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Prez harps on India’s religious ethos
First India Bureau
Gorakhpur: From east
to west and north to
south, India’s cultural
ethos have a common
religious and spiritual
foundation, President
Ram Nath Kovind said
on Saturday
.
He also said that
‘Dharm’ and govern-
ance move along togeth-
erandcomplementeach
other. Kovind was ad-
dressing the centenary
celebrations of Gita
Press the world’s largest
publisher of Hindu reli-
gious texts. “From east
to west and north to
south, India’s cultural
ethos have a common
religious and spiritual
foundation. Ramayan is
popular not only in Hin-
di but also in Tamil and
Gujarati,” he said.
“Dharm and govern-
ance move along togeth-
er and they complement
each other. And today,
this is visible here. Yogi
(Adityanath) ji is the
chief minister of this
state and also the
Gorakshpeeth Peetha-
dhiswar (chief seer).
Two things imbibed in
one person is a big
thing,” Kovind added.
ThePresidenttermed
theGitaPress,launched
in 1923 by Jaya Dayal
Goyanka and Ghanshy-
am Das Jalan for pro-
moting the principles
of Sanatan Dharm, a
“temple of literature”.
CM Yogi, PM condole Hapur deaths
Lucknow: UP chief
minister Yogi Adity-
anath conveyed his con-
dolencestothebereaved
families of the victims
who lost their lives in
the chemical factory
blast in Hapur on Satur-
day, his office stated in
a tweet in Hindi.
“The chief minister
has directed district ad-
ministration officers to
go to the spot and over-
see rescue and relief
measures and extend
all possible help to the
victims and their fami-
lies,” the tweet read.
Adityanath has asked
the Divisional Commis-
sioner and IG Zone of
Meerut to immediately
go to the spot, investi-
gate and submit the re-
port to the government.
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi also con-
doled the death tragic
deaths and said that
the state government
was promptly engaged
in treatment of those
injured. “The incident
at a chemical factory in
Hapur, Uttar Pradesh
is heartbreaking. I con-
vey my condolences to
the families of those
who have lost their
lives in this. The state
government is prompt-
ly engaged in the treat-
ment of the injured
and all other possible
assistance,” read a
tweet by the Prime
Minister’s office.
“Total 15 injured, 8
dead in the explosion
that took place at an
electronic equipment
manufacturing unit in
Hapur. Injured being
treated. We are probing
the matter. Action will
be taken against those
responsible,” said
Hapur inspector-gener-
al Praveen Kumar.
Police at the blast site on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
President Ram Nath Kovind being greeted by Governor Anandiben Patel and CM Yogi Adityanath on
his arrival at Gorakhpur on Saturday.
BEAUTY OF DIVERSITY
‘GITA PRESS TEMPLE
OF LITERATURE’
For an ordinary person
like me, the percep-
tion was that this was
a press. But today, it is
seen that the Gita Press
is not only a press, it is
a temple of literature.
The contribution our
temples and pilgrimage
places have made in
saving the ‘Sanatan
Dharm’, a similar con-
tribution has been made
by literature which is
being published by Gita
Press, he said.
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Modi will inaugurate the
headquarters of the IN-SPACe at Bopal in Ahmedabad
on June 10. IN-SPACe will be the nodal agency that
will allow space activities and ensure greater private
participation in the sector.
PM TO
INAUGURATE
IN-SPACE HQ
ON JUNE 10
New Delhi: Hyderabad-based vaccine manufacturer
BiologicalE’s protein subunit Covid-19 vaccine
Corbevax has become the first to be approved as a
heterologous booster in adults. Regardless of any
vaccine received, Corbevax can be taken as third shot.
DCGI OKAYS
CORBEVAX AS
BOOSTER
VACCINE
Hapur: At least six people died and more than 15
people were injured in a chemical factory fire at
Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur on Saturday afternoon, with
preliminary information suggesting that a boiler had
exploded at the site.
6 KILLED
IN FIRE AT
FACTORY IN
UP’S HAPUR
AS HE SETS STAGE FOR
‘BATTLE 2024’,
MODI TWEETS 8-YR REPORT CARD!
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Saturday hailed the
government's reforms
to mark the eight years
of his government in
power. The prime min-
ister tweeted three
news pieces highlight-
ing the government's
achievements in mak-
ing India 'Atmanirbhar'
or self-reliant.
The article spoke
about the 'Atmanirbhar
Bharat' slogan which
the prime minister
coined during the peak
of Covid-19 pandemic.
It spoke about India's
initiative of exporting
medicines to 100 coun-
tries and dispatching
more than 20 crore jabs
to the needy countries.
Crediting the self-re-
liant India vision, it
spoke on how India's
exports hit record highs
while foreign invest-
ment in India reached
record level.
Clearly, the world
wants to trade with In-
dia and considers it a
reliable partner in the
post-COVID world or-
der, the article read.
The Narendra Modi
government has been
hailed for its efforts to
protect the overseas In-
dians and Indian inter-
ests across the world.
Aditionally, there
have been several re-
forms to ensure a strong
domestic defence man-
ufacturing ecosystem.
The government has
also focused on ensur-
ing that India becomes
a major exporter of
arms. From setting up
defence corridors to
corporatising the ord-
nance factories to in-
crease in FDI in the de-
fence sector, many steps
have helped in the pace
of development, PM
Modi wrote.
From setting up defence corridors to corporatising the ordnance
factories to increase in FDI in the defence sector, many steps
have helped in the pace of development.
—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
Union Home Minister Amit Shah meets the family members of
Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala in Chandigarh on Saturday.
Moose Wala’s parents
meet Shah in Chandigarh
Chandigarh (ANI):
Punjabi singer and Con-
gress leader Sidhu
Moose Wala’s parents
met union home minis-
ter Amit Shah at the
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP)HQinChandigarh
on Saturday
. A video
shared by news agency
ANI showed Moose Wa-
la’s father - his hands
were folded in prayer -
and mother sitting and
talking to Shah, who lis-
tened intently before
folding his hands too.
Sidhu Moose Wala
was gunned down on
May 29 by unknown as-
sailants while driving
his Mahindra Thar
throughavillageinPun-
jab’s Mansa district.
BJP LEADER MOVES SUPREME COURT FOR
CBI PROBE INTO MOOSE WALA MURDER
New Delhi: A petition to transfer the Sidhu Moose Wala
murder case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
was filed in the Supreme Court on Saturday. Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) leader from Punjab, Jagjit Singh
Milkha, filed the plea in the top court. In his petition, he
has demanded that the Sidhu Moose Wala murder case be
transferred to the CBI. The plea claimed that the murder
had strings attached to an international gang, so it should
be investigated by a central probe agency such as the CBI.
Sisodia accuses Assam
CM Sarma of corruption
AAP leader Manish Sisodia alleges that Himanta Sarma gave
govt PPE kit deals to firms of wife, son’s business partners
New Delhi: Hitting
back at BJP and union
government on the ar-
rest of Satyendar Jain
on “bogus charges of
corruption’, AAP leader
Manish Sisodia alleged
that while India battled
the Covid pandemic in
2020, the then Assam
health minister Him-
anta Biswa Sarma gave
contracts to companies
of his wife and son’s
business partners to
supply PPE kits above
market rates, AAP lead-
er Manish Sisodia al-
leged on Saturday citing
media reports.
At a press conference,
he claimed that while
the Assam government
procuredPPEkitsforRs
600 a piece from other
companies, Sarma gave
urgent supply orders to
the firms of his wife and
son’s business partners
for Rs 990 a piece “tak-
ing advantage of the
Covid-19 emergency”.
The firm belonging to
Sarma’s wife does not
even deal in medical
equipment, he alleged.
“While the contract
given to the firm of Sar-
ma’s wife was cancelled
as the company could
not supply PPE kits, an-
other supply order was
given to the firm be-
longing to the business
partners of his son at a
rate of Rs 1,680 per kit,”
Sisodia said citing the
media report.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia addresses a press
conference, in New Delhi on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
SISODIA QUESTIONS

z The AAP leader asked why the members of the BJP
were silent on corruption by a chief minister of a state
ruled by the saffron party.

z “They talk of corruption and level baseless
allegations against members of opposition parties.
I want to probe their understanding of corruption…
want to ask them if they consider this (Assam case)
corruption or not,” Sisodia added.
BRIEF
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Bypolls: Tripura CM
Saha fielded from
Town Bordowali
New Delhi: The BJP on
Saturday announced
its candidates for the
June 23 bypoll to two
parliamentary seats in
Uttar Pradesh and seven
assembly constituencies
in four states, fielding
Tripura Chief Minister
Manik Saha from Town
Bordowali and Bhojpuri
singer Dinesh Lal Yadav
‘Nirahua’ from Azam-
garh Lok Sabha con-
stituency. Saha, a Rajya
Sabha member, was
recently appointed as
the state chief minister
replacing Biplab Deb.
Four senior
Punjab Congress
leaders join BJP
Chandigarh: In a big jolt
to the Congress in Pun-
jab, its Mohali mayor,
four former ministers
and a former MLA joined
the BJP on Saturday, as
did two former Shi-
romani Akali Dal (SAD)
MLAs. Former ministers
Raj Kumar Verka, Balbir
Singh Sidhu, Gurpreet
Singh Kangar and Sunder
Sham Arora. Additionally,
SAD leader Manjinder
Singh Sirsa, who was
seen in a video with for-
mer Congress chief Sunil
Jakhar, has also switched
over to the party.
TENDER CARE
CM Yogi Adityanath feeding a calf during his visit to Gorakhnath Temple cow shelter in
Gorakhpur on Saturday.
‘Mosque march’
puts Karnataka
officials in tizzy
Karnataka: Members
of some right-wing
groups on Saturday
gathered at Kirangur
Junction at the histori-
cal Srirangapatna
town in Karnataka’s
Mandya district to
march to a mosque
there.
The groups have
claimed that the
mosque stands on the
ruins of a Hanuman
temple. The members
said that they will en-
ter the Jamia Masjid in
the town and perform
puja there.
Meanwhile, Section
144 of the CrPC was im-
posed in the area for 12
hours, between 6 am
and 6 pm on Saturday.

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BRAHMOS MANUFACTURING UNIT
TO PROVIDE 15,000 JOBS IN UP
First India Bureau
Lucknow: BrahMos
Aerospace will produce
80 to 100 new Brahmos
missiles every year at
their Lucknow facility
starting mid-2024. With
the joint efforts of Yogi
Adityanath and the
Central government,
the state of Uttar
Pradesh is soon on its
way to become a De-
fence production hub.
According to Atul D.
Rane, CEO and MD,
BrahMos Aerospace,
“Construction work is
in full swing in Luc-
know. Production of the
current version of
Brahmos can start once
the facility is set up. As-
suming all things are
smooth in the setup and
professional attestation
of the facility, the first
Brahmos of the current
version can be rolled
out by mid 2024.”
The BrahMos mis-
sile, whose manufactur-
ing is about to start in
the Lucknow node of
the Defence Corridor,
was the center of at-
traction in the exhibi-
tion.
The Prime Minister
paid special attention
and couldn’t take his
eyes off the prestigious
BrahMos missile au-
tonomous launcher,
which was displayed at
one of the 110 stalls in
the exhibition at the
venue of Ground Break-
ing Ceremony 3 in the
state capital on June 3.
He further informed,
“Whereas the feasibili-
ty study of the missile
is nearing completion,
once these preliminary
studies are over, a de-
tailed design of the sys-
tem will start, if things
go smooth, the joint
venture of DRDO India
and NPOM of Russia
has planned to finish
detail designing within
two years followed by
system trials.”
The timeline to roll out
the future generation of
missiles (BRAHMOS-
NG) will be 5-7 years
from now. BrahMos
Aerospace has planned
to deliver 80-100 mis-
siles a year.
“Numbers are highly
dependent on the or-
ders we receive,” Rane
said.
The Defence Re-
search and Develop-
ment Organisation
(DRDO) is establishing
a BrahMos manufactur-
ing centre in the state
capital. Spread in an
area of 200 acres,
BrahMos Aerospace
will manufacture the
World’s best Supersonic
Cruise missile system
designated as
BRAHMOS-NG that can
be launched from sub-
marine, ship, aircraft,
or land.
The foundation stone
for the centre, along
with that for the De-
fence Technology and
Test Centre (DTTC),
was laid by the Union
Defence Minister Ra-
jnath Singh on Decem-
ber 26, 2021.
The first Brahmos of the current
version may be rolled out by mid 2024
BrahMos manufacturing unit is to
start in Lko node of Defence Corridor
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, accompanied by CM Yogi inaugurated the Brahmos manufacturing
unit in Lucknow on December 26, 2021. —FILE PHOTO
80-100 UNITS/ YR
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
UP PANCHAYATS TO DISCUSS
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh will organise a
conference of panchay-
ats on the occasion of
World Environment
Day on June 5 to discuss
village-level impact of
climate change and
ways to tackle it locally
through the PPP (pri-
vate-panchayat part-
nership) mode.
A workshop will also
be organised on the oc-
casion by the state’s En-
vironment, Forest and
Climate Change De-
partment with the sup-
port of rural develop-
ment and panchayati
raj departments.
According to a state
government spokes-
man, while 250 pan-
chayat secretaries and
gram pradhans will at-
tend the workshop of-
fline, the remaining
58,000 gram panchayats
will be able to join it on-
line.
Depart Secretary
Ashish Tiwari said:
“Those who have done
commendable work at
the panchayat level will
share their experiences
at the inaugural session
of the workshop.”
Other sessions will fo-
cus on technical issues
that are to be initiated
at village level to tackle
challenges posed by cli-
mate change.
Some of the initia-
tives can be taken up
through convergence of
the government
schemes like gram pan-
chayat development
programme and the
rest can be financed by
the private sector under
CSR.
Reaching out to the
panchayats can be the
first step in the direc-
tion of managing cli-
mate change in villages,
Tiwari said.
Floods are one of the main consequences of climate change.
TO HANDLE CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS
Along with the gram pradhans and panchayat
secretaries, corporates, academia and experts on
climate related subjects will also participate in the
event.The objective of the conference is to make
local institutions capable of handling risks arising
out of climate change and generate solutions.
Gautam Adani pledges
`70K-crinvestmentinUP
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In a step to-
wards making Uttar
Pradesh the economic
power across the globe,
the Adani Group Chair-
man Gautam Adani
pledged to invest 64,000
crore more. This invest-
ment by his group is
over and above the GBC
in the state.
The investment of
64,000 crore will include
the establishment of
Solar Power Plant in
Mirzapur, South Asia’s
largest ammunition
complex in Kanpur,
multimodal logistics,
and industrial clusters
on the sides of Luc-
know-Agra and Purvan-
chal Expressways.
Stating that CM Yogi
is building a foundation
on which UP’s trillion-
dollar economy will be
built, Adani said that
the simple, restrained
and disciplined lifestyle
of UP CM Yogi Adity-
anath and his ability to
make decisions and im-
plement them is amaz-
ing and exemplary
.
He stated, “Our large
investments are the
sign of confidence that
Uttar Pradesh of today
will define India of to-
morrow,” said Adani.
A total investment of
Rs 70,000 crore from bil-
lionaire industrialist
Gautam Adani-led Ada-
ni Group in the state
will also provide direct
and indirect employ-
ment to 30,000 people.
It is noteworthy that
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi, on Friday at-
tended the Ground
Breaking Ceremony 3.0.
During the event, he
laid the foundation
stone of 1406 projects
worth more than Rs
80,000 crores.
M Tariq Khan
Lucknow: Minority Af-
fairs Minister Mukhtar
Abbas Naqvi’s fate
hangs in balance after
the BJP on Friday de-
cided to field Ghanshy-
am Lodhi for Parlia-
mentary by—poll in
Rampur.
Naqvi’s candidature
for Rampur Lok Sabha
seat had gained cur-
rency in party circles
after he was denied a
berth in the Rajya
Sabha.
But with that possi-
bility also coming to an
end, the only Muslim
Minister in the Modi
Government will now
have to resign from the
Union Cabinet.
In fact, the BJP which
has - MJ Akbar, Syed
Zafar Islam and
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
- will not have any Mus-
lim representatives in
the Rajya Sabha as the
term of these three law-
makers --comes to an
end by July
.
Akbar, who was also
a junior minister of ex-
ternal affairs till Octo-
ber 2018 will retire on
June 29, and Islam and
Naqvi will retire on
July 4 and 7 respective-
ly.In the Lok Sabha,
Mehboob Ali Kaiser of
the Lok Jan Shakti
Party is the only Mus-
lim representative of
the NDA.
The BJP, which won
303 of the 543 seats in
the Lok Sabha in 2019
managed a win with
only Saumitra Khan in
WB.
In 2014 too, the party
gave tickets to 2 Mus-
lim candidates in West
Bengal, one each in
Lakshadweep and Bi-
har and three in Jam-
mu and Kashmir, but
none of these candi-
dates were elected.
As per constitutional
provisions, even with-
out being an MP,
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
can still remain minis-
ter for the next six
months.
While a reshuffle in
the Union Cabinet now
appears imminent, the
buzz around Naqvi is
that he maybe in the
reckoning for the Vice
President or considered
for a gubernatorial
assignment or an
organisational post.
BJP insiders have al-
ready concluded that
the minister who will
be dropped might be se-
lected as a vice presi-
dential candidate.
Elevation or end of the road? Naqvi’s fate hangs in balance
HOT TOPIC
lll
With Possibility
of getting a LS
ticket from
Rampur coming
to an end
for Mukhtar
Abbas Naqvi,
speculations of
his future have
become the talk
of the town
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
‘REWARD’ DUE?
Gautam Adani —FILE PHOTO
Elaborating on a dedicated investment of 6000
crore, Gautam Adani said that it has been
proposed for setting up a data centre business.
TRANSPORT MIN TRAVELS
ON STATE ROADWAYS BUS
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh Transport
Minister Daya Shankar
Singh on Saturday trav-
elled to Ballia from Luc-
know in a bus of the
state transport corpora-
tion and enquired about
the wellbeing of the
passengers travelling
inside the bus.
In a statement, Daya
Shankar Singh said the
government is commit-
ted to providing better
facilities to the citizens
of Uttar Pradesh.
The Transport Minis-
ter took the bus from
Lucknow’s Awadh de-
pot.
During the ride,
Daya Shankar Singh
enquired about the fa-
cilities being provided
by the Uttar Pradesh
State Roadways Trans-
port Corporation.
AK Sharma, CS review steps to improve power supply
First India Bureau
Lucknow: UP Energy
minister AK Sharma
along with Chief Secre-
tary Durgashankar
Mishra reviewed efforts
being made for improv-
ing power system and
increase in revenue col-
lection with officers of
Energy department and
Managing Directors of
all DISCOMs at Shakti
Bhawan.
He directed that the
officers doing better
work should be honored
and strict action should
be taken against those
who indulged in negli-
gence and against the
zero tolerance policy of
government.
The bureaucrat-
turned minister also
directed departmental
officers and employees
to install meters and
use electricity as per ar-
rangement.
Sharma said more
and more modern tech-
nology should be used
to solve electrical prob-
lems and for improving
power system, so that
people get benefits of
the facilties.
He said technology of
power system of other
states should also be
studied that how the
line loss had been re-
duced. He said burning
of transformer was a
big problem for which
accountability of offic-
er concerned should be
fixed and all DISCOMs
should strictly follow it.
ON THE EVE OF YOGI’S BIRTHDAY
On the eve of the 50th birthday of CM Yogi Adityanath Hindu Yuva Vahini unitof Varanasi,
organised a grand Ganga Maha Aarti at Assi Ghat on Saturday. The event also witnessed
display of a grand Rangoli dedicated to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. —PHOTO BY ANI
Power Minister AK Sharma reviews power related issues with CS
Durga Shanker Mishra at Shakti Bhawan on Saturday.

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Varanasi(ANI): Police
stoppedSwamiAvimuk-
teshwarananda at Sri
Vidya Math on Satur-
day while he was leav-
ing to offer prayers at
the ‘Shivling’ in Gyan-
vapi Mosque in Vara-
nasi. Reportedly, the
Hindu saint had de-
clared to offer prayers
at the ‘Shivling’ for
June 4 in Gyanvapi.
“We will abide by the
court’s decision but will
God remain hungry and
thirsty till the court’s
decision? We filed a re-
view petition (for per-
mission to pray) but got
no response from the
police,” said Swami
Avimukteshwaranan-
da. He also informed
that a letter was sent to
the deputy commission-
er regarding the same.
“I sent the petition to
the commissioner from
my own mobile and sent
my man along with the
letter to the office of the
deputy commissioner. I
have proof. I will sit
here, have food only af-
ter puja,” he added.
This comes in the wake
of the Gyanvapi
Mosque case.
Five women had filed
a petition in the court
seeking permission for
daily worship at the
Shringar Gauri temple,
which was allegedly
situated inside the
Kashi Vishwanath-
Gyanvapi mosque
premises.
The Hindu side has
claimed that a Shivling
(a representation of
Lord Shiva) was discov-
ered inside the mosque
premises and the Mus-
lim side claimed that
the structure was part
of the fountain at the
mosque’s wuzu khana
area. The Hindu side
has claimed that a Shiv-
ling (a representation
of Lord Shiva) was dis-
covered inside the
mosque premises and
the Muslim side
claimed that the struc-
ture was part of the
fountainatthemosque’s
wuzu khana area. Advo-
cate Vishnu Shankar
Jain, appearing for Hin-
du women, said that
matter has been de-
ferred till July 4.
Swami Avimukteshwaranand stopped from going to Gyanvapi
SHIVLING CASE
lll
Onbeingdenied
entry,theseersaid
‘UntilIamnot
givenpermission
toworshipthe
Shivlingin
Gyanvapi,Iwillnot
eatanything’
Seer got furious at the police saying that he himself wrote the
application.
CRUCIAL READ
Lucknow: Durga Shanker Mishra, Chief Secretary of
UP on Saturday attended the ‘Innovation Carnival’
organized by the Research and Innovation Center of
the School of Management Sciences. In his address
at the event, the Chief Secretary said that the motive
of innovation is to make the lives of common people
easier, hence these technology should be within the
economic reach of the people and be sustainable.
He further added that the new culture of innovation
and start-up which has started in the state and
country has meant better economical condition of
the state and country. The CS on the occasion inau-
gurate the Achievement Gallery and unveiled a book
written by Dr. Bharat Raj Singh.
TWO KILLED, THREE
INJURED IN UP
HIGHWAY CRASH
Gonda: Two people
were killed and three
others injured in a
collision involving a
roadways bus and a
car on the Gonda-Bal-
rampur highway in the
early hours of Saturday,
police said. The injured
have been rushed to
nearby hospital for
medical care, they said.
Kargapur SHO Kuber
Tiwari said Chand Babu
(30) and Khuddan (58),
both car occupants,
died in the accident
while three passengers
of the bus suffered in-
juries. The bodies have
been sent for post-mor-
tem, SHO said.
SAMPLES OF UP
GIRL SENT FOR
MONKEYPOX TEST
Ghaziabad: M After
samples from a five-
year-old girl in Gha-
ziabad, were sent for
testing for monkeypox,
government health
sources have said
that it is “unnecessary
panic mongering” and
that no cases of the
disease have been
reported from India so
far. “The sample of a
suspected monkeypox
case in Ghaziabad has
been sent for testing,
but it’s unnecessary
panic mongering. No
monkeypox case has
been reported in India
so far,” the govern-
ment sources said.
CS DURGA SHANKER MISHRA
INAUGURATES ‘INNOVATION CARNIVAL’
CM SAYS MAINTAIN PEACE IN ALL DISTRICTS
State put on high alert
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Following
communal clashes in
Kanpur high security
alert has been sounded
all over the state with
the deployment of secu-
rity forces in commu-
nally sensitive areas of
UP. Late Friday night
CM Yogi , who was in
Gorakhpur, held law
and order meeting
through video-confer-
encing and directed the
police officers of all dis-
tricts to strictly main-
tain peace in their re-
spective areas.
Instructions have
been issued to sternly
deal with the trouble-
makers in the state. In
Kanpur, violence erupt-
ed after Friday prayer
when protestors of
Muslim community
tried to force the clo-
sure of shops of other
community in sensitive
Parade locality, which
soon spilled over in oth-
er areas of Beconganj,
Anwarganj and Mool-
ganj police circles.
There was massive
stone pelting causing
injuries to several po-
lice personnel. The vio-
lence broke out when
Muslims took out a
march after Friday
prayers to protest
against the statement
of BJP spokesperson
Nupur Sharma alleg-
edly insulting the
Prophet Mohammad
and Islam during a de-
bate on a news channel.
According to infor-
mation former Con-
gress leader Zafar Hay-
at Hashmi, who is run-
ning Maulana Moham-
mad Ali Jauhar Fans
association and is also
connected with Luc-
know-based Tahaffuz
Namoos-e-Risalat or-
ganisation, had organ-
ized the protest march.
Hashmi was instru-
mental in organizing
anti-CAA protests in
2019. In fact, tension
was brewing in Kanpur
after BJP leader’s re-
marks as before call for
closure of shops en
mass court arrest of
Muslims had been go-
ing on for the last five
days. Posters were put
up in Muslim areas and
there was campaign
against BJP leader on
social media. While it is
being seen as a serious
local intelligence fail-
ure, the Kanpur district
magistrate Neha Shar-
ma said an inquiry
would be conducted
into lapses, if any
.
KANPUR INCIDENT
PRE-PLANNED, 24
HELD: POLICE
PROPERTIES OF ACCUSED TO BE
DEMOLISHED: ADG PRASHANT KUMAR
MAYAWATI ASKS GOVT TO TAKE ACTION BY
‘RISING ABOVE RELIGION, CASTE’
Police investigation has
so far revealed that the
dispute between two
sections which came face
to face in protest against
closure of market on Nai
Sadak here on Friday
was well planned. “After
the indecent remarks on
Mohammad Saheb, the
silent appeal for market
closure on call of MMA
Jauhar Esso was just a
drama. The plan was made
just ten minutes before
Friday prayers, which was
executed by president of
organization, Zafar Hayat
Hashmi himself,” said
Police Commissioner Vijay
Singh Meena on Saturday.
CBI team has arrested
Zafar from Lucknow.
The illegal properties of the accused
involved in the violence that erupted in
Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur district will be
demolished, said Prashant Kumar, ADG on
Saturday. “The situation has been brought
under control. Identification of the accused
is being done. Action will be taken against
them, and their illegal properties will also
be demolished,” Kumar said. A tense
situation prevailed in Kanpur after a clash
broke out between two groups belonging
to different communities allegedly over a
market shutdown on Friday.
Bahujan Samaj Party supremo
Mayawati Saturday attacked the
state govt over the violence and
stone-pelting in Kanpur, asking
the BJP dispensation to take
action against the culprits “by
rising above religion, caste and
party politics”. Her statement
came after violence broke out in
Kanpur on Friday, a day when President Ram Nath Kovind,
PM Modi, Up Governor Anandiben Patel and Yogi attended
a function at the president’s ancestral village in Kanpur De-
hat. In a tweet Saturday, Mayawati said, “Riots and violence
that erupted in Kanpur during the visit of the president and
Modi to UP is very sad, unfortunate and worrying and also
a sign of the failure of the police intelligence.
Police personnel patrol at the Parade Chauraha area. —PHOTO BY ANI
Instructions by CM have
been issued to sternly
deal with the trouble-makers
Situation is better and
police have been
deployed at diff locations
1 2
CM: ACTION AGAINST THOSE INVOLVED
Taking serious view of
Kanpur development Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath
has issued strict instruc-
tions to strictly deal with
the people involved in the
violence. He told the police
officers during the meet-
ing that peace would be
maintained at any cost in
the state. He said responsi-
bility of the officers at every
level would also be fixed.
The police vigil has been
mounted in entire state. In
view of local intelligence
lapse in Kanpur, instruc-
tions have been issued to
all district police officers
not to ignore even small
incident and take immedi-
ate preventive action.
Mahoba(PTI): A woman
was thrashed, brutalised
with a wooden stick and left
to die in a semi-conscious
state here by her husband
and in-laws for not bearing
a male child, police said on
Saturday. The woman, who
has two daughters aged
seven and two, has been
admitted to a hospital where
her condition remains critical,
they said. Superintendent of
Polie, Mahoba, Sudha Singh
said, “A 31-year-old woman
from the Ramnagar Jukha
area under Kotwali Police
station was attacked by her
husband and in-laws. The
incident took place on Thurs-
day night.” ”In her complaint,
the woman alleged that
she was assaulted by her
in-laws for not bearing a son.
Her husband also forced a
wooden stick into her private
parts,” she said. The woman
was later abandoned outside
the family’s house while her
husband and in-laws fled,
Singh said. Efforts are being
made to arrest the accused.
Forbidden
from meeting,
lovers eat
poison
BJP trying to get me killed,
says BKU leader Tikait
Bareilly(PTI): A
man and his lover
allegedly died by
suicide after con-
suming poison at
their respective
homes here after
they were forbid-
den from meeting
each other by their
family members,
police said.
The deceased
were identified as
Arjun (21) and
Kiran (20), both
residents of Bra-
himpur village un-
der Bhuta Police
station. The two
were neighbours,
they said. Arjun
and Kiran con-
sumed poison at
their homes on Fri-
day night.
Their family
members took
them to a hospital
where they died
during treatment,
the police said. Sta-
tion House Officer
of Bhuta police sta-
tion Arvind Kumar
said, “The bodies
were recovered on
Saturday morning
and sent for a post-
mortem examina-
tion.”
According to vil-
lagers, Arjun and
Kiran were roman-
tically involved for
the last two years
against the wishes
of their family
members.
A few days ago,
the two were for-
bidden from meet-
ing each other by
their parents.
Chitrakoot (PTI): A
13-year-old Dalit girl,
who was allegedly
gang-raped earlier, has
died during treatment,
police said on Satur-
day. Three men have
been arrested so far in
connection with the
rape, they said. Super-
intendent of Police
Atul Sharma told that
the girl, a resident of
Pahadi Police Station
area, was allegedly
gang-raped on Wed
night, when she was
sleeping with her fam-
ily outside her house.
The family members
did not inform the po-
lice about the incident
immediately, and took
her to Kaushambi dis-
trict for treatment.
The girl succumbed
to wounds Thursday
night, police said. The
SP said that the family
did not tell anyone
about the incident, and
brought her body on
Friday.
3 people, Nadeem,
Adarsh Pandey, and Vi-
pul Mishra have been
arrested in this con-
nection, Sharma said.
Police are waiting for
the report.
Meerut(PTI): Bharati-
ya Kisan Union (BKU)
national spokesperson
Rakesh Tikait on Fri-
day accused the BJP of
plotting to get him
killed. Tikait termed
the ink attack on him
in Karnataka recently,
a “well-planned con-
spiracy”.
“The govt wants to
get me killed to break
the Tikait family and
the sangathan (union).
But this will never hap-
pen,” he said. Tikait
was addressing a re-
view meeting of BKU at
Dharmeshwari Farm in
Jangethi village of
Meerut district. He said
that just as Mahatma
Gandhi was shot dead
by conspirators , people
who raise the voice for
the country and the
farmers of the country
are on the target of the
conspirators. “If some
harm comes to one Ti-
kait, then lakhs of Ti-
kaits are ready to raise
the Inquilabi flag in the
country,” he said.
Targeting the BJP-
run central govern-
ment, he said that the
government is trying
hard to disturb the uni-
ty of BKU, but it cannot
because of its unity
. Ti-
kait also hit out at the
BJP-ruled UP govt say-
ing it should talk to the
farmers and find a solu-
tion to their problems.
He said that the chief
minister is the chief
minister of the people
of the entire state and
not only of his own par-
ty
, and he should engage
with the farmers.
13-year-old Dalit girl dies after gang rape in UP
ON INK ATTACK
Tikait was addressing
the farmers and union
members at the Kisan
Panchayat where Tikait
termed the ink attack
on him in Karnataka
recently, a ‘well-planned
conspiracy’.
PREZ VISITS GITA PRESS
President
Ram Nath
Kovind, First
Lady Savita
Kovind with
CM Yogi at
an event
on the
centenary
celebrations
of Gita
Press in
Gorakhpur
on Saturday.
Woman brutally assaulted by
in-laws for not bearing son
Hayat Hashmi

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Death is as sure for that
which is born, as birth is
for that which is dead.
Therefore grieve not for
what is inevitable.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
Inspired by the Mantra of ‘Sabka
Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas
and Sabka Prayas’ our Government
has made a series of efforts to boost
pro-people governance which helps
the poor, youth, farmers, women and
the marginalised. #8YearsOfSushasan
Dr Jitendra Singh
@DrJitendraSingh
Convened ‘DISHA’ meeting of district
Dehradun, #Uttarakhand. Pleased
to meet Hon’ble MP Sh Ramesh
Pokhriyal. District Administration
urged to make sure that no bona-fide
person remains deprived of schemes
beneficiary programs initiated by PM
Sh@NarendraModi. #YearsOfSushasan
TOP TWEETS
A NAUSEATING
ADVERTISEMENT
THAT PROMOTES
RAPE CULTURE
perfume ad has
raised a stink for us-
ing double entendre
dialogue and the gov-
ernment has ordered
the ad to be taken down as it pro-
motes rape culture. The risqué
ad has been given thumbs down
on social media. One Twitter
user said that the communica-
tions agency has “messed up big
time.” The questions being
asked are about who cleared the
ad and if there are any ethical
checks on ad agencies. The Ad-
vertising Standards Council of
India has described it as a “seri-
ous breach of the ASCI Code.”
This is not the first time that
an ad with sexual overtones has
stirred a controversy. Starting
with Pooja Bedi-Robinson’s ad
for a condom in 1991 and Milind
Soman-Madhu Sapre advert of
a shoe brand, ad agencies have
attempted to cross the line.
They stirred a debate on nudity
but never ventured near rape
promotion. Whatever action is
being planned in the present
case, it should serve as a deter-
rent for others.
A
nforcement Direc-
torate’s summons
to Congress Presi-
dent Sonia Gan-
dhi and her son
Rahul for money laundering
in the National Herald case is
not a good omen if one goes
by the fate of opposition lead-
ers who have so far faced the
ED. Heading the list is P. Chi-
dambaram, former Finance
Minister, who was first ar-
rested by the CBI in the INX
Media case in 2019. After he
had spent over 50 days in
Tihar jail, the ED got his cus-
tody in the same case. Chid-
ambaram’s son Karti is now
in ED’s cross-hairs.
Relief from courts is diffi-
cult to come by as was seen in
Chidambaram and other po-
litical leaders’ cases. The lat-
est victim of the ED has been
Aam Aadmi Party leader
Satyender Jain who was ar-
rested towards the end of
May after several appearanc-
es before the investigating
agency in connection with
alleged hawala transactions.
Maharashtra’s Shiv Sena
leader Anil Parab, National-
ist Congress Party’s Nawab
Malik and Anil Deshmukh,
all ministers in the Maha Vi-
kas Aghadi government are
in jail under the Prevention
of Money Laundering Act.
All of them have been denied
relief by courts. Waiting in
the queue are Karnataka’s
DK Shivakumar and TMC’s
Abhishek Banerjee.
The Gandhis who, like oth-
ers, are facing accusations of
money laundering are lead-
ers whom Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and Home
Minister Amit Shah may
want to see pinned to finish
off the Congress before 2024
Lok Sabha elections. The ED
is best equipped to do that. At
this point there must be ap-
prehension in the minds of
party leaders, and for good
reason too.
NOT A GOOD OMEN
FOR CONGRESS
The Gandhis who, like
others, are facing
accusations of money
laundering are leaders
whom Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and Home
Minister Amit Shah may
want to see pinned to
finish off the Congress
before 2024 LS polls
E
Jawaharlal Nehru replied to
Gandhiji’s letter on October 9, 1945
My dear Bapu,
have received today, on my return from
Lucknow, your letter of 5th October. I
am glad you have written to me fully and
I shall try to reply at some length but I
hope you will forgive me if there is some
delay in this, as I am at present tied up
with close-fitting engagements. I am
only here now for a day and a half. It is
really better to have informal talks but just at present
I do not know when to fit this in. I shall try.
Briefly put, my view is that the question before us is
not one of truth versus untruth or non-violence versus
violence. One assumes as one must that true coopera-
tion and peaceful methods must be aimed at, and a
society which encourages these must be our objec-
tives. The whole question is how to achieve this society
and what its content should be. I do not understand
why village should necessarily embody truth and non-
violence. A village, normally speaking, is backward in-
tellectually and culturally and no progress can be made
from a backward environment. Narrow minded people
are much more likely to be untruthful and violent.
Then again we have to put down certain objectives
like a sufficiency of food, clothing, housing, education,
sanitation etc. which should be the minimum require-
ments for the country and for everyone. It is with
these objectives in view that we must find out specifi-
cally how to attain them speedily. Again it seems to
me inevitable that modern means of transport as well
as many other modern developments must continue
and be developed. There is no way out of it except to
have them. If that is so, inevitably a measure of heavy
industry exists. How far will that fit in with a purely
village society? Personally I hope that heavy or light
industries should all be decentralised as far as pos-
sible and this is feasible now because of the develop-
ment of electric power. If two types of economy exist
in the country there should be either conflict between
the two or one will overwhelm the other.
The question of independence and protection from
foreign aggression, both political and economic, has
also to be considered in this context. I do not think it is
possible for India to be really independent unless she is
a technically advanced country. I am not thinking for the
moment in terms of just armies but rather of scientific
growth. In the present context of the world we cannot
even advance culturally without a strong background of
scientific research in every department. There is today
in the world a tremendous acquisitive tendency both
in individual and groups and nations, which lead to
conflicts and wars. Our entire society is based on this
more or less. That basis must go and be transformed
into one of cooperation, which is cut off from the rest of
world, but rather one isolated India may well be a kind
of vacuum which increase the acquisitive tendencies of
others and thus creates conflicts.
There is no question of palaces for millions of
people. But there seems to be no reason why mil-
lions should not have comfortable up-to-date homes
where they can lead a cultured existence. Many of the
present overgrown cities have developed evils which
are deplorable. Probably we have to discourage this
overgrowth and at the same time encourage the vil-
lage to approximate more to the culture of the town.
It is many years ago since I read Hind Swaraj and
I have only a vague picture in my mind. But even
when I read it 20 or more years ago it seemed to
me completely unreal. In your writing and speeches
since then I have found much that seemed to me an
advance on that old position and an appreciation of
modern trends. I was therefore surprised when you
told us that the old picture still remains intact in your
mind. As you know, the Congress has never asked it
to adopt it except for certain relatively minor aspects
of it. How far it is desirable for the Congress to con-
sider these fundamental questions, involving varying
philosophies of life, it is for you to judge. I should
imagine that a body like the Congress should not lose
itself in arguments over such matters which can only
produce great confusion in people’s minds resulting in
inability to act in the present. This may also result in
creating barriers between the Congress and others in
the country. Ultimately of course this and other ques-
tions will have to be decided by representatives of free
India. I have a feeling that most of these questions are
thought of and discussed in terms of long ago, ignor-
ing the vast changes that have taken places all over
the world during the last generations or more. It is 38
years since Hind Swaraj was written. The world has
completely changed since then, possibly in a wrong
direction. In any event any consideration of these
questions must keep present facts, forces and the hu-
man material we have today in view, otherwise it will
be divorced from reality. You are right in saying that
the world, or a large part of it, appears to be bent on
committing suicide. That may be an inevitable devel-
opment of an evil seed in civilisation that has grown.
I think it is so. How to get rid of this evil, and yet how
to keep the good in the present as in the past is our
problem. Obviously there is good too in the present.
These are some random thoughts hurriedly written
down and I fear they do injustice to the grave import
of the questions raised. You will forgive me, I hope,
for this jumbled presentation. Later, I shall try to write
more clearly on the subject.
I hope you are keeping well and have completely
recovered from the attack of influenza.
Yours affectionately
Jawaharlal
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India
Pandit Nehru replied to Bapu’s letter on his return from
Lucknow on October 9, 1945 wherein, he hopes to
engage in an informal talk revolving around myriad
issues including to build up a society that encourages
cooperation peaceful existence much more...
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INDIA
05
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Samajwadi
Party has 111 MLAs in
Uttar Pradesh and is
supported by eight
MLAs from Rashtriya
Lok Dal and six from
Suheldev Bharatiya Sa-
maj Party. Thus the to-
tal strength of the oppo-
sition is 125 MLAs.
Apart from this, Con-
gress has two MLAs and
Raghuraj Pratap’s
Jansatta Dal also has
two MLAs. SP will win
three Rajya Sabha seats
on its own and its allies,
but it is getting only one
seat. The national presi-
dent of SP has given two
seats to others due to
the compulsion of alli-
ance, legal force and the
compulsion of internal
politics of the party.
Think, Jharkhand Muk-
ti Morcha government
in Jharkhand is run-
ning with the support
of 17 Congress MLAs
and Sonia Gandhi her-
self called and talked to
Chief Minister Hemant
Soren, despite this He-
mant did not give one
seat to Congress, while
Akhilesh left two seats.
Three Samajwadi
Party MPs are retiring
as the tenure of Revati
Raman Singh, Vish-
wambhar Nishad and
Sukhram Singh Yadav
has come to an end. But
instead of these three,
SP
, of its own doing, has
got only one seat. Akh-
ilesh Yadav himself sat
down and nominated
Kapil Sibal and Jayant
Chaudhary
, but both are
not becoming MPs of
his party
. Sibal is an in-
dependent and Jayant
Choudhary will become
the RLD MP. Technical-
ly only one MP from SP
will be elected i.e. Javed
Ali. Therefore, SP is fac-
ing a direct loss of two
RS seats, even though
the number game is in
its favour.
If Akhilesh wanted,
he could have put pres-
sure on Sibal to go to
Rajya Sabha on SP tick-
et instead of as an inde-
pendent. But he didn’t.
One was the pressure of
Azam Khan and second-
ly he himself was feel-
ing the need of a big
lawyer in Delhi. The
compulsion to give tick-
et to Jayant Chaudhary
was because now he has
aligned with all the par-
ties in the state except
the BJP
.
He fought elections
with almost all parties
like Congress, SP, RLD,
Suheldev Bharatiya Sa-
maj Party
.
In politics, if one
keeps leaving every-
one’s side, then it will be
difficult to find a col-
league in the future. So
it was necessary for SP
to hold RLD’s side.
Why did Akhilesh settle for just one RS seat?
DESPITE STRENGTH IN ASSEMBLY...
Mandya: Security has been beefed up around the
perimeter of Jamia Masjid in Karnataka’s Mandya
district after right-wing Hindu outfits expressed their
intent to chant the Hanuman Chalisa and protest out-
side the mosque, on Saturday. Functionaries from
the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal
said they would recite the Hanuman Chalisa within
a one kilometre radius of the disputed mosque.
Police have been deployed to arrest demonstrators
on the spot.
New Delhi: Congress
MP Karti Chidambaram
on Saturday moved the
Delhi high court seeking
anticipatory bail in the
case registered by the
Enforcement Directorate
in connection with the
alleged Chinese visa
scam, PTI reported. The
bail application comes
day after the trial court
dismissed his anticipa-
tory bail plea. On Friday,
the trial court had
rejected the bail plea of
Karti Chidambaram and
two others saying that
the offence was very
serious in nature. The
court had also vacated
the interim protection
from arrest granted to
the accused during the
pendency of the bail
plea. The ED hadbooked
Karti Chidambaram and
others in connection for
money laundering in
the case pertaining to
the issuance of visas to
263 Chinese nationals
to work on a project in
Punjab in 2011. The
probe agency had al-
leged that Karti took ₹50
lakh bribes in exchange
for the visas which were
granted when his father
P Chidambaram was the
union home minister in
the Congress-led UPA
government.
New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department
(IMD) on Saturday predicted heatwave conditions
over Northwest and central India for the next two to
three days. The weather department also predicted
an intense spell of rainfall over northeast India for the
next five days. Meanwhile, the minimum temperature
in Delhi on Saturday settled at 28.7 degrees Celsius,
a notch above normal, the India Meteorological
Department (IMD) said. The maximum temperature
is expected to touch 44 degrees Celsius, it said. The
southwest monsoon Friday advanced into West Ben-
gal, at least four days ahead of its normal onset date.
SECURITY UP AS VHP TO RECITE HANUMAN
CHALISA OUTSIDE K’TAKA MOSQUE
VISA CASE: KARTI CHIDAMBARAM FILES
ANTICIPATORY BAIL PLEA IN DELHI HC
HEATWAVE CONDITIONS IN NORTHWEST,
CENTRAL INDIA FOR NEXT 2-3 DAYS: IMD
NEWSVIEWS
PULSE
DAILY
DAILY
Third accused, also a minor, arrested
Hyderababd: The Hy-
derabad Police on Satur-
day arrested the third
accused and identified
two others, all minors,
involved in the gang-
rape of a 17-year-old girl
in luxury car on May 28.
Deputy Commission-
er of Police (West Zone)
Joel Davis said that po-
lice teams are on the
lookout for two others.
Earlier in the day,
cops arrested second ac-
cused, who also happens
to be a minor. The case
has caused a political
storm in the state with
involment of politicans’
children.
HYDERABAD GANG-RAPE CASE: ARRESTS INCLUDE SON OF LEADER FROM CM KCR’S PARTY
THE STORY SO FAR
After victim’s
statement, police
say MLA’s son
not involved
The police arrested
Saduddin Malik (18)
on Friday. The juvenile
was also identified on
Friday but because
it was night time, he
could not be appre-
hended as per rules.
He was arrested on
Saturday morning.
Another key accused
has been identified as
Omair Khan (18).The
Deputy Commissioner
of Police (West Zone)
clarified that as per
the girl’s statement
and other evidence, no
MLA’s son was among
the accused.
Girl couldn’t
reveal anything
except one name,
says police
DCP Joel Davis said
the victim couldn’t
reveal anything about
the culprits except just
one name. They have
formed special teams
to arrest the accused.
“We’ve identified five
culprits as per CCTV
footage and as per
the statement of the
victim,” Davis said.
The crime allegedly
involves children and
grandchildren of
politicians; one of the
juveniles is the son of
a prominent person
(from CM KCR’s
party), the police said.
Girl’s father filed
complaint after
noticing injury
marks on neck
According to the DCP,
the girl’s father said
that his 17-year-old
daughter had gone to
a non-alcoholic party
at a pub in Jubilee
Hills on Saturday.
After the girl returned,
he noticed minor
injuries on her neck.
Thereafter, a case was
registered under Sec-
tions 354 and 323 of
the Indian Penal Code
(IPC) and Section 9
read with 10 of the
rotection of Children
from Sexual Offences
(POCSO) Act with DCP
(West Zone).
Girl befriended
one of the
accused at pub
before incident
The police said that
the girl had befriended
one of the boys at the
pub. The CCTV foot-
age also showed the
girl standing outside
the pub with the sus-
pected accused, who
had offered to drop
her home. However,
they parked the car in
the Jubilee Hills area
and reportedly took
turns to rape her while
others stood guard
outside the car. The
involvement of teenag-
ers belonging to vari-
ous affluent families
is expected.
Telangana BJP
accuses police
of going easy
on accused
The Bharatiya Janata
Party’s (BJP) Telan-
gana unit accused
the police of slow
action due to the
alleged involvement
of ruling Telan-
gana Rashtra Samithi
(TRS) and AIMIM
leaders in the matter.
They held a dharna
outside a police sta-
tion. TRS Working
President and Tel-
angana Minister KT
Rama Rao on Friday
asked authorities to
take “immediate
and stern action” in
the case.
New Delhi: The In-
formation and Broad-
casting Ministry Sat-
urday asked Twitter
and YouTube to take
down a deodorant
brand’s advertise-
ment videos that ap-
peared to trivialise
sexual violence.
The advertising in-
dustry’sself-regulato-
ry body
, too, found the
Layer’r Shot ad to be
against its guidelines
and told the company
to suspend it.
Theministrywrote
to Twitter and You-
Tube Saturday stat-
ing that the ads vio-
lated the Information
Technology(Interme-
diary Guidelines and
Digital Media Ethics
Code) Rules, 2021.
It flagged “certain
videos which appear
to be an advertise-
ment of a company,
and are being posted
by several users on
the intermediary
platform Twitter”.
In its email to You-
Tube, the govern-
ment said one video
has been “viewed
close to a million
timesandalsoshared
on other social media
platforms”.
IB Ministry asks Twitter,
YouTube to take down deo
ads making rape references
WORLD OBSERVES ENVIRONMENT DAY TODAY
Ragpickers
collect reusable
items as greater
adjutant storks
perch at the
Boragaon
garbage
dumping
site, on the
eve of World
Environment
Day, in
Guwahati on
Saturday.
—PHOTO
BY PTI
Indians regained confidence of self
identity under Modi regime: Dr Singh
Dehradun: Indians,
both within the country
as well as those living
abroad, regained confi-
dence of self-identity
under the Modi regime
in 8 years.He said , prior
to 2014, there was an at-
mosphere of despera-
tion, pessimism and
hopelessness among av-
erage Indians and the
Indian youth living
abroad sometimes even
felt hesitant to reveal
their identity ,but after
the arrival of Narendra
Modi as PM, India and
Indians began to be
looked up with respect
and esteem.
This was stated here
today by Union Minister
of State (Independent
Charge) Ministry of Sci-
ence and Technology;
Minister of State (Inde-
pendent Charge) Minis-
try of Earth Science;
MoS of Prime Minis-
ter’sOfficeandMinistry
of Personnel, Public
Grievances Pensions,
Atomic Energy and
Space, Dr Jitendra Sin-
gh while addressing a
“Labharthi Sammelan”
organised here by the
BJP on the first day of
his two day visit to Utta-
rakhand.
The Union Minister
said that the guiding
philosophy behind all
Union Government
Schemes has been the
betterment of the poor-
est amongst us.
Vadodara: Kshama
Bindu, the woman from
Gujarat’s Vadodara,
who is set to marry her-
self on June 11, received
a strong reaction to her
decision from the
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) city unit’s deputy
chief Sunita Shukla.
Shukla said that if
Bindu was planning on
getting married in a
temple, that wouldn’t be
allowed as “such mar-
riages are against Hin-
duism.”
Shukla also called
Bindu “mentally ill.”
Citing the Hindu cul-
ture, Shukla said that
“nowhere in Hindu cul-
ture is it written that a
boy can marry a boy or
a girl can marry a girl.”
She said that she was
against Bindu’s choice
of the venue and that
“she’ll not be allowed to
marry herself in any
temple.”
“If anything goes
against religion, then
no law will prevail,”
Shukla asserted.
BJP leader opposes
Gujarat woman’s
‘sologamy’ decision DISHA MEETING
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh addressing “Labharthi Sammelan”
(Beneficiaries Congregation) organised by BJP at Dehradun,
Uttarakhand on Saturday.
Calls it anti-Hinduism
BJP’s Sunita Shukla
GKS starts in 40 constituencies of Goa
Panaji (ANI): The Goa
government on Satur-
day initiated 40 Garib
Kalyan Sammelan in
all constituencies of
the state, with the in-
tent to make the Cen-
tre's scheme reach
every section of the
society in Goa.
The Goa President
of Bharatiya Janata
Party Sadanand Tana-
vade said, We have
initiated to conduct 40
Garib Kalyan Sam-
melan in 40 constituen-
cies of Goa. The pro-
gramme organised to-
day was conducted in
two north Goa constit-
uencies and two con-
stituencies of South
Goa. The BJP com-
pleted its eight years at
power in Centre on 30
May 2020, and since
then we have been con-
ducting different pro-
grammes scheduled
from May 30 to June 15.
Today's programme,
which was attended by
thousands of people,
was dedicated to reach-
ing the vulnerable sec-
tion and the people
from the unorganised
section of the society,
Tanavade said during
his address to the me-
dia persons at the Ta-
leigao community cen-
tre in Goa's Taleigao.
Goa President of BJP
Sadanand Tanavade.
GOVT’S PLAN
GARIB KALYAN SAMMELAN

INDIA
06
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Senior ad-
vocate Kapil Sibal has
now become available
for many more parties.
Earlier he used to fight
the cases of Congress
leaders. Only when he
got angry with the Con-
gress and left the party,
the Congress leaders
were left, for a moment,
to fend for themselves.
Several leaders began
to inquire whether
Sibal would contest
their case or not. Later,
everyone was assured
by Sibal that he would
continue to fight the
cases of Congress lead-
ers. The first trial in
which Sibal appeared in
court on his return to
Delhi after filing his
nomination with the
support of the Sama-
jwadi Party in Lucknow
was that of Congress
leader P Chidambaram.
After this the confi-
dence of the Congress
leaders returned.
Meanwhile, there is
news that now Sibal can
also fight the case of
Aam Aadmi Party lead-
ers. Keep in mind that
Congress and AAP are
on opposite ends of the
spectrum, but there has
been a lot of ‘friendship’
between AAP and SP.
SP’s Sanjay Singh had
also talked about an alli-
ance in the assembly
elections. Recently,
when AAP leader and
Delhi government min-
ister Satyendar Jain
wasarrested,thediscus-
sion started that Sibal
would fight his case.
Shortly after his arrest,
Sibal tweeted and ques-
tioned the Money Laun-
dering Act (PMLA) and
said that this law is be-
ing misused for political
purposes. So, Sibal is
now available for Con-
gress as well as Sama-
jwadi Party and Aam
Aadmi Party
.
Sibal to fight cases for SP, Congress and AAP!
FREE FROM CONG’S ‘UNDERTAKING’
lll
Congress and
AAP are on
opposite ends of
the spectrum,
but there has
been a lot of
‘friendship’
between AAP
and Samajwadi
Party
NEWSVIEWS
Srinagar: Amid an
alarming spike in tar-
geted killings in Kash-
mir, the government has
ordered the transfer of
177 Kashmiri Pandit
teacherspostedinSrina-
gar to safer locations fol-
lowing demands to be
relocated.
Scores of Kashmiri
Pandits, who were em-
ployed under the prime
minister’s special pack-
age in 2012, have been
staging protests threat-
ening mass exodus since
the killing of Rahul
Bhat, who was shot dead
by terrorists on May 12
in the Chadoora area of
Budgam district in cen-
tral Kashmir.
Bhat’s killing sparked
protests by around 6,000
employees at various
places who demanded
their relocation outside
the Valley
. Since then,
the targeted terrorist vi-
olence in the Valley has
only escalated.
On Thursday
, two per-
sons -- a bank employee
andabrickkilnlabourer
-- were killed in Kashmir
while another labourer
was injured in two sepa-
rate incidents. The bank
manager was the eighth
andthelabourerwasthe
ninth victim of targeted
killings in Kashmir
since May 1.
Awomanteacherhail-
ing from the Samba dis-
trict of the Jammu re-
gion was shot dead by
terrorists at a school in
south Kashmir’s Kul-
gam district on Tuesday
.
On May 18, terrorists en-
tered a wine shop at Bar-
amulla in North Kash-
mirandthrewagrenade,
killing one person from
the Jammu region and
injuring three others.
177 Kashmiri Pandits from
Srinagar shifted to safer locations
AFTER SHAH MEET
People from the Kashmiri Pandit community participate in a
protest march against the killing of a school teacher in Kulgam.
Gadkari voice of Maha’s
sugarcane growers: Pawar
Pune: In a show of po-
litical bonhomie, for-
mer Union agriculture
minister Sharad Pawar
praised Union cabinet
minister Nitin Gadkari
as the voice of Maha-
rashtra’s sugarcane
growers in the Centre.
Pawar, who was speak-
ing at the Sugar Con-
clave conducted by the
Vasantdada Sugar Insti-
tute in Pune, on Satur-
day praised the BJP
leader for his help to the
sugar industry
.
The two-day conclave
will see the sugar indus-
try deliberate about the
various issues facing
the sector. Gadkari’s ad-
vocacy for the sugar in-
dustry, especially in
production of ethanol,
has helped many mills
get profit.
Earlier, Pawar had
talked about the need to
increase cane acreage
in the Vidharbha re-
gion of the state. Pawar
also said that the Gos-
ekhurd project would
help in increasing the
availability of water in
the region. “Cane was a
crop in the Vidharbha
region but over the
years, farmers have di-
verted to other crops.
KHELO INDIA YOUTH GAMES
KICK-OFF IN HARYANA
Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur speaks during the inauguration of Khelo India Youth
Games at Tau Devi Lal Stadium, in Panchkula. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court on Saturday
stayed the trial court
direction permitting a
lawyer to remain pre-
sent, at a distance, dur-
ing the Enforcement
Directorate’s (ED) in-
terrogation of Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP)
minister Satyendar Ku-
mar Jain, who was re-
manded to the central
agency’s custody on
May 31 till June 9 in a
money laundering case.
“Since there is no ap-
prehension [of threat
or coercion] raised in
the present matter,
hence as a matter of
right such direction
ought not to have been
given in the recording
of statement,” said Jus-
tice Yogesh Khanna in
the order.
The court also said
that the entire record-
ing of the statement is
being videographed
and audiographed
which would dispel the
apprehension of any co-
ercion or threat to Jain.
HC stays trial court order allowing
lawyer to be present during
Satyendar Jain’s ED interrogation
Getting threats: Bengali
singer Rupankar Bagchi
sorry for ‘KK’ remark
Kolkata: Hours before
KK passed away on May
31, Bengali singer Ru-
pankar Bagchi criti-
cised the former during
a Facebook Live. The
post became viral after
KK passed away post
performing live at Kol-
kata’s Nazrul Mancha.
Soon after, the video
spread like wildfire and
Rupankar Bagchi was
mercilessly trolled on
social media. Several
actors took a stand
against the singer. After
facing online furore
and threats, Rupankar
issued a public apology
to KK’s family
.
Bengali singer Ru-
pankar Bagchi made
certain controversial
remarks against KK,
hours before his live
concert at Kolkata’s
Nazrul Mancha on May
31. While Rupankar was
already receiving social
media flak for his com-
ments, KK’s passing
further created an up-
roar. Rupankar was
brutally trolled on so-
cial media. He received
threats for his com-
ments against the late
singer. At a press con-
ference, the Bengali
singer issued an ‘un-
conditional apology’ to
KK’s family. Speaking
to the media at Kolkata
Press Club, Rupankar
said, “My uncondition-
al apology for KK’s fam-
ily, the people of Mum-
bai and scores of his
fans, people who loved
him in Kolkata and all
over the country. I re-
gret the momentary in-
discretion as I was mak-
ing the Facebook live
led to the present situa-
tion”.
Bengali singer Ru-
pankar Bagchi, hours
before KK’s live concert
and passing, posted a
video on Facebook
where he made some
controversial remarks
against the late singer.
He said, “After listening
to his songs, I realised
that we all sing better
than KK. What is the
hype? It’s like KK.. KK..
KK.. who is K ? We are
better than any K.”
Rupankar Bagchi
CurtainsonconsensustalkinSangrur
bypoll;AAP,AkaliDallineupnames
Chandigarh: Calls for
a consensus candidate,
including Sidhu Moose-
wala‘s father, having
fallen through, the San-
grur Lok Sabha bypoll
is set to be an interest-
ing contest. With a day
to go for the deadline to
file nomination papers
ending, the Congress
and BJP were the only
parties yet to field can-
didates.
The Aam Aadmi Par-
ty has fielded its San-
grur district president
and a sarpanch, Gur-
mel Singh. The seat
holds high stakes for
the ruling party, having
been vacated by Chief
Minister Bhagwant
Mann on being elected
to the Assembly. AAP
zeroed in on Gurmel,
after toying with other
names, and the CM was
present for the filing of
his nomination papers
Saturday
.
Veteran SAD (Amrit-
sar) leader Simranjit
Singh Mann also filed
his nomination papers
Saturday, ignoring an
appeal for another joint
candidate. An Akali Dal
delegation led by for-
mer CM Sukhbir Badal
had called on him at his
Sangrur residence Fri-
day seeking that a fam-
ily member of one of
the Sikh political pris-
oners languishing in
jails be fielded by them
together.
On Saturday evening,
the Akali Dal an-
nounced Kamaldeep
Kaur Rajoana, the sis-
ter of Beant Singh as-
sassination convict Bal-
want Singh Rajoana, as
its candidate.
Gurmel Singh, AAP candidate for Sangrur bypoll, filing his
nomination papers on Saturday. Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann is
seen along with him.
Late singer Sidhu
Moose Wala’s father in
a new video message
said that he has ‘no
intention of contesting
any elections’. Taking to
the Instagram account
of his son, he shared a
55-second-long video.
NO INTENTION TO
FIGHT POLLS: MOOSE
WALA’S FATHER
Union Minsiter Nitin Gadkari, NCP chief Sharad Pawar and others
at the inauguration of the two day Sugar Conclave held
at Vasantdada Sugar Institute in Pune on Saturday.
PM Modi to launch global
initiative ‘LiFE Movement’
New Delhi (ANI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi will launch a
global initiative ‘Life-
style for the Environ-
ment (LiFE) Movement’
on Sunday (June 5) at 6
pm via video conferenc-
ing, the Prime Minis-
ter’s Office (PMO) in-
formed on Saturday
.
As per the PMO, the
launch will initiate
“LiFE Global Call for
Papers” inviting ideas
and suggestions from
academics, universities
and research institu-
tions etc to influence
and persuade indi-
viduals, communi-
ties and organisa-
tions across the
world to adopt
an environ-
m e n t - c o n -
scious life-
style. The
Prime Minister will
also deliver a keynote
address during the pro-
gramme.
The programme will
also witness the par-
ticipation of Bill Gates,
Co-Chairman of Bill
and Melinda Gates
Foundation; Lord Nich-
olas Stern, Climate
Economist; Professor
Cass Sunstein, Author
of Nudge Theory; Anir-
uddha Dasgupta, CEO
and President of the
World Resources Insti-
tute; Inger Andersen,
UNEP Global
Head; Achim
Steiner, UNDP
Global Head
and David
M a l p a s s ,
World Bank
President,
a m o n g
others.
The idea of LiFE was
introduced by the
Prime Minister during
the 26th United Nations
Climate Change Con-
ference of the Parties
(COP26) in Glasgow
last year.
The idea promotes an
environment conscious
lifestyle that focuses on
‘mindful and deliberate
utilisation’ instead of
‘mindless and destruc-
tive consumption’.
Recently at the World
Economic Forum’s
(WEF) Davos Agenda
2022, PM Modi intro-
duced the “P3 (Pro-
Planet People) move-
ment” that underlines
India’s climate change
commitments.
He pointed towards
the challenges that our
lifestyle causes for the
climate.
TODAY’S EVENT WILL ALSO WITNESS THE PARTICIPATION OF BILL
GATES, CO-CHAIRMAN OF BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION
The idea of LiFE
was introduced by
the Prime Minister
during the 26th
United Nations
Climate Change
Conference of the
Parties (COP26) in
Glasgow last year.
AAP to
contest on
all seats
in Gujarat
Vadodara (ANI):
Ahead of the Guja-
rat Assembly elec-
tions, Delhi Deputy
Chief Minister and
senior AAP leader
Manish Sisodia has
said that the party
will be contesting
the polls from all
182 seats in the
state.
Sisodia said that
the people of Guja-
rat did not have an
option in the polls,
but with AAP con-
testing all seats,
they will now have
a choice. “We will
contest all the seats
in Gujarat. Now,
the people of Guja-
rat have to decide.
Till now people of
Gujarat did not
have an option but,
now they have an
option,” he said.

NEWS
07
MOSQUE
COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN
BOOKED FOR
ALLEGEDLY
THREATENING
LAWYER: POLICE
The Agra police have booked
the chairman of Shahi Jama
Masjid’s management committee
here over a purported audio clip
in which he allegedly threatens a
lawyer who claimed that
expensive idols taken from a
temple were buried under the
mosque premises. Mathura-
based lawyer Mahendra Pratap
Singh had recently sent notices
to the Archaeological Survey of
India and the Centre claiming that
the idols of Keshav Dev temple in
his district were buried under the
staircase of Sahiba Begum
Masjid in Agra’s Shahi Jama
Masjid complex by Mughal
emperor Aurangzeb when he
allegedly destroyed the temple in
1670, and sought their recovery.
Agra Senior Superintendent of
Police Sudhir Kumar Singh said,
“A case has been registered
against the chairman of the
Intezamia Committee at Sahi
Jama Masjid Jahid alias Pappu at
Mantola police station for giving
a provoking statement and
making it viral on the internet.”
He said Jahid has been booked
under Sections 153 (wantonly
giving provocation with intent to
cause riot), 153 A (promoting
enmity between different
groups), 506 (criminal
intimidation) of the Indian Penal
Code and the Information
Technology Act. “Police are
gathering evidence and strict
action will be taken in this regard.
We will not allow anybody to
make provocative statements and
post them on social media,” he
added. —PTI
BJP WORKING
TO UNDERMINE
CONSTITUTIONAL
BODIES:
AKHILESH YADAV
Samajwadi Party President
Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday
attacked the BJP saying the party
is working to weaken the
constitutional institutions,
including the Election
Commission. Addressing a
meeting of party candidates in
2022 UP Assembly election and
other office bearers, Yadav said,
“The BJP does not believe in
socialism, democracy, and
secularism mentioned in the
Preamble of the Constitution. The
BJP is working to weaken
constitutional institutions.” The
meeting was held apparently to
rouse SP workers’ spirits for the
Azamgarh and Rampur bypoll to
be held on June 23. In a statement
issued by the party, Yadav said
while the SP increased its vote
percentage in the 2022 assembly
elections, the result of many
assembly constituencies was
affected because of misuse of the
official machinery. He also alleged
that the Election Commission did
not take proper cognisance of the
party’s grievances during the
latest elections. There were too
many discrepancies in the voter
list, and names of voters were
missing, he said. The SP chief
entrusted the responsibility of
increasing the voting percentage
to the party officials and told them
to gear up for the 2024 Lok Sabha
elections and 2027 UP Legislative
Assembly election. Yadav also
alleged that the villages and poor
are not the priority of the BJP and
it is only ruling the public by
spreading hatred and tension..
—First India Bureau
IN THE BOSOM OF NATURE
PLANT A TREE AND ADD A NEW FRIEND TO YOUR LIFE: Kids enjoy playing traditional
swings under the branches of trees on World Environment Day in Lucknow, on Saturday.
—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
BJP FIELDS ‘NIRHUA’
FROM AZAMGARH
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Putting all
speculations to rest re-
garding union minister
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi,
the BJP today fielded
Ghanshyam Lodhi for
by-elections to the Ram-
pur Lok Sabha constit-
uency. Alongside, the
party also named Bho-
jpuri singer Dinesh Lal
Yadav ‘Nirhua’ as its
candidate from Azam-
garh. The seat fell va-
cant after Samajwadi
Party chief Akhilesh
Yadav resigned as a Lok
Sabha member follow-
ing his decision to re-
tain the assembly seat
he won in the recently-
held elections in UP.
Akhilesh Yadav de-
feated Union minister S
P Singh Baghel to bag
the Karhal assembly
seat in the Mainpuri dis-
trict. This was the first
assembly election Akh-
ileshhadcontested.Dur-
ing his tenure as the UP
chief ministerfrom2012
to 2017, Yadav was a
member of the legisla-
tive council. Nirahua,
who joined the BJP in
2019, had contested from
the Azamgarh Lok Sab-
ha constituency in the
last general elections
but lost to Akhilesh Ya-
dav by over 2.5 lakh
votes. Speculations
about him contesting
again from Azamgarh
intensified after his re-
centvisittotheconstitu-
ency where he targeted
the SP chief for quitting
the seat. For the vacant
Rampur Lok Sabha seat,
the BJP has announced
Ghanshyam Lodhi’s
name as party’s candi-
date for bypolls. The Ba-
hujanSamajParty(BSP)
has decided to give a
walk over on the Ram-
pur Lok Sabha seat va-
cated by Samajwadi
PartyleaderAzamKhan
who has been elected to
the legislative assembly
.
Bareilly (PTI): A
30-year-old man was ar-
rested on Saturday for
allegedly raping a
15-year-old girl, police
said here. They said the
wife of the accused
runs a coaching insti-
tute located in the Iz-
zatnagar police station
area where the victim
is a student. On June 2,
the man took the minor
to his house on the pre-
text of a class there and
allegedly raped her, the
police said. Senior Su-
perintendent of Police
Rohit Singh Sajwan
said the man has been
booked under sections
of the IPC and the POC-
SO Act.
BYPOLLS FOR LS SEATS
Dinesh Lal Yadav ‘Nirhua’ and Ghanshyam Lodhi. —FILE PHOTO
WHY NEEDED?
Man arrested for raping 15-year-old girl in Bareilly
Noida police
arrest 2 for
making fake
marksheets
First India Bureau
Noida: Police have
arrested two per-
sons for their in-
volvement in mak-
ing fake mark
sheets and degrees
for the past several
years and have pro-
duced more than
10,000 fake docu-
ments till date. Ran-
vijay, additional
deputy commis-
sioner of police Ab-
dul Samad and Adil
were arrested for
making fake mark
sheets. Both ac-
cused have been
involved in produc-
ing fake mark
sheets and degrees
for the past 20
years, he said add-
ing that they have
distributed more
than 10,000 mark
sheets till now. He
said Abdul and
Akil were into this
illegal work for
years and after the
death of Akil two
months back his
son Adil joined Ab-
dul in illegal busi-
ness. Both accused
were arrested near
sector 15 of the
Metro station and
more than 120 fake
mark sheets were
recovered from
them. Both accused
were selling mark
sheets in Rs 3000 to
Rs 4000 and were
producing 10 to 20
fake documents
every month.
First India Bureau
Ghaziabad: Court has
convicted Waziullah
for serial blasts in Var-
anasi in 2006 and Court
will award a sentence
on June 6. In his order
Jitendra Kumar Singh,
District Judge found
Waziullah guilty of se-
rial bomb blasts. Wazi-
ullah was jailed 17
years back and he was
lodged in Dasna jail of
Ghaziabad.
As many as 18 per-
sons had lost their lives
while more than 35
were injured in serial
bomb blasts at Cantt
Railway Station and
Sankat Mochan temple
on March 7, 2006. Wazi-
ullah was arrested from
Phulpur village of
Prayagraj district with
AK 47 and explosives.
Police had claimed that
the accused had connec-
tions with the terrorist
organization Huji. Dur-
ing interrogations, Wa-
jiullah had confessed to
his accomplices Must-
keem, Jakariya, and
Shamim but the other
accused escaped to
Bangladesh and were
never arrested.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The STF
has arrested eight drug
peddlers near the dis-
trict Panchayat Office
in Gautam Buddha Na-
gar and recovered more
than 5 quintals of hemp
from them. STF sources
here said that acting on
a tip-off, the STF team
arrested eight drug ped-
dlers with a huge con-
signment of hemp. The
arrested accused were
identified as Irshad, Fi-
roz, Salman Chaudhary
,
Arif, Afjal Abbasi, Sha-
hid, Tejpal, and Divy-
ansh Kumar. Police
have recovered 5.64
quintal hemp from the
accused and during in-
terrogation, the arrest-
ed accused told police
that they were smug-
gling hemp from Orrisa
and Andhra Pradesh to
Noida, Ghaziabad, Muz-
zafarnagar, districts. In
another incident, the
STF team arrested 3 ac-
cused in the matter of a
missing truck laden
with areca nuts along
with the driver. The ar-
rested accused were
identified as Sharad
Gupta, Pradeep Rawat,
and Hasan Ajahari in
Pilibhit district.
Lucknow (PTI): The
CBI on Saturday said it
has arrested an officer
of theLucknowdivision
of the Northern Rail-
ways for allegedly ac-
cepting a bribe of Rs
80,000. Deputy Chief
Materials Manager (car-
riage and wagons) Alok
Mishra was arrested on
Friday evening along
with two others who
were identified as Avan-
ish Mishra and Manjit
Singh, the Central Bu-
reau of Investigation
said in a statement. A
case has been registered
against the three arrest-
ed accused, unidentified
public servants and pri-
vate persons in the mat-
ter, it said.
According to the FIR,
the said public servant
was demanding and ac-
cepting illegal gratifica-
tion from contractors
for awarding contracts
and clearing bills, etc.
Alok Mishra allegedly
directed a private per-
son to bring cash for
clearing the pending
bills of another person
amountingtoRs70lakh.
CBI officials laid a trap
and caught Alok Mishra
when he was receiving
the bribe of Rs 80,000.
Searches were conduct-
ed in connection with
the case at various plac-
es in Lucknow. So far,
cash worth Rs 32,10,000
hasbeenrecoveredfrom
the residence of Alok
Mishra, the CBI said.
Bahraich (PTI): Two
men were killed and
seven others injured on
Friday when the roof of
an old mosque collapsed
on them while they
were offering prayers,
police here said. The in-
cident occurred at a vil-
lage in Nanpara Kotwa-
li area of ?? Bahraich
district. Additional Su-
perintendent of Police
(Rural) Ashok Kumar
said that the people had
gathered to offer Friday
prayers at an old
mosque located in Ma-
jra Khairi Purva of
Juda village when the
incident happened.
Mulim Khan, 45, died on
the spot, and Ishad, 32,
succumbed to injuries
later during treatment.
Seven others trapped in
the debris were rescued
and sent to the nearby
community health cen-
tre for treatment. Of
them, three who were
found to be severely in-
jured were later shifted
to Bahraich District
Hospital where they are
under treatment.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Sumaiya
Rana, daughter of not-
ed Munawwar Rana
and leader of the Sama-
jwadi Party has been
placed under house ar-
rest by the Lucknow
police. According to
information from the
police, Sumaiya was
preparing to protest
against the alleged con-
troversial statement
made by Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) leader
Nupur Sharma about
Prophet Mohammed.
Ghaziabad court holds Waziullah
guilty for Varanasi bomb blast
Munawwar’s
daughter
Sumaiya under
house arrest
CBI arrests railways
officer,two others
in bribery case
CBI’S TRAP
TWO KILLED, 7 INJURED IN MOSQUE
COLLAPSE DURING FRIDAY PRAYER
STF arrests 8 drug
peddlers, 3 accused
in different raids
FOR SMUGGLING
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
SSI SUSPENDED OVER ALLEGATION OF SEXUAL ABUSE
Deoria (PTI): A sen-
ior sub-inspector
here was suspended
after an audio clip
emerged in which a
woman accused him
of sexually exploit-
ing her, a top official
said on Saturday. Su-
perintendent of Po-
lice Sankalp Sharma
said that an audio
clip of SSI Badruddin
and a Muslim woman
has went viral in
which the woman
was accusing him of
not doing her work
despite taking sexual
favour, and it was also
heard in the clip that
she was pleading to
the SSI for her family.
The SP said that this
act is extremely con-
demnable and pun-
ishable. He added
that the SSI of Kot-
wali police station
has been suspended,
and Circle Officer
(City) Yash Tripathi
has been asked to
probe the matter, and
submit the report in
two weeks.

08
2NDFRONT
The earth is our first mother
who sustains all of us –
humans, flora and fauna, we
must respect and treasure it!
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
YADAVS HAVE EDGE IN AZAMGARH
As per data by EC for 2019, the
Azamgarh LS constituency had
around 17 lakh registered voters
The electoral process for by-polls
of 2 parliamentary seats has been
initiated, including one of Azamgarh
BJP fields Bhojpuri star Dinesh
Lal Yadav ‘Nirahua’ from
Azamgarh for Lok Sabha bypoll
1 2 3
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: The Yadav-
Muslim factor has domi-
nated the Lok Sabha
seat of this city, which
has been the birthplace
of many eminent per-
sonalities of the literary
world. It is worth men-
tioning that the bye-elec-
tion was necessitated af-
ter Akhilesh Yadav, who
wasMPfromAzamgarh,
resignedafterhewonthe
recent assembly elec-
tions from the Karhal
seatof Mainpuridistrict.
According to the data
released by the Election
Commission for the
year 2019, the Azam-
garh Lok Sabha constit-
uency had around 17
lakh registered voters.
In terms of population,
out of these, the upper
castes constitute 17 per
cent, Dalits 25 percent
and OBCs are close to 40
percent. Among the
OBCs, around 21% are
estimated to be non-Ya-
davs. Of these, 19 per
cent Yadav and 18 per
cent Muslim voters to-
gether form the win-
ning combination,
which has been in the
role of kingmaker for
many decades.
As a result of these
casteequations,thewin-
ner or runner-up in this
seat for six consecutive
decades has been a can-
didate belonging to the
Yadav community
. In
the 15 general elections
and two by-elections
held since 1962, thirteen
times the candidates of
the Yadav community
won the elections. Mus-
lim candidates have suc-
ceeded thrice, including
veteran leaders like
Mohsina Kidwai and
Akbar Ahmed Dumpy
.
In 1962, Ram Harakh Ya-
dav of Congress was
elected MP. In 1967 and
again in 1971, Chandra-
jit Yadav of Congress
won the elections. In
1977, Ram Naresh Yadav
of the Janata Party got
success. Congress’s
Mohsina Kidwai won
the 1978 by-election. In
1980, Chandrajit Yadav
became an MP from the
Janata Party (Secular).
In 1984, Santosh Singh
of Congress won the
elections. In 1989, Ram
Krishna Yadav became
the first BSP MP from
here. In 1991, Chandrajit
Yadav of Janata Dal got
a chance to become an
MP again. But in 1996,
Ramakant Yadav was
elected MP as a SP can-
didate. In 1998, Akbar
Ahmed became an MP
as a candidate of BSP
. In
1999, Ramakant Yadav
of SP got success. In
2004, Ramakant Yadav
joined the BSP and won.
In the 2008 by-elections,
Akbar Ahmed won as a
BSP candidate.
In 2014,SP founder
Mulayam Singh Yadav
won the seat with a 35.4
percent vote share by
defeating Ramakant Ya-
dav, who secured 28.9
percent votes and in the
year 2019, SP chief Akh-
ilesh Yadav won the seat
with a 60.4 percent vote
share while BJP’s
Dinesh Lal aka Nirahua
was the runner-up with
35.1 percent votes.
Allahabad (PTI): The
Allahabad HC has
granted bail to an ac-
cused in a cow slaugh-
ter case on the condi-
tion that he will serve
at a cow shelter for a
month. The accused
was further asked to
deposit Rs 1 lakh in fa-
vour of a registered
cow shelter. Justice
Shekhar Kumar Yadav
passed the order on
Wednesdaywhilehear-
ing the bail application
of Saleem alias Kalia.
An FIR was lodged
against Saleem under
sections 379 (theft) of
the Indian Penal Code
and 3/8 of the UP Pre-
ventionof CowSlaugh-
ter Act at Bhojipura
police station in Ba-
reilly district.
The counsel for the
applicant submitted
that the applicant was
innocent and was
falsely implicated
based on the confes-
sional statement of the
co-accused. He also
gave an undertaking
that in case the appli-
cantisreleasedonbail,
he shall deposit Rs 1
lakh to a registered
cow shelter in Bareilly
andshallserveatacow
shelter for a period of
one month. After pe-
rusing the record in
the light of the submis-
sions made at the bar
and taking an overall
view of all the facts
and circumstances of
this case, the nature of
evidence and the peri-
od of detention, the
court granted bail to
the applicant on his
furnishing a personal
bond and two sureties
of the same amount.
The court further said
that the applicant shall
file an undertaking to
the effect that he shall
not seek any adjourn-
ment on the date fixed
for evidence when the
witnesses are present
in the court.
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE —REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
IS IT NOW DIMPLE’S TURN?
Serve at cow shelter:
Ald HC sets condition
for bail to animal
slaughter accused
PENALISED
An FIR was
lodged against
under sections
379 (theft) of
the IPC and 3/8
of the UP
Prevention of
Cow Slaughter
Act
84TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
Union Minister Niranjan Jyoti speaks during the 84th birthday celebrations of spiritual
leader Nritya Gopal Das, in Ayodhya, on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
First India Bureau
Gautambudh Nagar/
Lucknow: To offer pos-
session in the Kalypso
Court project, the pro-
moter M/s Jaiprakash
Associates Limited has
applied for an occupan-
cy certificate (OC) from
the competent develop-
ment authority. Locat-
ed in sector 128, Noida,
the promoter is all set
to offer possession of
156 units of tower no.
11 and 12 of Kalypso
Court to its allottees
and future home buy-
ers in the unsold units.
During the construc-
tion progress review
meeting of the project,
the promoter informed
the “Project Advisory
and Monitoring Com-
mittee” (PAMC) of U.P.
RERA. The project is
being developed under
provisions of section-8
of the RERA Act and
the rehabilitation is be-
ing monitored under
the supervision of U.P.
RERA. A brief fact re-
lated to the project is
that the Kalypso Court
project was stalled for
almost five years and
its registration with
the U.P. RERA had
lapsed. As a result, the
chances of the allottees
getting possession of
their allotted units in 4
towers of the project,
Tower No. 7, 8, 11, and
12, were in jeopardy.
Kalypso Court project back on
track, OC sought for 156 units
WHY IS
‘SAFFRONISING’ OF
GANGULY NOT A
TRIVIAL MATTER?
Since it is vital for the
BJP to maintain its
presence in Bengal, the
party felt the need to
paint a living Bengali
icon like Sourav Gan-
guly in the ‘deep saf-
fron’ colours. Interest-
ingly, the ‘open chal-
lenge’ thrown by Mama-
ta Banerjee that ‘now
there is ‘no entry’ for
BJP in Bengal is being
taken a bit seriously by
the BJP
. So Ganguly can
prove to be a trump card
for the BJP and word is
that ‘development’ is
afoot. This can be said
from the recent tweet of
the cricketer
in which
h e
has said in gestures, ‘He
is planning to do some-
thing new’. Few days
back when Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah visited
Bengal, Ganguly invited
him over for a meal at
his house. In fact, the
BJP was running be-
hind Ganguly for many
years to join the party,
but Ganguly did not
seem interested then.
However, this time, be-
hind Ganguly’s changed
expressions, his com-
pulsions are more visi-
ble. Ganguly’s tenure as
the President of BCCI
ends on July 27. Before
becoming the President
of BCCI, he was the
President of ‘CAB’ i.e.
Cricket Association of
Bengal, then he
took over the
charge of
BCCI in
2019. Ac-
c o r d -
ing to
the rec-
ommen-
dations
of
the Lodha Committee, a
person will have to take
a mandatory break of
three years after being
president for six con-
secutive years. Ganguly
hasservedasBCCIPres-
identfor3years,butthis
time the BCCI has gone
to court to ‘wave off’ the
‘cooling period’ of 3
years for Ganguly
. The
BCCI says that Ganguly
is such a big name that
he should be seen as an
exception to this rule
and now the matter is
pending in the court. Bi-
har Cricket Association
secretary Aditya Ver-
ma, who took this whole
matter to court,
has also
changed his colours in
support of Ganguly
. He
has also argued in the
court to compromise on
some names. Given his
uncertain future, Gan-
guly has also agreed to
go saffron. And perhaps
Ganguly’s inclusion
will solve the real prob-
lem before BJP, i.e. to
retain its current 18
seats in the 2024 general
elections.
WHY DID NAQVI
HAVE TO LEAVE?
No one can deny the
important role of
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
in giving a headline to
the journey of BJP’s
wishes. His media
friendly person-
ality has come
in handy for
BJP many
times, so when
he was not giv-
en the Rajya
Sabha ticket
this time, it be-
came the
m o s t
surprising development
in the party
. 22 seats
were vacant, many such
individualsalsowonthe
RS ‘lottery’ who had no
hope of reaching the
hallowed upper house,
however, Naqvi’s name
was not one of the lucky
leaders, even though he
also ran the minority
ministry in such a way
that the ministry’s spir-
its rose high. Naqvi’s
ambitious project ‘Hu-
nar Haat’ added to the
popularity of the gov-
ernment. Ever since the
Gyanvapi controversy
took hold, the Sangh
and the BJP have tried
to formu-
late a
new
‘Hindu Narrative’ i.e.
Muslim Mukt Party,
Parliament and Govern-
ment. But there is also a
section in the party that
wanted to field Naqvi in
the Rampur by-election.
Rampur has 47 percent
Hindu, 4 percent Sikh
and 49 percent Muslim
voters. Owaisi is also
thinking of fielding his
party’s candidate from
there. If any of Azam
Khan’s wife or son does
not enter the fray, then
they too will knowingly
or unknowingly help
the BJP
. And it will also
be a question of Modi
government’s honour,
so the entire adminis-
tration including CM
Yogi will also be ‘ac-
tive’ there. But even
after this Naqvi
was not fielded
from Rampur,
rather BJP has
fielded Ghanshy-
am Lodhi in his
place. Is this a fare-
well time for the
graceful and
media
friendly Naqvi?
WHERE IS RAHUL?
Away from the
scorching heat of
India, Rahul Gandhi is
abroad, but his wherea-
bouts are unknown. Yes,
he was to appear before
theEDonJune2,buthis
lawyer Abhishek Manu
Singhvi has sought time
of June 13, citing his be-
ing abroad. Here in In-
dia, Rahul’s mother So-
nia and sister Priyanka
have contracted corona,
while party MLAs are
being taken to Chhattis-
garh to avoid cross-vot-
ing in Rajya Sabha elec-
tions, but Rahul Gandhi
is unconcerned about
these things. He is in his
own world and is dedi-
cated to the cause too. In
London, he met Tejash-
wi Yadav and his newly
wed Rajshree. Tejashwi
had also reached Cam-
bridgetospeakonIndia.
As soon as Rahul met
Rajshree, he first
asked her name
and got the answer
- ‘Rajshree’. To this
Rahulquippedsoft-
ly
, “But before mar-
riage, your name
was Rachel?” Ra-
jshree remained
silent while
Tejashwi was
also getting
un-
comfortable. Then Ra-
hul said, “There was no
need for you to change
thenameaftermarriage
ortokeepaHinduname.
Look at my mother, even
before marriage her
name was Sonia, even
now she is Sonia.” Un-
comfortable with this
openness of Rahul,
Tejashwi thought it ap-
propriate to move away
from there immediately
with his wife. After this,
Rahul entered the con-
ference hall with Sitar-
am Yechury, and sat be-
hind Yechury
. After
some time, Rahul said to
Yechury, “I know what
you are thinking right
now?” Yechury wanted
to know what was on Ra-
hul’s mind and asked,
“What?” To this Rahul
quipped, “You are think-
ing that you will go out
of this hall and light a
cigarette.” Hearing this
Yechury couldn’t stop
laughing.
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB
RAMAN
The author is a journalist
and political commentator
and views expressed are
his personal
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Mamata Banerjee
Amit Shah
Sourav Ganguly Rahul Gandhi

Anushka pepped up for
CHAKDA 'XPRESS
A
ctress Anushka Sharma
has been prepping for
Chakda 'Xpress over the
past few months. On Sat-
urday, Sharma decided to give
fans a sneak peek of what is hap-
pening behind the scenes at the
table ready of Chakda 'Xpress
with a video. The gorgeous star
shared how she was spending
time prepping for her role as Jhu-
lan Goswami in the film. Along
with Anushka, actors like Renuka
Shahane and Mahesh Thakur also
were seen in the video. Taking to
her Instagram handle, Anushka
wrote, Will strive to bring my all
to the table #TableRead #Chak-
daXpress #FilmPrep. All pumped
up for the Jhulan Goswami biop-
ic, Anushka promised to bring
her A-game to the film.
S
hruti Haasan is an avid social me-
dia and often takes her Instagram
as a medium to interact with fans.
Today
, she made us all go aww with
her adorable answer when a fan
asked whom she loves the
most. Well, we bet you to
guess. And it's none other
than her boyfriend Santa-
nu Hazarika. The actress
has revealed that she loves
her beau the most in this
world. How cute right? In a
QnA session with fans, a fan
asked Shruti Haasan, 'whom you
love the most in this world.' The ac-
tress with a smile on her face turned the
camera towards Santanu and showed him.
The couple looks super cute and we just
can't stop replaying the video, pure goals.
M
ajor is a film based on Major Sandeep
Unnikrishnan, who was martyred dur-
ing the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai
in 2008. To play the role of Major’s wife
comes with great responsibility
. The role is es-
sayed by the young actor, Saiee Manjrekar and
she has made a credible mark. She is fearless
and she is subtle, she emotes with her eyes and
holds herself throughout the narrative. She
supports and she leads and she does it all with
the grace and panache of a seasoned actor.
Therefore, when Sandeep
Unnikrishnan’s moth-
er heaped praises on
Saiee, it is a mat-
ter of great
honour for the
latter.
LUCKNOW, SUNDAY,
JUNE 5, 2022
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acqueline Fernan-
dez‘slatestsongRa
Ra Rakkamma is
currently being
hailedontheinter-
net. The netizens
areinlovewiththe
lyrics and are highly antici-
pated to watch the video
version of the song.
It is said that the actress
has worked hard day and
night to get the song right
and has successfully
brought the director’s vi-
sion to life.
Not only did the actress
finish the song in less than
the expected timeline but
has always managed to
raise the tempera-
ture of the room!
The visual version of the
song is a complete treat for
one’s eyes.
The song is released in
different languages in-
cluding Kannada, Hindi,
Telugu May, Tamil, and
Malayalam.
J
JACQUELINE'S NEW
ICONIC NUMBER
A
fter representing India at the prestigious
Cannes Film Festival, Pooja Hegde is all set
to be the nation's pride in Puri Jagannadh's
Jana Gana Mana. She will be seen perform-
ing action sequences for the first time in the
Jagannadh directorial that stars her with
Vijay Deverakonda. The Pan India
queen kicks off the prep for
the big-ticket film and it
involves training with
combat masters from
Thailand. The makers
of her upcoming film
have employed mar-
tial arts trainers to
train Hegde in com-
bat. Utterly com-
mitted to lending
authenticity to her
role, the Ala Vai-
kunthapurramu-
loo actor has be-
gun training with
relentless energy
and will contin-
ue to do so for
four days
straight. Al-
though not
much is
known about
her role, her
prep for ac-
tion sequences
makes us won-
der what she has
in store for the au-
dience. Pooja will
also be seen in Kabhi Eid
Kabhi Diwali with Sal-
man Khan, Cirkus opposite
Ranveer Singh and SSMB28
opposite Mahesh Babu.
Pooja Hegde's
action mode on
Shruti's adorable
answer in QA
SAIEE'S CHARACTER
SAIEE'S CHARACTER
IN MAJOR
IN MAJOR
A
fter making headlines with the
Diwali release ‘Honeymoon’,
where she stars opposite Gippy
Grewal, Jasmin Bhasin has
signed her next film penned by Mahesh
Bhatt and presented by Vikram Bhatt
and K Sera Sera. Produced by Lon-
eranger and Zee, the untitled film is
directed by Manish Chavan, who makes
his directorial debut with the film. Hav-
ing recently completed the filming of
the comedy-drama ‘Honeymoon’, Jas-
min Bhasin, who is fast making her
inroad into Bollywood is all set to start
shooting the film at the end of July.
While details are unknown at this junc-
ture, Jasmin will play an interesting
role that promises to take her fans by
surprise.
A
udiences are
honouring the
sacrifice made
by Major Sand-
eep. Adivi Sesh’s Major
has had an exceptional
start globally. The film
has garnered 13.4cr at
the global box office.
Audiences and crit-
ics have unanimously
appreciated the gal-
lant effort the Major
team has put to show-
case the inspirational
life of Major Sandeep
Unnikrishnan and his
supreme sacrifice at
the 26/11 attack in
Mumbai.
The film is expected
to see growth over the
weekend with great
word of mouth from the
first of its kind pre-re-
lease multi-city pre-
mieres. Adivi Sesh has
broken his global BO
records with Major be-
ing his biggest opener
to date with 4 times
more collections than
his previous hit.
Watch Major at a the-
atre near you in Hindi,
Telugu or Malayalam.
JASMIN BHASIN’S
NEXT PROJECT!
MAJOR’S 13.4CR GLOBAL
BOX OFFICE COLLECTION!
Anushka Sharma
Poster of the movie
Jasmin Bhasin
Saiee Manjrekar
Pooja Hegde
Jacqueline Fernandez
Shruti Haasan

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