www.fi rstindia.co.in OUR EDITIONS: www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD twitter.com/thefi rstindia & LUCKNOW facebook.com/thefi rstindia AHMEDABAD l MONDAY, JULY 5, 2021 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. GUJENG/2019/16208 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 219 instagram.com/thefi rstindia KALYAN SINGH SUFFERS 45 ARMYMEN KILLED IN MILITARY MINOR HEART ATTACK AIRCRAFT CRASH IN PHILIPPINES Former Governor of Rajasthan Kalyan Singh Manila: At least 45 people were killed and dozens injured Sunday when a Philip- suffered a minor heart attack and was shifted to pine military aircraft carrying troops crashed and burst into fl ames after missing a hospital in Lucknow. UP CM Yogi Adityanath the runway in the country’s south, the armed forces said. Nearly 100 people, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh among most of them recent army graduates, were on the C-130 Hercules transport other leaders visited Singh at the hospital. plane which was trying to land on Jolo island in Sulu province around midday. OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia UTTARAKHAND BJP RIFT WIDE OPEN ON DAY-1 Drones: Can’t cope up with DELHI REBUFFS DISSENT AS threat? Ban them Srinagar bans sale, purchase and DHAMI TAKES OATH IN DEHRADUN 1 possession of drones; people who All 11 MLAs previously members of the own them told to deposit in police stations Government departments using Tirath Singh Rawat Cabinet also take oath 2 drones asked to inform local police station before using them Mohd Fahad BJP DENIES Dehradun: Pushkar RIFT WITHIN Singh Dhami was sworn U’KHAND UNIT in as the 11th chief min- ister of Uttarakhand, Dehradun: BJP on Sunday denied re- along with an 11-mem- ports of rift within its ber cabinet, here on Uttarakhand unit over Sunday. the choice of Dhami The oath of office was as the next Chief administered on Dhami Minister. State BJP and his ministers by Chief Madan Kaushik, Governor Baby Rani while speaking to Maurya at a simple func- ANI, said, “All is well tion held on the lawns of BJP’s Pushkar Singh Dhami sworn-in as Uttarakhand CM by within the party as the Raj Bhawan in the Governor Baby Rani Maurya during a ceremony in Dehradun. everyone attended presence of a host of the swearing-in.” MPs and MLAs of the MANY VETERAN BJP LEADERS ruling Bharatiya Janata UPSET OVER BEING SIDE-LINED Party (BJP) and senior CHIEF MINISTER Dehradun: With the elevation Dhami to CM, BJP had DHAMI IN MAP government officials. hoped to end the political crisis in Uttarakhand on Srinagar: Keeping in No new face has been Saturday. However, it didn’t seem to be the case as CONTROVERSY A week after inducted into Dhami’s hours before his swearing-in, reports of many party Dehradun: Dhami’s the drone attack at an view the cabinet, which remains senior leaders expressing their displeasure over the 2015 tweet became Air Force base in Jam- security situation apart as it was under his pre- move started making rounds in the state capital. talk of the town mu, the Srinagar admin- from concerns of breach decessor Tirath Singh showing a map, pur- istration has imposed of privacy, nuisance and Rawat. The only differ- REGIONAL ASPIRATIONS: BJP portedly as “Akhand restrictions on the use, trespass, it is extremely ence is that this time, Bharat (undivided possession and sale of dangerous to let all the ministers are of MULLS DY CM FROM GARHWAL India)”. The map drones. The order states unmanned aerial cabinet rank. Dehradun: To adequately address the regional aspi- went unnoticed then, that “the decentralised vehicles to wander The ministers sworn but moments after airspace access has to be rations of Garhwal and Kumaon, BJP is mulling around in the skies in on Sunday are Satpal over appointing a deputy CM from the Garhwal he hit the limelight regulated in view of re- Maharaj, Harak Singh region. “Discussions were going on within party to over his role as new cent episodes of misuse within the territorial Youngest of the lot: Rawat, Bansidhar Bha- to give equal representation and maintain a balance Uttarakhand CM, it of drones posing threat. jurisdiction of Srinagar PUSHKAR DHAMI gat, Turn to P6 between to both Garhwal and Kumaon regions. went viral. Turn to P6 —The order reads Sidhu’s trick from Kejri’s hat: 24-hr Haryana govt extends Why PM Modi not ready for power, 300 free units achievable lockdown till July 12 JPC probe?: Rahul on Rafale New Delhi: Toeing the Sabha” fixing rates as Delhi stadiums, sport CORONA CATASTROPHE New Delhi: A day after science, saving the line of promises made by per National Power Ex- the Congress demanded friends, JPC does not complexes to reopen INDIA Delhi Chief Minister change with No fixed a Joint Parliamentary want a Rajya Sabha seat Arvind Kejriwal of pro- charges!” without spectators Committee (JPC) probe and all of these are 43,071 viding limited free pow- He added, “Money Chandigarh: Haryana new cases into the Rafale deal, right,” he said in Hindi er during polls, Congress spent on giving unrea- government on Sunday Congress leader Rahul on Twitter, while put- MLA Navjot Singh Sid- sonable & exuberant extended lockdown –– 955 Gandhi on July 4 put ting out the survey. hu, harbouring greater He wrote: “Let us start profits to Private Ther- ‘Mahamari Alert- new fatalities out an online survey Gandhi has been al- dreams in Punjab, on with Congress High mal Plants should be uti- Surakshit Haryana –– asking why the Modi leging corruption in the Sunday reiterated the Command’s Pro-People lised for welfare of Peo- for another week, till GUJARAT government was not Rafale fighter jet deal state government stand 18 Point Agenda and get ple i.e Giving Power Sub- July 12, along with 70 ready for it. for long now and had to streamline the power rid of the faulty un-nego- sidy for Free Power for more relaxations. new cases Among the choices jya Sabha seat and all made this as a major supply by cancelling the tiable Badal-signed Pow- Domestic use (Upto 300 According to the new given by Gandhi to the the above. poll plank in the 2019 power purchase pact er Purchase Agreements Units), 24 hours supply & guidelines released by 02 question were guilt con- “Why is the Modi gov- Lok Sabha elections, that was executed dur- through “New Legisla- to invest in Education & the Haryana govern- new fatalities science, saving friends, ernment not ready for a which the Congress lost ing the SAD-BJP regime. tion in Punjab Vidhan Healthcare !” ment, Turn to P6 JPC does not want a Ra- JPC probe? -- guilt con- badly. Turn to P6 UNQUENCHED THIRST CRUCIAL READ SIKH DELEGATION FROM VALLEY MEETS Delayed rains loom large over 25L hectare crops in Guj SHAH, HAILS REPEAL OF ARTICLE 370 Amritsar: While hailing the repeal of Farmers fear crop failure, demand serve,” said Ratansinh fact, the average rain- Article 370 and enactment of CAA in the Dodia, a farmer leader. fall during four months Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, irrigation water from state reserve Crops including pad- of the monsoon season a delegation of Sikhs from the valley dy, bajra (pearl millet), across India is 880.6 has extended an invitation to Sikhs and First India Bureau zles but if it is lashed jowar (sorghum), maize mm, which is called Hindus from outside India to settle in the with heavy downpour, it (corn), groundnut, cot- Long Period Average valley. Expressing concern over the declining growth rate of Sikhs in valley, the delegation urged Shah to declare Ahmedabad: Accord- will add to the woes of ton, among others have (LPA). As per the fore- Sikhs of the Kashmir valley as a minority community. ing to the weatherman, farmers. been sown by farmers cast, 907 mm of rain the southwest monsoon Due to delayed rain- across the state. “The expected this year may showers have been de- fall, there is a possibili- crops need heavy water- be indicative of a nor- RTI SEEKS INFO ON ‘MAKE ALL EFFORTS TO layed after an initial ty that crops sown in 25 ing. We need irrigation mal or better monsoon SG-SUVENDU MEET SAVE STAN SWAMY’ spell. The rainfall, lakh hectare of land water to prevent our for the country. Kolkata: Saket Gokhale, New Delhi: Every possible which was expected to across Gujarat will be crops from being dam- Gujarat has so far re- ex-journalist and activist, effort must be made to lash the state this week, affected. Without rain Crops such as paddy, bajra (pearl millet), jowar (sorghum), maize aged,” added Dodia. ceived 12.89 mm of has sought information provide medical care to has been further de- showers and irrigation (corn), groundnut, cotton are in danger of being ruined. —FILE PHOTO Meanwhile, private rainfall, which is regarding the reported Stan Swamy (84), tribal meeting between the rights activist jailed under layed for the next few water, farmers fear crop weather agency Skym- 14.63% of the annual Solicitor General Tushar the stringent UAPA, NHRC weeks. In the mean- failure. “So far, the state need sufficient water. ment must provide us et has forecasted 907 average, while the LPA Mehta, with Bengal MLA ordered the Maharashtra time, the state may re- has sown crops in 25 As rainfall has been de- with irrigation water mm of rainfall in the of the state stands at Suvendu Adhikari via RTI.