DESTINATION NORTH EAST
75% NEW COVID CASES FROM HERE
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate a fourday event here on Sunday to highlight the Northeast region’s various potentials like eco-tourism, culture, heritage and business. P5
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Of the 85,362 new coronavirus cases reported in India in a day, 75 per cent are found concentrated in 10 states and Union Territories, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. P6
NCB grills Deepika, Sara, Shraddha —PHOTOS BY ANI
Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone arrives at NCB for questioning in the drug case, in Mumbai on Saturday.
Mumbai: Actress Deepika Padukone was on Saturday questioned for five hours by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) probing the alleged Bollywood-drug nexus linked to film star Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case at at the Evelyn Guest House in Mumbai’s Colaba, where
the NCB’s Special Investigation Team has set up a base. Padukone was confronted with her manager Karishma Prakash during questioning, sources said. Prakash’s WhatsApp chats, including purported conversations about drugs with one ‘D’, are on the ra-
dar of the anti-drugs agency, sources had said. Padukone, who reached the NCB guest house in Colaba in south Mumbai around 9.50 am, left around 3:50 pm, a police official deployed outside the guest house said. After questioning, both Padukone and Praksh were
Actress Sara Ali Khan arrives at NCB for questioning.
allowed to go home around 3.40 pm, NCB sources said. Prakash first came out of the guest house, followed by Padukone. They left in their cars separately, the police official said. Media personnel were present in large numbers outside the barricaded area
Bollywood actress Shraddha Kapoor arrives at NCB for questioning.
near the guest house. There were reports that Padukone’s husband and actor Ranveer Singh had asked the NCB if he could also remain present during her questioning. However, the NCB had on Friday clarified that it did not receive any such request. Turn to P6
CELLPHONES OF ACTRESSES SEIZED BY THE DRUG PROBING AGENCY Mobile phones of actors Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan and Rakul Preet Singh were seized by the NCB. Meanwhile, DCP (Zone -I) Sangramsingh Nishandar requested media persons not to chase the vehicles of actors who are appearing before the NCB, saying if any vehicle is found chasing the actors’ vehicles, it will be seized and stern action will be taken.
HOW LONG MUST WE WAIT? Madhav out, Tejasvi in NADDA’S YOUTH BRIGADE
MODI ON INDIA’S PERMANENT SEAT AT UN New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday made a strong pitch for India’s inclusion as a permanent member of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as he asked how long will his country be “kept out of the decision-making structures” of the global body. The Prime Minister said every Indian aspires for India’s expanded role in the United Nations as they see the country’s contribution while addressing the virtual 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). His address in Hindi was a pre-recorded video statement which was broadcast at the UNGA hall in New York as it is being conducted mostly virtually Turn to P6
INDIAN DELEGATE WALKS OUT DURING PAK’S RESPONSE
Screengrap of Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually addressing the United Nations General Assembly, from New Delhi on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
AS BIGGEST VACCINE MAKER, INDIA WILL HELP WORLD OVERCOME COVID: PM MODI TO LEADERS India can help in bringing the world out of the corona crisis with mass vaccine distribution once all trials are completed successfully. “As the largest vaccineproducing country of the world, I want to give one more assurance to the global community today,” PM Modi said. “India’s vaccine production and delivery capacity will be used to help all humanity in fighting this crisis,” he said.
New York: PM Modi’s speech came after his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan’s reference to Kashmir and criticism of the Indian government in his address to the UN General Assembly. Khan had on Friday made repeated references to India and the Kashmir issue in a pre-recorded video statement. The Pakistani leader had called on the world community to prosecute Indian personnel allegedly involved in “state terrorism” and “crimes against humanity” Turn to P6
during major BJP reshuffle Aditi Nagar New Delhi: The BJP on Saturday announced it would replace senior leaders like Ram Madhav, P Muralidhar Rao, Anil Jain, Saroj Pandey as general secretaries with new faces in a reshuffle of the party’s office bearers. Among the prominent changes was the appointment of Tejasvi Surya, an MP from Karnataka, as president of the youth wing Yuva Morcha in place of Poonam Mahajan. The party increased the number of national spokespersons to 23 with MP Anil Baluni retaining the position of media in-charge and elevated as chief spokesperson.
BJP President JP Nadda
NARENDRA MODI @NARENDRAMODI Congratulations and best wishes to the new team. I am confident they will uphold the glorious tradition of our Party of serving the people of India selflessly and with dedication. May they work hard to empower the poor and marginalised. The new spokespersons include Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Sanju Verma, Iqbal
GEHLOT INTERACTS WITH POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS LEADERS, AND SOCIAL WORKERS
Succeeded in saving life, livelihood with help of all: CM Rajasthan better compared to other states in controlling corona n
Politicians give suggestions to further combat corona, social workers Nikhil Dey and Aruna Roy praise Gehlot government
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Naresh Sharma Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has said that all sections of the society played an important role in the fight against corona infection in the State. The State Government with the help of Public Representatives, Leaders of Various Parties, Social Workers, Religious Leaders, Philanthropists and Corona Warriors has been able to control the corona in-
CM Ashok Gehlot along with Govind Singh Dotasara, Subhash Garg, Bhupendra Singh and Kuldeep Ranka during corona review meet.
fection to a great extent in the State and also the fatality rate has been minimal. “The entire State re-
mained united and got everyone’s support in saving peoples’ lives and their livelihood in this fight against coro-
na. All together, we will fight against corona in the future also,” Gehlot said while discussing with the leaders of var-
ious political parties and representatives of voluntary organisations about the steps taken so far in regard to
Yuva Morcha Prez Tejasvi Surya
COVID-19 pandemic through video conference from his official residence on Saturday. He also asked for the suggestions from the leaders of all parties and representatives of voluntary organisations. “Corona management has been good in Rajasthan. The State is in a much better position compared to other States in controlling the pandemic on various parameters,” he said. Turn to P6
Singh Lalpura, Aparajita Sarangi, Heena Gavit, M Kikon, Nupur Sharma, Raju Bisht and KK Sharma. Turn to P6
AKALI DAL QUITS NDA The Shiromani Akali Dal, one of the oldest allies of the BJP, on Saturday said it was quitting the ruling party’s National Democratic Alliance (NDA) after sharp differences over the controversial three farm sector bills enacted earlier this month. Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal had earlier requested President Ram Nath Kovind to “stand by farmers” and not sign off on the laws.