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Vaccination begins for 15-18 age group, CM Yogi announces holiday
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath
on Monday reviewed
the vaccination drive
for children aged 15-18
at Civil Hospital in the
state capital and ex-
pressed satisfaction at
the overwhelming re-
sponse from the eligible
beneficiaries.
“There are 1.4 crore
children in the age
group of 15-18 in the
state including 3.2 lakh
in Lucknow and as
many as 2,150 booths
have been set up to vac-
cinate the children in a
hassle-free manner,”
stated the Chief Minis-
ter while taking stock
of the arrangements at
the Civil Hospital vac-
cination centre.
In a bid to encourage
the children to take the
Covid vaccine, CM Yogi
announced a holiday
for children on the next
day of their taking the
vaccine.
The vaccination
drive for priority inocu-
lation of children be-
tween 15 and 18 years of
age with on-the-spot
registration of the ben-
eficiaries kicked off on
Monday with a major
turnout at all the booths
across Uttar Pradesh,
with more than 1.50
lakh children adminis-
tered the first vaccine
dose.
Ensuring presence
of adequate medical re-
sources to fight the an-
ticipated third Covid-19
wave with complete
preparedness, CM Yogi
said, “Adequate num-
ber of hospital beds
and vaccine doses are
available in Uttar
Pradesh. The State
Government is fully
prepared. Only 8 cases
of Omicron have been
reported in the state,
out of which 3 pa
tients are fully recov-
ered.” The CM reiter-
ated the importance of
double masking, dis-
tancing and hand hy-
giene and said that the
mask should seal the
air passage around the
nose and mouth for
proper protection.
“Omicron spreads fast
but causes very mild
disease. The virus has
weakened. It is like vi-
ral fever but precau-
tions are necessary.
However, there is no
need to panic,” he said.
Committed to strength-
ening the existing and
to expand the health
and medical infrastruc-
ture in the state, CM
Yogi said, “UP has
made significant pro-
gress from getting the
first Covid test con-
ducted from the lab at
National Institute of
Virology, Pune in 2020
to becoming the leader
by conducting maxi-
mum Covid tests in the
country.”
SAFETY NET GETS BIGGER
CM Yogi Adityanath at the Covid19 vaccination centre for 15-18 age group at Shyama Prasad
Mukherjee Civil Hospital on Monday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
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Cngress leader Priyanka Gandhi took to
Twitter to state that she will remain in isola-
tion for a few days. “A member of my fam-
ily and one of my staff have tested positive.
I have tested negative,” wrote Priyanka.
All parties in Bihar, except the BJP, have made
known their stance on conducting a headcount
of castes in the state, Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar said on Monday. He, however, made it
clear he was “not blaming” his ally.
The Sensex surged 929 points higher at 59,183
while Nifty rose 1.6% finish above 17,600. Global
stock markets and U.S. futures were mostly higher
on 2022’s first trading day after Wall Street ended
last year with a double-digit gain.
PRIYANKSA IN
ISOLATION AFTER
FAMILY MEMBER,
STAFF TEST +VE
BJP’S STAND
AWAITED ON
BIHAR’S CASTE
SURVEY: NITISH
SENSEX
SURGES OVER
900 POINTS IN
NEW YEAR
LAKHIMPUR KHERI VIOLENCE
...SIT CHARGESHEET AGAINST
MoS MISHRA’S SON, 13 OTHERS
l Accused
faces murder,
conspiracy
charges
l This is the first chargesheet in the
October 3 case. Mishra’s car was
allegedly part of the convoy that ran over
a farmers’ march against the agri laws
5,000-PAGE
Mohd Fahad
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh Police on Mon-
day filed a chargesheet
against Union Minister
of State Ajay Mishra’s
son Ashish Mishra and
13 others, under charges
including murder and
attempt to murder, in
the Lakhimpur Kheri
incident that left four
farmers and a journal-
ist dead.
Of the14chargesheet-
ed by the police SIT, 13,
including Ashish, are in
jail. The one not in jail
is Virendra Kumar
Shukla, who is named
for alleged destruction
of evidence. Sources
said Shukla is Mishra’s
distant relative and
block pramukh, and the
SIT has sent him a no-
tice. Senior prosecuting
officer SP Yadav said
the SIT had filed a 5,000-
page chargesheet, and
the details will be
known after studying it.
FLASHBACK
CHARGES PRESSED
October 3, 2021: MoS (Home)
Ajay Mishra Teni was on a visit to
inaugurate government schemes
in Banbirpur village. Several pro-
testers were blocking the road to
restrict their passage in Tikunia
village of Lakhimpur Kheri when
an SUV, allegedly belonging
to Ashish Teni, son of the Ajay
Mishra Teni mowed down the
peacefully protesting farmers.
Ashish has been charged under IPC Sections 302
(murder), 307 (attempt to murder), 147 (rioting),
148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149
(every member of unlawful assembly guilty of
offence committed in prosecution of common
object), 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt
by dangerous weapons or means), 34 (acts done
by several persons in furtherance of common
intention), 427 (mischief causing damage to
the amount of Rs 50) and 120-B (criminal
conspiracy), as well as under the Arms Act.
EC asks five poll-bound states to
ramp up Covid-19 vaccination
New Delhi: The Elec-
tion Commission of
India has written to
the chief secretaries
of five poll-bound
states, asking them to
“accelerate” the pace
of Covid-19 vaccina-
tion. The poll panel
also expressed con-
cerns over the low per-
centage of first dose
coverage in Manipur.
This comes after the
Commission had at a
press conference in
Lucknow last week
emphasized on the
need to speed up
vaccination in poll-
bound states, EC offi-
cials said.
84% OF DELHI
COVID SAMPLES
TESTED IN TWO
DAYS OMICRON
New Delhi: Eighty-four
per cent of all COVID-19
samples tested in Delhi
in two days are of the
highly transmissible
Omicron variant, the
national capital’s Health
Minister said on Monday.
Genome sequencing
reports of December 30-
31 have found Omicron
strain in 81 per cent of
samples, Health Minister
Satyendar Jain told PTI.
The national capital
recorded over 4,000 new
corona cases on Monday.
CORONA CATASTROPHE
INDIA
33,750
new cases
123
new fatalities
UP
572
new cases
00
new fatalities
China builds
bridge across
Pangong Lake
New Delhi: Satellite
imagery accessed by
geo-intelligence expert
Damien Symon indi-
cates that China may be
constructing a bridge
across Pangong lake in
eastern Ladakh.
The bridge, which is
being constructed
across a part of the lake
that falls within Chi-
nese territory, connects
both banks of the lake
and gives China the
ability of quickly move
soldiers and heavy
weaponry
. The tweet by
Symonshowsthebridge
almost complete across
a narrow part of lake.
WINTER CARNIVAL IN MANALI
Women perform Kulvi Naati dance on
Mall Road on Monday. (Inset) Artists
from Punjab perform during the five-
day-long national level Winter Carnival
festival, the largest tourism event of
Himachal, in Manali. —PHOTOS BY PTI
‘Practice your religion, don’t indulge in hate speech’
Yati Narsinghanand named
in2ndFIR;SITtoinvestigate Kottayam: Vice-Presi-
dent Venkaiah Naidu
on Monday spoke out
against hate speech,
saying it goes against
the country’s culture,
Constitution and
ethos, and that “every
person has the right to
practise and preach
his or her faith”.
Addressing an event
marking the 150th
death anniversary of
Saint Kuriakose Elias
Chavara in Kottayam,
Kerala, the Vice-Presi-
dent said, “Hate speech
and writings are
against (the country’s)
culture, heritage, tra-
dition and Constitu-
tional rights and ethos.
Every person has the
right to practise and
preach his or her faith
in the country. Practise
your religion but don’t
abuse and indulge in
hate speech and writ-
ings,’’ he said, express-
ing his “disapproval of
attempts to ridicule
other religions and
create dissensions in
society”.
Saying Saint
Chavara, the 19th cen-
tury Catholic priest,
philosopher and social
reformer, “has taught
us that peaceful hu-
man relationships are
sacred and more im-
portant than anything
else”, Naidu said, “To-
day, we need a Chavara
in every community
— a towering individu-
al with a vision to
unite all sections of
society socially and
culturally, and take the
country forward.”
Dehradun: The Uttara-
khand police on Sunday
registered a second FIR
in connection with the
three-day ‘Dharam San-
sad’ in Haridwar where
a series of hate speeches
targeting Muslims were
made.
FIR, registered on the
complaint of a social
worker, Nadeem Ali, has
been filed under Sec-
tions relating to promot-
ing enmity and wound-
ing religious feelings.
The second FIR only
names Yati Narsing-
hanand, along with
“unidentified others”.
SIT has been formed
with an Additional SP
andaDeputySP-levelof-
ficer as members to in-
vestigate the speeches
made at Haridwar event
on December 17-19.
Meanwhile, a court
rejected bail plea of
Kalicharan Maharaj
in Raipur Dharam San-
sad case.
DHARM
SANSAD IN
HARIDWAR The Vice President Venkaiah Naidu called for strengthening the
Indian value system during his speech in Kerala’s Kottayam.
More than 1.5
lakh children
vaccinated on
1st day

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Omicron common fever, but
caution important: CM Yogi
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Min-
ister Yogi on Monday
dispelled all concerns
of a potential third
wave of coronavirus
(Covid-19) driven by the
highly transmissible
Omicron variant.
“It’s true that Omi-
cron is highly conta-
gious,”theUPCMwhile
addressing reporters on
concerns about a third
wave.
“The Omicron vari-
ant is weaker and is
comparable to a simple
viral fever.”, he said.
“Safety precautions
are necessary when
dealing with any dis-
ease. And in this case,
too, safeguards are nec-
essary. But there is no
need to panic.”, he said.
Speaking on the Del-
ta variant of the coro-
navirus, which was
prevalent during
March-April 2021, Yogi
said, “We saw during
the Delta phase that
people were taking
around 15-25 days to re-
cover” .
“Moreover, post-Cov-
id complications were
also reported in pa-
tients. But such in-
stances have not yet
been seen in cases of
Omicron variant. The
virus has now become a
lot weaker.”, Yogi said.
He said 1.4 crore ben-
eficiaries will be ad-
ministered the vaccine
doses under the drive
and 2,150 booths have
been set up across the
state for the purpose,
including 39 in Luc-
know.
More than 1.4 cr beneficiaries would be vaccinated across UP under the drive launched on Monday
Chief Minister motivates children aged 15-18 years to get vaccinated to get rid of Covid-19 at the
Syama Prasad Mukherji Civil Hospital in Lucknow on Monday. A boy gets vaccinated in presence of CM Yogi Adityanath.
CM hands over a Covid-19 vaccination certificate to a girl during the vaccination drive for children
aged between 15 to 18 years on Monday.
50% VACCINATED
Maximum number
of houses given to
poor in UP: Govt
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh has provid-
ed maximum num-
ber of houses to poor
in the country under
the Pradhan Mantri
Awas Yojana, claims
a state govenment
communique.
Along with the
Pradhan Mantri
Awas Yojana, the
state government
has also provided
houses to the poor in
urban and rural ar-
eas under the
Mukhya Mantri
Awas Yojana.
The UP govern-
ment claims to have
fulfilled the dream
of those living be-
low the poverty
line. Those were the
ones who were shel-
terless yet uncared
for in the previous
governments.
Following the
mantra of ‘Sabka
Saath, Sabka
Vikas’,the Yogi gov-
ernment, along with
the Musahar and
Vantangia communi-
ties, for the first time
in UP, provided hous-
es to the families af-
fected by leprosy
.
Under the Prad-
han Mantri Awas
Yojana, as many as
17.02 lakh houses
have been construct-
ed in urban areas
while 26.15 lakh
houses got allotted
to beneficiaries in
rural areas.
Similarly, the gov-
ernment has given
the gift of housing to
1,08,495 people living
in rural areas under
the Mukhyamantri
Awas Yojana.
1,08,495
people in rural
areas have got
houses under
Mukhyamantri
Awas Yojana
CM lauds Anganwadi workers’
‘unparalled’ role against Covid-19
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Hailing the
commendable efforts of
the Anganwadi work-
ers, who worked at the
grassroots level to save
the state amid the Cov-
id-19 peak, Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath
said that their contri-
bution in providing ba-
sic healthcare includ-
ing essential immuni-
sation and nutrition to
the vast rural popula-
tion and in the fight
against the pandemic,
is ‘unparalleled’ and
‘commendable’
“Anganwadi workers
gave their services dili-
gently during Covid-19
peak and because of
their efforts, the most
populous state con-
tained the spread effi-
ciently, which gained
recognition and appre-
ciation even globally,”
said the Chief Minister
while laying the founda-
tion for nearly 585 An-
ganwadi centres, add-
ing that,“at present
3,06,829 Anganwadi
workers, mini Angan-
wadi workers and help-
ers are serving in the
state. All have been
equipped with smart-
phones, growth moni-
toring devices etc. De-
partmental training is
also being conducted.
The Anganwadi work-
ers will now get an hon-
orarium of Rs 8000
monthly
.
With the combined
efforts of the state and
central government,
Mini Anganwadi work-
ers will now get month-
ly honorarium up to Rs
6500 instead of Rs 4250,
the CM said. Whereas
the helpers (Sahayika)
with an honorarium of
Rs 2750 will be getting
Rs 4000.
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath, in his ad-
dress further added
that for the entire Cov-
id-affected period from
1st April 2020 to 31st
March 2022, every An-
ganwadi worker and
mini Anganwadi work-
er would get an addi-
tional Rs 500 monthly
and the helpers will get
Rs 250.
CM Yogi at the foundation stone laying ceremony of 585 Aanganwadi
centres across Uttar Pradesh. Medical Education Minister Suresh
Khanna and MoS Women Welfare Swati Singh were also present.
—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath on Monday said that
a war between destructive and creative forces is
going on. “One one side, there are forces consisting
of the people who take back the cases registered
against terrorists and on the other are the ones
like us, who bring the terrorists to justice and pave
the way for building a Ram Temple in
Ayodhya”, he said.
CM Yogi Adityanath presiding
over a high level a meet at
5, Kalidas Marg, has issued
instructions to the officials
across the state to to create
strategies to counter the
spread of the pan-
demic in UP.
strategies to counter the
Yogi Speaks
Yogi Speaks
First India Bureau
Amethi: In a veiled at-
tack on the Gandhi fam-
ily for its “divisive poli-
tics”, Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath on
Monday said that those
who called themselves
‘accidental Hindus, can-
not call themselves Hin-
dus.
It is during the elec-
tion, they used to go out
to become a Hindu-
‘unhe chunaav me hi
‘mandir’ aur Amethi ki
yaad aati hai.’
Addressing a public
rally in Amethi which
was considered to be
one of the Gandhi fam-
ily’s two bastions till
2019 in Uttar Pradesh,
the CM remarked,
“Those who have al-
ways adopted divisive
politics, disintegration
and division are part of
their genes, whose an-
cestors used to say that
we are accidentally
Hindus, they cannot
call themselves Hin-
dus,” the CM said.
CM laid the founda-
tion stone for Govern-
ment Medical College
in Amethi worth Rs 293
crores and also inaugu-
rated 500 bedded dis-
trict-level referral hos-
pital built at a cost of Rs
86.42 crores in the dis-
trict.
Union Minister Sm-
riti Irani was also pre-
sent on the occasion.
The Chief Minister
also took a jibe at the
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi saying that he
does not even know
how to sit in a temple
and knows nothing
about ‘Hinduism or
Hindutva’. “During the
elections in Gujarat,
the former MP of Am-
ethi went to the temple
and sat there in namaz
position, the priests in-
terrupted him and
taught him how to sit in
a temple,” the CM
maintained.
‘(Cong ko) Chunav mein hi Mandir aur Amethi ki yaad aati hai’
POLL SHOT
CM also took a jibe at Rahul
Gandhi saying that he does not
even know how to sit in a temple
CM Yogi Adityanath and Union minister Smriti Irani in Amethi on Monday.
LEADERS WHO CREATED HISTORY!
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath along with Vidhan Sabha Speaker Hriday Narayan Dikshit
and BJP leader Ram Naik released several books published by the Legislature Library,
at Lok Bhavan in Lucknow on Monday. Medical Education Minister Suresh Khanna and
others were also present. —PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
Bros arrested
for stealing
weapon to
murder uncle
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Police have
arrested two brothers
who had planned to kill
their uncle by stealing a
pistol from a retired
judge’s house, where
one of them used to
work as a household
help.
Sources said that the
brothers, Vishal Giri
and Ritesh Giri, were
arrested for stealing the
weapon from the re-
tired judge’s house.
During probe, they told
the cops that they were
planning to murder
their uncle.
Both the brothers
were arrested from
their native village
Chakia in Prayagraj af-
ter the son of the re-
tired judge filed a com-
plaint with regards to a
missing revolver.
Reportedly, Vishal’s
uncle had thrashed him
and his mother during
a family feud after
which the duo was
planning to murder
their uncle.
CM Yogi Adityanath
Oil paintings of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, First President of India Dr Rajendra
Prasad and Father of Indian Constitution BR Ambedkar were unveiled by CM Yogi
Adityanath at the Rajarshi Purshottam Das Tandon Hall at Vidhan Bhawan in Lucknow on
Monday. UP’s Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Khanna, BJP leader Ram Naik and
Vidhan Sabha Speaker HN Dikshit were also present. —PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
—FILE
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First India Bureau
Lucknow: National
president of BJP JP
Nadda said on Monday
thatthepartywaspoised
to win over 300 assembly
seats in the forthcoming
elections in the state.
Addressing a public
meeting on the conclu-
sion of “Jan Vishwash
Yatra” here, Nadda said
there was massive en-
thusiasmamongthepeo-
ple for the party
. He said
the people had full confi-
dence in the leadership
of PM Narendra Modi
andCMYogiAdityanath
who had provided effec-
tive corruption-free gov-
ernment during the last
five years. Pointing out
that the BJP has fulfilled
promises made in the
2017 election manifesto
andwoulddothesamein
future also. Nadda said
neither Samajwadi Par-
ty chief Akhilesh Yadav
nor BSP president May-
awati had capacity to
launch programme like
’Jan Vishwash Yatra’.
He said the opposi-
tion parties did not
have anything to offer
to the people.
Nadda said the previ-
ous SP government was
known for corruption
and mal-administration
whereas the BJP had
provided honest and
transparent govern-
ment. He said “itra
would not do away the
foul smell of previous
government”. While un-
der the present govern-
ment the funds meant
for beneficiaries was di-
rectly going to their ac-
counts, while during the
SPregimethemoneydid
not reach the targeted
people, Nadda said and
added Akhilesh Yadav
had been making fake
claim of providing 300
units of free electricity
to the people.
He said when the SP
government could not
provide adequate power
supply how it could give
free supply
. He said Yogi
government had en-
sured24-hourpowersup-
ply in the state.
Nadda said on one
side SP
, BSP and Con-
gress had exploited pow-
er for their vested inter-
est and on the other un-
der the leadership of
Modi, the Yogi govern-
ment had done laudable
work for the welfare of
the people. He said the
BJP had leaders with
clean and honest image.
BJP to win over 300 seats in UP, people enthusiastic: Nadda
JAN VISHWASH YATRA
JP Nadda being felicitated with a mace by the supporters on Monday.
Party prez takes a dig at SP, BSP
Congress, says they ‘exploited
power for vested interest’
CRUCIAL READ
UP METRO RAIL CORP HONOURS VISHAL
NATH AS ‘EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH’
Lucknow: To acknowledge the commendable service
and dedication towards work, Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail
Corporation Ltd. honoured the best performing em-
ployee for the month of November 2021. On Monday,
Kumar Keshav, MD, UPMRC awarded the ‘Employee
of the Month’ certificate to Vishal Nath for his exem-
plary service. While performing duty in the capacity of
Customer Relations Assisstant (CRA), Vishal Nath has
proved to be a multi-tasking person and impressed
everyone with his good behaviour both with the staff
and passengers during public dealing. He has also
rendered support and provided timely assistance in
disposal of public complaints.
AIRPORT OFFICIALS
HONOURED FOR
EXCELLENT WORK
Lucknow: While
congratulating each
other on the New Year
in the presence of the
officers and employees
of Lucknow Interna-
tional Airport Limited at
Chaudhary Charan
Singh Airport in the
New Year 2022, Chief
Airport Officer SC Hota
honoured the officers
who did excellent work
in the last year.
MLA RK VERMA
DISMISSED FROM
APNA DAL
Lucknow: The Apna
Dal (S) on Monday sus-
pended party MLA RK
Verma from its primary
membership on charges
of anti-party activities.
In a statement issued
here, Apna Dal (S)
national spokesperson
Rajesh Patel said the
decision was taken by
the disciplinary commit-
tee of the party and is
effective immediately.
BJP MP WRITES TO NADDA TO
FIELD YOGI FROM MATHURA
‘AKHILESH
PROTECTED
TERRORISTS’ Lucknow: A BJP MP
has written to party
president JP Nadda
urging the latter to
declare Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath the party’s
nominee from Mathura
seat. In his letter to
Nadda, BJP Rajya
Sabha member Harnath
Singh Yadav said that
Lord Krishna himself
had ‘inspired’ him
to write to the party
president and urge him
to make Adityanath the
saffron party’s nominee
from Mathura seat.
“Lord Krishna inspired
me to write this letter
to you to request for
Adityanath’s nomina-
tion from Mathura,
Yadav said in the letter
to Nadda. CM Yogi had
evaded a direct reply
when asked by the
reporters if he would be
contesting the forth-
coming assembly polls
and said that he would
abide by the party
leadership’s direction.
The UP BJP leadership
appeared to be divided
on nominating UP CM
as a candidate in the
polls. While one section
of the party wanted him
to contest, another sec-
tion was opposed to it.
Basti: BJP President
JP Nadda on Monday
slammed Samajwadi
Party president Akhilesh
Yadav by saying that
Yadav’s government
withdrew cases against
terrorists. “Akhilesh
Yadav had withdrawn
cases against 15 ter-
rorists, but the court
didn’t allow it. Four were
sentenced to death and
others were given life
term. This is Akhilesh
Yadav’s real face. Do you
(people) want a govern-
ment that protects
terrorists?” he added.
Raids continue on dozen premises of SP MLC Pushpraj Jain; bogus entries worth `10-cr unearthed
I-TgriptightensonJainbros
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Income tax
and DGGC raids contin-
ue in Uttar Pradesh
months before the as-
sembly elections are to
take place in the state.
The team stationed
in Kannauj following
the raid of places re-
lated to MLC Push-
praj Jain alias Pumpy
who is the maker of
the Samajwadi per-
fume, also raided the
house of his brother
Atul Jain in Kanpur
on Monday.
The Income Tax De-
partment’s team is at
the same time investi-
gating for the past four
days at a dozen estab-
lishments related to
Pushpraj Jain and
during these investiga-
tions, it has reportedly
unearthed many inci-
dents of tax evasion
amounting to crores
of rupees.
The team during
the 3rd day of the
raid has found docu-
ments showing fake
purchases amounting
to Rs 10 crore along
with bogus entries of
Rs 10 crore from the
premises of the SP
MLC Pushpraj Jain.
The team had prior to
this found investment
documents which
showed that the SP
MLChadinvestedabout
Rs. 40 crore in the Mid-
dle East.
The contradictory
statements of the SP
MLC to income tax of-
ficials are posing to
be an issue to the in-
vestigators and this
has forced the offi-
cials to conduct an-
other examination of
Jain.
The team on Monday
brought him from Kan-
nauj and took him to
flat number 503 of
Ratan Presidency in
Swaroop Nagar, Kan-
pur which belongs to
his brother Atul Jain,
for further investiga-
tion. Pumpy and his
brother Atul Jain are
being quizzed by the I-T
team.
A team of police per-
sonnel are currently
stationed at the resi-
dence and factories of
the MLC in Kannauj.
It is being speculat-
ed that the SP MLC
will be taken to Mum-
bai and Hathras for
further investigation
as some documents
related to these plac-
es have also been un-
earthed during the
raid.
CovidcasesshootupinAgrawith33
newpateintsinaday,recoveryratedips
First India Bureau
Agra: Corona bomb ex-
ploded once again in
Agra on Monday. After
33 new cases of corona
were reported on Mon-
day, now the total num-
ber of patients has in-
creased to 90.
The rules of Covid
are not seen to be fol-
lowed anywhere from
roads to markets. On
the third day of the new
year, 33 new cases of co-
rona virus have been
reported in Agra. Con-
tact tracing is being
done and samples have
been sent for genome
sequencing regarding
whether it is Omicron.
The total number of
corona infected in Agra
has reached 25,866. To-
tal 25,317 people have
recovered so far. The
death toll in the govern-
ment figures is 458.
Most of the new cases
are coming from Dayal-
bagh and Awas Vikas
Colony area. Till Sun-
day 22,05,303 people
have been tested. A total
of 4,363 samples have
been tested in a day
on Sunday. The recov-
ery rate has come down
to 98 per cent.
Crowd at Raja Ki Mandi market, Agra on Monday.
Pushpraj Jain being taken to the residence of brother Atul Jain by Income Tax officials after a raid at
Pushpraj’s Kannauj residence, in Kanpur on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
55 ‘Pink’ vending
kiosksstartinNoida
Noida: With an eye on
women empowerment,
the Noida Authority on
Monday inaugurated
over 50 ‘pink’ vending
kiosks to be operated by
women in the city
, offi-
cials said.
The kiosks total 55 in
number -- are located
across nine ‘Pink Vend-
ing Zones’, Noida Au-
thority CEO Ritu Ma-
heshwari said.
Gautam Buddh Nagar
MPMaheshSharmaand
Noida MLA Pankaj
Singh jointly inaugurat-
ed the vending zones.
Under the ‘Mission
Shakti’ of UP govern-
ment, the kiosks will
provide employment to
women. —PTI
HC allows
hybrid mode
for hearing
Case against
woman for
`1-cr scam
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The
Allahabad HC on
Monday decided
that it will employ
a hybrid system of
hearing cases in
which lawyers will
have the option to
appear either via
video conference
or physically
.
Earlier, the high
court which was
functioning physi-
cally
, on January 2,
2022 had decided
thatitwillhearcas-
es via virtual mode
only from January
3, 2022 both at Alla-
habad and Luc-
know in view of
rise in covid cases.
However, on
Monday
, the HC de-
cided to shift from
completely virtual
mode to hybrid
mode after lawyers
protested against
thecourt’sdecision
to go fully virtual.
On Monday
, in a
supplementary
modalities and ar-
rangements re-
leased by the reg-
istrar general of
Allahabad HC,
Ashish Garg, it
has been made
clear that only
fresh cases will be
listed for hearing,
that too, in limited
numbers.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Police
registered case
against a woman
for burgling Rs 1.37
crore from a realty
company here.
PolicesaidMohd
Shabanandhisfive
friends met Usha
Chaudhary of Ni-
ralanagar, who of-
fered them to open
a real-state compa-
ny in partnership.
It was alleged
that Shaban, his
friends Mushtaq,
Faizal Kiramani,
Mohd Musarleen
andYunusinvested
Rs 1.37 for the real
state company
.
It was decided
that profit will be
shared among all
partners. Compa-
ny’s account was
operated by Usha
and all money was
invested in that ac-
count. Usha be-
came owner of the
company without
informing other
partners and she
siphonedoff whole
money of the com-
pany
.
Shaban said
Usha refused to re-
spond to their calls
and whole money
was with her.
JABBED
Students display their first dose certificate on the first day of Covid vaccination for 15-18
year-old age group, at Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Civil Hospital in Lucknow on Monday.
—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
The soul is never born, it never
dies having come into being
once, it never ceases to be.
Unborn, eternal, abiding and
primeval, it is not slain when
the body is slain.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Space sector is deeply connected with
mapping, imaging and connectivity
facilities, speedy transportation,
weather forecast, disaster management
as well as border security. The new
technologies played a crucial role in
keeping the world connected during
the Covid-19 pandemic.
Smriti Z Irani
@smritiirani
Tributes to the pioneer of women’s
liberation movement, the country’s
first female teacher Savitribai Phule
ji, who worked for life for women’s
education and their honor, on her birth
anniversary. The efforts made by her
for women empowerment are inspiring
for the entire society.
TOP TWEETS
BOLD AND BLUNT,
MEGHALAYA GUV
SHOOTS “ARROGANT”
JIBE AT THE PM
eghalaya Governor
Satya Pal Malik has
been raising his voice
against his party and
its leadership un-
mindful of the consequences of
his outspokenness. As Governor
of Goa from 2019-20, he targeted
the Pramod Sawant government
accusing it of corruption. He
said he saw “corruption in every-
thing the Goa government did”.
His remark caused a political
uproar in the state and the BJP’s
central leadership was apprised
of the Governor’s role against
the government of his own party
.
His latest salvo is aimed at
none other but the prime minis-
ter himself. He was openly criti-
cal of PM Narendra Modi’s han-
dling of the farmers’ protest.
Even as Governor of Megha-
laya, Malik made statements
which were pro-farmer and anti-
Central government.
This time he has gone to the
extent of calling the PM “stub-
born” and “arrogant”. Despite
his outbursts, the Centre has tol-
eratedMalikalltheseyears.Why
the leadership is soft on him is
difficulttounderstand.Howlong
a rope will Malik be given?
M
itHub, an open
source platform,
has allowed itself
to be used by an
app that specialis-
es in humiliating, denigrat-
ing and trolling Muslim wom-
en by uploading their photos
picked from their social me-
dia sites. In July last year the
app ‘Sulli Deals’ shocked neti-
zens as it had the tagline of
“Sulli deal of the day” along
with photographs of Muslim
women. Sulli is a derogatory
term for women and the site
was purportedly meant for
auction of Muslim women
whose morphed, lewd photos
were uploaded. The disgust-
ing purpose was to cause hurt
and social and mental trauma
to the minority community
.
Women were soft targets for
the malicious campaign.
GitHub should have been
permanently blocked but it
was not. It has now been used
by another app which goes by
the name of Bulli Bai. Mus-
lim women again found them-
selves targeted by the app just
as they were done by the Sulli
deal app. FIRs have been reg-
istered and Union IT Minister
Ashwini Vaishnaw said that
the “government was work-
ing with the police organisa-
tions in Delhi and Mumbai in
the matter”. The IT Ministry
has the power to permanently
block GitHub for allowing its
constantmisusebytheobnox-
ious misogynist apps. Twitter
also should be questioned for
not taking immediate action.
Asking the IT Minister to
take “stern action against
such rampant misogyny and
communal targeting of wom-
en through #sullideals like
platforms”,SenaMPPriyanka
said it was “a shame that it
continues to be ignored”. Tar-
geting of Muslim women and
DharmSansad’scallforethnic
cleansing are ominous signs.
AFTER SULLI IT’S BULLI BUT
THE LAW IS IN SLUMBER
Sulli is a derogatory term
for women and the site
was purportedly meant for
auction of Muslim
women whose
morphed, lewd photos
were uploaded. The
disgusting purpose was
to cause hurt and social
and mental trauma to
minority community
G
MYSTIC OF BENARAS
ATTRACTS WIDOWS
Come to Kashi and die. For centuries, devout Hindus have descended on the ancient town on the banks of the swiftly-flowing
Ganga to do just that. It is believed, if anyone dies in Varanasi they attain salvation and freedom from the cycle of birth and rebirth
n the banks of the holy River
Ganga, breathes Benaras also
calledKashi/Varanasi,which
is believed to be the oldest liv-
ing city in the world. For cen-
turies,themysticof thisplace
has been attracting pilgrims
from across the globe. It is be-
lieved that widows in India
ply to Varanasi to seek shelter
in the abode of Lord Shiva.
Varanasi is a city with
morethan38,000widowsatits
various ashrams and Widow
Houses. It is the highest in
any city after Vrindavan in
India. Over the decade’s wid-
ows of Benaras has been con-
sidered an important re-
search topic for social scien-
tists and scholars of India
and the world over. I as a stu-
dent, indeed have my head
held high, to be joining these
learned scholars in trying to
unravelling this mystery of
thewidowslivinginisolation.
Putting my best foot forward
in aid to help them I travelled
the street of this holy town to
know more about their lot!
Durga Kund Ashram
Widows of the Durga Kund
HelpLine ashram spend time
byorganizingBhagwadKatha
spiritual get-togethers. In
theabsenceof familysupport,
they spend most of their time
praying and looking for food.
While visiting here, the
first one I met was a strong,
tall woman putting on light
ornaments and clean tied-up
bun, Somvati, a resident of
Fatehpur Sikri in Uttar
Pradesh took us to a happy
positive world despite staying
away from family. It is noth-
ing less than a home away
from home for her as she is
residing here for 18 years.
Skinny Shanti Devi, whom
Imetsecondwaslookingweak
as she was stepping down the
stairs but her conversation
was clean and crisp. She is a
residentof Biharandhasbeen
putting up at Kashi for 20
yearsnow.About40peopleare
staying here for 15 years.
The Birla Ashram
While neglected by authori-
ties, widows of Birla Ashram
here are lost in a state of
desolation. In one of the
many narrow by-lanes be-
hind Kashi Vishwanath Tem-
ple, stands the Birla Ashram
with a narrow entrance gate.
Faded walls of an old dam-
aged haveli with tiny 10
rooms is the adobe for 10 wid-
ows. The first widow I met
here was Gita Agarwal from
Kolkata, she gave up on her
family after the wedding of
her 4 daughters. Though un-
educated she has a bold voice
and is partially happy with
the services here.
These widows display a
strong faith in routine and
they follow it rigorously de-
spite their falling health.
Early in the morning, they
take a dip in the Holy Ganga,
braving the chill in the air,
and start their daily chores.
Most of the women here
are a stickler for their priva-
cy and do not entertain inter-
actions from strangers. How-
ever after much coaxing,
they inform that some ran
from their homes after their
sons took all their money and
property, some had failed to
be useful for their families
while a few were thrown out
of their houses due to failing
health. The deep scare visi-
ble on their faces, frail voic-
es, and tears rolling down
their eyes narrates the unfor-
tunate circumstances that
have befallen them.
Mata Anandmayi Ashram
On visiting Mata Anandmayi
Ashram, we found that their
major focus was Sanskrit
studies, preserving the old
teaching of Mata Anadmayi,
spiritual equality for women.
Here we found women or
devotees rekindling thoughts
of Ma amongst people.
Nepali Mandir Ashram
Nearby Lalita Ghat is famous
for housing the Nepali Man-
dir, which was built by the
King of Nepal almost 20 years
ago. Set in this tranquil back-
drop,isawidows’ashramthat
is supported by the temple.
After spending some days
with these unfortunate wom-
en, some important issues
related to the social-econom-
ical problem of the widows
of Benaras came to the fore.
Benaras can be considered as
one of the rehabilitation
hubs for these destitute wid-
ows of Indian society. Wid-
ows choose this place as their
secure shelter!
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
O
OM SHARMA
The writer is a Class 12 student of The
Newtown School, Kolkata (West Bengal)
Varanasi is a city with more
than 38,000 widows at its
various ashrams and Widow
Houses. It is the highest in any
city after Vrindavan in India.
Over the decade’s widows of
Benaras has been considered
an important research topic
for social scientists and
scholars of India and the
world over. I as a student,
indeed have my head held
high, to be joining these
learned scholars in trying to
unravelling this mystery of the
widows living in isolation.
Putting my best foot forward
in aid to help them I travelled
the street of this holy town to
know more about their lot!
On the banks of the holy
River Ganga, breathes
Benaras also called
Kashi/Varanasi, which
is believed to be the
oldest living city in the
world. For centuries, the
mystic of this place has
been attracting pilgrims
from across the globe. It
is believed that widows in
India ply to Varanasi to
seek shelter in the
abode of Lord Shiva
ulabh International
in 2013 adopted the
widows of Varanasi
and identified 150 widows
who would be given `2,000
per month. “My idea is
how to change thoughts,
behaviour, and attitude
of people of this country
towards widows of India
who are their mothers, sis-
ters…,” said Dr Bindesh-
war Pathak, founder of
Sulabh International.
SULABH INTERNATIONAL IN YEAR 2013
ADOPTED 150 WIDOWS, GIVES `2K/MONTH S

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INDIA
05
Anita Hada
New Delhi: The sus-
pense still persists re-
garding the assembly
elections of five states
includingUttarPradesh.
The Election Commis-
sionteamhasbeenasked
byallthepartiesof Uttar
Pradesh to conduct elec-
tions on time. But in
view of the rapid spread
of corona virus infec-
tion, a few days ago a
judge of the Allahabad
High Court appealed to
the Prime Minister to
postpone the election.
After that Durga
Shankar Mishra, a close
official of the Prime
MinisterfromDelhi,was
sent back and made the
Chief Secretary of the
state. Because of this, it
was being said that elec-
tionsinthestatecanalso
be postponed. But due to
the compulsion of the
presidentialelection,the
election may not be post-
poned.
However, it is not that
if the elections to these
five states are post-
poned, then the BJP will
have any problem in get-
ting its President. In the
presidential election,
the value of the vote of
the MPs is equal to the
value of the vote of the
MLAs of all the states,
where the BJP has an
overwhelming majority
.
BJP is in government in
four of these five states.
But only Uttar Pradesh
is important in terms of
the number of MLAs.
The value of the vote of
MLAs in the Electoral
College of Presidential
elections is close to five
and a half lakh, in
which the value of the
MLAs of Uttar Pradesh
is 84 thousand and the
value of the vote of the
MLAs of the remaining
four states is close to 20
thousand. If elections
are not held in these
states, then the required
figure of majority will
also be reduced.
On the other hand,
the value of the votes of
543 MPs in the Lok Sab-
ha is a little more than
three lakh 84 thousand,
in which the govern-
ment has more than two
lakh 35 thousand votes.
The value of the votes
of Rajya Sabha MPs is
close to one lakh 65
thousand, out of which
about 77 thousand votes
belong to the govern-
ment. That is, out of the
total five and a half lakh
votes of Parliament, the
government has three
lakh 12 thousand votes
with the government.
The votes of the parties
that indirectly support
the government are
apart from this fugure.
Similarly, in the votes
of MLAs, the BJP, its
allies and the parties
giving indirect support
have a very clear ma-
jority. So, postpone-
ment of elections to
five states will not af-
fect the government's
maths much in the
presidential election.
Punjab: Rift in Punjab
Congress became evi-
dent once again as state
Home Minister
Sukhjinder Singh
Randhawa
on Monday
said that
P u n j a b
P r a d e s h
Cong ress
Committee
chief Nav-
jot Singh Sidhu is upset
with him ever since he
became the Home Min-
ister of Punjab.
Addressing a press
conference, Randhawa
said, Sidhu has some
problem. I share old re-
lations with his family.
But ever since I have
become the home min-
ister of Punjab, he is
upset with me. If he
wants the Home Minis-
try, I will leave and of-
fer it to him.
Further commenting
on the allegation by
AAP that the Charanjit
Singh Channi-led Pun-
jab government is not
arresting SAD MLA
Bikram Singh Majithia
in a drug case, he said
that the pictures and
videos that surfaced of
him offering prayers at
Golden Temple in Am-
ritsar is fake.
As per my informa-
tion, Bikram Singh Ma-
jithia is not in Punjab.
These are fake videos
and pictures. If Vikram
Singh Majithia is seen
anywhere in Punjab,
we will immediately
arrest him. Our teams
are searching him, he
said. —ANI
ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM
COLLAPSED, IN LAST 5 YRS
UNDER BJP RULE: RAWAT
New Delhi: Taking a jibe at the ruling BJP in Uttara-
khand, former Chief Minister and Congress leader
Harish Rawat on Monday alleged that the state has
witnessed a collapsed admin-
istration system and rising
unemployment under the lead-
ership of three Chief Ministers
in the last five years during the
Bharatiya Janata Party’s tenure.
Speaking to ANI, here in New
Delhi, Rawat said, “Uttarakhand
has seen 3 CMs in the last 5
yeats under BJP rule. The ad-
ministration system has collapsed. Unemployment is on
rising.” “People are suffering from inflation, corruption
has become a system of governance. It’s time to change
the system,” added Rawat. Uttarakhand is due to go to
the Assembly polls early this year. —ANI
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: All the peo-
ple who changed the
names of cities, roads,
streets, railway sta-
tions, districts etc. are
silent on the matter that
China changed the
names of many places
in a state of India and
there is no statement,
other than an official
statement, warning
China to be taught a les-
son for such an act. For-
eign Ministry Spokes-
person Arindam
Bagchi also said that
Arunachal Pradesh is
and will remain an inte-
gral part of India, noth-
ing will happen with
fabricated names. In
fact, China changed the
names of 15 places in
Arunachal Pradesh,
while identifying these
places on the basis of
latitude and longitude
and gave new names ac-
cording to the Tibetan
and Roman alphabets.
Among the areas that
China has renamed,
eight are residential ar-
eas, four are mountains,
twoareriversandmoun-
tain passes. Earlier in
2017, when the Doklam
dispute was going on be-
tween China and India,
atthattimealsotheyhad
changed the names of
six places but it was not
discussed much then.
Right now, since there is
a dispute with China in
many places and it has
made a new land border
law, which has been im-
plementedfromJanuary
1, there has been more
discussion about chang-
ing the names of 15 plac-
es. India’s concern has
increased with this new
land border law.
Just imagine how
many places in India
have been renamed so
far. Names are being
changed from Alla-
habad to Faizabad and
from Habibganj to
Mughalsarai in the
name of establishing
Hindu identity and
erasing the identity of
Muslim history. But in
one stroke, China chal-
lenged the sovereignty
of India. It claimed
stake on one of our
state and changed the
names of its places.
China has already been
saying that Arunachal
Pradesh is Southern Ti-
betan, whose Chinese
name is Zang Nan. But
now going a step ahead,
it has started changing
the names of its places.
This is not a merely a
statement from China’s
foreign ministry, to
which India’s foreign
ministry will respond.
This is a decisive step,
which must be coun-
tered at the top level of
the government. There
should be increased
pressure from India
that China should fix
the names of the places
which have been
changed. India did not
do this in 2017, there
China is being coura-
geous now. If nothing is
done even now, then
China will strengthen
its claim on the places
whose names have been
changed. India should
immediately call the
Chinese ambassador
and give a warning in
strict words. By law,
diplomatic and busi-
ness relations should
end, but India cannot
end business relations
because the country’s
economy is largely de-
pendent on China.
Chinese Checkers: A challenge for India's 'name changers'!
CHINA UPS THE ANTE
PUNJAB POLLS
RANDHAWA CLAIMS SIDHU IS UPSET WITH HIM
Sidhu has some problem. But ever since I have become the home minister of Punjab, Sidhu is upset with me: Randhawa
A Congress-BJP-Cong round trip
for Punjab MLA in less than a week
Chandigarh: BJP's lat-
est Punjab recruit from
the Congress has re-
turned to his former
party in what could be
the fastest homecoming
of an MLA in the state
where elections are just
months away
.
Balwinder Singh Lad-
di,aCongressMLAfrom
Hargobindpur, had
joined the BJP six days
ago. Last night, he re-
joined the Congress in a
small ceremony held by
the party's Punjab in-
charge Harish Chaud-
hary and Deputy Chief
Minister Sukhjinder
Singh Randhawa.
Laddi's Twitter time-
line is still fresh with
congratulatory messag-
es to him on joining the
BJP
. He has also retweet-
ed a few of them.
A lot of movement is
happening as the elec-
tions come closer. An-
other Congress MLA,
FatehJungSinghBajwa,
the brother of senior
party leader and MP
Pratap Bajwa, joined the
BJP recently
.
The BJP has also
formed an alliance with
former CM Captain Am-
arinder Singh, who was
earlier with the Con-
gress. Amarinder Singh
runs his own outfit now
afterhelefttheCongress
on bitter terms.
The BJP
, which had
till now played second
fiddle in Punjab to ex-al-
ly Shiromani Akali Dal,
has raised its stakes in
the state and plans to go
big in the elections.
Advancing the race to lure voters with promises
of freebies ahead of the upcoming state assem-
bly elections, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh
Sidhu on Monday promised Rs 2,000 per month for
women homemakers if his party is voted to power.
Sidhu also promised eight free cooking gas cylin-
ders to homemakers every year. The state Congress
chief also promised two-wheelers to girls taking
admission in colleges for further studies, Rs 20,000
to those passing 12th class, Rs 15,000 to the ones
passing 10th standard and Rs 5,000 to the others
passing fifth grade. Sidhu’s promises virtually outdo
those of Aam Aadmi Party national convenor and
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who has prom-
ised Rs 1,000 to all women in Punjab, besides up to
300 units of free domestic power every month if his
party is voted to power in the poll-bound states of
Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand,
and Goa. Sidhu made these an-
nouncements in a rally organised
in Punjab’s Barnala district. Ad-
dressing the rally, Sidhu made
the promises while stressing the
need for empowering women in
the state. Women homemak-
ers will be given Rs 2,000
per month and eight
(LPG) cylinders free by
the Punjab govern-
ment, he said.
SIDHU PROMISES RS 2,000 FOR
HOMEMAKERS, 8 LPG CYLINDERS
Balwinder Singh Laddi returned to the Congress from the BJP in
six days.
Prezpolltoremainunaffectedby
postponementofAssemblypolls!
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi: The Cen-
tre on Monday request-
ed the SC to urgently
hear a case relating to
reservation of EWS
category in NEET ad-
missions for Post-
Graduate medical
courses. A Bench head-
ed by Justice DY Chan-
drachud said it would
consult the Chief Jus-
tice of India NV Ra-
mana and see if a spe-
cial bench can be con-
stituted for hearing the
case tomorrow or the
day after. Solicitor
General of India Tush-
ar Mehta appearing for
Centre told Justice
Chandrachud, “There
is some urgency
.”
Centre urges SC to
hear EWS quota case Mumbai: BJP MLA
Nitesh Rane, son of Un-
ion minister Narayan
Rane, has approached
the Bombay HC with an
anticipatory bail plea in
an attempt-to-murder
case filed against him
in Sindhudurg district
last month.
Asperthecaselodged
by the Kankavli police,
one Santosh Parab, 44,
who was allegedly
stabbed in the chest by
a man who knocked
down the former’s mo-
torbike with a car in
Kankavli, heard the as-
sailant telling another
person in the car that
“they should inform
Gotya Sawant and
Nitesh Rane”.
Rane moves Bombay HC
for pre-arrest bail plea
New Delhi: The Delhi
HC has sought three
terror suspects’ re-
sponse on the plea of
the NIA challenging
trial court order reject-
ing the extension of
custody of accused in
the JK terrorism
case. The Delhi HC on
Monday asked the
three suspects to file a
response on the NIA’s
plea challenging a trial
court order which re-
jected the application
filed by probe agency
earlier seeking further
extension of police
custody of 3 accused.
New Delhi: Sameer
Wankhede, whose ten-
ure as the NCB’s Mum-
bai Zonal director came
to an end on December
31, will report to the Di-
rector of DRI (Directo-
rate of Revenue Intelli-
gence) in Delhi from
Monday
.
It was earlier in-
formed that the top
NCB officer, in spot-
light since the arrest
of Bollywood super-
star Shah Rukh Khan’s
son Aryan in the
drugs-on-cruise case,
had not sought an ex-
tension of service.
J-K TERRORISM TENURE ENDS
HC seeks 3
terror suspects’
response
Wankhede’s
eventful stint
with NCB ends
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court on Monday
granted more time to
Whatsapp and Face-
book to file their re-
sponse over notices is-
sued to them by the
Competition Commis-
sion of India (CCI).
The Division Bench
was hearing the peti-
tions of Whatsapp and
Facebook challenging
the single bench,
which had dismissed
their pleas challenging
a CCI order for an in-
vestigation into the
messaging app’s new
privacy policy.
The court adjourned
the matter for March
30, 2022.
CCI NOTICES: HC GRANTS TIME TO FB,WHATSAPP
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Mon-
day declined a plea of
the West Bengal gov-
ernment challenging
the order of the sin-
gle-judge bench of the
Calcutta High Court
protecting BJP leader
Suvendu Adhikari
from any coercive ac-
tion in criminal cases
registered against
him by the state po-
lice. A Bench of Jus-
tices DY Chandra-
chud and AS Bopanna
told the West Bengal
government’s counsel
that it has already
dealt with a similar
matter earlier. “Par-
ties would be gov-
erned by the order
which was passed by
this court on 13 De-
cember 2021”.
SC declines Suvendu Adhikari’s plea
New Delhi: President
Ram Nath Kovind on
Monday appointed
four new judges in the
Calcutta and Bombay
High Courts. Accord-
ing to a statement is-
sued by the Ministry
of Law and Justice,
President Ram Nath
Kovind in consultation
with Chief Justice of
India NV Ramana ap-
pointed Aniruddha
Roy as judge of Cal-
cutta High Court.
Prez appoints
judges for Calcutta,
Bombay HCs

INDIA
06
Srinagar: Two terror-
ists including a wanted
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)
ultra Salim Parray were
killed in two encoun-
ters with security forc-
es in Harwan area on
the outskirts of the city
on Monday, police said.
“Srinagar police neu-
tralised dreaded terror-
ist of proscribed terror
outfit LeT Salim Par-
ray,” IGP Kashmir Zone
Vijay Kumar said.
He said details of the
operationwillbeshared
later.
Another encounter
broke out between the
ultras and security forc-
es at nearby Gasu vil-
lage,policeofficialssaid.
“An unidentified mili-
tant has been killed in
theoperationwhichwas
going on till reports last
came in,” the officials
said adding the identity
and group affiliation of
the slain militant was
being ascertained. —PTI
Dreaded LeT ultra eliminated in gunfight
ENCOUNTERS IN JK
Jawans after an encounter in Srinagar. —PHOTO BY ANI
INDIAN HC IN PAK FACILITATES RETURN OF
INDIANS, NORI VISA HOLDERS
Islamabad: Indian High Commission in Pakistan is facili-
tating the return of 47 Indian nationals, 15 No Obligation
to Return to India (NORI) visa holders and travel of 04
Saudi, 07 Nepalese and 146 Pakistan nationals. “@Indi-
ainPakistan is facilitating return of 47 Indians, 15 NORI
visa holders and 4 Saudi nationals, 7 Nepalese and 146
Pak nationals holding appropriate visa from Pakistan to
India between 10-15 January 2022,” tweeted Indian High
Commission in Pakistan.
JK SET TO HAVE DISTRICT-LEVEL
GOOD GOVERNANCE INDEX
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir will soon become
the first Union Territory to have a district-level
Good Governance Index, Union minister Jiten-
dra Singh announced on Sunday. Singh said the
Centre will set up the index and the department
of administrative reforms and public grievances
will carry out this task in collaboration with the
Jammu and Kashmir government.
‘Spell of rain expected in
northwest India this week’
New Delhi: Overcast
weather, lower than
normal day tempera-
tures, and widespread
rain is expected in
northwest India till
January 9, the India
Meteorological Depart-
ment said as a western
disturbance in the Him-
alayas is likely to affect
the weather in the re-
gion from Monday
.
Under the influence
of the disturbance,
widespread rainfall or
snowfall is likely in
Jammu and Kashmir,
Himachal Pradesh, and
Uttarakhand this week.
Isolated hailstorms are
also likely in the region.
Scattered to fairly
widespread light or
moderate rainfall is
likely in Punjab, Hary-
ana, Chandigarh, Delhi,
Rajasthan, Uttar
Pradesh, and Madhya
Pradesh. Isolated thun-
derstorm activity is
also expected.
“We are expecting
widespread rains in
northwest India and
parts of central India
till January 9 with
chances of heavy rain
on January 5 and 6, and
January 8 and 9. Due to
two intense western
disturbances back to
back, day temperatures
may be lower than nor-
mal and there is likely
to be an overcast sky.
Night temperatures are
likely to be above nor-
mal. There is likely to
be widespread rain in
Delhi also on January 5
and 7. Due to the effect
of the second distur-
bance, there will be
rainfall and hailstorm
in Telangana, Vidarb-
ha, Chhattisgarh, and
Jharkhand also,” said
RK Jenamani, senior
scientist at the IMD.
Under the influence
of another active west-
ern disturbance from
January 7 to 9, rainfall
or snowfall activity to
increase in the western
Himalayan region.— PTI
Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik with Prime Minister
Narendra Modi. —FILE PHOTO
Malik clarifies his
statement on Modi
New Delhi: Home Min-
ister Amit Shah meant
no disrespect to Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi, Meghalaya Gov-
ernor Satya Pal Malik
clarified hours after a
video — that shows him
making contradictory
remarks — went viral,
and the Opposition
latched on this.
Malik, 75, has been a
vehement critic of the
BJP over farmers’ is-
sues. A video that shows
him talking about his
recent meeting with the
PM was widely shared.
“When I recently went
to meet the PM over the
farmers’issues,Ipicked
up a fight within five
minutes... I told him 500
people have died... He
asked — ‘Have they died
for me?’”
“I told him yes, since
you are the king. Any-
way, I ended up having
a fight with him. He told
me to meet Amit Shah
and so I did,” he is heard
saying in the clip.
Exports surge
37% in Dec;
variant can’t hit
businesses: Min
New Delhi: Union
Minister Piyush Go-
yal on Monday said
that India has
achieved the highest
ever exports of $37
billion in December
2021, a 37% jump
from December 2020.
The Commerce and
Industry Ministry
said, India is well on
its way to achieving
an export target of
$400 billion. Goyal
said that the Omi-
cron will be a short-
term disruption on
businesses, adding
that supply chains
activities will con-
tinue at full speed.
Amid Covid surge, over 40L teens
inoculated on Day 1 of vax drive
New Delhi: Vaccina-
tion of children in the
15-18 age group against
Covid-19 began on Mon-
day. Over 40 lakh teens
got their first dose on
Day 1, Health Minister
Dr Mansukh Mandavi-
ya said. On a day 33,750
cases were reported in a
span of 24 hours and
Omicron cases contin-
ued to rise, reaching the
1,700-mark.
The vaccine option
for this age group would
only be Covaxin, ac-
cording to guidelines
issued by the Union
Health Ministry. The
Drugs Controller Gen-
eral of India granted
emergency use authori-
sation to indigenously-
developed Bharat Bio-
tech’s Covaxin for chil-
dren above 12 years
with certain conditions.
The CoWIN platform
had till Sunday evening
recorded over six lakh
registrations in the age
group of 15-18, a day af-
ter the process began.
In Delhi, vaccination
for children in Delhi be-
gan at 159 government
hospitals, primary
healthcare centres, and
government schools.
There are at least 1.01
million children be-
tween the ages of 15 to
18 years in Delhi who
are eligible to get the
shot, according to data
shared by the Central
government. The drive
will be expanded Tues-
day in a “camp mode” at
private schools with
more than 500 students.
Teenagers were of-
fered flowers, pens and
masks after taking the
jabs in Pune, while the
Mumbai civic body
launched a free inocula-
tion drive for the chil-
dren, as inoculation for
the 15-18 age group be-
gan in Maharashtra.
GOA SEES COVID SPIKE AFTER NEW YEAR
CELEBRATIONS, POSITIVITY RATE AT 10.7%
New Delhi: Goa recorded a massive jump in coronavirus
cases on Monday, at 388, with over 10 percent of COVID-19
tests returning positive. The coast state now has 1,671 ac-
tive cases. The huge spike in Covid cases has prompted the
state government to impose curbs, including night curfew,
to control the spread of the virus. A night curfew will be
imposed soon. “We deliberated on various ways to ensure
we don’t take any knee-jerk decision ensure that citizens
as well as tourists coming to Goa are safe,” Goa Health
Minister Vishwajit Rane tweeted.
UNEMPLOYMENT RISES
TO FOUR-MONTH HIGH
AMID COVID UPTICK
New Delhi: India’s
unemployment rate rose
to a four-month high in
December as some States
imposed fresh virus curbs
to staunch surging case
numbers. The jobless rate
increased to 7.91 per cent
last month, from 7 per
cent in November, rising in
both urban and rural areas,
according to the data from
the Centre for Monitoring
Indian Economy (CMIE), a
private research firm.
NO EXPIRED VACCINE
ADMINISTERED IN
INDIA: CENTRE
New Delhi: Media reports
claiming that expired vac-
cines are being adminis-
tered in India are false and
misleading, stated a Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
release on Monday. “There
have been some media
reports alleging that expired
vaccines are being admin-
istered in India under its
vaccination programme.
This is false and is based on
incomplete information,” the
statement said.
HIGHLIGHTS

z Bihar: Over 100 doctors
in Patna test positive for
Covid-19 in 2 days

z `1.15 crore penalty,
45 FIRs registered
for defying Covid
norms: Delhi govt

z Karnataka Cabinet to
discuss long-term
measures: Bommai

z HC allows Moser
Baer bank fraud
accused Shivani to
travel abroad for
vaccine booster dose

z 91% Covid Cases
Asymptomatic, No
ICU Case: Mumbai
Civic Body Chief

z Centre Allows 50%
Staff Below Under
Secretary-Level To
Work From Home

z Ekta Kapoor, John
Abraham his wife
test Covid-19 positive

z Bihar’s first
genome sequencing
becomes functional

z 3 cops among 14
attendees to CM Nit-
ish’s Janta Darbar test
positive for Covid-19

z Jharkhand imposes
Covid restrictions till
January 15
Twenty-three resident doctors of a top
hospital in Delhi have tested positive for
Covid-19 over the span of a week, even
as the national capital is reeling under
a sharp spike in cases. The medics at
Safdarjung hospital have mild symptoms.
23 DOCS OF
DELHI TEST+VE
IN A WEEK AS
CASES SPIRAL
A boy receives a dose of vaccine at Ernakulam General Hospital,
in Kochi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
INDIAN COAST GUARD OPERATIONS
SAVE SEVEN STRANDED FISHERMEN
Chennai: The Indian Coast Guard successfully
coordinated and rescued seven stranded fishermen
of IFB SREE 190 nautical miles away from Chen-
nai on January 2, 2022. The rescue operations
began on December 31, 2021. Indian Coast Guard
Dornier aircraft identified and located the boat. The
fishing boat was reportedly adrift due to engine
failure. It is presently being towed by another fish-
ing boat back to Chennai.
WANT ARRESTS, SAY WOMEN LISTED
FOR ‘AUCTION’ ON BULLI BAI APP
New Delhi: Last week, Muslim women targeted
by an app called ‘Bulli Bai’ took to social media to
raise their voices. They said that photographs of
hundreds of Muslim women had been uploaded
on the app on open-source platform GitHub. The
group behind the app collected photos of Muslim
women from their social media accounts and
encouraged people to participate in their “auction”,
the women said. IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
informed that an investigation was underway.
CRUCIAL READ
CHINA UNFURLS FLAG IN GALWAN,
OPPOSITION SLAMS BJP-LED GOVT
New Delhi: Just as the new year began, China laid
claim to Galwan Valley once again by unfurling its
national flag on January 1. Videos of the event were
put out by various Chinese government mouthpieces.
Global Times tweeted, “In the Galwan Valley near the
border with #India, under the characters “Never yield
an inch of land,” PLA soldiers send new year greet-
ings to Chinese people on January 1, 2022.” Shen
Shiwei, a Chinese state-affiliated media representa-
tive, tweeted, “China’s national flag rise over Galwan
Valley on the New Year Day of 2022. This national
flag is very special since it once flew over Tiananmen
Square in Beijing.” Opposition grabbed the opportu-
nity to train their guns on the BJP-led government.
‘1 WOMAN IN PANEL OF 31’: PRIYANKA
CHATURVEDI ON MARRIAGE AGE BILL
New Delhi: Maharashtra MP Priyanka Chaturvedi
has raised concerns over the make-up of a commit-
tee that is looking into a bill for raising the legal age
of marriage of women
from 18 to 21. In a letter
to Rajya Sabha Chair-
man Venkaiah Naidu, Ms
Chaturvedi said that the
committee of 31 MPs
deliberating on a bill of
huge significance for
women has only one woman member-West Bengal
MP Sushmita Dev. I am writing this letter to you as a
concerned Member of Parliament.
‘IMRAN’S NEW PAK?’: EX-WIFE’S BARB
AFTER ALLEGED FIRING ON CAR
Islamabad: Reham Khan, activist and former wife
of Pakistan PM Imran Khan, has slammed him over
the country’s law and order situation after her car
was allegedly fired at
last night. In a series of
tweets, Reham asked
if this is “Imran Khan’s
new Pakistan”. She
wrote that she had “just
changed” the vehicle
and that her secretary
and driver were in the car. “On the way back from
my nephew’s marriage my car just got fired at two
men on a motorbike held vehicle at gunpoint!!
Commuters travel amid a light spell of rain.
Telangana BJP
president held
in Karimnagar
Karimnagar: Telanga-
na BJP state president
Bandi Sanjay Kumar
was arrested by Karim-
nagar police on Sunday
eveningduringaprotest,
informed local police.
The arrest came after
Kumar was taken into
custody by police while
he was holding a protest
in Karimnagar de-
manding the resolution
of teachers’ problems
in the state.
The arrest of Telan-
gana BJP chief Bandi
Sanjay is highly con-
demnable and amounts
to the murder of democ-
racy. He was staging a
protest following all
protocols in his office.
Shah discusses threats
from terror groups
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Monday re-
viewed the country’s
prevailing security sit-
uation and emerging
challenges that include
threats from global ter-
ror organisations, illic-
it use of cyberspace and
“movement of foreign
terrorist fighters”.
This was the first
such high-level meet-
ing, chaired by Mr Shah
and attended by the top
brass of the country’s
security and intelli-
gence apparatus, in the
new year.
Amit Shah during a security review meeting, through virtual
conference in New Delhi on Monday.

NEWS
07
NEW CS HAS A
DIFFERENT
STYLE
At the very end of the year, the
biggest chair in the
administrative offices of Uttar
Pradesh witnessed an
unexpected change as a senior
bureaucrat, who was posted in
Delhi for a long time, was
parachuted to Uttar Pradesh.
With his entry, the dreams of
many officers were ruined while
many officers were left
dumbstruck. There is a lot of
discussions now among the
state officers about the new
Chief Secretary. Moreover,
discussions are also rife about
the extent of changes that may
happen after the arrival of the
senior bureaucrat. Will officers
having stayed too long in their
position be transferred or
whether the new CS would bring
along a group of his close
officials to Uttar Pradesh. In the
very first official meeting, the
way the CS pulled up some
collectors showed everyone that
his style of working was
different. Now it is to be seen
how much he would be able to
change the system and
bureaucracy in the election year.
—Ahtesham Siddiqui
JOURNALISTS
BLAMED FOR
BIAS IN
ELECTION
SEASON
As elections near in Uttar
Pradesh, besides the
harshness growing in verbal duels
between political leaders, media
persons have also become the
target. In some recent press
conferences, media persons were
pointed out as spokespersons of
rival parties and it was easy for
political leaders to evade
questions by saying that the
journalists asking the questions
were biased against them.
For example, Akhilesh Yadav,
president of the Samajwadi Party
(SP), held a press conference at
the party office on Monday to
announce the joining of leaders
from several other parties,
including senior BSP leader
Rakesh Pandey. At the presser,
Akhilesh made several poll
promises if his party came into
power, including free 300 units of
electricity to every household in
the state. When a journalist asked
a question about the authenticity
of his poll promises, specifically
asking how he would provide
electricity free in the largest state
of the country, the SP president
alleged that the question came
from the BJP and the journalist
was just a messenger relaying the
question. Similarly, Congress
leaders have been blaming the
media for being under the
influence of BJP and alleging that
journalists were asking questions
to protect their patrons in the
ruling party. —Janardan Misra
BJPreachesouttoWestUPwith
sportspoliticstowinoverGenNext
First India Bureau
Lucknow: After the
withdrawal of contro-
versial three farm laws,
the ruling BJP has been
making hectic efforts to
regain lost ground in
Western Uttar Pradesh
and in this connection,
the party has targeted
the youth force of the
region through “sports
politics”.
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi’s move to
lay the foundation stone
of Major Dhyanchand
sports university is be-
ing seen in the political
circle in this context in
the run-up to the assem-
bly election. In three
previous elections (2014,
2017, 2019), apart from
caste combination, the
younger generation had
played a vital role in the
huge victory of the saf-
fron brigade. The uni-
versity is going to play a
vital role in boosting
sports activities as well
as career promotion in
Meerut, which is known
as the “sports capital of
UP”. The city is also
known for exporting
various types of sports
to around 100 countries.
Modi, while carefully
avoiding to touch farm-
ers issues except men-
tioning measures taken
by the UP government
for their welfare, largely
concentrated on the
“youth factor” in west-
ern UP which returns
around 120 lawmakers
in UP assembly and the
BJP had swept the re-
gion in 2017. The BJP’s
“sports politics” for
west UP seems to be
well-curated as it ap-
pears to help the party
to effectively connect
with GenNext. More
than any other part of
the state, the younger
generation in west UP
has developed a passion
for sports, especially in
three divisions of
Meerut, Saharanpur
and Moradabad during
the last few decades.
Since the “Taus” (old
people) of western UP’s
rural areas were large-
ly at the forefront of
farmers stir against
farms laws they still
continued to be unhap-
py with the central and
state governments, the
BJP has devised an al-
ternative strategy to
again win over the
younger generation
through “sports poli-
tics”. The region has
also produced national
and international
sportspersons, who
have brought laurels
for the country in previ-
ous Asian Common-
wealth games.
2022polls:InabidtowinthesupportofwestUPyouth,BJPisbettingbigwithsportsvarsity
PM Modi uses an equipment at an exhibition of sports products, before the foundation laying
programme of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University, in Meerut on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
EMPHATIC MOVE
Higher Edu dept bags
two eGov Awards for
digital library and
NOC Affiliation Portal
First India Bureau
Lucknow: There
are more laurels for
UP government as
it’s Higher Educa-
tion department
bags 2 eGov Awards
at the national level.
The UP Higher Edu-
cation department
got CSI SIG eGov-
ernance awards 2021
in recognition of its
commendable works
in 2 endeavors- Digi-
tal Library Project
and Online NOC
and AFFILIATIONS
System for opening
the new college/
Course. The awards
will be conferred at
full track sessions
of CSI SIG eGov-
ernance awards
2021 in MNNIT, Al-
lahabad at Praya-
graj on January 23.
The UP govern-
ment, in pursuit of
promoting digital ed-
ucation,hadlaunched
theDigitalLibraryon
which as many as
76,709 e-contents have
so far been uploaded.
The Digital Library
has registered over
7.07 lakh hits. In an-
other achievement,
via successfully de-
signed NOC Affilia-
tion Portal, 487 Un-
dergraduateNOC,431
Postgraduate NOC
and 138 Affiliations
were given online in
Academic Session
2021-22.
Three-year-old girl
killed raped by
granny’s lover: Cops
Noida: The Noida Po-
lice on Monday arrest-
ed a 55-year-old man for
allegedly raping and
killing his 50-year-old
girlfriend’s three-year-
old granddaughter as
the couple believed she
was a “hindrance to
their marriage”, offi-
cials said. The grand-
mother has also been
detained for her role in
the matter which was
reported on December
25 after the child had
gone “missing”, the po-
lice said, as it busted
the blind murder case.
The girl’s body was
recovered from an un-
der-construction build-
ing near Ilahabas vil-
lage on December 28,
officials said. They said
the girl had been living
with her grandmother
asherfatherhadbeenin
jail for the last two years
while her mother had
been living in her home
district due to a dispute
between the couple. “An
FIR was lodged under
Indian Penal Code sec-
tion 363 (missing) and
search launched for the
child,” a police spokes-
person said. “After in-
vestigation and post-
mortem report, sexual
assault against the child
was confirmed. It was
also confirmed that
there had been an at-
tempt to hide the evi-
dence as the body was
hidden under a log of
plywood in the under-
construction building,”
the official said.
The grandmother,
who had reported the
incident to the police,
during the questioning
confessed to her rela-
tionship with the man,
the police claimed.
“The man has a crimi-
nal mentality. He along
with his girlfriend had
conspired the murder
of the child, believing
she was hindrance to
their marriage,” the
spokesperson said. The
accused was arrested
on Monday, while the
woman has been de-
tained and further legal
proceedings are being
carried out, the police
said. Charges under
IPC section 302 (mur-
der), 376 (rape), 377 (un-
natural offences),
among others, as well as
the Protection of Chil-
dren from Sexual Of-
fences (POCSO) Act
have been added in the
case, the police added.
FOUR OF FIVE ACCUSED
ARRESTED, SAY POLICE
Chitrakoot: Four peo-
ple were arrested on
Monday in connection
with the death of a
Dalit contractor in
Sapah village here, po-
lice said. Dalit contrac-
tor Ramraj (40) was al-
legedly beaten to death
by some persons in
Sapah village under
Kotwali Sadar police
station on Saturday.
Four of Ramraj’s rela-
tives were also injured
in the incident, they
said.
Additional Super-
intendent of Police
Shailendra Kumar
Rai said a case was
registered against
five people identified
as Ajeet Patel, Sudhir
Patel, Arun Tiwari,
Vinay Patel and Vijay
Bahadur. On Monday,
four the accused —
Ajeet Patel, Sudhir
Patel, Arun Tiwari
and Vinay Patel —
were arrested, he
said.
The Additional SP
said during the probe,
it came to light that the
incident took place af-
ter the victim refused
to give his tractor trol-
ley to the accused per-
sons. The matter is be-
ing thoroughly investi-
gated, he said. Police
force has been de-
ployed in the village to
prevent any law and
order situation, the of-
ficer added. —PTI
Barabanki: A police inspector was shifted to police
lines after he publicly touched the feet of the Ayo-
dhya MP in police uniform. Asandara police station
Inspector Ashok Kumar Singh was seen in a video
touching the feet of the MP while on duty. The
Superintendent of Police has sent Singh to police
lines and a departmental probe has been initiated
against him. The act of the inspector in uniform
and on duty was considered irresponsible and it
was criticised on several social media platforms.
INSPECTOR SHIFTED TO
LINES FOR TOUCHING FEET
OF AYODHYA MP
IN U’KHAND, KEJRIWAL PROMISES TO PAY `1 CR
TO FAMILIES OF SOLDIERS KILLED IN LINE OF DUTY
First India Bureau
Dehradun: Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal on Monday prom-
ised to pay Rs 1 crore to
the next of kin of secu-
rity personnel killed in
the line of duty in Utta-
rakhand as “Samman
Rashi” if the Aam Aad-
mi Party comes to pow-
er in the state in the
2022 assembly polls.
Kejriwal promised to
give direct jobs in gov-
ernment to retired
Army jawans aged 34-35
years make them
partners in the building
of a new Uttarakhand
making full use of their
patriotism, military
skills and discipline. He
made the announce-
ment at the party’s Utta-
rakhand Nav Nirman
rally at Parade Ground.
“I assure you if AAP
comes to power in Utta-
rakhand, Col Kothiyal
(the party’s chief min-
isterial candidate) will
meet the families of any
soldier who is killed on
the country’s borders or
a police or paramilitary
personnel who died on
duty and hand them a
cheque of Rs 1 crore,”
Kejriwal said. He said
when he used to run an
NGO before coming
into politics, he often
came across cases
where martyrs’ fami-
lies got no support.
“When I became CM
of Delhi, I was told
wives of policemen
killed in the line of duty
got a sewing machine.
Can that be the price of
martyrdom?” Kejriwal
said, adding that he
raised the compensa-
tion amount given to
martyrs’ families to Rs
1 crore after taking over
as CM and has himself
paid that amount to sev-
eral beneficiaries. —PTI
Arvind Kejriwal speaks at the Navaparivartan Sabha at Parade
Ground in Dehradun on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in a press conference over the joining of many
leaders of BJP BSP at party office, in Lucknow on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
DEMONSTRATION DISPERSED
Demonstration of teacher candidates demanding issuance of advertisement for recruitment of 97,000 posts in Basic Education
Department at Loreto intersection in Lucknow on Monday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
DALIT CONTRACTOR DEATH

08
2NDFRONT
Don’t let your struggles define
you, be beyond them, have a life
that is separate from them.
—Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: IAS Durga
Shankar Mishra, who
unexpectedly made an
entry from Delhi like a
superhero in the Uttar
Pradesh bureaucracy,
has become a hot topic
of discussion in bu-
reaucratic circles.
Just two days before
retiring, Mishra was
named the Chief Sec-
retary of UP and the
very next day he as-
sumed his new respon-
sibility, along with a
one-year extension in
service.
However, it is his
sudden disappearance
from Twitter that has
raised speculations.
Mishra had put up a
post on his Twitter
handle, @Secretary_
MoHUA, informing
that he had assumed
charge as the new
Chief Secretary of his
home state of Uttar
Pradesh on December
30 and that now he
would remain in touch
with all through a new
Twitter handle, infor-
mation about which
he would soon make
public.
On his tweet, con-
gratulations started
pouring in from all
over including from
former IAS Surya
Pratap Singh, who
wrote, ‘Congratula-
tions DS. I trust and
hope you will fulfill
your responsibilities
with all fairness and
impartiality proving
all doubters wrong.
Wish you and your
family a very Happy
New Year’. To this,
Mishra replied to his
senior, ‘Definitely, Sir.
Thanks.’
Now, former IAS
Surya Pratap Singh
has been a harsh critic
of the Yogi govern-
ment, which has re-
sulted in slapping of 7
cases on him by the UP
Govt. Mishra had re-
plied to him on his ear-
lier official Twitter
handle, that of the
Secretary, Union Min-
istry of Urban Devel-
opment, where now
the new officer Manoj
Joshi’s name has
come. However, Mish-
ra has not yet ap-
peared on the Twitter
handle of the Chief
Secretary of UP.
There is speculation
if his reply to the con-
gratulations from for-
mer IAS Surya Pratap
Singh will weigh heavy
on the new chief secre-
tary and will it deter-
mine the shape and
tone of his official
tweets in the future.
NEW CHIEF SECRETARY COMMITS A FAUX PAS ON TWITTER
IN A FIX
Durga Shankar Mishra
Apartfrompartyoffice-bearers,MPs,MLAs,1.63Lboothfunctionarieswilltakepartin‘LabharthiSamparkAbhiyan’
BJPBEGINSDRIVETOCONNECTWITH
BENEFICIARIESOFGOVTSCHEMES
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: In the run
up to the upcoming as-
sembly elections of UP,
BJP is implementing
multi-faceted strate-
gies. On one hand, an
honest and credible
image of PM Modi and
CM Yogi is being pro-
jected to garner public
support. On the other
hand, the BJP camp is
going to kick off a
mega campaign to con-
nect the beneficiaries
of various schemes of
the center and the state
governments.
BJP’s ‘think tank’
believes that the bene-
ficiaries who have re-
ceived the benefits of
government schemes
form a significant vote
block; they have the
ability to influence
many other voters be-
sides themselves.
According to esti-
mates, the number of
beneficiaries of gov-
ernment schemes in
UP is around seven
crore.
The campaign to
contact the beneficia-
ries of several schemes
like Kisan Samman
Nidhi, Ujjwala, Jan
Dhan Yojana, PM Awas
Yojana, Ayushman
Bharat is being
launched from Tues-
day. Party strategist
wants to convert these
beneficiaries, includ-
ing farmers, women
and laborers, into its
voters.
Apart from party of-
fice-bearers, MPs,
MLAs, 1.63 lakh booth
functionaries will also
participate in this
‘Labharthi Sampark
Abhiyan’. According
to a senior BJP leader,
the team of the party
officials will contact
the beneficiary fami-
lies belonging to each
booth and appeal to
them to vote in favor of
BJP.
Feedback will also
be taken from them so
that the mechanism of
smooth delivery of
benefits of the schemes
can be improved. The
party leaders are con-
fident that a large sec-
tion of these beneficia-
ries would support the
BJP instead of getting
caught in the grip of
the caste-religious
equations of the oppo-
sition parties.
The number of farmers
registered under the
Prime Minister’s crop
insurance is about 2
crore, out of which 28
lakh farmers have got
reimbursement. Under
Ayushman Bharat
Yojana, there are about
6 crore 47 lakh ben-
eficiaries from 1 crore
18 lakh poor families.
Under the Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan, 2 crore
61 lakh toilets have
been built. Under Saub-
hagya Yojana, 1.5 crore
houses have got free
electricity connections.
One crore 67 lakh gas
connections have been
given under the Ujjwala
scheme of the central
government. More
than one crore entre-
preneurs have ben-
efited under PM Mudra
Yojana. Under the PM
Shramyogi Maandhan
Yojana, there is a provi-
sion of a monthly pen-
sion of 3,000 rupees to
the workers of organ-
ized sectors.
2.61 CR TOILETS BUILT, 1.67
CR GAS CONNECTION GIVEN
Mahanagivessmartphonestostudents
First India Bureau
Kanpur: A pro-
gramme to distribute
tablets/smartphones
to students was held at
Chhatrapati Shahu Ji
Maharaj University,
Kanpur, on Monday.
Cabinet minister
Satish Mahana presid-
ed over the pro-
gramme and in his
address to students
said that as smart-
phones become acces-
sible to everyone in
the state, it is up to the
students to make use
of these in positive
manner.
Mahana implored
the students who re-
ceived tablets/smart-
phones on Monday to
use these for gathering
information, studies
and finding employ-
ment opportunities.
Anil Kumar Yadav,
registrar of the varsi-
ty, expressed his plea-
sure that tablets/
smartphones have
been made accessible
to the students as it
will contribute signifi-
cantly to furthering
their education.
Cabinet minister Satish Mahana giving a smartphone to a student in Kanpur on Monday.
GOING HI-TECH
SPgovtembezzledfunds
during its tenure: Nadda
Basti: BJP president J P
Nadda on Monday ac-
cused the previous SP
government of misap-
propriating funds for
variouswelfareschemes,
claiming that the same
money is now reaching
beneficiaries’ accounts
directly under the Yogi
Adityanath regime.
Addressing a rally
here to mark the conclu-
sion of the BJP’s poll
campaign tours -- Jan
VishvasYatra--launched
last month, Nadda also
took pride over the ad-
vancement of “cultural
nationalism” by his par-
ty
, forcing its opponents
tofollowsuit.Thepeople
who did not know the
meaningof aachman’--a
Hindus’ ritual of purifi-
cation by sprinkling pi-
ous water -- and how to
drink charnamrit’ -- the
water turned into am-
brosia’aftertheablution
of a deity’s feet with it --
have now begun ringing
bells in temples and
boasting of sandalwood
paste on their foreheads,
he said.
Nadda said, “The dif-
ference is now clear in
UP
. The money now di-
rectly goes to the ac-
counts of people. At the
time of SP government,
money used to go for his
(Akhilesh) consump-
tion.” —Agencies
JP Nadda addresses a rally in Basti
onMonday. —PHOTOBYANI
Senior BSP leader
RakeshPandeyjoinsSP
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Ahead of
the Assembly polls in
Uttar Pradesh, senior
Bahujan Samaj Party
(BSP) leader and for-
mer MP from Ambed-
kar Nagar, Rakesh
Pandey joined the Sa-
majwadi Party on
Monday.
Other colleagues of
the MP also joined the
party. “Expressing
faith in the leadership
of National President,
senior BSP leader, and
former MP from
Ambedkar Nagar,
Rakesh Pandey along
with his colleagues
joined the Samajwadi
Party. Warm welcome
and greetings to you,”
Samajwadi Party
tweeted in Hindi. Uttar
Pradesh is slated to go
to the Assembly polls
this year.
Rakesh Pandey with SP chief
Akhilesh Yadav
GEHLOT’SWORDSOFAPPRECIATIONFOR
FI’SEDITOR-IN-CHIEFJAGDEESHCHANDRA
Anita Hada
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot is one of the rare
politicians who observe
a person not only on the
basis of public percep-
tion, but going several
steps ahead and under-
standing how an indi-
vidual is as regards
their nature and true
self. Even though he
keeps busy in the devel-
opment of the state,
sources close to him re-
veal that he keeps an
eye on the issues raised
by media and knows
good journalists like
the back of his hand.
In this connection, on
Monday, while interact-
ing with media person-
nel, CM Gehlot lauded
and appreciated, with
an open heart, First In-
dia’s channel head
Jagdeesh Chandra and
made encouraging com-
ments on his style of
work. In return, Chan-
dra responded by ex-
pressing gratitude to
Gehlot for his ‘aa-
shirwad’.
“It has to be said
about him that he is a
‘master’. He effectively
answers all the ques-
tions raised by journal-
ists in his New JC Show.
He is a major player,”
Gehlot said, and further
added, “I used to ob-
serve that he would
land in a flight with the
PM at 4 in the morning
and at 6 AM, he would
leave in another flight
with the Vice-President.
Therefore, there must
be something special
about him. In 10 years
he has travelled around
the world with the Pres-
ident, Vice-President
and PM.”
“It is difficult to find
such a person. He does
not hide his limitations,
which is a rare quality.
When we travel by
planes, he would get the
nearby seats booked in
advance. There is much
to learn from him. You
all should learn. He
sends flower bouquets
wherever you are. One
thing has to be said that
he can impress anyone
and everyone,” Gehlot
said in appreciation.
The Chief Minister
also lauded the crisp,
brief news (patti) that
was started by Chan-
dra. “He is a master of
these pattis. He was in
ETV
, then Zee and now
First India, only he
knows where he will
head next. He knows in
advance where and
what he has to do,” a
smiling Gehlot said.
Chandra responded by expressing
gratitude to Gehlot for his ‘aashirwad’
Ashok Gehlot Jagdeesh Chandra

LUCKNOW, TUESDAY
JANUARY 4, 2022
he Fashion
Connectsetthe
bar high with
the completion
of its very suc-
cessful previ-
ous seasons.
The Fashion Connect
season 11 will be held on
March 12 at Oaks Ibn
Battuta Gate Hotel
Dubai.Season9wasalso
held in Dubai and was
greatly appreciated by
one and all.
With the huge re-
sponse and netizens go-
ing gaga over the exem-
plary lineup and digital
readiness, the first in-
ternational Fashion
Connect scored an
amazing win over the
fashion industry
.
Jagdeesh Chandra
unveiled the poster of
Fashion Connect Sea-
son 11 on December 4 at
the Leela Palace, Jaipur.
Hesaid,“
Afterthegrand
successof theFirstMiss
India/Teen 2021 held at
Novotel Goa on October
30, First India has come
up with another mag-
nificent season. Along
with our endeavour to
showcase the beauty
and talent of charismat-
icladies,withSeason11,
we also strive to empow-
er women by transform-
ing them into stronger
individuals who are
aware of their creden-
tials. This pageant will
be a great contributor to
the welfare of society
,
while also working in
thefashionanden-
tertainment in-
dustry
. I congrat-
ulate the entire
team.”
Featuring a
rooftop pool,
Oaks Ibn Battuta
Gate Dubai of-
fers modern
rooms. It fea-
tures 4 restau-
rants and bars
reflecting the
journey of the
great Arab explorer
with tastes from around
the world. The spacious
rooms feature a mod-
ern,Moroccan-inspired
décor. Each comes
with a flat-screen TV
and a mini-bar. All
rooms are en-suite
with a bathtub
andwalk-inrain-
forest shower.
Free WiFi is
available for
guests.
09
We’re proud to announce that this is the
second time we will hostThe Fashion Con-
nect event at the Oaks Ibn Battuta Gate
Hotel.Their team hosted an amazing show
in 2021, where many attendees from Dubai
shared the same enjoyment with this ex-
travagant and glamorous event.This year,
we’re thrilled to welcome back and host
this event with even greater achievements
and memories to take with us.
—MARLON ABEYAKOON
General Manager
After the amazing success of Fashion
Connect season 9 at Dubai in March 2021,
we are pleased to announce that Season
11 of this mega fashion show will once
again be held at the Oaks Ibn Battuta Gate
Hotel, Dubai.We promise you an even
better show and this year with the second
season of Luxury Lifetsyle Awards teamed
with the first ever First India Queen of
Cosmos, 2022 is going to grander than
ever with these flagship events.
—JAGDEESH CHANDRA
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
I am very much excited for the Fashion
Connect Season 11 and every time we set
a new benchmark. I’m sure this season
will be bigger and better than the previous
ones.The best part of it is that we have a
legendary designer SuneetVarma as our
grand finale designer.This is also a very
good time to do a show in Dubai because
the whole world is looking at Dubai Expo.
—LOKESH SHARMA
Show Director
It’s not easy to do an event or a Fashion
Show abroad, outside your own country.
And we are not only doing, Fashion Con-
nect, but we are also doing our interna-
tional pageant calledThe Queen of Cos-
mos along with Luxury Lifestyle awards.
So basically if you see there are 3 events
in Dubai and something so massive,
something so big could only be possible
with the support of Jagdeesh Chandra. I’m
just keeping my fingers crossed, wanting
that COVD should settle down in our coun-
try and UAE as well and there shouldn’t
be many cases.We also have film actress
Daisy Shah on board. She’ll be joining us
as well, and we have Salman Khan’s cos-
tume designer, Ashley Robello on board.
Looking forward to a great time.”
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AKSHARA KHANNA, Blogger
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Some positive changes can
be expected on the home
front. This seems a good
day for job seekers. New
avenues for earning open up as you
get more determined. Fitness through
extra efforts is assured for the
deskbound. Chances of making an
exciting plan with lover is possible.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
A family youngster may do
you proud. A business trip
is indicated. Your strategy
to promote yourself on the
professional front will bear fruits.
You may need to speed up things on
the academic front to remain ahead.
On the social front, the day finds you
in your element.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Success is foretold on the
academic front. Your
reputation may boost your
image on the social front.
On the work front, you will manage
to keep your superiors in good
humour. Spend time with family.
Good planning will see you complete
a task at work in record time.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Some favourable
developments on the social
front are foreseen. Buying
new furniture or a major
appliance is possible. With good
networking, a prized posting can be
yours Those trying to get back their
money will succeed. A healthy phase of
life begins for some.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Your happiness is in your
hands. Spouse may need
her space, respect that.
This is a favourable day for
completing pending jobs. Financially,
no problems are foreseen. Much fun
is in store on the social front. Those
in love with the adventures may
chase the excitement very soon.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Those fond of travelling may
get their chance soon. This
is the time when you enjoy
yourself with a new group of
friends or colleagues. A change of job
is likely to give you better salary and
perks. Those in business will soon get
a chance to make profits. Spending
time with lover proves most fulfilling.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Professionals will be able
to give their best in a new
situation. Financially, this
day may prove lucky for
you, so go ask for the raise that is
keeping you on tenterhooks. Don’t
take any chances with your health.
You will succeed in putting your
stagnant love life back on the track.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
You may take up some-
one’s cause and earn
appreciation from all
quarters on the social
front. Remaining on the good side of
those who matter on the academic
front will help you achieve much.
Good tidings of well wishers will
keep you going on professional front.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You may wait for
someone’s invitation for a
trip. Tenant troubles are
foreseen for some house
owners. You will find family life more
than fulfilling. A senior is likely to put
in a good word for you to the higher
ups. Financially, you will be able to
consolidate your position.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Your desire for an exciting
time on the social front is
likely to be fulfilled today.
Those looking for buying a
house can get a good bargain.
Appreciation is in store for some
homemakers. A professional victory
is yours if you play your cards well
today.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
You will have to be
focussed on the academic
front. You may get busy
organising something on
social front. Put your ideas into
action to prove yourself. A party may
be thrown in your honour at work.
Your good performance may be
noticed by higher ups.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You will manage to achieve
what you had aimed for on
the academic front. A
celebration can find you in
your element today. Praise and
honour are likely to greet you in
something that you have managed to
achieve. You will be a pillar of
strength to a friend or associate.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
YOUR FOOD,
YOUR FOOD,
LIFESTYLE AND
LIFESTYLE AND
YOUR HEART
YOUR HEART
t has been
known for a
long that specif-
ic foods and nu-
trients can em-
power your
heart against
many diseases includ-
ing myocardial infarc-
tion. But it is also a fact
of life that people don’t
adhere to a bland diet
for long especially dur-
ing their youth which
is actually the time
that future heart dis-
eases start taking their
r o o t s . People who
are health conscious
mostly go for specific
nutrientsordietwhich,
again, is not sustaina-
ble for the whole life. A
better option is to cre-
ate a diet pattern rath-
er than a specific diet
or nutrition supple-
ment. The first impor-
tant action is to bal-
ance calorie intake as
per the need of a per-
son according to sphere
and type of work - the
calorie requirement of
an office worker is very
different from that of a
construction worker. A
work-related calorie in-
take also helps main-
tain weight and gener-
al fitness.
The second impor-
tant step is to go for sea-
sonal and different va-
rieties of fruits and
vegetables. These natu-
ral products for great
heart health should
prompt us to protect
and promote the tree
population. This would
be a mutually benefi-
cial coexistence main-
ly for the human race.
Avoid refined grain
products. Go for whole-
grain foods as they pro-
tect your heart, are
more nutritious and
help in maintaining
weight. Whole-grain
foods digest better as
well.
Your major source
of protein should be of
vegetarian origin in
form of pulses, leg-
umes, low-fat dairy,
nuts, and fish. In non-
vegetarian foods,
avoid processed
meat, prefer lean
meat.
It is always benefi-
cial to avoid tropical
oils like palm oil. Go for
cold-pressed sunflower,
sesame oil, mustard,
and extra virgin olive
oil. Overall, oil intake
should be the bare min-
imum as per present-
day lifestyle. Repeated
heating of the oil is a
big NO.
Foods with added
sugars including sweet-
ened beverages should
always be denied for
the sake of your heart
as well as overall
health. As far as the
salt intake is con-
cerned, it should be a
low salt diet. Some peo-
ple including many
physicians go over-
board and stop salt in-
take totally. This may
lead to low sodium lev-
els in the blood which
is a very serious condi-
tion and may cause
brain damage and even
death. Similarly, those
who love alcohol
should also go for mod-
eration.
If you can tolerate
chili pepper, then is
would be a fine addi-
tion to your food. Cap-
saicin in chili peppers
is anti-in- flam-
matory, an- tiox-
i d a n t ,
blood glu-
cose regu-
lator, and
anti-cancer
agent. A good chutney
with garlic is bliss, es-
pecially during winter.
In summary, the
better heart-protecting
foods are - green leafy
vegetables, yellow veg-
etables, whole grains,
fruits, tea, and coffee in
moderation. The foods
that harm your heart
are refined grains, red
meat, processed meat,
deep-fried foods and
sugary beverages.
Finally, what mat-
ters most is your atti-
tude towards life. A
tendency to accu-
mulate at the cost of
living a natural and vi-
brant life, monotonous
routine, being a work-
horse, anger, greed,
hate, poor sleep,
overexertion and
even excessive ex-
ercise are other
factors that
put a strain
on your
heart. A
b l i s s f u l
and con-
tented life with the
moderate but continu-
ous progress of living
standards is, perhaps,
the best option.
DR RAM AWATAR SHARMA
ramawatarf132@gmail.com
I
“A BETTER OPTION IS TO
CREATE A DIET PATTERN
RATHER THAN A SPECIFIC DIET
OR NUTRITION SUPPLEMENT.”
GEMINI
TAURUS CANCER
is a very serious condi-
tion and may cause
brain damage and even
death. Similarly, those
who love alcohol
should also go for mod-
If you can tolerate
chili pepper, then is
would be a fine addi-
tion to your food. Cap-
saicin in chili peppers
is anti-in- flam-
tiox-
lator, and
anti-cancer
better heart-protecting
foods are - green leafy
vegetables, yellow veg-
etables, whole grains,
fruits, tea, and coffee in
moderation. The foods
that harm your heart
are refined grains, red
meat, processed meat,
deep-fried foods and
sugary beverages.
Finally, what mat-
ters most is your atti-
tude towards life. A
tendency to accu-
horse, anger, greed,
hate, poor sleep,
overexertion and
even excessive ex-
ercise are other
factors that
put a strain
on your
heart. A
b l i s s f u l
and con-
the best option.

ETC
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HAIDER
Haider is a must-watch, as it has
a phenomenal story, which is
backed up by amazing performanc-
es by actors. Shahid shines in this
movie, it is his best performance as
of now. Haider, the protagonist re-
turns to Jammu and Kashmir when the
state is bedevilled by a violent insurgen-
cy
. He seeks closure regarding his father’s
disappearance, but the state’s politics
overpower him. Set amidst the insurgen-
cy-hit Kashmir conflicts of 1995 and civil-
ian disappearances, Haider is a modern-
day adaptation of William Shakespeare’s
Hamlet. Haider was the first Indian film
to win the People’s Choice Award at the
Rome Film Festival.
MAQBOOL
Maqbool is a 2004 Indian crime drama
film starring Late Actor Irrfan Khan,
Tabu and Pankaj Kapur is an adaptation
of the play Macbeth by Shakespeare.
Maqbool, an underworld don’s hench-
man, falls in love with his boss’s lover,
Nimmi, who prompts him to kill the don
and become the next frontrunner. The
plot of the film is based on that of Mac-
beth about events and characterisation.
“Maqbool” is one of those rare films
which just didn’t warm to despite its
quality. The writing is a surprising adap-
tation of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” to
modern-day India.
OMKARA
Omkara is a renovation of William
Shakespeare’s Othello set in the Indian
farms. Half-caste bandit Omkara Shukla
played by Ajay Devgan abducts his lady
love from her family. A conspiracy, how-
ever, forms against him when he denies
his right-hand man, Langda Tyagi a pro-
motion and appoints Kesu played by
Vivek Oberoi as his lieutenant, Langda
feels betrayed and plots revenge. Dark
theme, robust language, rigid script, in-
tensely executed drama sequences, that’s
Omkara.
7 KHOON MAAF
The film tells the story of a Fatale Su-
sanna played by Priyanka Chopra who is
hungry for love and will go to any extent
to find it in its purest form. In her quest
for the perfect man, she gets married sev-
eral times as each of her husbands dies
mysteriously. The movie is based on Rus-
kin Bond’s book Sussana’s Seven Hus-
bands. It is knitted gorgeously and pours
the aroma of precise acting.
THE BLUE UMBRELLA
Binya – a small girl from the hills. Few
tourists’ gift Binya a blue umbrella and
she gains immense popularity. However,
Nandakishore played by Pankaj Kapoor,
the only shopkeeper in their village,
tries to get his hands on her umbrella.
The main theme of the very sober story
is to keep others happy by doling out the
things that you love most. It is tough to
renounce the things that we love.
BRINGING PAGES TO LIFE
IN A RECENT
INTERVIEW,
FILMMAKER VISHAL
BHARDWAJ
REVEALED THAT HE
WILL BE ADAPTING
AGATHA CHRISTIE‘S
NOVELS INTO
FILMS. THE
FILMMAKER HAS
PREVIOUSLY
SUCCESSFULLY
RECONSTRUCTED
CLASSIC
LITERATURE INTO
MARVELLOUS HITS,
LET’S TAKE A LOOK
AT SOME OF HIS
WORKS
PARTH
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