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SPOTLIGHT BLOW TO BJP IN SC postpones INI a family member, CET Exam 2021 by a month not traitor, says Mamata AGENCIES KOLKATA: Four years after he and threaten people to join their defected to the BJP, the Tri- party. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Mukul Roy, his son namool’s founder-member “Many Trinamool leaders Court on Friday postponed and its former national gen- were coerced. Mukul was never by a month the INI CET Ex- eral secretary Mukul Roy has happy in the BJP. I was seeing amination, 2021 scheduled made a ghar wapsi. how his health deteriorated. He to be conducted by the All Flanked by Chief Minister was under tremendous mental India Institute of Medical and pressure. After returning home, Sciences (AIIMS) on June rejoin Trinamool Trinamool’s national general he has got mental peace.” 16 for admission to high- secretary Abhishek Banerjee She reiterated that Roy was er/post-graduate medical AGENCIES the BJP does not let anyone in at Trinamool Bhavan Friday, forced to join the BJP. “Mukul is studies. peace and puts undue pressure Mukul Roy said he was here to not a gaddar (traitor). He did not "Considering that many of KOLKATA: In a blow to the saf- on everyone,” the chief minister stay. utter a word against Trinamool the candidates... Pg 5 fron brigade, senior BJP lead- said. “I could not continue in BJP, during the election campaign,” CM Mamata Banerjee. er Mukul Roy along with son Both Banerjee and Roy I will never do it again,” he said. she said. “He never defamed me. BJP with Mukul will be consid- Subranshu rejoined the TMC claimed that there never had “I will explain the reasons in a He had to join the BJP because ered if they want to come back,” Lockdown extended on Friday, with Bengal Chief any differences. written statement soon. I want they forced him to do that. BJP is she said, adding that Roy will Minister Mamata Banerjee Asked if her party would be to be with the leader who took a party of zamindars, landlords. be given an “important” role in in East Khasi Hills and other leaders of the state’s taking back other turncoats, Bengal forward. In the present It is not a party of the common the party. ruling party welcoming him too, Banerjee clarified that the political situation, not many man.” Before the press conference, SHILLONG: To content the back to the fold. ones who left the TMC to join the people will be able to continue The chief minister, however, Roy had met the chief minister spread of Coronavirus, the Roy, who held the position of BJP just ahead of the April-May in BJP.” made it clear that TMC leaders at her residence in Kolkata’s Meghalaya government on the national vice president in assembly elections will not be Calling him “ghorer chele who defected to the BJP just Kalighat at 2 pm Friday. Top Friday extended the lock- the saffron party, said he was Abhishek Banerjee welcomes Mukul Roy to the party while chief minister taken back. (family member)”, Mamata before the elections and played sources in the Trinamool con- down in the East Khasi “happy to see all known faces Mamata Banerjee looks on. At TMC Bhavan on Friday. Photo: Purbadri Das. Roy, once the second-in-com- Banerjee said, “BJP is not a the role of “traitors” would never firmed that Roy had sought the Hills (EKH) district for an- again”. Banerjee said Roy was threat- turn, affected his health. mand of the TMC, was removed party that any sane people can be taken back. appointment, and that the CM other one week; however, Addressing a press meet, ened in the BJP, and that, in “Mukul’s return proves that from the post of... Pg 5 continue in. They intimidate “Some leaders who joined then agreed to meet him. Pg 5 Deputy Commissioners are empowered to decide for other districts in the state. Arrested Chinese 8-year-old raped The Lockdown in EKH Roy's return to TMC will make Abhijit dispels rumours district will now continue is a spy: BSF by father's friend upto 5 am of June 21. Meghalaya Chief Miniter no difference for BJP, says Dilip CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE of joining Trinamool KANNAUJ: An eight-year-old girl Conrad K. Sangma... Pg 5 was allegedly abducted and AGENCIES to Roy, and said that he should MALDA: Border Security Force AGENCIES raped by her father's friend, immediately quit all saffron officials revealed on Friday who later left her in a field Hojai doctor assault: KOLKATA: Senior BJP leader party posts. that the Chinese national ar- KOLKATA: Dispelling rumours, thinking that she had died, po- Prime accused held Mukul Roy's return to the "Mukul babu is a veteran rested from Sultanpur on the Late President Pranab Muk- lice said on Friday. TMC evoked mixed reactions leader, he is a known face in Indo-Bangladesh border in herjee's son, Abhijit Mukher- The incident took place at a GUWAHATI: police in the saffron camp on Friday, Bengal politics. We wish him Malda is a notorious criminal. jee, on Friday made it clear village in the Gursahaiganj area, have nabbed the prime with its state unit president the best in his new innings, but He works for a Chinese intel- that he is not leaving the Con- where the girl was found uncon- accused in the sensational asserting that the shouldn't he forthwith quit from ligence agency. On the other gress unlike his friend Jitin scious, police said. Hojai doctor assault case move will have no impact on the primary membership and all hand Uttar Pradesh ATS inter- Prasada. The girl told police that the on Thursday night. The his organisation, and former other posts of the BJP? Shouldn't Dilip Ghosh. rogated him. Television channels and a . accused took her away on the accused has been identified MP claiming he not resign as the MLA as he TMC by party supremo and According to BSF sources, the few newspapers had reported he not correct," Mukherjee, a for- pretext of giving her toffees and as Hilaluddin. that "lobby politics at play is had won a seat on Lotus (BJP) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee anti-terrorist squad interrogat- would be joining the Trinamool mer MP and Congress some money but raped her and With this, a total of 29 adversely affecting the party". symbol," Majumder said. and other senior leaders. ed Chinese national Han Jun Congress on Friday afternoon. Campaign Committee chairman left her in the field thinking that accused in the doctor assault BJP state general secretary Roy along with son He had quit the TMC in 2015, Wei. He was then handed over "I remain in the Congress during the Assembly elections, she has died. case have been arrested so Joyprakash Majumder, on his Subrangshu was on Friday after being removed from the to the Golapganj outpost under and reports that I am joining told a news agency by phone. The girl was rushed to a hos- far. part, extended his best wishes cordially welcomed back to the post of the party's... Pg 5 Kaliachak police... Pg 5 Trinamool or any other party are Mukherjee had... Pg 5 pital, from where... Pg 5 Police sources... Pg 5 India reports 91,702 new CM Deb flags off SC for ‘1 country 1 PM meets Shah, Nadda first even Kisan rail ration card’ scheme Covid cases, 3,403 deaths from Tripura amid Cabinet reshuffle buzz NEW DELHI: The daily Covid-19 19 recovery rate has improved CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE gration of Aadhaar with ration count in India remained be- to 94.93 per cent. CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE cards and biometric identifica- AGENCIES low the one-lakh mark for the A net decline of 46,281 cases KOLKATA: The Supreme Court tion to join the project. About 98 fourth consecutive day with has been recorded in the Covid- AGARTALA: Chief Minister Bi- directed the state government per cent of ration shops in the NEW DELHI: Prime Minister the country reporting 91,702 19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. plab Kumar Deb on Friday to introduce 'One country one state have EPOS (electronic on Friday fresh cases, while the daily Also, 20,44,131 tests were con- flagged off first ever Kisan ration card' scheme on Friday. point of sale) devices. This device held deliberations with Home positivity rate dropped to 4.49 ducted on Thursday taking the rail from Tripura contain- The Apex court has directed to can be used to identify whether Minister and BJP per cent, according to the Un- total cumulative tests conducted ing a large shipment of agri- expedite the project keeping the real owner of the ration card president J P Nadda amid ion Health Ministry data up- so far for detection of Covid-19 in cultural goods grown in the in mind the migrant workers. has come to collect the ration. speculation about a reshuffle dated on Friday. the country to 37,42,42,384. state. Briefing the media on During the lockdown last year, Apart from this, Aadhaar card in the Union cabinet, an exer- With the fresh cases, the The daily positivity rate was the occasion, Deb said, this thousands of migrant work- has also been merged with 80 cise Modi has not undertaken total tally of cases has climbed recorded at 4.49 per cent . It has move will bring economic ers were stranded in various percent ration card holders in since forming the government to 2,92,74,823. been less than 10 per cent for the stability to the farmers of states and faced food shortag- Bengal. In other words, it should for a second time in May 2019. The Covid-19 death toll 18th consecutive day, the minis- Tripura and act as a moral es. If this system is introduced, not be difficult for the govern- There is also a growing buzz Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP chief J P Nadda. File photo climbed to 3,63,079 with 3,403 try said, adding the weekly pos- booster. Pg 5 every citizen of Bengal will be ment to launch it. about the Cabinet expansion Modi has been meeting Union minister’s residence came a day fresh deaths, the data updated itivity rate has also declined to able to collect rations in any The project has been launched in Uttar Pradesh after Chief ministers in different batches after Shah also met party allies at 8 am showed. 5.14 per cent. state of the country with his in 34 states and union territories Minister met of late, and Nadda has also been from Uttar Pradesh, including The active cases further Recoveries continue to out- ration card. of the country. However, apart the BJP top brass during his two- present there. Apna Dal’s Anupriya Patel who declined to 11,21,671 comprising number daily new cases for 29th YouTuber Paras The state government is far from West Bengal, the project day visit to the national capital. The deliberations among the was a minister in the first Modi 3.83 per cent of the total infec- consecutive day. The number of Singh gets bail ahead of many in the field of inte- was not launched... Pg 5 Sources, however, added that top BJP leaders at the prime government but... Pg 5 tions, while the national Covid- people who... Pg 5

ITANAGAR: The Chief Judi- cial Magistrate (CJM) court Manipur doctor here has granted bail to You- Families of slain gangsters suspended for PM Modi takes stock of work Tuber Paras Singh who was arrested last month for mak- manhandling nurse ing racial remarks against arrive to take back bodies done by ministers in 2 years senior Congress MLA Ni- IMPHAL: The health department nong Ering and the people of of Manipur has suspended a Arunachal Pradesh. FIROZ AHAMED medical officer of Jawaharlal AGENCIES by several ministers, the sources The court allowed Paras’s Nehru Institute of Medical said. plea for bail on execution of a NEWTOWN: Families of the two Sciences (JNIMS) in Imphal NEW DELHI: Prime Minister So far, ministers -- both cabi- personal bond of Rs 10, 000 and slain gangsters from Punjab after he was found to have Narendra Modi has been net and their deputies -- holding set other conditions, including arrived at Techno City Police manhandled a staff nurse on holding in-person meetings the charge of agriculture, rural not permitting... Pg 5 station in Newtown on Fri- duty at the COVID-19 ward of with Union ministers in dif- development, animal husbandry day to claim the dead bodies. the hospital. ferent groups apparently to and fishing, tribal affairs, urban Bhupinder Singh Bhullar and The erring medical officer, take stock of the work done development, culture, statistics Yaspreet Singh’s relatives identified as Dr Pangambam by them in the past two years, and programme implementa- Ripun Bora recovers arrived in the city on Thurs- Bohnson Singh, was appointed sources said on Friday. Almost all meetings lasted tion, civil aviation, railways, from Covid, released day. They have submitted the on a daily honorarium basis at Three such meetings have for more than five hours, the food and consumer affairs, jal necessary documents for the JNIMS. He reportedly manhan- been held so far at 7, Lok Kalyan sources said. shakti, petroleum, steel and envi- GUWAHATI: Assam Pradesh release. Ironically, Bhupinder State police forensic team arrives at the Newtown apartment on Friday. Photo: dled a staff nurse Lhingneivah Marg, the official residence of These meetings were called ronment were among those who Congress Committee (APCC) was a former ASI with Punjab Purbadri Das. Haokip while on duty at COVID- the prime minister, which was after the second wave of COVID- were called for the meetings, president and Police. came to Kolkata on Thursday learning all the facts from the 19 Ward 3. also attended by BJP president 19. they said. MP Ripun Bora has been Bhupinder informed that he to collect his son's body after Punjab Police... Pg 5 The incident... Pg 5 J P Nadda. A presentation was also given These meetings... Pg 5 released from Gauhati Med- ical College and Hospital (GMCH) on Friday after he had recovered from COV- Data show unemployment to rise further ID-19. Nusrat controversy snowballs “Day before, I tested nega- AGENCIES essential ones were shut down. participation rate declined to tive for #covid and by god’s The last four weeks have been IT IS THE WORST 39.4 per cent. It indicated that grace I have been released from NEW DELHI: Unemployment particularly hard for the Indian ›CONDITION SINCE unemployed people searched into political potboiler the hospital today. I would like continues to rise unabated. labour market. Labour market TOTAL THE NATIONWIDE for jobs but could not find one. to thank each one of you, for The 30-day moving average conditions deteriorated sharply The data for the last two AGENCIES is seen married with a dollop showering... Pg 5 unemployment rate rose to 13 during this period. LOCKDOWN OF APRIL weeks show that such an excep- of sindoor on her forehead and per cent on June 6, 2021 from Labour participation rate had AND MAY 2020 WHEN ALL tionally high unemployment KOLKATA: The now controver- wrote: "TMC MP Nusrat Jahan 11.9 per cent in May as per begun falling from the week end- ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES rate has apparently discouraged sial marriage of Trinamool Ruhi Jain's personal life, who Cong MLA Siddeque CMIE data, indicating wors- ing May 16. During this week, labour force from looking for Congress MP and city-based she is married to or who she ening of the situation further. the labour participation rate EXCEPT ESSENTIAL ONES work. It reflected in the labour businessman Nikhil Jain is living in with, should not be Ahmed tests positive Not only that, the labour par- was at 40.5 per cent, only 0.1 WERE SHUT DOWN. THE participation rate which further has taken a political hue as anyone's concern. But she is an ticipation rate fell further per cent higher than the aver- LAST FOUR WEEKS HAVE came down. The high unem- the BJP has jumped into elected representative and is on to 39.7 per cent from 40 per age 40.4 per cent. It was the rate ployment rate and low labour the squabble alleging that record in the Parliament that cent during the same period, at which labour participation BEEN PARTICULARLY HARD participation rate has brought the film actress has cheated she is married to Nikhil Jain. showing lesser number of jobs in the labour market have been FOR THE INDIAN LABOUR down the employment rate to people by showing off her Did she lie on the floor of the available in the market. Em- hovering for quite some time. a one year low of 33.6 per cent, wedding as a happy inter-re- House?" MARKET. Nusrat Jahan. ployment rate has also fallen However, the unemployment, the lowest since the week ending ligious marriage. State BJP President Dilip from 35.3 per cent to 34.6 per which was almost stable for sev- their jobs. June 7, 2020. The issue sparked debate Ghosh was quick to respond. and won the election. She has cent. eral weeks at around 8 per cent, The situation worsened fur- It may be mentioned here after BJP IT cell chief Amit "She has asked for a vote show- cheated the people," Ghosh said. It is the worst condition since shot up at to an alarming rate of ther next week ending on May that the week ending May 20, Malviya posted a video on ing that she was married. She Jahan had won the election total the nationwide lockdown 14.5 per cent. This sudden rise 23, when the unemployment 2021 registered a slight recovery Twitter showing the oath tak- had created the impression from Basirhat Lok Sabha con- Full Story on Page 5 of April and May 2020 when was indicative of the fact that rate shot up to 14.7 per cent. This when the unemployment rate ing ceremony of Jahan where of a married Bengali woman stituency on... Pg 5 all economic activities except large number of people had lost happened even as the labour fell to 12.2 per cent... Pg 5