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TRILLION-DOLLAR TARGET
Yogi govt’s mega budget today with eye on 2024
First India Bureau
Lucknow: As Yogi 2.0
government gears up to
present its first full pa-
perless budget 2022-23
on Thursday, all eyes
areonthebigannounce-
ments that finance min-
ister Suresh Khanna is
expected to make.
The ruling BJP per-
ceives this budget as
opportunity to lay the
template for the 2024
Lok Sabha elections.
Hence, apart from focus
on key promises like
providing free electric-
ity and irrigation facili-
ties to farmers, the Yogi
government, according
to sources, may seek to
accentuate the budget-
ary size for various so-
cialsphereprogrammes
and various key devel-
opmental projects, in-
cluding expressways,
metro rail projects, air-
ports, and establish-
ment of medical colleg-
es in various districts.
Billed as one of the
biggest,theestimatedRs
6.10 lakh crore budget
willputUPonthewayto
becoming a trillion-dol-
lar economy by giving a
push to exports and in-
frastructure. It will also
focus on farmers, em-
ployment generation,
and medical health, ac-
cording to Khanna.
Finance Minister Suresh Khanna signs on the Budget 2022-23
in Lko on Wednesday, in presence of Finance Commissioner ACS
Prashant Trivedi.
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The Alla-
habad High Court on
Wednesday quashed
the FIR registered
against Siddharth
Varadarajan, found-
ing editor of ‘The
Wire’, and Ismat Ara,
the reporter of the on-
line news portal.
The FIR was lodged
under sections 153B
(imputations, asser-
tions prejudicial to
national integration)
and 505(2) (statements
creating or promoting
enmity between class-
es) of IPC for tweets
of the report on
Navreet Singh Dib-
dibiya (farm law pro-
testor who died dur-
ing the protest in Del-
hi).
While quashing the
FIR, a division bench
of Justices Ashwani
Kumar Mishra and
Rajnish Kumar ob-
served, “The report
was giving the ver-
sion of the family of
the victim that he had
died of bullet injuries.
The Rampur police
lodged the FIR alleg-
ing that the petition-
ers sought to ‘provoke
the masses, spread
riot, tarnish the im-
age of medical offic-
ers involved in post
mortem of the de-
ceased’.” The bench
said that nothing was
brought before the
court to indicate that
there was any distur-
bance or riot on ac-
count of the publica-
tion of news/ tweet of
the petitioners.
HC QUASHES POLICE FIR AGAINST
VARADARJAN, ISMAT ARA
BYPOLL ON JUNE 23 FOR
RAMPUR, AZAMGARH
Lucknow: The Election
Commission on Wednes-
day released the schedule
for bypolls to two parlia-
mentary seats of Azam-
garh and Rampur on June
23. The counting of votes
will take place on June 26.
The constituencies were
represented by Samajwadi
Party chief Akhilesh Yadav
and his party colleague
Azam Khan. While Yadav
got elected to the assem-
bly from Karhal, Khan won
the elections from Rampur
assembly seat.
AFTER SUNIL JAKHAR AND HARDIK
PATEL, NOW IT IS KAPIL SIBAL’S TURN
In this way, now Congress itself implements Modi-Shah’s ‘Congress-Mukt Bharat’ agenda
I had a deep relation
with Congress. It
was for 30-31 years.
This is not a small thing.
I joined Congress
because of Rajivji. You
must be thinking, how
one can go from the
Congress after 31 years.
There must be
something (for
leaving).. that my heart
is facing. Sometimes
such decisions are to
be taken. I am not far
away from the Con-
gress and its ideology. I
am with the sentiments
of the party
We want to make a
coalition and
oppose the Modi govt.
We want to create an
atmosphere in which
we can oppose the BJP.
I will personally work
towards that
I am with all-inclu-
sive ideologies. Be
it of the SP, RLD,
Mamataji or Stalin
Kapil Sibal is
a senior lead-
er and a
known lawyer. He had
been in the Lok Sabha
and Rajya Sabha and
put his point across
well everywhere. I
hope he will put his
views on big questions
of unemployment and
inflation, insecure
borders and China.
—Akhilesh Yadav,
SP supremo
“HOW’S THE PRASAD,
MR SIBAL?”: PRASADA
New Delhi: UP Minister Jitin Prasada, who quit
Cong joined BJP in June last year just before
Assembly polls, on Wednesday
found an opportunity to troll
Sibal, nearly a year after Sibal
- who himself left the Congress
- tweeted a swipe at Sibal for
joining rival party. Prasada was
Cong’s top Brahmin face in UP
once close to Rahul. The day Prasada bade farewell
to Cong, Sibal had tweeted, “Jitin Prasada joins BJP.
Question is will he get ‘prasada’ from BJP or is he
just a ‘catch’ for UP polls? In such deals if ‘ideology’
doesn’t matter changeover is easy,” Sibal tweeted.
Kapil Sibal files his nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections, with the support of SP, in presence of
party chief Akhilesh Yadav and party MP Ram Gopal Yadav, in Lucknow on Wednesday.
Kapil Sibal with wife Promila Sibal and Akhilesh Yadav, as he files
his nomination papers for Rajya Sabha with the latters support, at
Vidhan Bhawan in Lucknow on Wednesday.
POST RESIGNATION,
EX- CONG LEADER SIBAL
SPEAKS
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Only 10
days after the ‘reconcil-
iatory’ CWC meeting
(with G-23 leaders)
chaired by Sonia Gan-
dhi herself and over-
enthusiastic Udaipur
Chintan Shivir an-
nouncements, Kapil
Sibal resigns from the
grand old party maybe
just to get the Rajya Sab-
ha ticket from the Sama-
jwadi Party in Uttar
Pradesh. All said and
done, Gandhis have
again failed to work out
some suitable strategy
to check the outgoing
Congress leaders. At
this point, senior Con-
gress leaders still re-
member Hardik Patel’s
disappointingstatement
saying that there is a
lackof seriousnessatall
levels in the party
. Kapil
Sibal’s resignation is
one more such incident.
Announcing that he
had resigned from Con-
gress last week, Kapil
Sibal on Wednesday
filed his nomination for
RS as an Independent
supported by the SP.
A prominent member
of the G23, which had
sought an organisation-
aloverhaulinCongress.
Separatist Malik
gets life in jail in
terror funding
New Delhi: Yasin
Malik was sentenced
to life imprisonment
by a court in Delhi on
Wednesday in con-
nection to a terror
funding case against
him where NIA had
demanded death pen-
alty for the Kashmiri
separatist leader.
Meanwhile, protests
have erupted in Sri-
nagar as court sen-
tenced Malik to life
in prison. Malik had
earlier pleaded guilty
to all the charges, in-
cluding those under
stringent UAPA, in a
terror funding case.
Yasin Malik at Patiala House Court in New Delhi on Wednesday.
US SCHOOL SHOOTING
“I’M ABOUT TO”
...Texas teen’s Instagram
exchange before he shot
students; 19 children
were among 21 people
he killed before shooter
was shot dead
He was a victim of bully-
ing who “lashed out vio-
lently” at strangers before
buying 2 semi-automatic
rifles on his 18th birth-
day. Friends and relatives
said Salvador Ramos,
18, was bullied “over a
childhood speech impedi-
ment” and “suffered from
a fraught home life”.
PM Modi holds Cabinet meeting
immediately on arrival from Japan
New Delhi (ANI):
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi, who arrived
early morning on
Wednesday after par-
ticipating in the Quad
Leaders’ Summit as
part of his two-day tour
in Japan, immediately
held a Cabinet meeting
after reaching the na-
tional capital.
Senior Cabinet minis-
ters including Amit
Shah, Rajnath Singh, S
Jaishankar, Nitin Gad-
kari, Nirmala Sithara-
man, Kiren Rijiju, Anu-
rag Thakur, and Smriti
Iraniamongotherswere
present in the meeting.
YASIN MALIK’S SUPPORTERS CLASH
WITH POLICE, INTERNET SUSPENDED
MALIK TO BE KEPT UNDER MAX SECURITY
On the point of sentence, Yasin Malik
had reportedly submitted that he would
not “beg” for mercy, and that court
could decide at its discretion.
Jaipur: PM Modi on Wednesday in VC of Chief Secretaries of
states praised performance of Rajasthan in works related to the
broadband committee. Modi reviewed the progress of central
projects in states. From Rajasthan, works related to the broad-
band committee were there on the agenda. PM said that some
states like Rajasthan are doing good work. He appreciated move
to make the process of right of way automatic and time-bound.
Clashes broke out between supporters of Kashmiri
separatist leader Yasin Malik and JK Police in
Maisuma area on Wednesday. Mobile internet was
suspended in Kashmir as precautionary measure after
court awarded life imprisonment to him, police said.
Minutes after a court sentenced Kashmiri separa-
tist leader Yasin Malik to life in prison in a terror
funding case, the authorities in Delhi’s Tihar jail sat for
a meeting to decide on increasing security and keeping
closer watch on the inmate. The jail authorities have
decided to keep the terror convict under maximum
security, sources have said. Malik has been staying
alone at a ward in Jail No. 7 of Tihar Prison.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman S
Jaishankar during Cabinet meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Two life im-
prisonments
have been
given to Yasin Malik,
besides that 10 years of
rigorous imprisonment
in 10 offences and Rs
10 lakh penalty, all the
punishments will run
concurrently.
—Special NIA Judge
PM LAUDS RAJ POLICY FOR MOBILE TOWERS
Sister of Malik reads Quran
while waiting for court order.
PERSPECTIVE
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inister of State for Consumer
Affairs, Food and Public Dis-
tribution and Environment,
Forest and Climate Change
Ashwini Kumar Choubey, a
veteran BJP leader from Bi-
har, shares with us how PM
Modi, who was the CM of Gu-
jarat in 2013, came to his fam-
ily’s rescue when they were
stranded amidst nature’s fury
atKedarnath.Hetellsusabout
how Modiji left no stone un-
turned to rescue him and his
family who were then inside
the sanctum sanctorum of the
Kedarnath temple and he lay
unconscious there. Modiji
kept the rescue work on for
several hours and did every-
thing in his power to help
those stuck within the temple.
On June 16, 2013, I reached
Patna after attending the
working committee meeting
in Goa, and from there, along
with my family
, left for Kedar-
nath. We knew that the situa-
tion in Kedarnath was not
ordinary as it had been rain-
ing continuously for 3 days. I
called up the District Magis-
trate at Rudraprayag and he
said that the situation was
quite grim as landslides had
blocked roads at several plac-
es. He also said that it would
take a couple of days for them
to meet me.
Even as we were having a
conversation, I received a call
from Narendra bhai. He
asked about my whereabouts
and I told him I was in Kedar-
nath and that the situation
there seemed rather terrify-
ing and that I had a feeling of
impending doom. As Modiji
hung up, I received a call
from a journalist in Patna. As
we were conversing, I heard
the deafening roar of a disas-
ter. It was as if a thousand
dynamites had gone off all at
once and the lone candle
burning on the table since
morning as there was no elec-
tricity, was blown off. It was
pitch dark. My sons Arjit and
Aviral and my son-in-law
Subodh were sitting around
the table with me and my
youngest son said “Papaji I
think it’s an earthquake.”
The sounds of nature were
ear-shattering
and I could
hear nothing then. Suddenly,
I was floating in water up to
my chest. The entire room
seemed to be engulfed in wa-
ter and my entire family was
deep in water. We could hard-
ly hear or see each other.
I was overwhelmed
and
overcome with emotion. We
had just offered our prayers at
theJagadgurushrineandnow
I could see our revered statue
of LordShivaimmersedinthe
deluge. People, houses, and
animals, all were being swept
awayinthedevastatingfloods.
The devotees were jostling in
the water to somehow stay
afloat.Itseemedasif theheav-
ens had torn asunder as we
saw the house where the devo-
tees were standing moments
ago, being swept away in the
flash floods. Those three days,
June 16th, 17th and 18th have
leftanindelibleimpressionon
me because we, along with
scores of people, spent those
days within the seer’s sama-
dhi. In the evening of June
18th we heard sound of heli-
copters from Bhata, but we
knew nothing was possible
because of the unprecedented
devastation we could witness
all around.
On 20th June, we received
a call from the National Con-
venor and we then tried to
establish contact with Naren-
dra bhai. When Modiji called,
I was not in a position to
speak because of exhaustion.
My son Arjit spoke with him
as he inquired about our
whereabouts, our health and
the condition of all the people
around us. Modiji was anx-
ious not just for us but for all
the people who were stranded
and dying. He spoke in great
detail with Arjit and after
taking in the minutest de-
tails, he comforted my son
that everything would be al-
right. He would inform Suni-
lji and tell him to arrange for
help as soon as possible. He
also said he would speak with
the CM of Uttarakhand, Ba-
hugunaji to send for rescue
and in case, there is still any
hindrance in the rescue op-
eration, Narendrabhai
as-
sured my son that he would
send a helicopter from Guja-
rat for our safe and quick res-
cue. He went to the extent of
saying that he himself would
reach Kedarnath to protect
us. Such words of assurances
and promises went a long way
in comforting our family and
in raising hopes of getting
another day to live and serve
the people of our country
.
I can never forget how deep-
ly Narendra bhai was touched
by the plight of thousands
devastated by the floods. His
mind was constantly focused
on ways and means to send
across relief to the victims
and the first-hand-experie
nc-
es narrated by Arjit had a
deep impact on Narendrab-
hai’s psyche. In his heart, he
simply wanted to be present
in-person to render help to the
affected people. Although he
was the CM of Gujarat at that
time, but his heart went out to
each one of his countrymen
who were suffering the wrath
of nature. Only a true leader,
a great statesman can feel and
think of the common man in
such a way
.
While I was hospitalised, I
heard him asking how as the
CM of Gujarat he could be of
help in a disaster of such a
great magnitude and assured
of all the help from the Guja-
rat government to bring re-
lief to people. I was so full of
emotion and touched by these
words and I thought, Naren-
dra bhai is no ordinary man.
He is a man with a vision
who’s priority is not just his
state, but the country, and
now it’s not just the country
but the entire world.
He was never constrained
by boundaries and this vast-
ness of spirit and the magna-
nimity of heart that he dis-
plays, it is a result of his
bhakti. He is a spiritually
evolved leader and this is his
greatest shakti. How this
shakti is manifesting itself
by protecting our country is
for one and all to see and ex-
perience!.
TO BE CONTINUED…
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PM MODI, WHO WAS THE CM OF
GUJARAT IN 2013, CAME TO HIS
FAMILY’S RESCUE WHEN THEY WERE
STRANDED AMIDST NATURE’S FURY
AT KEDARNATH. HE TELLS US ABOUT
HOW MODIJI LEFT NO STONE
UNTURNED TO RESCUE HIM AND
HIS FAMILY WHO WERE THEN
INSIDE THE SANCTUM SANCTORUM
OF THE KEDARNATH TEMPLE AND HE
LAY UNCONSCIOUS THERE
PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI
COMPILED AND EDITED BY
SHASHIKANT SHARMA
AND SHWETA SHARMA
HOW PM MODI LEFT NO STONE
UNTURNED TO HELP THOSE STRANDED
IN KEDARNATH, INCLUDING MY FAMILY
‘MODI HAI TO MUMKIN HAI…’
UNTOLD STORIES OF PM MODI - PART 5
YOU READ PART-4 ON MAY 21, 2022
‘MODI'S VISION IS NOT
JUST FOR COUNTRY
BUT ENTIRE WORLD’
W
hile I was hospitalised,
I heard him asking how
as the CM of Gujarat he
could be of help in a disaster
of such a great magnitude and
assured of all the help from the
Gujarat government to bring
relief to people. I was so full of
words and I thought, Narendra
bhai is no ordinary man. He is a
man with a vision who’s priority
is not just his state, but the
country, and now it's not just
the country but the entire world.
Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal (right) and Chief Minister Narendra
Modi at the latter's swearing-in ceremony at Sardar Patel Stadium in
Ahmedabad on December 26, 2012.
NARENDRA MODI
LEADER WITH A
MAGNANIMOUS HEART!
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ED IN ITS CHARGESHEET SAID ON WEDNESDAY THAT
BOTH THE SONS AND WIFE OF NCP LEADER NAWAB
MALIK WERE SUMMONED FOR INTERROGATION, BUT
NONE OF THEM APPEARED IN CONNECTION WITH
MALIK’S MONEY LAUNDERING CASE.
DISTRICT COURT ON WEDNESDAY TRANSFERRED A
PETITION SEEKING PERMISSION TO WORSHIP A
“SHIVLING” CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN FOUND IN
GYANVAPI COMPLEX DURING A VIDEOGRAPHY SURVEY
TO A FAST-TRACK COURT FOR HEARING ON MAY 30.
SENSEX TUMBLES OVER 300 POINTS IN VOLATILE TRADE:
BENCHMARK INDICES WIPED OUT EARLY GAINS AS VOLATILITY
YET AGAIN RULED MARKETS, WITH SENSEX EXTENDING ITS
DECLINE TO 3RD DAY RUNNING ON WEDNESDAY, FALLING
OVER 300 POINTS AMID A SELL-OFF IN IT STOCKS.
5G set to speed up news
delivery, says Thakur
New Delhi: IB Minis-
ter Anurag Thakur on
Wednesday said the
growth of the internet
through affordable mo-
bile devices has reig-
nited the media sector
and 5G technology is
poised to increase the
speed of news delivery
.
Addressing 17th Asia
Media Summit via VC,
Thakur said in the cur-
rent times, media was
highly technology-driv-
en and was witnessing
innovation at a rapid
pace said media has
an immense ability to
shape right public per-
ceptions. P6
The world
appreciated
the leadership
of PM Modi, will create
a $100 million media
entertainment industry
by 2030, 45 crore bank
accounts opened in two
years. We have closed
youtube channels that
defame India. Our gov-
ernment also started a
scheme like Khelo India.
—Anurag Thakur,
IB Minister

UTTAR PRADESH
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‘DON’T JUST EXPECT DIGNIFIED
BEHAVIOUR, PRACTICE IT AS WELL’
First India Bureau
Lucknow: “Don’t just
expect dignified be-
haviour, also practice it
to uphold the dignity of
the House”, CM Yogi
told the leader of the op-
position Akhilesh Ya-
dav on the third day of
theUPassemblysession
on Wednesday following
a squabble between the
latter and Deputy Chief
MinisterKeshav Prasad
Maurya.
CM Yogi also ap-
pealed to the Speaker of
the Assembly to ex-
punge the statement
made by the leader of
the opposition from the
house proceedings as “it
sets a bad precedent”.
He remarked that
such incidents tarnish
the reputation of the
entire house. Urging
Yadav to restrain his
anger, the Chief Minis-
ter told him that it was
not right on his part to
make running com-
mentary and issue
threats when the depu-
ty chief minister was
speaking and that he
should have waited un-
til Maurya finished his
speech.
“A govt, whether
yours or ours, has the
right to talk about its
achievements. And the
deputy CM was abso-
lutely right.
Besides, he is deputy
chief minister for the
second time in a row
and is the senior most
leader in the govern-
ment. You might not
agree with what he said,
but you should have at
least shown the patience
to listen to him.
You can always ques-
tion the government
whenyourturncomes”,
he said. He added, “I
was watching yester-
day also and was
shocked to hear the
kind of language some
members used against
the finance minister
when he stood up to
speak. It’s not done in a
healthy democracy. Ev-
ery member of the
house has the right to
voice his or her views’’.
MAINTAIN DIGNITY OF THE HOUSE AT ALL COST: CM YOGI TELLS AKHILESH YADAV
CM Yogi Adityanath arrives at the Vidhan Sabha on Wednesday along with cabinet minister
Surya Pratap Shahi.
SHIVPAL SEEKS
CHANGE OF HIS SEAT
Pragatisheel Sam-
ajwadi Party-Lohia
president and senior
MLA Shivpal Singh
Yadav has urged
the UP assembly
speaker to change his
seat. Shivpal Singh
Yadav has written a
letter to the principal
secretary of the UP
legislative assembly
requesting a change
of seat.”
We can agree, or
disagree with each
other, but we
mustn’t use unpar-
liamentary lan-
guage inside the
House. The deco-
rum of the house
must be main-
tained at all costs.
—Yogi Adityanath,
Chief Minister, UP
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Yogi Adi-
tyanath-led UP govt is
promoting organic
farming and afforesta-
tion along the banks of
the Ganga in order to
make the river cleaner,
free of pollution
caused by chemical fer-
tilisers and toxic pesti-
cides and ensure its
uninterrupted flow.
Moving a step fur-
ther from the initiative
launched in this regard
during its first term,
the government seeks
to encourage organic
farming within a radi-
us of 10 km on both the
banks in 27 districts
through which the
Ganga passes in the
state.
The govt has set af-
forestation target on
6759 hectares along the
banks of Ganga, spread
over 503 places in dif-
ferent districts through
which the river Ganga
flows in the next six
months.
This will not only
help in increasing the
forest cover and im-
proving climate, but
also prevent soil ero-
sion reducing severity
of floods in these areas.
The government has
already launched plan-
tation drive in Kasganj
and some other areas
in this context.
The maximum area
of organic farming in
Uttar Pradesh falls in
the Gangetic plains
only. The state govt has
also planned intensive
afforestation drive not
only along the banks of
Ganga but also along
the banks of its tribu-
taries. It aims to plant
saplings of medicinal,
rare and traditional
plants along the banks
of river Ganga and its
tributaries.
Yogi govt promotes organic farming along banks of Ganga
FARMING GEN-Z WAY
HECTARES
Govt seeks to encourage organic
farming within a radius of 10 km
on both the banks in 27 districts
UP’s vaccine feat:
30.6 L ‘precaution
doses’ administered
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Striding
towards another vac-
cine milestone, the
state of UP crossed
the landmark of ad-
ministering over 90
lakh vaccine doses to
the children in the
age category of 12-14.
This is another mile-
stone as the state
continues to conduct
one of the most suc-
cessful vaccination
campaigns in the
country since the
rollout of the mass
immunisation drive.
Strengthening its
fight against the
Covid-19 pandemic,
the UP govt is provid-
ing vaccination cov-
er to all children be-
tween 12 to 17 years
of age in a time-
bound manner. So
far, over 2,41,42,318
vaccine doses have
been administered to
children in the age
group of 15-17 and
over 91,31,512 doses
have been adminis-
tered to the children
in the age group of
12-14 in the state. As
per data from CoWin
portal updated till
12:00pm on Wednes-
day, at least 32.46
crore out of the total
192 crore doses ad-
ministered in the
country are from UP.
Committed to pro-
viding additional
protection cover to
the people, UP start-
ed administering
booster shots (pre-
caution dose) from
January 10. Over
30.60 lakh ‘precau-
tion doses’ have been
administered in the
state so far.
75%FULLYVAX
A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Covid-19
preventive vaccine to a student. —FILE PHOTO
Preparations begin for Global Investors Summit-III
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Prepara-
tions have begun for
hosting the Global In-
vestors Summit in Ut-
tar Pradesh, which will
pave way for the state
to realise CM Yogi re-
solve of making it a
one trillion dollar
economy.
As the state govt ma-
chinery gears up for
the third ground-break-
ing ceremony on June
3 in the presence of PM
Modi, more than 60 in-
dustry captains have
confirmed their arriv-
al for the ceremony.
Modi will perform
bhumi pujan for about
2000projectsworthRs75
thousand crores at the
ceremony
. CM Yogi is
personally supervising
the arrangements for
the massive ceremony
.
The third GBC is big-
ger than the previous
two with a higher pro-
jected investment. In
terms of number of
projects, the top de-
partment is food pro-
cessing, with 474 proj-
ects, worth Rs 4118.39
crores as the sum of
investment intent.
However, in terms of
value, the top depart-
ment is IT and electron-
ics, where the number
of projects is 14, but the
sum of investment in-
tent is a staggering Rs
20587.05 crore.
President of Labor Welfare Council Sunil Bharala and Member of
the Board Ajit Kumar Jain while meeting CM Yogi.
UPSIDA HAS MOST PROJECTS
Among facilitating departments, the UP State
Industrial Development Authority or UPSIDA has
the highest number of projects at 647, followed by
NOIDA (47), UP Expressways Industrial Develop-
ment Authority or UPEIDA (17), Gorakhpur Indus-
trial Development Authority or GIDA (14), Yamuna
Expressway Industrial Development Authority or
YEIDA (7) and Infrastructure and Industrial Dev
Dept or IIDD (3). The huge interest shown in UP
by top industrial houses in varied sectors will go a
long way in boosting the state’s economy .
50 PROVINCIAL CIVIL
SERVICES OFFICERS TASKED
Lucknow: 50 PCS offi-
cers of Uttar Pradesh
have been assigned du-
ties at the third ground-
breaking ceremony
(GBC-3) to be held on
June 3rd at the Indira
Gandhi Pratishthan in
Lucknow. Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi will
virtually inaugurate the
ceremony and several
top industrialists of the
country will be attend-
ing the event. The state
government has as-
signed 50 PCS officers
as Liaison Officers for
the eminent industri-
alists and dignitaries
visiting Uttar Pradesh.
All the officers have
to report to Principal
Secretary Tourism on
1st June so that each
officer can be assigned
the tasks they have to
perform.
‘Elder Line’ rings in
hope for thousands
of senior citizens
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Ensuring
safety, security and all-
round welfare of the
elderly citizens, UP
‘Project Elderline’, in
the span of almost an
year has received as
many as 2,40,335 calls
including over 67,027
actionable calls.
To cater to the vul-
nerable faction and
homeless elderly citi-
zens, especially during
the COVID crisis, and
quickly aid them re-
garding health con-
cerns, legal aid, and
extend emotional sup-
port, the Yogi Aditya-
nath government had
effectively implement-
ed the helpline all
across the state on May
17, 2021, which has re-
ceived overwhelming
response in an year. So
far, the majority of call-
ers sought information
on the procedure to be
followed to avail bene-
fits of the government
welfare schemes,
health-related informa-
tion, Covid support, le-
gal aid, and emotional
support.
The toll-free helpline
14567 launched for se-
nior citizens, is run by
Uttar Pradesh Industri-
al Consultants Limited
(UPICON). UPICON
managing director
Pravin Singh informed
that the initiative prom-
ises help to senior citi-
zens within 48 hours.
NSDL ties up with UP Uttarakhand colleges
First India Bureau
Lucknow: India’s larg-
est depository, National
Securities Depository
Limited (NSDL)
launched ‘Market ka
Eklavya – Express’, an
online investment
awareness program for
students that will be
conducted in 8 different
languages including
Hindi. The program
would serve as a begin-
ner’s guide for invest-
ing for the youth. Some
of the colleges NSDL
has tied up with are Lo-
tus Institute Bareilly,
Govt PG College Ran-
ikhet, School of Man-
agement Sciences – Va-
ranasi, Gautam Buddha
Degree College - Luc-
know, ABES Business
School - Ghaziabad,
Gautam Budha Univer-
sity- Noida, and Quan-
tum University – Roor-
kee, Phonics Group -
Haridwar, Pal college of
Technology and Mangt,
Haldwani Uttarakhand,
amongst others.
To mark the signifi-
cance of Azadi Ka Am-
rit Mahotsav, an initia-
tive of Govt of India to
celebrate 75 years of
independence and the
glorious history of our
people, culture and
achievements, NSDL
has launched a new ini-
tiative towards investor
awareness ‘Market Ka
Eklavya - Express’ .
BJP MLA urges govt to
resolve woes of farmers
First India Bureau
Lucknow: BJP leader
and Jewar MLA
Dhirendra Singh has
urged his party-led UP-
govt to resolve the is-
sues of farmers and
homebuyers in Noida
and Greater Noida.
Singh raised the is-
sues of farmers and
homebuyers in the on-
going state assembly
session in Lucknow on
Tuesday, and high-
lighted the anomalies
and injustice done to
them during the previ-
ous Samajwadi Party
and Bahujan Samaj
Party govt.
‘‘I want the (BJP)
government to wash
off the sins of the pre-
vious governments.
The CAG has highlight-
ed Rs 30,000 crore scam
in the Greater Noida
Industrial Develop-
ment Authority (GNI-
DA) and scam worth
thousands of crores in
the New Okhla Indus-
trial Development Au-
thority (NOIDA).
These were scams
done on the lands of
simple, poor farmers,
Singh said.
PCS Chandan Kumar Patel
SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar with MLAs of the Samajwadi Party at the Vidhan Sabha on
Wednesday. —PHOTOS BY ASHOK DUTTA
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE

UTTAR PRADESH
03
CRUCIAL READ
Lucknow: Chief Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra said that
efforts should be made to improve the ease of living, so
as to make living of state residents easy. He said environ-
ment of cities should be clean and safe and people should
not face any kind of inconvenience while walking on the
road. Getting rid of the problem of traffic jam should be
a priority for city residents and whichever road traffic
bottleneck s witnessed, survey should be done to check
the same. The CS gave these instructions to all Divisional
Commissioners, DMs, Municipal Commissioners and sen-
ior police officers through video conferencing.
22 PPL ARRESTED
FOR ATTACKING
POLICE TEAM
TWO AMBEDKAR
STATUES FOUND
DAMAGED
Fatehpur: At least 22
people were arrested
here for allegedly at-
tacking a police team
that had gone to arrest
a drug smuggler, of-
ficials said.The SHO of
Thariaon police station
and a woman constable
were injured in the at-
tack, according to SHO
Akhilesh Pratap Singh
said a police team had
gone to Meerpur village
on Sunday to arrest
drug smuggler Rajiv
Singh alias Munna.
Angry villagers attacked
the police team and
managed to free Munna
from police custody.
CS MISHRA ASKS OFFICIALS TO TAKE
EFFORTS FOR CITIZENS’ EASE OF LIVING
Meerut: Two statues
of Babasaheb Bhimrao
Ambedkar were found
damaged in Hastinapur
area here on Wednesday,
police said. The incident
has angered the people
of the Dalit community
in the area, they said.
SHO of Hastinapur Police
station Kunwarpal Singh
said, “The statues were
kept outside the shop of
a sculptor in the area.
Prima facie it appears
that they were damaged
accidently.” Meanwhile,
representatives of police
and local administration
met the angry locals and
pacified them.
1 held for derogatory
comments on Shiva
Agri varsity asst prof
suspended, probe on
First India Bureau
Noida: The police have
arrested a teacher from
Deoria for derogatory
comments on Lord Shi-
va during the Gyanvapi
issue.
Police sources here
said that a man had
passed derogatory com-
ments on Lord Shiva
while ongoing Gyanvapi
matter is in the court.
During the police in-
vestigation it was re-
vealed that accused Ati-
ur Rehman was a resi-
dent of Deoria district
under Salempur police
station area.
Atiur Rehman was an
MBA from a Noida col-
lege and he was manag-
er of a coaching centre
in Deoria.
He had tweeted objec-
tionable comments on
social media. Case was
registered against him
under disturbing social
harmony and other
charges in Kasna police
station and he was
arrested from Deoria
district.
Meerut: The admin-
istration of Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel
University of Agri-
culture has suspend-
ed assistant professor
accused of molesta-
tion and probe was
ordered against him.
Dr Naresh Pratap
Singh, accused pro-
fessor was attached
with Research Centre,
Ujhani in Badaun
during suspension pe-
riod and he has to co-
ordinate with probe
committee.
Students and vic-
tims of Biotech col-
lege in agriculture
university had com-
plaint about the assis-
tant professor who
tried to sexually
abuse and molest girl
students.Ravindra
Singh, Dean Biotech
college had informed
about the incident to
then vice-chancellor
Shamsher Singh who
ordered probe into
the matter.
Probe committee
registered statements
of the victims and ac-
cused professor was
removed from post of
chief warden.
SP GETS 2ND CANDIDATE
JavedAliKhanfilesnominationforRS
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Sama-
jwadi Party on Wednes-
day nominated senior
leaderJavedAliKhanfor
the second Rajya Sabha
seat from Uttar Pradesh.
He filed his nomination
shortlyafterformerCon-
gress leader Kapil Sibal
submitted his papers as
an independent candi-
date backed by the SP
.
Javed Ali was previously
a Rajya Sabha member
from 2014 to 2020.
“I have filed my nomi-
nation as an SP candi-
date. I am grateful to the
party leadership for giv-
ingmethechance,”Khan
told reporters here. He
was a student leader and
wasthegeneralsecretary
of Jamia Students’ Un-
ion. He was appointed
district president of SP
from Moradabad in 2005
and also contested the
2007 Vidhan Sabha elec-
tionsfromThakurdwara.
However, there is still
suspense over who will
AkhileshYadavselectfor
the third and final RS
seat - his wife Dimple Ya-
dav or RLD president
Jayant Chaudhary
. With
273 MLAs in UP Assem-
bly
, the ruling BJP-led
NDA will easily get eight
members elected to the
Upper House of Parlia-
ment, while the SP and
itsallies(RLDandSBSP),
withastrengthof 125leg-
islators, will be able to
ensure the victory of
three candidates.
Though the SP has not
announced the name of
itsthirdcandidate,sourc-
es said Akhiles’s wife
Dimple Yadav will file
her nomination for the
Rajya Sabha polls.
First India Bureau
Mau: The police and
administrative officers
continued action
against mafia-turned
politician Mukhtar An-
sari, his relatives and
his close aides.
District administra-
tion has confiscated as-
sets of Baijnath Yadav,
close aide of Ansari un-
der Gangster Act.
DM Arun Kumar said
action was being taken
against land mafias and
government land en-
croachers. Case was
registered against Bai-
jnath Yadav under
Gangster Act and en-
croached land was con-
fiscated after legal pro-
ceedings. He said notic-
es were served against
encroached lands and
proceedings of seizing
were underway
. Also,
further action will be
taken against land ma-
fias who encroached
upon government lands
after probing.
First India Bureau
Agra: A team of the
Commercial Tax De-
partment (GST) raid-
ed more than 6 loca-
tions of well-known
gutkha trader Sarin
and Sarin here. on
Wednesday
. Sarin
SarinGroupmanufac-
tures Goldmohar Gut-
kha. The company’s
gutkha is exported
across India and
abroad.
According to the in-
formation,onWednes-
day
, there were raids
conducted by the GST
department in the en-
tire state of many
traders making gut-
kha together. In this
episode, the GST team
conducted simultane-
ousraidsatabouthalf
a dozen places includ-
ing the factory located
in Freeganj of the
firm making Goldmo-
har Gutkha in Agra.
At all places, the team
knocked together at
onetimeat12noon.At
the same time, there
was a stir in raids at
all places. During the
raid, the team has tak-
en possession of all
the documents, com-
puters, laptops of the
firm.
Apart from this, the
owner and other em-
ployeesof thefirmare
being questioned.
Additional Com-
missioner Grade-I of
the department said
action was going on
against Sarin and Sa-
rin Group in Agra. He
saidthiswasaroutine
check.Investigationis
going on at more than
one place. It will be
clear only after inves-
tigation is over wheth-
er there is any irregu-
larity or not.
Suspense over Dimple Yadav, though
sourcessayshewillbeSP’s3rdnominee
Former Cong leader Kapil Sibal is an
independent candidate backed by SP
Javed Ali filing nomination for Rajjya Sabha in presence of senior leaders Ram Gopal
Yadav,Ambika Chaudhri and others at Vidhan Bhavan in Lucknow on Wednesday.
Kapil Sibal files nomination for Rajya Sabha seat in presence of Samajwadi Party
President Akhilesh Yadav, senior leader Ram Gopal Yadav and others.
Sibal says goodbye to Congress
Lucknow: Senior Con-
gress party leader Kapil
Sibal, a former union
minister, quitting the
party came as a surprise
to many but was a fore-
gone conclusion. The
veteran leader who was
a prominent member of
the Group of 23 (G-23),
was feeling left alone
after three other senior
G-23 leaders Ghulam
Nabi Azad, Anand
Sharma, and P Chidam-
baram made peace with
the Gandhi family with
an eye on grabbing party
tickets for the upcoming
Rajya Sabha biennial
elections. The G-23 had
raised the voice for a
leadership change in the
party in August 2020
and was demanding
the restructuring of the
party by holding internal
elections. However,
Azad, Sharma, and Chi-
dambaram fell in line
and declared that they
were not against the
party’s interim president
Sonia Gandhi. Sibal
was reportedly feeling
betrayed by them. Sibal,
whose term in RS ends
July 4 was left with no
choice but to look for
his options. However,
with the Congress party
coming up with a dismal
performance in March
assembly polls in UP by
winning just two seats,
the Congress anyway
was not in a position to
send him to Rajya Sabha
again. An eminent SC
lawyer, Sibal had offers
from two regional par-
ties which are his clients,
the Jharkhand Mukti
Morcha and Samajwadi
Party. He is the advo-
cate on record for the
Jharkhand government
and its beleaguered CM
Hemant Soren in mining
scam case.
Khan was SP dist
president from
Moradabad and
contested 2007
Aseembly polls
REST IN PEACE
CM Yogi Adityanath paying tributes to Late Tara Singh, mother of BJP MLA Rajeshwar Singh, on Wednesday.
Land of Mukhtar's close aide
Baijnath Yadav confiscated
Police and administrative officials during the action on Wednesday Commercial tax officials during the raid at one of the
facilities of Sarin and Sarin in Agra on Wednesday.
Tax dept raid on multiple
locations of gutkha trader
‘SOCIAL WORKER’ HELD FOR EXTORTION
Gonda: A social worker was arrested on Wednesday for
allegedly threatening and trying to extort money from a
trader here, police said. Gonda SP Santosh Kumar Mishra
said a man named Sunil Tripathi who calls himself a social
worker was arrested after a probe into a case of extortion
lodged by a local trader. Gonda-based trader BD Aggarwal
had lodged his complaint on May 8, accusing Tripathi
of extorting Rs 10 lakh by threatening to defame him by
false propaganda, the SP said. The case was lodged at
the Kotwali police station of the district. The SP said it has
been confirmed in the preliminary investigation that Tripathi
extorts money from affluent people by calling himself an
RTI activist and social worker.
—PHOTOS
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR

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inister of State for Consumer
Affairs, Food and Public Dis-
tribution and Environment,
Forest and Climate Change
Ashwini Kumar Choubey, a
veteran BJP leader from Bi-
har, shares with us how PM
Modi, who was the CM of Gu-
jarat in 2013, came to his fam-
ily’s rescue when they were
stranded amidst nature’s fury
atKedarnath.Hetellsusabout
how Modiji left no stone un-
turned to rescue him and his
family who were then inside
the sanctum sanctorum of the
Kedarnath temple and he lay
unconscious there. Modiji
kept the rescue work on for
several hours and did every-
thing in his power to help
those stuck within the temple.
On June 16, 2013, I reached
Patna after attending the
working committee meeting
in Goa, and from there, along
with my family
, left for Kedar-
nath. We knew that the situa-
tion in Kedarnath was not
ordinary as it had been rain-
ing continuously for 3 days. I
called up the District Magis-
trate at Rudraprayag and he
said that the situation was
quite grim as landslides had
blocked roads at several plac-
es. He also said that it would
take a couple of days for them
to meet me.
Even as we were having a
conversation, I received a call
from Narendra bhai. He
asked about my whereabouts
and I told him I was in Kedar-
nath and that the situation
there seemed rather terrify-
ing and that I had a feeling of
impending doom. As Modiji
hung up, I received a call
from a journalist in Patna. As
we were conversing, I heard
the deafening roar of a disas-
ter. It was as if a thousand
dynamites had gone off all at
once and the lone candle
burning on the table since
morning as there was no elec-
tricity, was blown off. It was
pitch dark. My sons Arjit and
Aviral and my son-in-law
Subodh were sitting around
the table with me and my
youngest son said “Papaji I
think it’s an earthquake.”
The sounds of nature were
ear-shattering and I could
hear nothing then. Suddenly,
I was floating in water up to
my chest. The entire room
seemed to be engulfed in wa-
ter and my entire family was
deep in water. We could hard-
ly hear or see each other.
I was overwhelmed and
overcome with emotion. We
had just offered our prayers at
theJagadgurushrineandnow
I could see our revered statue
of LordShivaimmersedinthe
deluge. People, houses, and
animals, all were being swept
awayinthedevastatingfloods.
The devotees were jostling in
the water to somehow stay
afloat.Itseemedasif theheav-
ens had torn asunder as we
saw the house where the devo-
tees were standing moments
ago, being swept away in the
flash floods. Those three days,
June 16th, 17th and 18th have
leftanindelibleimpressionon
me because we, along with
scores of people, spent those
days within the seer’s sama-
dhi. In the evening of June
18th we heard sound of heli-
copters from Bhata, but we
knew nothing was possible
because of the unprecedented
devastation we could witness
all around.
On 20th June, we received
a call from the National Con-
venor and we then tried to
establish contact with Naren-
dra bhai. When Modiji called,
I was not in a position to
speak because of exhaustion.
My son Arjit spoke with him
as he inquired about our
whereabouts, our health and
the condition of all the people
around us. Modiji was anx-
ious not just for us but for all
the people who were stranded
and dying. He spoke in great
detail with Arjit and after
taking in the minutest de-
tails, he comforted my son
that everything would be al-
right. He would inform Suni-
lji and tell him to arrange for
help as soon as possible. He
also said he would speak with
the CM of Uttarakhand, Ba-
hugunaji to send for rescue
and in case, there is still any
hindrance in the rescue op-
eration, Narendrabhai as-
sured my son that he would
send a helicopter from Guja-
rat for our safe and quick res-
cue. He went to the extent of
saying that he himself would
reach Kedarnath to protect
us. Such words of assurances
and promises went a long way
in comforting our family and
in raising hopes of getting
another day to live and serve
the people of our country
.
I can never forget how deep-
ly Narendra bhai was touched
by the plight of thousands
devastated by the floods. His
mind was constantly focused
on ways and means to send
across relief to the victims
and the first-hand-experienc-
es narrated by Arjit had a
deep impact on Narendrab-
hai’s psyche. In his heart, he
simply wanted to be present
in-person to render help to the
affected people. Although he
was the CM of Gujarat at that
time, but his heart went out to
each one of his countrymen
who were suffering the wrath
of nature. Only a true leader,
a great statesman can feel and
think of the common man in
such a way
.
While I was hospitalised, I
heard him asking how as the
CM of Gujarat he could be of
help in a disaster of such a
great magnitude and assured
of all the help from the Guja-
rat government to bring re-
lief to people. I was so full of
words and I thought, Naren-
dra bhai is no ordinary man.
He is a man with a vision
who’s priority is not just his
state, but the country, and
now it’s not just the country
but the entire world.
He was never constrained
by boundaries and this vast-
ness of spirit and the magna-
nimity of heart that he dis-
plays, it is a result of his
bhakti. He is a spiritually
evolved leader and this is his
greatest shakti. How this
shakti is manifesting itself
by protecting our country is
for one and all to see and ex-
perience!.
TO BE CONTINUED…
M
PM MODI, WHO WAS THE CM OF
GUJARAT IN 2013, CAME TO HIS
FAMILY’S RESCUE WHEN THEY WERE
STRANDED AMIDST NATURE’S FURY
AT KEDARNATH. HE TELLS US ABOUT
HOW MODIJI LEFT NO STONE
UNTURNED TO RESCUE HIM AND
HIS FAMILY WHO WERE THEN
INSIDE THE SANCTUM SANCTORUM
OF THE KEDARNATH TEMPLE AND HE
LAY UNCONSCIOUS THERE
PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI
COMPILED AND EDITED BY
SHASHIKANT SHARMA
AND SHWETA SHARMA
HOW PM MODI LEFT NO STONE
UNTURNED TO HELP THOSE STRANDED
IN KEDARNATH, INCLUDING MY FAMILY
‘MODI HAI TO MUMKIN HAI…’
UNTOLD STORIES OF PM MODI - PART 5
YOU READ PART-4 ON MAY 21, 2022
‘MODI'S VISION IS NOT
JUST FOR COUNTRY
BUT ENTIRE WORLD’
W
hile I was hospitalised,
I heard him asking how
as the CM of Gujarat he
could be of help in a disaster
of such a great magnitude and
assured of all the help from the
Gujarat government to bring
relief to people. I was so full of
words and I thought, Narendra
bhai is no ordinary man. He is a
man with a vision who’s priority
is not just his state, but the
country, and now it's not just
the country but the entire world.
Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal (right) and Chief Minister Narendra
Modi at the latter's swearing-in ceremony at Sardar Patel Stadium in
Ahmedabad on December 26, 2012.
NARENDRA MODI
LEADER WITH A
MAGNANIMOUS HEART!

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Bengaluru (PTI): The
ongoing Karnataka
textbook row has hit an-
other roadblock as two
writers, Devanur Ma-
hadeva and G Ram-
akrishna, have revoked
their permission to in-
clude their writings as
part of the class 10 Kan-
nada textbooks.
This comes after pri-
mary and secondary
minister BC Nagesh, on
Monday, defended the
changes made to some
portions of Kannada
and Social Science text-
books, including the
dropping of Sara Abu-
backer and other pro-
gressive writers. In two
separate letters, the duo
haveexpressedtheirdis-
appointment by calling
themethodof reviewing
textbooks as ‘undemo-
cratic’ and ‘unethical’.
“Anyone dropping the
writings of people like
AL Basavaraju, AN
Murthy, P Lankesh and
Sara Abubaker is not
aware of Karnataka and
its culture. Rohith
Chakrathirtha who
headed the textbook re-
view committee, claims
thatheisnotidentifying
writers by their caste.
However, if you don’t be
inclusive of caste in a
country like India, at
least 90 per cent of peo-
ple would be excluded,
thus impacting the par-
ticipatory model of de-
mocracy
. Hence, I have
withdrawn from giving
permission to use my
writings in the text-
book,” Mahedeva said
in his letter.
He also added that
BJP has always inter-
fered and is manipulat-
ing education and his-
tory since the days of
former union human
resources development
minister Murali Mano-
har Joshi.
K’taka govt in a fix over authors’ demand
DROP LESSONS FROM TEXTBOOKS
K’taka Min says UCC
will be implemented
one or other day
Koppal (Agencies):
Minister for Social Wel-
fare Kota Shrinivas
Poojari said on Wednes-
day that the controver-
sial Uniform Civil Code
will be implemented in
the country one or the
other day
.
“The BJP is commit-
ted to bringing the Uni-
form Civil Code and it is
going to implement it. It
was the BJP, which had
terminated Article 370
in Jammu and Kash-
mir,” he said.
Poojari further stated
that everyone witnessed
thegrandfoundationlay-
ing ceremony for Lord
RamMandirinAyodhya.
“Now,thetempleisbeing
built there. BJP has ful-
filled all the promises.
Whateverisbeingsaidis
being translated into
work,” he added.
Saying that the BJP
would implement the
Uniform Civil Code, he
said, “it is the BJP’s
stand that law should be
equal to all citizens.”
“Presently the pun-
ishment is given equal-
ly for criminal acts
without any communal
or religious prejudice.
Likewise, there should
be equal treatment to
offenders with regard
to civil issues,” the
minister said.
Kota Shrinivas Poojari
Patna (Agencies): Bi-
har Caste-based Census:
Amid reports of disqui-
et in ruling alliance
partners in Bihar over
the caste-based Census,
sources have indicated
that the two major rul-
ing constituents of the
NDA -- BJP and JD(U)
have reached a consen-
sus for the exercise that
has become a focal point
in the state’s politics.
Sources told media
that BJP has assured
Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar of support for
the caste-based Census
in Bihar.
The development as-
sumes significance as it
comes in the backdrop
of reports of differenc-
es in the alliance be-
tween the ‘big brother’
BJP and JD(U) and Nit-
ish’s growing bonhomie
with Lalu’s RJD.
Kumar recently said
that he will convene an
all-party meet this week
to discuss the state-spe-
cific census of castes.
State Minister Vijay Ku-
mar Chaudhary said
that the meeting will
take place on June 1.
Last year, Tejashwi
was part of a delegation
that met PM Modi to
press the demand for a
caste census.

❍ CASTE-BASED CENSUS
BJP, JD(U) finally on same page,
Nitish to hold big meet on June 1
Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Bihar CM. —FILE PHOTO
SHARAD PAWAR BATS
FOR CASTE CENSUS
Mumbai (PTI): NCP
president Sharad Pawar
on Wednesday demanded
a caste-based census,
saying such an exercise
was necessary to ensure
social equality. Addressing
a meeting of the NCP OBC
cell, Pawar said everybody
should get what is right-
fully due to them. “We are
not asking anything for
free. There is no option but
to conduct a caste-based
census,” the former Union
minister said.
NO DIFFERENCES WITH NITISH KUMAR: RCP SINGH
Patna: Union Steel Minister RCP Singh finally spoke up
over ongoing speculation about his future in the Narendra
Modi Cabinet because of a delay by the Janata Dal (U) in
declaring his candidature for the coming Rajya Sabha elec-
tion. He dismissed the claims about differences between
him and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and also about
a possible split between the JD(U) and the BJP. Speaking
to reporters in Delhi before heading to a Cabinet meeting,
Singh stated, “There are no differences between me and Ni-
tish ji on any issue, and today evening I am going to Patna.”
The final deadline for filing the nominations, he said, is on
May 31 and there is still time for that.
Amid ‘Govt
change talks’
in Bihar, Guv
meets PM
Patna/New Delhi
(Agencies):Amidspecu-
lationof achangeof gov-
ernment in the state, Bi-
har Governor Phagu
Chauhan went to the
Prime Minister’s Office
(PMO) on Wednesday to
meet Prime Minister
Narendra Modi.
Sources said that
Chauhan reportedly
met Modi and discussed
the current political
situation of Bihar.
When he came out from
the South Block, he did
not interact with the
media persons
Sources have said that
the PMO has called the
Governor to understand
thecurrentpoliticalsitu-
ation of the state.
In Bihar, there is a
speculation that Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar
might break his Janata
Dal-United’s alliance
with the BJP and join
hands with the Rashtri-
yaJanataDaltoformthe
government in Bihar.
PC George being taken into police custody in Kochi on Wednesday.
PC George arrested
after court cancels
bail in Hate speech
Thiruvananthapuram
(Agencies): Six-time
former Congress legis-
lator P C George, whose
bail in an alleged hate
speech case was can-
celled by a court in the
state capital Thiru-
vananthapuram on
Wednesday, was taken
into custody by the Ker-
ala police. The Court
also granted the police
the power to arrest
George and produce
him before the court.
George, along with
his son Shaun George
had arrived before the
Palarivattom police. He
had another similar
case for which he was to
appear before the police
as a lower court which
granted him bail on
May 1 had cancelled it.
Speaking to the me-
dia, State BJP chief
Surendran said it was
unfair that there are
different laws for differ-
ent people.
“While the police was
quick to arrest George
for a hate speech, this
yardstick is not seen
when the same crime is
being committed by
others (Muslim lead-
ers), no arrest is made.
This is a clear cut case
of different treatment
and George has been a
victim of this. We want
to ask why are the po-
lice not arresting other
people for the same
crime,” he added.
Bypoll for 3 Lok Sabha, 7 assembly seats on June 23
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): The Election
Commission on
Wednesday announced
the schedule for by-
election to three Lok
Sabha and seven assem-
bly seats across six
states. The by-election
to these seats will be
held on June 23, the poll
body said.
As per the Election
Commission, the count-
ing of votes for the par-
liamentary and assem-
bly bypolls will take
place on June 26.
The three Lok Sabha
seats which will wit-
ness bypolls include–
Azamgarh and Rampur
in Uttar Pradesh and
Punjab’s Sangrur.
Azamgarh Lok Sabha
seat was vacated after
Samajwadi Party chief
Akhilesh Yadav con-
testedtheUttarPradesh
Assembly elections this
year and was elected as
an MLA, while Rampur
Lok Sabha seat was va-
cated by SP leader
Mohd Azam Khan after
he also won the recent-
ly-concluded state as-
sembly elections.
Sangrur Lok Sabha
seat was vacated by
Bhagwant Mann who
came to power as the
state chief minister af-
ter the Aam Aadmi
Party secured a land-
slide victory in the re-
cently-held assembly
polls in Punjab.
Tripura, Jharkhand,
Andhra Pradesh and
Delhi will undergo as-
sembly by-elections.
BSY indicates bigger role for
son in BJP post ticket denial
Bengaluru (Agen-
cies): Karnataka BJP
strongman BS Yedi-
yurappa on Wednesday
indicated the possibili-
ty of a bigger role for
his son and the state
Vice President BY Vi-
jayendra in the party, a
day after he was denied
a ticket to contest the
MLC polls.
Ignoring the recom-
mendation of the state
unit to field Mr Vijayen-
dra for the June 3 bien-
nial elections to seven
seats of Karnataka Leg-
islative Council, the
party central leader-
ship on Tuesday an-
nounced names of four
candidates, hours be-
fore the deadline for fil-
ing of nominations
ended.
BS Yediyurappa with son BY Vijayendra. —FILE PHOTO
BRIEF
in
in
PARTHA APPEARS
BEFORE CBI FOR
THE SECOND TIME
Kolkata (PTI): West
Bengal minister Partha
Chatterjee on Wednesday
appeared before the CBI
here for interrogation in
connection with its probe
into the alleged irregu-
larities of appointments
in government-run
schools by West Bengal
School Service Commis-
sion (WBSSC). “We had
asked Chatterjee ques-
tions on Wednesday last
week when he appeared
before us but his an-
swers did not match with
those of the members of
the advisory panel,” the
CBI officer said.
SADHU BEATEN
UP, HAIR CHOPPED
OFF IN KHANDWA
Bhopal (Agencies): A
man has been arrested
for assaulting a sadhu
and forcefully cutting
his hair in Madhya
Pradesh’s Khandwa
district, State Home
Minister Narottam
Mishra said in Bhopal
on Wednesday. Minis-
ter Mishra condemned
the incident saying that
those insulting Sadhus
should be taught a
tough lesson. The man
assaulting the sadhu
has been identified
as Praveen Gaur, a
hotelier.
CENTRAL TEAM
TO VISIT FLOOD-
HIT ASSAM
Guwahati (Agencies):
An inter-ministerial Cen-
tral team of six members
will be on two-day visit
to the flood-ravaged As-
sam beginning Friday
to assess the damage
to the properties, crops,
loss of lives and other
aspects of the deluge,
officials said on Wednes-
day. After the field visit
on Friday and Saturday,
the Central team would
hold meetings with the
state government of-
ficials. The death toll has
risen to 27 till early on
Wednesday.
RS POLLS: FOUR
FROM YSRCP FILE
NOMINATIONS
Amaravati (PTI): YSR
Congress Party (YS-
RCP) senior leaders V
Vijaya Sai Reddy, Beeda
Masthan Rao, Niranjan
Reddy and R Krishnaiah
filed their nominations at
the AP Legislative Coun-
cil on Wednesday. The
four leaders filed their
nominations at the office
of Returning Officer PV
Subba Reddy. They are
expected to be elected
unanimously as the
YSRCP has 151 MLAs in
the State Assembly. Govt
adviser (Public Affairs)
Sajjala Ramakrishna
Reddy was present.
CHINESE VISA SCAM
After CBI, now ED files money
laundering case against Karti
New Delhi (Agencies):
The Enforcement Direc-
torate (ED) has regis-
tered a money launder-
ing case against Con-
gress MP Karti Chid-
ambaram and others in
the alleged scam per-
taining to the issuance
of visa to 263 Chinese
nationals in 2011 when
his father P Chidam-
baram was the Home
Minister, officials said
on Wednesday
.
The federal agency
has filed its case under
the criminal sections of
the Prevention of Mon-
ey Laundering Act
(PMLA) taking cogni-
sance of a recent first
information report by
the CBI in the same
case, they said.
The case pertains to
allegations of Rs 50
lakh being paid as
bribe to Karti and his
close associate S
Bhaskararaman by a
top executive of Ve-
danta group company
Talwandi Sabo Power
Ltd. (TSPL), which was
setting a power plant
in Punjab, the CBI FIR
had said.
The Enforcement Di-
rectorate(ED)willprobe
the possible “proceeds
of crime” that could
havebeengenerateddue
to the alleged illegal ac-
tivity
, they said.
The accused will be
questionedaspartof the
investigation, they said.
Karti Chidambaram
hasdeniedallallegations
and said “if this is not
harassment, not a witch
hunt, then what is.”
KARTI TO BE GRILLED BY CBI TODAY
New Delhi: Congress MP Karti Chidambaram has
been summoned by the Central Bureau of Inves-
tigation for questioning on Thursday in an alleged
visa scam case. Chidambaram was to join inves-
tigation within 16 hours after he returned from
Britain as per the court order. The son of former
Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Karti Chidam-
baram had gone to the UK with permission of the
Supreme Court and a special CBI court. According
to the allegations, Rs 50 lakh was paid as bribe to
Karti Chidambaram and his close aide S Bhaska-
raraman by a top executive of Vedanta group
company Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd (TSPL), which
was setting up a power plant in Punjab.
Karti Chidambaram

INDIA
06
New Delhi:UnionIn-
formation and Broad-
castingMinisterAnu-
rag Thakur on
Wednesday applaud-
ed the Indian media
for its role during the
COVID-19 pandemic.
At the 17th Asia
Media Summit, via
video conferencing,
the Minister said that
Indianmediaensured
that COVID aware-
ness messages, im-
portant government
guidelines and free
consultations with
doctors reached eve-
ryone in the country
.
That Doordarshan
and AIR significantly
delivered on their
mandate of public
service was proved
by their role in set-
ting the trend
throughprompt
c o v e r a g e ,
ground re-
ports and
organising
programmes
on public
health, he
said.
Speaking on the is-
sue of misinforma-
tion, the Minister
said, “Unverified
claims and fake con-
tent circulating in
media had created an
atmosphere of ex-
treme fear amongst
thepeople.”Crediting
the Press Informa-
tion Bureau’s Fact
Check Unit, he said
the platform strongly
fought against the
menace of fake news
and misinformation
on a real time basis.
The theme of the
Asia Media Summit
this year is ‘Future
Forward, Reimagin-
ing Media’. Stating
that the media was
today highly techno-
logically driven and
was witnessing a rap-
id pace of inno-
vation, Mr.
Thakur said
the growth
of Internet
through af-
fordable mo-
bile devices
had re-ignited
the indus-
try
.
Sharat K Verma
Patna: Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Ku-
mar is in no hurry to
make a political move.
For the past one week,
there has been a ruck-
us about the things
that have happened in
Patna.
The first and biggest
issue is whether or not
Nitish Kumar will give
a Rajya Sabha ticket to
the Union Minister
and his ‘special war-
lord’ RCP Singh? The
second question is,
will Nitish break away
from BJP and recon-
cile with RJD? Both
the issues are very se-
rious and have far-
reaching political im-
plications, however,
Nitish is not taking
any decision in a hur-
ry. He is maintaining
his distance from RCP
and despite this, it is
not final he will cut
RCP’s ticket.
On the other hand,
Tejashwi Yadav has
been roaming in Lon-
don for a week. If there
is to be a change of
power in Bihar and the
events are changing
quickly, he should
have been in Patna.
But he was away from
Patna, so questions
are being raised on the
possibility of change
of power.
Still, whatever deci-
sion Nitish Kumar has
to take, he will take it
after the all-party
meeting on caste cen-
sus to be held this
week. The Bharatiya
Janata Party has made
it clear that it is not in
favor of the caste cen-
sus, but the party will
not oppose it in Bihar.
If the BJP did not
participate in the all-
party meeting or
raised questions on it,
then it could be a mat-
ter of separation for
Nitish Kumar and all
the parties like RJD,
JDU, Congress, Left,
LJP, Hum, VIP will
come together. If this
happens then BJP will
be isolated.
Nitish has proposed
an all-party meeting
on Friday i.e. May 27
and the last date for fil-
ing nominations for
the Rajya Sabha is
May 30. So whatever
decision Nitish will
take, it is likely to hap-
pen only after May 27,
before which Tejashwi
will also reach Patna.
Will Nitish wait to strike on BJP after all party meet?
Take it or leave it moment for
NSCN-IM, says key Naga leader
Centre may allow the use of the Naga flag in the state cultural hall: Report
New Delhi (Agencies):
As things move towards
a possible realisation
that there has been
enough delay and now
time to settle for a prag-
matic solution and
peace, a key Naga legis-
lator Kuzholuzo Azo
Nienusaysbyinkingthe
2015 Framework Agree-
ment, the potent NSCN
(IM) group had “sealed
their fate” and virtually
endorsed the Constitu-
tion of India.
“The moment the
NSCN-IM signed the Au-
gust 3, 2015 Framework
Agreement...sealedtheir
fate vis-a-vis Constitu-
tion of India. It was
signed by interlocutor
RNRavionbehalf of the
Government of India
and in other words this
pact is itself within the
framework of Indian
Constitution,” Azo
Nienu told media.
He explained, “if it
was already within the
Constitution, one thing
is certain Naga Sover-
eignty is ruled out”.
It also rules out other
demands like ‘integra-
tion’of allNagacontigu-
ous areas and also a
separate Flag.
Former Nagaland CM
SC Jamir has also re-
centlymaintainedthatit
ought to be understood
properly that all ‘agree-
ments’ made by the Gov-
ernment of India with
both the groups, NSCN-
IMandNNPG,havetobe
“incorporated in the
Constitution of India”.
“When things are so
clear, so my moot point
is in the Naga spirit, I
think they (Naga under-
ground leaders) should
adhere to the signature
theyhaveappendedwill-
ingly and knowingly in
the agreement,” Jamir
had told media.
NAGA PEACE PACT
MEET ON MAY 31
From Left: UDA chairperson TR Zeliang, Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio, Union Home Minister Amit Shah,
Deputy CM Y Patton and UDA co-chairman Azo Nienu. —FILE PHOTO
Gyanvapi-like row in K’taka,
prohibitory orders clamped
Mangaluru (Agen-
cies): Heavy police
force has been deployed
at Malali Juma Masjid
here and prohibitory
orders imposed within
500 meters from the
worship place till 8 am
Thursday.
Section 144 of the
CrPc has been imposed
as ‘Tambula Prashne’
at Sri Ramanjaneya
Bhajana Mandira at
Thenkulipadi was con-
ducted from morning
8.30 am Wednesday.
After this ritual, the
Hindu organisations
were slated to perform
“Ashtamangala Prash-
ne” as they believe that
the Juma Masjid was
builtinplaceof atemple.
Tambula Prashne is
being conducted after a
Hindu temple-like
architectural design
was purportedly
deciphered under-
neath the Masjid on
April 22 during a reno-
vation work undertak-
en by the mosque au-
thorities in Juma Mas-
jid situated in the out-
skirts of the city.
The Hindu commu-
nity in the vicinity
claims that there is
every possibility of the
existence of a temple
at the Masjid site.
The Vishwa Hindu
Parishad (VHP) had
appealed to the district
administration to
cease the work until
the documents were
verified.
Local MLA Bharath
Shetty demanded an
archaeological survey
into the matter to as-
certain if a temple ex-
isted underneath Juma
Masjid.
Police personnel deployed at Malali Juma Masjid.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish.
Govt begins search for new IB,
RAW, NIA chiefs, say sources
New Delhi: The gov-
ernment has initiated
the process to select
chiefs for the country’s
top intelligence agen-
cies — the Intelligence
Bureau (IB), the Re-
search and Analysis
Wing (RAW), and the
National Investigation
Agency (NIA), security
sources said.
The government
does not seem to be in
the mood to give fur-
ther extension to the
present IB and RAW
chiefs, they said.
The tenure of cur-
rent IB chief Arvind
Kumar will come to an
end by this month while
RAW chief Samanta
Goel will be retiring on
June 30.
Both Kumar and Goel
were given a one year
extension in May last
year,beyondtheirsched-
uled service tenure.
The sources also said
that the government,
most likely, is willing to
give command to the
senior-most officers of
the IB and the RAW,
while appointing IPS of-
ficers from outside the
organisations will be
the last option.
As per the sources,
the frontrunner for the
post of IB chief is 1987
batch Bihar cadre IPS
officer AS Rajan, who is
currently serving as its
number two.
New Delhi (ANI): A
special Prevention of
Money Laundering Act
(PMLA) court in Ranchi
sent suspended IAS of-
ficer Pooja Singhal to
judicial custody till
June 8 in the mining
case. Singhal was in the
custody of Enforce-
ment Directorate since
her arrest on May 11.
The court direction
comes a day after the ED
carried out raids at six
locations in Ranchi and
one location in Bihar’s
Muzaffarpur in connec-
tion with the money
laundering case against
Singhal, who was serv-
ing as the mining secre-
tary at the time of her
arrest. The probe agen-
cy carried out raids at
the premises of Ranchi-
based builder Anil Jha
and another person
named Vishal Chaud-
hary, media reported.
The ED is probing a
money laundering case
in which the money ear-
marked for the comple-
tion of government pro-
jects under MGNREGA
in Khunti district of
Jharkhand was alleg-
edly embezzled. A
Jharkhand government
engineer arrested in
2020 had claimed to
have paid five per cent
commission out of the
defrauded funds to the
Khunti district admin-
istration. Singhal, a
2000 batch IAS officer,
had served as the depu-
ty commissioner of the
district between 2009
and 2010.
46 arrested for violence
over renaming AP district
Amalapuram (Agen-
cies): The police in
Amalapuram town of
AndhraPradeshhavear-
rested 46 people in con-
nection with Tuesday’s
large-scale violence in
whichhousesof aminis-
ter and MLA were set
afire, a senior official
said on Wednesday
.
Police tightened the
security with the de-
ployment of additional
forces called from vari-
ous districts to prevent
further flare-up amid
reports of more groups
planning protests in
support of the govern-
ment proposal to re-
name Konaseema dis-
trict as Dr B.R. Ambed-
kar Konaseema district.
District headquarter
Amalapuram was
rocked by mob violence
on Tuesday
.
Odisha: 6 killed, 40 hurt as tourist bus
from Bengal overturns at Kalinga ghat
Berhampur, Odisha:
At least six tourists
from West Bengal, four
of them women, were
killed and 40 were in-
jured late on Tuesday
night when the bus they
were travelling in rolled
down the road at Ka-
linga Ghat in the bor-
ders of Kandhamal and
Ganjam districts of
Odisha, police said.
The incident took
place past midnight
near Durgaprasad vil-
lage in Ganjam and 15
people among the in-
jured are in serious con-
dition, the police said.
The bus carrying 77
people, about 65 of them
tourists from West Ben-
gal, was moving to-
wards Visakhapatnam
from Daringibandi in
Kandhamal district
when the mishap took
place, Ganjam superin-
tendent of police
Brijesh Rai said.
PM Narendra Modi
condoles deaths in
Ganjam accident
New Delhi: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Wednes-
day condoled deaths in
an accident in Ganjam
district. The PM also prayed
that those injured in the
accident recover at the
very earliest. “I am deeply
pained by the loss of lives
due to a tragic accident in
Ganjam district. In this trag-
ic hour, my thoughts are
with the bereaved families,”
PMO tweeted.
Mangled remains of a tourist bus overturned and rolled down off
the road at Kalinga Ghat, in Ganjam district, Wednesday.
PDP youth wing
chief Waheed
Parra gets bail
Srinagar (Agencies):
Peoples Democratic Par-
ty(PDP)youthunitPres-
ident,WaheedParrawas
granted bail on Wednes-
day by the Jammu and
KashmirHighCourt,his
lawyer said. Parra’s
counsel, Shariq Reyaz
told reporters that the
high court has set aside
the trial court’s order.
Reacting to the devel-
opment, PDP President
Mehbooba Mufti, in a
tweet, said: “Finally af-
teralmosttwoyears,Wa-
heed Para (sic) gets bail
I hope he walks out as
a free man soon.”
JHARKHAND MINING CASE
Suspended IAS sent to judicial custody till June 8
Suspended IAS officer Puja Singh comes out of a special ED court.
Thakur applauds
media’s role
during pandemic
CITY COURT ISSUES INJUNCTION

NEWS
07
HOW’S THE
‘PRASADA’, JITIN
ASKS KAPIL
ON HIS RS
NOMINATION
Guess who is amused the
most over Kapil Sibal filing
his Rajya Sabha nomination with
the ‘aashirvad’ of Samajwadi
Party? No, its not the grand old
party (read Congress) with
which he snapped his ties on
May 16 but another Congress-
rebel and now a Cabinet Minister
Yogi Government, Jitin
Prasada. Soon after the senior
Supreme Court lawyer filed his
nomination with SP chief
Akhilesh Yadav in toe, Jitin
Prasad poked fun at the veteran
lawyer and tweeted: How’s the
“Prasad” Mr. Sibal ! The tweet
was a riposte to Sibal’s swipe at
Jitin when the latter switched his
loyalties and joined the BJP on
June 10,2021 “Jitin Prasada
Joins BJP. The question is will
he get “ prasada “ from BJP or
is he just a ‘catch’ for UP
elections ? In such deals if
‘ideology’ doesn’t matter
changeover is easy,” tweeted
Sibal. The political scoreboard
on Wednesday between the two
read: One All!
—M Tariq Khan
MOU SIGNED
FOR WOMEN’S
SHELTER IN
VRINDAVAN
The UP government and the
Government on India on
Wednesday signed an MoU for the
operation of 1000 beds in ‘Krishna
Kutir’ in Vrindavan, which is run by
the Ministry of Women and Child
Development, Delhi. Krishna Kutir
was built over in 3.5 acres land at a
cost of Rs. 54 crore to
accommodate 1000 old or widowed
women. The establishment also has
arrangements like physiotherapy,
necessary tests equipment,
medicines and other items which
can be used by the women staying
here. Krishna Kutir also provides
free shelter, food, health and
medicine, care and other necessities
to the women who are in dire need.
The establishment accepts old-age
women or women above the age of
18 who have lost their husband. If
any woman needs shelter in this
establishment, the District
Probation Officer, Mathura, can be
contacted directly on the phone
number (7518024066).
—Ahtesham Siddiqui
STF NAB WANTED
CROOKS, DRUG
PEDDLERS
FRAUDSTERS
The STF has arrested a criminal
and close aide of Sunny Kakran
and Atul, after an encounter. STF
team arrested Sandeep alias Basi
after an encounter in Sunny
Market crossing in an industrial
area under Narela police station in
New Delhi and recovered one
country-made pistol along with six
cartridges. A reward of Rs 1 lakh
was announced on the arrest of
both. When the STF team
intercepted him near the crossing,
he opened fire on the team and in
retaliatory firing, he was injured. In
another incident, the STF arrested
3 members of an inter-state liquor
peddling gang and recovered
illegal liquor worth Rs 2 crore
hiding in 2 trucks. The arrested
accused were identified as Mintu
Singh, Jatin Kumar, and Bunty
Khan. Also, the STF team arrested
3 fraudsters in Kasganj involved in
burgling several people for soil
examination under the fake
organisation Urvi Foundation. The
arrested accused were identified
as Sandeep Tripathi, Abhishek
Kumar, and Puneet Kumar. They
had advertised for a vacancy in
Urvi foundation and burgled
several people.
— Janaradan Misra
4 KILLED IN CAR-TRUCK COLLISION
IN WEE HOURS IN BARABANKI
Barabanki (PTI): Four
people were killed in a
collision between a car
and a truck here, police
said on Wednesday
. The
incident took place
around 8 pm on Tues-
day near Palhari cross-
ing in Safdarganj area,
they said. The deceased
were identified as Shabi
Haider (40), Amir Haid-
er (42), Anish Haider
(45) and one unidenti-
fied, all residents of
Thakurganj district in
Bihar, Station House
Officer (SHO) of Safdar-
ganj Police Station
Abhishek Tiwari said.
The four passengers
were on their way to
Lucknow from Ayod-
hya, Additional SP,
Manoj Pandey said.
State CM Yogi Aditya-
nath has condoled the
deaths. Four sheep be-
ing transported in the
car also died in the acci-
dent, police said.
According to eyewit-
nesses, the driver of
the car was trying to
dodge stray cattle when
he lost control and col-
lided with the truck
coming from the oppo-
site direction.
Police immediately initiated the rescue work as the collision was so intense that the car was
damaged badly and they had to cut the car’s body to pull out the bodies.
DECEASED IDENTIFIED
2 die, 11 injured as vehicle
rams into parked truck
Jalaun (PTI): Two
people were killed
and 11 others injured
when the vehicle
they were travelling
in collided with a
parked truck here,
police said on
Wednesday
. The acci-
dent occurred on the
Jhansi-Kanpur na-
tional highway 27 un-
der the Orai police
station limits, they
said. Station House
Officer of the Orai
police station, Shiv
Kumar Rathore, said,
“Thirteen people
were travelling in the
vehicle which collid-
ed with a truck
parked on the road-
side near an eatery.
Two people, includ-
ing the driver and a
woman, were killed
and 11 others were
injured.” According
to police, the de-
ceased and the in-
jured are native of
Siddhar thna g ar.
They worked as daily
wage earners and
were coming from
Pune in Maharash-
tra. The injured were
rushed to a hospital.
The condition of four
of the injured is stat-
ed to be critical and
they have been re-
ferred to medical
hospital in Kanpur,
police said.
Char Dham yatra resumes
as weather improves
Dehradun (PTI): The
Char Dham yatra was
resumed on Wednesday
morning as the weather
improved with pilgrims
waiting in Sonprayag,
Gaurikund and Jan-
kichatti allowed to pro-
ceed for the Himalayan
temples. The pilgrim-
age had to be halted
temporarily for the sec-
ond consecutive day on
Tuesday due to snowfall
and rain on Char Dham
routes. The weather
turned normal on
Wednesday pilgrims
who had been asked to
wait in Sonprayag,
Gaurikund and Jan-
kichatti on way to the
temples for safety rea-
sons on Tuesday were
permitted to resume
their onward journey,
Kedarnath-Badrinath
temple committee said.
The helicopter services
to Kedarnath which
had also been suspend-
ed due to bad weather
has also been resumed,
it said. A record 9,69,610
pilgrims have visited
Badrinath, Kedarnath,
Gangotri and Yamuno-
tri in less than one
month since the start of
the yatra on May 3.
Devotees stand around a bonfire as they brave severe cold after
snowfall for darshan at Kedarnath Dham on Tuesday.
Clue from drunk friend helps Noida cops nab killers
Noida (PTI): Leads
from a drunk friend --
who partially remem-
bered the registration
number and colour of a
motorcycle -- helped the
Noida police catch the
killers of a 23-year-old
man who was beaten to
death with a concrete
brick here on May 14,
officials said.
In what appeared to
be a case of road rage
that took place during
night hours on an isolat-
ed road stretch, the po-
lice were left with no
clue about the culprits,
even as CCTV footage
proved to be little help
for officials investigat-
ing the murder.
Abhay Tyagi, a resi-
dent of Bhangel under
Phase 2 police station
limits, was returning
home with two friends.
All of them were drunk
when they got into a
fight with three uniden-
tified men who were
coming on two motorcy-
cles. An argument
broke out between
them, leading to Tyagi’s
death after which the
trio fled, officials said.
Two of the accused
were arrested by the po-
lice on Tuesday, they
said. “When the police
launched the investiga-
tion, there was no clue
about the culprits. How-
ever, one of the drunk
friends of Tyagi told
police that he could re-
member the number of
one of the motorcycles
on which the assailants
had come,” Additional
Deputy Commissioner
of Police (Central Noi-
da) Elamaran G told
PTI. “The friend could
remember only half of
the number UP 16 CH
and could not recall the
last four digits and that
the motorcycle was
black in colour. We have
tried analyzing CCTV
footage of nearby areas
also but to no avail.
There was no other
clue or leads which
seemed workable. So we
went around tracing
the only lead we had,”
the officer said. The po-
lice then filtered out
two-wheelers registered
under UP 16 (Gautam
Buddh Nagar) followed
by the code CH and fur-
ther zeroed down to fig-
ure out the motorcycles
owned by people living
in Bhangel and nearby
villages like Gejha and
Salarpur.
Both accused
have been
booked under
IPC section
302, while their
third associate
is absconding
but searches
are underway
to arrest him
FOR MORE PRODUCTIVITY
State Minister Kapil Dev Agarwal inaugurates Smart Deskboard system in the office of Training
and Employment Directorate, Lucknow, on Wednesday. He also handed over appointment
letters to newly selected Assistant Storage Officers. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
Tiger carcass found in Bahraich
Bahraich (PTI): For-
est workers on patrol
duty have found a tiger
carcass in the Katarnia
range of the Katarni-
aghat Wildlife Divi-
sion, officials said on
Wednesday. Divisional
Forest Officer (DFO)
Akash Badhawan said
the estimated age of
the animal is around
five years, and the car-
cass was found at 4.30
pm on Tuesday.
“No parts of the ti-
ger’s body is missing.
Porcupine quills were
found in its chest near
the neck. It is suspect-
ed that the tiger tried
to hunt a porcupine
and died due to the in-
juries it sustained in
the struggle,” the offi-
cer said. Badhawan
said as per standard
operating procedures
issued by the National
Tiger Conservation
Agency, a panel of vet-
erinarians would con-
duct an autopsy on
Wednesday in the pres-
ence of senior officials.
The exact cause of
the tiger’s death will be
known after that, he
added. There are about
35 tigers in the Katarni-
aghat Wildlife Division.
Caged leopard burnt
alive by villagers in Pauri
Rishikesh (PTI): A
caged leopard which
had killed a woman re-
cently in Saplori village
of Pauri district was
burnt alive by villagers,
officialssaidonWednes-
day
. A case has been reg-
istered in connection
with the incident that
took place on Tuesday
against 150 people, in-
cluding the Gram Prad-
han concerned, under
the wildlife protection
act and other relevant
sections, conservator of
forests, Garhwal circle,
Nityanand Pandey said.
The leopard had killed
47-year-old Sushma
Devi of Saplori village
on May 15, Pandey said.
A cage was set up in the
village the same day to
trap the big cat and it
was captured on May 20,
Pandey said.
MAN ARRESTED FOR RAPING
MINOR IN KAUSHAMBI
Kaushambi (PTI): A
man was arrested for
allegedly raping a sev-
en-year-old girl in a vil-
lage in Karari area
here, police said on
Wednesday. The inci-
dent took place on
Tuesday, they said. Ad-
ditional Superinten-
dent of Police Samar
Bahadur Singh said the
minor was playing in
the village when the ac-
cused, aged around 20,
took her to a field and
allegedly raped her. He
managed to flee after
villagers, alerted by the
girl’s cries for help,
reached the spot, the
police said. An FIR was
registered under IPC
section 376 (rape) and
the Protection of Chil-
dren from Sexual Of-
fences Act against the
accused on Wednesday
and he was arrested.
The girl has been ad-
mitted to a hospital,
where she will undergo
a medical examination,
Singh said.
—PHOTO BY ANI

08
2NDFRONT
The interior of your home
should personify your private
world, while the exterior is a
part of the outer world.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
CONGRESS CONTINUES TO SHRINK
AS LONE MEMBER KAPIL SIBAL RESIGNS FROM PARTY, NOW THE REPRESENTATION
OF CONGRESS IN THE RAJYA SABHA FROM UTTAR PRADESH QUOTA HAS ENDED
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: Congress’s
woes in UP seem to be
almost unending. Kapil
Sibal, an influential
member of Congress’s
internal pressure group
G-23, has given a double
blow to the party
. On the
one hand, he has made a
public announcement to
resign from the Con-
gress party
, on the other
hand, now the represen-
tationof Congressinthe
RajyaSabhafromtheUP
quota has ended. Not
onlythis,therepresenta-
tion of Congress in the
Upper House of UP is
also going to end in July
.
Notably
, 31 members
of Rajya Sabha are elect-
ed from UP
, out of which
11 members are going to
retire in the month of
July
. Congress leader-
cum-advocate Kapil
Sibal is also included in
this list. Till now, Sibal
used to be the only Rajya
Sabha member of Con-
gress from UP
. In the re-
cently concluded assem-
bly polls, the Congress
has reached the lowest
levelintermsof number
of members. Only two
candidates of this party
,
which got only 2.5 per-
cent vote share, could
win the election. Given
the strength of the
MLAs, support of 37
MLAswillberequiredto
get a single Rajya Sabha
seat from UP
. In such a
situation, the Congress
does not even have the
option of fielding any
candidate for the Rajya
Sabha elections. It is
clearthatwiththedepar-
ture of Sibal, the repre-
sentation of Congress in
Rajya Sabha from UP
has become zero.
Moreover, not only in
the Upper House of Par-
liament, but also in the
Upper House of Uttar
Pradesh, the Congress is
going to face the same
dismal situation. At pre-
sent,DeepakSinghisthe
only member of Con-
gress left in the Legisla-
tive Council. His term
ends July 6, 2022.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi (L) and Kapil Sibal (R).
MOTILAL NEHRU
FIRST MEMBER
As the first member of
the Congress in Upper
House, Motilal Nehru
took the membership of
the Legislative Council
on Feb 7, 1909. Till 1989,
the Congress dominated
the council. For the last
3 decades, Congress’s
influence in the state’s
assembly has shrunk, as
a result the oldest party’s
aura in the Legislative
Council also dimmed and
now after a lone member,
the party is moving
towards zero representa-
tion in Upper House.
AIMPLB asks govt
toimplementPlaces
of Worship Act
INMATE
SERVING
LIFE TERM
FOUND
HANGING
INSIDEJAIL
MOSQUE ROW
L u c k n o w ( A N I ) :
Amid the ongoing
Gyanvapi mosque and
Qutub Minar row in
the country
, the All In-
dia Shia Personal Law
Board on Wednesday
passed a resolution de-
manding the Centre to
ensure the implemen-
tation of Places of
Worship Act 199 the
Section 3 of which
bars the conversion of
places of worship.
In the executive
meeting, the Board
also said the members
will meet President
Ram Nath Kovind and
PM Narendra Modi to
present a memoran-
dum to “stop survey-
ing all the mosque and
heritage monuments”.
The remarks came af-
ter a plea was filed in
the SC Wednesday
challenging the consti-
tutional validity of
certain sections of the
Places of Worship
(Special Provisions)
Act 1991, saying it
barefacedly violates
the principles of secu-
larism and rule of law.
Meanwhile, a plea
had also been filed in
Delhi’s Saket court
urging the restoration
of 27 Hindu and Jain
temples in Qutub Mi-
nar complex. However,
the court has reserved
order on the matter.
The AIMPLB al-
leged the situation in
the country is “going
more communal than
before”.
“We should follow
Constitution. We will
meet and give a memo-
randum to the Presi-
dent and PM to stop
this communal over-
ture like surveying
mosques. We need to
work as a society to
build unity among
Hindus and Muslims
not divide them,”
Board spokesman
Maulana Yasoob Ab-
bas said.
Kanpur (PTI): Police
have arrested a 24-year-
old woman, her parents
and a Muslim cleric, ac-
cusing them of illegal
confinement of a minor
boy
,hisforciblereligious
conversion and marry-
ing him to the woman,
an official said on
Wednesday
.
The arrests were
made after a video of the
marriage went viral on
social media. It also
prompted members of
right wing group Ba-
jrang Dal to stage a pro-
test at Kakadeo Police
Station on Monday
.
Two policemen, in-
cludingthestationhouse
officer(SHO)of Kakadeo
Police Station, were sus-
pended on Tuesday for
negligence in investiga-
tion, officials said.
Police sources said
the boy and the woman
cameincontactthrough
a popular social media
platform and regularly
chatted with each other.
Commenting on the
incident DCP (West)
BBGTS Murthy said,
“Mohammad Hanif
(42), his wife Jameela
Bano (40) and their
daughter Simran (24)
along with a Muslim
cleric Tauheed (52) who
performed the mar-
riage have been arrest-
ed on Tuesday for al-
leged kidnapping and
forceful conversion of
minor Dalit boy
.”
The accused have
been booked for illegal
confinement and under
sections of Uttar
Pradesh Prohibition of
Unlawful Religious
Conversion law.
The law prohibits
forceful conversion or
that done by allurement
and fraudulent means.
The 16-year-old boy
works at an eatery and
had left his house for
Gorakhpur on Satur-
day. He returned home
on Sunday and told his
mother that he went to
Simran’s house where
“he was given some-
thing to eat after which
he felt dizzy. He was
then forced to convert
to Islam and marry
her,” the mother alleged
in the police complaint
lodged at Kakdeo Police
Station on Monday
.
First India Bureau
Agra: Fatehpur Sikri
Lok Sabha MP and BJP
Kisan Morcha National
President Rajkumar
Chahar is following in
thefootstepsof PMModi
tokeeptheworkersmore
engaged and active.
They have started “tif-
finmeetings”of workers
on the lines of Modi.
Narendra Modi used to
hold such small meet-
ings with party workers
in Gujarat. After the
meeting is over, every-
one has food collectively
.
Chahar said through
these meetings, a strat-
egy is being prepared
for the review of the
work done in the past
and the implementation
of the schemes in the
coming days. Brain-
storming is also being
done on how Kisan Mor-
cha can contribute to
strengthen the BJP
.
In one such meeting
on Wednesday
, all the
workers reached the
Braj area office with
their tiffin. Apart from
MP Chahar, National
President of Kisan Mor-
cha, Mandal President
and senior officials of
theMorchawerepresent
in the meeting. During
the meeting, contempla-
tion was done to take the
welfare policies and
schemes of the party to
the farmers.
Bareilly(PTI): A
25-year-old man
serving life sen-
tence was found
hanging from the
ceiling fan of his
cell inside a dis-
trict jail on
Wednesday, police
said.
Abhishek was
convicted under
Prevention of
Children from
Sexual Offences
(POCSO) Act a few
months ago and
was awarded life
imprisonment,
they said.
The family
members of the
deceased accused
the jail authorities
of murder when
they were in-
formed about the
incident, they
said.
Bareilly Senior
Superintendent of
Police (SSP) Rohit
Singh Sajwan said
that Abhishek’s
father also ac-
cused the family
of the girl who had
lodged the case
against him of ar-
ranging for his
murder inside the
jail.
Abhishek had
met his family a
fortnight ago.
TOUGH STAND
Administrative officers put up a notice of seizure of properties of slain gangster Vikas Dubey at
Kalyanpur Mirzapur in Kanpur Dehat on Wednesday.
A bulldozer being used to demolish illegal houses to clear land for construction of a Metro yard
in Kanpur on Wednesday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
Baghpat(PTI): A 19-
year- old woman suc-
cumbed in a Meerut
hospital on Wednesday,
a day after she alleged-
ly consumed rat poison
fearing arrest by po-
lice, officials said.
Swati died in the ear-
ly hours of Wednesday
morning, the police
said.
She, along her sister,
Priti, 17, and her moth-
er, Anuradha, had con-
sumed poison on Tues-
day when police raided
her house looking for
her brother, accused of
running away with a
woman from Ch-
haprauli village.
“Swati consumed
poison with her young-
er sister Priti and
mother last night. Swa-
ti died during treat-
ment at a hospital this
morning. The condi-
tion of the other two
also remains critical”
SP Neeraj Jadaun said.
The SP along with
DM RK Yadav visited
the victim’s house and
met with the family
members.
Apparently, the wom-
en tried to kill them-
selves as they were
afraid they would be
jailed if the accused
was not found.
Jadaun had earlier
told PTI that on May 3
a resident of Chhaprau-
li village had lodged a
police complaint alleg-
ing that a man, Prince,
had eloped with his
daughter.
The police had con-
ducted a raid around 7
pm on Tuesday on a tip-
off that said Prince and
the woman were stay-
ing at Prince’s house.
During the raid,
Prince’s mother and
two sisters had con-
sumed rat poison,
Jadaun said.
The SP said that po-
lice had raided the
house in presence of
the villagers, and did
not misbehave with the
family members.
“Prima facie the po-
lice team that raided
the house has not been
found guilty for the in-
cident.
However, if we re-
ceive any complaint
against the police we
will do an investiga-
tion. Currently our pri-
ority is to save the
women battling for
their life in the hospi-
tal,” he said.
Mom, sisters of man accused of eloping with woman consume poison
DURING POLICE RAID
lll
The police had
conducted a raid
around 7 pm on
Tuesday on a
tip-off that
accused Prince
and the woman
were staying in
the house
Four arrested for forcible conversion,
marriage of 16-year-old boy
BJP MP starts tiffin meetings
to pep up spirit of workers
MP Rajkumar Chahar after the tiffin meeting on Wednesday.
FEAR OF ARREST
The police had conduct-
ed a raid around 7 pm
on Tuesday on a tip-off
that said Prince and the
woman were staying at
Prince’s house. Appar-
ently, the women tried to
kill themselves as they
were afraid they would
be jailed if the accused
was not found
VIDEO WENT VIRAL
The arrests were made
after a video of the
marriage went viral on
social media. It also
prompted members
of right wing group
Bajrang Dal to stage a
protest. Two policemen
were suspended for
negligence in investi-
gation.
—REPRESENTATIONAL
IMAGE

09
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MAY 26, 2022
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he year 2022 would be
the year of periwin-
kle: a soft, soothing
shade-giving baby
blanket vibes. Maybe
we could have used a
swaddling palette af-
ter the past two tur-
bulent years, but
the breakout col-
our trend of 2022
couldn’t be far-
ther away in spir-
it. It turns out
fashion de-
signers wanted something
brighter, bolder, and more en-
ergetic: They wanted hot pink
and dynamic blue.
As we attempt to break down
why we wear what we wear,
and codify the qualities of dif-
ferent garments, it’s worth
starting with colour. An al-
ready well-established notion,
colour psychology looks at the
moods, qualities and emotions
associated with the shades of
Pink and Blue.
In the 21st century, the style
trends of the fashion industry
dominate the world more than
they ever did and control not
only the way people dress but
also trends in homeware de-
sign, makeup fashion and peo-
ple’s overall attitudes. In the
60s flower power did not only
mean flares and tunics, but it
also summed up the whole at-
titude of a generation, and this
is even more prominent today
.
Nowadays, fashion is bold
and daring, and this reflects a
noughties generation that is
not afraid to say what they
think or wear what they want.
Celebrating life’s special oc-
casions is one of the most joy-
ous things in the world. When
it comes to fashion, this means
wearing something that you
love and something that ex-
presses who you are. Fash-
ion photography is a
popular photog-
raphy genre,
but it is also
highly competitive. Under-
standing the different types
of fashion photography can
give you the edge you need
to both understand the field
and impress potential cli-
ents with your images.
The phrase “leap of
faith” must be indeli-
bly imprinted on the
mind of just about
every young de-
signer who has
decided to go it
alone with their
own label
today.
FLASHES OF
FLASHES OF
THE SHADES!
THE SHADES!
FROM A HISTORY OF
RICH MEANING AND
TRADITIONS, PINK
AND BLUE STILL RISE
AS THE COLOUR TO
SHOCK, ENTICE, AND
ENTHRAL. CITY FIRST
BRINGS TO YOU THE
BREAKOUT COLOUR
TREND OF 2022 THAT
NOT ONLY COMES
WITH STYLING BUT
GREAT THEME-BASED
PHOTOGRAPHY TOO!
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