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ADAYafterKanhaiyaLal,atailorinUdaipur,washackedtodeathby twomen,MohammadRiyazandGhouseMohammad, foral-legedly sharing remarksmadeby BJP’s Nupur Sharma on theProphet, RajasthanMinister ofState for Home Rajendra SinghYadav said Wednesday thatGhouseMohammad had beento Karachi in 2014 and beenmaking phone calls to Pakistan“for the last2-3years”.Director General of PoliceM

LLathersaidGhousehadgonetovisittheofficeofDawat-e-Islamiin Karachi. The DeL is a SunniIslamic proselytising groupfounded in Pakistan byMuhammadIlyasAttarQadri in

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ONANYotherday,Dhanmandi,amarket area in Udaipur, wouldhavebeenbustlingwithactivity.But onWednesday, only policebarricadescouldbeseen,ateveryturnoftheserpentinealleylead-ing to a shopwith a signboardmarked “Supreme Tailors”,

where its owner, Kanhaiya Lal,waskilledonTuesday.With curfew in place, all

shops were closed as securitypersonnelkeptaclosewatch.But, about 6 km away, hun-

dreds of people assembled out-side Lal’s house in Sector 14,Udaipur,ashisbodywasbroughtbackafterpost-mortem.Thean-gry crowd raised provocative

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AANCHALMAGAZINECHANDIGARH, JUNE29

AT LEAST A dozen states de-manded that compensation forlossesduetoimplementationofthe Goods and Services Tax beextended at the GST Council on

Wednesday, but the two-daymeetingconcludedwithoutanydecisionontheissue.Stateswereguaranteed compensation forfiveyearstill June2022atacom-pounded rate of 14 per cent(with 2015-16 as the base year)tomakeupforany lossesdue tothe new tax regime that rolled

out in July2017.In its 47thmeeting, the GST

Councildiscussedrecommenda-tions of fourministerial panels— on rate rationalisation, onmovementof goldandpreciousstones,systemreforms,andcasi-nos, horse racing and online

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Numbersnotonhis side,bowsoutinpublicaddressviaFacebook

ZEESHANSHAIKH,VALLABHOZARKAR&SADAFMODAKMUMBAI, JUNE29

OUTNUMBEREDAFTERarebel-lion inhis ownparty and realis-ing hewill not be able to provemajority on the floor of theAssembly, Maharashtra ChiefMinister Uddhav Thackeray re-signedWednesdaynight,shortlyafter the Supreme Court de-clined to stay a floor test calledThursday by Governor BhagatSinghKoshyari.His resignation as CM and

MLC, which he announced in aFacebook address to the public,brought to an end the 31-month-old rule of theMVAandset the stage for the return of aBJP-led government. FormerChief Minister DevendraFadnavis hopes to be back inpowerwith the help of 39 ShivSena rebelMLAs led by EknathShinde, independentsandlegis-latorsof smallerparties.“Ihavenoregretsaboutleav-

ing the CM’s chair. Whatever Idid, I did for theMarathi peopleandHindutva. Today, in front ofeveryone, I am announcingmyresignation as CMof the state,”Uddhav said in a speech that

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SEALING THE fate ofMaharashtra Chief MinisterUddhav Thackeray and his rul-ingMahaVikasAghadicoalition,the SupremeCourtWednesdaydeclinedtostaythefloortestthatGovernorBhagatSinghKoshyari

had asked Uddhav to takeThursday toprovehismajority.Shortly after the Supreme

Courtdecision,UddhavresignedasChiefMinister, bringing toanendtheMVArule.The Uddhav faction of the

Shiv Sena had gone to the topcourt against theGovernor’s di-rection for a floor test. The Senarebel faction led by Eknath

Shinde joined the courtroombattle, pressing for an immedi-ate floor test.The vacation bench of

Justices Surya Kant and J DPardiwala, after a lengthy hear-ing on the petition by SenaLegislature Party Chief WhipSunilPrabhu,said,“Havinggivenour thoughtful consideration to

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THERE’SAbigquestionmarkonthe futureof theSenaandtheThackerays.TheSenasplit at the topappears tobecompletebut it remains tobeseenhowitplaysouton theground,nowand in theforeseeable future.

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PLAINED Uddhav fate sealed after SC declined

to stay Governor floor test direction

Would be alive if actiontaken: Victim’s family

One of two who killed tailor inUdaipur has Pak links: DGP

KanhaiyaLal’swifeYashoda inUdaipuronWednesday.PTI

At least 12 states say continue GSTcompensation, no decision taken

AccusedvisitedDawat-e-Islamioffice inPak:Cops

Uddhav resignsaheadof floor test,BJPset to returnwithSena rebels

31-MONTHMVARULEENDS,CMsays ‘betrayed’byown

DON’TCOMEINWAYOFrebels,he tellsSainiks

THANKSPEOPLEFORpeace ‘whenriotselsewhere’

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Uddhav resignslasted15minutes.HesaidhewasalsoresigningasMLC.Beforebowingout,hesaidhe

was happy to fulfil his father’swish of renaming Aurangabadand Osmanabad. “Today, therewas a cabinetmeeting and I amsatisfied thatmy life’swish hasbeen fulfilled. The initial idea ofrenaming Aurangabad,mootedby Shiv Sena chief BalasahebThackeray,hasbeenfulfilledandwehaverenameditasSambhajiNagar. We have also renamedOsmanabad as Dharashiv,” hesaid.“Iwashappyovertherenam-

ing of Aurangabad. I, however,feltsadthatwhenthisresolutionwaspassed,onlyfourSenamin-isterswere present --me, (son)Aaditya,SubhashDesaiandAnilParab. All the other Senaminis-ters,whoshouldhavebeenhere,were absent and you know thereasonwhy.Whenwepresentedthe renaming resolution, theCongressorNCPdidnotopposeit. I would like to thank them.Those who should have donethis earlier stayed awaywhilethose whowe thought wouldoppose this, stayedwith us,” hesaid.HethankedNCPchiefSharad

Pawar, Congress chief SoniaGandhi and their parties for thesupport.To the public, he said, “You

gavemealotoflove,youlistenedto my advice. In these times,therehavebeenalotofcommu-nalriotsinthecountry,buttherewerenoriotsinMaharashtrabe-causeofyou,mysensiblecitizensofMaharashtra.Therewerealsoriots over the CAAandNRC, buttherewere no riots in the state.Muslims also listened to it, itmustbementioned.”Slamming the rebel MLAs,

Uddhav said those bestowedwith importantpositionsbythepartyhadbetrayedtheSena.“The Sena made common

men, people who drove rick-shaws,ransmallshopsascorpo-rators,MLAs,MPsandministers.Thesepeoplehavenowbecomebig. Those who were giveneverythingbythepartyarenowsayingtheyareangrywhilecom-mon Sainiks, who have not re-

ceived anything in the past, aretoday strongly standing behindtheparty,”hesaid.He tookaswipeatGovernor

Koshyari: “I alsowant to thanktheGovernorthatheupheldthevalues of democracy.Within 24hours of receiving a letter for afloor test, theGovernor gavedi-rections for it. I want to remindtheGovernor that the same re-

spectforthevaluesofdemocracyshouldalsobeshownforadeci-sion pendingwith him for overone-and-halfyearsregardingap-proval of the nomination of 12members of the LegislativeCouncil.If thatlistisacceptedex-peditiously even now, wewillcontinuetorespectyou.”HesaidtheCongressandNCP

remainedcommittedtotheideaof theMVAandbacked theShivSena.“The important issue is that

there was constant talk thatsomemay betray this alliancebuttheyremainedwithus.Eventoday,afterthecabinetmeeting,Ashok Chavan told me that ifyourpeopleareangryabouttheNCP andCongress being part oftheMaha Vikas Aghadi, we areready to exit and give outsidesupport to the government,” hesaid.Hesaidsecurityhadbeenin-

creasedinMumbaiatthebehestof the Central government andnoticeswerebeingservedtoShivSeanworkers.“Today, bandobast has in-

creased inMumbai on the in-structionsoftheCentralgovern-ment. Many Shiv Sainiks havebeen given prohibitory orders,CRPF has been called, themili-tarytoomaybecalled,”hesaid.He appealed to the Sena

workersnottohinderthemove-ments of the rebel MLAwhentheyreachMumbaiThursday.“I want to assure theMLAs

thatShivSainikswillnotcomeinyour waywhen you go for theswearing-in ceremony. A floortest is scheduled for tomorrow.There will be a count of howmanyMLAsMVAhas,howmanyBJPhas.Whyshouldheadsonlybeusedforaheadcount?Shouldthey not be used to get workdone?Thisistheunfortunateas-pectofdemocracythatheadsare

only used to countwhohas themajority. I amnot interested inthis,”hesaid.“They(BJP)wishtocelebrate

that theymade Shiv Sena pra-mukhBalasahebThackeray’ssonstepdownfromtheCMpostandtook power from the Shiv Sena.Wecannotsnatchthathappinessfromthemandweshouldnotdoit. Hence, I am appealing to allShiv Sainiks not to get in theirway.”Earlier, in the evening, as

lawyersoftheSenafactionswerebattling it out in the SupremeCourt,Uddhav thankedhis cab-inetcolleaguesfortheirsupportover the last two-and-a-halfyearsandapologisedforthe“be-trayal”byhiscolleagues.Healsotold some cabinet colleaguesthat if the Supreme Courtweretoorderinfavourofthefloortest,hemayresignaheadof thevote.A sourcewho attended the

meeting quotedUddhav saying“My colleagues have betrayedme. Iapologise for this.Thiswasunexpected.We did a new ex-perimentinthecountryandpar-ties of different views came to-gether.We did not just speak,but came together and showed.Wedidn’trealisehowthesetwo-and-half yearspassed.Our rela-tionswillcontinueandIwillprayforthis.Governmentscomeandgo. In politics, there is conflict. Idon’t knowwhether the floortest will happen. If I have hurtanyone,please forgiveme.”Hewalkedoutof thecabinet

meetingwithfoldedhandswithsonAadityabyhisside.

Uddhav fatethe rival submissions: (i)Wedonot findanygroundtostaycon-vening of the Special Session oftheMaharashtra Vidhan Sabhaon30-.6-.2022, i.e, tomorrowat11.00 a.m.with theonly agendaof a trust vote; (ii) Theproceed-ings of the trust vote to be con-vened on 30-.6-.2022 shall besubject to the final outcome ofthe instantWrit Petition aswellas theWrit Petitions referred toabove;(iii)theSpecialSessionoftheMaharashtra Vidhan Sabhashallbeconductedinaccordancewiththedirectionsascontainedin the communication…of theGovernorofMaharashtra.”

Thebench also allowedNCPlegislatorsNawabMalikandAnilDeshmukh,who are in custody,to participate in the VidhanSabhasession.AppearingforPrabhu,Senior

Advocate AM Singhvi said theGovernor’sletteronthefloortestsaid that the Leader ofOppositionmethimlastevening.Heaskedwon’titbeacaseof

puttingthecartbeforethehorseif the floor test was heldThursdaywithout deciding onthe disqualification of 16 SenarebelMLAs.Hewonderedwhatwouldhappentotheresultofthefloor test if theMLAswere tobesubsequentlyheldtobedisqual-ified.“Suppose the SC dismisses

the MLAs’ petition and the(Deputy)SpeakerdisqualifiestheMLAs,howwillthecourtreversethe floor test?” Singhvi said,adding theywould in such casestanddisqualified fromthedateonwhich theywere served no-tice. “That’swhywesay it’s irre-versible,”hesaid.“It is akin to the Election

Commission holding electionsayingtheelectoratewillincludedeadpeopleorpeoplewhohavemoved out. If floor test is donewithout determiningwho aredisqualified, thepool inwhichitwillbeheldwillchange,”hesaid.“Thesizeof thepoolwill de-

pend onwhether people havecommitted the Constitutionalsinofdefection,”Singhvisaid.This,hesaid“willleadtoutter

confusion”and“theonlywayoutis to await outcome of the peti-tion filed by the rebelMLAs” inSC, challenging thedisqualifica-tion notices issued to them bytheDeputySpeaker.Singhvi contended that the

floortestdirectionrevealed“un-duehaste”andwas“unholy”anddoneat“supersonicspeed”."TheGovernor has to act on

theaidandadviceoftheCouncilof Ministers.Whether he doesthat or not, he cannot definitelyact on aid and advice of theLeader of Oppositionwhich iswhat he appears to have done,”hesaid, referringtothemeetingbetween BJP leader DevendraFadnavis and the GovernorTuesdaynight.Callingita“pickledsituation”,Singhvi said Sunil Prabhu isnow the ChiefWhip recog-nisedbytheSpeakerbuttherebelsMLAssayit’ssomeoneelse.“Sowhosewhipwillbefollowedtomorrow?”Hesaidthat“peoplewho

have changed sides and de-fected cannot represent thewill of the people… Willheavens fall if there is nofloor test tomorrow?” heasked.Countering this, Senior

AdvocateNeerajKishanKaul,who appeared for the rebelMLAs, said the floor test cannever be delayed as it is theonlywaytodeterminepolit-ical accountability. Thewayto avoid horse trading, hesaid, is on the floor of theHouse.HesaidtheSupremeCourthasheld thatpendingproceedings of disqualifica-tion “arenogroundtodelayfloor test”.He said the “Supreme

Courthasheldthatboth(dis-qualification and floor test)aredistinct issues.”Kaul said that as per the

SupremeCourt,disqualifica-tion proceedings have nobearingonafloortestwhichis “the healthiest thing thatcanhappeninademocracy”.“SupremeCourtsaysthat

themomentaChiefMinistershows reluctance to provehis majority, it prima faciegives the view that he haslost the confidence of theHouse,”hesaid.Kaul said he had seen

people keen to take a floortest. “I have seldom seen aparty so afraid to conduct afloor test.”JusticeSuryaKantsought

toknowwhowouldbecom-petent to participate if thefloor test were to happenThursday.Kaul replied that while

theargumentisthatthepoolwill change if they get dis-qualified subsequently, theSChassaidthatpendencyofdisqualificationhasnobear-ingonholdingofafloortest.He said the question if

the Deputy Speaker haspower todisqualifyornot isa separate issue. But merependencyof thatmatter, hesaid, has no bearing on thefloor test. “Whosewhip hastobe followed is an internalpartymatter.Inasituationofthiskind,constitutionalpro-prietycalls for floor test,”hesaid.Submitting that the

Governor's decision is notimmune from judicial re-view,he said thequestion iswhether this is the kind ofsituation where the court

will substitute the Governor’sjudgmentwith itsown.To a specific query from the

bench, Kaul said there are 39MLAs in the rebel camp and“that’swhythisnervousness(inthe ruling alliance)”. He said 16of the39MLAshavebeengivennotice fordisqualification.“We are not leaving Shiv

Sena,weare theShivSena. It’s ahopelessminority that’s tryingtosubvert,”Kaulsaid.Senior AdvocateManinder

Singh sought to contradict thepetitioner’s argument that theGovernoractedwithoutaidandadviceoftheCouncilofMinistersand said there are rulings toshowthatsuchaidandadviceisnotneededtoordera floor test.Solicitor General Tushar

Mehta, who appeared for theGovernor,saidtheargumentthatthe court has interdicted theSpeakerisfallacious.Hesaidit isthe lawwhich has interdictedhim.Singhvi countered the argu-

mentthatfloortestanddisqual-ificationaredistinct.Hesaidtheyaredistinctonlyifthereisno“fet-ter” on the Speaker. “It’s unre-latedtillYourLordshipsputafet-terontheSpeaker.Afterthatitisrelated, ithas tobe.”Singhvi also targeted the

Governor: “It is repeatedly ar-gued that the Speaker is alwayssuspect,buttheGovernorisHolyCow,Governorcannotbewrong,but the custodian of the TenthSchedule is.”

Pak links: DGP1981.MinisterYadavsaidGhouse“went to Karachi in 2014 andspentabout45days there.Thenin 2018-19, he hadmovementsinArabcountriesandalsovisitedNepal a few times. And for thelast 2-3 years, he wasmakingcalls to 8-10 phone numbers ofPakistan.”“The crime they have com-

mitted is not onewhich couldhavebeencommittedbyacom-monman.SotheNIAhaslodgedacaseandtheirnetworkwill befoundout and the guiltywill bejailed,”hesaid.As outrage over the killing

mounted and condemnationpouredinfromdifferentpartsofthe country, Gehlot cut short avisit to Jodhpur and returned toJaipurwherehechairedameet-ing to review the Udaipur casewith top state officials of thestate.Postmeeting,CMsaidthat“preliminary probe reveals thatthe incident has been commit-tedwith an objective to spreadterror and fear. It appears thatthey had a connectionwith in-ternationalorganisations,there-fore it is obvious for the NIA toprobe the entire incident.” Hesaid that the state’s SpecialOperations Group (SOG) andAnti TerrorismSquad (ATS)willextend “complete support” totheNIAin its investigation.DGP Lather told reporters

that the questioning of GhouseandRiyazsofarhadrevealedthat“theywere associatedwith anorganisation named Dawat-e-Islami”andGhouse"wasincon-stanttouchwithothermembersof theorganisation”.“Ghouse Mohammad had

gone to visit Dawat-e-Islami inKarachi in 2014. On paper, itsmission is to preach religiouspracticesandpropagatethepar-ticular sect. Theydon’thaveanysuchofficeinRajasthan.InIndia,they have an office in Kanpur,andheadofficesinMumbaiandDelhi,” theDGPsaid.OnWednesday, the NIA re-

registeredtheFIRinthecase.TheoriginalFIRandthentheNIAFIRwas lodged under IPC sections302 (murder), 452 (house-tres-pass after preparation for hurt,assaultorwrongfulrestraint),34(actsdoneby several persons infurtherance of common inten-tion), 153A (promoting enmitybetween different groups ongroundsof religion,etc.,anddo-ing acts prejudicial tomainte-nanceofharmony),153B(impu-tations, assertionsprejudicial tonational-integration),295A(de-liberate andmalicious acts, in-tendedtooutragereligiousfeel-ings of any class by insulting itsreligion or religious beliefs) aswell as sections16, 18 and20ofthe Unlawful Activities(Prevention)Act (UAPA).TheDGP said that consider-

ingthenatureofthecase“andasper instructions from the ChiefMinister, this case has beentreatedas‘actof terror’sincethebeginningandhenceacasewaslodged under the UAPA. In thisregard, the NIA was informedand their helpwas sought. NIAofficials left for Udaipur onTuesday night and reachedWednesdaymorning,andjoinedthe investigation.”He said “since it is a sched-

uled offence, it was transferredto the NIAwhile the RajasthanPolicewill support (the investi-gation).”Whilethetwomainaccused

were formally arrested on

Wednesday, four others, whowere also allegedly involved inthe case, are currently beingquestioned,asperpolice.On the background of the

twomain accused, Lather said“MohammadRiyazusedtoworkasawelderwhile theotherper-sonusedtodomenialjobs.Sofar,nocriminalhistoryof eitherhasbeenfound.”Additionally, the SHO of

Dhanmandi police station,GovindSingh,andASIBaluRamhave been suspended. TheDhanmandi police station hadlodged an FIR against KanhaiyaLalonJune10,basedonthecom-plaintbyoneNazimAhmed, forallegedlyhurtingreligioussenti-ments.PolicearrestedKanhaiyaon June 11, and hewas grantedbail thenextday.BaluRamwastheinvestigat-

ingofficerinthecaseandthepo-licehadbrokeredpeacebetweenboth sides on June 15, whenKanhaiya Lal had sought policeprotection following allegedthreats from Nazim, but laterwithdrewitaftertheagreement.However, the DGP said that

no link betweenNazimand thetwowhomurdered Kanhaiyahas been found as yet althoughthe case is still under investiga-tion. Additionally, Riyaz andGhouse had notmet Kanhaiyapreviously either. During ques-tioning, one of the accused alsoclaimed that he crafted theweapon used to murderKanhaiyaLal, asper theDGP.“Thereisapost-Nupursitua-

tion and a pre-Nupur situation.Consideringthechargedatmos-phere, the SHO could not readthe situationwell and the legalactionwhich should have beentaken,wasn’t taken. Hence, theSHOand theASIhavebeensus-pendedanddepartmentalactionwillbetaken.Additionally,actionwillbetakenagainstanyoneelsetoo if laxity is foundatany level.Noonewillbespared,”hesaid.On the other hand, five con-

stableshavebeenpromoted,outof turn, to head constable fortheir role innabbingthetwo.Later in the day, CMchaired

anall-partymeetingattendedbyBJP MLA and spokespersonRamlalSharma,formerministerand former BJP state presidentArunChaturvedi,RLD’sSubhashGarg who is also aminister inGehlot cabinet, aswell asmem-bers of RLP, CPI, CPM, and inde-pendentMLAs,amongothers.Inthemeeting,CMsaidthat“entirestate standswithKanhaiya Lal’sfamily” and announced a finan-cialaidofRs50lakhtothefamily.In a resolution, the parties

unanimouslycondemnedthein-cident and sought the harshestpunishmentfortheguiltyasperlaw. They also appealed to thecitizens tomaintain peace andresolvedthattheywon’tletanti-social elementssucceed in theirschemes.The government claimed

that all the representativespraised the government forquickactionandnotcommittingany laxity, while thanking thegovernment for calling the allpartymeeting.On Thursday, CM Gehlot,

MoS (Home) Rajendra Yadav,DGPLather,ChiefSecretaryUshaSharma and others are sched-uled to visit Udaipur. The CM isscheduledtomeetKanhaiyaLal'sfamily around 11 am, followedby a law and ordermeeting inUdaipuratnoon.InNewDelhi, theMinistryof

HomeAffairsdirectedtheNIAtotakeover thecase.“MHA has directed the

National Investigation Agency(NIA) to takeover the investiga-tionof thebrutalmurderof ShriKanhaiya Lal Teli committed atUdaipur, Rajasthan yesterday.The involvement of any organi-sation and international linkswillbethoroughlyinvestigated,”the office of Union HomeMinister Amit Shah said in aTwitterpost.A senior police officer said

“cyber forensic analysis” of thephones of the two assailants isbeingdone.“Itisbeingexaminedif they are part of some onlinegroup thatmotivatespeople forlone-wolf attacks on religiouslines. It is being explored if theywere part of some self-ap-pointedIslamicStategroup,”theofficersaid.

Victim’s familyslogans,callingfortheexecutionofhiskillers.Lal, inhis40s,wasa fatherof

two, Yash (21) and Tarun (18).While Yash is a B.Com. secondyear student, Tarun is inhis firstyearofB.Pharma.“WhatwillIdonow,”saidtheirmother,Yashoda.“My husband was consis-

tently receiving threats that hewould be killed. Peoplewouldcome to his shop and threatenhim.Hewasnotgoing regularlyto his shop for the past seven-eightdays;hewouldjustgooncein awhile to check on his staffmembers. If timely action had

beentaken,hewouldhavebeenalive,” shesaid.“We don’t even remember

who shared the post. Someonemistakenly clicked the repostbuttonanditgotshared.Despitethe fact that he was receivingthreats,thepolicedidn’tprovidehim protection. My fatherwasthesolebreadwinnerofthefam-ily, asmy brother and I are stillstudying.Wesuspect thatmorepeople are involved because itwasapre-plannedmurder,”saidYash,addingthathisfirstprioritywas to ensure that his father’skillersarehanged.In a videoposted online, the

twomenwho killed Lal – theyidentified themselves asMohammad Riyaz andGhouseMohammad – said itwas in re-taliation for the victim sharingremarksmade by BJP’s NupurSharmaontheProphet.On June 10, nearly three

weeks before hewas hacked todeath,LalwasarrestedonanFIRfor allegedly hurting religioussentiments. After he was re-leased on bail, he submitted awrittencomplaintallegingdeaththreats and seeking police pro-tection.“Bymistake,apostrelatedto

NupurSharma’scommentswasmade by Lal’s son. Lal was ar-rested and was subsequentlygrantedbail. Thereafter, hecon-tinued to receive threats andwhen he told the police, theydidn’t provide him protection.Instead, theymediated a com-promise between the two par-ties.Amanandawomanthreat-ened him even a day before hewaskilled.Lal’sphotoswerecir-culatedonWhatsAppgroups,hiskilling was meticulouslyplanned,” alleged Kuldip Sahu,whosaidhewasafamily friend.Despite the curfew in seven

policestationareas,hundredsofpeople, onmotorcycles and invehicles, accompanied the fu-neral procession, raisingprovocativeslogansandwavingsaffronflags.A top police officer said the

administration allowed thecrowd to assemble to avoid un-toward incidents thatmayhaveflared if theyhadbeen stopped.Just next to the cremationground, anumberof policemenstoodguardnearaMuslimbur-ial ground, where a signboardwasknockeddownbytheangrycrowd.Among politicianswhomet

Lal's familywereBJP leader andRajasthan Leader of OppositionGulabChandKataria,whoisalsothe MLA from Udaipur, andPreetiShaktawat,CongressMLAfromVallabhnagar in Udaipurdistrict.According to relatives, Lal,

originally fromDungarpur dis-trict, shifted to Udaipur abouttwodecadesago.“The cremation of Lal took

place today and the crowdwaspeacefullydispersed.Anamountof Rs 31 lakhhasbeenarrangedfor the victim’s family throughpublic donation and another Rs5 lakhwill be provided by thecourt,” said Rajendra Bhatt,Divisional Commissioner,Udaipur.Meanwhile, Rajasthan DGP

MLLatharhas said that anSHOand an Assistant Sub-Inspectorhave been suspended for negli-gence.

GSTgaming. A decision on levying a28percenttaxoncasinos,onlinegaming,horseracingandlottery,hasbeendeferredpendingmoreconsultationswithstakeholders,UnionFinanceMinisterNirmalaSitharamansaid.It has been decided that the

inverted duty structurewill becorrected for a host of itemstranslating into a rate hike forhousehold items such as LEDlamps, printing/drawing ink,power driven pumps, Tetra Pakto 18 per cent from12per cent,for solarwater heaters, finishedleather to12percent from5percentandforcutandpolisheddi-amondsto1.5percentfrom0.25percent.Amongservices,18percentGSTwill be levied for issueofcheques.Exemptionswillalsobewith-

drawnforpre-packagedandpre-labelledfooditemssuchasgrains,curd,lassi,paneer,jaggery,wheatflour,puffedrice,buttermilkandmeat/fish (except frozen). Suchfooditemswillnowbetaxedat5per cent, at par with brandeditems.Further,refundofaccumu-lated input tax creditwill notbeallowedongoods suchasedibleoil and coal. Exemptionswerealsowithdrawnforroomrents:a12 per cent GST will now belevied onhotel roomswith rentup to Rs 1,000 a day and a 5percentGSTwillbeleviedonhospi-talroomtentaboveRs5,000perday(excludingICU).GSTratehasbeenreducedfor

ostomy/orthopaedicappliancesfrom12percentto5percentandtransport of goods and passen-gers by ropeways from 18 per

cent to5per centwith input taxcredit.TheseratechangeswillbeeffectiveJuly18.TheGoMheadedby Karnataka Chief MinisterBasavaraj Bommai has beengiven a three-month extensionforraterationalisationmeasuresincludingtweakingthetaxslabs.“Technology may correct

anomalies for inefficiencies andthereforemay have as possibleimpactonrevenuecollection.Butthe revenue neutral rate of theRBI study has been breached tothe disadvantage of the sys-tem…thatcallsforacorrection,”Sitharamansaid.On the inflation impact of

such rate changes, she said, “Allministers (in the Council) areaware.Theyareall lookingatthesystem.So,decisionstakenbytheCouncil are not as though takenin isolation. Elected representa-tiveswhoarepartof theCouncilarefullyconscious,”shesaid.Onthevaluationmechanism

for taxing casinos, a Group ofMinisters headedbyMeghalayaChief Minister Conrad Sangmahasbeenasked to consider sub-missions of stakeholders againand submit its report by July 15,Sitharaman said. TheGST coun-cil will meet again in the firstweekof August todecideon theissuealongwithtakingupdiscus-siononsettingupofanappellatetribunal.TheGoMhadrecommended

that online gaming should betaxedatthefullvalueof thecon-sideration, includingthecontestentry fee paid by the player onparticipating in thegame. In thecase of race courses, it had sug-gested thatGSTbe leviedon thefullvalueofbetspooledintheto-talisators and placedwith thebookmakers. It also recom-mended that no distinction bemadeongroundsofgameofskillor game of chance for the pur-pose of the levy of GST andshould be taxed at the highestrateof28percent.TheCouncilwaivedoffthere-

quirement ofmandatory regis-tration under CGSTAct for per-sons supplying goods throughe-commerceoperatorsbelowtheexemption threshold of Rs 40lakhturnoverforgoodsnotmak-inganyinter-statetaxablesupply.This is likely to be effectiveJanuary 2023. TheGoMon sys-temreformshassuggestedextrameasuresforphysicalverificationat the time of registration forhigh-risk taxpayers includingbiometric authentication, geo-tagging,useofelectricitydataandreal-timemonitoringofbankac-counts.On the compensation issue,

Sitharaman said financeminis-ters and other ministers of 16statesspoke,ofwhich3-4spokeof evolving their own revenuestream to break from the com-pensation mechanism,Sitharamansaid.“Afewstatesbeforelunchto-

daysaidtheywouldlikethecom-pensation to continue for sometime,evenasfewotherstatessaidthat yes, it is a question of com-ingoutofthepandemic,buttheyhave to stand on their feet…Therewere broadly statementsbeing made with a sense ofwhether compensation can becontinued,ifnotforfiveyears,forafewyears,"Sitharamansaid.“Therewere 16 or 17 states

that demanded that the GSTcompensation should be ex-tended. Of this, therewere 3-4states that said that theyhave tostandontheirown,"shesaid.“Someof themsaidwehave

toworkonour systems toweanourselves away and not be de-pendentonGSTcompensation,”Revenue Secretary Tarun Bajajsaid.States/ UTs such as Kerala,

West Bengal, Tamil Nadu andDelhi asked for an extension ofthe GST compensation beyondJune. “Which statedoesn’twant(compensation extension be-yond June?) Karnataka andGoaalsoaskedforcompensation(ex-tension). Idon’tknowofanysin-gle state thathasn’t asked for anextension of compensation…ifGST Council is the deciding au-thority, thenonwhatbasiscanadecisionbetakenoutsidetheGSTCouncil?,” Tamil Nadu FinanceMinister Palanivel Thiaga Rajansaid.As per data on revenue

growth collated for the Councilmeeting, the all-India averageshortfall between the protectedrevenueandthepostsettlementgrossSGSTrevenuewas27.2percent in 2021-22 as against 37.9per cent in 2020-21. In 2021-22,only five out of 31 states/ UTs—Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur,Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim—registered a revenue growthhigher than the protected rev-enue rate for states under GST.Puducherry, Punjab,Uttarakhand,HimachalPradesh,andChhattisgarhhave recordedthehighestrevenuegapbetweentheprotectedrevenueandpost-settlement gross state GST rev-enuein2021-22.

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PREPARATION TO bring downthe Supertech twin towers inNoidahasentereditsfinalstage.Thedemolitionofthetowers,lo-catedinSector93A,wasinitiallysupposed to take place onMay22. The Supreme Court had, onAugust30 lastyear,directedthedemolition of the towers Apexand Ceyane in Supertech’sEmerald Court for violating theminimumdistancerequirementbetweenthe twobuildings.OnMay17,theapexcourtex-

tendedthedemolitiondate,andfixed it on August 21, with acushion period that ends on

August 28. Edifice Engineering,a Mumbai-based firm, is over-seeing thedemolitionprocess."The process is nearly 95%

complete.Thebuildingsarereadyforthedemolitionprocess.Whatis left is the implementation ofsurrounding safety features,which includes putting contain-ers inEmeraldCourt'sbasementandfillingthebasementwithde-bris, and safeguarding the gaspipelines,"asourcesaid.These ancillary steps will

take15days, andby firstweekofAugust, the buildings will becharged with explosives, thesourcesaid,addingthatbuildingsin the Emerald Court and ATSVillageApartments,whichare inthevicinityofthedemolitionarea,

have been inspected and pho-tographedforcracksanddeficien-cies.TheseincludethreewingsoftheEmeraldCourtandfourwingsof theATS village. Structural in-spectionhasbeenoutsourcedbyEdificeEngineeringtoacompanybased in Kochi. EdificeEngineeringwillsubmitthevisualinspectionreportbyJune30.Thefirmhassubmittedan'en-

vironmentimpactplan'totheUPPollutionControl Board andwillsubmit a 'debrismanagementplan' by June30, the source said,adding thatNoidaAuthority in-structed the firm to submit a re-porttoCentralBuildingResearchInstitute(CBIR)andGAILonvibra-tionoccurringduetothetestblastbyJune20,whichisalsodue.

New Delhi:Delhi reeled undersultry weather onWednesdaythough thundershowers andlight rain at nightmay providesomerelief.Conditionsare favourable for

themonsoontoreachthecapitaleitheronThursdayorFriday, theIndiaMeteorologicalDepartmentsaid.TheSafdarjungObservatory,Delhi's base station, recorded amaximum temperature of 40.9degreesCelsius.Humidity levelsoscillated between 51 per centand70percent.AccordingtotheIMD,Delhi is likely to receive itsfirst monsoon showers onThursdayorFriday.TheIMDhasissuedanorange

alert,warningofmoderate rain-fall in the city on June 30. Themaximum temperature willcome down to 33-34 degreesCelsius by July 1. The southwestmonsoon usually arrives in thenational capital on June 27.Expertshavesaidthemonsoonisexpectedtoyieldgoodrainfall inDelhiinthefirst10daysandhelpcovertheraindeficit.PTI

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New Delhi

ABHINAVRAJPUTNEWDELHI,JUNE29

A DELEGATION of BJP leadersfromGujarat alongwith BJPMPManojTiwarivisitedtwomohallaclinics thatwerenotoperationaland a school inNortheast DelhionWednesday,theseconddayoftheirvisit.Referringtotheconditionofa

mohalla clinic in Zero Pushta inSoniya Vihar, Tiwari said, “Thismohalla clinic is listed on theirwebsite, but on theground, onlythestructureexists.”Theteamvis-ited another mohalla clinic inChauhanPatti soonafter. “Thereis nodoctor inside, nomedicine,nothing,”saidJyotiPandya,formermayorofVadodara.A17-memberBJPdelegation fromGujarat is inDelhionatwo-dayvisitto“assessthe ground reality” of ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal’smo-hallaclinicsandschools.The leaders’ nextdestination

was Sarvodaya Bal BalikaVidyalayainKhajuriKhas,wheretheyshotvideosofaportionthatallegedlywas run in a tin shed.Tiwarisaid,“It issohothere.Onecannotstandforalongtime,howcantheyteachsmallchildrenin-

sidetheshed?Eventhebuildingis ricketywith cracks,” he said,adding, “TheDelhi governmenthastwo-threeschoolswhichtheykeepshowinginadvertisements,butinreality,theconditionofsev-eral schools andmohalla clinicsarelikewehaveshown.”Ateacherat theschool,how-

ever,saidthisportionisonlyusedwhen turnout is high. “Classes,fromNurseryto12,arerunintwoshifts. The strength of childrenreaches up to 5,800. There arepukka structures and those areused for studies. The school hasmorethan70roomsforclasses,”shesaid.“However,theconditionof classesandstaff roomscanbe

improved,”sheadded.The delegation laterwent to

meet UnionMinister for healthand family welfare MansukhMandaviya. A press conferencewas also scheduled later in theday butwas cancelled. GujaratBJP media convenor YagneshDave said that the teamwouldholdapressbriefinginGujarat.Meanwhile, AAPMLAAtishi,

alongwithagroupofMLAs,wenttooneof theDelhigovernment'smodel schools onWednesday.Atishistatedthattheyhadinvitedthe Gujarat delegation toSarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya, RouseAvenue to showthemthe 'Delhieducationmodel'. "We had in-

vited them to come to see ourschool.Weheard theyhad goneto amohalla clinic last evening,but therewas no one to receiveand show them around... Wechosethisschoolbecauseit'srightnext to the BJP national head-quarters,anditwouldbeeasyforthemtofind,"saidAtishi.“We wanted to present a

complete picture of the educa-tional revolution brought by theKejriwal government inDelhi tothe BJP delegation.We arewellawareofthepitiableconditionofgovernment schools inGujarat...Students have no choice but tostudy on tat-patti in schoolswhich are categorised asworld-classsmartschoolsbytheGujaratgovernment.Thisschoolinwhichwearepresenttodaywasruninatinshedsevenyearsago.IftheBJPdelegationshowsup,wewillde-scribetheentirejourneyoftrans-formingdilapidatedschools intoactualworld-classones,”shesaid.In a tweet, Kejriwal said,

"Several senior leaders of BJP'sGujarat unit have come toDelhitoseemohallaclinicsandschools.IhopetheywillimprovethingsinGujaratafterseeingthewonder-fuleducationandhealthserviceshere..."

KEJRIWAL INCABINETMEETING

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DELHIWILLhave almost 12,000buses in its fleet by December2024, Chief Minister ArvindKejriwalsaidWednesday.A cabinetmeetingwas held

Wednesday,afterwhichKejriwalsaidthegovernment’s focuswasnowonbringingthenationalcap-ital’s transport sector to interna-tionalstandards.“Buses are themost impor-

tantmode of travel inDelhi butbuseswerenotboughtforseveralyears. In thepast oneandahalf-two years, this has changed andwe have bought many AC andelectric buses. In the cabinetmeeting today, permissionwasgrantedtobuy1,950buses.Theywill start coming by August-

Septemberthisyear,andbynextSeptember,allof themwillbeonroads,”hesaid.Delhi had hit roadblocks in

buyingbusesforalmostadecadedue to fewercompaniesbiddingand stringent annual mainte-

nancecontracts.Kejriwalsaidthecitynowhasafleetof7,200buses.“This is the highest number ofbuses thatDelhi has ever had. Atender for4,800morebuseswillalso be placed. But some oldbuseswillhavetogoofftheroads.

All in all, our target is to have afleetof11,910buses,whichisad-equateforthecity,”hesaid.Several buses running on

Delhi roads are over age, andthere are frequent reports ofbreakdowns. The permission torun these buseswas granted asthe fleet size fell drastically. Healsosaidthegovernment’saimistoimproveservices,andintegratetaxis,Metroandbusesforamorecomfortabletravelexperience.

Urban farmingAnotherdecisiontakeninthe

meetingwas to startworkshopsto teach people about urbanfarming–bothforpersonalcon-sumption and for starting smallbusinessesfromhome.“In the budget, we had an-

nounced thatwewill promoteurban farming. We will teach

small-scalefarmingtothosewithspace onbalconies and terraces.Wewill give them some seedsandotherhelp.Therearetwosec-tors – thosewhowant to growfruits and vegetables for theirown consumption, and thosewho want to start small busi-nesses.Wearehiringexpertsandtying up with the IndianAgriculturalResearchInstitute forexpertise. At theward level, ex-pertswillholdworkshopstotrainpeople on how to grow in yourhome for themselves. Therewillbe400suchworkshops.Around600workshopswill alsobeheldforthosewhowanttostartsmallbusinesses,”hesaid.He also said the scheme to

provide free rationduring Covidto those eligible has been ex-tended and will continue tillSeptember30.

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SUSPENDED DELHI BJPspokesperson Naveen KumarJindal has claimed that he re-ceivedmultiple death threatsWednesdaymorning,adayaftera tailor, Kanhaiya Lal, wasmur-deredbytwomeninUdaipurforsupporting former BJPspokespersonNupurSharmaonthe Prophet. Following this, theDelhi Police said they have pro-vided Jindal andhis familywithsecurity.Jindal, whowas suspended

fromtheBJPalongwithSharmalastmonthovertheirremarksonthe Prophet, tweeted, “Thismorningat6.43am, I received3emails with a video of brotherKanhaiya Lal’s throat being slit.They threatened me and myfamilywith such threats. I haveinformed the police controlroom.”Thephotospostedalongwith

the tweet were screenshots ofthreats,purportedlycallingJindala “terrorist” and threatening to“slit his throat”. Jindal posted avideosaying,“Aguy...hasthreat-enedmeandmyfamilythattheywill killme. This is related to theUdaipurincident.IhaveinformedDelhi Police and hope they takeimmediateaction...”DCP(East)PriyankaKashyap

said,“Jindal'scomplainthasbeentaken up for investigation pur-poses, and his security has alsobeenscaledup.”The casewill be transferred

to theCyberCrimeunit to iden-tify and arrest the accused, po-liceadded.

BajrangDal, VHP holdprotests

TheDelhiunitof theVishwaHindu Parishad (VHP) andBajrang Dal held a protest atJantar Mantar Wednesdayagainst the Udaipur incident.DCP (New Delhi) Amrutha

Guguloth said, “Around70peo-ple from Bajrang Dal and VHPwere detained from Jantar

Mantar. They were protestingwithout permission. No FIR hasbeenregistered.”VHP Delhi president Kapil

Khanna said, “By releasing thevideo after themurder, the ac-cused have challenged the sov-ereignty of the country bythreatening Prime MinisterNarendraModi.Theyhavechal-lenged sovereignty, freedom ofthoughtandsecularvaluesofthecountry. The VHP will fightagainst it andwin."BajrangDal Delhi Prant con-

venorBharatBatrasaid, “Theac-cused should be hanged at theearliestbythefasttrackcourt."Meanwhile, inGurgaon,VHP

andBajrangDalmembersstageda protestWednesday , demand-ingstringentpunishmentfortheaccused.Theprotesters,whomarched

fromNehruParkaround5pmtillHarish bakery chowk, burnt aneffigy and raised slogans like'desh ke gaddaron ko, goli maarosaaloko'.Theyalsocalledforcap-italpunishmentfortheaccused.Kulbhushan Bhardwaj, who

was among those spearheadingthe protests, said, "We demandthe harshest punishment bemeted out to the accused andstategovernmentshouldgiveRs1crorecompensationandagov-ernment job to victim’s kin. Thecase should be fast-tracked andprobe should be transferred tolawenforcementagenciesinUP."Gurgaon police commis-

sionerKalaRamachandran,said,"The protests remained peace-ful."

‘City to have 12,000buses by 2024;govtwill teach people urban farming’

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MORE THAN amonth after 27peopledied inamassive fireat acommercial building in OuterDelhi’sMundka,relativesandpo-licepersonnelconductedthelastritesof42-year-oldGeetaDeviinDelhi onTuesday.Geetawas theonly victimwhoseDNAhadnotmatchedwithherrelatives.On May 13, a massive fire

brokeoutatafive-storeyedbuild-ing inMundka. Nearly 120 peo-

plewere trapped in the fire and27 of them succumbed to theburn injuries. Sincemost bodieswere charred and couldn’t berecognised, DNAprofiling testswere conducted to ascertain theidentitiesof thedead.While other families rushed

to themortuary in searchof kin,nobody from Geeta’s familyshowed up. It took policemorethansixdaystotraceGeeta’sfam-ily inBihar’s JhikaruaVillage.ApoliceofficertoldTheIndian

Express “Wehave beenworkingwithforensicsciencelabtomatch

DNAsandsendbodiestofamilies.Itwasdifficult as tests took timeandfamilieswereanxiouslywait-ing.InGeeta’scase,nobodycameto us.Wehad to trace her land-ladyinDelhi.”Geetaworked as a helper at

thebuildingwhereelectronicde-vices, CCTVs and other surveil-lance equipmentwere packedandsold.Shehadbeenlivingwithher husband inMundka till hisdeathin2018.Geeta’s landlady and friend

Anita said, “We tried to identifythe body, but it was charred.

Police askedus aboutDNA testsbutwedidnotknow herrelativesassheneverusedtospeakaboutthem. Shewas like a sister.Wewere ready to performher finalrites,butpoliceaskedustowait.”AtGeeta’s rented accommo-

dation, police found her phoneand documents. A team tracedGeeta’s brotherMantu Kumarandcollectedhisbloodsample.SameerSharma,DCP(Outer)

said the casewas challenging asMantu’sDNAdidn’tmatch.Policethen asked other siblings andGeeta’srelativestocometoDelhi

and collected their blood sam-ples,butnoneof themmatched.“All other bodies’ DNA had

matchedwith families by then.On June27,her samplematchedwith her sister’s. A day later, thefamily andpolice conducted thelast rites at a crematorium inSultanpuri,”addedDCPSharma.Atthecrematorium,whilepo-

licehelpedwiththelastrites,onlyafewfamilymemberswereseen.Mantusaid,“Geetadidi lefthomea decade back because parentsforced her to getmarried, afterwhichwemethardly6-7times. I

sawher sixmonths back for thelast time. Shewasour eldest sis-ter.ShestartedherlifeinDelhionherownandneveraskedforhelp.Even after her husband’s death,she didn’t comeback. I came toknowaboutthedeath2-3daysaf-terthefire. It’sbeendifficult…”Geeta’s family said they had

tomakemultipletripstoDelhifortheDNAtestsandhadtowaitforweeksfortheresults.Geeta’s sister Manita said,

“We wish we had spent moretimewithher.Shemostlykepttoherself...”

GeetaDeviworkedatthebuildingwherethefirebrokeoutonMay13

FIRE AT MANGOLPURIAmassive firebrokeoutata factory intheMangolpuriareaonWednesday.DelhiFireServicesofficials said26fire tenderswererushedtothespotandnocasualtieswerereported.GajendraYadav

Day after Udaipur murder,expelled BJP man Jindal saysreceiving similar threats

Unlawful,inhuman:Shahi Imamon murder

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JUNE29

THE SHAHI Imam of JamaMasjid has condemned theUdaipur murder, calling it “anact against Islam, unlawful andinhuman”.Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed

Bukhari issued a statement onWednesday afternoon con-demning the incident whichhad takenplaceonTuesday.“The inhumane incident of

the murder of a man namedKanhaiya Lal by two personsnamedRiazandGhous,andthattoo in the name of the HolyProphet, is not only an act ofcowardice but an act againstIslam,unlawfulandinhuman. I,myself, andon thebehalf of theMuslimsof India,withalltheve-hemence at our disposal, con-demn this act,” he said in thestatement.With this, Bukhari joins

otherMuslim religious leaderssuch as Ajmer Dargah DeewanZainul Abedin Ali Khan andMajlis-e-Ulama-e-Hind’s gen-eral secretary Maulana KalbeJawad in condemning the inci-dent.“Islam is a religion of peace

and tranquillity. The life of theProphet of Allah is full of nu-merous examples of compas-sion, tolerance, generosity andhumanitarianism.Hadtheper-sons who committed this bar-baric act studied the life andcharacter of the Holy Prophetand had they beenwell versedwiththespiritofQuranandtheshariah, they would not havecommittedtheheinouscrime,”said the Shahi Imam in hisstatement.

Kejriwal saidthecitynowhasa fleetof 7,200buses

BJP’sManojTiwariwithGujaratdelegation; (right)AAP’sAtishiataschoolatRouseAvenuewhereshestatedtheyhadinvitedthem.GajendraYadavandTashiTobgyal

Duringtheprotestat JantarMantar. TashiTobgyal

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DAYSAFTERfact-checkingweb-site AltNews’ co-founderMohammed Zubair was ar-restedoveratweethepostedin2018, the Twitter account thatmade an official complaint bytagging the Delhi Police hasbeen deleted. The anonymousTwitterhandlethatwentbytheuser name ‘Hanuman Bhakt’had posted a quote-tweet onJune19,sayingZubairshouldbearrested for insultingagod.On Wednesday, the page

leading to the person’s Twitteraccount, @balajikijaiin, read“This accountdoesn’t exist”.Based on the person’s com-

plaint, the Delhi Police CyberCrimeUnit had arrested Zubairwhile hewas being questionedina2020POCSOcase,wherehehad protection from arrest bytheHighCourt.Zubair has been booked

under sections of promotingenmity and outraging reli-gious sentiments. He hasbeen sent to four-days policecustody.When contacted, police on

Wednesday said they are yet toapproach thecomplainant/Twitteruserinthecase.WhiletheTwitteraccounthadonly1tweetand1followeron the day of the arrest, the ac-count soon garnered 1,200 fol-

lowers.However, on Wednesday,

the account no longer existedonTwitter.A senior police officer, who

did notwish to be named, said,“Wehavecometoknowthattheperson deleted his account.However, thatdoesn’taffectourinvestigation.Weareinvestigat-ing the matter as Zubair's oldtweet was amplified and cre-ateddisharmony.Wearetryingto trace the man and will askhim about the complaint. Hemay have deleted the accountbecausehegot scared.”Zubair is being questioned

aboutthe2018tweetwhich isaphoto of a hotel with a boardreading ‘honeymoon’ hotel re-painted toHanumanhotel. Thephoto is a still from a 1983movie.Talking about the case, DCP

(Cyber Crime) KPS Malhotrasaid, “A team will be sent toBangalore to seize devices re-lated to the investigation.”

MUNDKA FIRE

Last victim cremated after month-long search for matching DNA

As Gujarat BJP team continues Delhiyatra, sparring with AAP intensifies

3convictedforleakingCPTexampapersin2007NewDelhi:Observingthatthe accused cheated TheInstitute of CharteredAccountantsof India(ICAI)and thousands of stu-dents, a Delhi court hasconvictedaformerprinci-pal of DAV Public Schoolandtwoothersinconnec-tion with the leak of theCommonProficiencyTest(CPT) exam in 2007.MetropolitanMagistrateParas Dalal convicted thethree accused — formerDAV school principalBhawnaMalik, centre su-perintendent DikshaDhingra and one SudeshKumar, who provided in-vigilators.ENS

Yamunawaterlevellowestsince1965;supplytobehit:DelhiJalBoardNew Delhi:Water supplywill remain affected inpartsofDelhionThursdaydue toHaryana releasinglesswater in Yamuna andtwo canals, the Delhi JalBoard claimed onWednesday.WaterlevelintheWazirabadpondstoodat 666.8 feet, the lowestsince 1965, as against thenormalof674.5feet.

DUTAholdsprotestsovermergerofCoAwithAUDNewDelhi: Several teach-ers of Delhi Universityheld a candlelight vigil infront of Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal's resi-dence onWednesday toprotest againstmerger ofthe College of Arts (CoA)with AmbedkarUniversity Delhi (AUD)andtheongoing"financialcrises" in the 12 DU col-leges fundedby theDelhigovernment.Thevigilwasorganised by the DelhiUniversity Teachers'Association (DUTA).

DUcommitteepassesdraftFYUPsyllabiof19coursesNew Delhi: DelhiUniversity's StandingCommittee on AcademicMatters Wednesdaypassedthedraftsyllabiforthefirstsemesterofthe19four-year undergraduateprogrammes (FYUP),while fourmembers dis-sentedagainsttheresolu-tion.PTI

BRIEFLY

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Total VacantHOSPITAL BEDS 9,497 9,229ICU BEDS 2,135 2,057

CORONAVIRUSIN THECAPITAL

VACCINATIONS INLAST24HOURS29,345

NOIDAJune 28 June 29

Cases N/A N/ADeaths N/A N/AGURGAONCases 218 356Deaths 0 1

PATIENTS INHOSPITAL: 273OXYGENSUPPORT 73VENTILATORSUPPORT 12

DELHI TOTALCASES19,34,009

Cases Recoveries Deaths TestsJune28 874 941 4 16,866June29 1,109 1,265 1 18,886Total 4,325* 19,03,423 26,261 3,90,49,053*Total active cases inDelhi

Account that flaggedZubair tweet, led to arrest‘doesn’t exist anymore’

Zubair isbeingquestionedabouta2018tweet

New Delhi

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ASTHEBJPprepares for its two-daynationalexecutivecommit-teemeetinginHyderabadstart-ing July 2, which will beattended by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi among othertop party leaders, the party isengaged in a poster war withthe ruling Telangana RashtraSamiti (TRS) in the city.More than 300 BJP leaders

will arrive in the city startingThursday for the meeting,whichisexpectedtodiscusstheparty’s roadmap for theAssemblyelectionstobeheldinseveralstates later thisyearandnextyear, andthe2024generalelections.Themeetingwillalsoreview

theparty's strategyfor ‘MissionTelangana’ and south India.According to BJP coordinatorBalrajNune, therewillbebrain-storming on the party’s ap-proach in southern states withmain focus onTelangana.The party has also put up a

“countdown” clock outside itsheadquarters at Nampally.Referring to the countdownclock – that has been put upwith the slogan “Saalu dora,selavudora’’ (Enough,sir,good-bye,sir),aimedatChiefMinisterK Chandrashekar Rao – BJP na-tional general secretary andstate in-charge Tarun Chughsaidthecountdownfor theend

of TRS governmenthas begun.The TRS has hit back at the

BJPwithbannersagainstPrimeMinister Narendra Modi. Theruling party has put up posterssaying “Bye byeModi’’ all overthe city, questioning what theCentre has done for the peopleof Telangana.TRSMLA Balka Suman said

posters with more anti-Modislogans will be put up tocounter theBJP’s campaign.The BJP onWednesday also

launched a website, invitingregistrationofpeoplewhowantthe TRS government to go.As the posterwar escalated

on the roads, police have tight-ened security in the city, espe-cially around HyderabadInternational ConventionCentre, where BJP leaders areoverseeing arrangements forthenationalexecutivecommit-teemeeting, the first in the citysince 2004.The party is alsomobilising

its supporters in all the 119Assemblyconstituenciesforthepublic meeting on July 3evening, which will be ad-dressed by the PrimeMinister.Hundreds of buses and othervehiclesarebeingrequisitionedto bring the supporters to themeeting venue.AccompaniedbyMPandBJP

state president Bandi SanjayKumar, Chugh onWednesdayinspectedthearrangementsbe-ingmade at ParadeGrounds inSecunderabad.

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RETWEET TROUBLEUNLIKEHISpredecessors,BJPgeneralsecretary(organisation)BLSanthoshhasbeenoftenvisibleonsocialmedia,especiallyonTwitter,withhis remarks. Someof his tweets have raisedeyebrows in party circles as well. OnWednesday, Santoshretweetedapost,whichhadaletterissuedfromUttarakhandAssemblySpeakerRituKhanduri'soffice.Theletter,denyingre-portsabouttheappointmentof amediaadvisertoKhanduri,wasmarked to the BJP general secretary aswell. Suddenly,questionsonwhyanofficial release fromtheSpeaker'sofficewasmarkedtoapartyoffice-bearerwereraisedonsocialme-dia.TheyalsopointedoutthatSanthoshpromptlyretweetedthepost thathadtherelease fromtheSpeaker'soffice.

PRAYER ON LIPSON A day when decks were cleared for a floor test inMaharashtraAssemblywiththelikelihoodoftheBJPformingthe next government in the state in alliancewith rebel ShivSenaMLAs, Amruta Fadnavis,wife of BJP leader and formerchiefministerDevendraFadnavis,battedfordemocracyandprayed for stability inMaharashtra. In a tweet fromLondon,Amrutasaid,“Namaste#London!LandedatLondon&visited#BAPS Swaminarayan Hindu Temple – first largest Hindutemple in foreign land&performedspecial puja!Prayed forstability&prosperityof#Maharashtra.Maywenever forgettheMantraof democracy;People first, PartyNext, Self Last.”

HELP ON TRACKSWITH FLOODS raging in theNortheast, the Indian Railwayshasextendedahelpinghand.Allreliefmaterialstobecarriedintrainstotheflood-affectedareasintheNortheastaretobetransportedfreeofcost.Anygovernmentdepartmentoranyotherorganisationasdeemedfitbythelocalrailwayadmin-istrationcantransportreliefmaterialsforfree.Notjustfreight,even other associated charges have also beenwaived of forthis. The instructionswill be ineffectuntil lateAugust.

SHUBHANGIKHAPRE&YOGESHNAIKMUMBAI, JUNE29

THE BJP is set to stake claim forformation of the new govern-mentinMaharashtra,asUddhavThackeray announcedhis resig-nationas the chiefministerdur-ing a Facebook live address onWednesdaynight.While BJP leaders andwork-

ersbrokeout intocelebrationaf-terThackerayresigned,toplead-ers of the party huddled into ameeting at a five-star hotel insouthMumbaitostrategisetheirnextmove.A source said that top BJP

leaders fromMaharashtrawillholdameetingonThursdaytofi-nalisetheirnextcourseofaction.HeaddedthatBJPwillstakeclaimfortheformationofthenewgov-ernmentundertheleadershipofDevendra Fadnavis, backed theEknathShindefactionoftheShivSena,which comprises 39 rebelMLAs,andIndependents.Callingforrestraintincelebra-

tion, BJP state presidentChandrakant Patil said, “BJPworkers must not celebrateUddhavji's resignation, theyshouldcelebratewhenDevendraFadnavisbecomestheCM.”On the formationof thenew

government,Patilsaid,"Thedateofstakingclaimandswearing-inwill be decided by DevendraFadnavis in consultation withsenior leaders inDelhi."

A source in the BJP added,“The party leadershipwillmeetGovernorBhagatSinghKoshyariand stake claim for forming thegovernment.Itwouldbethenfol-lowedby appointment of a newCMandthecouncilofministers.”According to procedure, the

new government will then beaskedtoundertakeafloortest toprove its majority in theAssembly.Experts said that some legal

tanglemayemergeasthereisnoclarity yet on how the Shindefaction of 39MLAswill find le-gitimacy.Sourcessaidthatclar-ity will emerge during the ap-pointment of a new Speaker in

theHouse.While sources in theBJP said

thatBharatGogawalemayactasthe chief whip for the 39MLAsandfacilitatetheappointmentofthe Speaker and provemajorityintheHouse,otherssaidthatthismay hit a legal roadblock sincetheThackeray-ledSenacamphasappointedAjay Chaudhari as itschiefwhip.Meanwhile, a team of BJP

leaders has been entrusted thetask to reach out to smaller par-ties and Independents. “We areexecuting plans atmultiple lev-els.Apartfromthelegalbattle,ourentire focus is to ensure the de-featof theMahaVikasAghadion

the floor of the Assembly,” asourceintheBJPsaid.In theHouse of 287– the to-

talstrengthof288droppedafterthe death of a Sena MLA lastmonth – the BJP has 106MLAs.TheMVAstrengthbefore the re-volt in the Senawas 152 – Sena(55), NCP (53), Congress (44).Smaller parties andIndependents, the Others, ac-countfortheremaining29.If theBJPhastoformthegov-

ernment, itwill have towin thesupport of 144MLAs. The BJP,whichhas106members,andwillrequire additional 38MLAs toreach the half-way mark. TheShindecamphas39MLAs.

SHUBHANGIKHAPREMUMBAI, JUNE29

AT 62, this is the worst crisisUddhavThackerayhasfacedinhisshortpoliticallife,emergingfromtheoverarchingshadowoffatherBalThackeray.Notonlyhashelostchiefministership after taking agamblewithanunlikelycoalition,heisfacingtheprospectof losingcontrol of a party founded byBalasaheb and deriving suste-nancefromtheThackerayname.Onhindsight,itseemsUddhav

sowed the seeds right at the be-ginningwhen, onNovember28,2019, he took over as ChiefMinister.HethusbecamethefirstThackeray toholdapublicoffice,withBalasaheb choosing to let aSainik be CMwhile he held fullcontrolovertheparty.

Amidst celebrations andshoweringofrosepetals,hiswell-wishershadcautionedUddhavatthe timeabout the “powerplay”thatwouldensueandthe“admin-istrative”challengesofleadinganunlikelycoalition,includingoldri-valstheNCPandCongress.TheangermanySainiksfeltat

thisdecision, combinedwiththemove to dump old ally the BJP,only seems tohave festeredovertime.Partyworkersfeltunheard,afeelingthatgrewasUddhavsur-rounded himself with a coterieand seemed to disappear intoMatoshree.SomeofthatdistancewasonaccountofCovidandasur-gery that left Uddhav incapaci-tated for long, but therewas noonetokeepthetroopsintheloop.Rebel leader Eknath Shinde

claimedtospeakformanywhenhesaid:“Wenevershoweddisre-

spect to Uddhavji. We areBalasaheb's sainiks.WewantedtheSenatobreakitsalliancewiththeCongressandNCP.OurfightisforBalasaheb'sHindutva.”AgraduatefromJJInstituteof

AppliedArts,withphotographyashis main subject, Uddhav wasseenas indifferent towardspoli-tics.Whilehetookhesitantstepsintoitintheearly1990s,helargelyremained in the background as

cousinRajThackeraybuiltuphisprofile and personality asBalasaheb's“naturalsuccessor”.However, likeapolitical story

repeatedonetoomanytimes,theshrewd Sena pramukh too hadeventually chosen son overnephew.Uddhav's appointmentas executive president at aMahabaleshwar convention in2002marked the turningpoint.Eventhen,asasulkingRajlurkedinthebackgroundandfinallyquitthe Sena in 2005,Uddhavneverreally shookoff that gentle, low-profile visage thatmade him aleader far removed from theeveryday aggressive cadre thatfilledtheSena.Some believe it was wife

Rashmi who was the maindriver of his ambition, apartfromeldersonAaditya,whohasemerged in the forefront in the

current crisis. Still, Uddhav didweathermany a storm, includ-ing senior leaderNarayanRaneand Raj Thackeray's exits. AfterBalasaheb's death in 2012, hemanaged to keep the Sena to-gether, andprovedthebetteroftheMNS. He also saw the Senato power, and through to theother side, despite a rocky rela-tionshipwith theBJP.A senior BJP functionary re-

questing anonymity admits,“AfterBalsaheb'sdemise,manywondered ifUddhavwho isnotcharismatic would be able tokeep the party together. But heensured its growth.” However,he adds, “It is evident that hisdecision to betray the BJP wasnot liked bymany within as itamounted to compromisingHindutva,whichisitsmembers'core agenda.”

The reluctant politician who in the end hung on to chair too long

Ahead of its nationalmeet, BJP engages inposter war with TRS

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEPUNE, JUNE29

ASTHEBJP begins celebrationsafter Shiv Sena chief UddhavThackeray stepped down aschief minister of the state onWednesday, ending the two-and-a-half-year rule of theMaha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), theparty’s allies -- the NCP andCongress -- expressed satisfac-tion with Thackeray’s leader-ship.“The new alliance with the

initiative of top leaders of ShivSena, the NCP and Congresscameintobeingtwo-and-a-halfyearsback. TheMVAgavegoodgovernanceundergoodleader-shipofUddhavThackeray,”saidNationalist Congress Party’s(NCP) state chief Jayant Patil.OnrebelSena legislators’al-

legation that deputy CM AjitPawar had allocated fewerfundsfordevelopmentworksintheir respective assembly con-

stituencies,Patil said, “Thealle-gations are false. They are justmaking allegation for the sakeof it to give an excuse for theirdecision.”Former CM Prithviraj

Chavan said that his personalopinion was that Thackerayshould have made a speech inthe assembly before putting inhis resignation.“Heshouldhavegonedown

fighting. Finally, it is his deci-sion,” he said, adding theCongress would decide its fur-ther strategy inameeting tobeheld onThursday.RebelSenalegislatorDeepak

Kesarkar said that the resigna-tionof Thackeray is a sad situa-tion. “The Congress and theNCP are responsible for the sit-uation.Also,Sena leaderSanjayRaut is responsible for the situ-ation,” he said.He said the rebel Sena leg-

islators were never againstThackeray, adding the only de-mandwas to leave theMVA.

MaharashtraCMUddhavThackerayatMantralayaonWednesday.NarendraVaskar

MAHARASHTRAPOLITICALCRISIS

BJP leaderDevendraFadnavisandstateBJPchief ChandrakantPatil atapartymeetingatTajPresidentHotel inMumbai. PTI

NCP, Congresssay satisfied withUddhav leadership

BJP set to stake claim for formation of newgovt

Rebel leaderblamesthetwoMVApartners for turmoil inShivSena

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JUNE29

THE CABINET Committee onEconomicAffairschairedbyPrimeMinister Narendra Modi onWednesdayapprovedcomputer-isation of Primary AgriculturalCredit Societies (PACS)with theaim of increasing efficiency ofPACS, bringing transparencyandaccountabilityintheiroperations.Thisprojectproposescomput-

erization of about 63,000 func-tional PACS over a period of fiveyearswithatotalbudgetoutlayofRs 2,516 crorewith the Centre’sshareofRs1,528crore.Sources in the Ministry of

Cooperationsaidthegovernmentwas alsoworking onmodel by-laws for these societies whichstateswouldbeexpectedtoemu-late evenas it planned to rejuve-nate defunct societies and hadkept a target of settingup3 lakhPACSacrossthecountry.

Govt nod to computeriseprimary agri credit societies

Uddhav govt’s lastmajor decision:2 cities renamed

ZEESHANSHAIKHMUMBAI, JUNE29

IN ITS lastmajor decision in the31-month-old MVA govern-ment,theShivSena-ledcoalitiononWednesday cleared a pro-posal to renameAurangabad asSambhajinagarandOsmanabadasDharashiv.The decision, taken a few

hours beforeUddhavThackerayresignedasCM,wasclearlyabidby the Sena to burnish itsHindutva credentials. The rebelMLAshaveoverthepastfewdaysquestioned the Sena’s commit-menttoHindutva.Thecitiespickedforrenaming

are also crucial. AurangabadwasoneofthefirstmajorcitiesoutsidetheMumbai-Thanebelt that theSena set its eyes on, in the late1980s.Thecity’s30%Muslimpop-ulationmadeitafertilegroundforpolarisation, and soonafter riotsthat led to the killing of over 25people,in1988,theSenahadwonthe elections to theAurangabadMunicipalCorporation.On May 8, 1988, Shiv Sena

supremo Balasaheb Thackerayhad first announcedaplan to re-name the city as SambhajinagarafterSambhaji, thesonof Shivaji,whowaskilledbyAurangzeb. In1995, the corporation passed aresolution todoso, andtheShiv-Senaledgovernment inthestateissuedanotificationseekingsug-gestionsandobjectionsfrompeo-ple on this. The notificationwaschallenged inHighCourt byoneAMCcorporator, the Congress’s

MushtaqAhmed.While thepleawasdismissedby the court stat-ing that no decision had beentaken,therenaminghasremainedpending, and thedemand resur-facesaheadofeveryelection.SincetheMVAcametopower,

boththeBJPandMNShavebeenaskingwhytheSenahasfailedtorenamethecityaspromised.TheCongressandNCPwerebelievedtoberesistingthemove.Aurangabad has nine

Assembly constituencies, ofwhich the Senawon six in 2019.Only one of them, KannadMLAUdaysinghRajput, has remainedloyaltoUddhav.Osmanabad has four con-

stituencies,ofwhichtheShivSenahadwon three in2019.Onlyoneof the three,Osmanabad’sKailasGhadge,PatilhasstayedbackwiththeUddhav-ledSena.As per the ancient Buddhist

andJaincaveslocatedinthearea,OsmanabadwasearlierknownasDharashiv, andwas renamed inthe19thcentury.ThenameOsmanabadissaid

tohavebeenderivedeither fromthe nameof the 7thNawabMirOsman Ali, the last Nizam ofHyderabad, as the areawaspartof theNizam's territory, or as atribute to Uthman, the thirdCaliphof Islam.TheCabinetalsoclearedapro-

posaltonametheupcomingNaviMumbaiInternationalairportaf-ter the lateDBPatil,whohadledseveral protests of farmers andlandowners in Panvel districtwhenCIDCOhadacquiredlandintheareainthe'70sand'80s.

MANOJCGNEWDELHI, JUNE29

THECONGRESSstoodsolidlywithShiv Sena as the latter battled abitterinternalwarinthepastoneweek or so, but the UddhavThackeraygovernment’sdecisiononWednesdaytorenameAuran-gabad as Sambhajinagar andOsmanabadasDharashivhasleftasectionoftheCongressunhappy.Asectionofthepartybelieves

ministers in the Thackeray-ledgovernment from the Congressshouldhavedisassociatedthem-selvesfromthedecision,register-ingtheirdissentorstagingasym-bolicwalkout.The decision to rename the

citieswas seenas the embattledThackeray-ledSena’slast-ditchef-fort to sendamessage that ithasnot diluted itsHindutva creden-tials, one senior Congress leadersaid. The Congress should nothave beenpart of that decision,somepartyleaderssaid.Sources said some of the

party’sMaharashtra leadershadreachedouttoKCVenugopal,theAICCgeneral secretary in chargeoforganisation,andLeaderoftheOpposition in Rajya SabhaMallikarjunKharge and soughttheirintervention,butclaimedthehighcommanddidnotintervene.Sources said the party high

commandwasapprehensivethattherecouldbeabacklashfromtheHinducommunityifthepartydis-tanceditself fromthedecision.A senior party leader said,

“SenawantedtoscoreapointonHindutva.NowtheCongresshasbecomeaparty to that decision.Wegot sucked into thedecision.Wewill have to face the conse-quences.”

MAYURAJANWALKARPANAJI, JUNE29

THEGROUP of rebel Shiv SenaMLAs,headedbyEknathShinde,arrived inGoaamidheavy secu-rity cover,minutes afterUddhavThackerayannouncedhisresigna-tion as Chief Minister ofMaharashtraWednesdayevening.AftercampinginGuwahatifor

days, the Shinde faction,whichbrought down theMVAgovern-ment inMaharashtra, arrivedonaspecialSpiceJetflightatDabolimairportinSouthGoa.After hopping fromoneBJP-

ruled state to another over thepast nine days, the rebelMLAsflewinclosertoMumbaiaheadofafloortestthatwasscheduledonThursday.However, Thackeray'’sresignationmeanttherewouldbenofloortest.TheMLAswere expected to

leave for Mumbai Thursdaymorningbyacharteredflightbutsourcessaidtheplanmaychangesince therewill be no floor testnow.ThesourcessaidShindewillholdameetingwiththeMLAsandstrategisethenextmove.Goa Chief Minister Pramod

SawantmettherebelMLAsatthehotel lateWednesdaynight, the

sourcessaid.TheShindefactionisexpected to alignwith theBJP inthenext government formationinMaharashtra.Shinde and the other rebel

MLAs reached theTajResort andConventionCentreinDonaPaula,where theywere to spend thenight, around 11.15 pm amidheavysecuritycover.Sourcessaidatleast80roomswerebookedfortheShindecamp.Aheadoftheirarrival,security

measuresweretightenedoutsidethefive-starhotel.GoaDGPJaspalSinghandotherseniorpoliceoffi-cersreviewedthesecurityarran-gementsWednesdayevening.

GoaPolicehadalso strength-ened its checks at its northernstate border at Patradevi. GoasharesaborderwithSindhudurgdistrictofMaharashtra.ShivSenaMLA from Sidhudurg VaibhavNaik has stayed on withThackeray while senior partyleaderandMLAfromSawantwadiDeepak Kesarkar is among therebels. Hours before the rebelgroup arrived, ShailendraVelingkar, Goa Shiv Sena leaderandchiefofParshuramGomantakSena, reached thehotel. Hewas,however,askedtoleavethehotelpremises by thepolice andhotelsecurity.

In Cong, somefeel let downon move torename cities

Rebel Sena MLAs land in Goa,Shinde to discuss next move

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEMUMBAI, JUNE29

THE SHIV Sena onWednesdayalleged that its workers are be-ing detained by the MumbaiPolice and notices being servedto themontheCentre’sorders.PartyMPSanjayRautsaidthat

BJP leaders inMaharashtra arepreparingthemselvesforswear-

ing-inofanewgovernment.“Butremember the people ofMaharashtra,MarathiManusandHindus will not forgive theOppositionparty for thesintheyhave committed by breakingSena and providing security tothosewhobetrayedSena.”“Thousands of troops have

beendeployedinMumbaitose-curethose(rebels)anddefeatus.Such actionwas taken by then

CMMoraraji Desai as well dur-ing the united Maharashtramovement. Now, following theordersoftheUniongovernment,notices are being sent to Senaworkers...,”headded.Toensure that there isnoun-

toward incidentThursday,whenrebelShivSenaMLAsaresettoar-riveinMumbai,policehaveservedpreventivenoticestoseveralSenaleaders,apoliceofficersaid.

OutsidetheGoaairportonWednesdaynight. Express

AurangabadnowSambhajinagar,Osmanabad isDharashiv:Cabinet

Police serve preventive notices to Sena workers

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SANTOSHSINGHPATNA, JUNE29

IN A jolt to Hyderabad MPAsaduddin's Owaisi’s AIMIM,whichhadcreatedaflutterinpo-litical circleswith its impressiveperformance in 2020 BiharAssembly elections, four of theparty’s five MLAs joinedmainoppositionRJDonWednesday.ThemovemakesRJD,which

had 76MLAs, the single-largestparty in the Assembly again,with 80 seats in the 243-mem-ber House. The party now hasthreemore than the BJP, whichshares power with ChiefMinisterNitishKumar's JD(U).The BJP had briefly enjoyed

thepositionof thesingle-largestparty after all threeMLAsof theVikassheel Insaan Party hadjoined the saffron outfit threemonthsago.The AIMIM now has only

Akhtarul Iman, the legislatorfromAmourandtheparty’sstateunitchief,representingAIMIMinthe Vidhan Sabha. Iman is, inci-dentally, a formerRJDlegislator.The AIMIM legislators who

joined the RJD onWednesdayareMuhammedIzharAsfi(MLAfromKochadamam),ShahnawazAlam(Jokihat),SyedRuknuddin(Baisi) and Azhar Nayeemi(Bahadurgunj).Leader of Opposition in

Assembly and RJD leaderTejashwi Prasad Yadav, wel-comed the four AIMIM legisla-tors and said they would "fur-ther strengthen" the RJD. “Wefirmly believe all four MLAswouldworktowardsourgoalofsocial justice and secularism.We have always got love of thepeople of Seemanchal. OurpartyagainhasagoodpresenceinSeemanchal".TheAIMIMhadcontested20

seatsinthe2020Assemblypollsand hadmademajor inroads inMuslim-dominatedSeemanchalregion, comprising the districtsof Araria, Purnea, Katihar andKishanganj ineastBihar.The RJD-led opposition

Grand Alliance now has 115MLAs, including 19 of Congressand 16 of CPI (ML) and CPI, andissevenshortofasimplemajor-ity. The NDA is firmly placedwith127MLAs.

RJDSINGLE-LARGESTPARTYINBIHARHOUSE

United Nations: Journalistsshould not be jailed for “whattheywrite,whattheytweetandwhat they say” and it is impor-tant that people be allowed toexpressthemselvesfreelywith-outthethreatofanyharassment,aspokespersonforUNSecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres hassaid, referring to the arrest ofAltNews co-founderMohammedZubair.ZubairwasarrestedbyDelhi

Police onMonday over an “ob-jectionabletweet”hehadpostedin2018against aHindudeity.“I think, first of all, in any

placearoundtheworld, it isveryimportant that people be al-lowed to express themselvesfreely, journalists be allowed toexpress themselves freely andwithoutthethreatofanyharass-ment,” Stephane Dujarric,spokesman for the Secretary-General, said on Tuesdaywhileresponding to a question at thedaily news briefing here onZubair's arrest.“Journalists should not be

jailed forwhat theywrite,whatthey tweet andwhat they say.And that goes for anywhere inthe world, including in thisroom,”Dujarricsaidinresponseto another question by aPakistani journalist onwhetherhe is also calling for Zubair's re-lease fromcustody.Meanwhile,NewYork-based

independent non-profit, NGOCommitteetoProtectJournalists(CPJ) has also condemnedZubair's arrest. “The arrest ofjournalist Mohammad Zubairmarks another low for pressfreedomin India...” PTI

HAMZAKHAN&DEEPMUKHERJEEJAIPUR,UDAIPURJUNE29

MOHAMMAD RIYAZ andGhouseMohammad,accusedofhacking tailor Kanhaiya Lal Telito death in Udaipur, allegedlytoldhimthathehas “noright tolive”, as he has “written againsttheProphet.”As per the FIR lodged by

Kanhaiya’s son Yash Teli, 20, hewasinformedbyarelativeaboutthe attack on his father around3.30pmonTuesday.Yash runs a separate shop in

Udaipur’s Hiran Magri area.“When I reached the spot, hisbloodiedbodywaslyingoutsidethe shop. It had injury marksfromasharpobject onhisneck,faceand lefthand,”Yashsaid.Kanhaiya was assisted by

twoworkers,RajkumarSharmaand IshwarGaur, athis tailoringshop.AccordingtowhatSharmatoldYash,theincidenttookplacearound3pm.

A video posted by the as-sailants shows Lal, who ran‘Supreme Tailors’ in Udaipur’sHathiPolelocality, takingmeas-urements of one of them, who

later identifiedhimself asRiyaz.Moments later, theman is seenattacking the tailor on his neckwith a cleaver even as the vic-tim asks, “Kya hua? Batao toh

sahi (What happened? Tellme).”“The two started attacking

Kanhaiya with sharp objects,whilesayingthat'youhavewrit-ten against our Prophet; youhave no right to live',” YashquotesSharma in theFIR.“Bothof us tried to savehim

but they started attacking us,too,”Sharmaisquotedsayinginthe FIR. “Consequently, IshwarGaur also suffered several in-juries on his body. SinceKanhaiya Lal had sustained in-juries on his neck and hand, hediedonthespot.”The FIR lodged in Udaipur,

andsubsequentlytransferredtothe National InvestigationAgency(NIA),waslodgedundersections of the UnlawfulActivities (Prevention) Act(UAPA)aswellasIPCsection302(murder), amongothers.

WITNESSRECOUNTS INFIR

SHAJUPHILIPTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM,JUNE29

ADAY after a tailorwas hackedtodeath inUdaipurbytwomenfor allegedly sharing remarksmadebyBJP’sNupurSharmaonthe Prophet, Kerala GovernorArifMohammadKhanandChiefMinister Pinarayi Vijayan onWednesday condemned thekilling.“If somebodywho has been

indoctrinated from the age offive or six, what they call theMuslimLaw,whichprovidesforbeheading. This law is taught inmadrasas,soif theygetindoctri-nated, influencedbythat, if theyact accordingly, I think the bet-tercoursewouldbetotacklethedisease,’’ Khan told reporters.“Unfortunately, we are con-

cernedaboutthemanifestationsof the symptoms.We refuse totakenoticeofthedeeperdisease.Islam is totally different; this isnotIslam.Thisisnotthemessage

from the Scripture,’’ theGovernor said.ChiefMinister Vijayan in his

reactionsaidtheUdaipurincidentreminded that communalismwouldwipeawaythelastspeckofvirtuefromhumanbeings.“Thekillingisagrimwarning

that the biggest challenge thatthe country faces is growth ofcommunalextremism. It showshow Islamic fundamentalismcould induceHindutva extrem-ismandviceversa,”hesaid.Vijayan said this is the time

thepeople should firmlydecidethatcommunalismwouldnotbeallowed in thenameof any reli-gion.“Peoplebelongingtoallre-ligionsshouldunite,recognisingthe fact that the answer to onecommunalism is not anothercommunalism, but secularism.Allreligiousorganisations,whichbelieveinsecularism,shouldde-plore the killing and raise theirvoiceagainstcommunalism,”hesaid.“Letuspledgethatthecoun-trywillnotbeconsignedtocom-munal forces.”

Udaipur killing fans protestsAday after Kanhaiya Lal, a tailor by profession, wasmurdered inRajasthan’sUdaipur, protests were recorded in several parts of the country, condemining thecrime. This came on a dayRajasthanCMAshokGehlot chaired an all-partymeet inwhich all political parties strongly condemned the incident and appealed for peace.

Atthefuneralprocession inUdaipur. PTI

RAJASTHANViolent protestswere reportedfromBhim inRajsamanddistrictwherepoliceusedteargastodis-persecrowds.Apoliceconstable,Sandeep Choudhary, sustainedsevere injuries after a sword at-tackandisundergoingtreatment,DGPMLLathersaid.OnThursdayevening, Chief Minister AshokGehlot is scheduled to meetChaudharyinaAjmerhospital.InUdaipur, CPM leader SumitraChopra claimed that scores ofpeople,ledbyalocalcouncillor,al-legedly attacked party leaderShamsherKhan’shome, injuringhimandhiswife ShahnazKhan.“InJaipur’sKhatipura,someanti-socialelementstriedtoset firetoamosque,” but didnot succeed,Choprasaid.Condemningthein-cidents, CPM state secretaryAmraramdemandedimmediatearrestof theaccusedbythestategovernment. Protests also tookplace inDungarpur, andmarketsremained closed in parts of Pali,Jalore, Sikar and Sriganganagardistrict. Meanwhile, SanyuktVyapar Mahasangh, a traders'body supportedby theVHPandother Hindu groups, has an-nounced thatmarkets in JaipurwillremainclosedonThursday.

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NEWDELHINearly70protestersfromthe

Bajrang Dal were detained onWednesday as they staged ademonstration at JantarMantarin NewDelhi over the Udaipurmurder, police said.Officials saidthe VishwaHindu Parishad didnothaveprior policepermissiontoholdtheprotest. PTI

HARYANAHindu outfits, including the

VHP and Bajrang Dal, stagedprotests in Gurugram and

Manesar demanding justice forslainUdaipurtailorKanhaiyaLal.Chanting “Jai ShriRam”, activistsof VHP, Bajrang Dal and otherHindu outfits, took out amarchand said that the accused hadchallengedthesovereigntyofthecountrywhich theHinduswillnever tolerate and demandeddeath sentence for the accusedandRs1 crore compensation forthekinof thedeceased. PTI

KARNATAKACondemningthemurder,Sri

Rama Sene leader PramodMutalik onWednesday statedthatHindusocietywillnottoler-ate such acts of terror, and de-mandedcapitalpunishmentforthose involved in the killing.Healso announced “I'm Kanhaiya

Lal”, “I'm Nupur SharmaSupporter” campaigns. “...theblood isboiling, theHindusoci-ety is outraged, they have notjust killed Kanhaiya Lal but arekilling Hindu society and pro-voking it....this is toomuch, thecentralgovernmentmust inter-veneastheyhavethreatenedPMModitoo,andshouldensurethatthat those behind the incidentarehanged,”Mutalikdemanded.Senior BJP leader andMLA K SEshwarappa demanded for en-actingnew laws tohand capitalpunishment to those “involvedin anti-national activities”.HomeMinisterAragaJnanendratermed the killing barbaric andinhuman,anddemandedmaxi-mum punishment for the ar-rested. PTI

Apolicepersonnel tries todousetyres, setonfirebyVHPmembers inprotestagainst theUdaipurkilling. PTI

Aprotest inBengaluru. PTI

Adesertedstreet inUdaipuronWednesday. PTI

RJD’sTejashwiYadavwiththe4ex-AIMIMMLAs inPatna.PTI

4 of 5 AIMIMMLAs join RJD

Kerala Governor blamesindoctrination, CM saysend communal forces

Kolkata: The Gorkha JanmuktiMorcha (GJM) did not contestthe Gorkha TerritorialAdministration (GTA) election,whichwasheldonSundayaftera 10-year gap, but its formerleader Anit Thapa’s outfitBharatiya Gorkha PrajatantrikMorcha (BGPM)won the pollsonWednesday. The organisa-tion, launched last September,won27outof45seatswhiletheTrinamool Congress (TMC)openeditsaccountintheGTAbybagging five seats. The newlylaunched Hamro Party, whichwontheDarjeelingMunicipalityelectionearlierthisyear,finishedsecondwitheight seats.FiveIndependentsbackedby

thepartyalsowon. ENS

Ex-GJM leader’snew outfit winsGorkha bodyelections

Youhavenoright to live,attackerssaid Journalists shouldnot be jailed for‘what they write,tweet, say’: UNspokesperson

ZUBAIRARREST

SANTOSHSINGHPATNA, JUNE29

INWHATisbeingseenasatruceeffortaheadoftheelectionforthepostofPresident,Unionministerand senior BJP leaderDharmendra Pradhan visitedPatnaonTuesdayandcalledChiefMinister and JD(U) chief NitishKumartheNDAleader inBihar.Pradhan also clarified that

Nitishwouldcontinuetoremainthechiefministeruntil thenextAssembly polls are due — in2025. The visit comeswithin aweek of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi calling Nitish

KumaroverthedecisiontomakeDraupadi Murmu the NDA’sPresidentialpoll candidate.This comes in themiddle of

whatwasbeingseenasagrow-ing rift between the alliancepartners— JD(U) has of late dif-feredwithBJPonseveral issues,including population controlmeasures and the Agnipathshort service recruitmentschemefordefence forces.After a one-on-onemeeting

with Nitish, Pradhan attendedthe state BJP's core committeemeeting in the presence of BJPsecretary (organisation)BhikhuBhaiDalsania.Healsometpartyleadersat theBJPoffice.

He told the media subse-quently: "There is no deadlockbetween us (BJP and JDU) —everything is smooth.We havesaidthisatpublicforumsaswell.At times, political parties differon certainmatters, in a demo-craticmanner.”Asked about the recentwar

of words between the allies,Pradhansaid,“Wewillgobythepublicmandate—NitishKumarwill remain the CM until 2025and he is the NDA leader (inBihar).”BJP state president Sanjay

Jaiswal was by his side duringthe media conference.Incidentally,Jaiswalhadrecentlygot into a war of words withJD(U) national president RajivRanjan Singh, alias Lalan Singh,and JD(U) Parliamentary board

chairmanUpendraKushwaha.Pradhanhasbeenworkingas

the BJP central's leadership’semissarytothestateforawhile.Hehad earliermetNitish aboutamonthago,whentheNDAhadbegun the exercise to pick thePresidential poll candidate. Onboth occasions, he met Nitishwithout the presence of anyother leader.Sources in JD(U) said Nitish

had expressed his dismay atBiharBJPleaderscriticisingJD(U)in recent weeks. Pradhan, inturn, had reportedly conveyedthis tostateBJP leaders.The state BJP, which had got

themessage of truce after thePM'scalltotheCM,hasaskeditsleadersandspokespersonstore-frain from attacking JD(U),sources said.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEBENGALURU, JUNE29

THEJANATADal(Secular),whichhadattendedameetingcalledbyChiefMinisterMamataBanerjeeto decide on a joint Oppositionnameas the presidential candi-date, indicated onWednesdaythat it would back the rulingNDA’sDroupadiMurmu.While underlining that this

shouldnotbeseenassupportforthe BJP, JD(S) leader and formerKarnataka chief minister H DKumaraswamy said: “DroupadiMurmu already has sufficientbacking and does not need oursupport,butshehasneverthelessaskedforoursupport,andthat isasignofhergoodness.”Kumaraswamyalso said that

Murmu,who looks set towin in

the election to be held nextmonth, had telephoned formerprimeministerandJD(S)supremoHDDeveGowda twice to seeksupport. “She also wanted tocomepersonallytoBengaluru,butthereisnoneedforhertodosotoseeksupport.Inmyview,Murmuhasalreadywonthepolls,''hesaid.Kumaraswamy said he also

understoodMurmu's “life jour-ney,herbackground,thestrugglesshehasundergone,herrise fromadowntroddencommunity”.TheJD(S)hastwomembersin

Parliament--DeveGowdaintheRajya Sabha, and his grandsonPrajwalRevannaintheLokSabha—aswellas30MLAsinKarnataka,who are eligible to vote in thepresidentialpolls.Kumaraswamy also stated

thattheJD(S)supportforMurmu,insteadof Opposition candidate

YashwantSinha,wasnotasignofthepartyaligningwiththeBJPorbeinga“Bteamof theBJP”, asal-legedby the rival CongresspartyinKarnataka.Kumaraswamy said that the

JD(S)wasgoingbythecredentialsofMurmu rather thanher partyassociation.TheJD(S)hasbeenfrequently

accusedbytheCongressofgrow-ingproximitytotheBJP,eversincethe breakdown of a JD(S)-Congressalliancein2019.TheJD(S),whichhasalsoallied

with theBJP in thepast, in post-poll arrangements, is keen tomaintain anon-aligned identityin the run-up to the 2023Assemblyelections.Itseesthisasits best bet towin asmany seatsaspossible,leavingitinapositionof power should the polls againseeaclosefinish.

President polls: Part of Opp meeting,JD(S) too settles on Droupadi Murmu

After PM Modi’s call to Bihar CM, Pradhanmeets Nitish, calls him state NDA chiefTruceeffortaheadof Presidentpoll;PradhanalsoattendsstateBJPmeet

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MINORITY AFFAIRS MinisterMukhtar Abbas Naqvi onWednesday said that thekillingof tailorKanhaiyaLal inUdaipurwasbothagainstIslamaswellashumanity.“The perpetrators are ene-

mies of Islam. Thebrutality andcruelty with which the killingtook place shows the duo’sTalbani mindset. This kind of abarbaricincidentisunacceptablein any community, culture andcountry.We need to be alert tothosewho are trying to destroythe social fabric of the country,’’saidNaqvionWednesday,com-mentingonthe incident.Echoingtheminister’ssenti-

ments, the All India MuslimPersonal Law Board (AIMPLB)andJamiatUlema-e-Hindissuedstatements condemning the

Udaipur incidentandterming it“un-Islamic”.“Noonehas the right to take

thelawintotheirownhands.TheIslamic Shariah does not allowthis. Having said that, theGovernment of India cannotshrug off responsibility for thekind of divisiveness and hatredthat exists in the country rightnow,which thegovernmenthasdeliberately contributed to.Despitetheoutrageoverthecom-mentsthatNupurSharmamadeagainsttheProphet,therewasnolegal action taken against her. Ifthegovernmentwantstocontrolthespirallinghatredandthissortof radicalisation of society, thenactionneeds to be taken againstallperpetrators.Weareundernocircumstance justifying the inci-dent,butsuchanatmospherehasbeen created,” said executivememberAIMPLBDrSQRIlyas.

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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEBENGALURU, JUNE29

TWODAYSaftertwosisterswereallegedlystrippedandassaultednear their residenceon theout-skirts of Bengaluru, for not re-payingaloantakenfromanindi-vidual, police on WednesdaylodgedanFIRafter facingpublicoutrage andarrested twoof theaccusedmen.Police initiallydidnot lodgea

complaint after the victims ap-proachedthem,itislearnt.Publicpressureonthepolicecameafteravideooftheassaultemergedonsocialmedia.Bengaluru(Rural)SP,KVamsi

Krishna, howeverdenied allega-tions that police had refused toregister an FIR andmaintainedthattherewasnopolicelapse.According to the com-

plainants,thecrimetookplaceata village in Anekal taluk, onBengaluru’soutskirts,onMonday.OnWednesday, police identifiedthearrestedduoasRamakrishnaReddy and Sunil Kumar— theyhave beenheld for allegedly as-saultingthevictims. Anotherac-cused,Indramma,isstillabscond-ing,accordingtopoliceofficers.Police sources, quoting from

thecomplaint,saidoneofthevic-timshadtakenaloanofRs1lakhatanexorbitantinterestof30percent fromReddy. Shewas askedto repay the entire amount atonce,whichledtodisagreements,sourcessaid.SPKrishna,however,said thevictimshad takena loanabout Rs 1 crore from11peopleandhadneither repaid theprin-cipalamountnortheinterest.Localresidents,itislearnt,held

ameetingtoresolvetheissueandthevictimhadagreedtorepaythe

whole loan. Despite the agree-ment, however, the accusedbargedintothevictims’houseonMonday and allegedly strippedandassaulted them.Thevictims,wenttothelocalpolicestationbutthe Inspector (nameand stationdetailswithheldtoprotectvictimidentity) there allegedly refusedtoregisterthecase.The SP said that twomonths

ago, locals held ameeting to re-solvetheissue.OnSunday,Reddy,Indrammaandafewotherswentto the victims’ family. “It is saidthata fightbrokeout.Theycameto thepolice station and gave inwriting that theywill resolve theissueanddidnotregisteranyFIR,”Krishna said. But onTuesday, hesaid, the victims approached thepolice and filed a complaint. Onthe video, the SP said their pri-mary probe shows the accuseddidnotrecordthevideo.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JUNE29

TRIPURAMLAandformerTribalWelfareMinisterMevarKumarJamatia has been accused ofmolesting a woman at TripuraBhawan in New Delhi, policesaid Wednesday, adding thattheyhavesenthimanoticeandbooked him under sections ofsexualharassment.The alleged incident took

placeonTuesdayandacallwasmade to thepolice atnight.

Thewoman, a student stay-ing at Tripura Bhawan, allegedshewasmolested and sexuallyharassedby theMLA.Basedon the complaint, the

police detained Jamatia forquestioning and later releasedhim.Amrutha Guguloth, DCP

(New Delhi), said, “The com-plaint is of molestation atTripura Bhawan. A call wasmade around 2.35 am by thecomplainant. We served a no-ticeundersection41A(appear-ancebefore police officer) CrPC

to theaccused.”An FIR has been

registered under IPCsections 354 (assaulton woman with in-tent to outrage hermodesty) and 354 A(sexualharassment).Meanwhile,asen-

ior officer fromTripura Bhawanwrote to theGovernment ofTripura about the in-cident,askingthemtotake “necessary ac-tion”.“It istoinformthat

a teamofDelhi policehad visited TripuraBhawan twiceyester-day night and met(complainant). Theyrecorded her state-ment regarding hercomplaintagainstShriMebar Kr Jamatia,MLA. Thepolice teamvisited again earlymorning and tookboth (the com-plainant) and ShriMebar Kr Jamatia tothepolicestation.Thisis for informationandnecessary actionplease,” reads the let-tersentbytheTripuraBhawanofficer.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that shareholding pattern of M/s AirmidDevelopers Limited, M/s Mariana Developers Limited & M/s AlbinaProperties Limited C/o M/s Airmid Developers Limited(“Company's”), (as registered under the CompaniesAct), having theircorporate office at Office No. 01-1001, We Work, Blue One Square,Udyog Vihar, Phase 4 Rd, Gurugram-122016, Haryana, is proposed tobe transferred in favor of M/s Elan Limited. We have been grantedLicense no.80 of 2012 dated 17.08.2012 by Directorate of Town &Country Planning, Haryana (“DTCP”) for setting up a residential grouphousing colony over an area measuring 24.1 Acres in Sector 106,Village Pawala Khusrupur, Gurugram, having land comprised underRectangle No. 18 Killa Nos. 21(8-0), 22/2(4-0), Rectangle No. 19 KillaNos. 22/1(3-1), 22/2(4-0), 23(8-0), 24(8-0), 25(8-0), 16/2(4-0),Rectangle no. 21 Killa No. 5(5-12), Rectangle No. 22 Killa Nos. 1/1(6-5), 1/2/1(0-12), 1/2/2(1-3), 2/1/1(1-0), 2/1/2(0-10), 2/2(2-7), 2/3(3-3),3(8-0), 4(8-0), 5(7-3), 10(5-16), 9/1(4-8), 9/2(3-12), 8(8-0), 7(8-0), 6(8-0), 12/1(2-0), 12/2(5-3), 13(8-0), 14(8-7), 15/1(4-0), 18/3(1-3), 18/2(3-5), 27(0-17) and Rectangle no. 23 Killa nos. 1(8-0), 2(8-0), 3(4-7),10(7-13), 9/2 (3-9) total measuring 192 Kanals 16 Marlas (24.1Acres).And whereas vide memo no. LC- 2593-JE(DS)/2022/17844 dated28.06.2022, DTCP, has directed us to invite objections regardingchange in share holding pattern.As such, any entity/ person having or claiming any objection to theproposed change in shareholding pattern of the Company's, maysubmit their representation in the office of Senior Town Planner (STP),HSVP Complex, Sector – 14, Gurugram, Haryana 122001 in writingwithin a period of 30 (Thirty) days from the date of publication of thisnotice, failing which it shall be presumed that no adverse claim liesagainst the proposed change in share holding pattern of theCompany's.

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No.BMTC/CO/CE/EE/291/2022-23 Dated:-29.06.2022

Item rate tender is invited in two cover system for the works of (1) Providingcement concrete pavement to the parking area and other allied worksat Depot-49, Bidadi, Bengaluru, Amount put to tender: Rs. 338.86 Lakhs,EMD: Rs. 5,08,300 /- (2) Providing cement concrete pavement to theparking area and other allied works at Depot-47, Mandur, Bengaluru.

Amount put to tender: Rs. 338.72 Lakhs, EMD: Rs. 5,08,080 /-. as perKarnataka Transparency in Public procurement ordinance of 2000, and Act2000 from the Class-I Civil Contractors/Firms registered in KarnatakaCPWD/MES and KPWD. In E-procurement the contractors/firms will haveto upload all information’s, documents and rates etc in website only. i.e.https://eproc.karnataka.gov.in. No documents will be accepted in personmanually. (1) Receipt of tenders: 30.07.2022. Date of opening of tender:01.08.2022 (2) Any other information required can be obtained from theoffice of the Executive Engineer during working hours or through website:https://eproc.karnataka.gov.in

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Mobile No. 96461-07205 E-mail: Se-hq-ggsstp-ropar@pspcl.inE-Tender Enquiry No. 7281/P-3/EMP-12009 Dated: 24.06.2022

Dy. Chief Engineer/Headquarter (Procurement Cell-3) GGSSTP,Roopnagar invites E-Tender ID No. 2022_POWER_87254_1 forProcurement of pulverized Fuel straight pipe for stg. II & IIIinstalled at GGSSTP, Ropar. For detailed NIT & TenderSpecification please refer to https://eproc.punjab.gov.in from28.06.2022/ 11:30 AM onwards.

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Chief Engineer/ O&M (P&P Cell-I), GHTP, Lehra Mohabbat, invites E-tender for theProcurement of Toothed Hammer Rings, Quantity as per NIT. For detailed NIT &Tender Specification please refer to https://eproc.punjab.gov.in from 27.06.2022 from17.00 hrs. onwards.

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THE ELECTION Commission(EC) onWednesdayannouncedthatelectiontotheOfficeof theVice President will be held onAugust 6 as the term of the of-fice of VenkaiahNaidu ends onAugust 10.As per Article 68 of the

Constitution of India, an elec-tion to fill the vacancy of theoutgoing Vice-President is re-quired to be completed beforethe expirationof the term.Chief Election

Commissioner Rajiv Kumarheld ameeting onWednesdaythat was also attended byElection Commissioner AnupChandra Pandey and finalisedthe schedule of the election.“...Election Commission of

India is privileged and hon-oured to announce today thescheduleofelectionforthe16thVice-PresidentialElection,” theElection Commision said in astatement.The Election Commission

had earlier thismonth also an-nounced the date of the 16thPresidential Election.Asper the schedule, the last

date of nomination forPresidentialElection is June29,pollingon July18andcountingof votes on July 21.ThetenureofPresidentRam

Nath Kovind ends on July 24,2022.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JUNE29

THE UNION Health SecretaryRajesh Bhushan onWednesdaywrotetoallstatesaskingthemtointegrate Covid-19 surveillanceinto their routine surveillanceactivities and followthe revisedguidelines for surveillance inthreeareas—incominginterna-tional travellers, sentinel sitessuchashospitalandlaboratories,and within the community,

alongwithwastewater samplecollection.Ina letter toall stateprincipal

andhealth secretaries, the stateshave been asked to screen2%oftheinternationalpassengerscom-ing to India at randomand sendall positive samples for genomesequencing. TheletteralsoaskedstatesandUTstomonitorsentinelsites,includingreportingofallin-fluenza-like illnesses to the inte-grateddiseasesurveillanceteams,withthedistrictsurveillanceoffi-cer testing 5% of these cases

throughRT-PCR. All cases of se-vere acute respiratory illnesseshave to bemonitored at districtlevelhospitalsandselect tertiarycare hospitals. This datawill beshared by the state IntegratedDiseaseSurveillanceProgrammeteamsonafortnightlybasis,asperthe letter. The laboratories haveallbeenaskedtouploadtheirdatato the ICMRportal tohelp insur-veillance. The states have beenasked to do community-basedsurveillancetoidentifylargeout-breaks,unusualclinicalpresenta-

tionormortality throughmediascanningandindicator-basedsur-veillance through the routine re-portingchannels,thelettersaid.“In addition, revised surveil-

lance guidelines also call forsewage/wastewatersurveillance,whichmayprovide earlywarn-ings on potential local surge ofCovid-19,”theletterread.Three-pronged strategywill

beadoptedforgenomesequenc-ing,which is currentlydonebyanetworkofover50labsacrossthecountry.

Karnataka: Sisters say stripped,assaulted for not repaying loanCops lodgecaseafter2days; SPdeniespolice lapse

Vice Presidentpolls to be heldon Aug 6: EC

Conduct random RTPCR of 2% internationalpassengers: Centre writes to states, UTs

Tripura MLA bookedfor molestation atstate Bhawan in Delhi

Can’t recognise Lt Col Purohit due tolapse of time: Malegaon case witnessMumbai:Awitness inthe2008MalegaonblastcasetoldacourtonWednesday that he was unable to recognise accused LieutenantColonel Prasad Purohit due to the lapse of time. TheMaharashtraAnti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), which had initially investigated theblast before the casewas transferred to theNational InvestigationAgency, had recorded the statement of the witness in 2008. Thewitness, who ran a business of arms, told the court that in 2006,hehad sold ammunition to Purohit. Thewitness told the court onWednesday that Purohit had arms licences as amilitaryman andbasedon that, hehad soldhimammunitiononce. ENS

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PUBLIC NOTICEGOVERNMENT OF HARYANA

EXCISE & TAXATION DEPARTMENTNOTICE FOR INVITING e-TENDERS FROM GENERAL PUBLIC FOR ALLOTMENT

OF THREE (03) ZONES OF COUNTRY LIQUOR (L.14A) AND INDIAN MADEFOREIGN LIQUOR (L-2) RETAIL VENDS OF TWO (2) DISTRICTS AND REALLOTMENT

OF ONE ZONE OF DISTRICT JIND FOR THE YEAR 2022-23.1. It is hereby notified for the information of general public that the department is inviting e-tenders for allotmentof remaining three (03) zones of Country Liquor (L-l4A) and Indian Made Foreign Liquor (L-2) retail vends intwo (02) districts and for re-allotment of one zone of district Jind for the year 2022-23. The district-wise detailof zones available for e-bidding is as under:-

2. The Schedule for submission ofe-tenders for these zones and evaluation thereof shall be as under:

3. The reserve price of the zones mentioned at Sr. No. 1 and 2 for the purpose of etendering has been reducedfurther in accordance with the provisions of clause 2.16 of the Haryana Excise Policy 2022-23. The annualbasic liquor quota of these zones has also been reduced. The basic quota of liquor available to the successfulallottees of this round shall be in proportion to the number of days available for operation of vends. Thus, thereduced quota shall be calculated as under:-

Reduced Basic Quota: original basic quotas X 346 days/365days.The zone-wise detail of reduced resewe price and reduced quota of these 03 zones shall be displayed in the

excise arrangement.3. The CL & IMFL quota of zone of District Jind shall be reduced by 2%o of the unutilized basic quota andlicense fee shall be reduced by 5% of the original reserve price.4. The excise arrangements of these Zones containing number of vends, liquor quota, location of vends andcommand area as applicable and reserve price thereof as well as the venue for evaluation of e-tenders shallbe conspicuously displayed in the offices of DETCs (Excise) and DETCs (ST) in the districts.These details shallalso be available on the official website of department i.e. www.haryanatax. gov.in5. The e-tenders for these zones can be submitted online through the official website of the department. Theremaining terms and conditions for submission of e-tenders and allotment shall remain same. as given in thePublic Notice published on I 2s May, 2022 in the leading newspapers for inviting e-tenders for allotment of retailliquor Zones of all districts in the State of Haryana. The said public notice is also available on the official web-site of the department i.e. www.haryanatax.gov.in. The detailed procedure of registration for participation in theallotment process and submission ofe-tenders is also available on the official website.6. All allotments and grant of license(s) shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Haryana Excise Act,1914, rules framed there under and as per the provisions of the Haryana Excise Policy for the year 2022-23.The Haryana Excise Policy for 2022-23 is available on the official website.7. All allotments shall be further subject to the approval of the Excise and Taxation Commissioner (FC),Haryana. He may reject, without assigning any reason, any allotment in public interest as the case may be with-in l0 days of the date of allotment.

Excise and Taxation Commissioner.Haryana.

Sr. No. Name of District Zone Code

1. Rohtak ZRTKOg

2. Sonepat ZSNPO2 ZSNP11

3. Jind ZJND11

1 Starting date and time for placing e-tenders From 01st July, 2022 (09:00 AM)

2 Closing date and time for placing e-tenders Till 01st July, 2022 (04:00 PM)

3 Evaluation of e-tenders 01st July, 2022 (05:00 PM)

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that shareholding pattern of M/sAirmid Developers Limited & M/sAlbina Properties Limited C/o M/sAirmid Developers Limited (“Company's”), (as registered underthe Companies Act), having their corporate office at Office No. 01-1001, We Work, Blue One Square, Udyog Vihar, Phase 4 Rd,Gurugram-122016, Haryana, is proposed to be transferred in favorof M/s Elan Limited. We have been granted License no. 79 of 2012dated 17.08.2012 & License no. 11 of 2013 dated 12.03.2013 byDirectorate of Town & Country Planning, Haryana (“DTCP”) forsetting up a commercial colony over an area measuring 6.525Acres in Sector 106, Village Pawala Khusrupur, Gurugram, havingland comprised under Rectangle no. 24 Killa Nos. 1(8-0), 2/1/1(3-8), 9/2(5-4), 10/1(6-4), Rectangle no. 17 Killa no. 20(1-18), 21/1(1-18), 21/2(3-18), Rectangle no. 18 Killa nos. 16/1(2-7), 16/2(4-9),24(4-0), 25/1(6-5), 25/2(0-17), Rectangle no. 23 Killa no. 5/2(3-16)total measuring 52 Kanals 4 Marlas (6.525Acres).And whereas vide memo no. LC-1882-JE(DS)/2022/17846 dated28.06.2022, DTCP, has directed us to invite objections regardingchange in share holding pattern.As such, any entity/ person having or claiming any objection to theproposed change in shareholding pattern of the Company's, maysubmit their representation in the office of Senior Town Planner(STP), HSVP Complex, Sector – 14, Gurugram, Haryana 122001in writing within a period of 30 (Thirty) days from the date ofpublication of this notice, failing which it shall be presumed that noadverse claim lies against the proposed change in share holdingpattern of the Company's.

PUBLIC NOTICE

For M/s Airmid Developers Ltd.Authorised Signatory

Date: 30.06.2022Place: Gurugram

For M/s Albina Properties LimitedAuthorised Signatory

Nehru Memorial Museumand Library

cordially invites you to a Talkon

The Notion of Advaitism inMandukya Upanishad

by

Dr. Jahira KhatunFellow, NMML

Friday, 1 July 2022 at 3:00pmVenue:

Seminar Room, Library BuildingNehru Memorial Museum and Library

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PUBLIC NOTICEA new policy for allowing sub-division of the existing

licenses by way of granting sub-licences in a licence/ colonythrough an independent developer for each sub-licenceunder Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban AreasAct, 1975. The draft of said policy is uploaded on the depart-mental website i.e. www.tcpharyana.gov.in for the informa-tion of general public and all other stakeholders and seekingsuggestions, if any, on the said policy.

The suggestions may be forwarded to the followingwithin a period of 30 days of the issuance of this publicnotice, i.e., up to 30th July, 2022 to the Directorate of Town &Country Planning, Haryana, Plot no. 3, Nagar YojanaBhawan, Sector-18-A, Madhya Marg, Chandigarh, Phone:0172-2549349 and/or on the email addresses as mentionedbelow:1. Director: tcpharyana7@gmail.com2. CTP, Haryana: ctp6.tcp@gmail.com3. DTP (HQ), O/o DTCP, Haryana: dtp2.hqnk.tcp@gmail.com

Sd/-(K. Makrand Pandurang, IAS)

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DepartmentHaryana, Chandigarh

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Amid sanctions, Russiabecomes India’s topDAP fertiliser supplierHARISHDAMODARANNEWDELHI, JUNE29

INDIA HAS imported about 3.5lakhtonnes(lt)ofdi-ammoniumphosphate (DAP) fertiliser fromRussia,whichwouldbearrivingduring the April to July period.ThiscomesamidWesternsanc-tionsagainstRussia in thewakeof its invasionofUkraine.The imports have been con-

tracted by Indian Potash Ltd,Rashtriya Chemicals &Fertilizers, Chambal FertilisersandKrishakBharatiCooperativeatlandedpricesof$920-925pertonne, cost plus freight (CFR).This is below the rates paid byother countries for DAP,mainlyfrom China, Saudi Arabia,Moroccoand Jordan.Bangladesh's Agriculture

Ministry, earlier this month,awarded an annual tender forimportof 8.12 lt at $1,020-1,030per tonne. Similarly, Indonesiaand Thailand are reported tohave paid $992 and $1,000 pertonne CFR respectively for25,000-26,000tonnesshipmenteach. Pakistan hasn’t been able

tocontractof lateevenat$1,030CFR,withthelocalcurrency'sde-preciation against the dollaradding to theuncertainty.India contracting DAP from

Russia's PhosAgro at $920 pertonne CFR – which is also theprice cap that the governmenthas put on importers – is likelytoputpressureonother suppli-ers, especially Morocco's OCPGroup, China’s YUC and SaudiArabia's Ma'aden and SABIC.Theymay have to cut prices toretainmarket share.“It is a smart strategy to di-

versifyone’ssupplysources.Wedid in urea by importing a largequantityof47,000tonnesforthefirst timefromtheUS.Thesameis being done by sourcingmoreDAP(thecountry’ssecondmost-consumedfertiliser)fromRussiaat a discount to internationalprices,”industrysourcestoldTheIndianExpress.TotalDAP import arrivals for

April-July are projected at 9.5-9.8 lt. Out of that, roughly 3.5 ltwill be supplied by PhosAgro,withMa’adenandSABIC’sshareat2.8lt,YUC’sat1.27ltandOCP’sat1.03 lt.

India, in 2021-22 (April-March),imported58.60ltofDAPvaluedat$4,007.50million. Thebulkofthe58.60ltimportedwasaccountedforbyChina(20.43lt),SaudiArabia (19.33 lt),Morocco(12.13 lt) and Jordan(2.46 lt).Importing from Russia has

presentedproblems fromsanc-tions, forcing“innovativemeth-ods” of making payments. “Therisk in this case has had to beborne by the seller (PhosAgro),since banks weren’t willing toopenlettersofcredit(toserveasaguaranteeforpayment)ontheimporters' behalf. Paymentswere thenmade by telegraphictransfer to the seller's account,upon the latter physically pre-senting the necessary docu-ments (copy of invoice, certifi-cate of origin, bill of lading,insurance policy, etc) 7-10 daysafter the cargo had set sail,” thesourcesexplained.Thetotalvoy-agetimefromRussia’sBalticSeaports is25-30days.“The imports have come at

therighttimewhensowingsforthe kharif season have juststartedandwillpeakinJuly,”thesourcesadded.

BASHAARATMASOOD&ARUNSHARMASRINAGAR, JAMMU,JUNE29

RFID(RADIOFREQUENCYIDEN-TIFICATION)tagsforallpilgrims,UAVs (unmanned aerial vehi-cles) for surveillance of routes,deployment of over 80,000 se-curitypersonnel–amulti-layersecurity cover is in place for theAmarnathYatra thisyear.Theannualyatra,whichwas

flagged off by LieutenantGovernorManojSinhafromtheBhagwati Nagar base camp inJammuonWednesday, istakingplaceafteragapoftwoyearsdueto the pandemic – it is the firstsincetheCentrerevokedJammuand Kashmir’s special status onAugust5,2019.The first batch of pilgrims

will set off from the Pahalgamand Baltal base camps onThursday.While 4,890 left theBhagwati Nagar camp onWednesday, the total will bemuchmore since many reachPahalgamandBaltalbasecampsontheirown.Theyatrawill endonAugust13."By far, this is the largest se-

curity arrangement we havemade for the yatra this year.Besides increasing the numberof personnel, technology is alsobeing used. We have placeddronesforaerialsurveillanceand

also tagged the pilgrims withRFIDtokeeptrackof them,"saida senior paramilitary officer,adding that the heightened se-curityapparatushasbeenneces-sitatedbythehigherthreatper-ception thisyear.Police sources said intelli-

gence agencies havewarned ofa "highpossibility" of amilitantattack. "Amulti-layer securitysystemhasbeenputinplace.Itisnot easy for the militants to

breakthesecuritycordonbutwecan't take any chances," said aseniorpoliceofficer.Police sources said they are

particularly worried about theuse of magnetic bombs. "Theseareareal threat," said thepoliceofficer. "It is almost impossibletokeeptrackofeveryvehicle,es-pecially in congested areas likeSrinagarcity".Besides the J&K Police, the

Army, CRPF, ITBP, BSF and other

central paramilitary forces havealso been deployed. A specialteamof police andparamilitarypersonnel will continuouslymonitorCCTVfootagefromsecu-ritycamerasalongtherouteandatthebasecamps,saidsources.The Shri Amarnath Shrine

Boardhassetupcountersatvar-ious places, including airports,railway stations and bus standsfor issuing RFID tags to pilgrimsonarrival,onthebasisoftheirya-

traregistrationslipsandidentityproof.Nopilgrimwillbeallowedwithoutthis tag, saidofficials.As the pilgrims will be

trekkingthroughhighaltitudes,theShrineBoardhasdecided toprovideaninsurancecoverofRs5 lakheach. Sinha said thedeci-sion was taken on the recom-mendation of senior doctors ofAIIMS in view of the effect ofCovidonpeople’shealth.Amongotherupgradedfacili-

ties, therewill bebattery cars tocover a distance of 2.3 kms be-tweenBaltal andDomel, anddi-rectchopperservicefromSrinagartoPanjtarniforpilgrimswhowantto complete the yatra in a day.Earlier,helicoptersortieswereonlyavailable between Pahalgam-PanjtarniandBaltal-Panjtarni.The accommodation facili-

ties have also been upgraded.While 69,770 pilgrims could beaccommodated during the lastyatra in 2019, arrangementshavebeenmadefor1,26,570ya-tris this time. The number oftentsalongtheyatrarouteshaveincreased from3,530 in2019 to8,480 thisyear.Theadministrationhasmade

arrangements for 106medicalbedsintheyatraarea,andhospi-talshavebeensetupatPahalgamandBaltal base camps. A total of391doctorsand940paramedicalstaffmemberswill be deployedround-the-clock,saidSinha.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEBENGALURU, JUNE29

THE KARNATAKA High Courthas asked the state police tomake efforts to provide bodycameras topolicepersonnel in-volved incarryingoutarrests inordertomaintainrecordsforthearrestprocess.The HC order comes in the

context of a case where a peti-tioner,a lawstudent,claimedRs25 lakhcompensation fromthestate after police allegedly sub-jected him to humiliation by

handcuffing him during histransportationforproductionincourt inapublicbusafterarrest.Thepetitioner,Suprit Ishwar

Divate,wasarrestedinachequebouncecasefiledinBelagavire-gionof Karnataka in2019.The HC rejected the state

government’s plea that Divatewas handcuffed while beingtaken to court since therewerenot adequate police personnelon court duty at the Ankali po-lice station, where he was de-tained. The court directed thestate to “pay a sumof Rs 2 lakhas compensation...”

Consider using bodycameras during arrests:Karnataka HC to police

PilgrimsattheBaltalbasecampnearSonamargonWednesday. ShuaibMasoodi

NAVEEDIQBALSRINAGAR, JUNE29

LEADERSOFmanymainstreampolitical parties in Jammu andKashmir on Wednesday at-tended a “high tea”meeting atRaj Bhawan on an invitationfrom Lieutenant GovernorManoj Sinha.The meeting discussed the

smooth conduct of AmarnathYatra,which isbeingorganisedby the UT administration forthe first time since the scrap-ping of J&K’s special status inAugust 2019.

This was the first such ini-tiativesincetheall-partymeet-ingbetweenthePrimeMinisterand the political leadership ofJ&K in June 2021. The meetingon Wednesday was attendedby National Conference presi-dentFarooqAbdullah,BJPstateunit chief Ravinder Raina,Pradesh Congress presidentGhulam Ahmad Mir, CPI(M)leader M Y Tarigami, J&KApni Party president AltafBukhari, former J&K financeminister Muzaffar Beg amongothers.People’s Democratic Party

(PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti

andPeople’sConferencechair-man Sajad Lone, who is out oftown, skipped themeeting.The invites for themeeting,

which were sent outWednesday morning, did notspecifyanyagenda.ThePDPre-jected the invitation, saying itwas “futile to host agenda-lessmeetings” given the presentscenario.Congress’s Mir told The

Indian Express that the LGbriefed the leaders about thearrangements for theAmarnathYatra. “Weare all onthe same page that the yatrashould be peaceful,” he said.

RFID tags for pilgrims, UAVs to watch routes:Upgraded security as Amarnath Yatra begins

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICESRINAGAR, JUNE29

TWOMILITANTS belonging toLashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) were onWednesday killed in a gunfightwith a joint team of J&K Police,Army and CRPF in southKashmir'sKulgam.IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar

congratulated the joint team,saying the gunfight site wasclosetotheSrinagar-Jammuna-tional highway – the route fortheAmarnathYatra.OnWednesday afternoon,

the joint team cordoned offNowporavillage,MirBazar,afterspecific inputs about the pres-ence of militants. As the forceswerezeroinginonthetarget,themilitantsopenedfire.Theforcesreturnedthe fire.“In the ensuing encounter,

two local categorised terroristsof proscribed terror outfit LeTwere killed and their bodieswere retrieved from the site ofencounter,” the police said in astatement. “They have beenidentifiedasYasirWani,residentofWangund,Kulgam,andRaeesManzoor, residentof Chotipora,Shopian.”The two militants were

“partof groups involved insev-eral terror crime cases, includ-ing attacks on police/securityforces and civilian atrocities”,police said.

2 militantskilled inKulgamencounter

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICELUCKNOW,JUNE29

THERAMPURSuperintendentofPolice (SP) landed in a contro-versy after a purported videoofhim saying that he wanted “tosend to jail the parents whocomewithcomplaintsthattheirdaughtershaveeloped”surfacedonsocialmediaonWednesday.In thevideoshotonTuesday,

SPAshokKumar is heard sayingfromthestage, “Adramatic inci-dent happened in Civil Lines re-cently. AMuslim girlwas goingwithaHinduboy,oraHindugirlwithaMuslimboy.Soyoushouldseeinyourfamilywhythisishap-pening.Iwouldliketosendthoseparents to jail who camewithcomplaints that their daughterhaseloped.Yougivebirthtothemand leave them (on their own)...One or two children are enough

whoyoucanraiseproperly.”The clip is from an event at

RampurPoliceLineswherepeo-ple from different walks of lifeinteractedwithpolice.After the video was shared

widely on social media, the SPwasquick to issueanapology.Later, hewrote, “Iwould like

to clarify that I do not endorsemyownearlierstatement.Idon’thave any such intention. I can’tdoso...”

Top Rampur cop says wants to jail parentswith elopement complaints; apologises

Thiruvananthapuram:TheKeralagovernment WednesdaysoundedanalertinThrissurdis-trictafterAnthrax,an infectiousdiseasewhich affects domesticaswell aswild animals,was re-ported inwildboars.The Thrissur administration

saidthepresenceof thebacteriawas found in carcasses of wildboars in hilly regions ofAthirappillyvillage.Anthraxiscausedbyaspore-

formingbacterium.Itmainlyaf-fectsanimals.Humanscanbein-fected through contact with ananimal or by inhaling spores.Symptomsdependontherouteof infection.Theycanrangefroma skin ulcer to difficulty breath-ing.Antibiotics curemost infec-tions. Inhaled anthrax is harderto treatandcanbe fatal. ENS

L-GManojSinhaflagsoff thefirstbatchofpilgrimsfor theAmarnathYatra fromJammuonWednesday.PTI

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICELUCKNOW,JUNE29

FOLLOWING criticism fromwithinparty and its allies fornotcampaigning for the bypolls toRampurandAzamgarhLokSabhaconstituencies, which theSamajwadiPartylost,thepartyonWednesday defended its presi-dent,AkhileshYadav,andsaidhehas “proved to be the only ob-structionfortheBJP”.“AkhileshYadav is the target

of conspirators… For 2024 LokSabhapolls,notonlywillheholdpublicmeetings in all zones andVidhanSabhaconstituencies,but

hewill also visit districts of thestate,"saidSPnationalspokesper-sonRajendraChoudharyinapressstatement.Akhilesh has “reached new

heights inpoliticsduetohishardwork and struggle,which is notpossiblewhile sitting in air-con-ditioned(AC)rooms",heclaimed.Among theprincipal reasons

listedbylocalSPleadersaswellasally SBSP for the losses wereAkhilesh's decision to stay awayfromthecampaigning.SBSP chief Om Prakash

Rajbhar had said on Tuesday,“Akhilesh-ji is not comingout of

AC. He is not taking the lessonfromthe2022Assembly results.JustlikeheannouncedcandidatesinAssemblypollsonthelastdateof nominations, hedid the sameinRampurandAzamgarh.Hewassupposedtogoouttoholdpublicmeetings,buthedidnot.”Local SP leadership in

Azamgarhalsoexpressedunhap-pinessatAkhileshnotcampaign-ingforcousinDharmendraYadav.InAzamgarh,DineshLalYadavde-feated Dharmendra Yadav by amarginof8,679votes. InRampur,Azam'saideAsimRajalosttoBJP'sGhanshyamLodhiby42,192votes.

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IN COLD BLOODThetwomenwhokilledKanhaiyaLalmust face the full forceof the law, theymustnotget thepowertospreadtheirpoison

THEKILLINGOFKanhaiya Lal inUdaipur, capturedand flauntedbyhis killerson video, is a gruesome crime. It has deservedly drawn the strongest con-demnation across political and ideological lines in the country. The stark-nessof thehorrorpermitsnoambiguity intheaftermath—theperpetrators

of murder as ghastly spectacle must be brought to justice quickly and firmly. In thedays ahead, political parties andgovernments alsoneed to stepup to the challenge tokeep the calm. ChiefMinister AshokGehlot has called for PrimeMinisterModi to ad-dress thenationandappeal forpeace. It is essential that thisdoesnotbecomeabidbythe Gehlot government to abdicate its own responsibility, or to pass the buck. It is itsprimary task to ensure that a firmmessage is sent out that any attempt to stoke orinflamecommunal anxieties and tensionswill notbebrooked in the state, inUdaipuror elsewhere.Even as there is no room for the politics of one-upmanship, there is hard political

work to be done by all parties and players.While the crime has played out in publicview, the grisly videos don't tell all, important questions remain. The NationalInvestigationAgency, taskedwith investigating terror-relatedcrimes,hasbeencalledin, and a thorough probewill be needed to arrive at the answers. Meanwhile, it willbe theworkof politics to ensure that important distinctions arenot blurred and cru-cial perspective isnot lost in a climate inwhichprime-timeTVseems to increasinglytake its cue from the fringe and hardliners, and toomany of thosewith a social me-dia account unresistingly give in to the temptation of delivering instant justice oncomplex issues by playing judge, jury and executioner. The industry of hurt senti-ments isquite capableofmanufacturinghateandviolence, too. It isnecessary, in thismoment, to rememberandto remindthatoneof Indiandemocracy'sbiggest successstories has been that it is home to aMuslimminoritywhichhas not beendrawn intothe Islamic radicalisation story that has beenunfolding in troublingways elsewherein theworld.As the law follows its course, therefore, politics has to stepup to ensure responsibil-

ity and restraint after the crime in Udaipur. The twomenwhowalked into the tailor'sshopandkilledKanhaiyaLal incoldbloodmust face theconsequences—theymustnotbegiven thepower tospread theirpoison.

WHISPERS IN THE SHELVESPublic librarieshave foundanewroleamongaspirational

youth.Butbibliophileswillmiss justbrowsing

ININDIA,THEpubliclibraryhasalwaysbeenascarceresource.Outsideofacademicinstitutionsandprivateclubs,spacestoreadandborrowbooksarefewandfarbe-tween. The country's transition from a low-literacy, relatively poor society to amiddle-income,educatedonewasaccompaniedbytheriseofelectronicanddig-

italmedia,andbrowsingshelvesbecamepassebeforeeverreallyhavingthechancetobeinvogue. Yet, as a report in thisnewspaper found,Delhi's public libraries are still inuse,albeitnot for thepurpose forwhich theywereoriginally intended.AtDelhi Public Library,HardayalMunicipal Public LibraryandevenDyal Singhpub-

liclibrary—thelatterisoneoftheoldestinIndia—youngaspirantswhohopetoclearcom-petitiveexaminationshavetakenoverthereadingrooms.Forallthesophisticationofal-gorithmsandthevastamountsofknowledgeontheinternet,aquietplacetoconcentratestill draws aspiring civil servants, doctors, chartered accountants, et al. And given howdifficult it istofindspaceinthebigcity, it is likelythatthelibrarieswillsurviveasamuch-neededpublic spaceof calm.Yet, thebook loverwill see thisnewavatarof anoldbuild-ingas somethingof a loss.Theworst-kept secret among bibliophiles is this: In libraries, bookshops and even

second-handbookbazaars,thetextstalktoeachother.Theirwhispersdrawyouin,open-ingupworldswithinworlds.Andtherearefewjoysgreaterthantheserendipityofpick-ing up an unknown, unheard of (to the reader, at least) volume, of browsing throughshelves hoping that a title, blurb or even a cover “speaks to you”. Nomatter howhardtheytry,thetechgiantssellingbooksataclickcanneverrecreatethatfeeling.And,whilea career is of supreme importance, the youngpeople cramming for their exams too aremissingoutonwhat their studyhallused tobe.

PLASTIC SURGERYPhasedbanonplastics iswelcome.Challengewilllie inenforcement,bringing inviablesubstitutes

FROMFRIDAY,SEVERALcommonuse-and-throwplasticproductswill ceasetobeincirculationwiththegovernment'srulestoprohibittheirmanufactureanduse,issuedinAugustlastyear,comingintoeffect.Plasticcutleryitems,icecreamandballoonsticks, sweetboxes, invitationcards, cigarettepacks, PVCbanners

measuringunder100micronsandearbudsare someof the items thatwill no longerbeavailable. Given that the country generatesmore than 25,000 tonnes of plastic wasteevery day—more than 40 per cent of it stays uncollected, often choking sewage net-works—theneed formeasures to restrict theuseof thisnon-degradable syntheticma-terialcannotbeoverstated.Thegovernmenthasalsodonetherightthinginenforcingthebaninphases.Thecurrentstricturesapplytorelativelylowutilityitems.Therealchallengewill comewhen the prohibition is extended to polythene bags under 120microns inDecember.In thepast five years,more than20 stateshaveput inplace some formof regulation

on plastic use. But by all accounts, their implementation has been patchy at best. Thepoorly-staffed and feebly-empowered state pollution control boards or cash-strappedmunicipalities taskedwith enforcing the bans have generally not been up to the task.EnvironmentMinister Bhupender Yadav has said that hisministrywill set up controlroomstomonitortheban.Abetterwaywouldbetoraiseawarenessamongstpeopleandtakeall stakeholders into confidence—the success of SikkimandHimachal Pradesh, toanextent, testifies to this.Some food vendors, takeaway restaurants and grocery outfits have begun using

biodegradablecutleryandclothorpaperbags.Thegovernmentclaimsthatalargenum-berofplasticunitsaremakingtheswitchtousingpackagingalternativessuchascotton,jute, paper and crop stubblewaste. However, the alternatives sector does not produceat a scale that will enable businesses all over the country tomake the environment-friendlytransition.Therearemorethan22,000plasticmanufacturingunits inthecoun-try. Itwillbesometimebeforeenoughnumbersarebroughtunderthealternativeseg-ment tomake a tangible difference to the packaging sector's environmental footprint.Industryexpertssaythat thepricesof a lotof thecurrentplastic substitutesburdentheretailerandtheconsumer—akgof fabricbags, forexample,costRs80morecomparedtoplasticbags. Thegovernmentwould, therefore, dowell tohand-holdbusinesses, es-pecially small outfits alreadystrainedby theeconomic falloutof thepandemic, duringthe transition period. In the long run, itmust join handswith industry bodies to facili-tateR&D inviableplastic substitutes.

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Willtocondemnthisactmustbeaccompaniedbycommitmenttobuildafreesociety.Else,Kanhaiya’sexecutionerswin

A PRESIDENT FOR NEW INDIADroupadiMurmu’snomination is transformational, showsdeepeningdemocracy

THESAVAGEEXECUTIONofKanhaiyaLal inUdaipurwilldeepenthedarkestforebodingsabout India’s future. It is important tonamethisgruesomeactforwhatit is,withoutaes-theticising it. It was an execution and not amurder. Murders are horrible. But this actwas farmore sinister. It enacted the logic ofexecution.Theperpetratorswereclaimingtheright

tobrutallypunishKanhaiya forspeechthathewaswellwithin his legal rights to utter.By doing it publicly they were trying toclaim the terrifyingpower of global prece-dent. There have been beheadings beforeon putative insults to the Prophet, andwecannot ruleoutmore. Thepointof theexe-cutionwas to lay down the clear line, “Saysomething on the Prophet thatwe find in-sulting, andtherewill beconsequences.” Itwas to make clear that the perpetratorsmeantoenforcetheir ideaofblasphemy,nomatterwhat rational, secular and civilisedlaws require. The public nature of the actwas toalsosignal that theydonotconsiderthis a crimebut the enforcement of higherlaw. Its purpose is to create fear and terror.There is a Chinese proverb, “Kill one,frighten a thousand.” This executionworkedon this logic of fear and terror.This act has been unanimously con-

demnedasanactofbarbarity,withoutqual-ifications, across the political and religiousspectrum.Therewasno immediateviolentreaction.Butthesenseof forebodingcomesfromwhat these easy gestures of condem-nation,whichnowcome tous as flippantlyasthe“like”signonFacebook,will leaveun-said. If we are tomove forward, these dark,subterranean currentswill have to be con-fronted squarely.Talkingabouttheseishazardous,fortwo

reasons. In an already surcharged atmos-phere, with a communal majoritarianismsuffocatinglibertyandtoleration,thereisthejustified fear of how particular argumentsare used towhip up prejudice against mi-norities.Second,thereisalwayswhatthelatePaul Brass had presciently identified as thetrap of discourse. Using the termsminorityandmajority, even for analytical purposes,evenforprogressiveends,oftenendsupcon-gealing the very identities we are trying to

complicate.So,evenwiththesecaveats,herearethefearsweneedtoconfront,evenaswecondemnthe incident.The biggest danger is that the BJP and

other partiesmay succumb to the tempta-tion touse this incident to target andques-tion the existence of minorities. Rajasthanhas an election coming up. The conduct ofpoliticalparties, theperceptionofarbitrari-ness in police forces, has created unprece-dentedcommunaltensionsacrossthestate,which even the Congress is helplessly pre-siding over. Condemning an incident is notan answer to the endless narrative of re-vengeandcounterrevengeandfeignedvic-timhood that will be circulated to useKanhaiya’s execution as an opportunity topolarise. This incident will very quickly al-low concerns about authoritarian repres-sion andmajoritarian communalism to beovertaken by an obsession with transna-tionalIslamism.Itwouldbenaïvetopretendthat there isno issuehere.Weare certainlydoingourbesttocreateasocietywhereany-one can light a fire, and create a conflagra-tion.Theperpetrators’gruesomeexecutionworks as a strategy, because they knowwewillmakeapolitical businessoutof it.The psychological impact of seeing a

videowhere someonewalks into a tailor’sshop, for a quotidian transaction, and exe-cutes them, is horrifying. What producessuchasinistermethodofexecution?Canwecomfortably treat it as an exception? Thesewillbeunaskedquestions.Theshortansweris,wedon’treallyknowwithanyconfidence.Andthissituationiscompoundedbythefactthatthereisabreakdownoftrust.Ontheonehand,thereisthestatethatfindsevenajokeasevidenceof complicitywith ISIS, andwillspread the net of suspicion incredulouslywide.Itwillcastthisasawaragainstaglobalideology of Islamism and terrorism. But ithasshownnocapacitytomakeadistinctionbetween ordinary Indian citizens trying toclaimtheirrightsorprotestingagainstapar-ticular policy, and terrorists that really posea threat to the state and a decentmoral or-der.Ourpoliticalcultureisincapableofdraw-ing thisdistinction.Facedwithathreateningstate,weascivil

societyalsofeartofullyunderstandthepos-

sibilities and sources of Islamist radicalisa-tion,andacknowledgethat likeHindutva, itcouldalsohaveanautonomousdynamic,notrootedonly in reactionor the threat of sub-jugation. This vacuumof trustwill be filledby our favourite political narrative. In ourcontext, it will strengthenwhatever preju-diceswewerepredisposedtowards.Evenaswecondemnthemoralhorror,ourcapacityto create a common truth about such inci-dentswillnotbeanystronger.Thelargernarrativeinwhichthisincident

will come to be embedded— is this a one-off local incident, apolitical reactionorpartofawiderconspiracyfororganisedviolence—requiresthestateandCentretocooperate.If thisistreatedasaterroristattack,thentheNIA and policemust speak in one crediblevoice. It isbeyondutopiantoimaginethatina situation like this, all political parties andthehomeministerandchiefministerwouldspeak inonecrediblevoice.Thepartialityofthestateinothercasesofviolencemakesthisan incrediblyhardact topull off. Thestrate-gicsilencesof theprimeministerarealwaysa clear signal that the government intendsfor thepot to simmer, if notboil.Andfinally,thereistheideologicalgaunt-

letthatKanhaiya’skillershavethrown.Evenaswecondemnthe incidentwehavetoriseto the ideological challenge, thatno free so-cietycanhavealegalprohibitionon“offencesto religion”.What enables this act towearthe imprimatur of punishment rather thancrimeisthatitseesitselfasenforcinghigherlaw.Anysocietywhereindividualsthinkit istheir duty to protect their prophets or theirgods is doomed to be unfree, and caught incircles of violence. In aworld of billions ofpeople, someonewill be tempted to insult;the point is to render those insults banal,marginal andharmless.Thewilltocondemnthisacthastobeac-

companied by the commitment to build afree society. Otherwise Kanhaiya’s execu-tionerswin.Butitishardtoshakeoffthefeel-ingthatthecumulativeweightofourhistoryand prejudices is pulling us into an abyss,withanalmostgravitational force.

Thewriter is contributingeditor,The IndianExpress

A POWERFUL PHOTO has been doing therounds of social media, showing a tribalwoman, who has been nominated for thepost of the President of India,walkingwiththe mighty men of Indian politics. Thispoignant picture has inspiredmany youngwomen frommarginalised communities,likeme, to dream big. DroupadiMurmu isnotjustasourceof inspirationforus;herlifeand struggle, determination and success inthefaceofgreatoddsrepresentthehopeandpromiseofNewIndia.Under the leadership of PrimeMinister

NarendraModi, Indian democracy has be-comemorerepresentativeandinclusive.TheBJP represents the New India of prosperity,equality and socio-economicmobility, re-flecting the true embodiment of samajiksamarasta(socialharmony).Atribalwomansucceeding a Dalit to the highest constitu-tionalpostof thenationisaremarkabletes-timony to the deepening roots of Indiandemocracy. Her nomination is transforma-tional in its truesense.B R Ambedkar’s idea of synthesis and

the representation of women in politicshavebecomeareality.Bornin1958,Murmuis from the Santhal tribal community inOdisha’sMayurbhanjdistrict.TheSanthalsare known for their courage. In 1855, they

revoltedagainst thePermanentSettlementof Bengal introducedbyLordCornwallis in1793.Murmu, too,hasshowngreatgritandcourageinher life,havingfoughtmanybat-tles for the empowerment of the margin-alised.ShewasateacherandjoinedtheBJPin 1997. She was a minister in Odisha andthe governor of Jharkhand between 2015and2021.Herpoliticalefficacyandelectoralacumenhavehelpedpushthepoliticsof themarginalised from the edges of tokenismto the mainstream. Her nomination forthepostof Presidentof IndiabytheBJPsig-nifies theparty’s sustainedefforts to incor-porate tribal communities, bothpoliticallyand culturally.PMModi’spersonalsignatureonthede-

cisionisunmistakableandis in linewithhisrelentless efforts to expand the BJP’s socialbase and achieve the ideals of social cohe-sionand justice. Thepartyhasexpanded itselectoral base among all social groups andcommunities,withmarginalisedgroupsbe-ing accommodatedwith dignity and prideandnotjustforthesakeofsocialengineeringandtokenism.Murmu comes from a humble back-

groundandhasfacedmuchhardship inherlife. InaFebruary2020interview,shespokeabout her political journey: “I started as a

teacherwithoutpayandlaterworkedwithsocial organisations touplift villagers hail-ing fromtheremotestpartsofOdisha.”Shehas defied great odds and much culturalstigma to serve the people, battling themanystereotypesgenerallyassociatedwitha career in politics. At an early age, she losther husband, brother and mother, and in2009 and 2013 she lost her two sons, leav-ing her devastated and depressed. At thatjuncture, she held onto the spiritual pathwith the BrahmaKumaris, practising yogaandmeditation. Doing social service washer life’s new life mission. She is a fighterand has become a source of inspirationformany.Duetothelackofwomeninpositionsof

poweratthe local, stateandnational levels,girlsandwomendon’thavemanyrolemod-els.ShouldMurmubecometheFirstCitizen,it would not only give hope to themargin-alised,butalsotothemanywomenwhoareconsidered second-class citizens. For me,hernominationgoesbeyond thepolitics ofrepresentation and tokenism. I have a rolemodelnow.

Thewriter isassistantprofessor,MaitreyiCollegeand founderofDAPSA(DalitAdivasi

ProfessorsandScholarsAssociation)

The psychological impact ofseeing a video wheresomeone walks into a tailor’sshop, for a quotidiantransaction, and executesthem, is horrifying. Whatproduces such a sinistermethod of execution? Canwe comfortably treat it as anexception? These will beunasked questions. Theshort answer is, we don’treally know with anyconfidence. And thissituation is compounded bythe fact that there is abreakdown of trust.

Due to the lack of women inpositions of power at thelocal, state and nationallevels, girls and women don’thave many role models.Should Murmu become theFirst Citizen, it would notonly give hope to themarginalised, but also to themany women who areconsidered second-classcitizens.

FOUNDED BY

RAMNATH GOENKA

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AFTER VP SINGHTHE CONGRESS (I) high command has de-cidedtoputoff theknottyproblemof find-ing a successor to theUPChiefMinisterVPSingh until after the presidential electionon July 12. In view of this, the party onUPCC-(I)presidentBNPandeytocall ahaltto his discussions on a new leader withparty legislators. The state party leadershave even been hoping that the new CMwill assumeoffice bynextweek.However,the Congress (I) sources ruled out the pos-sibilityof imposingabrief spellofpresiden-tial rule in thestate. It is said thatSinghhasagreed to continueas acting chiefminister

until a newsuccessor is named.

PM’S CRITICISMPRIMEMINISTER INDIRAGandhi criticisedthe call for conscience vote given by H RKhanna, Opposition candidate for thePresidency.Shewasspeakingaftercommis-sioningawatersupplyprojectforSultanpuriandMangolpuri resettlement colonies inWestDelhi.MrsGandhisaid itwasaninsultto the elected representatives of thepeopleto ask them to vote according to their con-science. MPs and MLAs need not be toldwhat they should do. It was an insult todemocracy itself, shesaidwithvehemence.

ISRAEL’S OFFERISRAELIARMEDFORCESare“inapositiontowipe out terrorist centres in WesternBeirut”, DefenceMinister Ariel Sharon saidinJerusalem.However, thegovernmenthaddecided to grant the Palestine LiberationOrganisationa“graceperiod”andsafecon-duct, Sharon said. He confirmed that Israelhad called on the PLO besieged inWesternBeirut to laydowntheir armsand leave thecountry.“Wearenotwarmongers.Wehopethat the terrorists will see sense,” Sharonadded but Israel had to remain ready to“fight against anybodywanting to torpedopeaceefforts”.

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The executioner’s strategy

Pratap BhanuMehta

New Delhi

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These comments reveal anutter ignorance of the crucialsupport that countries likethe UAE have given to Indiain the Islamic world, first byinviting our late ExternalAffairs Minister SushmaSwaraj as a guest of honourat an OIC foreign ministersmeeting in Abu Dhabi andlater by standing with us onJammu and Kashmirfollowing the abrogation ofArticle 370. Nor do they takeinto account the fact that theGulf is our third-largesttrading partner, our principalsource of hydrocarbons, amajor source of foreigninvestment and home tosome 8 million Indians.

AFTERMONTHSofvoicinghisconcernstothe Congress, Hardik Patel has finally leftthe Grand Old Party and turned towardsthe BJP. In Gujarat, where political actorsroutinelyandwithoutanydiscomfortshiftallegiancesbetweentheBJPandCongress,this is no great news. It is another symp-tom of the steady erosion of ideologicalcleavagesaswellasthehegemonyofHindunationalismin Indianpolitics.Hardik Patel began his journey as a

quotaactivist forPatels in2015asayoung,vocal anti-BJP figure. In the GujaratCongress,astheparty’sworkingpresident,hemoderated his discourse on the quotaquestion, especiallyafter the introductionofthe10percentquotaforPatelsundertheeconomicallyweakersectionsreservationin 2019, and tried to project himself as ayouth iconandakisan leader. Thiswasaninteresting proposition in a land of urbanpoliticswherethepositionofakisanleaderhasbeenvacant fordecades.Over the last fewmonths, Hardik has

redefinedhimself again—asaHinduna-tionalist. He has quite enthusiasticallysupportedthebuildingof theRamMandirinAyodhya, thrownhisweightbehindtheimplementation of the CAA-NRC — theamendedcitizenship lawsthat take Indiaon the path of a de jure Hindu Rashtra—and spoken on the mistreatment ofHindus and Patel leaders at the hands ofthe Congress. For amanwhohad startedhis public career by praising BalThackeray, thisnewdiscoursemarksare-turn to the roots.Moreover,HardikPatelhasshunnedthe

progressive outlook regarding caste in hispoliticsaswellashisdistrustof cronycapi-talism.HeblamedtheCongressforcasteisminhisresignationletterfromtheparty.Inhisrecentinterviews,hehasattackedthe1980sstrategyofCongress—theamalgamationofKshatriya, Harijan (Dalit), Adivasi, andMuslim(KHAM)votesundertheleadershipof Gujarat’s first OBC chief minister,MadhavsinhSolanki.Andhepraisedthetwomajor industrialists of Gujarat, MukeshAmbaniandGautamAdani.Patel’s trajectory epitomises the blur-

ringof ideological frontiers in Indianpoli-tics today and,more than that, the grow-ing opportunism of politicians whomvoters cannot now trust easilywhen theycommitthemselvestoprinciplesandgreatcauses.WhileHardikPatel’sshifttotheBJPmay

weaken the Congress in rural Gujarat, theparty'sattractivenesstoPatelvotersinthatpartof thestate in2017didnotresultonly— nor evenmainly — from his influence.GenerallyseenasthepartyofDalits,OBCs,tribals andMuslims since the 1980s, theCongress — which was largely built by

Vallabhbhai Patel in the region — againreached out to Patels aftermore than 50years. In the Saurashtra peninsula, theCongress won 2/3rds of the 48 assemblyseatsin2017,almostdoubleitstallyin2012.ThepartyevenbecameaspokespersonforruralPatidarsinthestateas14of its15PatelMLAsbelongedto rural constituencies.Hardik Patel’s shift to the BJPwill help

the party recover in the rural part of thestate – butwill it be enough? Rural Patelsare still at the receiving end of the eco-nomiccrisisthatisaffectingagriculture.Aswehavehighlightedinourwritingsbefore,includinginSharikLaliwala’spaperonBJPministers’ social profiles in the Studies inIndian Politics, thepro-reservation call byPatels, who had opposed the granting ofquota to OBCs in the 1980s, reflects the“jobless growth” trajectory of a highly ur-ban-industrialGujarat,alongwithincreas-ing ruralpoverty.Dailywagerates in ruralGujaratarefrozen.Intermsofruralpoverty,Gujarat rankedninthoutof 17 largestatesin India in 2011-12, a drop of four ranksfrom its position in 1993-94. Patels arebadlydividedalongclass lines, somethingthatChristophe Jaffrelot andKalaiyarasanA’sresearchshowcases:Therichest20percent among Patels cornered 61.4 per centof the community’s income in 2011-12,whereas the poorest 20 per cent got only2.8percent,whichmeansthattheyarein-creasingly lagging behind the OBCs andevenDalits.In fact, the mean income of the first

quintileofPatels(Rs6,978)wasalmosthalfthemeanincomeof thesecondquintileoftheSCs (Rs11,411) in2011-12.Andthesit-uation isworse in some parts of the statelike Saurashtra,where thewater fromtheNarmadariver isyet to reach for irrigationpurposes. These trendsexpose the futilityof treating urban and rural Patels in thesameway.The BJP has remained steadfastly be-

hind urban-industrial interests, particu-larlyamongstPatels.Forinstance,thepres-ent CM, Bhupendra Patel, otherwise anoviceinGujaratipolitics,belongstoanur-ban constituency, just like the party’s oldPatelguard—AnandibenPatel,NitinPatel,KaushikPatel, SaurabhPatel, et al.The Congressmay not have any Patel

face left but it may continue to capitaliseontheresentmentoftheGujaratpeasantryand rekindle its strategy by uniting thosewho are losing out among the villagers inthe state. In parallel, the AAP offensive inGujaratmaycutintotheurbanvotebankofthe BJP — and this is probably one of thereasons why the ruling party needed tocapture aPatel rural leader evenmoreur-gently thisyear.The BJP now gets one. But for Hardik

Patel, joining the BJPmakes him lose hisunique position, especially since today’sBJP does not like leaders with their ownmass base. This feature canbe seen in theselection of Bhupendra Patel as the CM,whowas clueless about his appointmenttilltheverylast.Infact,inhiscabinet,every-one isa first-timeminister.

Laliwala isan independent scholaronpoliticsandhistoryofGujarat; Jaffrelot issenior research fellowatCERI-SciencesPo/CNRS,Paris, andprofessorof IndianPoliticsandSociologyatKing’s India

Institute, London

PRIMEMINISTERNARENDRAModi’svisittothe UAE on June 28was his fourth, havingvisitedthecountryearlierinAugust2015, inFebruary 2018 and again in August 2019.JuxtaposedagainstthefactthatnoIndianPMhadvisitedtheUAEfor34yearssincethevisitof IndiraGandhiin1981,thetransformationin India’s engagement with this Gulf statehasbeenquiteextraordinary.Thereasonforthelatestsojourn,ostensi-

bly, is tooffer condolenceson thedemiseofSheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan and tocongratulateSheikhMohamedbinZayedalNahyanonhiselevationtothepositionoftherulerofAbuDhabiandPresidentof theUAE.Viewed from the perspective of traditionaldiplomaticprotocol, thevisitwasnotneces-sary. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu hadgone to Abu Dhabi onMay 15 to offer theGovernment of India’s condolences to theUAE leadership and in an unusual gesture,ExternalAffairsMinisterSJaishankarhadvis-ited the UAE embassy in NewDelhi to signthecondolencebook.But this is a relationship that hasmoved

well beyond the confines of diplomatic pro-tocols. Thewarmth andpersonal chemistrybetween the Prime Minister and SheikhMohamed are genuine and palpable. It hasbeenalmostthreeyearssincetheirlastmeet-ing in Abu Dhabi when PMModi was be-stowedtheOrderofZayed,theUAE’shighestcivilianaward.HehadalsoplannedtovisittheDubai Expo in January but a rise in Covid-19caseslinkedtotheOmicronvarianthadcomeintheway.ThisstopoveronthewaybackfromtheG7summit inGermanywasanopportu-nitytorenewthatrelationshipthroughaone-on-onemeetingwithSheikhMohamedandan engagementwith keymembers of theroyal family including theNational SecurityAdvisorandforeignminister.Meanwhile,alothashappenedonthebi-

lateral front, including a fairly substantivevirtual summit with SheikhMohamed inFebruary 2022 when both sides signed aComprehensive Economic PartnershipAgreement (CEPA). The two leaders also is-sued an ambitious, forward-looking JointVisionStatementtitled,“AdvancingtheIndiaand UAE Comprehensive StrategicPartnership: New Frontiers, NewMilestones”.CEPA is a significantmilestone thatwas

negotiated and finalised in just 88days andpromises to increase bilateral trade from $60billionto$100billioninfiveyears. ItcameintoforceonMay1andhasalreadyusheredinpreferentialmarketaccess for97percentof tariff lines accounting for 99 per cent ofIndian exports to the UAE. It is expected tohelp Indian exports in areas ranging fromgemsandjewelleryandtextilesto footwearandpharmaceuticals, apart fromenhancedaccessforIndianserviceprovidersto11spe-cific sectors. A high-level business delega-tion from the UAE led by Minister forEconomyAbdulla bin Touqwas in India onMay12toidentifytradeandinvestmentop-portunities, brief Indian business leaders

aboutthekeyfeaturesof theagreementandadvise small andmedium enterprises onleveraging itsprovisions.Onthesidelinesofthe visit, the Dubai-based DPWorld andIndia’sNationalSkillsDevelopmentCouncilsigned an agreement to set up a Skill IndiaCentre inVaranasi to train local youth in lo-gistics, port operations and allied areas sothattheycanpursueoverseasemployment.Ontheregional front, therapidnormali-

sationof tiesbetweentheUAEandIsraelfol-lowingtheAbrahamAccordsofAugust2020hasalsoopenednewavenuesoftrilateralandmultilateral cooperation. Some Israeli techcompaniesarealreadyestablishingabaseinDubaiandseekingtomarrynichetechnolo-gies with Emirati capital and Indian scale.The US has announced that President JoeBiden’s forthcoming visit toWest Asiawillseeavirtualsummitofwhatitcallsthe2I2U,a new grouping that brings together India,Israel, theUSandUAE.Theforeignministersof the four countrieshadheld their first vir-tual meeting in October 2021 duringJaishankar’svisittoTelAviv,articulatingafo-cusonjointtrade,technology,transportandinfrastructureprojects.These positive developments must be

seen in the backdrop of the turbulencecaused by the comments on ProphetMohammedbyNupur SharmaandNaveenKumarJindal.Thesecommentsrevealanut-

ter ignorance of the crucial support thatcountries like theUAEhavegivento India inthe Islamicworld, first by inviting our lateExternal AffairsMinister Sushma Swaraj asaguestofhonouratanOICforeignministersmeeting inAbuDhabi and laterbystandingwith us on Jammu and Kashmir followingthe abrogation of Article 370. Nor do theytakeintoaccountthefactthattheGulf isourthird-largest trading partner, our principalsource of hydrocarbons, amajor source offoreigninvestmentandhometosome8mil-lionIndianswhosendinover$50billionan-nually in remittances.The UAE today is India’s closest partner

in the Arabworld and fortunately, there isenough resilience in bilateral ties to with-standtherecentconvulsions.ButIndia’sim-agehasbeendentedintheheartsandmindsoftheaverageEmiratisandleftmanyIndiansliving in theGulf appalledat thewanton in-jurycaused to their interests.Visuals from the PrimeMinister’s visit

and his very evident personal rapportwiththeleadershipofUAEhavesentoutapositivemessage but it will take a sustained publicdiplomacy effort to undo the damage. Inother countries in the Gulf, the taskwill bethatmuchmoredifficult.

Thewriter isDistinguishedFellowatORFandformerambassador toUAE

Hardik’s travels

RIGHT STEPTHIS IS REFERS to the editorial, 'InUkraine's shadow' (IE, June 29). Massmovements have an inherent limita-tion, according to Bipan Chandra, be-cause themasses tend to reduce theirsupport as the consequences of long-term action become difficult to bear.This notion can be applied to the cur-rent situation created by the Ukrainewar, which has dragged on fo far toolong. TheG7 summit held inGermanyand the support for Ukraine promisedthereisastepintherightdirection.ThatUkrainehasmanagedtoholditsgroundsomewhat against a mighty Russiaowes to the fact that theWest has en-sured it has supplies and logistics sup-port.Thecourageof theUkrainianstoocannotbedenied.

DewangGaneshThosar,Raigad

BLOW TO AAPTHIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Signalfrom Sangrur’ (IE, June 29). SimranjitSinghMann’swinintheSangrurbypollhasmanylessonsfortheAAPandotherparties. Mann is still reluctant, thoughhispartyhasbeenbrandedradical.TheresultwillhaveanadverseeffectonthepollprospectsoftheAAPasSangrurhadbeen represented twice in the LokSabhabyCMBhagwantMann.Thepeo-ple cannot be taken for granted as theelectorate can see through the tricksandrhetoricalploysofpoliticalparties.

SSPaul,Nadia

REGULATION NEEDEDTHISREFERSTOthearticle, 'NITIreporton gig economy: the takeaways' (IE,June29).TheNitiAayog'sReportonthegigeconomyistimely,asthissectorhasgrownrapidlyinthepastfewyearsandhas reachedasizeandstature thatde-mandssomeregulationandformalisa-tion. Its problems of low wages, ab-sence of social security, unregulatedworkingconditions,etc, requireatten-tion and in this regard, the Code onSocialSecurity2020offersarayofhopetogigworkers. It recognises themandproposes to cover themin social secu-rity schemes.

HemantContractor,Pune

LONG ROADTHISREFERSTOthearticle, 'Don’t lookatAmerica'(IE,June28).TheUShasnei-theradwindlingpopulationlikePolandnoranoverwhelminglyCatholicpopu-lation nor any Islamic taboos (like Irandoes) toprovideareason foroverturn-ing the Roe Vs. Wade judgment. Thenovel coat-hanger protest shows thelong road US has to be prepared totrudge like the Irishdid in overturninga ban on abortion after SavitaHalappanavar’s avoidable death in2012. Indians would dowell to guardagainstanydiscretebuild-upofsuchre-gressive opinions sincewe are not thesame country of 1971when theMTPwaspassedasanAct.

RajaBandopadhaya,Vadodara

LETTERS TO THEEDITOR

THE NATIONAL Family Health Survey hasrecordedthatinfantmortalityhasgonedownonlymarginally from40.7 to 35.2 per thou-sandbetween2015-16and2019-21.Theper-centage of anaemic children aged 6 to 59months,pregnantandnonpregnantwomenandadultmales,ontheotherhand,havegoneup. Andyet, the level of poverty turns out asvery loworalmostnegligible intheterminalyear. These are no proxies for poverty sincetheir linkageswithnutritional indicators areconsidered tenuous and these can be ex-plainedintermsofintra-householddistribu-tion,poordietaryhabits,improperwater/san-itation facilities, etc. Thenwhy is there anuproar about theworkingpapers of the IMFandWorldBank,reportingnoorlowpovertyfor India in thepandemic year or just beforethat?Whatdoesthepoverty indexmeasureor

attempttocapture?Itsconstructioninvolvescomplexcalculations—to identifyapovertybasketofconsumption,workingoutpricein-dicesforupdationofthepovertylineandthenapplying it to the incomeor consumptionofhouseholdsfordeterminingtheirpovertysta-tus.Thecomputationbecomesfarmorechal-lenging in the absence of data on consump-tion expenditure as is the case in India andseveral developing countries. Intending toprovideinputsforpolicymaking,researchershaveevolved ingeniousmethodsof estimat-ingthedata,usingpastdatasetsandthosethathavenotbeendesignedtoget robustexpen-

ditureestimates.Onemust compliment the researchers

who have taken up this challenge and con-sidertheseseriouslytoexaminetheextenttowhichthesemaintaintemporalandcross-sec-tional comparability and,more importantly,whatexactlytheycanconveytopolicymakers.Anine-memberworkinggroupsetupbythePlanningCommissionproposed thepovertylineatRs20percapitapermonthintheearlySixties,looselyensuringtheadequacyofmin-imum requirements. Dandekar and Rath(1970)wentintodetailaboutminimumcalo-rieneeds,basedontheaverageconsumptionpattern. During the Eighties andNineties, itwasrealisedthatthislinkageisgettingblurreddue to changes in the consumptionpattern,microenvironment for living, etc. Sukhatmearguedthattheemphasisoncaloriesandnu-trition ismisplaced as the absorption of nu-trients depends onphysical health, particu-larly the presence or absence ofgastrointestinal diseases.Water and sanita-tion facilitieswerenotedas important inde-terminingthepovertyline.Minhas’sexhaus-tiveworktoosuggestedthatcalorie/nutrientrequirementsare largely socially andcultur-ally determined and even biological needsvarywithinahousehold.Itwasacceptedthatthestate,throughpovertyinterventions,can-notandshouldnottrytoguaranteeadequatenutritiontopeople.TheTendulkarCommitteeformally announceddelinkingof nutritionalnormsfrompovertyin2010.

As the transition was taking place,Lakdawala beseechedMinhas at a seminar“not toremovethepegsonwhichthewholepoverty debate hangs”. He thought thatpovertyhasaspecialpunchandforce inpol-icydiscourseatthenationalandgloballevelsbecause people associate itwith suffering. Ifit is reduced to a number that is temporallyandcross-sectionallycomparablebutlacksinthecontentofmisery,itwillceasetobeanin-strumenttopressurethegovernmentforap-propriatewelfarepolicies.Bhalla,VirmaniandBhasin(2022)intheir

IMFWorkingPaperhavedonea commend-ablejobindevelopingamethodofinterpola-tion and extrapolation of the consumptionexpenditureoftheNSS2011-12andbuildinga series up to 2019-20. Theyuse the growthrate of private final consumption expendi-ture (PFCE) but bring in the distributionalchanges by allowing household consump-tiontogrowasperthenominalpercapitain-comeineachstate.Rural-urbanpricediffer-ences are also introduced through separatepoverty lines. Themethod is reasonable ex-cept that it assumes the distributions to re-main unchanged bothwithin the rural andurban segments in each state over 2014-20.Onewonders if they could use othermulti-pliers forupdating, for example, the growthrateof incomeintheeconomicactivitywithwhich thehousehold is associated.Also, thegrowthratesofdifferentcommoditiesinthePFCE are significantly different and hence

commodity-wise adjustments can be doneto give higherweights to the items of con-sumptionbythepoor.Themost significant contribution of the

studyisitsbringinginthedifferentialengage-mentofthestateintheprovisioningofthees-sentialstothepoorintopovertycalculations.Thisopensupthepossibilityofchangesinthelevelof stateengagement inpovertyestima-tion,includingfreegascylinders,etc.However,thismustbesupplementedbyanassessmentofthedisengagementofthestateinsocialsec-torssuchaseducationandhealthThepaperbyRoyandWeide(2022)forthe

WorldBankexplores thepossibility of usingCMIEinpovertycalculationsaftercorrectingfortheunrepresentativecharacterofitspaneldata bymodifying theweightages of house-holds foraggregation. Indeed, theassetposi-tionandlevelofbasicamenitiesaregenerallyhigher inCMIE samples than inmore robustnationalsources.Happily,theseadjustmentscarried out to remove thenon-convergenceof theCMIEdatawith othermacro statisticshaveresultedinapovertyfigureof12percent.Peoplefindthismoreacceptablenotbecauseof themethodologybut themagnitude.Onedoesnotknowwhetherthepovertyestimatewould be a bit higher had the adjustmentsbeen carried out for a fewother parametersandalsoatthestate level.

Thewriter is senior fellowat theWorldResources Institute,NewDelhi

The extent of poverty

Closing the GulfUAEis India’s closestpartner inArabworldandresilience inbilateral tieswillwithstandrecent

convulsions.But itwill takeasustainedpublicdiplomacyeffort toundothedamage

Navdeep Suri Sharik Laliwala andChristopheJaffrelot

AmitabhKundu

Effortstoestimatenumbersfrom2011-21mustcontendwithabsenceofdata

Patel’spolitical journeyhighlightsblurringofideological frontiersandshiftingof

politicalplatesinGujarat

CR Sasikumar

New Delhi

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IN 1ST, FRANCEHOUSEELECTSWOMANSPEAKERParis:ThenewspeakerofFrance’s lowerhouseofparliament—thefirstwomantoholdthepost—vigorouslydefendedtherighttoabortionandcalledonthechambertobe“vigilant”aboutprotect-ing it fromreversal.TheNationalAssemblyelectedYaelBraun-PivetasspeakeronTuesday, in itsfirstsessionsincePresidentEmmanuelMacron’sparty losthismajority inelectionsthismonth.AP

LIBYA

Europe-boundmigrantsfearedtobedrownedCairo:A rubber boat col-lapsed and sank in theMediterranean Sea offLibya’s coast, leaving atleast30people includingwomen and childrenmissingand feareddead.It marked the latesttragedy at sea involvingmigrantsseekingabetterlife in Europe. The vesselsankinthedeadlycentralMediterraneanSearoute,said Doctors WithoutBorders. A ship operatedbythegroupmanagedtorescue dozens of othermigrants includingsomewomen, the charity said.A pregnantwoman diedonboard theship. AP

SENEGAL

Boatcapsizesoffcoastline,13migrantskilledDakar:Aboatcarryingmi-grants trying to get toEurope capsized off thecoastofSenegal,killingatleast13people,accordingtolocalRedCrossofficials.The incident happenednear Kafountine in thesouthernCasamanceareaMondaynight,saidDjadjaSambou, an official withthe Senegal Red Cross.About150peoplewereonthe boat and 91 peoplehave been rescued, leav-ingmorethan40missing,said rescueworkers. Thesearch is continuing forany survivors or to re-trieve bodies.The boatcapsized after a fire onboard.Officials are inves-tigatingwhat caused theaccident. AP

COUNTRY GRAPPLES WITH ITS WORST DROUGHT IN 70 YEARS

Rice fields dry up in Italy’s risotto heartland as drought lingers onPAOLOSANTALUCIAMORTARA , JUNE29

THEWORST drought Italy hasfaced in 70 years is thirstingpaddy fields in the river Po val-leyandjeopardizingtheharvestof the premium rice used forrisotto.Italy’s largest river is turning

intoalongstretchofsandduetothe lack of rain, leaving theLomellinariceflats—nestledbe-tween the river Po and the Alps—without the necessarywaterto flood thepaddies.“Normally this field is sup-

posed to be floodedwith 2 to 5centimetersofwater,butnowitseems to be on a sandy beach,”said rice farmer GiovanniDaghetta, ashewalkedthroughthedying rice fields in the townof Mortara. Farmers there havebeen producing the famedArborio rice for centuries: thewide grains of this local varietyareperfectforabsorbingthefla-vorsof risottodishes.AccordingtotheUNFoodand

Agriculture Organization,drought stress is themost dam-agingfactorforrice,especiallyinthe early stages of its growth.Heatwaves,likethoserepeatedly

hittingItalywithpeaksof40de-greesCelsius,cansignificantlyre-ducetheyieldof survivingrice.“Thispaddyhasn’tbeen irri-

gated for twoweeks now, and90% of the plants have alreadyfully dried,” saidDaghetta. “Theremaining 10%, that are stillslightly green urgently need tobe submerged with waterwithin two or three days.” Butwith more dry days forecastahead, Daghetta had little hopethatwouldhappen.The lack of rainfall has

brought governors of variousItalianregionstodeclareastateofemergency in order to conserve

water and coordinate theman-agementofminimalresources.The region’s main water

sources, the rivers Po and DoraBaltea, are eight times lowerthantheaverageseasonallevels,according to theWestSesia irri-gation association, which regu-lateswaterdistributionthroughthe maze of channels whichsnake throughtherice fields.“From the river Po, wewere

supposedtoreceiveaflowrateof160,000 litres per second,whilewe currently have an approxi-mate flow rate between 30,000and 60,000 litres per second,”said Stefano Bondesa, president

of theWestSesiaassociation.Asaresultofthewatershort-

age, Bondesawas forced to takea few unpopular decisions, re-cently ruling to stop irrigatingpoplars, fruit trees and secondcrops togivepriority to rice.Tensions are starting to arise

between upstream and down-stream regions along the riverbasinandbetweenhydroelectricplantsandfarmerswhoareallvy-ing for the same dwindling re-source. It’s feared larger conflictscouldbenextifrainfalldoesn’tre-lieveemptyItalianreservoirssoon.EvenItaly’swealthiestcity is

feeling the effects of drought.

ThemayorofMilansignedanor-dinanceSaturdayturningoff thespigots of public decorativefountains to savewater.Butmost areas are continu-

ing toworsen.Italy’sdroughtisthreatening

some$3.1billioninagriculture,afarmlobbysaid.Agriculturalpro-ducersestimatelossof30-40%oftheseasonalharvest.Whileheatand lack of rain are to blame forthiscrisis, Italyhasanotoriouslywasteful water infrastructurethat is estimated to lose 42% ofdrinkingwater from networkseachyear,inlargepartduetooldandpoorlymaintainedpipes.AP

Adried-uppaddyfield inPovalley.AP

CAPITOLRIOTHEARING

CassidyHutchinson,anaidetoformerWhiteHouseChiefofStaffMarkMeadows,atahearingof thecommittee investigatingtheJanuary6attackontheCapitol.Reuters

RICHARDCOWAN&MOIRAWARBURTONWASHINGTON, JUNE29

DONALD TRUMP tried to grabthe steeringwheel of his presi-dential limousine on January 6,2021, when his security detaildeclined to take him to the USCapitol where his supporterswererioting,aformeraidetesti-fiedonTuesday.The then-president dis-

missedconcernsthatsomesup-porters gathered for his fieryspeechoutsidetheWhiteHousethat day carried AR-15-style ri-fles, instead asking security tostop screening attendees withmetal-detectingmagnetometersso the crowdwould look larger,theaide testified."Take the effingmags away;

they're not here to hurt me,"CassidyHutchinson,whowas atopaide toTrump's then-WhiteHouse Chief of Staff MarkMeadows,quotedTrumpassay-ing thatmorning.Hutchinson, in testimonyon

the sixth day of House ofRepresentativeshearingsintothedeadlyJanuary6CapitolassaultbyTrump's followers, said the con-versationwas relayed to her byTony Ornato, a senior SecretServiceofficialwhowasTrump'sdeputychiefofstaffforoperations.TheNewYorkTimesandNBC,

citing sources in the SecretService,saidtheheadofTrump'ssecuritydetail,RobertEngel,andthe limousine driver were pre-

pared to testify under oath thatTrump never lunged for thesteeringwheel.EngelwasintheroomwhenOrnato relayed thestory,Hutchinsonsaid.TheNewYorkTimesandCNN,

citing unnamed sources, saidOrnatoalsodeniedthestoryandwaswilling to testify.Citingherconversationwith

Ornato,HutchinsontestifiedthatTrump struggled with SecretService agents who insisted hereturntotheWhiteHouseratherthan join supporters stormingtheCapitolwhereCongresswasmeetingtocertifyDemocrat JoeBiden's victory over him in thepresidential election.Trump's supporters were

rousedbyhisfalseclaimsthathis2020electiondefeatwasthere-sultof fraud"’I’m the effing president.

TakemeuptotheCapitolnow,'"Hutchinson quoted an enragedTrumpassaying.ShesaidTrumptried from the back seat to grabthe steeringwheel of the heav-ilyarmoredpresidentialvehicleand lunged in anger at a SecretServiceofficial.Trump, a Republican, denied

her account of his actions. "HerFakestory that I tried tograb thesteering wheel of the WhiteHouseLimousineinordertosteerit to the Capitol Building is 'sick'andfraudulent,"TrumpwroteonTruthSocial,hissocialmediaapp.In a statement, the Secret

Service said it was cooperatingwith the committee andwouldcontinue todoso. REUTERS

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THEWORLD

Trump wanted to joinrioters, tried to grab limosteering wheel, aide says

POPE CONDEMNS STRIKEPopeFrancisattendstheMassof StPeterandPaulat theVaticanWednesday.Addressingthegathering,hecalledthebombingof ashoppingcentre inKremenchukcity the latestinstringof ‘barbarousattacks’againstUkraine.Reuters

SUI-LEEWEEJUNE29

THEPHILIPPINEgovernmenthasagain ordered that Rappler, thenews website co-founded byMariaRessa,aNobelPeacePrizelaureate, be shut down for vio-lating foreign ownership rules,the latest blow against pressfreedomin thecountry.Rappler has angered

PresidentRodrigoDuterteforin-vestigatinghisdrugwar,andthegovernment has filed sevencriminalcasesagainstRessa, re-latingtotaxevasion,violationofforeignownershiprulesandcy-ber libel.In 2018 the SEC said that an

investment by Omidyar

Networkviolatedtherestrictionson foreignownership.Ressa said theTuesdaydeci-

sion “effectively confirmed theshutdownof Rappler.” She saidherorganizationwouldcontinueto appeal the decision “becausethe proceedingswere highly ir-regular.” NYT

Cairo: Egyptwill receive a $500millionloanfromtheWorldBankto help finance its wheat pur-chasesaspricesskyrocketbecauseoftheRussianinvasionofUkraine,thebanksaidWednesday.The funds, approved

Tuesday, aim at supportingEgypt's efforts to provide subsi-dizedbread topoorandvulner-ablehouseholds, it said.“This emergency operation

comes at a very critical juncturewhen the food security ofmanycountriesisthreatenedbythewarin Ukraine,” said MarinaWes,WorldBankCountryDirector forEgyptYemen,andDjibouti.Egypt is theworld’s largest

wheatimporter AP

EXPANSIONOFALLIANCECOMESASBLOWTOPUTIN

STEVENERLANGER&MICHAELDSHEARMADRID, JUNE29

NATOWEDNESDAYformallyin-vitedFinlandandSwedentojointhealliance,onedayafterTurkeydropped its objections to theirmembership, clearing thewayfor what would be one of themost significant expansions ofthealliance indecades.The historic deal follows

Turkey’sagreementtoamemo-randum with the two Nordiccountries. Russian PresidentVladimir Putin’s efforts toweaken NATO pushed SwedenandFinland,whichwereneutralandnonalignedfordecades,intothealliance’s arms.Afterweeks of talks, capped

by an hours-long meeting inMadrid, President RecepTayyipErdogan of Turkey agreed to lifthis block on Sweden andFinland’smembershipinreturnforasetof actionsandpromisesthat theywill act against terror-ismandterroristorganizations.“AsNATOallies, Finland and

SwedencommittofullysupportTurkey against threats to its na-tionalsecurity,”NATO’ssecretarygeneral, Jens Stoltenberg, said,providing some details of theagreement. “This includes fur-ther amending their domesticlegislation, cracking down onP.K.K.activitiesandenteringintoan agreement with Turkey onextradition,”headded,referringto theKurdistanWorkers’ Party,which seeks an independentKurdishstate. NYT

NATOleadersat thesummit inMadridonThursday.Reuters

PAVELPOLITYUKKYIV, JUNE29

RUSSIAN FORCES struck targetsintheMykolaivregionofsouth-ernUkraineonWednesdayandintensified attacks on frontsacross the country as NATOmembersmetinMadridtoplana course of action against thechallenge fromMoscow.Themayor of Mykolaiv city

saidaRussianmissilestrikekilledatleastthreepeopleinaresiden-tialbuildingthere,whileMoscowsaid its forces had hit what itcalleda trainingbase for foreignmercenaries intheregion.In the east, the governor of

Luhanskprovincesaidtherewas"fightingeverywhere"inthebat-tle around the hilltop city ofLysychansk, which Russiantroopswere trying toencircle.ThegovernorofKryvyiRihin

central Ukraine said Russianshellinghadincreasedtheretoo

inthepastfewdays."Severalvil-lageshavebeenwipedfromthefaceoftheearth,"KryvyiRihgov-ernorOleksanderVilkul said.The stepped-up attacks —

following amissile strike on ashoppingmall killed at least 18people in central Ukraine onMonday — come as RussianPresidentVladimirPutin'sforcesmake slow but relentlessprogress inawarnowinits fifthmonth. REUTERS

AshoppingcenterdamagedinaRussianrocketattack inKremenchuk.Reuters

ASSOCIATEDPRESSMADRID, JUNE29

NATOdeclaredRussiathe“mostsignificant and direct threat” toitsmembers’peaceandsecurity,as the military alliance metWednesday to confront whatNATO’s chief called the biggestsecuritycrisissinceWorldWarII.It also promised to “step up

political and practical support”toUkraine.But Ukrainian President

Volodymyr Zelenskyy chidedNATOfornotembracinghisem-battled countrymore fully andasked formoreweapons to de-featMoscow’s forces.“President(Vladimir)Putin’s

war against Ukraine has shat-tered peace in Europe and hascreatedthegreatestsecuritycri-

sis in Europe since the SecondWorld War,” said Secretary-General JensStoltenberg.Zelenskyy said: “The open-

door policy of NATO shouldn’tresemble the old turnstiles onKyiv’s subway, which stay openbut close when you approachthemuntil youpay.”

Meanwhile, Russianmissiles continueto batter Ukraine

ALANFEUER&GLENNTHRUSHJUNE29

KNOWING THAT his crowd ofsupportershad themeans tobeviolentwhenheexhortedthemtomarchtotheCapitol—andde-claredthathewantedtogowiththem — could nudge DonaldTrump closer to facing criminalcharges, legal experts said.“This really moved the ball

significantly,even thoughthere is still alongway to go,”said RenatoMariotti, a legal

analystandformerfederalpros-ecutor in Illinois.The extent to which the

JusticeDepartment’sexpandingcriminal inquiry is focused onTrumpremainsunclear. But therevelations in the testimony tothe House select committee byCassidy Hutchinson, a formerWhiteHouseaide,providednewevidence about Trump’s activi-tiesbefore the January6assaultontheCapitolandchippedawayat anypotential defense that hewas merely expressing viewsaboutelection fraud. NYT

Geneva: The head of theWorldHealthOrganizationWednesdaycriticisedtheUSSupremeCourtdecisiontooverturnRoev.Wadecalling thedecision tono longerrecognise a constitutional rightto abortion “a setback” thatwouldultimatelycost lives.WHO Director-General

Tedros AdhanomGhebreyesussaid during a media briefing:“The evidence is irrefutable.Restricting (abortion) driveswomenandgirls towardunsafeabortionsresultingincomplica-tions, even death.” He warnedthat limiting access would dis-proportionatelyhitwomenfrommarginalizedcommunities.AP

JASONBUCH,JULIO-CESARCHAVEZ&TEDHESSONSANANTONIO, JUNE29

ATLEAST53migrantshavediedafterbeingtrappedinsideaswel-teringtractor-trailertruckfoundabandoned in Texas, authoritiessaidonTuesday,astwoMexicannationals tied to the unprece-dentedsmuggling tragedywerecharged inUSfederalcourt.The deceasedmigrants, 39

men and 12 women, most ofthem citizens of Mexico, werediscovered onMonday in an in-dustrial area on the outskirts ofSanAntonio,Texas,about250km

northof theUS-Mexicoborder.Two suspects identified as

Juan Francisco D’Luna-Bilbaoand Juan Claudio D'Luna-Mendez, bothMexicancitizens,havebeenchargedwithpossess-ingfirearmswhileresidingintheUS illegally, according to courtdocumentsandauthorities.Investigators traced the

truck's vehicle registration to aSan Antonio address that theyplaced under surveillance, andarrestedthetwomenseparatelywheneachwasseenleavingtheresidence. A third suspect, de-scribedasaUScitizenwhodrovethe truck, has also been takeninto custody and is expected tobecharged. REUTERS

World Bankagrees $500m tohelp Egypt fundwheat purchases

TOPOFTHEWORLD

US abortionruling ‘setback’,will cost lives:WHO chief

AttheRappleroffice inPasigcityonWednesday.AP

Philippines orders newssite Rappler to shut down

As Turkey drops objection, Finlandand Sweden get formal NATO invite

US to boostmilitarypresence in EuropeAP adds: President JoeBiden

saidWednesdaythattheUSwillsignificantlyincreaseitsmilitarypresenceinEurope,includingbyestablishing its first permanentpresenceinPoland,afterRussia'sinvasion. TheWhiteHouse saidthe US will maintain 100,000troopsinEurope,up20,000fromthelevelsbeforetheUkrainewar,for the“foreseeable future.”

NATO says Russia ‘mostdirect threat’; Zelenskyyseeks more weapons

Zelenskyywith Indonesiancounterpart JokoWidodoinKyivonWednesday.AP

Revelationscould be pathtoward futurecharges: experts

US: 2 Mexicans chargedafter migrants found deadin truck; toll rises to 53

Jerusalem: Israeli forcesshotandkilledaPalestinianmilitantearlyWednesday in the occupiedWest Bank during clashes thatbroke out during an arrest raid,Palestinianofficials said.The Palestinian Health

Ministry said thatMohammadMarei,25,waswoundedbyIsraeligunfirenearJeninduringaraidbytheIsraelimilitaryanddied.ThePalestinianIslamicJihad

militantgroupclaimedMareiasoneof itsfighters.TheIsraelimil-itary said that while troops ar-rested two people, Palestinians“hurledexplosivedevices''atsol-diers,whorespondedwithgun-fire.ItsaidaPalestinianwasshot,butgavenomoredetails. AP

Israeli troopsshoot Palestinianmilitant in raidin West Bank

New Delhi

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ECONOMYWWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

Internationalmarketdatatill1900IST

GOLD`50,649

RUPEE` 78.97/USD

OIL$115.54

SILVER`59,725

Note:Gold, silverratesatDelhi spotmarket,goldper10g, silverper1kg;Crudeoil (Indianbasket)asof June28

PRANAVMUKUL&AANCHALMAGAZINENEWDELHI/CHANDIGARH,JUNE29

INWHATwill benefit small on-line sellers, the Goods andServices Tax (GST) Council hascleared the proposal to waivemandatory registration of suchonlinevendorsiftheirturnoverislower thanRs 40 lakh andRs 20lakh for goods and services, re-spectively. This is likely to comeintoeffect fromJanuary1.Whilethismovewill bring parity be-tween online and offline sellers,it issubjecttocertainconditions,FinanceMinistryofficialssaid.In addition to thewaiver, the

GSTCouncilalsopermittedcom-

position dealers— thosewith aturnoverofuptoRs1.5crorewhopayGSTatflatrateswithinputtaxcredit (ITC)— tomake intrastatesupplies through e-commercecompanies.These small online vendors

will have to declare theirPermanent Account Number(PAN),andprincipalplaceofbusi-ness. Further, unregistered enti-tieswill also be restricted to de-clare their principal place ofbusiness only in one state, andwillnotbepermittedtomakein-terstatetaxablesupplies.“The challenge for us in on-

line service, a seller can sellthroughmultiple e-commerceoperators — Flipkart, Amazon,etc.Wewantoneidentityof thatseller inthevirtualworld.Sowe

will take the PAN number, do aKYC…we’ll aggregate and findout that their turnover doesn’texceedthethreshold,”agovern-mentofficial said.The recommendations to

streamlinetheseprocesseswere

madebytheGSTLawCommittee.Notably,theissueofdifferen-

tial treatment of offline and on-linesellerswasalsoflaggedbytheParliamentary StandingCommittee on Commerce in itsreportpublishedone-commercesectorearlierthismonth.The Parliamentary

Committeehadobservedthatthemandatory registration require-menthasplaced additional bur-denonsmallsellers,increasedthecompliance and operation costsforsuchsellers,whichnegativelyaffectedtheirmargins.Ithadalsosaidinthereportthatthedropoutrate of online sellerswas in the60-70 per cent range— a pointechoed byVidit Aatrey, founderandCEOofsocialcommerceplat-formMeesho.

He said that in 2022, around60 per cent of small businesseslooking to come online onMeeshodroppedoff on accountoftheGSTrequirement.Headdedthatanestimated5croreMSMEsarecurrentlyunabletosellonlinedue to compulsoryGST require-ments.FlipkartGroupchiefcorporate

affairs officer Rajneesh Kumarsaid: “This decision by the GSTCouncil tobringparity forsellersone-commerceplatforms…willreduce compliance burden forsmall businessesespecially, arti-sans,weavers,handicraftmakers,artists and homemakers to ac-cess markets through e-com-merce and smoothen their on-boarding on these digitalplatforms”.

IFTURNOVERISLOWERTHAN`40LAND`20LFORGOODS&SERVICES,RESPECTIVELY

THEREMOVALofvariouscompliancebottlenecksfore-commercesellerswill invitemoreplayers inthemarkettoroutetheirbusinessthroughe-com-mercewebsites.

MoreplayersE●EX

PLAINED

NomoremandatoryGSTregistrationforsmallonlinesellers,butwithriders

ENSECONOMICBUREAUNEWDELHI,JUNE29

THEMINISTRYofElectronicsandIT(MeitY)hasgivenTwitter“onelastopportunity”tocomplywithits blocking orders. In amissivesent on Monday, the Ministrywarnedthatifcontentflaggedbyit is not taken downby themi-croblogging platform, the com-panywillrisklosingitsimmunityasanintermediary.TheMeitY notice, addressed

toTwitter’schiefcomplianceoffi-cer, said thatwhile a designatedofficerof theministryhas issuedvarious directions for blockingcertainpieces of content andac-countsunderSection69(A)oftheInformationTechnologyAct, thecompanyhas“failed tocomply ...onmultipleoccasions”.MeitYhasgivenTwitteruntil July4tocom-plywith all its blocking orders,failingwhich itmight lose its in-termediary status, which willmakethewebsitelegallyliableforcontent posted by users on its

platform.Queriessent toTwitterremainedunanswereduntil thetimeofgoingtopress.A senior government official

said, “Thenotices sent toTwitterpertaintoseveralcases...”

Fullreportonwww.indianexpress.com

Comply by July 4 or lose statusas intermediary: Govt to Twitter

INTERVIEWWITHFINANCEMINISTER, TAMILNADU

ALMOST EVERY state has askedforanextensionof thecompen-sation mechanism under theGoods and Services Tax (GST)regime, Tamil Nadu FinanceMinister PALANIVEL THIAGARAJANsaid.InaninterviewwithAANCHALMAGAZINE, ThiagaRajan said thedecisiononcom-pensation should be takenwithintheGSTCouncilandtherewouldbeaconsensusonbring-ing it if it is decided to be ex-tended.Editedexcerpts:

Didall statesdemandforanextensionof thecompensationmechanismbeyondJune2022?Which state doesn’t want

(compensation to continue be-yond June)?KarnatakaandGoaasked for compensation. To thebestofmyknowledge, all states(want extension of compensa-tion). I don’t knowof any singlestatethathasn’taskedforexten-sion of compensation. Whatmarked this GST Council meet-ing forme, compared to others,was that I could truly see thatstates were talking for theirstatesorforthebroaderinterest.In thepast, I feltmaybe someofthe BJP statesweremore inter-estedintalkinginlinewithwhatcamefromtheleadershipratherthanwhatwas in the interest oftheirownpeople.I want to be a bit technical

here. If this is truly a federalstructure, if the GST Council isreally the deciding authority,then on what basis can a deci-sion be made outside the GSTCouncil? I am just asking ame-chanical question. Wewere allin the room.Weallmade somerequests. Itdidn’tcometoares-olution, that’s thebest I cantell.Even the Union FinanceMinister said inherpressbrief-ing that people (states) wereheard.Now, in somesense, thisisagreat improvementbecauselast time when this came up,the Finance Minister said in apressconferencethat therewill

be no extension (of compensa-tion). But that was not agreedupon by the GST Council. Thatwas almost a unilateral deci-sion. Here she came and saidthat it has been discussed andwe’ll see, fromwhat I can tell.But who will see? Does the(GST) system give the Uniongovernmentaseparateauthor-ity to make decisions? Or is itthe GST Council that shouldhave voted on (extension of)compensation.Idon’twanttobeconsidered

a critic of it, but I want to gen-uinely appreciate the quality ofthereductioninpartisanship,in-creaseinthelogic,andthatmin-istersseemtobespeakingmorein the interest of thepeople in adiscernibleway.

Wasthereanyclarityonwhentheywillgetback?No.Doyouknowtheyarego-

ing to get back?Wedon’t knowanything.

Will thecorrectwaybetoput itupforvoting?It should be a decision

of theGSTCouncil.

Should itbeputupforvoting?As the Union Finance

Minister said, there has beenvoting only one time. Rest ofthe decisions have been basedon consensus. And I have nodoubt that therewouldbecon-sensus as almost every stateasked for it.

What is thehitch inextendingthecompensationmechanismgiventhecesslevyperiodhasalreadybeenextended?AgainIaskthequestion:how

did they unilaterally decide toextend the cess?What the lawsays and what happens, thereare huge gaps ... if the GSTCouncil is thesupremedecisionmaking authority, like theSupremeCourthastolduswhattheConstitutionsaysastatutorybodyliketheGSTCouncilcannotsupersedethelegislativepowersof theelectedrepresentativesinthe state legislatures andParliament as they areConstitutionalbodies. Isaidear-lier that judgment should nothavecausedanyrealconsterna-tion, it just reaffirms that theConstitutionapplies.But you look at how things

work, they are not necessarilyfollowing the rules. Some of itcouldbejustpracticalitiesofex-ecution,someof itcouldbecod-ified in statutory terms. For ex-ample, if we all agree ratechanges have happened, andthey have said they will put itintoeffectbymid-July,byapply-ing ordinances or passing thenecessaryresolution.Forittoap-ply in our states, we have to ei-ther pass the Bills or the notifi-cations. The odds of all 31(states/UTs) doing it by then isclosetozero.ButGSTN,whichistheeffectiveimplementerof thelaw,will change the settings onJuly 18 because they are told todoso…

‘Appreciate reduction inpartisanship, rise in logic’

BRIEFLYReatnewlowMumbai:TherupeeWedne-sdayfell18paisetocloseatarecord lowof 78.97 againsttheUSdollaramidsustainedforeign capital outflows,strongdollarandhighcrudeprices.Withthis,thedomes-tic unit has fallen over 6%sincethisJanuary.Whentherupee hit 78.98 intra-day,the RBI sold dollars to pre-ventfurtherslide.

Parekh,inflationMumbai:HDFC chairmanDeepakParekhhintedatthepossibility ofmore interestrate hikes by theRBI in thewakeofhighinflation. “Theinflationpressuremaynotsubsidesoon,increasingthepossibility of further hikesintoFY23,”hesaidWednes-dayattheHDFCAssetMan-agementCompanyAGM.

NITIreportNewDelhi: In abid toboostgreenhydrogenproductioninIndia,NITIAayoghasrec-ommended taxbreaks likereduction or exemption ofGST and customduties ongreenhydrogenproduction.It also proposed setting upgreen hydrogen corridorsandofferinggrants tostart-upsworkingongreenhydr-ogensolutionslocally. ENS

USGDPshrinksWashington: TheUS econ-omy contracted in the firstquarteramidarecordtradedeficit,thegovernmentcon-firmed, but that picture ismisleadingasdomesticde-mandwasstrong.GDPfellata 1.6% annualised rate lastquarter. Meanwhile, at aEuropeanCentral Bank fo-ruminPortugal,USFederalReserveChairJeromePowellsaid there’s “no guarantee’’the Fed can tame runawayinflationwithout hurtingthejobmarket. REUTERS

NewDelhi:Deregulating one ofthe last few avenues that werestillunderthegovernmentcon-trol, the Union Cabinet onWednesday allowed firms likeONGCandVedantatosell locallyproducedcrudeoiltoanyIndianrefinery for turning it into fuel.While contracts for oilfields

awarded since 1999 gave pro-ducersthefreedomtoselloil,thegovernment fixed buyers forcrude produced from olderfields, such asMumbai High of

ONGCandRavvaofVedanta.Briefing reporters after the

Cabinetmeet, Information andBroadcastingMinister AnuragThakur said fromOctober 1, co-mpanies will have freedom tosell crude indomesticmarket.ThiswouldmeanthatONGC

can auction its 13-14 milliontonnesayearofcrudeproducedfromMumbai High field to anyrefiner, including private sectorRelianceIndustriesandRosneft-backedNayaraEnergy.

However, the banon the ex-portof crudeoilwill continue.ONGC at present has to sell

the Mumbai High crude oil tostate-owned Bharat Petroleumand Hindustan Petroleum. Thestate-run company could notsell theoil to itsownMangalorerefinery,whichhadconceivedapetrochemical complex on thepremisethat5milliontonnesofMumbai High crude could beturned into value-added PTAandBenzene. ENS,WITHPTI

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OPENINGUPtheIndianmarketsfurther to foreign players, theSecurities and Exchange Boardof India(Sebi)onWednesdayal-lowedforeignportfolioinvestors(FPIs)totradeinthecommodityderivativesmarkets.The Sebi Board, whichmet

onWednesday,tookthedecisiontoallowFPItradingincommod-ity derivatives at a time whenFPIs are pulling out from thestockmarkets.TheregulatorsaidanyFPIdesirousofparticipatinginIndiancommodityderivativeswithorwithoutactualexposureto Indian physical commoditiescando so through the FPI route.FPIscantradeinallnon-agricul-turalcommodityderivativesanda few select broad agriculturalcommodityderivatives,itadded.Tobeginwith,FPIswillbeal-

lowed only in cash-settled con-tracts. Sebi said position limitsfor FPIs (other than individuals,familyofficesandcorporatebod-ies) will be at par with thosepresently applicable formutualfundschemesasaclient.FPIs belonging to categories

suchasindividuals,familyoffices

andcorporateswillbeallowedaposition limit of 20 per cent ofthe client-level position limit ina particular commodity deriva-tives contract, similar to thepo-sition limits prescribed for cur-rencyderivatives.Currently, institutional in-

vestorssuchasCategoryIIIAIFs,PortfolioManagement Servicesandmutualfundsareallowedtoparticipate in the Indian com-modityderivativesmarket.AWorking Group compris-

ing of representatives from theSEBIandmarketparticipantshasalso been constituted to reviewandexaminewhetheranyaddi-tional riskmanagementmeas-ures, are required to be pre-scribed forFPIs. Full report on

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JAMMUANDKASHMIRLieutenantGovernorManoj Sinha flaggedoff the2022Amarnathyatra in JammuonWednesday. Pilgrimswillset off from the Pahalgam and Baltal basecampsonThursday,andtheyatrawillcontinuefor43daysuntilAugust13.Theyatra to the cave shrineof Lord Shiva

highup in theHimalayasof southKashmir isamong the country’smost reveredpilgrim-ages,madebyhundredsofthousandsofpeo-pleeveryyear.Thecaveisat3,888mabovesealevel, and can be reached only on foot or bypony.Pilgrimstravel46kmfromPahalgamor16kmfromBaltalalongasteepmountaintrail.The yatra has returned after twoyears of

disruptioncausedbythepandemic,andisthefirstsincetheconstitutionalchangesof2019.Multi-layer security arrangements have

beenputinplacefortheyatra.

Legendof the shrineAccordingto legend,whenLordShivade-

cidedtotellParvati theAmarKatha,hechosetheAmarnathcave.Thecaveisbelievedtohavebeendiscovered in 1850by aMuslim shep-herdnamedButaMalikwho,whilegrazinghisherdinthemountains,cameacrossaSufisaintwhogavehimabagfulofcoal.WhenMalikre-turnedhomeandopenedthebag,hefoundit

was full of gold. He ran to themountains tothankthesaintbutcouldfindnoone.Whathefoundinstead,wasthecaveandits

famousice lingam.BelievedtorepresentLordShiva,thelingamisformedbyatrickleofwa-ter fromacleft in the roof of the cave. As thewaterdrips, it freezestoformastalagmite.The lingamgetsitsfullshapeinMayevery

year,afterwhichitbeginstomelt.Ontheleftofthelingamaretwosmallericestalagmites,rep-resentingParvatiandLordGanesh.

Thehistoryof yatraThere isnoofficial recordofwhentheya-

tra formally began. The family of ButaMalikremained the traditional custodian of theshrine, alongwith Hindu priests from theDashnamiAkharaandPurohitSabhaMattan.This turnedAmarnath intoasymbolof com-munalharmonyandcompositeculture.In 2000, the government of CM Farooq

Abdullah intervened in theorganisingof theyatra,sayingfacilitiesneededtobeimproved.

TheShriAmarnathjiShrineBoardwasformedwiththeGovernoratitshead,andMalik’sfam-ilyandtheHinduorganisationswereevicted.This streamlined theyatra, but alsodidawaywithoneof itsmostuniquefeatures.

Threats to theyatraIn 1993, the Pakistan-basedHarkat-ul-

Ansarannouncedabanontheyatra.Localmil-itantgroupsdidnotbacktheban,andtheya-traprogressedunhinderedthroughtheyearsofpeakmilitancy.Amarnathyatrisweretargetedforthefirst

time in 2000,when25people, including 17pilgrims,werekilledinamilitantattackonthePahalgambasecamp.Severalyatriswerekilledinbigandsmallattacksoverthenexttwoyears.Therewerenomajorincidentsafter2002.InJuly2017,sevenpilgrimswerekilledina

attackontheirbus.Dayslater,thegovernmenttoldLokSabhathat53pilgrimshadbeenkilledand167injuredin36terrorattacksontheya-trainthelast27years.

ANURADHAMASCARENHASPUNE,JUNE29

THE COUNTRY’S first homegrownmRNACovid-19vaccine,GEMCOVAC-19,developedat Pune’s GennovaBiopharmaceuticals, hasgot‘restrictedemergencyuse’approvalforthe18-and-aboveagegroup.Oneof itsfeaturesisthatunlikeothermRNAvaccines,itneednotbestoredatultra-lowsub-zerotemperatures.

HowmRNAvaccinesworkMosttraditionalvaccinesputaweakened

orinactivatedvirusinthebodytogenerateanimmuneresponse.AnmRNAvaccineinstructsthebodyitself tocreateapartof thevirus.The Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer-

BioNTechandModernabothusemRNA(mes-senger RNA) to deliver amessage to the im-munesystem.GeneticallyengineeredmRNAinstructscellstomakethespikeproteinfoundonthesurfaceofCovid-19virus.Theexpecta-tion is that the immunesystemwillmountaresponseagainstthespikeprotein,andthat,ifandwhenwhenanactual infectionhappens,theimmunecellswillrecognisethespikepro-teinandactagainstit.OneoftheadvantagesofanmRNAvaccine

is that it requires a smaller dose thana tradi-tionalvaccine,giventhattherequiredamountofantigenwillbecreatedinthebodyitself.

What’s specialmRNA is fragile andbreaks downeasily,

whichiswhyvaccinesbasedonthisplatformneed tobestoredatextremely lowtempera-turestopreventabreakdown.It was, therefore, a challenging task for

Gennovascientiststodevelopathermostablevaccine.Scientistshadto innovatesothat thevaccinewouldsuit localneedsandbeafford-ableanddeployable.Thenewvaccinecannowbe stored at the temperature of a standardmedicalrefrigerator.“UnlikeintheWest,wherethevaccinehas

tobestoredatsub-zerotemperatures,thechal-lengeinIndiawastobeabletostorethevaccinebetween2-8°C.Wehadtoinnovatetosuitourlocalneedsastowhatisaffordableanddeploy-able.GEMCOVAC-19cannowbestoredatthetemperatureof a standardmedical refrigera-tor,” said Dr Sanjay Singh, CEO of GennovaBiopharmaceuticals.Thevaccineisstoredinpowderform.The

conversion fromliquid topowder formtakes

place by a process called lyophilisation orfreeze drying, which involves freezing theproductandsubjectingittovacuumtoremovethewater (converted fromits icestate towa-ter vapour state byaprocess called sublima-tion). This is a challenging task asundernor-mal atmospheric pressure ice transforms toliquidwaterbeforegoingtothegaseousstate.To achieve the conversion of ice to watervapour so that it can be removed, the sur-roundingpressureandtemperaturehastobetweakedandthenkeptstableinamannerthatthecharacteristicsofthevaccinearethesameasbeforelyophilisation.“Weperformedhundredsof trials before

arrivingattherightformulationandrightcon-ditiontoensureaheat-stablemRNAvaccine,”DrSinghsaid.Lyophilisationtechnologyisnotnew,butalyophilisedmRNAvaccineisunique.

Trials and safetyThe thermostable vaccinewas tested in

variousanimalmodelstoensureitssafetyandimmunogenicitybeforeenteringhumanclin-ical trials. Phase1and2 trial data across 480participantswas submitted first, followedbypresentationofdata fromPhase3trialacross4,000 participants to the Central DrugsStandardControlOrganisation(CDSCO).DuringthePhase3trials,3,000participants

were administeredmRNACovid-19 vaccineand1,000weregivenCovishield.AccordingtoofficialsatGennova,thetrialdatashowedthatthe vaccine was safe and well tolerated.Immunogenicitymeasured at 2weeks aftertheseconddoseshowedthatGEMCOVAC-19isnotinferiortoCovishield,theysaid.The two-dose vaccinewill have tobe ad-

ministeredintramuscularly,28daysapart.

Omicronandother variantsTheprocess of developinganmRNAvac-

cinespecifictoIndiatookone-and-a-halfyears.Additionally,theteamdesignedanmRNAvac-cine against theOmicronvariantwhich tookbarely60days.Thistechnologyplatformpro-vides flexibility to quickly tweak the vaccineforanyexistingoremergingvariants.“Apandemic-readyplatform technology

hasbeen created that canbeused toquicklydevelopavaccineshouldavariant-of-concernemergeduetotherapidmutationoftheSARS-CoV-2virus.Clinicaltrialsneedtobedonetoas-certaintheeffectivenessoftheGEMCOVAC-19against Omicron and sub-variants,” saidDrSingh,whohadworkedonmalaria vaccinesattheUS-basedNationalInstitutesofHealth.FortheOmicron-specificvaccine,designed

foruseasabooster,ashortclinicaltrialwillbeconducted and a protocol submitted to the

DrugsControllerGeneralof India.“The approval of thenation’s firstmRNA

vaccinewillpavethewaytothedevelopmentofnew-variant-specificmRNAvaccinesthatcanbeusedasfutureboosterdoses.Itwasab-solutelynecessarytoestablishthesafetyandimmunogenicityofthenewvaccineplatformtechnology in the Indian population,” DrSinghsaid.

Rollout andavailabilityGennovaalreadyhasalicencetomanufac-

tureforsell fromtheCDSCO.Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Chief

OperatingOfficer SamitMehta said talks areunderwaywith thegovernmentonwhetherthey would like to procure and deploy orwhether the firmcanreachout totheprivatemarket.Onpricing, he added: “Compared toourpeers,wewillbecompetitive.”AuthoritiesatGennovasaidtheyareintalks

withatleast25-30countriesthathadevincedinterestinthenewvaccine.“Gennovaproduced70lakhdosestaking

a risk...Nowthatwehave received theEUA,wecanshipthematerialsoonaftercomplet-ing all formalities. The current productioncapacity is around 40-50 lakh doses permonthwhichwillbeupgradedtotwo-three-fold soon,”DrSinghsaid.

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THEDA’WAT-E-ISLAMI (DeI), the group towhichRajasthanpolicehavelinkedGhouseMohammadwho killed tailor Kanhaiyalalin Udaipur on Tuesday, is a Sunni Barelviproselytising group that was founded inPakistan four decades ago. It has chaptersinseveralwesterncountries.TheDa’wat-eIslamiinIndia,basedinMumbai, isabreak-away Sunni group and has no links to theDeIPakistan.Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), the

Barelvigroupthathasdemonstrateditsral-lyingabilityandstreetpowerseveraltimessince2016on the issuesof blasphemyandthe finality of the Prophet, draws its inspi-ration fromtheDeI.ManyDeImembers are now said to be

partof Labbaik,whichcameup in2015.The Labbaik mobilised its cadres in

2020-21 to demand that IslamabadmustcutoffdiplomaticrelationswithFranceoverthe Prophet cartoons controversy. It con-testedelections in2018andwontwoseatsin theSindhAssembly.In January 2011, whenMumtaz Qadri,

the police bodyguard, shot dead Salman

Taseer, Governor of Pakistan's Punjabprovince, police said he had links to theDawat-e-Islami.AnAFPreporthadquotedDeIspokesmanMahmoodAhmedAttariassaying he had no information aboutwhether Qadri belonged to his party. HesaidDawat-e-Islamimembers aremoder-ate followers of the Barelvi sect of SunniIslam and do not believe in agitation orprotestdemonstrations.Labbaikgrewoutofamovementtofree

Qadri,andgainedfollowersrapidlyafterhewas judicially executed for the killing ofTaseer.

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Formedin1981, theDeIwastheBarelviresponse towhat the Sunni sect saw as avirtualDeobanditakeoverof Islamduringaperiod that Pakistan was actively aidingIslamic radicalismandjihadismfundedbytheSaudisandarmedbytheUSforthefirstAfghanWaragainst theSovietArmy.The jihadi tanzeems were built in

Deobandimosques andwere schooled inDeobanditeachings.ThePakistanmilitary'straining and backing to such groups gavetheDeobandiimageahugeshotinthearm,much to the concern of the Barelvi Sunnileadership in Pakistan. After the Soviet

withdrawal, theDeobandis contributed totheemergenceof theTalibanand their ex-treme interpretationof Islam.Mu?ammad Ilyas A??ar Qadiri, the

founderofDeI,wasbornin1950inaKutchiMemon family in Karachi. His parentshailedfromJunagarhinundividedIndia.Hemodelled theDeI on the same lines as theTableeghiJamat(TJ),theinfluentialtransna-tionalDeobandimissionarygroupthatwasformedin1921.LikeTJ,DeIsendsfollowerson long tours of duty onmissionaryworkandholdsijtimaorcongregationsatdiffer-ent places. Like the TJ, it also focusses ontableegh, the quest for inner spiritual re-

formandthroughthis,thereformofsociety.But DeI and TJ differ in ideology, theologyanddoctrine.DeImembersaredistinguish-able by their green turban, representativeof thegreendomeoftheProphet'sMosqueatMadina.TJ itselfdisavowsaffiliationtoanypolit-

ical ideologyanddenieslinkstotheviolentjihadist movements that took birth inPakistan in the 1980s and 1990s. But theflurryofpost-9/11counter-terrorisminves-tigations in the first decadeof this centuryrevealedthatmanyradicalised individualshadoverlappingmembershipwithTJ.Before the killing of Taseer, DeI was a

low-profileorganisation.Butthat incidentandthehigherprofileof theBarelvis inre-cent years due to the activities of the TLP,anditsapparentproximitytothePakistanArmy on and off, have thrust it into thelimelight.“TheDeIhasexactly thesamerelation-

shipwithLabbaikthattheTableeghiJamaathas with Lashkar e Jhangvi and otherDeobandigroups,”saidAyeshaSiddiqa,thePakistaniauthorandcommentator.“ManyDeIhave joinedLabbaiknow.”

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The Barelvis are close to 50% of

Pakistan’s population, but they saw them-selves sidelinedpolitically as thePakistanimilitaryestablishmentthrewinitslotwiththe Deobandis. While DeI aspired to be-comeamassive internationalnetworklikethe TJ, members did not take to violent ji-had in Afghanistan, Pakistan or Kashmir.Rather,Barelvishavebeenvictimsofterror-ism by groups such as Lashkar-e-Jhangvi,Sipah-e-Sahaba, and theTaliban itself. Theshrineworshipping Barelvis have seen alltheir important darghahs in PakistanbombedincludingBari ImaminIslamabadandDataDarbar inLahore.SunniTehreek,aBarelvigroupformedto

protectBarelvimosquesfrombeingcapturedbyDeobandisandAhleHadith(anotherSunnireformistmovementthatwasinfluencedbyandinfluencedWahabism),neverrecoveredfromthe2006Nishtar Park, Karachi bomb-inginwhichall itstopleaderswerekilled.TheBarelvi schoolof thoughtwasonce

soughttobeprojectedasthemoderatefaceof Islam, and working with the US,Pakistan's former military ruler PervezMusharraf thoughthecoulduseBarelvismto counter the Taliban ideologically.However, that project ended in 2011 afterTaseer'sassassinationbyQadri.TheTLPhasensured that Barelvisimwill no longer beassociatedwith“soft” IslamandSufism,as

itused tobeearlier.To understand how the blasphemy is-

suehasradicalisedBarelvisim,considerthatthe Sunni Tehreek (now a political partycalled Pakistan Sunni Tehreek), whichstarted off with a slogan about protectingits mosques — Jawaniyan lutaaingai,masjidainbachayeingai—nowusestheral-lying cry “tauheen rasalat ki ekhi sazaa, tanseysarjuda”(beheadingistheonlypunish-ment foranyonewho insults theProphet).

DeI todayBasedinKarachi,thegroupisnowpresent

acrosstheworld. ItrunsatelevisionchannelcalledtheMadanichannel,charitableorgan-isationsandtrusts.In 1992, theMumbai-based India chap-

teroftheDawat-e-IslamibrokeawayfromitsPakistanimooringsasitdifferedontherepli-cationoftheTJmodel.TheheadoftheIndianbranch,MaulanaMohammedShakirAliNuri, started a separate organisationwhich henamedtheSunniDa´wat-eIslamiinMumbai.TheaccusedintheUdaipurcasearesaid

to have ideological affiliations with thePakistaniwingasbothuse thewordAttariafter their names, after DeI leaderMuhammedIlyasAttarQadri.Thisisaprac-tice followedbymembers of the Pakistanibasedorganisation.

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ONWEDNESDAY, NASA launched CAP-STONE, amicrowave oven-sized CubeSatweighing just 55 pounds (25 kg). CAP-STONE, short for Cislunar AutonomousPositioningSystemTechnologyOperationsandNavigationExperiment, isdesignedtotestaunique, elliptical lunarorbit.The satellite, launchedonRocket Lab's

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NEWGLOBALandcountry-levelestimatessuggestthatroutinelywearinghelmetsandseatbelts,obeyingspeedlimits,andavoid-ing driving drunk could save between347,000 and 540,000 lives worldwideeveryyear.The benefits of more motorcyclists

wearinghelmetswouldbethebiggestinChina,where13,703livescouldbesavedeveryyear,followedbyBrazil(5,802lives),andIndia(5,683lives),saysthestudypublished inTheLancet.Analysis of data from 74

studies in 185 countries esti-mates that targeting four keyrisk factors for road injuriesand deaths (speeding, drinkdriving, and non-use of crashhelmets and seat belts) couldprevent between 25% and 40% of all fatalroad injuriesworldwideeveryyear.Interventions to reduce speeding such

as infrastructure changes and electronicspeed control could save an estimated347,258 lives globally each year, whilemeasures to tackle drunk driving such asenhanceddrinkdrivingenforcementcouldsavea further16,304 lives, thestudysays.An estimated 121,083 and 51,698 lives

could be saved by passing and enforcingrules onwearing seat belts andmotorcy-clehelmets respectively.Improving seat belt usewould have a

particularly large effect on reducing roaddeaths intheUnitedStates(savinganesti-mated 14,121 lives every year) and China(13,228). Tackling speedingwould be thesinglemost effectivemeasure to reduceroadfatalitiesinmostcountries,preventinganestimated88,374deathsinChina,1,027

inSpain, and815 in theUnitedKingdom.The Lancet Series on road

safety, published ahead of thefirsteverUNHigh-LevelMeetingon Road Safety, calls for in-creased political and financialcommitments, and for roadsafety to be included inmain-streamdevelopmentpolicies. Itargues that this is essential toachieving theUN SustainableDevelopmentGoals (SDGs), in-

cludingthetarget tohalveroadtrafficcrashfatalitiesandinjuriesby2030.Deathsonroadsareamajorproblemin

India. Each year road accidents kill about150,000peopleandinjureanother450,000in the country. TheWorldBanknoted in areportthismonththatwithonly1percentof theworld’s vehicles, India accounts foralmost 10 per cent of all crash relateddeaths.

ANYVACCINE targetingaspecificinfectionaimstotrainthe immunesystemtorecognise thepathogenthatcauses that infection. Inthiscase, thetarget isSARS-CoV-2, thevirus thatcausesCovid-19.

TRADITIONALVACCINESuseeitheraweakenedor inactivatedvirus,or justan importantpieceof thevirus.ForCovid-19, traditionalvaccinesusethespikeprotein

mRNAVACCINESdonot inject thevirusorapart,butratherenables thebodyitself tomakeapart.Covid-19mRNAvaccines injectmRNA(messengermRNA)that teaches thebodytomakethespikeprotein.

BOTHPLATFORMS servethesamepurpose.The immunesystemwilltarget thespikeprotein,andwillrecognisethespike if andwhenactualinfectionhappens.

THEADVANTAGEofmRNAvaccines isthatsmallerdose is required,giventhattheantigen(spikeprotein)willbecreated insidethebodyitself.

mRNAVACCINES,however,are fragileandneedtobestoredatultra-lowtemperatures,belowzero, topreventthemfrombreakingdown.TheGennovavaccine isan innovation inthis respect: it canbestored inastandardmedical refrigerator.

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The Superintending Engineer RWS&S Division Nabarangpur on behalf of AdditionalChief Engineer, RWSS Circle, Koraput invites percentage rate bid through e-procurementin double cover system according to norm of e-procurement system in on-line mode.

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1. Name of Works : As mentioned in Table “A” which includesConstruction of different capacity ESR/OGR, layingof pipe line, FHTC and its ancillary work incommissioned Pipe water supply scheme of differentBlock in the Nabarangpur District (Clubbed up &Single village projects)

2. No. of Works : 7 (SEVEN) Nos (Detailed in Tender Call Noticeavailable in the website)

3. Estimated Cost : As mentioned in Table “A”

4. Tender Paper Cost : As mentioned in Table “A”5. Class of Contractor : As mentioned in Table “A”6. Period of Completion : As mentioned in Table “A”7. Critical Dates : * Further details can be seen in the bidding

documents, which is available in the e-procurementPortal https://www.tendersodisha.gov.in

* publication of this tender can be seen in the web portalhttps://odisha.gov.in/state-tenders-advertsement

* Subsequent corrigendum if required shall beappeared in the web site.

* Authority reserves the right to reject any or alltenders without assigning any reason thereof.

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confirmationletter & otherdocuments.

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Nabarangpur

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20.07.2022at 05.00

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Sd/-Superintending Engineer,

RWS&S Division, NabarangpurOIPR-25028/11/0012/2223

(Regd Office: PSEB Head Office, The Mall, Patiala - 147001)CIN: U40109PB2010SGC033813, Website: www.pspcl.in

Mobile No. 96461-07205 E-mail: Se-hq-ggsstp-ropar@pspcl.inE-Tender Enquiry No. 7282/P-3/EMP-12010 Dated: 27.06.2022

Dy. Chief Engineer/Headquarter (Procurement Cell-3) GGSSTP,Roopnagar invites E-Tender ID No. 2022_POWER_87367_1 forProcurement of Different types CI pipes, Couplings & bolts forash disposal lines of stage II & III at GGSSTP, Ropar. Fordetailed NIT & Tender Specification please refer tohttps://eproc.punjab.gov.in from 28.06.2022/ 05:00 PM onwards.

NOTE: Corrigendum & addendum, if any will be published onlineat https://eproc.punjab.gov.in. RTP-50/22 15324/Pb

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IITT IS FORGENERALINFORMATIONTHAT I,TEJINDERSINGH,SONOF,LATESHRI R.S SAHRAWAT, RESIDINGAT,HOUSE.NO.B-5/16,SAFDARJUNGENCLAVE,NEW-DELHI-110029, DECLARETHATNAMEOFMYWIFEHASBEENWRONGLY-WRITTENASPOONAMSINGH INMYPAYPENSIONORDER(PPO)NO.131201800631DATED-08.02.2018.THATACTUAL-NAMEOFMYWIFE IS JAI POONAMSINGH. 0040620558-10

II,,VViisshhaall Singhal S/o SatishKumar, R/o-House.No-1605Sector-4, Gurgaon-122001haryana, have changedmyminor daughter nameSanviSinghal to Saanvi SinghalPermanently. 0040620503-3

II,,VViinnooddKumar S/o-SatbirR/o.H.No.3,Near-panchayatGhar, RAJOKRI,South-WestDelhi-110038,have changedmyname toVinodYadav,for allPurposes. 0040620557-9

II,,TTuusshhaarr Shanker Srivastava,S/o-Udai Shanker Srivastava,R/o.D-703,Bestech-ParkView-City-2, Sector-49,South-City-2,Gurgaon,(Haryana)-122018,have changedmyMinor-Son’s name,fromVivaanTushar Srivastava toVivaanShanker Srivastava.

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II,,SSuupprriiyyaa Pallavi D/oAnupKumarR/oHno.258,JagritiEnclaveDelhi-110092have,changedmyname toSupriyaPallavi Srivastava forall,purposes. 0040620561-10

II,,SSoonnaaD/o-Rajendra kumarSinha,W/oAvinashRai,R/o.A-45/23,DLFPhase-1, BehindDTMegaMall,Gurgaon (Haryana)-122002,have changedmynametoSonaRai,for all Purposes.

0040620557-8

II,,SSaattrruuddhhaann S/o-LakhanShah,R/o-N-41/E-230,J J.Colony,Suraj-Park,Badli, Delhi-110042,have changedmynametoShatrudhanShah, for allpurposes. 0040620557-10

II,,SSaarrbbjjeeeett SinghS/O-TaraSinghSodhi R/O-WZ-313B,GB-3,3rd-Floor,G-Block, Hari Nagar-ExtnDelhi-110064,have changedmyname toSarabjeet Singh.

0040620548-5

II,,SSaannddeeeeppKumar S/oShri.Nanhe Lal R/o-H.No.C-1179DabuaColonyNITFaridabad,haveChangedmyname fromSandeepKumarGupta to SandeepKumar,for allfuturepurposes. 0040620503-1

II,,SSUUVVIIDDHHAASRIVASTAVA,W/OAMITSRIVASTAVA,R/OR-091,DLF-CAPITALGREENS, 15,SHIVAJIMARG,MOTINAGAR,DELHI-110015,havechangedmyname toSUVIDHASETHI. 0040620557-6

II,,SSUURRIIYYAABEGUMW/OMOHDASLAM,H.NO-513,GALIMATIAMAHAL,JAMAMASJID, DELHI-110006,have changedmynametoSURAIYABEGUM.

0040620561-2

II,,RRaavvii Bharat Singh,S/oBharatSingh,R/oStaffQuarter RedMIGFlats, Rajouri Garden, N.D-27,have changedmyminordaughter ChildName,fromPriyankaRavi Singh toPriyanka. 0040620566-2

II,,RRaavveeeennaaBedi,D/O-Prabh JyotSinghBedi,R/o.House.No.275,2nd-FloorKailash-hills, east-of-kailash,New-Delhi -110065,have changedmyminor Sonname,fromAbeerRangrez toAbeer Bedi,for all,futurepurposes. 0040620557-5

II,, PPrreemmKumari andPremKasturiaw/oVKKasturia r/oGround floor, 15/19, OldRajinderNagar, Delhi-110060arenamesof oneandsameperson. 0040620506-1

II,,RRaavveeeennaaBedi,D/O-Prabh JyotSinghBedi,R/oHouse.No.275,2nd-FloorKailash-hills, east-of-kailash,New-Delhi -110065,have changedmyminorSonname,fromAatik RangreztoAatik Bedi,for all,futurepurposes. 0040620557-4

II,,RRaannjjaannKumarThakur,S/oManoj KumarThakur,R/o 1152Khori Kalan,Mewat, (Haryana)-122105,have changedmynametoRanjanKumar Sharma,for allpurposes. 0040620566-4

II,,QQuuaazzii AsmaParveen IqbalAhmed,w/oSajidAjmal Khan,R/o.B-501,SangliAppartments,Copernicus-Marg, NewDelhi-110001,havechangedmyname toAsmaSajidKhan, permanently.

0040620561-1

II,,PPrreerrnnaaKumari D/oBimleshKumarThakur, R/o-95-96Gali.No-21, RK-BlockBhagwatiGarden-ExtensionD.KMohan-Garden, Delhi-110059, havechangedmyname toPrernaThakur Permanently.

0040620503-2

II,,PPaarrvveeeennKumarAhluwaliaS/O,Jai KishanAhluwaliaR/O,H.No-174,2nd Floor,G-22,Sector-7,Rohini,Delhi-110085,have changedmynametoPraveenKumarAhluwalia.

0040620561-7

II,, Shabnam,W/oMohammadNaushad, R/oH.No.44, BazaarMasjidWali Sarai,Bulandshahr, have changedmyname toShabnamParveen.

0070792530-1

II,,LLaall GouravS/OPremKumar,R/OPanchsheelgreens1,C4-901,GreaterNoidaWest-201009,have changedmyname to Lal Gaurav.

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II,,PPaarrvveeeennBahl,S/oMadanLalBahl,R/oH.No-94,Sector-4,UrbanEstate,Gurgaon(Haryana)-122001,havechangedmyname toParveenKumarBahl,for all purposes.

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II,,MMuukkeesshhAgarwal,S/o-RamKumarAggarwal R/oH-19/33,Third-Floor,Sector-7,Rohini,Delhi-110085,havechangedmyname toMukeshAggarwal,for all purposes.

0040620548-9

II,,MMeeeennaaBanchariyaW/oSujanSinghR/o 89, Khizrabad,Postoffice-JamiaNagar,Okhla,NewDelhi-110025doherebysolemnly affirmanddeclarethat both thenames,MEENABANCHARIYAandMEENADEVI,are indicatingand referringmyself as the sameandoneidentical person. 0040620544-1

II,,MMaayyaannkkBahl,S/oParveenKumarBahl R/o.H.No-94,Sector-4,UrbanEstate,Gurgaon (Haryana)-122001,have changedmynametoMayankKumarBahl, for allpurposes. 0040620557-11

II,,MMaannjjeeeett SinghBhogal,S/oDevender SinghBhogal R/o.T-563/1-A,FF,Gali No-2 Baljeet-NagarNew-Delhi-8,havechangedmyname toManjeetSingh. 0040620548-4

II,,MMOOHHAAMMMMAADD Umar Farooq,S/olate.Davender kumarSharma,R/oflat.no.43,ground.Floor,jaipuria-enclave kaushambiI.E-sahibabad-Ghaziabaduttar.pradesh-201010,havechangedmynameandshallhereafter beKNOWNasANURAGSHARMA.

0040620548-7

II,,MMEEEENNAAKKSSHHII AHUJAW/OJITENDERAHUJAR/ODP-68-69,SECOND-FLOOR,DDAFLATS,PITAMPURA,DELHI-110034.HAVECHANGEDMYNAMETOMEENAKSHI.

0040620561-8

II,,JJooggaa SinghS/o-Jagat SinghBisht R/O-T-39A,KH.NO.109/4,GALI.NO.11,RAJAPURI,UTTAMNAGAR,DELHI-110059,havechangedmyname to JagdishSinghBisht. 0040620548-6

II,,GGEEEETTAA DUREJA,W/o JEETINDERKUMARARORA,H.no.177, G.FHARGOBIND ENCLAVEDELHI-110092,have changedmynametoGEETAARORA,Permanently.

0040620548-1

II,,FFaakkiirr S/o-Lutf Ali R/o-Rc 820,Gali No-7, EktaMarg, DeepakVihar, KhoraColony,Ghaziabad-201309havechangedmyname toMohd.Fakhir for all purposes.

0040620493-1

II,,DDIINNEESSHHKUMAR,S/OBHAGWATPRASADR/O-HOUSE.NO.79,SECTOR-19, FARIDABAD,HARYANA-121002,HAVECHANGEDMYNAMETODINESHKUMARSINGHAL,FORALLPURPOSES. 0040620548-3

II,,DDHHEEEERRSINGHCHAUDHARYS/ORANJEETSINGHR/O-70PAVISADAKPURPAVI SADNAPURGHAZIABADUP-201102,CHANGEDMYNAMETODHEERSINGH. 0040620566-6

II,,AAsshhookkKumar S/oGangadharSah,R/oH.No.79, Gali.No.4,Block-C, I.P.Burari NorthDelhi-110084,HaveChangedmyname toAshokKumar Sah

0040620558-9

II,,AArrvviinnddeerr SinghGumber S/oHarbansSinghGumberR/oH.No.1393 (F.F.) Sec-46,GurgaonHaryana,have changedmyname toArvinder Singh.

0040620557-2

II,,AAnnjjaallii VermaW/oMohitSrivastavaR/oHno.258,JagritiEnclaveDelhi-110092have,changedmyname toAnjali Srivastava forall,purposes. 0040620561-11

II,,AAnniittaaNagyal,daughter of,LateLt.Col. Jai SinghChaudhary,resident of,206, SaralApartment, Plot.No.15, Sector-10, Dwarka, NewDelhi,hadchangedmyname toAnuNagyal andmydate-of-birth is-07/07/1975. 0040620566-5

II,,AAnniill Kumar,S/O JaswantRai,R/O.H.No-222,State-BankofIndia-colony Paschim-Vihar,NewDelhi-110063,havechangedmyname toAnilMunjal. 0040620548-8

II,,AAmmeeeerr Faiyaz,S/oMd. FaiyazAhmad,R/o-FlatNo.1702,17th-Floor, Tower-B,SDSNRIResidency,GreaterNoida,UP-201310,have changedmynametoAmeerMeezan,for all futurepurposes 0040620566-1

II,,AASSHHOOKKKUMARS/OKRISHANLALR/OB-336,LOKVIHAR,PITAMPURA,DELHI-110034.HAVECHANGEDMYNAMETOASHOKBUDHIRAJA.

0040620561-9

II,, YogeshKumar, S/o ChhatraPal Singh, R/o FarmNo-10,Beriwal FarmDera, SouthDelhi-110074, have changedmynameandshall hereafter beknownasYogeshThakur.

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II,, YogeshChandra, S/o-ShRakshi Pal Singh,R/o-Village-Jitauli,PO-Jitaul,Dist.-Etah,U.P.,have changedmyname toYogeshChandYadav for allfuturepurposes. 0040620559-1

II,,Monikabhaita,W/o- yashbhatia, Houseno-168, sector-7gurgaonharyana 122001,Changedmyname tomonikabhatia.

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II,, RajendarKumar, S/oRughveer, R/o FlatNo-1802,AngelMercury, AhinsaKhan-2,Indirapuram, Shipra SunC,Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh-201014, have changedmynametoRajendarGodara.

0070792545-1

II,, VisheshAroraPradeep, S/oPradeepKumarArora, R/oV-13/2, DLFPhase-3, Gurgaon-122002 (Haryana) havechangedmyname toVisheshArora. 0070792531-1

II,, VikaDevi Alias BeefaDeviAlias Beeta, D/oRamker andW/oRajeshRam,R/oPostSherpur, Village Sherpur,Sadar, Azamgarh, UttarPradesh-276001, have changedmyname toBeefa.

0070792548-1

II,, Sudhir Alias Sudhir Kumar, S/oShyamJi Lal, R/oNottingHills,OldDelhi GurgaonRoad,Haryana-122001, have changedmynameandshall hereafterbe knownasSudhir Kushwaha.

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II,, Shshnawaz, S/oMohdAbrar,R/oHouseNo. 10-B/7A,Gali No-1, AkhareWali Gali, BajrangbaliMohalla, GarhiMendu, NorthEastDelhi-110053, havechangedmynameandshallhereafter be knownasMohdShahnawaz. 0070792512-1

II,, Pratigya (01.03.1978)W/oDS-12214HLt. Col.Manoj PandeyR/oH.No.-25, Phase-7, TriconeCity, Patiala, Punjab, havechangedmyname toPratigyaKumari (01.03.1978) for allfuturepurposes.

0040620555-1

II,, NeelamGaur, D/o-TejbhanGaur,W/oMr.RakeshKumar,R/o.RZ.B-9,Laxmi-Garden,Main-Uttam-Nagar-Road,Najafgarh, South-West, Delhi-110043, have changedmynametoNeelam. 0040620561-4

II,,MohanLal SharmaS/oSh.H. L.SharmaR/o J-26A ,Gali No.34,ChanakyaPlace,WestDelhi-110059havechangedmynametoMohanSharma for allpurposes. 0040620502-1

II,,Manish,S/o-Dharmveer Singh,R/o-H.No.3,Gali No.1, Block-A,SatyamVihar,PH-2,Bapraula,WestDelhi-110043,have changedmyname toManishRuhil for all futurepurposes. 0040620559-2

II,, Chintu Tomar, S/oRanveerSingh, R/oShadipur, Aligarh,Uttar Pradesh-202137, havechangedmynameandshallhereafter be knownasAbhishekTomar. 0070792521-1

II,, ARSHIYA,D/O.NAUMANAHMAD,ADD-956, GALI CHANDIWALI,NEARNEW-DELHIRAILWAYSTATIONMOHLLAHMANTOLAPAHARGANJ,SWAMI-RAMTIRTH-NAGARCENTRALDELHI-110055,changedmyname toARSHIYAKHANAM.Permanently. 0040620548-2

II have changedmyson’s namefromShubhamtoShubhamSingh for all futurepurposes.Jagvir Singh, S/oMahipalSingh, R/o FlatNo.-308,Silverbell, ShalimarCity, LoniWazirabadRoad, Sahibabad,Ghaziabad, U.P-201005.

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II SONIA, D/ODevKumar, R/o4179, Sector B 5/6, VasantKunj,NewDelhi-110070, havechangedmyname toSONIAHAYAT. 0040620531-1

II R. SankeerthanaaliasSankeerthanaRameshD/oSh.RameshKoottala R/oC-3, Type-3, DRDOComplex, LucknowRoad, Timarpur, NorthDelhi,Delhi-110054havechangedmyname toSankeerthanaRameshfor all purposes. 0040620495-7

II Lalita KumariW/O, BhoopSinghSehrawatR/oPocket 2Flat 18 Sector 23Rohini Delhi 85have changedmyname toPinki Sehrawat for allpurposes. 0040620532-1

II Inderjeet KaurW/oVijay SinghR/oA-35 (U.G.F)JanakpuriDelhi,have changedmynameto Inder Kaur. 0040620557-3

II GeetaRajW/oMulakhRaj R/oHouseNo. 166, Sector-14,Vasundhara, Ghaziabad, UttarPradesh-201012, declare thataftermarriage I hadchangedmyname fromGeetaRani toGeetaRaj for all purposes.

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I,Tushar Shanker,S/o-UdaiShanker Srivastava,R/o.Flat.No.703, Tower-D,Bestech-ParkView-City-2,Sector-49, South-City-2,Gurgaon, (Haryana)-122018,have changedmyname toTushar Shanker Srivastava.

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I,SUFIABANO,W/O.FAIZULHASAN,H.NO-91/2,WARD.NO-7PATEL-NAGARTAURU,MEWATNUHHARYANA122105,Changedmyname toSUFIYABANO, permanently.

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I,DhruvS/o-RameshKumar,R/oK-16Krishna-Park ExtensionStreet.No.13NewDelhi-110018,changedmyname toDhruvGaba. 0040620561-3

IIManjeet KaurW/oPartapSinghR/o 2/314 SubhashNagarDelhi,have changedmynametoManjit Kaur. 0040620557-1

PUBLIC NOTICEMy Client Rameshwar Dubey S/oShri Ram Raj Dubey, R/o C-1/245,Phase-4, Aya Nagar, South Delhi,Delhi-110047, has severed allrelations and disowned his sonAnurag Dubey and his wifePriyanka W/o Anurag Dubey fromhis all moveable/immoveableproperties due to their misbehavior& bad habits. My client shall not beresponsible for their anyacts/deeds in future.

Sd/-Avinash Kumar (Advocate)

Ch. No. 715, Saket CourtNew Delhi-17

PUBLIC NOTICEKnow all men by these presentthat my client KULWANT KAURALIAS KULWANT W/o LATE . SH.GURBACHAN SINGH R/o 128,POCKET-1, PASCHIM PURI,DELHI-63 have debarred her SonJasjeet Singh and daughter-in-law Shweta, from all movable andimmovable properties andsevered all relations with them.Any person dealing with themshall be doing so at their own riskand responsibilities.

Sd/-H.K. BABBAR (ADVOCATE)

OFFICE: C3/266, JANAKPURI,NEW DELHI-110058

PUBLIC NOTICEIt is hereby informed to public at largethat my clients Smt. Indu Dalmia W/oSh. Ashish Dalmia & Sh. Ashish DalmiaS/o Sh. Vinod Kumar Dalmia R/o 16/22,First Floor, Shakti Nagar, Near NagiaPark, Delhi-110007 have severed alltheir relations/connections with Ms.Vineeta Kansal W/o Gyan Chand KansalD/o Late Vijay Kumar juneja (who is realsister-in-law of my client Smt. InduDalmia) for being abusive, misbehaving,quarrelsome, disrespectful andpernicious towards my clients. If anyonedeals with her, he/she/they may do so athis/ her/ their own risk, cost andconsequences. My clients shall not beresponsible to anybody for the acts,deeds and misdeeds of said Smt.Vineeta Kansal.

Sd/-ANNU SINGH (Advocate )

Ch. No. 778, Western Wing,Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi-54

PUBLIC NOTICEIt is to inform general public at large thatmy client Mr. Mahadev Prasad, S/o LatePuranand & Mrs. Parvati SaklaniW/o:Mahadev Prasad , R/o:Old No.C-34,New No.C-59,Gali No.4,Janki Puri ,Nr. Govt. School , Bindapur, UttamNagar ,Delhi 110059, have disownedand severed all relations from his sonnamely Manoj Saklani ,his wife PratibhaSaklani & their accomplice withimmediate effect due being out ofcontrol, misbehavior, life threats andmis-conduct.Public at large is hereby cautioned andforewarned not to enter into anyarrangements or transactions in anymanner with the above named personsindividually or jointly.

Sd/-ANKIT BATRA

AdvocateGH-14/13, Paschim Vihar

New Delhi 110087+919911111179

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II ArvindDwivedi s/o YamunaPrasadDwivedi and AnjuDwivediW/oArvindDwivedi,have lostmyconveyanceDeedPageno-9,certifiedNo-G0M2018K538 inPlot no.1695, sector 23-23A,GurgaonHaryana-122017.Finder please call919958900244

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LLoosstt original-LeaseDeedandother relevant-papers ofProp.no.3/38, Ground Floor,Moti Nagar,NewDelhi-110015,favouringRamDittaMal.Finder contact-DevinderMadaan,S/oParmanand.Mob.no.9811514700.

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PUBLIC NOTICELet is be known to all men through thesepresent that- I Charanjit Kaur w/o. Late Sh.Gurpreet Singh, do hereby declare that I amthe owner of the property bearing number 93,Engineers Enclave, Pitampura, Delhi-110034by duly registered will dated 06.01.1995,executed by Late Sh. Hardev Singh Gill (MyMaternal Uncle) who has died on 24.07.2005.Further my maternal aunt Late Smt. NiranjanKaur w/o. Late Sh. Hardev Singh Gill hasexecuted the Relinquishment deed dated13/12/2012 bearing registration number14,841 in Book No. 1 Vol No. 4,468 in myfavour. This Relinquishment Deed indicatesthat I am the daughter of Late Sh. HardevSingh Gill and Late Smt. Niranjan Kaur, whichis a misinformation and is a typographicalmistake. I just came to know about this andthrough this public notice, I declare thisrelinquishment deed to be null and void andcannot be used any further for any legalpurpose.

Sd/-(SIMRAN JEET KAUR)

ADVOCATE93, ENGINEERS ENCLAVE,

PITAM PURA DELHI-34

In the Court of Sh. Mridul Gupta:Administrative Civil Judge-cum-ARC

(Central) Delhi-110054.Room No. 28, Ground Floor,Tis Hazari Courts Delhi-54

SC.No.-69/2022 N.D.O.H.11.07.2022Asad Masroor Vs. The State

Sh. Asad Masroor S/o Late Sh. Mohd.Saied, R/o 5-B/1, Part, Court Lane, CivilLines, Delhi-54

............. PetitionerFOR SUCCESSION CERTIFICATE

UNDER INDIAN SUCCESSIONACT,1925

To,All ConcernedWhereas in the above noted petition theapplicant/petitioner has applied forSuccession Certificate to the Hon'bleCourt Under Section 372 of the IndianSuccession Act, 1925 in respect of thedebt and securities amount of Rs xxx.As per record to be standing in thename of Late Mohd. Saied deceased.Whereas the 11.07.2022 at 10' o clockin the forenoon has been fixed forhearing or the application notice ishereby given to this concerned.Given under my hand and the seal ofthe court on this 09.06.2022

Sd/-(Mridul Gupta)

ACJ/ARC(Central):Delhi

seal

Public noticeThis is to inform General Public thatmy clients Shri Ved Parkash Sharma,S/o Late Shri Hori Lal, and SmtChander Wati, W/o Shri Ved ParkashSharma, Both R/o House no-1031,Street no-13, Shyam Colony, BudhVihar, Phase-II, Delhi, had severed &disconnected all their connections &relations with their Son namelySandeep Sharma and his wife namelySmt Rekha, on account of theirdisobedient and anti-family attitudeand acts and also disowns/disinheritsthem from all their (Ved ParkashSharma's & Smt Chander Wati's)properties, movable or immovable,whether presently owned or even mayown by them in future.Take note that any person dealing withtheir above named Son and duagther-in-law (Sandeep Sharma and SmtRekha) under the impression andbelief of being the Son and daughter-in-law of my clients or successor of theproperties of my clients, shall do thesame at its own risk and my clientsshall not be held responsible for thesame in any manner and my clientswould not be liable for the same.

Sd/-(NITIN SEHGAL)

AdvocateE.No.-D/218/94

PUBLIC NOTICENotice is hereby given to the public at large thatmy client SH. NISAR AHMAD (AGED ABOUT46 YEARS OLD), S/O ABDUL AZIZ, R/O D- 18,GALI NO. 04, OM VIHAR, PHASE-5, UTTAMNAGAR, WEST DELHI, DELHI — 110059, hasserved all their relations from his sonMOHAMMAD TARIQUE NISAR (AGED ABOUT22 YEARS), disowned and debarred them fromall his moveable and immoveable propertieswith immediate effect because of disobedienceand temperaments issues with the son andatrocities committed by them against my client.Any person dealing with them shall be doing sothat their own risk, cost and consequences. Myclient shall not be responsible in any manner forthe same.

Sd/-NAKUL GROVER (ADVOCATE)

Office At- G-22, Suneja Tower-1,District Centre, Janakpuri,

New Delhi-110058

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Chopra eyes elusive Diamondbefore World Championships

NIHALKOSHIENEWDELHI, JUNE29

THE ANTICIPATION is building around starjavelin throwerNeeraj Chopra's quest for amedal at the World Championships inEugenenextmonth. If the first Indian trackandfieldathletetowingoldattheOlympicsalsobecomesWorldChampion, itwillmarkthepinnacle of his career and the first timeanymalehasheldboththetitlessimultane-ously since Norway's Andreas Thorkildsenway back in 2009. Thorkildsen followed inthe footsteps of the legendary Czech JanZelezny, a three time Olympic championwho completed the double when hewongoldattheWorldsin2001afterwinningtheSummerGames title ayear earlier.Choprahasambitiousplansforthisyear

and it includes a tilt at Diamond Leagueglory,aseriesofone-dayeventsthatlast justtwohourseach introduced in2010 topro-moteathletics across theworld.The athletewith themost points at the

endof theDiamondLeaguecycleheldat12differentvenues -men's javelinfeatures infour-andthefinalatZurichgetsadiamondtrophy and $40,000. But above all theDiamond League Champion gets boastingrights of being the most consistent ath-lete.Withindaysof thecurtaincomingdownon theWorlds, Chopra, 24, will be back onthe runway in Birmingham to defend hisCommonwealth Games gold. His scheduleis packed as three days after the end of theCWG,heistobeatMonacofortheDiamondLeagueevent.The principality on theMediterranean

coast is an important stopover for Chopraon the Diamond League calendar andpulling out will diminish his chance of be-ingaDiamondLeagueChampion.Choprahassaidhewilldecideontravel-

lingtoMonacodependingonhowhisbodyfeels in Birmingham. That call is almost amonthaway.OnThursdaynight, theDiamondLeague

in Stockholm is where Chopra's quest tomake the cut for this year's final in Zurichbegins. At the Olympic Stadium in theSwedishcapitalhealsogetsanopportunityto tick a box. He has neverwon aDiamondLeague competition in seven previous at-tempts. Hehadqualified for the final twiceand 7th (83.30metres) in 2017 and fourth(85.87m)ayear later.

After Stockholm, Chopra has lined upMonaco (August 10) andLausanne (August26) ashisnext twoDiamondLeague stops.Stockholm presents an interesting bat-

tle as it will be the first time the currentOlympic medalists - Chopra and CzechRepublic's Jakub Vadlejch (silver) andVítezslavVesely(bronze)goheadtoheadatthe same competition since the SummerGames inTokyo.Apart fromthe twoCzech's, Choprawill

also have to contend with Grenada'sAnderson Peters, the defending worldchampion.Petershasaseasonbestandper-sonal best of 93.07metres but finished be-

hind Chopra at the Paavo Nurmi Games inTurkuandKuortaneGames. Therewill alsobethetoweringpresenceofFinland'sOliverHelander.Thesix-footfour-inchtall25-year-oldbeatChopratogoldatTurkuandisadarkhorseattheWorldChampionshipashisper-sonal best of 89.93 metres makes him amedalcontender.Chopra'sgoodfriendandthe biggest star before the TokyoOlympicsJohannesVetter isnot in the fray.VetterhasparticipatedinonlyoneeventthisseasoninOffenburg in May and the big question isaround his form going into the WorldChampionships.Chopra has been throwing smoothly in

the two competitions he has entered in sofar. At Turku, hewon a silver and set a newnational record of 89.30metres. Four dayslater in slippery conditions at Kuortane hewonthegoldwith86.69metres.Choprahadslippedawkwardlybut avoided injury."Toughconditionswiththeweatherbut

happytogetmyfirstwinof theseasonhereat Kuortane. I'm feeling good and lookingforward to kickingoffmyDiamondLeagueseason at @BAUHAUSGALAN on the 30th,"Choprahad tweetedafterKuortane.Amaiden victory for Chopra in his first

DiamondLeagueevent innearly four yearswill be a perfect prep up for the WorldAthleticsChampionships.

NeerajChoprawillaimforconsistency intheDiamondLeaguecycleheldat fourvenuesbeforethefinalatZurich. Twitter

Venue Distance Pos. DateMonaco 78.92m 7th Jul2017Paris 84.67m 5th Jul2017Zurich* 83.80m 7th Aug2017Doha 87.43m 4th May2018Eugene 80.81m 6th May2018Rabat 83.32m 5th July2018Zurich* 85.73m 4th Aug2018

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Olympic goldmedallistwill aim towinhis firstDiamond League eventat Stockholm tonight

ASSOCIATEDPRESSWIMBLEDON,JUNE29

YETANOTHERofthehighest-rankedplayersonthemen'stourisoutofthetournamentatWimbledon.NovakDjokovicorRafaelNadalare not among them. Casper Ruud, the run-ner-up to Nadal at this year's FrenchOpen,became the seventh of the top 11-rankedmale players to be out of the grass-courtGrandSlamforeither losingearly, injury, ill-nessorbeingbanned.Ruud,whowasseededthird but ranked sixth, lost toUgoHumbertof France3-6,6-2,7-5,6-4onWednesdayinthesecondround.Djokovic, a six-timeWimbledon cham-

pionwhois lookingforhis fourthstraight ti-tle at the All England Club, beat ThanasiKokkinakisofAustralia6-1,6-4,6-2 to reachthe third round. Nadal advanced to the sec-ond round on Tuesday. The third-rankedDjokovic,No.4Nadal,No.5StefanosTsitsipasandNo.7CarlosAlcarazare theonlyplayersin the top 11 remaining in the draw. Top-rankedDaniilMedvedev is out because of abanonRussiansoverthewarinUkraine,No.2 Alexander Zverev is injured, No. 8 AndreyRublev of Russia is also banned, No. 9 FelixAuger-AliassimeandNo.10HubertHurkaczlost, andNo. 11Matteo Berrettiniwithdrewafter testing positive for COVID-19. In thewomen'stournament,second-seededAnettKontaveit and 2017Wimbledon championGarbiñeMuguruza were also eliminated.Kontaveit lost to JukeNiemeier of Germany6-4, 6-0,while the ninth-seededMuguruzawas beaten by Greet Minnen 6-4, 6-0.Kontaveit said she had COVID-19 and hasstruggledtogetherenergyback.“Ihaditacouple,twomonthsago,Ithink,

or something like that. Then I tried to comebackveryquickly.Istartedtraining.Itwaslowintensity, but Iwas still training every day. IthinkthatwaswhereIwentwrong,”the26-

year-oldEstoniansaid.

SerenacrashesoutSerenaWilliamsbegan—andended—

her comeback at Wimbledon after 364days out of singles competition lookingvery much like someone who hadn’tcompeted in just that long. She missedshots, shook her head, rolled her eyes.In between, there were moments

where Williams played very much likesomeone whose strokes and will havecarriedher to23GrandSlam titles. Shehitblistering serves and strokes, celebratedwith arms aloft.Returning to the site of her last singles

match, which she had to stop after lessthan a set because of an injury on June29,2021, and seven of her majorchampionships, the 40-year-oldWilliamscamewithin twopoints of victory. But shecould not finish the job against anopponent making herWimbledon debutand bowedoutwith a 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (10-7)loss to 115th-ranked Harmony Tan ofFrance. “It’s definitely better than lastyear,” Williams said. Asked whether thismight have beenher lastmatch,Williamsreplied: “That's a question I can't answer. Idon't know. ... Who knows? Who knowswhere I'll pop up?”

Key Results : Second Round : Men’sSingles: 1- Novak Djokovic (Serbia) btThanasi Kokkinakis (Australia) 6-1, 6-4, 6-2; Ugo Humbert (France) bt 3-CasperRuud (Norway) 3-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4; DavidGoffin (Spain) bt 31-Sebastain Baez(Argentina) 6-1, 6-1, 6-4Women's Singles: Juke Niemeier(Germany) bt 2-Aneet Kontaveit (Estonia)6-4, 6-0; Greet Minnen (Belgium) bt 9-GarbineMuguruza; 15-Angelique Kerber(Germany) bt Magda Linette (Poland) 6-3, 6-3.

Djokovic sails through,third seed Ruud bows out

ThirdseedCasperRuudlost toUgoHumbert3-6,6-2,7-5,6-4. Reuters

Australia incontrol afterLyon five-foragainst Sri LankaASSOCIATEDPRESSGALLE,JUNE29

NATHANLYONtookhis20thfive-wickethaultobowlSriLankaoutfor212beforeAustraliareached 98-3 at stumpsWednesday on theopeningdayof the firstcricket test.Sri Lankan off spinner RameshMendis

dismissed DavidWarner (25) lbw and hadMarnus Labuschagne (13) caught by AsithaFernando in Australia's innings to finish thedayon2-35. StevenSmithwas runout for 6afteramix-upwithUsmanKhawaja,whore-fused to run after calling Smith for a single.Khawajawasbattingon47withTravisHeadon6at stumps. Earlier, Lyon returnedbowl-ing figures of 5-90 and leg spinnerMitchellSwepsonhad3-55tohelpAustraliabowlSriLankaouttoamodestscore.OnWednesday Lyonwent past former

NewZealand great RichardHadlee'swickettallyof431topositionhimself12thonthelistofhighesttestwickettakers. “Iamnotreallysurewhere I stand on that list something Idon't really look at,” he told reporters. “Thetop end of thewicket takers across worldcrickethassomeamazingnames.Tobeover-takingafewguysonwhatevernumberitmaybeit'sveryspecial,somethingIamveryproudabout.”NiroshanDickwellatopscoredforSriLankawith58, his 21st test half-century.Headded 42 runs for the sixth wicket withAngeloMathews(39)afterSriLankalostfivewickets for 97 runs, and54 runs for the sev-enthwicketwithMendis (22).SriLankaoptedtobatfirstafterwinning

the toss and resumed its innings after tea at191-6. Lyon trappedMendis lbwwith justtworunsaddedtototheteatimescoretoendhis partnershipwith Dickwella. Dickwellaedged Lyon towicketkeeperAlexCarey andLyonhad Lasith Embuldeniya (6) as his fifthwicket. Earlier, he dismissed DimuthKarunaratne(28)andAngeloMathews(39),bothcaughtbyDavidWarner.Australia'ssec-ondspinnerMitchellSwepsontooktwocon-secutivewickets in the37thoverwith iden-ticaldeliveries.The leg spinner got the first delivery of

the over drifting toward right-handedDananjaya de Silva's leg stump and thebouncing ball took a fine outside edge for acatch to wicketkeeper Carey. DineshChandimalwasdismissedfirstballwhentheball turned, bounced and rebounded toWarner at second slip fromwicketkeeperCarey'sglove.BriefScores:SriLanka:212alloutin59

overs (Niroshan Dickwella 58, AngeloMathews 39; Nathan Lyon 5/90, MitchellSwepson3/55)vsAustralia:98/3in25overs(UsmanKhawaja 47 batting, DavidWarner25;RameshMendis2/35).

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BRIEFLYPiquetapologisestoHamiltonSaoPaulo:FormerFormulaOnecham-pionNelsonPiquetapologisedtoLewisHamilton onWednesday, saying theracial term he used about theMercedesdriverwas“ill thoughtout”butwasnotmeanttobeoffensive.The69-year-oldBrazilianhas facedheavycriticismthisweekovercommentshemadeinPortugueselastNovemberona podcast where he referred toHamiltonas“neguinho,”whichmeans“little Black guy.” “What I saidwas illthoughtout,andImakenodefenseforit, but Iwill clarify that the termusedisonethathaswidelyandhistoricallybeen used colloquially in BrazilianPortuguese as a synonym for guy' orperson'andwasneverintendedtoof-fend,” Piquet said in the statement. “IwouldneverusethewordIhavebeenaccusedofinsometranslations.Iapol-ogisewholeheartedly to anyone thatwas affected, including Lewis,who isanincredibledriver,”Piquetadded.”AP

Simranjit,AnantaofftowinningstartsNur-Sultan: Indian boxers SimranjitKaur (60kg) and Ananta Chopade(54kg)registeredcontrastingvictorieson theopeningday toprogress to thequarterfinals of Elorda Cup here onWednesday. The 2018 WorldChampionships bronzemedallistsSimranjitliveduptothefavourite'stagwith a dominating start to her cam-paign bypulling off a comprehensivewin against local boxer IschanovaNazymby an unanimous decision inthewomen's60kgbout.Ananta,ontheotherhand,facedastiffchallengefromMongolian pugilist DorjnyambuuGanbold and eventuallymanaged totilt theresult inhisfavourbyanarrow3-2verdict.PTI

Sindhu,Kashyapwin;SainalosesKuala Lumpur: PV Sindhu and SainaNehwal, suffered contrasting fates attheMalaysiaOpenSuper750tourna-mentwith the former progressing tothe second roundand the latterbow-ingoutafterlosingheropenerhereonWednesday. Sindhu beat Thailand'sworld number 10 PornpaweeChochuwong 21-13 21-17, but SainawentdownfightingagainstAmericanIris Wang, 11-21 17-21. ParupalliKashyapmade apositive return frominjuryasheprevailed21-1221-17overKorea'sHeoKwangHee.PTI

India surviveIrish scare totake T20series 2-0SRIRAMVEERAJUNE29

IT CAMEdownto17 runs fromthe final overand the choices in front ofHardikPandya in-cluded either bowling himself, giving AxarPatel a go, or trusting youngUmranMalik.Unfortunately, or so it seemed initially forIreland,thewrongbatsmanwasonstrike.Notthe rampagingGeorgeDockrellwhose blitzhad almost brought India to their knees, butlower-orderbatsmanMarkAdair.Two dot balls came asMalik produced

two pacy length deliveries but the secondonewas a no-ball. Adair then smashed twosuccessive boundaries – a scythe throughpoint,andthegood-oldouteredge,andtookasingle tobringDockrell onstrike.With7needed from2, and the gameon

the line,Malik producedhis best ball of thematch, a screaming yorker that justmissedthe stumps as the batsmen ran for a bye.Adair couldonlygeta singleoff the lastball,a short-of-length delivery outside off andIndiawon.Hardik smiled, andMalikblewakisstotheskies.Dockrellwincedbecauseheknewhe hadmissed a great chance to pulloff aheist.ButbeforeDockrell, itwasPaulStirling. It

washimwhostartedtheaudaciousIrishas-saultonIndia’s225.Thirdballofthechase,hemovedacrosstoaninswingerandshort-armjabbeda stunning six overmidwicket.Nextball was the outswinger, but Stirling wasready; this time the burly batsman let hishands go through the line, covering for theswing, and tapping itupandovercover.The next one disappeared to backward

square-leg before he scythed one throughcover point as four boundaries flowed intheover.In cameHardik Pandyawith a bouncer,

thatwasthrownbackfrombeyondthefine-legboundary.CouplemoreboundariescameanditwasclearthatIrelandweren’tgoingtogodownwondering.Sterlingcertainlywas-n’t.Hepulledoffanincrediblestraightsixoffleggie Ravi Bishnoi — off the back foot overthebowler’shead,andevenashemadecon-tact with the ball, he sort of side-steppedawaytothelegsidewithoutevenlookingattheball.Though he fell that over, missing a goo-

gly, hehad lit the fire andoneafter another,his teammateskept itburningbrightly.Brief scores: India 225/7 (Hooda 104,

Samson 77; Adair 3/42) beat Ireland 221/5(Balbirnie60,Stirling40,Tector39,Dockrell34notout)by4runs

Double spin on Indian menuFlatpitches, flatter seams&recent trendmaypromptvisitors to fieldbothAshwin&JadejaatEdgbaston

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LASTJUNE,whenEnglandpackedfiveseam-ersagainstNewZealandandweresentpack-ingtoacrushingdefeat,thelateShaneWarnetoretheirindifferencetospinnersapart.“Feelformy fellow spinners in county cricket. Ifyoudon’tpickaspinneratEdgbaston-thenwhen?”Warne tweeted.The Australian loved bowling at

Edgbaston—hesnaffled24wickets at 21atthevenue.NotjustWarne,spinnershaverel-ished the fizz and zip at Edgbaston. It waswhereNathanLyoncutEnglishbattingtorib-bons three years ago; it’s where a spinnertops the best-bowling chart, WilfredRhodes’s7/17achievedacenturyandaquar-terago;it’swhereeightspinnershavesnuckinto thebest20bowling figures.So,oneof India’sseveraldilemmashead-

ingtotheEdgbastonTestwouldbe,totweaktheWarnetweet,“ifyoudon’tpicktwospin-ners at Edgbaston, thenwhen?” India, evenwhenloadingtheirelevenwithfivebowlers,have seldompicked two spinners in a TestmatchoutsideAsia,evenif theypossesstwoofthefinestaroundinRavichandranAshwinandRavindra Jadeja.Together, they have featured just four

times (twice in Australia, and one each inEnglandandWest Indies).Themost compelling factor, certainly,

wouldbetheirform.Jadejaisreturningfroma longish lay-off, having last played a com-petitivegameonMay4beforeheincurredarib injury. But the break was timely as heseemed knackered towards the middlephase of the IPL. On his return, during thepracticegame,herediscoveredhisfirst-classgroove. Tetchywith the bat in the first in-nings, he found fluency in his second andthirdoutings.Apart fromatendencytobowloneshort

ball toomany— an uncharacteristic trait ofhis, and one that owes to rustiness —noth-ingwasamissinJadeja’sbowling. Inthefirstinnings, he foxed Rishabh Pant intomiscu-ing a slog-sweep. After hewas bludgeonedfor a six, he laid the bait, except that he hadpulled his length back and bowled a bitslower. Subsequently, Panthad to reachoutfor theball.Thesesubtleties,besideshisstiflingaccu-

racy,makehimavaluablebowlerevenout-side the subcontinent, even on tracks thatdon’tnecessarilymakehimafourth-inningsterminator.adejawasaninvisibleinfluenceinIndia’s

series-leadingwinatTheOval.Muchasoneeulogises JaspritBumrahandUmeshYadav,Jadeja’s match analysis of 47-12-86-4wasequallygame-defining.

Reunion on cards?Itwasanticipated thathewould reunite

withAshwin,whohadwarmedthebenchesfortheentireseriesthusfar, forthefifthTest,butforthedefermentof theTestitself.TourstoEnglandhavebeennumbinglyfrustrating

for theoff-spinner—picked in just sevenof15 Tests. But the sight of Edgbaston shouldcheer him — seven of his 18 wickets inEnglandwerepickedinasinglematchatthisvenue in2018, agamehealmost spun IndiatoawinbutforBenStokes’ last-dayburst,as

India lost thegameby31runs.The batsmen drew flak for their fourth-

inningsmeltdown, but Indiawere also crit-icised for not picking an extra spinner.England feared that Indiamight pick eventhree and crammed their nets with threecounty spinners apart from regulars JackLeachandDomBess.Moreover, it’s not like Edgbaston allies

with spinners alone. Seamers are the pre-dominant forces on day one — JamesAndersonandStuartBroadsitcheerilyatthetopof themost successful bowlers’ pile andare predominant forces onmost Englandgrounds. But as the game unfolds and thesurfacegetsdrier,spinnersgetintothegame.There, though,areothermitigatingvari-

ables that could see the reunification ofJadeja and Ashwin. This county season hasbeen particularly high-scoring — it has al-ready seen 16 scores above 500 in the firstdivision alone; in the entirety of last seasontherewerejust12scoresabove500.Lastsea-son, runswere scored at around three runsan over. This season, it has leapt to 3.2 runsperover.Sussex’sTomHaineswasthehigh-est run-getter last season (1,176 runs in 25innings). In just 15 innings this season,BenjaminComptonhasamassed1,039runs.The best bowling figures of this season be-long to a spinner— South African off-spin-nerSteveHarmer.

Recent trendNot to forget that all three Tests in the

England-NewZealandserieswerehigh-scor-ingwith runs scoredat abrisk clip. Englandmanagedarunrateof4.5,whichwouldhavebeendifficultongreensurfacesagainstoper-ators of the Tim Southee-Trent Boult-NeilWagner class. Little coincidence that JackLeachpickedup10wicketsatHeadingley, asupposed seamers’ paradise. Thebespecta-cledleft-armspinnerwasEngland’shighestwicket-taker too.Understandably, there has been discon-

tent over the quality of this year’s batch ofDukes balls. They, apparently, go soft quitesoon,beforeswellingabitandlosingshape.The seam too is smaller and narrower thanlastyear.Asoftballonadrysurfaceisdetrimental

to both seamers and spinners, but wouldlikely affect seamersmore. A spinner couldposemorethreatandprovidelessrun-scor-ingoutletswithasoftball. Insuchacircum-stance, a second spinner looks a better op-tionthanafourthseamer.Twohigh-qualityspinners could thus be an antidote to “Baz-ball” too.Not just in their ability to stifle therunrate,buttop-classspin-bowlinghashar-ried England recently. So, to tweak thatWarnetweet:“ifyoudon’tpicktwospinnersatEdgbaston- thenwhen?”

RavindraJadejaandRAshwinhavefeaturedjustfourtimesforIndiaoutsideAsia.AP

Thetwospinners—withawealthof684wickets,5,327runsandsevenhundreds—haveplayed just fourTests togetheroutsideAsia.Edgbastoncouldbearipechance.Thefactors:

Run-heavy county seasonTheongoingcountyseasonhas

beenbatsman-friendlier thanthe lasttwoones.Therehavebeen16scoresover500withthreemonthstogo.Theentire last seasonhadonly12.TwoofthefourgamesatEdgbastonendedindraws; threeof the11completedinningswere500-plus totals,besidesthreetotalsof 300-scoresandoneinthe400s.TheTestseriesbetweenEnglandandNewZealandtoowasareasonablyhigh-scoringaffair too.Not just theruns, thescoringrate toowashigher—3.20asopposedto3 lastyear. In theTest series,Englandscoredatarateof4.5runsanover,whichpoints toadistinct flatteningoutof

thepitches.

Softer ballsCountyseamershavecomplained

aboutthisyear’sDukesballgoingsofttoosoon,beforeswellingandlosingshape.Theseam,too, isnarrowerandhenceseamersareunable toharnessasmuchsidewaysmovementas theyusedto.Whilesofterballsdon’tassistspinnerseither—takingoutbounceandmakingturnslow—spinnerscouldbemoreresourcefulwithasofterball thanaseamerwouldbe,especially inkeepinganendtightandpilingpressure.

England’s spin vulnerabilityForall theirnewfounddoctrineofunbridledaggression,Englandareyettodominatequalityspin.Allof theirmainbatsmen—barring JoeRoot—havestoriedtravailsagainsteitherAshwinor Jadeja.

WHYBOTHASHWINANDJADEJACOULDPAIRUPATEDGBASTON

Rohit not ruled out offifth Test yet: DravidSHAMIKCHAKRABARTYJUNE29

HEAT IS on and Rahul Dravidhas started themind games.Two days before the com-mencementof the fifthTest atEdgbaston, the Indian teamheadcoachchosetogiveawaynothing,ostensiblytokeeptheopponentsontenterhooks.The buzz before Dravid’s

press conference onWednesday was JaspritBumrah’selevationasstop-gapcaptain,inCovid-affectedRohitSharma’s absence. The headcoachwasaskedabouttheup-date on Rohit and whetherBumrahwould be leading theside against England. “UpdateonRohitisthatheismonitoredby ourmedical team andwestillgot36hourstogo.Heisnotyetruledout.Hewillhaveatesttonight and in themorning tosee if he isavailable.Of course,hewillhavetoreturnnegativetoplaytheTest,”Dravidsaid.AsregardstoBumrahlead-

ingtheside,hepassedthebucktotheselectioncommittee.“It’sbetterthatthecommunicationcomes from official sources.Oncewehave some clarity onRohit,theywilltakeadecision.”Of course, Dravid and the

Chetan Sharma-led selectioncommittee are keeping intouch over Rohit’s situation,whichisfluid.TheformerIndiacaptainhasthestatureandau-thoritytonametheskipperforthe Edgbaston Test. Butmorethantryingtobepoliticallycor-rectoralackoftransparency,itsoundedlikepuremindgames,againstanEnglandsidethatareonanupwardclimb,freshfromtheir 3-0 clean-sweep againstEngland. It’s amarquee gameand India, leading 2-1, have a

chancetosecureamemorableserieswin. From that point ofview,Rohitplayingornotplay-ing canmake a lot of differ-ence.Dravidpreferredtokeephiscardsclose.It was pretty much the

same, when he was askedabout India’s openingoptionsalongsideShubmanGill.FromMayank Agarwal, who hasbeenflowninasRohit’s cover,to Cheteshwar Pujara and KSBharat, the head coachmen-tioned every available option,lavishingpraiseontheplayers.He refused to read toomuchintoEngland’shigh-octaneap-proach under BrendonMcCullum and Ben Stokes,saying:“Englandplayedreallywell(againstNewZealand).Ina couple of situations whenthey were back to the wall,theyfoughttheirwaythrough.(But) we have been playingverygoodandpositivecricketover the last few years. Wehave to focus on our cricketandwehave beenpretty suc-cessful.”A question on Virat Kohli

wasmetwithastrongbackingfortheseniorbatsman.Kohliis33 years of age and hasn’tscored an international hun-dred over the last two-and-a-halfyears. “Heisprobablyinmyopinionontherightsideof30.Heisanincrediblyfitguy.Heisoneof themosthard-workingguysIhavecomeacross.Hisde-sire andhis hunger, thewholeattitudetolookingafterhimself.ThewayheplayedthegameatLeicestershire;battinginthoseconditions,goingoutthereandscoring thekindof 50s-60shedid. Andhewaskeenonplay-ingourbowlers,battingagainstBumrah and all of these guys.Heistickingalltherightboxes,”Dravidsaid.

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