavy against her indom-
itable spirit.
I
READING BETWEEN THE LINES
...AND HIS CHALLENGES
RAKESH ASTHANA AS DELHI
POLICE COMMISSIONER
t is so exceptional that even
those who have got used to ex-
ceptions becoming norms in
matters of top postings are a
bit perplexed over the inter-
cadredeputationandappoint-
ment of Rakesh Asthana
(IPS:1984:GJ) as Delhi Police
Commissioner for a period of
one year - barely four days
ahead of superannuation.
Withhindsight,itmayseem
that the post of CP was delib-
erately kept vacant for Astha-
na after the retirement of SN
Srivastava in June 2021 and
BalajiSrivastava(IPS:1988:UT)
was handed over the addition-
al charge.
Even SN Srivastava’s ten-
ure as Delhi CP was broadly
ad-hoc from March 2020 till 29
May 2021. Srivastava was
regularised just a month
ahead of retirement in June
2021 which means Asthana’s
appointment as Delhi CP fol-
lowed the advance succession
planning and was not just a
coincidence.
Certainly, the Govt did not
want to take any chance
against Asthana’s career
prospects till the selection of
CBI Director was confirmed.
Asthana’s appointment
needed an extension of ser-
vice for one year and an inter-
cadre transfer (from Gujarat
to UT) before drafting him as
Delhi’s top cop - a coveted post
reserved for AGMUT Cadre
officers. As expected, it was
boundtoinvitecriticismfrom
the opposition yet it could not
have cast a shadow on the
Govt’s studied decision.
Immediately after Astha-
na’s new job was announced,
social media threw up many
interesting comments. Senior
mediapersonKartikeyaShar-
ma rightly tweeted: ‘Boss
NeverForgetsHisMen’.Many
others made their observa-
tions by saying that Delhi
should remain prepared for a
sort of adventurism like
Mumbai witnessed during
Asthana’stermasDG,Narcot-
ics Control Bureau (NCB). All
such observations were part
of the run-of-the-mill com-
ments without any insight.
Whatever, it may be under-
lined that Asthana has an ex-
ceptional track record in city
policing earned during his
tenure as Police Commission-
er of Vadodara and Surat.
Even his critics consider him
unmatched in terms of inves-
tigation albeit he lost the op-
portunity to grab the coveted
position of CBI Director in
2021. Not surprising that the
Union Govt chose him for
Delhi’s tough and treacher-
ous environment.
Farmers’ protest, COV-
ID-19 pandemic, ongoing in-
vestigation into recent Delhi
riots, and the emerging post-
Pegasus scenario together
could have formed the back-
drop in which Asthana’s ap-
pointment might have been
considered and okayed in line
with the parameters of suc-
cession planning, even
though it might have been
seen as not too pleasant a de-
cision for many UT cadre of-
ficers who were in the reck-
oning for the top post.
Not unexpectedly
, the Con-
gress party held a press con-
ference on Wednesday and
questioned the Govt’s deci-
sion citing the Prakash Singh
Judgment on Police Reforms
(2006) on the appointment
process of state police chiefs.
Congress spokesperson
Pawan Kheda underlined
that the appointment of state
DGP is cleared on the basis of
a UPSC-made panel which in-
cludes IPS officers having at
least six months residual ser-
vice. But probably the NaMo
administration would have
made it a point that neither
Delhi has a full statehood sta-
tus nor its CP is a DGP post.
So, Asthana’s appointment
cannot be gauged by those pa-
rameters.
However, the extension of
service four days ahead of re-
tirement by the inter-cadre
transferrouteisnotusualand
hence it is being questioned,
even though everyone knows
this open secret that the pre-
sent dispensation at the Cen-
tre has its own way of doing
thingsandonceittakesadeci-
sion, it never backs down.
While raising Asthana’s
appointment issue in public,
what Congress failed to un-
derstand was that there were
many such top appointments
in the recent past which the
govt justified and these ap-
pointments seem to have
been working/worked well.
For example, Chhattisgarh
cadre IAS officer BVR Sub-
ramanyam (IAS: 1987: CG)
was made Chief Secretary of
J&K (a UT now) on the basis
of inter-cadre deputation. It
was in the backdrop of the
Government’s move to make
Article 370 inapplicable in
J&K. There were also a few
more old precedents: All In-
dia Service officers like JF
Reberio and KPS Gill who
were appointed DGP of Pun-
jab. It was in the Congress
regime that Rebeiro (Maha-
rashtra cadre IPS) and Gill
(Assam-Meghalaya Cadre)
were given inter-cadre trans-
fers to deal with extraordi-
nary circumstances.
In addition to criticisms
from the opposition, many re-
tired bureaucrats also keep
questioningafewtopappoint-
ments and adjustments. It is
often stated that even though
there was no precedence, the
Enforcement Directorate
Chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra
(IRS IT:1984) was given a new
lease in his career by revising
a year-old appointment order
with retrospective effect. PILs
were filed against it but they
were dismissed.
Similarly, post-retirement
appointments of Sushil
Chandra and PC Mody as
CBDT Chairmen and SK
Gupta as a Member on con-
tract-basis were surprising
but all have proven as sus-
tainable propositions.
The only surprising part of
Asthana’s appointment as
Delhi Police chief is why it
has come so late, as stories
about the appointment of a
Gujarat cadre IPS officer to
the top post of Delhi Police
has been doing the rounds for
three years.
While theories on the Now
factor of Asthana’s appoint-
ment abound, it may be logi-
cal to infer that his appoint-
ment may indicate the cen-
tral government’s unwilling-
ness to take any chances
with the law and order situa-
tion in the national capital
during the second tenure of
NaMo as PM.
Since any untoward inci-
dent in the national capital
could severely erode the im-
age and credibility of the gov-
ernment of the day like the
Nirbhaya case showed, the
government has expressed its
risk aversion through the ap-
pointment of its trusted man.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
I
needed an extension of
service for one year and an
inter-cadre transfer (from
Gujarat to UT) before
drafting him as Delhi’s top
cop - a coveted post reserved
for AGMUT Cadre officers.
As expected, it was bound to
invite criticism from the
opposition yet it could not
have cast a shadow on the
govt’s studied decision
Farmers’ protest,
COVID-19 pandemic,
ongoing investigation
into recent Delhi riots,
and the emerging
post-Pegasus
scenario together
could have formed the
backdrop in which
might have been
considered and okayed in
line with the parameters of
succession planning
RAKESH RANJAN
THE WRITER IS
A SENIOR JOURNALIST

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INDIA
05
New Delhi: On the occasion
of International Tiger Day,
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Thursday said that
India has achieved the tar-
get of doubling of tiger
population 4 years ahead
of schedule of Saint Pe-
tersburg Declaration on
Tiger Conservation.
PM said last tiger
census of 2018
showed a rise in
the tiger popu-
lation.
“India is home to 51 tiger
reserves spread across 18
states.Thelasttigercensusof
2018 showed a rise in the tiger
population. India achieved
thetargetof doublingof tiger
population 4 years ahead of
scheduleof theSt.Petersburg
Declaration on Tiger Conser-
vation,” he tweeted.
He further said that In-
dia’s strategy of tiger con-
servation attaches topmost
importance to involving lo-
cal communities.
“We are also inspired by
our centuries-old ethos of
living in harmony with all
flora and fauna with whom
we share our great planet,”
PM Modi added.
In another tweet, he
added, “India’s strategy
of tiger conservation at-
taches topmost impor-
tance to involving local
communities. We are also
inspired by our centuries-
old ethos of living in har-
mony with all flora
and fauna with
whom we
share our
great plan-
et.”. —ANI
INTERNATIONAL TIGER DAY
PARLIAMENT SESSION
On International Tiger Day,
greetings to wildlife lovers, espe-
cially those who are passionate
about tiger conservation. Home to over
70 per cent of the tiger population
globally, we reiterate our commitment
to ensuring safe habitats for
our tigers and nurturing
tiger-friendly eco-
systems.
—Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
Committed to ensure safe habitats for Big Cat: PM
New Delhi: National Gallery of Australia (NGA), in
its single largest repatriation of art, has decided
to return another 14 artefacts to Indian govt after
concluding that many of these were likely to have
been stolen or illegally removed from India. The
artworks, worth nearly $3 million; 6 sculptures, 6
photographs, a painted scroll & processional stand-
ard. Collection is composed largely of ‘religious,
cultural artefacts’, dating back to 12th century.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA
TO RETURN ‘STOLEN’ ART TO INDIA
CRUCIAL READ
KISHTWAR CLOUDBURST: J-K LG SINHA
ANNOUNCES EX-GRATIA FOR FAMILIES
Kishtwar: J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on
Thursday said that all efforts will be made to rehabili-
tate those affected due to
Kishtwar cloudburst. Sinha
assured support to Kisht-
war cloudburst victims. An-
nounced an ex-gratia of Rs
5 lakh to the ones deceased
& Rs 50K to injured. While
injured would also be compensated with Rs. 50k each
and Rs 12,700 under SDRF shall also be provided.
UNDERWORLD DON CHHOTA RAJAN
ADMITTED TO AIIMS, NEW DELHI
New Delhi: Underworld don Rajendra Nikalje alias
Chhota Rajan was admitted to AIIMS in New Delhi
on Thursday. He com-
plained of stomach ache
following which he was
admitted. He was admitted
to AIIMS in April after he
tested positive for Covid.
Rajan, 61, is lodged in
high-security Tihar prison in New Delhi since his ar-
rest after deportation from Bali, Indonesia, in 2015.
Srinagar: Current spell of widespread rainfall
activity with isolated heavy to very heavy falls very
likely to continue over Jammu and Kashmir, till July
30 and reduction thereafter, said the Indian MeT
Department on Thursday. Heavy rainfall at isolated
places over Jammu, Kashmir is likely on Thursday,
said the IMD. Meanwhile, in the Udhampur district,
the water level of the rivers, streams and local sew-
ers are in spate due to incessant rainfall.
IMD FORECASTS HEAVY RAINS IN
JAMMU AND KASHMIR, TILL JULY 30
Vishal Srivastav
New Delhi: Now that
BJP has shuffled its
ministers in Uttara-
khand and Karnataka,
speculation are being
made who will be the
next CM to be shown the
door by the BJP. Till
some time ago BJP did
not follow the policy of
changing its Chief Min-
isters. The only change
was in Gujarat after
Narendra Modi and
Amit Shah took over the
reins of the party
, when
Anandiben Patel was re-
placed by Vijay Rupani.
But in the last six
months, BJP has
changed three chief
ministers. First Uttara-
khand Chief Minister
Trivendra Singh Rawat
was replaced by Tirath
Singh Rawat and then
Tirath Singh was re-
moved and Pushkar
Singh Dhami was given
thecommand.Afterthat
Basavaraj Bommai has
been made the Chief
Minister in Karnataka
by replacing BS Yedi-
yurappa.
That is why now the
Chief Ministers of BJP
ruled states have be-
come apprehensive and
feel that their chair is no
longer secure as in ear-
lier times, now they can-
not take it for granted.
Therefore the ques-
tion is, can the BJP
change some more chief
ministers in the next
few days? Highly placed
sources in the saffron
party revealed that no
such Chief Minister
will be removed, who
can have an impact on
the elections of five
states including Uttar
Pradesh. This means
that the chair of Mad-
hya Pradesh Chief Min-
ister Shivraj Singh
Chouhan is safe. The
reason for this is that he
is the only OBC Chief
Minister of BJP and the
party is doing politics of
OBC, SC in Uttar
Pradesh.
The Chief Ministers
of the states where elec-
tions are going to be
held will not be changed
now. But in states where
elections are at a later
date or perhaps in 2023
and beyond, these states
may witness a change.
Right now it is being
said that BJP can make
changes in two states.
One of these states is
Tripura, where there
has been a rebellion of
MLAs for several
months.
Another state could
be Haryana. The farm-
ers’ agitation and the
anger of the Jats and
Sikhs have put the BJP
in trouble. Farmers’ dis-
pleasure with the Chief
Minister has increased
and demonstrations
have taken place against
him in many places and
therefore there is room
for change.
IN THE COURTYARD
SACHAR REPORT: PIL IN SC TO
PREVENT IMPLEMENTATION
5-G ROLL OUT: JUHI CHAWLA
WITHDRAWS PLEA
Kolkata: The A petition has been filed
in the Supreme Court challenging
the validity of the Justice Rajinder
Sachar committee report on the social,
economic and educational status of the
Muslim community and seeks direc-
tions to prevent the government from
implementing the Sachar Committee
Report submitted in 2006. The plea
filed by members of Sanatan Vedic
Dharm said the notification dated
March 9, 2005, issued from office of
Prime Minister, GoI, nowhere mentions
that same was being issued after any
cabinet decision. Thus, it is clear that
the then PM on his own whims issued
direction appointing the committee to
enquire into the social, economic and
educational status of the Muslim com-
munity whereas by virtue of Articles 14
and 15 no religious community can be
treated separately, stated the plea.
New Delhi: Actor-turned-environ-
mentalist Juhi Chawla on Thursday
withdrew the petition that sought
amendment of the word ‘dismissed’ to
‘rejected’ in an order passed by the Del-
hi High Court recently while dismissing
her lawsuit related to the implementa-
tion of 5G mobile technology in India. A
bench of Justice Jayant Nath on Thurs-
day allowed Counsel Deepak Khosla
representing Juhi Chawla to withdraw
the related application seeking modifi-
cation in an order passed by Justice J
R Midha while dismissing her petition.
However, the court granted liberty to
the petitioner to approach concerned
appellate authorities, as informed by
the counsel for Juhi Chawla.
Justice J R Midha, who retired last
month, had dismissed her lawsuit
against the setting up of 5G wireless
networks in the country.
Whose turn is it after Karnataka?
SC rejects plea
seeking review
of its order on
Class 12 exams
‘Bihar must
have its own
caste census’
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court has dis-
missed a plea seeking
reconsideration of its
June 22 order refusing
to interfere with the
CBSE assessment
scheme for conducting
offline exam of class 12
students of private,
patrachar’ and second
compartment amid the
COVID-19 pandemic.
The plea was seeking
review of the scheme as
per which the offline ex-
ams would be conduct-
ed from August 15 to
September 15 this year.
The present review
petition has been filed
against the final judg-
ment and order dated
June 22, 2021. We have
perused the review peti-
tion as well as the
grounds in support
thereof. In our opinion,
no case for review is
made out. The review
petition is accordingly
dismissed, a bench of
Justices AM Khan-
wilkar and Dinesh Ma-
heshwari said in its or-
der passed.
In its June 22 order,
the apex court had re-
fused to interfere with
the assessment scheme
propounded by both the
CBSE and CISCE for
evaluation of class 12
students, whose board
examinations have been
cancelled due to the
pandemic.
—PTI
Patna: Reiterating the
demand for a caste-
based census, RJD lead-
er Tejashwi Yadav on
Thursday asked the Nit-
ish Kumar government
in Bihar to conduct
such an exercise “on its
own” if the Centre re-
fused to budge from its
stand. Yadav raised the
demand, talking to re-
porters outside Assem-
bly on Monsoon ses-
sion’s penultimate day
after his adjournment
motion moved on floor
of House was turned
down by Speaker Vijay
Kumar Sinha, who cited
paucity of time.
Centre had recently
informed Parliament it
was mooting a caste-
based census only for
SCs and STs, implying
numerically powerful
OBCs would not be cov-
ered. —PTI
Amit Shah
PM Narendra Modi
New Delhi: Opposition
parties MPs on Thurs-
day protested at Gan-
dhi statue in Parlia-
ment in support of
farmers, who have been
agitating against three
farm laws.
The protesting Con-
gress lawmakers in-
clude Amar Singh,
Pratap Singh Bajwa,
Parneet Kaur and Gur-
jit Singh Aujla.
Leaders from BSP
and SAD also demon-
strated against the farm
laws and demanded
that the Centre must
discuss farmer's issues
properly inside the Par-
liament and these
black laws should be
repealed.
Hitting out at the
Centre, BSP MP Ritesh
Pandey asked how a
House can function un-
til and unless govern-
ment discusses issues
of farmers, spying and
inflation.
Farmers' issues are
a priority for BSP and
Shiromani Akali Dal.
For us, the issue of spy-
ing is important too as
it is a threat to democ-
racy
. How can the House
function until and un-
less government dis-
cusses issues of farm-
ers, spying and infla-
tion? The government
is mocking democracy,
said BSP MP Ritesh
Pandey
.
Meanwhile, LoP in
Rajya Sabha Mallikar-
jun Kharge on Thurs-
day said that the opposi-
tion wants to discuss
the Pegasus snooping
row in the ongoing
Monsoon session of
Parliament in the pres-
ence of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and Un-
ion Home Minister
Amit Shah.
—ANI
Oppn MPs hold protests against
farm laws, Pegasus outside Parl
Congress MPs stage a protest during the Monsoon Session of Parliament in New Delhi on Thursday.
New Delhi: A day
after BJP MP Nishikant
Dubey
moved a
privilege
motion
against
Congress
MP Shashi
Tharoor, the latter on
Thursday said since
no constituted proce-
dure was followed in
introducing the Privilege
Motion, it has no
validity. Tharoor said, “It
requires Speaker to get
House’s consent and 25
members to stand and
support. It wasn’t done.”
New Delhi: External
Affairs Minister S Jais-
hankar on
Thursday
informed
Rajya Sabha
that he
had a very
detailed
discussion with US
Secretary of State
Antony Blinken regard-
ing ongoing situation
in Afghanistan and they
both agreed that there
cannot be a takeover of
the war-torn country by
use of force. We (Indian
leadership) highlighted
that in our approach.
A day after BJP MP
Nishikant Dubey claimed
that he was
called a “Bi-
hari Gunda”
by TMC MP
Mahua Moitra,
he accused
TMC of being
“allergic to all the Hindi-
speaking people” and
termed her remark as an
“attack on Bihar’s pride”.
Stating he has submitted
all the facts related to the
matter to LS Speaker Om
Birla, Dubey demanded
an apology from Moitra.
New Delhi: Union
ministers Piyush Goyal
and Pralhad Joshi met
the opposition and asked
the leaders to support the
House to pass bills.
Oppn leaders insisted on
the discussion of issues
like Pegasus, inflation,
farmers issues, hike in
petrol and diesel prices,
sources said.
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi on Thursday al-
leged that Centre is not
allowing Opposition to
discuss the issues of
national importance.
He added, Foundation
of our democracy is
that Parliamentarians
being the voice of the
people discuss the
issues of
national
impor-
tance.
Tharoor terms
privilege motion
by MP as invalid
EAM: US, India
against military
takeover of Af
TMC allergic to
Hindi-speaking
people: Dubey
Goyal, Joshi
meet Oppn, seek
support for bills
Rahul: Centre
not allowing
discussions

INDIA
06
27% quota...
and exit options for stu-
dents in higher educa-
tion besides first-year
engineering pro-
grammes in regional
languages and guide-
lines for internationali-
sation of higher educa-
tion.The list of initia-
tives launched today
also includes Vidya
Pravesh, a three-month
play-based school prepa-
ration module for Grade
1 students, Indian sign
language as a subject at
secondary level and NI-
SHTHA 2.0, an integrat-
ed programme of teach-
er training designed by
the NCERT.
Amid ruckus...
Authority of India
(Amendment) Bill, 2021
and The Inland Vessels
Bill, 2021 were passed
by voice vote and with-
out discussion. As the
ruckus continued una-
bated, Dr Solanki ad-
journed the House for
the day after the pas-
sage of the two Bills.
Earlier also, the pro-
ceedings were ad-
journed three times
over the same issues.
Upon reassembling af-
ter the second adjourn-
ment at 1230 hrs, the
Opposition Members,
carrying placards, en-
tered the Well of the
House and started slo-
ganeering. Rajendra
Agarwal, who was in
the Chair, made repeat-
ed requests to the agi-
tating members to re-
turn to their seats.
When it went in vain,
he adjourned the House
till 1400 hrs. As the
House reassembled af-
ter the first adjourn-
ment at 1130 hrs, the
Opposition Members,
carrying placards, en-
tered the Well and rais-
ing slogans. Amid cha-
os, the papers were laid
on the table of the
House after the conclu-
sion of the Question
Hour. Agarwal, who
was in the Chair, then
announced the starting
of the Zero Hour and
made repeated requests
to the agitating mem-
bers to return to their
seats.
Accident or...
the matter after the
Jharkhand high court
on Thursday took suo
motu cognizance of the
incident. Chief Justice
of India (CJI) NV Ra-
mana too spoke to the
chief justice of the
Jharkand high court
Ravi Ranjan on the is-
sue. Director general of
police Neeraj Sinha and
Dhanbad senior super-
intendent of police San-
jeev Kumar attended
the hearing in the high
court in person and pro-
vided details of the in-
vestigation to the bench
of the chief justice.
Cental team...
team to Kerala to col-
laborate with the State
Health Authorities in
instituting effective
public health measures
for Covid-19 manage-
ment in view of the sig-
nificantly enhanced
number of daily Covid
cases being reported by
Kerala. The 6-member
central team to Kerala
is headed by Dr S K Sin-
gh, Director, National
Centre for Disease Con-
trol. The team shall
reach Kerala on 30th
July
, 2021 and visit a few
districts,” a statement
released by the Centre
read.
Delhi Assembly...
after a brief discussion,
during which six AAP
MLAs, including Delhi
Home Minister Satyen-
dar Jain, launched a
scathing attack on
Asthana. Meanwhile,
BJP’s Ramvir Singh
Bidhuri, who is the
leader of opposition,
hailed the Centre over
the appointment.
FROM PG 1
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraja
Bommai on Thursday said that he won’t discuss cabi-
net expansion with leaders in New Delhi in the first
meeting. “I have sought appointments
with central leaders and if it comes
through I will leave for New Delhi on
Friday,” he said. “Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi and Home Minister Amit
Shah wished me yesterday. I will meet
them along with party president JP
Nadda and other top leaders to convey
my regards,” he stated. He said the pulls and pres-
sures during the formation of the cabinet are normal.
WON’T DISCUSS CABINET EXPANSION
IN FIRST MEET, SAYS BOMMAI
New Delhi: Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) K V
Subramanian on Thursday said that rationalisa-
tion of GST rate structure is on the government’s
agenda and it is definitely going
to happen. Further, he said that a
three-rate structure is very impor-
tant and there is also a need to fix
inverted duty structure as far as
the GST is concerned. The Goods
and Services Tax (GST), which
amalgamates more than a dozen
central and state levies like excise duty, service
tax and VAT, was introduced in July 2017.
GST RATE RATIONALISATION ON
GOVT’S AGENDA: CEA SUBRAMANIAN
New Delhi: India on Thursday strongly rejected
references made to Jammu and Kashmir in a recent
joint press statement by Pakistan and China and as-
serted that the union
territory as well as
Ladakh have been
and will remain its in-
tegral and inalienable
part. External Affairs
Ministry spokes-
person Arindam
Bagchi also objected
to reference made to the so-called China-Pakistan
Economic Corridor in the statement.
INDIA REJECTS REFERENCE TO
KASHMIR IN PAK-CHINA STATEMENT
Panaji: The Bombay High Court bench in Goa
on Thursday adjourned hearing in the alleged
sexual assault case
involving former
editor-in-chief of
Tehelka magazine
Tarun Tejpal till
August 10. The
hearing in the Tarun
Tejpal case has been
adjourned till August
10, Advocate Pravin Faldesai, Assistant Solicitor
General of India told ANI over the phone.
BOMBAY HC ADJOURNS HEARING IN
TARUN TEJPAL CASE TILL AUGUST 10
CRUCIAL READ
HAS DYNASTIC POLITICS WEAKENED OR STRENGTHENED BJP?
Anita Hada
New Delhi: Almost
since its inception and
more so in the recent
decades, the Bhartiya
Janta Party (BJP) has
established itself as
the ‘champion party’
of anti-dynastic poli-
tics in India. Its leader
and Prime Minister
Narendra Modi had re-
cently described dy-
nastic-politics as the
country’s number one
political evil. Congress
has always been a tar-
get of BJP over the is-
sue. However, minor
observation on BJP’s
own activities will re-
veal how the saffron
party also supports es-
tablishing dynasty in
every state and more
recently, the party
chosechildrenof many
renowned leaders as
cabinet ministers.
From Jyotiraditya
Scindia to Anurag
Thakur and Anupriya
Patel, all are represent-
ative faces of political
dynasty
. Now, adding to
the list, BJP has made
Basavaraj Bommai,
son of former Karna-
taka Chief Minister SR
Bommai, as the Chief
Minister of the state.
Basavaraj Bommai’s
father SR Bommai took
over the reins of the
state in 1988–89 during
a time of great political
turmoil and Basavaraj
was with his father
then. Before joining
BJP, he had been MLA
from Janata Dal twice.
His father was a sup-
porter of communist
ideology and used to
call himself a follower
of MN Roy and his at-
titude towards LK Ad-
vani and the Sangh,
was extremely harsh.
Basavaraj Bommai
joined the BJP in 2008,
shortly after the death
of his father SR Bom-
mai in October 2007.
Interestingly, it was
former CM BS Yedi-
yurappa who had
brought Basavaraj into
the party some 13 years
ago when the BJP gov-
ernment was formed
for the first time in the
state. At that time Ba-
savaraj was searching
for his relevance in Ja-
nata Dal politics after
the death of his father.
Due to the dominance
of the Deve Gowda
family over the Janata
Dal, the Vokkaligas
had become dominant
there and the Lingay-
at’s demand was re-
duced. So he did not
have any problem in
coming together with
Lingayat leader Yedi-
yurappa. It is also an
interesting fact that at
the time when Basa-
varaj’s father SR Bom-
mai became the Chief
Minister of Karnata-
ka, BS Yeddyurappa
was the only BJP MLA
in the assembly. Today
it is Yediyurappa who
made Bommai’s son
the Chief Minister of
the state.
Sindhu beats Blichfeldt in
straight sets, enters last 8
Meet winner of Japan’s Yamaguchi and Korea’s Gaeun match
Tokyo:
R e i g n -
ing world
champion P
V Sindhu sailed
into the women’s singles
quarterfinals after beat-
ing Denmark’s Mia Bli-
chfeldt in straight games
at the Tokyo Olympics
badminton competition
on Thursday
.
The 26-year-old Indian,
who won a silver in the
2016 Rio Olympics,
notched up a 21-15 21-13
win over 13th seed Blich-
feldt in a 41-minute
match. Sindhu will next
face the winner of the
match between Akane
Yamaguchi of Japan and
Korea’s Kim Gaeun.
On Wednesday, Sindhu
had defeated world No. 34
Hong Kong’s NY Cheung
21-9 21-16 to top Group J.
Sindhu is the lone In-
dian badminton hope left
in fray after B Sai Pra-
neeth’s maiden Olympic
campaign ended in agony
in the men’s competition.
He went down in
straight games to Mark
Caljouw of Netherlands
for his second defeat in
Group D.
On Tuesday, the men’s
doubles team of Chirag
Shetty and Satwiksairaj
Rankireddy suffered a
heartbreak after failing
to make the quarterfinals
despite winning two
matches in their group.
—PTI
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ON THE ROLL
India beat Argentina 3-1 to
storm into hockey quarters
Tokyo: The Indian
men’s hockey team
stormed into the
Olympic Games quar-
terfinal with a com-
prehensive 3-1 victory
over defending cham-
pions Argentina in its
penultimate pool
match in Tokyo on
Thursday (July 29).
After goalless first
two quarters, India
broke the deadlock in
the 43rd minute
through Varun Kumar
before Vivek Sagar
Prasad (58th) and Har-
manpreet Singh (59th)
struck in the closing
minutes of the match
to seal the contest.
Argentina’s lone
goal came in the 48th
minute. By virtue of
this win, India have
consolidated their po-
sition in the second
spot of Pool A with
three wins. —ANI
Indian hockey player Manpreet Singh in action.
Highlights
MANU BHAKER
PLACED 5TH, RAHI
SARNOBAT ON 25TH
AFTER 1ST ROUND
OF QUALIFICATION IN
25M PISTOL
SATISH KUMAR
PUNCHES HIS WAY
TO QFS AFTER
DEFEATING RICARDO
BROWN 4-1
INDIAN ARCHER
ATANU DAS DOWNS
TWO-TIME OLYMPIC
CHAMPION TO JOIN
WIFE DEEPIKA
IN LAST 16
SWIMMER SAJAN
PRAKASH FINISHES
46TH IN MEN’S 100M
BUTTERFLY HEATS
ANIRBAN LAHIRI
ENJOYS STRONG
START, OPENS WITH
67 IN MEN’S GOLF
ARJUN, ARVIND
FINISH 5TH IN FINAL
B OF LIGHTWEIGHT
DOUBLE SCULLS
Union minister flays Kerala govt for Covid spread
New Delhi/Thiru-
va n a n t h a p u r a m :
The formula followed
by the Kerala govern-
ment for coronavirus
disease (Covid-19) re-
sponse has failed, Un-
ion minister V Mu-
raleedharan said on
Thursday as the state is
witnessing another
surge in infections.
The minister of
state for external af-
fairs criticised Kera-
la’s handling of the
pandemic after the
Pinarayi Vijayan-led
government declared
complete lockdown in
view of rising Covid-19
cases, news agency
ANI reported
Muraleedharan ac-
cused the state govern-
ment of not following
the health guidelines
issued by the World
Health Organization
(WHO) and the Indian
Council of Medical Re-
search (ICMR), saying
the state took a stand
for following their
“own principles” and
“formula”. —ANI
47.48 Cr VACCINE DOSES PROVIDED TO STATES, UTs: CENTRE
Shilpa’s mother files cheating
case in `1.6 cr land deal case
Mumbai: Actor Shilpa
Shetty’s mother Sunan-
da Shetty on Thursday
lodged a cheating com-
plaint in a Rs 1.6 crore
land deal case.
According to the
Mumbai Police, one
Sudhakar Ghare has
been named by Sunanda
Shetty in her complaint.
She has alleged that the
accused, with the help
of fake papers, had sold
land to her for Rs 1.6
crore, said the police.
A case has been regis-
tered under relevant
sections of IPC, added
the Mumbai Police.
This comes amid the
ongoing pornography
racket case against ac-
tor Shilpa Shetty’s hus-
band and businessman
Raj Kundra. Kundra
was arrested by the po-
lice on July 19 along
with 11 other people on
charges related to the al-
leged creation of porno-
graphic films. —ANI
New Delhi: Over 47.48
crores COVID-19 vac-
cine doses have been
provided to States and
Union Territories so
far and a further 53.05
lakh doses are in the
pipeline, informed the
Union Health Ministry
on Thursday. Of 47.48
crore vaccine doses,
the total consumption
including wastages is
44.74 crore doses as
per data available at 8
am today.
PORN FILMS
Sunanda Shetty
Anurag Thakur Jyotiraditya Scindia
GOA CM UNDER FIRE
FOR ASKING WHY RAPE
VICTIMS WERE ON
BEACH LATE AT NIGHT
Panaji: Under pressure
from the opposition over
the gang rape of two
girls, Goa Chief Minister
Pramod
Sawant
has drawn
flak over
his state-
ment in the Assembly
that the parents should
“introspect” why their
children were out on a
beach late at night. One
of the accused who is a
government employee
has been suspended,
CM informed the House
on Thursday. “Because
children don’t listen, we
cannot put the responsi-
bility on the government
and police,” he said.

BULK
TRANSFERS:
A TICKING
TIME BOMB?
With the ruling Uttar
Pradesh BJP government
at the fag end of its tenure,
skeletons have started tumbling
out from the cupboards of
those who occupy high
positions and apparently
misused their office for
personal gains. The last-minute
cancellation of tenders for bulk
purchase of smartphones was
one such damage-control move
by the Uttar Pradesh
government to nip the spat
between an IAS officer and its
Minister in the bud. But
grapevine has it that the mass
transfers of government
employees ordered by officers
at the behest of their political
mentors could be another major
scandal that could embarrass
the BJP regime. The issue came
to light after employees unions
took to the streets to protest
these bulk transfers and
accused of a ministers-officers
nexus. The name of director
Treasury Pankaj Sharma first
cropped up in this controversy
when he allegedly transferred
39 newly appointed accounts
officers reportedly sans
government approval.
The Director of Accounts and
Audits followed suit and after
matters came to a head the
government unceremoniously
removed him on July 28 and
ordered a probe into the
transfer of 456 employees
allegedly done by him in
violation of norms. The probe
panel has been given three days
time to submit its findings. As
is the won’t, such inquiry
reports are either brushed
under the carpet or given a
quiet procedural burial without
any accountability being fixed.
But with the assembly elections
round the corner, the
Opposition parties are likely to
rake up the issue with whatever
little power and energy they
have and try to corner the
government in the proposed
Monsoon session of the Uttar
Pradesh assembly. —M Tariq Khan
CROCODILE
CAPTURED FROM
VILLAGE IN
CHANDAULI DIST
Panic prevailed in a village in
Chandauli district of Uttar
Pradesh when villagers saw a
crocodile near a hut which was
about 10 feet long. The frightened
villagers informed Forest
department officials about this.
During this, the crocodile kept
roaming in the streets of the
village. After 3 to 4 hours, the
team reached the spot and caught
the Crocodile with the help of
villagers and took it back and
released him back in the dam.
The case is of Latifshah town of
Chakia Kotwali range. On
Thursday, the villagers were
shocked to see a crocodile near a
hut. According to people, the
water level in the Latifshah dam
had increased significantly due to
rains owing to which the crocodile
came to populated area in search
of food. The Forest department
team on receiving information
caught it in a trap. Later he was
released in Chandraprabha Dam.
Regional Forest Officer AB Singh
told that there was a settlement
near Latifshah Dam. A crocodile
had entered there. To catch it, a
team of Forest department staff
was sent with a net. Within no
time the crocodile was caught with
the help of the net and was later
released safely in Chandraprabha
Dam. The length of the crocodile is
said to be between 8 and 10 feet,
he added.
—First India Bureau
NEWS
07
In Gorakhpur,more than 25 colonies facing flood-like situation; inAgra and Mathura many police stations filled with water
HEAVYRAINRAISESFLOODSCAREINVILLAGES
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Heavy rains
in the state for the past
3 days has increased
the plight of the people
of the state due to wa-
terlogging and flood
like situation at vari-
ous places in the state.
In villages adjoin-
ing rivers, people are
scared due to the threat
of floods, while in cit-
ies, drivers are getting
injured due to water-
loggingandsubmerged
roads.
In Gorakhpur, more
than 25 colonies are
facing flood-like sce-
nario and in Agra and
Mathura due to heavy
rains many police sta-
tions have been filled
with knee-level water.
There was heavy
rain on Thursday
morning which lasted
for just 1.5 hours but
yet it was able to sub-
merge the city with
water coming upto
knee height at many
places in the city. Wa-
terlogging was report-
ed at as many as 25
more areas including
Daudpur, Planetarium
Road City Bank Road,
Golghar to Reti Road,
Ghoshkampani, Bak-
shipur, Sahabganj,
Mirzapur, Laldiggi,
Gorakhnath, Nathmal-
pur, Vikas Nagar, Ex-
tension Nagar, Ram-
jankinagar, Basharat-
pur, Bhediagarh, Vish-
nupuram, Asuran,
Medical Road, Moh-
dridipur, Kudaghat
and Singhadiya.
The waterlogging at
various places caused
traffic jams to build on
many roads in the city
and the situation was
worse at the Geeta
Press office.
The water logging in
more than a dozen
shops of Reti Road
caused damage to
goods worth lakhs of
rupees of traders
while people living in
the area were unable to
even step out of their
homes.
The heavy rain in
AgraMathuracaused
mud along with water
to come into various po-
lice stations in the cit-
ies and disrupting the
work of the police per-
sonnel. Also, the heavy
rain made it difficult
for people who were go-
ing to perform the last
rites of their family
members as the ab-
senceof tinshedsinthe
crematoriums as the
last rites had to be done
under makeshift sheds.
Incessant rain since
Wednesday caused the
Chambal River in Agra
come close to the dan-
ger mark scaring more
people in the vicinity
.
There have been re-
ports that old and di-
lapidated buildings
have started to disinte-
grate and the emer-
gence of potholes in
the roads of the city is
causing a lot of incon-
venience to everyone.
DRAIN PROBLEM
IN MATHURA
The rain caused water-
logging in Mathura due
to which the policemen
complainants facing
problems in commut-
ing. The officials had to
arrange a trolley tube
well to drain the water.
Despite the govern-
ment having 4 MLAs,
1 mayor 1 MP from
the district, the prob-
lem of waterlogging is
common in Mathura.
OVERFLOW
IN YAMUNA
4 lakh cusecs of
water from Hathni
Kund barrage in
Yamuna Nagar,
Haryana has been
released into
Yamuna. Due to
torrential rains
in Delhi NCR
low-lying areas for
the last 48 hours,
Yamuna is already
flooded causing
panic in people.
PilibhitTigerReservegears
upproposalforrescuecenter
Court agrees to provide
TV to jailed MLA Ansari
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Pilibhit
Tiger Reserve in Uttar
Pradesh needs a spe-
cial mention during
the celebration of
World Tiger Day which
falls on July 29th as the
tiger reserve has
emerged as a breeding
center for the majestic
wild beast. In a recent
survey, more than 65
tigers have been con-
firmed spotted at the
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve
while the officials are
claiming that the num-
ber could be higher as
tigers are now a com-
mon sight at reserve.
The Pilibhit Tiger Re-
serve taking concrete
steps for tiger conserva-
tion and had sent a pro-
posal to government for
a revolving and rescue
center for which a place
has already been ear-
marked at Gopalpur of
Puranpur Railway. The
rescue center will come
in hand when a tiger is
injured in an attack or
in a conflict as the in-
jury can be treated at
the center rather than
sending the animal to
another location.
First India Bureau
Mau: Mukhtar Ansari,
MLA from Mau Sadar,
accused in the Gang-
ster Act case of South
Tola police station area,
is lodged in Banda dis-
trict jail. His advocate
Daroga Singh submit-
ted four applications on
behalf of Mukhtar An-
sari in the court of Spe-
cial Judge Gangster Act
on Wednesday
.
He demanded that
Mukhtar Ansari should
be provided TV along
with other facilities in
the jail medical board
should be constituted
his health should be
checked. Ansari should
be provided of high-
class prisoner facilities
because he is an under-
trial prisoner a sen-
ior citizen. He is a grad-
uate also an income
taxpayer. He is also an
elected member of UP
Legislative Assembly
for the last 5 times and
is also representing the
people of the area.
However, judge ordered
the jail superintendent
Banda to provide TV in
the barrack of Ansari
according to the provi-
sions mentioned in the
jail manual.
Enraged with
her love affair,
brother kills
sister with knife
Tokyo Games:
Satish enters
quarter finals
First India Bureau
Badaun: In a hor-
rifying case of
honor killing in
Badaun district, a
girl who was in
love with a boy of
her village was
killed by her own
brother in front of
Kotwali Dataganj.
The girl had
reached the police
station seeking
help from the po-
lice. Archana, a
resident of Palia
Gujar, was in love
with a boy named
Devendra from
her village. Both
of them got mar-
ried a few days
back in the temple
which made her
brother Ravit in-
cluding others fu-
rious with her
started beating
Archana. It is said
that girl’s brother
family members
were fighting with
each other outside
the police station.
Meanwhile, Ravit
stabbed Archana
repeatedly with a
knife. Police have
arrested all the ac-
cused brothers.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Heavy-
weight boxer Sat-
ish Kumar from
Bulandshahr who
won a silver medal
in boxing at 2018
Commonwealth
Games is in line
for winning a
medal in the ongo-
ing Tokyo Olym-
pics. On Thursday,
Satish living up
to his expecta-
tions stormed into
the quarterfinals
and is now merely
a step away from a
historic Olympic
medal. After de-
feating Jamaican
boxer Ricardo
Brown he reached
the quarterfinals,
now Satish
stands in the top 8.
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve —FILE PHOTO Mukhtar Ansari —FILE PHOTO
Earlier, tigers of the reserve would step out of
the reserve and target the human population at
the edge of the forest. However, this trend has
changed recently as people living on the edge of
the forest have now learned to live in harmony
with the wild animal thereby reducing the num-
ber of human-animal conflicts.
HUMAN-ANIMAL CONFLICTS HEARING ON PROVIDING BETTER FACILITIES
Married women act as widows to secure govt financial aid
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Sunita’s hus-
band Shankar, a resi-
dent of village Banthra
in Sarojininagar, is still
alive. On April 19, 2019,
on showing Shankar as
dead, the Social Welfare
Department under fam-
ily benefit scheme sent
Rs 30,000 in the account
of wife Sunita.
On investigation, it
was found that Shankar
was alive. With the con-
nivance of Social Wel-
fare Department em-
ployeesandclerksof the
tehsil, monetary bene-
fits were provided after
making fake death cer-
tificates. Similarly, Rs
30,000 was sent under
the family benefit
schemetotheaccountof
Satya Prakash’s wife of
village Banthra of Saro-
jiniNagar. Forreceiving
themonetarybenefitun-
der the scheme, Satya
Prakash, who is alive,
was shown to have died
on March 13, 2019. Satya
Prakash informed that
employeesof SocialWel-
fare Department had
come, filled up the appli-
cation and had to pay
them Rs 15,000 after
which the money ar-
rived in his wife’s ac-
count. He said that he
did not know why the
money was given.
In the investigation
conducted in a block of
Lucknow, 29 such wom-
en were given Rs 30,000
each as help under fam-
ily benefit scheme on
the death of their hus-
band. Investigations re-
vealed that the hus-
bands of 21 women
were still alive, while
eight had had passed
away more than a dec-
ade ago. Two cases are
from the village Chan-
drawal of Sarojini Na-
gar, while the remain-
ing are from the same
village Banthra. Depu-
ty Director Social Wel-
fare Srinivas Dwivedi
said that one-time assis-
tance of Rs 30,000 is
given to the people of
financially weak fami-
lies when the head of
the family dies. The age
of the head should be
less than 60 years.
—FILE PHOTO
ONLINE SCAM
—FILE PHOTO

08
2NDFRONT
WOOING OF MUSLIM
VOTERS BEGINS IN
UTTAR PRADESH
Govt did not sack any ambulance driver: Min
BSP replaces Lalji with Shah Alam; SP giving tickets to
Muslim candidates; Cong giving them prominent posts
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Political
parties have intensified
their preparations for
the Assembly Elec-
tions. Parties are adopt-
ing all kinds of tactics
to ensure their win.
Parties are trying to
woo Brahmin and Mus-
lim voters. The state
has close to 20% Mus-
lim voters and in-
fluence results in
20 of the 403 as-
sembly seats in
the state hence
who ever they
support, can as-
sure himself/herself
of victory. This strong
influence on the win
has a lot of opposition
parties competing to
win them over.
All the parties in-
cluding SP, BSP and
Congress have started
making strategies to
bring Muslims in their
fold. While Congress
has given Imran
Masood the post of Del-
hi’s co-in-charge and
national secretary, Im-
ran Pratapgarhi has
been made the chair-
man of the minority
front.
These changes have
been made as an at-
tempt to give a message
to the Muslims that
their real well-wisher
is the Congress.
Congress says that
for the last many
years, the Mus-
lims of UP have
been relying on
the Samajwadi
Party, but after
coming to power,
it forgets them and
pays attention to only
one particular caste
hence its only Congress
which can give protec-
tion to the community
.
BSP supremo
Mayawati is also trying
her best to get Muslims
on her side while she
showed the door to Lalji
Verma for indulging in
anti-party activities,
she replaced him with
Shah Alam alias Guddu
Jamali as the leader of
the UP-Legislature Par-
ty. Mayawati also an-
nounced that she will
not forge an alliance
with any party in the
assembly elections to
be held next year and
will contest alone.
According to sourc-
es, BSP Supremo
Mayawati plans to field
Muslim candidates in
90 to 100 seats this time
around.
Samajwadi Party has
also started to reach
out to the Muslim vot-
ers. In the election of
District Panchayat
President, SP had re-
lied on Muslim candi-
dates and gave them
tickets.
Political pundits
have speculated that
the move by SP to give
tickets to Muslim can-
didates was their mes-
sage to the community
that their real well-
wisher is the Samajwa-
di Party
.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Lashing out
at Priyanka Gandhi for
her ‘irresponsible’ re-
mark over the sacking
of ambulance drivers,
UP Cabinet Minister
and Uttar Pradesh Gov-
ernment spokesperson
Sidharth Nath Singh on
Thursday said that in-
stead of understanding
the matter she is sup-
porting people who are
creating hurdles in pub-
lic service.
“This is difficult to
comprehend. How can a
leader like Priyanka be-
have irresponsibly and
post anything on social
media without knowing
the exact matter and
mislead the public,” he
said adding, “She just
trying to sensationalise
something that is not
sensational at all.”
Clarifying that the
nothing to do with it,
Singh also said that the
drivers were not govern-
ment employees neither
they were fired by the
government. All the
drivers were company
employees and they
weredismissedbythem.
“Such statements only
prove that Priyanka did
notdoherhomeworkbe-
fore trying to malign the
image of the state gov-
ernmentwhichhasdone
a tremendous job in con-
trolling the second COV-
ID-19 wave,” he added.
Congress general sec-
retary Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra alleged that the state government
sacked 500 ambulance
workers imposing the
EssentialServicesMain-
tenance Act (ESMA).
“During the Corona
period in Uttar Pradesh,
the government used to
talk about showering
flowers on ambulance
workers and as soon as
they raised their voice
for their rights, it is talk-
ing about raining sticks
onthem,”Gandhisaidin
atweetinHindi.Employ-
eesof the102and108am-
bulance services had
started their protest
across Uttar Pradesh on
Monday after the tender
to operate the advanced
lifesupportsystem(ALS)
ambulanceswasgivento
another company
.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Bahujan
Samaj Party (BSP)
chief Mayawati on
Thursday urged the Su-
preme Court to take
cognisance of the
Pegasus snooping case
and get it investigated
under its supervision
to find out the truth.
In a tweet, the BSP
supremo said that the
Pegasus issue has cre-
ated ruckus in the Par-
liament, yet the Centre
is not ready to probe
the matter.
“The ongoing mon-
soon session of Parlia-
ment is not going on
properly due to mis-
trust and huge conflict
between the govern-
ment and the Opposi-
tion on the most impor-
tant issues of the coun-
try, public interest and
farmers etc. The
Pegasus snooping scan-
dal has also created
quite a ruckus, yet the
Center is not ready to
investigate the matter.
The Country is wor-
ried,” Mayawati tweet-
ed in Hindi.
“In such a situation,
BSP requests the Su-
preme Court to take
cognisance of this well-
known Pegasus snoop-
ing case in the country
and get it investigated
under its supervision
so that the truth about
it can come to the pub-
lic,” she said.
The state has close
to 20% Muslim
voters and influence
results in 20 of the
403 assembly seats
in the state hence
who ever they
support, can assure
himself/herself of
victory. This strong
influence on the
win has a lot of
opposition parties
competing to win
them over.
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TEACHERS OUT ON STREETS
Women police officials trying to control protesting teachers in front of BJP headquarters in
Lucknow on Thursday. Police detained 69,000 teachers demanding their recruitment.
—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
‘Order probe in
Pegasus issue’
Smriti’s son performs‘pooja’ for her Amethi house
First India Bureau
Amethi: Union Minis-
ter and Amethi MP
Smriti Irani is going to
build her own house on
11 Biswa land in Med-
an Mawai village lo-
cated in Gauriganj, the
district HQ of Amethi.
Smriti Irani’s son Jo-
har Irani started the
construction of the
house by performing
Bhoomipujan.
It may be mentioned
that on February 22
last year, the Amethi
MP had got the land
registered in Gau-
riganj Sub-Registrar
Office for Rs 12.11 lakh.
The land is situated in
Medan Mavai village,
near the district head-
quarters Gauriganj.
After winning the
elections, Irani had
promised the people of
Amethi that if she
would become MP of
Amethi,thenthepeople
of Amethi would not
have to go to Delhi to
meet their MP
. On
Thursday
, the construc-
tion of the MP’s resi-
dence commenced. So
far, Smriti has been liv-
ing in the house rented
beforetheelections.The
MP’s camp office is also
located in this house.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In the run
up to the forthcoming
2022 Uttar Pradesh As-
sembly Elections, all
political parties are
making all out efforts
to register a win in the
elections and make its
government in the
state.
On Thursday, 46 po-
litical parties came to-
gether to form the Ra-
jnitik Vikalp Maha-
sangh (Political Alter-
native Federation) in
the state capital.
In a press confer-
ence organized by the
leaders of the Maha-
sangh, the leaders put
across their issues that
they would contest the
forthcoming elections.
On this occasion, un-
der the leadership of
National President of
the National Revolu-
tionary Socialist Party,
Gopal Rai, it was de-
cided to field the candi-
dates of the federation
on 403 seats in the up-
coming assembly.
Speakers said that the.
The Mahasangh will
ensure restoration of
old pension scheme of
government employees,
providing employment
to one member of each
family under the em-
ployment guarantee
scheme on the lines of
MNREGA, pension to
the unemployed, lay
stress on technical edu-
cation, formation of
Agriculture Commis-
sion for quick settle-
ment of farmers’ prob-
lems, free electricity to
farmers, etc. The Maha-
sangh would also raise
issues like upliftment
of women and Dalit op-
pressed society.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A meme
shared by the official
Twitter handle of UP
BJP on the announce-
mentof BharatiyaKisan
Union leader Rakesh Ti-
kait laying siege to the
Lucknow border has
gone viral.
The meme which said
“oobhaizarasambhalke
jana Lucknow mein”
roughly meaning broth-
er be careful when going
to Lucknow.
Soon after the an-
nouncement of Rakesh
Tikait to surround Luc-
know on August 15, vari-
ous memes have started
doing the rounds of the
social media. In the
meme shared by the BJP
a leader of UP can been
seenwarningRakeshTi-
kait asking him to be
careful in Lucknow be-
causeCMYogiispresent
there.
Tikaithasannounced
that if the three agricul-
tural bills are with-
drawn then the farmers
will also surround the
Lucknow border.
Responding to the
question on the memes
being shared, farmer
leader Tikait said that
BJP has a huge fund for
advertisements and the
people who are tweet-
ing while sitting in of-
fice don’t have any
knowledge of the
ground situation in the
state. He added that the
handlers of the Twitter
id should also tweet on
how much wheat has
been purchased, wheth-
er the impending pay-
ment to Sugarcane
farmers are settled or
not.
Smriti Irani’s son Johar Irani performing bhoomi pujan of her house in Aemthi on Thursday
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upcomingassemblyelections
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MAJOR ISSUES
BJP shares meme on Tikait’s
layingsiegetoLucknowborder M Tariq Khan
Lucknow: The Secre-
tary of the Department
of Agriculture and
Farmers Welfare, San-
jay Agarwal has been
given the additional
charge of the post of
Secretary of the newly
formed Ministry of Co-
operation on Thursday
.
Agarwal is an IAS of-
ficer from UP batch ‘84,
and his appointment
will be valid till either
the appointment of a
regular incumbent or
until further orders,
whichever is earlier.
Earlier, Union Home
Minister Amit Shah
was given the addition-
al charge of the newly
created Ministry of Co-
operation.
The Ministry will
work to streamline pro-
cesses for ‘ease of doing
business for
cooperatives and en-
able the development
of Multi-State Coopera-
tives (MSCS). The Cen-
tral Government has
signalled its deep com-
mitment to communi-
ty-based developmental
partnership.
The creation of a sep-
arate Ministry for Co-
operation also fulfils
the budget announce-
mentmadebytheUnion
Finance Minister.
The decision is also
being seen as a step to
empower farmers.
Meanwhile, Prime
Minister Modi congrat-
ulated all the new min-
isters inducted into the
Union Cabinet and said
the government will
continue working to
fulfil the aspirations of
the people and build a
strong and prosperous
India.
The swearing-in cer-
emony, which took
place at Rashtrapati
Bhavan amid COVID-19
protocols, came days
ahead of the monsoon
session of parliament.
Sanjay Agarwal is secy, Ministry of Cooperation
ADDITIONAL CHARGE
Sanjay Agrawal
Mayawati
Akhilesh Yadav
Such statements only
prove that Priyanka
did not do her home-
work before trying to
malign the image of
the state government.
Sidharth Nath Singh
During the Corona pe-
riod, the govt used to
talk about showering
flowers on ambulance
workers and as soon
as they raised their
voice for their rights, it
is talking about rain-
ing sticks on them.
Priyanka Gandhi
ROLE OF MINISTRY
A nation and its leaders must have
vision for its citizens to progress,
otherwise, they will perish.
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LUCKNOW, FRIDAY
JULY 30, 2021
STANDING
TALL
CITY FIRST IN CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF THE MOST
VERSATILE MODELS OF THE PINK CITY, THE 5’10” TALL
SHARON ALEXANDER FOR WHOM SKY IS THE LIMIT!
orn in Uttar
Pradesh, raised
in Delhi and
have been liv-
ing extensively
in Jaipur, Sha-
ron Alexander
has travelled thor-
oughly to places
where her work
has taken her.
An acciden-
tal mod-
el, as
s h e
calls herself, she was always
inspired by the charisma of
the ramp. Her journey began
when she was pursuing her
graduation, “During my first
year in college, I participated
in a local beauty pageant, I
was crowned as the winner
and it boosted my confidence.
It was just the beginning. I
have also represented India
on an International stage as
I became a part of the beauty
pageant, Miss India in Hong
Kong.”
The model further shared,
“I remember being a very shy
backbencher in school. My
dressing sense wasn’t very
impressive either. But, things
took a turn over, I learned
from my experiences that
modelling isn’t just about
looking pretty or fixed to a
definition. You may adore
yourself the way you are and
people will get inspired by
you.”
Sharon advocates and sup-
ports women whose tales she
has found inspiring, her in-
spiration being Michelle
Obama apart from her Moth-
er whom she finds strong,
funny, intelligent and also
someone who constantly
works for the betterment of
young girls all over the world.
A veterinarian at heart,
Sharon also shares a special
love for animals, she is a part
of an NGO where she encour-
ages people to adopt stary
puppies whenever possible.
As of now, she is going with
the flow and has faith that
the future holds something
special for her.
SUSHMITA AIND
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ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Praise of a
family member
by someone will
make you proud.
Getting unwell
due to changing
weather cannot
be ruled out for
some. You may
need to monitor your finances closely.
You are likely to win the day on the
professional front by your original ideas.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Your initiative will
help mend fences
with someone
you were not in
talking terms.
Academic
pursuits will be
fruitful. Taking up
a regular fitness
routine will help you get into shape.
Increase in household expenditure is
possible, so take all steps to cut it down.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Some of you may
feel the home
environment
serene and
restful. There is
a fair chance of
some property
getting allotted
to you. Good
opportunities are likely to appear on the
academic front. Good health is assured
through own efforts. A healthy bank
balance will allow you to buy an item.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
A new plot, house
or apartment
can be acquired
by some.Be
more assertive
in dealing with
workplace issues,
otherwise you
can be taken for
granted by others. Joining an online
exercise routine is indicated and will
prove beneficial. Those trying to boost
income may figure out newer ways.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
You may find
it difficult to
convince a
family member
regarding
something you
want to achieve.
Clarity of mind
and retentive
power will help you forge ahead on the
academic front. Some of you can safely
say goodbye to depression, as positivity
enters your life once again.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Positive steps
may be required
to be taken to
restore perfect
health. It will
be in your
interest to speed
up a financial
transaction. You
will come out with flying colours in a
competitive situation on the academic
front. Appreciation for the work done on
the professional front is in the pipeline.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Your performance
may leave
you feeling
good today on
professional or
academic front. A
diet plan adopted
recently will suit
your system
well. Maintain confidentiality regarding
a property deal being negotiated by you.
A chance for an outing with lover finally
arrives.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Getting quality
time at home will
help in focussing
on activities that
appeal to you.
Your efforts at
work will be
richly rewarded
by getting noticed
by those who matter. A balanced diet will
be the first step in achieving good health,
so stick to it. Help people out as much as
you can.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
A new health
routine may start
giving health
benefits right
away. You gel
well with a new
acquaintance.
Opportunities
to further your
career will come only if you make efforts.
Self-discipline may help you achieve peak
physical fitness. Financial scene is likely
to stabilise.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Someone close
may pay you a
visit and brighten
your You will get
the opportunity
to acquire new
property at a
good price.
Health may
become a concern. Think twice before
investing in anything big. A healthy
debate with someone in the knows is
likely to open up your mind.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Things are
likely to move
favourably on
the professional
front. Health
may become a
concern. You will
need to muster all
your persuasive
powers to swing a deal in your favour.
Good negotiating skills are likely to bring
a lucrative deal within your grasp on the
professional front.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Do not
misunderstand
the motives of
someone trying
to help you. A
friendly bet with
a friend or a
colleague may
turn into a fight,
so be careful. Will power, will be your
key to remain in shape. An exciting time
lies ahead as travelling with friends is
foreseen. You may grow professionally.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
MOUTH SAVOURING
MOUTH SAVOURING
CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA
or many of us, these
words came into exist-
ence during the recent
lockdown but for Rash-
mi Kuchhal these
words were not new.
Rashmi Kuchhal start-
ed ‘ Handi’ as a home chef
where she made everything
from scratch all by herself.
The culinary journey which
she started more than 40
years ago is a household
name today for its impecca-
ble taste recipes. So, bring-
ing to you her choicest of
recipes from her very own
Pandora box.
The first recipe to begin
this culinary journey would
be her personal favourite
Chicken Tikka Masala.
RECIPE
 To begin making the Chick-
en Tikka Masala, thor-
oughly clean and wash the
chicken pieces.
 To marinate the chicken
for the Chicken Tikka
Masala, in a mixing bowl,
combine yoghurt, cumin
powder, coriander powder,
turmeric powder, ginger,
garlic, chilli powder, Kas-
uri methi and salt along
with the chicken. Allow the
chicken to marinate for a
minimum of 30 minutes.
 Once the chicken is mari-
nated, in a pan, add a tea-
spoon of oil and cook mari-
nated chicken pieces until
they are cooked well for
about 8 minutes. The chick-
en pieces should be juicy
and tender.
 Heat a teaspoon of oil over
medium heat. Add onion
and cook until they become
translucent.
 Add tomatoes and cook
them for about two min-
utes. Add cashews and toss
them for a minute. Allow
the onion tomato masala to
cool down.
 Once it cools down, grind
onion, tomato, and cashew
into a fine paste.
 Heat a Kadai with a table-
spoon of butter. Once
the butter melts, add
cloves, cinnamon
powder, and carda-
mom powder and
saute until its aro-
matic.
 Add cumin powder
and coriander pow-
der and combine
them well.
 Add the onion-tomato-
cashew puree to the pan,
combine them well and
saute for few minutes.
 Crush Kasuri methi with
your hand and add to the
tikka masala gravy
. Add the
marinated chicken pieces,
required amount of salt
and cream. Toss the chick-
en tikka masala well so that
they are combined well.
 Simmer the chicken tikka
masala for about 5 minutes.
If the tikka masala is of a
thicker consistency, adjust
the addition of water ac-
cording to your require-
ments.
 Switch off the heat and
garnish the chicken tikka
masala with coriander
leaves and it is ready to be
served.
‘Work from home culture’ the
much talked about ‘Home chefs’
RASHMI KUCCHAL
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
F
INGREDIENTS
TO MARINATE CHICKEN
 300 grams Chicken, cut into
small size pieces
 1/2 cup Curd (Dahi/Yogurt)
 1 teaspoon Cumin powder
(Jeera)
 1-1/2 teaspoon Coriander
Powder (Dhania)
 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric pow-
der (Haldi)
 1 inch ginger, finely chopped
 6 cloves Garlic, finely
chopped
 1/2 teaspoon Red Chilli
powder
 1 tablespoon Kasuri Methi
(Dried Fenugreek Leaves)
 Salt, as required
FOR THE TIKKA MASALA
GRAVY
 1 Onion  1 Tomato
 5 Cashew nuts
 1 teaspoon Cumin powder
(Jeera)
 1 teaspoon Coriander Pow-
der (Dhania)
 1 Clove (Laung)
 1/4 teaspoon Cinnamon
Powder (Dalchini)
 1/4 teaspoon Cardamom
Powder (Elaichi)
 1/2 cup Fresh cream
 1 tablespoon butter (Un-
salted)
 Oil, as required
 Salt, to taste

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