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Monsoon Makes Its Wettest Start In Decades m 3 Kids Die In Gr Noida Wall Collapse = Water On Premises Delays AIIMS Surgeries


RECORD HEAT, RECORD RAIN, ENDLESS PAIN


Airport Roof Collapse Flattens Cars,


Kills Cabbie; Lucky Escape For Others


Abhay & Priyangi Agarwal | TWN


New Delhi: In an alarming
incident that led to many red
faces, the heavy downpour
brought down the canopy at
the forecourt of Terminal 1at
IGI Airport early on Friday
morning, leavingacabdriver
dead and eight people inju:
red. This threw flights at the
terminal intodisarray.

A bigger tragedy was av-
erted as eyewitnesses said
around 100 people were pre:
sentat thespot when the inci-
dent took place. The canopy
had tilted before coming
down, which allowed most of
the people to escape.


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The deceased was ident
fied as Ramesh Kumar (45),
who lived with his family at
Vijay Vihar in Rohini. He had
come to dropa passenger and
wasabout to head home when
the incident took place.

A case under IPC Sections
804A (causing death by negli-
gence) and 337 (causing hurt
by an act endangering life or
personal safety of others) has
been registered by police and
an_ investigation launched.
Delhi International Airport
Ltd has formed a technical
committee to probe the inci-
dent. Govt sources said the
structure that collapsed had
been erected in 2008-08.

Those undergoing treat
ment at different hospitals


13 of family killed
accident in K’taka


[thirteen members of afa-
mily, including two ch-
ildren, returning from a
temple after offering pray
ers for their new MUV were
killed and four others inju-
red early Friday when the
vehicle rear-ended a sugar
Jaden truck in Haver‘ in cen-
tral Karnataka. P12


After Jio, Airtel &
Voda hike tariffs


day after Jio hiked ta-
riffs, Bharti Airtel and
Vodafone Idea followed suit
and announced tariff hikes
by over 20% each, Airtel rai
sed tariffs by 10-21% across
plans; Vodafone effected an
increase of 13-27% P23


Blackmail racket via
dating apps busted
| yt police have busted a
racket in which a wo-
man allegedly trapped men
on dating apps, called them
to nondescript cafes, and in
collusion with the staff, for-
ced them to cough up lakhs
before they could leave. P6


US religious
freedom report
biased: Govt


ndia hit outatthe USstate
department's religious
freedom report, saying it's
deeply biased, lacks under-
standing about India’s soci-
alfabric and is driven by vo-
tebank considerations.
‘The Indian govt told US
that “legitimate” dialogue
on rights and respect for di-
versity should not become a
licence for foreign interfe-
rence, The foreign ministry


> China expert Misri new
foreign secretary, P14


Photos: Ph


CANOPY TILTED, THEN FELL


128 flights hit, ops Ministry to ndlilews
moved to T2, T3 Avoid steep fare hikes :


jlight operations at TLhave

been suspended, shifted to
‘T2andT3, and 128 flights we-
recancelled. Several flyers le-
arned of the cancellations af-
ter they reached the airport.
‘The aviation ministry said
“flights have been closed till
further notice”. About 200 In-
diGoand Spicedet flights ope
rate from'TL.P6


‘he capacity crunch hasled

to the civil aviation mini
stry advising against any
“steep” hike in fares to and
from Delhi. ‘This weekend
expected to see very high
affic as school summer bre
ak is ending. The ministry
has asked structural engine
ersfrom {IT Delhi to"immedi-
ately assess the incident”. P6


The canopy, spanning departure
gates 1 to 2, collapsed around
5am. Four vehicles, including the
one in which a cab driver lost his,
fe, were damaged. When TOI
visited the spot, it found various
agencies involved in removing
the debris. Some of the metal
pillars supporting the structure
appeared to be rusted. DIAL has
announced compensation of
20L for the cabbie’s family


AAP seeks CBI probe;
ask partner Cong: BJP


\\ AP demanded a compen-

\ sation of Rs1crore for the
family of the cabbie and de-
manded a CBI probe into all
central govt infrastructure
projects. While AAP said the
terminal was inaugurated in
March, Delhi BJP countered
that it was built in 2009 and
AAP should question alliance
partner Congressabout it. P6


are Santosh Kumar Yadav Three other people, all pas
(28), Dasarath Ahirwar (25), _ sengers, app: told poli
Arvind (34), Sahil Sudan (27) _ ce they didn’t sustain any se-


and Yogesh Dhawan (44). The
injured include a cab driver,
airportstaff anda passenger.


rious injuries.
‘Thecanopy,spanningfrom
departure gates 1 to 2, collap-


NEET ruckus rocks Parl
as oppn demands debate
and forces adjournments


New Delhi: Parliament wit
nessed stormy scenes Friday
as a combative opposition de-
manded an urgent discussion
on the NEBT-UG issue with
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
adjourning the House within
15 minutes in the morning. Re-
peated adjournments hit Ra
jyaSabhaover thesame issue.
There's a difference betw:


> Ready to debate, but oppn
must behave: Pradhan, P 12
> CBI widens Guj net, says
more may be involved, P 20
> 8 Raj medical students
under lens, 2 detained, P 20


een protest on road and protest
inside the House. Don't you
(opposition) want the House to
run? Don't you wantto discuss
NEET during the motion of
thanks discussion?” Birla as
ed. Leader of opposition in LS
Rahul Gandhi said, “India bloc
wants to have a constructive
debate with govt on NEET pa-
per leak. It's unfortunate we
weren't allowed to doso in Par-
liament today.” 1ww P12


NTA announces new
dates for 3 tests


)TA has announced new da-
tesfor NCE'T, 2024 (July 10),
CSIR-UGC-NET (July 25 to 27)
and UGC-NET (Aug 25 to Sept
4). The Centre cancelled UGC.
NET on June 19, a day after it
had been held, following re-
ports of question paper leak.
NCET wasalso held and scrap-
ped. CSIR-UGC-NET was post
ponedas precaution. 1x


CBI arrests J’khand
principal, his deputy


‘Bion Friday arrested three
people, including. princi
pal Ehsanul Haque and vice-
principal Md Imtiaz of Hazari-
bag’s Oasis School in the NE-
ET case. Haque’s call records
show he had been in touch wi-
th members of the paper leak
mafia, CBI claimed. The agen-
cy also quizzed 13 suspects ar-
rested by Patna) nical


sed around Sam. Four vehi-
cles, including the one in
whicha taxi driver lost his life,
were crushed by the structure.


> Cutters used, P6


Ktaka trust not


heard, HC scraps
cancellation
of FCRA regn


Bengaluru: Centre for
Wildlife Studies (CWS), fo-
unded by scientist K Ullas
Karanth, won relief fromthe
Karnataka high court which
quasheda series of ordersis.
sued by the home ministry
thatled tothecancellation of
itsregistration under FCRA,
reports Vasantha Kumar.
‘The court said “reasonable
opportunity of being heard”
could not be restricted to is-
suing show-cause notice,
and said this rendered the
action unsustainable.

Ina series of flip-flops,
MHA slapped a suspension
order on CWS under Fore.
ign Contribution (Regula
tion) Act on March 5, 2021,
extended it, and again can-
celled it on Sept 4, 2023 follo-
wing a show-cause notice
on Dec 8, 2021. CWS chal-
lenged it, saying a personal
hearing under Section 14(2)
of the FCRA Act was not gi
ven toKaranth


ited’, P18


Dems panic as Biden bumbles and


mumbles i in prez debate vs Trump


Chidanand Rajghatta | rw


Washington: US Democrats
are in panic mode after a dis
.strous presidential debate on
Thursday night in which their
presumptive nominee Joe Bi-
den (81) had what can charitab-
ly be described as several se-
nior moments, including a
brain freeze that became a gif
that will keep on giving

‘The President's performa-
nee wi etchy and shal


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JOE SEES
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> Trump claimed he was the
‘greatest’ and Biden the ‘worst’
> As Biden spoke in a frail

and halting voice, Trump said,
‘I don't know what he said...
don't think he knows either"


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> Some Dems claimed Biden
had a cold, others promptly
suggested he stand down

> Vice-prez Kamala Harris is
the logical, if not automatic
choice to replace Biden in race |


said the annual exercise it-
self isa mix of imputations,
misrepresentations, selecti-
ve usage of facts, reliance on
biased sources and a one-si-
ded projection of issues. P12


that some Democrats are sug-
gesting he should step down
and allow the party conventi-
on tonominatea new, younger
candidate to take on Donald
‘Trump, 78, whose performan-


ce at the debate was shallow
and superficial but who at le-
ast projected confidence along
with his familiar bluster

In contrast, Biden came
acrossas frail and feeble. Spea-


kinginathin, raspy voice—he
was ostensibly recovering fr-
omacold—Biden was disjoin-
ted, his voice trailing off.


> Related reports, P 21


Highest June Day Rainfall In 88 Years
Leaves Five Dead & A Flood Of Woes


eeneaptincs com


New Dell corched and
parched by record heat and
Gry spell over the past two
months, Delhiites had been
yearning for the monsoon.
But when it arrived unexpec-
tedly on Friday morning, it
brought with ita deluge the
likes of which the city hadn't
seen in nearly three decades.
‘The city’s base station Saf-
darjung recorded 228.1mm of
rain in 24 hours — the highest


Photos Ralesh Mehta/PT


‘Acar lies submerged in a rainwater-filled Mangi Bridge next to Red Fort on Friday; (right) a car


ona single day since 1996 and _| falls into a caved-in section of a road in northwest Delhi's Rohini locality
Rieinctieerinay Anais incs 22 8 1 rain in 24 hours, 30% of Delhi's gt day of
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Our Cities’ Monsoon Mess 28 yrs & highest in June since 1936 fell in asingle day in city in last 4 yrs
1936 with as much as _ . fe
M48.5mm falling in just three Traffic nightmareas : Pragati tunnel goes Again, desilting
hours from 2.30am to5.30am.

IMDpromptlydectaredthe Jams 0n376stretches : under, shut down work a washout
arrival of monsoon in Delhi, $ many 68 major loca- ‘he showpiece Pragati Ma-


j (Qupsetivtonoves sesncina
involved in desilting dra:
ins seemed to be missing and
work that should've been do-


tions and 308 other stret.
ches in the city witnessed
traffic jams as roads were fl


revising its earlier onset fore-
cast of May 29-30, The agency
had forecast light to moderate


in
ted by the PM just two.
‘ago, was flooded once


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rain for Friday but Safdarjung —_odedwithrainwater, or bloc again and inaccessible to : neby June 15fell short again,
recorded “extremely heavy” edbyfallentreesand vehicles : commuters.SowastheMinto : leading to flooded roads on
showers, turning it int that had broken down. P5 bridge underpass. P4 the first monsoon's day. P5
of traffic trauma and rain

lated mishaps. In Vasant Vi- _ findthebodies. Twoboys,aged FloodingacrossDelhiwith vers as drain capacities were


har; three labourers fell intoa 8. and.10, drowned inaditch in a traffic gridlock and water- _ breached ~ forced office-goers


rainwater-filled pit at aconst- northeastDelhi’sNewUsman- logged underpasses — with torework their schedules.
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