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SMRITI IRANI INAUGURATES 10-DAY MEGA
‘RED FORT FESTIVAL - BHARAT BHAGYA VIDHATA’
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Union
Minister for Women
and Child Develop-
ment Smriti Zubin
Irani on Friday inau-
gurated the 10-day
mega Red Fort Festival
– Bharat Bhagya Vid-
hata.The 10-day event
will continue till April
3 at the iconic 17th-
century monument,
Red Fort in Delhi.
The festival will fea-
ture a wide range of ex-
periences including
“Matrubhumi” –Projec-
tion Mapping Show,
YATRA - A 360° immer-
sive experience, a Cul-
tural Parade, Khao
Galli, Live performanc-
es at Rang Manch,
Dances of India,
Anokhe Vastra, Khel
Manch and Khel Gaon
and Yoga on the Go.
More than 70 artistes
from across India will
participate in the event.
On the occasion, Un-
ion Minister Irani re-
called Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s invo-
cation from the Red
Fort to join hands for
making a New India.
She said that Red Fort is
not just a monument
but a living example,
which every year makes
the nation realize its re-
solve, promise and its
responsibility towards
the Constitution. She
also mentioned that
through this event, the
diverse culture of India
has been brought under
one roof. We must tell
the children of tomor-
row that we must pre-
serve what was our glo-
rious past so that they
work to take India to
greater heights across
the world, she added.
The Red Fort mega
festival – Bharat Bhag-
ya Vidhata is being or-
ganised as part of Aza-
di ka Amrit Mahotsav
by Ministry of Culture.
The Red Fort festival is
to commemorate the
heritage of the country
and culture of every
part of India. The festi-
val Bharat Bhagya Vid-
hata will help everyone
to appreciate the diver-
sity of India. More
than 70 master crafts-
men have displayed
their craftsmanship at
the venue.
The festival promotes heritage
conservation and tourism of India
Smriti Irani at the inauguration of the festival, in Delhi on Friday.
NAVY ENHANCING
ITS STRENGTHS TO
MEET WIDE RANGE
OF MISSIONS: PREZ
Jamnagar: President
Ram Nath Kovind on Fri-
day said the Indian Navy
is continuously enhanc-
ing its strengths to meet
an expanding range of
missions
as he
awarded
the
prestigious
President’s
Colour
to INS
Valsura in an impres-
sive ceremony here. The
President’s Colour is
bestowed on a military
unit in recognition of
exceptional service
rendered to the nation,
both in peace and in war,
an official said. P8
MINISTERS
DROPPED
Prominent
ministers in
previous Yogi
government
Srikant Sharma,
Satish Ma-
hana, Ashu-
tosh Tandon,
Sidharth Nath
Singh, who all
won elections,
were not given
place in cabinet
this time.
FULL LIST OF MINISTERS
Besides Adityanath, 52 ministers
were sworn in, hand-picked by the
Modi-Shah BJP leadership with an
eye on the 2024 national elections
DEPUTY CHIEF
MINISTERS
 Keshav Prasad
Maurya
 Brijesh Pathak
CABINET
 Surya Pratap Shahi
 Suresh Kumar Khanna
 Swatantra Dev Singh
 Baby Rani Maurya
 Laxmi Narayan
Chaudhary
 Jayveer Singh
 Dharampal Singh
 Nand Gopal Gupta
 Bhupendra Singh
Choudhary
 Anil Rajbhar
 Jitin Prasada
 Rakesh Sachan
 Arvind Kumar Sharma
 Yogendra Upadhyay
 Ashish Patel
 Sanjay Nishad
MINISTER OF
STATE (INDEPENDENT
CHARGE)
 Nitin Agrawal
 Kapil Dev Agrawal
 Ravindra Jaiswal
 Sandeep Singh
 Gulab Devi
 Girish Chandra Yadav
 Dharmveer Prajapati
 Asim Arun
 JPS Rathore
 Dayashankar Singh
 Narendra Kashyap
 Dinesh Pratap Singh
 Arun Kumar Saxena
 Dayashankar Mishra
‘Dayalu’
MINISTER OF
STATE
 Mayankeshwar Singh
 Dinesh Khateek
 Sanjeev Gond
 Baldev Singh Olakh
 Ajit Pal
 Jaswant Saini
 Ramkesh Nishad
 Manohar Lal Mannu
Kori
 Sanjay Gangwar
 Brijesh Singh
 KP Singh
 Suresh Rahi
 Somendra Tomar
 Anoop Pradhan ‘Valmiki’
 Pratibha Shukla
 Rakesh Rathore Guru
 Rajni Sharma
 Satish Sharma
 Danish Azad Ansari
 Vijay Laxmi Gautam
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Unani-
mously elected as the
leader of the Uttar
Pradesh BJP legislature
party in a meeting in Luc-
know, Yogi Adityanath took
oath as the UP chief minis-
ter for a second term on Fri-
day
. Keshav Maurya and
Brajesh Pathak were sworn
in as his deputies.
Apart from the two depu-
ty CMs, 16 Cabinet minis-
tersalsotookoath atEkana
Stadium in Lucknow.
Morethan50percent
of Yogi’s Council of
Ministers are new faces
includingfivewomenand
two ex-civil servants.
While Keshav Prasad
Maurya retains his Deputy
CM post despite losing his
Sirathu seat, Brajesh
Pathak,LawMinisterinthe
last Yogi government and
formerBSPleader,hasbeen
elevated as Deputy CM,
replacing Dinesh Sharma
as the Brahmin face in the
Cabinet.
PM Modi, Amit Shah, JP
Nadda, Rajnath Singh,
Anurag Thakur and all BJP CMs
attend swearing ceremony
I, Adityanath Yogi...
3
Keshav Prasad
Maurya,
Brajesh Pathak to be
his two deputies
2
Yogi Adityanath takes oath as UP CM for second time
Yogi, who led his party to a
massive victory, is the first UP
CM in 37 years to return to power
after completing full term
1
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, Deputy CMs
Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak and newly sworn-in UP ministers, during the swearing-in ceremony, at the Atal
Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and
National BJP President JP Nadda during the swearing-in ceremony.
Don’t harass family members, we never
didthattoyou:UddhavtoBJPoverraids
Mumbai (Agencies):
Maharashtra Chief
MinisterUddhavThack-
eray on Friday hit out at
the BJP
, three days after
his brother-in-law found
himself targeted by the
Enforcement Directo-
rate with the agency
freezing `6.45 crore in
his assets in a money
laundering case.
“If you want to come
to power, then come to
power. But don’t do all
these vicious things to
come to power. Don’t
harass our or anyone
else’s family members.
We never bothered your
family members,” he
said in the assembly
.
“It is not that we are
saying that your fami-
lies have done some-
thing wrong or that they
have something that we
cantroubleyouabout.If
you want to put us in jail
to come to power, put me
in jail,” Thackeray said
in what he called an
“emotional” appeal.
The seizures of Ud-
dhav Thackeray’s broth-
er-in-law’s assets came
two weeks after the In-
come Tax Department
conducted a series of
raids on people consid-
eredclosetohissonAadi-
tya Thackeray
, a minis-
ter, and colleague Anil
Parab prompting their
partyShivSenatoaccuse
the BJP at the centre of
selectively targeting po-
litical opponents.
Joe Biden in Poland to review
looming Ukraine refugee crisis
Warsaw: United States
President Joe Biden, on
Friday, arrived in Po-
land to review the refu-
geecrisisamidtheongo-
ing Russia-Ukraine War.
The US President is set
todiscusstheUkrainian
crisis with his Polish
counterpart Andrzej
Duda. Biden is also go-
ing to visit the town of
Rzeszow near Ukraine
Border.
He is also expected to
speak on how the US is
reacting to the humani-
tarianandhumanrights
disaster caused by war.
300 FEARED DEAD IN MARIUPOL
THEATRE BOMBING IN UKRAINE
Nearly 300 people are feared dead in a Russian strike
on a Mariupol theatre in Ukraine. As Russia’s heavy
shelling continues in Mariupol, its citizens are having
to bury their loved ones in mass graves. According to
officials, “more than a thousand”, including children,
were sheltering in the theatre.
Bilateral relations
disturbed, work in
progress: Jaishankar
to China counterpart
New Delhi: External
Affairs minister S
Jaishankar met Chinese
Foreign minister Wang
Yi on Friday and con-
veyed to him that the
bilateral relations are
“disturbed” due to the
amassing of Chinese
troops and that the ties
cannot be normal till the
border situation is re-
solved. After 15 rounds
of border talks between
military commanders,
the Minister said that
the bilateral ties were a
“work in progress”.
Full report on P3
If you want to
come to power,
then come to
power. But don’t do all
these vicious things to
come to power. Don’t
harass our or anyone
else’s family members
—Uddhav Thackeray,
Maharashtra Chief Minister
IPL BEGINS TODAY
WITH CHENNAI
TAKING ON KOLKATA
Mumbai: The Indian
Premier League 2022
(IPL 2022) will kick off
on Saturday with match
between defending cham-
pions Chennai Super
Kings (CSK) and runners-
up Kolkata
Knight Rid-
ers (KKR)
at the
Wankhede
Stadium
at 7.30
pm. The
Board of
Control for Cricket in
India (BCCI) will be host-
ing the fifteenth edition
of IPL across four venues
in Maharashtra’s Mumbai
and Pune and the final
match of the league will
be played on May 22.
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Acting on a petition filed by the Union Bank of India for non-payment of around Rs
432 crore, Real estate developer Supertech was declared bankrupt by the National
Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), a move that could have a bearing on about 10,000
home buyers of the firm’s ongoing projects in Delhi and NCR region. Supertech Ltd
has 38,041 customers and out of them, homes have been delivered to 27,111 people.
GIANT DEVELOPER
SUPERTECH
NOW DECLARED
BANKRUPT
The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) to probe the killings in Birbhum’s Bogtui village, where eight people were
burnt alive earlier this week, and submit its preliminary report on April 7 when
the matter will be heard again. The court directed the state government “to ex-
tend full cooperation to CBI in carrying out the further investigation”.
CALCUTTA HC
GIVES BIRBHUM
VIOLENCE
CASE TO CBI
ANIL AMBANI QUITS
Reliance Group Chairman
Anil Ambani on Friday
resigned as director of
Reliance Power, and Infra,
following SEBI order
restraining him from
associating with any
listed company.

CAPITOL
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New Delhi (ANI): In a shocking incident, a man’s body
was found stuffed in a traveller’s bag from the Mangol-
puri area of the Capital, said police on Friday.
The gut-wrenching incident was
reported in the early morning
hours of Friday, through a PCR
call. “The police immediately
reached the spot near Peer Baba
Majaar in Mangolpuri and found
the dead body of an unknown
male aged around 20 to 22 yrs old, with throat slit in-
juries. The dead body was stuffed in a purple coloured
traveller bag. The body was clad in white kurta-pyjama.
A case of murder has been registered” said Deputy
Commissioner of Police (DCP) outer Sameer Sharma.
New Delhi (PTI): A person was charred to death while
another was injured after a fire broke out at a plastic
factory in the national capital on Friday, a Fire Depart-
ment official said. The official
informed that they received
a call about the fire incident
around 10.40 a.m. at K-82,
ADSIDC Bhawan, Sector 1,
Bawana in north west Delhi
after which as many as four
fire tenders were immediately pressed into the service.
“The fire was in the basement of the factory in which
two people were injured. A minor explosion also took
place,” the official told IANS. Both the injured were
rushed to nearby Maharshi Valmiki hospital where one
of them was declared ‘brought dead’.
New Delhi (ANI): A man was stabbed to death
in Delhi’s Narela in the wee hours of Friday, said
police. As per the preliminary
investigation of the police, the
reason for the murder is an
old dispute between two fam-
ilies. Following the incident at
around 2 am, a few women
staged a protest outside the Narela police station
demanding justice. They were pacified after being
briefed about the efforts being made to catch the
accused. Investigation in the case is underway.
DELHI: BODY WITH ‘THROAT SLIT INJURIES’
FOUND IN TRAVELLER’S BAG
ONE DIES IN PLASTIC FACTORY FIRE IN
BAWANA IN NATIONAL CAPITAL
MAN STABBED TO DEATH IN DELHI’S
NARELA AREA; INVESTIGATION ON
CRUCIAL READ
New Delhi (PTI): In or-
der to beautify parks
and gardens, the New
Delhi Municipal Coun-
cil (NDMC) has decided
to collect all the dry
leaves that have fallen
on the sides of roads
and in parks, and con-
vert it into ‘green or-
ganic manure’ under its
green initiative, said
Vice Chairman Satish
Upadhayay
.
According to Upad-
hyay, the NDMC at pre-
sent produces about 1.5
tonne manure through
dry waste collected
from the big parks like
Lodhi Garden, Nehru
Park, Sanjay Jheel and
others. This manure is
produced at compost
pits created inside the
parks.
“The autumn season
has arrived and leaves
are falling and scatter-
ing everywhere along
the roads, residential
areas and parks. Daily,
our workers remove
the leaves but instead
of throwing it in the
garbage, we have de-
cided to convert these
dry leaves into manure
and use the same for
maintaining and en-
hancing the beauty of
parks and gardens,”
said Upadhayay.
Currently, about 110
compost pits are located
in 47 locations of Lu-
tyens Zones and New
Delhi area, and the
council produces more
than 1.5 tonnes of ma-
nure per day. It takes
about 50-60 days to pro-
duce manure from
green and dry waste,
said officials.
Officials said the
NDMC will increase the
pits in the New Delhi
area to produce more
organic manure.
NDMC to hike compost pits to produce organic manure
GREEN INITIATIVE

NDMC at
present
produces about
1.5 tonne
manure through
dry waste
collected from
the big parks like
Lodhi Garden,
Nehru Park
STATUS REPORT OF BUDGET FOR 2021-22 PRESENTED
Nearly 80,000 applications for 4,800 seats were received for the 31
Schools of Excellence, says Delhi Finance Minister Manish Sisodia
Around 60,000 patients are being attended by mohalla clinics
per day with the overall satisfaction rate being 90 per cent: Survey
New Delhi (PTI): Del-
hi Deputy Chief Minis-
ter and Finance Minis-
ter Manish Sisodia pre-
sented the status report
of the Outcome Budget
for the year 2021-22 in
the Legislative Assem-
bly on Friday
.
Sisodia said they
were the first to intro-
duce the Outcome
Budget wherein they
put out details of the
status of various pro-
jects undertaken by the
government. “It is a
General Knowledge
question, ‘Which is the
government that prom-
ises and also delivers
them?’ Except for some
MLAs, everyone knows
the answer to this ques-
tion,” he told the House,
in an apparent refer-
ence to the Opposition
members.
While presenting the
status report, he said
the city government
constructed 13,181
classrooms in its
schools while the num-
ber of students enrolled
in government schools
rose from 15 lakh to 18
lakh.
“Nearly 80,000 appli-
cations for 4,800 seats
were received for the 31
Schools of Excellence.
The Deshbhakti cur-
riculum has been im-
plemented in all gov-
ernment schools and
will be implemented in
private schools from the
next year,” said Sisodia,
who is also Delhi’s Edu-
cation Minister.
93% households in Delhi now have
access to piped water supply: Survey
New Delhi: Around 93%
of households in Delhi
now have access to piped
water supply, and water
production during the
summer season is being
maintained at 953 million
gallons a day consistently,
as per the Delhi Economic
Survey 2021-22. The
survey report presented in
the assembly on Friday by
Deputy CM Manish Siso-
dia also said Delhi’s water
demand is set to increase
to 1,505 million gallons a
day this year against the
expected supply of 1,200
million gallons a day. Wa-
ter is supplied to about 20
million population through
the existing water supply
network of 15,041-km-
long pipelines and about
125 underground reser-
voirs (UGRs), it said.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia status report of the Outcome Budget for the year 2021-
22 in the Legislative Assembly, on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
DELHI RANKS THIRD IN TERMS OF
PER CAPITA INCOME: ECO SURVEY
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi
ranked third in terms
of per capita income
behind Sikkim and Goa,
according to the Eco-
nomic Survey of Delhi
2021-22. According to
the survey, Delhi’s per
capita income grew
16.81 per cent year-
on-year to `4,01,982
in fiscal 2021-22. The
Economic Survey
report for the financial
year 2021-22 was pre-
sented in the Assembly
on Friday by Deputy
Chief Minister Manish
Sisodia. The per capita
income of Delhi was
three times higher than
the national average in
2021-22, it said. “GSDP
records a growth of
17.65 per cent in the
financial year 2021-
22 from the previous
year as it stands at Rs
9,23,967 crore,” the
report added.
100% of eligible population
received first dose of Covid vax
has administered first
doses of the COVID-19
vaccine to 100 pc of its
eligible population
while 90 per cent of the
people have so far re-
ceived their second dose,
Deputy Chief Minister
Manish Sisodia told the
Legislative Assembly on
Friday
. Sisodia, who also
holds Finance portfolio,
was presenting the sta-
tus report of the Delhi
government’s Outcome
Budget for the year 2021-
21 in the House.
“Around 60,000 pa-
tients are being attended
by mohalla clinics per
day with the overall sat-
isfaction rate being 90 pc
as revealed by a survey
conducted by the gov-
ernment. Overall, 77 per
cent people were satis-
fied with the services at
Delhi government hospi-
tals,” he said in the As-
sembly
.
SISODIA’S JIBE
AT BJP MLAS
‘OVER 30 MN WOMEN AVAILED
FREE BUS TRAVEL FACILITY’
New Delhi (PTI): More than three crore
women availed the facility of free travel in
public transport buses in Delhi in 2021-22,
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in-
formed the Legislative Assembly on Friday.
isodia was presenting the status report of the
Outcome Budget for 2021-22 in the Delhi As-
sembly. There is a combined fleet strength of
6,900 buses in the Delhi Transport Corpora-
tion (DTC) and the Delhi Integrated Multi-
Modal Transit System (DIMTS).
DU eyes `1,000 crore loan for
revamping its infrastructure
University (DU) is plan-
ning to seek a loan of
over Rs 1,000 crore
from Higher Education
Funding Agen-
cy (HEFA) in a bid to
renovate its existing in-
frastructure and con-
struct new buildings for
a range of purposes.
In a proposal, which
is likely to be placed be-
fore the executive coun-
cil meeting scheduled
for Friday, the universi-
ty noted that due to lim-
ited allocation for crea-
tion of capital assets in
the last 3-5 years, it has
been unable to develop
any infrastructure.
“The buildings of the
university are very old
and in a dilapidated
condition and sufficient
space is not available
for academic activities
where a generous
growth in enrolment of
students is seen year by
year. Several new build-
ings and renovation of
existing ones is urgent-
ly required for academ-
ic activities and accom-
modation of a large
number of students of
different faculties,” the
varsity noted.
It added that academ-
ic as well as research
activities have been af-
fected in the university
due to non-availability
of latest technology-
based laboratory equip-
ment.
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DELHI POLICE ARRESTS
LAND MAFIA FROM NASHIK
New Delhi(ANI): Delhi
Police has arrested a
notorious land mafia
who was carrying a re-
ward of Rs 50,000 from
Nashik, Maharashtra.
The accused, Piyush
Tiwari alias Puneet
Bhardwaj was declared
Proclaimed Offender by
the court. He was a
wanted criminal in
more than 30 cheating
cases filed against him
in different police sta-
tions in Noida, Uttar
Pradesh and Punjab.
The 42-year old has
been accused of cheat-
ing approximately Rs
1000 crore in the pretext
of alloting flats in Noi-
da, Uttar Pradesh, and
has been lodged in
jail along with his wife,
Shikha for her alleged
involvement in the
fraudulence.
New Delhi: Aam
Aadmi Party MLA
Vishesh Ravi placed a
request for amend-
ment of the Delhi
Professional Colleges
or Institutions Act,
2007 in the Delhi legis-
lative assembly on
Thursday
.
As per the Act, a can-
didate who is eligible
for availing the Delhi
quota is defined as the
one who has appeared
or passed the examina-
tion from a recognised
school or institution in
Delhi.
“I came across sev-
eral incidents of de-
serving meritorious
students being bereft
of the benefits of
this quota due to the
definition of Delhi
candidate and hence,
decided to take up the
matter,” said Ravi,
the MLA from Karol
Bagh.
A case had also come
up in Delhi High Court
recently wherein a stu-
dent who was a resi-
dent of Delhi but stud-
ied classes IX and X in
a school outside Delhi
was not allowed to fill
forms for School of
Specialised Excel-
lence.
AAP MLA VISHESH RAVI CALLS FOR AMENDING
PROFESSIONAL COLLEGES OR INSTITUTIONSACT
Landlord to get back
shop after winning
50-yr-old legal battle
New Delhi (ANI):
The Supreme Court
on Friday allowed a
landlord to reclaim
possession of his
shop located at Del-
hi’s Connaught Place
followed by a 50-year-
old legal battle with
tenants in different
judicial forums.
In that proceeding
instituted before the
Rent Controller, Del-
hi, altogether three
individuals and
three firms were
originally impleaded
as respondents. In
this appeal, however,
only three respond-
ents have been im-
pleaded.
The shop was rent-
ed out to the then
proprietor (since de-
ceased) of the first
respondent in the
year 1936. The appel-
lant became the land-
lord thereof on hav-
ing purchased the
subject premises
from its erstwhile
owner in the year
1958. The main
ground on which the
eviction was asked
for was sub-letting
without the consent
of the landlord.
The respondents
run a retail outlet
from the subject
premises and at the
material point of
time, the respond-
ents were operating
from there a chemist
shop.
Aam Aadmi Party MLA
Vishesh Ravi

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Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Seeing the
candidates decided by
Aam Aadmi Party su-
premo Arvind Kejriwal
for the five Rajya Sabha
seats in Punjab, it seems
that his eyes are on
‘Hindu politics’ there
too. Of their five candi-
dates, four are Hindus
and only one is a Sikh
candidate. Of the five
Hindus, two Punjabis
areKhatris,oneVaishya
and one Brahmin. Of
the five retiring Rajya
Sabha MPs, three were
Sikhs and two Punjabi
Khatris. Pratap Singh
Bajwa, Shamsher Singh
Dulhan and Sukhdev
Singh Dhindsa were the
three Sikhs and Naresh
Gujral and Shwet Malik
were Punjabi Khatris.
Akali Dal, BJP and Con-
gress did not send
Vaishyas or Brahmins
to Rajya Sabha. None of
the five MPs were from
outside Punjab and no
one had any profession
other than politics.
In this context, Kejri-
wal has carried out the
‘Delhi experiment’ in
Punjab. When he got
three seats in Delhi, he
sent a leader of his par-
ty, Sanjay Singh, to the
Upper House and on the
remaining two seats, he
sent two businessmen -
Sushil Gupta and ND
Gupta. Similarly, two
businessmen — Ashok
Mittal and Sanjeev Aro-
ra have been sent to
Punjab. The remaining
three names are crick-
eter Harbhajan Singh,
Delhi MLA Radhav
Chadha and election
strategist Sandeep
Pathak. Then with the
announcement of the
names, questions arose
that there is no woman,
Dalit, backward or Mus-
lim among the Rajya
Sabha MPs of the Aam
Aadmi Party who put
up the picture of Bha-
gat Singh and Babasa-
heb Ambedkar. All its
candidates are upper
caste men, business-
men or famous people.
AAP walks the tight rope of ‘Hindu politics’ in Punjab too!
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): There can be no
normality in India-Chi-
natiesunlessthetroops
amassed at the Line of
Actual (LAC) Control
are withdrawn, Exter-
nal Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar told his
Chinese counterpart
Wang Yi during three-
hourtalksinNewDelhi
on Friday that ended
without any joint state-
ment or agreement on
the way forward.
Wang, who arrived
on Thursday and met
National Security Ad-
viser (NSA) Ajit Doval
foranhourinthemorn-
ing, held bilateral talks
with Jaishankar before
leavingforKathmandu.
According to Jais-
hankar,whobriefedthe
media himself, their
meeting had a “broad
and substantive agen-
da” and talks were
“open and candid”.
China’s Ministry of
Foreign Affairs (MFA)
said Wang proposed re-
vivingthe“India-China
plus” initiative for pro-
jects in South Asia, an
outcome of the Wuhan
meetingbetweenPrime
Minister Narendra
Modi and President Xi
Jinping in 2018. It stat-
ed that China did not
seek a “unipolar asia”
and “respects India’s
traditional role in the
region”, during his
talks in Delhi.
In a departure from
the past, when the Gov-
ernment of India had
refusedtoholdbilateral
talksonanyissueother
than the boundary
stand-off triggered by
PLA troops amassing
and transgressing are-
as along the LAC since
April 2020, talks be-
tween Wang and Jais-
hankar, as well as sepa-
rately with Doval, took
in a number of other
issues, including trade
and commerce, visas
for Indian students as
well as international
and regional develop-
ments. However, the
government said the
focus was on the situa-
tion in the border areas
and bilateral relations
that had been “dis-
turbed by Chinese ac-
tions since April 2020”.
“If you ask me, is our
relationship normal to-
day, my answer to you
is no it is not, and it
cannot be normal if the
situation in the border
areas is abnormal.
Surely the presence of
a large number of
troops there, in contra-
vention of agreements,
is abnormal,” Jais-
hankar said in re-
sponse to a question,
referring to large parts
of the LAC in eastern
Ladakh, where about
100,000 Indian and Chi-
nese soldiers are
ranged against each
other,afterthePLAvio-
lated previous border
agreements from 1993-
1996 on maintaining
the status quo.
NO NORMALITY IN TIES UNTIL LAC
DISENGAGEMENT: S JAISHANKAR
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): In response to
Chinese Foreign Minis-
ter Wang Yi’s invite to
visit Beijing, National
Security Advisor (NSA)
Ajit Doval said on Fri-
day that he could em-
bark on a trip to the
neighbouring nation
after the border issues
were resolved, accord-
ing to sources.
Earlier on Friday,
Wang met Doval in the
latter’s office in South
Block.
This is the first visit
by a high-level Chinese
diplomat to India since
the border dispute in
eastern Ladakh erupt-
ed over two years ago.
So far, 15 rounds of
military talks have
taken place to resolve
the issue.
After meeting Doval,
Wang held bilateral
talks with External Af-
fairs Minister S Jais-
hankar.
The Chinese Foreign
Minister’s visit to Del-
hi is part of his South
Asia tour, which took
him to Kabul and Paki-
stan where he raked up
the Jammu and Kash-
mir issue.
During the Organisa-
tion of Islamic Coop-
eration meeting in Is-
lamabad, Wang had
said: “On Kashmir, we
have heard again today
the calls of many of
our Islamic friends.
And China shares the
same hope.”
Could visit China after
dispute resolved: Doval
responds to invitation
IN 3-HR-LONG MEET, BORDER, UKRAINE, AND BILATERAL
ISSUES DISCUSSED, BUT NO AGREEMENT ANNOUNCED NSA Ajit Doval with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday.
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in New Delhi on Friday.
Mumbai (ANI): In a
shocking development,
the aged parents of for-
mer Bollywood-linked
entrepreneur Disha
Salian, have knocked
the doors of Rashtra-
pati Bhavan complain-
ing how Union MSME
Minister Narayan
Rane and his MLA son
Nitesh Rane are “liars”
and virtually driving
them to suicide.
In a stinging 5-pager,
Satish Salian and his
wife Vasanti Salian
have targeted the Rane
father-son duo and
some private television
channels for running a
‘false narrative’ on tel-
evision and social me-
dia on their deceased
daughter Disha — who
had fallen from a build-
ing or committed sui-
cide on June 8, 2020.
Drawing parallels
with the Nirbhaya
rape-cum-murder case
of Delhi a decade ago,
the Salians pointed out
that till now, that vic-
tim’s identity has not
been revealed, but here
“Rane is blatantly tak-
ing my daughter’s
name” repeatedly and
saying that she was
raped.
Asking “whether the
law of the land is not
applicable to the Union
Minister”, the Salians
said even after regis-
tering a (police)
against them, the “li-
ars” Rane duo have not
stopped maligning the
family’s name.
When contacted, the
Salian couple said that
it has been two days
since they wrote to
President Ram Nath
Kovind, but there has
been no response so far.
“We have also made
the same appeal to
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi, Union Home
Minister Amit Shah,
Maharashtra Chief
Minister Uddhav
Thackeray, Bharatiya
Janata Party Leader of
Opposition Devendra
Fadnavis and Chief
Justice of Bombay
High Court, to stop a
few politicians from
maligning our daugh-
ter’s name,” Salian
told media.
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Ever since
Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar has banned liq-
uor in Bihar, there has
been a big increase in
the number of mysteri-
ous deaths. People die
of mysterious diseases
and ailments on every
festival or similar hap-
penings in different dis-
tricts of Bihar. The rela-
tives of those who died
say that the deaths were
caused by drinking, but
the local administra-
tion, state government
ministers and the rul-
ing Janata Dal (U)
spokesperson claim
that the deaths were due
to a mysterious disease.
The surprising thing is
that even before the
post-mortem of those
who died, right from the
collector to the minister
declare that death has
been caused by a myste-
rious disease.
At present, on the oc-
casion of Holi, about 35
people have died due to
this 'mysterious disease'
in three districts – Ban-
ka, Bhagalpur and Mad-
hepura.Therewasnews
in the media that the
death was due to drink-
ing. The relatives of the
deceased also said that
the death was due to
drinking spurious liq-
uor, but the government
said that the death was
due to a mysterious dis-
ease. Surprisingly, the
post-mortem of only
two of those who died
was done, but even be-
fore the report came,
the district collectors
declared that they had
died of a mysterious
disease. At the time of
Diwali also, about 40
people died in four dis-
tricts due to a similar
mysterious disease.
Therefore, by forming a
national task force, it
should be found out that
after the prohibition of
liquor, which such mys-
terious disease is
spreading in Bihar, due
to which such number
of people are dying.
Is there any relation between Nitish’s liquor ban
and deaths due to ‘mysterious disease’ in Bihar?
‘Narayan Rane and
his son are ‘liars’,
driving us to suicide’
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar
on Friday raised with his Chinese counterpart
Wang Yi the issue of return of Indian students to
China to resume their studies and hoped that Bei-
jing will adopt a “non-discriminatory approach”
on it. “I took up strongly the predicament of
Indian students studying in China who have not
been allowed to return, citing Covid restrictions.
We hope that China will take a non-discriminatory
approach since it involves the future of so many
young people,” Jaishankar said at a media brief-
ing shortly after the talks. “Minister Wang Yi
assured me that he would speak to the relevant
authorities on his return on this matter. He also
recognised the particular concerns that medical
students have in this difficult situation,” he said.
TALKS PROGRESSIVE ON ISSUE OF
INDIAN STUDENTS’ RETURN TO CHINA
DISHA SALIAN PARENTS’ PLEA TO PREZ
New Delhi: BJP MP
Roopa Ganguly on Fri-
day broke down in the
RajyaSabhawhilespeak-
ing about the violence in
Bengal’s Birbhum dis-
trict where eight people
were burnt to death. She
saidthestateis“nomore
liveable” and demanded
President’s rule.
“We demand Presi-
dent’s rule in West Ben-
gal. Mass killings are
happening there, people
are fleeing the place...
the state is no more live-
able,” she said.
Speaking to reporters
outside the upper house
of the Parliament, Gan-
guly accused the state
government of protect-
ing the perpetrators.
Kolkata (PTI): Five
buckets packed with
crude bombs, carefully
hidden in bushes, have
been recovered from
Margram in Birbhum, a
district reeling under
the domino of violence
afterthekillingof apan-
chayat official on Mon-
day
. The police filled the
buckets with sand and
water to prevent the
bombs from exploding.
The recovery comes a
day after Bengal CM
Mamata Banerjee asked
the police to conduct
special raids to seize all
bombs, arms, and am-
munition produced ille-
gally in the state.
Rampur (Agencies): Rampur Police has sent a re-
port to the District Magistrate for cancellation of the
arms license of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan’s
son Abdullah Azam Khan and his wife Tazeen Fatima.
“In view of the cases registered against them, we
have sent a report for cancellation of arms license of
Azam Khan and Tazeen Fatima (Azam Khan’s wife)
to the District Magistrate. They possess revolver
and rifle, respectively,” Dr Sansar Singh, Additional
Superintendent of Police, Uttar Pradesh told media.
New Delhi (ANI): The
Delhi Police, in col-
laboration with PETA
(People for the ethical
treatment of animals),
raided an illegal bird
market near Jama
Masjid and rescued
more than a thousand
birds in the operation
conducted on Wednes-
day here. After get-
ting information from
PETA, the Delhi Police
rescued hundreds of
muniya birds, two hill
mynas, pigeons and
many native parrots
from the hands of
vendors who had caged
these birds after illegal
hunting.
New Delhi (Agencies):
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi will give tips to
students to beat exam
stress at the fifth edition
of the ‘Pariksha Pe
Charcha’ to be held on
April 1, Union Education
Minister Dharmendra
Pradhan said on Friday.
The first edition of
the prime minister’s
interactive programme
with school and college
students was held at the
Talkatora Stadium here
on February 16, 2018.
“The interaction every
youngster is looking
forward to is going to be
held on 1st April, 2022,”
tweeted Pradhan.
Birbhum violence:
BJP MP Ganguly
breaks down in RS
Crude bombs in
five buckets
found in Birbhum
days after arson
SAMAJWADI LEADER AZAM KHAN’S SON,
WIFE LIKELY TO LOSE ARMS LICENCE
DELHI POLICE
RESCUES 1,000
BIRDS AFTER RAID
PM’S ‘PARIKSHA
PE CHARCHA’ TO
BE HELD ON APR 1
MP Congress feud: Top leaders meet Sonia
Gandhi to ‘complain about Kamal Nath’
Bhopal (Agencies):
Internal feud contin-
ues to dent the Con-
gress party as senior
leaders from the Mad-
hya Pradesh cadre
have rushed to Delhi to
meet national presi-
dent Sonia Gandhi to
air their grievances
against state party
chief Kamal Nath.
On Wednesday, for-
merMPCongresspres-
ident Arun Yadav met
Gandhi and held dis-
cussions for about 40
minutes,whileanother
former state president
Ajay Singh has also
sought time from her.
“Senior leaders, in-
cluding Arun Yadav,
Ajay Singh, Ramniwas
Rawat, Suresh Pachori
and others, are feeling
ignored in the party.
MPCC president Ka-
mal Nath is continu-
ously ignoring senior
leaders. They wanted
to convey to the top
leadership that all is
not well in MP Con-
gress. This will make
winning the 2023 as-
sembly election even
tougher for the party
,”
a senior Congress
leader familiar with
the developments said.
The feud came to
light recently when
top leaders in the par-
ty were absent from
the state unit’s ‘Ghar
Chalo, Ghar Ghar
Chalo’ campaign.
CRUCIAL READ
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
MSME Minister Narayan Rane
and his MLA son Nitesh Rane
AAP Convenor Arvind Kejriwal with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann.

Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
The interaction every youngster is
looking forward to is going to be held
on 1st April, 2022. Get mentored,
seek advice, learn pro tips to beat
stress, nervousness and exam blues
from PM Shri @narendramodi ji.
#ExamWarriors, teachers & parents
get ready for #PPC2022.
Ajay Maken
@ajaymaken
See Yesterday, Kejriwal spoke in
Assembly - “50% GDP growth in last
5 years, not in any state of India.” So
is that true? Is this such a big deal
for Delhi? I will reveal this tomorrow
morning! But Is this a lie, will BJP dare to
give notice of ‘Breach of Privilege’?
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Sing to the LORD a new song;
sing to the LORD, all the earth.
Sing to the LORD, bless his
name; proclaim his salvation
day after day. Tell his glory
among the nations; among all
peoples, his marvelous deeds.
—Bible
IN-DEPTH
OPPOSITE POLES
SEE UNUSUALLY
WARM WEATHER,
STUN SCIENTISTS
cientists are yet to
decide if the signifi-
cantly high tempera-
tures at the Earth’s
poles are terribly bad
news or just the fickleness of
weather. Last week the South
Pole was warmer by 40 degree
Celsius and the North Pole by 30
degrees Celsius. If it’s not about
the quirky weather then there is
reasonforallof ustobealarmed.
The two Polar Regions experi-
encing such unusual heat waves
in the month of March was de-
scribed by scientists as “ab-
surd”. Martin Siegert, a glaci-
ologist, was quoted by France 24
as saying that “such a heat spike
had never been recorded” in 65
years. “Atmospheric rivers” or
held responsible for the sudden
shooting of temperatures. Both
the polar regions have opposite
seasons so it was an “unusual
occurrence”.
Continued rise in tempera-
tures can lead to melting of gla-
cier ice with disastrous conse-
quences. Scientists have already
warned of rising sea levels but
such unprecedented tempera-
tures at the Poles will hasten the
process.
TOP TWEETS
S
mran Khan, the
Prime Minister of
Pakistan, finds
himself in the dol-
drumswiththeop-
position parties moving a no-
confidence motion against
him. The motion was to be
taken up but National Assem-
bly was adjourned till Mon-
day giving the ace cricketer-
turned-politicianashortlease
of life. What makes the ouster
movedifficultfortheleaderof
PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf Par-
ty is the coming together of
his own alliance partner, the
MuttahidaQaumiMovement-
Pakistan to vote alongside the
PakistanPeople’sPartyledby
Bilawal Bhutto. The military
establishment,whichusesPa-
kistan’s leaders as puppets, is
ostensibly backing the no-
trust move. The opposition
parties blame Imran for the
country’s economic ills and
inflation.
The beleaguered leader
made a desperate appeal to
the people of Pakistan for
support against the “gang of
thieves” who were plotting
his downfall. “A gand of
thieves has been looting this
country for the past 30 years
and now they are indulging
in horse-trading” to remove
him from office, Imran said
in a video. He urged the peo-
ple to join him in a rally on
March 27, a day before the no-
trust motion is to be taken up.
Economically, Pakistan is
literally surviving on bor-
rowings. China-Pak Econom-
ic Corridor projects aimed at
renewing ancient trade
routes are far from being
completed due to corruption
and debt-related issues. Such
is the situation that Pakistan
had to request China to refi-
nance its RMB 15 billion loan
given three years ago so that
it could pay back some other
outstanding loan. Pakistan
has an annual inflation rate
of over 12 percent.
GROUND BENEATH PAK
PM IMRAN IS SHAKING
“A gand of thieves has
been looting this
country for the past 30
years and now they
are indulging in horse-
trading” to remove him
from office, Imran said in
a video. He urged the
people to join him in a
rally on March 27
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INDIA
05
New Delhi (ANI): The
Central Bureau of In-
vestigation (CBI) has op-
posed in the Supreme
Court the plea of Indra-
ni Mukerjea, the prime
accused in the Sheena
Bora murder case, say-
ing she has committed a
“heinous act of plan-
ningandkillingherown
daughter” and “such a
gruesome act does not
deserve leniency”.
The CBI in an affida-
vit filed before the apex
court vehemently op-
posed Indrani Muker-
jea’s bail plea saying she
has committed the of-
fence of murder of her
own daughter and at-
tempt to murder of her
own son.
Indrani Mukerjea
may abscond as she is a
British national, the
CBI further stated.
SHEENA BORA
MURDER CASE
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: When the
assembly elections of
five states started, Yogi
Adityanath was the only
Chief Minister, for
whom the BJP made an-
nouncement that the
party will be contesting
electioninUPonhisface
and was declared the
next CM as well, if the
party came to power. In
the rest of the states, the
BJP did not declare its
contenders. In Uttara-
khand, Goa and Ma-
nipur, the Chief Minis-
ter was contesting the
elections but the party
was not contesting in
their names. Votes were
not being sought in the
name of making these
leadersastheChief Min-
ister, yet again. In this
respect,YogiAdityanath
was above his counter-
parts. He was the ‘first
among equals’ as Chief
Minister in whose name
the party was contesting
elections.
But after the election
the situation changed.
Now all the four chief
ministers are equal be-
cause like Yogi, the oth-
er three chief ministers
have also been repeated
by the BJP
. So, now eve-
ryone’spositionissame.
No one is first among
equals. Even Pushkar
Singh Dhami, who lost
the election in Uttara-
khand, has been made
the Chief Minister by
the party
. He is possibly
the second leader after
Mamata Banerjee, who
lost the election and is
still becoming the Chief
Minister. People have
been becoming minis-
ters, but there is no ex-
ample of a leader who
lost the election has
gone on to become the
chief minister.
After the election, a
senior leader, engaged
in the exercise of decid-
ing the Chief Minister
in the four states, in an
informal conversation,
admitted that winning
the elections in the four
states is a big deal for
the BJP. In the last elec-
tions, the BJP had
formed the government
in Goa and Manipur,
but this time the party
has won a majority in
both these states. Earli-
er, in the states ruled by
the BJP, it was either
losing the elections or
somehow the majority
was being juggled. Ex-
cept Gujarat and Hary-
ana, the BJP did not
make a comeback in the
rest of the states.
That is why it is being
said that soon after the
results, the party high
command had decided
that the Chief Minis-
ters under whose com-
mand the party has won
will get the reward of
victory. Still, if it took
more than 10 days to fi-
nalise the names, it was
because the party high
command had to work
out a consensus among
the state leaders so that
no question would
arise. However, now the
challenge before the
party is to make Push-
kar Dhami an MLA
within six months.
Win or lose, BJP backs its former CMs for second innings!
AS PARTY COMMANDS
India’s next External Affairs Secretary:Web of speculations surround Raisina Hills
Rakesh Ranjan
New Delhi: Even
though the incumbent
External Affairs Sec-
retary Harsh V Shring-
la is scheduled to re-
tire in April this year,
it’s not clear whether
he may be allowed to
go or retained.
This doubt has
arisen because of the
golden government
policy of continuity
over change wherev-
er necessary.
So, if Shringla is re-
tained in one way or
another, it may indicate
that the government
considers the current
Russia-Ukrain crisis as
a critical one that de-
mands the continuity
of the foreign secretary
.
In case Shringla is
retained outside the of-
fice of FS, there are a
number of officers
competent enough to
fill his vacancy
.
Some of them are
Jaideep Sarkar posted
in South Africa and Ms.
Ruchira Kamboj, Am-
bassador of India to
Bhutan; Taranjit Singh
Sandhu, Ambassador
of India in the US; San-
jay Kumar Verma, In-
dia’s Ambassador in
Japan; Vinay Mohan
Kwatra in Nepal.
According to the
principle of seniority
and experience, the
next FS may be from
either the 1987 or
1988 batch.
It is also in the air
that if Shringla retires
in the normal course,
incumbent India’s Am-
bassador to US Taran-
jit Singh Sandhu
stands a better chance
to become the FS.
However, it is point-
ed out that since Sand-
hu is seen as doing his
job commendably in
the US, he may not be
pulled back from there.
The flip side is that the
appointment of Sand-
hu as FS, instead of
disturbing the excel-
lent India-US relations,
may work to move the
relations to the next
stage of development,
whatever that may be.
Then, there is anoth-
er interesting point for
which a precedent al-
ready exists. After re-
tiring as FS, Shringla
is sent to the US as am-
bassador and Sandhu
brought in his office.
This kind of arrange-
ment happened earlier
also. Former FS Niru-
pama Menon Rao was
made India’s Envoy to
the US (2011-2013) post
her retirement in 2011.
Interestingly, Taran-
jeet Singh Sandhu’s
wife Reenat Sandhu
was on May 13, 2021, ap-
pointed as Secretary
(West) in the Ministry
of External and within
eight months she was
moved from South
Block to the Nether-
lands as India’s Envoy.
The significance, or
otherwise, of this move
is yet to be grasped.
New Delhi (ANI): Cen-
treintheSupremeCourt
has opposed a plea seek-
ing extra attempt for
candidates who could
not appear in the Civil
Services Mains exam
due to Covid-19 infec-
tion,arguingthatadmit-
ting it may lead to simi-
lar demands for other
examinationsconducted
all over the country
.
It will also impinge
on the chances of other
candidateswhoareeligi-
ble as per the existing
provisions because it
will increase the num-
ber of candidates. It will
also lead to similar de-
mands by candidates of
other examinations con-
ducted all over the coun-
try
, the Centre said.
It said that the exist-
ing age criteria for the
Civil Services exam is
21 to 32 years with re-
laxations for certain
categories of candi-
dates. The permissible
number of attempts is
also six with relaxa-
tions for certain catego-
ries of candidates.
Thus, the existing rules
provide for fair oppor-
tunities to the aspirants
even if one attempt is
lost due to some exigen-
cies, the Centre added.
The Centre submitted
that the views and stand
of the Commission are
also against the de-
mands raised by the pe-
titioners. There is no
merit in the case either
inlaworonfactsandthe
said writ petition is lia-
ble to be dismissed, the
Centre said in Court.
The Union Public
Service Commission
(UPSC) has said if the
Commission makes a
provision for re-exami-
nation, then it will have
cascading effects on the
schedules of other on-
going examinations as
well as others.
UPSC: Extra attempt not
possible, Centre tells SC
New Delhi (PTI): The
Supreme Court on Fri-
day refused to enter-
tain a plea seeking a
direction to the Centre
to disclose accounts,
activity and expendi-
ture details of the PM-
CARES Fund and make
it open for audit by the
Comptroller and CAG.
A bench of Justices L
Nageswara Rao and B R
Gavai asked the peti-
tioner to approach the
Allahabad HC and file a
review petition in the
matter. Senior advocate
Devadatt Kamat, ap-
pearing for the petition-
er, submitted that the
ambit of relief sought
is totally different and
validity and disclosure
of PM-CARES Fund
was sought.
HesaidtheHighCourt
dismissed the petition
relying on CPIL (judg-
ment of the SC) and stat-
edthattheCourtwasnot
correct in relying solely
on the judgment.
The bench said: You
might be right in saying
that all issues were not
considered. We don't
know if you had ar-
gued. You go and file a
review. Let us have the
benefit of that...
The HC had dis-
missed the PIL relying
on the SC’s decision of
Aug 18, 2020, which re-
fused a plea by NGO
CPIL for the CAG audit
of PM-CARES Fund.
SCrefusestoentertainpleaseeking
disclosure of PM-CARES FUND
online leakage of per-
sonal information of six
girl students, most of
them minors, from Kar-
nataka’s Udupi, where
the first protests in con-
nection with the hijab
row were reported re-
cently
, figured in the Ra-
jyaSabhaonFridaywith
a member demanding
protectionof datarights.
Raising the issue
through a Zero-Hour
mention, Mausam Noor
of the Trinamool Con-
gress (TMC) said
amidst the hijab ban
controversy, personal
data of at least six girl
students was leaked
and shared across so-
cial media platforms.
“Their personal infor-
mation like names, ad-
dresses etc. have been
shared by multiple peo-
ple, thereby violating
their privacy
,” she said.
The hijab row had
erupted in Udupi in De-
cember, 2021 when six
students were prevented
from attending classes
because they wanted to
cover their heads for re-
ligious reasons.
The TMC MP further
said personal informa-
tionandpicturesof mul-
tiple Muslim women
were leaked and used
against their will in the
SulliDeal and BulliBai
apps cases.
Hijab row: Personal info leak of
six girl students figures in RS
A hijab-wearing student walks past a worker painting a wall to
conceal a pro-hijab slogan. —FILE PHOTO
The Centre submitted that the views and stand of the Commission are also against the demands
raised by the petitioners. —FILE PHOTO
Aspirants fell sick with COVID when exam was held in January
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Con-
gress party has fielded
its former president
Ripun Bora from a Ra-
jya Sabha seat in As-
sam. Earlier it seemed
that Congress would
win this seat easily. But
now the suspense has
arisen on this as Chief
Minister Himanta
Biswa Sarma is deter-
mined to defeat the
Congress in this con-
test and has declared
two candidates from
his alliance side. The
BJP has fielded Pabitra
Margherita as its can-
didate and from the
second seat, its col-
league, UPPL working
president Rangwara
Narjari, has been nom-
inated. Himanta claims
that many Congress
MLAs want to switch
sides and join BJP, so
they will not vote for
Sonia Gandhi's chosen
candidate.
Keep in mind that
the BJP and its allies
have a total of 82 MLAs
in Assam. To win a seat
in Assam's 126-member
assembly, 42 votes are
needed. Congress,
CPM, AIUDF and Akh-
il Gogoi's Raijor Dal
together have 44 MLAs.
That is, the Congress
alliance has two more
than the required num-
ber. But Himanta says
that Congress rebel
Shaktikanta Das and
Sharman Ali Ahmed
will not vote for Con-
gress candidate and
likewise Phanidhar Ta-
lukdar of AIUDF will
not vote for him. In this
way the number need-
ed by Congress will
definitely not be met.
He has claimed a vic-
tory on both the seats.
Thus, the Rajya Sabha
election in Assam is a
testing time for the
Congress strategists
and managers. Both
the seats falling vacant
are of Congress. If
both the seats are won
by the BJP and its al-
lies, the Congress will
suffer a big loss.
Numbers may favour, but
odds are against it!
WILL CONGRESS WIN ON 1 RS SEAT IN ASSAM?
Navjot Sidhu road
rage case: Supreme
Court reserves
verdict in review
petition
SC refuses to enter-
tain petition seeking
board to monitor
activities of Christian
missionaries
INX media case: HC
notice to P Chidam-
baram, Karti on ED
plea challenging
trial court order
Supreme Court
Shocked As Firm
Sends ‘Bouncers
Against Government
Of India’
COURTYARD
2024 ASSEMBLY
ELECTIONS
Rahul to Hry
leaders: Fight
under collective
leadership
CBI opposes
Indrani’s SC
bail plea for her
‘heinous act’
Chandigarh (ANI):
Fight 2024 Assem-
bly polls under col-
lective leadership:
Rahul Gandhi tells
Haryana Congress
After a debacle in
the recently-con-
cluded elections
held across five
states, Congress
leader Rahul Gan-
dhi Friday report-
edly asked party
leaders of Haryana
to accept a “collec-
tive responsibility”
and contest the 2024
Assembly elections
under a “collective
leadership”. A two-
and-half-hour-long
meeting to this tune
was held in New
Delhi Friday to
avoid a Punjab-like
situation in the
neighbouring state.
Congress is the
main Opposition in
Haryana’s 90-mem-
ber House with 31
MLAs. Unlike in
Punjab, where vari-
ous factions within
the party posed as a
factor for the par-
ty’s poor perfor-
mance, Congress is
attempting to put
up a united face in
Haryana.
Former Chief
Minister Bhupin-
der Singh Hooda
and other senior
leaders were pre-
sent in the meeting.
External Affairs Secretary Harsh V Shringla
UP CM Yogi Adityanath Uttarakhand CM Dhami Goa CM Pramod Sawant Manipur CM N Biren

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Many ships containers have been blocked in several European countries
Govt keeping close watch on trade
amid Russia-Ukraine crisis: Goyal
government is continu-
ously monitoring the
opportunities that the
Russia-Ukraine war
has opened up for India
and is in dialogue with
traders to ensure more
exports of wheat and
other commodities,
Commerce Minister Pi-
yush Goyal told the Ra-
jya Sabha on Friday
.
Replying to supple-
mentariesduringQues-
tion Hour, he said Indi-
an wheat exports are
set to cross 70 lakh met-
ric tonnes this year
from merely 2 lakh met-
ric tonnes two years
ago.
Goyal said many
ships and containers
have been blocked in
several European coun-
tries following the Rus-
sia-Ukraine war and
the crisis has only
deepened, especially af-
ter the Covid-19 crisis.
“The government
has maintained dia-
logue with shipping
companies and those
who operate contain-
ers. The government is
keeping a close watch
on the situation and
whatever steps are re-
quired to be taken it
will take action,” he
told the members in the
upper house.
He also said that the
government is in dia-
logue with exporters
and importers and
those involved in busi-
ness and various meas-
ures are being taken to
ensure that payments
come on time and busi-
nesses do not suffer.
“India, despite the
constraints due to Cov-
id, has achieved ex-
ports of $400 billion,
which is historic as In-
dia has never achieved
this figure,” he said.
The minister said In-
dia has been continu-
ously monitoring the
opportunities this
opens up for India and
Indian exporters.
“We are working in
coordination among
various ministries for a
smooth shift.”
New Delhi (PTI): Spec-
trum auctions will be
conducted very soon,
and the next-genera-
tion 5G services are ex-
pected to commence
before the end of the
year, Minister of State
for Communications
Devusinh Chauhan
said in the Rajya Sabha
on Friday
.
Replying to a supple-
mentary question,
Chauhan also said that
the four companies
have been allotted spec-
trum for conducting tri-
als and added that the
trials are expected to be
completed soon.
In parallel, the minis-
ter said that the tele-
com regulator TRAI
has also been asked to
give its recommenda-
tions related to the up-
coming auction.
“We will conduct
auctions very soon. By
the end of this year, we
will start 5G services in
the country,” he said.
He also asserted that
state-owned BSNL will
begin its 4G services
this year. Chauhan said
that a “great revolu-
tion” has taken place in
the telecom sector over
the last seven years and
that data consumption
has soared while tariffs
are at the lowest.
There is a robust
public grievance mech-
anism in place and
complaints pending for
over 48 hours are esca-
lated to senior officials,
Chauhan said.
The government has
taken a slew of meas-
ures to revive telecom
PSUs BSNL and MTNL.
The quality of BSNL
services will also im-
prove with the launch
of the state-owned cor-
poration’s 4G services,
he asserted.
5Gservicetobelaunchedbyyear-end:Govt
SPECTRUM AUCTION SOON

MoS for
Communications
said that the four
companies have
been allotted
spectrum for
conducting trials
and the trials are
expected to be
completed soon
BIZZ BRIEFS
Sensex, Nifty fall
for 3rd straight day
Mumbai (PTI):
Benchmark indices
Sensex and Nifty de-
clined for a third
straight day on Friday
due to profit taking in
consumer durables,
FMCG, banking and IT
shares amid lingering
worries over commod-
ity prices, interest
rate hike and geopo-
litical tensions.The
30-share BSE bench-
mark dropped 233.48
points or 0.41% to set-
tle at 57,362.20. During
the day, it tanked
495.44 points to
57,100.24.
The broader NSE
Nifty declined 69.75
points or 0.40% to set-
tle at 17,153.
The equity indices
closed the week lower
after two straight
weeks of gains. Sensex
fell by 501 points while
Nifty closed the week
lower by 134 points.
From the 30-share
pack, Titan fell the
most by 3.59%, Tech
Mahindra by 2.35%,
Maruti Suzuki India
by 1.79%, and Wipro
by 1.18%
Among major index
downers, HDFC Bank
declined 0.76%, TCS
by 1.12%, and Infosys
by 0.55%. ICICI Bank,
Nestle India, Larsen
Toubro, HCL Technol-
ogies, Tata Steel and
ITC also dropped. On
the other hand, Dr
Reddy’s continued its
steller run, rising by
0.77 per cent. Asian
Paints rose 0.76 per
cent, and Reliance In-
dustries by 0.73 per
cent. Bharti Airtel,
State Bank of India
and Kotak Mahindra
Bank also advanced.
Recognised
startups No
rises to 65,861
Sugar exports
may rise 7% to
75 lakh tonnes
Airtel prepays
`8,815 crore
spectrum dues
SIDBI acquires
7.84% stake in
ONDC for `10 cr
New Delhi (PTI):
Sustained efforts
by the government
have resulted in
increasing the num-
ber of recognised
startups from 726 in
2016-17 to 65,861
as on March 14 this
fiscal. The startups
are spread across
over 640 districts
and have reported
a creation of more
than 7 lakh jobs.
New Delhi (PTI):
India’s sugar export
is estimated to rise
by 7% to 75 lakh
tonnes in 2021-22
marketing year
ending Sept, the
government said on
Friday. The exports
are expected at 75
lakh tonnes in 2021-
22 season (Oct-
Sept) as against 70
lakh tonnes in the
previous year.
New Delhi (PTI):
Telecom operator
Bharti Airtel on
Friday said it has
paid `8,815 crore
to the government
towards part pre-
payment of deferred
liabilities pertain-
ing to spectrum
acquired in the
2015 auction. The
prepayment is for
instalments due in
FY2027 FY2028.
New Delhi (PTI):
SIDBI on Friday
said it has ac-
quired 7.84% stake
in open public
digital infrastructure
platform, ONDC,
for `10 crore. The
infrastructure cre-
ated would serve
as a public good by
augmenting market
access for MSMEs.
Imports from
China slip 7.2%
to $65.21 bn
New Delhi (PTI):
Imports from China
declined 7.2% to
$65.21 billion in
2020-21 from
$70.31 billion in
2018-19. On the
other hand, India’s
exports to China
rose 26% to $21.18
billion in 2020-21
from $16.75 billion
in 2018-19.
Lok Sabha passes
Finance Bill
Lok Sabha on Friday
approved the Finance
Bill, which gives effect
to new taxation, thus
completing the Budget-
ary exercise for 2022-23
fiscal.
The Finance Bill was
approved by the Lower
House after accepting
39 official amendments
moved by Finance Min-
ister Nirmala Sithara-
man and rejecting the
amendments proposed
by the opposition by
voice vote.
Replying to a discus-
sion on the Finance
Bill, Sitharaman said
India was probably the
only country that did
not resort to new taxes
to fund the recovery of
the economy hit by the
COVID pandemic.
She said that accord-
ing to an OECD report,
as many as 32 countries
have increased the tax
rates after pandemic.
“Instead, we put
more money where
multiplier effect would
be maximum,” she said
while referring to the
Budget’s focus on rais-
ing capital expendi-
ture. The Budget 2022-
23 raised Capex by
35.4% to `7.5 lakh crore
to continue the public
investment-led recov-
ery of the pandemic
battered economy. The
number of taxpayers
has increased to 9.1
crore from 5 crore a few
years back, she said.
Indian airline operators expected to
add 120 new aircraft/year:Scindia
New Delhi (PTI): Un-
ion Civil Aviation Min-
ister Jyotiraditya Scin-
dia on Friday said In-
dian airline operators
are expected to add 110
to 120 new aircraft eve-
ry year in the days to
come. Scindia also said
the operators need to
include more wide-
bodied aircraft to their
fleet in order to con-
nect several global
points. Exuding confi-
dence about air traffic
figures rebounding,
the minister said the
number of domestic
passengers is expected
to touch 4.10 lakh per
day by next year and
will surpass that num-
ber by 2024-25 as the
airline industry is in a
“V” shaped recovery.
“India is looking at tre-
mendous expansion.
Expansion in the area
of airlines, expansion
in the area of airports.
A country that had a
fleet of only 400 air-
craft in the year 2013-14
has grown to a fleet of
710 aircraft in the last
seven years with an ad-
dition of 310 aircraft.
And we intend to add
at least 110 to 220 air-
craft per year.”
ESIC scheme adds 12.84
lakh new members in Jan
New Delhi (PTI):
Around 12.84 lakh new
members joined the
ESIC-run social securi-
ty scheme in January
2021 against 15.34 lakh
in the previous month,
official data showed on
Friday, giving a per-
spective on formal
sector employ-
ment in the
country. The lat-
est data is part
of a report
released by
the National Statistical
Office (NSO).Gross new
enrolments with Em-
ployees’ State Insur-
ance Corporation
(ESIC) were 10.78 lakh
in April, 8.91 lakh in
May, 10.68 lakh in June,
13.42 lakh in July, 13.47
lakh in August,
13.57 lakh in
Sept, 12.47
lakh in Octo-
ber and 10.44
lakh in Nov
2021.
Fuel hiked for
3rd straight
timeinaweek
New Delhi
(PTI): Petrol
and diesel prices
were hiked by 80
paise a litre each
on Friday, the
third increase in
four days as oil
firms recoup
losses from hold-
ing rates during
the period prior
to the recently-
concluded as-
sembly elec-
tions. Petrol in
Delhi will now
cost `97.81/l as
against `97.01
previouslywhile
diesel rates have
gone up from
`88.27/l to `89.07,
according to a
price notifica-
tion. The in-
creases are the
steepest single-
day rise since
the daily price
revision was
started in June
2017.With three
rises beginning
March 22, petrol
and diesel prices
have gone up by
`2.40 a litre.
Gujarat tops
Niti’s Export
Preparedness
Index 2021
New Delhi (PTI):
Gujarat, for the
second consecu-
tive year, has
topped the Niti
Aayog’s Export
Preparedness In-
dex 2021 which is
aimed at assessing
the readiness of
the states in terms
of their export po-
tential and perfor-
mance.
Gujarat was fol-
lowed by Maha-
rashtra, Karnata-
ka, Tamil Nadu,
Haryana, UP, MP,
Punjab, Andhra
Pradesh and Tel-
engana, according
to the government
think tank’s re-
port.
Union territo-
ries and states like
L a k s h a dw e e p,
A r u n a c h a l
Pradesh, Mizo-
ram, Ladakh
Meghalaya were
placed at the bot-
tom.
The index, pre-
pared in partner-
ship with the Insti-
tute of Competi-
tiveness, can be
used by states and
UTs to benchmark
their performance
against their peers
and analyse poten-
tial challenges to
develop better pol-
icy mechanisms to
foster export-led
growth at the sub-
national level.
India needs over 2000 single-aisle
aircraft in 20 years: Boeing
Hyderabad (PTI):
Boeing on Friday said
Indian airline opera-
tors need over 2000
new single aisle air-
craft over the next 20
years. South Asia’s air
travel sector is domi-
nated by the Indian
market, which ac-
counts for about 90%,
the Unitied States
aircraft maker said
in a press release.
India’s continued
economic growth and
its expanding middle
class will fuel demand
across South Asia
for 2,400 new com-
mercial jets valued
at nearly $375 billion
during the 20-year
forecast period.
The
mark dropped 233.48
tle at 57,362.20. During
the day, it tanked
495.44 points to
The broader NSE
Nifty declined 69.75
The equity indices
closed the week lower
after two straight
weeks of gains. Sensex
fell by 501 points while
Nifty closed the week
From the 30-share
pack, Titan fell the
most by 3.59%, Tech
Mahindra by 2.35%,
Maruti Suzuki India
by 1.79%, and Wipro
Among major index
downers, HDFC Bank
declined 0.76%, TCS
by 1.12%, and Infosys
by 0.55%. ICICI Bank,
Nestle India, Larsen
ogies, Tata Steel and
` ADVANCES
9 PAISE TO
CLOSE AT
76.24/$
FUTURE
ENTERPRISES
SHARES
DECLINE 5%
Mumbai (PTI): The
rupee rose further
by 9 paise to close
at 76.24 against
the US dollar on
Friday following
a fall in crude oil
prices and weak-
ness in the Ameri-
can currency in the
overseas markets.
At the interbank
forex market, the
local unit opened
at 76.15 against
the greenback and
witnessed an intra-
day high of 76.12
and a low of 76.29.
The rupee settled at
76.24, registering a
rise of 9 paise over
its previous close of
76.33.
New Delhi (PTI):
Shares of Future
Enterprises Ltd
on Friday declined
nearly 5% after
the company said
it has defaulted on
payment of `93.99
crore to Punjab
National Bank
and Canara Bank
under the one-time
restructuring plan.
The stock tanked
4.98 per cent to
settle at `6.68
apiece on the BSE.
During the day, it
tumbled 6.97% to
its 52-week low of
`6.54. On the NSE,
it dropped 4.25
per cent to settle
at `6.75.

07
NEWS
Of 273 MLAs of BJP-led alliance in state, 89 are OBC while 63 are Dalit, which is more than 55%of total NDA strength in state Assembly
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Yogi
Adityanath govern-
ment which begins its
second term on Friday,
will focus on youth, ed-
ucation, health, women,
employment genera-
tion and infrastructur-
al development.
According to sources,
these policies will con-
solidate BJP’s socio-po-
litical positioning,
ahead of the 2024 Lok
Sabha elections, when
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi seeks a third
consecutive term.
BJP sources said that
the party is expected to
put the non-Yadav OBC
and Dalit ranks on a
high priority index in a
bid to consolidate the
two communities.
Of the 273 MLAs of
the BJP-led alliance in
the state, 89 are OBC
while 63 are Dalit,
which is more than 55
per cent of the total
NDA strength in the
state Assembly
.
Sources said that the
party faced a palpable
change in the mood of
Backward Classes to-
wardstheBJPaftersome
of the top non-Yadav
OBC leaders, including
Swami Prasad Maurya,
Dara Singh Chauhan
andDharamSinghSaini
turned rebel and joined
the Samajwadi Party
.
In the previous
49-member Yogi cabi-
net, 17 ministers were
from the OBC.
HEALTH, WOMEN AND INFRA DEVELOPMENT ON CARDS
First India Bureau
Chennai: The first Sa-
bre Fencer from India, C
ABhavaniDevi,whowill
participate in the Olym-
pics, on Friday interact-
edwithstudentsof MCC
Higher Secondary
School Chennai, accept-
ing the Prime Minister’s
request to create aware-
ness among children
about sports and health.
Devi said, “I started
my practice at the age
of 11 and was confident
of winning a gold med-
al at the next Olympics.
Since I was a woman, I
had to face various dif-
ficulties in the field of
sports and was able to
participate in the Olym-
pics due to my involve-
ment in the sport”.
More than 700 stu-
dents attended the
‘Meet the Champion’
programme, organised
by the Union Ministry
of Youth Affairs
Sports and State De-
partment of Education.
She shared her experi-
ences at the Olympics
and discussed the im-
portance of diet and ex-
ercise for athletes.
Bhavani Devi
thanked the Prime Min-
ister for his constant
encouragement to the
athletes. She said, “I
feared that I would not
be able to attend the
Olympics due to the Co-
rona pandemic.”
Faced problem for being woman: Bhavani Devi
FIRST SABRE FENCER
C A Bhavani Devi interacting with students.
CONFIDENCE
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
Danish Ansari replaces
Mohsin Raza as MoS
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Playing
Muslim OBC card
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath has induct-
ed Danish Azad Ansari
into the ministry as
minister of state in
place of Mohsin Raza-
an upper caste- as mi-
nority face in the Yogi
2.0 ministry
.
While making Moh-
sin Raza as MoS after
2017 assembly election
he was given member-
ship of Vidhan Pari-
shad also, which is now
coming to an end. Since
Danish Ansari is also
not member of either
house, he is likely to
find place in Vidhan
Parishad to continue as
minister.
Like winning OBCs
during 2022 assembly
election the BJP had
also made efforts to
reach out to Muslim
OBCs who are part of 27
per cent quota in Man-
dal commission. The
Deputy chief minister
Keshav Prasad Maurya
during electioneering
said that BJP had been
working for the Mus-
lims OBCs also.
Tale of 2 BJP monk-CMs - Yogi
Adityanath and Uma Bharti
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Ajay Sin-
gh Bisht or Yogi Adi-
tyanath, as he is
popularly known is
not the only saffron-
clad monk who be-
came CM. Not so
long ago, the BJP
had another ‘sanya-
sin’ Uma Bharti who
served as Chief Min-
ister of Madhya
Pradesh. Like Yogi,
Uma too was known
for her firebrand
speeches and com-
mitment to Hindut-
va. Both became CM
at the age of 44. But
this is where the sim-
ilarities end.
Because while
Uma Bharti re-
mained CM of Mad-
hya Pradesh for just
eight-and-a-half
months from Decem-
ber, 2003,
Yogi Adityanath
has created a record
of sorts by not only
completing his five
year term but also
getting elected in a
rowforasecondterm.
I n t e r e s t i n g l y,
Bharti and Adity-
anath were five-term
Lok Sabha MPs be-
fore they became
CM. Bharti was a Un-
ion minister in the
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
government.
Danish Azad Ansari
EVMchangewillresultin2-3month
delayforDelhicivicpoll:SECtoHC
New Delhi(Agencies):
The state election com-
mission on Thursday
told the Delhi high
court it is fully geared
up to hold the munici-
pal polls and has al-
ready procured 61,000
M-2 EVMs.
The state commission
further submitted that
Rs 2.56 crore has been
spent on getting ready
for the polls, including
procuring the EVMs,
checking the machines,
and any change of
EVMs at this stage will
result in a minimum of
2-3 month delay in hold-
ing the polls.
SEC’s submission
came in response to a
petition by Aam Aadmi
Partyseekingtoconduct
theupcomingMCDpolls
with Electronic Voting
Machines (EVMs),
which are compatible
withVoterVerifiablePa-
perAuditTrail(VVPAT).
Justice Rekha Palli
then sought a detailed
affidavit from the Elec-
tion Commission of In-
dia (ECI) and SEC clari-
fying whether M-2
EVMs are compatible
with VVPAT and posted
the matter for further
hearing on April 7.
Senior advocate
Maninder Singh, repre-
senting the ECI, said
the petition is not main-
tainable since the apex
election body has al-
ready provided over
60,000 M-2 EVMs to the
state EC as per demand.
GETTING READY FOR POLLS
HC permits Yes Bank
promoter Rana Kapoor
for virtual hearing
S
S
S
CHANGE IN MOOD
First India Bureau
New Delhi(Agencies):
There should have been
a broader consultative
process with school edu-
cation stakeholders be-
fore notifying the Com-
mon Universities En-
trance Test (CUET), an
association of private
schoolsinDelhihasstat-
ed in a letter to the Min-
isterof Education(MoE)
The National Progres-
siveSchoolsConference—
a body of leading private
schools—has written to
theMoEtorequestthatat
least 50 per cent weight-
age be given to Board ex-
amination performances
in central university ad-
missions along with the
CUET. Among their sub-
missions is that the intro-
ductioncouldhavewaited
for another year because
the notification has come
just over a month before
Class XII students sit for
their Term II board ex-
aminations.
The association has
alsostatedthatthemove
will take a toll on school
education by undermin-
ing it.
To strengthen rural poor to do business IIE, MoRD signs MoU
First India Bureau
New Delhi: In line
with the vision of At-
manirbhar Bharat, the
Indian Institute of En-
trepreneurship (IIE)
under the aegis of Min-
istry of Skill Develop-
ment and Entrepre-
neurship (MSDE)
signed a Memorandum
of Understanding
(MoU) with the Minis-
try of Rural Develop-
ment (MoRD), to pro-
mote entrepreneurship
at a local level amongst
the rural youth.
Under the agree-
ment, the Start-up Vil-
lage Entrepreneurship
Programme (SVEP),
the sub scheme of the
National Rural Liveli-
hoodsMission(NRLM),
will work with the core
objective of promoting
employment opportu-
nities in rural India,
particularly develop-
ing self-employment
avenues for unem-
ployed rural people.
By developing a sus-
tainable model for Vil-
lage Entrepreneurship
Promotion, the pro-
gramme aims to enable
the rural poor (from
the SHG ecosystem) to
start their own busi-
nesses. This will be ac-
complished through
the use of integrated
ICT techniques and
tools for training, ca-
pacity building, busi-
ness advisory services,
and the provision of
loans from banks,
SHGs, and federations.
Dr. Lalit Sharma, Di-
rector of IIE, and
Raghvendra Pratap
Singh, Director of
MoRD, signed the MoU.
The Indian Institute
of Entrepreneurship
(IIE), Guwahati, As-
sam, will act as a Na-
tional Resource Organ-
isation (NRO).
Self help group ecosystem
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
Water not being released on
time: NIT MLA to Irrigation dept
First India Bureau
Faridabad: After re-
ceiving complains of
water not being re-
leased for irrigation on
time, due to which
farmers are facing a lot
of trouble, MLA Neeraj
Sharma held a meeting
with the officials Irriga-
tion Department,
Faridabad.
In this regard, Neeraj
Sharma suggested to
the Superintending En-
gineer that a register
should be kept at every
pump house where the
farmers can register
their complaint and a
board should be put up
on which information
should be given about
when the canal will
work. Along with this,
the phone numbers of
the pump operator
should be made public
so that the farmers can
call and tell there prob-
lems.
Pvt schools to MoE: Should
have been asked before CUET
New Delhi(ANI):
The Delhi High Court
has permitted Yes
Bank promoter Rana
Kapoor to appear
through a virtual
hearing before the
trial court in a money
laundering case re-
lated to allegedly
wrongful loss of Rs
466.51croreregistered
by the Directorate of
Enforcement (ED).
The trial court on
February 28, 2022 or-
dered Rana Kapoor
to appear physically
on March 29, 2022.
Rana Kapoor
through his advocate
Vijay Aggarwal chal-
lenged the said order
in Delhi High Court.
The bench of Justice
Yogesh Khanna on
March 23, while al-
lowing Rana Kapoor
to appear be- f o r e
the court virtually,
said the impugned
order dated Febru-
ary 28 passed by the
trial court so far re-
lates to issuing the
production warrants
against the petition-
er, in the circum-
stances explained,
is hereby set aside.
The petitioner is al-
lowed to appear be-
fore the trial court
on next date fixed by
it through video con-
ferencing.
MONEY LAUNDERING
ON TRIAL
YOGI GOVT 2.0 TO FOCUS ON YOUTH, JOBS
MLA Neeraj Sharma meeting Irrigation Department officials.
Rana Kapoor

COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
61,35,179
TOTAL DEATHS
41,32,97,131
TOTAL RECOVERED
5,89,93,281
ACTIVE CASES
47,84,25,591
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
5,16,785
TOTAL DEATHS
4,24,78,087
TOTAL RECOVERED
21,500
ACTIVE CASES
4,30,16,372
TOTAL CASES
08
2NDFRONT
COURTESY MEET
Jagdeesh Chandra accords a floral greeting to Rajyasabha
MP and Rajasthan BJP in-charge Arun Singh during a
courtesy visit at the latter’s residence in New Delhi during
the former’s one day visit to the national capital.
To be free is to accept, realize that
there are no perfect answers and
true freedom is yours.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
NAVY ENHANCING ITS STRENGTHS TO MEET
WIDE RANGE OF MISSIONS: PREZ KOVIND
Prez awards the prestigious President’s Colour to INS Valsura in Jamnagar
First India Bureau
Jamnagar: President
Ram Nath Kovind on
Friday said the Indian
Navy is continuously
enhancing its strengths
to meet an expanding
range of missions as he
awarded the prestigious
President’s Colour to
INS Valsura in an im-
pressive ceremony here.
The President’s Col-
our is bestowed on a
military unit in recogni-
tion of exceptional ser-
vice rendered to the na-
tion, both in peace and
in war, an official said.
The Indian Navy is
safeguarding our na-
tional interest in the
maritime domain. The
Navy
, over the years, has
emerged as a combat-
ready
, credible and cohe-
sive force and is a pre-
ferred security partner
in the Indian Ocean Re-
gion, Kovind said in his
address on the occasion.
It is a matter of great
pride that the Indian
Navy has consistently
evolved to safeguard
our national maritime
interest with resolve
and tenacity, said the
President, who is also
the Supreme Com-
mander of the armed
forces. He said the Navy
is continuously boost-
ing its strengths to
achieve various goals.
The Indian Navy is
continuously enhanc-
ing its strength keeping
in mind the long-term
perspective and plans
towards meeting the ex-
panding range of mis-
sions, he said. To mark
the occasion, a ceremo-
nial parade was held
and a 150-men guard of
honour was presented
to the President.
Established in 1942,
to Indian Naval Ship
(INS) Valsura is a pre-
mier training establish-
ment of the Navy. It is
entrusted with the re-
sponsibility of impart-
ing training to officers
and sailors of the Indi-
an Navy, Coast Guard
and friendly foreign
countries in electrical,
electronics, weapon
systems and informa-
tion technology
.
“I congratulate the
Indian Navy and offic-
ers and sailors of INS
Valsura.Withtheaward
of President’s Colours,
the responsibility of
INS Valsura has in-
creased,” Kovind said.
The President also
praised INS Valsura for
community services
rendered by it during
the Kutch earthquake
of 2001 and recent
floods in Gujarat.
Speaking about Jam-
nagar city, the Presi-
dent emphasized its
strategic importance
given that it has all
wings of the armed
forces--the Army, the
Navy and the Air Force-
-which underlining its
strategic importance.
The President re-
called that he had last
month participated in a
fleet review at Vi-
sakhapatnam.
“The fleet review
showcased India’s mar-
itime power. As the Su-
preme Commander of
the armed forces it was
a moment of great pride
for me,” he said.
Anurag Thakur on 3-day
Dubai visit from today
Illegal arms
factory busted
Gurugram (ANI): Har-
yana Police on Friday
busted an illegal arms
factory with country-
made pistols and their
machinery in Guru-
gram. Police earlier ar-
rested one of the arms
suppliersAbhishekalias
‘Gabbar’ on March 19
and seized 25 country-
made pistols. “
Abhishek
alias ‘Gabbar’ was ar-
rested on March 19 and
25 country-made pistols
wereseized,”policesaid.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister of Information and
Broadcasting and Youth
AffairsSportsAnurag
Singh Thakur will be on
a three-day official visit
to Dubai from Saturday
(March 26) to Monday
(March 28).
During the visit the
minister will attend
CEO roundtable with
leading personalities of
the cinema exhibition
and television world.
He will also visit the In-
dia Pavilion at the
Dubai Expo where Me-
dia and Entertainment
Week has been going on
throughout the week.
The Union Minister of
Information and Broad-
casting will also meet
ministers and industry
leaders during the visit.
The Minister is likely
to meet a range of peo-
ple to promote India’s
interests in the sector.
Delhi, Hry, Raj UP sign CRCTA
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Delhi,Hary-
ana,RajasthanandUttar
Pradesh on Friday
signed a Combined Re-
ciprocalCommonTrans-
port Agreement (CRC-
TA)tofacilitateseamless
movement of passenger
vehiclesinNationalCap-
ital Region (NCR) for
smooth movement.
Thegovernmentshave
signed the CRCTA cover-
ing both Contract Car-
riageandStageCarriage
as the time of earlier
agreements of Recipro-
cal Common Transport
Agreement was coming
to an end. On the initia-
tive of Member Secre-
tary
, NCRPB, and with
the consent of the NCR
participating states,
NCRPB simultaneously
worked on having the re-
vised agreement.
One of the policy pro-
posals of the Regional
Plan-2021 for the Na-
tional Capital Region is
the unrestricted move-
ment of public trans-
port within the region.
Implementation of
this policy is important
to facilitate the move-
ment of the general
public Delhi and the
rest of NCR.
Ex-MLAs in Punjab to get
pension for one term only
Mahesh Kumar
Chandigarh: Punjab
CM Bhagwant Mann
on Friday said former
MLAs will now get pen-
sion for only one term,
doing away with the
practice of drawing the
benefit for each term
served by them. “Ex-
MLAs in Punjab, even if
theyhavewontwice,five
times or ten times, they
will now get pension for
one term only,” said
Mann in a video mes-
sage while adding that
several MPs are also get-
ting pension for remain-
ing MLAs earlier.
A 150-men guard of honour was presented to the President on Friday.
This agreement would reduce traffic congestion and air pollution.
ALL 5AAP MEMBERS
ELECTEDTO RS
All five nominees AAP
from Punjab for the Rajya
Sabha have been elected
unopposed. These AAP
nominees included former
cricketer Harbhajan
Singh, Raghav Chadha,
Lovely Professional
University founder Ashok
Mittal, IIT Delhi professor
Sandeep Pathak and in-
dustrialist Sanjeev Arora.
Raj MPs meet PM at his residence
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi met the Mem-
bers of Parliament
(MPs) from Rajasthan
at his New Delhi resi-
dence on Friday dur-
ing which he took feed-
back of the public wel-
fare schemes being
run by the Central
government and also
gave necessary guide-
lines for their better
implementation.
The meeting gains
significance as the as-
sembly elections in
Rajasthan are to be
held by the end of 2023.
The PM is also meet-
ing the MPs of other
states. On Thursday,
he met the MPs of Gu-
jarat. Jaipur MP Ram-
charan Bohra said that
this was a routine pro-
cess. The PM has been
made aware of the
problems and develop-
ment works related to
our parliamentary
constituencies as well
as the implementation
of the Central govern-
ment schemes.
The meeting was
held in the presence of
JP Nadda, BL Santosh,
Arun Singh. MPs
Jaskaur Meena, Nihal-
chand Meghwal,
Manoj Rajoria, Ran-
jeeta Koli, Devji Patel,
Arjun Meghwal,
Kailash Choudhary,
Sumedhanand Saras-
wati, Diya Kumari,
Sukhbir Singh Jaun-
puria and Bhagirath
Chaudhary attended
the meeting.
WE ARE STARING AT A CRISIS, HAVE COME WITH REQUEST
ON BEHALF OF RAJASTHAN PEOPLE, SAYS ASHOK GEHLOT
First India Bureau
Raipur:Concernedover
the looming coal short-
age leading to power cri-
sisinthestate,Rajasthan
CMAshokGehlotonFri-
day reached Chhattis-
garh and met his coun-
terpart Bhupesh Baghel
in Raipur with the ap-
peal of continuous sup-
plyof coalforpowergen-
eration. Gehlot demand-
ed release of pending
approval for mining in
the Parsa coal block.
“If we do not get coal
then all the power gen-
eration units (thermal)
in Rajasthan will be
closed. With this, there
will be a big crisis re-
garding electricity in
the state. That is why
we have come ourselves
here with a request on
behalf of the public of
Rajasthan,” Gehlot told
the media in Raipur.
Baghel assured suffi-
cient quantity of coal
supply to Rajasthan, as
per rules. Replying to a
media query about 15
years of coal vanishing
in 8 years, Gehlot said
thematterisbeinginves-
tigated.
Gehlot said that most
of the plants for power
generation in Rajasthan
are thermal based. They
generate 4500 MW of
electricity
. “We no long-
er have coal for them.
The existing block has
run out of coal and if
we don’t get coal soon,
all our plants will be
shut down,” he said.
About a media query
on mining causing a lot
of damage to the tribal
and forest areas, Gehlot
said that mining should
be allowed as much as
permitted by the Centre.
First time a CM has come to Chhattisgarh
himself in the interest of his state, Baghel
Democracy in India is in danger and every
citizen should be worried, Gehlot
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot being greeted by his
Chhattisgarh counterpart Bhupesh Baghel in Raipur on Friday.
GEHLOT IN CHHATTISGARH FOR COAL
Moditakesfeedback
ofthepublicwelfare
schemesbeingrunby
Centralgovernment
Meetinggains
significanceas
Assemblypollsin
Rajasthanaretobe
heldin2023
PMgivesnecessary
guidelinesfor
thebetter
implementation
ofschemes
PM Narendra Modi, JP Nadda, Prahlad Joshi, Bhupender Yadav, BL Santosh,Arun Singh, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat,Arjun Meghwal,
Kailash Choudhary, Dushyant Singh, Rajyavardhan Rathore, Diya Kumari, Devji Patel, Ranjeeta Koli, Jaskaur Meena, Nihalchand
Meghwal, Manoj Rajoria, Sumedhanand Saraswati, Sukhbir Singh Jaunpuria, Sukhbir Singh Jaunpuria and others at Prime Minister’s
residence in New Delhi on Friday.

ivya Chauhan, a
young model from
Delhi,isknownfor
her charisma and
mesmerisedevery-
one with her beau-
ty shares her jour-
ney
, life goals, struggles and
aspiration with City First.
A successful woman is
one who can build a firm
with the bricks others have
thrown at her. This 20-years
olddivahasprovedthatsuc-
cess doesn’t come through
magic, it requires hard
work and determination.
Another name of poise and
eleganceDivyaisaninquis-
itive fashion model.
When asked about her
journey the diva said, “My
journey started when I was
19. One of my teachers rec-
ommended me this field.
Although I had one crush
that time who worked as a
model so typically I just
wanted to meet him. How-
ever, here I am today
, in the
journey of pursuing my
dream of modelling and
pushing myself every day
to come out of my shell and
building a trait that comes
very naturally to so many
of my peers here. Moreo-
ver, there were and are so
many battles but the very
first was my father. He
wanted me to do a govern-
ment job and focus on my
studies. He never liked this
field. But, for this, I have
my mother to thank
for being my back-
bone and
while I
might have had multiple
lapses, I am still the pas-
sionate girl, aiming to
shoot for the stars, no mat-
ter what.”
When asked about her
dreams and aspirations,
she shared, “Beauty pag-
eants have always attracted
me and I am doing really
good here these days. After
covid-19 from last Septem-
ber, I have done commer-
cial ads for Airtel, Bride-
sAsia, Velvet tree etc. Many
campaignsshootforNighat
couture, Mauvestory, the
Malik couture, tanniedo,
Amit talwar and so on. And
also walked for these De-
signers as well. And hope-
fully
, you will see me in
the next Delhi
Times.”
THERE WERE
AND ARE SO
MANY
BATTLES BUT
THE VERY
FIRST WAS
MY FATHER.
HE WANTED
ME TO DO A
GOVERNMENT
JOB AND
FOCUS ON MY
STUDIES. HE
NEVER LIKED
THIS FIELD.
BUT, FOR THIS,
I HAVE MY
MOTHER TO
THANK FOR
BEING MY
BACKBONE
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ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
A vacation you
only dreamed
about is likely to
become a reality
soon. Healthy
eating will help
prevent digestive
ailments.
Money will be
no constraint in buying what you would
like to buy. Driving down with your lover
to a happening place is indicated today.
Enjoyment is on the cards for you.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Continue doing
whatever you are
doing to remain
healthy. Some
of you will have
to curb your
splurging ways.
Family life will
cruise along
smoothly with much love and bonhomie.
Don’t speed up on the road. Chance of
moving to a new location on transfer is
likely for some.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Your financial
situation is set
to improve,
as earning
opportunities
come to you.
Help from
co-workers in a
time consuming
task will be forthcoming on the work
front. Support of family will encourage
you to take up a challenge. Socially, your
presence will be much looked forward to.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
People falling
under this sign
will have very
refreshing day.
Visiting a mall or
watching a movie
with family is
likely to be the
highlight of the
day for some. You may enjoy travelling
to a tourist destination recommended by
your friends. Reignite flickering romance
in life by spending more time together.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Some clarification
will need to be
sought on a
financial issue,
before you
take the next
step. A project
left halfway by
someone else
may come on your shoulders, but your
efforts will be acknowledged. Some
of you are all set to enjoy a splendid
vacation.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Money put
together on
previous
occasions is
likely to come
in handy now. A
family youngster
is keen to learn
from you, so
don’t disappoint. Settling down in a new
house is indicated for some.You may
have to awaken partner’s interest in you
once again.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You will derive
great benefit
from an exercise
routine that you
keenly follow.
Extra workload
is foreseen at
work, but nothing
that you cannot
handle within office hours. Taking the
family on a trip seems impossible today
due to your professional commitments,
so postpone it for some other day.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Something
you have
implemented
at work is likely
to profit the
company and
get you noticed.
You are likely
to celebrate the
achievement of a family youngster in a
very grand way. Shifting into your very
own house might soon transform into a
happy reality very soon.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Your stars favour
a bright beautiful
day . A setback
you have recently
experienced can
make you come
out stronger. Tax
advisor will be a
big help in saving
taxes, so don’t hesitate to contact one. It
is difficult for the relationship of friends
turned lovers to fall apart, hence all you
need to do is relax.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Money coming
from various
streams will keep
you in an elated
state of mind.
A new fitness
regime that you
have adopted
promises to keep
you in the pink of health. Getting an old
furniture upholstered may be at the top of
the mind of some homemakers which is
going to be the priority of the day.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Previous
investments are
likely to give you
good returns.
Some of you may
decide to follow
in the footsteps
of celebrities
and visit the very
same exotic destination that they had
been to. No amount of excuses will dispel
lover’s suspicions about your tendency to
stray the path.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
You are likely to
find the day most
auspicious. Your
knowledge about
your line of work
will be roundly
appreciated
and get you the
thumbs up from
higher ups. Friends and family may get
together to give you a surprise and make
your day. Your business schedules may
leave little time for romance.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
o inhabit leopards
and tigers in
Mukundara Hills
Tiger Reserve, first
time in Rajasthan,
the forest depart-
ment of Ghana and
Kota with the use of the
Boma capturing technique
of Madhya Pradesh, suc-
cessfully translocated the
first trials of Chital (spotted
deer) from Keoladeo Nation-
al Park to Mukundara Hills
Tiger Reserve on March 9th,
2022. Seeing the increasing
number of 3,500 to 4,000 chi-
tals in Keoladeo National
Park, Bharatpur, the park
has been chosen to relocate
chitals to Mukundara.
In the first phase, 6 chitals
including 2 male and 4 fe-
male chitals have been relo-
cated to Mukundara Tiger
Reserve. This entire process
was completed under the su-
pervision of Field Director
Mukundara Hills Tiger Re-
serve Sedu Ram Yadav;
Mukundara Tiger Reserve’s
Deputy Conservator of For-
est Bijo joy, and Bharatpur
Ghana Keoladeo National
Park Deputy Conservator of
Forest Mohit Gupta, along
with the field team of Keo-
ladeo National Park, Bharat-
pur. There is a target to relo-
cate 500 chitals from Ghana
to Mukundara national
park. 450 km. The journey
was completed in 10 hrs.
Tarun Mehra, Assistant
Conservator of Forests,
Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctu-
ary, Bundi district stated
that to ensure that there is
enough prey for tigers and
leopards, this step has been
initiated. In the absence of
adequate prey, the tigers
can move out of their natu-
ral habitat and hunt domes-
tic animals or local people
living in adjoining villages.
Mentioning the technique
Mehra said that Boma cap-
turing technique is mainly
used in the countries of
the East African forests
and India, Madhya
Pradesh has also used
this technique to relocate
animals. In the Boma tech-
nique, a closed enclosure
or compartment is created.
The technique involves the
luring of animals into an
enclosure by chasing them
with food grains and water
through funnel-like fencing.
On one side of the enclosure
chital or any animal is kept
with their food and water.
For almost a month these
chitals are kept in the forest
itself inside the enclosure
with the arrangement of
food and water there. In this
technique animals without
making them unconscious
relocate to different places.
Mukundara Tiger Reserve
deputy forest conservator
RS Bhandari said that at the
zoo this animals’ relocation
is common but for wild ani-
mals’ shifting from a wild
forest area to another area is
an unusual and difficult
task. As these animals are
fragile and soft-hearted so
there is a great chance of
their death while conduct-
ing such operations. In com-
ing times there is a plan to
translocate 750 spotted deer
or chitals in Jaipur, Kota,
and Karauli. The tigress
MT-4 is presently in the soft
enclosure of the 28-hectare
area. After a huge demand to
release MT-4 from the soft
enclosure to the open forest
of Mukundara, the National
Tiger Conservation Author-
ity (NTCA) has granted per-
mission to relocate MT-4 to
Mukundara Hills Tiger Re-
serve. According to the offi-
cials of the Mukundara Ti-
ger Reserve, it is planned
that a pre-base will get ready
by the forest department to
ensure prey for tigress MT-4
and settle the tigress there.
With this, there would be
only one alive tiger MT-4 in
the Reserve. In the coming
times, the forest department
will try to bring a few more
tigers to Mukundara. Earli-
er, MT-2 and MT-3 died,
whereas MT-1 is missing for
over a year from the re-
serve. (Report by-Anubha
Jain, Journalist Writer).
First time in
Rajasthan, forest
department through
Boma capturing
technique
translocated Chitals
(spotted deer) from
Bharatpur’s
Keoladeo to
Mukundara Hills
Tiger Reserve
WILDERNESS
WITH WILDLIFE
ANUBHA JAIN
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
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