LUCKNOW l WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2021 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. UPENG/2020/04393 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 226 New Delhi: A Delhi Court adjourned till New Delhi: Rakesh Asthana, the controversial Lucknow: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is SUNANDA DEATH: RAKESH AMIT SHAH August 18, order on framing of charges former official of CBI, has been appointed scheduled to lay the foundation stone of Vindhya HEARING ASTHANA against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in the the Commissioner of the Delhi Police, with IN UP ON Corridor project and also address a public meet- DEFERRED TILL Sunanda Pushkar death case. Court allowed APPOINTED DELHI a year’s extension just three days before he AUGUST 1 ing in Mirzapur on August 1. More on P2 AUGUST 18 police to submit additional case documents. POLICE CHIEF was all set to retire on July 31. OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia DIDI’S DELHI DIASPORA ‘Lingayat’ Bommai, AT MAMATA-MODI MEET, close BSY aide, new PEGASUS RINGS A BELL! king of Karnataka ‘Need court-monitored probe into snooping’ Scheduled today: All eyes on Bengal CM’s meet with Sonia, Pawar Newly elected Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai New Delhi: On her first (left) with outgoing CM BS Yediyurappa during the BJP visit to Delhi after the Legislature Party meeting in Bengaluru on Tuesday. TMC’s resounding vic- MAMATA MEETS KAMAL tory in West Bengal, NATH, ANAND SHARMA Basavaraj Bommai may take oath Chief Minister Mamata as the 30th CM at 3:30 pm today Banerjee on Tuesday met Prime Minister Bengaluru: BJP has Narendra Modi at his announced Lingayat WHO IS BOMMAI residence in Lok Kaly- leader Basavaraj z Born on January an Marg. Bommai as the new 28, 1960, Basavaraj Following the meet- Chief Minister of Bommai is the son ing, CM Banerjee told Karnataka, following of former Chief reporters that the a party meeting at a Minister of Karna- Prime Minister should private hotel in Ben- taka, SR Bommai. convene an all-party galuru. Karnataka He belongs to the meet to discuss the Governor Thawar Sadara Lingayat Pegasus issue and de- Chand Gehlot has in- community cide on a Supreme vited Bommai to take z Bommai started Court-led probe. oath as Chief Minis- his political career In Parliament, Opposi- New Delhi: Mamata Banerjee alsp met Congress lead- ter of Karnataka on with the Janata Dal tion parties have been ers Kamal Nath and Anand Sharma, earlier in the day, Wednesday at 11 am. and later joined BJP protesting the allegations PM Narendra Modi greets West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee during their meeting in New Delhi. amid several signals of increasing Opposition unity Apart from being a in February, 2008 of snooping by the Union ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Responding to a close associate of question on opposition Government through the Yediyurappa, Bom- z Also an engineer, unity against the ruling Israeli spyware Pegasus, mai is the son of for- and an agriculturist Senior journalists move SC seeking NDA, she said it would and industrialist by resulting in adjournment take shape on its own. mer state chief minis- of both the Houses multi- Meanwhile, NCP chief ter and ex-Union min- profession ple times. While TMC MP probe into govt snooping allegations Sharad Pawar said he is ister, the late SR Bom- Shantanu Sen was sus- New Delhi: Veteran journalists N Ram and Sashi Kumar have moved the Supreme likely to meet Banerjee mai. He was the home Bengaluru. It was at- pended for tearing up IT Court seeking an independent probe by its sitting or retired judge into the reports on Wednesday. She is minister of Karnata- tended by several Minister Ashwini of alleged snooping by government agencies on eminent citizens, politicians also expected to meet ka during Yediyurap- MLAs along with the Congress president Sonia Gandhi at her residence in Vaishnaw’s denial state- pa’s tenure. central observers — and scribes by using Israeli spyware Pegasus. The petition, likely to come up for Janpath tomorrow, news agency ANI reported. The visit ment, Opposition has de- hearing within the next few days , sought to investigate if the illegal hacking into comes also at a time when Parliament is in session. The decision came Union Ministers manded a Supreme the phones using the Pegasus spyware represented an attempt by agencies and Banerjee has said that she intends to spend some time during the meeting Dharmendra Prad- Court-monitored probe organisations to muzzle and chill the exercise of free speech and dissent in India. in Parliament and meet Opposition leaders. of BJP legislators in han Turn to P6 into the allegations. Centre asks states for data on IND-SL MATCH POSTPONED Violence not part of ‘Kashmiriyat’, oxygen deaths in second wave AFTER PANDYA TESTS +VE President tells youth of the Valley Colombo: India’s second New Delhi: The gov- T20 International against Kashmir to acquire rightful place as India’s crowning glory: Kovind ernment of India has ‘VACCINE FOR KIDS Sri Lanka has been asked the states and Un- LIKELY NEXT MONTH’ postponed by a day after Srinagar: Violence, ion Territories to pro- New Delhi: The govern- all-rounder Krunal Pan- which was never part vide data on deaths re- ment is likely to start vac- dya tested positive for of ‘Kashmiriyat’, be- lated to oxygen short- cinating children against Covid-19 hours before came the daily reality age during the second Covid-19 by next month, scheduled start of play in Jammu and Kashmir, on Tuesday. The match Covid wave earlier this Union Health Minister said President Ram year. The information will now be played at the Nath Kovind on Tues- Mansukh Mandaviya said R Premadasa stadium will be collated and pre- day urging the younger in a BJP Parliamentary in Colombo on July 28. identified eight mem- sented in Parliament Party meeting held on Both the Indian and bers as close contacts. generation to learn before the monsoon ses- Tuesday, ANI reported. Sri Lankan teams have The match has been from their rich legacy sion ends on August 13, been put in isolation. postponed by a day as of peaceful coexistence. sources have said. CORONA CATASTROPHE The players who were of now, but it looks dif- He said that they A surge in infections in close contact with ficult for the game to be have every reason to across India earlier this INDIA UTTAR PRADESH Krunal Pandya will be played out on Wednes- know that Kashmir has year put immense pres- 29,689 415 36 04 monitored closely. The day as many players are always been a beacon President Ram Nath Kovind, First Lady Savita Kovind and Jammu sure on the country’s new cases new fatalities new cases new fatalities Medical Teams have in complete isolation. of hope for the rest of & Kashmir Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha during the 19th annual health Turn to P6 India. Turn to P6 convocation of University of Kashmir in Srinagar on Tuesday. UP BAGS TOP CRUCIAL READ RANK IN SMART YOGI GOVT’S INITIATIVE: Now, LS SPEAKER OM BIRLA TO PRESIDE OVER CITIES AWARDS EXPOSE OPPN FOR SEMINAR ON WORLD HEPATITIS DAY Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh DISRUPTING PARL: was ranked as top tech to monitor growth of children New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Shri performing state under MODI TO BJP MPs Om Birla will preside over a Seminar the India Smart Cities The government is also organizing New Delhi: Prime on World Hepatitis Day on Wednes- Award Contest 2020 Minister Narendra day at 9.00 am. Union Minister programs like Weight Day & ‘Poshan Kiren Rijiju, Mansukh Mandaviya conducted by the Union Modi asked BJP MPs Ministry of Housing and and Lt. Governor of Delhi Anil Baijal Vatika’ to safeguard the young ones on Tuesday to expose will also participate in the seminar. Urban Affairs. Madhya opposition parties as Pradesh came second First India Bureau measure height - in the the government is while Tamil Nadu at third Anganwadi centres of NOTICE ON HEALTH CHHATISGARH MIN position.The awards ready for a discussion Lucknow: Ramping up all the districts. were announced to mark but they are not letting MISMANAGEMENT DEMANDS INQUIRY six years of three urban the facilities to improve The growth monitor- Parliament to function, New Delhi: Supreme Court New Delhi: Chhattisgarh transformative missions the nutritional level in ing devices are required sources said. Modi also on Tuesday issued notice minister TS Deo on Tues- by the Central govern- children of Uttar to monitor the weight told the lawmakers to to the Centre and sought day walked out of the state ment namely. #UPNum- Pradesh, the depart- and height of malnour- mark 75 years of the its detailed response on a assembly demanding a ber 1 trended throughout ment of child develop- ished children, adoles- country’s independence PIL alleging mismanage- inquiry from the govern- the day on micro-blog- ment and nutrition in cent girls, pregnant and CM Yogi being felicitated by Rotary International President ment of healthcare facilities ment over fellow legislator by organising events in the country. The petition Brihaspat’s allegation that ging site Twitter for most the state has installed lactating women. An- Shekhar Mehta at CMR, Lucknow on Tuesday afternoon. Also part of the day with more in every village of their was filed by Jan Swasthya he was “attacked” at the baby weighing ma- ganwadis in UP’s 75 dis- present on the occasion were Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh & than 50,000 tweets at the constituencies.