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We stand with every citizen of Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi
First India Bureau
Siddharthnagar/Ma-
harajganj/Gorakh-
pur: Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath seems
to know no holds or
bars when it comes to
affection. During his
visit to multiple dis-
tricts affected by ravag-
ing flood on Saturday,
the Chief Minister got
up-close and personal
with the masses
doomed by the delug-
ing waters.
He not only shared
their pain but also
tried cheering them up,
especially the children
who seemed to have
been taken aback by
the conditions prevail-
ing around them with
their playgrounds
shrinking, confining
them to limited spaces.
With the state grap-
pling with floods, Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath on Saturday said
the life of every citizen
is very valuable and
his government stands
with all people of the
state. He visited the
flood-affected areas in
Siddharthnagar, Maha-
rajganj and Gorakhpur
districts.
Addressing a gath-
ering at Shahpur Man-
di Parishad in Domari-
yaganj tehsil of Sid-
dharthnagar, the chief
minister said the
flood-affected people
are being provided
with ration.
He asked officials to
prepare a list of farm-
ers whose crops were
destroyed due to the
deluge so that they can
be provided financial
assistance.
Adityanath had said
on Friday that a total of
15 districts in the state
have been affected by
the deluge -- the third
witnessed by the state
this year. He had also
conducted an aerial
survey of the flood-hit
areas in Gonda, Bahra-
ich and Balrampur dis-
tricts on Friday. The
CM said on Saturday
that for the past two
weeks, owing to heavy
rains in Nepal, the wa-
ter levels in rivers Rap-
ti and Burhi Rapti have
increased, leading to
the flooding of nearby
areas. Turn to P2
l During his flood-relief inspection,
the CM got up, close and personal
with people sharing their grief
boosting their morale
CM’s NEW FRIEND: CM Yogi seemed to have found a new friend during his visit to Sahjanwa in
Gorakhpur when he found this child alone in the crowd. After this, CM never left the child’s hand
until his visit completed.
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Muzaffarnagar: Farmers protesting against the
three farm laws of the Centre will be organising
a ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ in Muzaffarnagar on
Sunday. According to farmer leaders, discus-
sions will be held on various farmer issues. P7
FARMERS’
MAHAPANCHAYAT
AGAINST AGRI
LAWS IN UP TODAY
Mumbai: NIA submitted chargesheet against
10, including dismissed Mumbai Police API
Sachin Waze and retired ACP Pradeep Sharma,
for planting gelatin sticks in an SUV near the
residence of industrialist Mukesh Ambani.
ANTILIA BOMB
SCARE CASE: NIA
INVOKES UAPA,
NAMES 10
Kolkata: West Bengal BJP MLA Soumen Roy on
Saturday became the fourth legislator from the
Saffron party to rejoin Trinamool Congress since
the April-May assembly polls. He in the presence
of party secretary-general Partha Chatterjee.
GHAR WAPSI:
ANOTHER
BENGAL BJP MLA
REJOINS TMC
CELEBRATORY KILLING!
17 KILLED AFTER TALIBAN FIRE
WEAPONS TO REJOICE ‘PANJSHIR FALL’
While Taliban said their fighters had seized
control of Panjshir, the last province in
Afghanistan holding out against the Islamist group
1 Leaders of opposition
to the Taliban have
denied the fallen claim
2
Kabul: At least 17 peo-
ple have been killed in
Kabul after Taliban
fighters fired weapons
into the air in celebra-
tion. Taliban fired guns
into the air Friday night
to celebrate gains on
the battlefield in Pan-
jshir province, which
still remains under the
control of anti-Taliban
fighters.
Sources in the Tali-
ban told news agency
Reuters Saturday its
fighters had taken Pan-
jshir Valley, the final
holdout in its quest to
seize Afghanistan.
However, resistance
leaders denied the
claim. “News of Pan-
jshir conquests is circu-
lating on Pakistani me-
dia. This is a lie,” said
Ahmad Massoud, who
is leading the rebels.
Meanwhile, former
president Hamid Kar-
zai in a statement has
asked to stop the fight-
ing and resolve their is-
sues through talks, Tolo
new agency reported.
Women gather to demand their rights under the Taliban rule during a protest in Kabul on Saturday. The Taliban have promised an
inclusive government and a more moderate form of Islamic rule than when they last ruled the country from 1996 to 2001. But many
Afghans, especially women, are deeply skeptical and fear a rollback of rights gained over the last two decades.
FRESH FIGHTING
IN PANJSHIR
Kabul: Fresh fighting
has been reported in
Afghanistan’s Panjshir
Valley, the final pocket of
territory which remains
out of the hands of
the Taliban. One of the
resistance leaders in the
valley, Amrullah Saleh
admitted conditions are
difficult, with the Taliban
closing phone, Internet
and electricity lines.
FIRST DOMESTIC
FLIGHT TAKES OFF
Kabul: The first domestic
flight from Kabul took
off on Saturday. The
airport had been closed
since the last evacua-
tion flight took off on
September 1. Al-Jazeera
earlier reported a Qatari
technical team was as-
sessing damage at the
Kabul airport.
NEW AF GOVT
BY NEXT WEEK
Peshawar: The Tali-
ban have postponed
the formation of a
new government for
next week, spokes-
man Zabiullah Muja-
hid said on Saturday,
as the insurgent
group struggles
to give shape to a
broad-based and in-
clusive administration
acceptable to interna-
tional community.
EC THROWS
IN A SURPRISE!
... Declares bypoll for
Mamata’s home
constituency, 3 other seats
New Delhi: While
the nation was anx-
iously waiting for
next year’s Assembly
polls announcements,
the Election Commis-
sion, amid covid
scare, made an unex-
pected announce-
ment on Saturday in
terms of bypoll for
the Bhabanipur con-
stituency — Chief
Minister Mamata Ba-
nerjee’s home turf —
in Kolkata. The bypoll
is set to be held on
September 30 while
the votes will be
counted on October 3.
The seat fell vacant
after veteran Trina-
mool Congress leader
and minister Shovan-
dev Chattopadhyay’s
post-poll resignation.
Apart from Bhaba-
nipur, elections in
West Bengal’s Sam-
shergunj and Jan-
gipur and Odisha’s
Pipli constituencies
will be held on the
same day
.
Covid protocols
will be main-
tained during
polls. In indoor cam-
paigns, not more than
30% of capacity and in
outdoor campaigns not
more than 50% of the
capacity will be allowed.
The number of star cam-
paigners has also been
restricted and regula-
tions will be there for
door-to-door campaigns
—Election Commission
Modi to visit US, meet
Biden later this month
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi is
expected to travel to
Washington DC and
New York in the last
week of September, ac-
cording to top govern-
ment sources. This will
be his first visit to the
United States since
President Joe Biden as-
sumed office early this
year.
If the schedule works
out as per ongoing dis-
cussions, the window of
opportunity that is be-
ing explored is Septem-
ber 22-27, said sources.
This will be Modi’s
first in-person meeting
with Biden.
The two have met vir-
tually on at least three
occasions — the Quad
summit in March,
the climate change
summit in April, and
the G-7 summit in June
this year.
Noida DM Suhas
LY reaches
Paralympics final
Tokyo: Noida District
Magistrate and para-
badmintonplayerSuhas
L Yathiraj stormed into
the finals of the Tokyo
Paralympics on Satur-
day
. Suhas, who has be-
come the first civil serv-
ant from the country to
represent India in the
Tokyo Paralympics,
won the men’s singles
SL4 semi-final in
straight sets. The Indian
shuttler defeated Fredy
Setiawan of Indonesia
21-9, 21-15 to seal the
match in 31 minutes.
More on P3
Union home and cooperative minister Amit Shah
handed over Union Home Minister’s Trophy and
a Scroll to Rajasthan Police Academy Director ADG
Rajiv Sharma at a national level event held at the
Bureau of Police Research and Development in New
Delhi on Saturday. The RPA has been selected as
the Best Police Academy for 2019-20 by the home
ministry. IGP CRPF Hemant Priyadarshy, who is
former Director RCA, was also gifted a disc and a
scroll on the occasion.
RAJASTHAN POLICE ACADEMY
CHOSEN BEST IN COUNTRY
Protection of individual liberty,freedom of
expression most crucial in democracy: Shah
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Saturday said
the most important
thing in a democracy is
a citizen’s independ-
ence and freedom of
expression which is di-
rectly linked to good
policing, and this needs
to be continuously im-
proved.
He said ‘beat consta-
ble’ deployed at the low-
est level of the police
system makes the “big-
gest contribution” to-
wards making a democ-
racy successful by pro-
tecting the common
man.
Delivering the key-
note speech during the
51st foundation day
event of the Bureau of
Police Research and De-
velopment (BPRD),
the minister said de-
mocracy cannot be suc-
cessful if law and order
is not good.
“Democracy is our
nature... this was our
character even before
independence and we
accepted this after gain-
ing freedom. The big-
gest thing in a democ-
racy is a person’s inde-
pendence and freedom
of expression,” he said.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah felicitates Olympics silver medal
winner boxer Mirabai Chanu during the 51st foundation day event
of the Bureau of Police Research and Development in New Delhi.
The home ministry
is doing a number
of things to bring
about radical changes
in the IPC, CrPC and
the Evidence Act
—Amit Shah,
Union Home Minister

...continued from P1
...Every effort is being
made to provide help to
the people of Domariya-
ganjandNaugarhtehsil.
“Thelifeof everycitizen
is very valuable and the
government stands with
all citizens. The flood-af-
fected people are being
given 10 kg rice, 2 kg
pulses, salt, wheat flour,
spices,edibleoilandoth-
er necessary things. The
provision of fodder has
also been made for ani-
mals,” Adityanath said.
He said the National Di-
saster Response Force
(NDRF) and other forces
have been deployed for
carrying out relief and
rescue operations. In-
structionshavebeengiv-
en that people should be
providednutritiousfood.
He said people whose
houses were damaged
would be provided new
onesunderthe‘Mukhya-
mantri Awas Yojana’.
Snakevenomantidote
and anti-rabies vaccines
are being supplied to the
flooded areas, he also
said.
Sufficient resources
and funds have been giv-
en to the districts to pro-
viderelief totheaffected
people, he said.
TheCMalsodistribut-
ed relief materials in
Chauri Chaura, Khajni
and Sahjanwa areas.
While distributing re-
lief material among the
flood-hit in Maharajganj
district, the CM said,
“Within three days suffi-
cientrelief materialwill
reachalltheflood-hitvil-
lages in Maharajganj.”
“It is predicted that
the flood situation will
continue till September
15, so we need to be vigi-
lant,” he said.
UTTAR PRADESH
LUCKNOW | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2021
02
CM CMYogi has
congratulated
Pramod Bhagat and
Manoj Sarkar for win-
ning Gold and Bronze
medals, respectively
in Badminton in Tokyo
Paralympic.
CMYogi has also
congratulated
Manish Narwal for
winning Gold and
Singhraj Adhana for
Bronze medals in
Shooting competition
in Tokyo Paralympics.
CM Yogi extended
his best wishes
to IAS officer and
DM Gautam Buddh
Magar, Suhas LY,
on reaching the
final round for Gold
medal in Badminton
in Tokyo Paralympics
on Sunday.
CM CMYogi has
Yogi Speaks
Yogi Speaks
Needy women scripting success stories of empowerment through ‘Mission Shakti’
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Under ‘Mis-
sion Shakti’, the Yo-
gi-led Uttar Pradesh
Government is leaving
no stone unturned not
only to make women
aware and self-reliant
but also to provide all
the benefits of its gold-
en schemes.
Stating how ‘Mission
Shakti’ changed her
life, Sharda Singh of
Varanasi said, “During
covid first wave, I start-
ed a small business of
making jute products
which helped my busi-
ness earn Rs 1 lakh per
month.”
Sharda said with this
initiative, she has
helped 100 women be-
come self-employed.
She said because of
the high demand for
ODOP products, her
business of making
jute products has be-
come successful.
Similarly, Pooja of
Agra said her work of
handicraft got recogni-
tion on January 28,
2018, after the govern-
ment included it in
ODOP after which she
was able to prepare
over 500 pieces of hand-
icraft products every
day.
Pooja also received a
loan of Rs 5 lakh under
ODOP, which helped
her promote the busi-
ness and become
self-independent. Pooja
said, “The demand for
products like decora-
tive items, jaggery,
pickles, handicraft, di-
yas, candles has in-
creased across the
country and abroad.”
Describing her strug-
gle, Pooja said, “With
the help of Mission
Shakti, I was able to
start a small business
under which I was able
to fulfill the dream of
500 women through-
self-employment, add-
ing, “Rural women are
able to work without
any fear under Yogi
Government.”
Growing global pop-
ularity of products
In Deoria district,
over 3,000 women have
been provided direct
and indirect employ-
ment under Mission
Shakti. The popularity
of lights, chandeliers,
and handicraft prod-
ucts made by these
women have reached
worldwide including
Nigeria and Dubai, in-
formed Vivek Singh of
Deoria.
LIVING DREAMS
—FILE PHOTO

Mission Shakti is
UP govt’s
flagship prog
aimed at
promoting the
security, dignity
empowerment
of women. The
first phase was
launched in
October last year
CM for nutrious food to flood-hit; 10-kg rice, 2-kg pulse among essentials being distributed
YOGIURGESCAUTION TILLSEPT15
Smriti slams Gandhis for
Amethi’s backwardness
First India Bureau
Aligarh: Union Minis-
ter Smriti Irani took a
swipe at the Congress
and the Gandhi family
on Saturday after she in-
augurated Rs 16.51 crore
worth of development
projects, including a 50-
bed ayurveda hospital,
in her Amethi parlia-
mentary constituency
.
Those who got elected
from Amethi earlier and
practised politics in Del-
hi based on the political
strength derived from
here did not even make
arrangementsforproper
drinking water, said Ira-
ni on a two-day visit to
her constituency
.
Without naming the
Gandhi family whose
members represented
the constituency for dec-
ades before she was
electedin2019,Iranisaid
those elected from Ame-
thi earlier did not think
about its progress.
But ever since the
Modi government was
formedattheCentreand
the Yogi government in
the state, development
works are going on at a
very fast pace, she said.
Union Minister Smriti Irani inaugurating a project at Amethi
on Saturday.
CM Yogi Adityanath distributing relief material to the flood-hit in Maharajganj on Saturday.
CM Yogi conducting aerial survey of flood-hit regions.
Resolving people’s problems is
govt priority: Div Commissioner
Forces deployed in Muzaffarnagar
for Kisan Mahapanchayat today
First India Bureau
Lakhimpur Kheri:
Chairing the Sam-
poorna Samadhan Di-
was on Saturday Divi-
sional Commissioner
Ranjan Kumar said
public problems
should be resolved on
priority and there
should not be any neg-
ligence in redressal of
complaints. He lis-
tened to complaints
and directed officers
concerned for their
disposal. He said dis-
posal of public prob-
lems is among the pri-
orities of government,
so all officers should
take interest and en-
sure quality disposal.
Negligence in this
work at any level will
not be forgivable. He
said special attention
should be paid to
transparency, quality
and timeliness in re-
dressal of complaints.
A total of 73 com-
plaint applications
were registered
during Sampoorna
Samparka Diwas, out
of which 03 com-
plaints were resolved
on the spot.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Six compa-
nies of the provincial
armed constabulary
(PAC) and two compa-
nies of rapid action
force (RAF) are being
deployed in Muzaffar-
nagar ahead of ‘Kisan
Mahapanchayat’. The
farmershavebeenpro-
testing against three
farm laws passed by
the Centre in Septem-
ber last year.
The farmers are or-
ganising a ‘Kisan Ma-
hapanchayat’ in Mu-
zaffarnagaronSunday
.
According to farmer
leaders, discussions
will be held on issues
concerning farmers,
including the conten-
tious three laws.
Samyukt Kisan
Morcha (SKM), an um-
brella body of farm
unions spearheading
the stir, claimed that
farmersfromUP
,Hary-
ana,PunjabandMaha-
rashtra will take part
intheMahapanchayat.
“It is expected that
lakhs of farmers will
take part,” SKM said.
Lko Metro to
celebrate 4th
anniv today
First India Bureau
Lucknow: AsLuc-
know Metro com-
pletes four success-
ful years, Metro
Diwas 2021 will be
celebratedbyUPM-
RC today
. Metro op-
erations started on
September 5, 2017
on ‘Priority Sec-
tion’ from ‘Trans-
portNagartoChar-
bagh’. All the se-
nior officials in-
cluding Directors
andKumarKeshav,
MD, UPMRC will
take part in this
event. Durga Shan-
kar Mishra, Chair-
man, UPMRC
Secretary
,Ministry
of Housing Ur-
ban Affairs, Gov-
ernment of India
will also grace this
event via video
conferencing. Like
last year, the best
performing em-
ployees will be fe-
licitated.
GROWTH CHART
Assetsofhoochtragedyaccusedseized
Escrowaccountboonforsugarcanefarmers
First India Bureau
Aligarh: Police have
confiscated assets worth
Rs 3 crore belonging to
Aligarh hootch tragedy
accused Rishi-Munish
and pasted notice of pro-
cedure there.
The police took action
under Gangster Act and
other cases registered
against Rishi and Mu-
nish in Javan police sta-
tion. Assets of Rs 2.95
lakh were seized amidst
chaos of locals but ade-
quate police force was
present there to deal
with any untoward situ-
ation.
Earlier, actions were
taken against Anil
Chaudhary
, Vipin Yadav,
Munish Sharma, Rishi
Sharma, Vikram Singh,
Neeraj Chaudhary
,
Ravindra Pathak, Satish
Khurana.
SSP Kalanishi
Naithani said action
against liquor mafias
will continue. Further
assets of liquor mafias
will be confiscated, he
added.
More than 50 persons
had died while several
others faced serious
health issues after con-
suming spurious liquor
few months back.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: CM Yogi Ad-
ityanath not only re-
vived the battered cane
and sugar industry but
alsochangedthefortune
of cane farmers by mak-
ing a record payment to
them.Soon after his gov-
ernment came to the
power, it made mandato-
ry for mills to open an
escrow account which
proved to be a boon for
farmers in protecting,
securing and increasing
their income.
As per rules, 85 per-
cent money received in
the account was kept for
farmer payment. This
resulted in arresting di-
version of money for
purposes other than
cane payment.
This new system
brought transparency
in getting the amount of
sugarcane price from
sugar mills to the farm-
ers. Now the account of
sugarcane price is being
operated jointly by mill
representative and dis-
trict cane officer/senior
cane development in-
spector.
17 FIRS, 65 HELD
MORE ADDITIONS
Police and administrative officials at one of the land sites of
accused Rishi-Munish during the action on Saturday.
—FILE PHOTO
FEAR OF VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES
Div Comm Ranjan Kumar on
his inspection on Saturday.

UTTAR PRADESH
03
‘Conspiringtowage
waragainstnation’
First India Bureau
Lucknow: As many as
eight people arrested
over alleged illegal reli-
gious conversion in Ut-
tar Pradesh, have been
charged with conspir-
ingtowagewaragainst
the country
.
Special judge Ram
Guptaallowedapleaby
the anti-terrorist
squad, which had ar-
restedtheeightinJune,
seeking the addition of
sections 121 A (conspir-
ingtowagewaragainst
the country) and 123
(concealing the exist-
enceof adesigntowage
waragainstthegovern-
ment) in the FIR.
While allowing the
plea on Thursday, the
court also extended the
judicial custody of
the accused till
September 14.
The accused against
whom the offences
were added are -- Mohd
Umar Gautam, Mufti
Kazi Jahangir Alam
Kasmi, Irfan Sekh ali-
as Irfan Khna, Salahu-
din alias Jainuddin
Sekh, Prasad Ramesh-
war Kanware, Bhu-
priya Vindo alias Ar-
slan, KausarAlam and
Dr Faraj Babullah
Shah
The accused were
taken in judicial cus-
tody under sections
417 (cheating), 120B
(criminal conspiracy),
153A (promoting en-
mity between different
groups on grounds of
religion, race, place of
birth, residence), 153B
(imputations, asser-
tions prejudicial to
national-integration)
among other sections
of the IPC, alongside
those of Uttar Pradesh
Prohibition of Unlaw-
ful Conversion of Reli-
gion Act 2021.
First India Bureau
Mathura: The commit-
tee of councillors led by
mayor Mukesh Arya
Bandhu has given nod to
the proposal to change
names of 12 roads in the
region.Theproposalwill
be placed in board meet-
ing and after board’s ap-
proval name changing
process will initiate.
Official sources here
said that proposal of
changing name of road
PotrakundtoMahavidya
crossing, Yadav Sweet
shop to Lodhi road. The
name of Holigate cross-
ing to be changed as
Bhakt Prahlad crossing
and garden in Anand-
puram colony as Lord
Parashuram park.
Also, park in Shivna-
garcolonyistobenamed
on Maharshi Valmiki,
road from Devipura to
municipality will be
named as Daksh Praja-
pati Road and Lohvan
BagichitoGopinathtem-
ple to be named as Gopi-
nath Baba road.
Apart from that for-
mercouncillorVirendra
Agarwal opposed pro-
ceedingof renovationof
Karpuri Thakur road
from Valmiki Vatika.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A surprise
inspectionof Hazratganj
Police Station under
Commissionerate Luc-
know was conducted by
Mukul Goel, Director
Generalof Police,onSat-
urday
. During the sur-
prise inspection Police
CommissionerLucknow,
ADG and GSO of Direc-
tor General of Police
along with other police
officers were present.
GoelalsoinspectedWom-
en’s Help Desk, Cyber
Cell and Mahila Thana.
During the inspection
of Women’s Help Desk,
after observing the visi-
tor and action register,
feedback was taken by
talkingonthenumberof
visitor mentioned in it.
Womenpolicepersonnel
were directed for speedy
redressal of the griev-
ances of complainants.
In the third phase of
Mission Shakti, after
talking to women beat
workers of the allotted
beat, they were instruct-
ed to constantly visit the
beat and remain sensi-
tive towards elderly
women, women and
girls.
First India Bureau
Agra: A physically chal-
lenged health worker
was robbed of valuables
and thrashed by some
youths on a train on Sat-
urday when she was go-
ing to work, officials
said. One of the accused
has been arrested.
The 45-year-old wom-
anof Mathura,isanaux-
iliary nurse midwife
(ANM)attachedwiththe
Achhnera Community
Health Centre here.
“I boarded the Mathu-
ra-Kasganj Passenger in
Mathura around 8 am....
Soon after the train left
Parkham, two youths
heldmyhandswhiletwo
other hit me in the head
with stones. They
snatched my handbag
containingRs5,000cash,
agoldchainandapairof
anklets. They also tore
my clothes,” the woman
told reporters.
“I asked for help but
nobody came forward.
The miscreants got off
the train at Sadhan Ke-
hdaStationinAchhnera
and fled,” she added.
First India Bureau
Meerut: The gallantry
awardee police inspec-
tor Bijendra Singh Rana
and head constable
Manmohan Singh can
be terminated and ar-
restedafterprobereport
into the matter of cor-
ruption.
SSP Prabhakar
Chaudhary here said
that stringent actions
will be taken against ac-
cused inspector and
headconstable,involved
in corruption. It was re-
ported that SP (city)
Vineet Bhatnagar had
caught head constable
Manmohan Singh red-
handed, when he was
taking Rs 30,000 bribe.
During interrogation
Singh told that he ac-
cepted the bribe on be-
hest of inspector Brijen-
dra Singh Rana.
Probe was ordered
against accused inspec-
tor and team of DSP
Sanjeev Kumar Dikshit
will investigate the mat-
ter. Accused inspector
had received gallantry
award on August 15 for
encounter of notorious
criminal Shiv Shakti
Naidu. The award will
be taken back if the
investigation finds him
guilty
.
According to police
accused inspector was
involved in several cor-
ruption matters and de-
tailed reports were sent
to headquarters.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Taking yet
another leap in the fight
against COVID-19, Uttar
Pradeshhasreducedthe
number of active cases
down to 300, while the
percentage of total ac-
tive cases against those
confirmed has dropped
down to 0 percent.
Ever since April 30
when the state recorded
3,10,783 COVID-19 cases,
its highest till date, the
active cases have been
reduced by a remarka-
ble 99 percent.
Using a multi-level
approach that includes
the ‘Trace, Test and
Treat’ mantra, exten-
sive vaccination drives
and partial curfews in
troubled areas, the state
government has done
an exceptional job to
bring down the positiv-
ity rate as low as 0.01
percent, which is the
lowest in the country at
the moment.
As a testament to the
government’s undying
efforts to contain the
spread of COVID-19, the
healthcare infrastruc-
ture of Uttar Pradesh
tested a total of 2,31,390
samples in the past 24
hours, out of which only
30 were found positive.
In the meanwhile, 15 pa-
tients fully recovered
from the deadly infec-
tion. The state has con-
ducted 7,32,18,111 tests
of COVID-19 till date.
When less populous
states of the country
have been marred by
the third wave of covid
and are recording as
many as 2,000 to 22,000
cases on a daily basis,
UP has managed to re-
strict the daily positive
cases to as low as 100 for
over 50 days.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Additional
Chief Secretary (Home)
and CEO of UPEIDA
Awanish Awasthi took
stock of progress
achievedintheconstruc-
tion works of Purvan-
chal Expressway by con-
ducting on-site inspec-
tion from package 1 to
package8,whichissetto
be inaugurated soon.
Themaincarriagewayis
ready while remaining
construction is going on
in full swing.
Purvanchal Express-
way is an important pro-
ject of Yogi government
whichis341kmlongand
will link Lucknow to
Ghazipur. Chief Engi-
neer of UPIEDA, Media
Advisor Durgesh Upad-
hyay and officers of dis-
trict administration
werealsopresentduring
the inspection.
The 6-lane express-
way
, expandable to eight
lanes, will connect Luc-
know with the economi-
cally less developed dis-
tricts like Azamgarh,
Mau, Ghazipur,
Faizabad, Sultanpur,
Ambedkar Nagar and
Amethi.
The expressway will
bring about develop-
mentof UP’seasterndis-
tricts by connecting
them to the state capital
and further to Agra and
New Delhi, through the
Lucknow-Agra E’way
.
Vishal Srivastav
Tokyo: Losing in his fi-
nal group match in the
SL4categoryof Badmin-
ton at the Tokyo Para-
lympics worked as a
wake-up call for Suhas L
Yathiraj, country’s first
bureaucratevertorepre-
sent India at the Games.
The Noida district mag-
istrate stormed into the
final of the prestigious
event now shouldering
the expectations of 1.3
bn Indians who are root-
ing for the IAS officer
before he smashes Gold
and backhands it to the
country
.
Suhas won the men’s
singles SL4 semi-final in
straight sets. The Indian
shuttler defeated Fredy
Setiawan of Indonesia
21-9, 21-15 to seal the
match in 31 minutes.
Suhas got off to a bril-
liant start as he took an
early lead in the first
Game and kept piling
pressure on Setiawan.
The Indian shuttler won
the first Game 21-9.
The start of the sec-
ond Game saw a neck to
neck fight between the
two shuttlers before Su-
has took a lead. Suhas
then wrapped the essay
to seal the second Game
21-15.
Meanwhile, in Uttar
Pradeshthewholeof bu-
reaucratic fraternity too
has locked its hope in
anticipation of their fel-
low mate winning the
Gold medal.
Theconcretemeadows
of LokBhawanareabuzz
with praises for Suhas
whoistalkof thetownfor
his outstanding achieve-
mentotherthanthework
designated to him.
The 2007-batch IAS of-
ficer, with a leg impair-
ment, will face top seed
Lucas Mazur of France
in the final on Sunday
.
“History under making!
Suhas L Y, IAS, DM GB
Nagar (Noida), UP
, India
in Men’s singles para-
badminton SL4 finals.
He beats Indonesia’s S
Freddy 2-0 in semifinals.
Now will be playing for
Gold on September 5,”
the IAS Association, a
group of serving and re-
tired administrative of-
ficers, tweeted.
With the Karnataka-
born engineer graduate
making it to the final at
the showpiece, internet
users have been rallying
supportforhimbytrend-
ing the hashtag #Cheer-
4Suhas on social media
platforms.
WITH1.3BNINDIANSBEHINDHIM,
SUHASASMASHAWAYFROMHISTORY
Beat Fredy
Setiawan of
Indonesia
Lok Bhawan
abuzz with
praises
Suhas L Yathiraj during the semi-final match on Saturday.
In Suhas’s words though, bringing glory to
the nation is every Indians’ responsibility.
Meanwhile, his wife, PCS Ritu Suhas too is
all excited before her husband takes centre-
stage in the heart of Japan on Sunday.
‘BRINGING GLORY TO THE NATION IS
EVERY INDIANS’ RESPONSIBILITY’
Name change
proposed for
12 roads
Medal winner cop to be arrested
Inspector Bijendra Singh Rana
DGP Mukul Goel taking stock of records at Hazratganj Police Station on Saturday.
Active covid cases go
below 300 in state
Health worker thrashed on train,
robbed of valuables, 1 arrested
26 CASES
BADLY HURT
ACS Awasthi inspects e-way work progress
HIGHWAY TO
DEVELOPMENT
The expressway will bring
about development of UP’s
eastern districts by con-
necting them to Lucknow
and further to Agra and
New Delhi, through the
Lucknow-Agra E’way. It
will begin from Chand Sa-
rai village on Lucknow-Sul-
tanpur road (NH 731).
ACS (Home) Awanish Awasthi during the inspection on Saturday.
DGP Goel conducts surprise inspection of Hazratganj PS
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh government
has sent senior IAS of-
ficers in all 75 districts
of the state to monitor
and take preventive
steps against the spread
of disease like dengue
and viral fever.
Theses nodal officers
will coordinate with
their district counter-
parts and work on a
war-footing and also
inquire the facilities
and relief-rescue opera-
tions being operated in
flood affected areas of
the state. On Saturday,
the nodal officers made
an on-spot inspection
of the medical colleges
and hospitals in each
designated districts,
met the patients under-
going treatment, and
gave directions to the
hospital administra-
tions to provide proper
treatment and
facilities.
They have been in-
structed by the CM to be
onhighalert,inspectthe
situation in hospitals,
educate people about po-
tential disease out-
breaks, and ensure
spraying of disinfectant
in all the places which
are affected by floods.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chairing a
meeting for establishing
completecontroloncom-
municable diseases like
dengue, malaria etc Dis-
trict Magistrate Ab-
hishek Prakash in-
formed that adequate
measures were being
taken by the administra-
tion to save common
man from the diseases.
He said the protocol has
been made for dengue
and malaria patients as
well as for covid infec-
tion.
As per the guidelines,
fever clinic network al-
ready established in all
healthcentersandhospi-
tals will be used for sam-
ple collection, timely de-
tection and treatment.
Umar Gautam and Mufti Jahangir in police custody.
—FILE PHOTO
Adequate measures
for dengue: DM
Babus in all 75
dists to assess
dengue issue

IN-DEPTH
Dr. S. Jaishankar
@DrSJaishankar
Fruitful talks with Croatia’s Foreign
Minister @grlicradman Detailed
exchanges on full range of bilateral
cooperation, regional and global
issues. Committed to work with him to
take our ties to a higher level.
Smriti Z Irani
@smritiirani
India strikes one more medal
at #Tokyo2020 #Paralympics.
Congratulations to Manish Narwal
for his incredible performance and
resultant victory. His achievement will
inspire India’s young sporting talent.
More power to Manish! #Praise4Para
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
There are only two
mistakes one can make
along the road to truth;
not going all the way, and
not starting.
—Buddha
TOP TWEETS
SC RIGHTLY PUTS
INTERIM STAY ON
KERALA EXAMS
hen most schools in
the country did away
with physical exami-
nations to protect
children from Cov-
id-19, Kerala government’s deci-
sion to hold Class 11 examina-
tion was beyond comprehen-
sion. Especially when Kerala is
still reeling under the pandemic
the idea of exposing children to
virus is difficult to support. Of
all the Covid cases in the coun-
try, 70% are from the southern
state. Therefore, the Supreme
Court ordering interim stay on
class 11 school exams in Kerala
is in interest of students.
The Kerala govt allowed only
muted celebration of Onam but
violations of the order led to
Covid-19 upsurge. No lesson was
learnt from that experience.
In the same vein it is impor-
tant to recall BJP’s recent insist-
ence on celebrating Janmashta-
mi in Maharashtra with full
fervour to use religion for politi-
cal gains. Such political theat-
rics ought to be condemned and
eschewed during a pandemic.
Also recall how UP govt had to
be cajoled into banning Kaan-
war Yatra, a religious journey
.
W
aliban have as-
serted their right
to stand by Mus-
lims anywhere,
including in Kash-
mir. The assertion was made
by Taliban spokesperson Su-
hail Shaheen who was asked
by an interviewer, “We have
this right, being Muslims, to
raise our voice for Muslims,
in Kashmir, India, and any
other country
.” He further
said, “We will raise our voice
and say that Muslims are
your own people, your own
citizens. They are entitled to
equal rights under your
laws.” The statement comes a
few days after the group had
described Kashmir as “a bi-
lateral and internal matter”.
The new remark which is
soft and sensible on the face
of it has set off alarm bells.
The government, however, is
more concerned about ensur-
ing that Afghanistan’s terri-
tory is not used for terrorist
activity in India. This was
also conveyed to Taliban
leader Sher Mohammad Ab-
bas Stanekzai by the Indian
Ambassador to Qatar when
he met him in Doha recently
.
With the change in stance
there is apprehension that as
the Taliban government gets
going, the new rulers in Ka-
bul will have a closer look at
the global and regional situ-
ation. Former US envoy to
the United Nations Nikki Ha-
ley warned, “We need to
watch China because I think
you are going to see China
make a move for Bagram Air
Force base.”
The Taliban cannot be the
conscience keepers for the
Muslims of the World and
the government should be
alert to the fact that the ex-
cuse of lumpen elements
which go around harassing
Muslims in the name of reli-
gion, do not become an ex-
cuse for the likes of Taliban.
Of course, these elements
need to be strictly restrained
even courts have driven
home the point repeatedly by
indicting police for biased
investigations.
TALIBAN MUSLIM
REMARK SETS OFF
ALARM BELLS
The new remark which is
soft and sensible on
the face of it has set
off alarm bells. The
government, however, is
more concerned about
ensuring that Afghanistan’s
territory is not used for
terrorist activity in India
T
he evacuation of foreign citi-
zens and Afghan allies from
Kabul has been done under a
tight deadline and the risk of
terrorist attacks. Since Au-
gust 14, 2021, about 120,000
peoplehavebeenevacuatedby
countries around the world.
But thousands remain,
mostly local Afghan staff,
journalists, and human right
activists.
The situation still poses
serious challenges. The for-
eign nationals returning to
their countries will have to
deal with the trauma that
surrounded the evacuations,
those who could not get out
in time need alternative exit
plans, and Afghans who are
being hosted in countries
like Qatar will have to be per-
manently resettled.
Nevertheless, it would be a
mistake to allow the relative
success of the evacuation to
distract attention from the
far greater demands of dis-
placed and mobile Afghans.
INTERNALLY
DISPLACED PERSONS
One group is internally dis-
placed persons (IDPs). These
are people displaced within
their own country. It is esti-
mated that about 250,000 Af-
ghans have fled their homes
since the beginning of May,
bringing the total number of
IDPs in the country to about
3.5 million - the third-highest
worldwide.
In addition to seeking com-
mitmentsthatthenewAfghan
leaderswillnotprovidehaven
tointernationalterrorists,the
internationalcommunitywill
need to work with the Taliban
to manage the IDP crisis.
REFUGEES
If the initial promises of the
Taliban to respect women’s
rights and allow political plu-
ralism and dissent are to be
believed, we are unlikely to
witness a mass exodus of Af-
ghan refugees.
This may also be the case
because many Afghans who
would be at particular risk of
persecution by the Taliban -
especially the Hazara minor-
ity - had already fled in the
1990s, during the Taliban’s
previous regime.
DURABLE SOLUTIONS
Neighbouring Iran and Paki-
stan have adopted a hard line
against hosting Afghan refu-
gees because they already
host 3.5 million and 1.5 mil-
lion Afghans respectively.
Many of the refugees were
fleeing the Soviet invasion of
1979 and then the first Tali-
ban regime in the 1990s.
Because durable solutions
likeintegration,resettlement,
andrepatriationhavenotbeen
deployed effectively
, some of
themhavebeenhostedasrefu-
geesinbothIranandPakistan
for over 40 years. With new
refugees arriving, there is
need to rethink approaches to
displaced populations.
ASYLUM SEEKERS
The Afghans who are in the
most precarious position are
asylum seekers who have not
yet been granted refugee sta-
tus, rejected asylum seekers
who have been denied refugee
status, and undocumented
migrants who are not just in
neighbouring countries, but
also in Turkey and Europe.
As recently as August 2021,
six European countries
signed a letter encouraging
fleeing Afghans to return
home, despite the Taliban
gaining ground and pleas
from the Afghan government
to halt returns because of
growing insecurity
.
ROLE FOR THE
AFGHAN DIASPORA?
There are an estimated
150,000 Afghan Americans,
85,000 Afghan Canadians, and
50,000 Afghan Australians
who need to exert pressure on
their governments to protect
IDPs and refugees, respect
international law, and unlock
durable solutions.
If the international com-
munity is as serious about
the wider consequences of
recent developments in Af-
ghanistan as it has been
about evacuating citizens
and allies, then the hard
work really begins now.
SOURCE: WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
T
This may also be the case
because many Afghans who
would be at particular risk
of persecution by the
Taliban - especially the
Hazara minority - had
already fled in the 1990s,
during the Taliban’s
previous regime.
AFGHAN
REFUGEE
CRISIS
WHAT THE
WORLD CAN DO
TO SOLVE THE
PERSPECTIVE
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INDIA
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Kavita Pant
Gandhinagar: The
Congress party has
been stalling the deci-
sion of Gujarat for two
years and its state com-
mittee has not been
formed since the past 24
months.
After the Congress’s
poor performance in
the local body elections
in March, both state
president Amit Chavda
and legislature party
leader Paresh Dhanani
sent their resignations
to the high command,
but the decision on
their future has not
been taken for the last
five months. So, as a re-
sult, the entire Gujarat
Pradesh Congress Com-
mittee is in reality an
ad hoc committee.
The party organisa-
tion officially has only
three leaders with
Chavda as the state
president, Hardik Patel
as the working presi-
dent and Dhanani as
the leader of the legisla-
ture party
.
Chavda was made the
state president, but he
could not make the com-
mittee of the state, and
by that time his resigna-
tion too came. Remem-
ber, Gujarat is the first
experiment of Rahul
Gandhi, where he
formed a team of new
leaders at the cost of old
leaders. However, that
experiment seems to be
failing miserably and
still no effort is being
made to fix the organi-
sation there. In Gujarat,
Congress has senior
leaders like Bharat Sin-
gh Solanki, Shakti Sin-
gh Gohil, Arjun Modva-
dia, Tusharbhai Chaud-
hary, but the Congress
is stuck. Meanwhile,
there is news that
Bharat Singh Solanki
met election strategist
Prashant Kishor and
there is a discussion in
the Congress that
Kishor will be active
and will start working
for the Congress before
the Gujarat Assembly
elections that are to be
held at the end of next
year. However, it is cer-
tain that he will not
work as an election
strategist. It is possible
that he will do this work
as a Congress leader!
Gujarat Congress is stuck for past two years!
lll
Bharat Singh
Solanki met
Prashant Kishor
and there are
talks within
Congress that
Kishor will be
active start
working for
party ahead of
Assembly polls
New Delhi: A 20-day
mega event Seva and
Samarpan Abhiyan
will begin from PM Nar-
endra Modi’s 71st birth-
day on September 17 to
mark his “20 years in
public service”, the rul-
ing BJP has said. The
party plans to hold mas-
sive cleanliness and
blood donation cam-
paigns and multiple
events as part of the 20-
day celebrations - BJP
chief JP Nadda has is-
sued instructions to all
the state units for this.
Five crore postcards
will be sent from the
BJP booths across India
to the PM to congratu-
late him for his efforts
as party members com-
mit themselves to pub-
lic service. Hoardings,
thanking PM Modi “for
free food grains and
vaccination for poor”,
will also be set up as
part of the campaign.
—ANI
Anita Hada
New Delhi: Every-
one knows that
West Bengal
Chief Minister
Mamata Baner-
jee dreams of be-
coming the Prime
Minister. But has
someone shown her
the ‘grand picture’ of
becoming the Prime
Minister or is it that
after winning the elec-
tions in West Bengal,
thrice, she herself has
started thinking that
she can become the
Prime Minister?
To tell the truth,
both things are possi-
ble. It could be that
her election strategist
Prashant Kishor has
built this ‘castle in the
air’. But the trouble is
that after the political
instability of the 90s,
it has become an unde-
clared rule in India
that the leader of the
single largest party in
the Lok Sabha will be-
come the Prime Minis-
ter, no matter how
hung the Lok Sabha is.
So Mamata’s path is
not going to be easy.
Moreover, she
should also learn from
similar ambitions of
old satraps. Once upon
a time, many leaders
were shown such
‘dreams’ by their advi-
sors. Even Lalu Pras-
ad Yadav thought that
he would become the
Prime Minister and
Mulayam Singh Yadav
also had a similar as-
piration. Both these
leaders are now mar-
ginalised but Sharad
Pawar is still holding
out hope. He has been
dreaming of it since
1991. He tried it even
while being in Con-
gress and tried it even
after coming out of
Congress. Chandraba-
bu Naidu also dreamt
of becoming the
Prime Minister at
some point of time
and now Arvind
Kejriwal is also
engaged in
these ef-
forts. All
these are
examples
of contem-
p o r a r y
leaders. If we
talk about old
leaders, then
this list will be-
come very long.
New Delhi: Law has of-
ten been seen as a rich
man’s profession but
the situation is slowly
changing, Chief Justice
of India (CJI) NV Ra-
mana said on Saturday,
pointing out that there
is a “huge vacancy” of
judges and that the
country’s courts lack
proper infrastructure.
Chief Justice Rama-
na while speaking at an
event organised by the
Bar Council of India to
felicitate him, said “An
issue is that nobody can
guarantee stability in
the profession.” He said
he will present a report
on the infrastructure in
courts to Union Law
Minister Kiren Rijiju.
He also highlighted
lack of enough women
in judiciary and legal
fraternity. “I must ad-
mit that with great dif-
ficulty, we have
achieved a meagre 11
per cent women repre-
sentation in Supreme
Court,” he said. —ANI
I have known the Chief Justice of India not
just as judge but also as a human
being... He is good at being both.
CJI Ramana is not a god-fearing person
but a god-loving person. He is also le-
gally brilliant and impartial. He is the
‘karta’, or ‘one who acts’, of our lawyer
family. —Tushar Mehta, SG
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister for Power and
New and Renewable
Energy RK Singh on
Friday held an exten-
sive review meeting
with representatives
from the Ministry of
Power, Ministry of
Coal, Central Electrici-
ty Authority (CEA),
Railways, and the pow-
er PSUs.
Taking a detailed and
comprehensive review
of the coal stock posi-
tion at individual ther-
mal power plants
(TPPs), he directed the
officials to work in a co-
ordinated manner to
streamline the stock
and supply of coal, in
anticipation of the ris-
ing energy demand, a
release by the Ministry
of Power informed. Sin-
gh reviewed the day-
wise status of power
requirement and with-
drawal from the grid
state wise, the coal
stocks’ status, and the
Hydro Power genera-
tion.
He went into reasons
for shortfalls in power
generation, across pow-
er generation units.
The minister also
asked the power secre-
tary to look at the pos-
sibility of reducing the
benchmark of 14 days
of coal stocks to a
benchmark of ten days
of coal stocks for identi-
fication of plants to di-
vert coal to plants with
extremely depleted
stocks. —ANI
New Delhi: RSS-associ-
ated weekly magazine
Panchjanya has blasted
Infosys in its latest edi-
tion over the glitches
surrounding GST and
Income Tax portals.
Panchjanya has carried
a four-page cover story
on the Bengaluru-based
IT services company,
with Infosys founder
Narayana Murthy’s pic-
ture on it and text which
reads ‘Saakh Aur
Aghaat’ (Reputation
and Damage).
Article criticising In-
fosys’ handling of the
project wonders wheth-
er any “anti-national
power is trying to hurt
India’s economic inter-
ests through it”. Panch-
janya noted the regular
glitches have “brought
down the trust of tax-
payers in the Indian
economy”. —ANI
New Delhi: As the Con-
gress on Saturday de-
manded a Supreme
Court-monitored probe
into the alleged JEE
Main scam, Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
tweeted that the nation
owes a fair exam to the
students who prepare
very hard for such com-
petitive exams, “bat-
tling difficulties of vari-
ous kinds”. Centre is
better at providing cov-
er-ups, Gandhi said.
The CBI has regis-
tered a case against Af-
finity Education Pvt Ltd
and its directors on
charges of several ir-
regularities including
arranging proxy candi-
dates in exchange for
hefty money to guaran-
tee rank in the exam.
Seven persons includ-
ing two directors of pri-
vate institution have
been arrested in con-
nection with the case.
Directors Siddharth
KrishnaandVishambar
Mani Tripathi and an
employee of the institu-
tion have been sent to
CBI custody till Sept 9.
New Delhi: Sachin
Bansal, co-founder of e-
commerce giant Flip-
kart, has mounted a
court challenge against
ED, which has accused
him and others, court
records showed.
ED had in July issued
a so-called show cause
notice to Flipkart, its
founders, asking them
to explain why they
should not face a pen-
alty of $1.35 billion for
violation of laws be-
tween 2009 2015. On
Saturday Sachin urged
a court in TN to
quashagency’s notice.
—ANI
CRUCIAL READ
TEACHERS SHOULD ENSURE THAT KIDS
IMBIBE NOBLE SPIRITUAL IDEALS: NAIDU
Hyderabad: Ahead of Teachers’ Day celebrations, Vice
President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said that
teachers should ensure that
their students imbibe noble
spiritual ideals of ancient Indian
wisdom and take pride in the
country’s culture. Addressing
the students and teachers of Sri
Aurobindo International School
here, VP said, “Sri Aurobindo not only kindled a strong
desire for complete independence but also focused on
spiritual regeneration of the nation through his teachings
of Integral Yoga.”
FIR REGISTERED OVER DRAPING OF SYED
ALI SHAH GEELANI’S BODY IN PAK FLAG
Srinagar: Police has registered an FIR against the
draping of the body of hardline separatist leader Syed
Ali Shah Geelani in a Pakistani
flag after his death Wednesday,
officials said. A general FIR has
been registered by the Budgam
police but no arrest made so
far, they said Saturday. The
body of the separatist leader,
who died Wednesday night at
his Hyderpora residence after
prolonged illness, was draped in a flag of the neighbour-
ing country before it was buried at a graveyard in a
nearby mosque.
Captain: You’re
root cause of farm
law problem
Union Minister
Athawale bats for
one-child norm
Chandigarh: SAD,
under family of senior
leader Parkash Singh
Badal and his politician
children, is the root
cause of the festering
farmers’ problem in the
state and the country,
Punjab CM Amarinder
Singh said on Saturday
while attacking them for
“thrusting” controver-
sial farm laws.
Ahmedabad: Union
social justice minister
Ramdas Athawale on
Saturday said his party
supports one-child
policy as the population
growth in the country
needs to be controlled
for ensuring develop-
ment. To a question he
remarked there was
no possibility of Hindu
population dwindling.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO
MAMATA’S DREAMS?
Mamata Baneerjee
Lalu Prasad Yadav
Mulayam Singh Yadav
Sharad Pawar
Chandrababu Naidu
Arvind Kejriwal
THOSE ASPIRING
FOR HIGH CHAIR!
CJI Ramana rues lack of
women in judiciary
5 Cr postcards, hoardings to
thank PM on his B’Day
AmidpowercrisisUnionMin
reviewsthermalpowerplants
‘We owe them fair exam’:
Rahul on JEE (Main) scam
Flipkart co
founder,Bansal
moves court
Glitches in IT
portals: RSS
attacks Infosys
New Delhi: In yet
another quick deci-
sion, the Supreme
Court’s Collegium
headed by CJ Rama-
na recommended 68
names in one go for
elevation as Judges
of various state High
Courts to Centre.
This could be seen
as a record number
of recommendations
by SC Collegium in
recent past to Centre
for appointment of
judges. Collegium
considered names of
112 candidates-82
from Bar and 31
from the Judicial
Service. —ANI
SC COLLEGIUM
RECOMMENDS
68 NAMES
New Delhi: Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP)
national president Ja-
gat Prakash Nadda on
Saturday thanked the
people of the country
for their support and
blessing to the party
workers during Jan
Ashirwad Yatra.
He said that dur-
ing the 24,000 km
journey, more than
5,000 programs
received the affection
and blessings of the
countrymen “Grati-
tude to the people of
the country for giving
immense support
and blessings to the
members of PM Nar-
endra Modi’s cabinet
during Jan Ashirwad
Yatra.
Jan Ashirwad
Yatras: Nadda
thanks people
NV Ramana
PM Narendra Modi
Mamata Banerjee

NEWS
07
‘BABUS’
DRAFTED TO
DISTRICTS FOR
FEEDBACK
The BJP state executive
member and former MLA
Ram Iqbal Singh has attacked
his own government in Uttar
Pradesh, alleging that it is being
run by bureaucrats and no heed
is paid to people’s
representatives. While Singh
may have a political axe to grind
by saying but his stinging
remarks do seem to have a ring
of truth, feel some ruling party
members. And as if on cue, the
State government has
despatched senior IAS officers to
get not only a sense of the
ground situation but also verify
the implementation of various
development projects and
welfare schemes. “These officers
have already reached the
districts allotted to them. They
will camp for four days, conduct
on-site inspections and speak to
people to get their feedback and
then return to the State capital
and submit their feedback by
September 7,” said a senior
officer adding that a detailed
order has already been issued in
this regard by the chief secretary.
Sceptics, however, say that such
exercises and experiments have
been done in previous regimes
also but they have hardly served
any purpose and the ‘babus’ can
never substitute for people’s
representatives. Be that as it
may, the report to be submitted
by these senior civil servants will
go a long way in assessing the
performance of the concerned
ruling party leader and perhaps
also his prospects in getting a
ticket for assembly elections
2022. —M Tariq Khan
SNK PAN
MASALA
GROUP’S
AVINASH MODI
GOES MISSING
AGAIN AFTER
BAIL
The big pan masala trader of
the city absconding in the
17-year-old case continued to
live in the city with photographs
of him appearing with leaders
and he kept meeting many police
officers. However, the police
could not get any clue of his
presence for the past 17 years.
This disclosure came after EOW
issued a summon for Avinash
Modi, the director of SNK Pan
Masala Company, who was
arrested a few days back by the
Central GST. When the EOW
reached with the warrant in his
case, it came to know that
Avinash got bail and now was
missing again. EOW is now
searching for Avinash’s residence
in Kanpur. The SP of Economic
Crime Research Wing ie EOW
Baburam told that a case was
registered against Avinash Modi,
director of SNK Pan Masala
Company, in the year 2004 at
Farurkhabad Kotwali.As per
reports Avinash Modi used to
supply Rock Phosphate from his
company to Madan Mohan
Malviya Fertilizer Factory in
Farurkhabad. On investigation, it
was found that he had diverted
crores of rupees from here to
there by making fake
documents. At that time Avinash
lived in Jhansi. When the case
was registered, he disappeared.
His house was found vacant by
the police, which was also
attached. Later, a year and a half
ago, the police submitted charge
sheet in this case. However after
the Central GST got information
about his arrest, the EOW
wanted to get its warrant
executed in his case, but by the
time it could do so he was
released on bail. The EOW is
now not aware of his
whereabouts in Kanpur.
—First India Bureau
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Several cit-
ies of Uttar Pradesh
have been plagued by
fever with half the pa-
tients who reached the
OPD had fever and cold-
cough despite their
Covid test being nega-
tive. A visit to OPD of
district hospitals in dif-
ferentcitiesonSaturday
revealed the conditions
of fever as frightening.
So far 77 children and
youth had died while 250
childrenhadbeenhospi-
talized. Patients have to
wait for hours for inves-
tigation. Even after
waiting for several
hours, they are not able
to get the report.
Khurshida, who lives
in city’s Kashmere Gate
area, had reached the
Pediatric department of
district hospital to show
her 2-year-old daughter
Alsifa. She told that she
had come at 7 am in
morning, but the doctor
did not come till 8.30 am.
There have been 20
deaths in Mainpuri in a
month.InLucknow’sDr.
ShyamaPrasadMukher-
jee Civil Hospital, 5000
patients were arriving
in OPD every day with a
long queue at the coun-
ter. The entire family of
Mahendra Pandey, who
came here, is suffering
from cold, cough and fe-
ver. At the same time,
another patient Amit
Singh said that the fever
was not coming down
for past four days.
On Friday, 1479 entries
were made in Halat’s
OPD, in which more
than700peopleweresuf-
fering from fever. 1886
entries were made till 12
noon on Saturday
. Most
of thesepatientswereof
fever, lack of breath and
diarrhea. On Saturday
1550 patients arrived in
OPD of SN Medical Col-
lege, Agra wherein 1409
patients were new and
141 were old. Most pa-
tients had cough and
cold problems along
withfever.NarayanHari
had come to show his
3-year-old daughter Kri-
tika. Both had fever
since last 7 days. Dhar-
mendra, who lives in
Loha Mandi, had
brought his 4-year-old
daughter.Everyday1500
to1800patientssuffering
from fever were reach-
ing the OPD in Gorakh-
pur District Hospital.
There are 306 beds in
district hospital of
which more than 250 pa-
tientswereof viralfever.
Doctors were conduct-
ing Covid test on suspi-
cion of Corona, but its
report was negative.
Patients with typhoid
are also being detected
amongst them. CMO Dr
Sudhakar Pandey told
that there was flood in
Gorakhpur. Because of
this, infectious diseases
were increasing and the
risk of encephalitis was
also increasing contin-
uously. More than 700
patients were regis-
tered till 11 am in the
Divisional Hospital of
Varanasi of which
more than 500 patients
were registered in the
Main OPD and 172 wom-
en patients in the Wom-
en’s Hospital of Divi-
sional Hospital. Dr
Prasanna Kumar Sin-
gh, medical superinten-
dent of Divisional Hos-
pital said that presently
only 6 out of 20 dengue
patients were admitted
in Dengue ward. More
than 300 patients suffer-
ing from viral fever had
been admitted. So far 75
dengue patients had
been confirmed in Var-
anasi, while more than
800 were still in suspect-
ed category. Similarly
500 patients were arriv-
ing in OPD daily in
Meerut District Hospi-
tal of which 375 patients
were of viral fever. Dis-
trict Hospital’s superin-
tendent incharge Dr
Hira Singh said that a
separate Dengue ward
had been made for the
treatment of patients in
the hospital.
In August, 33,736 pa-
tients arrived in OPD as
against 23,954 in July.
The situation can be
gauged from the fact
that the number of pa-
tients had increased by
about 10,000 in a month.
Till 10:30 PM, 558 pa-
tients had been regis-
tered in the OPD of Pan-
dit Deendayal Upad-
hyay Sanyukt Chikitsa-
lay of which 113 pa-
tients had had cold fe-
ver. Physician of the
hospital Dr SK Singhal
told that those who had
more problems were be-
ing tested for their
blood. The number of
patients was increasing
continuously. Fever pa-
tients were also increas-
ing in Azamgarh. Many
patients went to private
hospitals.
AFTER DECLINE IN COVID-19 CASES, UP
NOW GRAPPLES WITH MULTIPLE FEVERS
Dengue patients have increased in Varanasi, Firozabad while cases of Encephalitis and typhoid increasing in Gorakhpur
Children with their family members are seen inside an emergency ward, at a government
hospital for children, in Prayagraj on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Kapil Mishra
MYSTERY FEVER
Mishra asks for votes
for ‘bua’, says, I am
nephew of Mayawati
First India Bureau
Kanpur: In the Prabud-
dha Sammelan (Brah-
min convention) organ-
ized by BSP in Kanpur
on Saturday, Kapil
Mishra, son of party
General Secretary Sat-
ish Chand Mishra,
sought votes by calling
Mayawati an aunt. He
said that I do not need
any post. It is enough
for me that I am the son
of Satish Chandra
Mishra and nephew of
Mayawati. My family
I have got the love and
blessings of Mayawati
since 20 years. Kapil
also attacked the BJP
government on pretext
of reservation. He said,
‘The BJP government
has sold everything to
private hands. When
these government units
will not be there, the ex-
istence of reservation
and jobs could well be
understood. They just
pretend pretend’.
General Secretary Sat-
ish Chandra Mishra
said that the day the
BJP government was
formed in state, the
atrocities on Brahmins
started in Gorakhpur.
Five Brahmins were
killed simultaneously
in Rae Bareli. Brahmin
lawyers were mur-
dered. In Kanpur, Brah-
min was killed by over-
turning a car in a film-
style I Bikru case. 50
people were put in jail
and let to rot.
First India Bureau
Moradabad: Fire-
brand MP of Sama-
jwadi Party (SP) from
Sambhal Dr. Shafiqur
Rahman Burke has
once again churned
up a controversy with
his provocative state-
ments.
In a program organ-
ized by the SP in Mo-
radabad on Saturday,
Burke said that the
BJP government was
committing atrocities
on Muslims in the
country as it wanted to
eradicate Muslims
from the country
.
“Muslims need not
panic. Circumstances
can change anytime.
We (Muslims) have
ruled this country for
700 years. No one can
destroy us like this,”
he said.
SP MP Burke said
that in 2014 the num-
ber of Muslims in the
country had gone up
to 40 crore. But the
government does not
allow this truth to
come out. He said that
after 50 years of inde-
pendence, there were
30 crore Muslims in
the country, whose
number has increased
to 40 crore in 2014.
But the government
censors this figure so
that Muslims did not
come to know the
truth about their in-
creasing numbers. Dr
Burke said, instead of
embracing Muslims,
the BJP government
was giving slogans of
hatred to them. But
Muslims were not go-
ing to get damaged due
to this hatred.
The SP MP said that
those who ruled the
country for 700 years
have no part in the
country? The SP MP
said, Muslims had not
run away from the gal-
lows in the war of in-
dependence of the
country.
If need be, the Mus-
lim will not hold back
from repeating the
same thing again for
the country.
First India Bureau
M u z a f f a r n a g a r :
Against the three agri-
cultural laws of Central
government, a Kisan
Mahapanchayat would
be held in Muzaffarna-
gar, Uttar Pradesh on
September 5. From here
Mission UP will start.
There are many po-
litical implications of
organizing this Ma-
hapanchayat in Muzaf-
farnagar. First, this dis-
trict of western UP is
the biggest center of
farmers along with be-
ing Jatland. There are
many Khap Panchayats
like Balyan and Deshk-
hap, which have deep
penetration in the soci-
ety
. Assembly elections
are also going to be held
in UP-Uttarakhand af-
ter six months. This
will affect both the
states. The farmers
want to say bluntly
through this Mahapan-
chayat that the way to
power in Delhi passes
through UP. If their
words are not obeyed,
they will create prob-
lems in this path.
Saharanpur district lo-
cated near Muzaffarna-
gar is also called Gate-
way of UP. Muzaffarna-
gar’s assembly constit-
uency number-one is
present in Saharanpur
district. The BJP gov-
ernment starts most of
its election campaigns
in UP from Saharanpur
district. Neighboring to
Muzaffarnagar is
Meerut, which is con-
sidered the center of
West UP.
Uttarakhand starts
as soon as it is 25 km
ahead of Muzaffarna-
gar. Assembly elections
are also due in Uttara-
khand after six months.
Apart from this, Muzaf-
farnagar is also the
home district of Baba
Mahendra Singh Ti-
kait, founder of
Bharatiya Kisan Un-
ion. His legacy is now
being handled by sons
Naresh Tikait and
Rakesh Tikait. Rakesh
Tikait has become a big
face in the farmers
movement across the
country.
BJP wants to eradicate Muslims: SP MP Burke
Samajwadi Party MP from Sambhal Dr. Shafiqur Rahman Burke.
Farmers gear up for Mahapanchayat on farm laws
The arrangements are going on at a great pace with many senior
leaders of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) working on the ground.
It will include 40 constituent organisations
of United Kisan Morcha is claimed to be
the largest farmer gathering ever

08
2NDFRONT
Greetings on Teacher’s Day. Once
we are open to learning, anyone
can be our teacher without the
boundary of age, class or position.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
UP NOW A SAFE
HAVEN FOR COWS
Yogi govt has taken steps to protect cows in the state
Gyanendra shukla
Lucknow: In the midst
of discussions about de-
claring cow as a nation-
al symbol, it is impor-
tant to know that the
Yogi government has
taken stringent action
against the cow slaugh-
terers in the state which
is unprecedented.
Earlier, CM Yogi had
clearly said, “It was a
challenge before me to
protect the holy animal
which I did to my full
ability,”. He said that
the state govt has taken
adequate steps to pro-
tect cows in the state.
CM Yogi added that his
government not only
succeeded in prevent-
ing cow slaughter but
also effectively checked
their smuggling to oth-
er states took stringent
action against culprits.
figures justify the gov-
ernment’s claim re-
garding severe action to
ensure cow protection
in the state. From
March 20, 2017 to July
31, 2021, UP Police, in a
biggest ever action in
the history of UP so far,
has sent 17, 439 cow
slaughterers to jail, Na-
tional Security Act was
invoked against 217 per-
sons, Total Registered
Indictments are 6395
while police has arrest-
ed 17439 accused so far.
6490 accused were
booked under Goonda
act. while 6583 have
been booked under
gangster act in connec-
tion with alleged cow
slaughter cases.
The police had also
opened history sheets
against 1421 people for
cow slaughter. BJP
spokesperson Alok
Awasthi said that his
party’s manifesto prom-
ised the protection of
cows. In accordance
with bjp manifesto CM
had ordered a blanket
ban on smuggling of
cows and ensured zero
tolerance in this regard.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Addi-
tional Chief Judicial
Magistrate Court in
Prayagraj rejected the
fake degree case of UP
Deputy Chief Minister
Keshav Prasad Maurya.
The court has deliv-
ered the verdict which
wasreservedonWednes-
day
. Diwakar Tripathi, a
RTI activist, the appli-
cant in the matter, in an
plea filed under Section
156 (3) of the Criminal
Procedure Code (CrPC),
had sought registration
of a criminal case
against Keshav Maurya
alleged him of using
fake educational de-
grees for contesting five
elections at different
places. Secondly
, he also
alleged that the deputy
chief minister also ob-
tained a petrol pump on
the basis of a fake de-
gree.AccordingtoDiwa-
kar Tripathi, he had de-
mandedactionbygiving
applications to the local
police station and con-
cerned authorities at
state as well at the cen-
tral government. But as
no action was taken, af-
ter which he had to ap-
proach the court.
While hearing this
petition the court had
subsequently ordered
the station house offic-
er (SHO) of Cantt po-
lice station to investi-
gate the matter on two
points. First, Deputy
CM’s second-year de-
gree of Uttar Madhy-
ama issued by the Hin-
di Sahitya Sammelan,
Prayagraj. And second
in the case where he
has been accused of ob-
taining a petrol pump
showing a fake certifi-
cate of high school.
However, after hear-
ingtheargumentsof the
petitioner’s advocate,
the ACJM court re-
served the decision, To-
day Prayagraj’s ACJM
Namrata Singh rejected
the application, DGC
Criminal Gulab Chan-
dra Agrahari shared
this information which
is a big relief for Dy CM
Keshav Prasad Maurya.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Bahujan Sa-
maj Party chief
Mayawati Saturday
said the “success” of
her party’s ‘Prabuddh
Varg Sammelan (meet-
ing of intellectuals)’
has troubled the BJP
which is now “copying”
the idea and holding
similar events. “High
inflation, poverty and
unemployment have
made people’s lives mis-
erable. As a result, there
is anger among the peo-
ple against the BJP, and
their rating has de-
clined significantly,”
Mayawati said. The
BSP started its ‘Prabud-
dh Varg Sammelan’ on
July 22, and the first
phase will conclude on
September 7. The BJP
has also announced a
series of conferences
across all the 403 assem-
bly constituencies for
the “enlightened class”
from Sept 5 during
which it will communi-
cate with the people
working in different ar-
eas of the society, in-
cluding teachers, engi-
neers, doctors, littera-
teurs and deliberate on
the works and schemes
of the BJP govt at the
Centre and in state.on
the upcoming Assem-
bly elections, she said,
“The vote share of the
BJP has been shown
above 40 per cent.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Uttar
Pradesh government
on Friday constituted a
committee to fill the va-
cant posts of teachers
in different state run
schools of the state.
This decision has been
taken after the Basic
Education Council
completed the recruit-
ment process of more
than 1.25 lakh teachers
in government schools.
According to infor-
mation received, the
three-member commit-
tee will seek the details
of vacant posts in state-
run primary and upper
primary schools and
will also work to pre-
pare new posts. The
committee will be
headed by the Chair-
man of the Board of
Revenue and will also
include the Secretary,
Basic Education and
the Secretary, Basic
Education Council.
Officials of the Edu-
cation Council said
that since normal
classes for students of
classes 1 to 5 had re-
sumed from September
1, Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath also in-
quired about the teach-
ing and learning ac-
tivities in schools. Em-
phasizing on the need
for proper utilization
of the talent of the new
teachers appointed in
the schools, he directed
the officers to main-
tain the teacher-stu-
dent ratio ideally.
Yogi govt comes up with dos and don’ts for cows.
UP Dy CM Keshav Prasad
Maurya
Maurya fake degree: Court reserves ruling
HIGHLIGHTS
MAYAWATI ACCUSES
BJP OF COPYING IDEA
DYNAMIC BMC COMMISSIONER
Jobs galore as UP sets up teacher-recruitment committee
—FILE PHOTO
Mumbai: BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal’s war against Co-
rona took one more leap on Saturday when Mumbai did
1.3Lakh vaccinations in one day , on Saturday. The good
news is that 80% of eligible citizens of MCGM has taken
at least one dose of vaccination. Mumbai is now No.1 in
percentage terms amongst major cities of India and 30%
of eligible citizens are double vaccinated now. Chahal said
that only vaccination with mask up, can save us from 3rd
wave. Mumbai became the first district in the country to
reach the milestone of administering over one crore Covid vaccine doses,
according to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
Yogi added that his govt
not only succeeded in
preventing cow
slaughter but also
checked their smuggling
to other states.
RSS IS LOOKING
FOR LIBERAL IMAGE!
The Rashtriya Sway-
amsevak Sangh is
looking for an image
makeover and it is evi-
dent from a recent
meeting that it now
wants a liberal image.
A two-day coordina-
tion meeting of the
Sangh was held on Fri-
day and Saturday in the
Smriti Mandir campus
of Nagpur, which was
attended by the secre-
taries of all the affili-
ated organisations. On
behalf of the BJP, the
general secretary (or-
ganisation) BL Santosh
also participated in the
meeting.
Though the key agen-
da of the meeting was a
review of the central
government’s work, dis-
cussions about the im-
age makeover were also
held prominently
.
Even though the RSS
has described the meet-
ing as informal, there
were formal
d i s c u s -
sions on
many se-
rious is-
sues in it.
Taking a
big decision in this con-
templation meeting, it
has also been made clear
that now RSS will be in a
changed and new avatar.
For this, a new mantra
andmissionhasbeende-
cided by the RSS that it
willnowputforthits‘lib-
eralimage’andwillwork
tochangethemind-setof
Muslims towards the
Sangh.Intheensuingas-
sembly elections in five
states- Uttar Pradesh,
Uttarakhand, Punjab,
Goa and Manipur, the
changed thinking of the
Sangh will begin to be
visible. RSS chief Mo-
han Bhagwat will begin
his new narrative by
keeping communal har-
mony at the ‘center.’
WHY AAP
COULDN’T HAVE AN
ALLIANCE WITH
SP?
Why did the AAP
,
which is trying to
find an alternative land
for politics, finally dis-
tancing itself from the
SP in UP? AAP and SP’s
electoralalliancewasbe-
ingheardforalongtime,
as its architect, UP in-
charge and RS MP San-
jay Singh had appeared
on a changed political
platform. Sources said
that Sanjay Singh had
severalmeetingswithSP
supremo regarding the
seat sharing. It was also
being heard that the
number of seats Akhile-
sh Yadav wanted to leave
forAAPraisedthevoices
of rebellion in AAP’s UP
unit. The news about SP
offering a seat to a prom-
inent Brahmin leader
Anoop Pandey
, the presi-
dent of the Purvanchal
cellof AAPandtheco-in-
chargeof UP
,onSPticket
surprised many
. SP was
offering him the desired
seat on the symbol of cy-
cle. AAP also took cogni-
sance of these reports
andthiscausedasetback
to the exercise of alli-
ance between the two
parties. Young voters
may also turn to AAP
,
which may affect SP’s
prospects on many ur-
ban and semi-urban
seats. If the people of UP
are attracted to the ‘Ke-
jriwal model’, then the
party can have a good
start in its first innings
in UP also.
WHY DOES NITISH
WANT TO GET RID
OF SAFFRON?
Is Nitish Kumar
the biggest
champion of opportun-
istic politics? That is
why his Hanuman, Lal-
lan Singh, calls him a
leader equal to JP while
to give edge to his lead-
er’s complacency, RCP
Singh calls Nitish a big-
ger leader than JP. KC
Tyagi, who emerged
from the socialist move-
ment, also calls Nitish,
a PM candidate.
In such a situation, it
seemsnaturalforNitish
to take steps to become
the face of the opposi-
tion unity
. Especially at
a time when a universi-
ty in Nitish’s home state
has removed the chap-
ters on JP and Lohia
from its syllabus and
replaced them with the
chapters on Pandit
Deendayal Upadhyay
and Syama Prasad
Mukherjee.Nitish’spar-
ty does not have a huge
supportbaseinBihar,so
from time to
time; he
has been
r i d i n g
on the
shoul-
ders of
Lalu Yadav or BJP. The
BJP, this time, has cut
Nitish down to size and
he is angry with this.
Therefore Nitish is in-
creasing friendship
with Lalu and Tejashwi.
On September 25, a big
rally has been called in
Jind, Haryana on the
birth anniversary of
Tau Devi Lal. In this
rally, many opposition
leaders and farmers
leaders will participate.
Nitish also has very
good relations with Ra-
hul Gandhi and a good
repo with Mamata Ba-
nerjee and Arvind Kejri-
wal too. The Congress
leadership seems deter-
mined that even if Rahul
has to step back from the
candidature of PM to
oustanddefeattheBJPin
2024 LS elections, it can
bet on faces like Mamata
orNitish.AcleverNitish
has understood this, so
he is slowly trying to get
rid of the BJP
.
WHAT WILL
HAPPEN TO ‘ABCD’?
Is Congress in-charge
of Bihar, Aadarniya
Bhakta Charan Das
(ABCD) going to leave?
After all, why is Rahul
Gandhi so angry with
him that for some time
now, Das has been ask-
ing for an appointment
with Rahul, but every
time he is getting ‘no’
fromRaGa’soffice.Actu-
ally
, Rahul wants that
Bihar Congress should
be revived, but the prob-
lem of Congress is that
neither it has any strong
organisation left in the
state, nor any strong
mass base. The party
also lacks a big face
there. Rahul wants to
give a new face to Bihar
Congress, for which he
needs a pro-active State
President there. Al-
though, Bihar has a sig-
nificantnumberof Dalit
voters,whoarenolonger
a part of the traditional
vote bank of Congress.
WILL DIGVIJAY GET
BIHAR’S CHARGE ?
As rebellion and agi-
tation boils in Dig-
vijay Singh’s veins, Ra-
hul Gandhi is probably
well aware of this, so he
has made Digvijay the
chairman of the newly
formed movement com-
mittee of Congress. Dig-
vijay is anyway in
search of a new role for
himself in the party,
there is a buzz that he
may be made the new in-
charge of Bihar in place
of ‘ABCD’ i.e. ‘Aadarni-
ya Bhakta Charan Das’.
Digvijay himself indi-
cated this during his re-
cent visit to Bihar. In the
Bihar Yatra, the party
had arranged for Digvi-
jay’s night stay in a hotel
in Patna. Digvijay told
hisspecialloyalistChan-
dan Bagchi that now he
would continue to visit
Patna,sohewouldprefer
to stay at Sadaqat Ash-
ram in Patna instead of
a hotel. Particularly
, the
party in-charge prefers
to stay in these rooms so
that party workers and
leaders can interact eas-
ily
. Digvijay Singh has
very old links with Lalu
YadavandNitishKumar
and the Congress top
leadership is confident
thatSingh’soldrelations
with both the leaders
will prove to be helpful
in re-establishing Con-
gress in Bihar.
KARNATAKA
FARMERS COME
FORWARD FOR
TALKS
The ‘State-Policy and
Planning Board’ of
Karnataka has done a
wonderful job. Due to
the efforts of a board
member, BV Anand,
several progressive
farmer leaders and or-
ganisations agreed to
hold talks with Karna-
taka Planning Commis-
sion on Wednesday. In
the meeting, the board
assured them to fulfill
the promises made to
them. Incidentally, the
very next day, Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah was in Davangere,
where he was to inaugu-
rate three development
projects. Shah also
heaped praises on CM
Basavaraj Bommai say-
ing that he has taken
small but effective steps
in a short time.
...AND FINALLY
CM Yogi Adityanath
wants to expand his
cabinet prior to polls. If
sources are to be be-
lieved, he has also sent
the list of candidates to
be inducted in Cabinet
to PM for approval. The
PMO answered saying
that the PM is surprised
that with only a few
months are left for the
polls now, what’s the
need for Cabinet expan-
sion? Yogi generally
dislikes answering such
questions, he does what
he likes.
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB
RAMAN
The author is a journalist
and political commentator
and views expressed are
his personal
Mohan Bhagwat Nitish Kumar
Digvijay Singh
Yogi Adityanath
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SP’s Old Guard
Infuses New
Energy In Party
Lucknow: Ahead of the
2022 assembly election
in UP, the Samajwadi
Party patriarch and for-
mer CM Mulayam Singh
Yadav has once again
become active after a
brief illness. Known as
‘Neta ji’ among party
cadres, he is a regular at
the SP headquarters. He
visits the office to boost
morale and give tips to
party workers on how to
strengthen the position of
the party. Over the past
few days, Mulayam is
dishing out political ad-
vice for hours at the SWP
office. During a conversa-
tion with workers, he has
said if needed and, if his
health allowed, he too will
campaign in the run-up
to the assembly poll.

eachers are the core
of our life who teach
us not just the ‘cur-
riculum’ but also life
skills, they are our
guides and mentors,
and in school and
college life, also the topic
of endless discussion. We
have all had a ‘crush’ on a
teacher and have aped
some of them who were
fashion icons. We asked
some of our readers to
share which ‘on-screen’
teacher was their idol.
My hopeless romantic
friend, Deepak Rawat got
so excited with this ques-
tion that he just couldn’t
hold his horses. Well, lend
an ear to this guy
. “The one
teacher I think of in my
raunchiest of dreams has
to be Chitrangada Singh
from Desi Boyz. Had my
Economics teacher been
even a tad like her, trust
me, I would have scored a
perfect 100. Those body-
hugging dresses on a pro-
fessor is every guy’s
dream, believe me. Anoth-
er hot pot is Kiara Advani
from Lust Stories. At first,
she was like a damsel but a
few minutes into the film,
she was this teacher I
couldn’t resist. Trust me, I
can watch the iconic cli-
max scene on loop and not
get bored. Well, Gwyneth
Paltrow in Glee was no
less.”
A die-hard Bollywood
buff, Deepti Goyal is head
over heels for Miss Chan-
dani. She said, “Gosh, Su-
shmita Sen, hands down!
As a child, it was my
fantasy to be a teacher
like her. Miss Chan-
dani stole my heart
with her chiffon sa-
rees and sleeveless
blouse. Thanks to
Shah Rukh Khan and
Sushmita Sen, I used to get
very excited every time my
teacher’s pallu swayed
over my head. It would be
the highlight of my day!”
For a 20-year-old, Ei-
shaan had a really ‘Sufi
approach to this ques-
tion. With his hopes a lit-
tle too high, Eishaan
went, “Kurbaan’s Karee-
na Kapoor is my dream
teacher. As much as I
loved her Sufi andaaz, I
also enjoyed her acting,
for a change. I fell in love
with her deep, smoky
eyes and pink cheeks in
the movie. I think I also
appreciated the role be-
cause she is quite close to
the teachers we have in
real life. Well, if only
Saif weren’t
there...” Yes Ei-
shaan, Saif ’s
the only rea-
son you
aren’t with Karee-
na Kapoor Khan
yet!
Swiftly moving
on, Manasi Jaiswal
went all out with
her fantasies and
added a pinch of
spice to the list.
“Dude, you need to watch
Bad Teacher right now!
Elizabeth Hasley is the
coolest teacher ever. She’s
my soul sister, really.
She smokes pot in the
parking lot and has a
sugar daddy. What
even? Her classroom
gets a movie sesh
every time her class is
on. I’m telling you, she
is the ultimate uber-
cool professor.”
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LUCKNOW, SUNDAY
SEPTEMBER 5, 2021
ON TEACHER’S DAY, CITY FIRST REACHED
OUT TO ITS READERS AND ASKED THEM
THAT WHO WAS THEIR DREAM TEACHER
WITH REFERENCE TO ON-SCREEN
TEACHERS DEPICTED IN VARIOUS MOVIES
FROM BOLLYWOOD AND HOLLYWOOD
KAASH,
KAASH,
MERI TEACHER
MERI TEACHER
AISI HOTI!
AISI HOTI!
POORVI SINGHAL
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
T

railblazing shooter Avani
Lekhara on Friday became
the first Indian woman to
win two Paralympic med-
als by claiming the 50m Ri-
fle 3 Position SH1 bronze to
add to an unprecedented
gold she had secured earlier in
the ongoing Games here. Chief
minister Ashok Gehlot an-
nounced cash rewards for the
three state players who won
medals at the Tokyo event. Le-
khara will be given `3 crores
for winning gold in shooting.
Avani has been appointed as
the brand ambassador for the
Rajasthan government’s ‘Beti
Bachao and Beti Padhao’ pro-
ject under the Department.
In a letter sent to Avani by the
Minister of Women and Child
Development, Mamta Bhupesh,
it’s mentioned that Avani’s suc-
cess shall inspire the daughters
of the state. “Congratulations on
your incredible victory
. You have
earned recognition and pride for
the state by winning name and
fame. Rajasthan’s daughters will
learn to study hard and move
ahead like you,” Bhupesh said in
the letter.
When Avani was barely 11
years old, she was confined to a
wheelchair after an accident in
2012. After she laid hands on Ab-
hinav Bindra’s autobiography,
she was inclined to take up
shooting. In 2015 summer vaca-
tion, when her father took her to
a range, she decided to pursue
shooting as nothing more than a
hobby. But one thing led to an-
other and the rifle became Ava-
ni’s zeal for gold. In 2021, she
matched Bindra’s iconic Beijing
2008 moment when she won In-
dia’s first-ever medal in shoot-
ing at the Paralympics.
She is the daughter of Praveen
Lekhra, RAS Officer, MREC,
1994 Batch and Shweta Lekhara,
state government tax officer. Dr
Subir Debnath, MNIT Sports Of-
ficer Avani Lekhara’s coach who
has trained Avani said that the
19-year-old para-athlete’s suc-
cess at the Tokyo Paralym-
pics is due to her positive
attitude, intelligence
and extraordinary
talent.
Earlier, Le-
khara became
the first Indian
woman to win
a Paralympic
gold medal
after she
e q u a l l e d
the world
r e c o r d
with a
score of
249.6 in
the wom-
en’s 10m
air rifle
standing finals
(SH 1). Avani quali-
fied for the final fin-
ishing seventh
in the quali-
fication round with a total score
of 621.7. In the finals, she showed
her mettle, scoring 10 and above
with all but four shots. “I can’t
describe this feeling, I’m feeling
like I’m on top of the world. It’s
unexplainable,” Lekhara said
after winning gold.
I can’t express how I feel right
now. She has truly made our
dream come true. The bronze
medal that she won, I was
pretty sure she will bag
another award. She is a
strong contender. I
have been training her
for 6 years now. I have
been selflessly working
for this. I spent everything
from my own pocket for
providing training. I have
b e e n giving fitness and mental
training to these students. I used to take
different types of sports psychology tests.
It’s the victory of the entire country.
—DR SUBIR DEBNATH, COACH
Avani has brought laurels to the
country and made every faculty of
law at the University of Rajasthan
proud of her. Since the beginning
of her college, she has been very
sincere and passionate about her academ-
ics. Avani aspires to crack the Rajasthan
Judicial Service (RJS) examination
and I’m sure like her zeal towards
shooting, she will be able to work
hard towards her other goals
as well. The college was very
supportive. Even when she had
gone for tournaments, Avani
didn’t skip her exams and gave
her viva over a video call.
—DR SANJULA THANVI,
DIRECTOR, RU
10
ETC
AVANI LEKHARA: LEGEND @ 19
AVANI LEKHARA: LEGEND @ 19
I can’t express how happy and proud I am of my daughter right now. Parents
need to be supportive of their children and have faith in them. I always knew
Avani was meant for great things and that the accident wouldn’t stop her. This
is a victory that is dedicated to the entire nation. As a father what makes me
proud of her is how she has set an example for so many girls out there. Young
girls look up to her as an inspiration. She has already won so many hearts. Avani has
always been very dedicated and passionate about her work, be it sports or academics. I
am sure she has a long way to go. I always tell her to stay grounded to her values and be
grateful and I’m glad to see her come this far with her ethics and lovely nature.
—PRAVEEN LEKHARA, FATHER
Avani Lekhara won bronze in the
women’s 50m rifle 3 positions SH1
event with a score of 445.9 to
become the first Indian woman to
win two medals at the
Paralympics! City First
brings to you a few
people who have
played a major
role in her success
so far!
MITALI DUSAD
T
 Gold medal in 10m air rifle standing
at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
 Bronze medal in 50m air rifle stand-
ing at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.
 World Rank 5 in R2 and 6 in R8
 Silver medal in R2 at the WSPS
World Cup Al Ain in 2021
 Silver medal in R2 at the WSPS
World Cup in Osijek in 2019
 Gold medals in the 10m Rifle,
Prone and 3P events at the World
Shooting Para Sport World Cup,
Dubai in 2018
 3 Gold medals and a Bronze medal
in the 63rd National Shooting
Championships, Bhopal in 2019
 3 Gold medals and one Silver medal
in the XIX Kumar Surendra Singh
Memorial Shooting Championship,
New Delhi in 2019
ACHIEVEMENTS AT A GLANCE
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
Avani Lekhara with her parents Praveen and Shweta
Avani Lekhara after winning the Gold Medal in
10m air rifle standing at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
Mamta Bhupesh’s Letter to Avani

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BEYOND CHALK AND DUSTER
BEYOND CHALK AND DUSTER
I have always been in
love with teaching. As
a kid, I would often
imagine myself beside
the blackboard, check-
ing student’s copies, it
was all so beautiful back
in my mind, although,
the real task had been a
nightmare. But, being a
teacher reminds me that
I am going to be a part
of their growth and I can
help the kids become a
better version of them-
selves. I hope that I get to
meet my students soon.
—ANJU
My students are my life.
I care for them hoping
for nothing in return. I
feel responsible about
their growth. It gives me
immense pleasure when
I see them grow from a
young age and finally see
them graduate, take on to
the next challenge of life.
Sometimes my students
get back to me, some-
times they don’t. But, I
sleep peacefully, remem-
bering that I did what
I could, that I always a
pillar of support for them.
—ARCHANAVYAS
For me, teaching is the
noblest and the most
rewarding among all
the professions. The
best thing about being a
teacher is that you get an
opportunity to make a dif-
ference in the lives of the
children you’re working
with. I ensure that I do my
best to leave a positive
influence on my students.
Although due to Covid,
efficiency in imparting
knowledge and learning
has been a challenge.
—NORMAEKKA
I perceive teaching as
a holistic profession.
I strongly believe that
knowledge is a two-way
process. A teacher also
learns something new
from his/ her students,
since learning is a
dynamic process. For
me, teaching is to inspire
students to make them
better humans, confident
citizens and dedicated
people. I always promote
among them: spirit of
enquiry and self-reform.
—DRSAADULLAHKHAN
I enjoy not just teach-
ing but educating
young minds of the
future. I get to listen
to brilliant ideas all the
time. Due to online
teaching, the shy/
introvert students have
started answering
since no one sees them
and the barrier of being
laughed at has disap-
peared completely. But,
inefficiency has grown
as students have a lot
less activity now.
—SIBIAAUGUSTINE
My teacher who has
been and always
will be a source of
inspiration for me is
Happy Sir, we are still
in touch, I learnt from
him the art of rising
above your past mis-
takes. I imagine myself
changing my students’
lives just as he has
changed mine, become
a source of motivation
for them, especially
during such unexpect-
ed time. —TAMALIKA
CHAKRABORTY
I am probably new to
teaching than most
of my companions, I
never realized that I
always had it in me. It
gives me a chance to
be innovative at each
step. Every day is full
of surprises. When I
am in a room full of
dynamic students, I
hear these amazing
ideas and I am always
keen about learning
new things from my
students.
—SUNITACHOUDHARY
Teaching is my voca-
tion. I feel God has
chosen and called me
to spread his light of
love and knowledge. I
find joy in helping the
students realise their
uniqueness. Being
a teacher is being a
mother, mentor, guide
and friend to my
students. Post-Covid
teaching has been
quite challenging but
also a learning experi-
ence.
—SRVINITA,MSA
This is probably a grim
situation, first of all,
there’s no Teacher’s
Day without students.
All of us have suffered
mentally, psycho-
logically and physically,
because of Covid but
we have also coped up
with online teaching.
I definitely miss those
days when Teacher’s
Day was about spend-
ing time with students
and so much more than
just speaking virtually.
—SANDRA LEE
Oh how I miss being
surrounded by my
students today. Me
and my wife who is
also in the same field
very often discuss and
miss the environment
of a classroom when
sometimes the students
would argue with us and
sometimes agree. We
feel like magicians who
take over the stage and
begin our show. It’s not
always the best show,
but, it’s worth it!
—DRPANKAJSHARMA
Teaching has been more
than kind to me, it has
been an absolute boon. I
get to interpret the Arts,
engage with sharp, in-
quisitive minds. When we
teach Media studies and
literature. Both my stu-
dents and I, consciously
and often subconsciously,
interpret the Arts in the
context of history, culture,
society and theory. This
shift in perspective, when
you move from mere
entertainment to analysis,
is life altering.
—DRRITUSEN
Teaching is electrify-
ing. The class is such a
charged up place. Though
I have prepared for my
lectures always in spite of
having taught for two dec-
ades I feel nervous walk-
ing into every class every
day. However, once in the
classroom the students
have taken me places.
Their questions and their
interpretation has always
added to my perspective.
I live vicariously through
my students.
—DRSHREYACHATTERJI
Online teaching has been hard and I
miss my students especially on the
occasion, but I always encourage
my students to utilize this time as
much as they can. Use this time to
interrogate themselves as they have
received an ample opportunity to
introspect and grow.
—NEHAPAREEK
remember back in standard
fourth, I was asked to read out
a passage in front of the
school assembly
, shy and tim-
id as I was and a part of me
still is. Well, I froze in front of
everyone, couldn’t utter a
word, even though I prepared myself,
got every punctuation right, remem-
bered each word, but, I had failed,
terribly in fact. From that moment
onwards, I became a backbencher,
avoided as many students as I could.
Shobha Gupta, a teacher back then,
saw this change in my behaviour, she
knew she couldn’t touch my nerves
because that would remind me what
happened during the assembly
. But,
slowly and steadily she found out
ways to lift my spirits, making every-
one read a passage from books and
what was rather more important was
that she believed in me. She isn’t the
only teacher who has taught me great
lessons about failing and well, about
life. And, today especially
, I am full
of gratitude for teachers who have
taken an extra step in changing some-
body’s life with their smallest of ac-
tions. A big shout to all the teachers/
professors out there! Happy Teach-
er’s Day! Let’s hear what they have
to share today on the occasion.
TODAY, CITY FIRST REMEMBERS THE MEN AND WOMEN WHOM WE AS INDIVIDUALS HAVE HATED, LOVED, ADMIRED AND MOST OF ALL
LEARNT SOMETHING FROM. TO OUR GUIDES WHO HAVE HELPED US BECOME THE BEST VERSION OF OURSELVES, HAPPY TEACHER’S DAY!
SUSHMITA AIND
sushmita.aind@firstindia.co.in
I
Dr Shreya with her students

T
he UP Press Club
in Lucknow on
Wednesday cele-
brated the crea-
tivity and paid an ode to
Covid warriors who
stood firm during the
lethal second wave of
coronavirus.
The event was a col-
laboration to celebrate
the budding writers and
poets in the presence of
experienced and profi-
cient writers. The chief
guest for the occasion
was IPS Qasim Abdi.
Among those who were
honoured were IP Singh
ACP Chowk, Sultan
ShahryarKhan,Pradeep
Shukla,LuckySurin,Ni-
sha Parvez, Arpan Gup-
ta,DrNikitaSinghGaur,
Mohd Mujeeb, Sheena
Kapoor, Azra Mubeen,
Rahul Gamasta, Wali
Hasan,NehaSingh,Adil
Mirza, Abhimanyu Ver-
ma, Danish Ali, Ankita
Awasthi, Abdul Saboor,
Ayush Mishra. The
event was a success due
to the efforts of Irshad
Rahi, president of, Rub-
aru Foundation, Deepti
Jaitley, Organiser, Rub-
aru Foundation, Azhar
Hussain, secretary
.
—CITY FIRST
HAPPY B’DAY!
CONGRATULATIONS!
The birthday of IAS Amit
Pal was on Saturday,
September 4. We wish
him all the best!
Brajesh Mishra was
felicitated with the Pt
Kamalapati Tripathi National
Journalism award on
Friday in a virtual ceremony
for his outstanding
contribution in the field of
mass media. Mishra has
dedicated the prize money
for the treatment of the
underprivileged.
CITY FIRST
aipur Foot
USA and Gra-
cious Givers
foundation
welcomed
Meenakashi
Lekhi, Minis-
ter of State for Exter-
nal Affairs and Cul-
ture at the Jan Aa-
shirwad Abhar event
organised in New York
City
. Randhir Jaiswal,
Consul General, New
York, was also present
at the event. Alok Ku-
mar, former FIA presi-
dent commenced the
programme with an
introduction. Prem
Bhandari, Jaipur Foot
USA Chairman and so-
cialactivist,spokeatthe
event. He spoke about
the difficulties the Indi-
andiasporafaceddueto
lockdown and travel re-
strictions that came
into place during COV-
ID and the excellent
support received from
MEA and secretaries
from Home, External
Affairs, and Civil Avia-
tion. He also briefed
aboutthepartnershipof
BMVSS, the parent or-
ganisation of Jaipur
Foot USA and MEA un-
der the ‘India for Hu-
manity’ banner to con-
duct prosthetics fit-
ment camps to help
differently-abled peo-
ple around the world
and reinforce India’s
soft power. He also
thanked Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi, the
guidingforceandbless-
ed this partnership.
The host countries re-
ceived these 13 camps
very well and BMVSS
helped over 6000 differ-
ently-abled people. The
Government of India
providedfundingforall
these 13 camps and the
Ministry of External
Affairs offices coordi-
nated and facilitated
these prosthetics fit-
ment camps. Prem
Bhandari also extend-
ed his heartfelt thanks
to Harsh Vardhan
Shringla, Foreign Sec-
retary of India for ex-
tending the partner-
ship to organise anoth-
er 12 prosthetic fitment
camps on a historical
day
, august 5, 2020. Un-
der this partnership,
BMVSS already con-
ducted the first pros-
thetics fitment camp
last December in Ugan-
da. Bhandari reiterat-
ed the words of Padma
Bhushan, DR Mehta,
Founder Chief Pa-
tron of BMVSS, about
the bravery of our leg-
warriors,whoconduct-
ed this Uganda camp in
the middle of the COV-
ID pandemic.
Bhandari also men-
tioned that he was re-
lated to 6 million-plus
OCI cardholders who
suffered tremendously
since 2019 due to cum-
bersome renewal regu-
lations and adminis-
trative issues when
one is travelling with
OCI. These regulations
are eased, made simple
and frequent OCI re-
newal is not required.
Meenakshi Lekhi,
Minister of State for
External Affairs and
Culture also spoke on
the occasion. She high-
lighted that the Indian
diaspora acts as good-
will ambassadors for
the country, and their
achievements in the
professional, business
and education fields
add value to the coun-
try’s goodwill. She also
appreciated the contri-
butions of the power-
ful Indian community
in helping the country
whenever in need. She
also highlighted the
COVID pandemic im-
pacts in India and the
capacity to deal with
such grave situations
and coming together to
dealing with these. The
contributions of the
Indian community, in-
cluding doctors
nurses, oxygen help
during COVID was
commendable.
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CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
THE WAIT IS OVER...
THE WAIT IS OVER...
DELHI AUDITIONS OF ALL INDIA
BEAUTY PAGEANT, FIRST MISS
TEEN INDIA’21 (AGE CATEGORY:
13 TO 17YEARS) AND FIRST MISS
INDIA’21 (AGE CATEGORY: 18 TO
23YEARS) AN INITIATIVE BY
FIRST INDIA WILL BE HELD TODAY
AT HOTEL HILTON, NEW DELHI.
THE AUDITIONS SHALL BEGIN AT
10 AM. AN EMINENT JURY TEAM
AND MODELS WILL BE THERE TO
ASSESS AND MENTOR.
A HELPING HAND
J
RamLeelaGrandeuratAyodhya
JASHN -E- RUBARU
T
he lights and
lamps and the
grand celebra-
tion of Lord Ram
in the beautiful city of
Ayodhya is a traditional
affair. This year, the fes-
tivity is all set to level
up with the imperial
Ramlila being exhibited
for the audience in
many countries around
the world.
On September 4, a
press conference was
held at Hotel Taj Mahal
in the state capital to
give details of the grand
celebrationthatwilltake
place in October 2021.
Theeventcommenced
with special guest Civil
JudgeSeniorDivisionDr
Sunil Kumar Singh wel-
comed by the committee
president of Ramlila of
Ayodhya by giving a me-
mento.
The Chief Guest for
the event was Brajesh
Pathak, Law Minister,
Uttar Pradesh. He spoke
at the conference and
said, “Last year Ramlila
of Ayodhya was seen by
more than 16 crore devo-
tees of Shri Ram. This
time we hope that Ram-
lila of Ayodhya will
break all the records.”
He added, “Ramlila
of Ayodhya will be
shown in many coun-
tries around the world,
such as the USA, Swit-
zerland, Nepal, China,
Japan, Bangladesh,
France, England etc. It
will be our endeavour
that more devotees of
Lord Shri Ram can
watch live broadcasts
of Ramlila sitting in
their homes that go be-
yond the borders of
countries.”
The Lila is all set to
commence on 6 October
to 15 October 2021 from
7om to 10 pm on the
banks of the Saryu Riv-
er. The Ramlila this
year will be the biggest
of its kind with Doord-
arshan as the official
broadcaster for live
streaming.
Ram Leela of Ayodhya will be shown in many countries
Ram Leela of Ayodhya will be shown in many countries
around the world and we will endeavour to help more
around the world and we will endeavour to help more
devotees of Lord Shri Ram to watch live broadcasts of
devotees of Lord Shri Ram to watch live broadcasts of
Ramlila sitting in their homes: Brajesh Pathak
Ramlila sitting in their homes: Brajesh Pathak
MONICA
PRABHAKAR
—PHOTOS
BY
ASHOK
DUTTA
TEACHER’S DAY SPECIAL!
Gyan International
School felicitated the
teachers, a day prior
to Teacher's Day.
Principal Pooja Chabra,
Abhishek Agnihotri,
Devendra Singh Chabra
among other dignitaries
were present on the
occasion.
(L-R) Capt Raj Mathur, Shubham Malik, Rakesh Bedi,
Brajesh Pathak, Shahbaz Khan and Rahul Gujjar
Capt Raj Mathur, Shahbaz Khan and Rahul Gujjar
presenting a momento to law minister Brajesh Pathak
Shahbaz Khan Rakesh Bedi
—PHOTOS BY ASHOK DUTTA
Prem Bhandari presenting Jaipur Foot USA Souvenir to MOS Meenakshi Lekhi and
Randhir Jaiswal, Counsul General of India NY
(L-R): KK Mehta, Chandra Mehta, Meenakshi Lekhi and Randhir Jaiswal
L-R Deepti Jaitley presenting garland to Prof Sabra Habib
and Prof Habib presenting Dr Nikita with a
Covid warrior award
Manya Pathak
Riya Sain, Brand Ambassador First Miss India Teen 2021
Kriti Garg, Brand Ambassador First Miss India 2021
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