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" #$% & ' & " Prime Minister Narendra Modi ( & ) %2&%'&'%2,-(&2%(/ said the “record-breaking vaccination numbers are left it to the States to procure targets to inoculate at least 3 02&)%&).0,-.'/ gladdening”. the vaccine from the manu- lakh people every day. “The vaccine remains our facturers. With limited vaccine sup- strongest weapon to fight India’s cumulative Covid ply, it remains to be seen if the Covid-19. Congratulations to vaccination coverage exceeded Centre can vaccinate the same those who got vaccinated and 28 crore on Sunday, as per the number of people (69 lakh) or kudos to all the frontline war- Union Ministry data. Several more in the coming days. riors working hard to ensure States have upped the vaccina- Experts said that India so many citizens got the vac- tion drive by undertaking spe- could have avoided several cine. Well done India!” Modi cial drives. For the record, deaths had it implemented tweeted. Madhya Pradesh dosed 12 lakh the national policy in The previous single-day people, Karnataka 8.73 lakh the first place. New Delhi: The Union Health highest vaccine coverage was and Uttar Pradesh 5.84 lakh, as As per the revised policy Ministry on Monday reiterat- on April 2, where 42 lakh were per the latest data. the Centre would buy 75 per ed there is no scientific evi- ! said that grand old party will given the jabs. When the In Assam, which has one of cent of all vaccines from drug dence of Covid-19 vaccina- not be part of the bonhomie as Government had launched the the lowest vaccination rates makers and distribute them for tion causing infertility in men "# all the leaders engaged in coor- nationwide vaccination pro- within the country, the Centre free to States for inoculation. and women and asserted the dinating the meet have some- gramme on January 16, it had launched a special drive that Continued on Page 2 jabs are safe and effective. time or other been close to Modi. Sinha himself switched sides from the BJP to the TMC early this year. "#$ *+*, - Sources said the Sinha- #- #* Pawar invitation has been ormer Union Ministers extended to senior Congress FSharad Pawar and Yashwant leader and former Union .- * Sinha have convened a meeting Nadu after a decade. Minister Kapil Sibal, who has of Opposition parties and emi- The former JD(U) leader refused to be part of it. nent personalities on Tuesday announced to “quit this space” Continued on Page 2 to pave the way for creating a which has raised speculation united platform to take that he may play a very signif- O on the BJP in 2024 general elec- icant role in the “bonding” of % tions. The Congress is not part the Opposition parties. Kishor ! of the exercise. had also been a poll strategist &' The meeting has been con- for the JD(U) and RJD alliance # R! # )*+ ! " vened under the banner of in the 2015 Bihar Assembly $ % “Rashtra Manch” at the resi- polls followed by in States like , ,./0 dence of Sharad Pawar in Delhi Punjab and Andhra Pradesh. at 4 pm on Tuesday. The Opposition parties New Delhi: Congress president fter Deputy Chief Minister In this regard, election have been exploring ways to Sonia Gandhi has convened a ! AKeshav Prasad Maurya, strategist Prashant Kishor met come up with a Third Front meeting of the party’s general & *+*, - another senior BJP leader and Pawar on Monday. The duo ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha secretaries and state in-charges video in which the elderly man UP Minister Swami Prasad had last met on June 11 at polls. Sources from various on June 24 to chalk out a strat- $ witter has restricted 50 is shown claiming he was Maurya said that BJP might anyone as Chief Minister. After Pawar’s Mumbai residence. political parties, including egy to plan protests against the ' Ttweets featuring video and attacked by some young men change its Chief Minister after the election, the Central lead- Kishor also looked into the Congress, who have been sent government on issues such as images from a viral clip of a who also “forced” him to chant elections in Uttar Pradesh and ership chose Yogi as Chief election strategy to bring back an invitation by Sinha to join the hike in petrol and diesel ( ) Muslim man in Ghaziabad, “Jai Shri Ram”. Twitter MD also it will be decided by the Central Minister and he is now our the DMK to power in Tamil for the meeting on Tuesday, prices. % Uttar Pradesh, being assaulted, clarified that he does not deal leadership. leader and the party will con- according to a recent filing with with the matter at hand. “All possibilities are there test the 2022 Assembly election the Lumen Database by the Ghaziabad police are yet to post Assembly elections in under his leadership. social media platform. The take a call on Maheshwari’s 2022. We can have a new face “This does not mean we tweets are withheld for users in response on joining the probe or Yogi Adityanath can con- cannot have a change in Chief /!0 India. through video conference. tinue as Chief Minister of the Minister. The call will be taken Titter’s Managing Director According to sources, State. The decision will be by the central leadership # 1'. scheduled to begin on June 28. Cave Shrine as per past prac- (India) Manish Maheshwari Twitter India MD has assured taken by the central leadership depending on the situation Lt-Governor Manoj Sinha, tice.” on Monday replied to the ini- of his cooperation with police. or the legislature party of the then,” he said hinting that if he Shri Amarnathji Shrine who is also the chairman of the He directed officials to tial notice from Ghaziabad Twitter also stated that it has BJP,” Maurya told a select group after elections the BJP gets TBoard on Monday can- Shrine board officially ensure devotees can virtually police saying that he can be nothing to do with the Loni of journalists here. majority and backwards are in celled the annual pilgrimage to announced the decision after attend the morning and available on video conferencing case and, it is not interested in To buttress his point, he dominant position they might the cave shrine of Amarnath in holding threadbare discussion evening “aartis” (prayers) at the for questioning in connection talking about the same. said that the 2017 election was ask for change in leadership. the wake of prevailing Covid- with the members of the board. the traditional religious rituals shrine. with the circulation of the Continued on Page 2 contested without projecting Continued on Page 2 19 pandemic. The yatra was The LG said, “However, all shall be performed at the Holy Detailed report on P5 3/4 # $$! " * + % + " !" !" & ' & '+-' &1" ducted by the board only in the #+%! iving rise to speculation, main subjects as and when con- GAam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s ! ditions are conducive for hold- *+*, - supremo Arvind Kejriwal on % ing the examinations. However, Monday announced that the " % the marks obtained by a can- ith Indian Air Force party’s chief ministerial candi- didate in this examination will W(IAF) differing on the date in Punjab would be from / 2%2 be treated as final for those who creation of theatre commands the Sikh community. “It will be that after declaration of results, opt to take this examination,” consisting of the three services, someone & ($ R *+*, - if the candidates are not satis- the CBSE said in its affidavit Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) whom fied with their results, the filed in the top court. General Bipin Rawat is likely to the whole ## '+-' party affairs’ in-charge Harish oth the CBSE and the CBSE will provide online facil- The board said that as per hold a brainstorming session of Punjab Rawat and former MP JP BCICSE informed the ity for registration for the the scheme the results for Class later this week to listen to the feels he crisis in Punjab Aggarwal as its members, on Supreme Court on Monday examination. The CBSE said XII Board Examination 2021 views of all the stakeholders. proud of,” TCongress is far from over. Tuesday. He is likely interact that they have amended their that it has complied with the shall be declared by July 31, He will hold the meeting as Kejriwal Amid new controversy over the with the Congress interim pres- respective evaluation scheme to direction given on June 17 by 2021. “I further say that regard- the head of the proposed the- said, compassionate appointments ident Sonia Gandhi. assess Class 12 students and the top court which asked it to ing the date before which the atre commands, approved in while given to the sons of two sitting The meeting comes at a incorporated a dispute resolu- provide for a dispute resolution optional examination for the principle by the Government said it will refrain from dis- address- legislators, the Congress’ three- time when a new controversy tion mechanism for the candi- mechanism in case students candidates who are not satisfied three years back, sources said cussing the issue of theatre ing the member panel has once again has hit the State Congress unit, dates who have any objections.