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SPleadersvisithousesofmurderers,notofvictims:Yogi
First India Bureau
Siddharthnagar: Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath on Tuesday con-
tinued his attack on the
Samajwadi Party (SP),
accusing it of sheltering
criminals and goons.
“SP leaders used to visit
houses of murderers
and not of victims,” he
said.
Addressing public
meetings at Kapilvastu
and Domariyaganj as-
sembly constituencies
inSiddharthNagar,Yogi
Adityanath averred,
“The SP blatantly sup-
portscriminals.Itiswell
evident from the fact
that SP leaders visit
houses of murderers
and not of victims. They
donotcareaboutthesuf-
ferings of the common
man.”Maintaining that
his government estab-
lished an environment
of safety while ensuring
the state’s development,
Adityanath asserted
that women and daugh-
tersareblessingtheBJP
.
“Improving law and or-
der situation across UP
was never the priority
of previous govern-
ments. No daughter,
farmer, trader felt safe
before 5 years. Only ri-
ots took place and cur-
fews were imposed. We
have given an environ-
ment of safety and that
is why our daughters
and sisters are support-
ing BJP immensely
,” he
said.
“Vote for BJP candi-
datesinmaximumnum-
ber so that UP continues
to be a terror free and
lawful state,” the CM
urged people.
CM CONTINUES TO TAG RIVAL WITH ‘CRIMINAL’ TAG
CM Yogi Adityanath shows victory sign at the rally in Siddhartha
Nagar on Tuesday. — PHOTO BY ANI
Supporters bring bulldozers to the rally by CMYogi in Domariyaganj
on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
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Bengaluru: A case has been registered against the
administrator of a Facebook page ‘Mangalore Muslims’
and another person who had posted against one of the
three judges of the Karnataka High Court hearing the
hijab case.
HIJAB ROW:
REMARK AGAINST
JUDGE, FB PAGE
ADMIN BOOKED
Guwahati: The Assam government on Tuesday said it
has extended the controversial Armed Forces (Special
Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) in the entire state for six
more months with effect from February 28.
CONTROVERSIAL
AFSPA EXTENDED
IN ASSAM FOR 6
MORE MONTHS
Gurugram (PTI): The
Gurgaon police on
Tuesday launched a
search operation after
receiving information
about the presence of
explosives and ammu-
nition in an unoccupied
house in Sector 31 in
Gurugram, officials
said. The search re-
vealed two grenades, 15
practice grenades, long-
range cartridges. Sur-
prisingly, the ammuni-
tion was found just me-
ters away from a CNG
petrol pump where
three men were hacked
to death on Monday
.
One of the grenade
was diffused in a con-
trolled explosion in a
deep trench near the
house.
Gurugram: Explosives
found in empty house
ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
Cong looted Manipur,
derailed devp works,
charges PM Modi
New Delhi (PTI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Tuesday
slammed Congress for
“looting” Manipur and
not working for its de-
velopment.
PM also announced
that an AIIMS centre
would be set up in Ma-
nipur while the BJP
government will take
up work for the develop-
ment of sports infra-
structure and Startups.
Addressing a virtual
rally in Manipur, PM
Modi said, “Congress
did not work for the de-
velopment of Manipur
and encouraged separa-
tism. The people of Ma-
nipur have to be aware
of this. This is destroy-
ing their plans of di-
vide and rule.”
BJP leaders stay
among the Manipuri
people and work with
them for their growth.
PM Modi addresses a virtual rally for the second phase of
Manipur polls, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Police bomb squad at Sec 31,
Gurugram.
CONG COULDN’T
BRING AIIMS TO
MANIPUR: SHAH
Thoubal: Union
Home Minister
and senior BJP
leader Amit Shah on
Tuesday took a jibe
at Congress saying
that the party could
not bring an AIIMS
to Manipur in its 15
years of governance.
Shah said that BJP
has announced to
build an AIIMS as
soon as the Bharatiya
Janata Party forms
the government again
in the state.
IN THE GRIP OF FESTIVE FERVOUR
Hindu Devotees take part in ‘Palki Yatra’ of Lord Shiva, on the occasion of ‘Maha Shivratri’
at Kantareshwar Mahadev Mandir, in Surat on Tuesday —PHOTO BY PTI
FIRST INDIAN CASUALTY IN
BATTLE-SCARRED UKRAINE
21-yr-old medical student, Naveen Shekharappa Gyanagoudar from K’taka, dies in Russian Shelling
New Delhi (Agencies):
A twenty-one year old
Indian, studying as
fourth-year medical stu-
dent at the Kharkiv Na-
tional Medical Universi-
ty
,waskilledinUkraine’s
Kharkiv on Tuesday
morning in shelling as
the war between Russia
andUkrainereachedbig
cities’ streets.
The Indian student
has been identified as
Naveen Shekharappa
Gyanagoudar, a native
of from Karnataka. In-
dia’s Ministry of Exter-
nal Affairs spokesper-
son Arindam Bagchi
said, “With profound
sorrow we confirm that
an Indian student lost
his life in shelling in
Kharkiv this morning.
The Ministry is in
touch with his family.
We convey our deepest
condolences to the fam-
ily.” India’s foreign sec-
retary Harsh Vardhan
Shringla is calling in
Ambassadors of Russia
and Ukraine to reiter-
ate India’s demand for
urgent safe passage for
the Indian nationals
who are still in Kharkiv
and cities in other con-
flict zones.
EMBASSY DIDN’T REACH OUT TO
STUDENTS: NAVEEN’S FATHER
EFFORTS ON TO BRING
MORTAL REMAINS: CM
PM BRIEFS PRESIDENT
ABOUT SITUATION IN UKRAINE
No one form the Indian Embassy reached
out to stranded Indian students in Kharkiv
in Ukraine, where a Karnataka native
pursuing medicine was killed in shelling
amid a Russian military offensive, the
victim’s father alleged on Tuesday. The
youth was killed when he stepped out
of his bunker to exchange currency and
fetch some food, his uncle Ujjanagouda
claimed. Shekaragouda complained that
no one from the Indian embassy reached
the students stuck in Kharkiv, which is
witnessing hostilities. Learning about the
tragedy, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai
called up Shekaragouda over phone and
expressed his sorrow.
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bom-
mai has expressed shock at
the killing of
21-year-old Kar-
nataka medical
student Naveen
Shekharappa
Gyanagoudar in
Ukraine’s Kharkiv.
Offering condolence, Bommai
said that the state government is
in constant touch with the Min-
istry Of External Affairs and “will
make all efforts” to bring back his
body. We are constantly in touch
with MEA,” he said in a Tweet.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
apprised President Ram Nath Kovind
about the situation in Ukraine. Sources
said Modi met Kovind Tuesday morn-
ing and briefed him on various issues.
In this handout photo
released by Ukrainian
Emergency Service, a burnt
car is seen in front of a
damaged City Hall building,
in Kharkiv, Ukraine on
Tuesday. Russian shelling
pounded civilian targets in
Ukraine’s second-largest
city, Kharkiv, Tuesday and a
40-mile convoy of tanks and
other vehicles threatened the
capital - tactics Ukraine’s
embattled president said
were designed to force him
into concessions in Europe’s
largest ground war in
generations.
—PHOTO BY PTI
We’ll be coordinating
the overall evacuation
operation in Slovakia
and will seek co-operation from
their government regarding
visas for our students coming
from Ukraine. Our top priority
would be to bring them back safely.
—Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister
Asif Khan
Jaipur:Inamajoraction
of theCBIJaipurteam,a
senior official of AG of-
ficewastrappedonTues-
day night while taking
bribe. The CBI sleuths
arrested Umesh Sinha
red handed for seeking
bribe of 12.50 lakh ru-
pees from an employee
of his own department.
The Bureau team laid a
trapandnabbedtheman
acepting the first instal-
ment of the bribe of one
lakh rupees.
Jpr: AG official
held with `1L
bribe by CBI
‘OPERATION GANGA’: PM MODI ASKS
IAF TO JOIN EVACUATION EFFORTS
LEAVE KYIV ‘URGENTLY’, INDIAN
EMBASSY TELLS ITS CITIZENS
UNION MINISTER
PURI HEADS FOR
BUDAPEST
‘PROVE YOU’RE
WITH UKRAINE’:
ZELENSKYY
40-MILE CONVOY
OF RUSSIAN ARMY
THREATENS KYIV
In order to scale up the ongoing evacuation efforts
under ‘Operation Ganga’, Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Tuesday asked the Indian Air Force to join the
evacuation efforts, said sources. The sources said that
leveraging the capacities of the Air Force will ensure
that more people can be evacuated in a shorter time
frame. IAF is likely to deploy several C-17 aircraft.
India on Tuesday advised its citizens in Kyiv to leave
the city “urgently”. The Indian Embassy in Ukraine
posted on Twitter, “All Indian nationals including
students are advised to leave Kyiv urgently today.
Preferably by available trains or through any other
means available.”
New Delhi: Union
Minister Hardeep
Singh Puri left for
Budapest to oversee
evacuation of Indians
from Ukraine. “All
set to bring back our
young students back
home safely. Enroute
to #Budapest with
a refuelling stop in
Istanbul with the ever
efficient 6E boys &
girls,” Puri tweeted.
Addressing the Euro-
pean Parliament via a
video call, Ukraine’s
President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy on Tuesday
delivered an emo-
tional speech, urging
European leaders to
“prove that you are
with us” and added
that “light will win
over darkness”. “We
are just fighting for
our land and for our
freedom.
A 40-mile convoy of
Russian tanks and
other vehicles threat-
ened Ukraine’s capital
Tuesday as an intense
shelling attack
targeted the country’s
second-largest city,
and both sides looked
to resume talks in the
coming days aimed at
stopping the fighting.
Naveen Shekharappa
Gyanagoudar
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HUES OF MAHASHIVRATRI
Mahabhishek being performed at Kashi Vishwanath
Temple in Varanasi on Tuesday.
ONLY BJP CAN PROVIDE A STRONG &
STABLE GOVT IN UP: YOGI ADITYANATH
Pipraich, Gorakhpur
(PTI): Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi Ad-
ityanath said on Tues-
day that a ‘Dumdaar
Sarkar’ (strong govern-
ment) was a must for
the all round develop-
ment of the state and
that only a Government
led by BJP could guar-
antee it to people with
house, toilets, electrici-
ty, better transport etc
for everyone.
“I will do everything
to make your life easier
under the leadership of
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi”, he re-
marked.
Urging people to vote
for NDA’s candidates,
Yogi said: “You have
been witness to the
workings of three gov-
ernments led by Sama-
jwadi Party (SP), the
Bahujan Samaj Party
(BSP) and the Bharati-
ya Janata Party and
must have noticed the
difference. The previ-
ous governments failed
to provide safety and
security to people,
risked youths’ lives and
looted money meant for
development.
Their governance
was extremely poor
with people struggling
for whereas we have en-
sured safety and securi-
ty of every citizen while
carrying out develop-
ment programmes.
They provided electric-
ity also after looking at
people’s faces while we
are providing electrici-
ty to everyone.”
CM Yogi added: “We
have been providing
double dose of ration
throughout the ongoing
novel coronavirus pan-
demic. We have built
houses and toilets for
the poor and have pro-
vided LPG connec-
tions.”
CM Yogi further went
on to say that that no
Congress, SP or BSP
Government would
have built a Ram temple
in Ayodhya, which has
been pending for five
centuries.
PreviousgovernmentsfailedtoprovidesecuritytothepeopleofUttarPradesh, CMYogisaid
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addresses a public rally in Gorakhpur on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
CM’S FREEBIES
Rajnath predicts 2nd
consecutive term for BJP
Ballia (PTI): No par-
ty has been able to form
government in Uttar
Pradesh for two consec-
utive terms in decades,
but the BJP is set to
break this trend, De-
fence Minister Rajnath
Singh said on Tuesday
.
Addressing an elec-
tion meeting in Rasra,
he also urged voters not
to fall prey to any temp-
tations or get misled,
and said that while vot-
ing, it should be kept in
mind that the country
is above all.
“The trend from the
first phase to the fifth
phase has made it clear
that the voters of Uttar
Pradesh are going to
write a new history. In
the past 30 to 40 years,
no one was able to form
government in the state
for the second consecu-
tive time. For the first
time, the BJP is going to
form its government for
the second consecutive
time,” Singh said.
Taking a jibe at the
Congress, he said cor-
ruption cannot be re-
moved by delivering
speeches. “Corruption
can be stopped by mak-
ing changes in the sys-
tem,” the senior BJP
leader said ahead of the
sixth of the seven phase
Uttar Pradesh assembly
polls.
Former prime minis-
ter Rajiv Gandhi had
with ‘laachaaree’ (help-
lessness) had said that
of the 100 paise which is
sent from Delhi, hardly
15 paise reaches the
beneficiary, Singh said.
No party has
been able to form
a government for
the second
consecuitve term
in UP for decades
No riots took place in UP
under BJP rule: CM Yogi
First India Bureau
Balrampur: TheSaryu
Canal Project that re-
mained pending for
four decades will now
benefit farmers of near-
by districts, after its
construction, the price
of farmers’ lands will
rise , Yogi Adityanath
pointed out on Tuesday
.
Remembering Bharat
Ratna Late Atal Bihari
Vajpayee while address-
ing rallies in the Tulsi-
pur and Utraula assem-
bly constituencies of
Balrampur, the CM stat-
ed that the district had
been the ‘karmbhoomi’
of the former Prime
Minister and is touch-
ing new heights of de-
velopment under our
government.
“While the previous
governments used to
gulp the money meant
for the poor ,” the CM
said. He went on to say
that development for
them (Samajwadi Par-
ty) means building
boundaries of Kabris-
tan (Cemetery)
Targeting the Sama-
jwadi Party for doing
politics of appease-
ment, Adityanath said
under the earlier re-
gime, electricity was
provided on the occa-
sions of Eid-Bakrid,
while there were power
cuts during Holi and
Deepawali in the state.
He also emphasised
the fact that no riots
took place in the state
under his governance.
“Before 2017, there used
to be a curfew imposed
in the state during festi-
vals. Now, there is Kan-
war yatra instead of
curfew.”
The Chief Minister
added that the BJP has
attained an inaccessi-
ble lead in the first five
phases of the ongoing
assembly polls and the
party is poised well to
hit a ‘four’ and a ‘six’ in
the final phases to romp
home with 300-plus
seats.
Yogi Adityanath al-
leged that previous gov-
ernments in the state
pilfered the ration
meant for the poor. Ev-
eryone got free Covid
vaccine while they
would have been sold in
black in Samajwadi
rule, he added.
Launching a scathing
attack on the opposi-
tion, Chief Minister
Yogi said that bulldoz-
ers are being used in
the construction of
roads as well as to ex-
tort money from ma-
fias. Further, he said
that after hearing the
name of the bulldozer,
the leaders of SP-BSP
are panicking.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addresses a public rally in
Balrampur on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
WE KEPT OUR PROMISES, ASSERTS YOGI
The CM also asserted: “We did what we said. We
are constructing a Ram temple in Ayodhya. Now,
We also promise to provide government jobs or
employment to one youth of every family in the
next five years,” he added. Mounting a blister-
ing attack on the opposition, the CM said, “Our
government’s sentiments are with every section of
society but SP’s all support base is with terrorists.”
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: As many as
three IAS, seven PCS
and seven PPS officers
retired on 28th Febru-
ary this year.
Mohammad Iftikha-
ruddin of 1985 batch,
who was removed from
the post of Chairman
of UPSTRC by the Yogi
government and his
name was put in the
waiting list, was one of
the prominent retirees.
He was accused of
giving radical lessons at
his official residence,
follwing which a high
level investigation com-
mittee was constituted,
but soon the case went
into cold storage.
Two other IAS offi-
cers Abdul Samad of
2009 batch and IAS Aw-
nish Kr Sharma of 2012
also retired on Feb 28.
PCS Abdul Samad af-
ter being promoted to
IAS cadre was named as
the Municipal Commis-
sioner, Municipal Cor-
poration of Ghaziabad
by the then SP govern-
ment, after which he
was made the Special
Secretary Higher Edu-
cation Department on
July 5, 2019. He couldn’t
become a district collec-
tor even after being an
IAS officer for 7 years.
IAS Awanish Kumar
Sharma, soon after be-
ing promoted to IAS
cadre from PCS cadre in
November 2018 was
made the Municipal
Commissioner of
Moradabad Municipal
Corporation and after 8
months of serving on
the post, he was made
Joint MD of Jal Nigam.
He was in March
2020, named as the Spl
Secretary (Urban Devel-
opment) and on 1st No-
vember, he was Special
Secretary of Finance
Department, until his
retirement on 28th Feb-
ruary. He too could not
become a DM. Seven
PCS officers including
Sheetla Prasad, Spl
Secy of Personnel dept,
PCS Ramesh Singh,
Addl Director of Medi-
cal Education depart-
ment, PCS Sitaram
Gupta, Additional Com-
missioner of Varanasi,
PCS Manish Kumar Na-
har, Additional Com-
missioner of Aligarh,
PCS Devendra Pratap
Mishra, ADM (Judicial)
Pilibhit, PCS Ravi
Prakash Srivastava,
Additional Commis-
sioner (Ayodhya) and
PCS Rakesh Kumar,
Deputy Collector re-
tired from their offices.
Seven PPS officers
who retired on 28th Feb-
ruary include Rajendra
Kumar, Deep Chandra,
Qamar Majeed, Kishori
Lal, Ravindra Singh
Kunwar,BahadurSingh
and Bhanu Prakash.
3 IAS, 7 PCS & 7 PPS officers in UP retire from services
FAREWELL

Mohammed
Iftikharuddin
was among
the most
talked about
bureaucrats
who bid
audieu to Civil
Services
Thandai being distributed at a bhandara in front of Hanuman Setu on the
occasion of Mahashivratri in Lucknow. —PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
Queue of devotees outside the Mankameshwar Temple in Lucknow on
Mahashivratri on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Devotees perform abhishek of Shiva at a ghat in
Varanasi. —PHOTO BY PTI
Priyanka Gandhi worships at Sihari Shiva Temple in
Lucknow. —PHOTO BY PTI
Mohd Iftikharuddin Abdul Samad
Awanish Kumar
Sharma

UTTAR PRADESH
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Gor akhpur(ANI):
Since its inception in
1923,GitaPress,thelarg-
est publisher of Hindu
religious literature,
which has upgraded it-
self with German and
Japanese machines cur-
rently publishes over
50,000 copies of 1,800
books in 15 languages
every day
. The most
ubiquitous books found
inHinduhouseholdsare
the Shrimad Bhagwad
Gita and Ramcharit-
manas,oftensidebyside
with the booklet of Ha-
numan Chalisa. A ma-
jority of these originate
at the Gita Press.
“In 1923, there was a
period of subjugation
andmostof thespiritual
books had disappeared
from the country
. At that
time a copy of the Gita
could not be found even
if people tried... Then,
JayaDayalGoyandkaset
up the Gita Press in Gor-
akhpur. We started in a
simplewayandtodaywe
are adopting upgraded
and sophisticated tech-
nologies,” Devi Dayal
Agrawal,atrusteeof the
Gita Press, said.
Afterwards, Agarwal
said the Press started to
alsoprinttheRamayana,
the Mahabharta, the Pu-
ranas among other Hin-
du religious books.
“We are currently
publishing over 1,800
books in 15 languages.
Currently
, we are print-
ingnearly50,000to55,000
books every day but the
demand is much more.
We are trying our best to
fulfil the demands of
people,” said Agarwal.
“Since its inception,
the focus of Gita Press
has been to make avail-
able low price books to
people, and not make a
profit. People are sur-
prised to see how Gita
Press is able to provide
books at such low rates,”
said Agarwal.
Accordingtothetrust-
ee the Press was able to
maintain its low prices
because it does not buy
raw material directly
from industries. “The
main reason behind it is
that we don’t add infra-
structure cost. Second,
wepurchaserawmateri-
al directly from indus-
tries. And the last point
isthatourpurposeisnot
to make profit,” he said.
He also clarified that
Gita Press “does not re-
ceive any kind of dona-
tion and it uses only its
own resources.”
Due to the nominal
prices of its books and
theirimpeccablecontent
with easy-to-grasp lan-
guage, nicely laid-out
text and top-quality
printing, Gita Press has
beenabletoreachalmost
every home through its
books and was able to
sell over 71.77 crore cop-
ies, including Shrimad
Bhagwat Gita (1,558
lakh); Sri Ramcharit-
manas (1,139 lakh) etc.
50k copies daily: Gita Press powers publishing with high-tech machines
EMBRACING MODERNITY

99-year-old Gita
Press is known
across the
country for
publishing high
quality but low-
priced Hindu
religious books
in at least 15
languages
CRUCIAL READ
Prayagraj: Over 4 lakh devotees took a holy dip in
the Ganga here till Tuesday evening on the occasion
of Mahashivratri, an official said. A large number of
Shiva devotees did ‘abhishekham’ with water and milk
since morning at Nagvasuki temple in Daraganj and
Mankameshwar temple on the banks of Yamuna, an
official of the Magh Mela Authority said. The adminis-
tration prepared six ghats for bathers on Mahashivratri,
the last bathing festival of Magh Mela, he said. As
devotees thronged to the Shiva temples, necessary
facilities were ensured around Someshwar Mahadev,
Mankameshwar and Nag Vasuki temples.
BJPLEADERBOOKED
FOR PROMOTING
RELIGIOUS ENMITY
Muzaffarnagar: A local
BJP leader has been
booked for alleg-
edly promoting religious
enmity by posting an
objectionable message
on social media against
the Muslim community,
police said. Former BJP
district vice president
Satish Khatik was
booked in Jansath town
here under IPC sections
including 153b and 505,
the police said. The
FIR was lodged against
Khatik on the complaint
of Ahsan Malik, who has
demanded action against
the leader for hurting his
religious sentiments.
COMMERCIAL LPG
CYLINDER PRICE
RAISED BY RS105
New Delhi: Price of
commercial LPG, used
by hotels and com-
mercial establishments,
was on Tuesday hiked by
Rs 105 to its second-
highest level but rates of
subsidised gas sold to
households remained on
freeze. The price of a 19-
kg commercial cylinder
has been hiked to Rs
2,012 from Rs 1,907,
according to price notifi-
cation from state-owned
fuel retailers. This is the
second-highest rate, af-
ter Rs 2,101 per cylinder
in December 2021. LPG
rates are revised on the
1st of every month.
OVER 4 LAKH PEOPLE TAKE HOLY DIP IN
GANGA ON MAHASHIVRATRI FESTIVAL
ThoughSPisgivingatoughfight,traditionallyVaranasihasfavouredBJP
KASHI CORRIDOR STRENGTHENS
BJP’SALREADYSTRONGCHANCES
Varanasi: (ANI): Vara-
nasi, which will wit-
ness voting in the sixth
phase of UP Assembly
elections on March 7, is
a stronghold of the BJP,
but the SP is likely to
give it a tough fight on
two of the eight seats in
the city. Varanasi dis-
trict comprises Pindra,
Ajagara, Shivpur, Ro-
haniya, Varanasi
North, Varanasi South,
Varanasi Cantt, and
Sevapuri seats. Notably
,
with its development
agenda and work done
for the Kashi Vishwa-
nath Corridor, the BJP
has come up as a strong
contender here.
There are 8 seats in
Varanasi, of which the
BJP holds 6 of them.
However, this does not
seem to be the case with
the remaining two
seats. One is Varanasi
South on which BJP’s
Culture Minister Neel-
kanth Tiwari is con-
testing opposite SP’s
Kishan Dixit, head
priest of Mrityunjay
Mahadev. Another is
Cantt where the BJP
has fielded Saurabh
Srivastava against SP’s
Pooja Yadav.According
to locals, there is a
tough competition be-
tween the two parties
on the two seats.A local
resident Babbu said,
“The people of all reli-
gions will vote for PM
Modi and CM Yogi be-
cause due to the con-
struction of Vishwa-
nath Corridor, tourism
has increased. The
roads have become
good, the pipeline has
been spread. A lot of
work has been done
here.” A shopkeeper in
front of Vishwanath
Mandir Rajesh said
there has always been a
wave of the BJP in the
city, however, due to
Kishan Dixit contest-
ing from Varanasi
South seat, there might
be some impact.
“There has always
been a wave of BJP in
Varanasi. Only the
MLAs of BJP win. This
time, on Varanasi
South and Cantt seat,
there is a fierce fight
between the BJP and
SP because the SP has
fielded priest of Mri-
tyunjay Mahadev,” he
said.
PM Narendra Modi offers prayers at Kashi Vishwanath temple, in
Varanasi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
BOOST TO TOY BIZ
Corruptiontainton
KGMU registrar
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: Ashutosh
Kumar Dwivedi, IAS,
currently posted as Reg-
istrar, KGMU has been
accused of embezzle-
ment.
Alok Kumar, Secre-
tary
, Medical Education
has assigned Shubhra
Saxena, Special Secre-
tary of the Medical Edu-
cation Department to
conductaninvestigation
into the case and submit
a report within a month.
Ashok Kumar, a resi-
dent of Mirzapur had
registered a complaint
against Dwivedi, alleg-
ingtheregistrarandoth-
eremployeeshadirregu-
larly paid some forms to
benefit them by sup-
pressing the facts. Fol-
lowing the complaint,
the V-C and Registrar of
KGMUorderedtoconsti-
tute an inquiry commit-
tee at government level.
This will not be the
first investigation
against the registrar as
two months ago, the gov-
ernmenthadconstituted
a probe panel under
commissioner Ranjan
Kumar after 14 public
representatives had
complained against the
registrar for alleged dis-
crimination and negli-
gence in appointment,
including supressing
facts during appoint-
ment of the dependents
of deceased.
UP ATS nabs
3 murder
accused
First India Bureau
Lucknow: UP An-
ti-terrorist Squad
arrested three no-
torious criminals
who escaped with
more than five-kg
gold after murder-
ing a man in Kolk-
ata in West Bengal.
Acting on tip-off
ATS team arrested
three murder ac-
cused near bus
stand under Fate-
habad police sta-
tion area in Agra
district.
Thepolicerecov-
ered looted gold
worthmorethatRs
2 crore. Arrested
accused were iden-
tifiedasKaranVer-
ma,ShushilKumar
and Roop Kishor
residents of UP
.
Summer relief: Max temp in northern
plains likely to be belownormal,saysIMD
New Delhi (PTI): Max-
imum temperatures are
predicted to remain
“below normal” in the
northern plains, includ-
ing Punjab, parts of
Haryana, UP and Bihar,
in the March to May pe-
riod, the India Meteoro-
logical Department
said on Tuesday
.
“Above normal maxi-
mum temperatures are
most likely over many
areas in western and ad-
joining central India,
northwest India and
northernmost parts of
northeast India,” it said.
However, below nor-
mal maximum tempera-
tures are likely over
most parts of Peninsu-
larIndia,eastandnorth-
east India as well as the
northern plains, the
IMD said.
The number of heat
waves in the Indo-Gan-
getic plains is likely to
be lower than normal
during the period, it
said.
“The maximum tem-
peratures are likely to
remain above normal in
Jammu and Kashmir,
Ladakh, Himachal
Pradesh, major parts of
Rajasthan, Gujarat and
adjoining areas of MP
and Maharashtra,” IMD
Director General
Mrutyunjay Mohapatra
said.
“During the upcom-
ing hot weather season
(March to May), normal
to above normal mini-
most likely over many
parts of northwest In-
dia, most parts of
northeast India, some
parts of central India,
east coastal region and
some areas along the
foothills of the Himala-
yas,” the IMD said in a
statement.
During March, nor-
mal to below normal
maximum tempera-
tures are likely over
most parts of Peninsu-
lar and east and north-
east India, whereas
above normal maxi-
forecast over many
parts of western and
central India.
201 species of Himalayan
birds spotted in U’khand
Pithoragarh (PTI): A
totalof 201speciesof Hi-
malayan birds, includ-
ing the very rare red
crossbill,werespottedin
Uttarakhand by a group
of 20 bird-watchers, who
took part in the ‘Great
Backyard Bird Count
2022’, an NGO said here.
“The bird count was
conducted at Munsiyari,
Dehradun, Mukteswar
and Nailbag (Tihri Gar-
hwal) over last three
weeks,” Ramnarayan
Kalyanaraman, coordi-
nator and founder of In-
dia’s Nature NGO, said.
The bird count exer-
cise was conducted by
the NGO.
Besides the red cross-
bill, the bird-watchers
also spotted monal, the
state bird of Uttara-
khand, wall creeper,
spotted nutcracker,
streak-breasted scimi-
tar-babbler, bearded vul-
ture, river lapwing and
steppe eagle.
“Our group has also
countedgroupsof altitu-
dinal migrant birds and
trans-continental mi-
grants, along with a host
of breeding resident
birds of the Himalayan
region,” Kalyanaraman
said.
Woman killled by brothers
over love marriage
Badaun (PTI): A 21-yr-
old woman was shot
dead here on Tuesday by
her two brothers, angry
with her over her love
marriage, the police
said.
Moazzam and Mujim
allegedlyshotattheirsis-
ter Shibli in Gauramai
village under Alapur po-
lice station area after
they saw her there with
her husband Fahim, SSP
OP Singh said.
Shibli had married
Fahim over 18 months
ago against her parents’
wishes and her brothers
were still upset with her,
said Singh.
The woman was in
Badaun from her village
with her husband to buy
medicine and was re-
turning when her broth-
ers saw her and opened
fire at her from behind,
the SSP said. She died at
the spot, he said.
‘Akhilesh doesn’t have the strength
to stop BJP from coming to power’
Ballia (PTI): AIMIM
leader Asaduddin
Owaisi on Tuesday said
SPchief AkhileshYadav
didn’t have the strength
to stop the BJP from
comingtopowerinUttar
Pradesh.
He also took a dig at
PM Modi, saying the lat-
ter came to know of
straycattlemenacetrou-
bling farmers only at
election time.
“Akhilesh Yadav does
not have the strength to
stop the BJP from com-
ing to power. In the 2017
Vidhan Sabha elections,
Yadav joined hands with
the Congress and for
2019 Lok Sabha polls, it
formed an alliance with
the BSP
, but could not
prevent the BJP from
forming the govern-
ment,” Owaisi said ad-
dressing an election
meeting in Sikandarpur.
He further said by dis-
tributing free ration, the
BJPwashumiliatingthe
poor.
Targeting Modi,
Owaisi said after calling
himself achowkidar,he
had now become a bad-
shah .
“PM Narendra Modi
has been so busy having
tea since past seven
years that he came to
know of the stray cattle
menace in UP just at
election time,” he said,
alleging the BJP had
formed the government
in UP by telling lies.
He said the saffron
party will be finished in
UP on March 10.
Asaduddin Owaisi
Ashutosh Kumar Dwivedi
Victim Shibli with her husband Fahim. —FILE PHOTO

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
For the senses wander, and
when one lets the mind
follow them, it carries wisdom
away like a windblown ship
on the waters.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
On his birthday, best wishes
to Punjab CM Shri @
CHARANJITCHANNI Ji. Praying for
his good health and long life.
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
‘We are safe and secure’ say
Indian students evacuated from
Ukraine. Govt.’s #OperationGanga
on in full steam.
TOP TWEETS
CONCERN
GROWS FOR
STUDENTS IN
UKRAINE AFTER
ONE IS KILLED
IN FIRING
ragedy has struck
the Indian student
community in
Ukraine. Naveen, a
20-year-old from Kar-
nataka was killed in firing by
Russian troops when he was
standing in a queue outside a
grocery store in Kharkiv. With
the situation in Kharkiv worsen-
ing and as Russian troops are
killing unarmed and innocent
men, women and children, there
is growing concern for students
stranded in Ukraine who are in
real danger. At the same time a
60-km long Russian army con-
voy is advancing towards Kyiv,
Ukraine’s capital, and the situa-
tion is going to soon get difficult
for the government’s rescue
teams to reach them.
How do these students, who
are located in different parts of
Ukraine, move out to safer plac-
es in a conflict zone? Under sub-
zero temperatures, with no shel-
ter and no commute available
for them to move to borders of
neighbouring countries it is ad-
visable for students to stay
where they are and not venture
out unless the need is pressing.
T
he UN Intergov-
ernmental Panel
onClimateChange
has warned that
the Earth will de-
grade in many ways if global
warming does not come down
drastically
. “The cumulative
scientificevidenceisunequiv-
ocal. Climate change is a
threat to human well-being
andplanetaryhealth”andany
further delay in cutting car-
bon emissions would mean
missing a brief opportunity
,
the report said. Battered as it
is by extreme weather condi-
tions, rising temperature and
sea level, the Earth will wit-
nessmorenaturaldisastersin
the years to come. In a stark
warning the IPCC said that a
mere2degreeCelsiusincrease
in temperature could result in
fivetimesmorefloods,drought
and heat waves. The rise in
temperature has to be kept be-
low 2 degrees.
The report on the basis of
which governments tailor
their responses to climate
change also said that the cli-
mate change impacts were far
greater than anticipated.
“Based on increased observa-
tions and a better understand-
ingof processes,wenowknow
that the extent and magnitude
of climate change impacts on
nature are greater than previ-
ously assessed,” the IPCC sci-
entistssaid.InIndia,thereport
says that Mumbai is facing a
high-risk rise in sea level and
flooding, while Ahmedabad
could experience more heat
waves. In other parts of the
country too, extreme weather
conditionscanbeexperienced.
The sense of urgency ex-
pressed in the report re-
quires weightage to be given
to reducing the heat-trapping
gases over development. De-
pendence on fossil fuel has to
be discouraged as much as
possible. India must make
speedier efforts to switch to
alternative energy sources.
TIME RUNNING OUT ON
GLOBAL WARMING
The Earth will witness
more natural disasters
in the years to come.
In a stark warning the
IPCC said that a mere 2
degree Celsius increase
in temperature could
result in five times
more floods, drought
heat waves
T
UKRAINE CRISIS
INDIAAND CHINA ABSTAIN:
DRAGONINAWIN-WIN SITUATION,
BUTELEPHANT IS TRAPPED
The However, Modi’s
attempt to replace seasoned
public figures by a bunch of
‘non-political persons’ is not
only going to hurt the
creditability of his
government, but
undermining the country’s
vital strategic and long-term
interests. With the anger
brewing in Russia, eve the
future of Putin might
become uncertain
n the ongoing debates at the
UN headquarters in New
York, both India and China
have abstained in favour of
Russia. However, it appears
India is supporting Russia for
retainingitspoliticalandstra-
tegic support in the interna-
tional arena, but in fact is
climbing down from her high
pedestal of commitment to
democracyandhumanrights.
Itisnotdifficulttofindoutthe
reasons of the poor show of
India before the democratic
world. It is the lack of vision
at the highest level in India’s
foreign office. This lack of
perspective reminds us of Su-
shma Swaraj. The efforts of
media-driven approach is fi-
nally boomeranging on the
Indian position. The anguish
of this policy paralysis is re-
verberating across the conti-
nents, especially among the
people of the Indian sub-con-
tinent, whether living in the
homeland or abroad.
Putin might have had all
the possible genuine reasons
to punish Ukraine, but his
mindless aggressive posture
has brought together NATO
and the European countries
on the same page that too un-
der the US President Joe
Biden, he might be cursing
him. The counter response
fromEuropeshouldhavebeen
anticipated at the Kremlin;
such as the decision of Ger-
many to change its constitu-
tion to supply weapons to the
Ukraine Government and the
European Union offering ‘un-
limited’ financial support. It
is yet to be ascertained wheth-
er the Russian oligarchs, the
formerCommunistsandKGB
operators, who had been con-
trolling most of the wealth of
Russia following the end of
the USSR in 1990, would be
able to prevent the Russian
President Vladimir Putin to
return to peace, who already
hasmissedtheopportunityof
withdrawing forces honoura-
bly during the first ceasefire
talks held at the Belarusian
border on February 28. The
Russian did not agree for a
ceasefire.
Amidst these develop-
ments, India needs to rein-
vent her policies, which ap-
pears to be a tall order for a
career diplomat turned poli-
tician. Sushma Swaraj, one
of the most vibrant foreign
ministers, Inda had in recent
years, had served quite well
during the first inning of
Modi’s tenure, is being sud-
denly remembered in the cor-
ridors of the South Block,
especially in the context of
the ongoing Ukraine crisis.
However, Modi’s attempt to
replace seasoned public fig-
ures by a bunch of ‘non-polit-
ical persons’ is not only going
to hurt the creditability of
his government, but under-
mining the country’s vital
strategic and long-term in-
terests. With the anger brew-
ing in Russia, eve the future
of Putin might become un-
certain, India needs to rein-
vent her policies in the
changing context, which is
getting more tilted in the fa-
vour of people of Ukraine.
The immaturity of the
South Block (foreign office) in
New Delhi to compare India’s
standwithChinaisjustoneof
such examples. While China
is in a ’win- win’ situation,
whether Putin wins or loses,
India is going to suffer in each
situation. If Putin succeeds,
China would annex Taiwan;
and if he fails, China would
emerge as the most trusted
ally of the western powers.
India suffers on both the
counts; her 70-year old posi-
tionasacountrycommittedto
the high ideals of democracy
is being compromised, and
her vital economic and strate-
gic interests with the western
powers is going to suffer im-
mensely
. It is yet to be ascer-
tained that who briefed the
‘buffoons’of theIndianmedia
that Modi ‘scolds’ Putin, but
it not only reflects naïveté of
the Indian news anchors. It
should be remembered that
media projection is a part of
politics, but it cannot replace
a policy
. If not careful, it is of-
ten counterproductive and
could hurt the nation.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
I
The immaturity of the
South Block (foreign
office) in New Delhi to
compare India’s stand
with China is just one
of such examples.
While China is in a ’win-
win’ situation, whether
Putin wins or loses,
India is going to suffer
in each situation
GOPAL MISRA
The writer is accredited as a journalist
of long and distinguished service with
the Press Information Bureau of the
Information and Broadcasting Ministry

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New Delhi (ANI):
President Ram Nath
Kovind on Tuesday in-
augurated the newly
developed “Arogya
Vanam” at the Presi-
dent’s Estate in the
presence of Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi.
“The Arogya Vanam
spread over in 6.6 acres
has been developed in
the shape of a human
sitting in the Yoga
Mudra. It consists of
around 215 herbs and
plants used for thera-
peutic purposes in
Ayurveda,” said the
Rashtrapati Bhawan in
an official statement.
Some of the other
features of Arogya
Vanam are water foun-
tains, a Yoga platform,
a water channel, a lotus
pond and a viewpoint,
added the statement. It
further stated that the
concept of Arogya Van-
am has been conceived
with the aim of publi-
cising the importance
of Ayurvedic plants
and their benefits for
the people. The Arogya
Vanam is open for pub-
lic viewing.
INDIA
05
Microsoft CEO
Satya Nadella’s
son Zain dies
Seattle (Agencies): Mi-
crosoft Corp. said Zain
Nadella, son of Chief
Executive Officer Satya
and his wife Anu, died
on Monday morning. He
was 26 years old and had
been born with cerebral
palsy
.
The software maker
told its executive staff
in an email that Zain
had passed away. The
message asked execu-
tives to hold the family
in their thoughts and
prayers while giving
them space to grieve
privately. Since taking
on the CEO’s role in
2014, Nadella has fo-
cused the company on
designing products to
better serve users with
disabilities and cited
lessons he learned rais-
ing and supporting
Zain. Last year, the
Children’s Hospital.
Bengal Chief Secy
calls on Governor
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Kolkata: West Bengal
Chief Secretary Hari
Krishna Dwivedi called
on Governor Jagdeep
Dhankhar on Tuesday
in connection with the
issue of summoning of
legislative Assembly in
pursuance to February
28 cabinet decision.
Ahead of the Assem-
bly session scheduled
on March 7, the Chief
Secretary met the Gov-
ernor and apprised
him.
A few days ago, the
Governor accepted the
state Cabinet’s decision
to summon the Assem-
bly Session at 2 am on
March 7.
Re-election demanded at
several polling stations
Imphal (Agencies):
Several sections of peo-
ple in Manipur, includ-
ing tribal students, have
demanded re-election at
27 polling stations in
the Henglep Assembly
constituency in Chura-
chandpur district and
eight other stations in
the Keirao constituen-
cy, on charges of booth
capturing.
Meanwhile, tribal
groups withdrew an
“indefinite lockdown”
after INC candidate
Lanminthang Haokip
was unconditionally re-
leased by police at 1
a.m. on Tuesday
.
Four parties — NPP,
INC, Shiva Sena and
JD(United) — in Chura-
chandpur district have
filed a complaint with
the Election Commis-
sion, seeking repoll in
22 polling stations.
They said repoll
should be done after
beefing up security in
the polling stations.
They alleged that cadre
of four Kuki tribal
armed groups, who had
come overground after
signing the suspension
of operation pact, inter-
fered with polling at
many stations. Voting
slips were snatched
from voters.
INC candidate in the
Saitu Assembly
Landengthang Haokip
pacified the people after
reports said that even
EVMs were smashed.
MANIPUR CONG CANDIDATE HELD FOR
ASSAULTING POLL OFFICIAL, RELEASED
Imphal: High drama was witnessed as a Congress candi-
date was arrested for allegedly assaulting an on-duty poll-
ing personnel during the first
phase of Manipur assembly
elections, and later released
on bail. Senior Congress
leader Jairam Ramesh has
decried the action against
party candidate Lamtinthang
Haokip in Saitu constituency
of Kangpokpi district as a
“murder of democracy” by Union Home Minister Amit
Shah and Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh.
MANIPUR ASSEMBLY POLLS
HC to hear Nawab Malik’s
plea against arrest today
Mumbai (PTI): The
Bombay High Court
will hear on Wednesday
the petition filed by Ma-
harashtra minister
Nawab Malik, who was
arrested last week,
seeking quashing of the
case registered against
him by the ED which is
probing money laun-
dering linked to fugitive
Dawood Ibrahim.
Malik, who is cur-
rently in the ED’s cus-
tody till March 3, had on
Monday filed a petition
in the HC, claiming his
arrest was “illegal”,
and sought immediate
release. On Tuesday, his
advocate Taraq Sayed
mentioned the plea be-
fore a division bench of
Justices SS Shinde and
NR Borkar seeking ur-
gent hearing.
The court was in-
formed that the regular
bench of Justices PB
Varale and SP Tawde,
designated to hear peti-
tions, would not be
available this week.
ED SUMMONS NAWAB MALIK’S SON IN
PMLA CASE CONNECTED TO DAWOOD
Mumbai (Agencies): In a latest development in the
PMLA case involving underworld Don Dawood Ibrahim
and unknown Mumbai-based politician, the Enforcement
Directorate (ED) has now summoned Faraz Malik, son of
NCP leader and Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik, who
is already in police custody. The ED wants to confront him
with his father Nawab Malik and also a few documents
and other evidence collected by them. On February 23, the
ED arrested Malik and later got his remand till March 3.
Nawab Malik taken for medical examination. —FILE PHOTO
PM extends wishes, Yogi
prays on Maha Shivratri
Gorakhpur (ANI): Ut-
tar Pradesh Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath
offered prayers at the
Gorakhnath temple on
Tuesday on the occasion
of Maha Shivratri.
Devotees in the state
took holy dips and of-
fered prayers at Magh
Mela in Prayagraj early
morning today
.
PrimeMinisterNaren-
dra Modi also extended
wishes to all on the occa-
sion. “Best wishes to all
of you on the auspicious
occasion of Maha
Shivratri. May the God
of gods,Mahadev
,blesses
everyone. Om Namah
Shivay
,” he tweeted.
Meanwhile, devotees
across India thronged
temples of Lord Shiva to
offer prayers on one of
the most auspicious fes-
tivals of Hindus, Maha
Shivratri.It’s believed
that while there is a
Shivratrieverylunisolar
month of the Hindu cal-
endar,theMahaShivratri
happens only once every
year,inFebruary/March,
when winter comes to an
end and spring and sum-
mer begin. Out of the 12
Shivratris observed in
any given year, Maha
Shivratri is especially
considered auspicious.
Yogi Adityanath at Gorakhnath temple on the occasion of Maha Shivratri, in Gorakhpur on Tuesday.
—PHOTO BY ANI
BIRLA & SADHGURU
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla participated in the Maha
Shivaratri festival organised at Isha Yoga Institute in
Coimbatore, during which he worshiped Adi Yogi Mahashiv
and prayed for peace, harmony and welfare of all in the
world. Earlier, the head of Isha Yoga Institute, Sadhguru
welcomed Speaker Om Birla.
DID HYPER-LOCAL ISSUES REALLY DOMINATE?
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Assembly
elections in 5 states are
nearing its conclusion.
Voting has already been
held in three states of
Uttarakhand, Punjab &
Goa. The 5 phase of poll-
ing in UP was held on
Sunday, after which
there will be 2 steps left.
Polling for 60 seats in
Manipur is to be held in
2 phases, 1st phase of
which was held on Mon-
day and the 2nd phase
will be held on March 5.
A special thing has been
seen in the election cam-
paign of these 5 states,
which has been special-
ly marked by the anti-
BJP parties. In the last
60 years, very few polls
have been held like this,
like the 1 held this time.
The polls in all states
were fought entirely on
local issues. The parties
campaigned on state is-
sues and the BJP’s at-
tempt to take the assem-
bly polls on national is-
sues failed. In a state
like Punjab, where the
BJP tried to make a big
issue of national secu-
rity, it did not succeed.
The campaign of Cap-
tain Amarinder Singh
and the BJP about Pun-
jab being a border state,
narcotics and weapons
being dropped in from
Pakistan by drones did
not have much effect.
The polls ranged from
sacrilege to the spread
of drugs and farmers.
Similarly, Goa BJP
could not raise any na-
tional issue. No issue
like PM Narendra
Modi’s image, his im-
portanceasaworldlead-
er,Article370orthetem-
ple in Ayodhya was
raised in Goa. In Goa,
issues like mining, de-
velopment, polarization
of the Catholic Chris-
tian community, anti-
incumbency against the
10-year-old BJP govern-
ment remained in the
headlines. This is the
situation in Manipur
also, where elections are
being fought broadly on
the Armed Forces Spe-
cial Powers Act (AFS-
PA). In the country’s
largest and sensitive
state like Uttar Pradesh,
no narrative of BJP’s
national issues is being
created. In Ayodhya,
where Ram temple is be-
ing built, soil of Ram
Janmabhoomi is being
distributed to make the
BJP candidate win. Sim-
ilarly, despite the Kashi
Corridor, the BJP might
not be comfortable. No
one is discussing abro-
gation of Article 370 or
enacting a citizenship
law. Instead, in the first
three phases, the issue
of farmers was domi-
nant, while in the fourth
and fifth phases, the is-
sue of stray animals
dominated the electoral
discourse. The issue
dominated so much that
the PM had to explain it
and make a promise.
Mayawati right before
the fifth phase of polling
said that inflation and
unemployment are elec-
tion issues and this is a
good thing. In Uttara-
khand, the BJP certain-
ly raised the issue of
national security
, army
,
death of first CDS Gen-
eral Bipin Rawat etc.
But even there, people
remained adamant on
issues like inflation, un-
employment and local
problems.
OVERVIEW OF POLLS IN 5 STATES
PRESIDENT RAM NATH KOVIND
INAUGURATES AROGYA VANAM
INVIGORATING AYURVEDA!
President of India
@rashtrapatibhvn
EAM Dr S
Jaishankar last
night apprised
President Ram
Nath Kovind of
the progress of
#OperationGanga
for the evacuation
of Indian nationals
including students
from Ukraine.
Later the President
called Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi and lauded
the government’s
efforts.
President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurates the newly developed ‘Arogya Vanam’ at the President’s Estate, as Prime Minister Narendra
Modi and First Lady Savita Kovind look on, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
KOVIND CANCELS 3-NATION TOUR TO
SERBIA, JAMAICA AND SAINT VINCENT
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind has cancelled his
three-nation tour to Serbia, Jamaica and Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines, scheduled to begin today, people
familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The decision
was confirmed shortly after PM Narendra Modi met Presi-
dent Kovind on the sidelines of an event at the President’s
estate. “Yes, it is cancelled. The ministry of external
affairs(MEA) will have the details,’’ said a Rashtrapati
Bhawan spokesperson on Tuesday.
POLL PERCENTAGE IN UP SAME AS
IN 2017 ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
Lucknow (PTI): Vot-
ers’ turnout in almost
two-thirds of the As-
sembly seats during
five rounds of polling
in UP is more or less
thesameasinthe2017
polls, leaving political
parties and experts
guessing whether it’s
pro-incumbency or
anti-incumbency
votes. A look at the
voters’ turnout in the
2019 general elections
in the state also
doesn’t reflect much
of a difference. While
some attribute it to
coronavirus, others
say voters have tested
all the parties in the
polls and hence are
not enthused by new
poll promises.
Out of the seven-
phase polls, the im-
portantstatehascom-
pletedfiveroundsand
the rest two are lined
up on March 3 and
March 7. Results will
be declared on March
10 along with that of
Punjab, Uttrakhand,
Goa, and Manipur.
President Ram Nath Kovind in a conversation with Prime Minister
Narendra Modi.

INDIA
06
CONG DEMANDS ALL PARTY MEET ON UKRAINE
At such a crucial time, PM should convene meeting; dialogue will help Indian Govt take best possible step forward, says Gaurav Gogoi
New Delhi (Agencies):
The Congress on Tues-
day demanded that the
governmentshouldcon-
vene all-party meet on
Ukraine and apprise
the situation to the par-
liamentarians.
Gaurav Gogoi, party
deputy leader in the
Lok Sabha said, “At
such a crucial time in
history, Prime Minister
Modi should convene
an all-party parliamen-
tary meeting on the
Russian-Ukraine war.
Such a dialogue will
help the Indian govern-
ment take the best pos-
sible step forward.”
The Congress has
been critical of the gov-
ernment’s evacuation
exercise and said it
should deter from mak-
ing it a public relations
exercise, “India has glo-
rious history of 30+
evacuations — “There
should be no politics on
ongoing evacuations
but at same time no
drum beating in elec-
tion rallies should be
done till every single
Indian stranded is res-
cued — GOI must pres-
sure Russia to ensure
safetyof Indianscaught
in crossfire.”
The Prime Minister
on Monday evening
chaired a high-level
meeting, his second on
Monday, to review the
ongoing efforts under
Operation Ganga to
bring back Indians
stranded in Ukraine,
and said that the entire
government machinery
is working round the
clock to ensure that all
Indian nationals there
are safe and secure.
India has never aban-
doned it’s citizens & al-
ways evacuated them
from war zones.
A family member of an Indian student, breaks down upon her arrival from Romania under Operation
Ganga due to the ongoing Ukraine-Russia crisis, at Mumbai Airport. —PHOTO BY ANI
Indians in Ukraine should stay put at
bomb shelters: Ex- Army chief Gen
New Delhi (ANI): Indi-
ans should stay put in
“bomb shelters” and
other safe locations in
Ukraine till arrange-
ments are made by In-
dian missions for their
evacuation and safe re-
turn, former Army
chief Gen NC Vij said.
His remarks came
amid rising tensions in
Ukraine in the wake of
Russian action.
“They (Indians) are
in bomb shelters and
other places. They
should not be moving
around on the roadside
looking for some ar-
raignment till the time
the immigration part is
organized, and the em-
bassy tells them about
it. When you reach the
immigration point, you
will be taken care of be-
cause there is some ar-
rangement already
done on the ground.
Thatisveryimportant,”
Gen Vij said.
‘It was like
hell’: Student
from Ukraine
after landing
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): A mother and
her son hug each
other after he
walked out of the
arrival terminal at
Delhi airport. The
teen, arrived from
Ukraine.
“It was like hell,”
the student said, on
a day an Indian stu-
dent lost his life
when Russian sol-
diers blew up a
Ukrainian govern-
ment building in
the east European
nation’s second-big-
gest city Kharkiv.
Shubhanshu nar-
rated the long jour-
ney he and hun-
dreds of Indian stu-
dents made to reach
the Romanian bor-
der and the difficul-
ties they faced as
they desperately
tried to get out of
Ukraine to neigh-
bouring countries.
FOREIGN MINISTER S JAISHANKAR WRITES TO
MPs ON EVACUATION OF INDIANS FROM UKRAINE
New Delhi: With
several MPs receiving
anxious calls from
families of Indian
nationals stuck in war-
hit Ukraine, External
Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar has asked
parliamentarians to
directly contact his of-
fice to flag “particular
concerns” and share
information about
such people. “Please
be assured that we are
taking cognizance of
all enquiries and in-
formation. All of them
will be attended to by
Team MEA representa-
tives on the ground,”
the Union minister
said in a letter sent out
to all MPs on Monday.
He also shared an e-
mail ID and WhatsApp
numbers on which the
MPs can share details.
Mostly students,
from Ukraine, which
has been attacked by
Russia. The govern-
ment decided to send
four ministers to
several neighbouring
countries of Ukraine to
coordinate the evacua-
tion exercise.
MARRIAGE AMID CONFLICT: UKRANIAN
WOMAN TIES KNOT IN HYDERABAD
Hyderabad: Thousands
of miles away from
her war-torn country, a
Ukrainian woman tied
the knot with a Hyderab-
adi here. At a time when
conflict has engulfed
Ukraine, a woman from
that country found her
love in Hyderabad. The
couple who entered the
wedlock before com-
ing to India last week
exchanged vows as
per Hindu customs at
a ceremony here on
Monday. Their love story
appeared straight from a
Bollywood flicker. It was
love at first sight when
Lyubov met Prateek in
Ukraine a few months
ago. They decided to
spend the rest of their
lives together with love.
However, the Russian
invasion spoiled their
plans.
Indian delegation in Pak for
annual Indus panel meeting
Islamabad: A 10-mem-
ber Indian delegation
has arrived in Pakistan
for the annual meeting
of the Permanent Com-
mission on Indus Wa-
ters (PCIW) and the two
sides will discuss
among other topics ar-
rangements about flood
flow information dur-
ing the current season
and finalise future pro-
grammes, meetings and
inspections.
The delegation, head-
ed by the Indian Com-
missioner for Indus Wa-
ters, arrived here via
Wagah border on Mon-
day to attend the annual
PCIW meeting being
organised by the office
of Pakistan’s Commis-
sioner for Indus Waters
under obligations of
the Indus Water Trea-
ty-1960, the Dawn news-
paper reported.
The meeting is sched-
uled for March 1-3 in
Islamabad. The Indian
delegation’s visit was
earlier scheduled for
mid-January, but it was
postponed at the re-
quest of India due to
Covid-related restric-
tions.
“The Indian delega-
tion entered the coun-
try via Wagah border
(Lahore) and then
reached Islamabad. The
delegation, headed by
Indian Commissioner
P.K. Saxena, includes
three female officers,” a
senior official of the of-
fice of Pakistan’s Com-
missioner for Indus Wa-
ters was quoted as say-
ing in the report.
This is the first time
since the signing of the
treaty that three female
officers will also be part
of the Indian delega-
tion, which will be ad-
vising the Indian Com-
missioner on various
issues during the meet-
ing.
The delegation will
comprise Saxena’s advi-
sors from the Central
Water Commission, the
Central Electricity Au-
thority, the National
Hydroelectric Power
Corporation and the
Ministry of External
Affairs.
The Pakistani official
said the participants
are set to discuss ar-
rangements regarding
communication of ad-
vance information
about flood flows dur-
ing the current season,
maintenance of free
flow of water into Sutlej
river and finalisation of
future programmes,
meetings and tours and
inspections.
The meeting is taking
place amid the chill in
bilateral relations over
the Kashmir issue.
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Protests
are taking place around
the world regarding
Russia’s attack on
Ukraine and the largest
and most effective dem-
onstrations are taking
place in Russia itself.
President Vladimir Pu-
tin attacked Ukraine on
the slogan of Russian
nationalism and a unit-
ed Russia. So, by law,
the whole country
should have come out in
support of him, but
there are demonstra-
tions against this attack
all over the country.
Demonstrations are
taking place in all the
countries of the world
against this barbaric at-
tack, except India. No
party or organisation in
India has decided its
stand on this. No one
felt the need to officially
support or oppose it,
and neither engage in
any demonstration. The
one protest reported in
India was done in front
of the Russian Embassy
in Delhi by the parents
of students who went to
study in Ukraine and
got trapped there.
Think, of the parties
in India and their ideo-
logical thinking! A sov-
ereign nation has been
attacked by another
country and there is no
reaction in India, the
largest democratic
country in the world!
By law, the parties
should have opposed
this barbaric attack.
Whatever be the stand
of the government. Re-
gardless of the compul-
sion in which the Indi-
an government is sup-
porting Russia, the
democratic parties can-
not have the same com-
pulsion as the govern-
ment. After all it is a
question of democracy
and a law based world
order! The stand of the
country’s communist
parties is also under-
standable, which are
still under the illusion
that China and Russia
are communist coun-
tries. But the silence of
Congress, BJP and oth-
er socialist parties and
NGOs working in hun-
dreds cannot be under-
stood. The country
should have come to a
boil in protest against
the kind of barbarism.
But there is such si-
lence, as if nothing is
happening. This si-
lence, in future, could
turn out to be a ‘diffi-
cult proposition’ for In-
dia as well.
RUSSIA-UKRAINE CRISIS POSES A DILEMMA FOR INDIA!
SITTING ON THE FENCE
NO PROTEST YET
A delegation of Indian officials left for Pakistan via the Attari-Wagah border on Monday to take part
in the 117th annual meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission (inset).
CRUCIAL READ
JOINT ENTRANCE EXAMINATION MAIN
2022 TO BE HELD TWICE; IN APRIL, MAY
New Delhi: The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)
Main dates for the 2022 exams have been an-
nounced. The National
Testing Agency (NTA)
will conduct JEE Main
2022 twice. The first
session of JEE Main
2022 will be held in
April while the second
session has been scheduled to be conducted in May.
The applications for JEE Main 2022 will start from
today, March 1 and the last date to fill the JEE Main
2022 application form is March 31, 2022.
NITI AAYOG
DEVELOPING
NATIONAL
GENDER INDEX
New Delhi: Niti Aayog
is in the process of
developing a National
Gender Index to meas-
ure the progress and
identify the persisting
gaps in gender equality
to make informed policy
decisions. In its latest
annual report, Niti Aay-
og said the index will
serve as a tool to map
the progress of states
and UTs on defined
gender metrics and
build the foundation for
change. The index will
support policy action
and advocacy.
SACRED PORTALS
OF KEDARNATH
TEMPLE TO OPEN
ON MAY 6: REPORT
Ukhimath: The sacred
portals of Kedarnath
will open for devotees
this year at 6:25 am on
May 6. The auspicious
date and timing for the
opening of the Himala-
yan temple dedicated
to lord Shiva were an-
nounced after a brief
religious ceremony held
at Omkareshwar temple
on the occasion of Ma-
hashivaratri on Tuesday.
The temple gates will be
thrown open in Vrish-
chik Lagna, Badri-Kedar
temple committee of-
ficial Harish Gaud said.
IN THE COURTYARD
KERALA HIGH COURT VERDICT ON MEDIAONE
APPEAL AGAINST BAN LIKELY TODAY
Kochi: The Kerala High Court is likely to pronounce on
Wednesday its verdict on Malayalam news channel Media-
One’s appeal against a single judge order upholding the Cen-
tre’s decision to stop its telecast by not renewing its licence.
Besides the channel, appeals were also moved by some of
its employees, including its Editor, as well the Kerala Union
of Working Journalists whose pleas against the Centre’s
decision were also rejected by the single judge on February
8. According to the cause list uploaded on HC website, it will
pronounce the verdict in all three appeals on Wednesday.
SC: RETAILERS CAN’T ESCAPE BLAME FOR
QUALITY OF PACKAGED FOOD IN STORES
New Delhi: In a strong warning to retail chain stores, the
Supreme Court refused to reverse the conviction of a su-
perstore owner found guilty of keeping packaged foodgrain
with impermissible preservatives but agreed to consider
his release under Probation of Offenders Act. Appearing
for owners of Theni Anantham Super Store Wonder, senior
advocate Anitha Shenoy argued that her client was a mere
retailer and not producer of the foodgrain, which was found
to contain preservative sulphur-dioxide. “This does not
entail any injury to the consumer,” she argued.
SECURITY TO BE GIVEN
FOR DELHI LIQUOR VEND
New Delhi: The city police
have assured the Delhi
High Court that adequate
security would be provided
to a liquor vend and its
employees for ingress and
egress to the outlet and
no interference would be
caused by protestors in its
functioning. The submis-
sions were made by the
police during the hearing
on a petition by the owner
of a liquor vend.
HC ISSUES NOTICE ON
REMOVING TFI CHIEF
New Delhi: The Delhi High
Court on Monday issued
notice to the Central gov-
ernment, Indian Olympic
Association and others on
the plea moved by Odisha
Taekwondo Association
and others. The associa-
tion moved a plea seeking
a direction for appointment
of Administrator of India
Taekwondo and immediate
removal of Chairman, ad-
hoc committee of TFI.
—FILE PHOTO

NEWS
07
EFFLUENT
TREATMENT
PLANTS FOR
WATER
PURIFICATION
Another 20 MLD Effluent
Treatment Plants are to be
built in Jajmau to prevent the
water from the tanneries from
entering the Ganges and also to
purify the water from these
tanneries so that it could be used
for agricultural use. A total of Rs
419 crore is being spent on the
construction of these plants of
which Rs 25 crore is to be
contributed by the tannery
owners. The owners of these
tanneries were supposed to
deposit their contribution in seven
installments but till date, 42
tannery operators have not
deposited their contributions. If
they do not deposit this
contribution within 7 days, the
electricity & water connection of
their tannery will be disconnected.
If they continue to delay the
deposit, legal action would be
taken against them. During the
Maha Kumbh Mela and Magh
Mela, the tanneries were either
closed or operated according to
the roster to control the pollution
caused by them. This resulted in
them suffering financially. At
present 9 MLD treatment plants
are operational, & receive more
water than capacity. This is the
reason that another 20 MLD
treatment plants are being set up
under the Namami Gange Mission
on the orders of the NGT. The
project was approved on 13 July
2017, and it was e decided that
the tannery operators would also
contribute to the construction of
these tanneries but till date, only
380 tannery owners have
contributed & 42 have not made
any contribution.
—Sumit Awasthi
` 415 CR FOR
APEX TRAUMA
CENTER WITH
AIR AMBULANCE
FACILITY
An Apex Trauma Centre at
GSVM Medical College will be
set up at a cost of Rs 415 crore
for which the central government
will be providing the budget with
the help of National Health
Mission (NHM). On the initiative
of the central government & on
the instruction of the state
government, the proposal for the
Apex Trauma Centre was prepared
again by the Construction and
Design Services Limited (C&DS)
which has resulted in the increase
in the budget by Rs 142 crore and
includes provision for the landing
of air ambulance on the upper
floor of the seven-story trauma
center. MP Devendra Singh Bhole
had raised the issues of the
establishment of trauma centers
in the parliament. The Apex
Trauma Centre will be a seven-
story building with two basements
with the ground floor acting as
one of the basements. There will a
total of 4 floors after the ground
floor with ICU and modular OT on
the seventh floor. The ground
floor will have MRI, CT scan,
X-ray, and ultrasound, and a 50-
bed disaster management ward
and the second floor will have an
OPD. The trauma centre will have
6 departments like Orthopedic
Department, General Surgery
Department, Anesthesia
Department, Neurosurgery
Department, Dentistry
Department, Radiodiagnostic
Department being created along
with the creation of 4 new
departments of cardiac thoracic
vascular surgery, department of
plastic surgery, department of
emergency medicine and
department of traumatology and
surgery. —Sumit Awasthi
BJP HAS PROBLEMS WITH MY FAMILY: PRIYANKA
TheCongGenSecy’ssharprebuttalcameduringanelectionprogrammeinKushinagardistrictaheadofMarch3polls
Kushinagar (PTI):
On a day Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi tar-
geted political dynasts
during electioneering
in Uttar Pradesh, Con-
gress leader Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra on Mon-
day said the BJP was
only against her fami-
ly
, which has not bowed
down to it. The Con-
gress general secre-
tary’s sharp rebuttal
came during an elec-
tion programme in the
Tamkuhi Raj area of
Kushinagar district
where she campaigned
for her party candi-
dates ahead of the
March 3 assembly
polls. In his speech in
Maharajganj, PM Modi
had called out ghor
pariwarvadis (staunch
dynasts) in an attack
aimed at the Samajwa-
di Party. In the same
speech, Modi gave sev-
eral examples to stress
how dynasts cared only
for their family inter-
ests while the BJP
worked for the welfare
of the poor and de-
prived sections of the
society
. While address-
ing an election rally in
Kushinagar, Priyanka
Gandhi said, They talk
of the dynasty when all
the children of politi-
cians have moved to
their own party! Which
dynasty were they
against or abstaining
from? They were
against only my family
because my family will
never bow down to
them. They know this
that even if they kill
us, we are neither go-
ing to compromise
with the BJP nor bow
down to them, she add-
ed. Her remark comes
in the wake of several
prominent second-gen-
eration politicians like
Jyotiraditya Scindia,
Jitin Prasada, R P N
Singh switching over
to the BJP from the
Congress in recent
times. Priyanka Gand-
hi, who is leading the
electoral battle in Ut-
tar Pradesh for the
Congress, which is
contesting the state
polls solo after three
decades, said her party
was concerned about
the UP and the country
.
My ancestors and your
ancestors, the forefa-
thers of the people of
this state got India her
freedom. Was the free-
dom earned, develop-
ment done, institutions
raised so that one day
these people could sell
the country? So that
the youth of the coun-
try would be jobless
and without any sup-
port, she said.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra waits in a
queue to offer prayers at Sihari Shiva Temple on the occasion
of Maha Shivaratri, in Lucknow on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
MY GRANDMOTHER, FATHER LAID DOWN
LIVES FOR THE NATION, SAYS PRIYANKA
During her speech, Priyanka Gandhi also said
she was being targeted with allegations of being
linked to terrorism despite her father Rajiv Gan-
dhi and grandmother Indira Gandhi, both former
prime ministers, sacrificing their lives for the
country. Identify the leaders who laid their lives
for the country. The leaders whom these people
call terrorists. Fingers are raised at my family,
they say we are connected with terrorism, she
rued. And then she asserted, I said yes, I am
linked with terrorism because my father was
shot dead by terrorists, my grandmother was
assassinated by terrorists. My father and grand-
mother lost their lives for this country and they,
who are selling all public properties and running
a government for big industrialists, today they
are pointing fingers at them, she added.
When we come to the people, we speak
the truth and say it from our hearts. I
say from the heart because I care
about you, I am worried for this state
and the country. —Priyanka Gandhi
2 held for
thrashing
man for
supporting
Yogi-Modi
First India Bureau
Barabanki: A man was
beaten in Muslim domi-
nated area for support-
ing CM Yogi & PM Modi
in Gulchappa Kala vil-
lage under the Dariabad
area. Police sources said
some miscreants at-
tacked Guddu Rawat
when he praised Yogi &
Modi. Police have ar-
rested Saleem & Adeem
after registering a case
against them. Mean-
while, villagers protest-
edagainstthepoliceand
demanded actions
against other miscre-
ants. Police said that it
was a matter of election
rivalry and further in-
vestigations are on.
Battle of the bastions in phase 6 of UP polls
First India Bureau
Lucknow: From BJP’s
stronghold Gorakhpur
to Bahujan Samaj Par-
ty’s (BSP) Ambedkar-
nagar to Samajwadi
Party’s (SP) Azamgarh,
the last two legs of Uttar
Pradesh election on
March 3 and March 7
will be the battle of bas-
tions. The polling in the
sixth phase will be held
on March 3 in 57 assem-
bly constituencies in 10
districts including
Ambedkarnagar, Bal-
rampur, Siddharth-
nagar, Basti, Sant Kabir
Nagar, Maharajganj,
Gorakhpur,Kushinagar,
Deoria and Ballia.
Voting in the last and
seventh phase will take
place on March 7 in 54
assembly constituen-
cies in nine districts
including Azamgarh,
Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazi-
pur, Chandauli, Vara-
nasi, Mirzapur, Bhado-
hi, and Sonbhadra. Will
the Opposition manage
to dent Yogi’s fortress
of Gorakhpur, where
other key contestants
such as Bhim Army’s
Chandrashekar Azad
and Samajwadi Party’s
Subhavati Shukla seek
to penetrate the Chief
Minister’s bastion? Sa-
majwadi Party, in an
attempt to woo Brah-
min voters, has fielded
Sabhavati Shukla (wife
of late Upendra Shukla
who contested the Lok
Sabha bypoll on BJP
ticket in 2018- the only
time that BJP lost this
seat since 1989). SP is
also targeting some
sympathy votes in the
name of Upendra Shuk-
la. Azad Samaj Party’s
founder Chandrashek-
har Azad Raavan is also
contesting on this seat.
His candidature is be-
ing seen more like an
attempt to get media
attention rather than
votes. BSP, interesting-
ly, has fielded a Muslim
candidate Khwaja
Shamsuddin against
Yogi Adityanath, which
is also being seen as an
attempt to further pola-
rise the seat and to
make it even easier for
Yogi Adityanath as well
as the BJP. Congress
has fielded Chetna Pan-
dey whom the locals
feel that Congress has
fielded just for the sake
of formality. The con-
test, so far, appears to
be completely bipolar
between BJP &
SP. The seat has tra-
ditionally stayed with
BJP and there still
seems to be no big chal-
lenge for the BJP. Since
1989, BJP hasn’t lost
this seat except for 2002.
But to term that as
defeat would be unfair.
Current MLA Radha
Mohan Das Agarwal
contested on Akhil
Bhartiya Hindu Ma-
hasabha ticket and won
this seat but he had full
backing of Yogi Aditya-
nath (sitting MP from
Gorakhpur). BJP’s Shiv
Pratap Shukla lost the
election but that was an
entirely different story
.
Radha Mohan Das
Agarwal contested on
BJP ticket in 2007, 2012
and 2017 and in all of
these elections it was
just a battle of margin
for the BJP.
Paramilitary personnel deployed to Siddharthnagar & Kushinagar
for the 6th phase of UP Assembly elections on Tuesday.
MORE OF MARGIN THAN WINNING OR LOSING
2 minor kids
from Deoria
found dead
First India Bureau
Deoria: 2 teenag-
ers from Shahpur
v i l l a g e
reached Haldiya
village under the
VijayipurinGopal-
ganj district Bihar
where their friend
gave poison & they
died in hospital
during treat-
ment. Police said
that 15-years-old
Kishan and Ajay
residents of Shah-
pur village attend-
ed a party of their
friends. Both teen-
agers informed
their parents that
their friends gave
poison & are in
verybadcondition.
Later, family mem-
bersof bothrushed
tothespotandboth
youths were re-
ferred to Deoria
hospital. Kishore
died on the way to
the hospital while
Kishansuccumbed
while treat-
ment. Police said
that investigations
are on & actions
will taken.
—REPRESENTATIONAL
IMAGE
With 1,381m-long ‘chadar’,
Urs of Shah Jahan concludes
First India Bureau
Agra: The three-day
Urs of Mughal Emper-
or Shah Jahan at the
Taj Mahal concluded
on Tuesday. Tourists
got free entry to the Taj
Mahal till sunset on
Tuesday due to Urs. A
1,381-metre-long cha-
dar was offered on the
last day of the 367
“Urs” of Mughal em-
peror Shah Jahan at
his grave on the Taj
Mahal premises on
Tuesday. The three-day
“Urs” began on Sun-
day. The ‘Hindustani
Satrangi chadar’ be-
came the centre of at-
traction for tourists as
it was brought into the
monument and taken
towards the mausole-
um. Khuddam-e-Roza
Committee President
Tahiruddin Tahir said
that on the last day of
Shahjahan Urs, 1381
meters long Hindu-
stani Satrangi Chadar
was presented in the
afternoon. Along with
chadars, sheets of flow-
ers & pearls were also
offered. In 3 days,
about one & a half lakh
tourists saw the Taj.
1,381 meters long ‘chadar’ at Taj Mahal on the last day of
three-day Urs of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan.
Thousands of devotees immerse in Mahashivratri celebrations
Agra: From the early
hours of Tuesday, there
were long queues of
devotees to perform Jal-
abhishek of Lord Bho-
lenath in the pagodas.
Thousands of Kanwari-
yas arrived with Ganga-
jal from Soronji.
Kailash Mahadev Tem-
ple, Rajeshwar Ma-
hadev Temple, Prithvi-
nath Mahadev Temple,
and Balkeshwar Ma-
hadev Temple are beau-
tifully decorated. This
year, on Mahashivratri,
after 120 years, Pancha-
grahi Yoga has been
formed. According to
Vedic astrology, when
five planets are togeth-
er in the same zodiac, it
is called Panchagrahi
Yoga. Simultaneously,
Kedar and Gajakesari
yogas are being formed,
which are fruitful.
IPS Satyanarayan & his wife at Kailash temple in Agra.
ASP Satyanarayan and his
wife Shobha inaugurate fair
SPECIAL WORSHIP
DONE IN FOUR STAGES
Agra: On the holy festival of Ma-
hashivratri, the temple has been
decorated lavishly for the worship of
Mahashivratri in the historical Shiva
temple Kailash temple in Agra. On
the festival of Mahashivratri, a fair is
organized for the devotees who come
to visit the Kailash temple. The fair
was inaugurated by cutting the lace
by ASP Satyanarayan Singh and his
wife Shobha Singh.
Mahant Gaurav Giri of Kailash temple
told that Aarti has special significance
in the 4 pahar on Shivratri. In the first
pahar, Baba is anointed with milk. In
the second half, abhishekam is done
with sugarcane juice & grand makeup
is done. These are followed by aarti.
In the 3rd pahar, Baba is consecrated
with the juice of 5 fruits. Bhang is
offered & in the 4th watch, Holi is
performed with the devotees present.
—PHOTO
BY
ANI

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2NDFRONT
BJP trying to settle score with Maurya for his defection at the time of election
Ballia(PTI): Samajwa-
di Party (SP) chief
Akhilesh Yadav on
Tuesday said the on-
going Uttar Pradesh
Assembly elections
seem ed to be of “ch-
halia” (deceit) versus
Ballia.
Addressing an elec-
tion meeting in the
Phephana assembly
constituency, Yadav
said, “The BJP had
promised to double
the income of farmers
if voted to power.
Farmers should say if
their income has dou-
bled? Are the farmers
getting fertilisers?
Are their crops pur-
chased on MSP?”
“People of Ballia
know how many times
the BJP has cheated
them. They have
cheated you so many
times that this elec-
tion is appearing to be
of ‘chhalia’ versus
Ballia,” he said.
The BJP’s partners
have also come to
know of its lies, the
SP chief said, intensi-
fying his attack on the
ruling party.
“The people of Bal-
lia have always given a
new direction to poli-
tics. This is not an or-
dinary election. This
is an election to save
the Constitution and
the democracy. I am
happy that along with
‘samajwadis’, ‘Ambed-
karwadis’ are involved
in saving the democra-
cy and the Constitu-
tion,” he said.
If the SP is voted
to power, the pace of
development will be
accelerated, and it will
lead to prosperity of
farmers and jobs
for the youth, Yadav
added.
Akhileshstirsfarmers’emotionsoverBJP’sallegedfailedpromises
CHHALIA VS BALLIA

People of Ballia
know how many
times the BJP
has cheated
them, the SP
chief said Supporters at Akhilesh Yadav’s rally in Ballia on Tuesday.
CONFIDENT SWAMI FACES BJP,
BSPHEAT ONFAZILNAGARSEAT
First India Bureau
Lucknow: With elec-
tion battle reaching Pur-
vanchal, the Fazilnagar
constituency in Kushi-
nagar has come under
“double attack” of rul-
ingBJPandBSPagainst
SP candidate former
minister Swami Prasad
Maurya who had defect-
ed from the BJP in Jan-
uary last.
The constituency
goes to poll in sixth
phase on March 3. While
the BJP has been trying
to settle score with Mau-
rya for his defection,
BSP chief Mayawati has
stillnotforgottenhowhe
had left the party before
2017 polls and joined the
BJP
. Thus Maurya, who
shifted from Padrauna
seat to adjoining Fazil-
nagar, and was under
impression that demo-
graphic combination
would make his victory
easy
, has been facing
stiff competition from
the rivals.
WhiletheBSPhasmo-
bilised cadre from Pur-
vanchal to take on Mau-
rya,theBJPdeployedDy
CM Keshav Prasad Mau-
rya to campaign against
him. Swami Prasad is
pitted against BJP’s
Surendra Kushwaha,
BSP’s Ilyas Ansari, who
deserted the SP to con-
test on BSP ticket and
Sunil alias Manoj Singh
of Congress.
Addressing a gather-
ing in Fazilnagar, Kes-
hav Maurya asked the
people not to waste their
vote and ensure victory
of Surendra Kushwaha,
whose father Ganga
Singh Kushwaha is sit-
ting BJP MLA. Keshav
Prasad Maurya, who
wasinstrumentalinrop-
ing in Swami Prasad
MauryafromBSPtoBJP
in 2016, assailed him for
resorting to politics of
opportunism. Though
caughtintriangularcon-
test Swami Prasad is
however confident. He
saidinvictorychariotin
whichSPchief Akhilesh
Yadav’s role was that of
“Krishna” he was like
“Arjun” to destroy the
BJPinUP
.Largelybank-
ing on SP promise of
caste census, problems
of straycattleandunem-
ployment,Mauryahopes
to score the seat for SP
.
Kushinagar has be-
come major attraction
with Swami Prasad
Maurya and Congress
deserter RPN Singh, 58,
joining the turf war to
brow beat each other on
Fazilnagar seat. Since
both are prominent
OBC leaders of the area
hectic efforts are on by
the BJP and SP to win
the support of these
communities.
BJP workers garland UP Dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya during an
election campaign rally for UP polls, in Moradabad. —FILE PHOTO
MAURYA ALLEGES ATTACK ON
CONVOY BY BJP WORKERS
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Swami
Prasad Maurya, a
former minister in
the Yogi Aditya-
nath-led BJP govern-
ment who recently
switched over to the
SP, on Tuesday al-
leged that his convoy
was attacked by BJP
workers during a
roadshow in Kushi-
nagar.
Sanghmitra Mau-
rya, his daughter and
BJP MP, also alleged
that she was stopped
by BJP workers while
she was on her way to
see her father after
receiving the news of
the attack.
According to the
reports, BJP and SP
workers clashed in
Kushinagar on Tues-
day evening, the last
day of campaigning
for the sixth phase of
the UP elections, as
the convoy of Mau-
rya and BJP’s Fazil-
nagar candidate
Surendra Singh
Kushwaha came face-
to-face. Supporters
from both the sides
got aggressive, lead-
ing to stone-pelting,
in which several ve-
hicles were damaged.
Tweet war between
Akhilesh and Raja
Bhaiya intensifies
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Retaliat-
ing on a tweet of SP
president Akhilesh
Yadav in which he
had alleged that fake
voting occurred in
Kunda area, local
MLA and Jansatta
Dal (Democratic)
chief Raghuraj Prat-
ap Singh alias Raja
Bhaiya condemned
his allegations.
Akhilesh had
tweeted a photograph
anddemandedcancel-
lation of election in
Kunda while alleging
that fake voting was
conducted there. The
tweet was deleted af-
ter a while but the
damage was done.
With demand of
cancellation of elec-
tion in Kunda, Akh-
ilesh Yadav also de-
manded immediate
actions against cul-
prits. Later it was re-
vealed that the video
was from Haryana
2019 election follow-
ingwhichheremoved
tweet from his ac-
count.
Replying on his
tweet Raja Bhaiya
said “Being national
president of a politi-
cal party and senior
political leader Akh-
ileshji,suchhatredin
politics is not good”.
Akhilesh Yadav Raja Bhaiya
6thphaseAssemblypollsalitmustest
fortopleadersacrosspartylines
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: The cycle of
UP elections has en-
tered Purvanchal. Polit-
ical stalwarts are going
through a tough contest
in the sixth phase of
elections. In this phase,
UP CM Yogi Adityanath
is in the electoral fray,
the public is also going
to decide the fate of
Leader of Opposition
Ramgovind Chaudhary
and Congress State
President Ajay Kumar
Lallu.
Electoral contest is
going to be held on the
coming Thursday for 57
assembly seats in ten
districts of the eastern
part of UP. In the 2017
elections, 46 of these
seats were won by the
BJP and two by its allies
Apna Dal and Om-
prakash Rajbhar-led
SBSP. SP got two, BSP
five and Congress could
get only one seat. Now
political equations have
changed Omprakash
Rajbhar’s party is con-
testing in alliance with
SP. CM Yogi Aditya-
nath, who is contesting
the assembly elections
for the first time, is con-
testing from Gorakh-
pur, the safest strong-
hold of BJP. To make
his way difficult, SP has
fielded Subhavati Shuk-
la, wife of late Upendra
Dutt Shukla, an influen-
tial BJP leader.
BJP turncoat Swami
Prasad Maurya is in the
fray as a SP candidate
from Fazilnagar seat of
Kushinagar. The BJP
has fielded sitting MLA
Ganga Singh Kushwa-
ha’s son Surendra
Kushwaha for his fight.
BSP has given a tough
fight to Maurya by field-
ing rebel SP leader Ilyas
Ansari from here.
In Ballia’s Bansdih
seat, SP veteran
Ramgovind Chaudhary
could win by a very
small margin from in-
dependent candidate
Ketki Singh last time.
This time Ketki Singh
is the BJP candidate.
Dr. Asimkumar of
BJP’s ally Nishad Party
is presenting a tough
challenge before Con-
gress state president
Ajay Kumar Lallu, who
is hoping to score a hat-
trick of victory from
Tamkuhiraj seat of
Kushinagar.
Yogi Adityanath Ajay Kumar Lallu
CREDIBILITY OF SEVERAL
MINISTERS AT STAKE
The credibility of the
ministers of Yogi cabi-
net is at stake. Among
them, Satish Dwivedi,
Surya Pratap Shahi,
Upendra Tiwari, Shriram
Chauhan, JP Singh, JP
Nishad and Ram Swa-
roop Shukla are promi-
nent. Apart, Leader of
Opposition Ram Govind
Chaudhary, former
Speaker Mata Prasad
Pandey, BSP turncoats
Lalji Verma, Ram Achal
Rajbhar are in the
fray. Former ministers
Rammurthy Verma, Raj
Kishore Singh have a
tough electoral test in
this phase. Elections are
to be held on the seats
of Ambedkarnagar, Bal-
rampur, Siddharthnagar,
Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar,
Maharajganj, Gorakh-
pur, Kushinagar, Deoria
and Ballia districts.
Rajbhar alleges
BSP fighting polls
only to help BJP
Mubarakpur (PTI):
Thenamesof BSPcandi-
dates were decided in
Home Minister Amit
Shah’sroomandthepar-
tyisfightingtheUPpolls
with an aim to helping
the BJP
, alleged SBSP
chief Om Prakash Ra-
jbhar, while cautioning
people against voting in
favour of the Mayawa-
ti-led party
.
The Suheldev Bharti-
ya Samaj Party (SBSP)
chief also slammed Yogi
Adityanath over his re-
peated bulldozer jibes,
saying “will put his bull-
dozer on pokland (ma-
chine), and send it back
to his home”.
Rajbhar said people
had made up their mind
for a change of govern-
ment,andexpressedcon-
fidence that the SP-led
alliance of which his
party is a part will get a
clear majority
.
Onclaimsthathispar-
ty may again join hands
with the BJP after the
polls, Rajbhar said the
BJP people were “the
biggest liars”.
BSPunderpressuretoretain
itsAmbedkarNagarbastion
M Tariq Khan
Lucknow: Switching
sides has always been a
part of the poll scenario
and turncoats invari-
ablyspiceupthecontest.
Not surprising there-
fore, after Amethi, the
most closely watched
battle of party hoppers
would be in Ambedkar
Nagar, one of the re-
maining few bastions of
the BSP, which goes to
hustings the sixth phase
UP assembly elections
2022 on March 3.
Voters in the district
did not change their po-
litical preference and
voted for the BSP when
thepartyfacedaroutein
2017 polls. The party
won three out of the five
seats in Ambedkar
Nagar district - Akbar-
pur, Katehari and Jalal-
pur (though in the
by-election Jalalpur
went to SP). The big
question is will BSP
manage to retain its
stronghold this time
also, specially when its
regional party satraps
have switched loyalties
andjoinedtheSP?These
turncoats include
Tribhuvan Dutt (con-
testing from Alapur),
RakeshPandey (contest-
ing from Jalalpur), Ak-
barpur MLA Ram Achal
Rajbhar (contesting
from Akbarpur), Kate-
hari MLA Lal Ji Verma
(contesting from Kate-
hari).
“Their exit in a series
may not impact the BSP
so much on the ground
but it will definitely
mount psychological
pressure on the party
managers and demor-
alise the cadres,” says
Abhinav Pandey
, a jour-
nalist who has closely
followed the political de-
velopments.
Another assembly
seat Tanda, where BJP
has changed its ticket
and placed faith in Kapil
Deo Verma. SP has field-
ed former MLA from
Akbarpur Ram Murti
Verma. BSP initially
fieldedManojVermabut
when SP announced
RamMurtiVerma’scan-
didature, the former
changed its candidate
and fielded 3 term inde-
pendent chairman from
Ashrafpur Kichauchha
Shabana Khatoon who
joined BSP immediately
after she was denied SP
ticket.
The situation is simi-
lar on other seats too. In
Akbarpur its sitting
MLA Ram Achal Ra-
jbhar who will contest
on SP ticket for the first
time vs Chandra
Prakash Verma contest-
ing on BSP ticket who
contested on BJP ticket
last time vs Dharmraj
Nishad contesting on
BJP ticket who contest-
ed on BSP ticket last
time from Goshainganj
assembly seat.
The life skills one develops through
experience and on-ground
learning, are more help than the ‘
taught’ ones.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, First India
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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You will succeed in
resolving misunderstanding
with family members,
normalizing ties. Seek
proper valuation of the property you
are planning to buy. You will remain
much in demand on social front. You
need to stand by romantic partner
during hard times.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
You will have an awesome
day today .Continue to put
in efforts at work and you
will see promising
opportunities coming your way.
Matrimonial match for siblings will
bring happiness for entire family. You
will get a good price for your
property.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Some of you are going to
experience emotional
fulfillment on romantic
front. Yoga would help in
raising energy levels. Place emphasis
on domestic affairs to enhance the
domestic tranquility and harmony.
Associating yourself with
humanitarian groups.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Investment antiques and
jewellery would bring
handsome financial gains.
On professional front,
recognition for good work would
motivate you to work harder. Those
awaiting an affirmation on romantic
front are likely to get lucky today, as
partner responds positively.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Your hard work and
dedication are likely to be
noticed by seniors, paving
way for promotion or
increment. Family will be supportive
of career aspirations. A promising
day overall as you stay in limelight
without any efforts. Harsh words
may create a rift in your relationship.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
A sound financial health of
businessmen would enable
to give monetary benefits to
employees. Your sole
dependency on friends may fail to
bring any respite from loneliness today.
It is good day to confess your love as
stars appear favourable for positive
reply.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Seek the opinion of your
family before finalizing a
property deal. An
impromptu invitation to a
function from an unexpected friend is
likely to be received. Your bold
initiatives on romantic front bring
back passion and spark in romantic
relationship.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
You succeed in completing
an important project well
before deadline. Disagree-
ments on the family front
are foreseen. Be careful about the
legal apprehensions in the property
you are planning to buy. Your
intuition will save you from a tricky
spot today.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Paying special attention to
plan your career would
give immense joy. You are
likely to get clearance or
approval for your construction plans.
You find things moving in the way
you want them. Gifting something to
your beloved is likely to make the day
memorable.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Those suffering from
chronic ailments may find
remarkable improvement
in their health with home
remedies. Minor domestic disputes
may snowball into a major row.
Rewards and recognition will come
your way for your involvement in a
social endeavour.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Implementation of new
ideas and projects would
add to your prestige on the
professional front. A sound
monetary position would enable you
to keep pace with changing times.
Avoid raising controversial issues at
home. It is a wonderful day to build
new connections.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Health tips from an expert
will enable you to get
closer to your fitness
goals. Chances of being
misled by competitors in business
are high, so remain alert. Your
generous behavior would enable to
enjoy some lovely moments with
family.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
wife, who has
been married
for 25 years
says, “I like
when my hus-
band doesn’t of-
fer solutions
right away
. He doesn’t
even have to find out
why the problem arose.
I just want him to listen
to me.”
Since open ears are
not visible like open
eyes or an open mouth,
how can one show one’s
partner that he/she is
listening? One way is by
mirroring or active lis-
tening. This involves
both the speaker and lis-
tener understanding
each other. By paying
careful attention with-
out judging, criticizing
or disputing, one can
listen to the feelings be-
hind the words.
“When we talk about
our problems,” says a
wife married for 30
years. “I always listen so
I can understand my
husband’s thoughts and
feelings.” When one
partner speaks, it is
time to keep quiet and
listen with empathy
.
Listening with empa-
thy helps one to feel his
or her partner’s deepest
emotions. It creates an
atmosphere of trust, re-
spect and dignity where
the opinions of each are
valued. One partner can
sense the level of re-
spect by the way the
other person listens.
Some men and wom-
en hesitate to express
themselves and get un-
comfortable if their
partner pressurizes
them to talk. A wife re-
cently married discov-
ered that her husband
takes a long time to open
up and share his
thoughts. She says, “I
have to be patient and
wait for him to express
naturally
.”
When a partner
speaks, the other must
resist the urge to reply
immediately
. One can
ask, “Did you feel that I
was listening to you?”
Some husbands often
say to their wives, “You
never listen to me!” But
the wife replies, “I do!”
Later, she may realize
missing important de-
tailsof theconversation,
even though thinking
that she was listening.
At times one can be
tired or distracted with
other matters on one’s
mind which can hamper
listeningability
.Bycare-
fullyobservingbodylan-
guage, eye movement
and tone of voice, mis-
understandings can be
prevented from develop-
ing. Feigning to listen
can be very hurtful.
A man married for
over 40 years advises,
“Keep listening even if
your partner is criticis-
ing you. This involves
patience but it benefits.”
It reflects thoughtful-
ness. If one partner
talks while the other
one is in another room,
will he or she hear prop-
erly? It is better to avoid
speaking till one gets
undivided attention and
circumstances are con-
ducive for listening.
When the wife says,
“You never spend any
time with me!” The hus-
band can get irritated
and deny the charge. “I
spent a whole day with
you last week.” But if
the husband would lis-
ten empathetically, he
will know that his wife
is not really asking for
more minutes or hours.
Instead, she wants at-
tention because she
feels neglected.
If the husband ex-
presses his concern
over a recent purchase
by saying, “Why did you
spend that much mon-
ey?” The wife may im-
pulsively defend herself
with facts regarding the
finances or by compar-
ing her shopping with
one of the husband’s
purchases. But deep
thinking will help her to
see that he may not be
talking about the
amount. Instead, he
could be troubled since
he was not aware or was
left out of the decision-
making process.
Our being willing to
listenmakesiteasierfor
the other person to talk.
Listening first is a way
to get others to listen to
us. Making such sympa-
thetic statements as
“that must have been
upsetting” or “you must
have had a tough day,”
can be a soothing balm
for the other partner.
A husband married
for 10 years says, “I
switchoff thetelevision,
putdownthenewspaper
and keep the mobile
aside when my wife
speaks to me. I patiently
listen even if means lis-
tening to the same
things over and over
again.”Makinganeffort
to see one’s partner as
he/sheis,notaswewant
him/her to be, reflects
real consideration.
It is in the hands of a
man or a woman to
make their marriage
weak or strong. By be-
ing open and consulting
together, trust can be
built. In time, a couple
can weave a priceless
tapestry of history that
each can cherish. Pat-
terns of kind listening,
if ingrained, remain in-
tact even if emotions
run high during disa-
greements, minimizing
long-lasting damage.
The ability to listen
does not come naturally
.
It requires effort and
care. Keenly listening to
each other fosters coop-
eration that adds beauty
to any relationship and
is an important signpost
on the road to marital
happiness.
MARITAL BLUES: Are You Listening?
REKHA KUMAR
The writer is a personal
development skills facilitator.
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