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First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court has up-
held a Gujarat High
Court order directing
the state government
to pay pension benefits
to a man who retired
after rendering more
than 30 years of ser-
vice.
A bench of Justices
MR Shah and BV Naga-
rathna said the state
cannot be permitted to
take the benefit of its
own wrong.
“To take the services
continuously for 30
years and thereafter to
contend that an em-
ployee who has ren-
dered 30 years continu-
ous service shall not be
eligible for pension is
nothing but unreason-
able,” the bench said.
The top court said as
a welfare state, the
state ought not to have
taken such a stand.
“In the present case,
the High Court has not
committed any error
in directing the state to
pay pensioner benefits
to the respondent who
has retired after ren-
dering more than 30
years service,” the
bench said.
NO DICE
STATE CANNOT BE PERMITTED TO
BENEFIT FROM ITS OWN WRONG: SC
Supreme Court of India —FILE PHOTO
Supports Gujarat High Court
order on payment of pension
to retired govt employee
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2 SOLDIERS, MILITANT
KILLED IN KASHMIR
Two soldiers were killed in a
gunfight in south Kashmir’s
Shopian on Saturday morn-
ing. A militant was also killed
in the exchange of fire that
started after a joint team of
forces launched an operation.
ON HIJAB ISSUE, 58
STUDENTS SUSPENDED
At least 58 female students
from a college in Karnataka’s
Shivamogga district were
suspended for wearing hijab
and also staging an agitation
demanding that they should be
allowed to attend classes.P6
estowed with the rare and exotic Himalayan flora, the
Valley of Flowers is a bouquet of nature peacefully
snuggled in the West Himalayan region of Uttarakhand.
The trek of Valley of flowers goes through dense forests,
along with Pushpawati river and can be reached by crossing
many bridges, glaciers and waterfalls on the way. “Preparation
is underway to build a ropeway to facilitate a visit to Hemkund
Sahib ji,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said during his visit
to Kedarnath on November 5 last year. Once built, it will also serve
the Valley of Flowers, which is UNESCO World Heritage Site, as the
Valley trek falls halfway to Hemkund Sahib.
B
A squirrel visits a blossom on a sunny morning in Moradabad.
SEAT-TO-SEAT CONTEST IN UP POLLS’ 3RD PHASE TODAY IN...
AKHILESH’S ‘ASHISH’
BARB AT BJP IN KHERI
Lakhimpur: SP chief
Akhilesh Yadav said Union
minister Ajay Mishra’s son
Ashish, accused of running
over farmers during a
protest in Lakhimpur Kheri,
was granted bail in a hurry
because the BJP knew
the government in Uttar
Pradesh is set to change.
EC SEEKS FIR AGAINST
KEJRIWAL, SUKHBIR
The State Election Com-
mission in Punjab has
directed Mohali adminis-
tration to register a case
against AAP’s Arvind
Kejriwal regarding video
allegation against SAD. In a
counter complaint by AAP,
Sukhbir Badal has been
charged with poll violation.
FIR AGAINST CHANNI,
SIDHU MOOSEWALA
Punjab Chief Minister
Charanjit Singh Channi and
Congress candidate Sidhu
Moosewala from Mansa
seat have been booked for
violating the model code
of conduct. The case was
lodged on a complaint by
Aam Aadmi Party candidate
Vijay Singla from Mansa.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh is set for cru-
cial third phase of poll-
ing in Yadav land in 59
Assembly constituen-
cies on Sunday
.
In view of the high
sensitivity of the re-
gion, tight security ar-
rangements have been
made for free and fair
elections.
Third phase is in
fact gateway to remain-
ing four phases in
central-Awadh region,
Purvanchal and two re-
maining districts -Ban-
da, Chitrakoot- of Bun-
delkhand.
THE DEMOGRAPHIC
PROFILE IN REGION
While the region has OBC,
Upper castes and Dalit
domination, there are eight
districts Mainpuri, Etawah,
Etah, Kasganj, Firozabad,
Aurrayya, Kannauj and
Farrukhabad which are
Yadav dominated. It is for
this reason the area is called
“Yadav land”. Muslims are
scattered in pockets.
Yadav land crucial for power contenders
During last Assembly polls in 2017, BJP bagged 49 seats while Samajwadi Party got 8 and Congress, BSP clinched
one seats each in the region. All the 13 seats of Bundelkhand going to poll in this round were captured by the BJP
Will Amarinder be
king or kingmaker?
...or will AAP hurt Congress
prospects, Punjab decides today
2.14
crore voters
8am-6pm
Polling time
117
Constituencies
23
Districts
1,304
Candidates in the fray
PUNJAB
Drug mafia, liquor mafia,
transport mafia, cable
mafia, farmers’ distress,
corruption, illegal sand min-
ing and rising state’s debt
CRUCIAL ISSUES
Navjot Singh Sidhu (Amritsar
East), Bhagwant Mann (Dhuri),
Charanjit Singh
Channi (Bhadaur,
Chamkaur Sahib),
Sukhbir Singh Badal
(Jalalabad), Capt
Amarinder Singh (Patiala),
Parakash Singh Badal (Lambi)
KEY CANDIDATES
During last Assembly polls in 2017, Congress got
majority winning 77 seats while Aam Aadmi Party
clinched 20 and SAD-BJP got just 18 seats.
UTTAR PRADESH PHASE-3
59
Constituencies
16
Districts
2.16
crore voters
627
Candidates
in the fray
103
Candidates
face serious
criminal
cases
7am-6pm
Polling time
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, Union
MoS SP Singh Baghel (Karhal),
Shivpal Singh Yadav (Jaswantnagar),
Industries Minister Satish
Mahana (Maharajpur-
Kanpur), Excise Minister
Ram Naresh Agnihotri
(Bhogaon-Mainpuri),
Higher Edu Minister Neelma Katiyar
(Kalyanpur-Kanpur), Hari Yadav
(Sirsaganj-Firozabad), Ajay Kapoor
(Kidwai Nagar-Kanpur)
KEY CANDIDATES
Law and order,
Stary cattle,
communal
polarisation,
farmers
problems,
unemployment,
Drinking water
problem in
Bundelkhand
CRUCIAL
ISSUES
Tensions run sky-high
as the Russian-backed
separatists in Ukraine
call to mobilise forces
Russian marines take position during Russia-Belarus military drills.
Moscow: Pro-Russian
separatist leaders in
eastern Ukraine or-
dered a full military
mobilization Saturday,
amid a spike in violence
that has heightened
fears that Moscow is
planning to use an esca-
lation in the conflict as
a pretext to invade.
The announcements
came ahead of planned
large-scale drills involv-
ing Russian nuclear
forces, overseen by
President Vladimir Pu-
tin, offering a timely
reminder of the coun-
try’s nuclear might, as
Europe faces its gravest
security crisis since
the Cold War.
KAMALA WARNS OF
ECONOMIC COSTS
US vice-president Kamala
Harris warned of “signifi-
cant and unprecedented
economic costs” if Russia
invades Ukraine. Harris
said, “Russia’s actions
simply don’t match their
words. We will target Rus-
sia’s financial institutions
and key industries.”
Ballistic and cruise
missiles were
launched from land,
air and sea with
President Putin
supervising drill
Dawood Ibrahim constitutes
special unit to target India
New Delhi: The Na-
tional Investigation
Agency (NIA) has re-
vealed that fugitive
gangster Dawood Ibra-
him has formed a spe-
cial unit to target India.
The names of political
leaders and famous
businessmen featured
on the hit list, as per the
probe agency
.
The FIR revealed that
Dawood Ibrahim along
with his special unit
was planning to launch
an attack on the coun-
try using explosives
and lethal weapons
with the aim of inciting
violence in different
parts of the country.
Apart from this, Da-
wood Ibrahim has his
focus on Delhi and
Mumbai, the probe
agency said.
The ED had recently
registered a money
laundering case against
Dawood Ibrahim and
his aides for their in-
volvement in financing
terror activities. The
ED will question Ibra-
him’s brother Iqbal
Kaskar, his aides and
gang members. On Fri-
day, Iqbal Kaskar was
sent to ED custody till
February 24 in a money
laundering case.
Political leaders, businessmen on unit’s hit list: NIA
Dawood Ibrahim

First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: City po-
lice have booked seven
persons, believed to be
cattle owners, for at-
tacking officials from
the Gandhinagar Mu-
nicipal Corporation’s
Cattle Nuisance Con-
trol Department as well
as police personnel over
the issue of stray cattle.
According to a com-
plaint filed at the Infoc-
ity police station by
State Reserve Police
Force jawan Ranjit
Zala, CNCD officer
Parth Patel on Friday
received a call from
Nandanvan society in-
forming about stray cat-
tle roaming inside the
society
.
The responding team
managed to catch three
heads of cattle from
within the premises of
the residential society,
but three more animals
got away
.
The team followed
the cattle out onto the
road in a bid to catch
them, when a group of
six to seven cattle own-
ers--led by Aniket De-
sai, Visnu Desai and
Baldev Desai and all
armed with thick
sticks--attacked the
complainant and CNCD
team while trying to
free the impounded ani-
mals.
They damaged police
vehicles, and CNCD de-
partment vehicles and
fled from the scene,
when area residents be-
gan to gather in a
crowd, Zala told the po-
lice.
Constable Zala is cur-
rently receiving treat-
ment at Gandhinagar
civil hospital for inju-
ries sustained in the at-
tack, officials said.
The seven men have
been booked under var-
ious sections of the In-
dian Penal Code includ-
ing those dealing with
voluntarily causing
hurt, obstructing pub-
lic servants from dis-
charging their duty,
causing hurt with dan-
gerous weapons, caus-
ing damage to public
property, unlawful as-
sembly, and rioting.
Infocity Police Sub
Inspector AJ Shah is
leading the investiga-
tion.
Notably, this comes
just two days after Gan-
dhinagar District Col-
lector Kuldeep Arya is-
sued a notification stat-
ing owners of domestic
cattle would face action
if the animals were
found loose on public
roads.
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: The
state’s sports, youth and
culture department on
Saturday directed all
government offices and
eight municipal corpo-
rations to ensure that
nameplates,signboards
of hotels, restaurants,
and malls in public plac-
es are also put up in the
Gujarati language. The
idea behind it is to in-
crease usage of the na-
tive language, said a
press release.
The notification also
stated, “This circular’s
motive is to increase use
of theGujaratilanguage
in our daily lives. In the
first phase, all eight mu-
nicipal corporations
will have to ensure that
all public notices, name
plates and sign boards
are put up in three lan-
guages: English, Hindi
and Gujarati. It is man-
datory now that cinema
halls, theatres, schools,
colleges, universities,
supermarkets, malls,
banks, libraries, gar-
dens, have sign boards
in all three languages.”
Advocates of the Gu-
jarati language have
welcomed the decision.
“The use of Gujarati
language is reducing
due to which the lan-
guage itself is deterio-
rating,” said Harsad Pa-
tel, Vice Chancellor of
Children’s University,
adding, “Such action is
the need of the hour.
Even if you read the
state government sign
boards,ornameplatesat
government offices, Gu-
jarati words are spelled
wrong. One can even
spotgrammaticalerrors
in inter-departmental
communications. This
can only be corrected if
the language’s usage is
increased.”
Columnist and poet
Mukul Choksi strongly
condoned the move and
asserted, “This action
will help preserve the
language.” Rajkot May-
or Pradip Dav also en-
dorsed the department’s
action and announced
that he plans to strictly
follow the circular and
implement it in the city
limit area.
NEWS
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Himmatnagar: A mi-
nor girl, who was sepa-
rated from her parents,
was found by a She
team of Prantij police
officials and later reu-
nited with her parents
on Friday
.
While out on patrol,
members of the team
had found a minor loi-
tering near the railway
station. On inquiring
about her name and
whereabouts of her
parents, the girl told
the female police offic-
ers that she was a resi-
dent of Kuvadara near
Mansa.
Police then made
contactwithPratapsinh
Chinusinh Thakor, the
minor girl’s father. He
then travelled to Pran-
tij with his wife and
took custody of Himan-
shi, 12, from the police.
Officials are investigat-
ing how the minor got
separated from her par-
ents and ended up in
Prantij.
She Teams deputed
across the state have
been instrumental in
coming to the rescue of
women. Their presence
on the streets has com-
pelled criminals to
think twice before act-
ing and women feel saf-
er while stepping out of
their homes.
First India Bureau
Vadodara: Officials of
Vadodara Local Crime
Branch (LCB) seized liq-
uor worth Rs38.28 lakh
hidden inside plywood
boxes at Bharthana toll
plaza on Friday night.
The accused showed
fake medical bills to
transport liquor bottles.
On patrol in Karjan
police station area on
thenightof February18,
LCB officials received
information about a
tempo from Madhya
Pradesh heading to-
wards Vadodara via Su-
rat from Mumbai. Based
on the tip, the team put
the toll plaza under sur-
veillance and intercept-
ed the vehicle on its ar-
rival.
The driver Sardarlal
Harijan, who is a resi-
dent of MP, was appre-
hended by the police. A
search of the tempo re-
vealed 35,280 bottles of
liquor worth Rs35.28
lakh ‘hidden’ inside ply-
wood boxes. During in-
terrogation, Sardarlal
revealed the name of a
man called Ravinder
Saluja, who loaded the
liquor in Mumbai. He
had been instructed to
unload the consignment
in Vadodara. After a
thorough check, the
LCB found duplicate
bills of medical equip-
ment,whichtheaccused
used to ferry the liquor.
In another case, Va-
dodara rural crime
branch seized liquor
worthRs18.96lakhbeing
ferriedinashippingcon-
tainer while passing
through Vadodara-
AhmedabadExpressway
on Saturday
. Coming
from Godhra, the truck
was heading towards
Ahmedabad via Va-
dodara. Police found
11,940 liquor bottles and
arrested driver Shailen-
dra Bishnoi.
Himanshi with her mother and a She Team officer.
Cattle roaming freely on roads has been a menace for commuters. —FILE PHOTO
She Team reunites
minor with her
parents at Prantij
7 booked for attacking officials over stray cattle
Cattle owners went after
Gandhinagar CNCD and police
team with sticks, injuring them
Cartons of whiskey found during the search and seizure operation.
V’dara LCB seizes 35K liquor bottles worth `38.28L SAVING LIVES
A team of Ahmedabad’s Sardarnagar police station
rescued 15 child labourers from the clutches of factory
owners, with the assistance of non- government
organizations (NGOs), on Saturday. A criminal complaint
has been lodged against five factory owners.
Guj signages to adorn govt offices, public places
Sign boards in English language directing people to Science City, Gandhi Ashram,Adalaj Ni Vav, Kochrab Ashram & Sarkhej Roza in Ahmedabad.—PHOTOS BY HANIF SINDHI
Notification put out by sports,
youth & culture dept to increase
use of the native language
Vadodara: On the occasion of
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Jayanti, a procession was
taken out by Vadodara-
based Jai Shivraya Trust
from Salatwada. People of
all age groups dressed up in
traditional attire and carried
saffron flags as they moved
through Raopura, Jubilee
Baug, Gandhinagar Gruh,
Padmavati Shopping Centre,
New Lehripura Road areas.
The procession culminated
at Baranpura Shivaji Chowk.
Members of Shri Chhatrapati
Shivaji Raje Vichar Manch
and Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji
Sahakari Mandali Limited
also celebrated the day by
distributing free earthen
water bowls for birds
to citizens. They plan to
continue this mega drive till
April 16.
PAYING HOMAGE TO CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI

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First India Bureau
Vadodara: Trustees of
Shree Govardhannathji
Haveli at Karelibaug in
Vadodara on Saturday
postponed the deal of
shiftingthetempletoan-
otherlocation.Thisdeci-
sion comes after a few
people tried to brain-
wash devotees and run a
negative campaign
about the deal.
In a unanimous deci-
sion, trustees of Shree
Govardhannathji Haveli
had decided to shift the
temple to another place
and give their existing
land to the Swaminaray-
an temple situated near-
by
. The temple at Kareli-
baug is a symbol of faith
for Vaishnav devotees. A
jointproposalwasbrain-
stormed by trustees of
both the temples—Go-
vardhannathji Haveli
and the Swaminarayan
Temple—for new land
for the former. Parking
issues and other prob-
lems that arose during
festivals,especiallywhen
devotees visited both the
templescollectively
,were
the main contention for
the change in location.
“Many Vaishnavs had
approachedthetrustand
asked them to shift the
temple to another place
wanting enough space
for parking and other fa-
cilities. After a discus-
sion, a decision was tak-
en for the benefit of
Vaishnavdevotees.How-
ever, a negative cam-
paign launched by a few
people seven to eight
days ago has brain-
washed the devotees
about the deal. Keeping
this in view, the trustees
havedecidedtopostpone
shifting of the temple
and will reconsider it if
any new proposal comes
in the future,” said spir-
itual head Vaishna-
vacharya Vrajraj Ku-
marji.
Change in location of Govardhannathji Haveli postponed
STAYING PUT
Govardhannathji Haveli, (inset) Swaminarayan Temple located nearby.

Trustees of the
temple were set to
give the land to
the Swaminarayan
Temple nearby,
when they
encountered
opposition to
the deal
SURAT POLICE COMBING OP: 37 ‘anti-social
elements’ detained, 93 weapons confiscated
First India Bureau
Surat: Taking cogni-
zance of women safety
issuesoutsideeducation-
al institutions in the
wake of 21-year-old
Grishma Vekariya’s
gruesome murder last
week, the Surat police
department on Saturday
began combing opera-
tions for anti-social ele-
ments. Several teams
have been formed to
bring in youths harass-
inggirlsoutsidecampus-
es. So far, officials have
detained 37 youths and
confiscated 93 knives
from 402 people.
Elaborating about the
operation, Surat Police
Commissioner Ajay
Tomar said, “Under the
combing operation, po-
lice personnel were
asked to increase foot
andbikepatrolaswellas
PCR patrolling. So far,
13,599vehicleshavebeen
checked, 402 people
booked for carrying
items that could be used
as weapons. Action has
been taken against 475
people under IPC Sec-
tions107and151,and518.
Youths have also been
warnedagainstroaming
in the streets at night
without any reason.”
These youngsters,
who were detained with-
in 50 metres of educa-
tional institutions, had
deadly weapons such as
swords, ‘Rambo’ knives,
and paddles in their pos-
session. All 402 of them
havebeenbookedforcar-
rying weapons on their
person by police. The
cops have also taken ac-
tion against coffee shops
providing‘couple-friend-
ly spaces’.
As the accused in
Vekariya’scasehadused
a knife as the murder
weapon, police has
cracked down on people
carrying them. While in-
vestigating the case, po-
lice discovered that such
weapons were easily
availableandmanywere
using them too. During
the combing operation,
Surat police confiscated
sharp weapons from
Limbayat, Pandesara,
Udhana and Dindoli ar-
eas.AcaseunderSection
135 of the Indian Penal
Code (IPC) has been reg-
istered against all 402
people. Police are also
monitoring suspicious
movement in all areas.
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: The
brutal murder of Su-
rat girl Grishma
Vekariya, who was
killed by her stalker
Fenil Goyani in broad
daylight last week,
sent shockwaves
across the state. On
similar lines, another
one-sided lover at-
tempted to slit a girl’s
throat in Mansa near
Gandhinagar. Lucki-
ly, the victim sur-
vived the attack but
is currently battling
for her life at Gandhi-
nagar Civil Hospital.
Saroj (name
changed), who is from
Limbodara village in
Gandhinagar was at-
tacked by Sanjay Tha-
kor with a paper cutter.
Mansa police have ar-
rested Sanjay and will
produce him in court
after his COVID-19 test.
On Friday afternoon,
Class XII student Saroj
was on her way home,
when she was ap-
proached by Sanjay. He
asked her to ride pil-
lion with him on his
bike by saying that her
uncle had called for
her. Sanjay then took
her to a nearby river
bank and attempted to
rape her. When she did
not surrender, the ac-
cused tried to slit her
throat with a paper cut-
ter and stabbed her
multiple times. As a
result, Saroj sustained
a two millimetre-deep
and 12 centimetre-long
wound on her neck.
Despite her injuries,
the victim managed to
call her uncle, who
rushed her to the Gan-
dhinagar Civil Hospital
in an ambulance. She
received 30 stitches on
her neck after the at-
tack. After ascertain-
ing his identity, Mansa
police and a senior po-
lice officer rushed to
Limbodara village to
arrest Sanjay on at-
tempt to murder charg-
es. Police will seek his
remand when they pro-
duce him in court.
CRACKDOWN COMES AFTER VEKARIYA MURDER TO ENSURE SAFETY OF WOMEN OUTSIDE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Sharp weapons seized by Surat police on Saturday.
ALARMING RESULTS
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
Fed up of alleged malpractices by Dr Kamlesh Upadhyay, head of department (medicine), over 1,500 student doctors of BJ
Medical College on Saturday demanded his resignation. Citing mental trauma, resident doctors, senior doctors and interns
went on an indefinite strike and called for resolution of the matter. —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI
Man attempts to slit girl’s
throat after thwarted rape
Steady drop in cases as Guj gets 486
new patients; 13 people succumb
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: As the
number of COVID
cases continue to
steadily decline in
Gujarat, the third
wave of the pandemic
seems to be showing
signs of waning. Ac-
cording to a bulletin
released by the state
health and family
welfare department
on Saturday
, a total of
486 COVID-19 cases
were reported in the
past 24 hours. With
the new cases, the to-
tal number of cases
recorded so far stands
at 12,20,185. Due to
the virus infection, 13
people breathed their
last during the day,
taking the death toll
to 10,887.
District-wise the
highest number of cas-
es were reported in
Ahmedabad (192) fol-
lowed by Vadodara
(101), Surat (32), Banas-
kantha (20), Anand and
Mehsana (12 each),
among others.
According to offi-
cial data, a total of
5,790 active cases of
the infection in Guja-
rat; while 42 patients
are on ventilator sup-
port and 5,748 pa-
tients are in stable
condition. Post recov-
ery from the virus,
1,419 people were dis-
charged during the
day, taking the total
recovery tally to
12,03, 508.
As of 5 pm on the day,
a total of 1,60,094 people
were administered dos-
es of COVID-19 vaccine
across the state.
Thakor (in blue) in custody of Mansa police.
Sanjay Thakor
took the victim
to a secluded
riverbank and
attacked her
with a paper
cutter after she
resisted his
advances
MILL WORKER KILLS COLLEAGUE OVER
UNREQUITED LOVE FOR HIS WIFE
First India Bureau
Surat: A rotting
corpse of a young
man was found un-
der a stack of sarees
at Ratan Priya Mill
in Eco Textile Park
located in Palsana
area of Surat on Fri-
day. After a review
of the CCTV foot-
age, it was ascer-
tained that the de-
ceased was a murder
victim and had been
killed by one of his
colleagues. Prelimi-
nary investigations
have revealed that
the killer nursed a
one-sided love for
the victim’s wife.
Hailing from Mad-
hya Pradesh, Akash-
babu Ram Bahadur
Kori (21), lived with
his wife in a building
behind Kathiyawadi
Hotel in Palsana and
worked at the mill.
Lakshman Gir-
jashankar, who
worked with him, was
in love with Akashba-
bu’s wife. After hear-
ing of his advances
towards his wife,
Akashababu confront-
ed and reprimanded
Lakshman.
On February 14,
Akashbabu and Lak-
shman were working
in the mill when, at
midnight, the former
fell asleep near a huge
pile of cloth. Immedi-
ately, Lakshman
threw a stock of sa-
rees on Akashbabu,
which crushed him to
death. The police, at
first, registered a case
of accidental death
but CCTV footage con-
firmed murder. Lak-
shman confessed to
killing Akashbabu in
a fit of rage.
COVID-19 testing in Ahmedabad. —FILE PHOTO
12,03,508
TOTALRECOVERED
1,419 MORE
IN A DAY
12,20,185
TOTAL CASES
486 CASES
IN A DAY
192 MAX
CASES IN
A’BAD
ACTIVE CASES
10,887
TOTAL DEATHS
5,790
13 DEATHS
IN A DAY
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
No one should abandon duties
because he sees defects in them.
Every action, every activity, is
surrounded by defects as a fire
is surrounded by smoke.
—The Bhagwad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoya
Senior journalist Ravish Tiwari’s
untimely death is a big loss to the
media fraternity. His perspectives
on issues affecting & shaping our
society reflected his deep knowledge
& learning. I extend my condolences
to his grieving family. Prayers for the
departed soul.
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
To address the issue of drop-out after
class VIII and ensure continuity of
education at the secondary stage, PM
@narendramodi ji’s govt. has approved
the continuation of Means-cum-Merit
Scholarship Scheme with an outlay of
`1827 crore for the next 5 years.
TOP TWEETS
WHAT IS PK’S NEXT
POLITICAL MOVE: A
DINNER MEETING
SETS OFF RUMOURS
hat’s cooking be-
tween political strat-
egist Prashant
Kishor and Bihar
Chief Minister Nit-
ish Kumar who recently met
over dinner? Kishor dismissed
rumours about any political
move in association with Nitish
Kumar. But coming as it does on
the back of PK’s reported rift
with Mamata Banerjee’s Trina-
mool Congress, it is hard to be-
lieve that it was just a “courte-
sy” dinner meet between the
strategist and his former JD-U
boss after he was shown the
door in 2020. Kishor was num-
ber two in the JD-U. Despite his
denial, it is possible that the
meeting was to further Kishor’s
plan to forge a national alterna-
tive against the BJP.
Significantly
, the TMC has re-
futed speculations of a rift with
Kishor’s I-PAC over a tweet. “We
work as one team and will con-
tinue to collaborate in the fu-
ture,” said a tweet by the TMC.
The I-PAC retweeted the tweet by
TMC. Kishor is definitely not re-
treating from his national objec-
tive. Will Nitish be a part of it?
W
umar Vishwas is a
great poet of our
times and also has
the ability to mes-
merise audiences
with his renditions. Kumar’s
foray in politics proved to be
a failure as he and Kejriwal
couldn’t get along on various
issues. Politically
, Kejriwal is
street smart and understood
the intricacies of politics ear-
ly in his career. He and the
BJP used Anna Hazare to
their advantage and ascended
to power. That is why he is
where he is, and Vishwas is
enjoying his fame as a poet-
story-teller. But for him to
havewaitedforsomanyyears
to talk about Kejriwal being a
threat to the nation’s security
makesonesuspecthismotive.
According to Vishwas, Kejri-
wal shared his separatist
ideaswaybackin2017. Bynot
informing the government
about this earlier, Vishwas
can also be made accountable
for concealment of crime
against the nation. Earlier
Navjot Singh Sidhu was per-
ceived to be a security threat.
Does Vishwas have suffi-
cient proof of the allegation
which he has levelled a cou-
ple of days prior to voting on
February 20? Or has he done
this to help whichever party
he is batting for? The imme-
diate reaction has come from
the BJP, Congress and Akali
Dal, the three parties who
are predicted to lose elec-
tions. Akali Dal is some-
where behind in the race.
Congress fears being voted
out of power as predictions
show the Aam Aadmi Party
leading the race. Together
they have found it agreeable
to be bedfellows against the
common enemy---AAP---to
thwart it from coming to
power. The NIA must swing
into action now.
KUMAR VISHWAS AND
HIS BIG ALLEGATION
According to Vishwas,
Kejriwal shared his
separatist ideas way back
in 2017. By not informing
the government about this
earlier, Vishwas can
also be made
accountable for
concealment of crime
against the nation
K
OF UKRAINE, RAJASTHANI
AND ALAN NAZARETH...
he war clouds are hovering
overtheEuropeansky-itsend
of the European Union to
Ukraine. The U.S. President
Joe Biden is the leader of the
European, whom he tells eve-
ryday that Russia will attack
Ukraine. Mr. Biden even
named the date February 16.
He was proved wrong.
Indian diplomacy has dis-
played wisdom and sure-foot-
edness.OurPermanentRepre-
sentativeattheU.Nspeakingin
the Security Council said on
Thursday
, that India’s interest
was in finding a solution that
provided for “Immediate de-
escalation of tensions. Any
steps that increase tension
maybestbeavoidedbyallsides
inthelargerinterestsof secur-
ing international peace and
security
. Quiet and construc-
tive diplomacy is the need of
the house.” He informed the
Security Council that India
“hasbeenintouchwithallpar-
tiesconcerned.Itisourconsid-
ered view that the issues can
onlyberesolvedthroughdiplo-
matic dialogue…….
“India’s interest is in find-
ing a solution that can pro-
vide immediate de-escalation
of tensions taking into ac-
count the legitimate security
interests of all countries and
aimed towards securing long-
term peace and stability in
the region and beyond.”
It is not widely known that
20,000 Indian students and
nationals live and study in
different parts of Ukraine.
Their well-being and safety
must be our priority
.
Earlier in the week a wide-
ly read newspaper, on its front
page, carried a depressing
news item. It gave the number
of days the State Assemblies
and the Parliament met.
The Punjab and Haryana
Assemblies in 2021 met for 11
and 17 days respectively
. Del-
hi for 8 days. Andhra Pradesh
8 days. Goa 13 days. Odisha
52, Kerala 11, Karnataka 40,
Madhya Pradesh 33, Maha-
rashtra 15, Tamil Nadu 7 days
and Uttar Pradesh 14 days.
The Lok Sabha met for 63
days. The U.S House of Repre-
sentatives was in session for
166 days. The Senate for 192
days, both in 2020 and 2021.
The House of Commons met
for 147 days in 2020. Japan’s
Diet meets for 150 days a year.
On Thursday February 15,
First India carried the follow-
ing news item. The reporter’s
name Aishwary Pradhan. I
quote, “Jaipur: Former Chief
Minister Vasundhara Raje
has written a letter to CM
Ashok Gehlot demanding
that Rajasthan language be
declaredtheofficiallanguage.
“Raje mentioned that the
mother tongue of Rajasthan
is one of the richest languag-
es of the world” Then follows
direct quote from Vasund-
haraji. “It signifies our cul-
ture and feelings. Every per-
son wants Rajasthani to be
made the official language.”
Vasundhara Raje Ji was an
admired Chief Minister of
Rajsthan for ten years. What
steps did she take to make Ra-
jasthani the official lan-
guage? She is among the most
experienced legislatures in
the country. She has been a
member of the Lok Sabha.
If she has been quoted cor-
rectly then, certain funda-
mental questions need be ad-
dressed. First “Every person”
does not ask for making Ra-
jasthani as the official lan-
guage. The people of Bharat-
pur and Dholpur speak Braj
Bhasha and Hindi. Alwar has
its own dialect. The Bhils also
have their own dialect.
How many books are pub-
lished in Rajasthani? how
many newspapers, text
books in schools on physics
or chemistry are written in
this language? Is noting of
government files done in
Hindi or Rajasthani?
Does Rajasthani have its
own alphabet? How many dic-
tionaries are written in Ra-
jasthani. Is Rajasthani richer
than Hindi or Bengali?
I shall give the former
Chief Minister the benefit of
doubt. She was misquoted.
Alan Nazareth joined the
Indian Foreign Service in
1959, retiring in 1994. He is a
public spirited man. He has
written a widely read book
on Gandhiji, which has been
translated in 12 Indian and 23
foreign languages.
OnJanuary31,heorganised
a webinar on “The Great Per-
tinence of Gandhi to India in
the 75th year of its Independ-
ence.”Itwasavirtualone,and
hosted by the India Interna-
tional Centre, New Delhi. For-
mer Justice M.N. Venkatacha-
liah delivered the inaugural
address. Others who spoke,
included former Vice-Presi-
dent of India, Hamid Ansari,
Lord Bhikhu Parekh and Raj-
mohan Gandhi.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India
Alan Nazareth joined the
Indian Foreign Service in
1959, retiring in 1994. He
is a public spirited man. He
has written a widely read
book on Gandhiji, which
has been translated in 12
Indian and 23 foreign
languages. On January 31,
he organised a webinar on
“The Great Pertinence of
Gandhi to India in the 75th
year of its Independence.”
Indian diplomacy has
displayed wisdom and
sure-footedness. Our
Permanent
Representative at the
U.N speaking in the
Security Council said
on Thursday, that India’s
interest was in finding a
solution that provided for
Immediate de-
escalation of tensions.
Any steps that increase
tension may best be
avoided by all sides in
larger interests
Alan Nazareth
Vasundhara Raje

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MUMBAI TO HOST 140TH
IOC SESSION IN 2023
INDIA
06
Patna: At a time his fu-
ture with Mamata Ba-
nerjee’s Trinamool Con-
gress is the subject of
fierce speculation, polit-
ical strategist Prashant
Kishor dined with his
former boss Nitish Ku-
mar on Friday evening.
The two, meeting for
the first time since Nit-
ish Kumar sacked
Prashant Kishor as his
party’s number two in
2020, were reportedly
closeted for two hours at
the Bihar Chief Minis-
ter’s official home in
Delhi. Nitish Kumar
confirmed the dinner
meet to reporters in Del-
hi but said he has old
ties with Prashant
Kishor and not much
should be read into the
meeting.
Kishor,orPK,toldme-
dia it was a “courtesy
visit” stemming from a
casualchat.WhenNitish
Kumar caught an Omi-
cron infection, he ex-
plained, he had phoned
him to ask after his
health. Kumar had then
expressed his desire to
meet, and this material-
ised yesterday
, he said.
Kishor also ruled out
anyimmediatefalloutof
the meeting, insisting
that politically
, they are
poles apart. The strate-
gist has been proactive
in efforts to rally opposi-
tion forces against the
BJP for the 2024 nation-
al election. —Agencies
At Nitish Kumar’s surprise dinner
with Kishor, a message delivered!
NEW CHAPTER IN MODERN AGRI: PM
MODI FLAGS OFF 100 KISAN DRONES
New Delhi: In a special
drive aimed at helping
farmers, Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi on
Friday flagged off 100
Kisan drones in differ-
ent cities and towns to
spray pesticides in
farms across India.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, the Prime Minis-
ter said, “This is a new
chapter in the direction
of modern agricultural
facilities of the 21st cen-
tury
. I am confident that
this beginning will not
only prove to be a mile-
stone in the develop-
ment of the drone sec-
tor but also will also
open the sky to unlim-
ited possibilities.”
During the Budget
2022-23 announcement,
Finance Min Sithara-
man announced a major
stimulus for the agricul-
ture and farming sector.
Giving details, Si-
tharaman said the Cen-
tre will promote Kisan
Drones, chemical-free
natural farming, pub-
lic-private partnerships
for the delivery of digi-
tal and high-tech ser-
vices to farmers across
the country during the
financial year 2022-23.
Emphasising the us-
age of technology, she
said Kisan Drones will
be promoted for crop as-
sessment, digitisation
of land records and
spraying of insecticides
and nutrients. —ANI
Afghan Hindu-Sikh
delegation meets PM
No bahubalis,only
Bajrangbali in UP
under Yogi Govt
Terror conspiracy case:
Fresh NIA raids in JK
S Jaishankar meets
German counterpart
HIJAB ROW: 58 COLLEGE
STUDENTS SUSPENDED
This will open the sky to unlimited possibilities, says PM
PM Modi being felicitated by an Afghan Hindu-Sikh delegate, at
his residence, Lok Kalyan Marg, in New Delhi on Saturday.
Home Minister Amit Shah addressing a public meeting, at
Unchahar, in Raebareli on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI
PM Modi flags off Kisan Drone yatra by Garuda Aerospace Pvt Ltd, via video conferencing.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar with political strategist Prashant Kishor.
New Delhi: A delega-
tion of Sikhs and Hin-
dus from Afghanistan
met Prime Minister
Narendra Modi at his
residence on Saturday
.
A large number of
Afghan Hindus and
Sikhs have been living
in India, and the Indian
Government recently
evacuated many of
them following the Tali-
ban takeover of Af-
ghanistan. The Modi
government has often
asserted its commit-
ment to the minorities
of Afghanistan who
have faced religious
persecution, especially
from the Talibans. —ANI
Raebareli: Amid the
ongoing Uttar
Pradesh assembly
elections, Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Saturday
promised that free
LPG cylinders would
be provided to people
on Holi and Diwali if
the BJP government
returns to power in
the State.
Addressing a pub-
lic meeting in Rae-
bareli’s Unchahar,
Shah said, “For so
many years SP-BSP-
Congress took votes
in the name of the
poor. But apart from
NarendraModi,there
has been no other PM
who has worked for
the poor. The bua-
bhatija (aunt-neph-
ew) government ran
for many years in Ut-
tar Pradesh. They
did nothing except
a p p e a s e m e n t ,
casteism and dynas-
tic politics. Rae Bare-
li has been the seat of
the Gandhi family.
Was there electricity
in Rae Bareli before
the BJP rule?” —PTI
Sultanpur: Laud-
ing Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
for bringing in law
against Triple Talaq,
BJP national presi-
dent JP Nadda on
Saturday said that no
other party had the
spine to remove it
they only indulged in
appeasement politics.
While campaign-
ing for the UP polls,
Nadda in Sultanpur
said, “Supreme Court
ordered to stop
triple talaq. No other
political party had
the spine to remove
it, they did politics
of appeasement. PM
Modi Ji brought the
SC’s order in the
Parliament to get rid
of it give freedom
to Muslim sisters.”
JP NADDA
LAUDS PM
FOR TRIPLE
TALAQ BAN
Bengaluru: At least 58
female students from a
college in Karnataka’s
Shivamogga district
were suspended on Sat-
urday for wearing hijab
and also staging an agi-
tation demanding that
they should be allowed
to attend classes.
The students were
from Government Pre-
University College of
Shiralakoppa. Although
the college manage-
ment, development
committee tried to ex-
plain to the hijab-clad
students the interim or-
der of the High Court,
they did not listen and
pressed for wearing of
hijab, according to the
principal.
Hence, they were
suspended from the col-
lege temporarily. The
enraged students got
into arguments with
college authorities,
leading to an interven-
tion by the police to dis-
perse them.
Tension also pre-
vailed in Belagavi, Yad-
gir, Bellary, Chitradur-
gam and Shiamogga
districts when students
wearing hijab demand-
ed entry into the class-
rooms.
While the adminis-
tration of Vijay Para-
Medical College in Bel-
agavi has declared a
holiday for an indefi-
nite period due to the
protests, students of the
SJVP College in Hari-
hara boycotted classes
after being denied entry
to classrooms for hear-
ing hijab. Hijab-clad
students also gathered
in the playground of
the Ballary Saraladevi
College after they were
turned out from classes.
They refused to speak
to the police and in turn
asked not to be dis-
turbed. —PTI
‘Positive results
in Phase 3 trial
of Covid-19 pill’
New Delhi: Drug firm
Hetero on Saturday an-
nounced positive re-
sults of Phase III trials
of Movfor (Molnupira-
vir), an investigational
oral antiviral COVID-19
medicine.
Theresults,presented
as an Oral Abstract at
theConferenceonRetro-
virusesandOpportunis-
tic Infections (CROI)
held virtually February
12-16, 2022, demonstrat-
ed that Molnupiravir
along with standard of
care (SOC) reduced the
risk of hospitalisation
by over 65 per cent
compared to SOC
alone. No fatalities were
reported during the
study
, it added. —PTI
IOC member Nita Ambani with IOC president Dr Thomas
Bach. The city of Mumbai on Saturday was announced as
the host of the 2023 International Olympic Committee’s
(IOC) session after successfully bidding for it in the 139th
IOC being held in Beijing. This will be the second time
India will host an IOC session after hosting it in New Delhi,
1983. Leading the Indian presentation in Beijing were in
Beijing were Abhinav Bindra, Nita Ambani, IOA president
Narinder Batra and Youth Affairs and Sports Minister
Anurag Thakur.
New Delhi: Ravish
Tiwari, National
Political Editor
and Chief of Na-
tional Bureau of
The Indian Ex-
press, whose work
blended scholar-
ship with journal-
istic rigour to ex-
plain change in
politics and society,
died Saturday
morning. He had
been suffering
from cancer since
June 2020. He was
40 and is survived
by his wife, his par-
ents and a brother.
President Ram
Nath Kovind and
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
condoled Tiwari’s
demise.
“Destiny has
taken away Ravish
too soon. A bright
career in the me-
dia world comes to
an end. Om Shan-
ti,” PM tweeted.
Mumbai: Shiv Sena
MP Sanjay Raut on
Saturday hit back at
BJP leader and Union
Minister Narayan Rane
for “threatening” the
Thackeray family and
the Maharashtra gov-
ernment.
In a stern
war ning
to Mr
Rane, the
Sena MP
a s k e d
him to
“stop giving threats”
and added a subtle
counterthreat of expos-
ing the “system of ex-
tortion” in Mumbai.
“You might be a Un-
ion Minister but this is
Maharashtra. Don’t
forget this. We are your
‘baap (father)’, you
very well know what
that means,” Mr Raut
said in Mumbai. Mr
Rane had on Friday
said he has “learnt”
that an Enforcement
Directorate notice is
ready for “four per-
sons” in ‘Matoshree’,
the private residence
of Maharashtra Chief
Minister Uddhav
Thackeray in suburban
Bandra. “Narayan
Rane is threatening us
that he has our horo-
scope...We too have
your horoscope,” the
Sena MP said. —ANI
Ravish Tiwari,
Express’ nat’l
bureau chief,
passes away
We are your
Baap: Sena’s Raut
after BJP Min’s
ED notice threat
Srinagar: The National
Investigative Agency
(NIA) conducted fresh
raids at eight locations
in Kashmir and Ra-
jasthan on Saturday in
connection with a ter-
rorism conspiracy case.
Aspokespersonof the
NIA said the premier
probe agency sleuths
carried out separate
raids in Sopore, Kup-
wara, Shopian, Rajouri,
Budgam, Ganderbal of
Kashmir and Jodhpur
district of Rajasthan,
with police and CRPF
personnel.
“The case relates to
planningandconspiracy
for undertaking violent
terroristactsinJKand
othermajorcitiesinclud-
ing New Delhi by cadres
of proscribed terrorist
organisationsLaskhar-e-
Taiba(LeT),Jaish-e-Mo-
hammed (JeM), Hizb-
ul-Mujahideen (HM),
Al Badr and their affili-
ates such as The Resist-
ance Front (TRF), Peo-
ple Against Fascist
Forces (PAFF) etc. NIA
has arrested 28 accused
persons in the case so
far,” he said. —ANI
Berlin: External Affairs
Minister S Jaishankar
hasmetwithhisGerman
counterpart Annalena
Baerbock and held a
widerangeof discussion
covering bilateral and
global issues, including
the Indo-Pacific, the de-
velopmentssurrounding
Ukraine and the situa-
tion in Afghanistan.
Jaishankar also met
his Iranian counterpart
H. Amirabdollahian and
held productive discus-
sions on bilateral eco-
nomic cooperation, Af-
ghanistan and the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of
Action (JCPOA), also
known as the Iran nu-
clear deal. Jaishankar
arrived in Germany on
Friday to take part in the
MunichSecurityConfer-
ence (MSC) which is ex-
pected to extensively de-
liberate on escalating
tension between NATO
countries and Russia
over Ukraine. —ANI
IN THE COURTYARD
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Union Minister Piyush Goyal along with BJP leader from
Kota, Rajesh Jain meet Acharya Vidyasagar Ji Maharaj during the Panchkalyanak Maha
Mahotsav in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday.
USE POWER TO QUASH CRIMINAL
PROCEEDINGS SPARINGLY: SC
SC SCRAPS GENDER CAP ON
MAHA BAR PERFORMERS
New Delhi: The power to quash criminal
proceedings should be exercised very
sparingly and with circumspection and that
too in the rarest of rare cases, the SC has
said. A bench of Justices BR Gavai and S
Ravindra Bhat made the observation while
quashing a case of forgery and cheating
against three individuals in a property
dispute. “This court has cautioned that,
power to quash criminal proceedings
should be exercised very sparingly and
with circumspection and that too in the
rarest of rare cases, it has specified certain
category of cases wherein such power can
be exercised,” the bench said.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has
scrapped the condition imposed by Maha-
rashtra authorities that limited the number
of female and male performers in orches-
tra bars to four each, saying rules based
on gender stereotypes have no place in
the society. “While the overall limit of
performers in any given performance
cannot exceed eight, the composition (i.e.,
all-female, majority female or male, or vice
versa) can be of any combination,” it said
in an order. The HC had rejected a plea
against the licence condition to keep only
4 women and 4 male singers or artistes
on the stage of the orchestra bars.
Ravish Tiwari

BIZ BUZZ
07
BASICS OF CREDIT CARD YOU MUST KNOW
Whether you’re paying for groceries or shopping online, using a credit card is an integral part of everyday life for many people. But how well do
you know and understand the terms of your credit card—and what do they even mean? Understanding this common information, as well as
how to use your credit card, are essential if you want to get the most out of all your card has to offer and avoid debt and mistakes detrimental
to your credit. Here’s a mini glossary of some basic terms you may come across when using your credit card.
Credit card information
Credit cards are financial tools,
and understanding how they work
will help you maintain and build
upon your experience while using
them. There is important informa-
tion found on the card itself that
you’ll be asked for when making
purchases, logging into accounts
and adding cards to digital wallets.
Here are some of the key pieces of
credit card information you may
be asked to provide and where to
find each one.
Credit card number
Your credit card number is a 15-
or 16-digit number that is usually
embossed or printed on the front
of your credit card toward the bot-
tom, though it’s becoming increas-
ingly common for issuers to print
the card number on the back.
Cardholder name
The cardholder name is also
embossed or printed on the front
of the credit card toward the bot-
tom. The name on the card should
match a government-issued ID
for the cardholder. Most often it
is a complete name, but it may
appear as the first initial and the
last name.
Expiration date
The expiration date is generally
found on the front of the card
between the card number and
cardholder name. Expiration dates
display the month and year the
credit card expires, but the actual
expiration date is usually the final
day of the month listed.
CVV or security code
This is the three-digit number
located on the back of your credit
card (near the signature box) un-
der the magnetic strip. If you have
an American Express card, the
CVV is a four-digit code located
on the front of your card.
Important credit card
terms
Besides the terms we’ve
already discussed, it’s
important to understand
certain credit card ter-
minology to be able to
manage your credit cards
wisely. Take a look at the
following terms to gain a
better understanding of
what they mean.
Balance transfer
When you move a balance
from one card to another,
you’re doing a balance transfer.
Balance transfer credit cards typi-
cally offer an intro APR on balance
transfers, which can be an excel-
lent method of debt consolidation.
Billing cycle
A billing cycle is the length of time
between the last and the current
statement dates. A typical billing
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WILL MAYAWATI
BECOME THE
PRESIDENT
OF INDIA?
Atal Bihari govern-
ment at the Centre
had fallen due to one
vote of BSP supremo
Mayawati. But imitless
doors of possibilities
have opened for ‘Behen-
ji’ in the modern-day
BJP
. If sources are to be
believed, Mayawati may
be the country’s first
woman Dalit President.
It is said that BJP top
leadership is seriously
considering her name
for the same. Now, the
question arises that
‘what will BJP get in re-
turn?’ Sources claim
that she may merge Ba-
hujan Samaj Party with
BJP
. The name of UP
Governor Anandiben
Patel is doing rounds for
asVicePres-
ident of
I n d i a .
That is,
in the
light of
2024
elections, by putting
women in the top two
postsof thecountry
,BJP
wants to prove how big a
‘women-friendly’ party
it is. While making fun
of Priyanka Gandhi’s
famous slogan ‘ladki
hun, lad sakti hun’, UP
DeputyCMKeshavPras-
ad Maurya had mocked
Priyanka by calling an
‘aunty
, not a girl’. It is
said that the Saffron
Party’s High Command
took Maurya’s class and
scolded him saying,
“You have Keshav in
your name, please don’t
make fun of women like
this.” Women and young
voters played a vital role
in re-electing Narendra
Modi as PM as BJP very
well understands the
gravity of this aspect.
WHY IS KEJRIWAL
BEING TARGETED
BY A POET?
When the election
campaign was on
in full swing in Punjab,
poet Kumar Vishwas in
an interview to news
agencyANI,brought
skeletons out of
Kejriwal’s closet.
This time in Pun-
jab Assembly
polls, the people of Pun-
jab are looking forward
to adopt AAP’s ‘Delhi
model’. So right from
Channi, Modi, Akali Dal
to Rahul and Priyanka
are targeting Kejriwal
and he had to adopt an
defensive attitude. Actu-
ally
, AAP’s massive im-
pact can be seen in Mal-
wa and Doaba regions
this time. Malwa has al-
ways been a centre of
Punjab’s politics. If
Parkash Singh Badal,
Captain Amarinder Sin-
gh and current CM
Channi’s names are
taken out of this list,
then since 1966 till now
17 Punjab CMs were
from Malwa. This time
AAP’s ‘broom’ is creat-
ing positive effects in
Malwa. Talk-
ing about
Doaba, it
is an area
of influ-
ence of
NRIs, who have been
supporting Kejriwal for
a long time. There are 23
seats here. It is believed
that once the Jat- Sikh
core vote bank in Malwa
region was part of Aka-
li-BJP but has shifted to
AAP and Congress after
the farmers’ movement.
The constituency of
AAP’s CM face Bhag-
want Mann, who is MP
from Sangrur, also
comes in Malwa. Most
of the farmers who
were martyred in farm-
ers’ movement were
also from Malwa re-
gion. So, this seems to
be a well-thought-out
tactic of Vishwas.
WHY IS RAHUL
ANGRY WITH
LOVED ONES?
AtatimewhenRahul
and Priyanka were
busy in elections in five
states,withtheblessings
of Sonia Gandhi, Mad-
husudan Mistry, who
moved forward in Con-
gress politics with bless-
ings of Late Ahmed Pa-
tel, stepped forward to
boost the Congress
membership campaign
byappointingState-wise
PRO i.e. State Returning
Officer APRO at a
massive scale. Sources
reveal that after March
10, both Rahul and Pri-
yankacanjointlyreview
and repair Mistry’s list.
The names of many
PRO-APROs can be re-
moved from the list and
many new names can be
added. Since Congress
Presidentistobeelected
in August-September,
Rahul doesn’t want any
challenge for himself
from within the party
.
WILL CONGRESS
‘EKLA CHALEGI’ IN
BIHAR TOO?
Both Rahul and Pri-
yanka want that
like in UP
, now the Con-
gress should be put on
its own feet in Bihar. For
this,theGandhisiblings
don’t want Lalu or Nit-
ish’ssupport.Underthis
strategy, the Congress
has released its first list
of 8 candidates for the
election of 24 seats for
the Bihar Legislative
Council. At the same
time, big Congress lead-
ers of Bihar were busy
visiting Lalu-Nitish to
get tickets for their rel-
atives. Without talking
to Lalu, Rahul sent his
confidant K. Raju to Bi-
har as an observer and
only after Raju’s re-
port, the Congress has
also released its first
list of candidates.
SONIA GANDHI
WON’T CONTEST
ELECTIONS
In view of
her dete-
r i o r at i n g
health, So-
nia Gan-
dhi is refus-
ing to con-
test the
next LS polls. Sources
related to 10 Janpath re-
veal that there has been
almost a consensus in
Gandhi family that this
time in general elec-
tions in 2024, Priyanka
Gandhi may contest
from Rae Bareli in place
of Sonia. There is also a
possibility that in 2024,
Priyanka contests
against Smriti Irani
from Rahul’s Amethi
seat and Rahul may
shift to Rae Bareli, his
mother’s seat. At the
same time, BJP is try-
ing to convert Rae
Bareli’s condition like
that of Amethi, when
in 2017 UP assembly
polls, Congress could
win only 2 out of 5
seats in Amethi and
later both the Congress
MLAs joined the BJP.
WHY IS MADAN
ENGAGED IN
CRUSHING
DOWN BJP?
All is not well in Ut-
tarakhand BJP
these days as the mu-
tual tussle between
BJP leaders
couldn’t end even
during polls. The
BJP High Com-
mand was forced
to summon
Pushkar Singh
Dhami and
Madan
Kaushik
to Del-
hi. Kaushik’s tweet is
also being attributed
behind this, in which
he had openly said that
‘BJP is losing in Utta-
rakhand’. Anyway, the
officials of Uttara-
khand have been trou-
bled for last five years
due to Kaushik’s obsti-
nate attitude. He didn’t
stop even during the
elections. It is said that
Kaushik spent money
like a spendthrift in
polls. He got the poll
campaign material
printed in such a huge
quantity that he be-
came obviously visible
to the ECI.
...AND FINALLY
BSP has made Mee-
sam Ammar Rizvi
its candidate from
Mahmudabad. Mees-
am’s father was a vet-
eran Congress leader,
who had also been UP
CM’s caretaker. In 2019,
he had joined the BJP.
Now Meesam’s dilem-
ma is that his father be-
ing in BJP, he isn’t able
to attack BJP directly
in his campaign.
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB
RAMAN
The author is a journalist
and political commentator
and views expressed are
his personal
RAHUL GANDHI
MAYAWATI ARVIND KEJRIWAL SONIA GANDHI
MADAN KAUSHIK
08
2NDFRONT
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Three
men were crushed to
death when an uniden-
tified vehicle hit their
motorcycle on a high-
way in Valsad district,
police said on Saturday
.
The incident took
place on Ahmedabad-
Mumbai national high-
way near Pardi town of
the district late on Fri-
day night, an official
from Pardi police sta-
tion said.
The victims fell on
the highway after an
unidentified vehicle hit
their motorcycle, and
as they lay at the scene,
they were crushed to
death by a heavy vehi-
cle, he said.
As per preliminary
investigations, the vic-
tims were from the
same village in Dhar-
ampur taluka of the
district, and were trav-
elling from Vapi to Val-
sad at the time of the
accident, the official
said.
Efforts are on to
track down the victims'
families and to identify
the vehicle that hit the
two-wheeler, the offi-
cial added.
Fatal road accidents
have been claiming
lives at least once every
two days this past
week. Two accidents,
one each in Ahmedabad
and Vadodara on Feb-
ruary 11, left three peo-
ple dead and another
two critically injured.
Three police personnel
were killed in Jaipur
during a prisoner
transport on Feb 15,
and two Jamnagar
youths died while rac-
ing each other's motor-
cycles on Thursday.
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Varun
Parikh (67-69-69-67) of
Ahmedabad dominated
round four of the final
qualifying stage with a
clinical five-under 67 to
register a resounding
eight-shot victory at a
total of 16-under 272 at
the Professional Golf
Tour of India (PGTI)
Qualifying School 2022
at the Kalhaar Blues
Greens Golf Club.
Gur ug ram-based
SunhitBishnoi(66-72-73-
69) took second place at
eight-under 280 after re-
turning the last round
of 69.
Chandigarh’s Vishav
Pratap Singh Gill (77-71-
70-70) finished as the
best amateur as he se-
cured third place at
even-par 288.
Ahmedabad’s Jay Pan-
dya (72-72-74-70) also
shared the position with
Gill.
The cut in the final
round went at 11-over
299 with the top 40 play-
ers earning their full
cards for the 2022 PGTI
season.
The top 40 included
seven amateurs. There
were also four foreign-
ers (two Bangladeshis,
one Nepali and one
American) among the 40
players who earned
their full cards.
Twenty-three-year-
old Varun Parikh, the
overnight leader by six
shots who also led the
field from the second
round onwards, pro-
duced the best score of
the last round to stamp
his authority at the
event.
Varun, playing in his
hometown Ahmedabad,
had a terrific start to the
finalroundashebirdied
the first two holes mak-
ing a long conversion on
the first and producing
an outstanding tee shot
on the par-3 second.
Parikh then cruised to a
comfortable win adding
four more birdies in-
cluding three conver-
sions from a range of 10
to 20 feet while conced-
ing only one bogey
.
“I was disappointed
after a poor season last
year but this perfor-
mance gives me the self-
belief to bounce back
this year. I believe if I
can shoot a score of
16-under at one of the
most challenging cours-
es, Kalhaar, then I can
perform well at any oth-
er course. My iron play
was outstanding today
as I made 16 greens in
regulation. Sunhit
(Bishnoi) was also play-
ing really well. So Sun-
hit kept me on my toes
and that in turn helped
me push ahead. I was
also playing more free
golf coming into this
week. I was in a relaxed
frame of mind and not
thinking too much
about the result,” said
Parikh, who bagged a
prize money cheque of
Rs75,000 for his win.
A’bad’s Varun Parikh wins PGTI Qualifying School 2022
IN CRUISE MODE
Dominates final
round for
resounding eight-
shot victory
Varun bagged prize money of Rs75,000 on winning the
tournament. —FILE PHOTO
3 crushed to death in
Valsad road accident
Senior citizen falls prey to
online fraud, loses `17 lakh
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Despite
alerting the city police
control room, a senior
citizen lost almost Rs17
lakh from his savings
accounts to cyber theft.
Sola High Court police
are now investigating
the case.
According to police,
Rajesh (name changed)-
-a retiree from the Na-
tional Insurance Com-
pany--received a mes-
sage on January 31 on
his BSNL mobile num-
ber—“BSNL alert -Your
BSNL sim card will be
blocked, please call cus-
tomer care.”
Rajesh called on the
said customer care
number shared in the
message, and the “per-
son on the other side”
asked the senior citi-
zen--if he wanted to
keep his sim card ac-
tive, he should visit the
quick support link
shared with him and
transfer Rs10. After
downloading the app,
the victim transferred
Rs10 using his bank de-
tails and password.
He then received an-
other call, where he was
asked to share his IDBI
bank details. The alert
senior citizen immedi-
ately disconnected the
call and informed the
police via the control
room number. But when
the complainant’s son-
in-law checked the com-
plainant’s mobile, he
discovered that Rs7.46
lakh was withdrawn.
Two days later, the com-
plainant received a call
from a Bank of Baroda
branch that Rs9.65 lakh
was withdrawn from
his account. In total, the
senior citizen was
robbed of Rs17 lakh by
the cyber thief.
Sola police have reg-
istered a case under the
Information and Tech-
nology Act and various
other sections of the
Indian Penal Code.
Retired insurance employee was
lured through an SMS about
blocked sim card by cyber thief
Thankfulness is greatly
underestimated, it can paint
your life in the brightest colours.
Try it!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India

AHMEDABAD, SUNDAY,
FEBRUARY 20, 2022
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CITY FIRST SHARES
SOME MORE GLIMPSES
OF THE GALA EVENING
ON FRIDAY WHERE THE
FIRST INDIA QUEEN OF
COSMOS, INDIA WAS
CROWNED. NOW,
THE WAIT FOR
THE FINALE AT
DUBAI ON
MARCH 10
HAS STARTED!
t is truly said
that ‘Beauty
is being the
best possible
version of
yourself, on
the inside and out’.
We believe that
beauty is like a pre-
cious gem, a jewel
beautiful on it’s
own but it needs
a bit of polish-
ing and the cor-
rect setting to
shine to its
b e s t .
This is exactly what
beauty pageants do and
we at First India take
great pains to groom,
guide and counsel our
bevy of blooming flow-
ers - fleurs en floraison.
For the Queen of Cos-
mos India auditions
also, the 26 beauties from
across India participat-
ed in online and offline
grooming sessions for
public speaking, make-
up, walking the ramp,
conduct in public, hold-
ing conversations and
many more day-to-day
issues which are a daily
part of Beauty Queen’s
life and times.
During the glittering
gala evening on Friday
at Fairmont Jaipur,
where Sanskriti Negi
was elected as India’s
representative to the
First India Queen of
Cosmos being held in
Dubai on March 10
at the Ibn Batuta ho-
tel a very important
announcement was
also made by Jag-
deesh Chandra that
First India would
take care of the
Dubai of travel
and stay expenses
of Sanskriti. A
highly motivated
Sanskriti thanked
Jagdeesh Chan-
dra for the gesture
and also for the
fabulous opportu-
nity of represent-
ing India on the
inter national
stage. “I will
work very hard
so that I can
make my na-
tion proud. I
understand the re-
sponsibility and will
never wear this crown
lightly”, she added.
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

MUKESH
KIRADOO
I
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
Rayna Sikri, Simran Mahendrawal, Palak Shah and Amisha Rana,
Sanskriti Negi (Winner), Sanskriti Sharma (1st Runner-up) and Khushi Verma Angela Kumar (2nd Runners-up)
Jagdeesh Chandra addressing the guests
FLEURS EN
FLEURS EN
FLORAISON
FLORAISON
Akansha Bakshi and Amrita Khurana

The totally spectacular evening at Fairmont on Friday
was a huge success, First India as usual upped the
benchmark for beauty pageants.The evening
was a culmination of months of hard work
by the Brand Ambassador Rishee Miglani
and Show Director Lokesh Sharma along
with the First India team, not to mention
all our sponsors, supporters, friends and
partners in the Queen of Cosmos
International Beauty Pageant.We bring
you some more glimpses of the
beautiful evening.
10-11
ETC
A MAGICAL EVENING
A MAGICAL EVENING
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Aditi Jaggi.
Also seen is Rupa Khurana
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Akansha Bakshi.
Also seen is Rishee Miglani
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Dhirendra Raghav.
Also seen is Rupa Khurana
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Nupur Kapoor. Also seen
are Rupa Khurana and Rishee Miglani
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Manju Sharma.
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Usha Punia.
Also seen are Rupa Khurana and Rishee Miglani Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Vanish Chugh. Also seen is Rupa Khurana
Hiteshi, Khushi, Muskaan
and Jayshree
Deepak Sankit
Neeta Joshi and Sanjay Sardana
Rupa Khurana, Aarti Mishra,
Vioma Sharma, Khushi Adesra
and Rukmini Chaudhary Ayushi Banasia, Akanksha Kumari,
Simran Mahendrawal, Khasika Bassi and Simran
Arvind and Puja Arya VS Tanwar
Saloni, Mitali and Priyatam Sogani Deepak Sharma and Amitabh Jain
Jagdeesh Chandra with Muskaan Moolchandani,
Tripti Arora and Rayna Sikri
JD Maheshwari, Vanish
and Deepali Chugh
with Pawan Goyal
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates JD Maheshwari.
Also seen are Rupa Khurana and Rishee Miglani
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Priyatam Sogani
Jagdeesh Chandra felicitates Ruchika Sodhi.
—PHOTOS
BY
SANTOSH
SHARMA

MUKESH
KIRADOO

12
CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
A BLESSED COUPLE INDEED!
The wedding of Union Minister Bhupender Yadav’s daughter was a super VIP affair which proved the social and political connect of the dynamic Minister
AISHWARY PRADHAN
New Delhi: A wed-
dingisalwaysaspecial
occasion and the wed-
ding of Shubha and
Raman was all the
more so as they re-
ceived personal bless-
ings from the who’s
whoof thenation.The
wedding of the
daughter of Union
Minister Bhu-
pender Yadav,
Shubha with Ra-
man Yadav, son of
Ram Kumar Yadav
was conducted under
high security and
strict Covid protocol
asPresidentRamNath
Kovind, Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi,
Chief Justice of India
N V Ramana, Lok Sab-
ha Speaker Om Birla,
BJP President JP Na-
dda along with other
political stalwarts
reached to congratu-
late the high-profile
minister and bless the
newly-weds.
On Friday evening
almost the entire cabi-
net reached 9, Motilal
Nehru Marg, the resi-
dence of Bhupender
Yadavforthewedding.
Themarriagecelebra-
tionswerespreadover
theperiodof oneweek
which saw BJP stal-
warts, media icons
and VIPs from other
fields reaching to
greettheYadavfamily
.
The officers from
both his ministries
had attended
Shubha’s en-
gagement while
guests from Ra-
jasthan and Haryana
reached the village
for the godh bharai
ceremony on Monday
.
On Tuesday, col-
leagues from Bihar
and Jharkhand were
invited for lunch
while the party mem-
bersfromGujaratand
Maharashtra attend-
ed dinner. Keeping in
tunewiththeworking
profile of Modi’s cabi-
net, in the midst of
the celebrations the
Bhupender Yadav
also attended a cabi-
net meeting and gave
a speech at the World
Sustainable Develop-
ment Summit too.
PM Narendra Modi with the newly weds Shubha Raman, along with ML Khattar,
Bhupender Babita Yadav, Ram Kumar and Mrs Yadav, bride’s sister Pragya,
groom’s sister Shivani and her husband Akhilesh Kumar
Saudan Singh (centre) with Bhupender Yadav and Prahlad Patel
Baba Ramdev and Rajendra Rathore
caught in a candid moment
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla with Bhupender Yadav,
Om Mathur and Parshottam Rupala Baba Ramdev with Diya Kumari
PM Narendra Modi greets and blesses the bride and groom Shubha and Raman, also seen are Bhupender Yadav and Ram Kumar Yadav
During the wedding ceremony on Friday
JP Nadda and Mallika Nadda with Bhupender and Babita Yadav and the newly wed couple
Bhupender Yadav welcomes Sharad Pawar
Nitish Kumar and Prahlad Patel
bless the newly weds Dushyant Chautala with Bhupender Yadav, Ram Kumar Yadav and the newly weds
Digitalising ages-old stories !
CITY FIRST
‘S
uno Story’ by
Peehu Agar-
wal, a Delhi
based stu-
dent, is a platform to
share and narrate sto-
ries imbibing the cul-
ture of India for the
children of today
.
Suno Story has culti-
vated a diverse selec-
tion of content, across
multiple regional lan-
guages and created
a special series of
videos on Indian
festivals and holi-
days to celebrate
multiculturality
.
She later mentioned
that her work started
with taking the stories
to children who do not
have grandfathers or
grandmothers around
them.
More than seven
thousand chil-
dren have benefit-
ted from this cam-
paign and more than
three hundred stories
have been uploaded for
the public to watch.
TRASH INTO TREASURE
CITY FIRST
A
t its standing
committeemeet-
ing on Friday
,
the North Delhi
Municipal Corporation
approved a plan to build
a waste-to-art theme
park on nine acres at Aj-
mal Khan Park in Karol
Bagh. Inspired by the
South Delhi Municipal
Corporation’s attempts
to make copies of re-
nowned structures out
of waste materials, the
northcorporation’spark
will have 25 reproduc-
tions of worldwide mon-
uments, 13 of which will
be three-dimensional,
and the rest will be two-
dimensional. The local
government has budget-
ed ` 27.2 crore for a pri-
vate business to develop,
finance, run, and trans-
fer the theme park.
The three-dimension
attractions will be repli-
cas of the Great Sphinx
at Giza, Great Wall of
China, Great Buddha of
Kamakura in Japan,
Sydney Opera House,
Little Mermaid of Co-
penhagen, Sagrada Fa-
miliacathedralinBarce-
lona, Brandenburg Gate
in Berlin, Stonehenge in
England), Pompeii in It-
aly
, Louvre of Paris,
Easter Islands and
Rome’s Trevi Fountain.
The rest of the sculp-
tures will be of Angkor
Wat in Cambodia,
BorobudurTempleinIn-
donesia, Capitol Hill in
Washington DC,
Chichen Itza in Mexico),
Forbidden City in Bei-
jing, Hagia Sophia of Is-
tanbul, London Bridge,
MountRushmorememo-
rial in the US, Machu
Picchu in Peru), Petra in
Jordan and Saint Basil’s
Cathedral in Moscow.

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