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F ive days after they rebelled against Shiv Sena president and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s leadership, the Sena rebel fac- tion, led by senior minister Eknath Shinde, began to face the heat on Saturday as Deputy Speaker Narhari Zhirwal issued notices to 16 Sena rebel MLAs, including Shinde. The Deputy Speaker has sought explanations from them by the evening of June 27 on the representation made by the parent party seeking their disqualification for violating the party discipline. Acting on the basis of a let- ter written by Shiv Sena’s chief whip Sunil Prabhu seeking their disqualification under The Members of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (Disqualification on Ground of Defection) Rules, 1986, prin- cipal secretary of the Maharashtra Rajendra Bhagwat issued notices to 16 Sena rebel MLAs asked them to submit written response before 5.30 pm on June 27 (Monday) sup- ported by all the necessary doc- uments. “If the written response to the summons is not submitted in a given period, it would be considered as you have no say over it. The office will initiate necessary action based on the complaint filed by Shiv Sena’s chip whip against you,” the notice stated. On a day when the parent outfit Shiv Sena passed five res- olutions, including the ones reaffirming confidence in the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray and asking the rebel MLAs not to use the name of late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, the rebel Sena group — which claims to have the support of 37 Sena MLAs out of the total 55 Sena MLAs in the State Assembly — float- ed a parallel Sena group named as “Shiv Sena Balasaheb”. Apart from their leader Eknath Shinde, 15 other rebel Sena MLAs who have been issued show-cause notices by the office of Deputy Speaker are: Abdul Satar, Sandeep Bomre, Prakash Surve, Tanaji Sawant, Mahesh Shinde, Anil Babar, Yamini Jadhav, Sanjay Shirsat, Bharat Gogavale, Balaji Kinikaer, Lata Sonawane, Sadasarvankar, Prakash Ambedkar, Sanjay Raimulkar and Ramesh Bornare. These 16 MLAs are among the 37 rebel Sena MLAs who have given a letter to the Deputy Speaker, Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, and secretary to the Maharashtra Legislature, re-affirming their confidence in the leadership of Eknath Shinde and saying that he would continue as the leader of the Shiv Sena Legislature Party till 2024. The 37 Sena rebel MLAs (who account for more than the requisite two-third strength i.e, 36 MLAs out of total 55 Sena MLAs in the State Assembly) if they move out of the Shiv Sena en block will attract penal action under the anti-defection law. However, if the Deputy Speaker disqualifies 16 Sena rebel MLAs, including Eknath Shinde, the development will result in the rebel Sena camp – the strength of which will be reduced to 21 MLAs against the earlier 37 MLAs, attracting action under the anti-defection law. On its part, the rebel Sena camp played down the import of the notices issued to 16 rebel Sena MLAs. “Yes, we have received notices from the office of Deputy Speaker. There is noth- ing to worry about. We will not be disqualified. We will respond to the notices. If need be, we will move the court against the notices issued by the Deputy Speaker,” rebel Sena MLA Bharat Gogawale said. Rebel Sena MLA Deepak Kesarkar, speaking on behalf of the Shinde camp, said that the rebel Sena MLAs were very much part of the Shiv Sena and that they would set up a sepa- rate block of the party in the State Assembly. “We are not going to merge with any political party. We will be setting up a separate block of the Shiv Sena in the State Assembly,” Kesarkar said. Continued on Page 6 A day after the Supreme Court upheld the Special Investigation Team’s (SIT) clean chit to 64 people, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the 2002 Gujarat riot case, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said Modi endured pain for the last so many years without speak- ing a word and followed Lord Shiva, who swallowed poison and held it in his throat. Shah said that allegations against the PM were “politically motivated” and that the truth had come out, “shining more than the gold”. He said “a trio of Opposition parties, ideologi- cally-driven certain journalists, and an NGO was behind false allegations” against the Prime Minister aimed to “tarnish his image” and keep the case going as long as it is possible.” “They had a strong ecosys- tem so everyone started believ- ing lies to be truth,” he said. Speaking at length in an interview with ANI, Shah said the Supreme Court verdict described the charges as “polit- ically motivated” and “cleared a blot on BJP”. He said the court said the then Chief Minister “did best efforts to control riots” in 2002. Asked how does it feel, Home Minister said “Satya jab itni lambi ladayi ke baad bahar ata hai, uski chamak sone se bhi zyada hoti hain, bahut achha lagta hain...”, he said. He named civil rights activist and journalist Teesta Setalvad as a person fuelling charges against Modi. Shah said the NGO being run by her had given baseless information about the riots to the police. “I have read the judgment very carefully. The judgment clearly mentions the name of Teesta Setalvad. The NGO that was being run by her — I don’t remember the name of the NGO — had given baseless information about the riots to the police,” he was quoted as saying in the interview. Continued on Page 6 P rime Minister Narendra Modi will discuss a range of issues, including counter-ter- rorism, energy, food security, and the environment with world leaders during his visit to Germany to attend the G7 summit. The ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the situation in the strategically important Indo-Pacific may also come up for discussion. Ahead of his visit to Germany starting Saturday, the Prime Minister said he will exchange views with the lead- ers of the G7 grouping and its partners on issues such as energy, food security, counter- terrorism, environment, and democracy. He is visiting Schloss Elmau in southern Germany on June 26 and 27 for the summit of the G7. It is a com- bination of the world’s seven richest nations, including the USA, the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Canada, and the European Union. The G7 leaders are expect- ed to focus on the Ukraine cri- sis that has triggered geopolit- ical turmoil besides fuelling a global food and energy crisis. Modi is attending the G7 summit following an invitation by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The summit is being hosted by Germany in its capacity as the chair of G7. “In an effort to strengthen international collaboration on important global issues impact- ing humanity, Germany has also invited other democracies such as Argentina, Indonesia, Senegal and South Africa to the G7 Summit,” Modi said in a statement ahead of his visit. “During the sessions of the Summit, I will be exchanging views with the G7 counties, G7 partner countries and guest international organisations on topical issues such as environ- ment, energy, climate, food security, health, counter-ter- rorism, gender equality and democracy,” he added. Modi said he was looking forward to meeting leaders of some of the participating G7 and guest countries on the sidelines of the summit. The Prime Minister said he was also looking forward to meeting Chancellor Scholz again after the “productive” India-Germany Inter- Governmental Consultations (IGC) last month. Continued on Page 6 G iving a further boost to the presidential nominee of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Draupadi Murmu, BSP supremo Mayawati on Saturday extend- ed her party’s support to Murmu, giving her a decisive edge against the Opposition candidate and former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha. Murmu is also expected to gain support from Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, which is under pressure to break ranks from the Opposition and back a tribal leader. Murmu, a Santhal tribal leader herself, also called up the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief and Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren seeking his support for her candidature, sources said. JMM — a constituent of the Congress-led UPA — is in power in Jharkhand in alliance with it. A meeting of JMM par- liamentarians and legislators was held on Saturday under the chairmanship of party supremo Shibu Soren, sources said. The Chief Minister will soon visit New Delhi and meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah before the party takes a final call on support to Murmu. “We have some grievances to be discussed with him. Thereafter, we will take deci- sion on supporting a presi- dential candidate,” JMM MLA Nalin Soren told reporters after the meeting. Party spokesperson Supriyo Bhattacharya said var- ious issues, including the pres- idential election and the polit- ical situation in the country were discussed in the meeting. “The decision in regard with extending support to a presi- dential candidate has not been taken yet. When the time comes, we will declare it,” Bhattacharya told PTI. However, well-placed sources said that JMM will finally have no option but to support Murmu. Other Regional parties like the JD(U), the BJD, the YSR Congress have already extend- ed support to the NDA pick. The BSP’s backing to Murmu has further bright- ened her winning prospect vis-a-vis Sinha as the BJP is still making effort for an unop- posed victory for its NDA nominee. Speaking to reporters at Lucknow, Mayawati, while clarifying that her party’s deci- sion to support Murmu is not a support to the BJP, attacked the Opposition for “ignoring” the BSP while deciding their candidate for the presidential polls. “Our decision is neither in support to the BJP nor against the opposition......it has been taken after having kept in view the ideology of the BSP, which is to support the dalits and tribals,’’ she said. Continued on Page 6 A ctivist Teesta Setalvad was on Saturday detained by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) from Mumbai, and taken to Ahmedabad in connection with an FIR regis- tered against her at the Ahmedabad city crime branch, Gujarat former DGP RB Sreekumar too was arrested. Setalvad, on her part, lodged a complaint with Santacruz police station in Mumbai claiming that the “arrest” was illegal and she apprehended a threat to her life. “Teesta Setalvad has been picked up by the Gujarat ATS from Mumbai,” a source in the Gujarat ATS said. A day earlier, the Supreme Court had dismissed a petition challenging the clean chit given by the SIT to then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others in the 2002 post- Godhra riots cases. Bringing the curtains down on the bid to reopen the probe into the 2002 riots, a bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar on Friday had also spoken of “the devious strata- gem to keep the pot boiling, obviously, for ulterior design”, and said disgruntled officers of the Gujarat Government need to be in the dock and pro- ceeded with in accordance with law for creating a sensa- tion by making false revela- tions. Setalvad’s NGO had sup- ported Zakia Jafri, who had filed the petition alleging a larg- er conspiracy behind the riots, throughout her legal battle. Jafri’s husband and former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri was killed during the riots. Continued on Page 6 P resident Joe Biden on Saturday signed the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades, a bipartisan compro- mise that seemed unimagin- able until a recent series of mass shootings, including the massacre of 19 students and two teachers at a Texas ele- mentary school. “Lives will be saved,” he said at the White House. Citing the families of shooting vic- tims, the President said, “Their message to us was to do some- thing. Well today, we did.” The House gave final approval on Friday, following Senate passage on Thursday, and Biden acted just before leaving Washington for two summits in Europe. The legis- lation will toughen back- ground checks for the youngest gun buyers, keep firearms from more domestic violence offenders and help states put in place red flag laws that make it easier for authorities to take weapons from people adjudged to be dangerous. Most of its $13 billion cost will help bolster mental health programs and aid schools tar- geted in in mass shootings. Detailed report on Page 6 Mumbai: Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde late on Saturday evening said Shiv Sena workers should under- stand that he was fighting to save the party from the clutch- es of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). Shinde’s appeal came after Sena workers loyal to party president and Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray staged protests against the rebel MLAs led by him by defacing their banners, hurling stones in some places and vandalising the office of an MLA in Pune. In a tweet in Marathi, Shinde, who is camp- ing in Guwahati with his group of MLAs, said, “My dear Shiv Sena workers, try to under- stand the machinations of the MVA. I am fighting for rescu- ing the Shiv Sena and Sena workers from the clutches of the python of the MVA.” “I dedicate this fight to the inter- est of Shiv Sena workers,” he added. Shinde and his supporters have said earlier that they want the Sena to pull out of the “unnatural” Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition with the Congress and NCP, and revive the alliance with BJP. PTI
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Five days after they rebelledagainst Shiv Sena president
and Maharashtra ChiefMinister Uddhav Thackeray’sleadership, the Sena rebel fac-tion, led by senior ministerEknath Shinde, began to facethe heat on Saturday as DeputySpeaker Narhari Zhirwal issuednotices to 16 Sena rebel MLAs,including Shinde.
The Deputy Speaker hassought explanations from themby the evening of June 27 onthe representation made bythe parent party seeking theirdisqualification for violatingthe party discipline.
Acting on the basis of a let-ter written by Shiv Sena’s chiefwhip Sunil Prabhu seekingtheir disqualification underThe Members of MaharashtraLegislative Assembly(Disqualification on Ground ofDefection) Rules, 1986, prin-cipal secretary of theMaharashtra Rajendra Bhagwatissued notices to 16 Sena rebelMLAs asked them to submitwritten response before 5.30pm on June 27 (Monday) sup-ported by all the necessary doc-uments.
“If the written response tothe summons is not submittedin a given period, it would beconsidered as you have no sayover it. The office will initiatenecessary action based on thecomplaint filed by Shiv Sena’schip whip against you,” thenotice stated.
On a day when the parentoutfit Shiv Sena passed five res-olutions, including the onesreaffirming confidence in theleadership of UddhavThackeray and asking the rebelMLAs not to use the name oflate Shiv Sena chief BalThackeray, the rebel Senagroup — which claims to havethe support of 37 Sena MLAsout of the total 55 Sena MLAsin the State Assembly — float-ed a parallel Sena group named
as “Shiv Sena Balasaheb”.Apart from their leader
Eknath Shinde, 15 other rebelSena MLAs who have beenissued show-cause notices bythe office of Deputy Speakerare: Abdul Satar, SandeepBomre, Prakash Surve, TanajiSawant, Mahesh Shinde, AnilBabar, Yamini Jadhav, SanjayShirsat, Bharat Gogavale, BalajiKinikaer, Lata Sonawane,Sadasarvankar, PrakashAmbedkar, Sanjay Raimulkarand Ramesh Bornare.
These 16 MLAs are amongthe 37 rebel Sena MLAs whohave given a letter to theDeputy Speaker, GovernorBhagat Singh Koshyari, andsecretary to the MaharashtraLegislature, re-affirming theirconfidence in the leadership ofEknath Shinde and saying thathe would continue as the leaderof the Shiv Sena LegislatureParty till 2024.
The 37 Sena rebel MLAs(who account for more than therequisite two-third strengthi.e, 36 MLAs out of total 55Sena MLAs in the StateAssembly) if they move out ofthe Shiv Sena en block willattract penal action under theanti-defection law.
However, if the Deputy
Speaker disqualifies 16 Senarebel MLAs, including EknathShinde, the development willresult in the rebel Sena camp –the strength of which will bereduced to 21 MLAs against theearlier 37 MLAs, attractingaction under the anti-defectionlaw.
On its part, the rebel Senacamp played down the importof the notices issued to 16 rebelSena MLAs.
“Yes, we have receivednotices from the office ofDeputy Speaker. There is noth-ing to worry about. We will notbe disqualified. We willrespond to the notices. If needbe, we will move the courtagainst the notices issued by theDeputy Speaker,” rebel SenaMLA Bharat Gogawale said.
Rebel Sena MLA DeepakKesarkar, speaking on behalf ofthe Shinde camp, said that therebel Sena MLAs were verymuch part of the Shiv Sena andthat they would set up a sepa-rate block of the party in theState Assembly.
“We are not going to mergewith any political party. We willbe setting up a separate blockof the Shiv Sena in the StateAssembly,” Kesarkar said.
Continued on Page 6
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Aday after the SupremeCourt upheld the Special
Investigation Team’s (SIT) cleanchit to 64 people, includingPrime Minister NarendraModi, in the 2002 Gujarat riotcase, Union Home MinisterAmit Shah on Saturday saidModi endured pain for the lastso many years without speak-ing a word and followed LordShiva, who swallowed poisonand held it in his throat.
Shah said that allegationsagainst the PM were “politicallymotivated” and that the truthhad come out, “shining morethan the gold”.
He said “a trio ofOpposition parties, ideologi-cally-driven certain journalists,and an NGO was behind falseallegations” against the PrimeMinister aimed to “tarnish hisimage” and keep the case goingas long as it is possible.”
“They had a strong ecosys-tem so everyone started believ-ing lies to be truth,” he said.
Speaking at length in aninterview with ANI, Shah saidthe Supreme Court verdictdescribed the charges as “polit-ically motivated” and “cleareda blot on BJP”.
He said the court said thethen Chief Minister “did bestefforts to control riots” in 2002.
Asked how does it feel,Home Minister said “Satya jabitni lambi ladayi ke baad baharata hai, uski chamak sone se bhizyada hoti hain, bahut achhalagta hain...”, he said.
He named civil rightsactivist and journalist TeestaSetalvad as a person fuellingcharges against Modi. Shahsaid the NGO being run by herhad given baseless informationabout the riots to the police.
“I have read the judgmentvery carefully. The judgmentclearly mentions the name ofTeesta Setalvad. The NGO thatwas being run by her — I don’tremember the name of theNGO — had given baselessinformation about the riots tothe police,” he was quoted assaying in the interview.
Continued on Page 6
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Prime Minister NarendraModi will discuss a range of
issues, including counter-ter-rorism, energy, food security,and the environment withworld leaders during his visit toGermany to attend the G7summit. The ongoing conflictin Ukraine and the situation inthe strategically importantIndo-Pacific may also come upfor discussion.
Ahead of his visit toGermany starting Saturday, thePrime Minister said he willexchange views with the lead-ers of the G7 grouping and itspartners on issues such asenergy, food security, counter-terrorism, environment, anddemocracy.
He is visiting SchlossElmau in southern Germanyon June 26 and 27 for thesummit of the G7. It is a com-bination of the world’s sevenrichest nations, including theUSA, the UK, France, Italy,Germany, Japan, Canada, andthe European Union.
The G7 leaders are expect-ed to focus on the Ukraine cri-sis that has triggered geopolit-ical turmoil besides fuelling aglobal food and energy crisis.
Modi is attending the G7
summit following an invitationby German Chancellor OlafScholz. The summit is beinghosted by Germany in itscapacity as the chair of G7.
“In an effort to strengtheninternational collaboration onimportant global issues impact-ing humanity, Germany hasalso invited other democraciessuch as Argentina, Indonesia,Senegal and South Africa to theG7 Summit,” Modi said in astatement ahead of his visit.
“During the sessions of theSummit, I will be exchangingviews with the G7 counties, G7partner countries and guest
international organisations ontopical issues such as environ-ment, energy, climate, foodsecurity, health, counter-ter-rorism, gender equality anddemocracy,” he added.
Modi said he was lookingforward to meeting leaders ofsome of the participating G7and guest countries on thesidelines of the summit.
The Prime Minister saidhe was also looking forward tomeeting Chancellor Scholzagain after the “productive”India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations(IGC) last month.
Continued on Page 6
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Giving a further boost to thepresidential nominee of
the National DemocraticAlliance (NDA) DraupadiMurmu, BSP supremoMayawati on Saturday extend-ed her party’s support toMurmu, giving her a decisiveedge against the Oppositioncandidate and former UnionMinister Yashwant Sinha.
Murmu is also expected togain support from JharkhandMukti Morcha, which is underpressure to break ranks fromthe Opposition and back atribal leader.
Murmu, a Santhal triballeader herself, also called up theJharkhand Mukti Morcha(JMM) chief and JharkhandChief Minister Hemant Sorenseeking his support for hercandidature, sources said.
JMM — a constituent ofthe Congress-led UPA — is inpower in Jharkhand in alliancewith it. A meeting of JMM par-liamentarians and legislatorswas held on Saturday under thechairmanship of party supremoShibu Soren, sources said. TheChief Minister will soon visitNew Delhi and meet UnionHome Minister Amit Shahbefore the party takes a final
call on support to Murmu.“We have some grievances
to be discussed with him.Thereafter, we will take deci-sion on supporting a presi-dential candidate,” JMM MLA
Nalin Soren told reporters afterthe meeting.
Party spokespersonSupriyo Bhattacharya said var-ious issues, including the pres-idential election and the polit-
ical situation in the countrywere discussed in the meeting.“The decision in regard withextending support to a presi-dential candidate has not beentaken yet. When the timecomes, we will declare it,”Bhattacharya told PTI.
However, well-placedsources said that JMM willfinally have no option but tosupport Murmu. OtherRegional parties like theJD(U), the BJD, the YSRCongress have already extend-ed support to the NDA pick.
The BSP’s backing toMurmu has further bright-ened her winning prospectvis-a-vis Sinha as the BJP is stillmaking effort for an unop-posed victory for its NDAnominee.
Speaking to reporters atLucknow, Mayawati, whileclarifying that her party’s deci-sion to support Murmu is nota support to the BJP, attackedthe Opposition for “ignoring”the BSP while deciding theircandidate for the presidentialpolls. “Our decision is neitherin support to the BJP noragainst the opposition......it hasbeen taken after having kept inview the ideology of the BSP,which is to support the dalitsand tribals,’’ she said.
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Activist Teesta Setalvad wason Saturday detained by
the Gujarat Anti-TerroristSquad (ATS) from Mumbai,and taken to Ahmedabad inconnection with an FIR regis-tered against her at theAhmedabad city crime branch,Gujarat former DGP RBSreekumar too was arrested.
Setalvad, on her part,lodged a complaint withSantacruz police station inMumbai claiming that the“arrest” was illegal and sheapprehended a threat to her life.“Teesta Setalvad has beenpicked up by the Gujarat ATSfrom Mumbai,” a source in theGujarat ATS said.
A day earlier, the SupremeCourt had dismissed a petitionchallenging the clean chit givenby the SIT to then GujaratChief Minister Narendra Modiand others in the 2002 post-Godhra riots cases.
Bringing the curtains downon the bid to reopen the probeinto the 2002 riots, a benchheaded by Justice AMKhanwilkar on Friday had also
spoken of “the devious strata-gem to keep the pot boiling,obviously, for ulterior design”,and said disgruntled officers ofthe Gujarat Government needto be in the dock and pro-ceeded with in accordancewith law for creating a sensa-tion by making false revela-tions.
Setalvad’s NGO had sup-ported Zakia Jafri, who hadfiled the petition alleging a larg-er conspiracy behind the riots,throughout her legal battle.Jafri’s husband and formerCongress MP Ehsan Jafri waskilled during the riots.
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President Joe Biden onSaturday signed the most
sweeping gun violence bill indecades, a bipartisan compro-mise that seemed unimagin-able until a recent series ofmass shootings, including themassacre of 19 students andtwo teachers at a Texas ele-mentary school.
“Lives will be saved,” hesaid at the White House. Citingthe families of shooting vic-tims, the President said, “Theirmessage to us was to do some-thing. Well today, we did.”
The House gave finalapproval on Friday, followingSenate passage on Thursday,and Biden acted just beforeleaving Washington for twosummits in Europe. The legis-lation will toughen back-ground checks for the youngestgun buyers, keep firearms frommore domestic violenceoffenders and help states put inplace red flag laws that makeit easier for authorities to takeweapons from people adjudgedto be dangerous.
Most of its $13 billion costwill help bolster mental healthprograms and aid schools tar-geted in in mass shootings.
Detailed report on Page 6
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Shinde’s appeal came afterSena workers loyal to partypresident and Maharashtrachief minister UddhavThackeray staged protestsagainst the rebel MLAs led byhim by defacing their banners,hurling stones in some placesand vandalising the office of anMLA in Pune. In a tweet inMarathi, Shinde, who is camp-ing in Guwahati with his groupof MLAs, said, “My dear ShivSena workers, try to under-stand the machinations of theMVA. I am fighting for rescu-ing the Shiv Sena and Senaworkers from the clutches of
the python of the MVA.” “Idedicate this fight to the inter-est of Shiv Sena workers,” headded.
Shinde and his supportershave said earlier that they wantthe Sena to pull out of the“unnatural” Maha VikasAghadi coalition with theCongress and NCP, and revivethe alliance with BJP. PTI
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Chief Minister YogiAdityanath announced that
around 2.5 crore people resid-ing in the villages of UttarPradesh would get Gharaunicertificates by October, 2023.
Addressing a gathering,including government officialsas well as beneficiaries of theGharauni scheme at an eventorganised to distributeGharauni certificates to 11lakh villagers here on Saturday,the CM said while 34 lakh peo-ple have already benefittedfrom the scheme, a survey oflands by drones in 1,10,300 rev-enue villages of the state wouldbe completed by August thisyear to expedite distribution ofcertificates to more beneficia-ries.
According to the chiefminister, 100 per cent popula-tion of Jalaun district has gotGharauni certificates.
Expressing his gratitude toPrime Minister Narendra Modifor launching the RuralResidential Records schemeacross the country in April,2020, Yogi said it would helpstrengthen the rural economyand make villagers self-reliantin the long run.
“Mahatma Gandhi dreamtof ‘Gram Swaraj’ while PMModi’s vision is to make thecountry self-reliant. TheGharauni scheme will helprealise these larger goals,” Yogisaid. He said it would also helpcurb land encroachment. Healso noted that the UP govern-ment has so far freed 64,000hectares of land illegally occu-pied by the mafia and criminalssince the launch of the schemewith the help of the LandMafia Task Force. The taskforce was formed at tehsil, dis-trict, commissionerate and statelevels. The chief minister alsostressed on the importance ofdigitising land records in
speedy disposal of pendingland dispute cases and inincreasing state’s revenue.
“Earlier, deprived commu-nities such as Vantangia,Musahar and Saharia were tar-geted by the land mafia and
criminals enjoying politicalpatronage and their lands werecaptured,” he said.
Expressing concern overthe long list of pending landdispute cases in courts, the CMsaid the scheme would set the
records straight, leaving littleroom for disputes.
Describing it as a landmarkstep in the history of Indiandemocracy, Yogi said thatGharauni certificates wouldenable villagers to get loans eas-
ily and also facilitate them inestablishing as well as expand-ing their businesses.
The Gharauni schemeseeks to facilitate transfer ofancestral lands and propertiesto their rightful owners.
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This is notice to inform all of you thatGata No. 194 Village Pahla,Pargana Sidhdaur TahseelHaidargarh Dist. Barabanki relatedsale deed at date 04-03-2014,paper's No. 1540 and sale date18-2-2013. Paper No. 633,Haidargarh Barabanki has been lostsomewhere. Against above Landthe Land Owner had applied Loanfrom Bank of Baroda. M.M.I.Branch. If any one have any objec-tion can contect bank or LandOwner within 7 days. Land OwnerAditi Singh, 9670630000
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This is to inform that the lost pageof the saledeed executed by ShantiPrakash Shrimali S/o late Jai KrishnDas Shrimali and Arvind Shrimali S/olate Hari Krishn Das Shrimali infavour of Mohammad Ishtiyaq S/olate Fazle Haq vide Book No. 1Khand No. 14462 on pages 121 to150 at serial No. 1814 dated 06-03-2021 registered at the office of thesub-registrar Lucknow is respect ofresidential property 2265 square fithas been lost, if any person finds itor has any. claim he may contact mycounsel Amit Chawdhry Advocate onmobile No. 9839265630 within 7days. Mohammad Ishtiyaq S/o lateFazle Haq 234/70, Thavaitola, nearRazzaqi Masjid Patanala, Chowk,Lucknow.
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The Uttar Pradesh Congressis headless even nearly four
months after the state assem-bly elections which concludedMarch 10. Soon after theassembly election, Congresspresident Sonia Gandhi hadasked the state party chiefs offour states, where the elec-tions were held, to resign. TheCongress had faced the worst-ever debacle in the UP assem-bly elections where its tally wasreduced to merely two.
Ajay Kumar Lallu who hadresigned after the UP fiasco hasrecently been elevated as aspecial invitee to the CongressWorking Committee. Eventhough Congress general sec-retary Priyanka Gandhi Vadrais incharge of UP, the indeci-sion by the party high com-mand to appoint the new statepresident has led to concern
and resentment among theparty rank and file.
The three-day ‘ChintanShivir’ organised by theCongress at Udaipur from May13 had generated high hopesamong the UP Congress lead-ers that the new state presidentwould be appointed before thatand the UP Congress would berepresented in the politically sig-nificant event.
State Congress sources saidthe selection of a new UPPCCchief was being delayed due tovarious reasons, including fac-tors like the caste and age of theprobables, and the questionwhether a sprawling state likeUP should be given to only onepresident or it be split into fourregions to be headed by differ-ent leaders.
Senior UP Congress leadersfavour a younger leader to headthe party as they feel revival isan uphill task and that it is dif-
ficult to work under the prevail-ing circumstances.
“The call has to be taken byPriyanka Vadra,” a party veter-an said. The sources said thatamong the leading UPPCCchief probables is senior Dalitleader PL Punia, the AICCincharge of Chhattisgarh.
Another prominent candi-date for the UPPCC president’spost is Dalit leader BrijlalKhabri, who had quit the BSPin 2016, alleging sale of ticketsfor money and joined theCongress. A former MP, Khabriis currently the vice-president ofthe Congress’s national SCdepartment besides being theAICC secretary incharge ofBihar. Other probable candi-dates for the post include party’sOBC face Virendra Chaudhary,ex-MP Rajesh Mishra andPramod Tiwari, who wasrecently elected to Rajya Sabhafrom Rajasthan.
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Welcoming the Supreme Court’s deci-sion regarding the 2002 Gujarat
riots, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath saidthat the conspirators who tried to malignthe name of the country have beenexposed and they should apologise now.“Truth prevails,” Yogi tweeted on Saturday.
“The clean chit given by the Hon’bleSupreme Court to the respected Prime
Minister (Narendra Modi) regarding theGujarat riots is a declaration of truth andvictory. The conspirators should seek apublic apology from the country,” the UPchief minister tweeted. The SupremeCourt on Friday dismissed the petitionfiled against the SIT report giving cleanchit to the then Chief Minister NarendraModi for Gujarat riots in 2002. This peti-tion was filed on behalf of Zakia Jafri, thewife of slain Congress leader Ehsan Jafri.
The 3-member bench of Justices AMKhanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CTRavikumar accepted the investigationreport of the SIT as correct. The SupremeCourt had reserved the decision sevenmonths ago on December 9, 2021 aftercompleting a marathon hearing on ZakiaJafri’s petition. The SIT formed to inves-tigate the Gujarat riots had given a cleanchit to the then Chief Minister of GujaratNarendra Modi.
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The Transport department is working on anaction plan to develop 18 bus stands with
modern facilities on PPP model. “This is animportant step towards improving passengeramenities. The government is committed to pro-viding the best of facilities to passengers and hasthus made many proposals which, when imple-mented, will transform the department,”Transport Minister Dayashankar Singh said hereon Saturday.
He said the e-tendering process for the con-struction of bus stands would be started soon.“In view of the suggestions of bidders, a propos-al will be prepared and sent to the government
soon for approval. Tenders will be invited for thisas soon as permission is received from the gov-ernment,” Singh said.
The minister said the new bus standswould come up in Kaushambi (Ghaziabad),Kanpur Central, Varanasi Cantt, Civil Lines(Prayagraj Vibhutikhand Gomti Nagar(Lucknow), Meerut, Transport Nagar (Agra),Idgah (Agra), Agra Fort, Aligarh, and Mathura(Old). The bus stands will also come up inGhaziabad, Gorakhpur, Charbagh Bus Station(Lucknow), Zero Road Depot (Prayagraj),Amausi (Lucknow), Sahibabad, and Ayodhya.All these bus stands would be built on the PPPmodel and would have high-level passenger facil-ities, the minister said.
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In an attempt to ensure transparency inthe Public Works Department func-
tioning, the government is developing anestimator, monitoring and digitisationapplication, wherein details of all thePWD projects will be available for track-ing.
“With this app, every informationabout roads under the PWD in UP willnow be available online. Real-time mon-itoring of departmental projects can alsobe done, for which surveys will be donewith the help of drones and satellites,” agovernment spokesman said here onSaturday. “To start with, the work isalready being done under the Srishti,Vishwakarma, Chanakya, Sentinel andCourt Case Monitoring System in thedepartment. Now, to facilitate speedyprocessing of services under PWD, theestimator, monitoring and digitisationapp is being developed under an integrat-ed system. The objective is to completethe projects on time,” the spokesmansaid. As per government directions, toimplement the e-office system in thedepartment and expedite the work of
digitisation, PWD will mandatorilyimplement the system from January 1,2023. For this, work would be started ina phased manner from July 1 this yearat the headquarters level, the spokesmansaid. It is noteworthy that the estimatesformed at the block level in the depart-ment through the estimator software canbe obtained online at the headquarters.After the app becomes operational, theprocess of the formation of estimates andrevision of tests at different levels will bepossible in a time-bound manner andwithout much effort.
“Through the monitoring app, pho-tographs of any potholes on the roads willbe uploaded and will be available on themobile phones of the respective juniorengineers, assistant engineers and exec-utive engineers. After these potholes arerepaired by the department, the photoswill be uploaded again. It will bring trans-parency in the work and would add to theconvenience of the public,” an official said.“With GIS mapping, each part of the roadwill be fed co-ordinates. The conditionof roads can be seen from those coordi-nates. The work of GIS mapping will becompleted soon,” he added.
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After a spurt of Covid cases forsome days at a stretch, the
figures took a slight dip onSaturday when 590 fresh caseswere reported in the last 24hours, taking the active casetally in the state to 3,607.
Additional Chief Secretary,Medical and Health, AmitMohan Prasad said 99,279 sam-ples were tested and 590 of themturned out to be positive for coro-navirus infection.
“In the last 24 hours, 508patients recovered while there area total of 3,607 active cases in thestate,” Prasad said.
He said the maximum caseswere reported from Lucknow(163), followed by GautamBuddha Nagar (71) andGhaziabad (70). There was noCovid death reported from any-where in the state in the last 24hours, he added.
The ACS asked people to becautious and adhere to Covid-appropriate behaviour in letterand spirit.
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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) alleged that the gov-ernment was pushing the unemployed youth into
fire by implementing the Agnipath scheme forshort-term recruitment in Army.
State president of AAP’s Youth Wing PankajAwana said the Union government wanted to keepthe youth unemployed and uneducated so that theycould be used for their political purposes.
The party leaders expressed their views in a state-level meeting held at the head office in Lucknow onSaturday. Senior AAP leaders, including MahendraSingh and former state president of AAP SbhajeetSingh, were present in the meeting.
Awana said the government was giving a four-year job to the youth under the Agnipath scheme butwas not giving them pension even though MLAs/MPsget lifelong pension.
The youth wing leader asked the youth to remainprepared for an agitation in the protest against the“faulty policies” of the government. He said the partywas always with the youth, farmers, women and thepoor in their struggle.
“The youth dream of getting a good job sincechildhood. It is unfortunate that papers get leaked andthe exams are cancelled. There are 28 lakh vacanciesin different departments and the Union governmentcan give jobs to the youth but it does not have theintent,” he alleged.
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Uttar Pradesh Deputy ChiefMinister Brajesh Pathak on
Saturday hit out at the Congresson the 47th year of emergency inIndia, saying that the special mea-sure was imposed in the countryby a family greedy of power in acowardly attack on democracy.
Pathak said this at a seminar,titled ‘Dark Phase of Democracy:Black Day’, held at BJP headquar-ters to remember the almost two-year-long period during which thefundamental rights of the citizenswere dispensed away with by theCongress-led central government.
The seminar was attended byseveral senior BJP leaders includ-ing Pathak. Emergency wasannounced in the country onJune 25, 1975 when Indira Gandhiwas the Prime Minister, and waslifted on March 21, 1977. “In thegreed of power, a family imposedemergency in the country. Theemergency imposed by Congress47 years ago was the biggest cow-ardly attack on the country’s
democracy,” Pathak said at theseminar. He went on to say thatduring the period the citizens weretreated worse than they were dur-ing the British rule, and those whoopposed it were severely tortured.
Lakhs of people were impris-oned for no reason, censorshipwas also imposed on the courts,and the press, he also said.
“Despite this, lakhs of peoplenot only opposed this immoraldecision, but also taught a lessonto the dictatorial government,even as they ere subjected to tor-ture,” he said.
“‘Loktantra ke senani’ (defend-ers of democracy) who foughtagainst the Emergency have a bigcontribution in the restoration ofdemocratic values,” Pathak said.
Meanwhile, Samajwadi Partychief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturdaysaid 47 years have passed since theEmergency was imposed in thecountry, but even today, the mem-ories of the events that unfoldedon June 25, 1975 send a chill downthe spine. Even during‘Amrit Kaal’ — the 25-year lead-
up to the centenary year of inde-pendence in 2047 unveiled byPrime Minister Narendra Modi –“the murder of democracy isgoing on”, Yadav claimed in a state-ment issued here.
“Forty seven years have passedsince the Emergency was imposed,but the memory of June 25, 1977sends a chill down the spine. Theopposition leaders were arrestedovernight and censorship wasimposed on the Press. The demo-cratic rights of people weresnatched and their freedom wascrushed,” Yadav said in the state-ment in Hindi. T h eEmergency was imposed by thenprime minister Indira Gandhi fora 21-month period from 1975 to1977, when curbs were imposedon the fundamental rights of peo-ple.
Attacking the Union govern-ment, the former Uttar Pradeshchief minister claimed that thethreat of an undeclared emergencylooms over the country todayand the murder of democracy iscontinuing even in ‘Amrit Kaal’.
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Lucknow (PTI): The Uttar Pradesh gov-ernment on Saturday transferred 11 IAS offi-cers, making Lucknow municipal commis-sioner Ajay Kumar Dwivedi vice-chairmanof the Agra Development Authority.
According to transfers list issued by thegovernment, Gorakhpur Chief DevelopmentOfficer Indrajit Singh is now the new munic-ipal commissioner of Lucknow MunicipalCorporation. Akshay Tripathi, who wasposted as the vice-chairman of LucknowDevelopment Authority, has been made thespecial secretary of IT and ElectronicsDepartment and the managing director ofUttar Pradesh Electronics Corporation Ltd.
Indramani Tripathi has been made thenew vice-chairman of Lucknow DevelopmentAuthority. Roshan Jacob, who is currently thesecretary of Geology and Mining Departmentand also the Director of Geology and MiningDepartment, has been given the additionalcharge of divisional commissioner ofLucknow Division.
Lucknow’s current divisionalcommissioner Ranjan Kumar has been madesecretary in the Urban DevelopmentDepartment.
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A30-year-old woman died after she was allegedly thrownoff the fourth floor balcony of her house by her hus-
band and four other people, police here said on Saturday.Ritika Singh, the deceased, was living in a house in
Tajganj Police Station area with a friend she had alleged-ly met on Facebook, after having separated from her hus-band, they said.
Police have arrested three people, including thewoman’s husband, Akash Gautam, and booked them insections 302 (murder) and 34 (act done by several per-sons with common intention) of the Indian Penal Code,they said. “Preliminary investigations have revealed thata married woman identified as Ritika Singh was residingwith her Facebook friend Vipul Agrawal in an apartmentin Nagla Mewati under Tajganj Police Station limits. Theincident took place on Friday at about 11 am,” SeniorSuperintendent of Police (SSP), Agra, Sudhir Kumar Singh,said. Ritika was a resident of Ghaziabad and had mar-ried Akash Gautam, a resident of Firozabad, in 2014 andhad separated from in 2018, he said.
“On Friday, Akash Gautam the husband of Ritika Singhreached the apartment along with two women and twomen. There they had an argument with Ritika and herboyfriend Vipul Agrawal and later assaulted both of them,as informed by the Vipul Agrawal to police,” the SSP said.
According to the complaint filed by Agrawal, theaccused tied his hands and locked him in the bathroomof the flat. He said the accused tied Ritika’s hands alsobefore throwing her off from the balcony of the apartment,police said. Agrawal escaped by shouting for help fromthe bathroom window and drawing the attention of theneighbours, they said. “A case has been registered againstfive persons under sections 302 and 34 of the IPC at TajganjPolice Station in Agra. Three people have been arrested,while two are absconding,” Superintendent of Police (SPCity) Vikas Kumar told PTI.
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Lucknow (PTI): The counting ofvotes for the by-elections held to theRampur and Azamgarh Lok Sabhaconstituencies will begin at 8 am onSunday, a senior official said.
The bypolls were held on June 23,with Azamgarh recording a voterturnout of 49.43 per cent and Rampur41.39 per cent.
The counting will begin at 8 amon Sunday, a senior official posted asthe office of the chief electoral officerof UP told PTI.
The bypolls were necessitated byresignations of the Samajwadi Partychief Akhilesh Yadav and party leaderAzam Khan from Azamgarh andRampur seats, respectively. Bothleaders quit as Lok Sabha MPs follow-ing their election to the Uttar PradeshLegislative Assembly in the electionsheld earlier this year. Over 35 lakhpeople were eligible to vote in thebypolls to decide the fate of 19 can-didates. In Rampur, the BJP fieldedGhanshyam Singh Lodhi, who recent-ly joined the party. Asim Raja, hand-picked by Azam Khan is the SP can-didate.
The Mayawati-led BSP is not con-testing from Rampur. TheAzamgarh seat saw a triangular con-test among BJP’s Dinesh Lal Yadav‘Nirhua’, a Bhojpuri actor-singer, SP’sDharmendra Yadav and BSP’s ShahAlam, also known as Guddu Jamali.
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Chief Minister YogiAdityanath, on Saturday,
advised scientists to write theirpapers continuously based onfacts rather than hearsay andmake efforts to get them pub-lished in national and interna-tional journals and also gettheir works patented.
He said if scientists workedwith this mindset, they wouldbe able to give a new vision tosociety under the guidance ofVigyan Bharati.
The chief ministerexpressed these views at theinauguration of the 5thNational Convention of VigyanBharati organised at the AtalBihari Vajpayee auditorium ofDr APJ Abdul KalamTechnical University (AKTU).
Yogi Adityanath said hewas happy that Vigyan Bharati,which was associated with thedissemination of Swadeshiknowledge, was conductingthe programme in UttarPradesh — the heartland ofculture and tradition.
The chief minister saidthe fifth national convention ofVigyan Bharati would holddeliberations on what vigyan(science) was.
“As per the Indian perspec-tive, any new knowledge can betermed as vigyan. Most of thepeople must be thinking aboutthe need for Bharatiya Vigyan;this is because most of the peo-ple wonder whether theRashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) has a scientific look andvision. The fact remains thatthe RSS works for the benefitof the country because thefounder of the RSS was a sci-entist himself and doctor andeven the conductor of the RSSwas a scientist. Many otherswho have run the organisationare full of scientific visionwhich highlights the scientif-ic views (of the RSS),” he said.
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Indian tradition has alwayspromoted that knowledgeshould be encouraged fromwherever it comes. “Indianvision is in itself a scientificvision and always believes thatafter a chemical or a physicalreaction nothing getsdestroyed and only its formchanges,” he said, and addedthat a lot needed to be done.
The chief minister saidthe Indian calendar, or pan-chang, was based on precisescientific calculations, unlikethe English calendar whichlacked a scientific look. He saidthe English calendar had nomahurats and as per it solareclipse happened on differentdates but when one followedthe Hindi panchang, the lunareclipse occurred only duringday time when there was a fullmoon. “One can see pan-changs of 500 years and thatitself is a scientific vision,” hesaid. Yogi Adityanath said itwas an Indian philosopherwho gave the idea of an atom.He said that 5,000 years back,the Bhagavad Gita had talkedabout the soul which cannot bedestroyed and the lessons givenby Lord Krishna were still rel-evant.
“The problem is thatthough we have accepted thereligious aspect of the teach-ings of the Bhagavad Gita, wehave not been able to accept itsbehavioural aspect. Even nowI observe that things happenaround us but we do not noteanything and we do not collectdata and the institutions haveno habit of looking at things ina scientific manner,” he said.The chief minister said that hehad repeatedly seen that no sci-entific vision was used whenlooking at things.
Referring to the deaths ofchildren due to JapaneseEncephalitis which devastatedthe eastern part of UttarPradesh for four decades, thechief minister said the govern-
ment was able to contain thedreaded virus with coordinat-ed efforts.
“There appeared to be nosolution to this disease whichtook hundreds of lives everyyear, The local organisationswere also not able to do any-thing but the Bharatiya JanataParty-led government pre-pared a blueprint to controlthis disease and has been ableto prevent 95 per cent of thedeaths. We did not have a sep-arate budget for it and so wecoordinated with variousdepartments and tried to findout the reason for the spread ofJapanese Encephalitis in east-ern UP.”
The chief minister saidthat people seldom went intothe depth of anything and anyperson who got the post of ateacher in a university onlythought about how he or shecould be promoted withoutinvesting in merit.”
Yogi said not manyresearchers thought aboutkeeping a legacy for the futuregenerations. “Every incidentwhich happens in our life cangive us a scientific outlook andcan inspire us to move for-ward,” he said.
He said when a doctorlooked at a patient he restrict-ed himself to just carrying outmedical investigation. “Thisbrings in a new experience andevery patient has a differentnature and hence the medi-cines which are required arealso different and the treatmentwould be different. However,we never try to find out the dif-ference in their nature butAyurveda understands thisand at one time Ayurveda wasat the forefront in medicalsciences but we have stoppedall the work being done in thisdirection. It was because ofCOVID-19 that the belief inAyurveda has returned andpeople have now started drink-ing kadha.”
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The heatwave has affectedmango production in a
major way in Uttar Pradeshand its production is not even10 per cent of what should havebeen this year.
All India Mango Growers’Association president InsramAli said that this year, mangoproduction was just 7-8 lakhmetric ton across the state andone lakh metric ton inMalihabad when Malihabadalone should have produced 7-8 lakh metric ton mangoes.
He said that in usual timesthe production was 40-45 lakhmetric ton of mangoes in thestate. Ali said that there werethree reasons for the low pro-duction. “First, the heatwaveconditions; second, the lowflowering present on trees; andthird, the duplicacy in fertilis-ers,” he added. He said farmerswere really concerned aboutthe fake pesticides in the mar-ket. “The heatwave allowedleaves to cover the inflores-cence. Climate change hasimpacted production in a bigway,” he said.
Ali said the heatwavedestroyed the fruit formationwhen the fruits were as smallas mustard seeds. “The heatwave in April and May causedthe fruit to drop down in largenumbers. Had the temperatureremained at 28-30 degreeCelsius instead of 44-45 degreeCelsius, this would not havehappened. Besides, had rainssalvaged the situation, it wouldhave helped,” he added.
He said the southwestmonsoon was arriving at atime when the Dussehri seasonwas wrapping up.
The All-India MangoGrowers’ Association presi-dent said the state govern-ment should carry out a surveyof the mango farmers whosuffered losses due to heatwaves and give them compensation.
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The much awaited CLAT2022 result for admissions to
undergraduate and post-grad-uate courses in top-notch lawuniversities of the country wasdeclared on Friday midnight.
In the city, those whocracked the examination wereon cloud nine.
Apoorva Tayal, who got anAll India Rank (AIR) of 20, saidher mantra for success wasRRR, which meant read, recalland rehearse. Tayal said that thiswas her first attempt at the com-petitive examination and shewanted to become a judge andwas expecting to get NLS,Bengaluru.
“I had taken humanities inClass 12 and am feeling verynice about having been able tobell the cat,” she said.
Tayal said that she wantedto be a judge because she got alot of inspiration from judges.“The whole world is based onthe justice system,” she added.
Tayal said that she wantedto see India become a developednation instead of being consid-ered a developing country. She
said that those preparing forCLAT should believe in them-selves. “If you have belief inyourself then only you canachieve what you want toachieve,” she said.
Tayal said that she got inspi-ration to become a judge fromher parents who told her aboutthe pros and cons of all profes-sions and then asked her to takethe appropriate decision.
Suryansh Singh Chauhan ofthe city who secured AIR 195,said that he cracked the exam-ination in the first attempt.“My reason for taking up law isthat it is a well respected careerwith a lot of potential,” he said.
Chauhan said that he waslooking for a company job atthis point. Regarding studies, hesaid that one should be consis-tent every day and not take abreak anytime and one mustprepare all three subjects simul-taneously so that it keeps one ontrack. Son of an Army officerand a homemaker, Chauhansaid that he was inspired by ateacher who was a lawyer once.He said that he was able to crackCLAT in one go because of hisproficiency in English and
because he was interested incurrent affairs.
Dev Singh Gunthur, whogot AIR 484, said that he wasexpecting to get good instituteswith this ranking. He said thatthis was his first attempt at thelaw entrance examination. “Igave a lot of mocks whichhelped and I worked hard onthe key words and read maga-zines,” he said.
Gunthur said that his father,a doctor, suggested that heshould take this field and some-thing struck him when he start-ed preparing for the lawentrance test. "Most probably Iwill go in for litigation law,” hesaid. According to Nitin Rakesh,
director of a coaching institute,the paper was moderately diffi-cult, especially the reasoning,GK and current affairs sectionand legal aptitude section waslengthy and a little time con-suming. He added that eventhough the competition wastough still most of his studentswere able to secure high marksas they were well prepared forit. Under his guidance, stu-dents have been selected for sev-eral national law universities thisyear. Among the top rankers areUttar Pradesh topper (AIR 20)Apoorva Tayal, Suryansh SinghChauhan (AIR 195), ArshabhDev Singh (AIR 484), SparshTiwari (AIR 586), Vinayak
Gupta (AIR 724), Umam Zafar(AIR 1750), Mansi Gaur (AIR2285), Shivam (AIR 26, SC),Deepti (AIR 88, OBC), Niharika(AIR 133, SC), Vagmi (AIR 253,OBC) and Kaushika Raj (AIR289, SC).
Rakesh said that nationallaw universities would starttheir online admission coun-selling from June 30.
“The seat will be allotted onmerit-cum-participation --scores and the order of prefer-ence given at the time of coun-selling. As per previous trends,there will be five rounds ofcounselling and students will beasked to deposit Rs 30,000 forsecuring allotted seats duringthe admission procedure. Thesecond list is expected to be outon July 7 and the counsellingwill be held online the same day.The third, fourth and final listswill be out on July 12, 16 and 19respectively and the counsellingwill take place on the same day,”he said.
More than 61,000 studentsappeared in the CLAT nation-wide this year out of which2,500 took the exam fromLucknow.
Lucknow (PNS): Vice-Chancellor Sanjay Singh onSaturday inspected the Centrefor Innovation, Incubation andEntrepreneurship (CIIE) whichhas been established atBabasaheb Bhimrao AmbedkarUniversity to promote scienceand innovation. This newly-constructed centre is equippedwith all facilities and is now fullyfunctional. The BBAU VCinspected the product displayroom, production room, office,etc. He also inquired about themachines installed at the centreand said it would play an impor-tant role in promoting innova-tion and manufacturing of
products of human use.Students of the university willget special support in the fieldof entrepreneurship. Principalinvestigator of the centreNaveen Kumar Arora said thebudget for the centre wasapproved by the Department ofScience and Technology.“Innovation will be promotedthrough this centre. Innovativeideas related to science andtechnology will be incubatedhere and we will also producethe final product. Along withthis, the work of taking the pre-pared products to the marketand end users will also be donethrough this centre,” he said.
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Blowing to the tall law andorder claims of police to
smithereens, three maskedassailants shot dead a bed-rid-den railway contractor afterlocking his wife and minor sonsin a room at their house inCantonment police station areaon Saturday afternoon. Policesuspected the role of insiders inthe murder.
The broad daylight inci-dent triggered panic amonglocals who confined them-selves to their homes first afterhearing the gunshots and thendue to the presence of policeforce and senior officers,including Commissioner ofPolice DK Thakur. The police-men conducted investigationand also quizzed those movingon the road.
The deceased was identi-fied as Virendra Kumar Thakur(42) of Neelmatha locality inthe area. He was a railway con-tractor and a native of Bihar.
Virendra had faced a mur-derous assault in the Charbaghrailway station circulating areain 2019. He had sustainedinjuries in the thigh, renderinghim bed-ridden. However, hewould move around in a four-wheeler for work related to rail-way contracts.
After the attack on him,Virendra had beefed up secu-rity arrangements at his houseconsidering the might of hisrivals. He had installed CCTVcameras at his house and alsohired three security guards.
Interestingly, one of thesecurity guards opened thegate when the masked miscre-ants stormed his house.Virendra’s security guards aresaid to be missing since theincident. As per reports,Virendra, his second wifeKhushbu and their sons Ansh(2) and Rishi (8) were at the
house while elder son Abhishekwas in school at the time of theincident. Around 12:30 pm, themiscreants stormed the houseand overpowered Khushbu.They then locker her and theminor boys in a room at thehouse located behindNeelmatha Primary Pathshala.
They entered Virendra’sroom and pumped two bulletsin Virendra’s chest, before leav-ing the scene. The profuselybleeding victim was rushed toCivil hospital where he waspronounced brought dead, saidCommissioner of Police DKThakur, who reached the sceneto oversee the probe.
He said the police hadsought details from theGovernment Railway Police(GRP) which is probing the2019 murderous assault case.
“He may have been killedeither over his second marriageor due to some contract-relat-ed rivalry. We are conductingthe probe considering all theangles and are looking for thesecurity guards who areabsconding,” Thakur said.
He said the assailantsuprooted the DVR of theCCTV camera installed at thehouse with a view to destroy-ing the evidence. He added thatthe police were yet to getdetails regarding the escaperoute of the attackers.
Preliminary investigationrevealed that Virendra suf-fered mobility issues after hesuffered bullet injuries in theattack in 2019 and was bed-rid-den since then.
He separated from his firstwife Priyanka who left him fol-lowing the differences whichcropped up between them.The deceased was said to havebeen named in several cases ofbrawl over railway contracts inthe past and was on the hit listof the mafia who were againsthis mentor.
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City Montessori School, RajajipuramCampus I, brought fame tothe city by winning thechampion’s trophy in theabacus competition held atzonal level. The competi-tion was held under theBrainobrain Fest-2022,organised by educationalo r g a n i s a t i o n
Brainobrain. CMS founder Jagdish Gandhicongratulated Samarth and wished himsuccess in future endeavours. Studentsfrom various reputed schools participat-ed in this competition to showcase theiranalytical skills. Amidst a tough compe-tition, Samarth opted for various abacus
tricks to solve mathematical problems andemerged the champion. He was givenaway a certificate, a medal and the trophy.
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gramme on Divya Janani, ‘Breast Feedingand Complementary Nutrition’ is beingconducted at Heartfulness Institute inLucknow. It will conclude on Sunday witha special session on ‘Brighter Minds’,designed especially for children aged 5-15 years of age. ICDS director Dr SarikaMohan, in collaboration with state pro-gramme director of Heartfulness InstituteShalini Mehrotra, organised this trainingprogramme for 57 supervisors andCDPOs chosen from 75 districts of UttarPradesh.
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chief and HOD, UPPWD, Manoj KumarGupta regarding the use of bitumen andbitumen production in the Public WorksDepartment. The meeting was in continu-ation with the regular dialogues withexperts, technicians, policy advisers broughtthrough the CII infra committee on regu-lar intervals. Representatives from differentorganisations like Hindustan PetroleumCorporation Ltd, GR Infraprojects Ltd,Reliance Industries Ltd, BITCOL Ltd & ARThermosets Pvt Ltd were present in themeeting. Chairman of CII InfrastructureCommittee (UP) Manoj Gupta highlightedkey benefits of micro-surfacing, crash bar-riers and ambient temperature mix technol-ogy and other various important aspects.
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Three youths attempted toset a woman on fire after
thrashing her for stoppingthem from taking intoxicantsnear her house in Thakurganjon Friday afternoon. Thewoman lodged a case in thisconnection.
As per reports, Prema ofDaulatganj in the area foundthree youths taking intoxicantsoutside her house. “I foundRam Singh, Sooraj Soni andHanuman outside my housearound 2:45 pm. I gave them apiece of my mind for takingintoxicants outside outside myhouse and asked them to go
away. They lost their cool andattacked me with sticks andalso kicked me. They thenpoured some inflammable sub-stance on me with an intentionto set me ablaze. However, Imanaged to save my life,” shealleged. She further said thatshe was also attacked with aknife. Police registered a case
under sections 323/504/506 ofIPC. However, the cops did notbook the accused for attempt toset the woman on fire.
Meanwhile, a propertydealer was attacked by hisrivals over an old enmity nearEra’s Medical College andHospital in Thakurganj.
Sushant Singh ofThakurganj said the miscreantopened fire with an intentionto kill him. However, the policeclaimed that no bullet wasfired. The police said the brawlerupted over a parking issueand initially, Suleman and Aliclashed with Adil and Kamil.
“Sushant sided withSuleman and this irked Adil
and Kamil who attackedSushant who suffered injuries.Apparently, the injuries wereinflicted by a stick,” aspokesman said. The incidenttook place on June 23 night.
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and ornaments from a house inVikas Nagar police station area.Durgesh Pandey of VikasNagar had gone to Delhi forsome work and the house waslocked. “I left for Delhi on June9 and returned on Friday, onlyto find the house burgled. Thethieves made off with Rs 20,000in cash and ornaments fromthe house,” he said.
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The Lucknow police werebelieved to have got a
Bihar link in the murder ofrailway contractor VirendraKumar Thakur during pre-liminary probe.Commissioner of PoliceLucknow DK Thakur saidthey have got a clue about theinvolvement of one of theaccused in the murderousassault on Virendra in 2019.
“The family has alsoalleged the role of Virendra’sfirst wife Priyanka in the case.She used to threaten Virendraoff and on,” Thakur said.
He said the police got aCCTV footage showing theentry and escape of theassailants. “We are looking forother footage to find out the
escape route of the attackers.There is only one way toreach the house. Apparently,the accused had a definite planto eliminate Virendra andthey also chose the timing ofthe attack,” the commissionerof police said.
Virendra’s wife Khushbualleged Priyanka’s in the mur-der. “She had desertedVirendra recently and wouldoften threaten him. I havebeen with Virendra for a longtime,” she said.
During investigation, itsurfaced that Priyanka was acomplainant in the murderousassault on Virendra in 2019.Circle Officer, GRP, SanjeevSinha said more than fiveaccused were named in thecase and they were bookedafter the FIR was registered on
the complaint of Priyanka.“At that time, the name of
Virendra’s second wife had notcome to light during the inves-tigation. All the attackersnamed in the case belong toBihar. The case diary is in thecourt and we are trying to getdetails related to the case,”Sinha said.
Sources said that in alllikelihood, the murder wasexecuted by contract killers. “Itappeared to be a cold-blood-ed murder and planned out ofhatred,” one source said.
“The footage in whichthe suspects have been spot-ted has been forwarded to allthe police stations and also tothe GRP. Vigil is being ensuredat railway/bus stations. Wehope to nab the accused soon,”Thakur said.
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Lucknow: A man claiming tobe a BJP youth leader hasbeen taken into custody inMau for posing as an Officeron Special Duty (OSD) toUttar Pradesh Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath over a call tothe district magistrate here,police said on Saturday.
District Magistrate ArunKumar said, “I received acall from a man posing asNKS Chauhan, the OSD tothe chief minister. He askedme to act in favour of onePushkar Yadav in a land dis-pute case.”
The officer suspected thecall and personally called theOSD to the chief minister. “Icame to know that the num-ber from which the call wasmade did not belong to theofficer on special duty norwas he aware of any suchcall,” said the DM. The offi-cer informed the police aboutthe call which sprang into
action. An FIR against anunknown person for fraudand other sections of theIndian Penal Code (IPC) was lodged at Kotwali policestation.
While investigating thecase, a police team reachedthe residence of one PushkarYadav on Friday night, thelatter fainted and was taken toa district hospital.
Yadav later confessedbefore the police that hemade the fraudulent call pos-ing as the chief minister’s officer, the districtmagistrate said, adding thathe is currently in police custody.
In a statement which hasgone viral on social mediaplatforms, Yadav can be heardstating that he is the region-al vice-president of theBharatiya Janata Party YuvaMorcha—the youth wing ofBharatiya Janata Party. PTI
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June 26 is observed as WorldDrug Day and the objective
was to raise awareness amongthe masses especially the ado-lescent and young people whowere taking to weeds and dif-ferent drugs in a big way. It wasreally a matter of concern thatUttar Pradesh reported 10,852NDPS cases in 2020, which wasthe highest in India. The high-est number of cases were fromLucknow (405) followedKanpur (312). It was not con-fined to the general masses butit had inundated the best insti-tutes of our country where thecream students were taking todrugs in a big way and thisincluded the girls as well.
This was stated by DrParineeti Chhabra GlobusRehabilitation Centre, onSaturday. She said there was animperative need to spreadawareness the prominent rea-
sons identified were familyhistory of addiction and addedthat drug addiction was morecommon in some families andlikely involved genetic predis-position.
She said other reasons weremental health disorder, peerpressure lack of family involve-ment, early use and consum-ing high addictive drugs. Shesaid it was a matter of greatconcern that parents ignore theneed for counselling or send-ing their child to drug rehabil-itation centre more because ofsocial stigma.
Dr Chhabra said drugaddiction was a complex neu-robiological disorder, whichaffected a person’s brain andbehaviour in a way that theylost the ability to resist the urgeto use drugs.
She said it had been iden-tified that drug dependenceusually started with an exper-iment and initially, one took
drugs because one liked theway it made them feel. She saidumpteen people start usingdrugs as self-medication or tocope with stress. She saidrepeated misuse of drugs phys-ically changed how ones brainworked.
She said it made one loseself-control and messed withability to avoid the desire totake drugs. Discussing reactionshe said the reaction of drugson a human mind varied wide-ly from person to person. Shesaid each person’s body andmind worked differently andsome people loved to use drugs,and others hated it after theirfirst try.
She said ones genes maymean a greater predispositionto addiction and ones body andbrain reacted to a particulardrug the way ones ancestorsreacted to it. She said if onesparents or their parents had ahistory with drug abuse,
chances of being addicted todrugs increased drastically.
Dr Chhabra said environ-ment also played a vital role indeveloping drug dependencebecause the environment influ-enced behaviour, and if a childgrew up in a home with a drugaddict, it was highly likely thathe or she was going to strugglewith drugs too. She added thatsexual or physical abuse, neg-ligence from parents and peers,domestic violence, everythingcan lead to psychological stressand people turn to drugs to letoff this stress. She advised par-ents to be on the lookout andif they saw behavioral symp-toms like missing work, school,or other important events orengagements or social with-drawal, isolation, or secretive-ness about whereabouts andactivities, change in sleep pat-terns and unexplained spend-ing habits or financial prob-lems.
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The first Boat Club in UttarPradesh, the brain child of
the Chairman of the Boat Club,Dr Raj Shekhar, became a real-ity when Dr Raj Shekhar, whois also the DivisionalCommissioner, KanpurDivision unveiled the logo ofthe Kanpur Boat Club at GangaBarrage in the presence of anaugust gathering. This additionof water sports was part of theSmart City project and gaveKanpur an edge over otherstates as Kanpur possesed anatural water pathway in theform of Ganga river.
Releasing the logo, the DCsaid concerted efforts had beenmade to ensure that this wasgiven a practical shape and thattoo in the shortest possibletime. He said although the
main grand inaugural eventwill be held on a future date buta trial run was being launchedto ensure a fool proof arrange-ment.
Praising the natural loca-tion at the Ganga Barrage, hesaid the picturesque sur-rounding was something whichmade this Boat Club moreexclusive. Unveiling the logohe said the ‘logo’ of KanpurBoat Club symbolised the‘Water Sports, River life and theNature’ in totality. He saidalthough efforts had been madeto ensure that it was completeyet special features to make itbetter and impressive will con-tinue in due time. Reviewingthe pre-event preparations, theDC said ‘First Trial’ of KanpurBoat Club water sports willmesmerise the people ofKanpur .
It may be mentioned herethat this Boat Club will provideKanpurites to go for not onlyboating but it will also facili-tate different watersports forthe water sports lovers ofKanpur and surrounding dis-tricts. Kanpur Boat club wasexclusive mainly because ithoused various sports eventfrom kayaking to jet ski ridingto sailing, canoeing— and thusone was bound to find some-thing one enjoyed. The flip sideof this Boat Club was that itwould bring together peoplewho loved water sports andloved to take rides on boats ofdifferent kinds which gavethem exclusive experience.
Currently the Boat Clubshad just spread its wings andthus gradually it will be puttingup terms and conditions foruse. In future there may be
membership. The norms of aBoat Club were that once onepaid the fees and became mem-ber one had access to the club’scollection of boats. One canborrow a boat—without payingextra charges—on a reservationbasis at one or multiple loca-tions. Boat clubs can ofteninclude boating lessons or sim-ilar services and Charteredboating excursions may also bepart of this Kanpur Boat clubin future.
Others present on the logolaunch were Visakh G Aiyyer(DM ), Arvind singh (VCKDA), Shiv Sharanappa(KMC), Neeraj Srivatava(Secretary Boat Club), AtulKumar (ADM City),Shatrughan (Secretary KDA),Dr AK Mishra (AD Health),Mudrika (DD Sports) andmany others.
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The popularity of NationalSugar Institute was growing
with leaps and bounds and tosubstantiate this the NSI addedanother feather in its cap bybeing selected to provide tech-nical know-how to the sugarfactories of Tamil Nadu andTelangana for diversification soas to produce specialty sugarsand other value added productsfrom the by-products of thesugar industry.
This was stated by theDirector of NSI, Prof NarendraMohan while addressing afunction held to finalise theterms and conditions of con-sultancy on Saturday. A dele-gation of Ponni Sugars (Erode)Ltd. led by B Chandrasekar,Senior Vice President(Operations) had arrived totake part. He said thus as per
the pact NSI will provide themtechnical assistance in con-verting their existing conven-tional sugar plant into a sugarrefinery of 450 metric ton perdayand for setting a new unitfor producing tableware (cut-lery) from bagasse.
He said converting stand-alone sugar factories to com-
plexes producing multipleproducts with effective utilisa-tion of the by-products was theonly solution to achieve via-bility in sugar industry. Headded that diversifications andintegrations with other indus-tries held key to success and thesame was discussed duringthe preliminary meeting at
held at Chennai. He said theinstitute team shall visit the sitein July itself to take the matterforward.
Prof Mohan said anothergroup of sugar factories fromTelangana, Gayatri Sugars Ltd.,had also sought institute helpin producing various bio-chemicals like Vanillin andGraphene Oxide etc. frombagasse. He said looking tosugarcane and sugar produc-tion in the region, with onlysugar production,profitabilitywas challenging and thus util-isation of entire sugarcanevalue chain in an effectivemanner was considered essen-tial.
He said the NSI had dis-cussions with Saritha Reddy,Managing Director(GSL) andother company officials andhoped to finalise the modalitiessoon.
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Uttar Pradesh will extend arousing welcome to the
Chess Olympiad Torch Relayscheduled to commence fromMeerut on June 26. President ofAll India Chess Federation DrSanjay Kapoor said the TorchRelay will pass through ninedistricts of Uttar Pradesh. It hadbegun from New Delhi andgiven to the first IndianGrandmaster VishwanathanAnand by the Prime MinisterNarendra Modi at a grandfunction organised thererecently. He said the relaywould cover four district ofUttar Pradesh on June 26.From Meerut, it would visitAgra, then Kanpur and later inthe evening in Lucknow. InKanpur, the relay would arrivearound 3 pm and reach theGreen Park InternationalStadium. Around 2,000sportspersons and officials willwelcome the Torch Relay, headded. After a brief stay, theTorch Relay will proceed forLucknow where it will beextended a warm welcome atthe Assembly by the ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath andothers. On June 27, the Relaywill cover Prayagraj andVaranasi and on June 28, it willreach Ayodhya and Gorakhpur
and Jhansi on July 5. It willreach Chennai on July 28 whenthe Olympiad will be inaugu-rated, said Dr Sanjay Kapoorand added that he will himself
monitor the welcome ceremo-ny of the Relay at Kanpur andLucknow. GrandmasterVishwanathan Anand is likelyto welcome the Relay in
Lucknow, he said. JOB PLATFORM:
GoodWorker, a job-matchingplatform, has launched thecountry’s first-of-its-kind skillenhancement platform —L.earn on Saturday. Currently,the job listing feature is onlyopen for Lucknow and Kanpur,but more cities will be launchedsoon. Through this new offer-ing, the company hopes toprovide its target users with aninnovative and technology-based way to earn better byupskilling themselves. Speakingat the launch, Vikram Bhat,Chief Product Officer,GoodWorker said, ‘L.earn ismodelled on the lines of socialmedia video platforms, featur-ing short videos focused onskill improvement and life skillssuch as managing finance,updating resumes, and facinginterviews.
The videos are a judiciousmix of both job skills and lifeskills that will empower theblue-collar worker to learnmore and thereby earn more.Our aim is to positively changethe lives of 1 billion blue-col-lar workers and with L.earn wehave created a platform forthem to discover useful contentthat will help them do moreand get ahead in their jobs andlives.’
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The body of a 12 years oldboy, drowned near Panki
canal bridge under the Vidhnupolice station late Fridayevening, has been recoveredafter 22 hours on Saturdayafternoon. PAC jawans, withthe help of villagers, recoveredthe body about three km awayfrom the spot of incident.Anshul (12) son of a daily-wager Shiv Shanker ofGosaipurwa, Vidhnu, was stu-dent of class V in a village pri-mary school. On Fridayevening, he along with hiscousin sister Muskan (13) hadgone to wash his bicycle inPanki canal passing throughthe village. During washing the
bicycle near the canal bridge, itsuddenly slipped into the water.When Anshul tried to take outhis bicycle from the water, healso slipped deep into it andstarted flowing with the stream.Seeing him drowning, Muskanreached home raising alarmand apprised the family mem-bers of the incident. By thetime, kin rushed to spot,Anshul had drowned. Localpolice with the help of villagerscontinued to trace Anshul inthe water till late night butfailed to recover him. OnSaturday morning, PAC jawanswith the help of villagers start-ed searching Anshul on motorboat and recovered his bodyaround 1 pm near Kushalpurcanal bridge, 3 km away from
the spot of incident. Seeing thebody of her younger son,Anshul’s mother Gudiya fellunconcious. SHO VidhnuAmit Kumar Mishra said thebody of Anshul had beenrecovered. On the basis ofautopsy report and complaint,further action would be initi-ated in the matter, he added.
BEATEN UP: A BJP leaderwas brutally beaten up by localgoons when the former askedthe latter for not to play foot-ball in the park under the RailBazar police station late Fridaynight. On calling the policecontrol room, assailantsescaped from the spot. Policelodged FIR after medical exam-ination of the victim and start-ed investigations. Malik Faisal
of Faithfulganj, Rail Bazar, istreasuer of BJP’s Minority Cell,Cantonment Division. Faisalsaid in the Azad Park near hishouse, he with the help oflocal residents had plantedflower saplings and grass. OnFriday night, over a dozenlocal youths including RizwanAnsari, Basar, Shiran andShahid were playing fooball inthe park. When he protestedtheir move, they abused him.On protest, they beat up himwith the sticks and iron rod andescaped with threats of direconsequences if he dared tolodged complaint with thepolice. SHO Sanjay KumarPandey said after lodging FIR,action was being initiatedagainst the assailants.
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The chief guest to the 149thBirth Anniversary
Celebrations of ChhatrapatiShahu Ji Maharaj, ShambagiRaje Chhatrapati, whileaddressing the anniversary cel-ebrations of Chhatrapati ShahuJi at the Chhatrapati Shahu JiMaharaj University onSaturday expressed his grati-tude and said that 102 yearsago, when Kurmi Samaj ofKanpur invited Shahu Ji toaddress them they wereimpressed to hear his thoughtand they conferred a titleRajarshi, which meant Rajaon him. He said since thenthere was no looking back andhis major contribution was inthe field of education. He saidShahu Ji at that time made pri-mary education free and com-pulsory for everyone and all hislife toiled for the unity of thepeople and society.
He said Shahu Ji wasstrongly opposed to untouch-ability and worked hard for the
uplift of underprivileged anddepressed classes. He narratedsome anecdotes about Shahu Jiand said that Shahu Ji Maharajwas the first to provide reser-vations to the deprived anddepressed classes. He furtheradded that Shahu Ji was acompassionate and kindhuman being who worked forsociety and did many reformssuch as remarriage for widows.He then donated Rs 10 lakh tothe CSJMU for the welfare ofwidow children’s education.
Later addressing the func-tion the Governor Anandi BenPatel said that despite being aking, Shahu Ji was sensitive tothe plight of the oppressedand underprivileged. She addedthat Shahu Ji Maharaj was aglorious Chhatrapati ShivajiMaharaj ancestor. She said thatShahu Ji took many proactivesteps to eliminate untoucha-bility and other social evilsfrom society. She then inaugu-rated the Faceless DigitalStudent Services.
The Vice-Chancellor of the
varsity, said that ChhatrapatiShahu Ji Maharaj was a truedemocrat and social reformerand will always be remem-bered in history for the revo-lutionary measures he tooktowards social changes. Healso announced that CSJMUwould give a sum Rs 10,000scholarship to those research-ing on Shahu Ji Maharaj. Thekeynote speaker Avinash Bhaleof Shivaji University Kolhapursaid that Chatrapati Shahu JiMaharaj assumed control ofKolhapur State in 1894. Headded that Shahu Ji introducedreservations throughout thestate in 1902, which was amomentous move. He saidShahu Ji made the decision toprovide persons from lowercastes with 50 per cent jobreservations.
He further stated that theconstitutional reservation sys-tem was made possible by thisruling and under his authori-ty, he outlawed all forms ofuntouchability in public set-tings. He said Shahu Ji raised in
support of widow remarriageand inter-caste union. Hebegan the process of providingfree education to children fromlow-income families.
Prof Sudhir KumarAwasthi (Pro VC) gave a wel-come speech and said thatChatrapati Shahu Ji Maharajworked for the betterment ofsociety and people. He also didmany reforms in the field andeducation and removed manysocial evils.
Dr Patanjali Mishraaddressing the function saidthe this function was based onthe life philosophy ofChhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj,which had been organised bythe School of Arts, Humanitiesand Social Sciences on thisoccasion. The students pre-sented a Nukkad Natak. Thevote of thanks was delivered byRegistrar, Dr Anil KumarYadav. Others present on theoccasion were Prof SanjaySwarnkar, Prof SudhanshuPandeya and teachers and stu-dents from all the departments.
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The District Magistrate, City,Visakh G Aiyer, while inau-
gurating the Mega HealthCamp organised by IndiaMedical Association, StateBank of India and BharatiyaVicharak Samiti on Saturdaysaid in the present times onaccount of race to materialismevery individual was engrossedin some or the other problembe it physical or mental. He saidthe health camps which wasbeing organised by the IMA-Kanpur were timely and theneed of the hour. He said it wasa matter of concern a large seg-ment of people were unable toavail themselves of the medicalfacilities and thus the role ofIMA and other charitableorganisations were highlyessential.
The acting president ofthe samiti, Ramesh Chandranarrated the past since 1981and said from Kanpur toSGPGI Lucknow the samitihelped people in case theyfaced any problem. He said thesamiti was also prepared tohelp in many other ways aswell. Dr Girish Kumar address-ing the function said it was cer-tianly benenficial for the peo-ple that these organisationswere ready to help them in
their medical needs. He saidthat in all such programme hewould extend all possible help.Prominent others who took
part in the camp were PrincipalGSVM Medical College, DrSanjay Kala, Balram Narula, DrRK Dwivedi, Ramesh Chandra,
Dr VC Rastogi, Dr ArchanaBhaduaria, Krishnendu HariGupta, Roopali Saxena, AsifAquil and Niharika Gupta.
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Ambassador of DenmarkFredi Sawane visited the
Saadi Bankat village, underthe block City on Friday. Onthe occasion the ambassadorbecame aware with theprogress of ongoing projectJal Jeevan Mission and dis-cussed about the impact of theproject with the officials. ADM(Namami Gange) AmarendraVerma briefed about the pro-ject how the potable water wasto be available to each house inthe rural area of the district. Agroup of the women also nar-rated how the project was tar-geted to make the life easy andhygienic. The ambassador waswelcomed by the team of theauthorities led by DivisionalCommissioner Yogeshwar RamMishra. The ambassador visit-ed the pipelines, overhead
tanks and the other arrange-ments and expressed his satis-faction with the planning.
DEATH ANNIVERSARYOBSERVED: Rani Durgavatiwas the epitome of good gov-ernance who succeeded tomake the Gondavana empire asthe mighty state. These viewswere expressed by veteran BJPleader in a programme askeynote speaker organiaed toobserve the death anniversaryof the queen at a lawn locatedat Anagarh Road locality onFriday.
Throwing light over thestruggles of the late queen theBJP leader said that it wasstrong will power of RaniDurgavati that she succeeded tothwart not only the onslaughtsover her Gondvana state butshe expended the limits ofempire by defeating the ene-mies. Raju Kanaujia the chair-
man Zila Panchayat appealedto the community to follow thepath of the brave lady who wasfilled with the spirit of nation-alism and sacrificed her lifefighting against the Mughals.As the woman what RaniDurgavati did for her subject bythe popular welfare schemesbecame an example, the chair-man added. The programmewas attended by a large gath-ering from the each section ofthe society. On the occasionZila Panchayat member KKSingh, BJP leader Ravi Sahuand others also expressed theirviews. The programme wasconvened by Ramesh Gondand presided over by ShankarSingh Srodiya. Programme wasconducted by Ram PyareGond.
AY U SH M A N C A R D :With the purpose to makeavailable the Ayushman Card at
doorstep a private agency hasbeen involved in the district.Giving more details about thenew plan of the governmentCMO Dr Rajeev Singhal toldthat at the initiative of NationalHealth Authority Governmentof India the directives hadbeen issued and under thecompliance the state govern-ment had also written the let-ter to the districts. He furtherinformed that through theArogya Mitras the cards werebeing made in the district at 16CHC and 53 PHCs.
Dr Gulab the ACMO andnodal officer of AyushmanCard has informed that3,04,036 cards had been issuedwithin the period of April 2018to May 2022. District ManagerAyush Pandey has said that tillthe date 32,856 beneficiarieshad availed the facility of med-ical treatment free of cost.
VARANASI (PNS): UnionBank of India (UBI) launchedits Union Nari Shakti Schemein Chandauli, an aspirationaldistrict of the Government ofIndia for the overall develop-ment of women.
Launching the scheme, theregional head of the bank SunilKumar informed that the bankprovides loan to the companyor self-helped group owned bywomen at the concessionalinterest rate and minimummargin amount and added thatloan from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 10crore is approved under thisscheme.
The District Magistrate ofChandauli Sanjeev KumarSingh said that it is a matter offortune that the scheme to beimplemented in the entirenation, was launched inChandauli, an aspirational dis-trict of Government of Indiaand added that the overalldevelopment of women couldbe made only by strengthening
their financial condition andthis scheme is beneficial in thisdirection. This scheme wouldprove a milestone in the direc-tion of self-reliant and eco-nomical empowerment ofwomen, the DM said, addingthat the development ofwomen means the progress of
family and the progress offamily would lead to the devel-opment of Chandauli district.
The bank provided thefacility of term and credit loansof Rs 225 lakh to 312 womenentrepreneurs of 26 self-helpgroups and 31 individualwomen entrepreneurs, the
office head of the bank RajeshNagvanshi informed.
KASHICON : TheAssociation Physician of India(API), Varanasi Chapter isgoing to hold an annual con-ference of doctors‘KASHICON’ on Sunday at ahotel in Cantonment area herein which the doctors would dis-cuss diseases such as diabetes,arthritis, etc. Conveying thisinformation, the Chairman ofAPI Dr Gulab Shankar Singh,Secretary of Varanasi Chapterof API Dr Alok Kumar Singhand ex-Chairman of API DrManoj Kumar Srivastavainformed that around 100physicians of Varanasi andadjoining districts will partic-ipate in the proposed annualconference in which the LifeTime Achievement Awardwould also be conferred on theex-Director of Institute ofMedical Sciences (IMS),Banaras Hindu University(BHU) Prof VP Singh.
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Divisional CommissionerDeepak Agrawal and
District Magistrate (DM)Kaushal Raj Sharma onSaturday distributed the‘Gharauni Certificate’ (resi-dential rights record) to the vil-lagers through digital medium.The distribution programme ofGharauni Certificate launchedby the Chief Minister YogiAdityanath in Lucknow wasalso telecast live, here.
In a programme organisedin the auditorium of the officeof the divisional commission-er, here, the DC Agrawal andthe DM Sharma distributed theGharauni Certificates (resi-dential rights record) to asmany as 30 beneficiaries ofSadar, Pindra and Rajatalabtehsils (10 from each tehsil).The distribution programme ofGharauni Certificates to the vil-lagers launched by the CM
Adityanath in Lucknow wasalso telecast live, here.Additional District Magistrate( A DM - Ad m i n i s t r a t i o n )Ranvijay Singh was also presenton the occasion.
The distribution pro-grammes were also held attehsils and villages where thepublic representatives and offi-cers distributed GharauniCertificates of 407 revenue vil-
lages to as many as 14,322 ben-eficiaries including 4,738 ben-eficiaries of 138 revenue vil-lages in Pindra tehsil, 5,243beneficiaries of 143 revenue vil-lages of Sadar tehsil and 4,341beneficiaries of 126 revenue vil-lages of Rajatalab tehsil. So, theGharauni Certificates were dis-tributed to a total of 14,355beneficiaries in the district.
The DC Agrawal informedthat three beneficiariesRamlakhan of Sadar Tehsil,Basant Lal Patel of RajatalanTehsil and Rakesh of Pindratehsil received Gharauni cer-tificate from the CM inLucknow.
A total of 40,155 rural res-idential rights records have sofar been made digital and outof them, a total of 25,800Gharauni certificates hadbeen distributed earlier. Therest of the certificates weredistributed on Saturday, headded.
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Preparations are on to give aface-lift to Maharishi
Bharadwaj's ashram beforeMahakumbh - 2025. This com-plex will be given a huge andgrand look. PrayagrajDevelopment Authority andTourism department havecompleted the survey. Thedesign of the gate has also beendone. The DivisionalCommissioner has directedthe SDM Sadar to start thework in harmony with thelocal people.
There is an ancient ashramof Maharishi Bharadwaj infront of Anand Bhawan inKatra Mohalla of the city. Thispark is made in five acres, whilethere is a temple in two acres.There are temples of
Bharadwajeshwar Mahadev,Bharadwaj Muni, Yagyavalkya,Tripurari Mahadev, Atri Muni,Sati Anusuiya, Brahmaji, LordShri Ram , Hanuman ji,Satyanarayana, Tulsidas,Valmiki, Ma Kali etc.
About one hundredGoswami families are associ-ated. They worship here. Thisashram, a very holy place forthe followers of SanatanDharma, is neglected. Templeshave been built near theentrance and in the houses.Most of the people are unawareabout which is the real temple.There is no proper arrange-ment for cleanliness, worshipand yagya in the premises .
A grand and huge gatewill be built outside BharadwajAshram. Worship, yagya place,satsang bhawan, meditation
centre will be constructedinside the premises. Paintingswill be made based on the per-sonality of Maharishi Bhardwaj.A museum centred onPrayagraj and MaharishiBharadwaj will be built throughslides. There will be article gar-den to enhance the beauty.There will be excellent arrange-ment of drinking water and toi-lets.
Acharya Vidyakat Pandey,Director of Parashar JyotishSansthan, said that in TretaYuga, more than 20,000 stu-dents used to acquire Vedicknowledge in MaharishiBharadwaj's ashram. He iscalled the first Chancellor. Heis credited with establishingPrayagraj. It is also believed thatGanga ji used to flow in frontof Bharadwaj Ashram. Lord
Shri Ram had come to meetBharadwaj Muni while going toexile. At the behest ofMaharishi, it went into exile inChitrakoot. Even while goingto Ayodhya after the victory ofLanka, Shri Ram had taken theblessings of MaharishiBharadwaj. It is mandatory forthose coming to Prayag on areligious journey to visitBharadwaj Ashram, but mostof the people are unaware ofthis fact.
Divisional CommissionerSanjay Goyal said that thework of giving a grand look toMaharishi Bharadwaj Ashramhas started. The work of mak-ing the design is in the finalstages, those who offer prayersin the ashram, they will con-tinue to do their work. Theywill not be removed.
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The Deputy Chief MinisterKeshav Prasad Maurya
called upon every BJP workersand office-bearers to getinvolved in the preparations forthe civic body elections. Hesaid BJP's central and state gov-ernment is continuously work-ing in public interest.
The responsibility of takingthe benefits of governmentschemes to the common peo-ple is also on all of us. He saidthat only if you reach fromhouse to house and listen to thehappiness and sorrow of thepeople, your relationship willdeepen. We are not one ofthose parties which are onlyconcerned with votes. We areall people following the prin-ciple of ' VasudhaivaKutumbakam ' , ' Sab ka Saath, Sab Ka Vikas , Sab Ka Vishwas. Uttar Pradesh DeputyChief Minister Keshav PrasadMaurya reached Prayagraj onSaturday afternoon on a two-day visit. When his helicopterlanded in the Police Lines,party officials and workersgave a warm welcome. Afterthat he went straight to theCircuit House. There, he helda meeting with the office-bear-ers and public representativesof the organisation amd took
information about the devel-opment works.
Deputy CM KeshavMaurya said that the people ofall fronts and cells of BJP haveto become active at their boothlevel. The booths which are ofmiddle class have to bestrengthened. Developmentwork is going on at a brisk pacein the city. He asked the offi-cials concerned to immediate-ly inform him about the placeswhere there is any obstruction.That obstruction will beremoved immediately.
Deputy Chief MinisterKeshav Prasad Maurya willparticipate in the mass dialogueprogramme in the district pan-chayat auditorium. People'srepresentatives, party workerswill all be involved in this.
BJP spokesperson RajeshKesarwani said that on behalfof the city unit, democracyfighters would be honoured inthe evening in the Mehta audi-torium in Medical Collegepremises. During this therewill also be a seminar on emer-gency. The keynote speaker inthis programme will be KeshavPrasad Maurya.
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The Chief Minister reachedformer minister Mahendra
Singh's house in Karmahi vil-lage of Pratapgarh district andpaid homage by offering floraltributes at the portrait of hismother Indumati Singh. UPChief Minister Yogi Adityanathreached Pratapgarh district onSaturday afternoon. The CM'shelicopter landed on the heli-pad located in Karmahi villageof the district.
From there he boarded thecar and left for the house of for-mer minister Dr MahendraSingh by road. After this he metfamily members for about 20minutes. After this he left forSultanpur from here.
Chief Minister YogiAdityanath came to the house
of former minister and MLCDr Mahendra Singh, resident ofKarmahi village of Pratapgarh, to express condolences.Former minister Dr MahendraSingh's mother IndumatiSingh died on June 16 inLucknow. His terahvi cere-mony will be performed onJune 28. Yogi Adityanathreached here to express con-dolences.
Earlier , the Chief Ministerwas welcomed at the helipad .Apart from the helipad andsurroundings , police person-nel have been deployed on theroad leading to the house offormer minister Dr MahendraSingh for the security of theChief Minister Since morningSP and ASP, CDO, alongwith DM Dr NitinBansal , directed the policeand administrative officers and
kept taking stock of the situa-tion.
PRINCIPAL FINANCIALADVISOR AWARD FUNC-TION HELD: PrincipalFinancial Advisor Award func-tion 2021-22 was organised inthe Accounts department ofNorth Central RailwayHeadquarters. The programmewas attended by the PrincipalFinancial Advisor of NorthCentral Railway, Amar KumarSinha, Financial Advisor andChief Accounts Officer /General, Aditya Joshi, FinancialAdvisor and Chief AccountsOfficer / Stores and WorkshopAbhinav Gupta and FinancialAdvisor and Chief AccountsOfficer / ConstructionChandan Kumar Verma werepresent on the occassion.During this function, a total of47 officers and employees of
Group 'B', 'C' and 'D' categorieswere felicitated.
On this occasion, thePrincipal Financial Advisorappreciated the excellent workdone by all the officers andemployees of the Accountsdepartment and stressed uponall the railway employees towork with new thinking whileimbibing the new rules in thechanging scenario. AbhinavGupta, Financial Advisor andChief Accounts Officer/Storemotivated the railwaymenwere to work, keeping in mindthe organisational goals ofIndian Railways.
The programme was con-ducted by Gargi Umrao DeputyFinancial Advisor and ChiefAccounts Officer / General.Officers of all divisions andheadquarters participated inthis programme.
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Asub-inspector of Prayagrajdied under mysterious cir-
cumstances. The body ofsub–inspector (SI) Atul Singhposted at Nawabganj policestation was found lying in thewashroom of his residence.
Upon getting information,the police reached the spot andlaunched the investigation.After a while the top brassincluding SSP and DM alsoarrived. Intensive investigationis being done in connectionwith death of the S-I. For thetime being, it remains a mys-tery how the sub-inspectordied.
Atul Singh , a resident ofGhazipur district , was a sub-inspector in the Police depart-ment .
These days his posting wasas a sub-inspector in theNawabganj police station inGangapar area of Prayagraj .Atul Singh used to live in arented house at Nawabganjcrossroads located on Prayagraj- Lucknow highway. The housewhere he lived belongs toretired railway driverRadheshyam Yadav.
On Saturday morning , S-I Atul Singh died under suspi-cious circumstances. His bodywas found in the washroom ofthe house. People informedthe police about this mysteri-
ous death. However, peoplewere stunned when they cameto know about the death of theS-I. Within no time the policeof Nawabganj police stationarrived. The investigation wasdone by the police.
Shortly after DM SanjayKumar, SSP Ajay Kumar, SPGangapar, CO Soraon alongwith police of other police sta-tions also reached. Finger printexperts and dog squad werealso called.
The place where the bodyof the sub-inspector was foundhas almost been sealed. Thepolice is investigating thor-oughly. As of now, there is noinformation about getting anyclues.
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Russian forces are trying toblock a city in easternUkraine, the region's gover-
nor said Saturday, after their relent-less assault on a nearby city forcedUkrainian troops to begin with-drawal after weeks of intense fight-ing. Russia also launched missileattacks on areas far from the heartof the eastern battles.
Serhiy Haidai, governor of theLuhansk region, said on Facebookthat Russian forces are attemptingto blockade the city of Lysychanskfrom the south. That city lies nextto Sievierodonetsk, which hasendured relentless assault andhouse-to-house fighting for weeks.
After Haidai said Friday thatUkrainian forces had begunretreating from Sievierodonetsk,military analyst Oleg Zhdanovsaid some of the troops wereheading for Lysychansk. ButRussian moves to cut offLysychansk will give those retreat-ing troops little respite.
Russian bombardment hasreduced most of Sievierodonetsk torubble and cut its population from100,0000 to 10,000. SomeUkrainian troops are holed up inthe huge Azot chemical factory onthe city's edge, along with about500 civilians.
Sievierodonetsk andLysychansk have been the focalpoint of the Russian offensive
aimed at capturing all of easternUkraine's Donbas region anddestroying the Ukrainian mili-tary defending it - the most capa-ble and battle-hardened segment ofthe country's armed forces.
The two cities and surround-ing areas are the last major pock-ets of Ukrainian resistance in theLuhansk region - 95% of which isunder Russian and local sepa-ratist forces' control. The Russiansand separatists also control about
half of the Donetsk region, the sec-ond province in the Donbas.
Some 1,000 kilometers (600miles) to the west, four Russianrockets hit a "military object" inYaroviv, Lviv regional governorMaksym Kozytskyy said. He didnot give further details of the tar-get, but Yaroviv has a sizable mil-itary base used for training fight-ers, including foreigners who havevolunteered to fight for Ukraine.That base was hit by Russian
rockets in March, killing 35 peo-ple.The Lviv region, although farfrom the front lines, has been hitby other rockets during the war,destroying fuel storage areas.
About 30 Russian rockets werefired on the Zhytomyr region incentral Ukraine on Saturday morn-ing, killing one Ukrainian soldier,regional governor VitaliyBuchenko said.
In the north, about 20 rocketswere fired from Belarus into the
Chernihiv region, the Ukrainianmilitary said.
A senior U.S. defense official,speaking in Washington on con-dition of anonymity, on Fridaycalled the Ukrainians' move out ofSievierodonetsk a "tactical retro-grade" to consolidate forces intopositions where they can betterdefend themselves.
This will add to Ukraine'seffort to keep Russian forcespinned down longer in a smallarea, the official said.
Following a botched attempt tocapture Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, inthe early stage of the invasion thatstarted Feb. 24, Russian forces haveshifted their focus to the Donbas,where the Ukrainian forces havefought Moscow-backed separatistssince 2014.
After repeated Ukrainianrequests to its Western allies forheavier weaponry to counterRussia's edge in firepower, fourmedium-range American rocketlaunchers have arrived, with fourmore on the way.
The senior U.S. defense officialsaid Friday that more Ukrainianforces are training outside Ukraineto use the High Mobility ArtilleryRocket Systems, or HIMARS, andare expected back in their countrywith the weapons by mid-July.
The rockets can travel about45 miles (70 kilometers). Also tobe sent are 18 U.S. coastal and riverpatrol boats.
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President Joe Biden on Saturdaysigned the most sweeping gun vio-
lence bill in decades, a bipartisancompromise that seemed unimaginableuntil a recent series of mass shootings,including the massacre of 19 studentsand two teachers at a Texas elementaryschool. "Lives will be saved," he said atthe White House. Citing the familiesof shooting victims, the presidentsaid, "Their message to us was to dosomething. Well today, we did."
The House gave final approvalFriday, following Senate passageThursday, and Biden acted just beforeleaving Washington for two summitsin Europe. The legislation will tough-en background checks for the youngestgun buyers, keep firearms from moredomestic violence offenders and helpstates put in place red flag laws thatmake it easier for authorities to takeweapons from people adjudged to bedangerous.
Most of its $13 billion cost will helpbolster mental health programs and aidschools, which have been targeted in
Newtown, Connecticut, and Parkland,Florida, and elsewhere in mass shoot-ings. Biden said the compromise ham-mered out by a bipartisan group of sen-ators "doesn't do everything I want" but"it does include actions I've long calledfor that are going to save lives."
"I know there's much more workto do, and I'm never going to give up,but this is a monumental day," said thepresident, who was joined by his wife,Jill, a teacher, for the signing.
He said they will host an event onJuly 11 for lawmakers and familiesaffected by gun violence.
Biden signed the measure two daysafter the Supreme Court's rulingThursday striking down a New Yorklaw that restricted peoples' ability tocarry concealed weapons.
While the new law does notinclude tougher restrictions long cham-pioned by Democrats, such as a ban onassault-style weapons and backgroundchecks for all gun transactions, it is themost impactful firearms violence mea-sure produced by Congress sinceenactment a long-expired assaultweapons ban in 1993.
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Iraq's caretaker prime minister is set to flyto Saudi Arabia, followed by Iran, carry-
ing a new initiative aimed at renewing talksbetween the two regional arch foes, an offi-cial said Saturday.
The official said Mustafa al-Kadhimiwas scheduled to travel to Riyadh later inthe day for meetings with Saudi officials. Hewill then travel to Tehran on Sunday.
Al-Kadhimi's visit seeks to open newavenues that would reactivate Baghdad-mediated dialogue between Saudi Arabiaand Iran, according to the official, who isprivy to the Iran-Saudi dialogue track. Theofficial spoke on condition of anonymitybecause he was not authorized to divulgethe information to the press.
The talks aimed at defusing yearslongtensions between the regional foes beganquietly in Iraq's capital in 2021 as SaudiArabia sought a way to end its disastrouswar against Iran-backed Houthi rebels inYemen. The conflict has spawned one of theworld's worst humanitarian disasters andbrought bombs from rebel drones and mis-siles raining down on Saudi airports and oilfacilities.
A fifth and last round of talks was heldin Baghdad in April before they were sus-pended again amid soaring Middle Easttensions.
Iran, the largest Shiite Muslim countryin the world, and Sunni powerhouse SaudiArabia severed diplomatic ties in 2016 afterSaudi Arabia executed prominent Shiitecleric Nimr al-Nimr. Angry Iraniansprotesting the execution stormed two Saudidiplomatic missions in Iran, fueling yearsof animosity between the nations.
Iraq borders both Iran and SaudiArabia and is often caught in the middle ofthe two nations' proxy wars.
Al-Kadhimi has stressed he wants bal-anced relations with the two neighbors.Improving relations with Saudi Arabiawas a key policy of his administration whenhe took office in May 2020.
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The landmark Padma Bridgeis not a pile of brick and
cement but a symbol ofBangladesh's pride, capacityand dignity, Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina said on Saturdayas she inaugurated the coun-try's longest bridge entirelybuilt with domestic funding.
The 6.15-km-long road-rail four-lane bridge is builtover the Padma river connect-ing southwestern Bangladeshwith the capital and other partsof the country.
The multipurpose road-rail bridge, which is fully fund-ed by the Bangladesh govern-ment, has been constructed ata cost of USD 3.6 billion.
The inauguration of thePadma bridge carries a lot ofsignificance as the structurewas built entirely with domes-tic financing, defyingskepticism from some financialanalysts if Bangladesh, whichwill only graduate from theUN's Least DevelopedCountries (LDC) list in 2026,could mobilise the funddepending on domesticresources.
Hasina expressed deepgratitude to the people involvedwith the construction of thePadma bridge.
"I have no complaintsagainst anyone, but I reckonthose who opposed the PadmaBridge construction plan andcalled it a 'pipe dream', lackself-confidence. I hope thisbridge will boost their confi-dence," the prime ministersaid. "This bridge is not justbricks, cement, iron, and con-crete… This bridge is ourpride, a symbol of our capaci-
ty, our strength and our digni-ty.
This bridge belongs to thepeople of Bangladesh," shesaid.
"The bridge belongs to thepeople of Bangladesh. It encap-sulates our passion, creativity,courage, endurance and perse-verance," she said.
She said the much-cher-ished bridge stands on the tur-bulent Padma River overcom-ing many obstacles and break-ing the web of conspiracy.
"Today, I am happy, proud,and overwhelmed along withmillions of people of the coun-try," said Hasina.
The Padma Bridge projectwitnessed several engineeringwonders as well as technolog-ical challenges. It emerged asthe wonder structure forBangladesh and saw the use ofstate-of-the-art machinery andknow-how.
The project was initiallyexpected to be funded by aconsortium led by the WorldBank.
In 2012, it cancelled theproposed credit saying it had"credible evidence" of high-level corruption amongBangladeshi officials.
Bangladesh has all throughdenied these allegations andpreferred not to approach theinternational global lender forfunding.
Meanwhile, India has con-gratulated the Bangladesh gov-ernment on the completion ofthe massive project.
“Felicitations toGovernment and people ofBangladesh on completion ofthe landmark Padma Bridgeproject, from India!" the Indian
High tweeted ahead of theinauguration.
"The completion of thislong-awaited project is testi-mony to the courageous deci-sions and far-sighted leadershipof HE Prime Minister SheikhHasina. This success vindicat-ed the Prime Minister's deci-sions and also our convic-tion..., as expressed throughour steadfast support whenBangladesh decided to proceedwith the project alone," theIndian High Commission saidin a statement.
The Padma Bridge wouldnot only help improve intra-Bangladesh connectivity, but itwill also provide much-neededimpetus to logistics and busi-nesses connecting India andour shared subregion, it said,adding the bridge will play animportant role in fosteringgreater bilateral and subre-gional connectivity.
"The people of India onceagain congratulate the fraternalpeople of Bangladesh on themomentous occasion of inau-guration of Padma Bridge, onthe 50th anniversary ofBangladesh's Liberation," itadded.
Prime Minister Hasina saidthat the foundation of thePadma Bridge is still the deep-est in the world.
She said that the piles ofthis bridge have been laid up toa maximum depth of 122metres while sophisticatedtechnology has been used forearthquake prevention.
"Because of some of themore special features, the con-struction of this bridge will beincluded in engineering text-books around the world - that'sfor sure," she said.
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Agunman opened fire in Oslo'snight-life district early Saturday,
killing two people and leaving morethan 20 wounded in what Norwegiansecurity service called an "Islamist ter-ror act" during the capital's annualPride festival.
Investigators said the suspect,identified as a 42-year-old Norwegiancitizen originally from Iran, wasarrested after opening fire at threelocations in downtown Oslo.
The PST security service raised itsterror alert level from "moderate" to"extraordinary" - the highest level -after the attack, which sent panickedrevelers fleeing into the streets or try-ing to hide from the gunman.
PST acting chief Roger Bergcalled the attack an "extreme Islamistterror act" and said the suspect hada "long history of violence and threats"as well as mental health issues.
Upon the advice of police, orga-nizers canceled a Pride parade thatwas set for Saturday as the highlightof a weeklong festival. One of theshootings happened outside theLondon Pub, a bar popular with thecity's LGBTQ community, just hoursbefore the parade was set to begin.
Police attorney Christian Hatlosaid the suspect was being held onsuspicion of murder, attempted mur-der and terrorism, based on thenumber of people targeted at multi-ple locations. "Our overall assessmentis that there are grounds to believethat he wanted to cause grave fear inthe population," Hatlo said.
Police said two of the shootingvictims died and 10 people were beingtreated for serious injuries, but noneof them was believed to be in life-threatening condition. Eleven otherpeople had minor injuries.
Olav Roenneberg, a journalist
from Norwegian public broadcasterNRK, said he witnessed the shooting.
"I saw a man arrive at the site witha bag. He picked up a weapon andstarted shooting," Roenneberg toldNRK. "First I thought it was an airgun. Then the glass of the bar nextdoor was shattered and I understoodI had to run for cover."
Another witness, MarcusNybakken, 46, said he saw a lot ofpeople running and screaming andthought it was a fist fight.
"But then I heard that it was ashooting and that there was someoneshooting with a submachine gun,"Nybakken told Norwegian broad-caster TV2. Prime Minister JonasGahr Stoere said in a Facebook postthat "the shooting outside LondonPub in Oslo tonight was a cruel anddeeply shocking attack on innocentpeople." He said that while the motivewas unclear, the shooting had causedfear and grief in the LGBTQ com-munity. "We all stand by you," GahrStoere wrote.
Christian Bredeli, who was at thebar, told Norwegian newspaper VGthat he hid on the fourth floor witha group of about 10 people until hewas told it was safe to come out.
"Many were fearing for theirlives," he said. "On our way out we sawseveral injured people, so we under-stood that something serious had hap-pened."
TV2 showed footage of peoplerunning down Oslo streets in panicas shots rang out in the background.
Investigators said the suspect wasknown to police, as well as to PST, butnot for any major violent crimes. Hiscriminal record included a narcoticsoffense and a weapons offense for car-rying a knife, Hatlo said.
Hatlo said police seized twoweapons after the attack: a handgunand an automatic weapon, both of
which he described as "not modern"without giving details.
He said the suspect had notmade any statement to the police andwas in contact with a defense lawyer.
Hatlo said it was too early to saywhether the gunman specifically tar-geted members of the LGBTQ com-munity. "We have to look closer atthat, we don't know yet," he said.
Still, police advised organizers ofthe Pride festival to cancel the paradeSaturday.
"Oslo Pride therefore urges every-one who planned to participate orwatch the parade to not show up. Allevents in connection with Oslo Pridesare canceled," organizers said on theofficial Facebook page of the event.
Inge Alexander Gjestvang, leaderof FRI, the Norwegian organisationfor sexual and gender diversity, saidthe shooting has shaken the Nordiccountry's LGBTQ community.
"We encourage everyone to standtogether, take care of each other. We'llbe back later, proud, visible but rightnow it's not the time for that," he toldTV2. King Harald V offered condo-lences to the relatives of victims andsaid the royal family was "horrified"by the attack. "We must stand togeth-er to defend our values: freedom,diversity and respect for each other.We must continue to stand up for allpeople to feel safe," the monarch said.
Norway has a relatively low crimerate but has experienced violentattacks by right-wing extremists,including one of the worst massshootings in Europe in 2011, when agunman killed 69 people on theisland of Utoya after setting off abomb in Oslo that left eight dead.
In 2019, another right-wingextremist killed his stepsister and thenopened fire in a mosque but was over-powered before anyone there wasinjured.
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Meanwhile, a meeting of the Shiv Sena’s national executive heldunder the chairmanship of Uddhav Thackeray adopted five polit-ical resolutions in the wake of a massive rebellion staged by seniorparty leader Eknath Shinde.
In the first of the resolutions, the Shiv Sena reposed full con-fidence in the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray and it authorizedto take all necessary decisions relating to the party. In other reso-lutions, the Sena functionaries present at the meeting empoweredhim to take the sternest possible action against the party rebels,and asked the party rebels not to misuse the name of late BalThackeray, the party will continue to represent the ideology of lateBalasaheb and it would continue to champion Marathi asmita (self-respect) and would espouse the cause of Hindutva.
In a related development, the rebel Shiv Sena MLAs have allegedthat the security cover of around 16 legislators – currently camp-ing in Guwahati – has been abruptly withdrawn.
Dubbing the state government’s action of withdrawing the secu-rity of 16 rebel Sena MLAs as “illegal” and it smacked of vendet-ta politics, the affected rebel MLAs shot off a letter to Chief MinisterUddhav Thackeray, Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil, Director-General of Police Rajnish Seth, and all police commissioners in thestate. Among other things, the rebel MLAs have expressed fear thata situation akin to Punjab where the security of several high-pro-file persons was withdrawn by their state government, might recurin Maharashtra. It may be recalled that rap singer Shubhdeep SinghSidhu alias ‘Moosewala’ was killed in Punjab by the mafia in thatstate on May 29.
However, Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil dis-missed the rebels’ accusation asserting how “nobody’s security coverhas been withdrawn” and said instructions have been issued to pro-vide security to the family members as needed.
In their letter, the rebel MLAs have claimed that “this sinistermove is another attempt to break our resolve and arm-twist us togive in to the demands of the MVA government consisting of NCPand INC goons”.
The rebel Sena MLAs have contended that the reason to give
security is (due) to a threat and not which side of politics they areon, and pointed out that it was because of these unspecified threatsthey were forced to leave Maharashtra, and the MVA’s alleged actionshave further compounded the situation.
The rebels have also charged the MVA leaders are allegedly insti-gating the cadres of their respective parties to indulge in violenceagainst the breakaway MLAs and accused Sena MP Sanjay Rautof statements that incited the activists.
Demanding immediate reinstatement of their security detail,the rebel MLAs said warned that in case of any harm befell theirfamilies, then MVA leaders like CM Thackeray, Minister AdityaThackeray, Chief Spokesperson Raut, and NCP President SharadPawar “will be responsible for the same”.
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Shah said the Prime Minister set a shining example by not utter-ing a single word as the legal proceedings went on for 19 years. Heendured pain for the last so many years without speaking a wordand followed Lord Shiva who swallowed poison and held it in histhroat, Shah said. Modi, he said, submitted himself to the SITInvestigation in dignified ways, and “I too was arrested”. He alsotook a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi when he appeared forquestioning by the ED in the National Herald case. “Modi ji did-n’t do drama while appearing before SIT - come out in my sup-port, call MLAs-MPs & stage dharna...If SIT wants to question CM,he himself is ready to cooperate. Why to protest?” he said. Modiprovided the best example for all political figures on how to fol-low the Constitution, he said.
Shah said a campaign was launched against Modi and “arti-cles published abroad against him”. On the Gujrat riots and delayin calling the army, the Home Minister said the Gujarat riots wereself-inspired after the Godhra train burning. He said the army wascalled immediately “but it takes an army to reach’. He sought to knowwhy the army which is readily available in Delhi was not called bythe Congress Government for three full days during the 1984 Sikhriots. To another question, the Home Minister said the Prime
Minister did everything to control the 2002 riots. “But barely 150policemen in each thana… it takes time to control the scale of vio-lence”. “Former IPS officer KPS Gill said- I have not seen more neu-tral and prompt action than this”, said Shah.
Shah said SC’s judgment has put an end to a long campaignto tarnish the image of the Prime Minister.
Shah said, “This is not the first time that Modiji got the cleanchit..Nanavati Commission too gave a clean chit to him”.
Asked what he thought of his arrest, the Home Minister said,“ I believe in destiny…whatever happened, happened for good.”
On the question that the BJP thrives on the “Gujarat model”of polarisation and riots and what is being called the “Gujarat lab-oratory” experiment, (that BJP could win without Muslims), Shahsaid, “ The kind of glasses you wear you see that only ...Gujaratmodel is - zero dropouts in primary schools, 24-hour electricity,10 per cent growth in agriculture and much more... compare riotsin our State Governments with Congress States in the last five yearsand you would know..”
On Friday, the Supreme Court dismissed a plea by Congressleader Ehsan Jafri’s wife Zakia Jafri, stating that the plea was devoidof merit. Ehsan Jafri was killed during the violence at the GulbargSociety in Ahmedabad on February 28, 2002.
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“Development of the tribals is an integral part of our party’smovement.The decision to support Murmu is just the part of thatmovement,’’ the BSP chief said. Mayawati also lashed out at the oppo-sition parties for, what she said, keeping BSP aside while deliber-ating on their candidate for the upcoming presidential poll. “BSPwas kept away from all opposition meetings held to discuss a jointcandidate for the post of President, which shows their casteist men-tality,’’ she said.
“BSP does not believe in blindly following the other parties....wetake decisions after keeping in view the ideology of our party,’’ shesaid. Uttar Pradesh plays a crucial role in the election of the pres-ident as it sends 80 members to the Lok Sabha and 31 to Rajya Sabha.
The Uttar Pradesh Assembly has 403 members. Of the total valueof votes in the electoral college, Uttar Pradesh’s share is 14.86 per-cent. The presidential election is slated for July 18 with the count-ing of votes scheduled on July 21.
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A police officer in Mumbai said Ahmedabad police detainedSetalvad from her residence in Santacruz and took her with themafter intimating local police. “She also gave a written complaint toSantacruz police station (when she was taken there) and they areprocessing it,” said the official. Setalvad’s complaint alleged thatGujarat police “barged into” her compound, did not show her acopy of the FIR or warrant against her, and there was a “big bruise”on her left hand. “I fear seriously for my life,” her complaint added.
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“While in Germany, I also look forward to meeting membersof the Indian Diaspora from across Europe who are contributingimmensely to their local economies as also enriching our relationswith European countries,” the Prime Minister said.
From Germany, Modi will travel to the United Arab Emirates(UAE) on June 28 to pay his condolences on the passing away ofSheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the former president of theGulf nation. “On my way back to India, I will make a brief stopoverin Abu Dhabi for a meeting with Sheikh Mohammed bin ZayedAl Nahyan, President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi, on June28 to convey my personal condolences on the passing away of SheikhKhalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the former UAE President and Rulerof Abu Dhabi,” Modi said.
Zayed Al Nahyan passed away on May 13 after battling ill-ness for the last several years. In a gesture of goodwill, Vice PresidentM Venkaiah Naidu visited the UAE to offer India’s condolences overthe demise of Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
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Skipper HarmanpreetKaur contributed withboth bat and ball to steer
the Indian women's cricketteam to a series sealing five-wicket win over Sri Lanka inthe second T20 here onSaturday.
Vice captain SmritiMandhana's (39 off 34 balls)experience complemented bythe exuberance of both ShefaliVerma (17 off 10 balls) andSabbhineni Meghana (17 off10 balls) helped India chasedown the 126-run target in19.1 overs.
India stuttered in whatshould have been a comfort-able run chase beforeHarmanpreet took India homewith an unbeaten 31 of 32balls.
Sri Lanka squandered afine start to post a below par125 for seven.
The third and final T20wil l be played here on
Monday. It was a day to remember
for Mandhana who becamethe second fastest Indianwoman to reach 2,000 runsT20 runs.
Mandhana reached thefeat in her 84th innings,becoming the third Indianwoman after the legendaryMithali Raj (70 innings) andcurrent skipper HarmanpreetKaur (88 innings) to cross themark.
Opting to bat first andwith the series on line, it wasthe duo of captain ChamariAthapaththu (43 off 41 balls)and Vishmi Gunaratne (45 off50 balls) provided an idealstart for the Lankans by tak-ing the Indian bowlers to thecleaners.
The duo also put up SriLanka's best opening stand(87) in T20s to leave theIndians frantically rummagingfor breakthroughs.
However, as bothAthapaththu and Gunaratnedeparted, it was a sorry stateof affairs for Sri Lanka as theylost a slew of wickets, onlymanaging an underwhelm-ing total.
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India won its maiden WorldCup gold in compound
mixed team archery event afterthe duo of Abhishek Vermaand Jyothi Surekha Vennamoutclassed their experiencedFrench opponents at the Stage3 edition here on Saturday.
Riding on a spectacularstart, the Indians withered lateresistance from the Frenchpair of Jean Boulch and 48-year-old Olympic medallistSophie Dodemont to seal thecontest 152-149, a first-everWorld Cup gold for India in thecompound mixed team event.
The gold also opened the
account of Indian archers, whohave assured a second medal inthe women's recurve teamevent where the trio of DeepikaKumari, Ankita Bhakat andSimranjeet Kaur will fight forthe yellow metal on Sunday.
Making a comeback aftermore than seven months, worldno. 3 Jyothi, who was sidelinedin the Asian Games trial, is alsoin the hunt for another medalas she takes on French veteranSophie in the individual semi-final later in the day.
A Beijing Olympics bronzemedalist, Sophie switched tocompound discipline after fail-ing to make the 2012 LondonOlympics squad.
The third-seeded Indiansgot off to a flier, drilling in four10s that included two Xs to raceto a three-point lead and putearly pressure on the Frenchpair. The Indians managed justone 10 in the second end as theFrench duo reduced the deficitto one-point. The third was atie, while in the deciding fourthend, Abhishek and Jyothi heldtheir nerves to edge out theiropponents by two points toannexe the title. The most suc-cessful Indian compound pairof Abhishek and Jyothi have ahandful of World Cup bronzemedals and their best has beena World Cup Final silver atYankton last year.
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Olympic silver medalist Fred Kerley flashed apeace sign at the crowd after winning the 100
meters at the U.S. Outdoor track and field cham-pionships Friday night.
Kerley crossed the line in 9.77 seconds, followedby Marvin Bracy-Williams and Trayvon Bromell.All three earned spots on the U.S. Team for theworld outdoor championships in Eugene nextmonth.
"It's all about patience and training, and doingwhat I've got to do," Kerley said after taking self-ies with fans.
Melissa Jefferson of Coastal Carolina, who fin-ished eighth in the 100 at this year's NCAA out-door championships, edged Aleia Hobbs for thenational title in the women's event.
Ryan Crouser, the world-record holder andtwo-time Olympic gold medalist, won the shot putat 75 feet, 10 1/4 inches (23.12 meters). Joe Kovaks,already guaranteed a spot at worlds as the defend-ing champion, was second.
Allyson Felix, the most decorated woman intrack history, surged the final 40 meters of her semi-final in the 400, but did not finish among the topthree and had to wait to see how her time held up.In the end, she made it to the final Sunday.
"I just appreciate all the support and all thelove," she said.
Athletes were greeted by temperatures in thelow 80s and breezy conditions at Hayward Field onthe University of Oregon campus.
The top three finishers in each event will be partof the U.S. Team at worlds, track and field's mostprestigious international event outside of theOlympics.
Earlier in the evening, Kerley ran the 100 semi-finals in a world-leading and personal-best 9.76 sec-onds. It also was a meet record. Bromell had thesecond-best time in the semis, at 9.81.
Bromell won the 100 at the U.S. Olympic tri-als at Hayward last summer. He was widelyexpected to do well in Tokyo but failed to advanceto the Olympic final.
Christian Coleman was a late scratch in the racebut he already has a spot at worlds as the defend-ing champion at Doha in 2019.
Hobbs, who won the 2018 NCAA outdoor 100title as well as that year's national championship,had the fastest time in the semifinals earlier in theday with a personal-best 10.81.
But Jefferson, who just wrapped up her junioryear at Coastal Carolina, pushed at the finish to winthe final in 10.69 (2.9 wind), in front of Hobbs in10.72. Twanisha Terry finished third to round outthe world team.
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Indian International Master Nitin Senthilvel settledfor a draw with compatriot and fellow IM
Ravichandran Siddharth in the ninth round lead tostay on top of the standings with 8 points in the 13thChennai Open International Grandmaster ChessTournament 2022 here on Saturday.
The draw in the top board saw Nitin's leadbeing cut to half a point as GM Boris Savchenko(Russia), Alexei Federov (Belarus), AronyakGhosh, Him all Gusain (both India) moved to 7.5points.
On Friday, tournament leader Nitin missed a winagainst top seed Grandmaster Savchenko and todayhe held the upper hand against Siddharth who justhung on to snatch a draw. The final round is sched-
uled for Sunday.RESULTS:
Round 9 (Indians unless specified) : Nitin S (8)drew with Ravichandran Siddharth (7), S Prasannaa(6.5) lost to Boris Savchenko (Russia) 7.5, PKonguvel (6.5) lost to Alexei Fedorov (7).AronyakGhosh (7.5) beat Baghdasaryan Vahe (Armenia) 6.5,Him all Gusain (7.5) beat Daakshin Arun (6.5), KunalM (6.5) drew with Deepan Chakkravarthy J (6.5),Aaryan Varshney (6.5) drew with Kiril Stupak Kirill(6.5), Ajay Karthikeyan (6.5) drew with SaravanaKrishnan P (6.5), Priyanka K (6) lost to Srihari L R(7),R R Laxman (6.5) drew with Jubin Jimmy (6.5),Nguyen Van Huy (Vietnam) 7 beat Hirthickkesh PR (6), Rajesh V A V (7) beat Pranav K P (6),Samriddha Ghosh (5.5) lost to Hari Madhavan N B(6.5).
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The star duo of Sajan Prakash and SrihariNataraj will lead a four-member Indian
swimming team at the BirminghamCommonwealth Games next month.
Apart from Prakash and Nataraj,fast-rising Delhi swimmer KushagraRawat and Madhya Pradesh's AdvaitPage will be making their debuts atthe quadrennial event, slated to beheld from July 28 to August 8 inBirmingham, UK. The SwimmingFederation of India (SFI) had
secured four quota places for the 2022 CWG andthe national body had announced that swimmerswho achieve the sixth position time in theirrespective events from the 2018 Gold Coast CWGwould be considered for the quota slots in this
edition."In the qualification period
of one year Srihari, Sajan, Advaitand Kushagra have clocked thesixth position time from the pre-vious CWG. That is the cut offstandard SFI had set," SFISecretary General MonalChokshi told PTI.
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Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri's challenge at theTravelers Championship ended at the halfway
stage as he double bogeyed twice on the back nineto miss the cut here. Lahiri had four birdies, threebogeys and two doubles during his round of 3-over73. Putt alongside his first round of even par, heended 3-over for 36 holes and missed the cut byfive shots. The cut was applied at 2 under, with 2017winner Jordan Spieth (1-over) also missing outalong with Sam Burns (even par), Zach Johnson(4 over) and Jason Day (6 over).
It was the third straight missed cut for Lahiri,who previously exited from the US PGAChampionship and the Memorial soon after a runof four Top-15 finishes in five starts.
Olympic champion Xander Schauffele shot hissecond straight 7-under 63 to take a five-strokelead. He shot a 31 on the front nine at TPC RiverHighlands with four birdies, then had a 32 on theback, making birdies on 11, 14 and 17.
Schauffele has hit 33 of 36 greens in regula-tion and is the only player bogey free for tworounds. Kevin Kisner (64), Nick Hardy (64),defending champion Harris English (65), CamDavis (66) and Patrick Cantlay (67) were tied forsecond at 9-under. First-round leaders RoryMcIlroy and J T Poston followed opening 62s with70s to drop six strokes back.
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Rajat Patidar stamped his classwith an authoritative century to
put Madhya Pradesh on the cusp oftheir historic Ranji Trophy triumphagainst 41-time champions Mumbaion a rain-hit fourth day of the sum-mit clash here on Saturday.
Havens opened up minutes beforethe tea break, and Madhya Pradeshfinished their first innings at 536 soonafter resumption with a game-chang-ing lead of 162 runs, courtesy Patidar'ssuperb 122, that had as many as 20boundaries.
Four hundreds have been scoredby batters from either side but noneoozed more class and competencethan Patidar's, who was in a league ofhis own when it came to regal driveson both sides of the wicket.
At stumps, Mumbai erased someof the deficit, reaching 113 for 2 withPrithvi Shaw (44 off 51 balls) andHardik Tamore (25 off 32 balls), pro-moted up the order, showing somepositive intent but throwing awaytheir wickets in desperation for quickruns.
Shaw was dismissed with a clas-sic plan of bowling wide outside theoff-stump and he finally chased onefrom Gourav Yadav straight intocover's hands.
With 95 overs left on the final day,there is very little chance of Mumbaiwinning this match unless they scorearound 320-plus runs in 50 overs(including Saturday's overs) and set atarget of 150-odd for MP with at least45 to 50 overs to get the 10 wickets.
The wicket isn't showing anysigns of crumbling and hence achance of an MP collapse in the fourthinnings doesn't look imminent at themoment. Especially, knowing thatthey have a first innings lead, MP willlike to down the shutters from here-on as ends will prove the means.
&�'�- #��� &�������&��When the fourth day started, MP
needed seven more runs to get the
first innings lead but what was moreimportant was for Patidar to play atleast one session and he did that withminimum fuss which could nowprove to be decisive in the context ofthe game.
Patidar smashed seven moreboundaries following his 13 on thethird day and by the time he was outfor 122 off 219 balls, MadhyaPradesh's lead had gone over 100 runsand the sullen faces of the Mumbaiplayers said it all.
A poker-faced ChandrakantPandit, who had throughout the fourdays, sat in one corner of the dress-ing room, can now afford a wide grinas even a miracle can't turn thingsaround for his "home state".
Madhya Pradesh's innings lastedfor exactly 14 hours and two minutesand by the end of it all, they had out-batted Mumbai, a similar kind of tor-ture that the domestic powerhouse isused to inflicting on their opponentsover the years.
Patidar first hit an on-drive offMohit Avasthi for a boundary andthen punched him through the cover-point for a couple to give MP the all-important lead.
When a player finds his bearingat a higher level, he tends to dominateat a level which is notch below. TheIPL might have been a white ball com-petition but the kind of confidencethat Patidar gained from his centuryagainst Lucknow Super Giants onMay 25 IPL Eliminator came inhandy. He put that to best use exact-ly one month later on June 25 whenhe got his eighth and most importanthundred of his first-class career.
The cornerstone of MP's successthis season has been their batting andNo. 2, 3 and 4 scoring runs consis-tently.
While Patidar has so far scored628 runs and is second behindSarfaraz Khan (937) in the run-get-ter's list, Yash Dubey (613) andShubham Sharma (578) have alsoearned their stripes with match-win-ning performances.
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Astrong field awaits Olympic javelinthrow champion Neeraj Chopra in
the prestigious Diamond League Meetin Stockholm on June 30, which will behis biggest event ahead of the WorldChampionships in Eugene, USA, nextmonth.
The 24-year-old Chopra will comeinto the Swedish capital with confi-dence after clinching his first win of theseason at the Kuortane Games inFinland on June 18, beating reigningworld champion Anderson Peters ofGrenada for the second time thismonth.
The Indian superstar had won a sil-ver in his first competition of the sea-son at the Paavo Nurmi Games inTurku, Finland on June 14 with anational record throw of 89.30m.
Chopra had a nasty fall during histhird attempt at the Kuortane Gamesbut luckily he did not sustain any injury.The conditions were treacherous there
for javelin throw as the run-up was slip-pery due to rains.
His first round throw of 86.64mwas, however, enough to hand him agold.
Peters' name is in the list of par-
ticipants in Stockholm but he did notcomplete all his throws in an event atOrimattila in Finland on Wednesday,recording a best throw of 71.94m.
The athlete from Grenada hasseen a dip in form after winning theDoha Diamond League Meet with aseason-leading throw of 93.07m.
After that, he had thrown 86.60mat Paavo Nurmi Games for a third placeand 84.75m in Kuortane Games foranother third position.
Olympic silver medallist JakubVadlejch of Czech Republic and com-patriot Tokyo Games bronze winnerVitezslav Vesely will also be in action.This will be the first time all the TokyoOlympics medal winners will be inaction together this season.
Vadlejch, who was sixth at PaavoNurmi Games with a best throw of83.91m, returns after skipping theKuortane Games. The same is the casefor Germany's Julian Weber, whoreturns after finishing fifth at PaavoNurmi Games with 84.02m.
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The Indian U-17 women's team suffereda 1-3 loss against Chile in its second
match in the four-nation tournamentdespite an improved performance here.
The women's side came into thismatch after haplessly going down to theItalian side 0-7 in the opening fixture.
Despite a slow start by both the teamsin the initial stages, it was India that got achance to snatch an early lead throughdefender Naketa, whose long-ranger free-kick failed to put the Chileans in a spot ofbother.
In the 11th minute, Chile found abreakthrough in the 11th minute throughKaterine Ramos, who inflicted a blow tothe Indians.
While the Indians tried to bounce backquickly and were in search of an equalis-er, Chile doubled their lead in the 19thminute, through a clinical header fromMaitte.
With the first half ending 2-0 infavour of Chile, India came out after thebreak and looked desperate to restore par-ity.
With an uphill task in hand, theIndians reduced the deficit and made it 1-2 when a ball from Neha landed at the feetof Kajol, and the latter skillfully headed theball into the back of the goal in a flash.
However, despite a much-needed goal,the Indian side's aspirations were soondashed when, in the 67th minute, whenChile's Ambar Rolino made it 3-1, puttinga final nail in the coffin.
The remainder of the game saw theIndians maintaining their attack but it wasthe Chileans who walked out of the fieldas victors.
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unique.I was in talks with Marvel for
a Bollywood style song sincelast year just after we finishedLoki. So, when theyapproached me for it in April2022, I initially thought itwas for the same project.However, this turned out tobe a new one. What’sinteresting is that wewrapped up the entireprocess from the brief tillthe actual release was justtwo months.� How did your associa-
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for Loki since the project is keptconfidential. But, I was amazed toknow that I am going to be a partof the Marvel universe. It isHollywood at its best.� Tell us about your journey intomusic. How did you make it
from composing music for Marathi filmsto Bollywood and Hollywood?The first film that I signed was Prague. It sohappened that the Marathi film Pune 52released before Prague. Interestingly, I wasapproached by the producers of Pune 52after they saw the trailer of my film Prague. Iknew the journey would be tough. I knewI was a crazy guy with a crazy dream and Iknew I had to take one step at a time. Ihad no one in the industry at all. Not asingle soul who would help me navigatethis journey. When I started in Bollywood in 2013, I didfilms like Prague and Monsoon Shootoutwhich had western music and an internation-al style score. Further, it had official selec-tions at multiple global film festivals whichgave traction to my career and recognition atthe global level. Monsoon Shootout was atCannes, which was a big deal. Soon, I was approached for a German filmcalled Gift for ARD Degeto Network inGermany. Then I did a thesis film at the NewYork University called The Alternative. Thatwas my first independent American film.I worked on several advertising commercialsin the USA. And finally, the big break-through came when I did NCIS:Los Angelesand The Twilight Zone. This really propelledme to the giant projects which I did forMarvel.So, it was one step at a time!� How did the pandemic take a toll on youprofessionally?I’m going to give you an answer that youprobably wouldn’t expect. I got my biggestbreakthrough in Hollywood during the pan-
demic. The pandemic struck New York, andafter a couple of months, CBS reached out tome for NCIS:Los Angeles. And, soon after Ifinished it, they roped me in for TheTwilight Zone� What’s your take on India’s music scenewhen you compare it globally?
When I compare it globally, I know onething. Indian music is one of the oldestmusic forms existing in the world today, andwe need to retain that and stop copying theWest. I feel we need to stop following what istrending and adopting a formula-basedapproach, but create what is unique and dif-ferent. The Bollywood industry has anincredible amount of talent for sure!� What’s your personal style as a musicartist? Who do you take inspiration from?
When it comes to film scoring, my per-sonal style is very experimental. I take inspi-ration from composers such as Clint Mansellwho has composed iconic scores and gavethe world a new sound. As a pop singer, Itake inspiration from Ed Sheeran. I loveBritish singers. My singing style and song-writing style is very similar to that of EdSheeran. � What’s next?
I am in talks for another song forMarvel. There is also an interesting projectgoing on with Netflix. What I’m most excit-ed about is my American pop album called17 & 11 Nights; Phonebook, Ride, Autopilotare a few songs from the album. The singleswill be released later this year and that will,for the first time, bring the artist side of meto the world. I am currently shooting themusic videos for my album.
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We all have doubtedthe shape of ourbodies at some pointin our lives; how ourcurves are reflected
in the mirror has led to a drop in con-fidence and paved the path for dis-beliefs and doubts in our minds. Theunsolicited comments that weencounter throughout our lives plantthe seed of uncertainties and doubtsthat may lead to eating disorders,feeling belittled and social anxiety.
We can’t stop people fromexpressing their minds in words butwe can work on ourselves. When wemake an effort to understand that wedon’t have to pay attention to theirwords; opinions don’t shape us andshouldn’t become the ideologies wehave to live our lives by. We need tounderstand the importance of livingan abundant life and workingtowards bringing body positivityand self-confidence into our lives.
Body positivity is about knowingand accepting your body type as it isirrespective of sizes, shapes, physicalabilities and colours. Loving yourselfin all of its forms and living with con-fidence and fortitude. It is aboutunlearning and challenging the unre-al beauty standards that the popularculture and society have been claim-ing to be ideal.
We have often heard the termbody positivity and let’s take threesteps in inculcating it in our lives andembodying it.
Know your bodyIt’s not easy to defeat darkness
without even knowing what it is andhow it’s affecting your life. Taketime to reflect on your daily routineand you’ll find tiny changes that youcan add to your lifestyle to be moremindful of your body confidence. Sitback and think about what are thethings that encourage you to beauthentically you without adulter-ation from the world. Put effort intoknowing what makes you feel goodabout your body. Is it the new dress
hanging in your cupboard or a newexercise routine or even a new wayyou like to be touched? Know thatthere are no bad or good body types.Try to learn about your body typeand take time out from your usualschedule to get to know your bodyand what makes it tick.
Accept yourselfI was told throughout my child-
hood that I was too fat to the pointin my later years that I developed aneating disorder. Things became evenmore difficult for me because I’m anemotional eater. I like to eat when I’moverwhelmed or happy or sad and itis always followed by guilt. It took meyears and a lot of professional help toaccept myself and my body as it is.
Before we can move onto thepath of pride, we will have to acceptourselves and accept our bodies.For years, we’ve spent our time wish-ing about how we should’ve looked
rather than accepting and loving ourbodies as we are. Accepting canbecome challenging because you’llhave to tune out all the negativitiesand mean comments and thoughtsyou’ve been unconsciously enter-taining.
My advice would be to remindyourself of your divinity and sexy,brilliant self. Once you start sayingit to yourself every day, it won’t belong before you start believing in it.When you accept that you are sexyand brilliant as you are, you will feela surge of confidence and pride inyourself and your body.
Unlearn for authentic livingWe all have heard what a beau-
tiful person should look and dresslike, what are the foolproof methodsto get ‘that’ body and what youshould and shouldn’t eat to get thedefinitive body type that peopleadmire. Say no to them. It’s your turn
to unlearn those definitions, remarks,and beliefs and make rules for your-self as you like them. The notions thathave been idealised for years now aredeemed to be toxic and should beunlearned and unheard of now.Learn what works for you, the clothesthat make you shine and feel com-fortable on your skin and your bodyand from there it will be easier to liveauthentically.
Do what makes you happy andfeel healthy, go out on walks, exerciseregularly, surround yourself withpositive people and add meditativesessions so you spend enough timewith yourself to know what yourbody actually wants. Remind your-self that you are your top priority andself-care is the most important kindof love that you can show yourself.Listen to your inner calling, challengethe negative thoughts and follow thatpath. It will be a challenging path butit’ll be worth your efforts and time.Practice radical self-acceptance,embrace your inner self and let itshine in front of the world.
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As we stand in the 21st century andwitness bitter inter-religion intoler-ance, a peed into the past is impera-tive to understand the present.There are numerous instances from
the medieval to the modern era in the south,north, and eastern India where Hindu andMuslim communities lived side by side without afeeling of animosity and antagonism.
In Malabar, Islam probably arrived in the7th century CE along with the Arab traders, andby the 12th century CE, a strong Muslim com-munity existed here. The Zamorins were Hindurulers of the Kingdom of Calicut (nowKozhikode). They maintained elaborate traderelations with the Muslim Middle-Eastern sailorsin the Indian Ocean as Calicut was then animportant trading entrepôt on the westernseaboard of India. Under the Zamorins, theMuslims enjoyed many commercial, politicaland religious privileges. The very fact thatZamorin rejected Vasco da Gama’s request tobanish all Muslims from his kingdom clearlyspeaks of the significance accorded to Muslimsin a Hindu kingdom.
In fact, it is the Portuguese who became thecommon enemy of the Muslims and theZamorin. The latter received full support fromtheir Muslim populace in terms of mobilizationof manpower, resources, and funding of warsagainst the Portuguese. The Muchundi andMishkal mosques in Kozhikode are living exam-ples of assistance provided by the HinduZamorin rulers to their Muslim community. The13th century CE inscription in Muchundimosque in Kuttichira, Kozhikode records theestablishment of the mosque by certain Shahabal-din Raihan, and the Zamorin ruler grantedsome land to it for certain daily expensesincurred at the mosque. The Mishkal mosque isalso located in Kuttichira, Kozhikode, and wasbuilt by a merchant ship owner in the 14th cen-tury CE. This mosque was attacked, destroyedand burnt in 1510 by the Portuguese.
The Zamorin was furious at seeing the dev-astation of the city and the destruction of themosque. The combined efforts and firm deter-mination by the Nairs and Muslims shattered thedreams of the early colonizers in Malabar. Postthe victory of the Zamorin in the battle ofChaliyam, the ruler supported the restorationand reconstruction of the Mishkal mosque. It isbelieved that the stones and the wood from theChaliyam fort were carried and placed in theyard at Mishkal to be used in the reconstructionof the mosque. The Khasi Foundation ofKuttichira commemorated 500 years of thegrand gesture of the religious harmony of thetimes by honoring the Zamorin. In remem-brance of the great harmony between the twocommunities and for thanking the ‘ZamorinKing’ for his solidarity with the Muslims, therepresentatives of the Khasi Foundation visitedthe residence of the current descendants of theerstwhile Zamorin kings and presented him apainting of the Mishkal Mosque.
Turning the focus on 21st century Kerala, atPonnani a 16th century CE mosque, known as
Misri Palli preserves its original structure due tothe efforts of a non-Muslim speaker and legisla-tor. When the work of its demolition began forthe purposes of constructing a new mosque,some people contacted P. Sreeramakrishnan,who rushed to the site and stopped the work. Hecalled a meeting of the mosque committee andconvinced its members not to dismantle it sothat it is preserved under the Muziris- Ponnaniheritage conservation project.
Erumely/ Erumeli in the Kottayam districtof Kerala is a living example of how myths andlegends can bind two religious communities andassimilate a mosque within an important Hindureligious pilgrimage. The Mosque here is dedi-cated to Vavar who is considered a companionof Lord Ayyappa. Every year multitudes ofHindu pilgrims worship at this mosque beforethey embark on the arduous trek to the holyshrine of Sabarimala Ayappa Swami. There aremany legends about Vavar and according to one,Vavar was an Arab commander who was defeat-ed by Lord Ayyappa. Impressed by Vavar’s valor,he became Ayappa's close associate and aidedhim in the wars in the mountainous region.According to belief, Vavar protects devotees whomake the difficult trek through the forests to themain temple at the top of the hill that houses theSabarimala Temple.
The Hindu Vijayanagara Empire’s 14th cen-tury CE capital of Hampi and its monuments is aUNESCO World Heritage Site. Legends andinscriptions speak of Hindu support to theMuslim populace of the kingdom. AtSindhaghatta in Mandya district of Karnataka,the Muslim community did not have a mosqueand Babu setti, a local merchant, built a mosqueto which the local officer Rangayya Nayaka gift-ed a village. What is of interest is that themosque was not built at a site away from aHindu settlement, but was located amidst vil-lages granted as gifts to learned Brahmins.
Legend has it that Babbaya, a Muslim Fakir,established himself at Penukonda and had astrong following. After the death of the fakir, adargah was erected, and the grant of Venkata IIrecords the restoration of certain villages origi-nally granted by Vira Narasingha Raya,Sadashiva, and Venkata I, to the dargah ofBabayya in Penukonda. Mangammal, a HinduNayaka queen made a gift of some villages in1701-02 CE in Tiruchirapalli to the dargah ofBabanatta.
The other contemporaneous dynasty rulingat Deccan was the Muslim Adil Shahis of Bijapur(1489 to 1686). A Farman of Muhammad AdilShah dated to 1653 CE records a grant made bythe ruler to Namdev Vithal, a Brahmin fromMubarakabad. Namdev was the head of Joshisand had approached the ruler for royal favoursand the Sultan obliged by granting land at vari-ous localities. He also received a tanka (goldcoin) from highway and food grains and wasalso exempt from payment of taxes.
Ibrahim Adil Shah II (1580 CE to 1627 CE)was a great patron of music and is credited withthe composition of the book Kitab i Nauras is abook of couplets and verses dedicated to Hindu
deities and Muslim saints. What is of interest isthat most are dedicated to Saraswati, Ganesh andother Hindu deities. The text begins with aninvocation to Goddess Saraswati for her bless-ings and favors. Descriptions of Lord Ganeshand Lord Shiva have been beautifully describedby the Sultan in his compositions.
In the modern epoch of South India, theseventh Nizam of Hyderabad- Mir Osman AliKhan (ruled from 1911-1948) deserves specialmention. He had a liberal outlook toward reli-gion and provided financial assistance and dona-tions to temples and Brahmins in his kingdom.Mir Osman Ali Khan tended to the repair, andmaintenance of the conservation of theThousand Pillar Temple at Warangal. The Nizamalso donated liberally donated to various templesin his dominions.
Turning towards the region of eastern India,in Orissa Salabega occupies a permanent posi-tion among the devotional poets of Odisha. Helived in the first half of the 17th century and wasthe son of the Mughal Subedar. According tofolklore, he was held up on his way while return-ing from Vrindavan to Jagannatha and he prayedearnestly to the Lord to wait for him on theNandighosha chariot so that he could see hisLord. The Lord waited there and gave darshan toSalabega, his dear devotee on the Bada Danda,near Balagandi. An ardent devotee of ShriKrishna and Jagannath, Salabega devoted his lifeto composing bhajans, hymns, and devotionalsongs in praise of the Shri Jagannath and RadhaKrishna.
In Ahom kingdom, the Muslim populacewas well assimilated into the Assamese societyand the army included many Muslim soldiersand officers who fought against the Mughals.Ismail Siddique, popularly known as Bagh
Hazarika played a significant role in the Battle ofSaraighat in 1671. An inscription of Ahom kingLakshmi Singha issued around 1780 CE recordsa grant in favour of Hazi Anwar Fakir. Ahomking Kamaleswar Singha reconfirmed all earliergrants made by the Mughal and Ahom rulers infavour of Khadim of Hajo Dargah,
In the context of north India, in the erst-while region of Awadh, in 1855 at theHanumangarhi temple at Ayodhya conflict arosebetween the Hindus and the Muslims. Wajid AliShah is said to have appointed a Committee toinvestigate the matter, and the decision went infavour of the Hindus. On learning about animminent attack on the temple, Wajid Ali Shahordered a regiment to guard the temple. Otherinstances include the 250-year-old Hanumantemple of Lucknow which is believed to havebeen constructed by Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula’smother Alia Begum. The mosque, popularlycalled as Padain Masjid in Aminabad was builtby Rani Jai Kunwar Pandey, a Brahmin as a giftto her close friend - the Begum of Nawab SaadatAli Khan.
When we try to look at the past from a 21st-century lens, we will inevitably see Hindus andMuslims as polar opposites. While there arechallenges in Hindu-Muslim relations, it wouldbe naive to dismiss the relative social harmonyin which the two communities have coexisted inIndia. As Indians, we must take pride in being aSecular nation and as citizens promote an envi-ronment devoid of religious antagonism for thegreater good of humanity.
(The writer is a researchscholar and recipient of the Devangana
Desai senior Fellowship CSMVS Mumbai. She isalso the author of two books
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A senior officer in the IndianRevenue Service, DeepankarAron was posted in Hong
Kong as a Consul way back in 2012.It was just a happenstance that henoticed a 35-meter high Tian TanBuddha statue standing right next tothe Hong Kong Airport that put him"On the Trail of Buddha: A Journeyto the East". However, his initialinspiration had come three yearsbefore when he was on a KailashMansarovar Yatra in Tibet in 2009.
Deepankar writes about twooctogenarian Japanese pilgrims whohad stood with folded hands beforean old and dilapidated structure thatseemed to be 'sanctum sanctorum ofa temple'. It was somewhat surpris-ing that they should have travelledthousands of miles as pilgrims to anon-descript corner of China calledKarakhoja. Even more surprisingwas the fact that one was a Buddhistpriest and the other a worshipper ofLord Krishna - the Hindu Lordwhose sacred message forms theessence of Bhagavad Gita.
"It is the story of these twounlikely Japanese pilgrims that epit-omizes the theme of this Book -exploring the richness, depth andbreadth of the spiritual, philosoph-ical and cultural linkages that bindIndia to the East Asian civilizationsof China, Japan, Korea andMongolia," writes Deepankar.
The Book straddles betweenthe various regions of East Asia,from Kashgar in Xinjiang in theWest to Koyasan in Japan in the East;from Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia in theNorth and to Kaohsiung in Taiwanin the South. It is as much about thediscovery of a tremendous unity indiversity, as it is about hoppingbetween different time zones sepa-rated by 2000 years of history.
SIX CHAPTERS IN THE BOOKTHE BOOK is divided into six
chapters for ease of navigation, Thefirst covers the ancient cities alongthe Silk Road in China that weresignificantly responsible for thespread of Buddhism from India notonly into China but also in muchof the East Asia. The second cov-ers the North-South trade axisthat connects China withMongolia. The third one movesfrom Sichuan in South-WesternChina to the primordial KailashParvat or Kang Rinpoche and thelake, Mansarovar or MaphamYumtso in Tibet. The fourth movesto the South-Eastern coastal Chinaand Taiwan from Hong Kong to
Shanghai touching Hangzhou,Suzhou and Nanjing. It then movesfrom Taipei to Kaohsiung passingthrough the city of Tainan, dottedwith temples. It is possibly one ofthe most prosperous regions ofChina with many modern cities. Itis thus not a surprise that most ofthe grandest and tallest statues ofBuddha have come up there in therecent past. The fifth one meandersinside the calmness of Korea, andlast but not the least comes the land
of the Rising Sun - a place wherehistory, tradition, religion and cul-ture are seen most beautifully pre-served. The author also highlightsfive to 10 representative cities ineach of these regions.
Writing a book of such magni-tude was not an easy task. Initiallythe author did not undertake allthose journeys with the object ofwriting a book. However, "a propi-tious chain of circumstances, madethe way from one place to anotherstarting with the longest pilgrimagein the world - KAILASH." He facednumerous challenges such as lan-guage, distances, permissions, pauci-ty of time, and resources of course,but luckily all those were sorted out.Interestingly, these journeys wereundertaken in all modes of trans-portation - both animal and mech-anized - riding camels, mules andhorses; walking and trekking, espe-cially in Tibet. The most exciting ofthe travelling modes for Deepankarwas the high speed trains in Japan,China and Taiwan.
JOURNEY ON SLOW MOVINGTRAIN RATHER A BULLETTRAIN
EMINENT Indian Vedic schol-ar Prof. Lokesh Chandra is all ecsta-tic about Deepankar Aron's book"On the Trail of BUDDHA: AJourney to the East". "The Book isfascinating in its flowing diction andminimum of technical details. It cel-ebrates the last two millennia when
the Asian Nations together made thejourney of the Mind, serene depthsof thought, art, piety confluence inthe rapture of the roots," Chandrawrites in his Foreword. "The livingmonasteries in East Asia and thedesolation of the ruins in CentralAsia due to theistic violence becomethe fascination of eyes in the evoca-tive narrative of Deepankar. Heopens up the immensity of our lostheritage, like the grandeur of Colossiin the Yun-Kang caves that arevisive symbols of the majesty of theAvatamsaka tradition, reminiscentof the Bamiyan Buddhas," Prof.Chandra adds.
On the Trail of BUDDHA: AJourney to the East takes the read-er on a slow-moving train journeyrather a Bullet train. The author haschronicled the spread of Buddhism,as preserved in the traditions ofthese countries, binding them withIndia. Though somewhat smaller insize than the standard Coffee TableBook, On the Trail of BUDDHAwith its 308 pages illustrated withbountiful photographs indicativeof Deepankar's expertise with cam-era and printed on art paper pro-vides an easy read.
The reviewer is theCommissioner, Goods & Services
Tax in Uttarakhand. He is anintrepid traveller, ace photographer
and a prolific writer. He has alsoreceived the Presidential Award for
his distinguished contributions asan Indian Revenue Service officer.
Kashmir has been a favouritedestination for moviemakers,writers, and poets. Before themilitancy set in and Kashmirbecame a graveyard of artistic
aspirations and dreams, the pristine val-ley with its sentinels of age-old chinars andfragrant saffron-inspired celluloid fanta-sy and small screens blockbusters. Its land-scaped charms also wooed poets and writ-ers from far and wide.
After the place turned into a theatreof prey and predators, where guns andgrenades. death and decay, grief and tor-ture dominated every aspect of living, thevalley provided different types of ingredi-ents to fuel artistic aspirations. The storiesthat came out of Kashmir were now lacedwith grief, sadness, nostalgia, and longings.Tarannum Riyaz’s BIRDS OF THE SNOWis a similar yarn.
Originally published in Urdu as BarfAashna Parindey, the book explores thetransformative aspect of Kashmir, the rapidurbanization of the valley, and its impacton the people who have grown up hear-ing: ar Firdaus bar-rue zamin ast, hamiasto, hamin asto, hamin astnot (If there isa heaven on earth, it's here, it's here.)
The book deals with the struggle of asensitive college student Sheba to strike acompromise between her inner yearningsfor freedom and the values and norms herfamily and society expected her toembrace. It’s the story of a girl’s poignantstruggle to overcome the burden of con-ditioning and traditionality. The storyexplores our deepest emotions--love, fear,insecurity, and longing in a way that is bothevocative and original.
Sheba wishes to be free, just like thebirds that she likes observing, but under-stands the need to live within social con-ventions and accept life’s responsibilities.
When Sheba returns to the valley afteryears spent studying outside, she is struckby a pang of sadness. Tarannum has cap-tured Sheba’s feeling in a poignant passage:
The journey to the village has been herfavourite journey but today, waves of sad-ness washed over her mind time and again.She occasionally looked at the reflectionof Amki, Baaji, and Farkhanda in the rear-
view mirror. Baaji’s husband was drivingand no one to talk to anyone.”
Passages like this dominate the book,in which the author makes a genuine effortto bring alive the life and time of the
Kashmir valley in her own inimitable style.After reading the book, it’ll be easy tounderstand that Tarannum wrote this storynot just to fulfill some personal dreams,but to give voice to tens of thousands of
Shebas who are struggling to discover themeaning of their lives in a fast-changingsociety.
In the word of the publisher theNiyogi Books, This deftly translated novel
depicts the changing times in Kashmir,from a rural to more urban life, the impactof modern thinking, and through its por-trayal of female characters explore theircompassion and resolves, as well as theirsearch for self-fulfillment.”
The editing part of the book is fine asfar as grammar is concerned. But errorson the craft side disrupt the smooth flowof the story. The writing is full of unwant-ed adverbs, ( She walked quickly…. Abbusmiled pleasantly), avoidable exclamationsmarks, and stilted dialogues. Paragraphsafter paragraphs are littered with “hads”and “ing”, the two nemeses of literary writ-ings.
These flaws apart, which are the baneof most English books published in India,BIRDS OF THE SNOW is a poignant storythat delves into the human relationshipand social and moral values of a strife-tornlandscape.
The Reviewer is the Executive Editorof The Pioneer
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Starting from how to choosethe right career, the book covershow to find a hidden job, how tofind people who can help in find-ing job and build long-time rela-tionships with them, what to doto crack campus, virtual and otherinterviews, salary negotiation,and using social media for the jobhunt.
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The book talks about theproblem of largescale unemploy-ment. India has over five crores ofeducated unemployed youth.Every year more than 50 lacs ofeducated youth gets added intothe list. Educated youth is frustrat-ed, dejected, and is losing hope.Even professionally qualifiedyouth who have engineering,management, and graduate
degrees are not getting job. Thesituation is so grim that highlyeducated people are taking up oddjobs.
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The book has received excel-lent responses from not only stu-dents, job seekers, and workingprofessionals but also industrysenior professionals.
The Reviewer is SpecialCorrespondent of The Pioneer
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inable remarks of the BJP lead-ers on Prophet Muhammadunleashed strong reactions not onlyin India but also in the Islamic coun-tries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar,Kuwait and Iran, etc, resulting in callsto ban Indian products.
Though the BJP has stronglydenounced the remarks and said thatinsult to any religious personalitiesis not permissible, and immediate-ly suspended its leaders from theparty’s membership for not toeingthe official line on sensitive matters,it has become an international issuein no time. However, for consolation,the action taken by the BJP has been welcomed by many Muslimcountries.
Provocative speeches are not anew phenomenon in India, irre-spective of whether it is Congressregimes or the BJP’s. However, theintensity of such communal sledgingfrom both sides has increased dur-ing the BJP’s regime.
Why did it happen?The role of the mainstream and
social media has been questionableover the last few years as they haveoften been found adding fuel to thefire. India’s splendid past is full ofglory and wonders. History developsthe ability to avoid mistakes and cre-ate better paths for societies.Nevertheless, some of the mediahouses delve into the history andspoil all its might to prove that rot-tenness is actually producing highquality of fragrance. The uproar onTV channels on religious lines hasmostly been provocative and deroga-tory. Allowing fringe elements to dis-
respect religions and make contro-versial statements on TV showswith impunity put the anchor’s rolein question.
The 200 million Indian Muslimswho have been living here have optedto live in India in the hope that thiscountry will give them more respectand freedom than the neighbouringMuslim countries. Then the mootpoint is what purpose the provoca-tive speeches serve.
Although there are some differ-ences between the Muslim aspira-
tions and the BJP’s ideology, but theseare ideological which is permissiblein a healthy democracy. The nationis already facing numerous problems,people themselves are fightingagainst poverty, environmentaldegradation, joblessness and varioushealth problems, but some mediahouses for their vested interest,instead of raising the genuine issues,have deliberately been dividing andcreating gulf in society in the nameof religion, and this is the greatestobstacle in the way of development.
Possible trade threatsIndia’s overall economy during
Mughals was several times more thanmany European countries whichattracted many Europeans to India.It is believed that the only reason ofthis richness and prosperity waspeace and tranquility. However, eco-nomic destruction began during theBritish rule. They divided peoplealong religious lines in order to lootIndia’s resources. People were dyingin starvation but the British werebusy draining the wealth of India.
History is evident that peace, broth-erhood and justice bring prosperityand development, and on the con-trary hatred ruins and destroysnations. Therefore, it is required thatthe Government crack down onfringe elements and renew its focuson “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, SabkaVishwas”.
The recent reactions fromMuslim countries will further dam-age the Indian economy if no quickremedial action is taken. As permedia reports, the Gulf countriesaccount for almost one fifth ofIndia’s total trade. For instance, in theyear 2020-21 the total value of thegoods imported from the GCCcountries was worth $110.73 billion.India imports 40 per cent of crudeoil, 18 per cent of petroleum gas and8 per cent of diamond from the Gulfcountries, while it exports 14 per centof refined petroleum, 8 per cent ofjewellery and 7 per cent of rice. Inother words, India imports 72 percent worth $111 billion and exports28 per cent worth $44 billion.
It is noteworthy that the UAEand Saudi Arabia are the third andfourth biggest trade partners ofIndia. The UAE alone is accountedfor 6.6 per cent of India’s totalexport, and 7.3 per cent of importslast year touched about $73 billion.Saudi Arabia on the other hand isaccounted for almost 80 per cent ofimport worth $34.1 billion and 20per cent of export worth $8.75 bil-lion. Other GCC countries trade vol-umes are: Iraq 34.3 per cent, Qatar15 per cent, Kuwait 12.2 per cent,Oman 10 per cent and Bahrain 1.7per cent.
Gulf countries are well known to
be the second home of almost 10million Indians making it the largestIndian diaspora across the globe andcontributing immensely in the for-eign reserves of India.
As a matter of fact, India is thelargest recipient of the foreign remit-tances. As per last year’s WorldBank report, India received $87 bil-lion foreign remittances in 2021, halfof these foreign remittances was sentfrom just five Gulf countries i.e., UAE26.9 per cent, Saudi 11.6 per cent,Qatar 6.5 per cent, Kuwait 5.5 percent and Oman 3 per cent. In viewof the emerging trade and culturalties between India and the Arabworld, it shall be disastrous if the dif-ferences aggravate further and noremedial and timely actions taken.
It’s a well-known fact that Indiaand Arab world have very strongtrade and cultural relations for cen-turies. They believe in coexistenceand mutual cooperation. It is theresponsibility of the Government ofthe day to be accountable for boththe successes and failures. Hence itis high time for India to work on theimmediate corrective measures bothinternally and externally to fight thetrue evil of the society i.e hatred,poverty, unemployment, etc, andhave proper control on the fringe ele-ments and the media houses that aretrying to divide and damage the truespirit of India.
(The author teaches at KingAbdul Aziz University, Jeddah, KSA.He is founding Chairman of Indo-Arab Helping Hands and theInternational Adviser to MillennialIndia International Chamber ofCommerce Industry and Agriculture.)
The genesis of the Indo-Pacific Economic
Framework can be traced toOctober 2021, during the EastAsia Summit held virtually. Atthe East Asia Summit, the USPresident enunciated his plansto unveil a US-led Indo-PacificEconomic Framework (IPEF).
Following the initialannouncement, the Bidenadministration released anIndo-Pacific Strategy inFebruary 2022, which saw aformal iteration of the IPEF. Assuch, it bears no surprise to seeUS President Joe Biden offi-cially launched the IPEF onMay 23, 2022, in Tokyo beforethe QUAD leaders’ Summit.
In addition to the fourQuad members, leaders from 9other nations namely Brunei,Indonesia, South Korea,Malaysia, New Zealand, thePhilippines, Singapore,Thailand, and Vietnam partic-ipated virtually. These coun-tries became the foundingmembers of the IPEF initiativemaking a “baker’s dozen”. Outof the thirteen participatingcountries in the IPEF, seven arealso part of the Association ofSouth-East Asian Nations(ASEAN). However, threeASEAN countries —Cambodia, Laos, andMyanmar — have refrainedfrom participating in the IPEF.
The partial overlap of theIPEF with ASEAN reflects thatthe economic strategy has fac-tored in China. The sevencountries in IPEF which haveoverlapping membership withthe ASEAN will help the USand its Quad partners to fur-ther consolidate the “ASEANcentrality” principle of theIndo-Pacific strategy.
Both Laos and Cambodiahave perhaps been left out dueto their proximity to Beijing,while Myanmar has paid theprice for a non-democraticpolitical functioning that con-tinues in the country since themilitary junta grabbed power.That creating competitivestructures against China lies atthe heart of the IPEF hasbecome clearer with theengagement of Taiwan in asimilar bilateral engagement,albeit outside the IPEF.
In many ways, the IPEF isan offshoot of the re-invigo-rated America’s “Pivot to Asia”
strategy launched in 2011 dur-ing the Obama administra-tion. The strategy aimed torelocate the strategic focus ofthe US from West Asia to thePacific theatre, primarilybecause of the competitionand threats it faces from China.Besides, it also sought toadvance the US’ economic andgeopolitical interests throughwider engagements with theAsia-Pacific region.
The two important con-stituents of this strategy werethe Trans-Pacific Partnership(TPP) and the Indo-PacificEconomic Corridor. However,the US’ withdrawal from the
TPP during the presidency ofDonald Trump in 2017 deteri-orated the progress made interms of coalition-building andintensification of geopoliticaland geo-economic ties withallies in the Indo-Pacific region.
The “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” strategy released in2019 during the Trump admin-istration gathered inimicalreactions from the allies andpartners in the region. It wasperceived as a confrontationalnarrative rather than a region-al strategy.
Therefore, the return of anew collective strategy by theUS to collectively compete
with China, at a time when theUS dominance on the tradeand investment is facingintense competition fromBeijing in the region, may be atimely and well-calibrated stepto instil fair and principledregional competition which isconsistent with climate goalsand predictable supply chains.China is the leading tradepartner of almost all the IPEFmember countries. As such, theIPEF initiative outlines theunderlying thrust in buildingpartner coalitions, developinga collective response and pre-venting the growing Chineseinfluence in the region.
Broadly, the evolvingpredicament within the IPEFcountries is China using itseconomic heavyweight forachieving its security anddiplomatic goals. The IPEFcould present an opportunityfor like-minded countries ofthe Quad to find new and reli-able alternatives to their cur-rent dependencies on China,especially in trade related infra-structure and supply chains. Inparticular, for India, which isnot part of the China-ledRegional ComprehensivePartnership (RCEP) tradeagreement, the IPEF mightemerge as a more reliable and
credible alternative in creatingalternate mechanisms in theIndo-Pacific. India’s own FTAbeing negotiated with ASEANcould be consistent with someof the objectives of the IPEF.
Much of how the IPEF willunravel remains to be seen. TheIPEF countries that are alreadypart of some sort of Free TradeAgreements such as CPTPPand RCEP would require “sub-stantial incentives” from the USto diversify their ties from anysuch already existing arrange-ments in the region.
Also, the four focus areasof the IPEF: trade, supplychains, clean energy, decar-
bonisation and infrastructure;tax and anti-corruption need tobe implemented and assessed.While executing these focusareas, climate, labour and datalocalisation standards in theIPEF countries (which are notas per the US standards) mightturn out to be prominent irritants.
(Vivek Mishra is fellow,Strategic Studies Program, ORF,New Delhi. Mrityunjaya Dubeyis a researcher and SeniorAssistant member with TheConsortium of Indo-PacificResearchers affiliated with theJournal of Indo-Pacific Affairs)
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Astrology, like any other disci-pline has general rules foranalysing a horoscope. The
paradox, however, is that every indi-vidual is born unique, each carryingvarying desire and mind trends as wellas future potentialities. Even twinsborn within few minutes are foundexhibiting diametrically opposite char-acters. That makes it difficult to blind-ly apply the law of average while read-ing a chart. So, more often than notreading an astrological chart becomesa puzzle.
Late Shri K S Krishnamurti, fol-lowing a detailed research during midtwentieth century, came out with star-tling revelation, which made thingseasy for the astrologers. He found thatinstead of looking at the sign place-ment of planets as applied by the tradi-tional astrology, its three coordinateswhen seen in togetherness - the sign,nakshatra and its further subdivisionsinto 9 unequal segments, as applied inworking out dasha system – will offerthe right lead. He also discovered thatthe sub-lord of the house-cusp signify-ing a particular matter under consider-ation would help figure out its poten-
tial with clarity. Here again, instead ofpaying attention to just the houseunder consideration, other relatedhouses should also be looked into. Forinstance, in case of marriage, apartfrom the 7th house, 2nd and 11thhouses too need to be taken intoaccount. For, 2nd house signifies addi-tion to family and 11th house ismarked with fulfilment of desires. Incase of career, the 2nd (income), 6th(success over competitors), 10th (jobprospects) and 11th houses should belooked into. Based on his findings hedeveloped a system of significators ofdifferent houses, to figure out the tim-ing of events. Having applied this sys-tem for more than three decades, Ifound that this system offers indica-tions with a fair amount of precision.Even working on this system, readingsome charts prove baffling, especiallyin terms of timing of events.
Here is the case of a girl whosemarriage got unduly delayed. WithMars conjunct Saturn in the lagna, itwas clear that marriage would not hap-pen before attaining 30 years, and itwill not come about easy. When sheentered her 35th hear, the parents were
worried. So was I. For, I was not ableto give them a clear answer. Thatmade me work out afresh. The 7thcusp was ruled by Venus as the signlord, Sun as the nakshatra lord, andMercury as the sub-lord. Mercury the
11th lord signifying fulfilment ofdesire was conjunct the Sun andVenus, and so her marriage waspromised. The significators of 2nd, 7thand 11th houses worked out wereMars, Jupiter, Venus, Rahu, Moon,
Ketu and Mercury. In such a situationKP system suggests having a look atthe rulings planets from the chartdrawn at the moment of consultationto figure out the probable dasha com-bination most suited to the event.Usually, the lagna sign and nakshatralords; Moon sign and nakshatra lords;and day lord are taken as ruling plan-ets. The ruling planets help eliminateunworkable planets from the list ofsignificators.
I drew a ruling planets chart onSeptember 6, 2020 at 13:48:50 hours atDelhi. The ruling planets emerged asSun as day lord, Jupiter as lagna signlord, Ketu as nakshatra lord of lagna aswell as Moon sign, and Mars as theMoon sign lord. Ketu by its placementrepresented Jupiter. The girl was run-ning Saturn antardasha during Moondasha. Saturn neither appears as a sig-nificator or a ruling planet. So, mar-riage during that period was ruled out.That will be successively followed byMercury and Ketu antardasha.Apparently, it indicated marriage dur-ing Ketu antardasha. What struck meat that moment that Fortuna whenprogressed one degree for a year
became exactly trine to Mars, thelagna lord, implying that her fortunewas looking up. So, the marriageshould happen within a year. ButMercury did not apparently appear asa ruling planet. That drew my atten-tion Rahu, Moon’s sub-lord, whichrepresented Mercury by its sign place-ment. Also 7th sub-lord of the rulingplanet chart was Mercury. Now Marswas conjunct Moon, and also aspectedVenus, so the they were also taken asruling planets. Accordingly, I fixed upMoon dasha, Mercury antardasha,Jupiter pratyantara, and Venus shook-shma running between 20th and 31stJanuary 2022 as the probable time ofmarriage. She got married on 24thJanuary 2022.
To sum up, astrologer shouldanalyse every chart with an openmind, without any preconditioningwhatsoever, and then his experienceand intuitive sense will provide himwith the right lead.
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