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Madan Kaushik and Cabinet at least seventy-one districts of 2# ' BJP State president Madan Minister Bishan Singh Chufal the country which are report- ##& 3 Kaushik, Cabinet Ministers and other party leaders reached ing Covid case positivity rate of Subodh Uniyal, Bishan Singh his residence. more than 10 per cent for the Chufal and some other party The BJP has convened a last few weeks. ( 4& ) leaders also accompanied meeting of its legislature party In fact, Agartala reported a * +) Rawat to the Raj Bhawan. at 3 pm on Saturday where a test positivity rate as high as 21 '67(68+9 Earlier in Delhi, Rawat new leader in place of Rawat per cent, among the highest in offered to resign in a letter to will be elected. Union Minister the country and one indicative ,O nding days of speculation, BJP national president JP Narendra Singh Tomar will be of community transmission as ! # " " " $ %&' . / EUttarakhand Chief Minister Nadda. the BJP observer to conduct the per the World Health ) Tirath Singh Rawat submitted Before returning to meeting and take the view of Organisation. his resignation to Governor Dehradun late in the evening, the MLAs to elect a new leader. This has prompted the Government to warn the pub- Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and L Baby Rani Maurya late on Rawat sought time to meet the Rawat met Nadda for the lic not to lower guard and focus Manipur — which are report- M% Friday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Governor to tender his resig- second time in three days dur- ',- on vaccination and follow ing high infection. Alarmed at Addressing the media after and Home Minister Amit Shah nation. ing his Delhi visit on Friday % % Covid-19 protocols to control the rise in cases, the Centre has tendering his resignation, for giving him the opportuni- Rawat returned to and submitted the resignation the situation. rushed high-level teams to Rawat said he had resigned ty to serve in various positions. Dehradun late in the evening letter to him. Rawat has been Most of these districts are these States for Covid-19 con- from the post of Chief Minister On being asked about why and held a Press conference the Chief Minister of "#$%#$&#&'( in six States — Kerala, trol and containment steps. 23 3 ( to avoid possible constitution- he had not contested the Salt where he listed the achieve- Uttarakhand for just about 112 )*+"#,+$- Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Continued on Page 2 al crisis arising out of a situa- Assembly bypoll, he said he was ments of his four-month-old days. He was sworn in on 5 # tion where he could not be Covid positive at that time Government. However, he March 10 after his predecessor +#$&#$,')*.//- elected to the Assembly with- and not in a position to contest ducked all questions on the Trivendra Singh Rawat Q in six months. the bypoll. Since the Election possibility of his resignation, resigned on directions of the /#(%#(.#."' # O.#% He said he is thankful to Commission does not hold which was a foregone party’s central leadership. )*%,#'+"- R the party’s central leadership, bypoll if Assembly elections are conclusion. Continued on Page 2 +#($#"&% New Delhi: Citing a study conducted by the Post =,$#.(#"%/)*'#.%"- Graduate Institute of Medical New Delhi: Pregnant women #) Education and Research, in India are now eligible to get $ # /(#+(#&/()*&/#$(%- Chandigarh, on Punjab cops, vaccinated against Covid as the Niti Aayog member (health) Union Health Ministry on P/'#+(#((.)*/#('+- VK Paul on Friday said both Friday gave the approval based doses of vaccines provide at on recommendations of the *%# /+#''#+$.)*+#/"$- least 98 per cent protection National Technical Advisory % from Covid-19 death. Group on Immunisation. &+#"+#".+)*("- ,% '67(68+9 0&*# $ n the first reaction from the %$ Itop echelon since the terror attack on the Jammu airbase on Sunday, IAF chief RKS Bhadauria on Friday termed it '67(68+9 ! an act of terror aimed at tar- geting key military assets. He drone was spotted over also said here the IAF is in the Athe Indian High process of bolstering its capa- Commission compound in <*8< bilities to deal with such secu- Islamabad hours before a drone rity challenges. terror attack took place at the mid reports of ruckus cre- The IAF has carried out a Jammu airbase on Sunday last. Aated by BJP MLAs inside detailed analysis in terms of Taking exception to the the State Assembly, Bengal implications of drones and embassy incident, India has Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar other similar capabilities falling lodged a strong protest with on Friday delivered a brief into the hands of non-State Pakistan. seven-minute speech on the actors, and taking a series of In an official statement, first day of Budget Session of measures to counter them, he Ministry of External Affairs the House. said. Incidentally, Army Chief spokesperson Arindam Bagchi This, while Opposition General MM Naravane on said here on Friday, “A drone Leader Suvendu Adhikari Thursday said the easy avail- was spotted over the premises lobbed strong questions at the ability of drones had increased of the Indian High said the drone was sighted The embassy is located in Treasury Bench asking as to the complexity of security chal- Commission in Islamabad on within the residential complex a heavily guarded and secure why there was no mention of lenges. June 26. This has been taken up of the Indian High area of Islamabad and the post violence in the Governor’s Bhadauria said, “What officially with the Government Commission. The apparent Pakistan security agencies pro- speech. happened at Jammu was essen- of Pakistan. We expect Pakistan aim was to take close range vide protection to the Indian Dhankhar, who had earli- tially a terrorist act which to investigate the incident and photograph of the place and High Commission. There is er expressed reservations about attempted to target our assets prevent recurrence of such residents. The drone was sight- reportedly a multi-tiered secu- the contents of his speech — there. The attempt failed of breach of security.” ed when an event was on with- rity system in place. Against prepared by the Government course. The assets were not The Indian mission lodged in the High Commission com- this backdrop, the drone sight- — read only selected para- damaged. Two explosives were a protest through a note verbale plex. This was the first such ing was a matter of concern, graphs from it before conclud- used.” which is a diplomatic commu- incident at the Indian High they admitted. ing the speech summarily. Continued on Page 2 nique, sources said here. They Commission. Continued on Page 2 Continued on Page 2 "# $ ## %#& P )* + ' ' (& ! , %-./ <*8< post was the need of the hour '67(68+9 attachment in this case reached " R! to instill confidence among 14,521.80 crore. Total pro- $ he Trinamool Congress has the people at large. he Enforcement ceeds of crime in this case is Tdashed off a letter to Prime The CBI is the client of TDirectorate (ED) has pro- more than 16,000 crore, it fur- Minister Narendra Modi seek- Mehta, who had been repre- visionally attached eight ther said. % ing the removal of Solicitor senting the Central agency in immovable properties, three Till now, one prosecution General Tushar Mehta alleging the Supreme Court and the vehicles and several bank complaint (chargesheet) along & the top Central Government High Court, the letter said. The accounts/shares/mutual funds with four supplementary com- law officer in charge of sensi- development comes in the worth 8.79 crore belonging to plaints have been filed in this :;; tive cases, including the ones wake of reports that Adhikari Bollywood actors Dino Morea case and four arrests have been related to Sharada and Narada had visited the Solicitor and Sanjay Khan, and Aqeel made by the ED. Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) scams, met West Bengal General at his official resi- Abdulkhalil Bachooali, also Sterling Biotech promoters Adistrict commander, a for- Opposition leader Suvendu dence in Delhi. known as DJ Aqeel, besides late assets, the agency said. Nitin Sandesara, Chetan eign terrorist hailing from Adhikari who figures in the list Continued on Page 2 Congress leader Ahmed Patel’s The ED had initiated an Sandesara, Dipti Chetan Pakistan and 3 other LeT ultras of suspect currently being son-in-law Irfan Ahmed investigation under the PMLA Sandesara and Hitesh Patel who were planning to target investigated by the Central Siddiqui, under money laun- on the basis of an FIR regis- have been declared fugitives by Srinagar-Pulwama National Bureau of Investigation. '! (& dering charges in a case relat- tered by the CBI for cheating the Special Court, it said. Highway were killed by a joint The letter signed by TMC ! ing to Vadodara-based phar- several public sector banks to Meanwhile, the agency, in team of security forces in " " MPs Derek O’Brien, Sukhendu maceutical conglomerate the tune of 14,500 crore. a separate case, arrested Gopal Hanjin Rajpora area of South Sekhar Roy and Mahua Moitra, R Sandesara Group, also referred Investigation by the ED Amarlal Thakur, Director of Kashmir’s Pulwama district in ing the night and resumed the but to no avail.