YK MYK TOP INDIAN BUSINESS HOUSES, PSUS PUSH UP IMPORTS FROM RUSSIA OPINION Rs. 3 PATNA TUESDAY, 5 JULY, 2022 PG-12, YEAR—8, ISSUE—221 (RNI NO: BIHENG / 2014 / 59124) PUNJAB CM EXPANDS CABINET BY INDUCTING FIVE LEGISLATORS NATION Morning India Draupadi Murmu seeks support of NDA MPs, MLAs ‘MY GRANDMOTHER BELONGED TO THIS STATE SO I CONSIDER MYSELF AS A JHARKHANDI’ SANJAY SAHAY RANCHI: The NDA presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu on Monday sought the support of the MPs and the MLAs for her election by underlining her deep connection with Jharkhand. Addressing the MPs and the MLAs of NDA at a hotel in Ranchi she stated that Jharkhand is in her blood as her ancestors lived in the state. She said, "My grandmother belonged to this state so I consider myself as a Jharkhandi." She said that it is due to this attachment that during her tenure as Governor in the state she always thought of ways to bring the poor and the tribal people to the social mainstream. She stated, "As Governor I served the state as a Jharkhandi. I also tried to understand the problems of people living in the remote villages" The former Governor said that the NDA has selected a tribal woman from an ordinary family as presidential candidate adding she would function while remaining above partisan politics in the future. She appealed to the elected representatives to vote for her in order support women empowerment and to make the first adivasi women President of India. BJP state president Deepak Prakash said that it is a matter of honor that the person who served a Governor for six years in the state will be the next THE FORMER GOVERNOR SAID THAT THE NDA HAS SELECTED A TRIBAL WOMAN FROM AN ORDINARY FAMILY AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ADDING SHE WOULD FUNCTION WHILE REMAINING ABOVE PARTISAN POLITICS IN THE FUTURE. President. He also presented a statue of Bhagwan Birsa Munda to the former Governor. Former chief ministers Babulal Marandi and Raghubar Das, union ministers Arjun Munda and Annapurna Devi and AJSU supremo Sudesh Mahto were among the speakers on the occasion. Eknath Shinde wins House confidence with 164 votes MUMBAI: As expected, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's government supported by the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday won the critical 'vote of confidence' in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. In the final tally with a division of votes, the government secured 164 votes and the Opposition got only 99 votes in the 288-member Lower House. This is the second big legislative victory for the Shinde government -- sworn-in on June 30 along with Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis -- in the past two days. On Sunday, the alliance candidate and BJP's advocate Rahul Narwekar was elected the new Speaker, trouncing the Maha Vikas Aghadi's Shiv Sena nominee Rajan Salvi with a comfortable margin. Fadnavis congratulated Shiv Sena-BJP Chief Minister Shinde, a disciple of late Balasaheb Thackeray and Anand Dighe, for winning the MAHARASHTRA HEARING ON SINGHAL'S BAIL PLEA ADJOURNED trust vote with a handsome margin. The Speaker's election followed by the trust vote for the Shinde-led government came on the second day of the 2-day Special Session of the Assembly convened by Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari. CM AJIT PAWAR IS NEW LEADER OF OPPOSITION Nationalist Congress Party leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has been elected the new Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, here on Monday. State President and the NCP Legislative Party leader Jayant Patil proposed the name of Ajit Pawar for the august post which was announced in the House. Pawar, 62, will now lead the combined Opposition Congress, Shiv Sena and other parties. RANCHI: The special PMLA court on Monday adjourned the hearing on suspended IAS officer Pooja Singhal's bail plea to July 12 on the prayer of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) advocate. Singhal has sought bail stating her health was in bad shape. The ED, which had sought time on June 28 to file reply, prayed for more time. Singhal is in jail since May 25 in connection with the Mnrega scam and money laundering case, which has been registered by ED. Five state players of Lawnball team to participate in CWG in Birmingham PC JHA RANCHI: Jharkhand's five players have been selected in the Indian Lawnball team to participate in the Commonwealth Games 2022 to be held in Birmingham (England) from July 28 July to August 8. Sunil Bahadur, Dinesh Kumar (Jharkhand Police) Chandan Kumar Singh in the men category while Roopa Rani Tirkey (DSO Ramgarh) ), Labli Choubey (Jharkhand Police) picked for women category after performing well in the National Training Camp held in New Delhi recently. Madhukant Pathak, general secretary of Jharkhand Lawnball Association cum former coach of Indian Lawn Ball Association said that out of 10 players from the team 5 from Jharkhand selected in the Indian team. Another proud moment for us he added. At the same time, all the players of Jharkhand selected in the Indian team, Jharkhand Olympic Association President RK Anand, Treasurer Shivendu Dubey, Bholanath Singh of Jharkhand Hockey and Wrestling Association, Dr. Prabhat Shankar, Bipin Kumar of Jharkhand Kabaddi Association, RR Mishra, Cycling Association K Shailendra Pathak, Ashish Jha, Ritesh Jha, Olympian Harbhajan Singh, K. Sports lovers of the state including K Singh, Anil Jaiswal, CD Singh of Athletics Association, Shashank Bhushan and all the officials of the State Sports Federation congratulated. MORE ON PG 12 CM inaugurates schemes worth Rs 512 crore MI NEWS SERVICE RANCHI: Chief Minister (CM) Hemant Soren on Monday inaugurated projects estimated at Rs 512 crore , distributed asset totaling Rs 97.45 crore among 20,146 beneficiaries and handed over appointment letter among 175 youths at a function held at Dhanbad. Speaking on the occasion he said that displacement is the biggest challenge here adding the problem would have been less had the previous government resolved it. He stated that the state government would have provided better facilities to the displaced persons if it had got Rs 1.36 lakh crore due from the centre. He said that the coal companies have also not returned the mined area adding the state government would return them to the original raiyyats. The CM said that his government was planning schemes keeping all sections of people in mind. He said the plans are not meant for papers but are implemented on the ground. He stated that alleviating the problems of people is top priority of the government. He mentioned that 80 percent of the population is living in the villages adding a large Speaking on the occasion he said that displacement is the biggest challenge here adding the problem would have been less had the previous government resolved it. He stated that the state government would have provided better facilities to the displaced persons if it had got Rs 1.36 lakh crore due from the centre. number of them are farmers. He further said that steps are being taken to increase their income and strengthen the rural economy. He stated that the last man of the society are being linked to the development works while mentioning that the government is coming to the doors of people and provide them their rights. He asked the people to visit the government offices and get benefit of the schemes. He stated that special drive of appointment has started in the state while pointing out that 32 agriculture officers were appointed after a gap of 32 years. He also mentioned about various development schemes of the government including that Universal Pension Scheme, Mukhyamantri Pashudhan Vikas Yojna, Mukhyamantri Rojgar Srijan Yojna, Mukhyamantri Rojgar Srijan Yojna, Mukhyamanri Sukanya Yojna and Sona Sobran Dhoti Sari Yojna. He said that Dhanbad was a land of revolutionaries who are fighting for various rights for years. He added that though Dhanbad is known for its natural resources the local workers are surrounded by several problems. AT A GLANCE INDIA'S ANAHAT WINS GERMAN JR OPEN SQUASH NEW DELHI: India's Anahat continued her winning streak and won German junior open squash championship super series event, held at Hamburg between July 1-4. In the finals, the 14-year-old beat Malak Samir of Egypt 3-0 in the girls under 15 category. She reached the finals beating the Malaysian top seed Whitney Isabelle Wilson 3-1 in the semifinals and Savannah Moxham of Belgium in the quarterfinals. Anahat has won 46 national circuit titles, 2 national championships and 9 international titles.