% ( )&-6#,&$# $&1&+,&(&-&.+6&-$ 4&1$# &-/*-$ &)*+,-./ 0). #0)+0#-&$/#1 1#-)*1#* +1 )#-*2#1) &1$.-.6 && (.+-#0+$$. $31*#-21#- 1*7 &)1#+- )3&1#0#4*5#3/## ! "#$%&# !" ##$#%& ' () !" &( -&/&)* #"$ he helicopters of the IAF Tare believed to be the obvi- "$"% ous target of Sunday’s drone attack on the Air Force Station, ,+ , - 5#66+ Jammu, considered one of the most strategic and valuable wo back-to-back explosions assets of the Indian Air Force Twere reported from inside (IAF), located barely 14 kms the fortified Air Force Station from the International Border in Jammu, past Saturday mid- (IB) with Pakistan. night as the strategic asset came As the probe into the inci- under a drone attack. dent is on, IAF chief RKS Two IAF personnel received Bhadauria, who is in injuries while the rooftop of a Bangladesh at the moment, is building was damaged in the monitoring the situation. explosion which was heard in a Defence Minister Rajnath Singh radius of over one kilometer. The was also briefed on Sunday ‘provocative’ attack was aimed at morning about the terror attack. targeting the IAF assets parked Initial reports suggest that the at the Air Force Station. drone attack may have been car- In a series of tweets the ried out from across the border. Indian Air Force (IAF) Rated to be one of the most informed that two low-inten- sensitive airbases in the coun- sity explosions were reported in !" # $ % ! '( try, the Jammu airfield has a the technical area of Jammu Air sizable number of rotary wing * ! + Force Station. &(*&+ +,-./,#- +1 gesture, after landing at the the country. But, our democ- (helicopters) and unmanned '( Continued on Page 6 &)# helipad near his village, Kovind ratic system made this possi- aerial vehicles (UAV). bowed and touched the soil to ble,” Kovind said. The M-17 helicopters and second attack on an airbase resident Ram Nath Kovind pay obeisance to the land of his “Wherever I have reached UAVs are actively used in anti- after the Pathankot airfield Pon Sunday said he had birth. today, the credit goes to the soil terrorist operations throughout incident in 2016. In the last few , never imagined that an ordi- This is the first time the of this village, this region, and Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) months, Pakistan has air- nary village boy like him would president is visiting his village to your love and blessings,” he including detecting infiltra- dropped small arms including New Delhi: The capability of posed by small and remote- like that of Home, Civil have the honour of occupying after taking over his present said. tion, airdropping and airlifting pistols and AK-47s in knock drones to evade radar, wreak controlled unmanned vehicles Aviation, Bureau of Civil the highest post in the country, assignment. Though he desired The president paid tributes troops from encounter sites down condition along the bor- devastation at strategic instal- for the last two to three years Aviation Security (BCAS), the and thanked the people of his to visit the place earlier, plans to BR Ambedkar, makers of the and providing real time der in J&K and Punjab. lations and transport weapons with occasional incidents of Central Industrial birth place for this. could not materialise because Constitution and freedom Intelligence from the air to the However, this is the first to terrorists has been a con- Pakistan-sponsored armed Security Force (CISF) and He was addressing a gath- of the pandemic, an official fighters. He also visited Milan operational commander on the time that a drone was used for tinuous concern for the coun- drones being neutralised by the the IAF have been working on ering at the Paraunkh village, statement had earlier said. Kendra and Veerangana ground. Fighter jets are not a terrorist attack, sources said try’s security establishment, Border Security Force (BSF), plans and technologies to check which is his birthplace, in “I had never imagined, Jhalkari Bai Inter College and based there. adding the security establish- officials said. the Punjab Police and other and combat such attacks at sen- Kanpur Dehat district of Uttar even in my dreams, that an addressed a Jan Sambodhan The security agencies and ment will review the anti-drone The Defence and internal agencies along the India- sitive civil airports and other Pradesh. ordinary village boy like me Samaroh. “According to my the IAF are taking the incident measures to thwart such acts. security matrix of the country Pakistan border. A clutch of facilities. The Rashtrapati Bhavan would have the honour of family’s ‘sanskaar’ (values), the very seriously as this was the Continued on Page 6 has been talking about threats Ministries and departments Continued on Page 6 tweeted that in a rare emotional occupying the highest post in Continued on Page 6 !"# ,"""" # , , )")Q".##& 0&%#"#11"#" &( +,-./ &( +,-./ M ahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ithin hours of Bahujan Bsupremo Mayawati on WSamaj Party supremo Sunday ruled out any alliance Mayawati ruling out an alliance with the Asaduddin Owaisi-led with the AIMIM, Hyderabad "# All-India Maljis-e-Ittehadul MP Asaduddin Owaisi $ % & ' P Muslimeen (AIMIM) for the announced that his party 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly would contest 100 seats in the ) elections. Referring to a news 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly * % N channel report that the BSP elections. and AIMIM would contest the Owaisi also said that his elections together, Mayawati party would contest the polls in announced to contest the 2022 tweeted: “It is absolutely false, alliance with Suheldev UP Assembly elections against misleading and baseless. There Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) BJP to represent the unheard is not even an iota of truth in Prakash Rajbhar, who is the of ‘Meem and Bhim’, the social patron Om Prakash Rajbhar Muslim-Backward and Dalit it and the BSP strongly denies president of Suheldev Bharatiya alliance of Muslims and Dalits. and the ‘Bhagidari Sankalp voices. it.” The BSP chief said that apart Samaj Party. It includes OBC The possibility of BSP and Morcha’ floated by him. Ever since the entry of from Punjab where the party leaders such as Babu Singh AIMIM joining hands had In a series of tweets, the AIMIM in Bihar elections in has entered into an alliance Kushwaha, a former BSP caused considerable consterna- AIMIM chief said, “We’ve October last year, small caste- with the Shiromani Akali Dal leader. tion in the Samajwadi Party. decided to contest 100 seats in based political parties are try- $ - # . # for the 2022 elections, the BSP The alliance of the BSP “The AIMIM-BSP was a the upcoming UP elections. ing to get the caste arithmetic would go it alone in the UP and with the AIMIM was almost deadly political combination The party has begun the selec- in their favour in the state, par- Uttarakhand polls. clinched and Asauddin Owaisi which would have directly tion process of candidates. We ticularly in eastern UP. The clarification by was scheduled to visit Lucknow struck at the roots of the are in alliance with Om Although the Bhagidari Mayawati came before the cru- in the first week of July to Samajwadi Party,” a senior SP Prakash Rajbhar’s Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha and Owaisi in cial UP Assembly polls which address a joint press conference leader said, adding: “The BSP Sankalp Morcha. We have not particular have been targeting + are scheduled to be held in with Mayawati. However, has a committed vote bank (20 talked about elections or the BJP, the presence of this early 2022. It was widely spec- sources said the negotiation per cent votes of the Dalit alliance with any other party alliance in Azamgarh and ulated that the BSP would between the AIMIM and BSP community). The alliance did yet.” adjoining districts will direct- forge an alliance with like- broke down over seat sharing not have the potential of win- In UP, Owaisi has joined ly affect the Samajwadi Party’s N6 ,0O minded parties to take on the and apprehensions sounded ning many seats in UP but it hands with SBSP and eight performance in the region. BJP. The AIMIM has already by the BSP leaders about the was certainly a deadly combi- other parties including Krishna With the new alliance coming joined a front of small political loss of base among Muslims. nation to ensure the defeat of Patel’s Apna Dal, Jan Adhikar up with a combination of the &( +,-./ walking event, hails from a said that all the athletes have parties like ‘Bhagidari Sankalp The AIMIM had entered SP, particularly in the con- Party and Chandrasekhar extreme backward Muslim humble background and her endured years of toil and the Morcha’, a loose formation of the electoral fray in UP nearly stituencies where Muslims are Ravan’s Azad Samaj Party. This population, it will primarily auding the struggle and father is a bus conductor. “As country should back them smaller outfits led by Om seven years ago, with the plank in sizable numbers.” Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha has dent the vote bank of SP. Lsustained efforts of UP’s a child, Priyanka adored the without putting them under Priyanka Goswami and bag in which the medal win- pressure during the Tokyo Shivpal Singh who recently ners were presented. It was this Games next month. Q')) qualified for the Tokyo fascination that made her par- Extending gratitude to the Olympics, Prime Minister ticipate in the race walking prime minister, Uttar Pradesh Narendra Modi urged the competition for the first time. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath *$ country to bolster their enthu- Now, she is a big champion,” said that the state drew inspi- siasm. He also termed their Modi said. ration from the PM’s encour- spirit an inspiration for all Highlighting the consistent agement and support to the $" * during his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ pro- efforts of Shivpal Singh, who sports fraternity and adopted gramme which was aired on hails from Varanasi, the prime a similar approach to pro- $" )R &( +,-./ on Sunday.