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Rajnath hails PM Modi as real ‘Samajwadi’
Jaunpur (PTI): De-
fence Minister Rajnath
Singh on Friday said
BJP never breaks the
trust of people and ful-
fills promises it makes
no matter what cost as
hecampaignedforparty
candidates in UP As-
sembly polls. Address-
ing a public meeting in
Jaunpur’s Malhani, the
senior BJP leader and
former UP CM dubbed
Yogiasonly“betterCM”
to have worked in state.
“SP, BSP, Cong & other
smaller groups are try-
ing to create a confusion
that BJP is not going to
win as many seats as it
had won in 2017. Truth
is that even in their
groups, if you talk to
someone, they would
quietly whisper in ears
that BJP is winning but
they have to work for
their party
,” he claimed.
Former UP CM
dubbed Yogi as only
“Better CM” to have
worked in the state
Rajnath Singh with Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Mahendra Nath Pandey
& others waves to supporters at Sakaldiha, in Chandauli on Friday.
BJP will win “more
or less” the same
number of Assem-
bly seats in 2022 polls as it
did in 2017, which was
303. If we test statement,
then real Samajwadi is PM
Narendra Modi. We are
‘Samajwadi’ and ‘Rash-
trawadi’. And being a De-
fence minister, even the
world’s biggest power can
harm the Bharat Mata.
—Rajnath Singh,
Defence Minister
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CORONA CATASTROPHE
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.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets supporters during a roadshow for the seventh and last
phase of UP Assembly elections in Varanasi district on Friday. —PHOTO BT PTI
PM MODI ROADSHOW IN VARANASI
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-mem-
ber 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 Chura-
chandpur, Imphal East,
and Kangpokpi 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.
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.
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.
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.
New Delhi Recovered
420
NEW
CASES
302 NEW
DEATHS
04

CAPITOL
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UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN CREATED TO
PRODUCE ‘NATION BUILDERS’: SISODIA
He says, this is one of major dreams of CM Kejri to establish world’s best teachers’ varsity in Delhi
New Delhi (PTI): Dep-
uty Chief Minister
Manish Sisodia Friday
inaugurated the Delhi
Teachers University at
Outram Lane in
Mukherjee Nagar and
speaking at the occa-
sion, Sisodia said the
university had been
created to produce “na-
tion builders” and to
put teaching at the
same level as other
more sought-after pro-
fessions.
“Today is a big occa-
sion. This is one of the
major dreams
of Arvind Kejriwal to
establish the world’s
best teachers’ universi-
ty in Delhi. Today
marks the beginning in
realising that dream,”
said Sisodia, adding
that the university had
been started in a record
time.
“Preparing teachers
is challenging. It is eas-
ier to build engineers,
doctors, managers be-
cause they deal with
specialisations. But a
teacher’s work is 360 de-
grees. That’s why it was
possible to set up an IIT
in India, IIMs and
AIIMS but when it came
to teachers’ university,
the truth is we could not
create a teachers’ train-
ing institute which is
up to the level of these
institutions. The good
thing is that the Nation-
al Education Policy
gives a lot of scope in
this regard and it has
stressed on preparing
good teachers,” he said.
Sisodia said the uni-
versity will begin its
two-year B.Ed pro-
grammes this year and
a four-year integrated
B.Ed programme in
some time.
Sisodia said, “This
university is not just to
prepare school teach-
ers. Tomorrow, if high-
er education institu-
tions need to train their
teachers to understand
the psychology of stu-
dents, on how to teach
them, they can learn it
here.”
“Let’s make nation
builders. We will pro-
duce nation builders
from this university
who will work 360 de-
grees on children. They
will not only help them
to become good engi-
neers, doctors etc but
will also make them
good human beings. We
will stress on this. This
is what the CM and I ex-
pect,” he said.
299 OUT OF 878 STRANDED
STUDENTS BROUGHT BACK
New Delhi (PTI):
Amid India’s ongoing
“Operation Ganga” to
bring back the strand-
ed citizens from
Ukraine, 299 out of a
total of 878 Delhi stu-
dents have reached
the national capital
till today evening,
said the Delhi govern-
ment on Thursday.
The Delhi govern-
ment is sending its
officials to meet the
families of students
stranded in Ukraine.
District and subdivi-
sion level officers and
teachers have also
been engaged.
Delhi government
officials and employ-
ees have spoken to
the families of 624
out of the total 878
students.
These officers and
employees have been
ordered to visit the
students who have re-
turned from Ukraine
or meet the families
of the students who
have not returned yet
and inform them
about the safety of
their children, said
the government.
RUSSIA-UKRAINE CRISIS
DELHI MAN RECOUNTS UKRAINE HORROR
Indian nationals arrive after being evacuated from war-torn Ukraine
under Operation Ganga at IGITerminal 3Airport. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi (PTI): Sev-
enty-five per cent to 80
per cent of the saplings
planted in Delhi be-
tween 2016 and 2019
have survived, Environ-
ment Minister Gopal
Rai said on Friday cit-
ing a report from the
Forest Research Insti-
tute (FRI).
The government will
also ask the Dehradun-
based institute to con-
duct an audit of planta-
tions undertaken in the
last two years, he said.
“We had asked the
FRI to conduct an audit
of sapling plantation
undertaken from 2016
to 2019. We received the
report in January. Ac-
cording to it, 75-80 per
cent of the saplings
have survived,” Rai
said at a press confer-
ence.
So far in the financial
year 2021-22, Delhi has
planted 32 lakh saplings
and shrubs, which is
more than the target (31
lakh) set by the Centre.
The government has
also decided to conduct
soil testing before an-
nual plantation exer-
cises to increase the
sapling survival rate,
he said. Officials said
the city government is
also seeking to conduct
an audit of tree trans-
plantation exercises un-
dertaken in the capital
so far.
Based on the third-
party audit conducted
by the FRI, it was earli-
er reported that the sur-
vival rate of saplings
planted in Delhi be-
tween 2016 and 2019 was
between 50 per cent and
75 per cent.
A source said the for-
est department was
“unhappy” with the
findings and the FRI
was asked to look into it
again. Rai said it was a
preliminary report and
this is the final report.
Around 67 lakh sap-
lings were planted in
Delhi during the planta-
tion drives undertaken
between 2016 and 2019.
75 to 80% saplings planted between 2016 & 2019 survived: Rai
GREEN DELHI

The government
will also ask
the Dehradun-
based institute
to conduct an
audit of
plantations
undertaken in
the last two
years
CRUCIAL READ
ASHRAM
UNDERPASS TO
OPEN SOON!
NEW SYSTEM
SET UP FOR
TOWED VEHICLES
BJP LAUNCHES
‘REFERENDUM’
AGAINST NEW
EXCISE POLICY
New Delhi: After sev-
en missed deadlines,
the much-awaited
Ashram underpass
in Southeast
Delhi will finally be
completed by the
month-end and be
operational on or
before March 31,
said officials.
Ashram Chowk,
Ring Road and
Mathura Road are
choked for hours as
a result
of work on the
stretch, which
sees nearly 3 lakh
vehicles every day.
New Delhi: More
than 39,000 vehicles
were towed away
by the Delhi Traffic
Police in the last
three months since
it introduced a new
system of sharing
information about pit
locations with vehicle
owners via SMS,
police said on Friday.
With effect from
December 1, 2021,
Delhi Traffic Police
officials said, a new
system has started
wherein information
is shared with own-
ers of towed vehicles
via SMS.
New Delhi: The
Delhi BJP on Friday
launched its
‘referendum’ to
collect opinion of
10 lakh city residents
on the Kejriwal
government’s new
excise policy. The
party is collecting
public feedback
at 1,120 places in
each of the 280 civic
wards by placing
specially crafted
boxes, said Delhi
BJP media head
Navin Kumar.
Education Minister Manish Sisodia inaugurates Teachers’ University in Mukherjee Nagar on Friday.
SISODIA SAYS
Environment Minister Gopal Rai.
MINISTER STATES
High Court refuses to issue notice over
PIL against intoxicating drinks and drugs
Skywalk linking ND railway station
with metro station to open today
Policefilesplaintaftervideo
ofassaultongirlwentviral
New Delhi (ANI): A
schoolgirl was assault-
ed by her female friend
outside Gitanjali school
in Sant Nagar area in
New Delhi and its video
went viral. Later, the
police registered a com-
plaint.
A senior Police offic-
er of Burari police sta-
tion said, “We received
a complaint on March 2
from the family mem-
bers of the girl where
they had written that
the video of their
daughter getting beaten
up has gone viral on so-
cial media.” The victim,
a schoolgirl, had an ar-
gument with one of her
friends after which a
fight broke out outside
the school, the officer
added.
Delhi Police has reg-
istered a case in this
matter under section
323 (Punishment for
voluntarily causing
hurt), 341 (Punishment
for wrongful restraint),
379 (Punishment for
theft), 356 (Assault or
criminal force in at-
tempt to commit theft)
and 34 (Acts done by
several persons in fur-
therance of common
intention) has been reg-
istered, he added.
New Delhi (ANI):
The Delhi High
Court on Friday refused
to issue notice and ad-
journed the matter
while hearing a Public
Interest Litigation
(PIL) seeking direction
to the Delhi Govern-
ment to prohibit/con-
trol the production, dis-
tribution and consump-
tion of intoxicat-
ing drinks and drugs,
which are injurious to
health, in order to se-
cure the right to health,
guaranteed under Arti-
cle 21 of the Constitu-
tion.
The Bench of Justice
DN Patel and Justice
Neena Bansal Krishna
on Friday refused to is-
sue a notice in the mat-
ter “at this stage” and
also asked the other
side to accumulate all
the PILs filed by Advo-
cate Ashwini Kumar
Upadhyay
.
Justice DN Patel said,
“We are adjourning the
matter for July 4.”
New Delhi (ANI): Delhi
Metro Rail Corporation
(DMRC) announced on
Friday that the skywalk
connecting Ajmeri Gate
of the New Delhi railway
station and adjacent
New Delhi metro station
will be open for public
use from today.
The dedicated sky-
walk is constructed by
DMRC in collaboration
with Northern railway
and it will be opened at
10:00 am today.
Taking to Facebook,
DMRC posted the bene-
fits of the skywalk.
DMRC stated that the
skywalk will provide
seamless connectivity
between the New Delhi
railway station and the
metro station of New
Delhi on the Yellow line
and Airport Express
Line and will also help in
streamlining the traffic
flow on the Ajmeri gate
side of the railway sta-
tion.
“The Skywalk has
been provided with esca-
lators along with facili-
ties such as CCTV sur-
veillance cameras and
many more,” it added.
DMRC also stated the
challenges that the engi-
neers faced while con-
structing the unique
skywalk, especially dur-
ing the COVID-19 pan-
demic.
CRIME BRANCH
Gurugram: Man arrested
for killing live-in partner
Gurugram (PTI):
Two days after a
42-year-old woman
was found murdered
at her house in Kan-
hai Colony in Gurgon,
the police have arrest-
ed her live-in partner
for allegedly stran-
gling her to death.
During interroga-
tion, the accused also
confessed to murder-
ing her husband in
2018 after the latter
became privy to their
extra-marital rela-
tionship.
On Wednesday
morning, Kamla (42),
a native of Panna in
Madhya Pradesh, was
found dead at her
house.
In the police com-
plaint lodged by her
son, he had alleged
that she was killed by
her live-in partner
Surender. The autop-
sy had revealed that
she had been stran-
gled to death.
Four, including
juvenile, held
for stabbing
Civil Defence
volunteer
held in car
robbery
New Delhi (PTI): Four
people, including a juve-
nile, were apprehended
for allegedly stabbing
two brothers following an
argument in Delhi’s Man-
golpuri area, police said.
On Thursday, information
was received at Mangol-
puri police station regard-
ing a stabbing incident
at Y-Block auto market in
the area, they said. Police
rushed to the spot and
found that the injured,
Sunny and Bharat, who
are brothers and residents
of Sultanpuri, had already
been taken to the Sanjay
Gandhi Hospital, a senior
police officer said.
New Delhi (PTI): A
29-year-old civil
defence volunteer
was arrested along
with his associate in
a car robbery case in
southwest Delhi’s Vas-
ant Kunj area, police
said on Friday. The
accused were identi-
fied as Sachin and
Mausam alias Manoj
(27), both residents of
Rangpuri, they said.
Mausam works as an
event organiser, while
Sachin is a Delhi Civil
Defence volunteer and
also works as an event
organizer, police said.

INDIA
03
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.
Ghazipur (PTI): Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Friday said Sa-
majwadiPartypresident
Akhilesh Yadav only
cares for “one commu-
nity 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
backwardandDalitcom-
munitiesof thestateand
asserted that the BJP
will form the next gov-
ernment with over 300
seats.
Shah said his party
will provide one free gas
cylinder on Holi and Di-
wali if voted to power,
and added that the BJP
hasworkedforthedevel-
opment of the poor and
provided them free ra-
tion, medical facilities,
housing as well as en-
sured that their homes
gets electricity
.
Akhilesh Yadav only
sees people of one com-
munity “which we are
notpartof”andonlyone
caste, Shah said without
elaborating further.
“TheSPchief seesone
communitywithoneeye
and one caste with the
other,” Shah said.
BJP leaders during
their poll campaigns in
thepasthaveaccusedthe
SPof favouringMuslims
and the Yadavs 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
billforthenextfiveyears
if the BJP comes to pow-
er,” said Shah.
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.
Mau (ANI): An FIR
has been registered
on Friday against
Abbas Ansari, son of
jailed don turned poli-
tician Mukhtar Ansari,
for his controversial
statement against
government officials
at a public rally, said
the SP, Sushil Bhole.
Bhole, while speaking
to ANI said, “A case
has been registered
against Abbas Ansari
for violating the Model
Code of Conduct.”
Higher stakes for Congress in
second phase of Manipur polls
Exclude us from RTI,
appeal armed forces
Pak court asks
India to appoint
lawyer for Jadav
by April 13
BJP will form the
next government
with over 300
seats, says HM
Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra & Rahul Gandhi on
their way to pay obeisance at Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple, in
Varanasi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Home Minister Amit Shah addresses a rally in Uttar Pradesh.
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.
FIR AGAINST
ABBAS ANSARI
FOR HIS ‘HISAB
KITAB’ REMARK
HOLY POLITICS!
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
Rakesh Ranjan
New Delhi: While the
votersof Lucknow’sSa-
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.
Onceseenandconsid-
ered as the nemesis of
formerfinanceminister
P Chidambaram, for-
merEDofficertoldFirst
India “I want to enjoy
my newly found free-
dom as an MLA candi-
datetravelingallacross,
delivering speeches and
motivating youths. This
is something anyone
would want to enjoy af-
terdecadesof ananony-
mous 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.
Various poll surveys
suggest that he could
win the Sarojini Nagar
seat, the only debatable
point being the margin
of hisvictory
.Hisseatis
the focus of discussion
not only among state
politicians but has also
drawn curious atten-
tion from New Delhi’s
power corridors.
Singh’s oratorical
skill, centred around
making facts and fig-
ures easily understand-
able to the common
folks, has drawn many
candidates to seek his
assistance in laying out
their campaign format.
His unreserved criti-
cismsof theSamajwadi
Party’s politics of undi-
luted and dangerous
cocktail of casteism,
communalism, and cor-
ruption are said to have
rattled Akhilesh Yadav
somuchthathewasput
on the backfoot dissoci-
ating himself with the
well-known dons and
Islamists.
The media loves him
for his articulation. On
a single day on Febru-
ary 21, 2022, over 18
channels interviewed
him and he is said to
have swayed and car-
ried the anchors with
him. Times Now, ABP
News, News Nation,
News1 India, India TV
,
News 18, India Voice,
Zee, ABP Viresh, Times
NowNavbharat,Mirror
Now, TV9, Sahara TV
,
Aaj Tak, India Today,
Sahara Samay, Bharat
Samachar, National
Voice, News Adda In-
dia,IndiaNews,News18
India, Republic, and
ANI were some of the
channels which inter-
viewed him.
In the bureaucratic
circles across cadres,
batches, and services,
the high-decibel elec-
tion campaign of Saro-
jini Nagar has been a
talking point. In a short
span of just 20 days, his
election campaign is
said to have moved like
a blitz across his con-
stituency
.
He has also visited
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. He advised them
tobecarefulabouttheir
activities in the digital
world.
Hiscampaignhasthe
blessingsof PrimeMin-
ister Narendra Modi,
Defense Minister Ra-
jnathSingh,andformer
Union minister Uma
Bharti besides, of
course, of Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath
who also held a mega
roadshow for him. Un-
ion Minister Kaushal
Kishoretooheldseveral
rallies in his support.
Apna Dal (S) national
president Anupriya Pa-
tel, Lok Sabha MPs
Manoj Tiwari, and Du-
shyant Singh too cam-
paigned for him. Strate-
gic planning for the
election management
was done by Godda Lok
Sabha MP Nishikant
Dubeywhostayedthere
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.
State cabinet minis-
ters Mahendra Singh
and Dy CM Dinesh
Sharma also lend their
support to his cam-
paign.Theoppositionis
also not letting any-
thing go in campaign-
ing against him. The SP
candidate against Sin-
ghisacloseallyof Akh-
ilesh and is backed to
the hilt. Both Akhilesh
and wife Dimple have
campaigned in support
of their candidates. Pri-
yanka Gandhi, too, held
a rally against him.
It’s a tough fight in
the sense of winning
theheartsandmindsof
thepeople.Ontheresult
day, the voters of Saro-
jini Nagar will show
who has their minds
and hearts. Those who
have been monitoring
his campaigns closely
claim that the result is
obvious only margin of
victory is being specu-
latedwhetheritmaylist
amongthetopfiveleads
in UP 2022 elections.
RAJESHWAR SINGH’S JOURNEY FROM KHAKI TO KHADI
(1) Officer-turned-BJP
candidate Rajeshwar Singh
greets PM Narendra Modi. (2)
Singh with school students.
(3) CM Yogi Adityanath
flashes victory sign during an
election campaign meeting in
support of Rajeshwar Singh in
Lucknow.

PERSPECTIVE
04
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of #OperationGanga in the future
will be a little girl from Kerala by the
name of ‘Ganga’.Here is wishing the
expecting parents and child who is
soon to be born into this world, the
very best.
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TOP TWEETS
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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BIZ BUZZ
06
Current global conditions are now posing complex challenges for RBI communication
‘RUSSIA’S INVASIONOFUKRAINE
WORSENS RBI’S POLICYOPTION’
The Russian invasion
of Ukraine and eco-
nomic sanctions have
worsened central
banks’ policy options
which were already
challenged by conflict-
ing objectives of reviv-
ing economic growth
and put a lid on price
pressures, said Reserve
Bank of India Gover-
nor Shaktikanta Das.
“Recent geo-political
developments have fur-
ther aggravated the
challenges and dilem-
mas for the central
banks. Amidst these
uncertainties, central
banks have to find the
optimal grounds with
attendant communi-
cation challenges”
Das said on Fri-
day while delivering a
lecture at the National
Defence College here.
The current global
conditions, after about
two years of living
through the pandemic,
are now posing
complex chal-
lenges for cen-
tral bank com-
munication.
The RBI is
faced with a
challenge of
maintaining
a delicate
balance between reviv-
ing growth following
the pandemic induced
slowdown in the econo-
my and manage infla-
tion and inflationary
expectations triggered
by rising crude and
commodity pric-
es which could
further ac-
centuate as
due to the
fall-out of
Russia’s inva-
sion of
Ukraine.
BIZ BRIEFS
Hero Motocorp
launches new
EV brand ‘Vida’
New Delhi (PTI):
The country’s larg-
est two-wheeler
maker Hero Mo-
toCorp on Friday
said it has lined
up a USD 100-mil-
lion global fund to
nurture over 10,000
entrepreneurs on
ESG solutions. The
auto major an-
nounced the fund
as it unveiled its
new identity ‘Vida’
for the company’s
emerging mobility
solutions, including
upcoming Electric
Vehicles.
Tea exports
during Jan-Dec
dip marginally
PV retail sales
dip 8% in Feb
2022: FADA
ISMA revises
sugar exports
estimate to 7.5 MT
Kolkata (PTI): Tea
exports during the
12 months of 2021
declined marginally
at 195.50 million
kilogramme from
209.72 million kg
during the previ-
ous similar period,
according to latest
Tea Board data.
Value of tea exports
almost remained the
same during the last
12 months which
stood at `5,246.89
crore, compared to
`5,235.29 cr in the
similar correspond-
ing period of 2020.
New Delhi (PTI):
Domestic passenger
vehicle retail sales
declined 8% in Feb
as the companies
continued to suffer
production loss due
to chip shortage,
automobile dealers’
body FADA said on
Friday. The PV sales
dropped to 2,38,096
units last month,
down 7.84% from
2,58,337 units in
Feb 2021. The in-
dustry body warned
that the Russia-
Ukraine conflict
could further impact
the production of
semiconductors.
New Delhi (PTI):
India’s sugar ex-
ports are estimated
to increase 15.38%
year-on-year to 7.5
million tonnes (MT)
in the current mar-
keting year 2021-
22, on likely rise
in demand for the
Indian sweetener
amid the possibility
of a global deficit,
industry body ISMA
said on Friday. The
country has physi-
cally exported 4.2
MT of sugar till Feb-
ruary of the current
marketing year.
Hiring activity touched
new highs as reopening
of the Indian economy
following two years of a
pandemic-induced lull
reinforced the positive
sentiment among em-
ployers and jobseekers,
a new report shows.
According to
Naukri’s JobSpeak in-
dex for February, the
Indian economy’s
steady return to nor-
mality led to sustained
hiring growth across all
key sectors.
The Naukri in-
dex rose to
3,074, surpass-
ing the previ-
ous high of 2,753 in Sep-
tember 2021. On year,
the index surged 31%.
The insurance sec-
tor was the big-
gest employer
in February,
recording a
74% on-year
growth in hiring
activity, fol-
lowed by the re-
tail segment with
64%. The auto in-
dustry also dis-
played signs of
recovery follow-
ing an extended
period of slug-
gish growth. The
sector grew 12% on
year. Sectors such
as IT software/soft-
ware services (41%),
hospitality (41%),
banking and finan-
cial services (35%),
p h a r m a c e u t i c a l
(34%), and telecom
(23%) continued strong
growth in hiring activ-
ity as worry over Cov-
id-19 drastically re-
duced in Feb. Hiring in
medical/healthcare
(7%) FMCG (4%) sec-
tors grew marginally
.
The growth in hiring
activity was led my
large metros with the
hiring trend in Kolkata
witnessing a 56% on-
year growth, followed
by Bengaluru (49%),
Mumbai and Chennai
(45% each).
White-collar hirings hit record high in Feb
POSITIVE SIGNS
Monetary policy is an art of
managing expectations: Das
New Delhi (PTI): RBI
Governor Shaktikanta
Das on Friday said
“monetary policy is
an art of managing
expectations” as he
emphasised the need
for an effective com-
munication strategy
amid concerns over
rising inflation fuelled
by geopolitical devel-
opments. The conduct
of monetary policy has
undergone notable
changes in India and
across the world as
economies
and markets
evolved and
policymak-
ers gained
greater
insights into how eco-
nomic agents interact
in a complex economic
system, he said while
delivering a lecture at
the National Defence
College. “As monetary
policy is an art of man-
aging expectations,
central banks have to
make continual efforts
to shape and anchor
market expectations,
not just through pro-
nouncements and ac-
tions but also through
a constant refinement
of their communi-
cation strategies
to ensure the
desired societal
outcomes,” he
said.
Centre sticks to
borrowing plan
New Delhi (PTI): In-
dia has no plans to
borrow more this fis-
cal year and will keep
its budget deficit tar-
get despite a potential
negative shock to the
nation’s finances from
oil prices and delay in
the biggest share sale,
according to sources.
The government’s
market borrowings for
the fiscal are over and
there is no plan to bor-
row against the auc-
tions that were
canceled last month,
the people said.
India had canceled
two previous auctions
citing its comfortable
cash position as bond
yields surged after the
government unveiled
a record borrowing
plan for the next fiscal
year.
Still, the govern-
ment last week said it
will raise its borrow-
ings through Treasury
bills to `1.86 lakh crore
in March, from an ear-
lier aim of `1.26 lakh
crore.
SENSEX DROPS FOR 3RD
DAY, TANKS 769 POINTS
Mumbai (PTI): Equity
benchmark Sensex
tumbled 769 points on
Friday, tracking a weak
trend in global equities
amid escalating ten-
sions between Russia
and Ukraine.
Extending its decline
for the third straight
session, the 30-share
BSE index slumped
1,214.96 points to
53,887.72 during the ses-
sion after a weak start.
It finally finished at
54,333.81, lower by
768.87 points or 1.40%.
Similarly, the broad-
er NSE Nifty slumped
252.70 points or 1.53% to
close at 16,245.35.
Titan, Maruti Suzuki
India, Asian Paints, Ma-
hindra Mahindra and
HUL were the biggest
drags on the Sensex,
tumbling up to 5.05%.
Russia-Ukraine conflict to
further worsen chip shortage
Russian-Ukraine war
can hit the global sup-
ply chains that are al-
ready constrained due
to the pandemic and the
worst impact will be on
ongoing chip shortage
because the warring na-
tions brutally control
supplies of key raw ma-
terials that go into mak-
ing semiconductors.
Since Russia controls
as much as 44% of glob-
al palladium suppplies,
Ukraine produces a sig-
nificant 70% of the
global supply of neon --
the two key raw materi-
als that go into making
chips. The markets can
expect the global chip
shortage, that began
with the pandemic, to
worsen if the military
conflict lingers on, says
a Moody’s Analytics re-
port on Friday. Palladi-
um and neon are the
two resources that are
key to the production of
semiconductor chips.
Steelpricesjumpupto`5,000
pertonneassupplychainshit
New Delhi (PTI): Do-
mestic steel makers
have hiked the prices
of HRC and TMT bars
by up to `5,000 per
tonne as supply chain
is being impacted amid
ongoing Russia-
Ukraine conflict. Ac-
cording to sources, the
prices have been in-
creased in the past few
days and are expected
to go up further in the
coming weeks with the
crisis deepening be-
tween the two coun-
tries. After the price
revision, a tonne of
HRC will cost around
`66,000, while the buy-
ers will get TMT bars
for about `65,000 per
tonne. India meets 85%
of its coking coal, a key
steel making raw mate-
rial, requirement from
imports.
`12 hike in petrol, diesel
priceneededtobreak-even
New Delhi (PTI): Pet-
rol and diesel prices,
which have been on a
freeze for the past four
months in view of as-
sembly elections in
states like UP
, need to be
increased by over `12
per litre by March 16 for
fuel retailers to break
even.
With international
oil prices - on which do-
mestic fuel retails are
directly benchmarked -
spiking in the last two
months, state-owned
fuel retailers “need a
massive price hike of
`12.1 per litre on or be-
fore March 16, 2022, just
to breakeven and a
price hike of `15.1 is re-
quired” after including
margins for oil firms,
ICICI Securities said.
The basket of crude
oil India buys rose to
$117.39/ barrel on
March 3, the highest
since 2012, according to
information from the
PPAC of the oil minis-
try
. This compares to an
average of $ 81.5/barrel
price of the Indian bas-
ket of crude oil at the
time of freezing of pet-
rol and diesel prices in
early November last
year.
“With state elections
getting over next week,
we expect daily fuel
price hikes to restart
across both gasoline
and diesel,” JP Morgan
said in a report.
JET AIRWAYS
appoints Sanjiv
Kapoor as CEO
New Delhi (PTI): Ja-
lan Kalrock Consor-
tium, the new pro-
moters of Jet Air-
ways, has appointed
Sanjiv Kapoor as the
CEO of the airline.
Kapoor, who is cur-
rently the president
of Oberoi Hotels and
Resorts, was previ-
ously with Vistara
and SpiceJet. He will
join Jet Airways on
April 4. Last month,
the consortium said it
has appointed former
Sri Lankan Airlines
chief executive Vipu-
la Gunatilleka as the
CFO.
Services sector activities
expand modestly in Feb
New Delhi (PTI): Ser-
vices sector activities
in India picked up
marginally in Febru-
ary on the back of bet-
ter demand conditions
and the retreat of the
coronavirus pandem-
ic but the rate of ex-
pansion was the sec-
ond-slowest since last
July and subdued by
historical standards,
according to a month-
ly survey
. Reflecting a
moderate rate of ex-
pansion, the season-
ally adjusted IHS
Markit India Services
Business Activity In-
dex rose to 51.8 in Feb
from 51.5 in Jan. A
Purchasing Manag-
ers’ Index reading of
more than 50 indicates
expansion while the
level below 50 reflects
contraction.
LIC IPO set to
be delayed
to next fiscal
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): The initial
public offering of
India’s state-run
LIC is set to be de-
layed to next fi-
nancial year due
to market volatili-
ty triggered by
Russia’s invasion
of Ukraine,
Bloomberg
News re-
p o r t e d ,
c i t i n g
sources.
GlobalData cuts
Indian economy
growth forecast
New Delhi (PTI):
GlobalData, a Lon-
don-based data
analytics and con-
sulting company,
on Friday said it
has lowered In-
dia’s economy
growth forecast to
7.8% for 2022 due
to the nation’s ex-
ports being im-
pacted by the Rus-
sia-Ukraine war
and spiking oil
prices causing rip-
ple effects. It said
rupee is likely to
further depreciate
against USD while
soaring commodi-
ty prices will push
inflation up.
Investors’ lose ` 5.59 L cr in 3 days
` slumps 22 paise, breaches 76-mark
Mumbai (PTI): Investors’ wealth tumbled
more than `5.59 lakh crore in three
days of market fall. Tracking decline in
equities, the m-cap of BSE-listed com-
panies plunged `5,59,623.71 crore to
`2,46,79,421.38 crore in three days.
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee
slumped 22 paise to close at
76.16 against the US dollar on
Friday as investors assessed the
global economic impact of the
Russia-Ukraine conflict amid
rising crude oil prices.
Shaktikanta Das

07
NEWS
War-Hit Ukraine: No water
food for Indian students
MANYHAVEAPPEALEDFORHELPTOTAKETHEMTOWESTERNBORDER
New Delhi (ANI): A
group of Indian stu-
dents in conflict-hiteast-
ern Ukraine have ap-
pealed for help to take
them to the western bor-
der, 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 India
asking them to leave
second-biggest city
Kharkiv,whichhasbeen
constantly pounded by
Russian missiles and ar-
tillery
. The students
have said they haven’t
eaten in two days. there
is heavy snowfall in the
area and the tempera-
tureisinminusdegrees,
the students said.
“We are stuck here for
two days without food or
water. There are some
1,000 students stranded
here. The contractors
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 western
Ukraine,fromwherethe
border is not very far.
Buses sent to
warzones Kharkiv,
Sumy to evacuate
Indians, says Govt
New Delhi: The
Centre on Friday
said that efforts are
underway to evacuate
Indian nationals from
war-hit Kharkiv and
Sumy in eastern part
of Ukraine. “We have
managed to get some
buses there and five
of them are operation-
al,” external affairs
ministry spokesper-
son Arindam Bagchi
said. “More buses will
be operational later
this evening. A total
of 900-1,000 Indian
nationals are stranded
in Pisochin and 700
of them are stuck in
Sumy,” the spokes-
person said.
KEY 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 said State
Home minister Narot-
tam Mishra
Australian High
Commissioner
calls on Kerala
CM Vijayan
Thiruvananthapuram
(Agencies): Australian
High Commissioner to
India Barry O’Farrell
on Friday called on
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vi-
jayan and held discus-
sions on possibilities in
various sectors includ-
ing in southern state’s
industry and tourism, a
release from CM’s office
said.
Vijayan tweeted that
the interaction was
“fruitful” and state in-
vited investors from
Australia sought co-
operation in its efforts
to set up Centres of Ex-
cellence. “Had a fruitful
interaction with @Aus-
HCIndia Mr. Barry O’
Farrell. Discussed the
possibilities in Kerala’s
industry and tourism,”
the tweet said.
CM Bommai proposes
doing away with Govt
control over temples
Bengaluru (PTI): Inhis
maiden budget for 2022-
23 presented on Friday
,
Karnataka Chief Minis-
ter Basavaraj Bommai
proposed for doing away
withgovernmentcontrol
ontemplesinthestateby
givingautonomytothose
coming under the pur-
view of Endowment de-
partment. He had first
indicatedaboutbringing
inalawaimedat‘freeing’
Hindutemplesfromstate
control, while address-
ing the BJP state execu-
tive meeting in Decem-
ber last year.
“There is a long pend-
ing demand to do away
with the government
control on the temples.
By considering these de-
mands of devotees, au-
tonomy will be given to
temples coming under
the purview of the En-
dowment department.
Necessary legal action
will be taken to delegate
thediscretionof develop-
mental works to the tem-
ples,” Bommai said in
his budget speech.
A total of 34,563 tem-
ples in the state come
under Muzrai (Endow-
ment) department, and
they have been catego-
rised as grade A, B and
C, based on their reve-
nue generation.
A total of 207 tem-
ples with annual reve-
nue above Rs 25 lakh
come under category
A, 139 temples between
Rs 5 lakh to Rs 25 lakh
come under category
B, and 34,217 temples
with less than Rs 5
lakh annual revenue
under category C.
Basavaraj Bommai
CriminalprotectedbySPis
confinedtowheelchair:Yogi
Uttar Pradesh: Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath on Fri-
day said a criminal, who
was protected during
the previous Samajwadi
Party government, is
seen confined to the
wheelchair “like a
worm”, in an apparent
reference to don-
turned-politi-
cian Mukhtar Ansari.
He also claimed that
theBJPhastakenadeci-
sive lead over its rivals
in the six phases of the
Uttar Pradesh assembly
polls and trends show
“wehavealreadycrossed
the score of 275”.The
seventh and last phase
of the polls to the
4 0 3 - m e m b e r
state assem-
bly will be
held on
March 7. Re-
sults will be
declared on
March 10.
TheSama-
jwadi Party
(SP) gov-
ernment
h a d
bowed down before this
criminal who used to
“flaunt ‘tamanchas’
(country-made guns)
while sitting in an open
jeep”, the chief minister
said while addressing a
rally in the Saiyad Raja
assembly constituency
.
“He used to instigate
riots and put houses on
fire. Now, the same per-
son is seen sitting in a
wheelchair like a worm.
Ourgovernmenthasput
him in jail,” Adityanath
said,accordingtoapress
statement.
Last year in March,
Ansari, a senior SP lead-
er, who was wanted in
Uttar Pradesh for vari-
ous cases, was produced
before a Mohali court in
connection with an al-
leged 2019 extortion
case.
Haryana govt’s anti-conversion bill will create
atmosphere of harmony, peace if passed:VHP
VHP on Friday wel-
comed the introduction
of a bill in the Haryana
legislative assembly
that seeks to prevent
“unlawful” religious
conversions, saying
Chief Minister Mano-
har Lal Khattar has
shown his determina-
tion towards curbing
such activities in the
state. In a statement, the
saffronoutfit’sjointgen-
eral secretary Surendra
Jain said the bill, if
passed, will put a curb
on “illegal conversions,
lovejihadandthosewho
hatch anti-national con-
spiracies through such
activities”.
It will also create an
atmosphere of “mutual
harmony and peace” in
Haryana, and take the
state on the path of de-
velopment “at a fast
pace”, he said.
Mumbai: An FIR has been registered against senior
IPS officer Rashmi Shukla in connection with alleged
phone tapping at a police station in south Mumbai,
an official said on Friday. Earlier in the day, the Bom-
bay HC granted her protection from arrest in a simi-
lar case registered in Pune. Shukla is currently on
central deputation and posted as Additional Director
General of Police (Central Reserve Police Force) at
Hyderabad. The new First Information Report was
registered at Colaba Police Station under the Indian
Telegraph Act besides relevant sections of the IPC, a
police official said.
New Delhi (ANI): At a
time when the Russia-
Ukraine tensions have
led to a global crisis,
India on Friday an-
nounced the postpone-
ment of its Defence ex-
hibition ‘Defexpo-2022’
which was scheduled
to be held from March
10-14 in Gujarat’s
Gandhinagar. More than
1,000 companies from
different countries in-
cluding the US, Russia,
France and other parts
of Europe were sup-
posed to take part in the
biennial event. “Due to
logistics problems being
experienced by partici-
pants, the DefExpo-2022
proposed to be held in
Gandhinagar, Gujarat
from March 10 till
March 14 is postponed.
The new dates will be
communicated in due
course,” Defence Minis-
try spokesperson Bharat
Bhushan Babu said.
Beijing
(PTI):
India’s
new am-
bassador
to China
Pradeep
Kumar Rawat has
arrived in the country
and is undergoing
mandatory quarantine
for the COVID-19, the
Indian embassy here
said on Friday. “Am-
bassador-designate
Shri Pradeep Kumar
Rawat has reached
China and is currently
undergoing manda-
tory quarantine,” the
embassy tweeted. He
is reportedly quaran-
tining in Shanghai but
officials are tight-
lipped on his arrival in
China. Rawat succeeds
Ambassador Vikram
Misri, who was ap-
pointed as the Deputy
National Security Advi-
sor. An Indian Foreign
Service (IFS) officer of
the 1990 batch, Rawat
was previously India’s
ambassador to the
Netherlands.
FIR AGAINST IPS OFFICER RASHMI
SHUKLA IN PHONE TAPPING CASE
DefExpo 2022:
Delayed due to
logistical issues
India’s new
envoy, undergoes
quarantine
CRUCIAL READ
Madhya Pradesh: A priest has been arrested for
preventing a 31-year-old Dalit woman from entering
a Shiv temple in Madhya
Pradesh’s Khargone on
March 1, on the occasion of
Mahashivratri, police said.
A case has been registered
against three people includ-
ing priest Shankar Pujari,
Manju Patidar and an unidentified woman, under
section 505 (2) of IPC and under relevant sections
of the SC/ST Act, according to Siddharth Chaudhary,
superintendent of police, Khargone.
DALIT WOMAN STOPPED FROM ENTERING
TEMPLE, PRIEST HELD IN KHARGONE
IN THE COURTYARD
Uproar in Maha
Assembly over
OBC reservation
Mumbai: Almost three
months after the Su-
preme Court refused to
accept the Maharash-
tra panel’s interim re-
port on quota for OBCs
in local body polls, the
issue was raked up by
the BJP in Maharash-
tra Assembly on Friday
.
Maharashtra’s for-
mer CM and LoP Dev-
endra Fadvanis said
that only promises will
not work, stop the pro-
ceedings and hold a dis-
cussion on OBC reser-
vation in the state as-
sembly as well.
Meanwhile, the oppo-
sition legislators start-
ed sloganeering inside
the Assembly premis-
es. Fadvanis in the
state assembly said,
“There should not be
any elections of local
bodies without the
OBC reservation in Ma-
harashtra.”
Delhi HC cancels bail granted to rape accused
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court on Friday
cancelled the bail
granted to a rape ac-
cused by the trial court
ignoring the statement
of the victim recorded
before the Magistrate
and other facts.
The victim who is
suffering from bipolar
disorder was allegedly
lured by the accused to
Nainital to get her mar-
ried to another boy
.
The trial court had
granted bail on the
ground of delay in reg-
istration of FIR. The
parents of the victim
had challenged the or-
der of bail. The bench
observed, “The Trial
court failed to notice
that consciousness and
orientation are differ-
ent from being able to
exercise sound mental
judgment and to realise
that the victim is being
enticed to fall prey to
the accused”.
BOYCOTT BID
AGAINST CAL HC
JUDGE FAILS
CAN’T CURTAIL
OPINIONS ON
SOCIAL MEDIA: HC
Kolkata: An attempt by
a section of lawyers to
bring a resolution in Cal-
cutta HC Bar Association
on Friday to boycott the
court of Justice Abhijit
Gangopadhyay could
not be passed, owing to
opposition by other ad-
vocates, a top official of
association said. HCBA
president Arunabha
informed the CJ that a
meeting proposed to be
convened by secy was
opposed and no resolu-
tion was passed.
New Delhi: The Delhi HC
told historian Dr Vikram
Sampath that academics
are well within their
rights to debate about
the plagiarism allega-
tions against him and
asked him to desist from
filing applications every
week seeking injunction
against them. The court
had restrained Truschke,
Dr. Ananya Chakrabarti
and Dr. Rohit Chopra
from further publication
of their letter accusing Dr
Sampath of plagiarism.
HEARING IN LALU PRASAD’S PETITION
IN J’KHAND HC DEFERRED FOR A WEEK
PETITIONERS NOT ENTITLED TO CLAIM
SCORECARD OF CLASS 10 STUDENTS
Ranchi: The hearing into the RJD supremo Lalu
Prasad’s petition to the Jharkhand High Court chal-
lenging his conviction and sentence by a special
CBI court in a fodder scam case has been deferred
for one week. The court has directed his counsel
Devarshi Mandal to remove defects in the petition
and said it will hear the case again on March 11.
New Delhi: The CBSE has told the Supreme
Court that a detailed scorecard of the entire class
cannot be provided to some class 10 pass-out
students who have alleged that an Odisha-based
school denied it as it had to “conceal its malprac-
tices” in awarding marks.
BIRLA IN KOTA @ SKILL FESTIVAL
Lok Sabha
Speaker Om
Birla visits the
“Skill Festival,
Employment and
Apprenticeship
Fair” programme
organised by
Skilling India
Mission under
Union Skill
Development and
Entrepreneurship
Ministry at the
Dussehra Ground
in Kota, Rajasthan
on Friday.
6 booked for
thrashing three
women for
wearing shorts
Pune: Six persons were
booked by the Pune Po-
lice for allegedly barg-
ing into a rented accom-
modation and thrash-
ing three women for
wearing shorts. The in-
cident took place in
Rashak Nagar, Kharadi
Wednesday. Two of the
three women who live
in the apartment as pay-
ing guests are IT profes-
sionals and work at the
IT Park in Kharadi.
The house owner, a
32-year-old woman,
lodged an FIR against
the group of people at
the Chandan Nagar po-
lice station Thursday
.
Senior police inspec-
tor Sunil Jadhav said,
“There have been minor
quarrels between the ac-
cused persons and com-
plainant in the past over
petty issues…. On
Wednesday, there was a
quarrel over the female
tenants wearing shorts
and roaming around.”
UP CM Yogi Adityanath
Hardeep Singh Puri meets with stranded Indians who crossed into Hungary from Ukraine on Friday.

AAP leader Sanjay Sin-
gh said if needed, his
party is ready to join
hands with the Sama-
jwadi Party (SP) to oust
the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) from Uttar
Pradesh. “If AAP’s help
is needed to oust the
BJP
, we will go with the
Samajwadi Party
,” San-
jay Singh said as the Ut-
tar Pradesh Assembly
Elections entered its
last leg.
“Our government
will be formed in Pun-
jab. Uttarakhand and
Goa will also see posi-
tive results. AAP’s
politics is reaching
the people...,” San-
jay Singh
said. San-
jay Singh
said, “The
AAP is
also making its hold in
Uttar Pradesh. People
are voting in the name
of development. UP
must rise above caste
politics.”Sanjay Singh
also accused other po-
litical parties of “copy-
ing” AAP’s poll mani-
festos. “Our achieve-
ment is that all the
parties are copying
our manifesto --
whether it is about
300 units of elec-
tricity or any-
t h i n g
else,” Sanjay Singh said.
He also launched an
attack on Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath and said,
“The CM is happy to call
himself ‘Baba Bulldoz-
er’, so from where the
employment will come
in this situation?...UP is
not going to benefit
from this politics.”
Sanjay Singh’s com-
ments came as the high-
octane assembly elec-
tions enters the last leg,
with the seventh and
culminating phase slat-
ed to be held on March 7
in Uttar Pradesh’s Vara-
nasi and its eight ad-
joining districts.
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
AS UP ASSEMBLY POLLS ENTER ITS LAST LEG, AAP LEADER SANJAY SINGH SAYS...
IF NEEDED, AAP WILL JOIN HANDS
WITH SP TO OUST BJP FROM UP
Incidents happening during Guvs’
address should be avoided:VP
Panaji (PTI): Certain
incidents happening
during Governors’ ad-
dresses and violence
taking place in certain
institutions should be
completely avoided as
such things will weaken
democracy and leave
people disillusioned,
Vice President M Ven-
kaiah Naidu said on
Friday
.
“In a democracy, if
you don’t like the gov-
ernment, you can agi-
tate peacefully with pa-
tience and wait for the
election,” he said while
urging political parties
to respect people’s man-
date and avoid violence.
His statements comes
a day after Maharash-
tra Governor Bhagat
Singh Koshyari left the
Vidhan Bhavan’s Cen-
tral Hall in Mumbai
without completing his
address to the joint ses-
sion of both the Houses
of the state legislature
amid slogan-shouting
by legislators.
New Delhi: Looking
to wrest the Municipal
Corporations of Delhi,
which remain with the
BJP despite the AAP’s
2 successive Assem-
bly poll sweeps in the
Capital, the Arvind
Kejriwal government
has run into a hic-
cup: its new liquor
policy. The liberalised
policy, which marks
the exit of the govern-
ment altogether from
the liquor business,
and clears the path
for reducing drinking
age from 25 to 21
and allowing home
delivery of alcohol,
has given the BJP a
handle a month ahead
of the civic polls – just
when AAP had it on
the back foot over
allegations of corrup-
tion, mismanagement
and negligence by the
corporations.
MCD POLLS IN A MONTH,AAP LIQUOR
POLICY HICCUPS LIFT BJP SPIRITS
VP M Venkaiah Naidu addressing a gathering after inaugurating Durbar Hall at Raj Bhavan in presence
of State Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai, Union Min Shripad Naik, CM Pramod Sawant in Goa on Friday.
Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat visits site of Polavaram
dam project to inspect the construction work and attends a review
meeting with AP CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy others on Friday.
In a democracy, if you don’t like the address,
you can criticize after the address is over. If
you don’t like the budget, you can criticise it.
If you don’t like the government you should have pa-
tience, you can educate and agitate peacefully and
wait for the election. You must have the patience to
respect the mandate of the people.
—M Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President
BJP's deft move to break into
SP's stronghold Azamgarh
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: Out of the 54
seats for which voting is
going to be held in the
seventh phase of polls
on March 7, ten seats
belong to the Azamgarh
district. Eminent lit-
terateurs like Rahul
Sankrityayan, Hari-
oudh Upadhyay, Allama
Shibli Nomani and
Kaifi Azmi have been
associated with this
city
. Politically, this dis-
trict has been consid-
ered as the bastion of
the Samajwadi Party.
Mulayam Singh Yadav
has won the Lok Sabha
elections from here, at
present SP chief Akh-
ilesh Yadav is an MP
from this parliamenta-
ry seat.
This time to get the
lost seats here, BJP has
given special attention
on balancing the caste
equations. Due to the
influence of the Nishad
caste, the Atraulia seat
has been given in the
quota of the ally Nishad
Party. As its candidate,
Prashant Singh is con-
testing against SP’s sit-
ting MLA Dr. 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.
From Nizamabad
seat, BJP has fielded
Manoj Yadav against
SP’s sitting MLA Alam
Badi. Manoj is the
nephew of three-time
MLA and BSP leader
Angad Yadav. When SP
fielded former MP and
Bahubali leader Rama-
kant Yadav from Phul-
pur-Powai seat, BJP re-
placed its only sitting
MLA and Ramakant’s
son Arunkant with
Ramsurat Rajbhar. SP
candidate Kamalakant
Rajbhar, son of late BSP
leader Sukhdev Rajb-
har, has made the elec-
tion 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 compete
with Nafees Ahmed, sit-
ting 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.
Antilia case: Prima
facie, Kazi part of
conspiracy: NIA
Hyderabad (Agen-
cies): Union Jal Shakti
minister Gajendra Sin-
gh Shekhawat on Fri-
day inspected Polavar-
am project works and
assured Andhra
Pradesh that the Centre
is firm in its commit-
ment to complete
scheme by bearing its
entire cost.
He, along with CM YS
Jagan Mohan Reddy,
visited Polavaram site
and inspected the works
on various components
of the project, which
has been declared as a
national project by Cen-
tre.
Addressing meetings
in resettlement colonies
in East Godavari and
West Godavari districts,
he said they were tak-
ing all steps to ensure
that the first phase of
the project is completed
in a span of one year.
COURT FRAMES
charges against 6
Mumbai (Agencies):
Material brought on re-
cord by NIA prima facie
suggests that dismissed
assistant police inspec-
tor (API) Riyazuddin
Kazi was part of the
conspiracy hatched by
ex-colleague and prime
accused in the Antilia
explosives scare and
Mansukh Hiran mur-
der case, Sachin Vaze,
special NIA court ob-
served while rejecting
Kazi’s bail plea on
March 1 detail order by
special judge AT
Wankhede.
In the detailed order
on Friday, special judge
AT Wankhede said:
“Prima facie, it appears
from the previous and
subsequent conduct of
applicant/accused
(Kazi) that he was hav-
ing knowledge of the
main object/purpose of
the conspiracy hatched
for placing the gelatine-
laden vehicle at Carmi-
chael Road.”
New Delhi: A Delhi
Court on Friday framed
charges against six men
in connection with case
concerning North East
Delhi riots of 2020 ob-
serving that statements
witnesses cannot be dis-
carded at stage of fram-
ing of charges even
though recorded after
more than one year of
incident of violence.
Addl Sessions Judge
Virender Bhat framed
charges against Bilal,
Suhail @ Bholu, Imran,
Gulfam, Sameer Saifi
and Salman under Sec-
tion 147 (Punishment
for rioting), 148 (Riot-
ing, armed with deadly
weapon), 380 (Theft in
dwelling house), 436
(Mischief by fire), 457
(Lurking house-tres-
pass) read with sec. 149
(Unlawful assembly) of
Indian Penal Code, 1860.
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
IN 2017 ASSEMBLY POLLS,OUT OFTEN SEATS,
SP HADWON FIVE SEATS AND BSP ON FOUR
SEATS,WHILE BJP COULD GET ONLY ONE SEAT
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
Sanjay Singh
‘Centre committed
for completion of
Polavaram project’
DELHI RIOTS CASE
Witnesses’ statements
can’t be discarded even
though recorded after
more than 1 year: Court

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.

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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
M This wonder and

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
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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
he opening
show of De-
signer Archa-
na Kochhar at
G u r u g r a m
International
Couture Week
2022 by The Blackpage
Fashion Host Pvt Ltd
was held at Huda
Gymkhana, Guru-
gram on Friday. Bol-
lywood actress Amee-
sha Patel was the
Show Stopper for the
show.
Designer Archana
Kochhar is known for
her global design sen-
sibilities, she has
been invited to show-
case her collection on
National Interna-
tional runways, from
Lakmé to London
Fashion Week. She
has been working
closely with Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on the 'Make in
India' campaign in
her various projects
such as Banjara and
Warli. Archana is
also popular amongst
Bollywood glitterati,
including Shahrukh
Khan, Kareena Ka-
poor, Harbhajan Sin-
gh and Kangana
Ranaut to name a
few. She has dressed
celebrities for the
Cannes Festival and
was also invited by
Galeries Lafayette,
Paris to showcase
her couture collec-
tions alongside in-
ternational design
houses like Armani,
Versace, Prada Gu-
cci.
SHUBHANSHI PATHAK
A
press confer-
ence regarding
the announce-
ment of the Pro
Basketball League Sea-
son 3 was organised on
4 March at Hotel Taj
Mahal,NewDelhi. The
announcement was
made by 3BL Commis-
sioner, Rohit Bakshi
and Director, Prerna
Sharma. League's Sea-
son 3 will be hosted in
Chandigarhon5March
and the finals will be
held on March 21. The
Basketball Federation
of India and Interna-
tional Basketball Fed-
eration backed 3×3 Pro
Basketball League re-
turned for the third
straight season. 3BL
earnedexclusiverecog-
nition from the Basket-
ball Federation of In-
dia, making it India's
only authorized profes-
sional basketball
league. It also has rec-
ognitionfromtheInter-
national Federation.
International Women's
3×3 specialists will be
seeninactionforthesec-
ondtimeinthewomen's
league.VikasBansaland
Rajeev Tiwari, the own-
ers of the Gurugram
Masters franchise
graced the press confer-
ence. Prerna Sharma
announcedthatProBas-
ketball League Season 3
will be live-streamed on
Sony LIV
, and weekly
special programming
will be aired on Sony
Six. During the confer-
ence, Chander Mukhi
Sharma said that 3BL
will provide additional
income and exposure
to many Indian basket-
ball athletes. We
strongly believe India
willbeinthe2024Paris
Olympics. By the end
of 3BLSeason3,Indian
teams should be at
least 30th from men
70th and women 52nd
currently
.
City First
D
irected by Na-
tional Awardee,
Durba Sahay,
AAVARTAN has
become the only film
selected from North In-
dia to be screened for
the 13th edition of The
Bengaluru Internation-
al Film Festival 2022
under Indian Cinema
Competition (Chitrab-
harathi) 2020 organised
by Karnataka Chala-
machitra Academy and
the Government of Kar-
nataka. This year the
13th edition of the pres-
tigious event will take
place from 3rd March till
10th March.
Well-known for her
writinganddirectingnu-
merous short-length
films, Durba Sahay pro-
duced and directed her
first feature film, Aavar-
tan. The film portrays
the onset of the journey
of a teacher and her
apostle. The film targets
younger audiences who
areforgettingtheirroots.
Themoviestars;Sushma
Seth, Padmashri Sho-
vana Narayan, Sunit
Razdan, Mrinalini, and
GurjeetSinghChanniin
pivotal roles.
NO MORE LIES; A re-
curring theme in The
Batman, Matt Reeves'
ambitious, sadistic film
noir, which gives Chris-
topher Nolan's classic
The Dark Knight a con-
siderable run for its
money with deep, dis-
turbing undertones.
Shouldering the emo-
tional trauma of both an
angst-driven Bruce
Wayne and his Caped
Crusader alter-ego, we
haveRobertPattinsonin
his most emo on-screen
appearanceyet.Butdoes
The Batman renewal
(all the pun intended!
You'll understand after
havingwatchedthemov-
ie)reaptherewardswith
an enthralling watch for
the hardcore DC loyal-
ists (especially comic
book fans) and casual
fans alike?
Set in the early hey-
days with Batman mere-
ly grasping his place in
the slum-ish Gotham
City and fighting off
mere scoundrels, the
vigilante's detective
skills are put to the test
in The Batman when
he's entangled in a se-
rial killer case involv-
ing the barbarous Rid-
dler aka Edward
Nashton (Paul Dano),
who murders white col-
lared men of immense
power including mayor
Don Mitchell Jr. (Ru-
pert Penry-Jones), just
ahead of Election Day,
and leaves a trail of
amusing riddles to
solve. As the Riddler
toys with Batman and
his only police ally
James Gordon (Jeffrey
Wright), the dead body
count rises at an ex-
treme pace while the
mystery is all tied
down to the elitist
Wayne family, with
Bruce Wayne as the pri-
mary target. When it's
Batman, organised
crime follows. In be-
tween the powerful
chaos, Batman finds an
unlikely acquaintance
in Catwoman aka Seli-
na Kyle (Zoë Kravitz),
who is equally attached
to the mystery at hand
with her pursuit to un-
cover the truth.
Channelling these
rough and tough emo-
tions with elegance is
Robert Pattinson, who
shuns the pessimists
with a terrific and nu-
anced performance
that's worthy of ap-
plause and future itera-
tions. Batman is equiva-
lent to a superhero ver-
sion of Hamlet with
many well-established
actors having a go at it.
With Robert's version in
The Batman, we're treat-
ed with a comic book ac-
curate Batman we've so
truly craved to relish on
the big screen. You're
genuinely left convinced
that Pattinson was tai-
lor-madetoplayboththe
tortured souls of Bat-
man and Bruce Wayne,
at a painstakingly com-
fortable pace. Atleast
this reviewer firmly
stands by it!
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
KARIL GAUR
karilgaud1998@gmail.com
T
DIFFERENT SHADES
FASHION!
DIFFERENT SHADES
OF
—PHOTOS
BY
SHAZID
CHAUHAN
AAVARTAN in
BIFF 2022
A 'HERO' IS METICULOUSLY BORN: GRIM GRIPPING NOIR!
—PHOTOS
BY
SHAZID
CHAUHAN
—PHOTOS
BY
SHAZID
CHAUHAN
Ameesha Patel
Harshdeep Kaur
(L-R) Simran Kochhar with Harshdeep Kaur, Ameesha
Patel and the representatives from Pandit Jewellers
Models during the event
During the event
Durba Sahay
Pro Basketball League Season 3
KARIL GAUR, A POST
GRADUATION JOURNALISM
STUDENT FROM NEW
DELHI, AN ARDENT READER
AND A MOVIE CRITIC,
REVIEWS ‘NO MORE LIES’
FOR CITY FIRST.

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