05102021 first india lucknow

Yogi govt checkmates Opposition
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In a series of deft
moves that caught the oppo-
sition by surprise and
thwarted their design to ex-
ploit the violence in Lakh-
impur to their advantage,
the Yogi Adityanath govern-
ment on Monday put up a
stellar show in Statecraft.
While a team of senior of-
ficers including ACS Devesh
Chaturvedi and ADG (law
and order) Prashant Kumar
worked out a solution to the
crisis in Lakhimpur, in Luc-
know tight security ar-
rangements and police vigil
frustrated the efforts of
leaders of opposition par-
ties who were trying to go to
Lakhimpur.
There was a sense in the
government that assembly
of large number of politi-
cians would worsen the
problem as the issue had al-
ready snowballed into a ma-
jor political controversy.
CM Yogi closely monitored
the situation along with
senior cabinet colleagues.
The government was also in
a tearing hurry to find an
amicable solution in view
of the visit of Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi to Luc-
know the next day.
In an early morning
crackdown, the police bar-
ricaded the residence of
party chief Akhilesh Yadav
and stopped him from leav-
ing for Khiri. Later, Yadav
was taken into custody and
freed in the evening.
But AICC general secre-
tary Priyanka Gandhi, who
arrived here late Sunday
night from Delhi, gave slip
to the police and succeeded
in reaching Sitapur, where
she was intercepted by the
police and taken into custo-
dy late Sunday night. The
government also did not al-
low Chattisgarh Chief Min-
ister Bhupesh Baghel and
Punjab Deputy Chief Minis-
ter Sukhjinder Singh Rand-
hawa to land at Lucknow
airport. ACS (Home) Awan-
ish Awasthi wrote to the air-
port authority to not allow
the landing.
Similarly, BSP general
secretary SC Mishra was
also stopped from coming
out of his residence. Rash-
triya Lok Dal president Jay-
ant Chaudhury was arrested
on way to Lakhimpur.
CM Yogi Adityanath
LAKHIMPUR KHERI
WILL PEACE
PREVAIL?
Farmers and government reach
agreement as opposition parties ‘fan fire’
New Delhi: In signs of
truce between the Uttar
Pradesh government
and farmers over the
Lakhimpur Kheri vio-
lence that left eight peo-
ple, including four
farmers, dead on Sun-
day, the state police an-
nounced an ex gratia of
Rs 45 lakh for the kin of
each of the deceased, a
Govt job and Rs 10 lakh
each for the injured.
Appearing in a joint
press conference with
BKU’s Rakesh Tikait on
Monday, UP Additional
DG, Law and Order,
Prashant Kumar, an-
nounced that the state
government after talks
with farmer represent-
atives had decided to
agree to their demands.
“FIRs under relevant
sections will be lodged
as demanded by the
farmers. The incident
will be probed by a re-
tired high court judge
andperpetratorscaught
within eight days,” said
Kumar. The state gov-
ernment may just have
averted a major crisis
in the area.
AICC general secre-
tary Priyanka Vadra
was detained at Sitapur
guesthouse near the
epicentre of violence,
Chhattisgarh CM Bhu-
pesh Baghel and Punjab
CM Charanjit Channi
were not allowed to
land in Lucknow, SP
chief Akhilesh Yadav
wasn’t allowed to move
out of his Lucknow
home, while BSP and
TMC leaders have also
been stopped.
CM Yogi, meanwhile,
has appealed to people
to await the results of
the investigation.
PRIYANKA ON
‘HUNGER STRIKE’
AFTER DETENTION
PUNJAB DY CM RANDHAWA & LEADER
NAGRA DETAINED WITH OTHERS
Sitapur: Congress general secre-
tary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra sat on
a hunger strike on Monday after
being detained in Uttar Pradesh’’s
Sitapur district while she was
en route to Lakhimpur Kheri. As
Vadra began her dharna in a PAC
guest house in the district, Con-
gress leaders protested outside
and raised slogans against the
BJP-led state government over
her “arrest”. A video showed Pri-
yanka Gandhi sweeping a room in
the guest house.
New Delhi: Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab Sukhjinder Randhawa
and Congress leader Kuljit Nagra were detained by UP Police in
Saharanpur along with other party leaders. The Congress leaders
were on their way to Lakhimpur Kheri to meet families of farmers
who lost their lives in violence. Flights of Chhattisgarh Chief Minis-
ter and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder S Randhawa were
denied permission to land in Lucknow on Monday morning.
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BJP names its candidates for
3 assembly constituencies
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) has
nameditscandidatesfor
by-elections to three as-
sembly constituencies
in Assam. The BJP has
pitted Phanidhar Taluk-
dar from Bhabanipur,
Rupjyoti Kumi from
Mariani and Sushanta
BorgohainfromThowra
Assembly constituen-
cies. Polling in these
constituencies will take
place on October 30 and
the counting of votes
will take place on No-
vember 2. BJP, which is
rulingAssam,islooking
to ensure victory on all
three seats to further ce-
ment its presence
among people as the
‘seven sister’ states
wouldbwitnessingpolls
in the months to come.
Thousands of users on Monday reported
that they were unable to access the
services WhatsApp, Instagram and Face-
book. Social media users took to Twitter
to report that they were unable to access
the services of the aforementioned sites.
Downdetector.com, a website that tracks
issues related to traffic on major websites,
also saw a spike in number of reports
which confirmed that a large number of
people are unable to access WhatsApp,
Facebook and Instagram. P5
PANDORA’S BOX!
HOW POWERFUL
SHIELD ASSETS
Washington: A new re-
port sheds light on how
world leaders, powerful
politicians, billionaires
and others have used
offshore accounts to
shield assets collective-
ly worth trillions of dol-
lars over the past quar-
ter-century
.
The report by the In-
ternational Consortium
of Investigative Jour-
nalists involved 600
journalists from 150 me-
dia outlets in 117 coun-
tries. It’s being dubbed
the Pandora Papers be-
cause the findings shed
light on the previously
hidden dealings of the
elite and the corrupt.
Hundredsof politicians,
celebrities, religious
leadersanddrugdealers
have been hiding their
investments in man-
sions, exclusive beach-
front property, yachts
and other assets, accord-
ing to a review of nearly
12 million files obtained
from 14 firms located
around the world.
The more than 330
current and former pol-
iticians identified as
beneficiaries of the se-
cret accounts include
Jordan’s King Abdullah
II, former UK Prime
Minister Tony Blair,
Czech Republic Prime
Minister Andrej Babis,
Kenyan President Uhu-
ru Kenyatta, Ecuador’s
President Guillermo
Lasso, and associates of
both Pakistani Prime
Minister Imran Khan
and Russian President
Vladimir Putin. —AP
This is a very sad and
unfortunate incident. I
have no words to condemn
this incident. They (BJP
govt) don’t believe in
democracy, they only
want autocracy. Is this
‘Ram rajya’? No, this is
‘killing rajya’
Mamata Banerjee,
West Bengal CM
Yogi is becoming the
dictator of UP. It’s illegal
detention we condemn
it. She (Priyanka Gandhi)
must be released. Those
who’ve arrested her should
be held a probe should be
initiated. We’ll not tolerate
such misbehaviour,
Mallikarjun Kharge,
Congress leader
We demand that for
a free-fair
investigation, a High
court or Supreme
court sitting judge
should monitor the
inquiry of this
incident
(Lakhimpur)
Asaduddin Owaisi,
AIMIM chief
NIIRA RADIA SET UP A DOZEN FIRMS
Mumbai:The Pandora Papers show
that corporate lobbyist Niira (Nira)
Radia is a “do not contact client” of
corporate service provider firm Trident
Trust Company BVI, who has been
conducting her offshore transactions
through London-based Sanjay Newatia,
a former Credit Suisse banker.
KEY MEMBERS OF PAK PM’S INNER
CIRCLE NAMED IN PAPER LEAKS
Islamabad: Over 700 Pakistanis, in-
cluding some ministers and key mem-
bers of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s
inner circle, were listed among the
individuals whose names were linked
with the Pandora Papers. Some retired
army officials, businessmen have also
been named in the leaks.
NIRAV’S SISTER FOUNDED OFFSHORE
FIRM TO ACT AS TRUST PROTECTOR
Mumbai: A month before fugitive dia-
mond jeweller Nirav Modi fled India in
January 2018, his sister Purvi Modi set
up a firm in the British Virgin Islands
to act as a corporate protector of a
trust formed through the Trident Trust
Company, Singapore.
SACHIN TENDULKAR, WIFE, HAD BVI
COMPANY, WOUND UP AFTER PANAMA
New Delhi: Indian cricket superstar
Sachin Tendulkar, along with members
of his family, figures in the Pandora Pa-
pers as Beneficial Owners of an offshore
entity in the British Virgin Islands (BVI)
which was liquidated in 2016. Sachin,
features with wife Anjali Tendulkar and
father-in-law Anand Mehta.
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Mumbai: A local court on Monday extended the NCB custody of Aryan Khan, son of
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, and two others till October 7 in connection
with the seizure of banned drugs onboard a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast. The
trio was produced before the court after the end of their one-day custody given to
the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Sunday.
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MOS MISHRA’S
VIDEO SURFACES
‘UNFAIR AND
CRUEL’: VARUN
Lucknow: A purported video
of Union Minister of State for
Home Ajay Kumar Mishra in
which he is heard warning
agitating farmers that he would
discipline them in “two min-
utes” appears to have angered
farmers even before Sunday’s
violent clashes in Lakhimpur
Kheri. “Face me, it will take
just two minutes to discipline
you fellows,” BJP MP from
Kheri is heard allegedly saying.
New Delhi: On a day when
a BJP spokesperson linked
the violence in Lakhimpur
Kheri to “Khalistanis”, party
MP Varun Gandhi cautioned
that using “pejorative and
demeaning” language against
the “struggling farmers”
is “unfair and cruel” and
that it could lead to “further
reaction among the people
who at the moment are very
peaceful.”
ASSAM BY-POLL

UTTAR PRADESH
LUCKNOW | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2021
02
Officers reach truce with farmers
`45L,govtjobtokinofkilled,`10Ltoinjured;retiredHCjudgetoprobeviolence
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh government
on Monday announced
that a retired High
Court judge will probe
the Lakhimpur Kheri
violence and that the
families of the four
farmers killed in the
incident will be given
Rs 45 lakh compensa-
tion by the govern-
ment.
The Uttar Pradesh gov-
ernment will also give
Rs 10 lakh to those in-
jured in the violence,
said Additional Chief
Secretary, Home, Awan-
ish Kumar Awasthi.
“An agreement has
been reached with the
farmers. The govern-
ment will give Rs 45
lakh to the family mem-
bers of the four farm-
ers who were killed in
the violence on Sunday.
Besides, one member
from their families will
be given a government
job at the local level,”
he said.
Additional Director
General (Law and Or-
der) of Uttar Pradesh
Police Prashant Ku-
mar, who is in Lakhim-
pur Kheri, announced
the state government’s
decision regarding the
probe and compensa-
tion in the presence of
Bharatiya Kisan Un-
ion (BKU) leader Rake-
sh Tikait.
“The officials will be
in touch with a com-
mittee of farmers to ad-
dress other issues, if
any,” Kumar said.
The entire incident
will be thoroughly
probed and stringent
action will be taken
against those found
guilty, he said.
“Now, the post-mor-
tem examination of the
bodies will be conduct-
ed after the ‘panchna-
ma’ as per the due legal
process ahead of their
last rites,” he said.
Additional Chief Sec-
retary Devesh Chatur-
vedi said, “The incident
was unfortunate and a
thorough probe will be
conducted.”
The Samyukta Kisan
Morcha (SKM), an um-
brella body of farm un-
ions, has written to
President Ram Nath
Kovind, demanding
that MoS, Home, Ajay
Mishra be sacked and a
murder case filed
against his son with re-
gards to the incident.
Sunday’s violence
was the bloodiest yet in
the prolonged farmers’
protest against the Cen-
tre’s new agri laws that
began last year.
Angry farmers also
set on fire two SUVs
during the clash near
Banbirpur on Sunday.
—PTI.
Family members of the farmers mourn their loss at Tikonia village of Lakhimpur Kheri district of
Uttar Pradesh on Monday. Photo by Sumit Kumar.
FIRS LODGED AGAINST
UNION MINISTER’S SON
Lucknow: Two FIRs
have been registered
in connection with
Sunday’s violence.
Ashish Mishra, the
son of Union Minis-
ter of State for Home
Ajay Mishra has also
been booked.
Sources in Lakhim-
pur Kheri said the
FIR against Ashish
Mishra and a few oth-
ers was registered by
a man called Jagjit
Singh, probably a
farmer. During a
press conference,
some farmers alleged
that Ashish Mishra
also opened fire on
farmers. Ajay Mishra
has said his son was
not present at the spot
as alleged.
“FIR has been lodged
against several per-
sons, including Min-
ister of State for
Home, Ajay Mishra’s
son Ashish Mishra,”
ACS, Home, Awanish
Awasthi said. PTI
RSS leader
condemns the
violent incident
First India Bureau
Jammu: RSS leader In-
dresh Kumar on Mon-
day condemned the vio-
lence in Lakhimpur
Kheri in Uttar Pradesh
that left eight people
dead and appealed to
people to maintain
peace.
Talking to reporters
here, the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS) leader said, “A
probe should be con-
ducted (into Lakhim-
pur Kheri violence)
and culprits punished.
We appeal to the people
of the country not to
take any agitation to-
wards violent end as
dialogue holds the key
so that the develop-
ment continues and we
have a safe and strong
country.” —PTI
Lucknow: As tempers
ran high and the oppo-
sition trained its guns
on the BJP-led state
government, Congress
general secretary Pri-
yanka Gandhi Vadra,
SP president Akhilesh
Yadav, BSP’s SC
Mishra, AAP’s Sanjay
Singh and Chhattis-
garh Chief Minister
Bhupesh Baghel were
among those prevented
by police from going to
the site of Sunday’s vi-
olence, about 80 km
from the district head-
quarters of Lakhimpur
Kheeri.Sources in
Lakhimpur said no-
body, including jour-
nalists, is allowed to
visit Tikonia where the
violence took place. Po-
licemen were deployed
at all entry points of
the district.
Priyanka Gandhi
had arrived in Luc-
know on Sunday but
was detained in Sita-
pur at around 5am.
“The BJP government
is doing the politics of
crushing the farmers
and finishing them,”
she said on Twitter.
Saying that farmers
will win this fight for
justice, former Con-
gress president Rahul
Gandhi added in a
tweet in Hindi, “Pri-
yanka, I know that you
will not retreat. They
fear your courage. We
will ensure that the
country’s ‘annadatas’
win this non-violent
fight for justice.”
Priyanka Gandhi put
out a video message al-
leging that this country
belongs to the farmers
and not to the BJP. She
said she was going to
Lakhimpur to share
the pain of the farmers
injured in the violent
clashes.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Union Min-
ister of State for Micro,
Small and Medium En-
terprises Bhanu Pratap
Singh and Minister of
State for Khadi and Vil-
lage Industries of Ut-
tar Pradesh Chaud-
hary Udaybhan Singh
inaugurated a 15-day
state level Village In-
dustries exhibition or-
ganized by Khadi and
Village Industries
Commission at Bal
Sangrahalaya Lawn,
Bal Vidya Mandir,
Charbagh on Monday.
On this occasion, the
Union Minister of
State said youth, handi-
crafts, NGOs and gov-
ernment organizations
would get encourage-
ment by organizing
this exhibition. With
this effort of Khadi and
Village Industries
Commission, addition-
al employment oppor-
tunities will be created
for the workers in rural
areas and their income
will also increase. He
said that during the
last seven years, under
the leadership of Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi, abundant finan-
cial assistance has
been provided to Khadi
institutions.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh government is
working on a war foot-
ing to expand the ca-
pacity of sugar mills.
In this regard, the sug-
arcane department has
begun the expansion of
13 sugar mills.
Once completed, it is
likely to benefit over 5
lakh sugarcane farm-
ers in Uttar Pradesh.
Along with this, the
cane crushing capacity
of the mills will also
increase. The depart-
ment has also consti-
tuted a committee for
on-site monitoring of
expansion of these sug-
ar mills.
Aiming to benefit the
sugarcane growers, as
many as 120 sugar mills
are set to be operated in
the current crushing
season. As a result of
the sustained efforts of
the state government
in improving the condi-
tions of existing sugar
industry, the area un-
der sugarcane produc-
tion in Uttar Pradesh
has increased by about
27.75 lakh hectares.
The work of expand-
ing crushing operation
of 13 sugar mills in-
cluding Munderwa
sugar mill has been ini-
tiated to increase
state’s sugarcane
crushing capacity.
Indresh Kumar.
Ashish Mishra
MoS (MSME) Bhanu Pratap Singh and MoS for Khadi and Village
Industries Uday Bhan Singh inaugurate the 15 day fair on Monday
at Bal Sangrahalaya Lawns in Charbagh.
—FILE PHOTO
Oppn party leaders
stopped by cops
from visiting site
Union minister inaugurates
Khadi exhibition at C’bagh
Capacity expansion of
13 sugar mills soon
ACS HOME
WRITES TO AAI
Lucknow: “After the
incident in Lakhimpur,
the district magistrate
has imposed prohibi-
tory orders there to
maintain law and
order. It is requested
that you should not al-
low Chhattisgarh Chief
Minister and Punjab
deputy Chief Minister
at the CCS Airport
in Lucknow,” Addi-
tional Chief Secretary,
Home, Awanish Kumar
Awasthi said in a letter
dated October 3 to the
Airport Authority of
India, after the unfor-
tunate incident took
place in Lakhimpur
Kheri district.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In one of
the biggest gatherings
of vocational educa-
tion candidates and es-
tablishments, the Uttar
Pradesh government
organized the first
Statewide Apprentice-
ship Mela to give em-
ployment to youth
which was attended by
more than 82,000 skilled
workers on Monday.
Around 4500 con-
tracts were signed be-
tween the establish-
ments and the skilled
candidates under the
National Apprentice-
ship Promotion
Scheme (NAPS) and
Chief Ministers Ap-
prenticeship Promo-
tion Scheme to provide
employment to youth
from the state.
The fair was organ-
ized at the Nodal ITIs
of all 75 districts across
Uttar Pradesh. The
minister of state for
Vocational Education
Kapil Dev Agarwal in-
augurated the Appren-
ticeship Mela at the
Government Nodal ITI
at Muzzafarnagar.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, he said that the
state government is
committed towards
providing employment
to youth. Such fairs are
really helpful in getting
the youth closer to this
goal. In District Gau-
tam Buddh Nagar, Di-
rector General of Di-
rectorate General of
Training (Govt of In-
dia) Ms Neelam Shami
Rao inaugurated the
mela at Nodal ITI Noi-
da.
The mela was organ-
ized across all Govern-
ment Nodal ITIs in 75
districts across Uttar
Pradesh. More than
80,000 skilled candi-
dates from various gov-
ernment programs at-
tended the Mela. These
included graduates
from various trades of
ITI, certified candi-
dates from UP Skill de-
velopment mission,
PMKVY and DDUKVY.
Over 4700 establish-
ments participated in
the fair and selected
candidates for appren-
ticeship program in
their companies. Over
4500 contracts for ap-
prenticeship were
signed over there.
82000 workers attend Apprenticeship Mela, 4,500 contracts signed
BOOSTING EMPLOYMENT

The fair was
organized
across all
Government
Nodal ITIs in 75
districts across
Uttar Pradesh
and witnessed
widespread
participation
from institutions
ORGANISERS
Participants of the Apprenticeship Mela pose for a click. —FILE PHOTO
First India Bureau
Lucknow: As a festival
gift to MNREGA work-
ers in the state before
Dussehra and Diwali,
CM Yogi on Monday
announced to increase
their honorarium from
this month. He also an-
nounced a Human Re-
source policy for MGN-
REGA workers on the
lines of Uttar Pradesh
State Rural Livelihood
Mission within a
month.
Under this HR policy,
the MNREGA workers
will be entitled to 24
days casual leave and
12 days medical leave,
said the CM while ad-
dressing the Mahatma
Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guaran-
tee Conference in the
state capital on Mon-
day. Apart from adding
many other works of
Rural Development De-
partment in the job
chart of MNREGA
workers, the UP CM
said the consent of the
Deputy Commissioner
MNREGA would be
necessary before ter-
mination of the servic-
es of the Rozgar Se-
waks.
MNREGA workers in UP to
get increased honorarium
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
said that Uttar Pradesh had an
infamous image when it came to indi-
vidual security and the security of in-
vestments. But in these four and half
years, we have changed the world’s
perception about the state. Now
every investor wants to invest in Uttar
Pradesh.The state now stands at the
second position when it comes to
ease of doing business.
every investor wants to invest in Uttar
Pradesh.The state now stands at the
Yogi Speaks
Yogi Speaks
102 STALLS
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh
Baghel speaks to reporters in
New Delhi.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addresses an event in Lucknow.
—FILE
PHOTO

UTTAR PRADESH
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TWO PERSONS ARRESTED FOR MURDER
OF THREE-MEMBER FAMILY IN KANPUR
FIVE OF FAMILY KILLED IN MISHAP WHILE
RETURNING FROM AIRPORT
THOUSANDS OF SIBERIAN BIRDS FLOCK
TO PRYAGRAJ AS WINTER LURKS AROUND
Prayagraj: Even though winter is yet to arrive in the
country, thousands of Siberian birds have flocked
to Sangam and nearby wetlands in Uttar Pradesh’s
Prayagraj. The migra-
tory birds are a major
attraction for tourists
at Sangam, which is
also known as the king
of pilgrimages. The
arrival of these an-
nual visitors at various
water bodies heralds the onset of winter. Various
species of birds fly from Siberia to wetlands in
India during the winter season when the tempera-
tures fall in their home grounds.
CRUCIAL READ
Kanpur: The police have arrested two accused from
New Delhi for murder of a couple and their 12-year-
old son in Fazalganj area here. Police said Prem
Kishor, his wife Lalita
and their son Naitik
were murdered at their
residence in Fazalganj on
Saturday morning. Dur-
ing investigation it was
revealed that two friends
of Prem Kishor mur-
dered the family. Gaurav and Himanshu who worked
together with Prem Kishor asked for a night stay in
his house late on Friday night. They killed Prem, his
wife and son and looted valuables from there.
Meerut: Five members of a family lost their lives when
their SUV rammed a stationary truck near Partapur toll
plaza on Delhi-Meerut Expressway. Police said Zaheer
Khan of Mirdgaan colony
in Bijnor was going to
Dubai for business and
his family came to drop
him at airport. While
returning driver Tazim
lost control and rammed
the SUV into a stationary
truck. Almas, daughter of
Zaheer, her husband Gulshan, younger daughter Falisa,
mother-in-law Naseema Khatoon were killed.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: PrimeMinis-
ter Narendra Modi will
inaugurate and lay the
foundation stones of 75
urban projects worth Rs
4,737 cr during his Tues-
day visit to Lucknow for
inauguration of the
three-day Urban Con-
clave on New Urban In-
dia: Transforming Ur-
ban Landscape.
The number of pro-
jects – 75 – has been cho-
sen in sync with the cur-
rent ‘
Azadi ka Amrit
Mahotsav’ being cele-
brated by the govern-
ment on the 75th year of
Independence.
“On the occasion, 75
best housing techniques
and technologies would
also be showcased,” Ur-
ban Development Minis-
ter Ashutosh Tandon
‘Gopal’ said.
Urban development
ministers from across
thecountryareexpected
at event, wherein the
best practices in urban
development would be
showcased.
“PM Modi will virtu-
ally hand over digital
keys to 75,000 beneficiar-
ies of the Pradhan Man-
tri Awas Yojana in 75
districts and will also
interact with five benefi-
ciaries,” said Tandon.
The PM has been reg-
ularly interacting with
the beneficiaries of gov-
ernmentschemesandin
the run up to the 2022 UP
polls, the BJP govern-
menthasalsoprepareda
booklet showcasing the
achievements of the
Modi government at the
Centre and the Yogi gov-
ernment in UP
.
PM Modi would also
flag off 75 electric buses
for smart cities of UP
andreleaseacoffeetable
book of 75 successful
projects of 10 smart cit-
ies. Tandon said the PM
wouldbeinLucknowfor
two hours. “After land-
ing here, the PM would
take a chopper to La
Martiniere and from
there he would be driven
straight to the venue of
the Urban Conclave. Af-
ter attending the event,
the PM would leave for
Delhi,” Tandon said.
PMinLkotoday: Tolaunch
75 projects worth `4k-cr
CM Yogi Adityanath on Monday visited President of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Mahant
Nritya Gopal Das, under treatment at a city hospital, where doctors said his condition was stable.
DEFENCEMINRAJNATHSINGHGREETEDONARRIVAL
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Defence
Minister Rajnath Sin-
gh upon his arrival at
Lucknow was wel-
comed by Minister
Brijesh Pathak, Ma-
hendra Singh, Swati
Singh, Metropolitan
President Mukesh
Sharma, Mayor Sany-
ukta Bhatia, MLA
Neeraj Bora, Avinash
Trivedi, Chairman of
Technical Education
UP Vidyasagar Gupta,
ex-Metropolitan Presi-
dent Manohar Singh,
District President Shri
Krishna Lodhi, Metro-
politan General Secre-
tary Trilok Singh
Adhikari, Pushkar
Shukla, Sunil Yadav,
State Working Com-
mittee members OP
Shrivastava, Rakesh
Shrivastava, Kausha-
lendra Singh. Media
in-charge Praveen
Garg said after meet-
ing everyone at the air-
port, Singh left for his
Dilkusharesidence.He
said the minister will
be at the inauguration
of the convention.
UP vax record with 11 crore jabs
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh on Monday
achieved a major land-
mark in vaccination
with administering
over 11 crore doses so
far. The state has ad-
ministered over one
crore vaccine doses in
less than ten days.
On September 27, UP
also became the first
and only state to admin-
ister over 38 lakh doses,
making it the highest
ever single-day vaccine
coverage by any state.
The most populous
state has also achieved
the milestone of admin-
istering the first dose of
the Covid-19 vaccine to
over 60 per cent of the
eligible adult popula-
tion. Over 8,82,91,495
peoplehavereceivedthe
first dose of the vaccine
so far.
Despite challenges in
terms of a large popula-
tion and sizable rural
population, UP has pro-
activelyworkedtowards
its endeavour of provid-
ing free vaccination to
all eligible beneficiar-
ies, to which the rising
monthly vaccination
coverage of the state is
testimony
.
Discussions on new and
emerging technology in
urban areas would be
held through seminars
and webinars across
four sessions. There
will be discussions, like
latest and emerging
technologies and building
techniques, challenges
in building houses for
mid-income group and in-
creasing urban landscape
of the state.
DISCUSSIONS ON
NEW TECHNOLOGY
LU extends
dates for BEd
choice-filling
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Due to
interruption of in-
ternet service in
somedistricts,can-
didates have not
beenabletodeposit
their seat confir-
mation (Balance
Fees) fee or com-
plete ‘Choice-fill-
ing’. The registra-
tion for such candi-
dates of first and
second rounds of
the third round of
counselling (state
rankfrom200001to
350000) and first
counselling of UP
Joint Entrance Ex-
amination B.Ed.
2021-23forcomplet-
ing ‘choice-filling’
process is being
extended up to Oc-
tober 6, 2021.
For candidates
who have been al-
lotted seats in first
and second rounds
and have not been
able to deposit
their seat confir-
mationfee,thedate
of submission of
seat confirmation
fee has been ex-
tended till October
8, 2021.
SOUND AND FURY
(Clockwise from top) SP workers protest after Akhilesh Yadav was stopped. A police jeep parked in front of Gautam Palli police
station near Akhilesh’s dharna site was set afire allegedly by SP workers. RAF team posted in the area. Police Commissioner
DK Thakur was also present outside the house of former CM Akhilesh Yadav. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav along with
Ram Gopal Yadav and other leaders detained by police at Akhilesh’s residence in Lucknow on Monday.
—FILE
PHOTO
As per official estimates based on census and electoral
data, around 15 crore people in UP are to be vacci-
nated. Of these, over 8.82 crore have received at least
one dose which is about 60 per cent of the eligible
population. While over 2.21 crore people are fully
vaccinated in the State. More than 2,21,59,947 people
have received both the doses of the vaccine so far.
AT LEAST ONE SHOT TO 60% POPULATION
Lucknow Mayor Sanyukta Bhatia welcomes Rajnath Singh
—PHOTOS
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR

PERSPECTIVE
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Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
With @Annapurna4BJP ji, @
DrSubhasSarkar ji and officials of the
@EduMinOfIndia, brainstormed on
the path ahead for Tithi Bhojan and
Vidyanjali. By making them society-led
mass movements, we aim to achieve
better nutrition and better learning
outcomes for our students.
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Felicitated the DRDO Dare to Dream
2.0 award winners and the Young
Scientists a function in New Delhi
today. There is a great need for RD
in futuristic defence technologies. Our
aim is to equip our forces with latest
machinery to deal with any challenge.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
If we fail to look after
others when they need help,
who will look after us?
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
TOP TWEETS
EDUCATION MUST
COME FIRST
OVID-19 is pushing
the world to the
brink. The pandemic
has killed more than
4.7 million people,
caused global GDP to decline by
4.6% in 2020, and pushed 119-124
million more people into ex-
treme poverty
. Today
, nearly one
in three people globally do not
have enough food to eat, while
conflicts and climate-change-in-
duced natural disasters are forc-
ing families from their homes.
And the resulting school disrup-
tions are leaving crisis-affected
children ever-further behind.
When world leaders launched
Education Cannot Wait, the Unit-
ed Nations’ global fund for educa-
tioninemergenciesandprotract-
ed crises, at the 2016 World Hu-
manitarian Summit, 75 million
children and youth globally were
beingdeniedtheirrighttoanedu-
cation as a result of conflict, dis-
placement, and natural disaster.
Fast forward to the present.
As COVID-19 continues to rav-
age the world’s least-developed
countries, and with other crises
on the rise, the number of chil-
dren who are out of school has
increased to an estimated 128
million. This is a rough estimate
that will likely increase as the
world’s multiplying crises deep-
en, and it is already more than
the population of Japan, or the
populations of France and Italy
combined.
C
he Maharaja is all
set to fly Air In-
dia. For the flag-
bearer airline
founded by JRD
Tata in 1932 as Tata Airlines,
it will be a delayed but much
awaited development. For
Ratan Tata getting the Maha-
raja’s homecoming after dec-
ades will be a moment of
nostalgia. The reported suc-
cessful bid is expected to
bring buoyancy to the airline
sector.
Air India serves over 60
destinations across conti-
nents and is a member of
Star Alliance, a global avia-
tion alliance. The sell-off is
happening because the air-
line is heavily debt-ridden---
Rs 40,000 crore---with the clo-
sure of skies during the pan-
demic being a major contrib-
uting factor. The govern-
ment, it is said, intends to
pass on a debt of only Rs
23,000 crore to the Tata Sons.
There’s no dearth of money
with the Tatas or manage-
ment skill to revive the ailing
airline. If the Tata Sons’ bid
gets a final nod from the gov-
ernment, the Tatas will
merge AirAsia India and
Vistara businesses to bring
them under one entity
.
Air India has the third
largest market share in In-
dia’s aviation sector. Air Asia
India’s 7.1 percent and Vista-
ra’s 6.4 percent of market
share together will make Ta-
tas the second biggest group-
ing in the country’s aviation
sector after Indigo which en-
joys a market share of 55.5
percent. It will then act as a
major disruptor for Spicejet.
For Jet Airways it’s like tak-
ing a bird-hit at the runway
itself. The airline is putting
its nuts and bolts in place for
a possible take-off in 2022.
For flyers quality services
are assured.
MAHARAJA’S LIKELY
HOMECOMING
If the Tata Sons’ bid gets
a final nod from the
government, the Tatas
will merge AirAsia
India and Vistara
businesses to bring
them under one entity
T
he face of financial transac-
tions and access to financial
services has potentially been
revolutionized in early Sep-
tember 2021, when a new
technology infrastructure
Account Aggregator (“AA”)
was launched at a virtual
event wherein 8 largest banks
of India namely, State Bank
of India, ICICI Bank, Axis
Bank, IDFC First Bank, Ko-
tak Mahindra Bank, HDFC
Bank, IndusInd Bank and
Federal Bank came together
to join the network for a
smooth and centralized tran-
sition of financial data.
Account aggregators are a
subset of non-banking finan-
cial companies (“NBFCs”),
which function as technology
intermediaries between enti-
ties requiring financial data
of customers (financial infor-
mationusers“FIU”)andthose
holding that data (financial
informationproviders“FIP”).
SIMPLIFYING AA
The whole process has a
three-tier structure and the
license for AAs is issued by
the RBI. These will help in
facilitating financial data of
customers to FIPs and FIUs
which include banks, lenders
who do not delve into bank-
ing, insurance companies
and mutual funds, who seek
financial data and documents
from their customers. Infor-
mation scattered across all of
the financial institutions that
one deals with will be stored
via a centralized mechanism
and shared to an FIU if the
customer consents for the
same. Thus all the digital
footprints of the customer
will be compiled in one place
and facilitate the information
acquisition to lenders.
HOW IS AA
REVOLUTIONARY?

z IMPROVED FINANCIAL
UNDERSTANDING: The
most pertinent benefit of an
Account Aggregator ser-
vice is the ease with which
customers can analyze
financial information to make
well-informed decisions with
regards to their banking and
investment choices.

z LESS TURNAROUND TIME:
AAs essentially cuts down
the enormous amount of
time that customers have
to undertake in order to
avail of a financial service,
and thus the hassle to run
around and collect all the
financial documents before
availing of financial services
will be done away with. This
time saved could be rather
invested into analyzing the
services provided by various
competitors in the market!

z LESS PHYSICAL INTERAC-
TIONS: COVID-19 has been a
major roadblock on physical
restrictions and end-users
are afraid to visit banks and
other financial offices. This
can be potentially solved by
an AA that creates secured
digital access to personal
data. To cite an example,
data sharing through AA to
procure information collat-
eral can be used to access a
small formal loan by MSMEs
who generally ask for physi-
cal collateral.

z FRAUD REDUCTION: It
reduces the fraud associ-
ated with physical data by
introducing secure digital
signatures and end-to-end
encryption for data sharing.
Further, the services of third
parties cannot be used for
undertaking the business
of account aggregation.
Moreover, the consent of the
customer is at the core of
the AA ecosystem. Thus, if a
person decides to not share
the financial data, it will stay
with the finance provider.
According to Sahamati, a
collective AA ecosystem, an
AA is “data-blind” which es-
sentially means that all data
transferred is encrypted and
could only be accessed by
the FIU for which the data is
intended.

z SYNERGY BETWEEN UNI-
FIED PAYMENTS INTER-
FACE (“UPI”) AND AA: With
the onset of UPI, payments
have become increasingly
accessible and pervasive.
The AA system works on a
similar idea, the only differ-
ence being in the data which
is being exchanged. The
technology-driven payment
services application allowed
customers to exchange pay-
ments on several banking
accounts via a single appli-
cation by a virtual payments
address, with each having
a unique separate identity.
The AA entities will also fol-
low suit of the UPI payment
mechanism and will enable
a user to transfer numerous
financial data held by the
user in multiple accounts
(saving accounts, term de-
posits, mutual and pension
funds etc.) through a single
virtual address exclusive to
each user.
CONCLUDING
REMARKS
The ecosystem has the poten-
tial to serve as the holy grail
of financial services provid-
ers and customers alike, pro-
vided its execution is done
immaculately. AA mecha-
nism can achieve meteoric
success if all financial ser-
vices providers, as well as
government entities such as
Income Tax and GST and
other business entities, are
on the platform. It is not com-
pulsory for every financial
service provider to partake in
the AA ecosystem as of yet.
However, it is mandatory for
an entity that wants to be-
come an FIU and provide
more personalised services to
its customer base to become
a FIP as well that is, it should
be willing to share its cus-
tomer’s data (with customer
consent) with other FIUs.
ACCOUNT AGGREGATORS
REVOLUTIONIZING FORCE OF
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
T
A mechanism can achieve
meteoric success if all
financial services
providers, as well as
government entities
such as Income Tax
and GST and other
business entities, are
on the platform
Account aggregators are a
subset of non-banking
financial companies
(“NBFCs”), which function
as technology
intermediaries between
entities requiring financial
data of customers
(financial information
users “FIU”) and those
holding that data
(financial information
providers “FIP”)

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INDIA
05
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Delhi Chief
Minister and Aam Aad-
mi Party’s national con-
vener Arvind Kejriwal
has announced the
name of chief ministe-
rial candidate in Uttara-
khand by naming re-
tired Colonel Ajay
Kothiyal as the contend-
er. But when asked
about Punjab, Kejriwal
says that at the right
time he will announce
the name of the party’s
chief ministerial candi-
date. When elections are
to be held simultane-
ously in both the states,
how come the right time
has come in Uttara-
khand and not in Pun-
jab? In Uttar Pradesh
too, the party has de-
clared Sanjay Singh as
its Chief Ministerial
face.
In fact, Kejriwal is in
a dilemma about Pun-
jab. Earlier he had said
that Jat Sikhs would be
the Chief Minister and
Dalits would be the Dep-
uty Chief Ministers if
AAP formed the govern-
ment. But now Congress
has made a Dalit, CM
and therefore the stake
of Deputy CM will not
attract much to the vot-
ers. On the other hand,
BJP has announced to
make Dalit CM. That’s
when Kejriwal’s dilem-
ma has increased. Ac-
cording to informed
sources, there is also an
opinion in his party that
the Leader of Opposi-
tion of Punjab Assem-
bly Harpal Singh Chee-
ma should be made a
contender. He is a Dalit
and is representing the
party in Assembly
. This
will strengthen the cred-
ibility of the party
.
But this is worrying
forKejriwalasheknows
announcing a name
would result in loosing
the Jat Sikh vote. He is
feeling that if he also de-
clared a Dalit claimant,
then the Jat Sikh vote
will outrightly go to the
Shiromani Akali Dal. In
fact, there is no confu-
sion in SAD about who
will become the CM, as
everyone knows that if
the Akali Dal govern-
ment is formed Sukhbir
Badal will be the CM
and SAD’s ally Bahujan
Samaj Party
, that has ap-
peal in Dalits, will be
given the Deputy CM
position. AAP MP Bhag-
want Mann is pressuris-
ing party to declare CM
candidate, but consider-
ing him as a non-serious
politician, Kejriwal is
deferring the decision.
Who will be the Chief Ministerial face of AAP in Punjab?
KEJRIWAL’S PUNJAB DILEMMA
lll
As per informed
sources, there is
an opinion in
AAP party that
LoP of Punjab
Assembly HS
Cheema can be
made contender
to strengthen
credibility of AAP
Anita Hada
New Delhi: The Shiv
Sena, which is heading
the Maha Vikas Aghadi
government of Maha-
rashtra, has given some
advice to its ally Con-
gress and has also
passed comments about
its leaders. No one can
deny the advice of Shiv
Sena that Congress
should elect a full-time
president.
However, many Con-
gress leaders have be-
come angry with this
and are advising Sena
not to interfere in their
internal affairs. But
what the Sena has said
is not wrong too and it is
high time that the Con-
gress should elect a full-
time president at the
earliest since not having
a president gives all par-
ties an opportunity to
attack the Congress.
Sena’s second com-
ment is more important
than this advice. Sena
haswritteninitsmouth-
piece ‘Saamana’ that
senior Congress leaders
have joined hands with
the BJP and their aim is
to stop Rahul Gandhi.
There is no doubt that
many senior Congress
leaders do not want Ra-
hultotakeoverthereins
of the party and suc-
ceed, if he does. It is sur-
prising but true that in-
stead of being disap-
pointed and worried
over the poor perfor-
mance of the Congress,
most elderly leaders, sit-
ting in Delhi, are happy
since they think Rahul
is failing, the article
said.
However, the remarks
that senior leaders have
met the BJP are also not
a trivial issue. In August
last year, when 23 Con-
gress leaders wrote a let-
ter to Sonia Gandhi ask-
ing for elections to be
held for all the posts of
the organisation, in-
cluding the President
and members of the
Congress Working Com-
mittee, Rahul had alleg-
edly said that everyone
of theseleadersishands
in glove with the BJP.
However, later when Ka-
pil Sibal got angry, it
was clarified by the Con-
gress that Rahul had
never said such a thing.
Now Sena has also reit-
erated that senior Con-
gress leaders are in alli-
ance with the BJP
.
It is a coincidence
that Sena’s remarks
came at a time when
Captain Amarinder
Singh, who was Con-
gress’s chief minister
in Punjab for 9.5 years,
has shown his close-
ness to the BJP. Now
they are calling for
their secular conduct
but the question is not
on their conduct. The
question is about his
closeness to the BJP
and its top leaders. As
soon as he stepped
down as CM, national
security became such a
big issue in Punjab that
he met the Home Minis-
ter and the National
Security Advisor. It is
being said that he is go-
ing to form a party to
help the BJP.
For Congress leader
DigvijaySingh,itcannot
be said that he has col-
luded with the BJP. But
the timing of praising
Amit Shah and the RSS
while recalling his Nar-
mada Yatra four years
ago is astonishing.
DISBURSE `50K EX-GRATIA
FOR COVID DEATHS WITHIN 30 DAYS OF APPLYING: SC
The apex court
asked Centre and
States to give
wide publicity to
ex-gratia scheme
Bench approved
norms issued by
the NDMA for
grant of
compensation in
Covid deaths
WELCOME STUDENTS! Student undergoes thermal screening meanwhile a teacher welcomes
students as the school reopens door for classes 8 to 12 in Mumbai on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Earlier in January, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi had praised Ghulam Nabi
Azad. At the time of his departure from the
Rajya Sabha, Modi became emotional
while giving a speech in the House
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Mon-
day while approving
Centre’s disaster man-
agement guidelines on
payment of Rs 50,000
ex-gratia compensa-
tion to the next kin of
those who died of Cov-
id-19, said the money to
be disbursed within 30
days of applying.
A Bench of Justice
MR Shah and Justice
AS Bopanna ordered
that no state should
deny the ex-gratia
compensation of Rs
50,000 to the next kin
of persons who died of
Covid on the sole
ground that the death
certificate does not
mention Covid-19 as
the cause of death. The
payment will be from
SDRF, it added.
No State shall deny
the Rs 50,000 benefit on
the ground that cause
of death in death cer-
tificate is not Covid,
Bench ordered, adding
that district authori-
ties to take remedial
steps to have cause of
death corrected. Dist
level committee details
to be published in print
media, it said. —PTI
Kochi: Kerala HC on Monday quashed Kerala
govt’s order to reduce charges of RT-PCR tests
in private laboratories to Rs 500 from Rs 1,700.
HC also quashed the
order to initiate criminal
proceedings against
those who are not
implementing the order.
In May, the Kerala govt
had issued an order to
reduce the RT-PCR test
rates in the state from
Rs 1700 to Rs 500. A bench of Justice TR Ravi also
directed the state to hold discussions with owners
of private laboratories and take a fresh decision
in this regard. Court’s ruling came on PIL filed by
Accredited Molecular Testing Laboratories and Devi
Scans pvt ltd seeking to set aside the order.
New Delhi: Why are
farmers continuing
their protests even
after challenging farm
laws in court, the SC
questioned sharply
today after eight people,
including four farmers,
were killed in violent
protests in an UP
district. Centre argued
that there can be “no
further farmer protests”
as incidents like Lakh-
impur Kheri could not
be allowed. Is the right
to protest absolute?
The SC said it would
examine the question
on October 21 and also
go into whether farmers
have the right to take to
the streets when the
issue at the core
of their protest
- the three new
farm laws --
is in court.
SC was
respond-
ing to a
petition
by a farmers’ group
that wants to stage a
protest at Jantar Mantar
in Delhi. Centre, while
opposing it, referred
to Sunday’s violence.
“The events that took
place in Lakh-
impur Kheri...
Eight died. Pro-
tests cannot
happen like
this,” said
Attorney
General KK
Venugopal.
New Delhi: India
reported 20,799 new
cases, 180 deaths in
a day, said MoHFW.
India’s active caseload
stands at 2,64,458
which is lowest in the
last 200 days. The
active cases account
for less than 1% of
total cases, currently
at 0.78%, lowest since
March 2020. Recovery
rate stands at 97.89%,
highest since March
2020. Death toll has
mounted to 4,48,997.
New Delhi: Stating
that environmentalist
RK Pachauri’s death
certificate has not been
placed on record nor
factum of death verified,
woman, who has lev-
elled allegations against
Pachauri, has sought
to dismiss plea filed
befor Delhi Court. The
woman, who filed plaint
of sexual harassment
against Pachauri, has
filed a reply opposing an
application.
New Delhi: Delhi HC on
Monday directed Delhi
Police not to interfere
with operation of spas,
which have vaild
licences and adhering
to guidelines. Justice
Rekha Palli cautioned
police officials. Court
was hearing a petition
filed by an owner of
a ‘Spa and Wellness
Clinic’ alleging that he
was not allowed to re-
open his outlet despite
the fact that he has been
complying with norms.
Mumbai: The BMC
told Bombay HC on
Monday that it does
not apprehend a 3rd
wave of pandemic in
the city as the vaccina-
tion drive is going on
smoothly, with over 42
lakh people fully vac-
cinated. BMC counsel
Anil Sakhare told that
2,586 bed-ridden peo-
ple have so far been
administered both the
doses while 3,942
such people have got
the first jab.
HC QUASHES KERALA GOVT’S ORDER
TO REDUCE RT-PCR RATES IN PVT LABS
20,799 CASES;
ACTIVE DROPS
TO 2,64,458
HC: PACHAURI’S
DEATH CERT
NOT ON RECORD
HC TO COPS: DO
NOT INTERFERE
WITH OPS OF SPAS
DON’T SEE 3RD
WAVE COMING:
BMC TELLS HC
New Delhi: Negotiation over the pricing of
Covid vaccine ZyCov-D between Centre and
Zydus Cadila are still underway. The decision
of pricing is taking time owing to 2 factors;
one is that it is a three-dose vaccine and the
other is its application. A needle-free applica-
tor or a jet injector is used for the application
of the ZyCov-D vaccine, which can be used
to vaccinate 10,000 people. Sources told that
price from the govt is expected to be around
Rs 300/dose. Sources said, “The final cost
has not been finalised yet because cost of
applicator that will be used for vaccine is Rs
90 and jet injector costs Rs 30,000.”
‘COVID VACCINE ZYCOV-D PRICE
STILL UNDER NEGOTIATION’
Shiv Sena shows Cong the mirror! IN THE COURTYARD
Choose ‘court or road’
SC to protesting farmers
Mumbai: Thousands of
users on Monday re-
ported that they were
unable to access the ser-
vices WhatsApp, Insta-
gram and Facebook.
Social media users took
to Twitter to report that
they were unable to ac-
cess the services of the
aforementioned sites.
Downdetector.com, a
website that tracks is-
sues related to traffic on
major websites, also
saw a spike in number
of reports which con-
firmed that a large num-
ber of people are unable
to access WhatsApp, Fa-
cebook and Instagram.
Over 20,000 people
have reported that the
WhatsApp is not work-
ing for them. The web.
whatsapp.com is also
displaying this error
message - 5xx Server Er-
ror. Insta is also show-
ing the same message.
The Facebook web-
site shows an error mes-
sage “Sorry, something
went wrong. We’re
working on it and we’ll
get it fixed as soon as we
can.” The WhatsApp
messaging app is unable
to send or receive mes-
sages while Instagram
and Facebook’s messag-
ing platforms are also
facing an outage.
The issue has seem-
ingly affected people
late in the evening, with
outage starting at
roughly 9:15 pm IST.
This is not the first
time apps like What-
sApp have crashed. A
similar outage occurred
in June, while another
in July. “We’re aware
that some people are
having trouble access-
ing our apps and prod-
ucts. We’re working to
get things back to nor-
mal as quickly as possi-
ble, and we apologize for
any inconvenience,” a
Facebook spokesperson
said. —Agencies
WhatsApp, Instagram
and Facebook down for
users in global outage
Arvind Kejriwal
Uddhav Thackeray
Delhi CM and
AAP’s national
convener Arvind
Kejriwal has
announced names
of chief ministerial
candidates in
U’khand and UP
New Delhi: The SC Monday re-
fused to entertain a plea seeking
cancellation of the NEET UG held
on September 12, 2021 on the
ground that the examination was not
conducted in a fair and transparent
manner. The apex court dismissed
the plea saying that cancellation of
the exam cannot be at the cost of
lakhs of students. A bench headed
by Justice L Nageswara Rao, which
stopped short of imposing Rs 5
lakh cost, noted that the petitioner
seeks setting aside NEET-UG Exam
and directing the NTA to conduct the
exam afresh.
New Delhi: A virtual SC hearing took
an interesting turn when Justice DY
Chandrachud referred to historical
painting behind former AG Mukul
Rohatgi. Court was hearing a petition
by real estate developer Supertech
where former AG was representing
it. Justice Chandrachud said, “This is
the central hall of Bombay HC during
Tilak trial.” The Attorney General
thanked Justice for the praise. As
he saw the painting of Bal Gangad-
har Tilak’s trial in the Bombay High
Court in 1907, Justice Chandrachud
repeated the last words that Tilak
said during his trial.
SC DISMISSES PIL SEEKING
CANCELLATION OF NEET UG
SC JUDGE REPEATS LAST
WORDS OF TILAK AT TRIAL

INDIA
06
VIOLENCE ERUPTS ACROSS STATES
New Delhi: The inci-
dent of violence in Ut-
tar Pradesh’s Lakhim-
pur Kheri is resonating
politically in Punjab,
whose farmers have
been protesting at na-
tional capital Delhi’s
borders against three
farm laws.
Lakhimpur Kheri is
under Section 144 of the
CrPC, which prohibits
gathering of two or
more people. The local
administration and Ut-
tar Pradesh Police have
stopped a number of
leaders from visiting
the area where farmers
were holding a protest.
They claim that a con-
voy of Union minister
Ajay Mishra Teni’s son
Ashish ran over four
farmers which caused
their deaths.
Speaking during a
roadshow in Ludhiana,
Badal further said that
a case under Section 302
of the IPC must be reg-
istered with immediate
effects against the cul-
prits and a high-level
probe should be carried
out for free and fair in-
vestigation. —PTI
Farmers raise slogans during a protest demanding action against the alleged killing of eight people in Lakhimpur Kheri violence, in Patiala on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
CM CHANNI SEEKS
PERMISSION TO VISIT
Punjab CM Charanjit
Singh Channi has sought
permission from UP
govt to visit Lakhimpur
Kheri, where eight people
were killed in violence
on Sunday. “Expressing
solidarity with bereaved
families of farmers, I’m
leaving for Lakhimpur
Kheri to be with my
brothers sisters in this
hour of grief. I’ve also
sought permission from
UP Govt to allow landing/
taking off of chopper at
the site,” Channi said.
‘BJP CAN’T TOLERATE
VOICE AGAINST THEM’
Slamming the BJP over
violence in Lakhimpur
Kheri in UP, Chhattisgarh
CM Bhupesh Baghel
on Monday termed the
incident as murder adding
that the opposition party
cannot tolerate any voice
against them. “We de-
mand the Union Minister
be removed. This was
not an ordinary incident
but murder,” Baghel told
media. “BJP wants to
suppress opposition and
crush any voice that is
against them.
THIS IS ‘KILLING RAJYA’: MAMATA
Kolkata: WB CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday
came down heavily on BJP over the Lakhimpur Kheri
violence in which at least eight people, including
four farmers and a local journalist,
were killed. Condemning the
incident, Banerjee said the
BJP government doesn’t
believe in democracy and
only wants autocracy.
Mamata said this
is a very sad and
unfortunate incident.
I have no words to
condemn this incident.
They (BJP govt) don’t
believe in democracy, they
only want autocracy.
Is this ‘Ram
rajya’?
SHIROMANI AKALI DAL EVENT POSTPONED,
SAYS PARTY’S PRESIDENT BADAL
In Chandigarh, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president
Sukhbir Singh Badal announced postponement of party’s
programme in Jalandhar for Tuesday. He has convened a
meeting of core committee - SAD’s top decision making
body - tomorrow to decide on the further action course.
‘CRUSHING FARMERS, STIFLING OPPOSITION
VOICES BJP’S NEW STRATEGY?’ ASKS RAUT
Mumbai: Sena MP Sanjay Raut said if crushing farmers,
stifling voices of leaders who support is BJP’s new strategy.
He said when BJP protested over rape in Mumbai, “State
did not stop anyone”. “Farmers have been run over by car of
min’s son. Where does such cruelty come from?” he asked.
LAKHIMPUR
KHERI
New Delhi: India needs
to focus on developing
dual-use technologies
for both military and
civilian agencies and
special attention should
be paid to research and
development for manu-
facturing state-of-the-
art defence platforms,
Defence Minister Ra-
jnath Singh said on Oc-
tober 4.
He said the demand
for military equipment
is increasing around
the world in view of
global security con-
cerns, border disputes
and developments in
the maritime sphere,
and India must focus to
enhance its domestic
defence industry
.
Addressing an event
organised by the DRDO,
Singh said that no cor-
ner of the world is left
untouched by the
changes seen in areas
of strategic affairs, mil-
itary power, economy
communication. —PTI
CRUCIAL READ
DECLARE FIN PACKAGE FOR RAIN-HIT
FARMERS: FADNAVIS TO MAHA GOVT
MASSIVE FIRE BREAKS OUT IN KOLKATA,
14 FIRE TENDERS RUSHED TO SPOT
Aurangabad: Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on
Monday asked Maha govt to convene a cabinet meeting
and declare a financial package for farmers hit by rain
in Marathwada region. LoP in Maharashtra Assembly is
currently touring various districts in Marathwada region
and meeting farmers.“Farmers in Marathwada suffered
huge losses but are yet to receive any help.The state
govt should convene a meeting of the state cabinet and
declare a financial package for farmers.The financial
aid should be deposited directly in the bank accounts of
farmers before Dussehra (Oct 15),” he told reporters.
Kolkata: Amajor fire broke out in a four-storey building
in Kolkata’s congested Colootola area on Monday morn-
ing, an official said. No one was injured in the blaze
that erupted on the third floor around 11 am, he said,
adding, 14 fire tenders have been pressed into service
to douse the flames. Huge quantities of garments were
stacked inside the rooms of the building, where two
families also reside, the fire department official said.
“Our efforts are continuing.There are inflammable ma-
terials stocked inside the building, too,” the official said.
FORMER NEHRU MEMORIAL MUSEUM
DIRECTOR SHAKTI SINHA PASSES AWAY
New Delhi: Former Nehru Memorial Museum and
Library (NMML) director and personal secretary to late
prime minister Atal
Bihari Vajpayee, Shakti
Sinha, 63, passed away
on Monday. A 1979
batch Indian Admin-
istrative Service (IAS)
officer of the Arunachal
Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory cadre, which
is popularly known as AGMUT, Sinha was considered a
highly influential member of Vajpayee’s PMO where he
was a joint secretary in the late 1990s. He served as
Vajpayee’s private secy from 1998-2000.
LEKHI MEETS DENMARK ENVOY, TALK ON
TIES IN GREEN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
New Delhi: MoS for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi
on Monday met Ambassador of Denmark to India Freddy
Svane in a bid to discuss
bilateral cooperation
in the Green Strategic
Partnership. “Delighted
to meet Ambassador of
Denmark @Svane_fred-
dy. We discussed our
bilateral cooperation in the Green Strategic Partnership.
Looking forward to further enhancing our cultural
cooperation and people-to-people relations,” Lekhi
informed in a tweet. In July, both countries signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the field of
health and medicine.
Need to focus on developing dual
use technologies: Rajnath Singh
DARE TO DREAM 2.0! Defence Minister Rajnath Singh giving away the Young Scientists awards
during DRDO Directors Conclave 2021 at DRDO Bhawan, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Kolkata: West Bengal
Governor Jagdeep
Dhankhar has with-
drawn assembly speak-
er Biman Banerjee’s
power to administer the
oath of office to the
members of the state
legislature, officials
aware of matter said on
Monday. They added
this is the first time a
Bengal Guv has taken
such step, which is like-
ly to escalate tensions
between Guv speaker.
“A note from Raj Bha-
wan reached the office
of the speaker a few
days before the Assem-
bly by-poll to Kolkata’s
Bhabanipur and two
seats in Murshidabad
district on Sunday. The
letter cited Section 188
of the Constitution,
which empowers the
Governor to administer
the oath,” said a state
assembly official, re-
questing anonymity
.
To continue as CM,
Mamata, who won the
Bhabanipur seat by a
record margin on Sun-
day, needs to be sworn
in as a member of the
Assembly by November
4. TMC leaders said she
wants the formalities to
be completed before the
Durga Puja which is a
week away
. —PTI
Countries
around the
world are fo-
cusing on military
modernisation and de-
mand for equipment
has gone up in view of
global security concerns,
border disputes devps
in maritime domain.
—Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister
T
T
T
PROJECTS IN TIME-BOUND MANNER
Dhankar withdraws
WB Speaker’s power to
administer oath to MLAs
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
will inaugurate an oxy-
gen plant at AIIMS in
Rishikesh, Uttara-
khand on October 7, in-
formed sources close to
the developments.
On the same day, the
PM Narendra Modi will
complete 20 years of his
service in public office
since he took oath as
Gujarat chief minister
in 2001. “Prime Minis-
ter will inaugurate an
oxygen plant at AIIMS,
Rishikesh in Uttara-
khand. Union Health
Minister Mansukh
Mandaviya and Uttara-
khand Chief Minister
Pushkar Singh Dhami
will also assist the
Prime Minister,” sourc-
es said Monday
. —PTI
New Delhi: BJP En-
forcement Directorate
(ED) on Monday arrest-
ed the founder of Un-
itech Ramesh Chandra,
his daughter-in-law
Preeti Chandra and
wife of Sanjay Chandra
under the Prevention of
Money Laundering
Act, 2002. The ED also
arrested Rajesh Malik
of Carnoustie Manage-
ment (India) Pvt.
They will be produced
in court on October
5 for remand, said
the ED.
Enforcement Directo-
rate (ED) on Sept 30 at-
tached 29 land parcels
admeasuring 13,600 sq
mt having a book
value of Rs 30.29 crore
in relation to the inves-
tigation being conduct-
ed against Unitech
Group.
The land parcels are
situated in sectors 96-98
in Uttar Pradesh’s Noi-
da. These land parcels
were illegally allotted
to Carnoustie Manage-
ment (India) Pvt Ltd
(CMPL) by Chandras of
Unitech Group, the ED
had said. —ANI
NOTE FROM GUV
P
P
P
PM WISHES JAPAN’S NEW PM FUMIO ON TAKING OFFICE
Modi to inaugurate oxygen plant
at AIIMS Rishikesh on October 7
ED arrests Unitech’s
founder and others
Lakhimpur Kheri is under
Section — 144 of the CrPC
Police have stopped a number
of leaders from visiting the area
Violence resonates in Punjab,
protest held across the nation

NEWS
07
VOCAL WAR TO
ATTRACT VOTERS
Ahead of elections leaders of all
political parties initiate intense
vocal war on each other to attract
their voters. Most of them allege,
accuse and use derogatory
languages to please their ideology
and suppress opposition
allegations. Despite understanding
that their inciting speeches could
cause major harm to social
harmony and pave way for hatred
in society leaders continue with
statements. Recent mishappening
in Lakhimpur Kheri also points out
such insignificant statements
passed from both sides which
caused such chaos and people
lost their lives. On one side BJP
leaders challenged farmers while
addressing the political gathering
and other side farmer leaders
threaten the media to respond
accordingly or face consequences.
Results were unfortunate as more
than eight persons lost their lives
including a local journalist
covering the incident. Political
leaders or leaders with political
ambitions are targeting media
houses when desired output was
not achieved which should be a
major concern in the current
scenario. —First India Bureau
IAS, PCS
STRUGGLING
TO CHANGE
THEIR
DESIGNATION
The word ‘wait’ can
sometimes become
burdensome on someone
especially when a person is
looking forward to something.
Such a thing is happening in
Uttar Pradesh’s bureaucracy
where officers even after
getting promoted to IAS from
PCS are still unable to change
their designation as there has
been no notification. Every
officer has been calling his
colleagues to check if they have
received any news about official
notification of their promotion.
The DPC of PCS officers was
held on September 16th after
which they were informed of
their promotions, but it has
become official as the state
government is to pass an order
which can only take place when
UPSC issues a notification of
the promotion to the state
government. The UPSC has
always issued a notification 10
days after the DPC but for
reasons unknown, it has not
issued the DPC which causing
anxiety among those promoted
to the IAS cadre. Reports have
emerged that the file has been
shutting between UPSC and
DoPT and the officers can not
do much but wait and hope that
the notification for their
promotion is issued soon.
—First India Bureau
PURPORTED VIDEO OF MOS MISHRA SURFACED
ONSOCIALMEDIAAHEADOFLAKHIMPURVIOLENCE
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A purported
video of Union Minis-
ter of State for Home
Ajay Kumar Mishra in
which he is heard warn-
ing agitating farmers
that he would discipline
them in “two minutes”
appears to have angered
farmers even before
Sunday’s violent clash-
es in Lakhimpur Kheri.
“Face me, it will take
just two minutes to dis-
cipline you fellows,” the
two-time BJP MP from
Kheri is heard allegedly
saying in the video.
“I am not only a min-
isteroraMPandMLA...
People who know me
even before I became a
Parliamentarian know
that I never run away
from taking a challenge.
The day I accept the
challenge you all have
to leave not only Palia (a
place) but Lakhimpur
itself,” he is heard say-
ing in the video.
Source said Mishra’s
speech came in the
backdrop of some farm-
ers showing him black
flags in Palia locality in
his Kheri Parliamenta-
ry constituency where
he had gone to address
a public meeting there
late last month.
Since then farmers
have been up in arms
against him and on
Sunday while protest-
ing against the visit of
Deputy Chief Minister
Keshav Prasad Maurya
in Mishra’s native vil-
lage Banbirpur vio-
lence erupted resulting
in 8 deaths, the sources
said. Local farmer lead-
er Gurmit Singh told a
TV channel that on Sep-
tember 25, members of
Krantikari Kisan union
and Bhartiya Kisan Un-
ion had shown Mishra
black flags following
which the minister had
allegedly threatened to
deal with them. He said
upon coming to know
about Maurya’s pro-
gramme, the farmers
sat on a dharna peace-
fully near the helipad
where he was scheduled
to arrive. When the
farmers came to know
that Maurya was com-
ing by road, the farmers
stood in protest on his
travel route in course of
which the dastardly in-
cident happened. —PTI
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Farmers
at Delhi’s Singhu bor-
der held a protest on
Monday to express
their anger over the
incident at Lakhimpur
Kheri in UP where
four farmers lost their
lives during violent
clashes a day earlier.
Farmers carrying
black flags held the
protest along the
stretch of the agitation
site at the Singhu bor-
der from 10 am to 1 pm.
“The protest was to ex-
press our anger over
what happened in
Lakhimpur Kheri, and
to put forward or de-
mands to suspend Un-
ion minister Ajay Ku-
mar Mishra, to arrest
those responsible un-
der section 302 of IPC,
and for the govern-
ment to offer compen-
sation to the families
of the farmers who
died,” said farmer
leader Abhimanyu Ko-
har. Two FIRs were
registered a day after
clashes claimed the
lives of 8, including 4
farmers allegedly run
over 4 people in a
convoy of BJP workers
who were lynched, the
incident propelling
Lakhimpur Kheri as a
new flashpoint in poll-
bound Uttar Pradesh.
UP’s Additional CS,
Home, Awanish Ku-
mar Awasthi said the
state government will
give Rs 45 lakh each
and a government job
at the local level to the
family members of the
four farmers killed in
Lakhimpur. “FIR has
been lodged against
several persons, in-
cluding Minister of
State for Home, Ajay
Mishra’s son Ashish
Mishra,” Awasthi told
PTIinLucknow.“From
the latest reports that
we have received, an
FIR has been regis-
tered against the cul-
prits, and we have been
told that the entire
matter would be inves-
tigated by a retired
high court judge. “We
have also been told that
families of the farmers
who died would be giv-
en Rs 45 lakh worth of
compensation, those
injured would receive
Rs 10 lakh,” said Avtar
Mehma, farmer leader.
BKU chief asks BJP workers
not to visit UP’s rural areas
4 people arrested in fake robbery case Clash between SP workers cops
after Akhilesh Yadav detained
Farmers hold protest at Delhi’s Singhu border
Muzaffarnagar: Bhar-
tiya Kisan Union (BKU)
national president Nar-
esh Tikait has asked
BJP workers not to visit
the rural areas of UP,
saying farmers are an-
gry over the violence
that broke out in Lakh-
impur Kheri on Sunday
.
Addressing a kisan
panchayat in Sisoli on
Sunday, he alleged that
BJP was trying to de-
fame the farmers’ agita-
tion by provoking vio-
lence. He asked the BJP
workers not to visit the
rural areas to avoid any
untoward incident.
Four of the dead were
people in the cars, ap-
parently a part of a con-
voy of BJP workers
who had come to wel-
come the UP minister.
They were allegedly
thrashed to death. The
four others were farm-
ers, officials said.
Farmer leaders had
claimed that the minis-
ter’s son Ashsish
Mishra was in one of
the cars which they al-
leged knocked down
some protesters who
were opposing the dep-
uty CM’s visit. Howev-
er, Ajay Mishra said he
and his son were not
present at the spot as
alleged by some farmer
leaders and he has pho-
to and video evidence
to prove it. —PTI
First India Bureau
Bidhnu: The case of
robbery of Rs 10 lakhs
in Bidhnu turned out to
be fake. After investiga-
tion, the police revealed
that a fake story had
been fabricated.
Four people, includ-
ing a businessman resi-
dent of Unnao, were
arrested and sent to
jail. Giving informa-
tion to Bidhnu police,
animal trader Zeeshan
Ahmed, resident of
Shuklaganj Gandhi Na-
gar, Unnao, told that on
September 28, he was
going to Moudaha ani-
mal market in Hamir-
pur in a car with Rs 10
lakh which was looted
by two bike-borne mis-
creants who allegedly
attacked him near
Shambhua bridge and
looted cash. The rela-
tives who reached on
information had admit-
ted the injured Zeeshan
to a private hospital in
Kidwai Nagar. From
the very beginning the
incident seemed suspi-
cious to police. After
investigation, it was
found that Zeeshan had
attacked himself by
fabricating a fake rob-
bery along with his
brother Afsaan, child-
hood friend Shubhakit
alias Kanhaiya and
Manish Sharma. He
hid the looted money in
his house.
While disclosing the
incident, police have
recovered cash and
three mobile phones
while arresting ani-
mal trader Zeeshan
and his brother and
both friends. ASP Out-
er Aditya Shukla told
that the four accused
were arrested and sent
to jail.
Sumit Awasthi
Kanpur: The Sama-
jwadi Party workers
who had created a fu-
ror outside the resi-
dence of cabinet min-
ister Satish Mahana
after the Lakhimpur
Kheri incident, were
planning to stop a
train after SP Chief
was arrested by the
police on Monday. The
police deployed a
large force to stop any
untoward incident.
The SP workers upon
facing resistance from
the police tried to
block GT Road. Pro-
testors were seen
burning of effigies of
the government in
various places in the
city whilst forming
different groups.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: KN
Govindacharya, a
former key RSS
and BJP function-
ary, on Monday
appealed to politi-
cal parties to give
primacy to the in-
terests of farmers
and not theirs,
and asked the Ut-
tar Pradesh gov-
ernment to not
treat the violence
there as merely a
law and order is-
sue.Expressing
his anguish at the
Lakhimpur inci-
dent, he said three
aspects of caution
must be main-
tained. “The Uttar
Pradesh govern-
ment should keep
the extent, depth
and complexity of
the issue in mind
in its response
and not merely
treat it as a law
and order prob-
lem,” he said.
‘GIVE PRIMACY
TO FARMERS’
INTERESTS,
NOT POLITICS’
Farmers shout slogans during a protest against the three
farm laws, in Ghazipur on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
KN Govindacharya
Naresh Tikait
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
SP workers sit on a dharna in Kanpur on Monday.
Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra in a video is heard warning and threatening
agitating farmers that he would discipline them in “two minutes” goes viral on social media.
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2NDFRONT
ALL EARS
Bhim Army president Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan speaking to farmers in Tikonia on Monday.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Even as AICC
general secretary Pri-
yanka Gandhi has been
makingdesperateefforts
to galvanize the state or-
ganisation before 2022
elections there is no end
tosetbacksitisfrequent-
ly receiving because of
departureof seniorlead-
ers to other parties. It
has landed the state or-
ganisation is a piquant
situation.
Immediately after the
departure of Priyanka
Gandhi for Delhi after
weeklong stay in Luc-
know, the UPCC vice
president and former
MLAGayadeenAnuragi
along with another for-
mer MLA Vinod
Chaturvedi joined the
Samajwadi Party
. Anur-
agi said he was not satis-
fiedwiththefunctioning
of the Congress in UP
.
Earlier last month an-
other UPCC vice presi-
dent Lalitesh Pati Tripa-
thi, grandson of late Ka-
mlapati Tripathi and
Manoj Tiwari of Maho-
ba left the party
.
Though publically the
party has maintained it
as part of “aya Ram
Gaya Ram” culture at
the time of election,
there is consternation
amongtheUPCCleaders
over the prevailing as
they do not rule out the
possibility of more de-
sertion in near future.
Already there is buzz in
the party about the de-
parture of senior leader
and former MLA Imran
Masood of Saharanpur
wholastweeklaudedthe
SP and argued for the al-
liance of the Congress
with the SP
. Masood,
who was earlier in SP
,
was recently appointed
AICC secretary and was
given charge of Delhi.
Though Masood has dis-
missed his departure
from the Congress as
mere speculation sourc-
es close to him indicated
that his joining along
with a Jat leader in SP is
likely soon. With UPCC
largely banking on Pri-
yanka Gandhi, who is
scheduledtoaddressher
first mega rally in Vara-
nasi on October 10, she
has major electoral task
cut out for herself.
UPCC in a fix over desertion of senior leaders from party
NO END TO SETBACKS
Publically the Congress has maintained
it to be part of ‘Aya Ram Gaya Ram’
culture at the time of elections
SCreliefforstudentrusticated
fortryingtoorganiseprotest
SC declines plea of Supertech to
allow it to demolish only one tower
Lakhimpur violence: Plea in Allahabad
High Court seeks CBI investigation
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Mon-
day allowed a student
who was rusticated
from Khwaja Moinud-
din Chishti Urdu, Arabi
Farsi University on the
reasons that he was at-
tempting to organize
protests against the Cit-
izenship Amendment
Act, 2019 to take the 6th
Semester BA Hons Ex-
amination which is
likely to be held in May
2022 or at a later date.
Considering the pe-
culiar facts of the case
and on account of
Covid, the bench of Jus-
tices SK Kaul and MM
Sundresh while allow-
ing Ahamad Raza Khan
(“petitioner”) to take
the exam, also observed
that shortage of atten-
dance would not come
in his way
.
“The petitioner is re-
quired to keep his con-
duct in a proper man-
ner now give no occa-
sion to the university.
Subject to the same, let
the university give
concession. We grant
the university liberty
to take action against
the petitioner in case
the petitioner gives
any occasion,” the
bench further noted in
its order while allow-
ing the Ahmad Raza
Khan to take the exam
of 6th semester.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Monday
dismissed a plea of real
estate developer Su-
pertech seeking modifi-
cation of its August 31
order in which it direct-
ed to demolish two of its
40-storey towers at its
Emerald Court housing
project in Noida. A
Bench headed by Justice
DY Chandrachud de-
clined Supertech’s pro-
posal to demolish only
one of the two towers.
“The attempt in the
plea is clear to seek
amendment,theattempt
is not permissible in
miscellaneous applica-
tion and there is no sub-
stance in the same,” the
Bench said while dis-
missing Supertech’s ap-
plication for modifica-
tion of the order. Asking
the top court to stop the
court-ordered demoli-
tion of the two 40-storey
towers, Supertech has
said it has an alternative
plan that could save sev-
eral crores of rupees
from going waste and
also prove to be “benefi-
cial for the environ-
ment”.
It has sought the stay
in the August 31 order of
the SC and claimed that
partialdemolitionof 224
flats of one of the two
towers--fromtheground
floor to the 32nd floor
alongwiththecommuni-
ty area on the ground
floor -- will be sufficient
to bring the structure in
conformity with all the
building norms.
First India Bureau
Prayagraj:Aletterpeti-
tion has been moved be-
fore the Allahabad High
CourtseekingCBIprobe
or judicial inquiry into
Lakhimpur Kheri vio-
lence in which eight per-
sons died including four
farmers. The petition
has been filed on behalf
of Swadesh NGO and
Prayagraj Legal Aid
Clinic. It appeals that if
CBI investigates the
matter, it should be fully
monitored by the High
Court.
The petition also de-
mands that strict action
be taken against any po-
liceman found guilty in
the case. Advocate
Gaurav Dwivedi has
filed the petition on be-
half of the institutions.
The petition also said
that the role and negli-
gence of police officers
sitting in the state capi-
tal Lucknow to Lakhim-
purshouldbeinvestigat-
ed. In Lakhimpur Kheri,
9 people have lost their
lives so far in the vio-
lence. The deceased in-
clude four farmers, a lo-
cal journalist and 3 BJP
workers.
More than a dozen
people are said to be in-
jured in the violence. In
fact, on October 3, UP
Deputy CM Keshav
Prasad Maurya was on a
visit to Lakhimpur, as
per the schedule, where
he had to lay the founda-
tion stone of govern-
ment schemes at Van-
dana Garden. Keshav
Prasad Maurya was
scheduled to fly by heli-
copter at the event, but
hisprotocolwaschanged
and he reached Lakhim-
pur by road.
The United Kisan
Morcha had warned of
protests and siege of the
convoy against deputy
CM and Union Minister
of State for Home Ajay
Mishra.
Advocate Huzefa
Ahmadi drew Court’s
attention that Khan
had submitted
apologies
addressed to the VC
on Sept 21
Varun removes
BJP's name from his
Twitter account
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Varun
Gandhi, MP from
Pilibhit constituency
,
on Monday removed
BJP from his Twitter
account’s bio. Varun
Gandhi also wrote a
letter to CM Yogi Adi-
tyanath demanding
CBIinvestigationinto
the Lakhimpur Kheri
incident and also de-
manded that a com-
pensation of Rs. 1
crore be paid to the
families of the de-
ceased.
Varun had very re-
cently written a let-
ter to CM Yogi after
the UP government’s
announcement of Rs.
350 per quintal prais-
ing its move but also
appealing it to con-
sider increasing the
rate to Rs. 400 per
quintal taking into
consideration the ris-
ing cost of living and
inflation.
Varun in his letter
on Monday about the
Lakhimpur incident,
said that the
heart-breaking inci-
dent of mercilessly
crushing the protest-
ing farmers has
caused anguish and
anger among the citi-
zens of the whole
country
.
He stated the inci-
dent comes just a day
after the whole coun-
try celebrated the
birth anniversary of
MahatmaGandhi,the
priestof non-violence
which is even more
sad. Varun in his let-
ter stated that one
should treat the farm-
ers with sensitivity
whilst following
Gandhian principles
and in a democratic
way which is withing
the ambit of law.
Varun Gandhi
Family members of farmers mourning after eight including
farmers were killed in Lakhimpur Khiri, on Monday.
WOMENPOWERAVITALCRUCIBLEINPOLLS
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: The upward
trend of participation
of women in elections
and politics is encour-
aging. It is considered
that the participation
of women, both as can-
didate and a voter, in
the upcoming assem-
bly elections will be
more than ever. That is,
women will play a cru-
cial role in deciding the
future of all political
parties.
As per the Election
Commission’s data, in
2017 assembly elec-
tions, 63.26 percent
women cast their votes
while male voters tally
was merely 59.43 per-
cent. Also, in this elec-
tion, all the parties had
given tickets to a total
of 96 women, out of
which 40 women had
successfully made it to
the UP assembly. Al-
though the participa-
tion of women in terms
of numbers was mere-
ly around 10 percent, it
was the highest ever
proportion of female
MLAs in the 403- mem-
ber assembly
.
Dr Anita Bajpai, as-
sociate professor so-
ciology, expressing her
views said, “In the
changing scenario,
women are becoming
aware of their rights
and are demanding
equality with men.
From political activ-
ism to electoral pro-
cesses, women’s partic-
ipation is on a growth
path. If half of the pop-
ulation is to get their
due rights, then large
participation in demo-
cratic processes must
be ensured. Although,
political parties are
still not so liberal in
giving tickets to wom-
en. But these condi-
tions will not prevail
for a long time.” This
view is also bolstered
by the fact that, in the
recently held Pancha-
yat in UP, out of 58,176
posts of Gram Prad-
han, women won 53.7
percent i.e. 31,212 posts.
Last time this figure
was 25,809 women
Gram Pradhans. It is
evident that both the
participation and in-
terest of women in
elections and politics
have increased till the
village level.
Priyanka Gupta, a
proponent of increas-
ing the participation of
women in democracy,
said, “Literacy is in-
creasing among wom-
en, now they under-
stand their rights bet-
ter, they have under-
stood that electoral
participation in de-
mocracy can bring for-
tunes to them; they are
desperate to become a
part of the state’s deci-
sion-making process,It
is clear that women
will play
, apparently
, an
important role in the
upcoming elections. ”
In 2017 assembly elections, 63.26 pc women cast their votes while male voters tally was merely 59.43 percent
RISE IN NUMBER TILL VILLAGE LEVEL
—PHOTO
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR
—FILE
PIC
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
Too often in caring for others,
we forget to care for ourselves-
don’t, a tree must be tall and
big to provide shade.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India

t wasn’t one of her
dreams, neither
was it expected out
of Sonaxi Chanana
to pursue a career
in modelling. She
calls herself ‘the
girl next door’ who once
upon a time was an intro-
vert. She shared, “I never
planned to be a model but I
guess this is where my des-
tiny was. I like to sing and I
am a trained classical singer
too.Iliketoreadattimesand
explore new places as well. I
participated in a regional
beauty pageant that is Elite
Miss Rajasthan back in 2015
and fortunately won that
pageant, and everything just
fell into place after that.”
Initially, a lot of people
raised their eyebrows as
they got to know about her
careerinmodellingbutwith
the support of her parents,
the model moved forward
and excelled.
Sonaxi has bagged the ti-
tle of Face of Jaipur in 2016
and won the Best Print
Model Award in 2019.
Apart from that,
she has also
been fea-
tured in a
song by
Punja-
bi sen-
sation Simranjeet Singh
which has about 2.3 million
views on YouTube.
The diva who has been a
model for the past six years
and counting now wishes to
set up my own brand of
western clothing in the fu-
ture. She further shared,
“Follow your dreams and
work hard every day to
achieve them. There
is no key plan to be
successful other
than hard work and
patience. So all the
young ladies out
there you should
do whatever you
feel like doing ir-
respective of
what people have
to say about your
work or dreams.
There will be mil-
lions of them to
drag you down
but you have to
look up and
walk your
path. A real
woman is
whoever
s h e
wants to
be.”
LUCKNOW, TUESDAY
OCTOBER 5, 2021
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SONAXI CHANANA HAILING FROM THE
PINK CITY SHARES THE MILESTONES OF
HER JOURNEY IN CONVERSATION
WITH CITY FIRST!
SUSHMITA AIND
sushmita.aind@firstindia.co.in
I
THE GIRL
NEXT DOOR

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SHEFALI THAPA, Model
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Some of you can safely say
goodbye to depression, as
positivity enters your life
once again. You may find it
difficult to convince a family member
regarding something you want to
achieve. Clarity of mind and retentive
power will help you forge ahead on
the academic front.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
A diet plan adopted
recently will suit your
system well. Your
performance may leave
you feeling good today. Maintain
confidentiality regarding a property
deal being negotiated by you. A
chance for an outing with lover finally
arrives.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Self-discipline may help
you achieve peak physical
fitness, and may keep you
energetic. You may need to
monitor your finances closely. You
are likely to win the day on the
professional front by your original
ideas. Keep options open on the
investment front.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Health may become a
concern. You will need to
muster all your persuasive
powers to swing a deal in
your favour. Good negotiating skills are
likely to bring a lucrative deal within
your grasp on the professional front.
You will get help in tying up loose ends
on the domestic front.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Be more assertive in
dealing with workplace
issues, otherwise you can
be taken for granted by
others. Joining an online exercise
routine is indicated and will prove
beneficial. Those trying to boost
income may figure out newer ways.
Luck favours you today.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
You will get the opportunity
to acquire new property at a
good price. Health may
become a concern. Think
twice before investing in anything big.
A healthy debate with someone in the
known -is likely to open up your mind
to the possibilities in your particular
field at work.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
There is a fair chance of
some property getting
allotted to you. Good
opportunities are likely to
appear on the academic front. Good
health is assured through own efforts
of exercise and yoga. A healthy bank
balance will allow you to buy a major
item of your choice.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Taking up a regular fitness
routine will help you get
into shape. Academic
pursuits will be fruitful.
Increase in household expenditure is
possible, so take all steps to cut it
down. You will need to choose the
investment schemes wisely to ensure
profitable returns.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Your efforts at work will
be richly rewarded by
getting noticed by those
who matter, You may win
the day by your original ideas. A
balanced diet will be the first step in
achieving good health, so stick to it.
Help people out as much as you can
as monetarily you face no problems.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
It will be in your interest
to speed up a financial
transaction will allow you
to buy a major item. You
will come out with flying colours in a
competitive situation on the
academic front. Appreciation for the
work done on the professional front
is in the pipeline today.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Will power, will be your
key to remain in shape. An
exciting time lies ahead as
travelling with friends is
foreseen. Do not misunderstand the
motives of someone trying to help
you. You are set to grow
professionally and attract new
clientele.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Opportunities to further
your career will come only
if you make efforts. A new
health routine may start
giving health benefits right away. You
gel well with a new acquaintance.
Financial scene is likely to stabilise
once you review your investment
options.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
he used to be a chirpy
youngwomanwhenever
she visited my clinic
with brilliant eyes and a
radiant smile, full of life
carrying an aura of
dance, music, medita-
tion and fitness. Then came Cov-
id19 and caught her along with
her husband. Both came out vic-
torious against the dangerous
virus but she lost something in
her core. Now she looks vulner-
able and emotionally fragile
with eyes hardly holding back
tears and a visible tremor in her
voice.
Then there is another ex-
ample. A woman of very happy
disposition lost her brother-in-
law, a close lady friend and hus-
band of another close friend to
Covid19 in a very short period.
She always used to plan big for
life and her attitude was also
positive but when's this time she
came to my consultation room, I
failed to recognise her. She aged
by years in these 12 months and
her eyes dribbled tears at fre-
quent intervals. She was ex-
tremely - and insecure for her
husband and children and was
suffering from nightmares re-
garding them. Never did she im-
agined this sort of life and eve-
rything happened as though
lightning has struck.
They are an elderly couple
in their late 70s who lost their
young and brilliant son during
the Indo-Pak war. They forgot to
smile after that. As brave par-
ents, they never wept publicly
but a deep sorrow is noticeable
whenever they enter my consul-
tation room and evident is their
abhorrence to war and violence
as both these human follies con-
clude nothing. War, according to
them,mightbenecessarythough
always a debatable choice but
one thing is beyond doubt - its
futility as far as a conclusive so-
lution of the problem is con-
cerned.
Similar examples can be
seen aplenty in marriage break-
downs, business failures, cheat-
ing by friends and foes, leakages
of examination papers, apathy
and bribe seeking by govern-
ment officials and so many more
fields of life. The human emo-
tional world has become a grand
saga of turmoil.
All these three examples
highlight one thing - gross public
ignorance amounting to apathy
as far as emotional health is con-
cerned. The commonest com-
ment don't worry, everything
would be fine is indicative of
superficiality of thought process
and casualty of attitude. As the
country is undergoing rapid ur-
banisation, India needs a strong
emotional support system in
place because the traditional so-
cial support system has, by now,
become more or less extinct.
Post Traumatic stress syn-
drome mainly came to the fore
after the 9/11 attack on Ameri-
can civilians by a moron group
of some cruel people. Before
that, it was not a regular diagno-
sis by medical professionals but
after the Covid19 pandemic, it is
now being recognised with all
seriousness. In a pandemic like
Covid19, a sick person feels com-
pletely isolated - no friends, no
relatives, nowhere to go, no one
to share jokes and no one to lend
a comforting shoulder. Such a
situation occurs very rarely and
no one is prepared for this. Even
the doctors are significantly
fearful, anxious or depressed.
Telemedication isn't an option
that a sick person opts for in the
first place, it is the last straw for
him and can not replace the reas-
suring physical checkup by a
known healer.
Urbanization, the forma-
tion of nuclear families, unsus-
tainable expectations amongst
parents and children have cre-
ated a web of mental states
where people start harming each
other within a family
. One exam-
ple can highlight the traumatic
situation. She is an intelligent
mother, highly devoted to her
family, especially to her son but
the son starts blaming her for his
every failure. She isn't at fault at
anything but the son sees every-
thing from a different angle and
heeds no counsel from anyone.
The mother is unnecessarily
forced to live in a mental quag-
mire for the rest of her life. She
has only one option to lead a rea-
sonably normal life and that is if
she dares to detach from every-
thing called family
. Would she be
able to do so? Most probably, not.
These are the examples that
tell us that emotional health
should be taken as seriously as
physical and mental health. Con-
trary to common belief, emotion-
al health is not a psychiatric is-
sue and needs no medicine and
psychiatrist but the requirement
is that of a counsellor or psychol-
ogist. But once again, there is a
big dilemma - our country has
very few established and well-
recognised psychologists. Psy-
chology is a difficult art to prac-
tice as the vast majority of the
population is unaware of its use-
fulness, doesn't want to pay for
it. Thus, only very few opting
this as a career. Except for very
few, almost all psychologists are
dependent upon referral from
psychiatrists which limits their
capacity to innovate and im-
prove and this is seen by the pub-
lic as a money-making plan. In
itself, this system of referral
would never allow psychologists
and counsellors to gain individ-
ual recognition and identity. It
appears that India's emotionally
disturbed people won't be able to
reach a state of cloud 9 with the
help of their counsellors.
Finally, a few words for the
art of counselling. These days I
have seen psychologists being
trained to evaluate their clients
by a type of protocol. They give
a sheet of questions to a client,
evaluate the answers and draw
their inference. This is just like
a high school examination and
is almost mechanical, monoto-
nous and repetitive. A counsel-
lor has to have a philosophical
depth of understanding human
emotions, a lot of compassion
and plentiful patience to listen,
contemplate and comfort. These
are the reasons we don't find
many dedicated psychological
counsellors, their place is al-
most completely taken over by
Gurus who may or may not be
capable of individual healing.
Counselling is not a profession
in itself, it has to be a mission for
someone capable of being a
friend, philosopher and guide.
WHAT TO
WHAT TO
DO WITH
DO WITH
EMOTIONS?
EMOTIONS?
MORE PEOPLE ARE NOW TALKING
MORE PEOPLE ARE NOW TALKING
THAT THEY ARE STRESSED, ANXIOUS
THAT THEY ARE STRESSED, ANXIOUS
OR DEPRESSED ALBEIT UNDER AN
OR DEPRESSED ALBEIT UNDER AN
EXCUSE OF COVID19. PREVIOUSLY,
EXCUSE OF COVID19. PREVIOUSLY,
PEOPLE USED TO PRESENT A PICTURE
PEOPLE USED TO PRESENT A PICTURE
THAT ALL IS WELL DESPITE A GROSSLY
THAT ALL IS WELL DESPITE A GROSSLY
DISTURBING MENTAL EQUILIBRIUM!
DISTURBING MENTAL EQUILIBRIUM!
DR RAMAWTAR
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
S

P
op singer
B r i t n e y
Spears has
had a lot to
celebrate as of late after
her father Jamie Spears
was suspended from her
conservatorship. She says
there is still a need for her to
“slow down and breathe”.
Spears wrote on Instagram:
“Although there is change and
things to celebrate in my life, I
still have a lot of healing to do!!
Thankfully I have a good sup-
port system and am taking
time to understand it’s ok to
slow down and breathe !!!!!
Only through self love I can
pray a love a and support oth-
ers in return !!!!” It comes
after a judge in Los
Angeles ruled
that Jamie
Spears remain-
ing in charge
of his daugh-
ter’s estate was
“untenable”
and he was or-
dered to turn
over the docu-
ments relating
to the conserva-
torship to John
Zabel. —Agency
A
ctress Sara Ali Khan is among the stylish stars in Bol-
lywood and every time she steps out, the star makes
heads turn. Now, with her new photos from Udaipur,
Rajasthan, Sara has once again proved that she can
slay in anything. The gorgeous star seems to
be on a Udaipur escapade as she shared two
photos while visiting holy places in the
land of the lakes on Monday. Taking to
her Instagram handle, Sara
shared photos where she is
seen clad in a vibrant floral
kurta with sharara and a du-
patta. —Agency
ETC
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11
ishwarya was seen
clad in a gorgeous
white draped
gown, as she
walked with
panache and
set the
ramp at Paris Fashion
Week 2021 on fire. She
was also seen having fun
with the fellow ladies on
stage some great moments
during the event got caught
on camera. Along with
Aishwarya, The ramp-
walk included Jaha
Dukureh, Nicolaj Cos-
ter Waldau, Cindy Bru-
na, Leïla Bekhti, and
many more popular
faces. —Agency
F
riends alum Courte-
ney Cox recently sur-
prised her fans! While
taking some time out
of her busy schedule, the
actress took some time out
to spend at the famous Cen-
tral Perk set on the Warner
Bros. lot in Los Angeles,
where the iconic show,
Friends was filmed. While
the actress return to the set
for the reunion episode that
was broadcasted a few
months ago. If you missed
it, back in June, Friends:
The Reunion delighted us
and helped us reminisce re-
ality for a bit as the six
friends reunited. The show
was highly anticipated and
brought back nostalgia
across the globe as
fans wept and cele-
brated the reun-
ion of the 6
friends.
—Agency
RUN ON THE
BIG BREAK!
BLISSFUL PARIS
VACATION
BIRTHDAY
CELEBRATIONS!!
SWEETEST GIFT!
R
un BTS, the reality show fea-
turing the K-pop group mem-
bers Jin, RM, J-Hope, V, Jimin,
Suga, and Jungkook, that is a huge
hit with fans, is reportedly heading for
a break. There is no date announced
yet about resuming the shoot. The
show has the members taking on
challenges after which they are given
prizes or punishments according to
their performance. —Agency
T
he Bachchans - Abhishek,
Aishwarya and Aaradhya - left
for Paris last week for a family
vacation. They were spotted at Mum-
bai airport all masked up and ready
to go. Abhishek Bachchan shared a
photo on Instagram from his vacation
and captioned it, “All wrapped up.
—Agency
A
ctor Soha Ali Khan has turned
a year older on Monday, and
to make her day special, her
husband Kunal Kemmu shared a
loved-up post on social media. Taking
to Instagram, Kunal posted a string
of throwback images of him spend-
ing quality time with Soha. “Happy
Birthday my sunshine,” he captioned
the post. —Agency
G
wen Stefani celebrated
her birthday on Octo-
ber 4 and as the singer
turned 52, she received one of
the sweetest birthday tributes
from husband Blake Shelton.
He took to Instagram to share
a wedding snap with Stefani
from their July wedding.
Along with the photo, Shelton
wrote a heartfelt message for
his new wife. —Agency
SARA IN THE CITY OF LAKES
RAMPWALKINPARIS!
RAMPWALKINPARIS!
A
FANS IN
AWE AS COX
ON BREAK
Courteney Cox
...Blake Sheton’s Post
Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Khemu
Aishwarya Rai
and Abhishek Bachchan
BTS
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Models walking in Paris Fashion Week
Sara Ali Khan
SLOW
DOWN
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