15102021 first india lucknow

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The press and offices of First
India will remain closed on
October 15, 2021, on account
of Dussehra. Therefore, there
will be no edition of the paper
on October 16, 2021. —Editor
M Tariq Khan
Lucknow: The Yogi
Adityanath govern-
ment, with a helping
hand from Prime Minis-
ter Modi, is gearing up
to make this year’s Ma-
harishi Valmiki Jayanti
on Oct 20 a memorable
occasion by holding
special celebrations in
Uttar Pradesh.
Valmiki Jayanti is
celebrated across the
country to mark the day
when Sage Valmiki,
who composed the epic
Ramayana in Sanskrit,
was born. On this day,
followers of the Valmi-
ki sect carry out Shob-
ha Yatras or proces-
sions and sing devotion-
al songs and bhajan.
The Jayanti this year
will be observed promi-
nently in temples and
pilgrimage centres as-
sociated with Ram and
Ramayana, across the
state, with the reciting
of the Ramcharit Ma-
nas in sessions of differ-
ent durations. The recit-
ing sessions Turn to P2
Modi & Yogi to make Valmiki Jayanti different this year
Artists recreate a scene from the Ramayana at Aishbagh Ramlila Ground in Lko on Thursday.
—PHOTO
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR
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LAKHIMPUR
RE-ENACTED!
SIT takes Ashish, 3 others to
trace the sequence of events
Amid tight security, accused were taken to the
site of the incident on the Tikonia-Banbirpur road
Lakhimpur: Uttar
Pradesh Police are at-
tempting to “recreate”
the horrific events that
took place at Lakhim-
pur Kheri earlier this
month, when four
peacefully protesting
farmers and a journal-
ist were mowed down
by a convoy of three
vehicles, one of which
belongs to Union Min-
ister Ajay Mishra.
The police brought
Mishra’s son, Ashish,
who is accused of the
farmers’ murder to the
scene, along with his
friend and co-accused
Ankit Das, and are us-
ing cop cars to recreate
the events of that day.
Visuals filmed by
journalists at the scene
showed a police jeep
driving at high speed
and crushing dummies
(meant to represent the
farmers who were run
over) placed on the road.
Another clip showed
the crime scene secured
with police tape.
New Delhi: The Minis-
try of Home Affairs de-
cision to extend the
BSF’s jurisdiction from
15 km to 50 km inside
the international bor-
der along Punjab, West
Bengal and Assam was
meant to “improve op-
erational efficiency”
and “crack down on
smuggling rackets”, of-
ficials said.
But the move trig-
gered furious reactions
from Opposition-ruled
Punjab and West Ben-
gal, which described it
as an “irrational deci-
sion”, a “direct attack
on federalism”.
Punjab Chief Minis-
ter Charanjit Singh
Channi tweeted: “I
strongly condemn the
GoI’s unilateral deci-
sion to give additional
powers to BSF within 50
km belt running along
the international bor-
ders, which is a direct
attack on state powers.
I urge the Union Home
Minister @AmitShah to
immediately rollback
this irrational deci-
sion.”
West Bengal Trans-
port Minister Firhad
Hakim said, “Law and
order is a state subject
but the Centre is trying
to interfere.”
Special Investigation Team recreate the sequence of events leading to Lakhimpur killing incident.
BSF FUNCTIONAL AREA EXPANDED
PUNJAB, BENGAL CALL IT
INTRUSION ON RIGHTS
Border Security Force (BSF) officers will now have the power to
arrest, search and seize to the extent of 50 km inside three new states
sharing international boundaries with Pakistan and Bangladesh
WHAT NEW POWER MEANS...
Two Army personnel were killed on Thursday in an encounter with
militants in J&K’s Mendhar tehsil of Poonch district. The deceased
include a JCO and a jawan. Sources said that contact was established
during a combing operation by the Army to track down militants.
Sensex rallied 569 points to close at a new peak on Thursday. Closing above
the 61,000-mark for the first time, the 30-share Sensex settled 568.90
points or 0.94 per cent higher at 61,305.95. Similarly, the Nifty surged
176.80 points or 0.97 per cent to a new lifetime closing high of 18,338.55.
2 ARMYMEN KILLED
IN ENCOUNTER
WITH MILITANTS
IN POONCH
SENSEX ZOOMS
569 PTS TO FRESH
RECORD; NIFTY
TOPS 18,300
CORONA CATASTROPHE
UP
INDIA
18,987
new cases
246
new fatalities
14
new cases
00
new fatalities
Think of Modi when you vote:
AmitShahmessagetoGoaites
Panaji: Union Home
Minister Amit Shah on
Thursday said that the
BJP would come to
power in Goa with a
full majority, stating
that with Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi at
the Centre and a BJP
government in the
state, Goa would be
powered by a “twin en-
gine” governance.
“Over the last ten
years the BJP govern-
ment has taken Goa on
the path of develop-
ment,” Shah said at an
event in South Goa.
Aryan to spend another week
in jail as bail order reserved
Mumbai: Aryan Khan
will continue to stay in
jail as a special court on
Thursday reserved its
order on the bail pleas
filed by Aryan Khan in
ship drug bust case till
October 20. The court is
likely to pronounce the
order next week.
During the hearing,
NCB stated that Khan
was a regular consumer
of contraband for last
few years. Citing gov-
ernment’s national poli-
cy on Narcotics Drugs,
Khan’s counsel Advo-
cate Amit Desai argued
that he, as the end con-
sumer, was a person af-
fectedbythedrugabuse.
“You’re a person on the
bottom of the chain,
you’re a consumer.
You’re a person affected
by the drug menace as
per the government’s
own national policy on
Narcotic Drug,” he de-
fended Khan.
‘NO CHATS ABOUT
THE RAVE PARTY’
PRIORITISING FORENSIC SCIENCE USE
IN SERIOUS OFFENCES CASES: SHAH
Mumbai: Aryan’s counsel
Amit Desai said that there
are no chats or any com-
munication on the alleged
rave party on which the
NCB claimed it had received
information. “The youth of
today speak in a language is
what older generation would
call ‘torture to the English
language’. How they joke
with each other, how their
relationships are with each
other is very different. The
language is beyond me. The
chats, is it youthful banter,
is it a joke, the context is
important,” Desai said.
New Delhi: Th The Union Home Affairs Ministry is trying to
prioritise use of forensic science in on-the-spot crime inves-
tigations related to cases which attract more than six years
of punishment, Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday.
Speaking at a foundation stone-laying ceremony for the
campus of a National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) in
South Goa, Shah also said that wrongdoers can be brought
to justice and the conviction ratio can be increased only with
better usage of forensic science in investigation.
FARMER LEADER TIKAIT UNHAPPY WITH PROBE
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait Thursday expressed dissatisfaction over the
ongoing probe into the Lakhimpur violence case and said that the “red-
carpet arrest” of MoS Home Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish has fuelled anger
among protesting farmers. Demanding dismissal of Ajay Mishra, Tikait said
there cannot be a fair investigation in the case if the accused person’s father
continues to hold the chair. Meanwhile, BJP leader Ram Iqbal Singh Thursday
accused Union minister Ajay Mishra of being behind the Lakhimpur violence
and sought his sacking from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said that
questions are also being raised about the prime minister for not sacking the
minister. Singh, also a BJP state executive member, said his “threatening
statement” added fuel to the fire.
 The Ministry of
Home Affairs (MHA)
claims that recent
drone droppings of
weapons from across
the border have
prompted this expan-
sion in the jurisdiction
of the BSF.
 However, this move
is quickly snowballing
into a debate on state
autonomy. The Chief
Minister of Punjab
has already protested
against it.
 The MHA claims
that this decision has
been taken to curb
illegal activities linked
to national security
in 10 states and two
Union Territories, but
it might also raise
administrative and
political issues.
 As per the new no-
tification, BSF officers
will be able to conduct
searches and arrests
over a wider area in
West Bengal, Punjab,
and Assam. BSF has
got the right to take
this action under
the Code of Criminal
Procedure (CrPC),
the Passport Act, and
the Passport (Entry to
India) Act.
 In Assam, West
Bengal, and Punjab,
the BSF has got the
right to search and ar-
rest just like the state
police.
 The MHA has given
permission for raids
and arrests up to an
area of 50 km inside
Indian territory from
the International
Border (IB) along
India-Pakistan and
India-Bangladesh.
Union Minister Amit Shah along with Goa CM Pramod Sawant and
MoS Tourism Shripad Nayak in Goa on Thursday.
At least 46 people died and dozens were injured after a
major fire broke out in a building in southern Taiwan on
Thursday. The blaze started in the 13-story commercial
and residential building in Kaohsiung city’s Yancheng
district, according to Taiwan’s official Central News Agency.
46 DIE
AS FIRE
ENGULFS
13-STORY
BUILDING
IN TAIWAN
Announcement on Sidhu’s 2nd innings
likely today as Captain hosts Channi
New Delhi: Punjab
Congress chief Navjot
Sidhu met party general
secretaries KC Venugo-
pal and Harish Rawat in
Delhi on Thursday amid
continued turmoil in the
state Congress, with
sources suggesting an
end to his months-long
sulk that peaked with his
curt resignation letter last
month. “I have placed my
concerns to party high
command, I have full
trust that whatever party
president, Rahul Gandhi
and Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra decide,” the crick-
eter-turned politician said
after the meeting. A party
leader, requesting not to
be named, said, “A formal
decision is expected
tomorrow. Sidhu has re-
tracted from his belliger-
ent position of resigning
as PCC (Punjab Pradesh
Congress Committee)
chief.” Earlier, Harish
Rawat was quoted as say-
ing by news agency ANI:
“Navjot Singh Sidhu will
continue to be President
of Punjab Congress.” A
major announcement
is expected on the matter
on Friday. Meanwhile,
Captain Amarinder Singh
hosted CM Charanjit
Channi for lunch.

UTTAR PRADESH
LUCKNOW | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2021
02
Committed to empower women
in UP, says CM on Kanya Poojan
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath
performed Kanya pu-
jan and havan at Gora-
khnath temple in Uttar
Pradesh’s Gorakhpur
on Thursday on the oc-
casion of Ram Navami
and said his governent
was committed to em-
power the daughters.
He washed the feet
of the young girls and
performed Pooja. This
is the tradition of the
Gorakhnath temple to
celebrate the festival
of Ram Navami with
fervour and zeal.
Yogi has been con-
tinuing this tradition
of celebrating Ram Na-
vami for years now.
Speaking at the oc-
casion, Yogi said that
the state government
was constantly trying
to empower the daugh-
ters.
“Twice a year the oc-
casion comes when we
realize the importance
of motherly power. It is
my good fortune that
according to the tradi-
tion of Gorakshpeeth,
the worship of God-
dess-like girls has been
done today,” he said.
The sense of mother
power has been includ-
ed in of Sanatan Dhar-
ma of India, the sense
of purity towards
mother power should
come in everyone’s
mind, he said and add-
ed that if we do this,
then there will be no
incidents with our
daughters and sisters.
“Every citizen will
have to change the at-
titude towards daugh-
ters, girls, the govern-
ment is constantly try-
ing to make them
strong in the society, if
a daughter will study
and grow. Will take so-
ciety forward,” the UP
CM said.
Highlighting the state
government’s pro-
grams for women safe-
ty, he said “Programs
of Mission Shakti are
going on to make the
girl child strong, pro-
grams like Kanya Su-
mangala are also mov-
ing in this direction.”
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The count-
down for piped water
supply has started in
the villages of Bun-
delkhand. The State
Government has almost
completed the work of
laying the main line for
water supply to the vil-
lages of Bundelkhand
under the ‘Har Ghar
Nal’ Yojana, one of the
most ambitious pro-
jects of the government
which will change the
face of Bundelkhand
facing water crisis for
many decades.
Starting from the last
week of November, the
houses of Bundelkhand
will have water supply
connections. Along
with this, the Namami
Gange and Rural Water
Supply Department are
going to start a trial run
of water supply in the
villages of Bun-
d e l k h a n d .
In all probability, the
UP government will
start a door-to-door sup-
ply of drinking water in
thousands of villages
of Bundelkhand from
December.
“ The piped water
supply is set to start in
the villages of Jalaun,
Hamirpur, Banda, Ma-
hoba and Lalitpur dis-
tricts,” said Anurag
Srivastava, the Princi-
pal Secretary, Namami
Gange.
He has given instruc-
tions to expedite the
work after reviewing
the preparations. Work
is going on day and
night on a total of 467
piped drinking water
schemes in 32 projects
across districts of Bun-
delkhand region.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Secre-
tary of Uttar Pradesh
Rajendra Kumar Ti-
wari on Thursday con-
ducted a surprise in-
spection of Arjun Sa-
hayak Project in Lah-
chura Dam and Ka-
shipura Drinking Wa-
ter Project under
Namami Gange project
in Mahoba district.
Tiwari inspected the
Lifeline Arjun Sahayak
Project of Mahoba dis-
trict operated from Lah-
chura Dam wherein he
oversaw the Dhasan
main canal, which irri-
gates many areas of
Hamirpur and Mahoba
districts after which he
inspected the control
cabin and took detailed
information about the
Arjun Sahayak Project
from the Superintend-
ing Engineer of Irriga-
tion department.
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...will be in sets of
eight, twelve and twen-
ty-four hours each.
Samitis or committees
will be created to con-
duct the festivities un-
der the directions of the
state culture depart-
ment. Information of
the temples, their GPS
location and contact de-
tails, and details of the
performing artists have
been collated. Nodal of-
ficers have been ap-
pointed to ensure
smooth organising of
the sessions in each
temple.
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi will mark
the Valmiki Jayanti in
Kushinagar in the pres-
ence of more than 100
priests and eight high
priests from Sri Lanka
led by Prime Minister
Mahinda Rajpaksa’s
son Namal. PM Modi
will also place Kushina-
gar, site of Lord Bud-
dha’s Parinirvana,
firmly on the Buddhist
Tourism circuit by in-
augurating an interna-
tional airport there on
October 20.
He will be dedicating
the Kushinagar Inter-
national airport to the
people in a special
“lokaarpan ceremony”.
Qazi Abdur Rehman
Lucknow: In a boost to
the education system in
Uttar Pradesh, the state
is soon going to see the
number of Sainik
Schools getting dou-
bled. Aiming at provid-
ing value-based educa-
tion, this initiative will
fulfill the dream of
many students to get
better education along
with a disciplined life.
CM Yogi has ex-
pressed his gratitude to
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi and the Cen-
tral Government for
the approval of the Cen-
tral Government in this
direction. He said, “By
increasing the partici-
pation of private
schools in opening
Sainik Schools after the
approval of the Centre,
the number of Sainik
Schools in UP will in-
crease significantly
.
This will make the
path of admission
easier.”
The Union Govern-
ment has decided to af-
filiate 100 government
schools, private schools,
and NGOs with Sainik
Schools Society, Minis-
try of Defence from
2022-23 academic year.
These schools will be
different from exciting
Sainik schools and will
focus on providing cost-
effective ways to the
larger populations
across the country
. This
initiative has been tak-
en under the vision of
the National Education
Policy (NEP)
Currently, the Sainik
School Society is run-
ning three schools in
UP while Captain
Manoj Pandey Sainik
School is under the
state government.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Addi-
tional Chief Secre-
tary, Micro, Small
and Medium En-
terprises and Ex-
port Promotion ,
Navneet Sehgal
interacted with
representatives of
British Council
during the meet-
ing of British
High Commission-
er, Alex Ellis and
UP CM Yogi, Adi-
tyanath. The pur-
pose of the dia-
logue was to ex-
plore possibilities
of cooperation be-
tween the Depart-
ment of Micro,
Small and Medi-
um Enterprises
and Export Pro-
motion and the
British Council.
During the
meeting, Navneet
Sehgal briefed the
British Council
representatives
about the objec-
tives of the One
District One
Product (ODOP)
programme and
also highlighted
the steps taken by
the State Govern-
ment under the
ODOP program
due to which
more than 56,000
ODOP artisans
were trained in
the state.
Yogi at the Kanya Bhoj ceremony organised at Gorakshnath Temple in Gorakhpur on the occasion of Navami on Thursday.
Captain Manoj Pandey Sainik School. —FILE PHOTO
‘Har Ghar Nal’ is all set to overcome water shortage in
Bundelkhand villages. —FILE PHOTO
Door-to-door
water supply in
B’khand on anvil
CS inspects Lahchura
Dam and Kashipura
drinking water project
PM Modi to mark
Valmiki Jayanti in
Kushinagar district
SEEKS DETAILS
UP to have a Sainik School
in each and every district
ACS Sehgal
briefs British
Council reps
New Delhi/ Lucknow:
A ‘Vishwakarma Vati-
ka’ where talented arti-
sans and craftspersons
will give live demon-
strations of how hun-
dreds of India’s tradi-
tional art and craft
products are made will
be set up at ‘Hunar
Haats’ starting from Ut-
tar Pradesh’s Rampur
this week, according to
the Minority Affairs
Ministry
.
The ‘Hunar Haat’ at
Rampur will be held
from October 16 to 25.
Seventy-five such fairs
are being organised
across the country un-
der the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit
Mahotsav’ to celebrate
75 years of India’s Inde-
pendence.
Talented sculptors,
stonemasons, black-
smiths, carpenters, pot-
ters and other artisans
from across the country
will give live demon-
strations on how India’s
traditional craft prod-
ucts are made ’, Minori-
ty Affairs Minister
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
said.
He said that about 700
artisans from more
than 30 states and union
territories including
UP, Rajasthan, Delhi,
Nagaland, MP, Mani-
pur, Bihar, Andhra
Pradesh, Jharkhand,
Goa, Uttrakhand and
Ladakh will participate
in the fair. —PTI
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Purvan-
chal region of Uttar
Pradesh is fast emerg-
ing as the export hub
for green vegetables
within the country,
thanks to Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi and
Chief Minister Yogi Ad-
ityanath’s consistent
efforts to enhance farm-
ers’ income on the one
hand and do justice to
the fertile land of the
region on the other.
Huge consignments
of fresh green vegeta-
bles were flown to the
Gulf countries for the
second time recently in
less than two years from
Purvanchal despite the
crisis unleashed by the
novel coronavirus, ben-
efitting farmers sub-
stantially in terms of
income.
The increased fre-
quency of exports of
green vegetables and
mangoes to the UK and
the Gulf region from
Purvanchal has also en-
abled not only the large
Indian expatriate popu-
lation, but other foreign
residents, as well as the
sheikhs of Gulf, to get
to taste their choicest
Indian vegetables and
fruits more often.
Hunar Haats to offer live demos Purvanchal region excels, emerges
as export centre of Uttar Pradesh
DEVELOPMENT SPREE
Vishwakarma Vatikas to be set up for
boosting morale, confidence of artisans
ACS (MSME) Navneet
Sehgal.
FIRST ‘VATIKA’ IN RAMPUR DISTRICT
Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said
the first ‘Vishwakarma Vatika’ has been set up at
the ‘Hunar Haat’ in UP’s Rampur. The fair will be
inaugurated by Union Minister of Education, and
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmen-
dra Pradhan on October 16 in presence of Union
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and
Culture Arjun Ram Meghwal
A sweet gourd climber.
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C
M Yogi has
extend-
ed warm
greetings and
best wishes to the
people of the state
on the occasion
of Vijayadashami
festival.
C
M Yogi Adi-
tyanathpaid
tribute to
freedom fighter and
founder member of
Ghadar Party, Lala
Hardayal on his
birth anniversary
and said that his
sacrifice is a great
inspiration for all the
patriots.
CS RK Tiwari inspects
Lahchura Dam in Mahoba.
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CM TO LEAD DUSSEHRA SHOBHA YATRA
CM Yogi, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi inaugurating
Hunar Haat in Lucknow in January 2021. —FILE PHOTO
PM Narendra Modi.
—FILE
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UTTAR PRADESH
03
SIT recreates sequence
of events in Tikonia village
Lucknow: The Special
Investigation Team
(SIT) probing the Lakh-
impur Kheri violence
on Thursday took Un-
ion Minister Ajay
Mishra’s son and three
others arrested in the
case to recreate the se-
quence of events lead-
ing to the incident
in Uttar Pradesh’s
Tikonia village.
Amid tight security,
the three accused were
taken to the site of the
incident on the Tiko-
nia-Banbirpur road,
around 60 km from dis-
trict headquarters
Lakhimpur city,
police said.
Eight people died in
the October 3 violence
and of them, four were
farmers, allegedly
knocked down by a ve-
hicle carrying BJP
workers.
Infuriated farmers
then allegedly lynched
some people in the ve-
hicles. The other dead
included two BJP
workers and their driv-
er. In the incident, a
journalist was also
killed.
Farmers claimed
that Union Minister
Ajay Mishra’s son Ash-
ish Mishra was in one
of the vehicles, an al-
legation denied by him
and his father who say
they can produce evi-
dence to prove he was
at an event at that time.
Ashish Mishra
‘Monu’ was arrested in
the case on October 9
after 12 hours of ques-
tioning, and a court
has accepted his police
custody from October
12 to October 15.
The other three —
Shekhar Bharti was ar-
rested on October 12,
and Ankit Das and
Latif alias Kale were
arrested on October 13.
Das, Latif and Bhar-
ti are in police custody
from October 14 to Oc-
tober 17.
On Thursday, inves-
tigators reached the
district jail premises in
the morning to take
Das, Latif and Bharti
into police custody.
The trio were taken
to the crime branch’s
office at the Reserve
Police Lines, which is
near the district jail
where main accused
Ashish Mishra is
lodged.
They were taken to
Tikonia village by the
SIT amid heavy secu-
rity for investigations.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: IndianYouth
Congress (IYC) workers
held a torchlight march
in New Delhi over the
Lakhimpur Kheri inci-
dent on Wednesday
.
The youth congress
members were raising
slogans against the ac-
cused involved in the
Lakhimpur Kheri vio-
lence. They were seen
holding the placard
which read “Sack Ajay
Mishra”.
As many as eight peo-
ple including four farm-
ers had died in the vio-
lence that took place on
October3.UttarPradesh
police have so far arrest-
ed three people includ-
ing Ashish Mishra, who
is the son of Union Min-
ister of State for Home
Affairs Ajay Mishra
Teni.
Earlier on Monday
, de-
manding the dismissal
of Ajay Mishra from the
post of Union Minister
of State for Home Af-
fairs, over Lakhimpur
Kheri violence, Samy-
ukt Kisan Morcha
(SKM) said they will
scale up their agitation
if the Minister is not
dismissed immediately
.
The umbrella body of
farmers’ unions protest-
ing against the Central
farmlawsinastatement
issued on Monday that
reiterated earlier “ulti-
matumaboutOctober11
being the deadline for
the sacking and arrest
of Ajay Mishra Teni”.
Meanwhile, Union
Minister of State (MoS)
for Home Affairs Ajay
Mishra Teni’s son Ash-
ish Mishra, who has
been accused in the
Lakhimpur Kheri inci-
dent, has been sent to
three-day police remand
with conditions on
Monday
.
First India Bureau
Meerut: Awomanhas
alleged that sub-in-
spector in UP Police,
Arun Kumar, raped
her for four years and
threatenedtokillherif
she opened her mouth.
Police sources here
said that a probe has
been ordered into the
matter on instructions
of senior superinten-
dent of police Prabha-
kar Chaudhary
.
They said the SP ru-
ral will investigate and
file report to the SSP
.
The woman alleged
that the accused, a Sub
Inspector posted at
Bhadrakali outpost,
threatened her and
raped her for four
years.Shesaidthatshe
met with the accused
began sexually abus-
ing her after she re-
ported a missing
scooty case.
Action would be tak-
en against the accused
SI after the probe re-
port comes, police
sources said.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The leop-
ard, which had created
panic in dozens of vil-
lages of Ramgaon po-
lice station area in
Tehsil Mahsi of Bahra-
ich district, was ulti-
mately caught in a
cage set up by Forest
Department in Basau-
na Mafi village on
Thursday morning.
In the village, the
Forest department
team had set up a cage
to catch the leopard on
the instructions of
higher officials which
had troubled locals.
Now preparations are
being made to take the
leopard to the safe
Shearling wildlife
sanctuary. Leopard
created panic for a long
time in many villages
including Rehua Man-
soor, Musalipurwa,
Pasianpurwa, Basou-
namafi, etc.
Regional Forest Of-
ficer Deepak Singh
said that two teams
were formed to catch
the leopard and con-
sisted of Forest Inspec-
tor Amit Verma, Forest
Guard Pratap Singh,
Muhammad Arshad
were included in one
team while Forest In-
spector Zaheeruddin
Khan and other team
members.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Covid
control mechanism in
Uttar Pradesh gets fur-
ther strengthened as 41
districts have become
free of Coronavirus .
The drop in fresh and
active cases in Amroha,
Ayodhya,Badaun,Bagh-
pat, Ballia, Basti, Bahra-
ich, Bhadohi, Bijnor,
Chandauli, Chitrakoot,
Deoria, Etah, Etawa,
Farrukhabad, Fatehpur,
Ghazipur, Gonda,
Hamirpur, Hapur, Har-
doi, Hathras, Jaunpur,
Kanpur Dehat, Kasganj,
Kushinagar,Lakhimpur-
Kheri,Lalitpur,Mahoba,
Mainpuri, Mau, Mir-
zapur, Rampur, Sant Ka-
bir Nagar, Shamli,
Shravasti, Siddharthna-
gar, Sitapur, Sonbhadra,
Sultanpur and Unnao
indicate complete elimi-
nation of coronavirus
from over 54 per cent of
the state.
In what comes as an-
other relief, none of the
75 districts in Uttar
Pradesh has reported
fresh cases of coronavi-
rus infection in double-
digits lately
.
First India Bureau
Kushinagar: A youth
who lived in Ambed-
kar Nagar colony in
Serahvi town area
here was found mur-
dered with his throat
slit on Thursday
morning.
Police rushed to the
spot after receiving in-
formation and has
started investigations.
Police sources here
said that the body of a
youngster was found
in Ken Yard of the sug-
ar mill here.
Police teams reached
the spot along with fo-
rensic team and start-
ed off with the investi-
gations, and the foren-
sic team has collected
evidence such as blood
stains from the crime
scene, sources said.
Union Minister
Ajay Mishra’s son
Ashish Mishra and
three others taken
to the crime scene
AS IT HAPPENED
Special Investigation Team (SIT) takes Ashish Mishra and 3 others accused to recreate the crime
scene, in Lakhimpur Kheri on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
MAN JAILED FOR POSTING DEROGATORY
PHOTO OF CM ON SOCIAL MEDIA
THREE CHILDREN OF SAME FAMILY DIE
WHILE TAKING BATH IN DEEP POND
MAN, 9-YR-OLD SON DROWN IN KALI
RIVER WHILE VISITING MAZAAR
COPS ARREST SIX FOR POSING AS IT
OFFICERS, EXTORTING `70.50 LAKHS
Etah: A man and his nine-year-old son drowned
in the Kali river in a village here, police said on
Thursday.The man, along with his son Faizan and
nephew Aman, had
come from Agra to
visit a ‘mazaar’ located
under Mirhachi police
station area here.
According to the
police, Faizan (9) and
Aman (18) drowned
in the river when they
went there to wash hands before paying respects at
the ‘mazaar’.
Bulandshahr: Police have arrested six persons
including driver of a jeweller for burgling Rs 70.50
lakh after posing as
Income Tax officers in
Khurja Nagar area.
Police sources here
said that Navnath
Jadhaw alias Anna
has jewellery shop
Kiran Jeweller in Ghantaghar Bazar. He had sent
his driver Premveer Singh alias Rakesh to another
businessman along with accountant Omkar and
cashier Shiva.
CRUCIAL READ
Sonbhadra: Police have arrested a miscreant who
deformed photograph of Uttar Pradesh chief minister
Yogi Adityanath and posted it on social media.
Police sources here said
that Pintu Bharti alias
Bihari Lal had posted ob-
jectionable photograph
of CM Yogi Adityanath
on social media. Case
was registered on com-
plaint of sub-inspector
Babhani police station Tej Bahadur Rai under relevant
sections of IT act. Accused was arrested from Asand-
eeh area near Chhattisgarh border on Thursday.
Shahjahanpur: Three children of same family drowned
while bathing in in pond in Barua village in Madanapur
area here.Police sources here said that Anurag (10),
Gopal (8) and Pawan
(12) went into deep water
while bathing in pond and
drowned. Their friends
called for help following
which local swimmers
pulled out all of them.
They were rushed to the Primary Health Centre (PHC)
where doctors declared him brought dead. Pawan was
nephew of Rajkumar who was residing with him for
past six months.
LAKHIMPUR
VIOLENCE
Lakhimpur row: IYC organises
torchlight march in New Delhi
UP: 41 districts are
now Covid-19 free
Indicating signs that
the dangerous virus is
receding from the state,
as many as 67 districts
reported no case of
covid-19 infection in the
last 24 hours.
NO NEW CASE IN 67
UP DISTRICTS
Youth’s body
found with
throat slit
 Sanyukt Kisan Morcha
said that they will intensify
their agitation if ‘Teni’ is
not sacked immediately.
 The farmers body
reiterated its 11 October
ultimatum given to govt for
sacking, arrest of ‘Teni’
ARREST, SACK ‘TENI’
SI accused of raping
woman for 4 years
Forest Dept nabs panic-creating leopard
—FILE PHOTO
Kali river in Etah district.
—FILE PHOTO
GUV@ GANGA ARTI
Governor of UP, Anandiben Patel offering prayers
during Ganga Arti in Rishikesh on Thursday. She was
accompanied by Swami Chidanand Saraswati (Guruji).
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Your mind is a powerful
thing. When you start to
filter it with positive
thoughts your life will
start to change.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
Marking #WorldStandardsDay for
a better, fairer & more sustainable
development. It is our commitment
@IndianStandards to strengthen
mechanisms to help Indian products
set international standards. Quality is
at the core of equitable global growth.
Adhir Chowdhury
@adhirrcinc
The expansion of #BSF area of
jurisdiction upto 50 km from border
of some states amounts to brazen
infringement upon the territory of
states. @HMOIndia, you should not
indulge any ‘Chherkhani’ else will
face the consequences.
TOP TWEETS
ZERO COVID
WORKED FOR
SOME COUNTRIES
ince the start of the
pandemic, several
countries have adopt-
edazero-COVIDstrat-
egy
, aiming to eradi-
cate COVID within their borders.
Faced with the highly transmis-
sible delta variant, many are now
abandoning it.
NewZealandisthelatestcoun-
try to abandon the zero-COVID
approach, following hard on the
heels of Vietnam and Australia.
Vietnam was once hailed as a
zero-COVID success, but it has
recently experienced a sharp
rise in deaths. Despite a popula-
tion of 97 million, Vietnam man-
aged to keep cases below 3,000
until May 2021, when the delta
variant started to spread inter-
nationally. By October, it had
800,000 cases, and COVID deaths
had risen from 35 to 20,000.
Zero-COVID has been effective
at preventing deaths and allow-
ing a certain level of normality
within national borders in coun-
tries that moved rapidly to shut
their borders, and where the geo-
graphical, political and econom-
ic factors were favourable. No
countries in Europe or the
Americas attempted it. But the
huge jump in virus transmissi-
bility and the swift development
of highly effective vaccines has
forced changes in the response.
S
ar from emerging
from the Covid-19
shock awash with
fuel, as might be
expected after an
economic slowdown, world is
entering a new energy crisis
the like of which has not
been seen since the 1970s.
European and Asian gas
prices are at an all-time high,
the oil price is at a three-year
high and the price of coal is
soaring on the back of en-
ergy shortages across Chi-
na, India and Germany.
The surge in demand is be-
ing driven mostly by recov-
ering economies and antici-
pated extreme weather
across Europe and North-
east Asia. China is stockpil-
ing domestic coal and gas
reserves, and Russia is re-
luctant to supply gas to West-
ern Europe.
Australia’s gas prices are
soaring but might soon
plummet. The crunch in the
gas market is forcing coun-
tries to revert to coal for
electricity generation and
for industry. Thermal coal
prices in Asia keep hitting
record highs.
In Asia, there is not
enough coal to meet expect-
ed demand. A cold winter
followed by a hot summer
and stronger economic
growth has led to greater
Chinese demand. It is the
main cause of an emerging
electricity crisis in China.
China, which eased up on
coal consumption a few
months ago to meet emission
targets, is back in the market
as stockpiles run low.
The crisis suggests the
transition to renewables will
take longer than expected
and be more complicated
than expected.
It will cast a shadow over
the COP26 UN climate
change talks due to begin in
Glasgow on October 31.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
WHY THE WORLD
IS EXPERIENCING
ENERGY CRISIS
The crisis suggests the
transition to renewables
will take longer than
expected and be more
complicated than
expected. It will cast a
shadow over the COP26
UN climate change
talks due to begin in
Glasgow on October 31
F
midst the deepening of the
Christian-Muslim conflict in
the Balkans, Kosov, the ‘ren-
egade pre-dominant Muslim
province’ of Serbia, is being
asked to accommodate pro-
US Afghan refugees, but
America has indicated that
its troops under the NATO
umbrella too would be leav-
ing the conflict zone.
Within nine months of the
inauguration of his innings
in the White House in Janu-
ary this year, the US Presi-
dent Joe Biden decides to
leave the war-torn Afghani-
stan, though causing existen-
tial threat to the pro-US ele-
ments,signsanuclearsubma-
rine deal with Australia at the
cost of America’s NATO ally
,
France. Biden now appears to
be trying to leave the conflict
zone of Southern Europe.
The Indian concern to-
wards the plight of the peo-
ple of the region is natural,
because during the post
World War-II era, the region
was a part of Yugoslavia, a
secular Communist regime
under Martial Josip Broz
Tito, one of the most cele-
brated statesmen and war
heroes of the region. He was
the youngest sergeant –major
in the Austro-Hungarian
Army
. He was one of the few
Communist leaders, who had
refused to toe the diktat of
the USSR’s unquested leader,
Joseph Stalin. He along with
Jawaharlal Nehru and the
Egyptian leader, Nasser had
founded the ‘non-aligned
movement’ and had ushered
in a ‘secular regime’ bring-
ing Orthodox Christians and
Muslims to jointly work for a
united Yugoslavia. However,
after his death Yugoslavia
fragmented and witnessed
communal or ethnic vio-
lence. Tito had successfully
managed to keep ethnic ten-
sions under control by dele-
gating as much power as pos-
sible to each republic.
After the death of Tito and
the collapse of the USSR, eth-
nic violence flared up in the
region. The UNHCR reports
estimated that 3000 to 50,000
Muslim women were raped
by the Serbian forces. It was
also a part of the cleansing of
the minorities in the country
.
The Serb forces set up
“rape camps”, where women
were subjected to being re-
peatedly raped, and only re-
leased when pregnant.
The rapists reportedly
used to tell their victims,
“You are going to have our
children. You are going to
have our little Chetniks”, and
that the reason for their be-
ing raped was to “plant the
seed of Serbs in Bosnia”. The
torture camps at Eraterm,
vilina, vlas, Manjaca, Omar-
ska etc. were noticed by the
various watch-dogs. Even
young men and boys were not
spared. Many male victims
were found to have been os-
tracized from their commu-
nities, often being stripped of
their masculinity or accused
of homosexuality due to the
predominantly masculinity
culture in Bosnia.
The UN Commission of ex-
perts that investigated the
rapes in former Yugoslavia
has concluded. ‘Rape cannot
be seen as incidental to the
main purpose of the aggres-
sion but as serving a strate-
gic purpose in itself,’ reports
the European Community
mission concerned especial-
ly with the situation of Bos-
niak women.
In 1999, the NATO forces
with around 4,000 troops
from 28 countries, after a 78-
day bombing campaign, be-
gan serving as a peace-keep-
ing force. Kosovo’s declara-
tion of independence is
backed by the United States,
Britain, and most EU mem-
ber states, but its member-
ship of the United Nations is
blocked by Russia, Serbia’s
traditional ally
.
European Commission
spokesperson Diana Spinant
on September 27 urged both
sides to “sit down together
and to put an end to the ver-
bal escalation in the region.”
The European Union
hopes Serbian and Kosovar
negotiators will meet, said
the bloc’s spokesman on for-
eign affairs, Peter Stano.
“There are a lot of diplo-
matic activities going on now
both in Brussels and on the
ground,” Stano told report-
ers. Albanian Prime Minis-
ter Edi Rama on September
27 visited Kosovo and criti-
cized Serbia’s “theatrical
military manoeuvres,” say-
ing that the “only solution is
a dialogue.”
Albania and Kosovo have
accepted a U.S. request to
temporarily take in Afghan
refugees seeking visas to en-
ter the United States, the two
Balkan countries said.
Albanian Prime Minister
Edi Rama Rama said U.S.
President Joe Biden’s admin-
istration had asked fellow
NATO member Albania to
assess whether it could serve
as a transit country for a
number of Afghan refugees
whose final
CRITICISM OF THE
CASE FOR WAR
The NATO intervention has
been seen as a political diver-
sionary tactic, coming as it
did on the heels of the Moni-
ca Lewinsky scandal, point-
ing to the fact that coverage
of the bombing directly re-
placed coverage of the scan-
dal in US news cycles. Her-
bert Foerstel points out that
before the bombing, rather
than there being an unusu-
ally bloody conflict, the KLA
was not engaged in a wide-
spread war against Yugoslav
forces and the death toll
among all concerned (includ-
ing ethnic Albanians) sky-
rocketed following NATO in-
tervention. In a post-war re-
port released by the Organi-
zation for Security and Co-
operation in Europe, the or-
ganization also noted “the
pattern of the expulsions and
the vast increase in lootings,
killings, rape, kidnappings
and pillage once the NATO
air war began on March 24”.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
ANOTHER
AFGHANISTAN IN MAKING
IN EUROPE
BIDEN NOW PREPARES TO ABANDON KOSOV, AGAIN
PRO-AMERICANS HAVE TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES
A
Kosovo’s declaration of
independence is
backed by the United
States, Britain, and
most EU member
states, but its
membership of the United
Nations is blocked by
Russia, Serbia’s
traditional ally
Within nine months of the
inauguration of his innings
in the White House in
January this year, the US
President Joe Biden decides to
leave the war-torn
Afghanistan, though causing
existential threat to the pro-
US elements, signs a nuclear
submarine deal with
Australia at the cost of
America’s NATO ally, France.
Biden now appears to be
trying to leave the conflict
zone of Southern Europe
GOPAL MISRA
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of Long and distinguished service with the
Press Information Bureau of the Information
and Broadcasting Ministry

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INDIA
05
Kavita Pant
New Delhi: Perhaps a
point that may keep
both Samajwadi Party
and the Congress in
high spirits is the fact
that the Bahujan Sa-
maj Party, which has
been getting a certain
amount of Muslim
votes till now, might
have given a second
thought for its prefer-
ence for Muslim votes
over Hindu and SC/ST
votes. The news of
BSP’s closeness with
BJP had been coming
for a long time but
Mayawati herself did
the right thing.
In a program organ-
ized in Lucknow on
the occasion of the
death anniversary of
BSP founder Kanshi
Ram, she said that if
her govt is formed, she
will not stop the works
put into effect by BJP
in UP. She mentioned
the work going on in
three important cities
related to the beliefs of
Hinduism, Mathura,
Kashi and Ayodhya
and said that her govt
will not stop it.
This is a major shift
in BSP’s politics. Keep
in mind that Ram tem-
ple is being construct-
ed in Ayodhya by the
order of the Supreme
Court and in Varanasi
the govt is building a
corridor from Ganga
Ghat to Kashi Vishwa-
nath temple with
its efforts.
However, it remains
to be seen how much
this politics of hers
will benefit BSP or if it
can cause a major dam-
age to BJP.
Has Mayawati really given up
hope of Muslim vote in UP?
VOTES SHIFTED?
New Delhi: Amid con-
cerns about a power cri-
sis in the country, Un-
ion Minister of Coal
PralhadJoshionThurs-
day assured that there
would be no shortage of
coal for electricity pro-
duction.
"There was shortage
of coal due to rain and
as coal import was
ceased. We are supply-
ing 2 million tonnes of
coal since yesterday.
We are making efforts
to fulfil demand for
thermal coal power. I
visited South Eastern
Coalfields yesterday,"
Joshi said in Chatra,
Jharkhand.
Some chief ministers
from across the country
have flagged the power
crisis that might arise
in their respective
states due to the coal
shortage in power gen-
eration plants. These
states include Delhi,
Punjab and Chhattis-
garh. —ANI
COAL CRISIS
There will be no shortage of
coal for electricity: P Joshi
Union Min of coal and mines Pralhad Joshi during his visit to the
coalfields in the ashoka project.
The coal target which was given to us was
1.9 mn tonnes/day and after 20th it was 2
mn tonnes/day, which was achieved. I can
assure you that there'll be no shortage of coal for elec-
tricity production. —Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister
Chatra(Jharkhand):
Amid the ongoing
concerns regarding
the coal supply in the
country, Minister of
Coal, Mines and Par-
liamentary Affairs
Pralhad Joshi on
Thursday said,
“There was a short-
age of coal due to
rain and as coal im-
port was ceased. We
are supplying 2 mil-
lion tonnes of coal
since Wednesday
.”
“We are making ef-
forts to fulfill the de-
mand for thermal
coal power. I visited
South Eastern Coal-
fields yesterday.”
Joshi added.
On October 9, Del-
hi CM Arvind Kejri-
wal wrote a letter to
PM Modi claiming
that there is a coal
shortage situation
that has affected the
power plants supply-
ing power to NCR.
Following this, the
Coal Ministry reas-
sured that ample coal
is available. —ANI
Coal shortage was due
to rain, informs coal min
PM to lay foundation stone
of boys' hostel in Surat
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
will virtually perform
the 'Bhoomi Poojan' cer-
emony of Hostel
Phase-1 (Boys' Hostel)
constructed by Sau-
rashtra Patel Seva Sa-
maj in Gujarat's Surat
on Friday
.
In an official state-
ment, the Prime Minis-
ter's Office on Thursday
said that the hostel
building has residential
facilities to accommo-
date around 1,500 stu-
dents. It also contains
an auditorium and a
dedicated library
.
Also on Thursday PM
Modi wished his prede-
cessor Manmohan Sin-
gh, who has been admit-
ted to the AIIMS, a
speedy recovery. Singh
was admitted to the
AIIMS after he com-
plained of weakness fol-
lowing a fever. —ANI
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
I pray for the good
health and speedy
recovery of Dr. Man-
mohan Singh Ji.
New Delhi: The Centre has appointed IAS Punya
Salila Srivastava, currently Additional Secretary
in Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), as Additional
Secy in Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on a 'lat-
eral shift basis' for next two
years. A 1993-batch AGMUT
cadre officer, Srivastava is
the female IAS officer who
addressed the briefings on be-
half of MHA in the initial days
of the Covid-19 pandemic. Appointments Commit-
tee of the Cabinet (ACC) took the decision to give
new responsibility to Srivastava for the balance
tenure of her Central deputation upto Nov 2023, or
until further orders, whichever is earlier, mentions
Ministry of Personnel order dated Oct 13. —ANI
PUNYA APPOINTED AS ADD’L SECY IN PMO
PM MODI ALSO WISHES SINGH A SPEEDY RECOVERY
RIL tops Indian
corporates in
Forbes'rankings
New Delhi: The Reli-
ance Industries Limited
(RIL) has topped the In-
dian corporates in the
World’s Best Employers
rankings 2021 published
by Forbes as it has been
ranked 52 in the overall
ranking of 750 global
corporates. Apart from
RIL, other Indian names
in the top 100 rankings
were ICICI Bank at 65,
HDFC Bank at 77 and
HCL Technologies at 90.
In this large-scale sur-
vey employees rated
their employers on nu-
merous points. —ANI
Shiv Sena’s love for Indira Gandhi keeps everyone guessing!
Anita Hada
New Delhi: The love be-
tween Shiv Sena and
Congress is understand-
able because it was with
the help of Congress,
that the Shiv Sena-led
govt was formed and
Uddhav Thackeray be-
came the CM. But Shiv
Sena is showing a lot of
love towards Indira
Gandhi these days and
it seems that the Sena
has considered Indira
as a role model.
This is also possible
because all the powerful
leaders in this country
,
who have run the party
and govt in an arbitrary
manner, have Indira
Gandhi as their ideal.
Barringaformalopposi-
tion to imposition of an
emergency
,nosuchlead-
er criticizes Indira Gan-
dhi.AsmuchasPMNar-
endra Modi and his par-
ty criticize Jawaharlal
Nehru, they do not criti-
cize Indira Gandhi. Shiv
Sena founder Bal Thack-
eray was also a similar
leader. Perhaps this is
the reason why the lead-
ers of Shiv Sena are lik-
ing Indira Gandhi so
much and they are re-
membering Priyanka
and Varun Gandhi by
associating them with
Indira Gandhi. BJP MP
Varun Gandhi took a
stand in protest against
the Lakhimpur Kheri
incident recently
.
He raised questions
ontheleadersof hisown
party and the state govt.
He demanded action by
sharing the video of the
farmers being crushed.
After this, Shiv Sena
praised Varun, writing
that the blood of Indira
Gandhi’s grandson had
boiled over the death of
farmers. Similarly, Pri-
yanka went to Lakhim-
pur and she was stopped
by the police. After this
incident, Shiv Sena said
that she is the grand-
daughter of Indira Gan-
dhi and is doing politics
likeIndiraGandhi.Does
Shiv Sena feel that Con-
gress politics will be
successful only when
the politics is done like
Indira Gandhi? There
can also be a bigger mo-
tive for praising both
Priyanka and Varun by
associating them with
Indira Gandhi.
SWAMY'S 'LAST FIGHT'?
Swamy always fields his fights with the ‘big guys’ but this
time don’t know why he entangled with Tejinder Bagga
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: BJP MP
Subramanian Swamy
does not leave any op-
portunity to corner his
party’s government.
He has been targeting
the govt on every issue
ranging from the econ-
omy to China’s infiltra-
tion and the rising
NPAs of banks. But no
big leader from BJP
has ever given him an
answer.
Anyway, Swamy al-
ways fields his fights
with the ‘big guys’. He
had enmity with Atal
Bihari Vajpayee, Jay-
alalithaa, Sonia Gan-
dhi etc. but this
time it looks
like he has
got con-
fused in
the wrong place. He put
his might against a
leader much smaller
than his standard,
which is causing him a
loss. Don’t know why
Swamy got entangled
withTejinderPalSingh
Bagga, a small leader
of Delhi Pradesh BJP
and working like a troll
on social media.
Swamy wrote about
Baggathathehadcrim-
inal cases against him
and he used to commit
petty thefts. For this,
Bagga gave him a legal
notice. Since then, Bag-
ga is active against him
on social media. Re-
cently, when the BJP
removed Swamy from
the national executive,
Bagga was the first to
rejoice and tweet it but
Swami is silent.
Meanwhile, the time
for the end of his Rajya
Sabhatermisalsocom-
ing.Heisgoingtoretire
next year and the way
he has targeted the
Modi govt, it is clear
that the party will not
send him to Rajya Sab-
ha again. Anyway
, he is
82 years old and he has
already crossed the
cut-off for active
politics in BJP
.
Subramanian Swamy
Uddhav Thackeray
Mayawati
Mukesh Ambani

INDIA
06
Panaji:Congress chief
P Chidambaram right
now expressed confi-
dence that his occasion
will win the Goa Assem-
bly elections due subse-
quent yr and in addi-
tion the following Lok
Sabha polls in 2024.
Mr Chidambaram,
who’s Congress’s Goa
election in-charge, was
addressing occasion
employees after inaugu-
rating the state election
marketing campaign
workplace in Panaji.
“Let me say one thing
from history whoever
wins Goa wins Delhi. In
2007 we won Goa in 2009
we won Delhi. In 2012,
we unfortunately lost
Goa, in 2014 we lost Del-
hi. In 2017, you (refer-
ring to party workers)
won Goa, but our legis-
lators lost Goa,” he stat-
ed, whereas noting that
the Congress was de-
feated within the 2019
Lok Sabha elections.
Mr Chidambaram
stated this time, his oc-
casion is shifting ahead
with braveness and con-
fidence and “will win
Goa in 2022 and Delhi in
2024”.
In the 2017 Goa As-
sembly polls, the Con-
gress emerged as the
one largest occasion by
successful 17 seats with-
in the 40-member
House. But, the BJP at
the moment solid an al-
liance with some re-
gional outfits and unbi-
ased legislators to type
authorities.
Mr Chidambaram
stated, “The history is
ours…we are beginning
today on an auspicious
day and our office has
been inaugurated by a
valuable statesman and
former chief minister
Pratapsingh Rane.”
‘Cong will win Goa elections in 2022, LS polls in 2024’
CHIDAMBARAM CLAIMS
CRUCIAL READ
INDIA TAKES NOTE OF CHINA-BHUTAN PACT
ON BOUNDARY NEGOTIATIONS
Mumbai: India on Thursday said it had noted the
signing of the memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
between Bhutan and China on the three-step roadmap
for expediting boundary negotiations.We are aware
that they have been holding boundary negotiations
since 1984, Similarly, India has been holding boundary
negotiations with China,”Arindam Bagchi said.
CCEA APPROVES INCREASED PRICES FOR
PHOSPHATIC, POTASSIC FERTILISERS
JAMAAT-E-ISLAMI BEHIND THE PANDAL
VIOLENCE IN BANGLADESH, SAY OFFICIALS
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday announced that the
increased prices of Phosphatic and Potassic
(PK) fertilizers approved earlier will be extended
for the whole of 2021-22.The increased prices,
vide notification dated May 20 this year, would
be applicable from Oct1 till March 31, 2022,
the CCEA, chaired by PM Modi, decided. The
increased international prices of Diammonium
phosphate have been absorbed by the Union
Govt,” a release from the Min of Chemicals and
Fertilizers said. Union Govt has decided to in-
crease the subsidy by Rs 438 per bag of DAP as
a special one-time package so that farmers can
get DAP at the same price.
New Delhi: According to diplomats in Dhaka and New
Delhi, there were attacks on mandaps, pandals and
temples in Cumilla on Oct 13 afternoon after the alleged
desecration of the religious text of Muslims by placing
it near the feet of the idol of Devi Durga at a pandal.
There are more than 3,000 pandals in Bangladesh
observing Durga Puja at present. there were violent
attacks on pandals in Noakhali, Chandpur, Cox’s Bazaar,
areas around Chattogram, Chapainawabganj, Pabna,
Moulvibazara and Kurigram.
Mumbai: The Bom-
bay High Court on
Thursday rejected
the petition filed by
Shiv Sena leader and
former MP Anandrao
Adsul challenging
a case registered
by the Enforce-
ment Directorate
(ED) against him in
connection with an
alleged Rs 980 crore
fraud at the City
Co-operative Bank.
A division bench of
Justices Nitin Jamdar
and Sarang Kotwal,
while dismissing
the petition filed by
Adsul, said he was at
liberty to approach
the special court and
seek anticipatory bail
if he is apprehending
arrest.
Lieutenant Governor of
Ladakh R K Mathur
on Thursday welcomed
President Ram Nath
Kovind on his arrival in
the Union Territory for
celebrating Dussehra with
troops in Drass.”We wel-
come Ram Nath Kovind,
the Hon’ble President of
India to the Union Terri-
tory of Ladakh,” tweeted
Mathur.President Kovind
is on a visit to Ladakh
and Jammu and Kashmir
on October 14 and 15
to celebrate Dussehra
with troops in Drass.On
October 14, 2021, the
President will perform
Sindhu Darshan Puja at
Sindhu Ghat, Leh. He will
also interact with troops at
Udhampur in the evening.
IN THE COURTYARD
HC REJECTS SHIV SENA LEADER ADSUL'S PLEA
CHALLENGING ED MONEY LAUNDERING CASE AGAINST HIM
PREZ KOVIND IN LADAKH FOR
CELEBRATING DUSSEHRA WITH TROOPS
BCI STAYS
ORDER OF
RESTRAINING
ADVOCATES
New Delhi: Disci-
plinary Committee
of the Bar Council of
India (BCI) has put
an interim stay on
the decision of the
Bar Council of Delhi
(BCD) dated October
6, 2021, restrain-
ing advocates from
holding any religious
functions or activi-
ties in the lawyers’
chambers and on the
premises of Bar asso-
ciations.The BCI has
also issued notice to
the respondent Sohan
Singh Tomar and Iqbal
Malik and listed De-
cember 18, 2021, as
the date of hearing.
New Delhi: Bollywood
actors Jacqueline Fer-
nandez and Nora Fate-
hi were summoned by
the Enforcement Direc-
torate (ED) for ques-
tioning in connection
with a money launder-
ing case.
While Fatehi, an ac-
tor and dancer, was
asked to be present be-
fore the law enforce-
ment agency on Thurs-
day itself, Fernandez is
expected to join the
probe today, according
to officials cited by
ANI. This ED case is
based on an FIR filed by
Delhi Police’s Econom-
ic Offences Wing (EOW)
against conman Suke-
sh Chandrashekhar
who is accused of
cheating and extorting
the wife of a business-
man of `200 crore.
In photos shared by
the news agency
, Nora
Fatehi could be seen
reaching the ED office to
cooperatewiththeinves-
tigation launched by the
law enforcement agency
.
In another update Jac-
queline is expected to
present herself before
the interrogators .
Jacqueline, Nora Fatehi summoned
by ED in money laundering case
Justice Mohammad Rafiq on
Thursday took oath as Chief
Justice of Himachal Pradesh
High Court. Justice Ravi Vijay-
kumar Malimath, who was an
acting Chief Justice of Him-
achal Pradesh High Court, has
been elevated to the position
of Chief Justice of Madhya
Pradesh High Court. Justice
Ravi Vijaykumar Malimath
was sworn in as the new
Chief Justice of the MP HC
on Thursday.State Gov-
ernor Mangubhai Patel
administered the oath.
MOHAMMAD RAFIQ, MALIMATH TAKE OATH AS CJ
New Delhi: Union
Health Minister
Mansukh Mandavi-
ya on Thursday ar-
rived at the All India
Institute of Medical
Sciences, Delhi to
meet former PM and
Congress leader
Manmohan Singh.
Singh was admitted
to AIIMS, yesterday,
for evaluation of fe-
ver.After few hours
of his admission,
Singh was reported
to be stable. In a
tweet, Mandaviya
said that he met
Manmohan Singh.
and wished Singh a
speedy recovery
.
New Delhi: Con-
gress leader Rahul
Gandhi on Thursday
visited former Prime
Minister Dr Manmo-
han Singh at the All
India Institute of
Medical Sciences,
Delhi and enquired
about his health.
He also wished
him a speedy recov-
ery
. Earlier today PM
Modi wished for the
speedy recovery of
former PM Manmo-
han Singh.
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
and Ghulam Nabi Azad
were together in two
programmes of the party
first in the photo exhibi-
tion of Bangladesh War
and second during the
delegation meeting with
President Kovind.
Mansukh arrives at
AIIMS to meet Ex-PM
RAHUL GANDHI VISITS
EX-PM AT AIIMS
Sign of truce?
Rahul, Nabi seen
together!
New Delhi: Defence
Min Rajnath Singh vir-
tually conducted the fi-
nal breakthrough blast
of the Sela tunnel in
Arunachal Pradesh and
flagged of a 20,000-km-
long motorcycle expedi-
tion of the BRO on
Thursday
.
The virtual break-
through blast and the
flagging-off were con-
ducted by the minister
at the National War Me-
morial here. Singh said
the Sela tunnel will be
the world's largest bi-
lane tunnel at an alti-
tude of more than 13,000
feet. He also lauded the
work done by the Bor-
der Roads Organisation
(BRO) while handling
this project.The tunnel
will not only strengthen
national security, but
also augment the trans-
portation facilities for
the local people and
consequently, boost
their socio-economic
conditions, he said. He
also flagged off a motor-
cycle expedition of the
BRO. 75 personnel of
the BRO and the Army
will participate in the
motorcycle expedition.
EXCAVATION COMPLETED ON
SELA TUNNEL TO TAWANG IN AP
Rajnath Singh, with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, presides over sela tunnel.
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu
RAJNATHSINGHFLAGSOFFBRO’SMOTORCYCLEEXPEDITION,
PRESIDESOVERBREAKTHROUGHBLASTOFSELATUNNELVIRTUALLY
RAJNATH SINGH
HAILS INDIRA GANDHI
FOR 'LEADING
COUNTRY DURING
TIMES OF WAR'
Former prime
minister Indira
Gandhi not only led
the country for a
number of years,
but she also did so
during the times of
war, Rajnath Singh
said on Thursday, in
an apparent refer-
ence to her role in
the 1971 war with
Pakistan. And more
recently, Pratibha
Patil was the presi-
dent of India and
the supreme com-
mander of the Indian
armed forces. Under
Indira Gandhi’s
prime ministership,
India won the 1971
war against Pakistan
that resulted in the
birth of Bangladesh
Singh said.
Terrorism has been
employed as a
weapon of choice by
non-state actors and
irresponsible states
to advance their
political objectives in
the region, Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
said on Thursday in a
thinly-veiled attack on
Pakistan. In an address
at a Shanghai Coopera-
tion Organisation (SCO)
seminar on the role of
women in the armed
forces, Singh said the
concept of security is
undergoing a paradigm
shift and the member
states of the grouping
will have to deal with
challenges like terror-
ism collectively. The
concept of security is
undergoing a paradigm
shift.
Bhubaneswar: Lord
Jagannatha temple
in Odisha's Puri will
remain closed for
devotees on Dussehra
(October 15) and Diwali
(November 4), the tem-
ple administration said
on Thursday.In order to
avoid any spike in trans-
mission of Covid-19
on account of the large
gathering that is an-
ticipated on such festive
occasions, the temple
will remain closed
for public darshan on
Friday, said the Shree
Jagannatha Temple
Administration (SJTA)
in its revised SOP. The
temple will continue to
remain closed for public
darshan on all Sundays
as a measure to contain
the spread of the coro-
navirus and to sanitize.
PURI TEMPLE TO REMAIN CLOSED ON DUSSEHRA, DIWALI
New Delhi: Vice Presi-
dent M Venkaiah Naidu
on Thursday extended
his wishes to the nation
on the eve of Dussehra
and prayed that the fes-
tival brings peace, har-
mony and prosperity to
the country
.
I extend my warm
greetings and good
wishes to the people of
our country on the aus-
picious occasion of
Dussehra. Celebrated
with traditional fer-
vour and zeal across
the country, Dussehra
symbolises the victory
of 'Good' over 'Evil'.
The festival reminds
us of the pious, virtu-
ous and noble life led
by Lord Rama and
guides us towards the
path of righteousness
shown by him said.
May this festival bring
peace, harmony and
prosperity to our coun-
try, he added.
Vice President Naidu greets
nation on eve of Dussehra
Government has
taken a number
of steps to
strengthen the
role of women
within the
security setup in
general and the
armed forces
in particular-
Rajnath said in
SCO webinar.

z The Sela
tunnel would
cut down the
travel time
between
the Army’s
4 Corps
headquarters
at Tezpur in
Assam by at
least an hour.

z On com-
pletion, Sela
Tunnel will be
the longest
bi-lane road
Tunnel in the
world at an
altitude above
13,000 feet.

z This
unique tunnel
was con-
structed using
the latest New
Austrian Tun-
neling Method
(NATM), and
travel without
the challenges
of snow.

z it would
ensure that
NH 13, espe-
cially the 171-
km stretch
between
Bomdila and
Tawang,
remains ac-
cessible in all
weather.
Why Sela Tunnel is crucial?
Terrorism weapon of choice of non-state actors, irresponsible states
Justice Mohammad Rafiq

NEWS
07
HOUSE THAT!
So the suspense as to who
would be the deputy Speaker in
Uttar Pradesh assembly even if for
five months is finally over. The cat
was let out of the bag by none
other than but Parliamentary
Affairs and Finance Minister
Suresh Khanna. While he
confirmed that Nitin Agarwal
would be the choice of the ruling
BJP for the post of deputy
Speaker, the election for the post
would be held on October 18
when a day’s special session of the
House has been convened to mark
the ongoing Azadi ka Amrit
Mahotsav with an address by
President Ram Nath Kovind. As
per tradition, the Deputy Speaker
is elected from among the
members of the main opposition
party. And by choosing Nitin, the
BJP apparently, wants to kill two
birds with one stone. He belongs
to the Samajwadi Party but his
father Naresh Agarwal was once a
close confidante of Mulayam
Singh Yadav before he quit SP and
joined the BJP. In fact, Agarwal
senior has been part of all four
major political parties in the state.
He has been with the Samajwadi
Party (SP), the Bahujan Samaj
Party (BSP), the Bharatiya Janata
Party and the Congress. Briefly, he
was also part of yet another party
in the 1990s, the Akhil Bharatiya
Loktantrik Congress.
According to sources, by choosing
Nitin the BJP wants to counter any
political fallout from the death of
Kanpur-based businessman
Manish Gupta. The businessman
was lynched by police personnel at
a hotel in Gorakhpur on the night
of September 27. With a two-
thirds majority, the BJP should not
have any trouble getting Nitin
elected. Procedural action has
already begun at the government
level. Technically still an SP MLA,
Speaker Hriday Narayan Dixit had
rejected the defection petition the
SP had filed against him, asking
for a cancellation of his
membership from Hardoi.
—M Tariq Khan
GET MARRIED
GET MONEY
Abig fraud has come to the
fore in Chief Minister’s mass
marriage scheme in Gonda. Here
agents are making married
people getting married again by
sitting in the pavilion and taking
the household items received
from government money to their
house. Agents lure married
people of the village to the
ceremony for some money. The
agents themselves keep the
household items received by
couples and send them away
after paying some money. On
Wednesday, 151 couples got
married in the wedding
ceremony held in Gonda.
Kanhaiya, who came to the
ceremony, told that he had been
married on June 26, 2020. Here
they were just sitting to make
money. At the same time,
Awadhesh, who came from
Nawabganj, told that he was
married on June 3. Here they had
been called to get married again
and would get money. Fatima,
who came to the wedding, told
that she was married on July 22.
Here she was sitting at the
behest of an agent while Rajan
Khan told that he was married on
August 10 and now he will get
money to sit here, so he had
come here. The government
money which was to be spent in
the marriage of poor girls, the
agents were looting the same
and making already married
couples sit in ceremony for some
money. Interestingly even the
MLAs and ministers who came
to mass marriage could not
detect this fraud. Ramapati
Shastri and MLA Prabhat Verma
had arrived as the chief guests in
the program.
—First India Bureau
Mayawati planning to ensure
defeat of BSP rebels in 2022
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Bahu-
jan Samaj Party (BSP)
has chalked out action
plan to ensure the de-
feat of those leaders
who have switched over
to other parties during
the last few years. There
has been large-scale mi-
gration of BSP leaders
to Samajwadi Party and
BJP and now they are
expecting to contest
2022 UP poll on the tick-
et on their new parties.
BSP sources said
that the party chief
Mayawati has directed
the leaders to keep
watch on these leaders
and mobilise the cadre
in their respective are-
as for their defeat. The
party has also decided
to field candidates of
the same caste and sub-
caste of these deserters
so the community vote
could be divided. While
the responsibility of
identification of the
candidates for this pur-
pose has been given to
sector incharge,
Mayawati has been per-
sonally monitoring the
progress. The party,
which has decided to go
it alone in the poll, have
also planned to field
youth in large num-
bers. The BSP is likely
to announce it candi-
dates list soon.
“The purpose is to
teach lesson to these
dissidents”, comment-
ed a senior BSP leader.
She has repeatedly
said that the SP would
have to pay heavy
price for inducting
BSP dissidents into
the party. During the
last four years the BSP
has seen departure of
very senior leaders.
Before 2017 assembly
election Swami Prasad
Maurya and Dara Sin-
gh Chauhan had joined
the BJP and later both
became ministers in
Yogi government.
Nasimuddin Siddique,
lone Muslim face of
BSP left the party to
join the Congress. Af-
ter 2017 election there
has been large deser-
tion from the BSP
mainly to Samajwadi
Party. While seven sit-
ting MLAs-Aslam
Chaudhuri, Mujtaba
Siddiqui, Aslam Raini,
Shushma Patel, Van-
dana Singh, Hakim Lal
Bind and Govind Jatav
had met SP chief Akh-
ilesh Yadav during last
Rajya Sabha elections
and the BSP had is-
sued show cause no-
tices, other prominent
BSP leaders who
joined the SP were In-
derjit Saroj, Jasmir
Ansari, Qaisar Jahan,
Tribhuwan Dutt, RK
Chaudhuri, Asif Khan
alia Babbu and several
other leaders. The re-
moval of Verma and
Rajbhar from the par-
ty was a major jolt to
the party because of
their seniority. Both
have been ministers
and close confidents
of Mayawati in her
previous govern-
ments. Rajbhar, who
wields considerable
influence in his com-
munity, is quite popu-
lar in Amebedkar Na-
gar region. Sources
said that both leaders
have been accused of
anti-party activities
during the recent pan-
chayat election in
Ambedkar Nagar.
First India Bureau
New Delhi/Lucknow:
Co-incharge of Delhi
PCC Imran Masood has
said party general secre-
tary Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra should not be the
Chief Minister’s face for
Uttar Pradesh assembly
polls as she is a national
leader and she must not
be confined to the state
only
. Imran Masood met
Priyanka Gandhi at the
residence of party presi-
dentSoniaGandhiinthe
national capital.
While speaking to
ANI, he said, “Priyanka
Gandhi has pushed back
the Yogi government in
the Lakhimpur Khiri in-
cident.
Shehasalwaysdoneit
but it will be not good to
project her Chief Minis-
terfacefromCongressin
Assembly polls. She has
a national stature.”
To a question that
Akhilesh Yadav has said
that they only want to
allywithsmallerparties,
hesaid,“Hedoesn’twant
to comment on it. It’s up
to the leaders of his par-
ty and SP to take call on
alliance but it will be
very painful for him if
he will have to leave the
party
.”
First India Bureau
Kanpur: The adminis-
tration and sports de-
partment have started
preparations for the
third test between India
and New Zealand which
is set to take place in the
Green Park Stadium in
Kanpur on November
25th. However, there is a
crisis in front of the de-
partment as the flood-
lightshavenotbeenfixed
which is causing uncer-
tainty over the match. In
Kanpur, due to ICC
norms, floodlights are a
necessity in the ground
where the Test match is
supposed to be held.
The Green Park sta-
dium has floodlights,
but the problem is that
92 of the bulbs are not
working and there is no
information on which
company is supposed to
maintain them. UPCA
and the sports depart-
ment are not showing
any interest in solving
the issue with the ad-
ministration too lack-
ing in taking the appro-
priate steps. ICC norms
stipulate the presence
of floodlights in case of
rain or decease. The
floodlights in Green
Park though have been
in a bad state for the
last year and a half
and neither the sports
department nor UPCA
paying any attention
to it.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Goof-up be-
tween Mahanavami
and Ram Navami in a
tweet by Samajwadi
Party Chief Akhilesh
Yadav Congress lead-
er Anand Sharma
caused a field day for
trollers in the micro-
blogging website of
Twitter.Thetweetmade
fromtheTwitterhandle
of Akhilesh Yadav
wished people for the
festival of ‘Ram Nava-
mi’insteadof ‘Mahana-
vami’whichistheocca-
sion that fell on Thurs-
day
,causedalotof troll-
ing of the Samajwadi
Party’s chief.
The tweet was re-
movedfromthewebsite
a while after it was
made and a fresh tweet
wishing people on ‘Ma-
hanavami’wastweeted.
Congress leaders
Anand Sharma also
made a similar goof-up
which also made him
the target of troller and
the Congress leaders
too just like Akhilesh
later amended the
tweet. The Uttar
Pradesh BJP though
had a strong reaction to
the tweet which was
made from Akhilesh’s
twitter handle.
ThereactionfromUP
BJP was ‘
Akhilesh Ya-
dav, who does not even
know what the differ-
ence between Ram Na-
vami and Mahanavami
is, talks about Ram
Parashuram. Don’t try
to fool the public’.
First India Bureau
Muzaffarnagar: A
special court here has
rejected the interim
bail plea of former
MLA Shahnawaz Rana,
who is accused of at-
tempting to rape a
woman, and asked him
to surrender before it.
A non-bailable war-
rant has already been
issued against Rana for
not appearing in court.
Rejecting the former
MLA Shahnawaz Ra-
na’s interim bail plea,
Special Judge Gopal
Upadhyay asked him to
surrender before the
court.
According to the
prosecution, the case
against Shahnawaz
Rana was registered in
2001 on the basis of a
complaint lodged by the
victim.
In her complaint
lodged at the Civil
Lines police station, the
victim alleged that
Rana called her to Mu-
zaffarnagar on the pre-
text of providing her a
job and attempted to
rape her along with an-
other man, Sartaj.
First India Bureau
Aligarh: The post-mor-
tem of the body of a
youth recovered from
the graveyard under the
Bannadevi police sta-
tion area was completed
on Thursday the body
was handed over to his
family
. The police begun
investigating the case
and are going over every
aspect of the death of
the youth. Farooq (26)
son of Mohammad
Ahmed on July 2nd had
gone fishing with
friends in where he had
allegedly died due to
drowning. The relatives
of the youth buried the
youth without conduct-
ing a post-mortem but
the father of the youth
had appealed to the po-
lice to conduct an in-
quiry into his death as
there is a possibility of
Farooq being murdered.
POLITICAL STRATEGY
—FILE PHOTO
Imran Masood
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
Akhilesh Yadav and Anand Sharma
‘Priyanka shouldn’t be
projected as CM’s face
in UP, she’s nat’l leader’
Crisis in Green Park
stadium due to
floodlights failure
Probe into mysterious death
of youth after post-mortem
Akhilesh Anand get trolled after tweeting Ram Navami
C
C
C
‘SP-CONG SHOULD COME TOGETHER’
Court rejects interim bail plea of ex-MLA
Shahnawaz Rana in rape attempt case
—FILE PHOTO
—FILE PHOTO

08
2NDFRONT
BJP TAUNTS AKHILESH YADAV FOR
TWEETING ‘RAM NAVAMI’ WISHES
‘NAYA NAYA HINDU’
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Samajwa-
di Party (SP) president
Akhilesh Yadav invited
the ire of the BJP on
Thursday over his
tweet wishing people
on the occasion of
“Ram Navami” on a
day when Hindus
worldwide celebrate
“Maha Navami”, with
the ruling party de-
scribing him as “naya
naya Hindu”. In the
tweet, Yadav extended
his greetings to people
on “Ram Navami”.
Prominent among
those who were quick
to respond was Amit
Malviya of the Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP),
who pointed out that
Ram Navami is cele-
brated in the month of
“Chaitra” in the Hindu
calendar, which falls in
March-April, and dur-
ing this period, people
celebrate “Maha Nava-
mi”, which is a day of
worshipping goddess
Durga.
“This is what hap-
pens when those who
open fire on kar sevaks
put up the drama of be-
ing Hindus with elec-
tions approaching,” he
said in a tweet in Hin-
di. The official Twitter
handle of the Uttar
Pradesh BJP posted
two pictures side by
side -- one of Yadav and
another of Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath
performing “kanya pu-
jan” -- and said “the dif-
ference is clear -- naya
naya Hindu (new Hin-
du) and Sanatani Hin-
du”. “Akhileshji, who
does not know the dif-
ference between Ram
Navami and Maha Na-
vami, talks about Ram
and Parashuram. Do
not fool the people
(maat pehnaye topi), it
looks better on you,” it
said. SP workers often
wear red caps.
The SP had an-
nounced that a 108-foot-
tall statue of Lord Par-
ashuram will be in-
stalled in Lucknow. The
BJPhasclaimedthatthe
SP president has with-
drawn his tweet and his
Twitter handle now con-
veyshiswishestopeople
on Maha Navami. BJP
leaders also retweeted a
similar tweet by senior
Congress leader Anand
Sharma, who wished
people on Ram Navami.
First India Bureau
Shahjahanpur: Shah-
jahanpur jawan Saraj
Singh, who was mar-
tyred in an encounter
during terrorists strike
in Jammu and Kash-
mir, was given a last
farewell today. His
body was brought to
OCF Hospital in Shah-
jahanpur late on
Wednesday night
The Army officers
leaders paid the last re-
spects to the jawan on
Thursday morning. For
the last rites, the body
of the jawan reached
his native village
Akhtiyarpur Dhaukal.
Thousands of people at-
tended his last journey
.
The martyr’s wife kept
looking at Saraj’s body
with stony eyes.
Saraj’s elder brother
bid farewell to him with
moist eyes. Army
personnel presented
guard of honour.
First India Bureau
Aligarh: BKU leader
RakeshTikaitexpressed
dissatisfaction over the
ongoing investigation
into the Lakhimpur vio-
lence case on Thursday
and said the “red-carpet
arrest” of MoS Home
Ajay Mishra’s son Ash-
ish has fuelled anger
among protesting farm-
ers. Demanding dis-
missal of Ajay Mishra,
Tikait said there cannot
be a fair investigation in
the case if the accused
person’s father contin-
ues to hold the chair.
The minister’s son
Ashish Mishra, alleged
to be in one of the cars
that mowed down the
protesters in Lakhim-
pur Kheri on October 3,
was arrested after 12
hours of questioning
last week. “The red car-
pet arrest of the minis-
ter’s son who is the
main accused in the
incident has fuelled an-
ger among the protest-
ing farmers,” the BKU
leader told newsper-
sons here. “The whole
world understands that
no justice can be given
if the minister whose
son is being investigat-
ed continues to hold his
chair,” Tikait said.
First India Bureau
Jhansi: The Senior
women domestic hock-
ey players are eager to
show their skills in the
upcoming 11th Hockey
India Senior Women
NationalChampionship
2021 which is going to be
held from October 21 to
30 in Jhansi, UP
.
This Championship
will provide a platform
for the domestic players
to showcase their talent
impress Hockey In-
dia’s selectors. The par-
ticipating teams include
Hockey Haryana, Hock-
ey Uttarakhand, Le Pu-
ducherry Hockey in
Pool A, while Pool B fea-
tures Hockey Maha-
rashtra, Goans Hockey,
Hockey Bihar. Pool C
features Hockey MP,
Hockey Gujarat, Hock-
ey Bengal and Pool D
features Odisha, Chhat-
tisgarh Hockey, Hockey
Himachal. Pool E will
include Hockey Punjab,
Hockey Chandigarh,
Hockey Andhra
Pradesh, Hockey
Arunachal Pool F will
feature Hockey
Jharkhand, Hockey Ra-
jasthan, Delhi Hockey,
Andaman Nicobar.
First India Bureau
Agra: Following the
‘mysterious’ fever that
claimed the lives of at
least 3 persons in Agra,
the Chief Medical Of-
ficer of the city said
that the special team
for Malaria is on the
ground and medicines
are being distributed in
the city
. Speaking to re-
porters, the CMO Agra,
Dr Arun Kumar Srivas-
tava said the contami-
nated water has been
found and appropriate
measures are being
taken to contain the fe-
ver. “We have come
across reports suggest-
ing 7-8 deaths. So far we
have verified three con-
firmed deaths, one
Dhanauli, one Fate-
habad and one more
from a nearby village.
We have found larvae,
contaminated water in
houses, fogging being
done and appropriate
measures being taken,”
Srivastava said.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: In the run-
up to the Assembly polls
in 5 states due early next
year, the Election Com-
mission (EC) has direct-
ed the governments of
UP, Goa, Manipur, Pun-
jab, Uttarakhand to
transfer officials posted
in their home districts
and those who have
spent 3 years in a dis-
trict in the last four
years. In a letter to the
chief secretaries and
chief electoral officers
of the poll-bound states
on Wednesday
, the com-
mission pointed out
that the terms of the
legislative assemblies
of Punjab, Uttara-
khand, Manipur Goa
are ending on different
dates in March, 2022,
the term of the Uttar
Pradesh Assembly ends
on May 14 next year.
It is usual for the poll
panel to issue such di-
rections ahead of Lok
Sabha or Assembly elec-
tions to ensure that of-
ficials do not interfere
in the poll process in
any way and the demo-
cratic exercise remains
free fair. “The Com-
mission further desires
that no officer/official,
against whom a crimi-
nal case is pending in
any court of law, be as-
sociated with/deployed
on election-related
duty
,” the letter said.
UP Finance Minister Suresh Khanna attended the funeral ceremony of martyred Sepoy Sajar Singh in
Shahjahanpur on Thursday.
Lucknow: Slamming the UP government over the
Lakhimpur incident, former Akhilesh Yadav alleged
that “the BJP government was anti-farmer”
claimed that there will be a regime change in the
state soon. “The BJP workers crushed and killed
the farmers with their vehicles. This government
is anti-farmer, manure-stealer, is behind the rise
of prices of pesticides,” alleged Yadav. “Fake Baba
will be removed soon,” the SP leader claimed while
addressing the ‘Rath Yatra’ ahead of UP Assembly
Election 2022. “This government has cheated the
public by increasing the inflation, unemployment,
corruption along with crime also law and order
have collapsed,” the SP chief alleged.
AKHILESH YADAV SLAMS UP GOVT
OVER LAKHIMPUR KHERI INCIDENT
Mortal remains of jawan Saraj
Singh reach his residence
EX GRATIA
Jhansi gears
up for 11th
Hockey India
Senior Women
Nat’l C’ship
BKU leader Tikait rejects
Lakhimpur probe process
Transfer officials posted in home
districts: EC to 5 poll-bound states
“The whole world under-
stands that no justice can be
given if the minister whose
son is being investigated
continues to hold his chair,”
Tikait said at a function in
Tappal town. Expressing
dissatisfaction over the on-
going probe, he claimed that
the minister was influencing
the SIT investigation.
NO JUSTICE CAN BE
GIVEN: TIKAIT
Mysterious fever claims
three lives in Agra
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Special Sec-
retary Appointments,
Sanjay Singh, has is-
sued an order to release
25 officers from the PCS
cadre and join the IAS
cadre immediately af-
ter receiving the notifi-
cation of the Central
Government. The PCS
officers of UP who have
been selected and ap-
pointed in the IAS cad-
re include PCS Associa-
tion General Secretary
Pawan Gangwar and
Special Secretary Ap-
pointment and Person-
nel Dhananjay Shukla.
The state government
had sent the proposal of
selection of senior PCS
officers in the IAS cadre
to the Union Public Ser-
vice Commission
through the Central De-
partment of Personnel
and Training (DoPT) in
relation to the vacancies
available for promotion
to the UP cadre of the
IAS cadre for the year
2020. The commission,
in consultation with the
state government, had
sent the recommenda-
tion of appointment to
the DoPT after complet-
ing the selection process
from PCS to the IAS cad-
re. DoPT’s Under Secre-
tary Pankaj Gangwar
on Wednesday issued a
notification for the ap-
pointment of 25 PCS
officers in the IAS cad-
re and sent it to the
Chief Secretary. All
these officers have been
appointed on proba-
tion. The promoted offi-
cers are appointed in
the senior pay scale of
the IAS cadre.
Appointments made of 25 PCS officers in IAS
SENIORITY DIVIDEND
IAS Ravindra Pal Singh, IAS Nidhi Srivastav, IAS Manoj Rai and
IAS Pawan Gangwar
—FILE PHOTO
Greetings on the occasion of Vijaya
Dashami! Let us all strive to bring
the adage of ‘Victory of good over
Evil’ in our daily life and habits!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES!
Rajiv Gaur
Jodhpur: Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla, Union
Ministers Bhupender
Yadav and Arjun Ram
Meghwal on Thurs-
day visited residence
of Union Jal Shakti
Minister Gajendra S
Shekhawat in Jodhpur
to condole death of his
mother Mohan Kanwar
who left for her heavenly
abode on October 10.
CMD of First India News
Jagdeesh Chandra also
expressed grief over
the demise condoled
both Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat, his father
Shankar Singh. Om Birla
also gave solace to them
in this hour of sorrow.
They both paid floral
tributes to Late Mohan
Kanwar as did Union
Labour Min Bhupender
Yadav, MoS for Parl Af-
fairs Arjun Meghwal.
—PHOTOS BY SN
SHRIMALI
Om Birla, Bhupender Yadav,Arjun Ram Meghwal, Jagdeesh Chandra, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and his father Shankar Singh Shekhawat.
Om Birla, Bhupender Yadav pay floral tribute to Shekhawat’s mother, Mohan Kanwar on Thursday.
Arjun Ram Meghwal pays tribute.
Jagdeesh Chandra pays floral tribute.
Jagdeesh Chandra consoles GS Shekhawat.

www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia
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he Ramayan is a simple story with
a clear protagonist and antago-
nist, there are hardly any side sto-
ries like in the Mahabharat but it
is magical and life-changing to
read/watch or listen to Ramayan.
I was fortunate enough to hear
the Ramayan from both my grandmothers
and as my granny told me to learn from
Ram about obedience and duty
, I remember
being horrified when my grandfather
passed a remark that there was lots to
learn from Ravan also. For me, at that ten-
der age, Ravan was a villain who forcibly
took away the beautiful Sita and put Ram
and Laxman through such tribulations.
As I grew up and learnt about life, I grew
to respect if not admire Ravan, I fought to
understandalittleof thedepthof theteach-
ings of Ramayan that ‘the victory of good
over evil’ is a fight within ourselves, I for-
gave Kekayi for her desires and even today
.
I am still trying to learn from this greatest
epic of all times.
Today is a special day in the Hindu cal-
endar, after nine days of Navratri, which
is replete with symbolism of vanquishing
evil and reverence, comes Dusshera. Re-
member, Navratri is not just about fasting,
puja and Dandiya – the nine days contrib-
ute to our well-being, knowledge and en-
lightenment, we must dig deep down to
reap these benefits. Pray to Mata Rani to
empower you and finally liberate you! Vi-
jayadashmi, the day of Victory teaches us
that reverence and gratitude in our life
will lead to success and happiness! In our
culture Dussehra was always about danc-
ing, feasting, community get-togethers
and this year- as we have ‘defeated’ corona
(for now) let us bring back the joy and gai-
ety of Vijayadashmi. Shed all inhibitions
and immerse yourself in Ram bhakti and
seek blessings!
ANITA HADA
anita.hada@firstindianews.com
RAMAYAN HAS ENTHRALLED GENERATIONS AND TO DATE, THE CHARM OF THE STORY OF LORD RAM AND KING
RAVAN HAS NOT DIMINISHED. I WOULD NOT BE WRONG IN SAYING THAT THERE IS NO PERSON IN INDIA WHO
HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED BY THIS STORY BE IT AS A KATHA, COMIC, ART, POETRY, MUSIC, MOVIE, THEATRE,
SERIES, NOVEL OR A CARTOON MOVIE! CITY FIRST WISHES ALL ITS READERS A HAPPY VIJAYA DASHMI!
The Defeat of the ten-headed one...
LUCKNOW, FRIDAY
OCTOBER 15, 2021
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Different depictions of Ravana

Radhika Rarh Choudhary Aakriti Aanand Singh
Soni Kumari during the ‘Rasgulla’ balancing performace
Kriti Garg
Mansi Rathore
Kriti, Aanchal, Rishika and Aakriti
Shubhi Dhaneta and Upadhi Jolotia show some dance moved
while the stunning models rejoice
10-11
ETC
‘Dandiya First’, a special evening dedicated to the
Navratri celebration was held onWednesday, where
the beautiful girls of the city enjoyed dancing on the
Garba beats. Not only dance, but there were also
many other fun activities involved like balancing the
Matki while playing Dandiya, playing Garba in
Ghoomar style and dancing while keeping a
‘Rasgulla’ on the spoon. City First wishes
its readers a Happy Dussehra!
Himakshi Choudhary and Riya Sain
LET’S GROOVE!
LET’S
LET’S GROOVE!
GROOVE!
GROOVE!
GROOVE!
GROOVE!
GROOVE!
GROOVE!
GROOVE!
GROOVE!
GROOVE!
GROOVE!
GROOVE!
GROOVE!
GROOVE!
Lokesh Sharma and Rishee Miglani
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA
AND
MUKESH
KIRADOO
Dr Maulik Shah, Ashok Singh and Gaurav Gaur
Suryansh Mishra, Nimisha Mishra and Himadri Bhatnagar
Yasheel Pandel
(L-R) Chiranshi Mathur, Rishika Chandnani, Akanksha Bhalla, Tanu Choudhary and Mansi Bachani
Sapna Singh, Bhawana Vaishnav, Shubhi Dhaneta, Mansi Bachani,
Preksha Purnam, Kashish Ashwani, Himadri Bhatnagar and Chiranshi Mathur

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CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
On October 13, a Garba night was organised by
the JB Innovations Yash Lawns to scatter
the colours of the festivity in the
presence of many social media influencers
and makeup artists
he nine
days of fun,
fervourand
festivity
came to a
superfinale
with a Gar-
banightorganisedby
the JB Innovations
Yash Lawns on
October 13 2021.
The Durga
Ashtami festivity
was the theme of the
party along with
groovyIndianmusic
played by popular
resident DJs, Dj Avi
and Dj Sufi. The
night was studded
with prominent art-
ists of Lucknow and
a general fanfare of
Maa Durga.
Manysocialmedia
influencers and
makeup artists
likeKirtiJotwani,
Saumya Yadav,
Sarah Khan, Tan-
yaVerma,Shreya
Pandey
, Rimpy
Kaur and Simran
Taneja among oth-
ers were seen danc-
ingtotheBollywood
tunes.
The dandiya
night was brought
to life by Shivam
Vashishtha's an-
choring and
Foodie Baba's
s c r u m p t i o u s
food spread.
The event was
organised by Sa-
gar Tulsiani who
later presented
distinctive guests
with gift hampers.
The Garba night is
all set to charm the
lucknowites on Oc-
tober 14 as it bids
farewelltothisyear's
celebrations.
A glimpse of an effigy of Ravana and the backdrop of Lord Ram and Sita being made on Thursday for Dussehra
celebrations at Aishbagh Ramleela ground, Lucknow. —PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR
Debonair
Debonair
Dance,
Dance,
Dandiya
Dandiya

MONICA
PRABHAKAR
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
GREETINGS!
EMPLOYEE
OF THE MONTH!
The birthday of IAS Jasjit Kaur and IAS Sandeep Kumar
was on Thursday, October 14. We wish them all the best.
Dr Dinesh Chandra, District Magistrate of Kanpur, along with his
family performed Havan Pooja on the occasion of Navmi.
Devotees
worshipped Maa
Durga as they
immersed in
‘Dhunuchi’ dance
and Sodhi Pooja
at Ravindra Palli
on Wednesday.
—PHOTOS BY
ASHOK DUTTA
An award ceremony was organised at the Administrative
Office, Gomti Nagar, on Thursday wherein Kumar Keshav,
MD, felicitated Shoib Ansari, SSE, as the ‘Employee of the
month’ for September 2021 in recognition of his honest
attitude and sincere work ethic.
On the occasion of the
Navratri, Kanya Pujan
ceremony was organised
by ‘Haare Ka Sahara
Anna Rath’ in Bahraich
district on Thursday. The
festival began with SP
Bahraich, Sujata Singh,
performing Aarti of Maa
Durga followed by dis-
tributing gifts to young
disabled girls.
Sagar Tulsiani presenting gifts Saumya, Monika, Naina, Anita, Shivani
Kirti Jotwani, Preeti Dembla,
Anjali Dembla and Bhawna Chandwani Rimpy Kaur
Rimpy Kaur caught in a candid moment with a guest
Saumya Yadav
KANYA PUJAN
SPIRIT OF DEVOTION!
NAVMI CELEBRATION
Dashanana in making!
Dashanana in making!
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