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Journalists
get bail,
charges
dropped
Lucknow: Thethree
journalists arrested
in Ballia in connec-
tion with the paper
leak of class XII Eng-
lish examination
have been granted
bail after police
could not produce
ample evidence of
theirallegedinvolve-
ment in the leak. Po-
lice have also with-
drawn the section
for cheating (420)
against all three due
to lack of evidence.
The three Ballia-
based journalists
are Ajit Ojha and
Digvijay Singh of
Amar Ujala newspa-
per, and Manoj Gup-
ta of Rashtriya Sa-
hara newspaper.
Journalists in Ballia
have been protesting
against the arrests
since March 31.
One month into second term, CM Yogi
shows actions speak louder than words
First India Bureau
Lucknow: On Monday,
as Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath completed
one month in office in
his second term as CM,
a flurry of decisions he
has taken has already
silenced many of his
critics and opponents.
Immediately after he
was sworn in, CM Yogi
decided to extend the
free ration scheme for
three months. It was
said the scheme for the
poor played a key role
in helping BJP win the
UP polls.
Also, more than 2.5
lakh houses will be built
for the poor in the next
six months, he decided.
More than 10,000 will be
recruited for posts lying
vacant in government
departments within the
first 100 days of the gov-
ernment. Smart villag-
es will be developed on
the lines of Turn to P2
Remove illegal
loudspeakers: Govt
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A Amid the
raging controversy over
the use of loudspeakers
for azaan (call to prayer
from mosques) and re-
citals of bhajans (reli-
gious songs), the Uttar
Pradesh government on
Monday ordered for re-
moval of ‘illegal’ loud-
speakers from religious
places in the state. The
directive was issued by
Additional Chief Secre-
tary
,Home,AwanishKu-
mar Awasthi. Awasthi
directed the police to
ensure that all ‘illegal’
loudspeakers were re-
moved from religious
places in the state by
April 30 and a compli-
ancereportsubmittedto
the govt. More on P2
BOLDER AND BETTER
CM Yogi presides over a Covid review meet with his ‘Team 9’ on Monday. CS Durga Shankar Mishra,
ACS (Info and MSME) Navneet Sehgal, ACS CM SP Goyal, Principal Secretary (medical education)
Alok Kumar, Secretary (CM) Amit Singh and other members of this team were present.
Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani was granted bail in Kokrajhar, but was re-arrested on Monday by Barpeta police in another case.
ARRESTED, BAILED, ARRESTED!
With bail in hand, MLA Jignesh Mevani re-arrested in Assam, this time for ‘detering public
servant from discharge of duty and criminal force on woman with intent to outrage her modesty’
Guwahati: Even as the
Chief Judicial Magis-
trate court in the Kokra-
jhar district Monday
granted bail to Jignesh
Mevani, arrested last
week in connection
with an allegedly de-
famatory tweet against
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi, the Assam
Police rearrested the
Gujarat MLA in a fresh
case registered in the
neighbouring district
of Barpeta.
“The Barpeta police
rearrestedhimfollowing
thebailorder,”saidAng-
shuman Bora, Mevani’s
counsel, adding that the
sections he was booked
under (294, 354, 353 and
323 of the Indian Penal
Code)suggestedthatMe-
vani had “misbehaved/
assaulted” police offi-
cials while in custody
.
Among others, these
sections are related to
“assault or use of crim-
inal force to deter pub-
lic servant from dis-
charge of his duty”
(Section 353) and “as-
sault or criminal force
to woman with intent to
outrage her modesty”
(Section 354).
Mevani allegedly
“misbehaved, used
slang words and
touched her (the wom-
an police officer) inap-
propriately, Assam Spe-
cial DGP (Law and Or-
der) GP Singh said.
Mevani has been
booked under IPC Sec-
tions 294 (obscene acts
and songs in public
place), 354 (assault or
criminalforcetowoman
with intent to outrage
her modesty), 353 (as-
sault or criminal force
to deter public servant
from discharge of his
duty), and 323 (voluntar-
ily causing hurt).
Mevani
“misbehaved,
used slang
words and touched her
(the woman police
officer)
inappropriately.
—GP Singh, Assam Special
DGP (Law and Order)
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Benchmark indices tumbled for the second day in a row on Monday,
with the sensex tanking 617.26 points. The BSE index dived 1.08 per
cent to end at 56,579.89 after plummeting 840.28 points or 1.46 per
cent during the day.
SENSEX SLUMPS
617 POINTS;
NIFTY FALLS
BELOW 17,000
One importer was arrested and 205.6kg of heroin worth `1,439 crore
seized under a joint operation conducted by Gujarat anti-terrorism
squad and DRI. The consignment, which had been imported by a
Uttarakhand-based firm, is being examined by DRI.
HEROIN WORTH
`1,439 CR SEIZED
NEAR KANDLA
PORT IN GUJARAT
MATOSHREE-HANUMAN CHALISA ROW
Bombay HC dismisses Rana
couple’s plea to quash FIR
Mumbai: The Bombay
high court on Monday
dismissed a petition
filed by Maharashtra
MP Navneet Rana and
her MLA husband Ravi
Rana seeking cancella-
tion of an FIR regis-
tered against them in
connection with the
call for chanting of the
Hanuman Chalisa out-
side chief minister Ud-
dhav Thackeray’s resi-
dence.
A bench of Justices
PB Varale and SM
Modak said it found no
merit in the plea.
The high court, how-
ever, directed the Maha-
rashtra Police to pro-
vide a notice of 72 hours
to the Rana couple be-
fore arresting them.
Meanwhile, the cou-
ple moved the sessions
court on Monday seek-
ing bail in the FIR reg-
istered by the Mumbai
Police against them on
charges of sedition and
promoting enmity. The
bail plea is likely to be
heard on Tuesday
.
Earlier in the day, the
couple had moved the
high court to quash a
second FIR registered
against them on Sun-
day under IPC Section
353 (assault or criminal
force to deter public
servant from discharge
of his duty) at Khar po-
lice station in Mumbai.
COURT GRANTS
BAIL TO 16
SENA WORKERS
Mumbai: Sixteen Shiv
Sena workers, who
were arrested by Khar
Police on Sunday for
allegedly creating a
ruckus outside the res-
idence of Amravati MP
Navneet Rana and her
husband Ravi Rana,
an MLA, were granted
bail by a Mumbai Court
on Monday following
which the Sena were
released.
MP Navneet Rana at Santacruz Station, after she along with her husband Ravi Rana arrested.
NCP LEADER SEEKS SHAH'S NOD TO CHANT
RELIGIOUS PRAYERS NEAR PM'S RESIDENCE
Mumbai: Amid the ongoing Hanuman Chalisa row in
Maharashtra, NCP Mumbai north district working president
Fahmida Hasan Khan has written to Union home minister
Amit Shah requesting permission for chanting prayers of
every religion in front of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok
Kalyan Marg residence in the national capital. I, Fahmida
Hasan Khan of Kandivali, Mumbai, Maharashtra, request you
to grant permission to offer Namaz, recite Hanuman Chalisa,
Navkar Mantra, Guru Granth and Novena in front of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi's residence. Kindly let me know the
date and time, Khan's letter, dated April 23, stated.
COUPLE MOVES SESSIONS COURT FOR BAIL
SC TO HEAR
PILS RELATED
TO ARTICLE 370
IN JULY
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Monday
said it will list petitions
for a hearing challeng-
ing the abrogation of
Article370andthebifur-
cation of JK in July
. A
bench headed by CJI NV
Ramana said it will try
to list a bunch of peti-
tions challenging the
validity of the law in the
month of July
. Senior
advocates P Chidambar-
am and Shekhar Na-
phade mentioned the
petitions before the
court for hearing.
After poll debacles,
Cong to form group
for 2024 election
New Delhi: The Con-
gress on Monday decid-
ed to constitute an Em-
powered Action Group
to prepare for the 2024
Lok Sabha polls. The
development follows a
report submitted by an
eight-member commit-
tee on April 21.
According to sources,
the group will be a win-
dow for political strate-
gist Prashant Kishor,
known as PK in politi-
cal circles, to work for
the party till 2024 elec-
tions but there is no of-
ficial word on it.
“Congress president
Sonia Gandhi received a
report from the eight
member group on April
21. Today she discussed
the report with the
group. Based on the dis-
cussions, the Congress
president has decided to
constitute an Empow-
ered Action Group for
2024 in order to address
the political challenges
ahead,” the party said.
Randeep Singh Sur-
jewala said that he did
not want to comment on
the members till the
Congress president has
constituted the panel.
Party to hold Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir from
May 13 to 15 in Udaipur; no decision on PK yet
CBSE MEANS
CENTRAL BOARD
OF SUPPRESSING
EDUCATION: RAGA
New Delhi: Days after
the CBSE removed
several chapters from
syllabus of Classes X and
XII, former Congress
chief Rahul Gandhi on
Monday called national
level board of education
‘Central Board of
Suppressing Education’.
He further targeted RSS
over and termed it
‘Rashtriya Shiksha
Shredder’.
Anurag, other BJP
leaders meet to plan
Modi govt’s 3rd
anniv
New Delhi: A team of
senior BJP leaders, in-
cluding Union minister
Anurag Thakur, met on
Monday as the party
plans a big outreach to
mark the third anniver-
saryof theModigovern-
ment in its second term
after the COVID-19 in
2020 ruled out any major
public event during the
first two anniversaries.
Membersof acommit-
tee formed by the BJP to
decide the modalities of
the programme dis-
cussed various sugges-
tionsatameetingheldat
the party headquarters.
Union minister Thakur,
BJP general secretaries
ArunSingh,CTRaviand
D Purandareswari and
chief spokesperson Anil
Baluni, among others,
are part of the panel.
JP NADDA CHAIRS
IMPORTANT PARTY
MEETING
An important meeting was
chaired by BJP national
president JP Nadda on
Monday at his residence
wherein organisational
secretaries took part. Notably,
during the meet, the tentative
dates of working committee's
meeting was also discussed
and word is that the meet
could be held on 14th and
15th May. Interestingly, the
Congress's 'Chintan Shivir'
would also be held in Udaipur
in Rajasthan at the same time.

UTTAR PRADESH
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First India Bureau
Lucknow: In order to
promote natural farm-
ing and innovative agri-
culture in a big way, a
fund of Rs. 82.83 crore
has been approved by
the Government of In-
dia for 35 districts of the
Stateunderthecentrally
funded scheme of Bhar-
tiya Prakritik Krishi
Paddhati, said the Chief
Minister on Monday
.
Delivering a speech
virtually in a one-day
National Workshop as a
part of “Azadi Ka Amrit
Mahotsav” organized
by the Niti Aayog on the
subject of Cow-based
Natural Farming and
Innovative Agriculture,
the CM said that the
scheme will cover an
area of around 38,670
hectares. The program
will be implemented for
three years starting
from Kharif this year,
he added.
Pointing out how the
Bundelkhand region of
the State has tradition-
ally been practicing
natural farming in dif-
ferent forms, the Chief
Minister informed that
to promote it further, it
is proposed to set up
clusters of 500 to 1000
hectares in all the 47 de-
velopment blocks of all
seven districts of the
Bundelkhand region
with the financial re-
sources of the State.
“About 47,000-hectare
area will be targeted in
the next 5 years with
the project cost of Rs
175.46 crore, benefitting
1.17 lakh farmers,” Yogi
stated.
Uttar Pradesh, being
the most populous state,
has the largest part of
the country’s fertile
land.
“The area of 128.73
lakh hectare and 129.32
lakh hectare comes un-
der cultivation of Khar-
if and Rabi respectively
.
In the year 2020-21, Ut-
tar Pradesh was the
largest food grain pro-
ducing State in the
country by achieving
record production of
619.47 lakh metric
tonnes.”
Highlighting the im-
portance of natural
farming, the CM said
that besides increasing
production, the objec-
tives of increasing the
income of farmers have
to be met along with
conservation of natural
resources, environment
conservation, and pro-
viding proper nutrition
to nurture health. One
way to achieve all these
goals is through Cow-
based Natural Farm-
ing, said CM Yogi.
The CM also said that
progressive farmers as-
sociated with natural
farming were honoured
with a cash reward of
Rs 75,000 each on the oc-
casion of Kisan Sam-
man Diwas.
Organic farming is
being promoted in the
state during the last
three years under the
Namami Gange and
‘Paramparagat Krishi
Vikas Yojana’, the CM
added.
AZADI KA AMRIT MAHOSTAV
UP to promote natural farming in a big way, `82.83 crores approved
Besides increasing production,
govt’s focus will on increasing
farmers’ income, says CM Yogi
‘Cow based organic farming
to help in protection of cows’
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh Chief Min-
ister Yogi Adityanath
on Monday said that
the implementation
of cow-based natural
farming in the State
will help in the protec-
tion and promotion of
Go-vansh as well. The
use of crop residue in
natural farming and
its use in mulching
will also help curb the
incidents of stubble
burning.
Yogi Adityanath further
told that in the last
two years, the State
Government is making
concerted efforts to
promote natural farm-
ing. “A campaign has
been started to adopt
natural farming within
10 km radius of river
Ganga. In this regard,
one day - training on
cow-based natural
farming was organ-
ized on 22.01.2020 at
Chandrashekhar Azad
University of Agricul-
ture and Technology.”
Horticulture and agro-
forestry have also been
included in natural
farming within ten
km of river Ganga in
selected districts under
the Namami Gange
program.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath along with BJP MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Cabinet minister A.K Sharma, BJP”s state vice-president Daya Shankar Singh, MLA Neeraj Bora and mayor Sanyukta Bhatia paying
floral tribute to the statue of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Late Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna on his birth anniversary ay Yojna Bhavan in Lucknow on Monday . —PHOTOS BY SUMIT KUMAR
CM YOGI PAYS TRIBUTE TO BAHUGUNA
Govt orders removal of
ILLEGALLOUDSPEAKERS
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Amid the
raging controversy over
the use of loudspeakers
for azaan (call to prayer
from mosques) and re-
citals of bhajans (reli-
gious songs), the Uttar
Pradesh government on
Monday ordered for re-
moval of ‘illegal’ loud-
speakers from the reli-
gious places in the state.
The directive was is-
sued by the Additional
Chief Secretary Awan-
ish Kumar Awasthi.
Awasthi directed the
police to ensure that all
‘illegal’ loudspeakers
were removed from reli-
gious places in the state
by April 30 and a com-
pliance report in this
regard must be submit-
ted to the government.
The police officials
were asked to speak to
the religious leaders
and apprise them about
the government direc-
tive. The directive stat-
ed that it should be en-
sured that in the case of
legal loudspeakers, the
sound levels must be in
accordance with the
rules.
According to the re-
ports, loudspeakers
from several important
temples and mosques
were removed in the
past few days following
the controversy
.
The loudspeaker
fixed atop the famous
Gorakhnath Temple,
which earlier faced the
road, was turned to-
wards the temple so
that people outside did
not have to hear the
high decibel sound.
A controversy had
erupted over the use of
loudspeakers for the
purpose of azaan, with
several saffron outfits
demanding for a ban.
The saffron outfits had
installed loudspeakers
atop several houses in
Varanasi, Lok Sabha
constituency of PM Na-
rendra Modi, and had
started reciting bha-
jans and other religious
songs through them at
high decibel levels
during the azaan.
All temples, mosques to adhere to the order. Cops directed to talk to religious leaders
A Roza-Iftaar ceremony organised at UP Vidhan Sabha on Monday.
Yogi govt aims to make UP TB free by 2025
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh government
has pledged to com-
pletely eradicate Tu-
berculosis from the
state by 2025, Deputy
Chief Minister
Brajesh Pathak said
on Monday
.
According to the
health ministry data,
the state currently
has approximately
1.25 lakh TB patients.
The Dy CM said
that to eradicate the
disease the health de-
partment, along with
staff of various de-
partments including
rural development,
revenue, police, child
development, at the
village panchayat lev-
el, should identify and
adopt patients, to pro-
vide proper treatment
to these patients in
the state.
“The Yogi govern-
ment has prepared a
plan for 100 days, and
a number of depart-
ments have already
made their presenta-
tions,” he said.
“We are committed
to the development of
people of every caste,
religion and commu-
nity
. Our endeavour is
that the people of the
state should get pure
drinking water, unin-
terrupted electricity
supply and quality
health facilities,”
Pathak said.
YOGI’S DECISIONS IN SECOND
TERM WELCOMED BY ALL
Continued from page 1
smart cities for which
an action plan is being
readied.
BJP spokesperson
Rakesh Tripathi said,
“We have set our target
for the next 100 days in
the first 30 days of our
government. All the
ministers are co-ordi-
nating well with their
respectivedepartments.
Yogi Adityanath has set
an example in law and
order and we will take
this forward.”
Now, CM Yogi has
said that no new loud-
speakers and micro-
phones will be installed
at religious places. The
sound of loudspeakers
at old places should be
confined within the
premises only
.
After Delhi’s Jahan-
girpuri violence, he
said no new religious
procession should be
taken out without pri-
or permission. The de-
cision has been wel-
comed by religious
leaders, Hindu and
Muslim alike.
Other important deci-
sions include giving two
acres to 63 Hindu fami-
lies, who came from
East Pakistan 52 years
ago, for cultivation.
Not only this, swift
and strict action
against criminals and
mafia led to seizure of
property worth Rs 200
crore within a month.
In fact, bulldozers have
run against more than
100 mafia and crimi-
nals. However, the
Chief Minister has giv-
en clear instructions
that the bulldozer ac-
tion should not be tak-
en against the poor and
shopkeepers.
For sugarcane farm-
ers, Yogi has directed to
pay Rs 8,000 crore to
them within 100 days as
soon as he took over the
charge again.
CM Yogi listens to people’s issues during a Janta Durbar orgaised
at his official residence on Monday.
BOOSTING EXPORTS
Minister of Industrial Developmet and Export Promotion Nand Gopal Gupta ‘Nandi’, ACS
(MSME) Navneet Sehgal, ACS Tourism Mukesh Meshram attending the inaugural ceremony
of workshop on the ‘Increase of Exports in the Services Sector’ on Monday.
48 booked for
manhandling Dy
CM Maurya's son
Lucknow(PTI): Police
have registered an FIR
against a group of
around 50 people for al-
legedly manhandling
and robbing Yogesh
Maurya, son of UP Dep-
uty CM Keshav Prasad
Maurya, in February
.
The FIR was regis-
tered on Sunday based
on a complaint filed by
Yogesh, the police said,
adding that 25 of the 48
accused are unnamed.
On February 24, some
people allegedly man-
handled Yogesh Mau-
rya near Nara village
and robbed his gold
chain, Painsa police sta-
tion SHO Ramesh Ku-
mar said.
Yogesh Maurya
Mahant Nritya Das’s
condition stable
Lucknow (PTI): Ram
temple trust chief Mah-
ant Nritya Gopal Das,
who is admitted to a pri-
vate hospital in Luc-
know, is in a stable and
satisfactory condition,
doctors at the medical
facility said on Monday
.
Das (83), president of
Shri Ram Janmab-
hoomi Teerth Kshetra
Trust, was brought to
the Medanta hospital in
Lucknow from Ayodhya
on Sunday due to uri-
nary tract infection and
weakness.
Dy CM Brajesh Pathak at his
office on Monday.
CM Yogi presides over a Covid review meet of Team 9 on Monday.
CS DS Mishra, ACS (Info and MSME) ACS CM SP Goyal, Principal
Secretary (medical education) Alok Kumar were also present.
—PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA

UTTAR PRADESH
03
TESTING TIMES
La Martiniere girls appearing for their Board exam amid Covid scare on the campus as ICSE Class 10 Semester 2 exams
began on Monday. ( Inset) A student being tested for Covid in the school. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
CRUCIAL READ
Lucknow: Energy Minister AK Sharma on Monday
strongly reprimanded the MD of Purvanchal discom,
Vidya Bhushan, on the complaints of consumers
and public representatives. Sharma directed officers
to improve power supply and warned that the poor
working style and negligence towards work would not
be tolerated. He said strict action would be initiated
against officers for not attending to the complaints of
consumers and for not taking the instructions of the
government seriously. Sharma was chairing a virtual
review with officials at Shakti Bhawan on Monday.
SP LEADER BOOKED
FOR REMARKS
AGAINST GODS
Bhadohi: An FIR was
on Monday registered
against a local Sama-
jwadi Party leader here
for allegedly making
derogatory remarks
against goddess Sita
and Nishadraj, a figure
revered by Nishad com-
munity, police said.SP
district president Vikas
Yadav was booked under
sections 298 (hurting
religious feelings) and
505(c) (inciting people
to commit offence), they
said. In a purported vid-
eo, Yadav is seen sitting
on a boat during a visit
to Sitamadhi here and
making objectionable
comments against god-
dess Sita and Nishadraj.
BS BEDI IS AN
INSPIRATION FOR
THE YOUNG: GOEL
Lucknow: Dr BS Bedi’s
exemplary devotion
towards duty and as-
sociation with common
people is a source of
inspiration for today’s
younger generation,
said DGP Mukul Goel on
Monday while releasing
the book titled ‘A Life
Uncommon-B.S. Bedi’.
The book is written by
Dr Preeti Singh. “The
commendable work
done by Dr Bedi while
he was in the police
service sets an ideal for
many. He earned his
reputation by serving
with great distinction
in various challenging
postings in UP and oth-
er parts of the country.
ENERGY MIN AK SHARMA WARNS OF
ACTION AGAINST POOR WORK CULTURE
WHY IS SEBI NOT PAYING?
`25,000Cr lying with the market regulator, yet
investorsnotbeingpaid,saysSahara
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Sahara In-
dia Pariwar in a state-
ment issued on Monday
said Sahara is as much
a victim of the current
situation as its inves-
tors. SEBI is holding Rs.
25,000 crore of Sahara
and in last 9 years has
only paid around Rs 125
crore to investors. This
is neither logical nor
justified. SEBI should
act in the interests of
the investors and either
start paying to the inves-
tors or refund that mon-
ey to Sahara so that we
can pay to our investors.
This is ironic, on one
handaspertheSupreme
Court order, Sahara has
deposited over Rs 25,000
crore including interest
in Sahara SEBI account
which has been lying
idle with SEBI for 9
years and on the other
because of the embargo
imposed on us, Sahara
cannot pay directly to
investors by selling or
mortgaging its assets.
When the assets are
under embargo and
available funds are de-
posited in Sahara SEBI
account, how Sahara is
supposed to make pay-
ments to investors? Can
anyone run when one is
in tight shackles? Even
then Sahara is making
payments but it is get-
ting delayed. Sahara has
been serving its mem-
bers well for last 44
years and never in the
past has any issue been
raised. Sahara and its
investors are victims of
the current situation
while SEBI which is
holding Sahara’s Rs
25,000 crore in the name
of investors’ interest is
lying idle and in March
2018 SEBI declared it
will not repay any inves-
tor who approaches it
post July 2018. This is
highly irresponsible
and against interests of
investors.
As per the SC order
dated 05.12.2012, SEBI
has neither paid to the
investors nor has re-
funded the same to Sa-
hara. SEBI should ei-
ther refund the amount
to Sahara so that the
payments can be made
to the public or it should
immediately start mak-
ing repayments to the
investors so that their
interests could be safe-
guarded.
First India Bureau
Agra: Agra’s Sikandra
Police arrested 5 people
who booked a plot by
making a fake power of
attorney
. The arrested
accused also include em-
ployees of ADA and Irri-
gation Department. The
police are also looking
for the woman whom
these vicious men had
put up in front of the Te-
hsil officials to get the
fake papers made.
A woman Farhan
Firazof Etahhadbooked
a plot 10 years ago in
Shastripuram, Agra.
Somepeoplemadeadeal
by preparing a fake de-
nomination. To get it
prepared, a fake power
of attorney was made
after setting up another
woman for verification.
SP City Vikas Kumar
said the victim had com-
plainedthatsomepeople
had sold her plot papers
byfraudulentmeans.Af-
ter the permission of
SSP Sudhir Kumar, a
case was filed against
PremChand,SunilShar-
ma, Roop Basant alias
Bablu, Shaitan Singh,
Satyaprakashandanun-
known woman.
Subroto Roy Sahara with workers of Sahara Group at an event.
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‘IN SHACKLES’
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The dream
of a better nation can be
realised only by the de-
velopment of women
and children. There is a
need to implement the
actionplanbybeingsen-
sitive and not just mak-
inganactionplan.These
were said by Manoj Ku-
mar Rai, Director, De-
partmentof Womenand
Child Development, Ut-
tar Pradesh, in the
state-level‘
AwareMedia’
workshop organised in
collaboration with the
CenterforAdvocacyand
Research (CFAR) for the
successful operation of
Mission Shakti 4.0 on
Monday
.
Rai said Mission
Shakti Abhiyan has
proved to be very suc-
cessful in implementing
the schemes. It is our en-
deavor that every possi-
ble help can reach the
women and children
standing at the last rung
of the society
. Mission
Shakti-4 campaign has
beenstartedwiththeob-
jective of safety
, respect
and self-reliance of
women and children.
For this, targets of 100
days, six months, two
yearsandfiveyearshave
also been fixed.
Vimla Batham, State
CommissionforWomen,
UP President said vari-
ous schemes being run
by the government are
doing the work of giving
wings to the dreams of
the women and girls of
the state. Keeping in
mind the education,
health and safety of
daughters, where
schemes like Mukhya-
mantriKanyaSumanga-
la Yojana and Beti
Bachao-Beti Padhao are
being run, the destitute
women pension scheme
and one stop center are
also being operated for
women.
Along with this, work
is also going on to pro-
vide immediate relief
through the helpline sit-
ting at home in any trou-
ble. Now these schemes
are being promoted rap-
idly through Mission
Shakti Abhiyan so that
more and more women
andgirlscantakeadvan-
tage of these schemes.
‘Not just making action plans, need is to implement them sensitively’
MISSION SHAKTI 4.0
Guests at the inauguration of the workshop in Lucknow on Monday.
CONTINUOUS EFFORTS BY GOVT:
CHILD RIGHTS COMM PREZ
Devendra Sharma, President of Child Rights
Protection Commission, UP said the image
imprinted in the child’s mind has a very deep impact
in their life, that is why everyone’s participation in
creating an environment free from violence and
exploitation for children is very important. The gov-
ernment is also making continuous efforts for this.
Govt staffers among 5
held in Agra land fraud
OVER 1,000 PEOPLE PENALISED
for not wearing face masks
Noida (PTI): Over a
thousand people were
penalized across Noida
and Greater Noida in a
day after they were al-
legedly found without
face masks in public
places amid a rise in
COVID-19 cases, police
said on Monday
.
The action was taken
on Sunday, they said.
Action is also being
ensured against those
not following the rules
and on Sunday
, challans
were issued to 1,018 peo-
ple for not wearing
masks in public places,
a police spokesperson
said.
The challans were is-
sued under Indian Pe-
nal Code section 188
(disobedience to order
duly promulgated by
public servant), he said.
After a rise in num-
ber of COVID-19 cases
in Gautam Buddh
Nagar this month, the
Uttar Pradesh govern-
ment made wearing of
face masks mandatory
in public places.
Gautam Buddh
Nagar recorded 120 new
cases of COVID-19 on
Monday, with the dis-
trict alone logging over
55 per cent of the total
infections across Uttar
Pradesh in a day, offi-
cial data showed.
The number of active
cases in Gautam Buddh
Nagar, adjoining Delhi,
has reached 656, the
state health department
figures showed.
UP recorded 210 new
COVID-19 cases on
Monday while active in-
fections reached 1,277.
Lucknow (PTI): Sa-
majwadi Party chief
Akhilesh Yadav on
Monday said active
Covid cases are rising
in UP and warned that
there could be a panic
if fourth wave hits the
state, asserting that
medical facilities are
crumbling under the
BJP government.
“The active cases of
coronavirus are once
again rising. Experts
are expecting the pos-
sibility of a fourth
wave. The peak of in-
fection can come in
June-July
. The BJP-led
government seems to
have learnt no lesson
fromthehorrorsof the
last wave. In view of
the plight of health
services, there is a pos-
sibility of panic,” Ya-
davsaidinastatement.
“People were or-
phaned in the last
wave. There had been
reports of lakhs of
deaths then. The pub-
lic had to see very bad
days during the lock-
down. The memory of
those days still haunts
us,” he said.
Alleging that the
BJP government is do-
ing a gimmick of re-
viewing the situation,
Yadav said “it (govern-
ment) is pretending as
if it has just come to
power” and added the
CM’smeetingshaveno
effect on the ground.
There could be panic if fourth
wave hits state, warns Akhilesh
‘DISAPPOINTNG’
“... The new health
minister is upset with
his own department
due to the disorder.
The reality of health
services in UP is very
disappointing,”
Akhilesh said.
FORMER
MINISTER
TESTS
POSITIVE
IN AGRA
Agra: The effect of the fourth wave of Covid has
started showing in Agra. Once again the infection
has started increasing. With the arrival of eight
new cases on Monday, now there are 36 active
cases in Agra. Former Minister of State Chaud-
hary Udaybhan Singh has also become Corona
positive. High alert has been issued across the
country regarding the fourth wave of Corona.
While the pace of a infection has increased rap-
idly in many states of the country, cases are in-
creasing every day in Agra too. Corona investi-
gation of 1,985 people was done by the Health
Department. Eight corona positives were found
in this. Among them former minister of state
Udaybhan Singh got himself examined due to
fever and sore throat. His report has come posi-
tive. On Monday, the number of active cases of
corona in Agra has increased to 36. However, it
is a matter of relief in the midst of all this that all
are getting their treatment done in home
isolation.
The accused in police custody on Monday. —FILE
PHOTO

PERSPECTIVE
04
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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
We are kept from our goal
not by obstacles, but by a
clear path to a lesser goal.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
To provide quality medicines at
affordable rates, the Pradhan Mantri
Jan Aushadhi Kendra started by
Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri @
narendramodi has proved to be a boon
for the poor and middle-class today.
By purchasing medicines from these
centers, this section has saved more
than `13,000 crore.
Dr Jitendra Singh
@DrJitendraSingh
Some of these agencies have track
record of selective condemnation
of human rights violation. Biggest
violation of human rights is terrorism.
In 2014, when PM @narendramodi
spent Diwali with flood victims in
Kashmir, he never asked how many of
them belonged to which religion.
TOP TWEETS
MAHARASHTRA
POLITICS OVER
LOUDSPEAKERS
TURNS DEAFENING
uss over the reading
of Hanuman Chalisa
outside mosques and
use of loudspeakers
to offer namaz is get-
ting a bit too far. Maharashtra
Navnirman Sena led by Raj
Thackeray has woken up to lead
the charge against loudspeakers
in mosques. He is the same Raj
Thackeray who at one point of
time was busy chasing out auto
drivers from UP to keep Maha-
rashtra safe for Marathis. Hav-
ing lost his hold on Shiv Sena he
now wants to make a political
comeback by raising the loud-
speaker issue. He has found a
strong ally in the BJP.
Instead of locking horns over
loudspeaker politics and arrest-
ing a BJP MP and MLA couple,
Uddhav Thackeray could advise
Raj Thackeray and former CM
Devendra Fadnavis to learn
from Uttar Pradesh where loud-
speakers are allowed in temples
and mosques but with lower vol-
umes. Anybody reciting Hanu-
man Chalisa outside a mosque
is as likely to be arrested as
those in mosques who raise dec-
ibels of loudspeakers.
F
rance was saved
from a tectonic
shift when voters
chose Emmanuel
Macron for a sec-
ond term as President simply
to prevent the Putin support-
er and far-right leader Marie
Le Pen from winning. Ma-
cron, whose popularity had
nosedived over rising prices,
retirement age and his “elit-
ist” behaviour, acknowledged
the role of negative votes in
his victory and promised to
resolve issues. He hardly has
timeforchangeasFrancewill
go to the polls in June to elect
its parliamentarians. Marie
Le Pen, who polled a healthy
41.5 percent of votes, has
vowed to take on Macron in
the June legislative elections.
Such is the disaffection that
approximately 28 percent of
voters did not cast their votes.
His 58.5 per cent vote percent-
age was consequently lower
than the 68 per cent he polled
in his first term.
By blocking Marie Le Pen
voters ensured that a Donald
Trump-like moment was
averted in Paris. She is said
to be anti-NATO and wants to
change the contours of the
European Union. European
Union nations, especially
Germany, heaved a sigh of
relief after Macron was de-
clared the winner. A different
result would have dramati-
cally altered France’s stand
on the Ukraine war.
One major take-away from
the French election results
was the voters’ rejection of
Le Pen only because of her
extremist policies, including
the one on wearing of hijab
in public places and immi-
gration which she promised
to ban. Macron was opposed
to the idea and had told Le
Pen that it will prove to be
disruptive for society. In the
end voters upheld the French
motto of Liberty, Equality
and Fraternity
.
FRANCE REJECTS
FAR-RIGHT, FOR NOW
One major take-away from
the French election results
was the voters’ rejection
of Le Pen only because of
her extreme policies,
including the one on wearing of
hijab in public places and
immigration which she
promised to ban. Macron was
opposed to the idea and had
told Le Pen that it would prove
to be disruptive
F
SEVENTH SENSE
A business mantra for long-term success
In one of the books written
by him, Jobs presented idea
of the soul. Steve Jobs wrote
that “In the 23rd year I made
$ 1 million in the year, in
24th year it became $ 10
million and in 25th year the
amount became one billion.
Despite earning all these
money together, I’ve never
thought of present, I always
took actions after considering
its consequences for five or
ten years, and because of
this decision making, not
only I got the profits but
also the shareholder received
huge profits
t is often said that business
leaderstakeprofessionaldeci-
sions based on “stronghold
gutfeeling”.Thedecisionsare
always taken on the basis of
market conditions, company
policies and inner strengths.
But sometimes the promoters
listen to their Sixth Sense and
take tough decisions about
their businesses. This is also
be called fortress feeling
which can help take tough de-
cisions in tough situations.
The Sixth Sense can also be
referred to as a matter of
mind when the inner gut says
thisisit.Takingdecisionwith
Sixth Sense can help you get
better business results. The
confidence of leader and his
experience comes out to be
very helpful in taking such
decisions. Sixth Sense is very
useful for decision-making in
the most indecisive situation,
but its support relies more on
the leader’s mental strength
and self-confidence.
After sixth sense, now a
new theory is coming into ef-
fect called “Seventh Sense”.
This theory says that there is
a rapid change in external
conditions around the world.
Events occurring are inci-
dental and sudden. Today is
the time when system gets
out of the odds, from all the
heavy losses and suddenly
earn good profits. Prior to the
time, most of the things get
in control but after some
time the situation gradually
changes. In such situations,
“feel your stronghold, keep-
ing in mind the stability of
the outside world and think
ahead of the world, finally
taking strong decisions” is
called Seventh Sense.
The concept of Seventh
Sense is currently been
adopted by many business
leaders. This concept is being
altered in different ways and
adopted in different forms.
Those business leaders who
are able to predict near fu-
ture, majority of their com-
panies have started getting
advantages.
STATING AN EXAMPLE
Steve Jobs, the founder CEO
of world’s most famous Ap-
ple computers, was pleased
that he could think of the
market after 5 or 10 years
later. He came up with the
very first concept of the
world’s technological change
that was about to come some
years later. He also got a well-
estimate about the inconven-
ient situations to come in the
market. Many a times he was
been criticized for calling out
his thoughts in board meet-
ings which sometimes made
him suffer from insults. But
ultimately, the company had
no option other than imple-
menting his thoughts and
principles.
In one of the books written
by him, Jobs presented idea
of the soul. Steve Jobs wrote
that “In the 23rd year I made
$ 1 million in the year, in 24th
year it became $ 10 million
and in 25th year the amount
became one billion. Despite
earning all these money to-
gether, I’ve never thought of
present, I always took actions
after considering its conse-
quences for five or ten years,
and because of this decision
making, not only I got the
profits but also the share-
holder received huge profits.
Giving more detail Steve
Jobs wrote that due to his the
power to see future, he always
worked on the thoughts to
make the future clear. He fur-
ther added “My work has al-
ways been my priority
. The
biggest strength of mine were
my colleagues who worked
very hard and loved working.
I always felt the constant pro-
gress of my fellow employees
and we took Apple to such a
peak that was impossible for
the competitors to face.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
I
BHAVESH
UPADHYAY
The writer is a Businessman
and HR Expert
There is a rapid change in external conditions all around
the world, sudden and incidental happenings face all of
us every now and then. The theory of Seventh
Sense helps us buck the odds, overcome even
heavy losses and earn good profits
JOBS ADHERED TO HIS
7TH
SENSE ALWAYS...
Steve Jobs took a lot of tough and
uncomfortable decisions in life
based on his Seventh Sense. The
world will always remember his
power and reliability and market
identity. If you are a business leader,
you need to make a habit of taking
decisions from Seventh Sense, then
stay strong in the long run.

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INDIA
05
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Questions
are being raised about
the timing of the com-
munal riots in the na-
tional Capital. Commu-
nal riots took place just
before the visit of Brit-
ish Prime Minister Bo-
ris Johnson to India. It
can be said that it was a
coincidence because be-
fore that there was Ha-
numan Jayanti and
stone pelting took place
on the procession,
which was followed by
riots and bulldozing of
illegal construction by
the municipal team.
But remember how two
years ago there were ri-
ots in Delhi even during
the visit of the then US
President Donald
Trump. The riots start-
ed in Delhi on 23 Febru-
ary and Trump reached
India the very next day
.
He first went to Gujarat
and after attending the
Namaste Trump pro-
gram there, reached
Delhi the next day
.
At the time when
Trump was in Delhi, a
part of Delhi was in
the grip of riots. This
riot that started over
the citizenship law
continued for many
days even after
Trump’s visit. Ques-
tion of timing of Del-
hi riots is also being
done because Delhi
Municipal Corpora-
tion elections have
been postponed just
prior to the riots. On
the other hand, Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP)
won in Punjab and in
Delhi elections were
postponed, after
which communal riots
broke out and several
structures were bull-
dozed. So somewhere
it seems to be part of
some experiment.
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Do political
parties have workers or
employees? This ques-
tion is pertinent be-
cause the state presi-
dent of Gujarat BJP has
announced to give
three-day leave to the
party workers. Not to
the employees working
in the party office, but
to the party workers,
which is an astonishing
development and begs
the questions : Does the
party have full time
workers who need
leave? Keep in mind
that the state president
of Gujarat is CR Patil,
whose model of work-
ing is famous all over
the country
. Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi
has mentioned this
many times. As a leader,
the way he works for
the people of his area is
amazing.
So when he an-
nounced a holiday for
party workers, ques-
tions were raised on it.
He has asked the party
workers to take leave
from May 2 to 4 as they
have to work non-stop
for the next six months.
Keep in mind that the
assembly elections are
going to be held in Gu-
jarat in December and
perhaps that is why,
Patil has given leave to
the workers before the
preparations begin. If
the workers are em-
ployees then they
should have been giv-
en leave from May 1,
i.e. Labour Day itself,
but that is not ideolog-
ically correct. Howev-
er, it is believed that
this is a psychologi-
cal initiative to put
pressure on the oppo-
sition parties as no
worker is doing party
work every day and
all the time. So there
is no point in giving
him three days off.
Were Delhi riots part of an ‘experiment’? Does BJP have workers or employees?
Perhaps only CR Patil can answer that!
Yadgir (Agencies):
Refusing to take off
their hijab, six stu-
dents in Karnataka’s
Yadgir district re-
turned home without
writing their Class 12
exams on Monday.
The incident took
place at the Govern-
ment Pre-University
College in Yadgir.
The girl students,
who had come to write
their economics exam,
insisted with the au-
thorities to let them
write the paper wearing
hijab. After their re-
quest was turned down,
the students walked out
from the examination
centre, refusing to take
off their hijab.
The crucial Class 12
exams are being con-
ducted peacefully
across the state. The
students, especially
the Muslim girls, are
following the uniform
rules and writing their
papers without wear-
ing hijab.
As many as 68,84,255
students have enrolled
for the board exams,
which began on April
22 amid tight security
in the backdrop of the
hijab row. The special
bench of the Karnataka
High Court had earlier
dismissed the petitions
seeking to allow stu-
dents to attend classes
wearing hijab. It also
mentioned that wear-
ing the hijab is not an
essential part of Islam.
Following the court
order, the Karnataka
government banned the
hijab in classrooms and
announced that hijab-
clad students and teach-
ers will not be allowed
inside the centres.
Aliya Assadi, one of
the petitioners, took to
Twitter to slam the de-
cision to ban the entry
of hijab-clad students.
“What is the crime
here? Where is our
country headed to,” she
had questioned.
6 STUDENTS RETURN WITHOUT
WRITING CLASS 12 EXAMS
Chennai (Agen-
cies): The Tamil
Nadu assembly on
Monday unani-
mously passed a
resolution that em-
powered the MK
Stalin-led govern-
ment to appoint
vice-chancellors to
various universities
in the state, a move
aimed at curbing
the governor’s say
in the matter.
Legislators of the
Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) walked
out of the House af-
ter higher education
Minister K Pon-
mudy tabled the Bill
to amend the exist-
ing Tamil Nadu Uni-
versities Laws.
A media report
said the chief minis-
ter, while appealing
to legislators in
House to support the
government’s initia-
tive, said that even
in Gujarat, the
home-state of Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi, vice-chancel-
lors are not appoint-
ed by the governor
but the state. Same
was the case with
other states includ-
ing Telangana and
Karnataka.
The ruling DMK’s
move will allow the
state government to
appoint VCs to state
universities. The
government said the
bill was tabled based
on recommendations
by the University
Search committee.
The chief minis-
ter said the gover-
nor was the chancel-
lor of 13 universities
in the state, with the
higher education
minister being the
pro-chancellor. The
state government
being not empow-
ered to select the
vice chancellors had
created a “big im-
pact” on higher edu-
cation, he added.
TN Guv’s power clipped;
Bill empowering Govt
to appoint VCs passed
PM doing nothing over
‘targetting’ of Muslims
in parts of India: Mufti
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin in State Assembly.
The girl students, who had come to write their economics exam, insisted with the authorities to let
them write the paper wearing hijab. —FILE PHOTO
New Delhi (PTI):
PrimeMinisterModi
on Monday congrat-
ulated French Presi-
dent Emmanuel Ma-
cron on his re-elec-
tion, and said he
looked forward to
continue working
together to deepen
the India-France
strategic partner-
ship. Macron com-
fortably won a sec-
ond term on Sunday
.
“Congratulations
to my friend Emma-
nuel Macron on be-
ing re-elected as the
President of
France! I look for-
ward to continue
working together to
deepen the India-
France Strategic
Partnership,” PM
Modi tweeted.
Rameswaram (PTI):
As many as 15 more Sri
Lankan Tamils includ-
ing 4 babies arrived
here on Monday fleeing
from their crisis- hit na-
tion by boat, officials
said.
The group of Sri Lan-
kan Tamils reached
Arichalmunai point off
Dhanushkodi near here
and they were brought
to the Mandapam camp
by police, they said.
During enquiry by
the police, the five
women and six men
from the island nation
said they reached Ta-
mil Nadu by a boat.
Srinagar (PTI): For-
mer Jammu and Kash-
mir Chief Minister Me-
hbooba Mufti on Mon-
day said Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi is
doing nothing over the
alleged targetting of
Muslims in some parts
of the country
.
She said this while
talking to reporters in
Srinagar, over PM
Modi’s visit to Jammu
and Kashmir.
The Prime Minister
was in Pali village of
Samba in Jammu on
Sunday where he par-
ticipated in the celebra-
tion of the National
Panchayati Raj Day and
addressed ‘Gram Sab-
has’ across the country
.
In his address, the
Prime Minister said
that the youth will not
see the miseries that
their parents and
grandparents have seen
in the past.
Mehbooba Mufti
said India is a secular
country but the largest
minority of the coun-
try “is being bull-
dozed, their houses
and livelihoods are be-
ing bulldozed.”
“Jammu and Kash-
mir despite being a
Muslim majority state
joined a secular coun-
try where people be-
longing to all religions
live together, but that is
not the case now. Mus-
lims are feeling low
now,” she said.
Mumbai (Agencies):
The Mumbai Police on
Monday arrested four
accused, including Shiv
Sena leader and former
city mayor Vishwanath
Mahadeshwar, in con-
nection with the attack
on Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) leader Kirit
Somaiya, whose car was
pelted with stones on
Saturday at the Khar po-
lice station where he
went to meet arrested
lawmaker couple from
Amravati, MP Navneet
Rana, and her MLA hus-
band Ravi Rana.
The arrests took
place on a day when a
Somaiya-led BJP dele-
gation met officials of
the Union Home Minis-
try, including Minister
of State (home), Nity-
anand Rai, and Home
Secretary Ajay Bhalla,
in connection with the
incident. “Nityanand
Rai assured BJP Delega-
tion to take appropriate
steps to Stop Abuse of
Power Assault,” the
former Mumbai North-
East MP posted on Twit-
ter after the meeting.
Somaiya, had ac-
cused ‘100 Shivsena
Gundas’ of pelting
stones at his car. On
Sunday, Maharashtra
home minister Dilip
Walse Patel confirmed
that stones were indeed
pelted at the BJP lead-
er’s vehicle, adding that
a case had been regis-
tered in the matter.
The attack on So-
maiya as well as the
ongoing Hanuman
Chalisa row involving
the Ranas, are likely to
be yet another flash-
point between the
MVA government and
the Opposition BJP.
New Delhi (PTI): The
Information Broad-
casting (IB) Ministry
has got blocked 16 You-
Tube news channels,
including six from Pa-
kistan, on charges of
spreading false and un-
verified information to
create panic, incite
communal disharmo-
ny and disturb public
order in the country.
The action has been
taken using emergency
powers under the IT
Rules. These channels
had a cumulative view-
ership of over 68 crore.
A Facebook account
has also been blocked.
“It was observed
that these channels
were used to spread
fake news over social
media on matters re-
lated to national secu-
rity, India’s foreign re-
lations, communal
harmony in the coun-
try, and public order.
None of the digital
news publishers had
furnished information
to the Ministry as re-
quired under Rule 18
of the IT Rules, 2021,”
the Ministry said.
As alleged, the con-
tent published by
some of the India-
based YouTube chan-
nels referred to a com-
munity as terrorists,
and incited hatred
among the members
of various religious
communities.
“Such content was
found to have the po-
tential to create com-
munal disharmony,
and disturb public or-
der,” it stated.
Shimla (PTI): Terming
theUniformCivilCodea
“good step”, Himachal
Pradesh Chief Minister
Jairam Thakur on Mon-
day said the state gov-
ernment is examining
the concept and is open
to implementing it.
Healsocommentedon
the Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) emerging as the
third political player in
the state where the as-
sembly polls are sched-
uled later this year.
“Himachal Pradesh
is a peaceful state.
AAP’s style of politics
will not work there.
The state will not ac-
cept any third alterna-
tive,” he said.
Asked to comment on
BJP-ruled Uttara-
khand’s willingness to
implement the Uniform
Civil Code (UCC),
Thakur said, “UCC is a
good step. It is being ex-
amined in the state. We
are open to implement it
in Himachal Pradesh.”
Kolkata (Agencies):
Trinamool Congress
strongman Anubrata
Mondal has set some
conditions to appear
for questioning by the
Central Bureau of In-
vestigation (CBI) in
connection with the
twin cases of cattle
and coal smuggling
and post-poll violence
in West bengal.
At5.30p.m.onMon-
day
, a letter from Mon-
dal reached the offices
of the Anti-Corrup-
tion Branch (ACB)
and the Special Crime
Branch (SCB) of CBI,
wherein Mondal, the
Trinamool district
president for Birb-
hum, gave two condi-
tions relating to the
time and place of his
appearanceforcentral
agency interrogation.
In the letter, Mon-
dal said that he will
be able to appear be-
fore the CBI sleuths
only after May 21. As
regards the place of
integration, Mondal
insisted that it would
be decided only after
mutual discussions.
Modi’s message
to Macron on poll
win:‘Look forward
to deepen ties’
15 more Lankan
refugees reach
Rameswaram
IB Ministry blocks 16 more
YouTube news channels
Jairam bats for UCC,
terms it a ‘good step’
TMC leader puts condition
to meet CBI investigators
BENGAL POST-POLL VIOLENCE
EX-MUMBAI MAYOR MAHADESHWAR, 3
OTHERS HELD FOR ATTACK ON SOMAIYA
Again and
again we face
disappoint-
ment! BJP MLA
Raghupathy Bhat had
threatened us with
criminal cases against
us if we go to attend
exams tomorrow.
—Aliya Assadi, Hijab petitioner
BJP Leader Kirit Somaiya —FILE PHOTO
HIJAB BAN
Former JK Chief Minister and
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti.
Himachal CM Jairam Thakur
CR Patil

INDIA
06
New Delhi (PTI): Agri-
culture Minister Naren-
dra Singh Tomar on
Monday said about 4
lakh hectare has been
brought under natural
farming so far as part
of a sub-scheme of the
Paramparagat Krishi
Vikas Yojana and think-
tank Niti Aayog will
prepare a roadmap to
scale this up. Tomar,
while addressing a na-
tional workshop on in-
novative agriculture
here, said the need of
the hour is to do farm-
ing that works in har-
mony with nature, re-
duces the cost of pro-
duction, ensures good-
quality produce and
profits to farmers.
Andhra Pradesh,
Himachal Pradesh,
parts of Haryana and
Gujarat are gradually
adapting to natural
farming. More farmers
will join after seeing the
success stories, he said.
Tomar said Niti Aay-
og will prepare a road-
map on natural farming
after deliberation with
farmers, scientists and
agricultural varsities’
vice-chancellors in to-
day’s workshop and the
ministry will move for-
ward accordingly
.
Natural farming
should be promoted in
areas first where less or
no chemicals are used
in farming, he added.
According to the min-
ister, about 38 lakh hec-
tares have been brought
under organic farming
at present. About 4 lakh
hectares of area is un-
der natural farming so
far as part of a sub-
scheme of the Param-
paragat Krishi Vikas
Yojana.
Moni Sharma
New Delhi: Jharkhand
has been a land of po-
litical experimentation.
Since coming into exist-
ence in November 2000,
the number of experi-
ments that have been
done in Jharkhand in
the last 22 years have
not been done in other
‘older’ states. First of
all, in Jharkhand itself,
an independent MLA
became the Chief Min-
ister and successfully
ran the government for
two years. Thereafter,
be it the case of taking a
bribe to vote in the Par-
liament or the loss of
the Chief Minister in
the by-election, that too
happened in Jharkhand
itself. It too has hap-
pened in Jharkhand
that the mine was allot-
ted in the name of a
Chief Minister, while
the Chief Minister also
held the Mining portfo-
lio. Later, when there
was a dispute over this,
the mine was returned.
In this way the mistake
was also accepted.
Meanwhile, political
agitation has increased
inJharkhand.Although
there is a stir in the
state, but this time it is
not because of the BJP,
the opposition party of
the state, but because of
the central agencies,
constitutional institu-
tions and courts.
Itisnotknownwheth-
er it is a coincidence or
any experiment that all
the agencies have be-
come active simultane-
ously. When the com-
plaint reached the Gov-
ernor regarding the al-
location of mines, the
Governor immediately
sent it to the Election
Commission and the
Commission issued a
notice to the State Gov-
ernment under Rule 192
asking whether the
mine was actually allot-
ted to the Chief Minis-
ter. If this is proved,
which is likely, then
there will be a case of
abuse of office and the
Chief Minister will
have to resign. However,
it is not certain whether
there will be only resig-
nation in this case or
will he face a ban on
contesting elections.
When Sonia Gandhi
had resigned in the mat-
ter of office of profit,
there was no bar to con-
test the elections. But it
is a case of misuse of
office for profit.
Meanwhile, hearing
an old PIL, the High
Court has sought a re-
port on the assets and
companies of the Chief
Minister, his MLA
brother and some of his
close associates. For
this, the court has given
two weeks to the En-
forcement Directorate
and the Registrar of
Companies. The Regis-
trar of Companies has
the data of companies,
which he will give to the
court, but what report
will the ED give without
investigation. There-
fore, it is believed that
ED will initiate an in-
vestigation. So, from the
High Court to the Gov-
ernor and the Election
Commission to the Cen-
tral Investigative Agen-
cies all have become ac-
tive in Jharkhand.
Looking at their com-
mon action, it seems
that some new political
experiment will take
place in Jharkhand in
the coming days.
JHARKHAND: THE POLITICAL EXPERIMENT STATE!
INDIA, EU TO LAUNCH TRADE
AND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL
Decision to set up TTC will be first for India with any of its partners
New Delhi (PTI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi and European
Commission President
Ursula von der Leyen
on Monday agreed to
launch an EU-India
trade and technology
council to address the
challenges of ensuring
trusted technology and
security in the wake of
rapid geopolitical
changes.
The decision was tak-
en during talks between
PM Modi and von der
Leyen.
The European Union
said the strategic coor-
dination mechanism
will allow both partners
to tackle challenges “at
the nexus of trade,
trusted technology and
security, and thus deep-
en cooperation in these
fields.” It said both
sides agreed that rapid
changes in the geopo-
litical environment
highlight the need for
joint in-depth strategic
engagement. “The
Trade and Technology
Council will provide the
political steer and the
necessary structure to
operationalise political
decisions, coordinate
technical work, and re-
port to the political lev-
el,” the EU said.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren. —FILE PHOTO
PM Narendra Modi with President of the European Commission
Ursula von der Leyen during a meeting. —PHOTO BY PTI
EU CHIEF URSULA,
EAM JAISHANKAR
DISCUSS TIES,
UKRAINE WAR
New Delhi: European
Commission President
Ursula von der Leyen
met EAM S Jaishankar
on Monday and dis-
cussed ways to take
the India-EU partner-
ship forward and ex-
changed views on the
impact of the Ukraine
conflict. “Pleased
to call on President
of European Com-
mission. Discussed
taking forward the
India-EU partnership.
Also exchanged views
on the economic and
political implications of
the Ukraine conflict,”
Jaishankar tweeted.
India’s 900m workforce,particularly women,
have stopped looking for jobs,says report
Mumbai: India’s job
creation problem is
morphing into a greater
threat: a growing num-
ber of people are no
longer even looking for
work.
Frustrated at not be-
ing able to find the right
kind of job, millions of
Indians, particularly
women, are exiting the
labour force entirely
, ac-
cording to new data
from the Centre for
Monitoring Indian
Economy Pvt, a private
research firm in Mum-
bai. With India betting
on young workers to
drive growth in one of
the world’s fastest-ex-
panding economies, the
latest numbers are an
ominous harbinger. Be-
tween 2017 and 2022, the
overall labour partici-
pation rate dropped
from 46 per cent to 40
per cent. Among wom-
en, the data is even
starker. About 21 mil-
lion disappeared from
the workforce, leaving
only 9 per cent of the
eligible population em-
ployed or looking for
positions.
Now, more than half
of the 900 million Indi-
ans of legal working
age — roughly the pop-
ulation of the US and
Russia combined —
don’t want a job, accord-
ing to the CMIE.
New Delhi: With term II board examinations starting
on Tuesday amid a spike in daily Covid cases, the
CBSE has said it will prepare final results of students
based on their scores in any one of the term exams
in case they are forced to be absent for the other. For
the 2021-2022 academic session. The examinations
will be conducted in a total of 7,413 centres — 7,279
in India and 133 abroad. With the examinations set
to start amid a spike in the daily Covid-19 cases, the
CBSE board has directed that only 18 students be
seated in a examination room.
Kathmandu (PTI): Five people, including four Indian
tourists, were killed after their car collided head-on with
a bus in Nepal’s Dhading district, the police said on
Monday. The accident occurred
on Sunday night along the Prithvi
Highway in the Thakre area,
according to the police. The four
Indian nationals were returning to
Kathmandu after visiting Pokhara. The Nepalese driver
of the car was also killed in the accident. The bus was
heading towards Dhading from Kathmandu.
Pune (PTI): Former Union home secretary Madhav
Godbole died due to cardiac failure at his residence
in Maharashtra’s Pune city on Monday, family
sources said. He was 85. Before taking voluntary
retirement from the Indian Administrative Service in
March 1993, Mr Godbole served as the Union home
secretary. He had also worked as the secretary of
Petroleum Natural Gas and Urban Development
Departments at the Centre, and principal finance
secretary of the Maharashtra government.
CBSE BOARD EXAMS START TODAY: OVER
7.400 CENTRES, 18 STUDENTS IN A ROOM
5 PEOPLE INCLUDING 4 INDIANS KILLED
IN CAR-BUS COLLISION IN NEPAL
FORMER UNION HOME SECY MADHAV
GODBOLE DIES OF CARDIAC FAILURE
CRUCIAL READ
4L ha under natural farming,
NITI to prepare roadmap: Min
Union Agriculture Minister
Narendra Singh Tomar.
`13K cr credited
to farmers’ a/cs
in Pb for wheat
Chandigarh: In a
record, the Punjab
Government said it
cleared payments of
Rs 13,000 crore of
farmers for procure-
ment of wheat till
Monday, state Food
and Civil Supplies
Minister Lal Chand
Kataruchak said. He
said this was the
highest in the past
decade. The Minister
said the total MSP
payments released
this year were three
times of what was
paid last year.
IN THE COURTYARD
‘LIKE YOU HAVE CENTRAL VISTA’: TOP COURT
SEEKS CENTRE’S STAND ON ‘JUDICIAL VISTA’
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Cen-
tre’s stand on a plea seeking direction for the construction
of “Judicial Vista”, for better functioning of the SC. A bench
of Justices Vineet Saran and JK Maheshwari orally observed
that it is a matter, where the court would not be inclined to
pass directions but would want the Centre to consider it. Ad-
vocate Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, petitioner-in-person,
urged the bench to see “how lawyers are standing outside”.
The bench said, “It is a logical and correct thing that there
should be judicial vista in a planned manner”, and pointed
out that the growth of buildings is not well planned.
MENACE TO URBAN DEVELOPMENT: STATES MUST
ACT ON MUSHROOMING ILLEGAL COLONIES: SC
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday observed
that mushrooming of illegal colonies across the country
is a menace to urban development.
A bench of Justices L Nageswara
Rao and BR Gavai appointed
senior advocate Gopal Sankara-
narayanan as amicus curiae in
the matter. “We will have to find
some way of making state governments act on this. This
is a menace to urban development,” it noted. Advocate
Sravan Kumar, contended before the bench that a large
number of unregular establishments are being regular-
ised, which results in development which is unregulated.
Amid shortages, Railways
deploy rakes to transport coal
New Delhi: Amid coal
shortages reported in
the country, the Indian
Railways said on Mon-
day it has deployed ad-
ditional rakes to trans-
port coal to power
plants.
To ensure a swift sup-
ply of coal across power
plants, additional
trains and rakes by In-
dian Railways have
been initiated to aug-
ment the transporta-
tion of coal through its
network, the Ministry
of Railways said in a
statement.
Indian Railways has
ramped up the coal
transportation result-
ing in 32 per cent more
coal freight loading be-
tween September 2021
and March 2022.
There has also been
an increase in 10 per
cent freight, by effi-
ciently mobilising re-
sources after April 2022,
the ministry said.
Let Panchen live
a free life: Tibetan
Govt-in-exile to
Chinese Govt
Dharamshala: The
central tibetan adminis-
tration (CTA) on Mon-
day asked
the Chi-
nese gov-
ernment
to allow
the 11th
Panchen
Lama and his family
members, taken into
custody by China 27
years ago and not seen
in public since then, to
live a free life.
The CTA’s appeal
comes on the 33rd birth
anniversary of Gedhun
Choekyi Nyima, who
was recognised by the
Dalai Lama as the rein-
carnation of the 10th
Panchen Lama when he
was six-year-old. The
CTA said it intends to
sendastrongmessageto
Beijing that the world
has not forgotten about
Nyima to erase him
from history
.
At $76.6 bn, India is third highest
military spender in world: Report
New Delhi: India’s mil-
itary spending in 2021
was the third highest in
the world, according to
the Stockholm Interna-
tional Peace Research
Institute (SIPRI). In-
dia’s military expendi-
ture was $76.6 billion in
2021, up 0.9 per cent
from 2020 and 33 per
cent from 2012.
In a push to strength-
en the indigenous arms
industry, 64 per cent of
capital outlays in In-
dia’s military budget of
2021 was earmarked for
acquisitions of domes-
tically produced arms.
The US and China,
meanwhile, occupied
the first and second
spots in the list of
world’s largest military
spenders. US military
spending reached $801
billion in 2021, a drop of
1.4 per cent from 2020.
China, on the other
hand, spent $293 billion
on defence, an increase
of 4.7 per cent com-
pared with 2020. World
military expenditure
has reached an all-time
high of $2.1 trillion in
2021, as per SIPRI.
INDIA EXPORTED ARMS TO MYANMAR
Asthma drug can
block crucial
SARS-CoV-2
protein, says IISc
Bengaluru: The Indian
Institute of Science
(IISc) on Monday said
that a drug used to treat
asthma and allergies
can bind to and block a
crucial protein pro-
duced by SARS-CoV-2
— the virus causing
Covid-19 pandemic —
and reduce viral repli-
cation in human im-
mune cells.
Approved by the US
Food and Drug Admin-
istration (FDA), the
drug, called montelu-
kast, has been around
for more than 20 years
and is usually pre-
scribed to reduce in-
flammation caused by
conditions like asthma,
hay fever and hives.
Sports Minister
Anurag Thakur
clicks a selfie
with athletes
during the send
off ceremony
of the Indian
contingent for
Deaf Olympic
Games to be
held in Brazil
from May 1.
—FILE PHOTO

NEWS
07
A MEDICAL
STORE WITH
FREE MEDICINES
FOR EVERYONE
In tough times, a helping hand is
invaluable, especially when this
help is extended in times of
health crisis. Two years back
during the Corona era, every
section of society was in trouble.
At this time, a medicine bank was
established in Bareilly in view of
the solving the problems of
sufferings of the poor and needy
people which today has become
a great support for people of
every class and religion. So far,
more than 20,000 needy people
received help from Medicine
Bank which has proved as a boon
to the needy people in times of
costly treatment. The purpose of
establishing the Medicine Bank
was to help the poor, needy, and
destitute people. People who take
medicine from here are from
economically weaker sections of
society who dont have enough
money to afford medicine for the
treatment of their disease. Pankaj
Kumar, suffering from diabetes,
said that the work of the
medicine bank was priceless as
countless people have been
helped, who have to take
medicine daily but due to lack of
money, unable to do it. Ashwani
Singh said that his father’s
treatment was going on in a
hospital of Delhi and it was very
difficult to get medicine from
Delhi every time. His elder
brother and his studies were also
very costly. In such a situation,
getting medicine for his father
from the medicine bank free of
cost proved to be a great help. As
per Dr. Shah Faisal, Neurologist,
for the poor and needy medicine
bank has proved to be a great
help. Many people had been
helped during the difficult times
of lockdown during Covid. But
after the lockdown was lifted, the
medicine bank continued to
render its service.
—First India Bureau
COURT CANNOT
DIRECT GOVT TO
DECLARE ANY
MONUMENT FOR
ITS NATIONAL
IMPORTANCE: HC
The Allahabad High Court has
said that the court cannot
direct the government to issue a
notification declaring any
monument as a monument of
national importance. The Division
Bench of Chief Justice Rajesh
Bindal and Justice Piyush
Agrawal passed this order while
hearing a PIL filed by Mohd Moin
Quraishi. The petition has been
filed for a direction to the
respondents to issue final
notification regarding the ancient
monument, namely, Haveli of
Khan-I-Dauran, Mauza Basai
Mustkil (Tajganj), District Agra
declaring the same to be of
national importance. It is
submitted that a preliminary
notification dated April 23, 2015
was issued under Section 4(1) of
the Ancient Monuments and
Archaeological Sites and Remains
Act, 1958 and the objections were
invited. The petitioner stated that
the final notification should be
issued immediately, however,
final notification has not been
issued. “In our opinion, a petition
for direction to the respondents
for issuing a notification declaring
any monument to be of national
importance cannot be issued as it
is the matter to be decided by the
competent authority under the
aforesaid Act,” the Court
observed while dismissing the
petition. —First India Bureau
FAITH IN JUDICIARYINCREASED:
FAMILIES OF FARMERS KILLED
Bahraich (PTI): A day
after Union minister
Ajay Mishra’s son Ash-
ish Mishra, an accused
in the Lakhimpur Kheri
violence case, returned
to jail due to the Su-
preme Court rejecting
his bail, families of
farmers killed in the
clashes hailed the apex
court’s decision, saying
their faith in judiciary
has increased.
The Supreme Court
had on April 18 can-
celledthebailgrantedto
Ashish Mishra by the
Allahabad High Court
and asked him to sur-
render in a week. He
surrendered in a local
court in Lakhimpur on
Sunday
. “After hearing
the court’s order, I felt
that there is rule of law
in the country and not
of goons, Sukhwinder
Singh, father of de-
ceased farmer Gurvin-
der Singh of Moharnia
told PTI. Our faith in
God and the judiciary
has increased with the
ruling, he said. The re-
lease of the minister’s
son and his moving free-
ly was like a slap on the
faces of farmers. In the
governments of dicta-
tors, the SC has given us
a feeling of the presence
of law in the country
. We
are all happy with this
decision, Sukhwinder’s
elder brother Sukhdev
Singh said.
Eight people were
killed in Lakhimpur
Kheri during the vio-
lence that erupted when
farmers were protest-
ing against Uttar
Pradesh Deputy Chief
Minister Keshav Prasad
Maurya’s visit to the
area on October 3 last
year. The dead included
four farmers and a jour-
nalist, who were mowed
down allegedly by cars
carrying BJP workers.
According to the FIR
lodged in the case, Ash-
ish Mishra was sitting
in one of the cars.
SupremeCourt’scancellationofbailandAshishMishra’ssurrenderincourt
Policemen escort Lakhimpur Kheri violence case accused Ashish
Mishra after he surrendered in Lakhimpur Kheri district.
T
T
ACCUSED MOVING FREELY WAS LIKE A SLAP ON
THE FACES OF FARMERS, SAYS VICTIM’S KIN
Man kills
wife after tiff
in Meerut
Meerut (PTI): A
32-year-old woman
was allegedly
killed by her hus-
band in Kharkhau-
da block, about 35
km from district
h e a d q u a r t e r s,
over a minor dis-
pute here on Mon-
day, police said.
According to po-
lice, the deceased
Poonam and her
husband Vinod
Kumar had an ar-
gument after
which Kumar at-
tacked her with a
sickle. Poonam
sustained multiple
injuries in the at-
tack, they said. An
FIR was registered
and the accused
has been arrested
with the murder
weapon, they said.
ESCAPING THE HEAT
(Top) Two men
take a cold water
bath to beat
the oppressive
heat at Agra’s
Dussehra Ghat
on the banks of
the Yamuna near
the Taj Mahal, on
Monday. (Below)
A group of girls
in Lucknow cover
their heads and
faces to save
themselves from
the harsh sun.
—PHOTOS BY PTI
Yogi or Yogi Adityanath? PIL
in HC says CM’s name not clear
First India Bureau
Prayagraj : The Alla-
habad High court on
Monday dismissed a
PIL seeking direction
that CM Yogi Aditya-
nath may be directed to
take the oath of office
of CM again in his real
name as different
names were being used
by him like ‘Aditya-
nath’, ‘Yogi Aditya-
nath’, etc. The court
imposed a cost of Rs 1
lakh on the petitioner.
The bench compris-
ing chief justice Rajesh
Bindal and justice Piy-
ush Agarwal dismissed
the petition filed by one
Namaha of Delhi. Peti-
tioner’s plea was that
various names of CM
Yogi Adityanath were
being used in various
forums including digi-
tal forums causing con-
fusion among the pub-
lic. Therefore, the state
government must be
directed to use only one
name of the CM on dig-
ital as well as non-digi-
tal forums. Additional
Advocate General, Man-
ish Goel appearing for
the state government
opposed the plea and
argued, “The petition is
not maintainable as CM
is made a party in the
individual capacity in
the petition and Public
Interest Litigation can
not be filed against an
individual. Petitioner
had not filed the peti-
tion for the benefit of
the public at large but
only to gain publicity
.”
“The petitioner had
not disclosed his creden-
tials as per high court
rules and petition shall
be dismissed with cost”,
argued, AAG Goel. Peti-
tioner’s counsel argued
that Petitioner had not
filed the petition with
any ulterior motive and
the same was filed for
the benefit of the public
at large. AAG Manish
Goel said, “The court
after hearing concerned
parties dismissed the
petition while imposing
a cost of Rs 1 lakh on the
petitioner.”
`1 LAKH FINE
Gang stealing 2-wheelers from NCR busted, 3 held: Police
Noida (PTI): The Noida
Police has arrested
three men suspected to
be members of an in-
ter-state gang involved
in stealing two-wheel-
ers from Delhi NCR and
selling their parts to
scrap dealers, officials
said on Monday
.
The police have also
recovered over two doz-
en stolen two-wheelers
from the possession of
the gang, Deputy Com-
missioner of Police
(Noida) Rajesh S said.
The accused trio was
arrested by officials of
Noida Sector 58 police
station on Sunday, the
officer said, adding the
gang’s key links have
been found in Amroha
district of UP and May-
apuri in Delhi. The trio
was currently staying
in Mayapuri area of
Delhi, the police said.
The gang comprises six
people. Half of them
are into stealing vehi-
cles from NCR and tak-
ing it to Amroha where
they kept the vehicles
in hiding, while the rest
transported the vehi-
cles to Mayapuri, Delhi
and sold them to scrap
dealers there, DCP
Rajesh told reporters.
Of the recovered ve-
hicles, the police have
been able to trace own-
ers of some two-wheel-
ers which had been lift-
ed from Ghaziabad and
Noida, he said.
2 children charred to death
as lamp fire engulfs room
Fatehpur (PTI): Two
girl children here
werecharredtodeath
as the earthen lamp
kept in their room
caughtfireandflames
engulfed the room in
the early hours of
Monday, police said.
Their parents had
gone to harvest the
cropafterlatchingthe
door from outside
when the incident
happened, Inspector
(SHO) in-charge of
Chandpur police sta-
tion Yogesh Kumar
said. Both the girls
receivedseriousburn
injuries. While Swati
(2) died on the spot,
Ragini (5) passed
away in the hospital,
he said. The bodies
have been sent for
post-mortem exam-
ination, he added.
Father throws two children in well
Jaunpur (PTI): 2young
children were allegedly
thrown in a well by
their father in Nayepu-
ra village of the district,
police said on Monday.
The bodies have been
brought out of the well
and the father has been
arrested, police said. Ir-
fan, threw his seven-
year-old daughter Sya-
ma and five-year-old son
Armaan in the village
well under Zafarabad
police station area on
Sunday afternoon, Cir-
cle Officer (City) Jiten-
dra Dubey said. Accord-
ing to the police, Irfan
had returned from Sau-
di Arabia five years ago
and since then his men-
tal condition was not
well. On Sunday after-
noon, the children were
playing outside the
house when he threw
them in the well. When
the mother started
searching for the chil-
dren, Irfan told her
what he had done. The
bodies have been sent
for post mortem exam-
ination, the officer said.
High Court directs posting of RPF
personnel in zones of their choice
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The Alla-
habad High Court has
directed that the person-
nel posted in the Rail-
way Protection Special
Force be transferred to
theRailwayPoliceForce
zone of their choice. A
single-judge bench of
Justice Manju Rani
Chauhan passed this or-
der while hearing a peti-
tion filed by Uma Kant
And 234 Others.
By means of the writ
petition, the petitioner
has questioned the im-
pugned Revised Direc-
tive-32, dated 28th De-
cember, 2017 issued by
respondents. Further,
thepetitionerhasprayed
for a direction upon the
respondent authorities
to consider the griev-
ance of the petitioner
with regard to their
transfer from Railway
ProtectionSpecialForce
to the desired/opted
Zonal Railways in Rail-
way Protection Force in
pursuance of the exist-
ingdirectivesatthetime
of entering in their ser-
vices. Counsel for the
petitioners and the
counsel for the respon-
dents submit that the
controversy involved in
the writ petition is more
or less identical to those
of Writ-A No 37638 of
2017 (Harish Chandra
62 Others Vs Union of
India 5 Others), which
has been decided by a
CoordinateBenchof the
Court order dated 2nd
August, 2019.
“In view of the afore-
said submissions, for
the reasons recorded in
the judgment and order
dated 2nd August, 2019
passed in the aforesaid
writ petition, this peti-
tion is also allowed
with the same terms
and conditions,” the
Court observed.
VEHICLES SEIZED
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE

08
2NDFRONT
Keep your anger only to fight
against the evil you see in
this world.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: Five senior
IAS officers of the
state’s cadre will be re-
tiring on 30th April and
among these are 4 ACS
rank officers who are at
the helm of very im-
portant departments of
the state.
One of the officers to
retire on 30th April is
1986 batch IAS officer
Alok Sinha. Alok Singh
currently holds the po-
sitions of APC (Agri-
culture Production
Commissioner) and
ACS (Energy Addi-
tional Energy Source).
The onus will be on the
state government to ap-
point a senior IAS offi-
cer in both of these de-
partments to fill the
void that will be left by
theretirementof Sinha.
Another officer who
will retire on 30th April
is 1986 batch IAS officer
Mukul Singhal, Chair-
man, Board of Revenue.
He previously held the
post of ACS (Appoint-
ment Personnel) for 3
years.
Among the retirees
are 1986 batch IAS offi-
cer Prabhat Kumar Sa-
ranagi who currently
holds the position of
Resident Commission-
er UP in New Delhi,
1986 batch IAS M.V.S
Rami Reddy who is cur-
rently posted as the
ACS Horticulture
Food Processing, and
2005 batch IAS Shamim
Ahmed Khan who is
currently posted as the
Secretary Higher Edu-
cation Department. The
government has a big
task of finalizing 5 IAS
officers (4 of ACS rank
and 1 of Secretary
Rank) to replace all the
senior officers who will
be retiring at the end of
the month. There are a
lot of IAS officers vying
for important positions
like that of Agriculture
Production Commis-
sioner, Chairman Reve-
nue Board and Resident
Commissioner. It is up
to the state government
to decide who will be
posted in these import-
ant positions.
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: Emboldened
by the massive victory
in the recently conclud-
ed assembly elections,
the BJP camp is now
gearing up to achieve
the target of 2024. For
this, the party think-
tank is focusing on
multi-faceted strate-
gies, the most signifi-
cant of which is the
party’s goal of increas-
ing its vote share.
The saffron camp,
which has successfully
made inroads among a
large section of non-Ya-
dav voters, is now eye-
ing Yadav voters, who
have been considered
the core vote base of the
SP. The Samajwadi Par-
ty failed to regain its
traditional stronghold
despite the alliance ex-
periment in UP’s 2022
assembly polls. In Et-
awah, Mainpuri, Etah,
Kasganj, Kannauj, Au-
raiya, Farrukhabad
and Firozabad, also
known as Yadavland,
BJP did better in 2017;
this time also, BJP per-
formed excellently by
winning 18 out of 29
seats.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha
elections too, the BJP
had defeated the SP in
its strongholds. While
in the year 2012, the SP
had got 25 seats out of
29, the BJP could get
only one seat.
It is noteworthy that
around eight percent
Yadav voters are in UP,
which is twenty percent
of the total population
of OBCs.
After the emergence
of the post-Mandal era
politics, with the help
of these core voters, SP
achieved new political
heights, Mulayam
Singh Yadav and Akh-
ilesh Yadav succeeded
in becoming the CM of
the state. According to
political experts, in the
Modi era, BJP messed
up the caste calculus of
SP and BSP. BJP strate-
gists toiled to strength-
en their hold among al-
most all caste groups.
Along with giving im-
portance to the non-Ya-
dav vote bank, the BJP
also worked on a strate-
gy to win the trust of
Yadav voters. BJP,
which is trying to
achieve the target of
getting more vote share
in the upcoming gener-
al elections than in the
year 2019, wants to keep
every caste equation in
its favour. After making
a visible dent in Saifai
clan by including Apar-
na Yadav in the party,
now the BJP camp is
now eyeing the develop-
ments of the deteriorat-
ing relations between
Shivpal Singh Yadav
and Akhilesh.
Big void to fill for UP govt as 5 top IAS officers retire on April 30
WHO’S NEXT?
lll
Govt has a big
task of finalising
5 IAS officers (4
of ACS rank and
1 of Secretary
Rank) to replace
all the senior
officers who will
be retiring at the
end of this
month
Mukul Singhal
Alok Sinha Prabhat Kumar Sarangi M V S Rami Reddy Shamim Ahmad Khan
A lot of IAS
officers vying for
important
positions but it
is up to the state
govt to decide
BJP’s eyes on non-Yadav OBC voters
BJP plans
multi-faceted
strategies,
party’s goal
increasing its
vote share
Yadav majority
districts in UP are
Etawah, Etah, Far-
rukhabad, Mainpuri,
Firozabad, Kannauj,
Badaun, Azamgarh,
Faizabad, Ballia, Sant
Kabir Nagar, Jaunpur
and Kushinagar. Yadav
voters, which have
been considered to be
the most influential
vote bank in OBCs,
play a decisive role
in fifty seats in these
districts.
YADAV
STRONGHOLDS
AWARDING EXCELLENCE
UP bagged the national award for giving impetus to infrastructure development
with construction of new expressways. ACS Awanish Awasthi, who is the CEO of UP
Expressways Industrial Development Authority, received the award from Union Minister for
Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Puri in New Delhi on Monday.
TMC asks:Why is NHRC
silent on Prayagraj killings?
Ensure roof over head of every
person by 2023: CS Mishra
Kolkata(PTI): Senior
TMC leader Kunal
Ghosh on Monday
slammed the NHRC for
allegedlyturningablind
eye to the atrocities per-
petrated on women and
people from backward
communities in BJP-
ruled states, claiming
that the rights organisa-
tion was, however, al-
ways prompt in sending
teams to states helmed
by opposition parties.
Describing the recent
murder of five family
members if UP’s Praya-
graj as barbaric , Ghosh
wondered whether the
National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC)
would have maintained
“stoic silenceif some-
thing similar had hap-
pened in Bengal. ”
Why is the National
Human Rights Commis-
sion or the National
Commission for Women
silent on the brutal inci-
dent in Prayagraj? Is it
because the Centre
doesn’t sanction their
travel allowance or pay
for their tickets when
such incidents occur in
the BJP-ruled states?
They are quick to
send teams to Bengal or
other opposition-ruled
states, he said at a press
meet here. Ghosh al-
leged that the statutory
bodies were serving the
“vested interests” of
the ruling BJP at the
Centre.
Five members of a
family were killed in
Khevrajpur village of
Prayagraj district a
week ago, and their
house was set on fire. A
fact-finding team of the
TMC visited the inci-
dent site on Sunday and
spoke to the family
members and villagers.
Several senior mem-
bers of the BJP recently
hit out at the state unit
leadership for failing to
identify the “lacunae”
plaguing the party,
which has witnessed a
steadyslideinvoteshare
since last year’s assem-
bly polls. ” Cracks in the
BJP have deepened. Its
leaders are either fight-
ing among themselves
or waiting to move out.
The BJP will cease to ex-
ist in Bengal in the days
to come the TMC state
spokesperson said.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Sec-
retary Durga Shankar
Mishra on Monday
said that providing a
house to every poor
family was the top pri-
ority of the govern-
ment and Pradhan
Mantri Awas Yojana
(Urban) was an exer-
cise in this direction.
He said that by the
year 2023, there should
be a roof over the head
of every person in the
state. Mishra said this
while chairing a meet-
ing of the SLSMC here
He informed that un-
der Pradhan Mantri
Awas Yojana UP won
awards in 6 categories
in 2018-19 for doing
excellent work while
it also received
National Award in the
country in max 9
categories for
outstanding work.
WITH 2024 GENERAL ELECTION ON MIND
Senior TMC leader Kunal Ghosh.
TMC leader, taking a
dig at the state unit of
the BJP, also said that
the party which had
dreamt of conquering
Bengal was now on
the verge of
disintegration
CS Mishra presiding over the official meeting on Monday.
—PICTURE FOR REPRESENTATION
After 'snub' to own
party, SP's Khan
meets Cong leader
Sitapur(PTI): A day
after jailed Sama-
jwadi Party MLA
Azam Khan refused
to meet a legislator
from his own party,
Congress leader and
spiritual guru Pra-
mod Krishnam visit-
ed him at the district
prison Monday and
said putting him be-
hind bars amounted
to oppression .
On Sunday, SP
MLA Ravidas Meh-
rotra, claiming to be
an emissary of party
president Akhilesh
Yadav, had come
here to see Khan but
was turned away
with the jail author-
ities telling him that
the inmate was un-
well . But some re-
ports suggested that
Khan didn’t want to
see him. On Sunday,
Gonda’s BJP MP Brij
Bhushan Sharan
Singh said he too
would meet Khan
whenever he goes to
Sitapur. After his jail
visit, Krishnam said
he believed Khan
would be out of pris-
on soon after the
court decides his
case. Putting a lead-
er like Khan behind
bars in cases like
goat-stealing was op-
pression and a big
atrocity . he added.
“The harassment be-
ing faced by him will
have a bearing on
the politics of the
country in the days
to come,” the Con-
gress leader told re-
porters. Krishnam
said he had come to
inquire about SP
leader’s health and
the meeting was cor-
dial . Khan offered
him dates and he
presented the MLA
with a copy of the
Bhagwad Gita as it is
a book of justice .
“Being a Muslim in
this country is a
crime now”, Krish-
nam said, adding
that he believed that
Khan was being tar-
geted and tortured .
MLA Ravidas Meh-
rotra failure to meet
Khan in jail is being
seen here as a snub to
the SP. After Mehro-
tra returned without
meeting Khan, Yadav
said Sunday evening
that there had been
injustice towards
their party colleague,
and the SP will pro-
vide all possible legal
support to him. Khan
has been the “Mus-
lim face” of the SP
since its inception
three decades back
and the party could
face a setback if he
leaves ahead of the
2024 election. Khan
won from his tradi-
tional Rampur Sadar
seat for the 10th time
in the recent state
polls.
Samajwadi Party MLA Azam Khan
PRISON VISIT
NEW ALLIANCES IN PIPELINE
AHEAD OF COLD WAR
The visits come against the backdrop of com-
plaints from the Khan camp that Akhilesh Yadav
has been “ignoring” the party veteran and the
Muslim community, though it backed the SP in the
recent assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. On Sunday,
Gonda’s BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said he
too would meet Khan whenever he goes to Sitapur.

ity First
brings to you
a brave and
confident diva
Kashika Bassi
and her in-
spiring journey
.

z Tell us something
about yourself
When you really want
something, the whole
universe conspires in
helping you to achieve
it. I am a cinema kid,
I have grown up
watching Sharuk’s
movies and that
has given a bub-
b l y - f i l m y
touch to my
nature.
Katrina Kaif
was my inspiration
during my childhood
days, and I wanted to
be like her.
Dancing has always
been in my heart, my
mother Renu Pahadi
Bassi is a Kathak ex-
ponent. I have gained
interest in dance be-
cause of her, she nev-
er restricted me from
trying new things.
Not only this, my
grandfather Pt Man-
mohan Pahadi was a
classical singer. Com-
ing from an artistic
family I believe it’s
my duty to work as
hard as I can so that I
can match their level
and inspire people.

z How did your
journey begin?
My journey began in
2020 when I partici-
pated in a pageant ti-
tled Miss Delhi,
which changed my
life, from a complete-
ly normal life to a
glamorous one.

z What were some
of the battles you
fought?
We all are fighting our
battles everyday I
guess it is something
that is part of our
life we rise, we
fall, we learn
and rise
again one of
the biggest bat-
tles I could ever
think of is losing
hope and I’m fortu-
nate enough that I al-
ways have my mother
by my side to guide
me and support me.

z Talk to us about
your achievements?
When I was crowned
the winner of Miss
Delhi 2020, it was
like dream come
true. After that, I
won many titles
including Miss
teen capital of
India 2021, Miss
Beautiful Skin
(Queen of Cosmos) ,
etc. I have also
worked in a music
video ‘Dill Di Gall’.

z Where do you
see yourself 5
years down the
lane?
5 years from
now, I believe I
would be fi-
nancially in-
d e p e n d e n t
andlivingmy
dream life. It
is my dream
to give my
mother a
lavish life
because she
h a s
wo rke d
all her
life for
me.
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SHARON ALEXANDER, Model
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Spirituality will
have a special
allure for you.
Your innovative
ideas on the
professional front
are likely to be
well received.
Good health will
keep you fit and energetic. You are likely
to expand your social circle. You are likely
to get immense fulfillment in your current
romantic relationship.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Homemakers
will get a chance
to implement
their ideas. You
are likely to be
recognised for
your efforts on
the professional
front. Chance of
a raise is possible for some. Timely and
correct decision will help you in saving a
lot of money. You will be able to de-stress
yourself completely today.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Homemakers can
exceed budget
in doing up
their homes. An
old friend or a
relative is likely
to pay you a visit.
You succeed
in putting an
ambitious project on the tracks and cross
all hurdles in making it a success. Love
beckons and promises to give immense
joy and fulfillment.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
A major
purchase may
make a dent in
your savings,
but will help
in keeping up
with the flow.
Speculation may
not be profitable
and you can very well burn your fingers.
Some of you might get hard pressed
to find a very good match for someone
eligible in your family.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
It is one of those
days when you
will feel satisfied
with whatever
you do today on
the social front.
Those seeking
love may not
get lucky,
but persistence will pay! A friend or
relative can touch a sensitive nerve and
get you all upset. A job switch needs to
be considered.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
A profitable day
for entrepreneurs
is envisaged.
You may be
played upon
for spending
on someone
else’s needs
and desires.
Homemakers are likely to enjoy the day
in the company of neighbors and friends.
Fatigue threatens in a long journey, but
adequate breaks will keep you going.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Financial worries
evaporate as
new avenues of
earning open up.
You will put in
extra efforts to
complete a task
entrusted to you.
Your academic
aspirations may take some time to get
realised. A contentious property issue
may not show any signs of getting sorted
out amicably, so have a backup ready.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Satisfaction is
foreseen for the
image conscious
people trying to
achieve perfect
figure and
physique. Your
efforts on the
academic front
will keep you in contention. You are likely
to spend an enjoyable time with a close
relation today. Your helping hand to
someone in need will be appreciated.
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Sticking to
workout routine
may benefit you
on the health
front. Meeting
relatives at a
marriage or party
cannot be ruled
out. Support from
the family may seem most encouraging
for those aiming an academic pursuit.
A passion-filled evening is foreseen, as
romantic front brightens.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
A lot of time
may be wasted
in socialising,
but you will love
every moment
of it. You will
succeed in
surmounting the
odds to get a
stalled job back on the tracks. Something
concerning property will work out in your
favour. A romantic outing is on the cards
and promises much fun and frolic.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You will manage
to ignore
distractions and
interruptions at
work to complete
a pending
task in time.
Jobs for those
freshly out of
professional institutes are set to brighten
up. Those not in a stable job can expect
permanency. Health will be satisfactory,
but remain regular in workouts.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
A rethink is in
order for those
going in for a
heavy investment.
Recovering a
loaned amount
from someone
will not pose
much difficulty.
You will manage to defuse tensions
prevailing at home by your tactful ways. A
work trip is on the cards. You manage to
weave your magic on your love.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
eople are of-
ten surprised
when I tell
them that I
wasn’t always
a reader. At
school, my li-
brary time would of-
ten be spent catching
up on sleep, or flipping
through the pages of a
National Geographic
magazine, merely
looking at the pictures
therein. While many
of my contemporaries
read voraciously, I
couldn’t get myself to
ingest these seemingly
unending novels and
books that intimidated
me!
As I grew older
though, I realized that
people around me
were a lot more aware,
better informed, and
more interesting, en-
gaging conversation-
aliststhanIwas.When
I asked them how – the
almost unanimous an-
swer was, reading.
With much reluctance,
I set out to become a
reader; try and finally
embrace a habit I had
shunned thus far. So
how did I do it? What
did I read? And how
did it change me?
These are all answers
that transformed me
as a person, and could
well have the same ef-
fect on young learners
today
.
START OUT SMALL
I found this method
works for many peo-
ple including myself
– those fearful of the
thought of reading
big fat novels, start
small. I found in my
case, that collections
and anthologies of
Short Stories were
much more palatable.
A short story gives
you almost all of the
fun and immersive el-
ements of a long-for-
mat read – characters,
conflict, plot; all in a
compressed package
that is quick to read
does not seem scary to
navigate and sustains
an otherwise impa-
tient reader’s interest.
By reading short sto-
ries extensively, not
only did I get over
my ‘fear’ of reading
but it also proved
to be a great ice-
breaker in the
world of fic-
tion.
READ WHAT YOU LOVE
The other strategy to
become an avid reader
that came in very
handy for me was to
curate the reading ex-
perience. It isn’t neces-
sary to read a specific
set or type of books. It
is a deeply personal
choice. So why not
read about what one
loves. I did the same
and often advised stu-
dents likewise. Let us
say you are not fond of
reading but are very
passionate about pho-
tography
. Chances are
that if you picked up
an autobiography of a
photographer you ad-
mire or have heard of,
you will enjoy that
book, despite not en-
joying reading par-
ticularly. That’s be-
cause at its core is
something you love –
photography. Pick
books on subjects and
about people that in-
herently engage
you, and the
‘reading’ part
of it will not
feel like some
burdensome
chore any
longer.
AN INSIGHT INTO
THE SELF
First and foremost, a
reading habit is self-
reflective. When we
read a piece of fiction
or non-fiction, we are
compelled to form
opinions on the char-
acters, the subjects
and the various points
of view. This helps us
shape our self-image.
It is an introspective,
get-to-know-yourself
process that uncon-
sciously takes place.
Our leanings, our sen-
sibilities social, politi-
cal, start to take shape.
We become more self-
aware, self-assured in-
dividuals.
A WORLD-VIEW
Not everyone has the
luxury of travelling
the world, meeting and
mingling with people
from different regions,
cultures and coun-
tries, or experiencing
landscapes and ways
of life. Books are the
best resource to be-
come aware and ex-
pose oneself to a myr-
iad of people, places,
cultures, and move-
ments. Ultimately,
they shape us, our
minds into aware, sen-
sitive, well-informed
beings that are then
capable of developing
a well-thought-out,
unique, individualis-
tic, and personal per-
spective about the
world and its various
issues.
READING MAKETH
THE MAN
Ultimately, all that
knowledge, of the self,
and things external,
makes its way into our
opinions, and fuels an
intellectual awareness
and confidence where-
in we can present our-
selves as interesting
and engaging individ-
uals in a variety of
personal and profes-
sional public-interac-
tion situations. To be a
thinking, knowing,
and interacting per-
son, it is the awareness
that tops the priority
list, not, unlike popu-
lar perception, great
language or vocabu-
lary (which anyway is
a happy byproduct of
reading).
For students, today
especially, faced with
challenges perhaps
much more trying
than we ever did, it is
even more important
to be self-aware and
world-aware. While
the entire world has
gone visual, the simple
fact of the matter is
that videos do not en-
dow us with even a
fraction of the knowl-
edge or creativity than
reading does. Reading
is one of the few ways
you will be able to
distinguish your-
self. Building your-
self into a strong
reader will pay
rich dividends.
HOWSTUDENTS
CAN BECOME
AVID READERS
BY KARTIK BAJORIA
(The author is a Jaipur-based
Communication Skills
Educator Writer)
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