CORONA CATASTROPHE INDIA UP 46,759 26 new cases new cases 509 02 LUCKNOW l SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 2021 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. UPENG/2020/80229 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 256 new fatalities new fatalities COURT DIRECTS A Delhi court Saturday directed singer Hirdesh Singh, who goes by the FUTURE FILES NEW Future Retail fi led a new case against Amazon.com Inc at the Supreme Court HONEY SINGH TO stage name Yo Yo Honey Singh, to appear before it on September 3 in con- CASE AGAINST in its latest effort to seek clearance for its $3.4 billion retail assets sale, which nection with the domestic violence case fi led against him by his wife, Shalini the US fi rm has challenged. SC this month dealt a blow to Future when it said APPEAR IN DOMESTIC Talwar, after he failed to appear before the court citing poor health. Metro- AMAZON OVER $3.4 an interim decision by a Singapore arbitrator in October 2020 that put its VIOLENCE CASE politan Magistrate Tania Singh observed that no one is above the law. P6 BILLION DEAL deal with Reliance Industries on hold was valid in India. OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia WEST BENGAL POST-POLL VIOLENCE CBI FILES 10 MORE CASES, TALLY REACHES 21 New Delhi: The Central so far it has registered Bureau of Investigation eleven separate cases af- CENTRE USING AGENCIES AS THEY (CBI) has filed another 10 ter being handed over CAN’T FIGHT US POLITICALLY: MAMATA cases in connection with the probe by the Calcutta Kolkata: West Bengal jee and his wife for the post-poll violence in High Court. Chief Minister Mamata questioning in a money West Bengal, just a day The Calcutta High Banerjee Saturday laundering case linked after 11 separate cases Court had recently hand- alleged that the central to an alleged coal scam were registered, taking ed over the investigation government was using in the state. “Our prior- the tally of total cases to of serious crimes such agencies to fi ght the ity is to work for the 21. Sources suggest that as rape and murder dur- Trinamool Congress as people. When the BJP the agency also has de- ing the post-poll violence they can’t fi ght the par- govt in Delhi cannot tained two accused in in West Bengal to the ty politically. Banerjee’s compete with us in connection with the case CBI. Similarly, the divi- comments comes politics, they use agen- on Friday. sion bench of the high in the backdrop cies. Few people To probe cases, Cen- court also formed a Spe- of the Enforce- had left us but now tre has provided CRPF cial Investigation Team ment Direc- they have returned security cover to CBI (SIT) to investigate the torate (ED) as they know that amid apprehension of lesser crimes that oc- summoning her their home belongs locals and the state ad- cured after the declara- nephew and MP here (TMC),” ministration disrupting tion of Assembly elec- Abhishek Mamata the investigation. tion results in Bengal Baner- said. P6 The agency said that on May 2. Duty of citizens to HANDof Afghanistan: US says drone strengthen public institutions & expose strike killed IS-K planner lies of State: Justice Chandrachud BLASTS’ TOLL HOPE New Delhi: n this image provided by the US NEARS 200 Public in- Marine Corps, a Marine with Special tellectuals Washington: Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task The US have “a military says it be- duty to ex- I Force-Crisis Response-Central Com- lieves it has killed a pose the lies mand (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) lifts an evacuee planner for the Afghan of the during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai branch of the Islamic State”, Supreme Court International Airport in Kabul in Afghanistan. State group in a drone Justice DY Chandra- (Inset) An Afghan man hands his child to strike in the east of the Afghans wait for hours to try to withdraw money, in front of Kabul chud said Saturday a British Paratrooper. More than 1,00,000 country. Bank, in Kabul on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI morning, stressing that people have been safely evacuated through The suspected mem- in a democratic country the Kabul airport, according to the US, but ber of the IS-K group side Kabul airport on A mass airlift has it is important to hold thousands more are struggling to leave in was targeted in Nan- Thursday that may been under way at the governments in check one of history’s biggest airlifts. garhar province. have killed as many as airport since Taliban and guard against false- IS-K said it had car- 170 people, including 13 militants overran the hoods, false narratives ried out an attack out- US troops. capital this month. and fake news. Birla visits Pangong lake, Police use force to crush interacts with sarpanches Partially inoculate adult Leh: For the first time, farmers’ protest in Karnal a Lok Sabha speaker popu in Guj by Sept 30: Shah visited zero border vil- Ahmedabad: Union KISAN BLOCK lages in eastern Home Minister Amit HIGHWAYS Ladakh, today. Lok Sab- Shah, who is on a three- ha speaker Om Birla day visit to Gujarat, Karnal: Situation visited forward areas in met with Ahmedabad turned tense in Karnal the eastern Ladakh and city and district admin- after police resorted to interacted with the istration officials on lathicharge in order to elected representatives Saturday. He asked disperse protesting of zero border villagers Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla them to ensure that all farmers from Bastara Farmers scuffl e with police in Amritsar on Saturday. in Chushul Hill Council citizens above 18 years toll plaza on Saturday constituency. He also la interacted with the are partially vaccinated morning. tional highway, result- Shahbad (Kurukshet- interacted with the Panchayat representa- by September 30. Later in the day, un- ing in blockades at ra). Protestors also Army and paramilitary tives and Chushul coun- ion leaders asked more Bastara toll plaza and blocked the Kalka- forces posted at forward cilor Konchok Stanzin Union Home Minister Amit farmers to join the pro- another toll plaza on the Zirakpur highway posts in the region. on the banks of Pan- reached Gujarat on Saturday. tests and block the na- national highway in (Surajpur toll plaza). During his visit, Bir- gong lake. More on P6 TIGHT SECURITY IN AYODHYA TODAY FOR JUSTICES THROW LIGHT ON President Kovind lays Ayush University PRESIDENT KOVIND Lucknow: Tight security CRITICAL LAW PROCEEDINGS arrangements have been Lucknow: In accord- Foundation in Yogi’s backyard made for President Ram ance with directions of Nath Kovind’s visit to National Legal Services President would be boosting the immunity Ayodhya on Sunday to Authority, the UP State visiting Ayodhya to of people in the fight inaugurate the Rama- Legal Service Authority against COVID-19, espe- yana Conclave. He will and Legal Research Or- inaugurate the cially during the second also inaugurate/lay the Ramayana Conclave foundation stone of vari- ganisation, UP jointly wave of the pandemic. ous projects of tourism organized an awareness on Sunday He said this while laying development in Ayodhya. programme about legal the foundation stone of UP Governor Anandiben Services in the audito- CM Yogi lauds PM UP’s first Ayush Univer- Patel and Chief Minister rium of Legal Training Modi to bring Ayush sity, to be known as Ma- Yogi Adityanath will also and research Organisa- SC Judge & Exec. Prez of NLSA Justice UU Lalit addressing the at global forefront hayogi Guru Gora- be present on the occa- tion, UP, Lucknow at 10 gathering at auditorium of LTRO in Lucknow as Ald HC Acting Chief khnath AYUSH Vish- sion. Giving this informa- am on Saturday. Justice MN Bhandari & others are all ears, on Saturday. First India Bureau wavidyalaya in Gorakh- tion, a spokesperson of the State Government SC Judge and execu- pur on Saturday. UP said that the Ramayana tive president of Nation- chief guest while Acting Authority Justice Mun- Lucknow: President Governor Anandiben Conclave will continue till al Legal Service Author- CJ of Allahabad HC and ishwar Nath Bhandari Kovind said that AYUSH President Ram Nath Kovind, accompanied by Governor Anandiben Patel and CM Yogi were November 1. More on P2 ity Justice UU Lalit executive president of presided over the pro- medicine systems played Patel & CM Yogi Adityanath during the Bhoomi Pujan of Ayush also present on the graced the occasion as UP State Legal Service gramme. Turn to P6 an important role in University in Gorakhpur on Saturday. occasion. Turn to P2 UTTAR PRADESH www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia LUCKNOW | SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 2021 02 ‘OUR SCIENTISTS, DOCS INFLUENCED WORLD’ President Ram Nath Kovind harks back to Taxila, Nalanda; reminds guests of India’s glorious educational tradition First India Bureau Lucknow: “From the world’s first university at Taxila to the universi- ties of Nalanda, Udanta- Yogi Speaks puri, Vikramshila and Vallabhi, the tradition M Yogi said PM Jan CDhan scheme has had faded for some time. completed seven years But, our scientists, doc- on Saturday. “It has tors and teachers have given a transparform continuously influenced to development by the world with their in- realizing the mantra of tellect and dedication. ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka They have instilled in Vikas, Sabka Vishwas’,” all of us confidence that he said.