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HUGE POLICE FORCE DEPLOYED, GROUPS RAISE RELIGIOUS SLOGANS
Kashi tense as survey of Gyanvapi Masjid begins
Members of the Muslim community protest the arrival of the court commissioner and his survey team, outside the Gyanvapi Masjid on Friday.
The Court Commissioner and nominated members of the survey committee arrive for the survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex on Friday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
7-HOUR SLUGFEST BETWEEN COPS FROM 3 STATES
BAGGA’S DAY OUT
IN CUSTODY Punjab police team picks BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga from his Delhi residence. Enroute to Mohali were stopped by Haryana cops after Delhi police registers kidnapping case based on Bagga’s father’s complaint. Haryana police surrounded the Punjab police vehicle and escorted them off the highway to a police station in Kurukshetra New Delhi: BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga’s arrest on Friday morning from his home in Delhi by cops from neighbouring Punjab set off a dramatic showdown involving two parties and police forces across three states. In a cat-and-mouse game that lasted hours, Bagga was taken away by the Punjab police at 5 am. He was arrested for “provocative statements, promoting religious enmity and criminal intimidation” over his tweets against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Delhi police, which
reports to the Centre, claimed they were not informed in advance about the arrest. Punjab police have refuted the charge, saying one of
Delhi police brings Bagga back to national capital after Haryana police hand him over
their teams has been at a police station in Delhi since last evening. Meanwhile, Union I&B Minister Anurag Thakur tweeted, “Another name of anarchy is Aam Aadmi Party. Punjab did not give the mandate to AAP so that outsiders should come and run the government of Punjab.” AP leaders have defended the arrest saying the Punjab police are acting in an unbiased way.
Procedure wasn’t followed. It’s a political issue as during polls Bagga had delivered speeches. Speeches normally include blame against each other. If something happens, EC takes cognisance and then police looks into it —Manohar Lal Khattar, Haryana Chief Minister
4 TEENS FROM KANPUR DROWN WHILE BATHING IN GANGA IN UNNAO
COPS PRESENT BAGGA BEFORE DWARKA JUDGE Delhi Police brought Tajinder Bagga for medical at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital. After the medical, close to midnight, cops were on their way to Dwarka Court’s Judge’s residence in Gurugram to present Bagga till the last reports came in. As per law, it is mandatory for the accused to be presented in the court within 24 hours of the arrest. It is likely that Bagga will be sent to remand.
Lucknow: A court-appointed team reached the Gyanvapi Masjid, built by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, in Varanasi to conduct a videographic survey of parts of the mosque, amid public protests and religious slogans raised to oppose the survey proceedings. The case in question was filed in the court of Civil Judge (senior divi-
While the survey team went about its work, a woman started offering Namaz at Gate 4 of the Kashi Vishwanath temple. The woman was taken into custody and police identified her as Aisha, resident of Jaitpura locality. Family members of Aisha claimed that her mental condition was not sound. Police said that they are investigating the incident.
sion) Ravi Kumar Diwakar on August 18, 2021, by Delhi-based Rakhi Singh, Lakshmi Singh, Seeta Sahu, Manju Vyas and Rekha Pathak, who had sought permission for daily worship and
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performing of rituals at Shringar Gauri, Lord Ganesha, Lord Hanuman and Nandi located on the outer wall of the Gyanvapi mosque. Before the arrival of the court commission-
Shah calls for CBI probe into Kolkata BJP worker’s death Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited the family of a 26-year-old BJP worker who was found hanging inside an abandoned building in north Kolkata’s Ghosh Bagan area on Friday morning. He called for a CBI inquiry into the death of Arjun Chowrasia, a worker of the party’s youth wing, and said the Ministry of Home Affairs had asked the West Bengal government to submit a report on the death. “Yesterday they (the Mamata Banerjee government) completed the
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and State BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari leave after meeting the deceased Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) leader Arjun Chowrasias family members, at Kashipur near Kolkata on Friday.
first year, it seems like they want to send a message that they won’t stop. I had a detailed conversation with the family. They are disheartened over losing their son and the
way his body was snatched from them. Our party has moved court. There should be a CBI probe and culprits must be brought to books,” Shah told reporters.
Longest surviving Hizbul terrorist among 3 killed in encounter in J&K Anantnag: Three terrorists were been shot dead by the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, which comes under Anantnag district, a key route of the Amarnath yatra. Of the three terrorists who were shot dead today, one was
among the oldest surviving Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists,
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Unnao (PTI): Four teenagers drowned while bathing in the Ganga river here on Friday, police said. According to police, a group of seven friends from Kanpur had come to bathe in the river but slipped into deep water. Hearing their cries, locals rushed to help and rescued three of them but the others drowned, police said. Those who died have been identified as Arslan Ansari (17), Akid (16), Ayas (17) and Rehan (17).
The 2022 Asian Games, which were scheduled to take place in Hangzhou in September, were on Friday postponed amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in China. The Games were scheduled to take place from September 10-25 in the Zhejiang province.
Hours after Haryana Police “abruptly and illegally restrained” the Punjab Police from taking BJP leader Tajinder Pal Bagga to Mohali after arresting him from the national capital, the Punjab and Haryana High Court directed the states of Haryana and Delhi to file their written statement. They have been asked to elaborate on the status of the police officials alleged to be detained.
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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at the unveiling of Maharana Pratap’s statue at Saryu river’s Guptar Ghat on Friday. (2) CM Yogi Adityanath having a meal at the house of Maniram in a Dalit locality in Ayodhya. (3) CM Yogi interacting with students at a school in Ayodhya. (4) CM Yogi Aditynath inspecting the Ram Temple construction site in Ayodhya. —PHOTOS BY ANI
the police said. Ashraf Molvi (one of oldest surviving terrorist of HM terror outfit) along with two other terrorists killed. Successful operation on yatra route is a major success for us,” Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar tweeted.
er, a large crowd had gathered for Friday prayers. Some youths raised ‘Har Har Mahadev’ slogan, evoking a reaction of counter slogans from some Muslim youths, but the police promptly drove them away. “No one will be allowed to enter the mosque,” S M Yasin, joint secretary of the Anjuman Intezamiya Masajid which manages the mosque, had said last week.
BUREAUCRACY CM YOGI GETS 3 NEW SPECIAL SECRETARIES Lucknow: In a late-night transfer spree, 5 IAS and 7 senior PCS officers were issued transfer orders by the Yogi govt. Among these, IAS Shashank Tripathi, who was CDO Gonda, IAS Ishan Pratap Singh, who was CDO Sharavasti, and PCS Ashutosh Mohan have been named as Special Secretaries to the CM. IAS Anubhav Singh of 2018 batch has been made CDO Sharavasti from his current position as Joint Magistrate, Baghpat; IAS Gaurav Kumar, who was Joint Magistrate Azamgarh,has been made CDO Gonda; IAS Annapurna Garg has been named as Additional MD UPSRTC. Among senior PPS officers, Awanish Saxena is now Secretary, UPPSC, Lucknow; Vishwa Bhushan Mishra is the new Additional Commissioner, Varanasi Division; Sushil Pratap Singh has been mde in-charge Additional Director, Civil Aviation, Lucknow; Ajit Kumar Singh has been named ADM Finance, Amethi; Rakesh Singh as Chief Finance and Revenue Officer, Pratapgarh; and Sahdev Kumar Mishra as ADM Finance and Revenue, Sonbhadra.
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