06052022_First India Lucknow.pdf

EXTREME STEP
Childless contractor kidnaps labourer’s son
Noida (PTI): A con-
struction contractor in
Greater Noida was ar-
rested on Thursday for
allegedly kidnapping a
one-and-a-half-year-old
son of a daily-wage la-
bourer working for
him. The child was res-
cued safely within
three hours from his
possession, police said.
The 39-year-old con-
tractor and his wife
were married for over
eight years but were
unable to have a child
of their own because
of which he took this
step, they said.
Around 12.15 pm
Thursday, an emergen-
cy call was made on
the 112 number from
the Knowledge Park
area of Greater Noida
and the police were
alerted about a child
being kidnapped by an
unidentified person in
a white-coloured car, a
police spokesperson
said.
An FIR was lodged at
the local police station
immediately and a
search was launched
with multiple police
teams led by SHO
Knowledge Park police
station Vinod Kumar
Singh and Sub Inspec-
tor Varun Panwar of
Dadri police station
under supervision of
senior officers, the
spokesperson said.
Within three hours,
the child was traced
near the LG rounda-
bout and it emerged
that he was kidnapped
by contractor Ra-
mashankar Pandey.
The child was rescued
safely and handed over
to his family after due
procedures, he said.
The contractor and
the child’s father work
at the same project in
Greater Noida’s Expo
Mart, SHO Vinod Ku-
mar Singh said. A
Maruti Brezza car,
which was used for
kidnapping the child,
has also been im-
pounded.
CM YOGI IN HARIDWAR VOWS TO PROTECT RIVER
‘We freed Ganga from sewage of Sisamau, Jajmau drains’
First India Bureau
Haridwar/Lucknow:
Stressing the need to
maintain cleanliness
of river Ganga, Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath on Thursday
said that Uttar Pradesh
and Uttarakhand to-
gether are working to
safeguard the religious
sentiments of millions.
While addressing
the Sparsh Ganga Cam-
paign in Haridwar in
presence of his Uttara-
khand counterpart
Pushkar Singh Dhami,
Yogi Adityanath said,
“River Ganga has an
extreme social, eco-
nomic and spiritual
significance. Even as
the ambitious Namami
Gange project has so
far given some encour-
aging results as far as
cleanliness of Ganga is
concerned, greater
awareness and public
participation is a must
to realise the goal.”
Emphasising that
Uttar Pradesh has a
major role towards en-
suring the cleanliness
of river Ganga, the CM
said, “During its 2550-
km journey across In-
dia, the Ganga covers
the maximum distance
– 1155 km – in Uttar
Pradesh. River Ganga
has not only made our
land fertile and living
easier, but is also the
most important factor
behind the state having
immense resources.”
The CM said it was a
matterof greatconcern
and disappointment to
see the river in such a
bad shape in Kanpur.
“This has hurt both the
faith and the economy
of the state. So, the real
challenge was to clean
it up in Kanpur where a
huge amount of indus-
trial waste was drain-
ing into it,” he said,
adding that “due to the
dedicated efforts today
,
the sewage of drains
like Sisamau and Jaj-
mau no longer empties
into Ganga.”
CM Yogi said that
the fertile Gangetic
plains feed the entire
nation. “The state gov-
ernment is taking eve-
ry possible step to en-
sure the cleanliness of
the Ganga. Public par-
ticipation is also essen-
tial in this resolve. We
have to prevent dirty
drains from falling into
the Ganga through the
cities and villages. If
we work with commit-
ment by setting goals,
then Ganga will be-
come an example in the
country and the
world,” he said.
He also urged the
people to give up the
mentality to harm the
river and give up the
practices of disposing
of dead bodies, dead
animals, waste and
plastic in the Ganga.
“It is our moral respon-
sibility and resolve to
keep all the tributaries
that connect with the
Ganges clean,” he said.
CM Yogi Adityanath performs Ganga Puja in Haridwar on
Thursday along with Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami.
NABBED WHILE TAKING
CHILD HOME IN CAR
During initial inquiry, the contractor told the
police that he and his wife had been married
for over eight years but were unable to have a
child of their own. The contractor lives in Dadri
area and was on his way home with the child in
his Maruti Brezza car when he was nabbed by
the police, police said.
www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epapers/lucknow I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia
LUCKNOW l FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2022 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. UPENG/2020/80229 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 172
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, LUCKNOW NEW DELHI
PM MODI’S IMPORTANT
MEET ON HEATWAVE
AFTER RETURNING FROM
THREE-DAY EUROPE VISIT
P5
JAGDEESH CHANDRA
IN CONVERSATION
WITH ARUN SINGH AT
THE NEW JC SHOW P8
LALITPUR RAPE
CASE SNOWBALLS
INTO POLITICAL
CONTROVERSY
P3
KANGANA RANAUT
LAUNCHES, ‘SHE’S ON
FIRE’ SONG FROM FILM
DHAAKAD IN JAIPUR P9
CRUCIAL READ
CHALLENGE TO SEDITION LAW:
TOP COURT HEARING ON MAY 10
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on May 10 hear
arguments on whether the petitions challenging
the constitutional validity of Section 124A of IPC,
which deals with sedition, need to be referred to a
larger bench. Bench of CJI NV Ramana and Justices
Surya Kant and Hima Kohli said on Thursday there is
already a decision of its Constitution Bench in 1962,
which upheld the legal validity of the IPC provision.
PRASHANT SET
FOR ‘PADYATRA’
SENSEX FALLS 865
PTS, ENDS FLAT
Patna: Prashant Kishor
on Thursday put paid
to speculations of him
floating a new political
platform stating that he is
set to embark on a 3,000
km ‘padyatra’ that will
start from Mahatma Gan-
dhi’s ashram in Bihar’s
Champaran on October 2.
Mumbai: Equity indices
pared their gains in the
fag-end of the session
and ended flat as US
index futures indicated
a subdued start on Wall
Street later on Thursday.
SP BSE Sensex declined
865 points from day’s
high to end at 55,702.
HINDU MAN KILLED
FOR MARRYING
MUSLIM, 2 HELD
Hyderabad: In sus-
pected case of ‘honour
killing’, a man was bru-
tally murdered allegedly
by his brother-in-law in
Hyderabad as he was
“opposed” to his sister’s
marriage to a person
belonging to another
religion. Cops confirmed
that a main accused has
been arrested and a few
of the suspects have
also been detained.
FINAL REPORT
...on controversial plan
to redraw JK seats out
Delimitation commission issues final notification,
reserves 43 Assembly seats for Jammu, 47 for Kashmir
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: The delimi-
tation commission to
redraw the electoral
map of Jammu and
Kashmir on Thursday
notified and submitted
its much-awaited final
report.
The completion of the
controversial delimita-
tion process will pave
the wave for holding as-
semblyelectionsinJam-
mu and Kashmir. The
former state is without
an elected government
since June 2018.
Allfiveparliamentary
constituencies will have
an equal number of as-
sembly constituencies
for the first time.
9 ACs have
been reserved
for STs, out
of which, 6
are in Jammu
region and
3 ACs in the
Valley
SALIENT POINTS
OF THE REPORT

z 7 ACs reserved for
Scheduled Caste

z All 5 Parliamentary
Constituencies have an equal
number of ACs for the first
time – 18 seats each

z All ACs will remain
within the boundary of the
concerned district

z Changed nomenclature
for 13 assembly seats; minor
changes across 21 ACs

z Delimitation panel
recommends provision of at
least 2 member (including 1
female) from Kashmiri mi-
grant community in JK with
same power as nominated
members of Puducherry

z It also sought representa-
tion of displaced persons
from Pakistan Occupied JK
(From Left) Ranjana Prakash Desai, Sushil Chandra and
KK Sharma finalise the Delimitation order on Thursday.
Omar Abdullah
@OmarAbdullah
The draft recommendation
of the JK delimitation
commission is unacceptable. The dis-
tribution of newly created assembly
constituencies with 6 going to Jammu
only 1 to Kashmir is not justified by
the data of the 2011 census.
It is yet not clear
if the accused
are terrorists or
pawns of the terror or-
ganisations being used to
transport explosives from
one place to another.
—Manohar Lal Khattar,
Haryana Chief Minister
AMIT SHAH IN BENGAL
Will implement Citizenship Act
after Covid subsides, says Shah
Siliguri (ANI): The
Citizenship Amend-
ment Act (CAA) is a re-
ality and it will be im-
plemented as soon as
Covid tapers off, Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah said today in Ben-
gal, making it clear that
the controversial citi-
zenship law is back on
the Centre’s agenda.
Speaking at a public
meeting in Siliguri in
North Bengal, Amit
Shah accused Bengal
CM Mamata of “spread-
ing rumours” that the
new citizenship law
would not be enforced.
‘CHANGED POLITICAL SITUATION WILL FORCE
WB TO HELP BSF IN CHECKING INFILTRATION’
The political situation in West Bengal will soon be such that
the local administration will be forced to assist the Border
Security Force (BSF) to check illegal infiltration and cross-
border smuggling along the India-Bangladesh border areas in
the state, according to Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Amit Shah at inauguration of Satluj, Narmada Kaveri Floating
BoPs boat ambulance at Hingalganj BoP, WB on Thursday.
4 TERROR
SUSPECTS
DETAINED IN
KARNAL
Chandigarh (ANI):
Four suspected Khal-
istani terrorists have
been arrested at a toll
plaza in Haryana, the
police said today, add-
ing a large quantity of
arms, ammunition and
explosives have been re-
covered from them.
They were going to de-
liver explosives to Ma-
harashtra’s Nanded
and Telangana’s Adil-
abad. The key accused,
Gurpreet, was earlier in
jail, where he met a Ra-
jbeer, who had links
with Pak, police said.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium led by Chief Justice
of India NV Ramana has recommended Gauhati High Court
Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Gujarat High Court judge,
Justice Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala, for appointment as top
court judges. If the Central govt accepts the recommenda-
tion of Collegium and appoints them as SC judges, then
Justice Pardiwala would go-ahead to become CJI.
SC COLLEGIUM RECOMMENDS
2 NEW JUDGES TO TOP COURT

UTTAR PRADESH
LUCKNOW | FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2022
02
UP-UTTARAKHAND TOGETHER WILL
REALISE PM MODI’S DREAM: YOGI
First India Bureau
Lucknow: On a three-
day visit to Uttara-
khand, Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath,
on Thursday, handed
over the keys of Alak-
nanda Guest House to
his Uttarakhand
counterpart Pushkar
Singh Dhami.
He also inaugurated
the Bhagirathi Tour-
ist Accommodation,
constructed by the UP
Tourism Department,
in Haridwar.
“River Ganges is
formed by the holy
confluence of Alak-
nanda and Bhagirathi.
In line with the vision
of Prime Minister, the
problem of distribu-
tion of assets in Uttar
Pradesh and Uttara-
khand has been re-
solved through mutual
dialogue,” Yogi said.
Launching an at-
tack on the other pre-
vious governments, he
said that for 21 years
the dispute between
the two states was not
resolved and remained
complicated.
In the presence of
revered saints, reli-
gious leaders, many
former CMs, minis-
ters of the Uttara-
khand government,
CM Yogi said about
the need of working
together for the over-
all development of
both states.
“People are eager to
visit Kedarnath,
Badrinath, Yamunotri
and Gangotri during
the Chardham Yatra,
while in the second
season, many hill sta-
tions associated with
Kumaon, Nainital,
Jhunsi Math also at-
tract tourists. The for-
est cover has also in-
creased here in recent
years, which has given
rise to the possibili-
ties of eco-tourism.”,
he said.
YOGI ADITYANATH, PUSHKAR DHAMI
RESOLVE 21-YEAR-OLD ASSETS DISPUTE
Yogi and Dhami inaugurate guest house for tourists
Haridwar (ANI):
Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Yogi Aditya-
nath along with state
Chief Minister Push-
kar Singh Dhami on
Thursday inaugurat-
ed guest house ac-
commodation for
tourists in Haridwar
worth Rs 43.27 crores.
The guest house
has 100 rooms and
was built by the Uttar
Pradesh government.
Speaking at the event
in Haridwar, Aditya-
nath said the state
has many opportuni-
ties for eco-tourism
along with spiritual
tourism.
“Uttarakhand has
ample opportunities
for eco-tourism along
with spiritual tour-
ism. . The state has a
scope of tourism in
every season, some
people come here as
faithful devotees
while some as tour-
ists,” he said. Dhami,
who was present at
the event along with
UP CM Yogi Aditya-
nath, said for devo-
tees who visit vari-
ous places under
Char Dham Yatra,
the railway route will
begin by 2023 or by
the beginning of
2024.
CM Yogi Adityanath performs Ganga Puja in Haridwar.
Yogi inaugurating ‘Bhagirathi’ in Haridwar.
OPERATION MUKTI
Lady cops on patrol duty to
check crimes against women
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In a step
aimed at checking
crime against women
and redressal of their
problems, the Yogi Adi-
tyanath government
has deployed female
constables as the ‘wom-
an beat officer’ at every
Gram Panchayat across
Uttar Pradesh.
These lady cops have
been posted as ‘beat po-
lice officers’ in their re-
spectiveregionsjustlike
theirmalecounterparts.
The government has
also directed all the de-
partments to coordinate
with their women beat
officers to ensure every
woman, even in the re-
motest part of the state,
must get the benefits of
the welfare schemes.
As part of their ambi-
tious ‘Operation Mukti’
programme, the Yogi
government has al-
ready launched a mas-
sive campaign from
May 1 to May 7 for
awareness and rescue
against child marriage
and child labour.
During the cam-
paign, the Women and
Child Development De-
partment, along with
other departments/au-
thorities like District
Magistrate, Police,
Health, Labor, Educa-
tion and Child Services
and Nutrition, etc. de-
partments, as well as
Special Juvenile Police
Unit (SJPU), Anti-Hu-
man Trafficking Unit
(AHTU), Child Welfare
Committee, District
Legal Services Author-
ity and voluntary or-
ganisations will coor-
dinate with childline
representatives.
The government has
asked the officials to
keep all the depart-
ments informed before
carrying out any rescue
operation, and also
make sure that the res-
cued children do not
have to face any delay or
inconvenience in get-
ting food, medical facil-
ities, shelter, travel and
homecomingafter they
are being rescued by the
departments.
Pink Patrol working round the clock in Lucknow. —FILE PHOTO
DEPTS DIVIDE WORK TO RESCUE CHILD
LABOUR, PREVENT CHILD MARRIAGES
During the campaign, the departments have been
instructed to do a department-wise division of
work in order to rescue children from the cases of
child marriage or child labour. The departments
will also have to ensure that all the predefined
protocols are fulfilled and the identity of the chil-
dren is kept confidential.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: To boost in-
novation in higher edu-
cation institutions, the
Uttar Pradesh govern-
ment is soon going to
start the newly set up
e-learning parks in 120
degree colleges of the
state.
The Yogi Govern-
ment has been empha-
sising on transforming
the education sector at
a rapid pace, with focus
on primary, higher and
medical education. Em-
phasis is on preparing
the students for the
tech-driven world. The
government is making
all efforts to make the
youth of Uttar Pradesh
technologically sound
and empower them.
The Higher Educa-
tion Department has
already completed the
work of setting up opf
87 e-learning parks in
the state and in the next
hundred days, the de-
partment will complete
the work of remaining.
This will greatly benefit
the students in rural ar-
eas where the internet
connectivity is slow and
students face difficul-
ties in online learning.
Education activities
will also get a boost
with the facility of
e-learning park, as well
as it will be easy to dis-
seminate government
schemes in remote and
backward areas of the
village.
These e-learning
parks will be equipped
with computer, internet
connection, and Wi-Fi
facilities along with a
Digital Library.
In the next 100 days, the
department is going to
launch the ABACUS-UP
portal through which
various aspects of stu-
dents and teachers will
be linked.
The state level Aca-
demic Bank of Credit
ABACUS-UP portal is
part of NEP.All higher
education institutes
that come under the
preview of NEP-20 have
also been asked to up-
load data of students
and teachers on the
ABACUS-UP portal.
UP to give a boost to higher education with e-Learning parks
DIGITAL INDIA
lll
The Higher
Education
Department
under Yogi
government
has already
wrapped up
setting up of 87
e-learning
parks across
Uttar Pradesh
PRAYAGRAJ SET TO GET STATE’S
FIRST FLOATING RESTAURANT
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Yogi
Adityanath govern-
ment in Uttar Pradesh
is planning to build a
floating restaurant in
Prayagraj.
This will be the first
such restaurant in the
state. The Prayagraj
Development Authori-
ty (PDA) has already
started upgrading fa-
cilities at the Boat
Club which will also
have a Yoga centre and
facilities for water
sports.
According to the
government spokes-
man, the proposed
floating restaurant
will run on the PPP
model and will offer a
whole range of cui-
sines. An official said
that parties interested
in bidding for the proj-
ect will be required to
make a presentation
and also suggest
changes they wish to
make to the Boat Club.
PDA vice-chairman,
Arvind Kumar Chau-
han, said that efforts
were on to ensure
completion of the
project before the 2025
Maha Kumbh in
Prayagraj.
YOGA GURU WELCOMES YOGI
CM Yogi Adityanath with Yoga guru and Patanjali founder Baba Ramdev in Pauri Garhwal on Thursday.
Yogi’s meeting with mother
moves poet Munnawar Rana
First India Bureau
Lucknow: CM Yogi’s
meeting with his moth-
er after a gap of five
years in Uttarakhand
on Wednesday moved
one of his staunchest
critic-cum-poet to tears.
And the well-known
poet is none other than
Lucknow’s Munnawar
Rana, who tweeted the
picture of CM Yogi
touching his mother’s
feet and wrote: “Meri
khwaahish hai ki main
phir se farishta ho
jaaun, Maa se iss tarha
lipat jaaun ki bachcha
ho jaaun (I wish I could
be an angel again, To
cling to the mother in
such a way that I be-
come a child).
Rana’s tweet took
Netizens by surprise
as he has been one of
the most vocal critic of
the BJP’.
His post drew several
sarcastic remarks from
the online users. In fact,
he was among those
who made the most
headlines during the
UP assembly polls 2022
over his open dislike
and opposition to Yogi
becoming CM again.
Back in January,
speaking to the media,
Munawwar Rana had
said, “If Yogi Aditya-
nathbecomes CM again,
I will leave Uttar
Pradesh. It will be very
painful for me, but since
the state in itself is in
danger, I am left with no
other option but to
leave.”
CM Yogi meets his mother Savitri Devi on Tuesday after a gap
of five years.
CM Yogi to visit Ayodhya
today,land for Ramayana
University identified
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Even as
chief minister Yogi Ad-
ityanath is all set to
visit Ayodhya on Fri-
day, the Maharishi
Vidyapeeth Trust has
identified 21 acres of
land for setting up a
Ramayana University
in the holy city.
Students will be
taught the Vedas, The
Ramayana, Upani-
shads, Yoga, Meditation
and Ayurveda, in addi-
tion to Sanskrit gram-
mar and modern sci-
ence at the university
.
The motive behind
establishment of the
Ramayana University
is to conserve the rich
Indian culture and tra-
ditional education on
the one hand and to in-
culcate love for the rich
Indian civilisation
among the younger gen-
eration on the other.
The university will
seek to create employ-
ment opportunities in
the field of Sanskrit
language so that more
and more students are
interested to pursue a
career in it while ac-
quiring knowledge
about the ancient Vedic
education system.
The university will
also offer courses in
Hindi and modern
science.
JOB CREATION
JOURNALIST PAWAN JAISWAL DIES
New Delhi: Journalist
Pawan Jaiswal, who
was in 2019 charged
with conspiracy for
filming students at a
government school in
Mirzapur eating rotis
with salt as their mid-
day meal, died on
Thursday after a pro-
longed battle with
mouth cancer. The jour-
nalist was struggling to
pay for his treatment
and there were several
public appeals in the
past month from jour-
nalists to crowdfund for
his medical bills.
The video Jaiswal shot
was from the Siur pri-
mary school in Jamal-
pur block of Mirzapur
and showed young chil-
dren sitting on the floor
of the school corridor,
eating rotis with salt un-
der a flagship scheme of
the central government.
Jaiswal was later giv-
en a clean chit by the
government in the case.

UTTAR PRADESH
03
CRUCIAL READ
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High court on Thursday
reserves its order in bail application of Samajwadi Party
MP Azam Khan in a case registered against him under
enemy property law after hearing counsel of Azam Khan
and state government. Justice Rahul Chaturvedi was
hearing a bail application filed by Mohd Azam Khan seek-
ing his bail in a case of land grabbing. Allegedly, enemy
property was encroached by the Jauhar University and its
ownership was fraudulently changed by Azam Khan.
GHAZIABAD
WOMAN FOUND
DEAD IN HOTEL
‘OLDER CANDIDATE
SELECTED IF
MARKS TIED’
Ghaziabad: A 48-year-old
woman was found dead
in a hotel room in Bajariya
market here, police said
on Thursday. On Wed
around 11.20 pm, the
woman had checked in a
hotel with a man, Circle
Officer Swatantra Singh
said. In the morning
when the house keeping
staff went there to clean
the room they found the
woman lying dead on the
bed, he said. Prima facie
it seems that the woman
was strangled to death by
the man, who had checked
in with her. A scar was
also visible on her face.
Prayagraj: The Uttar
Pradesh Public Service
Commission (UPPSC),
Prayagraj has informed the
Allahabad High Court that if
there are equal marks, then
candidates older in age
will be given preference
for selection. On this, the
Court said that if any of
the selected candidates do
not join, the post remains
vacant, then the appoint-
ment of the petitioner
should be considered. The
writ petition had been filed
seeking the quashing and
setting aside the impugned
notice/ selection list dated
February 18, 2022.
DECISION RESERVED AFTER HEARING
ON BAIL APPLICATION OF AZAM KHAN
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The rape of
13-year-old scheduled
caste girl in Lalitpur has
snowballed into a major
political controversy
with all opposition par-
ties taking on the UP
govt for rising atrocities
against scheduled caste
and other poor people in
the state.
The SP president
Akhilesh Yadav rushed
to Lalitpur to meet the
family members of the
victims. Demanding ad-
equate security to the
family Yadav said police
stations in UP had be-
come “centres of anar-
chy”. Yadav said the
family was quite scared
and wanted security
and stern action against
all the accused. Yadav
said with frequency of
daily crime “UP seems
to have turned into a
state which tops in ease
of committing crime”.
He said there was spurt
in sensational crime af-
ter the victory of the
BJP in recent assembly
elections. The BSP chief
Mayawati expressing
concern over the crime
said “shameful” and the
Yogi govt should take
strict action in the case.
TheAICCgeneralsec-
retary Priyanka Gandhi
said “incident of gang-
rape and then rape by a
policeofficershowshow
the real reforms of law
and order are being sup-
pressed under the nose
of bulldozer. If the po-
lice stations are not safe
for women where will
they go with their com-
plaints”.
However, the Deputy
Chief Minister Keshav
Prasad Maurya said all
the accused in the case
had been arrested and
thecasewasbeinginves-
tigated. “The case has
been solved, it is clear
who were the crimi-
nals”, he said.
Prayagraj (PTI):
The Aam Aadmi
Party (AAP) on
Thursday demand-
ed a CBI probe into
the Chandauli and
Lalitpur incidents
in UP, saying that
justice is not possi-
ble otherwise as po-
licemenareinvolved
in these cases.
“Policemen are
accused in both
these cases. There-
fore, justice cannot
be achieved through
any police investiga-
tion. We ask the govt
to get the Chandauli
and Lalitpur cases
investigated by the
CBIunderthesuper-
vision of the High
Court,” said AAP
.
MP Sanjay Singh,
who is in-charge of
party affairs in UP
.
The AAP will stage
protests across UP
on May 7 on these
incidents and sub-
mit a memorandum
to demand a CBI in-
quiry into them,
Singh said while
talking to reporters
here. Singh also al-
legedthattheCentre
has created the pow-
er crisis in the coun-
try
. “The country is
at number three in
the world in terms
of coal production.
Anartificialcoalcri-
sis has been created
in the country so
that coal can be pro-
cured from Adani,”
Singh said.
Preeti Nagia
Agra: In the ravines of
theChambalinKarkau-
li village, under Pina-
hat police station area
of Agra, villagers
killed a hyena after the
animal attacked a man
and a woman.
A young man who
went to save them was
also injured. Hearing
screams, villagers
gathered there with
sticks, surrounded the
hyena, and beat it to
death with sticks. Ac-
cording to the informa-
tion, Surendra Singh
and Pappan Devi, resi-
dents of village
Karkauli, had gone to
the ravines near the
village on Thursday
morning for defeca-
tion. All three were se-
riously injured in the
animal attack. The in-
jured were first admit-
ted to CHC Pinahat for
treatment.
Lalitpur(PTI): Two po-
lice personnel, including
a woman sub-inspector,
have been suspended for
mercilessly beating a
maid in Lalitpur district,
police said on Thursday.
A case has been regis-
tered against a constable
and his wife for thrashing
the domestic help at their
official residence in Meh-
rauni area on suspicion
of her involvement in a
theft at their home.
Deputy Superintendent
of Police, Imran Ahmad,
said that a constable Ans-
hu Patel and his wife first
badly beat up their
32-year-old housemaid
and her husband at their
home. Later, the constable
took her to Kotwali police
station where he and a
woman sub-inspector
again mercilessly beat
her up. Constable Patel
and the woman sub-in-
spector have been sus-
pended, the officer said.
The sordid incident is
of May 2 and the FIR was
lodged on Wednesday af-
ter the kin of the victim
staged a protest outside
the Kotwali police sta-
tion. Constable Patel and
the woman sub-inspector
have been suspended, the
officer said.
BULLDOZER IN ACTION
A team of Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) demolishes illegal construction near Hanuman Temple in Aminabad in
Lucknow on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
Akhilesh Yadav interacts with the media in Kanpur on Thursday, a day after meeting the rape
survivor and her family. —PHOTO BY PTI
LALITPUR RAPE CASE
POLICE BRUTALITY SNOWBALLS
INTO POLITICAL CONTROVERSY
Taking serious note of
the incident apex child
rights body NCPCR has
decided to send a team
to Lalitpur. The NCPCR
chairperson Priyanka
Kanoongo said that
the commission had
taken the issue “very
seriously”. She said a
team had been consti-
tuted after consultation
with the state’s child
commission to visit the
village and collect facts.
NCPCR IN ACTION
MODE
New staff posted,
accused sent to
judicial custody
Lalitpur (PTI): New
staff was posted at
the Pali police sta-
tion here where the
Station House Offi-
cer allegedly sexual-
ly assaulted a minor
girl after she was
dumped there by four
youths following
gang-rape, officials
said on Thursday
.
The Station House
Officer arrested on
charges of raping a
minor girl here was
on Thursday sent to
14-day judicial custo-
dy
. With this, all the
six accused in the
case have been sent to
jail following court
orders, police said.
“Accused SHO Tilak-
dhari Saroj was pro-
duced before a dis-
trict court which sent
him to 14-day judicial
custody
,” Superinten-
dent of Police Nikhil
Pathak said.
Saroj was arrested
in Prayagraj on
Wednesday and was
brought here. Deputy
Inspector General of
Police(DIG)Jogendra
Kumar had removed
the entire staff of the
Pali police station af-
ter the incident came
to light. While Dhar-
mendra Singh has
been made the new
SHO of the police sta-
tion, new staff has
also been posted
there, the officials
said. SP Pathak also
said the rape survi-
vor’s aunt and two
youths were sent to
judicial custody by
the court on Wed.
THE CASE
Police sources said
the girl was lured to
Bhopal, about 240 kilo-
metres from Lalitpur,
by 4 men and they
allegedly raped her for
3 days and then left
her near the Pali police
station.
Lucknow(PTI): BJP
MP Brij Bhushan
Sharan Singh on
Thursday opposed Ma-
harashtra Navnirman
Sena (MNS) chief Raj
Thackeray’s visit to
Ayodhya on June 5 and
warned that he will
not be allowed to enter
the city till he ten-
dered a public apology
for humiliating north
Indians.
Brij Bhushan
Sharan Singh, MP
from Kaiserganj Lok
Sabha constituency
and one of the leaders
of the Ram Mandir
movement, in a tweet
said, Will not allow Raj
Thackeray, who humil-
iates north Indians,
enter the Ayodhya bor-
der . Before coming to
Ayodhya, Raj Thack-
eray should apologise
to all North Indians
with folded hands, he
said.
In a series of tweets,
the MP also requested
Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath not to meet
Thackeray till he
apolozie to the North
Indians.
‘‘From the move-
ment for Ram temple
to its construction
only Rashtriya Sway-
amsevak Sangh, Vish-
wa Hindu Parishad,
and the common man
have had a role.
The Thackeray fam-
ily has no role in it,”
he said. The MP also
said that Thackeray
family had no contri-
bution in the temple
movement. Brij
Bhushan was also an
accused in the contro-
versial Babri Mosque
case, which was felled
by kar sevaks’ in Ayo-
dhya on December 6,
1992.
On April 17, Thack-
eray in Pune had an-
nounced he would
visit Ayodhya on June
5 to seek blessings of
Lord Ram. ‘‘On June
5, I will go to Ayodhya
along with other MNS
workers to have dar-
shan of Lord Ram. I
appeal to other
people also to come to
Ayodhya,” Thackeray
had said in a press
conference.
BJP MP vows to not allow Thackeray in Ayodhya
lll
In a series of
tweets, Brij
Bhushan also
requested Chief
Minister Yogi
Adityanath not
to meet
Thackeray till
he apologises
to north
Indians
MNS Chief Raj Thackeray. BJP MP Brij Bhushan .
ULTIMATUM
AAP seeks
CBI probe
into Lalitpur
Chandauli
cases
Lalitpur: Maid thrashed
badly in police station
Hyena beaten to death
after attacking villagers

PERSPECTIVE
04
l Vol 2 l Issue No. 172
l RNI NO. UPENG/2020/80229.
Printed and published by
Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of
First Express Publishers. Printed
at Amar Ujala Ltd. B-5 Amausi
Industrial Area Kanpur Road Luc-
know. Published at 98, Friend’’s
Colony, Raheem Nagar, Dudouli
Road, Madiyaon, Lucknow (UP).
Editor-In-Chief: Jagdeesh Chandra.
Editor: Vishal Srivastav
responsible for selection of news
under the PRB Act
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Those who cling to
perceptions and views
wander the world
offending people.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Good discussions with Chairperson
ICHR, Prof. Raghuvendra Tanwar ji.
Discussed ways to encourage objective
scientific writing of history our
heritage, utilise the #AmritMahotsav
for promoting unsung personalities
and take our rich culture and heritage
to the next generation.
Anurag Thakur
@ianuragthakur
FTII is amongst our premier
institutions and I had the opportunity
to visit the campus today. I interacted
w/ students faculty to understand
how we can work together to
showcase the best of this institute and
make it ready for new age cinematic
excellence,partnerships more.
TOP TWEETS
IN CONG V CONG IT
IS THE PARTY
WHICH ENDS UP
WITH LOSS OF FACE
t can happen only in
the Congress. Two
senior members of
the party engaged in
a face-off in a high
court is unlikely to happen in
any other party
. It was a strange
sight to see senior Congress
leader PC Chidambaram appear-
ing in the Calcutta High Court to
defend the Trinamool Congress
government in a case relating to
the sale of Metro Dairy shares to
an agro-processing company
.
The case seeking probe into
the sale was filed by none other
than the West Bengal PCC presi-
dent Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
.
Apparently, Chidambaram did
not feel embarrassed at his court
appearance in defence of the
TMC government putting
Chowdhury in an awkward situ-
ation. He also seemed uncon-
cerned about the embarrass-
ment he may have caused to the
party high command, unless he
had their blessing. Even as a law-
yer his action is inexplicable.
The Congress v Congress is yet
anotherexampleof thepartylead-
ership’slackof holdonitsleaders
who do whatever they want.
I
hese days all eyes
are on the Su-
preme Court of
the United States
where conserva-
tive judges, who are in major-
ity
, are set to declare abortion
unconstitutional. A rare
leakedreportfromtheAmeri-
can Supreme Court said that
it was preparing to overturn
the Roe v Wade verdict which
allowed abortions. The deci-
sion allowed abortions be-
tween24and28weeksof preg-
nancy
. Judge Alito’s draft
opinion reportedly said, “The
Constitutiondoesnotprohibit
citizens of each state from
regulating or prohibiting
abortion.”Alito’sopinionwas
backed by four other judges
all of whom are appointees of
the Republican government.
The Supreme Court’s judg-
ment is expected in July but
women are already raising
their voice against the possi-
ble SC verdict.
Even before the Roe v Wade
judgment is reversed, several
states have gone ahead and
banned abortions. While Mis-
sissipi,aRepublican-governed
state, is planning to ban abor-
tions, Oklahoma and Florida
havebannedabortionsevenat
15weeksof gestation.Instates
like Texas, the onus for an
abortionwillbeonanyoneaid-
ingorabettingabortion.Some
of thestateshaveevenbanned
abortion pills. All this sounds
strange when one looks at
Catholic Ireland which legal-
ized abortions in 2018.
The leaked opinion, which
has been confirmed as “au-
thentic” has led to angry pro-
tests by American women
against the overturning of
the Roe law. “I am mad as hell
and ready to fight,” Senator
Elizabeth Warren said. It has
also brought Republicans
and Democrats face to face as
the country prepares for mid-
term elections. If the draft
ruling stays, Democrats hope
to win the polls.
US ABORTION LAW
TAKES CENTRE STAGE
A rare leaked report
from the American
Supreme Court said that
it was preparing to overturn
the Roe v Wade verdict
which allowed abortions.
The decision allowed
abortions between 24
and 28 weeks of
pregnancy
T
he world is no more round we
are surviving in a flat world
now. The economy is flat
world economy. Flat world
economy is characterized by
new-age creativity, new-age
connectivity, workflow soft-
ware, outsourcing, insourc-
ing, off shoring, supply chain
management, search en-
gines, uploading and digital
steroids. All these flatteners
have intermingled now
which were earlier working
independently and outcome
is that economic power is
shifting from west European
countries to BRICS, there is
death of distance and disci-
plines. Economic models,
sustainable development
models are under search and
review.
When we discuss about the
next normal, it means we
have done something wrong
in the past. In a flat world sce-
nario shocks are inevitable
viz. Pandemic or war or pet-
rol prices or supply chains
disruptions geo- economic or
geo- political issues. Econo-
mies have to evolve or devise
certain resilient strategies to
survive among these shocks.
Presently we have adopted
stake holder’s capitalism
model while to reach to next
normal or to devise a strategy
for sustainable future by opt-
ing new model. Cost of transi-
tion from existing model to
new model is very high.
THE ESG STRATEGY
The economy has to be shift-
ed from stake holder’s capi-
talism model to environment,
social and governance model
(ESG model) for sustainable
future. We have to shift from
profit model (greed is good
model) to people, planet and
profit harmony model so that
coexistence may be inculcat-
ed. Carbon reporting, green
investment, waste water
management, forestation,
initiatives to optimum water
uses, ownership of contami-
nated land and moving to
crops which are less water
intensive. Social awareness
consist of social benefits of
investments, socially respon-
sible investments. caring for
local community, gender sen-
sitivity, data security, cus-
tomer satisfaction, anti-sexu-
al harassment laws, work
place conflicts redressal, hu-
man rights at home and
abroad, fare labor practices,
employer of choice , use of
electrical vehicles, LGBTQIA
rights etc.
While governance requires
strict regulatory controls.
Good governance, optimum
performance, social security
,
top line growth, resilient pol-
icies, transparent accounting
system, government inter-
ventions, avoiding conflict of
interest in choices and wom-
en as one of the Director in
company board are few provi-
sions for governance.
FIVE PILLARS
OF SUCCESS
Sustainable future strategy
shall look into how much en-
vironmentally responsible
companies have behaved?
How much corporate sector
gives back to the society?
Corporate have to behave and
function with utmost ethics,
transparency and sufficient
disclosures. A holistic decen-
tralization strategy has to be
devised.
Companies need to devise
ESG based performance indi-
cators and firms like Ama-
zon, IBM , GE , IBP have al-
ready taken steps in the di-
rection . These companies
have also devised environ-
mentally intelligence suite
for risk management and
energy efficiency
.

z Green recovery economy

z Reduced internet traffic

z Avoidance of protectionism

z Future proofing/assuring of
MSMEs

z Education to support lifelong
learning
Investors in times to come
will look forward ESG in-
vesting which includes sus-
tainable investment, socially
responsible investment im-
pact centric investment and
investors look at various
other board range of behav-
ior . Cost of transition to ESG
model is very high and this
cost need to be reduced and
controlled. .Shift of model
may create green inflation
initially but it is inevitable.
DRIVERS OF CHANGE

z Physical drivers

z Digital drivers

z Biological drivers
Physical drivers of change
includes autonomous vehi-
cles, driverless cars and
trucks, censors responding
to environmental low cost
availability of drones com-
bined with availability of
agricultural data will bring
sufficient use of water and
fertilizer. 3D printing, hu-
man cells and organ trans-
plantation, 4D printing will
be capable of responding en-
vironmental changes like
heat and humidity. Advance
robotics is not far in areas
like agriculture to medical.
Co-operative robots (CO-
BOTS) will come for team
work. New material are
emergingwhichare200times
stronger than steel called
‘GRAPHENE’. Digital drives
like Internet of things, RFID,
digital clothing has emerged.
Face book does not own any
content of itself. Biological
Drivers like genetics, editing
of inactive genes, GM plants
etc will make transforma-
tional shifts in the society
.
EPILOGUE
New strategy will have great
impact on the economy, GNP,
investment, employment,
competitiveness, planning,
productivity, carbon emis-
sion, green investment etc.,.
Jobs like secretary, referee,
umpire, coffee shop, courier,
messenger would find them-
selves difficult to sustain in
the near future. While jobs
like Surgeon, Doctor, Teach-
er, choreographer, musician,
analysts, bio-statistician
would be able sustain with
some updated versions of the
same.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
THE NEXT NORMAL:
STRATEGY FOR THE
SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
T
PROFESSOR
ND MATHUR
The writer is a Dean of School of
Humanities and Social Sciences
JECRC University, Jaipur
Environment (E) has direct
implication on cost, Social (S)
has direct implication on firm
where you get your talent from
and Governance (G) is given
which includes government
policy, interventions and
performance based governance.
Strategy for environment and
society is corporation centric
while government is state-
centric. Business models and
processes has to go under a
rapid change transformation
for the sustainable future
Green recovery, supply
shortages, pandemic,
Russia- Ukraine war,
petrol price, wholesale
price index are shocks to
economy but in the next
normal economy requires
to be much sound. It bears
such shocks which require
resilient strategy for
sustainable future.
Economy cannot be
transfixed in present
normal but it must be
made stronger to bear any
kind of shocks whether it
is war centric or sanction
centric or supply
disruption-centric or
recovery centric or
inflation centric

To Receive Free Newspaper
PDF Daily
Whatsapp:
https://bit.ly/whatsapplko
Telegram:
https://t.me/firstindialucknow
Click the above link☝ subscribe us on your
preferred platform.

INDIA
05
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Onlinenom-
inations/recommenda-
tions for the Padma
Awards 2023 to be an-
nounced on the occasion
of Republic Day
, 2023,
have opened. The last
date for filing the nomi-
nations is September 15.
Thenominations/recom-
mendations for Padma
Awards will be received
through online only on
theNationalAwardspor-
talhttps://awards.gov.in.
The nominations/rec-
ommendations should
contain all relevant de-
tails specified in the for-
mat available on the
above mentioned Padma
Portal, including a cita-
tion in narrative form
(800 words max), clearly
bringing out the distin-
guished and exceptional
achievements/serviceof
thepersonrecommended
in her/his respective
field/discipline.
TheMinistryof Home
Affairs has requested all
Central Ministries/De-
partments, States/UT
Governments, Bharat
Ratna and Padma Vib-
hushan awardees, Insti-
tutes of Excellence to
makeconcertedeffortsto
identify talented persons
whose excellence and
achievements really de-
serve to be recognized
from amongst women,
weaker sections of the
society
, SCs STs, divy-
ang persons and who are
doing selfless service to
society
.
Details in this regard
are available under the
heading ‘
Awards and
Medals’onthewebsiteof
theMinistryof HomeAf-
fairs https://mha.gov.in
and on the Padma
Awards Portal https://
padmaawards.gov.in.
NominationsforPadmaAwards2023opentillSep15
TOP HONOURS
lll
The nominations
should contain
relevant details
specified in the
format available
on the Padma
Portal, including
a citation in
narrative form
PM REVIEWS HEATWAVE MANAGEMENT, MONSOON PREPAREDNESS
INDIA CONTINUES TO REEL UNDER
SEVERE HEATWAVE CONDITIONS
New Delhi (ANI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi on Thursday
chaired a meeting to re-
view heatwave manage-
ment and monsoon pre-
paredness.
Several parts of the
country have been reel-
ing under an intense
heatwaveforthepastfew
weeks with tempera-
tures soaring to an all-
timetimehighinseveral
places. Average maxi-
mum temperatures
reached 35.9 and 37.78
degrees Celsius in the
northwest and central
India respectively with
both the regions of the
country experiencing
the hottest April in 122
years.
A hailstorm and rain-
fall lashed parts of Delhi
on Wednesday bringing
much-neededrelief from
the unrelenting heat.
The heatwave is likely to
return after May 7 as per
the predictions of a sen-
ior scientist at India Me-
teorologicalDepartment
(IMD), RK Jenamani.
The heatwave began
in late March in north-
ern India and spread
into the first weeks of
April. Although heat-
waves are not uncom-
mon in this region dur-
ing the pre-monsoon
season from April to
June, residents and me-
teorologists have noted
that this heatwave was
the earliest they could
remember. The average
temperature in India in
March 2022 was about 33
degrees Celsius, the
warmest March ever re-
corded since records be-
gan in 1902. In major cit-
ies such as Delhi, tem-
peratures went up to
over 45 degrees Celsius.
These temperatures are
10 degrees Celsius
warmerthanthenormal
high temperatures for
April and approached
the all-time record tem-
peratures for the month.
Temperatures in ma-
jor metropolitan areas
can be further exacer-
bated by the urban heat
island effect, increasing
local temperatures a
few degrees higher than
the surrounding coun-
tryside.
President Ram Nath Kovind along with other dignitaries during the
Padma Awards 2020 at Rashtrapati Bhavan. —FILE PHOTO
Heatwave to return to northwest, central India from May 7: IMD
New Delhi (ANI): The
Director-General of
Meteorology at the
India Meteorological
Department (IMD)
Mrutyunjay Mohapa-
tra said on Thursday
that a fresh spell of
heatwave is likely to
commence in some
parts of northwest
India and central India.
“A fresh heatwave
spell is likely to com-
mence in Rajasthan.
Isolated heatwave con-
ditions are expected
to start in Rajasthan,
Madhya Pradesh, and
Vidarbha especially.
For Rajasthan, it will
be for today and tomor-
row (May 5 and 6), and
on May 7, it (heatwave)
will spread into some
other parts of north-
west India and central
India,” Mohapatra
said.
A heatwave warning
will be issued for iso-
lated places of Ra-
jasthan, Madhya
Pradesh and the Vid-
arbha area, soon.
“The heatwave con-
dition is likely to
spread to some more
parts of northwest and
central India after May
7,” he said.
Observing the
weather patterns in
South India, the IMD
Andhra Pradesh has is-
sued several guidelines
for the weather for the
next five days.
A woman gives water to her child in respite from the heatwave in New Delhi. —FILE PHOTO
Isolated heatwave conditions are
expected to start in Rajasthan,
Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha
ODISHA SOUNDS CYCLONE ALERT, ASKS
DISTRICT AUTHORITIES TO BE PREPARED
Bhubaneswar (ANI):
Hours later a cy-
clonic circulation was
observed in Odisha on
Wednesday morning,
the India Meteorologi-
cal Department (IMD)
predicted that the
low-pressure area can
be formed and move
towards the Northwest
in the country.
“We are expecting
a low-pressure area
to be formed in South
Andaman sea and its
neighbourhood around
May 6. After forma-
tion, we are expect-
ing the low-pressure
area will move in the
northwest which will
further intensify into a
deep depression after
48 hrs, i.e., on May
8,” Umashankar Das,
senior scientist of IMD,
Bhubaneswar said.
“As of now, we are
expecting the wind
speed to be around
40-50 km/hr from
May 5 onwards, which
will further increase
to 55-65 km/hr for
gusting up to 75 km/hr
on May 8,” he added.
Das mentioned that the
fishermen are advised
not to venture into the
Andaman Sea area,
adjoining Southeast
and East-central Bay of
Bengal from May 5 to
May 8.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs a meeting to review the preparations for the heatwave
management and monsoon preparedness, in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
CELEBRATORY MOMENT
Delhi Capitals Mitchell Marsh celebrates the dismissal of Sunrisers Hyderabad Rahul
Tripathi during the Indian Premier League 2022 match between Delhi Capitals and
Sunrisers Hyderabad, at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
HOT AFFAIR: ALL RECORDS BROKEN

z Average maximum
temperatures reached
35.9 and 37.78 degrees
Celsius in the northwest
and central India re-
spectively with both the
regions of the country
experiencing the hottest
April in 122 years.

z In major cities such
as Delhi, tempera-
tures went up to over
45 degrees Celsius.
These temperatures
are 10 degrees Celsius
warmer than the nor-
mal high temperatures
for April.
Priyanka Mohite is
first Indian woman to
scale five peaks
above 8,000 mts
SC cancels bail
of rape accused
Supreme Court on
Tuesday cancelled the
bail plea of a rape ac-
cused in the light of his
blatant conduct subse-
quent to being released
as some posters with
the faces of some
influential persons of
the society in the back-
drop, welcoming him
with captions like
“Bhaiyaa is back”,
“Back to Bhaiyaa”, and
“Welcome to Role Jane-
man”.
A bench of Chief Jus-
tice of India NV Rama-
na with Justice Krishna
Murari and Hima Kohli
set aside the Madhya
Pradesh High Court or-
der which granted bail
to the student leader
and directed him to sur-
render within one
week.
The apex court was
hearing a plea filed by
the complainant of the
case, who has chal-
lenged the Madhya
Pradesh High Court or-
der granting bail to the
accused.
Mumbai (PTI): Priyan-
ka Mohite from Satara
in western Maharash-
tra has become the first
Indian woman to scale
five peaks above 8,000
metres after she
climbed Mt Kanchen-
junga on Thursday
.
Priyanka Mohite (30),
the recipient of Tenzing
Norgay Adventure
Award 2020, successful-
ly completed her expe-
dition to Mt Kanchen-
junga (8,586 m), the
third highest mountain
on the planet, at 4.52
pm,” her brother Akash
Mohite said.
In April 2021, she had
scaled Mt Annapurna
(8,091 m), the 10th
high-
est mountain peak in
the world and had be-
come the first Indian
woman climber to
achieve the feat.
Priyanka has also
climbed the world’s
highest peak Mt Ever-
est (8,849 m) in 2013, Mt
Lhotse (8,516 m) in 2018,
Mt Makalu (8,485 m)
and Mt Kilimanjaro
(5,895 m) in 2016.
Passionate about
mountaineering since
childhood, Priyanka
started to scale moun-
tains in the Sahyadri
range of Maharashtra
as a teenager and in
2012 scaled Bandar-
punch, a mountain mas-
sif of the Garhwal divi-
sion of the Himalayas,
in Uttarakhand.
Mehsana (Gujarat) (ANI): Gujarat court on Thurs-
day sentenced Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani and 12
others to three months impris-
onment and a fine under section
143 Indian Penal Code (IPC) over
a 2017 case of carrying out Azadi
march without permission. MLA
Jignesh Mevani, Reshma Patel,
Kaushik Parmar of National Dalit Adhikar Manch,
Kaushik Parmar, Subodh Parmar including 10 others
have been sentenced to three months imprisonment
and a fine of Rs.1000.
New Delhi, (PTI):
The Delhi High Court
on Thursday allowed
extradited gangster Abu
Salem, who is serving
life imprisonment for his
role in the 1993 Mum-
bai serial blasts case,
to withdraw his petition
seeking to declare his
detention in India illegal.
A bench headed by
Justice Siddharth Mridul
ordered that the peti-
tion, which also sought
his repatriation to
Portugal, is dismissed
as withdrawn. Salem’s
counsel said the issue
is now pending before
the Supreme Court
sought permission to
withdraw the petition
before the High Court.
Supreme Court on
Thursday permitted
the release of Amitabh
Bachchan-starrer Hindi
movie ‘Jhund’ on the
OTT platform on May 6
as it stayed the Telan-
gana High Court status
quo order. A bench of
Justices Indira Banerjee
AS Bopanna stayed
the interim order of
status quo passed by
the Telangana High
Court on April 29. The
movie will be released
on ZEE5. It also issued
notice to the Hyder-
abad-based filmmaker
Nandi Chinni Kumar.
Supreme Court on
Thursday reserved an
order on extradited
gangster Abu Salem’s
plea raising the issue
that as per the extra-
dition treaty between
India and Portugal, his
jail terms cannot extend
beyond 25 years. A
bench of justices Sanjay
Kishan Kaul and MM
Sundresh reserved
the order after both
parties concluded their
arguments. During
the hearing, the court
remarked that when
it was reading some
other cases from the
UK, it found that India
has never violated the
extradition assurance.
Unique Identification
Authority of India
(UIDAI) has informed
the Delhi High Court
that core biometric
information collected
by the authority under
the Aadhaar Act shall
not be shared with
anyone for any reason
whatsoever. The UIDAI
affidavit came as a
reply to a court query
in a 2018 robbery and
murder case in which
the prosecution sought
certain biometric data
collected at the site to
be matched with the
Aadhaar database.
New Delhi (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday
appointed retired High Court judge, Justice Thottathil
B Nair Radhakrishnan to enquire about the involve-
ment of builders, promoters, and
officials responsible for the illegal
construction of the buildings in
Maradu in Kerala. The apex court
directed the Kerala State Govern-
ment to provide the necessary
facilities and extend all cooper-
ation to Justice Thottathil B Nair Radhakrishnan for
completing the inquiry “expeditiously”. The builders
of the flats are also directed to appear before Justice
Thottathil B Nair Radhakrishnan as and when sum-
moned, the court said.
JIGNESH MEVANI GETS THREE MONTHS
JAIL TERM OVER 2017 MEHSANA RALLY
DELHI HC ALLOWS
ABU SALEM TO
WITHDRAW PLEA
SC PERMITS
RELEASE OF FILM
‘JHUND’ ON OTT
SC RESERVES
ORDER ON ABU
SALEM’S PLEA
UIDAI TO DELHI HC:
CORE INFO SHALL
NOT BE SHARED
RETIRED JUDGE TO PROBE ILLEGAL
CONSTRUCTION IN KERALA’S MARADU

z The average
temperature in India
in March 2022 was
about 33 degrees
Celsius, the warmest
March ever recorded
since records began
in 1902.
IN THE COURTYARD

INDIA
06
Jammu (Agencies):
The BSF will lodge a
strong protest with its
Pakistani counterpart
afteratunnelwasdetect-
ed at the International
BorderintheSambasec-
tor of Jammu, the 11th
since 2012.
The tunnel was de-
tected on Wednesday
.
Inspector General Bor-
derSecurityForce(BSF)
Jammu D.K Boora said
in a press conference
here on Thursday that
the detection of the tun-
nel was a big success
and goes on to prove the
alertness of the troops.
“Wewilllodgeastrong
protest with Pakistan on
the issue,” he said.
He said 11 tunnels
have been detected by
the BSF at the Interna-
tional border in Jam-
mu since 2012.
He said it was a spec-
ulation that this tunnel
was used by the terror-
ists to infiltrate into In-
dia for carrying out the
attack in Sunjwan
ahead of Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi’s
visit to Jammu in April.
“An attempt is being
made to link this tunnel
to the Sunjwan attack,
but that is just a specula-
tion, and there is no evi-
dence yet,” he said.
He said there were no
markings on the sand
banks found on the tun-
nel in Samba.
Earlier in the day
, the
BSF said its troops had
foiled designs of Paki-
stan-based terrorists to
disrupt the upcoming
Amarnath Yatra after
finding the tunnel.
11 tunnels found at IB in Jammu since 2012
BSF LODGES PROTEST WITH PAK RANGERS
WHO’s claim of 4.7 million Covid
deaths questionable, says India
New Delhi (Agencies):
India has strongly refut-
ed the World Health Or-
ganisation’s (WHO) use
of mathematical model
to calculate the number
of Covid deaths, saying
the “figure is totally re-
moved from reality”.
Contending that the
countryhasan“extreme-
ly robust” system of
births and deaths regis-
tration, the Union health
ministry
, in its rebuttal,
called the WHO’s system
of data collection “statis-
tically unsound and sci-
entificallyquestionable”.
In a report released
on Thursday, WHO said
between January 2020
and December 2021,
there were 4.7 million
Covid deaths in India —
10 times the official fig-
ures and almost a third
of Covid deaths global-
ly
. The global figure, ac-
cording to the report,
was 15 million — more
than double the official
figure of 6 million.
India has recorded
roughly 520,000 fatali-
ties due to Covid in the
same period.
“India has consistent-
ly questioned WHO’s
own admission that data
in respect of seventeen
Indian states was ob-
tained from some web-
sites and media reports
and was used in their
mathematical model,”
the Ministry of Health
andFamilyWelfaresaid.
“This reflects a statis-
tically unsound and sci-
entifically questionable
methodology of data
collection for making
excess mortality projec-
tions in case of India,”
the statement added.
“Despite India’s ob-
jection to the process,
methodology and out-
come of this modelling
exercise, WHO has re-
leased the excess mor-
tality estimates without
adequately addressing
India’s concerns,” the
ministry said.
PK says no new
party, announces
Bihar ‘padyatra’
Patna (Agencies): Ace
poll strategist Prashant
Kishor on Thursday put
paid to speculations of
him floating a new po-
litical platform stating
that he is set to embark
on a 3000 km ‘padyatra’
that will start from Ma-
hatma Gandhi’s ashram
in Bihar’s Champaran
on October 2.
He said he will launch
a‘JanSurraj’(GoodGov-
ernance) drive in the
nextthreetofourmonths
into which he will rope
ineminentpersonalities
of Bihar who want to
bring about a positive
change in the state.
Prashant Kishore,
popularly referred to as
PK,saidthatthereareno
elections in Bihar in the
near future and so he is
not launching a political
party for now. However,
he did not comment on
future plans on his own
political platform.
“It is being speculated
that I will form a new po-
litical party
, I will not
make any such an-
nouncement today
. My
role in the coming days
willbetomeetthepeople
connected to the social
and political life of Bi-
harandwhounderstand
Bihar’s problems and
bring all of them togeth-
er on one platform. We
have identified and con-
tacted nearly 17,500 peo-
pleinthepastfourtofive
months,” Kishor said.
Prashant Kishor
Loudspeaker row: Book Raj Thackeray
for sedition, urges PIL in Bombay HC
Mumbai (Agencies):
Hemant Baburao Patil,
a Pune-based activist,
recently approached the
Bombay High Court
with a PIL seeking reg-
istration of FIR against
MNS chief Raj Thack-
eray for offences of sedi-
tion, breach of peace
and public nuisance un-
der Indian Penal Code.
The PIL also sought
direction to restrain
him from organising
tours and press confer-
ences related to playing
Hanuman Chalisa on
loudspeakers and for
removing loudspeakers
from mosques.
Patil claimed due to
statements made by
Thackeray during pub-
lic meetings against
NCP Chief Sharad Pa-
war, there is a chance
of protest all over Ma-
harashtra by NCP
workers and the same
may lead to breach of
peace in society.
The PIL claimed that
despite an FIR regis-
tered by Aurangabad
police and comments
by state home minister
that Thackeray’s May 1
speech was aimed at
”creating a divide in
the society”, Thacker-
ay began to implement
programme of playing
Hanuman Chalisa on
loudspeakers outside
mosques.
TN RITUAL BAN ROW
LIC IPO
undervalued
by Modi govt,
says Rahul
New Delhi (Agencies):
A day after LIC’s Initial
Public Offering (IPO)
was opened for sub-
scription by retail and
institutional investors,
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi on Thursday ac-
cused the Narendra
Modi government of
undervaluing the insur-
ance behemoth. He
asked why one of “In-
dia’s most valuable as-
sets” is being sold at a
“throwaway price”.
The Congress MP
said the LIC employs
13.94 lakh people, has 30
crore policyholders and
₹39 lakh crore in assets,
besides being the world
number one in return
on investments (ROI)
for shareholders, yet
undervalued by the
Modi government.
“13.94 Lakh Em-
ployed, 30 Crore Policy-
holders, 39 Lakh Crore
in Assets, World #1 -
ROI for Shareholders.
Yet, Modi Govt has un-
dervalued LIC… Why is
one of India’s most val-
uable assets being sold
at a throwaway price?”
the former Congress
president worte on
Twitter.
State-owned LIC’s
IPO – the country’s big-
gest-ever offer – opened
for subscription by re-
tail and institutional
investors a day ago
(May 4) and will close
on May 9. On the second
day of bidding on
Thursday, the LIC pub-
lic offering was sub-
scribed 100 per cent by
investors.
OUT OF JAIL ON
BAIL, MP NAVNEET
RUSHED TO HOSP
Mumbai: Stepping out
of the Byculla women’s
prison a day after getting
bail, Inde-
pendent
MP from
Amravati,
Navneet
Kaur-Rana,
was rushed
to the Lilavati Hospital
after she complained
of back and chest pain,
officials said here on
Thursday. Her husband
was also released from the
Taloja jail in Raigad district
on Thursday, from where
he went straight to the
Lilavati Hospital in Bandra
where his wife is admitted.
BJP won’t return to power in 2024,no CAA
will be implemented: Didi’s reply to Shah
Kolkata (ANI): React-
ing to Union Home Min-
ister Amit Shah’s re-
mark about implement-
ingCitizenship(Amend-
ment) Act, West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee on Thursday
claimed that the BJP
will not return to power
in 2024 and no CAA will
be implemented.
Banerjee’s remark
came soon after Shah
slammed the TMC for
spreading rumours
about the CAA and said
that the Centre will im-
plement it once the pan-
demic ends.
Mamata also alleged
that Shah visited Ben-
gal to help BSF infil-
trate into politics.
While address-
ing the media,
Mamata said she
respects BSF but
it should not fall
under Shah’s trap.
“The Communist
Party of India
(Marxist) is
BJP’s link-
man. They believe in do-
ing ‘tukda’. But they
want to divorce Hindus
and Muslims, they want
to divide com-
munities. Be-
ing the
Home Min-
ister of
the coun-
try he has
only mis-
used the
E D
and CBI. He is bringing
the Delhi danga to Ben-
gal,” said Banerjee.
“They are talking
about CAA. Then those
who elected the PM
and CMs were not citi-
zens of this country?
The CAA Bill has
lapsed. Why are they
not bringing this bill to
Parliament? I don’t
want the rights of citi-
zens to be curbed. We
all have to stay togeth-
er, unity is our
strength,” she added.
New Delhi: Announcing the bypoll schedule for one Rajya
Sabha seat each in Bihar and Telangana, the EC on Thurs-
day said polling will be held on May 30 and the counting
of votes will take place on the same day. According to the
notification, the seat in Telangana was vacant after the TRS
MP Banda Prakash resigned on December 2, 2021, while
one seat of the Upper House from Bihar fell vacant after
the death of JD(U) MP Mahendra Prasad on December 27,
2021. The EC said the notification for this election will be
issued on May 12, last date for nominations will be May
19, scrutiny will be done on May 20.
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Thursday
issued notice to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant
Soren’s brother and state MLA Basant Soren in the
mining lease issue. Basant Soren is the MLA from
Dumka. The ECI has already sent a notice to Hemant
Soren seeking his stand on charges that he issued a
mining lease in the state in his favour. In the notice,
the Commission said that his act prima facie violates
Section 9A of the Representation of the People Act,
which deals with the disqualification of a lawmaker for
the government contract.
Thiruvananthapuram:
In a ghastly incident, a
man in Kerala’s Malap-
puram on Thursday
killed his wife and two
children in a blast before
committing suicide.
The incident occurred
in Perinthalmanna area
of the district. The man,
identified as Mohammed,
had come from Kasar-
gode in the morning and
went in a three-wheeler
to the house where his
wife was staying.
Bengaluru: Karnataka CM
Bommai on Thursday as-
sured an impartial probe is
on in connection with the
alleged scam in the recruit-
ment of police sub-inspec-
tors and all those involved
will be booked and brought
to justice. Addressing the
reporters today, Bommai
said, “that an impartial
probe is on in connection
with the alleged scam
and all those involved
will be booked and
brought to justice.”
BYPOLL FOR ONE RS SEAT EACH IN
BIHAR TELANGANA ON MAY 30: EC
POLL PANEL ISSUES NOTICE TO CM
SOREN’S BROTHER IN MINING LEASE
MAN BLOWS UP
FAMILY, KILLS
SELF IN KERALA
BOMMAI ASSURES
IMPARTIAL PROBE
IN PSI SCAM
CRUCIAL READ
Madurai seer cites threat
to life, to meet PM Modi
Madurai (Agencies):
Amid the controversy
surrounding the ban on
the ‘Pattina Pravesam’
ritual at the Dharma-
puram mutt in Tamil
Nadu, the chief of an-
other mutt Madurai ad-
heenam has alleged that
there is a threat to his
life for speaking against
the order and that he
would meet PM Modi to
speak about it.
Yesterday, Sri Hari-
hara Sri Gnanasamban-
da Desika Swamigal of
Madurai Aadheenam
said that members of
the DMK are enjoying
temple properties that
belong to the adheenam.
STATE VS GOVERNOR
TN tables Bill to appoint VC
for Ambedkar Law University
Chennai (Agencies):
Amid its face-off with
the Governor over the
National Eligibility
Entrance Test (NEET)
and issues related to
the appointment of
Vice Chancellors, the
Tamil Nadu govern-
ment on Thursday ta-
bled a bill to empower
the government to ap-
pointtheViceChancel-
lor of the Dr Ambed-
kar Law University
.
The new bill, tabled
in the Assembly by
Law Minister S. Regu-
pathy
, is in addition to
the two bills that
sought to empower the
governmenttoappoint
Vice Chancellors of 13
state universities.
Stalin had earlier
told the Assembly that
during the past four
years, the Governor,
without consulting
the state government,
was functioning as if
he has the exclusive
right to appoint the
Vice Chancellors.
“The state is not
able to appoint the
VCs for universities
under its control and
this has led to vari-
ous confusions and
has gone against the
ideals of democracy,”
he had said.
GLOBAL DEATH
TOLL NEARLY 15
MILLION: WHO
New estimates from
the WHO show that
the full death toll
associated directly
or indirectly with the
COVID-19 pandemic
between 1 Jan 2020
and 31 Dec 2021 was
approximately 14.9
million (range 13.3
million to 16.6 mil-
lion). “These sobering
data not only point to
the impact of the pan-
demic but also to the
need for all countries
to invest in more re-
silient health systems
that can sustain es-
sential health services
during crises, includ-
ing stronger health
information systems,”
said Dr Tedros, WHO
Director-General.
Cross-border tunnel at Jammu’s Samba.
A Health worker stands next to the
burning funeral pyre of a person,
who died due to COVID 19.

NEWS
07
ADITYANATH
SPENDS
ANOTHER DAY
WITH RELATIVES
IN ANCESTRAL
VILLAGE
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanatah, who is on a
three-day visit to his home state
Uttarakhand, spent another day
with his relatives and friends in
his ancestral village and attended
a family function. Before taking
part in the hair tonsure
ceremony of his nephew,
Adityanath went for a walk with
his relatives and friends at
daybreak to revisit his favourite
haunts where loved to play as a
child. As he walked through the
streets with a smile on his face,
people of all age groups greeted
him. Yogi addressed those he
knew by their names and asked
them how they were doing.
Young children came and
touched his feet and took selfies
with him. As he returned from
his early morning stroll, there
was a seemingly endless stream
of visitors from his village and
nearby areas to see him. He met
them and later joined the rest of
the family to watch the hair
tonsure ceremony of his nephew.
—PTI
NO ACCUSED
CAN BE
SUMMONED
ORALLY TO
POLICE STATION:
ALLAHABAD HC
The Lucknow bench of the
Allahabad High Court has
directed the Uttar Pradesh
government that no person,
including an accused, can be
summoned to a police station
orally by subordinate police
officials without the consent/
approval of the station in-charge.
The bench comprising Justice
Arvind Kumar Mishra and Justice
Manish Mathur on Wednesday
directed that in case a complaint
is made at any police station that
necessitates an investigation and
the presence of the accused, a
suitable course of action as
prescribed under provisions of the
Criminal Procedure Code is to be
followed, which contemplates
serving a written notice upon such
a person, but only after a case has
been registered. The bench
emphasised that a person’s life,
liberty, and dignity cannot be
jeopardised based solely on the
verbal orders of police officers. In
this case, a letter petition was filed
before the High Court in which a
girl (Sarojini) claimed that her
parents (Ram Vilas and Savitri)
were summoned to the Mahila
Thana Police Station in Lucknow
and did not return. The petition
was treated as Habeas Corpus and
was heard on April 8 when the
government counsel informed the
Court that no such occurrence
had taken place at the police
station. On April 13, petitioners
Savitri and Ram Vilas and their
daughter appeared before the
Court and said that some police
personnel summoned them to the
police station, and when they
arrived, they were detained and
threatened by police personnel.
On the same day, the Inspector of
the concerned police station
informed the Court that the
petitioners had visited the police
station on April 8 around 12 noon
in connection with a dispute over
the partition of ancestral property,
and after recording their
statements, they were allowed to
leave the police station around
3.30 p.m. on the same day. In
light of the facts of the case, the
Court emphasised that there is no
provision in either the Indian
Constitution or the CrPC that
requires a police official to
summon and detain a person even
without the filing of an FIR, and
that too orally.—First India Bureau
SUMMER SIGHTSEEING
Tourists cover their heads with the help of umbrellas to protect themselves from the sun on a hot summer day, at the Taj
Mahal in Agra on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
6-YEAR-OLD DIES AFTER BEING
HITBYBUS;DRIVERARRESTED
THUNDERSTORM,
LIGHTNING KILL 2 AT
DIFFERENT PLACES
The incident took place at
Royal Convent Inter College
in Chamrawal village
Driving rashly, the driver
of the bus hit the boy first
and then ran over him
Baghpat (PTI): A bus
hit a six-year-old stu-
dent on the premises of
a private school in the
district on Thursday
morning, killing him on
the spot, police said. The
incident took place at
Royal Convent Inter Col-
lege in Chamrawal vil-
lage, they said, adding
that the victim, Ayush,
was a class 1 student.
The school, which
was being run without
the required permis-
sion for the junior class-
es, has been sealed and
the erring driver and
the school manager
have been arrested, se-
nior police officials
said. Driving rashly
, the
driver of the school bus
hit the boy first from the
front and then ran over
him, they said, adding
that the bus has been
seized. The school had
permission to run class-
es from 6 to 8 but it also
illegally ran classes one
to five, the officials said.
The DM and the SP said
that on the basis of a
complaint by relatives
of the deceased, a case
under relevant sections
of the IPC was regis-
tered against driver
Ram Kishan and school
manager SB Yadav. Lat-
er, both of them were
arrested, they said. The
district magistrate said
that in the preliminary
investigation, it was
found that the school
had permission to run
only classes 6 to 8.
As per victim’s uncle,
the parents of several
students had com-
plained to the school
management regarding
the negligent driving by
the school bus driver
but to no avail. He al-
leged that they were
told that the school be-
longs to an MLA. The
uncle said that when
Ayush was going back
to his class after the
prayers, the speeding
bus entered the premis-
es and hit the boy, kill-
ing him on the spot.
Fatehpur (PTI): Ateen-
aged girl allegedly con-
sumed poison and died
on Wednesday, a day af-
ter she was raped by a
youth in her village un-
der the Chandpur police
station area of the dis-
trict, police said.
They said the police
managed to apprehend
the youth involved in
the alleged rape of the
girl on late Tuesday
evening.
Fatehpur Superinten-
dent of Police Rajesh
Kumar Singh said the
15-year-old Dalit girl had
gone to answer nature’s
call in a forested area
near her village on
Tuesday evening when
she was allegedly raped
by a youth of her vil-
lage. When the girl did
not return home till late
in the night, her parents
launched a search for
her and found her in the
forest in a state of disar-
ray
, the SP said.
Her family members
took her to a private doc-
tor and brought her
back home after treat-
ment. The girl, however,
consumed some poison-
ous substance out of de-
spair on Wednesday
morning and died
during treatment, the
SP said. He said after
registering a case on the
complaint of the girl’s
parents, the accused
youth has been taken
into custody for ques-
tioning. The girl’s body
has been sent for post
mortem examination,
he added.
First India Bureau
Agra: Deputy CM Kes-
hav Prasad Maurya
reached Agra and in-
spected the Agra Metro
Rail Project on Thurs-
day
. While addressing
the media, he targeted
AkhileshYadavandsaid
that due to the shock of
the defeat in the assem-
bly elections, Yadav is
disappointed and has
come down to the
low-level politics. Depu-
ty CM Keshav Maurya
on his two-day visit then
reachedFatehabadRoad
to review the construc-
tion work of Metro Rail
where he was informed
about the development
of the scheme. Deputy
CM said that the metro
train is very important
to boost tourism in Agra
and will attract tourists
from India and abroad.
The officials assured
him that the operation
workof themetrowould
be completed on time.
Talking to the media
after inspecting the met-
ro project, he retaliated
against Akhilesh Yadav
in the Lalitpur incident
and said that his defeat
in this time’s assembly
elections has left him
upset, and is doing such
things doesn’t suit a for-
mer CM. He said that
after registering a case
in the Lalitpur case, the
accused has been arrest-
ed. Deputy CM then
reached Dhanota and
visited the primary
school and inquired
about the education fa-
cilities from a child. Af-
ter primary school, he
left for the circuit house
where party functionar-
ies would review vari-
ous projects. In the eve-
ning, he will stay in
Agra itself.
Sultanpur (PTI): Two
people were killed here
in the district in sepa-
rate incidents of light-
ning and roof collapse,
officials said on Thurs-
day. Siddharth Pandey,
65, was killed in Hali-
apur when he was
struck by lightning.
In Gosaiganj area, a
70-year-old Azim died
after a thatched roof
collapsed on him due to
the thunderstorm, offi-
cials said. Both inci-
dents took place
Wednesday, they said.
At several places elec-
tricity poles fell down
and trees were uproot-
ed. Power supply was
also disrupted in many
areas in the district due
to the strong winds, of-
ficials added.
The India Meteoro-
logical Department
(IMD) on Thursday said
a fresh spell of heat-
wave is likely to start
over northwest and
central India from May
7 8 onwards. The Met
department said the
heatwave conditions
may remain over Rajas-
than between May 7
and 9. In Haryana,
southwest Uttar
Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh, and Delhi, the
heatwave will persist
on May 8 and 9.
PROTEST BY LOCALS OVER THE INCIDENT
1 2
Dust storm begins in Moradabad on Wednesday evening.
—PHOTO BY PTI
Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya meets officials to review
Metro Rail project on his two-day visit to Agra.
Girl dies by suicide a day after
her rape, accused held: Police
70-YEAR-OLD MENTALLY CHALLENGED WOMAN
ABDUCTED AND RAPED, ACCUSED HELD
Shahjahanpur (PTI): A 70-year-old mentally
challenged woman was allegedly abducted and
raped in a village in Mirzapur area following
which the accused was arrested, police said on
Thursday. She was taken to a secluded place
by a man on Tuesday where he allegedly raped
her, Additional Superintendent of Police (rural)
Sanjiv Bajpai said. As per police, the woman was
found lying unconscious and bleeding in a field
by her family members on Wednesday. When
the villagers saw blood stains on the accused’s
clothes, they nabbed him and he confessed to his
crime. The woman has been hospitalised and is
in a stable condition, the police officer said.
14-yr-old gang-raped;
all accused arrested
Basti (PTI): A minor
was allegedly gang-
raped by three youths
when she went out to
defecate. All the three
accused were arrest-
ed within 24 hours,
police said on Thurs-
day
. The 14-year-old
girl from a village in
Rudhauli police sta-
tion area felt the urge
to relieve herself late
on Wednesday and
hence she ventured
out to a field. All the
accused belong to her
village, police said.
On reaching home,
the girl recounted the
incident to her family
members after which
a case was lodged un-
der the Indian Penal
Code and the Protec-
tion of Children from
Sexual Offences
(POCSO) Act. Soon,
the trio was arrested,
they said. Basti Su-
perintendent of Po-
lice Ashish Srivas-
tavasaidshortlyafter
the victim provided
the information, he
and other higher offi-
cials reached the spot
and launched an in-
vestigation, while the
forensic team gath-
ered evidence from
the spot.
DEPUTY CM MAURYA INSPECTS AGRA METRO RAIL PROJECT
Dy CM takes a dig at
Akhilesh Yadav, says
after the defeat, he is
playing dirty politics

08
2NDFRONT
High expectations lay the
groundwork for high
achievements.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India

z How did you decide
to enter politics?
Arun Singh: I was a
studious youth and had
no interest in joining
politics in the initial
stage. When I did gradu-
ation from Allahabad
university
, I did not even
know how many parties
were there in the coun-
tryasIhasnointerestin
politics. Then I came to
Delhi to pursue CA and
travelled across the
country for audit etc. In
1995-96, I entered poli-
tics and before that I had
been active in RSS. In
BJP
, I started directly in
the Bharatiya Janta
Yuva Morcha when
ShivrajChouhanwasits
president, and I became
national treasurer.
Chouhan had once
asked me to take over
national responsibility
and I agreed after think-
ing over the proposal. I
remained MP in-charge
of the BJYM.

z Did you never con-
test assembly or par-
liamentary polls?
In 2014, I was completely
preparedtocontestfrom
Mathura but I was co-in-
charge of Odisha and
the party wanted me to
focus there. I did not
think twice and went to
Odisha and have been
managing elections in
other states also. I have
got representation in
the Rajya Sabha twice.

z Despite being on re-
sponsible position,
you keep smiling. Do
you never face stress?
Never. There is so much
work, but there is no
stress. Whenever there
is a responsibility or
stress, I write it down in
the diary
. Sometimes it
is tough to sleep during
night but I jot down
tasks at hand in the di-
ary and sleep peacefully
.
After ticket was denied
to me in 2014 from Ma-
thura,IonceaskedAmit
Shah, when he was
about to become nation-
al president, that I
worked so hard but why
was I not given chance
to contest poll. Shah
then told me not to wor-
ry and that he would re-
turn my hard work with
interest. Later, he made
me national general sec-
retary
. His decision
making is fast and and
he has immense clarity
.

z How do you rate
Amit Shah as party
president and deci-
sive Home minister?
I consider myself fortu-
nate to have worked
with him closely from
2015-19 as general secre-
tary headquarter. He is
very hard working and
pays several visits even
to the district level of-
fice bearers. As the par-
ty president, he has vis-
ited every state and
stayed the night there
twice or thrice. Under
his leadership, the BJP
became the largest par-
ty of the World.

z Is the pace same
during JP Nadda’s
tenure?
The pace is good. Nadda
ji is carrying forward
the legacy and also do-
ing innovations. During
Covid,Seva-Hi-Sangath-
an work under guidance
of PM Modi by Nadda ji
brought wonderous (]
results in service of hu-
mans and even animals.

z When did you meet
Amit Shah and Nar-
endra Modi for the
first time?
ImetShahin2013forthe
first time. I met Modi ji
waybackin2002-03when
he was national general
secretary(organisation).
Before becoming CM, he
once addressed a meet-
ing of BJYM and I have
notes of what he said
that time. His vision was
great that time also.

z JP Nadda is fre-
quently visiting Ra-
jasthan. Is Rajasthan
seeming a big chal-
lenge to the BJP?
For us, every state is a
challenge. There is no
major challenge in Ra-
jasthan, but we have to
raise several issues aris-
ing out of anger in the
minds of the public due
to unfulfilled promises.

z Are you going to
form the government
in Rajasthan?
101%, there is no doubt
in it. We will form the
government with three-
fourth majority and
there is no doubt in that.

z What is reason be-
hind this confidence?
There is problem of eve-
rythinginRajasthanbeit
water,electricity
,lawand
order, and even corrup-
tion. Gehlot government
is engaged in saving the
chair. The government,
which is surrounded by
crisis, has put the public
in crisis,therefore, the
ouster of such govern-
ment is sure.

z But how will your
party win Rajasthan
with a divided house?
I look at it from another
perspective. Congress
party is a leaderless
party. Rahul Gandhi
cannot give direction,
guidance, and inspira-
tion to any state unit as
he is himself confused
on every issue.

z But this election is
in Rajasthan and not
of Rahul Gandhi?
Now, consider Sachin
Pilot and Ashok Gehlot
are fighting then who
will handle them. There
has to be guidance or in-
spiration or discipline
of a national leader over
the state leadership.

z Why is there so
much ambiguity about
leadership? Why can-
not parties give clarity
about the leadership
so that workers are
not confused?
I have repeated it hun-
dred times that our par-
liamentary board will
take right decision at
the right time and it has
happened in other
states also. In 2017, no
CM faces were declared
in UP and Uttarakhand
and those whose photos
were carried on ban-
ners, none of them were
made the CM. However,
during this election the
CM face was declared.
The highest decision
making body of the par-
ty will decide about it.

z So do you feel that
this uncertainty and
divided house will not
cause loss to the party?
Not at all. A large num-
ber of party workers
work dedicatedly and
they do not have cour-
age to ask such ques-
tion. They work for a
mission, for an ideology
.

z Do you think that
in 2023, the party
workers of different
factions will work to-
gether? Or at the last
moment Modi, Shah,
and you will sweep
the elections?
We work on the concept
of samuhikta (together-
ness) and there is no
manbhed (mental differ-
ences) among us. There
may be differences and
that should be there.
Since you are a knowl-
edgeableperson,youtell
us whose face will click
and we will convey the
feedback to the party
high command.
JC: As far as CM face
isconcerned,wehavein-
formation that the party
has decided that in com-
ing elections in MP
,
Chhatisgarh and Ra-
jasthan, the party will
contest with a local face.
The overall face of Nar-
endra Modi and strategy
of AmitShaharealready
there. At the local level,
during the 3.5 years pe-
riod the party had got
feedback and surveys
were also conducted. It
has been considered that
the party could not cre-
atealternativetofacesof
Raman Singh, Shivraj
Singh Chouhan and
Vasundhara Raje in
these states so accept the
reality and the CM face
may be declared in Octo-
ber end or November be-
ginning.Thisisinforma-
tion. As far as analysis is
concerned,Madamisfar
ahead in terms of being
crowd puller in Ra-
jasthan. There is also in-
formation that state BJP
President Satish Poonia
and Leader of Opposi-
tion Gulab Chand Ka-
taria will also change
and there will be a new
team. As you gave me
privilege to tell the CM
face, I think there are
two options. First, if the
electionistobecontested
on the lines of UP and
the face of Narendra
Bhai and strategy of
Amit Shah with a little
projection of Yogi, then
no face is required and
all faces become irrele-
vant whether it is Mad-
am, GajendraSingh,Sat-
ish Poonia or Om Birla.
But if you want to win
2024, which you have
seemingly already won,
and to avoid the minor
issues at the state level,
then you may go ahead
with your survey
. The
choice is yours whether
to want to win through
struggle from Delhi or
through the local leader-
ship. But I will say that
the amount of challenge
that the BJP faces from
internal factionalism,
the similar amount of
challenge is from Ashok
Gehlot is still there.
Arun: Yes, your anal-
ysis is correct. When
the central leadership
will sit, they will con-
sider all aspects as they
have whole feedback.
But making a guess is
very tough at present
time and the parliamen-
tary board will have the
final say
. You have very
good judgement about
Rajasthan and I con-
gratulate you for that.
JC: I also wish to give
acomplimenttoyouand
through you to Naren-
dra Bhai and Amit Bhai
that youth feedback sys-
tem is wonderful. You
never compromise with
information and facts.
You go by your survey
and adjust as per the
situation. In such situa-
tion, if you go by the CM
face in the states, it may
be a welcome decision.
Choosing the CM face is
your prerogative.

z JC: Aditi, how big a
threat Ashok Gehlot
is for the BJP?

z Aditi: In UP
, when
we went to the grass-
root, the people men-
tioned about the ben-
eficial schemes. As
Narendra Modi’s
schemes are there, in
Rajasthan the Ashok
Gehlot government
has several schemes
benefiting the people.
Two big are OPS and
Free treatment
scheme. How will you
face these schemes
and their popularity?
Arun: PM’s image is of
messiah for poor, farm-
ers and downtrodden.
The people are benefit-
ing from the Central
schemes. The biggest
challenge there is of law
and order. 16 rape cases
are happening daily in
Rajasthan. Criminalisa-
tion is also strong in Ra-
jasthan and Ashok Ge-
hlot cannot provide an-
swer for it. Sand mafia,
mining mafia, and even
corruption in transfers
isprevalent.Eventeach-
ers mentioned this in
front of the CM. His
MLAs consider them-
selves as not less than
the CM and the CM can-
not control them. There
is no governance.

z Aditi: Does Ashok
Gehlot have any
threat from Sachin
Pilot or from some
other party?
Arun: He (Gehlot) has
accepted that his gov-
ernment will not repeat.
I think he is frightened
more from Hindutva
andHindus.AfterRahul
gaveastrangedefinition
of Hindu and Hindutva
in Rajasthan, several
communalincidentsare
happening there.
JC: Ashok Gehlot has
been repeating that BJP
is instigating people and
is dividing the country
on the name of religion,
on the name of Hindu-
Muslim.Butmyanalysis
is that just like Amit
Shah, who is strategy
master in Delhi and
works hard and consid-
erseachandeveryvoteas
important, Similarly
, if
there is anyone in Con-
gress who can make any
strategy of that same
level, it is Ashok Gehlot.
He has prepared a de-
tailed strategy
. The level
of threat that you face
from internal faction,
which may be solved by
October-November; an
almost same level of
threat is posed by Ashok
Gehlot.Itisalsotruethat
Ashok Gehlot has less of
a threat from BJP and
morefromhisownMLAs
due to his political com-
pulsionandtherearesev-
eral complaints against
the MLAs in the field.
Ashok Gehlot is worried
about this and he faces
samethreatfromthisfact
as much as from the BJP
.
Editor-in-Chief of First India,
Editor-in-Chief of First India,
Jagdeesh Chandra and Editor
Jagdeesh Chandra and Editor
(News) Aditi Nagar in The New
(News) Aditi Nagar in The New
JC Show
JC Show,, speak to BJP National
General Secretary Arun Singh
GEHLOT WILL BE A
MAJOR CHALLENGE
FOR THE SAFFRON
PARTY IN 2023!
Madam Raje may be the face of the party in election campaign
TO READ FULL ARTICLE
Scan the code Or visit
www.firstindia.co.in
Jagdeesh Chandra and Aditi
Nagar in conversation with Arun
Singh at The New JC Show.
Jagdeesh Chandra greets Arun
Singh as Aditi Nagar looks on.
Jagdeesh Chandra presents Arun Singh with a copy of The Untold
Stories - the making of PM Modi:A compilation of First India edits
on the man who has re-written the history of modern India.
During the show
#JCwithArunSingh
trended top All-India
on Twitter

ohamRockstarEnter-
tainment launched
the song, “She’s On
Fire” from their up-
coming action spy
thriller, Dhaakad in
Jaipur’s Raj Mandir
theatre on Thursday
.
Amidst a lot of cheering, the
leading lady
, Kangana Ranaut
made an entry and sent the
crowd into a tizzy. A resound-
ing rapturous round of ap-
plause welcomed Kangana
Ranaut and Arjun Rampal. It
was no ordinary launch. The
makers set the scene by erect-
ing a 25-feet cut out of Kan-
gana and Arjun, which was
unveiled at the event.
Along with producer
Deepak Mukut and di-
rectorRazneeshGhai,
the special guest who
unveiled the poster
was none other than
veteranfilmdistrib-
utor Raj Bansal.
Thegrandeventatoneof themost
popular single-screen theatres in
the city saw 25 bikes being de-
ployed to announce the arrival of
the film’s star cast. Keeping the
theme of high-octane action in
mind, the event was designed to
highlight the film’s much-talked-
about action choreography which
has won high praise after the
film’s trailer launch recently
.
Talking about the song Kan-
gana Ranaut said, “It’s a song
which has some great beats and
highlights what Agent Agni is all
about. The fire within her to de-
struct her enemies is very strong
and the song captures her never-
say-die attitude and undying
spirit beautifully
. Kangana won
the hearts of many as usual with
her quirkiness and
her never to fear
attitude.”
Arjun Ram-
pal added,
“This is the
most stylish
and stylised song I have shot.
Kangana rocks different avatars.
It was a pleasure reuniting with
Remo, who had choreographed
the first song of his career with
me. The sets are insane, cos-
tumes are killer. This song’s on
fire. “She’s On Fire”, is a must
on everyone’s playlist.”
FICCI FLO Jaipur Chair-
person Mudrika Dhoka in-
teracted with the star cast on
the occasion. While address-
ing the crowd, Rampal said,
Kangana is surely the fire
and I am the extinguisher,
while the man behind the
film, Razneesh said,
Dhaakad film has seen
Kangana's 14 minutes ac-
tion sequence which is so
powerful and graceful.
Badshah brings an infec-
tious groove to “She’s on
fire.” He’s got “Da Beat,”
the mad lyrics and it’s go-
ing to rock the nation.
And, I have tried to bring
a visual aesthetic that’s
new to our audience. The
video itself is moodily fu-
turistic and wildly imagi-
native. Arjun Rampal
brings a slick ruthless
force to the video.”
Deepak Mukut said,
“It’s a peppy and upbeat
song which will appeal
to the younger genera-
tion. Badshah has com-
posed a number which
reflect the battle be-
tween Kangana and Ar-
jun’s characters in the
film. What’s also impor-
tant for us as a pro-
duction house is
that, with this
film, we are also
launching our
music label,
SRE Music. I
hope the song
is loved by
everyone.”
LUCKNOW, FRIDAY,
MAY 6, 2022
www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epapers/lucknow I twitter.com/
thefirstindia facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 09
THE FIRE THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER
THE FIRE THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER
DHAAKAD!
DHAAKAD!
SUPERSTAR KANGANA RANAUT AND ARJUN RAMPAL WITH DIRECTOR RAZNEESH GHAI AND
PRODUCER DEEPAK MUKUT PROMOTED THEIR UPCOMING FILM, 'DHAAKAD' AND
LAUNCHED ITS SONG, 'SHE'S ON FIRE' AMIDST MUCH FANFARE AT THE BIGGEST
SINGLE SCREEN IN INDIA, RAJ MANDIR, IN JAIPUR ON THURSDAY!
S
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
Raj Bansal with Kangana Ranaut
Kangana Ranaut
Arjun Rampal
Kangana, Arjun and Razneesh unveiling the 25 ft long cut out during the promotions at Raj Mandir Mudrika Dhoka in conversation with (L-R) Deepak Mukut, Kangana Ranaut, Arjun Rampal and Razneesh Ghai
Kangana Ranaut and Arjun Rampal share a moment of laughter
MITALI DUSAD
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

10
ETC
lthough most
people don't
regard narcis-
sism or psy-
chopathy to be
desirable at-
tributes in friends,
many of us are drawn
to individuals who
have these personality
traits.
What is it about
men with antisocial
personality disorders
with the lack of fear
and dominance that
draws women to them?
According to new
research, those with
dark personality
qualities are physi-
cally more beautiful
than others.
There can be vari-
ous factors that cause
women to get attracted
to men with darker
personality traits.
This article, however,
talks only about three.
1. Biological need to
find a stronger
mate,
2. Attraction to people
with similar per-
sonality traits,
3. D e ve l o p m e n t a l
trauma caused by
childhood neglect.
Psychologists from
the University of Liv-
erpool, in collabora-
tion with their col-
leagues in Poland and
Finland, recently con-
ducted a study where-
in they found that it is
not the love of danger
that attracts women
to Wuthering
Heights Heathcliff-
like characters, as
previously believed.
Instead, it is a primi-
tive desire to find a
mate who appears
mentally strong, con-
fident and physically
attractive to have
healthier children.
According to the
journal 'Evolution and
Human Behaviour'
these men display
sharper features and
portray the character-
istics of a Dark Tri-
ad personality, i.e.,
Machiavellianism,
narcissism and psy-
chopathy
.
A total of 2,370 adult
female volunteers
were shown two sets
of computer-simulat-
ed men's faces, one of
which had more or
less Dark Triad traits
than the other. Women
were asked which of
the two drew them the
most. The results
showed that most
women were attracted
to men with features
associated with the
Dark Triad person-
ality
. These women, in
turn, have a higher
chance of reproduc-
ing, further confirm-
ing the biological as-
pect of the attractive-
ness of men with
darker personality
traits, according to
'The Daily Telegraph'.
Another study on
the topic 'The Dark
Triad personality: At-
tractiveness to women'
was conducted in 2013
by renowned psychol-
ogists Gregory Louis
Carter, Anne C. Camp-
bell, and Steven Munc-
er at the University of
Durham and Univer-
sity of Teesside, Unit-
ed Kingdom. The
study aimed to explore
the attractiveness of
the DT (Dark Triad)
personality to the oth-
er sex 128 women rat-
ed created (male) char-
acters designed to cap-
ture high DT facets of
personality or a con-
trolling personality.
The results suggested
that women rated the
high DT character as
significantly more at-
tractive.
Exploring other ar-
eas of this topic, a
study conducted by
Vlad Burtaverde at
the University of Bu-
charest, Romania,
suggested that Wom-
en high on the Dark
Triad traits are more
attracted to narcis-
sistic males if they
are oriented to long
term mating and had
fewer experiences
with unfaithful men.
During the study,
they investigated if
women high on the
Dark Triad Traits are
attracted to males
with high levels of
narcissism and test-
ed the moderation ef-
fect of women's mat-
ing orientation and
experience with un-
faithful men.
Women’s Attraction to Men with
DEVANSHI MUDGAL
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
A
Through the study,
it was shown that:
1. Women who
ranked high on the
'Dark Triad' quali-
ties were drawn to
men who scored
high on narcis-
sism.
2. Women who were
oriented to long-
term mating and
had high degrees
of Machiavellian-
ism, narcissism,
or psychopathy
were more attract-
ed to narcissistic
males.
3. Women with high
degrees of psy-
chopathy and his-
tory of unfaithful
men were less at-
tracted to men
with high levels of
narcissism.
As a result, the study
endorses the hypoth-
esis of positive as-
sortative mating for
women with high
Dark Triad features,
but only if they had
had prior infidelity
experience display-
ing that these women
are attracted to simi-
larities between
themselves and their
mate.
Digging further, a
study was conducted
by professors Xuji
Jia, Quingjin Wang,
and Lin Lin at the
Tianjin Normal Uni-
versity, China in the
year 2020, on the top-
ic 'The Relationship
Between Childhood
Neglect and Malevo-
lent Creativity: The
Mediating Effect of
the Dark Triad Per-
sonality.
It aimed to explore
the the environmen-
tal and individual
predictors of malev-
olent creativity, i.e.,
the association be-
tween childhood ne-
glect, Dark Triad
personality traits,
and malicious crea-
tivity, as well as the
function of the per-
sonality traits as a
mediating factor.
The study discov-
ered, those who have
a significant amount
of DT personality
characteristics, also
have a significant
amount of malevo-
lent inventiveness.
While this study
holds no significant
value in this particu-
lar article when it
stands alone, it does
explain the attrac-
tion correlation be-
tween childhood
trauma, neglect and
attraction to men
with 'Dark Triad'
personalities.
If we connect the
studies conducted at
the University of Bu-
charest and Tianjin
Normal University, it
is safe to say that
childhood trauma
can also be related to
attractiveness to
men with darker per-
sonality traits such
as narcissism, psy-
chopathy, etc.
DarkerPersonality
DarkerPersonality
TRAITS
TRAITS

06052022_First India Lucknow.pdf

06052022_First India Lucknow.pdf

Recommended

Recommended

More Related Content

Similar to 06052022_First India Lucknow.pdf

Similar to 06052022_First India Lucknow.pdf (20)

More from FIRST INDIA

More from FIRST INDIA (20)

Recently uploaded

Recently uploaded (6)

06052022_First India Lucknow.pdf