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UP’s first hi-tech Vidhan Sabha session begins today
First India Bureau
Lucknow: With the
commencing of the
budget session on Mon-
day, Uttar Pradesh As-
sembly will become the
only second House in
the country – after Na-
galand – to go fully digi-
tal. The difference is,
Nagaland Assembly has
60 members and UP 403.
The first session of
the 18th Uttar Pradesh
assembly will start on
Monday with Governor
Anandiben Patel ad-
dressing a joint session
of both Houses of the
state. According to the
proposed programme
for the 18th Vidhan Sab-
ha of the state, the first
budgetof theYogiAdity-
anath government’s sec-
ond term will be tabled
in the House on May 26.
The new assembly’s
first session will last till
May 31, the state assem-
bly secretariat said.
CM Yogi Adityanath
has been emphasising
on the use of technolo-
gy in functioning of the
government and bring-
ing in transparency
. The
move marks a step in
that direction, accord-
ing to UP Assembly
SpeakerSatishMahana.
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath inaugurat-
ed the National e-Vid-
han Application (NeVA)
service centre at the
state assembly’s prem-
ises in the presence of
assembly speaker Sat-
ish Mahana earlier on
Thursday
.
Now, under ‘E-vid-
han’ (digitalisation/
digitisation of legisla-
tures) initiative, the
MLAs will have elec-
tronic tablets installed
on their desks Turn to P2
CM Yogi Adityanath, Speaker Satish Mahana, Finance and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh
Khanna along with other ministers and legislators at the all-party meeting convened ahead of the
start of the Assembly session, at Vidhan Bhavan on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI
READY FOR DISCUSSION ON
ALL ISSUES: CM YOGI
Lucknow (PTI): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday
said his government is ready for discussion on all issues.
Speaking at an all-party meeting held here, Adityanath
said, “The people have sent members of the House to
the biggest legislative assembly of the country with great
faith. I will repeatedly say that you are the 403 special
people in whom the 25 crore people of the state have
reposed their faith and you should contribute to chang-
ing the destiny of the 25 crore people (of the state).”
“The govt is ready for discussion on all issues,” he said.
Speaker Satish Mahana urged party leaders to put forth
their views in the House respectfully while adhering to
parliamentary norms. He said discussions should be held
in an amicable environment.Mahana also said that mem-
bers have been allotted seats on the basis of seniority and
after holding consultations with party leaders.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: TheYogigov-
ernment’sthird‘ground-
breaking ceremony’ on
June 3 will be inaugu-
rated virtually by PM
Narendra Modi while 62
top industry captains
have confirmed their
presence at the event.
Prominent among
thosewhowillattendare
KumarMangalamBirla,
Gautam Adani, Sanjeev
Goenka, Sajjan Jindal,
Niranjan Hiranandani
and Sudhir Mehta.
Among the prominent
projects that would be
kickedoff bytheground-
breaking are data cen-
tres of Adani and Hi-
ranandanigroupsworth
`4900 crore `9100 crore
respectively along with
the `2100-crore software
development centres of
Microsoft. About 3,000
peopleareexpectedtoat-
tend GBC 3 to be held at
Indira Gandhi Pratish-
than. It also includes
central officials includ-
ing union ministers.
CM YOGI’S SHOWCASE EVENT
62 industry captains
confirm their arrival
PMModiwillvirtuallyperformbhumipujanofthethird‘ground-
breakingceremony’oftheYogigovttobeheldonJune3inLucknow
CM Yogi Adityanath at Raj Bhavan on Sunday for a courtesy call to Governor Anandiben Patel ahead
of the start of the Vidhan Sabha session.
PM MODI TO
INAUGURATE
WHO’S WHO
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi will perform
the bhumi-pujan for
nearly two thousand
projects worth Rs
`75,000 crores, virtu-
ally. PM Modi will also
inaugurate an exhibition
which will have stalls
showcasing products
of 12 startups
and 14
investors.
Apart from
this, ODOP
will put up
about 62
stalls.
The event will be attended by Kumar Mangalam Birla, chair-
man of Aditya Birla Group, Sanjeev Goenka, chairman of
RPSG Group, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, MD and CEO of Paytm,
Sanjeev Puri, Chairman and MD of ITC Ltd, RC Bhargava,
chairman of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., Dr. Naresh Trehan
chairman of Medanta, Producer and Director Boney Kapoor,
Lulu Group MD Yusuf Ali, BrahMos CEO and MD Atul Dinkar
Rane, Torrent Pharmaceuticals Chairman Sudhir Mehta,
Ola Founder Bhavish Agarwal, Godrej Properties Executive
Chairman Pirojsha Adi Godrej, Infosys Founder Mohan Das
Pai, Producer and Director KC Bokadia, Ginni Filaments
CMD Shishir Jaipuria, Sri Baidyanath Ayurveda MD Anurag
Sharma, Greenko Group Founder and MD Anil Kumar Chala-
malasetty, MAQ Software MD Rajeev Agarwal, Oyo Founder
and CEO Ritesh Agarwal, Chandra Prakash Agarwal, Chair-
man/Managing Director, Gallantt Metal Ltd, Sukhbir Singh,
Director, Sukhbir Agro Energy Ltd., Lalit Thukral, Chairman,
Noida Apparel Export Cluster, Sekharipuram Narayanan
Subrahmanyam, Chief Executive Officer Managing Director
of Larsen Toubro, among others.
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Cheteshwar Pujara has made a comeback to India’s Test team while
youngsters like Umran Malik and Arshdeep Singh have received an India
call-up as selection committee on Sunday named the squads for the
upcoming five-match T20I series against South Africa beginning June 9.
UMRAN MALIK
GETS CALL FOR
INDIA T20 SQUAD
AGAINST SA
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday said all the temples destroyed
in the past must be rebuilt. He said that in his state, he had made budgetary
allocations for renovating temples destroyed by the Portuguese. Sawant said
the state government was promoting spiritual and cultural tourism in the state.
GOA CM: WHEREVER
TEMPLES WERE
DESTROYED, THEY
SHOULD BE REBUILT
Maha, Kerala
reduce VAT on
petrol, diesel
after Centre
cuts excise duty
Jaipur: Maharashtra
and Kerala have de-
creased VAT on petrol
and diesel after Finance
Minister Nirmala Si-
tharaman’s call to pro-
vide further relief to
consumers following a
cut in excise duty by the
Centre, though some
other states appeared re-
luctant citing their ina-
bilitytotakemorestrain
on revenue.
Rajasthan Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot said
with the Centre an-
nouncing cut in excise
duty
, the state-level VAT
by Rs 2.48 per liter on
petrol and Rs 1.16 per
liter on diesel will also
come down.
TheMaharashtragov-
ernment slashed the
VAT on petrol by Rs 2.08
per litre and diesel by Rs
1.44 per litre.
The Left Democratic
Front government in
Kerala had on Saturday
promptly announced a
cutinthestatetaxonthe
prices of petrol and die-
sel by Rs 2.41 and
Rs 1.36 per litre respec-
tively
. However, the
DMK-led government in
Tamil Nadu said that it
is neither fair nor rea-
sonable to expect states
to reduce their taxes.
Flip-Flop on
Qutub Minar
Excavations at monument:
Union Cultural Ministry
deny giving ASI any order
The Union
Ministry of
Culture officials
rubbished reports
stating that it had
ordered the
Archaeological
Survey of India to
conduct
excavations at
Qutub Minar
Earlier, reports
had stated that
the order was given
after Hindu deity idols
were reportedly
discovered at the
site, and claimed that
the site was
constructed by Raja
Vikramaditya, a Hindu
emperor
1 2
l A petition was
recently filed in Delhi’s
Saket court, requesting
that Hindu deities be
restored and wor-
shipped in the Quw-
wutul Islam Mosque,
which is part of the
Qutub Minar complex
l According to the
petition, Muhammad
Ghori’s general, Qutu-
buddin Aibak, demol-
ished 27 temples and
used this material to
construct the Quwwat-
ul-Islam mosque on
the site. It will be
heard on Tuesday
l The controversy
erupted after ASI’s for-
mer regional director,
Dharamveer Sharma,
recently claimed that
Raja Vikramaditya, not
Qutub-ud-Din Aibak,
built the Qutub Minar
to study the direction
of the sun
l Later, reports
claimed that the ASI
was asked by the
ministry to submit
excavation report
of the site
Farmers can change govts:
Telangana’s KCR in Punjab
Chandigarh: Telanga-
na Chief Minister K
Chandrasekhar Rao,
who visited Punjab to
pay tributes to the sol-
diers killed in the Gal-
wanValleyclashandthe
farmerswhodiedduring
the anti-farm law stir
last year, appealed to
farmers’ leaders to con-
tinue their agitation
against the Centre until
they get guarantees on
support prices for crops.
“Farmers can topple
governments, it’s not a
big thing,” he said while
exhorting them to unite
for a nationwide agita-
tion which he said he
willjoinalongwithAAP
.
CENTRE WANTED TO JAIL FARMERS
IN STADIUMS DURING STIR: KEJRIWAL
The BJP-led Centre wanted Delhi stadiums to be con-
verted into makeshift jails to house farmers marching
into Delhi to protest against the new farm laws, recalled
CM Arvind Kejriwal at an event to honour farmers. “Even
I have come out of an andolan, Anna andolan. And the
same was done to us at that time...they used to keep us
in stadiums. I too have stayed in stadiums for days. I
understood that it’s a ploy to end kisan andolan,” he said.
PM HOSTS PROUD FACES!
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Minister for Youth Affairs Sports Anurag Thakur and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma,
poses for a photograph with the Indian badminton contingent for Thomas and Uber cup, during their felicitation ceremony, in New Delhi.
Triple suicide,
chilling note
rock Delhi
New Delhi: A woman in
her 50s and her two
daughters turned their
south Delhi flat into a
chamber of poisonous
gas and suffocated to
death in a shocking case
of triple suicide, Delhi
Police have found.
Suicide notes recov-
ered from the flat in the
posh Vasant Vihar area
have revealed their
spine-chilling plan.
Police found all doors,
windowsandventilators
packed with a foil-like
substance, apparently to
ensure smoke does not
escape the room and no
one can see within.
Policefoundthatcook-
ing gas cylinder’s knob
wasturnedonandacoal
fire was left burning.
“Too much deadly
gas... carbon monoxide
inside. It’s flammable.
Please ventilate the
room by opening the
window and opening the
fan. Do not light match,
candle or anything!! Be
careful while removing
the curtain because
roomisfullof hazardous
gas. Do not inhale,” the
chilling suicide note in
English read.
Telangana CM
K Chandrasekhar
Rao at an event in
Punjab on Sunday.
In despair after hus-
band’s death due to
COVID-19, a woman
along with 2 daugh-
ters committed suicide
by online ordering
insulating material
and turning house
into a gas chamber

UTTAR PRADESH
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No order issued to surrender
ration cards, clarifies UP govt
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh government on
Sunday made it clear
that no new order has
been issued in the state
regarding surrender or
cancellation of ration
cards.
Refuting the mislead-
ing and false reports
circulated in this re-
gard in certain sections
of the media, State Food
Commissioner Saurav
Babu said that ration
card verification was a
normal process which
took place from time to
time. He said “the base-
less reports are being
circulated regarding
surrender of ration
card and new eligibility
conditions.”
He further clarified
that the eligibility / inel-
igibility criterion of
household ration cards
were ascertained vide
GO dated October 07,
2014 and no new chang-
esweremadesincethen.
He also said that no
card holder could be de-
clared ineligible on the
basis of having a pucca
house under the govern-
mentscheme,electricity
connection, sole weapon
license holder, motor cy-
cle owner, poultry/cow
rearing .
“Similarly, as per the
National Food Security
Act-2013 and other pre-
vailing mandates, no
provision of recovery
from ineligible card
holders has been pre-
scribed and no instruc-
tions have been issued
from the government
level or from the Food
Commissioner’s office
regarding recovery, “
he said. The depart-
ment always issues
new ration cards to the
eligible card holders
according to their eligi-
bility and from April 1,
2020 till now, a total of
29.53 lakh new ration
cards have been issued
by the department to
the eligible beneficia-
ries in the state.
UP govt denies reports, officials say ration card verification a normal process
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Khanna, Vidhan Sabha
speaker Satish Mahana at the All-party meeting before the start of the Assembly session, at
Vidhan Bhavan on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
AKHILESH ABSENT
Samajwadi Par-
ty leader Indrajit
Saroj represented his
party at the meeting
instead of LoP Akh-
ilesh Yadav.BSP was
represented by Uma
Shankar Singh, Con-
gress by Aradhana
Misra, Rashtriya Lok
Dal by Rajpal Baliyan,
and Apna Dal (S) was
represented by Ram
Niwas Verma
MARATHON FLAGGED OFF
Lucknow Marathon—Run for fun was organised at the gate number 4 of Janeshwar Mishra Park on Sunday, where
Minister of state for Youth Welfare and Sports, Girish Chandra Yadav (chief guest) along with MLCs Pawan Singh
Chauhan, Deepak Singh, Awanish Kumar Singh (special guests) and DSP (Traffic) Subhash Chandra Shakya, Rakesh
Kumar Pandey flagged off the event.
UP, other states should slash
VAT on petrol, diesel: Maya
First India Bureau
Lucknow/Gorakh-
pur: With the Centre
slashing the excise duty
on petrol and diesel, Ba-
hujan Samaj Party
(BSP) chief Mayawati
on Sunday said it was
the duty of not only Ut-
tar Pradesh but also of
other states to immedi-
ately announce a cut in
VAT on fuel.
Mayawati said the
Central and state gov-
ernments, while sacri-
ficing their political in-
terest, should pay atten-
tion to national prob-
lems, which are becom-
ing serious day-by-day,
so that life can nor-
malise.
Petrol price has been
slashed by Rs 8.69 a litre
and that of diesel by Rs
7.05 per litre following
the government’s deci-
sion to cut excise duty
on auto fuels, giving re-
lief to consumers bat-
tered by high fuel prices
that had pushed infla-
tion to a record high.
In a tweet in Hindi,
Mayawati said: “After a
long time, the centre
has given some relief
by reducing charges on
petrol-diesel to the peo-
ple who were forced to
live a miserable life
due to rising inflation,
poverty, unemploy-
ment and stress. Now,
it is the responsibility
of Uttar Pradesh and
other states to follow
the advice of the Cen-
tre and immediately
reduce VAT (on diesel
and petrol).”
BSP Supremo Mayawati. —FILE PHOTO
SP ALL SET TO TARGET YOGI GOVT
There is no Shivling
inside Gyanvapi
mosque: SP lawmaker
UP Police crime branch
to probe case against
SP MLA Shahzil Islam
Lucknow (PTI): Sam-
ajwadi Party MP
Shafiqur Rahman Barq
on Sunday claimed that
there was no Shivling’
in Gyanvapi mosque in
Varanasi and the word
was spread about it to
stoke sentiments for the
upcoming 2024 parlia-
mentary elections.
“All these circum-
stances are being creat-
ed due to 2024 elections.
If you go into the histo-
ry there was no
‘Shivling’ and nothing
else in the Gyanvapi
mosque. All this is
wrong,” Barq, an MP
from Sambhal, told re-
porters outside the Sa-
majwadi Party office.
Barq was here to
meet SP chief Akhilesh
Yadav.
On Ayodhya, Barq
said, “Though a Ram
temple is being con-
structed, I still say that
there is a mosque
there”.”Ye takat ke bal-
boote pe ho raha” (This
is purely a display of
power).”
“We are being target-
ed. Mosques are being
attacked. The govern-
ment doesn’t run like
this. Government
should run with hones-
ty and rule of law. There
is a rule of Bulldozer,
not of law,” he alleged.
A local court in Vara-
nasi on May 16 directed
the district administra-
tion to seal a spot in the
Gyanvapi Masjid com-
plex after counsels rep-
resenting the Hindu
petitioners said a
Shivling was found
during a court-mandat-
ed videography survey.
held rcently
.
Lucknow(PTI): The
crime branch of the
Uttar Pradesh Police
will investigate the
case lodged against Sa-
majwadi Party MLA
Shahzil Islam for mak-
ing an inflammatory
statement against
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath.
Bareilly Senior Su-
perintendent of Police
(SSP) Rohit Sajwan has
transferred the investi-
gation to the crime
branch.
Due to slow pace of
investigation at the po-
lice station-level, it was
handed over to the
crime branch, the po-
lice officer said.
Sajwan said the FIR
was lodged on April 4
against the Bhojipura
MLA, SP district
vice-president Sanjeev
Kumar Saxena and oth-
ers on the complaint of
the district in-charge of
the Hindu Yuva Vahini,
Anuj Verma.
Shahzil and others
were accused of mak-
ing inflammatory state-
ments during a public
event. Shahzil Islam
later claimed that his
statement was miscon-
strued.
The Samajwadi Party
MLA has been in a
tough spot after making
the statement.
Apart from ongoing
police investigation, a
petrol pump owned by
him was bulldozed by
the Bareilly Develop-
ment Authority
.
The development au-
thority claimed that
the petrol pump didn’t
have proper clearances
required to operate a
petrol pump.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh Government
will set up excellence
centres and mini excel-
lence centres/ hi-tech
nurseries in all the 75
districts in the next five
years to boost horticul-
ture and food process-
ing industry in the
state, according to a
government communi-
que on Sunday
.
Hi-tech nurseries set
up by the Government
at Bahraich, Ambedkar
Nagar, Mau, Fatehpur,
Aligarh, Rampur and
Hapur have already be-
come operational while
centres of excellence
are under construction
in Chandauli,
Kaushambi, Saha-
ranpur, Lucknow, Kush-
inagar and Hapur. Indo
Israel Center for Excel-
lence has been estab-
lished in Basti and Kan-
nauj for fruits and veg-
etables respectively so
that farmers could get
quality seedlings.
Furthermore, mini
centres of excellence/
hi-tech nurseries are
under construction at
Sonbhadra, Morad-
abad, Agra, Sant
Kabirnagar, Mahoba,
Jhansi, Barabanki,
Lucknow, Chandauli,
Gonda, Balrampur,
Badaun, Firozabad,
Shamli and Mirzapur.
The Government
seeks to grow quality
saplings and seeds at
the excellence centres
as well as hi-tech nurs-
eries to increase pro-
duction of quality
crops. The objective
behind the govern-
ment’s move is also to
provide sufficient
crops for the increas-
ing number of food
processing industries.
It is worth mention-
ing here that Uttar
Pradesh has witnessed
an increase of 0.7 per-
cent in the production
of fruits and vegetables
in the last five years due
to expansion of its culti-
vation in an additional
1.01 lakh hectares,
thanks to the initiatives
of theYogiGovernment.
The Yogi Adityanath
led government in Ut-
tar Pradesh is also pro-
moting protected
farming through Indo-
Israel technology to
grow off-season vege-
tables. In the last 5
years, poly houses/
shednets have been ex-
panded in 177 hectares
to enhance yield of
flowers and vegeta-
bles, benefiting 5,549
farmers.
Soon, excellence centres hi-tech nurseries in all districts of UP
AIMING FOR GROWTH
lll
The govt
seeks to grow
quality
saplings and
seeds at the
excellence
centres as well
as hi-tech
nurseries
AMBITIOUS TARGETS
Gyanwapi Mosque in Varanasi
Digital payments to end corruption, bring transparency
Continued from page 1
at the Assembly to con-
tinually update them
about the proceedings
of the House, the ques-
tions undertaken and
their answers, agenda
of the day, notices, etc.
Also, the Assembly will
have fixed seats for each
of the 403 members.
Moreover, it goes
without saying that
for a state to become
fully digital, the pay-
ments and transac-
tions process happen-
ing over digital plat-
forms is the backbone
of the movement.
At present, as per the
National Government
Services Portal, about
178 services are avail-
able online in UP.
UP is amongst the
best performing states
in the country in using
the Direct Benefit
Transfer (DBT) system
for beneficiaries to get
the benefits of govern-
ment schemes directly.
To strengthen the vi-
sion of minimum gov-
ernment and maximum
governance, more and
more government
schemes are being
made available online.
For the convenience
of women, female stu-
dents, senior citizens,
farmers, athletes in get-
ting financial assis-
tance in the form of
scholarships, grants,
pension, medical aid or
under schemes like
PM-Kisan Samman
Nidhi, technology has
been put in use to elim-
inate the role of touts,
therefore, eradicating
corruption.
All party meet before the start of UP Assembly on Sunday.
—PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
THE MATTER
MLA Shahzil Islam
SP MP Shafiqur Rehman Barq
—FILE PHOTO

UTTAR PRADESH
03
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: At the time
when SP veteran Azam
Khan is released from
jail, the issue of Gyanva-
pi and Mathura is hog-
ginglimelight.Religious
issues are likely to catch
up again. In such times,
Khan, who was one of
the founding members
of SP
, seems to be focus-
ing on the ‘Muslim card’
for his future.
Significantly
, after be-
ing released, Azam
Khan, while giving a
statement, mentioned
aboutJauharUniversity
,
education of Muslims,
his own education from
AMU. While advocating
Muslim education, he
called himself a person
promoting it. This influ-
ential leader of Rampur
triedhisbesttoestablish
thenarrativethathewas
being punished for edu-
cating Muslims. This
firebrandleaderinsisted
that he was called mafia,
and that Jauhar Univer-
sitywashiscrime.When
asked about the alleged
targeting of Muslims,
Khan categorically re-
plied “They are being
punished for their right
tovote.” Referringtothe
attack on himself in the
past and the Covid-19 in-
fectionduringhisstayin
jail,heextendedcreditto
theprayersof hissociety
forhiswellbeing.Giving
a very balanced state-
ment on the Gyanva-
pi-Mathuraissues,Azam
said, “At this point no
one should give his opin-
ion as it can ruin the at-
mosphereinthecountry
and people’s confidence
inthejusticesystemwill
be shaken.” He has also
talked about contacting
the Ulemas of Deoband,
Bareilly and Mubarak-
pur sects.
Lucknow(PTI): Se-
nior SP legislator
Azam Khan and sulk-
ing socialist leader
Shivpal Singh Yadav
on Sunday skipped the
party MLAs’ meet
ahead of the UP As-
sembly session.
Shivpal had earlier
too skipped the party
MLAs’ meeting amid
differences with his
nephew and Samajwa-
di Party (SP) chief
Akhilesh Yadav.
Shivpal had parted
ways with Akhilesh in
2017 Assembly polls
and had formed his
own outfit, Pragatish-
eel Samajwadi Par-
ty-Lohia.
He,however,contest-
ed this year’s Assem-
bly polls on the Sama-
jwadi Party symbol.
Azam Khan, who
was released for the Si-
tapur jail on Friday
after the Supreme
Court granted him bail
in a cheating case,
didn’t attend the meet-
ing due to health rea-
sons, according to a
party leader.
However, Khan was
seen visiting the dis-
trict jail in Rampur
with his son Abdullah
Azam to meet his sup-
porters lodged there in
various cases.
Earlier, people close
to Khan had accused
the party chief of ig-
noring him and the
Muslim community,
sparking speculations
of a rift in the party
.
Rumours about
Khan’s unhappiness
with the Samajwadi
Party leadership were
bolstered when he did
not meet party MLA
Ravidas Mehrotra in
jail but a day later met
Congress leader Pra-
mod Krishnam there.
Azam Khan eyes playing up
Muslim card for political future
Azam, Shivpal skip SP MLAs’
meet ahead of Assembly session
SPLIT WIDE OPEN
Azam Khan comes out of jail Shivpal Yadav,Akhilesh Yadav and Azam Khan during happy times
CRUCIAL READ
Auraiya: The police busted an illegal weapon factory in
jungle area near Dhanna Purva at Bela Bina road and
arrested three accused with huge consignment of illegal
weapons there. SP Abhishek Verma said acting on tip-off
police team raided at jungle area where an illegal weapon
factory was busted. Police have recovered 45 made and
unmade weapons and 19 cartages from the spot and ar-
rested three accused from there. Arrested accused were
identified as Ramdulare Sharma, Pradeep Kumar Sugar
Singh and case was registered against them.
TEENAGER STABBED
TO DEATH,ANOTHER
SERIOSULY INJURED
WANTED CRIMINAL
IN FAKE DOCUMENT
CASE IN ATS NET
Gorakhpur: A teenager
was stabbed to death
while one other severely
injured in knife attack
over minor dispute dur-
ing marriage ceremony
in Kolhuva village in
Badhalganj area. Police
said during marriage
ceremony of daughter
of Rambhajan Gupta,
people from groom side
were dancing when scuf-
fle occurred over song
changing on DJ. After
heated arguments some
miscreants attacked vil-
lagers with knife in which
Akhtar and Aftab were
severely injured.
ILLEGAL ARMS MANUFACTURING
FACTORY BUSTED, 3 ARRESTED
Lucknow: UP ATS on
Sunday arrested a bounty
criminal with a prize of
`25,000 on his head from
Patna for allegedly mak-
ing fake documents. The
criminal was identified as
Shivansh Baliyan aka Sagar
Shahi and was appre-
hended in Patna. “With the
cooperation of associated
organisations, the ATS
VNS squad arrested the
criminal, he was a part of a
gang who used to provide
forged Indian documents
to Nepali citizens and used
to portray Nepalis as Indian
citizens in Gorkha regi-
ment,” the ATS said.
Seven dead, many injured in
Siddharthnagarroad mishap
SUV DASHES INTO STATIONARY
TRACTOR-TROLLEY FROM REAR
ELEVEN PEOPLE WERE RETURNING
FROM A MARRIAGE CEREMONY
First India Bureau
Siddharthnagar: In a
horrific incident seven
persons lost their lives
while four others were
severely injured when
their SUV dashed into a
stationary tractor-trol-
ly near Katya village
under Jogiya police sta-
tion area here.
The police said as
manyas11personswere
returning from a mar-
riage ceremony at Ma-
huava village when
their SUV dashed into
the tractor-trolley near
Katyavillage.Sevenper-
sons died on the spot
while four others re-
ceived severe injuries.
Deceased were identi-
fied as Sachin Pal (10),
Mukesh Pal (35), Lala
Paswan (26), Shivsagar
Yadav (18), Ravi Paswan
(19), Pintu (25) and
Gaurav Maurya. While
Ram Baran Paswan
(48), Suresh alias Chi-
nak (40), Vicky Paswan
(18) and Shubham were
injured and shifted in
district hospital.
Ram Baran and
Suresh were referred to
BRD Medical College
Hospital after their con-
dition deteriorated
while Vicky and Shub-
ham were stated to be in
stable condition.
First India Bureau
Noida(PTI): A 21-year-
old man has been ar-
rested in Noida for cre-
ating nuisance after a
video showing him
standing on two mov-
ing SUVs on a city road
went viral, police offi-
cials said on Sunday
.
The man had got the
video shot for posting
it on social media. The
two SUVs used for the
stunt have been im-
pounded, they said.
The stunt of balanc-
ing oneself on two
moving motorcycles
had become famous
with Bollywood actor
Ajay Devgn’s debut
movie ‘Phool aur
Kaante’. He performed
the stunt again in ‘Gol-
maal 3’ using two cars.
Officials here said a
video had surfaced on
social media Saturday,
purportedly showing a
young man balancing
himself on two moving
SUVs on a Noida road,
prompting the local po-
lice to take action
against him under the
Motor Vehicles Act for
creating a nuisance
with the dangerous
stunt.
“Based on the video,
the man was traced. He
has been identified as
Rajiv (21), a resident of
Sorakha village and
has been arrested. The
two SUVs and a motor-
cycle which was used
in making the video
have been impound-
ed,” SHO of Sector 113
police station Sharad
Kant said.
“One of the Toyota
Fortuners and the mo-
torcycle belong to Ra-
jiv’s family. He had
taken the other Fortun-
er from a relative for
the video. He is not em-
ployed but belongs to a
well-to-do family. He
was making the video
for social media only,”
Kant told PTI.
Meanwhile, Gautam
Buddh Nagar Police
Commissioner Alok
Singh lauded the local
police for the prompt
action and urged par-
ents and guardians of
children and youth to
pay attention.
3 KILLED, 6
INJURED IN
LIGHTNING
Amroha(PTI): Three
people were killed
and six injured when
lightning struck them
in Kaneta village
here, police said on
Sunday. The incident
occurred on Saturday
when some labourers
were cutting trees,
they said, adding
the injured were
rushed to a hospital,
where their condi-
tion was stated to
be stable. The dead
included Rifaqat
(55), Premchandr
(23) and Rajendra
(30), police said. Sub
Divisional Magistrate
of Hasanpur Sudheer
Kumar said the family
of all the victims will
be given Rs 4 lakh as
financial assistance.
The mangled remains of the SUV after the
accident. (Left) One of the injured under
treatment in the district hospital
—PHOTOS BY PTI
PM ANNOUNCES `2L EX-GRATIA
New Delhi (ANI): PM
Narendra Modi has
announced an ex-gratia
of `2 lakh each from
the Prime Minister’s
National Relief Fund
(PMNRF) for the next
of kin of those who lost
their lives in an accident
in Siddharthnagar dis-
trict. The injured would
be given ` 50,000 each.
“The Prime Minister has
announced an ex-gratia
of `2 lakh each from
PMNRF for the next of
kin of those who lost
their lives in an accident
in Siddharthnagar, UP.
The injured would be
given `50,000 each,”
tweeted Prime Minis-
ter’s Office today. As
many as eight people
were killed after a jeep
carrying 11 people
rammed into a station-
ary truck on NH-28 in
Siddharthnagar district.
CM Yogi also expressed
his deep condolences
on the loss of lives in
the road accident.
PET CARE
Minister for Minority Welfare Danish Azad Ansari at a health
check-up workshop for pet dogs organised at Aliganj Pet Shop
and Clinic, Lucknow, on Sunday. Pet food companies Neo
Kumfurt and Farmina were represented by eminent distributor
Anurag Tripathi (second from left).
FOREST
DEPT TO
LODGE FIR
AGAINST
VILLAGERS
Bahraich (PTI): A
leopard was alleged-
ly killed by locals of
Nabi Nagar village,
following which the
forest department
decided to lodge an
FIRagainstthem,of-
ficials said Sunday
.
According to DFO
Manish Singh, the
female leopard was
chased, its legs tied
and pushed around
with long sticks by
villagers on Friday
.
The animal died
on its way to the vet-
erinary hospital af-
ter being rescued by
a department team.
Officials had initial-
ly claimed that there
was no external in-
jury on the carcass.
“Post-mortem has
confirmed that she
was very weak and
had internal inju-
riesduetoactionsof
the villagers. They
also chased the ani-
mal and tied its feet
which further dete-
riorated its health
and resulted in its
death,” Singh said.
Ajay Devgn-like car stunt lands Noida man in jail
A video grab of the 21-year-old into the stunt.
BAD PRECEDENCE

PERSPECTIVE
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l RNI NO. UPENG/2020/80229.
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Colony, Raheem Nagar, Dudouli
Road, Madiyaon, Lucknow (UP).
Editor-In-Chief: Jagdeesh Chandra.
Editor: Vishal Srivastav
responsible for selection of news
under the PRB Act
Narendra Singh Tomar
@nstomar
Tributes to the founder of Brahmo
Samaj, the pioneer of mass awakening
and social reform movement, the great
social reformer who got rid of the
practice of Sati, child marriage before
independence and Raja Rammohan
Roy, who made a special contribution
in the field of education.
Smriti Z Irani
@smritiirani
Gas cylinder subsidy will greatly benefit
over 9 crore female beneficiaries of
Ujjwala Yojana, enabling ‘Ease of
Living’ for their families.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Resolutely train yourself
to attain peace.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
UP ASSEMBLY
TAKES A GIANT
TECH LEAP, LEAVES
OTHERS BEHIND
ttar Pradesh Assem-
bly has become the
second legislature
after Nagaland to go
paperless. While Na-
galand attached a tablet to the
desk of each of its 60 members
in the House, UP has given a
technological makeover to its
403-member House. The Assem-
bly has provided 416 tablets for
MLAs and also some MLCs. In
terms of size UP is far ahead of
Nagaland in implementing the
E-Vidhan Bhawan under the na-
tional E-Vidhan Application
project. The first Assembly ses-
sion using paperless technology
will be launched on Monday
. As
some legislators might take time
to learn, paper documents will
be allowed in the initial few ses-
sions. Experts from the National
Informatics Centre are involved
in training the legislators.
The introduction of technol-
ogy will not only give a new look
to the UP Vidhan Sabha, but it
will also require good behaviour
from the legislators. No more
rowdy conduct will be allowed
as a damaged tablet will not be
replaced.
TOP TWEETS
U
elangana Chief
Minister K Chan-
drashekar Rao is
out on a mission--
-that of forging
opposition unity
. KCR is mak-
ing sustained efforts in that
direction but is scrupulously
keeping the Congress out of
the loop. The other day he
was in New Delhi where he
met Samajwadi Party presi-
dent Akhilesh Yadav and
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal. After the meeting
he said that “there will be a
sensation in the country”.
What “sensation” was the
Telangana Rashtra Samithi
chief talking about? Will
there be a “sensation” if he
succeeds in stitching an alli-
ance or in announcing a new
political narrative? KCR him-
self said, “Let us see what
happens as we go forward.”
That suggests some develop-
ment is afoot in the opposi-
tion camp which is preparing
to take on the BJP not only in
2024 but also in the Presiden-
tial election and also the up-
coming state elections.
Early this year KCR held
parleys with Uddhav Thack-
eray
, the Maharashtra Chief
Minister, and his West Bengal
counterpart Mamata Baner-
jee. KCR has also had a meet-
ing with poll strategist
Prashant Kishor. Taking ini-
tiative to put up a credible al-
ternativetotheBJPandPrime
Minister Narendra Modi may
beeasy
,buttosucceedinitwill
be a tall order. Recently Modi
exhorted his party leaders to
fix goals for the next 25 years.
The narrative of religion
which the BJP espouses gives
Modi the confidence to set
long-term targets. The oppo-
sition, so far, has no alterna-
tive narrative. Leave narra-
tive aside, the issue of leader-
ship is still not settled. Oppo-
sition unity is still a work in
progress.
The other day he was in Delhi where he met
SP president Akhilesh Yadav and Delhi CM
Arvind Kejriwal. After the meeting he said that
“there will be a sensation in the country”. What
“sensation” was the Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief
talking about? Will there be a “sensation” if he
succeeds in stitching an alliance or in announcing a
new political narrative?
T
MOODINESS
THE COMMON COLD
OF THE MIND
Engaging in activities that
bring pleasure like
shopping, playing games,
cooking a favourite recipe,
surfing the net, browsing
through a book store,
dining out, reading, even
putting together a puzzle,
can be a ready medication
for ‘down / blue’ days.
Rather than confusing the
illness with the individual,
making efforts to
understand, can help one to
treasure the beautiful
person behind the
moodiness. Successfully
fighting mood changes
requires having a balanced
view of our own worth.
False pride, ignoring our
limitations and
perfectionism, are all an
overestimation of ourselves.
Resisting these tendencies
and also avoiding the other
extreme can dispel
gloominess and lead to
cheerfulness
e is just impossible. When
something goes bad, he takes
things out on anyone for no
good reason…” This is a
widespread complaint about
people from all walks of life.
Some are moody, grouchy
and unpredictable. A moody
person’s emotions change of-
ten. One day, they are happy
and trusting. The next day,
they are down and critical.
As confusing as it may
seem, almost everyone goes
through different moods
from time to time. Often a
bad mood is due to illness,
poor diet, fatigue and exhaus-
tion because of unrelenting
pressures. A moody person is
difficult to live with. Some
say that moods are beyond
our control, being governed
by chemicals in the brain.
Whether that is true or not,
feelings are contagious. We
can either be cheered up or
depressed by those around
us. One can ask, “how do I
react when I’ve had a bad day
or when I’m feeling under a
lot of pressure?” Do I some-
times get grumpy or irrita-
ble? Am I touchy, sullen or
uncommunicative?
There is nothing to be
ashamed of if we suffer from
an emotional illness – any
more than suffering from a
physical illness. Being alarm-
ingly common, moodiness
has been termed as “the com-
mon cold of the mind.” Just
about anyone can get it. It is
all-pervasive and affects eve-
ry aspect of one’s life. It cor-
rodes one’s confidence, self
respect and ability to think
straight and make decisions.
Often a person weeps for no
reason due to an overwhelm-
ing sense of loneliness and
pain, despite having family
and friends.
Most of us know what it is
like to experience a wave of
sadness. With time, the feel-
ing subsides, but the de-
pressed feel the ups and
downs, twists and turns as if
on a speedy train not know-
ing when or how to get down.
Mood swings are an indi-
cator of an underlying dis-
ease. Lack of sleep, stress,
weaknesses or habits in life
style, a break up of a close
relationship, dark indoor
work space, cloudy cold cli-
mate, genes or adverse life
experiences can trigger
moodiness and depression.
What one eats can also
make a difference. Eating a
lot of sweets and junk food is
detrimental to one’s mood.
Exercises and eating healthy
are a real mood up lifter.
Amoodypersoncanbecome
self absorbed. Death can be
preferredtolifewhenonefeels
trapped in one’s situation. By
recognizingdistortedthinking
patterns and mentally ques-
tioning their validity
, one can
maintain an optimistic atti-
tudeandnotallowthemoodto
dominate one’s life.
Some of our emotional
problems may be rooted in
the past especially if we have
been victims of unjust treat-
ment. It is better to forgive
and forget than destroy our
life by dwelling on what can-
not be undone.
By putting one’s feelings
into words is a healing pro-
cess that prevents the mind
from trying to deny the real-
ity of the problem. We should
not allow an ‘undaunted by
adversity’ appearance to in-
hibit us from taking help
from others.
Using few simple words
that manifest interest, con-
cern and affection can do
much good to the moody one.
Lending a hearing ear is fun-
damental to soothing others.
This can make the afflicted
one share his / her fears.
Commendation empowers a
depressed individual for a
personal fight against feel-
ings of disappointment or
rejection.
Some keep their melan-
cholies to themselves be-
cause of which they are in a
constant dreary mood.
Whether feelings are shared
or not, regaining cheerful-
ness, depends to a large ex-
tent upon one’s frame of
mind and outlook.
Music can create various
kinds of moods in us. Listen-
ing to the right type and for
the right duration, can do
wonders in raising the spir-
its and instilling a happy at-
titude.
It is hard to fight a sullen
mood. But directing our at-
tention and energy to do
something for others will be
of immense help in nourish-
ing a good mood.
Engaging in activities that
bring pleasure like shopping,
playing games, cooking a fa-
vourite recipe, surfing the
net, browsing through a book
store, dining out, reading,
even putting together a puz-
zle, can be a ready medica-
tion for ‘down / blue’ days.
Rather than confusing the
illness with the individual,
making efforts to under-
stand, can help one to treas-
ure the beautiful person be-
hind the moodiness.
Successfully fighting mood
changes requires having a
balanced view of our own
worth. False pride, ignoring
our limitations and perfec-
tionism, are all an overesti-
mation of ourselves. Resist-
ing these tendencies and also
avoiding the other extreme
can dispel gloominess and
lead to cheerfulness.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
Mood swings are an
indicator of an
underlying disease.
Lack of sleep, stress,
weaknesses or habits in
lifestyle, a break up of a
close relationship, dark
indoor workspace, cloudy
cold climate, genes or
adverse life
experiences can
trigger moodiness
and depression
“
H
REKHA KUMAR
The writer is a personal
development skills facilitator
WHAT ‘SENSATION’ KCR’S TALKING ABOUT

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INDIA
05
Thiruvananthapuram
(Agencies): The cam-
paigning for the Thrik-
kakara by-election to be
held on May 31 has
gained momentum with
all three major fronts —
CPM-ledLeftDemocratic
Front (LDF), Congress-
led United Democratic
Front(UDF)andtheBJP-
led National Democratic
Alliance(NDA)areoutto
woo voters.
The election to Thrik-
kakarawasnecessitated
following the demise of
sitting MLA, PT Thom-
as. Now his wife Uma
Thomas is contesting on
the UDF ticket. Practic-
ing cardiologist at a
leading private hospital
at Kochi, Dr Jo Joseph
is contesting as a CPI-M
candidate while a for-
mer RSS pracharak and
state Vice President of
the BJP, AN Radhak-
ishnan is contesting as
the NDA candidate.
Thrikkakara has a
large population of
Christian community
and all the candidates
arevisitingthechurches
to woo the voters.
While CPI-M brought
in Dr Jo Joseph as a sur-
prise candidate to capi-
talise on the upper class
nature of the constitu-
ency, things at present
seem to favour Uma
Thomas in a tradition-
ally UDF bastion. Kera-
la Chief Minister
Pinarayi Vijayan who
had announced to cam-
paign by staying in the
constituency for some
time has quietly left for
the state capital giving
an opportunity to the
UDF to say the Chief
Minister has no hope
here and hence a quite
retreat.
Campaigning heats up for Thrikkakara bypoll in Kerala
POLL BATTLE
Kochi (PTI): The People’s Welfare Alliance (PWA)
in Kerala, a new alliance formed by the AAP and
Twenty20, a political party promoted by a prominent
business group here, on Sunday announced that it
will not support any fronts in Thrikkakara assembly
bypoll. The PWA asked its followers to assess the
current political and social scenario of the state and
the country, and cast their vote accordingly.
AAP TWENTY20 ALLIANCE NOT
TO SUPPORT ANY FRONTS
QUAD IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
DISCUSS INT’L MATTERS: PM
PM Modi to meet new Australian PM Anthony Albanese on sidelines of Quad summit
New Delhi (Agencies):
The second in-person
Quad Leaders’ Summit
in Japan will provide an
opportunity for leaders
of four countries to re-
view the progress of the
grouping’s initiatives
and exchange views on
developments in the
Indo-Pacific as well as
global issues of mutual
interest, Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi said
on Sunday
.
In his departure
statement ahead of his
visit to Japan from May
23-24, Modi said during
his visit he will also
hold a bilateral meeting
with US President Joe
Biden, where they will
discuss further consoli-
dation of the multi-fac-
eted bilateral relations.
“We will also contin-
ue our dialogue on re-
gional developments
and contemporary glob-
al issues,” Modi said.
He said he will be
visiting Tokyo at the
invitation of his Japa-
nese counterpart Fu-
mio Kishida, and noted
that in March 2022, he
had hosted Kishida for
the 14th India-Japan
Annual Summit. “Dur-
ing my visit to Tokyo, I
look forward to con-
tinuing our conversa-
tion further, with an
aim to strengthen the
India-Japan Special
Strategic and Global
Partnership,” Modi
said.
In Japan, Modi said,
he will also participate
in the second in-person
Quad Leaders’ Sum-
mit, which will provide
an opportunity for the
leaders of the four
Quad countries to re-
view the progress of
Quad initiatives.
“We will also ex-
change views about de-
velopments in the In-
do-Pacific region and
global issues of mutual
interest,” Modi said.
The Quadrilateral
Security Dialogue com-
prises India, the US,
Japan and Australia.
Modi also noted that
the newly elected Aus-
tralian Prime Minister
Anthony Albanese will
be joining the Quad
Leaders’ Summit for
the first time.
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi and US Presi-
dent Joe Biden will
hold bilateral talks
on the sidelines of
the Quad summit in
Tokyo on May 24.
During their meet-
ing, the two lead-
ers are expected to
hold a “constructive
and straightforward
dialogue”, which will
also touch upon the
ongoing situation
in Ukraine. Notably,
the meeting comes
on the day when the
February 24 Russian
invasion of Ukraine
will enter its fourth
month. Ahead of
his two-day visit
to Japan, PM Modi
said that he will hold
a bilateral meet-
ing with President
Biden, where they
will discuss further
consolidation of the
multi-faceted bilateral
relations between the
two nations. “We will
also continue our
dialogue on regional
developments and
contemporary global
issues,” the Prime
Minister added.
ON UKRAINE, ‘STRAIGHTFORWARD’
TALKS BETWEEN MODI AND BIDEN
Prime Minister Narendra Modi emplanes for Tokyo, in New Delhi.
China-Pak FMs say
‘critical to resolve
disputes’ in S Asia
Beijing (PTI): Paki-
stan’s newly appointed
Foreign Minister Bilaw-
al Bhutto Zardari held
talks with his Chinese
counterpart Wang Yi on
Sunday in Guangzhou
cityandemphasisedthat
“it is critical to resolve
alloutstandingdisputes”
in South Asia in view of
the challenges faced by
thepeopleduetothepan-
demic, soaring commod-
ityprices,climatechange
and poverty
.
This is Bilawal’s
maiden visit to China
after he took over as for-
eign minister following
the fall of the Imran
Khan-led government
last month.
While reaffirming
their strong support for
each other’s “core inter-
ests”, both sides reiter-
ated that a peaceful and
prosperous South Asia
was in the common in-
terest of all parties, said
a joint statement issued
at the end of their meet-
ing held in the southern
Chinese city of Guang-
zhou as Beijing is cur-
rently under semi-lock-
down to contain the fast-
spreadingOmicronvari-
ant of the COVID-19.
“Given the challeng-
es faced by the peoples
of the region, due to
global pandemic, soar-
ing commodity prices,
climate change and pov-
erty, it is critical to re-
solve all outstanding
disputes to promote re-
gional cooperation and
advance the goals of
lasting peace, stability
and shared prosperity,”
Pak media said.
Ramban tunnel collapse: Centre forms
3-member panel to investigate cause
The Centre has consti-
tuted a committee of 3
independent experts to
investigate the reasons
for recent collapse of a
part of under-construc-
tion tunnel in Ramban
on Jammu-Srinagar
highway and suggest re-
medial measures.
State-owned National
Highways Authority of
India (NHAI) has al-
ready initiated process
to handle such emer-
gency situation and
also taking all possible
measures to avoid such
incidents in future, an
official statement said
on Sunday
.
”A committee of 3 in-
dependent eminent ex-
perts has been consti-
tuted by the central gov-
ernment which has al-
ready moved to the site
to investigate the rea-
sons for slide/collapse
and remedial measures
thereof… Further ac-
tion will be taken based
on report of commit-
tee,” it said.
Indo-Pacific
strategy ‘bound
to fail’: China
ahead of Quad
Beijing (PTI):
China on Sunday
launched a broad-
side against the
Indo-Pacific strat-
egy of the United
States ahead of the
summit of Quad
leaders in Japan,
saying that it is
“boundtofail”asit
is vigorously pro-
moted by Washing-
ton to “contain”
Beijing.
The “Indo-Pacif-
ic strategy” is
causing more and
morevigilanceand
concern in the in-
ternational com-
munity, especially
in the Asia-Pacific
region, Chinese
Foreign Minister
Wang Yi said in the
southern Chinese
cityof Guangzhou.
The Asia-Pacific
should become a
plateau for peace-
ful development,
rather than a geo-
political arena. At-
tempts to turn the
Asia-Pacific into a
bloc,NATOorCold
War will never suc-
ceed, Wang said.
Nitish dodges query about CBI
raids on houses of Lalu, Rabri
Patna (PTI): Bihar
Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar on Sunday
dodgedaqueryaboutthe
recent CBI raids on resi-
dences of his arch-rival
Lalu Prasad and the lat-
ter’s wife Rabri Devi.
The JD(U) leader
was replying to queries
of journalists about
the allegation by the
RJD, founded and head-
ed by Prasad, that the
raids were “politically
motivated”.
“I have no informa-
tion,nothingtosay
.Only
those involved in the
matter can comment,”
said Kumar, who runs
his government in alli-
ance with the BJP
.
The RJD accused the
CBI of acting upon “in-
structions from political
bossesintheBJP”which
rules the Centre. Many
RJD leaders have been
alleging that the latest
CBI case and the subse-
quent raids were intend-
ed to warn Nitish Ku-
mar, who recently went
to attend an Iftar party
held at Rabri Devi’s
house and walked her
son Tejashwi Yadav to
his car when he visited
JD(U) office to attend a
similar feast.
Interestingly
, in front
of the RJD office, situat-
ed right across the street
fromtheJD(U)premises,
a poster has been put up
accusing the Modi gov-
ernment of misusing
probe agencies.
CET for non-gazetted
govt posts by year
end: Jitendra Singh
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): Union Minister
of State, Dr Jitendra
Singh announced that
there will be Common
Eligibility Test for job
recruitment to Non-
Gazetted posts from
this year, and the first
such test is being sched-
uled to be conducted
before the year end.
The Minister said
that this will be a game-
changer providing ease
of recruitment to the
job aspirants, with at
least one exam centre
in each district of the
country.
Dr Jitendra Singh
said, the Common En-
trance Test is a path-
breaking reform car-
ried out by the DoPT to
bring about “Ease of
Recruitment” for
young job aspirants
and it will prove to be
a major boon for youth,
especially those living
in far-flung and remote
areas.
He said the historic
reform will provide a
level playing field to all
the candidates, regard-
less of his or her back-
ground or socio-eco-
nomic status.
Initially the test will
be conducted in 12 lan-
guages including Hin-
di and English and
will later on add all the
languages mentioned
in the 8th Schedule of
the Constitution, Min-
ister Jitendra Singh
added.
62 booked for
pro-Pak slogans
at election victory
rally in Jharkhand
Hazaribag (PTI): As
many as 62 people, in-
cluding a newly elected
panchayat samiti mem-
ber, have been booked
for allegedly raising
pro-Pakistan slogans at
a panchayat poll victo-
ry procession in
Jharkhand’s Hazaribag
district, a senior police
officer said on Sunday
.
A video clip of the
procession outside
Bazar Samiti, where
several people were
heard shouting ‘Paki-
stan Zindabad’, went
viral on social media,
following which the po-
lice swung into action
and registered a case in
the matter, Hazaribag
Superintendent of Po-
lice (SP) Manoj Ratan
Chothe said.
No arrest has been
made so far as the police
are still verifying the
authenticity of the clip,
Chothe explained.
MHA warns officers: Join at
Lakshadweep or face music
The Union Home Minis-
try has warned of disci-
plinary action “without
any further reference”
against six DANICS of-
ficers, working with the
Delhi Government, if
they fail to join the Lak-
shadweep Administra-
tion “immediately”.
The fresh order came
on May 20, immediately
after the Central Ad-
ministrative Tribunal
(CAT) bench headed by
chairperson Manjula
Das ruled that there
was “no merit” in the
applications of the six
DANICS officers chal-
lenging the decision of
the ministry to transfer
them to Lakshadweep.
No differences with Siddaramaiah: DK
on MLC candidates’ recommendations
Bengaluru (PTI): Kar-
nataka Congress presi-
dent DK Shivakumar
on Sunday rejected re-
ports about differences
between him and Con-
gress Legislature party
leader Siddaramaiah
regarding the recom-
mendations made by
the state unit on candi-
dates to the party high
command for the up-
coming MLC polls.
With May 24 being
the last date to file nom-
inations for the polls to
seven seats of the Kar-
nataka Legislative
Council to be elected by
MLAs, he said the state
unit has sent its recom-
mendations on candi-
dates to the party high
command and the deci-
sion will be out soon.
“The tradition in the
Congress party is, we
share our opinion (with
the high command).
Over 100 aspirants had
applied or desired, few
others did not apply
but have the required
qualification,” Shiva-
kumar said.
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh chairs the joint meet of all the
six Autonomous Bodies functioning under the DoPT in New Delhi.
EIGHT BODIES
DISPATCHED TO
HOMETOWNS
Banihal (PTI): Two local
labourers, who were
among the 10 killed
after a landslide hit an
under-construction tun-
nel here, were laid to rest
in their native Ramban
district in Jammu and
Kashmir, while the mortal
remains of eight others
were dispatched to their
hometowns outside the
union territory, officials
said on Sunday.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

INDIA
06
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Despite
Sarva Shiksha and Beti
Padhao Beti Bachao
Abhiyan, thousands of
children in the nation-
al capital are living in
garbage dumps with no
future in sight.
These children run
their homes with gar-
bage. While they may
stand explained by the
Utilitarian principle,
it is the apathy of the
government towards
this class that is hol-
lowing out a progres-
sive society.
This issue, however,
is not new. In the past,
many incidents of fire
in landfill sites of Del-
hi have made head-
lines. Amid poisonous
gases emanating from
trash burning for sev-
eral days together, not
only are the people liv-
ing in surrounding ar-
eas are troubled, but
those working at these
sites have little idea of
the magnitude of haz-
ard they are exposed to.
It is mostly children
who work at these land-
fills, picking up plastic,
iron and other metal
pieces, and anything
else of any value in the
market. This is a
means of livelihood for
these children and
their families. Delhi
has 3 large litter ‘hills’
at Okhla, Bhalswa, and
Ghazipur landfill sites
around which, slums
have been built.
There are 40-50 huts
near each garbage hill
which is home to chil-
dren that work in these
landfills. As the saying
goes, the finest steel
has to go through the
hottest fire, but the fu-
ture of these children
in this fire has no end
in sight.
Wiltering childhood in garbage dump
DELHI’S LANDFILLS
New Delhi: The Indian
government is consid-
ering spending an addi-
tional 2 trillion rupees
($26 billion) in the
2022/23 fiscal year to
cushion consumers
from rising prices and
fight multi-year high
inflation, two govt offi-
cials told.
The new measures
will be double the 1 tril-
lion rupees hit govern-
ment revenues could
take from tax cuts on
petrol and diesel the fi-
nance minister an-
nounced on Saturday,
both the officials said.
India’s retail inflation
rose to an eight-year
high in April, while
wholesale inflation rose
to at least a 17-year high,
posing a major head-
ache for PM Modi’s govt
ahead of elections to
several state assemblies
this year. The govt esti-
mates another 500 bil-
lion Indian rupees ad-
ditional funds will be
needed to subsidise fer-
tilisers, from the cur-
rent estimate of 2.15
trillion rupees, the two
officials said.
The govt could also
deliver another round
of tax cuts on petrol and
diesel if crude oil con-
tinues to rise that could
mean an added hit of 1
trillion-1.5 trillion ru-
pees in the 2022/23 fiscal
year started on April 1,
the second official said.
India to spend additional $26
billion to fight inflation: Report
The new measures will be double the 1 trillion rupees hit government revenues could
take from tax cuts on petrol and diesel the finance minister announced on Saturday
New Delhi: Senior Cong leader P. Chidambaram on May 22
wondered whether the States can afford to give up revenue
from VAT on petrol and diesel unless
the Centre devolves more funds or
gives them more grants, likening
their situation to being between “the
devil and the deep sea”. The former
finance minister’s remarks come a
day after the government announced
8 per litre cut in excise duty on petrol and 6 reduction on
diesel.”The notification on reduction of duty on Petrol and
Diesel is now available. FM used the words ‘Excise Duty’,
but the reduction is in Additional Excise Duty which is not
shared with the states.
New Delhi: Finance
Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman on Sunday
rebutted the Op-
position’s criticism
of excise duty cut
impacting share of
states in central taxes,
saying the Rs 8 a litre
cut in petrol and Rs
6 reduction in diesel
have been done in road
and infrastructure cess
levied on the two fuels,
collection on which
was never shared with
states.First, former
union finance minister
P Chidambaram and
then other Opposition
leaders stated that the
reduction in excise duty
announced on Saturday
evening would reduce
the share of states in
central taxes.Taking to
Twitter, Sitharaman said
she is sharing some
useful facts on levies on
petrol and diesel for the
benefit of all.
FM REBUTS
OPPOSITION
FLAK ON
EXCISE DUTY
—PICTURE FOR REPRESENTATION
Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia.
BEING BETWEEN ‘DEVIL AND DEEP
SEA’: CHIDAMBARAM ON EXCISE CUT
Bengaluru: Union
Minister of Civil Avia-
tion Jyotiraditya Scin-
dia on Saturday said
that India has upheld
the democratic princi-
ples in worst global sce-
narios. He further stat-
ed that India would
emerge as a world lead-
er by 2047. He was ad-
dressing a special key-
note Session at the “In-
dia@2047” conclave in
Bengaluru.
Scindiafurtherstated
that India has always
upheld economic and
democratic order. India
is determined to work
towards attaining a
steadygrowthpathfrom
“Aatmanirbhar Bharat
to Bharat Par Vishv
Nirbhar” and thus
emerge as a world lead-
er by 2047, he said.India
has redefined the old be-
lief that democracies
arealwaysaccompanied
by low levels of dev and
high level of inequality
.
In fact, if democracies
are prospering around
the world, some credit
also comes to India, he
said. “Now, the common
terminology of Asia-
Pacific has changed into
Indo-Pacific, it is a testa-
ment to her (India) rise.
‘Indiawouldemergeas
world leader by 2047’
She (India) al-
ways protected
her territorial
integrity, but never in the
form of an aggressor.
That speaks of Indian
history not only from
1947 but from 5,000
years India has never
been aggressor but has al-
ways been an assimilator.
—Jyotiraditya Scindia,
Union Civil Aviation Minister
New Delhi: The Serum
Institute of India (SII)
has sought permission
from the country’s drug
regulator to conduct
Phase-3 trial to evaluate
the safety and immuno-
genicity of its COVID-19
vaccine Covovax as a
booster dose in children
aged two to 18 years, of-
ficial sources said on
Sunday
.
The Drugs Controller
General of India (DCGI)
had granted permission
in March for conduct-
ing Phase-3 clinical tri-
al of Covovax as a
booster dose in adults.
In an application, SII
Director for Govt and
Regulatory Affairs
Prakash Kumar Singh
has sought permission
to conduct the Phase-3,
observer-blinded, ran-
domised, controlled
study in children aged
two to 18 years in India
who have already re-
ceived primary vacci-
nation against COV-
ID-19 with Covovax at
least six months ago.
Dharamsala: Tibetan
spiritual leader the
Dalai Lama has writ-
ten to Australian
Prime Minister-elect
Anthony Albanese to
congratulate him on
his party’s victory.
“Beginning with my
first visit to Australia
in 1982,” His Holiness
wrote, “I have had the
privilege to visit your
beautiful country quite
regularly, mostly at the
invitation of education-
al institutions and or-
ganisations committed
to peace.”His Holiness
concluded his letter by
wishing the PM every
success.
Shimla: The Himachal
Pradesh govt has
launched a Rs 8.5 crore
c o m m u n i t y - b a s e d
structured breeding
programme for the ge-
netic improvement of
indigenous sheep and
to double the produc-
tion of wool, Animal
Husbandry Minister
Virender Kanwar said
on Sunday
.
The state govt has im-
ported 240 Merino
sheep, 40 males and 200
females, with an outlay
of Rs 6 crore under the
National Livestock Mis-
sion so that superior ex-
oticgermplasmcouldbe
infused to achieve the
target of 3,000 tons qual-
ity wool production by
nextfiveyears.Thestate
has recorded wool pro-
duction of around 1,482
tons in 2020-21. Chamba
is the top wool produc-
ing district with annual
production of around
425 tons, followed by
Kullu and Shimla.
New Delhi: Delhi Po-
lice busted an IPL bet-
ting racket in Chander
Vihar, Phase-III, Nihal
Vihar on Sunday and
arrested six persons en-
gaged in it.
“Acting on a specific
input, received by Spe-
cial staff on May 15, a
team of Delhi Police ar-
rived at the premises
with the informer and
raided the buiding
where they found six
persons gambling on
IPL matches using lap-
top and other electric
devices,” the police
said.From the spot,
they also recovered
74,740 in cash, 10 Mobile
phones, two laptops,
three internet routers,
two LED TVs, voice re-
corders, All the six per-
sons have been arrested
by the police and a case
has also been registered
under the section 3,4, 9,
55 of Gambling Act.
Mussoorie: The por-
tals of Hemkund Sahib,
one of the most revered
shrines of the Sikh
community, opened for
devotees amid religious
chants on Sunday
Morning in Chamoli
districtof Uttarakhand.
The Hemkund Sahib
Yatra was affected due
to the Covid 19 pandem-
ic for the past two years
but this time it is start-
ing with a cap on the
daily pilgrim influx.
Only 5,000 pilgrims are
permitted to visit Hem-
kund Sahib in a day
.
New Delhi: Observing
that multiplicity of pro-
ceedings was not in
larger public interest ,
the SC has exercised its
special power and al-
lowed consolidation of
multiple FIRs, the con-
sequential trial to one
court in Greater Noida
in relation to the multi-
crore rupees alleged
Bike Bot’ and “Grand
Venice Mall” scams.
Over 100 FIRs were
registered against sev-
eral persons in UP and
one FIR in Delhi in con-
nection with the Bike
Bot scheme scam.
According to the
probe agency, more
than two lakh people
were allegedly cheated
of about Rs 15,000 crore
on the false promise of
lucrative returns on in-
vestments in a bike
taxi service scheme.
Around 46 FIRs were
registered against sev-
eral persons .
Shillong: A portion of
the newly constructed
Meghalaya Legislative
Assembly building col-
lapsed but there was no
reported injury, offi-
cials said on Sunday
.
The 70-tonne dome of
the Rs 177.7 crore build-
ing constructed by a
UP-based UPNRNNL
collapsed at around
12:30 am last night, they
said. According to an
Executive Engineer of
PWD (Building) over-
seeing the construc-
tions, the collapse could
have been triggered by
a design fault.
“The weight of the
steel dome was perhaps
too much for the col-
umns and the beams to
bear. This resulted in
the entire structure
coming down,” PWD
Executive Engineer
Ransom Sutnga told.
He said it would take
another two weeks to
clear the debris. The
engineer who rushed to
the site early morning
said that it would take
at least another 8
months to raise a new
structure.
Himachal aims
to double wool
production
Portals of
Hemkund Sahib
open for devotees
SC consolidates multiple FIRs
in Grand Venice Mall scam
SII seeks phase-3 trial permission for Covovax
as booster dose for children aged 2-18 years
Lama congratulates
new Australian PM
IPL betting busted in Delhi:
6 held, mobile phones recovered
Steel dome of newly constructed Meghalaya
Assembly building collapses, none hurt
India on Sunday saw a
slight decrease in its daily
Covid tally after 2,226 infec-
tions were reported in the
last 24 hours, according to
the health ministry’s dash-
board. Sixty-five patients
died and 2,202 recovered
from the viral infection
during the same period.
With Sunday’s figures, the
total number of cases in
the country has climbed
to 4,31,36,371 includ-
ing 5,24,413 deaths and
4,25,97,003 recoveries.
INDIA LOGS 2,226
FRESH COVID-19
CASES, 65 NEW
FATALITIES
—PICTURE FOR REPRESENTATION
SHAH’S DINNER WITH FORCES!
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu and Union Minister
Kiren Rijiju having dinner with security personnel, in Namsai, Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday.

NEWS
07
DRUNK HUSBAND
KILLS PREGNANT
WIFE OVER
AFFAIR, SLEEPS
NEXT TO HER
CORPSE
Ayoung man killed his wife
over an extra-marital affair
six months after the marriage.
According to the information
received in this case, the youth
killed his pregnant wife by
slitting her throat under the
influence of alcohol. After that,
the killer slept next to his wife’s
body till morning. When the
family members witnessed the
situation in the morning, they
informed the police and after
that, the killer was caught. The
father of the accused however
said that he saw two girls with
his son after the murder. His son
Umang was married to Preeti
and last night, Umang went
home drunk and after that, he
started talking to his girlfriend.
When his wife objected to this,
Umang slit his throat with a
sharp weapon and sat next to the
corpse. Due to Umang’s affair,
there was a quarrel between
husband and wife for a long time
as per the family members. It is
being said that on being
interrogated by the police,
Umang made many excuses at
first and on being strict, he told
that he had two girlfriends and
they used to have a quarrel with
his wife in their affair. During the
police interrogation, he later
confessed to killing his wife. The
police have also recovered the
weapon used in the crime.
—Preeti Nagia
POLICE NAB
MOTHER,
BROTHER OF
CRIMINAL WHO
MURDERED LAW
STUDENT
Police have arrested the mother
and brother of dreaded criminal
Sunny Kakran who killed a law
student in Pawli Khurd area. Police
sources here said that Sunny Kakran
had attacked the family of Nirankar
Chaudhari in Pawli Khurd village on
Friday and Prayag Chaudhari (27), a
law student was killed in firing.
Sunny along with other accomplices
including Atul, Sardhana escaped to
Haryana through Shamli. Police
investigations revealed that Ankur
Kakran, brother of Sunny Karkar,
and their mother Usha Kakran were
involved in the conspiracy of attack
on the family of Nirankar Chaudhari.
Police have arrested Usha and
Ankur and a manhunt was on to nab
Sunny and his accomplices. Ankur
was under training in Air Force and
he was on leave when the
conspiracy was hatched. Police have
sent a report about Ankur to Air
Force officials and further
proceedings are
underway. Meanwhile, the post-
mortem report confirmed that
Sunny used 9mm pistols, which is
official police bore, in the crime.
Findings indicate that Sunny had the
support of police while police
claimed that 9 mm pistols could be
arranged by criminals
illegally. Prabhakar Chaudhari,
senior superintendent of police here
said that five police teams were
formed to nab the criminals.
—Janaradan Misra
YOGA DAY REHEARSAL People participate in a Yoga session organised at Namo Ghat in Varanasi on Sunday.
ALIGARHMEATEXPORT
UNITBUSTED,37HELD
FOR ANIMALCRUELTY
The team has seized 8 chopping knives which were being
used illegally for slaughtering the animals, officials said
Aligarh (PTI): Thirty-
seven employees of a
leading meat export
unit in Aligarh were ar-
rested for alleged ani-
mal cruelty and viola-
tion of Environment
Quality Act, police said
on Sunday. The arrests
were made on Saturday
evening following a
surprise check of the
unit located at Cherat
in the Jawan area.
Those arrested have
been booked under the
Animal Cruelty Act
and the Environment
Quality Act, 1974, as per
police statement.
The Delhi-based own-
er of the Hind Agro in-
dustries plant and two
top officers of the unit,
who were not present at
thesiteatthetimeof the
raid, have been booked
under IPC sections 273
(selling food or drink
knowing the same to be
noxious), 420 (forgery)
and 120 B (conspiracy).
A report mentioning
technical violations at
the unit found by the
team of officials has
been sent to the authori-
ties concerned in Luc-
know for further action,
police said. The team
have seized eight chop-
ping knives which were
being used illegally for
slaughtering the ani-
malsinsteadof theauto-
maticslaughter,officials
said. A large amount of
the slaughtered flesh
was allegedly found
strewn on the floor in
unhygienicconditions
their samples have been
sent to a government
laboratory in Lucknow
for testing, they said,
adding a detailed probe
into the matter is on.
Etawah (PTI): Nearly
300 endangered turtles
were released into the
Chambal river here on
the eve of World Turtle
Day, officials said on
Sunday. During the
event, about 300 hatch-
lings of red-crowned
roofed turtle (Batagur
Kachuga) and three-
striped roofed turtle
(Batagur dhongoka)
were released into the
river on Sunday, they
said. The programme
was organized jointly
by the Turtle Survival
Alliance (TSA), an in-
ternational turtle con-
servation organization,
and leading apparel
company Turtle Limit-
ed. A memorandum of
understanding (MoA)
was also signed be-
tween the two parties
on this occasion.
According to the
MoA, Turtle Ltd will
support TSA India’s
turtle conservation pro-
jects under its corpo-
rate social responsibil-
ity
. Dr Saurabh Dewan,
Development Research-
er at TSA, said, TSA In-
dia programme is man-
aged by Indian conser-
vation biologists, scien-
tists and researchers.
This organization seeks
local solutions to save
the turtles. TSA is work-
ing in terai area of sev-
eral states for conserva-
tion of turtles.” He said
that Chambal Conser-
vation Project was
started in 2006. It is one
of the major projects
started jointly with the
Uttar Pradesh Forest
Department.”
Agra (PTI): A 48-year-
oldphysiotherapisthere
on Sunday allegedly
died of asphyxiation
when a fire erupted in
his house due to a short
circuit in the inverter,
police said. The incident
happened in a double
story house in Baluganj
locality in the early
hours of the morning.
Whenpolicereachedthe
house the son, the
daughter,andthewifeof
the deceased were found
unconscious. They were
being treated at hospital
in Agra, police said.
“The incident happened
at about 3.15 am in the
morning at a locality in
Baluganj under Rakab-
ganj police station. The
fire broke out due to a
short circuit in the in-
verter. The house is a
double story
. Ashish
Dixit asphyxiated due to
smoke,” Ram Kumar,
Station Officer at Raka-
bganj Police Station,
said. Anshu, 17, the son
of deceased, his daugh-
ter, Khushi, 20, and his
wife, Prachi, 45, were
found unconscious in
the bathroom, he said.
Kanpur (PTI): Efforts
are underway to revive
and rejuvenate the
iconic ‘Kachhua Taal-
aab’ (tortoise pond) in
Uttar Pradesh’s Kan-
pur, which is home to
tortoises believed to be
older than 100 years,
according to senior
government officials.
The pond, which is part
of an old Shiva Temple
in the Panki area, is it-
self believed to be 350
years old and is count-
ed among the oldest
and most important
water bodies of the in-
dustrial town located
on banks of the Ganga,
the officials said.
“It is also an impor-
tant water body for the
consecration and breed-
ing of tortoises. It was
home to thousands of
small and large tortois-
es but because of the
loss of the water body
and other issues, the
number of tortoises has
gone down, with many
of them dying because
of water scarcity
, pollu-
tion etc,” Kanpur Divi-
sional Commissioner
Raj Shekhar said. In or-
der to rejuvenate this
historic water body and
to facilitate the breeding
of tortoises, the Uttar
Pradesh government
had sanctioned a project
worth Rs 2 crore to the
municipal corporation
in 2017. From 2017 to
2020, a few works were
taken up by the corpora-
tion worth Rs 1.7 crore
but the desired objec-
tives were not met and
the water body was not
fully rejuvenated, the
senior IAS officer said.
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
CATTLE SMUGGLERS HELD AFTER
EXCHANGE OF FIRE WITH POLICE
Ghaziabad (PTI): Three cattle smugglers were arrest-
ed following a brief exchange of fire with police here,
officials said on Saturday. The accused and a police
constable sustained injuries during the encounter and
were taken to a hospital, they said. Circle Officer (CO)
of Loni Rajneesh Upadhyay said, “Some cattle smug-
glers moving in a van were asked by a police to team
to stop near Loni border on Friday night. But they
opened fire at the police personnel”. The team fired
back in retaliation and caught three of the smugglers
while the fourth managed to escape, he said.
300 TURTLES RELEASED
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
WORLD TURTLE DAY
Efforts on to revive iconic
Kachhua Taalaab: Officials
RFID IN OFFING FOR PILGRIMS VISITING
MATA VAISHNO DEVI SHRINE IN J-K
Jammu (PTI): Radio
Frequency Identity
card (RFID) will be
soon introduced for pil-
grims planning yatra
to Mata Vaishno Devi
shrine atop Trikuta
hills in Reasi district
of Jammu and Kash-
mir to keep a check on
flow of devotees and
ensure all necessary
steps in case of emer-
gencies, officials said.
They said that work
on ‘Durga Bahwan’,
which can house
around 2,000 yatris,
was also being expe-
dited to prevent any
congestion at the re-
vered temple complex
as the rush of pilgrims
was increasing by eve-
ry day. Officials in the
know of the develop-
ments said that Jam-
mu and Kashmir ad-
ministration, through
Shri Mata Vaishno
Devi Shrine Board, is
planning to introduce
RFID for all the pil-
grims visiting the tem-
ple. This would help to
see the flow of yatris
and also ensure reme-
dial measures in case
there is any congestion
visible during the
yatra route, the offi-
cials said. It was the
first such tragedy at
the shrine, where pil-
grims reach after a 13-
km trek, following
which Lt Governor
Manoj Sinha had an-
nounced several deci-
sions to ensure the
safety of the devotees,
including a provision
for 100 per cent online
registration.
ACTION TAKEN

z This would help to
see the flow of yatris
and also ensure reme-
dial measures.

z Measures come in
the wake of a stampede
on New Year’s Day in
which 12 people died
Char Dham Yatra: Concerns
over exotic herbs
Dehradun (ANI): With
a large number of
pilgrims taking part
in the ongoing Char
Dham Yatra, experts
have warned of a
serious environmental
threat amid threat
to the state’s exotic
herbs which are facing
extinction. Further, with
an increase in tourism
activities in the state,
heaps of plastic waste
and garbage have
been seen piled up on
the stretch leading to
Kedarnath, a prominent
place of worship in
the yatra. The director
of the Higher Plant
Himalayan Research
Institute (HAPREC),
Professor MC Nautiyal,
who has researched
the climate change and
herbs of the high Him-
alayan regions, said,
“Over the past several
days, Kedarnath is wit-
nessing an increasing
human activity. At the
same time, the garbage
heap in the Kedarnath
area is destroying the
valuable herbs here.
Among the prominent
herbs, several of them
have gone extinct here,
including Jatamasi,
Atish, Barmala, Kakoli
and other herbs.
PHYSIOTHERAPIST DIES
IN HOUSE FIRE IN AGRA
—PHOTO BY PTI

08
2NDFRONT
The most difficult resource in a
business is time—which has to be
managed perfectly for anything
else to be managed at all.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India

z The Congress held
the ‘Nav Sankalp
Chintan Shivir’ amid
much pomp show.
But there are asper-
sions about Chintan
Shivir being a failure
politically. Was it so?
Jagdeesh Chandra:
Yes, it has been a failure
as the Congress leader-
ship failed to sort out
the leadership issue. Ra-
hul Gandhi continues to
be an ‘extra-constitu-
tional’ power centre tak-
ing all decisions with-
out any responsibility
and from behind the
curtains. This camp can
be called a ‘superhit
show’ only administra-
tively that too courtesy
Ashok Gehlot who en-
suredexcellentarrange-
ments. However, politi-
cally no major decision
was taken. Everyone
was expecting the an-
nouncement of Rahul
Gandhi as the party
president or perhaps
someone else if not him,
but that did not take
place. So, politically it
was a flop show.

z Why couldn’t Con-
gress stop Hardik
Patel from leaving
the party?
This is another
tragedy that hap-
pened within 48
hours of Chin-
tan Shivir.
This clearly
shows that
the party
is con-
fused, it
does not
take mat-
ters seri-
ously and issues keep
getting stalled and then
people leave it. Hardik
leaving the Congress is
a major blow to the par-
ty
, then may accept it or
not but that’s a fact. Es-
pecially when they say
they will promote
youth. A renowned
youth leader left you
and has said in his letter
that there is a lack of
seriousness at all levels.
It was known that he
could leave the party as
he was supporting the
Ram Mandir move and
the Abrogation of Arti-
cle 370. But why didn’t
anyone take cognizance
of it and speak to him
about the issues? So no
one is ready to take di-
rect responsibility. So
the next question is as
to whose responsibility
is it? Now Congress
leaders are spinning
that he left since Naresh
Patel is being brought
in the party. Then they
claim he used to stay
busy in business activi-
ties and also the state
government had tight-
ened the screws around
the cases against him.
Well, this is bound to
happen. It is politics
and part of life. The bot-
tom line is that you
could not stop him from
leaving. In fact, he has
laid accusations which
have been laid on Rahul
Gandhi in the past too,
like when they go to
meet Rahul he keeps
busy on mobile and
doesn’t take things seri-
ously
. I remember Him-
anta Biswa Sarma had
claimed long back that
when he was in Con-
gress he had gone to
meet Rahul who was
busy playing with his
dog Pidi and did not
meet Sarma and there
was no other chair. This
is unfortunate, such
things should never
happen. Similarly, a
Punjab leader went to
meet him and Ra-
hul was busy in
Yoga. Such
things spread
from word of
mouth and
they seri-
ously dam-
age Rahul
G a n d h i ’ s
credibility.
So in
a nutshell,
Hardik Pa-
tel’s leaving
has washed
away any
success of Chin-
tan Shivir. Mark
my words, anoth-
er youth leader is
on a cusp of leav-
ing the party and
he is Sachin Pilot.
You need to settle
him and if you do
not do that, then
next headline
would be his. It is
nothing to feel bad
about since this is
the reality. When he
rebelled, the high com-
mand should have had
the courage and convic-
tion to let him go, but
they did exactly the op-
posite of it. This result-
ed in Gehlot being
heartbroken and
Sachin is seated with-
out any power. Now
there are so many unde-
cided aspects, Pilot sup-
porters are waiting for
something to happen
but now elections are
round the corner, so
they must take a con-
crete decision. And
most of all when the
Chintan Shivir hap-
pened why didn’t the
high command declare
that Ashok Gehlot will
remain the Chief Min-
ister for the remaining
termandelectionwould
be fought under his
leadership. This was
the most appropriate
platform and yet you
left hope for Pilot sup-
porters and it is only
human to think that
their leader would take
the mantle. Therefore, it
p a i n s
me to
say that the
camp has
beenafailure.

z How different was
Udaipur’s Chintan
Shivir than the ones
held in the past?
See Congress has held
such contemplation
camps in 1974 during In-
diraGandhi’stime,then
it happened in Pach-
marhi, Shimla and then
inJaipur.Thedifference
among these is that in
thethreeChintanShivir
heldinRajasthan,Sonia
Gandhi was at helm
with Gehlot in state,
which is a proven team
of the party
. This time
around the program
was organised beauti-
fully and its conduction
was also done in a good
manner. But devoid of
any leader it did not
have as much colour as
was needed, but it was
bettermanagedthanthe
previous ones.

z This Chintan Shi-
vir was organised on
the ‘Now or Never’
mood of the Con-
gress. But what was
its agenda and has it
completed agenda?
India Today has given
an exact situation of
Congress ‘Now or Nev-
er’. This means that
Congress knows it is
sinking, but before it
drowns, let us make one
last effort. There is no
doubt that a serious ef-
fort was put in to reor-
ganise the party
. As far
as putting things on pa-
per that such and such
thing has happened,
Udaipur was a hit show.
But the issue is of lead-
ership. If Rahul is still a
reluctantbride,thenput
aside everything and
make Sonia Gandhi the
Party president. She is
most acceptable person
among Congress lead-
ers. This time around
she was as always in
command despite her
illness and yet she had
the power to say that the
party will come back.
On the contrary, if you
see Rahul’s address, it
was a strong speech, but
there was no connectiv-
ity
. So it was good that
they took decisions, but
unless and until there is
someone to execute
them, they are just
words on paper.

z What do you think,
has Rahul Gandhi
agreed to take the
party presidency, or
is he still not keen?
No, it is my assessment
over the past 3-4 years
that he is a brilliant per-
son, secondly
, he is dedi-
cated to the party third-
ly
, he is aggressive in his
political approach and
takes direct confronta-
tion with Narendra
Modi even if he has to
run from one court to
another, everything is
there. But as far as lead-
ership is concerned, he
is no systematic and al-
though everyone is say-
ing that he will become
president after Septem-
ber, but I doubt it.

z But do you think he
will be made presi-
dent in August-
September?
There is only one way
left that Sonia Gandhi
uses her veto and gets
Rahul declared as presi-
dent on gun point. In
the last Chintan Shivir
at Jaipur, Sonia had
cried in Rahul’s room
that power is poison
and asked him to stay
away from it. But now
situation is changed.

z Acharya Pramod
had suggested that if
Rahul Gandhi is not
keen on becoming
President, Priyanka
should be given the
responsibility. Do you
agree with his pro-
posal?
Absolutely there is no
other option or solution
because Congress ka
jeena marna Gandhis ke
saath hai. That much is
certain. If he is not
ready to become Presi-
dent then there are two
options. One being So-
nia Gandhi but it is not
possible for her due to
her health issues, so
Priyanka is the only
choice but as of today
she also appears help-
less. After the humiliat-
ing defeat of the party
in UP, she is only the
principal PRO of the
party where the dis-
gruntled lot reaches and
is pacified by Priyanka.

z How do you see the
entire Priyanka mat-
ter in light of Chin-
tan Shivir? Do you
think she is being
mishandled?
Of course! Priyanka
factor is being mishan-
dled for the past 15
years. Party could not
decide and mother’s
heart is all for the son
Rahul. Several times
the need to play ‘Priyan-
ka Card’ was raised and
at times it was said that
she would campaign on
152 odd seats, then she
got constricted to 50 odd
seats and then Rahul
Gandhi said she is my
sister she will go where
she wants. Ultimately it
so happened that she
was restricted to just 2
seats — Amethi and Rai-
bareli. So your weapons
has lost its edge and as a
result when she went to
carry out a rally at India
Gate, she had merely
100 people. That is a vir-
tual political death of
Priyanka in public life,
and who is responsible
for it, none other than
Gandhis. They should
have taken the appro-
priate decision at the
appropriate time. They
instead stayed in the mi-
rage of Rahul and he
has not said yes to the
role till now. So, Priyan-
ka factor has been mis-
handled, and sorry to
say she is not a factor
today. And suppose if
Priyanka is made the
chief it will take her
years to become a
stronghold of Congress,
politically speaking and
this, Rahul Gandhi
knows and hence he
says that the fight is for
the years and so he asks
to fight with him. But
the problem really is
that today he may ask to
fight with him shoulder
to shoulder, but then the
next day onwards no
one would know where
he is or what is mood is
like. In front of Naren-
dra Modi Amit Shah,
she is no factor at all.

z You mentioned Am-
ethi just now. Those
close to Rahul Gan-
dhi claim that he will
rise to power in Ame-
thi once again...
It is a good dream pro-
ject. The world lives on
hope. Perhaps he may
get inspiration there
and now when he walks
on those streets and
someone comes up to
him for help, he will
not ask them to email
the problems. Till the
time even the basic
functioning of Rahul
Gandhi’s office is
changed, Amethi will
remain a dream. There
is no fight for 2024, and
I have already said the
fight is for the 2029 elec-
tions. It is almost im-
possible to take back
Amethi from Narendra
Modi, Amit Shah and
Smriti Irani. Almost.

z It is said that even
in Gandhi family
there are ideological
differences between
Rahul and Priyanka
which have surfaced
recently. What are
these issues over
which siblings, who
have been so close,
are not on one path?
See it is human nature.
When Priyanka sees
how the party is per-
forming poorly and the
brother is unable to
‘take off ’ and is not
even accepting or hear-
ing what she has to say,
so there are differences
and it is obvious to have
differences. Like on the
issue of Prashant
Kishor, there was a se-
rious difference be-
tween the two. Priyan-
ka wanted that PK
should come in the
party fold and perhaps
both Rahul and Sonia
did not want him in the
party, so there is a dif-
ference. She left for US,
perhaps for some work,
but the message that
went to the masses was
that she was angry so
she left for America.
And secondly, Rahul
Gandhi announced the
one family one ticket
rule so where will Pri-
yanka go? So they will
have to take out a way,
like the five-year rule
etc. So there are serious
differences and at the
end of the day how the
party is falling down,
how long will she con-
tinue to see all this but
now she is a mere audi-
ence. Differences are
there but they meet and
share food together and
support each other too.

z But do you think
that perhaps 10 years
down the line they
both may go their
separate way?
See nothing is ruled out.
Although I do not imag-
ine Priyanka Congress
versus Rahul Congress.
This will not happen till
the time Sonia Gandhi
isthere.Butwhatwillbe
situation after her, will
Congress even be in ex-
istence. Perhaps Modi
and Shah’s dream of
Congress-Mukt Bharat
would be realised then.
So if differences are
there and what shape
they take in future, it
can’t be ascertained ful-
ly as of now.
As Congress looks to rebuild itself
post Chintan Shivir,
Editor-in-ChiefofFirstIndia,
JagdeeshChandra in The New JC
Show says that Sonia continues to
be the tallest Congress leader and
Ashok Gehlot gets laurels for his
excellent arrangements (Part—I)
Chintan Shivir, a politically flop show
as Congress fails to resolve leadership issue!
Jagdeesh Chandra with Shweta Mishra,Aditi Nagar, Poonam Sharma Solanki,Tanu Choudhary
and Sudhanshu Mathur at the New JC Show. —PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
During the show
#JConRahulGandhi
trended top All-India
on Twitter
TO BE CONTINUED...
Jagdeesh Chandra
during the show.

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FACE
OF
THE
DAY!
Aries
MARCH 21 - APRIL 20
Getting quality time at
home will help in
focussing on activities
that appeal to you. Your
efforts at work will be
richly rewarded by getting noticed by
those who matter. A balanced diet will
be the first step in achieving good
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MAY 21 - JUNE 21
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JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
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t's been 5 years of being
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nowned and prestigious
academies in Jaipur.
Charcoal art is to develop a
pieceof artusingrawcharcoalor
charred (burnt) sticks of wood.
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sheets but handmade sheets are
exceptional in respect to the out-
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HONOURING
LIFESAVERS
Some more glimpses
from Rajasthan
Healthcare Summit
and Doctor’s Award,
which was organised
at Hotel Ramada on
Wednesday May 18.
During the ceremony,
many prominent
doctors and medical
facilities of the State
were felicitated with
distinguished awards
for their impeccable
work in their field of
interests. Total 13
distinct awards
ranging from ‘Best
Tertiary Care
Hospital’, ‘Best
Multi--speciality
Hospital’, to
‘Inspiring Icon of
Pharma Industry’,
‘Appreciation on
Ayurveda’, ‘Award for
excellence were
awarded.
Sudhanshu Mathur welcoming the Special guest Mamta Bhupesh
Surbhi Mathur and Aadesh Srivastava of MEDOCI recieving the award Manjeet Grover of Fortis Hospital receiving the award Lt Col Manan Mukul of Surya Hospital receiving the award
Piyush Rastogi of Narayana Hridyalya Hospital receiving the award
Sudhanshu Mathur, Dr Subash Garg,
Prasadi Lal Meena and Dinesh Mathur during the lamp lighting Neeraj Dhawan of Vrozart Diagnostics receiving the award
Mamta Bhupesh addressing the audience.
Also seen are Dr Subash Garg, Parsadi Lal Meena and Sudhanshu Mathur
Shaan, Ashish, Vishal, Dinesh, Dr Deepak Agarwal, Aditya Raj Santosh, Mahendra, Dinesh, Naveen and Sarish
Tanvi, Dr Bharat Rajpurohit,
Dr Naresh Somani, Dr Sunanda Dadich,
Ravi, Dr Jitendra, Dr Kapil and Jitesh Rawat
Lt Col Manan Mukul, Ayush Jain,
Shivpal Ranwa and Prabhu Gujar with a guest
Navin Jindal, Dr Suhasani Jai, Sachin Singh and Rahul Mathur
S K Mathur, Nandita and Shubhi
Dinesh Sharma, Mohan Sharma,
Neeraj Gupta, Aadesh Srivastava, Neeraj Dhawan and Sunil Sakina Hussain Khadiza, Charu Kulshrestha, Shoba Arya and Pragya Bhatt
KC Bansal,Dr Subash Garg,
Parsadi Lal Meena and Sudhanshu Mathur
Sudhanshu Mathur and Ashok Singh
Shweta, Pari and Dimple
Prasadi Lal Meena, Health Minister addressing the audience. Also seen are Dr Subash Garg and Sudhanshu Mathur
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