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Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY Hizb chief’s As Taliban advance, India pulls two sons lose govt. jobs out Kandahar consulate staff Peerzada Ashiq Srinagar Diplomats, ITBP personnel return to Delhi as fighting rages on in Afghanistan Two sons of Hizbul Mujahi­ 354 kg heroin worth deen chief Syed Salahuddin ₹2,500 crore seized Suhasini Haidar sulate in Mazar­e­Sharif in — Syed Ahmed Shakeel and NEW DELHI NEW DELHI Balkh province remain Shahid Yusuf — were among In the biggest­ever drug As the claims by the Taliban operational. 11 J&K government em­ recovery by the Delhi police, about taking control of Af­ ployees whose services 354 kg of heroin valued at ₹2,500 crore has been seized ghan territory grow, India Evolving situation were terminated on Satur­ and four persons have been has decided to temporarily According to the officials, day for “anti­national activi­ arrested. The accused have close its consulate in Kanda­ the personnel that returned ties”, an official source said. been identified as Hazrat Ali, har, sending an Indian Air to Delhi on Saturday would While one son was work­ an Afghan national; Rizwan Force flight to evacuate be transported back if the Govt. infra spending ing as a doctor at the Sher­I­ Ahmed, a resident of Delhi; about 50 diplomats and per­ situation improved, while Kashmir Institute of Medi­ Gurjot and Gurdeep Singh, sonnel of the Indo­Tibetan some may alternatively tra­ cal Sciences, the other was both residents of Punjab. Border Police (ITBP) back to vel to Kabul to continue their dropped sharply in Q1 working at the Skill Deve­ CITY Ī PAGE 2 Delhi, government sources consular operations from lopment Department. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD confirmed to The Hindu. the Embassy, if required. One policeman, Rasheed Officials said the move In April last year, the go­ Fresh investments dip by 18% overall Shigan, who was allegedly was purely precautionary, vernment had decided to involved in militant activi­ and stemmed from reports War zone: Former Mujahideen taking position to support suspend operations at the Vikas Dhoot were announced during the ties, has also been terminat­ NEW DELHI that if the Taliban continue Afghan forces near Herat province on Saturday. * REUTERS other two consulates in Jala­ quarter, compared with ed from his service. to push on to the southern labad and Herat and pull out The second wave of CO­ 2,716 new projects worth The employees were city of Kandahar, which was “Our aim is to ensure that review of Indian missions in all personnel from there as VID­19 and a steep decline ₹4,08,237 crore in the pre­ fired under Article 311(2)(c), their headquarters in the Indian personnel are safe, Afghanistan in the wake of well. in new investment projects vious three­month period a law passed earlier this 1990s, the fighting with the and we felt the risk of fight­ the pull­out of American from government agencies that had seen both private year in J&K under which no Afghan Defence and Security ing within the city could en­ troops continues. CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 7 dented fresh investment and public sector invest­ inquiry is required to be CLASSIFIEDS Ī PAGE 4 Forces (ANDSF) could get danger them,” an official told At present, the Indian Em­ AFGHANISTAN TO RUSH plans in the economy by ments rebounding strongly constituted against the ac­ MAGAZINE Ī 8 PAGES fierce. The Hindu, as a full security bassy in Kabul and the con­ TROOPS TO BORDER Ī PAGE 10 18% in the first quarter of for the first time since the cused. Services of four em­ 2021­22, compared with the pandemic hit India. ployees from Anantnag, previous quarter. Overall new investments three from Budgam and Despite the government’s from the Union and State go­ one each from Baramulla, Meghalaya raises concern over Assam cow protection Bill stated push for capital vernments fell 41.6% from Srinagar, Pulwama and spending to revive the eco­ nearly ₹1.67 lakh crore in Q4 Kupwara were terminated, nomy, public infrastructure of 2020­21 to ₹97,376 crore, officials said. We will approach Centre if it affects transit of cattle to the State, says Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma investments almost halved as per Projects Today’s sur­ The J&K government on compared with the January­ vey on project investments April 21 constituted a Spe­ SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Many in the Christian­ma­ tion if the Assam Cattle Pre­ the existing Assam Cattle vernment but also the March quarter, bringing to­ in India during Q1 of 2021­ cial Task Force to identify Guwahati jority States of Meghalaya, servation Bill, 2021, affects Preservation Act, 1950, that Centre if the law affects tran­ tal outlays on new infras­ 22. employees, scrutinise their A Bill proposed by the Assam Mizoram and Nagaland con­ its people and economy. allows the slaughter of cattle sit of cattle to Meghalaya tructure plans down by New public sector irriga­ conduct and lodge cases government to stop the tran­ sume beef. While Mizoram The Bill, approved by the above 14 years of age after from other States,” Megha­ nearly 39% over April to tion and manufacturing pro­ against those involved in sportation of cattle or use and Nagaland have chosen Assam Cabinet on July 7, will approval from local veterin­ laya Chief Minister Conrad K. June this year. jects also fell off the cliff by cases related to threat to se­ the State for transit of the bo­ not to react, the Meghalaya be placed before the State ary officers. Sangma said. Nearly 2,200 new pro­ 96% and 77% respectively. curity. The task force was vine animal has raised con­ government said it would Assembly in the upcoming “We will raise the issue jects entailing fresh invest­ described as “draconian” cern among its neighbours. seek the Centre’s interven­ session. It seeks to replace not only with the Assam go­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 7 ments of ₹3,34,572.5 crore CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 7 by several political parties. 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Ration tion Policy 2021­2030 on the nal rates of interest. Explaining the reasons for card units will be limited to occasion of World Popula­ A public servant or com­ bringing out the draft Bill, four persons. tion Day. mon citizen who adopts a the Commission headed by A person contravening one­child norm will receive Justice Aditya Nath Mittal the law will also become in­ Sops for sterilisation additional benefits such as said there were limited eco­ eligible to apply for State go­ The Commission has upload­ free healthcare facility and logical and economic re­ vernment jobs and be barred ed the proposed draft Uttar insurance coverage to the sources at hand in Uttar Pra­ from promotion in govern­ Pradesh Population (Con­ child till age 20; preference desh and it was necessary to ment services and any kind trol, Stabilisation and Wel­ to the single child in admis­ control and stabilise the of subsidy. fare) Bill, 2021 and invited sion in all education institu­ population for the promo­ The provisions will come suggestions till July 19. tions, including but not li­ tion of sustainable develop­ Festival hues: Preparations in full swing at Jama Masjid ahead of I’d celebrations, in Old Delhi on Saturday. * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA into force one year after the As per the draft, several mited to the Indian Institutes ment with more equitable CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC date of the publication of the incentives have been provid­ of Management and the All distribution.