First India-Lucknow Edition-10 June 2021

M Tariq Khan
Lucknow: Barely had
the speculation over
much-hyped cabinet ex-
pansion subsided than
the meeting of UP BJP
chief Swatantra Dev
Singh and general sec-
retary (organisation)
Sunil Bansal with Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath on Wednesday
once again sent rumour
mills in overdrive.
But contrary to the
buzz, the meeting, ac-
cording to reliable party
sources, was about fine-
tuning the party’s nomi-
nees for the upcoming
district panchayat chief
polls rather than any-
thing else. “Bansal ji
was in Varanasi and
was to return to the
State capital today
. He
returned by a chopper
which was used by dep-
uty chief minister Kes-
hav Prasad Maurya dur-
ing his visit to
Prayagraj,”said a senior
party leader adding that
the meeting with the
CM was pre-scheduled.
Stung by the poor per-
formance in the recent
rural polls, the party is
now pulling out all stops
to present a united front
and quell murmurs. Ac-
cording to sources, of
the 75 seats of chairman
zila panchayats, the BJP
has set a target of win-
ning at least 60. “This
was the second meeting
on deciding the candi-
dates with the UP CM,
we had already short-
listed 45 and wanted to
finalise the remaining,”
said the party function-
ary requesting anonym-
ity
. Party’s rural focus
was underlined by na-
tional general secretary
BL Santhosh also dur-
ing his recent visit to
the State capital. First
before the panchayat
polls when he ordered
holding of “gram chau-
pals” in Uttar Pradesh
and again underscored
after his review and
feedback meetings last
week State BJP chief
Swatantra Dev Singh
said that the party
workers Turn to P6
BJP sets its eye on winning at least 60 seats
DISTRICT PANCHAYAT CHIEF POLLS CRUCIAL READ
CBI RAIDS IN 14
LOCATIONS IN NCR
CONSTABLE SHOOTS
DEAD SON OF ACCUSED
Lucknow: The CBI car-
ried out searches at 14
locations in Delhi-NCR
and three other cities
after registering an FIR
against Oyster Buildwell
Private Ltd, Avantha
group promoter Gautam
Thapar and others. P8
Lucknow : Police con-
stable Ashish Mishra,
who was deployed in
security duty of murder
convict, shot dead his
son Praveen (38) in Ram
Manohar Lohiya hospital
premises on Wednesday
evening. P8
UP BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh and party general secretary
(organisation) Sunil Bansal met Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
at his official residence in Lucknow on Wednesday to discuss
party’s strategy and candidates for the upcoming elections to the
chairman of district panchayats.
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Mumbai: Heavy rains lashed Mumbai and its
suburbs on Wednesday, causing flooding on
roads and rail tracks and disrupting suburban
train services as the southwest monsoon ar-
rived in the city two days ahead of schedule.
New Delhi: The Sensex closed at 51,941.64, down
333.93 points while the Nifty was at 15,635.35 down
104.75 points, or 0.67%. All sectors were in red at
market close. On the 30-share Sensex, Power Grid,
NTPC, Titan, and five other stocks closed in green.
Lucknow: Petrol Prices in Lucknow
have been turning more volatile, as
prices of crude oil have been showing
a firm trend. Petrol is at `92.58 and
diesel is at `86.61.
MONSOON
ARRIVES
IN MUMBAI
SENSEX DIPS
334 PTS, NIFTY
DOWN AT 15K
PETROL, DIESEL
PRICES HIKED
YET AGAIN
ANUP CHANDRA
PANDEY TAKES
CHARGE AS EC
New Delhi: Former Uttar
Pradesh chief secretary
Anup Chandra Pandey
assumed
charge as
an election
commis-
sioner on
Wednes-
day.
Pandey joins the Election
Commission (EC) as
the second election
commissioner. The
three-member body is
headed by Chief Election
Commissioner Sushil
Chandra and Rajiv Kumar
is the other election com-
missioner. Mr Pandey
was appointed as EC
on Tuesday.
Appointed nodal
person,grievance
officer: Twitter
New Delhi: Twitter has
written to the govern-
ment that it is making
every effort to comply
with new guidelines
concerningsocialmedia
companies and has ap-
pointed a nodal contrac-
tualpersonandResident
GrievanceOfficer(RGO)
oncontractualbasisand
was in advanced stages
of “finalising the ap-
pointment to the role of
chief compliance offic-
er,” sources said.
Twitter wrote that
the guidelines were no-
tified on February 25
but COVID made it dif-
ficult” to comply
.
Govt hikes paddy
MSP by `72 per
quintal to `1,940
New Delhi: Thegovern-
ment on Wednesday
raised the minimum
support price (MSP) of
paddy marginally by Rs
72 per quintal to Rs 1,940
per quintal for the 2021-
22 crop year, while the
rates of other kharif
crops were also hiked.
Paddy is the main
kharif crop, the sowing
of whichhasbegunwith
the onset of the South-
west monsoon. The Met
Department has project-
ed a normal monsoon
for the June-September
period. The decision
taken by the Cabinet
headed by PM Modi.
‘MARRIAGEINVALID
...SO NO QUESTION OF DIVORCE’
SEPARATED
LONG BACK
TMC MP Nusrat
Jahan said she
does not need to
get divorced as her
marriage with Nikhil
Jain was never valid
under Indian law.
Since it was an
interfaith wedding
solemnised on
foreign land as per
Turkish Marriage
Regulation, it was
invalid under the
Special Marriage Act
in India, she said.
Didi’s new proposal to counter
Centre is union of state govts
Kolkata: West Bengal
chief minister Mamata
Banerjee on Wednesday
said that in a federal
set-up there should be a
union of state govern-
ments, which would
unanimously take on
the Centre if any state
was harassed.
“In a federal struc-
ture, there should be a
union of state govern-
ments. If any state is
harassed then other
states would fight for it.
Everychief minister(of
non-NDA ruled states)
should stick together. I
would urge every oppo-
sition party Turn to P6
SUVENDU ADHIKARI MEETS PM MODI IN
DELHI, SAYS DISCUSSION LASTED 45 MINS
New Delhi: BJP MLA from West Bengal Suvendu Adhi-
kari met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on
Wednesday. Named the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in
the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari said
his meeting with PM Modi lasted 45 minutes during
which they had “detailed discussion” on several “politi-
cal issues”.
Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait meets West Bengal
chief minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Wednesday.
Jaane wale jaate rehte
hain, we can’t stop
them. It was his
decision, he also had a
future here (Congress
Party). However, it is
unfortunate
Mallikarjun Kharge,
Cong leader & LoP Rajya Sabha
He (Jitin Prasada) is
like my younger brother
and I welcome him to
Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP). I
congratulate him
Jyotiraditya Scindia,
BJP Rajya Sabha member
Jitin Prasada joining
BJP is like a big slap on
our face. It is sad and
disheartening. I’m
surprised that he called
Congress a regional
party and joined the
party against which his
family fought
Harish Rawat,
Congress leader
A FRESH JOLT TO CONGRESS
Jitin joins BJP ahead of UP polls
PRASADA’S ENTRY IS A SIGNAL TO THE POLITICALLY SIGNIFICANT BRAHMIN COMMUNITY IN UP
GIVEN THERE IS A PERCEPTION THAT THAKURS DOMINATE THE STATE’S POWER CORRIDORS
Jitin Prasada meets Home Minister Amit Shah before joining BJP on Wednesday. BJP National President JP Nadda (2L) with Union Minister Piyush Goyal (L), BJP spokesperson Anil Baluni (R) and newly joined BJP leader Jitin Prasada (2R).
Mohd Fahad/Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Jitin Prasada’s
exit from the Congress on
Wednesday is a setback for
theGrandOldPartyinterms
of optics and perception.
While he is not a huge elec-
toral asset for the Congress
in Uttar Pradesh, where it
has been down and out for
years, his joining the BJP
will reinforce the belief that
even young leaders are now
increasingly feeling suffo-
catedsincetheyseenofuture
for themselves in the party
.
Prasada is not a pan-Uttar
Pradesh leader. For that mat-
ter, neither does he hold sig-
nificantinfluenceinwestern
Uttar Pradesh from where he
hails. The Congress is al-
ready at its lowest ebb in the
key heartland state. Prasada
himself had lost the last two
Lok Sabha elections and the
2017 Assembly elections. So,
the setback is minimal in
electoral terms. However, his
exitsignalsthatthereishuge
disenchantment among lead-
ers over the party’s reluc-
tance to even make an at-
tempt at reinvention — po-
liticallyandorganisationally
.
A year ago, another young
leader, Jyotiraditya Scindia
had left the Congress and
joined the BJP
.
His exit will roil the Con-
gress internal politics in the
context of the G 23. The Gan-
dhi family loyalists will use
his exit to question the other
22pointingfingersattheirloy-
alty
. The others could well ar-
guetheissuestheyhadflagged
are real, there is massive dis-
enchantmentintheparty
,and
Prasada’s exit is, in fact, a
pointerthatthepartyneedsto
spring into action. As for the
BJP, his entry is a signal to
the politically significant
Brahmin community ahead
of the Assembly elections
next Turn to P6/ Details on p8
 But reports from the state
suggest that the community
has been deeply upset since
selection of Yogi -belonging
to the Rajput community -
for the top post
 The resentment flared
up after last year’s Vikas
Dubey encounter - even
though many from the
community have indicated
that they had no personal
sympathy with the gangster
 Jitin Prasada -- once
among Rahul Gandhi’s
inner circle and a two-time
minister in the Manmohan
Singh-led government -- has
had a career going downhill
 Jitin was also one of the
signatories of the explosive
letter to Sonia Gandhi from
the Congress rebels
 Jitin Prasada, the BJP’s
latest acquisition from the
Congress, is expected to
restore the support of
a core constituency in
Uttar Pradesh said to be
upset with the party in
the recent days
 The Brahmins, who
comprise around 10% of
UP’s population, have been
ardent BJP supporters
since the early ‘90s, when
the Dalit votebank gained
ascendancy with the BSP’s
“Tilak, Tarazu aur Talwar”
slogan, directed against the
three upper castes
CALCULATED
MOVE
Since Wednesday morning, national media was very
curious to know BJP’s ‘big catch’ from Congress, which
was to be announced by a powerful Anil Baluni at 1 PM in
his press conference but everyone in media and political
circles was disappointed to learn that only a ‘small timer’
UP Congress leader Jitin Prasada is joining BJP. It is largely
believed in BJP circles that being a young Brahmin, he will
be able to ‘balance’ Thakur factor in UP but it is yet to be
seen that whether Jitin really has some clout and influence
over Brahmin voters in UP?
DISAPPOINTED! I have taken this
decision with a
lot of deliberation
keeping in view all the
aspects, in interests of my
district, state, and the
country and to safeguard
interests of the people
JITIN PRASADA,
after joining BJP

UTTAR PRADESH
LUCKNOW | THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 2021
02
First India Bureau
Lucknow:Governor
Anandiben Patel dur-
ing a review meeting of
Chhatrapati Shahuji
Maharaj Kanpur Uni-
versity, Kanpur and
Veer Bahadur Singh
Purvanchal University,
Jaunpur instructed the
Vice-Chancellors to
promote women em-
powerment through
their Women’s Study
Centers and conduct
programs like women’s
entrepreneurship de-
velopment, health and
nutrition, pregnancy,
on priority to make
women self-reliant.
She said that the Uni-
versities in collabora-
tion with Anganwadi
and Asha Bahus should
run awareness pro-
grams in adjoining ar-
eas around the univer-
sity and affiliated col-
leges. She instructed
that newly elected
woman Gram Pradhans
should be included in
the program so that
they are made aware of
various schemes run by
the government for ru-
ral areas.
The Governor em-
phasized that the newly
elected woman Gram
Pradhans should know
about the government
schems for the preven-
tion of tuberculosis,
welfare schemes for
primary schools and
Anganwadi centers so
that they can spread
awareness about the
same in Gram Sabha.
Taking about Cov-
id-19, she said that the
pandemic far from over
as there are specula-
tions of a third wave so
the university should
spread awareness
among the villagers.
Tripathi is Sampur-
nanand Univ’s new
V i c e C h a n c e l l o r
Hare Ram Tripathi,
professor in the Depart-
ment of Sarva Darshan
in Shri Lal Bahadur
Shastri National San-
skrit University, New
Delhi has been named
as the new Vice-Chan-
cellor of Sampurnana-
nd Sanskrit Vishwav-
idyalaya, Varanasi by
the Governor and
Chancellor Anandiben
Patel for a period of 3
years.
GuvasksUnivstoeducatewomenPradhansaboutgovtschemes
GUV FOR WOMEN
Governor Anandiben Patel.
SDRF SCOPE

Uttar Pradesh
Governor
Anandiben Patel
said that
universities
should conduct
programmes to
empower
women for self
reliance
The move was aimed at providing relief due to economic slowdown witnessed during Covid-19
HELPING MODE: CM YOGI TRANSFERS
` 230 CRORE TO 23L DAILY WAGERS
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Aiming to
provide relief to the
poor suffering due to
the economic slowdown
amid the COVID-19 pan-
demic, Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath on
Wednesday transferred
a total of Rs 230 crore to
the bank accounts of 23
lakh daily wage earn-
ers at a rate of Rs 1000
per beneficiary
.
“Be it the dream of
building a house,
proper treatment in
illness, cost of educa-
tion or the need of
financial help in any
mishap, the State
Government is there
with you at every
step,” said the CM.
My government has en-
sured that the District
Magistrates and Police
Commissioner are dis-
tributing the wedding
invitations of the work-
ers’ daughters, who do
not have the support
from their close rela-
tives, he said.
He also appealed to the
people to get vaccinated
and follow the COVID
protocols established
by the government, as
these are the only steps
we can take to keep the
spread of this deadly
virus under control.
Portal Launched for
Beneficiaries
To make sure more
and more workers get
the benefit of efforts
being made for the
safety of workers, CM
Yogi launched a web
portal www.upssb.in.
He said that the benefi-
ciaries including small
shopkeepers, daily
wage labourers, rick-
shaw/ e-rickshaw pull-
ers, porters, barbers,
washermen, cobblers,
confectioners, etc,
must get themselves
registered on the web-
site.
This registration
will help the state gov-
ernment to make ar-
rangements for their
safety. Referring to the
COVID-19 first wave,
the CM said that our ef-
forts to secure the lives
and livelihoods of 40
lakh migrant workers
are today the subject of
study in all the institu-
tions around the world.
Every labourer, wheth-
er in the organized sec-
tor or unorganized sec-
tor, general worker or
expressway worker,
would be given annual
insurance of 5,00,000
by the State Govern-
ment with just a regis-
tration.
CM Yogi Interacts
with workers
At an event held at the
CM residence, Yogi pro-
vided symbolic cheques
to five workers and in-
teracted with the work-
ers from the different
districts virtually
.
FOR GREATER GOOD
CM EMPHASISES ON PROPER
WHEAT STORAGE FACILITIES
YOGI PROPOGATES USE OF
CHIEF MINISTER’S HELPLINE
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath asked officials to make
proper arrangement for safe storage of
wheat purchased under MSP specially in
the wake of the upcoming rainy season.
He said action would taken against of-
ficials in case any damage of crop due to
rains is reported from their areas.
Lucknow: The UP CM said that the Chief
Minister’s helpline should be widely used.
He said it should be used to interact with
village heads in rural areas and coun-
cilors in urban areas to get their feed-
back regarding the work of cleanliness,
sanitization and fogging and monitoring
committees. UP CM has thanked
PM Modi, his cabi-
net for increasing MSP
of various crops for
the Kharif marketing
year 2021-22. The new
MSP will ensure 50%
to 85% profit to the
farmers on cost price.
Yogi has asked
officials to gear up
and keep a flood-con-
trol plan ready
rnalia in view of the
approaching Monsoon
season.
UP CM has called for
ear-tagging of stray
cattle, specially cows,
to ensure their proper
upkeep by putting
them in government
shelters. He said to en-
courage milk business,
a large number of milk
committees should be
formed.
CM paid tributes to
freedom fighter
Birsa Munda on his
death anniversary on
Wednesday.
Yogi Speaks
Yogi Speaks
CM brainstorms
with Team 9 on
C-19, Encephalitis
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Despite
drastic drop in the
number of new Cov-
id-19 cases, Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath
on Wednesday directed
officials to remain alert
and not to decrease the
number of daily tests.
He said 3 lakh Covid
tests should be done
daily and the process of
contact tracing should
continue as before, he
said while interacting
with a team of senior
officials through video-
conferencing.
He, however, asked
the officials to focus
also on taking preven-
tive steps to prevent the
outbreak of various in-
fectious diseases in-
cluding encephalitis
increases during the
rainy season.
“The rainy season is
starting. In view of
this, an action plan
should be prepared by
the Health Department
for effective prevention
of encephalitis,” he
said.The Chief Minis-
ter said that the pace of
strengthening work of
community, primary
and sub-health centers
and health and well-
ness centers should be
further accelerated.
Necessary man power
including doctors
should be available at
all hospitals and health
centers. Medical equip-
ment should be kept in
working condition and
their proper mainte-
nance should be en-
sured. All hospitals and
health centers must
have a stock register,
which should also con-
tain the entry of oxy-
gen concentrators pro-
vided along with all the
equipment.
The community and
primary health centers
are being adopted by
public representatives.
Before being adopted
by the public represent-
atives, under the
strengthening work of
community and prima-
ry health centers, the
work of painting, clean-
liness, connectivity of
health center etc.
CLEANLINESS MUST
NOT A WARZONE!
A cloud of smoke was witnessed on Wednesday after a hardware shop in Nishatganj area of
Lucknow caught fire. In the inset is a fire fighter dousing the fire. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
CS Tiwari reviews multiple meetings
related to Anganwadi facilities, husk
Lucknow: Senior IAS
officer Navneet Sehgal
was given additional
charge of
Silk and
Handloom
department
owing to re-
tirement of
ACS Rama
Raman. Se-
hgal, who is also ACS
of the information,
MSME, export promo-
tion, KVIC has been
playing a key role in
spreading awareness
about CM’s schemes.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chairing a
meeting of State Em-
powered Committee for
approval of schemes
for Anganwadi centers
and adolescent girls,
Chief Secretary Rajen-
dra Kumar Tiwari said
that mandatory ar-
rangements for drink-
ing water and toilets in
all Anganwadi centres
should be ensured be-
sides the Anganwadi
centers which are run-
ning in rented build-
ings should be inspect-
ed and arrangements
for clean drinking wa-
ter and toilets should
be reviewed therein. A
proposal of Rs 6688.29
crore for ICDS pro-
grams for the financial
year 2021-22 and Rs
59.51 crore for pro-
grams of adolescent
girls was also placed. :
Check husk burning
UP Chief Secretary RK
Tiwari has directed all
divisional commission-
ers, DMs and SSP/SP of
all districts to initiate
steps for checking
burning of husk in
fields which has been
contributing signifi-
cantly in rise of air pol-
lution in state.
He said that in the
forthcoming Karif
Crop season, farmers
are expected to indulge
in stubble burning post
harvest.
CS RK Tiwari during the review meet.
CM Yogi hands over a symbolic cheque of Rs 1000 as aid to a construction worker. An online portal for registration of labourers of unorganised sectors was also launched.
Finance Minister Suresh Khanna, Cabinet Minister for Labour,Employment and Co-ordination Swami Prasad Maurya were also present.
Sehgal gets addl
charge of Silk,
handloom dept
ACS Sehgal
CM presides over a meet consisting of Medical Edu Min
Suresh Khanna, Health Min Jai Pratap Singh, CS RK Tiwari,
ACS (Home) Awanish Kumar Awasthi, ACS (Info) Navneet
Sehgal, ACS(CM) SP Goyal, PS to CM Sanjay Prasad, Secy to
CM Alok Kumar, PS Medical Education Alok Kumar, DGP HC
Awasthy, OSD to CM Abhishek Kaushik and other officials.

UTTAR PRADESH
03
SOCIAL DISTANCING
GOES FOR A TOSS
COVID APPROPRIATE
BEHAVIOUR MISSING
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A massive
crowd gathered at a
vegetable market in
Varanasi, flouting all
covid protocols, just
days after the CM Yogi
Adityanath announced
relaxations in the ‘Un-
lock’ plan. A large
number of people with
no social distancing
and some of them were
seen even without
masks. Many street
food vendors were wit-
nessed at several plac-
es without a mask.
Ashish, a Golgappa
store keeper at IT cross-
ing said “We were ex-
cited about the unlock
but only a few people
came out on the first
day. I came with half
material & still most of
the stuff was not sold”.
Meanwhile, Lucknow
metro resumed its ser-
vices on the entire
North-South corridor
(CCS Airport to Mun-
shipulia). On the first
day of the resumption
of Metro services, Luc-
know Metro received
overwhelming response
from passengers who
were all praise for the
stringent measures be-
ing undertaken at met-
ro stations & trains.
Special attention is be-
ing paid towards exten-
sive cleaning& sanitiza-
tion of Metro Stations
& Metro Trains.
Keeping in the line
with its vision of com-
mitted passenger ser-
vice, Lucknow Metro is
the first metro in the
country to use Ultra
Violet Lamps for sani-
tising metro trains and
tokens apart from the
regular manual saniti-
sation of stations. Such
measures were taken
to ensure the complete
contactless travel for
the commuters & to of-
fer safety during travel.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In order to
provide more relief to
trading community in
the election year, the
Yogi Adityanath gov-
ernment has been con-
sidering to abolish con-
troversial mobile squad
system in state’s com-
mercialtaxdepartment.
The Yogi government
has veered round the
view that it would pro-
vide more protection to
the trading community
and also help in speedy
movement of goods in
the state. While traders
have long been com-
plaining to the state gov-
ernmentaboutunneces-
sary harassment by the
squads on the highways
and entry points in the
state, a section of the of-
ficers in the department
has also questioned
about the futility of
these squads, which ac-
cording to them was
burden on the state ex-
chequer. The mobile
squads have been func-
tioning in the depart-
ment since 1970 to check
the tax evasion by
checking the goods dur-
ing the transportation.
More than 70% revenue
of the state government
comes from the com-
mercialtaxdepartment.
However, after the in-
troduction of GST there
is now a feeling in the
government these
squads have lost much
of the relevance and
should be disbanded. In
this connection addi-
tional commissioner
commercial taxes Noida
Chandra Bhushan Sin-
gh has forwarded a com-
prehensive report to the
government favouring
abolition of the age-old
system. He has report-
edly recommended that
these squads should be
merged with special in-
vestigation branch
which is responsible to
collect information
about the tax evasion.
UNLOCK@DAY1
+VE ON COVID
709 NEW CASES IN A DAY
17,00,476
21516
16,66,001
12,959
709 NEW CASES
IN A DAY & over
2.89 lakh samples
have been tested
TOTAL CASES
TOTAL DEATHS
TOTAL
RECOVERED
ACTIVE CASES
89 deaths in a day,
highest from Kanpur
(13), & Gorakhpur
(7) & Bareilly (7)
1,706 recovered in a
day, State recorded
a decline of 95% in
active cases since
its peak on April 30
98% is the recovery
rate, daily case
positivity rate too has
dipped to 0.24 %
KEY-HIGHLIGHTS
CMO of Lucknow Dr
Sanjay Bhatnagar has
turned Covid hospitals to
non-Covid hospitals to
benefit general patients.
The State has recorded
a decline by more than
95% in the number of
active covid cases since
its peak on April 30
With the Covid condition
in the state improving
day by day, the recovery
rate has climbed up to a
splendid 98 percent.
The UP government
has now decided
to organise special
vaccination booths to
inoculate the street
vendors, drivers,
commencing June 14.
2 special vaccination
booths will be set
up at the Regional
Transport Office in all
the districts where at
least 100 drivers (bus,
taxi, auto-rickshaw
and e-rickshaw
drivers) will be
inoculated daily.
Bank manager shot dead in
Varanasi, cash looted
Panic after bomb hoax in
constable’s house in Meerut
APunjab National Bank manager was shot dead
near Pindara bypass close to Babatpur airport
& cash was looted from his vehicle. Police sourc-
es said PC Ram, manager at Punjab National Bank
Karkhiyav branch was shot dead when he was
heading towards airport. Deceased was resident
of Kusiya village in Jalalpur area. It was reported
that initial investigation revealed that murderers
could be known to deceased manager. Assailants
were in different car & on request of manger they
came with manager’s car and shot him dead,
driver of the manager’s car told the police.
Panic was triggered in
the area after hoax
of bomb in house of
head constable in Jag-
riti Vihar colony under
Medical police station
area. Police sources
said that some uniden-
tified person informed
police control room
that house of head
constable Yatendra
Singh will be exploded.
Police team along with
dog squad and medi-
cal, bomb disposal
squad and medical
assistance rushed to
the spot after informa-
tion. After one hour
search at constable’s
house nothing objec-
tionable was received.
During interrogation
it was revealed that
phone number through
which call was made,
registered to neighbour
of head constable
Bhushan Tyagi.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Eighty-nine
more people died from
coronavirus in Uttar
Pradesh on Wednesday
as 709 fresh cases
pushed the state’s infec-
tion count to 17,00,476,
according to a govern-
ment release. The infec-
tion has claimed 21,516
lives in the state since
the outbreak of the
pandemic last year.
13 deaths were re-
ported from Kanpur, fol-
lowed by 7 each in Gora-
khpur & Bareilly, UP
government said in the
statement. Gorakhpur
reported 38 cases, fol-
lowed by Gautam Bud-
dh Nagar (35), Lucknow
(34) and Meerut (33). In
the past 24 hours, 1,706
COVID-19 patients re-
covered, taking the tally
of cured people to
16,66,001. The count of
active cases stands at
12,959, statement said.
In past 24 hours, over
2.89 lakh samples have
been tested in the state.
The State has recorded
a decline by more than
95 per cent in the num-
ber of active covid cas-
es since its peak on
April 30. With the Cov-
id condition in the
state improving day by
day, the recovery rate
has climbed up to a
splendid 98 per cent.
At 709, UP logs lowest daily
new Covid cases in 2nd wave
‘FIRM UP
CONTAINMENT
ZONE STRATEGY’
To limit any further
spread of the virus
across Uttar Pradesh,
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath has issued
strict directives to firm
up the containment zone
strategy in the state. “The
containment zones must
be fixed and the strategy
must be firmed up after
the assessment of local
conditions by the District
Magistrates to avoid any
inconvenience to the citi-
zens,” instructed CM Yogi
Adityanath in a high-level
covid review meeting held
on Wednesday.
DOCTOR, 5 OTHERS HELD
FOR BLACK MARKETING OF
LIFESAVING INJECTIONS
Six people, including a doctor of the emergency
medicine department of Ram Manohar Lohia
Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS), were
arrested for black marketing of lifesaving injec-
tions in the Wazirganj police station area here on
Wednesday, said senior police officials. Inspec-
tor (Wazirganj police station) Dhananjay Kumar
Pandey said those arrested were identified as Dr
Wamiq Hussain of RMLIMS’s emergency medicine
department, Mohd Raqeeb,
who is the franchise owner of
a pharma company, Mohd Arif,
a ward boy at King George’s
Medical University’s emergency
medicine department, Mohd
Imran, a technician at KGMU’s
emergency medicine depart-
ment, Balvir Singh, a phar-
macist at a private hospital,
and Rajesh Kumar Singh,
a salesman with a surgical
equipment firm.
COVID
VACCINE
The UP Special Task
Force (STF) and the
Lucknow police rescued
a high court lawyer Preeti
Shukla from the clutches
of kidnappers here on
Tuesday midnight after
she had spent 52 hours
in captivity, said sen-
ior police officials on
Wednesday. One alleged
kidnapper was arrested
during the joint opera-
tion, the officials said.
They said car-borne mis-
creants had kidnapped
the woman when she was
on an evening walk near
her house in the Sush-
ant Golf City area of the
state capital on Sunday.
The officials said the
woman’s husband Anu-
rag Shukla is also a high
court lawyer and known
for two high-profile cases
related to former Uttar
Pradesh cabinet minister
Gayatri Prajapati, who
is in jail for his alleged
involvement in a multi-
crore mining case, and
another multi-crore case
allegedly involving a real
estate firm.
The Uttar Pradesh government has refused to share
information with former IPS officer Amitabh Thakur
regarding his compulsory retirement, saying the
documents are “highly confidential”. Thakur called this
denial “improper and suspicious”, saying initially he
was given compulsory retirement in an “arbitrary man-
ner” and now he was being denied information related
to his livelihood. UP cadre IPS officer Thakur was
given compulsory retirement on March 23 following a
decision taken by the Union Home Ministry.
Lawyer kidnapped in Lucknow, rescued
UP refuses to share info toAmitabhThakur
UP to scrap commercial
tax dept’s mobile squad
Amitabh Thakur
—FILE PHOTO
—FILE PHOTO
—FILE PHOTO
1. A massive crowd gathered at a vegetable market in Varanasi, flouting all covid protocols, 2. Lucknow Metro received an overwhelming response from passengers who
praised the stringent measures being undertaken at metro stations. 3. A shopkeeper was seen praying inside his shop which opened after weeks. 4. Patrons rushed to the
barber shops for their regular grooming. 5.A specially abled person waits for customers to sell his wares to.
1
2 3
4 5
—PHOTOS
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
For now we see in a mirror
dimly, but then face to face.
Now I know in part; then I
shall know fully, even as I
have been fully known.
—Corinthians 13:12
IN-DEPTH
Smriti Z Irani
@smritiirani
From simplifying taxation process,
safeguarding investments to building
robust infrastructure for better
connectivity; Government under the
leadership of PM @narendramodi Ji
has been consistently working towards
enhancing ease of living for middle
class. #Mobility4MiddleClass
Prakash Javadekar
@PrakashJavdekar
To make travelling in Railway more
secure, Modi government has decided
to provide 4G spectrum to railways. It
will improve its communication system
& make rail travel safer. Rs 25000 Cr
will be spent for signal modernization
and 5G spectrum implementation.
TOP TWEET
SPACE TRAVEL
BECKONS, FOR
A HEFTY PRICE
lying into space, we
are told, has Amazon
bossJeff Bezos’child-
hood fantasy
. “Ever
since I was five-years’
old I’ve dreamed of travelling to
space,” Bezos, one of the world’s
richest men, is reported to have
said. As he prepares to step down
as the CEO of Amazon, he is all
settopursuehischildhooddream
of space travel. On July 20 he will
step aboard the New Shepard
spacecraft which is a creation of
Bezos’ space exploration compa-
ny Blue Origin. Accompanying
him on the maiden flight will be
his brother and “closest friend”
Mark Bezos. New Shepard is re-
usable.
It is without doubt a move that
will generate a lot of interest in
spacetravelworldwide.Commer-
cial space travels are already be-
ing talked about. For those inter-
ested, there’s a seat available on
BlueOriginbutitisn’tcheap.The
last reported bid price was $2.8
million for the 11-minute space
odyssey
. With 6000 bidders, the
price doesn’t seem forbidding.
F
ven after the
drubbing in the
recent assembly
elections in West
Bengal, Kerala,
Assam, Tamil Nadu and in
the Union Territory of Pu-
ducherry, Congress Party’s
leadership prefers somnam-
bulism to actively dealing
with issues plaguing the par-
ty. After the recent debacle,
especially in Kerala and As-
sam and Puducherry, Sonia
set up a five-member commit-
tee to look into the causes of
the poll debacle. Sonia had
called the result “unexpected
and disappointing”. The pan-
el submitted its report with
some suggestions. Report on
Bengal, where the party drew
a blank, is still awaited.
Before the high command
could recover from the jolt, it
suffered a setback with Jitin
Prasada, a member of Rahul
Gandhi’s inner coterie, re-
signing from the party. Jitin
is not a Brahmin leader of
the stature of his father, the
late Jitendra Prasada. He had
lost the last two Lok Sabha
elections and the 2017 Assem-
bly election. But with Yogi
Adityanath government hav-
ing become infamous for be-
ing pro-Thakur his induction
might further damage the
perception about Congress in
thepoll-boundUttarPradesh.
His leaving the party sig-
nals that Rahul Gandhi has
been an unwilling leader and
does not enjoy the trust of
his team. Jyotiraditya Scin-
dia was the first to leave.
There’s desert storm brew-
ing in Rajasthan as Sachin
Pilot awaits high command’s
full support. Punjab, which
also goes to poll along with
UP, is also witnessing trouble
between Capt. Amarinder
Singh and Navjot Singh Sid-
hu. Any wrong move could
see Punjab slip out of Con-
gress’s hands.
Point to ponder: Congress
mukt Bharat or the Gandhi
leadership has to be ‘re-
thought’,
JITIN’S EXIT GOOD
FOR OPTICS
Jitin leaving the party
signals that Rahul
Gandhi has been an
unwilling leader and
does not enjoy the trust
of his team. Jyotiraditya
Scindia was the first
to leave
E
SO MANY
CALENDARS!
yaistha 20, 1943 (June 10,
2021): In the course of a recent
lecture on the ‘Rise and Fall
of the Roman Empire’, yours
truly realized that the norma-
tive calendar being followed
by most countries and inter-
national organizations – from
the UN to the World Bank – is
not the calendar started by
Julius Cesar when the Roman
Empire was at its crest , but
the Christian Calendar com-
missioned by Pope Gregory
XIII in the year 1582 when the
Holy Roman Empire (HRE)
wasatitspeak.Thesuccessor
nation- states to the HRE –
France , Germany
, Russia and
Britain – were all Christian
empires and so AD and BC
continued to mark the events
of the world. AD or anno
domini stands for the Year of
the Lord – meaning the year
of thebirthof Christ ,andnot
‘After Death’ (of Christ) as
our generation learnt in
school. BC of course stands
for ‘Before Christ’. Around
the turn of the millennium,
academic institutions and
multilateralorganizationsde-
cided to be politically correct
,and started referring to AD
as CE (Common era ) and BC
asBCE(BeforeCommonEra).
Well, even though CE privi-
leges the civilizational con-
struct of the West , it is an
improvement over AD, so let’s
welcome this incremental
change!
However, it’s important to
sharewiththereadersthatthe
officialcalendarof Indiaisthe
Saka Era calendar, chosen
over the Bikrami, Kali,
Bangla, Fasli and Nanak Sha-
hi calendars which were all in
vogue in different parts of the
country
.Thenamesof months
–Chaitra,Vaisakha,Jyaistha,
Ashad, Sravana, Bhadra,
Asvina,Kartika,Agrahayana,
Pausa, Magha and Phalgun –
are common across most In-
dian calendars. The first day
of Chaitra generally corre-
sponds to March 22 – the day
of theequinox-whenthedura-
tion of the day and night are
equal. In many ways , this is
farmorescientific,andatleast
in the context of the Indian
sub-continent, the agricultur-
al season corresponds to the
calendar.Allgovernmentnoti-
fications,AIRannouncements
and calendars issued by cen-
tral and state governments
must include dates according
to this calendar. Your column-
ist made it a point to ensure
that the session schedule is-
sued at LBSNAA includes the
Saka era dates.
How did we decide on this
calendar? Well, in 1955, the
CSIR set up a seven-member
Calendar reforms Committee
under the Chairmanship of
the noted Indian astrophysi-
cist Meghnad Saha. The task
before the Committee was to
prepare an accurate calendar
based on a scientific study
which could be adopted uni-
formly across the country
because there was increasing
pressure on state govern-
ments to adopt the calendar
most commonly used in the
region. Thus, the Nanaksha-
hi calendar was a very strong
contender in PEPSU and
Punjab , and the Bangla cal-
endar in Bengal. In fact, Ben-
galis mark the first day of
Baiskah as Poila ( first day )
Baiskah, and this is the
Bangla New Year.
The then PM Nehru wrote
‘The different calendars rep-
resent the past political divi-
sions in the country
. Now that
we have attained Independ-
ence, it is obviously desirable
that there should be a certain
uniformityinthecalendarfor
our civic, social ,and other
purposes, and this should be
done on a scientific approach
to this issue. The usage start-
ed officially on the first day of
Chaitra, 1879, corresponding
to March 22 of 1957. The Saka
era calendar is also called the
Shalivahana Shaka calendar
,and was used more exten-
sivelythantheBikramicalen-
dar, especially in the four
Southern states, Odisha and
Saurashtra besides Nepal,
Ceylon, Bali and the Philip-
pines.This was also to be seen
in the context of ‘appeasing
the south’ as the Bikrami cal-
endar was closely aligned to
the Hindi heartland!
Each calendar therefore
tells a story, and the adoption
of a calendar occupies the
mind -space of a society so
subtly that one does not even
realize that there is a deep
play of power politics and he-
gemony in this as well. When
a calendar loses its salience
in the lives of a people, much
more is lost than just a paper
on the wall which in any case
has an active shelf life of just
365 days.
How many of us know for
example that the oldest ex-
tant calendar in India is the
5097 years old Saptrishi cal-
endar of Kashmir , which is
still issued every year by the
Kashmiri Pandits who treat
this as a well-deserved badge
of honour !
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
J
DR SANJEEV CHOPRA
The writer is a historian, public policy analyst,
and Festival Director of Valley of Words,
a literature and arts festival based out of
Dehradun. Till very recently, he was a member
of the IAS and posted as the Director of LBS
National Academy of Administration
How did we decide on this
calendar? Well, in 1955, the
CSIR set up a seven-member
Calendar reforms Committee
under the Chairmanship of
the noted Indian
astrophysicist Meghnad
Saha. The task before the
Committee was to prepare an
accurate calendar based on a
scientific study which could
be adopted uniformly across
the country because there was
increasing pressure on state
governments to adopt the
calendar most commonly
used in the region
Each calendar therefore
tells a story, and the
adoption of a calendar
occupies the mind
-space of a society so
subtly that one does not
even realize that there is a
deep play of power
politics and hegemony
in this as well

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INDIA
05
HIGHLIGHTS
 Kolkata: Two
history-sheeters
from Punjab killed
in shootout with
police
 Ex-CM Bhupinder
Hooda trains
guns on Khattar
govt over ‘rising
unemployment’
in Haryana
 Kangana Ranaut
claims she is late
in paying tax due
to ‘no work’
 Amid row, Bharat
Biotech says
it will conduct
phase 4 trial of
Covaxin
 SCBA sets up
committee to
select lawyers for
Judge post
New Delhi: Rashtriya
Janata Dal (RJD) MP
Amarendra Dhari Sin-
gh, who was recently
arrested by Enforce-
ment Directorate, has
moved Delhi High
Court challenging his
ten days ED remand
granted by a special
Court of Delhi. He has
moved a petition un-
der Section 482 and
483 Code of Criminal
Procedure seeking
setting aside the re-
mand order passed on
June 3, 2021.
AD Singh was ar-
rested by the ED on
the charges of money
laundering in connec-
tion with an alleged
fertiliser subsidy
scam. A bench of Jus-
tice Rekha Palli on
Wednesday granted
time to ED.
RJD MP AD Singh moves
Delhi HC against his remand
New Delhi: The
Dominica High Court
has adjourned the
bail hearing of fugi-
tive diamond mer-
chant Mehul Choksi
till June 11, local me-
dia reports stated.
Choksi had ap-
proached the high
court after the magis-
trate rejected his bail
petition. The bail
hearing took place be-
fore high court judge
Wynante Adrien-Rob-
erts through video-
conferencing on the
plea of Choksi’s local
legal team compris-
ing Julien Prevost,
Wayne Norde, Wayne
Marsh and Cara Shil-
lingford-Marsh.
The government
side represented by
Director of Public
Prosecution (DPP)
Sherma Dalrymple
“strongly objected” to
Choksi’s plea calling
him a flight risk,
Dominica News On-
line reported.
Mehul Choksi’s bail hearing adjourned
New Delhi: SC e-
Committee Chair-
person Justice D.Y.
Chandrachud has
written to the CJs of
the High Courts that
hybrid hearings will
have to continue con-
sidering the pandem-
ic situation, dispel-
ling notions of physi-
cal hearing.
SC tells CJs
hybrid hearings
will continue
New Delhi: Actor-
turned-environment
activist Juhi Chawla on
Wednesday released a
video on social media
platforms and said she
is not against 5G tech-
nology
. Instead, she wel-
comes 5G and her peti-
tion was only to seek
the government’s certi-
fication that 5G is safe,
she said in the video.
“In the hullabaloo of
the past few days, I
could not hear myself
and the main message
got lost,” she said.
“We are not against
5G. We are welcoming
it. Please bring 5G,”
she said.
Juhi Chawla
now ‘welcomes
5G’ in 1st
reaction
New Delhi: CBI has
carried out searches at
14 locations in
Delhi-NCR and
three other cit-
ies after regis-
tering an FIR
against Oyster
Buildwell Pri-
vate Ltd, Avan-
tha group promoter
Gautam Thapar and
others for alleged diver-
sion of over Rs466 cr in
Yes Bank during 2017-
19, officials said.
In the present
case, CBI has
also booked di-
rectors of Oys-
ter Buildwell
Pvt Ltd RK
Sharma, RK
Mangal and Tapsi Ma-
hajan and unidentified
executives of Avantha.
CBI raids 14 locations, files
fresh FIR against Thapar
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: Dismissing
speculations over a
change in leadership in
Madhya Pradesh, Un-
ion Minister and BJP
leader Faggan Singh
Kulaste on Tuesday
said that Shivraj Singh
Chouhan will continue
to be the chief minister.
"People have been dis-
cussing the change in
politics of Madhya
Pradesh. But I do not
understand where are
these rumours coming
from because there is
no situation for change
of leadership in Mad-
hya Pradesh, which is
why Shivraj Singh
Chouhan was the chief
minister, is the chief
minister and will re-
main the chief minister
in the future," Kulaste,
who is Union Minister
of State in the Ministry
of Steel, told ANI. "A
person works hard day
and night, naturally
there are some short-
comings, but Shivraj ji
is not behind in hard
work. Everyone knows
this and the whole par-
ty also respects this. We
are all with Shivraj ji,"
said the minister.
BJP’s Kulaste dismisses speculations
over leadership change in MP Govt
BJP leader Faggan Singh Kulaste addressing an event in Madhya Pradesh.
NO INSTABILITY
New Delhi: Former
Congress President
Rahul Gandhi on
Wednesday took a pot-
shot at the government
saying the farmers have
been protesting against
the three farm laws de-
spite several deaths at
the protest site.
"To safeguard their
farms and the country,
farmers are dying slow-
ly. But they are not
afraid and they are true
to their stance," he said
in a tweet in Hindi with
the hashtag of
#500DeathsAtFarm-
ersProtest. —PTI
Farmers are true to stance
despite deaths: RaGa
J&K: An alliance
formed last year to fight
for the restoration of
J&K’s special status is
due to hold a meeting
for the first time since
December at former
chief minister Mehboo-
ba Mufti’s residence on
Wednesday. National
Conference leader Fa-
rooq Abdullah was
among those expected
to attend the meeting of
the People’s Alliance
for the Gupkar Declara-
tion (PAGD). “There is a
meeting of PAGD today
and leaders have been
invited,” said Suhail
Bukhari, a spokesper-
son for Mufti’s PDP.
Gupkar Alliance leaders to
meet at Mufti’s residence
Chandigarh: Themeet-
ing between the three-
member Congress panel
comprising Mallikar-
jun Kharge, Harish
Rawat and JP Aggarw-
al, before submitting
the report regarding
factionalism in Punjab
Congress to party chief
Sonia Gandhi, is going
on at 15 GRG war room.
The panel was formed
by Sonia Gandhi to
resolve the widening
differences between
Captain Amarinder
Singh and Navjot Sin-
gh Sidhu before the
elections. —ANI
3-memberpanelholdsmeetinginPunjab
New Delhi: Congress
will hold a nationwide
“symbolic protest” in
front of petrol pumps on
June 11 across the coun-
try against rising fuel
prices. The opposition
party has decided to hit
the streets after the fuel
prices have crossed the
hundred rupees mark in
several states. Party has
instructed all the state
units to hold protest.
Congress to stage
nationwide
'symbolic protest’
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Congress president
Kamal Nath was admitted to a private hospital
in Gurugram on Wednesday for a routine med-
ical check-up for fever, his aide said.
Because of fever for the last two days, the
former Madhya Pradesh chief minister (Nath)
has gone to Medanta Hospital, Gurugram, for
a routine check-up and health examination.
His coronavirus test is negative. Besides, his
routine check-up and all test reports too are
normal, Nath’s media coordinator said.
Ex-CM Kamal Nath admitted
to hospital in Gurugram
Captain Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu in an event.
MAN DETAINED AS HE THREATENS
TO HIJACK PLANES FROM INDORE
Bhopal: Police have de-
tained a 34-year-old man
for allegedly threatening
to hijack planes from
Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal
and Indore airports and
take them to Pakistan, an
official said on Wednes-
day. Officials at the Raja
Bhoj Airport here received
a phone call around 5 pm
on Tuesday wherein the
caller made the threat,
Bhopal’s Gandhinagar
police station in-charge
Arun Sharma told PTI .
Later, the airport man-
agement complained to
the Gandhinagar police.
“The man, who alleg-
edly threatened to hijack
the planes, was caught
late Tuesday night from
Shujalpur town (about
100 km from Bhopal),”
the official said.
GOVT GIVES NINE-MONTH
EXTENSION TO LIC CHAIRMAN
New Delhi: The government has given a nine-
month extension to LIC Chairman M R Kumar till
March next year in view of the insurer’s proposed
initial public offer towards the end of the current
fiscal. In her Budget Speech 2021, Finance Min-
ister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Initial Public
Offer (IPO) of LIC would be floated in 2021-22 as
part of the ambitious 1.75 lakh crore disinvest-
ment target. The government has approved the
proposal of the Department of Financial Services
for extending the term of Kumar till 2022.
IG SIVAMANI TAKES OVER AS
COMMANDER OF COAST GUARD
Mumbai: Inspector General Paramesh Sivamani
on Wednesday assumed charges as Commander
Coast Guard Region (West) in Mumbai. The flag
officer took over charge from outgoing Com-
mander, Inspector General AP Badola. According
to the official release, the flag officer during his il-
lustrious career spanning over three decades has
served in various capacities in ashore and afloat
appointments. The officer’s professional history
is studded with achievements and a proven track
record meritorious performance.
TWO WOMEN OFFICERS SELECTED
FOR HELICOPTER PILOT TRAINING
New Delhi: In a first in
the Army Aviation Corps,
two women officers have
been selected to train
as helicopter pilots, the
Army said on Wednes-
day. The officers will be
trained at the Combat
Army Aviation Train-
ing School in Nashik,
Maharashtra. This is a
feat in the Indian Army as
women officers had been
assigned only ground
duties in the Army
Aviation Corps. Fifteen
women officers volun-
teered to join the army
aviation, however, only
two officers have deemed
qualified after undergo-
ing a stringent selection
process that included the
Pilot Aptitude Battery Test
(PABT) and medicals, a
statement said.
New Delhi: In a bid to
increase the farmers’
income, the Cabinet
Committee on Econom-
ic Affairs (CCEA) on
Wednesday approved
an increase in the Mini-
mum Support Prices
(MSPs) for all mandated
Kharif crops for mar-
keting season 2021-22.
The highest absolute
increase in MSP over
the previous year has
been recommended for
sesamum (Rs 452 per
quintal) followed by tur
and urad (Rs 300 per
quintal each). In the
case of groundnut and
nigerseed, there has
been an increase of Rs
275 per quintal and Rs
235 per quintal, respec-
tively, in comparison to
last year. The differen-
tial remuneration is
aimed at encouraging
crop diversification, an
official release said.
The increase in MSP
for Kharif Crops for
marketing season 2021-
22 is in line with the
Union Budget 2018-19
announcement of fix-
ing the MSPs at a level
of at least 1.5 times of
the All-India weighted
average Cost of Pro-
duction (CoP), aiming
at fair remuneration
for the farmers.
The expected re-
turns to farmers over
their cost of produc-
tion are estimated to
be highest in the case
of Bajra (85 per cent)
followed by urad (65
per cent) and tur (62
per cent),” it said.
Besides, the Umbrel-
la Scheme PM-AASHA
announced by the gov-
ernment in 2018 will aid
in providing remunera-
tive return to farmers
for their produce. —ANI
Amidfarmerstir,CabinethikesMSPforkharifcrops
CENTRE HIKES MSP FOR PADDY TO `1,940 PER QUINTAL FOR 2021-22 CROP YEAR FROM `1,868 PER QUINTAL LAST YEAR
CABINET APPROVES `25,000 CR TO MODERNISE RLYS;
4G SPECTRUM TO BOOST PASSENGER SAFETY
New Delhi: Union Cabinet, chaired by
PM Modi on Wednesday, approved
funds worth Rs25,000 crore for In-
dian Railways over a five-year period
to modernise the communication net-
works using 4G spectrum to enhance
public safety and security services at
stations and in trains. Railways will
be allotted 5 MHz Spectrum in 700
MHz frequency band to provide Long
Term Evolution based Mobile Train
Radio Communication on its route.
Railways has approved Train Collision
Avoidance System, an indigenously
developed ATP System, which will
help prevent collisions, reducing acci-
dents and ensuring passenger safety.
Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs gave its approval for
proposal of Department of Fertiliz-
ers for extension of applicability of
New Investment Policy-2012 read
with its amendment dated October
7 for the Ramagundam Fertilizers
and Chemicals Limited. Commit-
tee said RFCL is a Joint Venture
Company consisting of National
Fertilizers Limited, Engineers India
Limited & Fertilizers Corporation
of India Limited incorporated on
February 17, 2015.
NEW INVESTMENT POLICY
Farmers plant paddy saplings in a field at a village in the Arnia Sector near the India-Pakistan
border, about 35km from Jammu. —PHOTO BY PTI

INDIA
06
Students afraid of
getting stuck in India
Western Railway continues
operations despite heavy rains Noida: Many students,
who are to travel
abroad for studies, are
worried about visa
cancellations and get-
ting stuck in India due
to the Covid-19 vaccine
shortage and timely
administeration of
their second dose.
Shrikant, a Bachelor
in Technology who
took admission to the
University of Florida
in the US, is one such
student who is afraid
that he might get stuck
in India if the vaccine
shortage continues as
he struggled a lot to
book the slot for the
first dose. He took his
first dose of Covishield
in mid-May and his
second dose is due af-
ter 12 weeks. .
“I am living in di-
lemma. If I have taken
the first dose of Cov-
ishield then there is no
guarantee that I will
get a second dose of
the same vaccine in
the US, neither the
countries are permit-
ting to take a mixed
dose of vaccine,” he
told ANI.
Mumbai:Despiteheavy
downpour in Mumbai,
the traffic on all four
lines of WR continued
throughout the day on
Wednesday
.
“There has been very
heavy rains in Mumbai
on date with more than
300 mm rain in Dadar -
Andheri region during
theday
.However,thetraf-
ficonallfourlinecontin-
ued on WR throughout
the day in spite of very
heavy rains,” the West-
ern Railway
. However,
the speed of trains was
restricted at 25 km per
hour on down slow line
in Matunga Rd - Mahim
section due to waterlog-
ging. This decision was
taken keeping in view
the safety of train oper-
ations. Mumbai local
train services were sus-
pended between some
stations as a precaution-
ary measure. —ANI
New Delhi: The ‘delta’
variant of COVID-19 -
the version first detect-
ed in India in October
last year - is capable of
infecting people even af-
ter they have received
both doses of the Cov-
axin or Covishield vac-
cines, according to sepa-
rate studies by AIIMS
and the National Centre
for Disease Control
(NCDC).
It is important to note
that neither study has
been peer-reviewed as
yet. The AIIMS study
suggests the ‘delta’ vari-
ant - which others, in-
cluding one by British
health authorities, say
is between 40 and 50 per
cent more infectious
than the ‘alpha’ version
first reported from the
UK - is likely behind the
majority of break-
through infections in
India.
The AIIMS-IGIB (In-
stitute of Genomics and
Integrative Biology)
study was based on an
analysis of 63 sympto-
matic patients who re-
ported to the hospital’s
emergency ward com-
plaining of high fever
persisting for five to
seven days.
Of these 63 people, 53
had been given at least
one dose of Covaxin and
the rest at least one dose
of Covishield. Thirty-
six had received both
doses of one of these
vaccines.76.9percentof
infections by the ‘delta’
variantwererecordedin
people who had received
a single dose, and 60 per
cent in people who had
received both doses.
Data from the NCDC-
IGIB study indicated
that breakthrough in-
fections due to the ‘del-
ta’ variant seemed to
affect people who took
Covishield. This study
showed ‘delta’ break-
through infections in 27
patients who had taken
that vaccine, with the
infection rate at 70.3
per cent.
Deltavariantcaninfecteven
aftervaccine jabs:AIIMS
Breakthrough infections due to the ‘delta’ seemed to affect people who took Covishield
—IMAGE FOR REPRESENTATIONAL PURPOSE ONLY
New Delhi: Parliamen-
tary Affairs Minister
and BJP leader Pralhad
Joshi on Tuesday al-
leged that Cong leaders
Sonia Gandhi and Ra-
hul Gandhi haven’t got
vaccinated stating they
don’t have faith in In-
dian vaccines. “When
we started vaccination
in January, Congress
leaders raised ques-
tions on vaccine effica-
cy
. Now, they are taking
the vaccine. As per my
knowledge, Sonia and
Rahul Gandhi haven’t
taken vaccine. They
don’t have confidence
in the Indian vaccine,”
said the union minister.
M K Jain gets extension in RBI
Mahesh Kumar Jain has been given extension
as Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India for a
period of two years with effect from June 22.
Term of CEO, NITI Aayog ends this
month
The term of Amitabh Kant, the high profile CEO of
NITI Aayog, is coming to end this month. He is
a 1980 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer and a key
driver of “Make in India” , Startup India, “Incredi-
ble India” and “God’s Own Country” initiatives. He
was given one year extension last year.
Will Vivek Sahay be new DGP of West
Bengal ?
1988 batch IPS officer Vivek Sahay is also said to
be a strong contender for the post of DGP of WB.
DoPT asks States to send names for
central deputation
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT)
has requested all the State Governments to send
names for central deputation at Joint Secretary,
Director, and Deputy Secretary levels as there is a
shortage in various Ministries and Departments.
Alok Tandon is also Secretary for a
while
Alok Tandon, Secretary Mines, has been assigned
an additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Coal
till June 16, 2021. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer
of UP cadre.
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‘Sonia, Rahul
don’t have
confidence in
Indian vaccine’
PAC to deliberate on
Covid-19 vaccination
policy on June 16
New Delhi: The Par-
liament Public Ac-
counts Committee
(PAC) will hold a
meeting on June 16 to
deliberate on the
country’s Covid-19
vaccination policy
.
This will be the
first Standing Com-
mittee meeting with
physical presence
amid the second
wave of the Covid-19
pandemic.
Earlier in May,
chairman of the PAC
Adhir Ranjan
Chowdhury had
urged Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla for
an early PAC meeting
to deliberate upon
the pandemic situa-
tion and the govern-
ment’s Covid-19 vac-
cination policy
.
The Congress lead-
er, who is also the
chairman of the
PAC, said the meet-
ing could be by any
mode, either physi-
cal or virtual, de-
pending upon the
Covid-19 situation.
Hyderabad-based
Rockwell Industries,
a commercial cold chain
appliances player, is part-
nering with Dr Reddy’s
Laboratories (DRL) to
enable the storage of
Sputnik V vaccine in
India through their vac-
cine freezers. Sputnik V
was launched in a limited
pilot on May 14 and a
commercial launch is
expected in June.
The Defence Research
and Development
Organisation (DRDO),
which developed 2
-Deoxy-D-Glucose
(2-DG), a drug used
for the treatment of
COVID-19 patients, has
called for Express of
Interest (EOI) to trans-
fer the technology to
Indian pharmaceutical
industries for produc-
tion.
ROCKWELL, DR
REDDY’S TIE UP
FOR SPUTNIK V
DRDO INVITES
EOI TO TRANSER
TECHNOLOGY
New Delhi: As many as
25,06,41,440 COVID-19
vaccine doses have been
provided to states/Un-
ion Territories so far,
free of cost by the cen-
tral government, in-
formed the Union
Health Ministry
.
As per data available
till 8 am today, out of
the total vaccine doses
given, the total con-
sumption, including
wastages is 23,74,21,808
doses. According to the
Union Health Ministry,
there are 1,33,68,727
Covid vaccine doses
still available with the
states/Union Territo-
ries (UTs) to be admin-
istered. Furthermore,
more than 3 lakh
(3,81,750) vaccine doses
are being dispatched
and will be received by
the States/UTs within
the next three days.
PM Modi on Monday
announced free COV-
ID-19 vaccines for all
Indian citizens above 18
years of age from June
21. He said the Centre
will procure 75 per cent
of the total production
of the vaccine doses
and provide them free
to the states. No state
government would be
spending anything for
vaccines.
New Delhi: The Indian
Medical Association
(IMA) on Wednesday
wrote to the ICMR
against yoga guru Baba
Ramdev alleging him of
making “Unprovoked
demeaning and preju-
dicing utterances
against modern medi-
cine”. The controversy
started with a video,
floating on different so-
cial media sites, show-
ing Ramdev terming
modern allopathy “a
stupid and failed sci-
ence”. Last week, the
IMAhadappealedtoPM
Modi to take appropri-
ate action under sedi-
tion and other charges
against Ramdev.
Over 25 cr Covid-19 vaccine doses given to states IMA writes to
ICMR against
Baba Ramdev
JRP leader
releases
audio clips
The CISF will take
charge of the
security cover for the
Hyderabad facility of
Bharat Biotech, the
producer of made-in-
India COVID-19 vaccine
Covaxin, from June 14.
A 64-member team of
the paramilitary force
will protect the regis-
tered office and plant of
the pharma company
located at Genome Val-
ley in Hyderabad.
The Bombay HC on Wednesday said the Cen-
tre’s approach against coronavirus, which is
the society’s biggest enemy at present, should
be “like a surgical strike” instead of standing at
the borders waiting for the virus to come out.
“Coronavirus is our biggest enemy. We need to
strike it down,” Chief Justice Datta said.
As the country records less than one
lakh cases for the second succes-
sive days, the daily positivity rate of
India has declined to 4.66 per cent, in-
formed to the MoHFW on Wednesday.
“The weekly positivity rate is currently
at 5.66 per cent while the daily positiv-
ity rate stands at 4.66 per cent today.
It has remained less than 10 per cent
for 16th consecutive days now,” the
health ministry said.
The govt has announced a new update
that enables an applicant to correct
any inadvertent errors in name, year of
birth and gender printed on the CoWIN
vaccination certificate. Users can make
the correction through the CoWIN web-
site. “Now you can make corrections
to your name, year of birth and gender
on your Cowin vaccination certificates
if inadvertent errors have come in,” the
Aarogya Setu app tweeted.
CISF TO TAKE OVER SECURITY OF BIOTECH’S CAMPUS
CARRY OUT ‘SURGICAL STRIKE’
ON CORONAVIRUS: BOMBAY HC
DAILY COVID-19 POSITIVITY
RATE DIPS TO 4.66%
NEW FEATURE ADDED TO
COWIN PLATFORM
Thiruvananthapuram:
JRP leader Praseetha
Azhikode on Tuesday
released purported au-
dio clips where Kerala
BJP president K Suren-
dran is being heard ask-
ing CK Janu to meet
him. Praseetha
Azhikode, the state
treasurer of JRP al-
leged that K Surendran
handed over Rs 10 lakh
to JRP leader CK Janu
to contest from Sulthan
Bathery constituency
as an NDA candidate
and to return to NDA.
Pralhad Joshi
BJP sets ...
would soon be asked to
fan out across the state
and create an atmos-
phere in favour of the
BJP by projecting the
faces of both Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi and Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath. He
said that the BJP will
appoint conveners for
all 403 assembly seats in
the state to lend further
traction to the party’s
preparedness to take on
an aggressive opposi-
tion which has been try-
ing to corner the BJP
over alleged mishan-
dling of the pandemic.
“The party workers will
visit villages and high-
light the schemes and
achievements of the
Modi as well as the Yogi
government. The party
willalsorelyonthehard
work of its workers,” he
said. He said CM Yogi
was, is and continues to
be one of the most popu-
lar and hardworking
chief ministers the state
has ever had. He said
that the party organiza-
tion has already started
the exercise of holding
meetings with district-
level functionaries to
begin the spadework for
the assembly elections.
“For the time being, the
party workers would be
engaged in ‘Sewa Hi
Sangathan’, the cam-
paign launched by
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi and BJP na-
tional president J P Na-
dda,” he said.
Jitin joins...
year given there is a
perception that
Thakurs dominate the
state’s power corridors.
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath is from the
Thakur community.
Prasada, on his part,
has been trying to repo-
sition himself as a
Brahmin face for some
time.
Prasada had
launched the Brahmin
Chetna Parishad some
time ago. The attempt
was to position himself
as a Brahmin leader, re-
alising that he has no
standing electorally
and needs the support
of a caste group to stay
alive politically. Prasa-
da’s Brahmin outreach,
interestingly, had not
gone down well with the
Congress leadership.
There are many
more in the Congress
who are feeling deject-
ed and demoralised
with the state of affairs
in the party. Prasada,
Scindia, Sachin Pilot
and Milind Deora were
the second generation
Congress leaders who
were close to Rahul
Gandhi, and were once
seen as the future of
the party nationally
and in their respective
states. Also, all of them
belong to political fam-
ilies, or in other words
dynasties.
Scindia and Prasada
are now in the BJP. Pi-
lot is unhappy with the
party high command
for not addressing the
grievances he had
raised last year. Deora
too feels sidelined.
Didi’s new...
to unite (against the
BJP) to save democra-
cy,” she said.
The Bengal chief
minister, who has ex-
tended her party’s sup-
port to the ongoing
farmers’ agitation
against the Centre’s
three controversial
farm laws, met a dele-
gation of farmer lead-
ers led by Rakesh Ti-
kait, at the secretariat
during the day.
“We are ready to sup-
port the ongoing farm-
ers’ protest till the time
the demands are not
met. They (farmer lead-
ers) have requested me
to speak to other chief
ministers (of non-NDA
ruled states) so that to-
gether we could hold a
virtual conference
with the farmers. I will
surely speak to the
chief ministers so that
we can send a unani-
mous letter. This would
give them some
strength before the Lok
Sabha polls,” she said
while renewing her de-
mands that the Centre
should withdraw the
three farm laws.
In a joint press con-
ference held after the
meeting, the Bharatiya
Kisan Union (BKU)
leader requested Ba-
nerjee to extend her
support to the farmers’
protest.
“We have urged
Mamata Banerjee to
turn West Bengal into a
model state where
farmers get maximum
benefits by doing away
with middlemen who
siphon of all the prof-
its. Other states may
also follow the model.
Farmers have been hit
hard during the pan-
demic,” he said.
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NEWS
07
RIGID COPS
THROW POLICE
EFFICIENCY
OUT OF WINDOW
Post-implementation of Police
Commissioner system in
Kanpur, the top officials in Kanpur
can be seen all set to uproot
criminals with their activeness
and enthusiasm which is being
followed by some equivalent
officers also who are trying to
match the same rhythm of activism
to give tough time to criminals.
However, the initiative came to
a dead end with the subordinate
station in-charge, posted in the
same police stations for years,
remaining adamant on their attitude
with no fear of their seniors.The
activism of seniors and some
top officers make the police feel
responsible, but the same stands
defeated before the corrupt ways of
the subordinate station in-charge.
For a long time, most of the police
stations in-charge of 34 police
stations of the city, seem to suffer
from the incurable diseases of
wagging their tail in front of VVIP
culture be it a heinous criminal.
For example, the recently infamous
Bikaru incident had exposed the
same incurable diseases wherein
the station in-charge was more
close to the criminal Vikas Dubey
than his own department, result
of which was in front of everyone.
The police station in-charge seems
to be working in the opposite
direction, despite recently nabbing
the history-sheeter present at
the birthday party of the ruling
party, a crowd of leaders rescued
him from the custody of the
police while the police were seen
pleading in front of the leaders for
their duty.Ignoring their duty and
responsibility, some police station
in-charges appear to be on the
backfoot be it a case of naming
criminals in a case or slapping
strong sections against them in
a case.Sources informed that in
such a situation that such cops
are under the scanner of Police
Commissioner and soon some
police station in-charges could face
the music for their careless and
arrogant style of working.
—Sumit Awasthi
‘HAND IN
GLOVE’ COPS
UNDER FIRE
An incident of rape of a girl
has come to light wherein a
teenager who had gone to meet
her lover was raped by two
youths. At the same time, the
victim girl alleged that the police
got the complaint changed by
pressurising her and pleaded
for action against the culprits
at Kotwali. Her lover was made
an accused in the case and sent
to jail. The video of the victim
exposing the action of the police
has gone viral due to which the
police is once again at receiving
end. The case occurred under
Unchahar Kotwali area of Raebareli
district. As per reports, the victim
girl had gone to meet her lover
near the canal in her village on
Tuesday evening. However, youths
playing cricket in a nearby field
saw her and approached her. They
assaulted her lover and drove him
away while two of the four youths
raped the girl. On returning home
in the night the girl narrated the
incident to her mother who took
her to Kotwali on Wednesday. The
police sent the victim’s lover to
jail on charges of rape. Shocked
by this action of police, the victim
shared her pain with the media.
The victim said that action should
be taken against the four boys who
assaulted her boyfriend of which
two raped her. —First India Bureau
Kanpur road accident death toll climbs to 17
Sumit Awasthi
Kanpur: The death toll
in the head-on collision
between a double-deck-
er bus and a loader fer-
rying factory workers
on the Kanpur-Alla-
habad highway has
climbed to 17, officials
said on Wednesday
. Dis-
trict Magistrate Alok
Tiwari said a probe has
been ordered into the ac-
cident that took place on
Tuesday night. Sub Di-
visional Officer (Sadar),
Deepak Kumar Pal, and
Circle Officer (Sadar),
Rishikesh Yadav, have
been asked to inquire
into the incident and
submit the findings
within 24 hours, Tiwari
said Superintendent of
Police, Kanpur Outer,
Ashtbhuja P Singh, said
eight of the injured are
being treated at the Lala
LajpatRaihospitalhere.
Those with minor inju-
ries were discharged af-
ter first aid. The Delhi-
bound bus collided with
the the loader ferrying
16 biscuit factory work-
ers at Kisan Nagar, the
SP said. While 10 people
died on the spot, seven
succumbed to injuries
while being taken to
hospital or during treat-
ment, the SP said. Over
70 bus passengers had
sustained minor inju-
ries, he added.
President Ram Nath
Kovind expressed his
condolences.
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi and Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath also
expressed grief at the
loss of lives in the ac-
cident. Modi had an-
nounced an ex-gratia of
Rs 2 lakh each from the
Prime Minister’s Na-
tional Relief Fund for
the next of kin the de-
ceased.
Chief Minister Adi-
tyanath had also an-
nounced an ex-gratia
amount of Rs 2 lakh
each to the next of kin
of the deceased and or-
dered an inquiry into
the incident. —PTI
Janardan Misra
Agra: After political
stir on alleged death of
22 patients due to short-
age of oxygen, district
administration has or-
dered to seal the hospi-
tal premises after regis-
tering case against the
owners under Epidemic
Diseases act.
Speaking with first
India Botre Rohan
Pramod, SP city con-
firmed that sealing pro-
cess was underway as
about 55 patients will be
shifted to other hospi-
tals. “The orders were
issued on Tuesday even-
ing and sealing process
was underway” he un-
derlined.
District magistrate
Prabhu N Singh said
that death of 22 patients
due to shortage of oxy-
gen was baseless. He
claimed that not a sin-
gle death was caused
due to shortage of oxy-
gen. Panic was trig-
gered in public due to
the viral video and ac-
tions were taken
against the hospital
management under Ep-
idemic diseases act for
that, he pointed out.DM
said that 149 oxygen
cylinders were provid-
ed to Paras hospital on
April 26 while 121 cylin-
ders were given on
April 27 and 117 cylin-
ders on April 28. Also,
hospital had 16 cylin-
ders in reserve so short-
age of oxygen was out
of box.
Meanwhile hospital
management has
claimed that there was
no mock drill of block-
ing of oxygen supply.
They have released
data of deceased pa-
tients on April 27 and
27 but some persons
have came forward who
lost their dear ones
during those dates.
Ashok Chawla, local
resident said that hos-
pital management had
informed that oxygen
supply was over on
April 26 at around 1705
hrs. He had tweeted
about the situation to
DM, chief minister and
prime minister. He said
his father and daugh-
ter-in-law of his broth-
er were admitted in the
hospital and his father
collapsed due to short-
age of oxygen after
half an hour.
AGRA MOCK-DRILL FIASCO
CHAIN OF EVENTS INQUIRY COMMITTEE
The matter came into light after a
video clip went viral on social media
in which the owner of the Paras
hospital was purportedly heard say-
ing that he conducted a “mock drill”
in which oxygen supply was cut off
for Covid patients for five minutes.
It was reported that four videos were
viral on social media where hospi-
tal owner Arinjay Jain were saying
that 22 patients were died in mock
drill conducted by hospital on his
instructions. About 96 patients were
admitted in hospital that time.
The Agra administration has set
a two-member inquiry commit-
tee to investigate allegations.
The committee has been asked
to submit its report in two
days.Earlier, Paras hospital
was sealed last year, in the first
lockdown for anomalies and
patients had to be shifted to the
Saifai hospital. The state gov-
ernment has already ordered
a magisterial inquiry into the
allegations.
POLITICAL SLUGFEST
CAPACITY: 52, PASSENGERS: 115
However, leaders of
various opposition par-
ties, including Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra, have
demanded firm action
against the hospital.
Tagging media reports
on the incident, Gandhi
tweeted, “Amidst
severe shortage of
oxygen, the Uttar
Pradesh government
kept on saying ‘there
is no shortage’. People
across the state strug-
gled and lost their lives.
The administration in
Agra is also saying
‘there was no short-
age of oxygen’.”Earlier
on Tuesday evening,
Congress workers also
raised slogans at the
hospital gate demand-
ing the arrest of the
owners. The hospital
management has been
at pains to explain the
content of the viral
video, but the public
ire and the backlog
of pent-up emotions
of victims against the
medical fraternity, in
general, has raised the
pitch so high that the
so-called “friendly”
sources in the ruling
party and administra-
tion of the hospital
owners have backed
out this time.
FIR was registered against
him(owner of Paras Hospi-
tal). Hospital was sealed im-
mediately. Patients were
shifted to other hospitals,
new admissions are closed.
They’ve been served notice re-
garding suspension of their
license. Further action will be
taken after their reply.
—Prabhu N Singh,
Agra DM
Serious facts regarding the accident on the
Kanpur-Allahabad of Tuesday night have
been revealed. It is being alleged that the
driver and the conductor of the bus involved
in the accident were both drunk even before
the journey started and the bus with a
maximum capacity of 52 people was carry-
ing 115 people, majorly laborers returning
to work as the lockdown was relaxed in the
state. It was not only the bus that was over-
crowded, the auto-rickshaw which collided
with the bus was coming in the wrong direc-
tion of the highway just to avoid travelling 7
KM was also crammed with passengers. A
total of 18 passengers were present in the
auto-rickshaw against the maximum capac-
ity of 8.The overcrowded bus was being
overtaken by a DCM in on the highway when
the auto which was at a higher speed got
sandwiched between the two big vehicles.
The crashing of the auto caused the bus to
lose control and fall into ditch.
Family members mourn on Wednesdy after around 17 factory workers died in a road accident.
Lifer moves
Supreme
Court
First India Bureau
Lucknow: An ap-
peal by a man
(Ashok Kumar
Jain), sentenced
to life under Sec-
tion 302 of Indian
Penal Code for
killing his wife,
has challenged
this order before
the Supreme
Court. The bench
of Justices Indira
Banerjee and M.R.
Shah heard the
appeal on Tues-
day and ordered
that the matter be
listed before an
a p p r o p r i a t e
bench. The case
will be listed in
the week starting
July 12.
THE UNENDING AGONY...
The surviving passengers of the ill-ftaed bus now
wait to go home, the administration has swung
into action against the travel agents charging as
much as Rs.6000 from them and is taking action
against them. However, the plight of these people
is tragic where they are being treated as guilty
instead of victims. They just want to go home
and a sensitive Admn must hear!
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2NDFRONT
Finally, ‘pained’ Jitin ditches Cong, joins BJP
EyeingUP,JD(U)-VIP-HAMgointohuddle
Shishir Awasthi
Lucknow: Congress
party struggling in re-
gaining its is lost base
in Uttar Pradesh suf-
fered a major setback
with its senior leader
Jitin Prasada, who was
recognised as Con-
gress’s big Brahmin
facewitha spotless
career joined the
BJP
.
Jitin Prasada’s
pain was that the
Congress was
not able to use
him the way it
should have had.
Jitin had been
struggling within
the Congress for the
past few years. Even be-
fore this, during Lok
Sabha polls 2019, he had
hinted on leaving the
party but was persuad-
ed by senior party lead-
er for not doing so.
Speaking his painful
experience during his
stay in Congress while
joining BJP on Wednes-
day, Prasada said – If
you cannot help people
while in politics, then
what is the use of
staung in politics. It is
believed that BJP will
now project Jitin as a
big Brahmin face in UP
.
CM Yogi Adityanath
has welcomed Jitin
Prasada’s joining BJP.
The CM has tweeted
that with the arrival of
Jitin Prasada, BJP will
get strength in the
state. CM Yogi tweeted,
‘WelcomeJitinPrasada
on leaving Congress
and joining the larger
family of BJP
. The join-
ing of Jitin Prasada ji
in the BJP will definite-
ly strengthen the party
in UP
.”
Jitin may get
important position
It is clear from this
statement of CM that
Jitin Prasada is going
to have an important
role in UP in the com-
ing days. After such
tweets of CM Yogi,
speculations are rife
that Prasad could be
sent to Legislative
Council. Highly placed
sources in the party in-
formed that apart from
this, he can be given a
bigpostintheorganisa-
tion at UP BJP or even
at the national level.
Leaders like Dinesh
Sharma and Brijesh
Pathak are already pre-
sent in the BJP
. In such
a situation, the ques-
tion is what is the work
of Jitin after the pres-
ence of these big Brah-
min faces in BJP
. Politi-
cal analysts say that
these two leaders could
not establish them-
selves in national level
politics. Dinesh Shar-
ma does not have that
much ground base,
while the image of
Brijesh Pathak coming
from BSP has not been
washed away yet.
Jitin’s home district is
S h a h j a h a n p u r ,
Dhaurhara and Lakh-
impur. In this Terai belt
from Bareilly to Pilib-
hit, Lakhimpur, Bahra-
ich, Shahjahanpur,
Prasad is recognized as
a eminent Brahmin
leader. In such a situa-
tion, Jitin Prasada can
prove to be a big leader
in Central UP
.
Congress president
Ajay Lallu dubbed
Prasada a “betrayer”
and lamented that he
jumpedshipdespitethe
party providing him
multiple opportunities
including his recent
key West Bengal role.
In 2004, Jitin contest-
ed and won the first
Lok Sabha election
from his home district
Shahjahanpur. He was
the Minister of State
for Steel in the Con-
gress Government.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Assem-
bly elections in Uttar
Pradesh might be next
year but the political
parties in the state have
been already making
strategies for some time
now. Parties have been
analyzing who has the
best chances to win,
with whom will alliance
to be made. These as-
pects of the election
will soon be revealed in
the coming months.
JD (U), VIP and HAM
whose alliance is cur-
rently heading the
neighbouring state of
Bihar is also eyeing to
jump into the political
ring in UP
. What is to be
seen is if these parties
will form an alliance or
try some other strategy
.
Seculations are rife
in the state that if BJP
were to give chance to
JD (U), VIP, HUM, then
they could fight the
elections together but if
the BJP does not coop-
erate, then JDU, VIP
and HAM can form an
alliance among them-
selves and fight the elec-
tions. The Vikassheel
Insaan Party (VIP) has
already been trying to
strategize to win over
the 14% Nishad com-
munity in UP. The VIP
this time around seems
like it is determined to
win some seats in the
state. The thinktank of
the party know that for
the party to move for-
ward, it will have to
spread its existence out-
side of Bihar too. The
party’s national presi-
dent and minister in the
Bihar government,
Mukesh Sahni, is busy
meeting people from
different cities.
On the other hand,
the speculations of
these parties jumping
to fray has opposition
party talking with
RJD saying that HAM,
VIP and JDU are not
doing well with BJP.
Congress also has
termed this scenario
as an internal matter
of NDA which has
arisen due to lack of
coordination between
the two parties.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: After Con-
gress leader Jitin Pras-
ada joined BJP, another
Congress rebel MLA
Aditi Singh has said
that she will soon de-
cide which party to join
and contest the upcom-
ing Assembly elections.
Aditi Singh said that
the gap left by the depar-
ture of Jitin Prasada
will be difficult for the
Congress to fill and the
party’s senior leaders
will have to show their
work in the field.
Singh said that the
Congress party should
introspect why senior
leaders are leaving the
party and that the party
needs to work on the
ground level in UP. She
further added General
Secretary of Congress
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
should take such criti-
cism and work on them.
Aditi Singh said the loss
of Jitin Prasada will be
a big one. The high com-
mand should dig as to
why these senior lead-
ers are leaving. She fur-
ther ramped up her
criticism of the Con-
gress party by calling it
a family party and said
that Prasada will have a
bright future in BJP.
Aditi Singh
Congress should introspect,
says MLA Aditi Singh
Copshootsdeadsonofaccused
`24Cr of Ansari’s
properties attchd
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The CBI
has carried out
searches at 14 loca-
tions in Delhi-NCR,
Lucknow, Secun-
derabad and Kolkata
after registering an
FIR against Oyster
Buildwell Private
Ltd, Avantha group
promoter Gautam
Thaparandothersfor
alleged diversion of
over Rs 466 crore in
Yes Bank during 2017-
19, officials said.
Thapar is already
being probed in an-
other case related to
diversion of public
moneyinYesBankal-
legedly involving the
bank’’s former chief
Rana Kapoor, they
said.TheCBIhasalso
booked directors of
Oyster Buildwell Pvt
Ltd - Raghubir Ku-
mar Sharma, Rajen-
dra Kumar Mangal
and Tapsi Mahajan -
as well as unidenti-
fied executives of
Avantha Realty Pvt
Ltd and Jhabua Pow-
er Ltd. Oyster Build-
well Pvt Ltd (OBPL)
is part of Avantha
group with over 97
percent stake held by
Avantha Realty and
remaining by Thapar
and Vani agencies,
the CBI alleged.
The case has been
registered on a com-
plaint, dated May 27,
2021, from Chief Vigi-
lance Officer of the
Bank Ashish Vinod
Joshi. The CBI has al-
leged the accused
have indulged in a
criminal conspiracy,
cheating and forgery
for diversion of pub-
lic money to the tune
of Rs 466.15 crore.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In a major
action against Mukhtar
Ansari, the UP admin
has attached his prop-
erty worth Rs 24 crore.
Thementionedproperty
in Mau is said to be ille-
gallyownedbythejailed
gangster-MLA.
According to reports,
the property was regis-
tered under the name of
MukhtarAnsari’smoth-
er who had made a will
in name of both her
sons.
Janardan Misra
Lucknow: Police con-
stable Ashish Mishra,
who was deployed for
the security of a murder
convict, shot dead his
son Praveen (38) in Ram
Manohar Lohiya Hospi-
tal premises on Wednes-
day evening.
Addressing the me-
dia,DhruvKantThakur,
commissioner of police
here said “Investiga-
tions were underway
and accused constable
was being interrogated.
Police was searching for
murder weapon and
background of the con-
stable along with motive
of the crime”.
Ashish Mishra, a res-
ident of Badaun dis-
trict, was posted at Sita-
pur police-line. He was
in security duty of mur-
der convict Dhruv Ku-
mar, who was admitted
in RML Hospital. Ash-
ish shot dead Praveen,
son of Dhruv Kumar in
RML Hospital.
Accused constable
said that he had life
threat from Praveen,
son of murder convict.
According to police
Ashish Mishra shot
dead Praveen Singh due
to fear of life and sur-
rendered in police
station.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The state
government on Wednes-
daytransferred three
IAS oficers in a new re-
shuffle in the adminis-
trative posts.
Among the officers,
Udai Bhanu Tripathi
who was the Special
Secretary Secondary
Education, has now
been named as the Spe-
cial Secretary, Urban
Development while
Manoj Kumar II, who
was the Director, Agri-
culture Marketing, has
been named as the Spe-
cial Secretary and Di-
rector, Tourism and fi-
nally Anand Kumar
who was the Special
Secretary
, Medical Edu-
cation has now been
named as the Special
Secretary
, Culture.
These were not the
only new posting effect-
ed by the state govern-
ment as three new
CMOs have also been
announced for Kanpur
Rural, Badaun, Far-
rukhabad. Badaun
CMO Dr Yashpal Singh
has now been appoint-
ed as the Senior Con-
sultant, District Hospi-
tal Amroha and is be-
ing replaced as Badaun
CMO by Dr Vikram
Singh.
According to the
transfer list issued by
the state government,
Dr. Arun Kumar Singh,
who held the post of
ACMO, Kanpur Nagar
has been named as the
CMO, Kanpur Rural
and his position will be
taken by Dr. Shubhra
Singh who is the Chief
Medical Superinten-
dent, District Women’s
Hospital, Kanpur Ru-
ral. Dr. Vandana Singh,
who was posted as CMO
Farrukhabad has now
been named as the
Chief Medical Superin-
tendent, District Wom-
en’s Hospital, Kanpur
Rural and her position
as CMO Farrukhabad
will be occupied by Dr.
Satish Chandra.
RESHUFFLE : Three IAS, CMOs each shifted
The joining of
Jitin Prasada ji
in the Bharatiya
Janata Party
will definitely
strengthen the
party in Uttar
Pradesh
—YOGI ADITYANATH
@myogiadityanath
The entire state
knows the relevance
of a person who
cannot win Assembly and
Lok Sabha election on his
home turf. I am saying
with full confidence that he
won’t get success.
—Ajay Lallu, State Congress President
BJP will now
project Jitin
Prasada as a
Brahmin face in
Uttar Pradesh;
Congress dubs
him as
‘betrayer’
Yes Bank case: CBI
raids in Lko, Delhi
2004 2009 2014 2017 2019
Won Lok
Sabha
elections
Won Lok
Sabha
elections again
Defeated in
Lok Sabha,
comes at
number 4
Loses
Assembly
polls, comes
at number 2
Loses Lok
Sabha, comes
third
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar Jitan Ram Manjhi
HAPPY DAYS AGAIN!
A child can be seen interacting with a peacock at Lucknow zoo on Wednesday as the state
government lifted corona curfew. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
The rainbow after the storm is a
harbinger clue to ‘vision’ of the
Almighty—hope and happiness
after the tribulations.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Police at the crime scene. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR

LUCKNOW, THURSDAY
JUNE 10, 2021
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OF TWO ICONIC STARS
actually watched
Paigham when Sauda-
garwasreleasedin1991,
there was so much hype
about the two iconic
stars Dilip Kumar and
Raaj Kumar starring to-
gether after 32 years.
Paigham gives more than a
glimpseof whyDilipKumarcon-
tinues to rule generations of ac-
tors with his acting abilities,
sense of timing and dialogue de-
livery
. Raaj, who played Dilip’s
elder brother is the perfect foil to
him. I loved the scenes where the
brotherssparoverethics,values,
loyalty
,principlesandmore.Both
of them,trueartistswhomatched
each other note by note with dia-
logue delivery and expressions!
Amazing! Magical!
Vijyantimala was beautiful,
restrained with sparks of flirta-
tious humour as she sparkled on
the screen, the chemistry of this
pair spanned a line of hits as we
all know. I fell in love with the
way she used her eyes to show
love, shyness, jealousy and was
excellent in the dramatic scenes.
The music of Paigham is
nothing to write home about for
me the only song which comes
to my mind now and then is
‘yahi pagham hamara….’ but
the movie is a good watch other-
wise, it manages to walk the fine
line between preachy and ideal-
istic watch and the dialogues
are like music at times with the
fine delivery
.
One of the most unforgettable
scenes is the super cute roman-
tic tease one when led on a story
Vijyantimala confesses her jeal-
ousy and love for Dilip Kumar.
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ETC
magine last night you devel-
oped a little runny nose and
asorethroat.Whenyouwoke
up this morning you started
coughing and had a fever. In
the past year, your mind
would have immediately
jumped to COVID-19. But if you are
already fully vaccinated, you might
wonder: Should I still get tested for
COVID-19?
As an infectious disease physician,
I am often asked this question. The
answer is yes. If you have symptoms
of COVID-19, you should get tested
for COVID-19 even if you are fully
vaccinated. You won’t be at high risk
for hospitalization or severe disease,
but if you are infected you may pass
the virus to an unvaccinated person,
who could then get very sick.
VACCINES WORK BUT AREN’T
100% EFFECTIVE
Researchers have developed some
amazing COVID-19 vaccines over the
past year. The high efficacy of these
vaccines in the closely controlled en-
vironment of clinical trials matches
their effectiveness in real life. The
mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer and
Moderna remain over 90% effective
in preventing hospitalization or
death.
That does not, however, mean that
you have the same degree of protec-
tion from getting infected.
The latest research estimates that
the mRNA vaccines offer 70% to 85%
protection from getting infected at all.
It’s impossible to know whether a per-
son is fully protected or could still
develop a mild case if exposed to
the coronavirus.
If youdidhappentogetinfected,
youcouldstillspreadthevirus.And
that’swhytestingisstillimportant.
WHAT IS A BREAKTHROUGH
CASE?
When a person gets infected with the
coronavirus after being fully vacci-
nated, this is called a breakthrough
case. Breakthrough cases demon-
strate a basic principle of infectious
disease – whether or not a person gets
infected depends on the balance be-
tween two factors: intensity of expo-
sure and immune competence.
Intensityof exposurerelatestohow
closeanuninfectedpersonistoahigh-
lyinfectiousindividualspewingvirus
while talking and how long the two
peo-
ple are
in contact.
I m m u n e
competence relates
to the body’s inherent protection
againstCOVID-19.Unvaccinatedindi-
viduals who’ve never been infected
with the coronavirus
have no protection
– this is a complete-
lynewvirusafter
all – while fully
va c c i n at e d
peoplewillbe
much more
protected.
According
to the CDC,
as of April
30, 2021,
there had
been a total of
10,262 known
SARS-CoV-2 vac-
cine breakthrough
infections in US
states and territo-
ries. These are usually
asymptomatic or only mildly
symptomatic cases, and most
don’t result in hospitalization. Break-
through cases will continue to occur,
and though these people are less like-
ly to spread the coronavirus to others
than are unvaccinated individuals,
they still probably can.
And what about the SARS-CoV-2
variants?Well,theworldhasbeenfor-
tunate that the mRNA vaccines in
particular afford significant protec-
tion against all major variants that
have emerged so far. But it is entirely
possible that at some point a corona-
virus strain could mutate and par-
tially or fully escape the protection
from vaccines. This is yet another
good reason to get tested if you are
feeling sick.
As vaccination rates rise and dai-
ly case counts fall in the US and
other countries, it is also important
to keep a close eye on the coronavi-
rus. COVID-19 testing allows offi-
cials to keep track of how much vi-
rus is in a community, and positive
test results can help people quaran-
tine before unknowingly spreading
the virus to others. So, yes, please
get tested if you have concerning
symptoms, even if you are fully vac-
cinated.
ARIF R SARWARI
Physician,Associate Professor of Infectious
Diseases, Chair of Department of Medicine,
West Virginia University
I’M FULLY VACCINATED BUT
FEEL SICK – SHOULD I GET
TESTED FOR COVID-19?
Some people can still get sick after
getting vaccinated for COVID-19.
When a person gets fully vaccinated for
novel coronavirus and still gets infected,
it is termed a ‘breakthrough case’.
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J
e n n i f e r
Lopez and
Ben Af-
fleck have
sent not just
their respective
fans into a tizzy,
but the paparaz-
zi too. After a
brief reunion
last month, the
former lovers
were snapped hanging out
and taking trips. Jennifer,
who called off her engage-
ment with Alex Rodriguez
a few months ago, has been
based in Miami for quite
sometime. Whereas, Ben
Affleck is based in Los
Angeles for the sake of
his children and work. Last week,
several reports had stated that
the JLo and Ben are planning
to make the long distance
work. —Agency
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hile Aditya Roy
Kapoor and Vicky
Kaushalareamong
the top ten most de-
sirable me. The
Times 50 Most De-
sirable Women
2020 list features women un-
der 40 from across various
fields and puts the spotlight
on the young and new breed
with immense talent and
beauty. The ranking is based
on votes cast in an online poll.
While Rhea Chakraborty tops
the list, Jaipur’s very own,
Ruhi Singh, has entered the
list with 9th position. Ruhi
who was crowned as the the
1st runner up in Femina Miss
India-2011, was last seen in
Runaway Lugaai portraying
the role of Bulbul in the se-
ries. In the last year, Rhea
was one of the most-talked-
about people – but not for a
reason she would’ve ever im-
agined for. She found
herself cast in a ter-
rifying role off-
screen – one that
she never asked
for, and one that
was forcibly
thrust upon her.
—City First
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MostDesirable
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WOMEN
Glorious Purpose
T
he much-awaited series ‘Loki’
surfaced on the online plat-
form yesterday noon, and fans
couldn’t help but gush about
the series. The first episode of the
series opened with a scene from
Avengers where Loki escaped with
Tesseract. While some fans expected
more from the first episode and yet it
is just a beginning plot that might ac-
company further surprises. Loki is
seen transferred into another world
which he seemingly wishes to con-
quer with his power, but, before he
could attempt to do that, he is arrest-
ed by the Time Variance Authority
(TVA), what is more surprising is
that his magical powers aren’t effec-
tive anymore. A much of suspense
revolves around the existence of
TVA, a supreme power above all that
manages the flow of time. While he
is being ordered to be ‘reset’ by the
authorities, Agent Mobius sees hope
in him. As soon as he is aware of
Loki’s capture, he immediately re-
quests the authorities to cancel his
final execution. The fans also antici-
pated the presence of any other char-
acter from the world of Avengers,
and, yet, the audience is thrilled to
have Loki back on screen.
S
inger, drummer
and founder of
Overload music
band Farhad
Humayun passed away
in Lahore. He was 42.
The exact reason for his
death could not be
known; however, it was
learnt that he had a
brain tumour and had
already undergone two
major surgeries. After
hearing about Farhad’s
demise, singer Atif
Aslam took to Twitter
to pay his condolences.
“Thank you, Fadi, for
giving us great music,
good times. —Agency
SAD DEMISE!
P
r i y a n k a
Chopra took
to her so-
cial media
platforms to cele-
brate the ongoing Pride
Month. With the help of a
video, The Sky is Pink actor sent
out an inspirational message on
love. Every year, the month of
June is celebrated as Pride
Month all over the world. In her
caption, Priyanka asked her
followers to share their love
stories with her. She wrote,
“Love is…Take a video shar-
ing what love means to YOU
and tag me so I can see!
#HappyPrideMonth.” A
sun-kissed Priyanka
Chopra appears at the start
of the video and says,
“Love is powerful. —Agency
O
n Sonam Kapoor’s 36th
birthday
, the most ador-
able birthday greeting
arrived from her dad
Anil Kapoor. He took a trip
down memory lane and com-
piled some of his favourite
dad memories from Sonam’s
childhood. Anil Kapoor’s
message to Sonam will indeed
make you go aww: “To the girl
who chases her dreams and
follows her heart... Sonam,
watching you grow every
day has been a dream
come true as a parent. I
surely got lucky with the
best kids. You’re strong
when you need to be,
kind without fail
and always evolv-
ing. You have a
way of infusing a bit
of you in everything and
it’s one of my favourite things
about you,” he wrote.
The Kapoors always celebrate
birthdays and anniversaries to-
gether at their Mumbai residence,
we know this from the photos they
share. But this time, Sonam is away
from her family on her birthday - she
and Anand are currently in London
and couldn’t fly back because of the
pandemic situation. In his post, Anil
Kapoor wrote that he missed them
very much. —Agency
W
ith the hypnotic, extraterrestrial MV for
their latest single Higher Power, Cold-
play is neck deep working on their high-
ly-anticipated ninth studio album.
When it comes to collaborations in their new al-
bum, Chris Martin kept mum in a recent interview
with PopCrush but excitedly didn’t rule out the
possibility of a future collaboration with BTS,
something which Coldplay fans and ARMY are
anxiously waiting for. Showering praises upon
BTS; who recently gifted the world with a gorgeous
cover of Coldplay’s classic tune Fix You on MTV
Unplugged, and disclosing why he truly admires
the beloved South Korean boy group, Chris shared,
“When it comes to BTS, I just have nothing but love
and respect for them. All seven guys, I think
they’re just cool. —Agency
Collaboration
It’s a wrap-up!
T
he Tribeca Film Festival is
wrapping up in the coming
days, but until then, we
have the list of winners for
this year’s competition catego-
ries. 9Dean, written by, starring,
and directed by Demetri Mar-
tin, took home the top prize in
narrative features, while Do
Not Resist, about the increas-
ing militarization of the U.S.
police force, won for documen-
taries. Udi Aloni’s Junction 48,
which follows a Palestinian rap-
per, won Best International Nar-
rative Feature. Here’s the list of
winners, all of whom are hum-
ming that part of “Empire State of
Mind” where Jay Z name-checks
Tribeca and Robert De Niro right
now. —Agency
BENNIFER
HAPPY B’DAY!
HAPPY PRIDE
HAPPY PRIDE
MONTH!
MONTH!
V
eteran actor
Dilip Kumar
is ‘stable’ as
he continues
to be in the hospital
after complaining of
breathlessness on
Sunday
. The 98-year-
old actor is on oxy-
gen support, and
‘not on ventilator’ as
reported by some
publications, a new
update on his Twit-
ter handle said on
Wednesday
. —Agency
STABILITY
perceives
SUSHMITA AIND
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
Ruhi Singh
Rhea Chakraborty
Shriya Pilgaonkar
Shreya Chaudhary
Anupriya Goenka
Adline Castelino
A still from the series
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Sonam Kapoor Ahuja
Tribeca Film Festival
Late Farhad Humayun
Dilip Kumar
...his post
BTS
DIRECTOR
Kate Herron
CAST CREW
Tom Hiddleston, Owen
Wilson, Wunmi
Mosaku, etc.
LOKI
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