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First India Bureau
Lucknow: Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath has
announced to continue
the scheme of provid-
ing free ration to 15
crore poor of the state.
A formal decision in
this regard was taken in
the first meeting of Yogi
2.0 cabinet held at Lok
Bhavan on Saturday
.
“The first decision of
the newly formed gov-
ernment in Uttar
Pradesh is dedicated to
15 crore poor people, “
saidCMYogiwhilemak-
ing this announcement.
He said that during
the Corona period,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi had started
the Anna Yojana with
the aim of providing
support to every citi-
zen. From April 2020 till
March 2022, about 80
crore people of the
country were getting
its direct benefit. At the
same time, the state
government had imple-
mented the scheme of
distribution of free ra-
tion in addition to the
central government.
CM Yogi said that
the scheme of free ra-
tion had been very use-
ful in addressing the
problem of starvation
arising out of the epi-
demic even as the co-
rona was controlled
with the efforts of free
tests, treatment and
vaccines. Under the
scheme, Antyodaya
and eligible household
card holders were get-
ting double dose of free
ration under the gov-
ernment of double en-
gine of 15 crore people
of the state.
“Considering that
the period of this
scheme was ending in
March 2022, in the first
cabinet meeting of the
new government, it has
been decided to extend
it for the next three
months till June 22,”
the CM said. Emphasiz-
ing on the transparent
system. More on P2
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath along with Swatantra Dev
Singh and Suresh Kumar Khanna hold a press conference after
the first cabinet meeting at Lok Bhawan in Lucknow on Saturday.
YOGI GETS CRACKING
Poor to get free ration for 3 more months, decides new cabinet
All departments to present 100-day,
6-month & yearly action plan
Lucknow: In pursuit to establish an administration “of
the people, by the people, for the people”, Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, just a day after taking
oath for his second consecutive term, directed the of-
ficials to be accountable towards the people of the state.
In a meeting with the government officials on Saturday,
the CM asked all the departments to prepare action
plans for the next 100 days, six months, and a year. The
officials will be presenting these action plans in front of
the Council of Ministers, according to the department-
wise timetable, which will be announced soon.
—PHOTO
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR
STUDENT IN HIJAB OFFERS
NAMAZ AT UNIVERSITY
IN MP; PROBE ORDERED
CBI TEAM REACHES
BIRBHUM, BEGINS
INVESTIGATION
A video that shows a Muslim
student in hijab offering namaz in
Dr Harisingh Gour Sagar University
classroom has led to a controversy.
After complaint from right-wing out-
fit, the university said it has ordered
an investigation.
A CBI team reached Bogtui village
in West Bengal’s Birbhum district
to probe violence that claimed eight
lives earlier this week. 20 mem-
bers, went inside the house where
charred bodies of seven people
were found.
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Gandhinagar (PTI):
The BJP’s “massive”
victory in four states is
the testimony to the ac-
ceptance of policies and
projects undertaken by
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi to make India
safe, prosperous and
powerful, Union Home
Minister Amit Shah
said here on Saturday
.
Shah also said Con-
gress is virtually fin-
ished in these four
states- UP, Goa, Ma-
nipur, and Uttara-
khand.
The Union minister
was addressing a gath-
ering at Bhoyan Moti
village.
“The victory in Uttar
Pradesh, Goa, Manipur
and Uttarakhand
showed the trust that
people have in the lead-
ership of the prime
minister. And in all
these four states, Con-
gress is finished, it is
nowhere to be seen,”
the Home Minister said.
‘INDIA TRUSTS
PM MODI’
VICTORY IN
POLLS SHOWS
PEOPLE’S TRUST
IN PM MODI’S
LEADERSHIP;
CONG WIPED
OUT: AMIT SHAH
PM Modi provided electricity, drinking water, toilet, gas
cylinder, health services, and also ensured that people
received both doses of COVID-19 vaccines, which helped the
country tide over the third wave, whose impact was limited
—Amit Shah, Union Home Minister
Ring bells, drums
at 11 am on
March 31: Cong’s
Mehngai Mukt
campaign
New Delhi (Agencies):
Announcing a nation-
wide protest on Thurs-
day, the Congress today
attacked the Centre
over the hike in petrol
and diesel prices and
said that the “shame-
less fleecing” of the
public must stop.
“On 31st March at 11
am, people will protest
outside their homes
and public places with
garlanded gas cylinders
and beat of drums-bells,
other instruments to
draw the attention of
the deaf BJP govern-
ment against the insur-
mountable increase
in prices of gas, petrol,
and diesel,” Congress
spokesperson Randeep
Surjewala said at
a news conference in
Delhi.
The party’s campaign
appeared to draw inspi-
ration from the one that
BJP conducted during
the nationwide Covid
lockdown. Petrol and
diesel prices were
hiked by 80 paise a li-
tre each on Saturday.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah meets students at Sola Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
No criminality if something said with a
smile: HC on Delhi riots hate speech case
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court bench said
on Friday, “If you’re
saying something with
a smile, then there is
no criminality, if
you’re saying some-
thing offensive, then
definitely
.” The bench
was hearing a plea to
initiate criminal pro-
ceedings against Un-
ion Minister Anurag
Thakur for “hate
speech”. The bench re-
served its verdict on
the plea. The single-
judge bench was pre-
sided by Justice Chan-
dra Dhari Singh who
continued saying that
“check and balance” is
needed before filing
FIRs over political
speeches as there is a
difference on what is
said during elections.
50 mins from
Imran’s party
go ‘missing’
Islamabad (Agencies):
As the no-confidence
motion against Paki-
stan PMImran Khan
comes closer, at least 50
ministers belonging to
the ruling Pakistan
Tehreek-e-Insaaf are
not being seen in pub-
lic, Pak media reported.
At federal level, Paki-
stan Prime Minister
Imran Khan still enjoys
the support of its min-
isters. Meanwhile, after
the no-confidence mo-
tion against Khan was
adjourned to March 28,
Pakistan Tehreek-e-In-
saf is wooing its allies.
Warsaw (Agencies):
Amid the heightening
tensions between Rus-
sia and Ukraine, US
President Joe Biden
met with Ukraine’s For-
eign and Defence Minis-
ters at the Marriott Ho-
tel in Poland’s Warsaw.
During the meeting,
Biden was seated along
with US Secretary of
State Antony Blinken
and Defence Secretary
Lloyd Austin.
Ukraine’s Defence
Minister Reznikov stat-
ed that they discussed
current issues and co-
operation in political
and defence directions.
Biden meets Ukraine foreign,
defence ministers in Poland
President Joe Biden participates in a meeting with Ukrainian
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Ukrainian Defense Minister
Oleksii Reznikov in Warsaw on Saturday. (Right) President Biden
eats pizza with with members of 82nd Airborne Division.
UKRAINE’S LVIV HIT BY ROCKETS,
BIDEN CALLS PUTIN “BUTCHER”
Kyiv: At least 5 people were injured as rocket strikes
hit Ukraine’s Lviv. Authorities reported three powerful
explosions and urged residents to take shelter. Mean-
while, Biden addressed Russian President as ‘Butcher’.
MILLION
BLOOMS
1.5Asia’s largest tulip garden on the foothills
of Zabarwan Mountains in Srinagar
overlooking the famous Dal Lake with over
one million blooms was thrown open to
the public on March 23. The garden was
thrown open to the public by J-K chief
secretary Arun Kumar Mehta. The idea of
the garden, spread over 30 hectares in the
foothills of the snow-clad Zabarwan range,
was conceived to advance the tourism
season in the valley by two months. The
garden houses 1.5 million flowers of
tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and muscari.
The flowers include 68 varieties of tulips.
The average lifespan of tulip flowers is
three to four weeks, but heavy rains or
too much heat can destroy them. The
Floriculture department plants tulip bulbs
in a phased manner so that the flowers
remain in the garden for a month or more.
Till now, most of the tourists have been
from outside the Union Territory, which is
a good sign for tourism in the Valley. This
year, the department has made provisions
for online ticket sales as well to avoid the
rush at the ticket counter.

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GREETING AND MEETINGS
UP Chief Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra went to Chief Minister Yogi Adiyanath’s residence
on Saturday and congratulated him for starting his second innings.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh government is
soon going to launch a
drive to fill up vacant
posts in the various
state govt departments,
boards and corpora-
tions.
The CM has issued
directions in this re-
gard to all the se-
nior-level officers in his
first meeting post
swearing in. On Satur-
day, the CM asked the
officials, “The process
of filling up vacant
posts in the government
departments should be
completed across the
state as soon as possi-
ble. Conduct this as a
drive and prepare an
action plan in this re-
gard.” He further as-
serted that entire selec-
tion process should be
done in a most fair and
transparent way as was
done in the last five
years.
He was all praise for
the authorities for set-
ting up high norms of
transparency and fair-
ness in the recruitment
process. He said that his
government is commit-
ted to fulfill the promise
of employment as en-
visaged in the in the
Lok Kalyan Sankalp Pa-
tra of BJP. In its first
term, the Yogi govern-
ment in Uttar Pradesh
fulfilled its resolve by
giving 5 lakh govern-
ment jobs in the last five
years.
Yogi’s mission em-
ployment did not slow
down even during the
Covid 19 pandemic. The
process of recruitments
was completed in a fair
transparent manner,
merit being the sole cri-
terion for recruitment.
STEP TOWARDS EMPLOYMENT

Yogisaysthe
processof
fillingupvacant
postsinthe
govtdepts
shouldbe
completed
acrossthestate
assoonas
possible
Fill up vacant posts in govt departments, CM directs officials
CM TO ATTEND LAUNCH OF AIR
SERVICE TO GORAKHPUR, VARANASI
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will virtually
attend from Lucknow the inaugural ceremony
of air service between Gorakhpur and Varanasi
on Sunday. The air service is being started under
the ‘UDAN scheme’. Union Civil Aviation Minister
Jyotiraditya M. Scindia will participate in this
program from Gwalior. Union Minister of State
for Civil Aviation, Road Transport and Highways,
General VK Singh (Retd) will also be present.
Giving this information, a spokesperson of the
State Government said that with the start of flight
service from Gorakhpur to Varanasi, the number
of destinations connected to Gorakhpur will be
8 and the total number of flights will be 12. As
against 4 operational airports in the year 2017,
09 airports have become functional at present.
CM Yogi along with Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Maurya , Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak,
Swatantra Dev Singh and Suresh Kumar Khanna hold a press conference after the first cabinet
meeting at Lok Bhawan in Lucknow on Saturday.
Accelerate
devp for rural
areas: Yogi
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In its
second term, the
Yogi govt will em-
phasize on acceler-
ating the develop-
ment of the rural
areas across the
state. In the first
meeting held with
the senior officers
on Saturday
, the CM
directed the offi-
cials for speedy
grievance redressal
of the villages, vil-
lagers, and farmers.
Making clear the
agenda of the govt,
Yogi said that
‘Gram Diwas’
should be observed
in every village
once a week.
The concerned
officers should
solve the problems
of the village, vil-
lagers and farmers
on the spot. CM
asked the local offi-
cials of the Reve-
nue, Panchayati Raj
and Rural Develop-
ment depts to set up
‘Gram Choupal’ in
coordination with
the village head
through which
problems of rural
people will be re-
dressed. . He asked
the officers to orga-
nize ‘Gram Diwas’
at the police station,
tehsil, and block
level.
My target is to make UP
No.1 in India: Adityanath
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In a
high-level meeting or-
ganised at Yojna Bha-
wan on Saturday, Chief
Minister Yogi Aditya-
nath said, “It is my tar-
get to make Uttar
Pradesh the No. 1 state
in the country and the
state’s economy the No.
1 economy
.
The roadmap for the
future should be pre-
pared with teamwork
and inter-departmental
coordination.
For this work ‘Team
UP’ will have to be en-
gaged with full commit-
ment.” He further said,
“It is really important
that all the officers
memorise every point
of the Lok Kalyan
Sankalp Patra an-
nounced by the Bharati-
ya Janata Party in the
election campaign and
start working towards
achieving the goals,”
adding, “the officers
made sincere efforts to
convert all the promises
of BJP’s 2017 Lok
Sankalp Patra into real-
ity. As a result, people
experienced a positive
changeinUttarPradesh
after decades.”
CM Yogi also pointed
out that to make the
state a $1 trillion econo-
my, ten ‘primary sec-
tors’ have to be identi-
fied. To ensure proper
functioning and imple-
mentation of all the sec-
tors and schemes, the
Chief Secretary will be
doing weekly reviews
while CM Yogi himself
will do fortnightly
reviews.
Emphasizing effi-
ciency, transparency,
and timeliness in the
functioning of gover-
nance, the CM ex-
pressed the need to en-
hance inter-departmen-
tal coordination along
with technology in bet-
ter implementation of
schemes.
While giving instruc-
tions to be sensitive to-
wards the citizens, he
said that our govern-
ment is determined for
‘Antyodaya’. He also
instructed to ensure
that villages, poor,
farmers, women, and
youth are at the center
of every policy of the
government.
Stresses teamwork, inter-departmental coordination to achieve vision
CM Yogi Adityanath after the first cabinet meeting at Lok Bhawan in Lucknow on Saturday.
‘WE ARE COMPETING WITH OURSELVES’ Nand Gopal says people voted for
BJP as party fulfilled 2017 promises
Lucknow(ANI): UP-
cabinet minister Nand
Gopal Nandi said people
voted for Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) in the
2022 assembly elections
as the party fulfilled all
the promises made in its
manifesto of 2017.
After taking oath as a
cabinet minister in the
state, Nand Gopal Nan-
di told ANI, “In the first
meeting today, all the
ministers of state, cabi-
net ministers with inde-
pendent charge, many
sisters, women became
ministers.” “Be it Sa-
majwadi party or be it
Congress, these people
used to issue a mani-
festo, the greed for pow-
er was their mentality,
there was no road map,
we issued resolution
letters,” he added.
‘‘If you see our’s
2017’s resolution letter,
you would see that we
have fulfilled all the
promises. As a result of
that, the general public
of Uttar Pradesh voted
for us and we will fulfil
the resolutions of 2022
as well,” he further add-
ed. CM Yogi held the
first meeting of the
council of ministers in
Lucknow on Friday af-
ter taking oath as the
CM for the second con-
secutive term.
UP cabinet minister Nand
Gopal Nandi
Besides CM
Yogi, 52 other
ministers also
took the oath.
Shastri takes oath as protem Speaker of assembly
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Anandiben
Patel, Governor of Ut-
tar Pradesh on Satur-
day administered the
oath of office and se-
crecy to Ramapati
Shastri, a senior mem-
ber of the Legislative
Assembly, in the pres-
ence of Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath at
the Raj Bhavan. On
the occasion, the 4
nominated members
of the Legislative As-
sembly were sworn-in.
These members in-
clude Suresh Kumar
Khanna, Jai Pratap
Singh, Ram Pal Ver-
ma and Mata Prasad
Pandey. The event
was attended by Addi-
tional Chief Secre-
tary, Governor Ma-
hesh Kumar Gupta,
Additional Chief Sec-
retary Home Awanish
Kumar Awasthi, Ad-
ditional Chief Secre-
tary Information
Navneet Sehgal, Prin-
cipal Secretary Legis-
lative Assembly
Pradeep Kumar
Dubey, Principal Sec-
retary Chief Minister
and Information San-
jay Prasad and other
officers.
Four nominated members Ram Pal Verma, Jai Pratap Singh, Suresh Kumar Khanna and Mata Prasad Pandey being administered
oath by Governor Anandiben Patel at Raj Bhavan on Saturday. CM Yogi also seen.
Ramapati Shastri taking oath at Raj Bhawan on Saturday.
Prepare the budget, focus
on revenue collection: CM
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Chief
Minister Yogi said that
the financial year 2021-
22 is about to be over.
All departments should
thoroughly review the
status of the fulfillment
of their annual targets.
While evaluating the
utilization of the bud-
get, examine the posi-
tion of their expendi-
ture relative to the fi-
nancial sanctions.
In each case, action
should be taken as per
financial rules. If the
central share of any
scheme has not been re-
leased from the level of
the Govt of India, then
immediately contact the
center and get it re-
leased. Full attention
should be given to reve-
nue collection. This is
necessary for funding
development and public
welfare schemes. The
process should be sim-
plified for the taxpayers.
Keeping in view the
General Budget of the
Govt of India for the
year 2022-23 and Lok
Kalyan Sankalp Pa-
tra-2022, the budget for
the year 2022-23 of the
State Govt should be
prepared,theCMadded.
ACTION PLAN
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UTTAR PRADESH
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CRUCIAL READ
Lucknow: Union Bank of India on Saturday an-
nounced receipt of ISO certification for ‘Standardiza-
tion of Credit Appraisal Process in SARALs/SARAL
Lites’ (SARALs – Systematic Appraisal and Risk
Assessment of Loan) – Centralized Processing Cen-
ters for MSME loans. This coveted certification is a
proof that the Bank is committed towards making
the Banking services, easy, fast, and hassle-free not
only for the individuals but for the small-scale units
as well, to boost the MSME sector. UBI remains
committed to constantly improving the custom-
er services and processes by leveraging skilled
man-power and advanced technology.
MAN KILLED, 2
SONS INJURED IN
FIRING IN BIJNOR
Bijnor: Panic was
triggered in the area
after a man was killed
while his two sons
were severely injured in
brawl over land dispute
in Swadehi village here.
Police sources said that
Deepu was marking
boundaries of his farm
when Devendra (60),
ration vendor and his
two sons Mohit and
Atul interrupted him
and claimed that it was
their land. After heated
arguments both parties
attacked each other and
opened firing. After in-
formation police rushed
to the spot and shifted
injured to district
hospital.
CLASS 9 STUDENT
COMMITS SUICIDE
IN SHAMLI
Shamli: In a tragic
incident a girl student of
ninth standard commit-
ted suicide by jumping
from second floor of
Danveer Karna Convent
School under Kairana
police station area here.
Police sources here said
Anushka (15), commit-
ted suicide by jumping
from the school build-
ing. She was rushed to
the hospital where she
succumbed to her inju-
ries. Anushka, daughter
of Mukesh Sharma,
resident of Buchhakhedi
area asked her teacher
to use restroom in
morning time and she
jumped off from second
floor.
UNION BANK OF INIDIA GETS ISO
9001:2015 CERTIFICATION
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Products
worth over `1.25 lakh
crores have been export-
edfromUPthisyearreg-
istering increase of 31
percent as compared to
previous year.
In exports, Uttar
Pradeshis oneof thetop
five states in country
.
Givingthisinformation,
Additional Chief Secre-
tary, Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises
and Export Promotion,
NavneetSehgalsaidthat
in financial year 2021-22
till January, products
worth `1,25,903.76 cr had
been exported from UP
and by end of financial
year,thisfigurewaslike-
ly to increase to `1.50
lakh crores.
In 2020-21 financial
year, products worth
`95,980.63 crore were ex-
ported. He said that Ut-
tar Pradesh was largest
exporting state after Gu-
jarat, Maharashtra,
Karnataka and Tamil
Nadu and target was to
export products worth
Rs 3 lakh crore from
state in next three years.
He further informed
that a comprehensive
strategy was prepared
to increase exports. For
convenience of export-
ers, coordination with
customs and Indian Em-
bassies abroad was es-
tablished. Decision to
open industries during
Corona period also
proved helpful in in-
creasingexportsbesides
district export plans of
all 75 districts was pre-
pared and export hubs
were developed in all
districts. Also 100 prod-
ucts from 15 sectors in-
cluding leather goods,
sports goods, chemicals,
textiles and handicrafts
were identified and pro-
filed for world trade.
‘Products worth `1.25L crore exported from UP this fiscal’
MOMENT OF PRIDE

By end of
financial year,
the figure is
likely to
increase to Rs
1.50 lakh crore,
says ACS
Navneet Sehgal A handicraft shop at Saharanpur. —FILE PHOTO
BJP EYES OVER
75 SEATS
FROM UP IN 2024 LOK SABHA
POLLS: DEPUTY CM MAURYA
Says our govt will continue to work for welfare of poor
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh Deputy Chief
Minister Keshav Prasad
Maurya after taking the
oath of the office said
that Bharatiya Janata
Party is targeting to
win more than 75 seats
out 80 from Uttar
Pradesh in 2024 Lok
Sabha polls.
“The Lok Kalyan
SankalpMatra(Manifes-
to) is our roadmap. We
will work according to it
and will deliver. Moving
forward our aim is 75 +
seats in 2024 (Lok Sabha
Polls),” said Maurya.
Maurya added that Yogi
Adityanath led BJP gov-
ernmentwillcontinueto
work for the welfare of
the poor under PM Nar-
endraModi’sleadership.
“With the second con-
secutivetermof BJPun-
dertheleadershipof PM
Modi, we will continue
working for the welfare
of thepoor,”hesaid.BJP
had won 62 out of 80
seats in the 2017 Lok
Sabha polls.Yogi Aditya-
nath was sworn in by
Governor Anandiben
Patel on Friday
.
Himachal Pradesh
CMJaiRamThakursaid
that the victory of the
BJP in assembly polls is
a result of hard work
done by the senior lead-
ership of the party
.
“Many congratulations
to the new government
in UP
. CM Yogi Aditya-
nath, PM, Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah and BJP
National President J. P
.
Nadda worked hard as a
result of which the BJP
government was again
formed,” said Thakur.
Haryana CM Mano-
har Lal Khattar said, “I
congratulate Yogi Adi-
tyanath for becoming
the CM. I also congratu-
late the people of the
state.” Newly-elected
CM of Goa, Pramod
Sawant also extended
his wishes to his party
colleagues in UP
.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In accor-
dance with the instruc-
tions given by Chief
Minister Yogi Aditya-
nath, Additional Chief
Secretary
, Home Awan-
ish Kumar Awasthi
chaired a high-level
meeting of senior offi-
cersatCommandCenter,
Lok Bhavan to further
strengthen law and or-
der and ensure effective
control on crimes.
Speedy action on
points related to Home
Department mentioned
in Lok Kalyan Sankalp
Patra was discussed and
emphasis was laid on
making existing public
grievancesredressalsys-
tem more robust and ef-
fective. Instructions
were given to Police De-
partment to prepare out-
line of activities and
goals to be achieved in
next 100 days, 6 months,
one year and 5 years.
Heads of all police units
were directed to make
outline in this regard
and submit to govern-
ment besides provide
information regarding
budgetary requirement.
Emphasizing on zero
tolerance policy of gov-
ernment regarding cor-
ruption, the Anti-Cor-
ruption Organization,
Economic Offenses Re-
search Wing, Vigilance,
SIT and CBID would be
strengthened to encour-
age deployment of hon-
est officers and employ-
ees. Corruption cases in
whichdepartmentalpro-
ceedings were pending
would also be resolved
soon by running a cam-
paign. Also orders for
maximum use of tech-
nologytoincreasetrans-
parency and speed in
work of various police
units were issued.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Municipal
Commissioner Ajay
Kumar Dwivedi on Sat-
urday morning inspect-
ed drains located in
Ramlila Maidan and
Haider. During the in-
spection drive, he
found large heaps of
garbage dumped at
many places in the
drain.
The Municipal Com-
missioner also found
illegal encroachment
and lot of dirt on the
road adjacent to the
drain. Dwivedi direct-
ed the concerned zonal
officer to remove all
the garbage and sus-
pended the supervisor
as well as imposed a
fine of ` 5,0000 was im-
posed on the concerned
executive organization
for the dirt on the road.
First India Bureau
Gurugram: Armed
with the leads obtained
from a weapon supplier
arrested last week, the
police here on Friday
said they busted an ille-
gal arms making unit
in Hathras and arrested
two more people.
Theyidentifiedthear-
rested men as Abhishek
alias Jeetu (30), a resi-
dent of Nangla Bihar
village in Hathras and
Sunil(25)of Rampurvil-
lage in Aligarh.
Cartridges, a coun-
try-made pistol and a
large number of weap-
on-making machines
were seized from the
raided illegal arms unit,
they said. During the in-
vestigation, the duo con-
fessed to the police that
they started their busi-
ness about six months
ago in Aligarh. Last
week, the police had ar-
rested illegal arms sup-
plier Jeetu alias Gabbar
and seized 25 weapons
from him. He had re-
vealed to the police
about this arms unit.
Abhishek alias Jeetu
and Sunil informed the
police that they used to
sell their weapons not
only in UP but also in
Delhi-NCR and charged
Rs 2,500 to 3,000 per
piece, the ACP said.
First India Bureau
Agra: The Agra Police
on Saturday found a
missing truck and ar-
rested two persons. Auto
parts and various elec-
tronic items worth Rs
1.20 crore were found in
the truck.
On the basis of the in-
formation from the driv-
er, the police recovered
the truck from the forest
of Jharna Nala. The po-
lice arrested two people
of the gang and search
for two others is still on.
This incident of truck
theft was carried out by
miscreants of Haryana.
SSP Sudhir Kumar
Singh said the truck had
gone missing from Om
Logistics Limited from
Sitanagar Rambagh in
Agra.
TheSSPsaidthetruck
driver, a resident of Et-
maddaula, had parked
the truck outside his
house at night. The SOG
team of police arrested
Aash Mohammad and
Mohd, residents of Nuh,
Haryana.
Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on his way for the
first cabinet meeting at Lok Bhawan in Saturday.
Municipal Commissioner Ajay Kumar Dwivedi during an
inspection drive in Lucknow on Saturday.
Two arrested miscreants with Agra police team.
ACS Home Awanish Kumar Awasthi, ACS Info Navneet Sehgal
and Director Information Shishir at the press conference of the
first cabinet meeting of the new Yogi government at Lok Bhawan,
Lucknow on Saturday. —PHOTO BY SUMIT KUMAR
SON INJURED
Over 30 BJP
men hurt as
bus overturns
in Ayodhya
First India Bureau
Ayodhya: More
than 20 Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP)
workers were sev-
erly injured when
their bus over-
turned after hit-
ting stary at Luc-
know-Gorakhpur
national highway
in Bhelsar area.
Ten workers re-
ceived minor
injuries.
Police rushed to
the spot after infor-
mation and shifted
injured to the hos-
pital. All workers
were returning
from oath ceremo-
ny of Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Aditya-
nath. It was report-
ed that Markendey
from Deoria, Sham-
bhusharan Patel
from Derva in Ma-
harganj, Purnama-
si, Afzal, Harishan-
kar Singh, Rajen-
dra Gupta, Akhlesh
Yadav and Poonam
were severely in-
jured in the acci-
dent. Police had ar-
ranged transporta-
tion for injured
persons to their
destination after
treatment.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The pro-
cess for election of
Uttar Pradesh As-
sembly Speaker
scheduled to be held
on March 29 at 3 pm
in Vidhan Sabha Pa-
vilion Hall, has
commenced.
The assembly
members can make
nominations till 2
pm on March 28 and
deposit the nomina-
tion papers in as-
sembly office.
ACS Awasthi holds
meet to strengthen
law & order in state
Municipal commissioner inspects
drains, imposes `50K fine
Missing truck found in
Agra, two arrested
Gurugram police raid illegal
arms unit in Hathras; two held
Ayodhya: Police have registered case against five
persons for threatening a family in Ayodhya and forcing
them to sell their land. Police sources said that Kallu
Nishad resident of Dafalitola under Kotwali city area has
alleged that Altaf, Riyaz, Bablu, Naushad and Shamshad
were threating his family and forcing them to sell their
house. The case was registered on complaint of Sangeeta
Devi, wife of Kallu Nidhad. In her complaint she alleged
that five accused threatened them, abused their family
and forced them to leave the house.
FIVE BOOKED FOR FORCING EXODUS
SPEAKER
ELECTION
ON MAR 29
TARGET
—PHOTO
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR
The Municipal
Commissioner also found
illegal encroachment and
lot of dirt on the road
adjacent to the drain
Uttar Pradesh was largest
exporting state after Guja-
rat, Maharashtra, Karna-
taka and Tamil Nadu and
target was to export prod-
ucts worth `3 lakh crore
from state in next 3 years.
Navneet sehgal
ACS info

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
The one in whom no longer
exist the craving and thirst
that perpetuate becoming;
how could you track that
Awakened one, trackless, and
of limitless range. —Buddha
IN-DEPTH
PANDEMIC-HIT
LANKAN TAMILS
SEEK REFUGE IN
TAMIL NADU
ri Lanka, like Paki-
stan, is facing an eco-
nomic crisis but of
far bigger propor-
tions. Skyrocketing
prices of foodgrain triggered by
economic mismanagement, the
crisis is forcing Lankan Tamils
to seek refuge in India. They
have started trickling in small
numbersalongChennai’sshores
for refuge and livelihood. Last
time the huge influx of Lankan
Tamils in Tamil Nadu was due
to the war unleashed by Sri Lan-
ka to crush the demand for Ta-
mil Eelam. It all ended with the
assassination of former Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
The Sri Lankan economy is
heavily dependent on tourism
and export of tea. Both have
taken a hit due to Covid-19.
Tourism also suffered due to at-
tacks on Christians during East-
er in 2019. The twin blow led to
Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange
reserves falling drastically, the
country was unable to buy food
items and other goods. India has
offered a billion dollar credit
line to bailout its neighbour
which needs $22 billion to pay
for its imports.
TOP TWEETS
S
ndian establish-
ment has devel-
oped a spine
which was not vis-
ible over the last
couple of decades. Look at the
manner in which China’s for-
eign minister Wang Yi ar-
rived unannounced to meet
the External Affairs Minister
S Jaishankar and National
Security Advisor Ajit Doval.
Wang, reportedly, also want-
ed to meet Prime Minister
Narendra Modi but was po-
litely told that was not possi-
ble. He invited Jaishankar
and Doval to visit Beijing but
both insisted on normalisa-
tion of situation along border
first. China was directly
blamed the “disturbed” situ-
ation for the “abnormal” re-
lationship. To look China in
the eye and put things
straight wouldn’t have been
possible a decade back as Bei-
jing flexed its muscles.
More recently a visit of a
UK trade delegation led by
House of Commons speaker
had to be called off as India
refused to entertain any sug-
gestion regarding its pro-Rus-
sia policy. Even PM Boris’s
telephonic conversation with
Modi did not cut ice. Delega-
tion was to discuss an Indo-
UK free trade agreement but
agenda changed after Rus-
sian invasion of Ukraine. Ind
is in talks with Russia for
making payments in Indian
rupee. That would effectively
leave any American sanction
on Russia meaningless and
push the US dollar out of Ind-
Russia bilateral trade.
US Prez Biden’s efforts to
bulldoze India also backfired
after Delhi told Americans to
mind their business. Wheth-
er it is India’s importance as
a global market or growing
strategic clout because of
Chinese manoeuvres in Indo-
Pacific, Delhi is able to tick
them off whenever needed, a
refreshing change.
AFTER EAM’S STRAIGHT
TALK, WILL CHINA BLINK
Wang, reportedly, also
wanted to meet Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
but was politely told that
was not possible. He
invited Jaishankar and
Doval to visit Beijing
but both insisted on
normalisation of situation
along border first
I
SORRY STATE OF
WAR-HIT UKRAINE
ost of human kind felt re-
lieved with the demise of the
USSR in 1991. Mr Vladimir
Putin was at the time a KGB
agent serving in East Ger-
many. 10 years later he was
the most important man in
Russia. For 22 years he is at
the helm in Russia. No rivals,
no attempted coup. Mr Putin
has visited India several
time. Bilateral relations have
been cordial since 1955. We
import most of our military
hardware from Russia.
On Kashmir the USSR and
later Russia have supported
us. Our non-alignment was
fully understood (However
our-alignment did tilt to-
wards the USSR and Russia).
At the UN without Moscow’s
support we would been at the
mercy of the Western block
headed by the United States
of America.
On February 24 we saw the
RussianleaderinhisStalinist
Avtar. Granted that Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelen-
skyy had been repeatedly de-
claring that Ukraine wished
tobecomeamemberof NATO.
This was not acceptable to Mr
Putin.Insteadof holdingtalks
with his Ukrainian counter-
part he invaded Ukraine. Mr
Putin mistakenly believed
that Russia would demolish
Ukraine in a few days.
Mr Zelenskyy has dis-
played immense courage, in-
spired his people by his fear-
lessness and determination.
Once a comedian he will go
down in history as a military
and political hero. History
will not spare Mr Putin. He
will, unfortunately for him,
be bracketed with ruthless
leaders who are not subject to
reason and not open to advice
given by friendly leaders like
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, who has spoken to the
Russian President thrice. Mr
Putin has ignored his advice.
Mr Putin erred catastroph-
ically on several scores. He
underestimated the will, pat-
riotism and above all the bat-
tleworthinessandprodigious
nationalism of Ukraine’s
armed forces. The Russian
army is not faring well. In
some areas it is taking a beat-
ing. Nonetheless, having
thrown humanism out of the
Kremlinwindowhehasrazed
to the ground large parts of
democratic Ukraine, dis-
placed 10 million Ukrainians.
Nearly 3.1 million Ukraini-
ans have become refugees,
who have been welcomed by
Poland, Romania, Hungry,
Slovakia. Canada and USA
will take in several hundred
thousand in the days to come.
The men are fighting the
Russians,whilechildren,teen-
agers, their sisters, mothers
andgrandmothers(andwives
of soldiers) live in cramped
camps and school buildings,
with terrible sanitation.
What happens to them af-
ter one year. Poland cannot
give 2.5 million refuge for all
time. Some might wish to re-
turn to Ukraine, but their
homes have disappeared. The
total unity of the west has
surprised Mr Putin and the
World. Even Mr. Putin cannot
take on the USA and Europe.
The sanctions are beginning
to bite.
Are the Russian people
aware of the destruction of
Ukraine and the plight of the
people. No, they are not. One
fact stands out. Not one Rus-
sian diplomat has defected. 2
days ago the G7, NATO and
European Union leaders met
in Brussels under the Chair-
manship of President Biden.
There was complete unanim-
ity
. This will give no comfort
to Mr Putin.
The foreign minister of the
People’s Republic of China
arrived in New Delhi on
March 24. Apparently, our
government is not too en-
thused by Mr Wang Yi’s visit.
The Radio and TV remained
silent about the visit.
Before coming to New Del-
hi Mr Wang Yi attended the
meeting of the Organisation
of Islamic States- OIC in La-
hore. There he said, that Chi-
na had the desire as its Is-
lamic friends on the issue of
Kashmir and China will con-
tinue to support the people of
Palestine and Kashmir in
their “just freedom strug-
gle”. The spokesman of the
External Affairs Ministry
gave a befitting reply to the
Mr Wang’s offensive observa-
tion on Kashmir, “Matters
related to the Union Territo-
ry of Jammu and Kashmir
are entirely the internal af-
fairs of India. Other coun-
tries, including China have
no locus standi to comment.”
On March 25, speaking in the
Rajya Sabha the exception-
ally able, experienced and
unostentatious External Af-
fairs Minister spoke on our
policy on Ukraine. He told
the Rajya Sabha that our
Ukraine policy was, “Stead-
fast and consistent”. Emi-
nently wise. But is Moscow
listening.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
M
Before coming to New Delhi
Mr Wang Yi attended the
meeting of the Organisation
of Islamic States- OIC in
Lahore. There he said, that
China had the desire as its
Islamic friends on the issue
of Kashmir and China will
continue to support the
people of Palestine and
Kashmir in their “just
freedom struggle”. The
spokesman of the External
Affairs Ministry gave a
befitting reply to the Mr
Wang’s offensive
observation on Kashmir,
“Matters related to the
Union Territory of Jammu
and Kashmir are entirely
the internal affairs of
India. Other countries,
including China have no
locus standi to comment”
History will not spare
Mr Putin. He will,
unfortunately for him, be
bracketed with ruthless
leaders who are not
subject to reason and not
open to advice given by
friendly leaders like
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, who
has spoken to the
Russian President
thrice. Mr Putin has
ignored his advice
K NATWAR SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India
 Immediate cessation of hostilities
 Return to dialogue and diplomacy
 Respect for international law
 Sovereignty and territorial integrity
 Access to humanitarian assistance
 India’s own aid to Ukraine and
initiative to remain in touch with the
leadership of both
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER SAID UKRAINE
POLICY IS BASED ON 6 PRINCIPLES...

INDIA
05
Hyderabad (Agencies):
Almost seven years af-
ter it first gave a gender-
neutral graduation cer-
tificate to a student on
request, Hyderabad’s
National Academy of
Legal Studies and Re-
search (Nalsar) has
started designating
spaces gender-neutral
as part of a first-of-its-
kind trans policy the
university is finalising.
Vi c e - C h a n c e l l o r
Faizan Mustafa said
that the university
aimed to create a safe
and inclusive campus.
The ground floor of the
GH-6 building has been
designated as a gender-
neutral space with
rooms allotted to stu-
dents self-identifying as
members of the LG-
BTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bi-
sexual, transgender
and queer plus) commu-
nity, with plans to move
towards a gender-neu-
tral hostel in due
course. The washroom
on the academic block’s
ground floor is also gen-
der-neutral.
The university al-
ready has an interim
policy in place to ad-
dress inclusivity con-
cerns of the LGBTQ+
community and a final
policy is in the works.
The GH-6 building
houses a hostel, which
may later fully become
a gender-neutral hostel.
In June 2015, a
22-year-old BA LLB stu-
dent requested not be
identified by gender in
the graduation certifi-
cate. The university
promptly accepted the
request and used the
neutral prefix of “Mx”.
It was the beginning of
the institution’s efforts
to make it inclusive.
The university is
working to designate
more areas as gender-
neutral, Mustafa said.
“We have requested stu-
dents to identify them-
selvesandbasedontheir
preference, we are creat-
ing safe and inclusive
spaces for everyone. As
per the trans policy that
we are adopting, there
will be more changes on
the campus,’’ he said.
The “Policy on Inclu-
sive Education for Gen-
der and Sexual Minori-
ties’’ has been drafted by
the university’s trans
policycommittee.Asper
thedraftpolicy
,self-iden-
tification requiring no
more than a written self-
attested declaration will
be the basis for recogni-
tion of gender identity
and sexual orientation.
Hyd law varsity creates gender-neutral spaces, drafts trans policy

A student
requested not be
identified by
gender in
certificate. The
university
promptly accepted
the request and
used the neutral
prefix of ‘Mx’
TWO FACES OF THE SAFFRON PARTY
DESPITE HIGH COMMAND’S ‘FAVOUR’, DHUMAL’S LUCK
RAN OUT WHERE DHAMI AND MAURYA’S DIDN’T!
Shashikant Sharma/
Kartikey Dev Singh
New Delhi: Seldom
does it happen that a
sitting Chief Minister
or a deputy CM looses
an election, and per-
haps it has never been
seen before that even
after loosing election,
they are ‘reinstated’ to
their ‘old glory’. But
this is exactly what has
happened in Uttara-
khand and Uttar
Pradesh respectively,
where the sitting CM
and Deputy CM lost the
election, but have yet
again found them-
selves in their former
offices, carrying out
the roles they had, pri-
or to the poll.
The Chief Minister
of Uttarakhand, Push-
kar Singh Dhami is
perhaps more lucky
than his colleague
from the neighbouring
state as Maurya does
fit into the over all po-
litical ‘scheme of
things’ for the BJP
since he is a respecta-
ble OBC leader. But
Dhami does not have
that political ‘need’ for
the BJP, perhaps be-
cause he commands a
comparatively less po-
litically charged state
with lesser population
than UP and lesser
area too. Yet, he has
been given preference,
just like Maurya, and
seated in the CMO as a
result of which, ob-
serves say that he is
quite lucky in compari-
son to the former Chief
Minister of Himachal,
Prem Kumar Dhumal.
A political observer
from Dehradun stress-
es that despite the de-
feat in the assembly
elections, he was put
on the chief minister’s
chair by the BJP high
command, whereas in
Dhumal’s case, about
four years ago, the par-
ty had refrained from
taking such a decision
and Dhumal had be-
come one of the few
unlucky politicians
whose political life was
ruined due to party’s
stand. In the assembly
elections held in
Himachal in 2015, BJP
contested the election
by declaring Dhumal
as the CM candidate.
Earlier BJP was follow-
ing the strategy of con-
testing elections with-
out declaring any lead-
er but later when it
started realising that
victory is not sure
without Dhumal’s
name, the party de-
clared him as future
CM. This announce-
ment was made by the
then BJP President
Amit Shah himself at
an election rally
.
But unfortunately,
Dhumal lost the elec-
tion while fielded from
the new electoral con-
stituency Sujanpur
Tehra. People believed
that Dhumal was de-
feated under a well
thought out conspiracy
.
This was the reason
that when the party
won despite his defeat,
like Dhami, there was
a strong demand to
make Dhumal the
Chief Minister.
But Dhumal’s luck
ran out where Dhami’s
didnt. The party decid-
ed that the CM would
be elected from among
the elected MLAs and
thus Jai Ram Thakur
was made the CM.
However, in 2022, the
party has decided to
continue with Dhami,
perhaps thinking that
he can not be made a
scapegoat since he was
in the chair for only a
few months. What ever
be the reason, Dhami’s
luck has abetted him,
but now he will have to
work with twice the
viguor to continue at
the post, or else he may
also meet the fate of
his predecessors! But
even before that, Dha-
mi will have one more
chance to regain his
electoral honour, as in
absence of a Legisla-
tive Council, Dhami
will have to contest
election and come out
victorious within 6
months, else he may
have to loose his place.
However, the situa-
tion around UP Depu-
ty CM KP Maurya is
quite different. He
does not have to con-
test any election as he
is still a MLC. Second-
ly, he is more accepta-
ble and stronger lead-
er among other back-
ward castes as com-
pared to other leaders.
Therefore, a large sec-
tion of party leaders
have lobbied for his
inclusion in the gov-
ernment and also ad-
vocated delegating
greater responsibility
to him, which even the
high command agrees
upon. Now that he has
been appointed as
DyCM, the reason be-
hind his inclusion is
simple. BJP central
leadership knows that
to continue its stay in
Delhi, the party will
have to bring the OBC
and Dalit votes to its
kitty and therefore,
leaders like Maurya
give that platform to
the party where,
through them, the par-
ty and the union gov-
ernment can be pro-
jected as sharing pow-
er with the OBCs and
other such community
groups. It is certain
that in view of his im-
portance in the con-
text of next Lok Sabha
elections, the party
can not and has not
sidelined him.
Prem Kumar Dhumal, Former
CM, Himachal Pradesh
Pushkar Singh Dhami, Chief
Minister, Uttarakhand
Keshav Prasad Maurya,
Deputy CM, Uttar Pradesh
BJP’s Ritu Khanduri
first woman speaker of
Uttarakhand Assembly
Dehradun (ANI):
Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty’s(BJP)RituKhanduri
waselectedastheSpeak-
er of the Uttarakhand
LegislativeAssemblyon
Saturday, becoming the
first woman Speaker of
the state Assembly
.
Kanduri was elected
as the fifth Speaker of
the Uttarakhand Legis-
lative Assembly. She
succeeded BJP’s Prem-
chand Aggarwal,
whose term ended on
March 10. Uttarakhand
Chief Minister Push-
kar Singh Dhami con-
gratulated Khanduri
and said that under her
leadership, the state
Assembly would create
“new history”.
“She will run the
House well and our As-
sembly will create new
history under her lead-
ership,” Chief Minister
Dhami told media.
Ritu Khanduri, first woman speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly.
JK Police says will attach property of
those who‘wilfully’ shelter militants
Srinagar (PTI): Days
after warning that prop-
erties of people provid-
ing shelter to militants
or their associates will
be attached under the
Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Act
(UAPA), Jammu and
Kashmir Police on Sat-
urday said action will be
taken only if the house
owner “wilfully har-
boured terrorists” and
there was no duress.
However, the police
said, the onus of prov-
ing duress is on the
house owner.
In a statement, SSP
of Srinagar Rakesh Bal-
wal said there has been
misinformation, ru-
mours floated by cer-
tain quarters about in-
formation provided by
Srinagar Police on ini-
tiation of attachment
of properties used for
terrorism purpose.
It is clarified that Sri-
nagar Police is well
aware of the difference
between wilful har-
bouring of terrorists
and one done under du-
ress, he said.
JK: SPO shot dead, brother
injured in terrorist attack
Srinagar (Agencies):
Terrorists late evening
on Saturday fired upon
an SPO in police and
his brother in ther Bud-
gam district of central
Kashmir.
IGP Kashmir said,
“Terrorists fired upon
the two brothers Ishfaq
Ahmad Dar (26) posted
as SPO in Budgam and
his brother Umar Ah-
mad Dar (23), who is
said to be a student.
Later, SPO Ishfaq suc-
cumbed to his injuries
on the way to hospital.
Theareahasbeencor-
doned off and a search
operation has been
launched in the area to
nab the attackers.
Delhi’s ‘Rozgar
Budget’ has
promise of
20 lakh jobs
New Delhi (PTI):
Delhi Finance min-
isterManishSisodia
onSaturdaypresent-
ed a Rs 75,800-crore
“Rozgaar Budget”
for 2022-23 with a
major focus on job
creation and mar-
kets to boost the eco-
nomic growth and
recover from the
damages caused by
the Covid-19 pan-
demic and the sub-
sequent lockdown.
The upcoming fi-
nancial year’s
Budget has seen an
increase of about
13.3 per cent as com-
pared to the revised
estimates of the
previous year’s
Budget which stood
at Rs 67,000 crore.
Congress general secretaries,
state in-charges meet in Delhi
New Delhi (PTI):
Congress general sec-
retaries and party in-
charges of various
states met on Saturday
to discuss the party’s
membership drive and
the current political
situation.
Congress general
secretary (Organisa-
tion) K C Venugopal
chaired the meeting at
the party headquar-
ters here and dis-
cussed the progress of
the ongoing member-
ship drive and future
agitational pro-
grammes.
Among prominent
leaders of the party
who attended the meet-
ing were Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra, Oomen
Chandy, Mukul Was-
nik, Tariq Anwar, Ran-
deep Surjewala, Ajay
Maken and treasurer
Pawan Kumar Bansal.
NEARLY 30% OF DELHI’S SEWAGE FLOWED
UNTREATED INTO YAMUNA IN 2020-2021
Only six out of the 35 STPs in Delhi met prescribed standard for wastewater
New Delhi (PTI): At
least 29 per cent of the
sewage generated in
Delhi in the financial
year 2021-22 fell into
the Yamuna river un-
treated, according to
the Outcome Budget
presented in the As-
sembly on Friday.
The amount of un-
treated sewage that
fell into the river in
Delhi was 28 per cent
in 2019-20 and 26 per
cent in 2020-21.
Government data
also showed that only
six out of the 35 sewage
treatment plants (STPs)
in the capital met the
prescribed standards
for wastewater (biologi-
cal oxygen demand – 10
milligram per litre and
total dissolved solids –
10 mg per litre) in 2021-
22 (till December end).
The Delhi Jal Board
(DJB) is upgrading and
rehabilitating the exist-
ing STPs to be able to
meet the prescribed
norms and reduce the
pollution load in the Ya-
muna. It had set a target
of at least nine STPs
meeting the standards
this fiscal.
The 22-km stretch of
the Yamuna between
Wazirabad and Okhla,
which is less than 2 per
cent of the river length
of 1,370 kms from Ya-
munotri to Allahabad,
accounts for around 80
per cent of the pollu-
tion load in the river.
Untapped wastewa-
ter from unauthorised
colonies and jhuggi-
jhopri clusters, and
poor quality of treated
wastewater discharged
from STPs and common
effluent treatment
plants are the main rea-
sons behind high levels
of pollution in the river.
POLLUTION LOAD
—RIVER YAMUNA, NEW DELHI

INDIA
06
New Delhi (Agencies):
During Chinese For-
eign Minister Wang Yi's
visit to Delhi, Beijing
had called for a meeting
between him and PM
Narendra Modi, but
that was ‘politely’ re-
jected. On a surprise
visit after two years,
Wang Yi’s request to
meet PM Modi was po-
litely but firmly turned
down by New Delhi.
Wang, who met Ex-
ternal Affairs Minister
S Jaishankar and NSA
Ajit Doval amid a lack
of progress in talks on
the border standoff in
Ladakh, was not able to
meet Modi as the latter
had gone to UP for Yo-
gi's swearing-in as CM.
Wang argued for both
sides taking a long-term
view of the relations be-
yond the boundary dis-
pute and conveyed to
Jaishankar China's de-
sire to return to nor-
malcy in its ties with
India.
New Delhi ‘politely’ turns down
China’s call for Wang-Modi meet
Wang was not able to meet PM as latter was in UP for Yogi ’s swearing-in
EAM S Jaishankar meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, at
Hyderabad House, in New Delhi on Friday. —FILE PHOTO
Amritsar: The Indian
government released
three Pakistani prisoners
and a baby and sent them
back to their homeland on
Saturday. The Pakistani
prisoners were identified
as Samira, Ahmad Rajaa
and Murtaja Ajgar Ali,
according to Arun Pal, the
Protocol Officer. He said
that all the three prisoners
were sent to Pakistan via
Attari Wagah Border.
Kathmandu (ANI):
Nepalese Prime
Minister Sher Baha-
dur Deuba will visit
Varanasi during his
official visit to India
from April 1 to 3. A
s per the itinerary,
he will meet Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on April 2. This
will be his first visit
to India after becom-
ing Prime Minister of
the Himalayan nation
in July 2021. He has
visited India in each
of his four earlier
stints as PM. His last
visit to India was in
2017. This visit is a
part of the tradition
of periodic high-level
exchanges between
the two countries. It
will give an opportu-
nity to both sides to
review relations.
New Delhi (PTI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will be visiting Mal-
dives and Sri Lanka for bilateral meetings and the signing of several agree-
ments. Jaishankar’s visit to Colombo comes at a time when the island nation
is facing a massive economic crisis, with power blackouts and shortage of es-
sential goods leading to protests. The situation is driving its nationals to seek
refuge in India. A statement from the ministry said Jaishankar will visit Addu in
Maldives this weekend on the invitation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mal-
dives, Abdulla Shahid. “EAM would be visiting Addu city in Maldives (26-27
March), during which EAM will call on President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and
hold discussions with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid.
INDIAN GOVT
RELEASES THREE
PAK PRISONERS
NEPALESE PM SET
TO VISIT INDIA
NEXT WEEK
JAISHANKAR IN MALDIVES, TO VISIT
LANKA NEXT FOR BILATERAL TALKS
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Saturday announced
the extension of the
free ration scheme till
September 30 this year
at a cost of Rs 80,000
crore, as it looks to con-
tinue providing support
to vulnerable amid a
rebound in the Covid-19
pandemic. The decision
was taken in the Cabi-
net meeting chaired by
PM at his residence.
The scheme, which
started when India
went into stringent
lockdown two years
back, was to end on
March 31. In March
2020, the Centre had
launched the scheme —
Pradhan Mantri Garib
Kalyan Anna Yojana
(PM-GKAY) — to pro-
videfree5kgfoodgrains
per person per month to
over 80 crore benefi-
ciaries covered under
the National Food Secu-
rity Act (NFSA) to re-
duce the hardships of
people during Covid.
In keeping with the
concern and sensitivity
towards poor and vul-
nerable sections of so-
ciety
, the Union Cabinet
has extended the PM-
GKAY scheme for an-
other six months i.e, till
September 2022 (Phase
VI), an official
statement
said.
Centre extends free
ration scheme till Sept
PRIME MINISTER TO ATTEND
BIMSTEC SUMMIT VIRTUALLY
New Delhi: Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi will attend a vir-
tual summit of the seven-
nation BIMSTEC grouping
on March 30, which is
expected to focus on
expanding economic
engagement.
New Delhi (PTI): A
portal, modistory.in,
has been launched
to bring together
“inspiring” stories
related to Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi from those who
have interacted with
him during his life
journey over the dec-
ades. “Announcing
the launch of MODI
STORY, a volunteer
driven initiative to
bring together inspir-
ing moments from
Narendra Modi’s life,
as narrated by his
co-travellers. Inaugu-
rated by Smt. Sumitra
Gandhi Kulkarni,
granddaughter of
Mahatma
Gandhi,”
the portal
tweeted
from its
Twitter
handle.
PORTAL
LAUNCHED TO
SHARE STORIES
OF PM MODI
First India Bureau
Siliguri: Airborne
drills were carried out
by the Indian Army on
Thursday and Friday,
officials informed on
Saturday
.
Around 600 para-
troopers of the Indian
Army’s Airborne Rapid
Response teams carried
out the airborne drill
near the sensitive Silig-
uri Corridor in north-
ern Bengal.
The exercise involved
advanced free-fall tech-
niques, insertion, sur-
veillance.
The Army drill also
included target prac-
tice, and seizing of key
objects by going behind
enemy lines, said Indi-
an Army officials.
Indian Army conducts airborne rapid
response exercise near Siliguri corridor
SC BARS TRIPURA POLICE FROM ACTING
AGAINST 4 WHO TWEETED ON VIOLENCE
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has restrained
Tripura Police from taking any action against four
students who had posted
on social media against
the alleged communal
violence in the state last
year. A bench of justices
DY Chandrachud and Surya
Kant passed the order in
four separate petitions filed
by these people and tagged
all of them with the pend-
ing petitions in the matter.
Pending further orders, there shall be a stay of
further proceedings in Case No…dated November
3, 2021, West Agartala Police Station, Tripura, the
bench ordered on Friday.
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi (ANI): A special court of Delhi has
issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investi-
gation (CBI) on the
bail plea of former
managing director and
chief executive officer
of National Stock Ex-
change (NSE) Chitra
Ramkrishna in con-
nection with the NSE
co-location case. CBI Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal on
Friday sought the response of the investigation
agency within two weeks in the bail petition and
fixed the matter for April 8, 2022, for detailed
arguments. Chitra Ramkrishna is presently in
judicial custody in the matter.
DELHI COURT NOTICE TO CBI ON
CHITRA’S BAIL PLEA IN NSE SCAM
New Delhi: Chief Elec-
tion Commissioner Su-
shil Chandra on Satur-
day said that while the
participation of women
in Parliament is still
much less than desired,
the 33 per cent reserva-
tion guaranteed by the
Constitution to women
in the local bodies has
given rise to many
grassroot women lead-
ers and brought about a
visible change in their
communities.
Addressing the pres-
entation ceremony for
Sansad Ratna Awards
hosted by Prime Point
Federation, Chandra
appreciated how EC’s
special efforts to in-
crease the participation
of women had ensured
that the female voters’
turnout exceeded male
voters’ turnout in four
of the five states that
recently went to polls.
New Delhi: Petrol, die-
sel prices were hiked
again on Saturday,
across metro cities for
the fourth time in the
last five days. The rise
was necessitated due to
the increase in raw ma-
terial costs, oil market-
ing companies said. Pet-
rol and diesel prices
were hiked by 80 paise
each in New Delhi.
Overall with Saturday’s
hike, petrol and diesel
prices have gone up by
Rs 3.20 a litre in the last
five days.
Petrol now costs Rs
98.61 a litre in the na-
tional Capital, while
diesel is being sold at Rs
89.87 per litre.
In Mumbai, petrol
prices were hiked by 84
paise and it now costs
Rs 113.35 per litre. Die-
sel prices too were
raised by 85 paise and it
now costs Rs 97.55 a li-
tre there.
Fuel prices are the
highest in Mumbai
among the four metro
cities. Prior to the hikes
which began from this
week, fuel prices had
been on a freeze since
November 4, 2021 for a
record 137 days. During
this period, 2022 Assem-
bly elections were held
in five crucial States of
India.
New Delhi: Accusing
the BJP of doing poli-
tics over the issue of
Kashmiri Pandits’
exodus, Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Ke-
jriwal on Saturday
asked how many of
the displaced people
have returned to the
Valley since the party
came to power at the
Centre.
Asthewarof words
between Mr Kejriwal
and the BJP over ‘The
Kashmir Files’ film
intensified, the Aam
Aadmi Party chief
Arvind Kejriwal
again suggested that
the movie be put on
YouTube and pro-
ceeds earned from it
spent for the welfare
of Kashmiri Pandits.
New Delhi: A joint fo-
rum of central trade
unions has called for a
nationwide strike on
Monday and Tuesday to
protest against Central
government policies
that affect workers. The
banking sector will be
joining the strike, the
All India Bank Employ-
ees Association said on
Facebook.
The call for a nation-
wide strike was taken
after a meeting on
March 22, 2022. After
taking stock of prepara-
tions in various states,
the unions announced a
two-day all-India strike
against “the anti-work-
er, anti-farmer, anti-
people and anti-nation-
al policies” of the cen-
tral government.
The bank unions are
participating in the
strike to protest against
the government’s plan
to privatise public sec-
tor banks. The State
Bank of India has is-
sued a statement in-
forming customers that
banking services may
be impacted on March
28 and 29.
MSD’S HEROICS GO IN VAIN
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) edged past Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 6 wickets in the opener
of Indian Premier League (IPL) in Mumbai on Saturday. Put into bat first, CSK riding on MS
Dhoni’s 50* (38) managed 131/5. KKR chased down the target with 9 balls to spare.
India records 4,100 Covid deaths in
24 hours as Maha backlog added
New Delhi (PTI): The
number of COVID-19
deaths in India climbed
to 5,20,855 with 4,100 fa-
talities recorded in a
day and Maharashtra
reconciling the number
of deaths caused by the
viral disease in the
State, the Union health
ministry said today
.
A total of 1,660 fresh
cases have pushed the
Covidtallyto4,30,18,032,
while the number of ac-
tive cases has fallen be-
low 20,000, according to
the ministry’s data.
The number of active
cases of the infection
has declined to 16,741,
the lowest in 702 days
and accounting for 0.04
per cent of the total
caseload. The Covid-19
recovery rate was re-
corded at 98.75 per cent,
the ministry said. Ma-
harashtra reported a
high death count be-
cause of the inclusion
of non-Covid fatalities
reported till Friday
.
Govt considering
booster dose for
Indians
travelling
overseas for
edu, jobs and
business
New Delhi (PTI): With the conclusion of the
Assembly elections in five States, including Uttar
Pradesh, the Centre plans to resume publishing
the photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
on vaccination certificates in these states. PM
Modi’s photo was removed from the vaccination
certificates in the five States — Uttar Pradesh,
Goa, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Manipur — on
January 8, after the announcement of poll dates.
POLLS OVER, PM’S PHOTO TO RETURN
ON ALL VAX CERTIFICATES: REPORT
Fuel prices
hiked for 4th
time in 5 days
Participation of women in Parliament
less than desired, says CEC Chandra
HOW MANY KPs RELOCATED IN
8 YEARS, KEJRIWAL ASKS BJP
Bank ops may be hit on Mon,
Tue due to unions’ strike
The Army drill
also included
target
practice, and
seizing of key
objects by
going behind
enemy lines
Paratroopers of the Indian Army during excercise.

NEWS
07
MULTI-CRORE
LAND SCAM
DETECTED IN KDA
There is a multi-crore land
scam in KDA in which the
police are struggling to
investigate. To save the ‘Dalal
Gang’, the clerks of KDA are
making it tough for the crime
branch to investigate the fake
registry of 10 plots as relevant
files are missing from the record.
The investigating officer said that
the KDA staff does not even
provide a suitable answer. After
the whole issue reached DCP
(Crime), Salman Taj Patil,
informed the Municipal
Commissioner and KDA vice
chairman of case number
27/2020 lodged under sections
420, 409, 467, 471, and 120B of
IPC in Swaroop Nagar police
station in multi-crore land scam
earlier. However, Crime Branch
investigating the plot scam
continued to visit KDA and
Municipal Corporation but
couldn’t gather evidence. In the
letter sent earlier to DCP Crime, it
was mentioned by investigating
officer that out of a total of 10
plots, presently plot numbers
260, 1448, 38, 1343, 756 were
being investigated but no records
were being provided.
—Sumit Awasthi
MISCREANTS
WHO KILLED
THEIR FRIEND
HELD AFTER
ENCOUNTER
Three miscreants who went
absconding after killing their
friend working in a bank were
injured and arrested after a police
encounter that took place in the
Sitapur district on Saturday. The
police recovered illegal arms, nine
cartridges, and a bike from the
injured criminals and admitted
them all to the hospital for
treatment. The three criminals
were involved in the robbery of
Rs. 2.5 lakhs and after opening
fire at their own friend (Arun) who
was working in the bank. Arun, a
resident of Brahma Purva was
going to the bank along with their
brother whilst carrying cash
amounting to Rs 2,50,000 when
miscreants waylaid them on a bike
and snatched the bag full of
money. The brothers resisted
following which the criminals
opened fire at the brothers, Arun
was shot in the scuffle and lost
his life. —Sunish Tiwari
YOGI’S
OATH-TAKING
CEREMONY: UMA
GETS STUCK IN
TRAFFIC
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief
Minister Uma Bharti arrived in
Lucknow but was unable to attend
Yogi Adityanath’s swearing-in
ceremony on Friday. The reason is
said to be the traffic jam and a
minor oversight on the part of the
local police and administration. “I
came to Lucknow to attend the
swearing-in ceremony of Yogi ji’s
cabinet. Here, due to a small
mistake of the local police and
administration, I could not reach
the swearing-in venue due to
traffic jam. I wish the success of
Yogi ji government,” she tweeted
in Hindi.
—First India Bureau
SHIVPALMIFFEDWITHAKHILESHYADAV
FORNOTINVITINGINMLAMEETING
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Akhilesh
Yadav will soon be seen
in a new role as the lead-
er of opposition in Uttar
Pradesh’s state assem-
bly. He was elected by
the Samajwadi Party
MLAs for the post at a
key party meet on Sat-
urday. The former UP
chief minister had quit
as the Lok Sabha MP
from Azamgarh on
Monday. He won his
first state assembly elec-
tion from Karhal in the
family bastion of Main-
puri earlier this month.
The Samajwadi Par-
ty’s newly elected MLAs
unanimously chose the
party’s national presi-
dent, Akhilesh Yadav,
as the leader of the leg-
islators’ group,” the SP
state chief, Naresh Ut-
tam Patel, told report-
ers on Saturday. Mean-
while, Akhilesh’s uncle
Shivpal Yadav did not
seem to be happy for not
being invited to the par-
ty meeting.
There are signs of
strains in the relation-
ship yet again. Shivpal,
who won from the Jas-
wantnagar seat on an
SP ticket in the recently
held assembly elec-
tions, has alleged that
he was not invited to
the party’s legislative
meeting on Saturday
. “I
was not invited to the
party meeting. I waited
for two days and can-
celled all my pro-
grammes for the meet-
ing, but I wasn’t invited.
I am an MLA from Sam-
ajwadi Party but still
not invited,” Shivpal
said to a news agency
.
The two leaders had
a bitter fallout over con-
trol of the party before
the 2017 assembly elec-
tions. Beginning Au-
gust 2016, both leaders
hurled verbal barbs at
each other for months,
eventually leading to
more dissension in the
party and its poor per-
formance in the 2017
assembly elections,
when it was routed
from everywhere ex-
cept its pocket bor-
oughs in central UP.
Meetingofallnewly-electedSPlegislatorswasheldattheirheadquartersinLucknow
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav with newly elected MLAs of the party
during a media briefing in Lko on Saturday. —PHOTO BY PTI
TOOK JIBES AT EACH OTHER
Beginning August 2016, both leaders hurled ver-
bal barbs at each other for months, eventually
leading to more dissension in the party and its poor
performance in the 2017 assembly elections, when
it was routed from everywhere except its pocket
boroughs in central UP. Last year, the chill between
the uncle and nephew had seemed to thaw. The SP
and PSP had joined forces in a panchayat poll in
Etawah, and had won 18 out of 24 wards. By De-
cember 2021, the two parties had reached a seat-
sharing agreement for the assembly polls. That is
how Shivpal came to be a candidate for the SP-PSP
alliance. Shivpal defeated BJP’s Vivek Shakya by
90,979 votes in the assembly elections.
Gandhi statue
broken in
Bhadohi, Cong
protests
Bhadohi (PTI): A
man, allegedly
drunk at the time,
toppled a statue of
Mahatma Gandhi
located at a city
roundabouthere,po-
lice on Saturday
said. The man, later
identified as one
Subhash Chauhan
of Chauri area here,
broke the statue lo-
cated at Indira Mill
roundabout and fled
the spot, said police.
Congress workers
staged a protest
againsttheincident.
District Magistrate
Aryaka Akhouri
said that the man
broke the marble
statue by toppling it
onthegroundgiving
it forceful shakes.
The official said
he had come on a
bike, but left it be-
hind fleeing on foot
after breaking the
statue. He was ap-
parently drunk, she
said.Anewstatueof
Mahatma Gandhi
will be installed at
the place soon, the
DM added. Accord-
ing to eyewitnesses,
theman’sactof van-
dalism gathered
hundreds of people
there, including a
few police person-
nel. Before breaking
the statue, the man
also created a ruck-
us for an hour, they
said. When they got
to know about the
incident, Congress
workers reached the
spot and staged a
protest there.
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
2 girls consume poison
due to molestation, police
inaction, cop suspended
First India Bureau
Jhansi: Two minor
girls consumed poi-
son due to molesta-
tion in the Simraha
area. It was alleged
that victims had in-
formed police about
the heinous act of
the accused but po-
lice ignored their
plights. Shivhari
Meena, senior su-
perintendent of po-
lice has taken action
against inspector
Sadar Bazar police
station for the negli-
gence of duty and
suspended him from
immediate effect.
A departmental
inquiry was also or-
dered against the
concerned police in-
spector into the mat-
ter. Family members
of the victim girls
told police that Ra-
hul, a resident of the
Mathura colony was
frequently molesting
the girls and passing
derogatory com-
ments against them
in public places.
Both girls were
very depressed over
the molestation and
victims had com-
plained about the
molestation in Sadar
Bazar police station
but police ignored
their issue. De-
pressed over consis-
tent harassment,
victims consumed
poison. Family mem-
bers rushed them to
the hospital where
their condition was
stated to be critical.
Yogi’s success inspires MP CM to adopt demolition policy
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The CM Yogi
Adityanath’s success in
the UP election as ‘Bull-
dozer Baba’ has provid-
ed a fresh impetus to his
MP counterpart Shivraj
Singh Chauhan for imi-
tation. Shivraj Singh
Chouhan was already
famous as ‘Mama’; now
he has appended bull-
dozer to the sobri-
quet. After BJP’s victo-
ry in the recent polls in
UP, Madhya Pradesh
CM Shivraj Singh
Chouhan has now ad-
opted Yogi Adityanath’s
“bulldozer” approach to
criminals and mafias in
the state. Assembly
elections in MP are due
in November next year.
In a function to mark
two years of his fourth
term as CM recently,
Chouhan stated, “Bull-
dozer mama is on now,
and will not stop till the
miscreants are buried.”
Yogi Adityanath and Shivraj Singh Chauhan. —FILE PHOTO
THE ‘TOUGH’ GOVERNMENT
BSP to hold review meeting today
Lucknow (ANI): After
suffering a huge defeat
in the recently held Ut-
tar Pradesh elections,
Bahujan Samaj Party
(BSP) chief Mayawati
has called for a review
meeting on March 27
with all defeated party
candidates and of-
fice-bearers. The meet-
ing will be held at the
party’s office, the offi-
cial communique by
the party read.
In the just-concluded
assembly polls in the
state of Uttar Pradesh,
the BJP retained power
in Uttar Pradesh by
winning 255 out of 403
constituencies, secur-
ing a 41.29 per cent vote
share. Narayan Dutt
Tiwari in 1985 had se-
cured two consecutive
terms in the state.
Notably, the BJP
came to power in 2000
in Uttar Pradesh, but
could not hold its gov-
ernment even for a
year when Rajnath
Singh was UP Chief
Minister. Since then,
the BJP could not come
to power, and the state
was ruled by the Sama-
jwadi Party and the
BSP separately till
2017. On March 11, the
Bahujan Samaj Party
chief Mayawati admit-
ted that her party’s
rout in the Uttar
Pradesh Assembly elec-
tion was a “lesson”.
The former CM
pointed out that it has
become clear that the
BSP was not “BJP’s B
Team” and that nega-
tive campaigns suc-
ceeded in misleading
the people of the state.
The BSP which formed
a full majority govern-
ment in Uttar Pradesh
in 2007 managed to win
just one seat this time
with a vote share of
12.88 per cent.
UP POLL RESULT
BSP chief Mayawati
This is the first
time in 37 years
that a party (BJP)
has been able to
retain power in
Uttar Pradesh
after completing
a full term
FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THE PLANET
School children get ready to observe Earth Hour in Moradabad on Saturday. This
year, the Earth Hour carried the theme — “Shape Our Future” . Every year the day is
observed around the end of March wherein lights are switched off for an hour, between
8.30 pm and 9.30 pm. —PHOTO BY PTI
RLD forms panel to review poll results
Lucknow (PTI): The
Rashtriya Lok Dal
(RLD) has constituted a
committee to review the
results of the recently
held assembly elections
which is collecting in-
formation from dis-
tricts, its national pres-
identChaudharyJayant
Singh said here on Sat-
urday. Chaudhary held
a meeting with the new-
ly elected MLAs of the
RLD at party’s head-
quarters here and also
thanked the party work-
ers for working well un-
der the alliance. “After
the review, a large-scale
workers’ conference
will be organised in
Lucknow,” Chaudhary
said addressing them.
The RLD had fought the
election in alliance with
the Samajwadi Party
and won 8 seats. “Eight
MLAs of Rashtriya Lok
Dal are equal to 80 who
will work as the voice of
the youths and the un-
employed, along with
farmers and labourers
of Uttar Pradesh and
will keep a close watch
on the issues of public
interest in line with our
sankalp patra’,” Chaud-
hary said while address-
ing the MLAs. Party
sourcessaidthatChaud-
hary met SP president
Akhilesh Yadav at the
SP headquarters later
and the two leaders re-
solved to work together
in an effective manner.
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE

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WHY SWATANTRA
DEV AND ASIM ARUN
COULD NOT BECOME
DEPUTY CM?
This time in UP, the
politics of balance,
harmony and mutual
renunciation is being
seen in saffron court-
yard. Talking about the
formation of Yogi cabi-
net, in list which Yogi
had submitted to the
high command on his
behalf, three names
were given as Deputy
CM. Swatantra’s name
was given as an option
to Keshav Prasad Mau-
rya. Yogi had named a
Brahmin face Brajesh
Pathak instead of
Dinesh Sharma for his
deputy number two.
For deputy number
three, Yogi had suggest-
ed the name of a Jatav
officer, Aseem Arun. At
the same time, the three
names included in the
list from Delhi for
Deputy CM were Kes-
hav Prasad Maurya
(Backward), AK Shar-
ma (Bhumihar) and
Baby Rani Maurya
(Dalit). Then the politi-
cal juggernaut of bal-
ancing reconciliation
started. This time too,
BJP got the backward
votes in bulk only be-
cause of Maurya. Then
the draft of the agree-
ment was decided and
both the parties agreed
that one would be from
the list of Yogi and the
other from the list of
Delhi. Since Shah was
standing like a rock be-
hind Maurya, Yogi
chose Brajesh’s name
from his list of stakes.
HOW WERE SIDDHARTH
AND SHRIKANTH
LEFT OUT?
One thing is certain
in this new BJP of
the new era that the
more a leader is vis-
ible, the lesser are
chances for eleva-
tion. That is, the
leader who will be
more high profile
or who will have
more hunger
for media
headlines,
is sidelined. The 2 shin-
ing faces of the Yogi
cabinet who were lit by
the aura of Delhi, the
lamp of their journey
was extinguished in
Lucknow. Both Shri-
kant Sharma and Sid-
dharthnath Singh were
discharged. These 2
faces were very popu-
lar for TV and newspa-
pers. They were given
the responsibility of
media briefing from
state govt. Shrikant
Sharma is considered
very close of a promi-
nent BJP leader, so it is
believed that he can get
some important re-
sponsibility in the par-
ty organization.
SANGH BUSY IN
IMAGE MAKEOVER!
The RSS, which is
one of the largest
social organizations of
country, is now busy in
its image makeover. Re-
cently, when the meet-
ing of Pratinidhi Sab-
ha of Sangh was con-
vened in Karnavati,
Gujarat, it is believed
that two major agendas
of this meeting
emerged. One, Sangh is
going to turn 100 in
2025 and there was a
discussion on starting
different programmes
across the country. The
second, Sangh wants to
expand in villages as
such the Sangh chief
openly called on his
volunteers that now
the Sangh’s branches
should be established
in from village to vil-
lage. The big leaders
of the Sangh also
threw light on the fact
that the Sangh has to
come out of its stereo-
typed image so that it
can make its way into
today’s youth. Under
this, there was talk of
making appearance of
the Sangh more liber-
al, rational and expe-
dient.
AAP’S CHALLENGE
IN PUNJAB!
The AAP’s govern-
ment has occupied
Punjab riding on the
noise of drums and the
boom of people’s expec-
tations. But soon after
assuming the power,
AAP has started facing
the fear of empty treas-
ury
. Recently, the newly
elected CM of Punjab,
Mann has demanded a
financial package from
Modi at the rate of Rs
50,000 cr/year for two
years. Mann says that
Pb govt is already im-
mersed in a debt of Rs
3L cr. The annual budg-
et of the govt is about
Rs 1.5L cr. In its popu-
list election promises,
AAP had an-
nounced free
electricity (up
to 300 units)
for the public and Rs
1,000 per month to eve-
ry woman above age of
18 years in her account.
The number of such
eligible women in Pun-
jab is around 1 crore,
that is, AAP govt will
only need Rs 1,000 crore
per month for women.
The party has also
promised to open 16,000
mohalla clinics in the
state and free education
for children. Regular
and free electricity to 35
lakh houses is an insur-
mountable task. Any-
way
, 20% of total budget
of the state goes only in
paying interest on the
loan. In Pb with a popu-
lation of 3 crore, every
person already has a
debt of Rs 1 lakh, which
is due to previous govts.
WILL BMC POLLS BE
POSTPONED
IN MAHA
TOO?
In Maha-
rashtra
too, the
elections
to the
Greater Mumbai Mu-
nicipal Corporation
are on the verge of be-
ing postponed. Sources
reveal that the BMC
elections can also be
postponed till October-
November. Keep in
mind that the term of
the BMC mayor ended
on 7 March itself. For
the first time, an ad-
ministrator has been
brought in BMC by
changing the rules.
Iqbal Singh Chahal has
got this responsibility,
who will take charge of
BMC as administrator
till the first meeting of
the new term of the
municipal corpora-
tion. The reason for
postponing the elec-
tion is being due told to
Corona and then due to
the Census.
WILL THERE BE A RE-
VERSAL IN BIHAR?
JDU leader and Bi-
har CM Nitish came
at Yogi’s swearing-in
ceremony. He greeted
Modi on the stage by
bowing at 45 degrees in
such a way that the
state’s main Opposition
party RJD spoke reck-
lessly, “Now just lying
on the soil and holding
the feet is left”. This
taunt has political
meaning. In fact, since
all the three MLAs of
the VIP party have
joined the BJP, the BJP
has become the largest
party in the state with
77 MLAs. After this
comes the number of
RJD which has 75 MLAs
and Nitish’s JDU has
only 45 MLAs left. A ma-
jority of 122 MLAs is
needed to form the gov-
ernment here. That is,
Nitish’s chair is cur-
rently only on the mer-
cy of the BJP, but if the
BJP shows more eyes to
Nitish, then he can also
join hands with Tejash-
wi. But after Presiden-
tial polls, there can be a
big reshuffle in Bihar.
...AND FINALLY
After the massive
victory in Pun-
jab, the sight of the
Aam Aadmi Party is
now fixed on the Guja-
rat elections. It wants
to put its full force in
Haryana and Himachal
also. If sources are to
be believed, AAP is
sending a large team
of its IT experts to
Ahmedabad in Gujarat
in the month of April.
This can give a tough
challenge to the digital
and social media team
of BJP.
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
BY TRIDIB
RAMAN
The author is a journalist
and political commentator
and views expressed are
his personal
Swatantra Dev Asim Arun Iqbal Singh Chahal
Bhagwant Mann
Nitish Kumar
Siddharthnath Shrikant
08
2NDFRONT
Adversity not only introduces a
man to himself but also to his
true friends.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
39 ministers crorepatis in new govt
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Yogi
governmenet has 39
ministers, who are
crorepatis and 22 who
have criminal charges
pending against them,
according to a report
prepared by Associa-
tion for Democratic Re-
forms and Uttar
Pradesh Election
Watch.
On Friday 52 minis-
ters took oath in the
swearing-in of the Yogi
Government 2.0. These
include two deputy
chief ministers, 16 cabi-
net ministers, 14 with
independent charge
and 20 ministers of
state. The study has
been done on the basis
of financial, criminal,
education, gender and
other details declared
by these ministers in
their affidavits. The
ADR and UPEW ana-
lysed the self-sworn af-
fidavits of 45 Ministers
out of 53 Ministers in-
cluding Chief Minister,
two MLC minister
namely Sanjay Nishad
and Jitin Prasada were
not analysed due to the
unavailability of their
affidavits on the elec-
tion website at the time
of making this report
and the details of JPS.
Rathore, Narendra
Kashyap, Dinesh Pratap
Singh, Dayashankar
Mishra, Jaswant Saini
and Danish Azad Ansa-
ri were not analysed as
they are not currently
members of either any
house, state assembly
or legislative council.
The ADR report
states, of 45 ministers,
39 (87 per cent) are
crorepatis. The average
assets of these minis-
ters are Rs 9 crore. The
richest being Mayank-
eshwar Sharan Singh
of Tiloi, whose declared
assets are valued at Rs
58.07 crores. Singh hails
from the royal family of
Tiloi and won the elec-
tion for the third time.
On the other hand,
Dharamvir Singh, a
member of the Legisla-
tiveCouncil,hasthelow-
est assets amounting to
Rs 42.91 lakh. On those
having criminal charg-
es, 22 (49 percent) minis-
ters have criminal cases
registered against them.
Out of these 20 (44 per
cent) ministers have se-
rious criminal cases.
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: The Alla-
habad High Court has
clarified that for seek-
ing appointment as
Judicial Officer/Dis-
trict Judge as per Arti-
cle 233 (2) of the Con-
stitution of India, an
Advocate has to be in
continuous practice
for not less than 7
years (with no break
in between) as on the
cut-off date and at the
time of appointment
of the district judge.
It may be noted that
Article 233 of the Con-
stitution of India
deals with the Ap-
pointment of district
judges and its sub-
clause (2) mandates
that a person not al-
ready in the service of
the Union or of the
State, shall only be eli-
gible to be appointed a
district judge if he has
been for not less than
seven years, an advo-
cate or a pleader, and
is recommended by
the High Court for the
appointment.
The Bench of Jus-
tice Dr. Kaushal Jay-
endra Thaker and Jus-
tice Ajai Tyagi relied
upon the apex court’s
ruling in the case of
Deepak Aggrawal v.
Keshav Kaushik and
others, (2013) 5 SCC
277, wherein it had
been held that as per
Article 233(2), a person
seeking appointment
as as a District Judge
must be practicing as
an advocate for con-
tinuous 7 years (with-
out any break) on the
date of application.
Criminal charges
pending against
22 ministers in
Yogi govt 2.0
ADR STUDY
PM Narendra Modi with Governor Anandiben Patel, CM Yogi Adityanath, Deputy CMs Keshav Prasad
Maurya and Brajesh Pathak and newly sworn-in members, during the swearing-in ceremony in
Lucknow on Friday.
‘7 yrs practice must
for DJ appointment’
KNOW MORE
Kerala cadre IPS officer Kori
Sanjay Kumar is ITBP DIG
First India Bureau
Lucknow: IPS officer
of Kerala cadre Kori
Sanjay Kumar Guru-
deen has been posted in
ITBP on Central depu-
tation for a period of
five years.
The 2005 batch IPS
officer has been sent by
ITBP headquarter, New
Delhi to join as DIG of
ITBP, Lucknow.
Earlier, he was post-
ed in CMT, KAP 4th
Battalion, Kannur in
Kerala after which he
was, made DIG in
Thiruvananthapuram
district. Kumar is Ch-
evening Cybersecurity
fellow, UK and has also
authored the book , Is
your child safe?
Underground section construction begins
KNP METRO
RAIL WORK
SPED UP
First India Bureau
Kanpur: Under the
KanpurMetroRailPro-
ject, the construction
work of underground
section-I (Chunniganj-
Nayaganj) of the first
corridor (IIT-Naubas-
ta) is progressing at a
briskpace.Theworkof
preparing the dia-
phragm wall (D-wall)
for the construction of
Chunniganj Under-
ground Metro Station
of thissectionhasbeen
commenced. At the
other three stations of
the section viz. Naveen
Market, Bada Chaura-
haandPhoolbagh-Nay-
aganj;D-wallconstruc-
tion is ongoing and at
Naveen Market and
BadaChaurahaworkis
expected to be complet-
ed by April-end.
The work of D-Wall
was first started at
Naveen Market Metro
Station. 102 D-wall pan-
els are to be lowered in
this station, out of
which 87 have already
been placed.
Kori Sanjay Kumar

ife is too short to
be spent finding
faults. The same
spirit and pas-
sion towards her
dreams was
seen in the
s t u n n i n g
m o d e l ,
K h u s h i
Verma.
W h e n
asked to speak a
little about herself, the
diva said, “I am a girl
who aims for the uni-
verse. I belong to Delhi
and work as a profession-
al model who lives to rep-
resent my love and pas-
sion for the ramp.”
Everyone has future
aspirations and
dreams for them-
selves. She further
added, “I think
two decades is a
lot of time. I am
aiming to
achieve what
I have always
dreamed of
in the next
five years. I
don’t want
to stop in my life
because I live for
my dreams. I will
one day become a well
educated and unstoppa-
ble individual who
spreads kindness and in-
spires others.” Every suc-
cessful person starts
somewhere.
Talking about her jour-
ney she said, “I have al-
ways been inspired by
Aishwarya Rai and her
Miss World Journey. I
started dancing at the age
of 6 and have always
loved to perform since.
My journey finally began
with my first crown, Star
Miss Teen India in 2021.
The battles I fought were
endless, but I am grateful
to them because they
made me who I am today.
Sometimes, I struggle
with is balancing my aca-
demics and my profes-
sion. They’re both time-
consuming and some-
times it is difficult to
manage time.”
Speaking about her
achievements, this gor-
geous model said, “I am
an international level
dancer and have train-
ing in several dance
forms along with theatre
and acting. I am the first
runner-up for Star Miss
Teen India (2021) and the
second runner-up for
Miss Queen of Cosmos
India (2022).
I also performed for
special children with a
Delhi based NGO. Other
than that, I’m also a men-
tor for Star Miss Teen
India (2022) as well as a
jury member at the Delhi
auditions.”
When asked what ad-
vice she’d like to give to
the models who are aim-
ing for beauty pageants
and fashion industry, the
beauty said, “I would al-
ways wish and hope
strength and right deci-
sion making power for all
women, especially the
models. Confidence is the
key. One should carry
herself well and never be
scared to speak their
hearts out, to take a stand
for the right and not only
focus on their dreams but
work towards it.”
LUCKNOW, SUNDAY,
MARCH 27, 2022
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ALLURING
BEAUTY!
KHUSHI VERMA, AN
ASPIRING ACTRESS,
MODEL AND NATIONAL
LEVEL DANCER FROM
NEW DELHI, IN AN
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
WITH CITY FIRST SPOKE
ABOUT HER JOURNEY,
HER DREAMS AND
ASPIRATIONS!
DEVANSHI MUDGAL
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
L

rom birth to
the end of the
first year the
stools of the
baby keeps
changing a lot
in its charac-
ter by days and even
hours. This leads to a
lot of parental anxie-
ty. Here are some of
the facts that will help
detect the parents de-
tect abnormal pat-
terns of stool.
A newborn baby
passes very dark green
to black, sticky and
tar-like stool called
M e c o n i -
um in 1st
three days
usually. Passing
it within 24 hours of
life is indicative of a
normal intestine
working in a neonate.
1. After breastfeeding
the stools normally
turns light green-
ish on day 3-4 and
then becomes yel-
low, watery, and has
a slightly fruity
smell. Sometimes,
the baby passes
stool after every
feed as they do not
mature intestines
to hold the stools
after intake of
breastmilk.
2. After breastfeeding
the stools normally
turns light greenish
on day 3-4 and then
becomes yellow, wa-
tery, and has a
slightly fruity smell.
Sometimes, the baby
passes stool after
every feed as they do
not have mature in-
t e s -
tines to hold
the stools after
intake of
breastmilk.
3. After intake of for-
mula the colour of
the stools changes
to dark green,
brown or at times
greyish, there is a
worse, stingy odour
and they are usual-
ly very hard in con-
sistency and diffi-
cult to pass by the
small babies.
4. Once the infant has
been started on a
semisolid diet other
than milk the stool
again may show a
change in consist-
ency (harder at
times constipation),
colour ( similar to
the colour of food
intake) and fre-
quency ( lesser). At
times the baby
also passes undi-
g e s t e d
food items in the
stool which is per-
fectly normal.
5. Green stools may
happen due to ex-
cess flow of the
breastmilk, more
intake of only the
initial part of moth-
er’s breast milk and
even due to change
in the temperature
or teething.
6. Some abnormal pat-
terns of babies’
stools need to be
identified early
may lead to early
diagnosis of prob-
lems by the child
doctor so try and
look out for these.
a. Loose motion-
When motions are very
watery and too large or
passed with a lot of
force then this is abnor-
mal and can lead to loss
of water from the ba-
by’s body very rapidly.
b. Hard stools / Con-
stipation- When mo-
tions are very hard (
stony or like pellets )
and very dry and the
baby feels very uncom-
fortable while passing
them along with the ab-
domen becoming firm
they need evaluation by
a child doctor
.
c. Chalky white or
clay coloured stools –
This type of repeated
pattern indicated some
disorder in the liver
function and it needs at-
tention and visit and
tests as suggested by
Paediatrician.
d. Blood in stools due
to hard stools, infection
or allergy to food is an
emergency sign and
needs a visit to the emer-
gency room. Only if the
mother has cracks on
nipples and the baby
takes that maternal
blood while drinking
milk, is this problem
not acute and will re-
solve on its own.
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F
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H
E
D
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Y
SHEFALI SHUKLA, Model
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Carelessness at work can
get you on the wrong side
of a senior. A family
gathering is likely to
provide you a chance to meet
everyone. Someone is likely to help
you in getting a good property deal.
Those eligible may do well to take
some time to think over a proposal.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
You will need to adhere to
strict dietary control to
keep good health. On the
professional front, you
may find sharing someone’s
workload a bit distasteful, but you
will keep up the façade of a willing
worker. Stars are strong for buying a
house or constructing one.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
You are likely to take a
break from your hectic
work schedule just to get
in touch with your inner
self. Your actions may arouse
suspicion and get parents on your
back. Something that had been
worrying you in the past is likely to
get resolved.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Some of you may get a step
closer to coming back in
shape. Despite your efforts,
a decision regarding
property may not go in your favour.
Marriage is on the anvil for the
eligible. You can have a soft corner
for someone you feel attracted to at
workplace.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Suitable accommodation is
likely to be taken on rent
by those looking for one.
Blaming someone else for
your mistakes on the work front may
show you in a bad light. Volunteering
for a cause on the social front is
likely to give you an immense sense
of satisfaction.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Starting something new on
the professional front is
likely to have better financial
prospects. Encouraging
developments on the career front are
foreseen for some. A family issue may
require urgent attention. You may
remain in celebratory mood on the
social front.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Satisfaction on the
professional or academic
front may elude you, but it
will not deter you to
perform well. Disturbances at home
will need to be curtailed to retain a
peaceful environment. Don’t give any
information about a property deal to
those you don’t know well.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
You will be able to
effectively curb expenses
by taking some drastic
measures. You will have to
put your trust in people, if you want
to establish yourself on the
professional front. Help in household
chores will be forthcoming. You can
acquire new property.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Disinterest will be apparent
in a task assigned to you
on the professional front.
Much caring and sharing at
home is likely to keep you happy.
Something that you had wanted to
initiate on the home front may face
delays. It is a good idea to listen to
spouse before taking a decision.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
A chance to become part
of a prestigious organiza-
tion is on the horizon for
some. Some domestic
responsibilities will have to be
discharged promptly to keep the
domestic boat from rocking! Don’t
take any decisive step regarding a
property.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Financial position will
remain satisfactory, but
overspending should be
guarded against. A
satisfying day is foreseen for
professionals. A marriage proposal
for the eligible in the family can be
received. Property acquired recently
promises to give good returns.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You will find things moving
the way you want them at
work today. Your focus
can be health at this
juncture and taking up an exercise
regimen just to come back in shape
cannot be ruled out. Tensions on the
family front cannot be ruled out. A
property issue is best left untouched.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
DR SATYEN K
HEMRAJANI
(Senior Consultant – Neonatologist
and Pediatrician, Fortis Escorts
Hospital, Jaipur)
YOUR BABY STOOLS CAN
TELL A LOT ABOUT YOUR
BABY’S
HEALTH!
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