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BJP govt in UP
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24,000 children died
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2017 to 2019: NCRB
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Schoolchildren looting villagers posing as Naxals arrested
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Police arrested four persons, who
posing as Naxals allegedly looted
six houses in two Dantewada vil-
lages. They used their NCC uni-
forms to pose as Maoists, Dante-
wada police officials said.
Among the arrested three were
minors. However, the master
mind of the plot is absconding.
After the arrest, people found
that activities of banned Maoists
outfits started attracting school-
children in the Naxal-affected ar-
eas. They thought collecting
money from the villagers may be
an easy way out, one Dantewada
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BEATS BRITAIN 3-1
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in QF, to take on
Belgium in last 4
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A determined Indian
men's hockey team ad-
vanced to the Olympic
semifinals for the first
time in 49 years, beating
Great Britain 3-1 in the
quarterfinals here on Sun-
day, a triumph which
leaves the side within
touching distance of a
medal that has proved elu-
sive for over four decades.
The eight-time former
Olympic champions
scored three field goals
through Dilpreet Singh
(7th minute), Gurjant
Singh (16th) and Hardik
Singh (57th) to seal the
win. Great Britain's lone
goal was scored by Sam
Ward from a penalty cor-
ner in the 45th minute.
India will take on world
champions Belgium in the
semifinal on Tuesday. In-
dia's last of the eight
Olympic gold medals came
way back in 1980 Moscow
Games but there were no
semifinals in that edition as
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India assumes UNSC presidency
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India on Sunday assumed
the rotating presidency of
the United Nations Securi-
ty Council (UNSC) and will
be hosting signature
events related to maritime
security, peacekeeping,
and counterterrorism dur-
ing the month.
India took over the presi-
dency from France. Am-
bassador of India to United
Nations, TS Tirumurti
thanked France Perma-
nent Representative to the
UN, Nicolas de Riviere, for
steering the UN Security
Council for the month of
July.
"Thank you Ambassador
@NDeRiviere, PR of
France for steering the UN
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local said. Police have arrested
four persons in this connection
and also recovered weapons used
in the crime, NCC uniforms and
money looted from villagers, De-
vansh Rathore, SDOP Kirandul
said.
Meanwhile, the mastermind,
Nandu Karma son of Joga Kar-
ma, a Congress leader-cum-Jan-
pad member, is found abscond-
ing. "Police are carrying out
raids and he will be arrested
soon," the SDOP said.
On the complaints of villagers
of Dugeli and Padar, Bacheli po-
lice station limits, police teams
were formed and the suspects
were nabbed. During interroga-
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India will always be a voice of moderation: EAM village on the highway, lo-
cated about 50 km from the
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charge Kamlesh Soni told
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PTI. The bus, carrying 22
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passengers, was heading to-
month of July. India takes with India on strategic is- wards Sagar from Bhopal,
over the Presidency for Au- sues as maritime security, he said. Thirteen passen-
gust," Tirumurti tweeted. peacekeeping, and counter- gers were injured and con-
Meanwhile, France said terrorism. dition of three was critical,
it is committed to working ������������ the official said.
Shah says UP on top in law and
order situation, lauds CM Yogi
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Ahead of the 2022 Uttar
Pradesh Assembly elections,
Union Home Minister Amit
Shah on Sunday praised the
Yogi Adityanath government
for taking the state to the “top
spot” in terms of law and or-
der.
Addressing a function after
laying the foundation stone of
the Uttar Pradesh State Insti-
tute of Forensic Sciences in
Lucknow, Shah said BJP gov-
ernments work for the devel-
opment of the poorest people.
tion, the accused revealed that form and they handed them mon-
they used to stay in rented ac- ey. The boys used two motorbikes
commodation for study but these to carry out such acts, the SDOP
days they are facing difficulty in added. One of the victims San-
meeting their expenses. tosh Karma said, the boys first at-
During the meeting, one of the tacked his mother and after beat-
accomplices, mastermind Nandu ing her they attacked me and dur-
Karma revealed that his team ing the fight when I overpowered
used to loot villagers in the name one of the attackers, the rest ac-
of Naxals in Gongpal village by cused put a knife on my mother's
using fake AK-47 rifle and Naxal throat and threatened to kill her.
uniforms. Finally, five boys So we handed them Rs 20,000
agreed to execute the plot, the which was in our possession.
SDOP said. In the beginning, we decided
Out of five, four boys wore the not to complain, later on we got
uniform and raided the houses. information of such incident oc-
As the boys attacked the houses curred in a nearby village and
in the wee hours, the villagers then we filed a police complaint,
failed to identify the NCC uni- the victim said.
Red alert
sounded in
10 districts
in state
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The India Meteorologi-
cal Department issued
red for 10 districts of
Madhya Pradesh fore-
casting heavy to very
heavy rains in the next
24 hours.
These districts include
Gwalior, Shivpuri,
Ashok Nagar, Guna, Da-
tia, Sheopur, Bhind,
Morena, Neemuch and
Mandsaur.
The India Meteo also
sounded an 'orange alert'
for heavy to very heavy
showers till Monday
morning in 17 districts -
Rewa, Satna, Sidhi, Sin-
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grauli, Sagar, Chhat-
tarpur, Damoh, Panna,
Tikamgarh, Niwari,
Bhopal, Raisen, Rajgarh,
Sehore, Vidisha, Agar
and Shajapur.
Showers ranging from
115.6 mm to 204.5 mm or
above along with thun-
derstorms and lightning
are very likely at isolated
places in 10 district
where red alert has been
sounded.
Heavy showers also
lashed several parts of
the state in the 24-hour
period ending at 8.30
am on Sunday.
Ready for arrest: Himant
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Assam Chief Minister Hi-
manta Biswa Sarma, on
Sunday said he is ready to
be arrested by Mizoram Po-
lice if it helps bring peace
between the neighbouring
states of Mizoram and As-
sam, whose police engaged
in a fire fight six days ago,
leaving seven dead.
The Assam chief minis-
ter, while asserting that
only talks would help re-
solve the row, told reporters
that he would not seek bail
to avoid any summons by
Mizoram Police. Sarma's
statement came after Mizo-
ram chief secretary said
earlier in the day that the
state's chief minister had
frowned on charges of `at-
tempt to murder and crimi-
For six years till 2019, I trav-
elled a lot in UP. Hence, I know
the earlier UP very well. There
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INCIDENTS OCCURRED
in Rewa, Singrauli
following heavy rain
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Six people, including four
minors of two families,
were killed and five sus-
tained injuries in two ma-
jor incidents of house col-
lapse in Rewa-Singrauli
districts on Sunday.• The
houses collapsed following
heavy rain in the two dis-
tricts on Sunday early
morning.
The first incident was re-
ported in village Bahera-
Ghuciyara of Rewa district
where a wall of a mud
house collapsed on six
members of the family
while they were asleep.
Four members of the fami-
ly, including two minors,
were killed, while two oth-
ers suffered severe in-
juries.
Rewa collector T Illiya
Raja said• 35-year-old man
Manoj Pandey, his mother
Kameli Pandey, 60, two
daughters Kajal and Aan-
chal Pandey• aged 7 and 8
years respectively were
killed.
Manoj's wife and her son
were found lying under the
N-E states' borders to be demarcated
through satellite imaging
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nal conspiracy' levelled
against his Assam counter-
part and indicated these are
likely to be withdrawn.
"If I am served a summon,
I will go on a `padyatra' (jour-
ney to galvanise opinion)
from Silchar to Vairengte
(the town where Assam offi-
cials have been summoned)
and join the probe. “If they
(Mizoram Police) arrest me
and that (helps) bring the sit-
was an atmosphere of fear in
western UP because of which
people were leaving the area,
women felt unsafe, the land
mafia was grabbing the land
of the poor people, incidents
of firing in broad daylight and
riots were rampant,” Shah
said. "In 2017, the BJP prom-
ised that we will make UP a de-
veloped state and also revamp
its law and order. Today in
2021, I can say with pride that
Yogi Adityanath and his team
have taken UP to the top spot
in terms of law and order,” he
added. ������������
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rubbles. They were rushed
to hospital.
In neighbouring Sin-
grauli district, two sib-
lings died, while their
parents sustained in-
juries when a wall of a
company office collapsed
on their mud house. This
incident took place in
Jayant Chowki under Vin-
dhyanagar police station,
Singrauli.
Police station in charge,
Abhimanyu Dwivedi, said
that the wall of a company
office collapsed on the
shanty leaving two chil-
dren of a labourer killed on
the spot. The deceased have
been identified as• 10-year-
old• Neeraj Munda• and his
2-year-old sister• Sanika.
Their father, Bhola Munda
(32), a resident of Jhark-
hand, his wife and his sev-
en-year-old daughter Ragi-
ni sustained injuries after
they came under the wall
debris• • Ragini is on the
ventilator at Nehru Hospi-
tal, Dwivedi added.
Rewa collector said that
relief work is underway in
the village and an ex-gratia
amount of Rs 4 lakh for
each of the deceased will
be provided to the surviv-
ing family member. A sum
of Rs 20,000 was given to
perform the last rites of
the deceased.
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uation to normal, I am ready
for that. I will not seek bail
from Gauhati High Court,"
he said dramatically.
Mizoram's police had also
filed FIRs against six Assam
police officers over the clash.
Sarma however said he will
protect the officers and will
not “allow them to be investi-
gated by Mizoram police for
an incident which occurred
in Assam.”
DELTA VARIANT
SPREADS TO 18
CHINESE
PROVINCES
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The highly contagious
Delta variant of the
Covid-19 has raised major
concerns in China as it
spread to 18 provinces
with fresh cases emerging
in capital Beijing on Sun-
day.
At least 18 provinces in
China have sounded alarm
about COVID-19 as more
than 300 domestic cases
were detected in 10 days,
posing great challenges to
the country as it deals with
the worst epidemic in
months, official media re-
ported.
At least 27 cities in 18
provinces reported more
than 300 confirmed cases in
recent days, including Bei-
jing, Jiangsu and Sichuan,
state-run Global Times re-
ported on Sunday.
The number of medium
and high-risk regions
across the country rose to
95 on Sunday, of which 91
are medium-risk regions
and four are high-risk re-
gions, including Dehong
Prefecture of Yunnan, Nan-
jing of Jiangsu and
Zhengzhou of Henan, the
report said.
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While the department of
higher education (DHE)
opened a window to register
for centralised admission
counselling through which
students will be allocated to
colleges, minority institutes
started granting direct ad-
mission to students on Sun-
day.
Although Sunday was a
holiday, some colleges with
minority institute status
had called their staff to
work for admitting the stu-
dents. Colleges with minori-
ty institute status had al-
ready done registrations of
students wishing to take ad-
mission to courses that they
offer. As the DHE gave the
go-ahead for starting the ad-
mission process, the minori-
ty colleges started uploading
details of students on the e-
pravesh website.
Take note: Admission in
traditional courses, such as
BA, BSc, BCom and LLB, are
granted in two modes-online
and offline.
While colleges with minor-
ity institute status are al-
lowed to grant admission in
the offline/direct mode, oth-
er colleges accept admis-
sions in the online mode
through centralised coun-
selling.
Students wishing to take
admission in the direct
mode need to just walk into
minority colleges with eligi-
bility documents in hand.
And those who want to par-
ticipate in online admission
counselling are required to
register themselves on the e-
Pattern of CTET Exam changed
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The Central Board of Second-
ary Education (CBSE) has
changed the examination pat-
tern for the Central Teacher's
Eligibility Test. This year's
question papers will be pre-
pared to assess less factual
knowledge and more concep-
tual understanding, applica-
tion, problem-solving, reason-
ing and critical thinking with-
News in Brief
Farewell to union leader Dholi
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Music prog in Madan Mohan's memory
Cop feted for her compassion
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GOVT, MINORITY COLLEGES FIRST CHOICE
A s in the previous years, government and minority colleges in
Indore district are going to be the first choice of students.
Students who want a course of their choice irrespective of
his/her percentage of marks are going to make a bee-
line for the minority institutes. However, students
participating in centralised online counselling are
Race for
going to give preference to such government colleges
as Holkar Science College, New Science College, Gov-
ADMISSION
ernment Law College, Atal Behari Vajpayee Arts and
Commerce College, Old GDC and New GDC.
Students would have a choice of seven colleges, priori-
ty-wise, at the time of registration. The DHE will prepare a
merit list of the students and, accordingly, allocate admission to
the colleges.
pravesh website. round counselling. A total of will be held at the college
The deadline for registra- three rounds of counselling level.
tion for admission to the PG will be held. Two rounds A major concern of stu-
courses is August 7 and UG will be conducted by the dents over the results of the
courses is August 12 in first- DHE, while the third round qualifying
Will assess less of factual knowledge and more of
conceptual understanding The CTET examination will
be conducted in the online mode
in the present CTET syllabus test for free.
and question paper format. CBSE will issue detailed no-
The CTET examination will be tification regarding the sched-
conducted in the online mode.
The CBSE will set up facilita-
tion centres in the districts
ule for submission of the on-
line application form for the
next examination of CTET
where the Candidates will be and dates of examination, in
able to take an online mock due course.
VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPS GURU PURAB OF GURU HARKRISHAN SAHIB MAHARAJ
AT VARIOUS OLD-AGE HOMES Special Kirtan Darbar, prayers
BONE AND JOINT WEEK
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On the occasion of Bone
and Joint Week, which is
being celebrated in the
first week of August, the
Association of Or-
thopaedic Surgeons of In-
dore (AOSI) organised
voluntary service camps
at various old-age homes
of the city to provide con-
sultation and treatment to patients.
"We contacted all the old-age homes
across the city, but some of them refused
to attend the camp because of the Covid
situation. We organised the camp at many
places and checked over 200 elderly peo-
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'Senior citizens are like precious pearls'
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St Joseph's Church cele-
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brated Grandparents' Day
by inviting all the grand-
parents and senior citizens
of the parish community.
Around 42 grandparents
and senior citizens gath-
ered at the church in Nan-
danagar at 10.00 am on Sun-
day to celebrate Holy Mass.
Fr Thomas Rajamanikam,
the parish priest, celebrated
the Eucharist. Shoba Kum-
rawat and Sharman Fran-
cis read from the Holy
Bible. Fr Thomas Raja-
manikam, in his homily
and preaching, mentioned
the following points:
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ior citizens are the and grandchildren
greatest treasure of our � They need to grow to be-
community. They are come graceful and in-
like precious pearls struments of blessings
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DOCUMENT VERIFICATION STARTS TODAY
I n view of the Covid-19 situation, the DHE
has scrapped the mandatory condition of
verification of documents in colleges. The
verification will be done online
through a helpdesk set up at the gov-
ernment colleges. Only those stu-
dents whose document verification
could not be done online will have to
show up at any government college
near their home and get the job done.
Verification of documents will start on
Monday. For P-G courses, verification will
continue till August 8 and U-G courses till
August 13.
have also been addressed be-
fore the admission season
started. The results of all
the qualifying exams, bar-
examinations ring BA final year, are out.
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He said that a team of
senior members of the
AOSI, including Dr DK
Taneja, Dr Pramod
Neema, Dr Anil Mahajan,
Dr Alok Jain, Dr Vikas
Rathore, Dr Saurabh
Gupta, Dr Anuj Nigam,
Dr Aamir Johar, Dr
Harshwardhan Dawar,
Dr Puneet Maheshwari,
Dr Manish Bajaj, Dr Ra-
jeev Kelkar, Dr Vaibhav
Goyal and Dr Pravan Mahajan, participat-
ed in the camp and gave their services to
Jyoti Niwas, Dashrath Ashram, Pancham
Shri Human Care Foundation and Shri
Ram Mahila Sewashram.
Along with treatment, free medicines
were also distributed by the association
members.
GRANDPARENTS' DAY CELEBRATED
cept changes is essential
� Preparing for a good and
graceful death
� Accommodating and re-
specting the new views,
lifestyles and suggestions
of the younger generation
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Nehru Park to be renovated
with 50-years-ago facilities
A toy train which earlier used to do the rounds of the grounds
is scheduled to run on the campus of the park
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Indore Smart City Develop-
ment Limited will redevel-
op and renovate the 'retro'
Nehru Park providing all
the facilities which used to
be there in the park 50-
years-ago.
The renovation and rede-
velopment work of Nehru
Park, which is one of the
oldest parks in the city, has
been in progress for almost
three years and has a target
of completion by December
2021.
The project was initially
started by Indore Munici-
pal Corporation, which lat-
er left the project unfin-
ished. Ultimately, the ball
dropped in Smart City's
court and it is is now devel-
oping the park.
WHAT'S NEW?
� Smart City has changed
the entrance gate of
the park and, now,
there will be only one
entrance
� There will be a foun-
tain inside the park
with many plants sur-
rounding it
� A toy train which earli-
er used to run is sched-
uled to run on the cam-
pus of the park
HISTORY OF THE PARK
� Many leafy plants and
trees will be planted in
the garden area of the T he park is said to be more than 50 years old. Earlier,
park to make it look
it was called BISCO-PARK. It was the only amuse-
ment park at that time where a toy train used to run.
more dense and green The train was the main attraction of the park, which
used to remain open to all and only the train ride was
� There will be a library
charged. Also, many eateries and street food sellers
� There will also be swings used to crowd round the park entrance gates
According to Smart City NEW PARK, NEW RULES
officials, the project cost
around Rs 7.96 crore. ISCDL
is trying to bring back that
touch of the old park in its
T he park will now no longer be free for all to visit
because, in the past, it had become a hub of antiso-
cials and and a meeting ground for couples. According
new version, adding a few to Smart City officials, now, there will an entry fee.
advancements in its infra- People who go to the park daily for their morning and
structure and such other evening walks will have the facility of passes. No
things. obscene acts will be tolerated
INDORE: To commemorate Guru Purab of came to Indore from Thali, Ropar for the
Guru Harkrishan Sahib Maharaj, a two-day event.In the Ragi Jatha, Hazuri Ragi Bhai
special Kirtan Darbar began on Sunday at Amandeep Singh, Bhai Tarlok Singh and
Gurdwara Sri Guru Harkrishan Sahib Ji, Bhai Sohan Singh from Gurdwara Imli
Sant Nagar. Sahib attended the Gurmati Diwan being
Giving information about the pro- decorated in Sant Nagar.
gramme, president of Shri Guru Singh Sab- Sikh community members offered spe-
ha, Indore, Manjit Singh Bhatia and gener- cial prayers and conduct 'ardas' to the
al secretary Jasbir Singh said, "Akhand Guru for seeking help in fighting coron-
Path Sahib was started at 9 am on Saturday avirus. Guru Harkrishan had taught
to commemorate Guru Purab." Sikhs about caring for the suffering
The Kirtan Darbar started on Sunday at through caring for cholera and smallpox
8:30 am. Morning Diwan was decorated victims. The message from Guru Harkris-
from 8:30 am to 11:45 am and evening Diwan han that was recited and remembered by
will be decorated from 6:45 pm to 10:15 pm. the community members on Sunday
On Monday, the main Diwan of Gurpurab morning was: "As you learn to have faith
will be decorated from 7:30 am to 12:45 am. in God's Will, you will attain to realms sor-
Gurmati thinker Bhai Sukhwinder Singh rowless. Eternal peace will be yours."
GIFTS GALORE
� Fr Naveen pre-
pared the gifts
which were dis-
tributed all
around. Everyone
was given a piece
of cake which was
prepared by Sis-
ters Anista and
Rosy
� Covid-19 protocols
were strictly fol-
lowed by everyone
who attended the
celebration
� Spending more time in life and faith in which Se- tion and their charisma.
prayer, meditation and bastian Francis, Jacinta Sunil Raphael conducted
spiritual growth Jangra, Maya Francis, the programme and sang
After the Mass, there was Catherine Menon and songs. Sebastian played
a sharing session and the Joseph Mangeskar partici- the dholak and Kevin
following grandparents pated. Sr Celine explained Raphael played the Casio.
shared briefly about their about St Anne's Congrega- The choir also performed.
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viewed the Mercedes-AMG GT
R speeding it over 0-300 kph at
the newly made tracks, Nation-
al Automotive Test Tracks (NA-
TRAX) in the Pithampur area,
officials said on Sunday.
Dr N Karuppaiah, additional
director and centre head, NA-
TRAX, said the car was driven at
NATRAX's High Speed Tracks
(HST). The supercar took just
33.03 secs to reach 300 kph from
standstill; the record was
achieved at the tracks. The re-
view was done by Autocar India.
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ficial website that the record
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Recently, the track and even tractor-trailers. This
was inaugurated by means supercar manufacturers,
Union minister such as Lamborghini and Fer-
Prakash Javadekar. rari, too, can test their vehicles
This high-speed track at this facility
in Pithampur near In-
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and has been developed by the efficiency. It could be a major � The NATRAX is the longest four lanes dling a maximum speed of up from braking, high-speed
National Automotive Test boon to the Indian auto indus- such testing tracks in India and to 375 kph on the curves runs, mileage accumulation,
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is something that could help range of vehicles in the coun- metres in width The testing tracks have been
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MOLESTATION OF WOMAN AT MYH Key figure in spurious

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A 55-year-old woman who
was allegedly molested by
a ward boy on the fifth
floor of Maharaja Yesh-
wantrao Hospital a few
days back, reiterated her
charge and said that earli-
er also she wanted to press
charges against the ward
boy, but the hospital staff
didn't allow her to lodge
the complaint.
Talking to the media on
Sunday, she alleged that
the hospital staff threat-
ened her by saying that
they won't give her any of
her treatment papers if
she pressed charges
against the ward boy and
also impressed upon her
that if the matter came
out, it would ruin her im-
age in the community.
"I was admitted to the
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"T he woman didn't lodge any complaint even to us
but we sent a letter to the police and requested a
probe in the matter. We kept her in a private room to
keep her identity a secret. She had refused to lodge a
complaint and had even denied the incident as well."
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hospital for dialysis and
on July 27 night, the ac-
cused ward boy took me to
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tering enema but he mo-
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What was
the incident?
A woman was alleged-
ly molested by a
ward boy in the wash-
room of ward no 28 on
the fifth floor of MY Hos-
pital. Hospital adminis-
tration had called police
for investigation but she
had refused to lodge any
complaint.
complaint with hospital
staff but they didn't listen
to me and later the lady
guard there threatened me
whether I wanted the treat-
ment papers or not," the
victim told the media per-
son.
She also alleged that the
hospital staff kept her in a
private room for two days
after the incident so that
she would remain isolated.
"Later, after I got dis-
charged, the hospital staff
took me out of the hospital
through the back door and
dropped me home in an
ambulance," she said,
adding, "I will lodge a com-
plaint against the accused
now."
Police station in-charge
of Sanyogitaganj police
station Rajeev Tripathi
said, "We had sent a female
sub-inspector to investi-
gate the matter who talked
to the woman. She refused
to lodge any complaint and
even told the sub-inspector
that nothing had happened
with her. We kept the state-
ment recorded. If the
woman wants to lodge a
complaint even now then
she can approach the cops
of the nearest police sta-
tion."
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In the spurious liquor case
that has led to the death of
four persons, police investi-
gations are showing that the
spurious liquor being sup-
plied in Indore and other
nearby districts
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are the work
of the same
gang and the
key person is one Kalka
Prasad, who was arrested
by the Khargone police a
couple of days back.
Police now plan to bring
him from Khargone and in-
terrogate him about the en-
tire network involved in
supplying spurious liquor.
SP (West) Mahesh Chand
Jain said one channel of in-
vestigation started when
the condition of Tarun of
Juni Indore, who had con-
sumed spurious liquor, dete-
riorated. On the basis of in-
formation provided by
Tarun they arrested Bunty
Lok Adalat
at HC on
Sept 11
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Lok Adalat will be organ-
ised on September 11 for
police's custody for questioning
Sudhwani of Panchsheel
Nagar who had supplied
liquor to Tarun. Bunty's two
accomplices named Navin
and Sonu were
also arrested.
The trio used
to supply liquor to vari-
ous bars and individuals in
the city. Bunty Sudhwani
confessed that he used to
bring liquor from Manish
Sukhwani of Burhanpur.
Manish was arrested in
Burhanpur on Saturday and
was brought to Indore on
Sunday and he told police
that he had links with Kalka
Prasad, and used to pur-
chase liquor from him,
through another person.
SP Jain said in a parallel
investigation that started af-
ter the death of four persons
who had consumed spuri-
ous liquor in two bars last
week, also pointed towards
Over 43,000 people to get
1st and 2nd dose vax today
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The district health depart-
ment has planned to vacci-
nate more than 43,000 people
Kalka Prasad.
After the four deaths, po-
lice had arrested Paradise
bar owner Yogesh Yadav,
Sapna Bar owner Vikas
Baredia and two suppliers
named Pravin and Pankaj
on Saturday. Pankaj and
Pravin informed the police
that they used to bring
liquor from Bunty alias
Rahul Borade. Police
brought Rahul for question-
ing, but before he could be
interrogated properly he
died, allegedly after con-
suming poison. However,
police found that Rahul also
used to buy liquor from
Kalka Prasad.
Meanwhile, Bunty, Navin
and Sonu were produced be-
fore the court on Sunday
where Bunty and Navin
were sent to police remand
till August 3 while Sonu was
sent to jail.
provide the second dose of
Covaxin with the leftovers
of about 5,000 doses in
stock. We were facing a
shortage of vaccines, but,
now, we've received over

UGC extends deadline for NET qualified

mutual settlement and with the first and second 40,000 doses from the state
EXCISE DEPT'S ACTION CONTINUES settlement of pending cas- doses of vaccine on August and will use them for run-

19 bottles of IMFL, 225

es in Indore bench of 2 as they have got a stock of ning the drive on Monday.

candidates for completing Masters

Madhya Pradesh High vaccines from the state. We've demanded more vac-
Court. According to immuniza- cine doses from the state

quarters of country
liquor seized
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INDORE: The state excise department contin- University Grants
ued its crackdown on sale of smuggled\spurious Commission (UGC) has
liquor for the third consecutive day on Sunday extended the deadline for
morning and seized 19 liquor bottles of a partic- National Eligibility Test
ular brand of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (NET) qualified candidates
(IMFL) from a flat. One person was arrested. to complete their Masters.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of excise sub-inspec- Besides, for candidates who
tor Nitin Ashapure raided a flat owned by Somil are still pursuing their
Gupta in Snehlataganj. During the search, the Master's degree courses or
excise officers recovered 19 bottles of whiskey expecting the final results can
and 225 quarters containing country liquor. The also sit for UGC NET 2021.
excise officers believed that the accused, Somil However, date of UGC NET
Gupta, used to sell the liquor from his place. 2021 has not been finalized as
The seized liquor appears to be spurious so yet.
forensic investigation is also being done to check In a public notice, UGC sec-
the quality of the liquor. The accused is being retary Rajnish Jain said,
questioned about his source of the liquor. Value "Some of the candidates, who
of seized liquor is Rs 50,000. stood qualified in the
After the deaths due to spurious liquor in the December 2018 and / or June
city, the excise department is taking action 2019 for Junior Research
against the bootleggers continuously. Fellowship (JRF) / or for eligi-
FRIENDSHIP DAY
bility for lectureship / assis-
tant professor, have not been
able to complete their Master's
degree or equivalent course
either due to unavoidable
delays in conducting universi-
ty examinations or declara-
tion of results thereof caused
by Covid-19 pandemic."
"In the interest of the affect-
ed candidates, UGC has taken
a decision to extend the last
date for completing the
Master's degree or equivalent
course with requisite percent-
age of marks as per the eligi-
bility conditions of NET till
June 30, 2022 for December
2018 qualified candidates and
December 31, 2022 for June
2019 qualified candidates," the
notice reads.
The notice also states that
as per the eligibility condi-
tions for NET, candidates
who are pursuing their
Master's degree or equiva-
lent course or candidates
who have appeared for their
qualifying Master's degree
(final year) examination and
whose result is awaited or
candidates whose qualifying
examinations have been
delayed can also apply for
this test. "
The notice, however, clari-
fies such candidates are
admitted provisionally and
are considered as eligible for
award of JRF/eligibility for
assistant professor only after
they have passed their
Master's degree or equiva-
lent examination with requi-
site percentage of marks
within two years from the
date of NET result.
Vinod Kumar Dwivedi,
secretary and principal
registrar of High Court
tion officer Dr Tarun Gupta,
they will run vaccination
drives at 120 centres across
and we're expecting to get
them by next week," Dr Gup-
ta said.
Legal Services Committee, the city and people can take He added that the state had
said that in the National the first and second doses of again started an online slot
Lok Adalat, compoundable Covishield and only the sec- booking system for vaccina-
criminal cases, cases un- ond dose of Covaxin. tions and people could book
der Section 138 of the Ne- "Along with the first dose their slots through the
gotiable Act, money recov- of Covishield, they will also CoWIN portal.
ery related matters, mo-
tor accident compensa-
tion claim case, matri-
monial case, labour dis-
pute case, land acquisi-
tion case, electricity and
water tax/bill related
case (except non-com-
poundable cases), serv-
ice matter which is relat-
ed to retirement bene-
fits, revenue cases , civil
cases and all other nego-
tiable cases will be set-
tled on the basis of mu-
tual agreement.
There is also a provi-
sion to refund the court
fee paid by the govern-
ment after the matter is
resolved through Lok

Friends have a blast! 'Houseful' at

Adalat, he added.

Ralamandal, 14K throng zoo

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Unlike last year, Indoreans celebrat-
ed Friendship Day with enthusiasm
and took part in gatherings and par-
ties on Sunday. Every restaurant and
hotel had a long queue of friends
waiting to dine in together. Friends
from all walks of life thronged public
places including picnic spots,
Ralamandal, city zoo, malls, clubs,
etc.
Kamla Nehru Prani Sangrahalaya
recorded its highest footfall since
Covid-19 outbreak. The footfall
recorded was 14,000 said Dr Uttam
Yadav, city zoo-incharge.
"There are multiple reasons for the
huge turnout; from desire to see the
black tiger to celebrating with
friends on this special day," said Dr
Yadav. The bird aviary was the per-
fect friends' click destination, Dr
Yadav added.
Ralamandal had to close its doors to
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visitors as it was 'housefull' with
1,500 visitors spending the day at the
sanctuary. "The parking was full and
how can we allow so many people to
crowd, where we have animals,"
Dinesh Vaskil SDO (sub-divisional
officer) Ralamandal said. He added
that even wildlife safari ran about 30
shifts, which is rare.
"Usually, the shifts run even on
weekends are about 15 to 18," Vaskil
said.
Cops were stationed at many places
to ensure compliance to Covid-19 pro-
tocols. However, people still crowded
at places and forgot the fear of coron-
avirus. From early morning people
were seen celebrating the day with
like-minded people in unique ways.
Fitness enthusiasts led by Vikram
Awardee Yoga trainer Pankaj Soni
created an inspirational symbol of
peace and prosperity at Ralamandal.
Other fitness groups went on hikes,
walks and cycle rides to outskirts of
the city. Some seniors from Bal
Niketan gathered and relived their
school memories with an interactive
event. Since Covid-19 outbreak and
enforced protocols, most festivals and
days have lost their usual pomp and
celebrations. However, this
Friendship Day, people were fearless
and came together to celebrate the
day. Most public places had special
decor and offers to further lure in
groups of friends. This year, social
media did not float with pictures of
friends until late evening, when peo-
ple posted pictures of the day.
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The second ride of Baba
Mahakal during the month
of Shravan will be taken
out here on Monday. Baba
Mahakal’s Sawari will be
taken out on a silver palan-
quin.
Due to Covid-19 out-
break, the second ride
will also be taken out on
curtailed route. It will
reach Ramghat via Bada
Ganesh Mandir, Harsid-
dhi Chauraha, Sid-
dhashram. The ride will
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BJP MLA Bahadur Singh
Chauhan threatened a pan-
chayat secretary during a
public event. A video of
the event has gone viral.
The MLA had come to
Gogapur Panchayat on Sat-
urday to perform the bhoo-
mi pujan of work costing
Rs 15 lakhs.
211 saplings planted Teachers of govt
at Police Lines colleges to stage
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Under the 10-day Ankitot-
sav to celebrate the 37th
birthday of Ankit Village,
the social workers of Se-
vadham Ashram organ-
ised a plantation pro-
gramme at the Police Lines
in Ujjain on Sunday.
The event was organized
under the special hospi-
tality of SP Satyendra
Shukla and ASP Dr
Ravind Verma and ASP
Akash Bhuria.
The chief guests were
welcomed by the Sevad-
Officers of Scouts and Guides
fete chief patron of state
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On the World Scarf Day,
the officers of Bharat
Scouts and Guides reached
the Raj Bhavan to meet the
Governor.
Governor Mangubhai
Patel congratulated the of-
ficers andmotivated them
to serve the society and
the country and through
the initiatives of Bharat
Scouts and Guides. State
secretary feted the Gover-
nor pinning a badge of
Chief Patron and State
Training Commissioner
(Scouts) and by gifting a
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Due to the ride, there will be a change in the dar-
shan arrangement at the Mahakal Temple. The
devotees can avail of the darshan of the presiding
deity at the temple from 5 am to 1 pm and 7 pm to 9
pm. Darshan will be only open to the devotees who
have pre-booking. Early darshan will not be per-
mitted on the day. All the roads leading to the tem-
ple will be closed for commoners at 1 pm.
return via Harsiddhi Pal.
The ride will be telecast
live on the Temple Man-
agement Committee’s
website, local channels
He expressed displeasure
as the organisers failed to
arrange for a foundation
laying stone.
In the video the MLA is
seen threatening the pan-
chayat secretary Rad-
heshyam Sisodia, that he
will take such action that
he will not forget in his
lifetime. He also threat-
ened to shift him to
Burhanpur.
ham Sadguru Band com-
prising children of Shri
Ramakrishna Balgriha
and Maa Sharda Balika
Griha. Sudhir Bhai Goyal,
the founder of Sevadham
Ashram said that under
imitative to plant 11,000
saplings, 211 saplings of
Neem, Bud and Peepal
were planted to conclude
the Ankitotsav. Inspector
Jai Prakash Arya support-
ed the cause.
Cops, children, youth and
elders of Sevadham under
the leadership of Kanta
Bhabhi
saplings.
also planted
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scarf. State media in-
charge of Bharat Scouts
and Guides Radheshyam
Chowrishia said that, af-
ter taking over as the
Chief Patron, the scout
pledge was read by His Ex-
and will be streamed live
on social media. People
can witness the Mahakal
ride from the confines of
their home.
The MLA performed the
pujan but expressed his
anger that the protocol of
the public representative
was violated.
It is against the rules to
perform Bhoomi Pujan
without the stone laying
stone, he said.
On Saturday itself, Jan-
pad Panchayat CEO
Priyanka Tagore has is-
sued a show cause notice to
phased agitation
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Teachers of the govern-
ment colleges will launch a
phased agitation to press
their demands. Divisional
president of Professors’
Association Dr Keshav-
mani Sharma, and District
president Ravi Mishra de-
clared here that a phased
agitation will be launched
from August 2 to August 14
the teachers will work by
sporting black masks and
black bands.
The teachers will also
RUCKUS AT NILGANGA POLICE STATION
LANDLORD’S MINOR DAUGHTER ACCUSES TENANT OF RAPE ATTEMPT
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In the area under Nilgan-
ga police station, a minor
girl has alleged that 2
men tried to rape her
while she was alone at
her home on Sunday.
The landlord is associat-
cellency the Governor.
State secretary Ashok
Janvad, joint state secre-
tary Anita Ankulnerkar
and state training com-
missioner (Scouts) B. Ale
were present.
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Mahakal Temple here wit-
nessed a huge influx of
devotees on Sunday. The
devotees walk for three to
four kilometers to avail of
the darshan.
Devotees reached the
temple walking barefoot
on the path muddied due
to rain. Despite the hassle
the secretary and sought a
reply in two days. The sec-
retary has asked him to re-
spond as to why he did not
make the preparations for
the Bhoomi Pujan pro-
gramme properly though
the information about the
program was shared well
in time.
Tagore has sought a reply
from the reply secretary
within two days.
write to the Chief Minister
and public representatives
urging them to fulfill their
demands including pay-
ment of arrears of 7th
UGC pay scale, dearness
allowance and house rent
allowance. In the second
phase, from August 16 to
August 25, the attention of
the government would be
attracted through gate
meetings, poster display,
raising slogans, conch
shell, playing of thali
among other measures.
Agitations will be held fol-
lowing corona protocol.
ed with the Hindu Jagran
Manch so a large number
of workers reached the
police station to lodge a
complaint.
Terming the allegations
as baseless, the tenant’s
wife raised a ruckus at
the Nilganga police sta-
tion. The minor girl al-
Lack of road hassles Somcharhi villagers
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Somcharhi village of the
block has been waiting for
development since Inde-
pendence. Villagers are has-
sled due to unpaved roads
and lack of drains. Situated
only 16 kilometre away from
the block, Somcharhi village
comes under Gram Panchay-
at Devgarh. Despite claims
that every effort is being
made by the CM of the state
and the Modi government at
the center to connect the vil-
lages, the unpaved road from
Somcharhi to Devgarh bears
testimony that the ground re-
ality is in stark contrast to the
tall claims of the govern-
ment. The distance between
Somcharhi and Devgarh is
about 3 kilometers but the
their faith kept them go-
ing. They hailed Baba Ma-
hakal on their way to dar-
shan.
Due to the high number
of devotees, the system of
pre-booking failed and the
administration made the
entry open for all. The
arrangement to check the
vaccination certificates
and the Covid test report
also failed. Most of the
Mill Workers’ Union unhappy with 6
months payment extension to MP govt
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The meeting of the work-
ers of Binod Mills Sang-
harsh Samiti was held un-
der the chairmanship of
Harishankar Sharma at
the Labour Camp on Sun-
day. Hundreds of workers
attended the meeting.
Omprakash Bhadauria
narrated the proceedings
of the Supreme Court. He
said that the judge or-
dered the imposition of 12
% fine, but the lawyer of
the government, cried Co-
rona and sought an year’s
extension.
leged that the on Sunday
their tenant and his
brother-in-law tried to
rape her. She revealed her
ordeal to her parents who
rushed with her to the po-
lice station.
Wife of the tenant
reached reached the po-
lice station and started
condition of the kuchcha
road is such that commuters
do not use out of fear that
their vehicle might get stuck.
The kuchcha road is also
the only stretch available for
nearby villages like Aalakhe-
da and Khajuri Deora of Alot
development block.
Raju Tailor, deputy
sarpanch Amar Singh Gujar,
residents of village Som-
charhi and social worker Ji-
tendra Goyal said, “Jitendra
Gehlot, son of ex-Union min-
ister Thawarchand Gehlot,
was MLA from the con-
stituency from 2013 to 2018.
He claims that he has devel-
oped his Assembly con-
stituency but will he explain
why this road remain a testi-
mony of neglect?” they
added.
Not just him, other public
devotees turned up wear-
ing masks.
During the darshan on
last Monday, a stampede
like situation was created.
From Saturday, the Ma-
hakal temple administra-
tion had changed the sys-
tem and provided for en-
try of devotees from the
side of Chardham temple.
This arrangement was
to be implemented on Sat-
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After hearing the argu-
ment, the justice gave 6
months’ time. Bhadauria
termed the extension as
unfortunate and disap-
pointing. Six months time
was also given on the con-
dition that 10% of the
dues of the workers will
be deposited within 4
weeks.
Harishankar Sharma ex-
pressed anger over the pa-
thetic condition of the
workers even after 75 years
of independence. Question-
ing the policy and purpose
accusing the landlord.
The commotion at the po-
lice station continued for
a long time.
The dispute is also be-
ing linked to eviction of
the house, said sources.
Till late in the evening,
the police had not regis-
tered a case.
representative too have
failed to pay heed to the de-
velopment of this road. Con-
gress despite being power for
about 1.5 years, also ignored
this road. Incumbent MLA
Manoj Chawla has also failed
to resolve the problem, they
added.
“The people of these vil-
lages are shown rosy dreams
of development during the
time of elections. Once the
elections are over the elected
representatives never bother
to make these dreams a reali-
ty,” they said. Till their elected
representatives remain apa-
thetic to the plight of their
constituents- the residents of
villages like Somcharhi will
be forced to walk with their
luggage, rations bag and oth-
er essential items over their
head while commuting.
urday, Sunday and Mon-
day. But it collapsed on
Sunday.
Devotees from across the
country arrived for dar-
shan and their queues
reached near Jaisinghpu-
ra. Most of the devotees
coming from outside had
not done pre-booking, so
the darshan was opened
for all.
Devotees had to cover
of the government, he re-
quested the people’s repre-
sentatives to take responsi-
bility of the cause of the
labourers. He demanded
that representatives of
trade unions and textile in-
dustry trade unions be in-
cluded in the SAIL commit-
tee.
The SAIL Committee has
been constituted by the
High Court. Sharma also
demanded that Chief Min-
ister’s announcement of
giving food slips to the
workers of closed mills be
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Youth from UP drowns
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A youth from Uttar
Pradesh drowned while
taking a dip in Kshipra
river in Ujjain on Sunday.
According to informa-
tion two friends identified
as Sandeep Sharma, 21
and Vishal Tiwari, 22,
from Aligarh in Uttar
Pradesh had come to Uj-
jain to visit Lord Mahakal
Temple on the occasion of
Friendship Day. They
went to Kshripra River to
have a holy dip. While tak-
ing a dip, Sandeep ven-
tured into deep water and
started drowning. His
friend Vishal swam him to
save him, but duo started
drowning.
On seeing them drown-
ing, the divers deployed at
the Ghat reached and took
out both youths from wa-
UJJAIN WEATHER
MAXIMUM: 29.0°C, MINIMUM: 21.5° C
HUMIDITY
MORNING: 89per cent, EVENING: 70 per cent
SUNRISE: 6.10 am , SUNSET: 6.41 pm
three to four kilometres to
get darshan. On an aver-
age they spent three to
four hours in queues.
Collector Ashish Singh
claimed that the devotees
are having darshan with
great ease.
The collector said that
number of devotees is
large so we have allowed
everyone to avail of dar-
shan.
implemented. The employ-
ees are not following the
Chief Minister’s an-
nouncement. The gather-
ing observed silence for
two minutes to pay tribute
to the mill workers who
died of Corona.
The meeting was ad-
dressed by Omprakash
Bhadauria, Laxminarayan
Rajak, Pradyot Chandel,
Phoolchand Mama, San-
tosh Sonar, Ramesh Shar-
ma, Geetabai, Rajubai
Bundela, Arjun Comrade,
Mishrilal Sahu.
ter. As Sandeep was un-
conscious, he was taken to
hospital, where he was de-
clared brought dead.
“As soon as we spotted
them drowning, we start-
ed rescue and took them
out. Unfortunately, one of
them could not be saved,”
Santosh, who is deployed
as a diver at Ghat, said.
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STRAIGHT DRIVE
Umaria love snapped ����������� ������������������������
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antri ji’s love for Umaria district he developed all
of a sudden in the past one year or so surprised
many in his department and outside. It could have
hardly been hidden from outside world given his fre-
quent visits to the districts and snoopers being active.
The message was bound to go to the top bass and then
there was a certain transfer. Of late, he has stopped
visiting the district, much to relief of officials of his
department in the district, who had to be on their toes ������������������������������������������������������������ ����������������������������
all the time till Mantri ji stayed there, to take care of
arrangements. ������������������������������������������������������ ��������������������������
Power pangs ������������������
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V indhya region mainly Rewa and Satna recorded
very heavy rain leaving over 300 people stranded.
Many villages were totally waterlogged and have lost

S hocks of power bills are not only affecting people

across the state but also this senior IAS officer. Not
that he has got a power bill unexpectedly on higher
Forecasting heavy-to-ex-
tremely heavy rain accom-
side but he is supposed to rectify ‘inflated’ power bills panied with lightning, the
mainly from influential people, some running into meteorological department
lakhs of rupees. Technocrats are technocrats. They on Sunday issued red and
justify the high electricity bills in most of the cases orange alerts for 27 dis-
and the IAS officer has no other option but to listen to tricts of Madhya Pradesh.
his subordinates. Minister concerned too is upset as The department has
he can’t help several high and mighty. Last heard the sounded ‘red alert’ for
officer is trying to get himself shifted to some other Gwalior, Shivpuri, Ashok
department to avoid these power pangs. • Nagar, Guna, Datia, Sheop-
ur, Bhind, Morena,
Pre-paid, top-up Neemuch and Mandsaur
districts where showers
G iven the transfer season a particular terminology
has resurfaced in the power corridors, mostly
associated with smart phones. Hence, one may hear
ranging from 115.6 mm to
204.5 mm or above along
with thunderstorms and
‘pre-paid’, ‘Saheb not believing in post-paid’, ‘recharge lightning are very likely at
voucher’, ‘validity extension voucher’, ‘top-up, and isolated places in the next
also ‘renewal licence fee’ etc to name a few in the 24 hours.
power corridors. While many wait for the results to Seventeen districts for
come in the next few days, with bated breath an engi- which orange alert has
neer posted in a district in Bhopal division found been issued include Rewa,
much to his dismay that a contractor used the amount Satna, Sidhi, Singrauli,
that he (engineer) was supposed to get from him (con- Sagar, Chhattarpur,
tractor), to request a Bade saheb to shift the engineer Damoh, Panna, Tikam-
to another district. garh, Niwari, Bhopal,
Raisen, Rajgarh, Sehore,
Flag missing, Mantri ji in Vidisha,• Agar and Sha-
japur. Isolated places in
P estered by transfer seekers a few ministers have
embarked upon a novel way to dodge such people.
The ministers have instructed their staff at their bun-
these districts are likely to
receive rainfall in the
range of 64.5 mm to 204.4
galows to not hoist the national flag (A sign regarding mm along with thunder-
minister being outstation) and post on the gate ‘Mantri storms and lightning. Be-
ji pravas par hain’ (Minister is outstation). A transfer sides, rain or thundershow-
seeker from Raisen district who made several rounds ers are also likely to occur
of a minister’s bungalow to get answer every time that in most of the districts
Mantri ji was outstation was taken aback when he saw falling under 10 revenue di-
him driving out of his bungalow in the afternoon. visions, including Bhopal,
Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior,
Carried away despite Corona Chambal and Ujjain.
A well-marked low pres-
sure area is persisting over
neighbouring south-east
Uttar Pradesh. That is why
areas in Madhya Pradesh
close to UP were experienc-
ing torrential rains, the of-
ficial said.
According to meteorolog-
ical department, a well-
marked low-pressure area
is over southeast Uttar
Pradesh. It is likely to move
west-northwest during the
next two days.
And a low-pressure area
is over Southern parts of
Haryana. Axis of monsoon
trough extends from Gan-
ganagar to North Bay of
Bengal across south
Haryana, south
Pradesh, Jharkhand, and
Uttar
road connectivity. Rainwater has even left many urban
pockets waterlogged. Villages including Ghuchiyari,
Bahera, Lane, Baghiri, Khara, Semaria, Badagaon, Lal-
gaon received heavy rain. The State Disaster Response
Force (SDRF) team has been pressed into service. Col-
lector Dr Illayaraja T and other officials took stock of
the situation in flooded areas. People living in 25 mud
houses were rescued from various areas.
Besides, heavy rain has left water bodies and reser-
voirs overflowing. Mandakini River is flowing above
����������������� the danger mark in Rewa-Satna region.• Its other trib-
utaries have crossed their danger mark in their re-
spective areas
������������������� Collector Dr. Ilayaraja T said the district administra-
tion teams are keeping a close watch in waterlogged ar-
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eas. Municipal Corporation teams have been pressed to
for speedy exit of rainwater flooding the areas, he
added. The administration has distributed 50 kilogram
�������� ���� grain to flood-affected people. A sum of Rs 5000 was also
��������� ���� handed over to families whose household goods have
been damaged following heavy rain, the collector said.•
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West Bengal. The combina- jasthan during next 24 to 48
���� ���� tion of all above weather hours. Moderate showers
��������� ���� systems is responsible for will continue their after as
these heavy rains over the well for subsequent 48
����� ���� Centre parts of the country. hours, but intensity will go
������ ���� The well-marked low- down to some extent. There
pressure area over SE Ut- are chances of flash floods
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tar Pradesh will move in a
westerly direction along
and waterlogging over
many parts of Madhya
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southern parts of Uttar
Pradesh and will merge
with the low-pressure area
Pradesh. Heavy showers
also lashed several parts of
the state in the 24-hour pe-
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over South Haryana. riod ending at 8.30 am on
������� ��� Sunday.
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Hanumana area in Rewa
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Heavy to very heavy rain est 155.4 mm rainfall, while
����� ��� is possible over western Raghogarh in Guna dis-
��������� ��� parts of Madhya Pradesh trict of west MP recorded
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east Rajasthan and some
parts of Southwest Ra-
88 mm downpour during
the period.

O ften seen advising people to follow all the Covid

protocols and despite having been a Corona
patient himself a Mantri ji just threw every caution to
the wind during his recent visit to a Bundelkhand dis-
trict while overwhelmed by ‘massive’ welcome by Intermittent rain drenches city ‘Gandagi se
aazadi’ drive
Man arrested with
till Sunday, 5.2 mm recorded 3.5 kg of cannabis
party workers and others. The paradox is Mantri ji is
looking after a department which is supposed to be
looking after Covid patients in medical colleges and
interestingly, the Covid protocols being thrown to the by IMC
wind during his welcome came to be known through ��� ����� �������� ��� ����� �������� the police team reached the
his own tweets and posting of photographs.
With this, the MET DEPARTMENT'S FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS
������ ������ place, the accused tried to
flee the place. He was ar-
Conflict over authority rainfall measure � Heavy thundershowers with lightning are likely to
continue over Singrauli, Sidhi, Satna and Rewa
The Indore Municipal
Corporation started
A man was arrested while
he was waiting for some-
rested after a chase.
The accused has been

T here seems to be a conflict between a section of doc-

tors and their colleague who happens to be a bu-
reaucrat’s wife in a Bhopal based government hospital,
has crossed � Moderate thundershowers with lightning over
Neemuch, Mandsaur, Umaria, Shahdol, Anuppur,
their new drive, "Ganda-
gi se aazadi" (freedom
from uncleanliness) on
one to deliver cannabis to
in the Azad Nagar area on
Sunday. He is being ques-
identified as Jagdish Ki-
rade, a resident of the
Khudel area. During a
which is growing bitter by the day. Reports come at reg-
ular intervals from the hospital campus on both sides
256.9 mm so far Dindori, Ratlam, Ujjain, Agar, Rajgarh and Panna
� Light showers over Indore, Dhar, Jhabua, Shajapur,
Sunday in which teams
of officials visited sever-
tioned about the persons
from whom he had bought
search, the police seized
about 3.5 kg of cannabis
fuming at each other. Of late, words came out regard- Dewas, Bhopal, Sehore, Vidisha, Raisen, Guna, al areas of the city and the cannabis. from his bag. He was taken
ing a domestic servant being sent to the hospital, wear- ������������������ Sheopur, Chhatarpur, Katni, Hoshangabad, Sagar, took an oath along with According to the Azad Na- to the hospital station and
ing an apron to mark attendance on behalf of the par- ������ Damoh, Jabalpur and Mandla districts around noon the local residents for gar police station staff, a booked under Section 8/20
ticular doctor. No one knows what is the truth but the maintaining cleanliness tip was received that a per- of NDPS Act. He is being
tug of war between the two sides is getting curiouser The rain which started on in the area. son was waiting for some- questioned about other
and curiouser for the fence sitters. Saturday night continued 'LOW-PRESSURE AREA' The IMC commission- one on Nemawar Road to people involved in the
� ������ to drench the city intermit-
tently till Sunday noon.
About 5.2 mm rainfall was
A east
well-marked low pressure area lies over south-
Uttar Pradesh and its neighbourhood with
the associated cyclonic circulation extend-
er Pratibha Pal visited
Khajrana Ganesh Tem-
ple and along with the
deliver cannabis to. When crime.

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Airport to Mumtazbagh
section on top priority
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The work of Metro Rail
project is going to restart
on August 15, and one of
the first sections to be com-
pleted would be the one be-
tween Airport to Mum-
tazbagh.
In a meeting held on Sat-
urday, MP Shankar Lal-
wani stressed that this sec-
tion should be taken up on
priority and warned
against any laxity on part
of officials. MD MP Metro
Rail Corporation, Manish
Singh said work of geo-
technical, tendering and
drawing designing have
been completed.
Saturday to 8.30 am on Sun-
day, while 0.7 mm rainfall
was recorded till 5.30 pm by
the weather centre of the
Regional Meteorological
Department at the city's
airport.
With this, the rainfall
measure crossed 256.9 mm
(10.08 inches) so far.
According to officials of
the regional meteorological
department, the city's cur-
rent total rainfall measure
of 8.93 inches is about 15
per cent less than last year's
rainfall. However, similar
ing up to 7.6 kilometres above mean sea lev-
el. It's likely to move westwards to east Ra-
priests and shopkeepers
there, she took an oath Three arrested for
jasthan across north Madhya Pradesh and
adjoining south-west Uttar Pradesh during
with them to keep the
temple premises and robbing minor boy
the next two days
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surroundings clean. She
also planted saplings on
the premises.
INDORE: The Vijay Nagar police, on Sunday, arrested
three people for robbing a minor boy in an isolated place.
conditions will remain for The intensity of rain in- The team from IMC's Four knives were also seized from them and they are be-
the next couple of days. creased on Saturday night. Zone 12 visited at Sind- ing questioned further.
They added that, under The maximum tempera- hi Colony and took an ASP Rajesh Raghuwanshi said the activities of a cer-
the influence of these condi- ture recorded on Sunday oath with the vegetable tain Lucky Chouhan were found suspicious as he was
tions, the western part of was 25.7 degrees Celsius, vendors, street vendors, released from jail a few days ago. The police came to
the state would continue to which was 3 degrees Cel- and shopkeepers for know that Lucky, along with his accomplices-Rahul
witness moderate-to-heavy sius below normal, while keeping the place clean. and Kuldeep-had robbed a minor boy a few days ago.
rainfall for a couple of days. the night temperature was Similar drives were The police arrested the accused and they were booked
Intermittent rain also 22.5 degrees Celsius, which conducted at several under the relevant sections on the complaint of the 15-
kept the night temperature was normal. Humidity was vegetable-fruits mar- year-old boy. The police said the accused had robbed
within the normal range. recorded at 95 per cent. kets in the city. other people too.

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day before Assembly Monsoon session
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Congress has decided not

to open its cards on the
floor management strate-
gy for the Assembly Mon-
soon session beginning
August 9. State Congress
chief Kamal Nath is not in
Bhopal and will be return-
ing on August 7.
Meeting of party MLAs
will be held just a day
ahead of the Monsoon ses-
sion on August 8 at former
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strate their strength on accident in the Khudel area ment seized liquor tles. The bottles were
Earlier, Congress had al- collected details on coron- streets by gheroing the on Sunday. He was going brought here from hidden inside car-
ready given instructions to avirus deaths and have state assembly during its somewhere when he was Haryana on Saturday. tons. He was also
MLAs to gather informa- also submitted questions Monsoon session. hit by a vehicle. The police The teams led by ex- booked under the
tion related to deaths due in the state Assembly. "The Unemployment among are investigating the mat- cise official Sajendra Sections 34 (1) and
to Covid-19 in their con- floor management and the youth and inflation will ter. Mori arrested four (2) of the MP Excise
stituencies, vaccination strategy on how to corner be main issues outside the According to the Khudel persons in separate Act.
and other details related to the BJP government on is- House while MLAs inside police station staff, the de- actions. The illicit In a separate ac-
the pandemic. sues related to Covid-19 the House will corner the ceased has been identified liquor brought from tion, excise sub in-
Congress MLA Kunal will be decided by the state government on its ap- as Tarun, 32, a resident of Haryana has raised spector (SI) Seema
Chowdhary said that most chief Nath," said Chowd- proach on the corona pan- Dewas. He was hit by the doubts that it may be Kashishia seized a
of the MLAs have already hary. demic. vehicle on Khandel Pedmi spurious. This is car and 145 bottles of
Road around 3.30 pm. He alarming in wake of liquor from Govind

My family will not take 27% reservation

benefit, says OBC welfare minister
BHOPAL: My family
will not take the benefits
of 27 per cent reserva-
tion other backward
classes, said OBC wel-
fare minister Ramkhi-
lawan Patel, while talk-
ing to media here on
Sunday.
The BJP leaders ap-
was rushed to hospital but incident recently re- Kukreja, 58, and
could not be saved. The po- ported in Indore Ram Prasad, 18,
lice are gathering informa- where spurious liquor from their houses in
tion from the spot to ascer-
tain the circumstances un-
caused deaths.
Over 200 litres of
Lalghati and Idgah
Hills. The total
plauded the announce- OBC community is more der which the accident hap- branded whisky were ton, said the officials. seizure is worth over Rs 12
ment made by the Prime than 50 per cent and pened. seized from possession of As the teams asked him lakh, said excise depart-
Minister Narendra Modi reservation for OBC of accused. During raids, the to stop, he tried to run ment. The excise depart-
for 27 per cent reserva- 27% will not harm the Another accident sleuths seized 74 bottles of away leaving bottles but ment said action will con-
tion of other backward rights of other commu- liquor worth Rs 1.50 lakh was held and booked under tinue against illicit liquor
class and 10 per cent for nity people. He made the In another incident, a from accused Ram Naresh. Excise Act. in the district. The cases
economic weaker sec- announcement that in certain Nitesh was killed He was arrested from State In another raid, the ex- have been forwarded to the
tion in the NEET exam. coming future his family after he was hit by a car on Bank square. The team sig- cise teams booked local local police stations where
The minister claimed will not take advantage Piwday Road. A relative of nalled the accused to stop resident Mazhar Khan the accused will be quizzed
that in the country the of 27% reservation. his was injured in the acci- at the square. He was car- with 72 bottles of liquor about their accomplices in
dent. rying bottles inside a car- worth Rs 1 lakh from rail- the supply.
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Status check on doubling farm income
Fiscal
Moment of truth for Prudence
Indian democracy Ajit Ranade
T I
he Supreme Court’s decision to hear the Pegasus PIL, n 2016, the government led by
listed for this week, is a momentous event for Indian Prime Minister Modi said that
democracy but no one seems to be overly excited about farmers’ incomes would be dou-
it. Emotions vary from pessimism to cautious optimism, much bled by 2022. It was meant to convey
like the way the story itself was received. The skeptics point an ambitious target. It was also a de-
out that this was something that the SC should have taken up parture from targeting production
on its own, instead of waiting for a PIL to be filed, thus wasting to income. To this end, a committee
a fortnight during which a lot can be covered up. The hopefuls was set up in April 2016, under the
point out that this could be the beginning of a ‘jugalbandi’ be- chairmanship of Dr Ashok Dalwai,
tween the media and the judiciary, which augurs well for our an IAS officer who was additional
democracy. Whatever one makes of it, the development calls for secretary in the ministry of agri-
a discussion on the possible course of action and the implica- culture and farmers’ welfare. That
tions thereof. committee submitted its massive 14-
These are no ordinary times and this is no ordinary case. The volume comprehensive report in
party in power has neutralised the countervailing power of the September 2018. Popularly known
constitutional authorities, autonomous institutions and the as the DFI (doubling farm income)
media. Its leader has a mesmeric hold on the masses. But now, report, the entire report and related
it appears that Big Brother had a little toy with which he was documents can be accessed at:
eavesdropping on everyone. The government has flatly denied https:// agricoop. nic.in /en/dou-
using Pegasus despite evidence provided by independent foren- bling-farmers-income. The aim was
sic labs; a sample survey showed that 50 per cent of Indian to reach double income for farmer
phones that were targeted were infected with Pegasus. If the households by 2023.
apex court orders a probe by a sitting or retired judge of the We are still 18 months away from
Supreme Court, as demanded by the petitioners – veteran jour- that stated end date. Some of the
nalists N Ram and Sashi Kumar – stonewalling will not work. metrics are not well defined. For in-
The government will have to disclose who was behind the stance, will it be double the income
snooping. Surely, no one other than the Indian government in nominal terms, or in real terms,
would be interested in listening to Indian opposition leaders, i.e. adjusted for inflation? Secondly,
investigative journalists, dissidents and even 11 associates and
family members of the SC staffer who accused former Chief
what is the start year? Will it be as of
2015-16? Will it be doubling the aver-
Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment. As many
as 155 Pegasus targets in India have been identified by the cy-
age income for all farm households?
That wouldn’t be necessary, since a
ber news portal, The Wire, which anchored the India leg of the tiny fraction, especially those with
global media investigations into the misuse of Pegasus, manu- large land holdings already have in-
factured by the Israeli NGO Group, now under investigation in come far above the national aver-
their own country. By snooping on civilians – several of them age, so presumably those house-
languishing in jail for over two years in the Bhima-Koregaon holds are not in dire straits, and
case – the legal regime for surveillance under Section 5(2) of the
Telegraph Act has been completely bypassed. In fact, the gov-
their income does not need to dou-
ble. But more than 80 per cent of the
ernment spied on its own spies; a CBI chief, top RAW, ED and estimated 140 million farmer house-
BSF officials. Besides, ‘Mota Bhai’ was spying on several sen- holds are small and marginal farm-
ior BJP and RSS functionaries. Who knows, a ‘Deep Throat’ ers. Their incomes are far below the
may emerge from the lot. national average. They also consti-
Pegasus and other such spyware is not only used for surveil- tute the bulk of India’s poor. It is
lance but also for data mining and planting evidence, which is their income that must double.
the plaint of renowned tribal rights activists, academics and A farm household earns income
their associates arrested in the Bhima-Koregaon case. Two of through three sources. These are
them have even presented evidence of that, using the services cultivation, wages and other allied
of an independent US cyber forensics lab. The higher judiciary activities. This is as per the All In-
has been taking a very narrow view of the case which has come dia Rural Financial Inclusion Sur-
to define civil liberties in India; an HC judge even withdrew his vey conducted by NABARD of 2016-
praise for the life-long humanitarian work of Fr Stan Swamy, 17. Cultivation brings in only 43 per
one the Bhima-Koregaon suspects who died in custody recent- cent of the monthly income, and
ly. One only hopes that the SC is not as pusillanimous and that
it also examines the link between the Pegasus snooping and the
allegations regarding planted evidence. The SC probe must not
lose sight of the crux of the issue: The extensive use of the
ONE FLEW OVER THE NEST
deadly spyware here is an assault on not just individual priva- Novak Djokovic threw a racket into the stands, smashed another, then skipped his doubles match in an Olympic meltdown
cy but the very foundations of democracy. It shows that the gov- Sports Insider@SportsInsider
ernment is prepared to use all the dirty tricks in the book to un-
dermine its critics and opponents even as we celebrate 75 years nothing but a hypocrite "If you are aiming to be at the top of the game you better start learning how to deal with pressure
of Independence.
The government may yet again use the ruse of national se-
and how to cope with those moments — on the court but also off the court." -- Novak Djokovic, lecturing Naomi Osaka and
Simone Biles, two days ago
curity to sidestep the inquiry but there are just too many ques-
ReCuen@cuenre
tions to be answered, too many loose ends to be tied up. And this Simone biles has won 4 Olympic gold medals and 19 total gold medals, 4 silver and 4 bronze from 5 world championships.
time, it cannot get away by calling the questioner an anti-na- That didn’t stop the twitterverse from calling her a quitter. But look how you jump so high to defend a white guy throwing
tional or urban Naxal. One of the questions pertains to the ten- a tantrum.
fold hike in budget allocation for the National Security Council sera@mismie
Secretariat (NSCS) within a year – from Rs 33 crore in 2016-17 Whoever sponsors and pays for the rackets should pull out. It's one thing having a meltdown when it's not your day, it's
to Rs 333 crore in 2017-18. It tallies with the timeline of the PM’s another thing destroying which I assume must be expensive equipment.
visit to Israel and the defence deals signed there. One also hopes Phillip Davis@Phil_Davis_
that the targeted opposition leaders will come forward to have
their phones tested, a step that will embolden other victims too.
The Pegasus case is a great opportunity for the SC to assert
its independence, which is vital in a democracy since it acts as Opposing the government is not enough, you have to create your own story and sell that story
Elections are not about data but
a check on authoritarian power. Of late, the PM has been
praised by a sitting SC judge and the apex court has been un-
able or willing to review even egregious acts of the Union gov-
ernment, such as Kashmir’s long communications blockade.
The SC also gave a clean chit to the Modi government on the
about controlling a narrative
French Rafale fighter aircraft deal despite France itself now
probing charges of corruption in the deal. It is cases such as
this and the refusal of the SC to stay the controversial electoral
bonds, allowing anonymous political funding, the main benefi-
ciary of which is the BJP, that induce pessimism about the SC.
However, the present CJI, N V Ramana, is not bending over
backwards to please anyone. If we are not to become a silenced
majority, Ramana must make himself heard.
Poll-itics
FPJ ARCHIVES MAY 16, 1963
Manish Sharma
E
lections across the world
have become very technolo-
gy-driven, there is data col-
lected for every possible permuta-
tion and combination of voters and
their voting preferences. You can
have voting preference data by gen-
der, by age group, by ethnic groups,
by location, by dwelling size. There
are many organisations that are
collecting such data on a regular
basis across the world and provid-
ing it to leaders. These days, data is
supposed to be the panacea for win-
ning the elections. Relying and
making strategies based on this
data seems like an easy way to win
elections. Many armchair politi-
cians are now building war rooms
and social media warriors to ride
on this data to craft strategies and
cruise to poll triumph.
They are losing.
Elections are not about data, they
are about controlling the narrative.
If one controls the narrative clos-
est to one’s persona, one wins and
that is the end of story. In West Ben-
gal, Mamata Banerjee was on a
weak wicket, her proteges and ad-
visers were leaving the party and
Chinese told to stay out her strategist was telling her not to
be combative and desist from at-
ADDIS ABABA, MAY 15 (PTI) — The secretariat of the African tacking the Modi-Shah duo. Now, if
Summit Conference today rejected the Chinese request for Mamatadi is anything, she is a war-
representation as official observers at the conference opening rior, a belligerent street fighter -
here on May 22, it was authoritatively learnt. that is who she is. This is her per-
...Subject to approval by the (African) Foreign Ministers, the sona, people like her for that; as
secretariat has decided that no non-Africanobservwrs be allowed long as she keeps fighting and be-
to attend the conference. It has, however decided that ing seen as a warrior who is up
ambassadors to the Ethiopian Government be invited to the against the world, she will keep
opening session. winning. Staged or otherwise, the
Informed sources said that Somalia, a recipient of large financial attack on her gave her the opening
aid from China, advocated China's representation but several she was looking for, the chance to
other States, including Ethiopia, vigorously opposed the move. play victim — a woman affronted
Letters should be limited to 150 words and must be sent via e-mail. Letters may be edited for clarity or space. E-mail: fpindorenews@gmail.com
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it…
that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.
wages bring 30 per cent. This is the
average for all households. If you fo-
cus on small and marginal farmers,
who constitute 82 per cent of the
agricultural rural households, then
their main source is wages and oth-
er allied activities. So, it is impor-
tant to remember that small and
marginal farmers, along with land-
less workers, depend on wage
labour for their income. Not sur-
prisingly, two-fifths of agricultural
output comes from those who culti-
Those with large land holdings already have income far above the national
average, so presumably those households are not in dire straits, and their
income does not need to double. But more than 80 per cent of the
estimated 140 million farmer households are small and marginal farmers.
Their incomes are far below the national average. They also constitute the
bulk of India’s poor. It is their income that must double.
vate the land that does not belong to
them i.e. either tenant farmers or
landless workers. This category of
cultivators finds it difficult to get
farm loans from institutional
sources like banks. Also, these are
workers who depend on MNREGA
for supplementary income. During
Covid, the demand for MNREGA
employment has significantly shot
up. The PM-KISAN scheme, which
gives Rs 6,000 as supplemental in-
come to farm households, does not
#ChampionMeltdown
by the Modi-Shah duo.
Up went the plaster, out came the
wheelchair and she donned the role
that she has perfected over the
years — a victim. She created the
narrative that if BJP were to rule
Bengal, violence would be com-
monplace and women would not be
safe, Jai Shri Ram was a threat to
Joy Maa Durga. The women came
out and created a landslide in her
favour. One can go into the details,
assembly by assembly, ward by
In Bengal, Mamata Banerjee created the narrative that
if BJP were to rule Bengal, violence would be
commonplace and women would not be safe, that Jai
Shri Ram was a threat to Joy Maa Durga. The women
came out and created a landslide in her favour
ward and do all the analysis one
wants, but it will be of no use.
She was the government and yet,
she portrayed herself as the oppo-
sition, the narrative was hers and
no one else had the answer to that.
The interesting thing to note is that
the ‘hawa’ can change almost
overnight if you are able to create a
strong narrative. With social me-
dia, spreading the narrative can be
done at lightning speed. It’s never
too late in the day to do this.
cover all small and marginal farm-
ers, and certainly not landless work-
ers. Thus, out of an estimated 140
million farm households, the
scheme is able to reach 80 to 90 mil-
lion households. This is an impor-
tant supplement, but not enough.
As per the NABARD survey, the
average farm household income is
about Rs 9,000 per month, and for
non-farm rural households, it is Rs
8,000. The monthly consumption
expenditure is about Rs 7,000. More
than half of all farming households
are in debt, with an average out-
standing loan size of Rs 1 lakh. The
source of the loan could be banks,
moneylenders or friends and family.
With meagre savings, there is sim-
ply no way that the farm household
can hope to service the loan, and
eventually repay it fully. Hence, the
cycle of taking new loans to repay
old loans continues, with often usu-
rious interest rates. One health
episode, during a pandemic or due
MONDAY'S SWIPE
In Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan con-
trolled the narrative —we (not I)
know how to govern. When the
whole of India was reeling under
the corona second wave and people
were scrambling for beds and oxy-
gen and plasma, the Kerala govern-
ment had call centres working
round the clock, helping people
deal with the issue of finding beds,
medicine and oxygen. Even if lives
were being lost, people did not feel
orphaned, abandoned.
Governance was the narrative
and the opposition had no leader-
ship, no comeback, no nothing. It
was almost as if the opposition did-
n’t know what to say, what to attack
and what to claim! An uncharis-
matic person won with a 2/3rds
majority and created history, be-
coming the first chief minister of
Kerala in more than 40 years to not
lose. It is rare in India that gover-
nance becomes a narrative. In Ker-
ala that happened.
— DALE CARNEGIE
to a natural calamity like flooding,
can wipe out whatever financial re-
silience the household might have.
Last year, agriculture GDP grew
by 3.4 per cent even though the econ-
omy was in deep recession. In fact,
this was India’s first non-agricul-
ture led recession. Agriculture and
allied activities constitute only 15
per cent of aggregate income. For
sustained increase in farm house-
hold incomes, the DFI committee
identified a seven- pronged strategy.
The first six were about farming: in-
creasing the productivity of crops,
of livestock; increasing efficiency
and reducing cost; increasing crop-
ping intensity; increasing crop di-
versification toward cash crops and
improving prices received. The last
measure depends on the market, or
on the Minimum Support Price
regime followed by the government.
Thankfully for the farmer producer,
the global agricultural price index
is at a decadal high. How much of
In Tamil Nadu, the ruling dispen-
sation was clueless, did not believe
that their administration was liked,
or the fact that people liked their
governance. They gave up without
creating a narrative. This lack of
narrative from the AIADMK gave
space to the DMK to win the elec-
tion without creating a narrative of
their own. They rode to victory on
the very flimsy grounds of not be-
ing affiliated to the BJP.
Had the AIADMK worked hard on
creating a narrative – that though
having been in power for 10 years
and despite not having their charis-
matic leader J Jayalalithaa in their
midst anymore, they knew how to
run the administration and make
the lives of people better, they
would have won the election. The
voters saw them as efficient in gov-
ernance even if their leaders were
uncharismatic and low-key, but
they erred in not creating a narra-
tive and paid the price for it. This is
bolstered by the fact that they beat
every pollster by winning more
than double the seats the most opti-
mistic had predicted for them.
Narrative usually has to be com-
bined with some great ground-lev-
el organisation working to take the
message to the people in every
nook and corner of the state and
country. However, sometimes, a
strong narrative can overcome the
deficiency of not having a grass-
roots level organisation working
overtime to ensure that the party
wins. This election should serve as
a reminder to the Congress party
run by the Gandhi siblings and the
matriarch that the time has come
to start creating a narrative that
can help them in winning elec-
tions. Opposing the government is
not enough, you have to create your
own story and sell that story. So far,
they have failed.
The writer is an IIT-BHU graduate,
technology and social media entrepreneur
these global price increases help the
Indian farmer is yet to be seen. This
year, India has broken into the
ranks of the top ten agricultural ex-
porters of the world. The main ex-
ports are cotton, rice, soya and
meat. If the government keeps ex-
port prices deregulated, then this
can certainly prove beneficial. It is
important to note that the livestock
economy i.e. milk, eggs, poultry and
meat, constitute one-third of agri-
cultural GDP. It is here that much
more policy focus is required to in-
crease farmers’ incomes. As for the
remaining seventh strategy, that
calls for making conditions easier
for farmers to leave and migrate to
non-farming activity.
Many years ago, a national survey
of farmers had revealed that 40 per
cent said they would gladly leave
farming if only there were good
quality jobs available in industry or
services. This is the crux of solving
the agricultural income challenge.
The big part of the solution lies out-
side of agriculture. With a robust
growth in manufacturing, in em-
ployment intensive sectors such as
construction, agro-processing, tex-
tiles and garments, leather indus-
tries, and even in services such as
tourism and retail, that will make a
large impact on the incomes of
farm households.
The farmers’ protest against the
three national laws passed by Par-
liament in September 2020, is now
in its ninth month, and shows no
sign of relenting. Clearly, the main
concern is what happens to the
MSP when the compulsory pro-
curement of foodgrain from the
northern states gets diluted. There
is also concern about the relative
bargaining and contracting power
of the small farmer vis-a-vis the
large private purchaser. In an econ-
omy still reeling from Covid and in-
dustrial investment and employ-
ment still not vigorously picking
up, the high inflation in agriculture
will not be enough to raise farmers’
incomes by much. The goal of dou-
bling the income of farmers by
2022-23 is still elusive.
The writer is an economist and
Senior Fellow, Takshashila Institution.
The Billion Press
LETTERS
TO THE
EDITOR
Same laws for
lawmakers too
Ref.: ‘Privileges to serve people, not
to commit crime’ (July 30). Some
legislators throw etiquette to the
wind under the impression that
since they are elected
representatives, they can subvert
the judicial system as and when
they please, without being held
liable, as long as they resort to
violent means within the four walls
of the state legislature. So, it is
heartening to note that the SC,
dismissing the special leave
application filed by the Kerala
government to defend the erring
MLAs for their misbehaviour in the
House observed that legislators are
granted privileges not to misuse
them either within the House or
without it. State government
employees attract disciplinary
action for their gross misconduct.
Why should the MLAs/ MLCs be
treated differently? Aren’t they
public servants in the real sense
of the term?
Suhas Patwardhan
Rahul travails
Ref.: ‘Rahul Gandhi: More sinned
against than sinning?’ by Aditya
Mukherjee (July 31). There is a
significant factor called the early
mover advantage, which Mamata
Banerjee has seized, as far as
uniting the opposition is
concerned. Also, the million-dollar
question is whether senior leaders
like Banerjee and Sharad Pawar
would agree to Rahul Gandhi’s
leadership in the case of a united
opposition front taking shape.
Bal Govind
More disaster for
Vasai-Virar
Ref.: ‘Aaditya Thackeray roots for
climate change councils’ (July 30).
Will he please come take a look
around Vasai-Virar? The area was
so beautiful that the British
government had declared it a no-
development zone. Now, the
Sahyadri hills in the east are
completely destroyed. To the south
and north, creeks are not able to
carry away rainwater because of
the favourable policy in favour of
the builder lobby. The Harit Vasai
organisation had spoken to
erstwhile Chief Minister Manohar
Joshi on the subject, but his
government did not take note. In
the meantime, nearly 75,000 trees
were cut down. Now, it is reported
that the present government is
considering opening up the western
belt of Vasai-Virar for the builder
lobby right up to Arabian Sea. CM
Uddhav Thackeray must first save
the green belt in Vasai-Virar, to
save Mumbai.
Marcus Dabre
Shah visits Kalyan Singh in hospital
LUCKNOW: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday visited former Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, who is
undergoing treatment at the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS). Shah,
accompanied by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, inquired about the veteran leader's health form senior doctors and
spoke to his family members. Prof R.K. Dhiman, director SGPGIMS, said that the condition of Kalyan Singh was stable
though critical. He has been undergoing dialysis since the past 72 hours and is on ventilator support, Dhiman said.
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SILCHAR/GUWAHATI aggrieved civilians are now

Tension was palpable at the
Assam-Mizoram border on
Sunday as the restrictions on
the movement of vehicles, in-
cluding trucks carrying es-
sential supplies, entered the
sixth day, officials said.
The situation in and around
Lailapur, which was rocked by
A crane lifts a dead dolphin at Bakkhali beach in deadly violence, along the in-
South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, on terstate border remained calm
Sunday PTI with a large number of CRPF
troops patrolling the National
Highway-306, they said.
Bommai meets ex-PM Deve An all-party delegation, led
Gowda, seeks blessings by Assam Chief Minister's
BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Political Secretary Jayanta
Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday met former Prime Malla Baruah, visited the
Minister H.D. Deve Gowda whom he considers house of one slain Assam Po-
his "political mentor" and sought his blessings. lice personnel and praised
After his cordial meeting at Padmanabhanagar, the valour of the force in han-
where Deve Gowda lives, Bommai told reporters dling the situation on Mon-
that he knows him from the early days of his day. Officials in Assam's
political career, while his father and former Chief Barak Valley said the vehicu-
Minister SR Bommai was alive. lar movement has totally
been stopped even though
there is no bar in travelling
Vice-President visits GMR from one state to the other.
Valakashmi Foundation
stopping vehicles. Also,
trucks and other commercial
vehicles are not taking any
risk and they themselves are
not trying to move," an offi-
cial said. Vehicles from Mizo-
ram side are also not entering
Assam and only official and
security vehicles are plying
on the road, he said.
After the fierce gun battle
between the two police forces
on Monday on a disputed bor-
SARMA READY TO JOIN PROBE der forest tract, various
Guwahati/Aizawl: In response to the Mizoram police's FIR groups in the Barak Valley
against him in connection to the inter-state border skirmish, enforced the blockade, draw-
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday ing sharp protests from the
said that he is ready to join any probe on the issue. Besides neighbouring state.
Sarma, who is accused of "attempt to murder and criminal Seven people from Assam,
conspiracy", six other officials, including an IG, DIG and including six police person-
Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police of nel, were killed and more
Cachar district, were named in the FIR lodged at the than 50 people injured in the
Vairengte police station on July 26. violence.
Assam's Barak Valley dis-
Dozens of trucks with es- "The organised blockade on tricts of Cachar, Karimganj
sential supplies, including roads leading to Mizoram and Hailakandi share a 164.6
Covid-19 materials, are wait- were lifted and no group is km long border with Mizo-
ing at the Kabuganj-Dholai now on the streets to stop ram's three districts of Aiza-
stretch in Cachar district. trucks or other vehicles. But wl, Kolasib and Mamit.
SHAH SPEAKS TO CHIEF MINISTERS
AIZAWL: Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and
Mizoram CM Zoramthanga over the phone on Sunday
to defuse the border tension between the two
Northeastern states. During the phone call, it was
decided to resolve the border issue amicably through
meaningful dialogue, Zoramthanga said. "As per
telephonic discussion with Union Home Minister and
Assam Chief Minister, we agreed to resolve the
Mizoram-Assam border issue amicably through
meaningful dialogue," he tweeted. Zoramthanga also
urged the people of Mizoram to refrain from posting
provocative messages and misuse of social media in
order to de-escalate the ongoing tension.
NO CBI PROBE INTO CLASHES
NEW DELHI: The Centre has no plans to order an inquiry
by a neutral agency like the CBI into the recent fatal
clashes along the Assam-Mizoram border but is trying to
defuse the situation as early as possible in a peaceful
manner. Two senior government functionaries said the
Central government does not want to take any decision
that may further escalate the ground situation. They said
the Central government wants a peaceful resolution of the
current border dispute between Assam and Mizoram and
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is in regular touch with
the two Chief Ministers -- Himanta Biswa Sarma (Assam)
and Zoramthanga (Mizoram).

2 Lucknow temples get threat letters IN MIRZAPUR... BALLOT-READY AMIT

HYDERABAD: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu
on Sunday visited GMR Varalakshmi Centre for
Empowerment and Livelihoods at Shamshabad
here. He was received by GMR Group Chairman

SHAH ROLLS OUT A SLEW OF SOPS

G.M. Rao, along with senior officials from the
Group. The Centre offers vocational training to
under-privileged dropout youth and supports LUCKNOW: Security was
them with employment opportunities. Naidu beefed up at the famous
Mankameshwar Temple in Luc-
interacted with the trainees undergoing various
courses at the Centre such as for electricians, know after the temple trust re-
hotel management, two-wheeler technicians, ceived a letter threatening to
welding technicians, false ceiling, AC technicians as blow up the city’s prominent
well as women associated with the jute bags temples and the office of the
initiative of GMRVF. He also distributed tool kits Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
to the trainees of electrical course. (RSS).
Lucknow police Commission-
er DK Thakur said the police
Lakshadweep to develop were investigating the letter.
high-end eco-tourism projects “Security arrangements have
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The been beefed up in view of the
Lakshadweep administration is engaged in the threat. Police teams are working
development of high-end eco-tourism projects at with the agencies having ex-
pertise in such crimes. Our
Kadamat, Suheli, and Minicoy Islands, officials said
on Sunday. A statement from the Lakshadweep teams are also scanning the mo-
administration said that it has proposed high-end bile number of some suspects. I
eco-tourism projects in order to establish a robust have spoken to the head of the
temple and other staff members
base for maritime economic growth with tourism
development as its core. The projects are to be
implemented under the aegis of NITI Aayog and
and apprised them about the po-
lice preparedness,” he said.
Earlier on Friday, the Aliganj
ple has also been tightened in
view of the threat.
“The content of both the let-
ters appear to be the same. The
sender warned that every
prominent temple in Lucknow
and the RSS office was on their
target. The sender wrote that 10
prominent Hindus were on
their target.
"In the letter, in which the con-
tent has been typed, the writer
BSF detects landmine
along LoC in Poonch
JAMMU: Border Security Force (BSF)
troopers on Sunday recovered a
landmine along the Line of Control
(LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s
Poonch district. Sources said a team
of BSF along with specially trained
sniffer dog 'Juliet' was on area
domination patrol near the LoC
when the sniffer dog sat over a
piece of land, which created
suspicion about the presence of
explosive material at the site in the
Mendhar area of the district. "The
site was immediately cordoned off
and searches were launched at the
suspected piece of land where a
landmine was detected. Disposal of
the landmine was done as per the
standard operating procedures," the
RASHMI SHARMA / AGENCIES
Lucknow
Even as the Election Com-
mission is yet to blow the bu-
gle, the poll preparedness, at
least to an extent, may have
begun with the Union Home
Minister Amit Shah on Sun-
day laying the foundation
stone for the Rs150 crore Vin-
dhyachal Corridor Project in
Mirzapur. The Union Home
Minister really seemed in Union Home Minister Amit Shah offers prayers at Kashi Vishwanath
temple in Varanasi on Sunday. —PTI
the mood to strike the
ball(ot)!
He also inaugurated a rope-
way costing Rs16 crore in
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