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The country’s cleanest city,
Indore on Wednesday has
now been declared India’s
first Water Plus city. This
feat has strengthened the
state’s commercial capital’s
chances of securing clean-
est city tag for the fifth time
in a row. At least for now, In-
dore chances of securing 7
Star City Rating under
Garbage Free Cities, a cate-
gory of Swachh Survek-
shan 2021, have brightened.
CM Shivraj Singh
Chouhan congratulated In-
doreans for the achieve-
ment adding that Indore
has set an example for other
cities. “Heartiest congratu-
lations to the citizens of In-
dore as it becomes the first
SBM (Swachh Bharat Mis-
sion) Water+ certified city
under #SwachhSurvek-
shan2021. Indore has been
an example for the whole
nation for its determination
and dedication towards
cleanliness. May it continue
to bring glory to the state,”
CM said in a tweet. A city
can be declared as Water
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Plus provided all waste-
water released from house-
holds, commercial estab-
lishments, drains, nullahs
etc is treated to a satisfacto-
ry level (as per CPCB
norms), before releasing
the treated wastewater to
the environment. Further,
adequate capacity of waste-
water and sewage treat-
ment facilities is to be en-
sured. The infrastructure
should be maintained prop-
erly and cost recovery is en-
sured through reuse/recy-
cling of treated wastewater
to ensure sustainability.
A team of experts who had
carried out an inspection in
the city last month had found
that nalluh tapping had been
done to ensure that waste-
water released from various
sources are not going into
Kanh and Saraswati rivers.
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nelized towards sewerage
treatment plant. STP treats
water is then released into
Kahn and Saraswati
rivers. The treated water is
also used in gardens and
for irrigation purpose in
the city.
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Nariman to sit on
CJI's bench on
his last day
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At least ten people were killed and be-
tween 30 and 40, including women
and children, were feared buried un-
der debris after a landslide trapped a
bus and other vehicles in Himachal
Pradesh's Kinnaur district around
noon yesterday. Deputy Commission-
er, Kinnaur, Abid Hussain Sadiq, said
that ten bodies had been recovered
Bizman held with
15 live bullets at
Modi’s search for
Naxal carrying OLYMPIANS TO BE
Rs 8 lakh award FELICITATED TODAY
held in Balaghat
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A most-wanted Naxal car-
rying cash reward of Rs 8
lakh was arrested after a
brief encounter with secu-
rity forces in Balaghat, said
the police. He was wanted
in connection with 22 cases
registered with various po-
lice stations of MP and ad-
joining Chhattisgarh.
Home minister Narottam
Mishra briefed reporters
about the arrest on Wednes-
day.
Around 18 cases were reg-
istered against Sandeep
from under the rubble and rescue op- on board, a Tata Sumo, and a few other aka Lakkhu Kunjam (25) in
eration was under way to locate sev- vehicles were trapped under the debris. the state. He was a member
eral others trapped. HRTC bus driver Mahinder Pal was res- of Khatiya Mocha area
State Disaster Management Direc- cued. SHO of Bhawanagar said around committee and had reached
tor Sudesh Kumar Mokhta said the 30 to 40 people were trapped under the Jairasi village under Birsa
landslide and shooting stones oc- debris. Among the dead were 5 women police station to kill a po-
curred at Chaura village under and a child. Of the deceased, two have lice informer, said the cops.
Nugul Sari on the Reckong Peo-Shim- been identified as Rohit Kumar (25) of The police had been tipped
la Highway. A Himachal Road Trans- Kaiya village in Rampur in Shimla dis- off about presence of 22
port Corporation (HRTC) bus, which trict, and Vijay Kumar (32) of Jhol vil- Naxals of Khatiya Mocha
was on its way from Reckong Peo to lage in Sujanpur in Hamirpur district, Dalam in and around the
Haridwar via Shimla with 25 people Mokhta said. ������������ village. ������������
CM convenes
meeting on
NCL, MP to promote
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Players from Madhya
Pradesh, who participated
in the Tokyo Olympics, will
return home on Thursday.
Director, Sports and
Youth Welfare, Pawan Jain
said, “Chief Minister Shiv-
raj Singh Chouhan will fe-
licitate bronze medalist
hockey players Vivek
Sagar Prasad and Nilakan-
tha Sharma, their coach
Shivendra Singh and
young shooter Aishwarya ey Academy and was a part
Pratap Singh Tomar at an of Bronze medal winning
event organised at Minto team, will also receive the
Hall in the state capital.” same amount.
Sports minister Yashod- Apart from the
hara Raje Scindia and Olympians, government
Chief Secretary Iqbal would also honour para-
Singh Bains would also ac- lympics heroes from the
company Chouhan. state during the event.
Midfielder Vivek Sagar Prachi Yadav, the only
Prasad, who hails from para canoeist from India to
Chandoun village in participate in the Tokyo
Hoshangabad district, will Paralympics, would be fe-
receive Rs 1 crore during licitated along with high
the event, as per officials. jumper Sharad Kumar.
Nilakantha Sharma, who Yadav hails from Gwalior
trained at MP Men’s Hock- and has trained in MP.
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Session curtailed
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Three new Covid
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Fifteen live bullets were
seized from a Jabalpur
businessman at Raja Bhoj
airport on Wednesday. The
bullets were found in his
luggage.
He had allegedly brought
the bullets from Jabalpur.
As the incident, happened a
few days ahead of Inde-
pendence Day, the recovery
caused an alarm at the air-
port. Security agencies
were shocked to find that
the man had travelled all
the way from Jabalpur to
Bhopal in train without the
bullets being detected.
Gandhi Nagar police said
that that the businessman,
identified as Ajay Khandelw-
al, had reached Bhopal on
Wednesday morning and was
about to board Ahmedabad-
bound Indigo flight, when the
bullets were detected during
security check-in.
Following detection, CISF
detained Khandelwal and
handed him over to Gandhi
Nagar police. The accused
was booked under sections of
the Arms Act. Gandhi Nagar
SHO Arun Sharma said
Khandelwal said that he
owned a gun and had applied
for licence renewal. He was
headed to Ahmadabad for
kidney treatment.
top 3 leaders in
poll-bound states
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Prime Minister Narendra
Modi has asked the voters to
name the top three BJP
leaders in five states due for
the Assembly elections next
year -- UP, Uttarakhand,
Goa, Gujarat and Punjab --
in a survey launched on his
official Narendra Modi App
(NaMoApp) that he alone
can access. The idea is to
choose one from the three
leaders getting the highest
votes as the chief minister
on the party winning the
elections, a BJP source said.
The exercise will render
ineffective the present
practice of the MLAs of
the party winning the elec-
tion selecting the chief
minister, as people will se-
lect one as done in many
countries having the presi-
dential system of elections.
The app also conducts a
survey in 5 states, urging
the voters to share their
opinion on a host of ques-
tions clubbed under five
heads that show that Modi
thinks the people will vote
uppermost on how the BJP
governments in four of the
five states handled the pan-
demic. The first question
Industry needs to
increase risk taking
appetite, says PM
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asks: Which of the following
issues will be important con-
siderations while voting in
the next Assembly elections
in your state? The options
are: Govt's handling of
Covid-19, education, law &
order, employment, cleanli-
ness, price rise, corruption,
farmer welfare, Art 370, con-
struction of Ram Temple,
Triple Talaq, electricity and
roads and infrastructure.
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Chief Minister Shivraj
Singh Chouhan has called a
meeting of other backward
class (OBC) leaders at state
secretariat on Thursday
over raising the quota from
Parl passes amendment
Bill on OBC list
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existing 14% to 27%.
The meeting follows Tues-
day ruckus by Congress in
Assembly, forcing Speaker
Girish Gautam to adjourn
the House sine die curtailing
four-day Monsoon Session by
two days. Further strategy of
the government and pro-
grammes would be decided in
the meeting, as per informa-
tion. The Treasury benches
and Opposition traded charges
on the issue in the state
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tourism circuit
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Coal India arm NCL on
Wednesday said it has col-
laborated with Madhya
Pradesh Tourism Board to
promote and boost Sin-
grauli eco-tourism circuit,
giving thrust to mine
tourism under sustainable
development initiatives.
The collaboration will fa-
cilitate the development of
eco-mine tourism and eco-
parks which will also gen-
erate employment and
business opportunities for
the locals.
"Northern Coalfields Ltd
(NCL) has collaborated
with Madhya Pradesh
Tourism Board through a
Memorandum of Under-
standing (MoU) on Wednes-
day.." the company said in a
statement.
Joining the ceremony,
NCL CMD P K Sinha reaf-
Shardul out of
Lord’s Test
T he Indian team manage-
ment announced on the
eve of the 2nd Test against
England at the Lord's that
Shardul Thakur was not
available for selection due to
hamstring injury. Virat Kohli
said the bowler should be
firmed his commitment of
sustainable development of
the Singrauli region with
uninterrupted coal supply
to the nation.
He extended his full sup-
port to MP tourism for de-
velopment of Singrauli
eco-tourism circuit, which
will be a major milestone
in the upliftment of the far
eastern district of the
state.
This initiative will ex-
plore a new tourism circuit
in Madhya Pradesh having
beauty mining, wildlife,
cultural heritage and ad-
venture. This will also fos-
ter mine tourism entailing
the importance of Sin-
grauli as 'Energy Capital of
India'. NCL-IIT (BHU) Incu-
bation Centre will facili-
tate research, gather infor-
mation, design and operate
the tour plans for incoming
tourists.
Court nod to IAS
couple for divorce
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IAS couple and UPSC top-
pers of 2015, Tina Dhabi
and Athar Amir, who cap-
asks collector to
stop name transfer
in such cases
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Indore Municipal Commis-
sioner Pratibha Pal has
written a letter to Indore
collector on Wednesday
asking him to halt transfer
of names in cases where
the agricultural land is sold
in parts by their owners.
She said in the letter that
the land owners are selling
the agricultural land in
parts and the buyers are
getting permission under
several schemes from IMC
and other concerned de-
partments and developing
colonies over there without
having proper road connec-
tivity and drainage sys-
tems. She stated in the let-
ter that because of such is-
sues several colonies are
being declared illegal.

Is ‘curry’ racist? The world debates

available for the third Test.
In the first Test, India went
in with four seamers and
lone spinner in Jadeja. A few
eyebrows were raised when R
tured limelight for their re-
spective achievements and
later tying the knot, has fi-
nally managed the nod
from court for legal separa-
while Tina was born in
Bhopal. When Tina became
the topper of UPSC, the

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he food world is
savouring its first big
‘cancel culture’ mo-
ment. When California-
based Instagram influencer
Chaheti Bansal made an
impassioned plea to “cancel
the word curry” on a video
she posted on the social me-
dia platform on August 9,
little could she have known
that it would garner more
than 3.6 million views (and
counting!) as well as cover-
age in newspapers from
London to Perth.
The controversy over the
appropriateness of the use
of the word ‘curry’ as the
blanket term to describe all
Indian dishes is as old as
the hills. Yet, cookbook
writers, from Madhur Jaf-
frey (‘Ultimate Curry
Bible’) to Camelia Panjabi
(‘50 Great Curries of In-
dia’), have used it for want
of a term that covered the
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vast universe of Indian cur-
ries -- from the Kashmiri
Roghan Josh to Kerala's
Meen Moilee.
Bansal, 27, however, has
had enough of it. “There's a
saying that the food in In-
dia changes every 100km
and yet we're still using this
umbrella term popularised
by white people who could-
n't be bothered to learn the
actual names of our dish-
es,” she said in a conversa-
tion with NBC News. “But
we can still unlearn,” she
added.
Food historians have
blamed the “poor ear” (an
evocative expression used
by the American professor
Ilyse Morgenstein Furest in
a report appearing in Sky
News) of British colonials
for the currency that the
word has gained over the
centuries.
The guardians of the Raj,
according to this theory,
popularised the word ‘kari’,
used to describe a spiced
sauce or gravy, as the um-
brella expression it has be-
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Ashwin did not feature in the
playing XI even when he had
played a county game before
the first Test. Regarding Ash-
win replacing Shardul at
Lord’s, Kohli hinted that the
management won't shore up
the batting by bringing in
Ashwin. “The good thing is
Jadeja has got runs in the
first Test. So he will go into
the 2nd game confident.
That makes our batting a
bit deeper, Kohli said
tion.
Both had filed for divorce
on mutual consent in a
family court of Jaipur
around nine months ago.
On Tuesday, the court
granted them permission
for separation.
Both were present in the
court room. The couple got
married in March 2018 and
their love story took the so-
cial media by storm.
Athar is a Kashmiri
same year Athar took the
second position.
During training, Tina
and Athar met in Mus-
soorie and decided to get
married.
Both are officers from Ra-
jasthan cadre.
At present, Tina is serv-
ing the post of joint secre-
tary in the Finance Depart-
ment in Jaipur while Athar
is posted in Jammu and
Kashmir on deputation.
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THURSDAY | AUGUST 12, 2021 | INDORE
BLACK FUNGUS
MAKING A
COMEBACK?
One death four new cases reported
OUR STAFF REPORTER
Indore
A slight increase in cases
of mucormycosis, i.e.
Black Fungus, was seen on
Wednesday as four new pa-
tients were admitted to
Maharaja Yeshwantrao
Hospital while one death
was also reported after 12
days. Earlier, a patient suc-
cumbed to the disease dur-
ing treatment on July 30.
Experts termed it an alert
for people and said that the
cases of Covid and Black
Fungus have come down
but the disease has not
been eradicated so far.
"With four new patients,
the total number of pa-
tients getting treatment in
the hospital reached 78," as
per the daily bulletin re-
leased by MGM Medical
College. However, most of
the patients coming to the
hospitals are from nearby
districts.
The rise in cases has
come at a time when things
were getting comfortable.
The daily cases of Covid-19
had dropped below ten in
the last one month and
only one positive case was
found a couple of days ago.
There was slight relief
Maoist in Nepal being funded
from city, alleges Nepali Council
Indore: Collector Manish
Singh said on Wednesday
that the he has received a
complaint that some people
in Indore are raising money
for Maoists based in Nepal.
The collector said action
would be taken against such
people.
Talking to the media here
on Wednesday after meeting
a delegation of Nepali Cul-
News in Brief
Power company to
appoint 'Vidyut Prahari'
Indore: Power Distribution Company will keep a watch
in such areas where the line loss is 60 per cent or more.
The youth of the local area will be given the responsi-
bility as 'Vidyut Prahari' (Electricity watchdogs).These
youths will stop electricity theft and will try hard to
increase revenue. These youths are being appointed on
the instructions of the state government.
Kshatrani Sangam Club function
Indore: Kshatrani Sangam Club organised Loom
Utsav and Corona Warriors felicitation programme on
Wednesday. Organiser Mala Singh Thakur said that
the club members were present in the event dressed in
traditional dresses of Rajput community. Another
organiser Sapna Singh Rathore said that many com-
petitions were organised in the programme to intro-
duce children and the young generation of the com-
munity with the community's traditions and royalty.
Plantation at trenching ground
Indore: Over 50,000 teak plants are planted at trench-
ing ground on Wednesday by over 300 BSF soldiers
under the IMC drive, 'Har Ghar Ek Pedh'.
CASES OF BLACK FUNGUS IN MY HOSPITAL
1. Total number of admitted cases
2. Number of patients admitted on Tuesday
3. Covid positive cases
4. Post-Covid cases
5. Cases of no Covid history
6. Number of surgeries done on Tuesday
7. Number of surgeries done so far
8. Number of endoscopy done on Tuesday
9. Number of endoscopy done so far
10. Number of patients discharged on Tuesday
11. Number of patients discharged till date
12. Number of deaths due to mucormycosis till date
13. Number of Amphoterecin injections available
I
n all, 78 patients are
being treated in MY
Hospital at present.
Out of these patients,
no patient is
suffering from
Covid-19 while 73
patients were those
who were admitted
post-Covid. Five
patients are those who
didn't have any Covid
history."
— Dean of MGM
Medical College DR
SANJAY DIXIT said
from the cases of mu-
cormycosis (Black Fun-
gus) as the cases dropped
below 80, which were over
200 about one and half
tural Council, Singh said
that the members of the
Council complained that
some people of Nepali ori-
gin were forcibly extorting
money from Nepalis based
in Indore in the name of
Maoists in Nepal, who are
backed by China. Singh said
this was a very serious issue
and he would launch an in-
vestigation in this regard.
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618
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months ago. The cases had
dropped to 1-2 new patients
being admitted daily from
10-12 patients earlier, while
no new patients were ad-
mitted to the hospital for
the last couple of days.
He added that they are
administering ampho-
tericin-B injections to pa-
tients with severity while a
posaconazole tablet is giv-
en to those having mild to
moderate infection.
Meanwhile, HoD of Med-
icine Department Dr VP
Pandey said, "Number of
cases suffering from mu-
cormycosis is decreasing
and it will continue to de-
crease further. However,
people should remain cau-
tious about the cases of
Covid-19 as any negligence
can prove a call for the
third wave."
On-the-run
accused from
Ratlam held
with pistol
Indore: A man from Rat-
lam was arrested by the po-
lice with an illegal pistol in
his possession in the Vijay
Nagar area on Tuesday.
The man is a criminal and
was hiding in the city for a
few days. The accused will
be handed over to the Rat-
lam police.
Vijay Nagar police sta-
tion-in-charge Tahjib Kaji
said that, during night pa-
trolling, a team spotted a
man near the C-21 Mall.
During checking, the po-
lice recovered a country-
made pistol from him. The
accused has been identi-
fied as Kishan, alias Ravi,
of Nayagaon, in Ratlam
district. The accused was
booked under the Arms
Act. He allegedly informed
the police that he had been
booked for attempt to mur-
der in Ratlam a few days
ago and was on the run. He
was hiding in Indore to
evade arrest.
City's tourist sites are a major draw for Mumbai filmmakers
Music album, 'Laagi
Tujhse Lagan', was shot
at Mandav and Jam
Gate recently by a
production house
The shoot had cost the
producers much less
than it would have to
recreate a similar set
for a few minutes
ANAND SHIVRE
Indore
The tourist sites in the city
and nearby are turning
into a major attraction for
filmmakers. A music al-
bum, 'Laagi Tujhse Lagan',
was shot at Mandav and
Jam Gate recently by a pro-
duction house. The song
was shot by Martand Pro-
ductions under the direc-
tion of Abhijit Adhya, who
has won several awards for
his work.
Adhya said he was in
need of a location that has
a mix of greenery and her-
itage for his shoot. He was
20-yr-RI for
rapist uncle
OUR STAFF REPORTER
Indore
A man who raped his two-year-
old niece was sentenced to rig-
orous imprisonment for 20-
years by the local court on
Wednesday.
Special public prosecutor San-
jay Meena said the sentence was
passed by Special Judge (POC-
SO), Savita Singh, against ac-
cused Lakhan.
Giving details of the case,
Meena said, the victim's mother
went to buy chips for her and
when she returned she found
Lakhan in a compromising posi-
tion with the infant.
The victim's mother immedi-
who caught Lakhan. The girl's
after which she was rushed to a
hospital and then the case was
registered by the police.
MAN SENTENCED
FOR STABBING
In another verdict in a stab-
bing case, that took place 10
years ago, the accused Bunty,
the incident was sentenced to
one year imprisonment by Mag-
istrate Class I Yash Kumar
Singh. The case had been regis-
tered at Sanyogitaganj police
station.
Eight-year-old child reunited with parents
OUR STAFF REPORTER
Indore
The staff of a Dial-100 ve-
hicle managed to reunite
an eight-year-old boy with
his parents on Wednesday.
As the boy had lost his way
back home and was crying
in the Bhanwarkuan area,
IMC demolition drive at Bohra Bakhal
Flights for Lucknow and Ahmedabad from Sept 1
Following the end of the
second wave of the Covid-19
pandemic, the flow of air
passengers from the city is
again on an upward swing
OUR STAFF REPORTER
Indore
The city's air travellers are
again going to get a daily
direct flight for Lucknow
from September 1. They
will also get the second
flight for Ahmedabad from
the same date.
Following the end of the
second wave of the Covid-
19 pandemic, the flow of
air passengers from the
city is again on an upward
recommended by a few
people he knew to visit In-
dore and Mandu to recce
the locations. He visited
the places and found them
Act now! Online window for
UG admissions closes today
OUR STAFF REPORTER
Indore
If you wish to pursue a convention-
al undergraduate course and have
not applied for centralised online
admission counselling yet, you
should act immediately! The online
registration window for the first
round of counselling is going to
close on Thursday.
However, if you miss the registra-
tion process due to some unfore-
seen reason, do not panic. You still day. Students should not expect any shut at 11.50 pm on Wednesday
will have two more rounds of coun- extension in the deadline, he added. night. The National Testing
selling. One will be online and an-
other college-level counselling.
B.Ed seat allocations tomorrow Agency closed the window, making
it clear that no more extension in
And, if you do not want to test you Allocations of seats in teachers' the deadline of CET would be giv-
luck for admission in your favourite education courses would be made en. Initially, the deadline for CET
course due to tough competition in on Friday. Registrations in cours- registration was August 9, but a
the online admission coun- es, including B.Ed, M.Ed, two-day extension was granted on
selling, walk into col- BPEd, and MPEd the demand of students. Accord-
leges with minority insti-
tute status and book a Race for were done from Au-
gust 1 to August 5.
ing to sources, around 20,000 stu-
dents registered for CET. It was
seat for yourself.
Admission to colleges ADMISSION However, the regis-
trations were the
not known if all of them submit-
ted the registration fee. "The exact
in the state is done in the first round of coun- figure for CET registration will be
selling. Two more rounds known on Thursday morning,"
Colleges with minority insti- will be held. Silawat said said Kanhiya Ahuja, coordinator,
tute status can admit in the of- that nearly 50 per cent of the CET-19.
fline mode, whereas regular col- seats will be filled in the B.Ed and CET is a national-level entrance
leges have to participate in online M.Ed colleges in the first round of exam conducted by DAVV for ad-
counselling for admissions. counselling. The remaining seats mission to self-finance courses.
Indore additional director (higher will be filled in the next two Admissions to as many as 41
education) Dr Suresh Silawat said rounds of counselling. courses of DAVV will be granted
that the registration window for on-
line admission counselling for the
CET registrations window shut through CET. For the first time,
the registration figure reached
BA, B.Com, B.Sc, B.Sc, BA-LLB and The registration window for the the 20,000 mark against 2,515 va-
LLB courses was closing on Thurs- Common Entrance Test of DAVV cant seats.
DIAL 100 TO THE RESCUE
the residents informed the dra Singh and Pilot Arjun Later, the police noticed a parents.
state-level police control- reached the place and took mobile number written on The family members
room. the child into their custody. the child's hand. When the thanked the policemen
A caller informed the of- The policemen started policemen dialled the num- profusely and said they
ficials at the control-room searching for his parents ber, they got information had been searching for
that a child was found cry- in the area,but they could about the child's parents. their child in the area. The
ing near IT Park and he not find them as the child Later, the police reached child had wandered far
was unable to give any in- was unable to give any in- his house in Indresh Na- away from his place while
formation about his par- formation about his par- gar, in Musakhedi, and he was playing and had
ents. Constable Raghven- ents. handed him over to his lost his way back home.
Demand to restart train
between Mhow & Indore
MHOW (FPNS) should be no more than Rs
There is a demand to
10.
Sangh members said
restart the DEMU train be- they have requested the
tween Mhow and Indore as
hundreds of people who
Western Railway to restart
the train, but the pleas
used it daily are facing ma- have fallen to deaf ears.
jor problems. The train However, they have restart-
used to start from Mhow at ed the Mhow-Bhilwara and
9 am and return to Mhow Mhow-Ratlam trains.
from Indore at 6 pm and of- Sangh members said that
ficer-goers, traders, stu- the work on the tracks be-
dents and even daily-wage tween Mhow and Mhow-
labourers used it. The gaon and the construction
depart from the city at train has been stopped for of platforms number 3 and
11.30 am and land at Luc- the past 17 months due to 4 are going at a very slow
know at 13.35 pm. The re- rising cases of coron- pace as a result of which
turn flight 6E-7184 Luc-
know-Indore will depart
avirus.
Indore Mhow Rail Yatri
very few trains are run-
ning from Mhow. Sangh
from the City of Nawabs at Sangh and other associa- member Dholi said the
18.10 pm and land here at tion who have made the de- Mhow to Ratlam-
20.16 pm.
On the other hand, fliers
mand have argued that
since the Heritage train,
Neemuch-Chittor-Ujjain
tracks can also be used for
swing. So, the airlines are will get a second flight for between Mhow and the DEMU train, so the
also gearing up to resume Ahmedabad from Septem- Kalakund has been restart- project has been stagnat-
flights operation for the ber 1. TruJet is rolling-out ed from August 5, there is ing for the two years. Also
cities to which they had the flight. Currently Indi- no reason why the Western the Mhow-Khandwa line
suspended operations ow- Go is operating one flight Railway cannot restart the has still not started.
ing to the outbreak of the for Ahmedabad. According DEMU train. Sangh mem- Meanwhile, the general
second wave of corona. to the schedule, the flight ber Anil Dholi said that the manager of the Western
Ullas Nair, proprietor of will depart from Ahmed- train fare between Mhow Railway Alok Sankal is go-
Vistaar Travels, said that
IndiGo is launching a daily
abad at 20.30 pm and arrive
here at 21.40 pm. The re-
and Indore is much lower
than the bus fare and the
ing to visit Mhow on
Thursday where he will
direct flight to Lucknow on turn flight will depart poor are the worst hit as ride from Mhow to
September 1. Flight 6E- from there at 22.05 pm and they are forced to pay Kalakund and back to
7183 Indore-Lucknow will land there at 23.15 pm. more. He said that the fare Mhow in a special train.
The cast and crew
� Model Rudra, Kinjal and Anushka
acted in the song,
choreographed by dance director
Jeet under the direction of
Abhijit Aadya
Composer Mani Shankar
�
composed the music with 25
musicians from Mumbai
Poet Sheel Choudhary has
�
written the song and the singer
is Alok Masih
� The song was shot by
cameraman Ritesh Richaria and
the producer is Rajesh Mishra
Web series Indori Ishq
was also shot in Indore
T
he web show, Indori Ishq of MX
Player, was shot at Bada Rawla
and other places in Indore, as
well as places near the city. The
storyline also relates with Indore in
some way or the other. The series has
received great appreciation from
viewers. The web series has been
rated 8.5 by IMDb. The show was
directed and produced by Samit
perfect for his song. VFX. Both these methods that shooting at Jam Gate Kakkad, who crafted his first nine-
He said that if they need- increase the cost of pro- and Mandav had cost them episode finite series for the OTT
ed to shoot at such a loca- duction and the output, much less than it would space, which has received great
tion in Mumbai they had to sometimes, does not turn have to recreate a set for success, so far.
develop a set for it, or use out as expected. He added only a few minutes.
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50% of targeted
SERO-SURVEY Youth commits Slow server hits online
DAY 3 samples collected suicide over
betting debts
OUR STAFF REPORTER
learners' licence facility
Indore
The administration has 'Total 1,257 An employee of the electricity
planned to take about samples' company allegedly committed
2,000 samples of suicide by hanging himself

children below the age
of 18 years to conduct
the survey
OUR STAFF REPORTER
Indore
With the dedication of the
survey team members and
the administration in tak-
ing samples for the ongoing
Sero Survey by pacifying
the people paying the ex-
pected results, a good num-
ber of samples was collect-
ed on Wednesday, the third
day of the drive. By collect-
ing 691 samples, the team
members have now collect-
ed over 50 per cent of the
targeted samples as on
Wednesday.
Except for problems crop-
ping up in a few areas,
many people have started
supporting the survey
teams, while many others
still need counselling. In-
dore Municipal Corpora-
tion employees and NGO
activists also supported the
team members in reaching
the given addresses or in
collecting the samples.
However, the teams faced
major problems in many ar-
eas as they did not find any
person below the age of 18
years at the given address-
es. Similarly, trouble contin-
ued with the team in the
slum areas as many people
refused to give samples.
Some of the team mem-
bers sai that it was not as if
everybody was refusing to
give samples as some of the
people had, indeed, come
forward to give samples vol-
untarily.
W
ith 691
samples
collected
on Wednesday, the
total number of
samples collected
has reached 1,257, so far
— DR SALIL SAKALLE,
HoD, Community Medicine
Testing machine and
kits likely to reach
Indore on Thursday
Dean of MGM Medical
College Dr Sanjay Dixit
told media that the ma-
chine for testing the
samples and testing kits
will come to Indore in a
day or two. A team of
engineers from Nation-
al Centre for Disease
Control, New Delhi
have visited the college
to check the place to in-
stall the machine and
other facilities.
from the ceiling in Aerodrome
area on Wednesday. It is said
that he was being threatened
by someone to give the money
which he lost in online betting.
Police are investigating the
case and the statements of his
family members are being tak-
en.
According to the police, the
deceased has been identified
as Devanshu Mehta (23), a res-
ident of Sanwariya Nagar
area of the city. He was found
hanging by one of his family
members after which the po-
lice were informed.
His family members in-
formed the police that Devan-
shu was employed with the
electricity company and he got
married to a girl three months
ago. Devanshu was addicted to
online betting.
Sources claimed that he sent
the message to his wife and
brother-in-law (sister's hus-
band) about loss in betting.
However, the message could
not be delivered as the internet
of his mobile phone was not
working. The police have
seized his mobile phone.
SITE CRASHES
OUR STAFF REPORTER
Indore
The ambitious project of the govern-
ment to provide learners' licence to peo-
ple online was started with pomp and
show but its cons have come to the fore
and creating problems for people.
The issues of slow server and site
crash are common while applying for
learner's licence, but now people have
started facing issues in the payment
page as it is crashing post-payment.
Madhya Pradesh Transport Depart-
ment has started the online facility to get
learner's licence across the state from
August 2.
"Yes, we are also getting complaints
about the problem with the payment page
and site crashing multiple times. We have
informed officials in the headquarters
and seeking necessary changes," ARTO
Agents find way to make
money from online licence also
W
hether the online learner's
licence facility proved
beneficial for people or not,
it didn't prove a hurdle for agents
working in RTO as they are reaching
applicants' home with their laptop to
apply and giving online tests on
behalf of applicants.
Archana Mishra told the media.
The facility of getting a driving licence
is free for women and they are not facing
any issue with payment page as it is be-
ing skipped on the basis of category.
However, many men have lodged com-
plaints with RTO officials that their pay-
ment was deducted but they didn't get
the acknowledgement certificate.
The system of online learner's li-
cence was initially started in Satna
and Khargone on the basis of a pilot
project after which it was implement-
ed across the state.

Lalwani urges Issue of PU-4 plots in Scheme 54 UNIQUE MODUS OPERANDI!

Gadkari to build Led by MLA Malini Gaur, traders GALLIVANTING ON BORROWED
flyovers on Bypass meet urban dev minister in Bhopal BIKE TO ROB MOBILE PHONES
OUR STAFF REPORTER
Indore
MP Shankar Lalwani urged
Union Surface Transport and Na-
tional Highway Minister Nitin
Gadkari to build flyovers on the
city's Bypass. MP Lalwani met
Gadkari at his residence in New
Delhi and presented a memoran-
dum to him in this regard.
He demanded construction of
three-layer overbridge in front of
the Best Price as often there is
traffic jam in the area. Lalwani
demanded making Indore-Harda
road a National Highway. He also
requested Gadkari to build a fly-
over at Rau junction. He briefed
the Union Minister about the fre-
quent traffic jams in Rau junc-
tion as traffic from Pithampur,
Mhow and Indore merges here.
Lalwani told Gadkari that heavy
traffic flow often leads to acci-
dents there, so it is very impor-
tant to build this flyover. He also
stressed on the need of construc-
tion of a flyover at Ralamandal
junction. He apprised the minis-
OUR STAFF REPORTER
Indore
To solve the issue of PU-4
plots under Scheme 54 al-
lotted to kirana and tea
traders of Siyaganj, a dele-
gation of traders of Siya-
ganj, led by MLA Malini
Gaur, met Urban Develop-
ment and Environment
Minister Bhupendra Singh
at Bhopal.
The delegation included
Siyaganj Wholesale
Traders Association presi-
dent Ramesh Khandelwal,
secretary Pratipal Tongya,
co-ordinator Rajat Bedia,
Ramesh Sachdev, Yakub
Ghazi and Paras Doshi. The
minister assured the dele-
gation that a decision
favourable to the interest of
the traders would be taken.
Khandelwal told the min-
ister that despite orders of
the State Government, IDA
Board and High Court, IDA
officials are threatening
plot owners that they would
cancel the lease deed of the
plots.
Giving the background,
Khandelwal said that IDA
declared PU-4 scheme for
the traders to shift from
Siyaganj to here in 1988. In
2003 attotment was made
and registrey of plots were
executed in 2006. Despite
that IDA did not carry out
the development work till
2016.
In the meantime, the IDA
Board itself, the State Gov-
ernment and High Court
has directed IDA that it
cannot cancel the lease of
the plot holders. But de-
spite that IDA officials are
sending notices to the plot
holders threatening of
scraping their lease deed.
But the bike owners were
unaware about the incident
Accused was arrested within 18
hours of an incident
OUR STAFF REPORTER
Indore
A youth was arrested by the police for
snatching mobile phones from people
in the Rajendra Nagar area on
Wednesday. In a unique modus
operandi, the accused used to commit
the crimes riding the bikes he had
borrowed from his friends, but the
bike owners were unaware about the
incident. The police have seized 15
mobile phones from the accused and
he is being questioned further.
Rajendra Nagar police station-in-
charge Amrita Solanki said the ac-
cused had been arrested within 18
hours of an incident. On Tuesday,
when a woman was buying vegeta-
bles from a cart in Silicon City, the ac-
cused snatched a mobile phone from
her. The woman lodged a complaint ers of the phones. The police
with the police. On the instructions of are also investigating the pos-
senior officials, a team was constitut- sible role of other people or
ed to identify the accused. Dhanraj's friends in the
During an examination of the crime.
CCTV footage, the police traced the
last four digits of a bike the suspect
The accused confessed to
stealing mobile phones from
had ridden. The police managed to people in the Rau, Rajendra
identify the bike owner, who in- Nagar and Dwarkapuri areas
formed the police that his friend, of the city. The accused is be-
Dhanraj, of Patlyapura village, in the ing grilled further.
Rajendra Nagar area, had borrowed
his bike for some work. When the po-
lice matched the time of the snatch-
ing with the time Dhanraj had bor-
rowed the bike, they found that he
had committed the crime. Later, the
police detained Dhanraj, who con-
fessed to stealing the mobile phone
from the woman.
Interestingly, to commit each crime,
the accused used to borrow his
friends' bikes. His friends were bliss-
fully unaware that their bikes were
being used to commit crimes around
the city. So far, the police have seized
15 mobile phones from the accused
and they are trying to trace the own-

Miscreants steal 90K from CDM

ter about the dilapidated condi-
tion of the 22-km service road
along the Bypass and said that
there is always a possibility of ac-
cidents due to potholes, so the re-
pairing of the service road is nec-
essary.
MEETS MINISTER
HARDEEP SINGH PURI
Lalwani met Union Urban De-
velopment Minister Hardeep
Singh Puri also in New Delhi. He
demanded to inroduce Regional
Rapid Transit System.
In such a situation, Indore via
Mhow, Pithampur, Depalpur, San-
wer, Ujjain, Dewas should be con-
nected with Indore through Re-
gional Rapid Transit System
(RRTS). He apprised to Union
Minister that the city is a major
center of education and health,
so a lot of pressure remains here.
Lalwani said that RRTS will re-
duce the burden on the roads and
also reduce the accidents.
OUR STAFF REPORTER
Indore
Miscreants targeted another Cash De-
posit Machine (CDM) of a nationalized
bank and managed to steal Rs90,000
from it in Lasudia. It was the ninth
CDM of a particular
bank from which the
cash was stolen. Howev-
Ninth such incident
er, the incident occurred in two months in city
two months ago and the
bank officials came to know about the
same recently after which the police
complaint was lodged.
According to the police, bank man-
ager Sukesh Chandra Shrivastav has
lodged a complaint that the cash was
stolen from the Cash Deposit Machine
installed in an ATM booth in Dewas
Naka area. The incident occurred on
June 16 but the bank officials came to
know about it after they checked the ac-
count and found Rs 90,000 less.
After that the complaint was lodged
with the police. The police have regis-
tered a case against unidentified ac-
cused under section 380 of the IPC and
the CCTVs of the ATM booth and oth-
er places are being checked to identify
the accused.
It was the ninth such incident in the
city. The miscreants target
CDM machines to steal the
cash. They used ATM cards
to steal money by manipu-
lating the machine. So far
the police have failed to identify the ac-
cused in any of the cases, or the exact
way in which they steal the cash.
The police believed that a gang from
Haryana is involved in stealing cash
from the CDMs of a particular nation-
alized bank in the city. In the CCTVs,
the police found some persons wearing
caps and masks on their faces so that
they could not be identified. However,
the police claimed that a team is work-
ing on the same and the accused will be
arrested soon.
RSS meet of
Malwa Prant
begins in
Khargone
OUR STAFF REPORTER
Indore
Deepak Vispute, prant
pracharak of RSS, said that
Capable India will be built
by the efforts of strength of
'good people'. He said that
RSS is completing its 10
years on the strength of its
'shakhas' and it will bank
on them in future also.
Vispute was addressing
the inaugural session of 2-
day meet of Malwa Prant
unit of RSS at Khargone on
Wednesday.
He said that during the
Corona period, Shakhas
were not being held. But
the Sangh was there and

Traffic nightmare at Geeta Bhawan Square
IMC HAS DUG UP FOUR
SPOTS TO LAY PIPELINE
PROJECT IS LATE BY
THREE MONTHS
OUR STAFF REPORTER
Indore
The busiest road of the
city, AB Road, has turned
into traffic nightmare at
the Geeta Bhawan Square
courtesy the failure of the
civic body to execute cru-
cial projects on time.
The Indore Municipal
Corporation (IMC) has dug
up four spots in and
around the square in a ra-
dius of 100 metres for lay-
ing of pipeline. With thou-
sands of vehicles using the
square, there are traffic
bottlenecks in the area
throughout the day and
traffic jams during rush
hour.
The IMC had started the
work in February, and they
were supposed to complete
it within three months.
Now, it is over six months
but the work is still incom-
plete. What is more, the
IMC failed to take advan-
tage of the lockdown peri-
od when there was no traf-
fic and they had full free-
dom to work 24 by 7.
The project is of crucial
importance as the
drainage pipeline in Geeta
Bhawan Square area got
choked frequently and had
to be cleared by using
pumping machine. In the
past also IMC had dug up
some spots to clear the
blockage, but they turned
out to be temporary solu-
tions. Now, the IMC is try-
ing to find a permanent so-
lution to the problem.
Wrong side commuters
Another major issue is
the compounding the traf-
fic chaos in the Square is
people coming from the
wrong side - from Geeta
Bhawan petrol pump's
side. The people going to-
wards Palasia come from
the wrong side and wait
along the narrow road
waiting for the green sig-
nal. But this causes causes
inconvenience in the flow
of the traffic going to-
wards Shivaji Vatika from
Geeta Bhawan. Surprising-
ly, the traffic police do not
take action against those
who drive on the wrong
side.
Traffic police official says
ASP (traffic) Anil Patidar
said that the department is
facing a staff crunch be-
cause some of the staff is
involved in the prepara-
tion of the Independence
Day. The problem will be
resolved after Indepen-
dence Day.
the work of the Sangh was
also going on continuously.
Even in those difficult
times, the volunteers were
engaged
in the service of the socie-
ty day and night without
worrying about their lives.
Today lakhs of workers are
giving direction to the soci-
ety. We are engaged in the
work of social welfare. He
said in times to come the
Shakhas should be
strengethned and spread to
all localities. Our goal is to
bring social change. Our vi-
sion is not limited to in-
creasing the Sangh only or
the expansion of the Sangh
work, our vision of social
change has been there
since the beginning of the
Sangh.
In the beginning of the
meeting, Prant Sanghcha-
lak Dr Prakash Shastri,
Prant Karyavah Shambhu
Giri and Kshetra
Pracharak Deepak Bispute
did lighting of the lamp in
front of idol of Bharat
Mata.
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Saints and Vishwa Hindu
Parishad (VHP) functionar-
ies met at Chardham tem-
ple on Wednesday to dis-
cuss mismanagement in Jy-
otirlinga Mahakaleshwar
mandir.
District secretary, VHP,
Manish Rawal said that
saints and officials were un-
happy with arrangements
made by administration for
Mahakal Darshan and Ma-
hakal’s sawari in the month
of Shravan-Bhado. They
also said that devotees must
be allowed to visit Mahakal
mandir. They also claimed
that tradition was not fol-
lowed during sawari.
Saints also asked admin-
istration to make arrange-
ments for Nagchandresh-
Only online darshan 4 drug peddlers held
on Nagpanchami
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Only online darshan
would be allowed at an-
cient Nagchandreshwar
temple on Nagpanchami.
General darshan would
remain closed even in
Mahakaleshwar temple.
Only pre-booking dar-
shan would be allowed.
Doors of Lord Nagchan-
dreshwar temple, located
on the second floor of
Mahakaleshwar temple
are opened for 24-hours only once a year. A large num-
ber of people come for darshan. For the second year in
a row, Nagchandreshwar temple would remain closed
for devotees. Owing to rising cases in neighbouring
states, the administration was treading cautiously to
prevent any outbreak.
UJJAIN CONTINUES TO LOG NIL PATIENT
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With no person testing
Corona positive on
Wednesday as well, the
Covid tally remained on
19,095. Likewise, toll also
remained on 171.
Women learn to make corn dishes
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Shipra Slimming
Women’s wing taught
participants how to
make corn dishes.
Wing mentor also
shared recipe of dish-
es to be prepared at
home for children.
Wing president
Nandani Joshi talked
about making corn
malpua, bhajiye, cornmeal Kash-
miri and other dishes. She said,
due to Covid-19, everyone preferred
home cook food. Hence it was im-
portant for women to prepare vari-
Symbiosis with nature is foundation of Indian culture: Kadel
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Indian culture teaches us
how to live with forests
and wild life in harmony.
This culture was advocat-
ed by our rishis-munis on
the basis of conclusion de-
rived in the laboratory of
life. When we forget nature
in our own development
then havoc is created in the
world. We have been
taught to worship trees,
lakes and animals since
our birth and celebrate fes-
tival like Amla Navami for
revering nature. The
Britishers systematically
destroyed our wild life and
forest for fulfilling their
own selfish needs.
These views were ex-
pressed by MP Granth
Academy, Bhopal’s direc-
tor Ashok Kadel as chief
guest at the national webi-
nar organised to celebrate
“Swatantrata ka Amrut
Mahotsav”. He also said
implementation of the
New Education Policy is a
major challenge for educa-
tional institutions at pres-
ent and proper implemen-
tation of it is crucial for
achieving Atmanirbhar
war Darshan held once a
year as per Covid guide-
lines. The saints threatened
to take to road on Saturday
if the old route of sawari
was not restored.
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As per the health bul-
letin issued at 9.15 pm,
out of 1107 samples, not a
single case of Corona
positive was reported
from anywhere in the
district— Ujjain City,
Nagda, Mahidpur,
Ghattia, Khachrod,
ety food at home. In the event,
women wore green dresses. Sadhna
Upadhyay stood first and Anju
Surana second in competition or-
ganized during the event.
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Bharat target.
Dr Chandrakant Shar-
ma, professor and dean of
agriculture department of
Parul University, Vadodara
(Gujarat) described in de-
tail the commercialisation
of agriculture by the
Britishers. He also said the
Britishers forced farmers
to grow cash crops like in-
digo, jute, opium etc which
resulted in decrease in pro-
duction of food crops.
Moreover, the fertility of
the land also decreased.
The damage was also
caused to our environment
as rapid industrialisation
resulted in pollution of wa-
ter bodies and air. This
damage is irreversible and
will take years for restora-
tion.
UJJAIN WEATHER
MAXIMUM: 31.7°C, MINIMUM: 22.8° C
HUMIDITY
MORNING: 85per cent, EVENING: 64 per cent
SUNRISE: 6.02 am , SUNSET: 7.02 pm
Students burn
CM’s effigy
Thieves strike at jewellery
shop, two houses
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Dr Ambedkar Vidyarthi
Sangathan protested ��������� sticks and country-made
pistol reached the store.
robbery came to light
when her husband reached
against non-receiving of
scholarship and hostel ����������� One of them, wearing an
organge jacket, broke the
home from work next
morning. The entire house
fee for school and college
students at Tower Chowk ������������ lock, while others turned
away the CCTV.
was in a state of mess.
Kamlabai works as a cook
on Wednesday. During Later, they stole cash and while her husband is a se-
this, students also burnt ��������������� jewellery kept for repair curity guard.
effigy of Chief Minister ������ and escaped after hearing The third incident was
Shivraj Singh Chouhan. sire. Shop owner Shubham reported in the house of
Students had neither Seven robbers struck at a Soni said that goods worth goldsmith Saluja. She had
received scholarship nor jewellery shop and two Rs.1.25 lakh were stolen. gone to Indore to meet her
hostel fee for several abandoned houses on Two houses in New Shiv- niece. The thieves entered
months. Despite repeated
Mahidpur Road on Tues- aji locality too were bur- the house late at night,
requests, their demand
day night and made away gled. One of the house be- took away Rs 16,000 in
had gone unheeded. The
with goods and cash worth longed to Kamlabai, who cash, two gold chains, a
students who had been in
Rs 5 lakh on had gone to visit her ailing pair of gold tops, clothes,
trouble for two years
First robbery took place sister and stayed back for God’s ornaments etc.
finally decided to protest
at Madhushree Jewellers the night. The robbers en- Goods worth more than Rs
on Wednesday. They
near Mataji Mandir. CCTV tered the house, broke the 3 lakh were stolen. Police
demonstrated at Tower
footage showed that seven box & almirah and took have registered cases in all
Chowk and burnt effigy
youths armed with rods, away Rs 5,000 in cash. The three incidents.
of the CM.
Mahamandleshwar Swa- heeshwar Ran-
mi Shantiswaroopanand
Maharaj chaired the meet-
ing attended by Mahaman-
ganathacharya Maharaj of
Ramanujkot, VHP district
Mahesh Tiwari and district Need to recognise Satpura’s Inebriated man
daleshwar Acharya
Shekhar Maharaj, Peethad-
president Ashok
among others.•
Jain
anonymous martyrs smashes Dial 100
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wana and Mahakaushal re-
gion of Madhya Pradesh.
vehicle’s windscreen
Earlier, introducing the sub- for help. On seeing police
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was organized in memory of Mishra presented a brief An inebriated man created iron rod. A head constable
Five men were arrested unsung martyrs of Satpura outline of Amrit Festival of a ruckus in Bolasa under tried to nab Ramesh but
from Chichoriya in Dug region. Independence. A large num- Narwar police station and the latter entered into an
Barod for preparing In the opening statement, ber of teachers, researchers also broke windscreen of scuffle with him and even
smack using opium ex- Vice Chancellor Prof and students were present, Dial-100. Later, he pushed threatened to kill him. Lat-
tract, baking powder and Akhilesh Kumar Pandey including president of away a head constable and er, Ramesh escaped from
toilet cleaner. According stressed on the need to re- Teachers’ Association Dr. escaped. He was identified the scene and hid near
to reports, the police had member sacrifices of mar- Kaniya Meda and others. as Ramesh of Borasa. watchman’s house. On
nabbed five people for tyrs. He said that many from Dr. Prabha Srinivasulu According to reports, in head constable Om-
planning to rob a petrol tribal society sacrificed spoke on “Some Untouched an inebriated condition, prakash Sharma’s com-
pump. However, during their lives for independence. Facts of India’s Independ- Ramesh had created a plaint the Narwar police
subsequent interroga- Chief Guest Radhakishan ence” under the Amrit Ma- ruckus forcing family registered a case against
tion, four of them Singh Shastri turned emo- hotsav program of Free- members to call Dial-100 Ramesh.
turned out to be drug peddlers. tional while talking about dom in Chemistry and Bio-
The four peddlers said that they made 500 sashays from Subhash Chandra Bose, chemistry of Vikram Uni-
500gm smack and sold them in market for Rs 250 each. who fought against the versity. His book “Trirat-
They were identified as Arshad of Chichoria Dag Barod, British Army on Kohima nas of Gandhi era and his
Mahesh Mallah of Nilganga, Bhaiyu Pathan of Begum- border of Nagaland. One of legacy” was also released.
bagh and Shambhu. CSP Pallavi Shukla said, Arshad the only three members of The program was
Khan was the kingpin. He supplied smack in Ujjain. Azad Hind Fauj to be alive presided over by Vice
Smack was prepared by mixing 100 gram of baking pow- today, he fought the British Chancellor Professor
der and 150 gram of toilet cleaner in it. In this way he used near Kohima in Nagaland. Akhilesh Kumar Pandey.
to earn huge profits. The CSP said that the accused were Despite being 104-year-old, Registrar Dr Prashant Pu-
making youth addicted to drugs. They have been arrested. Shastri narrated stories of ranik was the special
freedom struggle with zeal guest. The programme
and passion. Keynote speak- was conducted by Dar-
er, Kamlesh Singh, gave a de- shana Mehta and guest
tailed introduction of tribal
freedom movement in Gond-
introduction was given by
Anshumala Vani.
Barnagar and Tarana. 13507 persons got the
Samples of 4,30,159 Corona jab across the
persons have been district on Wednesday. So
taken across the district far 10,61,179 and 2,49,921
so far and no report is persons have been
awaited. The total num- administered first and
ber of discharged second dose of anti-
patients is 18924. Corona vaccine, respec-
VACCINATION: In all tively.
Two killed, one injured as
tanker rams motorcycle
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Two youths died and another was seri-
ously injured after their bike was bit by
a speeding tanker near Jasakhedi on
Badnagar-Runija road on Wednesday
morning.
According to police, the trio hailed from
Sunderbad. One of the youths had con-
sumed poison and the other two were tak-
ing him to a hospital in Badnagar when
their bike was hit by a speeding tanker.
The deceased were identified as Satish
(19) and Kuldeep (18). The injured identi-
fied as Lokendra Singh had been referred
to Ujjain. The police registered a case un-
der sections 279, 337 and 304 (A) of the IPC
against the tanker driver.
policy of Raj was for ex-
ploitation of forest and
displaying imperial pow-
er by promoting hunting.
Dr MMP Shrivastava,
coordinator of research
cell, Vigyan Bharati de-
scribed the upcoming
events and objectives of
Vigyan Bharati.
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State government has become
guardian of as many as 1001 children
orphaned due to Covid-19, as per offi-
cial information.
“In many families Covid-19 has
resulted in the sudden death of par-
ents earning livelihood. The state gov-
ernment is playing the role of
guardian for the children of such
affected families. Chief minister
Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched
Mukhyamantri Covid-19 Bal Seva
Yojana on May 21, 2021 to help such
children. So far, financial and food
security has been provided to 1001
child beneficiaries under the scheme”,
said the release.
In 34 districts of the state, cent per-
cent cases have been resolved. The
state government will also take up the
responsibility of the education of
these child beneficiaries, stated the
release.
“So far 1001 children have benefitted
under the Mukhyamantri Covid-19 Bal
Seva Yojana. Fourty childrens have
been benefitted in Gwalior district, 38
in Rajgarh, 50 in Balaghat, Ratlam 37,
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Jabalpur 58, Chhindwara
Tikamgarh 16, Khandwa 42, Dhar 25,
Niwari 10, Khargone 17, Ashoknagar
40,
10, Mandla 21, Neemuch 9, Harda 15,
Barwani 17, Raisen 13, Guna 9, Sidhi
12, Betul 15, Narsinghpur 16, Alirajpur
15, Rewa 8, Sagar 10, Agar Malwa 8,
Morena 11, Singrauli 6, Katni 10,
Bhind 12, Dindori 5, Vidisha 8, Jhabua
3 , Datia 1, Umaria 2, Dewas 50, Bhopal
34, Ujjain 35, Burhanpur 11, Sheopur
13, Panna 23, Satna 26, Shahdol 7,
Seoni 18, Indore 36, Damoh 19,
Mandsaur 29, Shivpuri 17, Anuppur 9,
Sehore 20, Hoshangabad 28,
Chhatarpur 8 and nine have been ben-
efitted in Shajapur.
Under the Mukhyamantri Covid-19
Bal Seva Yojana, an assistance amount
of Rs 5000 per month is provided to
each child beneficiary. If the age of the
beneficiary is less than 18 years, then
it will be deposited in the joint account
of the identified guardian and the
child and after attaining the age of 18
years, it will be deposited in the per-
sonal account of the beneficiary.
Apart from this, free monthly ration
is provided to each child beneficiary
and their guardian under the National
Food Security Act. Under the educa-
tion assistance, free education will be
provided to the child beneficiaries in
government schools, colleges, univer-
sities for school education, higher edu-
cation, technical education, medical
education and legal education, as per
the information.
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Coaching centres across the
state are likely to open soon.
A delegation of coaching
center owners met Chief
Minister Shivraj Singh
Chouhan on Wednesday and
urged him to think positive-
ly on the issue.
The Chief Minister said
that coaching operators
should ensure cent percent
adherence to corona appro-
priate behaviour in their in-
stitutions. The state govern-
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�������������� ing operators of the state
met the CM in the presence
passed away due to corona
pandemic, free coaching and
Coaching operators have of MLA Ramesh Mendola. hostel arrangements have
been asking the govern-
ment for a long to allow
MLA Sanjay Pathak was
also present on the occasion.
been made by the associa-
tion. Bakoria said that
them to operate as President of Madhya coaching operators have al-
schools and colleges Pradesh Coaching Owners ready given in writing to
were allowed to open.
Collector Gwalior has
Association,
Narayan Bakoria
Laxmi
told
various authorities that
they would ensure hundred
given permission to the
coaching operators to
Chouhan that for the stu-
dents whose parents have
percent implementation of
corona protocols.
conduct classes but
with riders.
ment is considering the
permission to conduct
coaching classes. Chouhan
said this to the office bear-
ers of Madhya Pradesh
Coaching Owners Associa-
tion who came to meet him
at his residence.
The delegation of coach-
ners and students prayed
for all the participants and

No leadership change in MP,

ers by dedicating an assem- wished them success for
bly for them. On the occa- their future. School dedicat-
sion, school director Jaison ed National Anthem to the

Chouhan to continue: Vijayvargiya

Joseph motivated students
for studying and taking part
in such sports event that
makes the country proud.
AT A ‘BHUTTA PARTY’ WITH FRIENDS School principal Smita
Jaison gave her heartiest
congratulation to the win-
‘YE DOSTI HUM NAHI TODENGE’
Gold winner Neeraj
Chopra. School teachers
and students sang Vande
Matram to encourage and
show respect to all the play-
ers. The assembly conclud-
ed by vote of thanks.

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Scotching rumours, BJP national secretary Kailash

Vijayvargiya on Wednedsay ruled out any change
in state leadership stating that Chief Minister Shiv-
raj Singh Chouhan was a sensible man and had not
slept throughout the night when state was hit by
flood. He is the latest entrant to the club of leaders
giving ‘certificate of continuation’ to the CM. Bhopal: Chief minister Shivraj ment of the gathering on the oc-
Vijayvargiya had organised a ‘Bhutta party’ for Singh Chouhan and BJP na- casion, who included ministers,
all BJP leaders, including MLAs. He had also met tional general secretary MLAs, other politicians, jour-
various leaders, including cooperative minister Kailash Vijayavargiya were nalists etc.
Arvind Bhadoria, and had lunch with agriculture seen in a different mood during Vijayvargiya is known for or-
minister Kamal Patel at his residence. All this a ‘bhutta party’ organized by Vi- ganizing ‘Bhutta’ parties every
had led to rumours that Chouhan was to be re- jayavargiya at state assembly year in Bhopal. Both the leaders
placed as CM soon. Earlier in February 2021, state premises here on Wednesday are associated with each other
BJP in-charge P Muralidhar Rao had described night. having joined BJP as ordinary
Chouhan as ‘undisputed leader’ of the party. In a bid Both the leaders sang famous workers more than three
to put a stop to speculation of leadership change, he movie Sholay’s duet song ‘Ye decades back. Vijayavargiya
had declared that Chouhan would remain the CM. dosti hum nahi todenge’ while has been a minister too in
Later, in June 2021, Union minister Faggan Singh holding hands of each other Chouhan cabinet before he be-
Kulste had also declared that there was no plan of and raising it in air as a symbol came in charge of BJP affairs in
leadership change in state. of friendship, much to enjoy- West Bengal.
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politics of criminals
T
he late Anil Madhav Dave, In-
dia’s environment minister
T
he Supreme Court has done well to tighten its posi- from 2016-17, was known for
tion on criminals contesting elections and thereby cycling to Parliament, “(not) to get
vitiating the whole political atmosphere in the coun- praise or a photo in a newspaper. I
try. It has fined the CPM and the NCP Rs 5 lakh each for not am doing it by choice”. His point
complying with the court’s directive in this regard. Six was that climate change is, ulti-
other parties, including the ruling BJP and the opposition mately, a matter of choice. It is the
Congress, were fined Rs 1 lakh each. The court had, in Sep- sum of all the daily decisions we
tember 2020, directed all the political parties to publish the make, on what we need, why we
list of their candidates who had criminal backgrounds at buy, how we travel and where we
dispose of waste. He was one of the
least two weeks before they were to file their nominations.
The first election held after the SC order came into force few who recognized that effective
was in Bihar, in October-November the same year. It is for action on climate change had to
come from below.
their failure to honour the order that the bench headed by
For Dave, climate change was
Justice Rohinton Nariman punished these parties.
real, because it affected his beloved
What’s more, the court has made the directives more
rigid and inflexible. Within two days of the nomination of
Narmada. He could see “irrespon-
sible human activities” reducing
such candidates, the party should publish their details on India’s oldest and most sacred river
its official website, print and social media platforms. The to a “cricket pitch” in the near fu-
election commission has also been ordered to keep track ture. To gain first-hand knowledge
of such candidates. The idea is to ensure that persons of riverside communities and their
with criminal background do not masquerade as party
challenges, he rafted down its
workers and get elected to various legislative bodies. In no 1,300km-length.
case should the voters be kept in the dark about their past Few politicians are as committed.
and present criminal involvements. Many years ago, the Teen activist Greta Thunberg may
court had ordered that political leaders who were con- have burnt her fingers by naively
weighing in on India’s farm laws,
victed in criminal cases with a certain minimum punish-
ment were ineligible to remain members of assemblies but makes a fair point when she says
and Parliament. Former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu global leaders have utterly failed to
Prasad Yadav was the first to be unseated from Parlia- take climate action seriously. They
ment under this law. are politicians, after all, and climate
change is not a political issue in
What is noteworthy is that all the attempts to cleanse the
most countries of the world.
political system of criminal elements were judicial, not
Geopolitical and domestic agen-
legislative-driven. True, the judiciary has the power to leg- das push greenhouse gas emissions
islate when the legislature fails to do so. This does not to the back of the queue. The sensa-
show the legislative system in the country in a good light. tional disclosures in the IPCC 2021
The political parties themselves are responsible for it, as report are already off the front
they have been failing in their duty to rid the parties of pages, the climate crisis having giv-
criminals. The criminalisation of politics is not some- en way to matters of immediate
thing new. The N N Vohra Committee had, in 1993, re- moment, like Covid-19, OBC poli-
vealed the extent to which the political-criminal nexus tics and not the least, football leg-
had grown. Gangsters were able to control politics and, end Lionel’s Messi’s move to PSG.
thereby, the destiny of the people. Yet, the parties con-
cerned did not do a thing against the dangers the commit-
tee pointed out. It was against this backdrop that the apex
court had to intervene.
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Significantly enough, when the eight parties which were The Indonesian army has ended a controversial practice of virginity tests on women who apply to become
punished, got the first opportunity to honour the court’s
directive, they preferred to ignore it. The bench even
cadets, according to its chief of staff, a move welcomed by activists who have long campaigned against it
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turned down their plea for clemency, as it wanted them to That to took so long to stop and that it was even in practice is adding insult to injury. Leave it to
honour the verdict and not flout it and later seek apology. fundamentalists to insist that it was required to check "morality". Disgraceful. …
the_eternal_sceptic@Scepti_kal
The court has also come down heavily on the practice of
withdrawing criminal cases against politicians once their What did a woman's virginity have to do with her being in the army??????? There was really a group of you who
parties come to power. Earlier, the court took a dim view got together and thought, she must be a virgin inorder to join here???
UBM@ubm_1
of the Kerala government’s attempt to withdraw the crim-
inal case against some of the CPM leaders, including the What? Because only virgins can run through the jungle chasing bad guys?
present education minister, for having indulged in vio- nicky simpson@nicknacks69
lence in the Kerala assembly during the fag end of the How damaged is a society that in this century actually admits this positive step?
Oommen Chandy government. It decreed that they would Gloria Balogh Gottlieb@BaloghGottlieb
have to face trial. In line with this policy, the court wants
the high courts to review all the criminal cases against
MLAs and MPs.
The state governments will no longer be able to with- This article is the first of a three-part series on slums, cities, and economic growth
Slums - I: There are big dangers lying ahead
draw the cases against them without the express permis-
sion of the high court concerned. Not only that, the high
courts have also been asked to review all pending or
pandemic and possibly mass extermination
cleared cases of withdrawal of cases since September 16,
2020, when the original directive was issued. What the gov-
ernments do is to use Section 321 of the Code of Criminal
Procedure, which enables them “to withdraw from the
prosecution of any person either generally or in respect of
any one or more of the offences for which he is tried”. Of
course, this requires the court’s permission. In the past, Policy
political parties have used this provision to extricate their
leaders who were involved in criminal cases like violation Watch
of Section 144 while taking part in a political agitation.
Many freedom fighters, including Mahatma Gandhi, were
� R N Bhaskar
charged with criminal cases. The situation is vastly dif-
T
ferent now. The government uses this power to save MLAs he clock’s ticking has be-
and MPs accused of heinous crime like murder, rape and come more ominous than
incitement to violence. It is this trend that the Supreme ever before.
Court has tried to put to an end. Just watch the chart alongside
and study the states with the
largest Covid infections. Then look
FPJ ARCHIVES at the states with the largest slum
MAY 27, 1963 populations. See the connection?
India in the hotspot
As climate change becomes more
pronounced and new types of in-
sects emerge on the scene to cope
with the changed climatic condi-
tions, expect more viruses to
emerge with greater rapidity than
ever before. The government may
conceal facts. For instance, it claims
a death toll on account of Covid at
4,26,754 -- as on August 6, 2021. But
surveys putting the death toll at five
million are gaining credibility.
The rapid rise in the number of
extreme weather events, mostly
induced by way of climate change,
poverty, population density, un-
planned urbanisation and slums
make a heady brew, just appropri-
ate for cultivating new strains of
viruses.
India will thus abet the rapid
transformation and mutation of
viruses. The Delta and Delta-plus
variants are just precursors to an
emerging trend. Even the world may
not be capable of dealing with them.
This is because slums don’t per-
mit social distancing. And when
you have around 30 persons per toi-
let seat (which is what we have
with the common toilets for slums
in Mumbai), you are asking for a
3,942 POWs freed so far
rapid spread of the disease. No
amount of control will be effective
for too long.
PEKING, MAY 26 (REUTER) -- A statement by the Chinese Sooner or later, these slum
Ministry of National Defencw said today that China had handed dwellers will have to go out to earn
over to India a total of 3,942 Indian military personnel captured a living. Most of them are house-
last October and November. helps, office-assistants, drivers,
Of the total, 3,211 were handed over between April 10 and cooks, or self-employed profession-
yesterday while 716 sick and wounded men had been returned als like electricians. Each of them
earlier and 15 others went back to India when captured military will visit several houses. They will
supplies were released. need to travel in buses and trains,
The statement, quoted by the New China News Agency, said by monorail and metro. Suddenly,
China had made a number of moves to ease border tensions with the very means that ought to have
India and added it was now up to India ‘‘whether or not the become multipliers of wealth gen-
border dispute is to be settled peacefully and quickly’’. eration will become centres for su-
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The one thing that Covid-19 did
not change, climate scientists tell
us, is the relentless increase in car-
bon-dioxide levels in the atmos-
phere, which breached 419 ppm in
May 2021. Why didn’t the global
shutdown during the Covid-19 pan-
demic reduce CO2 levels? Indeed,
according to the measuring site at
Mauna Loa, “the first five months
of 2021 showed a 2.3 ppm increase
over the same five months of 2020”.
That’s what makes the impact of
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
even more scary. The global warm-
ing gas sticks around. Even if glob-
al GHG emissions are drastically
cut now, there’s no slowing down
the juggernaut – average tempera-
ture will rise by 1.5° Celsius in the
next couple of decades. It’s going to
#IndonesianArmy
The rapid rise in the number of extreme weather
events, mostly induced by way of climate
change, poverty, population density, unplanned
urbanisation and slums make a heady brew, just
appropriate for cultivating new strains of viruses
per-spreading the epidemic.
Even the most rigorous restric-
tions won’t work for too long. The
long arm of death will become
busier than ever before in living
memory.
Reining in politicians and
the affluent
No matter what the state govern-
ment or the Central government
may say, unless a solution is found
to the menace of slums, India is
preparing for an extermination of
a significant percentage of its pop-
ulation. And, like during the first
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Believe in the power of your own voice.
The more noise you make, the more accountability you demand
from your leaders, the more our world will change for the better.
— AL GORE, FORMER US VICE PRESIDENT
take consistent green behaviour to
put the brakes on warming to a
point where the bulk of humanity
can survive. Back in 1970, science
fiction author Larry Niven specu-
lated that humans would evolve
and adapt to the new atmospheric
conditions, but by then, billions
would have been decimated.
The question of why, given alarm-
ing events like wildfires, heatwaves,
cyclones, droughts, floods and so on,
climate change is not a part of daily
conversation, much less of behav-
iourial choices, has been asked over
and over. Most people, not just the
climate-sceptics, fail to recognise
that climate change affects them di-
rectly and calls for immediate ac-
tion, lest it spiral into an extinction-
level event.
THURSDAY'S SWIPE
two waves, the death toll will not be
confined to the poor. It will affect
the privileged who want their sup-
port, luxury and convenience. The
casualty list won’t spare anyone.
Even the police and the munici-
pal corporation are unwilling to
deal with slums head-on. Let me
give an example from the locality
where I stay. Slum dwellers love to
amble through, and even play in
our part of the colony. Their own
lanes are too stuffy and smelly.
Most don’t practice social distanc-
ing or wearing masks, even on the
roads. In the process, they (even
The media has taken note, created
environment ‘beats’ and specialists,
civil society and schools are talking
‘sustainability’ and eco-friendliness,
communities and individuals are in-
stalling solar panels and harvesting
water, global leaders are promoting
green technologies and celebrating
eco-warriors and in India, spiritual
leaders are preaching harmony
Changing the conversation
in a way that evokes an
emotional response,
through films, stories and
interactions, is one
possibility. Presenting
dystopic visions of the
future, fear-mongering,
hectoring by
environmentalists and
data-heavy reports by
climate scientists, are
alienating. On the other
hand, the ‘Chipko’
movement, while it lasted,
touched millions with its
simple visuals of women
hugging trees to
conserve forests.
The point is that people,
not technology,
are at the centre of
any climate debate.
with nature. But it’s not enough; the
pace and quality of the response
both lack a sense of urgency.
Many cling to the naive belief that
science will solve the problem with
magical technologies, like giant
‘space mirrors’ to block sunlight, or
massive Azolla farms that will suck
CO2 from the atmosphere. The Eu-
ropean Union conceived a capitalist
solution to a capitalism-induced
those vaccinated) infect the elderly
in this part of a small colony in a
small part of Mumbai.
Complain to the police, and pri-
vately they tell you that they dare
not scold any slum people. Haul up
a slum dweller and the chances are
that the entire slum will land up at
the police station to protest, thus
endangering all the police officers.
They also fear retaliation from the
legislators because slum dwellers
are their vote banks. Magnify these
a hundred thousand times, and you
will then begin to get a picture of
the huge problem the entire coun-
try faces, especially from states
which have large slum populations.
Don’t blame the slum dwellers.
These people flock to cities for
jobs, like they do anywhere in the
world. Except, in India, they are
incentivised to form slums (more
on this later).
Sensible legislators and planners
have prevented their respective
cities from creating slums as terri-
ble as in Mumbai. In fact, India
should be looking for solutions to
deal with migrant workers in each
city the way Singapore has.
But the rich don’t want to pay
more for support staff. The politi-
cians see immense advantages in
creating vote banks. Real estate de-
velopers see money to be made in
the real estate games that slums of-
fer. The police and the municipal
staff see opportunities in graft.
Ditto for the sector that works on
providing identity papers, rent-a-
mob opportunities and not to men-
tion, the musclemen required for
gambling, entertainment, even
prostitution.
Even the courts know this. Just
last month, the Bombay High
Court came down heavily on the
government for the way houses
were crumbling in areas that
looked like slums. Illegal settle-
ments, shoddy construction, and
greasing palms all worked together
to cause deaths amid inhuman con-
ditions. As the courts said, Maha-
rashtra is the only state in India to
allow free housing for slums. It
even tried to exempt slum dwellers
from paying property taxes in per-
petuity for the free houses they got.
Fortunately, saner counsels pre-
vailed and this proposal was
shelved.
The author is consulting editor with the FPJ
problem, in the form of an emis-
sions trading system (EUETS),
based on the ‘polluter pays’ princi-
ple. It also meant that polluters
could continue to pollute. In the
words of the late environmentalist
Anupam Mishra, “Yeh paap ka vya-
paar hai (this is a trade in sin)”. Not
surprisingly, carbon trading met
with limited success, though it did
make a few people very rich.
There’s no sense in blaming
politicians or climate-sceptics - the
push needs to come from below, and
the people need to take ownership
of the environment. Only then, as
Dave said, will behaviour skew to-
wards limiting consumption of re-
sources and perceiving pollution as
not merely illegal but community-
unfriendly and therefore, socially
unacceptable. Changing the conver-
sation in a way that evokes an emo-
tional response, through films, sto-
ries and interactions, is one possi-
bility. Presenting dystopic visions
of the future, fear-mongering, hec-
toring by environmentalists and
data-heavy reports by climate sci-
entists, are alienating. On the other
hand, the ‘Chipko’ movement,
while it lasted, touched millions
with its simple visuals of women
hugging trees to conserve forests.
The point is that people, not tech-
nology, are at the centre of any cli-
mate debate. Only when the ‘samaj’
connects with climate change will
the media, social and otherwise,
consistently and relentlessly red-
flag environmental violations and
impacts – drying of water sources,
chopping of forests for ‘develop-
ment’, factories belching smoke,
shoals of plastic on riverfronts and
so on. And only then will pressure
build up on global leaders to act.
The writer is a senior journalist with
35 years of experience in working with
major newspapers and magazines.
She is now an independent
writer and author
LETTERS
TO THE
EDITOR
Signs of life
Ever since Mamata launched her
whirlwind tour of the capital to
cobble up an elusive opposition
unity, all other anti-BJP leaders
appear to have woken up from their
deep slumber. Mulayam Singh
Yadav, though not keeping well,
attended his party’s meeting after a
long time. Lalu Prasad Yadav,
perhaps out on bail, appears to
have suddenly come to life.
Mayawati has started calling
meetings of various castes and
communities. Sharad Pawar is
making frequent trips to New
Delhi. Rahul Gandhi has
summoned all the anti-saffron MPs
to chalk out a strategy to corner
the NDA government in the
Parliament. Deve Gowda wants a
revival of all the erstwhile Janata
Parivar of socialist members and
so on. Let us wait and watch to see
who ultimately succeeds in
breaking the tape.
Arun Malankar
Barrister Kaka Baptista
Ref.: ‘East Indians want state to
recognize their contributions’
(August 10), is news of which the
state government must take
immediate note. Not only are they
the original inhabitants of
Mumbai, their ancestors
participated in our Independence
struggle. The most famous example
is that of the late Barrister Kaka
Baptista. He was active during the
Home Rule movement and
represented Lokmanya Bal
Gangadhar Tilak in Bombay High
Court. It was Baptista who first
gave the slogan that is the most
famous in history – ‘Independence
is my birthright and I shall have
it.’ He was the mayor of the then
Bombay Municipal Corporation in
1925. The Thackeray government
must honour Baptista by naming
the sea link as ‘Kaka Baptista
Sealink’. East Indians in Mumbai
and Vasai were active even in the
Maharashtra statehood movement.
Marcus Dabre
Do we need Parliament?
The opposition parties have been
disrupting both Houses of
Parliament since the
commencement of the monsoon
session on July 19. The Houses
convene at 11am and shortly after,
they are adjourned in stages till
the evening. Only a few bills have
been passed till now in this
pandemonium, without any debate.
It appears that neither the
government nor the opposition is
interested in the functioning of
Parliament. The opposition seems
to take its name to heart, literally -
opposing everything the
government does. Crores of public
money is being wasted on a non-
functional Parliament. It is also
necessary to reconsider the
Central Vista project given that
our MPs are not interested in
performing their sacred duty
of legislation, for which they
were elected.
O Prasada Rao
Govt rejects claims on new SC branches
NEW DELHI: The government has rejected claims that it has decided to expand the "branches" of the Supreme
Court to three more locations. The Press Information Bureau 'fact check' tweeted on Tuesday that the claim was
"fake". "A forwarded message is being shared on WhatsApp claiming that the government has decided to
expand the branches of the Supreme Court of India to three more locations. This claim is fake," the tweet said.
It said "no such decision" has been taken by the government.
NATION 7 FREE PRESS
THURSDAY | AUGUST 12, 2021 | INDORE

News from South ‘SACRILEGE IN TEMPLE OF DEMOCRACY’ Removed tweet, locked

Teary Naidu: Spent sleepless RG’s a/c: Twitter to court

night over Oppn conduct

NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha
Chairman M Venakaiah
Naidu broke down on
Wednesday as he expressed
National Disaster Response Force team evacuates deep anguish over some op-
people from a flood-affected area at Salori in
Prayagraj, on Wednesday PTI
position MPs climbing on the
Table of the House, and said
he couldn’t sleep because of
the sacrilege in Parliament,
No spread of Delta plus variant which is regarded as the
cases in TN: Health minister “temple of democracy”.
Expressing distress over the
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma ruckus by opposition MPs in
Subramanian on Wednesday said there was no
spread of the Delta plus variant of Covid-19 in the
the House on Tuesday when a
discussion on farmers’ agita-
state. Subramanian while interacting with the tion against the farm bills
media at Karur said some samples were tested for
was taken up, he said he
the Delta variant but there was no presence of
this virus. "The samples of a deceased person
struggled to find a provoca-
tion or reason for such a low
from Madurai and nine others were taken in July in the “august House”.
and their contacts have also been tested.
However, all of them are safe. There is no spread
of Delta plus variant in Tamil Nadu," he added. IN PARLIAMENT
� The Centre denies reports of
Uncle gets 25-yrs RI for sexually increasing custodial deaths in RS
assaulting 4-year-old girl
HYDERABAD: A local court on Wednesday
� RS adjourned sine die; Piyush
Goyal says lady marshall
manhandled, seeks strict action
sentenced a food delivery man to 25 years against erring members
rigorous imprisonment (RI) for sexually assaulting
� Nod for bills on homoeo-
his four-year-old niece in January this year. First
pathy, National Commission for
Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Suneetha Indian System of Medicine
Kunchala found the 28-year-old man, guilty the
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences
(POCSO) Act and IPC. The court also imposed a
� House panel not to push for
lowering age limit to 16 years
fine of Rs 20,000. According to the prosecution, for juveniles involved in serious
POCSO cases
the accused took her into the bedroom and
committed sexual assault on her.
AT A GLANCE
Insurance bill
passed
A bill to allow privatisation of
state-run general insurance
companies got parliamentary
assent on Wednesday after
Rajya Sabha passed it with a
voice vote amid tearing of
PM Modi and Congress President Sonia Gandhi sat on adjoining papers and vociferous protest
sofas next to the Speaker in his chamber in Parliament on by opposition parties. The
Wednesday. The ‘political harmony’ in the Speaker's room was General Insurance Business
incongruous with the acrimony throughout the session, marked (Nationalisation) Amendment
Bill, 2021 was passed by the
by protests and daily disruptions in both Houses of Parliament.
Lok Sabha on August 2. The
HOUSE THAT... upper house passed the law
� Rajya Sabha lost a total of 76 hours and 26 minutes due to with a voice vote in the din, in
minutes, with FM Nirmala
disruptions during the monsoon session.
Sitharaman not replying to
� The average productivity of the last five sessions was 95%.
points raised by MPs briefly.
� The Rajya Sabha passed 19 bills this time. MPs want removal of 50%
� Over 406 Zero Hour and Special Mentions were lost to disruptions. quota cap, caste census
� The total sitting time available was 102 hours, of which only
28 hours and 21 minutes were counted as “functional time”. R ajya Sabha members on
Wednesday stressed on the
need to remove the 50 per
cent cap on reservation and
NAIDUSPEAK
caste census to reap out
I
have no words to convey my anguish and to condemn such maximum benefits of the
acts. As I spent a sleepless night last night, I struggled to find Constitution (One Hundred and
the provocation or reason for forcing this august House to
hit such a low yesterday. Please have the decency... you may not
agree,” Naidu, who completed 4 years in office on Wednesday,
Twenty-Seventh Amendment)
Bill, 2021. The bill provides
states the power to amend the
said as he read his remarks amid sloganeering. list of OBCs in their jurisdiction.
14 Oppn leaders meet to
Twitter India’s response came when Delhi HC was hearing a PIL seeking
its directions for necessary legal action against Rahul Gandhi for his
tweet that allegedly disclosed the identity of a rape victim’s family
NEW DELHI: During the hearing
of a plea filed in Delhi High
Court against Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi for his tweet al-
legedly disclosing and sharing
the identity of a rape victim's
family in Delhi Cantonment
area, Twitter India informed the
court on Wednesday that they
had removed Mr Gandhi's tweet
and also locked his account.
“Rahul Gandhi's tweet violated
our policy also, we have already
removed that tweet and his Twit-
ter account is also been locked,"
Twitter informed Delhi High
Court.
The Twitter counsel further
said, "Petitioner has wrongly im-
pleaded @TwitterIndia. We have
removed it (Rahul Gandhi's
Tweet). It is against our policy.
That account is locked."
After taking note of Twitter's
submission, Justice DN Patel
and Justice Jyoti Singh ad-
journed the matter for Septem-
ber 27.
The PIL sought Delhi HC’s di-
rections to the National Commis-
sion for Protection of Child
Rights (NCPCR) to take neces-
SC raps govts for not filling
up vacant posts in forums
OUR BUREAU / New Delhi
HC PIL HEARING ON SEP 27
Ton Wednesday
he Delhi High Court on
said it will hear
September 27 the plea
seeking registration of FIR
against Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi for allegedly revealing
the identity of a 9-year-old
Dalit girl who was allegedly
raped and murdered in
southwest Delhi, by publishing
a photograph with her parents
on Twitter. A bench of Chief
Justice DN Patel and Justice
Jyoti Singh refused to issue
notice on the public interest
litigation (PIL) by Makarand
Suresh Mhadlekar at this stage
and asked the parties to “keep
1-2 pages of submissions ready
on next date”.
sary legal action against Gandhi
for his tweet.
The petition also seeks direc-
tions to Delhi Police to register
an FIR against Gandhi under sec-
tions of the Juvenile Justice
(Care and Protection of Chil-
dren) Act, 2015.
hind the Consumer Protection Act
to empower the ordinary citizens.

LS functioned only 21 hours

Prime accused in Kerala
jewellery scam held
KASARAGOD: The prime accused in the Fashion
Gold jewellery investment fraud case here
Lok Sabha adjourned, sine ment bill that will allow states to make
their OBC lists.
die 48 hours before schedule Later, Speaker Om Birla expressed an-
devise House strategy
A meeting of leaders of 14
oppn parties was held at
the office of RS opposition
leader Mallikarjun Kharge.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
The Supreme Court on Wednesday
pulled up the Centre and the state
governments for deliberately keep-
ing vacancies pending in the nation-
al and state consumer disputes re-
dressal commissions to dissuade
people from filing complaints and
“You don’t want complaints to be
processed, for citizens to get justice?
There is no manpower, there is no in-
frastructure.... People get fed up. You
say ‘we will get this thing done’ or
‘we will get that thing done’, and
then nothing happens. You seem to

surrendered before the Magistrate court in nearby
Hosdurg on Wednesday, police said.
Pookoya Thangal, managing director of Fashion
Gold jewellery, who was absconding for the past
10 months, has been remanded to judicial custody.
Former IUML MLA M C Kamaruddin, who was
the chairman of the jewellery group, was arrested
in November last year in connection with the
financial fraud related to gold jewellery business.
Confirming Thangal's surrender, senior police
sources said he had been absconding after
Kamaruddin was arrested on Nov 7 last year.
Bommai to review Covid
situation in D Kannada, Udupi
BENGALURU: Amid the surge in coronavirus
cases especially in Kerala bordering districts of
Karnataka, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on
Wednesday will chair Covid review meeting at
Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. Health
bulletin suggested Dakshina Kannada district
recorded more Covid cases than Bengaluru. The
CM, after meeting with district authorities on
Wednesday, would also visit Kerala border check
posts on Thursday before he returns to Bengaluru.
Meanwhile, BBMP is gearing up to prepare as
many as 8,000 beds across its jurisdiction to face
the possible third wave of Covid.
Harassment of fish vendors:
UDF seeks reply from Minister
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The opposition
UDF on Wednesday protested in the Kerala
Assembly demanding a clear reply from Health
Minister Veena George over the recent incidents
of alleged harassment of fish vendors on waysides
in the name of Covid restrictions. The Congress-
led opposition members raised the issue during
the question hour, a day after the staff of the LDF-
ruled Attingal Municipality here threw away a
T
he Lok Sabha was adjourned sine guish that the House did not run smoothly was also present. The parties gave them 8 weeks to fill up all va- have only vacancies and not ap-
die on Wednesday, bringing an end to during the session which had 17 sittings. included the Congress, DMK, cancies. pointments,” Justice Kaul roared.
the stormy Monsoon session two He said members holding placards and Trinamool, SP, Shiv Sena, NC, “Is there some ‘muhurrat’ re- He said the ground reality is dif-
days ahead of the scheduled date of August raising slogans in the Well of Lok Sabha CPI-M, RJD, CPI, IUML, RSP, quired for taking steps? States are ferent from what the governments
13. was not in accordance with its traditions. VCK, KC(M) and LJD. The oppn defeating the purpose for which the tell the court as the Centre dillydal-
Opposition protests over the Pegasus PM Modi was present in the House when members have moved notices consumer protection laws have been lied the appointments of the mem-
snooping row, farm laws and other issues it was adjourned sine die (adjourned for for discussion and suspension made... they have been made for the bers in the National Commission.
had continuously marred the proceedings an indefinite period). Before adjourning, of work in both Houses — benefit of people,” said Justice San- “There is little attempt made to
since the start of the session on July 19. the House also paid tributes to four for- Manish Tewari and Manickam jay Kishan Kaul, heading a Bench, translate the legislative intent to ad-
The Question Hour witnessed disrup- mer members who passed away recently. Tagore in the LS and Deepen- also comprising Justice Hrishikesh ministrative infrastructure, facili-
tions on most of the days during this ses- As a mark of respect to the departed der Hooda in RS on the Roy. ties, staff, Members in order for the
sion while the House managed to pass 20 souls, members present in the House also contentious farm laws. He slammed the governments for functioning of the consumer dis-
bills, including the Constitutional amend- stood in silence for a brief while. defeating the legislative intent be- putes commissions,” he said.
Journo killed, eyes gouged out, body mutilated
The decomposed body of Manish Kumar Singh was found from
Mathlohiar Gaddi Tola — three days after his disappearance
OUR CORRESPONDENT The killers removed had the past few days,” the officer
Patna gouged out his eyes. said, adding, “The villagers on
Singh was a native of Pa- Tuesday, spotted a pair of
In a real life thriller like in harpur village in the same dis- shoes in the farmland. When
Prakash Jha’s action flick trict and his father Sanjay Ku- they searched further, the
‘Gangajal’, a journalist associ- mar Singh is an editor of a Hin- dead body was found from a
ated with a private news chan- di news paper (Areraj Dar- Sareh village. The body was in
nel and son of a leading state shan). a semi-decomposed state.”
vernacular newspaper editor “The father suspects that he In a statement to the Harshid-
was killed in Bihar’s East had property dispute with his hi police, Sanjay Singh said his
Champaran district, an offi- cousins and they may be in- son went to Mathlohar Gaddi
cial said. To add to the grue- volved in his murder. Besides, Tola three days ago. “He had
some script, the killers had he also suspects that his son, posted a photograph of a get-
plucked out his eyes. who had done many investiga- together party of himself and
The decomposed body of tive stories and exposed two other journalist friends
Manish Kumar Singh was wrongdoings in the district, Amrendra Kumar and Ashlaj
found on Tuesday from Math- could have been targeted by Alam at 8.42 pm. Since then, he
lohiar Gaddi Tola — three criminals he exposed. He was had been missing and we lost
days after his disappearance. receiving threatening calls for contact with him.

IMPORTANCE OF ADVOCATE ASHWINI UPADHYAY

portion of the fish, kept for sale by a local fisher
woman, on the road and carried away the rest in
their garbage truck. OUR BUREAU / NEW DELHI: A for- nikah halala. In 2017, he had filed a
mer Delhi BJP spokesman and SC PIL seeking to make Hindi a compul-