11 cops convicted in encounter case after 35 yrs MATHURA: The district court in Mathura, on Tuesday, delivered a verdict on an incident of 1985, convicting 11 police personnel for an encounter in which Raja Mansingh was killed in Bharatpur, Rajasthan. Raja Mansingh was killed in a police encounter in Bharatpur, thirty-five years ago. A day before the encounter, he had banged his jeep into stationary helicopter of then Rajasthan chief 8FREE PRESS NATION minister. The Supreme Court had transferred the case to Mathura from Rajasthan. The quantum of WEDNESDAY | JULY 22, 2020 | INDORE punishment for the convicted police personnel will be announced on Wednesday.

Continued from page 1 ‘CENTRE PLOTTING TO DESTABILISE GOVTS OF OPPN-RULED STATES, BJP MOST DESTRUCTIVE PARTY’ CHINA DOES A U-TURN AFTER AGREEING TO CREATE A BUFFER ZONE ALONG LAC IN LADAKH No action against... The provision disqualifies MLAs if they 'voluntarily' give up the mem- bership of the party which they represent in the House. Pilot was sacked as deputy chief minister and the president of the state unit of the par- Bengal will be run by Bengalis, ty after he rebelled against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. Yes on table, no on hills Those betraying party... "This is intolerable and condemnable. Those betraying the party will not not 'people from Gujarat': Mamata be able to show their faces in public," Gehlot said addressing a Con- PREMA RAJARAM / AGENCIES "maligning, insulting and depriving" gress Legislature Party meeting at a hotel here. According to a state- Kolkata the people of West Bengal, she said, ment issued by Congress chief whip Mahesh Joshi, Gehlot said efforts before pointing fingers at her state are being made to "weaken democracy" in the country but Congress The 2021 Assembly election are less the centre should talk about the "jun- legislators are fighting firmly to save it. The fight will continue till the than a year away and West Bengal gle raj and encounter raj" in Uttar victory of truth, he claimed, adding that his government is strong and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Pradesh. "Centre is conspiring stable and will continue to serve people of the state for five years. The waved her magic wand to foresee victo- against Bengal, saying every day truth will prevail and the state government will emerge victorious in all ry for the Trinamool Congress (TMC) there is violence and lawlessness. circumstances, he said. The CM also said those playing hide-and-seek for a third term,while speaking at the What about UP where jungle raj pre- can never be with the truth. Gehlot also thanked the Bhartiya Tribal Par- virtual Shahid Diwas rally on Tuesday. vails. People there are afraid about ty (BTP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal legislator for supporting the Congress. Banerjee Tuesday accused the Centre even lodging a police complaint. Sev- The statement said the MLAs in the meeting expressed faith in the lead- of "hatching conspiracies" to pull eral police officers were killed in a ership of Gehlot, saying they will "together win the battle of truth". Sen- down the governments in opposition- single incident. The main culprit was ior party leaders, including AICC general secretary in-charge for the Ra- ruled states by employing federal killed in a so-called encounter to hide jasthan Congress Avinash Pande; K C Venugopal; Ajay Maken; Randeep agencies and money power, and Mamata has addressed the truth," she said. Surjewala; Vivek Bansal and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot attended the branded the BJP as the "most de- Indicating that the controversial Na- OUR BUREAU was patrolling till Finger 8, meeting. This was the third meeting of the CLP in the past one week. structive" party. her ‘farewell rally’: BJP tional Population Register (NPR) and New Delhi but the Chinese are not al- A political turmoil is raging in the state apparently because of a tussle Invoking Bengali subnationalism, Mocking West Bengal Chief Minister National Register of Citizens (NRC) lowing patrols to pass now. for power between dissident Congress leader Sachin Pilot and Gehlot. Banerjee termed BJP an "outsider" in Mamata Banerjee's Martyrs' Day event will be the TMC's major electoral The -China talks on On July 10, the PLA had Last week, Pilot and 18 other MLAs rebelled against the chief minister, West Bengal and said the state should as her "farewell rally", the BJP on planks in the assembly polls, Baner- military de-escalation in moved away its boats and defying a whip to attend two Congress Legislature Party meetings. Pi- not be ruled by "Gujarat and out- Tuesday rejected as "baseless" her jee said the people of West Bengal Ladakh along the Line of Ac- thinned out troops, but its lot was then sacked as deputy chief minister and state Congress chief. siders but by the people of the soil". allegation that the Centre was plotting have not forgotten "how innocent peo- tual Control has hit a minor troops still occupy the ridge No Amarnath Yatra... Banerjee alleged the Centre has de- to topple her government and said it ple were killed during the Delhi riots roadblock as China is not ful- line. India wants the PLA to prived Bengal of resources and as- will get ousted ‘democratically’. “We and genuine citizens thrown into de- ly adhering to the agreement move back till Finger 8. Devotees can pay respects to the deity through live telecast, it said. "The serted people will give a befitting re- don't need to nor are we interested in tention camps in Assam". on creating a physical buffer Board is aware of and respects the sentiments of millions of devotees ply to it for the injustice. destabilising the state government. This Banerjee alleged the NPR and NRC zone and going back from Naval MiG-29K fighter and to keep the religious sentiments alive, the Board shall continue the "A conspiracy is being hatched by government will be voted out of power were tools to create rift between com- certain grey areas, defence Live Telecast/ Virtual Darshan of the morning and evening Aarti. Further, the union government to destabilise democratically. The people of this state munities. "What citizenship is the ministry sources said. aircraft to be deployed the traditional rituals shall be carried out as per past practice," it added. the elected government of Bengal by are fed up with TMC's goondaism and BJP talking about? The refugees They said a fresh physical in Northern sector The Supreme Court, in an order this month, had asked the Jammu and using central agencies and money corruption,” Ghosh told reporters. (from Bangladesh) have already got verification of the buffer t a time when Indian Navy’s Kashmir government to take a decision on organising the pilgrimage, power. BJP is the most destructive citizenship," she said. zone will be made as the pre- AP-8I surveillance planes are taking in account the ground realities. On Tuesday, Lieutenant Gover- party the country has ever seen. attack on the Centre over the political "An attempt is being made to stir up vious one shows a partial carrying out frequent sweeps nor Girish Chandra Murmu presided over a meeting of the Board, which "When the country is busy fighting turmoil in Rajasthan while referring communal disharmony. A party is pullback by China that does over the Eastern Ladakh sector, was attended by senior Union Territory and the Board officials. The the COVID pandemic, the BJP is busy to the Gujarati origin of the prime trying to incite Hindu-Muslim riots. not match the agreement at the Navy’s maritime fighter jets Board further discussed that pandemic has put the health administra- destabilising the elected governments minister and the home minister. Remember that people of all faiths the meeting of the top mili- MiG-29K will be deployed in the tion system to its limit. The spike has been particularly very sharp in in Rajasthan and West Bengal after She alleged a "reign of fear" is pre- are equal. This country.... tary commanders. The two Northern sector for operations. July. Health Workers and Security Forces are also getting infected and ," she said. vailing across the country. Bengal...is for all, Banerjee said. sides have to move back 1.5 The deployment of the naval the focus of entire Medical, Civil and Police Administration at the mo- "Why should Gujarat rule all states? "People of Bengal will rule the state Accusing the Centre of not extend- km on each side of the ap- fighter aircraft at the Indian Air ment is on containing the local transmission of the COVID-19 pandem- We won't tolerate this rule of two and not outsiders and people from Gu- ing any help to the state government proximate LAC, which has Force (IAF) bases is in line with ic. The health concerns are so serious that the strain on the health sys- brothers ( Narendra Modi and Amit jarat. We should strive to ensure that post-cyclone Amphan apart from the not happened. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tem, along with the diversion in resources to the Yatra, will be im- Shah). security deposits of all the BJP can- Rs 1,000 crore interim aid, the chief The clear demarcations directives for enhancing mense," the Board explained the decision to cancel the pilgrimage, What's the need for a federal struc- didates get forfeited," she said, invok- minister said the state announced a were the outcome of discus- jointness between the three which is attended by thousands of people every year. The Centre in May ture? Create a 'one nation-one party' ing Bengali pride. Rs 6,500 crore relief package mobilis- sions between the two sides services and Chief of Defence had allowed the opening of religious places, but with restrictions, un- system then," she said, in a scathing Accusing the central government of ing its own resources. following the bloody con- Staff General Bipin Rawat’s call der what it called Unlock2. However, several states decided otherwise frontation of June 15 in for the possibility of amid rising coronavirus cases. The Jammu and Kashmir government which 20 Indian soldiers deployment of maritime this month extended the lockdown till July 31. "The Board further de- were martyred and an un- combat aircraft along the liberated the considered views of the government. The government ED attaches assets specified number of Chinese northern or western borders made reasoned observations supported by facts which suggested that PANEL MOOTS SPLITTING troops were killed in the Gal- with the Air Force. “It is being it would not be advisable to conduct Shri Amarnathji Yatra 2020 and it worth Rs 12.98 cr wan Valley. planned to deploy the MiG- would be advisable to cancel it this year in larger public interest," it Another meeting at the 29K fighter aircraft at an said. Lieutenant General level Indian Air Force base in the of former chairman northern sector. They might be Excise dept SI... OBCs INTO 3 SUB-GROUPS commanders is possible only after some movement is visi- used for carrying out The duo too has been arrested. Following the arrest, divisional com- of Jodhpur NU ble on the ground. There are operational flying in the Recommendation would ensure a level-playing field in govt jobs, edu quota Eastern Ladakh sector along missioner Anand Kumar Sharma suspended Jain with immediate effect. AGENCIES at least two points where the the Line of Actual Control New Delhi OUR BUREAU / New Delhi only a few dozen among near- in the OBC population as Chinese People's Liberation Panna labourer mines... (LAC),” government sources ly 5,000 communities corner those who can compete with Army (PLA) has not created told ANI. Kushwaha told reporters that he and his partners have been working The Enforcement Direc- The Other Backward Classes away about half the jobs and each other are grouped to- a buffer. At PP 17-A (Gogra), hard for the last six months in the mine and were thrilled about the find. torate (ED) on Tuesday said (OBC) Commission, set up in university seats under the gether. the distance between the Panna is known for diamond excavation and hundreds of labourers that it has provisionally at- 2017 with former Delhi High quota. Those placed in one group two armies is not com- keep trying their luck in the fields. The most expensive diamond found tached movable and immov- Court Chief Justice G Rohini, The draft report recom- will be able to compete with plete as it is narrower in Panna till date weighed 44.55 carats that was excavated in 1961, ac- able assets totalling to Rs is contemplating recommend- mends dividing the OBCs into only others in that group to than the ideal 1.5 km on NAME CHANGE cording to records available with Diamond Mining Project- a unit of Na- 12.98 crores of Kamal Mehta, ing split of the OBC quota in three separate groups. The ensure the level-playing field each side. At Finger 4 on I ZAINAB MURTAZA tional Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC). The value of dia- the former chairman of govt jobs and higher educa- communities having higher to everybody. The only hitch is the north block of Pan- BEARINGWALA have mond was evaluated at Rs 3 lakhs then. Jodhpur National Universi- tion into three groups to pro- representation compared to that the Rohini commission is gong Tso, a 135-km-long changed my name to Like Sushant, Chetan... ty, Jodhpur, his family mem- vide a level-playing field to all their share in the OBC popu- banking on the British-era glacial lake, not much has ZAINEB BEARINGWALA bers and others under the communities. lation will be in Group A. caste census of 1931 to ascer- changed as the PLA is W/O MURTAZA Do you really need validation from phony, English speaking evil critics, provisions of the Prevention The Commission, which re- Those with inadequate repre- tain various sub-communi- still sitting on the ridge BEARINGWALA and now who caused mental health issues leading to a star's death? Stop pa- of Money Laundering Act, ceived the ninth extension sentation will be in Group B ties' percentage in the OBC line of a mountain spur. I would be known as tronizing them, please." The tweets did not go down well with many 2002 (PMLA) in a case relat- last month till January 2021, and those who have nil or population. It would have Each ridge line is identi- ZAINEB BEARINGWALA on social media, including film critic Anupama Chopra (Vidhu’s wife). ing to the issuance of fake is readying its draft report near-zero representation will worked on the latest data, but fied as a "finger" in the W/O MURTAZA "Each time you think the discourse can’t get lower, it does," she degrees and mark sheets. with the recommendation on be in Group C. The commis- for the government withhold- military parlance. India BEARINGWALA wrote.At this point, Bhagat decides to raise the decibel level further. The attached assets in- how all communities among sion sources said this will en- ing the OBCs' count done in assumes the LAC to be at ADD: - 28-B, NEW SAIFEE Launching a tirade on Anupama, he claimed that her husband had bul- clude 12 flats, three plots, a the OBCs can benefit unlike sure that all get reservation the 2011 Socio-Economic and Finger 8, which is to the NAGAR, NEAR GARDEN, lied him and misappropriated credit for "3 Idiots". ‘‘Ma'am, when your building and 31 bigha agri- the present system where according to their percentage Caste Census. east of Finger 4. India INDORE MP husband publicly bullied me, shamelessly collected all the best story culture land located in awards, tried denying me credit for my story and drove me close to sui- Jaipur, Jodhpur and New cide, and you just watched, where was your discourse?" Bhagat wrote. Delhi, and an amount lying NAME CHANGE The tweets led to an outpouring on Twitter with some calling out Bha- in bank accounts. India's COVID-19 fatality rate I MURTAZA NOORUDDIN gat for intimidating critics like Chopra for doing their job. For the record, The ED, in the release, said BEARINGWALA have 3 Idiots, featuring Aamir Khan, Sharman Joshi, R Madhavan and Ka- that it had initiated an investi- changed my name to reena Kapoor, went on to become a great hit and swept all national gation under the PMLA on the drops to 2.43% from 3.36% MURTAZA BEARINGWALA awards. While Bhagat and his book were duly mentioned in the end basis of an FIR and a credits, the author felt that was not enough. In an interview in 2010, NEW DELHI: S/O NOORUDDIN chargesheet filed by the Special India's Territories have COVID- lion population. Just do- KUBAN and now I Bhagat had remarked, "It is fine that they've given me credit in the Thana, SOG, Jaipur against COVID-19 fatality rate has 19 positivity rate lower ing tests is not enough, would be known as rolling credits, but how can they not give me credit for the story? The Kamal Mehta and his other as- dropped significantly to than that of the national they have to be done at a film is based on my book..." (Ref: India Today.com) Rajkumar Hirani, di- sociates under Section 120B 2.43 per cent from 3.36 per average which stands at level of 140 tests per day MURTAZA BEARING- rector of 3 Idiots, however, maintained that Bhagat was given due cred- read with 420, 467, 468 of IPC for cent on June 17 due to ef- 8.07 per cent, Rajesh per million so that the WALA S/O NOORUDDIN it as per their contract. "According to the contract, it clearly says that issuance of fake degrees/mark fective clinical manage- Bhushan, officer on spe- rate of positivity reduces KUBAN Chetan will be given credit in the rolling credit, which comes at the end sheets. “Accused Kamal Mehta, ment of coronavirus cases, cial duty in the Union and comes down to 10 per ADD: - 28-B, NEW of the film. He is lying when he says that his name comes after the jun- Managing Trustee of Kushal the Centre said on Tues- health ministry, told a cent first and then contin- SAIFEE NAGAR, NEAR ior artists, his name is after the main artists of the movie. See the movie Education Trust had estab- day, asserting the country press conference here. ue the testing process so GARDEN, INDORE MP to believe me,” Hirani had said back then, adds the news portal. So, lished Jodhpur National Uni- has handled the pandemic "19 states and UTs are that the rate of positivity that is another strand to the controversy over the overbearing role of versity, Jodhpur in 2008 under "relatively well". performing more than further reduces to 5 per film-makers. the said trust. Thirty states and Union 140 tests per day per mil- cent or lower," he said. Lalji Tandon, who brought Maya, BJP together 116 animals died in KANCHAN SRIVASTAVA joined the RSS at 12, Tandon be- portant work. He even cam- flooded Kaziranga park gan his political journey in early paigned in 2009 elections saying 1960s. He went on to become an he had come carrying “Vajpayee’s so far, 143 rescued A seasoned politician Lalji Tan- MLA and a minister in UP. sandals”. Tandon registered a don (85), Madhya Pradesh Gover- In 1995, when with- mammoth victory in those elec- AGENCIES 11 rhinos, 88 hog deer, nor who breathed his last on drew her support from the al- tions. In 2014, his close aide Raj- Guwahati seven wild boars, four Tuesday morning in his home- liance government with Mulayan nath Singh got the ticket from wild buffaloes, two town Lucknow, had a dominating Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party Lucknow. After an exile of four With over 90 per cent of swamp deer, two por- presence in where members confined her and years, he was made Bihar gover- land and forest areas in As- cupines and one sam- he served as cabinet minister and launched a physical and verbal at- nor in 2018. sam's Kaziranga National bar and one python was elected to the assembly and 1935-2020 tack on her in the State guest CONTROVERSIES Park flooded by rainwater, had so far perished in council multiple times. house. It was Tandon who rescued During the 2004 LS poll, when at least 116 wild animals the floodwater or after Belonging to the Atal Bihari Va- MP Chief Minister Shivraj her with the help of another BJP Vajpayee was in the fray, Tandon have been killed so far due hits by vehicles on the jpayee and L K Advani era of BJP Chauhan and Defence minister leader. as his election agent held a saree to drowning or vehicle-hits National Highway-37. leaders, Tandon, who died at a reached Lucknow Later, Tandon helped bring two distribution event that led to a even as 143 animals have Of the rescued ani- hospital in Lucknow early Tues- to pay homage to the leader whose ideological rivals BSP and BJP to- stampede which killed 21 people. been rescued, officials said mals, 110 were hog day,proved himself as an able ad- last rites were performed Tues- gether. Mayawati became the Ut- He was booked under criminal on Tuesday. deer, four tigers, two ministrator during his decades- day evening. PM Modi tweeted his tar Pradesh CM 4times, 3 times charges on the orders of the Elec- Officials of the Forest De- rhinos, 17 pythons, long political career in Uttar condolences: “Shri Lalji Tandon (1995, 1997 and 2002) with BJP sup- tion Commission but later re- partment and Kaziranga and three turtles. Pradesh. Tandon was the gover- will be remembered for his untir- port though for brief stints. ceived a clean chit in the case. Park, a World Heritage site, The officials said nor of Bihar between August 2018 ing efforts to serve society. He She used to tie a rakhi to Tan- During the 2007 UP assembly poll said many tigers and rhi- that 16 hog deers were and July 2019 and then took played a key role in strengthening don and fondly called her brother. campaign, the Election Commis- nos had strayed into near- killed during treat- charge in MP. the BJP in UP. He made a mark as Mayawati on Tuesday condoled sion had registered an FIR by villages and higher loca- ment while 117 ani- In a political career spanning an effective administrator, always his demise and remembered Tan- against him in a case of distribut- tions due to flooding of mals were released several decades, Tandon has giving importance to public wel- don as “A very cultured and social ing some controversial CDs. their habitats. into the forest area af- served as a councillor, a UP min- fare. Anguished by his passing person.” Tandon also courted through Park and Assam State ter they were treated. ister, a member of Parliament away.” Two more UP leaders Ram VAJPAYEE PROTEGE’ his book “Ankaha Lucknow” re- Disaster Management Au- Park Director P. from Lucknow. In the 1970s, he Naresh Yadav and Ram Prakash Tandon was known as a protege leased in 2018, in which he thority (ASDMA) officials Sivakumar said that also actively participated in Gupta had died while they were of the late PM AB Vajpayee. In claimed that Lucknow was being said over 90 per cent of the rising water level in Jayaprakash Narayan nation- MP , senior leaders re- 2009, he took over from his men- deliberately transformed into park's 430 sq km area was the park areas had wide movement against the then call. tor, replacing him as the BJP’s “the city of Nawabi Tehzeeb” now flooded, with traffic forced three sub-adult Indira Gandhi government. Brother for Mayawati, instru- candidate for the Luc- hinting at the alleged Muslim ap- movement on the National tigers to stray into a Now, his son , mental in forming BSP-BJP govt know constituency. peasement of the Samajwadi par- Highway-37 near Kaziran- goat-shed in Kan- is a cabinet minister in the Yogi Lalji Tandon was born in Luc- He used to seek Vajpayee’s bless- ty which ruled the state till 2017 ga now suspended. dolimari village and government. know on April 12, 1935. While he ings before carrying out any im- February. According to the officials, nearby areas.

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