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GORAKHNATH ATTACK: ABBASI TO
UNDERGO PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST
Lucknow (PTI): The UP
Police will get a psy-
chological test done on
Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi,
who attacked police
personnel guarding the
Gorakhnath temple,
ADGP (Law and Order)
Prashant Kumar said on
Thursday.
Answering a question
about the mental condi-
tion of Abbasi during a
media interaction here,
Kumar said, “We will get
the psychological as-
sessment of the accused
done by experts as per
norms to ascertain his
mental health condition.”
Reports said that Abbasi
in his confession to po-
lice said that his hatred
spawned from alleged
atrocities committed
against Muslims. He fur-
ther said that the Citizen-
ship (Amendment) Act
was also wrong.
Get Ram’s Pushpak Viman ready: Yogi’s brief
for Ayodhya airport to sync with Ram temple
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath
stressed on the need of
getting the proposed
airport in Ayodhya op-
erational by the time
the idol of Ram Lalla
is placed in the `Garbh
Griha’ (Sanctum
Sanctorum) of the
upcoming Ram Jan-
mabhoomi Temple in
the city – expectedly
in 2023.
“Bhagwan Ram Ayo-
dhya Pushpak Viman
mein Ayodhya laute
they… humein ye
prayas karna chahiye
ki jab wo apne mandir
mein virajman ho to ye
airport bhi aarambh
ho jaye… (Lord Ram
had returned to Ayod-
hya (after completing
his 14 years of exile) in
Pushpak Viman…we
should try that when
his idol is placed in the
temple, the airport
should also get opera-
tional by that time),”
he said at the land
lease agreement sign-
ing ceremony with the
Airports Authority of
India (AAI) for the
development of ‘Mary-
ada Purushottam Sri
Ram’ International
airport, here on
Thursday.
CM Yogi Adityanath applauds as ACS Civil Aviation SP Goyal
(right) hands over the Ayodhya airport land lease agreement to
Arun Kumar, DG Civil Aviation, AAI, in Lucknow on Thursday. Chief
Secy Durga Shanker Mishra also present.
CRUCIAL READ
MAMATA MEETS
GUV AFTER
BITTER FUED
Kolkata: Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata
Banerjee finally had
the long pending
meeting with Governor
Jagdeep Dhankhar
over the law and
order situation in the
state. The Governor’s
invitation — extended
following the Birbhum
massacre — dates
back to March 29.
UP fulfilling PM
Modi’s resolve to
provide air travel
for all: CM Yogi
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Air India cancels Delhi-Moscow flight over fears of insurance issues in Russia. Air
India on Thursday cancelled its Delhi-Moscow service over the fear that its flight
insurance may not be valid in Russian skies amid the ongoing Russian invasion of
Ukraine, sources said. Air India has reached out to the government of India seeking
its intervention in the matter so that flights to Moscow could be resumed.
AIR INDIA
SUSPENDS FLIGHT
TO MOSCOW OVER
SECURITY FEARS
The municipal corporation here passed a resolution on Thursday which states that
Chandigarh should remain a union territory, and should also get its own legislative
assembly. The development comes as Punjab and Haryana engage in a tussle to
stake claim over Chandigarh. Both Punjab and Haryana state assemblies recently
passed their respective resolution reiterating their claim over the Union Territory. P5
CHANDIGARH CIVIC
BODY PASSES
RESOLUTION FOR
CITY’S UT STATUS
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WHAT ‘POWER LIES IN THE ROOM’ LOOKS LIKE!
Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi greets Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Union
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during a meeting after the Lok Sabha is adjourned indefinitely on Thursday. SEE ALSO P6
Entire Andhra cabinet resigns
as CM Jagan revamps team
China hackers tried to hit
power grids near Ladakh,
unsuccessful, says Centre
Amaravati: Andhra
Pradesh Chief Minis-
ter YS Jagan Mohan
Reddy’s entire cabinet
resigned on Thursday
in a precursor to a
mega overhaul a little
over halfway through
his term, ahead of the
2024 state election.
Twenty-four minis-
ters handed in their
resignations after a
cabinet meeting, in the
first step towards the
big do-over. Jagan Red-
dy, the only cabinet
member to stay put,
received the resigna-
tions.
Only one or two min-
isters from the outgo-
ing team are likely to
be retained, sources
say. These ministers
are not being axed as
they are the only mem-
bers belonging to po-
litically vital commu-
nities that need to be
represented.
New Delhi: Chinese
state-sponsored hack-
ers targeted Indian elec-
tricity distribution cen-
tres near Ladakh over
the last eight months, a
report by private intel-
ligence firm Recorded
Future said on Wednes-
day, in a new potential
flashpoint following a
protracted military
standoff between the
two countries in the re-
gion. The government
said the attacks were
not successful.
‘’In recent months,
we observed likely net-
work intrusions target-
ing at least seven Indian
State Load Despatch
Centres (SLDCs) re-
sponsible for carrying
out real-time opera-
tions for grid control
and electricity dispatch
within these respective
states. Notably, this tar-
geting has been geo-
graphically concentrat-
ed, with the identified
SLDCs located in North
India, in proximity to
the disputed India-Chi-
na border in Ladakh,”
the group said.
ED grills Omar
in bank money
laundering case
Turkey suspends
Khashoggi killing
trial, case to be
transferred to Saudi
If SC takes up
all issues, what
are Lok Sabha,
Rajya Sabha
there for: CJI
UP tops in GeM procurement
New Delhi: Omar Ab-
dullah, former Jammu
Kashmir chief minis-
ter and National Confer-
ence vice president, was
questioned by the En-
forcement Directorate
(ED) in New Delhi on
Thursday
. According to
available information,
the NC leader was
probed in connection
with a money launder-
ing case in the Jammu
Kashmir Bank.
Istanbul: A Turkish
court ruled Thursday to
suspend the trial in ab-
sentia of 26 Saudis ac-
cused in the gruesome
killing of Washington
Post columnist Jamal
Khashoggi and for the
case to be transferred to
Saudi Arabia.
The decision comes
despite warnings from
human rights groups
that turning the case
over to the kingdom
would lead to a cover up
of the killing which has
cast suspicion on Saudi
Crown Prince Moham-
med bin Salman.
It also comes as Tur-
key
, which is in the
throes of an economic
crisis, has been trying to
repair troubled relation-
ship with Saudi Arabia.
New Delhi:
Chief Justice
of India N V
Ramana on
T h u r s d a y
voiced an-
guish over Supreme
Court being burdened
with the onus of decid-
ing politically sensitive
issues on which the
elected government
ought to take a call.
“If I agree all your
matters to be taken up
and orders that are
soughthavetobepassed,
what purpose are politi-
calrepresentativeselect-
edfor?…theLokSabha…
the Rajya Sabha?”, the
CJI asked, wondering if
the court will now have
to pass Bills too.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Purchases
worth more than Rs
20,760 crore have been
made by Uttar Pradesh
government depart-
ments through the
GeM portal in the last
five years, the highest
in the country as per
the latest available
statistics.
Departments in Ut-
tar Pradesh made a
record purchase of `
11,228 crore through
the GeM portal in the
last financial year
alone.
Sixty per cent of
these purchases have
been made through
the micro, small and
medium enterprises
(MSMEs) in the state,
ACS, MSME, Navneet
Sehgal said.
Birbhum killings: CBI makes
first arrests, nabs 4 from Mum
Mumbai: The Cen-
tral Bureau of Inves-
tigation has arrested
four persons from
Mumbai in connec-
tion with the Ram-
purhat killings in
Bengal’s Birbhum
last month.
“Four persons have
been arrested from
Mumbai in connec-
tion with the case,”
the CBI confirmed on
Thursday
.
This is the first ar-
rest made by the CBI
since it took over the
case. The accused
persons will be
brought to Kolkata on
transit remand.
Islamabad: Quashing
Deputy Speaker Qasim
Khan Suri’s April 3 rul-
ing and the subsequent
dissolution of the Na-
tional Assembly, Paki-
stan’s Supreme Court
Thursday ordered the
revival of the no-confi-
dence motion against
embattled Prime Minis-
ter Imran Khan.
Imran Khan will now
face the no-trust motion
on Saturday (April 9).
Giving it’s verdict,
Pakistan’s apex court
said the prime minister
was bound by Constitu-
tion and therefore, he
could not advise the
president to dissolve as-
semblies, Pakistan’s
Geo News reported.
Further terming
President Arif Alvi’s
decision to dissolve the
National Assembly as
“illegal”, the verdict
was passed with all five
judges unanimously
voting against it.
SC asked the Presi-
dent’s advocate as to
how could there be a
constitutional crisis if
everything was happen-
ing according to the law.
The five-judge
SC bench
unanimously calls
Dy Speaker’s move
as “unconstitutional”
Reconstitutes National
Assembly, orders Speaker to
call Session. The no confidence
vote against Imran government
will now be held on Saturday
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PAK SC STRIKES DOWN
DY SPEAKER’S DECISION TO
REJECT NO-TRUST MOTION
Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Reddy
DEMOCRACY IS
THE BEST FORM OF
REVENGE: BHUTTO
WILL ACCEPT SC’S
DECISION, SAYS
PM IMRAN KHAN
THIS IS A CASE OF
PUBLIC INTEREST,
SAYS CJ BANDIAL
Reacting to the Pakistan
Supreme Court’s verdict,
Pakistan Peoples Party
(PPP) leader Bilawal Bhutto
Zardari wrote on Twitter,
“Democracy is the best
revenge! Jiya Bhutto! Jiya
Awam! Pakistan Zindabad.”
Now, Opposition will use
full force to oust Imran.
Imran Khan on Thursday
said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-
Insaf will accept any verdict
of the Supreme Court on
the dismissal of the no-
confidence motion. Citing
sources, news agency ARY
reported that Imran Khan
sought legal counsel ahead
of the SC verdict.
Umar Ata Bandial, the
Chief of Justice, while
hearing the case involving
the dismissal of a no-
confidence vote brought
against the Imran Khan
government in the coun-
try’s national assembly,
said that this is a case
of public interest.
The attacks took place
between August last year and
March, sources said.
UNGA suspends Russia from Human Rights
Council after killings in Ukraine’s Bucha city
New York: The United
Nations General As-
sembly today suspend-
ed Russia from Human
Rights Council after
killings in Ukraine’s
Bucha, reports news
agency AFP
.
Evidence of civilian
killings in Bucha and
other towns around
Kyiv -- which Ukraine
has blamed on Russian
troops, allegations de-
nied by Moscow -- have
shocked the world and
triggered calls for new
sanctions on Moscow.
Ukraine said it was
“grateful” for the deci-
sion to suspend Russia
fromtheUnitedNations
Human Rights Council,
saying “war criminals”
shouldnotberepresent-
ed in the body
.
“War criminals have
no place in UN bodies
aimed at protecting hu-
man rights,” Foreign
Minister Dmytro Kule-
ba said on Twitter.

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First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath’s
popularity as ‘Bulldoz-
er Baba’ not to mention
his spectacular win in
UP assembly elections
largely attributed to his
tough stance on law and
order now seems to
have gone beyond UP’s
geographical boundary
.
Other Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) chief
ministers are now tak-
ing a leaf out of Yogi’s
book. Foremost among
them is poll-bound
Madhya Pradesh Chief
Minister Shivraj Singh
Chouhan has pressed
bulldozers in law-and-
order duties.
In the third week of
March, he ordered the
demolition of several
illegal houses in the
Sheopur and Raisen
districts of the state.
The MP chief minis-
ter is not the only one
taken up with Yogi Adi-
tyanath. In neighbour-
ing Uttarakhand, Push-
kar Singh Dhami, hav-
ing failed at the hus-
tings himself in the re-
cent election, seems to
be following Aditya-
nath’s macho playbook.
He used bulldozers to
demolish a fish and
poultry market in Hald-
wani earlier this week.
What has apparently
prompted these leaders
to appropriate this
‘Bulldozer Baba’ moni-
ker of CM Yogi is per-
haps the message of
strong governance it
sends.
“Bulldozer Mama is
on now and will not stop
till the miscreants are
buried.”
Reportedly bill-
boards across Bhopal
and other cities of the
MP feature Madhya
Pradesh Chief Minister
Shivraj Singh Chau-
han’s image alongside a
bulldozer with
crime-fighter slogans
like – “Behan beti ki iz-
zat ke saath jisne kiya
khilwar, bulldozer pa-
hunchega uske dwar
(Those who outrage the
modesty of sisters and
daughters will now face
bulldozers)” and “Beti
ki suraksha mein jo
banega rora, mama ka
bulldozer banega hatho-
ra (Uncle’s bulldozer
will be a hammer
against those who
threaten the safety of
our daughters)”.
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Yogi’s
‘bulldozer’
act against
criminals is
now being
adopted by
CMs in
other states
Adityanath’s moniker inspires other CMs in neighbourhoods
COPY THAT!
UP CM Yogi Adityanath MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan U’Khand CM Pushkar Dhami
Post Gorakhnath temple attack:
CM’S SECURITY BEEFED UP
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Days after
the attack on the secu-
rity personnel deployed
at the gates of Gora-
khnath temple in Gora-
khpur, the security of
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath has been in-
creased to include the
CRPF.
According to the re-
port, two units of the
Central Reserve Police
Force (CRPF) have been
deployed at the chief
minister’s residence,
which is located at 5,
Kalidas Marg, of the
state capital. The CRPF
security is in addition
to the already existing
cover provided by the
Uttar Pradesh Police.
Also, anyone enter-
ing the residence will
be allowed in only after
thorough questioning
and checking, it said.
Commissioner Police
DK Thakur, however,
according to media re-
ports, said that the de-
ployment of paramili-
tary forces was a rou-
tine exercise.
The development
comes days after a
youth named Murtaza
Abbasi attacked and in-
jured two PAC person-
nel posted with the se-
curity of the Gora-
khnath Temple with a
sharp-edged weapon on
April 3.
Gorakhpur is the
home turf of chief min-
ister Adityanath, who is
the head priest of the
temple.
Murtaza is being
questioned at the Luc-
know headquarters of
the ATS which is prob-
ing a possible terror an-
gle.
According to the in-
formation received,
ATS has come across
four of Murtaza’s bank
accounts of which two
are operational and one
has a lot of money
. Mur-
taza has reportedly said
he was raising the mon-
ey to go to Canada.
The ATS is probing if
Murtaza was a part of a
sleeper cell and a bigger
conspiracy behind the
attack.
Two units of CRPF deployed at
CM’s 5, Kalidas Marg residence
Entrants will be allowed in only after
thorough questioning and checking
CRPF deployed outside CM Yogi’s official residence in Lucknow on Thursday.
SEARCH OPS IN
GREATER NODIA
Police have launched
searches after near-
ly a dozen unidentified
armed men were found
roaming in Greater
Nodia streets around
midnight. Purported
videos that surfaced on
social media showed
the miscreants in the
colony with their heads
and faces covered.
Water conservation to be
a mass movement in UP
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh Government
is sparing no efforts to
make water conserva-
tion a mass move-
ment. It has issued
instructions to organ-
ise meetings and
training programmes
in 550 Gram Panchay-
ats of 26 development
blocks of 10 selected
districts of the state
under the ‘Atal Bhujal
Yojana’.
In its second in-
nings, the Yogi gov-
ernment has once
again made all the
preparations to rap-
idly expand the
groundwater conser-
vation schemes across
the state.
The responsibility
for this has been en-
trusted to Namami
Gange and Rural Wa-
ter Supply Depart-
ment. It has been de-
cided that pro-
grammes will be expe-
dited to complete vil-
lage to village water
conservation schemes
on a war footing.
People will be made
aware of how to save
water and how it can
be reused.
In this regard,
meetings will be held
and training sessions
will be organised for
people.
The state govern-
ment is ensuring the
availability of pure
drinking water along
with water conserva-
tion in various dis-
tricts.
It is worth mention-
ing that like the
Swachh Bharat Mis-
sion, preparations are
being made to make
water conservation a
mass movement.
KHET TAL SCHEME FOR SAVING WATER
UP set to be on fast track of development
First India Bureau
Lucknow: UP is all set
to be on the fast track of
development in Yogi 2.0.
After a highly success-
ful first tenure as the
CM of Uttar Pradesh,
an emboldened Yogi
Adityanath is now
marching ahead with
even greater firmness
and resolve to script
history in terms of de-
velopment of the state
in his second innings.
His intent and agen-
da are even clearer in
Yogi 2.0 than in his last
tenure as even corrupt
officers and bankrupt
builders are not safe,
let alone mafias and
gangsters.
Meanwhile, the new-
ly inducted ministers
have been asked to per-
form to the best of their
abilities in the limited
time frame of 100 days
given to them.
The ministers who
had been asked to set
targets for 100 days,
have already made their
presentations before
CM Yogi and have now
been told by CM to work
towards achieving their
targets.
They have been di-
rected to set both short
and long-term goals and
try to achieve them on
time. The ministers are
visibly under pressure
to perform in order to
stay on their seats.
They have no option,
but to remain on their
toes as their report
cards would be re-
viewed every month.
They also would be
needed to inform the
Government in advance
before leaving the state.
Yogi proved in his
first tenure that he was
a hard taskmaster and
would not tolerate non-
performers.
That is one of the
main reasons why there
are so many new faces
in Yogi 2.0 cabinet. But
all these ministers have
little doubt that if they
fail to deliver, they will
lose their berths.
Being a Yogi himself,
the Chief Minister has
also put in place certain
austerity measures to
check extravagance on
the part of ministers
and has introduced
checks and balances to
ensure transparency in
departmental dealings.
The positive aspect
of this style of govern-
ance is that ministers
who until now consid-
ered themselves to be
the rulers of the depart-
ments they got to serve,
would in most likeli-
hood serve people now,
focused on their targets
and not taking their
privileges for granted.
CM Yogi signs MoU with PPP partners for establishment of Sambhal and Maharajganj Medical
Colleges on Thursday. Dy CM Brajesh Pathak and other officials were also present.
‘Will provide all assistance to Ayodhya airport project’
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The ‘Mary-
ada Purushottam Sri
Ram’ International
airport in Ayodhya is
being constructed un-
der the Regional Con-
nectivity Scheme
(RCS) of the Centre.
“The state govern-
ment will provide all
possible assistance in
ensuring timely com-
pletion of the project,”
CM Yogi declared at a
meeting held on
Thursday, signalling
his government’s in-
tention to put Ayodhya
on a global tourist map
by the time Ram tem-
ple comes up before
the 2024 Lok Sabha
elections.
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath further
said the Ayodhya dis-
trict administration
will provide another 86
acres required for the
construction of the
airport soon.
“At present, nine
airports are function-
ing in the state. Till
2017, just four airports
in the state were con-
nected to mere 25 des-
tinations. Now flights
for 75 destinations
across the country are
available from the
state,” Adityanath
pointed out during the
meeting.
No proposal to
set up HC bench
in Western UP:
says Rijiju
L u c k n o w
(PTI): No “com-
plete proposal” is
pending with gov-
ernment to set up
a bench of Alla-
habad HC in west
UP , particularly
at Meerut, Rajya
Sabha was in-
formed.
In a written re-
ply, Union Law
Minister Kiren
Rijiju said HC
benches are es-
tablished in ac-
cordance with
r e c o m m e n d a -
tions made by the
Jaswant Singh
Commission and
judgment pro-
nounced by apex
court in 2000 and
after due consid-
eration of a com-
plete proposal
from the state
g o v e r n m e n t
which has to pro-
vide necessary
expenditure and
infrastructural
facilities, as well
as the chief jus-
tice of the high
court concerned
who is required to
look after the day-
to-day adminis-
tration of the HC.
Will hand over keys
of houses to 1L poor
in 100 days: Maurya
Lucknow(PTI): More
than one lakh poor peo-
ple in Uttar Pradesh
will be given keys with-
in 100 days to houses
built for them under the
‘Pradhan Mantri Awas
Yojana’, Deputy Chief
Minister Keshav Pras-
ad Maurya said on
Thursday
.
The state govern-
ment will also consti-
tute 50,000 new self-help
groups under the State
Rural Livelihood Mis-
sion to augment wom-
en’s income in rural
areas within the same
time period, he told PTI
in an interview here.
Also within 100 days,
a playground each will
be constructed in 2,600
gram panchayats and
6,000 ponds in total will
be restored, Maurya
said.
With the aim of
speeding up develop-
ment in UP, CM Yogi
had recently in a meet-
ing with his cabinet
members brainstormed
on a 100-day action plan.
Maurya, who han-
dled the public works
department as the dep-
uty CM in the first gov-
ernment under Adity-
anath’s leadership
(2017-2022), has now
been given the responsi-
bility of the rural devel-
opment, rural engineer-
ing, food processing,
entertainment tax, pub-
lic enterprises and the
national integration
departments.
Deputy CM Keshav
Prasad Maurya has also
emphasised on revival
of rivers and ponds in
Uttar Pradesh.
“We will hand over
keys of houses to one
lakh poor people within
100 days by construct-
ing new houses under
the Pradhan Mantri
Awas Yojana,” he said.
Dy CM Maurya gets a warm welcome on his arrival in Kaushambi
district on Thursday.
CM Yogi presides over a meeting of officials at Lok Bhawan
on Thursday. CS DS Mishra, ACS (CM) SP Goyal, ACS (Info)
Navneet Sehgal and other officials were also present.
—PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
—FILE PHOTO

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First India Bureau
Lucknow: The UP Po-
lice lathicharged Con-
gressmen and detained
some of them during a
protest against the
price rise in the state
capital on Thursday, a
party statement
claimed.
Congress workers
were protesting as part
of the party’s “infla-
tion-free India cam-
paign”. Police used
force on party workers
as they marched to-
wards the Raj Bhavan
as part of the campaign
and detained several of
them, the party release
issued here said.
The Congress is run-
ning a phased cam-
paign against inflation
and partymen staged a
protest here under it,
the release added. For-
mer MP Pramod Ti-
wari, Legislature Par-
ty leader Aradhana
Mishra Mona, MLA
Virendra Chaudhary,
former minister Na-
seemuddin Siddiqui
and several party lead-
ers started a march
from the state party
headquarters but were
stopped on the way.
The authorities had
put up barricades, lead-
ing to an argument with
policemen deployed
there, the release said.
With the workers insist-
ing on going beyond the
barricading, police re-
sorted to a lathicharge,
in which many workers
suffered injuries, the
party claimed.
The Congress said
several partymen were
detained and taken to
Eco Garden, where se-
nior Congress leaders
submitted a memoran-
dum addressed to the
president to press for
the demand of reducing
inflation.
Congress workers ‘lathicharged’, detained in Lucknow, claims party
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Legislature
Party leader
Aradhana
Mishra says
people are
troubled by
inflation but the
BJP has no
sympathy for
them
Police carrying out lathicharge at Congress workers on Thursday. —PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR
MONEY MUSCLE POWER STILL
SWING POLLS: ADR REPORT
M Tariq Khan
Lucknow: Money and
muscle continue to
dominate elections con-
trary to the experts per-
ception that the two M’s
are on the wane due to a
more informed and
aware electorate now.
The fact is once again
borne out by an analy-
sis of just-concluded UP
Assembly elections by
the Association for
Democratic Reforms
(ADR).
The ADR report, a
copy of which is avail-
able with First India
News, reveals that 85
winning candidates
won with 50 per cent
votes and above of the
total votes polled in
their constituency
while 149 winners won
with less than 50 per
cent of the total votes.
On the other hand,
nearly 25 per cent of 205
winners with declared
criminal cases have
won with a vote share
of 50 per cent and above
and 28 per cent of the
366 crorepati winners
have won with a vote
share of 50 per cent and
above. The study shows
that 15 winners have
won with a margin of
victory of less than
1,000 votes while 8 win-
ners have won with
more than 40 per cent of
margin of victory
.
Seventy-eight candi-
dates out of 205 winners
with declared criminal
cases have won against
a runner up with a
clean background.
Among these 78 win-
ners, three have won
with more than 30 per
cent margin of victory
.
Of the 49 winners,
seven have have won
with more than 30 per
cent margin of victory.
Among these, Atul Garg
(BJP) from Ghaziabad
constituency won with
43 per cent margin of
victory
.
As far as the perfor-
mance of women candi-
dates goes, there are 47
winners out of the 403
seats.
Ayodhya (PTI): Police
here have booked a BJP
MLA’s son in a robbery
and assault case, ac-
cording to an official.
The FIR was lodged in
the Kotwali city police
station of Faizabad on a
complaint filed by Shy-
am Bahadur Singh, a
resident of Ramnagar
village in the Khandasa
police station area of
the district.
Singh in his FIR stat-
ed that late on Monday
night four people came
down a vehicle and at-
tacked him. They beat
him up brutally and
one of them aimed pis-
tol from point blank
range at him and
threatened to shoot
him. The vehicle was
being driven by Alok
Yadav, son of Rudauli
BJP MLA Ram Chan-
dra Yadav, he alleged.
They also snatched a
bag containing Rs 1 lakh
in cash and some docu-
ments, he said, adding
that when he shouted
for help, the public gath-
ered there and the as-
sailants fled. The inci-
dent has been captured
in a CCTV camera in-
stalled there, he said.
SinghinhisFIRhasalso
stated that if any mis-
happening takes place
with him or with his
family, Rudauli MLA
Ram Chandra will be re-
sponsible for it. He also
apprehended that in fu-
ture he might be target-
ed.SSPShaileshPandey
said the FIR was lodged
on Tuesday evening and
investigation is on.
First India Bureau
Kanpur: State Social
Welfare Minister (Inde-
pendent Charge)
Aseem Arun, inaugu-
rated the new branch
of Pushpa Khanna Me-
morial Center, a dedi-
cated organization for
the differently-abled in
Khalasi Line, as chief
guest. The organiza-
tion has been providing
world class therapy for
the mental and physi-
cal health of different-
ly abled for the last
many years.
The Chief Guest
Aseem Arun also re-
viewed the different ac-
tivities of Pushpa
Khanna Memorial Cen-
ter and appreciated the
people associated with
the organization for
this work. Director,
Pushpa Khanna Memo-
rial Center Ruma
Chaturvedi, while con-
ducting the inaugural
ceremony, said that the
effort behind develop-
ing this new center was
to reach those people
who did not have access
to expensive therapy.
She informed that in
the new branch, the
needy people will be
provided therapy at a
low cost or free of cost.
In his address, Chief
Guest Aseem Arun said
In this work, we all
should come forward
and work together.
Shravasti: A court in
UP Shravasti district
on Thursday convicted
a woman of strangulat-
ing her children to
death and awarded her
life imprisonment. On
March 27, 2016, Meera
Devi, wife of Pradeep
Verma and a resident of
Madhavapur village,
choked her sons Anu-
rag (4) and one-year-old
Aryan to death with
bare hands, prosecutor
K. P. Singh told PTI. She
also tried to commit sui-
cide by immolation, but
later jumped into a well
and was rescued by vil-
lagers. The District Ses-
sions Judge Gaurav Ku-
mar Srivastava also
slapped a fine of Rs
10,000 on Meera Devi,
Singh said.
Lucknow(ANI):Stray
dogs in Thakurganj po-
lice station area of Luc-
know attacked two kids
outside their house, kill-
ing one and severely in-
juring the other, late
Wednesday evening.
Mohammad Raza (5)
and Jannat Fatima (7)
were playing outside
their house when the
stray dogs attacked
them. “While Raza died
on the spot, Fatima is
undergoing treatment
at a nearby trauma cen-
tre,” said the police. The
Lucknow Nagar Nigam
in a statement said it
caught 48 stray dogs, in-
cluding the two who had
attacked the children, in
Thakurganj area on
Thursday
.
HIGH VICTORY MARGINS
85 winning candidates won with 50 per cent votes
and above of the total votes polled in their constitu-
ency while 149 winners won with less than 50 per
cent of the total votes. On the other hand, nearly
25% of 205 winners with declared criminal cases
have won with a vote share of 50 per cent and
above and 28 per cent of the 366 crorepati winners
have won with a vote share of 50% and above.
CRUCIAL READ
Lucknow: Chief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra
on Thursday chaired a meeting on the UP Clean
Air Management Plan project with the World Bank
delegation at his office. In his address at the meet-
ing, the Chief Secretary said that the state govt fully
committed to provide clean air, water and land to
every citizen and that the state govt along with the
cooperation of the central govt is taking programs
like National Clean Air Programme, AMRUT Mis-
sion, Jal Jeevan Mission Yojana and Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan to each and every place in state in order to
prevent air, water and land pollution.
JILTED LOVER KILLS
18-YR-OLD GIRL,
DUMPS BODY
Bareilly: An 18-year-old
woman was strangled
allegedly by a jilted lover
in a village here, police
said on Thursday. The
body of the woman,
identified as Shivani,
was recovered from a
water-filled ditch in Kud-
da village on Wednes-
day and a murder
case against unknown
persons was lodged,
SSP Rohit Singh Sajwan
said. During investiga-
tion it came to light that
Vikas, a 19-yrs man
from the same village,
had called her over and
had asked her to marry
him, the SSP said.
The accused has been
arrested, he added.
LEOPARD INJURES
FOREST RANGER
IN RISHIKESH
Rishikesh: A forest
ranger was injured
after a leopard that
had strayed into a
residential colony here
attacked him on Thurs-
day. The ranger had
gone to rescue the an-
imal that had hid itself
in a house. The incident
took place at noon in
Meera Nagar, forest
dept sources said. The
occupants of the house
located in lane number
14 of the colony shut
the room from outside
as the leopard entered
it and informed the
forest authorities. The
ranger, who sustained
injuries was rushed for
treatment.
CS MISHRA CHAIRS MEETING ON UP
CLEAN AIR PROJECT
CRIME
ROUND-UP
DRUG ADDICTS STEAL TAPS,
SEWER LIDS IN LUCKNOW
Lucknow: A group of teenaged thieves
allegedly stole taps and sewer lids from
nearly half a dozen houses in Lucknow’s
Indira Nagar, leaving the residents
flummoxed. “The thieves, apparently, got
access to the bathrooms and took off the
taps. However, they did not take anything
else. We fail to understand the purpose
behind this kind of theft,” a resident said.
The CCTV footage from the colony showed
teenagers scaling the boundary wall of a
house to commit the crime. The thieves also
took away sewer lids from some of the
houses. A police official said while theft of
sewer lids was common, this is the first
time that taps have been stolen. “It is mostly
the drug addicts who steal sewer lids and
sell them to scrap dealers but we do not
understand the reason behind stealing.
MAN ARRESTED FOR
DUPING 250 JOB
ASPIRANTS
Lucknow(ANI): The UP Special
Task Force (STF) on Wednesday
arrested a man who had duped
over 250 job seekers on the
pretext of getting them admitted
in the Anti-Terrorism Squad
(ATS) countries by allegedly
posing as an IPS/IAS officer.
According to STF, the accused
has been identified as Prateek
Mishra, who was arrested near
PICUP Bhawan in the Vibhuti
Khand police station area. STF
recovered a fake IPS ID card,
two mobile phones,
appointment letters and
documents related to the
recruitment.
FIR on BJP MLA’s
son in robbery case
BJP MLA Ram Chandra Yadav
THREATS TO KILL
5-yr-old boy
dies, sister
injured after
attack by dogs
Asim Arun inaugurates Pushpa
Khanna memorial centre
Aseem Arun while speaking at the event in Kanpur on Thursday.
Woman gets
life term for
killing her kids
SAVE EARTH
Participants holding placard against air pollution at a programme organised by Climate
Agenda in Lucknow on Thursday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
Lucknow Nagar Nigam
catching dogs in Thakurganj
after the incident, on Thursday.

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Be strong and very
courageous. Be careful to obey
all the instructions Moses gave
you. Do not deviate from
them, turning to the right or to
the left. Then you will be
successful in all you do.
—Bible
IN-DEPTH
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
The Government of India is working
tirelessly to augment India’s health
infrastructure. The focus is on ensuring
good quality and affordable healthcare
to our citizens. It makes every Indian
proud that our nation is home to the
world’s largest healthcare scheme,
Ayushman Bharat.
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Finished reading @PriyamGM ji’s best
selling book—‘A Nation to Protect’,
a brilliantly researched work on
how PM @narendramodi’s decisive
leadership, effective policy responses
and handholding helped India rise to
the challenge and effectively tackle the
Covid19 situation.
TOP TWEETS
GODS AND RAPE:
AMU PROFESSOR
TREADS A WRONG
TERRITORY
ligarh Muslim Uni-
versity’s Professor
Jitendra Kumar is in
the dock for teaching
obnoxious stuff
about Hindu gods to his medical
students at the university
. He is
said to have showed presentation
to suggest that rape was preva-
lent even in mythological times.
Prof Kumar has tendered an un-
conditional apology but he still
facesapolicecaseforhurtingthe
religious sentiments of Hindus.
What do third year MBBS stu-
dents attending a lecture in the
forensic medicine department
have to do with Rape: A Histori-
cal Perspective? And why did it
have to be about Hindu gods?
Professor Kumar called it an
“inadvertentmistake”buthehas
actually put AMU into problems.
As it is, the university faces trou-
ble over Jinnah’s portrait and
the demand to rename it after
Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh.
His action will only be a boost for
those branding the university as
communal. The professor should
have realised how sensitive the
times are before giving rape a
religious perspective.
A
fter the Chief Jus-
tice of India, Jus-
tice NV Ramana,
urged the CBI at
an event to be “im-
permeable” and “independ-
ent” because it was “an insti-
tution” which is permanent
while the “political execu-
tive” is not. He exhorted them
to “not allow any authoritar-
ian tendencies”. “They need
to function within the demo-
cratic framework…as they
have to reclaim social legiti-
macy and public trust”. Soon
after, the Union Minister for
Law and Justice responded
with the remark that “CBI is
no longer a caged parrot”.
The CBI’s look-out circular
against veteran journalist
and Amnesty International
India’s former chief to pre-
vent him from flying out of
the country suggests that it
has either not been uncaged,
or it is hesitant of moving out
of the cage. Patel was stopped
from flying out to the US even
after a Surat court ordered
the release of his passport on
February 19 and permitted
him to fly to the US. Patel
challenged the LOC in a Delhi
courtandtheadditionalchief
metropolitan magistrate or-
dered the CBI to withdraw the
circular. More significantly,
the ACMM Pawan Kumar
urged the CBI Director to
send a written apology to Pa-
tel to “restore public confi-
dence in the public”, words
that echo CJI’s remarks.
Similarly, journalist Rana
Ayyub, who wrote the book
“Gujarat Files” after the
Godhra riots, was stopped
from flying to London on the
basis of an LOC issued by the
EnforcementDirectorate.The
ED considered Ayyub a flight
risk as “she might not return
to India”. But the Delhi High
CourtallowedAyyubtoflyout
subject to some conditions.
JUNKING LOCs OF
A DIFFERENT KIND
Patel was stopped from
flying out to the US even
after a Surat court ordered the
release of his passport on
February 19 and permitted
him to fly to the US. Similarly,
journalist Rana Ayyub, who
wrote the book “Gujarat
Files” after the Godhra
riots, was stopped from
flying to London on the
basis of an LOC issued by the
Enforcement Directorate
A
n the recent emerging era of
new world order as well as
the resurfacing of economy
in post pandemic times, India
still holds a promising econ-
omy and remains a strategic
destination for financial de-
velopment of the region in
particular the world in gen-
eral. Today, India is ready to
compete with current global
standards of being a manu-
facturer, service provider or
a vibrant market. The emer-
gence of foreign companies
in our nation bears a testi-
mony that we indeed are a
potentially influential and an
emerging financial power.
According to me, profit
must be the main aim and
motto of every industry and
organisation because, if the
firmwillearn,thenonlyitwill
have courage to take higher
risks, reap better profit mar-
gins and help the society
, na-
tionandoverallinfrastructure
for a sustained development.
As a corporate trainer and
coach, I often wonder, why is
it that a few companies per-
form better than the others?
What exactly is the reason
for failure of some while oth-
ers succeed in the same envi-
ronment? After long deliber-
ations my conclusion is that
it is the governance of any
corporate that casts the die.
Corporate governance or CG
is no stranger and in fact it
refers to the checks and bal-
ances within an organiza-
tion, the rules, practices and
processes used to run a com-
pany
. Well, it also frames and
establishes the company’s
direction, integrity and fi-
nancial viability that brings
in trust with investors and
the community
.
So, should we believe that
both the aspects of a modern
industry, Man and the Ma-
chine qualify for CG? The
answer is not really. While
the machines need manage-
ment and maintenance the
human capital is driven by
good governance. It is often
observed that in this era of
technological advancement
and Robots, industries and
corporates tend to forget the
wealth of human resources
they may be sitting on for
generating what they all
need the most “PROFITS”.
No doubt, we are in the
midst of yet another wave of
change (the fourth industrial
revolution), driven by cloud
computing, AI, advanced
digitalisation and the Inter-
net. But does this imply that
hence forth the industry will
perhaps shorten or reduce
the space for human re-
source. Needless to mention
that technologies can re-
trieve information, handle
inventories and logistics,
prepare briefs, provide finan-
cial services, translate docu-
ments, audit statements and
diagnose diseases but still,
the man behind the machine
could not be replaced.
It is worth mentioning that
2018 World Economic Forum
study said that 75 million
jobs will be lost in the next
five years as companies adopt
automation. But, another 133
million new jobs will emerge
in the same time as business-
es develop a new division of
labour between humans and
machines.
In view of the above, it’s
important for companies to
strike a healthy balance be-
tween remaining profitable
and Good CG for employees.
If history has taught us any-
thing, it’s only that the dis-
ruptive paradigm shifting
business models lay the very
foundation for future busi-
ness models.
Yes, robots, machines and
AI will replace humans for
many jobs, just as innovative
farming equipment replaced
humans and bullocks during
the first industrial revolu-
tion. Yet, in spite of these
changes, humans will be re-
quired to deliver value in
various new ways for brand
new business models. Obvi-
ously, technology is no an-
swer for roles that dictate
emotions like empathy, crea-
tivity and intuition in spe-
cific contexts.
The ideal mix therefore, is
one that combines the best of
both worlds. While efficiency
and productivity fall in the
court of technology; creativ-
ity, emotion, complexity
management and close rela-
tionships remain within the
domain of the workforce.
The human touch is indis-
pensable to creativity and to
manage the unpredictable.
Its only for this reasons that
organisations like Google
and Facebook are now creat-
ing spaces and environments
for people to hang out and
talk and the key reason for
that is to bring about cross-
fertilisation of new ideas.
I would say that in globali-
zation of business the only
constant in the corporate
workplace from first to fourth
industrial revolution is the
human resource and there-
fore it needs to be nurtured
very carefully
. It is mandatory
for the organizations to intro-
duce new motivational needs
of employees to meet the en-
vironmentalrealities.Thetop
management should carry
out new methodologies of de-
veloping strong and durable
bond with the employees to
achieve the selected goals of
profitability and long-term
sustenance. For whatever
may be the wonders in digiti-
zation and automation, MAN
remains the ULTIMATE!
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
I
I would say that in
globalization of business the
only constant in the
corporate workplace from
first to fourth industrial
revolution is the human
resource and therefore it
needs to be nurtured very
carefully. It is mandatory
for the organizations to
introduce new motivational
needs of employees to meet
the environmental realities.
The top management should
carry out new methodologies
of developing strong and
durable bond with the
employees to achieve the
selected goals of profitability
and long-term sustenance.
For whatever may be the
wonders in digitization and
automation, MAN remains
the ULTIMATE!
Today, India is ready to
compete with current
global standards of
being a manufacturer,
service provider or a
vibrant market. The
emergence of foreign
companies in our nation
bears a testimony that we
indeed are a
potentially influential
and an emerging
financial power
COL ANUPAM
JAITLY (RETD)
The writer is Defence expert,
Motivational Speaker Corporate Trainer
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Profitability–EmployeeInterface–Machines

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INDIA
05
PROCESS INITIATED TO AMEND
IPC, CrPC, EVIDENCE ACT: GOVT
MHA seeks suggestions from Governors, Lt Guvs, CMs, MPs, CJI, and Bar Council
New Delhi (PTI):
Seeking to make com-
prehensive changes in
criminal laws to pro-
vide affordable and
speedy justice and cre-
ate a people-centric le-
gal structure, the gov-
ernment has initiated
the process to amend
the Indian Penal Code,
the Code of Criminal
Procedure and the In-
dian Evidence Act in
consultation with
stakeholders, the Rajya
Sabha was informed on
Thursday.
The Ministry of
Home Affairs has also
sought suggestions
from governors, chief
ministers, Lt gover-
nors and administra-
tors of Union Territo-
ries, chief justice of
India, chief justices of
various high courts,
Bar Council of India,
bar council of various
states and members of
Parliament regarding
comprehensive amend-
ments in criminal laws,
Law Minister Kiren Ri-
jiju said in a written
reply.
The minister also in-
formed that a commit-
tee headed by the vice
chancellor, National
Law University, Delhi
and four other mem-
bers was constituted on
March 2, 2020 by the
MHA to suggest re-
forms in the criminal
laws of the country.
The committee had
invited suggestions
through a question-
naire based on second-
ary research and in-
puts from experts up-
loaded on its website
which received re-
sponse from various
organisations, re-
search centres, aca-
demics, lawyers, and
civil societies from
across the country.
After extensive
stakeholders consulta-
tion and research, the
committee submitted
its recommendations
on February 27, 2022 on
the three criminal laws
- IPC, CrPC and the In-
dian Evidence Act.
146th report of
Parliamentary
Standing
Committee said
that there is a
need for a
comprehensive
review of
India’s criminal
justice system
India bans import of
another 101 military
items for self-reliance
Get your own Capitals: Chd
Civic body to Pb, Haryana
New Delhi (Agencies):
From lightweight
tanks, naval utility heli-
copters to drones, India
has banned the import
of yet another 101 mili-
tary equipment and sys-
tems in a bid to promote
indigenisation in de-
fence manufacturing.
Defence Minister Ra-
jnath Singh on Thurs-
day released the third
positive indigenisation
list of 101 items, com-
prising major equip-
ment and platforms.
The list, notified by
the Department of Mili-
tary Affairs, Ministry
of Defence (MoD), lays
special emphasis on
equipment/systems
which are being devel-
oped and are likely to
translate into firm or-
ders in the next five
years.
These weapons and
platforms are planned
to be indigenised pro-
gressively with effect
from December 2022 to
December 2027.
These 101 items will,
henceforth, be procured
from local sources as
per provisions of the
Defence Acquisition
Procedure (DAP) 2020.
Chandigarh (PTI):
The municipal corpora-
tion here passed a reso-
lution on Thursday
which states that Chan-
digarh should remain a
union territory, and
should also get its own
legislative assembly
.
The development
comes as Punjab and
Haryana engage in a
tussle to stake claim
over Chandigarh.
Both Punjab and
Haryana state assem-
blies recently passed
their respective resolu-
tion reiterating their
claim over the Union
Territory of Chandi-
garh, their joint capi-
tal. The resolution also
said the Centre should
intervene and direct
Haryana and Punjab
governments “to devel-
op their own independ-
ent capital cities”.
Only BJP councillors
were present in the Mu-
nicipal Corporation
House when the resolu-
tionwaspassed,withthe
councillors of the Aam
Aadmi Party
, Congress
and Shiromani Akali
Dal staging a walkout.
Chandigarh Munici-
pal Corporation Mayor
Sarabjit Kaur, who is
from the BJP, had called
a special meeting of the
general House of the
corporation.
Le Pen vows
headscarf fines
in tight French
election battle
Paris (Agencies):
French far-right presi-
dential candidate
Marine Le Pen vowed
Thursday to
issuefinesto
M u s l i m s
who wear
headscarves
in public, as
candidates made a final
pushforvotesthreedays
ahead of an election
seen as increasingly
close.
President Macron
builtwhatseemedanun-
assailable lead ahead of
the first round of polls
on Sunday but Le Pen
has eroded the margin
and feels she has a real
chance of winning the
run-off on April 24.
“People will be given
a fine in the same way
that it is illegal to not
wear your seat belt. It
seems to me that the po-
lice are very much able
to enforce this meas-
ure,” Le Pen said.
BJP wants Anurag Thakur as
new Himachal CM: Sisodia
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
Deputy Chief Minister
Manish Sisodia on
Thursday claimed that
theBJPwasconsidering
replacing Jai Ram
ThakurwithUnionMin-
ister Anurag Thakur as
the chief minister of
Himachal Pradesh
ahead of the assembly
elections in the state.
Addressing a press
conference, he said the
BJP wanted to make the
big change as it feared
defeat in the elections
with the growing “popu-
larity” of Aam Aadmi
Party national convenor
Arvind Kejriwal.
“We have learnt from
very reliable sources
that the BJP wants to re-
place Chief Minister Jai
Ram Thakur with Anu-
ragThakurasitisscared
of the popularity of
Arvind Kejriwal and his
model of governance in
Delhi,” Sisodia claimed.
All must comply with High Court order: Kharge
New Delhi (PTI): Sen-
ior Congress leader
Mallikarjun Kharge on
Thursday said every
community should
abide by the order of
the Karnataka High
Court on the use of
loudspeakers in reli-
gious institutions.
Speaking to news
agency media, Kharge
said, “Everyone should
comply with the orders
of the High Court.”
The Congress leader
said that the Central and
the state governments
should “keep things un-
der control” and “take
everyone along”.
“Everyone should
follow High Court’s or-
der but it’s awful if
such issues (Azaan is-
sue) are brought up
merely for the political
purpose of polarisa-
tion while creating
communal fissures in
society. It’ll be adver-
sarial both socially
and economically. So
the Central and state
governments should
keep things under con-
trol and take everyone
along,” he said.
COURTESY MEET
Chhattisgarh Governor Anusuiya Uikey called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New
Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Don’t need
lessons on law
and order from
Amit Shah:TMC
Kolkata (PTI): The
TMC on Thursday
slammed Union Home
Minister Amit Shah for
his remarks on the law
and order situation in
West Bengal and said
that the party doesn’t
need lessons from him.
Senior TMC leader
Sougata Roy said that
neitherthepartynorthe
state Govt needed les-
sonsfromShahonmain-
tenanceof lawandorder.
“Amit Shah should be
the last person to talk
about law and order. We
are very well aware of
his track record as a
minister in Gujarat and
in the Centre,” Roy said.
Two civilians injured in Handwara
as soldiers fire after altercation
Jammu (PTI): Pro-
tests broke out in north
Kashmir’s Handwara
in Kupwara district on
Thursday where two
civilians were injured
after some Army per-
sonnel allegedly
opened fire following
an altercation with
people near a mosque.
The injured persons
have been identified as
Abdul Ahad Mir from
Rajwar and Mujeeb Ah-
mad Sofi from Hand-
wara who sustained in-
juries in their lower
limbs. They were shift-
ed to the hospital where
their condition is sta-
ble, reports said.
Reports said that
there were arguments
between the civilians
and soldiers after the
former objected to vid-
eography of the wor-
shippers. Gunshots
were heard amidst the
arguments.
This was followed by
stone pelting at the se-
curity forces by angry
demonstrators. Army’s
side of the report on the
incident is awaited.
Former Chief Minis-
ter and PDP chief Me-
hbooba Mufti con-
demned the incident.
PUNJAB DRIVER
SHOT AT BY
MILITANTS IN
JK’S PULWAMA
Srinagar (Agencies):
A driver from Punjab
was shot and injured
by militants in JK’s
Pulwama district on
Thursday, police said.
“A non-local driver,
identified as Sonu
Sharma of Pathankot,
was shot and injured
by militants in Yader
village of Pulwama.
“He was shifted to
hospital for treatment
and the area has
been cordoned off,” a
source said.
Security forces during search operation. —FILE PHOTO
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister
Manish Sisodia
ED SEEKS DISMISSAL OF BAIL PLEA
‘Deshmukh mastermind behind
money laundering conspiracy’
Mumbai (Agencies):
The Enforcement Di-
rectorate (ED) recent-
ly told the Bombay
High Court that for-
mer Maharashtra
home minister Anil
Deshmukh is the
“mastermind and
brain” behind the
money laundering
conspiracy and mis-
used his official posi-
tion to create unac-
counted assets. He
also exercised “un-
due influence over
transfers and post-
ings of police offi-
cials and on perfor-
mance of those police
officials,” it added.
The ED, in its re-
sponse to Desh-
mukh’s bail plea, said
that the probe is at
nascent stage and
Deshmukh being an
influential person, if
released, may tamper
with evidence and
witnesses. And since
he has not cooperated
with the investiga-
tion, he should not be
granted bail.
Deshmukh, who
was arrested by ED
last November, had
moved HC after the
special PMLA court
on March 14 had re-
jected his bail plea,
holding that there is
prima facie proof to
indicate that he had
exercised “undue in-
fluence” over trans-
fers and postings of
police officers.
Deshmukh was ar-
rested by the ED last
November. The cen-
tral agency had al-
leged that he was the
beneficiary of bribes
received by co-ac-
cused Mumbai police
officer Sachin Waze,
who has since been
dismissed.
Deshmukh, in his
bail plea filed through
advocates Aniket Ni-
kam and Inderpal
Singh, said that state-
ments including the
one given by former
Mumbai police com-
missioner Param Bir
Singh be tested on
“different yard-
sticks” by ascertain-
ing their credibility
as Singh himself is
accused of several se-
rious offences, in-
cluding extortion.
Former Maharashtra Home
Minister Anil Deshmukh
EKNATH KHADSE
APPEARS BEFORE
POLICE IN PHONE
TAPPING CASE
Mumbai (PTI): Na-
tionalist Congress
Party (NCP) leader
Eknath Khadse
appeared before
the Colaba police
in Mumbai on
Thursday to record
his statement in
the phone tapping
case. The phones of
Khadse along with
his personal assis-
tant were allegedly
tapped during the
2019 Maharashtra
assembly elections.
Senior IPS officer
Rashmi Shukla,
who formerly
headed the State
Intelligence Depart-
ment of Maharash-
tra Police, is an
accused in the case.
MAINTAIN DECIBEL LEVEL:
BENGALURU POLICE ISSUE NOTICES
Senior Congress leader
Mallikarjun Kharge
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
LOUDSPEAKER ROW

INDIA
06
New Delhi (PTI): The
Centre has told the Su-
preme Court that there
are 83 missing defence
personnel including 62
Prisoners of the War of
1965 and 1971 for whom
India is seeking their
release and repatriation
from Pakistan through
diplomatic and other
available channels.
The government
through the Ministry of
External Affairs (MEA)
has filed an affidavit on
a plea filed by the moth-
er of an Army officer
Captain Sanjit Bhat-
tacharjee seeking direc-
tion to the Centre to
take immediate steps
through diplomatic
channels for repatria-
tion of her son, who is
lodged in jail in Paki-
stan for over 24 years.
The plea said the pe-
titioner had received
information that Sanjit,
who was commissioned
as an officer of Gorkha
Rifles Regiment of the
Indian Army in August
1992, was lodged in La-
hore’s Kot Lakhpat jail.
The petitioner said
that her family was in-
formed in April 1997
that her son, who had
gone for patrolling duty
at night time on a joint
border in Gujarat’s
Rann of Kutch, was ap-
prehended by the Paki-
stan authorities while
carrying out operation
reconnaissance.
The government in
its affidavit attached
the annexure of Note
Verbale, in which it re-
ferred to several Notes
Verbales issued by the
High Commission of
India in Pakistan and
the list of 83 missing In-
dian defence personnel
requesting to look into
their whereabouts, and
for the early release of
missing Indian defence
personnel.
Out of 83 missing de-
fence personnel, four
are Prisoners of War
who went missing in
1965, and most are from
the 1971 war. A total of
21 Defence personnel
are missing from 1996
till 2010.
India pursuing release of 83 missing personnel from Pak
SEEKING REPATRIATION CRUCIAL READ
MIN: INDIA PLANS TO
ISSUE E-PASSPORTS
STARTING THIS YEAR
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister of State for External
Affairs V Muraleedharan
said that the government
is planning to issue e-
passports to its citizens,
starting in 2022-23.
Muraleedharan’s remarks
came in Rajya Sabha in
reply to a question on the
government’s plans.
BSF SIGHTS PAK
DRONE NEAR
GURDASPUR
Gurdaspur: A Pakistani
drone was sighted enter-
ing the Indian territory
near Punjab’s Gurdaspur
around 1.30 PM on
Wednesday. The drone
returned back to Pakistan
after the soldiers of 89
battalion of BSF threw
light bombs and con-
ducted 16 fires over it.
ASKED TO STRIP BY COPS: JOURNALIST
WHO WENT TO COVER BJP MLA STORY
Bhopal: A group of men, including a journalist and
theatre artists, were seen stripped down inside a
police station in Madhya Pradesh in a post that has
gone viral now. A local journalist and YouTuber, who
was identified in the photo, alleged he was abused
and asked to strip by some police personnel when
he went to cover a protest against a local BJP MLA.
PAK ISSUES 2,200
VISAS TO PILGRIMS
New Delhi: Pakistan has
issued 2,200 visas to
Indian pilgrims for attend-
ing Baisakhi celebrations
to be held in various Sikh
shrines in Pakistan from
April 12-21. “During their
visit to Pakistan, the pilgrims
would, inter alia, go to Panja
Sahib, Nankana Sahib and
Kartarpur Sahib. They would
enter Pakistan on April 12
and would return to India on
April 21, 2022,” a statement
from Pakistan official.
IN THE COURTYARD
GOVT SHOULD CONSIDER FINANCIAL IMPACT
WHEN COMING UP WITH SCHEMES: TOP COURT
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday has ob-
served that government should take note of the financial
impact on the state exchequer while coming up with any
welfare schemes or laws. A bench of Justices UU Lalit,
S Ravindra Bhat and PS Narasimha observations came
while hearing a plea seeking proper implementation of the
mandatory provisions of the Protection of Women from
Domestic Violence Act. The court remarked to Central
Government that whenever it comes up with any such
schemes, then it must take note of its financial impact.
The court also pointed out the budget constraints shown
by the government while dealing with such welfare
schemes and suggested the work in this direction.
MULLAPERIYAR DAM’S SAFETY REQUIRES
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION: SUPREME COURT
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday said, “immedi-
ate attention” is required to be given to the safety of the
126-year-old Mullaperiyar Dam and the supervisory com-
mittee will be strengthened to take steps that are required
to be taken by the National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA)
under the Dam Safety Act 2021. The Supreme court,
which asked both Kerala and Tamil Nadu not to go into
the history and concentrate on the future of the dam, said
the supervisory committee will issue directions that will
be complied with by both the states. The top court, which
appealed to both the states to “let the water flow” safely,
said it would pass the order in the matter on Friday.
Modi meets Sonia, Farooq, MSY
on conclusion of Budget Session
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
met Congress chief So-
nia Gandhi, Samajwadi
Party leader Mulayam
Singh Yadav, National
Conference chief Fa-
rooq Abdullah and oth-
er opposition leaders in
the chamber of Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Bir-
la after the conclusion
of Parliaments’ Budget
Session on Thursday
.
Speaker Om Birla,
Defence Minister Ra-
jnath Singh and Parlia-
mentary Affairs Minis-
ter Pralhad Joshi were
also present during the
meeting. Lok Sabha and
Rajya Sabha were ad-
journed sine die a day
before the schedule,
marking the culmina-
tion of the Budget Ses-
sion 2022 during which
the two Houses passed
key legislations, includ-
ing the Bill to unify the
municipal corporations
in the national capital.
The second part of
the Budget Session be-
gan on March 14 while
the sittings were to con-
clude on April 8.
Key Bills were passed
in the Parliament dur-
ing the second part of
the session, including
the Criminal Procedure
(Identification) Bill,
2022, Delhi Municipal
Corporation (Amend-
ment) Bill, 2022 among
others. On the last day
of the session, Lok Sab-
ha Speaker Om Birla
acknowledged the par-
ticipation of MPs and
said that the Session
was “going well with
everyone’s support”.
“In this Session, pro-
ductivity has been 129
per cent, with every-
body’s participation…
Productivity till the 8th
session has been 106 per
cent. Compared to the
previous experiences,
the ongoing session
went well with every-
one’s support,” Birla
said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh,
Mulayam Singh Yadav, and Farooq Abdullah in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
SAVINGS FOR POOR,
MIDDLE-CLASS: PM
ON HEALTHCARE
New Delhi (PTI): On the
occasion of World Health
Day, Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi on Thursday
said the Government
is working tirelessly to
augment India’s health
infrastructure with a
focus on ensuring good
quality and affordable
healthcare to all citizens.
Declared by the WHO,
World Health Day is cel-
ebrated on April 7 every
year. On this year’s World
Health Day, the WHO is
focussing global attention
on urgent actions needed
to keep humans and the
planet healthy and foster
a movement to create
societies focused on
well-being.
PM MODI TO GO ON A
TWO-DAY VISIT TO
GUJ FROM APRIL 19
New Delhi (PTI): Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
will be on a two-day
visit to Gujarat starting
April 19. This will be his
second visit to Gujarat in
the last two months. Elec-
tions are due in the state
in December and the BJP
is getting ready to seek
another term in the state
they have been ruling
since 1995. Union Home
Minister Amit Shah will
also visit Gujarat for two
days on April 10 and 11.
While there are no details
about his programme yet,
the state BJP earlier said
the Prime Minister will
visit the tribal-dominated
Dahod area and was likely
to speak at a rally.
PM WANTS ‘IMMEDIATE ACTION’ TO HELP
PVT SECTOR CREATE JOBS: TOP OFFICIAL
New Delhi (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
suggested to secretaries of the Central Government
to hand-hold the private sector to give impetus to
manufacturing and job creation and stressed that
employment should be focus of all interventions in
the public and private sectors, Cabinet Secretary
Rajiv Gauba said. Gauba wrote to the secretaries
requesting them to initiate “immediate action” on the
suggestions made to them by the PM at the meeting
on April 2. Stating that the Government should act
as a “facilitator” and “catalytic agent”, Gauba said,
“It is imperative to hand-hold the private sector to
give impetus to manufacturing and job creation and
help Indian companies become world leaders.”
Risk of serious clots up to 6 months after Covid: Study
London (PTI): People
infected with SARS-
CoV-2, the virus that
causes Covid-19, have
an increased risk of de-
veloping serious blood
clots for up to six
months after the infec-
tion, even in mild cases,
according to a study
published in The BMJ.
The researchers
found an increased risk
of deep vein thrombo-
sis — a blood clot in the
leg — up to three
months after Covid in-
fection, pulmonary em-
bolism — a blood clot in
the lung — up to six
months, and a bleeding
event up to two months.
The researchers from
Umea University in
Sweden noted that these
results support meas-
ures to prevent throm-
botic events, especially
for high risk patients,
and strengthen the im-
portance of vaccination
against Covid-19.
Using national regis-
tries in Sweden, they
identified more than
one million people with
confirmed SARSCoV-2
infection between Feb-
ruary 1, 2020 and May
25, 2021, matched by
age, sex, and county of
residence to more than
four million people who
had not had a positive
SARS-CoV-2 test result.
The researchers first
calculated the rates of
deep vein thrombosis,
pulmonary embolism,
and bleeding in Covid-19
individuals during a
control period — before
and long after Covid-19
diagnosis — and com-
pared it to the rates in
different time intervals
afterCovid-19diagnosis.
HIGHLIGHTS

z Tamil Nadu advises
authorities to intensify
surveillance at interna-
tional airports

z India reports 1,033
new Covid-19 cases, 43
deaths in last 24 hours
No poll symbol shall be deemed
as religious,national symbol:Min
government on Thurs-
daytoldRajyaSabhathat
no election symbol re-
served or allotted by the
Election Commission
shall be deemed as a reli-
gious or national sym-
bol. Law Minister Kiren
Rijijuwasaskedwhether
a national symbol such
asnationalbird,national
animal or national flow-
er can be used as an elec-
tionsymbolbyanyregis-
tered political party
.
In a written reply
, Rij-
iju quoted a provision of
the Representation of
the People Act to explain
the legal position.
These include appeal
by a candidate or his
agent or by any other
person with the consent
of acandidateorhiselec-
tion agent to vote or re-
frain from voting on the
ground of his religion,
race, caste, community
orlanguageortheuseof,
or appeal to, religious or
national symbols “such
asthenationalflagorthe
national emblem, for the
furtherance of the pros-
pects of the election of
that candidate”.
Rajya Sabha
clocks 99.8%
productivity
Rajya Sabha clocked
99.80 per cent productiv-
ity during the Budget
Session that concluded
onThursday
,missingthe
100 per cent landmark
just by 10 minutes, offi-
cials said.
As against the sched-
uled 29 sittings, the Up-
per House held 27 that
included 10 during the
first part of the Budget
Session and 17 during
the second part that
concluded, two sittings
were given up.
Ensure disaster alerts reach
remote areas timely: Shah
New Delhi (PTI):
Agencies involved in
disaster management
should ensure that
alerts generated for ca-
lamities should reach
the remotest panchayat
location in the country
timely and organisa-
tions like NCC, women
groups and home
guards should be
brought on board for
this task, Union Home
Minister Amit Shah
said today
.
He asked the Nation-
al Disaster Response
Force (NDRF), the fed-
eral agency to train and
undertake operations
during such emergen-
cies, to take a leader-
ship role in this context
so that whenever such
an emergency strikes, a
trained personnel can
work as a “stop gap ar-
rangement” till profes-
sional rescuers reach
the spot.
He was speaking
while inaugurating a
two-day ‘annual confer-
ence on capacity build-
ing for disaster re-
sponse 2022’ being held
here. The meeting has
been organised by the
NDRF with representa-
tives of various central
and state disaster re-
sponse forces and other
related agencies par-
ticipating. The NDRF
should make sure that
the alerts generated for
an impending disaster
reach the intended loca-
tion, village and pan-
chayat in time, he said.
The Minister said
special focus should be
given to cases of light-
ning strikes where time
is less and it should be
ensured that accurate
alert reaches the in-
tended village and its
inhabitants.
“We have made many
apps for a variety of dis-
asters but a definite
mechanism should be
made so that the alerts
reach in time to the re-
motest location,” Shah
said.
For this, the minister
said, volunteers of the
NCC (national cadet
corps), NSS (national
service scheme), home
guards, women self
help groups should be
involved in the disaster
management protocol.
The literature and
training module should
also be prepared in lo-
cal languages, he said.
Union Home Minister, Amit Shah addressing the conference on
capacity building for disaster response in New Delhi on Thursday.
We have made
many apps (mo-
bile applications)
for a variety of disasters
but a definite mechanism
should be made so that the
alerts reach in time to the
remotest location.
—Amit Shah,
Union Home Minister
‘INDIA-US TIES
ENTERING NEW
TERRITORY’
Washington: Due to the
“problematic” position taken
by India on the Russian
invasion of Ukraine, the
India-US bilateral relation-
ship is “entering uncharted
territory”, a top former of-
ficial of the Trump Adminis-
tration said. Lisa Curtis, who
was the Trump Administra-
tion’s point person for India
during his four years of
presidency, it would become
increasingly difficult for the
India and United States of
America to expand their
defence and security ties
beyond a certain level.
US: Ready to support India in
diversifying its energy imports
Washington (PTI):
The United States is
ready to support India
in diversifying its ener-
gy imports, the White
House said, reiterating
its desire that New Del-
hi does not purchase oil
from Russia amid
American sanctions on
Moscow.
“We do not think In-
dia should accelerate or
increase imports of
Russian energy and
other commodities even
as, obviously, those de-
cisions are made by in-
dividual countries,”
White House Press Sec-
retary Jen Psaki told
reporters at her daily
news conference.
Jen Psaki

NEWS
07
45-YEAR-OLD
WOMAN, MINOR
SON MURDERED
IN BAHRAICH
A45-year-old married woman
and her 11-year-old son were
allegedly murdered by her lover
when she pressured him to marry
her, police said here on
Wednesday. Police have arrested
the accused, Ram Kumar, and his
aide Vinod in connection with the
incident. The woman and her son
were murdered on March 23.
Police began investigation when
partially decomposed bodies of
the woman and her son were
recovered on March 29.
Informing about the incident,
Additional Superintendent of
Police (Rural) Ashok Kumar
Sharma said accused Ram Kumar
was having an affair with a
married woman of Bharha village
under the Rupaideeh police
station. “Ram Kumar told us that
the woman was pressuring him
to marry her. Because of this, he
called the woman to a secluded
place and killed her with the
support of his friend Vinod. The
duo stabbed the woman several
times with a long knife, killing her
on the spot,” the officer said. The
accused also stabbed and killed
the woman’s 11-year-old son
whom she brought along. “The
duo killed the woman’s son to
save themselves from being
linked to the murder of the
woman. The duo dumped the
bodies near a canal and fled to
Mumbai,” said the officer. Soon
after the bodies were recovered,
police formed three teams to
identify the dead and arrest the
accused. “We sought help of
local intelligence and mobile
surveillance to identify and track
the accused. The accused have
confessed to the crime,” said the
officer. —PTI
CROWD GIVES
WARM WELCOME
TO PRAJAPATI
ON HIS FIRST
AGRA VISIT
Dharamvir Prajapati reached
Agra for the first time after
becoming the Minister of State
for Prisons and Home Guards in
Yogi Sarkar 2.0. On his arrival in
Agra for the first time, he was
given a grand welcome. Stages
were decorated to welcome him
across the city and a large
number of supporters gathered
with drums. Dharamveer
Prajapati said that steps would be
taken for the betterment of the
home guards. They will not be
allowed to be harassed at any
cost. Along with this, he said that
the government will also take
steps for the release of the
prisoners who have been in jail
for a long time due to non-
payment of fines. Dharamveer
Prajapati also assured that the
many lapses or complaints in the
jails in the state would also be
resolved at the earliest.
—Preeti Nagia
HINDU FORCES PUSHING NATION
TOWARDS HATRED: SUNNI ULEMA
Kanpur (ANI): With
several groups launch-
ing campaigns against
the playing of ‘azaan’
throughloudspeakersat
mosques, the Sunni Ul-
ema Council accused
the Hindu forces of
pushing the nation to-
wardshatred.AfterBen-
galuru police began is-
suing notices to some
mosques to use their
loudspeakers within the
permissible decibel lev-
els, Sunni Ulema Coun-
cil General Secretary
Haji Mohammed Salees
said azaan gets complet-
ed within two to three
minutes. “Some Hindu
forces are pushing the
nation towards hatred,
which is not justified.
Our Aazaan gets com-
pleted in 2-3 minutes.
They have a problem
with that as well. They
don’t see (noise) pollu-
tion over their 24 hour
Akhand Path,” he told
ANI. Hitting out at some
groupsraisingobjection
on ‘halal’ meat, the SUC
General Secretary al-
leged that mob lynch-
ings are taking place.
“The atmosphere is
such that there’s a prob-
lem if we wear skull
caps, have a beard, or
wear a hijab, mob lynch-
ings are happening.
They keep an eye on
what we eat as well,”
Salees said. Reacting to
the ‘azaan’ row in Kar-
nataka, state Congress
chief DK Shivakumar
slammed the ruling BJP
in the state and said,
“They are harassing
Muslims (over the
Azaan loudspeaker is-
sue). Let beauty be beau-
ty, no one is going
against law. We don’t get
disturbed with it.”
Amidtherowovermosque
loudspeakersinK’taka,Sunni
UlemaCouncil says2-3minAzaan
betterthan24-hrAkhandPath
Sunni Ulema Council General Secretary Haji Mohammed Salees.
STATE GOVT TO
DEVELOP APP FOR
MADRASA STUDENTS
Ballia (PTI): With
a view to provide
modern education
, the state govern-
ment will develop a
mobile application for
madrasa students,
which will also include
life stories of freedom
fighters. Announcing
this, Minister of State
for Minority Welfare,
Danish Azad Ansari,
said the government
wants the madrasa
students to be full of
patriotism. A mobile
app based on madra-
sa curriculum will be
developed for modern
education and life
stories of great men
and freedom fighters
will be taught there.
The atmosphere is such that there is a problem
if we wear skull caps, carry a beard, or wear a
hijab, mob lynching are taking place. They
have an eye on what we eat as well. They don’t see noise
pollution over their 24 hour Akhand Path.
—Haji Mohammed Salees, Gen Secy, Sunni Ulema Council
OUR DAILY BREAD
Workers carry wheat grain after harvesting, in Moradabad on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
CRIME ROUND-UP
MAN KILLED IN FIRING OVER LAND DISPUTE
Meerut (PTI): A 40-year-old man
was killed on Thursday, while
another person was injured after a
land dispute between two groups at
a village here led to gunshots being
fired, police said. Additional Super-
intendent of Police (Rural) Keshav
Kumar said five people have been
arrested after the incident. He said
prima facie the incident appears
to be the fallout of a 1.5-year-old
dispute related to a grazing field.
Some people opened fire on the two
victims sleeping in a cow-shelter
this morning, the ASP said. Netra-
pal (40) died after being shot, while
Harun got injured and was rushed
to a hospital, where his condition
was stated to be stable, Kumar told
PTI. He said Netrpal’s family filed
a complaint against six people of
the village, five of whom have been
arrested. A detailed probe in the
matter is underway.
WANTED MAN HELD AFTER
GUNFIGHT IN BULANDSHAHR
CONSTABLE SHOOTS DEAD
FATHER, SON OVER DISPUTE PROPERTY DEALER
STABBED, DIES
Ballia (PTI): A 35-year-
old property dealer was
stabbed to death by some
unidentified people at a
village here, police said
on Thursday. They said
the incident happened
Wednesday night at
Asmanda village in Fefna
area here. The police said
Umesh Yadav (35) was
rushed to a hospital after
being stabbed but he was
declared brought dead.
They said an FIR has been
registered against some
unidentified person based
on a complaint by Yadav’s
brother, and a probe is
underway. The body of the
victim has been sent for a
post-mortem examination.
Muzaffarnagar (PTI):
A 45-year-old man
and his son were al-
legedly shot dead by
a constable and his
brother over money
dispute in Shamli
district, police said
Thursday. The de-
ceased were identi-
fied as Bhupendra
and his 20-year-old
son Arjun, they said.
According to police,
Bhupendra had taken
money from consta-
ble Vikrant on the
pretext of providing
job. The deceased
were held hostage,
tortured and shot
dead by the consta-
ble and his brother,
Superintendent of
Police (SP), Sukriti
Madhav said. Their
bodies were later
found in a tube well,
the SP said. In a
complaint lodged
by the deceased’s
mother Sudesh, she
alleges that her son
and grandson were
held hostage by the
accused and his fam-
ily. Police have reg-
istered a case against
Vikrant, along with
his brother, father,
mother, wife and his
neighbour for in-
volvement in criminal
conspiracy. While
police has arrested
two people, Vikrant
is absconding, police
said.
MISSING YOUTH FOUND HANGING
FROM TREE, PROBE UNDERWAY
Muzaffarnagar (PTI): A 20-year-old youth was found
hanging from a tree, days after he went missing from
the Jhijhana area of Shamli district, police said on
Thursday. Vijay Kumar, an Industrial Training Institute
(ITI) student, had been missing since Monday, they
said. According to police, some farmer saw the body
hanging from a tree when they went to their fields for
work. A probe is underway, they said.
Bulandshahr (PTI): A
man, wanted in sev-
eral cases, was ar-
rested following a brief
gunfight with police on
Wednesday night while
his accomplice was
nabbed a few hours
later, officials said. The
accused Rehan Qureshi
sustained bullet injury
in retaliatory firing by
the police and was taken
to hospital. He faces 11
cases of murder, robbery
and assault, according
to Senior Superintendent
of Police, Bulandshahr,
Santosh Kumar Singh.
After being surrounded
by the police, Rehan
opened fire. He was in-
jured in retaliatory firing
from our side. Our team
took him to hospital fol-
lowing his arrest. Suhail,
his accomplice, managed
to flee from the spot,
but was was arrested
at around 5 am this
morning, the SSP said
on Thursday. Qureshi
and Suhail had been
absconding for long.
At around 11 pm on
Wednesday, they tried to
rob a businessman who
was travelling by an an
e-rickshaw. As they tried
to stop the vehicle, it
overturned and the busi-
nessman was injured. On
receiving the informa-
tion, several police teams
were rushed to the spot,
the officer said.
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
‘Kailash-Mansarovar yatra unlikely to resume’
Pithoragarh (PTI):
The resumption of the
Kailash-Mansarovar
yatra, which was sus-
pended after COVID-19
broke out two year ago,
looks uncertain this
year too as the nodal
agency for the pilgrim-
age has received no in-
structions from the gov-
ernment regarding its
preparations. Normally
,
the Ministry of Exter-
nal Affairs holds a meet-
ing with the Kumaon
Mandal Vikas Nigam
(KMVN) Limited, the
nodal agency for the
yatra, and the Pithora-
garhdistrictadministra-
tion in January itself to
discussthepreparations
for the pilgrimage. The
yatra which goes
through the Lipulekh
Pass in Pithoragarh dis-
trict was suspended in
2020 after the pandemic
struck, and the suspen-
sion continued through
2021.WithadropinCOV-
ID-19 cases in recent
months, officials were
hoping that the yatra
might begin this year.
AlldHCdirectsKushinagar
DM to appear with probe
report on encroachments
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The Alla-
habad High Court has
directed DM Kushina-
gar to appear on April 11
with a sealed investiga-
tion report in the matter
of anexceptionmadefor
a village pradhan furing
removal of unauthor-
ised encroachment. The
court said that the DM
wasdirectedtopresenta
fair inquiry report on
the village headman for
not taking action on en-
croachments. Instead of
the report, the Sub-Divi-
sional Magistrate, Hata
gave a half-hearted in-
formation. On this, the
court made a strong
comment said the Dis-
trictMagistratedoesnot
see the order of the HC.
Asingle-judgedbenchof
Justice Prakash Padia
passed this order while
hearing a PIL. “It is un-
fortunate that despite
specific direction given
by the Court to the Dis-
trict Magistrate, Kushi-
nagar to conduct fair
and free inquiry in the
matter with the help of
revenue authorities and
submit a report in a
sealed cover before the
Court, no response has
been submitted by him
and only the instruc-
tions were placed. It ap-
pears from perusal of
the aforesaid instruc-
tions that District Mag-
istrate Kushinagar does
not see the order passed
by the Court. Put up as
fresh on April 11, 2022,”
the Court observed.
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
Woman killed,
husband injured
in road accident
Etawah (PTI): A wom-
an was killed and her
husband injured after
their bike was hit by a
tractor in the Balrai
area, police said. The
incident took place on
Wednesday when Bri-
jendra Kumar (32) and
his wife Renu (30) were
returning home from a
temple. While Renu died
on the spot, Kumar was
rushed to a hospital in
critical condition.
UP MLC POLLS: DRY
DAYS IN DELHI BORDER
New Delhi (PTI):
The Delhi govern-
ment has asked liq-
uor vends, situated
within 100 metres in
the national capital
from Ghaziabad, to
observe ‘dry days’ for
3 days from Thursday
on account of bien-
nial election to the
UP Legislative Coun-
cil. In an order issued
on Thursday
, the Del-
hi government excise
department has also
asked the vends to ob-
serve a dry day on
April 12 on account
of the counting day.
“Dry day has been de-
clared from 4:00 PM
of 7 April, 2022, to 9
April, 2022 till the end
of poll, and 12.04.2022
(full day) on account
of counting day,” the
Delhi government ex-
cise department said
in its order.

08
2NDFRONT
There is much to learn in life:
Accept the inevitable, bear the
intolerable and do without the
indispensable.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
First India Bureau
Agra: Encroachment
removal campaign is
being run in Agra. Un-
der this, a drive to re-
move encroachment
was carried out in
Shahganj area on
Thursday by Agra Mu-
nicipal Corporation
and Traffic Police. As
part of the campaign,
when the people of the
team asked for the re-
moval of the shops oc-
cupying the road and
footpath, a ruckus start-
ed in the market. It was
also alleged on behalf
of the traders that Har-
veer Singh, an employ-
ee of the Municipal
Corporation Task
Force, got into an argu-
ment with a shopkeeper
and slapped him. After
this the angry shop-
keepers started a ruck-
us and sat down to pro-
test at the middle of the
crossroads.
A joint team of Mu-
nicipal Corporation
and Traffic Police
reached Shahganj on
Thursday around 11
and started removing
encroachments from
roads and footpaths.
The shopkeepers ob-
jected to this but the
officials continued the
action.
Amit Jaggi, president
of Shahganj Bazar
Committee, said no no-
tice was given by the
team that came to re-
move the encroachment
and when the traders
protested the sudden
action, the municipal
employees came to
blows with the traders.
He said any kind of in-
decency with the trad-
ers would not be tolerat-
ed and the market
would remain closed till
legal action was taken
against the misbehav-
ing employees.
City Magistrate
Pratipal Singh Chau-
han also reached the
spot and tried to con-
vince the traders.He
assured them of action
against the employee.
Agra anti-encroachment drive turns violent
TRADERS PROTEST
COURTESY MEET
Jagdeesh Chandra calls on Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur in
New Delhi on Thursday. Also present here is Shashikant Sharma, Consulting Editor, First India.
GOODWILL VISIT
UP Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh meets PM Narendra Modi on a courtesy visit on Thusday. (R) Deputy CM Brajesh
Pathak greeting the PM with a bouquet of flowers during his visit to New Delhi on Thursday.
Maurya, Akhilesh trade
barbsovertempleattack
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Deputy CM
Keshav Prasad Maurya
on Thursday took a dig
at Samajwadi Party
chief Akhilesh Yadav
overhiscommentsabout
the Gorakhnath temple
attack and the accused.
Claiming the SP would
soon become a ‘Sampat
Party’, Maurya said,
“
Akhilesh ji shouldn’t so
openly pass comments
aboutanaccused.Heisa
former CM.
Our security person-
nel caught him (the ac-
cused) by risking their
lives after he was linked
to terrorist organisa-
tions. His statement is
cheap and deplorable.”
The UP deputy CM then
accused Akhilesh of not
taking the attack on the
Gorakhnathtempleseri-
ously
. “He took back cas-
es during 2013 terror at-
tacks. The Gorakhnath
templeattackisnotordi-
nary
,itwasveryserious.
I condemn his attempts
to boost the morale of
terrorists,” he said.
Akhilesh Yadav on
Wednesday questioned
the handling of the case.
The SP chief asked in-
vestigators to ‘pay heed’
to the accused’s mental
state. “His father said he
has a psychiatric prob-
lem, dealing with the bi-
polarissue,Ifeelweneed
to pay heed to that as
well (for probe). BJP is a
party that exaggerates,”
he had said. The father
of the accused had
claimed his son was not
‘mentally stable’. “Since
childhood, he has suf-
fered from depression.
Healsoreceivedmedical
treatment. Due to some
developments, he be-
lieved that police were
after him. He had no
planning and did this
due to his current men-
tal state,” he had said.
Keshav Prasad Maurya Akhilesh Yadav
Zawahiri remark finds no
takers among Indian Muslims
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Even as
global terrorist and
al-Qaeda chief Ayman
Zawahiri has been
trying to further sow
seeds of discord in the
country over Hijab is-
sue the Indian Mus-
lims have silently re-
jected his overtures.
The family of Mus-
kan Khan- the mascot
of Hijab agitation-
has distanced itself
from the video in
which the terrorist,
while praising the
girl, has given call to
Indian Muslims to
unit over the issue.
Even though the
Muslim community in
the state did not give
any open reaction to
the video there was
general consensus
that Zawahiri had
been deliberately try-
ing to precipitate the
crisis and put the Indi-
anMusliminthedock.
In fact, right from
the very beginning of
Hijab controversy in
February the Muslim
community, knowing-
ly or unknowingly
falling into the trap of
Right-Wing forces,
mishandled the issue.
Instead of settling the
issue locally and
peacefully some hard-
core forces within the
community gave fillip
to the controversy
.
There is a feeling in
the community that
there was no justifica-
tion in the decision of
Jamiat Ulema Hind
(JUH) chief Maulana
Mahmood Madni to
give Rs five lakh cash
reward to the girl.
Some other organisa-
tions had also feted
her and gave cash re-
ward. However, Mus-
kan’s father has decid-
ed to donate the mon-
ey for the purchase of
an ambulance for gov-
ernment hospital in
Mandya.
Bareilly (PTI): Apetrol
pump allegedly been
built illegally by Sama-
jwadi Party MLA Shazil
Islam Ansari was bull-
dozed on Thursday
, days
after the legislator was
booked over a provoca-
tive remark against CM
Yogi Adityanath.
The demolition of the
fuel station at Parsakhe-
da on the Bareilly-Delhi
National Highway was
carriedoutbytheBareil-
lyDevelopmentAuthori-
ty using a bulldozer, an
official said.
BDA vice chairman
Jogendra Singh said An-
sari’s petrol pump was
built without the re-
quired clearance. “The
notice in this regard had
already been issued but
no reply was received,”
hesaid.Lessthanaweek
back, an FIR was lodged
atBareilly’sBaradaripo-
lice station against the
opposition MLA over a
remark made by him
against CM Yogi.
Therewasnoimmedi-
ate reaction by the SP
.
When contacted, the
MLA said he was “very
troubled” and did not
want to comment on it.
Addressing party
workers in his constitu-
ency last Friday
, Ansari
had said his party’s
strength in the House
had increased after the
recent elections and if
Adityanath made any
noise now the SP guns
would not emit smoke,
butfirebullets.Asacon-
troversy erupted, the
MLA seemed to suggest
that the remark was be-
ing taken too literally
,
and a news channel had
edited it. What he had
said, Ansari told PTI,
was that the opposition
now was much stronger
than before and would
reply strongly to Aditya-
nathintheassembly
,just
as guns fire bullets and
not smoke.
Lucknow (PTI): The
SamajwadiPartywillhit
the roads to press the
government to solve
problems of the youth,
who are awaiting re-
cruitment against va-
cant posts, party chief
Akhilesh Yadav said on
Thursday
.
The former CM said
this after meeting a
group of job aspirants,
who submitted a memo
regarding their issues to
Yadav at the party head-
quarters here.
“TheBJPgovernment
is taking no interest in
resolving problems of
youth and this amounts
to playing with their fu-
ture,” Yadav said, ac-
cording to a release.
Over 34 lakh candidates
are awaiting the comple-
tion of process against
vacant posts, he said.
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: Vigilancede-
partment’sprobeagainst
IPS officers Himanshu
and Ajay Pal of the state
for their alleged involve-
ment in corrupt practic-
es nearing its end.
Serious allegations
have been made against
IPS officers Himanshu
Kumar and Ajay Pal
Singh regarding their
involvement in corrupt
practices. Following the
allegations, in 2020 the
then SSP of Noida had
sent a report to the gov-
ernmentstating 5 IPS of-
ficers including Himan-
shu and Ajay have in-
dulged in corrupt prac-
tices over transfer and
posting of personnel.
The state government
then formed an SIT to
lookintotheallegations,
following which in Sep-
tember 2020, the vigi-
lance department start-
edinvestigationbyregis-
tering an FIR against
Himanshu and Ajay Pal
under the Prevention of
Corruption Act.
Ayman Zawahiti (R) Muskan Khan
The illegal petrol pump of Shazil Ansari being demolished by
bulldozers on Thursday.
Ajay Pal
Singh
Himanshu
Kumar
Samajwadi MLA who made
controversial remarks
against CM faces bulldozer
SP to hit the
roads over
jobs issue
FIVE GANGRAPE
ACCUSED SURRENDER
FEARING BULLDOZER
Ambedkar Nagar (ANI):
Fearing bulldozer action,
five men accused of
gang rape of a minor
surrendered to the
police in Uttar Pradesh’s
Ambedkar Nagar on
Thursday, said the po-
lice. The gang rape took
place in the village Jiuli
under district Ambedkar
Nagar police station, Jait-
pur area on March 29,
2022, added the police.
The accused along with
their families surrendered
at the police station in the
morning and apologised
for their actions by fold-
ing hands in front of SHO
Jaiprakash Singh. “The
five accused surrendered
after coming to the police
station of Jaitpur, fearing
bulldozer warning,
bullets and Ambedkar
Nagar police’s swift
action, “ tweeted the
Ambedkar Nagar police.
Ansari’s petrol pump was
built without required
clearance The notice with
regard to the demolition
had already been issued
but no reply was received.
—Jogendra Singh,
BDA vice chairman
VIGILANCE PROBE AGAINST 2 IPS OFFICERS NEARS END
SERIOUS
ALLEGATIONS
AGAINST
HIMANSHU,
AJAY PAL
ORDERS ISSUED FOR CREATION OF
44 MORE IPS POSTS IN STATE
Lucknow: The state government has issued mandate for
the creation of 44 IPS posts in the state. Among these 44
posts are 3 posts of ADG rank have been created of which
2 posts have been designated for Police Commissionerate
in Lucknow and Noida while 1 post for Police Commis-
sionerate in Varanasi and Kanpur. Three new IG rank and
four new DIG rank posts have been created for all the four
Police Commissionerate in the state and a total of 28 posts
of SP rank have been created for the Police Commissioner-
ate in Lucknow, Noida, Varanasi and Kanpur. one post
for Cyber Crime Police Station and 2 posts for ATS. The
surprising aspect is that there are currently four Police
Commissionerate in the state but only three ADG rank
posts have been created. This would mean that Lucknow,
Kanpur and Noida might get an ADG level officer.
Protesting traders sitting on the road against misbehaviour of a municipal employee.
City Magistrate
Pratipal Chauhan
assured the traders of
action against the
errant employee

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ately
, I wonder if
we’re living
through a mass
psychosis ex-
pressing itself
through trend
reporting. If it
felt a year ago like any-
thing goes that the re-
strictions and trauma
of the pandemic high-
lighted fashion and self-
expression as a new out-
let for freedom, increas-
ingly it seems
that a thou-
sand trends
are happening
at once.
The second day
of Jaipur Couture
Show 2022 was a bit
more pleasing to the eye,
though no less out there.
Jagdeesh Chandra
graced the occasion as
the Chief Guest. While
addressing the audience,
he felicitated the de-
signers for promot-
ing the rich culture
of Rajasthan,
especially Pink
City via their
costumes. He
also encouraged more
local artists to show-
case their talent. Be-
sides this, while
walking the ramp,
he motivated the
audience to care
for the pets as
members of
their own fami-
ly, especially af-
ter First India and Inter-
national Dog Bazaar
came together to cele-
brate ‘man’s best friend’
with a Mega Dog show in
March which saw a huge
turnout, both of humans
and their beloved four-
legged pets.
Along with this, the
show’s founder Gaurav
Gaur, Patron JD Mahesh-
wari, show directors Ajit
Soni, Ankur Jain, Nakul
Vijay and Virendra Singh
were also present.
Superstar and model
Vaishali Thakkar was
the showstopper for the
Council of Weavers and
Artisans during this
period. On the other
hand, actress Sonali
Raut walked the ramp
for designer Surb-
hi Sabnani.
The show kicked off
with supermodels walk-
ing the ramp showcasing
designer Himmat Sin-
gh’s Mens’ Wear Collec-
tion, ‘Royal Rajasthan’
with the incorporation
of Khadi. On the other
hand, designer Farha
Ansari presented her
Khadi Women’s Collec-
tion on the stage. While
handicrafts were pre-
sented by craftsmen
from Anwa,Tonk as well
as the famous ajrakh
prints of Rajasthan and
Gujarat printed on hand-
woven sarees.
Designer Shalini
Naruka presented hemp
fabrics in the form of
handwoven garments.
The evening party gowns
styled with orchid bird
feathers were the high-
light of the collection by
designer Heena Belani.
Also looking at the wed-
ding season, Indo West-
ern lehengas for modern
brides were graced with
hand sequences, stones
and diamonds work. In
the next sequence of
the show, Jassi
Chhabra showcased
the most trending
hairstyles of 2022
with warm and
nude makeup looks.
The glamorous
night concluded
with designer
Surbhi Sabnani
showcasing lehen-
gas and saris keep-
ing the big fat
Indian weddings
in mind.
THE FASHION
THE FASHION
BONANZA
BONANZA
RAJASTHAN'S EXQUISITE FASHION
FESTIVAL, JAIPUR COUTURE SHOW
2022 SHOWCASED A LAVISH
COLLECTION ON ITS SECOND DAY ON
THURSDAY AT THE PALACE, JAIPUR!
JAIPUR COUTURE SHOW 2022
L
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
(L-R) Upadhi Jolotia, Rutvi Tiwari, Tanu Choudhary, Divisha Paliwal and Astha Khandelwal
—PHOTOS
BY
MUKESH
KIRADOO
Jagdeesh Chandra walks the ramp with ‘Misri’, his NEW LOVE
Heer Verma
Gaurav Gaur Vaishali Thakkar
From Top: Sonali Raut,Astha Khandelwal,Tanu Choudhary,Akanksha Bhalla and Swati Jangid

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