17012022 first india lucknow

Less than 1% Covid patients in Lko in hospital
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath on
Sunday chaired a meet-
ing to review the COV-
ID situation, wherein it
was decided that in
view of the surge in
COVID-19 cases, all
schools and colleges
will remain closed till
January 23.
On January 5, the Ut-
tar Pradesh govern-
ment had ordered to
close all government
and private schools for
students up to Class 10
till January 16.
Later in the day, CM
Yogi inspected arrange-
ments related to COV-
ID-19 management at
King George’s Medical
University (KGMU) in
Lucknow. After the in-
spection, CM Yogi spoke
to reporters and in-
formed that the state
has about 1.03 lakh ac-
tive cases. “Lucknow
has reported 2,300 posi-
tive cases today, active
cases stand at 16,300.
Less than 1 percent pa-
tients are admitted to
hospital,” he said of the
patients in Lucknow.
“Vaccination drive
has been so well done
that the third wave
hasn’t impacted us as
much.
All schools, colleges
to remain closed till
January 23
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Even as
recent defections to
Samajwadi Party
have shaken up the
BJP’s caste-based
calculations in Uttar
Pradesh, the party
seems to have adopt-
ed a ‘Hindu First’ ap-
proach to contain the
damage and mount a
counter offensive.
The policy of
‘Hindu First’ is
in line with the
theory first
propounded by
the late Kalyan Singh. It
aims at blurring caste
lines and bringing all
Hindus — particularly,
OBCs and Dalits — un-
der one umbrella.
The first list of 107
candidates released by
the BJP on Saturday
clearly indicates that
the party is trying to
project an inclusive im-
age and blunt Samajwa-
di Party president Akh-
ilesh Yadav’s efforts to
gather OBCs on his
side. The BJP’s first list
has 44 OBC and 19 Dalit
candidates, Turn to P2
NO LITIGANTS ALLOWED IN COURT PREMISES
PRAYAGRAJ: The Registrar General in a letter addressing
district judges and presiding tribunal officers on Sunday
directed that from January 17, till further orders, all
district judges and presiding officers of tribunals will
ensure that only 50 percent of judicial officers attend the
court at a time, on rotation basis. Further, pregnant lady
judicial officers and staff were exempted from attending
court. Litigants or other representatives will be strictly
prohibited in court premises. However, in urgent cases,
with the prior permission of district judges, the litigants
may be allowed to enter court premises.
CM Yogi inspects arrangements related to COVID-19 management
at King George’s Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow on Sunday.
REALITY CHECK
—PHOTO
BY
ASHOK
DUTTA
FORMER UP CM, Late Kalyan Singh
BJP follows Kalyan Singh’s
‘HINDU FIRST’ POLICY
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DJOKOVIC LOSES APPEAL
AGAINST VISA CANCELLATION,
TO BE DEPORTED FROM AUS
l Tennis World No. 1 Novak Djokovic lost the bid to
restore his Australian visa on Sunday, a day before the
start of Australian Open. With the ederal court rejecting
his bid, he will be deported from Australia.
l This brings an end to the unvaccinated tennis
superstar Djokovic’s hopes of winning the Australian
Open and racking up a record-breaking twenty first
men’s Grand Slam title.
l In a ruling that has gripped tennis fans around
the world, the Serbian’s challenge to the decision of
Australian immigration minister Alex Hawke was rejected
by a three-judge bench of the Federal Court.
OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD, LUCKNOW NEW DELHI
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: As India’s
vaccination drive
completed a year on
Sunday, the health
ministry said 156.76
crore vaccines have
been administered
and more 92 per cent
of the adult popula-
tion have received at
least one dose. Over 68
per cent of them have
been fully vaccinated,
the ministry officials
added. The drive be-
gan on January 16
last year with
h e a l t h c a r e
workers get-
ting inoculat-
ed in the first
phase. Vacci-
nation of
f r o n t l i n e
workers started
from February 2.
On the occasion of
one-year anniversary
of the commencement
of vaccination pro-
gramme in the coun-
try, Prime Minister
N a r e n d r a
Modi saluted
“each and eve-
ry individual” asso-
ciated with it and
said the programme
added great strength
to the fight against
Covid-19. “Today we
mark 1 year of vacci-
nation drive. I salute
each and every indi-
vidual who is associ-
ated with the vaccina-
tion drive. Our vacci-
nation programme
has added great
strength to the fight
against Covid-19.
It has led to saving
lives and thus protect-
ing livelihoods,” he
tweeted.
India reported
2,71,202 fresh Covid-19
cases in the last 24
hours, marginally
higher than Satur-
day’s infections, data
updated by the Union
Ministry of Health
showed on Sunday
morning. The positiv-
ity rate was also lower
at 16.28 per cent from
16.66 per cent.
PENCH RESERVE’S FAMOUS TIGRESS
‘COLLARWALI’ PASSES AWAY AT 16

z Collarwali — the
famous tigress of Madhya
Pradesh’s Pench Tiger Re-
serve — died on Saturday
evening at the age of 16.

z The Principal Chief
Conservator Alok Kumar,
said that they had been
monitoring the tigress
for the past few days and
it appears that she died
because of age-related
ailments.

z “Usually, it is an organ
failure like in the case
of humans. However,
the exact cause will be
ascertained following a
post-mortem,” Kumar
added.
Maha, Punjab send
out invites to Elon
Musk after Telangana
BKU chief Naresh Tikait extends
support to SP-RLD candidates
New Delhi: US billion-
aire Elon Musk’s la-
ment that his electric
car company Tesla was
“working through a lot
of challenges” with the
Indian government that
have delayed plans to
launch in the country
have led to invitations
from two more states.
After Telangana’s in-
vitation earlier this
week, Punjab Congress
chief Navjot Singh Sid-
hu and a Maharashtra
minister today offered
Mr Musk a place to set
up Tesla’s manufactur-
ing plant in his state.
Maharashtra Water
Resources Minister Jay-
ant Patil, in a reply to
Mr Musk’s tweet, said,
“Maharashtra is one of
the most progressive
states in India. We will
provide you all the nec-
essary help from Maha-
rashtra for you to get
established in India.”
Muzaffarnagar: BKU
national president Nar-
esh Tikait extended his
support to SP-RLD can-
didates in the upcoming
Uttar Pradesh elec-
tions.
The alliance of the
Rashtriya Lok Dal
(RLD) and Samajwadi
Party (SP) had on Satur-
day announced its sec-
ond list of seven candi-
dates for the assembly
elections.
All candidates are
members of the Jayant
Chaudhary-led RLD, ac-
cording to the list
shared by the party on
social media.
The alliance has
fielded Rajpal Baliyan
from Budhana and
Chandan Chauhan
from Meerapur, both in
Muzaffarnagar district,
and Ashraf Ali from
Thana Bhawan in
Shamli.
“I hope people of the
state will support the
candidates of this coali-
tion,” Tikait said while
addressing people at
Sisauli.
EX- BJP MINISTER
DARA SINGH
CHAUHAN JOINS SP
Dara Singh Chauhan, a
former minister in the
Yogi Adityanath cabinet
and a BJP legislator
from the Madhuban
constituency, formally
joined the Samajwadi
Party in the presence
of its national president
Akhilesh Yadav in
Lucknow on Sunday.
MODI: VACCINATION LED TO
SAVING LIVES, LIVELIHOODS
PM PAYS TRIBUTE TO HEALTHCARE WORKERS ON 1 YEAR OF INDIA’S COVID JAB DRIVE
OVER 156.76 CRORE VACCINE DOSES GIVEN SO FAR AS DRIVE COMPLETES A YEAR:
The drive began on January 16 last year with healthcare workers getting inoculated in first phase
TIMELINE OF INDIA’S COVID
VACCINATION CAMPAIGN
CORONA CATASTROPHE
UTTAR PRADESH
17,185
NEW CASES
2,392
NEW CASES
IN LUCKNOW
10
NEW DEATHS
IF PEOPLE, GOVT UNITE,
COUNTRY CAN CONQUER
ANY CHALLENGE: SHAH
Taking to Twitter, Union Home Minister
Amit Shah congratulated the completion
of 1 year of COVID-19 vaccination drive
and wrote in Hindi, “I congratulate the
talented scientists, health workers, all corona
warriors and countrymen of the country
on the successful completion of 1 year of
the world’s largest free
vaccination campaign
in the fight against
Corona...” In
another tweet, Shah
added, “In the
efficient leadership,
determination and
constant efforts of
Prime Minister @
narendramodi ji,
India has set an ideal
in the world.”
CENTRE ISSUES POSTAL STAMP
TO MARK 1 YR OF VAX DRIVE
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on
Sunday released a commemorative postal stamp
on India’s achievement in developing the indigenous
Covid vaccine as the nation marked the first anniver-
sary of its Covid vaccine drive
which began on January 16 last
year. Health Minister Mansukh
Mandaviya released the postal
stamp at a virtual programme,
and termed India’s vaccination
drive as the “most successful
in the world”. “Today, on the
occasion of #1YearOfVac-
cineDrive, a postal stamp has
been issued on the indigenous
Covaxin developed jointly by ICMR and Bharat Biotech,
realizing PM Narendra Modi ji’s dream of Self-reliant
India,” Mandaviya said in a tweet.
Jan 16, 2021
Vaccination drive
began for healthcare
workers
Feb 02, 2021
Vaccination drive for
frontline workers
Mar 1, 2021
Vaccination drive
began for beneficiar-
ies aged above 60
years and those with
co-morbidities in the
45-60 years age group
Apr 1, 2021
All beneficiaries aged
above 45 years became
eligible for COVID-19
vaccination
May 1, 2021
All beneficiaries aged
above 18 years became
eligible for COVID-19
vaccination
Jan 3, 2022
Beneficiaries in the age
group of 15-18 years
became eligible for
COVID vaccination
Jan 10, 2022
Precautionary dose for
frontline worker, 60+

UTTAR PRADESH
LUCKNOW | MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2022
02
BJP'S FIRST LIST SYMBOL OF
SOCIAL JUSTICE, CRIMINALS
DOMINATE SP LIST, SAYS CM
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Sama-
jwadi Party and Rash-
triya Lok Dal alliance
have shown its true col-
ours and real character
showed in its first list
of candidates released
for the assembly elec-
tions.
Launching a blister-
ing attack on the Sama-
jwadi Party he said that
this time SP has joined
hands with RLD but has
again readied the script
of anarchy, hooligan-
ism and mafias for the
public. Samajwadi Par-
ty has once again dis-
tributed tickets to crim-
inals and rioters in the
upcoming assembly
elections after terrify-
ing Uttar Pradesh with
rioters, criminals,
which shows the dual
character of the Sama-
jwadi Party and the
politics of hate, he un-
derlined.
He further said that
the people responsible
for the Kairana exodus,
are being given tickets
and also on the list are
rioters of Muzaffarna-
gar, and professional
history-sheeters, there-
by exposing the true
character of the Sama-
jwadi Party
.
CM Yogi further said
that the Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party released the
first list of its candi-
dates on Saturday and
that it reflected BJP’s
commitment to’ social
justice’, but at the same
time, he added, the peo-
ple of the state have
also seen the list of Sa-
majwadi Party in which
rioters, criminals domi-
nate.
The mafia and crimi-
nals once again domi-
nate the Samajwadi
Party’s election list, the
chief minister pointed
out. Madan Bhaiya,
who got a ticket from
Loni Vidhan Sabha, is
counted as a dreaded
Mafiosi but both Akh-
ilesh Yadav and Jayant
Chaudhary seem to
have conveniently for-
gotten this. There are 31
cases registered against
Madan Bhaiya from
1982 to 2021, including
murder, he informed.
Yogi said while add-
ing that by giving tick-
ets to such people, SP is
ready to throw western
Uttar Pradesh into the
communal fire once
again.
MANY DREADED MAFIOSI AND THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR KAIRANA
EXODUS, MUZAFFARNAGAR RIOTS BEING GIVEN TICKETS BY SP: CM
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath arrives at KGMU to inspect the Covid treatment facilities, in Lucknow
on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
‘CASES AGAINST SP CANDIDATES’
Many among 2 SP MLCs,
ex-bureaucrat joining BJP
First India Bureau
Lucknow: UP BJP
received a shot in its
arm when several po-
litical leaders of oth-
er parties, including
two MLCs of Sama-
jwadi Party and a
former bureaucrat,
joined the party on
Sunday
.
Earlier in the day,
former Kanpur Com-
missioner of Police
Asim Arun also for-
mally joined the saf-
fron party after tak-
ing VRS.
Those who joined
BJP on Sunday in-
cluded SP MLCs
Ghanshyam Lodhi
and Shailendra
Pratap Singh, along
with former IAS and
BSP leader Ram Ba-
hadur.
Ram Bahadur had
contested the UP As-
sembly polls 2017 on
a BSP ticket.
BJP State President
Swatantra Dev, Un-
ion Minister Anurag
Thakur and Daya
Shankar Singh were
present during the
joining of new lead-
ers.Along with them,
former MLA Shiko-
habad Om Prakash
and former District
Panchayat President
of Firozabad Vijay
Pratap Singh Chhotu
also took member-
ship of BJP
.
The new joinees were welcomed into the BJP by state BJP
Chief Swatantra Dev Singh and Union Minister Anurag Thakur.
Outgoing MLA
welcomes
fielding Yogi
from Gorakhpur
Lucknow: Outgoing
BJP MLA from Gorakh-
pur Urban Assembly
seat Radha Mohan Das
Agarwal has welcomed
the party’s decision to
field Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath from the
seat in upcoming state
polls.
Agarwal has been an
MLA on the seat since
2002.
“I am a BJP worker
and welcome the deci-
sion of the party,” he
said late on Saturday
night.
Releasing the first
list of 107 candidates
for the assembly polls,
the BJP on Saturday
fielded CM Yogi from
Gorakhpur Urban seat
and his deputy KP Mau-
rya from Sirathu.
Except for Yogi and
Maurya, all names are
for 105 of the 113 seats
which will go to the
polls in the first two
phases on February 10
and February 14. —PTI
Yogi inspects KGMU on Monday.
—PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
Arunav Sinha
Lucknow: Some politi-
cians in Uttar Pradesh
are making much of the
number 7 in the seven-
phase assembly elec-
tions, saying the “auspi-
cious” numeral will
help them win.
From invoking the
Saptarishi’ (Ursa Ma-
jor) constellation, seven
basic notes of Indian
classical music to saat
phere’ (seven circum-
ambulations) -- parties
give different reasons
and logic to claim that
they will emerge victo-
rious in the polls.
While the BJP hopes to
score a hat-trick, the op-
position Samajwadi
Party and the Congress
feel that luck will smile
on them in the upcom-
ing elections.
The Election Com-
mission had recently
announced the poll
schedule in the state.
Counting of votes will
take place on March 10.
The state will go to
polls on February 10,
February 14, February
20, February 23, Febru-
ary 27, March 3 and
March 7.
BJP Rajya Sabha MP
Sanjay Seth said num-
ber seven is considered
auspicious.
“There is ‘Saptarishi’
(Ursa Major) constella-
tion. A rainbow has
seven colours, and there
are seven basic notes in
Indian classical music.
The 2017 state assembly
elections and 2019 Lok
Sabha elections were
held in seven phases,
and the BJP registered
comprehensive wins. In
this assembly election,
which will also be held
in seven phases, the
BJP will win more than
300 seats, he tweeted in
Hindi.
Giving another rea-
son for the possible vic-
tory of the saffron par-
ty, UP BJP spokesper-
son Manish Shukla said
since the election phas-
es will be moving from
western to eastern UP,
the BJP will repeat its
splendid performance
as it had done in the
2017 and 2019 elections.
UP leader Ashok Sin-
gh, however, accused
the BJP of indulging in
politics of cheating.
“In the elections held
in the state since 2014,
the BJP has only in-
dulged in the politics of
cheating. The people of
the state are no longer
going to be lured by
‘saat rang ke sapne’
( s e v e n - c o l o u r e d
dreams) of the BJP.
They have made up
their minds to throw
the BJP beyond ‘saat sa-
mundar’ (seven seas),
he said.
The Congress spokes-
man added that the par-
ty will “easily sail
through the seven seas”
in the polls.
Intensifying his at-
tack on the BJP, Singh
said, “BJP leaders are
in the habit of speaking
lies all seven days a
week, and they will not
be in a position to draw
any positive energy
from the seven horses
of the chariot of Sun
God.”
He claimed that the
‘Saptarishis’ (seven re-
vered Hindu sages) are
going to bless the Con-
gress this time. —PTI
Parties hope to gain from lucky no.7 in seven-phased UP polls
ASTRO TALK

UP has 403
seats in its
legislative
assembly, and
the single-
digit sum of
403 is also 7,
added a BJP
leader in the
numero logic
—FILE PHOTO
WHAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN....
BJP ticket distribution:
Thakurs get lion’s share
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which is nearly 60 per
cent of the tickets, and
this is in proportion to
the combined Dalit and
OBC population in the
state.
In 2017, too, the party
fielded 44 OBCs on
these seats.
Among the OBCs, the
party has given the
largest representation
to Jats with 16 seats.
The move is an attempt
to assuage Jat feelings
in the wake of the
farmers’ agitation.
Gurjars have been giv-
en 7 and Lodhs have got
six seats. Saini, Kashy-
ap, Kushwaha, Praja-
pati and Kurmi candi-
dates have also been
included.
Among the 19 Dalits,
the BJP has given 13
tickets to Jatavs who
constitute Mayawati’s
loyal voter base. Other
sub castes like Valmiki,
Dhobi, Khatik, Pai and
Banjara have also been
accommodated.
Apparently, the BJP
is striking at the BSP
vote base since
Mayawati has been in-
active so far and
her party cadre is
demoralised.
Interestingly, among
the upper castes, it is
Thakurs who have got
the lion’s share with 18
seats while Brahmins
lag behind with 10, and
Vaishyas even further
behind with 8 seats.
The BJP is obviously
not going overboard to
please the Brahmin
voters this time.
YOGI HITS RECORD 17MN MARK ONTWITTER
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In what ap-
pears to be a major
achievement for Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath just
ahead of the state as-
sembly elections, the
Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister on Sunday hit
17 million mark in
terms of followers on
popular social media
platform Twitter.
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath, despite
joining the social media
platform much later
than former CM Akh-
ilesh Yadav, enjoys sub-
stantial lead over him.
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath is far ahead
of Samajwadi Party
leader Akhilesh Yadav,
who has 15.4 million fol-
lowers. Yogi account on
Twitter was created ap-
proximately six years
and four months ago in
September, 2015, where-
as Akhilesh Yadav
joined Twitter way
back in July, 2009,
around 12 years and six
months back.
It is worth mention-
ing here that all the fol-
lowers of CM Yogi are
organic followers, who
are following him by
choice, and not a single
penny has been spent to
buy them.
Adityanath’s Twitter handle
showing 17M plus followers.
DARA SINGH
TO WRESTLE
WITH BJP
Dara Singh Chauhan,
ex-minister in BJP
government, joins
Samajwadi Party in presence
of SP National President
Akhilesh Yadav at Samajwadi
party office in Lucknow on
Sunday.
—PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
‘YATI’ SENT TO 14-DAY CUSTODY
FOR HATE SPEECH,MISOGYNY
Haridwar: A Harid-
war court on Sunday
sent religious leader
Yati Narsinganand
to 14-day judicial
custody after he was
arrested by Harid-
war police for alleg-
edly making inflam-
matory remarks at a
Dharma Sansad in
the city in a hate
speech case.
The Nagar Kotwali
police arrested Mah-
amandaleshwar Yati
Narsimhanand Ma-
haraj of Juna Akha-
ra from Sarvanand
Ghat in Haridwar
where he was report-
edly fasting at Sarba-
nanda Ghat demand-
ing the release of
Wasim Rizvi, former
chairman of the Ut-
tar Pradesh Central
Shia Waqf board who
was earlier arrested
in this same case.
Altogether there
are three cases regis-
tered against Swami
Yeti Narsimhanand
in Haridwar. He has
also been sued for
making indecent re-
marks on women.
On Thursday,
Wasim Rizvi alias Ji-
tendra Narayan Tya-
gi was also arrested
and sent to jail. Yeti
was reportedly fast-
ing at Sarbananda
Ghat demanding the
release of Wasim
Rizvi. —ANI
Yati Narsinghanand —FILE PHOTO
MLCs
Ghanshyam
Lodhi,
Shailendra
Pratap Singh
also joined
BJP
—FILE
PHOTO

UTTAR PRADESH
03
COLD
WAVE NEXT
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Following
the recent snowfall in
the lower Himalayas,
the day temperatures
recorded a consider-
abledropacrossUttar
Pradesh.Thedaytem-
perature in Lucknow
was 15.5 degrees Cel-
sius, lowest this
month - six degrees
below normal.
The India Meteoro-
logical Department
(IMD) on Sunday pre-
dicted severe cold day
conditions in Uttar
Pradesh in the next
three days.
The day tempera-
ture dropped by an
average of 4 degrees
across the state.
“The recent snow-
fall in the Himalayas
accompanied by a
high-pressure zone
created above north-
ern parts due to the
Western Disturbanc-
es is the primary
cause of drop in day
temperatures across
Uttar Pradesh,” ex-
plained JP Gupta, di-
rector, state MeT de-
partment.
According to the
forecast, the mini-
mum day tempera-
ture in Lucknow is
expected to stay
around 15 degrees
Celsiuswhilethemin-
imum temperature
can drop to 8 degrees
Celsius.
Densetoverydense
fog in isolated parts
during the night/
morning hours has
been forecast for east-
ern UP in next two
days.
The iconic Rumi Darwaza sports a hazy look as fog
shrouded Lucknow on a cold Sunday morning.
Cold day to severe cold day conditions in some/
isolated pockets very likely over Punjab, Haryana,
Chandigarh, Delhi, western Uttar Pradesh, Mad-
hya Pradesh, and Rajasthan during the next two
days and over eastern Uttar Pradesh during next
three days. Dense to very dense fog in isolated
parts during the night/morning hours very likely
over Rajasthan and eastern Uttar Pradesh during
the next two days and dense fog in isolated parts
over western UP during next the two days.
FOG, COLD WAVE FORECAST
UPcrosses23croreCovidvaccination,
over 14-cr people jabbed with first dose
3 DAYS
3 DAYS
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In a first, UP
has surpassed 23 crore
covid-19 vaccine shots.
This is another major
landmark as the state
continuestoconductone
of the most successful
vaccination campaigns
in the country
.
While the country-
wide vaccination drive
on Sunday completed
one year, UP became the
first state to administer
over 23,04,43,754 doses
since the rollout of the
mass immunisation
campaignonJanuary16.
Stepping up preven-
tive measures to control
spread of Covid-19, the
state has suspended
physical education in all
education institutions
(schools, colleges, uni-
versities, technical edu-
cational institutions
etc.) till January 23.
In the light of the
emergenceof ‘omicron’,
the government has ex-
pedited its vaccination
coverage. According to
the latest figures, UP has
administered14,33,14,725
firstdosesof thevaccine
and over 8.67 crore sec-
ond doses so far.
The vaccination for
those aged 15-18 also
kicked off in the state
with a major turnout on
January3.Over5,137,027
teenshavebeenadminis-
tered vaccine doses so
far. To speed up the vac-
cination drive for chil-
dren CM Yogi has also
asked officials to ensure
adequate availability of
vaccine doses and has
set a target of providing
at least a single dose of
the vaccine to the teen-
agers within a time-
bound manner.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: ASamajwadi
Party worker on Sunday
allegedlytriedtoself im-
molate outsidetheparty
office here claiming that
he had been denied a
ticket to contest the up-
coming assembly polls.
“I have spent my en-
tire youth working for
the party
. I have worked
in constituency 74 of
Aligarh for last 5 years. I
want justice. I will take
my life here today
, come
what may
,” said Thakur
Aditya, the SP worker.
He put petrol on him-
self and attempted to set
fire in front of the Sama-
jwadi Party headquar-
ters at Vikramaditya
Marg here. However, the
police were able to save
him, and detained him.
When asked from
which Constituency he
was hoping to get a tick-
et,Adityasaid,“Iwantto
contest the UP elections
fromChharaconstituen-
cy in Aligarh but I was
not given a ticket.”
Thakur also accused
the SP of giving ticket to
“outsiders”.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Lucknow
topped the list of most
cases in a district in last
24 hours, reporting 2,392
of them on Sunday
. The
nexthighestwasGhazia-
bad with 2,099 fresh cas-
es, Gautam Budh Nagar
with 1,498 cases, and
Meerut with 1,206 cases,
contributing a large
chunk to the 17,185 new
cases of Covid reported
in UP on Sunday
.
Thenumberof deaths
of Covid patients in the
state also rose to 10, with
one death each reported
in Bhadohi, Shravasti,
Ballia, Chandauli, Basti,
Shamli, Gorakhpur, Mu-
zaffarnagar, Ghaziabad,
and Ghazipur districts.
The number of active
cases in Lucknow is now
the highest in the state,
at 16,395. The next high-
est is Gautam Budh
Nagar with 12,706 active
cases and Ghaziabad
with 11,246 active cases.
The official figures re-
ported 626 recoveries in
Lucknow in the last 24
hours,butamuchlarger
number of recoveries
were reported in Gau-
tam Budh Nagar (1,576)
and Ghaziabad (1,700) in
the last 24 hours.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Prominent
Muslim face Imran
Masood, who left Con-
gress and joined Sama-
jwadi Party
, has landed
in a piquant situation as
SPchief AkhileshYadav
denied him ticket from
Behat constituency in
Saharanpur.
Highly upset over Ya-
dav’sdecisionImranhas
now been making effort
to find a place in BSP
.
Sources said he has al-
ready established con-
tacts with some senior
BSP leaders of west UP
.
Akhilesh had inducted
MasoodintheSPonJan-
uary 12. But the party
fearingcommunalpolar-
isation in Saharanpur
made it clear that he
wouldnotbegiventicket
from Behat or any other
place in communally
sensitive Saharanpur.
As soon as SP an-
nounced Imran’s induc-
tion, the BJP had come
out with statement re-
minding people that he
is the same person who
had threatened to “chop
Modi into pieces” in
2014 elections. He was
arrested following his
comments. Thus, afraid
of backlash the SP de-
cided to keep Imran
away from contesting
election, which did not
suit him.
Masood’s fate was
sealed the day minister
and BJP MLA Dharam
Singh Saini joined the
SP. Saini is MLA from
Nakur (Saharanpur),
from where Imran was
initially asking for SP
ticket. The party has
now decided to field
Saini from there. Imran
later tried to shift to Be-
hat from where he had
won in 2007 as an inde-
pendent. But the SP put
its foot down.
—FILE PHOTO
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FORMER APPLE TECHIE AMONG AAP’S
FIRST LIST OF 150 CANDIDATES FOR UP
BJP UP V-P PANKAJ SINGH TESTS COVID
POSITIVE, REPORTS MILD SYMPTOMS
Noida: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday an-
nounced Pankaj Awana, a former employee of tech
giant Apple, as its candidate from Noida for the Uttar
Pradesh assembly elections. The AAP also fielded
Poonam Singh and Sanjay Chechi from the Jewar and
Dadri assembly seats, respectively, as it released its
first list of 150 candidates for the polls in the politically
crucial state. The party had in September last year only
announced names of Awana and Singh as ‘probable
candidates’ from their respective seats.
Noida: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Uttar Pradesh unit
vice president and Noida MLA Pankaj Singh tested
positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. “I have tested posi-
tive for Covid 19 today with mild symptoms. Also, I
request all those who have come in contact with me
to isolate themselves and get tested,” said Singh in a
tweet. Notably, Singh is a BJP candidate from Noida,
where he is the incumbent MLA, for the upcoming
elections in Uttar Pradesh which will be held in seven
phases from February 10 to March 7.
28-KG EXPLOSIVES
SEIZED, THREE
ACCUSED HELD
Lucknow: About 28
kilograms of explosives
were seized by Chilla
Police Station and three
persons were ar-
rested in the matter on
Saturday evening. DSP
Sadar, Satya Prakash
Sharma on Saturday
said, “Three accused
have been arrested after
28 kg explosives were
recovered from them
by Chilla Police Station
under Banda district
during a checking last
night.”
GULABI GANG’S
SAMPAT PAL
LEAVES CONGRESS
Chitrakoot: ‘Gu-
labi Gang’ commander
Sampat Pal on Sunday
said she has resigned
from the Congress as
the party denied her a
ticket for the upcoming
Assembly elections in
Uttar Pradesh. Holding
the state Congress lead-
ers and the observers
directly responsible for
denying her the ticket,
Pal said she will apprise
about the ‘internal poli-
ticking’ to the Congress
top brass in New Delhi.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: As the elec-
tion to the five state as-
semblies draws near, the
pace of political activi-
ties has intensified.
Notthatralliesorroad
shows are happening,
neither are posters and
banners flooding the
streets.Themovementis
of politicians shifting
alliances in search of
pastures that they be-
lieve can fetch them the
necessary greens.
The proverbial ‘
Aaya
Ram Gaya Ram’ is here
again, and no matter
what the law says, or
what the sentiment and
goal of the law is, the
crossovers continue.
It is not common to see
politicians who have
been ministers for full
five years suddenly de-
ciding to exit their par-
ent party and join the
rivals.Inrecentdays,UP
,
Goa and Punjab -- three
of the five states going to
the polls -- have this dra-
maunfoldingalmostdai-
ly
. It must surely have
made the voters sit up
and ponder.
UP is considered one
of the toughest political
territories in the coun-
try
, where political equa-
tions and affiliations are
dominated by caste and
religion. At least 20 lead-
ers, including ministers,
have jumped ship so far.
Just ahead of the elec-
tion, Swami Prasad
Maurya, a minister in
theYogigovernment,an-
nounced his resignation
and joined the Samajwa-
di Party
. After serving
hiscomplete5-yearterm
as minister, he accused
the BJP of neglecting
Dalits and OBCs.
Maurya had switched
over to the BJP from the
BSP months ahead of
the 2017 Assembly elec-
tions, accusing Mayawa-
ti of corruption. Before
joining the BSP in 1996,
he had a stint in the Ja-
nata Dal. Soon after
Maurya’s resignation
from the BJP
, two more
ministers — Dara Singh
Chauhan and Dharam
SinghSaini--followedin
his footsteps.
Saini was with the
BSP before joining the
BJP in 2016 and now has
moved to SP
. Chauhan
started with the BSP in
1996,thenwenttoSPand
got elected as a Rajya
Sabha MP
, returned to
the BSP before 2009 gen-
eral elections and was
appointed leader of BSP
parliamentary party in
Lok Sabha, before
switching to BJP in 2015.
The BJP was also in-
ducting ‘other’ leaders
--SP’sHariomYadavand
Dharampal Singh, and
Naresh Saini of Con-
gress.
Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram: A look into recent history of defections in UP
SHIFTING LOYALTY

Maurya had
switched over to
the BJP from
BSP before the
2017 polls.
Before joining
the BSP
in 1996, he had
a stint in the
Janata Dal
Swami Prasad Maurya, Dharam Singh Saini and other BJP
MLAs join the Samajwadi Party in presence of Akhilesh Yadav in
Lucknow on Friday . —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
SP worker tries to self
immolate for ticket
Over 17k new Covid cases in
24-hrs,Lko tops with 2,392
Mass sanitisation being done by municipal staffers at various
places in Lucknow on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
Imran Masood (L) hasn’t been given ticket from Nakur by party chief
Akhilesh Yadav (R) to make way for Dharam Singh Saini
Among other districts that
reported a high number of
fresh cases were Varanasi
(537), Rampur (515),
Agra (492), Moradabad
(377), Kanpur City (405),
Prayagraj (426) etc.
TOPPING THE LIST
Cong turncoat Masood eyes
BSP after denial of ticket by SP
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Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Where today, on one hand, honest and
dedicated people are joining the BJP,
while the chaotic elements, goons,
and mafia are joining the socialists.
Riot-free UP, a better future, good
governance, and social justice can
only be given by the BJP government.
Kiren Rijiju
@KirenRijiju
Very satisfying to see the completion
of Sports projects in Ladakh in less
than 2 years despite the pandemic!
Prime Minister @narendramodi Ji
gave a clear direction to execute all
the projects on time. These are funded
under the Khelo India scheme.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Letnonefindfaultwith
others;letnoneseethe
omissionsandcommissions
ofothers.Butletonesee
one’sownacts,doneand
undone.—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
DJOKOVIC HAS TO
LEAVE AUSTRALIA
TENTH TITLE
DREAM BEHIND
his is how the unsa-
voury saga of Novak
Djokovic was bound
to end. The world
number one invited
the strong disciplinary move
from the Australian government
for flouting the Covid-19 protocol
to enter the country which had
suffered heavily during the pan-
demic. The unvaccinated Djoko-
vic entered Australia on Janu-
ary 6 and his visa was immedi-
ately cancelled and he was de-
tained by immigration officials.
His first challenge was upheld
by a lower court but the Austral-
ian government wasn’t ready to
allow an un-inoculated person to
flout the country’s rules. Djoko-
vic moved a superior court
where the judges unanimously
dismissed his petition. The Aus-
tralian government said the ten-
nis star, who has won the Aus-
tralian Open titles nine times,
was a public health hazard.
It is strange that a tennis play-
er of his stature would so fer-
vently insist on flouting Covid
norms. Of course Tennis Aus-
tralia also has to share some of
the blame. When it comes to
public health issues, stature and
titles should not count.
TOP TWEETS
T
he World Econom-
ic Forum’s “Glob-
al Risk Report
2022” has a few
warnings for In-
dia. The report cites “frac-
ture in interstate relations,
debt crises, widespread youth
disillusionment, failure of
technology governance and
digital inequality” as top
risks for the country
. The re-
port is on WEF’s Executive
Opinion Survey
. While unem-
ployment among youth is a
huge issue facing the govern-
ment, the debt burden is a
bigger problem. The Interna-
tional Monetary Fund in its
Fiscal Monitor Report of 2021
said that India’s debt in-
creased from 68.9 percent of
its GDP in 2016 to 89.6 percent
in 2020. It was projected to
rise to 90.6 percent in 2021. By
March-end it had increased
by 21.1 percent. The IMF pre-
dicted its decline to 88.8 per-
cent in 2022 to finally settle at
85.2 percent in 2026. This rise
in external debt adds to the
debt liability of every citizen
of the country
.
The disillusionment of
youth is linked to their being
without jobs. The unemploy-
ment rate in the country rose
to 7.9 percent at the end of
December 2021. The CMIE
data showed that on January
14, 2022 it was marginally
lower at 7.6 percent. Manag-
ing the youth will be a chal-
lenge that the government
must tackle in 2022. It can be
done through investments in
the MSME sector. The MSME
sector has its wish list ready
for the Budget. Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi has un-
derlined the sector’s impor-
tance from time to time. He
recently inaugurated the
MSME Ministry’s Technolo-
gy Centre in Puducherry a
few days’ back. The centre
will train 20,000 youth and
incubate 200 start-ups.
DISILLUSIONED YOUTH
A BIG CHALLENGE
Managing the youth
will be a challenge that
the govt must tackle in
2022. It can be done
through investments in the
MSME sector. MSME
sector has its wish list ready
for Budget. PM Narendra
Modi has underlined
the sector’s importance
from time to time
T
RADICALIZATION PIPELINES
ave you had the experience of
looking at some product on-
line and then seeing ads for it
all over your social media
feed? Far from coincidence,
these instances of eerily ac-
curate advertising provide
glimpses into the behind-the-
scenes mechanisms that feed
an item you search for on
Google, “like” on social me-
dia or come across while
browsing into custom adver-
tising on social media.
Those mechanisms are in-
creasingly being used for
more nefarious purposes
than aggressive advertising.
The threat is in how this tar-
geted advertising interacts
with today’s extremely divi-
sive political landscape. As a
social media researcher, I see
how people seeking to radi-
calize others use targeted ad-
vertising to readily move
people to extreme views.
ADVERTISING TO AN
AUDIENCE OF ONE
Advertising is clearly power-
ful. The right ad campaign
can help shape or create de-
mand for a new product or
rehabilitate the image of an
older product or even of an
entire company or brand. Po-
litical campaigns use similar
strategies to push candidates
and ideas, and historically
countries have used them to
wage propaganda wars.
Advertising in mass media
is powerful, but mass media
has a built-in moderating
force. When trying to move
many people in one direc-
tion, mass media can only
move them as fast as the mid-
dle will tolerate. If it moves
too far or too fast, people in
the middle may be alienated.
BREADCRUMBS
TO THE EXTREME
One important part of the an-
swer is that people associated
with foreign governments,
without admitting who they
are, take extreme positions in
social media posts with the
deliberate goal of sparking
division and conflict. These
extreme posts take advantage
of the social media algo-
rithms, which are designed to
heighten engagement, mean-
ing they reward content that
provokes a response.
Another important part of
the answer is that people
seeking to radicalize others
lay out trails of breadcrumbs
to more and more extreme
positions.
HOW TO PROTECT
YOURSELF
First, I recommend a huge
dose of skepticism about so-
cial media recommenda-
tions. Most people have gone
to social media looking for
something in particular and
then found themselves look-
ing up from their phones an
hour or more later having lit-
tle idea how or why they read
or watched what they just
did. It is designed to be addic-
tive.
I’ve been trying to chart a
more deliberate path to the
information I want and ac-
tively trying to avoid just
clicking on whatever is rec-
ommended to me. If I do read
or watch what is suggested, I
ask myself “How might this
information be in someone
else’s best interest, not
mine?”
Second, consider support-
ing efforts to require social
media platforms to offer us-
ers a choice of algorithms for
recommendations and feed
curation, including ones
based on simple-to-explain
rules.
Third, and most impor-
tant, I recommend investing
more time in interacting
with friends and family off
of social media. If I find my-
self needing to forward a link
to make a point, I treat that as
a warning bell that I do not
actually understand the is-
sue well enough myself. If so,
perhaps I have found myself
following a constructed trail
toward extreme content rath-
er than consuming materials
that are actually helping me
better understand the world.
Source: The Conversation
H
JEANNA MATTHEWS
The writer is Professor of
Computer Science, Clarkson University
The detailed profiles the
social media companies
build for each of their users
make advertising even more
powerful by enabling
advertisers to tailor their
messages to individuals.
These profiles often include
the size and value of your
home, what year you bought
your car, whether you’re
expecting a child, and
whether you buy a lot of beer
Far from coincidence,
these instances of eerily
accurate advertising
provide glimpses into
the behind-the-
scenes mechanisms
that feed an item you
search for on Google,
“like” on social
media or come
across while browsing
into custom advertising
on social media
How targeted advertising on social
media drives people to extremes

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INDIA
05
INDIA HAS LED
FIGHT AGAINST
COVID: NADDA
New Delhi: On the
completion of one
year of vaccination
drive, BJP chief JP
Nadda on Sunday
said that India has
led the fight against
Covid-19. He also
said that a task that
seemed impossible
was made possible
under the stellar
leadership of PM
Modi and the world
stood up and ap-
plauded the country.
In a series of tweets,
Nadda said, “Exactly
a year ago, India
embarked on the
arduous journey of
vaccinating its more
than 135 crore peo-
ple amidst the raging
Covid pandemic.”
Anita Hada
New Delhi: These days,
it is visible in the media
and also in social media
that how the district ad-
ministration and mu-
nicipal administration
are taking down posters
and hoardings etc. Post-
ers, banners, hoardings
etc. are being taken
down by using heavy
machinery
. All these
posters, banners and
hoardings etc. belong to
the governments of the
states, which they had
put up to inform the peo-
ple of such achieve-
ments, which are not
visible to the public
with their own eyes, and
without giving adver-
tisements, the public
will not even know
about them. However,
there are reports from
all around that the Elec-
tion Commission has
started strictness and it
s on ECI’s instructions
that the hoardings are
being removed.
The question is that
why is the responsibili-
ty not put on the parties
or their governments
putting up hoardings,
that they should remove
all their posters and
hoardings within 24
hours of the implemen-
tation of the election
code of conduct, other-
wiseactionwillbetaken
against them? Why will
the Election Commis-
sion get this work done?
When governments get
such big hoardings,
posters, banners, cut-
outs etc. installed
through advertising
agencies, then why is an
agreement not made
with them at the same
time that they will re-
move it themselves as
soon as the code of con-
duct comes into force?
Perhaps, even the lead-
ers and babus want to
continue ‘influencing’
people and carry on the
work till the time it falls
in someone’s notice!
Why should ECI engage in work done by Corporations?
MODEL CODE ENFORCED
lll
There are reports
from all around
that the Election
Commission
has started
strictness and
it’s on ECI’s
instructions that
the hoardings
are being
removed
Cooloffperiodforbabusbefore
electoralforayneedofthehour!
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Over the
course of past few
elections, an extreme-
ly worrying trend has
emerged which is in-
creasing rapidly
wherein IAS, IPS or
state service officers
are leaving govern-
ment jobs and jump-
ing directly into the
election fray. This
trend needs to be con-
trolled as this will af-
fect the quality of gov-
ernment service now
and politics will also
be affected.
There are a number
of control measures
in the service condi-
tions of government
officials. For exam-
ple, to leave govern-
ment service and join
a private company im-
mediately, officers
have to go through a
cooling-off period. In
some cases, the gov-
ernment even waives
off the cooling
off period, but
for that too a
process has to
be passed. A simi-
lar arrangement
should be put in
place for offi-
cials contest-
ing elections
a l s o .
W i t h
n o
provision for cooling
off, officials resign
immediately before
the election or take
voluntary retirement
and jump into the
polls.
This is perhaps
what has hap-
pened in the
case of
R a j e s h w a r
Singh and
Aseem Arun
right now.
With no peri-
od to cool
off, there
is a
danger that the officer
may enter compromise
during his service. pe-
riod and hold a differ-
ent attitude towards
the party he/she wants
to contest elections
from. They may com-
promise in work to im-
prove his relations
with the leader of the
said party. The second
danger is that they
may share government
secrets with the party
they belong to. There-
fore, there should be a
provision that wheth-
er the officer resigns,
takes VRS or retires
from service, he/she
will not be able to
contest elections
for two years or
three years.
New Delhi: As India
completed one year of
its COVID-19 vaccina-
tion drive on Sunday,
Union Health Minister
Mansukh Mandaviya
called it “the most suc-
cessfulintheworld”and
extended greetings to
health workers, scien-
tists and the people of
the country
.
Taking to Twitter, he
wrote, “Today the
world’s largest vaccina-
tion campaign com-
pletes one year. Started
under the leadership of
PM Modi, with every-
one’s efforts, today, it is
the most successful vac-
cination campaign in
theworld.Icongratulate
all the health workers,
scientists and country-
men.” India’s cumula-
tive COVID-19 vaccina-
tion coverage has ex-
ceeded 156.76 crore in a
span of an year.
India commenced its
nationwide COVID vac-
cination drive on Janu-
ary 16, 2021. Starting ini-
tiallybyinoculatingvac-
cinestohealthcarework-
ers,itwasthenexpanded
to frontline workers, fol-
lowed by people above 60
years of age and those
above 45 years with co-
morbidities.Lateritwas
also expanded to all
above45yearsof ageand
thenthoseabove18years
of age. —ANI
New Delhi: The Department of School Education and
Literacy under the Ministry of Education will organise
the iconic week from
January 17 to 21 as
part of Azadi ka Amrit
Mahotsav celebtrations.
As part of the iconic week,
the Dept will organize a
series of events. These
will include a two-day
International webinar on
toys and games to play, make and learn. The webinar on
inclusive education will be organised in partnership with
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) on Jan 17 through virtual
and physical mode. The theme of the webinar will be Ed
Tech start-ups focused on children with special needs.
Mumbai: The health
condition of legendary
singer Lata Mangeshkar,
who remains admitted
in the ICU of a hospital
in Mumbai, is improv-
ing, Maharashtra Health
Minister Rajesh Tope
said here on Sunday. The
92-year-old singer tested
positive for coronavirus
with mild symptoms
and was admitted to the
ICU of the Breach Candy
Hospital in south Mumbai
last week.
Mumbai: Anushka
Sharma has penned a
heartfelt note on Insta-
gram for her husband
and cricketer Virat Kohli
and said that she was
extremely proud of the
legacy he leaves behind
as the Test captain of the
Indian cricket team. She
wrote how she saw him
grow leaps and bounds
ever since he took on the
Test captaincy.
Mumbai: An unseemly
row has erupted be-
tween a retired NRI from
the US, Ketan Kakkad
and his neighbour Bolly-
wood megastar Salman
Khan over a plot of
land in the picturesque
environs of Raigad.
Taking strong umbrage
at Kakkad’s recent social
media outbursts, the
actor has hit back with
a civil defamation suit
against his next-door
neighbour.
New Delhi: The CBI
on Sunday arrested ES
Ranganathan, Direc-
tor (Marketing) of the
GAIL five others in an
alleged bribery case. The
CBI conducted multi-
ple raids in Noida and
Delhi on the premises of
accused persons. “We
have recovered around
Rs 1.29 cr cash and gold
worth Rs 1.30 crores,”
said a senior CBI official.
DEPT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION LITERACY TO
ORGANISE ICONIC WEEK FROM JAN 17-21
MANGESHKAR’S
HEALTH CONDITION
IMPROVES
ANUSHKA PENS
EMOTIONAL NOTE
FOR KOHLI
RETIRED NRI,
SALMAN KHAN
LOCK HORNS
GAIL DIRECTOR
ARRESTED BY CBI IN
BRIBERY CASE
Chandigarh: Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Depart-
ment Director Pankaj Nain on Sunday said that Padma Shri
awardee, speech and hearing impaired wrestler Virender
Singh, who had reiterated his demand to the Haryana govt
to recognize him as a para-athlete, has already been given
1.20 crore of cash award by the state govt and offered him
a job which he refused to take. “Virender has already been
given 1.20 cr of cash award by govt, which is highest in the
country. He is already working in the sports dept, Haryana.
He was offered a group B post on par with Paralympians,
which he refused to take,” the Director tweeted.
RS 1.20 CR, JOB GIVEN TO WRESTLER
VIRENDER SINGH: HARYANA SPORTS DEPT
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HIGHLIGHTS

z 2.71 Lakh New
Covid Cases In In-
dia, Positivity Down
Marginally

z India’s COVID-19
vaccination coverage
exceeds 156.76 cr

z Keeping schools
closed in view of
covid not justified:
World Bank Educa-
tion Director

z Superstar
Mammootty, Tirath
Singh Rawat, Ex-
Chief Minister of
Uttarakhand, Tel-
angana Legislative
Speaker Pocharam
Srinivas Reddy
tests positive for
Covid-19

z Mumbai sees
highest one-day
fatality since July

z Delhi logs over
20,000 cases; TPR
remains at 30.64%

z Karnataka:
Thirty-two cops
deployed at Meke-
daatu padayatra test
positive
India’s cumulative Covid-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 156.76 crore, confirmed the Union Health Ministry
JHARKHAND MUKTI MORCHA
CHIEF SHIBU SOREN TESTS +
‘PROUD THAT 10.72 CR COVID-19
VAX DOSES INOCULATED IN MP’
New Delhi: National President of Jharkhand Mukti
Morcha Shibu Soren has tested posi-
tive for COVID-19, the state health
minister Banna Gupta informed on
Sunday.“The guardian of all of us, the
former Chief Minister of Jharkhand,
respected @ShibuSorenJMM has
become COVID-19 positive and has
currently isolated himself. He is
recovering well. I pray to God for his
speedy recovery,” tweeted Gupta today. India recorded
2,71,202 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.
Bhopal : Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj
Singh Chouhan on Sunday inspected COVID-19
vaccination centre of Jaypee Hospital in Bhopal on
the occasion of completing one year of nationwide
vaccination drive.Chouhan said, “Earlier, about 30
to 40 per cent people needed to be admitted when
they got infected with COVID-19, but now only 3 to
4 per cent people need to be admitted, this has been
possible only through vaccination.”
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BJP’s hate politics very
harmful for country: RaGa
New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi on
Sunday said the BJP’s
politics of “hatred” is
very harmful for the
country and is also re-
sponsible for unemploy-
ment.
The former Congress
chief said this a day af-
ter he attacked the BJP
government by putting
out an online quiz.
“I also believe that
the hate politics of the
BJP is very harmful for
the country. And this
hatred is also responsi-
ble for the unemploy-
ment,” he said in a
tweet in Hindi.
“Domestic and for-
eign industries cannot
run without peace in
the society. Will defeat
this growing hatred
around you everyday
with brotherhood. Are
you with me? #No-
Hate,” Gandhi added.
The Congress leader
had put out an online
quiz on Saturday, ask-
ing people about the
“biggest shortcoming”
of the BJP government.
The options he gave
were “unemployment”,
“tax extortion”, “price
rise” and an “atmos-
phere of hatred”. —PTI
Rahul Gandhi
Biharhoochtollclimbsto11
Bihar: Seven more peo-
ple have died here after
consuming spurious
liquor, raising the toll to
11 in the headquarters
of Nalanda district. Ac-
cording to SP, Nalanda,
Ashok Mishra, the SHO
of the police station
concerned has been
suspended and bodies
of eight of the deceased
have been handed over
to family members after
post mortem. “Four
people died in the early
hours of Saturday
while four others
breathed their last in
the evening. Three
more died this morn-
ing,” he said.
Police personnel carry out an investigation.
Goyal assures support to IT firms in
pushing growth, exports to $1 trn
New Delhi: Commerce
and Industry Minister
Piyush Goyal on Sun-
day assured full govern-
ment support to leaders
of India’s top IT compa-
nies in pushing the
growth of the sector
and taking services ex-
ports to USD 1 trillion
in a decade.
He said the country is
on track to achieve its
merchandise exports
target of USD 400 bil-
lion this year, while ser-
vices exports are likely
to be about USD 240 -250
billion. “Goyal has as-
sured leaders of India’s
top IT companies that
the central government
will give full support to
the sector to accelerate
growth and help India’s
services exports soar to
USD 1 trillion in a dec-
ade,” the commerce and
industry ministry said
in a statement.
Piyush Goyal
MANDAVIYA CALLS INDIA’S COVID
VAX DRIVE ‘MOST SUCCESSFUL’

INDIA
06
HIGHLIGHTS
 PM to chair meeting
on Jan 19 to finalise
BJP candidates in Goa
 We received many
applications, taking us
time to select candi-
dates: Farmer leader
on SSM second list
 Denied Congress
ticket, CM Channi’s
brother to contest as
independent candidat-
ey in Punjab
 BJP, SAD seek
postponement of Pb
polls in view of Guru
Ravidas Jayanti
 Uttarakhand CM
Pushkar Singh Dhami
dismisses State Min
Harak Singh Rawat
from Cabinet: CMO
UP ASSEMBLY POLLS UPDATE
U’KHAND ASSEMBLY POLLS UPDATE GOA ASSEMBLY POLLS UPDATE
New Delhi: Avinash
Negi assumed charge
as Director of Atal
Bihari Vajpayee Institute
of Mountaineering and
Allied Sports on Sunday.
Negi is a former Border
Security Force officer.
“Congratulations to
Avinash Negi, former
@BSF_India officer,”
tweeted BSF.
Bengaluru: BJP MLA
Ramesh Jarakiholi, a for-
mer state Cabinet Min-
ister who had resigned
from his post due to his
alleged involvement in
‘sex for job’ scandal last
year, met RSS leader
Arvindrao Deshpande to
be considered for next
cabinet expansion of
state govt, sources say.
Former BSF officer
assumes charge
as Director
Former Karnataka
Minister meets
RSS leader
CRUCIAL READ
Patna: Fresh tension
erupt between BJP and
Janata Dal (United) as
State President (SC Mor-
cha) of BJP Bihar Ajit
Choudhary on Sunday
slammed Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar
over the prohibition law
in the state and called
him an autocratic leader.
New Delhi: With an aim
to to derail electioneering
process and to increase
the Khalistani footprints
in Punjab, the Pakistan’s
ISI has activated its
terror outfits to execute
more terror activities
in the state and also in
some parts of UP, the
agencies have warned.
BJP questions
Nitish Kumar over
prohibition law
ISI activates terror
wings to derail Pb,
UP polls, says Intel
PEOPLE JOINING SP DO RIOTS, PEOPLE
JOINING BJP CATCH RIOTERS...
BJP’s Uttarakhand
core group meeting
held in New Delhi
AAP lists 13 point
agenda; to provide
free power, water
New Delhi: Bharatiya
Janata Party’s Uttara-
khand core group is
holding a meeting on
Sunday at the party’s
headquarters in Delhi.
Union HM Amit Shah
and Uttarakhand CM
Pushkar Singh Dhami
are also present in the
meeting along with the
party’s National Prez
JP Nadda, State Prez
Madan Kaushik, state
election in-charge Pral-
had Joshi, RP Singh
and others. —ANI Panaji: Ahead of the
Goa Assembly polls,
Delhi CM and AAP Na-
tional Convener Arvind
Kejriwal on Sunday
listed a 13-point agenda
for the State. In the
13-point agenda, the
party will bring re-
forms in the areas of
education, health, trade
and industry, liveli-
hood, Mining and infra-
structure. “Goa public
is looking forward to
polls on February 14.
AAP is fresh hope. They
didn’t have any choice
except BJP or Congress
earlier, they want a
change and are frustrat-
ed,” he said. —ANI
....saysAnuragThakurafterformerIPSofficerAsimArunjoinssaffronparty
Lucknow: Taking a
jibe at SP workers, Un-
ion Minister Anurag
Thakur on Sunday said
that “people joining SP
do riots, people joining
BJP catch rioters”.
Thakur said that it’s
clear people with clean
characters join BJP,
and rioters with blood-
covered hands join SP.
His remarks came
when former IPS officer
Asim Arun joined the
BJP in Lucknow on
Sunday in his presence.
Other party leaders
were also present. —ANI
ALERT!
SEVERE
WINTER IS
HERE...
New Delhi: The In-
dia Meteorological
Department (IMD)
on Sunday predicted
cold to severe cold
day conditions in
many states during
next two-three days.
It also predicted
dense to very dense
fog over parts of
northwest India till
19 January
.
Very Dense Fog
Also, department has
warned of very
dense fog over Ra-
jasthan and East UP
during next 2 days
and dense fog in Jam-
mu division and
Himachal Pradesh
today; over West UP
and north MP during
next 2 days.
Rainfall in East
and South India
In southern India, the
IMD has predicted
light to moderate
rainfall over Telanga-
na; over Coastal AP
today and over Tamil
Nadu, Kerala during
next 3 days. Rainfall is
also predicted over
Arunachal Pradesh,
Assam, Meghalaya,
Nagaland, Manipur,
Mizoram and Tripura
during on 19th 20th
January
. Rain is likely
in Himachal and Utta-
rakhand till Jan 20.
IMD predicts that severe cold day conditions are very likely over Punjab,
Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, UP, MP and Rajasthan. Amid the cold wave in
Rajasthan, Photojournalist Santosh Sharma captures Bhawani Niketan
building in Jaipur engulfed in fog on Sunday afternoon.
Asim Arun, former Kanpur Commissioner of Police joins BJP in presence of party state president
Swatantra Dev Singh and Union Minister Anurag Thakur at the party office in Lucknow on Sunday.
Arvind Kejriwal greets an elderly man during AAP’s door-to-door
campaign ahead of Goa polls at Cortalim, in South Goa on Sunday.
Akhilesh Yadav is giving
tickets to criminals: Yogi
PARTY TO FORM
TEAMS TO REDUCE
REBELLION IN BJP
‘Post-poll alliance
likely with non BJP’
‘Politics being done
over security breach’
SAMAJWADI PARTY RELEASES FIRST LIST
OF 30 CANDIDATES FOR U’KHAND POLLS
New Delhi: Witnessing
a bunch of resignations
in poll-bound UP, the
BJP has decided to form
teams under the leader-
ship of all its seven MPs
to reduce the possible re-
bellion in Uttarakhand as
the top leadership is likely
to announce the list of
candidates on Sunday for
the upcoming Assembly
polls in Uttarakhand.
Panaji: AAP fails to
secure a majority in the
upcoming Goa polls, the
party would think of form-
ing a post-poll coalition
with a non-BJP party, AAP
supremo Arvind Kejriwal
said on Sunday.
Panaji: Arvind Kejriwal on
Sunday said that politics
is being done over the
alleged security breach
during PM Modi’s recent
visit to Punjab. ‘Politics
is being done from both
(BJP and Cong),’ he said.
Lucknow: Samajwadi
Party (SP) on Sunday
released the first list of
candidates on 30 assem-
bly seats of Uttarakhand
for the upcoming polls. Of
the 30 candidates, there
are only three women
candidates. Lakshmi Devi
is fielded from Bagesh-
war. Sunita Rikhari will
contest from Ranikhet
and Manisha will contest
from Bazpur. Meanwhile,
Uttrakhand Chief Minister
Pushkar Singh Dhami on
Saturday had said that he
will contest the upcom-
ing Assembly polls in the
state from the Khatima
constituency and said that
BJP’s list of candidates
will be announced soon.
CM added that they have
set a target of winning
more than 60 seats out
of the 70 seats in the As-
sembly through a slogan
‘’Abki Baar 60 Paar’. In
the last Assembly polls,
BJP secured the win on
57 seats out of 70.
Lucknow: UP CM Yogi
Adityanath on Sunday
took a swipe at the SP,
which ruled the state
from 2012 to 2017, and
said that it has joined
hands with RLD but is
again encouraging hoo-
liganism, mafias and
anarchy
.
“The SP and RLD alli-
ance showed its charac-
ter from its 1st list re-
leased. Once again, SP
has given tickets to
criminals and rioters in
UP polls,” he said. The
CM alleged that Madan
Bhaiya who will contest
elections from the Loni
assembly constituency
is counted in the list of
mafias. Hitting out at SP
for giving a ticket to Na-
hid from Muzaffarna-
gar, he said that a total
of 17 cases were regis-
tered against him. Yogi
said that Akhilesh has
made it clear that SP is
ready to throw western
UP into communal fire
again by giving tickets
to such people. —ANI
Lucknow: SP chief Akh-
ilesh Yadav on Sunday
alleged that backward
classes and Dalits have
understood that it’s
BJP’s strategy to privat-
ize everything with time
and later jeopardize BR
Ambedkar’s Constitution
and finish the reservation
ystem.“Backward classes
Dalits have understood
that it’s BJP’s strategy to
privatize everything with
time, later jeopardize BR
Ambedkar’s Constitution
finish reservation. No one
can lie more than this BJP
CM one can lie more than
this BJP CM,” he said.
Akhilesh to complain to EC
about ex-cops joining BJP
Yadav also said he would
complain to EC to remove
ex-IPS Asim and other
retired bureaucrats who
have joined BJP over yrs.
Yogi Adityanath
Noida: Chhattisgarh
CM Bhupesh Baghel
expressed confidence in
his party securing a win
in polls in UP. Bhupesh
Baghel who is also an
observer for UP Assem-
bly election said, “The
situation of Congress is
strong in UP. Under the
leadership of Priyanka
Gandhi, the organisation
has become strong and
has fought for the farm-
ers, workers and women.
There is great support on
the ground for Congress.”
CONFIDENT BAGHEL SAYS SITUATION
OF CONGRESS IS STRONG IN UP
Bhupesh Baghel kickstarted door-to-door campaign in Noida
on Sunday. Baghel said only the grand old party is talking about
common people while others are busy playing ‘religion politics’.
AMIT SHAH LIKELY TO HIT TURF
AFTER JANUARY 23, SAY SOURCES
New Delhi: Union
Minister Amit Shah is
likely to hit the turf in the
battleground UP after
January 23 and hold a
series of meetings at vari-
ous places adhering to
the Model Code of
Conduct laid down
by the Election
Commission of
India in view of
the rising
Covid
cases
in the
country, said the sources
in the BJP. The EC on
Saturday extended the
ban on public rallies up to
January 22. According to
sources, if the poll body
extends the restrictions
further, then Amit
Shah is likely to vis-
it the constituencies
based on different
phases of elections.
Notably, UP polls
are scheduled
to be held in 7
phases. —ANI
BACKWARD CLASSES, DALITS KNOW THAT IT’S
BJP’S STRATEGY TO PRIVATIZE THINGS: AKHILESH
Where is Yadav
contesting from?
asks BJP MP
New Delhi: BJP elec-
tion co-incharge of
UP and RS MP Vivek
Thakur on Sunday
slammed SP chief
Akhilesh Yadav ask-
ing him from which
constitutency will he
contest the forth-
coming Assembly
elections. Thakur’s
comments came after
Yadav claimed that
Yogi had already been
sent home by the BJP.
ExGoacongressleaderquits
TMCwithinmonth,getsoffer
Panaji: A month after
switching over to the
TMC from Cong and
just weeks
ahead of the as-
sembly elec-
tions, ex-Goa
MLA Aleixo
R e g i n a l d o
Lourenco on
Sunday quit the Mama-
ta Banerjee-led party.
Lourenco was the MLA
from Curtorim and was
the working president
of Goa Congress when
he quit party
state assembly
in December.
The move in-
stantly prompt-
ed an invitation
from BJP-
turned-Congress leader
Lobo for Lourenco to
return to the Congress.
SHIV SENA, NCP TO CONTEST GOA
ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS TOGETHER
Mumbai: Shiv Sena and
the NCP have decided
to contest the upcoming
Goa Assembly elections
together in alliance,
Shiv Sena leader and
MP Sanjay Raut said on
Sunday. Raut said, “Shiv
Sena and NCP will contest
together in Goa assem-
bly elections. There will
be a discussion on seat
sharing on January 18.
NCP’s senior leader Praful
Patel will discuss seat-
sharing formula in Goa
on January 18. Only after
that, it will be clear who
will contest on how many
seats.” —ANI
Amit Shah
Akhilesh Yadav

NEWS
07
BJP LEADER
MAKES
OBJECTIONABLE
COMMENTS
AGAINST PARTY
MLA
Avideo has gone viral on
social media purportedly
showing an Uttar Pradesh BJP
leader making objectionable
remarks against a party MLA.
In the about one-minute-long
video, Chandra Ram
Chaudhary, who is also the
chairman of the Lok Kala
Sanskriti and Tharu Janjaati
Vikas Board, said people will
beat sitting BJP legislator from
Gaisri assembly constituency
Shailesh Kumar Singh ‘Shailu’
with shoes. The video was
reportedly shot on Saturday.
Chaudhary hails from the Tharu
community and sought a ticket
for himself from Gaisri, which
is his hometown and has a
sizeable number of Tharus. “If I
am not given ticket from Gaisri,
then no one can help BJP win
the constituency. Even the
OBCs are angry with the BJP,”
he said in the video. District
BJP chief Pradeep Singh said
he has got information about
the matter and it is being
investigated. —PTI
MEDICAL WASTE
IN HOSPITALS A
GROWING
CONCERN
Worldwide, there is a growing
concern about the negative
effects of infectious medical waste
produced during the COVID-19
pandemic and the contamination
risks associated with waste
management. In India, both
Central and state governments
have emphasised vaccination and
following Corona protocol amidst
a steep rise in Corona cases, but
medical waste in hospitals is a
matter of concern in several
places. The COVID-19 pandemic
and governmental policies to
contain the spread of virus have
caused a global economic
recession and have also generated
an enormous amount of medical
waste. It is being observed that
hospitals are unable to dispose
medical waste, which could
become the cause of the spread of
infection. There is a procedure to
dispose of medical waste. It is
reported that due to a large
amount of medical waste being
generated, the agencies hired for
disposing it of have not been
following proper procedures. In
hospitals, where the probability of
infections is always high, medical
waste can damage the efforts of
the government to control the
situation. The composition was
greatly influenced by disposable
plastic-based personal protective
equipment (PPE) and single-use
plastics by online shopping for
most of the basic necessity. The
use of PPEs and single-use
plastics during the pandemic not
only increases the quantity of
medical waste but also alters the
average density of the medical
waste. —Janardan Misra
NCPCR ASKS UP GOVT TO PROBE
DARUL ULOOM DEOBAND PORTAL
New Delhi: The Nation-
al Commission for Pro-
tection of Child Rights
(NCPCR) has asked the
UP government to probe
Islamic seminary Darul
Uloom Deoband’s web-
site for allegedly pub-
lishing unlawful and
misleading fatwas. The
apex child rights body
on Saturday also asked
the state’s chief secre-
tary to block access to
the website until such
content is removed.
The NCPCR said it is
acting on a complaint
which alleged that the
website carries a list of
fatwas that are against
the provisions provided
under the country’s law.
Taking cognizance of
the complaint u/s 13 (1)
(j) of the Commissions
for Protection of Child
Rights Act, after pursu-
ing the complaint and
examining the website,
it was observed that the
explanation and an-
swers provided in re-
sponse to issues raised
by the individuals do
not align with the Laws
and Acts in the country
,
the NCPCR stated in the
letter to the state’s chief
secretary. It said such
statements were con-
trary to the rights of
children open access
to the website was
harmful for them.
Therefore, it is re-
quested that the website
of thisorganisationmay
be thoroughly exam-
ined, investigated and
any such content should
be immediately re-
moved, the letter stated.
Further, access to
such website may be
prevented until the re-
moval of such content
for avoiding spread and
recurrence of unlawful
statements and conse-
quently preventing in-
cidents of violence,
abuse, neglect, harass-
ment, discrimination
against children, the
letter read. —PTI
Commotion at the Darul Uloom Deoband seminary. —FILE PHOTO
‘AN ATTEMPT AT TARGETING MADRASAS’
3, including village
head, booked after cows
found dead at govt-run
facility in Fatehpur
Fatehpur: A case
has been registered
against three per-
sons, including a vil-
lage head, after four
cows were found
dead at a cowshed
run by the state gov-
ernment in this Ut-
tar Pradesh district,
officials said on Sun-
day. The case was
registered on Satur-
day in connection
with the deaths of
the cows at the Nandi
Gaushala in Karsu-
ma village under Ba-
hua development
block of the district.
Chief Develop-
ment Officer
Satyaprakash on
Sunday said the case
was registered
against village head
Kalavati, panchayat
secretary Lalit Gau-
tam and supervisor
Suresh Kumar.
Headdedthatanad-
verse entry in the ser-
vice records has been
made against Bahua’s
block development of-
ficerLaljiYadavvet-
erinarianAjayKumar
Dubey
. “The 4 cows
were found dead at
Nandi Gaushala on
Friday
,”Satyaprakash
said. —PTI
‘EPIC’ PROBLEM FOR POLICE
PERSONNEL IN AGRA
Preeti Nagia
Agra: Thousands of
police personnel are
facing a problem be-
cause of ‘EPIC’ (Elec-
toral Photo Identity
Card) number. In Agra,
orders have been given
to the police personnel
that if the number is
not given within two
days, then their salary
will be stopped.
These orders have
been issued by the SSP
Agra. As police person-
nel posted outside their
native place can only
cast postal vote
through EPIC number,
many are considering
it as a politically moti-
vated order.
During elections,
many police personnel
are not able to cast their
voteastheycannotleave
election duty to travel to
their native place.
However, only a few
policemen have used
the postal ballot to cast
their vote in the past
elections. Purportedly
to ensure that the po-
lice personnel do cast
their votes, orders have
been issued at the dis-
trict level that the po-
licemen have to give
information about
their EPIC number.
The SSP has ordered
that whoever does not
give his or her EPIC
number, one-month’s
salary will be stopped
as a punishment.
Sudhir Kumar Singh, SSP Agra
F
F
F
CARDLESS IN KHAKI
45-year-old rapes
minor girl in Baghpat
First India Bureau
Baghpat: A minor
girl was raped her
father was severely
injured by the rapist
while he was trying
to save his daughter.
Police sources said
that the 14-year-old
daughter of a farmer
under Chandinagar
police station area
was raped by a
45-year-old elderly
man of the same vil-
lage. He dragged her
to a secluded area
and raped her. Hear-
ing the girl’s scream,
family members of
the victim and other
villagers rushed to
the spot. The accused
also attacked the fa-
ther and severely in-
jured him and later
managed to escape
from the crime scene
after threatening the
villagers. Police
have sent the victim
to a hospital for treat-
ment. Family mem-
bers alleged that po-
lice were not taking
action against the
accused while police
said that complaint
was filed for brawl
and rape was not
mentioned on that.
Couple get life imprisonment
for killing daughter in UP
Muzaffarnagar: A
woman and her hus-
band has been sen-
tenced to life imprison-
ment by a court in
Kairana for beating
their daughter to death.
The fast-track court
on Saturday also im-
posed a fine of Rs
10,000 each on the two
convicts and failure of
pay would lead to ex-
tending the jail term by
one more year.
According to govern-
ment lawyer Ashok
Pundhir, Shamima was
beaten to death by her
stepmother Sitara Be-
gum along with her
husband Shokeen at
Hatchoya village in
Shamli district in 2018.
The deceased’s brother
had lodged the FIR.—PTI
The fast-track
court on Saturday
also imposed a
fine of Rs 10,000
each on the two
convicts and
failure of pay
would lead to
extending the jail
term by one
more year.
FRIGID FESTIVAL
Magh Mela during a cold and foggy Sunday evening on the bank of the Ganga river
at Sangam in Prayagraj. —PHOTO BY PTI
` 50 LAKH CASH SEIZED FROM
SUV IN KANPUR AHEAD OF POLLS
Kanpur: The Kanpur
Police has seized unac-
counted cash amount-
ing to Rs 50 lakh from
an SUV in Chakeri
area, a senior police of-
ficial said on Sunday.
Kanpur DCP (East)
Pramod Kumar Singh
told reporters that the
cash was seized late
Saturday night by a fly-
ing squad team of UP
Police during intensive
checking ahead of as-
sembly elections.
The vehicle regis-
tered in Lucknow was
intercepted at Rama-
devi crossing. Informa-
tion about the recov-
ered cash was shared
with the Directorate of
Income Tax Investiga-
tion and its team has
reached the spot, the
DCP said. Singh said
the vehicle belongs to
Ameen Raini, a resi-
dent of Orai district.
Raini was questioned
at Chakeri Police Sta-
tion till late night and
he claimed that the
money belongs to a
company named Raj
frozen products, the
DCP said. However, he
refused to comment if
Raini had any political
connections. —PTI
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
BY FLYING SQUAD
Police bust
illegal arms
factory
First India Bureau
Bulandshahr: Po-
lice have busted an
illegal weapon fac-
tory in the Khurja
area here and ar-
rested two culprits
from the spot. Po-
lice sources here
said that acting on
tip-off, the police
team raided an
abandoned build-
ing on the backside
of Vandan Mar-
riageHomeatJunc-
tion Road and bust-
ed an illegal weap-
on factory
. Police
have recovered six
half-made pistols,
27 guns of a small
barrel, 25 springs
used in pistols, and
16 irons rods used
for making guns.
Sangram Singh,
circle officer,
Khurja said that
two accused were
arrested from the
spot and they were
identified as Yo-
gesh alias Jicky
and Mushtaq. Dur-
ing interrogations,
it was revealed
that both arrested
accused were
jailed for the same
crime in 2021.
FOR UNLAWFUL FATWAS
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE

COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
5,555,339
TOTAL DEATHS
266,658,231
TOTAL RECOVERED
55,018,228
ACTIVE CASES
327,231,798
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
486,094
TOTAL DEATHS
35,085,721
TOTAL RECOVERED
1,550,349
ACTIVE CASES
37,122,164
TOTAL CASES
08
2NDFRONT
If you want to make a life that
matters – make it matter in the
daily small things!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Janardan Misra
Chitrakoot: Terming
the Ram Janmabhoomi
Temple as ‘pride of In-
dia’, Champat Rai,
vice-president of Vish-
wa Hindu Parishad
(VHP) and General Sec-
retary, Sri Ram
Janmabhoomi Tirth
Trust, on Sunday urged
devotees to make sure
that there is no obstruc-
tion in the construction
of the temple.
Addressingareligious
gathering here, Rai said
that an outsider had de-
molished the temple of
Lord Ram in Ayodhya
but now the govt was
re-constructing the tem-
ple. Speaking about the
allegations of illegal
land acquisition in Ayo-
dhya, he said several
baseless allegations
weremadetodefamethe
Ram Temple trust. He
said that govt has en-
sured protection of
cows,religion,andsever-
al more steps will be tak-
en soon. About CM Yogi
Adityanath, the VHP
vice-presidentsaidthere
is none other like Yogi
Adityanath in the world.
He said that Yogi lives a
simple life and does not
use the public’s money
for personal profit. Rai
said that the BJP govt
hasensuredtransparent
governance in the state.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Samajwadi
Party (SP) chief Akh-
ilesh Yadav on Sunday
accused the BJP of im-
porting workers from
Gujarat to train its cad-
res in poll-bound UP in
spreading “hatred and
rumours”.
He asked the Election
Commission to take
cognisance of the issue
and send them back,
failing which, he said
elections may not re-
main impartial. ”None
of our workers are from
other states. I will ask
my journalist friend to
give me the list of peo-
ple that have come from
Gujarat. I will write to
sion to send back also
those who have arrived
here from Rajasthan,
Madhya Pradesh and
Chhattisgarh,” he said.
Yadav said photos
that are doing rounds
on the social media con-
vey that BJP workers
from PM Modi’s home
state had arrived in Ut-
tar Pradesh to spread
“rumours, conspira-
cies, lies and hatred,
besides distributing
money”.The SP chief
addressed journalists at
the party office after in-
ducting former UP cab-
inet minister Dara
Singh Chauhan and
Apna Dal (Sonelal)
MLA RK Verma into
the party
.
Responding to Anu-
rag Thakur’s jibe that
SP leaders were either
“in jail or out on bail”,
Yadav asked journalists
to look into the Union
minister’s records in
various ministries. Wel-
coming former Kanpur
Police Commissioner
Asim Arun into the BJP
fold,ThakurhadonSun-
day said those indulging
in riots join they (SP)
and those who crack the
whip on rioters join the
BJP. Commenting on
the former IPS officer,
Yadav said he will move
sion demanding that
those officials, who had
been discharging duties
with Asim Arun, be
kept away from poll du-
ties or else they too
would “double up as
BJP workers”. “I am
hopeful that the Elec-
tion Commission will
act on such officials. If
does not, it will raise
questions on the Elec-
tion Commission’s sanc-
tity
,” Yadav said. —PTI
None like Yogi in the world: VHP Gen Secretary
‘RAM TEMPLE PRIDE OF INDIA’
LESSONS FOR LIFE
A volunteer teaches underprivileged children in an open classroom in Moradabad on
Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
‘BJP imported workers from Gujarat
to spread rumours, hatred in UP’
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav addressing a press
conference after BJP leader Dara Singh Chauhan joined the SP at
the party office in Lucknow on Sunday.—PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav asked
the EC to take cognisance of the
issue and send them back
AKHILESH AFRAID OF BJP: RAKESH TRIPATHI
Oust officers who
worked with Asim
Arun: SP chief to EC
SP President Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow on Sunday.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Samajwa-
di Party chief and for-
mer chief minister
Akhilesh Yadav has
said that he will ask
sion (EC) to remove
all police officers who
have worked with for-
mer IPS-turned BJP
member Asim Arun
to ensure they don’t
work as “Bharatiya
Janata Party’s
agents” in the upcom-
ing UP elections.
Arun took VRS on
Jan 15 and formally
joined the BJP in Luc-
know on Sunday
. It
was being speculated
that Asim Arun will
contest from Kan-
nauj. Attacking the
BJP
, he said, “I will
write to the Election
Commission to make
a list of officers who
have worked with
AsimAruninthepast
five years and remove
themall,elsetheywill
work as BJP’s agents.
If the EC fails to take
any action, then I will
not think that EC is
unbiased. Even in
Panchayat Elections,
the SP and DM were
contesting elections
for the BJP
.”
Also it should not
be ignored that an of-
ficer of the same de-
partment in which
Asim Arun was post-
edhaddiedbysuicide.
Now you can under-
standwhyAsimArun
has gone to the BJP
,”
saidYadav,reminding
the media of the inci-
dent when additional
SP of ATS Rajesh
Sahni died by suicide.
The SP had earlier de-
manded removal of
six administrative of-
ficers, however none
of them have been re-
moved by EC as of
now. —PTI
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Samajwadi
Party president Akh-
ilesh Yadav said on Sun-
day that if his party is
voted to power in the
upcoming UP Assembly
polls, a caste-based cen-
sus will be conducted in
the state and social jus-
tice delivered to castes
according to their share
in the population.
Yadav, who welcomed
the third former UP
minister (all of them
from backward commu-
nities), Dara Singh
Chauhan, into the SP
during an event in Luc-
know, said, “This govt
is counting trees,
counting animals but
why is it not counting
backwards in the
population.
I want that caste
census be done so that
the backwards get ben-
efits as per their share
in the population.” He
further hit out at chief
minister Yogi Aditya-
nath for having lunch
at a Dalit’s house in
Gorakhpur on Makar
Sankranti. He said it
was only meant to get
votes.
”You all must have
seen he ate ‘khichdi’
with so much
disinterest.
He must be remem-
bering, oh we forgot to
send shampoo, soap
(for the family to have
a wash beforehand).”
With a number of leg-
islators from the rul-
ing camp crossing over
to the Samajwadi Par-
ty just ahead of the
crucial polls, Yadav
said, “There is a say-
ing in English ‘strike
the iron when it is hot’.
So we decided to wel-
come these leaders
into the party at the
right time. The BJP
does not understand
English.
First India Bureau
Agra: Police in Agra
booked a Samajwadi
Party MLA candidate
and at least 40 others on
charges of violating
COVID-19 protocol, offi-
cials said on Sunday
.
Madhusudhan Shar-
ma, SP candidate from
Bah Assembly constitu-
ency
, along with his sup-
porters,hadperformeda
‘puja’ at Bateshwar Tem-
ple here on Friday after
winningtheelectiontick-
et,theysaid.Theydidnot
maintainsocialdistance,
wear masks and failed to
follow other COVID-ap-
propriate behaviour, ac-
cording to an official.
“For violating COVID-19
guidelines and Section
144 of the CrPC imposed
in the state, an FIR has
been registered against
Sharma and about 40-50
party workers,” Station
Head Officer (SHO) at
BahpolicestationManoj
Kumar told.
”The FIR has been
registered under Sec-
tions 188 (disobedience
to order duly promulgat-
edbypublicservant),269
(negligent act likely to
spread infection of dis-
ease danger ous to life)
and 270 (malignant act
likelytospreadinfection
of disease danger ous to
life) of the IPC and Epi-
demic Act, 1897, (3) and
(4),” he said. When con-
tacted, Sharma claimed
thattherewereonlyfour
or five people during the
puja, but the locals gath-
ered later. —PTI
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Accusing
the BJP of indulging in
polarisation in the run-
up to the UP polls, RLD
chief Jayant Chaud-
hary on Sunday said the
BJP is driving a “one-
gear car” that is headed
backwards, and assert-
ed that the anti-Muslim
rhetoric will not work
as people are fed up of
such politics.
The 43-year-old lead-
er, whose party has tied
up with the Akhilesh
Yadav-led Samajwadi
Party, also said he will
not contest the upcom-
ing polls in UP and
would instead focus on
campaigning. In an in-
terview, Chaudhary
said the quitting of
leaders from the ruling
BJP in UP to join the
SP-RLD alliance ahead
of polls shows that they
were peaking at the
right time and are an
“attractive, viable alter-
native” that wants to
represent the grass-
roots. Accusing the BJP
of indulging in polari-
sation in the run-up to
the polls, Chaudhary
said, “It is a one-gear
car they are driving and
it is headed backwards.
” The RLD chief said
that among the key is-
sues in the polls would
be farmers’ distress
which he asserted was
prevalent, deep-rooted,
all-pervasive, and
breaks all barriers of
castes and religion.
“Farmers are today
very disturbed by the
fact that their lot has
not improved. The govt
has failed. —PTI
Asim Arun, who is a
former IPS officer,
joined the Bharatiya
Janata Party earlier in
the day ahead of Uttar
Pradesh assembly
elections next month.
Asim Arun joined the
BJP in the presence
of Union Minister
Anurag Thakur.
TO NEW DUTY
SP promises caste census if voted to power RLD chief Jayant
Chaudhary accuses
BJP of ‘Polarisation’
SP’s Agra MLA candidate
booked for violating rules
RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary addressing farmers in Mathura at a
rally. —PHOTO BY ANI
Vice-President of VHP Champat Rai (R) —FILE PHOTO
COVID-19 guidelines
Police book BJP MLA
Pramod for breaking rules
Lucknow: BJP legislator of UP Purqazi Assembly
constituency Pramod Utwal and his 27 supporters
have been booked for violating the poll code and
Covid norms, officials said on Sun-
day. According to an FIR lodged with
the police, the action was taken after
a video emerged on social media,
purportedly showing the distribution
of ‘khichdi’ at his public meeting in
Meghna Chandan village. A case has
been registered against the MLA and
his supporters under relevant sections of the IPC, the
Disaster Management Act on Saturday evening.
TWO MEERUT CANDIDATES FINAL
The SP has announced 2 candidates for assem-
bly seats in Meerut district. From Sardhana, the
candidate will be young party leader Atul Prad-
han, who is considered to be close to party chief
Akhilesh. In Hastinapur seat, the SP has fielded
Yogesh Varma. Hastinapur seat is in the news for
Cong candidate Archana Gautam, a film actress
and former winner of ‘Miss Bikini India’

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JANUARY 17, 2022
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KARISHMA TANK, PARTICIPATING MODEL AT FIRST MISS
INDIA, HELD ON OCTOBER 30 IN GOA, GIVES A SNEAK PEEK
ABOUT HER ASPIRATIONS JOURNEY SO FAR!
ONWARDS AND UPWARDS
ell us some-
thing about
yourself.
I call myself
a castle-
builder be-
cause every
time I see my-
self in a mirror
I remind my-
self to build
the castle of
my dreams.
C o m i n g
from a
s m a l l
town Jahazpur in the
Bhilwara district and start-
ing a whole new life in the
direction of my dreams was
a huge task, but I never gave
up and fought with my fears.
When did you decide that
you shall take up model-
ling?
It was all started when I got
the golden opportunity to
work as a background artist
in the movie Housefull 4.
That was the turning point in
my life, which made me real-
ise that I have a thing for act-
ing in my nerve. After that, I
started taking up shoots.
When I was a child My moth-
er used to say “Meri beti badi
hokr heroine banegi”. And I
started modelling and In 2018
I bagged the title Miss attrac-
tive girl 2018. Initially, it was
for leisure time and without
any seriousness but lately,
the response was overwhelm-
ing because of which I am
here today and yet have to
achieve more.
What are your future
plans? Where do you see
yourself in the future?
Currently, I am in a quest to
more about myself, being a
spiritual person I want to
heal myself and want a
peaceful life. But at the same
time, I want to challenge my-
self and I need to adventur-
ous life full of fun. Becoming
a successful actress in the
Bollywood industry is my Ul-
timate goal.
What is your greatest
source of inspiration?
My parents are my ultimate
source of energy and biggest
inspiration. I want to make
them proud and that is why I
am working so hard.
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
NO LOOKING BACK!
NO LOOKING BACK!
T
The proud parents, Sajana Devi and Suresh Kumar Tak
Karishma Tak flaunting her Rajasthani attire during the grand finale
The gorgeous diva during the talent rounds
—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO

he sky is home to birds,
and during Makar
Sankranti every year
they open their home to
your kites. They don’t
seem to mind it, except
when the Chinese man-
ja used to fly these kites takes the
life of and injures so many of
their friends and family mem-
bers. They now live in fear in
their own home. And it isn’t fair!
The Chinese manja is made of
nylon or synthetic thread and is
treated with glass and metal to
make it sharper. This can be dead-
ly for humans and birds alike. Yet
people use it. One of the high-
lights of such birds treatment
camps is that they garner the in-
terest of the youth who come for-
ward to volunteer. These organi-
sations, conduct Bird Rescue
Camps, in which many people
take part as volunteers. These vol-
unteers come to these camps for
free and work with these organi-
sations to learn things like bird
handling, first aid, etc. City First
ran an extensive interview with
people taking part in these camps.
Let’s see what they have to say
.
THE PLEASURE OF ONE CAN BRING PAIN TO THE OTHER. CELEBRATING A
FESTIVAL IS ONE THING BUT CAUSING HARM DURING THE CELEBRATIONS AND
PAIN TO THE MOTHER NATURE. CITY FIRST BRINGS TO YOU THE WORDS
OF PEOPLE MAKING UP FOR OUR IRRESPONSIBLE CELEBRATIONS!
CELEBRATING
CELEBRATING
RESPONSIBLY
RESPONSIBLY
DEVANSHI MUDGAL
T
I too used to fly
kites and was crazy
about them since I
was a child. But after
experiencing the damage our
joy is inflicting on our feath-
ered neighbours. I restricted
myself from flying and started
helping in bird rescues with
Raksha NGO based in Jaipur.
Resident as well as migratory
birds both are being injured
from manjha as dec to mar is
migration time for birds from
Russia and Africa.
—ISHAN SHARMA
I’ve been working
as a volunteer for
five years now and I
can confidently say
that this is one of the most
rewarding things that I have
done. Knowing that I helped
someone in need brings me
peace and makes me sleep
better. It’s sad to see how
often and badly these birds
get hurt but I also know that
many people are working hard
to cntain or fix the damage. I
think everyone should do it.
—ADITI SHARMA
It was hectic.
Getting calls from
all over the city for
injured birds was a
little overwhelming. I can’t
believe how many of them
get hurt. Our camp alone
rescued over 100 birds and
to know that there are more
camps like us getting similar
calls is just so sad. Working
as a volunteer is rewarding
but it is not for the faint of
heart. I definitiely recom-
mend doing it though.
—RAKESH PRAJAPAT
I’ve been working as
a rescuer for as long
as I can remember.
It’s a difficult line to
follow but to see so many
people coming forth to work
is just beautful. People are
more aware and worried
about their environment
now. Though we still have
a long way to go, I’m glad
for how far we’ve come.
I hope in the future more
people come to the aid and
understand how to celebrate
festivals safely.
—SHAMROZ
This was the first
time I ever got in-
volved in a camp like
this. It’s so sad that
the fun we have on Sankranti
causes so much damage to
these innocent creatures. I
see the people working here
to make it all better and help
these injured birds get back
on their feet and it makes
my heart warm. I hope that
more people understand how
much we are hurting them
and stop using things like
plastic manja.
—YEDIK PUROHIT
Medical students and doctors healing injured birds at Nature Care
Doctors and volunteers at the BTC camp, Jaipur
A pigeon being rescued
Mariam Abuhaideri with the volunteers at the Help in Suffering Bird Camp
Volunteer Sourabh Kumawat rescuing a pigeon
A kite rescued by a Raksha Volunteer
A cattle egret was rescued and brought to HIS
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BEATBOXING...!
Human Beatbox
Divyansh, hailing
from the Pinkcity,
blurs the line
between human
and robot in his
performance,
bags the golden
buzzer in India’s
GotTalent, season
9, and makes it
directly to theTOP
16!The show is
being judged by
Kirron Kher,
Shilpa Shetty
Kundra, Badshah
and Manoj
Muntashir
D
D
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t starts with
the beats.
The deep
sound of
percussion
begins to
overpower
the anxious silence
of the crowd. One,
two, three… the
beats flow, the tempo
rises and the cheers
set the tone.
Enter the base, the
sound of the strings
cranksuptheenergy
and the feet begin to
tap in sync. The
lights go dim, the
eyes shut, the hands
are stretched in the
air and the heads
bowdown.Thedrum
rolls begin… they
take you in, and the
cheers get louder.
The headbanging
peaks, the speaker
burst out, and all the
sounds equilibrate..
Such is the aura
whenmusicianDivy-
ansh Kacholia, 24
years old young tal-
ented artist from
Jaipur, popularly
known as DVK per-
forms on a stage.
Divyansh,
who earlier
made it to
season two
of the reali-
tyshowDil
Hai Hin-
dustani
and won
t h e
hearts
of thousands
of people all
across, includ-
ing the leg-
endary art-
ists of the Bol-
lywood music
industry is all
set to give jaw-
droppingmag-
ical perfor-
mances at In-
dia’s Got Tal-
ent, season 9
to be on aired
on Sony Televi-
sion.
T a l k i n g
about the
IGT 2022 judg-
es,wewillhave
Kirron Kher,
Badshah (Sing-
er), Shilpa Shetty
(Actress) and
Manoj Muntashir
(Poet/Screenwrit-
er). This season
will be hosted and
presented by actor
Arjun Bijlani. What
makes this season
more interesting is
the ‘GOLDEN BUZZ-
ER’ present with all
the 4 judges, which
only the heart touch-
ing performances
will win. The pride
of Pinkcity will be
performing with Ma-
nuraj Singh, an
equally talented flut-
ist, who is also a dis-
ciple of Pandit
Hariprasad Chaur-
asiya.
The duo won the
hearts of the jury in
their first perfor-
mance itself.
After the magical
moment, Divyansh
said,“Itfeelssurreal.
The pandemic was a
huge setback, per-
sonally and profes-
sionally
, both. But I
never gave up, nei-
ther on my dreams
and passion nor on
enhancing my skills.
With the love and
support of my
friends and family
, I
am once again a part
of a reality show. Dil
Hai Hindustani
taught me a lot, gave
me a huge exposure.
I am awestruck and
blessed to share the
stage with huge tal-
ents. I look forward
to performing better
with each episode.
For me, it ain’t
aboutthere-
sults but
what I
s h o w -
c a s e
during
the few
minutes
I have in
hand on
stage. It al-
ways comes
naturally
.”
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ing of
of
Superstar Badshah couldn’t resist and joined
the young talent on stage at IGT, Season 9
Divyansh with Pritam
Divyansh with the legend Asha Bhosle
Divyansh with Himesh Reshamiya
Divyansh Kacholia shares a warm moment with his show partner Manuraj Singh, flutist,
post their magnificent golden buzzer moment and direct entry in the TOP 16 at India’s Got Talent!
MITALI DUSAD
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DVK amid the crazy fans at Dyal Singh College, New Delhi in 2018
Divyansh with Sunidhi Chauhan during the bollywood music project, 2019 Mumbai
Divyansh with Sukhwinder Singh
Divyansh with AR Rahman
Divyansh Kacholia
Divyansh with Shaan
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CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1
4
3
5 The birthday of IAS
Dharmendra Pratap Singh,
IAS Mridul Chaudhary,
IAS Anurag Yadav and
IPS Saumitra Yadav, IPS
Dhawal Jaiswal was on
Sunday, January 16. We
wish them all the best!
2
RECKLESS BEHAVIOUR!
The Covid 19 cases in Lucknow are increasing day by day, but unfortunately the people are still very
careless and as we can see, are moving around without wearing a mask and maintaining social
distancing. Photojournalist Ashok Dutta captured the scenario on Sunday.
CITY IN FOG The city of nawabs was engulfed in dense fog and witnessed a cold wave on Sunday. —PHOTOS BY ASHOK DUTTA
SAMANVAY, A SUCCESS
THE FOUR-DAY PAINTING CAMP ‘SAMANVAY’ CONCLUDED WITH THE DISPLAY OF
BEAUTIFUL ARTWORKS CREATED BY EMINENT ARTISTS ACROSS THE GLOBE!
he All India
P a i n t i n g
Camp, “Sa-
manvay”, cu-
rated by Dr
Vandana Se-
hgal which
has been going on for
the last four days in
Lucknow, concluded
on Sunday and the in-
auguration of a grand
art exhibition of 17
artworks created by
the artists during the
camp on Sunday even-
ing at the Art Gallery,
Saraka State, Hotel
Lebua, Mall Avenue,
by lighting the lamp by
the chief guest Indian
folk singer Pad-
mashree Malini
Awasthi.
All the camp artists
and art lovers of the
city were present on
this occasion.
The camp coordina-
tor, Bhupendra Kumar
Asthana, said that in
this four-day art camp,
national artists, hon-
oured with the coun-
try’s highest honour
Padma Shri and na-
tional honours and
awards, created 17
works of art.
These paintings
were created with
acrylic, watercolour,
print art, and natural
colours.
A wonderful experi-
ment was shown in the
paintings at the exhi-
bition in which the an-
cient Indian tradi-
tions, styles, tribal
arts and contempo-
rary art were present-
ed together on one
platform.
Artists have estab-
lished a new dimen-
sion through this me-
dium. An amazing
view of nature and
culture was witnessed
at the event.
Curator Dr Vandana
Sehgal mentioned that
a beautiful accompani-
ment of senior and
young artists from dif-
ferent provinces was
formed in the camp.
Padmashree Vijay
Sharma is practising
and continuously pro-
moting the traditional
art of the Pahari style
of miniature painting.
He is a renowned re-
searcher, and a teacher
of the Pahari style of
miniatures whose
paintings have nature
dyes, and colours made
from mineral extracts.
Padmashree Bhuri Bai
is a Pithora picture of
the Bhil tribe.
She breaks the domi-
nation of her patriar-
chy and creates art-
works with her sub-
jects. She works in
acrylic medium. The
work of Padmashree
Bhajju Shyam as we all
knowisabsorbedinthe
traditional Gond art.
The motifs, style, etc
are from the older ones
but their interpreta-
tion and expression
are almost contempo-
rary in their timeli-
ness, issues, context
and themes. The work
of Prasanta Kalita
from Assam Dheeraj
Yadav from Uttar
Pradesh, Anil Bodwal
from New Delhi, Akhil
Mohan from Kerala,
Srinivas Mehetre from
Maharashtra and
Kalyan Joshi Phad
from Rajasthan was
presented at the camp.
DEVANSHI MUDGAL
T
Sanitization Drive
Mitra
D
ue to a sudden
surge in covid
cases, the UP
government
has taken few measures
to control the outbreak.
A special sanitization
drive was started from
the 1090 crossroads by
Ajay Kumar Dwivedi,
Municipal Commis-
sioner, Municipal Cor-
poration, Lucknow on
Sunday
. Through saniti-
zation machines, inten-
sive sanitization is car-
ried out in all the main
markets and crowded
areas of the city. This
campaign will be car-
ried out every Saturday,
Sunday and Monday till
effective control on Co-
rona is achieved and
Roster wise sanitiza-
tion work will be done
by marking all the
crowded areas of the
city. Intensive sanitiza-
tion work was done in
view of prevention.
During the lamp lighting ceremony
Bhuri Bai with Vandana Sehgal and Malini Awasthi
Vandana Sehgal felicitating Malini Awasthi Bhajju Shyam with Vandana Sehgal and Malini Awasthi
Vijay Sharma with Vandana Sehgal and Malini Awasthi
During the sanitation drive
—PHOTOS BY ASHOK DUTTA
EXPERIMENTAL GARDEN
CITY FIRST
H
arish Chandra
Singh, a re-
tired army
colonel from
UP, began farming su-
perfoods including
chia seeds and green
apples in his 4-acre land
in Uttar Pradesh. He
urges farmers to experi-
ment with growing
more superfoods. He
spends most of his time
in his field, cultivating
different varieties of su-
perfoods including chia
seeds. Certain food
items are believed to
have exceptional
healthbenefits.Har-
ish mainly grows
chia seeds which are the
edible seeds of a flower-
ing plant from the mint
family
,theyhaveseveral
health benefits.
Harish Chandra with his wife
Lord’s Doctrine
M
ayank Srivasta-
va recently es-
tablished Anter
Rastiya Sanatan Pari-
shad with the holy goal
of connecting Sanatan
DharmaandIndianpeo-
ple worldwide. Today,
not only in India, but in
the whole world, hu-
man beings seem divid-
ed and pathless in many
caste differences, reli-
gion differences, race
differences, color differ-
ences etc. Somewhere in
the name of religion,the
human beings are being
raised against each oth-
er in the guise of reli-
gion; if anybody can
rekindle the flame of
humanity and compas-
sion, it is the original
Sanatan ideology
, which
has been saying since
time “Universal Broth-
erhood”.
Mayank Srivastava giving the speech
—PHOTOS BY ASHOK DUTTA

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