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SPOTLIGHT Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui dies Mukul’s disqualification: Bengal ruled at whims of in Afghanistan

NEW DELHI: Pulitzer Prize-win- an individual, claims BJP ning Reuters Chief Photogra- pher Danish Siddiqui has AGENCIES been killed in clashes that BJP may move court ADDRESSING A PRESS CONFERENCE HERE FRIDAY, ensued in Kandahar's Spin NEW DELHI: The BJP Friday BJP SPOKESPERSON GAURAV BHATIA LAUNCHED A Boldak district, TOLO News AGENCIES to move court. ing committees resigned. On cited an NHRC report on › reported on Friday, quot- “No law of the land is fol- Friday, the Speaker selected alleged post-poll violence in SCATHING ATTACK ON THE TMC AND BANERJEE, SAYING ing sources. The 40-year-old KOLKATA: Assembly Speaker lowed in Bengal. There the TMC MLAs for these posts. West Bengal to attack Chief THE NHRC RECEIVED 1,979 COMPLAINTS OF POST- journalist was based in | Biman Banerjee on Friday audio and video evidence, On June 18, Adhikari sub- Minister Mumbai. Page 6 held the first hearing on the Twitter posts as well as state- mitted a petition to the Speaker, and her Trinamool Congress, POLL VIOLENCE. HE CLAIMED 15,000 PEOPLE WERE Bharatiya Janata Party’s ments made by people which saying Roy, the legislator from alleging the state is ruled not TORTURED IN SUCH INCIDENTS AND AS MANY AS 8,000 Kamrup Metro (BJP’s) demand for disquali- prove that anti-defection law is Kishnanagar North constitu- as per the Constitution but at PEOPLE COMMITTED VIOLENCE AND MISCONDUCT, BUT fication of Mukul Roy as leg- applicable against Roy. Despite ency in Nadia district, should the whims of an individual. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. makes hand-stamp islator under anti-defection that, he was made chairman of be disqualified under anti-de- In its report submitted to the law. the public accounts committee fection law. Calcutta High Court on July mandatory BJP leader (PAC). The Speaker is not fol- Only the Speaker can take 13, the National Human Rights spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia "The way violence took place SuvenduAdhikari, who is the lowing established laws. We are the decision on disqualifying Commission said the situation launched a scathing attack on in West Bengal after May 2 (the GUWAHATI: Despite all efforts Leader of the Opposition in planning to move court,” said a member. The Constitution prevailing in West Bengal is the TMC and Banerjee, saying result day) and innocent civil- from the Kamrup metro ad- the Assembly, deposed for the Adhikari. does not specify any time frame a manifestation of "law of the the NHRC received 1,979 com- ians were killed and women ministration, the COVID sit- hearing which lasted for around Roy, who joined the BJP Mukul Roy. for the process which involves ruler" and not "rule of law", in plaints of post-poll violence. molested, it seems that West uation in the district hasn’t five minutes. The next hearing in 2017 and became the par- Roy is still a BJP legislator. inquiry, hearings and setting a damning indictment of the He claimed 15,000 people Bengal today is not ruled as been normalized yet. is set for July 30. ty’s national vice-president, He was made chairman of the up of a committee. Banerjee government, and rec- were tortured in such inci- per the Constitution but at Thus, in order to break the Meanwhile, after talking to returned to the Trinamool PAC of the Bengal Assembly on The Speaker did not speak ommended CBI investigation dents and as many as 8,000 the whims of an individual. chain of infection, the district the Speaker and submitting a Congress (TMC) along with his July 9 before the budget session to the media on this issue. in cases of rape and murder. people committed violence and Banerjee closed her eyes and administration has come up 68-page document to back his son Subhranshu on June 11 this came to an end. In protest, six Parliamentary affairs minister Addressing a press con- misconduct, but no action was gave free hand to TMC goons,” with some special measures demand, Adhikari told the year but did not officially resign BJP MLAs who were made Partha Chatterjee also refused ference here Friday, BJP taken. Bhatia alleged. Pg 5 for the next 10 days. media that the BJP is planning from the BJP. chairpersons of other stand- to comment on the hearing. The Kamrup Metro admin- istration has decided that Killer elephant handed Youth held with from now onwards, all people RELIGIOUS BODIES SAY ORDER UNACCEPTABLE TMC for women's reservation undergoing RT-PCR tests will over to Kaziranga country-made pistol be stamped... Pg 5 J&K govt bans slaughter National Park bill in Monsoon session in Dhubri Remote Arunachal GOLAGHAT: A female elephant AGENCIES "Trinamool Congress demands GUWAHATI: The Central Reserve was handed over to the au- that the Bill be brought in the Police Force (CRPF) troops people impose thorities of Kaziranga Na- NEW DELHI: Trinamool Con- Monsoon Session. There are 19 have nabbed a 45-year-old self-lockdown of bovine animals on Eid tional Park on Thursday after gress on Friday demanded sittings during this session and youth with two country-made the animal allegedly killed a that the Narendra Modi gov- we don't want a delay," he told pistols in Western Assam’s ITANAGAR: The people of a re- AGENCIES J&K Animal, Sheep 14-year-old boy in Bokakhat of ernment should bring the reporters. Dhubri district. mote administrative circle Husbandry and Fisheries Assam‘s Golaghat district, the Women's Reservation Bill in Even without any quota, The man has been identified in Arunachal Pradesh have SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kash- Department issued an order police said. the upcoming Monsoon Ses- he said, Trinamool Congress as Mubarak Hussain, a resident decided to impose 'self-lock- mir government’s move to calling for a ban on slaughter Police registered a case under sion of Parliament and get it has 41% among the Lok Sabha of the Khudimari part II village down' in the area for a week ban slaughter of cows, calves of cows, calves and camels on Section 304A of the IPC (causing passed. MPs are women while the corre- under Gauripurpolice station in in view of the spurt in COV- and camels on the occasion the occasion of forthcoming Eid- death by negligence) and gave Rajya Sabha floor leader sponding figure in Rajya Sabha Dhubri district. ID-19 cases, an official said of forthcoming Eid-ul-Adha ul-Adha. the jumbo along with her eight- Derek O'Brien said that the BJP is 36%. Besides the two country-made on Friday. is likely to snowball into ma- The Director Planning, J&K month-old calf to the KNP for safe in its 2014 and 2019 manifesto had In the upcoming session, pistols, some sharp weapons The administration did jor controversy as Muslim Animal, Sheep Husbandry custody, they said. promised to bring the Bill if it he said, his party would raise were also found on him. not issue any order but the religious organizations have G L Sharma through a letter Representational image. The female elephant, comes to power. mismanagement of Covid-19 Acting on specific informa- people of Yomcha circle in started opposing the order say- addressed to divisional commis- regions, IGPs of both the regions ‘Dulumoni’, allegedly trampled However, he said, the BJP has handling, faltering economy, tion, the Quick Action Team of West Siang district them- ing it is not acceptable to them. sioners of Jammu and Kashmir to stop illegal killing... Pg 5 Bitu Gaud to death... Pg 5 not moved an inch on these bills. inflation and fuel price. Pg 5 CRPF along... Pg 5 selves decided to observe lockdown from Friday to July 22, the District Information HC to hear Bangaon Dakshin and Public Relation Officer Shatrughan Sinha likely NHRC terming TMC leaders (DIPRO), Gijum Tali, said. The decision was made dur- TMC candidate's plea ing a meeting on Thursday in to join Trinamool which local people and govern- as 'goons' in report stirs row AGENCIES petition, this Court is of the view ment officers... Pg 5 AGENCIES that the instant election petition AGENCIES In the annexure ‘K' attached Banerjee has already ques- KOLKATA: The Calcutta High ought to be heard at the outset KOLKATA: After Yashwant with the original report sub- tioned the integrity and honesty Court said on Friday that it on the issue of maintainability. Interview for upper Sinha another heavyweight KOLKATA: In its report on post- mitted before the HC, the of the commission, alleging that will hear an election petition Therefore, the following pre- national leader, Shatrughan poll violence in the state sub- NHRC has placed 102 persons the report has been deliberately by the BangaonDakshinTri- liminary issue is framed: Is the primary schools Sinha, seems likely to cross mitted to the Calcutta High across 16 broad regions of West leaked to the media to embarrass namool Congress candidate, instant election petition main- over to the Trinamool Con- Court on Wednesday, the Na- Bengal, including state minis- the Trinamool Congress. challenging the victory of BJP tainable in law?'' the court said. from July 19 gress from the Congress soon. tional Human Rights Commis- ter JyotipriyaMullick, promi- "This is political vendetta. nominee on the issue of its On a prayer by the petitioner, Senior Trinamool leaders sion (NHRC) labelled several nent leader and former MLA They (BJP) cannot accept defeat maintainability at the outset. Justice Chaudhuri directed the AGENCIES claim that talks with Sinha are at Shatrughan Sinha. Trinamool Congress MLAs, UdyaanGuha, Naihati MLA and so they are taking recourse Justice Bibek Chaudhuri EC to preserve all documents, the final stage and if everything Minister Mamata Banerjee councillors and leaders as "no- ParthaBhowmick, Canning to all these things. The matter is also directed the Election election papers, devices and KOLKATA: Interview for goes according to expectation single-handedly destroyed torious criminals/goons", trig- East MLA SaokatMolla, pending before the court, so how Commission to preserve video recordings connected with 14,339 vacant posts in upper then he might join hands with the heavyweight saffron bri- gering a political controversy Trinamool South 24 Parganas can it reach the media," the Chief records of the election to the election to BangaonDakshin. primary schools in the state Mamata Banerjee on July 21. gade, the 'Bihari Babu' is more in the state with several lead- youth leader Jahangir Khan, Minister asked. BangaonDakshin Assembly Majumdar was declared win- will begin on July 19, Edu- Though in a recent tweet inclined towards the Trinamool ers threatening to take legal former councillor JibanSaha Meanwhile, the NHRC has constituency in connection ner from BangaonDakshin by cation Minister BratyaBasu Sinha popularly indicated a Congress. action against the rights body. and Chief Minister Mamata refuted the allegations of leak- with TMC candidate Alo the EC by a margin of 2,004 votes said on Friday. 'GharWapsi' to the BJP but Sinha, who had walked out The leaders not only ques- Banerjee's chief election agent age of the report to the media. Rani Sarkar's petition, chal- in the recently-held Assembly In all, 15,406 shortlisted insiders in Trinamool Congress of the BJP after launching a tioned the integrity of the com- in Nandigram, Sheikh Sufiyan, "NHRC has already shared lenging the victory of BJP's elections. candidates will be called for claim that after the West Bengal tirade against Prime Minister mission, but also accused it of under the ‘list of notorious crim- the copy of the said report with SwapanMajumdar. The court directed that the interview, which will be con- assembly elections where Chief Narendra Modi... Pg 5 showing vindictive attitude. inals/goons'. the advocates... Pg 5 ''On perusal of the election matter will be... Pg 5 cluded by August 4, he said. Speaking to reporters, Basu said the high court paved the Man held for masquerading as Total curfew for way for the... Pg 5 10-days in Manipur Education being saffronised from Sunday Job to one lakh ED officer, trying to dupe MP in BJP-ruled states: Bratya youth in State sector NEWMAI NEWS NETWORK AGENCIES ‘THE MP GOT A CALL FROM AN UNKNOWN NUMBER. AGENCIES his writings. proposed IMPHAL: With the cases of Cov- "Obviously the BJP is KOLKATA: City Police on Friday ›THE ACCUSED IMPERSONATING AS AN ED OFFICER id-19 surging in the state once KOLKATA: West Bengal Educa- not comfortable with such said it has arrested a person OFFERED HIM HELP IN SEVERAL CASES LODGED WITH THE again, the Manipur govern- tion Minister on ideologies. Hence they keep AGENCIES for allegedly impersonating as ment on Friday ordered cur- Friday alleged that the BJP removing works of Tagore, Dr an officer of the Enforcement CENTRAL AGENCY. SEN GOT SCEPTICAL AND CONTACTED few in the entire state for 10 was trying to "saffronise edu- Radhakrishnan from school GUWAHATI: The Assam gov- Directorate and offering help OUR OFFICERS IN LALBAZAR.’ days with effect from Sunday cation" by omitting chapters curriculum," Basu said. ernment on Friday pre- to Trinamool Congress MP (July 18). on secularism in states where He claimed that the BJP sented a Rs 566 crore deficit Santunu Sen in dealing with "The MP got a call from an unearthed details of the man," The number of infections of the party is in power. peddles mythology as history budget for 2021-22 in the as- several cases lodged with the unknown number. The accused he said. the COVID-19 virus detected Basu, who was addressing a Education minister Bratya Basu in textbooks of Gujarat and Uttar sembly, without proposing agency in lieu of money. impersonating as an ED officer A case was lodged at the everyday continues to be very press conference, was requested during a press conference at Bikash Pradesh. In sharp contrast, the any new tax on the public. The person, who was appre- offered him help in several cases Kareya Police Station, the officer high relative to the population to comment on the Uttar Pradesh Bhaban on Thursday. Photo: Purbadri syllabus in West Bengal schools This is the first budget of hended late on Thursday from lodged with the central agency. said, adding that the policemen and is a cause of concern and war- government''s move to exclude a Das. is all-inclusive as it speaks of our the Himanta Biswa Sarma- led the Esplanade bus terminus, has Sen got sceptical and contacted laid a trap and apprehended rants stricter measures to bring story by Rabindranath Tagore omitted Tagore''s story from pluralistic values, our interna- government. been identified as Chandan Roy our officers in Lalbazar. the man from 12B bus stand in down the spread of the infection from school curriculum. syllabus, it shows their regres- tional outlook, nationalism and While reading out the budg- (38). He is a resident of Dum Dum "Acting on the complaint, we Esplanade area. in the interest of public health, "The BJP is trying to saf- sive mindset. Tagore is a secular real and actual history, the min- etary proposals, Ajanta Neog, area, a senior officer said. started tracking the number and The mobile phone, Pg 5 the order... Pg 5 fronise education. If they have personality as is evident from ister added. the first-ever woman finance minister of Assam, Pg 5 Tension grips Assam-Mizoram border, Smart phones for Assam to use sex-sorted Class IX-X students security tightened in both areas soon semen to mostly breed cows AGENCIES much resentment among the the Assam land. AGENCIES calves born in cattle and buffalo AGENCIES residents, Assam police said. The officer-in-charge of farms with the use of sex-sort- THIS YEAR, THE AIZAWL / GUWAHATI: Tension The tension on the Assam- Assam's Ramnathpur police sta- GUWAHATI: Days after bring- ed semen. It will control the ›GOVERNMENT GUWAHATI: All students stud- gripped the Assam-Mizoram Mizoram border is now a matter tion, Liton Nath, Forest Range ing a bill to protect cows, birth of scrub bulls as 80-90% PROPOSED TO COVER ying in class IX and X in gov- border village of Gutguti fol- of serious concern for the admin- Officer of Gharmurra, P Kalita the Assam government now of all births would be of female ernment schools in the state lowing the construction of a istrations of three districts of and a team of police officials are decided to buy sperm from calves,” the state’s Finance 50,000 CATTLE AND will be provided with smart temporary shed of police camp Barak valley. camping in the area. outside the state for artificial Minister Ajanta Neog said in BUFFALOES WITH THE USE phones. by the Mizoram police person- One of the residents of bor- Katlicherra's AIUDF MLA insemination of the animal. the Assembly reading out the OF 1.25 LAKH DOSES OF The announcement came nel, the Assam officials said. dering Gutguti village mainly Suzam Uddin Laskar expressed The government believes state budget on Friday. on Friday during the budget Mizoram, however, claimed dominated by Reang community serious concern over the inci- the step will help increase She said female births would HIGH GENETIC MERIT SEX- speech of state’s first female that the land where the police informed that they are passing dent and said he will raise the the numbers of better breeds help in meeting the ever-in- SORTED FROZEN SEMEN. finance minister Ajanta Neog. camp shed was built belonged Tensed interstate border. File photo. sleepless nights due to the con- issue in next session of the state of cows and control the male creasing demand for milk. She presented the Himanta to it and said their forces are rushed to the shed area but stant threat and encroachments assembly. population. This year, the government at least 12,000 female calves are Biswa Sarma-led Assam gov- ready to strike at any time if the reportedly failed to reach the of Assam land by neighbours. He asked the Assam govern- “The state proposes to intro- proposed to cover 50,000 cattle expected to be born as a result of ernment’s first full-fledged Assam side makes any further spot due to poor road conditions. It is reported that at least 200- ment to ensure the security of duce the use of sex-sorted semen and buffaloes with the use of implementation during the first Assam Budget 2021-22, which encroachment on its territory. The fresh construction of a 250 police battalions of Mizoram life and property of the residents for the benefit of dairy farmers. 1.25 lakh doses of high genetic year. The scheme may continue is a Rs 566.20 crore deficit A team of police and forest structure by Mizoram police police are engaged in the con- of his constituency. There will be an increase in the merit sex-sorted frozen semen. by inseminating 50,000 animals Budget. officials from Katlicherra circle after the July 10 chief secre- struction of shed for the camp Meanwhile, a senior police number of high genetic female “With a 30% conception rate, annually... Pg 5 She said that... Pg 5 of Assam's Hailakandi district tary-level meeting has created around three kilometres inside officer of Mizoram... Pg 5