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Mass euphoria, mammoth crowd at Modi’s roadshow in Varanasi
Varanasi (PTI):Crowds
cheered and showered
flower petals on Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi’s cavalcade as he
held a mega roadshow
here, drumming up sup-
port for BJP candidates
ahead of the last phase
of the assembly polls.
Modi stood in an
open-roof vehicle as the
convoy travelled over
three kilometres
through the holy city,
part of the prime minis-
ter’s Lok Sabha constit-
uency. Two security
men stood behind him.
The crowd chanted
“JaiShriRam”and“Har
Har Mahadev”, and
showered rose petals at
several places as Modi
waved to them or folded
his palms in a namaste’.
The PM wore a saffron
cap and a “gamcha”
(towel) around the neck.
Crowds followed Modi
all through the road-
show & many people
stood on balconies and
rooftops, waving at him.
Modi began the show
after garlanding a statue
of Sardar Vallabhbhai
PatelatMaldahiyacross-
ing. The convoy covered
three kilometres before
the PM visited the Kashi
Vishwanath temple
whereheofferedprayers.
He then left for Lanka
chowk where he gar-
landed the statue of
Madan Mohan Malviya,
ending the event. P2
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets people during his spectacular roadshow on Friday. —PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR
Modi began the show
after garlanding a statue
of Sardar Patel at
Maldahiya and ended it
at Lanka Chowk where
he garlanded a statue of
Madan Mohan Malviya
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The Haryana government on Friday introduced a Bill
in the state Assembly against religious conversion
through force, undue influence or allurement, trigger-
ing vociferous opposition from the Congress. Speaker
Gian Chand Gupta suspended Congress MLA Raghuvir.
HARYANA: UPROAR
IN ASSEMBLY
OVER BILL ON
ANTI-CONVERSION
Rishabh Pant was in fantastic form as India posted
357 for six in 85 overs at Stumps against Sri Lanka
on Day 1 of the ongoing first Test match at Mohali, on
Friday. The wicketkeeper-batter smashed 96 runs off
97 balls and narrowly missed out on a century.
IND VS SL TEST
DAY 1: PANT’S 96
POWERS INDIA TO
357/6 AT STUMPS
JUSTICE
SRIVASTAVA
TO BE ACTING
CJ OF RAJ HC
Jaipur: The senior
most judge of Ra-
jasthan High Court
Justice Manindra
Mohan Srivastava is
going to be the Acting
Chief Justice after the
sitting Chief Justice
Akil Kureshi retires on
Sunday. The Central
government issued a
notice to this effect on
Friday. Justice Srivas-
tava will take over the
charge on Monday and
will hold the position
till the time a full-time
Chief Justice is ap-
pointed. Hailing from
Bilaspur, he originally
belongs to Chhattis-
garh High Court. After
completing his Law
course from KR Law
College in Bilaspur, he
started his legal career
as a lawyer in Rajgarh.
He was transferred
from Chhattisgarh HC
to Rajasthan HC on
18th October last year.
Russia seizes Ukraine nuke plant
FIRE AT EUROPE’S LARGEST NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
POST RUSSIAN SHELLING; 3 KILLED, 2 WOUNDED
UN HUMAN
RIGHTS PANEL TO
PROBE VIOLATIONS BY
RUSSIANS IN UKRAINE
1
NO DAMAGE TO
REACTORS AT
UKRAINE NUCLEAR
PLANT AFTER RUSSIAN
SHELLING, SAYS UN
ATOMIC CHIEF
2
HEAVY FIGHTING
CONTINUES ON
OUTSKIRTS OF
STRATEGIC PORT CITY
ON THE AZOV SEA,
MARIUPOL
3
ENTIRE STAFF
OF RUSSIAN TV
CHANNEL RESIGNS
LIVE ON-AIR
4
R
ussian military
forces have
seized the Zapor-
izhzhia nuclear power
plant - Europe’s largest
- in Ukraine’s southeast,
the regional state ad-
ministrationsaidonFri-
day
. Earlier in the day
, a
fire broke out in Zapor-
izhzhya, according to an
announcement from the
mayor of the nearby
town of Enerhodar. “As
a result of continuous
enemy shelling of build-
ings and units of the
largest nuclear power
plant in Europe, the
Zaporizhzhia nuclear
power plant is on fire,”
Enerhodar Mayor
Dmytro Orlov said.
Meanwhile, at least
1,000 Indians - 700 in
Sumyand300inKharkiv
-arestillstrandedincon-
flict zones in eastern
Ukraine, the MEA said.
Fire at the Zaporizhzhia
nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
A woman crouches down in the doorway of a blue
and yellow train at a station in Kyiv, Ukraine’s
embattled capital city. Her husband stands on the
platform below and cranes his neck up for a kiss
that both hope will not be their last. —AP News
MAIN TENU
FIR MILANGI
300 SHOTS FIRED, 280 RUSSIAN TANKS GONE
WITH US MISSILES IN UKRAINIAN HANDS
The Ukrainian military fighting the much larger Russian inva-
sion force has been able to kill hundreds of Russian tanks
and armoured vehicles
using a hand-held anti-tank
missile supplied by the US,
according to a US journal-
ist who has been tracking
the war in the east Euro-
pean nation. At least 280
Russian armoured vehicles
have been destroyed with the American Javelin missile, out
of 300 shots fired, journalist Jack Murphy said in an article.
INDIAN STUDENT
SHOT AT IN KYIV
An Indian student was shot
at in Ukraine capital Kyiv,
Union Minister VK Singh
said, days after another stu-
dent died in Russian shelling
in the city of Kharkiv. The
student was trying to escape
Kyiv and was wounded in
firing, according to the min-
ister. He was taken back into
the city and is in hospital.
3 ASSASSINATION
ATTEMPTS IN WEEK
ON UKRAINE PREZ
Ukraine’s President Volody-
myr Zelensky has survived
three assassination attempts
since the Russian invasion
began last week, reports
said. The reports said that
two different assassination
groups were sent to kill the
Zelensky - the Wagner group
and Chechen rebels.
GOVT TO SC: 17,000
INDIANS EVACUATED
As the Supreme Court ex-
pressed concern for the lives
of students caught in the
middle of the conflict zone
in Ukraine, the Centre said
that government efforts have
resulted in a swift evacua-
tion of 17,000 Indians from
Ukraine. A bench headed by
CJI NV Ramana asked gov-
ernment to open helplines.
‘BODY TAKES MORE
SPACE ON FLIGHT’
Amid a lack of clarity as to
when the mortal remains
of Naveen, the Karnataka
student killed in Ukraine,
will be brought back to his
hometown, BJP MLA Arvind
Bellad has stoked a contro-
versy by saying that more
people can be accommo-
dated on a plane in the space
taken up by a dead body.
‘NO RADIATION
RELEASE AT
UKRAINE PLANT’
The chief of the United
Nations’ nuclear
watchdog International
Atomic Energy Agency
director-general Rafael
Mariano Grossi said said
there was no release of
radiation at the Ukrainian
nuclear plant that was
targeted by the Russian
forces on Friday.
US Secretary of State
Antony J Blinken (R),
speaks with European
Union foreign policy
chief Josep Borrell
during an extraordinary
NATO foreign ministers
meeting at NATO head-
quarters in Brussels on
Friday as Russia’s war
on Ukraine entered its
ninth day on Friday.
SEPTEMBER 13, 1969 - MARCH 4, 2022
WARNE
IS GONE!
Former Australian cricketer and spin bowling
legend Shane Warne has died at the age of 52
years, due to a “suspected heart attack”
according to a statement issued by his
management company on Friday evening
REDEFINING SPIN
BOWLING LIKE
NEVER BEFORE,
SHANE WARNE WAS
ARGUABLY AMONGST
THE GREATEST
BOWLERS EVER TO
PLAY THE GAME
BALL OF THE
CENTURY
Warne delivered ‘ball
of the century’ to Mike
Gatting in the Ashes
series of 1993. A
cracking leg break that
spun from well outside
leg to clip the off bail
even as the batsman
offered no stroke.
TESTS
145
Matches
708
Wickets
3,154
Runs scored
ODIs
194
Matches
293
Wickets
1,018
Runs scored
Warne had revealed last year that while he was battling Covid-19,
there came a stage when he had to be put on a ventilator.
Noida: A major job and apprenticeship
fair would be organised for youths at the
Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in Sec-
tor 31 of Noida from 10am to 5pm on
March 8, 24 and 31, officials said Friday.
MAJOR JOB
FAIR IN NOIDA
ON MARCH 8,
24 & 31
56 dead, 194 hurt in Peshawar blast
Peshawar (Agencies):
A suicide bomber
struck inside a Shiite
Muslim mosque in Pa-
kistan’s northwestern
city of Peshawar dur-
ingFridayprayers,kill-
ing at least 56 worship-
pers and wounding 194
people, hospital offi-
cials said.
No militant group
immediately claimed
responsibility for the
attack.BoththeIslamic
State group and the Pa-
kistaniTaliban–amili-
tant group separate
from the Taliban in Af-
ghanistan – have car-
ried out similar attacks
in the past in the area,
located near the border
with neighboring Af-
ghanistan. The explo-
sion occurred as wor-
shippers gathered in
KuchaRisaldarmosque
for Friday prayers.
A victim being shifted from the site of bomb explosion.
FRIDAY PRAYERS
HORROR AT MASJID
Peshawar Police Chief
Muhammed Ejaz Khan
said the violence started
when two armed attackers
opened fire on police
outside the mosque in Pe-
shawar’s old city. One at-
tacker and one policeman
were killed in the gunfight,
and another police of-
ficial was wounded. The
remaining attacker then
ran inside the mosque
and detonated a bomb.
Scores of victims were
peppered with shrapnel
while several had limbs
amputated.
MANIPUR VOTES IN
SECOND PHASE TODAY
MANIPUR PHASE-2
22
Constituencies
06
Districts
8.3
lakh voters
92
Candidates in the fray
7AM
Polling begins
In 2017, Congress, which emerged as the single largest
party but was unable to form the government, bagged
eight out of 10 seats in Thoubal.
 The second phase of
polls to the 60-member
Manipur assembly will be
held for the 22 remaining
seats on Saturday with
both the ruling Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) and the
Congress claiming to
have an edge.
 EC has also ordered
re-polling at 12 polling
stations across five as-
sembly constituencies in
Manipur’s Churachandpur,
Imphal East, and Kangpok-
pi districts on Saturday.
IF NEEDED, AAP WILL JOIN HANDS WITH SP
TO OUST BJP FROM UP, SAYS SANJAY SINGH
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh said if needed, his party
is ready to join hands with the Samajwadi Party (SP) to oust the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Uttar Pradesh. “Our government
will be formed in Punjab. Uttarakhand and Goa will also see positive
results. AAP’s politics is reaching the people...,” Sanjay Singh added.

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PM lauds Operation Ganga in Ukraine
Any campaign associated with the name of mother Ganga (that flows
through Varanasi and Mirzapur) is bound to succeed, asserts PM Modi
Mirzapur (PTI) : Stat-
ing that the entire world
is passing through a
delicate period now,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi Friday assert-
ed no matter how deep
the crisis is India’s re-
sponse is even bigger.
Addressing an elec-
tion rally here, the PM
also said that thousands
of students have been
brought back from
Ukraine under the on-
going Operation Ganga,
and those still there are
being evacuated.
“The entire world
now is passing through
a ‘najuk daur’ (delicate
period) of this century.
Many countries are to-
day affected by the pan-
demic, unrest and un-
certainty
. But you must
have seen however deep
the crisis is India’s at-
tempts (to address
them) are even bigger
and firm,” he said.
“We have brought
back thousands of stu-
dents from Ukraine un-
der Operation Ganga
safely,” the PM said,
adding special flights
are being operated for
those still stuck there.
Any campaign asso-
ciated with mother
Ganga is bound to suc-
ceed, he added.
“During the corona-
virus period, India
brought every single
citizen stuck abroad by
running Operation
Vande Bharat. Opera-
tion Devi Shakti was
carried out in Afghani-
stan. Now, India is en-
gaged in saving every
citizen and student in
Ukraine,” he added.
The PM said the voters
need to defeat “’pari-
warwadi’ (dynasts) and
‘Mafiawadi’ and bring
the BJP government.
“UP continuously
needs leadership which
is filled with patriotic
spirit, is honest and can
toil hard for develop-
ment. The history of
dynasts (Opposition) is
written in black. Their
history is of looting the
state, freeing terrorists,
helping rioters, patron-
ising the mafia and
criminals.”, he said
PM Modi in Mirzapur with CM Yogi Adityanath and other leaders inluding Union minister for
Commerce and Industry Anupriya Patel on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI PM Modi during a road show in Varanasi on Friday.
OPPN WORKS TO BREAK THE SOCIETY: MODI
He said the Opposition has only one work -- to
break society, divide the people, and grab power
and loot Uttar Pradesh. “Is this game acceptable
to you?” he asked.He said that during the previ-
ous government in the state, only 800 houses
were built for the poor in Mirzapur, but the Adity-
anath government has sanctioned 40,000 houses,
28,000 of which have already been built.
Yogi urges people to vote
against dynastic politics
Mirzapur/ Jaun-
pur (ANi): Launch-
ing an attack at the
Opposition UP CM
Yogi Adityanath on
Friday urged people
of UP to vote against
dynastic politics, an-
archy and mafias.
Mirzapur assembly
constituency will go
to polls in the sev-
enth phase.
Addressing a pub-
lic meeting in Mir-
zapur, the CM said,
“Those who deprived
you (public) of every
drop of water, should
be deprived of every
vote. You should vote
in a way that those
who colluded politics
with crime and ma-
fias, brought ‘pari-
varwaad’ and anar-
chy don’t dare to
come in public life
and exploit you.”
Further address-
ing a rally in Jaun-
pur, Yogi said that
unlike the previous
government, the BJP
government did not
discriminate be-
tween people in pro-
viding facilities to
the people. Yogi fu-
ther said that his gov-
ernment believes in
Sabka Saath, Sabka
Vikaas without dis-
crimination.
First India Bureau
Chandauli: Lambast-
ing the SP government
for sheltering the crim-
inals and goons, CM
Yogi on Friday said that
the mafia committing
crimes under SP govt is
now seen on a wheel-
chair and crawling like
a worm instead of
flaunting ‘tamanchas’
(guns) in open jeeps.
Addressing a rally in
the Saiyad Raja assem-
bly constituency of
Chandauli, the CM said,
”If the state will have a
‘dumdar’ (strong) gov-
ernment, then bulldoz-
er and development will
go hand in hand. The
mafia who killed the
‘Yadavs’ in Mau, set fire
to the houses of the
traders, put Mau in the
fire of riots, were pro-
tected by the previous
governments.” Our gov-
ernment has taught
them the right lesson
and put all the mafias in
jails, he added.
The BJP has taken a
decisive lead over oppo-
sition parties in the six
phases of the polls held
so far and trends show
that we have already
crossed the score of 275,
assertedYogiAditynath
on Friday. He said that
on the result day, only
BJP will win.
“When the election
results will come on
March 10, then only
BJP will be visible in
the entire state and due
to the fear of defeat, sev-
eral SP-BSP leaders
have started making
their bookings to flee
abroad.”
The CM said that the
professional criminals
who had come out of
their ‘holes’ during
elections to spread an-
archy in the state have
realized that their mo-
tives will not be ful-
filled. So, they are now
again searching for a
hole to hide.
Hitting out at the pre-
vious SP government
regarding uninterrupt-
ed power supply only
during Eid and Mo-
harram festivals, Yogi
Aditynath went on to
say that now uninter-
rupted power supply
provided during BJP
rule is for everyone, ir-
respective of caste and
religion.
‘Criminals now on their knees instead of flaunting tamancha’
YOGI IN CHANDAULI

Even
electricity
had a religion
in previous
govt’s tenure,
said CM Yogi
Adityanath
pointing
fingers at SP
CM Yogi waves at the crowd at a political rally in Chandauli on Friday.
“If UP will have a
‘dumdar’ govt, then
bulldozer, develop-
ment will go hand in
hand. Our govt has
taught them (mafia),
the right lesson and
put all mafias in jails.
—Yogi Adityanath,
Chief Minister
Four local
BJP leaders
booked for
cheating
Muzaffarnagar
(PTI): Four local
BJP leaders have
been booked for
allegedly falsify-
ing documents to
get a lease sanc-
tioned from the
government for
sand mining in
Shamli district, on
Friday
.
According to
the cops, farmer
Lilu Singh alleged
that the accused
got the lease to lift
sand from his field
in Yusufpur Cho-
tra village under
Jhinjhana police
station using fake
documents.
They were iden-
tified as district
BJP secy Diwakar
Kashyap, district
general secy Ra-
jendra, BJP divi-
sional president
Bhupendra Singh
and former divi-
sional president
Birendra, they
said.
RAJNATH HAILS MODI,
CALLS HIM A REAL
‘SAMAJWADI’ FIGURE
Jaunpur (ANI): De-
fence Minister and se-
nior BJP leader Rajnath
Singh on Friday said
that a true ‘Samajwadi’
is the one who can free
the people from fear,
hunger and corruption
and that the real ‘Sama-
jwadi’ is Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi.
Addressing a rally at
Malhani in Jaunpur ,
the Defence Minister
said, “They say that we
are Samajwadi but in
truth, Samajwadi is the
one who can relieve
people from fear, hun-
ger and corruption.”
“If we test the state-
ment, then the real Sa-
majwadi is Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi.
We are ‘Samajwadi’ and
‘Rashtrawadi’.
And being a Defence
minister, even the
world’s biggest power
cannot harm Bharat
Mata,” he added.
“Whenever the gov-
ernment of Samajwadi
Party has come, the cas-
es of rapes, loot, daco-
ity, corruption have in-
creased in Uttar
Pradesh. We do not
need to tell you all this.
You already know,” he
stated.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with Madhya Pradesh Chief
Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and others during an election
rally for the seventh and last phase of UP polls on Friday.
RAJNATH ON BJP
BJP will form the next govt with over 300 seats: Shah
Ghazipur(PTI): Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Friday said Sa-
majwadi Party presi-
dent Akhilesh Yadav
only cares for “one com-
munity and one caste”.
Addressing a rally
here, Shah said the elec-
tions in Uttar Pradesh
is to secure the future
of lakhs of people from
the backward and dalit
communities of the
state, and asserted that
the BJP will form the
next government with
over 300 seats.
Shah said his party
will provide one free
gas cylinder on Holi
and Diwali if voted to
power, and added that
the BJP has worked for
the development of
poor and provided them
free ration, medical fa-
cilities, housing as well
as ensured that their
homes gets electricity
.
Akhilesh Yadav only
sees people of one com-
munity “which we are
not part of” and only
one caste, Shah said
without elaborating
further.
“The SP chief sees
one community with
one eye and one caste
with the other,” Shah
said.
BJP leaders during
their poll campaigns in
the past have accused
the SP of favouring
Muslims and the Ya-
davs when the party
was in power.
“We have sent money
into the bank accounts
of the farmers directly
and we have promised
that they will not be re-
quired to pay electricity
bill for the next five
years if the BJP comes
to power,” said Shah.
“We have decided to
give girls free scooters.
Also, the students will
be provided free tablets
in the state,” he added.
Referring to
don-turned-politician
Mukhtar Ansari and
Atiq Ahmed, Shah said
they have been sent to
jail under the leader-
ship of Yogi Aditya-
nath.
“We are building
homes for poor on the
land which were once
occupied by the mafia
under previous govern-
ments,” the Home Min-
ister claimed.
During the BJP re-
gime, UP has emerged
as the leader in sugar-
cane production and
other agricultural prod-
ucts but under SP and
BSP rule, the state
topped in the number
of murders and produc-
tion of illegal arms.
Shah further claimed
that the incidents of
crime in UP have
dropped sharply under
the BJP’s rule.
Amit Shah in Ghazipur on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
TARGET AKHILESH
BJP dubs Dara Singh Chauhan as a ‘traitor’ in Ghosi
Mau (PTI): As the BJP
campaigns in UP’s Gho-
si, it is urging people
not to vote for former
minister Dara Singh
Chauhan, calling him a
“traitor” for leaving the
ruling party just days
ahead of the elections.
Chauhan, who hails
from the most back-
ward Chauhan commu-
nity, had joined the Sa-
majwadi Party along
with Swami Prasad
Maurya in January af-
ter resigning as state
forest and environment
minister, accusing
Bharatiya Janta Party
of neglecting back-
wards, Dalits.
The SP has fielded him
from Ghosi seat in Mau
and Chauhan has been
dubbing the BJP as “an-
ti-Dalit-backward”
during his public meet-
ings.
Sitting MLA Vijay
Rajbhar from the BJP,
Wasim Ahmed ‘Chun-
nu’ from the Bahujan
Samaj Party and Con-
gress party’s Priyanka
Yadav are in the fray in
the Ghosi Assembly
constituency
.
The SC and OBC can
make a difference in the
Ghosi assembly constit-
uency with an estimiat-
ed over 4.5 lakh voters.
There are around 70,000
Dalit voters in the area,
over 50,000 from Ra-
jbhar and about 45,000
Chauhans in the area.
Without naming
Chauhan and Mukhtar
Ansari, Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath had
asked voters on
Wednesday at an elec-
tion meeting to be
aware of “traitors”.
Dara Singh Chauhan while
joining Samajwadi Party in
presence of Akhiesh Yadav.
DEPARTURE OF BJP IMMINENT: RAJBHAR
Varanasi: Suheldev
BhartiyaSamajParty
(SBSP) chief Om-
prakash Rajbhar on
Thursday said the
BJP is set to “depart”
from UP after poll re-
sults on March 10.
Addressing a public
rally, Rajbhar took a
swipe at BJP and said
that once the results
are declared, people
will play departure
songs for them. “...
Thedepartureof BJP
is imminent.
At 10 am on 10th
March, songs will
play, ‘Mere angne
mein tumhara kya
kaam hai’ and ‘Chal
sanyasi mandir
mein’...”saidRajbhar.
Om Prakash Rajbhar.
CM Yogi addresses a rally in Jaunpur on Friday.
—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR

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CRUCIAL READ
Lucknow: DGP Mukul Goyal has congratulated Foren-
sic/Technical Services on getting the second prize at
national level. The top cop extended his congratula-
tions in the conference organised by NCRB/MHA, for
the special contribution in the forensic field under the
ICJS project. On this occasion, Additional Director
General of Police Law and Order, Additional Director
General of Police/GSO of Director General of Police,
Deputy Director Forensic Science Laboratory, Deputy
Inspector General of Police Technical Services and
other senior police officers were present.
42-YEAR-OLD MAN
HELD FOR RAPING
MINOR DAUGHTER
Shahjahanpur: A 42-yr-
old man was arrested
here for repeatedly
raping his daughter, the
police said Friday. SP S
Anand said during ques-
tioning, it was found that
he had been raping his
13-yr-old daughter for
last four months.The
accused has six cases,
including that of murder,
against him. Due to it,
his wife had left him
and he was living with
daughter alone, the SP
said. Anand said the vic-
tim told police that her
father was doing wrong
things with her for the
past one year.
I-T DEPT RAID ON
HOSP, RESIDENCE
OF NEUROSURGEON
Kanpur: Income Tax
(I-T) department sleuths
on Friday conducted
raids at the residence
of a neurosurgeon
and his hospital here,
sources said. Teams of
the Income Tax depart-
ment reached a hospital
at Kaka Deo here where
the neurosurgeon Dr Ra-
ghavendra Gupta works
and at his residence
in Swaroop Nagar. Dr
Gupta is also a Profes-
sor at GSVM Medical
College. As per sources,
the income tax teams
had received information
about depositing huge
amounts of cash.
DGP GOEL LAUDS FORENSIC TEAM FOR
WINNING PRIZE AT NAT’L LEVEL
Ambedkar Nagar
(PTI): Bal Thackeray
pesters Giani Zail Singh
for a cricket bat and is
asked by Manmohan
Singh to focus on his
studies instead.
It’s not an all-party
meeting of politicians
from the present and
past. The scene is being
playedoutatthehomeof
Mithai Lal, 57, in a vil-
lage called Hyderabad
under Jalalpur constitu-
ency here.
Mithai Lal, a farmer,
named his seven chil-
dren after politicians so
that they get respect .
His other children are
Mulayam Singh, Kalyan
Singh, Rajnath Singh
and daughter Jayalali-
thaa, who died in 2013.
When asked to whom
they voted in the assem-
bly polls on Thursday
,
Zail Singh said, “We
have got a number of
benefitsfromthegovern-
ment, and hence sup-
ported it.”
The family has also
got the house under the
PM Awas Yojana.
Mulayam Singh runs
a medical shop, while
Kalyan works in a facto-
ry in Dadri.
Giani Zail Singh owns
a furniture shop, while
Rajnath Singh works in
a factory in Haryana.
Manmohan Singh and
Bal Thackeray are
school going students.
Mithai Lal said,
“During my school days,
my classmates used to
make fun of name ... the
entire class and some-
times even the teacher
would laugh which
would last for minutes. I
felt deeply insulted.”
“It was roughly
around that time the
idea struck my mind...
my children should not
be insulted like me. Sub-
sequently
, I named my
children on prominent
politicians, so that they
get much more respect
thanwhatIgot,”hesays.
Manmohan Singh
says, “At times, people
ask me ‘are you Manmo-
han Singh?’ However,
the name is so strong
that everybody at least
takescognizanceof me.”
Mulayam Singh said,
“My father always said
that draw inspiration
from the leaders you
have been named after,
and work to succeed in
life. We may not move
ahead of the leaders we
are named after, but at
least stay in the vicinity
of their legacy
, and do
something in life.”
He also said he had
namedhissonAkhilesh.
Barring Thackeray
,
both Manmohan and
Zail Singh know some-
thing about the leaders
they are named after.
“Manmohan Singh
was PM of India for two
terms,” said the name-
sake of the former PM.
“I want to clear com-
petitive examinations,
andgetagovernmentjob
tosupportmyfamily
,”he
said. Giani Zail Singh,
said, “Gradually
, I want
to increase the size of
myshopandalsotheam-
bit of its business.”
However,BalThacker-
ay said, “I want to be a
cricketer, and play for
India.”Ashewasunveil-
ing his plans, Manmo-
han and Zail Singh said
studies were equally im-
portant, and he should
pay attention to it.
Name game in Ambedkar Nagar: ‘Mulayam’, ‘Manmohan’ vote for BJP
ALL IN THE NAME OF
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi offering prayers at Kashi Vishwanath Temple,
in Varanasi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
BJP ups caste game to dent
SP’s Azamgarh stronghold
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: Of the 54
seats for which voting is
going to be held in the
seventhphaseof pollson
March7,tenseatsbelong
totheAzamgarhdistrict.
Eminent litterateurs
likeRahulSankrityayan,
Harioudh Upadhyay
, Al-
lama Shibli Nomani and
Kaifi Azmi have been
associated with this city
.
Politically
,thisdistrict
has been considered as
the bastion of the Sama-
jwadi Party
. Mulayam
SinghYadavhaswonthe
Lok Sabha elections
fromhere,andatpresent
SPchief AkhileshYadav
is an MP from this par-
liamentary seat.
In the 2017 assembly
polls, of ten assembly
seats here, SP had won
five and BSP four seats,
while BJP could get only
one seat. This time to get
the lost seats here, BJP
has given special atten-
tion on balancing the
caste equations. Due to
the influence of the Ni-
shad caste, the Atraulia
seat has been given in
the quota of the ally Ni-
shad Party
.
As its candidate,
Prashant Singh is con-
testing against SP’s sit-
ting MLA Sangram
Singh, son of veteran
socialist leader Balram
Yadav. Neelam Sonkar,
former MP
, is now BJP
candidate from Lalganj
reserved seat. She is pit-
ted against sitting MLA
Arimardan Azad of BSP
and Bechai Saroj of SP
.
FromNizamabadseat,
BJP has fielded Manoj
Yadav against SP’s sit-
ting MLA Alam Badi.
Manoj is the nephew of
three-time MLA and
BSPleaderAngadYadav
.
When SP fielded former
MP and Bahubali leader
Ramakant Yadav from
Phulpur-Powaiseat,BJP
replaced its only sitting
MLA and Ramakant’s
sonArunkantwithRam-
surat Rajbhar. SP candi-
date Kamalakant Ra-
jbhar, son of late BSP
leaderSukhdevRajbhar,
has made the election
triangular.
Sitting MLA Vandana
Singh, expelled from
BSP
, from Sagadi seat is
BJP’s candidate this
time. Satyendra Rai of
BJP is in the fray to com-
petewithNafeesAhmed,
sitting MLA of SP from
Gopalpur seat. SP’s sit-
ting MLA Durga Prasad
Yadav defeated BJP’s
Akhilesh Mishra from
Azamgarh Sadar seat,
this time again BJP has
bet on Akhilesh.
BJP candidate from
Didarganj is Krishna
Murari Vishwakarma,
while Manju Saroj has
beenfieldedbyBJPfrom
Mehnagar seat, who had
contested from Om-
prakash Rajbhar’s SBSP
in the last election.
Priti Nagia
Agra: The Police De-
partmenthasgoneastep
further in the direction
of strengthening the se-
curitysystemintheCen-
tral Jail here. Now the
help of drone cameras
will be taken to make
elaborate security ar-
rangements and to mon-
itor the activities inside
and outside the jail.
Apart from the Cen-
tral Jail, this arrange-
ment will be made in ten
sensitive jails of UP
. For
this,dronecamerashave
been provided in all the
identified jails for sur-
veillance.
Accordingtoinforma-
tion, at present more
than 1,700 prisoners are
lodged in the Central
Jail,of which100prison-
ers are from Jammu &
Kashmir while there are
100 who have been sent
here on administrative
grounds. Central Jail
has been kept in the sen-
sitive category
. Along
withAgra,sevendistrict
jailsincludingNainiand
BareillyCentralJailand
Ghaziabad,Buland-
shahr, Muzaffarnagar
and Kanpur also come
under sensitive jails.
Allthesetenjailshave
been provided with
high-capacity drone
cameras. For this, train-
inghasbeengiventotwo
prisoners here at the
prisonheadquarters.Se-
nior Superintendent
CentralPrisonVKSingh
said the prison guards
will be trained by the
company for operating
the drone cameras.
Varanasi (PTI): Senior
Congress leaders Rahul
Gandhi and Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra offered
prayers at the Kashi
Vishwanath temple in
Varanasi on Friday
, days
before the eight assem-
bly seats in the district
go to the polls.
Thebrother-sisterduo
reachedthehistorictem-
ple straight from the air-
port, party sources said.
After visiting the tem-
ple, they left for Pindara
constituency here, Vara-
nasi district Congress
spokespersonMritendra
Singh said.
Influential Congress
leader Ajay Rai is con-
testing from the seat-
againstsittingBJPMLA
Awdhesh Singh.
The Congress leaders’
visit to the Kashi Vish-
wanath temple came
hours before PM Modi
visited the shrine dedi-
cated to Lord Shiva. Va-
ranasiisalsoModi’sLok
Sabha constituency
.
Earlier in the day
,
Union Minister Smriti
Irani had visited the
temple.
Polling will be held in
Varanasi in the last
phase of the Uttar
Pradesh Assembly elec-
tions on March 7.
First India Bureau
Basti: Presence of a
large number of
VVPAT slips found out-
side the strong room
after voting led to a
ruckus by members of
opposition parties in
Basti district.
As per reports, sever-
al opposition candi-
dates alleged rigging
in poll.
District Magistrate
(DM) Soumya Aggarw-
al has said that the
matter would be inves-
tigated.
Apart from this,
there are reports of
VVPAT slips being re-
covered in many more
places, mostly slips
were in favour of SP
and BSP.
The slips of VVPAT
EVM were first seen in
the hands of children
post which the news
about it spread like fire
in the district along-
with slips going viral
on social media.
These slips were
mostly found in the
garbage dumps in Gal-
la Mandi and Polytech-
nic despite the fact that
VVPAT gets stored
along with EVM.
BSP leader KK Gau-
tam reached the spot
and made video of the
slips in his hand.
Most of the slips
have cycles and ele-
phant symbols on them
which belong to the
candidates of Kaptan-
ganj assembly, Basti
Sadar assembly and
Mahadeva and Rudauli
assembly constituen-
cies.
Agra Central Jail — FILE PHOTO
Saffron party could
get only one seat
here in 2017
assembly polls Drone surveillance in Agra
Central jail, 10 others
Rahul, Priyanka offer prayers
at Kashi Vishwanath temple
BSP
TURNCOAT
JAMALI IN
OWAISI’S
PARTY
School manager, teacher jailed for rape
Muzaffarnagar (PTI): A private school manager
and a teacher were sent to 14-day judicial custody
for allegedly raping an 8-yr-old student here, the
police said on Friday. The girl is a Class 3 student
of a private school under Kotwali police station
area, they said. After coming home from the school
on Thursday, the girl narrated her ordeal to her
parents. On the basis of a complaint filed by her fa-
ther, the two accused were arrested and produced
before the district court which sent them to 14-day
judicial custody.
OppnallegesriggingafterVVPAT
slipsfoundoutsidestrongroom
Most of the slips have
cycles and elephant
symbols on them
3 CRPF men killed, one
injured in road mishap
Basti (PTI): Three
CRPF personnel were
killed and one was se-
riously injured in a
road accident here,
when they were on
their way to join du-
ties at polling booths
ahead of the last
phase of the Uttar
Pradesh assembly
elections, police said
on Friday
.
The accident took
place on Thursday
night on the National
Highway-28 near Kha-
jhaula police outpost,
they said.
The CRPF person-
nel were travelling in
an SUV to join duties
at polling stations on
March7,whenthesev-
enth phase of the elec-
tion will be held .
Three jawans of
Central Reserve Po-
lice Force (CRPF)
Charlie 112 battalion
died on the spot when
a truck hit the SUV
.
Those who died in
the accident were
identified Hiralal (51),
Jaiprakash (44) and
Dharmendra Ram
(43), the police said.
Another jawan was
seriously injured and
has been referred to
the Gorakhpur Medi-
cal College Hospital,
police said. The po-
lice have taken the
truck into custody
.
Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on their way to the temple.
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
You have the right to work, but
never to the fruit of work. You
should never engage in action for
the sake of reward, nor should
you long for inaction. Perform
work in this world, Arjuna, as a
man established within himself -
without selfish attachments, and
alike in success and defeat.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
EXPECTING KOHLI
MAGIC TO REVIVE AT
MOHALI FOR 100TH
TEST CENTURY
irat Kohli is playing
in his landmark
100th Test at Mohali.
His first innings out-
ing may have fallen
short of the expectation of spec-
tators especially for this first
Test against Sri Lanka, but that
does not make Kohli any less leg-
endary than we know him to be.
En route to his 100th Test he
broke quite a few records and led
India to the pinnacle not only
with his masterful batting but
also leadership. With his young
teammates, Kohli transformed
his squad into a fighting unit
which bounced from being one-
Test down to win the series to
stun Australia and England. His
27 hundreds in Tests are only
three short of 30 each by Sunil
Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar.
Even if Kohli is unable to hit
a ton in his 100th because of a
lean patch, one must not forget
that even Tendulkar had to wait
for the coveted mark. He has age
and the steely resolve for slam-
ming the hundredth hundred.
V
ndia has ab-
stained from vot-
ing against Russia
yet again reflect-
ing its quandary
for doing a balancing act be-
tween Russia and the United
States. On Friday, India ab-
stained from voting on set-
ting up an independent inter-
national inquiry commission
on rights violations by Russia
in Ukraine. The UN Human
Rights Council’s draft vote
was adopted with 32 votes in
favour, two against and 13 ab-
stentions which included In-
dia, China and Pakistan.
India abstained from vot-
ing against Russia in the UN
General Assembly on
Wednesday. The UNGA vote
was to condemn Russia for
its invasion of Ukraine. It
was one of the 35 countries
which abstained. New Delhi
also stayed away from the
UN Security Council vote to
“deplore in the strongest
terms” the Russian aggres-
sion against Ukraine.
By no logic this can be
termed a non-aligned stand
but the US has no option but
to accept India’s soft tilt to-
wards Moscow. This was obvi-
ous from the Quad meeting
which Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi addressed virtually
.
There were no signs of differ-
ences over India’s stand on
Ukraine as Quad has a differ-
ent target in its cross-hairs.
India, however, could face a
tricky situation if Russia
weretotapIranforoilthrough
the Chabahar port which, it is
understood, India has been
unable to complete for some
reasons. It is a strategically
important port and India has
to watch out for China grab-
bing control of the port.
India has justified its stand
by stressing that “there is no
other choice but to return to
the path of diplomacy and dia-
logue”. Given the situation,
dialogue is the only hope.
GIVING DIALOGUE A
CHANCE FOR PEACE
It is a strategically
important port and India
has to watch out for
China grabbing control
of the port. India has
justified its stand by
stressing that “there is
no other choice but to
return to the path of
diplomacy dialogue”
I
ven as it is being claimed that
the death of student activist
AnisKhanisbeingpoliticized,
somestudents’unionsinWest
Bengal have joined hands to
protest and seek justice.
Anis died at his home in
Howrah district early on Feb-
ruary 19. The student activ-
ist’s death has triggered
widespread protest at Aliah
University in Kolkata, where
Anis was studying an inte-
grated five-year MBA course.
Anis was actively involved
in protests.
WHAT HIS DAD SAID:
Anis had apparently reached
home late after attending an
Islamic programme which is
referred to as jalsa in the lo-
cal parlance. Around 1am,
Salem Khan, Anis’ dad, heard
a knock on the door.
Salem said he saw four
men (but they were “six to
seven” as per Anis’ brother
Shabir!) who were asking for
Anis. They were “wearing
khaki uniform”, his dad had
said. They “informed” Salem
(as per Salem) that they were
policemen and needed to
speak to Anis. Salem goes on
to say after he opened the
door, one person flashed “a
gun on his temple” while the
rest went inside to look for
Anis, Salem had said this
which was widely reported
in the media.
Salem goes on to say… af-
ter he (Salem) let them in,
they began hitting all in the
family
. He had also said these
people vandalised the house
while looking for Anis, who
was sleeping upstairs. When
these men found him (Anis),
they started beating him
also… Salem had said. The
men had “dragged Khan to
the under-construction sec-
ond floor”… his brother had
mentioned.
Anis’ brother Shabir al-
leged that he had heard Anis’
“struggle” with these per-
sons… though his dad had not
mentioned this… and then
everything was over after the
soundcamethatrockedthem,
the family alleged.
Trinamool Congress stu-
dents’ wing on Monday, took
out a rally in the city protest-
ing against the alleged ef-
forts by Opposition Left and
other organisations to politi-
cise the mysterious death of
student leader Anis Khan.
Trinamool Chhatra Pari-
shad state President Trinan-
kur Bhattacharya, Trina-
mool Youth Congress leader
Debangshu Bhattacharya
were in the forefront of the
rally, in which thousands of
students walked 4 km from
Ramlila Maidan at Entally to
Mayo Road.
“Despite the ordering of a
probe by a special investigat-
ing team in the Anis Khan
death and initiatives to con-
duct a fast investigation by
the TMC government, the Op-
position Left and some other
organisations are trying to
politicise Anis’ unfortunate
death. They are trying to cre-
ate lawlessness and are insti-
gating his family and locals
not to cooperate with the SIT
for political reasons,” Trinan-
kur Bhattacharya had said.
The left students’ wing and
CPI-M had alleged that uni-
formed police personnel
from Amta were behind his
death and demanded the ar-
rest of the officer in-charge
of Amta police station and
action against the SP (Rural)
Howrah.
Meanwhile, Uluberia Dak-
shin MLA and West Bengal
minister Pulak Roy met the
father of Anis at his Amta
residence and later told re-
porters “Vested interests are
trying to mislead the family
and derail the SIT probe for
political reasons. But we
want the truth to come out.
We are with the family
.”
Two persons - a civic vol-
unteer and a home guard at-
tached with Amta police sta-
tion – have been arrested by
the SIT and their custodial
interrogation is on, director
general of police Manoj
Malviya had said.
Anis’ septuagenarian fa-
ther Salem Khan said he
could not see the man in po-
lice uniform in the test iden-
tification parade but assured
that he will cooperate in the
SIT probe as directed by Cal-
cutta High Court.
However, according to
Amta Police, no cops were
sent to his (Anis’) house for
anykindof probe/arrest.The
police have suspected foul
play in the entire episode.
Meanwhile, an SIT, prob-
ing the death case, exhumed
the body for a second autopsy
on Monday in the presence of
a district judge in Amta area
of Howrah district. The Cal-
cutta HC had ordered the sec-
ond post-mortem.
Officials said that the pro-
cess (of exhumation) started
around 12.30 pm. A team of
(three) doctors is supposed to
perform the autopsy at SSKM
Hospital. The second autopsy
will help the SIT estimate the
height and angle at which the
late student activist fell.
On February 23, the SIT
had tried to exhume the body
but had to return without do-
ing so after irate villagers
had stopped it and raised slo-
gans against them.
Last week, home guard
Kashinath Bera and civic po-
lice volunteer Pritam Bhat-
tacharya who were on duty at
Amta police station on Febru-
ary 19 were arrested. The two
arrested policemen said they
are being made scapegoats.
Anis was the state general
secretary of the All-India
Students Federation (AISF)
earlier, he had “reportedly”
joined the Indian Secular
Front led by Abbas Siddique.
The Chief Minister, Mama-
ta Banerjee had earlier or-
dered a SIT probe, which is
supposed to place its report
soon. Meanwhile, Kolkata
Mayor Firhad Hakim alleged
“a deep-rooted conspiracy
.”
Students of Aliah Univer-
sity… supported by Jadavpur
University students as well as
several progressive and dem-
ocratic forces, have hit the
streets to protest Anis’ death.
In Kolkata, these students
carried out marches from
Aliah University and culmi-
nated at the seven-roads
crossing of Park Circus.
Anis’ murder has reunited
students of different campus-
es. Raising slogans of Azadi,
these students who had re-
cently participated in the pro-
test rally against Karnataka’s
hijabrow,arenowdemanding
free and fair investigation.
Student activists have also
visited the bereaved family
members and assured them
assistance.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
Students’ Unions claim, counter-
claim over activist’s death
E
Salem said he saw four men
(but they were “six to seven”
as per Anis’ brother Shabir!)
who were asking for Anis.
They were “wearing khaki
uniform”, his dad had said.
They “informed” Salem that
they were policemen
needed to speak to Anis.
After he e opened the
door, one person flashed “a
gun on his temple”
Two persons- a civic
volunteer a home
guard attached with
Amta police station, have
been arrested by the
SIT and their custodial
interrogation is on,
director general of police
Manoj Malviya had said.
Anis’ septuagenarian
father Salem Khan said
he couldn’t see the man
in police uniform in test
identification parade
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Associate Editor,
Free Press Journal, Mumbai and
former Managing Editor, First India

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New Delhi (Agencies):
Speakin has announced
its first-of-a-kind initia-
tive to recognise ten
most distinguished IAS
officers who have creat-
ed impact and inspira-
tion beyond the call of
duty
. Speakin is Asia’s
largest network of ex-
perts and thought lead-
ers bringing the best of
knowledge and leaders
to the forefront. The
award ceremony will be
organised on March 19,
2022.
IAS officers recog-
nised by Speakin for
various skills and
achievements included:
Amitabh Kant (IAS),
CEO, NITI Aayog, Anil
Srivastava (IAS), Princi-
palAdvisor,NITIAayog,
Iqbal Singh Chahal
(IAS), Commissioner
Brihanmumbai Munici-
pal Corporation, San-
jeev Kaushik (IAS), Ad-
ditional Secy, Depart-
ment of Financial Ser-
vices (Ministry of Fi-
nance); Santosh Mishra
(IAS), Fr Commissioner
e-Governance and Com-
missioner Transport
and State Transport Au-
thority; Rakesh Gupta
(IAS), Suhas L Yathiraj
(IAS), Hari Chandra
Dasari(IAS),Armstrong
Pame (IAS) and Bhu-
pesh Chaudhary (IAS).
The programme has
panelists like Union
Minister Nitin Gadkari,
senior IAS officers like
Dr Manish Kumar, N K
Kalsi, journalist Bhu-
pendra Chaubey and
many others.
Exclude us from RTI,
appeal armed forces
Pak court asks
India to appoint
lawyer for Jadav
by April 13
Shillong: Meghalaya
has withdrawn consent
to the CBI, becoming the
ninthstatetodosointhe
pastfewyears.Themove
comes despite the Con-
radSangma-ledNational
People’s Party being a
partof theBJP’sNation-
al Democratic Alliance.
Barring Mizoram, all
other states that have
withdrawn consent to
the CBI are ruled by Op-
position parties.
“It is true that Megha-
laya has withdrawn con-
senttotheCBI.Wedonot
know the reasons,” a
governmentofficialsaid.
While Meghalaya
Home Minister Lahk-
menRymbuisaidhewas
“notinapositiontocom-
ment” on the develop-
ment,callstoMeghalaya
Chief Minister Sangma
went unanswered.
However, speaking to
local reporters outside
Meghalaya Legislative
Assembly on Friday af-
ternoon, CM Sangma
termed the development
a “normal procedure.”
“The decision was made
quite a long time ago. I
can’trememberthedate,
it was done a very long
time back,” Sangma
said, and added: “There-
fore, it is a normal
thing…lot of states have
taken this decision, and
it is aligned with that.
Anybody who comes in
here, has to take consent
from the state. That’s all.
It is a normal proce-
dure.”
Earlier, besides Mizo-
ram, Maharashtra, Pun-
jab, Rajasthan, West
Bengal, Jharkhand,
ChhattisgarhandKerala
had withdrawn consent
to the central probe
agency
. The withdrawal
of consent means that
the agency will not be
able to investigate any
case in the state without
the state government’s
permission.
Meghalaya becomes 9th state
to withdraw consent to CBI
Islamabad (PTI):
The Islamabad
High Court has
asked India to hire
a legal representa-
tive for Kulbhushan
Jadhav, to imple-
ment the verdict of
the International
Court of Justice
(ICJ), according to a
local media report.
Jadhav, a 51-year-
old retired Indian
Navy officer, was
sentenced to death
by a Pak military
court on charges of
espionage and ter-
rorism in April 2017.
Indiaapproachedthe
International Court
of Justice (ICJ)
against Pakistan for
denial of consular
access to Jadhav and
challenging the
death sentence.
New Delhi (PTI): The
armed forces have made
a fresh appeal to be ex-
cluded from the Right to
Information or RTI Act,
saying that they have
notonlyfoundinstances
where the transparency
law could be harming
national security but
compromisingthechain
of command as well.
This time the appeal
has come in the form of
a proposal filed before
the government’s Com-
mittee of Secretaries
which includes the top
officials of prominent
ministries like Home,
Defence, Revenue, In-
formation Technology,
as well as the Cabinet
Secretary
.
The Department of
Military Affairs, a part
of the Defence Ministry
,
had sent a similar pro-
posal to the govt last
year. The push had been
renewed by the coun-
try’s first CDS General
Bipin Rawat citing the
security of the nation,
the need to defend it
from external aggres-
sion and disturbance of
peace and tranquillity
within the country. An
early bid to have the
armed forces exempt
from the law after it was
introduced in 2005 did
not fructify
.
TEN IAS OFFICERS TO GET EXCELLENCE AWARD
MOSQUE, SHUT SINCE 2019, OPENS
The iconic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar – the largest mosque in Kashmir – was opened for
prayers on Friday after a long closure over security reasons and pandemic. Over 3,000
men and women attended the congregational prayers, officials said. The mosque was
largely shut for congregational prayers since August 2019. Hundreds of faithfuls reached
14th century mosque and offered prayers on Friday.
Pathankot (ANI): The
Indian Army’s Western
Command unit hon-
oured its distinguished
and gallant soldiers at
an Investiture Ceremo-
ny held at Mamun Mili-
tary Station in Punjab’s
Pathankot on Friday.
The ceremony was or-
ganised by the Gurj Di-
vision under the aegis
of the Rising Star Corps
of the Western Com-
mand.
Awardees were felici-
tated for their excep-
tional bravery, com-
mendable devotion to
duty and distinguished
service to the nation.
Lieutenant General
Nav Kumar Khanduri,
General Officer Com-
manding-in-Chief of
Western Command,
presided over the sol-
emn ceremony and fe-
licitated 35 officers, 2
Junior Commissioned
Officers, 6 other ranks
and 5 next-of-kin with
gallantry and Distin-
guishedServiceawards.
Western Command honours its gallant soldiers
INVESTITURE CEREMONY
Investiture Ceremony held under aegis of Rising Star Corps of Western Command at Pathankot on Friday.
24 units/ battalions
of the Indian Army
were also awarded
Unit Appreciation
awards for their
best performance
I congratulate all the
awardees who in ac-
cordance with the
rich traditions of the
Indian Army, have
earned great honour
in service of the na-
tion. Your indomita-
ble courage, unas-
sailable resolve and
selfless sacrifice are
indeed praiseworthy
and set an example
for all soldiers, units
and formations un-
der Western Com-
mand to achieve
greater heights of ex-
cellence.
—Lt Gen Khanduri
Battle-scarred Ukraine: No water, food for Indian students
New Delhi: A group of
Indian students in con-
flict-hit eastern
Ukraine have appealed
for help to take them to
the western border,
from where they can
cross into a neighbour-
ing country and possi-
bly take an evacuation
home.
The students have
been at Pisochyn since
the last two days, after
an urgent advisory by
the government of In-
dia asking them to leave
second-biggest city
Kharkiv, which has
been constantly pound-
ed by Russian missiles
and artillery. The stu-
dents have said they
haven’t eaten in two
days. there is heavy
snowfall in the area and
the temperature is in
minus degrees, the stu-
dents said.
“We are stuck here
for two days without
food or water. There are
some 1,000 students
stranded here. The con-
tractors are asking for
$500 to $700 to take a bus
to Lviv,” one of the stu-
dents said in a video
message. “We haven’t
got any update from the
embassy,” he added.
Lviv is a city in west-
ern Ukraine, from
where the border is not
very far.
HIGHLIGHTS
 IndiGo to operate 12
evacuation flights from
Ukraine’s neighbour-
ing countries between
Friday-Sunday
 Go First operates its
1st evacuation flight
from Budapest to Delhi;
brings back 177 strand-
ed Indians
 304 students hailing
from MP have returned
so far from war-torn
Ukraine, state Home
minister Narottam
Mishra
—FILE PHOTO
Group of students
have appealed for
help to take them to
the western border
Ghazipur (PTI): Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Friday said Sa-
majwadi Party presi-
dent Akhilesh Yadav
only cares for “one com-
munity and one caste”.
Addressing a rally
here, Shah said the elec-
tionsinUttarPradeshis
to secure the future of
lakhsof peoplefromthe
backward and Dalit
communities of the
state and asserted that
the BJP will form the
next government with
over 300 seats.
Shah said his party
willprovideonefreegas
cylinder on Holi and Di-
wali if voted to power,
and added that the BJP
has worked for the de-
velopment of the poor
and provided them free
ration, medical facili-
ties, housing as well as
ensured that their
homes gets electricity
.
Akhilesh Yadav only
sees people of one com-
munity “which we are
not part of” and only
one caste, Shah said
without elaborating fur-
ther.
“The SP chief sees
one community with
one eye and one caste
with the other,” Shah
said.
BJP leaders during
their poll campaigns in
the past have accused
the SP of favouring
MuslimsandtheYadavs
when the party was in
power.
“We have sent money
into the bank accounts
of the farmers directly
and we have promised
that they will not be re-
quired to pay electricity
bill for the next five
years if the BJP comes
to power,” said Shah.
“We have decided to
give girls free scooters.
Also, the students will
be provided free tablets
in the state,” he added.
Referring to don-
t u r n e d - p o l i t i c i a n
Mukhtar Ansari and
Atiq Ahmed, Shah said
they have been sent to
jail under the leader-
shipof YogiAdityanath.
“We are building
homes for the poor on
the land which were
once occupied by the
mafia under previous
governments,” Shah
claimed.
AKHILESH ONLY CARES FOR ONE
COMMUNITY, ONE CASTE: SHAH
Imphal (Agencies):
The stakes for the Con-
gress are higher than
arch-rival Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) in
the second and final
phase of polling for 22
Assembly seats in Ma-
nipur on March 5.
The Imphal and Jiri-
bam Valleys together
have 11 of these seats.
The hills around,
mostly dominated by
the Nagas, account for
the remaining 11 con-
stituencies.
The Congress had
won 12 of these 22 seats
inthe2017polls—eight
across Imphal valley
and four in the Naga-
majority hills. The BJP
could muster three of
the second phase seats
five years ago, one of
them in the Naga hills.
The NPF is not the
only party challenging
both the BJP and Con-
gress.TheNationalPeo-
ple’s Party
, which had
won two of the second
phase seats in 2017, and
the JD(U) are expected
to put up a stiff fight in
someseats.Theturnout
in the first phase was
88.63%. The counting
of votes will take place
on March 10.
Higher stakes for Congress in
second phase of Manipur polls
BJP will form the
next government
with over 300
seats, says HM
Home Minister Amit Shah addresses a rally in Uttar Pradesh.
Srinagar (Agencies):
A massive fire com-
pletely destroyed Kash-
mir’s biggest orthopae-
dic hospital on Friday
evening.
Scores of patients
and their attendants
were evacuated amid
the raging fire which
engulfed the Govern-
ment Bone and Joint
Hospital at Barzulla in
Srinagar.
Heavy blasts were
heard due to explosion
of gas cylinders and
medical equipment in
the specialised hospital.
The hospital has 250
beds and all wards
were full of patients
and attendants when
fire started in the
three-story building.
The cause of fire
was not known imme-
diately, officials said.
The fire was first no-
ticed at the Emergency
Theatre and it quickly
speared across all
wards, including trau-
ma and emergency.
Massive fire destroys
specialised hosp in JK

NEWS
07
BJP LEADER,
MEMBERS OF
HINDU OUTFIT
BOOKED FOR BID
TO CREATE
COMMUNAL
DISHARMONY
Police registered a case against
a BJP leader and members of a
right-wing Hindu outfit for
allegedly trying to create
communal disharmony over the
burial of a body at a graveyard.
The case was registered after a
scuffle between two groups over
the burial of the body at
Kankarheda on Thursday night.
Subodh Kumar, in-charge of the
Kankarkheda police station, said
Khairunnisa (40), a resident of
Nangla Tashi, had passed away on
Thursday and his family members
reached the graveyard in the area
to bury the body. He said when
the family members were
preparing to bury the body, Dr
Sagar Tomar reached the spot and
stopped them, telling them that
the land belongs to him. He said
he had bought the plot in October,
a claim contested by the family.
Meanwhile, local BJP leader
Dushyant Rohta, Hindu Yuva
Vahini leader Sachin Sirohi and
three others reached the spot and
allegedly got into a scuffle with
the kin of the dead. The officer
said police controlled both sides.
He said police have registered a
case against Dushyant Rohta,
Sachin Sirohi and Sanjay, a
resident of Brahmapuri, for
attempting to create communal
disharmony. —PTI
CERTIFICATES
DISTRIBUTED TO
STUDENTS
UNDER
KARMAYOGI
SCHEME
The first batch of students under
‘Karmyogi Scheme’ were endorsed
and acknowledged by the Hon’ble
Vice Chancellor Prof. Alok Kumar
Rai, University of Lucknow. 30
students received a certificate of
appreciation and 15,000 rupees for
the service rendered in the ‘to earn
while learn’ initiative that provides
financial support to the students.
The Scheme is a drive by Prof. Rai
to implement clause 14.4.2 of NEP
2020 in the University. Prof.
Poonam Tandon, Dean Student
welfare framed the scheme with an
intention to foster equity and
inclusion in the University. Prof
Tandon said that ‘Karmyogi
Scheme’ gives opportunity to
students in developing their skills
and make themselves reliant. The
university encourages the students
to take up part time jobs in the
campus, to support their
expenditure partially under the
Scheme. On this occasion, Prof.
Rai congratulated the first batch of
students on successful completion
of Karmayogi Scheme. He advised
the students to enjoy the taste of
self-earned money which gives
power to their wings to fly and
accomplish their dreams. This is a
milestone in itself as completion of
first cycle of Karmyogi Scheme
reflects on conceptualization of
idea to its successful execution.
—First India Bureau
AIMIM GOOD OPTION, BUT NOT THIS
ELECTION, SAY MUSLIMS IN EAST UP
AIMIMdoesnotappeartobeaseriouscontenderinmostseatsexceptAzamgarh’sMubarakpurconstituency
Azamgarh/Zahoo-
rabad (PTI): AIMIM
may not win many seats
or may get restricted to
playing the role of
“spoiler” in the Uttar
Pradesh assembly polls
but it has made inroads
into SP and BSP bas-
tions in the state’s east-
ern parts with many
Muslim youth seeing it
as “their own” party
that could be an option
in the future. Muslims
in Uttar Pradesh have
traditionally oscillated
between the Samajwadi
Party (SP) and the Ba-
hujan Samaj Party
(BSP) and that is unlike-
ly to change this time
round as they seem wea-
ry of a division of votes.
The All India Maj-
lis-E-Ittehadul Musli-
meen (AIMIM) does not
appear to be a serious
contender in most seats
albeit Azamgarh’s
Mubarakpur constitu-
ency. However, people
say that in that constit-
uency also, it has more
to do with the strong
candidate Shah Alam,
alias ‘Guddu Jamali’,
rather than the party.
Several Muslims in
parts of eastern Uttar
Pradesh, while ac-
knowledging their lik-
ing for the AIMIM, state
that this election is
about ousting the BJP
government and if they
go for Asaduddin
Owaisi’s party, their
votes would get divided
and hand the advantage
to the BJP But, some
Muslims argue that the
AIMIM is their “own
party” and even if it los-
es, it needs to be sup-
ported so that it ex-
pands. Obaidullah, a
shopkeeper in Phoolpur
Pawai, said Muslims
got nothing in return
for supporting the Con-
gress, the SP and the
BSP as no one voices
their concerns. “Owaisi
raises our voice. Why
should we not vote for
him. We must have our
own party, everyone
else does”: he told PTI.
AIMIM chief Owaisi
has also been aggres-
sively attacking the SP
and the BSP to capital-
ise on this sentiment
and says in his speeches
that these parties have
“back stabbed” Mus-
lims, even after they
voted for them.
The sentiment of the
majority among the
Muslims, however,
seems to be that the SP
or the BSP must be sup-
ported this time as pri-
ority is to remove the
Yogi Adityanath gov-
ernment votes should
not get divided. Matloob
Alam, having tea in a
shop at Sagri, said,
“The AIMIM would
have got votes, but it
will not happen this
time as the main objec-
tive now is to vote out
the Yogi government.
Yes, there is support for
AIMIM also, but it is not
in a position to win.”
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi —FILE PHOTO
‘AIMIM WILL NOT CROSS 5,000 VOTES’
Election battle reaches
knockout phase on
March 7 in Purvanchal
First India Bureau
Lucknow: After
bruising each other
but without hitting a
decisive blow in first
five phases of UP As-
sembly elections, the
ruling BJP and main
challenger Samajwa-
di Party have reached
the “knockout phase”
in Purvanchal (East
UP). The sixth phase
polling in the region
on March 3 on 57
seats had also proved
neck and neck as
there are reports that
SP and allies as com-
pared to 2017 had
made some dent into
BJP’s base in Gora-
khpur-Basti region.
Thus, all the political
players-BJP, SP, Con-
gress and BSP have
put in their might in
last phase on March 7
to tilt the balance.
Historically Purvan-
chal had gone with
the winner- BSP in
2007, SP in 2012 and
BJP in 2017. But in
view of seat-to-seat
tough “waveless”
contest the region
might not go with
winner but would it-
self decide the win-
ner. Except in 2012
when the polling had
started from Purvan-
chal and by the time
poll juggernaut
reached West UP, it
had already generat-
ed “SP wave”, the
polling process al-
ways started from
West UP and ended in
east. This time also
the process com-
menced from Jat land
(West UP). However,
this time different de-
mographic combina-
tions and permuta-
tions changed from
phase to phase creat-
ing consternation
amongthepowercon-
tenders in the state
and forcing them to
make more efforts in
each round.
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
The 7th phase
in UP’s most
backward and
poverty-gripped
region with
remaining 54
seats has
become “do-or-
die” battle for
all
Girl’s body
found in
Ganga canal
Muzaffarnagar
(PTI): The body of
a girl who jumped
into the Ganga ca-
nal last week was
recovered from a
canal under Bhopa
police station in
the district, police
said on Friday
. On
February 24,
Shivani a student
and resident of Yo-
gendernagar vil-
lage jumped into
the Ganga canal.
Leopard barges into house,
Forest Dept swings into action
Meerut (ANI): In a
shocking turn of
events, a leopard was
seenenteringahouse.
Thewildanimalleapt
intothehouselocated
in the Pallavpuram
area of Meerut. The
Forest Department
and the Police were
seen promptly on the
spot. They quickly
took hold of the dan-
gerous animal and
were seen diverting
the leopard away
from the house. The
local crowd was seen
in numbers around
the area. At one in-
stance, the leopard
jumped onto the road
and ran adrift. Inci-
dents of wild animals
getting into cities
have been shooting
up in the country
with the rising level
of deforestation.
Man kills
wife then
self over
minor issue
First India Bureau
Bulandshahr: A
man killed his wife
later committed
suicidebyjumping
in front of a mov-
ing train near
Dankaur railway
station. Police said
Manoj Kumar, a
resident of Meer-
pura village was
going for medical
treatment of his
wife when they
had a scuffle over
someminorissues.
A leopard is seen entering a
house Pallavpuram area.
Gang-rape victim attempts suicide
in Meerut; case filed against seven
First India Bureau
Meerut: Police have
registered a case
against 5 accused in-
cluding 2 identified per-
sons after gang-rape
victim tried to commit
suicide by consuming
poison. It was alleged
that a teenager was bru-
tally gang-raped by 7
criminals under the
Jaani Khurd police sta-
tion area when she was
going to meet her
friend. Police sources
said that the accused
made a video of the
crime and threatened
her to viral the video on
social media if she tells
the police. Later, the ac-
cused sent the video of
the crime to the family
members of the victims
after which she attempt-
ed to take her life. Po-
lice have registered a
case against Tushar,
Ravi, Himanshu, Sau-
rabh, Adesh, and two
unidentified persons on
the complaint of the
victim. She told police
that the accused
dragged her into a room
where they gang-raped
her. After swallowing
poison, her condition
was stated to be critical.
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
CONDITION CRITICAL
UP opposes Atiq-Ur-Rehman’sHabeas Corpus Plea
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The UP gov-
ernment has raised ob-
jections on the main-
tainability of the habe-
as corpus petition
during a hearing of
cases against Popular
Front of India member
Atiq-Ur-Rehman, who is
accused of rioting and
sedition in the Hathras
case, the Allahabad HC
said on Friday
.
The Division Bench
of Justice Ashwani Ku-
mar Mishra and Justice
Rajnish Kumar passed
this order while hear-
ing a petition filed by
Atiq-Ur-Rehman and 2
Others. Rehman was ar-
rested by UP Police on
his way to Hathras
along with Kerala jour-
nalist Siddique Kappan
and 2 others while they
were going to meet the
family members of the
gang rape and murder
victim. After being held
by UP Police, Rehman
was slapped with Sec-
tions 17 and 18 of Un-
lawful Activities (Pre-
vention) Act (UAPA),
Sedition (S. 124-A IPC),
Promoting enmity be-
tween different groups
on ground of religion
(S. 153-A IPC), deliber-
ate malicious acts in-
tended to outrage reli-
gious feelings (S. 295-A
IPC) and Section 65, 72
and 75 of the IT Act. Ad-
ditional Advocate Gen-
eral raised preliminary
objection to the main-
tainability of the Habe-
as Corpus petition on
the following 3 grounds:
1. That the matter has
travelled up to the SC in
Writ Petition (Criminal)
No 307 of 2020 in which
the Supreme Court has
taken note of the fact
that the accused was
produced before a juris-
dictional court after ar-
rest and that a volumi-
nous charge sheet has
alreadybeenfiledbefore
the court concerned.
2. That the issue of re-
mand having been ob-
tained from a court hav-
ingnojurisdictioninthe
matter, as alleged by the
petitioners, has already
been examined and re-
pelled by the revisional
court in Criminal Revi-
sionNo.184of 2020decid-
edon14.12.2020,whichis
not under challenge.
3. That the charge
sheet has not only been
filed but cognizance has
been taken by the court
concernedandwarrants
under Section 309 Cr.P
.C
have also been issued.
CommunalclashinMeerut
overusinglandasgraveyard
First India Bureau
Meerut: The clash be-
tween two community
membersoveralanddis-
puteintheKankarkhera
area took an ugly turn.
Police sources said that
KheruNisha,wifeof Yu-
suf, resident of Na-
glatashi village, died on
Thursday
. When her
familymembersreached
a graveyard for crema-
tion near Defence En-
clave Double Story,
some people objected to
it. It was reported that
Doctor Sagar Tomar,
owner of Lakshaya hos-
pital had purchased that
land from Meerut Devel-
opment Authority a few
years back. He alleged
that Yusuf his rela-
tives were trying to cre-
mate the dead body in
their land.
ACTION DEMANDED
—FILE PHOTO

COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
6,003,942
TOTAL DEATHS
375,631,480
TOTAL RECOVERED
61,006,851
ACTIVE CASES
442,642,273
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
514,620
TOTAL DEATHS
42,367,070
TOTAL RECOVERED
69,866
ACTIVE CASES
42,951,556
TOTAL CASES
08
2NDFRONT
The age of your brain depends far
more on your thoughts than the
years you have lived on Earth.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Rakesh Ranjan
New Delhi: While the
voters of Lucknow’s Sa-
rojini Nagar assembly
constituency reserve
their right to choose
their representative,
BJP’s new candidate
Rajeshwar Singh has
surprised everyone
with his fine oratorical
skill as well.
Once seen and con-
sidered as the nemesis
of former finance min-
ister P Chidambaram,
former ED officer told
First India, “I want to
enjoy my newly found
freedomasanMLAcan-
didate traveling all
across, delivering
speeches and motivat-
ing youths. This is
something anyone
would want to enjoy af-
ter decades of an anon-
ymous stint as a civil
servant.”
Singh belongs to an
illustrious family of bu-
reaucrats with his
brothers, sisters, and
manyrelativesreaching
to the top echelons of
administration. His
wife Lakshmi Singh is
an Inspector General of
Police of the Lucknow
zoneandhisfatherRam
Bahadur Singh retired
fromaseniorpost(DIG),
received the President
gallantry award, and a
road in Lucknow is
named after him.
Singh is well remem-
bered for investigating
high-profile scams like
Aircel-Maxis, Westland
Helicopter,2Gspectrum
allocation, the Com-
monwealth Games
scam, Amrapali, Noida
Ponzi Scheme, Gomti
Riverfront, and the coal
mines allocation. Vari-
ouspollsurveyssuggest
that he could win the
Sarojini Nagar seat, the
only debatable point be-
ing the margin of his
victory
. His seat is the
focus of discussion not
only among state politi-
ciansbuthasalsodrawn
curious attention from
New Delhi’s power cor-
ridors.
Singh’s oratorical
skill, centered around
making facts and fig-
ures easily under-
standable to the com-
mon folks, has drawn
many candidates to
seek his assistance in
laying out their cam-
paign format.
His unreserved criti-
cisms of the Samajwadi
Party’s politics of undi-
luted and dangerous
cocktail of casteism,
communalism, and cor-
ruption are said to have
rattled Akhilesh Yadav
so much that he was put
on the backfoot dissoci-
ating himself with the
well-known dons and
Islamists. The media
loves him for his articu-
lation. On a single day
on February 21, 2022,
over 18 channels inter-
viewed him and he is
said to have swayed and
carried the anchors
with him.
In the bureaucratic
circles across cadres,
batches, and services,
the high-decibel elec-
tioncampaignof Saroji-
ni Nagar has been a
talking point. In a short
span of just 20 days, his
election campaign is
said to have moved like
ablitzacrosshisconstit-
uency
. He has also visit-
ed other constituencies.
In Gorakhpur, he ad-
dressed hundreds of
school students and
shared his experience
on electronic surveil-
lance. He informed the
students that nothing
couldbehiddeninthese
digital times even if
they are done by mis-
take.Headvisedthemto
be careful about their
activities in the digital
world. His campaign
has the blessings of
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi, Defense Min-
isterRajnathSingh,and
former Union minister
Uma Bharti besides, of
course, of CM Yogi Adi-
tyanath who also held a
megaroadshowforhim.
Union Minister
Kaushal Kishore too
held several rallies in
his support. Apna Dal
(S) national president
AnupriyaPateltoocam-
paigned for him. Strate-
gicplanningfortheelec-
tion management was
done by Godda Lok
Sabha MP Nishikant
Dubey who stayed there
fromfilingnominations
till the polling for 20
days. Uma Bharti and
Sakshi Maharaj had
held rallies and road-
shows and door-to-door
campaigns for him.
Ministers Mahendra
Singh and Dy CM
Dinesh Sharma also
lendtheirsupporttohis
campaign. The opposi-
tion is also not letting
anything go in cam-
paigning against him.
The SP candidate
against Singh is a close
ally of Akhilesh and is
backed to the hilt. Pri-
yanka Gandhi, too, held
a rally against him. It’s
a tough fight in the
sense of winning the
hearts and minds of the
people. On the result
day
, the voters of Saroji-
ni Nagar will show who
has their minds and
hearts. Those who have
been monitoring his
campaignscloselyclaim
that the result is obvi-
ous only margin of vic-
tory is being speculated
whether it may list
among the top five leads
in UP 2022 elections.
Rajeshwar Singh’s oratory eases his way from Khaki to Khadi
Offcier-turned-BJP candidate
Rajeshwar Singh greets
PM Narendra Modi. SIngh
with school students. CM
Yogi Adityanath flashes
the victory sign during an
election campaign meeting in
support of Rajeshwar Singh in
Lucknow.
Mau: (PTI) Samajwadi
Party president Akh-
ilesh Yadav on Friday
said the Uttar Pradesh
assembly polls are not
just to elect the govern-
ment of the state but
also to save the Consti-
tution and democracy
of India
Addressing a rally in
Mau for candidates of
the SP and alliance
partner Suheldev Bhar-
tiya Samaj Party
(SBSP), Yadav said the
ongoing state polls are
the biggest elections yet
in the country
.
Yadav also said the
BJP’s frustration of los-
ing the polls is visible in
their actions and lan-
guage, and cited the ex-
ample of attack on SP
leader Swamy Prasad
Maurya and insult to
SBSPchief OmPrakash
Rajbhar. Has not the
languageandbehaviour
of the people, who have
become worried now,
changed? You can see
defeat on their faces
now. They are not just
frustrated but have
started insulting SP
leaders because they
have realised the people
are not with the BJP
now, he claimed.
Yadav claimed the
spirit of the people of
Mau indicates that no
rival party candidates
will win on any assem-
bly seats in the region.
The votes for the
sixth phase have been
caste, the seventh phase
voting is coming up and
I have come here to seek
your support. I am
hopeful you will ensure
victory of SP, and alli-
ance SBSP candidates
from whichever seat
they are contesting on,
he said.
This election is going
to be the country’s big-
gest election. It’s not
only to elect the govern-
ment in UP but also to
save the Constitution of
India, democracy of In-
dia. The people of BJP
have lied to public and
this election is to re-
move such liars from
UP, Yadav said.
The former UP chief
minister also accused
the BJP and its leaders
of spreading lies as he
shared the stage with
alliance candidates, in-
cluding jailed
don-turned-politician
Mukhtar Ansari’s son
Abbas Ansari.
The people of BJP
are amazing.They
touch the water of
mother Ganga, take a
holy dip in it yet contin-
ue to speak lies. The
BJP claims to be the
biggest political party
in the world but no oth-
er party in the world
speaks as much lie as
the BJP does, its people
do, Yadav said.
New Delhi (PTI): The
Supreme Court on Fri-
day agreed to hear on
March 11 a plea chal-
lenging the grant of
bail by the Allahabad
High Court to Ashish
Mishra, son of Union
minister Ajay Mishra,
in connection with the
Lakhimpur Kheri vio-
lence that left eight peo-
ple, including four
farmers, dead.
A bench headed by
Chief Justice N V Ra-
mana took note of the
submissions of lawyer
Prashant Bhushan that
the other accused in the
case are moving courts
for grant of bail citing
the relief granted to
Ashish Mishra and
asked him to intimate
the high court that the
top court is hearing the
plea for cancellation of
bail. I can list on March
11 only. Other judges
have to be available, the
CJI said.
A single-judge bench
of the high court, on
February 10, had grant-
ed bail to Mishra who
had spent four months
in custody
.
Bhushan submitted
that the HC while grant-
ing the bail, did not fol-
low the law laid down
and did not consider
aspects like tampering
with evidence and flee-
ing from justice. The
problem is that other
accused are also mov-
ing,” he added.He
sought a direction to
the HC that for the time
being, the bail plea of
other accused be not
considered.
UPPOLLSTOSAVEDEMOCRACY
CONSTITUTION: AKHILESH
Singh’s oratorical skill
hasdrawnmanytoseek
his help in laying out
their campaign format
Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav with Om Prakash Rajbhar during an election
campaigning at Ghazipur on Friday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
Jaunpur: (PTI) Samajwadi Party patron Mu-
layam Singh Yadav on Friday alleged discrimi-
nation on caste basis and atrocities on poor as
he hit the campaign trail for party candidates in
Jaunpur for the UP assembly elections.
In his second public address for the seven-
phase UP polls, the 82-year-old founder-patron
of the SP said his party has always worked for
the poor, the youth and the neglected section
of the society. The country is faced with big
challenges today including those of discrimina-
tion of the basis of caste and injustice, atroci-
ties being committed against the poor, he said.
Yadav, Lok Sabha MP from Mainpuri, said
there is no special facility for the poor, the
educated youth are jobless, while farmers who
produce crop do not get adequate price for
their produce.
SP ONLY PARTY TO RAISE ISSUE OF
UNEMPLOYMENT IN POLLS: MULAYAM
Kheri case: SC to hear on March 11 plea
for cancellation of bail to Ashish Mishra
Three family members
of farmers, who were
killed in the violence,
have sought a stay
on the February 10
bail order of the High
Court.
VICTIMS’ FAMILIES
SEEK STAY ON BAIL
FIRagainstAbbasfor‘hisabkitab’remark
First India Bureau
Mau (ANI): An FIR
has been registered on
Friday against Abbas
Ansari, son of jailed
don turned politician
Mukhtar Ansari, for
his controversial state-
ment against govern-
ment officials at a pub-
lic rally, said Superin-
tendent of Police (SP),
Sushil Bhole.
Bhole, while speak-
ing to ANI said, “A case
has been registered
against Abbas Ansari
under Section 171 F
(Punishment for un-
due influence or per-
sonation at an elec-
tion) and 506 (Punish-
ment for criminal in-
timidation) for violat-
ing the Model Code of
Conduct.” Ansari at a
public rally had said,
if Samajwadi Party
(SP) and its alliance
government is formed
in Uttar Pradesh, he
has asked the SP chief
Akhilesh Yadav not to
transfer the govern-
ment officials for the
next six months as
their ‘Hisab Kitab’
would be done first.
In his defence, later
Ansari told ANI, “The
government officials
have harassed the peo-
ple of Uttar Pradesj
unnecessarily by
bringing out old is-
sues, their family is-
sues and even by regis-
tering fake cases.” He
added, “As per my
knowledge they (gov-
ernment officials)
have made money out
of it. Hence, an inqui-
ry will be done in these
cases and so I used that
statement.”
Ansari is contesting
from Mau Sadar con-
stituency as a candi-
date of Suheldev Bhar-
tiya Samaj Party
(SBSP), an ally of the
SP. Mau Sadar will go
to the polls on March 7
in the seventh phase of
the Uttar Pradesh As-
sembly elections.
Abbas Ansari while speaking to media —PHOTO BY ANI
Ansari said that the government officials have
harassed the people of Uttar Praedesh unneces-
sarily by bringing out old issues, their family is-
sues and even by registering fake cases and have
made money out of it. Hence an inquiry will be
done in these cases and so I used that statement.
‘GOVT OFFICIALS HARASSED PEOPLE’

KATE MIDDLETON
I literally can’t forget the mo-
ment when the Duchess of
Cambridge carried a blue
kurta set for Royal duties
in Pakistan. Her kurta was
embellished with white
embroidery around
the neck, and she
wore it with a chif-
fon dupatta. No
doubt, the diva
was looking
exquisite in the
royal avatar.
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ndia’s rich cultural leg-
acy is one of the world’s
oldest civilizations in
the world, and now this
land of God is a melting
pot of religions, tradi-
tions, and customs with
its traditional jewels.
The treasures of Indian
heritage include art, archi-
tecture, classical dance,
music, flora and fauna,
people’s innate secular
philosophy and royal but
aesthetic clothing tradi-
tions.
This intangible cultural
heritage of India has in-
fluenced many countries.
Many parts of the world
have adopted our diverse
culture, food, language and
elegant clothing style and
have charmed their fash-
ion in many different ways.
In fact, one of the most well-
known traditional gowns in
the world is the Indian Saari,
which is a wrapped garment
and is considered as the most
graceful dress of Indian wom-
en, it elegantly covers the
woman’s entire body and
makes women look elegant
and beautiful.
The saree and lehenga have
an unrivalled elegance and
opulence which have attracted
people around the world.
While we have numerous op-
portunities to wear these en-
sembles throughout the year,
the same cannot be said for
overseas celebrities who have
also taken love to them.
Many International celebri-
ties have proved that Indian
traditional clothing has a
large fan following, by wear-
ing various variants of Indian
fashion in Hollywood films
and shows they showed their
love an respect of our fashion
and culture.
When the time arises, how-
ever, they wear these ensem-
bles with the utmost elegance,
resulting in aesthetically al-
luring looks.
THE GLOBAL DOMINATION OF
INDIAN FASHION
INDIA’S TRADITIONAL FASHION IS
DOMINATING THE WORLD, CITY FIRST
BRINGS TO YOU GLIMPSES OF A FEW
CELEBRITIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
WHO ACED THE INDIAN ATTIRE!
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
I
SOPHIE TURNER
Literally, we can’t get enough
of Sophie Turner, who looked
adorable in a Sabyasachi
lehenga at Nick Jonas and
Priyanka Chopra’s wedding re-
ception. Embracing the vibe of
the festivities, Turner was a vi-
sion for the eyes as she looked
stunning in the peach-hued
lehenga, which had flamboyant
sequins and embellishments
scattered decorations all over
the outfit. The actress totally
slew it in Indian attire with
sheer elegance. Seen here with
hubby Joe Jonas.
KIM KARDASHIAN
It seems like with every picture surfacing
from Kim Kardashian’s Vogue India photo
shoot, the US reality TV star gets a little more
Indian. In some beautiful pictures shared by
Kim Kardashian and the magazine, the blonde
star showed up in a shimmery red saree from
designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee and also a
printed Anamika Khanna lehenga choli for her
photoshoot with the Vogue India.
CHRISSY TEIGEN
Back in 2021, when the love-
birds #PriNick threw a Diwali
blowout, Chrissy Tiegen put
her desi foot forward during
the glitzy celebration. To cre-
ate a radiant and poppy look,
she draped herself in a purple
embroidered saree from Papa
Don’t Preach with a full-sleeved
blouse and a deep neck. Chrissy
spruced up her look with a
mang tika and styled her hair
in a sleek middle parting. The
diva stole many hearts with her
elegant and sensual look.
BEYONCE
Beyonce left her admirers dumb-
founded as she twirled about in a
personalised lehenga designed by
Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla for
Isha Ambani’s wedding. This ace
singer wore navy blue Anarkali,
which was floor-length and
designed in kaleidoscopic flower
embroidery throughout, as well
as a chiffon blue dupatta with a
vivid pink border. She was looking
extremely beautiful in royal
desi attire as she gave a
powerful performance at
the wedding.

10
ETC
“Tyger, Tyger, Burning
Bright, in the forests of the
night; What immortal hand
or eye, could frame thy
fearful symmetry?”
‘Tiger, Tiger,
Burning Bright’
ore than 200
years ago, in
1794, William
Blake wrote
his immortal
lines- “Tyger,
Tyger, Burn-
ing Bright, in the for-
ests of the night;
What immortal hand
or eye, could frame
thy fearful symme-
try?” He encapsulated
the fearsome, majes-
tic glory of the then
invincible tiger, who
reigned supreme in
the jungles.
We have since then
come a long way. To-
day, our earth is fac-
ing serious ecological
crises- global warm-
ing, chronic resources
shortage, rainforest
destruction, wild jun-
gle fires, floods, vol-
canic eruptions, spe-
cies extinction - every
disaster indicating
towards “end of na-
ture”. God’s Eden be-
comes a wasteland-
mainly because of
man’s greed.
In the early 20th
century, TS Eliot and
his contemporaries
were troubled by the
changing values and
moral depravity of
mankind. Ruskin
Bond, in the second
half, is worried about
the disturbance by
ecological imbalance.
“The ignorant man
has been cheerfully
hacking at the branch
on which he is
perched”. Bond’s call
to turn towards the es-
sence of life and rec-
ognize man-made in-
terdependence is
aimed at “preserving
life- beautiful and
powerful”. He de-
serves recognition
not only as a signifi-
cant Indian writer but
as a human being
with a definite phi-
losophy of life which
embraces mankind.
He forges an intimate
relationship with the
Himalayas and his lit-
eral work seems like a
magic casement open-
ing on a beautiful vast
stretch of nature. He
emphasizes the ami-
cable relationship be-
tween man and Na-
ture - as both are in-
terdependent and in-
terrelated.
This wonder and
wild essence of the
world of animals has
been captured with
deep empathy in the
story of an old, wise
and crafty tiger who
has survived all at-
tempts on his life in
‘Tiger, Tiger, Burning
Bright’ by Ruskin
Bond. “Although the
tiger has passed the
prime of his life, he
has lost none of his
majesties. His mus-
cles rippled beneath
the golden-yellow
coat, as he walked
through the long
grass with the confi-
dence of one who
knew that he was still
a king, even though
his subjects were few-
er”. He lives in a jun-
gle near the Ganga
river. Since new towns
and farms are coming
up, the forest is being
cut. The population of
the wild animals
shrinks drastically
.
Poachers and hunt-
ers stalk lions, tigers
and leopards to dis-
play their skins on the
walls or to sell in the
market. This old tiger,
due to his wisdom and
expertise, is the sole
survivor in this area.
He avoids the river-
bank and instead vis-
its a lake higher up in
the hills to quench his
thirst. The villagers
and their cattle use
this water as well.
They have reached a
level of mutual ac-
ceptance where they
do not disturb each
other. “Sometimes,
when the old tiger was
very lonely, he gave a
great roar, which
shook the whole for-
est. The villagers
thought he was roar-
ing in anger, but the
jungle knew that he
was lonely and sad”.
Ramu, a village boy,
takes his family’s buf-
faloes to the jungle for
grazing. Ramu and
the tiger often see
each other from a safe
distance. One day
Ramu was plucking
Mahua flowers when
a mother bear feeling
insecure about her
baby came out to at-
tack him. The tiger
roared to frighten the
angry bear away and
thus saved Ramu. Lat-
er, when the old ti-
ger’s life is in danger,
due to the arrival of
hunters, it is Ramu
who hangs bits and
pieces of human
clothes in the bushes,
so as to warn the tiger.
The foray made by
Ramu and his com-
panion is the essen-
tial harmony of the
universe.
One day
, luck peters
out for the majestic
beast. The hunters
who had been search-
ing for him- finally
spot him. They shoot
at him while he is
crossing a suspension
bridge. He staggers
and falls into the river
and is washed away by
theswiftcurrents.The
hunters search for
him, but to no avail.
The tiger, carried by
the water, finds him-
self on the banks be-
side a dense forest.
The warm rays of the
sun fill him with re-
newed energy
. “He
raised his head high
and gave a full-throat-
ed roar. He’s finally
greeted by a tigress’s
roar in answer - “call-
ing him, calling him
forward”- leaving us
with a renewed hope
that all is not lost.
‘Tiger, Tiger, Burn-
ing Bright is a story
about all tigers and all
wild animals. It’s
about harmony in
the forest. Forest,
tiger and man are
interdependent.
Nature’s har-
mony encom-
passes all
c r e a t u r e s -
great
small, beau-
tiful ugly,
strong
w e a k .
Bond ac-
cepts the
ultimate
truth of
Nature
with hu-
mility
.
DEEPAK’S CORNER
DEEPAK
deepaklifemusings@gmail.com
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B
ritney Spears and her
fiance Sam Asghari re-
cently jetted off for a
getaway to celebrate
the latter’s birthday
. The sing-
er also took to Instagram to
celebrate the same as she
wrote a heartfelt tribute for
him. Along with a sweet
note that she penned for
Asghari, Britney also
shared a snap of the duo
looking adorable on
their date night. Along
with the photo, Britney
in her captions wrote,
“Happy Birthday to
my Fiancé … I love
you so much… I want
a family with you …
I want it all with you
!!!!” —Agency
alman Khan’s fans
have all the rea-
sons to be on
cloud nine Friday
.
After all, his
much-awaited Ti-
ger 3 with Katrina
Kaif has finally been an-
nounced. The superstar
took to social media to
share the big an-
nouncement and
shared an
interest-
ing teas-
er along
with an-
nouncing
the release
date of Tiger 3 as Eid
2023. Salman and Katrina’s reun-
ion for the espionage drama and
has already declared it a block-
buster. —Agency
B
ollywood actress Kriti
Sanon, who will be
seen essaying the role
of a filmmaker Myra
Devekar in the upcoming
masala entertainer, ‘Bachch-
han
Paandey’, recently
opened up about her approach
to her
character in
the film.
K r i t i
said,
“As
a n
actor, once you have gone
through a certain number of
films, you soak in more than
you think, just by observing
and looking around, you start
understanding how the direc-
tors make their vision come
alive, their pro-
cess and man-
n e r i s m s . ”
Meanwhile,
Kriti has
m u l t i p l e
big releas-
es lined
up.
—Agency
A
nanya is once again
making the headlines
as she has begun pre-
paring for her next pro-
ject Kho Gaye Hum Kahan
which will also star Siddhant
Chaturvedi and Adarsh
Gourav in the lead.
The Student of The
Year 2 actress, who is
quite active on social
media, took to her Ins-
tagram story and
shared the update
about the movie.
Ananya shared a video
featuring the script of
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan
and expressed her ex-
citement to begin work-
ing on the new project.
She wrote, “Let’s
goooooo @arjun-
varain.singh @sid-
dhantchaturvedi
@ g o u r a -
vadarsh”. It will
mark Ananya’s
second collabora-
tion with Siddhant.
—Agency
SWAGAT NAHI
KAROGE
HUMARA!!
HEARTFELT
BIRTHDAY
TRIBUTE
Zendaya
gets
nervous!
W
hile auditioning
for Dune,
Zendaya had
great trouble as
a result of the aftermath
of dental treatment. For
the feature article of W
magazine’s Volume 2, The
Directors Issue, the
25-year-old actress reveals
she “had just had her wis-
dom teeth” removed be-
fore auditioning for the
sci-fi epic.
—Agency
BACHCHHAN
PAANDEY
T
he Batman starring Rob-
ert Pattinson and Zoe
Kravitz opened to positive
reviews from critics. The
Matt Reeves directorial is being
termed as the darkest Batman film.
During their recent interview with Heart, Rob-
ert and Zoe opened up on working on the film’s
action sequences and particularly Kravitz
spoke about her scenes and revealed how she
practised her punches. The actress revealed
that she practised with a punching bag in be-
tween the takes although she was soon inter-
rupted by Pattinson who had another story to
tell. Robert recalled one of the shooting mo-
ments when Kravitz punched him too and said,
“There was also another time when you were
punching me in between every single take. It
was just warming up and I was like ‘I’m in this
scene as well. —Agency
S
Kriti Sanon Ananya Pandey
Robert Pattison and Zoe Kravitz
Zendaya
Katrina Kaif Britney Spears
Kho
gaye
hum
kahan
Robert gets
Punched

12
CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
FLOWERS BLOOM,
VEGGIES BOOM
An array of varieties of
fruits, vegetables and
flowers was put on
display at the Annual
Fruit, Vegetable and
Flower Show at Raj
Bhavan in Lucknow on
Friday. UP Guv Anandiben
Patel sharing a light
moment with ACS Home
Awanish Awasthi as Chief
Secretary Durga Shanker
Mishra looks on during
the Annual Fruit,Vegetable
Flower Show at Raj
Bhavan —PHOTOS BY ASHOK
DUTTA
CENTRAL COMMAND
INVESTITURE CEREMONY
DEVANSHI MUDGAL
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
entral Com-
mand Investi-
ture Ceremony
was conducted
at Bareilly
, on
Friday
. Lt Gen-
eral Yogendra
Dimri, AVSM, VSM,
General Officer Com-
manding-in-Chief (GOC-
in-C) felicitated officers
and other ranks with
gallantry and distin-
guished service awards
for various acts of brav-
ery in the face of the en-
emyaswellasexception-
al devotion to duty and
service to the nation.
The awards present-
ed included 9 Sena Med-
als (Gallantry), 3 Sena
Medals (Distinguished
Service), 11 Vishisht
Seva Medals.
Amongst the most
prominent were the gal-
lant acts of Grenadier
Ravi Kumar and Grena-
dier Prashant Singh of
29th Battalion, the
Rashtriya Rifles,
who made the su-
preme sacrifice
while fighting terror-
ists in Jammu and
Kashmir. For their gal-
lant action and excep-
tional courage, they
have been awarded the
Sena Medal (Gallantry)
received by Priyanka
wife of Grenadier Ravi
Kumar and Rekha Devi
mother of Grenadier
Prashant Singh in a sol-
emn ceremony
.
Lt General Yogendra
Dimri also bestowed
Central Command Unit
citations to units for
their meritorious
andoutstandingper-
formance. The inves-
titure ceremony also
featured a flypast by 3
Cheetah helicopters of
the Indian Army
, which
showered flower petals
to honour the soldiers
and Bravehearts.
A parade featuring
contingents from JAT
Regimental Centre,
Bengal Sappers Group
Training Centre, Garh-
wal Rifles Regimental
Centre and Kumaon
Regimental Centre was
alsoheld.Astaticequip-
ment display was or-
ganised T-90 Bhishma
tanks, Bofors gun, BMP
Sarath, Radar and other
equipment used by the
Indian Armed Forces.
Speaking at the cere-
mony
, Lt. General Yo-
gendra Dimri congratu-
lated awardees and re-
cipientsof unitcitations
andexhortedallranksto
emulate the awardees in
giving their best in all
spheres and keeping the
Indian Army’s flag fly-
ing high at all times.
Earlier, the Surya
Rolling Trophy was
awarded to ECHS Poly-
clinic, Haldwani (Utta-
rakhand). The Green
Cantonment Trophy,
awarded to the cleanest
cantonment was won
by Lucknow Canton-
ment this year. The list
of awardees is as fol-
lows: –
Sena Medal (Gallant-
ry) was received by Lt
Col Oinam Akash Sin-
gh, Major Ankit Dahi-
ya, Major Yashovard-
han Bhati, Major Avi-
nash Pandey, Captain
Suhail Ahmed, Havil-
dar Rakesh Kumar,
Lance Naik Himmat
Singh, Grenadier Ravi
Kumar Singh (Posthu-
mous), Grenadier
Prashant Singh (Post-
humous)
Sena Medal (Distin-
guished Service) was
received by
SENA MEDAL (DIS-
TINGUISHED SER-
VICE),LtGeneral Push-
pendra Pal Singh, Col
Tushar Bacchil, Lt. Col
Jay Prakash Kumar.
C
ONE STOP FOR COLLECTORS
AND GOURMENTS
W
ith its 13th
edition, the
Mahindra
Sanatkada
Lucknow Festival, a
celebration of art,
culture, gastronomy,
history, and, most im-
portantly, the city of
Lucknow and its peo-
ple, is back. On Fri-
day, the five-day event
commenced its first
day in Safed Bara-
dari, Qaisarbagh.
Around 85 weavers
and artisans from
over the nation come
together to show and
sell their beautiful Sa-
ris, Kurtas, colourful
embroidered Dupat-
tas, silver and bead
jewellery, hand-paint-
ed shoes, handicraft
products, and more.
Amid strict Covid
norms, the festival
opened its gates for
visitors who shopped
and devoured deli-
cious food to
theirs’s heart’s
content.
Madhavi Kuck-
reja, the festival’s or-
ganiser mentioned
that the Mahindra
Sanatkada Festival
Lucknow’s theme this
year is Lucknowi Ba-
warchi Khane. She
also encouraged the
public to enjoy them-
selves and enjoy deli-
cious cuisines.
The crowd sa-
voured Biryani, Kulfi,
Kebabs, Namkeens,
and other delica-
cies from stalls set
up by some of the
city’s most famous
restaurants, including
Raheem’s and Naushi-
jaan. The Bawarchi
Tola’s highlight, how-
ever, remained the
home cooks who of-
fered vegetarian and
non-vegetarian thalis
at dinner time.
At the Bawarchi
Tola, Salempur
House, the air was
filled with the aromas
of many types of food
being prepared and
served by highly com-
petent home cooks.
“I have been coming
here since 2014. I get
great responses from
buyers at Sanatkada. I
am glad to be back af-
ter the Covid break,”
Asad, who goes by the
name Peer Nazar
Turkman and sells Af-
ghani jewellery at
boothnumber67,adds.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
The birthday of IAS Amit Mohan Prasad was on Friday,
March 4. We wish him all the best!
CITY FIRST
A
free health
camp was or-
ganised by
Wellsun Medic-
ity at Lucknow AirPort
Unit Line of CISF, on
Friday
.
In this free health
camp, the doctors from
Wellsun Hospital Dr
Vivek Kumar, General
Physician; Dr Manali
Tiwari, Dentist; Dr
Neha Singh, Physio-
therapist; Shivangi, Di-
etician conducted medi-
cal examinations of the
staff and officers of
CISF.
This health camp in-
cluded free blood sugar,
ECG, blood pressure,
height, and weight
checks, as well as some
general medical advice
for the maintenance of
health.
On this occasion, the
CISF’s Sr. Commandant
PP Singh, Asstt. Com-
mandant BP Singh, As-
stt. Commandant Yo-
gesh Mishra, Inspector
Shrinarayan Tiwari,
and the program’s coor-
dinator Sharad Mishra
ensured check up for all
personnel.
Approx 550 CISF
force members took ad-
vantage of the free
medical camp by get-
ting their health
checked up.
Health Camp for CISF!
P P Singh during a BP check
Glimpses from the health camp
During the ceremony
Glimpses from the Lucknow festival
Guv Anandiben Patel sharing a light moment with ACS Home Awanish Awasthi as Chief Secretary
Durga Shanker Mishra looks on during the Annual Fruit, Vegetable Flower Show.

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