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1. Dehradun: Delhi Chief
Minister and AAP Na-
tional Convenor Arvind
Kejriwal on Sunday
promised to take big
steps to end migration
fromUttarakhand,assur-
ing an unemployment al-
lowance and an 80 per
cent job quota for people
of the state if his party
comes to power in the
next assembly elections.
Making six promises,
Kejriwalsaideveryyouth
of Uttarakhand would
get employment if the
AAP is voted to power,
and assured a monthly
allowance of Rs 5,000 to
an individual from every
family till they got a job.
He also promised to re-
serve 80 per cent of both
private and government
jobs for the people of the
state and to create one
lakh employment oppor-
tunitieswithinsixmonths
of coming to power.
A job portal, on the
lines of the one in Delhi,
will be launched which
willprovideaninteractive
platform to job seekers
and employers, Kejriwal
said, addressing a press
conference in Haldwani.
A separate ministry
will also be created to ad-
dresstheissuesof unem-
ployment and migration,
the Delhi CM and Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) na-
tional convenor added.
Kejriwal also accused
successive governments
of doingnothingbutloot-
ing Uttarakhand’s re-
sourcesforyears.If voted
to power, the AAP will
take big steps for large-
scalecreationof jobsand
prevention of migration
from the hills, he said.
Referringtohisearlier
promises of free electric-
ity to farmers round the
clock and 300 units of
powertoeveryhousehold
at no cost, Kejriwal said
all these are meant to be
fulfilled.
“Unlike others, we do
whatwesay
.Wearegoing
to keep all our promises.
If wesaywewillgivefree
power to farmers 24x7 or
give 300 units of power
for free, we mean it. We
have done it
inDelhi,andwe
will do it here,”
he added.
DELHI MODEL TO BE REPLICATED IN U’KHAND
Delhi CM says every youth of Uttarakhand would get employment if the AAP is voted to power in state
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Patna court has ordering registration of FIR against six people, including RJD
leader Tejashwi Yadav for allegedly accepting Rs 5 cr for a Lok Sabha ticket
during 2019 polls. The complaint also mentions Bihar Congress state chief
Madan Mohan, Congress spokesperson R Rathore, S Mukesh and Misa Bharti.
Union minister L Murugan is likely to be elected unopposed in the Ra-
jya Sabha bypoll from Madhya Pradesh next month, as the main opposi-
tion Congress has decided not to field its candidate. The BJP announced
Murugan’s name for the bypoll, which will be held on October 4.
`5 CRORE FOR LOK
SABHA TICKET: FIR
AGAINST TEJASHWI
CONGRESS NOT TO
FIELD CANDIDATE FOR
RS BYPOLL IN MP
CORONA CATASTROPHE
NEW DELHI
INDIA
30,773
new cases
309
new fatalities
28
new cases
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new fatalities
FOREIGN TOURISTS
MAYBEALLOWED
IN INDIA SOON
Top Union Home Ministry officials are deliberating with
all stakeholders on the expected date and modalities
for opening up of the country for foreign tourists. A formal
announcement allowing foreign tourists to visit India may
come within the next 10 days. The decision is being taken in
view of declining number of COVID-19 cases in the country.
Naga’s new ‘Oppn-less’
govt to be called UDA
Kohima: A month af-
ter the Opposition
joined hands with the
government in Naga-
land, the state’s legisla-
tors have decided to call
the new formation the
United Democratic Alli-
ance (UDA).
“Thenomenclatureof
United Democratic Alli-
ance(UDA)fortheOppo-
sition-less government
in Nagaland has been
unanimously approved
by the legislators and
party leaders of NDPP,
BJP
, NPF and Independ-
ent MLAs,” chief minis-
ter Neiphiu Rio tweeted
on Saturday evening.
OnJuly19,theOpposi-
tion party
, Naga People’s
Front (NPF), submitted
a letter to chief minister
Rio requesting for an all-
party government to
help reach an early set-
tlement of the Naga po-
litical problem. In Au-
gust,theRio-ledPeople’s
Democratic Alliance
(PDA)—whichcompris-
es the National Demo-
cratic Progressive Party
(NDPP), with the sup-
port of the BJP and two
Independents — passed
a joint five-point resolu-
tion with the NPF.
UNIQUE POLITICS Taliban to female Kabul
city workers: Stay home
Kabul: The interim
mayor of Afghanistan’s
capital says many fe-
male city employees
have been ordered to
stay home by the coun-
try’snewTalibanrulers.
Hamdullah Namony
told reporters Sunday
that only women who
could not be replaced by
men have been permit-
ted to report to work. He
saysthisincludesskilled
workers in the design
and engineering depart-
ments as well as female
attendants of public toi-
lets for women.
Namony’s comments
were another sign that
the Taliban are enforc-
ing their harsh inter-
pretation of Islam, in-
cluding restrictions on
women in public life,
despite their initial
promises of tolerance
and inclusion. In their
previous rule in the
1990s, the Taliban had
barred girls and women
from schools and jobs.
The mayor says a fi-
nal decision about fe-
male employees in Ka-
bul municipal depart-
ments is still pending,
and that they would
draw their salaries in
the meantime.
A NEW FACE IN PUNJAB, CHHATTISGARH
CHIEF MINISTER ON HIS WAY OUT!
A ‘helpless’ Sonia
...gives Rahul his way to
establish his ‘authority’!
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Finally,
Congress’ godmother
for 21 years - Sonia
Gandhi - has now re-
luctantly handed over
the complete com-
mand and control of
the grand-old party to
her son Rahul Gandhi,
without waiting for a
formal CWC resolu-
tion to name Rahul as
her successor. Accord-
ing to sources, after a
two year long ‘inter-
family struggle’, Ra-
hul has finally suc-
ceeded in giving a
clear message in the
party that he is the
real BOSS now. The
way Rahul got re-
placed an old Punjab
guard and a popular
leader Captain Ama-
rinder Singh is also a
clear hint to Chhattis-
garh CM to hand over
his charge to a waiting
Rival - TS Singdeo -
who is currently
health minister in the
government.
Now, Rajasthan may
be Rahul’s next agen-
da, where he is to find
an ‘amicable’ solution
to an ongoing feud be-
tween Ashok Gehlot
and Pilot camps. So-
nia’s helplessness or
compulsions in this
entire process was
clearly visible while
responding to an elev-
enth hour Captain
Amarinder Singh’s
‘distress call’ on Satur-
day, she said only one
line “I am sorry Ama-
rinder”.
This was a virtual
acceptance of a devel-
oping situation,
where, in future, So-
nia either willingly or
unwillingly, would
not like to interfere in
Rahul’s decisions.
However, there is a cu-
riosity to know the
exact role of Priyan-
ka Gandhi to know
about her future role
in Rahul rule or if she
will be asked to con-
fine herself to Uttar
Pradesh, where she is
working very hard to
bring the party back
to power.
CHANNI NEXT PUNJAB CAPTAIN
CHANNI, THE CHAMKAUR SAHIB MLA AND
MINISTER, IS THE FIRST DALIT LEADER TO BE
SELECTED AS CHIEF MINISTER OF THE STATE
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KEEP PUNJAB SAFE FROM
ACROSS BORDER THREAT:
AMARINDER TO NEW CM
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Punjab CM Designate Charanjit Singh Channi along with Navjot Singh Sidhu and other Congress leaders after the former was
announced as the next CM of Punjab outside Governor’s residence in Chandigarh on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Mohd Fahad
Chandigarh: Punjab
on Sunday got its first
Dalit Chief Minister
with Technical Educa-
tion Minister Charanjit
Singh Channi nominat-
ed as Congress Legisla-
tive Party (CLP) leader
on Sunday
.
Channi (51) replaces
Amarinder Singh, who
had stepped down as
CM on Saturday
. A legis-
lator from Chamkaur
Sahib, Channi has been
a CLP member and
Leader of Opposition in
the previous SAD-BJP
government in the state.
Channi had been vo-
cal in raising the Dalit
issues in the state and
had recently rebelled
against Amarinder.
He is considered close
to AICC leader Rahul
Gandhi and became the
choice of the Congress
high command for the
post after two Jat Sikhs
Sukhjinder Singh Rand-
hawa and PPCC chief
Navjot Singh Sidhu op-
posed the party’s move
to appoint a
Hindu leader Sunil
Jakhar. His name was
announced amid the
fight for power among
the Jat Sikh leaders.
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2 DEPUTY CMs;
CABINET REJIG
SOON: RAWAT
Congress is mulling to
appoint two Deputy
CM’s under Channi and a
possible rejig in the state
cabinet. However, only
Charanjit Singh will take
oath on Monday and the
decision on revamping
the cabinet will be taken
later, said Harish Rawat.
He also said that Charan-
jit’s appointment was a
unanimous decision.
WHAT AMARINDER
WROTE TO SONIA
H
ours before he formally submitted his resignation
to the Governor on Saturday, Captain Amarinder
Singh had written to Congress president Sonia
Gandhi apprising her of his decision while expressing
anguish at the political events of the last five months
which, he said, were clearly “not based on full under-
standing of the national imperatives of Punjab and its
key concerns.” “Notwithstanding my personal anguish,
I hope this will not cause any damage to the hard-
earned peace and development in the State, and that
the efforts I have been focusing during the last few
years, would continue unabated, ensuring justice to
one and all.”
SIDHU ON NEW
CM: HISTORIC
DECISION
Punjab Congress
president Navjot Singh
Sidhu lauded Congress’s
move to replace Ama-
rinder Singh with Charan-
jit Singh Channi as Punjab
CM. Sidhu tweeted, “His-
toric !! Punjab’s first Dalit
CM-Designate … Will be
written with Golden letters
in History. A tribute to the
spirit of the Constitution
and the Congress !!”
Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio
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New Delhi: Strips of
bamboo are being meas-
ured, twisted and bent to
make Ravana effigies
ahead of Dussehra in
corners of West Delhi’s
Titarpur, but the mak-
ers, harried by Covid-
related restrictions on
celebrations and gather-
ings, are anticipating
another year of poor
sales.
At Micheal Ekka’s
roadside stall near the
Tagore Garden Metro
station, two workers
were handcrafting the
bamboo frames that
make the basic structure
of the effigies on Friday
afternoon.
“We used to get orders
for large effigies that are
40-ft high when assem-
bled. Since Ramlila
events are unlikely to
happen this year also,
we have scaled down the
size of the effigies to be-
tween 5 ft and 15 ft.
There were barely any
sales last year and the
fear of another lock-
down has prevented
some of us from hiring
more workers,” he said.
City’s Ravana effigy makers fear another lost year
COVID SHADOW
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There were
barely any sales
last year and the
fear of another
lockdown has
prevented some
of us from hiring
more workers,
says effigy
makers.
CRUCIAL READ
2 MEMBERS OF INTERSTAGE DRUG
MAFIA HELD, MARIJUANA SEIZED
New Delhi: Delhi police arrested two drug
traffickers with 358 kg Marijuana from Dwarka area.
They used luxury vehicles for sup-
plying contraband from Naxalite
areas of Andhra Pradesh to vari-
ous parts of Delhi and NCR, police
said. According to police, the
gang leader is an ex-serviceman
and he used a pilot car to watch police pickets and
check on routes.
Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta terms it as party’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy
BJP EXPELS 3 COUNCILLORS
ONCORRUPTIONCHARGES
New Delhi: Cracking
the whip over com-
plaints of corruption,
Delhi BJP president
Adesh Gupta on Sunday
expelled three munici-
pal councilors from the
party for six years, and
said more heads will
roll if they are found
involved in financial ir-
regularities.
Gupta termed the ac-
tion, coming months
ahead of the three mu-
nicipal corporations
early next year, as BJP’s
“zero tolerance” policy
.
“Not just councilors
but officers of the mu-
nicipal corporations
(MCDs) will also not be
spared if they are found
involved in corrup-
tion,” Gupta told PTI.
He said people should
make videos if anyone
“extorts” money from
them in the name of
MCDs and provide it to
Delhi BJP so that FIR
can be registered
against them.
The councillors who
have been removed
from the party over
graft charges are Sadu-
lajab councillor Sanjay
Thakur in South Delhi
Municipal Corporation
(SDMC), New Ashok
Nagar councillor Rajni
Babloo Pandey in East
Delhi Municipal Corpo-
ration (EDMC) and
Mukherjee Nagar
councillor Pooja Madan
in North Delhi Munici-
pal Corporation, ac-
cording to the orders
issued by Delhi BJP
president.
“You(SanjayThakur)
are informed that due
to numerous com-
plaints of corruption
against you, you are re-
moved from the prima-
ry membership of the
party for six years. You
were many times made
aware of this and asked
to mend your corrupt
behaviour but to no
avail. You are removed
from the party for six
years with immediate
effect,” the expulsion
letter issued Delhi BJP
president Adesh Gupta
said.
Similar expulsion let-
ters were also issued to
EDMC councillor Rajni
Babloo Pandey and
North MCD councillor
Pooja Madan.
Calls made by PTI to
seek response of the ex-
pelled councillors on
the development went
unanswered.
The three civic bod-
ies — North, East and
South — are ruled by
the BJP while the city
government is headed
by the Aam Aadmi Par-
ty (AAP).
The AAP is the pri-
mary opposition party
in three MCDs. The
civic bodies are set to
undergo election early
2022 where opposition
parties (AAP and Con-
gress) will corner the
BJP over the issue of
“burgeoning corrup-
tion”. —PTI
IDOL IMMERSION
New Delhi: Devotees stopped by Delhi Police to immerse the idols of Lord Ganesha at ITO
Ghat on Sunday.
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
Not just councilors but officers of the
municipal corporations (MCDs) will
also not be spared if they are found
involved in corruption.
—Adesh Gupta, Delhi BJP president
POLLUTION
EDMC tops in
resolving plaints
New Delhi: The Delhi
government has
ranked 14 departments
based on their perfor-
mance in resolving
pollution-related com-
plaints, with the East
Delhi Municipal Cor-
poration topping the
charts, followed by the
PWD and SDMC.
The agencies were
divided into two cate-
gories -- those which
received more than 100
complaints through
the “Green Delhi” ap-
plication and those
with over 1,000 com-
plaints. A review of
their performance till
August was conducted.
The performance has
been adjudged on
three parameters --
quantity of complaint
resolution, quality and
timeliness, according
to officials. —PTI
Road development projects
inaugurated in Rajinder Nagar
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Rajinder
Nagar MLA Raghav
Chadha on Sunday inau-
gurated the work of lay-
ing of drains and there-
after re-construction of
roads from Naraina Vi-
har to Naraina Village.
He assured the resi-
dents that this work
will be completed in a
timely manner. Chad-
ha said that Naraina
being the priority zone
for development got the
biggest sanction of ap-
proximately 4 crore to
complete the work of
drainage management
and road restoration
thereafter.
NodforrooftopeateriesinEastDelhi
New Delhi: On the
heels of South MCD’s
policy, the East civic
body has allowed open
spaces or terraces
abutting licensed eat-
eries to be used as ser-
vice areas.
Permission will be
given to serve food in
open-air terraces on
submission of a build-
ing structural safety
certificate.
The terrace is also
not to be covered with
any temporary or per-
manent structures, the
policy states.
No objection certifi-
cates from the Fire
department will be
mandatory for using
the terrace as a dining
area.
This will be permis-
sible in restaurants,
metropolitan city cen-
tres, community cen-
tres, local shopping cen-
tres, and convenience
shopping centres.
A fee will be charged
for the open-air service
area at the rate of `200
per square foot.
For restaurants at
star hotels, the fee will
be `400 per square foot,
the policy states.
Man kills wife, dumps body
in Ghaziabad; held with kin
Noida: Another horrific
incident of crime was re-
ported from Uttar
Pradesh’s Noida where a
man was arrested for al-
legedly strangling his
wife to death using her
dupatta.
The accused, identi-
fied as Lalta Prasad, took
this extreme step along
with his associate Deep-
anshu as he suspected
adultery.
As per investigation,
the accused had tied the
knot with the woman in
a temple five months ago.
However, things did
not go well with him af-
ter came to know that his
wife was already mar-
ried to somebody
else and was the mother
of a 4-year-old child, as
per the report published
in a section of the media.
AAP leader Raghav Chadha during inauguration event in Rajender
Nagar on Sunday.
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CONDITION APPLY
Arrested ultra’s
uncle in Delhi
Police custody
New Delhi: The
uncle of terrorist
Osama, who was
among six terror-
ists arrested in
Delhi earlier this
week is currently
under the custody
of Delhi Police
Special Cell, ac-
cording to Delhi
Police.
Rehman was
brought from Luc-
know to Delhi on
transit remand
by Delhi Po-
lice Special Cell.
HemudRahman,
is alleged to have
helped in sending
his nephew and
Zeeshan to Paki-
stan for purpose of
providing training
to both terrorists.
Delhi Police says
that Hemud Rah-
man was also alleg-
edly in contact
with Inter-Services
Intelligence. —ANI
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RANKING
Others like Bobby Mehra, who runs Shankar Ravan-
wale, said they are making effigies at home. They
have received orders online this year from outside
Delhi, though demand in the city was low last year
and is unlikely to pick up this year, Mehra said. The
income from the effigy sale at this time of the year
needs to be supplemented by other work. Mehra,
who is making effigies for about 30 years now,
takes up work as a driver for the rest of the year.
EFFIGY MAKERS’ PLIGHT
“You (Sanjay Thakur)
are informed that due to
numerous complaints of
corruption against you,
you are removed from the
primary membership of
the party for six years. You
were many times made
aware of this and asked
to mend your corrupt
behaviour but to no avail.
You are removed from
the party for six years
with immediate effect,”
the expulsion letter by
Adesh Gupta said. Similar
expulsion letters were also
issued to EDMC council-
lor Rajni Babloo Pandey,
North MCD councillor
Pooja Madan.
New Delhi: Influ-
enced by the historic
work being done by the
Kejriwal government in all
areas including schools,
hospitals, electricity, water,
roads and Wi-Fi, people
are constantly joining AAP.
In this sequence, AAP
spokesperson, MLA and
Chief Whip in the Assem-
bly, Dilip Pandey, today
inducted Pooja Madan
and Anil Kumar Jha from
the BJP into the party.
He said, the way the Aam
Aadmi Party is progress-
ing with the resolution of
2022, the team will play
a big role in making that
resolution stronger.
EXPULSION
LETTER ISSUED
BY GUPTA
POOJA MADAN
AND ANIL KUMAR
JHA JOIN AAP
Kejriwal promises...
He asserted that all of
what he has said can be
done and the only thing
needed is good intention.
“Successivegovernments
inUttarakhandhavebeen
devoid of good intentions
and have only looted its
resources,” Kejriwal al-
leged. “When we came to
powerinDelhiin2015,we
were asked from where
would we bring the mon-
ey that was needed to
keep the commitments
we had made to people.
But we turned a deficit
budget into one of profit
within four years. All we
did was wipe out corrup-
tion and everything else
followed,” he said. Kejri-
wal said the AAP has run
Delhi and it will bring
that experience to serve
the people of Uttara-
khand. Seventy-three per
centof peopleinDelhiare
getting free electricity
, he
said, adding that the Del-
hi model of development
will be adopted in Uttara-
khand. Giving an exam-
ple of how the Delhi gov-
ernment was saving
money on every develop-
ment project, he said the
Wazirpur flyover which
was estimated to be built
at a cost of Rs 325 crore
requiredRs200croreonly
.
Given an opportunity
, the
AAP will help the people
of Uttarakhandovercome
the misery of 21 years in
just 21 months. If people
want all this to happen,
they must give AAP’s
chief ministerial candi-
date Col Ajay Kothiyal a
chance, Kejriwal added.
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First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: The
deadline of the Gandhi
Ashram redevelopment
project has been set for
three years. A high-lev-
el meeting to discuss
the project was chaired
by Gujarat Chief Min-
ister Bhupendra Patel,
and attended by Chief
Principal Secretary K
Kailashnathan, Officer
on Special Duty (OSD)
IK Patel and Ahmed-
abad district Collector
Sandip Sagale.
One of the main issues
discussed was Ashram
dwellers vacating space
for the project. So far, 60
people have given their
consent to accepting
new accommodations
elsewhere. Shailesh Ra-
thod, one of the Ash-
ram residents, said,
“The majority of peo-
ple who have accepted
the deal belong to the
Rabari Vas, which is lo-
cated near Abhay Ghat,
on the other side of the
Ashram colony
.”
According to sourc-
es, former Chief Minis-
ter Vijay Rupani had
wanted the project to be
completed before 2024.
The execution of the
project has been en-
trusted to the Ahmed-
abad Municipal Corpo-
ration (AMC).
Meanwhile, CM Bhu-
pendra Patel will be vis-
iting New Delhi on
Monday to meet Presi-
dent Ram Nath Kovind,
VP M Venkaiah Naidu,
PM Narendra Modi,
Union Home and Coop-
eration Minister Amit
Shah and other import-
ant leaders.
Guj CM calls meet for Gandhi Ashram redevelopment
TOP ON AGENDA
GOA POLLS: BJP LIKELY TO
RETAIN POWER, AAP TO GAIN
Subhashis Mittra
New Delhi: The Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) is
expected to make sig-
nificant gains in Goa
and replace the Con-
gress as the principal
opposition party,
though the BJP is like-
ly to retain power com-
fortably.
In the 2017 Assembly
elections in Goa, Con-
gress had won the high-
est number of 17 seats
in the 40-member
House, restricting the
BJP to 13. But the saf-
fron party allied with
regional parties and
came to power under
the leadership of sen-
ior leader Manohar
Parrikar.
This time a major
setback is not ruled out
for the Congress, which
could lose its main op-
position party status to
the AAP.
The BJP has ex-
pressed confidence of
registering a comfort-
able victory in the
polls, which are due in
February-March next
year, with Chief Minis-
ter Pramod Sawant say-
ing that people will re-
pose their faith in the
saffron party.
A poll survey has
predicted BJP's victory
in 22-26 out of the 40
seats, followed by 4-8
seats for the AAP and
just 3-7 seats for the
Congress.
Despite talks of a
probable alliance with
M a h a r a s h t r aw a d i
Gomantak Party
(MGP), which has an
influence on the Hindu
voter base, BJP state
chief Sadanand Tana-
vade claimed that the
party is ready to go
solo.
He, however, added
that the final decision
on alliance will be of
the central leadership.
"The state unit believes
that the BJP can win
on its own without
stitching an alliance,"
he said.
Iranian boat with drug stock
seized, 7 crew members held
AAP is expected to make significant gains in Goa and
may replace Congress as the principal opposition party
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: An Irani-
an boat with seven crew
members and a huge
consignment of heroin
was apprehended in In-
dian waters off the Gu-
jarat coast, in an opera-
tion carried out jointly
by the state Anti-Terror-
ist Squad (ATS) and the
Indian Coast Guard
(ICG), officials said on
Sunday
.
The boat, seized dur-
ing the operation con-
ducted on Saturday
night, carried an esti-
mated 30 to 50 kg of the
contraband, worth
about Rs 150 to Rs 250
crore in the internation-
al markets. But the ex-
act amount of the drug
present in the vessel
will be known after its
rummaging, they said.
The seven crew mem-
bers, all Iranian nation-
als, were apprehended
by officials.
“On an intelligence
based joint action, @In-
dianCoastGuard with
ATS #Gujarat appre-
hended #Iranian boat in
#Indian waters with 07
crew carrying #drugs.
The boat is brought to
the nearest port for fur-
ther rummaging and
investigations,” a de-
fence PRO of Gujarat
said on their official
Twitter handle.
Gujarat ATS DIG
Himanshu Shukla told
media persons that the
operation was launched
on the basis of informa-
tion that an attempt was
being made to smuggle
in heroin through the
sea route.
“A joint operation
was launched with the
Indian Coast Guard,
and the Iranian boat
and its seven crew mem-
bers were apprehended.
We presume that some-
where between 30 and 50
kg of heroin, worth Rs
150 crore to Rs 250 crore,
was loaded on the boat.
The consignment may
be worth more, as the
exact amount can be
known only after
searching the boat,”
Shukla said.
Indian Coast Guard ship flagging a boat.
CYCLE RACE FOR PEACE
Girls participate in a cycle race ‘Pedal for Peace’ organised by Jammu and Kashmir Police on the banks of Dal Lake in Srinagar on Sunday.
—PHOTO BY ANI
NC leader’s murder:
Man held from Jammu
New Delhi: A third ar-
rest has been made in
connection with the kill-
ing of the National Con-
ferenceleader,Trilochan
SinghWazirwhosehigh-
ly decomposed body was
found at a flat in Moti
Nagar in West Delhi, po-
lice said on Sunday
.
The body of Wazir, a
former member of the
Jammu and Kashmir
Legislative Council,
with the head wrapped
in a plastic bag was
found on September 9 in
a washroom of the flat,
which was taken on rent
byhisacquaintanceHar-
preet Singh (31), a native
of Amritsar, according
to police.
Deputy Commission-
erof Police(SpecialCell)
Sanjeev Kumar Yadav
said the accused, Har-
meet Singh, has been ar-
rested from Jammu.
Thisisthethirdarrest
in the case so far, while
raids are still being con-
ducted to nab Harpreet
Singh who is at large.
We believe in
building people:
Mohan Bhagwat
First India Bureau
Udaipur: RSS chief Mo-
han Bhagwat while de-
scribing organisation’s
purpose, thought and
methodology during a
seminar at Vidya Ni-
ketan in Udaipur on
Sunday said Sangh’s
goal was towards build-
ing a person.
Bhagwat said founder
of RSS, Dr Keshavrao
Baliram Hedgewar, sac-
rificed his personal in-
terest to work for the
country
.
Building people was
intrinsictosociety’sand
country’s building. He
said the Sangh follows
the spirit of universal
brotherhood and has
been working in this di-
rection.
Rejecting that Sangh
wanted to earn a name,
Bhagwat said that the
Sangh worked in ad-
verse situations in the
80s when the word ‘Hin-
du’ was not used public-
ly
. “The Sangh is one of
the largest organisa-
tions in the world today
.
It is an organisation of
credible and trust-
worthy people who do
not differ in their words
and deeds,” the RSS
chief added.
CPS TO GUJ CM
BJP JOLTED CONG
IN 2017 POLLS
In the 2017 Assembly elections
in Goa, Congress had won the
highest number of 17 seats in the
40-member House, restricting the
BJP to 13. But the saffron party al-
lied with regional parties and came
to power under the leadership of
senior leader Manohar Parrikar
PARTY SNIFFS WIN
IN NEXT ELECTION
The BJP has expressed
confidence of register-
ing a comfortable victory in
the polls, which are due in
February-March next year,
with Chief Minister Pramod
Sawant saying that people will
repose their faith in the saf-
fron party.
Mohan Bhagwat, Rameshchand Agarwal and Govind Agrawal at
Vidya Niketan in Udaipur on Sunday.
Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel seeks Anandiben Patel’s blesssings.
OmBirlaassureshelptoKotastudents
Kota: The second wave
of Covid-19 orphaned
hundreds of children.
Due to the death of
earning members, un-
certainty loomed over
the education of many
such children.
Now with the efforts
of Lok Sabha Speaker
Om Birla, the future of
such children is being
secured.
Through the efforts
of Birla, more than 150
children in Kota have
been provided free food
and accommodation fa-
cility along with coach-
ing by Allen Career In-
stitute. These children
met the Speaker on
Sunday at his camp of-
fice. During his interac-
tion, the Speaker reit-
erated that he would
always stand with them
as a guardian.

Deadline for
completion
has been set
at 3 years; a
total of 60
people have
acquiesced in
giving up
Ashram
residences
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla interacts with students in Kota on Sunday.
Ensure eligible voters are
included in voter list: CEC
Kamlesh Prajapat
Sirohi: Chief Election
Commissioner Sushil
Chandra and Deputy
Election Commissioner
Chandra Bhushan Ku-
mar on Sunday, held a
meeting of district offi-
cials related to the elec-
tion in Mount Abu.
Chief Electoral offic-
er of the state Praveen
Gupta was also present
in the meeting held at
the auditorium of Hotel
Hilton.
Underlining the im-
portance of voting in a
democracy, the CEC in-
structed all the officers
to ensure that the
names of all eligible
voters are included in
the voter list during the
brief revision of the
electoral rolls.
He discussed the nec-
essary facilities at the
polling stations and di-
rected that there should
be proper arrangement
of ramps, toilets, drink-
ing water, shade, elec-
tricity etc. at the polling
stations so that voters
do not face any sort of
inconvenience on the
polling day
.
The CEC said that un-
der the voter awareness
programme, miscon-
ception about the EVMs
should be removed
among the people and
they should be made
aware that fair and
transparent voting
takes place in the elec-
tions conducted
through EVMs.
He said that there is
no possibility of any
tampering with EVMs.
The Chief Election
Commissioner also
sought suggestions
from the officers en-
gaged in election works.
CEC Sushil Chandra , Deputy Election Commissioner Chandra
Bhushan Kumar and SEC Praveen Gupta during the meeting of
district officials at Hotel Hilton in Mount Abu on Sunday.
“The Sangh is
one of the larg-
est organisa-
tions in the world to-
day. It is an organisa-
tion of credible and
trustworthy people
who do not differ in
their words and deeds,”
Mohan Bhagwat,
RSS Chief

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From promoting export
of agricultural products
to paving the way for a
Blue Revolution in the
fisheries sector, PM Shri
@narendramodi’s govt.
is working to increase
farm productivity,
empower farmers and
ensure their prosperity.
#SevaSamarpan
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp SPIRITUAL SPEAK
And above all things have
fervent love for one
another, for love will cover
a multitude of sins.
—1 Peter 4:8
TOP
TWEETS
Had an engaging discussion
with the members of
startup ecosystem including
Entrepreneurs, Unicorn
Founders Investors in
Bengaluru. Acknowledged the
contribution of the startup
community in building an
Aatmanirbhar Bharat
steps needed for creating
enterprises of the future.
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
Things kept moving fast,
and after BJP denied
party ticket to Sidhu from
Amritsar Lok Sabha seat
in 2014, from where was
twice MP and made Arun
Jaitley its candidate,
Sidhu kept away from
electioneering though he
used to consider Jaitley
his political guru. It was
Sidhu’s staying away
from that election that
made Capt Amarinder’s
victory easy. Yes,
Congress had fielded Capt
Amarinder Singh as its
Lok Sabha candidate
from Amritsar against
Jaitley. And Capt
Amarinder won easily
with a good margin
he recent turn of events in the
sweet and sour relationship of
outgoing Punjab Chief Minister
Capt Amarinder Singh and crick-
eter-turned-politician Navjot Sid-
hu is not new. There are numer-
ous such instances in their topsy-
turvy relations. During these
years, Sidhu twice descended on
thecricket ground ontheinviteof
Capt Amarinder Singh. And it
was during these years that an
FIR was registered against Capt
in the infamous multi-crore Lu-
dhiana City Centre scam and
Sidhu was somehow to blame for
gettingthatFIRregisteredagainst
Capt, his son Raninder Singh
along with others. And, Capt’s ex-
oneration in this scam also came
when Sidhu was Punjab Cabinet
Minister of Local Bodies Depart-
ment under whose purview Lu-
dhiana City Centre Project falls.
Navjot Sidhu, who had retired
from all forms of cricket in the
late 1990s, had made a special ap-
pearance twice on cricket ground
on the invite of Capt Amarinder
Singh who organized two exhibi-
tion matches, once as Maharaja
of Patiala in 2000 and then as Pun-
jab CM in 2004. Sidhu obliged
Capt on both occasions. In March
2000, as the Maharaja of erst-
while Royal State Patiala, Capt
Amarinder Singh had organized
a series of cricket matches be-
tween Stragglers of Asia Cricket
Club and Maharaja Eleven. In the
second match of that series, on
March 9, 2000, Sidhu appeared at
Patiala’s Dhruv Pandove Cricket
Stadium. It was probably for the
first time after his retirement
that Sidhu had taken to cricket
field that too on Capt’s invitation.
Then, on February 19, 2004, again
Navjot Sidhu made a special ap-
pearance at Patiala’s cricket sta-
dium during a match between
Punjab (India) CM’s XI and an
invitation team from Pakistan.
That exhibition match had been
organized as a part of the Patiala
Heritage Week celebrations. It
was Capt Amarinder’s first ten-
ure as Punjab CM. Though Sidhu
did not play in that match, he
came on the special invite of Capt
Amarinder and was the biggest
attraction during the match.
It was the time when Sidhu was
trying to get a foothold in politics
after joining the Bharatiya Janata
Party
. It wasn’t Sidhu’s entry into
politics that surprised many but
his joining the BJP did so because
Sidhu’s father Late Bhagwant
Singh Sidhu was a Congressman
and was the Patiala District Con-
gress Committee (DCC) Presi-
dent. At that time there were talks
in the political circles that the
BJP may field Sidhu against Capt
Amarinder in the next Assembly
elections (which were to be held
in 2007) but, the saffron party
made him its candidate in 2004
General Elections from Amritsar
Lok Sabha seat which he won and
his likely clash with Capt Ama-
rinder did not take place.
Then in 2006, the multi-crore
infamous Ludhiana City Centre
scam was reported by media
which alleged the involvement of
the then CM Capt Amarinder
Singh, his son Raninder Singh
along with the then Punjab Local
Bodies Minister Chaudhary Jag-
jit Singh and others. That time,
Navjot Sidhu along with senior
ShiromaniAkaliDal(SAD)leader
Sukhbir Singh Badal (yes, you
read it correct Sidhu with Sukh-
bir Badal, because there was an
SAD-BJP alliance in Punjab and
Sidhu was in the saffron party)
gave a complaint to the Sarabha
Nagar Police Station in Ludhiana
–under whose jurisdiction Ludhi-
ana City Centre project was to
come up– demanding registration
of anFIRagainstCaptAmarinder
andothers.ThoughtheFIRwasn’t
lodged that time but when the
SAD-BJP alliance formed govern-
ment in Punjab in February 2007
with Sukhbir’s father Parkash
Singh Badal as the chief minister,
that time an FIR in this matter
was registered in March 2007.
The Ludhiana City Centre case
pertains to Capt Amarinder’s
first tenure as Punjab CM from
2002 to 2007. The Punjab Vigilance
Bureau had filed a charge sheet
in this case in December 2007.
Things kept moving fast, and
after BJP denied party ticket to
Sidhu from Amritsar Lok Sabha
seat in 2014, from where was twice
MP and made Arun Jaitley its
candidate, Sidhu kept away from
electioneering though he used to
consider Jaitley his political
guru. It was Sidhu’s staying away
from that election that made Capt
Amarinder’s victory easy
. Yes,
Congress had fielded Capt Ama-
rinder Singh as its Lok Sabha can-
didate from Amritsar against
Jaitley
. And Capt Amarinder won
easily with a good margin.
After parting ways with the
BJP, Sidhu joined the Congress
just before 2017 Punjab Assembly
elections and he entered Punjab
Vidhan Sabha for the first time
after winning from Amritsar East
Assembly constituency
. When
CaptAmarinderSinghwassworn-
in for the second time as Punjab
CM in February 2017, Sidhu was
made a Cabinet minister and was
given the important Local Bodies
Department though he was nur-
turing ambitions of becoming the
Deputy Chief Minister.
In August 2017, the VB moved
a closure report in the case and
gave a sort of clean chit to Capt
Amarinder. Two of the 35 per-
sons booked in the case have
since died. Though it wasn’t in
Sidhu’s purview (as the Local
Bodies minister) to exonerate
Capt Amarinder in this case, he
proved lucky for the latter the
second time, the first time was
when Sidhu’s absence from elec-
tioneering ensured Capt Ama-
rinder’s easy win from Amritsar
Lok Sabha seat.
Sidhu’s relations with Capt
Amarinder started turning sour
when the former went for Imran
Khan’s swearing-in ceremony as
Pakistan Prime Minister. It was
on this occasion that Sidhu had
that infamous hug with Pakistan
Army Chief General Bajwa. And
when Sidhu played a vital role in
the opening of the Kartarpur Sa-
hib Corridor, Capt Amarinder
rightly sensed that Sidhu was go-
ing to overshadow him sooner or
later, and it did happen eventually
.
Sidhu is a former cricketer and
now he has learned the art of
politics also. He knows well that
both in cricket and politics it is
the timing that matters most. In
his playing days, Sidhu initially
used to play the role of a sheet-
anchor and then used to up the
momentum in the slog overs. In
politics too, Sidhu kept a low pro-
file ever since he resigned as the
Punjab Cabinet minister, and
now when Punjab Assembly elec-
tions are not very far away
, he has
accelerated his tempo and seems
to be ready for the final on-
slaught. But then, Capt is a real
Captain, a former Army man. He
too won’t give in easily
. Now, it is
to be seen that Capt Amarinder
Singh and Navjot Sidhu’s rela-
tions take what turn.
T
SHARAT K VERMA
THE WRITER IS NEWS EDITOR
SIDHU HAD DESCENDED ON CRICKET GROUND TWICE ON CAPT’S CALL
LOVE HATE
RELATIONS
BETWEEN CAPT AMARINDER AND SIDHU
Sidhu’s relations with
Capt Amarinder started
turning sour when the
former went for Imran
Khan’s swearing-in
ceremony as Pakistan
Prime Minister. It was on this
occasion that Sidhu had that
infamous hug with Pakistan
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Rakesh Ranjan
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
has exhorted the union
secretaries to become
true leaders of their
departments by inter-
acting with the staff
and inspiring them to
perform and speed up
the execution of the
host of reforms.
In his first physical
interaction with the
secretaries on Saturday
since the outbreak of
the Covid-19 pandemic,
the PM asked them to
leverage their domain
knowledge and exper-
tise to smoothen the
process of execution of
the reforms programs.
Secretaries were ex-
pecting this special and
marathon meeting as
the PM has made it a
sort of tradition to in-
spire and lead his offi-
cials on his birthdays.
Commenting on the
meeting, an official said
“The PM wanted us to
interact with staff
across all levels... to in-
spire confidence among
them. There is a need to
use the available gov-
ernment data intelli-
gently for the best re-
sults. He said we have to
constantly work on im-
proving things.”
Reportedly, the PM
said he too often won-
ders over the slow pace
of execution of pro-
jects despite govern-
ment establishments
equipped with compre-
hensive domain knowl-
edge and skills of the
highest standard.
The PM remarked
that if projects are exe-
cuted with speed and
efficiency, the govern-
ment will be free from
hiring the services of
consultants.
The PM’s call to sec-
retaries comes at a time
when the government is
seen struggling with an
acute shortage of reve-
nue and will be facing
one election or another
to the run-up of the 2024
Lok Sabha election.
The meeting was not
one-way traffic. Indeed
the PM solicited the ad-
vice of several secre-
taries to share their
ideas and views. While
most of them focussed
on what they did in
their respective de-
partments, a few adopt-
ed a forward-looking
approach in their de-
liberations that earned
them the PM’s praise
and word of encour-
agement.
A section of senior
officials looks at this de-
velopment in the back-
drop of recently noti-
fied (dated 03.09.2021)
SOPs for processing of
cases under 17A, a new
insertion, of the Pre-
vention of Corruption
Act, 1988.
The development
provides security to
senior government of-
ficials against the
threats of uncertain-
ties pertaining to in-
quiry or investigation
into offense relatable
to any recommenda-
tion made or decision
taken by such public
servant in discharge of
his/her official func-
tions or duties. It is be-
lieved that after pro-
viding immunity the
PM motivated secretar-
ies to gear up and exe-
cute reform programs
with efficiency.
After providing immunity, PM motivates union secys to gear up
LEADERSHIP ROLES
New Delhi: The gov-
ernment is yet to take a
call on the recommen-
dations made by the Su-
preme Court collegi-
um on appointing a
total of 68 judicial of-
ficers and advocates as
judges of various high
courts, sources aware
of the procedure for
appointment to the
higher judici-
ary have said.
Between Au-
gust 8 and Septem-
ber 1 this year, the
apex court colle-
gium had pro-
cessed over 100
names recommended
by various high courts
and had finally sent 68
names to the govern-
ment for appointment
as judges to 12 high
courts.
The government is
yet to take a call on the
names recommended
by the SC collegium, the
sources said.
Out of the 68 names,
twofromKarnatakaand
one from Jammu and
Kashmir have been sent
for a third time, while 10
others have been recom-
mended for a second
time. The rest are fresh
recommendations.
Prior to these recom-
mendations, in a his-
toric decision on August
17, the SC collegium had
sent nine names, includ-
ing three women, for
elevation as judges of
the Supreme Court.
On Friday, the Su-
preme Court collegium
is learnt to have recom-
mended eight names of
judges, including act-
ing chief justice of Cal-
cutta High Court Jus-
tice Rajesh Bindal, for
their elevation as chief
justices of different
high courts.
Besides, the mara-
thon collegium meet-
ings on Thursday and
Friday have led to rec-
ommendations of trans-
fer of five high court
chief justices, including
Tripura High Court
Chief Justice Akil
Kureshi, and 28 other
high courts judges.
The combined sanc-
tioned strength of the
25 high courts of the
country is 1,098 judges.
As on September 1,
there were 465 vacan-
cies, according data put
in public domain by the
Law Ministry
. —PTI
GOVT YET TO CLEAR 68 NAMES
FOR HC SENT BY SC COLLEGIUM
Jammu: Accusing the
BJP of playing politics
over the issues of Tali-
ban, Afghanistan and
Pakistan to garner
votes, PDP president
Mehbooba Mufti on
Sunday alleged that the
seven-year-rule of the
saffron party has
brought miseries to the
people of the country
and left Jammu and
Kashmir “destroyed”.
She claimed that it is
not Hindus but the de-
mocracy and India
which are in danger un-
der the BJP rule, which
has undone all the
“good work” of the past
70 years and started
selling national re-
sources.
The former CM
taunted her critics and
said the mere mention
of Taliban or the par-
ty’s vision of self-rule
makes her “anti-nation-
al” and triggers debates
and discussions even as
the focus should have
been the ongoing agita-
tion of the farmers, in-
flation and other issues
of public importance.
As the elections in
different states come
nearer, the BJP will
start cashing on the
god-given opportunity
of Taliban and Afghani-
stan and if it would not
work, they will bring
Pakistan and drones
into picture, the Peo-
ples Democratic Party
chief said. —PTI
BJP uses Taliban,
Af, Pak to garner
votes: Mehbooba
New Delhi: In his first
visit abroad after tak-
ing over as the Chief of
Defence Staff (CDS),
General Bipin Rawat
will be visiting Russia
and the US.
Rawat took over his
new office as CDS on
December 31, 2019,
and since then has
been declining foreign
invitations.
“There is a confer-
ence of the CDS-rank
officers of the Shanghai
Cooperation Agree-
ment member coun-
tries. China and Paki-
stan are also part of
this grouping,” senior
defence officials said.
The CDS conference
would be focusing on ad-
dressing the regional
security issues and Af-
ghanistan is also likely
to come up for discus-
sion, they said. The CDS
would also witness the
activities of the respec-
tive armed forces taking
part in the SCO peace
mission drills in Russia.
The visit will take
place in the coming
week and soon after
return from Russia,
Rawat would be leav-
ing for the US for meet-
ing his counterpart
and other American
military leadership at
the Pentagon. —PTI
CDS Gen Bipin Rawat to visit Russia,US
New Delhi: Saying the
“event is over now”,
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi on Sunday took
a jibe at the Centre over
the decline in the num-
ber of inoculations, fol-
lowing record number
of Covid-19 vaccina-
tions administered on
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi’s birthday
.
Quoting Cowin web-
site, Gandhi shared a
graph of the vaccina-
tion trend in the last 10
days to show the decline
in inoculations after
the record. Using the
hashtag vaccination,
Gandhi said in a tweet,
“Event over”. —PTI
‘Event over’,
RaGa takes dig
at record vax
on PM’s b’day
New Delhi: As Chief
Ministers of three
states have been re-
placed in the past few
weeks, Congress leader
Kapil Sibal on Sunday
asked if that will buy
parties some time and
help them to correct the
course. However, he did
not point to any party in
particular.
The former minister
took microblogging
platform Twitter and
said, “changing guard.
Uttarakhand, Gujarat,
Punjab. Age-old saying,
A stitch in time saves
nine. Will it?.”
‘
A stitch of time saves
nine,’- the expression
here means it would be
better to find a solution
to a problem in time
than to wait and let it
become bigger. The
leader appeared to be
asking if the exercise
will be useful to the
parties in the current
situation. —PTI
‘Stitch in Time Saves 9’: Quips Sibal
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Sunday urged people to
take part in the auction
of several gifts and me-
mentoes that he has re-
ceived over the years
and said the proceeds
would go to the ‘Nama-
mi Gange’ initiative.
“Over time, I have re-
ceived several gifts and
mementos which are
being auctioned. This
includes the special me-
mentos given by our
Olympics heroes. Do
take part in the auction.
The proceeds would go
to the Namami Gange
initiative,” the Prime
Minister tweeted.
The e-auction, being
organised by the minis-
try of culture, started
on Friday and will con-
tinue till October 7.
“The memorabilia in-
cludes sports gear and
equipment of the med-
al-winning Olympians
and Paralympians, a
replica of the Ayodhya
Ram Mandir, Rudraksh
Convention Centre,
models, sculptures,
paintings, ‘angavas-
tram’ among others,”
the ministry said. —PTI
Take part whole-heartedly
in e-auction of gifts: PM
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: The entire
day on Sunday, politics
right from Chandigarh
to Delhi witnessed sev-
eral ups and downs as
the search for Captain’s
successor kept the lead-
ers running about. Fi-
nally it was Charanjit
Singh Channi who has
been crowned the Chief
Minister of Punjab! But
how did Channi become
the new ‘Captain’ of
Punjab how did
Sukhjinder Randha-
wa’s name got cut off at
last moment? So let us
give you ‘gory details’!
Highly placed sourc-
es in the grand old par-
ty claim that Randha-
wa’s name was finalised
by the high command
itself to fill in the shoes
of Captain Amarinder
Singh. But, like always,
Sidhu camp did not fa-
vour Randhawa as the
next CM. In fact upon
learning that the high
command has finalised
Randhawa, Sidhu was
furious, on the consen-
sus choice. It was then
that an annoyed Sidhu,
in a fit, came out of the
hotel where the delib-
erations were happen-
ing on finalising the
name.
But why was Sidhu
opposed to Randhawa,
even though he too, like
Sidhu, openly revolted
against Captain. Word
is that just like Sidhu
does not listen to any-
one but himself, simi-
larly, Sukhjinder Rand-
hawa does not listen to
Navjot Sidhu because
Randhawa is himself a
big leader of Punjab
Congress. In such a sit-
uation, Sidhu proposed
Channi’s name instead
of Randhawa.
Sidhu had demanded
a Dalit face after his
name was cut stressing
that Punjab has the
highest 35% Dalit vote
bank in the country and
has an impact on 34 as-
sembly seats. In such a
situation, for the first
time in Punjab, the Con-
gressmadeaDalitChief
Minister in Charanjit
Singh Channi.
Channi’sappointment:The‘gorydetails’!
PM Narendra Modi
BRO PICKS 1ST WOMAN ARMY OFFICER
AS IN-CHARGE OF CONSTRUCTION UNIT
SWARNIM VIJAY VARSH: SEMINAR
FOCUSING INDIA-B’DESH ON SEPT 21
New Delhi: Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has
appointed a woman Army officer for the first as
the Officer Commanding of its 75 road construc-
tion company (RCC) in Uttarakhand. The three
platoon commanders under Major Aaina, Captain
Anjana, AEE (Civ) Bhawana Joshi and AEE (Civ)
Vishnumaya K became the first women RCC. The
appointments were made on August 30.
Guwahati: India is observing Swarnim Vijay Varsh
celebrations throughout the country to mark 50
years of its victory over Pakistan and the liber-
ation of Bangladesh in the 1971 war. Keeping
with the spirit of the occasion, a Seminar will be
conducted in Guwahati on September 21 and will
see participation from distinguished speakers
from India and Bangladesh.
Dehradun: Bookings for the 12-day darshan of
Kedarnath Dham located in the Rudraprayag district
of Uttrakhand have been
completed, officials at
Kedarnath Dham informed
on Sunday. According
to Uttarakhand HC, the
number of pilgrims to be
allowed daily will be 800
for Kedarnath.
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on
Sunday held wide-ranging talks with his Saudi coun-
terpart Faisal Bin Farhan
Al Saud covering a range
of bilateral and regional
issues including develop-
ments in Afghanistan. Al
Saud, who arrived in New
Delhi on Saturday evening
on a three-day visit is
scheduled to meet PM Narendra Modi on Monday.
Mumbai: Union Minister for Road Transport and
Highways Nitin Gadkari travelled at almost 170 km/h
on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway earlier this week.
Being developed at a cost of Rs 98,000 crores, the
highway will subsequently bring down the travelling
time between the two cities by almost 12 hours.
CHAR DHAM YATRA: BOOKINGS OVER FOR
KEDARNATH SHRINE IN U’KHAND
EAM JAISHANKAR HOLDS TALKS WITH
SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER
GADKARI’S CAR CLOCKS 170 KMPH
DURING SPEED-TEST
Punjab CM Designate Charanjit Singh Channi submitting the letter
to Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Sunday.Also seen are
Harish Rawat Navjot Sidhu. —PHOTO BY ANI
Rahul Gandhi
Kapil Sibal
Bipin Rawat
Mehbooba Mufti
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HERE ARE
THE HARMS
RESEARCHERS
HAVE BEEN
DOCUMENTING
FOR YEARS
F
acebook
officials
had in-
ternal research
in March 2020
showing that
Instagram the
social media
platform most
used by adoles-
cents is harm-
ful to teen girls’
body image and
well-being but
swept those
findings under
the rug to con-
tinue conduct-
ing business as
usual, accord-
ing to a Septem-
ber 14, 2021,
Wall Street
Journal report.
Those of us
who study so-
cial media use
in teens didn’t
need a sup-
pressed inter-
nal research
study to know
that Instagram
can harm teens.
Plenty of peer-
reviewed re-
search papers
show the same
thing.
FACEBOOK
KNOWS
INSTAGRAM
IS BAD FOR
TEENAGERS’
MENTAL HEALTH
THE BIG
QUESTION?
Facebook has acknowl-
edged internally what
researchers have been
documenting for years:
Instagramcanbeharm-
ful to teens. Parents can
help by repeatedly talk-
ing to their teens about
the difference between
appearance and reality,
by encouraging their
teens to interact with
peers face-to-face, and
to use their bodies in
active ways instead of
focusing on the selfie.
The big question will be
how Facebook handles
these damaging results.
History and the courts
have been less than for-
giving of the head-in-
the-sand approach of
Big Tobacco.
UNHEALTHY COMPARISONS
But Instagram isn’t problematic simply be-
cause it is popular. There are two key features
of Instagram that seem to make it particularly
risky
. First, it allows users to follow both celeb-
rities and peers, both of whom can present a
manipulated, filtered picture of an unrealistic
body along with a highly curated impression
of a perfect life. While all social media allows
users to be selective in what they show the
world, Instagram is notorious for its photo ed-
iting and filtering capabilities. Plus, that is the
platform popular among celebrities, models
and influencers. Facebook has been relegated
to the uncool soccer moms and grandparents.
For teens, this seamless integration of celebri-
ties and retouched versions of real-life peers
presents a ripe environment for upward social
comparison, or comparing yourself to some-
one who is “better” in some respect.
Understanding the impact
of social media on teens is
important because almost
all teens go online daily. The
Pew Research Center poll
shows that 89% of teens re-
port they are online “almost
constantly” or “several
times a day.” Teens are more
likely to log on to Instagram
than any other social media
site. It is a ubiquitous part
of adolescent life. Yet stud-
ies consistently show that
the more often teens use In-
stagram, the worse their
overall well-being, self-es-
teem, life satisfaction, mood
and body image. One study
found that the more college
students used Instagram on
any given day, the worse
their mood and life satisfac-
tion was that day.
OBJECTIFICATION AND
BODY IMAGE
Instagram is also risky for teens because its
emphasis on pictures of the body leads users
to focus on how their bodies look to others. Our
research shows that for teen girls and increas-
ingly teen boys thinking about their own bod-
ies as the object of a photo increases worrying
thoughts about how they look to others, and
that leads to feeling shame about their bodies.
Just taking a selfie to be posted later makes
them feel worse about how they look to others.
Being an object for others to view doesn’t help
the “selfie generation” feel empowered and
sure of themselves it can do exactly the op-
posite. These are not insignificant health con-
cerns, because body dissatisfaction during the
teen years is a powerful and consistent predic-
tor of later eating disorder symptoms.
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Subhashis Mittra
New Delhi: The up-
coming Assembly elec-
tions in Uttar Pradesh
can be dubbed as a dry
run before the grand
finale Lok Sabha polls
in 2024.
Stakes are high for
each contesting party
and more so for the rul-
ing BJP as a victory for
the saffron party will
bolster its prospects in
the next general elec-
tions.
The stage is set for an
interesting battle of
ballots where the in-
cumbent Yogi Adity-
anath government will
try to retain power,
while the Opposition
parties will make all
possible efforts to
checkmate it.
But, a fragmented op-
position -- SP, BSP and
Congress besides some
little known outfits --
will definitely split the
non-BJP votes, thereby
indirectly helping the
r u l -
i n g
camp.
But, politi-
cal pundits say
the BJP might not re-
peat its grand perfor-
mance of 2017 this
time, even though it
will get majority. Its
losses in terms of seats
could improve the indi-
vidual tally of
its political ri-
vals, they say.
U t t a r
P r a d e s h ,
which has the
highest number
of assembly
constituencies
in the country at
403, is currently
ruled by the BJP that
has 315 seats in its
kitty. Of these, the
saffron party alone
holds 306 seats and
its ally Apna Dal
(Sonelal) rules the rest.
The other two impor-
tant parties eyeing
pow-
er in UP are the
Samajwadi Party
and the Bahujan Sa-
maj Party. Besides, the
Congress with Priyan-
ka Gandhi Vadra in
lead, is also in the
fray in the coun-
try’s most com-
plex political
battleground.
The Aam Aadmi
Party (AAP) of Delhi
chief minister Arvind
Kejriwal and the All
India Majlis-e-Ittehad-
ul Muslimeen (AIMIM)
headed
by Asadud-
din Owaisi are
also looking to increase
their clout in the state.
There are certain
other national and re-
gional parties, which
are contesting in the
state with or without
alliances.
As of now, the ruling
National Democratic
Alliance is leaving no
stone unturned to gain
the second consecutive
term in the state, while
its two big rivals – SP
and BSP – are going
full steam to grab the
throne.
In the present situa-
tion, it appears that the
pattern will be some-
how similar to 2017,
with the BJP in the
lead and the SP finish-
ing the first runners-
up in a keenly contest-
ed race.
INTERESTING BATTLE OF BALLOTS
before 2024 Lok Sabha elections?
UPPOLLS
Stakes are high
for the ruling
BJP as its victory
will bolster its
prospects in 2024
With farmers stir still
on,BJP tries to win over
Jats in Western UP
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Even as
the west UP farmers
are on warpath
against the central
government’s farm
laws, the ruling BJP
has launched hectic
exercise to win over
well-entrenched Jat
community which is
backbone of nine-
month-long agitation
and seems to have
turned against the
saffron brigade.
In its outreach plan
the BJP has picked up
Jat King Mahendra
Pratap Singh of Hath-
ras, Chaudhury
Charan Singh and Sir
Chotu Ram of Hary-
ana and project their
contribution to the
community as well as
the state. The party
has also decided to or-
ganise “Kisan Sam-
melan” in western UP
from September 18 in
which efforts would
be made to ensure the
participation of Jat
community
. While po-
litically BJP has been
trying to regain the
trust of the commu-
nity as BJP farmers
Morcha has been acti-
vated in the region,
the UP government
has also taken some
measures to send
right signals to the
community
.
While laying foun-
dation of state univer-
sity in the name of
Mahendra Pratap
Singh at Aligarh
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi also espe-
cially laid stress on
contribution of
Chaudhury Charan
Singh in West UP and
Sir Chotu Ram (1881-
1945), who worked for
the welfare of the
community before in-
dependence in Punjab
province. Modi said
the NDA government
had been following
programmes and poli-
cies of Chaudhury
Charan Singh for the
welfare of “small
farmers” who consti-
tute 80% of the farm-
ing community. Modi
gave enough indica-
tion of the BJP’s pref-
erence to small Jat
farmers to big farm-
ers, who are behind
the agitation.
In Western UP Jat
population is around
17% and they are
spread over in 120 as-
sembly segments in
the region including
parts of Bareilly and
Agra divisions.
OUTREACH PLAN
Anurag Thakur to
interact with
States, UTs’ sports
ministers today
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister of Youth Affairs
Sports Anurag Singh
Thakur will virtually
interact with Sports
Ministers of States and
Union Territories
(UTs) on Monday to dis-
cuss the further promo-
tion of sports in the
country. Following the
major success of the
Olympics and Paralym-
pics in Tokyo, Thakur
would know from the
States and UTs the ways
forward and how they
would contribute in the
mission to make India a
top sporting nation. He
will be joined by Minis-
ter of State for Youth
Affairs and Sports, Ni-
sith Pramanik.
The Government of
India’s flagship pro-
gramme, Khelo India
and Fit India, will re-
main an integral part
of the interaction.
Sports is a State sub-
ject and the overall mo-
tive of the interaction
would be to urge them to
organize sporting
events across rural and
urban areas for able-
bodiedandpara-athletes
as well as play a key role
in the identification of
talents at grassroots
level. The promotion of
school level sports and
support to the School
Games Federation of In-
dia (SGFI) will be an-
other key point of dis-
cussion. The States and
UTs would also be re-
questedtoformapoolof
cash awards for the ath-
letes where both the
Central and the State
Governments can accu-
mulate the funds.
The Khelo India
Games, which was or-
ganized for the first
time in 2018, has been a
major game-changer for
grassroots level sports
competitions in India.
Hope Amarinder Singh won’t hurt
Cong interests, says Raj CM Gehlot
Jaipur: Amid political
turmoil in Punjab, Ra-
jasthan CM Ashok Ge-
hlot on Sunday said
that he hopes that Cap-
tain Amarinder Singh
would not take any step
which would hurt the
party’s interests. Tak-
ing to Twitter, Gehlot
tweeted, “I hope that
Captain Amarinder
Singh Ji will not take
any such step which
will harm the Congress
party. Captain Sahib
himself said that the
party had kept him as
Chief Minister for nine
and a half years. He has
served the people of
Punjab by working to
the best of his ability.”
The direction in which
our country is going
due to fascist forces, is
a matter of grave con-
cern. Therefore, at such
a time, the responsibil-
ity of all Congressmen
is to rise above our-
selves and think
in the interest
of the party
and the coun-
try,” the Chief
Minister added.
“I also per-
sonally be-
lieve that the
High Com-
mand
choos-
es the
chief minister after
facing the dis-
pleasure of
many leaders
who are in
the race to
become the
CM. But
while changing the
same chief minister,
they get upset with the
decision of the high
command. During such
times, one has to listen
to their conscience,” he
added. —ANI
Poll equations for
nomination to
Upper House in UP
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: Against the
backdrop of the forth-
coming Assembly elec-
tions in the state. BJP is
takingstepswithspecial
caution regarding the
appointments to be
madeinthepartyorgan-
ization and state-com-
missions, Also
there is a
preparation
to take well-
thought-out
steps re-
garding the
members to be
nominated in the Upper
House of the state.
The Upper House has
a lot of importance in
the current politics of
UP. Because Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath
and both Deputy Chief
Ministers Keshav Pras-
ad Maurya and Dr
Dinesh Sharma are
members of this House
as well as many minis-
ters are also part of the
Upper House. The ten-
ure of Chief Minister
Yogi and Deputy Chief
Minister Keshav Mau-
rya is till July 6, 2022,
next year.
At present, the SP
has the maximum 51
seats in the Legislative
Council, while the
BJP has 32 mem-
bers. There are
six members
from BSP, two
members from
Congress, one
member from
Apna Dal (S),one
from the teachers
group (non-politi-
cal) and others Inde-
pendents. Because of
the majority of SP in
the upper house BJP
had confronted many
troubles in the past.
Many times the govern-
ment has faced an un-
comfortable situation
here as on many occa-
sions when government
bills had to be referred
to the select committee
due to lack of majority
in state’s upper house.
BJP CAN ADD
TO ITS TALLY
The BJP has a chance
to increase its tally, as
there are four vacancies
out of 10 nominated seats.
Of these four seats the
term of MLC Leelawati
Kushwaha, Ram Vraksha
Yadav, Jitendra Yadav
ended on July 5, 2021.
YOGI GOVT
TO FILL UP
One member, S R
S Yadav, had died
due to covid-19. All
these SP leaders were
nominated during the
SP regime. Now these
vacancies would be
filled as per the choice
of the Yogi Cabinet.
SEE YOU GANESHA! A Pancha Mukha
Rudra Maha Ganesh
idol being taken by
a crowd of devotees
during the Visarjan
procession at
the end of the 10
days of Ganesha
Chaturthi festival,
in Hyderabad on
Sunday. —ANI
One of the most amazing parts of
life is that we have the ability to
change it, within a minute,
totally as per our desire.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
STANDING WITH HIGH COMMAND,
KEEPING PERSONAL EQUATION AT BAY
Asteadfast Gandhi family loyalist, Chief Minister
tAshok Gehlot once again seen standing with the
high command, keeping his personal equation with Pun-
jab CM and senior Congress leader Captain Amarinder
Singh at bay. Gehlot has also given a fearless statement
wherein he has advised Captain to stay the disciplined
soldier of the Congress that he is. Interestingly, even
before this, Gehlot had also taken a similar stand against
the G-23 leaders and advised his long time friend Anand
Sharma to be in tune with the party line and upon Ge-
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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
t was a dream come true moment
for the aspiring model, Priyanka
Choudhary when she stepped
into the world of modelling. Born
in Jhunjhunu and brought up in
the Pink City
, Jaipur, she grew up
looking at the scintillating stars
of the glamour world. She always wanted
to establish a name for herself in the in-
dustry
. After much debate about stepping
into this journey with her parents, ex-
tended family members and well-wish-
ers, she finally took the leap of faith.
Her journey began back in the year
2018 when she took part in the
beauty pageant, Elite Miss
Rajasthan. Gaurav Gaur be-
came her mentor and
helped her grow and groom.
The model shared, “I wish
to represent India interna-
tionally in the field of
modelling someday. I
would hopefully use
that platform to
spread the mes-
sage of peace
and unity.”
She further
added that
she also
wishes to
polish her
soft skills.
If not a mod-
el, she would
have been an air
hostess. She credits
her mother for being
a constant pillar of
support and encour-
aging her through-
out her journey.
Apart from mod-
elling, Priyanka
has been featured
in some of the
trending music vid-
eos, Guzara Nahi
and Ve Sajjana. In a
very short span of
time, Priyanka was
able to build up an im-
pression.
“I have come a long
long way in my journey
,
I am constantly learn-
ing about new things,
new trends among oth-
ers.” shared the model.
The model finds the
world of nature aston-
ishing and it is the ulti-
mate resort of finding
peace and happiness.
As she celebrates her
birthday today, City
First wishes her all
the best on this
day! May all her
dreams come
true!
I
A RADIANT BEAUTY
The budding model and actress, Priyanka
Choudhary celebrates her birthday today,
City First wishes her the best on this day!
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t is not uncommon for
people to call animal
shelters and munici-
pal corporations and
ask them to “remove”
their community
dogs who they like to
often refer to as “galli ka
kutta” citing reasons like
their personal property
(cars) being scratched, dog
bites, and barking. Ironi-
cally many of these com-
plainants themselves have
pets!
And imagine their dis-
appointment when they
hear the unexpected that
there is a rule against re-
location of dogs! Even the
Municipal Corporations
cannot and will not want
to defy the Supreme Court,
unless of course, the dog
may be rabid.
So all these rules and
guidelines do not happen
in a vacuum. The Preven-
tion of Cruelty to Animals
Act of 1960 (PCA) has a
provision for the estab-
lishment and overseeing
of a board dedicated to the
welfare of animals. The
Animal Welfare Board of
India was established un-
der section 4 of the PCA
Act and has a provision
under section 5A of the
same act to be reconsti-
tuted from time to time.
The Board was estab-
lished for the promotion of
animal welfare generally
and to protect animals
from being subjected to un-
necessary pain or suffer-
ing, in particular, there
shall be established by the
Central Government, as
soon as may be after the
commencement of this
Act, a Board to be called
the Animal Welfare Board
of India (AWBI).
The functions of the
Board are-
1
T o
keep
t h e
law in
force in
India for t h e
prevention of cruelty to
animals under constant
study and advise the Gov-
ernment on the amend-
ments to be undertaken in
any such law from time to
time.
2
To advise the Central
Government on the
making of rules un-
der this Act to prevent un-
necessary pain or suffer-
ing to animals generally,
and more particularly
when they are being trans-
ported from one place to
another or when they are
used as performing ani-
mals or when they are kept
in captivity or confine-
ment.
3
To advise the Govern-
ment or any local au-
thority or another
person on improvements
in the design of vehicles to
lessen the burden on
draught animals.
4
To take all such steps
as the Board may
think
fit for
i m -
prove-
m e n t
of con-
ditions
for ani-
mals by
e n -
couraging, or providing
for, the construction of
sheds, water-troughs and
the like and by providing
for veterinary assistance
to animals.
5
To advise the Govern-
ment or any local au-
thority or another
person in the design of
slaughter-houses or the
maintenance of slaughter-
houses or connection with
the slaughter of animals
so that unnecessary pain
or suffering, whether
physical or mental, is elim-
inated in the pre-slaughter
stages as far as possible,
and animals are killed,
wherever necessary, in as
humane a manner as pos-
sible.
6
To take all such steps
as the Board may
think fit to ensure
that unwanted animals are
put to sleep by local au-
thorities, whenever it is
necessary to do so, either
instantaneously or after
being rendered insensible
to pain or suffering.
7
Toencourage,by
the grant of fi-
nancial assis-
tance or otherwise for
the formation or estab-
lishmentof pinjrapoles,res-
cue homes, animal shelters,
sanctuaries, and the like
where animals and birds
may find a shelter when
they have become old and
useless to their owners or
when they need protection.
8
To co-operate with,
and co-ordinate the
work of, associations
or bodies established to
prevent unnecessary pain
or suffering to animals or
for the protection of ani-
mals and birds.
9
To give financial and
other assistance to
animal welfare or-
ganizations functioning in
any local area or to en-
courage the formation of
animal welfare organiza-
tions in any local area
which shall work under
the general supervision
and guidance of the
Board.
10
To advise the
Government on
matters relating
to the medical care and at-
tention which may be pro-
vided in animal, hospitals
and to give financial and
other assistance to animal
hospitals whenever the
Board thinks it necessary
to do so.
11
To impart educa-
tion about the hu-
mane treatment
of animals and to encour-
age the formation of pub-
lic opinion against the in-
fliction of unnecessary
pain or suffering to ani-
mals and for the promo-
tion of animal welfare us-
ing lectures, books, post-
ers, cinematographic ex-
hibitions, and the like.
12
To advise the
Government on
any matter con-
nected with animal wel-
fare or the prevention of
infliction of unnecessary
pain or suffering on ani-
mals.
One of the most impor-
tant functions of the
Board is to provide finan-
cial assistance to the rec-
ognized Animal Welfare
Organisations (AWOs).
The applications in the
prescribed format re-
ceived from the AWOs are
scrutinized and eligible
applications are placed
before the Board for sanc-
tion of grant. Financial
Assistance is released in
two instalments after ob-
taining an audited state-
ment of accounts and uti-
lization certificate for the
earlier grants and satisfac-
tory Inspection reports.
The Board provides finan-
cial assistance to AWOs
under various schemes
viz. Regular Grant, Cattle
Rescue Grant, Provision of
Shelter House for looking
after the Animals, Animal
Birth Control (ABC) Pro-
gramme, Provision of Am-
bulance for the animals in
distress, and Natural Ca-
lamity grant. The AWBI
is supported by funds in
the form of grants from
the Government, contri-
butions, donations, sub-
scriptions, bequests, gifts
and the like made to it by
any local authority or by
any other person. Animal
Welfare Organisations
can apply for grants to
the AWBI for their pro-
jects.
Apart from AWOs,
breeders and pet shops
must be registered with
the AWBI.
The general public and
animal lovers can also ap-
ply to serve as Honorary
Animal Welfare Officers
to help animals in their
states and districts.
From ensuring that ani-
mal welfare laws in the
country are diligently fol-
lowed, to provide grants to
Animal Welfare Organisa-
tions and advising the
Government of India on
animal welfare issues, the
Board has been the face of
the animal welfare move-
ment in the country for
the last 50 years.
Getting back to the sub-
ject of relocation. Truth is
that no one can relocate
dogs. And why would you
want to relocate them in
the first place?
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VANSHIKA JAMWAL, Model
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Not much is likely to be
achieved on a business trip,
but it may open new
opportunities. Devoting
some time for physical fitness is
indicated for some and will help keep
them fit. Those planning to move
houses will manage to find a suitable
one.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Family support will be
crucial against those who
are trying to tarnish your
image on the social front.
Initiative taken on the property front
is likely to benefit. Love is likely to
knock at your door, so be prompt to
respond. Focus on health will
become your priority.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Life will surprise you in a
beautiful way. Monetary
condition is set to improve
as money comes to you
from various sources. Your
confidence is likely to win the day for
you. Something is likely to happen
on the academic front which may go
in your favour.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
A family event may keep you
entertained. You are likely to
benefit from a property
related matter. Students
would need to work upon time
management skills to stay abreast with
the competition. This is the time to
muster all your resources for tackling
something complicated.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
A piece of immovable
property can come to you
through a will or gift. You
will put in the required
efforts on the professional or
academic front to reap rewards.
Cupid’s arrow is likely to find its
mark and bring romance. You worry
too much, take time to ease out.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Not much is likely to be
achieved on a business trip,
but it may open new
opportunities. Devoting
some time for physical fitness is
indicated for some and will help keep
them fit. Those planning to move
houses will manage to find a suitable
one. Stringent cost-cutting measures.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
You will manage to remain
regular in your fitness
schedule. Guidance of your
near and dear ones will
prove a great help. This is a good
time to sell an asset as you are likely
to get a good price for it. Those
preparing for competitive exams are
likely to find the going easy.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Family support will be
crucial against those who
are trying to tarnish your
image on the social front.
Initiative taken on the property front
is likely to benefit. Love is likely to
knock at your door, so be prompt to
respond. Focus on health will
become your priority.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You are likely to resolve to
come back in shape and
start an exercise regimen.
Family will be supportive
and look after your needs. Some of
you are likely to join a group to
resolve difficulties on the academic
front. Someone you are working
closely with may attract you.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
A family event may keep
you entertained. You are
likely to benefit from a
property related matter.
Students would need to work upon
time management skills to stay
abreast with the competition. This is
the time to muster all your resources
for tackling something complicated.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
You are likely to resolve to
come back in shape and
start an exercise regimen.
Family will be supportive
and look after your needs. Some of
you are likely to join a group to
resolve difficulties on the academic
front. Someone you are working
closely with may attract you.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
A piece of immovable
property can come to you
through a will or gift. You
will put in the required
efforts on the professional or
academic front to reap rich rewards.
Cupid’s arrow is likely to find its
mark and bring romance into your
life. Workout regularly.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
The Animal Welfare
BOARD OF INDIA
MARIAM ABUHAIDERI
thepersianladki@gmail.com
I

12. GOLD : PARALYMPIC
GAMES, MEN’S
SINGLES, 2020
BRONZE : WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS,
MEN’S SINGLES, 2019
SILVER : WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS, MEN’S
DOUBLES, 2019
BRONZE : ASIAN PARA
GAMES, MEN’S DOUBLES,
2018
ACHIEVEMENTS
ETC
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chieving laurels one
flick at a time, Krish-
na Nagar, earlier
mocked for his dwarf-
ism, has shut a mil-
lion mouths with his
unparalleled flair at
Badminton and his roaring
victory at the Tokyo Paralym-
pics 2020. He defeated Chu Man
Kai of Hongkong in the men’s
single SH6 class final to be-
come the World No. 2 India
para-badminton player.
Diagnosed with dwarfism at
the tender age of 2, Nagar was
unfortunately ridiculed by his
peers for his deformity, so
much so, that this 4 feet 5 inch
tall shuttler was coaxed to try
an array of rigorous exercises,
only to finally accept his fate
and make a thudding state-
ment with his hard work.
Nagar stumbled upon this
sport at age 14 and picked it
up as his hobby. However,
what’s truly serendipitous to
his journey was his introduc-
tion to the world of para-bad-
minton in 2017. Yes, this was
his ‘I’ll change my life’ mo-
ment. In no time, Krishna
shifted basis to Lucknow to
learn under the effective ae-
gis of Dronacharya Awardee
Indian para-badminton team
head Gaurav Khanna. Since
then, he has been adding
feathers to his cap, bringing
fame to his dear hometown
and country alike.
His love for India knows no
bounds, as attested by his Ins-
tagram post right after his
whopping success at the Tokyo
Paralympics 2020 which read,
“Today is the result of my
years of hard work and I am
happy that my preparation for
this day has finally paid off. I
would like to dedicate this
medal to our Corona Warriors
who in the truest sense are the
real heroes to each one of us. I
would also like to take this op-
portunity to thank our Hon’ble
PM Shri Narendra Modi Ji,
CM Rajasthan Shri Ashok Ge-
hlotji...the entire coaching
staff whose constant support
and hard work have helped
realise my dream and make
my country proud.”
Making it big in prestigious
championships across the
globe, Khanna’s protégé re-
ceived hearty congratulatory
messages from the who’s who
of the country, PM Narendra
Modi, CM Yogi Adityanath and
Sadhguru, to name a few.
Currently employed as Assis-
tant Conservator of Frest in
Rajasthan, Krishna Nagar is
all set to climb even taller
mountains and etch
his name in gold.
KRISHNA NAGAR, “THAT SHORT GUY” WHO BECAME THE SECOND INDIAN BADMINTON PLAYER
TO BAG A GOLD MEDAL AT THE TOKYO PARALYMPICS, HAILS FROM THE CITY OF JAIPUR
GOLD : PARALYMPIC
GAMES, MEN’S
SINGLES, 2020
BRONZE : WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS,
MEN’S SINGLES, 2019
ACHIEVEMENTS
medal to our Corona Warriors
who in the truest sense are the
real heroes to each one of us. I
would also like to take this op-
portunity to thank our Hon’ble
PM Shri Narendra Modi Ji,
CM Rajasthan Shri Ashok Ge-
hlotji...the entire coaching
staff whose constant support
and hard work have helped
realise my dream and make
my country proud.”
Making it big in prestigious
championships across the
globe, Khanna’s protégé re-
ceived hearty congratulatory
messages from the who’s who
of the country, PM Narendra
Modi, CM Yogi Adityanath and
Sadhguru, to name a few.
Currently employed as Assis-
tant Conservator of Frest in
Rajasthan, Krishna Nagar is
all set to climb even taller
mountains and etch
his name in gold.
POORVI SINGHAL
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
A
Dil hai chota sa...
CHOTI SI AASHA
“KRISHNA’S FITNESS, REACH
AND ATTITUDE ARE HIS
BIGGEST PLUS. WHEN THE
SCORES WERE LEVEL
AFTER THE TWO
GAMES, THE ONLY
THING I TOLD
HIM BEFORE HE
WENT FOR THE
DECIDING GAME
WAS TO FOCUS ON
SINGLE POINTS, TO
STAY CALM AND NOT
ATTACK.”
-GAURAV KHANNA

13. 12
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CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
igh-pressure
careers, sexual
harassment at
work, gender
biases at home
and offices,
the toll of
pregnancy and
childbirth- you
name it and eve-
ry single wom-
an would ad-
mit to having
faced the ele-
phant in the
room and be-
ing forced to ac-
cept that the presence
of the largest mam-
mal is insignificant.
These barriers cre-
ated by proponents
of alt-right insur-
gents have been
blooming with a sort
of apocalyptic relish
world over but Indian
women proved their
mettle in the Tokyo
Olympics coming
neck to neck in med-
al count with the
men, while in the US,
60% of the medals
werewonbywomenath-
letes, dominating the
tally like never before!
So there’s no stopping
womenwhenitcomesto
attaining perfect physi-
cal, mental and emo-
tional health. City First
brings to you women
who are pioneers in
their fields. They keep
Fit and Flaunt it too!
At the opening of Ladurée
India, Khan market Delhi
Chandni Nath Israni, Chef
Godfroy Leinekugel and
Karan Israni were present.
Cycling and fitness enthusiasts Rakesh Ranjan, Lt Col RKPS
Sisodiya, Colonel B Gogai and Group Captain Santosh are full
of energy as they complete a 63 km ride early morning on the
weekend.
CITY FIRST
F
inding the motiva-
tion to stick to
your diet and fit-
ness goals isn’t
easy
, but it is necessary
.
We have nutritionists to
adviseus,onwhattoeat,
in terms of our protein
and carbohydrate in-
take. But this Delhi-
based nutritionist has
changed the definition
of ‘Skincare with
Healthy Diet’. She has
an awesome range of or-
ganic facials which will
keep the skin perform-
ing at its optimal level.
Currently, Red Wine
facials by Ruchika So-
dhi are creating head-
lines. If you thought
the wine is meant to be
enjoyed as a drink only,
think again. You can
also use it to give your
skin a refreshing
glow and remove
tans and blemishes
by rejuvenating vino-
therapy
.
“Red wine is packed
with antioxidants with
flavonoid, resveratrol,
and tannin which helps
fight ageing by restor-
ing collagen and elastic
fibres. Red wine gives a
boost to sagging skin,
reducing fine lines and
wrinkles,”saysRuchika
Sodhi. The antioxidant
properties of wine help
in getting the toxins out
of the skin. Wine facials
are also great for skin
tightening. Several sci-
entific studies have
vouched for the health
and beauty benefits of
that occasional glass of
red wine.
Red wine also helps in
getting good beauty
sleep, due to the pres-
ence of the hormone
Melatonin. it even
helps in getting even
skin tone, and re-
gain that elusive
glow on your face,
whichoftengetslostdue
to excessive stress and
pollution.
It also has antiseptic
and antibacterial prop-
erties and can help fight
acne breakouts. Apply-
ing red wine topically
on the face can clear
pores and hence, pre-
vent acne.
cityfirstdel@gmail.com
CITY FIRST
C
ooking is an es-
sential part of
life, but for some,
it is more than
life. Cooking has been a
meditationandsoothing
for her. Meet our Delhi
based home chef Dolly
Vig, who changed the
whole thought that after
60 it’s time to retire and
relax. Her home kitchen
bythenameof ‘MoMmy
-The Cook’, has changed
the whole concept of tea
time namkeens and
crisps.Shebroughtback
Mathis, Namakpaara
and khatti meethi ka-
choris in our tea time
menu.Bornandbrought
up in a
small town Meerut, she
gotmarriedinDelhiand
has a family of 3 chil-
dren. She started her
own small venture by
the name of ‘Mommy-
TheCook ‘from her own
residence and has been
growing for the past 2
years. Just imagine, a
homemaker with a
sheer passion for cook-
ing started her own ven-
ture and now is one of
the successful home
chefs that we all know.
She is an inspiration to
all such women who
want to make a mark in
this noble profession.
Her coconut burfi and
Ladoos have brought
back sweetness in our
lives. It’s not only
liked by adults but
kids too. Feel free to
contact us for home-
made namkeens
and mithais made
by Mrs Dolly Vig.
cityfirstdel@gmail.com
SHWETA
SHARMA
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
H
Living all my child-
hood, teenage and
early 20s with tags
like healthy, chubby,
never ending baby fat
etc. did impact my self-
esteem. One morning I
woke up different! I left
my job and I decided to
take care of myself. The
journey was not easy
but the determination and
will-power was so strong
that love for myself became
my passion. I lost 32 kg in
one year and came down to
49 kg.
—NEHA SAXENA BAGGA,
Holistic Health
and Lifestyle Specialist
My dad once told me that “If
you love yourself, you can love
the world.” I believe in inner
beauty and fitness on the out-
side ensues. I am currently on
track to be my fitter self before
I hit the half-century mark.
Cheese and crackers are my
weaknesses. Overall my life
is very simple as I recover
my cheat days with tori,
chawal curd.
—RITU CHOPRA, Train-
er and Facilitator, loves
hosting friends and family.
I have been a fitness enthusiast and a
sportsperson since very early in life.
However the term ‘fitness’ took a very
different meaning when I discovered the wider
view to fitness as not only ‘physical’ but also
‘mental’ and ‘emotional’. And I have fol-
lowed this idea in my personal life to the hilt.
Life changed for the better when I found my
journey from sole, being a marathon runner, to
finding peace within my soul, doing Yoga.
—NUPUR BAGGA, Fitness Coach who believes
in work-exercise balance
I have always been
extremely conscious
of my physical
health and mental well-
being. Being a military
wife, it is my endeavour to
keep myself at the top of
my fitness levels because
our niche lifestyle comes
at the price of frequent
upheavals and transfers.
This journey to perfect
wellness is a never ending
one and I strive to ensure
I do my bit for my healthy
self every single day.
—MEENAL SETH, Author,
Patissier, Entrepreneur
KEEPINGFITSOLETOSOUL
MOMMY
THE COOK
THE NEW CAFE!
FITNESS ENTHUSIASTS!
—PHOTOS
BY
SHAZID
CHAUHAN
Taliban’s thinking
won’t work
CITY FIRST
I
n an open letter to
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi and
Home Minister Amit
Shah, Ashok Aggarwal
discussed the prevail-
ing problem of not al-
lowing temples to be
open for the general
public. He also men-
tioned that this ‘Tali-
bani way of thinking’
has been affecting us as
Delhi is open for
clubs, amusement
parks, bars, cine-
mas, Vikli Bazaar,
all main markets,
metro buses, wine
shops, schools among
others, yet, it is hard to
get permission to stage
Ramleela for the gen-
eral public. Talibani
thinking of the bu-
reaucracy is trying to
make Delhi and a large
section of the coun-
try’s people anti-gov-
ernment! While the
construction work
of the grand Ram
temple in Ayodhya
is going on in full
swing. The PM and
the Home Minister
should immediately lib-
erate Delhi from the of-
ficers of this Taliban-
minded government
lobby
.
cityfirstdel@gmail.com
Ruchika Sodhi
Dolly Vig
During the meet
WINE ON
FACE!
Delhi women share their views on how prioritizing mental, physical
and emotional health has made them tougher and fitter!