YK MYK CONFUSION THAT GRIPS CONG GETS EXPOSED AT 3 DAY CHINTAN SHIVIR OPINION Rs. 5 RANCHI TUESDAY, 17 MAY, 2022 PG-12, YEAR—12, ISSUE—8 (RNI NO: JHAENG / 2012 / 44137) AT A GLANCE 400 WHEAT BAGS SEIZED IN JHARKHAND, TWO HELD HAZARIBAG: Four hundred bags of wheat, meant for distribution among beneficiaries of Public Distribution System (PDS), were recovered from a residence here during a raid and two persons arrested in this connection, Hazaribag (sadar) SDO Vidyabhushan Kumar said. A truck that was used to ferry the bags has also seen seized, he said. A team headed by Hazaribag District Supply Officer Arvind Kumar, acting on a tipoff, carried out the raid at a residence in Matwari locality of the district and recovered the wheat sacks, Kumar explained. All 400 sacks had Food Corporation of India (FCI) seals on them. The two persons arrested in the case had recently moved to the Matwari locality residence, which belonged to one of their relatives. A FIR has been filed in the matter, the SDO stated. COVID-19 VACCINE CORBEVAX PRICE SLASHED TO RS 250 FROM RS 840 HYDERABAD: The price of COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax has been reduced to Rs 250 a dose from its earlier Rs 840, said Biological E Limited (BE) on Monday. For end-user, the price would be Rs 400 a dose, including taxes and administration charges, added the pharmaceutical company. Earlier in April, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) granted emergency use authorisation to Biological E's COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax for those aged 5 to 12 years. CORONA METER INDIA TOTAL CASES: 43,119,112 TOTAL DEATHS: 524,201 WORLD TOTAL CASES: 520,493,281 TOTAL DEATHS: 6,286,966 INFLATION WILL TAKE TIME TO MODERATE EVEN AFTER RATE HIKES BUSINESS Morning India Court extends custody of Singhal SANJAY SAHAY RANCHI: The special PMLA court on Monday extended the custody of IAS officer Pooja Singhal and chartered accountant Suman Kumar for four days on the application filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Singhal along with Kumar was presented before the judge Prabhat Kumar Sharma's residential office as there was holiday today due to Buddha Purnima. The ED sought extension of Singhal's remand by nine days and of Kumar by five days. With the court's order today, the ED would now have custody of Singhal for nine days and that of Kumar for 13 days. ED Lawyer BMP Singh said that many information are surfacing and further interrogation in this regard was needed. Singhal has to be questioned on the basis of the report obtained from forensic science laboratory which has examined the electronic devices seized during the country wide raids on May 6. Singhal would be also confronted with the district mining officers (DMOs) summoned by the ED for questioning. The DMO Dumka Krishna Chandra Kisku, DMO Pakur Pradip Kumar Sah and DMO Palamu Anand Kumar have already reported to the VARANASI DM ORDERS TO SEAL THE AREA Suspended IAS officer Pooja Singhal outside the ED office, in Ranchi on Monday. Hemant Sutradhar Singhal along with Kumar was presented before the judge Prabhat Kumar Sharma's residential office as there was holiday today due to Buddha Purnima. The ED sought extension of Singhal's remand by nine days and of Kumar by five days. With the court's order today, the ED would now have custody of Singhal for nine days and that of Kumar for 13 days. ED office on Monday in this regard. A team of doctors exam- ined Singhal during the interrogation and found her to be in good condition. It may be noted here that ED had conducted country wide raid on May 6 in connection with the alleged Mnrega scam and money laundering involving Singhal and recovered Rs 17.50 crore from Kumar's house. The ED has arrested Singhal and Kumar after investigation. Several persons including Singhal's husband Abhishek Jha and JMM's former treasurer Ravi Kejriwal have been questioned in this regard. SOUTHWEST MONSOON DEBUTS OVER ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers prayers at the Mahaparinirvana Stupa, in Kushinagar on Monday. Buddhist culture centre to be a common India-Nepal link: PM LUMBINI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the India International Centre for Buddhist Culture and Heritage whose foundation stone was laid today will be an important place for learning and cultural exchanges between the two countries. "The India International Centre for Buddhist Culture and Heritage in the Lumbini Monastic Zone will be an important centre for learning and cultural exchanges between India and Nepal. Honoured to have performed the Shilanyas for the Centre with PM @SherBDeuba," PM Modi said in a tweet. "Most importantly, the Centre will strengthen the shared bond of Buddhism between India and Nepal. It will also further popularise the teachings and noble ideals of Lord Buddha," he added. PM Modi made the remarks at the conclusion of a day-long visit to Nepal during the course of which he held bilateral talks with his counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba, offered prayers at the Mayadevi temple in Lumbini, and also addressed a gathering of monks, Buddhist scholars, and international participants on the occasion of Buddha Purnima celebrations. PM Modi, along with Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba, performed the foundation stone laying ceremony for the construction of the India International Centre for Buddhist Culture and Heritage in the Lumbini Monastic Zone earlier today. "Pleased to join Shree @narendramodi Jee in laying the foundation stone for the construction of the International Center for Buddhist Culture and Heritage in Lumbini on #BuddhaPurnima," Nepal PM Deuba said in a tweet. NEW DELHI: Southwest monsoon has advanced into the Andaman and Nicobar islands on Monday, the India Meteorological Department said here, signalling the start of the four-month seasonal rains that are crucial to the largely agridependent economy. The Andaman and Nicobar islands and adjoining areas have been experiencing rainfall due to strengthening south-westerly winds in the lower tropospheric levels, the weather office said. "Conditions are favourable for further advance of southwest monsoon into some more parts of south Bay of Bengal, entire Andaman Sea & Andaman Islands and some parts of eastcentral Bay of Bengal during next 2-3 days, the IMD said in a statement here. The presence of cyclonic circulations over Lakshadweep and north Tamil Nadu coast are expected to bring fairly widespread rainfall with isolated thunderstorm/ lightning/gusty winds with isolated heavy to very heavy falls. DGCA issues show cause notice to IndiGo Airlines over Ranchi airport incident NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) inquiry found that inappropriate handling of passengers by the IndiGo staff thereby resulting in certain non-conformances with the applicable regulations. On May 7, staff of Indigo airlines had barred a specially-abled child accompanied by parents from boarding a flight at the Ranchi airport as he was in "a state of panic", following which the aviation regulator DGCA had ordered probe and asked the airline to submit a report. The fact finding committee formed by DGCA to probe the incident has submitted their report on Monday. The statement released by DGCA reads that a fact finding enquiry was ordered by DGCA into the unfortunate event of denying boarding to a special child along with the family at Ranchi Airport by Indigo Airline on May 7, 2022. The committee has submitted its report. The proceedings of the committee Lawyers claim presence of Shivling inside Gyanvapi mosque were partly held in the open and partly in camera as per the request of the affected family, it reads. "The findings of the committee prima facie indicate inappropriate handling of passengers by the Indigo staff thereby resulting in certain non-conformances with the applicable regulations," it mentioned. In view of this, it has been decided to issue a show cause notice to the concerned airline through its authorized representative to explain as to why suitable enforcement action should not be taken against them for the non-conformances, it reads. It further mentioned that to meet the ends of justice, the Airline has been provided an opportunity for personal hearing as well as for making written submissions in next ten days from today i.e. till 26th of May 2022. After hearing their submissions, appropriate action as per law would be taken, it read. VARANASI: After the survey of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Mosque complex in Varanasi concluded, lawyers on Monday claimed that a Shivling was found in the Gyanvapi Mosque. "It was the third day of the survey. A stone was found there. We are claiming it to be Shivling. It is around 3 feet tall. It was at the spot where Muslims performed wuzu. They had claimed it to be a fountain but after cleaning it was found to be Shivling," lawyer Deepak Singh told ANI. "We have filed an appeal before the court that this place be secured as it can be tampered with. Court has ordered the same," Singh added. Advocate Subhash Chandra Chaturvedi, who was part of the survey team, said that the team found a pond and there is a well-like structure in the middle of the pond. "They claimed it is a fountain. We raised the doubt that the fountain is constructed at the top but how can it be inside the water. After the water was removed, a black Shivlinglike stone was found. It is definitely the Shivling of Adi Security tightens near Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Mosque complex as its court-mandated videography survey is completed on Monday, Varanasi. Viseshwar. They claimed it was a fountain. But we are certain that the Shivling must be very deep under the ground. We had apprehensions that the Shivling might be tampered. Therefore, the administration has been requested to cordon off that area and keep it safe," Chaturvedi said. As the third day of the court-ordered videography survey of the Kashi Vishwanath TempleGyanvapi Mosque complex in Varanasi concluded on Monday, the Hindu petitioner in the case, Sohan Lal Arya claimed that the committee found a Shivling at the complex. Arya, who accompanied the court commission for the mosque survey, said that they have found "conclusive evidence". This comes a day ahead of the Supreme Court's hearing on a plea seeking a stay on the survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque complex. A bench, headed by Justice DY Chandrachud, will hear the plea of the Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee tomorrow, May 17. The three days long survey, however, has been completed. Speaking to media persons here, Arya said, "Shivling....Jiski Nandi pratiksha kar rahi thi... The moment things became clear the chants of 'Har Har Mahavdev' resonated in mosque premises." The survey was conducted in accordance with the Varanasi Civil Court's order to continue the survey despite objections from the mosque authorities. After the conclusion of the survey, the Varanasi court ordered the District Magistrate of Varanasi, Kaushal Raj Sharma, "to seal the area where the Shivling was found and to bar people from going to the place." MORE ON PG 7